https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-01-11.pdf 3b5751771d8fe12d4c5646a73b8d6c7a PDF Text Text More evidence that Charlton Park’s unique Board guilty of ‘contempt of process’ Saxons strong in 4th when they keep it close See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 2 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, January 11, 2007 NEWS County Board debates BRIEFS pros, cons of changes Rock ’n roll trivia contest to return The Gun Lake Winterfest rock ’n roll music trivia contest will be back in action at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at Bay Pointe Restaurant. The contest, a sort of “Name That Tune” for songs recorded between 1955 and 1985, will feature both a four-person team and individual competition. First prize for each of the four winning team members will be a room at the Bay Pointe Inn and the individual champion will be awarded a suite. The contest and show was sold out last year, so everyone is urged to make reservations as soon as possible. The deadline has been set for noon Wednesday, Feb. 14. Those interested in forming a team are urged to have their individual names, team name and $25 each (or $100 per team) sent to J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058. Those who simply want to watch can get tickets at $15 each from J-Ad Graphics. Teams and spectators are encouraged to dress up in colorful garb with oldies themes. For more information, call (269) 9459554 or e-mail news@j-adgraphics.com Progressive Dems to show Gore film The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have a showing of "An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President Al Gore's 2006 documentary film on the planetary emergency of global warming, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building, 128 High St., Middleville. “In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during a Michigan winter with no snow, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point with the dire situation of global warming upon us,” said Progressive Dem Program Chair Patricia Wilson. “With wit, smarts and hope ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ ultimately brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue, rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization.” The film is free (donations appreciated) and open to the community. Room capacity is 60 on a first-come, firstserved basis. Refreshments and socializing will begin at 6:30, followed by the film at 7. by David T. Young Editor Commissioner Mark Englerth said “Sometimes change comes hard” and colleague Wayne Adams twice repeated the phrase “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” The two statements could have summed up very well the first general meeting Tuesday morning of the new Barry County Board of Commissioners and they could be a harbinger of things to come. With three newcomers seated, the new board already is looking at changing a few ways business is done, and leading the effort is second-term Commissioner Michael Callton, who was elected chairman last week. Callton is spearheading an effort to revise the committee system and promises to make meetings more open with lively discussion of issues. The most controversial proposals were to make the Facilities and Property Committee a Committee of the Whole and to add a fifth member to the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee. The latter was approved on a 6-2 vote, but the former idea was scrapped. Adams was the chief spokesman for keeping the committee system the way it is, with four commissioners in public meetings and then making recommendations to the full board. “I’m not comfortable with the committee of the whole idea for property and facilities,” he said. “If something’s not broke, I don’t think we should fix it. I don’t think we should put it in the (County Board’s) by-laws.” See BOARD, page 13 Hastings Manufacturing plans to build new facility by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings Manufacturing representatives told the City Council Monday night about plans to redevelop their current site and possibly build a new one on the south end of the city. “Hastings Manufacturing has executed a letter of intent and is exploring potential plans to construct a new manufacturing facility as well as modify the current Hastings Manufacturing site into a new development,” said Hastings Manufacturing Director of Development Chris Hafke. Hastings Manufacturing Director of Sales and Marketing Jeff Guenther said developer First Companies plans to demolish the current plant site and build a new commercial development facility, as well as a new residential development. First Companies will purchase the current site from Hastings Manufacturing, develop it, then sell it. Guenther said they hope to get the project done as soon as possible and be functioning in the new facility sometime in 2008. “We have plans to continue to add manufacturing jobs,” he said, adding that the number of jobs has increased since the company came under new ownership in December 2005. Guenther also said he would like to get the project done as soon as possible to keep up production so customers do not suffer because of the move. City Manager Jeff Mansfield indicated he expects the developers to request tax abatements and tax increment financing from the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority after the existing site is cleaned. Neither the developer nor Hastings Manufacturing officials have come to the city for incentives yet. Mansfield said the current plan is to build the new Hastings Manufacturing site near the industrial park on Star School Road. In other business at Monday’s reorganizational meeting: • The council adopted Robert’s Rules of Order. • Don Tubbs was unanimously elected mayor pro tem. • The city council adopted a 2007 calendar of regular meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month except Tuesday, May 29, in place of May 28 (Memorial Day), Tuesday, Nov. 13, in place of Nov. 12 (Veterans Day observed) and Wednesday, Dec. 26 in place of Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve). • The council adopted Resolution 2007-1 approving depositories for city funds. • A lease agreement for rental property at 1013 West Green St. was extended until Dec. 31, 2007. See COUNCIL, page 3 Wind Band plans surprises Jan. 28 Did you know that Red Skelton was a composer as well as a comedian? Thornapple Wind Band members are rehearsing his "Red, White and Blue March" for their 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, concert at Thornapple Kellogg High School. Also on the program will be a spoof titled "Lawrence Milk Plays Guy Lombago" to amuse Big Band fans. Duane Thatcher will conduct and the Middleville United Methodist Bell Ringers have been invited to be part of the program. Rehearsals will continue Thursdays in the Hastings High School Band room from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, Jan. 11, 18 and 25. The wind band invites any post high school age musician to come and share in this musical experience. Even string instruments are encouraged See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Mysterious, majestic winter Humans are not the only ones baffled by this strange “winter” weather we’ve been having here in Michigan. These geese aren’t complaining, however. They still have plenty of food and water to fill their days thanks to the mild temperatures and low amounts of precipitation West Michigan has had this winter. Snow finally returned last weekend and there are rumors of freezing rain headed this way Friday night. (Photo by Megan Lavell) ‘Chilly reception’ revisited Planning for the annual Gun Lake Winterfest Feb. 16 and 17 is coming together nicely, organizers are reporting. A committee of more than 15 volunteers met at Bay Pointe Restaurant met Tuesday afternoon in another of a series of brainstorming sessions. Some activities will be held Friday evening, Feb. 16, but the bulk of the action, including the ever-popular Polar Bear Dip, is scheduled for the following day. More information will be forthcoming in the Banner and Reminder. Hope Township residents protest sewer assessments by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Many Hope Township residents, particularly those around Long Lake, are up in arms after the township voted unanimously to go ahead with a sewer expansion project that will cost each lake resident up to $1,970 in additional taxes each year. According to the winter edition of “Shore Lines of Long Lake,” a resident newsletter, the Township Board voted Nov. 20 to create a special assessment district to pay for the extension of sewer service to Long Lake and a portion of Cloverdale Lake. Construction is expected to begin in the spring and should be completed before the end of the year. At the completion of construction, which will run the sewer from the treatment plant at Wall Lake, residents will begin hooking up. Hookup will cost $2,000 per home. Every resident will be required to be hooked into the system before the end of 2008. The projected cost figure, however, includes a township assessment for weed control and is not a portion of the sewer project itself. According to the newsletter, landowners representing more than 81% of the land mass in the special assessment district exceeded the requirements of Michigan Public Act 188, under which the special assessment was inacted. Mary Dean, a resident of Long Lake, however, said the majority of people who live on Long Lake were upset. “To begin with, the health department told the board that the lake was in need of a sewer system and as far as we know, they never tested the lake, at least not in recent years. And the last time the lake was tested, it was very clean.” Dean said when the petitions originally were sent around to homeowners, only 109 of the 411 landowners were in favor of the expansion project. “That is less than 30%,” she said. “Then Mark Doster (manager of the Southwest Barry County Sewer and Water Authority) changed the perameters of the petition drive. He only counted those residents who owned multiple parcels of land. “That only included three people,” she maintained. “So three people were able to make a decision that affects more than 300 people.” Doster said Dean’s figures are true only for the initial petition letter that was sent out. “Originally we had about 30% respond positively,” he said, “but more petitions have come in since and now we can safely say that a majority of the residents are in support of the project.” Dean said that 411 figure represents residents of Long Lake, Cloverdale Lake and Guernsey Lake. Guernsey Lake was then removed from the plan, leaving 308 people to split the cost. “When the 103 residents of Guernsey Lake were taken out, they reduced the cost to $3,214,800,” she said. “It seems to me that removing 25% of the homes to be hooked up should have reduced the cost more.” Again, Doster disagreed with the figures Dean put forward. “Originally, the project was to cost $5 million,” he said. “Guernsey Lake was removed because for them to have sewer hookup it will require another link and if they do decide to proceed it will be under another special assessment.” Dean maintained she does not object to the sewer project in principle, only the amount of the assessment. “We have hired an attorney, Brad Gee, to represent us,” Dean said, “because we don’t think the assessment is fair.” Gee said this week he plans to take their case before the Michigan Tax Tribunal to seek a more fair tax assessment. “One of the problems I have encountered is that Mark Doster keeps changing his story,” Gee said. “What happens if the contractor comes in for less than the original estimate? Will any of the $14,000 collected from each resident be returned?” See SEWER, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page to come give this a try. Although all instrumentation is welcome, the band is especially in need of percussion and clarinet players. No auditions are necessary. For more information on how to join the band or to borrow an instrument call Kim Domke 945-9181 or Dave Macqueen 9458832. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fund-raiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. ReStore housed in old Viatec site The Barry County ReStore for Habitat for Humanity building supplies and furnishings, is still in temporary quarters at the former Viatec building, 1220 W. State St., Hastings, but will be open for business one weekend this month, Jan. 19 and 20. Re-Store manager Tom Borgman, has set Friday hours at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other hours are only by appointment. The local Habitat is grateful for the many excellent donations of materials and furnishings,” a spokesperson said, but asks that they be brought only on the open weekend, or by appointment with the Habitat office, 269/948-9939. Pickup, if necessary, is available by prior arrangement. Purchases made in the ReStore will be delivered for a nominal fee. Area residents are invited to browse the many bargains available on the open dates. Family Workshop Series to start The free Family Workshop Series will return to Barry County starting Monday, Jan. 15, in Delton, Jan. 22, in Hastings and Jan. 29 in Middleville. The series began last Monday in Nashville. Speakers will discuss the needs of families with children from preschool to high school age. Topics will range from “Parenting in an Unsafe World” to “Boy oh Boys!” A free pizza dinner is included with preregistration. Call 269/948-3264 to register and to request free child care on site during the workshops and for more information. Thornapple Players comedy/murder set The Thornapple Players are performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The production will be “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning.” The setting is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly, Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. UAW Local plans food distribution UAW Local #10-0-2 has selected Tuesdays, Jan. 23, Feb. 20, March 20 and April 17 as dates for distributing free food to those in need at the UAW Union Hall located at 295 Washington St. in Middleville. Please note the time for these distributions is 4 p.m. Anyone who is at risk of going hungry qualifies to receive this food. Those who know of someone who has to choose between paying for other expenses such as rent or medicine and buying food, or skips meals to make sure their children have enough to eat are the people targeted by the distribution. UAW Local #10-0-2 has been distributing food to those in need since the summer of 2002. The food distributions are a collaborative effort among the Food Bank of South Central Michigan, the local union, the Middleville United Methodist Church and the Barry County United Way. The Food Bank is a United Way agency, a member of America’s Second Harvest and the Food Bank Council of Michigan. ‘Little Shop’ starts at Revue Jan. 19 Though one of the main characters is a man-eating plant, The Revue’s production of “The Little Shop of Horrors” promises to bring music and fun for all ages at the Vermontville Opera House later this month. The show will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, Sunday, Jan. 21, Friday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 28. There will be a 3 p.m. matinee on Satursday, Jan. 20, and Satursday Jan. 27. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for students and seniors and $5 for children under 12. Set in 1960, Little Shop of Horrors is the story of a man-eating plant from outer space found by a bumbling young man named Seymour (Bill Reynolds) who brings it back to the flower shop where he works. The show is filled with comedy and lively musical numbers featuring doo-wop music from the early ’60s as it tells the story of Seymour’s rise to fame. The musical also features the musical and acting talents of local thespians Jeremy Schneider as the dentist, Robb Rosin as Gravis Mushnik, the flower shop owner, and Amanda Wells, Laura Smith and Holly Auten as the musical trio of Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon. Tickets are available at the door or call for reservations at (269) 367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com Grief recovery classes to start Grief recovery classes will be held Tuesday evenings, Jan. 16, 23 and 30 and Feb. 6, and 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the offices of Barry Community Hospice, 450 Meadow Run, Suite 200, Hastings. Grief Recovery is a five-week program for adults in the community who have experienced the death of a loved one. Grief recovery combines learning about the process of grief with the opportunity to discuss feelings of grief in a safe, supportive environment. Each class builds on the previous one, so those wishing to participate in the group must attend on the first session date of class. Some exceptions are made but participants will need to contact the class facilitator to make arrangements in advance. Grief Recovery is offered free of charge as a community service by Barry Community Hospice. To register or to earn about other Bereavement Services available, please call the Barry Community Hospice Bereavement Department at (269) 9488452. Board, commission appointments approved Keith Murphy joins Parks, Rec Commission by David T. Young Editor Keith Murphy of Hastings Township has been appointed to the one vacant seat on the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission. The Barry County Board of Commissioners’ appointment to the threeyear term, which started Jan. 1, was approved officially Tuesday morning. Murphy, in his application, stated he has worked at Charlton Park in the past and has been a member of the local Gas & Steam Engine Club, so he has a particular interest in the park’s unique 1896 Olds engine. He added that he has been taking care of founder Irving Charlton’s grave for the past three years. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, who sat in on the interviews and will join Hoot Gibson as the county’s representatives on the Parks and Rec Commission, said, “The number of applicants was exemplary and all applicants expressed interest in volunteer work.” Murphy, who was present at the County Board meeting Tuesday morning, said, “I know we have a great big task ahead of us, but I’m looking forward to it.” He succeeds Bill Weissert, whose term had expired. The first order of business for the Parks and Rec Commission will be a special joint meeting at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Jan. 11) with the County Board to try to figure out what to do in the wake of millage defeats for Charlton Park last August and November. The park’s coffers will run dry at the end of this year if a renewal of the quarter of a mill does not pass or if some other revenue is secured. County Board Chairman Mike Callton said the meeting tonight is open to the public, but it is not intended to be a hearing. Furthermore, the community room of the Courts and Law Building does cannot hold a lot of people. Earlier in Tuesday’s meeting, local citizen Harland Nye, a retired music teacher, suggested the Parks and Rec Commission be separated from a special new Charlton Park Board. Most of the meeting, however, was taken up by appointments to boards and commissions, with the exception of the Road Commission, which was being handled later this week. County Board committees spent the previous week interviewing candidates and finally coming up with their selections. The following appointments were approved, all on unanimous votes: • David Tripp to the Building Authority, for another three-year term. • Ken Radant to the Transit Board, threeyear term, though VanNortwick said soon the makeup of the board should be examined because it’s top-heavy with county public officials. • Kyle Poortenga to a two-year term on the Construction Board of Appeals. There are still two more vacancies. • John Lenz to a three-year term on the Agriculture Preservation Board, agriculture “I know we have a great big task ahead of us, but I’m looking forward to it.” — Keith Murphy interest position, and Larry Neil to a threeyear term, real estate/development interest. • Tina Williams and Carol Rogers to threeyear terms on the Substance Abuse Board. “We were very pleased with the quality of the candidates,” Commissioner Mark Englerth said. “We’d like to have more quality people on that board and would like to look at expanding it. Commissioner Wayne Adams said unfortunately the Substance Abuse Board cannot be made larger by statute. • Robert Nelson, Dawn Horton, Debbie Massimino and Don Bowers to three-year terms on the Commission on Aging Board. The new board handled the interviews and appointments last week rather than the outgoing board in December. The Road Commission seat, which has a plethora of applicants and is the only one with per diem pay and health care benefits, will be considered this week yet. Commissioners appointed to committees were as follows: • Don Nevins (chairman), Adams, Callton and Keith Ferris to the Finance Committee. • Jim French (chairman), Ferris, Callton and Gibson to the County Development and Planning Committee. • Ferris (chairman), French, Englerth and VanNortwick to the Facilities and Property Committee. • Adams (chairman), Nevins, Callton and VanNortwick to the Personnel and Human Services Committee. • Englerth (chairman), Adams, Nevins, Gibson and VanNortwick to the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee. Commissioners appointed as county representatives to other boards and committees were as follows: Adams, Ag Preservation Board; Ferris and Gibson, City-County Airport Commission; Gibson, Area Agency on Aging; French, VanNortwick and Callton, Barry-Eaton Board of Health; Callton, Barry Community Resource Network; Adams, French and Gibson, Board of Public Works; French, Brownfield Redevelopment; VanNortwick, Community Action Agency; Englerth, Central Dispatch, Administrative Board; Nevins and Gibson, CEOB; Callton, Chamber of Commerce; Gibson and Callton, Commission on Aging; Englerth, Community Corrections Advisory; Ferris, Department of Human Services; French, Economic Alliance; French, FEMA; Englerth, Gun Lake Board; Callton, Jordan Lake Board; Gibson, Judicial Council; Englerth and Adams, LEPC; Nevins and Gibson, Mental Health; Nevins, Mortgage Review; VanNortwick and Gibson, Parks and Recreation; Ferris, Planning and Zoning; VanNortwick, Potawatomi Council; French, Solid Waste Oversight; Englerth and Adams, Substance Abuse; Adams, Southwest Michigan Substance Abuse Advisory; Gibson and French, Transportation; VanNortwick, Watershed Steering Committee, and French and Englerth, Wraparound Team. In other business Tuesday morning, the County Board of Commissioners: • Agreed to reimbursement only for mileage and fees (including a meal) for a workshop Thursday evening, Feb. 1, in Grand Rapids. Adams called this particular workshop “the most meaningful training session I’ve had as a commissioner” when he attended two years ago. • Approved the expenditure of $8,532 for the sheriff to enter into a contract to provide maintenance and repair of the department’s mobile and portable radio equipment. New library opening targeted for late spring by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The community is anxiously awaiting the opening of the new library, and that anxiety should be put to rest when the library opens in a few short months. The library is right on schedule, according to construction manager Todd Stelma. “We’re just on the verge of beginning a lot of the finish work,” he said. Workers are currently finishing the drywall, and will soon begin laying tile, painting, measuring for cabinets and doing mill work. The windows will be put in place during the first part of February. Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer said she anticipates the library to be open in late spring. All of the decor, furniture and equipment for the library have been chosen. Schondelmayer said five new computers have been purchased for the new library through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and she plans to purchase 15 more at a special price. “Right now we’re getting ready to start converting our collection to the radio frequency ID,” said Schondelmayer. This means all books will have a small tag put inside them as a security measure, and so patrons can use a self check-out system The current library will be closed for a The Hastings Public Library is getting ready for new windows and other finishing touches. month while library staff move to the new library. There will be announcements regarding dates and information about other avail- able libraries while the Hastings Public Library is closed. Substance Abuse Services receives solid report card Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has issued the "2005-2006 Provider Report Card" for Prevention Services at Barry County Substance Abuse Services with an overall rating of "Excellent." Ten areas were reviewed by KCMHSAS Administration with all categories receiving four "stars" and excellent ratings. Nine of the ten categories scored 100% compliance with the regional standards. KCMHSAS Prevention Administrator John Mecomber conducts an on-site monitoring review of the prevention services each year at Barry County Substance Abuse Services. BCSAS received its second consecutive "Commendation" this year, with 125 out of 126 possible points, or a score of 99%, on the Site Monitoring Review Protocol. The areas reviewed by Mecomber include prevention planning, prevention evaluation, staff qualifications and development, research-based performance objectives, program integrity/fidelity and adaptation, quality improvement and performance monitoring, community collaboration, consumer satisfac- tion, recipient rights, and youth tobacco prevention activity. "Barry County residents should be proud of their substance abuse agency,” said Mecomber. “Barry County Substance Abuse Services and their professional, qualified prevention staff excel in the delivery of every aspect of prevention programming.” BCSAS has provided substance abuse prevention services to children, youth, women, parents, and families in Barry County since the 1980s. Prevention services include the Barry County Methamphetamine Prevention Task Force, Women’s Place Empowerment Group, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Project Alert, Life Skills Education, Alcohol Highway Safety Education, Keeping Kids Safe Workshops, Family Group, BCRN Connections, Kid Zone, the Summerfest Fun Run, and many other programs and projects. BCSAS successfully collaborates with many other Barry County agencies to strengthen prevention services in Barry County and has worked to provide researchbased, effective prevention programming. Brian Shumway, executive director of BCSAS remarked, "The Board of Directors and I are especially proud of our prevention staff and program. Their efforts resulted not only in a citation-free accreditation survey by the Council on Accreditation, but also this excellent survey by our regional authority. I know county residents appreciate the efforts of Therese Maupin-Moore, Jane Groendyk and Liz Lenz." "We are pleased to receive this recognition from KCMHSAS. This report card validates our commitment to provide quality prevention services to all Barry County residents," said Lenz, prevention supervisor. She added, "Our prevention services are a true team effort — between our prevention staff, local schools, and many other health and human services agencies in Barry County." Besides the commendation from KCMHSAS, Barry County Substance Abuse Services is a state-licensed substance abuse treatment and prevention agency and is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 3 Forum shows historic village different More evidence Charlton Park is unique by David T. Young Editor The idea Charlton Park is unique shined through in a First Friday symposium Jan. 5 that invited four neighboring parks and recreation directors to compare notes. In the wake of stunning and devastating millage renewal defeats last August and November, Charlton Park was the focus of a forum asking how parks and recreation programs are funded in the City of Portage and the counties of Eaton, Kalamazoo and Allegan. The most striking differences were that all four programs outlined by visiting directors have local government general fund support rather than a special millage and that none have anything comparable to the historical village and museum at Charlton Park. The guests, parks and rec directors Dan Patton of Eaton County, Bill Deming of the Dan Patton City of Portage, Kevin Ricco of Allegan County and David Rachowicz of Kalamazoo County, all made presentations about their programs, what they offer, what they cost and how they’re funded. Local citizen Julie Crittenden asked all four if they have anything historical like Charlton Park. Patton said of Eaton County, “We have historical sites, but nothing on the scale of Charlton Park.” Deming said Portage has a historic house and barn on recreation property, but very dif- ferent than Charlton Park’s museum artifacts and turn of the century village depicting rural life more than 100 years ago. All said they have some historical components here and there, but Charlton Park is widely regarded to be the only historicalthemed park of its kind in Michigan west of Dearborn Village. Former Barry County Parks and Recreation member Kensinger Jones called it, “the most valuable piece of property in Michigan.” Yet because of voters’ rejection of requests for renewal of a quarter of a mill in both the primary and general elections last year, the public funding will dry up at the end of 2007. Charlton Park has been the talk of the county since the Nov. 7 general election, and the Barry County Democratic Committee came up with the idea of a First Friday symposium and the new Barry County Board of Commissioners will have a joint meeting tonight (Thursday, Jan. 11) with the Parks and Recreation Commission to discuss the pressing matter. In presentations by the four visiting directors: • Ricco said Allegan County has eight developed parks, ranging in size from four to 320 acres, and the focus is on fishing, hiking, boating and picnicking. Three parks offer camping and there is an environmental education program. The most visible to Barry County is the tiny county park on Gun Lake just outside Orangeville Township. Ricco said about one-third of his programs’ funding comes “in-house,” or from a county government budget allocation. On the down side, Allegan County has faced budget difficulties in the last few years, so adequate funding has become more of a challenge. “As a non-mandated service, we tend to be a low-hanging fruit,” he explained. As a result, the program assesses user fees at four facilities, relies heavily on volunteers and it has made efforts to get state and federal grants. “We do the best we can with what we have,” Ricco said. • Patton, who lives in Barry County and whose wife grew up in Dowling, said Eaton County has a parks and rec commission similar to Barry’s, with 10 members, but he also reports to the Public Works and Planning Committee of the Eaton County Board of Commissioners. He said his direct supervisor is the administrator of the county. Eaton County has seven county parks covering more than 300 acres, with two swimming beaches (Charlton Park has one as well, on Thornapple Lake), 10 miles of recreational trails, a disk golf course, skate park, and COUNCIL, continued from page 1 David Rachowicz baseball and softball fields. He said the budget is a little more than $400,000 a year, which is similar to Charlton Park’s. He said he has four full-time employees, (Charlton Park has six) and seasonal employees, and about 141,000 visitors each year. Patton said his department’s full-time naturalist comes into Barry County to make presentations to children at Fuller Street Elementary School in Nashville. He agreed that because of funding challenges facing parks and recreation, “Most parks departments wouldn’t be in existence without volunteers.” Like Allegan County, his program seeks grants and has user fees. However, grants can be problematic with the competition and what they pay for. “There are limitations,” he said. “They don’t include operational money.” The financial challenges have prompted him to have special fund-raisers and to seek money from “Friends” groups and foundations. • Deming said his program in the City of Portage is supported most by municipal government budget allocation, but, “We do have to generate funds.” The program provides sites for baseball, softball, soccer, basketball and tennis, but doesn’t administer them. Some parks include a band shell, skating rink and beach facilities, and some include user fees. “How do you make a park self supporting?” asked Deming. “I don’t think you ever can... We charge fees if people want to use our facilities and for special events. But we don’t have the size to accommodate a large event, like a circus.” Eaton County and Charlton Park have had circuses on their properties. Deming said he thinks local parks and recreation are getting more important for peoples’ leisure activities as time goes by. “People need places close by,” he said. “Travel is getting more expensive... We need to provide things closer to home.” • Rachowicz administers Kalamazoo County, the largest area with the largest budget among the five programs discussed last Friday. He said the county has five parks, including three beaches, three campgrounds, a soccer complex, picnic shelters, but does not run any of the associated programs. Kalamazoo County’s program has 14 employees and season workers, and an annual budget of more than a million dollars. The county’s population, meanwhile, is 240,000 with a general fund budget of about $85 million. More than a quarter of the parks’ program revenue comes from Kalamazoo County’s general fund, and the rest comes from user fees, grants, an accommodations tax on hotels, endowments and gifts. However, government financial support is dropping because revenue sharing to local government has been eliminated, and grants are tougher to get. “We’ve been forced to be creative (in securing financial support),” Rachowicz said. “We have a self-pay system... Most users don’t mind.” The cost is $5 a day and $25 a year, $20 for senior citizens, similar to what Yankee Springs State Park charges. Bill Deming “We’re exploring every option we can to find revenue,” he added. Much of the discussion turned to recreational trails, principally the Paul Henry Rails to Trails project, after the matter was brought up by Barry County Parks and Rec Commissioner Ken Neil. Portage has 15 miles of trails and Kalamazoo County’s River Valley Trailway intends to connect to the Kal-Haven Trail in a Kevin Ricco $16 million project without using county taxpayers’ dollars. Phil VanNord, a member of the Paul Henry Trail group in Middleville, said his dream is to “see a trail completed all the way from Grand Rapids to Jackson.” He noted Middleville’s efforts resulted in a silver award. VanNord said trails are a potential tremendous asset in promoting physical fitness, recreation and tourism. “I’d like to see parks and recreation broaden its scope.” Another woman suggested implementing a park for a dog run, which is being developed in Kalamazoo County, according to Rachowicz. Rick Moore, another enthusiastic trail advocate, said, “Trails are something that can stitch together Hastings and Charlton Park.” He suggested on the millage defeats last year, “People voted down Charlton Park because of rumors, innuendo and mistakes.” Jones said, however, “I’m concerned that we’ve got this treasure and I worry we’re focusing too much on new projects that we’ll lose it... I hope the new county administration makes Charlton Park a priority.” More than 60 people attended the symposium, including many present and past members of the County Board of Commissioners and Parks and Rec Commission. SEWER, continued from page 1 This graphic shows the future use plans Hastings Manufacturing officials have. Developer First Companies plans to turn the south side of Mill Street (the green section) into commercial developments and the north side of the street into residential developments (the blue section). • Leases in the Hastings Incubator for the following companies have been extended until Dec. 31, 2007: A ’n D Signs, Co-Dee Stamping, Good Stewards (with lease addendum), Halo Products and Michigan LaserMark. • A workshop has been set for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, to receive a status report on the Comprehensive Community Plan and consider ongoing plan efforts in City Hall. The meeting is open to the public. • A budget workshop has been set for 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22, in City Hall. The meeting is open to the public. • A training session has been set for the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority and the Downtown Development Authority at 8 a.m. Friday, Jan. 12, in the conference room in City Hall. Gee said he also has done some checking on the proposed system itself and has some questions. “I have talked to residents of Yankee Springs Township and they have a different system, apparently a better system. I have heard that the system which is going in to the Long Lake and Cloverdale residents is an inferior system and has a history of problems.” In response, Doster said he had spoken to Gee only at the board meeting and has not met with him at any other time. As to the allegation that this is an inferior system, Doster said that was “absolutely not true. “This is the best and least expensive system we have available,” Doster said. “It has the least amount of problems of any system we have encountered.” Doster bolstered his statement by saying that Bob Monroe, manager of the Gun Lake Sewer and Water Authority, is a resident of Long Lake and has been in complete support of the project. At the Dec. 14 Hope Township Board beeting, Robyn Nicklow inquired as to the possibility of grants to help reduce the overall cost of the project. Doster said grants were considered, Significant research has been done and is continuing as to the availability of grants. He said so far any grants available have tradeoffs such as causing a delay in the project, which would result in greater project costs as a result of inflation. Also at the Dec. 14 meeting, Gee said if vacant parcels are not specially assessed, this makes the special assessments against the other properties askew. Gee inquired as to whether there had been any consideration of the cost on an individual property owner if all the lakes needing sanitary sewer were added to the project. Doster said consideration had been given to this and the cost to an individual parcel would be relatively the same because of the cost of added pipes. Doster said with respect to the concern regarding not specially assessing vacant parcel, the proposed approach is the same that had been followed in the Wall Lake special assessment. He indicated that members of the Wall Lake Association had not wanted vacant parcels to be specially assessed out of fear it might encourage development of those parcels. Gee asked how many vacant lots are in the special assessment district. Doster said of the 307 parcels in the special assessment district, approximately 60 are vacant. The Dec. 14 board meeting included a number of exchanges between residents of Long Lake, the board, and Doster in particular. David Bagley, who lives on Guernsey Lake Road, questioned the one year timetable for hookup to the system. Bagley said he had just installed a new septic system on his property, which will be good for a long time. He said he believed connection to the sewer line should only be required when a property’s septic system has failed. He said he would like to get the benefit of the money he has spent for the new septic system and believed he should be treated the same as people who subsequently construct a dwelling on a currently vacant parcel. Doster said residents who approached the health department with plans to add a septic system were advised to install a system that would be compatible with the proposed sewer system and could be hooked in when it came through. Speaking this week, Doster defended the project by saying the health department had made a strong presentation citing the need for a sewer line to the Long Lake and Cloverdale Lake area. “They said this was one of the worst areas in Barry County,” he said. “The township felt the health benefits far outweigh some of the negative aspects of the project.” Doster said the health department did not conduct tests on the lake, but rather on the wells and septic systems surrounding the lake. According to a letter sent to Hope Township Supervisor Pat Albert in July, Regina Young, supervising sanitarian with the environmental health division of the BarryEaton District Health Department, reported that 244 inspection files had been compiled going back more than 40 years. “A review of these spreadsheets will certainly demonstrate the difficulties relative to on-site wastewater disposal that are evident in this focus area,” she wrote. In her report, Young said 194 files provided the age of the septic systems in the focus area, which included Guernsey Lake, Long Lake and portions of Cloverdale Lake. She reported that 20% of the focus area had no file regarding the sewage disposal system. Of the sites inspected, 28% had a system more than 40 years old; 34% were between 27 and 39 years old and 38 of the systems were 26 years old and under. According to state figures, septic systems can be expected to have a normal operational life of approximately 20 years, Doster said. Young also reported that 17% of the systems evaluated had either failed or were malfunctioning and 26% were “stressed.” The overall average with a system meeting the definition of failed and/or malfunctioning is only 8%. Young reported that 55% of the sites reported had inadequate or no room for replacement. She also said 47% of the sites were identified as having “unsuitable soil and/or water table conditions.” “I was surprised at the number of sites which still use outhouses,” Doster said. “There is no question but that this system is badly needed and there is no question but that the majority of land owners in this area are in favor of the sewer project.” �Page 4 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Equal Parenting Bill should be enacted in Lansing IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Use common sense when dogs get loose To the editor: A little common sense can go a long way, and common sense is definitely called for in this dog killing situation. Said common sense would dictate: If a dog is truly attacking your pets, livestock, etc., then let the owners know and give them a chance to use some common sense of their own. If they continue to ignore the problem, then get it on tape for evidence if you can and call animal control and make them do their job, make them come pick up the pet(s). Their number is (269) 948-4885. Now if a dog isn't attacking you, your pets or your livestock, then why is this an issue for you? Yes, the dog may be roaming and shouldn't, but if it's not harming you then why not just mind your own business? I know minding your own business is hard for some people, but why not try it? You might like it. It is not responsible to let your pets roam free without supervision and it is against the law, hence the reason animal control will come pick up a roaming animal. But a pet shouldn't be shot just because it's roaming either. That is no reason to shoot an animal. I personally have been on both sides of this fence, I have a friend whose dog was just recently shot and the dog was on its own property. The shooter admitted he shot the dog simply because he didn't know whose dog it was. That isn't even close to a reason to shoot an animal. The cops were called and hopefully this person will be punished to the fullest extent of the law. On the other hand, my chickens which were in a pen were killed by a neighbor’s dog that was roaming free. Said dog ripped through the fencing and killed about 20 chickens. We let our neighbors know what happened and also let them know that if it happened again something would have to be done. It has never happened again. The dog is always kept home now and has a fenced in yard. It's called common courtesy, and common sense people use it. Jennifer Mitchell, Hastings Banner needs less sports, more news To the editor: After reading Mr. Jacobs' commentary about former President Ford, I would like to issue a challenge to him to see if he would uphold the ideals of Ford about honesty and integrity. I would like to see during an election year all profiles from all candidates running for office, no matter which office it is — local, state, federal, etc. It would really make the Banner stand out more when more in-depth reporting is done on running candidates about where they really stand on issues that matter to them. I would like to see the solutions the candidates propose to problems that interest the public It would really help if these profiles are printed at least six months before the election then repeated again one month before the election to refresh voters’ memories about running candidates. I really care about the integrity of candidates, as I've voted in the past outside of twoparty control. It's really time to step outside of the dominance of Republicans and Democrats and give other parties fair exposure as well. There are other choices to choose from. The excuse there are no good choices doesn't fly with me. If many, voters were paying attention in the last mid-term election they would have seen other parties. So to the public and voters, it’s best to do your homework before the next election comes up and do it well to be an informed voter. Step outside what you would know and learn about others. It has shown through history the best presidents were those who understood the American people and put them first over foreign interests. If anyone were at the Ford Museum, one would get the idea of where Ford came from and how he thought about things. This was a very smart and intelligent man and he knew how to strike a balance despite facing opposition. Stepping in another quick direction, Franklin D. Roosevelt steered this country well in World War II. He was another intelligent president who did his homework and analysis before heading into war. It came to light via the History channel that the main reason Bush went to war against Iraq was because of the threat that was made against his father at the time the elder Bush was in office. Now what does that tell you? This Is a vendetta war, not a legitimate war. To end this letter on a more curious note, why hasn't the Banner done any stellar investigating on topics like the closing of Renner Ford? What happened there and why did it close without announcing it? What about other mysterious things going on that few people know, like is Wal-Mart really relocating to a Green Street address and is Menard’s coming in to take over the other existing Wal-Mart building? Also, what is being built back behind Sav-a-Lot? What business is coming there? It seems to me this paper is not really being that informative. I think the sports section could use a reduction In coverage and give some credence to more community matters at hand. Where has the Banner gone? Sandra Brimmer, Hastings So when do we get to use E85 ethanol? To the editor: I have a question. I’m wondering how soon and where we would be able to purchase E85 (fuel that is primarily ethanol) for our 2000 Dodge Neon? I've been told (but don't quite believe) that the Neon's engine would have to be adapted to use that sort of fuel. If this is true, where could such an alteration be arranged? Hopefully, the mechanical know-how for this sort of conversion is within reason? My wish... for the Year 2007, is to see our country becoming free from the economic and environment damages that are being caused by dependence on petroleum-based fuels. We've reached the end of tolerance for this sort of abuse! Looking forward to the answers. Thank you. Lori Barcroft, Hastings To the editor: On Dec. 12, the Michigan House of Representatives' Family and Children Services Committee failed to advance the Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 5267 from committee to a full House vote. Democratic Representative Dudley Spade did not vote on this bill. Republican Barb VanderVeen joined with Democrats Gino Polidori, Brenda Clack and Lamar Lemmons, Jr. in voting against Equal Parenting. Republicans John Stahl, Tom Pearce, Fulton Sheen and Jacob Hoogendyk voted for the bill, and for the children of Michigan. The dissenters and Representative Spade claimed to have issues with Equal Parenting on the grounds of increased danger due to domestic violence. The Equal Parenting Bill would be in the best interests of Michigan's children. By refusing to vote for the bill, these officials have ignored the facts. The bill calls for "clear and convincing evidence" to find a parent unfit, unwilling or unable to care for their child(ren). Obviously, any parent with a documented history of abuse or neglect would easily be found "unfit." Current laws are in place and are effective to protect victims of domestic violence. House Bill 5267 would do nothing to change these laws. Facts and proof only please — no more hearsay or false allegations would be heard — a very positive change! The Michigan Bar Association has reported that approximately 10% of divorce and custody cases involve "high conflict situations." This leaves a huge majority that are not. If "high conflict" can be defined as "abusive," then 90% of parents, both custodial and noncustodial alike, and their children are being discriminated against by not having the bill passed into law! Domestic violence is gender neutral. Abuse against anyone is a terrible thing, but is not a "male phenomenon." The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) has been used and recognized for years as a measure of domestic violence. The CTS is often quoted as stating "2,000,000 wives are abused by their husbands every year," and that "a woman is abused by a man every 15 seconds." The media and other reporters don't bother mentioning that the same study also shows that a man is abused by a woman every 14 seconds, and at least 2,000,000 husbands are abused by their wives every year! In actuality, the safest place for a child is with his or her natural father. According to the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, no more than 16% of all child maltreatment is perpetrated by the child's biological father. This compares to the following statistics all involving a female perpetrator: 95% of cases of infant maltreatment, 78% of cases of maltreatment of children of all ages, 67% of severe physical child abuse cases, 74% of psychological abuse cases, and 95% of medical neglect cases. An Equal Parenting law would be an effective deterent to these shocking statistics! Representative Spade has done a huge injustice to his constituents, as have Representatives VanderVeen, Clack, Polidori and Lemmons Jr., who all chose to vote against Equal Parenting and for the divorce industry and the others who profit from it in Michigan, including the "domestic violence protection" industry. It is obvious who they support — and it's not the families or children of Michigan! Phillip N. Wurm, Hastings Barry County Coordinator, Family Rights Coalition of Michigan Competition keeps U.S. from becoming a theocracy To the editor: Every now and then here in West Michigan there is an interesting letter to a newspaper about evolution and the theological philosophies of creationism and "intelligent design." In the Nov. 10 Kalamazoo Gazette, a letter from a Kalamazoo Christian High School student correctly states that Haeckel, a 19th century European biologist, faked some of his illustrations of embryos to make the embryos of several different species appear to be more similar. Scientists gradually discovered that he had faked or exaggerated parts of his illustrations. Some biology textbooks in the 20th century for a while used Haeckel's fraudulent illustrations, or imitations of them. However, throughout the 20th century, scientists and publishers, whenever periodically reminded of Haeckel's fraud, have been gradually replacing the inaccurate illustrations with scientifically accurate ones. An American evolutionist, Ernst Mayr, in his 2001 book, "What Evolution Is," says that Haeckel fraudulently substituted dog embryos in place of human ones. Furthermore, Haeckel wrongly and simplemindedly assumed that leftover evolutionary ancestral embryonic structures, such as gilllike structures, were "useless." Modern embryologists have discovered these embryonic structures actually are not "useless." Instead, these structures have further evolved anew to become structural and biochemical organizers of later steps of embryonic growth. Nature is complex. A Times, (London), story and follow-up letters, Aug. 11, 17 and 21, 1997, and the Sept. 5, 1997, scientific journal, Science, describe Haeckel's fraudulently inaccurate illustrations. Modern scientists are finding that embryos of different species are nowhere near as similar as Haeckel vainly imagined. A London embryologist, Dr. Michael Richardson, has verified in the 1990s what scientists and textbook publishers had repeatedly suspected years earlier, that Haeckel had not used all the proper embryos for his 19th century drawings, (1874, etc.). Furthermore, science historians have periodically reminded biology textbook publishers that Haeckel admitted at a university trial that he had not had all the proper embryos, and had drawn parts of his illustrations from imagination. Dr. Richardson believes that though most modern textbooks have finally been corrected, a few publishers today might not have finished updating the last of their inaccurate books. He wants all modern publishers to finally finish updating their biology and medical science textbooks with scientifi- Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. cally accurate pictures. Updating textbooks can lift modern science above Haeckel's fraudulent inaccuracies and his naive oversimplifications of the real complexity of evolution. Updating textbooks can better prepare today's embryology students to accurately research all kinds of complex modern problems, such as for example, the possible connection between industrial pollution and an autistic brain structure, (autism), in the embryos of about one out of every two or three hundred Americans born in 2007. To help scientists and textbook publishers to finally finish updating textbooks, perhaps local area churches, and local educated Christians who tolerate the theory of evolution, could offer some academic achievement awards to any ambitious Barry County students who, after diligent efforts, can successfully find, in a present-day public school in Barry County, any currently used biology textbook containing the fraudulent, inaccurate 19th century Haeckel illustrations or modern imitations of them. Of course, students should not receive any awards for finding, in an attic or trash can, an old out-of-print, fraudulently illustrated 1950s textbook that modern public schools are no longer using. If students someday make a claim about any inaccurate, currently used biology textbook in a public school, then any Hastings Banner journalist looking for a Pulitzer Prize story could do careful verification of the claim at whatever public school that students might allege is a school still using an inaccurate, unscientific textbook. If any such allegation by students is ever truly verified, then perhaps local churches and local educated Christian evolutionists could, with much publicity and ceremony, present the successful students with academic achievement awards, perhaps in the form of some good Christian evolutionist books, such as, "The Language of God," by Francis Collins, "Finding Darwin's God," by Kenneth Miller, and "Evolution and Christian Faith," by Joan Roughgarden. Meanwhile, local lawyers could find much notoriety, (and make national news), by taking legal action against any public schools caught using any leftover, outdated, inaccurate and unscientific textbooks. As a social stability precaution of gradualism, any local students who win the three Christian evolutionist books as achievement awards probably ought not to read these three books immediately, but only later, in college, as mature and scholarly students struggling sincerely to define possible differences between God and religion. What about new passport rules Rules regarding passports will change for citizens of the United States as of Jan. 23. Passports are now going to be required for citizens traveling to the Bahamas, Mexico and Canada. In the following year cruise ship passengers also will need passports. What do you think of these changes? No human of any philosophy or religion will ever perfectly know exactly how God designed time, space, quantum wave energy or indeed logic itself. Here in America our public schools are supported by taxpayers who come from many different churches, not just one, and so we can't have any government establishment with regard to religion by teaching anyone particular church's doctrines or theologies such as creationism or "intelligent design" in a public school science class. However, these metaphysical church doctrines, these theological philosophies, along with related ultimate Socratic questions about definitions, can be taught in detail in a public school philosophy class, which students with post-secular theological, philosophical and metaphysical questions may freely include in their class schedules. Perhaps James Madison, an author of the Constitution, was right in believing that our God-given individual rights are best protected when there is endless competition between many different churches, so that no one fanatical church would ever be allowed by all the other competing, jealous, fearful churches to ever take over our government and our society, making America into a monolithic theocracy under one fanatical church. So America, a land of many endlessly competing churches, is relatively safe from ever becoming a theocracy, compared with unlucky theocratic nations such as Iran or Saudi Arabia. Tom Bateman, Hastings WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Board guilty of ‘contempt of process’ When I wrote about the passing of former President Gerald Ford last week, I recalled all the positive comments coming from across the nation about the kind of person and legislator Ford was. It made you feel good to know he lived his life reflecting his Midwestern values in everything he did, especially when representing his constituents from West Michigan and later the nation. On the other hand, if you read last week's front page story about what the Barry County Board of Commissioners did in their last hours of governing as a body in 2006, it reflected all the things you hate most about the political process and about the lack of leadership in government. To start with, Commissioner-elect Jeff VanNortwick attended the meeting as a citizen and spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting. The process allows for public comment from any citizen for up to three minutes at the beginning and at the end of the regular meeting, VanNortwick pointed out to commissioners that in the final 2006 budget, a line item designating $10,000 to be given to the Agriculture Preservation Board was added. He called the procedure "pork barrel politics" and maintained that it shouldn't be tolerated. Though VanNortwick was allowed three minutes to make his case, Commissioner Tom Wing interrupted him and began to debate the merits of his concerns, taking away from VanNortwick's time to speak as a citizen. Making matters worse, Board Chairwoman Clare Tripp allowed this to go on without gaveling down fellow commissioner Wing as he interrupted VanNortwick. For those of you who may not remember, Tripp and Wing both were defeated in the August primary election and will not be coming back in the new year. Sandra James is the third commissioner being replaced, because she decided not to run for office again. So the question must be asked: Were commissioners giving this additional money to the Ag Board because it was sorely needed, or was it just because they had the power to grant the money in the last hours of holding public office? In other words, did they do it just because they could? Just before I discussed honor and integrity here last week, we got a mouthful in Barry County of what citizens detest most about government, and why so many feel disdain for the process. VanNortwick should have been allowed time to speak his mind and when anyone tried to take the opportunity from him, the chairperson had the responsibility to guarantee him the time to speak. Not only should citizens of Barry County be concerned about the process, there is also a question about the impropriety in granting the $10,000 to the Ag Board in the first place, the majority of commissioners who approved the expenditure made no effort to justify the additional dollars to the full board and the public. Plus there are personal issues making the decision questionable. Tom Wing offered the motion to give the committee additional funds while his dad, Paul, sits as chairman of the Ag Preservation Committee. That’s not really cronyism, it’s even worse, it’s called nepotism. Fellow commissioner Mike Callton, now the board chairman, called the process "political incest," which is a fairly accurate analysis, but I would further label it as contemptuous of the process of good government. After the public comment time was over, not only was there very little discussion on the matter during the official meeting, there was no demand from fellow commissioners to justify the money, except two, Callton and Hoot Gibson, who cast the only “no” votes from the board. My problem isn't just with the fact they are willing to give additional money to a group without an understanding how it would be used, I come back to the notion of contempt of the process. With so much controversy surrounding the motion and little if any justification given for it, how can six of eight commissioners vote affirmative without demanding accountability? It's not only disgusting to watch the process happen, but also disconcerting to me to see three sitting commissioners, French, Adams and Nevins, who are returning in the new year, fail to demand justification. I've been concerned for some time about this County Board of Commissioners, and drawing conclusions from the fiasco we endured in the last meeting of last year, voters who supported candidates to replace Wing and Tripp should be satisfied they made the right decision. It's my hope in the new year, the citizens of Barry County will see a better brand and process of governance from the new board, and I hope the new members will make an impact on the remaining members, demanding honesty and integrity in public service. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics History will tell of U.S. Reign of Terror To the editor: Future historical texts may well document the first decade of 21st century America as "The Reign of Terror." I think a thorough examination of the facts will show that this terror was not wrought by or because of Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein, but, rather by members of the American government and other corporate executives. CEOs George W. Bush and Dick Cheney decide, dictate and rule over it. The facts of crimes committed during this dark period in our history are myriad. They include, but are not limited to: • Taking our United States of America into a fraudulent, and illegal pre-emptive war in violation of federal conspiracy statute, Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 (See U.S.V.Bush by Elizabeth de la Vega, retired federal prosecutor available at the Hastings Library). • Torturing and humiliating human beings in violation of the Geneva Conventions. • Illegal and warrantless wiretapping of our telephones, computer e-mails and now through yet another sneaky signing statement, our private mail. • Suspension of our Habeas Corpus rights, preserved for almost 800 years, until now. • Ignoring and abandoning New Orleans and her people during and after Hurricane Katrina. • Plundering our U.S. Treasury to the tune of billions that have gone unaccounted for (Halliburton/KBR fraud). The U.S. rushed the execution of Saddam Hussein before more trials and evidence of U.S. complicity in his past crimes could come to light. Then, to do the deed on the Muslim holiday, the feast of Eid ul Adha, celebrating the deliverance of Ishmael from the sacrifice of Abraham is yet another example of incom- petence and a malicious stain on this country, guaranteeing more violence against our soldiers and the Iraqi people. This "Reign of Terror," delivered to us via intentional fear-based propaganda, continues only if the citizens of this land allow it. Americans ignore history and these crimes at the peril of themselves, future generations of Americans and the rest of the world. More terrorists are being created than killed because of it. It's amazing that Richard Nixon resigned from office in disgrace for crimes that seem amateurish (nobody died), but now when compared to what Bush & Co. is perpetrating. When German citizens chose to ignore the crimes of Hitler and the Nazis, people wondered how they could turn a blind eye. What shall we call our silence? To remain thus in these times is essentially unpatriotic, but not un-American. It is our right to remain silent, after all, at least for the time being. To utter the word "impeachment" to our representatives in Washington is considered destabilizing in a time of war. What more damage could be done than to allow the Bush regime to continue breaking and ignoring laws and destroying lives? There are more and more American service men and women who are standing up for their country by publicly disavowing this fraudulently implemented and illegal war. This fact alone should tell citizens that remaining silent isn't supporting the troops. Let's end the "Reign of Terror" now by holding the perpetrators of these crimes accountable before we send 20,000 more troops into this quagmire to die or be maimed physically and mentally! Impeach Bush & Co., and end the war now! Corinne Turner, Delton Bush has painted himself into a corner Homeowner rehab program funding sought by county Barry County will ask the State of Michigan this week to release $250,000 in federal funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for a Homeowner Rehabilitation project. The Barry County Community Development Block Grant Program will help with rehabilitation of eight single-family, owner-occupied homes. The assistance will be limited to families with low to moderate incomes (not exceeding 80 percent of median income for Barry County). The rehabilitation will bring these homes into compliance with HUD'S housing quality standards as well as addressing local code items. Assistance to homeowners will be at a maximum 100% deferred loan, with most Music School lessons start Jan. 22 Clarinet students Amy Hamilton, Amber Huisman and Susan VanKruiningan perform at the Community Music School. Registration for winter lessons and classes is now open. Call (269) 948-9441. Hastings Community Music School private lessons in band and orchestra instruments, guitar, piano and voice will begin the week of Jan. 22. Registration is now open for private lessons, Kindermusik classes and other programs at the school. Financial aid is available based on household income. Lessons include performance opportunities, including periodic spotlight recitals and the annual Share-A-Thon Festival in March. Band students can sharpen their skills for concerts or competitions. Adults can start a new hobby or bring their playing to the next level. Pre-school students can get a head start in both school and music. “For people of all ages and skill levels, the Community Music School offers fun and rewarding ways to bring out their best in music,” said Director Steve Youngs. Kindermusik classes are offered for infants to age 5. Fun for parent and child alike, Kindermusik introduces children to a wide range of rhythms and modes through singing, movement and simple instruments. Kindermusik students gain both academic and musical skills. Classes begin the week of Jan. 29. A discount is available for siblings. The Hastings Kids Choir, for third- through fifth-graders, is a fun way to learn to sing and perform. According to the College Entrance Examination Board, students who participate in music for four years or more consistently outperform their peers on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). On average, they score 59 points higher on the verbal section and 45 points higher on the math section. With branches in Battle Creek and Hastings, the Community Music School enrolls more than 500 students, ranging from infants in Kindermusik classes to senior citizens taking private lessons, with more than 10% receiving need-based financial aid. The Community Music School is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by private donations and by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Barry Community Foundation. Lessons are held at First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. in Hastings. To register, call (269) 948-9441. For more information, visit www.musiccenterscmi.com repayments due upon sale or transfer of title of the property. An Environmental Review Record, which documents the environmental review record of the project has been made by the county. The records are on file at the 220 West State Street, Hastings and are available for public examination and copying by request between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call County Administrator Michael C. Brown at 269/9451284 for further information. Barry County will undertake the project with CDBG program funds with Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. Barry County is certifying to MSHDA and the State of Michigan that Barry County and Michael C. Brown, as county administrator, consent to the jurisdiction of the federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making, and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, Barry County may use the CDBG funds and MSHDA will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. MHSDA will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: • That the certification was not in fact executed by the certifying officer or other officer of applicant approved HUD. • That the applicant's environmental review record for the project indicates omission of the required decision finding or step applicable to the project in the environmental review process. • Other specified grounds in HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58.75. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to Carolyn Cunningham, MSHDA, at P.O. Box 30044, Lansing. MI 48909 Objections to the release of funds on bases other than those stated above will not be considered by MSHDA. No objection received after Jan. 29 will be considered by MSHDA. To the editor: Americans can look for heavy use of “smoke and mirrors” as the Bush Administration attempts to ward off a continuing series of blows condemning their conduct of government – mismanagement of military policy in particular. They have many documents to shred and burn before the new congress takes over. The next blow will result from a stiffening of spines in the Pentagon, reflecting statements already made by incoming Secretary Robert Gates. It should come in the form of an honest military appraisal of what stubborn ignorance has produced (not only in Iraq). Events are pushing George W. Bush into a dark corner (where humiliation lurks). Part of the “smoke” is a new tendency of Bush (and spokesmen) to claim problems in Iraq began, "about ten months ago," with a "change of strategy" by insurgents. This is demonstrably untrue. In the first place, it was a change of tactics, not strategy. Their strategy has always been to suck us into an unwinnable morass. (Congratulations, alQaida in Iraq, Mission Accomplished!) Indeed, how many times have Marines had to return to Fallujah? How, when, why and by whom was the Iraqi army disbanded and allowed to scatter (with arms)? Why weren't U.S. troops supplied with (available) topquality body and vehicle armor? Whose planners allowed a gigantic cache of military grade explosives (one million tons) to be left unguarded 'til it vanished? Whose invasion plan was skewed at onset through desertion by Turkey and denial of a northern invasion route? Who was surprised when neighboring states began funding, arming, training and advising those daily killing our troops? Who appears impotent to stop the weapons flow, or plan a successfully coordinated strategy. Who unleashed the thieving jackals Halliburton, Bechtel (many others as sleazy or sleazier). They are a big part of why civil works there are shoddy (and seldom completed). They've reportedly killed thousands of innocent Iraqis, while simultaneously bilking our treasury of billions. (I suspect some of the many reporters lost there have fallen to their fire, as well.) Who forgot, or more likely never knew, the first law of war is Murphy's Law? The president has proven himself to be a chronic liar. The Blair/Bush press conference last month provided a display of Bush body language, everything but screaming, "I'm lying, I know it, I can't stop it, I've told too many lies to keep track of." You could see the wheels turning as he changed gears, "naow, slow down George, and think a minit, dammit — yeah, call everyone 'sir' (even their wimmin, heh, heh), and E-NUN-SEE-ATE all words over three syllables - that'll get 'em." He's a stubborn man who's led our nation into big trouble and hasn't a clue what to do next. Historically, when leadership fails, events have given similar situations momentum of their own. Maybe that's why former Congressman Lee Hamilton says the president, "cannot act too quickly." Does anyone foresee a future president, contemplating military action abroad, contacting George W. Bush for advice? Get out of there. Regroup. Implement recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. Reequip the National Guard and Reserve. Build up our special forces. Stop electing fools and misfits. Pursue and kill those who've attacked us. "By indirection find direction out," as 'the Bard' knowingly advised. Larry Hamp, Hastings Supt. search to be discussed Monday Don Myers, chair of the Superintendent Search Committee for the Hastings Board of Education, is inviting the public to the meet- Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! ing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, in the inulti-purpose room of Northeastern Elementary School, 519 East Grant St. Myers said, "At the end of the January 15 meeting, board members will receive comments about the process to identify a new superintendent as well as suggestions about skills and abilities the board should look for in a candidate." The notice of the opening for a superintendent will be posted after Monday night’s and after sessions with other groups in the school system. Myers also noted that the application period would be closed in early February, "Our tentative plans are to start the interview process in late February or early March, after thoroughly reviewing the applications, conducting reference checks, and doing all of the things that are part of a careful search," emphasized Myers. For more information, call Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent, at 948-4400. �Page 6 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Serivce. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Chancel Choir. Saturday 10 a.m. Special Choir Rehearsal. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 6 p.m. - Conversational Spanish; 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study. Next Wednesday - 9 a.m. Little Seedlings; 7:15 p.m. Praise Team. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: Robert George Adams Dorothy L. Bustance KALAMAZOO - Robert George Adams, age 68, of Kalamazoo, died on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his Kalamazoo residence. Robert was born in Middleville, on September 10, 1938, the son of Melborn and Arlene (Rau) Adams. He was a graduate of Woodland High School in 1956. He then worked two years for Hastings Aluminum Products. Robert graduated from Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, TN. He then went on to Andrews University in Berrien Springs, where he received his masters degree. He was married June 21, 1959 to Dylite E. Biddle. Robert dedicated his life teaching others; he taught for 43 years at the Seventh-day Adventist School’s, 20 of which were in Michigan. Robert was a licensed pilot who enjoyed flying. He also enjoyed down hill skiing and working for the church. He has been a member of the Kalamazoo Seventh-day Adventist Church since October 1994. Robert is survived by his wife of 47 years, Dylite Adams of Kalamazoo; his children, Mark Adams of Hastings, Twyla (Charles) Stephens of Fletcher, OK; Theresa (Ardendale) Adams of Hopkins; Robert Todd (Kimy) Adams of Kalamazoo; Kevin Adams of Kalamazoo; Blake Whitman Huge of Collegedale, TN; and Jeremy Small, of Kalamazoo; his six grandchildren, Christopher Grant, Michael Grant, Antonio Bravata, Olivia Adams, Dainen Adams, Madison Adams; three brothers, Arden (Ruth) Adams, Stephen (Ellen) Adams, Leland (Yovanne) Adams; two sisters, Phyllis Raab, Judy (Jerry) Caswell, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services were held on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at the Kalamazoo Seventhday Adventist Church, 1601 Nichols Rd. Burial was at Rutland Township Cemetery. The family has asked for memorials to be made to the KJA Worthy Student Fund in place of flowers. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net. HASTINGS – Mrs. Dorothy L. Bustance, age 100, of Hastings, died Wednesday, January 10, 2007, at Thornapple Manor, Hastings. Dorothy L. Bustance was born on June 22, 1906 in Lake Odessa, the daughter of Joseph and Rozella (Klepfer) Buehler. She was raised and attended school in Freeport. Dorothy worked at Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids) in the Diet Kitchen before she married Carl Bustance. She was a homemaker on the farm for 14 years before moving to Hastings for 56 years and spent four years in Middleville. Dorothy lived her remaining years at Thornapple Manor. Dorothy loved her family and cooking big dinners for them. She enjoyed her flowers, gardening, sewing, crocheting and playing cards. She is survived by daughter, Frances B. Maichele; sons, Clifford (Karen) Bustance, and Theodore (Sue) Bustance; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; sisters, Maxine Mick of North Palm Beach, Florida and Joey (Wayne) Wise of Elkhart, Indiana; brother, Calvin (Madeline) Buehler of Freeport; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband Carl Bustance of 56 years; sisters, Marcia C. Gray, Genevieve Sage, and Geraldine VanNoy; brothers, Clifford Buehler, Fletcher Buehler, and Donald Buehler. Visitation will be Friday, January 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wren Funeral Home, Hastings. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, January 13, 2007 at the funeral home. Rev. Lee Zachman will officiate. Burial will be at Freeport Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Thornapple Manor, 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Arrangements are by Wren Funeral Home (www.wren-funeral-home.com). Dustin Ernest Robbins June E. Westbrook HASTINGS - June E. Westbrook, age 67, of Hastings, died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at her home. Miss Westbrook was born on July 24, 1939 in Luther, the daughter of Valdy and Hattie (Hodges) Westbrook. She was raised in the Ionia and Grand Rapids areas and attended schools there. She moved to Hastings 20 years ago from the Howard City area where she had lived for many years. June enjoyed playing cards, bingo and visiting casinos. June is survived by her daughter, Sandra (Paul) Miller of Greenville; granddaughter, April (Eric) Navarre of Gowin; great grandson, Austin Navarre; sisters, Esther Neymeiyer of Hastings, Belva Spires of Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Shirley Barkley of Boyne City; brothers, Francis Westbrook of Bath and Leslie Westbrook of Boyne City; nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were parents; brothers, William, Ivan, Clarence, Robert and Theodore Westbrook. Services were held Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Reid officiating. Burial was at Reynolds Township Cemetery, Howard City. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com) DELTON - Dustin Ernest Robbins, age 22 of Delton, died on Wednesday January 3, 2007 as the result of an accidental drowning on Gun Lake. Dustin was born on December 3, 1984 the son of William Ernest Robbins and Kelly Marie Steinke. Dustin was a Delton High School graduate of the class of 2003. He completed training as a certified nurses assistant at Michigan Career and Technical Institute. He worked at many different occupations, but fishing was his true love, and his favorite job was working charters for Captain Dave Strong. Dustin was developing a business making fishing rods, selling hand tied flies, jigs, and sinkers. He hoped to open his own bait shop. Dustin was a fun loving person with a big heart and he opened it to all he met. He was a fearless fisherman who loved the peace of the water where he stalked the mighty salmon. Dustin was preceded in death by his grandfather, David Steinke Sr., grandmother, Donna Edmonds, and uncle, David Steinke II. He is survived by his parents, William (Julie) Robbins, and Kelly (George) Williston; brother, Tyson Robbins; half brother, Jacob Robbins, step-brother, Gabriel Williston; grandparents, Marlin (Rita) Walters, Rodney Robbins; great-grandmother, Louise Robbins; aunt, Karrie Carson; step-aunt, Laurie Smith. Memorials can be made to Advocacy Services for Kids, 414 East Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49007, or Trout Unlimited, Kalamazoo Valley Chapter, Dowagic, Mi. Funeral services were held on Tuesday January 9, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Bishop Bernie Wright officiating. Burial was at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). K.A. 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Bill was involved in farming for 50 years. He raised horses and collected tractors. He managed the Barry County Fair for eight years. He was also active in Barry County 4-H. Bill was a police officer for Barry Township and Praireville Township. He was a member and honorary member of the Sheriff Posse, the American Legion, VFW and the Hastings Moose Lodge. He served in the United States Army during WWII. Bill married Pauline M. (Stutz) Christie, February 17, 1950 and she died July 23, 2006. He was also preceded in death by his parents a brother, Robert Christie. Bill is survived by two daughters, Sandra VanDenburg and Randy Deal, of Hastings, Sheila (Dave) Barnard of Hastings; four grandchildren, Kelly (Aaron) Newberry, Derek (Sarah) VanDenburg, Courtney (Broc) Reaser, Becky Barnard; five great-grandchildren, Andrew, Aaron, and Kennedy Newberry, Emma and Adrianne VanDenburg; sisters, Betty Neil, Beverly (Don) Wagner and Nancy (Jerry) McDonald; sister in-law, Carol Christie. A Memorial visitation will take place on Thursday, January 11, 2007 from 5:30 until 8:00 pm at the Hastings Moose Lodge. Memorials can be made to Charity of One’s Choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net) June Marie Doty TRAVERSE CITY - June Marie Doty, age 91, of Traverse City and formerly of Hastings, died Monday, December 11, 2006 at Traverse Manor in Traverse City. Mrs. Doty was born on June 28, 1915 in Danforth, the daughter of Oscar and Ruth (Johnson) Larsen. She was raised in the Delta County/Escanaba, area and attended schools there. She was married to Russel L. Doty in 1935 and moved to Hastings in 1949 from Rochester. June and Russ owned and operated the Western Auto Store in Hastings from 1949 until selling the business in 1961. She then worked for Hodges Jewelry in Hastings for about 13 years before retirement. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, enjoyed archery, bowling, golf and square dancing. Mrs. Doty is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Albert) Francik of Lake Ann; son, Dale (Hannah) Doty of Tulsa, OK; five grandchildren, Carolyn (Mark) Kristof of Kingsley, Chuck Francik of Portage, James (Terri) Francik of Mesa, AZ, Susan (Gabe) VanHorn of Hastings and Diana Doty of Florida; five great grandchildren, four from Hastings and one from Portage; one great great grandchild of Hastings; brother, Glen (Shirley) Larsen of Grand Blanc; sister, Nancy (Lloyd) Strahl of Carney; nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband Russ on November 26, 1999; brothers, Oscar and Richard Larsen; sister, Luella Tolan. Visitation will be Saturday, January 13, 2007 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Rev. Kathy Brown officiating. Burial will be at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Munson Healthcare Regional Foundation for Munson Hospice and Palliative Care, 210 Beaumont Place, Traverse City, MI 49684. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home (www.wren-funeralhome.com) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 7 Longtime business owner Chester Geukes, 94, dies by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Longtime local businessman Chester R. “Chet” Geukes of Middleville died Tuesday, Jan. 2, at the age of 94. He was well known in the community as the owner and operator of Geukes Market from 1945 to 1977. Geukes was a member of the Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education from 1957 to 1967 and, along with Roman Felpausch of Hastings and others, started the large animal sale at the Barry County Fair in 1947. In 1948 he bid the highest price (at that time) of 66 cents per pound for a beef cattle. For many years, he was one of the highest bidders during the large animal event. Barry County Extension 4-H youth agent Kathy Walters Surratt says, “He was a tremendous friend of 4-H. He was a consistent bidder during the large animal sale and very caring toward 4-H youth. For more than 50 years he supported the young people in 4-H.” Geukes was one of the founders of the Middleville Rotary Club, in 1937. His 70year membership was one of the foundations of his life. He was pictured with current president Drew McFadden in the Jan. 2 Sun and News to help promote new members for the club. McFadden said, “He was just a special guy. As a charter member of the Middleville Rotary Club, he was the foundation of the club for almost 70 years. We always enjoyed his coming to meetings and were happy when he returned to attend this year.” Geukes moved into Carveth Village earlier this year and was away from club meetings for several months due to illness, but returned in December to hear the Thornapple Kellogg Honors Choir perform and share jokes and laughs with local Rotary members. Son Don Geukes remembered having his father present him with his diploma at Thornapple Kellogg High School commencement in 1958. Chet was also a member of the TK Board of Education in 1960 when he presented Don’s future wife, Janet Solomon, with her diploma. Don remembers his dad as an upbeat person even conquering tragedies in his life. Chet’s younger brother, Donald, was killed in an automobile accident on Irving Road in 1933. Then in 1945, he lost his parents, Arthur and Florence, to another automobile accident. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor, and his sister, Evelyn. On Sept. 11, 2004, Chet was honored as a Very Important Person for Heritage Days in Middleville. He explained then in an interview for the Sun and News the history of Geukes Market and its survival as a familyowned business. Don also noted his dad was committed to the local community and promoting it as part of the Chamber of Commerce and other organizations. After his retirement in 1977 Chet was a familiar figure on local golf courses. He also enjoyed playing cards with his friends. Vern Lettinga from the Lake Odessa Live Stock Auction said he knew Chester as long as he could remember, 40 or 50 years. He would come to the auction to buy cattle and process it for sale at Joe’s Grocery in Gun Lake. “He was a good meat man. He will be missed.” Visitors to the viewing Thursday, Jan. 4, at the Beeler Funeral Home saw one of the Geukes Market signs promoting homemade sausage and many pictures of Chet, always smiling, and Rotary memorabilia. The Rev. Scott Manning of the Middleville United Methodist Church officiated at the funeral Friday, Jan. 5. He echoed what many have told the Sun and News, “He was an eternal optimist and a fun jokester until the end of his life.” Manning said that one of the highlights of the funeral was the sharing of Chet’s witty and funny turns of phrase, like when he had to lift anything heavy, “that’s as heavy as a dead preacher.” Son Don said, “He was still trying to keep everything light until the last day of his life.” The Beeler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions in Chet’s name in lieu of flowers can be sent to the Middleville Rotary Club, P.O. Box 437, Middleville 49333 and the Barry County Fair Improvement Fund, 1350 N. M-37 Highway, Hastings 49058. Area Obituaries Richard Horton MIDDLEVILLE - Richard Horton, age 69, of Irving Twp., Middleville, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ila; his children, Debra (Bill) Trebics, Rick (Laura) Horton, Mary (Rodney) Frazer, Kathy (Don) Rodgers, Sandra (Jerry) Chewning; his mother, Julia Wolf; 13 grandchildren, Richard (Emily) Frazer, Justin (Rachel) Frazer, Rodney Frazer II, Bobbie (Dave) DeFeyter, Daniel Frazer and fiancee Nicky, Donald Rodgers, Ashley Chewning, Amy (Shawn) Ristau, Anna (James) Cadotte, Joshua, Nicole, Crystal and Chelsea; also his brother, Ed (Hillie) Horton; three step sisters. Richard was preceded in death by his father, Roy and brother, James Kent. Funeral and committal service was held Tuesday at the funeral home with Pastor Phillip Colburn of Wyoming Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to Leukemia Fund of Michigan. Arrangements by Archer, Hampel an od Kubiak, Wayland Chapel. Rep. Calley takes office in Lansing State Rep. Brian Calley, R-Portland, took the oath of office at a Capitol ceremony Wednesday and officially started his first term as the 87th House District’s voice in Lansing. Calley, a former Ionia County commissioner who had worked in the banking industry for the last 10 years, was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives on Nov. 7. The 87th District takes in all of Barry County and nearly two-thirds of Ionia County. Calley was one of 110 House lawmakers sworn into the 94th Legislature. “I am honored by the vote of confidence from local residents and will work hard to serve their needs in Lansing,” Calley said. “I look forward to working with all my new colleagues to help improve our economy and access to health care. Like many people, my passions rest in truly bipartisan issues, and I will not let anything stand in the way of progress for local residents.” Joining Rep. Calley in the Lansing ceremony were his wife, Julie. Calley’s mother and father, Kathy and Dr. Doyle Calley, and two brothers, Eric and John, also were on hand for the ceremony. Calley’s Lansing office is Room 1191 of the Anderson House Office Building across from the Capitol. Residents can contact him at (517) 373-0842 or through e-mail at briancalley@house.mi.gov “I encourage people to contact me with any concerns about state or local issues,” Calley said. “I look forward to hearing from all local residents.” Community Corrections Board announces drug test statistics Barbara M. Hicks HICKORY CORNERS – Barbara M. Hicks, age 71, of Hickory Corners, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2007, in Hastings. Mrs. Hicks was born July 14, 1935 in Hickory Corners, the daughter of Leslie and Doris (Laubaugh) Kelley. On October 3, 1953, she married Richard D. Hicks, who preceded her in death on January 18, 1996. Mrs. Hicks was the coordinator of the Charitable Union in Battle Creek for over 17 years. She loved to quilt, sew, travel, and do crafting projects. Mrs. Hicks was a very active member of the Gull Lake United Methodist Church, where she was also a member of the Sonshine Circle. She was a former Worthy Matron of the Prudence Noble Chapter of the Eastern Star. For over 15 years, she wintered in Punta Gorda, Florida. Mrs. Hicks is survived by a son, Steven (Josie) Hicks of Woodland; daughters, Jerilee (Ernie) Rose of Battle Creek, and Lorie (William) Lewis of Johannesburg, Mich.; a brother, Donald (Donna) Kelley of St. Louis, Mich.; sisters, Linda (Russel) Ford of Hickory Corners and Nancy (Richard) Wilson, also of Hickory Corners; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Hicks was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Robert Kelley. The family will receive friends Friday, January 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, where an Eastern Star Service will be conducted at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, January 13, 2007, at noon, with visitation from 11 a.m. to noon, at the Gull Lake United Methodist Church. Rev. Steven M.G. Charnley will officiate. Burial service will take place at 3 p.m. at East Hickory Corners Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Sonshine Circle of Gull Lake United Methodist Church or the Alzheimer’s Association will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. State Rep. Brian Calley (right) takes the ceremonial oath of office as a state representative in the Michigan House. Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Clifford Taylor administers the oath in the state Capitol in Lansing. Also participating in the ceremony is Calley's wife, Julie. Chester Geukes Social News Piersons to celebrate 65th wedding anniversary Glendon and Eileen Pierson are celebrating 65 years together on January 10, 2007. Happy anniversary, Mom and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa. We love you! by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Community Corrections Board has released updated figures for programs in drug testing, community service, cognitive behavior and educational opportunities. The Drug Court Day Reporting program was forced to change its perameters and no longer admit individuals who have other issues such as job seeking needs and witnessed medication into the program. “The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), which provides a grant for the program, requested the change in format,” said Community Corrections Director Jeff Westra. “MDOC will allow Barry County to keep individuals requiring these services in the program but we will not be able to claim then in monthly reports or receive reimbursement for them.” Westra said that as of December, 34 people participated in the drug testing program in 2006, and the program boasted a completion rate of 78.75%. The Community Service Program is designed to give another avenue of relief to jail overcrowding in Barry County. The jail had a community service release program for certain offender groups who maintain a good record of behavior while serving their sentences. Previously, no earned release credit was given for inmates who performed community service. “Programming includes the jail trustee program, which includes four trustee positions, as well as six community service placements,” Westra said. “Each inmate who participates in the program will receive five days off from his or her sentence for every ten full days of community service worked (based on an eight hour work day). “Credit is not given for partial days, unless the program calls for a shortened time period for that day.” Of the nine people who participated in the community service program through November, all nine successfully completed the requirements. The Office of Community Corrections is in the fourth year of providing cognitive behavioral services to Barry County jail inmates. “The ‘Thinking for a Change’ curriculum continues to be the county’s most effective program,” said Westra. “More positive feedback comes from this program than any other. “Even more important, we have seen positive results in actual thinking/behavioral changes than any other program to date.” Westra said 37 inmates had participated in the program through November 2006. “The program consists of meeting twice weekly for a total of 22 sessions at the Barry County Jail,” Westra said. “The Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Judge (James) Fisher with our Circuit Court and Barry County Adult Probation have continued to be supportive of these services.” Westra said jail bed days are saved by giving two days credit for each full week of participation. “This proves to be a cost-saving program, while providing the offender with additional skills to improve his or her level of functioning,” Westra said. “In September we began our fourth year of providing ‘Applied Critical Thinking’ at the Michigan Career Technical Institute,” he said. “This is a cognitive behavioral program that is tailored to provide similar services but with an emphasis on employment skills and issues. “Until this past semester, students selected to participate in this program were those who were identified as having quality improvement processes. We are now identifying students earlier in the process of referral to decrease attrition rates.” Marilee Osterink, education director of the Barry County Office of Community Corrections said her program has served 48 individuals in one or more ways as of December. The program involves consulting with individuals about an educational plan which would fit his or her needs, goals and abilities; continued work from other correctional institutions; providing homework and accountability to students who have jobs so they can continue their education at home; instructing students on a longer-term basis where obtaining a General Education Diploma (GED) becomes more of a possibility; and providing GED testing opportunities. “Measuring success is very difficult in this program,” Osterink said. “These students are of a transient population and they may be in the program for a month, a year or a day. “They are people who have had trouble in school previously with attendance, academics and/or school authorities. Motivations varies among students. Some have finally seen the need for education and are highly motivated. Others participate only because it is courtordered. “There are many obstacles for these students to overcome,” she said. “Therefore we try to celebrate even the smallest of successes to encourage them to continue.” Osterink said that in November, 2006, 11 students participated in the GED testing, with seven taking the entire test. Of the 11 students who tested, five passed the test in its entirety, giving a GED completion rate of 45%. “To be honest, I was very surprised and thrilled at the test results,” Osterink said. “It once again showed me the importance of this program and has motivated me to keep providing these people with the educational opportunities that will help them to succeed.” �Page 8 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Lovesick blues? Jan. 11, 18, 25 and Feb. 1 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Contact the funeral home for details. The Lakewood News had a front page story this week and photos of a 1971 visit by Congressman Gerald Ford and Governor John Volpe to the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jack Tromp. He was a visitor to the Tromp home on more than one occasion. He regularly visited the Page Memorial Building with his office/trailer parked in front where his constituents could visit him with their concerns or questions about pending legislation. Now we are getting figures on the number of people who signed the memorial books at the Ford Museum. That figure is well above 40,000. The turnstile at DeVos Center clocked the number of people who were getting in line for viewing the casket across the river and that number reached 57,000. Our weather turned to January style on Sunday. The light rain turned into snow late in the day and by morning the ground was covered. The thermometer had dropped, so it was several degrees colder than it had been for two or three weeks. The Grand Rapids newspaper continued to carry stories related to the late President Ford through the week. Many of them were stories submitted by readers. One of the photographs used was of a football team in 1941, coached by U of M graduate Gerald Ford. One of the players, wearing the #33 jersey, was Lake Odessa’s Dallas Braden. The annual sleigh ride and chili dinner at Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine LOSING WEIGHT Why is it so hard to lose weight? I have tried GR]HQV�RI�GLHWV�DQG�,�WU\�WR�H[HUFLVH�EXW�,�GRQ¶W� get anywhere. The answer to this question rests with understanding how your ERG\�XVHV�IRRG���)RRG�LV�VLPSO\�³KXPDQ�IXHO´�OLNH�JDVROLQH�LV� ³DXWRPRELOH�IXHO´���:KHQ�\RXU�FDU�UXQV�³RXW�RI�IXHO´��LW�VWRSV� running. When a human runs low on fuel, they become thin and could also eventually stop running and die (starvation). Fuel is measured in terms of calories. 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We also have a hard WLPH�SDVVLQJ�XS�WKH�³DOO�\RX�FDQ�HDW´�DQG�WKH�HFRQRPLFDO�³VXSHUVL]HG´�PHDOV���([HUFLVLQJ�RQ�WKH�RWKHU�KDQG�WDNHV�WLPH��LW�KXUWV�� the weather is often bad, the gym is closed or to expensive or you MXVW�GRQ¶W�IHHO�OLNH�H[HUFLVLQJ�QRZ«VR�SDVs the chips. ,W¶V�WRXJK«UHDOO\�WRXJK«EXW�\RXU�KHDOWK�GHSHQGV�RQ�LW�� West Berlin Wesleyan Church is set for Saturday, Jan. 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a field of nearly 40 acres surrounding the church, so there is plenty of space for a fun ride. The chili is great and the ladies there bake wonderful pies. One can partake of either the meal or the ride with a modest price for each. Funds earned will go toward completion of their Ebenezer Center, a multi-purpose community outreach center. It will have classrooms, offices and dining room and kitchen. Work groups have come in summers past to work toward its completion. A new fitness center is soon to open in the Hewitt Firestone/Vroman building on Fourth Avenue. The hairstyling business there in recent years has moved to M-50 and the former Garlinger Chiropractic house/office which also has living quarters. Curves and a real estate business have closed, so there will be new uses of their buildings. New pastor welcomed at Woodgrove Girlfriend no friend by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Woodgrove Parish on Coats Grove Road has a new pastor, Randall Bertrand. He is replacing Roberta Shaffer, who has moved to Oklahoma. Bertrand is married to Agathe, a native of France. She teaches French at Olivet and Kellogg Community College. They live in Hastings. Bertrand’s parents are Wilna and Robert Bertrand. Wilna is part of the five generation Miller family of Hastings. Before accepting the position at Woodgrove, Randall had many jobs, from a probation officer in New York City, an officer in Denver, a salesman for Bliss in Hastings and Bike Wiz Wheelz in Hastings, as well as working for a print shop. He was laid off from the Amway Corp. In 1991, he returned to Hastings to help his mother care for his father, who had been seriously injured in a bicycle accident. He saw his parents trade hats, with his mother now in charge of the household taking care of her husband. Bertrand said he has always felt a call in his life. Throughout his job changes and layoffs, Bertrand said the Lord provided. He recalled many unexpected tax refunds and stipends that carried him over rough times. He remembered the scripture “Don’t forget how faithful I’ve been.” He made the decision to turn his life over to the Lord on a motorcycle trip through Sturgis, South Dakota. He said a shaft of light came through the clouds and he “felt the spirit.” In one of his recent sermons, he summed it up by saying if you are called, you can take the ball and run or live your life feeling semisatisfied. He has drawn inspiration from this 90year-old Uncle Milbourne Miller in Tennessee, who told him you’ll never learn more than what you learn from the Holy Spirit. Services at Woodgrove are a marriage of traditions with praise choruses and traditional hymns. “We are flexible and let the spirit move us,” he said. Church services are Sundays at 9:30 with Sunday school and 10:30 with worship. Woodgrove Parish is located in the community of Coats Grove between Hastings and M-66. Call the church at 269-367-4340 for more information. Dear Annie: A friend of ours who was recently widowed is now dating a woman we do not like. My husband and I have tried to be supportive of "Thomas" and patient with his new girlfriend, but she is so difficult to be around. "Lulu" has lied about her past employment. She's lied about attending a nearby college. She brags and exaggerates every experience. When she opens her mouth, we don't know what to believe. She also repeats herself, interrupts others and is petulant when attention drifts away from her. We are amazed Thomas has not confronted her about all this, but we chalk it up to his need for companionship and the residual effects of a stroke some time ago. Others in our group see Lulu as a gold digger. Thomas' children are trying to be polite, but, like us, their patience is wearing thin. So far, we have refused a lot of invitations, but should we intervene? Should we be honest with Thomas about our feelings? -- Cape Cod Friend Dear Cape Cod: Here are the only things you need to be concerned about: Is Lulu taking advantage of Thomas financially? Is she abusing him? His children should look into the former, and you don't present any evidence of the latter. Thomas gets to pick his own companions, even if they are annoying, petulant and untruthful. Don't bad-mouth Lulu, but if Thomas asks why you don't socialize as much as you used to, you may tell him that you haven't warmed up to his girlfriend. Just keep working Dear Annie: This is in response to the letter from "Still Young," whose 71-year-old mother got a part-time job, causing concern among her older siblings. My 75-year-old mother still works full time. She loves it and feels it keeps her alive and young. I also have an aunt in her 70s who has severe emphysema, and she works as a crossing guard. Her doctor believes this is slowing the progression of the illness because it makes her happy. If Mom wants to work, let her. It keeps her engaged, and she is not sitting around the house waiting to die. -- M.L. Dear M.L.: We heard from plenty of readers who continue to work well into their 70s and 80s and see no reason to stop. Stay with gay? Dear Annie: I have been dating a gentleman for the past two years. He is very effem- 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 09539847 08720123 77508660 If you see Brittany Va n S y c k l e on January 12th, wish her a Happy 16th Birthday Love, Her Family • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Jan. 11) at the Freight House. Attorney William Davis of Portland will be the speaker. His topic will be the Pere Marquette Railway and its history in Ionia County. Refreshments will be served. Visitors and guests are welcome. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Freight House. James Johnson will be the speaker. His topic will be "How to Locate Missing Persons." The ICGS library will be open from the close of the meeting until 5 p.m. A librarian will be on hand to assist in any searches. The quarterly newsletter was delivered by mail this week and it contained several pages of old news items, a directory of all current members, an annual financial statement and an index of all names of persons mentioned in the 2006 newsletters. There are more than 200 members. The VFW monthly flea market will be held this Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Tables are for rent and lunch is available. There is a monthly grief support group, sponsored by Hospice of Ionia/Lansing, which meets at Central United Methodist Church on the third Wednesday of each month. The next meeting will be Jan. 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. Koops Funeral Chapel is sponsoring a grief education and support group which meets at St. Edward’s Family Center on Thursdays Dear Annie: I have been in a serious relationship with "Clark" for over two years. He's the man of my dreams, and I love him more than words can say. We are open, honest and loyal to each other, and we get along great. We get through hard times better than I ever imagined. Here's the problem: Lately, I've had trouble keeping my eyes on only him. I have this feeling inside that makes me want to run off and have random intimate relations with complete strangers. I have never cheated in my relationship and don't ever plan to, but a part of me wants to, even though I love Clark completely. I don't want to come off as a promiscuous person, because I'm not. Is there any way you can help me? -- Confused Canadian Dear Confused: Sometimes, out-of-control desires can indicate medical problems such as hormonal imbalances. It's also possible that you are simply scared of the depth of your commitment to Clark. It can be frightening to fall so completely in love, and finding "the one" means there won't be any others. This can create a sense of panic and, in some cases, a subconscious need to wreck the relationship, partly to get out and partly because you don't feel you deserve such a great guy. First see a doctor for a complete check-up, and then talk to a therapist. You need to sort this out before you do something you will regret. 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 • 16 inate, and people often ask me if he is gay. In fact, I knew from the start that he had had homosexual experiences in the past and basically lived a gay lifestyle for over 20 years. He'd had only a few dating experiences with women. Before me, he had never been in a relationship (with a male or female) for more than six months. After dating and being intimate with this man for two years, my instincts tell me he indeed may be gay. I have asked him pointblank whether he desires men, and he said he was never content with that lifestyle. However, I found sites on his computer for male porn. Do I trust my instincts and break it off? -- Confused in California Dear Confused: Yes. Living as a gay man for 20 years is not a "lifestyle" to be changed on a whim. He could be bisexual, but if he is still looking at gay porn, he either hasn't come to terms with his sexuality, or he's using you as cover. It's time to say goodbye, and please get checked for STDs, just in case he's been playing both sides of the fence. Busybody mom Dear Annie: I am writing about my mother's persistent need to tell me all about the lives of her friends. I can't take it any more. During a recent shopping trip, Mom ran into three acquaintances, and after talking to them, she proceeded to tell me about their medical problems, family problems and other information that's none of my business. After chatting with "Bob," she told me about his alcoholism and recent heart surgery. I don't know any of these people, and I really don't need or want to know any of this stuff. When I told Mom, "Enough," she said I was rude and self-centered. I told her she was gossip-obsessed. She then said we obviously have nothing in common and very little to talk about, both of which are true. Mom has never had any hobbies or interests, and she spends a lot of time on the phone yakking with her friends. Annie, was I wrong to ask her to please stop telling me about her friends' personal lives? -- Gossip-Free in Pennsylvania Dear Gossip-Free: You were not wrong, but surely you must have known Mom would react poorly to such a request. You disapprove of her and it shows. There must be something you can discuss that is enjoyable for both of you -- a favorite book, movie or TV show. Instead of finding fault with her conversation, make an effort to find a substitute topic. She's your mother. Work on it. Lonely advice Dear Annie: I feel compelled to write to "Down and Out in a New Town," who was having trouble making friends. That could have been me. After nine corporate moves in 16 years, I felt isolated and ended up being treated for depression. I am much happier now and hope I can offer some advice: First, get out of the house! Force yourself if you have to. Then, do activities where you interact with other adults. Volunteering is a great way to meet those with the same interests as you. Church is a great place to meet people. There are usually many groups to join. Join an exercise class. Don't go to the gym by yourself, but do yoga or Pilates with a group, and then invite some of your classmates out for coffee afterward. Get to know your neighbors by having a backyard barbecue. Get a part-time job, even if you don't need the money. It exposes you to people with whom you have something in common. From her letter, "Down and Out" sounds like she's on the right track. I'd love to meet her for coffee so we could chat. -- Been There and Worse Dear Been There: Your suggestions are practical and helpful, and we hope any lonely readers out there will try them. Thanks. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... Neighborhood Grocery Stores Children gather to learn how grocery stores operated in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. she kept her cash stash in an empty can or box and hid it on a shelf. She changed the location and type of container quite often hoping to foil would be robbers. One time she forgot where she’d stashed her cash and was forced to close her store until she’d located it, a task requiring many hours. Another time he remembers a story making the rounds that someone had found a fearsome hairy tarantula spider hiding in the rack of bananas that hung on a hook near the front window. No one really knew anything about tarantulas but they were reported to be huge, lightening fast, ugly and worst of all, poisonous. After that, the neighborhood kids kept a wary eye on the rack of bananas when they went to Warner’s with their precious pennies clutched tightly in their sweaty little hands to buy candy. Several months ago I described the role of grocery stores in early Barry County history as it related to the origins of the temperance movement. I mentioned that liquor was routinely sold in pre- and post-Civil War era neighborhood stores. It was legal to sell liquor by the bottle in neighborhood stores and even consume it on the premises if one desired. During winter months men often gathered in these stores, sitting around the wood stove partaking of their spirits while discussing politics or the latest local gossip. Women generally avoided shopping when they knew men were gathered there because when in their cups some men used offensive language and even went so far as to make crude remarks. In the Hastings Banner dated June 11, 1857, a local proprietor, T. Philly advertised his store as a place, “where ladies could do their trading without compromising their delicacy’s.” The temperance crusade began in 1857 and by 1888 laws had been passed forbidding neighborhood stores from selling spirits and drinking in these establishments. The 1893 Hastings City Directory lists 11 grocery stores. Names of the owners were: Frank Beamer, A.D. Cook, H.M. Erb, Wm. Hams, M.W. Hicks, Thos. Spencer, Burt Tinkler and Jno. Kurtz. The 1929 Hastings City Directory listed 10 grocery stores: J.C. Cale & Sons, Hicks & Bro., Allen & Preston, F. Barlow, J.H. Sutton, Mrs. E.M. Hand, H.A. Bussal, Winckelman & Steavens, Noble & Sons, M.A. Fuller, J. Maus, and J.M. Wright. In 1936, the Hastings Classified Business Directory listed 16 small grocery stores: A.W. Bessmer, 514 S. Market Nettie Dryer, 704 Wilson Ave. Coffee Ranch, 129 E. State Hinman C.H. & W., 829 N. Michigan Ave. Oscar Hurless, 602 E. Grand. Jas. Mead, 802 E. Grand Northside Grocery, 829 N. Michigan Ave. Mrs. Jessie Robinson, 220 E. Colfax Wilburn Rogers, 210 N. Park Warren Roush, 209 E. Grand Harry Sponable, 115 S. Jefferson Thomas C. Stores, 128 W. State Wallace Grocery, 239 W. State Mrs. Wilma Warner, 825 S. Hanover Wood Bros., 123 E. State By this time there were self-serve groceries in Hastings. Then, as now, they did not extend credit or make house deliveries. Two of these were national chains and were not locally owned, The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company and the Kroger Grocery and Baking Company. The other two were: Felpausch’s Food Market, located at 146 E. State and the Food Center of 206 E. State, both owned by the Felpausch family, they are the only one of these still operating in Hastings. Do You Need to Establish a Trust? During your working years, if you save money diligently and make wise investment choices, you have a good chance of enjoying a comfortable retirement. But will you be taking proper care of your family after you're gone? The only way to answer that question is to do proper estate planning - and trusts can be a key element of your estate plan. How do trusts work? As the grantor of a trust, you set up the rules and appoint a trustee, who manages the trust and its assets. You and other donors then fund the trust with securities and other assets. The trustee collects these gifts and invests the money according to the rules of the trust, which will also determine the trust's beneficiary - the recipient of the trust's proceeds. Different trusts have different objectives. When you design your estate plans, you may well need more than one trust. Here are some of the most widely used ones: * Revocable Living Trust - A revocable living trust can help you leave assets to your heirs without going through the costly, timeconsuming - and public - probate process. When you set up a revocable living trust, you can control your assets during your lifetime and determine how they will eventually be distributed to your heirs. You could, for example, have money distributed to your children or grandchildren in installments, over a period of years. Plus, a properly established revocable living trust will carry out your wishes if you become incapacitated. * Bypass Trust - If you're married, you can leave an unlimited amount of assets to your spouse, free of estate taxes and without using up any of your estate tax credit. But if your spouse then dies with an estate worth more than the federal estate tax exemption- $2 million in 2007 - his or her estate would be subject to the estate tax. Unfortunately, your original estate tax credit was unused and, in effect, wasted. Basically, a Bypass Trust allows both spouses' estate tax exemptions to be preserved, to the benefit of the surviving spouse and, ultimately, the children. * Special Needs Trust - If you have a family member with a disability, you might want to think about a Special Needs Trust. People with mental or physical disabilities can hold an unlimited amount of assets in a Special Needs Trust (sometimes called a Supplemental Needs Trust) without having the assets count against eligibility for certain governmental benefits, such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid, vocational rehabilitation and subsidized housing. * QTIP Trust - If you're married for a second time, but want to make sure your children from your first marriage are protected, you may want to think about a QTIP (Qualified Terminable Interest Property) Trust. A QTIP trust enables you, as grantor, to provide for your surviving spouse and also maintain control of how the trust's assets are distributed once he or she also dies. Of course, trusts are complex instruments, so you should work with an attorney, in addition to a tax adviser to make sure you are using the right type of trust and then consider a financial professional for funding it with the appropriate vehicles. By using trusts wisely, you can leave a legacy that benefits everyone. * Edward Jones, its employees and investment representatives do not offer estate planning, tax, or legal advice. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. 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Weighing 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. ~ Spacious One & Two-Bedroom Apartments Homes Designed for Those 55 or Better ~ Exceptional Services & Amenities GIRL, Aubrie Lyn, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 28, 2006 at 5:08 p.m. to Randy and Brenda Billings of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. Office Hours Daily from 9 to 5 or by appointment Call Today GIRL, Kearrah Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 28, 2006 to Crystal Overbeek of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Brycen Alexander Eugene, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 28, 2006 at 1:01 a.m. to Heather Worm and Patrick Stephens of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and 19 3/4 inches long. 269-948-9363 www.mykmg.net/mallardpond 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Mallard Pond Village is ideally located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn. 02663115 BOY, Christian Richard, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 24, 2006 at 4:59 p.m. to Stacey Thompson of Ionia. Weighing 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Ariana Jayde, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 21, 2006 to Victoria Pacheco and Rene Beard of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs. 14 1/2 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Harmony Lynn Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 18, 2006 at 4:33 p.m. to April Hess and Mickey Ray of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Kelsee Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 20, 2006 at 8:48 p.m. to Samantha Spaulding and Josh Rench of Dowling. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Alana Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 18, 2006 at 10:16 a.m. to Shana and Craig Cappon of Sunfield. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 1/4 inches long. BUILDING A HOME ? WH AT YOU NEED TTO O KNOW BEFORE YOU S WHA STTAR ARTT Blueprints, contractors, permits, lien waivers...Are you confused with all the construction terminology? We’ll help you put all the pieces together to build your dream home. Attend our no cost, no obligation seminar: Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! Thursday, January 19 from 6 - 9 p.m. in MainStreet Savings Bank’s Community Room Your attendance will entitle you to a $250 coupon good towards closing costs. Pick up your Hastings Community Education registration form at our office to sign up for this workshop. Member FDIC /Equal Housing Lender It’s how we bank here. 08720146 By Esther Walton Up and into the Great Depression years of the 1930s families purchased their basic staples in small neighborhood grocery stores, usually located within walking distance of their homes. These small independent stores were often mom and pop businesses. By the 1930s there were several nationally known chains such as The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) and Kroger’s, but the neighborhood stores held their competitive edge by offering personalized services such as home delivery of grocery orders telephoned in by their customers and extending credit. The clerk’s job was to fetch each item a customer requested and gather them on the counter. When the customer had checked off each item on his grocery list the clerk added up their cost (often by hand) and bagged the groceries in paper sacks. Orders were usually limited to what one could carry so people tended to grocery shop more frequently than they do today. Of course the availability of refrigeration had an impact on shopping frequency too. In the days before telephones, a child could be sent with a note on “an errand” to the neighborhood store for an item that had been overlooked on the shopping list. The shop keeper found the item, charged the customer’s account and sent the child on his way. The size of neighborhood stores were very small when compared to modern day supermarkets and the choice of products was proportionately limited. Each store had its own individual characteristics so only generalized statements can be made out about them. The two side walls and rear of these stores usually had shelves from floor to ceiling stocked with a variety of canned goods, soaps, breakfast foods, baking powder, tobacco products and the like. Eighteen hundred era stores had covered wooden barrels holding flour or sugar, which was sold by the pound just like today. Later stores carried candy, pop and if they had refrigeration, ice cream. Many stores sold sharp yellow cheese which they purchased from a wholesaler in large round disks approximately 18 inches in diameter and four or five inches thick. The cheese was kept covered to deter flies and was sliced off to order. Speaking of flies, during the summer months proprietors hung strips of brownish colored gooey fly paper here and there around the store which became thick with fly corpses by the end of September. Not a very appetizing sight. Corn meal, unrefined oatmeal, rice and a small barrel of pickles often sat near the counter where orders were compiled and prices totaled. Soda and graham crackers, ginger snaps and fig newtons were stored in separate box like compartments near the candy counter located near the front door. Most neighborhood stores didn’t carry fresh meat, but did sell fresh vegetables and fruits in season. Some stores, however, were equipped with iceboxes and sold meat and other perishables. At one end of the checkout counter was a large roll of heavy brown wrapping paper suspended in an iron rack attached to the counter. Enclosed in a small black metal basket suspended from the ceiling over wrapping paper was a ball of string so packages could be wrapped quickly. Many people saved store string by winding into balls for household use. My husband recalls that sometime during the depression years of the 1930s that Mrs. Warner, who had a store on South Hanover Street, when many people didn’t trust banks, of Edward Jones and Co. �Page 10 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by George D. Clottin, a single man, of 2027 Pray Road, Charlotte, Michigan 48813, to Independent Bank-South Michigan, a Michigan Banking Corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, dated December 3, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on December 8, 2004, in Document Number 1138356, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of TWELVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIX AND 93/100 ($12,306.93) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been institute to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.5 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Bank – South Michigan, does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Certain property located in Barry County, Michigan and described as commencing at the Northeast corner of section 17, T3N, R7W, running thence South 13 1/3 rods for a place of beginning; thence running 10 rods West; thence South 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 8 rods to the place of beginning, Barry County, Michigan. Property address reference is 54 S. Wellman Rd., Woodland, Michigan 48897. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of said sale. Dated: November 29, 2006 Independent Bank - South Michigan, Mortgagee FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 WILLIAM G. JACKSON, P.C. William G. Jackson Attorneys for Mortgagee 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 St. Johns, MI 48879 77508275 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by George D. Clottin, a single man, of 2027 Pray Road, Charlotte, Michigan 48813, to Independent Mortgage Company-South Michigan, a Michigan Corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, dated December 3, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on December 8, 2004, in Document Number 1138355, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTEEN AND 72/100 ($72,617.72) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been institute to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.375% percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Bank – South Michigan, does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Certain property located in Barry County, Michigan and described as commencing at the Northeast corner of section 17, T3N, R7W, running thence South 13 1/3 rods for a place of beginning; thence running 10 rods West; thence South 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 8 rods to the place of beginning, Barry County, Michigan. Property address reference is 54 S. Wellman Rd., Woodland, Michigan 48897. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of said sale. Dated: November 29, 2006 Independent Mortgage - South Michigan, Mortgagee FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 WILLIAM G. JACKSON, P.C. William G. Jackson Attorneys for Mortgagee 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 St. Johns, MI 48879 77508268 BARRY COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION ~ Equipment Sale ~ Accepting Sealed Bids Until January 23rd at 9:00 am 1725 West M-43 Highway, P.O. Box 158, Hastings, MI TRUCKS, ACCESSORIES, UTILITY VEHICLE: 1977 Ford-9000 Water Wagon, approximately 2000 gallon; 1979 GMC Brigadier Flatbed, tandem axle, 29,900 GVW; 1989 Ford F350 4x4 dually dump truck, 11,000 GVW; 1989 GMC 3500 4x4 crew cab dually with utility box, 10,000 GVW, (2) sets of 4 portable truck scales; 1992 John Deere AMT 626 Gator with cab. SHOP EQUIPMENT: 5 gallon paint shaker; steel work bench; 3/8 hydraulic hose; miscellaneous shelving; steel cable; sign baking oven; Clemco sand blaster; Craftsman engine diagnostic analyzer; tire bead breaker; 1987 Amer cleaner steam Jenny pressure washer; fine thread bolts (to be purchased as an entire lot by the pound); 1943 Jaeger cement mixer, 3 1/2 cubic feet; cement forms. DRUMS & TANKS: 55 gallon drum of 40wt oil; 50 gallon sprayer tank; 275 gallon tank; 50 gallon gasoline fuel tank & pu7mp; 100 gallon diesel fuel tank & pump. BLADES, BOXES, HOIST, SCALES: (3) 12 yard dump boxes; 3 pt. 8’ York rake; 3 pt. back blade 8’6”; 3 pt. brush hog 5’ (2) 8 yard 1997 409 stainless Monroe sander units, (1) front (1) rear Weaver in-ground hoist 18,000 pound capacity. NOTE: This is a partial listing, please stop by our office for a complete listing with bid numbers & bid requirements. When submitting sealed bid, please note on envelope what you are bidding on. TERMS: Full payment within 10 days, cash or check, no credit cards. The Barry County Road Commission reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Not responsible for accidents or items after sold. All items to be removed within 10 days. 02663101 City of Hastings, Michigan Request for Proposals Water and Wastewater Systems Cost of Service & Rate Study The City of Hastings is seeking proposals for professional services for the creation of a Cost of Service & Rate Design Study for the water and wastewater systems. A Request for Proposals (RFP) is available at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which details the scope and nature of the work. Additional information or clarification relative to the RFP may be obtained from Jeff Mansfield, City Manager/City Engineer, at (269) 945-2468. Proposals may be mailed or personally delivered to the City of Hastings City Clerk/Treasurer, Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Proposals must be received no later than 2:00 PM on Friday, February 2, 2007 at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Respondents shall submit two (2) copies of their Proposals and shall provide clear written notice if there is any intent to take exception to any requirements of the RFP. The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to award the contract in a manner deemed to be in its own best interest, price and other factors considered. Perspective bidders shall be required to provide satisfactory evidence of successful completion of work similar to that contained within the RFP to be considered eligible to perform this work. All proposals shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal packcage Proposal - Engineering Serving - Water and Waste Water System Cost of Service & Rate Study. 77508639 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Detrich D. Yore, a single man and Jodi L Miner a single woman as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 31, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165552, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred Six And 44/100 Dollars ($118,306.44), including interest at 9.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 105 cordes subdivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. Parcel 2: The west 1/2 of lot 104, roy cordes subidivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thererof, as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121672F01 77508578 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by James R. Henney and Callie C C Henney fka Callie CC Shumway, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor in interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by Operation of Law dated the 27th day of August, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2004, in Instrument NO. 1133415 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $137,475.85 (one hundred thirty seven thousand, four hundred seventy five dollars and eighty five cents) plus accrued interest at 9.45% (nine point four five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 8th day of February, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Baltimore, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING IN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY 21 RODS SOUTH OF WHERE THE HIGHWAY FROM BATTLE CREEK TO HASTINGS CROSSES THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 33, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS; THENCE WEST 21 RODS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND; THENCE EAST 21 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE SOUTH 1 ACRE; ALSO EXCEPT THE HIGHWAY RIGHTS ON THE EAST SID OF SAID LAND. Commonly known as: 9086 S. M-37 Highway Tax ID: 08-02-099-240-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05713285 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carl Andrew Waddle, A Married Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2002, and recorded on September 4, 2002 in instrument 1086810, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty And 94/100 Dollars ($88,830.94), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 and the South 10 Feet of Lot 5 of O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 91 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120234F01 06641471 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Three And 99/100 Dollars ($133,923.99), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowen Mills Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F01 77508630 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a special workshop meeting on Monday, January 15, 2007 at 7:00 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of hearing a report of the development of the Comprehensive Community Plan and other planning efforts. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 800.649.3777. 77508674 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 13, 2006 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Rogers, Hawthorne, Flint, Lyons, Greenfield and Carr and eleven guests. Minutes of the November 8, 2006 Regular Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for November accepted. Reappointed three Board of Review members by roll call vote. Appointed an alternate ZBA Member by roll call vote. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for November accepted by voice vote. Adopted Resolution #2006-61, Compensation Resolution by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2006-62, 2007 Budget Resolution by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2006-63, 2007 Township Board Meeting Dates & Holiday Schedule by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2006-64, Master Plan Amendments by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2006-65, Finalized Amendments to the Future Land Use Plan by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77508621 www.rutlandtownship.org NOTICE 77508662 Tim Girrbach Direct of Public Services Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18 Kalamazoo MI, 49009 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by JODY L. WELKER, a single woman, as original Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR INVESTAID CORPORATION, whose address is whose address is 1595 SPRING HILL ROAD 310, VIENNA, VA 22182 as Mortgagee, being a Mortgage dated AUGUST 10, 2004 and recorded on AUGUST 18, 2004 as Document Number 1132608, BARRY County Records, State of Michigan, and assigned to U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, whose address is 205 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, by assignment dated MARCH 25, 2005 and recorded on MARCH 28, 2005 in Liber 1143309 Page(s) 1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS($123,390.25), plus interest on the mortgage at 9.35% PERCENT per annum, additional costs, expenses and attorneys fees permitted by the Loan Departments and which are permitted under Michigan law after AUGUST 10, 2004. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, at public sale to the highest bidder at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HASTINGS, MI, at 1:00 O’CLOCK P.M. on JANUARY 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Village of MIDDLEVILLE County of BARRY, Michigan, and are described as: SITUATED IN VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN LOT 147 OF MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS NO. 8, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 97. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. For more information, please call: (269) 372-4318, Kenneth Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. File No.MI-2040 06641070 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held January 9, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Budget workshop to be held on January 16, 2007 at 6:30 pm at Orangeville Township Hall. Workshop open to public. 08720490 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS NOTICE IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Default has been made in the terms and conditions of a Mortgage made by CALEDONIA CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Michigan corporation, of 1737 Rowden Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058, to SELECT BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 60 Monroe Center NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503-2916, Mortgagee. The Mortgage is dated December 1, 2004, and is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on December 6, 2004, as Instrument number 1138211. The sum claimed to be due and owing on the Mortgage as of the date of this Notice is One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars and 34/100ths ($131,513.34) including principal and interest. Under the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, the 1st day of February, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, local time, said Mortgage will be foreclosed at a sale at public auction to the highest bidder at the East door of the Courthouse at 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County), of the premises and land described in the Mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, and charges and expenses, including the attorney fee, and also any sums which may be paid by the undersigned necessary to protect its interest. Said premises are situated in Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 90º00’00” East 498.00 feet along the North line of said Northeast 1/4 to the Place of Beginning; thence North 90º00’00” East 567.00 feet along said North line; then South 00º38’38” East 460.00 feet; thence North 59º09’02” East 600.64 feet to reference point “A”; thence North 54º06’07” West 18.69 feet; thence Northerly 94.43 feet along a 100.00 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 27º03’03” West 90.96 feet; thence North 00º00’00” East 60.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Parcel is subject to and together with an easement as described in the “Easement Description.” Easement Description: An easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over the South 66 feet of the West 531.00 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, also over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, which is North 90º00’00” East 498.00 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00º00’00” West 60.00 feet; thence Southeasterly 94.43 feet along a 100.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 27º03’03” East 90.96 feet; thence South 54º06’07” East 18.69 feet to the reference point “A” and the place of ending of said 66 foot easement, also over a 60.00 foot radius circle, the radius point of which is the above described reference point “A.” PPN: 04-028-125-100-04 Commonly known as 1737 Rowden Drive, Hastings, Michigan, 49058 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948 CL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2006 Select Bank Mortgagee Ingrid A. Jensen, Attorney for Select Bank Clark Hill PLC 200 Ottawa Ave., NW, Suite 500 77508541 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Christopher Barker and Judy Barker, His Wife who executes this instrument for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead interest to the lien of this Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for BNC Mortgage Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 12, 2003 and recorded March 3, 2003 in Instrument Number 1098724 , and re-recorded on March 29, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124322 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated January 10, 2004 and recorded May 9, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146144 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Ninety-Four Cents ($126,621.94) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point where Lammers Road intersects the West line of the Southeast One-Quarter of the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence North on said West line of the Southeast One-Quarter, of the Southwest One-Quarter, 10 rods, thence East 20 rods, thence South 20 rods; thence West to center of Lammers Road; thence Northwesterly along the center of Lammers Road to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 6993 Lammers Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 22, 2006 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61390 ASAP# 812161 12/28/2006, 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007, 01/18/2007 08719349 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy S. Norris, A Married Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2005, and recorded on April 13, 2005 in instrument 1144829, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Five And 95/100 Dollars ($149,885.95), including interest at 8.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Thence North 00 Degrees 15 Minutes 59 Seconds East 638.40 feet along the West Line of said Section 25, Thence South 89 Degrees 56 Minutes 06 Seconds East 392.99 Feet, Thence South 12 Degrees 31 Minutes 33 Seconds West 346.32 Feet, Thence South 01 Degree 40 Minutes 33 Seconds East, 300.00 Feet to the East and West 1/4 Line of said Section 25, Thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 329.62 Feet along said 1/4 Line to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110406F02 08720164 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David C. Culp, Jr. and Brenda S. Culp, hsuband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on August 18, 2005 in instrument 1151295, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, GSAMP Trust 2005-WMC2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Five Hundred FiftyNine And 30/100 Dollars ($132,559.30), including interest at 8.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1259, the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120179F01 06641481 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by PHILLIP J. WELCH AND DENISE M. WELCH, HUSBAND AND WIFE to D & N BANK now known as REPUBLIC BANK, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION , Mortgagee, dated July 15, 1998, and recorded on July 28, 1998 , as Instrument No. 1015689, in BARRY County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of forty nine thousand forty two and 87/100 Dollars ($49,042.87), including interest at 8.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the At Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, MI , at 1:00 PM on February 01, 2007. Said premises are situated in TOWNSHIP CASTLETON, BARRY County, Michigan and are described as: LOTS 39, 40, 53 AND 54 OF THE VILLAGE OF MORGAN, FORMERLY SHERIDAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 20. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. DATED: January 04, 2007 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Birmingham, MI 48009-6616 ATTORNEY FOR: REPUBLIC BANK, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION Mortgagee For More Information Call: (248) 540-7701 06644826 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Sloan and Mary Sloan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to America's Wholesale Lender, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 1998, and recorded on October 9, 1998 in instrument 1019169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($125,729.12), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: a parcel of land in the northwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of section 11, town 4 north, range 10 west, described as follows: beginning at a point on the north and south 1/4 line of said section 11, distance south 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds east 921.47 feet from the center post of said section 11, thence south 89 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds east 330 feet, thence south 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds east 333.27 feet, more or less, thence westerly 330 feet parallel with the south line of said section 11 to a point on the north and south 1/4 line of said section 11, which lies north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 1390.83 feet from the south 1/4 post thereof, thence north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 330.00 feet to the point of beginning, reserving therefrom a perpetual easement 66 feet in width for ingress and egress and utilities to the above described parcel, the centerline of which is described as: beginning at a point on the south line of section 11, distance easterly 297 feet from the south 1/4 post thereof, thence north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 693 feet, thence east 363 feet parallel with said south section line, thence north 00 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds west 1064...1 feet more or less, thence north 89 degrees 28 Minutes 30 seconds west 660.05 feet to the point of ending, also together with others, with a perpetual easement 66 feet in width for ingress and egress the centerline of which extends north 89 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds west 933.68 feet from the aforesaid point of ending, to whitneyville road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 28, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120649F01 77508547 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Klint R. Friedenauer and Cynthia S. Friedenauer, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. f/k/a Norwest Mortgage, Inc., a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 1998 and recorded October 8, 1998 in Instrument Number 1019071, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyOne and 83/100 Dollars ($159,151.83) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, thence Easterly 592.5 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of Section 27 for the true place of beginning; thence Northerly 330 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 27; thence Westerly 317.5 feet parallel with said East and West onequarter line; thence Northerly 69 feet more or less, parallel with said North and South one-quarter line to point which lies 2241 feet South of the North line of said Section 27; thence Easterly 1045 feet more or less, parallel with said North Section line to the East one-eighth line of said Section 27; thence Southerly 399 feet, more or less along said East one-eighth line to the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 27; thence Westerly 727.5 feet, more or less to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508651 File No. 326.0829 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE Default has been made in the terms and conditions of a mortgage made by TODD A. WARNER and CHRISTINA M. WARNER f/k/a CHRISTINA M. NEWTON, husband and wife, Mortgagors, to MORTGAGE CENTER, LC, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2003, and recorded on March 12, 2003, as Document No. 1099356, Pages 1-16, Barry County Records, and on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-THREE AND 06/100 ($148,693.06) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, at 1:00 p.m. on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the East 1/ 2 of the Northwest 1/ 4 of Section 23, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/ 4 corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes 46 seconds West 2641.51 feet along the North-South 1/ 4 line of said section; thence South 89 degrees 27 minutes 59 seconds West 1060.92 feet to a point which is North 89 degrees 27 minutes 59 seconds East 260.00 feet from the West line of the East 1/ 2 of the Northwest 1/ 4 of said section and the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 53 seconds East 920.00 feet parallel with the West line of the East 1/ 2 of the Northwest 1/ 4 of said section; thence north 89 degrees 27 minutes 59 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence South 08 degrees 41 minutes 35 seconds East 718.40 feet; thence South 71 degrees 16 minutes 44 seconds East 330 feet more or less along said centerline of a creek; thence Southerly 100 feet more or less along said centerline to the East-West 1/ 4 line of said section; thence South 89 degrees 27 minutes 59 seconds West 646 feet more or less along said East-West 1/ 4 line to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress, and public utilities over a 66.00 foot wide strip of land the centerline of which is described as: Commencing at the North 1/ 4 corner of said section; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 08 seconds West 619.62 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds West 1153.09 feet; thence South 63 degrees 06 minutes 38 seconds West 104.75 feet; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 53 seconds West 490.18 feet; thence South 89 degrees 27 minutes 59 seconds West 599.84 feet to the point of ending of said centerline. Commonly known as 1345 Elise Drive, Hastings Twp., Barry County, MI 49058 Tax I.D. 08-08-017-022-10 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 1, 2006 MORTGAGE CENTER, LC, Mortgagee Holzman Ritter & Leduc, PLLC By: Charles J. Holzman Attorney for Mortgagee 28366 Franklin Road Southfield, Michigan 48034 06641090 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Kevin S. Phenix and Tracy L. Phenix, husband and wife, of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058, and Bond Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, whose address is 2007 Eastern SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507, dated January 15, 1998, and recorded on April 13, 1998, Docket No. 1010331 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Thirty Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five Dollars and Fifth Three Cents ($32,135.53) and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on February 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon said Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 3 North, Range 8 West described as: commencing 28 rods East of the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 21, in the center of Center Road, thence South 198 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 191 feet, thence South 198 feet, thence West 191 feet, thence North 198 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an existing right of way for ingress and egress as revealed in Liber 354 on Page 343 which has an address of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Bond Corporation 2007 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Dated: January 3, 2007 Drafted by: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids , MI 49503 06644978 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard Winans, and Karen Winans, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2002, and recorded on September 4, 2002 in instrument 1086779, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Three And 39/100 Dollars ($134,823.39), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, hunters ridge estates subdivision, according to the plat thereof as recorded in liber 6, of plats, page 12, Barry county records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #119878F01 06641421 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Raul Vazquez, A Married Man and Brenda L Vazquez, His Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 15, 2006 in instrument 1164619, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to First Franklin Financial Corp. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine And 28/100 Dollars ($208,429.28), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 30, Boulder Creek Estates, Part of the Northeast 1/4 and Southeast 1/4 of Section 15, town 4 north, range 10 west, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 28, 2006 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120914F01 08719344 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jennifer C Younger and Walter W Younger, Wife and Husband to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 9, 2005 and recorded January 4, 2006 in Instrument # 1158481 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Two Cents ($157,644.02) including interest 8.19% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of B-Z Bees Acres, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 12, Barry County Records. Commonly known as 15029 Doster Rd., Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 29, 2006 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61782(HSBC) ASAP# 813663 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007, 01/18/2007, 06644838 01/25/2007 �Page 12 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Wayne L Hoffman, and Michelle Hoffman, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, L.L.C., Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2004 and recorded August 4, 2004 in Instrument # 1131935, and re-recorded on January 20, 2006 in Instrument # 1159143 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Homecomings Financial, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($155,777.82) including interest 12.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of the North Avenue and the true place of beginning; thence West parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 359.5 feet; thence South parallel with said North and South one-quarter line, 130 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, to the centerline of said North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the true place of beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East, parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of said North Avenue to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom; commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West 278 feet along the North line of said South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence South 253.59 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East 189.16 feet to a point on the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 14362 North Ave, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 8, 2007 Homecomings Financial, LLC, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77508667 Our File No: 05-41948 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Anders and Diana Anders, husband and wife, to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2001 and recorded July 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1063702, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and 18/100 Dollars ($66,900.18) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castelton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 84 of Mix Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 69. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3603 77508624 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gerald R. Collige, a married man and Valerie S. Collige, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 21, 2004, and recorded on February 4, 2004 in instrument 1121724, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Eighty-Seven And 86/100 Dollars ($100,087.86), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 1 North of Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, Running Thence East on the East and West 1/4 Line 16 Rods; Thence South, Parallel with the East Line of Said Section, 20 Rods, Thence West, at Right Angles Parallel with the South Line of Said Section, 16 Rods, to the North and South 1/4 line; Thence North of Said 1/4 line 20 Rods to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #095221F02 06641416 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Russell W Burgdorf and Lori R Burgdorf, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2005, and recorded on December 19, 2005 in instrument 1157906, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under the pooling and Servicing Agreement Series ITF INABS 2005-D as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Three And 42/100 Dollars ($102,283.42), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7 of Block 7 of Kenfield's Second Addition to the City formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 08718754 File #120369F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chad Warren, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005 in instrument 1154065, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred FiftySix And 86/100 Dollars ($161,256.86), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Lying South of the South Bank of a certain Dredge running in a Northeasterly and Southwesterly direction. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122960F01 77508641 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dylan J. Schram and Jamie L. Schram, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Charter One Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2004, and recorded on June 10, 2004 in instrument 1129053, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix And 32/100 Dollars ($205,596.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 9 West described as: Commencing at the west 1/4 corner of said section; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 2625.92 feet along the south line of said northwest 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 660.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence north 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds west 660.00 feet; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 330.00 feet; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 660.00 feet; thence south 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds west 330.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108356F02 08719370 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRANDON J COREY AND NICOLE R COREY, HUSBAND AND WIFE to FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA , Mortgagee, dated October 07, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 , as Instrument No. 1116331, in BARRY County Records, Michigan, and assigned by MESNE assignment to NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of one hundred forty one thousand two hundred sixteen and 48/100 Dollars ($141,216.48), including interest at 9.250% per annum with an adjustable rate rider. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the At Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, MI , at 1:00 PM on February 01, 2007. Said premises are situated in TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY County, Michigan and are described as: LOT 19 OF THORNAPPLE VALLEY PINES #2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. DATED: January 04, 2007 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Birmingham, MI 48009-6616 ATTORNEY FOR: NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC. Assignee of Mortgagee For More Information Call: (248) 540-7701 06644831 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Joshua J Curtis and Amber A Curtis, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Intervale Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 8, 2005 and recorded December 15, 2005 in Instrument # 1157724 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Five Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($108,645.27) including interest 7.44% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 21, which lies 145 feet West of the Northeast corner of said Section 21, and running thence Southwesterly 137 feet to a point which lies 166 feet West of the East line of Section 21; thence Northwesterly 130.2 feet more or less to a point which lies 295.16 feet West of the East line of said Section 21; thence North 119 feet to the North Line of said Section 21; thence East 150.161 feet to the point of beginning, Section 21, Town 3 North, Range 7 West. Commonly known as 7964 State Road, Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 18, 2006 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61029 (HSBC) ASAP# 810910 12/21/2006, 12/28/2006, 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007 06641476 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Serina A Brace, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 16, 2006 in instrument 1164687, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One And 14/100 Dollars ($96,001.14), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said section 17 for the place of beginning; Thence North 319.5 feet: Thence East 258 feet; Thence South 319.5 feet; Thence West 258 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122380F01 08720158 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE... PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Mutschler, A Single Man, Fee Simple, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 20, 2003, and recorded on December 3, 2003 in instrument 1118612, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Forty-Eight And 15/100 Dollars ($59,048.15), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 83 and the West 1/2 of Lots 81 and 82 of the plat of Orangeville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 14 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120060F01 06641433 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ruth Spoolstra, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2004, and recorded on March 31, 2004 in instrument 1124480, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen And 78/100 Dollars ($127,719.78), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Condominium Unit 28 Bay Meadow Condominiums, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded November 22, 2000, as document 1052228 in the Office of Barry County Register of Deed and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 19, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 21, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120077F01 06641428 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christina Wilhelms, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2006, and recorded on March 1, 2006 in instrument 1160727, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Six And 10/100 Dollars ($77,856.10), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 and 56 of William C. Schultz Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of plats on page 60, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122028F01 08720170 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Paul W. Gilfoyle and Colleen Gilfoyle, husband and wife, to First National Bank of America, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded on August 30, 2004 in Document 1133228, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $24,828.28. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 12.94 percent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, for a point of beginning, thence North 220 feet, thence West 360 feet, thence South 220 feet, thence East 360 feet to the point of beginning. Including but not limited to a 1972 Graywood Mobile Home serial #1206844. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: January 3, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 08720176 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of DONALD W. GOUCHER and FRANCES E. GOUCHER REVOCABLE Trust, dated August 25, 1993. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, FRANCES E. GOUCHER, who lived at 690 W. Main Street, Middleville, Michigan died October 16, 2006 leaving a certain trust under the name of DONALD W. GOUCHER and FRANCES E. GOUCHER REVOCABLE TRUST, and dated August 25, 1993, wherein the decedent was the Settlor and DONNA L. BROWN was named as the trustee serving at the time of or as a result of the decedents death. Creditors of the decedent and of the trust are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to DONNA L. BROWN the named trustee at 810 Indian Hills Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: December 28, 2006 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 W. Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 Donna L. Brown 810 Indian Hills Drive 08720182 Hastings, Michigan 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 13 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 06-0024667-DE Estate of Richard W. Palmer, Deceased. Date of birth: 04/30/1930. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Richard W. Palmer, who lived at 9404 Lost Trail Drive, Delton, Michigan died 11/15/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Richard Smith, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 12/29/2006 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 West Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9557 Richard Smith 10141 CR 450 East Syracuse, Indiana 46567 06644975 (574) 457-5464 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE FILE NO. 06-24661-GM In the matter of Jason Baird. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Marvin Baird, Dawn Bice whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: a petition for appointment of guardianship of Jason Baird, a minor has been filed by Charles McCarty. A hearing to appoint a guardian of the minor Jason Baird will be heard on January 31, 2007 before the Honorable William M. Doherty (P41960), Barry County Probate Judge at 220 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058. Date: 01/09/2007 Kathryn M. Russell (P59395) 128 W. Center St. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-4243 Charles McCarty 600 Groat St. Dowling, MI 49050 77508656 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 06-24665-DE Estate of Judy R. Linden a/k/a/ Judy Linden, Deceased. Date of birth: 10/25/1939. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Judy R. Linden a/k/a/ Judy Linden, Deceased, who lived at 8184 South M 66, Nashville, Michigan died October 20, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Veronica Linden Grant, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Laurin’ C. Roberts Thomas P45515 6500 Mercantile, Suite 3 Lansing, Michigan 48911 (517) 887-2838 Veronica Linden Grant 8184 South M66 Nashville, Michigan 49073 08720492 (269) 758-3023 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP REGULAR MEETING January 2, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook. All board members present. Motion by Ribble, support from Ritchie to accept minutes of December 5, 2006. All ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department: Motion by Perino, support from Ribble, to accept appointment of new firefighter outside Orangeville Township with a review in 6 months to determine adequacy of his ability to respond to calls. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Announcement made that Fire Chief Dan Boulter had been elected EMT of the year by his peers. Motion by Perino, support from Ribble to accept new board of review members. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Ribble, support from Perino to amend 2007 calendar. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Ribble support from Perino to pay bills for the month of January in the amount of $9,881.37 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn by Ritchie, support from Perino. All ayes. Motion carried. 08720488 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2006-24180-DE Estate of Larry Rex Frisby, Deceased. Date of birth: 02/04/1947. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Larry Rex Frisby, Deceased, who lived at 232 Sisson Road, Freeport, MI 49325, died 04/16/2003. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented Susan D. Frisby, named personal representative or proposed personal to representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. James K. Schepers P42465 6617 Crossings Drive, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508-7358 (616) 554-2900 Susan D. Frisby 232 Sisson Road 77508618 Freeport, MI 49325 (616) 765-8181 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Revocable Inter Vivos Trust THE JEAN N. TERRY LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 25, 2005 TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The Settlor of the trust, Jean N. Terry, who lived at 15801 Wing Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 died November 22, 2006. Creditors of the Settlor are notified that all claims against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to Lloyd E. Terry Jr., the trustee of the trust at 23590 Church Road, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice. Notice is further given that the Trust estate will be thereafter assigned to the persons entitled to it. Stephen L. Simmons P33047 One West Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49017 269/966-3000 Lloyd E. Terry, Jr. 23590 Church Road Battle Creek, MI 49017 77508672 (269) 964-0260 HHS graduate recovering from injuries in Iraq A former Hastings High School student was injured in Iraq Dec. 14, but now rests safely in Bethesda, Md. Lance Corporal (LCPL) Colt Stovall was injured when a roadside bomb hit his armored vehicle. Stovall was taken to Germany then shipped to Bethesda, Md., where he is recovering from his injuries at Bethesda Naval Base. He and the Marines with him were on a mission to deliver supplies for support of another division. Stovall joined the Marines after graduation in May 2004. He graduated from Marine Boot camp in September 2004. After training in California he was stationed in Hawaii. His first deployment was to Afghanistan, where he served seven months. After six months at his home base, he was deployed to Iraq in September 2006. Stovall was awarded the purple heart by Commandant James Conway. To send cards and letters, here is Stovall’s address: Navy Lodge, Eliza Stovall/Colt Stovall, 8901 Wisconsin Ave., Building 52, Bethesda, Md. 20889. When Stovall leaves the hospital, he plans to return to his home in Peoria, Ill. be the end of the practice of officially excusing commissioners who are absent from or late for meetings. Each board member is asked to contact Brown, Callton or a fellow commissioner if he is going to be late or not show at all, but the board’s previous habit of issuing official excuses will no longer be part of the process. Callton has taken issue with the practice over the past couple of years and he, Nevins and Gibson have voted against excuses when they were proposed. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed J-Ad Graphics 46-30; CW’s Auto 44-32; The Terminators 43.5-32.5; Hastings Bowl 43-33; TVCCU 39-37; Good Time Pizza 3334;l Yankee Zephyr 32-44; Hastings City Bank 23.5-52.5. Men’s High Games & Series - J. Dale 211; G. Hause 204-546; C. Wanlan 214; Steve Hause 204-525; R. Corey 208. Women’s High Games & Series - K. Markley 130; S. Beebe 179; B. Wilkins 202540; D. Service 169; A. Walden 210-591; B. Ramey 146-397; R. Miller 220-547. Mixerettes NBT 43-21; Sassy Babes 42-22; Hinkle’s Body Shop 40-24; The Finishing Touch 3925; Kent Oil 36-25; Old Anchor Tattoo 35-29; Dena’s Dolls 33-27; Trumble Agency 32-32; Hallifax Services 28-36; Dewey’s Auto Body 23-41; Girrbach’s 22-38. Good Games & Series - S. Merrill 204; L. Barlow 164-420; T. Drake 196-479; W. Barker 150; P. McQuern 122; A. Jackson 117; A. Hamp 133-368; P. Fowler 172; S. Huver 162-462; T. Christopher 185; S. Kuhtic 200532; J. Alflen 198-513; C. Kidder 146-414; S. Smith 158-409; D. Worm 161-446; S. Nash 150-410; d. Anders 142; D. Reagan 126; J. Mann 130. A. Williams 168; B. Vugteveen 167; B. Mays 162. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Smith 197-565; R. Barton 214-560; T. Barlow 179508; M. Norton 175-495; E. Rice 170-449; T. DeMott 156-388; J. Mroz 228; S. Farlee 209; N. Robbe 193; B. Allen 191; J. Shoebridge 191; M. Vugteveen 179; J. Wright 175. Wednesday P.M. Nothing But Truck 45 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 44 1/2; Eye and Ent 44 1/2; Hair Care Center 41; Seebers 36 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 29. Womens Good Games and Series - S. Drake 181-493; G. Otis 169-478; T. Drake 193-471; W. Barker 168-447; J. Shurlow 161441; B. Moore 155-405; B. Norris 111-305; S. Beebe 190; S. Merrill 177; T. Christopher 175; N. Boniface 156. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 45 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 45; Spare Time 44; 4 Fools 39 1/2; Whatever 38; Heads Out 37 1/2; All But One 37; 9-n-aWiggle 36; Ten Pins 36; The Unknowns 35; Liquid Courage 33 1/2; Mercy 30; Brushworks 30; Just Cuz 30; Budweiser 29 1/2; Oldies But Goodies 29 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Clow 228-587; L. Potter 211-571; S. Keeler 205-564; K. Becker 192-543; P. Ramey 206526; J. Madden 177-505; K. Kuhlman 211505; D. Worm 159-453; K. Matthews 172453; S. Ripley 145-419; J. Ingersoll 147-410; R. Hammontree 145-396; R. Lydy 191; S. Carlson 179; G. Meaney 167; M. Vanier 142. Mens Good Games and Series - A. Rhodes 231-648; K. Phenix 244-628; T. Clow 19-598; L. Porter 224-546; E. McCalmont 202-533; J. Bartimus 188-509; M. Albert 150-443; R. Lake 154-323; K. Meaney 223; R. Guild 212; A. Taylor 199; R. Lancaster 199; B. Taylor 194; M. Kasinsky 191; R. Chaffee 141. Senior Citizens Wieland’s 42-30; Butterfingers 40-28; King Pins 40-32; Nash’s Harem 40-32; BAT’s 39-33; Lucky Strike 37-35; Sun Risers 35-37; Friends 35-37; #1 Senior 34-38; Kuempel 3339; Early Risers 32-40; Ward’s Friends 32-40; 4 B’s 31-41; M&M’s*30-38. * Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - S. Patch 209-553; J. Allen 144-381; G. Scobey 156444; Y. Markley 180; R. Murphy 162; R. Pitts 139-353; E. Dunham 155-450; B. Maker 188; S. Merrill 189-520; N. Bechtel 168-462; B. Benedict 177-443; E. Moore 154-408; N. Boniface 162; E. Vanasse 163; S. Pennington 178-503. Good Games and Series Men - G. Forbey 170-482; W. Mallekotte 187; D. Murphy 162; D. Dimmers 223-579; B. McDonald 189-537; D. Risher 180-494; L. Brandt 208-569; R. Hart 200-501; D. Kiersey 172; R. Walker 180; M. Schondelmayer 168-427; E. Count 169. Thursday Angels Bowling Hastings City Bank 41-27; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 40-28; Waldorff’s 39-29; Varney’s 35-33; Hastings Bowl 34-34; Miller Farm Repair 33.5-34.5; AIS Engine 31-37; Allure 30-38; Fall Creek 29.5-38.5; CW Repair 24-40. High Games and Series - M. Miller 148; J. Wyant 163; M. Morgan 143; M. Gdula 214590; J. Madden 180; L. Apsey 177; B. Cuddahee 552; Cathy Shellenbarger 148; Colleen Shellenbarger 189-552; T. Phenix 189; K. Ward 162; M. Weiler 135; K. Lancaster 163; C. Cooper 180; L. Miller 191520; C. Nurenberg 189; C. Hurless 158; J. Gasper 211-561; J. Baker 123; B. Frank 212; T. Cross 170; 4-7-9 Split C. Nichols 189; R. Shapley 183; L. Perry 167; G. Otis 180; K. Covey 177; J. Perry 6-8-10 split. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 43; Hubs Crew 39; Pin Chasers 39; Michigan Outlaws 33 1/2; R&N 32 1/2; Funky Bowlers 29 1/2; Karey’ Crew 29 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 29 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 28; Sandbaggers 23; Bounty Hunters 23; Throw Them Balls 14. Womens Good Games and Series - T. Robbe 205-562; A. Hubbell 177-495; L. Rentz 160-448; D. Marshall 164-401; C. Lee 128-349; N. Mroz 152-437; K. Becker 192; NASCAR SALE FREE ALL Driver Tees and Hats $9.99 or Less ALL Adult & Youth Fleece, Long Sleeve Tees, Jackets 50% OFF Now Sale Ends Jan. 27th 2007 NASCAR Schedule Magnet to the First 100 Customers (1 per Customer Please) SPORTING COLORS Klein Home Improvements 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings January Hours: 269-945-4551 Tues. & Wed. Noon-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 • Closed Sun. & Mon. 520 N. Boltwood • Hastings, MI 49058 02663146 Home: 269-945-9269 Cell: 269-953-0440 ® • Free Estimates The No job too big or small. Lowest labor prices in the area. RN/LPNs 401(k) rollovers made easy 02662959 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 Member SIPC We currently have openings for RN/LPNs on 2nd shift (2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.). Long term care experience would be a plus. We have excellent wages, benefits and working conditions. If interested in the opportunity to join a great team, submit your resume to: Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 06645110 www.edwardjones.com of Barry County.” Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick also was suggested as a representative from the board on the Planning Commission and it was noted that legally that body could have as many as eight commissioners. It now has seven. Ferris will remain as the board’s representative on the Planning and Zoning Commission and County Administrator Michael Brown will research whether VanNortwick is permitted to serve as an alternate. One other “reform” for the new board will 77502006 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ester E. Lambert, a married woman and Jeffrey A. Lambert, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2001, and recorded on October 18, 2001 in instrument 1068386, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 09/100 Dollars ($59,910.09), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence South in center of Highway 641 feet to the place of beginning, thence South 700 feet; thence West 470 feet, thence North 700 feet, thence East 470 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122451F01 77508646 Adams added, “I think decisions are being made in the bar rooms and the coffee shops and on the Internet, and I think it’s got to stop.” Callton defended the idea of having a committee of the whole, insisting Ionia County has tried it and found it to be more efficient and fostering better governance. “The idea is to get everyone involved (in making decisions),” the chairman said. “It’s meant as somewhat of an experiment.” He said having only half the board deliberate on issues could leave the other four out of the process. For example, he said the eleventh-hour proposal last month to give $10,000 to the Agriculture Preservation program caught him “flat footed” because he was not on the committee in which it was discussed. Englerth said, “This goes back to the late (former commissioner) Emmet Herrington, who preached this. Other communities have done it. It’s not a midnight decision. We ought to try it.” The board agreed not to have the committee of the whole idea included in its by-laws, but left the matter open to the chairman to call the entire board into session when necessary. Englerth cast the only dissenting vote. However, the proposal to have the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Committee include a fifth member was approved by a 62 vote, with Adams and Keith Ferris dissenting. “I think you’re starting on a slippery slope,” Adams warned. “The five people on the committee could knowingly cut out the other three (board members) and they’d already have a quorum.” But Englerth countered, “This is an opportunity. It’s been talked about in the community. It’s a test vehicle, a pilot project. I’m not sure the four-person committee system has worked.” He said it should be tried for up to a year, and if it doesn’t work, it can be terminated. Adams replied, “I don’t want to try it. I see a big danger.” Commissioner Jim French said he is concerned about skirting the intent of the Open Meetings Act. It was pointed out, however, that all fourperson committee meetings are open to the public. Commissioner Keith Ferris said, “If any commissioners feel that we’re dealing with an important issue, they can just go to the chairman and ask for a meeting of the committee of the whole... Personally, I don’t see a need for a five-person committee.” Englerth said, “There are some people who do not want to be left out of the discussion.” Adams and Ferris voted “no” when the vote was taken. When it came time to approve appointments, Adams asked Callton to stay on as a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The chairman’s choice was Ferris. Adams noted Callton has been on the Planning and Zoning Commission for the past two years and that body has been doing some very important work on zoning and wetlands issues. Callton said the reason for his stepping down is that “I see things very differently than the rest of the Planning and Zoning Board, and if I stay on, I think I’ll hurt that board. I think I need to distance myself.” He added, “I really wasn’t enjoying myself.” Adams countered, “Welcome to county government!” He said a balance from all over the county is needed on the Planning Commission and “we removed a person from my district (Serafin Nieves) to get that balance.” Englerth said he believes Ferris will “do an excellent job, and the last time I looked, Rutland Township (where Ferris lives) is part 77508658 LEGAL NOTICES BOARD, continued from page 1 �Page 14 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Estate Sale Help Wanted $125 AMISH LOG BED w/ queen mattress. Complete, never used. Must sell! (517)719-8062 ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. 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Call 1-800-940-7469 ext. 204 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. For Rent FOR RENT: 2 bedroom in the country, no pets, 1st months rent & security deposit. (269)948-8943 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. POLICE BEAT Video ID leads to arrest of purse snatcher A Nashville woman has been arrested on felony charges in connection with the theft of a purse Nov. 9 at an area business, caught on a surveillance camera. The video clearly showed the woman taking the purse that sat on the floor next to the victims chair in the lobby of the business. A photo of the suspect printed in the Hastings Banner yielded a tip to the Hastings Police Department with her identity. Faye Lynn McCarty, 36, turned herself in to authorities Jan. 8. She was lodged at the Barry County Jail, and is facing felony charges of larceny from a person and larceny from a building. Nashville man arrested for being disorderly Disorderly man arrested Hastings officers were flagged down by a motorist at 11:45 p.m. last Thursday, Jan. 4, to report an intoxicated subject walking down the middle of the street just outside of police headquarters. The motorist told officers that the subject was flipping people off and attempting to strike their vehicles as they drove by. Officers located the man in the in the 100 block of South Michigan Avenue. The man, identified as Dennis Harwood Jr, 42, from Nashville, was aggressively punching his fists into the air. He was was placed under arrest for being a disorderly person and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol was a contributing factor in the incident. Local man arrested for 3rd drunk driving offense Police arrested a Hastings man after he was stopped last Saturday in the 1000 block of South Jefferson Street. Travis Turnes, 34, was stopped at about 1:25 a.m. after an officer observed a defective equipment violation. During the stop, it became apparent that Turnes had been consuming alcohol, and further investigation revealed a .17% blood alcohol level. Turnes was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing third offense felony charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Christmas lights stolen in Carlton Township The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the vandalism and theft of Christmas ornaments Dec. 30 from a home on Barber Road in Carlton Township. The owner of the property said she had been outside during the evening hours and did not notice any damage to her property or the lights. She said her mother was up until midnight and also did not notice any disturbance. When the woman left for work, at approximately 4:30 a.m. Dec. 31, she noticed some of her lights had been damaged or were missing. One light subsequently was located in a field near her home. Also missing was a standing Santa figure, which has not been recovered. The victim said the items were purchased from Canada and she placed a value of approximately $400 on the destroyed or missing property. Anyone with information is asked to call the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Jobs Wanted QUALITY EXPERIENCED CHILD CARE: Incredible rates, all at parents convenience. All shifts & all ages welcomed. Located 2 blocks from M37, Middleville. Call Bethany at (269)795-8819. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Business Services DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Caledonia priest removed from active ministry by Jon Gambee Staff Writer David LeBlanc, pastor of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Caledonia, has been removed from active ministry amid revelations he sexually abused a young boy in 1971. At the time of the alleged abuse, LeBlanc was a priest at St. Jean Baptiste Church in Muskegon. In a letter to Holy Family parishioners reported Tuesday, LeBlanc admitted his actions and said he violated the Sixth Commandment, which deals with adultery. “I was immodest with him and embarrassed him,” wrote LeBlanc in his letter to parshioners. “Although there was no physical contact or physical coercion, my act would still constitute sexual abuse because it violated the sixth commandment.” LeBlanc said the sixth commandment includes looking lustfully at someone. “I am devastated by the shame and scandal that I have brought on you and this wonderful community and the other communities I have served,” LeBlanc said in his letter. The decision to remove LeBlanc was made by Grand Rapids Bishop Walter Hurley after Fr. LeBlanc admitted to the abuse. The victim had come forward in 1993. LeBlanc said he met with the victim and a professional therapist at the diocesan offices at that time. “I was able to express my sorrow and he forgave me,” LeBlanc wrote. LeBlanc had served at Holy Family since 1996. Holy Family is one of the largest parishes in the diocese, with about 1,200 families. LeBlanc previously had served at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Grand Rapids. LeBlanc was removed under the guidelines of the U.S. Bishops’ charter on sexual abuse issued in 2002. The charter calls for the removal of priests for even a single case of abuse, as long as it is substantiated. Details of the case have been forwarded to the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office, but in as much as the statute of limitations has expired, there is doubt as to whether the case will be pursued in court. Tromps recall visit from Ford in Lake Odessa back in 1971 by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Like most people in Michigan, Dr. Jack and Helen Tromp of Lake Odessa were saddened by the death of President Gerald Ford last month and they have a special memory of the 38th president to share as well. When Ford was in congress, he occasionally stopped in Lake Odessa to keep in contact with his constituents. Helen recalled he was in their home in 1971 for a coffee in his honor. He was touring with Massachussetts Gov. John Volpe . The house was full of friends who stopped by to meet their representative. Dr. Jack and Helen Tromp (center) greeted then Congressman Gerald Ford (right) But Helen and Jack had an urgent request of Ford. They were and Massachusetts Gov. John Volpe in their home at a coffee hour in 1971. (Photo scheduled to leave the next morn- provided) ing to take their 80-year-old-parOdessa last week on its way to Ford International Airport. Kathy, ents to the Netherlands for a visit and their passports hadn’t who was in Grand Rapids, saw the plane land. Terry waited in arrived. Ford promised the passports would be at the house by 8 line from 9 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. to walk by the casket. am. the next day. A man of his word, the passports arrived at 7:50 “He was a ‘down to earth’ guy,” said Jack. “Once he met you, the next morning. he would always remember you.” The Tromp children, Tim, Terry, Nancy (Booi), and Kathy “He was a real people person, loved by all who knew him. He (Stowell) each have a special memory. Jack said when Ford will be truly missed,” said Helen. came in ’71, the boys were in charge of directing people to park. Tim and Terry took their assignments very seriously. They were intrigued by the secret service men who came with Ford and Volpe, especially the guns the guards carried. Helen said she thinks such visits interested Tim to get into law and politics. “He told me he wanted to be president one day,” said Jack Spc. Joseph D. Brown of Hastings, a member of Michigan “but later thought he would be better suited as attorney general.” With the help of the late State Rep. and later Congressman Army National Guard’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 125th Paul Henry, Tim served two summers as a page at the state cap- Infantry, based in Wyoming, Mich., was called to active duty as military police security to support the National Capital Region ital. Nancy can remember the summer of 1971 when she was a get- in the repose, funeral, and interment of former President Gerald ting ready to go to the Netherlands as an exchange student. The R. Ford, in Grand Rapids Jan. 2-3. Brown currently serves as an infantryman and has been a next year, Ford was visiting Lakewood High School and saw Nancy. “Aren’t you Dr. Tromp’s daughter?” he asked. He then member of the Michigan National Guard for three years. In asked about her trip to the Netherlands. Nancy, who now teach- 2003, he attended basic military training and advanced individes fifth grade at West, marveled at his memory and recalls that ual training at Fort Benning, Ga. Brown works for Bob Brown and Sons Excavating as a incident to her students. Helen and Jack saw the presidential plane fly over Lake mechanic and heavy equipment operator. Hastings soldier deployed in support of Ford ceremony �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 15 Opera Art Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Hydro @ the Bob Marley Birthday Bash January 27 EXHIBITS • Ryan Buyssens: Between is one display at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts’ Front Street Galler, 41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids. The show consists of numerous rotating mechanisms that, once in motion, create effects that let the incorporated images come to life. The purpose of the moving image mechanisms is to create a perceptual experience for the participant. A simple animation displayed upon a mechanical playback apparatus, displays visual phenomena that can only be described as mesmerizing. Buyssens received his MFA in 2004 and has been instructing at colleges and universities since. He has been featured in numerous shows and exhibitions throughout the past ten years across the Midwest and New York. Through January 19. • Barry Underwood: Light features media photographer Barry Underwood's experiments with light and color which create a sense of altered reality, adding illuminated objects or giving natural images an unexpected color makeover. The Ohio resident will be displaying his artwork in Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts’ Race Street Gallery, located at 41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids, until January 19. • William Pappenheimer: Public Mood Ring is a combined internet and spatial installation at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids. The art installation displays the emotional condition of public news stories as color hue and is based on the wearable “mood ring” which chemically changes color according to body temperature. The online artwork responds to participants news concerns and recalibrates the color of the light it casts with intense LED lighting. Public Mood Ring will be in UICA's In Space Gallery at 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE until January 19. • Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World will present 17 posters from between 1969-1996 featuring the socially and politically-themed works which often use collages elements of American icons such as the flag, NASA astronauts, the Kennedys, Janis Joplin, Martin Luther King and others. An exhibition reception and gallery talk will take place Friday, November 10 from 7-9 pm. at the Center Art Gallery at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center. The show runs through January 20. MUSIC/THEATRE • Ladies Night Out is being planned by the Battle Creek Sweet Adelines Chorus. Anyone wishing to join the chorus is welcome to attend for a night of singing, food, door prizes and fun. The evening takes place from 7-9 pm at the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall. For more info call Peggy at (269) 729-4928, Karen at (269) 760-4534 or Linda at (269) 979-5451. January 15. • One-Man Star Wars Trilogy makes its appearance at Laura V. Shaw Theatre, on the campus of Western Michigan University. Charles Ross is a Canadian actor who has followed his heart and his career from one side of the continent to the other. Tickets are available by calling (269) 387-2300 or 1-800228-9858. Tickets are also availalable online at www.millerauditorium.com or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in Downtown Kalamazoo. MISCELLANEOUS January 16-21. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. KCC slates musical auditions Jan. 11-12 Auctions for the Kellogg Community College spring musical, “Celebrating Broadway 56/57,” will be held in the Binda Performing Arts Center January 11 and 12, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Those auditioning will need to have 16 measures of music of their choice to sing. The show has musical numbers from 12 of Broadway’s favorite musicals from 1956 and 1957, coinciding with the first year of KCC’s operation 50 years ago. For more information about the auditions, please call Gary Cuyler at 369-965-3931, ext. 2558. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE JANUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 13 Cub Scout Spaghetti Supper at the American Legion Post #45 American Patriot restaurant, 2061 S. M-37. All you can eat supper served from 4:30-7 pm. Tickets are $5 donation for adults, $3 children 12 and under. Proceeds benefit scouting activities. 13 Next Generation Fund Annual Social Event at 6 pm at County Seat restaurant in Hastings. Call Erin or Jennifer at the Barry Community Foundation at (269) 945-0526 for more information. 13 Antique Auction at the Barry Expo Center. Call Spaul-Ding Associatiates Real Estate & Auction at (269) 763-9494 for more information. 19 Boy Scout Troop 175 Swiss Steak Dinner at Star Elementary School, 1900 Star School Road. $7 adults, $5.50 seniors over 60 and children 6-12. Tickets available from local scouts or Hastings Mayor Bob May. Proceeds go toward a troop trip. Temptations, One-Man Star Wars show come to Miller Auditorium Star Productions brings Motown’s legendary Temptations to the Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show, Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 p.m. With over four decades of chart topping singles, the Grammy award winning Temptations captured the essence of Motown with memorable hits like “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” “Papa Was A Rolling Stone,” and “I Can't Get Next To You,” to name just a few. With over 40 years in the spotlight, The Temptations are still one of the hardest working groups in show business, and can still out dance and out dress all the competition, boasting the current line-up of original member Otis Williams, with Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon and G.C. Cameron. Tickets for the Temptations at Miller Auditorium are $42.25 and go on sale this Saturday, December 9 at 11:00 a.m. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 3872300 or (800)228-9858. Travel to a galaxy far, far away with this one-man comic voyage through “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” - all in 58 minutes - when Charles Ross‚ One-Man Star Wars Trilogy makes its appearance at Laura V. Shaw Theatre, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for a limited engagement. This is a special presentation through Miller Auditorium. The show will be docking January 16-21, 2007. Best known as the mastermind behind the infamous One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and One-Man Lord of the Rings, Charles Ross is a Canadian actor who has followed his heart and his career from one side of the continent to the other. Since first performing his OneMan Star Wars Trilogy in Toronto, Ontario in January of 2001, Ross has brought countless audiences, both large and small, to their feet with his surprisingly unique shows. Word of Ross’s one of a kind talent has spread across North America, from Toronto, Orlando, Atlanta and Boston to Chicago, San Diego and Vancouver. His off-Broadway debut in August 2005 was a smashing success with critics raving about the incredible intensity that Charles brings to his work. To mark the release of Star Wars: Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith, Charles was honored to perform at Lucasfilm’s official movie release convention, Celebration 3. Even the likes of Vin Diesel and Sir Ian McKellan have taken in his performances with rave reviews. No matter the engagement, be it a rowdy night out with friends, a matinee with the family or a Sci-Fi convention for the very dedicated, Charles Ross has entertained the masses with his high-energy and side-splitting romp through a galaxy far, far away. Tickets are available by calling (269) 3872300 or (800) 228-9858, online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in Downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. Comedy/murder mystery planned Feb. 10 & 11 Still not sure what to get the “patron of the arts” in your family this Christmas? How about dinner and a show, right here in Hastings? The Thornapple Players will be performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The setting for “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning” is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly. Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat and are available for purchase as Christmas gifts. The cost is $25 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. Little Shop of Horrors will be perform by The Revue at Vermontville’s Opera House Jan 19-21 & Jan. 26-28. Call (269) 367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com for tickets and information. Classical Jazz will kick off the new year for the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra January 20 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $19-$49 for adults and half price for students and children with balcony seats $5 or $7 day of the performance. Call 1-800-228-9858 or go to kalamazoosymphony.com for more info. Bob Milne is one of the world’s top ragtime pianists and he will perform live January 20 & 21 at the Grand Ledge Opera House. A light buffet reception will be held Saturday at 5:30, followed by the concert. He will perform once again Sunday at 3 pm. Call (517) 6271443 for more information. The Pink Floyd Experience will come to the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Show starts at 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 25. Reserved seating is $30-$35. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Jonny Lang will perform at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. The show will was postponed from its origfinal date has been rescheduled for Friday, January 26 at 8 pm. Reserved seating is $37.50. Tickets for the November show will be honored on the new date. Ticket Office hours are MondayFriday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone at (269) 373-7000 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. The Reggae Legend Birthday Bash- A Birthday Tribute to Bob Marley will take place Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Ticket Office hours are MondayFriday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. General Admission. $16 in advance, $19 day of show. Winter Evening is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s popular “Epic Evening” series of concerts. Concerts begin at 8 pm January 26 & 27. The chamber music program will include Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 featuring the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet. The KSO Woodwind Quintet will perform Klughart’s “Woodwind Quartet” and “Sunset Glow” by David Samuels will feature the KSO percussion duo. The Epic Evenings events take place in the informal This week’s selections: “The Holiday” & “Eragon” “The Holiday” Running time: 138 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 bistro table atmosphere of the Epic Theatre in Kalamazoo. Tickets are $18 for adults and can be purchased by calling 1-800-228-9858. Temptations will come to the Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show, Saturday, January 27 at 8 pm. Tickets for the Temptations at Miller Auditorium are $42.25. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 387-2300 or (800)228-9858. Dark Star Orchestra will be "Recreating The Grateful Dead Experience" Tuesday, January 30 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Ages 18 and over welcome. Tickets are $18 in advance. Doors open at 8 pm, 9 pm show. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. How to Eat Locally....in Michigan....in the Winter will be presented Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 pm at the Wealthy Theater, 1130 Wealthy SE, GR. Suggested donation of $5. Film screening and discussion of the increasing options West Michiganders have for eating local food in the winter. Speakers include Tom Cary of the Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council and Chris Bedford, a founder of Sweetwater Local Foods Market in Muskegon. The evening will include a presentation of the new West Michigan Cooperative, an online farmers market that seeks to connect local farmers and consumers all year long. Gun Lake Winterfest is returning February 17. Many events are being planned. Stay tuned for details. Local bands who would like to perform at the event are encouraged to call Lynn Hatfield at (269) 945-2454. Those wishing to take part in broomball should contact Alex Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. An Evening with Leo Kottke is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith GRADE: C“Eragon” Running time: 139 minutes MPAA rating: PG GRADE: F It’s two reviews for the price of one this week. Both are by-the-numbers genre flicks. The first you should probably wait to watch on video, the second should never be seen ever. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 The first is your standard chick flick: “The Holiday,” starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as two flustered single women who spend more time talking about love than actually pursuing it. Winslet is a newspaper writer covering the wedding beat in Surrey, England, while Diaz’s character lives in Beverly Hills and runs a company that makes movie trailers. The two hook up online to exchange homes for two weeks during Christmas. While living in each other’s homes, they both find the man of their dreams — but not until they each do the prerequisite chick-flick stuff (dance in pajamas to a classic rock song, wring their hands about Taking a Chance on Love, blah blah blah). “The Holiday” isn’t lousy, but it really isn’t great either. The average guy will be bored stiff, and I imagine most women will probably think it’s OK. Our second film is “Eragon,” one of the worst movies of the year. The special effects “The Holiday” will probably bore the guys, our critic muses. are worse than what you’d expect on The Hallmark Channel — as is the script, which sounds like it was written by an 8-year-old who’d just spent the weekend watching the first “Star Wars” movie and “Lord of the Rings.” Trust me, if you watch “Eragon” there won’t be enough bleach to wash the pain from your memory. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. One of the worst films of the year? Our critic was not impressed by “Eragon.” �Page 16 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for making people feel safe and protected. You would make an excellent youth counselor. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The New Year brings challenges that can change many things in your life. You need to be prepared not only to confront them, but also to deal with what happens afterward. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You have what it takes to set your goals quite a bit higher this year. Learn what you need to know and put what you learn into your efforts. A partner offers loving support. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) In true Gemini Twin fashion, you’re conflicted about a decision you know you’ll have to make in this New Year. Best advice: Get the facts before you make any commitment. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A friend offers you an exciting opportunity for the New Year. Although your positive aspects are strong in most respects, caution is advised. Investigate before you invest. LEO (July 23 to August 22) You can make this New Year a roaring success. Start by readjusting your goals to reflect the changes in the economy. Your den-mate offers both wise and loving support. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The New Year brings new opportunities for change. But you need to be ready to move from the comfortable status quo to the challenging unknown. It’s up to you. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your most important New Year’s resolution should be to work out problems with a family member in order to avoid continued misunderstandings. Do it soon, for both of your sakes. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The New Year has much to offer the intensely determined Scorpian, who isn’t afraid to take on challenges and stay with them until they surrender their rewards. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You’ll have many fine opportunities in this New Year. But be warned: Reject offers of “help.” You work best when you’re free to be your own creative self. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The New Year offers changes that you might feel you’re not quite ready for. Best advice: Deal with them one step at a time, until you’ve built up your self-confidence. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Travel is a dominant aspect of the New Year. This could mean relocating to another city (or even another country) in connection with your education or your career. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) This New Year brings news about a change you’ve been anticipating. You might have a problem persuading a loved one about your new plans, but he or she will soon go along with them. © 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. Grand Rapids Symphony presents works by Gershwin and Rachmaninoff Stellar works by George Gershwin and Sergei Rachmaninoff will highlight the Grand Rapids Symphony’s Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series concerts, Jan. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. The Symphony will perform Gershwin’s “Piano Concerto” with guest pianist, Jon Kimura Parker, whose career has taken him to many of the world’s great performance halls. The concerts led by guest conductor Maximiano Valdés will also feature Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2.” Valdés is music director of Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias in Spain and chief conductor of the orchestra and opera at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile. George Gershwin, who wrote countless Broadway hits, applied his magic touch in the classical world with his “Piano Concerto,” composed in 1925. He was asked to write a classical work after the performance of his “Rhapsody in Blue” which bowled over audience members, including composers Igor Stravinsky, John Philip Sousa and Sergei Rachmaninoff. With his unmistakable signature sound, Gershwin deftly combines jazz and classical elements in this piece, without detracting from either musical genre. Listeners will recognize touches of “Rhapsody in Blue” and his “American in Paris” in this Concerto, which will delight Gershwin fans and win him new devotees from the classical music world. Born and educated in Vancouver, the internationally acclaimed pianist Jon Kimura Parker has appeared with numerous major orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Cleveland and Philadelphia orchestras. He has also performed for Queen Elizabeth II, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Prime Ministers of Canada and Japan. Like Gershwin, Sergei Rachmaninoff was a rising star pianist and composer making a splash on the American scene, but his roots were in Russia. He grew up in St. Petersburg, studied at the conservatory there, absorbing everything the great Russian masters had to offer. The performance of his “First Symphony” was disastrous and the reviews harsh. Classical music fans are fortunate that he made another attempt with his “Symphony No. 2,” completed in 1907. Russian romantic music is all about long, flowing melody and this work is a fine example of that. While some passages feature a rapid tempo, long sensuous melody presented mainly by the strings, is the hallmark of this piece. Some listeners may notice the third movement includes a melody similar to what can be heard in the 1975 pop hit “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again,” sung by Eric Carmen. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. HISTORY: When did Armistice Day become Veterans Day? 2. CARTOONS: What was the last name of Little Orphan Annie’s foster father? 3. NICKNAMES: What is nickname of Princeton University’s sports teams? 4. TELEVISION: Where did Police Chief Robert Ironside work? 5. MUSIC: Who performed the 1970s hit “Car Wash”? 6. WORLD WAR II: Which U.S. aircraft carrier was sunk during the Battle of Midway? 7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How did Aristotle Onassis earn his fortune? 8. OPERA: Who wrote the opera “Norma”? 9. POLITICS: Where is the famous Watergate building? 10. LITERATURE: What kind of literature does the novelist Avi write, primarily? • The unknown soul who made the following sage observation must have been a keen observer of events: “A politician can appear to have his nose to the grindstone while straddling a fence and keeping both ears to the ground.” • The skin of the African elephant, the largest living land animal in the world, weighs 2,000 pounds by itself, and there are more than 60,000 muscles in its trunk alone. • The record at hand tells of a wealthy man whose family harassed him his entire life to find a wife. The pressure became so great that he developed a hatred of women in general, and he remained a bachelor for his entire life. His antipathy was so great, in fact, that it was carried over even after his death at a rather old age. He specified in his will that he was not to be buried near a woman. In fact, his estate was required to purchase three gravesites next to each other and bury him in the middle one, leaving both of the others empty just to be sure no woman would lie next to him for eternity. • I’d be very surprised if you’ve ever heard of Bokassa I, former emperor of the Central African Republic. It’s interesting to note, though, that while he was on trial for infanticide, cannibalism and torture, he commented, “Being head of state is an extremely thankless job.” • Any author being published today would love to have his or her work chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club, thanks to the socalled Oprah Effect — being included in her book club typically results in a million additional book sales. • In medieval China, it was common for a woman to breastfeed a child until he or she was 7 years old. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “A hick town is one in which there is no place to go where you shouldn’t be.” — Alexander Woollcott Answers 1. 1954 2. Warbucks 3. Tigers 4. San Francisco 5. Rose Royce 6. The USS Yorktown 7. Shipping 8. Vincenzo Bellini 9. Washington, D.C. 10. Children’s books © 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. The evening will kick-off with a lively Mexican work that may have some wishing they could get up and do a hat-dance. Based on Mexican folk songs, “Huapango,” was composed in 1941 by Jose Pablo Moncayo. The composer studied at Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts where he was a student of Aaron Copland. Moncayo’s “Huapango” has a strong Latin flavor with its particular rhythms and harmonies. In certain passages the piece has a western American, big- sky-country feel to it, which might evoke images of the Marlboro man riding his horse across the meadow. Tickets range from $11 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 616/456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com or in person at the Symphony office open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100. Student Passport members can purchase a $5 ticket and senior citizens are half-price at the door. “Upbeat,” sponsored by BDO Seidman, LLP, is a free pre-concert conversation with Grand Rapids Symphony violinist Diane McElfish and guest conductor Maximiano Valdés. It will take place at 7 p.m. in DeVos Place Recital Hall. To help audiences to more fully appreciate the performance, program notes, conductor commentary and listening clips are available online at www.grsymphony.org. Cinderella set to dance into hearts of young and old in K’zoo Jan. 28 One of the world's leading ballet companies, the 50-member Moscow Festival Ballet brings the classic ballet, Cinderella, to Kalamazoo, under the direction of Artistic Director Sergei Radchenko. As part of the Spotlight Series, The Moscow Festival Ballet will bring its grace and majesty, as choreographed by Rostislav Zakharov and restaged by Yuri Vetrov, to Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one performance, Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 3:00pm. Cinderella tells the beloved tale of a young girl treated as a slave by her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the aide of her Fairy Godmother, Cinderella gets her chance to meet Prince Charming, fall in love and live happily ever after. The Moscow Festival Ballet has toured extensively throughout the United States, beginning with a Coast-to-Coast tour in the Winter/Spring of 1997 and returning in 2001 and 2004. During the 2006-2007 season, the company returns to America for a 17-week tour. Make the day extra special with a tea party at Webster’s! You and your little ones are invited to enjoy tea and desserts in the elegant Webster‚s, inside the Radisson Hotel, at 1:00 p.m. Tickets are $7 per person and reservations can be made separately through Webster‚s by calling Barbara at 269.343.4444. Of course all ages are welcome! The Moscow Festival Ballet: Cinderella is sponsored by Coca-Cola. It will be performed January 28, 2007, at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $15-$45 and are available by calling 269.387.2300 or 800.228.9858, online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269.387.2312 for special discounts. Super Crossword Solution �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 17 Scots go outside then in to top TK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans would have preferred their fans not try and light a fire underneath Caledonia all-conference senior guard Logan Weis. Thornapple Kellogg’s student section chanted “Logan”, “Logan”, “Logan” each time he touched the basketball in the early going Tuesday night in Middleville. Before long, it was the Caledonia students’ using that cheer. Weis scored 19 points in the first half, hitting five three-pointers in the first two quarters, and finished with 20 points in Caledonia’s 77-61 victory over the Trojans. His scoring touch wasn’t needed in the sec- Trojan senior Zach Smith backs away from the Caledonia defense after hauling in an offensive rebound in the first half Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ond half. Caledonia led by 12 points at the break, 42-30, and decided to go down low in the second half. Someone should have started chanting “Matt”, “Matt”, “Matt” at that point. The Scots’ 6-6 senior center Matt Weiss took over in the second half, scoring 22 of his team high 24 points in the final two quarters. He also had 12 rebounds, a pair of steals and a pair of blocks. TK’s Ryan Sisson led all scorers with 25 points and 12 rebounds, on a night when neither team wanted to take things slow. Weis hit the first of Caledonia’s eight first half three-pointers just over a minute and a half into the game. It was the end of a 7-0 run to start the game for Caledonia. The Trojans put together a small run in the middle of the second quarter to cut the Caledonia lead from 33-22 to 33-27, but back-to-back three’s by Weis and Van Werden put the Scots up 12 and they led by double digits the rest of the game. Van Werden was the third Scot in double figures, finishing with 14 points and seven assists. Brad Steffen knocked down three three’s and ended up with 11 points for TK off the bench, and Andrew Gilbert chipped in nine points. Caledonia is now 2-2 in the league, while the Trojans fall to 1-3. Muskegon scored an 18-4 advantage over Thornapple Kellogg in the third quarter Friday night, and used that edge to go on to a 58-64 victory in non-conference action. The two teams were tied at 19 at the half. It had more to do with the Trojans struggles than the Big Red’s own success. “Our bad offense led to their easy offense,” said Thornapple Kellogg head coach Lance Laker. Muskegon threw a solid press at the Trojans much of the night, and the Trojans were able to beat it for much of the night. The big problems for the Trojans came later. “The strange part about it was, we’d beat the press and then we had so many turnovers and mental mistakes,” said Laker. After the Big Red broke the game open in the third quarter, the Trojans were able to slowly get back in the game in the fourth quarter but never got closer than seven or eight points. Sisson led the Trojans with 15 points and Gilbert chipped in ten. Laker was happy with the play of Ian Sisson, the Trojans’ junior center, especially in the second quarter when he scored all seven of his points. TK is now 1-5 overall this season. The Trojans head to Wayland on Friday, then host Forest Hills Eastern on Tuesday. Thornapple Kellogg’s Ian Sisson (right) does his best to try and keep Caledonia’s Matt Weiss away from the basket in the second half Tuesday night. Weiss led Caledonia with 24 points. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Thornapple Kellogg senior guard Ryan Sisson fires a jumper in the lane over the arm of Caledonia senior Devan Jennings. Sisson led all scorers Tuesday night with 25 points. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Youth wrestling begins at HS on January 16 Sign-up and the first practice for the Hastings Wrestling Club will be held Jan. 16 at 6:15 p.m. in the north balcony of the Hastings High School gymnasium. Folkstyle wrestling fundamentals will be taught, and young wrestlers in grades three through six will get the chance to take part in live wrestling as well. Younger wrestlers will be allowed with parental supervision. Practices will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. for six weeks. All the practices will be in the north balcony at the high school. Wrestlers are asked to bring a clean T-shirt, shorts or sweatpants (with no zippers), wrestling shoes or high-top gym shoes, a positive attitude, and a desire to learn the sport of wrestling. The cost for the winter folkstyle season is $35 per wrestler. The Hastings Wrestling Club will also still be running its freestyle wrestling program in mid March, April and May as it always has. Wrestlers may participate in one or the other, or both. The cost for the spring freestyle season is $40. It is $60 per wrestler to participate in both seasons. There is a cap of $125 per family set. The cost includes a club T-shirt, but not a USA Fed. Card, which would be needed if wrestlers decide to compete at tournaments. Direct questions to Mike Goggins at (269) 945-5290 or Dennis Redman at (269) 9452223. Lions get their first win by Brett Bremer County wrestlers starting their march towards, March I’m very excited for the start of the 2006-07 wrestling season. What, it’s been going on for more than a month now? It really got going on Wednesday night. Hastings hosted Caledonia, and Thornapple Kellogg was slated to host Hamilton. Lakewood starts league duals tonight at home against Haslett in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3, and Delton and Maple Valley meet in the Valley tonight too to start the Kalamazoo Valley Association year. My guess at this point is that after Thursday, Lakewood, Hastings, Delton Kellogg, and Lakewood will all have one more win on their records. I wanted to start making predictions for 2007, but I just don’t know what’s going on yet. I haven’t seen enough. I haven’t gotten to see the Trojans wrestle yet, or Delton Kellogg. Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch didn’t even list his team as the top choice for a CAAC-3 championship on pre-season media information sheets. What a crazy season. Hastings just squeaked by Plainwell in that early dual, then did a pretty good job of handling Hamilton in those teams’ O-K Gold Conference opener. Hamilton was supposed to fight with Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg and Caledonia for an O-K Gold Conference championship. Of course at the most only one of those teams could finish the dual meet season undefeated, and even that doesn’t guarantee an outright championship. My gut feeling is that the Fighting Scots aren’t quite mentally tough enough to win the conference dual meet title, but I could be proven wrong by Wednesday night’s result. Right now, I’d be surprised if Lakewood didn’t win the CAAC-3 again, and Delton Kellogg didn’t win the KVA again. Every year I’ve really thought deep down inside somewhere that one of our local teams would be heading to the state finals and that once there, they had as good a chance to win as anyone. Not this season though. Somebody might get there, I don’t know who yet, but somebody. As for the having as good a chance of winning as anybody once they get there. I’m not so sure about that anymore. Maybe watching Mason beat up on everybody in Division 2, accept for one finals hiccup against Lowell, has made me a little bit cynical. Petoskey finishing ahead of Hastings and Lakewood on Saturday at the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings didn’t help out any, neither did Lakewood dropping two matches the other day in the quad with Corunna, Mason, and Allegan. If ever the draw in the state wrestling tournament was set up right, it looks like it is this year. Mason and Allegan could, should, meet up in the Division 2 finals. The quarterfinal opponent for any of Barry County’s Division 2 teams would come from the Mason regional, which would include the winner of the Jackson-Northwest district, which includes No. 3 ranked Mason. Greenville jumped the Bulldogs, and is now ranked behind second in the state in Division 2 behind Allegan. Now that we’re a little further along in the season, and the experts have seen a bit more, Lakewood is the only local team ranked in the top ten in the state in Division 2. The Vikings are tenth. Hastings and Caledonia started the season there, and have since seen their stars fade. Isn’t it great to have a sport in the area where one can sit and worry about which of the teams are going to win conference titles, and how close the teams can get to a state championship? And thinking at the beginning of the year, oh too bad it looks like they might only be state quarterfinalists. I hope I’m wrong and somebody wins it all. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley put an end to its season opening six game losing streak Friday night, by opening 2007 with a 63-55 win over Dansville. Trailing 39-35 heading into the fourth quarter, the Lions exploded for 28 points. Kenneth Quick had ten of his game high 15 points in the fourth quarter, including hitting 6-of-10 free throws in the final eight minutes. He had eight assists and three steals on the night as well. Eric Westendorp had a big night for the Lions too. He finished with 14 points and 17 rebounds. Jeff Burd and Matt Hall chipped in six points each for Maple Valley, with Burd also contributing four assists and seven steals. Maple Valley led by three points, 22-19, at the half, before the Aggies had a big quarter of their own, outscoring the Lions 20-13 in the third. Dansville had eight different players score at least two points in the third quarter run. Jason Cremer led the Aggies on the night with 12 points, and Chris Kirkland added 11. A 19-point fourth quarter lead was too much for the Lions’ to overcome at Hopkins on Tuesday night in another non-conference contest. The Vikings held on for a 55-48 victory. Hopkins led 49-30 heading into the fourth quarter, when the Lions started their charge. Quick had ten of his 12 points in the fourth for Valley. He led the Lions, adding three steals as well. Kyle Fisher had seven points and five rebounds for the Lions, and Jeff Burd chipped in seven points too. The Vikings had just one field goal in the fourth quarter, by Jesse Fazi, and hit on just 4of-9 free throws in the period. Fazi led Hopkins with 13 points, Nick Jones chipped in eight and Kyle Hoffmaster nine. The Lions return to Kalamazoo Valley Association action at home against Pennfield Friday. Valley wrestlers win seven medals at Rogers tourney The Maple Valley Lions had one final tuneup for tonight’s KVA opener, a trip to the Rogers Invitational Saturday. They placed fifth in the ten-team tournament, with seven wrestlers scoring medals by placing in the top four in their weight class. Second place was the top finish for a Lion, and four of them finished second. At 112 pounds Ron Smith faced Rogers’ Du Bui in the finals and was downed 8-5. In the 125-pound championship match the Lions’ Tyler Corwin was also downed 8-5, by Kelloggsville’s J.T. Gustin. In the 135-pound title bout, Morley Stanwood’s Charlie Cramer topped Jamie Corwin 9-4. At 152 pounds, South Haven’s Michael Jackson topped the Lions’ Tory Roberts 3-0. Raven Scurlock was the lone Lion to win his final match of the day, placing third at 130 pounds by topping Unity Christian’s Josh Veldman by pin in 2:16. Anthony Molson at 103 and Chad Rhodes at 171 both placed fourth. After tonight’s meeting with Delton Kellogg, the Lions travel to the Edwardsburg Invitational on Saturday. Next Thursday, the host Galesburg-Augusta in another KVA dual. Just an okay day for Vikes at Fruitport volleyball invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood saw both its potential and its problems at the Fruitport Invitational Saturday. The Vikings went just 1-4 on the day, falling in the quarterfinals against the eventual runners-up from Forest Hills Northern in three games. The Huskies were the top seeded team from the opposite pool, after the Vikings finished pool play 1-3. Forest Hills Northern topped the Vikes 25-23, 20-25, 15-13. “It was probably the best we played all year,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “They played real aggressive and very well as a team together.” Lacey Chase and Ashley Morris helped lead the aggressive play in the quarterfinals. They finished with 25 kills each on the day. Amy Joostberns was also solid up front, she led the team with 31 kills. Autumn Cussen led Lakewood with 32 digs, and Melanie Forman had five aces and 71 assists. “They needed that for their confidence,” said Grunewald of the solid effort against FHN. “What’s happening is, we’ll be really close in a match then we’ll give away five consecutive points on unforced errors and mental mistakes. It chips away at their confidence.” The Vikings had just been beaten by Jenison in two games, 25-13, 25-18 in the final match of pool play. Jenison went on to defeat Forest Hills Northern for the tournament title. Prior to that loss, the Vikings suffered a tough three game loss to Mona Shores, 25-23, 15-25, 15-13. That is where a string of bad points hurt the Vikings on Saturday. They led the third game against Mona Shores 12-7, before falling. “That left such a bad taste in our mouths, it was awful,” said Grunewald. The Lakewood ladies started the day off fine, topping Montague 25-10, 25-6. The Vikings are off now until hosting Lansing Catholic in the first CAAC-3 contest of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 17. �Page 18 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons and Vikes 2nd and 3rd behind Petoskey sby Brett Bremer Sports Editor Petoskey made its long trip to Hastings worth while Saturday. Lakewood and Hastings both had more individual champions than the Northmen, but Petoskey had wrestlers in the championship finals in half the flights at Saturday’s LH Lamb Tournament. Petoskey scored two individual titles, and the team championship with 193 points. Hastings was second with 178 points and Lakewood third with 151. Both teams had three individual champs. “We wrestled very well on Saturday,” said Saxon head coach Mike Goggins. “Petoskey is a very strong team, and we felt lucky to hold with them as close as we did.” Hastings’ champions on the day were Ricky Mathis (145 pounds), Steve Case (160) and Josh Morehouse (215). Lakewood was led by first-place finishes from Kyle Root (135), Levi Phelps (152) and Josh Kettel (189). “Our team was well balanced with 12 of 14 wrestlers placing,” said Goggins. “We seem to be hitting our stride on the right time.” Hastings was slated to face its second O-K Gold Conference foe Wednesday night, when Caledonia came to town. The Saxons wrestle in a tournament at Lowell this Saturday, then visit Byron Center for another Gold dual next Wednesday. The titles for Mathis and Case were their second consecutive Lamb titles. Mathis faced Forest Hills Eastern’s Ryan Dugan in the 145-pound championship match, and after putting Dugan on his back in the first period Mathis scored a third period reversal that clinched a 6-3 win. Mathis started the day by pinning Killian Viles of Petoskey in 3:15, before edging out Pine River’s Marcus Bridget 7-5 in the semifinals. Case controlled the 160-pound weight class, scoring pins over Petoskey’s Matt The Saxons’ Steve Case holds Grand Ledge’s Brandon Gokey on his back in the third period of their 160-pound championship match during the LH Lamb Tournament in Hastings on Saturday afternoon. Case won the flight title with a 14-0 major decision. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood 215-pounder Kurtis Powell turns Petoskey’s Jon Zoerhof on his head in the second period of their championship match at the LH Lamb Tournament Saturday. Zoerhof would escape and score a second period pin for the title. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojan spikers second in silver at North Pointe invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg went 4-2 Saturday to win the Silver Division title at the North Pointe Christian tournament. The Trojans knocked off Creston in the finals, after scoring their second win over the day over Ottawa Hills in the semi’s. “We improved steadily throughout the day,” said TK head coach Jaime Nelson. TK opened things up with a loss to the host Mustangs in pool play, then bounced back to beat Ottawa Hills. In power pool action, the Trojans topped Freedom Baptist, before falling to the eventual Gold Division champions from Kalamazoo Christian. “We were working with a new line-up,” Nelson said, “getting people used to new positions and they did well. I can see how much more confident they are becoming.” Trojan sophomore setter/opposite hitter Kate Scheidel had an outstanding day, with 34 assists, 11 kills and 12 aces. When Scheidel wasn’t setting things up for her teammates, Amanda Denney was. She recorded 24 assists. Another sophomore, Alyssa Bowerman, stepped in to play middle for the Trojans and put up good numbers for the team. She had seven blocks, 20 kills, and five aces on the day. Seniors Caitlin Chamberlin and Sam Reeder also played well for TK, Chamberlin added 18 kills while Reeder led the team with 27. “I keep seeing steady improvement and I am very proud of the girls,” Nelson said. The Trojans need that improvement to continue this week, as they prepare to host South Christian on Thursday. Saturday, the Trojan ladies make the trip to Plainwell for a tournament. Fitzek and Ovid-Elsie’s Tim Rose before topping Grand Ledge’s Brandon Gokey 14-0 in the title bout. “Josh Morehouse at 215 wrestled as well as he has all year,” said Goggins. Morehouse won a wild 215-pound championship match, that ended the day’s wrestling, by defeating Pine River’s Ethan Russell 1612. He’d scored big wins in his first two matches, knocking off Lakewood’s Kurtis Powell 13-4 in the opener then pinning Forest Hills Eastern’s Santino Hernandez in 56 seconds into their semifinal. Lakewood’s Root pinned all three of his opponents on the day, including Petoskey’s Wes Hoover 4:21 into their championship match at 135 pounds. Root pinned his first opponent, Ionia’s Travis Woodrow in 13 seconds, then put Constantine’s Halen Shears on his back 4:40 into their semifinal match. Phelps and Kettel had one pin each, both in the first round. Phelps put Hastings’ Ryan Bosma on his back 3:13 into their first match at 152 pounds, then scored a 13-5 major decision over Pine River’s Mike Warchol in the semi’s. In the championship match, Phelps scored a technical fall with a 19-3 edge over Ionia’s Nick Bowerman. Kettel pinned his first opponent at 189 pounds, Constantine’s Malcom Wilson in 1:13, and shut out his next two foes. He scored an 8-0 major decision in the semifinals against Grand Ledge’s Josh Turner, then topped Petoskey’s Jacob Champion 9-0 in the final. Pine River was fourth in the eight team tournament, with 117.5 points, followed by Grand Ledge 112.5, Ionia 63, Forest Hills Eastern 60.5, Ovid-Elsie 41.5, and Constantine 15. Nick Walkington, at 285 pounds, was the lone Viking to reach the finals and not take a flight title. He was pinned by Ionia’s Adam Warner in the title tilt in 1:58. Placing second for the Saxons were Austin Endsley at 103-pounds and Matt Watson at 112. Both had a tough time in the finals. Endsley was pinned by Grand Ledge’s Brady Hurt in the third period of their match, while Watson was stuck in the second period by Petoskey’s Dustin Boyer. Third place finishes for Hastings were earned by Alec Wilcox (125) and Jeremy Redman (135). Justin Jevicks (285), Gage Pederson (119), Matt Schilds (130), Sy Overmire (171) and Scott White (189) were fourth. Jarod Kent (112) and Josh Clark (119) See WRESTLING, next page Hastings 135-pounder Jeremy Redman (top) fights his way towards a pin of Pine River’s Zack Fansler during their consolation semifinal bout Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton cagers top Bellevue for 2nd win by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg scored its second victory of the season Tuesday night, 44-41 over Bellevue. It wasn’t perfect, but it should be a confidence booster for the Panthers as they head into a tough Kalamazoo Valley Association showdown with Kalamazoo Christian on Friday night. Andrew Liceaga knocked down four free throws in the final 20 seconds to help Delton Kellogg seal the win over the Broncos. Jacob Rackley missed a free throw with five seconds left that could have put his team up two scores, but corralled the rebound himself and dribbled out the final seconds. “It wasn’t the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen as far as organized basketball is concerned, but a win none the less,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. Liceaga had ten points on the night. Nick Blacken led Delton with 11, and Josh Newhouse and Brian Diaz had eight points each. Mohn said that all of Newhouse’s buckets, and his five rebounds all came at key times. “We’ve been waiting for that from him. It was nice to see him flying around out there,” said Mohn. The Panthers could have provided themselves with a bit more breathing room at the end, if they’d made a few more easy baskets. “We missed so many shots,” said Mohn. Delton did hit on half of its 38 attempts, but it was where the misses were from that made them stand out more. “Most of those misses were from three or four feet and in,” Mohn said. “We just couldn’t buy a bucket underneath.” A total of 22 turnovers also concerned the Delton Kellogg coach. After Friday’s meeting with the Comets at DKHS, the Panthers host Otsego for a nonconference contest on Tuesday night. We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments 269-948-9363 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 08720126 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road The Panthers’ Andrew Liceaga races around the Broncos’ Jake Hart in the first half of Delton’s 44-41 win at Bellevue on Tuesday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Delton Kellogg senior forward Josh Newhouse slices between Bellevue’s Cory Whitcomb (left) and Derek Eggerstedt for a lay-up in the first half of Tuesday night’s non-conference contest. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — Page 19 Saxons strong in 4th when they can keep it close by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Twice now in this young O-K Gold Conference season the Saxon varsity boys’ basketball team has pulled out a tight ball game in the fourth quarter at home. The Saxons did it against Byron Center Friday night, earning their second league victory after getting the first by edging out Caledonia the same way in mid-December. Hastings is now 2-2 in the Gold, and 4-3 The Saxons’ Ryan Cain works his way around Bulldog forward Matt Duffy along the baseline Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) overall, after Tuesday night’s loss to Wayland. “We’ve had two very close games in the fourth quarter, so I feel pretty good about how they responded at the end of games,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. “Our execution has gone up and down, but we’ve been able to make some good things happen in the last minute or so.” The visiting Bulldogs were nearly able to make great things happen in the last seconds Friday night, but suffered a 53-52 loss to the Saxons. Hastings senior center Bryan Skedgell sent a shot by the Bulldogs’ Scott Porter sailing out of bounds with 4.4 seconds left. The Bulldogs got the ball to Porter again, but the Saxons’ Bryce Stanhope and Curtis Cowles forced him into a tough jumper from the right baseline. Byron Center’s Jon Byxbe on the backside tipped the rebound towards the rim, and it glanced off the inside of the rim and out as the buzzer sounded. If the tip would have fallen, it would have been a tough loss for the Saxons to swallow. Hastings led from the first basket of the game until more than half way through the third quarter, holding a 27-23 advantage at the half. “We kind of dominated the boards against them. We just had some lapses defensively there in the third quarter they got some easy lay-ups off of,” said Schils. The Bulldogs were able to penetrate against the Saxon defense in the third, and dish off to open teammates cutting from the corners towards the hoop on a few occasions. Hastings took its first lead of the fourth quarter when Jordan Rambin pulled down an offensive rebound, and dished it to teammate Stephen Tolger who went up for two points with 4:52 to play. Rambin was full of hustle plays in the final minutes, although he finished with just two points which came on a nice drive to the basket with 1:58 left and pulled his team within one at 50-49. He forced a jump ball that got the Saxons the ball back once, and grabbed a rebound which had been bouncing between bodies on the floor and called time out to set up the Saxons’ final points of the night. Stanhope knocked down a pair of free throws with 19.2 seconds left, that put Hastings up 53-52. Stanhope finished with ten points. Ryan Vogel had a solid offensive night, leading the way for Hastings with 11 points. Cowles and Skedgell added nine points each. Zach VanEngen led Byron Center with 13 points, including three three-pointers. Scott Westenhouse added eight points and Dennett seven for the Bulldogs. The Saxons never got close enough to Wayland in the fourth quarter for any last minute heroics Tuesday, falling 49-35. The game was tight until the third quarter, when the Wildcats went on an 18-9 run to pull ahead by ten points going into the fourth quarter. It was 20-19 at the half. “Wayland used a lot of full court pressure on us and it made us very tentative,” Schils said, “which caused us not to attack the basket the way we’ve been working on.” “I’ve got to figure out how to fix our aggressiveness. I feel like we do a decent job in practice, but it’s not translating to our game situations.” Wayland is now 3-1 in the league. “They are by far the most athletic team in our league,” Schils said. The Saxons stuck with the Wildcats in a low scoring first half, trailing 10-8 at the end of one period. “Our defense was phenomenal. That’s not our problem,” said Schils. “We just could not put anything together on the offensive end.” Hastings was happy to hold the Wildcats’ Alex Lyle to just six points. Ryan Dame led Wayland with 14 points and Joey Mitchell added 11. Stanhope was the only scorer in double figures for Hastings, finishing with ten points. The Saxons weren’t completely out of it in the fourth quarter however. A couple lay-ups helped Hastings cut the Wildcat lead to seven points. The Saxons then pulled down a defensive rebound for a chance to cut the deficit to five points, but the Wildcats stole the outlet pass and then added to their lead instead. “You could just kind of see that deflate any momentum we had at that point,” Schils said. The Saxons will look to get their momentum back this Friday night when they travel to face Hamilton in another Gold contest. Next Tuesday, the Saxons travel to take on Hanover-Horton in a non-conference clash. Byron Center’s Justin Dennett (32) and Zach VanEngen (3) fly at Saxon guard Stephen Tolger as he puts up a jump shot in the lane in the second half Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) LHS All-Americans honored Friday This Friday night Lakewood High School will be honoring three of its past graduates who have been named collegiate AllAmericans. The ceremony will take place during halftime of the boys’ varsity basketball game, against Fowlerville. The trio of Deanna Richard, Jeremy Dow and Ashley Frost will join five other honorees on the All-American wall which is sponsored by the Lakewood Athletic Association. Richard, a 1991 graduate of Lakewood, was named to the NCAA, Division 1, First Team All-American Basketball Team in 1996 while playing at Oakland University. At Lakewood she set the points in a career, assists in a season and career, and the steals in a season and career basketball records. While at Oakland, she led her team to three straight NCAA appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1994-95. She left Oakland as its career leader in three-point goals, and was named the GLIAC Player of the Year her senior season. Richard is now the varsity women’s basketball coach at Olivet College. Dow, a 2002 graduate of Lakewood, was named to the 2006 NCAA, Division II, Third Team All American Baseball Team, while playing at Grand Valley State University. He set the most hits in a season, season RBI’s, pitching wins, most strikeouts in a season, most strikeouts in a game and finally the career strikeout records at Lakewood during his baseball career. He was named to the First Team All-State Baseball Team and was the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year in 2002. While at Grand Valley, Dow was named the GLIAC “Pitcher of the Year” in his senior season and he was named First Team All GLIAC in 2005 and 2006. His pitching record his senior season was 12-1 which ties him for first in the GVSU record books. Frost, also a 2002 graduate of Lakewood, was named to the 2005 NAIA First Team All American Volleyball Team, while playing at Madonna University. Ashley set the season assists record and was named to the 2002 All State Second Team while playing for Lakewood. During her senior year at Lakewood she helped lead her volleyball team to a quarterfinals win and earned an appearance in the Class B semi-finals. While at Madonna, she set the schools career assist record, and led them to four WHAC championships and four trips to the NAIA National tournament including two “Final Four” appearances. Frost, in her senior season, led her team to a 40-0 regular season record and was named the conference and regional Setter-of-the-Year. She is now the setting coach at Madonna. Richard, Dow and Frost were all named “Athletes of the Year” for their respective classes at Lakewood. Vikes win first two of five at home “I felt our bench really came through tonight,” added Farrell. Ryan Jones led Haslett with 17 points, and Caleb Herrick added seven points, five rebounds, four steals, and four assists. Nick Frayer also added 14 points for the visitors. Against Central Montcalm, the Vikings jumped on the Hornets early outscoring them 26-11 in the opening period. “This was a nice team win for us tonight,” Farrell said. “We ran the break well and rebounded offensively.” Hilley had ten points in the opening quarter, and finished with a team high 12 points and four steals. Erickson continued his comeback with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Richardson con- tributed ten points and a team high six assists. Michael Barbour and Eddie Salazar had nine points each, and Wade O’Mara added seven rebounds. As a team, the Vikings had 45 rebounds, including 24 on the offensive end of the floor. For the second consecutive game, Farrell said “our bench played well and did a nice job on the floor.” The bench got plenty of chances. Lakewood pushed its big first quarter lead up to 44-25 by the half, and then 64-40 by the end of three quarters. Alex Hancock led Central Montcalm with 13 points, all of them coming in the second half. He was 7-of-10 from the foul line. Ryan Kieffer chipped in nine points for the Hornets. WRESTLING, continued from previous page placed third at their respective weight classes for the Vikings and Holden Hummel (103), Mason Blackmer (125) and Kurtis Powell (215) were fourth. Forest Hills Eastern 119-pounder Steve Lambert was named the tournament’s most valuable wrestler, topping Pine River’s Tom Webster 5-4 for their flight championship. The first week back from break was a good one for the Vikings to get refocused for the conference run, and a possible state tournament run. Lakewood opened 2007 by hosting three of the state’s top rated teams last Thursday, Corunna, Allegan and Mason. Allegan, the top ranked team in the state in Division 2, won both its matches on the day topping both Mason and Corunna. Lakewood was 0-2, falling 31-29 to Corunna and 34-27 to Mason. “We had a packed house,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “I bet we had 1,000 people here tonight, so, it was good psychological preparation going into the state tournament.” The Vikings nearly pulled off the victory against Corunna. Holden Hummel had his opponent on his back in the 103-pound bout, but couldn’t quite get the pin that would have tied the team score in the end. Hummel was one of just three Viking wrestlers to win two matches on the night. The others were Phelps at 152 pounds and Walkington at 285. Lakewood hosts Haslett to open the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 season this Thursday. Saturday, the Vikings will be a part of the Mid Michigan Duals in Bay City. Hastings’ Jordan Rambin makes his way towards the hoop as Byron Center’s Zach VanEngen comes flying in from behind in the second half of Friday night’s O-K Gold Conference contest. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, JANUARY 11: 4:00 pm Boys 8th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “B” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 8th “B” Basketball 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Boys “B” Wrestling 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Newhall Middle Newhall Middle OPEN OPEN Caledonia High School Quad at Godwin Hts. Caledonia High School Caledonia High School H H A A H A H H FRIDAY, JANUARY 12: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball Hamilton High School A 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball Hamilton High School A 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Hamilton High School A SATURDAY, JANUARY 13: TBA Boys JV Wrestling TBA Boys “B” Wrestling 9:00 am Boys Varsity Wrestling 9:00 am Boys Varsity Swimming 9:00 am Girls JV Volleyball 10:00 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball 2:00 pm Girls MS Cheer Hastings “B” Invit. Hastings “B” Invit. Tournament@Lowell Kalamazoo Loy Norrix BC Lakeview JV Invit. Belding Fr. Invite Hudsonville UC Invit. H H A A A A A TUESDAY, JANUARY 16: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball Hanover-Horton HS A 5:00 pm Girls MS Cheer GR Northview Cheer Inv. at Crossroads MS A 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball Hanover-Horton HS A 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Hanover-Horton HS A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17: 6:00 pm Boys JV Wrestling Byron Center 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Wrestling Byron Center A A THURSDAY, JANUARY 18: TBA Boys “B” Wrestling 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball A A H A A Hopkins High School South Christian HS Hamilton High School South Christian HS South Christian HS Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to this week’s sponsor: MONDAY, JANUARY 15: 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball Barry Co. Invit. at T-K A 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball Barry Co. Invit. at Delton A HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS 819 E. Railroad, Hastings Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule (269) 948-9472 08720120 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Lakewood Vikings cleaned up a couple of their biggest problems from the early part of the 2006-07 season Friday night, in a 74-63 Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 win over Haslett. They then added a 74-55 non-conference win over Central Montcalm on Tuesday night. The Lakewood boys are now 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3, two games into a five game home stand. Lakewood takes on Fowlerville in another CAAC-3 battle Friday. “We played hard tonight, and kept up our intensity on defense,” Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell, said after his team’s victory over Haslett Friday. The Lakewood boys broke open a tight game in the final quarter. The two teams entered the fourth tied at 45, after Haslett whittled down an early Lakewood lead. Nick Hilley had 18 of his game high 28 points in the final eight minutes to lead the way for Lakewood, adding eight rebounds and three steals over the course of the contest. The Vikings worked over the holiday break on their defensive intensity, as well as their foul shooting. Lakewood was 23-of-29 from the line for the night, and the Vikings hit all six of their attempts in the final quarter. While Hilley had 26 points in the second half, Alex Erickson continued to get back into the swing of things carrying the offensive load in the first half. He scored 13 of his 15 points in the first 16 minutes, and finished the evening with a team high 11 rebounds. Erickson had ten points in the first quarter, as Lakewood jumped out to a 20-12 lead. Jordan Richardson chipped in eight points for Lakewood, and Michael Barbour six. �Page 20 — Thursday, January 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Valley goes the distance in Durand The Maple Valley varsity volleyball team celebrates its victory at the Durand Invitational on Saturday. The Lions were 5-0 on the day, topping Almont for the title. The Lions were stretched to the limits, but found a way to win Saturday’s Durand Invitational. Maple Valley was pushed to three games in all three of its tournament matches at Durand, and came out on top in the shortened third game all three times. In the finals, the Lions again met Almont, who they had faced in pool play and defeated. The Lions came out strong and won game one by a score of 25-9, but Almont had no quit in it and won by a score of 25-23 in game two. In the final game of the day, the Lions came from behind after trailing 5-2, to win 15-10. The Lions faced Byron in the semifinals, going three games but scoring the win 26-24, 18-25, 15-12. In the opening round of tournament play, the Lions won 25-22, 24-26,15-9 against Chesaning. Those three wins made the Lions 5-0 on the day. In pool play, the Lions won four of six games, against Perry and Almont. Maple Valley started the day against Perry, and won the first two games by 25-22 and 2516, before losing the third game 27-26 in a 27-point capped game. In the Lions’ next match against Almont, they were defeated in the first game 25-21, before coming back to win the second game 25-21. The third game, the Lions played strong, winning 25-18, to secure first place in the pool. With the victory Maple Valley increased its overall record to 14-6-2. The Lions were scheduled host Parchment in Kalamazoo Valley Association action on Wednesday afternoon. Saturday they will host their own nine-team invitational. Raiders win last two games to beat Saxon volleyball team by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There weren’t a lot of wins in the last few matches, but Saxon varsity volleyball coach Krista Sheldon was pleased with the play of her team in Saturday’s Cereal City Classic and Monday’s dual with Portland. The Saxons battled through five games against the Raiders on Monday evening, att.com/familyvalues 1-800-528-2075 Small-town values. Worldwide connections. falling 25-22, 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 15-12. “We passed very well as a team the entire match and also played great defense,” said Sheldon. Sam VanDenack led the Saxons with eight kills and 11 digs. Jessica Burch had six kills, and Dana Shilling and Linda Lubcke four each. Lubcke also had eight blocks. Burch and Rachael Iler had two aces each. Iler led the Saxons with 14 assists. The Saxons went 1-3-1 Saturday in Battle Creek, falling in their first match in the silver division tournament bracket. Hastings was the eighth seed heading into tournament play, and took on the top team in the silver division, Temperance Bedford. The Kicking Mules ended the Saxons’ day with a 25-18, 25-19 win. The Saxons’ lone win of the day came in the match before, against Jackson in power pool play. They topped Jackson 25-19, 25-16. The Saxons’ final contest Saturday was their second meeting with Temperance Bedford on the day. The Mules also got the better of the Saxons in pool play, 25-17, 2518. Hastings also fell to Sturgis in pool play 25-17, 25-18. Hastings tied Jackson Western in pool play, winning game one 25-19 but falling in the second game 25-23. The Saxons will be at home for the first time this Thursday when they play host to Caledonia. The Fighting Scots are 1-0 in the league after topping Wayland last week. It’s the first O-K Gold Conference match for the Saxons. HHS cagers plan can drive to fight cancer AT&T local and long distance. Reliable communication is even more important Each August, the Hastings boys basketball program participates in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. In August 200, more than $2,000 was raised by the team to help in the fight against cancer. The team is trying to start its 2007 fund drive early this year. The Saxons will be sponsoring a can and bottle drive, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 2, as the Saxons take on the South Christian Sailors. Each person who donates ten cans or bottles will be admitted to the game free. Any person donating 25 or more cans or bottles will receive free admission and their name will go into a drawing to be held at the beginning of the third quarter for family passes to all 2007-08 Saxon sporting events. Equivalent can and bottle receipts from Felpausch, Plumbs or Meijer will also gladly be accepted. All proceeds go directly to the American Cancer Society. when you live in a small town. That’s why you should depend on AT&T for all your local and long distance needs — with the service and proven track record you can trust. Because when you live in a small town, you have even more reason to stay connected. AT&T. Your world. Delivered. SM Saxon Sports Shorts 7th Grade Blue Boys’ Basketball The Hastings seventh grade blue basketball team defeated Caledonia Kraft Meadows Monday 43-19. Bret Lawrence led the Hastings team with 10 points, while Anthony Veltre scored eight, Dylan McKee 7, and Brian Graybill and Jon Wright six each. Veltre led the team with seven steals, and Dan Hamel added six. Wright led the team with nine rebounds and Mackey Lewis added seven. 7th Grade Gold Boys’ Basketball The Saxon seventh grade gold team came from 11 points behind in the third quarter to defeat Caledonia Kraft Meadows Monday 34-33. DJ Nolff led the Saxons in scoring with 16 points. Mitch Kolanowski and Keith Garber each chipped in six points, and Tyler Stolicker, Jason McClurkin and Alex Nichols all scored two points. Nolff led his team with 15 rebounds. Stolicker and Nichols had three assists apiece. Kolanowski had six steals and Garber four. High School Volleyball The Hastings freshmen and junior varsity volleyball teams both defeated Portland in two games on the road Monday evening. The Saxon freshmen won 25-18, 2513. The Saxon junior varsity won 25-18, 25-21. 77508556 92696_AQRMAP6136_1103I 1 12/21/06 11:37:07 PM � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-01-18.pdf f44b2fce7bb161cd76cdc45ecf8a20db PDF Text Text Winterfest rock ‘n roll trivia contest to return Charlton Park is broke, so let’s fix it Saxons are contenders for Gold crown See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 3 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, January 18, 2007 NEWS Public hearing on Charlton Park promised BRIEFS Option of dissolving Parks and Rec Commission not ruled out Village Players dinner theater set The Village Players of Middleville already are in rehearsal for “Stop Sending in the Clowns,” their next production of what they call “mystery, madness and mayhem.” If this production is anything like their previous productions there will also be a lot of laughter filling the Middle Villa Inn on Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Cheryl Cravero from the Village Players reminds those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. by David T. Young Editor Lots of questions and comments about Charlton Park, but few answers came out of a special joint meeting last Thursday night between the Barry County Board of Commissioners and Parks and Recreation Commission. A public hearing on the issue is being planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Commission on Aging, corner of Broadway and West Woodlawn. However, the date and time have not been officially approved. Almost everyone among the 50 people in attendance last Thurday night at Barry County Circuit Court agreed the biggest question is: What should Charlton Park be, a historical treasure or a tourist attraction, or both? Close behind were questions about how to get funding to keep the place open in the wake of last year’s three millage defeats and about who should be in charge in the wake of Director Dr. George W. Shannon’s resignation last month. Charlton Park was left to the county more than 40 years ago as a public, historical facility by Irving S. Charlton. It includes a 19th century historic village with a blacksmith shop, a museum, the historic Upjohn House, a one-room schoolhouse, a Potawatomi Village, an old township hall, a church and more. The park also is located adjacent to Thornapple Lake and has a swimming beach and boat launch. Funding for the park for the past 20 years essentially has been covered by a quarter of a More broomball contestants sought Plans for the Gun Lake Winterfest Saturday, Feb. 17, are firming up, but more participation is needed in one area — the broomball competition. Chairman Alex Liceaga says, "I know that a lot of teams will come out of the woodwork on the day, but it would be great if more teams pre-registered." Six players are needed for a team, but Liceaga says that most teams have 10 to 12 members to allow for substitutions during the games. The registration fee is $60 per team and registration forms are available throughout the Gun Lake area. Forms are available at the Bay Pointe Inn and at Daisy Mae's, among other places. For more information about Broomball, which is a fast moving, hockey-like game played with brooms, call Liceaga at 269672-5886. Other Winterfest events also are coming together. The pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. is a cooperative effort between the Orangeville Fire Department and the new Orangeville Veteran's Memorial Committee. All the proceeds from the breakfast will go to help fund the memorial. Information on purchasing bricks and supporting the memorial will also be available. Delton District Library's Edward Elsner will tell stories during the breakfast for the children. Later he will lead songs from the stage for children. The Sea Shanty swimsuit show will begin at 2 p.m. with the Polar Dip at 3. Registration for the Polar Bear Dip will begin at noon. The committee will have a warming tent and there will be campfires for warming as well. Anyone who would like more information about the 2007 Gun Lake Winterfest can call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce office at 269-945-2454. Local teens invited to library sock hop A ’50s Sock Hop will rock the walls of the First Presbyterian Church Hall from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. The event is sponsored by the Hastings Public Library's Teen Advisory Board. The teens are trying to purchase a commercial popcorn popper for the new library and hope everyone from sixth grade and above who loves to dance will join in the fun. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Charlton Park in days gone by was the site of a Civil War re-enactment. The loss of this event and lack of connection with the public have been cited as two big reasons for defeats of millage requests at the ballot box last year. mill levy county wide, which accounts now for about $430,000 a year. With voters’ rejection of a proposed millage increase and two requests for renewals, Charlton Park may be out of money by the end of this year. “If the park is not there for the people, then the people won’t be there for the park.” — Mark Englerth The brainstorming session was led by Third District Commissioner Keith Ferris, who asked everyone present how the park could be funded, who could take over administration of it, at least on an interim basis, and “where do we go from here.” There were more than a few suggestions for funding, including stretching the current budget and a surplus over the next years to buy time; seeking general fund support from the County Board; re-establishing gate fees for admission; issuing annual permits for a fee; seeking paid memberships; trying to pass another millage request later this year; using jail inmates and students for volunteer labor to save on expenses; starting an “Adopt-aBuilding” program for each structure in the historic village; charging rent for use of buildings and property; camping fees; soliciting corporate and foundation support; cutting staff; seeking grants and sponsorships, having concessions and a gift shop. Veteran Parks and Rec Commission member Sharon Rich maintained concessions and charging fees may not be viable because too often in the past it cost more to pay a clerk to collect than what was taken in. She later indicated the staff right now is overworked, often filling for jobs they weren’t hired to do. See PARK, page 3 Frank Fiala Frank Fiala named Road Commissioner by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County’s newest member of the Road Commission was approved by a 5-3 vote Wednesday morning and Frank Fiala will begin his duties immediately. Fiala was picked by the board from a large list of candidates and commissioners were quick to point out a number of strong candidates had applied. Voting in favor of Fiala’s appointment were Board Chairman Mike Callton, Jim See FIALA, page 7 Hastings supt. interviews expected to begin in March by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Board of Education is well on its way in the process of finding a new superintendent after Monday night’s meeting. The school board began accepting applications Jan. 16, and will accept them through the first part of February. The interview process will commence at the beginning of March. School board members will determine who they want to interview, do reference checks and possibly visit the applicants’ communities before beginning the interview process. “The typical intent is to give the candidate the opportunity to talk about himself or herself,” said Hastings Area Schools Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel. After the candidate speaks, school board members will get the opportunity to ask questions, and the candidate then in turn is given the opportunity to ask board members questions. School board members plan to talk to students and school staff, as well as accept public comment, before selecting a new superintendent. Community members may call the school at (269) 948-4400 or pick up a form to make comments and remark on what qualities, characteristics, skills, training and experience they would like to see in the new superintendent. The school superintendent’s post became vacant last November after Chris Cooley asked to be reassigned to a principal’s job. Schoessel, who was superintendent from 1982 to 2003, has agreed to come out of retirement to serve as interim until a new person is selected. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • Board members Donald Myers and Kim Alderson announced they will not be running for school board seats again in the next election in May. • Six Northeastern Elementary School students read their own original writing pieces to the board and the public during the educational presentation. • The school board amended the 2006-2007 budget to include anticipation of a $168,124 revenue decrease. However, news reports Wednesday said the reduction in state aid payments will be even more substantial than believed before, amounting to about $210 per student. “I’m not surprised by the cuts. People have been saying the cuts would be more than $200 per student,” Schoessel said. “It continues to be bad news in terms of the revenue picture for the state and because of the state’s revenue problems, money will be taken away from the schools. “Now we have to wait for the governor and legislators to decide what they will do.” • The board approved requests for travel study for the following: The Hastings High School advanced science class, Chicago, March 19 and 20; Hastings Middle School eighth grade summer science class, Washington, D.C. and Gettysburg, June 6-10; Hastings High School Youth in Government Club, Lansing, March 7-11; Hastings High School FFA, Michigan State University, March 7-9; Hastings Middle School eighth grade students, Chicago, May 24; Central Elementary School fifth grade students, Greenfield Village, April 16-17; and Northeastern Elementary School fourth grade students, May 19, Greenfield Village. • Hastings High School curriculum changes regarding physical science, biology and social studies were adopted. • New high school graduation requirements were adopted, with the exception of a See EDUCATION, page 5 Iraq War protesters got together last Thursday evening at the corner of M-37 and Main Street to voice their opinions about President Bush’s plans to ratchet up the troop strength for the now four-year-old war. (Photo by David Perkins) Back to the Sixties? War protest in Middleville recalls activism About 35 people gathered last Thursday evening along M-37 in Middleville to protest President George W. Bush’s decision to send an additional 20,000 to Iraq. Within 24 hours of Bush’s televised announcement of an escalation of troops in Iraq, West Michigan residents and others around the country held events calling on their member of Congress to say “No” to the President’s new plan. The protest locally was spearheaded by the local chapter of the progressive Democrats of West Michigan. Though there scattered demonstrations just before the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, this was the first oraganized rally of its kind in Barry County in a long time. Some participants downloaded “NO!” signs from the Internet and circulated petitions urging Congress to exercise its power of the purse to block any escalation of the war in Iraq, while providing sufficient funds for a safe and secure exit for U.S. troops in 2007. A debate has been promised in Congress over the president’s request for supplemental funds to ensure that no money can be used to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq. “The president’s willful disregard of last See WAR, page 5 �Page 2 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page The ’50s dances featured rock and roll, the Fish, Hand Jive, the Twist, the Tennessee Wig Walk, the Crawl, and the Bunny Hop — to name just a few. Don and Karen Myers will be teaching some of these dances to attendees at 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes and best dances. Food and beverages will be served throughout the evening. Tickets will be available at the library and at the State Grounds Coffee House. Students' and seniors' tickets are $5. Adult tickets are $8. The TAB [Teen Advisory Board] is made up of young people in grades 6-12 who help plan and support teen events at the library. In past three years they have held Dance, Dance Revolution (DDR) events, movie nights and a murder mystery evening. They have also provided assistance for the summer reading and special children's events at the library. The event will be held at the Presbyterian Church Hall, 231 S Broadway. Anyone who needs more information or has a question should call the library at 269-945-4263. Progressive Dems to show Gore film The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have a showing of "An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President Al Gore's 2006 documentary film on the planetary emergency of global warming, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18, at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building, 128 High St., Middleville. “In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and during a Michigan winter with no snow, it seems we may be reaching a tipping point with the dire situation of global warming upon us,” said Progressive Dem Program Chair Patricia Wilson. “With wit, smarts and hope ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ ultimately brings home Gore's persuasive argument that we can no longer afford to view global warming as a political issue, rather, it is the biggest moral challenge facing our global civilization.” The film is free (donations appreciated) and open to the community. Room capacity is 60 on a first-come, first-served basis. Refreshments and socializing will begin at 6:30, followed by the film at 7. Wind Band plans surprises Jan. 28 The Thornapple Wind Band will help celebrate the golden anniversary of Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man” in its next concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Featured will be a medley of tunes from the show, including "Wells Fargo Wagon," ’Til There Was You" and, of course, "Seventy-Six Trombones." Also on the program will be a spoof titled "Lawrence Milk Plays Guy Lombago" to amuse Big Band fans. Duane Thatcher will conduct and the Middleville United Methodist Bell Ringers have been invited to be part of the program. Rehearsals will continue Thursdays in the Hastings High School Band room from 7 to 9 p.m Jan. 18 and 25. The wind band invites any post-high school age musician to come and share in this musical experience. Even string instruments are encouraged to come give this a try. For more information on how to join the band or to borrow an instrument call Kim Domke 945-9181 or Dave Macqueen 9458832. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fundraiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. ReStore housed in old Viatec site The Barry County ReStore for Habitat for Humanity building supplies and furnishings, is still in temporary quarters at the former Viatec building, 1220 W. State St., Hastings, but will be open for business one weekend this month, Jan. 19 and 20. Re-Store manager Tom Borgman, has set Friday hours at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other hours are only by appointment. The local Habitat is grateful for the many excellent donations of materials and furnishings,” a spokesperson said, but asks that they be brought only on the open weekend, or by appointment with the Habitat office, 269/948-9939. Pickup, if necessary, is available by prior arrangement. Purchases made in the ReStore will be delivered for a nominal fee. Area residents are invited to browse the many bargains available on the open dates. Thornapple Players comedy/murder set The Thornapple Players are performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The production will be “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning.” The setting is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly, Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. UAW Local plans food distribution UAW Local #10-0-2 has selected Tuesdays, Jan. 23, Feb. 20, March 20 and April 17 as dates for distributing free food to those in need at the UAW Union Hall located at 295 Washington St. in Middleville. Please note the time for these distributions is 4 p.m. Anyone who is at risk of going hungry qualifies to receive this food. Those who know of someone who has to choose between paying for other expenses such as rent or medicine and buying food, or skips meals to make sure their children have enough to eat are the people targeted by the distribution. UAW Local #10-0-2 has been distributing food to those in need since the summer of 2002. The food distributions are a collaborative effort among the Food Bank of South Central Michigan, the local union, the Middleville United Methodist Church and the Barry County United Way. The Food Bank is a United Way agency, a member of America’s Second Harvest and the Food Bank Council of Michigan. Hastings business students (first row, from left) Katy Fluke, Erin Fluke, Kristina Dobbin, Becky Hill, Dana Shilling, Amy Kidder, Alex Neil, (second row) Emmy Kling, Angela Brown, Lindsey McNally, Traci Eggleston, Zackary Scofield, Justin von der Hoff, Gregg Hasman, (back row) Craig Smith, Robert Endsley, Sean McConnon, Jacob Wescott, Chris White, Jerry Brown, Derek Thurman, Aaron Barrus and Trent Johnson. Not pictured Michael McGandy and Stephen Tolger. HHS business students capture 18 awards Hastings High School business students captured 18 awards last Friday at the Business Professionals of America Workplace Skills Assessment competition at Davenport University. The Hastings students, along with more than 1,000 students from other southwest Michigan high schools and career/technical centers, used facilities at Davenport University’s Lettinga campus near Caledonia. Local students placed in both team and individual events. Receiving awards were Kristina Dobbin, Diplomat Torch Award, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place, and Parliamentary Procedure Concepts, first place; Erin Fluke, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place and Payroll Accounting, second place; Katy Fluke, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place; Becky Hill, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place; Amy Kidder, Diplomat Torch Award, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place, Parliamentary Procedure Concepts, fourth place, and Banking and Finance, fourth place; Sean McConnon, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place, and Parliamentary Procedure Concepts, third place; Alex Neil, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place; Dana Shilling, Parliamentary Procedure Team, first place; Jacob Wescott, Integrated Office Applications, first place and Administrative Support Concepts, fourth place), and Chris White (Prepared Speech, fourth place). Half of the students who are moving on to the state level qualified in more than one event, which is quite an achievement, according to Tracy George, advisor for the local Business Professionals chapter. The Hastings Parliamentary Procedures Team continued their winning tradition by bringing home first place in the event. Hastings has placed in this event for the last nine consecutive years. "With over 1,000 students competing in our region and only the top seven individuals or top two teams qualifying to move on, the competition was fierce this year,” said George. “Our students did an amazing job." Nine Workplace Skills Assessment regional competitive events are conducted in January throughout Michigan and involve more than four thousand high school students enrolled in business and technology classes. Hastings students, along with winners from the other regions, are eligible to enter state competition in March at the Business Professionals of America State Conference in Grand Rapids. Winners at the state conference are eligible to represent Michigan in national competition in New York City in May. Business Professionals of America is the national career/technical student organization for students preparing for careers in the business world. The organization encourages members to excel in tomorrow’s business careers and to function in the community as responsible citizens. Development of occupational, leadership, teamwork, organizational, and communication skills are all tested in the Workplace Assessment Skills Program. The Hastings chapter of Business Professionals of America has competed for more than 20 years. The business teachers who help the students prepare for competitions are Nancy Cottrell and Tracy George. ICNB breaks ground at 2nd Hastings location Ionia County National Bank (ICNB) broke ground Monday morning at the future home of its second banking office in Hastings. The office is expected to open this summer and will be ICNB’s 10th overall site. The location of the future office will be at 1500 W. M-43 Highway, in front of WalMart. It will be a full-service banking office with a spacious lobby, safe deposit boxes, drive-through lanes, an automatic teller machine (ATM), easy access to and from M43 Highway, and ample parking. "The new Hastings location will be very convenient for our customers," said ICNB President James D. Fast. "Coupled with our presence downtown, we are confident ICNB will be able to serve everyone in the community." General contractor and project manager for the new office is Thompson-Phelan Group, Inc. out of Anchorville, Mich. In addition, ICNB has chosen to use many local contractors to do much of the work. "We support this community 100 percent. We have brought several Hastings and Hastings area contractors to help us with this project and we’re grateful to have local expertise that we can tap into," said Fast. "The entire planning and building process has really been a pleasure. We have enjoyed working with the Rutland Township officials and have received an overwhelming amount of community support." ICNB has been serving customers in its Hastings downtown office since 2003. The downtown location previously was an ICNB loan production office until March 2006, when full banking operations were begun. ICNB is a diversified financial services company providing a wide range of banking and investment options. ICNB is a wholly owned subsidiary of ICNB Financial Corporation operating offices in Ionia, Belding, Hastings, Lowell, Sunfield and Woodland. ‘Little Shop’ starts at Revue Jan. 19 Though one of the main characters is a man-eating plant, The Revue’s production of “The Little Shop of Horrors” promises to bring music and fun for all ages at the Vermontville Opera House later this month. The show will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, Sunday, Jan. 21, Friday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 28. There will be a 3 p.m. matinee on Satursday, Jan. 20, and Satursday Jan. 27. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for students and seniors and $5 for children under 12. The show is filled with comedy and lively musical numbers featuring doo-wop music from the early ’60s. The musical also features the musical and acting talents of local thespians Bill Reynolds, Jeremy Schneider as the dentist, Robb Rosin as Gravis Mushnik, the flower shop owner, and Amanda Wells, Laura Smith and Holly Auten as the musical trio of Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon. Tickets are available at the door or call for reservations at (269) 367-4455 or e-mail therevue1@yahoo.com Shown with shovels at the groundbreaking are (front, from left) Jim Carr, Rutland Township Supervisor; John Fountain, Thompson-Phelan Group consultant; Dan White, Thompson-Phelan Group project manager; James Fast, ICNB President and CEO; Patricia Doezema, ICNB Hastings downtown office manager; Daniel Mitchell, ICNB commercial lender; Janice DeYoung, ICNB Board of Directors member; Al Pandl, President, Pandl Development; (back) Jerry Christensen, ICNB senior vice president and senior lender; Kevin Meade, ICNB vice president of support services; Chuck Myers, ICNB vice president of retail administration; Jacqlyn Burde, ICNB marketing director. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 3 PARK, continued from page 1 The defending champion team this year will be known as “The Icemen,” which include Dwight (Smiley) Replogle, Jeff Aley, Dan Carrigan and Kevin Lancaster. Winterfest rock ’n roll trivia contest to return The Gun Lake Winterfest rock ’n roll music trivia contest will be back in action at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Bay Pointe Restaurant. The contest, a sort of “Name That Tune” for songs recorded between 1955 and 1985, will feature both four-person team and individual competitions. First prize for each of the four winning team members will be a room at the Bay Pointe Inn and the individual champion will be awarded a suite. There is talk of additional awards for runners-up. The contest and show was sold out last year, so everyone is urged to make reservations as soon as possible. The deadline tentatively has been set for noon Wednesday, Feb. 14, but by then there may be no tickets left. Those interested in forming a team are urged to have their individual names, team name, designation of captain and $25 each (or $100 per team) sent to J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058. Those who simply want to watch, rock and listen can get tickets at $15 each from J-Ad Graphics. Checks can be made out to J-Ad Graphics. Teams and spectators are encouraged to dress up in colorful garb with oldies themes. Though a festive atmosphere is encouraged, audience members are asked to refrain from shouting out the names of songs unless they are called on. Last year’s team and individual champions, Karl Knack and the Four Frostbites, already have signed up to attempt to defend their championships. Knack was captain of the runner-up Vinyl Exam team. The Four Frostbites, which include Dwight (Smiley) Replogle, Dan Carrigan, Jeff Aley and Kevin Lancaster, have changed their name to “The Icemen.” Smiley Replogle will be unable to attend, but Rob Swelnis has been designated as his pinch hitter. Also returning for the contest will be emcee David T. Young, “Vanna White” assistant Linda Boyce and sound engineer Michael Gormley. A number of other teams already have registered with their payments, so early indication of interest in participation is advised. Individuals who don’t have a team may inquire as “free agents” and efforts will be made to place these individuals on teams if there are openings. The contest is a back-and-forth duel between two teams. An excerpt of an oldies song is played and the team, through its captain only, must “name that tune.” One incorrect answer is permitted, but if a second miscue is made and the opposing team answers the question correctly, the twice wrong team is eliminated. The individual competition will take place after the team contest is concluded. Those interested in having dinner at Bay Pointe before the show are encouraged to make plans for arriving between 5 and 6:30 p.m. Dinner will continue to be served during the music trivia program and the special for the evening will be a 12-ounce prime rib dinner for $12.95. Drink specials also are planned, featuring $3 drafts and Nutty Irishman Coffee for $5. Anyone who wants to spend the night in a room at the Bay Pointe Inn is encouraged to make reservations as soon as possible. Music trivia players and teams are invited to be at the arena of competition by 7:30 to prepare. There will be a cash bar available during the contest. Even if the music trivia show is sold out, there will be some extra tickets available for standing room only. However, because last year some people had to be turned away at the door, it’s a good idea to get tickets as quickly as possible to assure a seat or a place to watch the action. Proceeds from the fund-raiser will be split between the Community Music School of Hastings and the Winterfest Committee for next year’s festival. For more information, call (269) 945-9554 or e-mail news@j-adgraphics.com “I don’t know where else you could cut,” she said. Catherine Deyo-Young said hiring summer youth to save money can be “iffy” because federal funding for such programs has dried up. Tim Weingartz, chairman of the Parks Commission, said, “Self-generation (of funds) is not a do-all or end-all, as noble as it is.” County Commissioner Jim French said, “At the of the budget year, we’re going to need some money from somewhere.” Keith Murphy, the newest Parks and Recreation Commissioner, having been appointed just last week, insisted, “Somewhere down the line we need to ask the citizens why they voted it (the Charlton Park millage requests) down.” County Board Chairman Mike Callton later in the meeting promised a public hearing for that very purpose is next on the board’s agenda. No time or date has been set as yet, but he commented, “We need expanded community input. The community has to buy back into it (the park), it has to feel invested.” County Commissioner Hoot Gibson, who last week was appointed to one of two seats on the Parks Commission, agreed, saying, “We need to hear from the general public, we need to hear from the ‘no’ voters.” Gibson said he believes Charlton Park should have more activities to draw in more people, particularly on weekends, for better public relations and to obtain more revenue. But Weingartz said festivals and special events would increase “the wear and tear... we do have to re-think what the park is there for.” Callton responded, “More events also means getting more people to the park and that’s more votes.” Speaking about the idea of making the park a combination of a historic treasure and a tourist attraction, Weingartz on “keeping the integrity and general purpose of why we’re there. I don’t see how the two can mesh.” County Commissioner Mark Englerth then said, “If the park is not there for the people, then the people won’t be there for the park.” County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, who also will sit on the Parks Commission, said he’s in favor of opening up the property to camping to raise some money. Clyde Morgan, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission and a Parks and Rec Commissioner, said of the camping idea, “We’ve discussed it many times.” “Somewhere down the line we need to ask the citizens why they voted it (the Charlton Park millage requests) down.” — Keith Murphy Joanne Bernard, who at one time served as a sort of interim director at the park, said, “I think there has to be a base of funding (meaning general fund support or a millage). She added that an alternative tax such as tipping fees could be used. When asked, County Administrator Michael Brown noted the county budget now is at about $16 million, and general fund support of 1% would amount to $160,000. On the question of what to do after Shannon’s resignation, Weingartz said the Parks and Rec Commission has not met since Shannon announced he was leaving. The director’s post will be vacant at the beginning of February. Suggestions on filling the void included having an interim; asking Shannon to stay on for a while longer; having staff sharing his responsibilities; designating Michael Brown as interim director; designating Weingartz as interim director; having the Charlton Park Foundation run it; having the Road Commission be responsible, or looking for a retired director or a college intern to fill in. Gibson objected to the idea of Brown taking over the interim director’s duties. “I think Michael’s got enough to do,” he said. Weingartz countered, “We want to keep it on the table. I’ve been checking out the bylaws and if anything happens, that has to be one of the options... All of these items are going to come up at our meeting (Tuesday, “Charlton Park’s got to be a friendly place to everybody... and the director can’t be bogged down with a lot of paper work... Too many cooks spoil the broth. Maybe we’ve got too many decision makers. We need more workers.” — Wes Robinson Jan. 16), whether you send them to us or not.” Englerth said, “We have to ask if we want the person (director) to be in the promotion business or a curator.” On the issue of where to go from here, Callton insisted the next step is to hear from citizens, asking them what their beef is with Charlton Park. Several citizens at the joint meeting expressed their opinions a little early. Barb Cichy, chairwoman of the Barry County Democratic Party, said the Dems’ forum Jan. 5 showed other neighboring parks programs have no millages but receive some county general fund support. Dick Levett, who said just this year he stopped offering his volunteer services as Santa Claus for “Of Christmas Past,” told the two commissions that volunteers are not appreciated. “They want your cooperation, but they won’t cooperate with you,” he said. Elden Shellenbarger called for radical action. “I think the Parks Board should be dissolved,” he said. “They (the members) have become stagnant.” Wes Robinson, former parks commissioner and current president of the Charlton Park Foundation, said, “You’ve got to make them (the people) want to come back (to the park). We used to have a lot of events.” He said too many vendors have been told they can’t be part of events and festivals because they don’t fit in with the time period (the late 19th century). “That dried up a lot of interest,” he maintained. “Charlton Park’s got to be a friendly place to everybody... and the director can’t be bogged down with a lot of paper work... Too many cooks spoil the broth. Maybe we’ve got too many decision makers. We need more workers.” Julie Crittenden said, “We need a ‘wow’ factor, we need something that’s family friendly.” Esther Walton, a local historian and newspaper columnist, said, “We used to have 20 to 40 people working out there. They’re far under the number needed to take care of the artifacts in the museum, which are worth millions of dollars.” Though Callton said he wants a public hearing, Parks and Rec Commissioner Donald Willcutt said he prefers using a survey like one used for the Farmland Preservation New psychologist joins Pine Rest at Hastings, Caledonia Karl Knack, a librarian from Kalamazoo, was the individual champion at last year’s music trivia contest. He’ll be back with “Vinyl Exam” on Saturday evening, Feb. 17. Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services has announced today that Matthew D.A. Clark, Psy.D., has joined Pine Rest’s Caledonia clinic and Hastings office. Clark brings more than 15 years’ experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, families in New York and Chicago. He has provided assessment and treatment for a variety of mental heath concerns, including children’s exposure to domestic violence, neglect, emotional abuse, homelessness, community violence and more. Clark received a doctorate degree in psychology from Argosy University, Illinois. He has special expertise with children 0-6 years, parental guidance, and ADHD treatment. Prior to joining Pine Rest, he served as a clinical psychologist at a pediatric developmental clinic in the Bronx and co-leader of the pre-school consultation program through the NYC Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Project. Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services was founded in 1910. Situated on a 200-acre wooded campus in Grand Rapids, it has one of the nation’s largest staffs of psychiatrists working with nurses, psychologists, social workers, educators and clergy. This includes more than 35 psychiatrists and physicians, more than 35 fully-licensed psychologists, over 40 limited-licensed psychologists, more than 115 licensed masters-level social workers, plus 10 physician assistants and nurse practitioners. Pine Rest is one of the state’s largest organizations providing a continuum of services for all ages. This continuum of services includes programs of prevention and education; psychological assessment and testing; employee assistance programs and church assistance programs; outpatient counseling and therapy at 23 clinical locations in Walker, Grandville, Zeeland, Holland, Cutlerville, Grand Rapids, Greenville, Caledonia, Hastings, Kalamazoo, Rockford, Wyoming, Grand Haven, Muskegon, and Traverse City, plus in Pella and Des Moines, Iowa; intensive outpatient counseling and therapy; psychiatric home health care; residential services; partial hospitalization (day treatment); a psychiatric/medical unit; and inpatient hospitalization. Some services are provided through a joint operating agreement of Pine Rest, Saint Mary’s Health Care, and Metro Health Hospital. Additional specialty services offered by Pine Rest include: an ADD Institute for the assessment, evaluation, treatment, and research of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; consultation services for older adults, where assessments and evaluations for patients are conducted on-site or in residential care facilities; co-occurring disorders treatment for psychiatric conditions coupled with a substance abuse problem; eating disorder/trauma treatment services; psychiatric/medical unit, located at Saint Mary’s for adults with both psychiatric and medical problems; psychological consultation center, including psychological consultation, personality assessments, and neuropsychological testing; center for senior care; Pine Rest Christian Homes, offering comprehensive mental health and residential services; psychiatric residential services for adolescent boys and girls; residential addictions treatment services for men and women; and a contact center, providing 24-hour, 7-day-a-week access to Pine Rest clinicians. issue. He said he believes people will be “more candid when not face to face.” Other suggestions about what to do included meeting with parks employees; seeking advice from the foundation; updating the fiveyear plan most recently completed in 2004; promoting more locally; promoting more outside this area; splitting into two boards, one for parks and rec, another just for Charlton Park, and privatizing. Walton noted Charlton gave the park to the county and having it run as a private for-profit business would be wrong. Callton suggested a larger Parks Commission, which now has 10 members, including five from the public at large, two from the County Board, one from the Planning Commission, the Drain Commissioner and one from the Road Commission. Willcutt responded, “I serve on a board with 20 people and that’s the worst thing I’ve ever done... a larger board has special interests groups going their own way.” Callton then issued a warning that one option could be dissolving the Parks and Recreation Commission. Weingartz replied, “You can do whatever you want. You control the purse strings.” He added that in order to secure state grants or have a dedicated millage, the parks board by statute must include the same kind of representation as it has now. However, Brown when asked about it, said, “I don’t know how the governing board affects millage.” Parks and Rec Commissioner Ken Neil said it is Public Act 261 that insists on the parks board makeup. Speaking of the idea of creating a special commission dedicated only to Charlton Park, Weingartz said, “You can add all the layers you want, but for efficiency I think you’re “You (the County Board) can do whatever you want. You control the purse strings.” — Tim Weingartz shooting yourselves in the foot.” Near the conclusion of the meeting, it appeared the next step will be a public hearing, with time and date yet to be determined. Mike Lewis told the two commissions, “I think you need to go to source first, go to the public. You should the public why they’re not supporting the park. You’ve had years to do this, but you’ve circumvented the process.” Brian Reynolds, county surveyor and a member of the Barry County Historical Society, reminded everyone of the history of the millages, first narrowly approved in 1986 and then narrowly approved again in 1996. Since then support has eroded to the point that 55 percent of the voters said “no” last Nov. 7. “Where did those yes votes go?” Reynolds asked. “Your constituency is going away, little by little, and now you’ve got to win them back.” New superintendent Gary Rider and Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education President Don Haney shake hands following the signing of Rider’s contract at the Jan. 15 board of education meeting. New TK supt. starts March 1 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer New Thornapple Kellogg schools superintendent Gary Rider signed a three-year contract at the Monday, Jan. 15, TK Board of Education meeting. The contract is for March 1, 2007, through June 30, 2010, with a base salary of $116,500. Rider replaces Kevin Konarska, who started his new position of Kent Intermediate School District Superintendent at the beginning of January. Rider thanked the board for their confidence in him. “I am looking forward to being on being here in March.” He also announced he and his wife have signed a purchase agreement for a home in the school district and hope to be in their new home by March 1. Rider said he enjoyed sitting in the audience at a board meeting. He introduced himself to the teachers, principals, parents and students who were at the meeting because it was board recognition night. Rider now is currently serving as superintendent of Brandywine Community Schools in Niles. The Riders didn’t have a snow day Monday, but had to drive carefully to get to the TK meeting. �Page 4 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Gov. in license plate conspiracy? IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Don’t separate mother and daughter To the editor: I'm writing this letter about my granddaughter. She had a baby in January of 2006 and was in the hospital about two weeks. The baby weighed 3 lbs., 9 oz., and was at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids a long time. The court and Family Independence Agency took her baby away from her. The nurses said she didn't take care of the baby properly. She hasn't had one night with her daughter and the court wants to take her daughter away for good. I think the nurses were not doing their job. If they were doing their job they would have shown her how to care for a premature baby so she could take care of her child. They haven't let her have time to show them she can take care of her. I have seen lots of girls live with their grandparents or parents with children but the court wants her to get a job, a driver’s license and apartment on her own. She is eight months pregnant and again the court wants to take away this baby. She hasn't done drugs or even smoked cigarettes. She lives with me (her grandmother) because she has no other place to live, no money to get a place of her own. The court and her lawyer just don't care. They put her in foster care when she was 11 years old. She went on to graduate from high school and she moved back to her hometown and yet her hometown court doesn't care about any of this. She loves her daughter but I don't know how she can do things on her own. How can they say she cannot live with her family, someone who cares. They say I'm not a good person when they don't even know me! I have a job, I deliver seven paper routes each week, I take care of my ill husband. I don't drink or do drugs and when I'm not at work I am at home. How can they say I'm not a good person! I have lived in Barry County all my life but at times I wish my family and I didn't live here and did live elsewhere. The court, her lawyer and FIA are stealing my great-grandchild and my granddaughter hasn't done anything wrong. She deserves some time with her daughter so they can see that she is a good mother. They pay someone else to take care of her child. Why can't they help her to get an apartment and let her have time to take care of her daughter and show them she can take care of her daughter? This is her first child and she had never taken care of a child before. The court should have put her and the baby with someone who could show her how to care for her daughter properly, not take her from her mother and put her in foster care. How can she learn how to care for her child if they've taken her away? I think if anyone would care, her lawyer would ask the judge to give her a chance with her baby to have time to learn all she needs to know and see if she can do things right. Can anyone help? Florence Phillips (grandmother), Hastings Englerth should pay his back taxes To the editor: On Thursday Nov. 9, the Hastings Banner front page article read, "Dems make gains, but GOP still rules Barry County." Then it showed pictures of three candidates who were elected. The one person I want to focus on here is Mark Englerth. Commissioner Englerth, if this is the same person, has been listed with his wife 10 times for back taxes on property they own in a recent publication provided by the Banner. How can a commissioner sit in that seat and represent the taxpayers when he owes money. Yet he claims this is how businessmen work or operate as he stated during the election process I do not see any other commissioner listed in the paper for back taxes, nor do I see other businessman in an elected seat owing back Not even the air is free any more To the editor: Is it just me, or are all these gas stations getting greedier all the time? There was a time in days gone by when stations offered free air for your tires. Then they put in those little compressors that charged you 25 cents. Then it went to 50 cents, now it’s 75 cents. If you don’t hurry, you won’t be able to do all four tires before the compressor stops. I just can’t believe how greedy people are getting. Donald W. Van Zandt, Hastings taxes. This causes a burden on the rest of us good taxpayers who are responsible enough to pay our taxes and not pass this off onto others until we feel ready to pay. I hope someone steps up to the plate and pays his taxes. Whose money the commissioner going to be using to pay these back taxes? Is it going to be coming from his taxpayer pay of county tax dollars, meaning your salary and per diems he gets for elected duties? Mr. Englerth, please resolve this tax matter and be a good, responsible, upstanding, good and ethical businessman as you claim to be. Please do not create any hardships on the rest of us or set precedence for other potential candidates to use county money to pay late taxes. If these are his rental properties, as I am told, then a good businessman would include his taxes in the rent so he can pay the taxes owed. It appears he is either ignoring his tax obligations until it comes time to foreclose or he’s taking advantage of county tax dollars to make his township whole. Unless Mr. Englerth lacks the knowledge to be a responsible businessman and landlord, how bad is his business or is his business doing well enough to avoid bankruptcy? The amount owed to the county exceeds $17,000. Will he be paying this soon and with whose money? So if this is how the GOP rule, then I cannot agree with this commission handling my county’s business. Unless this is how this commissioner transacts, then shame on Commissioner Englerth. Myerel Kidder, Rutland Township To the editor: I was not paying a great deal of attention when a radio newscast informed me of the Al Qaeda car-bomb license plate law. The original intent of the law was to increase revenue to the state at the expense of motorists. If the motorist trades in or sells the old vehicle, and buys a new one, the old aluminum license plate with white reflective letters on a blue background is not transferable, and a new license plate, either with dark letters on a white background or an extra-cost type, must be purchased. Following the new-car registration, the motorist possesses a legal-looking, not-yetexpired according to the month-sticker, license plate. Unless the vehicle upon which this not-legally-appropriate license plate is mounted commits a traffic violation or otherwise draws enough attention so police check it, it can serve as cover for an Al Qaeda car bomb. One would expect the state to take and collect these recyclable pieces of aluminum, brush off the month-of-expiration sticker thereby making them useless to Al Qaeda, and sell the pile of aluminum to a metal-commodity recycler, with the state budget being the beneficiary of the sale. However, this is not the case, and the keepers of odd knowledge fringe is having a field day, reminding the rest of us Jennifer Granholm, the governor, is from Detroit, and obviously represents the terrorists among the large number of middle-east-origin immigrants in southeastern Michigan. If she really was interested in state revenue, the kook fringe tells us, the state would collect more aluminum. But obviously, she has something far more sinister in mind, and has sold out to the terrorists, the kook-people tell us. If the state has a more plausible story, I would like to hear it. The state does not hesitate to force beer and soft-drink retailers to collect and store aluminum, plastic, and glass containers, none of which pose an environmental health hazard equivalent to an apparently-legal licensed car bomb. My guess is, beverage retailers are considered Republicans, and the Democratic governor owes them nothing, except abuse and usurpation. State employees, such as those who work at the Secretary of State offices, which sell license plates, are considered Union Democrats, and the governor owes them a favor because Union Democrats support her, and she was re-elected. The governor believes it is inappropriate to require Union Labor Democrats to collect and process aluminum because they would insist on being paid for their labor. This could be done, but the Governor is required by law to balance the budget. It is considered better to license car-bombs than to fail to balance the budget, or to force Responsible pet owners save lives To the editor: A have read a number of letters recently about loose dogs, dogs chasing animals, dogs’ rights, but very little about owners’ responsibilities. A pet, whether cat or dog, has the right to food, fresh water, a safe place to stay, love, to be nurtured, and to be neutered or spayed so there aren’t too many unwanted animals born. The Barry County Humane Society offers in the Reminder next month a $20 gift certificate to pet owners to have their dogs or cats fixed. C-Snip in Grand Rapids offers spaying or neutering services at low prices (616-4558220). We can’t expect dogs or cats to act responsibly when their owners don’t. Dogs bark, but they can be trained not to. Dogs run in packs and chase anything that moves. These dogs need to be kept inside fences. Cats will chase birds, dig in other peoples’ yards and eat food set out for some other reason. Cats and dogs need to be kept inside or fenced in to protect them. Owners of dogs and cats running loose need to realize they are doing unwarranted damage to sheep, chickens, turkeys, etc. Owners of livestock have the right to shoot the offending animal to protect their property. If dog owners do not wish to have this happen, they should train their pets or keep it indoors or fenced in. If they checks with law enforcement authorities, they will learn the offended parties are within their legal rights. So be responsible. Keep the dogs inside or fenced, for the sake of the animals. Steve Toman, Nashville Sewer cost justification suspect To the editor: As a resident of Long Lake, I am responding to the reporter’s conversation with Mark Doster. The real issue of the high sewer assessment was avoided. The projected sewer cost was not presented to us at $5 million, but $3.8 million. Was this said to make the $3.8 million look good. The Guernsey Lake residents were very adamant about not wanting the sewer put in, during one of our meetings. They were removed from the plans. To my knowledge, there are no outhouses in our area. Maybe Mr. Doster would like to give us a tour? This was said to maximize the need of a sewer. An outhouse was suggested as an alternative in response to the excessive assessment. The Health Department did go back and check the records of how old the sewers were and the report was given as “failed systems,” when asked if they had proof of the multiple failed systems - the response was - “we have not and do not test, except when asked to.” Does this make them failed septic systems? When Mr. Doster was asked about applying for grants, his reply was that they would delay the project – why the big hurry? This whole project has been shoved through at a rapid pace. Our costs could be greatly lessened. A resident asked at one of the meetings if the bid for the project came in at $2 million instead of $3 million, would we be given back our funds? The answer was negative – is this right? What has happened to honesty? When the Township Board was asked why they couldn’t have waited to have obtained the weed assessment funds before burdening us with another assessment, the answer was because of the engineering costs going up. This could have been alleviated if the other lakes were developed before us. Excuses, maybe greed, has overcome sensibility and concern for people to pay more than triple for their taxes for the next 20 years. Are we troubled and concerned? Yes! Mary Dean, Long Lake, Hope Twp. Union Democrats to perform labor for which they are not compensated. People who expect the governor to balance the budget vote, and Union Labor Democrats vote. People killed by car-bombs do not vote. It is that simple, and there is nothing sinister or conspiratorial about it. Frederick G. Schantz, Hastings Let’s call in park experts To the editor: I read the piece you ran last week regarding the recent First Friday meeting at the Democrats Jefferson Hall, featuring representatives from surrounding counties that maintain recreational parks for the enjoyment of the public. There seemed to be a great deal of interest and curiosity about county parks, judging by the questions that were asked by the more than 60 attendees. Judging by their questions, it seemed evident that at the local level there is a certain amount of misinformation and misunderstanding about how counties should manage and operate parks. In respect to the Barry County Board of Commissioners’ problems at Charlton Park, I think it might be beneficial if we could arrange a program sometime soon, featuring knowledgeable experts from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and the State of Michigan Museum. I’m sure we could enlist the services of authorities in the fields of finances, recreational parks, museums and educational complexes such as Charlton Park. John Walton, Hastings Accused nurse deserves justice To the editor: A local 28-year-old nurse has a case pending in District Court, much similar to that of Harry Doele's recent case. She stole money from co-workers and paid them back. Mr. Doele pretty much was awarded a second chance, that's all that she wants. She admits to making a big mistake and has information to believe that maybe it was out of her control. She spent a week in Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services and was diagnosed with bipolar II (manic-depression) disorder. She has had many tragic things in the past that has contributed to this disorder. She is trying to turn her life around, doing everything she can not to lose her nursing license. She has already lost her job. The one thing she does have on her side is that she accepts this disorder and is taking her medications to stabilize it. She sees her counselor once a week and her psychiatrist once every three months. This is tearing her and her family apart. She wants to able to help support her family and enjoy life again. She is a warm hearted person and enjoys taking care of others. The prosecutors want a four-year felony on this nurse’s record. This would result in her being unable to get a job for four years and it would be devastating to her and her family. The past president and chief executive officer of Pennock Hospital was given a misdemeanor for stealing medications from a hospital. This woman needs justice. Helen Shaffer The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Is global warming for real? While we now have some cold and snow, there have been more than 32 days of above normal temperature in our area. Do you think this is the result of global warming or just part of the regular weather cycle? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. 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Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 5 Charlton Park is broke, so let’s fix it Last week's front page story about Hastings Manufacturing Company’s plans to build a new high-tech facilities near the city's industrial park is good news for Hastings and Barry County. Living in Michigan, we seem to hear more about closings than we do expansion plans, so when I heard of the plans last week for Hastings Manufacturing, it was welcome and refreshing news. It was just a year ago when the health of the plant seemed dire, yet now, just 12 months later and with new ownership, it seems they've been able to turn the business around and are now planning on a bright future. Once the plant moves into its new facilities, then the present site will be developed and sold for a different use. Meanwhile, the new County Board seems to be getting right down to business by tackling issues on a number of fronts. But you couldn't tell it from Commissioner Wayne Adams perspective last week, when he offered his commentary, “If it’s not broke, don't fix it.” Apparently Mr. Adams doesn't understand there are a number of things that are indeed broke or maybe need repair or a new direction. That's why there are some new faces on the commission, because Barry County voters didn’t think we should run the county with "business as usual." The most pressing issue facing this commission right now would be to find a way to solve the problems facing Charlton Park. The voters of Barry County have turned down a proposed renewal for the operating millage for the park, and from where I sit, if some major changes aren’t made, the voters would reject any new money going forward. Judging by comments he was reported to have made last week in open session, Mr. Adams seems concerned that people are talking about what we need to do about the park, and he doesn't think the conversations should take place outside the commission chambers. Well, I think that's why the voters rejected two millage votes to date. They aren't satisfied with the answers they’ve been getting from their elected officials. They aren't willing to throw more money at the problem without some answers to their concerns. It was said at a recent meeting that Charlton Park is unique and that there wasn't anything like it in Western Michigan. So one might ask why it isn't getting the proper attention and care from the citizens of Barry County. I would suggest they used to in days gone by, but at some point the park lost its connection with the citizens of the county, and some were turned away for different reasons, thereby causing a loss of potential supporters. If you look back over the past two or three years, many of the most important events that Charlton Park once enjoyed are now being held in other facilities, taking away from the park's attendance and potential income. All of these events bring interest to the park in the form of followers and supporters, not to mention revenue. By turning away these activities they've turned away an audience of local voters at the same time. If we are going to get a replacement millage passed in the future, the commissioners need to do something meaningful, such as changing the way we operate the park and how we make decisions on its operation in the future. Under the current system, the Parks and Recreation Commission is mandated by state law to have certain positions as part of its makeup. There must be at least one County Board member, one representative from the Road Commission and one from the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Drain Commissioner. If we were to leave this parks board in place with its mandate to look at all parks and recreation opportunities and policies throughout the county, then form a separate commission dealing directly with Charlton Park, we should be better able to identify some of the park's problems and set in motion a plan to turn the park around. A Charlton Park board should only have members who bring something to the table and they also must have a passion for the park and want to see its growth and success in the future. The new board should have people who have construction background, historical appreciation, education, marketing and many other areas of expertise that add value and importance to the park's operation. It appears to me there has been to much politics in the process, and that's what has led to the park’s predicament. The County Board really only has one more chance to sell the park and its importance to county voters, or else it could take years before additional funds are given to their mission. We as citizens of the county should consider the park and the value it brings to our county. But then elected officials need to listen and understand the process has broken down and needs immediate care, or else the commissioners will be faced with a huge problem going forward, like where is the money going to come from to keep it open, or worse yet, what are we going to do with the millions of dollars worth of artifacts we've collected over the years. This is serious business and it will take new ideas, a new approach and understanding of the park's purpose and overall mission. I hope the new members of the County Commission can convince the Parks and Rec Commission just how important it is that a new vision and understanding take place, because if they come back to the voters of the county with a same old, same old, they will get another nasty message loud and clear: “Sorry, Charlie, money is tight.” The ball is in the county government’s court. The future of perhaps Barry County’s greatest treasure is in their hands. If there ever was a time for problem solving skills, this is it. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Too many can’t afford the sewer To the editor: I would like to comment on last week’s remarks about the Hope Township sewer assessments. First of all, residents were mailed petitions in which there was a time limit as to returning them by Sept. 5. Due to not having enough “yes” votes for putting the sewer through the stopping date was extended up to our meeting in November. I received extra petitions in hopes of changing my mind. In mid-stream the personal voting rules were changed to land mass. In other words the “little guy” as we were called, never got our votes counted. Three or four land masses dictated that we were to have the sewer put in. The number on the count and the cost has jumped all over. Concerning the “outhouses,” why would Mark Doster use such an illiterate, slanderous statement, that is degrading to us and makes us look like we are backward people? By the way, are you going to hook up your sewer line to our outhouses. Outhouses were outdated years ago. I don’t know of a single outhouse on this lake. The chief assessing officer of Hope Township told me verbally that Long Lake was never evaluated, but she and the board voted “yes” to pass the sewer and assessment through. Is this someone we should vote to put back in office? It was rammed through at our last December meeting, despite the pleadings of those who cannot absorb the high assessment of $14,000 plus and up to 8 percent interest. Our credit cards offer lower interest rates than that. When Mr. Doster was asked about applying for grants from the state and the Road Commission he stated that it would delay the project and also would be too much paperwork. It appears that greed has been a big time motivator. The board has been approached about the financial burden, but to no avail. Many fear the loss of their homes to back taxes. I certainly sympathize with their concern. Marie Barnes, Long Lake Let’s save old historic library site To the editor, Recently I was at City Hall and I noticed a photo of the old Hastings Fire Station on the wall. This photo is a painful reminder of the architecture that graced our town until those in power at the time made the fatal decision to raze this beautiful building. Each time I see a photo of it I sadly think about how many great pieces of architecture have been destroyed in the name of modernity. That change is good and right is an integral aspect of the American character. Sometimes this thinking works to the good of a person, community or nation; sometimes it does not. In the case of the Hastings Fire Station, I believe it is the latter. Our courthouse was spared and is central to the attractiveness of Hastings. As our downtown struggles to compete against the strip malls that continue to spread and grow on the outskirts of town, we should ensure that a similar fate not befall the current public library and former U. S. Post Office building. Everyone looks forward to the opening of the new library, a public building in the downtown area that will be well used and much appreciated. But, in the excitement of its opening, we musn't forget the historical significance of the current library building. For those of you who live in and love your community (and want the downtown not only to survive, but thrive) take a moment to express your desire to see this building preserved, not destroyed. You don't want someone 40 years from now looking fondly on a photograph of the old post office/public library, wondering how the town could have hurt itself as it had. Lisa Morgan, Hastings WAR, continued from page 1 November’s mandate to get U.S. troops out of Iraq will ignite a series of events which, in addition to the ‘NO!’ campaign, will include a massive protest march in Washington, D.C. on January 27th, organized by United for Peace and Justice),” said local Progressive Dems member Patricia Wilson. A follow-up lobby day is planned for Monday, Jan. 29, at the capital, and a “Meetup with your Member day” at Congressional district offices in February. In his primetime address Wednesday, the president called for an escalation of troops, which sharply conflicts with the sentiment of the majority of Americans according to recent polls and the mid-term election results. “When people in Michigan brave January weather to stand outside to protest the President’s actions, it means a lot,” Wilson said. “We are representing thousands of others who are warm, inside their homes but still oppose what the president has done.” The demonstrators gathered at the corner of M-37 and Main Street (at the Shell station) at about 5 p.m. Thursday. Wilson wrote to fellow PDWM members, “What a great night it was getting together to show our opposition to Bush's escalation of the war! Many of our members were there as well as many new friends from Hastings and surrounds. We counted roughly 35 people and one beautiful dog. MoveOn was vital in coordinating this event and I read that over 500 such protests happened around the country, all at the same time. I learned something important, that the tide for the occupation of Iraq seems to have turned. We had many people driving by who honked in support of bringing the troops home and for peace... I was proud that our community turned out like we did.” PDWM member Shirley Wilson, who was standing on the corner with several others, reported she talked to a local woman who came down the sidewalk toward the hroup. “At first I thought she was upset because we were demonstrating on her property. She then began to thank us for our efforts to end the war. She told us that her husband was leaving for Iraq the next morning. This will be his third deployment. “She was visibly upset that he was leaving as their life was being again disrupted. She said it made her feel so good that there were people who felt about this war as she did. “I gave her a hug and wished her the best and that we would be thinking about her family at this time.” The Progressive Dems meet at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday evening of each month at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building, 128 High St., Middleville. The group often is host for a film showing at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday at the same location. Tonight they will offer former Vice President Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” There is no charge to attend. Progress on communication, but issues on taxation remain In my last column, I described frustration at the slow pace of communication between myself and the executive branch of government. A few days later, a legislative liaison from the governor’s office stopped by my office to offer assistance. I do not know if this response was due to the publication of my last column or simply because the political arm of government is finally waking up after an excessively long Christmas break. Either way, I believe that credit should be given when due. The governor’s representative was very open, helpful and professional. I was able to share my health care proposal with her, and once it is completed in bill form, I will follow up. Just as a reminder, my goal is to identify and enroll the thousands of children in Michigan who qualify for Medicaid, but are simply not signed up. This could be done, in part, by establishing partnerships between private retailers and the Department of Human Services. The theory is that if the department has a presence where groceries are sold, enrollment would drastically improve. It is practical and customer service oriented. The liaison also arranged for a telephone call that same day between myself and a representative from the Treasury Department to discuss my concerns about the proposed Michigan Business Tax (Single Business Tax replacement). He was remarkably candid and thorough, qualities not often found in Lansing. In my column a few weeks ago, I listed my concerns about this tax proposal. Below is a summary of the answers I was given. The governor’s Michigan Business Tax proposal has three components: a tax on income, gross receipts and assets. With respect to a state business assets tax, I was concerned that it constituted “double taxation.” However, I would concede that a logical argument can be made that all business taxes constitute “double taxation.” The politics of the issue in our current climate is that the Single Business Tax will be replaced with another business tax. That is the framework that almost everyone seems to be operating within. It is also a ground rule that the governor has set. With regard to elimination of part of the personal property tax on the local level in favor of a state assets tax, I asked, “Why not eliminate the entire personal property tax system?” This would relieve local governments of the administrative burden of assessing and collecting it. The state assets tax could then be funneled back to local government and schools, essentially holding them harmless in the transition. To this he said that completely eliminating the personal property tax would result in too large of a redistribution of the tax burden from where it is borne today. I do concede that the shift would be substantial; however, part of the problem with Michigan’s business tax structure is that it is currently very unevenly distributed. I continue to argue in favor of an equitable distribution of tax burden, regardless of the “winners” to “losers” ratio. On a constitutional front, I questioned whether or not Michigan has the jurisdiction to tax business assets located in other states, as the governor’s proposal calls for. He agreed that a state gross assets tax has never been implemented anywhere in this country; however, he informed me that several other states have net worth taxes that are calculated in similar fashion. He believes that the structures are similar enough that there will be little question of its constitutionality. This may be true, but I am reserving judgment until I have opportunity to speak to state officials in some of those other states. Even if deemed constitutional, does Michigan really want to go from the Single Business Tax (SBT) to another “one of a kind” business tax structure? I personally hope that the end product does not include the only state assets tax in the country. Simplicity is the key to a fair, equitable and comprehensive tax code. Ideally, a business tax would be based more on profits, with a gross sales component to capture revenue from out-of-state companies doing business here in Michigan. I am pleased to have had this opportunity to discuss the governor’s proposal in such detail with a person able to answer questions in a direct manor. Many of my reservations stand, but at least I better understand where the Governor is coming from. Unfortunately, I anticipate that we are in store for grand theatrics from both sides of the aisle as the tax debate rages on. Some are already saying that there is a $3 billion budget deficit that will necessitate a net tax increase. That $3 billion number comes from taking this year’s $500 million deficit, projecting the same for next year and adding in the $2 billion typically raised by the SBT. The real number is actually much less. The SBT will still raise about $2 billion this year. By next year, a different business tax will be in place that will raise approximately the same amount. That brings the so-called $3 billion deficit down to about $1 billion. However, an early indication from the upcoming state revenue estimating conference puts the number between $780 million and $880 million. A huge challenge to be sure, but a far cry from $3 billion. The issues that face this state are difficult enough without over dramatizing them. I will look past rhetoric and get to the truth. When things are bad, I won’t sugar coat them and I won’t exaggerate just to suit an agenda. I will approach this deficit and tax debate with an eye toward balancing the obligations of the state with the burden placed on taxpayers. A fair solution is just around the corner if the legislature and governor are willing to work together. Objectively, both sides are closer than anyone is willing to admit. Closer to home, I am very pleased with the tremendous response from this column. I have received comments by letter, e-mail, telephone and in person. Thanks for reading and sharing your opinions. Once the session and committee schedules are set later this month, I’ll start district office hours in both Hastings and Ionia. I hope to glean even more local input then. Keep the communication coming! EDUCATION, continued from page 1 required 1/2 credit of a business class, which was tabled. • The driver’s education fee has been changed to $300 per student, up from $290. It will cost $150 for students to retake the class. • The school system received $25,730 worth gifts. The Terry McKinney family donated $1,500 worth of food and pop to tailgating parties before high school football games. Hastings Mutual Insurance Company donated 109, 17-inch computer monitors, 11, 25-inch computer monitors, six desk top printers, 17 computers and five fax machines, all gifts totaling $9,225. Tractor Supply Corporation donated $4,000 worth of fasteners, plastic bins and metal cabinets to the Career Technology Department. The Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation donated $11,005 for various activities and materials throughout the school district. • Each school board member received a certificate in recognition of School Board Recognition Month. • The following employees resigned: Mary Hentschel, paraprofessional at Central Elementary; Holly Kendall, food service worker; Brianne Kuks and Maricruz Navarro, early childhood specialists at the child care center. • The following people were appointed: Brenda Dawe, aquatics/activities coordinator, CERC; Christine May, General II, food service; Jesse Wells, cardio/weight room, CERC; Nancy Cottrell and Kristin Laubaugh, CoBusiness, Technology/Media Department chairpersons. • The next school board meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, in the all-purpose room of Southeastern Elementary School. Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 �Page 6 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate Robert A. Cary Shelby Robin Williams Larry Richard Rose HASTINGS - Dr. Robert A. (Bob) Cary, age 85, died at his home on January 12, 2007, following a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 17, in the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church in Hastings. Dr. Cary was born April 29, 1921, in Benton Harbor. As a child, he moved to Decatur, where he graduated from high school in 1940. He attended Western Michigan University. Bob joined the Army Air Force, where he was stationed in France and served as a pilot with the 320th Bomb Group during World War II. In August, 1945, he married Mary I. Cabbage and soon thereafter, enrolled in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Dr. Cary graduated in 1950 and began his practice in Grosse Pointe. In 1953, he moved his family to Hastings where he practiced family dentistry until his retirement in 2004. Dr. Cary was a member of the Hastings Rotary, the American Dental Association, the Michigan Dental Association and the Southwest Michigan Dental Association. Dr. and Mrs. Cary were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings where Bob served as an Elder, Deacon and as an usher. He was a member of the Chancel Choir and taught Sunday school. He particularly enjoyed cooking for the Mother and Daughter Banquet each year. Bob remained active with the 320th Bomb Group. Bob and Mary attended many reunions, most notably two return trips to France. He loved camping with his family, especially those trips to Juniper Springs, Florida, each spring. Bob and Mary were very much a part of their children’s youthful activities. They were involved with Yeckley Horse 4-H Club, Circle B Riding Club, and Barry County Farm Bureau. Together, they were members of “The Ringo Swingos” and “The Kalamo Kickers” square dance groups. Bob was an avid swimmer and dog lover. In May, 2004, Bob was presented with a special tribute for his many years of service through his dental practice in Hastings by State Representative Rick Schaffer. Bob is survived by his wife of 61 years, Mary; his daughters, Peggy (Carter) Hodgson of Brighton, Jeanne (Jim) Bieri of Grosse Pointe Farms, Sue (John Tripp) Cary of Hastings; his son, Jim (Cindy) Cary of Hastings; many grandchildren and great grandchildren; and Katie, a special canine companion. Bob was preceded in death by his father, Angus; mother, Myrtle; and two siblings, Myron and Elizabeth. Remembrances, in lieu of flowers, to Barry Community Hospice or First Presbyterian Church of Hastings. Arrangements by the Wren Funeral Home (www.wren-funeral-home.com) MIDDLEVILLE - Shelby Robin Williams, age 23, of Middleville went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Shelby was born on March 28, 1983 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Stanley Williams and Francine Murry. She was raised in Middleville and attended Thornapple Kellogg schools, graduating in 2001. She was employed at Foremost Insurance Company as a secretary for eight years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Middleville, Thornapple Kellogg High School Choir, and girls basketball team. Shelby was a caring, loving, mother, granddaughter, sister, aunt, and cousin, always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She devoted her life to her family and enjoyed spending time with her loved ones. She is survived by her daughter, Malia Angela Williams; parents, Stanley (Dena) Williams and Francine (Mark) Newton of Grand Rapids; grandmother, Patricia Valdez of Middleville; brothers, Jonathan, Marcus, Jalin; sisters, Edwina, Christina; aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and special friends, Emily, Todd, Ryan, Jack and the Foremost Insurance Family. Preceding her in death were grandfather Elijah Burres; grandmother Norma Murry and aunt Robin Ford. Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. David May officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to her daughter, Malia Angela Williams. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home in Middleville. WOODLAND - Larry Richard Rose, age 57, of Woodland, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home on Sunday, January 14, 2007. He was born March 4, 1949 in Hastings, the son of Carl C. and Alice B. (Curtiss) Rose. Larry graduated from Lakewood High School in 1968. He then served in the United States Army during Vietnam, where he awarded two Purple Hearts and The Bronze Star. Larry was married on January 29, 1971 to Arlene C. Graul. He enjoyed camping, going to NASCAR races, hunting and fishing, and restoring his 1966 El Camino. Larry enjoyed fixing most anything, sometimes in the most unconventional way, he loved duct tape and using goop. Larry loved spending time with his wife, Arlene and his son, Nicholus, the most important things in his life. Larry was employed at Bradford Whites Corporation for 35 years. He was preceded in death by his father, Carl Rose and father-in-law, Arthur Graul. Larry is survived by his wife of 35 years, Arlene Rose of Woodland; his son, Nicholus Rose; mother, Alice Rose; brother, Bob (Sandy) Rose of Lake-Odessa; sister, Sharon Augst of Houston; mother in-law, Helen Graul; in-laws, Jerry (Doris) Graul LakeOdessa, Mel (Bev) Graul Portland OR., LuAnne (Mike) Amrhein of Mt. Pleasant; many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Thursday January 18, 2007 at 3:00 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev.Constance Hefflefinger officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Orangeville. Memorials can be made to the Nicholus Rose Education Fund. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Serivce. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. No Youth Group this week. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday 4:30 p.m. Youth leaves for Snowfest. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 6 pm. Conv ersational Spanish; 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:15 p.m. Praise Team. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Jim West Brinningstaull FORT COLLINS, CO. – Jim West Brinningstaull, age 53, passed away suddenly on November 26, 2006 in Fort Collins, Colorado, formerly from Middleville. Surviving is his daughter Blinda and a son Marc. Also his parents, Donald and Barbara Brinningstaull of Wayland; his sister, Vicky (Tim) Quier of Casnovia and his brother Michael (Lori) Brinningstaull of Saranac; many nieces and nephews and extended family members. Cremation has taken place and a family memorial will be held at a later date. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 06645286 1 (800) FED-INFO Constance Marie Kendall Constance Marie (Connie) Kendall, age 84 of Hastings, died on Saturday January 13, 2007, at her residence. She was born December 12, 1922 in Hastings, the daughter of Michael and Bertha (Warner) Sinkler. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1941, and then traveled extensively with stops in Texas, Calfornia and Florida before settling in her hometown of Hastings. In 1963, she married Paul D. Kendall of Traverse City, and they set up residence in her hometown of Hastings. Connie was well known throughout the community. For many years she worked as a waitress and grill cooked at various restaurants in the area. Her last position before retiring was as secretary for the American Red Cross. Later in life she moved to Tennessee for three years before returning once more to her beloved home in Hastings for her remaining years. Her family remembers her ability to dispense advice truthfully and honestly when it was asked for and sometimes even when it wasn't. She believed it did no good to worry, for that would not change the present or future. She enjoyed gardening of any kind, fishing, reading a good book, and above all sports of any kind (especially baseball). She will be greatly missed but fondly remembered.She was a rare jewel that is found only once in a lifetime. Those that knew her are the richer for her memory, and lessened by her departure from this earth. Connie is survived by her natural son, Charles (Holly) Kendall of Hastings, and three adopted children, from her relationship with Robert A. Nelson Sr., Carmen Kidder of Tennessee, Virginia Nelson and Robert Nelson of Hastings; also several grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. David Kidder officiated. Burial was at Dowling Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements were by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). George A. Faunce FREEPORT - George A. Faunce, Sr., aged 80, of Freeport, passed away at his home early Saturday morning, January 13, 2007. George was born in Middle Branch, on June 29, 1926 to Charles A. and Ruth (Thompson) Faunce. He was proud to have served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and the Korean War. George retired as an operating engineer involved with underground construction, had farmed for many years in the Freeport area, and had also worked for the Village of Freeport. He is survived by Ines, his loving wife of 20 years; step-children, Lowell (Robin) Tagg, and Dennis (Julie) Tagg; nine grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; five brothers and sisters; special daughter-in-law, Jo Ann Faunce; and many other loving relatives and friends. George was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Larry Faunce and George Faunce, Jr.; and several brothers and sisters. The funeral service was held at the Koops Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, January 17, 2007. Burial was in Freeport Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the Freeport Fire Department. Arrangements are being made by the Koops Funeral Chapel. �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 7 Area Obituaries Betty Jean Stowell GRAND RAPIDS - Betty Jean Stowell, age 75 of Grand Rapids, died unexpectedly on Friday, January 12, 2007, at her residence. She was born December 7, 1931 on the family farm in Carlton Township, the daughter of Evan and Claudia (Cole) Fuller. Betty was employed at Baker Furniture in Grand Rapids, Teladine Continental in Muskegon. Betty also worked as a certified nurses assistant. She was married on July 3, 1949 to Robert J. Stowell. Betty loved taking care of her family and their home, she also enjoyed reading. She was preceded in death by a daughter Elizabeth, her parents, and a brother Roy Fuller. Betty is survived by her husband of 58 years, Robert J. Stowell of Grand Rapids; daughters, Debbie Stowell, Kathy Barr; and a son, Robert (Jeri Lyn) Stowell; her grandchildren, Emery Barr, Austin Barr, Lucas Barr, Abbie Elizabeth Stowell, and Adam Robert Stowell; a brother, Jerry Fuller and sister, Claudia Ingersoll. Funeral services were held on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Kathy Kurch officiated, and burial was at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the South United Methodist Church 4500 S. Division St. Grand Rapids, Mi. 49508. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Robert Steven Schultz FIALA, continued from page 1 French, Jeff VanNortwick, Keith Ferris and Mark Englerth. Voting against the appointment were Don Nevins, Wayne Adams and Howard “Hoot” Gibson. The board amended the appointment to begin Jan. 17 and run until Dec. 31, 2012. The original proposal stated the appointment was effective Jan. 1. Fiala, who is retired, worked for IBM for 30 years with responsibilities ranging from systems engineering, programming language, instruction, sales and marketing, project management and international account management. He also taught mathematics at Battle Creek Lakeview High School for four years. “I have a keen interest in the future of Barry County and Yankee Springs Township,” Fiala said upon his appointment, “and look forward to the opportunity to be part of the process to make this community a better place.” Fiala said one of his priorities will be to bring residents from throughout the county together on issues the road commission will address. “I think it is important to make the public a part of the process, rather than dictating to them,” he said. “I am a proponent of orderly and logical development and since our roadways are such a vital part of our county infrastructure, I would enjoy the opportunity to assist in the Barry County Road Commission efforts. “Since Yankee Springs is one of the fastest growing townships in the county, I would like to forge a closer working relationship with the Barry County Road Commission.” But, Fiala added, “We have to look at the county as a whole and get input from all sections impacted by the road commission.” Fiala currently serves on the Yankee Springs Township Planning commission and recently earned the Master Citizen Planner Certification through the Michigan State University Extension program. “As an active volunteer I have served on several committees and focus groups, including the Barry County Futuring “Our Land” Open Space Preservation Committee.” Fiala also is active in several antique tractor clubs, including the Barry County Steam and Gas Association and is a member of the Middleville Heritage Day Committee. “I look forward to this challenge and the opportunities by serving in this new countywide position,” he said. Fiala succeeds Roger Pashby, whose term expired earlier this month. Pashby was one of the many applicants. In other action by the board during this special session, the members discussed the option of adding two more members to the road commission, going from three to five. During the public forum portion of the meeting, David Dykstra, also a member of the Road Commission, told the board he was not in favor of additional members. “With the tight budget constraints we all are under, I do not think going to five members is a good idea,” Dykstra said. “It’s not about the money, but about keeping up morale and being effective.” Commissioner Mark Englerth agreed. “I have no desire to grow government,” he said. Gibson directed a question to County Administrator Michael Brown, asking if it were possible to grandfather in the current members of the Road Commission on the health insurance package and not give that opportunity to any new members added. Brown advised that the board has the power to make any adjustment to the entitlement package given to the Road Commission. The board voted 7-1, with Englerth the only dissenting vote, to refer to the County Development Committee for further discussion the matter of adding more Road Commission members. Agreement allows TK students to attend Davenport University WAYLAND - Robert Steven Schultz, age 61, of Wayland, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 12, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Robert was born on February 9, 1945 in Alpena, the son of Robert Edward and Beryle C. (Arnold) Schultz. Robert is survived by three brothers, Les Webster (Florida), Larry Webster (Mancelona) and Everett Schultz (Florida); a sister, Bonnie Collins (Detroit), and very special uncle, Ralph Schultz (Detroit); and a special aunt, Helen Cholipski (Detroit), Robert’s children from his first marriage, daughter Jill Kooistra; son, Steven Schultz, Robert’s wife, Joan (Moore) Schultz of Wayland; stepdaughters, Annette (Terry) Hoffman, Dawn Burton, Roberta (Darrin) Hoffman, Patty (Matthew) DeBolt; step-son, Randy DeMond; grandchildren, Amber, Christina, Lizzy Bear, Alexis, Austin, Darrin Jr., Rachael, Travis, Ashley, Sarah, and Matthew Jr.; a special grandson, Drew from his previous marriage; mother and father-in-law, Delbert and Elizabeth Moore. Robert loved his cowboy boots, Stetson Hats, western wear, and his close family. There will be no funeral services, but there was a luncheon to celebrate Robert’s life, on Tuesday January 16, 2007 at the Gun Lake Motel 2710 South Patterson Road Wayland, MI. 49348, any questions call 269-792-2028. We love and miss you cowboy Bob! Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings.You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Lois Hopkins celebrates 90th birthday Lois Hopkins, former Junior High School English teacher, will be celebrating her 90th birthday on January 20th. There will be no formal celebration, but she will share the day with her daughter- and son-in-law from Gainsville, Florida, and her son and daughter-in-law from Foxboro, Mass. She would welcome, also, cards or phone calls from friends. Mr. Zhou You and Mrs. Yu Feng Ying and Donna June Bolo wish to announce the marriage of Jian Xin Zhou to Michael H. Bolo on Dec. 20, 2006. Jian is from FuShun, China and Michael is from Hastings. Jian had retired from her company business of selling ladies cloths. Michael worked for Hastings Manufacturing for 34 years and is currently retired. Honeymoon was in Beijing, China. Rogers/Thiss exchange vows Signing an articulation agreement with Davenport University which will allow Thornapple Kellogg students to get college credits at no additional cost for classes they get a B or better at the high school are (from left) Ellen Zack, interim Superintendent Patricia Koeze, TK Board of Education President Donald Haney, Davenport University President Randolph K. Flechsig and provost Tom Brown by Patricia Johns Staff Writer A little ice and snow did not deter representatives from Thornapple Kellogg High School and Davenport University from coming together Monday, Jan. 15, to help students with their college plans. A cooperative effort between the high school and university will help TK graduates succeed in obtaining four-year degrees at Davenport. These credits will not cost students (or their parents) a course fee. Davenport University President Randolph K. Flechsig and Provost Tom Brownsigned the articulation agreement along with Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education President Donald Haney, Patricia Koeze, assistant superintendent, and Ellen Zack. Zack now serves as Page Elementary principal, but since the summer she has been Rest area topic of public meeting Thursday, Jan. 25 Michigan motorists. The new rest area is intended to replace the former rest area located near Cutlerville, that was eliminated with the construction of the M-6/US-131 interchange. The proposed facility would have a new, fully accessible rest room building, truck and car parking, picnic areas and landscaping. The project would be constructed in 2010. PUT YOUR 06645230 A public meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, regarding proposed rest area in Allegan County for northbound US-131 in Gun Plain Charter Township. Staff from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be on hand at the Gun Plain Charter Township Hall, 381 8th St., Plainwell. This public meeting will have an open house-style format where interested residents can stop by anytime during the two-house meeting to view conceptual plans. MDOT staff will be there to answer questions about the proposed development. The proposed rest area is being developed as part of M-DOT's five-year rest area plan and represents the department's commitment to provide safe, accessible facilities for Zhou and Bolo wed TAX working on this project, along with creating an internship program for students. Under the terms of the agreement, students completing specific courses may transfer those credits to Davenport University. Some of the courses identified as meeting the college credit requirements are several Microsoft courses, desktop publishing, marketing and comprehensive accounting. Students would have to get a B or better to qualify for credit if they attend Davenport. “This agreement will allow Thornapple Kellogg students who succeed in specific courses to get a head start on their university credits,” said Flechsig. “While Davenport has similar agreements with community colleges, this is an opportunity for high-achieving high school students to more quickly complete their bachelor’s degree at Davenport University.” Davenport University serves approximately 13,000 students through its main campus in Grand Rapids and other locations in Michigan and Indiana, plus online. Davenport offers practical education that gives students the tools required for careers in business, technology and health professions. The private university offers master of business administration, bachelor’s and associates degrees. More information is available at www.Davenport.edu. Flechsig invited the Thornapple Kellogg board members and staff to visit their new facility, “right at your back door” in Caledonia. Haney praised this as a wonderful partnership and noted Davenport only has 3 of these agreements with high schools. Koeze thanked Zack and the TK staff for doing the ground work to make this agreement possible. REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 Titmus/Richardson united in marriage Stephanie Titmus and Aaron Richardson were united in marriage on Dec. 28, 2006. Maid of honor was Jessica Mann. Best man was Andrew Richardson. Friends and family attended the service. Stephanie is the daughter of Julia Harris and Steve Titmus of Hastings. She is a 2006 graduate of Hastings High School. Aaron is the son of Robert and Karen Richardson of Hastings and Pam Richardson of Jackson. Aaron is a 2006 graduate of Hastings High School. Aaron is currently completing training in the Marine Corps in Camp Pendelton, CA. Stephanie will be joining him when Aaron returns from overseas duty. A reception is being planned for family and friends when Aaron returns from overseas. Nashville Assembly of God Church was the setting for Nov. 18, 2006 wedding of Janice Rogers and Dennis Thiss. The Rogers and Thiss families, as well as friends, were there to enjoy the ceremony with them, with Pastor Glen Branham officiating. Matron of honor was Margaret RogersFoster, daughter of the bride. Best man as Arthur Thiss, brother of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Thiss will reside in Middleville. Marriage Licenses Harold Anthony Ritchie, Delton and Renee Gail Vanarsdal, Delton. Shawn Donald Horka, Shelbyville and Stephanie Sommer Smith, Shelbyville. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Page 8 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Racist ridicule The new fitness center is open for business with a large banner proclaiming it is the 3 C's Fitness Center. The three Cs are Roger Sr. and Diane Catt, Roger Jr. and Sharon Catt, and John and Terri Catt. The former Ayers Video is now Chris's Viking Video in the 900 block of Fourth Avenue, still housing the agency for Millard's Cleaners of Ionia. Chris Michand and husband have the video store. The Depot complex will be open next weekend, Jan. 27 and 28. The event will be a quilt and textiles show in the museum. Both museum and depot will be open so the genealogy room and the gift shop will be open and staffed. There will be publicity this week for the quilt show, to which local citizens are welcome to display their quilts and comforters of either ancient or new vintage. One unusual display will be a magazine insert, loaned by Bonnie Leak, from the 1920s with pattern for a fancy apron. The annual pancake supper hosted by the Lake Odessa Lions Club will be held on Saturday, Jan. 20, at St. Edward’s Family Center, starting at 5 p.m. Proceeds fund several programs helped by the service club, such as the summer swimming program at Jordan Lake, eyeglasses, seeing eye dog training and other community benefits. Lakewood Public Schools were to be open on Monday despite it being the holiday to remember Dr. Martin Luther King. However the ice storm overnight caused the schools to be closed. There will be no classes on Friday, Jan.19, for school records day at the end of the semester. The Women's Fellowship of the First Congregational Church met last week and were entertained by John Waite with his collection of cookbooks found at garage sales, estate sales and auctions. He outlined the growth of such publications, their changing emphases, the development of books sponsored by vendors of flour, baking powder, cook stoves, refrigerators, the cookbooks sponsored by organizations. Early books were directed to the homes with servants, including cooks. Many early books had recipes, but no directions. One published in the 1880s directed the cook to "put in enough but not too much.” Recipes often called for butter the size of an egg. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society met last Thursday evening with 58 present. The railroad topic was certainly a drawing card. The many visitors came from Ionia, Portland, Sunfield, Lowell and locally. Attorney William Davis is a frequent writer for the Ionia Sentinel's Weekender, which is a freebie publication on a wide variety of topics. The railroad topic was his most recent writing for the paper. It concluded with the announcement he would be speaking at the LOAHS meeting on Jan. 11. Those present heard of a recent bequest to the society of memorial gifts following the deaths of two loyal members. The society has a full schedule of events for each month in 2007. The society also was the recipient of some significant greenery from the memorial service of a member. This tall Norfolk Island Pine adds a touch of nature to the foyer. The Memory Tree arranged in November is still on display. Health Line by Scott B. 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Several were present for the first time. Among them was Sue Pickens of Flushing, daughter of the late Arlo and Peg Pickens. She has much of the paper work done for becoming a member of First Families of Ionia County. The book on veterans of World War II is to have a closing date in early summer for submissions of stories. There are hundreds which have been entered. The Grand Rapids Press has prepared a booklet comprised of the many articles run during the days of the President Gerald Ford memorials in California, Washington and Grand Rapids. The books are on sale at Baker Book Company, at Meijer stores in Kent and Ottawa counties and at other book stores. The Grand Rapids Art Museum is moving to new quarters at 101 Monroe Center. Until the opening in April, the present museum at 155 North Division is open for only limited hours, which are noon to 8:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. On Jan. 26 the museum will opens a new exhibit on "Mathias Alten and Artists of Michigan." Words by Alten comprise about a quarter of the show. Some of his work shows scenes from the Alten farm at the corner of Ada Drive and Forest Hills Road. Downtown Portland has a new feature — the Boardwalk, which actually is concrete, along the river. It runs behind the store buildings on the west side of Kent Street. All deliveries to Portland stores have to be made from the street because there is no alley behind the west side stores, The new walk is supported by pylons set a few feet behind the buildings. The only finish work is for short walks from the rear doors of the stores to the walk. There is walkway lighting with copper details, and there will be poles with hanging baskets, come summer. The pedestrian bridge links sidewalks on West Bridge Street to East Grand River Avenue. The walkway is about 25 feet above the banks of the Grand River. It is expected that with the new exposure, store owners will improve the appearance of the rear side of their stores. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Barker-Leik funeral home at Mulliken for Letha Bentley, 87, who died Jan. 10. She is survived by her grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Gayle, her children Leilani Leik and Gale Bentley, besides eleven siblings. Keep up with your On the other hand swelling of the feet may be a sign of some very serious medical problems. Certain heart problems, liver problems and lung problems can also present initially as swelling of the feet. Swollen feet may cause local problems with the skin. Muscle cramping, skin discoloration and leg ulcers may develop. local team in your local Treatment often depends on the cause of the swelling. Your doctor will be able to tell you why you have swelling in your feet. Generally, you will be advised to restrict fluid intake (all fluids, not just water). 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I want to be the first in my family to go to college. Is there any way to make the pain stop hurting me? I hate the feeling of being hated. -- Racism Kills the Soul Dear Racism: Are you the only person of color in your school? No one should be threatening you -- for any reason whatsoever. Talk to your parents and have them meet with the school principal about the bullying. If steps aren't taken to stop it immediately, your parents should seek legal advice. Product adjustment Dear Annie: I'm a 59-year-old female baby boomer who is now approaching her elder years. I'm increasingly frustrated these days when I can't tell the shampoo bottle from the conditioner in the steamy shower, or I have to grapple with impossible push-down-andtwist bottle tops. More than once, I've nearly brushed my teeth with a look-alike tube of hair gel. I've ruined numerous blouses ripping out scratchy labels that I couldn't tolerate for another minute. Annie, please get a message to product designers: If a multitudinous mega-generation is reaching advanced age and needs clothing in softer fabrics, and products colorcoded, marked in LARGE letters with easyto-open tops, there's got to be a money-making opportunity here that's win-win. Who would like to be the first to package toothpaste embossed with a large "T" so we can find it in a steam-filled bathroom without glasses? How about baby boom mouthwash in flip-top bottles? I'd love to see a summer sandal marketed as "Svelte, with ample toenail coverage and a low, sexy heel." Millions are about to greet the 60s in a whole new way. We could get by with a little help from friends who develop a few creative, intelligent product designs. -- California Dreamer Dear Dreamer: Wouldn't it be nice not to "Twist and Shout" when opening bottle caps? There must be thousands of older seniors thinking, "We've been asking for these same things for years." Now that boomers are hitting their 60s, designers who can come up with sharp-looking, trendy products tailored to the newly squinty-eyed, aging hippie generation will make a bundle. Porn or cheat? Dear Annie: Here's a man's perspective to "Married to a Porn Addict," whose husband watched online porn and had private nude chats with women. I've been happily married for over 35 years and can relate all too well. First, I don't condone what the husband has chosen to do to relieve his sexual tension. Still, men are usually far more attuned to having sex than women. We think about it more often. We are visually excited by women. For years, I experienced sexual frustration. My wife was more concerned with the children and housecleaning than she was with our relationship. I finally decided I had two options: Find other women or deny my feelings. For the sake of our marriage, I chose the second option. After 30 years, I pretty much killed my sexual desire, but my wife discovered she was clinically depressed and started taking an antidepressant. She now has the kind of sex drive I always wished she had. Unfortunately, I don't have ANY. For some men, online porn is a way to avoid cheating. This isn't just the husband's problem. The wife also has issues, and they both need professional help if their marriage is to survive. -- Been There Dear Been There: It seems a shame that you and your wife have spent 30 years like ships passing in the night. Sex drives can be rekindled. See your doctor. K.A. Mueller Accounting Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 06645310 • Professional, Personal & Economical TAX & Accounting Services For Individuals & Businesses. • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 77508584 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 Bully in the house Dear Annie: I'm 19 and attending college. I room with five other girls, and the father of one of them, "Debbie," owns the house we live in. The problem? Debbie believes that since it is her father's house, she gets to make all the rules. We all agree on no drinking, smoking or doing drugs, but she likes to make up others. For example, she just broke up with her boyfriend and gets jealous when she sees me with mine, so she created a "no dates in the house" rule. When another roommate forgot to come home in time for Debbie's birthday party, Debbie made up a 9:00 curfew. She now has a dress code, tells us what we can and can't eat in the house, and she's really starting to tick us off. When we ignore her rules, Debbie does vindictive things like turn off the power, water or heat. When we complain to her father, he tells us to just humor her a little. It's not possible for me to move out. Am I overreacting? -- Annoyed Roommate Dear Annoyed: Debbie is a bully. Rules between roommates must be agreed upon by the majority. Have a meeting of all roommates, preferably with Dad there, and present a written list of acceptable house rules. Say that new rules will be voted on. Any time Debbie turns off the heat, water or power, be sure to send a written complaint to the "landlord." If Dad gets repeated notices of tenant abuses, he will tell Debbie to knock it off. Otherwise, start saving your money so you can move. No break on rent is worth the roommate from hell. Mama’s boy annoys Dear Annie: My daughter has been married to "Ethan" for a few years. Despite being in his 30s, Ethan's mother calls him "her baby boy," and whenever possible, likes to grab his behind and give it a good squeeze. This woman will call their home and ask about Ethan and the kids, but not my daughter. Ethan neither condones nor condemns this behavior. He does nothing. It's making my daughter upset, to say the least. Everyone has noticed that his mother acts a little possessive toward Ethan, but not with her other son. My husband and I love our sonin-law, but we don't know what to do. -- Not So Touchy-Feely Dear Touchy-Feely: You do nothing. This is your daughter's problem, not yours, and it's best if you don't get involved other than to offer a shoulder to lean on. So Ethan's mother favors him and pinches his behind. Not great, but it need not be a major deal, either. Your daughter should discuss this with Ethan. If the relationship between your daughter and her mother-in-law is more rivalry than friendship, it will apparently be up to your daughter to reassure Mom and warm things up. We hope she will try. Nest egg needed Dear Annie: I completely understand "Keeping It Together in Michigan," whose husband left her and she ended up on food stamps. I was married for 24 years. When I started having problems with arthritis, my husband couldn't deal with it and found someone else. The judge awarded me barely enough to cover expenses for our son, and it certainly didn't cover my medical expenses. I never thought this would happen to me. I should have taken some of my payroll checks and put them away for a rainy day, but we always combined our money into joint accounts -- which my ex closed out after he took all our money. Annie, warn your readers to put aside some money, no matter how little. I always thought my marriage would last forever. It's bad enough to be devastated by divorce, but to be financially ruined on top of that really hurts. - Supporting My Son Alone Dear Supporting: One never wants to believe that a spouse could be such a rat, but it happens often enough that it is wise to have a nest egg of one's own. We appreciate the warning. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The days and times of Remove the fear of self-employment Irving Charlton, Part I Irving Charlton, founder of Charlton Park. Hastings on the east Center Road on the north side of the road, formerly owned by Frank Charlton, Irving’s father. The 160 acres west and adjoining the 120 acre farm Irving bought from Robert Martin in the early 1920s. On the southwest corner of Center Road and Charlton Park Road are 10 acres of woods Irving also owned. On both farms, there were 280 acres. In 1945, he purchased 65 1/2 acres on Cogswell Road on the north side of Thornapple Lake and called it Pleasant Shores. His purpose as he said was to develop it as lots to sell and build another museum over on the park. To purchase this land, he borrowed the money from a local doctor and paid interest on it until 1950. After selling his farms to Warren and Arvilla Bolton in September of 1950, he moved over to the park and constructed the living quarters and shop down by the river. I was living on and operating his farms at that time and had been there living with my family in the white house (west of his stone house), from March 1946. After selling his farms and getting some ready money, he bought the Scott farm on the corner of Charlton Park Road and M-79, south of the park. This he broke up into parcels and sold. His one and only interest was to get more money to buy more relics, which he did. He spent very little on himself. However, contrary to popular belief, he liked to eat well, and did, as far as a bachelor could. He may not have been “keen on dishwashing,” but he had what he liked. Mr. Charlton appeared very abrupt and even gruff sometimes, but he had a heart a big as a barrel. Once Irving got out of debt and sold some lots, etc., he did begin to accumulate some money; not a lot in these inflated times, but quite a bit then. He loaned some out at interest and sold lots on land contracts at Pleasant Shores and the Scott place. I bought my home, where I now reside, from him in 1951. I read in accounts written about his estate that he had property in the west. Yes, he did. I believe it was 160 acres in Wyoming which some rancher paid the small taxes on for the use of it. How he came to own it was that years ago a land promoter came through the country selling photos of land in the west as they advertise even today and Charlton bought it later from the neighbor. Charlton never sold the land until the 1940s when he took a trip out there and saw it. He told me it was mostly gravel and sagebrush, but he kept it for the fun of it. He also had the oil and mineral rights. To the many who may wonder why he gave all the time, land, antiques and money to us all of Barry County, it was given in memory of his parents, whom he dearly loved and respected. He also had other relatives whose memory was dear to him, especially his uncles, Calvin Charlton, Will Charlton and Clarence Charlton. Irving was the only child of E. Frank and Roseanna (Althouse) Charlton, born Aug. 28, 1882. The park and its contents were given to honor and perpetuate the memory of the Indians and early pioneers of the area, which he loved also. Irving Charlton loved children and wanted to have some of his own but for some reason was denied that privilege. Yes, he had been married, and divorced many years ago in his early teens and twenties. It was a matter he discussed very little. However, neighbors and friends who knew Mrs. Charlton (Gertrude), said she was a fine, well-educated lady. Mrs. Hamilton Munn, a neighbor who lived near the Frank Charltons on the Center Road, corresponded with her until her death many years ago, long before Irving passed away. I never saw or knew her and only wish I could have. See next week’s Banner for Part II you can afford the payments. * Consider opening a new retirement plan. Once you make the jump to self-employment, start thinking of what type of retirement plan you might want to choose. Fortunately, you have some attractive options that offer both tax advantages and a wide range of investment choices. If your business has no employees except yourself and possibly your spouse, you may be able to establish a SEPIRA or an "Owner-Only" 401(k). If you will have employees, you might want to consider a SIMPLE IRA or a "Safe Harbor" 401(k). Your tax adviser and investment professional can help you choose an appropriate plan. * Pay yourself a regular "salary." Depending on what type of business you are opening, you may well experience an uneven flow of income - which could, at times, force you to dip into your long-term investments to help you meet your daily and monthly expenses. To avoid this potential problem, consider paying yourself a regular "salary" out of your business' earnings. It's crucial that you live on a pre-agreed amount - even if the only person you have to agree with is yourself. Too often, entrepreneurs use up one month's "paycheck" and then have nothing left in the next "down" month. But if you have the discipline to stay within the income you've allotted yourself, and your business succeeds, you should eventually build up a cash cushion that can be used for emergencies or investments. Your career as an entrepreneur can be rewarding in many ways - and you'll enjoy it even more if you make the right financial moves. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 34.63 +.69 Anheuser Busch 50.62 +1.86 CMS Energy Corp. 16.12 -.18 Coca-Cola Co. 48.50 -.11 DaimlerChrysler 60.40 -.75 Dow Chemical Co. 40.58 +1.19 Exxon Mobil 71.63 -.46 Family Dollar Stores 30.58 +.72 First Financial Bancorp 16.41 +.16 Ford Motor Co. 7.94 +.15 General Motors 30.85 +.08 Intl. Bus. Machine 100.82 +.75 JCPenney Co. 79.85 +2.38 Johnson & Johnson 66.54 +.28 Kellogg Co. 50.44 +.49 McDonald’s Corp. 44.57 +.78 Pfizer Inc. 26.77 +.60 Semco Energy 6.15 +.15 Sears Holding 179.07 +12.84 Spartan Motors 15.53 +.95 TCF Financial 26.94 -.28 Wal-Mart Stores 48.31 +.92 Gold $625.90 +$10.90 Silver $12.63 +$.03 Dow Jones Average 12,582.59 +165.99 Volume on NYSE 1.5B -200M Winterfest broomball, Polar Dip registrations available locally by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Looking for a good excuse to beat up your buddies with brooms while at the same time maintaining social consciousness by raising money for a good cause? Then broomball at Gun Lake Winterfest is just the activity for you! Broomball chairman Alex Liceaga said that while many zealous broomball players will come to Winterfest ready to play, it is helpful if they pre-register. Registration forms are available at several Gun Lake businesses, including Bay Pointe Inn and Daisy Mae’s. Broomball is like hockey, only played with brooms. Teams need at least six people, but many teams have up to 12 to allow for substitutions during the games. Teams need to provide their own brooms. For more information, call Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. For those not interested in playing broomball, Winterfest promises other forms of entertainment. A disc jockey will play music throughout the day, as well as several area bands, including The Rock @ 5 O’clock, the Mike Key Trio, Destination Unknown and several students from the Community Music School. Delton District Library’s Edward Elsner will be at the pancake breakfast as well as on the Winterfest stage to tell stories and lead children’s songs. Also braving the cold weather will be swimsuit models from Sea Shanty, members of the Gun Lake Band of Potowatomis to perform the opening drum ceremony and members of the Thornapple Kellogg High School Players performing songs from their musical, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really These are Broomball and Polar Dip registration forms. Full registration forms and more information are available at Gun Lake businesses, as well as the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. Trying.” Those who want to enjoy the day on a full stomach are welcome to attend a pancake breakfast at the Orangeville Township Hall from 7 to 10 a.m. Money raised at the breakfast will go to the Orangeville Veterans Fund. There also will be a bake sale to benefit St. Francis Church during the breakfast. For goodies throughout the day, there will be vendors from several area restaurants offering many delectable treats from hot chocolate to soup to pizza. There will be camp fires by which people are welcome to thaw throughout the day. Platinum Construction also will provide a warming tent for Polar Dippers. For some pre-Winterfest activities, O’Neil’s Restaurant and Pub will host a Mardi Gras Friday, Feb. 16. For more information or to help sponsor Winterfest, call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454. Plumb’s Grocery sold to directors Plumb’s Valu-Right foods, with headquarters in Muskegon, has been sold to the company directors. “An outsider would never know the difference,” said Dennis Pray, the senior financial director of Plumb’s. “It’s business as usual — nothing different.” Pray is one of three directors who purchased the company. His became the senior director of finance after having been the director of finance. Jim Nader, previously the executive vice president, also purchased the company and took over the role of president. The third director to buy part of the company is Glenn Hartley, who was previously and vice president of human resources and now has that title as well as that of senior director of operations. Roger Eikenberry, who has owned the company since 1985, is selling the chain to a 51-person management group, led by the three directors. Plumb’s currently has 456 employees throughout Michigan, including Hastings. Pray, Nader and Hartley purchased the company through an employee stock option plan. Glenda Wetmore, scanning manager of the Hastings Plumb’s, said customers should not expect to notice the change in the stores. “Nothing is going to change as far as people who are running the business,” she said. Happy 50th Birthday 77508754 By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will be running a series of articles about Irving Charlton, written more than 80 years ago by Keith Mead.) As I read a recent Hastings Banner and saw the photograph of the two Charlton Park officials placing a wreath on Irving Charlton’s grave, I was reminded of the may years I had known and been associated with him. I became acquainted with him in the mid1930’s until his death June 12, 1963, a span of 27 years. I thought of the great influence he had exercised in shaping my life. My only reason for writing this narrative is to attempt to acquaint interested people with the man as I knew him. There are a few people still around who knew Irving, but the older ones are leaving the scene, and soon it will not be possible to gain an insight on the man as I knew him and as he really was. In the many years I was around him as a neighbor, working for him 12 years at the park, on his farms operating them from 194650, working on the marsh on the park in 1936 and being a friend all that time are my means of authority of the subject. To simplify the communication to interested parties, I shall use as focal points and axis the park and the stone house on Charlton’s former farms on Center Road; the Center Road being 1 1/2 miles north of the park and east from Hastings. I shall use “Stony Point,” Thornapple Lake and river, and the other towns, roads and schools to clarify the account. I shall use the names of Mr. Charlton’s friends and neighbors, as they were and are a very important part of “The Days and Times of Irving Delos Charlton.” Statistics are a very cold, formal part of an account, but are necessary to give authenticity to it. Any defined dates given are backed by letters, documents and courthouse records. As to the writer (myself), I wish to be regarded merely as a “prop” or “straight man in the act,” only necessary to relay the story. I only hope to perpetuate and honor the memory of my old friend and associate, Irving Charlton. Without apology, I well know I am neither a Hemingway nor Mark Twain. I merely am unique in having been so closely associated with Mr. Charlton those many years. I, as Mr. Charlton, am deeply impressed by knowledge and education and the more profound aspects of a person. I well know the more I was with him, the more I learned. He, having been an educated man, could and would teach anyone willing to learn and was of the greatest influence in my life. Some who may have by now guess, I am Keith Mead. If Irving had any regard for a young man around him, he could call him “the Kid.” I was “the Kid” for 27 years and as far as I.D. was concerned, I still am. He always said “Hey, Kid,” “Kid do this or that,” or “the Kid can do it” or “the Kid will do it.” So once more I shall try and “do it.” If Charlton did not care for a man, he would say “that fellow.” The greatest problem arising in writing about him is when to stop. During the many hours I listened to his stories about his life and travels, the people he knew and associated with and his vast store of mechanical knowledge were endless. In telling one of his experiences, he seldom dated things chronologically, but as “when I was a kid, or going to high school or college, or when I was teaching.” However, from 1936 until the present, I was directly involved. I have been given access to records, pictures and court records by neighbors, park officials and courthouse people and am very grateful to them all in helping me get an accurate account to pass on to others not fortunate enough to have known him personally for as long as I have. I have heard people laughing about him, the way he appeared or his lifestyle or the old cars he drove, but I could only feel pity for them not being privileged to really known him as he actually was. As I read the articles about Charlton being the donor of the land for the park to Barry County (you and me) and others using it, I wondered how many people knew of the sacrifices, work and worry he endured to make it all possible. He gave a full and clear title of the land to Barry County with the stipulation that a museum would be built by the county and that he would fill it with relics, which he did. In about 1950, the museum was finally enclosed. He also stipulated that he was to manage it in his lifetime and he did. Both parties kept the agreement. There are those who thought Irving was wealthy, but that was not true, as he paid interest right up until 1950-51. To be able to give a clear title of the park land, he mortgaged his farms. Until he sold his 280-acre farm in September 1950, cash money was a bit scarce. In writing of his farms, they are: The 120-acre farm where the square stone house now stands about four miles from Are you thinking of striking out on your own and joining the growing ranks of the selfemployed? It's an exciting prospect - and possibly a little scary. But you can remove some of the fear by doing whatever you can to prepare yourself financially for life as an entrepreneur. What steps can you take? Here are a few to consider: * Save as much as you can. Ideally, you would want to have a couple of years' worth of living expenses saved before you go solo. But that's a pretty tall order for most people. And if you have a spouse earning a good income, you may have less need to put away a large sum. Nonetheless, it's almost always a good idea to save as much as you possibly can before becoming your own boss. * Think twice before cashing out retirement plan. If you're leaving a job that provided you with a 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plan, you might be tempted to cash out your account to help pay for the transition to the world of selfemployment. However, try to avoid this move. By liquidating your employer-sponsored plan, you will face early withdrawal penalties if you are younger than 59-1/2, and income taxes, too. Just as importantly, you will be depleting a valuable resource for your retirement. If at all possible, try to find other sources of income. For example, you may want to consider a home equity loan; interest rates on these loans are usually competitive, and your interest payments may be tax deductible. Be aware, though, that you will be using your house as collateral, so make sure Thanks for being a great mother and always being there for us. We love you mom! Matt & Josh �Page 10 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Raul Vazquez, A Married Man and Brenda L Vazquez, His Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 15, 2006 in instrument 1164619, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to First Franklin Financial Corp. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine And 28/100 Dollars ($208,429.28), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 30, Boulder Creek Estates, Part of the Northeast 1/4 and Southeast 1/4 of Section 15, town 4 north, range 10 west, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 28, 2006 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120914F01 08719344 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by PHILLIP J. WELCH AND DENISE M. WELCH, HUSBAND AND WIFE to D & N BANK now known as REPUBLIC BANK, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION , Mortgagee, dated July 15, 1998, and recorded on July 28, 1998 , as Instrument No. 1015689, in BARRY County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of forty nine thousand forty two and 87/100 Dollars ($49,042.87), including interest at 8.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the At Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, MI , at 1:00 PM on February 01, 2007. Said premises are situated in TOWNSHIP CASTLETON, BARRY County, Michigan and are described as: LOTS 39, 40, 53 AND 54 OF THE VILLAGE OF MORGAN, FORMERLY SHERIDAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 20. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. DATED: January 04, 2007 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Birmingham, MI 48009-6616 ATTORNEY FOR: REPUBLIC BANK, A MICHIGAN CORPORATION Mortgagee For More Information Call: (248) 540-7701 06644826 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Anders and Diana Anders, husband and wife, to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2001 and recorded July 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1063702, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and 18/100 Dollars ($66,900.18) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castelton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 84 of Mix Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 69. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3603 77508624 SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting January 10, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor Stoneburner, Treasurer Nottingham, Clerk Nichols and Trustees S. Ritchie and W. Miller. Also present: 11 members of the public. Approved agenda as amended. Approved minutes of December 13, 2006 as corrected. Public comment: None. Commissioners Report. Fire Reports (Pine Lake and BPH) received and placed on file. Discussed BPH proposed Standard Operating Procedures and budget for 2007-08. Public report received and placed on file. Discussed and approved for 6 month trial Zoning Administrator’s request for Township Engineer. Approved amendment to the Cemetery Fee Schedule. Approved PCI contract and Passed Resolutions for same. Break. Approved to move forward on request for Pine Lake Weed Special Assessment Petitions. Tabled Disaster Shelter locations. Denied Jim Cary’s request for the Township Board to pass Resolution for SWBCSWA connection fees. Appointed Ken Craft to Board of Review. Appointed Dave Mitchell as Zoning Board of Appeals alternate. Appointed Trustee W. Miller to the Development Team board. Appointed Zoning Administrator, Libby HeinyCogswell as Zoning Enforcement Officer. Public comment: None. Clerk & Treasurer’s reports were placed on file. Board comments were received. Approved bills in the amount of $9,633.12. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77508866 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the Village of Nashville, Castleton Township and Maple Grove Township, who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Monday, January 29, 2007, THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Regular Election to be held on February 27, 2007. REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Please contact your Township Clerk for further information. For the purpose of voting on the following proposals: MILLAGE PROPOSAL FOR A MUNICIPAL CEMETERY Shall the Village of Nashville increase the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be assessed against all taxable property within the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, by one mill ($1.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable value) for the year 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery, which new additional millage would raise an estimated $22,216 in the first year of its levy? MILLAGE INCREASE PROPOSAL GENERAL OPERATING FUND Shall the Village of Nashville general operating fund millage rate, reduced to 9.459 mills by the required millage rollbacks, be increased by a new additional millage rate of 2.041 mills ($2.041 per $1,000 of taxable value) to partially offset that reduction, for an authorized millage rate of 11.5 mills (which includes the new additional millage of 2.041 mills), to be levied by the Village of Nashville for general operating purposes, commencing in 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, which millage would raise an additional $45,343 in the first year of the levy? 06645198 Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by James R. Henney and Callie C C Henney fka Callie CC Shumway, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor in interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by Operation of Law dated the 27th day of August, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2004, in Instrument NO. 1133415 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $137,475.85 (one hundred thirty seven thousand, four hundred seventy five dollars and eighty five cents) plus accrued interest at 9.45% (nine point four five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 8th day of February, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Baltimore, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING IN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY 21 RODS SOUTH OF WHERE THE HIGHWAY FROM BATTLE CREEK TO HASTINGS CROSSES THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 33, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS; THENCE WEST 21 RODS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND; THENCE EAST 21 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE SOUTH 1 ACRE; ALSO EXCEPT THE HIGHWAY RIGHTS ON THE EAST SID OF SAID LAND. Commonly known as: 9086 S. M-37 Highway Tax ID: 08-02-099-240-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05713285 77508662 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Three And 99/100 Dollars ($133,923.99), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowen Mills Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F01 77508630 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Detrich D. Yore, a single man and Jodi L Miner a single woman as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 31, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165552, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred Six And 44/100 Dollars ($118,306.44), including interest at 9.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 105 cordes subdivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. Parcel 2: The west 1/2 of lot 104, roy cordes subidivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thererof, as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121672F01 77508578 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew P. Monroe and Dawn N. Monroe, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Homeland Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2002, as evidenced by Affidavit Of Lost Document recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123251, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Sovereign Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand One Hundred Four And 31/100 Dollars ($177,104.31), including interest at 7.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76 and the South 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke's Lakeshore Plat Number 1, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #101624F02 06645295 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Paul W. Gilfoyle and Colleen Gilfoyle, husband and wife, to First National Bank of America, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded on August 30, 2004 in Document 1133228, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $24,828.28. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 12.94 percent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, for a point of beginning, thence North 220 feet, thence West 360 feet, thence South 220 feet, thence East 360 feet to the point of beginning. Including but not limited to a 1972 Graywood Mobile Home serial #1206844. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: January 3, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 08720176 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Serina A Brace, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 16, 2006 in instrument 1164687, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One And 14/100 Dollars ($96,001.14), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said section 17 for the place of beginning; Thence North 319.5 feet: Thence East 258 feet; Thence South 319.5 feet; Thence West 258 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122380F01 08720158 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chad Warren, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005 in instrument 1154065, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred FiftySix And 86/100 Dollars ($161,256.86), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Lying South of the South Bank of a certain Dredge running in a Northeasterly and Southwesterly direction. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122960F01 77508641 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Ricky R. Ramsey and Beverly K. Ramsey, his wife, to Waterfield Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 19, 1987 and recorded May 20, 1987 in Liber 451 Page 248 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage PassThrough Certificates 1996-R1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-One Thousand Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($31,090.36) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of said Section 4, thence East on the Section line 1047.25 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 100 feet; thence South 400 feet; thence West 100 feet; thence North to the place of beginning, Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan. Commonly known as 4375 East Orchard, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 10, 2007 LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 1996-R1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-62475 ASAP# 817047 01/18/2007, 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007 77508745 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS NOTICE IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Default has been made in the terms and conditions of a Mortgage made by CALEDONIA CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Michigan corporation, of 1737 Rowden Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058, to SELECT BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 60 Monroe Center NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503-2916, Mortgagee. The Mortgage is dated December 1, 2004, and is recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on December 6, 2004, as Instrument number 1138211. The sum claimed to be due and owing on the Mortgage as of the date of this Notice is One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars and 34/100ths ($131,513.34) including principal and interest. Under the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, the 1st day of February, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, local time, said Mortgage will be foreclosed at a sale at public auction to the highest bidder at the East door of the Courthouse at 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County), of the premises and land described in the Mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, and charges and expenses, including the attorney fee, and also any sums which may be paid by the undersigned necessary to protect its interest. Said premises are situated in Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 90º00’00” East 498.00 feet along the North line of said Northeast 1/4 to the Place of Beginning; thence North 90º00’00” East 567.00 feet along said North line; then South 00º38’38” East 460.00 feet; thence North 59º09’02” East 600.64 feet to reference point “A”; thence North 54º06’07” West 18.69 feet; thence Northerly 94.43 feet along a 100.00 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 27º03’03” West 90.96 feet; thence North 00º00’00” East 60.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Parcel is subject to and together with an easement as described in the “Easement Description.” Easement Description: An easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over the South 66 feet of the West 531.00 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, also over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, which is North 90º00’00” East 498.00 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00º00’00” West 60.00 feet; thence Southeasterly 94.43 feet along a 100.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 27º03’03” East 90.96 feet; thence South 54º06’07” East 18.69 feet to the reference point “A” and the place of ending of said 66 foot easement, also over a 60.00 foot radius circle, the radius point of which is the above described reference point “A.” PPN: 04-028-125-100-04 Commonly known as 1737 Rowden Drive, Hastings, Michigan, 49058 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948 CL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2006 Select Bank Mortgagee Ingrid A. Jensen, Attorney for Select Bank Clark Hill PLC 200 Ottawa Ave., NW, Suite 500 77508541 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Benjamin C. Curtis and Debbie Sue Curtis, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 13, 2006, and recorded on January 25, 2006 in instrument 1159328, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred FortyFour And 91/100 Dollars ($146,244.91), including interest at 9.499% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, for the place of beginning; thence North 220 feet; thence East 500 feet; thence South 220 feet; thence West 500 feet to the place of beginning, except the West 33 feet used for road right-of-way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #124282F01 77508880 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Kevin S. Phenix and Tracy L. Phenix, husband and wife, of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058, and Bond Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, whose address is 2007 Eastern SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507, dated January 15, 1998, and recorded on April 13, 1998, Docket No. 1010331 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Thirty Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five Dollars and Fifth Three Cents ($32,135.53) and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on February 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon said Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 3 North, Range 8 West described as: commencing 28 rods East of the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 21, in the center of Center Road, thence South 198 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 191 feet, thence South 198 feet, thence West 191 feet, thence North 198 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an existing right of way for ingress and egress as revealed in Liber 354 on Page 343 which has an address of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Bond Corporation 2007 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Dated: January 3, 2007 Drafted by: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids , MI 49503 06644978 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dylan J. Schram and Jamie L. Schram, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Charter One Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2004, and recorded on June 10, 2004 in instrument 1129053, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix And 32/100 Dollars ($205,596.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 9 West described as: Commencing at the west 1/4 corner of said section; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 2625.92 feet along the south line of said northwest 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 660.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence north 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds west 660.00 feet; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 330.00 feet; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 660.00 feet; thence south 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds west 330.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108356F02 08719370 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH MESSENGER SERVICE Notice is hereby given that UNION BANK, LAKE ODESSA, located at 933 4th Avenue, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan, has made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C. 20429, for its written consent to establish a messenger service for its customers located primarily within the Bank’s local branch markets. The service area will include portions of Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ionia, Ingham, Kent Counties, Michigan. The service will be operated from the Bank’s branch offices located in Lake Odessa, Hastings, Dimondale, Freeport, Milliken, Pewamo, and Westphalia, Michigan. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments, in writing, with the Regional Director (DOS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office, 500 West Monroe, Suite 3500, Chicago, Illinois 60661, not later than February 2, 2007. The period may be extended by the Regional Director for good cause. The nonconfidential portions of this application are available on file in the Regional Office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of nonconfidential portions of the application file will be made available upon request. Dated: January 18, 2007 UNION BANK LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN 77508752 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christina Wilhelms, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2006, and recorded on March 1, 2006 in instrument 1160727, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Six And 10/100 Dollars ($77,856.10), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 and 56 of William C. Schultz Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of plats on page 60, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122028F01 08720170 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147752, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($95,596.73), including interest at 7.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508873 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy S. Norris, A Married Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2005, and recorded on April 13, 2005 in instrument 1144829, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Five And 95/100 Dollars ($149,885.95), including interest at 8.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Thence North 00 Degrees 15 Minutes 59 Seconds East 638.40 feet along the West Line of said Section 25, Thence South 89 Degrees 56 Minutes 06 Seconds East 392.99 Feet, Thence South 12 Degrees 31 Minutes 33 Seconds West 346.32 Feet, Thence South 01 Degree 40 Minutes 33 Seconds East, 300.00 Feet to the East and West 1/4 Line of said Section 25, Thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 329.62 Feet along said 1/4 Line to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110406F02 08720164 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRANDON J COREY AND NICOLE R COREY, HUSBAND AND WIFE to FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA , Mortgagee, dated October 07, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 , as Instrument No. 1116331, in BARRY County Records, Michigan, and assigned by MESNE assignment to NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of one hundred forty one thousand two hundred sixteen and 48/100 Dollars ($141,216.48), including interest at 9.250% per annum with an adjustable rate rider. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the At Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, MI , at 1:00 PM on February 01, 2007. Said premises are situated in TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY County, Michigan and are described as: LOT 19 OF THORNAPPLE VALLEY PINES #2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. DATED: January 04, 2007 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Birmingham, MI 48009-6616 ATTORNEY FOR: NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC. Assignee of Mortgagee For More Information Call: (248) 540-7701 06644831 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2006-24677-DE Estate of ANDREW MAK. Date of birth: 11/10/1918. TO ALL CREDITORS; NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, ANDREW MAK, who lived at 6520 Herbert Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, died 12/01/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to THEODORE MAK, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 1/11/07 CHARLES E. MARTELL P17129 621 South Park Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 381-0330 THEODORE MAK 6130 Angling Road Portage, MI 49024 (269) 327-7988 77508893 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel Moon and Tanya M. Stephens, as joint tenants, to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2005 and recorded September 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152029, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Seven and 49/100 Dollars ($102,637.49) including interest at 7.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutlander, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Meadow Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 3. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508885 File No. 199.3602 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24679 DE Estate of ROGER E. KAHLLO. Date of birth: 01/25/35. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Roger E. Kahllo, who lived at 11919 9 Mile Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, died December 13, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to James K. Kahllo, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: January 9, 2007 Nicholas J. Schaberg P19945 427 South Westnedge Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 381-9730 James K. Kahllo 10770 Wildwood Road Shelbyville, MI 49344 06645292 (269) 795-3459 City of Hastings COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given of the regular meetings scheduled for calendar year 2007 for the City Council and other Boards and Commissions of the City of Hastings. The City of Hastings will provide necessary reasonable aids and services for individuals with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the City Clerk of the City of Hastings at (269) 945-2468 or by visiting City Hall at 201 East State Street, Hastings. The HASTINGS CITY COUNCIL will meet on the Second and Fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 PM in the City Council Chambers located on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. When any of these meetings would fall on a recognized holiday, Council will meet on the following business day. Council may also meet in properly called and noticed special sessions. For 2007, the dates and regular Council meetings are: January 8 and 22 February 12 and 26 March 12 and 26 April 9 and 23 May 14 and 29 June 11 and 25 July 9 and 23 August 13 and 27 September 10 and 24 October 8 and 22 November 12 and 26 December 10 and 26 The PLANNING COMMISSION for the City of Hastings will meet on the First Monday of each month at 7:30 PM in the City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. Exceptions for 2007 are: Tuesday, January 2, 2007 and Tuesday, September 4, 2007. The ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS for the City of Hastings will meet on the Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. The DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY for the City of Hastings will meet on the Third Thursday of each month at 8:00 AM in the City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. The LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY/BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY for the City of Hastings will meet on the Third Wednesday of each month at 8:00 AM in the City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. The HASTINGS CITY/BARRY COUNTY AIRPORT COMMISSION will meet on the Fourth Wednesday of each month at 8:30 AM in the County Commission Chambers in the Barry County Courthouse. The HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD will meet on the Third Monday of each month at 4:00 PM at the Library, 121 South Church Street, Hastings. The CABLE ACCESS COMMITTEE for the City of Hastings will meet on the Third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. The HASTINGS OUTDOOR NATURE AREA BOARD for the City of Hastings will meet quarterly in January, April, July and October on the Second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Conference Room on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. 77508724 Thomas Emery City Clerk �Page 12 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ROBERT L. PAGE and CARRIE A. PAGE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to THE HUNTINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated February 25, 1999, and recorded on October 4, 1999, in Document No. 1036079, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents ($119,828.32), including interest at 6.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 32, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 881.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST 440.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 550.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 130.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE 665.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT WITH OTHERS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 32 WHICH LIES SOUTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 632.00 FEET FROM THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 115.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 884.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 855.33 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 144.72 FEET TO SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 66.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-014-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 13, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508875 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Sloan and Mary Sloan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to America's Wholesale Lender, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 1998, and recorded on October 9, 1998 in instrument 1019169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($125,729.12), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: a parcel of land in the northwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of section 11, town 4 north, range 10 west, described as follows: beginning at a point on the north and south 1/4 line of said section 11, distance south 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds east 921.47 feet from the center post of said section 11, thence south 89 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds east 330 feet, thence south 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds east 333.27 feet, more or less, thence westerly 330 feet parallel with the south line of said section 11 to a point on the north and south 1/4 line of said section 11, which lies north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 1390.83 feet from the south 1/4 post thereof, thence north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 330.00 feet to the point of beginning, reserving therefrom a perpetual easement 66 feet in width for ingress and egress and utilities to the above described parcel, the centerline of which is described as: beginning at a point on the south line of section 11, distance easterly 297 feet from the south 1/4 post thereof, thence north 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds west 693 feet, thence east 363 feet parallel with said south section line, thence north 00 degrees 17 minutes 10 seconds west 1064...1 feet more or less, thence north 89 degrees 28 Minutes 30 seconds west 660.05 feet to the point of ending, also together with others, with a perpetual easement 66 feet in width for ingress and egress the centerline of which extends north 89 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds west 933.68 feet from the aforesaid point of ending, to whitneyville road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 28, 2006 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #120649F01 77508547 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SYNOPSIS HOPE TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting Jan. 8, 2007 All board members present and 7 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Replacement of outside pillars Refund of deposit of hall use. Adjourned 7:20 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 06645289 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hastings City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on a request from Pennock Hospital for a Special Land Use Permit to allow modifications and additions to the existing Pennock Hospital building located at 1009 West Green Street. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. 77508715 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hastings City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Hastings, Michigan; the Charter Township of Hastings, Michigan; the Charter Township of Rutland, Michigan; and Barry County. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. 77508718 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Wayne L Hoffman, and Michelle Hoffman, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, L.L.C., Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2004 and recorded August 4, 2004 in Instrument # 1131935, and re-recorded on January 20, 2006 in Instrument # 1159143 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Homecomings Financial, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($155,777.82) including interest 12.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of the North Avenue and the true place of beginning; thence West parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 359.5 feet; thence South parallel with said North and South one-quarter line, 130 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, to the centerline of said North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the true place of beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East, parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of said North Avenue to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom; commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West 278 feet along the North line of said South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence South 253.59 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East 189.16 feet to a point on the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 14362 North Ave, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 8, 2007 Homecomings Financial, LLC, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77508667 Our File No: 05-41948 77508734 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Construction Board of Appeals. Applicants must be a Barry County resident. Applicants must be a licensed electrician, plumber or contractor. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 2, 2007. CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a special workshop meeting on Monday, January 22, 2007 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of developing goals and objectives to assist in the preparation of the City’s budget for the 2007/2008 fiscal year and to hear presentations from administrative staff regarding the budget. Council will also hear comments from the public. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77508721 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate and Trust FILE NO. 2007-24674-DE Estate of Catherine L. Wood, deceased. Date of Birth: September 28, 1926 and in the matter of “THE CATHERINE L. WOOD REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST” under Agreement dated January 24, 2005. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Catherine L. Wood, who lived at 1014 Maple Circle, Hastings, Michigan died December 11, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Lori A. Wood Beduhn, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. The decedent, Catherine L. Wood, Trustee, died December 11, 2006 leaving the above Trust entitled “The Catherine L. Wood Revocable Living Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to LORI A. WOOD BEDUHN, of 1122 W. Green, Hastings, Michigan 49058, Successor Trustee, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 1-15-07 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Lori A Wood Beduhn THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Klint R. Friedenauer and Cynthia S. Friedenauer, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. f/k/a Norwest Mortgage, Inc., a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 1998 and recorded October 8, 1998 in Instrument Number 1019071, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyOne and 83/100 Dollars ($159,151.83) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, thence Easterly 592.5 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of Section 27 for the true place of beginning; thence Northerly 330 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 27; thence Westerly 317.5 feet parallel with said East and West onequarter line; thence Northerly 69 feet more or less, parallel with said North and South one-quarter line to point which lies 2241 feet South of the North line of said Section 27; thence Easterly 1045 feet more or less, parallel with said North Section line to the East one-eighth line of said Section 27; thence Southerly 399 feet, more or less along said East one-eighth line to the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 27; thence Westerly 727.5 feet, more or less to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508651 File No. 326.0829 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147753, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($23,924.96), including interest at 12.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77508868 Southfield, MI 48075 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Christopher Barker and Judy Barker, His Wife who executes this instrument for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead interest to the lien of this Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for BNC Mortgage Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 12, 2003 and recorded March 3, 2003 in Instrument Number 1098724 , and re-recorded on March 29, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124322 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated January 10, 2004 and recorded May 9, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146144 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Ninety-Four Cents ($126,621.94) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point where Lammers Road intersects the West line of the Southeast One-Quarter of the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence North on said West line of the Southeast One-Quarter, of the Southwest One-Quarter, 10 rods, thence East 20 rods, thence South 20 rods; thence West to center of Lammers Road; thence Northwesterly along the center of Lammers Road to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 6993 Lammers Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 22, 2006 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61390 ASAP# 812161 12/28/2006, 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007, 01/18/2007 08719349 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ester E. Lambert, a married woman and Jeffrey A. Lambert, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2001, and recorded on October 18, 2001 in instrument 1068386, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 09/100 Dollars ($59,910.09), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence South in center of Highway 641 feet to the place of beginning, thence South 700 feet; thence West 470 feet, thence North 700 feet, thence East 470 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122451F01 77508646 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jennifer C Younger and Walter W Younger, Wife and Husband to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 9, 2005 and recorded January 4, 2006 in Instrument # 1158481 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Two Cents ($157,644.02) including interest 8.19% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of B-Z Bees Acres, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 12, Barry County Records. Commonly known as 15029 Doster Rd., Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 29, 2006 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61782(HSBC) ASAP# 813663 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007, 01/18/2007, 06644838 01/25/2007 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 13 Hastings Exchange Club Youths of Month selected for January Marko Rabe, shown here with teacher Trisha Kietzman, is Young Citizen of the Month for January from Pleasantview Elementary School. The Southeastern Elementary School Young Citizens of the Month for January, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Trae R. Purdum and Sierra Elkins, shown here with teacher Jan Lawson. Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for January, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Drew Davis, Kaley Ziegler and Allison Taylor, shown with teacher Michelle Benningfield. Hastings Middle School students who have received Young Citizens of the Month honors this month from the Exchange Club of Hastings are Sarah Banister, Caitlyn Woodmansee, Kaylan Vogel, Megan Hildebrant Stevie Pennepacker, shown with Principal Mike Karasinski. LEGAL NOTICE 77508891 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of JOSEPH B. HUBERT TRUST under Agreement dated December 18, 1990. Date of Birth: December 21,1929. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Joseph B. Hubert, Trustee, who lived at 1220 W. Green Street, Hastings, Michigan died December 16, 2006, leaving the above Trust entitled “Joseph B. Hubert Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to MICHAEL R. HUBERT, 36 Ironside Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058, or KATHRYN J. KELLER, 324 Country Club Terrace, Battle Creek, Michigan 49015, Successor Co-Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 1/16/07 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Michael R. Hubert Kathryn J. Keller 36 Ironside Drive 324 Country Club Terrace Hastings, MI 49058 Battle Creek, MI 49015 Star Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for January, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Ashley Weinbrecht and Jacob Foote, shown with teacher Tammy Nemetz. Spaghetti dinner to aid after graduation party for seniors by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings High School seniors will have a spaghetti dinner and an auction Saturday, Jan. 20, to raise money for the annual After Graduation Party. “It’s so they have a safe environment without any outside influence,” said Sandy Redman, a parent and member of the Parents of Hastings High School Senior Party planning group. The students hope to raise $4,000 at the auction and a total of $25,000 for the party. Some of the items at the auction will be gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses, an oil painting, a television, an antique stove, a Fossil watch, a remote control car, a class ring, a memory quilt, bird houses, jewlery and many more items. This will be the third year for the after graduation party. Students are taken by bus to a hall outside of Hastings where they stay overnight. They enjoy entertainment throughout the night, and are then brought back to Hastings the next morning. The party is planned for Friday, May 25, after graduation exercises. Several student and parent committees have been planning the party since September. Doors to the event open at 5:30 p.m. The spaghetti dinner starts at 6, and the auction begins at 7. It will be held in the St. Rose Church basement at 805 South Jefferson Surprise Your Valentine with ... Valentine Love Lines STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24680-DE Estate of Santana C. Boulter. Date of birth: 11/17/1986. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Santana C. Boulter, who lived at 902 South Hayes Street, Hastings, Michigan died 12/06/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Joshua Lee Boulter, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 01/10/2007 Amy L. McDowell (P52898) 121 West Apple Street, suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 Joshua Lee Boulter 902 South Hayes Street Hastings, MI 49058 77508900 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of Illah M. Norris. Date of birth: 05/30/1917. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Illah M. Norris, who lived at 8341 South Cedar Creek Road, Dowling, Michigan died 06/12/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Eugene Norris and/or Steven Norris, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 1/10/2007 Eugene Norris and/or Steven Norris 8151 S. Cedar Creek Rd. 11332 Norris Road Dowling, MI 49050 Delton, MI 49046 Students at Northeastern Elementary School who have earned Exchange Club of Hastings Young Citizens of the Month accolades for January are Kaylee Fish and Logan Teunessen, shown with Principal Steve Hoke. Street. Attendance at the dinner is not necessary to participate in the auction. The cost for dinner is $5 per person or $20 per family. Tickets are available at the Hastings High School office, the Felpausch Food Center customer service desk and at the door. To make a cash donation to the after graduation party, call Sandy Redman at (269) 8382709. in The Hastings Banner Give Cupid a helping hand with a love line in The Hastings Banner. Compose your own message on the coupon provided, and mail to The Hastings Banner, P.O. Box B, Hastings, MI 49058. A special column will appear in the February 8th issue. Deadline is noon Tuesday, February 6th. Express your feelings to your wife, husband, parents, grandparents, grandchildren, relatives, teachers, best friend or anyone whom you would like to say thanks to for being so nice. The cost is “lovingly low,” just $5.15 for 16 words (additional words 15¢ each). Payment must accompany your message or be paid prior to publication. Enclosed please find my special prepaid Valentine Love Lines Compose Your Own Message Below Compose your own Valentine message—it’s easy to do!! Here are a couple of examples: KES HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY Sweet Beans! that You are the best thing DEAREST BABY CA ever happened to me! Love, Big Bear Our love is here Forever yours, H to stay. oney Bunny Deadline is Noon, Tues., February 6 09550175 NAME ADDRESS CITY TOTAL WORDS IN MESSAGE PHONE STATE ZIP TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED At 16 words $5.15 plus 15¢ each additional word • Message to be published on February 8, 2005 77508828 �Page 14 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... 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Charges of breaking and entering, receiving and concealing stolen property and possession of burglar tools are pending at the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. Knife attack believed to be false report Charges of filing false police report may be filed against an 18-year-old in connection with a felonious assault complaint at Pennock Hospital Saturday, Jan. 13. Officers said the man had two wounds on his right arm, the larger being approximately four inches long and very deep. He required numerous stitches and due to the severity of the wound, a cast was placed on his arm. The “victim” told officers he was walking down the street in the 400 block of West Apple Street when a black Mercedes pulled up next to him and three subjects jumped out claiming to be rival gang members, and slashed him with a knife. After thorough questioning, the subject admitted to police this was the result of an intentional cutting incident between friends, and no such attack occurred by any gang members. Two Hastings vehicles reported broken into Hastings police officers responded Jan. 9 to a complaint of a larceny from a vehicle in the 500 block of East Walnut Street. It was discovered that a pair of sunglasses, valued at $40, had been taken from one vehicle, and another vehicle had been broken into, but nothing was reported missing. Drunken minors cited; 1 has stolen phone While on routine patrol Jan. 9, Hastings police officers came across four suspicious young males standing in the street near the 200 block of South Hanover. It was discovered subsequently that three of them were under the influence of alcohol. Three citations were issued for minors in possession of alcohol by consumption. Charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor are possible for the fourth subject. During this investigation, it was also discovered that one of the young men was in possession of a stolen cell phone and the property was placed in evidence at the Hastings Police Department. Correction: The death by natural causes which was reported a couple of months ago in the Hastings Banner did not occur at the Parkview Motel. It was reported to have happened in a nearby apartment on North Broadway. COURT NEWS • Amanda Sue Baker, 32, of Hastings, was sentenced Jan. 11 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to continue her previous probation and serve nine months in jail for her December conviction of probation violation. Baker originally was convicted in September 2004 of operating a vehicle in possession of a controlled substance (third offense). She was sentenced to serve 60 months probation at that time and was convicted of violating that probation in December. Baker also will undergo cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling at the jail and Judge Fisher said he will consider suspending the jail time upon entry into the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. Baker was previously convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of a controlled substance in 1997 in Battle Creek and in 2001 in Portage. • Darcie Lynn Elliston, 34, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced Jan. 11 to continue her original 36-month probation sentence and have it extended to 60 months. Elliston was convicted of violating her probation on a 2005 conviction of possession of a controlled substance and maintain- ing a methamphetamine lab in Hastings. Elliston also was ordered to continue counseling, and to participate in day reporting and attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings. • Randy J. McArthur, 28, of Lake Odessa, was sentenced Jan. 11 to serve 36 months probation and six months in jail for conviction on a probation violation stemming from his 2005 arrest for possession of a controlled substance and assault. McArthur violated a condition of his bond by disobeying a court order to stay away from the home of he ex-girlfriend when he entered the residence on Dec. 22. Judge Fisher agreed that McArthur may participate in a work release program while in jail. • David W. Dakin Sr. was sentenced Jan. 11 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 months probation and 12 months in jail on three counts of attempted criminal sexual conduct. Dakin was ordered to have no contact with the victims or siblings without written permission of his probation officer. Judge Fisher ordered the sentences to run concurrently. Oxygen up, phosphorus down in recent Jordan Lake testing by Helen Mudry Staff Writer There was good news and bad news at the recent meeting of the Jordan Lake Board, depending on whether you asked Jason Broekstra, vice president and biologist from Professional Lake Management (PLM) or one of the many anglers in attendance. PLM made 15 visits to Jordan Lake last year and performed nine treatments. The oxygen levels are up and the phosphorus surface levels are down. There is no evidence Tupper Lake is polluting Jordan Lake. Broekstra spoke positively about the aquatic health of Jordan Lake. He said the chemical applications in previous years have kept the growth of exotic or invasive plants down and native species are starting to rebound. “Chara is coming back and we are starting to see more native plants,” he said. “Chara is a good weed, nature’s buffer. Some people are not going to like it, but we need it.” Broekstra said some people who do not understand the benefits of Chara have complained. According to PLM, Chara is a beneficial macroalgae that grows like a carpet on the bottom of the lake. Water will become clearer when Chara is growing because it filters nutrients out of the water. It provides a good habitat for fish and covers the bottom of the lake, helping to prevent less desirable invasive plants from growing. “It is rarely considered to be a nuisance and the benefits usually outweigh the drawbacks.” Sonar is one of the chemicals PLM uses to treat exotic species. Broekstra said the Sonar which is used to control Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) has no effect on the Chara. Some of the fishermen spoke up and asked about using natural controls for the watermilfoil such as the milfoil weevil. Broekstra said he has used the weevil on some lakes and the results were very disappointing. The milfoil was not kept in check and began to get out of control. He said he could not recommend it. There were concerns about the long term effects of Sonar on people using the lake. Board member Bill Walker, who is a Lake Odessa pharmacist, said the chemical has been scrutinized and he felt confident it was safe. Broekstra handed out a risk/benefit statement that explained many chemicals are poisonous when used in large doses, includ- ing caffeine and aspirin. “It is the dose that makes the poison.” According to the statement, the pesticides break down rapidly in the environment of sunlight and water. Questions were asked about the effect of Sonar on the nesting fish. Broekstra said Sonar has no effect on the fish. The fishermen did not agree and said in previous years they have seen nesting fish leave after a Sonar treatment. Walker suggested the fishermen call when they see the fish are on their nests and the Sonar treatment could be delayed a few weeks. Broekstra said he could be flexible, but mentioned different species spawn at different times and if the treatments are delayed too long the milfoil could become uncontrollable before the swimming/boating season. Board member Steve Schuiling said a lake without fish is not much of a lake. Broekstra said he would be happy to make adjustments to the treatment dates. In a subsequent conversation after the meeting, one of the fishermen said Broekstra is selling a product and it is not based on sound science. “Morrison Lake is a good example. It is over-killed with herbicides and smells like death. Let mother nature do what she has done since the last ice age.” YMCA BASKETBALL YMCA of Barry County’s Adult Basketball League Standings A League Goulooze-Wireless.................................5-0 Blairs Landscaping ................................3-2 Rousch Café...........................................2-3 Advantage Drain ....................................1-3 Aquatic Expression ................................1-4 B League Kent Oil/Barry Auto ..............................5-0 Brian’s Tire ............................................4-1 Drill Team ..............................................2-2 Go Go Auto Parts...................................1-4 Flexfab ...................................................0-5 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 15 EXHIBITS • Ryan Buyssens: Between is one display at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts’ Front Street Galler, 41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids. The show consists of numerous rotating mechanisms that, once in motion, create effects that let the incorporated images come to life. The purpose of the moving image mechanisms is to create a perceptual experience for the participant. A simple animation displayed upon a mechanical playback apparatus, displays visual phenomena that can only be described as mesmerizing. Through Jan. 19. • Barry Underwood: Light features media photographer Barry Underwood's experiments with light and color which create a sense of altered reality, adding illuminated objects or giving natural images an unexpected color makeover. The Ohio resident will be displaying his artwork in Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts’ Race Street Gallery, located at 41 Sheldon Blvd SE, Grand Rapids, until January 19. • William Pappenheimer: Public Mood Ring is a combined internet and spatial installation at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids. The art installation displays the emotional condition of public news stories as color hue and is based on the wearable “mood ring” which chemically changes color according to body temperature. The online artwork responds to participants news concerns and recalibrates the color of the light it casts with intense LED lighting. Public Mood Ring will be in UICA's In Space Gallery at 41 Sheldon Blvd. SE until January 19. • Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World will present 17 posters from between 1969-1996 featuring the socially and politically-themed works which often use collages elements of American icons such as the flag, NASA astronauts, the Kennedys, Janis Joplin, Martin Luther King and others. An exhibition reception and gallery talk will take place Friday, November 10 from 7-9 pm. at the Center Art Gallery at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center. The show runs through January 20. MUSIC/THEATRE • One-Man Star Wars Trilogy makes its appearance at Laura V. Shaw Theatre, on the campus of Western Michigan University. Charles Ross is a Canadian actor who has followed his heart and his career from one side of the continent to the other. Tickets are available by calling (269) 387-2300 or 1-800228-9858. Tickets are also availalable online at www.millerauditorium.com or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in Downtown Kalamazoo. January 16-21. • Little Shop of Horrors will be perform by The Revue at Vermontville’s Opera House. Call (269) 367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com for tickets and information. Jan 19-21 & Jan. 26-28. • Classical Jazz will kick off the new year This week’s selections: Rocky Balboa Running time: 102 minutes MPAA rating: PG “Rocky Balboa” is the sixth film in the plucky pugilist’s 30-year cinematic career — and one of the best of the batch. Not since the original “Rocky” has Sylvester Stallone portrayed Balboa with such vulnerability and humanity. This film is so well-written and acted that I would’ve rather seen more scenes with the characters in their daily life than the final 30-minute boxing match. The film takes place back in Philly. Pushing 60, Rocky’s career is long over. His wife, Adrian, has been dead for a few years, and Rocky Jr. is off to make his way in the corporate world. Junior (Milo Ventimiglia of “Heroes”) is having a tough time living in dad’s shadow, so he and Pop don’t speak much. This leaves Rocky alone, brokenhearted and living a life without meaning. When he isn’t spending time at Adrian’s grave, he’s running a modest little restaurant (named Adrian’s) where he regales the patrons with tales of past battles. Thankfully, Rocky stumbles upon a woman from his past, “Little” Marie (Geraldine Hughes), a woman he hasn’t spoken to since he walked her home 30 years ago when she was a wayward teen. The affection between these two characters is mature and unspoken, and it trumps anything we ever saw from Talia Shire. Just as things start looking up, enter Mason “The Line” Dixon (Antonio Tarver), the current champ whose fights are all setups. Dixon is looking for respect, and the only way to get it is by fighting the ex-champ. Rocky needs to purge himself of some “demons in the base- for the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $19-$49 for adults and half price for students and children with balcony seats $5 or $7 day of the performance. Call 1-800-228-9858 or go to kalamazoosymphony.com for more info. January 20. • Bob Milne is one of the world’s top ragtime pianists and he will perform live at the Grand Ledge Opera House. A light buffet reception will be held Saturday at 5:30, followed by the concert. He will perform once again Sunday at 3 pm. Call (517) 627-1443 for more information. January 20 & 21. MISCELLANEOUS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25, 2007. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith ‘Hansel & Gretel’ to be performed by G.R. Symphony Music and dance will spark wonder in the imagination of children, when the Grand Rapids Symphony presents “Hansel and Gretel,” as part of its Lollipop Series sponsored by Target stores. Performances are Jan. 27 at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at Sunshine Community Church. Joining the Symphony will be costumed dancers from the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. These thirty-minute musical stories are a perfect introduction to music for children ages 2-7. This version of the classic children‚s tale tells the story of a modern-day Hansel and Gretel who go into the neighborhood looking for adventure. There is a cell phone, a babysitter who just watches TV and a pair of fun-loving main characters- Hansel and Gretel. Led by Associate Conductor John Varineau, the concerts will be a wonderful sight and sound experience for children and their parents. “This is a much more lighthearted version of Hansel and Gretel than the original Grimm‚s fairy tale,” said Varineau. “Children will be entertained and learn about symphonic music and dance. Everyone in the audience will have a good time with lots of smiles all around.” To help children identify the different instrument families of the orchestra, Symphony musicians will wear colored tshirts to show whether they belong to the string, woodwind, brass or percussion family. These colors help little ones understand the various sections of the orchestra. Complimentary lollipops are also available for the children as they leave the performance. General admission tickets are $5 and are available by calling the Symphony box office at (616) 454-9451 Ext. 4, or by visiting the office in person at 300 Ottawa Ave. NW, Suite 100. Tickets may also be purchased at the door the day of the concert. The Symphony’s Lollipop Series is sponsored by Target Stores. Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Hydro @ the Bob Marley Birthday Bash January 27 The Pink Floyd Experience will come to the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Show starts at 8 pm Thursday, Jan. 25. Reserved seating is $30-$35. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Jonny Lang will perform at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. The show will was postponed from its original date has been rescheduled for Friday, January 26 at 8 pm. Reserved seating is $37.50. Tickets for the November show will be honored on the new date. Ticket Office hours are MondayFriday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone at (269) 373-7000 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. The Reggae Legend Birthday Bash- A Birthday Tribute to Bob Marley will take place Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Ticket Office hours are MondayFriday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. General Admission. $16 in advance, $19 day of show. Winter Evening is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s popular “Epic Evening” series of concerts. Concerts begin at 8 pm January 26 & 27. The chamber music program will include Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 featuring the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet. The KSO Woodwind Quintet will perform Klughart’s “Woodwind Quartet” and “Sunset Glow” by David Samuels will feature the KSO percussion duo. The Epic Evenings events take place in the informal bistro table atmosphere of the Epic Theatre in Kalamazoo. Tickets are $18 for adults and can be purchased by calling 1-800-228-9858. Temptations will come to the Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show, Saturday, January 27 at 8 pm. Tickets for the Temptations at Miller Auditorium are $42.25. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 387-2300 or (800)228-9858. Thornapple Wind Band will perform at 3 pm Sunday, January 28 at Thornapple Kellogg High School. The concert will feature some surprises, including Red Skelton’s “Red, White and Blue March” as well as a big band spoof number titled “Lawrence Milk Plays Guy Lombago.” Duane Thatcher will conduct and the Middle United Methodist Bell Ringers will be featured in part of the program. Cinderella will be presented by the 50member Moscow Festival Ballet under the direction of Artistic Director Sergei Radchenko for one performance, Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 3 pm at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $15-$45 and are available by calling (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-2289858, online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. Dark Star Orchestra will be "Recreating The Grateful Dead Experience" Tuesday, January 30 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Ages 18 and over welcome. Tickets are $18 in advance. Doors open at 8 pm, 9 pm show. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. How to Eat Locally....in Michigan....in the Winter will be presented Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 pm at the Wealthy Theater, 1130 Wealthy SE, GR. Suggested donation of $5. Film screening and discussion of the increasing options West Michiganders have for eating local food in the winter. Speakers include Tom Cary of the Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council and Chris Bedford, a founder of Sweetwater Local Foods Market in Muskegon. The evening will include a presentation of the new West Michigan Cooperative, an online farmers market that seeks to connect local farmers and consumers all year long. Kevin Devine & The G--D--- Band will perform live with special guest Jennifer O'Connor and Pablo Wednesday, January 31 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All Ages welcome. $8 in advance. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 6:15 pm in the front room. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Blue October will perform live Friday, February 2 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $14.97 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids February 9-March 16. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 2224000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Gun Lake Winterfest is returning February 17. Many events are being planned. Stay tuned for details. Local bands who would like to perform at the event are encouraged to call Lynn Hatfield at (269) 945-2454. Those wishing to take part in broomball should contact Alex Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. An Evening with Leo Kottke is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. No Adrian. Sylvester Stallone goes a few more rounds in a suprisingly strong sixth edition of the “Rocky” franchise although Talia Shire is nowhere to be found. ment,” i.e., get over Adrian’s death so he can move on with life, and teach his son the meaning of courage. Cue the montage music. I know I spoke heresy in the second paragraph, but “Rocky Balboa” would’ve been a better film without the boxing match. The performances and the relationships between the characters are so strong, this movie could stand on its own without the fight scene. Even still, “Rocky Balboa” is a fine movie, almost as good as the original. GRADE: A© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Blue October February 2 Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 �Page 16 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood win streak reaches six games by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Friday’s meeting with Williamston at Lakewood High School will mark one month since the last loss by the Lakewood varsity boys’ basketball team. It will also mark the last time Friday home game for the Vikings until March 2. Since stumbles in two of the first three ball games back in December, Lakewood has run off a string of six consecutive victories. The sixth win came Tuesday night, as Lakewood held on for a 68-61 overtime victory against Grand Ledge. With two starters on the bench, reserve guard Eddie Salazar came up big for the Vikings in the extra session. After a pair of buckets by center Alex Erickson to start the overtime, Salazar knocked down a three then went 3-of-4 from the foul line for his only six points of the game. Nick Hilley also knocked down three free throws in overtime, and was 9-of-13 from the line for the night, leading Lakewood with 26 points. He had 24 of those 26 in the second half and overtime. Erickson finished with 13 points and ten rebounds. Brad Elliott chipped in 11 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals. “This was a very physical hard fought game,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. “This type of game really builds character. We played defense in the overtime stretch and hit some key free throws.” Jordan Schafer had Grand Ledge’s only field goal in overtime, and finished with ten points. Zack Mauer led Grand Ledge with 13 points, and had the Comets’ only field goal of the first quarter. Lakewood started the game with a 12-2 Lakewood’s Alex Erickson (right) battles for possession of a loose ball with Fowlerville’s Cody Sherwood (center) and Sean Romsek in the second half of Friday night’s CAAC-3 contest at the home of the Vikings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer run, and still led 20-11 at the half. The Comets came roaring back in the third period, knocking down 20-of-28 foul shots in the second half. Willy Peters and Grant Meister finished with nine points each for Grand Ledge, all but three of those coming in the second half. Hilley wasn’t only a scoring force for Lakewood, he also had seven rebounds and three steals. Jordan Richardson led Lakewood with four steals, to go along with eight points. Nic Wieland added four points and four assists for the Vikes. “This was a solid team effort,” Farrell said. With a 10-4 start in the opening quarter Lakewood controlled Friday night’s Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 contest with Fowlerville, going on to a 52-40 victory. Allowing just four points in the opening quarter was impressive, but the Vikings’ defensive effort impressed their coach all night long. “This has probably been the first full game we’ve played, four quarters of full solid defense,” said Farrell. “I’m really impressed and happy with our team defense. We’re not totally there yet though.” Farrell was especially happy with the Vikings’ defensive performance in the first quarter, because he knew that Fowlerville would come in to the game fired up. The Gladiators didn’t want to fall to 0-3 in the league. No matter how well the Gladiators play the rest of the season in the league, they’d likely need a lot of help to get in the hunt for a conference title. The Vikings, who are now 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the CAAC-3, are still very much in that mix with Lansing Catholic and DeWitt. “I think right now we understand we control what we do,” said Farrell. “After the loss to LCC, I don’t think we did.” When the Vikings controlled the basketball Friday night, they took it right at the Gladiators. Hilley led Lakewood with 14 points, six rebounds, and five steals. Erickson had 12 points and nine rebounds. Even if they keep up the defensive effort they showed Friday night, the Vikings still have some work to do on the other end of the floor. They turned the ball over 20 times. Farrell still sees four or five turnovers a game Lakewood’s Nick Hilley flies by a Fowlerville defender on his way to the basket in the first half Friday night. Hilley led Lakewood with 14 points on the night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) each. Dan Desgranges also gave the Vikings a few nice minutes off the bench. Sean Romsek and Wyatt Huggett had 15 points each to lead Fowlerville. Romsek had three three’s in the second half, but they were the only three pointers for his team on the night. Tuesday the Vikings go on the road to face Byron Center in a non-league contest. Lakewood junior guard Jordan Richardson blows by a Fowlerville defender on his way to the basket Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojans overcame Eastern in final minutes on Tuesday by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A double dribble call turned into double trouble for Forest Hills Eastern (FHE) in Middleville on Tuesday night. The offending Hawk then pulled his jersey up over his head, leading to a technical foul that allowed the host Trojans to seal a 68-64 non-conference victory on a pair of free throws with three seconds left. The Trojans had gotten a go-ahead basket with ten seconds left on a play drawn up for Ryan Sisson, who worked it for a wide open lay-up and a 66-64 TK lead. You think your coaches, Heavyweights QBs, and curses are bad? lead TK past the Hawkeyes Thornapple Kellogg scored its second win in O-K Gold Conference duals last Wednesday when it bested Hamilton 36-38. The Trojan heavyweights got the job done. At 285 pounds, Kody Geerligs pinned his opponent in just 13 seconds and a 215 Cody Clinton put his opponent on his back in 4:55. In the 189-pound bout, Dennis Olsen scored a major decision for TK. The Trojan heavyweights needed that kind of run as Hamilton took care of business in the upper middleweights, winning all four matches from 145 pounds up to 171. David Hooper also won by pin for the Trojans, at 135 pounds, and Kyle Dalton scored six points when the Hawkeyes forfeited the 119-pound weight class. Tucker Bowerman an 8-2 decision at 112 pounds for TK, and Mark Brown scored a 171 technical fall at 140. The Trojans followed up that victory by competing in the always tough MidMichigan Duals hosted by Bay City Western. The Trojans’ lone victory on the day was against Montrose, 43-33. TK fell to Clarkston 58-16, Dundee 64-15, Clio 37-36, and Lakewood 36-23. Dalton (119) and Brown (140) were both a perfect 5-0 for the Trojans, and Geerligs (285) finished with a 4-1 record. This Saturday, the Trojans will be a part of the Caledonia Invitational. They continue the O-K Gold Conference season with a trip to Hastings next Wednesday. Sisson finished the night with 14 points and nine rebounds. “It felt pretty good to kind of deliver in the clutch,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. “Kind of like us, they have a lot of pretty good players that haven’t experienced a lot of winning. We’ve got guys like Ryan who seem to thrive at the end of games. If Sisson had been unable to get open on the play which led to TK’s late lead, the Trojans were going to look for guard Brad Steffen. He led all scorers on the night with 26 points, and also had five rebounds. The game was tight all night. FHE held a 36-35 lead at the half, and the two teams were tied heading into the fourth quarter. Breyann Rolling had 15 points in the first half, and led FHE for the night with 22. He had his team up five late in the game, but the Trojans were able to whittle that lead away. Blake Johnson was fouled pulling down a rebound, and knocked down two foul shots to cut a 64-59 deficit to two points. Sisson followed with a tough bucket for TK, then Steffen tied the game at 64 with 11 seconds left by knocking down the front end of a oneand-one. In his second game with the varsity, center Kody Buursma chipped in eight points and three rebounds. The plan is for him to stick with the varsity for the remainder of the season, after coming up last week to fill in a hole in the varsity roster. Steffen was a beneficiary of a reworked offense for TK, which Laker said is designed “for more flow. We’ve been stagnant.” “Hopefully this is a stepping stone to bigger and better things, which we expected at the beginning of the year.” TK is now 2-6 overall this season. The Trojans fell to 1-4 in the league Friday night, as points were much tougher to come by against Wayland. The Wildcats took a 5631 win over the Trojans. TK hung with the Wildcats for the first eight minutes, then couldn’t get the ball in the basket the rest of the night. Wayland allowed TK just four points in the second quarter. Sisson was the only Trojan in double figures for the night, with 12 points. Johnson added five for TK. Ryan Dame led Wayland with 16 points. The Trojans get back into O-K Gold Conference action by hosting Hastings Friday, then travel to North Pointe Christian for a non-conference game Tuesday. 06645349 There’s a Chicago Bears fan right down the hallway. I think they were everywhere at Delton Kellogg High School on Tuesday night. I interrupted a San Diego Chargers fan in the second half of Sunday night’s AFC divisional play-off game to ask her how her volleyball team had been doing lately. Hopefully, she’s not one of those fans who thinks it’s my fault her team lost, because I called her in the middle of the game and interrupted her viewing. I think everyone respects the New England Patriots. I don’t know anyone who likes the Indianapolis Colts. I know a few people who “like them to beat the Patriots in the AFC championship game this Sunday, but what I’m saying is I don’t know anyone who’s fond of the team. Everybody seems to love the New Orleans Saints. Wouldn’t it be great to be a fan of a National Football League franchise that plays games in January occasionally. Once every 15 years doesn’t count as occasionally. I look at the four teams left in the play-offs and think, how didn’t San Diego and LaDanian Tomlinson make it to a conference championship game? Oh yeah, they played the Patriots. Some of the fans of these teams that were in the NFL’s elite eight think they have problems. Half of the Chicago fans want Rex Grossman’s butt on the bench. The other half think the defense and kicker can get it done even if Grossman plays. Fans clamoring for a quarterback change. It sounds like Detroit, only the Bears can somehow manage to play with a quarterback who once this season had a zero quarterback rating and get into the playoffs. A zero. I read somewhere that if a quarterback snapped the ball every play and threw it into the ground behind the center’s butt his quarterback rating would be somewhere around 30. It’s so bad that once during this NFL season I started thinking about how nice it would be if the Lions could somehow lure Charlie Batch out of Pittsburgh. No one in the national media can stand San Diego head coach Marty Schottenheimer. They criticize him for his record of 5 wins and 13 losses in the post-season, for never having won a Super Bowl in coaching stints with Cleveland, Kansas City and now San Diego. That’s means that he wins play-off games at a pace 10-pecent better than that which Marty Mornhinweg lost regular season games. That means his teams have been in the playoffs 13 times. His teams have four more playoff victories than the Lions have since 1958. The year 1958 comes up because David T. pointed me to an excellent website. For those who realize that www.firemillen.com just isn’t getting it done anymore there is an alternative, www.curseofbobbylane.com. If you check out the website you’ll see that as of Jan. 18, 2006, we only have 626 more days until the curse ends. I can’t wait to complain about a playoff team. that are completely unforced, mental mistakes. “We have several pretty good attackers, and they still haven’t learned when is the best time to attack the basket and when isn’t,” said Farrell. “Hilley attacks the basket as hard as anyone I’ve ever seen.” It worked out Friday, but eventually the Vikings would like to see Erickson a little more involved in the offense. His only points of the second half were a pair of free throws in the first three minutes of the third quarter. After a 6-0 run midway through the second quarter, with the Vikings doing a nice job or pushing the basketball, Lakewood held a double-digit lead the rest of the game. Lakewood did a fine job of sharing the offensive load though. Richardson and Wieland had eight points each, and Brad Elliott chipped in seven. Salazar and Michael Barbour led the Vikings with four assists �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 17 Lion spikers reach semifinals at their own tourney The Lions’ Jessica Winegar goes up to blast an attack by North Pointe’s Anna Wassenaar in the semifinals Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Fowlerville, the number six ranked team in the state in Class B, was clearly the class of Saturday’s Maple Valley Invitational. The Gladiators gave up more than 16 points in a game just once all day long, in sweeping through their pool, then topping Potterville and North Pointe Christian for the championship. Fowlerville senior middle hitter Joyce Laroiza was named the tournament’s MVP, joining two of her teammates on the all-tournament team. The Maple Valley girls had some of the same accomplishments Saturday. The Lions also had three players on the all-tournament team, seniors Jessica Winegar and Alaina Mater and junior Dani Christensen. The Lions also swept their way through their pool, in the eight team tournament. The Lions took first in Pool A with a 25-7, 25-15 win over Muskegon Heights, a 25-20, 25-17 win over Muskegon Oakridge and a 25-19, 27-25 win over Potterville. The put the Lions up against the number two team from Pool B in the semifinals, North Pointe Christian. Just a few minutes after edging out Olivet for the second spot in their pool, the Mustangs took a 29-27, 25-15 over the host Lions. The Mustangs were strong, and Lion head coach Bill Brenton said that it was their exceptional serve location that kept the Lions from mounting a strong attack in the semifinal. The Lions served twice for the victory in game on against North Pointe, but couldn’t pick up the final point to win the game. Stassia Buist led the strong service game from the Mustangs in game two, serving the final five points to close out the semifinal win. North Pointe knocked off Potterville in the other semifinal 25-14, 25-6, then topped North Pointe 25-7, 25-13 in the championship match. The Maple Valley girls are 18-7-2 overall this season now, and 1-1 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA). The Lions scored their first KVA win last Wednesday, then they topped Parchment in three games 25-20, 26-24, 25-18. Parchment took early leads in all three games. Maple Valley finally tied game one at 19, then won six of the last seven points for the victory. Game two was even closer, with the Lions finally catching Parchment at 20. The two teams found themselves tied at 22 and 24 before Maple Valley moved ahead. In the final game, the Lions trailed until tying things up at 16. From there the Lions controlled the remainder of the third game for the victory. Christensen led the Lion attack with 13 kills. Winegar had five blocks, and Mater 27 assists. Rebecca Kent and Lauren Pierce had five aces each, while Pierce also led the team in digs with 18. Maple Valley is off this week until Saturday, when the Lions travel to the Laingsburg Invitational. Next Monday, the Lions are back into the KVA when they host Hackett Catholic Central. Valley falls to its 5th KVA opponent Maple Valley’s Jennifer Kent sets the ball up as teammates Bailey Flower (14) and Alaina Mater (4) look on, while Potterville’s Laurie Thomas guards the net in their pool play contest Saturday. 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Lakewood started the CAAC quad by topping Jackson 25-7, 25-14. Amy Joostberns led the Vikings with nine kills in the match and Ashley Morris had eight. Melanie Forman had 17 assists. The Vikings then topped Lumen Christi 2511, 25-13, with Joostberns again leading the attack with ten kills. Forman had 17 assists, and Forman and Lacey Chase had three aces each. “They’re transitioning and they’re playing better,” Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald said of her team. “That’s the good thing, even though Jackson and Lumen Christi weren’t that tough, when they did place the balls back on our side we controlled it.” The Vikings’ performance of late has convinced their coach that they’re ready for the CAAC-3 season, which was scheduled to start Wednesday at home against Lansing Catholic. “We better (be ready),” Grunewald. “We’ve been playing for a month and a half. We should do well.” The Vikings have a shot to get off to a good start in the league, hosing their first three league duals, against Haslett next week then Fowlerville after that. Fowlerville is still the top contender to unseat the Vikings as defending conference champions. The Gladiators are currently ranked sixth in the state in Class B, while the Vikings are among those earning honorable mention in Class B. A lot has changed since the two teams met in the CAAC tournament hosted by Mason in December. “We can beat them,” Grunewald said of the Gladiators. “We did not play well against them at all. I think we’re much better than we were. I’m sure they’re much better than they were too though.” That match-up is slated for Jan. 31. 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Eric Westendorp added 13 points, 15 rebounds, and four steals for Maple Valley. Pennfield built a five-point lead at the end of the first half. Westendorp led the comeback in the third quarter for Valley, scoring nine of his 13 points in the period. Dustin Houghton and Jon Hester combined for five three’s on the night for the Lions. Houghton finished with ten points, and Hester nine. Those five three’s were the Lions’ only three-point baskets on the night. Houghton hit his two in the fourth quarter, to keep the Lions within striking distance. Maple Valley is now 1-8 overall, and 0-5 in the league. The Lions finish their first trip through the KVA schedule on Friday, when they play host to the talented Kalamazoo Christian Comets. Next Tuesday, the Lions make the trip to face the Hackett Catholic Central Fighting Irish. �Page 18 — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed J-Ad Graphics 48-32; CW’s Auto 46-34; Hastings Bowl 45-35; The Terminators 44.535.5; TVCCU 41-39; Good Time Pizza 3545; Yankee Zephyr 35-45; Hastings City Bank 26.5-53.5. Men’s High Games & Series - D. Risher 200; C. Steeby 189-505; L. Porter 194; C. Wanland 209; J. Markley 224; D. Benner 213. Women’s High Games & Series - B. Smith 196-485; J. Steeby 165-406; S. Beebe 211; C. O’Keefe 186. Thursday Angels Hastings City Bank 42-30; Walldorff’s 4230; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 41-31; Varney’s 3933; Hastings Bowl 37-35; AIS Engine 35-37; Miller Farm Repair 34.5-37.5; Allure 33-39; Fall Creek 29.5-42.5; CW Repair 24-44. High Games and Series - R. Cheeseman 134; L. Apsey 194; L. Kendall 140-400; B. Cuddahee 217-555; L. Perry 160; S. Day 124; S. Suntken 128; B. Frank 173; D. McMacken 132; R. Welton 151; C. 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Hamp 148-359; A. Smith 166; M. Powers 135; T. Christopher 190-500; P. Fowler 156; V. Kuhtic 192-516; S. MacIntosh 184; J. Alflen 181-504. Saxon JV volleyball team places second at Bellevue Hastings junior varsity volleyball team placed second Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Bellevue Invitational. The team topped Bellevue and Maple Valley in tournament play to reach the finals, where the Saxons were downed by Charlotte. In pool play, the Saxons beat Olivet and Bellevue and split games with Galesburg-Augusta and Charlotte. Caledonia spoils the Saxons’ home opener in three games Hastings was finally home for the first time this season, but couldn’t take advantage of the home court falling in three games to Caledonia Thursday. The Fighting Scots improved to 2-0 in the O-K Gold Conference with a 25-11, 25-17, 25-12 win over the Saxons. Dana Shilling led the Saxons in kills with four, to go along with six digs, two blocks and an ace. Jessica Burch added three kills, three blocks, three digs, and two aces for Hastings. Nikkie Meade tied for the Saxon lead with six digs, and Rachel Iler passed for four assists. Leslie Curtis had 11 kills to lead Caledonia, while teammate Ashley Nevelle had 27 assists and five aces. The Saxons are 0-1 in the conference and face another of the league’s top teams tonight when they go on the road to face South Christian. Saturday, the Saxons will be part of the Delton Kellogg Invitational. Delton just rolls past Lions in their first KVA dual by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Once in the first period and then again early in the second, Maple Valley 140pounder Lucas Brumm had Delton Kellogg’s Montana Otis on his back. Brumm couldn’t stop the momentum of their rolls either time, and Otis eventually pinned Brumm 2 minutes and 50 seconds into their match. The six points gave the visiting Panthers a 45-33 victory at Maple Valley High School Thursday night, and a 1-0 Kalamazoo Valley Association record. A pin by Brumm would have tied the team score and sent officials through the tiebreaker process. “Anytime you start rolling, anything can happen,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “You try to teach your wrestlers not to do that, but there’s always those situations and that’s what makes it exciting.” Maple Valley is now 0-1 in the league, with another tough league dual at home against Galesburg-Augusta this Thursday. Delton hosts Olivet and Gull Lake tonight. “At least we put up a fight,” said Maple Valley head coach Chris Ricketts near the end of the dual, against the defending KVA champs. A dozen of the 14 matches on the night ended in pins. Quinn DeBolt started the pinning in the very first match, putting the Lions’ Randy Quantrell on his back 1:24 into the first period of their 145-pound match. That starting position helped Delton build a 33-9 lead in the dual with six flights left to go. “So many times in a dual meet one team has its strengths and another team has its strengths. You expect those wrestlers to perform,” said Heethuis. He said he knew it would be tough to go through a stretch that included “Smith, Corwin, Scurlock, and then another Corwin.” The Lions Ron Smith took the mat with his team down 33-9, and pinned the Panthers’ Steve Ross 2:52 into the 112-pound match. Brendan Boyle got those points back for his Delton team, by pinning the Lions’ Andrew Goedert 34 seconds into their 119pound match. Happy 60th Birthday 77508902 XOXO Jackson and Hayden 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 60 • 6 Delton Kellogg’s Martin Workman (left) scores a quick third period reversal against Maple Valley’s Tony Corwin in their 160-pound match Thursday. Workman scored five points in the third period to earn an 8-3 decision. 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Martin Workman had Delton Kellogg’s only decision, an 8-3 victory over Tony Corwin in the 160-pound match. Winning by pin for Delton along with Otis, Boyle and DeBolt were Anthony Riley (171 pounds), Billy Bourdo (215), Octavio Romero (285) and Matt Loveland (103). The Lions’ got their first nine points from a 4-2 decision by Tory Roberts over Jordan Smith at 152 pounds, combined with Dusty Cowell’s pin of Chris Miler in second period of the 189-pound match. Delton Kellogg followed up the KVA victory with a fifth place finish at the 16-team Bangor Invitational on Saturday. Loveland (103), Bourdo (215) and Romero (285) scored championships on the day for the Panthers. The Calhoun Intermediate School District’s Michigan Works! Team is releasing three RFP packages for operation of adult workforce Program year 2007 contracts in the Barry, Branch and Calhoun area, including the Wagner Peyser Employment Service, Workforce Investment Act Core Services and Workforce Investment Act Intensive & Training Programs. An RFP package is also being released for the operation of the Calhoun County Workforce Investment Act Youth program 2007 contract. RFP packages may be requested through FAX 269-781-8792, phone 269-789-2423 or the Michigan Relay Service at 1-800-649-3777 (voice or TTY), or email at brunsm@calhounisd.org. Bidders’ conferences will be held on 1/30/07 at the Calhoun ISD, 17111 G Drive North in Marshall, MI. Completed proposals for the adult programs will be accepted no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) on 3/2/07. Completed proposals for the Calhoun County youth program will be accepted no later than 12:00 p.m. (noon) on 2/26/07. 77508904 Delton Kellogg’s Chris Miller (top) searches for a way to score against Maple Valley’s Dusty Cowell in the first period of their 189-pound bout Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 18, 2007 — Page 19 Hastings hands winless Hamilton its seventh defeat Lakewood 103-pounder Holden Hummel (right) looks for some guidance as he tries to pin Haslett’s Billy Belanger in the first period of their match Thursday night. Hummel would have to wait until the second period to get his pin, in his team’s 62-11 victory. (Photo by Brett Bremer) LHS wrestlers have help on the way Lakewood’s Levi Phelps strains as he lifts Haslett’s Kerry Seabrook off the mat in the first period of their 152-pound bout Thursday night. Phelps scored four first period take downs, then pinned Seabrook in the second period. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ~ Fifth Annual ~ BARRY HOME SHOW Friday, January 26 • 2 to 8 pm Saturday, January 27 • 10 am to 8 pm Sunday, January 28 • 10 am to 3 pm BARRY EXPO CENTER Promoted by... FRITEEME BUFFET BAR-B-Q ADMISSION WITH TIRE FAMILY $5 ADULTS / $10 EN ALL STUDENTS FREE KIDS BRING YOUR PARENTS TO SEE 20 draperies & fine furniture SPIDERMAN & BATMAN SATURD AY by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood’s injured 171-pound junior Cody Orszula found a way to help out his teammates Thursday night, after his Vikings topped the Haslett Vikings 62-11 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 (CAAC-3) opener at LHS. He raced up the bleachers behind the scorer’s table after the dual, and ripped down the red banner with Haslett painted across the front. The big banner next to him read, “Vikings, tearing down the league 1 team at a time”. The Vikings hope they can tear down three more banners during the league’s dual meet season; one that reads “DeWitt”, which hosts the Vikings this Thursday, “Williamston” and “Fowlerville”. Orszula handed the two pieces of banner to freshman teammate Dalton Ketchum, who began to disperse smaller pieces among his teammates. Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch said he expects to have Orszula back helping the Vikings win matches on the mats beginning with this week’s dual against the DeWitt Panthers. The reinforcements are on their way for the Vikings who are currently ranked tenth in the state in Division 2. Senior heavyweight Mike Kuras is expected to join the team soon, along with 125pounder Michael Gregory. The only three matches the Lakewood boys lost all night Thursday were to Haslett’s three returning state qualifiers. Lakewood had two freshmen and a sophomore in those three matches, and never gave up more than a major decision. “Our freshmen went against their state qualifiers and went head-to-head with them, and that’s a biggie,” said Veitch. “I felt they had five real good kids, and we went head-tohead with them.” Ketchum had to go up against Haslett’s Nathan Beyer in the 140-pound bout, and was solid in a 12-4 loss to last year’s Division 2 state runner-up. Haslett’s Zach Crim topped freshman Mason Blackmer in the 125-pound match 6-3, and at 171 pounds Lakewood’s Nick Walkington was downed 13-5 by Nick Benton. Lakewood dominated the rest of the match, scoring pins in seven of the 14 flights. Winning by pin for the hosts were Darrin Durkee (130 pounds), Kyle Root (135), Brennan Simon (145), Levi Phelps (152), Josh Kettel (189), Lewis Frizzell (285) and Holden Hummel (103). “I thought our kids wrestled real aggressively, with a lot of intensity,” Veitch said. The night started with Lakewood’s 119pounder Josh Clark topping Haslett’s Tyler Speer 15-4, for a major decision. Alex Goodemoot had Lakewood’s only other victory that lasted a full six minutes. He topped Trevor Cohee in the 160-pound match 14-2 for another major decision. Kurtis Powell (215) and Jarod Kent (112) won by default for Lakewood. Saturday, the Vikings will be a part of the annual Sparta Invitational. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Saxons slowly built a lead and sustained it at Hamilton on Friday, to improve to 3-2 in the O-K Gold Conference. Hastings scored a 55-49 victory, against the winless Hawkeyes. The Saxons led by three at the end of one quarter, by five at the half, and by eight points at the end of three periods. Hamilton’s Brad Birkholz scored seven points in the final minute to make the final advantage look a bit more respectable. He led his team with 15 points, but had just three in the first half. “Ryan Cain had a lot to do with that,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. While Cain was solid on the defensive end against the Hawkeyes’ top scorer, Bryan Skedgell led Hastings offensive attack with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Of those eleven rebounds, seven came on the offensive end of the floor. “His overall energy was just outstanding,” Schils said of Skedgell. “He kind of gave us a few stats in every area. It picked us up and kept us at a comfortable lead for most of the Peck wins 50 free in record time at Loy Norrix Invitational The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings boys weren’t the best at the Loy Norrix Invitational meet, but they did have one of their best days. The Trojans finished seventh out of eight teams and reached several new team records as well as many personal best times. The highlight of the day was Tom Peck’s first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle. 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Hastings 38-27 victory certainly puts the Saxons in front of that race at the moment though. “Caledonia has a lot of kids back, five state qualifiers and three or four of them are placers. We have one wrestler who’s a qualifier back out, Steve Case, who’s a placer.” All four of the former state placers, Case and Caledonia’s Justin Maxim, Tylor Cook, and Tyler McCoy won their matches. Case seemed unsure if his 14-4 major decision over Caledonia’s Alec VanDyke in the 171-pound match earned enough team points for the Saxons to stay in front of the Scots. The win gave Hastings a 26-15 lead with five matches left to wrestle. Case spent the first two periods trying to pin VanDyke, then began to rack up take downs in the third. He hung his head after the match, and headed for the locker room, but returned in time to see the 215-pound match, where his teammate Josh Morehouse scored a 6-5 decision over Caledonia’s Andrew Schaibly. Schaibly came back from 4-2 down in the second period to tie the match with 23.6 seconds left in the third, but Morehouse scored a take down with five seconds left for the win. In between, Caledonia’s Brandon Grinage pinned the Saxons’ Scott White in the 189pound match. The Scots’ Michael Schaibly followed up in the 285-pound match with another pin, putting Justin Jevicks on his back in the final seconds of the first period. That pulled Caledonia to within two points at 29-27. “I knew we had a shot,” Goggins said, “but when you do it on paper there’s always the swing matches.” In the final two matches Hastings got an 11-9 decision by Austin Endsley over Micah Steiner at 103 pounds and a pin by Matt Watson in the opening seconds of the 112pound match to seal the win. “This is a tough one to take. It’s really a tough one to take, especially for the senior captains,” said Caledonia head coach James Maxim after the match. “I feel for the senior captains. They worked hard for this. It’s not over. We all know it can come down to the conference (tournament). But to come in with our hands kind of behind our back was tough to take.” Maxim credited the Saxons for their hard fought victory, but thought things may have been different had Ron VanderVeen been able to wrestle in the 135-pound bout, where the Scots ended up forfeiting six free points to the Saxons’ Jeremy Redman, and if senior state medallist Tyler McCoy would have been at full strength for his 152-pound match with Hastings’ Alec Wilcox (back) nears a second period pin of Caledonia’s Tanner Zych, in their 125-pound bout. The six points Wilcox earned helped the Saxons to a 9-0 start in their dual with the Fighting Scots Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings’ Ricky Mathis. McCoy, one of the Scots senior captains, came down with a fever Wednesday but chose to wrestle and managed an 8-6 decision. All three of the Scots’ senior captain state medallists won the night. Justin Maxim pinned the Saxons’ Matt Schilds 5:34 into their 130-pound bout. Cook pinned Hastings’ Ryan Bosma 33 seconds into their 145-pound match. “We knew we’d lose to Maxim, and we figured we’d lose to Cook and McCoy,” said Saxon head coach Mike Goggins. The pins by Maxim and Cook were the Scots’ only two victories in the first six flights, beginning at 119 pounds. The Saxons still only clung to a 19-12 lead. A 9-6 win by Hastings’ Gage Pederson in the 119-pound match over Nick Cramer to start the night was one of those swing match victories for the Saxons. Alec Wilcox followed that up for Hastings by pinning Tanner Zych in 2:32 in the 125-pound bout. Thomas McKinney won for Hastings at 140-pounds, scoring a 15-2 major decision against Brett McCarty. AT 160, Sy Overmire scored an 11-4 decision against the Scots’ Connor Dahlberg. “This hopefully will be a rematch at regionals,” said Goggins. “We’ve got to get past Lakewood, and they’ve got some good teams in their district.” Whether or not the two teams meet in the Division 2 team regional tournament, they will see each other when the Saxons host the conference tournament Feb. 10. Both teams still had three O-K Gold Conference duals to go heading into Wednesday night when Caledonia was slated to host Hamilton and the Saxons visited Byron Center. Next week, the Saxons host Thornapple Kellogg on Wednesday night. Panthers collapse in the second half The Saxons’ Thomas McKinney (top) tilts Caledonia’s Brett McCarty towards his back in the first period of their 140-pound match Wednesday night. McKinney scored near fall points in each period, on his way to a 15-2 major decision. (Photo by Brett Bremer) FEHSENFELD CENTER 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9500 www.kellogg.edu by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There likely won’t be a better half of basketball played by Delton Kellogg this season than the first half against Otsego. There likely won’t be a worse half of basketball played by Delton Kellogg this season than the first half against Otsego. If there is, the Panthers are in trouble. Otsego went from down 15 points at the half on Tuesday night, to holding a one-point lead in the first 5 minutes and 15 seconds of the third quarter. The visiting Bulldogs then never trailed again, scoring a 51-48 non-conference victory. Otsego is now 2-6 overall on the season, while Delton falls to 2-7. “Unfortunately people aren’t just going to give stuff to you,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “That’s part of the life skills we teach. You have to go out and get it.” Otsego did go out and get it, going on a 160 run to start the second half and take a 34-33 lead. The run started with the Bulldogs beating the Delton press, and ended with them getting the ball inside to 6-3 center Daryl Kuipers. Kuipers finished with 14 points. Guard Alex Sleeman led Otsego with 15 points. “You’ve got to hand it to Otsego. They didn’t quit,” Mohn said. “They kept those kids playing hard.” Nick Blacken had ten points for the Panthers, and Josh Newhouse and Tommy Bhola had ten each. Brian Diaz and Quinn Sevigny added six points each for Delton. Delton’s first field goal of the second half, a bucket by Bhola with 1:29 left in the third quarter tied the game at 36. The Panthers next two field goals, to start the fourth quarter, tied the game at 38 and 40. DK’s fourth and final field goal of the second half was a three by Blacken that pulled his team within 45-43 with 3:21 to play. The Panthers final five points came from Last Call For Spring! The Spring 2007 semester at KCC’s Fehsenfeld Center near Hastings is now underway, but we still have openings in many credit classes set to begin throughout the month of January. Classes are available in several disciplines including: Delton Kellogg’s Brian Diaz (left) and Nick Blacken (right) try to beat Otsego’s Alex Sleeman to a loose ball during Tuesday night’s non-conference contest at DKHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the free throw line. For the night, they were 18-of-71 from the floor, just over 25-percent. “If it doesn’t go in the hole, you don’t win. A lot of it’s confidence. So much of it is just repetition, shooting all the time,” Mohn said. Delton put up 71 points by playing with tremendous intensity throughout the first half. The Panthers’ lead was as large as 18 points in the second quarter, and had 14 offensive rebounds as a team in the first two quarters combined. Newhouse had six of those offensive boards. “(At half-time) We talked as a coaching staff,” Mohn said. “‘All right, what do we talk about.’ That’s something we’ve been unfamiliar with. We were getting all kinds of offensive rebounds and guys were hawking it on D.” Newhouse put in an offensive rebound for the Panthers’ first bucket, just 23 seconds in. The Panthers scored the next basket as well and led the entire first half. “That’s one difference between a good team and a decent team. Good teams go, ‘it’s zip-zip okay. Let’s go and play,’ and they don’t change their mentality in the second half.” It was the second tough loss in a row for the Panthers to take. Kalamazoo Christian knocked off Delton on Friday night, 67-26. The Comets went on an 18-2 run to start the first quarter. “They’re better than us, and played better than us, and we didn’t answer the challenge,” said Mohn. Anderson led Delton with six points, and Sevigny paced the team with five rebounds. Delton is now 1-4 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association, and faces conference foes Hackett Catholic Central on Friday night at home and Parchment on the road Tuesday. We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Business Social Sciences Math and Lab Sciences English and Humanities Human Services Computer Applications Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! You must, however, act now! Join the nearly 600 area residents already signed up for spring classes by visiting us soon either at the center or online at www.kellogg.edu. Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments 269-948-9363 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road 06645333 06645411 Delton Kellogg senior Jacob Rackley fades away to fire a short jumper over Otsego’s Daryl Kuipers in the first half Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-01-25.pdf 37e2a795dcbdc3a99361091078a7191b PDF Text Text Metaldyne acquired by Japanese firm Michigan’s challenges just got tougher Saxons second to Vikes at Saxonfest See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 4 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Local manufacturer promises to keep Hastings in Hastings NEWS BRIEFS Distinguished alum nominees sought The Hastings High School Alumni Association Board is accepting nominations until March 15 for the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award will be presented at the annual Alumni Banquet in the Hastings High School cafeteria Saturday, June 2. Nominations must be typed and should contain biographical information and reasons why the individual is being nominated. Reasons can include accomplishments, vocation, honors and awards received, community service, organization memberships, personal character and other helpful information. The nominee can be residing anywhere, not necessarily in Hastings, but must be a graduate of Hastings High School. The Alumni Board would like to continue to consider previously submitted nominations as well as new nominations. The Board is now asking anyone who has submitted nominations in the past to resubmit again with up-to-date information for the Board’s consideration. Alumnus of the year nomination letters should be sent to Lois Ozuna, president, Hastings High School Alumni Association, 1101 Barber Road, Hastings, Mich. 49058. Village Players dinner theater set The Village Players of Middleville are in rehearsal for “Stop Sending in the Clowns,” their next production of what they call “mystery, madness and mayhem.” If this production is anything like their previous productions there will also be a lot of laughter filling the Middle Villa Inn on Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Cheryl Cravero from the Village Players reminds those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. More broomball contestants sought Plans for the Gun Lake Winterfest Saturday, Feb. 17, are firming up, but more participation is needed in one area — the broomball competition. Chairman Alex Liceaga says, "I know that a lot of teams will come out of the woodwork on the day, but it would be great if more teams pre-registered." Six players are needed for a team, but Liceaga says that most teams have 10 to 12 members to allow for substitutions during the games. The registration fee is $60 per team and registration forms are available throughout the Gun Lake area. Forms are available at the Bay Pointe Inn and at Daisy Mae's, among other places. For more information about Broomball, which is a fast moving, hockey-like game played with brooms, call Liceaga at 269-672-5886. Other Winterfest events also are coming together. The pancake breakfast from See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, January 25, 2007 This graphic illustrates the location of the planned east-west corridor that will link Middleville and M-40. East-west road plans outlined Artery to connect Middleville to Allegan Co. by David T. Young Editor The most significant road project for Barry County in a long time was outlined Tuesday night to the Barry County Board of Commissioners. Barry County Road Commission ManagerEngineer Brad Lamberg explained plans for an east-west corridor from the west end of Middleville on Crane and Finkbeiner roads, through Thornapple Township, to Patterson Road at 142nd Avenue in Leighton Township, Allegan County, and eventually hooking up with M-40 just south of Holland. Lamberg told the board the project, likely to cost as much as $8 million, will let bids for construction as early as September of this year and despite the hefty price tag, more than 85 percent will be picked up by federal and state grant money. The local match, most of which will be absorbed by the Village of Middleville and Thornapple Township, could be somewhere in the neighborhood of $800,000. The project also will include building a double span bridge over the Thornapple River on Crane Road. Lamberg said a new east-west corridor would have many benefits to people in Barry County, including better truck routes for nearby industries such as the Bradford White Corp., Barry County’s largest employer, improved traffic patterns for M-37, better access for emergency services and more convenient and efficient travel from northwest Barry County to U.S.-131, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Lake Michigan. “We hope this project will have a positive impact on traffic issues,” Lamberg said, adding that the greatest population growth in the county is expected to be in the Middleville and Thornapple Township areas. Lamberg stressed the new road, though it connects with an east-west artery in Allegan County, will not be a state trunkline. See ROAD, page 11 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings Manufacturing officials showed up again at the Hastings City Council meeting Monday night, this time to keep city officials and the community updated about the progress of their proposed new developments and to stress that the company is growing. Hastings Manufacturing President and Chief Executive Officer Fred Cook said after the meeting the company recently has hired 11 new people and plan to bring in 10 new hires next week. Hastings Manufacturing Director of Development Chris Hafke said the goal of the company is to “keep Hastings in Hastings.” Company officials currently are looking at a site on the south side of the city for their new manufacturing development. Hastings Manufacturing has hired First Industries to develop both the new manufacturing site and the residential and commercial sites that will be built where the current Hastings Manufacturing facility stands. Hafke said the residential district, referred to as “River East,” will have around 80 homes that will cost between $120,000 and $199,000. He said he expects it to take at least four years to complete the development. Hafke informed the audience that the new Hastings Manufacturing Company facility will not be built without the development of the River East residential complex, and River East will not be built without construction of a new Hastings Manufacturing site. The estimated cost for both projects is approaching $25 million. A public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, to solicit public comment on the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority’s Brownfield Plan Number One regarding the current Hastings Manufacturing site. The plan will identify actions to deal with contamination from the plant, cost for cleanup and ways to fund the cleanup. The plan also will address the need for the City of Hastings to apply for $1,959,600 worth of loans and grants from the state to clean up the current site. The BRA has approved the plan, including the loan. City Council members will review the plan at the Feb. 26 meeting, then approve or reject it. If they approve it, it will then go to the State of Michigan for its consideration. Only after that will the city apply for Brownfield grants and loans from the state. “There are a lot of hurdles that we have to get over,” said Hastings Community Development Director John Hart. Hart emphasized the developments are far from final at this point. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Craig Jenkins announced he would seek the Second Ward council seat now held by Dorothy Hawkins in this year’s election. “I knew he was going to do that, and it’s perfectly fine with me because I was going to retire,” said Hawkins. “I think a younger person is much more adequate to take the seat. I think he’ll be very well qualified for the job.” Hawkins said Jenkins talked to her to get her approval before he decided to run. Jenkins already serves on the Zoning Board of Appeals as an alternate, the Cable Access Committee and the Barry County Community Mental Health Authority Board of Directors. Hawkins has served on the city council for five years. She was first appointed to finish the term of her late husband, Harold. The deadline to enter a nomination petition and affidavit of identity for a city council position is 4 p.m. May 15. • Angela Wilburn resigned from the Local Development Finance Authority/Brownfield Development Authority. • Jack Wiswell resigned from the Nature Area Board. He will be replaced by Jennifer Johnson Haywood with a term ending Dec. 31. • A request was approved from the American Hydrology Corporation for installation of monitoring wells in the city parking lot on East Court Street. See HASTINGS, page 20 Wetlands likely to be new big county issue by David T. Young Editor While Charlton Park and the 911 program have gotten the most notice lately as the biggest issues for the new County Board of Commissioners, another is threatening to move near the top of the list. It’s about wetlands, and there is a lot of criticism being directed at Barry County Director of Planning and Zoning Jim McManus. The County Board of Commissioners got a taste Tuesday night of some area farmers’ and rural property owners’ anger over the notion there’s a new wetlands ordinance in the works, written by people from the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute with the blessing of McManus. Maple Grove Township Supervisor Rod Crothers told the board there is virtually no support for any more land restrictions where he lives and works. He contended there has been very little increase in the number of rural households in his township since 1990, but at the same time there has been an increase in wetlands. He expressed strong opposition to a new ordinance that would protect smaller wetlands than those covered by state law. Of a proposed new ordinance, he said, “There’s a small group of special interests that hijacked the process” and he said a more restrictive ordinance would minimize growth and lower property values in Maple Grove Township and eastern Barry County. Of McManus, Crothers said, “He’s supposed to work for the people and this County Board, but I don’t think he’s working for the people... If he’s not going to be part of the solution, maybe it’s time for him to move on.” Elden Shellenbarger echoed Crothers’ sug- gestion by saying, “Mr. McManus is trying to pad his resume, maybe it’s time for him to go.” Charles Reid zeroed in on who wrote the proposed ordinance, a local environmental group, and said, “That’s all wrong. They’re not representing the people of Barry County.” But the heaviest criticism came from activist farmer Archie Jennings, who said, “This McManus is one case, he may cause civil unrest. Is this McManus going to be a thorn in our side? Where I come from, if you’ve got a cancer, you get rid of it.” McManus, when contacted Wednesday, said the comments are premature because nothing officially has been put into writing as yet. He added that county officials have welcomed Jennings, Crothers and others to participate in the process in updating county zoning ordinances. “A lot of this rhetoric is premature,” he said of Tuesday night’s comments. “We’ve involved Archie (Jennings) from the beginning, we believe his is a voice that needs to be heard.” McManus said there have been preliminary meetings, such as one last Monday night between the Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Advisory Committee, in which as many as 30 to 40 people have debated and discussed a number of zoning issues, including wetlands. The planning and zoning director said he has not yet seen anything in writing about a wetlands ordinance, but acknowledged some work on the issue has been done and he expects it to be part of a larger package. He said Barry County’s zoning ordinance is “archaic” and needs to be updated to reflect changing times. McManus said proposed ordinance amend- ments will get full public hearings this summer at four meetings within the four quadrants within the county. “Nothing has been submitted as of yet,” he said. “When it is, it will be evaluated and determined whether or not it needs to go forward.” He also noted state law on wetlands changed at the beginning of this year and is more restrictive. Others who appeared to speak to the board Tuesday night talked about related issues. Scott Beduhn was critical of rules being doubled and tripled up, referring to the township, county, state and federal governments. He most talked about his concerns with Jordan Lake property rights. “We’ve got federal, state, county and township zoning,” he said. “When is it enough?” Mike Marlin was at the meeting to talk about amending the county’s address ordinance. He noted that when there are two similarly named streets or roads, changing the name of one inconveniences perhaps half of the people involved by forcing them to change their addresses on driver’s licenses and other personal data they must use. The board did not act on the complaints, but listened to the presentations. It is expected that a lot more will be heard on the proposed wetlands ordinance. In other business at their meeting Tuesday evening, the County Board: • Gave final approval on a 6-1 vote to new board rules. Wayne Adams cast the only dissenting vote, saying he still opposes a fiveman committee, which applies to the new public safety-courts group. Five is a majority with an eight-member commission. • Adopted a resolution designating Feb. 1 as National Earned Income Tax Credit Day to Jim McManus call more attention to a program intended to help lower income working families. Tony Garland from the Community Action Agency said the EITC applies to families of four with $38,000 income and “It’s real money that can help change peoples’ lives. • Unanimously approved a Homeland Security Grant Program Intergovernmental Funding Agreement between Barry and VanBuren counties. • Set a date for Thursday, Feb. 1, to resume discussions on strategic planning, which somehow had been discontinued last summer. �Page 2 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Charlton Park public hearing will be Feb. 8 NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page 7 to 10 a.m. is a cooperative effort between the Orangeville Fire Department and the new Orangeville Veteran's Memorial Committee. All the proceeds from the breakfast will go to help fund the memorial. Information on purchasing bricks and supporting the memorial will also be available. Delton District Library's Edward Elsner will tell stories during the breakfast for the children. Later he will lead songs from the stage for children. The Sea Shanty swimsuit show will begin at 2 p.m. with the Polar Dip at 3. Registration for the Polar Bear Dip will begin at noon. The committee will have a warming tent and there will be campfires for warming as well. Anyone who would like more information about the 2007 Gun Lake Winterfest can call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce office at 269-945-2454. Library’s sock hop open to everyone A ’50s Sock Hop will rock the walls of the First Presbyterian Church Hall from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27. The event is sponsored by the Hastings Public Library's Teen Advisory Board. The teens are trying to purchase a commercial popcorn popper for the new library and hope everyone from sixth grade and above who loves to dance will join in the fun. The ’50s dances featured rock and roll, the Fish, Hand Jive, the Twist, the Tennessee Wig Walk, the Crawl, and the Bunny Hop — to name just a few. Don and Karen Myers will be teaching some of these dances to attendees at 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes and best dances. Food and beverages will be served throughout the evening. Tickets will be available at the library and at the State Grounds Coffee House. Students' and seniors' tickets are $5. Adult tickets are $8. The TAB [Teen Advisory Board] is made up of young people in grades 6-12 who help plan and support teen events at the library. In past three years they have held Dance, Dance Revolution (DDR) events, movie nights and a murder mystery evening. They have also provided assistance for the summer reading and special children's events at the library. The event will be held at the Presbyterian Church Hall, 231 S Broadway. Anyone who needs more information or has a question should call the library at 269-945-4263. Wind Band plans surprises Jan. 28 The Thornapple Wind Band will help celebrate the golden anniversary of Meredith Wilson’s “The Music Man” in its next concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Featured will be a medley of tunes from the show, including "Wells Fargo Wagon," ’Til There Was You" and, of course, "Seventy-Six Trombones." Also on the program will be a spoof titled "Lawrence Milk Plays Guy Lombago" to amuse Big Band fans. Duane Thatcher will conduct and the Middleville United Methodist Bell Ringers have been invited to be part of the program. Rehearsals will continue Thursdays in the Hastings High School Band room from 7 to 9 p.m Jan. 18 and 25. The wind band invites any post-high school age musician to come and share in this musical experience. Even string instruments are encouraged to come give this a try. For more information on how to join the band or to borrow an instrument call Kim Domke 945-9181 or Dave Macqueen 945-8832. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fund-raiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. Thornapple Players comedy/murder set The Thornapple Players are performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The production will be “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning.” The setting is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly, Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. ‘Little Shop’ to end at Revue Jan. 28 Though one of the main characters is a man-eating plant, The Revue’s production of “The Little Shop of Horrors” promises to bring music and fun for all ages at the Vermontville Opera House later this month. The show will be staged at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, at 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for students and seniors and $5 for children under 12. The show is filled with comedy and lively musical numbers featuring doo-wop music from the early ’60s. The musical also features the musical and acting talents of local thespians Bill Reynolds, Jeremy Schneider as the dentist, Robb Rosin as Gravis Mushnik, the flower shop owner, and Amanda Wells, Laura Smith and Holly Auten as the musical trio of Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon. Tickets are available at the door or call for reservations at (269) 367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com North County Trail Assn. will meet The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St., Delton. Everyone is welcome to attend. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links outstanding scenic, natural, recreational, historic and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern states. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 A former AT&T microwave tower on Lacey met its end last week among a crowd of spectators. Tower near Lacey comes down after a half century A 50-year-old AT&T microwave communications tower near Lacey in southern Barry County tower came crashing down just before dusk Saturday before a crowd of more than 100 delighted watchers parked along North Avenue, Lacey Road and a neighboring farm field. The former microwave tower has been a local landmark in the rural area for more than a generation. The land was purchased recently at the state tax sale for non-payent of property taxes. It did not sell in the first round when the minimum opening bid was $22,000, but sold last fall for $14,000 at the “cleanup” tax sale with no opening bid required. There was a carnival-like atomosphere with people parked in a semi-circle around the tower. People arrived by truck, car, van and snowmobiles to watch the owners torch off the bolts holding the tower. After second guessing the direction of the tower’s fall, since it listed one way then another, it finally toppled to the west. After it crashed to the groundl, bystanders were disappointed that it made no sound. “Then all of a sudden, maybe five seconds later, it sounded like a bomb had gone off,” one of the spectators reported. “Like the end of a great fireworks display, everyone started honking their horns in approval, then made a dash in their vehicles toward the fallen tower, lining up in rows along its length with their headlights on “The crowd was reminiscent of everyone surrounding a fallen Godzilla. People were touching it and pacing it off and checking out the base to see how it was brought down.” Many have been curious as to what those huge radar-like gizmos at the top of the tower were made of, and now they know. The tower was built in 1957 using more than 200 tons of steel. Gene Anderson from Strickland Road is the owner. Nashville firefighters battled a blaze last Friday afternoon at a local apartment. No one was hurt, but a bedroom in the structure sufered heavy damage. No one hurt in Nashville fire A woman and her two dogs escaped unharmed shortly before noon last Friday when they fled a fire which broke out in her Nashville apartment located at 205 1/2 S. Main St. Nashville Fire Chief Bill Wilson said the cause of the fire, which started in the bedroom of the apartment, is unknown but foul play is not suspected. The bedroom of the apartment was destroyed and there was severe heat and smoke damage to the rest of the apartment. Two business located in the same building received little or no damage from the fire. While there was some minor smoke damage to Yost Mortgage Solutions, no damage reported at Curtis Machine, which is no longer in operation. Jim Yost, of Yoset Mortgage Solutions, said, “Unfortunately, this happened during the busiest time of the year for me, but thankfully we are open and ready to go... After a long weekend of cleanup and with the help from many, we are open and operational. This is one of the great parts of being in a small town where everybody cares.” While the building was insured the woman had no renter’s insurance and is receiving assistance from the Barry County Red Cross and staying with relatives in the area. The Barry County Board of Commissioners and Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission are inviting the public to attend, and participate in, a public forum dealing with the future of Charlton Park and recreational facilities. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Barry County Commission on Aging facility, 320 W. Woodland Ave., Hastings. The two boards will be presenting tabulated results of their joint forum held Jan.11, on priorities and issues facing the citizens of Barry County, and their parks and recreation programs. The public voted down a second millage request for Charlton Park and its programming in the general election last Nov. 7. The Feb. 8 meeting is designated to gather better information on the public’s desires to be served by their county parks and recreation opportunities. This meeting is intended to be the public’s opportunity to speak to the issues of park funding and operations. “Public comment is needed on any and all aspects of how to best use our county parks and recreation assets,” said a spokesperson for the County Board of Commissioners. “Let your voice be heard about how your government should serve you!” Survey forms will be made available at this meeting and are available at Charlton Park and the Barry County Administrators Office. The survey is also planned to be posted on the Barry County website at www.barrycounty.org for downloading and printing. Tabulation of all surveys will be made public and used to develop future meetings and provide direction for both Commissions. Refreshments will be served at the hearing. Nonprofit groups first Leadership workshop’s focus Leadership Barry County will present its first Professional Development Series workshop, “Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan” on Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Hastings City Bank Community Room. This event will feature Robin Lynn Grinnell, from the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Michigan Nonprofit Leadership Institute, who will give the participants a crash course on what it means to be member of a nonprofit organization’s board of directors. The event is structured in two parts. The first portion, which will be held from 1 to 4 p.m., will focus on overall responsibilities of a nonprofit board of directors both in the legal aspect and to the mission of the organization. From 4 to 7 p.m. the focus of the event will be a more detailed discussion of “Governance,” which will further define the roles of individual board and staff members. Participants are invited to attend either individual session or both sessions for a full picture of ever changing nonprofit world in Michigan. Leadership Barry County director Dana Rittenberg says, “This is a one of a kind training for all non-profit staff and board members.” A ‘team rate’ is being offered for multiple representatives from the same organization. Rittenberg adds, “Our goal is to help all area nonprofit organizations forge a path toward long term sustainability and missionbased success.” For additional information, please contact Dana at 269-945-2114 or at leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net Nashville plans public hearing on proposed millage increases by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Residents in the village of Nashville will have an opportunity to ask questions and speak out about two proposed millage increases, which will be on the ballot when they go to the polls on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The Village of Nashville plans to have a public hearing on the proposed millage increases at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, in the village office, 203 N. Main St., Nashville The Village of Nashville is proposing a one-mill increase ($1 per $1,000 taxable value) on all taxable property within the village for the year 2007 and continuing in perpetuity for the municipal cemetery. The increased millage would generate approximately $22,216 during the first year of its levy to support Lakeview Cemetery. The village also is proposing a 2.041-mill increase to support its general operating fund. The increase would bring the operating fund millage, which has been reduced to 9.459 due to the required Headlee Amendment rollbacks, back to the original voter-approved 11.5 mills ($2.041 per $1,000 taxable value) for all taxable property within the village limits. The increased levy would begin in 2007 and continue in perpetuity to support the general operating fund and would generate an estimated $45,343 during the first year of the levy. Nashville Village President Frank Dunham said the council is proposing the increased millages in response to increased maintenance and operating costs and decreases in revenue from the State of Michigan. "It costs more to maintain the cemetery, with fuel costs and repair parts, than it used to and that’s causing a drain on the general fund. We’re also trying to get the northeast side plotted and put roads in so we have plots ready when people want to purchase them," he said. "Plus, the millage will guarantee proper maintenance at the cemetery from now on." Dunham said that the proposed 2.041 general operating fund millage increase would help offset decreases in funding from the state and allow the village to make some much needed repairs and improvements. "We have seen decreases in revenue sharing from the state for the last four years and cost of operations keep increasing," said Dunham. "We also heard it was possible that the fire and ambulance committees may ask for an increase, and if they do, we’d be cut- See MILLAGE, page 6 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 3 Owner says county master plan influenced decision Nashville business moves to Charlotte by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer After nearly 20 years, Feighner Boat Lifts & Docks has moved from its original location on the family farm on M-79 west of Nashville to 2264 Lansing Road in Charlotte. Owner Scott Feighner said he closed on the new facility Jan. 2 and started moving the business the following day. He anticipates full production will resume before the end of the month. Feighner said he originally looked at the property in Charlotte four years ago, but couldn’t come to an agreement with the owner and so he started looking into expanding his operation near its original site in Nashville. “Castleton Township was very supportive and voted unanimously in favor of the special use permit, and (former Barry County Economic Development director) Dixie (Stadel-Manshum) was an excellent person to work with and she did a tremendous job, but with the new county master plan it was obvious that the zoning in that area would never change,” said Feighner. Around Labor Day Feighner got a call from the property owner in Charlotte who said he was now “motivated to sell,” and they were able to strike a deal. Feighner said his company’s new location is ideal. “We’re in an industrial zone, have good exposure, highway access natural gas, threephase electric.” Feighner’s new location also features a large showroom and he is planning a 5,000square-foot addition to the south side of the building for finished material storage. The company currently employs eight fulltime workers and two part-time drivers. The business began as Feighner Company, Inc., a family farm specializing in wheat and hay. Feighners began selling pet and animal feed before it started making parts for other company’s docks and lifts before starting to make their own in 1988. Feighner said that while the economy in Michigan has been slow in recent years, it hasn’t had a lot of impact on his business, which is doing boat shows all around Michigan and the Midwest, including the Barry County Home Show this weekend and the Grand Rapids Boat Show at DeVos Place in early February. The pole barn behind this family farm on M-79 west of Nashville was the original home of Feighner Boat Lifts & Docks Feighner Boat Lifts & Docks has a new location on Lansing Road in Charlotte. Jason Silsbee of Nashville works as a welder at Feighner Boat Lifts & Docks in Charlotte. Feighner’s new location has a large showroom. Metaldyne acquired by Japanese firm Metaldyne Corporation, located at 39 State St. in Middleville, a leading global supplier of powertrain and chassis systems and components, has confirmed that its previously announced acquisition by the Asahi Tec Corporation has been completed. Asahi Tec is a Shizuoka, Japan-based chassis and power train component supplier in the passenger car/light truck and medium/heavy truck segments. The total value of the transaction is approximately $1.2 billion, including assumption of Metaldyne's debt but excluding consent fees for the existing bonds and Asahi Tec’s transaction expenses. "Globalization has changed the world," said Tim Leuliette, co-chairman and co-CEO of Asahi Tec and chairman and CEO of Metaldyne. "Metaldyne and Asahi Tec have responded by creating a new paradigm for the auto industry. We have combined to form a strong, globally competitive company that understands and supports global markets, cultures and customers and delivers leading-edge products worldwide." Metaldyne will operate as a subsidiary of Asahi Tec and keep its name. Leulieite continues as chairrnan and CEO of Metaldyne. He also serves as co-chairman of Asahi Tec with Irimajiri and becomes co-CEO with Akira Nakamura, who continues in his role as president of Asahi Tec. In addition, Leuliette joins Irimajiri as an industrial partner in RHJI. Asahi Tec's major investors after the transaction include Asahi Tec's major shareholder, RHJ International SA and RHJI's coinvestors, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Chuo Mitsui Growth Capital Investment Limited Partnership II, as well as Metaldyne's largest stockholder, Heartland Industrial Partners, L.P. As part of the transaction Asahi Tec is investing $205 million of equity in Metaldyne and Metaldyne's existing credit and receivables facilities are being refinanced with new credit facilities of $670 million, comprised of a $150 million revolving credit facility, a $60 million synthetic letter of credit facility and a $460 million term loan facility, of which $25 million will be available on a delayed draw basis after the merger. The $205 million of equity investment is $5 million higher fhan originally disclosed to cover higher expenses associated with the transaction. In connection with the transaction, approximately 97 percent of Metaldyne's equity holders agreed to reinvest their proceeds in new Asahi! Tec common equity, The remaining 3 percent of Metaldyne's shareholders will receive $2.57 in cash for each Metaldyne share. In addition, Metoldyne effected the previously announced distribution of the common stock of TriMas Corporation owned by it to the holders of the common stock equivalents of Metaldyne as of the business day prior to the merger. The transaction expands Metaldyne and Aschi Tec's geographic footprint and product portfolio and positions both companies to benefit from customer growth in Asia as well as in North America and Europe. "We are very pleased with this merger," said Shoichiro Irimajid, co-chairman of Asahi Tec. "Together our companies will be stronger, better capitalized and more globally competitive, which will help us better serve our customers, employees, investors and suppliers." According to a prepared statement, this acquisition is expected to: • Diversify the customer base and expand the global footprint. • Create a strong, experienced combined Aschi Tec and Metoldyne management team. • Enhance engineering capabilities and technology leadership in powertrain and chassis. • Expand research and development capabilities. • Broaden manufacturing capabilities, including aluminum castings, ductile iron castings, powdered metals and precision machining. • Strengthen the product portfolio. • Reduce costs through joint procurement. • Improve facility utilization. • Expand the market opportunity for light vehicles (Metoldyne) and heavy trucks (AsahiTec) "The business and financial success of this merger will be driven by a strong management team and the collective strength of our employees who are empowered to bring innovative ideas forward," said Leuliette. Headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan, Asahl Tec primarily designs, manufactures and sells ductile iron cost auto parts for truck and construction machinery OEMs, aluminum casting parts for truck and passenger car OEMs and aluminum wheels for automobile OEMs. Asahi Tec also designs, manufactures and sells environmental systems, equipment and development technologies used by local governments and municipalities and electrical hardware and equipment used by electricity generators. The company employs more than 3,500 employees at facilities in Japan, Thailand and Chino. RHJ International SA is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium). It is a diversified holding company focused on creating long-term value for its shareholders by acquiring and operating businesses in attractive industries in Japan and elsewhere. Metaldyne is a leading global designer and supplier of metal-based components, assem- blies and modules for transportation related powertrain and chassis applications including engine, transmission/transfer case, wheel-and and suspension, axle and driveline, and noise and vibration control products to the motor vehicle industry. Headquartered in Plymouth, Mich., Metaldyne has annual revenues of approximately $1.9 billion. The company employs more than 6,500 employees at 38 facilities in 14 countries, including one in Middleville. For more information, please visit www.Metaldyne.com Broomball a go for Winterfest Bikini show precedes Polar Dip this year by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Broomball, a longtime tradition at the Gun Lake Winterfest celebration, apparently is a go for Saturday, Feb. 17. Broomball is a winter extravaganza of brooms, bumps, goals and cheers. A cross between the finesse of hockey and the physical contact of rugby, the sport is played on a frozen field with the addition of brooms. Four teams have already registered and there is still room for more in the competition. Anyone interested in joining broomball as the head of a team or as a player looking for a team may call Liceaga at 269-672-5886. The cost to register a team of six players or more is $60. Only six players are on the field at any one time, but most teams have substitutes on their roster. As plans continue to become more clear for Winterfest Feb. 17, more fun is expected for the day, but this year’s activities actually begin with a Mardi Gras celebration at O’Neil’s Restaurant on M-179 Friday, Feb. 16, beginning at 7 p.m. with drink and food specials. The committee continues to refine plans for Saturday’s (Feb. 17) events, which will include entertainment, food, broomball, the Polar Bear Dip and a swimsuit fashion show, featuring lots of bikinis. The Sea Shanty is bringing back its popular swimsuit show. Models in bikinis and other swimsuits will take to the stage at 2 p.m. This year the show leads up to the Polar Bear Dip. The dip will begin at 3 p.m. with registration from noon until 2 p.m. The first 100 dippers will get a T-shirt. Registration forms for the polar dip are at J-Ad Graphics and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce office and at Gun Lake area businesses. Registrations turned in by Friday, Feb. 9, are $10 apiece and those paid for on the day are $15. Daisy Mae’s will have a chili cook-off Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. with the band Amperage playing at 9:30 p.m. and special contests during the evening. Entertainment Saturday, Feb. 17, begins with Delton District Librarian Edward Elsner reading stories during the pancake breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Orangeville Township Hall. This year’s breakfast will be a benefit for the Orangeville Veterans Memorial. Bricks, information and collection jars will be available. The GFWC-Gun Lake area is sponsoring Elsner’s storytelling. St. Francis Episcopal Church will hold a bake sale during the pancake breakfast at the township hall. The opening featuring ceremonial drumming begins at 10 a.m. at the Allegan County Park site. It will be followed by music from the Community Music School, bands Rock at 5 o’clock, Destination and the Mike Key Trio and other entertainment. There will be places to stay warm and food during the day on Saturday. The Bay Pointe Inn is serving soup, The Gun Lake Grind will sell coffee, hot chocolate and scones and The Bib is serving pizza by the slice and pop. Gerry Barnaby will be the emcee and he may be competing with WGRD’s Producer Joe during the Polar Bear Dip. On Saturday evening the annual music trivia contest will begin at 8 p.m. at Bay Pointe Inn. Some spectator tickets still are available at J-Ad Graphics and they cost $15 each. This year’s slate of teams is nearly complete. Cost for each player is $25. Proceeds will benefit the Community Music School of Hastings. For more information about the contest, call David T. Young at (269) 945-9554. The Bay Pointe Inn will have a $12.99 prime rib special for dinner from 5 to 6 p.m. Reservations for dinner or rooms for the night are available by calling the Inn at 1-888-Gun Lake. Volunteers for the Gun Lake Winterfest are still needed. The next meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. at Bay Pointe on Marsh Road in Orangeville. For more information about the Gun Lake Winterfest call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 945-2454 or e-mail the chamber at barrychamber@sbcglobal.net. Volunteers are needed to help set up on Friday, Feb. 16, as well. This year the Sea Shanty Swimsuit Show begins on stage at 2 p.m. before the Polar Bear Dip at 3 p.m. during the Gun Lake Winterfest Saturday, Feb. 17. �Page 4 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner When dogs run loose, it’s everybody’s business IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Wetlands ordinance good for county To the editor: The Barry County Planning Office is considering a new ordinance to protect those wetlands smaller than five acres (which are not protected currently by state laws). This is an important piece of legislation, though folks who do not understand the importance of wetlands may only regard it as another intrusion on their personal property rights. Wetlands are essential to the quality of life in Barry County. Surveys clearly reflect that our residents believe that preserving our rural environment, protecting the water quality, and ensuring the continuation of our wildlife habitats are of utmost importance to them. Wetlands play an essential role in these areas, and yet more than 50% of Michigan's original wetlands have been either drained or filled. Wetlands help maintain clean, clear water by serving as a biological and chemical oxidation basin. When polluted water passes through a marsh, it is much cleaner when it exits. Excess manure, fertilizer runoff and even some toxic pollutants can be filtered out by passing through a wetland before they reach lakes and rivers. At the same time, wetland plants release oxygen into the water, which is necessary for fish survival. A portion of the Barry County economy depends on the recreation and tourism primarily because of Barry's natural beauty, water- front scenery, clean water, abundant wildlife and opportunities for hunting and fishing. Many types of ducks, geese, swans, herons, shorebirds, frogs and turtles cannot exist outside the wetland environment. Wetlands also provide spawning and feeding areas for fish. Wetlands are homes for rare plants and insects. Hunters know that deer use swampy wetlands for refuge; without the marsh, the deer will relocate their habitat. Wetlands also are important in erosion and flood control. The root structure of marsh plants can act like a sponge, soaking up extra rainfall and releasing it only slowly. When a watershed is developed with many hard surfaces, we lose the water storage capacity of the wetlands and the runoff is much more rapid. Our recent experience with the terrible flooding at Thornapple Lake should remind us of the devastation of rapidly rising waters! The mission of the Planning Commissions in every township and at the county level is to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens. Please do not consider a local wetland ordinance as "just another layer of government to wade through," but a sincere attempt to protect your natural resources and your health, safety and welfare. Catherine Strickland, Middleville Time running out on Charlton Park To the editor: Tick, tick, tick. That is the sound of time running out on resolving the Charlton Park crisis. And guess what? No one is taking any action to avert its collapse. With Dr. George W. Shannon, the park director, having tendered his resignation, our county commissioners and the Barry County Charlton Park: Use it or lose it To the editor, The Board of Commissioners has begun to deal with the finding of Charlton Park. And I believe it’s going to be a long arduous task. First of all, I have been to Charlton Park. And its one of those places that once you've been there well... you've been there. I don't use the beach there and well, it seems nothing changes. It's the same. The Civil War muster used to be there and it moved to Bowens Mills. The truck show, the dune buggy show and most of the steam engine show is gone. And a while ago, Charlton Park had a bluegrass festival and it's gone, too. Resulting in less people using the park. At this point, if the commissioners decide on another millage vote, the response will be the same from the voters as the last threemillage votes were: No! Should the commissioners decide to fund the park out of the general fund, this would be considered a tax increase because then funding would have to be found to replace the money that would go to Charlton Park. As the last three-millage votes concluded, if we don't use it, why should we pay for it? MichaelMills, Hastings Parks and Recreation Commission have yet to call a meeting to decide on an interim plan to keep the park functioning. Where is the leadership? From what I’ve read in the Banner and the West Michigan Political Blog, (westmichiganpolitics.blogspot.com) Charlton Park seems to be caught up in a battle of egos. County Commissioners are blaming the BCPRC and the BCPRC seems to be blaming Dr. Shannon. No one wants to admit to problems nor accept blame, and at the current pace of resolve, the parks failure seems imminent. At risk are the livelihoods of current park employees and perhaps one of the most important assets of the community, the park itself. And, with no apparent plan for continuity of operations, the security of artifacts is suspect. If lost, these historical artifacts of early Barry County can never be replaced. I am making a public appeal to our County Commissioners and to the members of the Barry County Parks & Recreation Commission to put aside petty differences and work together on an interim plan to keep the park in operation and the artifacts protected. There is no more time to lose. Joseph Lukasiewicz, Hastings Corrections: In last week’s letter about a local nurse who said she was unfairly accused of stealing, it should have said prosecutors were considering six, four-year felonies, not just one. A Police Beat item last week listed a Michelle Spencer, 37, as being arrested and charged with burglary of the Elks Lodge in Hastings. This woman is not the same person as another with the same name, but 34 years old, from Freeport. To the editor: I have been following the letters regarding the recent dog shootings with great interest. The recent letter from Jennifer Mitchell finally prompted me to write. Her idea of common sense quite frankly makes no sense. We have always had multiple animals. We currently have dogs, but when the children were younger, we also had cats, rabbits, birds and horses. At our previous home, people would dump unwanted animals on our road. Some we kept as pets. We found loving homes for many others. We love our animals and treat them like family. Ms. Mitchell claims that if a dog is attacking my beloved pets, livestock, etc., I should contact the owners, and if they continue to ignore the problem, get animal control to pick up the dog. She also claims that, if the dog isn't attacking me, the pets, etc., I should mind my own business. Sorry, but a loose animal on my property is my business because it is putting a member of my family (human or otherwise) in potential danger. Why should I simply contact the owners if an animal is attacking me, or something I own? She may have been willing to sacrifice $50 worth of chickens. Our situation is a little different. We raise and breed show dogs. A dog with multiple champions in its lineage is much harder to replace than a common $5 chicken, not to mention a lot more expensive! You can't go to the farm down the road to get another one. We traveled 14 hours to get Rosie. I would demand that animal control put down any animal, domestic or otherwise, that attacked pets, livestock or people on my property, the first time it happened. If I didn't get cooperation, I'd take it as far as the court system if necessary! What if “the next time” it isn't a chicken that is killed, it's a child? Will anything that the owner or animal control does to fix the problem be enough? Am I supposed to trust owners not willing to make simple efforts to contain their dog would be willing to go through the extensive time and expense to re-train an aggressive dog? What a ludicrous idea of common sense!! As far as I'm concerned there is no difference between a loose poodle killing chickens or a coyote. They are both predators and should be dealt with as such. If it doesn't sound like I have a lot of faith in animal control, it's because of their failure to act in the past. My daughter was on her way home one day, within a mile of our house. In glaring sunlight, she saw a flash of blonde colored hair darting in front of her truck. She thought it was the little boy who lives at the house she was driving by, so she swerved to avoid hitting him, lost control of her truck on the gravel and rolled it into the ditch. I would expect her to do it again to avoid hitting a child. However, it wasn't the little boy after all. It was a yellow lab from farther down the road, running loose. It cost $5,000 in damage to her truck, and could have cost her life. I knew where the dog lived because it was always running loose. I took the dog home and put it in the breeze-way, then called animal control on the way to take our daughter to the hospital. Animal control came out, but because the dog was in the breeze-way, they did nothing! I was the one who put him there, and told them that! My daughter had multiple bruises and a concussion. She missed almost two weeks of work. Fortunately, insurance paid for the truck. But, nothing was done to the dog, or the owner, who made an effort for a few weeks to contain the dog, then it was right back to running loose again. Quite frankly, this is a very nice dog- And I realize that it isn't the dog's fault that the owner is negligent. But I am unwilling to sacrifice my daughter for the sake of a dog! To use Ms. Mitchell's logic, I should mind my own business in this case because the dog didn't "attack." What does Ms. Mitchell consider an "attack"? There is a neighborhood dog that is very friendly, and I'm sure he wouldn't bite anyone. However, it's a large dog. I have back problems. I have had this dog jump on me in the winter, knocking me down on the ice. Not only did I spend a few days on the couch in pain, but I ripped my favorite dress. Is that my business, or not? After all, it wasn't really an attack. I have worried numerous times that the dogs would be hit when we see them in the road. We have asked repeatedly that the animals be contained. Animal control has been contacted about these dogs numerous times by many of our neighbors. They take a cursory drive through the neighborhood (sometimes three to four hours later), never leaving their vehicle, or driving up to the house where the dogs live. So, because the dogs don't come out to greet them, they drive off and do nothing. Animal control told us that we should get the dogs and bring them in. And these are the people I'm supposed to call when a family member is being attacked? I think not. I realize that things can happen, and dogs can get loose. Mine included. When Tucker was about eight months old, he wiggled loose as I was putting him in his kennel and decided to go visit the Boxer a few acres down from us. The difference is this: I didn't let him Let’s support our troops, bring ’em home To the editor: Active-duty members of the U.S. armed forces visited Capitol Hill last Tuesday to present more than 1,000 signatures demanding lawmakers cut off funding for the Iraq war. Most of the people who signed the Appeal for Redress have already served in Iraq, while others expect to be sent there. These troops risked their careers to deliver this message to Congress. Perhaps, after risking their lives for a war that cannot be justified and cannot be won, that might seem like small potatoes to them, but it makes a big impression on me. They dressed in civilian clothing (thereby reclaiming their constitutional right to free speech) to formally present the appeals for redress from other active-duty forces, most of them fellow Iraq veterans. Thankfully, none of the three service members who were at the Capitol Hill event reported any reprisals from military superiors... so far. The actual text of the Appeal for Redress reads, "I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price." Can we possibly ask our fellow citizens here at home to send the same message? Could we hope that everyone driving around with a “Support Our Troops” sticker on their vehicle will take a moment to send this same message to their representatives? We could simply recite it to the staffer who answers the phone, read it to the answering machine, or just copy it to a postcard or letter. The Banner used to print the addresses and phone numbers of our representatives every week, which made it easier for us to contact them. Can you do that once again? The time has come for us to actually get on board and support our troops now. Forget the phone cards and gift boxes and focus on getting them out of there. We must not tolerate the rhetoric that we “support our troops” by funding a war that puts them in harm's way. If we fund a useless, immoral war that puts them in harm's way, we are not supporting them. We are endangering their lives for no reason. It’s time to just say NO. Karen Van Zalen, Hastings loose. Nor did I go back in the house and wait until he decided to come home. I spent the next 45 minutes chasing him through the neighbors’ yards in my pajamas! Anyone seeing Tucker run loose would have realized that he wasn't a stray because I was always within 20 yards of him until he was caught. Yet it's supposedly none of my business when I watch other people simply open their door and let their dog out to run loose, knock me down, get in my trash, etc.? I'm sorry, but I vehemently disagree Ms. Mitchell’s concept of common sense. My concept is more like this: My neighbors who have friendly dogs know that their dogs are in no danger if they happen to get loose and come on our property. They will either be sent, or taken home. If an unknown dog is on my property, has a visible collar, and is extremely friendly, I might make an effort to shoo the dog away and coerce it to go home. As a last resort I might call animal control, but I doubt they'll come anyway. On the other hand, if the unknown dog is large, and/or doesn't have a visible collar, and/or seems in the least bit aggressive, it will be treated as a predator. I can not justify putting my family or pets in danger because a loose animal "might" be someone’s pet. Common sense is realizing that loose animals are dangerous, even if they aren't attacking someone. Common sense is called a fenced yard, a kennel, etc. And common sense people use them. Common sense is realizing that it isn't just the business of the owners if their dog is running loose. By allowing that, they have made it everyone's business that the dog comes in contact with. Owning a dog is not a right. It's a privilege and comes with responsibility. Since the dog doesn't know any better, I think we should impound the owners for a few days each time their dogs are caught running loose! I'm sure the nonsense would stop quite quickly, But, until we are ready to impose harsh consequences on people who think breaking the law is "their business," I'm afraid those type of dog owners are leaving me with no other option but to follow true common sense and make the uncomfortable choice of protecting my family, animals and property from the law breakers and their loose animals. Connie Raterink, Hastings Township What is the price of ignoring advice? To the editor: Because we Americans did not understand the religious dynamics in the Middle East, we might see an unfavorable outcome not in our own interests in Iraq. Do we understand who is backing Iran? Remember the cold war ended with WMDs still alive and well. Do those backing Iran have these WMDs that can reach both of our shores? We pre-emptively invaded Iraq against international law, against Indian Arabs’ advice, against the Geneva Convention, aAgainst the United Nation's Security Council, and against our own experienced war warrior's advice. Will this come back to haunt us? Our president has refused to listen to the 911 committee, the Bipartisan Iraq Committee, and has fired all the generals opposing escalation of the war in Iraq. How does our president's unwillingness to listen to wise counsel affect our national security? How did the world deal with leaders that had Delusions of Grandeur in the past? Might they deal with us in like manner today? Bill Byrne, Hastings The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What makes a good marriage? Tuesday’s Reminder featured a special bridal section for those looking forward to their weddings. This week’s Public Opinion question asked members of the community what makes a successful marriage. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Michigan’s challenges just got tougher It looks as though winter has finally arrived in Barry County and maybe soon enough to make a difference for the many businesses that count on winter sales in for their survival. You might think Michigan's economy is so bad it can't even get the weather right. I surely wouldn't want to have a room full of winter clothing, snowshoes, boots and sports equipment to sell. I would also be concerned if I had a storage building full of snowmobiles, snow blowers and the like. Retailers depending on the weather are finding this winter one for the record books. Think about it and you might say there's two things we have no or little control over — the weather and the economy. Governor Jennifer Granholm will be giving her State of the State address to the Michigan Legislature next week and by the time you read this opinion, you'll have heard President Bush's State of the Union message. But for most of us in Michigan, both presentations will leave us with little or no answers to questions and concerns we have about the immediate problems business and industry is facing in Michigan. In fact, just Monday we got some troubling economic news with the report that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will be reducing as many as 2,400 jobs over the next two years in Western Michigan. Governor Granholm said, "There's no way to sugar coat the news" at a time when we are looking for ways to turn the state's economic crisis around. We certainly don't need a high profile company like Pfizer reducing its workforce. In fact, these are the types of jobs we've been looking for as part of the new non-industrial replacement jobs, so losing these jobs really hurts. Michigan's economy has been uncertain for some time now, and if we are going to turn it around, we need bold actions from our legislative leaders. George Erickcek, senior regional analyst for the W.E. Upjohn Institute in Kalamazoo, said in a report of the years 2000 to 2005, the state's manufacturers cut more than 210,000 workers from their payrolls as manufacturing declined by 24.3 percent. Moreover, the University of Michigan is estimating manufacturers trimmed another 29,000 workers from the workforce in 2006 and another 58,000 workers in the next two years. Yet, some analysts fear that the state's manufacturers will face a potential labor shortage within the next ten years. So where do we go from here? Erickcek said Monday in a public radio interview that Michigan’s lawmakers need to decide quickly how they’re going to replace the state's single business tax. He went on to say it's hard to get new businesses to look at Michigan when they don't know what the tax implications will be. It's imperative that the governor and the legislature find a way to either cut services or raise taxes or a combination of the two. However, with businesses continuing to leave the state, government needs to find a program that is tolerable to both business and industry or they will lose even more jobs. Tough times call for strong leadership, and that's what Michigan needs more than ever. Closer to home, we've had some very positive news lately which is good, but local government needs to take a different approach to any business expansion. Hastings and Barry County lost two small manufacturing companies during the year 2006, Whiz Wheels from Hastings, employing about 10 employees, and the Fightner Dock company near Nashville, hiring around 13 employees. I don't know if we lost these companies due to incompetence or just the way government works. Sometimes it's like turning around a big ship. If Barry County and Michigan for that matter are going to compete in today's marketplace we need to be able to make decisions at a pace in keeping with demands. I'm not saying we need to bow to every demand business and industry has, I'm just saying that I've seen how the process works and it needs fixing, or we risk the loss of more companies in the future. Erickcek said he is concerned about Michigan's business outlook because the numbers don't look good for us in the next couple of years. If we're serious about the situation it will take everyone at every level to turn the indicators around. The governor is projecting as much as a two billion dollar deficit in the coming year with the single business tax no longer being levied at the end of 2007. And many experts are concerned with state government as to what kind of a replacement they will come up with in lieu of the SBT. I don't think we can put the entire load on business and industry and finding measurable reductions going forward will not be easy. I think we should find a combination of business and personal income tax until the economy grows to the point it brings the state's coffers back to a more tolerable level. Whatever the State Legislature does, finding Michigan's place in the new global marketplace will not be easy. It will take determined, visionary leadership, I just hope this new legislature and the governor are up to the task. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics So, Charlton Park, ‘Where Do We Go from Here’? To the editor: County Commissioner Keith Ferris did a very good job of coordinating a “brainstorming” method to stimulate discussion and thinking at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Circuit Courtroom. There were many good thoughts expressed by County Commissioners, the Parks and Recreation Committee, Charlton Park employees and the general public. The “brainstorming” stimulated my thought processes to formulate comments on: “Where Do We Go from Here?” The first part is already taking place, by soliciting the feelings of concerned groups to: “Formulate Goals.” I heard the feelings of a group “To preserve the way of life of a rural community and historic farming methods” I felt the feelings of another group that: “Was concerned for future funding, but with no future taxes”. I felt the feelings of another group that “Is interested in events.” I felt the concern of a group “Interested in recreation opportunities.” I strongly felt the frustration of individuals who “Feel they have been offended, especially the volunteers and donors.” Some were so vocal that you got the feeling they wanted to blame somebody or anybody for their hurt and even some were looking for “an ox to gore.” I heard their frustrations, but I would ask that once they have stated those feelings, that they now should concentrate on working on the solution. “Sound minds must prevail to formulate a solution.” That future, of Charlton Park, seemed to be the biggest concern of everybody. Part of the solution I feel lies in three divisional goals: events, recreation and museum. The grounds of the park and the physical location make it ideal for “events.” Previously, some of these events were canceled because they were “not generating enough income.” I feel that a simple solution would be to rent the grounds at a flat rate and then the group be responsible for all items in running that event. Second is recreation. I feel that this should be expanded to “all Barry County Parks” and in the future that a different type of authority be responsible for their maintenance, such as neighboring counties of Kent and Calhoun have under their Road Commissions. I am impressed with the great number and quality of their parks and visit them continually. I feel ashamed that Barry County has only three parks (Charlton, a blinear bike trail and McKeown Bridge) and no forward initiative for future parks. The defeat of the millages leaves no budgeting for grants that usually require local matching funds. The museum at Charlton Park seems to generate the deepest feelings, as there were many donors and volunteers over the years. The number of volunteers has steadily decreased and can now be counted on your fingers. I feel that some were from frustration, some from age and others with changing goals of support. I have noticed that young adults have not stepped forward to replace the aging group, not only Charlton Park, but other organizations as well that rely on volunteers to do the work. I do not see in my crystal ball this trend reversing itself, and therefore part of the “solution.” I also note that other museums have changed their philosophy and goals to entice the younger generation. The closest to my knowledge is the Kalamazoo Air Zoo that switched from viewing of World War two artifacts as the prime gate income, to space and amusement. I am not familiar with Greenfield Village operations and funding of similar type community settings, but feel city funds and grants and benefactors support it. I do not feel Charlton Park Village can draw any number of visitors for an operating rural community, due to its remoteness from See LETTER, page 11 Let’s compare ‘Wilson’ and Charlton Park To the editor: My wife and I are volunteers at the Wilson Botanical Garden of the Las Cruces Biological Station near San Vito de Coto Brus in Costa Rica. You can look it up on the Internet. Like the “Irving Charlton Park,” it is a theme park. Unlike the “Irving Charlton Park” it doesn’t get a welfare check each month from the local taxpayers for operating expenses. People from the USA buy airline tickets to San Jose, then charter tourist buses and travel seven hours to get here, so they can pay $25 a day to walk around and “take pictures and leave footprints.” If they stay overnight, it costs $70 single and $125 double. Meals cost extra and are family style. There are 12 cabins. You can buy $10 T-shirts, $40 field guide books and local crafts in the gift shop. You can take a guided tour with a naturalist who speaks English and Spanish and is dressed like a park ranger. You can’t smoke, carry a gun or throw your trash on the grounds. People sign up for week-long courses to study the second largest collection of palm trees in the world, and stuff like begonias and heliconias and epiphytes. They get up early and look at birds through binoculars. It rains a lot from April to November (157 inches!) November to April is called the “high season” when it is very dry and most of the visitors arrive. The “low season” at “Irving Charlton Park” is only a couple of months long. Ours is six months long. Right now, I’m raking up debris and my wife is working in the Research Library. When I know more I will be allowed to help with plant care and classification of “artifacts.” There are researchers working on various projects, even from MSU. There are 29 employees. “The Wilson” gets support from people who can afford to send donations and contributions. They get money from universities like MSU. They conduct fund-raisers. They print a newsletter that goes regularly to supporters. Like “Irving Charlton Park,” the garden is only ten acres of a larger area, twice the size of the vacant property owned by Barry County. Unlike “Irving Charlton Park,” “The Wilson” maintains more than 10 miles of walking trails in the garden and many more trails in the 640-acre tropical rain forest. The garden doesn’t appeal to kids. It doesn’t have special events where local people bring their billfolds full of cash. It doesn’t have a recreation area. It only has three picnic tables. It doesn’t have a lake or a river to go boating on. The biggest city within two hours is the size of Hastings. What “The Wilson” has is a vision of selfsufficiency and a board of directors that knows that it has to provide for its own welfare, and not live on a welfare check. They have looked at their assets and have capitalized on what they have to offer that is unique and attractive. They have looked outside of their tiny community into the big outside world and have seen more than their own personal self interest. We should expect as much, and more. Asking for a welfare check to run a park is a sign of lack of vision. Tom Wilkinson, Hastings, Michigan, USA Coopa Buena, Costa Rica Commissioner should pay taxes To the editor, Recently in the Banner a tax notice was sent out in all areas of Barry County, a list of home and business owner's delinquent tax bills. It’s understandable; the current economy is very bad in the state of Michigan, but there are some property owners just not paying their taxes, period. It would seem to all of us property owners that even elected officials should stand up and take care of their actions in full, both home and business properties. This is not the first year that this has happened. Continuously having at least 10 properties listed for the amount of $17,000-plus is a very negative outlook for a so-called hard working, self-employed person who is an elected commissioner. I wish we all could drive around all day in our red pickup truck and do nothing at all except stop at the local coffee shop and just talk about nothing. Terry Keltsch, Hastings Consensus needed for lake association To the editor: Could a neighborhood association in which membership is legally required become a friendly, helpful, mutually beneficial organization? Or must it continue to be unfair, punishing, budget smashing and riddled with malice? Could the group change in the direction of consensus, where concerns of every participant are addressed? Open minds and a new process might uncover solutions supported by everyone. How could this be done? First, discontinue secret meetings where only five people decree rules for 63 property owners, usually without membership discussion or vote. Why does a small group feel they have the right to concern themselves so overzealously with their neighbor's business, while also exhibiting indications that no rules apply to them? According to Jim Herweg, freelance writer for the Kalamazoo Gazette, "The magic of consensus is that outcomes arise that no one could foresee as choices. In the consensus process, winning is no longer the point. Goalposts can appear anywhere, and everybody is on your team." Consensus redefines winning from an individual or party victory to the creation of a solution with no losers. A small hierarchical group makes arbitrary rules now that cause anger, unhappiness, and impossible demands on association members. Expensive liens have been filed against economically struggling property owners — those beset with serious medical problems and loss of income. Selected individuals have had their means of support threatened by our neighbor association, such that police arrive even when a truck is legally parked, always secretly incited and at night. Several families already havemoved away, feeling that their right to liberty and peaceful existence is gone. Without a doubt every person's property value is forced down under this cabal that discriminates against a few, but refrains from challenging others, such as an ill kept rental house. A few are allowed to park rusty recreational vehicles out front... or maintain a yard full of rubbish. Important health concerns such as making sure septic tanks get regular service do not receive attention. Common area maintenance is not completed. If complaints are voiced, tires are slashed, windows are broken, holes are shot into your boat, water is put in your gas tank, or you are (mysteriously and repeatedly) stopped and searched by police on your daily route to work. With the full knowledge of board members, videotapes were made and sent to an employer in attempts to remove full retirement benefits from those who persevered 25 years to earn them. Can such foul deeds of oppression be erased? Non-resident property owners (33%) allow their votes to be co-opted by an arbitrary, headstrong and malicious group. Non-residents are much LESS affected, and therefore much MORE uncaring than those who make their home here. Two separate insurance policies are in effect: one that indemnifies only board members and one that indemnifies physical injury... both paid by member dues. Still, the board seeks and contracts outside legal advice at astronomical cost for the group as a whole — whose budgets are only $3,780 per year. June 2004 to May 2005 spending for lawyers was $7,421, or on an alternate report, $9,086, mostly spent to harass members. All these incidents take place in a beautiful natural area... blessed with a 55-acre lake (without milfoil), a 16-foot waterfall, and returning swans. We are ideally situated in a lovely environment and desperately locked in vitriolic dispute unable to arrive at mutual problem resolution. Could human beings begin to work for their common good? Consensus can be slow. Our problems are not going away. Hopefully all will be included in looking for answers that create a winning situation for everyone. Marge Bullock, Prairieville Township Don’t rule out Gore as next president To the editor: Mirror, mirror on the wall... who’s to be president come 2008 fall? I’m not here as a prophet, a fortune teller or a doomsayer, however, I am going to go out on a limb and tell you all what I believe to be coming up. We’re not going to see Hillary Rodham Clinton as the next Democratic Party presidential nominee in the USA for 2008. She’s not quite ready for it yet. Nancy Pelosi. Now that’s another question — wife, mother, grandmother, aunt. Who doesn’t have a lot of faith in hearth and home? The nominee will be the good old tried and true, the proven — Al Gore, the man who should have been declared the winner six years ago. Barack Obama? He’ll be weaned and kept in the preparatory wings. Hillary will give 52 percent of the voters “hope” and John Edwards once again will run for vice president, only this time there will be a lot less “vice.” Be sure to watch what happens to Chicken Dickie’s (Cheney’s) blind trust with concerns all over the place (including Halliburton) once the year 2008 is under his chubby little belt. As for the Republican candidates, does it really matter? No way could we want more of that! John McCain looks more like “The Manchurian Candidate” than a presidential one. The Democrats have two years to grow some hair and show their stuff. It’s a golden opportunity to rectify our past misadventures. Somehow, it’s reassuring to me that Nancy Pelosi is now only two cranky feeble heartbeats away from being the next commander in chieftess. The time for this planet to address the commitment of man to its preservation and well being is now! We have arrived at a critical crossroads in our responsibilities to be the guardians of life on this precious pearl of the cosmos that sustains life. The intricately woven web of life is beginning to show the resultant holes created by the behavior of one single species — us! Why certain political forces insist on continuing to deny global warming and the influences of its most destructive animal is beyond me. Perhaps it’s all because of greed. The “Skull and Boners” have stolen enough money in the past six going on eight years that they’ll pass the dirty stick over to the Democrats and go buy up Africa or at least the part they don’t already claim to own. They’ve already got the Chinese on the oil consumer bandwagon building cars for 27 cents an hour, leaving hundreds of billions of dollars to the USA while the Bush Administration cuts taxes for the already rich and leaves the rest for the country with a soaring national debt, plus interest. Bush continues to ignore illegal immigra- tion, corruption, outsourcing of jobs and livelihoods, and is willing to turn over major port control to the same people he accuses of being “terrorists.” He’s willing to encourage our young people to take up gambling their social security on Wall Street (anybody remember 1929?) while they raid the present system in the meantime, cutting off the incoming. Doesn’t it make you wonder who our civil servants are really working for? In six years, George W. Bush has vetoed only one bill, the one on stem cell research. This past election (November 2006) has shown we voters aren’t really stupid, we’re fed up. The new Congress is quickly taking care of long overdue “people business,” yet the president is suddenly threatening to veto legislation left and right. The power was granted us by our foreparents, folks. This past election will manifest some discontent over the next two years and we can show it again... and again... and again. We’ll get to the bureaucracies later, those who make the laws as if they believe they simply have the right to. I realize it’s been said you have to hit a donkey in the forehead with a two by four to get its attention. But the Dems have a chance now to look like “Mighty Mouse” if only they would get their gray matter out of their asses. Like Bugs Bunny used to say: “Geez, what a bunch or maroons.” How about this for a campaign slogan in 08? “After all, Gore’s been right all along, and still is!” Scott Smith, Delton Pro-lifers should protect the born To the editor: In response to Florence Phillips’ question: Can anyone help? (Her great-grandchild was taken away from the mother by FIA, according to her letter last week.) I have the perfect solution for her — pick a name off the two-page spread that RightTo-Life had in the 16 January Reminder. One of those God-fearing, baby loving people must be willing to not just give her granddaughter some advice on how to raise her children, they would be more than delighted to take them in and support them. The granddaughter should be at home with her babies, not working a job, and especially not on welfare. If not even one of the over 100 people listed by Right-To-Life steps up to help in this tragic situation, then it’s just business as usual: They love them until they’re born. Chris Norton, Bellevue �Page 6 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Social News Area Obituaries Eileen R. Gillespie Donald E. Heath Sr. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. Glenn-Elmore MIDDLEVILLE - Eileen R. Gillespie, age 84, of Gun Lake-Middleville, died Friday, January 19, 2007 at Hurley Medical Center in Flint. Mrs. Gillespie was born on May 6, 1922 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Donald and Lillian (Croninger) Ashby. She married Lyle Gillespie on July 8, 1945 and they had two daughters, Linda (Robert) Flannigan of Penfield, New York and Sandra (Tim) Bograkos of Flint, Eileen was blessed with eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren and she loved them dearly. Eileen and her husband enjoyed traveling, golf and tennis and she found time to volunteer for the Pennock Hospital Guild and First Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Lillian Ashby; her husband Lyle on July 17, 2001 and her brother Donald. The family wishes to give special thanks to her doctor, Dr. Jim Weatherhead, special neighbors Greg and Dorothy Flaska, her wonderful friends at Gun Lake and Anna Marie Island of Florida; her caregivers at Beck ‘N Call of Middleville. Funeral services were held Monday, January 22, 2007 at the Wren Funeral Home with Rev. Willard H. Curtis officiating. Burial at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Disease Foundation. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home, Hastings. Betty A. Tobias HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday 6 p.m. Menders. Next Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 6 p.m. Conversational Spanish; 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 6 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:15 p.m. Praise Team. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings 77508978 Jack VanHouten Betty A. Tobias, age 81, of Hastings, died on Monday January 22, 2007 at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was born December 28, 1925 in Hastings, the daughter of Joseph and Ida (Miller) Williams. Betty was raised and attended school in Hastings. She married Gaylord R. Tobias on January 16, 1947. Betty retired from Hastings Manufacturing and then worked part-time at Wash King Laundry in Hastings. Betty loved to spend time with her family and friends, country music and dancing. In her earlier years, she enjoyed traveling with her husband Gaylord, especially in the U.P She is survived by her daughter, Sandy Johnson of Hastings; sons, Gaylord (Boy) Tobias of Louisiana, John (Diane) Tobias of Delton, Lawrence (Toby) Tobias of Dowling; sister, Doreen Raymond of Hastings; 32 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gaylord R. Tobias; daughter, Vonessa Johnson; brothers, Joe, Lawrence, Alvin, and Cosmer Williams; a grandson, Toby James Tobias; a great-grandson, Devon Fry. Funeral services will be held on Thursday January 25, 2007 at 1 p.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society or American Heart Association. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Arrangements by Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. HASTINGS - Jack D. VanHouten, age 73 of Hastings, died on Sunday January 21, 2007 at his residence. He was born May 17, 1933 in Lake Odessa, the son of Merle L. and Gertrude E. (Kauffman) VanHouten. Jack graduated from Hastings High School in 1951, He worked in construction for three years and then for 36 years at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, he retired in 1995. Jack married Sally E. Smith on January 17, 1955. He was an avid golfer for many years. Jack is survived by his wife of 52 years, Sally E. VanHouten of Hastings; his four sons, Mitchell (Rose) VanHouten of Ada, Samm (Julia) VanHouten of Hastings, Mark VanHouten of Grand Rapids, Marty VanHouten of Hastings; five grandchildren; three brothers, Trevor VanHouten of Hastings, Arlo VanHouten and Gary VanHouten both of Middleville; several nieces and nephews. Respecting his wishes cremation has taken place and no services will be held. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice or the Pennock Foundation. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Bud and Cindy Glenn of Delton and John and Karen Elmore of Galesburg and Mickey Elmore of Comstock are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Debbie Glenn and Chris Elmore. Debbie a 2000 graduate of Delton Kellogg High School and a 2005 graduate from Western Michigan University with a degree in Elementary Education is currently employed at Kalamazoo County Head Start. A 1998 graduate of Galesburg Augusta High School Chris attended the University of Northwestern Ohio and is currently employed with Dish Network in Kalamazoo. The couple is planning July 7th, 2007 wedding and will reside in Kalamazoo. Florine Morgan to celebrate 85th birthday Florine Morgan will celebrate her 85th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 27th. She retired after many years from Hastings Manufacturing. She has several children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. MILLAGE, continued from page 2 ting it awfully close. "We want to make improvements to the back parking lot, Putnam Park and the community center at the park which has been unusable for the past two years because there are so many repairs needed and it would cost so much to bring it up to code and those costs are increasing every year," he added. "Our operating budget is so close that in order to do improvements it would take a long time to save the money so we have adequate funds to do the work. "We’re not asking for more money so we can add employees or anything like that, we just want to have adequate funds to make the necessary improvements," said Dunham. "Even if we applied for municipal grants to help fund the improvements, they are requiring more and more in matching funds from the villages and you are often required to have the engineering study done before you even apply for the grants. "We’re not looking to change the way we operate; we just want to have enough funds so we have the opportunity to make improvements to the park and buildings as needed," he concluded. Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 Free Consultation with this Ad. Expires February 8, 2007 04535099 CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan BATTLE CREEK - Donald E. Heath, Sr., age 82,of Johnstown Twp., Battle Creek, died Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at Battle Creek Health System. Mr. Heath was born on August 10, 1924 in Lake Odessa, the son of Arthur and Ethel (Heintzelman) Heath. He was raised in the Lake Odessa/Hastings areas, and attended Lake Odessa schools and Hastings High School. Served faithfully in the Army Air Corps during WWII, receiving his honorable discharge on March 18, 1946. He was married to Verna “June” Haynes on April 27, 1946. He was employed at Post Cereals in Battle Creek for over 30 years, retiring in 1981. He was a member and past president of the Bedford Lions Club, member Post 25 Year Club, enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, gardening and especially loved and cared for his many feline companions. Mr. Heath is survived by his daughter, Bobbi Bailey of Battle Creek; son, Donald E. (Dawn) Heath Jr. of Battle Creek; five grandchildren, Lynn (Stuart) Bailey-Neal, Donna (Todd) Anderson, Denise Heath (fiancee Art Otarola), Tara (Tom) Reniger, Wes (Tonya) Alfred; seven great grandchildren; brothers, Richard McLaughlin of Hastings and Edward McLaughlin of Grand Rapids; sisters, Patricia Shellington of Hastings, Geraldine Lyons, DeWitt and Frances Morgan of Hastings; nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents and wife June on February 15, 2006. Services were held Saturday, January 20, 2007 at Country Chapel-United Methodist Church in Dowling with Rev. Patricia A. Harpole officiating. Burial was at the Dowling Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Country Chapel-United Methodist Church or National Kidney Foundation. Arrangements were made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 7 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The days and times of Do You Know Where Your Investments Are? Irving Charlton, Part I Irving Charlton was a very unassuming person and expected very little recognition for himself, only respect. He was always helpful to anyone in need. While teaching in Pullman, Wash., at the State College there, he helped many students financially to be able to stay in college, who otherwise would have had to drop out. The only stipulation was that when they were able after graduating, they help another student to graduate, and that would be all the returns he wanted, and said it worked well. After retiring to Barry County in the early 1920s, he was always active in maintaining the then farmer rural telephone lines. Even into the 1940s, he taught rural school 4-H club students handicraft in his shop. He was always active in school or township business. Frank Charlton, his father, was on the school board in earlier days and also Hastings Township road commissioner. In the 1950s, as Irving and I were discussing wages paid then in the shops of $2 to $3 an hour, he said, “and to think as a college professor for all those years the most I received was $2,220 a year.” Up to enlisting in World War I. Though he did not always agree with what others did or thought and some did not like him, whether they called him Mr. Charlton, Irving, I.D., “old Irvie,” or worse perhaps, they still had to respect him, as he was a man who commanded respect. Irving loved the birds and animals and went to great lengths to build feeders and buy corn and grind it for them. In the 1940s, on the farm he built a cage about 10-12 feet. square and 810 feet. high and had several raccoons in it near the east large window in the stone house. He would watch their antics from inside his house. He had a hollow log standing upright in the pen, also a swing made from a tire and they would play in and out of both. At night, they could be heard chattering and squalling loudly as they played or fought. He enjoyed feeding them by hand and scratching their ears and bellies as they seemed to enjoy it. However, one day, a large buck coon bit completely through his thumb and that was not so good. He later turned them loose in the park. In earlier years, he had a large flock of Mallard ducks. He would feed and call to them and they could come flying from as far as they could hear him. After moving to the park, he continued feeding the birds and animals up to his death. Irving Charlton, founder of Charlton Park. Mr. Charlton seldom wore anything in later years but bib overalls or work clothing, and many were misled by his outward appearance and his ever present brown paper cigarette (seldom lit) and his 10 cent store spectacles. But he would appear in much different light once one talked to him. He had a very profound interest in all that went on around him and was a highly intellectual person. Irving was a very unassuming man and did not care for attention to himself but only wanted respect for what he was, a man of the highest integrity and moral ethics. Irving Charlton professed no religion, but was neither an atheist or agnostic. He enjoyed listening to sermons from his radio, and knew as anyone with any ssense at all that there was a great power ahead of it all. In the “sugar bush” when boiling sap, he always wanted to get back to the house in time to hear the “Lone Ranger” and the news. He enjoyed a good movie or show and attended many. He at first did not want a television as he said, “I cannot read and watch it.” However, in later years, Jim Conner set one up for him and he enjoyed it very much. He always respected those who did profess a religion and went to great lengths to see that it was possible for the Indians and whites to have their respective ceremonies at an Indian or Pioneer Picnic at the park. He also enjoyed the hymns sung and the sermons preached. (Series continued next week) You can lose your gloves. You can lose your keys. But you'd never lose track of your investments, would you? Actually, you might be surprised at just how many people do forget about investments, or leave them behind when they move. Every state maintains unclaimed-property offices to deal with millions of dollars worth of stocks, bonds, bank accounts, un-cashed checks, pensions, 401(k)s and IRAs. To avoid losing track of your financial assets, follow these suggestions: * Keep records of all bank accounts and investments. It would probably take just a few minutes for you to write up a list of all your bank accounts and investments. And you don't have to go into great detail, either - just include the type of account and where it's currently held. Make sure you share this list with a family member. * Inform banks and brokers when you move or change names. Notify your bank, broker, 401(k) administrator, insurance company and any other financial service agency you work with when you move or if you change your name due to marriage or divorce. * Cash checks promptly. Whenever you receive stock dividends or distributions from a retirement plan, cash the checks promptly. The longer you leave these checks lying around, the greater the likelihood that you'll forget about them. Of course, in the case of dividends, if you don't need the income you are probably better off by automatically reinvesting them, as this builds the number of shares you own, but if you're going to accept the checks, take care of them right away. * Don't give up. Even if you do lose track of investments or bank accounts, it doesn't mean they are gone forever. Try to "retrace your steps" back to where you think you might have held your accounts. Most financial services providers will do what they can to help you. As an alternative, you might want to visit the web site of the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (www.unclaimed.org). There are no guarantees, but this organization can at least help get you started in the process of finding your missing assets. Consolidate Your Accounts Apart from the suggestions listed above, there's one more step you can take that can potentially help you keep close tabs on your financial assets. Specifically, you might want to consider consolidating as many of your accounts as possible at one financial services institution. A full-service company can offer you access to investments, banking services, mortgages, credit cards - virtually any financial vehicle you might need. With all your account and tax statements coming from the same place, you should find it relatively easy to keep track of all your holdings. Furthermore, by consolidating your assets at a single financial institution and working with a single financial professional who knows your needs and goals, you may actually end up improving your overall financial strategy . Why? Because if you maintain several accounts without a central focus or unifying philosophy, you could end up with redundant or inappropriate investments - a costly mistake. At the same time, you could end up paying more than what you need for a variety of services spread out among several providers. So, keep track of your investments, stay organized and consider consolidating your accounts. You work too hard to build your financial assets to let them slip away. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 35.36 +.73 Anheuser Busch 51.05 +.43 CMS Energy Corp. 16.25 +.13 Coca-Cola Co. 48.12 -.38 DaimlerChrysler 63.53 +3.13 Dow Chemical Co. 41.35 +.77 Exxon Mobil 74.49 +2.86 Family Dollar Stores 31.45 +.87 First Financial Bancorp 16.07 -.34 Ford Motor Co. 8.30 +.36 General Motors 31.90 +1.05 Intl. Bus. 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Potter 192-535; L. Elliston 188-525; G. Otis 202-519; T. Christopher 179-491; G. Potter 167-457; N. Boniface 182-456; N. Varney 152-433; S. Merrill 178; R. Murrah 161. Thursday Angels Walldorff’s 46-30; H.C.B. 42-34; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 42-34; Varney’s 39.536.5; Hastings Bowl 38-38; AIS Engine 3838; Miller Farm Repair 37.5-38.5; Allure 36.5-39.5; Fall Creek 30.5-45.5; CW Repair 27-45. High Games and Series - K. Ward 136; J. Gasper 223; T. VanBelkun 133; Cathy Shellenbarger 170; T. Loftus 176; J. Madden 191-515; D. Staines 184; R. Welton 152; D. McCollum 200; L. Karas 126; C. Nichols 176; L. Watson 155; M. Miller 189; J. Wyant 191; M. Morgan 185; L. Perry 153; G. Otis 182; K.Covey 182; J. Baker 127; J. Power 152; S. Suntken 135; B. Frank 164. Friday Night Mixed Michigan Outlaws 50 1/2; UMSU 49 1/2; Spare Time 45; All But One 43; 4 Fools 42 1/2; Whatever 42 1/2; Heads Out 40 1/2; Liquid Courage 39 1/2; The Unknowns 39; Ten Pins 39; 9-n-a-Wiggle 38; Budweiser 35 1/2; Mercy 35; Just Cuz 35; Brushworks 34 1/2; Oldies But Goodies 31. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Clow 213-589; B. Roush 197-523; S. Carlson 188-467; R. Hammontree 163-449; G. Meaney 164-439; K. Matthews 162-436; D. Worm 154-436; J. Kasinsky 136-400; S. Ripley 137-394; C. Etts 135-379; P. Ramey 232; G. Otis 200; E. Hammontree 195; J. Madden 190; D. Rhodes 181; O. Gillons 180; D. James 173; M. Sears 172; N. Taylor 123. Mens Good Games and Series - K. Meaney 213-600; K. Hammontree 215-582; J. Bartimus 204-571; B. Ripley 204-545; B. Taylor 195-536; T. Ramey 202-531; J. Franklin 189-531; L. Porter 198-527; E. McCalmont 181-523; D. Carlson 180-499; M. Lydy 170-470; R. Lake 123-342; J. Barnum 246; B. Bowman 233; J. Smith 204; A. Rhodes 202; D. Tinkler 178; L. Madden 176; M. Albert 155. Wednesday P.M. Eye and ENT 49 1/2; Nothin But Truck 49 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 48 1/2; Seebers 45 1/2; Hair Care Center 42; Maple Valley Pharmacy 41; At Home Real Estate 36. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 47; Hubs Crew Chasers 43; R&N 40 1/2; Michigan 38 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 35; Funky 31 1/2; Karey’s Crew 31 1/2; K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Personal & Economical TAX & Accounting Services For Individuals & Businesses. • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 77508584 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 45; Pin Outlaws Bowlers Sunday Snoozers 31; Bounty Hunters 30; Sandbaggers 28; Throw Them Balls 17. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Gray 199-488; B. Mays 179-468; N. Mroz 158-419; C. Lee 153-344; T. Robbe 184; L. Smith 180; J. Rice 179; B. Vugteveen 174; V. Wright 173; A. Churchill 153; A. Norton 147; B. Barlow 133. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 279-650; M. Kidder 258-629; DJ James 216-624; J. Wright 215-569; E. Rice 172-501; A. Misak 173-489; T. Demott 161393; C. Alexander 204; R. Barton 202; M. Snyder 200; B. Churchill 197; T. Barlow 179; M. Vugteveen 169. Senior Citizens Butterfingers 47.5-32.5; Nash’s Harem 4634; Wieland’s 43-37; King Pins 42-38; #1 Senior 41-39; Lucky Strike 41-39; BAT’s 4139; Ward’s Friends 39-41; Sun Risers 38-42; Early Risers 37-43; 4 B’s 37-43; Kuempel 3743; Friends 36-44; M&M’s 34.5-45.5. Good Game and Series Ladies - J. Gasper 185; B. Benedict 149-411; S. Pennington 204-509; D. Burns 146-405; S. Merrill 186541; P. Freeman 159-456; N. Boniface 159473; A. Tasker 174-456; E. Moore 155; S. Patch 190-522; Y. Markley 161; R. Murphy 172; R. Pitts 135-355; J. Kasinsky 132-365. Good Games and Series Men - B. Akers 192; R. McDonald 235-581; B. Terry 214558; K. Schantz 176-499; R. Hart 180-501; M. Saldivar 203-542; R. Walker 177; R. Adgate 152-417; L. Markley 147-430; R. Risher 182; L. Brandt 215-556. 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Member FDIC �Page 8 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Sibling separation The Lake Odessa Freight House and Depot will be open this weekend, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. for the quilt and textiles show. As publicized in the Lakewood News, people are invited to bring in quilts old or new and fabric creations that would be of interest to others. This event is free, as are most events at the depot. One item on display will be a paper pattern for a fancy apron found in an old collection of papers. This has been loaned by Bonnie Leak. It dates from about 1925. The VFW and Auxiliary will be hosts for a Swiss steak super Saturday at the post home on Tupper Lake Street. Hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. Next week, so soon, comes Ground Hog Day, on Feb. 2, a Friday. We wonder what Punxatawney Phil will find this year. The Rev. Donald Ferris is on vacation for two weeks. On Sunday, Jan. 28, the Education committee of Central United Methodist Church will have charge of the morning service. It will include a skit by teenagers, music and the unveiling of a series of Spanish language books for junior high and senior high students, selected by local teens and headed for Bolivia. Central UMC gives partial support for Peter and Estela Hudy of Lansing, who serve at the RioColorado school in Bolivia. The books are for the library at their school. After Sunday the books will be packed and shipped to their destination. They were purchased through “Between the Covers” bookstore in Hastings. The Education committee also will be host for coffee hour following the service. The Rev. George Speas will be the speaker at Central UMC on Sunday, Feb. 4. Any woman who sews would appreciate reading an obituary which appeared in the Grand Rapids Press on last weekend. It read that the lady who died left a "ton of fabric and two children. Incidentally, the next sentence gave the names of her children. What woman who sews does not have a stash of fabric, waiting for the right pattern to come along so she can make use of that bargain find. We once read of a lady who had so much fabric on hand, she organized it by color and stacked it on the credenza so she could see it often and take delight in having it. As long as the cloth has not come in contact with the shears, it has endless possibilities. What a joy to have and to hold! The caretaker of the Lowell Museum in a former brick mansion was host last Tuesday to the Three Rivers museum group. There were representatives from Greenville, Belding, Lowell, Ionia, Ada, Saranac and Lake Odessa. The brochures are now ready for each of the museums which host an open house on the first weekend of May. There is also a summer event planned for Belding to which all of the societies are invited to send representatives. This group has been in existence for a few years and their purpose is to promote their common goal of presenting their museum items for a wider audience. Lake Odessa will not be included this year, but may in the future. Our winter has finally arrived. We have total snow cover, biting winds and low temperatures. We are thankful we do not have the Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine GALLSTONES extremes of some southern states with their widespread power outages and deep snow. In December, a Christmas card from the Denver area was postmarked on Dec. 16 and arrived in Lake Odessa on Dec. 30. Possibly the canceling of air flights was a factor in the big delay. Death came to Marcella Wells of Woodland Road two weeks ago as a result of an auto accident at Creyts Road. She had surgery after accident and death followed. She was grandmother of Amanda Wells and Tiffany (Matt) Scobey of Usborne Road. Newborn Babies BOY, Dustin William, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 10, 2007 at 7:43 p.m. to Billy and Andrea Lampart of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 1/2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Christian Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 9, 2007 at 7:10 p.m. to April Bennett and William Hartman of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 6 ozs. and 18 inches long. BOY, Tyler Clayton, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 9, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. to Holly Richard and Richard Jones of Grand Rapids. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Christian Scott, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 6, 2007 at 8:05 a.m. to Venessa Klotz and Scott Haire of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Savanna Joy, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 5, 2007 at 7:46 p.m. to Joe and Kelli Chamberlin of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Carson James, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 4, 2007 at 2:47 p.m. to Brian and Leah Williams of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 21 inches long. I had my gallbladder taken out years ago and QRZ�,¶P�EHLQJ�WROG�WKDW�WKH�SDLQ�,¶P�KDYLQJ�are gallstones! How can that be? GIRL, Hailey Paige, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 3, 2007 at 1:53 p.m. to Matthew and Heather Dickens of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. Gallstones can certainly form and cause problems with or without a gallbladder. To understand this, you need to understand the how the liver, gallbladder and intestines work together. The liver makes a substance called bile which is a fluid made of water, cholesterol, bile salts and a few other chemicals. Bile is needed in the intestine to help digest fats found in your food���8QIRUWXQDWHO\��\RXU�OLYHU�FDQ¶W�WXUQ�RQ� and turn off only when you eat. As the bile is produced, it travels down a system of tubes called the bile ducts that connect the liver to the small intestine where it is eventually needed. The gallbladder then, is just a small sack that hangs off the bile duct that collects and stores the bile between meals. When you eat your next meal, the gallbladder then squirts just the right amount of bile needed back into the bile ducts which then goes to the intestine to digest the fats in your meal. Without a gallbladder, the bile simply collects in the bile ducts. GIRL, Zoe Mane Watson, born at Spectrum Health on Jan. 9, 2007 to Megan Mane Watson and Rickey Lee Pointer Jr. BOY, Brody James, born Jan. 13, 2007 at 9:18 a.m., weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs., 21 inches long to Jeff and Becki Deater at St. Mary’s Hospital. Proud first time grandparents are Jim and Terri Decker of Hastings and Randy and Vicki Deater of Spring Lake. Great grandparents are Lyle and Jean Sandbrook of Woodland and Orville and Virginia Decker of Lake Odessa. Gallstones are formed not only in the gallbladder but also in the bile ducts when the bile chemicals become off balance. Instead of staying a liquid, a small amount of cholesterol becomes crystalline. This crystal can then grow into a very ODUJH�³VWRQH´�WKDW�FDQ�SOXJ�XS�WKH�HQWUDQFH�RI�WKH�JDOOEODGGHU� or the bile duct itself. Symptoms of a problem gallstone may include a sense of chronic intolerance to fatty foods such as nausea, bloating, abdominal pain and increased intestinal gas. As the obstruction worsens, vomiting and pain in the area below your right breast can also occur. If complete obstruction of the bile duct occurs, yellowing of your eyes and skin occur along with very dark yellow urine and clay colored stools are seen. Doctors can fairly easily diagnose a gallstone problem with ultrasound and radioactive scans. Many treatments have been attempted to crush or dissolve gallstones but surgery remains the optimal treatment choice to remove the gallbladder and even stones in the bile ducts. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77508926 Scrap tire cleanup grants awarded to 3 in Barry County The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced that grants totaling just over $3.2 million have been awarded to 41 applicants, including three from Barry County, for use toward the complete cleanup of scrap tire sites in order to reduce the potential public health and environmental concerns associated with them. This funding will protect the health of communities across the state by cleaning up more than 3.1 million passenger tire equivalents (PTE;), a measure used to account for different weights and sizes of tires that may be present at a cleanup site. The three applicants granted grants in Barry County were Louis Bartz for $29,875 with 29,625 passenger tire equivalents; Prairieville Township for $210,000 with 200,000 PTEs, and Thornapple Township for $2,725, with 2,700 PTEs. Prairieville Township’s grant was the fourth largest of the 41, as one in Hillsdale County received a little more than $1 million and another in Oscoda Township was granted $550,000 and one in Allegan County $420,000. The grantees will have until Aug. 31 to complete contract requirements for having their tires removed and processed in accordance with a DEQ-approved tire removal plan. Dear Annie: I'm in my early 50s, having emigrated from London almost 11 years ago. I have six siblings, all of whom have settled down and remain comfortably married for over three decades. Since arriving here, I have yet to receive a telephone call from my siblings, even though I have called them several times. They send birthday and Christmas cards, but that's it. Of course, I've always been very independent and have learned to stand on my own two feet, but they are the opposite. They are so codependent on their partners that divorce would never be an option. They would sooner die first. I have been very good to my nieces and nephews over the years. Should I put a stop to the calls? I tried it for almost a year, and they still did not bother to contact me. I'm the youngest -- single and extremely happy that way. -- F.M. Dear F.M.: It isn't unusual for much older siblings to feel remote, especially if they are married with children and you are not. It isn't rejection. It's a matter of shared experiences growing up and having things in common. It sounds as if you've been trying to prove yourself to your siblings, and since you can't seem to get a rise out of them, you cast aspersions on their character. (Being comfortably married for three decades is not an indication of co-dependency problems.) After all these years, it is unlikely that you will change the way your siblings relate to you, but it won't hurt to inform them (nicely) that you wish there were more contact from their end. They won't know if you don't tell them. Letter etiquette Dear Annie: I read your column every day to learn American customs. I would like to know the proper way of addressing an envelope. Is it OK to write just the last name, like "Mr. Smith"? What if their last name is very unusual? How about addressing a family? Can I address it to "The Smith Family," or do I need to say "Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Family"? What if they have no children? And last, when is the proper period to send Christmas cards? -- Want to Know Dear Want to Know: Address envelopes with "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith," using the first name as well as the last. Some women object to being addressed by their husband's first name, and prefer "Ms. Jane Smith and Mr. John Smith" on the envelope, each with its own line. This is OK, too. For the entire family, formal address (i.e., wedding invitations) requires that you use the full name of the parents, followed by the full name of each child living in the house (adult children get separate invitations), but informal address (i.e., Christmas cards) allows for "The Smith Family" or any variation of that. If a couple has no children, it would be inappropriate to use "family" unless they live with other relatives. You can send Christmas cards from Thanksgiving to New Year's. Hope that covers everything. Know when to quit Dear Annie: This is for "Still Young," whose 71-year-old mother took on a part-time job. Some of Mom's children object. Young people worry about us "doing too much," but the real problem is, we don't have enough to do. If a job is too difficult, our bodies will make us quit, not our kids. I am 72 and drove my pick-up from Austin, Texas, to Rapid City, Iowa, last April. I went to work in a local truck stop, was a waitress for five months, and when it started to kill my feet, I quit. But the exercise was great, and I have met women here in their 90s who can work circles around me. When it comes to work, people should set their own limits, regardless of age. -- F.W. Dear F.W.: People half that age can have a tough time being on their feet for that length of time. We are impressed. Dad chooses mate Dear Annie: I am a single mother of two who is happy in her life, but I have one problem -- my dad's girlfriend, "Sherry." Last year on Father's Day, my sisters and I wanted to take Dad to lunch. However, Dad insisted we call Sherry and ask her permission, which we did. This did not go over well, and we have been in hell since. Sherry threw a fit and stopped speaking to Dad for nearly three months, even though they were living together. Then she moved out and we thought it was over, but the trouble had just begun. We now are not allowed to visit Dad when Sherry is at the house. She also began accusing us of stealing things. Dad doesn't want us to confront her. In fact, he won't stand up to her at all. Dad told me that when Sherry was married to her previous husband, she wouldn't permit his children to see him when he was dying. Dad expects us to just be OK with this. Holidays always have to revolve around her and her family. She has even managed to put a stop to Dad attending my children's school events. Whenever she storms out of the house, Dad keeps going back and pacifying her. Sherry is making our lives miserable. My sister did some "research" on Sherry, and we have records about her past that are not flattering. But we are scared to tell Dad what we know because if Sherry found out, we'd have no chance at all. I can't take much more. Please help us get our father back. -- Loving Daughter Dear Daughter: Your father has decided that his relationship with Sherry takes precedence over the one with you. And he is entitled to have the intimate life he chooses, even if his choice is terrible. If you have information indicating Sherry is abusive or conning Dad in some way, you have an obligation to inform him. But your best bet is to accept that Sherry is part of his life right now. If you can chummy up to her, even if it disgusts you, it could allow for a closer relationship with Dad. Older dad blues Dear Annie: I'm 13 years old, and my father is in his 70s. People often mistake him for my grandfather, even my classmates. If someone asks about my parents' ages, I try to make a joke out of it. (My mother is in her 40s.) They automatically assume something nasty and ask questions that are very personal and often stupid. Is there a correct way to tell people he's not my grandfather, and also a way to tell some nosier people to bug off? -- Upset and Confused Dear Upset: If people refer to Dad as your grandfather, correct them nicely, saying, "He's my father." If you want to add, "Isn't he great?" that would be OK, too. Anyone who asks nosy questions should be ignored with a polite stare and a frozen smile, and then change the subject. You don't have to respond to these inquiries, no matter who asks or how many times the question comes up. Beauty in the eyes Dear Annie: This is in response to "A SelfConscious Wife," who didn't want to wear the sexy clothing her husband had purchased for her because she wasn't "as svelte" as she used to be. Your answer was right on. She should try it. She may be surprised and pleased with the response. Her husband doesn't see her as she sees herself in the mirror. He sees her the way she looked when they first met. This is a trick the mind plays on lovers. I noticed it years ago when my late wife's picture appeared in the local paper. I complained that it didn't do her justice, but my friends insisted it looked just like her. Over the years, I knew she had aged and gained weight, but when I looked at her, I still saw the beautiful young woman I fell in love with. I call it "lovers' eyesight." I can't be the only hopeless romantic out there. -- Old Man with Young Vision Dear Young Man: We're sure you're not, but we appreciate hearing from you. It reassures our readers. Thanks. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. Swiss steak dinner to aid Freeport girl Vickie Aspinall and her family in Freeport discovered in December that she has leukemia. The 7-year-old is a second-grader at Lee Elementary School in Middleville. The Freeport United Brethren Church and the Freeport community have joined together to support Vickie and her family with a Swiss steak dinner Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Community Center in Freeport. The dinner will be from 5 to 8 p.m. The Freeport Community Center is at 209 S. State Street in Freeport. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel Moon and Tanya M. Stephens, as joint tenants, to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2005 and recorded September 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152029, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Seven and 49/100 Dollars ($102,637.49) including interest at 7.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutlander, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Meadow Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 3. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508885 File No. 199.3602 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christina Wilhelms, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2006, and recorded on March 1, 2006 in instrument 1160727, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Six And 10/100 Dollars ($77,856.10), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 and 56 of William C. Schultz Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of plats on page 60, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122028F01 08720170 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-1-2007 - US BioWoodbury (owner); Midwest Sign Company (applicant). Location: 7795 Saddlebag Lake Rd., in Section 1 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a sign that will be 62.5 square feet which is larger than allowed (the maximum is 30 square feet), in the A zoning district. Case Number V-2-2007 - Chris and Lisa Cortese. Location: Solomon Rd., in Section 4 of Irving Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a detached accessory building without a principal residence (i.e. a single family home or a farm), in the AR zoning district. Meeting Date: February 13, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk 77509005 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Kevin S. Phenix and Tracy L. Phenix, husband and wife, of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058, and Bond Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, whose address is 2007 Eastern SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507, dated January 15, 1998, and recorded on April 13, 1998, Docket No. 1010331 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Thirty Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five Dollars and Fifth Three Cents ($32,135.53) and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on February 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon said Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 3 North, Range 8 West described as: commencing 28 rods East of the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 21, in the center of Center Road, thence South 198 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 191 feet, thence South 198 feet, thence West 191 feet, thence North 198 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an existing right of way for ingress and egress as revealed in Liber 354 on Page 343 which has an address of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Bond Corporation 2007 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Dated: January 3, 2007 Drafted by: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids , MI 49503 06644978 (616) 458-1315 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147752, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($95,596.73), including interest at 7.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508873 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jennifer C Younger and Walter W Younger, Wife and Husband to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 9, 2005 and recorded January 4, 2006 in Instrument # 1158481 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Two Cents ($157,644.02) including interest 8.19% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of B-Z Bees Acres, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 12, Barry County Records. Commonly known as 15029 Doster Rd., Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: DECEMBER 29, 2006 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-61782(HSBC) ASAP# 813663 01/04/2007, 01/11/2007, 01/18/2007, 06644838 01/25/2007 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by James R. Henney and Callie C C Henney fka Callie CC Shumway, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor in interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by Operation of Law dated the 27th day of August, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2004, in Instrument NO. 1133415 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $137,475.85 (one hundred thirty seven thousand, four hundred seventy five dollars and eighty five cents) plus accrued interest at 9.45% (nine point four five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 8th day of February, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Baltimore, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING IN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY 21 RODS SOUTH OF WHERE THE HIGHWAY FROM BATTLE CREEK TO HASTINGS CROSSES THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 33, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS; THENCE WEST 21 RODS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND; THENCE EAST 21 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE SOUTH 1 ACRE; ALSO EXCEPT THE HIGHWAY RIGHTS ON THE EAST SID OF SAID LAND. Commonly known as: 9086 S. M-37 Highway Tax ID: 08-02-099-240-00 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05713285 77508662 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward H. Marshall and Nichole L. Marshall, Husband and Wife, to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 2000 and recorded May 9, 2000 in Instrument Number 1044062, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred SixtySeven and 15/100 Dollars ($119,767.15) including interest at 12.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East 396.44 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds East 572.27 feet to the centerline of Head Road; thence along said centerline South 64 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds West 84.26 feet; thence Southwesterly 115.74 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the left, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord which bears South 59 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West 115.54 feet to the place of beginning.; thence North 82 degrees 17 minutes 54 seconds East 61.39 feet to the Southeasterly right of way line of Head Road; thence South 01 degrees 58 minutes 14 seconds East 45.31 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 04 seconds East 326.90 feet to the Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence South 55 degrees 39 minutes 38 seconds West 178.85 feet along said Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence North 80 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds West 384.79 feet; thence Northeasterly 322.19 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord of which bears North 37 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds East 317.96 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northwesterly 33 feet thereof for Head Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509021 File No. 231.5388 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chad Warren, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005 in instrument 1154065, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred FiftySix And 86/100 Dollars ($161,256.86), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Lying South of the South Bank of a certain Dredge running in a Northeasterly and Southwesterly direction. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122960F01 77508641 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Benjamin C. Curtis and Debbie Sue Curtis, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 13, 2006, and recorded on January 25, 2006 in instrument 1159328, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred FortyFour And 91/100 Dollars ($146,244.91), including interest at 9.499% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, for the place of beginning; thence North 220 feet; thence East 500 feet; thence South 220 feet; thence West 500 feet to the place of beginning, except the West 33 feet used for road right-of-way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #124282F01 77508880 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ester E. Lambert, a married woman and Jeffrey A. Lambert, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2001, and recorded on October 18, 2001 in instrument 1068386, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 09/100 Dollars ($59,910.09), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence South in center of Highway 641 feet to the place of beginning, thence South 700 feet; thence West 470 feet, thence North 700 feet, thence East 470 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122451F01 77508646 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ROBERT L. PAGE and CARRIE A. PAGE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to THE HUNTINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated February 25, 1999, and recorded on October 4, 1999, in Document No. 1036079, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents ($119,828.32), including interest at 6.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 32, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 881.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST 440.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 550.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 130.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE 665.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT WITH OTHERS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 32 WHICH LIES SOUTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 632.00 FEET FROM THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 115.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 884.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 855.33 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 144.72 FEET TO SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 66.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-014-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 13, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508875 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Three And 99/100 Dollars ($133,923.99), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowen Mills Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F01 77508630 �Page 10 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held January 23, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 City of Hastings Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination on a Brownfield Plan for the proposed River East Residential and River East Commercial Development Project (Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Property), Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Site #1. (The Brownfield Plan was approved in a public meeting by the Hastings Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on January 24, 2007.) The property subject to the proposed Brownfield Plan includes the following parcels, commonly described as the Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Site: 08-55-001-001-00 08-55-001-005-00 08-55-001-004-00 08-55-001-123-00 Copies of the Brownfield Plan are available for review at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Department of Community Development at (269) 945-2468. All aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing. Thomas Emery City Clerk 77509055 77509085 cms Benefit for the Community Music School - Hastings dancing with “les jazz” floor show featuring cms faculty musicians silent auction cash bar hors d’oeuvres Saturday, February, 3 7:00 pm - Midnight Hastings Country Club $30 Per Couple. Information 948-9441 HASTINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR LEACH LAKE WEED CONTROL To: The Residents and Property Owners of Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Leach Lake Weed Control Special Assessment District No. 01 and Any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Supervisor of the Township has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared by him covering each parcel within the Leach Lake Weed Control Special Assessment District No. 01 benefited by the proposed weed control project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs for a lake management program for the control of weeds and/or algae in Leach Lake for the 2007 through 2011 seasons and work incidental thereto within the aforesaid Special Assessment District as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Township Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at Hastings Township Hall, 885 River Road, within the Township, which assessment is in the approximate amount of $16,820.00 ($3,364.00 yearly) with an estimated yearly per parcel cost of $161.79 plus legal and publication expenses for a total of $4,300.00 for the first year. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $161.79 per parcel with first year to be in the amount of approximately $215.00 per parcel. For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Hastings Township Hall at 885 River Road, on February 13, 2007 commencing at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. An owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. After the public hearing is closed, the Township Board may confirm the roll as submitted or as revised or amended; may provide for payment of special assessments in installments with interest on the unpaid balance; and may provide by Resolution for any and all such other matters as are permitted by law with regard to Special Assessments for a lake management program for the control of weeds and/or algae in Leach Lake. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Hastings Township will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities upon reasonable notice to the Hastings Township Clerk of the need for the same. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the office of the Township Clerk in writing or by calling the undersigned Clerk at least five days prior to the hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, in person or by representative, and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77509026 HASTINGS TOWNSHIP Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk 885 River Road Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Wayne L Hoffman, and Michelle Hoffman, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, L.L.C., Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2004 and recorded August 5, 2004 in Instrument # 1131935, and re-recorded on January 20, 2006 in Instrument # 1159143 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Homecomings Financial, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($155,777.82) including interest 12.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of the North Avenue and the true place of beginning; thence West parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 359.5 feet; thence South parallel with said North and South one-quarter line, 130 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, to the centerline of said North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the true place of beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East, parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of said North Avenue to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom; commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West 278 feet along the North line of said South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence South 253.59 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East 189.16 feet to a point on the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 14362 North Ave, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 8, 2007 Homecomings Financial, LLC, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77508667 Our File No: 05-41948 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Detrich D. Yore, a single man and Jodi L Miner a single woman as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 31, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165552, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Three Hundred Six And 44/100 Dollars ($118,306.44), including interest at 9.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 105 cordes subdivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. Parcel 2: The west 1/2 of lot 104, roy cordes subidivision no. 1, according to the recorded plat thererof, as recorded in liber 4 of plats, page 49. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121672F01 77508578 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew P. Monroe and Dawn N. Monroe, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Homeland Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2002, as evidenced by Affidavit Of Lost Document recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123251, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Sovereign Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand One Hundred Four And 31/100 Dollars ($177,104.31), including interest at 7.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76 and the South 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke's Lakeshore Plat Number 1, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #101624F02 06645295 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melanie K. Garrett and George D. Garrett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160176, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred and 52/100 Dollars ($91,500.52) including interest at 10.74% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 18, except commencing at a point 97 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition, thence East 35 feet, thence North 19.5 feet, thence Southwest to a point of beginning, in Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509016 File No. 199.3434 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHARLTON PARK? The Board of Commissioners and Parks & Recreation Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, MI. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact County Administration at (269) 945-1284. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aides and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 10 days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1284. 77509001 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the Village of Nashville, Castleton Township and Maple Grove Township, who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Monday, January 29, 2007, THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Regular Election to be held on February 27, 2007. REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Please contact your Township Clerk for further information. For the purpose of voting on the following proposals: MILLAGE PROPOSAL FOR A MUNICIPAL CEMETERY Shall the Village of Nashville increase the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be assessed against all taxable property within the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, by one mill ($1.00 on each $1,000.00 of taxable value) for the year 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery, which new additional millage would raise an estimated $22,216 in the first year of its levy? MILLAGE INCREASE PROPOSAL GENERAL OPERATING FUND Shall the Village of Nashville general operating fund millage rate, reduced to 9.459 mills by the required millage rollbacks, be increased by a new additional millage rate of 2.041 mills ($2.041 per $1,000 of taxable value) to partially offset that reduction, for an authorized millage rate of 11.5 mills (which includes the new additional millage of 2.041 mills), to be levied by the Village of Nashville for general operating purposes, commencing in 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, which millage would raise an additional $45,343 in the first year of the levy? 77508906 Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24690-DE Estate of ALBERT G. FOX, SR. Date of birth: 8/27/1921. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, ALBERT G. FOX, SR., who lived at 3680 1/2 VELTE RD., WOODLAND, Michigan died 12/4/06. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to ALBERT G. FOX, II, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. COURT ST., HASTINGS and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 1-22-06 JAMES J. GOULOOZE (P44497) 137 W. STATE ST. HASTINGS, MI 49058 269-945-2255 ALBERT G. FOX, II 1713 W. LAWRENCE HWY. CHARLOTTE, MI 48813 (77509049) STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 06-024605-DA Estate of GERTRUDE MIDDLEBUSH. Date of birth: 6/22/1913. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Gertrude Middlebush, who lived at 10934 Shaw Lake Rd., Middleville, Michigan died 5/12/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Keith H. Middlebush, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. COURT ST., HASTINGS and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 1-22-06 JAMES J. GOULOOZE (P44497) 137 W. STATE ST. HASTINGS, MI 49058 269-945-2255 Keith H. Middlebush 10934 Shaw Lake Rd. Middleville, MI 49333 (77509049) NOTICE TO RECRUIT A PCFO Notice to J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Notice - Pursuant to - 5 CFP part 950.104, the Local Federal Coordinating Committee for the West Michigan Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) invites voluntary, Charitable Human Health and Welfare organizations or Federations to apply to act as the Principal Combined Fund Organization for the year 2007 CFC Campaign. The Local Federal Coordinating Committee welcomes suggestions from local federations and organizations relating to the operation of the campaign, campaign materials and training. Deadline for the submission of a fully completed and documented application is 5 p.m. EDT, February 19, 2007. Applications are available at www.opm.gov/cfc. Send applications to: Steve McCarthy LFCC Chair One Division Ave. NW - Room 200 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77509007 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24692-NC In the matter of Ivan Thomas Misico and Jasmine Marie Misico. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on 2/9/2007 at 8:30 a.m. at Barry County Trial Court206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge Hon. William M. Doherty 41960 for the following purpose: Petition for change of name of Ivan Thomas Misico to Ivan Thomas Pomeroy-Yoder. Petition for change of name of Jasmine Marie Misico to Jasmine Marie Pomeroy-Yoder. Date: 1/19/07 Jean Yoder 2885 Ryan Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 77509033 269-948-2569 general county fund. A sheet was handed that out that estimated the 2007 Charlton Park budget to be $529,269. Of that amount $386,381 was from millage. Taxpayers have already spoken in the resounding defeat of two millage proposals. There are no surplus funds in the general fund to support these types of numbers. The last area I would like to address is the Parks and Recreation Commission. I feel too much time has been spent in involvement of the internal affairs of Charlton Park, that it could more accurately be referred to “The Administration Committee of Charlton Park.” This has clouded their assigned endeavor as an “advisory committee.” The director and his job performance goals and subsequent reviews should be handled in a human relations manner. Charles Krammin, Hastings Township, Member, Charlton Park Gas, Steam Club North Country Trail Volunteer Hastings Library operating millage Bring Charlton Park into the 21st Century To the editor: Let me start by saying most of the deals made in Hastings in the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s were made at your local barbershops, tavern and town halls, not golf courses or $200,000 and $300,000 homes that used to be our farmland. I believe we almost have the people in place to take Barry County into the future and those who have the idea of old business is over and may be forced out. I am glad I can go into coffee shops or just walk down the street and be able to talk to our county commission people and tell them what’s on our mind or suggest things that need to be done. Which brings me to Charlton Park. I think after reading The Banner that some of this Parks and Recreation Board need to go. You can’t run the park as a park, it needs to be run like a business. It’s time for the county commissioners and the board to sit down and draw up five-, ten- and 25-year plans to take to the people of Barry County. Here are some suggestions: • Two ball parks and two soccer fields, brought to you by the many banks of Hastings. • A concession stand centrally located and run by Hastings High School business classes. • An old-time movie theater for movies, music and plays brought to you by Hastings Cinema. • An old-time barbershop brought to you by the Beckwith family and a malt shop brought to you by MOO-ville and Dairy Queen. There is a beautiful church out there at the park. How about an old-time revival, also a pastor for Sunday services brought to you by Barry County churches, and jazz and bluegrass festivals. Let’s bring back the Civil War encampments and add on old country shootouts brought to you by Barry County Players Club. We have a sawmill, how about a big log cabin for the director, so we can bring someone in who wants to stay, brought to you by Sawmills of Barry County and Barry County schools’ building trades programs. What about getting rid of those plastic toilets and put up a big outhouse facility brought to you by Lyons Septic. How about adding three extra days to the Frank Bush Indian Pow Wow for arts and crafts to teach children about the customs of our ancestors? Let’s have a bigger and better steam and tractor show with pulls, and swaps, and flea markets for the collectors of these beautiful machines. Then what about trails for walking or running or biking and skateboard ramps, and a big ice skating rink for the winter, brought to you by the Bolthouse family. Also horse trails and camping brought to you by 4-H and Farm Bureau. We could go on, but I think you get the idea. Now you say we don’t have the money to pay people to work. What about the two boards sitting down with our fine sheriff and our own prosecutor and Judge James Fisher and work out a plan for a real community work program for people who can’t pay fines and those who are in jail and on the trustee program who can work at the park? We have plenty of people and families to support the park, but first you need a reason. We have mentioned a few maybe you like, maybe you don’t, but the time has come to bring Charlton Park to the 21st Century or just leave it a park. Jeff and Marsha Davis Hastings Township United Way plans victory celebration The annual Barry County United Way Victory Celebration Awards presentation will be held at 4 p.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 25) at the Commission on Aging. The celebration and awards ceremony is open not only to those who contributed to the campaign, but also to anyone who would like to attend. Awards will be presented to corporations and unions, and there also will be individual leadership awards. There also will be appetizers for those in attendance. Barry County United Way Executive Director Lani Forbes said she encourages any companies with campaigns turn those campaign totals into the United Way as soon as possible. Despite the success of this year’s campaign, United Way is still $35,469.97 short of the $525,000 goal. Those interested in contributing the success of campaign can call Barry County United Way at (269) 9454010. ROAD, continued from page 1 “It will be a major all-season county road, it will not be an M-37,” he said. Federal and state monetary support is expected to be around $7 million, more than $3 million of which already has been secured through a federal TEA-21 (Transportation Equity Act) grant. Lamberg said the project obviously will have an effect on people living in the path of the plans, but, “It doesn’t look like any house will have to be moved or destroyed. Several houses likely will be dramatically affected by the traffic.” The engineer-manager gave a slide presentation to the Board of Commissioners, who asked a few questions and seemed generally positive about the prospects. Commissioner Mark Englerth said he hopes the project will translate into more local jobs, and Lamberg agreed it probably would. Lamberg did note, however, there probably would be some negative environmental impact, such as filling in some wetlands and cutting into rural hills and valleys. 401(k) rollovers made easy 02663773 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING JANUARY 10, 2007-7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Rogers, Hawthorne, Flint, Lyons, Greenfield and Carr and five guests. Minutes of the December 13, 2006 Regular Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for December accepted. Adopted Resolution #2007-66, Planning & Zoning Fees by roll call vote. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer’s report for December accepted by voice vote. Meeting Adjourned at 8:21 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77509043 www.rutlandtownship.org Thornapple Lake Estates what do you think? “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton Are you wondering how to invest your Income Tax Refund? Why not use it as a down payment to purchase your own home. We have an inventory of both single and double wide homes for sale. Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates ® Dustin Robbins The 12-3-84 to 1-3-07 Thank You To the friends and family of Dustin Robbins, we thank you for your loving support in this time of trial. It is a comfort to our families. Love, Bill Robbins & Kelly Williston 02663779 Member SIPC 04535182 A PUBLIC MEETING FOR CHARLTON PARK 02663991 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Ricky R. Ramsey and Beverly K. Ramsey, his wife, to Waterfield Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 19, 1987 and recorded May 20, 1987 in Liber 451 Page 248 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage PassThrough Certificates 1996-R1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-One Thousand Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($31,090.36) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of said Section 4, thence East on the Section line 1047.25 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 100 feet; thence South 400 feet; thence West 100 feet; thence North to the place of beginning, Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan. Commonly known as 4375 East Orchard, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 10, 2007 LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 1996-R1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-62475 ASAP# 817047 01/18/2007, 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007 77508745 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147753, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($23,924.96), including interest at 12.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77508868 Southfield, MI 48075 population centers. I therefore use the term “museum” as the only remaining use and not a very good one, as the artifacts are so widely separated in their separate buildings. which require a great amount of maintenance and supervision, especially policing. My only wish that others can come up with a better idea than mine, which is to hire an interim director for one year, while the funding is still there for 2007. This interim director, job description would not only carry on the already planned activities, but to generate volunteer support and a feasible plan of budgeting for the future operation of the park. If that cannot be accomplished then the museum should be shut down. I base this more on “reality” than my stronger feelings of a “good type of life I experienced” from a small farming village and my involvement as a “farmer” from 1939 to the 1970s. I do not feel enough operating funds can be generated without a millage, no matter how many other grants, philanthropist, cost savings, memberships, convict labor, young adult summer employment, donations or the 77502006 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24689-DE Estate of Paul A. Palmer. Date of birth: 2/4/1922. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Paul A. Palmer, who lived at 4720 Crane Rd., Middleville, MI 49333, Michigan died November 8, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Kathy Kulikowski, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 1-22-06 James J. Goulooze (P44497) 137 W. State St. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-2255 Kathy Kulikowski 5508 E. Butler Dowling, MI 48050 269-758-3730 (77509053) LETTER, continued from page 5 One good thing came from a meeting between the Barry County Commissioners and the Barry County Parks Commission... An agreement to have a large public gathering to take community input regarding Charlton Park. develop a country-wide park system, or just stick to Irving Charlton’s original vision? Do you think that we should make changes to the parks board or leave it just how it is? This will be the time and place to have your say. This event has been scheduled for Thursday, February 8th at the Commission on Aging building. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm. Light refreshments will be served. Since attendance at the event may exceed 100 persons, please keep your comments short and to the point. The only bad comment is the one that you don’t share. The Hastings Banner picked Charlton Park as the biggest news story of 2006. This will be your opportunity to speak your mind on this issue. Whether you have a constructive comment, creative idea or just a beef, this is the time and place. Do you want to see some new activities at the Park....or maybe just the return of a past event? Do you think that we should I think that Charlton Park will be the biggest story of 2007. My only question is whether that will be a good story or a bad one. The difference will be determined by you. Charlton Park needs your input. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com �Page 12 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24684-DE Estate of Janet M. Weidmann. Date of birth: 10/19/61. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Janet Marie Weidmann, who lived at 237 Highridge Ct., Middleville, Michigan died 9/28/06. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Nicole M. Weidmann, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. date: 1/18/07 Terry L. Hoeksema P25182 2932 East Paris, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512 (616) 957-4950 Nicole M. Weidmann 612 Scottview Ct. Comstock Park, MI 49321 77509009 (616) 520-7251 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under the pooling and Servicing Agreement Series INABS 2006-B as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($119,152.81), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commecing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508981 File #125416F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul D Patrick and Stephanie E Patrick, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated October 13, 2004 and recorded October 20, 2004 in Liber 2746 Page 804 , and re-recorded on January 10, 2007 in Instrument # 1174857 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Sixty-Six Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($161,066.42) including interest 8.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Plainwell, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: that part of the West 25 acres of the East half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West described as commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 19; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on the North line of said Section, 1362.70 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West parallel to the North and South eighth line of the Northeast one-quarter, 233.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel to the North section line, 411.65; thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds East, 233.00 feet North section line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West on said section line, 411.65 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over the East 66 feet thereof. Subject to highway right of way over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Nine Mile Road. Commonly known as 12215 9 Mile Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JANUARY 22, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-59149(HSBC) ASAP# 819096 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007, 02/15/2007 06645230 PUT YOUR TAX Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Serina A Brace, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 16, 2006 in instrument 1164687, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One And 14/100 Dollars ($96,001.14), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said section 17 for the place of beginning; Thence North 319.5 feet: Thence East 258 feet; Thence South 319.5 feet; Thence West 258 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122380F01 08720158 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn C. Gahan and Alice M. Gahan, husband and wife, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 13, 2003 and recorded July 11, 2003 in Instrument Number 1108278, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($103,529.99) including interest at 10.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 8 Block 15 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3648 77509011 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 06-024535-01-DA Estate of Harold R. Frazier. Date of birth: 2-21923. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Harold R. Frazier, who lived at 7208 North Ave., Hastings, Michigan died 1-23-2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Linda MacLeod, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 1-22-06 James J. Goulooze (P44497) 137 W. State St. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-2255 Linda MacLeod 7208 North Ave. Hastings, Michigan 49058 269-758-3170 (77509051) REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dylan J. Schram and Jamie L. Schram, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Charter One Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2004, and recorded on June 10, 2004 in instrument 1129053, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix And 32/100 Dollars ($205,596.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 9 West described as: Commencing at the west 1/4 corner of said section; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 2625.92 feet along the south line of said northwest 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 660.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence north 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds west 660.00 feet; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds east 330.00 feet; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds east 660.00 feet; thence south 01 degrees 30 minutes 32 seconds west 330.00 feet along the east line of said northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108356F02 08719370 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy S. Norris, A Married Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2005, and recorded on April 13, 2005 in instrument 1144829, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Five And 95/100 Dollars ($149,885.95), including interest at 8.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Thence North 00 Degrees 15 Minutes 59 Seconds East 638.40 feet along the West Line of said Section 25, Thence South 89 Degrees 56 Minutes 06 Seconds East 392.99 Feet, Thence South 12 Degrees 31 Minutes 33 Seconds West 346.32 Feet, Thence South 01 Degree 40 Minutes 33 Seconds East, 300.00 Feet to the East and West 1/4 Line of said Section 25, Thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 329.62 Feet along said 1/4 Line to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110406F02 08720164 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Paul W. Gilfoyle and Colleen Gilfoyle, husband and wife, to First National Bank of America, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded on August 30, 2004 in Document 1133228, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $24,828.28. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 12.94 percent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, for a point of beginning, thence North 220 feet, thence West 360 feet, thence South 220 feet, thence East 360 feet to the point of beginning. Including but not limited to a 1972 Graywood Mobile Home serial #1206844. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: January 3, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 08720176 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of MARIE L. PICKENS REVOCABLE Trust, dated May 18, 1993. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The settlor of the trust, Marie L. Pickens, who lived at 1821 N. East Street, Hastings, Michigan died November 24, 2006. Creditors of the Settlor are notified that all claims against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to DUANE E. YAGER, the trustee of the trust at 13051 Russell Road, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice. Notice is further given that the Trust estate will be thereafter assigned to the persons entitled to it. Duane E. Yager 13051 Russell Road Lake Odessa, MI 48849 Thomas Pickens Clarksville, Michigan Timothy Pickens Saline, Michigan Joy Adams Jackson, Michigan Jill Lieto Muskegon, Michigan Diane Briones Canyon Country, California Carol Fabric San Anselno, California Mary Cristine LaLonde Temecula California 77509035 Richard LaLonde Pueblo, Colorado Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Gilbert, A Single Man as his sole, seperate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 9, 2004, and recorded on December 17, 2004 in instrument 1138859, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Sixty-Five And 00/100 Dollars ($200,065.00), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The west 10 acres of the northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of section 26, town 4 north, range 8 west, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508992 File #125158F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Klint R. Friedenauer and Cynthia S. Friedenauer, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. f/k/a Norwest Mortgage, Inc., a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 1998 and recorded October 8, 1998 in Instrument Number 1019071, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyOne and 83/100 Dollars ($159,151.83) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, thence Easterly 592.5 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of Section 27 for the true place of beginning; thence Northerly 330 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 27; thence Westerly 317.5 feet parallel with said East and West onequarter line; thence Northerly 69 feet more or less, parallel with said North and South one-quarter line to point which lies 2241 feet South of the North line of said Section 27; thence Easterly 1045 feet more or less, parallel with said North Section line to the East one-eighth line of said Section 27; thence Southerly 399 feet, more or less along said East one-eighth line to the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 27; thence Westerly 727.5 feet, more or less to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508651 File No. 326.0829 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison Douglas Howell AKA Madison D. Howell and Linda Howell AKA Linda L. Howell, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 18, 2005 in instrument 1146744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 05/100 Dollars ($138,138.05), including interest at 17.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit No. 13, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41, together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508966 File #124891F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152106, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven And 25/100 Dollars ($122,911.25), including interest at 15.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 11, Red Oaks Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41; together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508972 File #124878F01 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. is a debt collector and we are attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRANDON J COREY AND NICOLE R COREY, HUSBAND AND WIFE to FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF INDIANA , Mortgagee, dated October 07, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 , as Instrument No. 1116331, in BARRY County Records, Michigan, and assigned by MESNE assignment to NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of one hundred forty one thousand two hundred sixteen and 48/100 Dollars ($141,216.48), including interest at 9.250% per annum with an adjustable rate rider. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the At Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, MI , at 1:00 PM on February 01, 2007. Said premises are situated in TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY County, Michigan and are described as: LOT 19 OF THORNAPPLE VALLEY PINES #2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. DATED: January 04, 2007 Robert A. Tremain & Associates, P.C. 401 South Old Woodward Avenue, Suite 300 Birmingham, MI 48009-6616 ATTORNEY FOR: NATIONAL CITY HOME LOAN SERVICES, INC. Assignee of Mortgagee For More Information Call: (248) 540-7701 06644831 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 13 Honor Roll: Delton Kellogg Middle School First Academic Semester Eighth-graders All As — Aubrey Beeler, Avery Blackburn, Carly Boehm, Tyler Bourdo, Mitchell Chapman, Alex Haase, Taylor Hennessey, Ronald Hermenitt, Krista Holtman, McKenzie Nguyen, Amber Rawlings and Dallas Swinehart. Honor Roll (grade point averages of between 3.0 and 3.9) — Evan Beadle, Nicholas Bieganski, Jeffrey Bissett, Taylor Blacken, Nicholas Blincoe, Alexander Blincoe, Meghan Bortle, Dylan Bouchie, Breeana Calhoun, Trevor Curtice, Jordan Dimock, Shelby Douglas, Bradley Eddy, Emilee Everett, Matthew Fahrenbacher, Jim Farrah, Collin Foote, Taylor Gallagher, Brooke Gaylor, Melinda Grant, Katelyn Grizzle, Micah Gurd, Aaron Hakes, Kayla Hartline, Jacob Harvath, Charles Hoadley, Ryan Hoeberling, Cortni Howard, Rebecca Isaacson, Jessica Jackson, Kasie Jacobs, Cameron James, Macie Jenkins, Bradley Kingsbury, Cody Lepper, Amanda Mikolajczyk, Harley Miller, Scarlett Moore, Ryan Mount, Brittany Norris, Jamie O’Grady, Kayla-Lea Paradowski, Austin Pinks, Joseph Quero, Joel Quick, Ryan Ramsey, James Ramsey, Jamie Raulston, Trenton Risner, Taylor Risner, Kaleigh Robinson, Mia Salinas-Sutherland, Amber Saurers, Nolan Smith, Brittany Smith, Emily Smith, Connor Stewart, Ashley Strobel, John Synwolt, Jonathan Todd, Charles VanHoose, Sarah Waters, Desmond Watkins, Krystal Wensauer, Christina Wilcox, Kristin Wine, Josie Wooten and William Wycoff Adrianna Culbert, Courtenay Dirks, Taylor Earl, Sarah Eddy, Tessa Foreman, Alea Hammond, Amanda Harrington, Ryan Hook, Caylie Hudson, Lewis Hunt, Sarah Lepird, Adam May, Kyla Mutch, Alexis Newland, Pheonix Pease, William Schut, Cameron Schutte, Gabrielle Shipley, Hannah Smith, Lindsay Smith, Morgan Smith, Tyler Vining, Ryan Watson, Brian Wilder, Ciaira Willma and Connor Wolschleger. Honor Roll —Kaitlyn Addison, Aracely Aguirre-Sanchez, Chelsea Ainsworth, Nathan Allen, Brandon Arnold, Kayla Baker, Michelle Barker, Haley Barks, Elizabeth Bartha, Nicole Blaszak, Megan Boulter, Kasey Braska, Dylan Bruder, Tyler Card, Ty Childress, Nicholas Christiansen, Crystal Colwell, Jacob Corstange, Kassandra Decker, Jessica Decker, Tyler Dempsey, Jolene Drum, Matthew Durham, Derek DuShane, Brittany Eubank, Adam Farrah, Misti Farrah, Chaleah Gehrman, Brandon Haas, Mikayla Hackler, Brooklyn Hayes, Rose Hill, Kannon Hoffman, Katie Hook, Kayla Hyatt, Jeffrey Jackson, Victor Jovanovich, Shanae Kalee, Brittany Marshall, Chelsea Marshall, Chelsea Martin, Kami McCowan, Casey McCoy, Garth Meyers, Savannah Michel, Brandi Miner, Logan Montes, Ashton Norris, Norman O’Meara, Branden Orr, Alison Papesh, Nickolas Peters, Ryan Phillips, Andrea Polley, Talia Quero, Jessica Ramsey, James Reed, Luke Schroeder, Christian Seybert, Michael Shockley, Kelsey Sofia, Colin Talbot, Trey Taylor, Jeremiah Tessin, Megan Themins, Jeffrey Thompson, Caitlin Travis, Mitchell Wandell, Zackary Whitney, Kaleigh Workman and Jessica Zavala. Sixth-graders All As — Caleb Alman, Nicholas Aukerman, Jared Buckland, Sarah Cleven, Molly Egelkraut, Christian Fritz, Caleb Gurd, Logan Hansen, Elizabeth Jackson, Zachary Leinaar, Alex Lepird, Brooke Martin, Cassidy Morgan, Hunter Nemeth, Brookelynn O’Meara, Rachel Parker, Jaime Risner, Mallory Sewell, Austin Storm, Simone Tilbury, Alisha Vanderwoude, Austin Wines and Zachary Young. Honor Roll — Corinthia Anderson, Joshua Arkwright, Chelsea Bartha, Anthony Bates, Jonathan Berdahl, Jacob Berrones, Samantha Bourdo, Christian Boze, Travis Boze, Jesse Brisboy, Jarryd Calhoun, Jacob Calkins, Shawna Cheney, Kenneth Coates, Brianna Dawe, Logan Durbin, Kyle Duff, Zachary Eib, Edmund Feltner, Justin Ferris, Janelle Fluty, Virginia Forsyth, Selena GarrettHuizar, Zacharay Haas, Rachael Heacock, Arianna Heator, Blake Herzog, Brittany Hicks, Paige Hunter, Joseph Jarvis, Blake Jones, Kylie Lavender, Brittany Leatherman, Emily Leslie, Zachary Meyers, Tabitha Nguyen, Alexandria Oliver, Lucas Panos, Shelby Payne, Austin Pluchinsky, Brandon Robbins, Erika Roberts, Brianna Russell, Hayleigh Sexton, Zachary Simon, Tiffany Smith, Kelsey Sutherland, Jessalyn Tamez, Emily Vaughn, Grant Walker, Sierra Weatherspoon, Robert Wiggins, Shelby Woodmansee, Conner Worm and Samantha Zettelmaier. Fifth-graders All As — Haley Addison, Jacob Bagley, Alexander Barker, Bobby Bottom, Robert Brindley, Jennifer Brown, Haley Carpenter, Teila Childress, Hunter Chilton, Evan Curtice, Autumn Foote, Sydnie Frie, Aric Gan, Carlye Hammond, Thomas Harris, Kylee Hines, Kaysie Hook, Samuel Horrocks, Anthony Houtrow, Cameron Hudson, Kyle Janowski, Juliene Jozwik, Alex Kline, Cortney Leinaar, Mallory Leinaar, Easton Lovell, Joshua Madden, Mackenzie McNett, Mikelah Snell, Kaley Miller, Jacob Morgan, Danielle Morse, Gabriel Neujahr, Sydney Nikitas, Hannah Okeley, Tucker Onderlinde, Megan Papesh, Andrew Petzold, Carly Pierce, Kaleb Pluchinsky, Madeleine Reed, Sarah Rendon, William Riley, Nora Sheffer, Hunter Smith, Nicole Thompson, Cameron Tobias and Troy Wooden. Honor Roll — Daisy Aguirre-Sanchez, Jessa Aldridge, Seth Alward, Kami Arnold, Alexander Bernard, Shelby Bissett, Joshua Blaszak, Christopher Boniface, Lorraine Bouchie, Isaiah Boyle, Anjelyca Carter, Zackary Cole, Anthony Dallavalle, Alixandria Decker, Allison Decker, Mitchell Decker, Lucas Elliott, Brandon Freds, Carter Garrison, Mason Goodhew, Delainey Hanley, Hannah Harris, Rachel Higdon, John High, Chelsea Hoadley, Franklin James, Jayme Johnston, Devin Kalee, Dylan Kelley, Kaitlin Koon, Bethany Kruger, Alexander Kulinski, Kollin Leinaar, Cassandra Lepper, Joshua McCarty, Kristen Meyers, Reo Miller, Brady Mills, Jeffrey Minehart, Dwayne Moederzoon, Nolan Moleski, Mackenzi Nottingham, Jenna Perry, Michael Robinson, Emily Sample, Spencer Saurers, William Selby, Courtney Sheffer, Chretien Skaggs, Raymond St. Onge, Jeffrey Stokfisz, Juztyn Vanderwoude, Shelby Varney, Kelsey Vaughn, Micheal Warner, Gavin Warner, Emily Warren and Amanda Wessels. att.com/familyvalues 1-800-528-2075 Seventh-graders All As — Kacy Amaro-Cheek, Michael Bassett, Emilea Bender, Jacob Bentz, Meghan Boer, Sara Bork, Nicolas Brindley, Trent Cardosa, Cassandra Coplin, Chelsea Cravens, Safety workshop set at Hastings Middle School Small-town values. Worldwide connections. Parents are invited to attend “Keeping our Kids Safe: Everything a Parent Needs to Know,” a workshop at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, in the Hastings Middle School all-purpose room. Topics to be covered at the workshop will be current substance abuse issues, dating violence, teen depression and suicide, Internet safety and runaway and homeless youth. Specialists from Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry County Community Mental Health, The Ark, Green Gables Haven and local law enforcement will be presenting these topics. There will be refreshments as well as informational handouts. There also will be prizes, child care and an open gym for children in fourth through eighth grades. For more information, call Barry County Substance Abuse Services at (269) 9451387. AT&T local and long distance. Reliable communication is even more important when you live in a small town. That’s why you should depend on AT&T for all your local and long distance needs — with the service and proven track record you can trust. Because when you live in a small town, you have even more reason to stay connected. AT&T. Your world. Delivered. SM Next First Friday will be about trails The next First Friday forum at noon Feb. 2 will be a discussion about walking, hiking and biking trails in Barry County. Featured will be Phil VanNord ad Rick Moore, both members of the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail Association, and Dr. Larry Hawkins from the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association. The three are expected to talk about plans, use, costs, maintenance, funding and issues associated with trail systems. The First Friday series of public programs, sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Committee, is held on the the first Friday of each month at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets, Hastings. The series has been held continuously since August 1989. Alternative fuel vehicles seminar slated for Feb. 3 An alternative fuel vehicles seminar is planned for 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Jim Pitts of Lansing Community College will talk about the latest trends in alternative fuel vehicles, covering fuel cells, hybrids, gaseous fuel, and feedstock fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel. This half-day seminar will allow him to go in-depth about each topic. Participants will have the opportunity to view demonstrations and receive handouts. Pre-registration and payment are required. Cost is $15. An optional boxed lunch is available for $5 or participants may bring their own lunch. For more information, call 269-721-4472. 77508556 92696_AQRMAP6136_1103I 1 12/21/06 11:37:07 PM �Page 14 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Lawn & Garden Card of Thanks $125 AMISH LOG BED w/ queen mattress. Complete, never used. Must sell! (517)719-8062 CNS LAWNCARE brings 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. THE CHESTER R. GEUKES family would thank everyone for the cards, flowers, and kind expressions of sympathy shown to our family at the time of the loss of our father, grandfather, and great grandfather; Chester Geukes. A special thanks to Carveth Village and their care givers for the wonderful care and thoughtfulness, shown to our father; to Dr. Noah and his staff, the Thornapple Township EMT’s, Beeler Funeral Home for the wonderful services; Rev. Scott Manning of the Middleville United Methodist Church for his comforting words, and to all those who helped contribute to his funeral service. Thanks to the Middle Villa Inn for the lovely luncheon after the service, the Middleville Rotarians for transporting Chester to meetings and assisting him at activities, and Patricia Johns at J-ad Graphics for the special printed memorials. Ruth Geukes, Don & Janet Geukes, Jennifer & Dan Myers & family, Jeff & Sarah Geukes & family. 40 YARDS/BERBER CARPET: beige, brand new (bought, never used). Still on roll. New $400 - sell $150. (517)204-0600 FIREWOOD $50/PICK UP truck load, delivered within 10 mile radius, over 10, delivery extra. (269)945-5099 FIREWOOD: SHED FULL of dry wood, $600. (269)9488943 FOR SALE: 1995 Dodge Neon motor, $300. Head has been redone, runs good, 2.0 liter, 50HC. (269)9480021/(269)838-6091. FURNITURE: 4 piece living room set, earth tones, 1-1/2 years old. Paid $3,000, asking $1,650. Also, kitchen table & 4 chairs, $60. Call (269)569-8230 before 7pm. WIZARD OF OZ MEMORABILIA: 2 cookie jars & 2 snow globes, new in boxes, $85 for all. Call (269)5698230 before 7pm. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. For Rent FOR RENT: 2 bedroom in the country, no pets, 1st months rent & security deposit. (269)948-8943 ROOM & BOARD: Country setting, long or short term, furnished or unfurnished. Must like animals. Call (269)948-8508. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Garage Sale Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Household 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $169. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $112. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Value $1,800. Must sell, $545. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 KING FOUR POST BED with pillow top mattress set, 2 months old, cost $1,000, sell $195. (517)204-0600 SOFA AND LOVESEAT Brand new in factory packaging. Stain resistant, with lifetime warranty! Value $1,300, must sell $495. 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However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. #/50/. ��/:�$2).+ WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��&%"���������������("� 09549624 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Business Services DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted DREADING MONDAY? Work from home. Potential for executive-level income. No commute, no boss, total freedom. Call now 1-800318-8152 two min. message. 1-877-302-5626. NANNY NEEDED IN DELTON: 3 children, full time. (269)226-0103 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Three-wheeler theft may be ‘he said-she said’ In a case of “he said-she said,” Barry County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a complaint of the theft of a three-wheeler. Deputies were told Jan. 3 by the complainant he had moved out of a Castleton Township residence he shared with a girlfriend and left behind a three-wheeler he intended to pick up the next day. When he returned, he said, the three-wheeler was gone. His girlfriend said she saw a pickup truck matching the description of her ex-boyfriend’s vehicle on the road outside her property late the previous night and she told officers she thought he may have taken the all terrain vehicle and then blamed her for its disappearance. A search of outbuildings on the property failed to turn up the vehicle in question. The incident remains under investigation. Burglary may have been foiled at car dealership A snowplow operator may very well have stopped a burglary in progress Jan. 22 at a car dealership in Middleville. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies said the witness was clearing the dealer’s lot when he saw two black males run from the area. Footprints in the snow indicated two people ran from the area and may have gotten into a waiting vehicle nearby. Deputies discovered three cars jacked up on bricks and tires lined along one edge of the parking lot. The incident remains under investigation. Use of cadets increases time on road patrol Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said Tuesday the increased use of cadets has enabled his department to put more deputies on road patrol. “We calculated that the deputies manning the desk at the Sheriff’s Department were working a total of 8,760 hours,” Leaf said. “By utilizing the cadets to man the phones here, we have added that 8,760 hours to our road patrol. We feel it is a much better use of deputies time and significantly increases the time deputies can spend patrolling the county.” One of 2 horses rescued from icy pond Firefighters from the Johnstown Fire Department were called to a pond when two horses wandered out on the ice and fell through. The team was able to rescue only one of the animals, as the other horse could not be reached in time. Assistant Fire Chief Pete Dunn praised the work of his team. “It took everyone working together to get even one horse to safety,” he said. “You have to get a strap around the horse and pull it out of the icy water. It’s a dangerous situation and I am proud of the effort of all our people. I wish we could have saved both animals, but we had to work quickly just to get the one out. It took about 25 or 30 minutes to save the one horse we were able to get to.” Dunn said the horses were owned by a couple on Jones Road who are truck drivers and away from home for long periods of time. “The horses were being cared for by a neighbor,” he said, “and they got out.” Kentwood man passes bad check to buy a car Hastings Police arrested a Kentwood man in connection with his involvement in a fraudulent passing of a no account check to purchase a vehicle from a local car dealership. Michael Lee, 19, purchased a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix Jan. 12 from Dreisbach Motors in Hastings. Several days later it was learned that the account from which the check was drawn had been closed earlier in the month. The vehicle and suspect information were entered into the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) on Jan. 17, the day the incident was reported to the police, and it was learned that the Bay City Police Department had made an inquiry on the vehicle the previous day. The vehicle and suspect were taken into custody on Jan. 18 by authorities in Bay City. Lee is currently lodged at the Barry County Jail and facing charges of larceny by false pretenses and passing a no account check. Drunk driver arrested after traffic accident Hastings Police arrested a Hastings man for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he was involved in a two-vehicle traffic accident in the 100 block of E. Green Street. Curtis Felder, 21, was east bound on Green Street when he turned into the path of a west bound vehicle being driven by Chase Goodin, 21, of Middleville. During the investigation it was apparent to the officer that Felder had been consuming intoxicants and further investigation revealed a .13% blood alcohol level. Felder was placed under arrest for the offense and lodged at the Barry County Jail, and is facing additional charges of violating his restricted operator’s license, and for failing to yield to oncoming traffic. There were no reported injuries during the accident. McDonald’s front window damaged Hastings Police responded to a malicious destruction of property complaint in the 1200 block of West State Street Jan. 21 during the early morning hours. An employee of McDonalds reported that he heard a crackling type sound coming from the front of the building and after further investigating found the front bay window of the business had been damaged. Officers investigating the incident found a hole in the window consistent with that being made by a BB or pellet type projectile. The window, measuring approximately. 6' x 6', will cost several hundred dollars to replace. Baltimore Twp. woman injured in car crash A 79-year-old Baltimore Township woman is listed in stable, but guarded condition at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo after she was involved in a single-vehicle traffic accident on M-79 last Sunday afternoon. Deputy Kevin Erb of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department said Laura Rosezella Mann was traveling on M-37 near McGlynn Road when her car left the road and crashed into a tree. A West Michigan Air Care helicopter arrived at the scene and transported Mann to the Bronson Trauma Care Center, where she is undergoing treatment for a fractured arm, broken rib, lacerations to her forehead, a bruised aorta and knee contusion. COURT NEWS • Jack Amos Otten, 22, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced Jan. 17 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to 24 months probation and 90 days in jail on each of three counts of his conviction Dec. 6. Otten was convicted of one count of malicious destruction of property, one of breaking and entering without the owner’s permission and breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Otten was arrested in Rutland Township in August for braking into a barn. Fisher ordered Otten to undergo cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling at the jail and to continue counseling after his release. Otten was also ordered to pay $500 in court costs, restitution of $649.94 and a probation fee of $240. 77508734 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Construction Board of Appeals. Applicants must be a Barry County resident. Applicants must be a licensed electrician, plumber or contractor. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 2, 2007. • David Dejesus Gonzalez, 30, of Hickory Corners, has his probation extended by Judge Fisher on two convictions Jan. 18. In one case, Gonzalez, who was already on probation, had his probation extended to 60 months and was ordered to serve 12 months in jail for his conviction of violating that probation. Gonzalez was on probation for a 2003 conviction of receiving and concealing stolen property. In his other case, Gonzalez was sentenced to the same term of probation and jail for his violation of probation on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender. Gonzalez originally was sentenced in 2004 to serve 24 months probation and six months in jail. • George Harvey Starks, 42, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced Jan. 19 by Judge Fisher to serve from 13 to 43 months in prison for his Dec. 8 conviction of receiving and concealing stolen property in Prairieville Township in August. Fisher ordered Starks to serve his sentence concurrent to a sentence he received in Kalamazoo County. He was also ordered to pay court costs of $500 and restitution of $8,309. His restitution may be joint and several with a co-defendant. Raymond Eugene Erickson, 35, of Middleville, was sentenced Jan. 18 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and two days in jail for each of two counts of operating a vehicle while his license was suspended or revoked and attempted unlawful driving away of a vehicle. Erickson also was ordered to pay court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. He was ordered to participate in drug court and cognitive behavior therapy and observe a curfew from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. He was ordered to participate in day reporting until a wrist monitor is made available. • Daniel Lambert Cullers, 43, of Wayland, appeared at a re-sentencing hearing before Judge Fisher and was ordered to serve from 38 to 60 months in prison for his conviction of attempted criminal sexual conduct (first degree involving a minor). In June of 2006, Cullers received a sentence of from 180 to 270 months in prison and appealed. Cullers was arrested in Yankee Springs Township and charged with CSC over a period of time between June 2004 and March 2006. • Gerald Edward Carpenter, Jr, 25, of Hastings was sentenced Jan. 17 by Judge Fisher to serve 18 months probation and 60 days in jail for his December conviction of resisting and obstructing and assaulting a police officer in Nashville in December. Carpenter had several previous convictions, including in 2000 in Cheboygan District Court; in 2002 in Garden City District Court and Westland District Court; in 2003 in Plymouth District Court, Livonia District Court, Roseville District Court and Romulus District Court; in 2004 in Grand Rapids District Court, Ionia District Court and Hastings District Court; in 2005 in Hastings District Court and Allegan District Court; and two additional convictions last year in Hastings District Court. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 15 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25, 2007. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. MUSIC/THEATRE • The Pink Floyd Experience will come to the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Show starts at 8 pm. Reserved seating is $30-$35. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Thursday, Jan. 25. • Jonny Lang will perform at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. The show will was postponed from its original date has been rescheduled at 8 pm. Reserved seating is $37.50. Tickets for the November show will be honored on the new date. Ticket Office hours are MondayFriday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone at (269) 373-7000 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. Friday, January 26. • The Reggae Legend Birthday Bash- A Birthday Tribute to Bob Marley will take place at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. General Admission. $16 in advance, $19 day of show. Saturday, Jan. 27. • Winter Evening is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s popular “Epic Evening” series of concerts. Concerts begin at 8 pm. The chamber music program will include Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 featuring the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet. The KSO Woodwind Quintet will perform Klughart’s “Woodwind Quartet” and “Sunset Glow” by David Samuels will feature the KSO percussion duo. The Epic Evenings events take place in the informal bistro table atmosphere of the Epic Theatre in Kalamazoo. Tickets are $18 for adults and can be purchased by calling 1-800-228-9858. January 26 & 27. • Temptations will come to the Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets for the Temptations at Miller Auditorium are $42.25. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 3872300 or (800)228-9858. January 27. • Thornapple Wind Band will perform at 3 pm at Thornapple Kellogg High School. The concert will feature some surprises, including Red Skelton’s “Red, White and Blue March” as well as a big band spoof number titled “Lawrence Milk Plays Guy Lombago.” Duane Thatcher will conduct and the Middle United Methodist Bell Ringers will be featured in part of the program. Sunday, January 28. • Cinderella will be presented by the 50member Moscow Festival Ballet under the direction of Artistic Director Sergei Radchenko for one performance, Sunday, 2007 at 3 pm at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are $15-$45 and are available by calling (269) 3872300 or 1-800-228-9858, online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. January 28. • Dark Star Orchestra will be "Recreating The Grateful Dead Experience" at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Ages 18 and over welcome. Tickets are $18 in advance. Doors open at 8 pm, 9 pm show. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Tuesday, January 30. • Kevin Devine & The G--D--- Band will perform live with special guest Jennifer O'Connor and Pablo at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All Ages welcome. $8 in advance. Doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 6:15 pm in the front room. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Wednesday, January 31. • Little Shop of Horrors will be perform by The Revue at Vermontville’s Opera House. Call (269) 367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com for tickets and information. Jan 19-21 & Jan. 26-28. MISCELLANEOUS • Icefest 2007 will take place in Coldwater and features many events in the downtown area including “Patricia Polacco’s Union City” at the Tibbits Theatre which is based on the many works of the popular children’s book author. Other events include ice carving, chili cook-off, activities for chidlren and more. See coldwater.org for more info. January 25-27. • How to Eat Locally....in Michigan....in the Winter will be presented at 7 pm at the Wealthy Theater, 1130 Wealthy SE, GR. Suggested donation of $5. Film screening and discussion of the increasing options West Michiganders have for eating local food in the winter. Speakers include Tom Cary of the Greater Grand Rapids Food Systems Council and Chris Bedford, a founder of Sweetwater Local Foods Market in Muskegon. The evening will include a presentation of the new West Michigan Cooperative, an online farmers market that seeks to connect local farmers and consumers all year long. Wednesday, Jan. 31. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE JANUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 26-28 Barry County Home Show at the Barry expo Center from 10 am-8 pm. 28 Thornapple Wind Band free performance at 3 pm at the Thornapple Kellogg High School Auditorium in Middleville. Coming in February 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. These drives take place the first Friday of every month. 3 What You Need to Know About Taxes will be presented by SCORE. Learn what important tax issues can impact your bottom line. $30, $45 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Box lunch included. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 or email info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 3 Cheney Engine Sale at the Barry Expo Center. 10 What You Need to Know About Taxes will be presented by SCORE. Workshop covers various aspects of small business marketing in simple yet powerful terms. Topics include creating powerful marketing plans, budgeting, and effective advertising. $35, $50 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 or email info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Oportunity for state and federal elected officials or their reps to keep constituents informed on what’s happening in government. Gun Lake Winterfest February 17 Blue October will perform live Friday, February 2 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $14.97 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids February 9-March 16. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 2224000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Stop Sending in the Clowns will be performed February 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Dinner and show is $27.50 per person. Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar and dinner at 7 pm. Menu consists of Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. Call Middle Villa Inn at (269) 795-3640 for reservations. I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning is a dinner theatre production of the Thornapple Players. The County Seat restaurant in Hastings is the host for the February 10 & 11 event. Cost is $30 per person and includes appetizers, dinner, dessert, ticket for the show and gratuity. Tickets can be purchased at County Seat. Gun Lake Winterfest is returning February 17. Many events are planned including broomballtournament, music trivia contest, polar bear dip, swimsuit show, and many more. Local bands who would like to perform at the event are encouraged to call Lynn Hatfield at (269) 945-2454. Those wishing to take part in broomball should contact Alex Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. An Evening with Leo Kottke is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Blue October February 2 This week’s selections: Children of Men Running time: 109 minutes MPAA rating: R It is the year 2027. After a series of global pandemics, the world’s population is left infertile. No child has been born since 2009. Global terrorism is on the rise. England, like the rest of the world, is in the grip of panic. It is a nation under martial law, with security cameras everywhere. Immigrants, nicknamed “Foogies,” are rounded up and placed in cramped outdoor cages while they await deportation (allowing director Alfonso Cuaron an opportunity to make a visual commentary on the current Abu Ghraib attrocities). And if this world is too much to bear, a popular over-the-counter suicide drug, “Quietus” (motto: “You decide when”), is available. Enter Theo (Clive Owen), an alcoholic civil-servant. On the day of the death of the world’s youngest human (aged 18), Theo takes the day off. Big mistake. As he goes for a cup of coffee, he is abducted by an underground revolutionary group, the local cell of which is run by his ex-wife (Julianne Moore). They split up after the death of their infant son some 18 years previous. She persuades Theo to use a family connection to get transit papers for a young woman who needs to leave the country. The young woman, Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey), is pregnant. The revolutionaries don’t trust the government to help Kee, so they want to smuggle her out of the country where their group will supposedly do right by her and her baby. What it is, we aren’t told. Why the world’s women are all infertile is never really Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Clive Owen and Julianne Moore exist in a future where overpopulation is no longer going to be a problem. explained (I’m only assuming it had to do with the pandemics). And frankly, one pregnant woman isn’t really going to solve the population problem — no matter how enthusiastic she may be. That is really the problem with “Children of Men.” Too many questions and no answers. And as a commentary on how bad things could get if we (meaning the U.S. and UK) continue with our Homeland Security paranoia, Cuaron doesn’t really offer anything of substance. Still, the performances are strong, even if the script isn’t. And as a mindless chase movie, “Children of Men” does succeed. Make it a rental. GRADE: C+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 16 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings starts Delton’s downward trend at invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg’s day turned when Hastings’ Sam VanDenack blasted a kill that put an end to her team’s match with the hosts at the Delton Kellogg Invitational Saturday. The Panthers had a four match winning streak going to start the day, in the six-team round robin tournament. Delton already had the top seed sewn up, but fell to Kalamazoo Christian in the cham- pionship match 25-22, 25-23. A handful of quick hitters from setter Katee Hogoboom to middle hitter Chelsea VanderWoude were the Panthers best offensive attacks for the Panthers, but the Comets played a solid defensive match. The Comets came back from 14-8 down in game one, and down 16-14 in game two, to win the title 25-22, 25-23. It was the second meeting of the day for the two Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) Freshmen spikers celebrate pair of second place finishes For the second week in a row, the Hastings freshmen volleyball team placed second at an invitational, when it finished as the runner-up at its own Hastings Invitational Friday. The Saxon freshman also placed second at the Belding Invitational Jan. 13. rivals. Delton won the pool play meeting in three games, 25-22, 15-25 , 15-10. The Panthers also topped Wayland 25-17, 25-17, Potterville 25-14, 25-23, and Charlotte 25-23, 20-25, 15-13 before falling to Hastings in the final match of pool play 25-21, 25-18. Hastings was 2-3 on the day, with its other victory coming against Charlotte 25-17, 2521. The Saxons also went to three games with the eventual champions, falling to the Comets 23-25, 25-17, 16-14 to start the day. Wayland topped the Saxons 25-16, 25-21, and Potterville bested them in three games 20-25, 25-21, 15-12. Wayland was the second seed for tournament play, after beating Kalamazoo Christian in their final pool play match 25-22, 25-15. The Comets and Wildcats quickly started their semifinal contest, with the Comets coming out on top 25-17, 25-15. VanDenack served the Saxons from a 1514 deficit to a 20-15 lead in game two against Delton Kellogg. She finished the day with seven aces, 14 kills, four blocks and six digs. Dana Shilling had ten kills, 21 blocks and six digs on the day for Hastings. Jessica Burch had six kills, five digs, and four aces. Nikkie Meade led the Saxons with 12 digs, while Rachel Iler led the team with 19 assists. The Saxons fell to 0-2 in the O-K Gold Conference last Thursday, when they were topped by the number one ranked South Christian Sailors 25-7, 25-11, 25-7. Hannah Case led the Saxons with three kills, and Iler had seven assists. Hastings hosts Byron Center this Thursday, then will be a part of the Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational Saturday. Monday, the Saxons head to Potterville to take part in a trimeet along with the host Vikings and Bellevue. Delton Kellogg had another meeting with Kalamazoo Christian on the horizon after Saturday. The two teams were slated to meet in KVA action on Wednesday night. Delton headed into that match with a 1-1 league mark, having bested Parchment Jan. 17. The Panthers head to the Portage Northern Invitational this Saturday, then are back at it in the KVA when they host Hackett Catholic Central next Wednesday. The Saxons’ Ashley Eerdmans sets the ball up as Delton Kellogg’s Chelsea VanderWoude (7) protects her spot along the Panther front line during round-robin action at the Delton Kellogg Invitational Saturday. Hastings handed Delton its only loss before tournament play began. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Flu Clinic at Family Tree Medical Everyone Welcome (You do not need to be a patient of Family Tree) CDC has extended flu season! 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Lakewood reserve guard Eddie Salazar (left) catches an elbow in the head from Byron Center’s Justin Dennett as he takes the ball away from the Bulldog guard in the second half with help from teammates Alex Erickson (50) and Nic Wieland (back right). (Photo by Brett Bremer) We didn’t get off the bus,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. A 21-0 run by the Vikings between the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth turned out to be enough to get them past the Bulldogs though, 65-58. “They outhustled us in the first half. At half-time I was like ‘what do you say’.” The Vikings trailed the host Bulldogs 2520 at the break, and the lead was still five points for Byron Center with three minutes left in the third quarter. A pair of free throws by Zach VanEngen put Byron Center up 3328 with 3:17 to play in the period. Back-to-back buckets by Lakewood guard Nick Hilley, and then another by Brad Elliott off a nice assist from guard Eddie Salazar gave Lakewood its first lead of the second half with 2:07 left in the third. Byron Center didn’t score again until 5:24 was all that remained in the game. Lakewood led 49-35 at that point. Salazar, Michael Barbour, and Hilley sparked the Lakewood run by putting outstanding pressure on the Byron Center guards at the top of the key, leading to a number of steals and break away baskets for the Vikings. Lakewood also did a solid job of transitioning up the court after defensive rebounds, for easy baskets. Hilley led Lakewood on the night with 19 points. Center Alex Erickson had 13, Elliott nine, and Nic Wieland eight. VanEngen finished with 27 points for the Bulldogs, and his teammates Justin Dennett and Scott Westhouse added 11 points each. “We got the ball into Alex (Erickson) in the second half, and he made some really forceful moves in there. In the first half, I thought we were tentative attacking the basket accept for Hilley,” Farrell said. Erickson had just three points at the half. Lakewood took its first double-digit lead of the game on a dunk by Wieland early in the fourth quarter, at 44-33. The Viking lead got to as many as 18 points in the fourth quarter, before their reserves began to fill the floor. The Bulldogs managed to pull within five points in the final minute, before Farrell was forced to put his starters back in the ball game. “I hate to do what I had to do there at the Byron Center’s Zach VanEngen (30) begins to back peddle as Lakewood guards Michael Barbour (left) and Nick Hilley start a Viking fast break in the second half Tuesday night. The break was part of a 21-0 run by the Vikings, that led to a 65-58 Lakewood win. (Photo by Brett Bremer) end,” said Farrell. Lakewood is now 9-2 overall this season, and its win streak has reached eight games. The Vikings better be ready to get off the bus the next two Friday nights. Lakewood is 3-1 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 (CAAC-3) to this point in the season, and has huge road games at DeWitt this Friday and Lansing Catholic next Friday. Last Friday Lakewood scored its third CAAC-3 victory as the bench came up big ,especially in the second half, of a 63-40 win over Williamston. Salazar scored all 17 of his team high point Basketball fans are being left to fend for themselves Michigan High School Athletic Association sanctioned competitive cheer came to Hastings for the first time on Saturday, as the Saxons opened their 2006-07 season by hosting a six-team Saxonfest competition. The Saxons finished second to the Lakewood Vikings. With the Saxons getting in the game, the five big Barry County high schools are all now involved in the sport. I know the Saxons previously competed in cheer coaches’ association tournaments, but the Saxons are quickly learning that this is a step up, although they do miss their music. By far, the number one comment I’ve heard from people involved with competitive cheer whether it be coaches, athletes, parents or fans is “they work just as hard as everybody else.” I don’t know that anyone doubts that. Although I have heard one high school official admit that the team at their school really doesn’t work as hard as some of the other teams. I’m sure there are basketball teams that don’t work as hard as other basketball teams, and volleyball teams that don’t work as hard as other volleyball teams. Obviously the Lakewood girls are working. They finished second at their first league meet, and of course won on Saturday. Most times when I make my way over for a Lakewood wrestling meet, with the Vikings battling opponents under the spotlight, there’s some light slipping through from behind the south bleachers. The sound of the Viking cheers can be heard coming through the wall. The fact is, as far as I can tell, the Lakewood and Hastings competitive cheer teams work a little bit harder than their counterparts at most other schools. My first winter in this job I remember having a tough time finding spots to shoot pictures from on the baseline most nights, at least for a half. This might just sound like a guy talking, but the basketball players and fans have been abandoned. I still see the Saxon and Viking... I don’t know what to call them here. The sport is competitive cheer, not competitive cheerleading. Are they cheerleaders when they’re at a basketball game, or are they still the competitive cheer team? I still see the Saxon and Viking cheer teams at varsity boys’ basketball games. I’ve been to games all over the area so far this winter, at Maple Valley, Delton Kellogg, Byron Center, Thornapple Kellogg, Ionia. Ionia is the only other place I remember seeing a cheer team. Fans have been forced to lead their own cheers. This has mixed results. Too many times I’ve heard the visiting team’s fans leading the charge. Lakewood’s students, who created a perfect “Fat Man Pyramid” in the second half, traded “Go Blue” and “Go White” back and forth with the parent section across the gym at Byron Center. The Saxon fans traded “Go Blue” and “Go Gold” back and forth at Thornapple Kellogg on Friday night. The Trojans could have used some cheerleaders getting their fans to throw a “Go Orange” and “Go Black” out there first. I have seen the Trojan cheer team perform this year, at half-time of a ball game. But I haven’t seen them cheer “lead”. Are basketball cheer ”leaders” just going the way of the dinosaur, short shorts and the “picket fence” play? ing the Hornets 17-8 in the opening quarter, and still led 27-19 at the break. The Vikings would have liked to see a little larger lead in the early going. “Williamston came to play, and outworked us in the first half,” said Farrell. Erickson had nine of his 13 points in the first half for Lakewood, and also added five rebounds on the night. Elliott, Hilley and Wieland tied for the team lead in a team effort on the boards, with six each. Justin Keller also had five rebounds. Kevin Donovan did most of the damage for Williamston, scoring 20 points. Lakewood wrestlers third at Sparta Levi Phelps scored the Vikings’ lone flight championship Saturday at the Sparta Invitational, as the team placed third behind Grand Haven and Sparta. Phelps pinned Grand Haven’s Kyle O’Bradovic 4:47 into their 152-pound championship match. O’Bradovic was one of nine Grand Haven wrestlers who reached the finals. Grand Haven scored 195 points for the team championship, with Sparta finishing with 174 followed by Lakewood 170.5, West Catholic 109.5, Hudsonville 90, Kent City 81, Wyoming Park 78.5, and Macomb Dakota 48. Lakewood had five wrestlers in the finals. by Brett Bremer total in the second half, and Dan Desgranges chipped in seven points. Salazar also had seven assists and a pair of steals. As a team, the Vikings had seven steals on the night. “Our defense did a better job, which allowed us to run and get some baskets in transition when we struggled in our half-court sets,” said Farrell. Salazar also knocked down 7-of-8 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter to help Lakewood seal the victory. AS a team Lakewood was 15-of-19 from the line. Lakewood built a small lead early, outscor- Holden Hummel, Josh Clark, Kyle Root, and Josh Kettel placed second for the Vikes. Hummel fell to Hudsonville’s Justin Zimmerman 11-4 in the 103-pound championship match. Clark was edged out by Kent City’s Dan Sabin in the 119-pound final, 7-3. In the 135-pound title tilt, Root was topped by Sparta’s Cody Stamann 12-8. Kettel was downed 3-2 by Grand Haven’s Seth Holt in the 189-pound championship bout. Grand Haven had five champions on the day, and controlled the heavyweights, winning titles at 171, 189, and 285 pounds. The Vikings are 9-5 overall this season, and are 2-0 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3, after topping DeWitt on the road Thursday night 56-21. Lakewood scored seven pins on the night, with Hummel (103), Mason Blackmer (125), Root (135), Dalton Ketchum (140), Phelps (152), Kettel (215) and Nick Walkington (285) putting their opponents on their backs. Lakewood won two other decisions on the night, and got a forfeit victory from Clark at 119 pounds. Jarod Kent won with a technical fall, 16-0 at 112 pounds and at 160 pounds the Vikings’ Kyle Shanks scored a 10-3 decision. The Vikings have a big league dual at Williamston this Thursday, then host their own Lakewood Invitational Saturday. Comets score twice as many points as Lions Two teams on opposite ends of the Kalamazoo Valley Association standings met at Maple Valley on Tuesday night to end the first half of the conference season. Kalamazoo Christian finished its first trip through the league with a 6-1 mark, while knocking the host Lions to 0-7. The Comets doubled up the Lions, 88-44. Kenneth Quick led the Lions with 13 points, and Eric Westendorp contributed ten points and 11 rebounds. Quick scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half, after the Comets built a 51-19 lead in the first half. Kalamazoo Christian had 12 different players score in the first half, and all 13 Comets scored at least one field goal on the night. Galesburg-Augusta downed the Lions on Friday night, 62-56. The host Rams built a 20-17 lead in the opening quarter, and pushed that to 38-33 at the half. Galesburg-Augusta was able to hold on in the fourth quarter, despite just knocking down half of their free throw attempts in the period, 5-of-10. For the night, the Rams were just 11of-24 from the line. Maple Valley only shot as many free throws as the Rams made, knocking down 7of-11 attempts. Jeff Burd paced a balanced Lion attack on the night, with 12 points and five rebounds. Eric Westendorp and Kenneth Quick both had nine points. Westendorp added 11 rebounds, and Quick had four steals and five assists. Matt Hall added eight points for Maple Valley and Dustin Houghton seven. Josh Ranes and Adam Gilbert had 15 points each for the Rams, and Shaun Groetsema added 11. The Lions travel to take on Hackett Catholic Central this Friday, then host Springport in a non-conference match on Tuesday. Vikings sweep through H-H volleyballinvitational The Vikings didn’t lose a match all day, on their way to the Hanover-Horton tournament championship. Lakewood knocked off Coldwater in three games for the title, 12-25, 25-23, 15-11. It was the second time on the day that Lakewood had finished ahead of Coldwater, also topping the Cardinals in pool play along with their Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 rivals from DeWitt. The Vikings then went on to defeat St. Louis in the opening round of tournament play, before besting the hosts from HanoverHorton in the semifinals. Amy Joostberns led the Vikings on the day with 63 kills, and Ashley Morris had 47. Autumn Cussen led Lakewood in digs with 32 and aces with 13. Melanie Forman had 157 assists on the day. The Vikings go for CAAC-3 win number two at home tonight, when they host the Haslett Vikings, then play host in the CAAC3 for the last time this season next Wednesday when they take on Fowlerville. In between those two league matches, the Vikings will be a part of the Northview Invitational on Saturday. Maple Valley spikers pick up their play late in the day The varsity volleyball season kicks into high gear for the Maple Valley girls this week. The Lions were scheduled to host Hackett Catholic Central Monday night in a Kalamazoo Valley Association dual, will visit Olivet in another league match on Wednesday night, then head to the Portage Northern Invitational on Saturday. After that stretch, the Lions begin next week by visiting their old SMAA rivals from Lansing Christian. Maple Valley did a fine job of getting on a roll heading into their busiest week of the season, reaching the finals Saturday at the Laingsburg Invitational. The Lions finished second to the host Wolfpack, in the six-team round-robin tournament which finished with the top three teams advancing to pool play. The Wolfpack topped the Lions 26-25, 2523 in the championship match, after the Lions dominated Belding in the semifinal contest 25-16, 25-16 to make up for an earlier defeat. Maple Valley struggled in the first meeting with the Redskins, looking sluggish, committing errors that were not common, but were expected, as they hadn’t competed in a week. Their inconsistency continued and Belding scored a 21-16 and 21-16. The Lions’ second match was against Morrice, and the Lions again struggled. They had a hard time returning the strong serve of the Orioles, but held on to win 21-19, 22-20. Against Laingsburg, the Lions won the first game 21-7 and lost the second game 21-16. In the fourth match, against Perry, the Lions started to perform to their potential, winning by scores of 21-15 and 21-18. The final match in pool play for the Lions was against Portland St. Pat. The two teams split with the Lions winning by a score of 21-14 and losing 21-22. Maple Valley is now 21-9-4 on the season. �Page 18 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner State qualifiers help Hamilton past TK-Hastings by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Tom Peck took one back for the Trojans on Thursday evening. His Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings boys’ swimming and diving team was downed by Hamilton 117-68 in the conference opener, but he was the only swimmer to earn a spot on the record board at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings on the day. Peck finished the 100-yard backstroke in a new pool record time of 1 minute 3.40 seconds, breaking the old mark of 1:04.12 held by Spring Lake’s Michael Zacek. Byron Center holds records in six of the 12 pool records at the CERC, and Peck is the lone TK-Hastings swimmer now among a group that also includes record-holders from Spring Lake, Wyoming and Wayland. The Hawkeyes had their own highlights on the day, scoring Division 2 state qualifying times in the 200 freestyle relay (1:33.60) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:30.36) with the team of Ethan Hagen, Jordan Moses, Jack Lepird and David Van Oss. Hamilton actually had the top two 400-yard freestyle teams, with a second-place squad finishing in 3:58.80. Peck’s victory in the 100 backstroke was immediately followed by teammate Derek Thurman and Moritz Kramer finishing onetwo in the 100 breaststroke. Those were the only two victories of the night for TKHastings, with Thurman hitting the wall in 1:16.89. Jacob Wescott was second for the Trojans’ in the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:20.94 and in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:12.65. Derek Miller was second for TK-Hastings in the 100 butterfly in 1:08.13, and Kelcey Edwards second in the diving with a score of 154.45. Hamilton, with its state qualifying freestyle relay teams, was dominant in the short freestyle races. Peck was the only Trojan to finish in the top two in the 50 or 100 freestyle. He was second in the 50 freestyle in 24.35. The Hawkeyes had the top three performers in the 100 freestyle, led by Van Oss’ time of 53.90. Hagen won the 50 freestyle in 23.67. The Trojan team of James Cook, Edwards, Miller and Thurman was second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:45.99, and Peck, Miller, Thurman, and Edwards were second in the 200 medley relay in 1:58.73. Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings hosts Unity Christian on Thursday. Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ Derek Thurman completes the butterfly leg of the 200-yard individual medley Thursday against Hamilton. He placed third in the event with a time of 2 minutes 35.78 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer) DK is KVA’s only unbeaten team Wrestling two teams in one night is nothing new to a high school wrestler. The Delton Kellogg Panthers did it last week, topping Olivet in Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) 57-21, then beating up on Gull Lake in a non-conference contest 42-26. There’s a twist on the tri-meet this Thursday, when the Delton boys head to Parchment to face two league foes -- host Parchment and the Galesburg-Augusta Rams. At 2-0, Delton is the only undefeated team left in the KVA. Parchment and GalesburgAugusta are in a four-way tie for second place at 1-1, with Maple Valley and Pennfield. Pennfield hosts Maple Valley and 0-2 Olivet Thursday as well. Two wins on Thursday would guarantee the Panthers at least a share of the conference’s dual meet crown. Against Olivet and Gull Lake last week, Matt Loveland, Brendan Boyle, Ray Lindsey, Quinn DeBolt, Shawn Riegler, Anthony Riley, Billy Bourdo, and Octavio Romero all scored two victories for the Panthers. The win over Gull Lake made up for an earlier 39-36 loss to the Blue Devils for Delton. “After the first of the year, our line-up has looked different than it did before,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. After the three team meet at Parchment Thursday, Delton heads to Lakewood on Saturday for a team tournament which also includes Thornapple Kellogg, Addison, Forest Hills Northern, and Central Montcalm. “It’ll be a good experience to step up the competition and see how we do,” Heethuis said. Four wins on the mat plenty for Lions against Galesburg CHASE GEIGER IRONSIDE NOW INSURANCE AGENCY OFFERING: 129 Division St., P.O. 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Anthony Molson (103 pounds), Andrew Goedert (119), Tyler Corwin (125), Raven Scurlock (130), Lucas Brumm (140), and John Currier (285) all scored forfeit wins for Maple Valley just by stepping out onto the mat and having their hand raised. Less than a half hour of wrestling action actually took place, with six of the eight matches that were wrestled ending in pins. The two teams split those eight matches, winning four each. All four Maple Valley wins were by pin. Ron Smith pinned Tony Bellvomini 3:19 into their 112-pound match. Jamie Corwin pinned Grant Durthan in 2:25 at 135 pounds. 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Bryan Richardson defeated Tony Corwin 14-2 in the 171-pound bout. Up next for Maple Valley is a bit tougher night in the league. The Lions head to Pennfield on Thursday evening to take on the host Panthers and the Olivet Eagles in KVA duals. HHS cagers plan can drive Each August, the Hastings boys basketball program participates in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. In August 200, more than $2,000 was raised by the team to help in the fight against cancer. The team is trying to start its 2007 fund drive early this year. The Saxons will be sponsoring a can and bottle drive, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 2, as the Saxons take on the South Christian Sailors. Each person who donates ten cans or bottles will be admitted to the game free. Any person donating 25 or more cans or bottles will receive free admission and their name will go into a drawing to be held at the beginning of the third quarter for family passes to all 2007-08 Saxon sporting events. Equivalent can and bottle receipts from Felpausch, Plumbs or Meijer will also gladly be accepted. All proceeds go directly to the American Cancer Society. The other three KVA teams, Delton Kellogg, Galesburg-Augusta and Parchment meet at Parchment Thursday night. Saturday, the Lions will be a part of the Bellevue Invitational. TK spikers fall to 0-3 in the O-K Gold The Trojans had some trouble putting the ball down in a three-game loss to Hamilton last Thursday, but it didn’t get coach Jaime Nelson down. The Hawkeyes handed TK its third O-K Gold Conference loss, 25-19, 25-11, 25-18. “Overall I thought we played pretty well,” Nelson said. “We'd get ourselves in a hole, but we'd fight hard to stay in the game. They never gave up.” She added that the Hawkeyes’ speed made things tough on the Trojans. “We haven’t faced many teams that quick.” Ashley Martin had a good night for TK, with an excellent defensive effort and a pair of aces. Alyssa Bowerman was strong on the defensive front for TK with three solo blocks. Nelson also said that Caitlin Chamberlin came off the bench in the third game to give the Trojans a spark. Last Thursday’s dual was TK’s final contest for two weeks. The Trojans have a lot of time to prepare for another tough league contest at home against Caledonia on Feb. 1. The Scots entered this week with a 2-0 conference mark. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, JANUARY 25: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Byron Center Unity Christian HS Byron Center Byron Center H H H H FRIDAY, JANUARY 26: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. 4:00 pm Girls JV 5:30 pm Boys JV 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Greenville High School Hastings JV Invit. Greenville High School Greenville High School A H A A Coldwater JV B.C. Lakeview Invit. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — Page 19 TK closes Gold duals against conference’s top two by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Last Wednesday’s dual with the Wayland Wildcats didn’t do a lot to help the Trojans for the tough stretch ahead, but tough practices and duals leading up to it have. TK head coach Tom Lehman pointed to a tough day at the Michigan Duals in Bay City as a prime example. “Our kids got beat up, but they got beat up in hard, tough matches. They had to battle a little bit,” Lehman said. Heading into this week it was make or break time for the Thornapple Kellogg varsity wrestling team in the O-K Gold Conference. The Trojans improved to 3-0 in the league with wins over Byron Center, Hamilton, and last week’s 58-15 victory over Wayland. That left the two favorites for the league crown ahead. The Trojans were slated to visit Hastings last night, then host Caledonia next Wednesday. Hastings was also 3-0 in the league heading into this week’s duals, and Caledonia was 2-1 with its lone loss coming in Hastings. Thornapple Kellogg head coach Tom Lehman isn’t sure his Trojans have what it takes to start another string of conference titles this season. “We’ll make it interesting for them anyway,” he said. “Strange things happen. I’ve been doing this for a long time.” A coach doesn’t need to be around for a long time to know that spotting Thornapple Kellogg 18 points makes it nearly impossible to top the Trojans, which is what Wayland was forced to do Wednesday. Cody Clinton (215 pounds), Tucker Bowerman (112) and Dan Lydy (125) scored forfeit wins for TK against the Wildcats, and their teammates did plenty out on the mats to get the Trojans their third league win. Kody Geerligs, Kyle Dalton, Mark Brown, Chris Jansens, and Rigzee Hooper all won by pin for TK. Geerligs’ pin of Josh Kingsbury, just 36 seconds into their 285-pound match, was the last of four consecutive wins by the Trojans to start the evening creating an 18-0 TK edge. Drew Warner started the night for TK with a come from behind win over Ryan Reurink in the 171-pound match. He scored a take down with 43 seconds left in the third period, then rode Reurink the rest of the match for a 9-8 decision. Dennis Olsen won 13-6 for TK at 189 pounds, and that was followed by Wayland’s first void in the line-up. TK’s only other win that went six full minutes was John Wallace’s 11-1 major decision against Darrin Walker in the 130-pound match. Wayland got pins from Chae Acton (103) and Chad Wilson (140), and a 14-10 decision from David Card against the Trojans’ David Hooper in the 135-pound bout. In between the upcoming league duals against Hastings and Caledonia, the Trojans will take part in the Lakewood Team Tournament on Saturday (Jan. 27). Thornapple Kellogg’s Dennis Olsen carefully places Wayland’s Sean Thompson back down on the mat in the first period of their 189-pound bout Wednesday night in Middleville. Olsen scored a 13-6 decision in the match. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Trojans’ David Hooper works to score near fall points against Wayland’s David Card in the third period of their 135-pound match. Hooper got him turned, but Card held on for a 14-10 victory. (Photo by Brett Bremer) First half of KVA season ends for the Delton cagers some nice minutes for Delton Kellogg, especially on the defensive end. “We’re trying to grow every day,” said Mohn. The loss ends the first half of the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) season for Delton, with a 1-6 record in the league. The Panthers also fell at home last Friday night, to Hackett Catholic Central 37-35. That night the Panthers hit just 14-of-47 field goal attempts, and 6-of-15 free throws. “Until we shoot the ball better, we’re going to continue to struggle,” Mohn said. The DK coach was impressed with his team’s defensive effort, holding the Irish to just 37 points. “It was probably the most complete defensive effort we’ve had all season,” said Mohn. On the offensive end, Nick Blacken led Delton with eight points while Blaec Anderson and Andrew Liceaga added six each. Tommy Bhola had five rebounds for the Panthers, and Josh Newhouse contributed five points and five boards. It doesn’t get any easier for the Panthers, who host league leading Olivet on Friday night. Valentine Love Lines - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! 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Josh Newhouse did have a solid shooting night for Delton Kellogg, knocking down 5of-10 field goal attempts and finishing with a team-high 12 points. Steven Scoby and Paul Diaz also provided We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … �Page 20 — Thursday, January 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Portland gives Hastings taste of its own medicine by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Portland used the Saxons’ own powers against them Tuesday night. Portland center Bridger Buche had 21 points as the Raiders came to Hastings and scored a 55-48 non-conference victory. “We just got out executed tonight,” said Hastings head coach Don Schils. “Portland ran their stuff better than we did.” Portland’s stuff was getting the ball inside. “They were a little more aggressive in getting the ball into the post,” Schils said. That led to foul trouble for the Hastings big men. The Saxons’ Bryan Skedgell and Ryan Cain were on the bench most of the second quarter in foul trouble. The Saxons led 22-13 in the second quarter, but Portland went on an 8-0 run to end the half and pull to within a point. The Raiders then outscored the Saxons 20-11 in the third to take control of the ball game. Portland shot 33 free throws on the night, compared to 13 for the Saxons, and Hastings also was outdone on the boards. “I think it’s the first time we’ve been outre- bounded this year,” Schils said. Bryce Stanhope led the Saxon offense with 21 points, and Curtus Cowles chipped in nine points and “some excellent energy on both ends of the floor,” according to Schils. The Saxons face another tough non-conference contest when they make the trip to Greenville this Friday, then next Tuesday they visit Caledonia in O-K Gold Conference action. Caledonia’s win at South Christian Friday night combined with the Saxons’ win at Thornapple Kellogg, put the Scots (4-2) and Saxons (4-2) in a tie for third place in the Gold behind Wayland (5-1) and South Christian (5-1). South Christian had won 38 consecutive league contests heading into Friday’s game against Caledonia. Thornapple Kellogg fell to 1-5 in the O-K Gold Conference, as the Saxons came to Middleville and took a 36-28 victory Friday. “When you hold a team to 36 you sincerely hope, or expect to win,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. An 8-0 run by the Saxons was a massive swing in the fourth quarter, after the Trojans started the period with a 6-0 run of their own. A real dagger came in the middle of the Saxons late 8-0 run, when guard Curtus Cowles pulled down a long missed three by a teammate, on the far side of the rim, and put it up for a six point Hastings edge. “It goes from 31-25 and you’re attacking on the break, to 33-25 and they’re set up back there again,” said Laker. Hastings led by as many as 13 points in the third quarter, and carried a 28-19 lead into the fourth. TK got six straight points from Ryan Sisson to pull within three at 28-25 with 5:59 to play, but the Trojans’ didn’t score again until reserve guard Andrew Meads drained a three-pointer with just over nine seconds left for the final points of the game. Sisson had 19 of the Trojans 28 points on the night. He also had nine of the Trojans’ 14 rebounds in the game. “Ryan Sisson is a very tough guard. Jordan Rambin and Cowles, I thought, did a nice job of making him take tough shots,” said Hastings head coach Don Schils. “He made some of them.” “Our defense was outstanding. I’m a defensive coach first. Hopefully, we’ll get a little better offensively as the season goes on.” Stanhope led Hastings with 12 points on the night, while Skedgell added seven and Stephen Tolger five. Sisson was the only Trojan with more than four points. Blake Johnson finished with four, and was the only other TK player to connect on more than one field goal attempt. “(The Saxons) do a pretty nice job of shoving those post guys up. A lot of times they’d be open out at ten feet, and it was really a non-factor,” said Laker. “Our offense now is predicated on looking in the post.” TK suffered a 64-51 loss in non-conference action Tuesday at North Pointe Christian. The Trojans found a way to put the ball in the basket early, but then couldn’t stop the Mustangs from doing it in the second half. The Saxons’ Ryan Cain (left) tries to stick with Thornapple Kellogg guard Nate Manning in the first half Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Trojans jumped in front 20-10 in the opening quarter, then still led 33-27 at the break. North Pointe went on a 37-18 run in the second half to take the victory. Brad Steffen led the Trojans with 11 points, while Sisson chipped in ten, Nate Manning nine, and Andrew Gilbert eight. Joe Wasnich led North Pointe with 16 points. The Trojans host Byron Center Friday, then travel to South Christian Tuesday. Hastings point guard Stephen Tolger fires a jumper in the lane during the second half Friday night in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons second to Vikes at Saxonfest Hastings’ Ryan Vogel (50) looks for a way to get a shot up and around Thornapple Kellogg center Ian Sisson in the second half of Friday’s Saxon victory in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) FEHSENFELD CENTER 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9500 www.kellogg.edu Last Call For Spring! The Spring 2007 semester at KCC’s Fehsenfeld Center near Hastings is now underway, but we still have openings in many credit classes set to begin throughout the month of January. Classes are available in several disciplines including: Business Social Sciences Math and Lab Sciences English and Humanities Human Services Computer Applications by Brett Bremer Sports Editor An excellent round three performance secured Lakewood the title at Saturday’s Saxonfest in Hastings. The Vikings scored a 301.5 in round three, and a total of 674.9 points for the day, to top the second-place Saxons by 78.9 points. Hastings scored a 596.0 in its first competition of the season. “They have a strong team with a lot of experience in the competitive format,” Hastings head coach Amy Hubbell said of the Lakewood girls. The Saxons narrowly edged out third-place Rogers. Hastings was second after one round, and third after the second round. The Saxons outscored Rogers 171.5 to 161.5 in the opening round, then scored a 159.0 in the second round compared with the Golden Hawks’ 169.9. “It is our weakest round still, but we are working to improve it,” Hastings head coach Amy Hubbell said of round two. “We had a great round three. Our stunts went very well, we only missed one of our reload stunts.” The Saxons scored a 265.5 to Rogers’ 260.5 in the third round to earn second place. Rogers ended with a total score of 591.9, followed by Pennfield 540.7, Portland 507.0 and Union City 464.2. Lakewood scored a 184 in round one, and 189.4 in round two, and had the highest performance in each of the three rounds Saturday. The Vikings’ round three performance was 30.5 points better than it had been in the first Capital Area Activities Conference meet of the season, Jan. 10. “Our round three cost us the first league meet,” Lakewood head coach Kim Martin said. “We were leading DeWitt, who is ranked first in Division two, going into round three by 10 points and had a rough round three.” The Panthers wound up 18 points ahead of the Vikings at that meet. “Confidence was a big factor in that performance,” Martin said. “Saturday, the girls went out with the confidence to perform the round three that they were capable of and had the best round three score that any Lakewood varsity team has scored.” The Vikings hosted their annual Lakewood Invitational, on Wednesday, the team’s last home performance until Feb. 17. They’ll be at Battle Creek Central this Saturday, then travel to DeWitt for a second league competition next Wednesday. “We are still very early in our season with only two meets under our belt and eight more to go,” Martin said. “We are very confident that we can keep getting stronger each meet.” Hastings will also be at its second O-K Gold/White Conference meet next Wednesday, hosted by Lowell. The Saxons were slated to open the league season this Wednesday at Forest Hills Central. Barry County picnic planned You must, however, act now! Join the nearly 600 area residents already signed up for spring classes by visiting us soon either at the center or online at www.kellogg.edu. 06645726 Snow-birds from Barry County living in southern regions over the winters are invited to the annual Barry County Picnic Saturday, Feb. 17, in Florida. Those who have any connection with the county in southwestern Michigan are the Fellowship Hall of Trinity United Methodist Church, 33425 State Road 54, Wesley Chapel. Registration will begin at 10:30 a.m., with a potluck meal at noon. For more information, or to send greetings if unable to attend, please call Mary Gallup at 813-782-2563. 02663768 This Saturday, Hastings will be a part of the Reeths Puffer Invitational. HASTINGS, continued from page 1 • Resolutions were adopted amending the designation of depositories for city funds and allowing the American Cancer Society to conduct Relay for Life activities in Tyden Park Aug. 9-11. • It was announced that a Rural Development Seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 6, on the third floor of the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro to discuss what rural development funds have done for facade improvement projects. The USDA and Law, Weathers and Richardson, a legal firm from Grand Rapids, are sponsoring the event to discuss the funds available through the USDA for projects. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-02-01.pdf c9e13779691246ff5bf376c1b277365a PDF Text Text Locals take part in Barry Home Show Let’s let state DEQ wetlands rules rule Hastings Gold’s last unbeaten after win See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 5 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, February 1, 2007 NEWS Trooper receives award for saving lives BRIEFS Next First Friday will be about trails The next First Friday forum at noon Feb. 2 will be a discussion about walking, hiking and biking trails in Barry County. Featured will be Phil VanNord ad Rick Moore, both members of the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail Association, and Dr. Larry Hawkins from the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association. The three are expected to talk about plans, use, costs, maintenance, funding and issues associated with trail systems. The First Friday series of public programs, sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Committee, is held on the the first Friday of each month at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets, Hastings. The series has been held continuously since August 1989. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Two private citizens have Michigan State Police Trooper Bryan Fuller to thank for still being around today after the heroic trooper put himself in harm’s way to save their lives. Trooper Fuller received the MSP Lifesaving Award last Wednesday (Jan. 24) for saving the lives of two people who were about to be run down by a drunken driver. According to the official report of the incident, Fuller was summoned June 10 at about 9 p.m. to a location near FlexFab to assist the Barry County Sheriff’s Department with a report of a felonious assault. The Barry County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit was called in because the suspects had fled the scene. Deputy Richelle Spencer of the K-9 unit was attempting to locate the individuals and radioed that she had located them. As Fuller approached the deputy, he observed a vehicle heading directly for the deputy and the suspects. Disregarding his own safety, he wrapped his arms around both suspects and pulled them off the shoulder of the road and into a ditch to avoid being hit by the oncoming vehicle. The vehicle narrowly missed the K-9 officer and missed the patrol vehicle by inches. After the oncoming car had passed, Trooper Fuller returned to his own vehicle, pursued the driver and subsequently arrested a female for driving under the influence of alcohol. “When I grabbed them, I turned my back to the oncoming vehicle and I was certain we would be hit,” he said later. “I am only glad I was able to be there.” Lt. Kevin McGaffigan, commander of the Michigan State Police Post in Hastings, said Fuller never acknowledged his role in the incident and it very well may have gone unnoticed except for the fact that Barry County 911 Central Dispatcher Dave Camburn was on the scene and witnessed the event. Camburn recorded the details in his report to Central Dispatch Director Charles See TROOPER, page 15 Hearing on Charlton Park slated for next Thursday Rock ’n roll trivia contest returns The Gun Lake Winterfest rock ’n roll music trivia contest will be back in action at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Bay Pointe Restaurant. The contest, a sort of “Name That Tune” for popular songs recorded between 1955 and 1985, will feature both four-person team and individual competitions. First prize for each of the four winning team members will be a room at the Bay Pointe Inn and the individual champion will be awarded a suite. Prizes also are being worked out for runners-up as well. The contest and show was sold out last year, so everyone is urged to make reservations as soon as possible. The deadline has been set for noon Wednesday, Feb. 14. Tickets for watching the show are still available now and they cost $15 apiece. Plans are to have a dozen teams (a total of 48 contestants), and just about all the slots have been filled. Those interested in attending as spectators are urged to stop in at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058, to make their purchases, e-mail news@j-adgraphics.com or call 945-9554 to reserve seats. All proceeds from the contest will be split between the Community Music School of Hastings and Winterfest. First aid, CPR course planned An American Red Cross first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course will be held Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This course uses the new updated materials with the new compression/breathing ratios and special topics of allergic reaction and use of "epi pen," asthma attack and inhalers, seizures, poisoning, shock and stroke. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and workplace OSHA requirements. The times for Friday are from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $50, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. A free light lunch alsowill be provided by Grace Lutheran Youth and Family Ministry, or students may bring their own. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. To register or for more information, call Domke, an ARC certified instructor, at 945-9181. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Lt. Kevin McGaffigan (left) commander of the Michigan State Police Post in Hastings, congratulates Trooper Bryan Fuller, who was awarded the MSP Lifesaving Award Jan. 24 for his quick and decisive action in saving two pedestrians from being hit by a passing motorist last June 10. by David T. Young Editor The public is invited to an important hearing on the future of Charlton Park at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Barry County Commission on Aging facility, 320 W. Woodland Ave., Hastings. The hearing, sponsored by the Barry County Board of Commissioners and Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission, also will touch on the overall subject of recreation and parks in the county. The two boards will be presenting tabulated results of their joint forum Jan. 11 on priorities and issues facing the citizens of Barry County, and their parks and recreation pro- grams. That joint meeting was called after the public voted down a second millage request for Charlton Park and its programming in the general election last Nov. 7. A one-quarter of a mill renewal proposal for five years was defeated at the general election Nov. 7 by a 55 to 45 percent margin. This followed a 59 to 41 percent defeat on the Aug. 8 primary ballot of a quarter of a mill renewal request for 10 years. A proposal for a quarter of a mill increase to fund county-wide recreation projects also was turned back, by an even wider margin, 70 to 30 percent. A little more than a month after the See HEARING, page 15 Dates are Feb. 16 and 17 Winterfest drawing near ‘Send in the clowns’— not! The Village Players of Middleville are rehearsing for “Stop Sending in the Clowns,” what they call “mystery, madness and mayhem,” with performances Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Call the MiddleVilla at 269-795-3640. Shown here rehearsing a scene are thespians John Bremer and Sharon Brinks. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The weather is wintry and the Feb. 16-17 dates for the 2007 Gun Lake Winterfest are approaching. This year’s event begins Friday evening, Feb. 16, with a Mardi Gras celebration at O’Neill’s Restaurant on M-179, beginning at 7 p.m. with drink and food specials. Daisy Mae’s also has all kinds of activities scheduled for their restaurant during the day and evening of Feb. 17. These activities include chili cook-off judging from noon to 1 p.m. with the band Amperage playing at 9:30 p.m., a Sea Shanty swimsuit fashion show at 10 p.m. and a beach themed bikini/twister contest at around 11:30 p.m. The committee battled heavy snow and an icy fog to meet Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30, to plan Saturday’s (Feb. 17) activities, which will include entertainment, food, broomball, the Polar Bear Dip and a swimsuit fashion show featuring lots of bikinis. Broomball is a winter extravaganza of brooms, bumps, goals and cheers. It is played on a frozen field and is a cross between the finesse of hockey and the physical contact of rugby with the addition of brooms. Four teams have already registered and there is room for more. Anyone interested in joining the broomball competition as the head of a team or as a player looking for a team may call Alex See WINTERFEST, page 17 Both Hastings School Board incumbents to give up seats by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Two Hastings school board members have decided not to seek re-election for the school board seats after serving the district for 12 years each. Kim Alderson and Donald Myers both announced at this month’s school board meeting they will not be running again in the May 8 elections, and nobody has yet submitted a petition with the Barry County County Clerk to fill those vacant positions. “It’s been 12 years, and it’s been a rewarding time on the board, but it’s time for me to step down and give somebody else the chance to give back to the community,” said Myers. Alderson agreed, saying, “I have served three (four-year) terms, and I absorbed an extensive amount of information about the school system and I think that it’s time for someone else to step up and serve the community in that way.” Alderson added she is concerned that nobody has filed a petition yet with the county clerk to fill either school board seat. “Especially the way industry is around here, the school district is what’s going to pull people into town,” she said. Candidates must file an affidavit of identity and submit petitions with the required number of signatures by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. For Delton Kellogg, Maple Valley and Lakewood schools, a minimum of six and maximum of 20 signatures are needed. For Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings schools, a minimum of 40 signatures and a maximum of 100 is required. In the Delton Kellogg school district, Marsha Bassett’s and Tony Crosariol’s seats are up for re-election. Both have been on the school board since 2003, and both plan to seek re-election. At Maple Valley, Tim James’ and Brian Green’s seats are up for re-election. James has been on the board since 1997 and does not plan to run again. Green has been on the board since 2003 and does plan to seek reelection. At Thornapple Kellogg, Tom Ward’s and Marty Wenger’s seats are up for re-election. Ward has been on the board since 2003, and he plans to run again. Wenger has been on the board since 1996, and said he will seek reelection if no other qualified candidates file petitions. “I certainly am willing to do it again,” he said. In Lakewood, Gordon Kettel’s, Brian Potter’s and Barry Vezino’s seats are up for re-election. Kettel, who has been on the board since 2003, plans to run again, as does Vezino, who has been on the board since last year. Potter has indicated he is unsure whether he will seek re-election. Those interested in running for area school board positions in Maple Valley, Thornapple Kellogg, Delton Kellogg and Hastings Area Schools need to contact the Barry County Clerk at (269) 945-1285. Those interested in running for the Lakewood school board need to contact the Ionia County Clerk at (616) 527-5322. �Page 2 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Forum on parking planned for Feb. 7 The City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority will have a parking forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Felpausch training center at 127 S. Michigan. Enter through the corporate office door. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit public comment about parking concerns in the downtown area and deal with parking issues downtown so the DDA can use that information to develop safe and efficient parking. Progressive Dems to meet Feb. 14 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the (Main Street) Thornapple Township office in Middleville. There will be a 30-minute video update to "An Inconvenient Truth," the video shown at last month's Third Thursday forum. All are welcome. Distinguished alum nominees sought The Hastings High School Alumni Association Board is accepting nominations until March 15 for the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award will be presented at the annual Alumni Banquet in the Hastings High School cafeteria Saturday, June 2. Nominations must be typed and should contain biographical information and reasons why the individual is being nominated. Reasons can include accomplishments, vocation, honors and awards received, community service, organization memberships, personal character and other helpful information. The nominee can be residing anywhere, not necessarily in Hastings, but must be a graduate of Hastings High School. The Alumni Board would like to continue to consider previously submitted nominations as well as new nominations. The Board is now asking anyone who has submitted nominations in the past to resubmit again with up-to-date information for the Board’s consideration. Alumnus of the year nomination letters should be sent to Lois Ozuna, president, Hastings High School Alumni Association, 1101 Barber Road, Hastings, Mich. 49058. Swiss steak dinner to aid Freeport girl Vickie Aspinall and her family in Freeport discovered in December that she has leukemia. The 7-year-old is a secondgrader at Lee Elementary School in Middleville. The Freeport United Brethren Church and the Freeport community have joined together to support Vickie and her family with a Swiss steak dinner Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Community Center in Freeport. The dinner eill be from 5 to 8 p.m. The Freeport Community Center is at 209 S. State Street in Freeport. Library book sale is next Wednesday “Bundles of Romance novels,” three for $10, will be featured at the Hastings Public Library’s “Inside the Library Book Sale.” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7. The Friends of the Hastings Public Library will also have the usual buys on hard cover and paperback books. DVDs, new and like-new, will be $1 each and there will be buys on Time-Life and National Geographic sets. Village Players dinner theater set The Village Players of Middleville are in rehearsal for “Stop Sending in the Clowns,” their next production of what they call “mystery, madness and mayhem.” If this production is anything like their previous productions there will also be a lot of laughter filling the Middle Villa Inn on Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Cheryl Cravero from the Village Players reminds those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fund-raiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. Thornapple Players comedy/murder set The Thornapple Players are performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The production will be “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning.” The setting is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly, Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. North County Trail Assn. will meet The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St., Delton. Everyone is welcome to attend. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links outstanding scenic, natural, recreational, historic and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern states. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. ‘CMS Cabaret’ Saturday to benefit Hastings Community Music School by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor The sounds of music will be diverse and the fun outstanding during the “CMS Cabaret” to benefit music education programs at the nonprofit Community Music School in Hastings, organizers say. The Friends of CMS are inviting the public to come to the Cabaret from 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 3 at the Hastings Country Club. “Proceeds go to help our financial aid program here at the Music School for scholarships, financial aid for families, said CMSHastings Coordinator Steve Youngs. Dancing to the music of "Les Jazz," a big band, under the direction of Joe LaJoye, specializing in swing music of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s will be part of the evening’s entertainment. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar available. In addition, the event includes a floor show featuring CMS faculty musicians, including singers Doug Acker, Eleanor Marsh, Steve Youngs and the marketing director for the Battle Creek Symphony. Laura Hirlman will perform on the clarinet. Bows & Buddies will open the evening with their special brand of music. A silent auction will be offered too. “We have some really great things for the silent auction,” Youngs said. “We have a homemade quilt, watercolors, pastels, pottery, a lot of different baskets, a Texas Hold-em poker table, and a handmade wooden tea box.” Tickets are $30 per couple and are available at the Community Music School, from Friends of CMS or at the door. Dress is casual. All abilities and all ages, including senior citizens, regardless of financial status may receive private instrumental or vocal instruction at CMS, which also provides performance opportunities for students of all ages. CMS-Hastings also offers Kindermusik for infants and young children. Students from all over Barry County take lessons at the Community Music School, which is housed at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. CMS in Hastings is part of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, based in Battle Creek. Youngs and other CMS staff enjoy seeing their students “bloom” as people. “They have more self-confidence,” he has said previously of music students. “Private lessons in music educates the whole person. Just taking music lessons increases reading and math skills – that’s documented.” For more information, call 269/948-9441. The Cabaret kicks off "CMS Weekend," which also includes a benefit concert, "The Spirit in Song," featuring area church and high school choirs, to be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 at First Baptist Church in Hastings. (See separate article in this issue for details.) High chlorine levels in water close TK schools for a day How the pizza place crumbles A bulldozer sits atop the rubble at the old Pizza Hut location on M-37 in Hastings. Mild winter weather helped speed the construction, and destruction, process along. Pizza Huts’ new location is already up and running next door. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Six choirs and Steel Drum Band featured in ‘Spirit in Song’ event by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor The third annual “Spirit in Song” concert celebration at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4 will feature the vocal talents of four church choirs, two school choirs and the musical forte of the Hastings High Steel Drum Band. The event will be held at First Baptist Church, 309 E. Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings. Choirs performing at the concert are from Hastings High School, Delton Kellogg High School, First Baptist Church of Hastings, First United Methodist Church of Hastings, Grace Lutheran Church and St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. “It’s just a great afternoon... It’s really good,” said Steve Youngs, coordinator of the Community Music School in Hastings and Sunday’s concert. The grand finale of the concert is when all the participating singers form a “mass choir,” and Youngs leads them in singing a South African song, “Marching in the Light of God.” All the entertainment is being performed for a good cause – to benefit the nonprofit Community Music School, which provides vocal and instrumental instruction to students of all ages and abilities in Barry County. Because of fundraisers such as this event, CMS is able to offer financial aid scholarships to its students. The “Spirit in Song” concert fulfills a dream that Youngs had for a long time. He noted that there are so many good choirs, but people usually only hear their own church choir. That’s why he wanted to bring as many choirs together as possible for a single event. “Every choir has a little bit different take, a little bit different sound. It’s really exciting,” he said of the ecumenical gathering. “Three of the four choirs (participating in Sunday’s event) are directed by staff here (at CMS), and Dave Macqueen is the fourth at the Methodist Church. “It’s kind of neat because Paul Osborn, who directs the First Baptist choir, is also our vocal teacher (at CMS), and Cindy Olsen, who directs the Lutheran Church choir, is our kids’ choir director and teaches piano and flute here (at CMS). I direct the St. Rose Choir...,” Youngs said. No admission is charged, but a free will offering at the end of the concert will be accepted to benefit the Community Music School, located in Hastings. “And you will be home in time for all the Super Bowl festivities,” Youngs promised. Keyhole ordinance, dock privilege issues discussed in Rutland Twp. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Rutland Township Planning Commission and a room full of Rutland Township residents gathered last Wednesday night to discuss a keyhole ordinance amendment and dock privileges on area lakes. There was no decision made about the amendment, however, because two Planning Commission members voted for it, two voted against it and the fifth member was absent. The amendment therefore will go to the Rutland Township Council Wednesday, Feb. 14, with no recommendation. The way the amendment reads, lake front owners would be allowed to permit back lot owners who already have legal access to lakes to use their docks for one additional boat. Back lot owners already have legal access to the lake, but must use a common boat launch area if they are not allowed to use the dock of a lake front owner. Many community members attended the meeting to either show their support for or opposition to the amendment. Those for the amendment said homeowners with lake front property should have the right to decide whether or not they want to allow other homeowners to use their docks. Those against the amendment said if backlot owners want lake front access, they should buy lake front lots. There also was a concern over increased traffic, and therefor safety issues. Back lot owners currently are allowed to use lake front owners’ docks, with the permission of the lake front owners. However, some lake front owners say the existing ordinance does not permit this. That leads to a need clarification of the ordinance as it exists. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Residents of the Village of Middleville and students in the Thornapple Kellogg schools learned last Thursday, Jan. 25, how important a working water system is to the life of the community. A waterline break near the Thornapple Kellogg schools led to an elevated rise in chlorine levels, which lead to schools closing early, cancellation of athletic events and rehearsal for the high school musical, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Village Planner Geoff Moffatt also had to face television cameras and answer questions from residents concerned about the quality of water. Following the discovery of the water main break and its repair, tests to make sure water is safe to drink following the repair showed higher levels of chlorine. Moffatt said the chlorine distribution system may have stuck, which lead to the higher levels. Chlorine is tested every day. The schools decided to close early, with secondary students leaving at 9:30 a.m. and elementary students leaving at 10:45 a.m. Students could not drink the water and school lunches could not be served. School treasurer Chris Marcy told the Sun and News that there was also a concern about enough water pressure following the watermain break to meet the fire suppression requirements. Moffat told the Sun and News that the chlorine levels were back to normal by 1 p.m. He saw no reason for school to be closed the following day and it was reopened without problems Friday. Local businesses stayed open, including Middleville's major industry, Bradford White, with employees simply told not to drink the water. While residents could not drink, cook or shower during the chlorine emergency, they were able to flush their toilets. Rep. Calley picked for 3 committees State Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland) will help shape public policy in three important committees dealing with health care, tax policy and banking services during the 20072008 legislative session, Michigan House leaders have announced this week. Calley will serve on the Health Policy Committee, Tax Policy Committee and the Banking and Financial Services Committee. “With skyrocketing health care costs, the Health Policy Committee will play a pivotal role in today’s struggling economy,” said Calley, who represents all of Barry County and most of Ionia County in Lansing. “Improving the quality of and access to health care has always been a top priority of mine, especially for those currently going without.” The Tax Policy Committee must help restructure the business tax code following the elimination of the Single Business Tax, which will expire at the end of this year. “I’m honored to accept the challenge of serving on the Tax Policy Committee at such a crucial time,” Calley said. “I will work hard to examine our tax structure and find an alternative to the SBT that does not hinder job growth and penalize businesses that prosper. It is essential that we take this opportunity to make Michigan a destination state for jobs.” Calley, who has more than 10 years experience in the banking industry, said he also looks forward to his assignment on the Banking and Financial Services Committee. “Access to capital is crucial to growing a strong economy,” Calley said. “If we truly want to rebuild the middle class and become an ownership society, we’ve got to make it easier for people to take charge of their financial future.” �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 3 Local people, businesses take part in Barry Home Show Business from the Hastings area and others who do business locally were on hand over the weekend for the fifth annual Barry Home Show, held at the Barry County Fairgrounds. More than 100 businesses were one hand to show visitors what services and products they offer. It was a weekend of opportunity for businesses to reach the public and for the public to ask questions and establish contacts with the business community. The facility was bursting with activity throughout the weekend and organizers say it was a complete success. Chronicled here are just a few of the many businesses which were at the Home Show. Lyons Septic Tank & Plumbing, John Curtis C&N Supply Inc., Wager Morton Murray’s Asphalt, Willie Murray, Lisa Murray and Willie Murray Jr. Blair Landscaping and Bushwaker Nursery, Todd Wandell and Randy Blair ICNB, Daniel Mitchell and Pat Doezema All Weather Seal, Gwendolyn Childs Hastings City Bank, Gina Blough and Rob Ranes Oak Warehouse, Matt Hendricks Cabinets Plus, Mike Welkema, Bill Westerveld & Julie Welkema Kinney Plumbing, Michael Kinney One’s Never Enough, Lindsay Kole King’s Appliance, Tim King Bleam Eavestroughing, Joe Bleam and Logan Bleam Honey Doo Construction, Rusty Bible, Cooper Woodward and Sarah Bible �Page 4 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner We must be persistent in saving property rights IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Don’t give Charlton Park welfare check To the editor: The Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission has been given a millage (welfare check) by the taxpayers and voters of this county for 10 years to support Charlton Park. Last year the millage was to the tune of about $396,000 for operating support of Charlton Park. A man named Irving Charlton gave his property to the people of Barry County to preserve the history of this county. Great idea. However, did he mean for it to become a burden to the taxpayer? Did he intend for us to have our property millaged against to support it? Our county can purchase property and borrow a mortgage against it for 10 years or more and say to you, the taxpayer, “give me more of your money.” This county owns more property than it can handle or use. Why not sell it? The county commissioners are not concerned about your comments as to why we voted down the millage. If they were, they would have came to you prior to the first, second and third millage request. They didn’t. They held a meeting with the BCPRC and brainstormed about nothing. Now they want to hear from you. Many people in the paper have given fine examples of how to run the park. No one is listening, as usual. Our schools are going to be suffering for money soon, our jobs are going away at an increasing rate, and we have a high foreclosure rate, 600,000 resumes on Michigan Talent Bank competing for 15,000 jobs. Our commissioners believe we are doing fine. The truth is, there is coming a boulder to Barry County and the BOC has not looked into solving this problem. Their only concern is how to sell you the public on a millage. Charlton Park is not our problem. The Parks and Rec Commission gave up on the people along time ago with the decrease in park events and approximately $5 million with no improvements or development in the past ten years. Why? What have the park director and commissioners done in the past with the money they receive? Has this become just another money pit of Barry County? Barry County Commissioners justify to us, the public, why we should support your millage for anything in this county when you people don’t listen to the public. Why should we continue to offer up a welfare check to you when we don’t get what we want? The commissioners are not going to respond to your comments at their public meeting, only to hear your input, so why should we offer up comments? The last time an elected official treated us in this manner, we recalled him (former Rutland Township Supervisor Roger Vilmont). Commissioners have enough information to pull the park through. They should use their time wisely and stop the propaganda and lies. Step up to the plate and be leaders. Why has Barry County Commissioners spent taxpayer’s dollars without oversight and accountability? The answer is closed door meetings, committee meetings and resolutions without explanations that are passed. Let us have an independent audit of past finances of Charlton Park. Because, the truth be told, we will find irregularities and it’s too easy for public officials to manipulate taxpayer dollars. The commissioner that owes property taxes wants you to pay yours, but he acts as if he is exempt. Hogwash. Would Mark Englerth would evict tenants if they did not pay their rent? Taxpayers are tired of carrying elected official’s obligations and foolish ideas. Please take care of your mess at your business. There are several eyesores out there and Hastings officials should be ashamed to allow this to go on. This type of continued behavior affects other peoples’ property values. Englerth has shown he does not care about his neighbors’ property values, so what makes anyone thinks he cares about anyone else in this county? Clean up your yard and financial problems. Then maybe you can come ask us for money to support your project. Mike Lewis, Rutland Township Water problem showed need for siren To the editor: The village of Middleville awoke Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, to be informed by TV Channel 8 that we had a problem with chlorine in our water. The Grand Rapids television station also informed us not to drink the water or use the water to bathe, or to do dishes. I have felt for some time there needs to be an emergency siren installed in the village that could forewarn the citizens of such an emergency. Periodically, the village sends out a newsletter that could inform its citizens that in case of any emergency, the siren would sound and the citizens would then know to turn to their local TV stations. The other two local stations, TV3 and TV13 were not carrying the emergency message. Were they not informed? Does everyone in Middleville watch only TV8 in the morning? In other words, if people were not watching TV8, they were not aware of the problem. With a siren and instructions, they would have been. After all, it is the responsibility of the village to provide safety for its citizens. As spring approaches, so does the tornado season. Will it take a killer tornado to establish a warning system in our village? Ed Schellinger, Middleville Charlton Park needs own board To the editor: I am originally from Hastings. I have enjoyed Charlton Park's museum and the swimming area. It has been many years since I have been there. I have been following the news in the Banner with interest. I agree with the vice president, that Charlton Park should have its own board. Charlton park is too valuable historically to lose. It can be very educational. Lawrence E. Smith, Jackson To the editor: FARMLAND: Organizations like Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Natural Resource Action Team (NRAT) and other special interest groups are seeking to impose their own narrow minded agendas onto the rest of the citizens of Barry County. I have not heard them say anything about educating or training anyone. All they want to do is drive their opinions down everyone’s throats. They have not offered any other solutions, they just want more control and dictate to the Citizens what we can and cannot do with our land. If the master plan that is currently written takes effect by writing the proposed ordinances, the Planning and Zoning office will get larger office spaces for their increased personnel and a largely increased budget, at the expense of the taxpayers by increasing taxes. They all say that the Transfer of Development Right (TDR) and the Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) will not increase taxes directly, but what it will do is increase taxes indirectly, (per Dennis Pennington Jan. 187) by increasing personnel and office space in the Planning and Zoning office, therefore increasing taxes. I am not against all their initiatives for protecting our land; in fact we must protect our farmland. The county will also be making a profit from those farmers who transfer their development rights, by marketing those rights to the highest bidder and therefore making money and the farmer getting screwed again, as so stated at the Jan. 22 Planning and Zoning meeting. WETLANDS: It seem that the Natural Resource Action Team received a grant from the Barry Community Foundation, so I guess this entitles NRAT to write the wetlands ordinance for Barry County, according to the statement Jim McManus made during the Planning and Zoning meeting Jan. 227. They have not offered an alternative here either, just more property rights taken away. Yes it true the ordinance has not been completed, per Jim McManus’ statement in the Jan. 25 Banner, but if it’s written to coincide with the master plan, it will control wetlands down to one acre. Maybe they could offer one the state’s voluntary programs for placing the On lake access, you get what you pay for To the editor: Rutland Charter Township has an ordinance "to prohibit keyhole development to protect the quality of life that exists on the lakes in Rutland Township.” This ordinance follows State of Michigan regulations. Lakefront lots are for single family use only and docks are included since they are an extension of lakefront lots. Now this Township Board is considering a change to permit back lot owners to use the docks of lakefront lots. A great majority of lakefront owners are against this. According to state studies, Algonquin Lake now has more boats. Traffic on the lake during the evenings and weekends has reached the point of being dangerous. The Algonquin Lake Association maintains a ramp for the use of owners, both lake and back lot owners, so no one is being excluded from using the lake. This proposed change would begin funneling, which is against DEQ regulations. Lake front property owners pay a good deal more for their lots and pay more taxes on their property They also pay for maintaining the lake ramp and park for all to use, We live in a society where you get what you pay for. If you attend a theater and buy balcony seats, you don’t expect that those who bought front row seats will share their seats with you. Walter Forsberg, Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. wetlands into a protected status. Right on some of their own web sites and the DEQ sites, they talk about the banking of wetlands, Michigan Wetlands Reserve program. In fact, they receive 12 to 15 new wetland reserve program applications and multitude of phone calls from interested landowners every month. Why has this not been discussed as an option? Lets let the state keep control of the wetlands and not increase everyone’s taxes and see how a voluntary wetland banking program works under the DEQ’s jurisdiction, before cramming another over restrictive ordinance down our throats. We are not losing wetlands in Michigan as they claim, in fact the DEQ doesn’t know how many acres of wetlands are lost or gained each year. We are gaining wetlands in Maple Grove Township. Maybe it’s because of the lack of maintenance on our county drains or the fact that farmers do care about our land. If we are losing thousands of wetland acres every year, then show us where those losses are in Barry County only. Some government agencies are draining ponds, lakes and wetlands to cut down on the mosquito and who knows what else for. Besides, lets not add another tier of government bureaucracy on the citizens of Barry County and one more permit fee. Apparently lakefront property is not anywhere near wetlands, since they will not be affected by the same wetland ordinance because by the draft copy of ordinances handed out at the last Planning and Zoning meeting they have their own set of rules. I’m not saying it’s wrong to mow around the lakes and keep them looking good, but neither is it for those around creeks, streams and county drains. And I sure do not want any more retribution for speaking out against the master plan and drafted ordinances. While the ordinances are being rewritten, let’s reduce the 500 feet distance that a person must be from any lake, river, creek and stream before needing a soil erosion permit or at least clarify those standards and apply them fairly across the board. Come on, let’s get real. Farmers can plow right up next to them and plant crops. Lakefront property owners can mow right up next to the lakes. Let’s make a realistic distance like five feet. PERMIT FEES: Let’s talk about the fees that are being charged for permits. Let’s reduce the prices to a realistic amount; this is not a profit-making organization. Why does someone have to pay a fee of $250 to go before the Planning Commission? Unless someone can show just cause why these fees are being charged, running it in the News Papers and not just the Banner, because not everyone in the county receives the Banner, let’s get it in the Reminder and put copies in all the local libraries and on the county’s website (www.barrycounty.org). Let’s show how our tax dollars are being spent. Let’s account for all the fees being charged and a paper trail of those fees. The City of Hastings has a really nice financial book put together in the library showing its budgets, accounts payable and accounts for all their money. It would be real nice if the county also would do this. It’s also our right to know how much every county job by description makes, what’s being spent where and a paper trail of those money, Lets not hide behind the Freedom of Information Act and make everyone pay a fee to find this information. Let’s do the right thing. PLANNING AND ZONING: I have also been told that those townships that are no longer under the jurisdiction of the County Planning and Zoning office are still paying taxes to the county for those services. At last count there were 10 townships, cities and villages in that category. That’s not bad since there’s only 21 county government units altogether. It seems like a lot of freed up money and manpower to me and should start costing those of us still under their jurisdiction a lot What makes a good leader? The 2007 Leadership Barry County class began Jan. 26. The Banner asked six of the class what were the most important elements of leadership. The Banner will visit the class on graduation day March 24 to ask another six of the 28 member class a question about leadership. Anyone interested in learning more can call director Dana Rittenberg at 945-2114. less money. Or maybe it’s time for Maple Grove Township, Castleton Township and the Village of Nashville to join forces and form our own planning and zoning organization. I have also been approached by another township interested in joining forces. I would rather this not happen and see all 21 entities fall under one, but it’s beginning to look like this maybe the only alternative. CONSENSUS: Williams and Works are the utmost professionals and they’re good at their job and are the consultants hired by the Planning and Zoning office. They seem to think a consensus is the opinion of a few hand selected organizations with money, that have no other objective than to push their agendas onto us. People like Lori Phalen from the Barry County Agricultural Preservation Board, Ken Kornheiser from the Four Township Water Resources Council, Michelle Skedgell, Don Drummond and Jim McManus, all from the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. These people and their organizations are all good at heart and have good intentions, just not those of the farmers and other hard working men and women of Barry County. I think the current course that the Planning and Zoning office is headed in rewriting the ordinances, are really unethical if not illegal. SURVEYS: The surveys that Catherine Strickland states so clearly reflects the Barry County residents’ feelings, are the same surveys that were concocted to reveal the results of the special interest groups’ wishes and were only sent to a small percentage of the residents. Also, I challenge Ms. Strickland’s contention there are currently 22,000 acres of wetlands in the county and fewer than 200 years ago they estimate between 35 and 50 percent of Michigan’s wetlands have been drained, filled or otherwise altered, because they do not know for sure. Yes some of the losses occurred because of agricultural production, but many more wetlands were filled to make room for development. Millions of those lost wetlands were lost at the hands of the government while creating an infrastructure of highways to accommodate the increased population, also to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens. Dear friends and family, please start attending the Planning and Zoning meetings on the fourth Monday of the month at the Courts and Law building at 7 p.m. and save our property rights. Let me know what you think at savingbarrycounty@yahoo.com Charles Reid Jr., Maple Grove Twp. Corrections: The following Delton Middle School students were omitted from last week’s listing of honor roll students: All A's — Charles VanHoose, Kannon Hoffman, Kayla-Lea Paradowski and Clara Bagley. Honor Roll — Matthew Bourdo and Colin Talbot. In last week’s letter to the editor by Marge Bullock, she made remarks about the "police" coming to check legally parked cars (at the behest of a lake association) and the stopping of cars on a pretext in order to search them. Such conduct is not tolerated for Prairieville officers, according to Chief Larry Gentry. Ms. Bullock actually is a resident of Orangeville Twp and does not know how Prairieville was listed under her name at the bottom of the letter. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 5 Let’s let state DEQ wetlands rules rule Barry County’s hottest new issue actually doesn’t need to be much of an issue after all if two opposing views on wetlands simply take a deep breath, back away and let the system work. It appears the State of Michigan has just adopted new rules governing what some call wetlands and others call swamps, effectively eliminating the necessity of any new and stricter local regulations. The Department of Environmental Quality belatedly has come up with regulations to protect all wetlands with a size of at least five acres. And this is as it should be, defining just how far the state and federal government can go in regulating peoples’ property. There is absolutely no question that sensitive areas must be protected from intrusion by human activity, lands that provide habitat for wildlife, game for hunters and ecological balance for this planet, as eloquently explained by Cathy Strickland last week in a letter to the editor. Barry County is regarded as a unique area in southern Michigan in that it has a lot of natural beauty, and we should do all we can to keep it that way. We must have a clear idea what human beings’ limits are in land use, using a balance between individual property rights and the common good. However, despite the state’s new rules, a local environmental group is continuing to work on a county wetlands ordinance that will protect designated areas smaller than five acres, which may muddy the waters and create a slippery slope in which eventually no one will be able to develop anything because somebody thought they saw a frog or a turtle. Common sense is what must rule here. Members of the environmental group are claiming they are writing a new wetlands ordinance proposal because they’re received a grant for the work. Perhaps they should refund the money, offer their sincere thanks and indicate the state’s overdue regulations should be given a chance instead. The group’s eagerness and good intentions have somehow led others to suspect they’re trying to control and manipulate the process and lead the county down the path of overzealous land control. To be sure, many of the property rights advocates have been invited to take part, but there is a fear that what’s going on here is “manufacturing consent.” Noam Chomskey’s famous theory, which I have tried to outline here before, is invoked when somebody seems to be using marketing and sales techniques rather than facts to get the public or movers and shakers to climb aboard an idea they may not actually support. In the other corner is a group of property rights advocates, including farmers, who say the government shouldn’t tell any citi- zen what he can or can’t do with his or her property. Some have been so vocal as to make offensive personal remarks in public meetings. The wetlands debate though is part of a larger issue, just as contentious — zoning itself. Barry County officials are undergoing a process to update zoning ordinances and the master plan because the current rules are out of date and do not accurately reflect modern life in this area. No argument here. Some folks, such as many people who live in neighboring Ionia County, believe zoning should be abolished altogether, that it’s too intrusive on residents’ property rights. There is some merit in what they say, but their proposed solution is too radical and could lead to Wild West-style chaos on land use. The whole point of zoning is to ensure the sensible and orderly growth of communities. Whenever the ballgame is played with no rules, you’re at the mercy of whoever talks the loudest, is the boldest or has the most money, and you’d better hope those with the upper hand have a sense of fairness. Too many don’t. For example, many of the citizens devastated by Hurricane Katrina could have been spared catastrophic conditions with proper zoning laws that would have prohibited building residences below the flood plain. I want zoning that forbids my neighbor to move in next door and set up a business that keeps the neighborhood me awake every night. I want zoning that prohibits somebody from establishing a junk yard next door that leaks oil and other petroleum-based products into my water well and causes health hazards to me and my family. Yet at the same time, I don’t want the government snooping in every nook and cranny on my property and telling me I have to spend money to comply with a silly and irrelevant rule. Government officials need to exercise restraint and create a userfriendly system. As I said earlier, common sense must be used here, and the ballgame must have a referee and clearly understood rules to avoid chaos and unfairness. There are plenty of good people on both sides of this debate, but they must come to an agreement of what’s permissible and what’s not in the best interests of a civilized society. My suggestion is let cooler heads prevail. Let’s update outdated zoning rules and put together a new master plan, but let’s abandon a stricter and much more controversial wetlands ordinance by allowing the state’s new regulations apply. I think it’s a fair compromise, with common sense. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Down with our local heavy handed zoning zealots To the editor: Re: Wetlands, Jim McManus, Planning and Zoning czar, plus the County Board of Commissioners. The Barry County Board of Commissioners has the power to reel McManus in. We do not need a bunch of heavy-handed zoning requirements. Some people think they have to update something, if haven’t for years. We have documents from the 1770s that have stood the test of time well. We send these people to college and look what they return to us – nincompoops! McManus blesses the ordinance written by Pierces Cedar Creek Institute. You have some real nincompoops out there also. Some of those people wouldn’t know the difference between a mud puddle or a spring. Elden Shellenbarger said McManus’ time in Barry County is up, time for him to move on. It’s time someone stood up to them. Archie Jennings would be a good one to cover your back. When they mention Pierce Institute, I shudder because of the clientele they draw. They want to remake the world to their tastes. I say to hell with the whole works. In fact, maybe the Pierces could re-do, or take down that monstrosity out at Riverside Cemetery. By the way, is Don Drummond a wheel out there helping make these decisions? The Barry County Board of Commissioners has got to get McManus under control. If they can’t, who in hell is responsible? The board is minus three from last election! More can go the next time. The board would be smart to get rid of some of the committees that shelter some of these fools. What do we have blossoming at Hastings Manufacturing? Looks like everyone is expected to give. It went from bankruptcy to glory days in one year. Please explain! I see the reason for bankruptcy was retirement costs and a bad Canadian deal. I don’t understand as the company had a Canadian factory in the 1970s and was doing OK. Like I said before, Aben Johnson’s heart was broken, when a union was voted in, with big retirements and wages. It had to be a greedy bunch that decided on a two-tier wage setup. I’ve got mine, and to hell with you new people. The Brownfield re-development authority has OK’d plans for loans and grants to clean up current site. Makes you wonder who sits on that board. In December 2005, the Anderson group bought the Manufacturing Company. For contamination, previous stockholders, owners and Anderson Group are all liable. City Manager Jeff Mansfield and his city Sewer line extension is necessary step To the editor: I have read with great interest several articles about the proposed sewer line extension around Long Lake and Cloverdale Lake in Barry County. The biggest complaint as always is the residential cost for the installation. It is no secret that a sewer line extension is not cheap and that it is a hardship on everyone. However, the cost of the project will be spread out over a 20-year period, which will certainly soften the blow. In the seventies and eighties the Environmental Protection Agency helped fund hundreds of water and wastewater treatment plants, but that money is now gone. Communities building new systems or upgrading existing ones must pay their own way. At one of the special public hearings this past fall, employees of the Barry-Eaton District Health Department gave an excellent in-depth presentation showing the location of septic tanks, dry wells and drain fields located in close proximity to the lakeshore and to many residential drinking water wells. The Health Department also noted that they have no knowledge of the whereabouts of the septic systems at several older homes and cottages around the lake. In the past when a dry well failed, the resident would just install another one next to the failed one, sometimes even closer to the lake or within the 50 feet minimum from his or the neighbor's drinking water well. Not any longer. The Health Department has to follow much stricter state, county and township codes and ordinances. Now if a residential septic system fails and there is not enough room on the property for a new system, due to hilly terrain or low lake level areas, the house can be condemned. At the recent public hearings, some resi- dents stated that Long Lake is the cleanest lake in the area and that the Health Department hasn't tested the water for pollution. Polluted or not, it is very obvious that raw and partially treated wastewater is running and/or leaching into the lake. With all this said, the pollution of Cloverdale Lake and Long Lake is secondary. The biggest problem we face is the contamination of the residential drinking water and wells, our quality of life is being compromised. Several water wells on the lake are shallow stab wells, maybe 20 feet deep or less and located closer then the Health Department's 50 feet minimum to septic tanks, dry wells and drain fields. Many homes on the aforementioned lakes use bottle water because the residents are intelligent enough to realize that their drinking water looks bad, smells bad and tastes bad, but never have tested their well water for coliform or e-coli bacteria. Here's a question for everyone. What's worse then drinking your own wastewater? Answer: Drinking your neighbor’s wastewater. We like to think we live in a democracy, our special assessment district residential vote was 57 percent for the sewer line extension, granted a slim majority, but still a majority. The people have spoken and the elected officials have listened and acted. The much needed sewer extension project is moving forward. Let us stop the fighting, work together toward the common goal and get the job done. When the residents of Guernsey Lake see the quality of life improvements the new sewer system affords the Cloverdale Lake and Long Lake residents, they will gladly follow suit. Robert H. Monroe, Long Lake property owner officials are “very pleased” with proposed projects. I’d like to barf on that one and some of the other lame people to boot. Just how many boards are there in Barry County and Hastings? There’s no quit to them. I can well imagine this one: Nature Area Board. Let me rest in peace. Carl Schoessel is guilty of these low MEAP test scores in Hastings. It’s OK to be the shining knight, but he’s minus his horse. Hastings is where I graduated from. No, my grades weren’t that hot. Between sports and working, my grades suffered. For a couple of months, there was quite a bit of sleep 11 to 6 a.m., lay down on cot for two hours, go to school at 8. Yes, I had naps in school. Kids today can’t work like we did, so really it should be time for studying. Thornapple Kellogg in Middleville has seen my kids through and seven grandkids. I looked at the scores in the Grand Rapids Press. Better education in Middleville. Hastings had one 67%, one 70%, two 72%, two 90%, the rest 80%. Thornapple Kellogg, one 100%, five 90%, no 60%, no 70%, seven 86-87, 3-88s. That’s one whale of a difference. It just dawned on me that a beef cow owner on the Board of Education just gave her Hastings teachers a raise, and that’s with tight money. I’m glad she isn’t defending some ridge in the service. Being a blue and gold person, this hurts to have to admit the difference. The bring the troops home crowd, is getting very loud, even paints some steps in Washington, government property, yet the police are told to let them do it. Those steps are just as much mine as theirs. Has anyone in that movement noticed they have “Hanoi Jane” Fonda and Jesse Jackson (the company shake down artist) with them now? That in itself should be an eye opener. I’d be happy to be the one to pull the switch on those two. Our southern border with Mexico could be guarded by one armed person every 500 yards, with instructions to shoot to kill any intruder. Then in no time at all, the situation would correct itself. All we need is someone to sneak in and destroy and kill a bunch of Americans. I sure wish I would see more letters that told me there are a lot more of God loving Americans who also love this country. Our government is changed by voting and I’ll bet when this current bunch is done you won’t be very happy either. Just to see Rep. Murtha back in Baghdad again, he’s a poor example of a Marine with his fat jowls and mean look. Do you folks realize that the Democrat leadership will run this country down, even have it defeated just to get back in power? We have hard times ahead, even harder with them in power. Those false fronts sure showed up the other night. Do anything to get on camera with President Bush and after his speech to the nation, they slam him. What hypocrites! You folks should be thinking of our men defending the world right at this moment. Pray for them as you might just be praying to keep from getting your own head cut off in the future. Those people are coming this way. How many have sneaked in as of right now? Donald W. Johnson Middleville Getting started in the Legislature as Michigan’s economy worsens Last December, while preparing to start my first term as State Representative, I realized that in all of the orientation sessions and workshops that each of the new legislators attended, none covered how to operate on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives. I called and spoke to my friend, Representative Robert Jones (D-Kalamazoo), and found that the Democrats were basically in the same boat. Out of this came the idea of holding a bipartisan “Nuts and Bolts of Legislating” program. Apparently, in the past, most new legislators have been content to be observers for the first year or so while they just figure out how the system works. For me, this was unacceptable. Representative Jones and I planned this session which was meant for all freshmen. It was held in January, the weekend before session started. The location was Kalamazoo (hosted by Western Michigan University). The point was: Get out of Lansing and away from the various political forces that exist there. No lobbyists and special interests, just new legislators being taught by experienced legislators. It was an amazing success. Make no mistake, there were some who fought the idea of putting new Republicans and Democrats together so far outside of the influences of Lansing. After all, if we become friends, it will be harder to pit us against each other later. I remain convinced that the formation of strong relationships is a key part of constructing good public policy. That was the secondary goal of this seminar and the key reason I believe term limits has hurt our state. These relationships will be put to the test in connection with opportunities to influence some of the biggest issues facing Michigan in a generation. I recently learned of my committee assignments, which will put me at the table for many of those issues. My top three choices were Tax Policy, Health Policy and Banking & Financial Services, the first two being major political pressure cookers. I received all three, which is nearly unheard of. The Tax Policy committee will be charged with the important task of restructuring the business tax structure, at a minimum. It is likely to be one of the most active committees in the house this year. So far, there are five major proposals and I expect that number to increase. The decisions that come from Tax Policy will affect every person in Michigan. Health Policy issues will likely be just as monumental, as the governor has already requested a federal waiver for some very sweeping changes likely to be proposed in this session. Later this year, I may have some sweeping proposals of my own (to be covered in a future column). As for Banking & Financial Services, the appointment only makes sense given my background. It is extremely rare for a banker be elected to state office and therefore most legislators have little exposure to the relevant issues in this field. Often times, when you serve in the minority, your areas of strong competency are held against you. You are seen as a threat, rather than someone who can construct public policy in a cooperative manner. I was thrilled to learn that not only did the leadership of my own party recommend my to this post, but the chairman of the committee (a Democrat) specifically requested me. These first few weeks have seen a flurry of hundreds of pieces of legislation written, circulated or introduced, much connected with specific promises made during campaigns. I have decided to hold off on introducing a few of my bigger initiatives, as I need to better understand the politics around these issues and build support for them if I expect a realistic chance of passage. Unfortunately, most of the new ideas will take a back seat to the more immediate budgetary concerns. Michigan is now in a very reactionary cycle. Lawmakers seem to spend much of the time responding to emergencies at the expense of planning for the future. The mid-year deficit will be the first order of business. As I dig in to the state’s fiscal situation, I have come to some very interesting revelations. I hear over and over again that the state has “cut the budget to the bone.” Over the last four years, the state’s budget has actually grown by over $2 billion. It is just that expenses have grown substantially faster. Before even thinking of asking citizens to pay more, I am looking closely at the expense side of state government. Here are a few items I have found. In 1996, a Republican Congress passed national welfare reform, signed by President Clinton. This was one of the best pieces of bipartisan legislation the federal government has enacted since the 1960s. Ten years later, Michigan is one of only four states that have not yet implemented the limit on lifetime benefits. I know of one case where an able-bodied person has been on cash assistance for over ten years and counting. There are opportunities to save tens of millions in this area of government. I have also found that the state has promised a total of 10% in raises to its employees over the next three years. I do not begrudge raises to any person, but when the state already has a structural deficit, the $400 million price tag on this one is hard to swallow. On top of that, the legislature approved the expensive “21st Century Jobs” program last year with the understanding that tobacco settlement dollars would cover it. We now know that the state’s cut of tobacco settlement funds was reduced by $84.6 million through litigation, thus putting significant additional pressure on the general fund. There’s more. The Auditor General recently released a report that reveals that the state has missed out on about $20 million dollars in taxes owed by people that simply failed to file their state tax returns from 2001 to 2004. We know who these people are and yet nothing substantive has been done to address it. Folks, I just started looking. I expect that there are many areas where the state can do better with what it is already charging citizens and businesses. It is not about being anti-government or anti-tax, it is about respecting the taxpayers and their dollars. If we are serious about rebuilding the middle class, we will start by controlling the rise in the cost of government at all levels. KNOW YOUR SCHOOLS... information about the Hastings Area Schools Board members deserve recognition by Carl Schoessel, Interim Superintendent With the last day of January comes an end to the annual observance of "National School Board Recognition Month." This observance is conducted across the country each January, and this year's theme has been "School Boards Make a World of Difference." A Chinese proverb reads, "If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; but if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people." Educating people is exactly bow "School Boards Make a World of Difference." In Michigan, this month has been celebrated by 552 local and 57 intermediate school districts, as 4,100 elected school board members have been honored by their schools and communities for their dedicated public service. In the Hastings Area School District, the service of President Patricia Endsley, Vice President Donald Myers, Secretary Kimberly Alderson, Treasurer Eugene Haas, and Trustees Jeffrey Guenther, Scott Hodges, and Tammy Pennington was celebrated by each of the seven schools in the district "adopting" one of the board members. The "adopting" schools' students and staff asked the board members to join them in special, activities and visiting classrooms, and in some cases they enjoyed lunch with the trustees and presented tokens of appreciation to the board members for taking on responsibilities they have. In this community, the Board of Education develops policies and makes decisions about complex educational and operational issues. They supervise an annual budget of more than $24.7 million, and have responsibility for 3,156 students and 344 staff members in seven schools and several other facilities. All of our board members deserve thanks for their work on behalf of the community's young people., but because they have decided not to seek re-election to the Board of Education, special thanks and recognition is appropriate for Kimberly Alderson, and Donald Myers. They are 12-year veterans of the board and truly have made "a world of difference" through their service during those years! �Page 6 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Harold V. Dooling 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 12:00 p.m. Youth Fundraiser Dinner; 1:00 p.m. Annual Meeting w/Architect Presentation. 6:00 p.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday 6 p.m. Menders. Next Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 6 p.m. Conversational Spanish; 7 p.m. Women’s Bible Study. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 6 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:15 p.m. Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77509146 Harold V. Dooling was called home to be with his Lord Wednesday, January 31, 2007. He was born July 23, 1915. Harold (Irish) served in World War II in the China, Burma and India Campaign constructing the Burma Road while serving in the Army Corp of Engineers. He was employed in forestry, farming and tool and die. Irish was preceded in death by his father and mother, Patrick and Nellie Dooling; brothers, Levant Snyder and Kenneth Snyder; sisters, Mildred Layton and Helen Christenson; son-in-law, Fred L. Bowerman. He is survived by the love of his life, Duella, who shared 66 beautiful years of marriage together. Irish is also survived by his two children, Patricia Bowerman-Snyder (William) and Patrick Dooling (Bealynn); seven grandchildren; and 28 great-grandchildren. Irish and Duella enjoyed their life together traveling and wintering in the southwest. Irish enjoyed working the land and raising animals on his farm since 1946. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Irish’s name may be sent to Barry Community Hospice. Memorial services will be held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 10 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 309 E. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings. Richard Hermenitt DELTON - Richard Hermenitt, of Delton, passed away January 26, 2007. Richard was born on September 6, 1949, in Plainwell, the son of Ray and Vera (Earl) Hermenitt. Richard was a former employee of Packerland (Murco) with over 22 years of service. At age 15, Richard bought his first piece of property, and with his love of building things, he built their own home. Richard enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, doing automotive repairs, and working various types of puzzles. On June 17, 1972, he married Linda Meade, who survives. Others members of Richard’s family include a son, James (Krystal) Hermenitt, of Madisonville, KY; a daughter, Melissa (Bryan) Risner of Delton; brothers, Raymond (Madeline), Art (Marie) and Lester (Shirley) Hermenitt; sisters, Ann (Howard) Wilcox, Alnora McMillian, and Charlene Hermenitt; grandsons, Jacob and Hunter Hermenitt, and Tyler Risner; several nieces and nephews. Richard was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Stanley and a sister, Juanita. The funeral service was conducted on Monday, January 29, 2007. Pastors Mike Risner, Rich Sheldon and James Hall, officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery, Orangeville. Memorial contributions to the Epilepsy Foundation will be appreciated. Lavern E. Ely Sr. WOODLAND - Lavern E. Ely Sr., age 67, of Woodland, passed away January 28, 2007 at his home. Lavern was born September 26, 1939 in Eagle, the son of Earl T. and Lula Bell (Volk) Ely. He was a former employee for Twin City Foods and Atwood Corp. and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Carolyn S.; two sons, Earl R. of Portland and Lavern E. Jr. of Woodland; two daughters, Tracy M. Ely of Grand Rapids and Krista L. Ely of Hastings; five grandchildren; one sister, Mary (Arnold) Preece of Freeport and was predeceased by his daughter, Samantha in 1994; two sisters, Caddie Lopez and Mabel Kill and his parents. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at Peters & Murray Funeral Home, Grand Ledge, with interment follow ing at Niles Cemetery, Eagle Twp., Clinton Co. For those desiring, contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in memory of Lavern Ely. Sr. Patricia Anne (King) Houtman WESTFIELD, INDIANA - Patricia Anne (King) Houtman, age 46, of Westfield, Indiana (originally from Hickory Corners) died peacefully January 28, 2007, following a seven year battle with breast cancer. Born November 29, 1960, Pattie was a 1978 honor graduate of Gull Lake High School, attended Michigan State University and completed her B.S. degree at Ferris State University in Industrial Hygiene. Pattie met her future husband, Bruce Houtman (from Holland) while at college and was married in 1984. Pattie and Bruce have two children, Abbie and Jack who attend Westfield High School. Pattie was active in a variety of community and school activities with her family. Her focus was on her children, enjoying endless hours supporting them as they participated in a wide range of sports and other community activities. Pattie was active in the Girl Scouts and touched the lives of many as their leader and friend. Pattie was a member of the Christ United Methodist Church in Westfield where she gave freely of her love as a volunteer teaching others through her commitment to Jesus. Pattie was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion, in Hickory Corners. An inspiration to many, Pattie was a leader for numerous fundraising groups focused on the fight against cancer including the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure. Pattie was one of the founders of the Relay for Life in Westfield. In honor of her tireless commitment to helping others affected by breast cancer, Pattie was named a recipient of a Sharon L. Bassett Fund award for 2007. Pattie was preceded in death by her mother, Donna Baldwin (King) of Midland, and stepmother Patricia King of East Leroy. She is survived by her husband, Bruce and their children, her father, Morris King of East Leroy; stepfather, Chuck Baldwin of Estero Beach, Florida; sister, Robin Robbins of Hickory Corners; and brothers, Douglas King of Indianapolis, Indiana and Rick King of Hickory Corners; along with numerous nieces and nephews. Services were scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at the Christ United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions can be made in Pattie’s honor to the Westfield Relay for Life www.ACServents.org/Relay/in/Westfield. Donations can be made over the internet or mailed to the American Cancer Society, attn. “Westfield Relay for Life”, 6030 W. 62nd St., Indianapolis, IN 46278. Marion Jeanett Maiville WAYLAND – Marion Jeanett Maiville, age 81, died on Wednesday January 24, 2007 at Laurels of Sandy Creek in Wayland. She was born August 11, 1925 in Adrian, the daughter of Raymond and Ruth (Suydam) Jenkins. Marion retired from JCPenney in Hastings. She enjoyed the times they had at their home at Bass Lake. She was married to Richard E. Maiville, Sr. on March 17, 1945 in Temple, Texas. They were married for 59 years and Richard died July 1, 2004. Marion is survived by her son Douglas (Karen) Maiville; daughter, Beverly (Larry) Jordan; a son, Richard (Jackie) Maiville; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren . No services will be held. Burial will be at Hastings Township Cemetery. Arrangements by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net) . Charles “Ben” Hasman DOWLING – Charles “Ben” Hasman, of Dowling, passed away January 24, 2007, at his residence. Ben was born January 30, 1938 in Ionia, the son of Charles Roy and Almeda (Barkley) Hasman. Ben was a veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Navy. He was a truck driver for over 30 years. Ben loved hunting and fishing. He is survived by his children, Lori (Star) Arth and family, Gregg Hasman and family, Jay Hasman and family, Charles Greg Jay (CJ) Hasman, Wesley Edwin Hasman and his fiancee Hillary Bringman, and their son Wesley Benjamin Hasman; stepchildren, Lee Seybold, Jessica Meade and family, Tammy Bender and family, Bonnie Seybold and Chris Boze, and 31 grandchildren. Ben was preceded in death by his wife, Janet L. Hasman, on March 5, 2001; his parents; and sons, Benjamin Hasman and Charles Porter; and a daughter, Rebecca Hasman. A memorial service was conducted Saturday, January 27, 2007 at the WilliamsGores Funeral Home, Delton. Memorial contributions to the family will be appreciated. Arrangements were made by WilliamsGores Funeral Home, Delton. Gerhardine Blanche Anne Gautsche Gerhardine Blanche Anne (Peters) “Ger” Gautsche was born on May 20, 1929 in the Spider Lake Township of Sawyer County, WI, the daughter of the late Alfred Johannes Gerhard and Dessie Doris (McKinney) Peters. Ger and her brother Rodney were the first children to be baptized in the Spider Lake Presbyterian Church. They attended the Spider Lake Grade School. In order to attend high school in Hayward, she and her brother would live with their grandparents, Milton and Cora McKinney, in town during the week and then return home on the weekends. In 1948, she graduated from Hayward High School where she had been the drum major for the band. After graduating from Duluth School of Cosmetology, she owned and operated LaVilah Beauty Shop in Hayward. Ger contracted cancer in l995, and lived life to the fullest until June, 2006, when she became too weak to be at home. She died with Bill at her side on Friday, January 19, 2007, a the Hayward Nursing Home. In 1952, Ger was joined in marriage to William E. Gautsche, Jr. at the Spider Lake Church and together they had five children. They lived in several states throughout the United States but tried to return “home” to Hayward every summer with the kids and the family dog. Ger was never afraid to take on the challenge of moving with Bill and five children and loved to meet people and make new friends wherever they lived. In 1998, Ger and Bill returned permanently to Hayward. With their moves Ger never lost contact with her many friends. She was a lifetime member of the Hayward Auxiliary. And remained dedicated to her beloved “Little White Church in the Vale”, the Spider Lake Church. Even when her kids were little, Ger found time to hunt and fish. Her favorite, of course, was muskie fishing in Hayward, but she also enjoyed saltwater fishing with light tackle. While living in Florida, she went with Bill as often as she could to fish on the Flats for bonefish and permit. Ger was an accomplished bridge and duplicate bridge player competing for master points as well as the Duplicate Bridge Championship and loved playing cribbage. She was a successful Scrabble player and competed in Scrabble tournaments alongside many champions while living in California. She took great pride in teaching these games to her grandkids. To start her days, she always reviewed the Bridge Column in the newspaper as well as completing the daily crossword puzzle in record time. She loved a good joke and could light up a room with her outgoing personality and quick humor. Gerhardine is survived by her husband William E. “Bill” Gautsche, Jr. of Hayward, WI; her children: Jeri (John) Springstead of Mazomanie, WI, Jan (Jess) Ingbretson of Hayward, WI, William E. III (Lynn) Gautsche of Eau Claire, WI and John (Leigh) Gautsche of Robbinsdale, MN; eleven grandchildren: Theran (fiance Erin), Nathan (Trisha) and Karsten Springstead, Greta and Meredith Ingbretson, Ashley, Taylor and Walker Gautsche, Mariah and Hayden Gautsche, and Kayla (Judd) Beccue; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter Julie Kay Gautsche, in September 2002 and her brother Rodney Peters Sr. in March 1993. The funeral service was held on Wednesday, January 24th at the Spider Lake Church. Interment will be in the Spider Lake Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Ger’s name may be directed to the Spider Lake Church, P.O. Box 13012 or to the Hayward Regional Hospice, 15910W Company Lake Road, both of Hayward, WI 54843 or to the Hayward Chapter of the American Cancer Society, c/o Colleen Carter, 20145W Crystal Drive, Cable, WI 54821. �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 7 Nashville residents speak out against millage plan at hearing by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer The majority of local residents in attendance at last week’s public hearing were opposed to the Village of Nashville’s proposed one-mill levy to support maintenance and improvements at Lakeview Cemetery and a 2.041-mill general operating fund increase. The general fund increase would bring the village levy back up to the original 11.5 mills approved by voters, but rolled back by provisions of the Headlee Amendment. The millage proposals will be on the ballot in an election Tuesday, Feb. 27. Several of those in attendance at the hearing said the council needed to, "look at other options" or "suck it up" and make budget cuts to make current tax and state revenues go further. The proposed one-mill levy for the cemetery would be used for capital improvements such as a memorial garden, including survey, plotting and the installation of landscaping and a walkway and the completion of a new section of plots on the northeast side of the cemetery. The proposed 2.041 general operating fund increase would cover council village office expenses, including payroll, supplies and utilities, employee wages and benefits, police, Department of Public Works, including payroll and maintenance; fire and ambulance, library and capital improvements such as renovating Putnam Park, including the community center, resurfacing the parking lot on the west side of the business district, and more. "I’m curious to know if you explored any other options instead of raising taxes, especially for the cemetery," said Dianna Baker. "Is there something else we can do, like volunteers? Get a volunteer group to take care of the cemetery? Get the community more involved, instead of raising taxes? Right now a lot of people are afraid of losing their homes. When they saw they saw this in the paper they were, ‘Oh, my gosh, do I eat or do I taxes?’ “We got to come up with another option Newborn Babies BOY, Jayce Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on January 22, 2007 at 7:52 a.m. to Francie and Larry Brummel of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs., 5 ozs., 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Mason Scott, born at Pennock Hospital on January 21, 2007 at 12:34 p.m. to Wyatt and Lindsay (Dunn) Benton of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs., 5 ozs., and 19 inches long. GIRL, Emma Elizabeth, born at Pennock Hospital on January 21, 2007 at 4:16 p.m. to Jeff and Sarah Geukes of Middleville. Weighing 9 lbs., 7 ozs., and 23 inches long. GIRL, Trinity Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on January 22, 2007 at 12:03 a.m. to Victoria Thurlby and Matthew France of Nashville. Weighing 6 lbs., 1/2 oz., and 19 inches long. GIRL, Eli M. Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on January 16, 2007 at 7:12 p.m. to Shannon and Paul Richards of Sunfield. Weighing 9 lbs., and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Donarin Trovell, born at Pennock Hospital on January 17, 2007 at 1:12 a.m. to Toni Horn and Rodrick Freeman of Hastings and Grand Rapids. Weighing 8 lbs., 5 ozs., and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Addison Lauren Leigh, born at Pennock Hospital on November 16, 2006 at 5:28 p.m. to Callie and James Henney of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs., 15 ozs., and 20 inches long. GIRL, Angel Lily, born at Pennock Hospital on January 12, 2007 at 3:34 p.m. to Carrie and James Livingston of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs., 10 ozs., and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Tammi Breann Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on January 15, 2007 at 1:13 p.m. to Will and Molli Jones of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs., 2.5 ozs., and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Kiernan Malachi Blayne, born at Pennock Hospital on December 22, 2006 at 1:15 a.m. to Michele Young and Nicholas Avila of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs., and 19 inches long. GIRL, Caeley Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on January 13, 2007 at 5:05 a.m. to Latishia Standler and Roy Deaton of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs., 9 ozs., and 21 1/4 inches long. BOY, Bradley Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on January 12, 2007 at 12:54 p.m. to Tiffany and Mike Moerman of Shelbyville. Weighing 9 lbs., 10 ozs., and 23 inches long. besides raising taxes. They are doing it all over the United States; we have to be leaders in this community and call out to our fellow people. Everybody sitting here is sitting here because they don’t want to pay higher taxes. They can’t, not that they don’t want to, they can’t. We really have to explore things." Jerry Reese recommended that the council, "Do what is required and let the needs and services for the community drive the budget. This is not a good climate for taxation at this time," he said. "Look at the needs and services demanded by the people of the community and no increases until the economy turns around." Melissa Strotheide said that while she would probably vote in favor of the proposed tax increases, "If the council wants this millage they need to show us something else on the table. Have you really looked into using volunteers?" she asked. "I do see the reason for the tax increase and I will vote for it. But like my husband’s boss told him when he was laid off from his job, ‘You got to learn to suck it in and suck it up,’ and learn to make do on less." Village President Frank Dunham replied that the council had looked into contracting out the upkeep of the cemetery, but volunteer workers had not been brought up, "as something dependable." Former council member and chairman of the Cemetery Board Ron Bracy said when they did a tree planting at the cemetery last year he was able to recruit plenty of volunteers but, in his experience, people don’t usually volunteer without being asked. A property owner stated, "I think you are going to have a hard time selling this (a millage increase). A lot of people have lost their jobs and what they do is they adjust their way of living and they tighten their belts a little bit and they deal with it. The city is going to have to do the same thing… If you would ask, you could get a group from the community here to go through your budget and show you where you could make some cuts. You need help doing it? We can do it for you; there are ways to do it, I know. The budget can be adjusted." Former council member Carroll Wolff said he did not like the fact that both millage proposals would continue, "in perpetuity." "You look in Webster’s Dictionary that means, ‘endless in time, forever and eternity,’" said Wolff. "Almost any vote you have on any millage is for a set number of years, whether it is one, two, three, four, five or ten. But, this means, that if it is approved by the people of the community… we would be placing a taxation on our younger people, or people who might move into this community… you will be adding three mills… we could approve (something) that affects people, who don’t even live here yet, or young people, and it goes on forever… I think when you’re voting on something it should have a limitation, not just eternity." Dunham responded that, if approved, the proposed millages would be subject to the Headlee rollback, as are all millage levies in Michigan. "Headlee was put in for a reason; the reason was our valuation on our property go up Area Obituaries Brian M. Furrow HASTINGS - Brian M. Furrow, age 64, of Hastings, died on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, after a two year battle with cancer. Brian was born January 4, 1943 in Hastings, the son of Roland M. and Elsie B. (Rowlader) Furrow. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1962. Brian then joined the United States Army serving until his honorable discharge in July 1968. Brian’s employment was at Dolar-Jarvis Manufacturing, Reynolds Metal and he retired from Venture Manufacturing in 2002. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycle and spending time with his grandchildren. He was a long time member of the Hastings Moose Lodge, the Grand Rapids HOG, and former Middleville Lion member. Brian is survived by a son, B.J. (Monique) Furrow of Blaine, Minnesota; daughter’s, Rhonda (Tom) Hiler of Plymouth, Indiana, April Fouty of Hastings; his grandchildren, Ashley, Allen, Megan, Mikayla, Mason; step-grandchildren, Jennifer, Jamie and one great-grandson, Landon; three brothers, David Furrow, Stuart Furrow and Chris Furrow. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Thomas Furrow and Micky Furrow. Memorials can be made to a charity of one’s choice. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Burial with full military honors was at Irving Township Cemetery. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). every year and as our valuation go up, our taxes go up, therefore that gives additional dollars," said Wolff. " The state set Headlee for a purpose… and what you’re trying to do is ignore it… What you’re doing I don’t think it is right… If you’re voting on something for eternity, regardless of what you’re voting on, I couldn’t support it…" Wolff also questioned how the council came up with the idea of levying one mill for the cemetery and 2.041 for the village’s general operating fund. Dunham replied that the idea for the proposed millage increase came from discussions of the Finance Committee, not the Cemetery Board. Wolff also stated that the council, "had the cart before the horse," because it had already decided to hold the election before a public hearing had been held, "what we say here tonight won’t matter because the ballots are already printed because they have to be available for absentee voters." He also questioned why the council decided to hold an election in February and incur the entire cost of holding an election when it could have waited until May and put the issue on the same ballot as the regular school board election and split the cost with the Maple Valley School District. "This proposal bothers me a lot," said another man in the audience, about the proposed one mill levy for Lakeview Cemetery. "Why should we pay extra taxes year after year, after year, when… some of these things in the cemetery is a job that will be done in one season?" "The cemetery needs perpetual care and upkeep," replied Frank Dunham. Sandra Lundquist said that she was not in favor of additional taxes, but added that she was concerned with the upkeep of the cemetery. "If your workers would perhaps slow down when they are mowing… we might not have as many repairs as we have." A man in the audience suggested the village increase lot prices at the cemetery to offset increased costs and that if the village decreased its 2.041 mill general operating request to one mill, it would have a better chance of being approved by voters. Ron Cornwell said he didn’t think it was right that the council propose to raise taxes when in December it approved Christmas bonuses for all employees and a health care plan with no out-of-pocket costs or payroll deductions contribution, or a $350 per month opt-out for full-time employees. "Who pays that? Us taxpayers, and you want an increase," he said. "I don’t understand it; I really don’t." Dunham replied that the insurance plan approved by the council was much lower than if they continued with the previous insurance plan. Village trustee and President Pro Tem Mike Kenyon noted that the council would hear a recommendation from the Village Finance Committee during the regular meeting, which followed the public hearing. Former council members Steve Wheeler and Gary White, who were at the public hearing both said they could not support the proposed millages. However, Bracy read a letter in which he said though he did not like paying taxes, he felt the one mill levy for the cemetery and the 2.041 mill for the village’s general operating fund were necessary. Seated council member Justin Shotts said he did not support the millage proposal, "I entirely disassociate myself from this tax increase; I was not consulted," he said. Mike Snyder said he was also against the tax increase, and added, "I read in the paper, about any non-action by voters will be viewed as approval by the council. So, I guess, everybody here is against the tax raise, but everybody not here is approving of it. Is that what you’re saying? And, I just want to state publicly, and I want it duly noted by you… I disapprove of about 95 percent of what I see come out of this council… so, I want you to assume in the future that I don’t approve of anything you do down here because it is just costing me money." Later, during the council roundtable portion of the regular meeting, Kenyon said that he, "took umbrage," at the perception that the council takes lack of response from the community as approval of the council’s actions; that it was not true." "That was told that that was policy, and that is horrible," said Shotts. "We don’t live by it," said trustee Mary Coll. "Then we should review the policy," said Shotts. "I don’t want people to think that just because they aren’t here, we take it as approval; I can’t stress that more strongly," said Kenyon. Dunham said he was pleased with the community’s involvement in the public hearing, but wished he could see that kind of involvement on a regular basis, "Public hearings are large when we are dealing with taxes or ordinances but otherwise we don’t see this kind of involvement. I wish we could see this kind of involvement with everything." Zim Zimmerman to celebrate 90th birthday Zim Zimmerman will be celebrating his 90th birthday February 1, 2007. Cards may be sent to Carveth Village, Suite 188, Middleville, MI 49333. Thompson-Atwood Gene and Bonnie Thompson of Hastings, and Tim and Toni Atwood of Pierson, are proud to announce the engagement of their children, Tamara Faith Thompson and Ryan Benjamin Atwood. Tamara is a 2003 graduate of Hastings High School and is currently a nursing student at GRCC. Ryan is a 1999 graduate of Tri County High School and a recent graduate of Grand Valley State University. A June 30, 2007 wedding is planned. Marriage Licenses Jonathan Lee Moore, Delton and Catherine Leila Boehm, Delton. Bradly Scott Goldsworthy, Dowling and Evelynn Leslie Brown, Dowling. Richard Gerard Dobb, Dowling and Patricia Elaine Mueller, Dowling. Kevin Taylor and Jonathan Curtiss HHS students sing with the State Honors Choir Kevin Taylor and Jonathan Curtiss, both Hastings High School students, had the honor to sing in the State Honors Choir Saturday, Jan. 27, at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids The choir is sponsored by Michigan School Vocal Music Association. There were 300 students representing 103 schools from all over the state. They were divided into three equal sections, all girls, all boys and mixed. Taylor was in the mixed Honors Choir, with Jeffrey Cobb as the conductor and Peggy Johnson as the accompanist. They sang “0 Clap Your Hands,” “Pokpok Alimpako,” “Der Abend, Opus 62, No.2,” “II. Sensemaya,” “Sleep, Come, Sing for Joy!” Jonathan was in the all-boys Honors Choir with Nathan Degner as conductor and Dr. Kenneth Bos as accompanist. They sang Pilgrim's Chorus (from Wagner’s “Tannhauser”), “Ave Maria,” “Clic, clac, dansez sabot,” “Witness,” “0 Michigan Our Home,” “Chorus of the Pirates” (from Pirates of Penzance). Patti Lajoye is the young men’s choral instructor at Hastings High School. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Page 8 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Dueling daughters Tomorrow is marked Groundhog Day on our calendars. Will we get six more weeks of winter? Only the groundhog knows. The Rev. George Speas will bring the sermon to Central United Methodist Church this Sunday morning, Feb. 4. The pastor is still an vacation. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at the freight House. Fr. Michael Carney, pastor of the Russian Orthodox church at Woodbury, will be the speaker. He and his wife are members of the society. There will be reports from the successful quilt and textile show at the Depot Complex Saturday and Sunday just past. Dozens of appreciative viewers made the rounds in both buildings to see the variety of quilts and needlework on display. There was plenty of embroidery, crochet, tatting and weaving. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at the freighthouse at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10. The most recent publicity lists John Waite as the speaker on the topic of Bible genealogy. ICGS members held open house during the quilt show on the weekend just past. Also, the ICGS will be open for visitors and searchers on Monday afternoons. The quarterly newsletter recently was mailed to members. The VFW will have its monthly flea market Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9 and 10. The Ionia chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel (MARSP) will meet this month on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Ionia High School Class Act restaurant. The speaker will be member Larry Tiejema, who is one of the Ionia County Commissioners. Call reservations to 5221495 At Central UMC on Sunday, Robin Barnett and Char Kendrigan of Morrison Lake led the service in the absence of the pastor. The bell choir played the introit directed by Kathy Good of Morrison Lake. The children's choir sang, directed by Tom Reiser and Lori McNeil. The chancel choir sang. Representatives of four segments of the church school spoke on their curriculum. A skit by Jeffrey Rasche and Karl Klynstra brought another dimension of Christian education to the gathered church. Dozens of Spanish language books for students in a mission school in Bolivia lined the altar rail and filled tables in Fellowship Hall. They will be shipped to the missionary supported by Central UMC. Julie Klynstra summarized the Christian education theme and the service ended with volleyballs flying to and fro, batted by eager hands with appropriate music pealing forth from the sound system and a final hymn, “Pass It On.” The education committee hosted the coffee hour. An unusual opportunity is coming at the MSU Experimental Orchard north of Clarksville Monday, Feb. 5. The Ionia Master Gardeners and Ionia MSU Extension office will be host for a digital camera workshop and garden journaling class. Call 527-5357 to register for the limited seating. This is an Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine BASIC DIABETES My adult son was diagnosed with diabetes. He was told that he would have to take some pills at ILUVW�DQG�WKHQ�PD\EH�³VKRWV´���&RXOG�\RX�SOHDVH� explain a little about diabetes? Basically, diabetes is a problem with controlling sugar levels in the body. This is important because sugar is used as the fuel that the body needs to run correctly. The sugars in the food are absorbed into the bloodstream where it circulates DURXQG�WKH�ERG\�ORRNLQJ�IRU�WKH�³HQJLQH´�WKDW�QHHGV�WR�EXUQ�LW� as fuel. Many of those engines are located inside muscle cells. Without insulin (or with low levels of insulin), sugar cannot get into the cells where it is needed. Thus, sugar OHYHOV�LQ�WKH�EORRG�JR�XS�EXW�WKH�ERG\�DFWV�DV�LI�LW�GRHVQ¶W� have any energy because thH�³HQJLQHV´�GRQ¶W�JHW�WKHLU�IXHO� Although doctors are not exactly sure what causes diabetes, there are certain things that increase your chances of getting diabetes. These include being overweight, not exercising, having high blood pressure, a family history of diabetes, or being of Latino, African, Asian or Native-American ancestry. Symptoms of diabetes often start slowly and may initially only include tiredness. Other symptoms may include urinating frequently, increased thirst, nausea and blurred vision. Diabetes is diagnosed by obtaining blood sugar levels. Treatment is directed at getting sugar into the cells and monitoring and controlling blood sugar levels. This can be GRQH�ZLWK�H[HUFLVH��HDWLQJ�SURSHUO\�DQG�ORVLQJ�ZHLJKW���³3LOOV´� and insXOLQ�³VKRWV´�DUH�RIWHQ�XVHG�GHSHQGLQJ�RQ�WKH�W\SH�DQG� severity of diabetes. Complications of diabetes include blindness, heart and blood vessel disease, strokes, kidney failure, amputations and nerve damage. Smokers are likely to get complications much sooner and more severe than non-smokers. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77509170 interesting place to visit in any season. Funeral services were set for Tuesday at a Williamston Lutheran church for Bernetta Mears, 85, who was a sister of Jerry Eckman of Hastings, formerly of Lake Odessa. She is also survived by other brothers Bernard, Kenneth, Raymond, James and sisters Ramona and Diane. Memorial services were held on Jan. 25 for Joyce Leonard, 77, of Grand Ledge. She had been an executive secretary for Fisher Body in Lansing and a hospital volunteer. Among her survivors is son Steven (Sue) of Lake Odessa. Others are son James and daughter Teri of Lansing. At a recent Michigan Shepherds' weekend in Lansing, Phil and Betty Shetterly were given Distinguished Service awards. Phil has been shearing sheep for more than 50 years and still does this annual farm job. He has been a 4-H sheep leader for more than 40 years and served many years as sheep superintendent at the Ionia Free fair. They both serve as sheep superintendents for the Michigan Fiber Festival at Allegan. Phil is a past board member and past president of the Michigan Sheep Breeders' Association. In addition to these activities, but not contributing toward their award, Betty has also been a 4-H leader in sewing and knitting, along with other 4-H involvement. Both are active in their church in Lake Odessa. Their son, Paul, and wife with their three children now reside on the centennial Shetterly farm, as did generations before him and they continue raising sheep, many of which become starter animals for young farmers. Forebears of this family lived on Messer Road before making their first move into Ionia County. Their farm was in Carlton Township. Phil's mother grew up at Schultz and rode the CK&S Railroad into Hastings every day to attend high school when she was Winnie Bryans. Changes are appearing at Carl’s Supermarket as the first store doing updates on exteriors, which is a downtown development project. The former Scheidt Hardware Auto Parts has some new windows. The rumor is there is to be an art store there. Also, the kitchen cabinet business on Second Street has a fenced area to secure equipment. This is on the site of a former car wash business. Honor Roll: Barry County Christian (Second academic quarter) Fourth graders — *Johnny DeMaagd, Emily Schuurmans and Katie Shaffer. Fifth-graders — Jesse Koetje, Brad Neudeck and Andrew Webb. Sixth-graders — Rose O'Grady, Hudson Portner and Jacob Schuurmans. Seventh-graders — Jacob Haddix, *William Ondersma and Orion Webb. Eighth-graders — Kathleen Bukoski, Lindsey Grubb, Tom Rozema and Shelby Webb. Ninth-graders — *Allison DeMaagd, Luke Edwards, Trisha Fairbrother, *Luke Howell, Sara Rozema, Ashley Webb and Kristen Woolley. Tenth-graders — Devon Armstrong, *Soo Yeon Cho, Chase DeMaagd, *Andrew Hess, *Ryan Holley, Sam Neudeck, Tom Ondersma, Naomi Ordway, *Lisa Schuurmans, Elsa Smith and Anna Yonkers. Eleventh-graders — Choung Jae Kim, *YeSeul Lee, Jill Rozema and Austin Wisner. * — Indicates all As. ‘Keeping Kids Safe’ workshop is tonight Parents are invited to attend “Keeping our Kids Safe: Everything a Parent Needs to Know,” a workshop at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Feb. 1) in the Hastings Middle School all-purpose room. Topics covered at the workshop will be current substance abuse issues, dating violence, teen depression and suicide, Internet safety and runaway and homeless youth. Specialists from Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry County Community Mental Health, The Ark, Green Gables Haven and local law enforcement will be presenting these topics. There will be refreshments as well as informational handouts. There also will be prizes, child care and an open gym for children in fourth through eighth grades. For more information, call Barry County Substance Abuse Services at (269) 9451387. Dear Annie: I have two sons -- "Roger," who is married with three young children, and "Max," who has a baby. Max isn't married to the mother yet, but they live together and will be getting married soon. I consider her his wife. I love both the girls with all my heart. The problem is, they are jealous of each other. They constantly claim that I favor one or the other and that I love "the other one's" kids more. I find this really annoying, and it also makes me very sad, because I love all four of my grandchildren equally and try to treat them the same. Roger's wife does not have any other family here, and Max's girlfriend was born and raised in this town, so she has a great support team. I probably spend a bit more time with Roger's kids, simply because their mother needs my help more often. I am at the point now where I am afraid to even visit or call either of them for fear the other will get angry. This seems really petty to me, and I wish they would quit fighting over me like a dog with a bone. I know a lot of mothers-in-law might think this is wonderful, but it's not. Annie, how can I salvage our family closeness without losing my mind? -Mom in the Middle Dear Mom in the Middle: These girls are using you to cement their position in the family. If you are truly making every effort to treat them equally, don't get into lengthy arguments defending yourself. Unless their complaints have merit, ignore them. Be polite, calm and kind at all times, and smile and change the subject when necessary. When they see you will not jump through hoops and they can't play you against each other, they will stop. Unhealthy future? Dear Annie: I'm a 54-year-old divorced woman. A year ago, I met a very nice older man at a dance and we started dating. I thought 64 was too old for me, but I convinced myself that 10 years was not such a big deal. In three months, we were engaged. Two months later, he told me that he is really 20 years my senior. This came as a shock, and I don't know what to do because I love him. Since we've been together, things have been good, but I have started to notice signs of age, including memory loss, forgetfulness and physical problems. We are still engaged, but I can't see a bright future for us. I'm taking care of my 84-year-old failing father right now and am terrified of becoming a caregiver for another old man in a few years. It would break his heart if we broke up. Please help me. -- Conflicted in Massachusetts Dear Conflicted: You have no way of knowing what your life will be like in the future, just as there are no guarantees that a younger man wouldn't become ill and require care. You are smart to recognize the problem, but the answer depends on how much you love him. Marriage vows are "in sickness and in health," regardless of age. If you would resent becoming his caregiver should the need arise, it would be a kindness to break it off. Check out bipolar Dear Annie: "Sleepless and Nervous" could have been me. She said she hides bills and debts from her husband, just like I did. She may want to consider a psychological evaluation. The sleeplessness, anxiety, helplessness and depression, as well as the spending, may very well be due to bipolar disorder, which can be treated by a competent psychiatrist with a combination of medication and therapy. She can go to the National Institute of Mental Health website at www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/bipolarmenu.cfm. There is hope. Several years later, I am debt free, still married, have a successful career, and am able to enjoy every minute of parenting our beautiful children. -- Grateful in Connecticut Dear Grateful: Thank you for pointing out that some compulsive behaviors are indicative of bipolar disorder. We know our readers will find your advice helpful. Don’t be desperate Dear Annie: I am at my wits' end with my 28-year-old daughter, "Melissa." She is successful, has her own home, drives a nice car, is highly educated, is fairly attractive, works out, runs in road races and is not a wallflower who sits at home waiting for the world to come to her. The problem? She is obsessed with the fact that she doesn't have a boyfriend. Her younger brother recently got married, and she has been livid ever since. Her last single friend just got engaged, and Melissa is a bridesmaid. Every time she has to do some- thing wedding related, my daughter calls and says, "When is it going to be MY turn? What is wrong with me? Why can't I find someone?" She has tried the online dating thing and has met a couple of nice guys, but they go out once or twice and never call again. She was in one long-term relationship that ended four years ago, and she has had a couple of dates since then, but no real prospects with a future. It breaks my heart to get these desperate phone calls from her. Nothing I say or do can help her. I can't even introduce her to "some nice young man" because she lives far away and I don't know anyone there. Right now, I think she is giving out desperate vibes and men are running away. By the way, several of her married friends are already headed for divorce court in their late 20s. How sad is that? They married too soon and picked the wrong people. I think it's better to wait. Any advice for her -- or me? -Powerless Mom Dear Mom: It's not uncommon for those still single to panic when their group of friends begins to marry off. They feel undesirable and worry they may never find a life partner. You really can't do much about this, Mom. Continue to reassure Melissa that she is worthy of a mate, but she should know there are worse things than being single. If she continues to involve herself in interesting activities, she will lead a meaningful life, and she just might meet the right man along the way. Get the guests Dear Annie: Recently, I divorced my wife. We have lived in the same small town for many years, and we both have many friends who are dear to us. During the year, but especially through the holidays, many of these people host parties, but either my ex is invited or I am invited, but not both of us. I do not understand why they feel one of us has to be excluded. I would like to tell them, "We are your friends. Invite us both and let us make up our own minds whether or not to attend." Don't they realize it is hurtful when we are left off the guest list? -- Wondering Why in Florida Dear Wondering: Has it occurred to you that the circumstances under which you divorced your wife may make your friends uncomfortable? That they may disapprove? That your ex-wife has asked them not to include you? Mutual friends often feel they must take sides, or that a divorced couple cannot behave civilly toward one another. You can let your friends know how you feel, but beyond that, the guest list is up to them. Separate snoring Dear Annie: Is it normal for married couples to sleep in separate bedrooms? It makes me feel like my husband doesn't love me. I know he does, but we have a small bed and we both snore. I have suggested that we get a bigger bed, but he says we can't afford one. What else can I do? -- Nameless Wife Dear Nameless: It's perfectly OK to have separate bedrooms as long as it doesn't affect your intimacy levels. Snoring can indicate sleep apnea, so both of you should see your doctor and get checked, but meanwhile, you might consider investing in a set of matching earplugs. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 2 “The Park” Irving Charlton invited Indians to return to their traditional landing site to continue their tribal ceremonies. By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will be running a series of articles, written more than 80 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) “The Park” as Irving always referred to it, is the tract of land consisting of nearly 200 acres on the north side of the Thornapple River on what is now known as Charlton Park Road. The land lays along the river in an easterly direction and along the lake to the “narrows,” then angles in a northerly direction to “Sundago Park.” There are some 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 miles of river and lake frontage. Prior to 1937, the land along the river was known as Indian Landing. There had in earlier days been an Indian Mission on the hill north of the river. In the early 1900s, the land consisting of two farms was purchased by members of the Jacobs family from Indiana. Charley Jacobs lived in the house on the south side and Edward Jacobs lived in the north house. In the early 1900s, two families, Ignatious Jacobs and son Charles, came from Indiana and purchased the land now known as Charlton Park (two farms). The one nearest the river was for many years called “Indian Landing.” The Indians could ford the river on horseback near where the Charlton Park Museum now stands. Ignatious Jacobs had been a mint farmer on the Kankakee marshlands near the Kankakee River in Northern Indiana, coming to this location because of a movement to dredge the river where it forms at Thornapple Lake and lower the lake. This would drain the lowlands along the river for farming (muck). Because of legal disruptions, the plan was abandoned. Charles Jacobs, a son, lived on the Indian Landing farm near the river. Later the Ignatius Jacobs family moved into Hastings and another son, Edward, came from Indiana and formed a farming partnership with Charles. This farming operation was sold at an auction in 1923, the last time the property was fully a farming operation. Edward moved his family to Akron, Ohio and several years later, the Charles Jacobs family moved to Hastings and the farms were sold to Irving Charlton. (Note: It was here on the Indian Landing farm that Mel Jacobs, publisher of the Banner and Reminder, was born and spent his early years.) Aside from the land that is low along the lake and river, the land is very hilly and “stony.” Back north from the river and east from the upper entrance road are several acres of muck land. In the early 1930s, Charlton and men then working for him, among them being Merle Varney, “Ping” Taylor and others, cleared the “marsh” of brush and trees, etc. Onions and cabbage were planted there. In those early days, the land was mostly fenced and what was too hilly to plow was used as cattle or sheep pasture. The land to the north of the park, some 132 acres, was later purchased by the Parks and Recreation Commission from Dale Ossenheimer to be added to the existing park. In 1936, there were two houses on the park and a few outbuildings later were moved or razed. In the early ‘30s and throughout the decade, the country was in a “great depression” and money and jobs were scarce. There was wood to cut to earn from 35 cents to $1 to $1.50 a day working on a farm. I know of some men working in factories in 1935 for 15 cents an hour. A man working on a farm by the month got his room and board and $25 a month in the summer and $15 in the winter. Mr. Charlton had been interested in the pioneer and Indian people from a very early date in his life, and collected relics all his life. After giving the land to the county with the stipulation that they finance the building of a museum and he would fill it (which he surely did) and supervise it, he really went at it – “collecting relics” in earnest. Besides his great interest in pioneers and Indians, he was very interested in baseball games. He was always busy finding players and getting up games which were played every Sunday in the summer and at all Indian and Pioneer Picnics held on the park. Teams came from Lansing, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Hastings, Vermontville, Nashville, Freeport, Lake Odessa and others. Large crowds attended these games and many local young men played. I will not attempt to name them all, however, Merly Varney, who worked for him many years and stayed with him and knew him well, was one of the best “shortstops” in the country at the time. I owe gratitude to Mr. Varney for a large amount of information in this narrative, along with others. Archie Martin was a very good fastball pitcher in those days and pitched many games there from 1937 to the 1940s. Archie and Millie moved on Charlton’s farm in March of 1937 and were there two or three years, and worked the land. The Cogswell boys, Morris and George, being cousins, and Albert Bell played on Charlton’s team at times, the Marshall brothers, the Maurer brothers, Ed and Francis “Bug” from Barryville area, John Dull, Jr., Elmer “Duff” Laubaugh, a Mr. Davis umpired and his son played, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Aspinall from the Carlton Center area, and Norman Keller from Hastings, who was a good catcher. It would be impossible for me to remember them all, but these are ones I remember. I never played for him, I was brought up by a strict Free Methodist great aunt until I was 10 years old and Sunday baseball games were a strict no-no, so I never really learned to play. However, I was usually around there in later years in the 1930s and was with Charlton many times while he was getting games scheduled. A prominent policeman in Battle Creek, Pat Patterson, had a very good team which played on the park many times. The Bradley Indians played at Indian Pow Wows or picnics many times, also. Sometimes there were huge crowds attending. The small building later moved over by the flowing well and used by the Indian, Mr. Henry Burch, as a summer home, was then used as a concession stand and had pop, candy and tobacco products to sell. Irving bought all baseball uniforms, baseballs and bats and equipment, all pop, candy, tobacco, etc. from his own funds and only took up a collection at the games and made a small amount of profit from the concession stand, which Bert Firster ran for him many times. I am sure Mr. Charlton’s outgo exceeded the income many times over. In about 1957, the “Steam Club” was organized and Mr. Charlton was president of it until his death on June 12, 1963. The Steam Show created great interest and huge crowds attended the summer event. Irving purchased a very early1880s Westinghouse portable steam engine over near Lake Michigan for $2,100 and had it trucked to the park. He hired Ed Tyler from Augusta, Lyle Landfair from Union City and a Mr. Burt Stanger to overhaul the engine. They did a remarkable job and it “ran like a top.” (I was sorry to read of the passing of Mr. Edward Tyler of Augusta in the Battle Creek Enquirer, Jan. 20, at the age of 83. Mr. Tyler was a very friendly man and a very skilled mechanic. He owned and operated heavy equipment, farmed and was a well driller and sawmill operator. He was a steam engine enthusiast and with a brother built a steam engine which was exhibited at steam shows, and he was a member of the Michigan Live Steam Club. I met Mr. Tyler on occasion and Continued in next week’s Banner of Edward Jones and Co. Steps to Take When a Loved One Dies After a loved one dies, you'll have to cope with grief. And yet, if you have even partial responsibility for settling an estate, you have no choice but to focus on some financial matters. By handling these issues as efficiently as possible, you can help ease some of the strain that everyone in your family is feeling. Ideally, of course, you should learn as much as you can about your loved one's financial affairs while he or she is still alive. This may not be a comfortable conversation to have, but it's necessary. If you have a good relationship, you should be able to ask sensitive questions, such as: Do you have a will? What about a living trust? Do you have a safe deposit box? What are the names of your brokerage and bank? The more you know about your loved one's situation, the better off you will be when it's time to deal with the estate. When that day arrives, what steps should you take? Here are a few to keep in mind: * Find the will. Obviously, it's a lot easier to locate a will if you learned its location while your loved one was still alive. When you do find the will, you may want to contact an attorney who is experienced in settling estates. Even a well drafted will might offer options that an attorney can help you understand. Although you might want to work with the attorney who drafted the will, you are certainly not required to do so. If you do not have an attorney, ask friends or your financial professional for a referral. If you are the executor, you'll have to start the process of carrying out the will's instructions. If you aren't the executor, contact the person who has been named to this position. * Inquire about probate. Contact your attor- ney or the state's probate court clerk to determine if probate is necessary. If it is, the executor or executrix should initiate proceedings right away, because probate can be timeconsuming. * List assets. Try to find the paperwork for the deceased's financial assets - bank accounts, securities, real estate, insurance policies, retirement plans, etc. Take special note of who is the beneficiary of these assets; the naming of a beneficiary can even supersede instructions on a will. * Notify relevant agencies. Notify creditors, banks, the Social Security Administration and other entities about the death of your loved one. * File life insurance claims. An insurer doesn't automatically pay benefits upon the death of the insured. Contact the deceased's insurance company and file any required insurance claims. * Open a checking account for the estate. It may seem like a strange job to do, but if you are the personal representative or executor, you might want to open a checking account in the estate's name. Use this account to pay any bills or deposit funds received while the estate is being settled. * File tax forms. You may have to file state and federal estate and income tax returns. 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WE CAN INSURE IT! �Page 10 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Doug Healy and Jeannette Healy, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156455, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-One And 42/100 Dollars ($120,991.42), including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as commencing 1344.5 feet North of the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the said Southeast 1/4; thence North 165 feet; thence East 165 feet; thence South 165 feet; thence West 165 feet to the Place pf Beginning, except the highway right-of-way of the West side thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118159F02 77509245 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Neil Joseph Gaudard a/k/a Neil J. Gaudard and Shirley Anne Gaudard, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 9, 1999, and recorded on February 16, 1999 in instrument 1025273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Thirty-Eight And 71/100 Dollars ($81,038.71), including interest at 9.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 Ottland Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 51. Also a parcel in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13; thence South 90 feet; thence West 85 feet; thence North 90 feet; thence East 84 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509221 File #127289F01 NOTICE The starting time for the regular Barry County Road Commission meetings of February 6 & 20, 2007 has been changed to 6:30 P.M. The meetings will be held at the Road Commission office 1725 West M43 Highway, Hastings. 77509162 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the items to be considered include, in brief, the following: 1. The following properties have applied for rezoning in order to comply with the Township Master Plan. All properties are seeking rezoning to the “MU” Mixed Use District. 08-13-013-001-15, 1123 W Green; 08-13-013-001-35, approx. 51 acres located on M37/M-43 Hwy between Wal-Mart & Chrysler dealership; 08-13-013-005-05, 1600 W Green; 08-13-013-006-20, 1500 W M-43; 08-13-013-006-30, 1450 W M-43; 08-13013-015-20, 840 Cook; 08-13-013-015-30, 840 Cook; 08-13-013-018-00, 770 Cook; 08-13-013-019-00, 770 Cook; 08-13-013-020-00, 770 Cook; 08-13-013-021-00, SW Corner of Cook & Green; 08-13-013-022-00, SW Corner of Cook & Green; 08-13-013023-00, 770 Cook; 08-13-013-024-10, 770 Cook; 08-13-013-025-10, 1117 W Green; 08-13-014-007-01, 2033 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-009-00, 2033 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13014-018-10, 2012 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-018-30, 384 Haynes Loop Dr; 08-13-014021-00, 2238 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-024-00, 2108 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-02500, 2084 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-026-00, 2060 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-027-00, 2010 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-028-00, approx. 31 acres located on the north corner of M-37/M-43, west of Tanner Lake Rd; 08-13-014-030-00, located on M-179 Hwy east of KCC; 08-13-014-031-00, approx. 15 acres located on the south side of M-37/M-43, west of Tanner Lake Rd; 08-13-014-031-10, 570 Tanner Lake; 08-13-014-031-15, 600 Tanner Lake; 08-13-014-037-00, 2497 W M-43 Hwy; 08-13-014-044-00, approx 2 1/2 acres on M-37 north of M-37/M-43 junction; 08-13-014-048-00, 364 S M-37 Hwy; 0813-014-049-00, 346 S M-37 Hwy; 08-13-014-050-00, 270 S M-37 Hwy; 08-13-014051-05, 217 S M-37 Hwy; 08-13-014-051-10, 203 S M-37 Hwy; 08-13-014-051-20, approx. 3.6 acres located on S M-37 next to Tires & Such; 08-13-014-053-00, 2539 Heath Road. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Land Use Plan, Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance are available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and that copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77509226 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 06-24309 DE Estate of HARRIET MARGARET DORMAN. Date of birth: 10/27/1911. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, HARRIET MARGARET DORMAN, who lived at 633 W. GREEN STREET, HASTINGS, MICHIGAN died 05/14/2005. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to KATHLEEN CRANE, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. COURT ST., STE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. LISA A. GODFREY P38385 137 N. PARK ST., STE. 102 KALAMAZOO, MI 49007 269/344-8830 KATHLEEN CRANE 137 N. PARK ST., STE 102 KALAMAZOO, MI 49007 77509219 269/344-8830 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Klint R. Friedenauer and Cynthia S. Friedenauer, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. f/k/a Norwest Mortgage, Inc., a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 1998 and recorded October 8, 1998 in Instrument Number 1019071, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyOne and 83/100 Dollars ($159,151.83) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, thence Easterly 592.5 feet along the East and West one-quarter line of Section 27 for the true place of beginning; thence Northerly 330 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 27; thence Westerly 317.5 feet parallel with said East and West onequarter line; thence Northerly 69 feet more or less, parallel with said North and South one-quarter line to point which lies 2241 feet South of the North line of said Section 27; thence Easterly 1045 feet more or less, parallel with said North Section line to the East one-eighth line of said Section 27; thence Southerly 399 feet, more or less along said East one-eighth line to the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 27; thence Westerly 727.5 feet, more or less to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508651 File No. 326.0829 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Keith M. Hoot and Tonya F. Hoot, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2004, and recorded on October 6, 2004 in instrument 1135059, and rerecorded on March 2, 2005 in instrument 1142128, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Fifteen And 70/100 Dollars ($231,015.70), including interest at 10.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 60 Acres of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Except a Parcel described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; Thence East on 1/4 Line 16 Rods; thence South Parallel with the East Line of said Section 20 Rods, thence West at right angles parallel with the South Section Line 16 Rods to the North and South 1/4 Line; thence North on 1/4 Line to Beginning. Also, excepting there from a parcel of land described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 264.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds East along said East and West 1/4 line 660.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds East, parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section, 334.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West parallel with said East and West 1/4 line, 660.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds West parallel with said North and South 1/4 line 334.00 feet to said East and West 1/4 line and the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126531F01 77509058 City of Hastings Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination on a Brownfield Plan for the proposed River East Residential and River East Commercial Development Project (Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Property), Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Site #1. (The Brownfield Plan was approved in a public meeting by the Hastings Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on January 24, 2007.) The property subject to the proposed Brownfield Plan includes the following parcels, commonly described as the Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Site: 08-55-001-001-00 08-55-001-005-00 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melanie K. Garrett and George D. Garrett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160176, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred and 52/100 Dollars ($91,500.52) including interest at 10.74% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 18, except commencing at a point 97 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition, thence East 35 feet, thence North 19.5 feet, thence Southwest to a point of beginning, in Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509016 File No. 199.3434 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by James R. Henney and Callie C C Henney fka Callie CC Shumway, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor in interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by Operation of Law dated the 27th day of August, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of September, A.D. 2004, in Instrument NO. 1133415 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $137,475.85 (one hundred thirty seven thousand, four hundred seventy five dollars and eighty five cents) plus accrued interest at 9.45% (nine point four five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 8th day of February, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Baltimore, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LAND SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BALTIMORE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING IN THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY 21 RODS SOUTH OF WHERE THE HIGHWAY FROM BATTLE CREEK TO HASTINGS CROSSES THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 33, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS; THENCE WEST 21 RODS; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE HIGHWAY 40 RODS TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ED CASSIDY’S LAND; THENCE EAST 21 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPT THE SOUTH 1 ACRE; ALSO EXCEPT THE HIGHWAY RIGHTS ON THE EAST SID OF SAID LAND. Commonly known as: 9086 S. M-37 Highway Tax ID: 08-02-099-240-00 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05713285 77508662 08-55-001-004-00 08-55-001-123-00 The property subject to the proposed Brownfield Plan is located north of M-37/Green Street, directly north of the Thornapple River and south of East State Road including portions of East Mill Street, East Thorn Street, East High Street, North Hanover Street, North Boltwood Street, North East Street, First Street and the Butler Creek. Maps, plats and a description of the proposed Brownfield Plan are available for public inspecction at City Hall, 201 East State Streeet, Hastings, Michigan. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Department of Community Development at (269) 945-2468. All aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing. 77509397 Thomas Emery City Clerk — NOTICE — PUBLIC HEARING OF THE HOPE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 7 p.m. HOPE TOWNSHIP HALL at 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. There will be a Public Hearing of the Hope Township Planning Commission to consider the following matter(s): 1. An application by Luana Coleman of 5730 Head Lake Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 for a Special Exception Use and a Site Plan Review of a R.L. (Residential Lake) Zoned Parcel being parcel number 08-07-016-00700 located in Hope Township on Dogwood Dr. for a proposed Two Family Dwelling as permitted in Article 19 Section 19.2(e) in the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance. The application, legal description, zoning ordinance and zoning maps may be viewed during regular business hours on Wednesday 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hope Township Hall located at 5463 S. M-43 Highway. The clerk will accept written comments by mail or during regular business hours in regard to the above request up to the time of the public hearing. The Hope Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed application at the public hearing. Hope Township will provide the necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to the individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Township clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Hope Township clerk at 269-948-2464. Jim L. Carr Hope Twp. Zoning Administrator 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 77509395 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Kevin S. Phenix and Tracy L. Phenix, husband and wife, of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058, and Bond Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, whose address is 2007 Eastern SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507, dated January 15, 1998, and recorded on April 13, 1998, Docket No. 1010331 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Thirty Two Thousand One Hundred Thirty Five Dollars and Fifth Three Cents ($32,135.53) and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on February 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon said Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in Barry County, Michigan and which are described as follows: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 21, Town 3 North, Range 8 West described as: commencing 28 rods East of the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 21, in the center of Center Road, thence South 198 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 191 feet, thence South 198 feet, thence West 191 feet, thence North 198 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an existing right of way for ingress and egress as revealed in Liber 354 on Page 343 which has an address of 1688 East Center Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Bond Corporation 2007 Eastern, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507 Dated: January 3, 2007 Drafted by: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids , MI 49503 06644978 (616) 458-1315 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ROBERT L. PAGE and CARRIE A. PAGE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to THE HUNTINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated February 25, 1999, and recorded on October 4, 1999, in Document No. 1036079, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents ($119,828.32), including interest at 6.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 32, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 881.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST 440.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 550.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 130.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE 665.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT WITH OTHERS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 32 WHICH LIES SOUTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 632.00 FEET FROM THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 115.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 884.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 855.33 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 144.72 FEET TO SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 66.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-014-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 13, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508875 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul D Patrick and Stephanie E Patrick, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated October 13, 2004 and recorded October 20, 2004 in Liber 2746 Page 804 , and re-recorded on January 10, 2007 in Instrument # 1174857 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Sixty-Six Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($161,066.42) including interest 8.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Plainwell, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: that part of the West 25 acres of the East half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West described as commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 19; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on the North line of said Section, 1362.70 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West parallel to the North and South eighth line of the Northeast one-quarter, 233.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel to the North section line, 411.65; thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds East, 233.00 feet North section line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West on said section line, 411.65 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over the East 66 feet thereof. Subject to highway right of way over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Nine Mile Road. Commonly known as 12215 9 Mile Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JANUARY 22, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-59149(HSBC) ASAP# 819096 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007, 02/15/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel Moon and Tanya M. Stephens, as joint tenants, to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2005 and recorded September 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152029, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Seven and 49/100 Dollars ($102,637.49) including interest at 7.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutlander, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Meadow Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 3. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508885 File No. 199.3602 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of MARIE L. PICKENS REVOCABLE Trust, dated May 18, 1993. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The settlor of the trust, Marie L. Pickens, who lived at 1821 N. East Street, Hastings, Michigan died November 24, 2006. Creditors of the Settlor are notified that all claims against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to DUANE E. YAGER, the trustee of the trust at 13051 Russell Road, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice. Notice is further given that the Trust estate will be thereafter assigned to the persons entitled to it. Duane E. Yager 13051 Russell Road Lake Odessa, MI 48849 Thomas Pickens Clarksville, Michigan Timothy Pickens Saline, Michigan Joy Adams Jackson, Michigan Jill Lieto Muskegon, Michigan Diane Briones Canyon Country, California Carol Fabric San Anselno, California Mary Cristine LaLonde Temecula California 77509035 Richard LaLonde Pueblo, Colorado THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Aspinall and Carrie Aspinall, husband and wife, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005 and recorded April 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144391, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred TwentyOne Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Six and 17/100 Dollars ($121,186.17) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence North 89 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds East 1129.31 feet along the South line of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 49.41 feet to the North right of way line for Highway M-79 and the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 358.66 feet to South Railroad Row ; thence continuing North 89 degrees 31 minutes 04 seconds East 220.00 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds East 348.94 feet to the North right of way for Highway M-79; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 198.17 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 27 seconds East 10.0 feet along said right of way; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 21.90 feet along said right of way to the place of beginning. Make and Model: Century and 2005 Serial Number: MY05 122677ABK Length and Width: 68 X 26 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0923 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Wayne L Hoffman, and Michelle Hoffman, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, L.L.C., Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2004 and recorded August 5, 2004 in Instrument # 1131935, and re-recorded on January 20, 2006 in Instrument # 1159143 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Homecomings Financial, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($155,777.82) including interest 12.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of the North Avenue and the true place of beginning; thence West parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 359.5 feet; thence South parallel with said North and South one-quarter line, 130 feet; thence East parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, to the centerline of said North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the true place of beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West along the North line of the South one-half of the Southeast onequarter of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 30, a distance of 508 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of said section, a distance of 400 feet; thence East, parallel with said North line of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter, a distance of 359.5 feet to the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along the centerline of said North Avenue to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom; commencing at the Northeast corner of the South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence West 278 feet along the North line of said South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence South 253.59 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes 30 seconds East 189.16 feet to a point on the centerline of North Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said centerline to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 14362 North Ave, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: JANUARY 8, 2007 Homecomings Financial, LLC, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77508667 Our File No: 05-41948 77509405 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147752, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($95,596.73), including interest at 7.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508873 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chad Warren, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005 in instrument 1154065, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred FiftySix And 86/100 Dollars ($161,256.86), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Lying South of the South Bank of a certain Dredge running in a Northeasterly and Southwesterly direction. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122960F01 77508641 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward H. Marshall and Nichole L. Marshall, Husband and Wife, to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 2000 and recorded May 9, 2000 in Instrument Number 1044062, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred SixtySeven and 15/100 Dollars ($119,767.15) including interest at 12.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East 396.44 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds East 572.27 feet to the centerline of Head Road; thence along said centerline South 64 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds West 84.26 feet; thence Southwesterly 115.74 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the left, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord which bears South 59 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West 115.54 feet to the place of beginning.; thence North 82 degrees 17 minutes 54 seconds East 61.39 feet to the Southeasterly right of way line of Head Road; thence South 01 degrees 58 minutes 14 seconds East 45.31 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 04 seconds East 326.90 feet to the Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence South 55 degrees 39 minutes 38 seconds West 178.85 feet along said Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence North 80 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds West 384.79 feet; thence Northeasterly 322.19 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord of which bears North 37 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds East 317.96 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northwesterly 33 feet thereof for Head Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509021 File No. 231.5388 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24676-DE Estate of Catherine Burke. Date of birth: 07/05/1960. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Catherine Burke, who lived at 7579 CKS Trail, Delton, Michigan died 11/21/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Valerie Lane, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 7579 CKS Trail, Cloverdale and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 01/23/2007 Jill Humphreys Steele P53335 10125 South M43 Highway, Ste. 14 Delton, Michigan 49046 (269) 623-4775 Valerie Lane 7579 CKS Trail Delton, Michigan 49046 77509208 (269) 623-5167 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR SEALED BIDS TAFFEE DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT STREET IMPROVEMENTS The City of Hastings seeks sealed bids for Taffee Drive Special Assessment District Street Improvements. The project consists of furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment and services necessary to complete all work related to the project located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The project generally consists of the construction of new curb and gutter, sidewalk, drive approaches, and street construction in Taffee Drive from High Street to Thorn Street. Bids shall be on a unit price basis with lump sum prices for certain items of Work. The Drawings and Project Manual under which the Work is to be done are on file and may be examined at Hastings City Hall, 201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Each person or firm who obtains bid documents must supply a name, address, and phone number of a person or firm to whom addenda, if any, may be sent. A Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Bond in the amounts stated in the Bid Documents will be required to be submitted with each sealed bid. Questions regarding the project should be directed to Tim Girrbach, Director of Public Services, City of Hastings, 201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, 49058, 269-945-2468 or by facsimile at 269-948-9544. Any proposal submitted may not be withdrawn within 30 calendar days of bid opening. Proposals must be submitted in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders section of the Bid documents. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any or all bids or any parts of the same, to waive any irregularities, and to award the bid as deemed to be in its best interest, price and other factors considered. Sealed bids shall be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 AM on Friday, February 23, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “Sealed Bid - Taffee Drive Special Assessment District Street Improvements”. 77509089 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �Page 12 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Three And 99/100 Dollars ($133,923.99), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowen Mills Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F01 77508630 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Loretta Pezet, a Single Woman to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005, in Instrument Number: 1151447, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Loan Trust, Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W2 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2005, without recourse. by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 20/100 ($106,647.20) including interest at the rate of 7.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, of Block 1 of the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. 157 Maple Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77509064 Our File No. 141.00253 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152106, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven And 25/100 Dollars ($122,911.25), including interest at 15.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 11, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41; together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508972 File #124878F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nancy Stephen and Stephen Stephens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2002, and recorded on October 30, 2002 in instrument 1090502, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventeen And 25/100 Dollars ($94,717.25), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along the North and South 1/4 Line 1172.5 Feet, Thence West to the Westerly Line of M-43 for Beginning, Thence West 610.5 Feet, Thence South 117 Feet, Thence East 610.5 Feet, Thence North Along Highway to Beginning, Except Commencing at the North 1/4 Post of Section 9, Thence South 1172.5 Feet, Thence West to the Westerly Line of M-45 for Beginning, Thence West 238.25 Feet, Thence South 100 Feet, Thence East 238.25 Feet, Thence North 100 Feet to Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #010821F04 77509250 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147753, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($23,924.96), including interest at 12.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77508868 Southfield, MI 48075 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHARLTON PARK? The Board of Commissioners and Parks & Recreation Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, MI. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact County Administration at (269) 945-1284. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aides and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 10 days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1284. 77509001 MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn C. Gahan and Alice M. Gahan, husband and wife, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 13, 2003 and recorded July 11, 2003 in Instrument Number 1108278, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($103,529.99) including interest at 10.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 8 Block 15 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3648 77509011 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Erik M. Dayus, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 3, 2004, and recorded on December 22, 2004 in instrument 1139096, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-One And 82/100 Dollars ($108,831.82), including interest at 6.77% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11 of Irving Charlton's Subdivision, According to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 9, of Plats, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126706F01 77509149 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy S. Norris, A Married Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2005, and recorded on April 13, 2005 in instrument 1144829, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Five And 95/100 Dollars ($149,885.95), including interest at 8.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Thence North 00 Degrees 15 Minutes 59 Seconds East 638.40 feet along the West Line of said Section 25, Thence South 89 Degrees 56 Minutes 06 Seconds East 392.99 Feet, Thence South 12 Degrees 31 Minutes 33 Seconds West 346.32 Feet, Thence South 01 Degree 40 Minutes 33 Seconds East, 300.00 Feet to the East and West 1/4 Line of said Section 25, Thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 329.62 Feet along said 1/4 Line to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110406F02 08720164 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Ricky R. Ramsey and Beverly K. Ramsey, his wife, to Waterfield Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 19, 1987 and recorded May 20, 1987 in Liber 451 Page 248 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage PassThrough Certificates 1996-R1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-One Thousand Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($31,090.36) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of said Section 4, thence East on the Section line 1047.25 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 100 feet; thence South 400 feet; thence West 100 feet; thence North to the place of beginning, f C Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Annette Erway, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 8, 2006, and recorded on April 10, 2006 in instrument 1162441, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand FiftyOne And 55/100 Dollars ($116,051.55), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said section; Thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 616.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; Thence North 89 degrees 45 minutes 11 seconds East 250.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 100.00 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 11 seconds West 250.00 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 100.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126428F01 77509077 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Paul W. Gilfoyle and Colleen Gilfoyle, husband and wife, to First National Bank of America, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded on August 30, 2004 in Document 1133228, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $24,828.28. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 12.94 percent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 14, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, for a point of beginning, thence North 220 feet, thence West 360 feet, thence South 220 feet, thence East 360 feet to the point of beginning. Including but not limited to a 1972 Graywood Mobile Home serial #1206844. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: January 3, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 08720176 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary A. Fueri, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 in instrument 1137131, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee. Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004. Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-WWF1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($87,146.01), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 7 and 8 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West across said Lots through the center of a well on Lot 7 and the East 20 Feet of Lot 9 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West through the center of a well located on Lot 7 of said Addition, according to the Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118534F02 77509070 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under the pooling and Servicing Agreement Series INABS 2006-B as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($119,152.81), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commecing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508981 File #125416F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 13 Snowmobilers to pay attention to safety rules LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew P. Monroe and Dawn N. Monroe, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Homeland Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2002, as evidenced by Affidavit Of Lost Document recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123251, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Sovereign Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand One Hundred Four And 31/100 Dollars ($177,104.31), including interest at 7.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76 and the South 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke's Lakeshore Plat Number 1, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #101624F02 06645295 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul J. Rancour and Jalayne L. Rancour, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded September 1, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133356, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eleven and 68/100 Dollars ($86,811.68) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 10 and 17 of Hardendorf Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 72, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509210 File No. 199.3167 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christina Wilhelms, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2006, and recorded on March 1, 2006 in instrument 1160727, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Six And 10/100 Dollars ($77,856.10), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 and 56 of William C. Schultz Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of plats on page 60, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122028F01 08720170 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by TPR Ventures, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("Mortgagor"), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgage Company”), dated October 28, 2005, and recorded on November 3, 2005, at Document No. 1155669, Barry County Register of Deeds, is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest accruing at 9.25% per annum, fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Four Hundred Ten Thousand One Hundred NinetySeven and 05/100 Dollars ($410,197.05). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, on Thursday, March 8, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Mortgage Company pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale is located in situated in Barry County, State of Michigan, described as follows: Lot 51, of Kotbra Park Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 29, Barry County Records Real Property Tax Identification Number: 08-16110-027-00 More Commonly Known as 1950 Archwood Drive, Wayland, Michigan 49348 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 1 2007 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb (P27631) Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP Attorneys for Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 553-3545 77509400 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ester E. Lambert, a married woman and Jeffrey A. Lambert, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2001, and recorded on October 18, 2001 in instrument 1068386, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 09/100 Dollars ($59,910.09), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence South in center of Highway 641 feet to the place of beginning, thence South 700 feet; thence West 470 feet, thence North 700 feet, thence East 470 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122451F01 77508646 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24686-DE Estate of RAY T. PARFET, JR. Date of birth: October 25, 1922. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, RAY T. PARFET, JR., who lived at 15650 Northwood Lane, Hickory Corners, Michigan died November 27, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Martha G. Parfet, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: January 17, 2007 Gregg E. Stover P21073 141 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 600 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 269.382.5300 Martha G. Parfet 15650 Northwood Lane Hickory Corners, MI 49060 77509206 269.671.4798 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison Douglas Howell AKA Madison D. Howell and Linda Howell AKA Linda L. Howell, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 18, 2005 in instrument 1146744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 05/100 Dollars ($138,138.05), including interest at 17.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit No. 13, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41, together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508966 File #124891F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Benjamin C. Curtis and Debbie Sue Curtis, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 13, 2006, and recorded on January 25, 2006 in instrument 1159328, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred FortyFour And 91/100 Dollars ($146,244.91), including interest at 9.499% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, for the place of beginning; thence North 220 feet; thence East 500 feet; thence South 220 feet; thence West 500 feet to the place of beginning, except the West 33 feet used for road right-of-way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #124282F01 77508880 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Gilbert, A Single Man as his sole, seperate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 9, 2004, and recorded on December 17, 2004 in instrument 1138859, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Sixty-Five And 00/100 Dollars ($200,065.00), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The west 10 acres of the northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of section 26, town 4 north, range 8 west, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508992 File #125158F01 Because of the mild winter conditions Michigan has been experiencing this year Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf reminds snowmobile riders to take extra precautions on the new fallen snow. Because it can take two weeks or more of below freezing temperatures for the ice on lakes, streams and ponds to freeze thick enough to support a snowmobile, the sheriff urges riders to stay off the ice. Further safety tips are: • Always keep your machine in top mechanical condition. • Always wear insulated boots and protective clothing, including a helmet, gloves and eye protection. • Never ride alone. • Avoid, when possible, crossing frozen bodies of water. • Always be alert to avoid fences and low strung wires. • Never operate your snowmobiles in a single file line when crossing frozen bodies of water. • Never operate your snowmobile on a street or highway. • Always look for depressions in the snow. • Keep headlights and taillights on at all times. • When approaching an intersection, come to a complete stop, raise off the seat and look for traffic. • Always check weather conditions before you depart. • Never operate your snowmobile on railroad tracks. • Never operate your snowmobile while under the influence of alcohol. Snowmobiles must abide by the same regulations as drivers and sheriff’s deputies promise to be out on patrol to make sure Barry County residents stay safe this winter. Sheriff Leaf said while he hopes nobody in Barry County will find themselves in such a precarious situation while riding a snowmobile, by heeding the warnings above. NOTICE TO RECRUIT A PCFO Notice to J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Notice - Pursuant to - 5 CFP part 950.104, the Local Federal Coordinating Committee for the West Michigan Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) invites voluntary, Charitable Human Health and Welfare organizations or Federations to apply to act as the Principal Combined Fund Organization for the year 2007 CFC Campaign. The Local Federal Coordinating Committee welcomes suggestions from local federations and organizations relating to the operation of the campaign, campaign materials and training. Deadline for the submission of a fully completed and documented application is 5 p.m. EDT, February 19, 2007. Applications are available at www.opm.gov/cfc. Send applications to: Steve McCarthy LFCC Chair One Division Ave. NW - Room 200 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77509414 ® The 77502006 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Serina A Brace, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 18, 2006, and recorded on May 16, 2006 in instrument 1164687, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One And 14/100 Dollars ($96,001.14), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said section 17 for the place of beginning; Thence North 319.5 feet: Thence East 258 feet; Thence South 319.5 feet; Thence West 258 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122380F01 08720158 Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt & Vivien and Ron Mudgett A Winning Team! Can you take 4 Million website hits a day? 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Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 10 MONTH OLD MALE FERRET: neutered, descented, with deluxe cage $125. Call after 10am (269)9482919, Dan or Jackie. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Lost & Found FOUND: FEMALE BLACK lab on east Madison. (269)948-1281 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ethel Mae Pepper February 25, 1914 January 27, 2006 It’s been a year since you’ve been gone, I miss you every day, I wish you were still here with us, in each and every way. Your time here on earth was so grand, you made each day so fun, all of the many friends and family you have, and loved by each and every one. I feel you with me every day, through the good times and the bad. I miss you so much it hurts inside, I have to remember what we had. God chose you as his special angel, He couldn’t have made a better choice. Your tired body he made perfect again, and he wants us to rejoice. I will always remember everything about you, your smile, your laugh, your grace, And know that you, Grandma, are now in Heaven, Putting a smile on everyone's face. Sadly missed and loved so much by your family. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Business Services DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Real Estate OWNER WILL FINANCE: 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 3 garage, 7 acres, walkout ranch, 6 years old, 1,840sq.ft. main floor. Huge discount for qualified buyer! FFR (269)795-0076 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Community Notices ATTENTION GAMBLERS: Little River Casino bus trip, Sunday, March 11th $30 per seat. Receive $15 in tokens & $3 meal voucher. 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The teen, who received minor injuries, told officers that he was walking east bound in the 300 block of South Street when he was struck from behind by a vehicle. The incident occurred at around 6:30 p.m. The teen was unable to give officers any information about the description of the hit and run vehicle or its driver. Anyone having information about the accident is asked to call the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Local man arrested for shoplifting bags of salt Hastings police responded to a report of a retail fraud incident at Plumbs Valu-Rite Foods last Friday, Jan. 26, after personnel from the store witnessed a man load several bags of salt into his car and then only paid for two bags. The assistant manager told officers that he had watched the man load eight bags of water softener salt into the trunk of his vehicle, he then came into the store and purchased a couple of other items and told the clerk he had two bags of salt. Daniel Eggers, 59, of Hastings, was confronted as he left the store and admitted that he taken an additional six bags of salt. Eggers was placed under arrest and taken to the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of Retail Fraud theft in the third degree. Stolen pigs recovered in Middleville Three pigs which were taken from Geuke’s Market in Middleville as part of an apparent act of vandalism, have been returned by a citizen who discovered the animals running free. According to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, a store employee arrived at work at approximately 4:50 a.m. and noticed a number of pumpkins smashed throughout the parking lot. He then went around to the pen in which the pigs were kept and noticed the gate open and the pigs gone. Also missing were pinslips, which contain the name and description of each animal and a number to call. The incident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. Owners of stolen property being sought Detective Jay Olejniczak of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating the owners of property which has been turned into the department. “We have some Christmas lawn ornaments located just outside Hastings,” Olejniczak said. “I know they are expensive pieces and someone would like them returned. “We also have a woman’s purse which was found between here and Nashville,” he said. “The purse contained money and other personal items but no wallet or identification.” Anyone who wishes to claim these items or has any information as to their respective owners, is asked to call Olejniczak at the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, 948-4805. COURT NEWS • Brett Raymond Peevy, 39, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced Jan. 24 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve from 34 to 60 months in prison and pay $500 in court costs for his December conviction of third degree home invasion. Fisher ruled the sentence will be served concurrent with a sentence already imposed on Peevy. In making his ruling, the judge took into account three previous convictions, in 1989 for felonious assault in Kent County, in 1997 for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol in Kent County and in 1999 for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol in Oceana County. Peevy most recently was arrested and charged with home invasion in Orangeville Township in October. • Judge Fisher sentenced Tracy Marie Featherstone, 26, of Plymouth, Mich., on Jan 24 to serve from 23 months to 120 months in prison for her December conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Featherstone also was ordered to pay $500 in court costs and $9,098 in restitution. She was arrested in August in Prairieville Township. • Jonathan Dion Moore, 23, of Benton Harbor, was sentenced Jan. 24 to serve concurrent sentences of three months in jail and 36 months probation for his Jan. 10 conviction on a charge of aggravated assault. Moore also was ordered by the court to pay $500 in court costs, $16,126 in restitution and a probation fee of $360. Moore was arrested in December in Rutland Township. • Joshua Wade Guthrie, 32, of Nashville, was sentenced Jan. 29 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months probation and one year in jail for his December conviction of aggravated assault. Guthrie was arrested in Nashville in August. last week to serve six months in jail for his Dec. 21 conviction of probation violation. Volkema was convicted of failure to report as a sex offender in October. The judge noted Volkema violated his probation by failing to report on Dec. 6 and failing to attend substance abuse counseling on Nov. 29, Nov. 30, Dec. 4 or any subsequent date. • Mark Nathaniel Wirsch, 35, of Lowell, was sentenced Jan. 24 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months probation and six months in jail for his conviction of assaulting a police officer/resisting and obstruction and malicious destruction of property. Wirsch was arrested in Hastings in November. He also was ordered to pay $500 in court costs and $240 probation fee. A restitution fee will be determined by the court at a later date. • On Jan. 24, Judge Fisher ruled Mark Anthony Gardner, of Hastings, will spend 30 days in jail for his Jan. 10 conviction of violation of his probation. Gardner was convicted in November, 2004 on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (third offense). The judge ruled Gardner will continue his previous probation sentence, complete substance abuse treatment but will be eligible for work release while in jail. • Kyle Ryan Carpenter, 24, of Hastings, will serve two years on probation and seven months in jail for his Jan. 8 conviction of violating his probation on a March 2006 conviction of home invasion with intent to commit larceny. Judge Fisher ordered Carpenter to continue probation and added 24 months to his sentence. He also ordered Carpenter to wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail. Carpenter was arrested in Hastings for a home invasion on Railroad Street. • Matthew James Volkema, 25, of Middleville, was sentenced Progressive Dems to show ‘Inside Iraq’ The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for a showing of the film “Inside Iraq” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film provides an insider’s look at the country and includes a tour of a children’s landmine hospital, visiting remote villages with medical aid workers, a walk through illegal gun markets, a walk through the streets of Baghdad, a fire fight with Iraqi insurgents and a ride on night patrols in search of terrorists. “Inside Iraq” has been the official selection of several film festivals. The film is free with donations appreciated. Refreshments and socializing will be at 6:30, followed by the film a half hour later. For more informationt, e-mail Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or call 269-795-4412. Chamber gift certificate winner chosen Community members who attended the Barry Home Show Jan. 26–28 entered a drawing for a $100 Barry County Chamber of Commerce gift certificate at the Hastings City Bank booth. Pictured here is the winner, Pam Katje, of Hastings. Chamber gift certificates are redeemable at participating Barry County merchants. Presenting the gift certificate from Hastings City Bank are Robert Ranes, vice president of commercial banking, and Ashley Ulberg, management trainee. Hastings City Bank sponsored the Barry Home Show, which was promoted by Kevin’s Draperies and Fine Furniture at the Home Expo Center. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 15 TROOPER, continued from page 1 Nystrom, who notified authorities and initiated the award. “All of our telecommunicators do ride alongs so they can learn the area better,” Nystrom said. “It also gives the telecommunicator the opportunity to be on the other end of the radio to hear the messages Central Dispatch sends out and how law enforcement personnel responds to them. “Our people must provide me with a writ- ten report of what they did during the ride along and what they learned. On this occasion, Dave documented the eight hours well and then went a step further to report Trooper Fuller’s heroic deed. “I passed the information on to the post commander, Lt. McGaffigan, who put Trooper Fuller in for the life saving award,” Nystrom said. “Trooper Fuller’s quick action resulted in HEARING, continued from page 1 January Key student of month The Key Student of the Month for January is Kelly Cuncannan, who recently was recognized by the Kiwanis Club of Hastings for her outstanding community service. She has requested her $50 donation go to St. Rose School. Kelly is pictured here with her parents, Kevin and Nancy Cuncannan. December Key student of month The December Key Student of the Month was Michael McGandy, who was recognized at a Kiwanis Luncheon for his outstanding community service. He has requested his $50 donation on behalf of Kiwanis go to the First Presbyterian Church Mission Trip. Michael is pictured with his parents, Deb and Greg McGandy. Three blood drives planned this month in Barry County 127 hospitals across the state. Along with whole blood donations, the Red Cross also collects platelets, a component of blood used to help in the treatment of leukemia and other cancers. Demand for platelets by area hospitals always exceeds the available supply, a situation made more acute because platelets have just a five-day shelf life. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs a minimum of 110 pounds, is in reasonably good health and hasn’t given blood within 56 days of the date of Monday’s drive is eligible to contribute. Must have photo ID or donor card to donate. For information on a blood drive nearby, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org 06645230 PUT YOUR TAX tions. There has been some talk already about privatizing the park, turning it over the County Road Commission, charging fees and other suggestions, but the commissioners first want to hear why a majority of the people has turned down renewal millage requests twice and what can be done to save the park. “Public comment is needed on any and all aspects of how to best use our county parks and recreation assets,” said a spokesperson for the County Board of Commissioners. “Let your voice be heard about how your government should serve you!” Survey forms will be made available at this meeting and are available at Charlton Park and the Barry County Clerk’s Office. The survey is also planned to be posted on the Barry County website at www.barrycounty.org for downloading and printing. Tabulation of all surveys will be made public and used to develop future meetings and provide direction for both commissions. Refreshments will be served at the hearing next Thursday evening. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 The employees of MainStreet Savings Bank and their customers contributed money in numerous ways to raise funds for Love Inc. Through the months of November and December, canister jars collected customer change. The employees held bake sales filled with a variety of pies and goodies baked by the employees. Money was also raised through dress down jean days and donations for pictures taken with Santa. Money collected supported the employees' REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 YMCA of Barry County 2007 Coed Winter League Volleyball Score Sheet Standings as of 1/29/2007 Family Tree Medical 18-0; Roush’s Sidewalk Cafe 5-1; Bosley’s 9-6; 20 Somethings 3-3; Dig It 7-8; Hungry Howie’s 0-6; Hastings Mutual 0-6; Spiking Vikings 012. Games for 2/5/2007: 7:30 p.m. Hastings Mutual vs. 20 Somethings; 7:30 p.m. Roush’s Sidewalk Cafe vs. Family Tree Medical; 7:30 p.m. Spiking Vikings vs. Hungry Howie’s; 8:15 p.m. Hastings Mutual vs. Spiking Vikings; 8:15 p.m. 20 Somethings vs. Roush’s Sidwalk Cafe; 8:15 p.m. Hungry Howie’s vs. Family Tree Medical; 9:00 p.m. Roush’s Sidwalk Cafe vs. Hungry Howie’s; 9:00 p.m. 20 Somethings vs. Spiking Vikings. YMCA of Barry County 2007 Women’s Winter League Volleyball Score Sheet Standings as of 1/29/2007 Winebrenner Construction 6-0; Crane Company 6-3; Eager Beavers 2-1; Under Pressure 0-0; Net Results 1-2; Curves 0-3; Old Town Tavern 0-6. Games for 2/5/2007: 7:30 p.m. Curves vs. Crane Company; 7:30 p.m. Eager Beavers vs. OTT; 7:30 p.m. Under Pressure vs. Winebrenner Construction; 8:30 p.m. Curves vs. Eager Beavers; 8:30 p.m. Under Pressure vs. OTT; 8:30 p.m. Winebrenner Construction vs. Crane Company; 9:30 p.m. Curves vs. OTT. adopt a family program during the holidays, supplying additional gifts and groceries to Barry County families. In addition, a check for $406.32 was presented to Love Inc. Upon receiving the check, Steve Reid, executive director of Love Inc., expressed his thanks for remembering them in such a nice way. Thornapple Lake Estates The Empty Chair In Memory of Our Dad, Ed Johncock There’s an empty chair At Clay’s Dinner Bell There is one less cup of coffee to pour There is one less story to tell Dad said it was that chair Where most of his business began That chair was his office From there he made his daily plans It was that chair He would occupy three times a day And gather with his friends To solve problems that came their way Because you were Dad’s Friends You saw him through good times and bad In a small town like Nashville, His empty chair means we all will be sad So from the Family of Ed Johncock We thank the Community he called home for the years of your friendship And all the kindness you have shown! 77509164 “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Are you wondering how to invest your Income Tax Refund? Why not use it as a down payment to purchase your own home. We have an inventory of both single and double wide homes for sale. Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates Vice President Retail Banking 06645926 YMCA VOLLEYBALL MainStreet raises funds for Love Inc. Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced retail banker to join their senior management team. This position is responsible for leading all aspects of the bank’s retail services including mortgage lending, consumer lending and branch administration. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field; an advanced degree is preferred. • Five plus years in bank management • Five plus years of consumer lending experience • Five plus years of mortgage lending experience including secondary market transactions • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • A passion for community banking Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented work environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St. Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us EOE/M-F 02664002 04535182 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton 02664414 Three Red Cross blood drives are planned for this month, one in Middleville and the other two in the Nashville-Vermontville area. The drives are scheduled for: • Nashville, Mulberry Gardens Restaurant — Thursday, Feb. 8, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Middleville, Thornapple Township Fire Station — Tuesday, Feb. 13, noon to 5:45 p.m. • Maple Valley High School — Monday, Feb. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The American Red Cross urges donors to give to offset a winter slump. Blood donors are encouraged to make or keep appointments across the state. Despite improved turnouts at blood drives last week, the statewide blood supply remains below desired levels, a troubling statistic as colder temperatures and more consistent snowfall could become stronger factors in blood collection efforts. "Although donations have increased slightly as a whole across Michigan, we’re still seeing a critical need for the blood most needed by hospitals — Type O," says Sharon Jaksa, CEO of the Great Lakes Region Blood Services. "Shortages of Type O can be very serious, especially when those shortages involve Type O-negative. Factor in winter finally leaving its mark and it can add up to a severe situation." Statewide blood inventory levels for Type O-negative continue to remain below an adequate supply, a trend that has been in effect since early winter. Red Cross officials emphasize that with winter digging in, inventory levels need to improve to ensure adequate supplies to meet patient need — particularly in emergency situations. "Steady and consistent blood donations are the backbone to a strong blood supply," says Jaksa. "We’re encouraging every eligible donor to make or keep their appointments to give blood. Also, please consider bringing along a friend or family member to help strengthen the supply." A three-day — or 72-hour supply — is necessary for the safe and adequate response to ongoing and emergency care. Current inventories for Type O-negative are at a day or less statewide, with Type O-positive at just over one day. "Collecting Type O blood is our most critical need, but donations from all blood donors are important," says Jaksa. The American Red Cross in Michigan must collect nearly 1,600 blood donations each day to maintain the blood supply for patients in November general election, Charlton Park Director George W. Shannon turned in his resignation and now is headed to Texas for a job as second in command for a museum. The park doesn’t have an interim director selected and the Parks and Recreation Commission leadership has changed with Chairman Tim Weingartz stepping down earlier this month in favor of its newest member, Keith Murphy. Charlton Park’s first earmarked .25 mill levy was approved narrowly by voters county wide in 1986 in the wake of reductions of federal financial support. A 10-year renewal was approved in 1996, again by a narrow margin, 52 to 48 percent. With the defeats at the ballot box last August and November, the more than $400,000 a year generated by the millage levy will expire at the end of 2007. The task ahead then is to decide how Charlton Park should be funded, or if it should be supported by public tax dollars at all. The park’s history dates back to 1963, when Irving Charlton left the county the park, insisting a museum be part of the property. Since then, Charlton Park has included a historic village, a beach and boat launch at Thornapple Lake. There have been a number of festivals held at the facility over the years, but some, most notably a Civil War re-enactment, have stopped putting on their programs because of disagreements with the Parks and Recreation Commission, which has said it’s not interested in promoting the wear and tear of a historic site. County officials have said the intent of the Feb. 8 meeting is to gather better information on the public’s desires to be served by parks and recreation opportunities. This meeting is billed as the public’s opportunity to speak about the issues of park funding and opera- the saving of two lives,”McGaffigan said. “He is the finest example of the dedication and training every member of the Michigan State Police brings to the job every day.” TWO ISSUES ON THE FRONT BURNERS It’s only February and a couple of county issues have already moved to the front burners: Charlton Park and the Wetlands Ordinance. Charlton Park: Don’t forget the February 8th Charlton Park meeting at the Commission on Aging building. It’s at 7 p.m. and light refreshments will be served. Come out and tell us what you think. I’ve received a lot of mail, e-mail and phone calls regarding the situation with Charlton Park. People must really care about this issue because everyone has ideas. I’ve even received e-mails from Costa Rica and Florida from snowbirds that have heard of the meeting and cannot attend. These are tough economic times, not just for Charlton Park, but for many of us. We’re going to have to get together as a community to solve some of these problems. Wetlands Ordinance: The Natural Resources Action Team (NRAT) has hired a lawyer to write the Wetlands Ordinance. They received $5,400.00 in grants to pay for this. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect wetlands under 5 acres in Barry County, since wetlands larger than 5 acres are already protected by Michigan’s Wetlands Protection law. Some landowners object to the fact that NRAT has been allowed to write the Wetlands Ordinance since they consider NRAT a special interest group. Another issue is that NRAT announced they did this at the June 12, 2006 Planning Commission meeting, but the first Wetlands focus group did not meet until October 23rd, 2006! Some think that the community focus group was created for manufactured consent, as opposed to real discussion, debate, compromise, consensus and buy-in. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. �Page 16 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25. • Art Faculty Exhibition will present the artwork of Calvin College instructors Jeremy Chen, Anna Greidanus, Frank Speyers, Jennifer Steensma Hoag, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk, and Adam Wolpa. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm, and Saturday noon-4 pm. The exhibit is on display at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center’s Center Art Gallery through March 3. • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Blue October will perform live at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $14.97 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Friday, February 2. MISCELLANEOUS • The Amazing Clark will perform a magic filled show at the Franke Center for the Arts in Marshall. Clark has appeared on late Night with David Letterman. Tickets are on sale for $12 for adults and $6 for students. Call (269) 789-0001 to reserve tickets. February 3. • Alternative Fuel Vehicles Seminar will be presented by Jim Pitts from Lansing Community College at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute from 9 am-1:30 pm. The program will focus on the latest trends in alternative fuel vehicles including fuel cells, hybrids, gaseous fuel and feedstock fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol. Cost is $15. Pre-registration and payment are required. Call (269) 721-4472 for more information. Saturday, February 3. • Community Chorus Open House will be held to recruit singers for the April 14 performance of “Carmina Burana” with the Battle Creek Symphony and a June tour to Philadelphia, Wahington D.C. and Colonial Williamsburg. For more information, call director Brian Clissold at (269) 963-1911. The Music Center on Fremont Street at KCC will host the event beginning at 6:45 pm Tuesday, February 6. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. B.C. Symphony to perform music of Romantics Feb. 10 With lush violins and beautiful melodies, the Battle Creek Symphony will present the perfect concert for Valentine’s, “The Last of the Great Romantics,” on Saturday, February 10, 7:30 pm, at beautiful W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. The concert will open with Gliere’s energetic “Russian Sailor’s Dance,” featuring the Battle Creek Youth Orchestra playing alongside the Symphony. Then the noted violin virtuoso Jonathan Carney will join the orchestra for Korngold’s passionate Violin Concerto. The piece includes romantic themes from soundtracks Korngold wrote as a popular Hollywood composer in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The soloist, Mr. Carney, has achieved renown while serving as the concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony and London’s Royal Philharmonic. The concert will also feature Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, a dramatic masterpiece full of catchy, familiar melodies. Aficionados of 70’s pop music will recognize a tune borrowed by Eric Carmen for his hit single “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.” Great for a special date or a family outing, the concert will capture all the emotion of the Romantic Age. Following the concert, concert-goers can enjoy sinfully delicious refreshments at the “Champagne Romance Afterglow” at the Art Center of Battle Creek at 265 East Emmett Street. Afterglow tickets, $15 per person or $25 per couple, will be available in advance and at the door. Tickets to the February 10 Battle Creek Symphony concert are $5 to $39 for adults, and $5 to $17 for students and children 18 years of age or younger. Call Music Center Tickets at (269) 565-2199 or visit the Music Center on Fremont Street at Kellogg Community College. For more information, go to www.musiccenterscmi.com. The concert is sponsored by LaSalle Bank and Associated Medical Group. The Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Battle Creek Community Foundation and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE FEBRUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. These drives take place the first Friday of every month. 3 What You Need to Know About Taxes will be presented by SCORE. Learn what important tax issues can impact your bottom line. $30, $45 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Box lunch included. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 or email info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 3 Cheney Engine Sale at the Barry Expo Center. 10 What You Need to Know About Taxes will be presented by SCORE. Workshop covers various aspects of small business marketing in simple yet powerful terms. Topics include creating powerful marketing plans, budgeting, and effective advertising. $35, $50 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 or email info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Oportunity for state and federal elected officials or their reps to keep constituents informed on what’s happening in government. 17 Have a Heart Charity Dinner & Auction to benefit Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter in the ballroom at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. Evening inclues 2 silent auctions and a live auction along. Dinner and auction begin at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $40 per person. Blue October February 2 19th Annual West Michigan Golf Show at DeVos Place February 9, 10, & 11. Hours are Friday 4-9 pm, Saturday 10 am-7 pm, Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Admission is $8.50 for adults, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. The excitement and promise of a Saturday morning fousome hits West Michigan this February. Golfers can plan vacations at resorts and courses around Michigan and the USA, buy new clubs, and equipment from huge retail displays over 100 booths of golfing destinations. For more information call (800) 3286550 or (616) 447-2860 or visit www.westmichigangolfshow.com. Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids February 9-March 16. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 2224000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Stop Sending in the Clowns will be performed February 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Dinner and show is $27.50 per person. Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar and dinner at 7 pm. Menu consists of Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. Call Middle Villa Inn at (269) 795-3640 for reservations. The Last of the Great Romantics will be performed by the Battle Creek Symphony Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 pm at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Violin virtuoso Jonathan Carney will perform “Violin Concerto” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold who composed scores for Hollywood films in the 30s and 40s. Other selections featured in the program will be Rachmaninoff’s “Second Symphony” and Gliere’s “Russian Sailor Dance.” Tickets can be purchased by calling (269) 565-2199 or go to www.musiccenterscmi.com for more info. I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning is a dinner theatre production of the Thornapple Players. The County Seat restaurant in Hastings is the host for the February 10 & 11 event. Cost is $30 per person and includes appetizers, dinner, dessert, ticket for the show and gratuity. Tickets can be purchased at County Seat. An Evening With Groucho celebrates the legendary genius of the late, great Groucho Marx Sunday, February 11 at 2 pm at the Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater. Frank Ferrante offers a fast-paced evening of on-liners, anecdotes, dances, jokes and songs (including “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”). Tickets are $25. Call (517) 278-6029 for tickets. See www.tibbits.org for more info. This week’s selections: The Good Shepherd Running time: 167 minutes MPAA rating: R I’m a huge Robert De Niro fan. Even when he’s phoning-in his performances (like in “Meet the Parents”), he’s always a commanding presence onscreen. But I’m not so sure about him as a director. “The Good Shepherd,” which De Niro directs, is a visually outstanding film. Its somber gray tones and deep shadows fit the subject — the origins of the Central Intelligence Agency. The casting is outstanding (as are the performances). I mean, how can you go wrong with a troupe comprised of Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin and De Niro himself? Where “The Good Shepherd” falls down is in the film’s length and pace. This a long, mostly boring film that just plain wears you out. This is weird because the performances are so solid, but not enough to jumpstart this sluggish monster of a movie. “The Good Shepherd” begins and ends with The Bay of Pigs fiasco. In between, it follows the life of Edward Wilson (Damon), a composite character (although the bulk of his character is based on spy catcher James Angleton), and his involvement in the formation of the CIA. The best part of the film takes place at Yale University, where Wilson is initiated into The 62nd Annual Grand Rapids Boat Show at DeVos Place Feb 14-18. Hours are Wednesday & Thursday 3-10 pm, Friday 11 am-10 pm, Saturday 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 10 am-6 pm. Adults $9, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. Exhibits include sail and powerboats from 16 to 50 feet, fishing boats, ski boats and motor yachts. Also, boating accessories and services like marina slips and ski gear abound. It is one of the finest watersports expos in the country featuring cruising travelogues, the "Key West Crab Shack" and antiques & classic boats. Call (616) 447-2860 or (800) 328-6550 or visit www.showspan.com for more information. Gun Lake Winterfest is returning February 17. Many events are planned including broomballtournament, music trivia contest, polar bear dip, swimsuit show, and many more. Local bands who would like to perform at the event are encouraged to call Lynn Hatfield at (269) 945-2454. Those wishing to take part in broomball should contact Alex Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. An Evening with Leo Kottke is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Celebrate the Great Plains: Favorite Foods, Good Conversation & Great Books! will be held from 6-8 pm at the Willard Library in Battle Creek Wednesday, February 21. The second floor meeting room will host the open-house style event which offers the opportunity to meet & mingle with local authors and sample tasy food selection including red potato chowder and cinnamon muffins with coffee frosting. KCC creating writing professor Dr. Stephen Armstrong will offer short remarks about the community reads selection “Peace Like a River.” Romeo & Juliet is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Series Friday, February 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Selections include “Dialogues for Orchestra” by Maximo Flugelman, Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Tickets are $19-$49 & half-price for students and children. Balcony seats are $5. Call 1-800-228-9858 to charge tickets by phone. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie in “The Good Shepherd.” Skull and Bones, a secret society from which most CIA members would be drawn (even President G.H.W. Bush, a former Bonesman, was head of the CIA). Sadly, after the Yale and post-war Berlin sequences, the film just grinds to a halt, never to recover. It’s a shame. With a little judicious trimming, “The Good Shepherd” could have been one of the best pictures of the year. Instead, it’s another also-ran best seen when it comes to cable. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 17 Delton Middle School December students of month announced Delton Kellogg Middle School students of the month for December have been announced. The honored students are nominated by their homeroom teachers and endorsed by their Related Arts and Sciences for Life (RASL) teachers. The nominations are based on leadership, good citizenship, quality work habits and/or strong academics. Students are recognized a private awards ceremony with assistant Principal Mary Guthrie. There is a brief presentation highlighting their accomplishments, sweet rolls and juice. The students also receive a certificate of honor and snack coupons for use in the school cafeteria. The MS-PIE, Middle School Partners In Education group, is a sponsor for the program. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them Seventh-graders Colin Talbot, Jeremy Tessin, Ryan Watson and Caitlin Cooper (not pictured, Courtney Kilbourn). Fifth-graders Easton Lovell, Daisy Aguirre-Sanches, Kaysie Hook, Jayme Johnston and Dwayn Meoederzoon. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Eighth-graders McKenzie Nguyen, Jamie O'Grady, Cody Lepper, Taylor Gallagher and Mitchell Chapman. Sixth-graders Jesse Wolthuis, Christi Boze, Jessalyn Tamez, Jesse Brisboy, Jacob Berrones and Jonathan Berdahl. WINTERFEST, continued from page 1 ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ — finally Central Elementary School third-graders enjoy the first major snowfall of the year Wednesday, Jan. 31, during their afternoon recess. Students dug tunnels and rolled around in the snow. Hastings Area Schools were not in session the previous day, so Wednesday was the first day the students had to play in the snow on the playground. Dave McIntyre and the National Weather Service Climatological Station in Hastings said the area has received 6.5 inches since Monday. In January 2006 Hastings had 8.5 inches of snow, and in January 2005 the area got 25 inches. So far this season, the Hastings area has gotten 34.5 inches of snow. The average for the winter season is between 55 and 60 inches. (Photo by Megan Lavell) BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed J-Ad Graphics 53-35; The Terminators 51.5-36.5; Hastings Bowl 49-39; CW’s Auto 47-41; TVCCU 44-44; Good Time Pizza 4246; Yankee Zephyr 36-52; Hastings City Bank 29.5-58.5. Men’s High Games & Series - M. Christensen 186-508; N. Blakely 217-595; S. Anger 257; M. Hall 183; L. Porter 201; Steve Hause 202; D. Benner 211; R. O’Keefe 223; Stan Hause 200; C. Steeby 186. Women’s High Games & Series - B. Ramey 146-420; R. Miller 224-532; J. Clements 194-502; C. O’Keefe 187. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 51; Hubs Crew 48; R&N 43 1/2; Pin Chasers 43; Michigan Outlaws 36 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 36; Sunday Snoozers 35; Funky Bowlers 34 1/2; Bounty Hunters 34; Karey’s Crew 31 1/2; Sandbaggers 29; Throw Them Balls 17. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 246-642; J. Rice 188-528; N. Mroz 196-515; T. Robbe 182-510; D. Gray 208495; A. Williams 179-475; J. Shoebridge 159-436; C. Demott 127-332; B. Mays 181; A. Hubbell 166; L. Smith 155; F. Ames 142; C. Lee 124. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 223-622; DJ James 212-578; M. Kidder 193549; C. Alexander 216; J. Shoebridge 205; T. Barlow 202; B. Hubbell 200; B. Allen 192; R. Barton 191; S. Farlee 179; M. Vugteveen 162. Friday Night Mixed Michigan Outlaws 53 1/2; UMSU 52 1/2; Spare Time 48; All But ONe 46; 4 Fools 43 1/2; Liquid Courage 43 1/2; The Unknowns 43; Whatever 42 1/2; Heads Out 41 1/2; 9-na-Wiggle 41; Ten Pins 40; Budweiser 36 1/2; Mercy 36; Brushworks 35 1/2; Just Cuz 35; Oldies But Goodies 34. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Rhodes 209-576; K. Becker 215-546; S. Keeler 192-538; M. Mathis 192-529; E. Hammontree 185-511; A. Keillor 173-470; R. Hammontree 148-409; M. Vanier 155-372; PJ Franklin 215; L. Potter 214; D. Worm 169; D. James 169; G. Meaney 162; S. Carlson 161; J. Kasinsky 146. Mens Good Games and Series - R. Guild 223-612; T. Clow 213-586; K. Hammontree 212-581; S. Peabody 220-580; L. Porter 207574; J. Smith 214-555; J. Franklin 190-535; L. Madden 202-534; A. Robins 184-528; M. Lydy 185-509; B. Dennison 169-478; B. Bowman 235; B. Ripley 188; M. Cross 187; M. Saldivar 187; D. Sanders 186; D. Carlson 184; J. Bartimus 182. Wednesday P.M. Nothing But Truck 53 1/2; Eye and ENT 52 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 51 1/2; Seebers 45 1/2; Hair Care Center 43; Maple Valley Pharmacy 42; At Home Real Estate 40. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 219-551; G. Otis 170-477; B. Smith 163-458; R. Murrah 173-428; J. Pettengill 139-400; B. Norris 129-369; L. Friend 117330; S. Drake 193; L. Elliston 189; T. Christopher 183; N. Varney 162; N. Boniface 158; C. Nighbert 150. Tuesday Trios Trouble 60-24; All in the Family 53-31; Quality Roofing 52.5-31.5; Git-R-Done Gals 48.5-35.5; Luanne’s Team 42-42; CB’s 41-43; Coleman Agency 40.5-43.5; Superette Gals 35-49; Critters 32-52; Ghost Team 13.5-66.5. High Game and Series - L. Rorye 162; T. Heinrich 152; S. Lancaster 203-529; M. Kill 147; K. Carpenter 153; L. Potter 177; A. Norton 160; T. Franklin 145; J. Rice 149; S. Vandenburg 213-576; C. Mack 149; T. Daniels 168; C. Etts 122; O. Gillons 164; T. Thompson 140; J. Hurless 177; C. Gates 162; S. Snider 127; M. Sears 170; R. Brummel 158; P. Ramey 167; D. James 192; S. Smith 160; M. Heath 190-530; D. Harding 179; D. Parmenter 127; L. Trumble 166. Thursday Angels Walldorff’s 49-31; H.B.C. 46-34; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 43-37; Hastings Bowl 4139; Miller Farm Repair 39.5-40.5; Varney’s 39.5-36.5; Allure 38.5-41.5; AIS Engine 38- Liceaga at 269-672-5886. The cost to register a team of six players or more is $60. Only six players are allowed on the field at any one time, but most teams have substitutes on their roster. The Sea Shanty is bringing back its popular swimsuit show. Models in bikinis and other swimsuits will take the stage at 2 p.m. The Polar Bear Dip will begin at 3 p.m. with registration from noon until 2 p.m. The first 100 dippers each will get a T-shirt. Registration forms are at J-Ad Graphics and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce office and at Gun Lake area businesses. Registrations should be turned in by Friday, Feb. 9, and are $10 a piece. Those paid for on the day of the event will cost $15. This year there are prizes for the funniest and the most creative costumes. Entertainment Saturday, Feb. 17, will begin with Delton District Librarian Edward Elsner reading stories during the pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Orangeville Township Hall. This year’s breakfast is a benefit for the Orangeville Veterans Memorial. Bricks, information and collection jars will be available. The GFWC-Gun Lake area women’s club is sponsoring Elsner’s storytelling. St. Francis Episcopal Church will hold a bake sale during the pancake breakfast. The opening featuring ceremonial drumming begins at 10 a.m. at the Allegan County Park site. It will be followed by music furnished by the Community Music School, bands Rock at 5’O’Clock, Destination and the Mike Key Trio and other entertainment. There will be places to stay warm and food during the day Saturday. The Bay Pointe Inn is serving soup, the Gun Lake Grind will sell coffee, hot chocolate and scones and The Bib is serving pizza by the slice and pop. Gerry Barnaby will be the emcee and he may be competing with WGRD’s Producer Joe during the Polar Bear Dip. The annual rock ’n roll trivia contest will begin at 8 p.m. at Bay Pointe Restaurant to conclude Saturday’s activities. Team entries are full, but there still are some tickets available for spectators who want to watch. Call JAd Graphics to inquire. Volunteers are still needed. The next Winterfest planning meeting will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, at Bay Pointe on Marsh Road in Orangeville. For more information about the Gun Lake Winterfest call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 945-2454 or e-mail the chamber at barrychamber@sbcglobal.net The committee will meet each Tuesday at 5 p.m. through Feb. 13. Volunteers are needed to help set up on Friday, Feb. 16, as well. 42; Fall Creek 33.5-46.5; CW Repair 28-48. High Games and Series - J. Madden 196; A. Henley 153; D. Staines 170; D. Bartimus 200-539; J. Moore 149; T. Cross 184-504; C. Nichols 184-540; L. Miller 163; D. Curtis 177; C. Hurless 154; J. Baker 122; S. Day 138; S. Suntken 147; R. White 172; Colleen Shellenbarger 185; S. Emory 135; M. Weiler 125; G. Otis 180; E. Hammontree 201-517; K. Covey 169; T. Phenix 160; K. Ward 130. Senior Citizens Butterfingers 50.5-35.5; Nash’s Harem 4935; #1 Senior 45-39; Wieland’s 45-39; King Pins 44-40; Lucky Strike 43-41; Sun Risers 42-42; BAT’s 42-42; Friends 40-44; Ward’s Friends 39-45; Kuempel 38-46; Early Risers 37-47; 4 B’s 37-47; M&M’s 36.5-47.5. Good Game and Series Ladies - S. Patch 181; A. Tasker 163-456; L. Friend 122-320; N. Bechtel 176; B. Maker 169-465; B. Hathaway 167-462; E. Dunham 157-454; J. Gasper 182; P. Freeman 195-492; C. Stuart 172. Good Games and Series Men - R. Adgate 150; D. Murphy 194-460; M. Schondelmayer 172-432; R. Nash 182-524; R. Walker 190532; G. Waggoner 185-476; B. Akers 212596; H. Gibson 190-479; R. McDonald 222541. Mixerettes Sassy Babes 54-22; NBT 53-23; Hinkle’s Body Shop 46-30; The Finishing Touch 4333; Kent Oil 40-36; Dean’s Dolls 40-32; Trumble Agency 39-37; Old Anchor Tattoo 36-40; Hallifax Services 34-42; Dewey’s Auto Body 30-46; Girrbach’s *29-43. *Games to be made up. Good Games & Series - A. Smith 159; V. Kuhtic 172; D. James 190-503; E. Ulrich 170; J. Rice 162-482; T. Drake 197-506; W. Barker 148-417; S. Drake 201-459; S. Merrill 188549; B. Mays 155; S. Nash 150-407; N. Potter 178; S. Dunham 183; K. Fowler 171; S. Smith 165-448; D. Worm 166. Those planning to participate in the Gun Lake Winterfest Polar Dip at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 are invited to come in costume. There are prizes for the most creative and for the funniest costume. Registration forms are available at the Barry Chamber of Commerce, J-Ad Graphics and Gun Lake area businesses. Registration will be at the Winterfest site on Marsh Road at Gun Lake from noon to 2 p.m. Registration is $10 in advance and $15 on Saturday, Feb. 17. �Page 18 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Second ranked team in Class A ends Vikes’ day Lakewood’s Ashley Morris tries to hit the ball past Jenison’s Kendra Huyser during game one of their semifinal contest at the Northview Wildcats Varsity Volleyball Invitational Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood saved its best for last Saturday at the Northview Wildcats Varsity Volleyball Invitational. The Vikings pushed Jenison, the number two ranked team in the state in class A, through two tight games before falling to the Wildcats in the semifinals 25-22, 25-20. “They played decent in pool play, not so good in power pool, and then we were better,” said Lakewood head coach Christine little bit more fire power offensively. They’re a very good team.” Autumn Cussen and Lacey Chase led the Lakewood defense on the day with 30 digs apiece. Chase was also a big part of a strong offensive attack, which was led by Ashley Morris and Amy Joostberns. Joostberns topped the Vikings with 58 kills on the day, while Morris had 49. An ace by Morris started a run from a 1619 deficit, that pulled the Vikings in front 2019 in game one, before Jenison was able to pull away in the end. With game two tied at nine, Jenison used a six-point run on the serve of libero Taylor Root to pull in front for good. Jenison went on to top Mona Shores 25-12, 25-18 in the finals. Lakewood used a strong offensive attack, including an aggressive service, to top Zeeland East in the tournament’s semifinals 25-17, 25-10. Forman had a pair of her aces on her final turn at the serve in game one against Zeeland East. Zeeland East called a pair of time outs, as Forman served the Vikings from a 19-16 lead to a 23-16 edge. Forman and Morris teamed up at the service line to push the Vikings from a 9-7 edge to the 25-10 win in game two against Zeeland East. Morris served the final ten points. The Vikings were 3-3 on the day. They topped Hart in pool play, then fell to Tri-Unity which is ranked fourth in the state in Class D. Grunewald. The defense was outstanding for the Vikings in the meeting with Jenison. Led by hard-hitting middles Ashlee Crowder and Megan Hendrickson, the Wildcats had an obvious size advantage up front. Lakewood didn’t back down, passing their powerful attacks well and extending points until they could send their own solid attacks back at the Wildcats. “(Defense) is what kept us in the game, in both games,” Grunewald said. “They had a The Vikings’ Lacey Chase dives down to save a point for her team in game two against Jenison Saturday at Northview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) In power pool, the Vikings lost to Holt, then defeated the hosts from Northview. In both losses the Vikings hurt themselves late in the contest. “We played okay, but we made some mental errors at the end (against Tri-Unity),” Grunewald said. “We had three errors right there at the end of the match, the same with Holt. We lost to them 28-26 in the second game, and had three crucial errors at the end.” The Vikings were hoping to come to the court Wednesday the way they left it at Northview on Saturday. Lakewood was slated to host Fowlerville in an important Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 dual this week. Lakewood entered in with a 2-0 conference mark, having bested Haslett last Wednesday in four games, 19-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-10. Overall the Vikings now sport a record of 33 wins and 11 losses on the season. The Vikings head to the Sturgis Invitational this Saturday, then host a quad on Monday. CAAC-3 action continues for the Vikings when they head to Williamston next Wednesday. Big dogs take title at first O-K Gold/White cheer meet Panthers’ first half is just fine against Eagles this time Viking setter Melanie Forman puts the ball up in front of Jenison’s Megan Brown during their semifinal match at Northview Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg finished in the middle of the pack at last Wednesday’s O-K Gold/White conference competitive cheer opener at Forest Hills Northern. The Trojans were sixth and the Saxons eighth. The host Huskies, the only Division 1 school in the 11-team league, took the first league jamboree with a score of 688.3. Hamilton and South Christian are Division 3 schools, while the remainder of the league’s teams are grouped into Division 2 for the state tournament at the end of the year. Forest Hills Northern had the top score in each of the three rounds, to top second place Byron Center which finished with 663.5 points. Kenowa Hills was third with 653.8 points, followed by Caledonia 626.2, Wayland 600.6, TK 594.4, Northview 589.4, Hastings 557.8, Lowell 552.6, Hamilton 537.7, and South Christian 416.3. The Saxons scored a 166 in round one, 152.3 in round two, and a 239.5 in round three. Thornapple Kellogg scored a 167.5 in the opening round, a 178.9 in round two, and 248 in round three. The league was scheduled to meet again, this Wednesday at Lowell, and is back together next Wednesday at Wayland. No. 7 Panthers close KVA duals today by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Topping Thornapple Kellogg, finishing not too far behind Lakewood, and placing third at the Lakewood Invitational Saturday could turn out to be big for the Delton Kellogg Panthers as the varsity wrestling season enters the home stretch. “I look at every time we get out on the mats, if it’s not leagues, it’s a chance to get better. I’m not a collector of trophies,” said Delton head coach Rob Heethuis. “I like our progress. We’re on the right track.” The Panthers are 4-0 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association, and can finish off a perfect conference dual meet season by topping Pennfield at home this evening. Delton comes into the final league dual as Delton Kellogg guard Blaec Anderson dribbles away from an Olivet double-team during Friday night’s KVA contest at DKHS. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The Panthers got the kind of start they wanted against Olivet on Friday night, after being outscored 31-5 in their first meeting with the Eagles back in December. The results turned out to be the same though, as Olivet responded in the second half to take a 75-49 victory in Kalamazoo Valley Association action. Olivet clung to a 25-23 lead at half-time. “It was a great first half of basketball,” Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn said. “I couldn’t have been happier for the kids. They came out and attacked and played well. Olivet’s, right now, sitting atop our league and they’ll probably end up winning the whole thing. That was just a good brand of hoop.” Delton Kellogg was unable to adjust to the Eagles adjustments in the second half, part of that had to do with foul trouble. Josh Newhouse led the Panthers on the night with 13 points, but scored all 13 of them in the first half. Newhouse picked up his third and fourth fouls in the first minutes of the second half. “That just took the wind out of our team,” said Mohn. Nick Blacken added ten points for the Panthers, Brian Diaz six, and Dan Roberts had eight points and five rebounds in the fourth quarter. The Panthers turned the ball over 24 times. “They’re a good squad and they showed it,” Mohn said of the Eagles. Joe Post led the way for Olivet with 20 points, and Dustin Campbell chipped in 14 points. The Lions are now 2-10 overall and 1-7 in the KVA. The Panthers’ one league victory was at Maple Valley in December, and Delton will play host to the Lions this Friday night. Next Tuesday, Delton is home against Galesburg-Augusta. the seventh ranked team in the state in Division 3. “It’s a nice honor,” said Heethuis. “It makes the wrestlers puff up a little bit. I think Saturday, we went up against some of the best in the state, and were competitive with them.” “I think it helps their confidence that they can compete with those schools.” Delton is working on its fourth straight KVA championship. The Panthers scored a pair of victories at Parchment last Thursday, beating the host Panthers 53-20 and topping GalesburgAugusta 73-3. The Delton Kellogg heavyweights had a big night, as Steve Romero (160 pounds), Anthony Riley (171), Chris Miller (189), Billy Bourdo (215) and Octavio Romero (285) all won twice on the evening. Matt Loveland (103), Brendan Boyle (119), Mike DeWaters (125) and Quinn DeBolt (145) also were 2-0. The Delton varsity is now 26-6 on the season, and will be at Constantine this Saturday. While the varsity was facing stiff competition Saturday at Lakewood, the Delton ‘B’ team traveled to St. Joseph and won the invitational which included three varsity squads and three ‘B’ teams. Mark Loveland (103) and John Hess (215) were undefeated for the day, and Dylan Leinaar, Jeff Town, Martin Workman, and Shea Leisinger also wrestled well for the Panthers. The ‘B’ team heads to Hopkins for a tournament this Saturday. MV matmen 3rd at Bellevue Invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Wins from the light and middleweights have been common this season, and the top of the line-up is picking things up at the right time for Maple Valley. Maple Valley had its top four heavyweights score medals on Saturday at the 17-team Bellevue Invitational. Medals went to the top six in each 16-man weight class. “The heavyweights are starting to come through now. That makes it nice. They’ve been practicing hard,” said Lion coach Tony Wawiernia. John Currier had the top finish for a Lion heavyweight, placing third in the 285-pound class. Dusty Cowell was third at 189, while Ryan Brooke at 171 and Don Jensen at 215 each placed sixth. As a team the Lions placed third. Harper Creek won the title with 233 points. Grass Lake was second with 177.5, followed by the Lions at 166. White Pigeon was a close fourth with 164.5 points. Tyler Corwin at 125 pounds and Jamie Corwin at 135 both took flight titles for Maple Valley, while Ron Smith at 112 and Tory Roberts at 152 placed second. The Lions improved to 3-1 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association on Thursday with wins over Pennfield and Olivet at Pennfield. The Lions topped the host Panthers 63-11, getting pins from Currier (285), Cowell (189), Brooke (171), Tony Corwin (160), Roberts (152), and Jamie Corwin (135). Raven Scurlock (130) who didn’t wrestle on Saturday, along with Jonathon Stevens (145) and Tyler Corwin (125) won decisions for Maple Valley. Pennfield had to void three weight classes, giving wins to the Lions’ Jensen, Anthony Molson, and Smith. All nine of the Lions’ victories against Olivet earned them six points, eight came by pin in their 54-27 win. Roberts won by injury default at 152 for Maple Valley’s other six points. Pinning their Eagle opponents were Smith, Tyler Corwin, Scurlock, Jamie Corwin, Stevens, Tyler Corwin, Jensen, and Currier. The Lions end the league duals with a trip to Parchment this Thursday. Unity Christian edges Trojan swimming Delton Kellogg’s Tommy Bhola is surrounded by Olivet’s Dillon Bond (left) and Michael Mattea as he flies towards the basket in the first quarter Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings fell to 0-3 in the O-K Rainbow last week, with a pair of conference losses. A 99-83 loss to Unity Christian on Thursday was the tightest match of the conference season so far for the Trojans. TK-Hastings head coach Tyler Bultema said that his team had many great performances, including Derek Miller swimming his best time of the season in the 100-yard butterfly, setting a new team record of 1 minute 6.46 seconds. That was good for a second place finish for Miller in the event. “All in all, it was a very competitive meet with plenty of close races,” Bultema said. The Trojans started the night off by winning the 200 medley relay with the team of Josiah Jenkins, Kramer Moritz, Miller and Kelcey Edwards. TK-Hastings went 2-3-4 in the 200 individual medley with Miller, Jenkins and James Cook. The diving trio of Edwards, Mitch Borden and Eric Buchanan swept the diving event. In the 100 breaststroke Moritz Kramer and Buchanan finished first and second for the Trojans. Tuesday against Wayland, the Wildcats topped the Trojans in Hastings 121-61. Tom Peck won the 50 freestyle and the 500 freestyle, setting a team record in the 500. Those were the only two victories for the Trojans in the meet. TK-Hastings is on the road this week to take on Byron Center Thursday, and then at the Ottawa Hills Invitational Saturday. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — Page 19 Dogs and Sailors edge Trojans by Brett Bremer Conference trophies may start rolling in very soon Very soon now everyone will gather to see the champions raise their trophy. Only the champions won’t be pushing credit cards on their legions of fans, cashing in million dollar pay checks, or proclaiming their intentions to vacation at America’s largest theme park. They’ll gather with their teammates in a mob scene, holding up index fingers as their hosts for the conference tournament hand out the championship trophy. It’s conference championship season again, and Barry County once again is home to many of the leaders in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 (CAAC-3), the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA), and the O-K Gold Conference. Those three conference’s have been dominated by local teams in recent years, especially on the wrestling mats. Things aren’t any different this season. The KVA wrestlers get the tournament season started a week from Friday, as Maple Valley plays host. Barry County Friday night’s in the winter mean one thing, long drives down winding roads in the snow to see varsity boys’ basketball contests, with the exception of that one Friday evening that the KVA hosts its league wrestling tournament. It’s also becoming a tradition for the Delton Kellogg wrestlers to take the KVA championship trophy home with them. The Panthers have won the last three, and five of the last six, KVA titles. Delton, ranked No. 9 in the state in Division 3, is 4-0 in league duals and hosts Pennfield in the final conference dual Thursday. Maple Valley’s looking to get to the conference meet with a 4-1 league mark when it heads to Parchment this evening. Hastings (No. 7 in Division 2) should be perfect heading into the O-K Gold tournament, Feb. 10, which the Saxons will host. It’s looking like the only way the Saxons will be prevented from winning their second straight league title is if Caledonia was able to get by Thornapple Kellogg on Wednesday night, and the Scots have an awesome day at the conference meet. That could happen. The Lakewood Vikings, who will also host their conference meet Feb. 10, are looking to get their sixth straight conference championship and can close out a perfect league dual meet season when they host Fowlerville tonight. Lakewood and Fowlerville had another big contest on Wednesday night, as the Vikings hosted the Gladiators in a CAAC-3 volleyball contest. The Gladiators topped the Vikings in a pre-season conference tournament, but Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald is sure that her team is playing much better now than it did on that day. It is a huge week for the Vikings in the CAAC-3. The Lakewood varsity boys’ basketball team heads to Lansing Christian Friday night. The Cougars are 5-0 in the league, while the Vikings are 4-1. The Cougars topped the Vikings, without Northwood University bound senior center Alex Erickson in December. Hopefully the roads are clear between Lake O. and Lansing for the Viking fans Friday night. I expect them all to be there. Getting to the top of the O-K Gold Conference basketball standings got much tougher for the Hastings’ Saxons on Tuesday night. Hastings still controlled its own destiny, before falling to the Scots. Now, the Saxons would need some help to get ahead of the Sailors, Wildcats, and Fighting Scots. Friday night is big, as South Christian comes to Hastings. The Saxons still have a second meeting with Wayland ahead as well. Lakewood has a chance to sweep its four winter varsity sports in the CAAC. The Viking varsity cheer team is rated number five in the state in Division 3, and placed second in the first conference meet behind DeWitt which is ranked fourth in Division 2. The Vikings’ next league cheer meet is at Charlotte, Thursday Feb. 15. Lion basketball scores its first KVA victory A Kenneth Quick free throw with two seconds left put an end to the Lions’ Kalamazoo Valley Association losing streak on Friday night. The Lions topped the Fighting Irish 53-52, for their first win in the new league. Maple Valley had to rally from five points down heading into the fourth quarter. Jon Hester knocked down a three pointer in the final minute to break a 49-49 tie, on his only field goal of the night. Kyle Fisher led the Lions with 14 points, and Quick had 12. Eric Westendorp chipped in ten points. Jim Murphy led the Fighting Irish with 20 points, and Dallas Wimberly chipped in 12 points. It was the first game of the second half of the KVA season for the Lions, who are now 1-7 in the league and 3-10 overall. The Lions scored a 64-55 non-conference victory over Springport on Tuesday night. Dustin Houghton poured in 26 points, to go with six rebounds. He hit three threepointers on the night, and had 16 points in the fourth quarter. Quick had eight points in the third quarter, and 15 for the night, as the Lions battled back from nine points down at the half to score the win. Springport outscored Maple Valley 19-11 in the second quarter, to take a 36-28 lead into the half. The Lions went on a 17-6 run to start the second half. Jesse Bromley, Jeff Burd and Westendorp had six points each for the Lions. It’s back to league action now for the Lions, who visit Delton Kellogg Friday then host Parchment next Tuesday. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Byron Center gave up a 21-0 run to lose a lead against Lakewood in the second half last Tuesday, then nearly saw the same thing happen Friday night in Middleville. Thornapple Kellogg went on an 11-0 run in the third quarter to turn a 31-23 deficit into a 32-31 lead. The Bulldogs were able to get back in front on a driving bucket by Zach VanEngen with two second left in the third, then held on in the end for a 52-47 win. VanEngen, who led all scorers with 27 points, scored the first two baskets of the fourth quarter to put his team up five 37-32. The Trojans pulled within two points a couple of times, but never got any closer than that until Ryan Sisson buried a three-pointer with 11.3 seconds left. Sisson finished with 22 points to lead TK. VanEngen hit a pair of free throws with 8.6 seconds remaining to put his team back up three, then the Bulldogs fouled Sisson before he could get a shot off on the Trojans’ ensuing possession. Sisson hit the first free throw, then missed the second trailing 49-47 with 3.7 seconds left, but TK was unable to secure the rebound. It almost appeared that there were a few free throws missed intentionally in the first half. The officials whistled the two teams for 24 fouls in the opening 16 minutes, and they combined to shoot 32 free throws before the break. TK was 7-of-14 from the line and Byron Center 6-of-18. Despite that performance, the Bulldogs went into the half with a 25-19 lead. Center Ian Sisson had eight points in the second half for the Trojans, and finished with ten for the night. Behind VanEngen for Byron Center, Scott Porter had seven points. Tuesday night marked the second time this season the Trojans nearly pulled off an upset against the O-K Gold leading South Christian Sailors. The Sailors even spotted the Trojans a 17point first quarter lead, before coming from behind to improve to 7-1 in the league with a 62-57 win. The Trojans jumped in front 26-9 in the opening period, then still held an six-point advantage at the half after the Sailors went on a 20-9 run. South tied the ball game in the third quarter, then pulled ahead in the fourth. Ryan Sisson had a big offensive night for TK, leading all scorers with 21 points. Brad Steffen knocked down four three-pointers and finished with 14 points, and teammate Nate Manning chipped in 12 points. Ross MacGregor led South Christian with 19 points. Brent Geers added 14 and Jake Mulder 12. The Trojans are now 2-10 overall and 1-7 in the O-K Gold Conference. Hamilton visits the Trojans on Friday night, then TK hosts Lowell in a non-conference clash Tuesday. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Don Schils felt like a broken record after Tuesday night’s 50-46 loss at Caledonia as he said, “we’ve got to knock down shots.” Caledonia head coach Scott Weis was playing the same record. A pair of his starting guards, Logan Weis and Logan Burrows were held without a field goal the entire night. “If you’d have told me we’d be 0-of-16 with Weis and Burrows and win, I’d have said you’re a little bit off your rocker,” coach Weis said. “You’re going to have those off nights. A couple of our guys are struggling and that’s something they’re going to have to work out in practice.” Caledonia jumps ahead of the Saxons, to third place in the O-K Gold Conference with the win. The Scots sit at 5-3, while the Saxons are 4-3. South Christian leads the way at 7-1, while Wayland, which had Tuesday night off, is 6-1 in the conference. “That’s a big win for us. I don’t care how we get them,” said coach Weis. “That’s the way it is.” Needing to knock down shots wasn’t the only the two teams had in common on Tuesday night. Both teams played solid defense. Both teams had most of their offensive success inside. Both teams saw some of their big men get into foul trouble, that changed the game a bit. Reserve guard Blake Jones stepped up to lead the way for Caledonia with 15 points. Center Matt Weiss had 14 points, nine rebounds, and five blocked shots. Eight of his rebounds came on the offensive end of the floor. Forward Devan Jennings chipped in eight points and four boards for Caledonia. Jones knocked down a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded to end the first half, giving his team an 18-15 lead at the break. “Defensively, we did an outstanding job in the first half especially,” Schils said. “We gave (Weiss) too many offensive rebounds. He’s a load, and he’s very difficult to keep off the boards. The first 19 points of the second half came from getting the ball in the post for a basket, a foul call, or by way of a lay-up. Caledonia held a 33-31 edge heading into the fourth quarter, as the two teams combined nearly matched their point total from the entire first half. The Scots went on a 7-2 run late in the third quarter to pull ahead 31-26 on a three by Jones. Eventually they pushed that advantage to 44-34 with two minutes to play. The Saxons turned up the pressure and sent the Scots to the foul line in the final two minutes, and whittled the lead down to as few as two points with 15.5 seconds remaining at 48-46. After the driving lay-up by point guard Stephen Tolger that cut the Scot lead to two, Caledonia got the ball into Logan Weis who dribbled in front of the scorers’ table. Two Saxons were unable to force the officials to blow a whistle, and Weis fired the ball ahead to Jones alone under the basket for the clinching lay-up with 6.7 seconds left. Guard Bryce Stanhope tried to score a fourpoint play on the Saxons’ last gasp attempt by diving into a pair of Caledonia defenders, who were just standing around on their end of the floor, while throwing a three-pointer towards the basket. Stanhope was just 3-of-15 from the floor for the night, but still led the Saxons with 11 points and seven rebounds. Bryan Skedgell had ten points and a pair of blocked shots for Hastings, and Curtus Cowles chipped in nine points. Hastings is now 6-6 on the season. Greenville topped the Saxons 50-41 in a non-conference contest on Friday night. The Saxons again struggled shooting the basketball. That, along with solid penetration by the Hornets, helped the Yellow Jackets build a 29-19 lead in the first half. The Saxons were outscored 16-6 in the second quarter. “They were down ten at the half and again we made some nice runs and got it down to four a couple times, putting in baskets backto-back,” Schils said. Hastings did much of its damage in the post, with Ryan Vogel leading the Saxons with 12 points and Skedgell adding 11. Greenville was led by Tyler Bigelow’s 12point night. The Saxons take on the O-K Gold Conference leading South Christian Sailors on Friday night, then face the team right behind them in the standings, Byron Center, on Tuesday night. Saxon volleyball goes after first Gold win on Thursday Hastings will be home for a lot of volleyball this week, hosting Wayland in O-K Gold Conference action and then hosting their own six-team invitational Saturday. The Saxons split a pair of contests on the road at Potterville Monday night, falling to the host Vikings and topping the Bellevue Broncos., Potterville pulled out a close win against the Saxons, 26-24, 25-23. Hastings downed Bellevue 25-21, 25-14. Attacks came from all angles on the night for the Saxons as Ashley Eerdmans, Dana Shilling, Linda Lubcke, and Hannah Case all tied for the team lead with seven kills. Lubcke led the Saxons with seven blocks, Case had three aces, and Rachel Iler had 18 assist. Hastings made it to tournament play at the Battle Creek Lakeview tournament on Saturday, but fell to the number two seeded Notre Dame Prep 25-14, 25-13. The Saxons were the seventh seeded team heading into the tournament action, going 1-2 in pool play. Hastings scored a 25-16, 25-19 win over Loy Norrix, between a 25-21, 25-21 loss to Galesburg-Augusta and a 25-16, 25-15 loss to the host team from Lakeview. Eerdmans led the Saxons with 12 kills on the day, while Shilling added 11, and Lubcke and Jessica Burch had ten each. Burch led the Saxon servers with nine aces, to go along with seven digs. Lubcke led the team with seven blocks and eight digs. Iler had 26 assists in the four matches. The Saxons will be looking for their first O-K Gold Conference win of the season when they go up against Wayland tonight. Hastings fell to 0-3 in the conference with a 25-16, 25-21, 25-14 loss to Byron Center last Thursday. Shilling had four kills and two blocks in the contest. Other Saxon leaders included Lubcke with six blocks, Nikkie Meade three aces and seven digs, and Case who had seven assists. Saxon setter Rachel Iler stretches out to tap the ball back away from the net during Thursday’s contest with Byron Center. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 77509158 Saxon senior Dana Shilling blasts an attack between the arms of a pair of Byron Center blockers Thursday. (Photo by Dan Goggins) A Beautiful New Place to Live Hastings’ Newest Affordable Senior Living Enjoy a relaxed lifestyle … Mallard Pond Village-Style Discover your retirement apartment-living options ~ Spacious One & Two-Bedroom Apartments Homes Designed for Those 55 or Better ~ Exceptional Services & Amenities Office Hours Daily from 9 to 5 or by appointment Call Today www.mykmg.net/mallardpond 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Mallard Pond Village is ideally located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn. 77509190 269-948-9363 �Page 21 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lions see where they want to be at Portage Northern Saturday’s trip to Portage Northern was one of the future of the Maple Valley varsity volleyball program. The Lions were 0-3 on the day. Walled Lake Central topped the Lions to start the day 21-25, 25-19, 15-13, and things got tougher and tougher. In match number two the Lions were downed 25-21, 25-12 by the sixth ranked team in the state in Class B, Livonia Ladywood. In their final contest, the host Portage Northern Huskies, ranked sixth in the state in Class A, topped the Lions 25-14, 2522. Lion head coach Bill Brenton said that although it was a tough day, “as the Lions’ teams strive to develop a more competitive program, they will need more of these experiences to see the level of competition they need to develop to.” On a more level plain, the Lions scored a pair of three-game Kalamazoo Valley Association victories last week to improve to 3-1 in the league. At home against Hackett Catholic Central Monday, the Lions scored the win 25-23, 2522, 25-16. At Olivet Wednesday, the Lions won 25-13, 25-13, 25-16. For the week, Dani Christensen led the Lions with 65 kills. Jennifer Kent had 48 and Jessica Winegar 32. Winegar also led the team in aces with 15, while Rebecca Kent and Alaina Mater had 12 each. Mater had 102 assists on the week, and was second on the team in digs with 31. Lauren Pierce led the team in digs with 42. Bailey Flower was the team’s leader in blocks with 22, while Jennifer Kent had 18 and Mater 16. The Lions enter the final month of the season with an overall record of 23 wins, 13 losses, and 4 ties. The Lions were scheduled for big league match at Kalamazoo Christian on Wednesday, and next Wednesday will play host to Galesburg-Augusta in the KVA. The Delton Kellogg varsity competitive cheer team placed fourth in Division 1 at last Wednesday’s LHS Cheer Tourney, scoring a three-round total of 574.4 points. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Vikings head to LCC on a nine-game winning streak Vikes edge Mason to win LHS tourney the league at 2-3. Lakewood’s win streak reached nine games with Friday’s 49-40 win at DeWitt. It took the Vikings a while to get going, but their five points was enough to take a two point lead out of the first quarter against the host Panthers. The offenses smoothed things out from there a bit. “This was a very hard fought, defensive struggle,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. “I felt we played great defense, but missed a lot of easy shots. Lakewood pushed its lead to 21-11 by the half, and held on in the second half by knocking down 12-of-15 foul shots. Hilley led the Vikings with 15 points. Erickson added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Jordan Richardson chipped in eight points. Next Tuesday, the Vikings are home to face Forest Hills Northern in a non-conference clash. Addison defeats Lakewood, DK and TK at LHS Tourney Lakewood looks to close out a perfect Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 season on Thursday, when the Vikings host Fowlerville in a dual that will determine the conference’s dual meet champ. “That should come right down to the wire,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. The spotlight will be out, as wrestling begins at 6:30 p.m. and the varsity match is planned for 7 p.m. Lakewood is 16-6 overall this season in Delton Kellogg’s Matt Loveland (top) was one of two Panthers to go undefeated on the day Saturday at the Lakewood Invitational. (File photo) duals, and 3-0 in CAAC-3 duals. The Vikings have this final league dual sandwiched between a pair of home team dual invitationals, last Saturday and this coming Saturday. Last weekend (Jan. 27) the Vikings finished second in the six-team field, with a 5-1 record on the day. Addison, the second ranked team in the state in Division 4, topped the Vikings in their dual 45-26. Delton Kellogg finished third in the team standings, followed by Thornapple Kellogg, Forest Hills Northern and Central Montcalm. Lakewood earned a 43-25 win over Thornapple Kellogg, a 42-26 victory against Forest Hills Northern, a 42-22 win against Delton Kellogg, and a 51-28 triumph over Central Montcalm. The Vikings’ Brennan Simon (145 pounds), Kyle Root (135) and Levi Phelps (152) were all 5-0 individually on the day, as were Delton Kellogg’s Matt Loveland (103) and Quinn DeBolt (145). Delton Kellogg (3-2 on the day) fell to Addison 54-18, then bounced back to beat Thornapple Kellogg 36-31, Central Montcalm 60-23, and Forest Hills Northern 42-32. Brendan Boyle, Keith McNett, Steven Romero, Anthony Riley and Billy Bourdo also had winning records on the day for DK. The TK Trojans were 2-3 on the day, falling to Delton Kellogg, Lakewood and Addison, the second ranked team in the state in Division 4, 66-12. TK scored a 42-32 win over Forest Hills Northern, and a 48-25 win over Central Montcalm. by Helen Mudry Staff Writer The school spirit was undeniable last Wednesday as Lakewood’s varsity competitive cheer team coached by Kim Martin and Renee Carigon placed first in Lakewood’s Fourth Annual Invitational. The nine teams were divided into two divisions according to school size. Lakewood led the way in division one with an overall score of 685.9 followed by Mason with 682.6, Grand Ledge 587.5, Delton 574.4 and Waverly 328.5. The win over Mason was an impressive one for the Lakewood girls. Mason entered the week ranked fourth in the state in Division 2, while Lakewood is ranked sixth in the state in Division 3. Mason held a 4.7 point advantage after the first two rounds, topping the Vikings by two points in round one and 2.7 in round two. Lakewood outscored all nine teams in round three with an impressive 299. PewamoWestphalia had the second best round three score at 296, and Mason scored a 291. In division 2 on Wednesday, PewamoWestphalia (ranked third in the state in Division 4) won the title with a total score of 689.8 followed by Maple Valley with 570.3, Portland with 549.7 and Saranac with 507.9. Delton Kellogg scored a 156.5 in round one, a 162.9 in round two, and a 255 in round three. In Division 2, Maple Valley scored a 162.5 in round one, a 157.8 in round two, and a 250 in round three. There were two mats placed on the gym floor for the cheers. There were three judges who sat facing the cheerleaders and two more standing on each side of the mats. The coaches stood behind the seated judges and did all they could to prompt and encourage their girls. They used hand gestures and body English to the fullest. There were three rounds of testing with the girls performing before the five judges. Round one required the teams to show their SHOP FOR BARGAINS DONATE GENTLY USED CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS SUPPORT GOOD WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY Retail Store Of Hastings At M-43 just west of M-37 Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 8pm Sunday / Noon - 5pm 77509416 SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. 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The bleachers were filled with parents and classmates supporting their favorite team. Some of the support was a role reversal of the usual masculine sports with the boys cheering for the girls. Five Mason boys were shirtless with the letters M-A-S-O-N painted on their bare chests. One boy scored “brownie points” wearing a sweat shirt proclaiming “My girl friend is a cheerleader.” After all three rounds were finished, the judges needed time to finish their tabulations. The girls migrated to the gym floor and clustered as teams where they sat or stood on the mat. Each team had its own way of easing its nerves while waiting for the results. Some did line dances, some sat and played hand games and some recreated their top pyramids. The gym quieted as the judges read the final scores. Lakewood’s cheerleaders and fans erupted with whoops when their team came in first. As the gym emptied, once more they worked as a winning team as they rolled up the mats. 269.945.6252 We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … 77509180 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road basics cheering skills. The girls were judged on floor mobility with accuracy of formations, spacing, effectiveness, ease of transitions, transition moves, visual patterns and from formation to formation. They were judged on vocals with voice inflection, clarity, squad volume and appropriate choice of words. Round one required two jumps which were scored on technique, level of difficulty, timing and execution. The team was scored on its coordination with precision and execution of all moves, difficulty and variety of movements, motions, peel offs, levels, enhancements, arm whips and ripples. The final score for round one was the general impression with creativity, continuity, team confidence and the overall impression. Round two required five skills to be performed from three categories - flexibility, jumping and tumbling. In the flexibility category the skills were any kick, side split, heel stretch, switch split, triple splits and Valdez. Round three was an open round with lots of complex stunts. As in round one, the girls were scored on floor mobility, vocals, team coordination. They added skills of tumbling, gymnastics and choreography. Round three with pyramids was not for the faint of heart. With varying degrees of mastery, the girls lifted team mates to complete the pyramids. Not content to be atop the pyramids, the girls then raised their legs over their heads or reached out to hold the leg of another team mate atop a second pyramid. HMS cagers win tourney in Richland Hastings seventh graders (clockwise from bottom left) Danny Buehler, Joey Longstreet, D.J. Nolff and Tyler Stolicker won the “Laker 3-on-3 Tournament” at “The Netz” facility in Richland, Jan. 27. The tournament was sponsored by the Richland Township Parks Department. The boys went undefeated (5-0) in winning their 7th grade division. Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Byron Center Wayland Union HS H H A H FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball South Christian HS H 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball South Christian HS H 7:30 pm Scholar-Athletes Honored at Halftime Varsity Game 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Basetkball South Christian HS H SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3: TBA Boys “B” Wrestling Rockford “B” Duals TBA Girls JV Volleyball Cedar Springs HS 8:30 am Boys MS Wrestling Invit. at Athens MS (Blue Gold Team) 9:00 am Boys Varsity Wrestling St. Johns 9:00 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball BC Lakeview Fr. Inv. 10:00 am Girls Varsity Cheer Northview Invit. 10:00 am Girls JV Cheer Northview Invit. 10:00 am Girls Varsity Volleyball Hastings Invit. A A A A A A A H MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5: 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball Gull Lake MS H 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball Gull Lake MS H 6:30 pm Girls JV Cheer JV Conf. @Kenowa Hills A TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6: Sub orders/money due to coaches 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball Hanover-Horton HS 5:30 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Hanover-Horton HS 5:30pm Boys JV Basketball Hanover-Horton HS A A A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7: TBA Boys Varsity Wrestling Crossover A 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle A 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle H 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle H 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle A 6:30 pm Girls Varsity Cheer Way. Un. HS Conf. Match A 7:30 pm Hastings Athletic Boosters in HHS Choir Room THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Hamilton HS Wyoming United Hamilton High School Hamilton High School A H A A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: Great Job! Hastings Girls Rising Star Basketball Team: Amber D., Amber P., Emily, Erin, Grace, Jordan, Katy, Kelsi, Kiersten, Raven, Taylor, Victoria HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77509168 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 has turned into a two-team race heading into the second half of the conference season. The first half of the league season started with Lakewood and Lansing Catholic squaring off at Lakewood, and the visiting Cougars spoiling the Vikings’ league opener 61-46. Lakewood was without senior center Alex Erickson. Erickson is back, and he and the Vikings head to Lansing Catholic Friday night on a nine-game winning streak. The Vikings haven’t dropped a game since falling to Ionia Dec. 19 and are 10-2 on the year. Lansing Catholic headed into this week at 9-2 overall, as the only team unbeaten in CAAC-3 action. Lakewood’s only loss in the league was to the Cougars. Fowlerville, DeWitt and Haslett are in a three way tie in �Page 22 — Thursday, February 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Gold’s last unbeaten after win over TK Thornapple Kellogg 189-pounder Dennis Olsen closes in on a pin against the Saxons’ Scott White in the first period of their match, which ended Hastings’ 41-25 win over the Trojans last Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor When the O-K Gold Conference meets Saturday, Feb. 10, in Hastings for the league wrestling tournament the host Saxons will be fighting to keep the conference championship all to themselves. Hastings improved to 4-0 in O-K Gold Conference duals, handing the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans their first league loss last Wednesday, 41-25. That put the Trojans at 31, tied for second with the Caledonia Fighting Scots, for second place in the league. “It doesn’t mean anything if you don’t still win the conference,” Hastings head coach Mike Goggins said of defeating the Trojans. “We don’t want to share it.” Thornapple Kellogg and Caledonia were slated meet in Middleville on Wednesday night, while Hastings wrestled winless Wayland. Assuming Hastings was able to get past the Wildcats Wednesday night, and Caledonia was able to get by Thornapple Kellogg, the Fighting Scots may have the best chance of scoring a share with the Saxons at the conference tournament. “They’re a good team for an individual tournament because they have four or five kids who are likely to be champions. I don’t know if I have four or five,” Goggins said. “Those kids only get you one match in a dual. They’re going to get you several wins in a tournament. And when you get to the tournament there’s no juggling around the line-up. You put your kids in and you wrestle.” There wasn’t much need for much juggling of the line-ups last Wednesday in Hastings. “Hastings is good,” Lehman said. “They’re better than we are in some weights and then there are a couple good close matches, and you’ve got to win the close ones.” Hastings won the close ones. There were only three matches that finished in three-point decisions all night, and Hastings won all three of them. The Saxons’ Josh Morehouse topped Cody Clinton 9-3 in the 215-pound match that started the night. Austin Endsley scored a 2-1 win over TK’s Tim Etter at 103. In the 125-pound match, Hastings’ Alex Wilcox topped the Dan Lydy 7-2. Hastings’ Tom McKinney at 140 pounds, Ricky Mathis at 152 and Sy Overmire at 160 all won with period pins. The Saxons’ Matt Watson (112 pounds), Jeremy Redman (135) won by technical fall, and Steve Case (171) scored a 14-5 major decision against Drew Warner. “We need some more horses if we’re going to beat Hastings. They’re pretty good,” said TK head coach Tom Lehman. “We didn’t roll over for any of them. We kept making them work.” The Trojans won big or didn’t win at all. Thornapple Kellogg got a pin from Kody Geerligs 38 seconds into the 285 pound match, a 19-7 major decision from Kyle Dalton at 119, and a 17-9 major decision by John Wallace at 130 pounds in the first seven matches against the Saxons. That left the two teams tied at 14. att.com/familyvalues 1-800-528-2075 Small-town values. Worldwide connections. Saxon 103-pounder Austin Endsley (left) fights to keep Thornapple Kellogg’s Tim Etter from scoring an escape in the second period of their bout last Wednesday. Etter would break free, but it was his only point in a 2-1 win by Endsley. (Photo by Brett Bremer) AT&T local and long distance. Reliable communication is even more important when you live in a small town. That’s why you should depend on AT&T for all your local and long distance needs — with the service and proven track record you can trust. Because when you live in a small town, The Trojans managed just two more wins the rest of the night. Mark Brown scored a 172 technical fall against Hastings’ Ryan Bosma in the 145-pound bout. Dennis Olsen pinned Hastings’ Scott White 1:54 into their 189pound match to end the night. The Saxons followed that up by placing second at their own varsity team tournament on Saturday. Hastings won fell to Greenville 39-20 in the final match of the day, after scoring a 5318 win over Greenville ‘B’, a 60-15 win over Battle Creek Lakeview, and a 42-27 win over West Ottawa. Coopersville was third, followed by Lakeview, Three Rivers, West Ottawa, Greenville ‘B’, and Hastings ‘Blue’. The Saxon varsity is at St. Johns this Saturday, then will hit the road for O-K Crossover duals next Wednesday. you have even more reason to stay connected. AT&T. Your world. Delivered. SM The Saxons’ Matt Watson lifts Thornapple Kellogg’s Tucker Bowerman off the mat in their 112-pound match Wednesday, which Watson won by a technical fall. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 77508556 92696_AQRMAP6136_1103I 1 12/21/06 11:37:07 PM � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-02-08.pdf 07c7d7e91829120750a0ecf6ab74b336 PDF Text Text Advocates for trail speak at forum Quality of life: We reap what we sow Delton goes for fourth straight KVA title friday See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 21 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 6 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, February 8, 2007 NEWS Plans for Walgreen’s BRIEFS scrapped in Hastings Thornapple Players comedy/murder set The Thornapple Players are performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The production will be “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning.” The setting is a wedding reception. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly, Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer It does not look like a Walgreen’s pharmacy will be making it to Hastings after all, according to a report at Monday night’s Hastings City Planning Commission meeting. An official with Diamond Holdings, the company planning the development for Walgreens, said the company is no longer interested in the Court Street site or another unspecified site within the city, but Walgreen’s officials are still interested in developing in the area. Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield said he has not received any official notice of Walgreens change of plans. “They had officially applied, so we asked them to officially unapply,” said Mansfield of Walgreen’s interest in developing in Hastings. Mansfield said the city had not heard anything from Walgreens for the past several months. One local business that has expressed continued interest in developing in Hastings is Hastings Manufacturing, as officials came to Monday night’s meeting to inform the Planning Commission about the company’s future development plans and to request a site change from industrial zoning to residential and commercial zoning. The Planning Commission did not act on the request, but did set a date for a public hearing for its March 5 Planning Commission meeting. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • A special use and site plan for Pennock Health Services at 1009 West Green St. was approved for a building addition and remodeling to house a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit. The addition will go where there is currently a mobile trailer housing the unit. • The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Hastings, the Charter Township of Hastings, the Charter Township of Rutland and Barry County was approved. • Jeff Gates presented an update about the Hastings Ponds project. The Planning Commission has agreed to issue the last of the building occupancy permits if the developer provides the city with a performance bond for North Avenue and additional items as noted by Director of Public Services Tim Girrbach. Hearing is tonight on Charlton Park The Barry County Board of Commissioners and Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission are inviting the public to attend and participate in a public forum tonight dealing with the future of Charlton Park and recreational facilities. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Barry County Commission on Aging facility, 320 W. Woodland Ave., Hastings. The two boards will be presenting tabulated results of their joint forum held Jan.11, on priorities and issues facing the citizens of Barry County, and their parks and recreation programs. This meeting is intended to be the public’s opportunity to speak to the issues of park funding and operations. Survey forms will be made available at this meeting and are available at Charlton Park and the Barry County Clerk’s Office. The survey is also planned to be posted on the Barry County website at www.barrycounty.org for downloading and printing. Refreshments will be served at the hearing. Local Entrepreneur Exchange to meet The next monthly meeting of the Entrepreneur Exchange Club will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the City of Hastings' Industrial Incubator located at 1035 East State St. (across from Bliss Clearing Niagara). For more information call the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995. Legislative Coffee slated for Monday The next Legislative Coffee program will be held at 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at the Middle Villa Restaurant, Middleville. Scheduled to appear are State Senator Patty Birkholz; State Representative Brian Calley; and Rick Truer, representing Third District Congressman Vern Ehlers. They will discuss recent issues and take up any concerns constituents may wish to talk about. A straw vote will be taken at the end of the session to give legislators feedback on the issues discussed. The Legislative Coffee series is spon- See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 What’s the state of the state? One Hastings man braves the cold weather to clear the sidewalk in front of his home. An arctic blast made its way to the area last weekend, bringing with it about 3.5 inches of snow. What was more impressive was the -15 degree temperatures and the 41 miles per hour wind gusts that froze Barry County. West Michigan plagued by snow, deep freeze After an unseasonably warm winter, arctic weather finally made its appearance in a big way last weekend with conditions so extreme that authorities have been trying to find out if it was the cause of death for one local woman. Dr. Jean Evelyn James, 70, was found lying in the snow about 40 yards from her driveway and 20 yards from the road near her Barry Township home. A passerby notified authorities of the body at 7:45 Tuesday morning, 12 hours after James was last seen. James, a longtime veterinarian, told her husband she was going to her next door clinic around 7:30 Monday evening, after which time Frank James went to bed. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said the cause of death was uncertain, but that it did not look like there was any foul play. Leaf said he is waiting for the autopsy results. Temperatures got down to -15 degrees Farenheit Monday night, the lowest temperature yet this season. The arctic blast that has made its way to Western Michigan also has included 3.5 inches of snow since Saturday, and wind gusts up to 41 miles per hour. “Because of those high winds a lot of that snow had been picked up that was already on the ground,” said Dave McIntyre of the National Weather Service Climatological Station in Hastings. “This is like an oldfashioned winter. This may be what we’re seeing in the future too.” McIntyre said this weather is typical for February and March as well. The last time temperatures reached below zero was a December 2005 reading of -1 degree. The winter storms from Friday night, Saturday and Sunday closed nearly all area schools Monday and many remained that way Tuesday. Many sports, church and club activities were called off as well. Normal activities seem to have resumed as of Wednesday. State Rep. Brian Calley (right) invited Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics, as his guest Tuesday evening for Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s fifth State of the State address in the House chamber. Each representative and senator is allowed to invite one person to the House floor to sit with the lawmaker while the speech is delivered. It was Calley’s first appearance at the State of the State. The Republican legislator was elected last November for the first time from the 87th District, which includes all of Barry County and most of Ionia County. Few contest tickets still available A dozen teams ready to rock ’n roll A dozen teams have been lined up for the second annual Rock ’n Roll Music Trivia Contest Saturday evening, Feb. 17, at the Bay Pointe Restaurant, Gun Lake. The contest, loosely based on the old “Name That Tune” show from TV many years ago, is expected to get under way at 8 p.m. and will conclude a busy day of events at the Gun Lake Winterfest. The competition a year ago featured 12, four-person teams as well, and confirmed reports have come in that the 2006 champion team and individual will be back to defend their titles. At stake, besides bragging rights, will be the team first prize of a free night’s stay in a room at the Bay Pointe Inn for each of the four winning team members. The runners-up will be awarded gift certificates to area restaurants. Last year’s champions were the Four Frostbites, who have changed their name this year to “The Icemen” and have changed half their personnel. Jeff Aley and Dan Carrigan are back in the fray, but Dwight (Smiley) Replogle and Kevin Lancaster are being replaced by Smiley’s brother, Gordon, and Rob Swelnis. The defending individual champion, Karl Knack, will take on all comers again, with the top prize being a suite at Bay Pointe Inn. He also will be captain of the popular Vinyl Exam team that was runner-up in 2006. In a new twist, anyone who throws in $10, other than Knack, after the conclusion of the team contest, can get into the individual competition. Under the old rules, only one member from each team was allowed. The $10 from each contestant will go toward a prize for the runner-up. Emcee David T. Young said he plans to rev up the night’s proceedings at 7:45 by putting on “Rock Around the Clock,” the 1955 classic by Bill Haley and the Comets, and Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music” as a sort of call to action. Anyone who wants to eat dinner at Bay Pointe before the start of the con- See TRIVIA, page 3 Matrimonial morning murder, mayhem Drunken mother (Carol Svihl) stands with the unhappy bride (Mariah Burd), an eager-to-please father (Mike Kasinsky) and prying security guard (Jeff Kniaz) in a Thornapple Players rehearsal of “I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning” comedy/murder mystery dinner-theater, which will be performed in the Courtyard at the County Seat Saturday evening, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. Cost is $30 per person and will include crudite and cheese and crackers for appetizers; a sizzler, chicken breast, vegetable, a potato and a house salad for dinner; wedding cake for dessert; coffee, tea or a soft drink; the show and the tip. Cash bar will be available. �Page 2 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page sored by the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. The public is welcome to attend. Rock ’n roll trivia contest returns The Gun Lake Winterfest rock ’n roll music trivia contest will be back in action at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Bay Pointe Restaurant. The contest, a sort of “Name That Tune” for popular songs recorded between 1955 and 1985, will feature both four-person team and individual competitions. First prize for each of the four winning team members will be a room at the Bay Pointe Inn and the individual champion will be awarded a suite. Prizes also are being worked out for runners-up as well. The contest and show was sold out last year, so everyone is urged to make reservations as soon as possible. The deadline has been set for noon Wednesday, Feb. 14. Tickets for watching the show cost $15 apiece. Those interested in attending as spectators are urged to stop in at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058, to make their purchases, e-mail news@j-adgraphics.com or call 945-9554 to reserve seats. All proceeds from the contest will be split between the Community Music School of Hastings and Winterfest. Blood drives set thrice this month Three Red Cross blood drives are planned for this month, one in Middleville and the other two in the NashvilleVermontville area. The drives are scheduled for: • Nashville, Mulberry Gardens Restaurant — Thursday, Feb. 8, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Middleville, Thornapple Township Fire Station — Tuesday, Feb. 13, noon to 5:45 p.m. • Maple Valley High School — Monday, Feb. 26, 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The American Red Cross urges donors to give to offset a winter slump. Blood donors are encouraged to make or keep appointments across the state. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs a minimum of 110 pounds, is in reasonably good health and hasn’t given blood within 56 days of the date of Monday’s drive is eligible to contribute. Must have photo ID or donor card to donate. First aid, CPR course planned An American Red Cross first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course will be held Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This course uses the new updated materials with the new compression/breathing ratios and special topics of allergic reaction and use of "epi pen," asthma attack and inhalers, seizures, poisoning, shock and stroke. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and workplace OSHA requirements. The times for Friday are from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $50, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. A free light lunch alsowill be provided by Grace Lutheran Youth and Family Ministry, or students may bring their own. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. To register or for more information, call Domke, an ARC certified instructor, at 945-9181. Village Players dinner theater set The Village Players of Middleville are in rehearsal for “Stop Sending in the Clowns,” their next production of what they call “mystery, madness and mayhem.” If this production is anything like their previous productions there will also be a lot of laughter filling the Middle Villa Inn on Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 and 24. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Cheryl Cravero from the Village Players reminds those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fund-raiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. North County Trail Assn. will meet The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St., Delton. Everyone is welcome to attend. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links outstanding scenic, natural, recreational, historic and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern states. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. Free Alzheimer’s program Feb. 15 J-Ad illustrator, author featured in program Two J-Ad Graphics employees will among the presenters for the Willard Library evening program "Celebrate the Great Plains: Favorite Foods, Good Conversation and Great Books!" from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Illustrator Joe Williams and author Jim Hitchcock will be on hand as part of the “Battle Creek Reads” series, a one book one community reading program featuring the book "Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger. This reception will be held in the Willard Library meeting room on the second floor. Hitchcock has been a journalist for 20 years as both a staff member at daily newspapers and as a freelancer for a major wire service. He has won professional awards for photojournalism, news, feature and editorial writing. He has been the editor of the Battle Creek Shopper News since 2001. With graphic artist Joe Williams, Hitchcock formed Red Flag Publishing and is the writer of Red Flags. Hitchcock lives on the edge of reason with his teenage son Shane, and a half-dog/half-woolly mammoth named Killian. Joe Williams is a full-time graphic artist whose designs are seen weekly on the front page of the Battle Creek Shopper News. His editorial cartoons and illustrations appear in the Marshall Chronicle, the Hastings Banner, on T-shirts and in books. Together with Hitchcock, Williams formed Red Flag Publishing and is the illustrator for Red Flags. Williams currently resides in Delton with his wife, Carrie, and son, Blake. Tonya Crawford, on the comics review website "Broken Frontier," wrote of Red Flags: "For their first steps into the world of comic books, James Hitchcock and Joe Willy (Williams) show a great amount of promise; a strong grasp of story and an eye toward graphic pacing." "Red Flags" offers a glimpse into a world where everything is not what it seems. The book is the first in a series about a kidnapping with complex and far reaching implications. In this open-house style event, the community will have the opportunity to meet and talk with several local authors, purchase their materials and have books autographed by these authors. Food samples will be offered throughout the evening, including Red Potato Chowder and Cinnamon Muffins with coffee frosting, as enjoyed by Reuben, Swede and their Dad in the book, "Peace Like A River." At 7:15, short remarks will be made about the book by Dr. Stephen Armstrong, Creative Writing professor at Miller College. Other featured local authors will include: • Mary J. Dressel resides with her husband Joe Williams in Michigan and their family includes five children, three grandchildren, and a Labrador. She works in a middle school, has always loved writing and enjoys photography. She is busy writing a sequel and two other novels. "Visions of Enchantment" is a compelling love story that originates in a vision and explores the possibility of „a forever love” connected by and existing through two diverse time periods. • Chad Lampert grew up near the Motor City, making it easy for him to fall in love with cars. His dad started the whole thing with posters of old Benzes and Porsches hanging in his garage, and Chad began to draw them as soon as he could hold a pencil. He started a sign business, followed by an automotive illustrating business. Lampert is pursuing a life-long passion of drawing, and making a living doing it. "Little Book of Hot Rods" is a bright, colorfully illustrated book for all those hot rodders looking for something special for ages 1 to 100. This 32-page book is full of cool rhymes and rides, from Deuce Coupes, Duesenbergs, and muscle cars to Lead Sleds - a fun book for adults and children to enjoy together. • George Shepherd was raised in Parchment, grew up in Kalamazoo, and has lived in Traverse City, Farwell, and now enjoys living in Battle Creek. "The Judge’s Bench" is a satirical work of fiction about the state of retail, religion, Jim Hitchcock sports, politics and the common folk in the year 2050. James J. Smith was born in Battle Creek, is a 1969 BCCHS graduate, and attended Western Michigan University before joining the US Navy. He resides with his wife in Battle Creek. Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, Smith had the opportunity to take a close, hard look at America and how it dealt with African Americans and other minorities. Through imagery and poetic verse, "Stirrings from My Soul" sheds light on the perilous conditions that exist in America and in the world at large. His simple mantra asks, “Isn't it time to do better?” • Phyllis J. Simmons has been a Climax Township resident most of her life. She celebrates 51 years of marriage to the late John P. Simmons, and has two children and four grandchildren. Simmons is active in her community with Girl Scouts, 4-H, Michigan Extension Service, and is a Climax Township Trustee. "Facing Duty, Finding Love" is the true story of the young soldiers of the 2998 Engineer Treadway Bridge Company during the Korean War, 1951-52. It is the story of the danger, hardship and a romance that traveled halfway around the world through letters from Pfc. John P. Simmons to his sweetheart, Phyllis. The book includes 500 black and white and 36 color photos. As always, this Willard Library program is free and the public is invited. Fine feathered friends featured Pierce Cedar Creek planning busy weekend Pierce Cedar Creek Institute plans to have a busy weekend, featuring Joe Rogers of the Wildlife Recovery Association, who will make a special appearance, along with a collection of birds of prey (raptors), such as owls, eagles, and hawks, this Friday evening. There will be two presentations. The first, geared toward families with young children, will start at 6 p.m. The second presentation will be at 7:30 and is for adults and families with older children. The cost of the program for members is $6 for adults and $4 for children (ages 4–12). Non-members are $8 for adults and $6 for children (ages 12 and under). The fast-paced presentation will provide the audience an opportunity to see the birds of prey up close. Audience members will even feel the wind in their hair from raptors flapping their wings. More than 225 people attended this popular program last year. On Saturday, Feb. 10, from 10 to 11:30 am, the institute will be host a “Nest Boxes for Wildlife” workshop. Many people enjoy viewing wildlife on their property. The first step in attracting wildlife to the back yard is to provide the specific habitat elements of food, water, space and cover. Suitable cover is often the most A collection of birds of prey, such as owls, eagles and hawks,will be the stars this Friday evening. Audience members, like this young man, will feel the wind in their hair from raptors flapping their wings. limited habitat element in back yard habitats. More than 50 wildlife species found in the Midwest use natural cavities, such as holes in trees, for nests and dens, and these cavities are becoming increasingly sparse in the landscape. While nest boxes are not as valuable to wildlife as a cavity found in a dead standing tree, they are a great way to make a back yard more attractive to cavity nesting wildlife species. This back yard wildlife habitat mini-workshop is designed to teach participants how to construct and maintain nest boxes for a variety of wildlife species such as eastern bluebirds, northern screech owls, wood ducks, barn swallows, flying squirrels, bats and raccoons. The informational presentation lasts one hour and is followed by an optional half hour, hands-on assembly of a wooden bluebird nest box. Assembled bluebird boxes will also be available at the time of the workshop. The cost of the workshop for members is $3 for adults and $2 for children (ages 12 and under). Non-members are $5 for adults and $4 for children (ages 12 and under). An optional bluebird box kit is available for $15 (all supplies and tools provided). The Alzheimer’s Association program will offer a free program and review of Alzheimer’s Disease from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Thursday, Feb. 15. “Understanding Alzheimer’s” will be held at the Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings. The program provides an introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and includes information on possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease, how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed, the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain and how to gain access to community resources and chapter services. Advance registration is required. Call (517) 999-3004 or (800) 272-3900 or visit www.alzmigreatlakes.org. The Alzheimer’s Association is the world leader in Alzheimer research and support. It advances research, improves services and care, creates awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and mobilizes support. The Michigan Great Lakes Chapter serves a 23-county region of Michigan that includes Barry County. On Sunday, February 11, the institute will celebrate Valentine’s Day with its Sunday Brunch, which includes breakfast items, lunch entrees, salads and side dishes, and a made-to-order omelet station. After brunch, visitors are invited to cozy up to the fireplace and enjoy dessert. The brunch seatings are at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. A presentation on Mitchell’s satyr will occur at 12:15 pm. Chris Hoving of the Michigan DNR will talk about this endangered butterfly, the prairie fens it calls home, why it is endangered, and recent conservation actions the DNR is taking to save this species from extinction. Hoving also will talk about the Land Owner Incentive program. The cost of brunch for members is $11 for adults and $5 for children (ages 3-10). Nonmembers are $13 adults and $6 children (ages 3-10). The program is free (you do not need to attend brunch to attend the program). Pre-registration and payment for the program are required. Reservations may be made by calling (269) 721-4190. For more information or directions, visit www.cedarcreekinstitute.org �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 3 Recreation trail advocates speak at forum This photo was taken earlier this winter by Emily Wilke, land protection specialist at Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, of the Gemrich property in the Cedar Creek watershed. Barry County couple works with SWMLC to protect land The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy protected 610 acres across four counties in 2006, including 202 acres in Barry County through a conservation easement donated by Alfred and Jean Gemrich. The property is located along Cedar Creek in Hope Township. Gemrich, a current SWMLC board member, and his wife Jean worked with SWMLC to permanently restrict their property in order to protect the extraordinary conservation values of the site. The land is extremely diverse, made up of oak barrens, agricultural fields, pine plantations, northern white cedar and tamarack wetlands along the stream corridor and several rare wildflowers, such as show lady’s slippers. Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District, praised SWMLC’s work and the Gemriches’ conservation ethic. "The Gemriches choice to preserve their property through a conservation easement is in keeping with their commitment to stewardship of the land and its resources." Gemrich has been involved in many conservation-based initiatives over the years, and the donation to SWMLC of a conservation easement is the culmination of his work. “His untiring efforts to restore conservation values to the land are exceeded only by his passion, which is evident when he talks about the land he loves,” Barnard added. Said Gemrich, "We have lived on the land for almost 40 years. During that time, we worked to improve it, hand-planting more than 40,000 trees. We gave the conservation easement to the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy because we had no alternative but to preserve and share what we love, the gift of love of the land with its green pastures and still waters." Barnard noted that Gemrich is serving his third term as a director on the board of the Barry Conservation District. "Al has always been an avid conservationist," she said. "He and his wife Jean have planted tens of thousands of trees on their Cedar Creek property, which recently became a certified tree farm through the American Tree Farm System." The Cedar Creek Watershed is one of the SWMLC’s priority conservation areas. During the past decade, SWMLC has protected more than 700 acres along Cedar Creek. The creek begins in the Little Cedar and Big Cedar lakes and flows north into the Thornapple River and includes the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Cedar Creek is known for its unusual and diverse habitats, including northern cedar swamps, prairie fens containing Massasauga rattlesnakes and mesic hardwood forests. The numerous ravines along the creek harbor a diversity of plants, including many state-listed species. "We are extremely pleased that Al and Jean have chosen to protect their land with the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy and conserve the Cedar Creek," said SWMLC Executive Director Peter Ter Louw. "The diversity and species richness of the Gemrich property is exceptional and a clear reason for protecting land along this creek." SWMLC now protects 2,433 acres in Barry County through 14 conservation easements and two preserves. One preserve, Carter Lake Preserve, is easily accessible to the public and is located just north of Hastings. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, on which SWMLC holds a conservation easement, is also open to the public. The 555-acre property has almost six miles of hiking trails which are free and open daily from dawn to dusk. During what has been regarded as a highly successful 2006, SWMLC received one gift of land and four conservation easements and purchased a fen that protects the federally endangered Mitchell’s satyr butterfly. The 15year-old land trust now protects almost 6,500 acres — 10 square miles — of diverse landscapes in its nine-county service area. These landscapes include Lake Michigan shoreline, forested dunes, woodlands, wetlands, lakes, river corridors, working agricultural land and vineyards, all integral to the health, beauty and quality of life for the people of southwest Michigan. For more information on SWMLC and land protection options, call (269) 324-1600 or visit their web site at www.SWMLC.org. The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to preserving land and scenic areas in the nine southwest Michigan counties (Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph and Van Buren). The organization protects almost 6,500 acres or 10 square miles through the efforts of seven staff and 170 active volunteers. The SWMLC protects natural areas, historic sites, and open spaces through gifts, purchases, and conservation easements. It enables individuals and organizations to conserve land important to people and wildlife and encourages ecologically sound land pract i c e s . To learn how you can protect your own land, contact SWMLC by telephone at (269) 3241600 or by e-mail at ConserveLand@SWMLC.org, or visit their web site at www.SWMLC.org by David T. Young Editor Supporters of recreational tails in Barry County point to advantages of increased tourism dollars, healthy activities for the local citizenry and using less gas during leisure times. Opponents point to issues revolving around invasion of property rights. Rick Moore, Phil Van Noord and Dr. Lawrence Hawkins, three unabashed advocates of walking and biking (non-motorized) trails presented their cases to the First Friday forum Feb. 2 in Hastings. Hawkins, a retired physician, appeared as president of the Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association. He said the local North Country Trail, built and maintained by volunteers, traverses through Barry, Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties. Started by David Cornell, a Delton area attorney, it is celebrating its 10th year. The mostly walking path and trail follows much of the Kalamazoo River through Battle Creek and Marshall and finally ends its journey near Albion and Homer. “We try whenever possible to keep it only a walking trail,” Hawkins said. “Horses and mountain bikes tear things up a lot.” Despite much of the controversy over trails going through or near private property, “We try to have a good working relationship with private landowners and with municipal governments,” Hawkins said. Moore is the volunteer maintenance coordinator for the Paul Henry Trail, which starts in Kent County and travels through some of Barry County into Nashville and Vermontville in Eaton County, but there are some breaks in the links between them because of property issues. It actually goes from Grand Rapids to Jackson, but not continuously. This trail welcomes walkers, bicyclers and roller bladers. Moore has been using a brush hog to clear the trail for more than two years, dealing with Phil Van Noord (left) and Dr. Lawrence Hawkins, two of the First Friday speakers, examine some promotional materials for trails. 14 miles of a 12-foot-wide path. He estimated the maintenance cost at about $1,500. He said because most area governments have been supportive, there really isn’t much cleanup work to do on the trail. The Paul Henry Trail, which follows an old abandoned railroad route, has gaps, and Moore said he’d like to see connection between Hastings and Charlton Park. Once again, he extolled the virtues of healthy activities that use no gasoline, but attributed property issues and problems to “misinformation and rumors.” He noted that the vast majority of users are quiet and lawabiding citizens who aren’t likely to litter a facility they use and enjoy. In response to a question from County Parks and Recreation Commission member Keith Murphy, he said, “Every farmer I’ve Rick Moore talks about maintaining 14 miles of the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail. talked to opposing the trail has had misinformation.” Moore said he believes the sons and daughters of opponents are more receptive to the idea of allowing recreational trails to run through or near their properties. He quipped, “So as soon as the old man is in the ground, the trails open.” Van Noord is a retired school teacher and avid camper, biker and hiker who moved to Middleville not long ago and decided to get involved with the Paul Henry Trail as it goes through that village. “When I got involved (in the project), I saw a lot of obstacles,” he said. “I am a promoter and coordinator. I look at the positives. Economically the trails are very important to the health of Barry County families and it can be a social thing.” Van Noord had a hand in creating a fun Labor Day Walk at the Middleville bridge to go with the more famous Mackinac Bridge Walk by the governor. He plans to start a “Volksmarch” type festival. “The question is how can we use the trails more and connect them, make Middleville more of a walking and active community. We must try to find safe routes for parents and kids to walk.” He said he’d like to involve Pennock Health Care Services, Charlton Park, the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission and others in trying to establish a continuous trail along the Thornapple River. “We don’t have a lot of money, but we’re supported by our village council (in Middleville), we’re on a limited budget,” he commented. He added that Middleville’s support won it a special award as one of the 17 most active communities. Van Noord also is a board member for the West Michigan Trails Coalition, which attempts to raise money to build and maintain recreational trails all over the region. He said it has raised $6 million for capital improvements. “I hope Barry County can tap into some of that money, which could be matched by federal and state grants,” he said. “So if we can raise a little money, it might turn into a lot more money. But we have to educate people about what’s possible.” Barry County Democratic Party Vice Chairman David Brinkert asked about an assault he heard about on a trail near Grandville. Hawkins responded that while there is risk everywhere in modern society, the amount on a trail is “very minimal,” though “security in remote areas is almost impossible.” Van Noord said, “I don’t think we’ll ever see zero crime in anything.” TRIVIA, continued from page 1 test is encouraged to do so and there will be a $12.95 prime rib special. Those not interested in watching the contest are urged to finish dining by 7:30. Linda Boyce, who has served as the “Vanna White”-style assistant, will reprise her role and will supervise the handing out of Little Debbie snack cake prizes for audience members who correctly guess song names that elude the contestants. Michael Gormley will be back as sound engineer. All proceeds from the show will be split between the Community Music School of Hastings and the Winterfest Committee. A brief sketch of the teams, their names and their members, not in any special order: 1. “Looney Tunes” — (Cap’n) Brian Reynolds, Kelly Dennis, Emily Allyn and Jon Gambee. Reynolds was individual champion in the October 2005 contest and his team won another competition last summer. 2. The Orbison Fan Club— (Cap’n) Steve Youngs, Patti Jacobs, State Rep. Brian Calley and Patti Morehouse. Youngs, no relation to the emcee, was individual runner-up in October 2005 and is director of the Community Music School. One might say he’s “singing for his supper.” 3. “Foxy Main & the Decades” — (Cap’n) Damon Cheyne, Tanya Cheyne, Mary Chrisman and Frankie Chrisman. This team could be trouble because Tanya is regarded as well versed in music recorded long before she was born. Her cousin, Frankie, is a member of a rock ’n roll band. 4. “White Out” — (Cap’n) Vivian Conner, Mike Smith, Sandra Dee Smith, Steve Horton. This team is a variation from the ProTribe Republicans group that last year scored an upset over Reynolds’ team. Horton is regarded as a “wild card.” 5. “Dr. Feelgood” — (Cap’n) Mike Callton, Shellie Callton, Steve Evans, Amie Evans. The Evanses join the Chrismans as parent-child tandems. Word on the street is that Dr. Callton, chairman of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, will have himself replaced by his brother-in-law in a desperate attempt to increase chances for success. 6. “The Icemen” — Defending champions, (Cap’n) Dan Carrigan, Jeff Aley, Gordon Replogle and Rob Swelnis. These Bradford White employees, two-time winners, call themselves “triviologists” and collectively have been unbeatable thus far. 7. “Vinyl Exam” — Defending runners-up, (Cap’n) Karl Knack, David Irvine, Patrick Gault and Ron Casebeer. Besides the obvious, Knack, look out for Irvine, who once did a mean version of “I’m Henry VIII” on television back in 1987. The guys are out for revenge against the Icemen. 8. “Ab-Norma-l Genes,” — (Cap’n) Lynn Donaldson, Anne Marie Ohanisien, Chris Rupke and Norma Donaldson. The Donaldsons are mom and daughter. This team upset Reynolds’ “Cisco Ducks” squad in a memorable marathon match in October 2005. 9. “The Old Man ands the Team” — (Cap’n) Jim McManus III, Forrest Evans, Jim McManus Jr., Brian McManus. A father-sonson group that promises to be strong on the fifties and late seventies and eighties. But what about in between? 10. “Hokey Business” — (Cap’n) Mike Masterson. This team tried to get in too late last year, but was virtually first on the scene this time. Not much known about this foursome, except they’re mostly Gun Lakers. A darkhorse? 11. “Tune Tyme” — (Cap’n) Mike Peiffer, Vicki Mackellar, David Mackellar and Denise Peiffer. Like “Hokey Business,” a mysterious outfit, a scary unknown, but rumor has it they got in because of some kind of link to Vinyl Exam. So beware. 12. “Ralph Rotten,” — (Cap’n) Joanne Barnard, Tom Barnard, Doug Foreman and Julia Foreman. Husbands and wives who love old rock music and are willing to put their reputations on the line. Another wild card, but this is what makes it all fun. There reportedly are just a few tickets left on sale. Those still interested in taking in the show as spectators and to earn a shot at taking home Little Debbie Valentine snack cakes should call J-Ad Graphics (269-945-9554) pronto. Cost is $15 per person to watch. There will be food and a cash bar during the festivities. Moore added he has learned from State of Michigan officials that “You’re 312 times as likely to be assaulted in your home than on a recreational trail.” Hawkins said he believes littering and vandalism are more frequent problems. Moore noted one study showed about 90 percent of the trash on a trail came from adjacent property owners. Walt Herwarth said from the audience that he and his wife have used recreational trails for some time and “We’ve never had a problem with anyone bothering us.” Moore, responding to a question from Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, concluded, “It’s time to put together a comprehensive plan for Barry County trails... It might be a breath of fresh air that saves Charlton Park.” Leadership Barry County workshop set for Feb. 22 Robin Grinnell Leadership Barry County will present its first Professional Development Series workshop, “Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Michigan” on Thursday, Feb. 22, in the Hastings City Bank Community Room. This event will feature Robin Lynn Grinnell, from the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Michigan Nonprofit Leadership Institute, who will give the participants a crash course on what it means to be member of a non-profit organization’s board of directors. The event is structured in two parts. The first portion, which will be held from 1 to 4 p.m., will focus on overall responsibilities of a nonprofit board of directors both in the legal aspect and to the mission of the organization. From 4 to 7 p.m., the focus will be a more detailed discussion of “Governance,” which will further define the roles of individual board and staff members. Participants are invited to attend either individual session or both sessions for a full picture of ever changing non-profit world in Michigan. “This is a one-of-a kind training for all non-profit staff and board members,” said Leadership Barry County Director Dana Rittenberg. “A ‘team rate’ is being offered for multiple representatives from the same organization.” For additional information, please contact Dana at 269-945-2114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net �Page 4 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner ‘Surge’ only digs us deeper into quagmire IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Competitive cheer gets little respect To the editor: I would like to comment on a recent sports column written by sports editor Brett Bremer. I was in disbelief when I read the article regarding MHSAA competitive cheer in our area. I still cannot believe that it would be allowed for a writer to cut down a high school athletic team, these are our kids! After reading the article, it was very obvious to me that he had not investigated competitive cheer before writing it. I cannot believe he knows that the Lakewood girls are really working hard because he "heard" them practicing when he was at a wrestling meet and he just knows that Hastings competitive cheer team is working much harder than other area schools. All or most competitive cheer teams work indescribably hard. It is particularly hard in a school district where the kids have not been taught gymnastics at an early age. In competitive cheer you need to have a tremendous amount of gymnastics skills, including back handsprings, back tucks, back walk-overs, a valdez, aerial cartwhheels, etc. In addition, you should be able or learn to do stunts in a variety of levels of difficulty. They are all choreographed together to fit in the girls you have, with many different skill levels in a performance (or round, as it is called). It takes a huge degree of commit- ment, tremendous strength, phenomenal mental focus, an extreme amount of pain and practice, practice, practice! All of our area’s MHSAA competitive cheer teams work exceptionally hard, including the Thornapple Kellogg squad. They have outscored some of their "counterparts" your sports editor has made reference to and not competed against others, so please give them all the credit they deserve! The competitive cheer teams occasionally perform at basketball games to show people who do not understand the sport and what it is about. I urge Mr. Bremer to visit the Thornapple Kellogg O-K White/Gold Conference home meet on Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and try to learn what this sport is all about. There will be 11 teams competing. Some of these schools have had teams for quite some time and others have just started the sport. You will be able to see schools that have had gymnastics in their schools at the elementary level and others that have not. All of the schools have put a phenomenal amount of practice into what you will see. These girls of the MHSAA competitive cheer teams are true athletes and deserve a tremendous amount of credit! Denise VanderHeide Thornapple Kellogg parent Misunderstandings about wetlands: To the editor, It is important that the record be accurate about what is happening and has happened relative to a county wetlands ordinance. The Natural Resources Action Team (NRAT) did request and receive a grant to develop a wetlands ordinance. A key point of the grant is the use of an experienced attorney to guide us. There are many wetlands ordinances in existence. We didn't want to reinvent the wheel. Another element of the grant is to communicate with the community to assure that they are aware of this activity. Additionally, the grant provides funds for public meetings to receive comments on the draft ordinance. At no time was the grant kept secret from the Planning and Zoning Commission. A grant for this activity will save the county money The implication that something will be done in secret is far from the truth. NRAT members made brief presentations at many township meetings to make sure that people knew what was going on. The response to these presentations indicates an awareness of what is happening. Something changed during our drafting process. The State of Mchigan extended protection to all wetlands five acres or larger. We are evaluating the impact of that change while we are drafting the ordinance. It's too early to stop until we assess the extent of the remaining unprotected wetlands. I thank the Barry Conservation District for publishing the exceptions to any wetlands ordinance. It is important to note that farming and many other uses are exempt from any local ordinance. Any ordinance drafted for Barry County must comply with existing state ordinances. For those who want to know more about the requirements for a local ordinance please refer to www.legislature.mkgov. Go to MCL Section Index, Enter 324.30305 then 324.30307 then 324.30308 then 324,30309 then 324.303 10. This will net those sections that govern local ordinances Months ago NRAT had a public meeting to discuss the importance of the wetlands. Here are the results of that meeting: Increasing evidence is becoming available that indicates that community prosperity is dependent on community quality of life. Quality of life plays an important role in attracting and retaining high potential people who in turn bring and create jobs and business opportunities. An important element of quality of life in Barry County is the rural atmosphere as defined by open space and an abundance of wildlife and clean drinking water. Protecting wetlands is like putting money in the bank for three important reasons. 1. Wealth. Wetlands increase the value of individual properties as well as property in general across the county. Leading realtors and developers have stated that property with wetlands retail at a considerably higher price than sites without wetlands. 2. Water. Just as wetlands can hold water in wet times, they become sources of water during dry periods. They can serve as recharge areas to aquifers, keeping our groundwater supplies constant. They also provide flood and storm water control. 3. Wildlife. Over half of Michigan's wildlife depend on wetlands for food, shelter, or nesting habitat, including endangered species. Wetlands support some of the most diverse plant communities of all ecosystems. I hope we can have a thorough discussion of this subject and avoid the temptation to engage in personal attacks that detract from the issue. Don Drummond, Hastings, NRAT member To the editor: "The important difference between a military operation and a medical operation is that the patient is not tied down," wrote strategist/military historian Sir Basil Liddell-Hart. He completed the comment adding, "but it is a common fault of generalship to assume he is." These words are a dagger pointed directly at the heart of the president's “surge” policy in Baghdad and al Anwar Province. You can believe me when I write this: Like a big California wildfire on hot Santa Anna winds, this insurgency will leap to outlying towns/regions previously calm(er), but now denuded of protection. Could we completely surround Baghdad, which we can't, those who want to leave would be gone. Those who wanted to get out left about the same time first 82nd Airborne soldiers arrived. Unlike Pentagon bean counters, the enemy is master of his trade and of his environment. Paper deliverers deserve courtesy To the editor: I think the people of Hastings and Barry County should be a little more thoughtful of other people. I am referring to the people who deliver the Reminder. They are out there in all kinds of weather and the people won't even clear the way for them to do this safely. The sidewalks are not cleared and these people still deliver. If it was me, I would make sure it was in a plastic bag and then throw it as far as I could and if the owner had to walk in the snow to get it, oh well. It would make their job easier if people would take just a little time to help them out. I used to deliver the Reminder with my car and I sure was appreciative when the people I delivered to would make sure I could get to their box, whether it was the snow or the grass or weeds. Please, people of Hastings and Barry County who receive the Reminder, make sure the path is clear for these people that deliver to you, may do so safely. Nancy Medeiros, Delton Our leaders — administration, spooks, military — are basically the same people who left us vulnerable to al-Quaeda. In fact, they turned a blind eye to blatant indications and repeated warnings. Then, both spooks and Pentagon went along with administration lies leading us into Iraq, and “Bogdad” (I'd chuckle, but I'm dead serious). They barely sent enough soldiers to beat up on Ponga-Ponga. They didn't use what they sent in a Christian way — no vehicle armor, crappy body armor, no thought at all of what could go wrong (which proved to be everything) — a shadow army of American corporate mercenaries making enemies faster than soldiers made friends. Bush and Cheney were engulfed in a sea of daydreams — big-time oil deposits, and opportunity to help Halliburton (many other political friends) recoup investments in Bush/Cheney. OK if you're playing capture the flag..., but lethal to 3,000 American soldiers so far, crippling for 22,000 more. Up to 200,000 Iraqis have died, most of them innocent. American soldiers in Baghdad will soon be awash in a sea (five million) of folks who want to kill them all. The weaponry (arms of the disbanded Iraqi army, and a million tons of hi-grade explosives carelessly left Preserve history at Charlton Park To the editor: Barry County accepted the property and grounds of Charlton Park, along with Irving Charlton's vision, thus making us as a county responsible for the care and integrity of the park. The Barry County Historical Society has a long history with the Historical Village, and we hope to continue that association. Our first concern is the need to protect the artifacts in the museum and throughout the village, as well as the village itself. We express this concern not merely for preservation, but above all, to educate people of all ages of the history that surrounds them. As a Historical Society, after all, such education is our primary misson. Barry County Historical Society Zoning director should move on To the editor: I am inclined to agree with those who stated in the Jan. 25 Banner that Jim McManus does not have all of the Barry County citizens in mind. A few years back he and his lame brained Zoning Board usurped our plat laws of 1968 and allowed an illegal setback of a modular, which resulted in creating a road that today is nearly impassible. So perhaps it is time that he moved on and we hire someone who has all of our interests in mind. Jim Erwin, Nashville unguarded when we invaded) are already there. Since I began with Liddell-Hart, it's only fitting to close with him. "Errors in judgement there must be in war, and few would cavil at them - especially those due to the fog of war," the respected military analyst wrote. He then added a caustic postscript, "But it is different when the fog is self-created by confused thought and limited study." Amen. Larry Hamp, Hastings IN OTHER NEWS Progressive Dems to show ‘Inside Iraq’ The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for a showing of the film “Inside Iraq” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film provides an insider’s look at the country and includes a tour of a children’s landmine hospital, visiting remote villages with medical aid workers, a walk through illegal gun markets, a walk through the streets of Baghdad, a fire fight with Iraqi insurgents and a ride on night patrols in search of terrorists. “Inside Iraq” has been the official selection of several film festivals. The film is free with donations appreciated. Refreshments and socializing will be at 6:30, followed by the film a half hour later. For more informationt, e-mail Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or call 269795-4412. Neighborhood Watch meeting set in Nashville The next meeting of the Nashville Neighborhood Watch is planned for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 12, at the Maple Valley Community Center of Hope on the corner of Washington and Main Street in Nashville. Village residents who are interested in the program, desire to get involved in their community, and get to know neighbors and meet new friends are invited to attend. For more information contact Nashville Police Sergeant Jerry Schray at (517) 8529866. What gives FIA right to take baby? Progressive Dems To the editor: Someone please tell me: Is this America or Hitler’s Germany? Where in America can a local Family Independence Agency (FIA) take a child from its mother for no good reason? There have been no charges filed against this girl. She can’t be a bad mother, she’s never had a chance to be a mother, so what gives the FIA the right? The FIA took her baby as a stranger in the night might do. This girl has never missed a visiting time. Mind you, the visits are always at the FIA office with the foster mother. I know this girl. When I had a chance to look at her reading material, all she had was stuff about babies and learning how to rear children, not stuff on sex, drugs and porn. I know this girl, she is my granddaughter. I have one thing to say to the other grandmother: “You go, girl!” Lona Cribley, Hastings to meet Feb. 14 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14, at the (Main Street) Thornapple Township office in Middleville. There will be a 30-minute video update to "An Inconvenient Truth," the video shown at last month's Third Thursday forum. All are welcome. The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What about global warming? Scientists last week issued their strongest statement yet about global warming and it being caused by human activity. How do you feel about it, do you think it’s the real deal? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Floyd Totten, Hastings: “I believe it. People in the woods burn tires to keep warm.” Rosezella Lake, Hastings: “No, I don’t think so.” Michael Newsted, Hastings: “I think laregly it is caused by citizen activity and an unawareness of the consquences of our actions.” Ken Brown, Dowling: “There’s no scientific proof humans are causing it any more than it did in the 1930s and ’40s. There’ve been two ice ages and another is coming.” Marty Albert, Hastings: “I’d have to say it’s a combination of nature and human activity, mainly factories.” Tay Gordenski, Hastings: “I believe it’s partially contributed by humans, and partally the ice age.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 5 Quality of life: We reap what we sow My mom told me once to "be careful for what you wish for" because it might come true. For the last couple of weeks many of us in Michigan have been praying for winter to find it's way to Michigan. Well, now that its here, all I can say is that I wish it wouldn't have introduced itself to the state with so much vengeance. It is good for all the people who look forward to winter activities such as snowmobiling, downhill skiing, ice skating, cross country skiing, ice fishing and so much more. It appears this will be a good winter retail season after all. And just think, next week is already Valentines Day and a great time to find that special someone in your life a nice card or present they might be looking for. Last week I talked about how the Michigan economy is in serious condition, which I think most Banner readers understand. This week, I would like to discuss who's minding the store. Small town governments and non-profit groups across the state look to volunteers to help with operations. Every week one of our Banner reporters comes back to the office and tells about an unusual situation that happened at a recent meeting. I've been volunteering for local groups for more than 40 years throughout Barry County and have an understanding about who's running these groups. For the most part, these volunteers are dedicated citizens willing to give of their time to help someone or a local group with their problems. The problem is that too often these people get little or no training for these positions. So, after they are appointed or selected for a position, the group merely gives them some assignments and tells then to take over like the rest of them. When I was at a newspaper convention several years ago, one of the speakers maintained that the two worst volunteer positions in any community were the school board or zoning board. These are normally very active groups, yet, they usually offer a great deal of commitment to make them run efficiently. Just to name a few, other than school and zoning boards, are Habitat for Humanity, United Way, Library Board, Community Foundation, Fair and Transit Board and the list goes on and on. And then there are all the governmental boards such as the Brownfield Development Farmland Preservation, city and village councils, township boards Parks and Recreation and so on. For all these boards to run efficiently, they require people who have a passion and understanding for how to run a meeting, han- Honor Roll: Hastings Middle School Second marking period ending Jan. 19 Alexander Auer, Shelby Bagley, *Anna Banister, Brian Baum, Michelle BeBeau, *Jared Bosma, *Kevin Bosma, Tyler Bridgman, Mitchell Brisboe, Taylor Carpenter, *Alaina Case, *Myrina Clements, Joshua Coenen, Zachariah Comer, Justin Daniels, Cody Davis, Victor DelAngel, Anna Densberger, Kelsey Devroy, Tyler Dewitt, Jeromy Dobbin, Jessi Doxtader, Desirae Dunklee, Gabraelle Eaton, Rebecca Elkins, Dakota Elzinga, Chelsea Falconer, Bradley Gagnon, Sarah Ganger, *Patricia Garber, Omar Gomez, Brittaney Gray, Zackary Hammond, Robert Hansen, *Emily Hart, *Veronica Hayden, Grant Heide, Jeremy Heinrich, *Megan Herbstreith, *Hannah Hodges, Micah Huver, Jonathon Kalmink, Nathan Karn, Justin Keeler, Donna Kees, *Eric Kendall, *Ashlie Kinney, *Jessica Kloosterman, *Stephen Krammin, Corri LaCosse, *Jennifer LaJoye, *Montana Leep, Shane Madden, *Casey Martin, Christa Mathis, Kristy Matthews, Kevin Maurer, Steven Maurer, Nathaniel McComb, Ryan McNally, Ryan McPhall, Christopher Mennell, Ashlee Mikolajczyk, *Krista Miller, Tatton Miller, Kevin Osterink, Corrina Palmer, *Christopher Parker, *Jake Partridge, *Alexandria Pierce, Sydney Pierce, Kayla Pohl, *Jessica Quillen, Cody Redman, Nathaniel Rhoades, Jacob Rogers, Samantha Roofstra, Christopher Rugg, Rogelio Salazar, Tauren Schils, Katie Secord, John Shakespeare, Will Simmons, *Taylor Simpson, Mitchell Singleterry, William Sprague, John Stanton, *Morgan Stowe, Shelby Sweeney, Jordan Swinkunas, Katherine Taylor, Alexa Tyson, Jessica Ulrich, *Natalie VanDenack, Meghan VanZyl, *Kayla Vogel, Cassandra Watson, Alicia Wheeler, Aimee Wiker, Denise Woodbury and Hailey Zalewski. Seventh-graders *Hannah Alspaugh, Hannah Anderson, Alexis Arens, Nicholas Ashcraft, *Stacey Baker, *Daniel Buehler, Katherine Burns, Lauren Bush, Maria Cera, Amanda Conley, Alyssa Constantine, *Anna Cooley, Jordan Cranmore, Kara Cuncannan, *Victoria Cybulski, *Jessie DeDecker, Brice DeJong, *Kaylee DeMink, *Megan Denny, Sara Densberger, Kaitlyn DeVries, Adam Donavan, Michael Doran, Ivy Edinger, Steven Endsley, Jennifer Feldpausch, *Carl Franson, Craig Gagnon, *Keith Garber, Gregory Goodrich, *Kayla Gorodenski, *Brian Graybill, Simion Guenther, *Maicee Herrington, Alexis Hickey, Megan Hildebrant, Victoria Holm, Rachel Hunt, Jennifer Jarman, Courtney Jenkins-Bonner, Dylan Johns, Tessa Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Lena Jordan, Michael Kaczmarczyk, Adam Keeler, Alexis Kelly, *Kathryn Kesler, Casey Kidder, *Alice Kinney, *Lauren Kirwin, *Micala Klipfer, Taylor Klotz, Mitchell Kolanowski, Cherie dle the general public and to get things done in an efficient and timely manner with a outcome that satisfies large numbers of people. This is no easy task, but it seems we are short of qualified people to fill some of the positions, allowing people to participate who are unprepared to fill the jobs. Don't get me wrong, I know these people for the most part are donating their time and efforts to help, but at the same time, these people are doing the people’s business and it’s in our best interests that they have some idea on how to go about the process. I wish in the future we can continue to find some dedicated, knowledgeable citizens to come forward and run for some of these vacancies. Meanwhile, it’s in their best interest that they seek some training to better prepare themselves for the jobs. Just this week, two positions were announced that will be coming available on the Hastings School Board. If you've been reading at all about school finance, you certainly know these positions need to be filled with someone willing to do their due diligence, otherwise someone's kids’ education could be impacted with bad decisions that will affect the education process. County commissioners at the same time have been trying to fill many positions on various committees throughout county government. It's the people who fill these positions who will determine what kind of county we will live in the future. It's imperative that we find the best people possible, otherwise it could hurt us later. It seems our publications are filled every week with stories about groups and organizations doing special things for people. From Pennock Hospital volunteers giving thousands of hours helping patients at the hospital, to just last week two full pages of people volunteering to help make this year's annual United Way campaign another success. That's why so many of us choose to live in a small town or rural county. It's because you’re surrounded by so many people who really care about their community and the people who live here. No matter how hard these people plan and work there will be mistakes, that's just because we're human, we just need to be vigilant to make sure the mistakes are made for the right reasons and that we pick ourselves up, fix the mistakes and carry on. It's like Martin Luther King once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent questions are: What are you doing for others?" That's a question we all should ask ourselves once in a while. It would make us all better citizens and a better place to live. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Kosbar, Shelby Kubek, Bret Lawrence, *Morgan Leep, *Mackenzie Lewis, *Joseph Longstreet, Emily Macqueen, Jason McClurkin, Dallas McKay, Laken Meade, Rikki Mileski, *Megan Miller, Rebecca Miller, Joshua Moore, Kimberly Morris, *Ashley Musculus, *Jenna Nedbalek, Dominique Nolff, Jason Norman, Halie Owen, Janelle Pifer, Rebecca Ponsetto, *Paige Prater, Tristan Rabe, *Evan Ramsey, *Kevin Rice, Erika Rozell, Nicole Rybiski, *Hannah Sailar, Joshua Scobey, Rebecca Senard, Olivia Shade, Cory Shaver, *Danielle Sherman, *Ashley Shuster, Breonna Sinclair, *Sarah Sleevi, *Hannah Smith, Kimberly Smith, Nikki Spurgeon, Jacob Steidle, Tyler Stolicker, Kali Straube, *Sarah Thornburgh, Dylan Thurman, Ashley Tissue, Shane Tossava, *Meg Travis, Ken VanBelkum, *Anthony Veltre, Le’Titia Vickery, *Dalten White, Ashley Wilcox, Chase Williams, Jordin Willson, Caitlyn Woodmansee and Zack Zwiernikowski. Sixth-graders Steven Adkins, *Kaitlin Allan, Emma Anderson, Sarah Banister, Logan Barrett, *Ian Beck, Zane Belson, David Born, *Kaeleigh Brown, Matthew Brown, Nicole Burd, Dylan Bursley, Jessi Buschmann, Taylor Carter, Calvin Case, Gregory Case, Alexander Cherry, *Maxwell Clark, Kenneth Cross, Chelsey Culp, Kelly Curtis, Leah Czinder, Christian Dawson, Tyler DeCamp, Amber Delcotto, John Dinges, Luke Domke, Christopher Doxtader, Sidney Dudley, *Michael Eastman, Chelsea Eldred, Kathryn Endsley, Jessie Finch, Todd Fox, Jon French, *Victoria Fueri, Alex Fyan, Nickolas Gaiski, *Kathryn Garber, Melton Gibson, Melanie Gloetzner, Cassey Glumm, Erin Gray, Mackenzie Hammond, *Kelsi Harden, *Eric Hart, Desirae Heers, *Luke Heide, Hannah Herbstreith, Emily Hodges, *Kiersten Hubbert, Chase Huisman, *John James, Sierra Jenkins, Mackenzie Keller-Bennett, Danielle King, Melinda Kloosterman, Ben Kolanowski, Edward Kosta, Trisha Krammin, Shiloh Kuhlman, Melinda Lancaster, *Callan Lenz, Larry Lewis, *Jordan Mack, *Christine Maurer, Jennah McCoy, Danielle McKee, Kyle Mikolajczyk, Branden Miller, Arika Morris, Cody Newton, *Zachary Olson, *SaraJean Osterink, Alexandria Owen, Stevie Pennepacker, Jose Perez, Thomas Peurach, Autumn Phillips, *Amber Pickard, David Pierce, *Robert Pohl, Shelby Price, Abigael Prill, Rachel Quillen, Leslie Raymond, Brandon Redman, Nichole Redman, Bradley Rivett, Corey Robins, Tanner Roderick, Olivia Rose, Amanda Sarhatt, Cody Schaendorf, Nathaniel Schaendorf, Tori Schoessel, Kody Scobey, Brandon Secord, Collyn Shaeffer, Hunter Shannon, Glenda Shultz, *Joseph Siska, Travis Sixberry, Isaac Smith, Katrina Smith, Amber Snore, Chase Snore, Samantha Stover, Ashtin Sutherland, *Jacob Swartz, *Zachary Taylor, Cinthia Tebo, *Jeffrey Todd, Jasen Vorce, Katylynn Wallace, Sadie Walsh, William Weinert, Brianne Whiteman, *Hannah Wilgus, Brant Wilson and Ashley Wilson. * — indicates 4.0 grade point average COA to host local Fiddlers Jamboree The Michigan Fiddlers Association will be returning to the Barry County Commission on Aging Saturday, Feb. 17 for a day of music, food and dancing. “We’ve got a great program lined up,” said Association representative and Hastings resident Bob Burghdoff. “It’s as much fun for the audience as it is for the musicians. Folks can join us for an hour or two or for the whole day. Musicians come in from all over Barry County and West Michigan.” Fiddlers will be showing their stuff from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet available for Open Microphone, which will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. From 6 to 9 p.m., there will be plenty of music, including fiddles, guitars, steel guitars, dulcimers, bass fiddles, piano, and much more. Beginning at 6 p.m., the floor will be open for round, square and couples dancing. The Commission on Aging will be offering a hearty, homemade dinner of hot turkey sandwiches, vegetable, Jell-O, hot fudge pudding cake and beverage. Dinner will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. All proceeds from dinner will go toward COA services for homebound seniors. Admission to the Jamboree is free of charge, but freewill offerings are appreciated. Proceeds at the door are split 50/50 by the Fiddlers Association and the COA. The Commission on Aging is located at 320 West Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings. For more information, phone Nellie at 1-517628-2108 or Bob at 269-945-2500. Foster parents now receiving revised wish list Persons who contact the Barry County Department of Human Services to inquire about fostering a child are now being sent a revised “wish list.” According to Juls Mueller-Hayes, foster home recruitment specialist for the county, "These are the priorities in our area where foster children would most beneficially be placed." As the state-wide Family-to-Family (F2F) initiative is being rolled out, DHS is being asked to focus foster home recruitment efforts on the communities and school districts where children are coming from. "The idea" says Mueller-Hayes, "is to keep children in schools and near relatives that can See FOSTER, page 13 Rotary’s big screen TV raffle winner Hastings Rotary Club’s raffle winner, Hastings High School junior Stephen Tolger (center) stands with his prize, a large screen television from King’s Electronics and Appliances. Standing with him are his father, Keith Tolger (left), and Tim King of King’s Electronics and Appliances. The raffle is one of the Rotary Club’s major fund-raisers for the year. Others include a pancake supper and Summerfest participation. The money will benefit Rotary projects throughout the community, including scholarships. During this year’s annual raffle, the Rotary Club raised about $4,000. Hastings Fire Dept. wins $34,000 grant The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that the Hastings Fire Department is one of 347 fire departments and first responder organizations to earn a grant through the department’s Fiscal Year 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. A total of $28,973,587 is being awarded in direct assistance grants. Hastings is scheduled to receive $34,737 for operations and safety. Additional phases will soon be announced that will total $485 million in AFG grant awards to approximately 5,000 fire-related organizations nationwide. "Emergency response is inherently local, and these resources support those who serve us all, our nation’s firefighters," said Under Secretary for Preparedness George Foresman. "By building emergency response capability through training and first responder equipment, the AFG program is helping to strengthen readiness throughout the country. These are smart investments that protect our firefighters and help to save lives in our communities." Other departments in Michigan mentioned in this round of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program include the Porter Fire Department, Union, operations and safety, $57,468; Hudson Fire Department, Hudson, operations and safety, $17,442; Springfield Township Fire Department, Davisburg, operations and safety, $90,884; Williamston Fire Department, Williamston, operations and safety, $72,346; Troy Fire Department, Troy, operations and safety, $247,200; Almont Fire Department, Almont, operations and safety, $10,731; and St. Clair Area Fire Authority, St. Clair, operations and safety, $108,001. Since 2001, the AFG has provided $2.4 billion in grants to fire departments and first responder organizations for response equipment, personal protective equipment, vehicles and fire prevention activities. DHS received more than 18,000 applications for nearly $2.5 billion in requests in FY’06. The AFG program awards grants to firefighters, emergency response personnel and first responders throughout the country to enhance response capabilities and to more effectively protect the health and safety of first responders and citizens in their communities. AFG grants provide resources for training, first responder health and safety programs, and response equipment and vehicles. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is administered by the department’s Directorate for Preparedness through its Office of Grants and Training in cooperation with the United States Fire Administration, also a division within the Preparedness Directorate. Nominees sought for distinguished award for HHS The Hastings High School Alumni Association Board is accepting nominations until March 15 for the 2007 Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award will be presented at the annual Alumni Banquet in the Hastings High School cafeteria Saturday, June 2. Nominations must be typed and should contain biographical information and reasons why the individual is being nominated. Reasons can include accomplishments, vocation, honors and awards received, community service, organization memberships, personal character and other helpful information. The nominee can be residing anywhere, not necessarily in Hastings, but must be an alumnus of Hastings High School. The Alumni Board would like to continue to consider previously submitted nominations as well as new nominations. The Board is now asking anyone who has submitted nominations in the past to resubmit again with upto-date information for the Board’s consideration. Alumnus of the year nomination letters should be sent to Lois Ozuna, president, Hastings High School Alumni Association, 1101 Barber Rd., Hastings, Mich. 49058. Latest chicken pox resists vaccinations for children by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Parents in the Thornapple Kellogg, Sunfield and Woodland schools are learning that chicken pox can “break through” even vaccinated children. According to the Center for Disease Control “Chicken pox is a common childhood illness caused by the varicella virus. Chicken pox is best known for the itchy, red spots that it causes on the skin. Fever and weakness often come along with the rash. Signs of the disease usually disappear within nine to 14 days.” Chicken pox is very contagious. It can be spread through direct contact with the rash, or through the air (when an infected person coughs or sneezes). The rash usually appears about two to three weeks after exposure to the virus. While chicken pox is a mild disease for children, it can be much more serious for adults. It can cause other illnesses, like pneumonia, which can be life threatening. Bob Shirmer, director of the Barry Eaton Health Department, is also working with local school districts to pass on information on how one chicken pox inoculation may not be enough. Right now a single dose of the chicken pox vaccine is required at age 12 months. This is the one required for entry to school. However research is recommending that children get a second inoculation between the ages of 4 and 6 years. Page Elementary Principal Ellen Zack sent home a letter encouraging parents to contact their health care provider or the Barry-Eaton Health Department at either the Hastings offices at 945-9516 or the Barry-Eaton Immunization program at 517-541-2660. Shirmer and immunization nurse Kelli Banko also encourage parents to contact the health department about whooping cough vaccines. Barry and Eaton counties have not had any outbreaks of pertussis, but there have been some in Kalamazoo and Ingham counties. Shirmer also stressed that it is not to late to get a flu shot. Anyone interested in learning more about flu shots can call their health care provider or the health department. The health department also has information about new vaccines which are becoming available for rotavirus (a diarrhea disease of young infants) and a vaccine for cervical cancer. Shirmer encourages anyone with questions about chicken pox or other disease issues to call the health department or their physician for information. �Page 6 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate Donald R. Borton in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Dorris Fletcher 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! HASTINGS - Donald R. Borton, age 85, of Hastings died Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. Mr. Borton was born on December 5, 1921 in Flint, the son of Albert and Myra (Frusher) Borton. He was raised in the Flint and Hastings areas and attended schools there, graduating in 1939 from Hastings High school. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot during WWII, receiving numerous meritorious decorations for his courageous service to his combat organization. He was married to Rosamary A. Reuther on June 27, 1951. He was employed at the E.W. Bliss Company in varied manufacturing and office positions and owned and operated the former Northview Grocery from May 1963 until July 1974. Don attended the First United Methodist Church, member of Hastings Masonic Lodge, the Shriners, Hastings Elks and Moose Lodge. He enjoyed archery, traveling, camp- ing and private piloting. Mr. Borton is survived by his wife, Rosamary; sons, Ross (Donna) Borton of Hastings, Stephen (Marcia) Borton of Vernal, Utah and Larry (Kathy) Burdick of Hickory Corners; daughters, Sharon (David) Slocum of Hastings and Carol (Dennis) Stamm of Howell; 22 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents; grandson, Joshua Stamm; granddaughter, Nellie Hess; brother, Albert Borton and sister, Jane Borton. Services were held Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home w/Rev. Kathy Brown officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). Adah F. Zerbe Martiena P. Noorman GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 12:00 p.m. Youth Fundraiser Dinner; 1:00 p.m. Annual Meeting w/Architect Presentation. 6:00 p.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77509463 MIDDLEVILLE - Adah F. Zerbe, age 99, of Middleville, passed away Friday, February 2, 2007 at the home of her daughter. Adah was born November 19, 1907 in Middleville, the daughter of Emmanuel and Mary Elliott) Sharp. She was raised in Middleville and attended Thornapple Kellogg Schools. She was married to Clare E. Zerbe on March 30, 1935. Adah was employed at Baby Bliss in Middleville as an inspector for baby clothes. She was a member of the Parmelee United Methodist Church and the Ladies Aid. Adah was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, baking bread and rolls, working in her vegetable gardens. She enjoyed sitting on her front porch in the sun watching the birds, squirrels and wild game. Adah devoted her life to her family. She was a caring, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother, always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She is survived by her daughter, Crystal (Meryl) Peake of Hastings; Three grandchildren, Tom (Janet) Peake of Hastings, Sharon (Donald) Miller of Middleville, Linda (Mark) Smitter of Middleville; eight great grandchildren, Matthew (Beth) Peake, Mark Peake (fiance Ashley Keeler), Jennifer Peake, Justine Peake, Samantha Miller, Douglas Miller, Chelsey Smitter, Trenten Smitter; great great granddaughter, Abigail Peake; several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her husband, Clare Zerbe; her parents; three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held Monday, February 5, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Lee Zachman officiating. Interment Parmelee Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ladies Aid at the Parmelee Church. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. HASTINGS -Martiena P. Noorman, age 84, of Hastings died Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Tendercare of Hastings. Mrs. Noorman was born on August 16, 1922 in the Netherlands, the daughter of Isaac and Mandrina (Voss) Luyk. She came to the United States as a child and was reared in the Grand Rapids area attended schools there. She was married to Leonard J. Noorman on November 6, 1941. She lived in the Grand Rapids/Coopersville area where she was a homemaker and also worked in restaurants and in retail sales. She was a member of Grace Wesleyan Church, enjoyed reading, doing jigsaw puzzles, traveling, music, fishing, needlepoint and embroidering. She moved to Hastings in 2003 from Grand Rapids. Mrs. Noorman is survived by her sons, Dan (Theresa) Noorman of McMillan, Leonard (Shirley) Noorman of Hastings, and Larry (Cindy) Noorman of Grand Rapids; daughter, Faye Rensland of Newberry; nine grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; brother, Hubert (Barbara) Luyk of Grand Rapids; sister, Nellie Spolstra of Escondido, CA and nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Leonard on April 25, 2005; infant son, Roger; two brothers and one sister. Services were held Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at Hastings Grace Wesleyan Church with Pastor Alvin C. Yates officiating. Burial was at Ft. Custer National Cemetery, Augusta. Memorial contributions may be made to Tendercare In-House Hospice or Grace Wesleyan Church. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). Edwin E. Harrington HASTINGS - Edwin E. Harrington, age 67, of Hastings, passed away Monday, January 29, 2007 at home. He is survived by three sisters, Shirley Raymond of Rockford, Joyce (Gene) Sanderson of Darling, South Carolina, Marilyn (Curt) Awrey of Middleville; one brother, James Harrington of Hastings; one half-brother; three half-sisters; three stepbrothers; one step-sister; many nieces and nephews. Respecting his wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. HOUSTON, TEXAS - Dorris Fletcher, a former resident of Hastings for 31 years, passed away December 17, 2006 in Houston, Texas. She lived in Hastings from 1937 to 168 as her husband, Byron K. Fletcher worked for Hastings Manufacturing Company. She loved Hastings and was very active in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Hospital Guild and numerous bridge clubs, and especially with her family and friends. She had a priceless wisdom and warmth that could not be matched. She not only lived by the golden rule but led everyone who met her to try to follow that rule. She was proud to express her faith in the Lord but did not need to preach it... she led by example. When her husband retired they moved to Bradenton, Florida for a few years then came to Houston to be nearer their family. She is survived by her daughter, Jane Fletcher White and her husband Thomas Phillips White of Houston, Texas, 5406 Olympia Fields Lane, 77069; her son, James Graham Fletcher and his fiancé, Madge Boyer, of Cypress, Texas 17103 Cypress Glade Drive, 77429; five grandchildren, Michael Graham (and Angie) Fletcher of Cypress, Texas; Stephen James (and Kim) Fletcher of Peoria, Illinois; Thomas Phillips (and Terri) White Jr. of San Antonio, Texas; Laura Jane (and Scott) Cranston of Tomball, Texas; and Stephanie Anne (and Craig) Booker of Irving, Texas. She is also survived by seven great grandchildren. Her dear husband, Byron K. Fletcher, preceded her in death September 11, 1981. A wonderful celebration of her life was held December 21, 2006 at Northwoods Presbyterian Church and she was then interned along side her husband at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Donna Jean Lambert HASTINGS – Mrs. Donna Jean Lambert, age 62, of Hastings, died Monday, February 5, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Lambert was born on July 10, 1944 at Garrett, Indiana, the daughter of Rev. Laurence and Gladys (Moor) Jewett. She was raised in Hastings/Carson City areas and attended schools there, graduating in 1962 from Carson City High School. She was married to Ollie L. Lambert on June 15, 1962 in Carson City. She was employed at Hastings Manufacturing Co. for 31 1/2 years. She was a member of Assembly of God where she taught Sunday School, Youth Leader, member Missionetts, Cradle Roll, Sunday School Superintendent, part-time piano player for the church, active in Forgotten Man Jail Ministries and was appointed associate chaplain in 1995. Mrs. Lambert is survived by daughter Laneta (Christopher) Mennell of Hastings, son Jeffrey (Aimee) Lambert of Hastings; six grandchildren; sister Sharon (Michael) Trudgeon of Hastings; loving special friend Debra Felps of Wayland; stepmother Sally Jewett of Jackson; sister-in-law Mary Jewett of Jackson; nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were parents; husband Ollie on May 16, 1984; brother David Jewett. Visitation will be at the Hastings Assembly of God Church Thursday, February 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Friday, February 9, 11 a.m. until service time. Services will be held 1 p.m. Friday, February 9, 2007 at Hastings Assembly of God. Rev. Clayton Garrison, Rev. Howard Collver and Chaplain Bill Medendorp will officiate. Burial will be at Rutland Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Forgotten Man Ministries or Assembly of God Missions, c/o Hastings Assembly of God (1674 W. State Rd.). Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com) �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 7 WOODLAND Jean (Lambert) Schwarting, aged 84, of Woodland, passed away early Monday morning, January 29, 2007. Jean and her twin brother, Jack, were born in Blanchard, on December 9, 1922 to Clare and Elner (Nelson) Lambert, and were joined later by their brother, Robert, and sister, Claire. Jean grew up in Lake Odessa and graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1941. She married Verdan Stowell in 1945. Jean and Verdon had four daughters; twins, Mary and Margaret, Linda, and Ann. Following Verdon’s death, Jean married Jean E. James HICKORY CORNERS – Jean E. James, DVM, of Hickory Corners, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, February 6, 2007. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Delbert Minshall DELTON - Delbert Minshall (Del) of Delton, passed away February 1, 2007. Del was born January 6, 1929, in Plainwell, the son of Lester “Pete” and Katherine “Belle” (Drewyor) Minshall. At age 14, he started driving trucks, and that continued to his retirement from Bradford White in 1991, with 30 years of service. Del was a former member of the Teamsters, Local 7. He enjoyed fishing, going to garage sales and finding antiques. He loved to sing with his family, and play his guitar, mandolin and fiddle. Del will be remembered for his love of jokes, his great stories, and his love and care of animals. On June 22, 1958, he married Dorothy Roberts, and she passed away October 22, 2006. Del is survived by their children, Vicky (Jerry) Morse of Hastings, Rhonda (Pete) Leinaar of Hastings, Robin (Terry) Mohrland of Allegan, Denice Quick of Delton, Billy (Nici) Minshall of Delton, Nathan (Annie) Minshall of Delton, Marcie (Tom) Aicken of Middleville, Terri (Steve) Pennepacker of Hastings; a brother, Ted (Mary) Minshall of Plainwell; sisters, Marilyn Rutherford of Plainwell, and Evelyn (Willard) Retherford of Plainwell; 28 grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; eight great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Del was also preceded in death by his parents; sons, Delbert and Ronald; and a brother, John Minshall. Funeral services were conducted Monday, February 5, 2007. Jack Zimmer speaking. Burial took place in Oak Hill Cemetery, Orangeville. Memorial contributions to Family Nutrition Program of Barry County will be appreciated. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 Frank Schwarting in November, 1956. Together, they had 42 years of friendship and marriage. Jean was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, an amazing cook, and a skilled seamstress. She made many beautiful dolls and bears in her later years. Her love of gardening and the outdoors lead her on many long walks with an appreciation for nature and bird watching. Jean and Frank even raised a fawn one spring. She had been a member of the Woodland United Methodist Church. Jean’s fun-loving spirit and sense of humor will be sadly missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clare and Elner Lambert; husbands, Verdan Stowell and Frank Schwarting; twin brother, Jack Lambert; sister, Claire Lambert; and granddaughter, Laura McDowell. Jean is survived by her daughters, Mary Kopfenstein, Marg (Ross) McDowell, Linda (Albern) Olson, and Ann DeHoog; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren; brother, Robert (Pat) Lambert; and sister-in-law, Doris Lambert. Visitation with the family will be held at the Woodland United Methodist Church on Monday, February 12, 2007 beginning at 10:00 AM, with a Memorial Service following at 11:00 AM. Memorial contributions may be made to the Woodland United Methodist Church, or the Lakewood Community Ambulance. Arrangements were made by the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. Carroll and Joyce Hughes to celebrate 60th anniversary Carroll and Joyce (Houvener) Hughes were married on February 17, 1947 in Marshall, Mich. They have spent most of their married life in the Hastings area. They raised four children, Gary (Barbara) Hughes of Rock, Mich., Belinda (Albert) Stanton of Hastings, Joy (Chris) Jacoby of Hastings, and Claudia (Keith) Hough of Allegan. The children and grandchildren are pleased to host an open house celebration for family and friends on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at the Hope Township Hall, 5463 Wall Lake Rd. (South M-43) from 3 to 5 p.m. No gifts, please. Rebecca McGuire Jarrell and Thomas W. Cruttenden will exchange wedding vows on March 23, 2007. The bride-to-be is a graduate of HewittTrussville High School in Trussville, AL and Calvin College. The future groom graduated from Hastings High School and Ferris State University. Parents of the couple are Rev. George and Myra McGuire of Austinville, Iowa and Bill and Bonnie Cruttenden of Hastings. Lyle and Velma Endsley to celebrate 70th wedding anniversary Seventy years together as husband and wife will be celebrated February 13, 2007 with an outing with their children, Joan and Ray Ward, Janet and Bob Lord, Judy and Mark Weeks, and Sharon and David Sixberry. They have 18 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and nine great-greatgrandchildren. Lyle will also be having his 94th birthday on February 17. Anniversary and birthday wishes can be sent to 416 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed J-Ad Graphics 55-37; The Terminators 53.5-38.5; Hastings Bowl 42-40; CW’s Auto 49-43; TVCCU 47-45; Good Time Pizza 4448; Yankee Zephyr 37-55; Hastings City Bank 30.5-61.5. Men’s High Games & Series - C. Steeby 203; D. Blakely 238-586; D. Benner 242-645; R. O’Keefe 212-618; Stan Hause 233-585; T. Neymeiyer 222; J. Markley 204; J. Dale 236. Women’s High Games & Series - C. O’Keefe 244-587; D. Service 160-447; M. Westbrook 169; K. Markley 147; T. Blakely 184-460; R. Miller 203. Wednesday P.M. Nothing But Truck 57 1/2; Eye and ENT 53 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 52 1/2; Seebers 48 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 45; Hair Care Center 44; At Home Real Estate 43. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 189-540; D. Seeber 171-510; L. Elliston 200-504; N. Boniface 187-480; R. Murrah 171-468; B. Smith 171-446; P. Fowler 160-430; P. Freeman 160-428; G. Potter 154-428; A. Tasker 147-396; B. Norris 117-337; S. Pennington 181; C Nighbert 162; N. Potter 161; R. Pitts 131; L. Friend 106. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 54; Hubs Crew 50; R&N 44 1/2; Pin Chasers 44; Sunday Snoozers 38; Bounty Hunters 37; Funky Bowlers 36 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 36 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 36; Karey’s Crew 31 1/2; Sandbaggers 30; Throw Them Balls 24. Womens Good Games and Series - J. Rice 223-528; B. Vugteveen 182-475; A. Churchill 167-458; N. Mroz 175-447; K. Farlee 141-404; F. Ames 158-385; C. Demott 145-382; M. Heath 187; L. Smith 185; T. Robbe 177; B. Barlow 139. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz A Beautiful New Place to Live Hastings’ Newest Affordable Senior Living Enjoy a relaxed lifestyle … Mallard Pond Village-Style Discover your retirement apartment-living options ~ Spacious One & Two-Bedroom Apartments Homes Designed for Those 55 or Better ~ Exceptional Services & Amenities Office Hours Daily from 9 to 5 or by appointment Call Today 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Mallard Pond Village is ideally located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn. 77509533 269-948-9363 www.mykmg.net/mallardpond Jarrell-Cruttenden 268-695; E. Caraway 247-677; E. Rice 211538; M. Vugteveen 164-441; T. Demott 166428; J. Shoebridge 234; T. Barlow 214; A. Robins 200; S. Farlee 198; CW Simpson 180; M. Norton 171. Friday Night Mixed Michigan Outlaws 57 1/2; UMSU 56 1/2; Spare Time 49; All But One 47; Liquid Courage 46 1/2; 4 Fools 45 1/2; 9-n-a-Wiggle 44; The Unknowns 44; Heads Out 43 1/2; Whatever 42 1/2; Ten Pins 41; Budweiser 39 1/2; Brushworks 38 1/2; Just Cuz 38; Mercy 36; Oldies But Goodies 35. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 232-595; S. Keeler 226-558; G. Otis 184-505; S. Carlson 178-475; D. Worm 163438; S. Ripley 142-402; J. Kasinsky 147-394; C. Etts 126-339; D. Rhodes 213; P. Ramey 192; L. Potter 192; E. Hammontree 179; M. Sears 176; G. Meaney 158; R. Hammontree 148; J. Bishop 134. Mens Good Games and Series - B. Bowman 241-673; K. Hammontree 236-626; M. Kasinsky 235-605; A. Taylor 212-587; J. Bartimus 244-578; K. Meaney 215-564; J. Smith 194-551; B. Ripley 193-518; A. Robins 185-511; L. Madden 177-498; M. Lydy 169488; B. Dennison 164-457; J. Barnum 213; A. Rhodes 210; L. Porter 194; D. Sears 192; D. Sanders 179; R. Chaffee 139. Senior Citizens Butterfingers 51.5-36.5; Nash’s Harem 51.5-36.5; #1 Senior 48-40; Wieland’s 47-41; Lucky Strikes 46-42; King Pins 46-42; BAT’s 43.5-44.5; Sun Risers 43-45; Friends 42-46; Kuempel 41-47; Ward’s Friends 41-47; Early Risers 39-49; M&M’s 38.5-49.5; 4 B’s 38-50. Good Games and Series Ladies - S. Merrill 189; N. Bechtel 156; J. Gasper 188; G. Otis 170-491; D. Burns 140-391; E. Moore 184-398; C. Stuart 159; P. Freeman 165-447; E. Dunham 162; Y. Markley 168459. Good Games and Series Men - R. Walker 198-525; G. Waggoner 180; B. Akers 203; H. Gibson 165; R. McDonald 214-608; D. Risher 184-533; L. Brandt 203; M. Schondelmayer 162; W. Mallekoote 174; d. Edwards 188; G. Forbey 166; R. Adgate 166476; N. Thaler 182-475; L. Markley 198-462; D. Murphy 186-444. Mixerettes Sassy Babes 56-24; NBT 55-25; Hinkles Body Shop 49-31; The Finishing Touch 4634; Dean’s Dolls 44-32; Kent Oil 42-38; Trumble Agency 40-40; Hallifax Services 3743; Old Anchor Tattoo 37-43; Dewey’s Auto Body 32-48; Girrbach’s *29-47. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - E. Ulrich 169; J. Rice 190-496; S. Nash 143; D. Anders 159444; B. Mays 236-472; D. Reagan 135-363; V. Kuhtic 175; S. Kuhtic 193-509; A. Hamp 140; A. Smith 169; M. Powers 155-384; B. Hathaway 162-449; S. VanDenburg 226; C. Hurless 158-436; L. Davis 180; N. Potter 170; L. Davis 180; K. Fowler 180-504. Heney-Cowles The proud children of Angela Heney and Edward Cowles are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their parents. Angela is the daughter of James and Susan Heney of Hastings. Edward is the son of Marlene Simon of Hastings. The wedding is being planned for late February. Marriage Licenses Karl Edward Sell, Lawrence and Erin Marie Robertson, Hastings. Daniel Scott Sackrider, Battle Creek and Jessica Ann Lilley, Battle Creek. John A. Eakins, Springfield and Sandra G. Romanek, Hastings. Branch Assistant NuUnion is a $774 million financial institution serving over 88,000 members at 14 locations. Those of us who work here get a lot of satisfaction from being able to help our members. We look for people who love to serve others and take great personal pride in their work. If this description fits you, then we invite you to take a closer look at what we have to offer. We’re currently seeking applications for a part-time Branch Assistant at our Hastings branch. What You Will Do: As a Branch Assistant, you’ll have the rewarding responsibility of delivering high-quality, professional service to our members by processing member deposits and withdrawals; opening and processing new accounts; providing general account information; and making recommendations to members that meet their needs. Successful Candidates Will Have: Customer service focus with a High School Diploma or GED. Six months cash handling and/or customer service experience (previous teller experience is a plus). What We Offer: Competitive wages (starting pay $11.09 - $11.54 based upon experience), as well as an outstanding benefits plan including: health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid holidays and vacation time; pension; 401(k); medical and dependent care accounts; tuition assistance; and on-going training opportunities. Apply for the Branch Assistant position at any of our locations; complete an online application at NuUnion.jobs; fax your resume to 517.267.7009; e-mail jobs@NuUnion.org; or mail to the address below. No phone calls, please. NuUnion Credit Union, HR Dept HB0208 501 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933-2320 NuUnion Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer 02664654 Jean (Lambert) Schwarting �Page 8 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Nude attitude Tonight the local historical society meets at the Freight House. The speaker will be Fr. Michael Carney, priest of the Woodbury Russian Orthodox Church. Visitors and guests are welcome. Meeting time is 7 p.m. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Freight House. The speaker will be John Waite giving information on Bible genealogy and other facts. Visitors are welcome. The library will be open until 5 p.m. The Fellowship Hall at Central United Methodist Church will be host for a soup lunch on Saturday noon. This is for anyone who would like a hot meal in company with Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! others. Come one, come all. It is planned to have these soup meals twice each month. This was initiated by two members who felt there may be a need. The Red Cross Blood Mobile will be back in town Monday, Feb. 19. Hours are noon to 5:45 p.m. Previous donors are usually notified by mail. If you have questions, call Marian Durkee. The Women's Fellowship of the First Congregational Church will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 14. The hostesses will be Laurel Garlinger and Marcia Raffler. The speaker will be Betty Yeiter of Lowell. The monthly flea market returns this weekend to the VFW post on Tupper Lake Street with hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The monthly grief support group sponsored by Ionia Hospice will be held at Central UMC Wednesday, Feb. 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. This is the time for the bi-monthly clinic held by the Ionia County Health Department in the basement of Central UMC Wednesday, Feb. 28. It is always the fourth Wednesday in even numbered months. The Ionia chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel (MARSP) will meet next Thursday, Feb. 15. Make reservations by Friday this week with Karen at (616) 522-1495. The speaker will be member Larry Tiejema, a county commissioner. There is now a glossy magazine published with all topics related to Ionia County. Free copies are available at the local library. It is also available by subscription. One article Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine was about the Lake Odessa Depot complex, with background on the county genealogy society which meets there. Another story a was about Lake Odessa's haunted house, which was publicized in a book about “The Haunted Heartlands.” Some former residents never saw anything unusual about it, but there are reports from years ago of very strange happenings. There are feature stories on some businesses of the county, all in all, it is an entertaining piece, very attractive with ample photographs. Saturday's “Big Chill” brought lots of bitter cold wind and blowing snow. The TV screen had dozens of cancellations listed across the bottom as each program came and went. On Sunday morning there was a very long list of closed churches but there was also the notice that the Woodland Fireman's Pancake Breakfast would be held as scheduled. Reports are that they had very good attendance. At Central UMC, the Fret Not musical group could not make it, but Von Goodemoot was there as worship leader, Karol Reiser was organist, the choir was on hand with Ginny Kruisenga back from Florida to direct and the pews held a few dozen worshipers. Hugh Peacock was notified last week of the death of his granddaughter who was a college freshman at Canton, where she lived with her father, Mark, and her mother Daryn. Her funeral was on Friday. She had an older brother. The Grand Rapids Press reports that the Lowell girls’ varsity basketball coach Dee Crowley has resigned for several reasons, one of which is to see her daughter play basketball in college. Dee is a Lakewood graduate, daughter of Julie and the late Don Westendorp. She will continue to teach business education classes at Lowell High School where her teams have compiled a 147-22 record. Her husband, Dale, is former Barry County prosecutor. We read that ICNB is expanding into Hastings with a new building. Now on the financial pages we read that ICNB is selling to Alma-based Firstbank Co. ICNB owns Austin Mortgage Company. Newborn Babies BOY, Camron Ryan, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 29, 2007 at 6:26 a.m. to Jennifer Felder of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Mari Jane, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 29, 2007 at 8:00 to Rebecca and Robert Elkins of Orangeville. Weighing 9 lbs. 4 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alonha Leigh, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 29, 2007 at 12:46 p.m. to Autum Shriver and Joshua Sleight of Yankee Springs. Weighing 6 lbs. 5 ozs. 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Ethan Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 25, 2007 at 9:58 p.m. to Andrea Rose and Scott Swanson of Kentwood. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 1/2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Ryan Andrew, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 26, 2007 at 12:06 a.m. to Roy and Tara Wise of Woodland. Weighing 9 lbs. 6 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Ethan Lee Hoover, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 27, 2007 at 2:40 p.m. to Tabitha Rasmussen and Justin Hoover of Nashville. Weighing 5 lbs. 5 ozs. and 18 inches long. GIRL, Alilia Ilene, born at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 24, 2007 at 8:40 p.m. to Chris and JeNae Hola of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and 20 inches long. Dear Annie: I am 34, and my wife is 24. We've been married for two years, and I am the happiest man alive. She is everything you could ask for in a wife and lover, except for one thing. My wife is a nudist. We have a rather private backyard and a pool, so she just hops in the pool in the buff with never a concern that someone might see her. I had only met her family on two occasions before we wed, but when they came to visit, they all went swimming in the nude (her father, mother and brother). I was somewhat taken aback, but figured, "when in Rome." However, a UPS driver delivered a package the other day, and my wife answered the door wearing panties and an open blouse. She wasn't wearing a bra, and she has a fabulous figure. When I said this was a little inappropriate, her answer was, "He's old enough to be my father." Last week, she called me at work and asked if I could come home early as she wanted me to meet her brother's best friend. When I got home, they were all swimming in the nude. When my wife got out of the pool, I can tell you that her brother's friend was not looking at her like a sister. I don't think she is promiscuous, but how can she treat her body so trivially? She has an advanced degree, a wonderful job and is very religious. Am I just an old fogey? -Bradenton, Fla. Dear Bradenton: Not at all. Your wife may be a nudist, but she is also an exhibitionist. She enjoys going without clothes and likes others to see her that way. Insist, as a sign of respect for you, that she cover up when nonrelatives are present, especially when she answers the door, for heaven's sake. She could get into serious trouble doing that, no matter how old the deliveryman is. For oldyweds? Dear Annie: My sister's best friend died last spring. My sister has known the best friend's live-in boyfriend for 15 years. In September, they took a trip together, and by October, they were engaged. They married in Hawaii two weeks ago, but don't plan to live together for nearly a year, because they each have their own home and it will take time to consolidate living quarters. Once that's done, they will have a reception for family and friends. This is her second marriage and his first. Both of them are in their 50s. What is the protocol as to gifts? -- Perplexed Sister Dear Perplexed: The same as for any other newlyweds, regardless of their living circumstances -- you wish them well and send a gift. If their combined homes mean they don't need anything, you can send a bottle of wine, a gift certificate to a restaurant or theater, a donation to their favorite charity or anything else you think they might enjoy. Live with choice Dear Annie: Your advice to "Wishing I Never Had an Office Romance" was dead wrong. She made a terrible mistake by divorcing her husband and marrying "Hal," who has been ill, but now she wants to be back with her ex. She has 18 years and some children invested in her ex-husband and only two years with Hal. I believe she owes her family much more than she owes her new husband. I also think her ex would respect her if she corrects her mistake while she has the chance, rather than live to be a miserable old woman knowing she let her family get away. Hal will survive. -- Believe in Forgiveness and Family Dear Believe: You weren't the only reader who disagreed, but we think this woman needs to grow up and take responsibility for her decisions. She shouldn't toss away her current marriage vows because, oops, she changed her mind. Again. She needs to earn her way to maturity or her choices are meaningless. Excessive expense? Dear Annie: Last year, my son and I moved into my boyfriend's home. I pay half the utilities and spend almost $400 a month on gro- 401(k) rollovers made easy Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77509502 02664542 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC ceries for all of us, including "Tom's" 12year-old daughter. I also paid for half of his new washer, dryer and refrigerator. When we go out for dinner, I'm always the one who pays, and we use my car. I keep the house clean, wash, iron, make lunches, etc. He never lifts a finger. The other day, Tom told me I should pay half of his mortgage and the costs of remodeling his house inside and out. He says I'm obligated because I live there. He says the remodeling will cost thousands, and if I don't have the money, I should take out a loan. Annie, I feel I'm being taken advantage of and don't think I should pay for anything more. My expenses are higher now than when I was single. To top it off, every time Tom gets mad at me, he kicks me out of the house and then apologizes. We both make the same amount of money. I'm considering moving out. What do you think? -- Miserable and Broke Dear Miserable: There is nothing wrong with paying for half the costs of your living arrangements, including rent, utilities, groceries, repair bills, etc. That includes half (not all) the cost of entertainment. However, the house is in Tom's name. He can kick you out whenever he wants, which is not good for you or your son. He also can sell the house, and you won't get a penny. If he wants half the mortgage and remodeling costs, the house should be in both your names, but frankly, Tom doesn't sound like a good risk for a permanent relationship, and we don't think you should entangle your finances with his. If you are financially better off without him, it's time to move out. My solo life Dear Annie: I was married 35 years to my beloved husband. Our sex life was good until the last five years before he passed away. Since his death, I've had sexual desires that I've taken care of with self-gratification. I don't wish to date, as it feels like cheating, and with all the sexually transmitted diseases these days, I would be afraid to become intimate. I feel extremely guilty about what I do, but it relieves the pressure. Am I wrong to do it? -- Lonely in Indiana Dear Lonely: No. Masturbation is a perfectly normal sexual outlet. We understand your reluctance to date, but it would be healthy for you to get back into the game. You were blessed with a long and loving marriage, and unless you prefer solitude, we doubt your husband would want you to be alone. If someone offers to introduce you to an available man, please consider it. No child left behind Dear Annie: I am responding to "A Parent in Any School," who was appalled that some children do not go on field trips because of the cost. "Parent" should ask her school to adopt a policy that says no child will be prevented from participating in a field trip based on financial need or physical handicap. In my district, children who could not afford trips were given "scholarships" through the school. PTOs often provided money, and, on occasion, individual parents donated for that purpose. If the school felt some children could not participate in a trip because of their physical needs, an alternative field trip was planned. In other words, either everyone went on a trip or no one did. Thus, the school system did not discriminate among children based on financial resources or physical abilities. Just thought you might like to know that one indicator of an effective school system is that it takes care of all of its children in all situations. -- D.H., Retired Principal, Lexington, Mass. Dear D.H.: Several teachers and principals wrote us, saying their schools also have such policies in place. We hope all schools will follow suit. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 2 “The Park” Consider Benefits Before Changing Jobs An overhead shot of Charlton Park. I met Mr. Tyler on occasion and know that I, along with many, many more relatives and friends, will miss seeing him around. At the steam shows would be many events held to demonstrate their use many years ago. There would be races held. Harry Woodmansee would climb the ramp with his engine, and threshing sawmilling, shingle milling and power tests exhibited by those steam power plants of long ago. Many small steam and gasoline engines were exhibited and run. Also, a huge diesel would be “fired up” and run. There were many huge gasoline and kerosene, and distillate fueled engines and tractors. The auto shows came later (antique autos). In the early days of the park; Irving held many Indian and Old Pioneer Picnics before the museum was built. The Indians would come from Bradley, Mt. Pleasant and all about Michigan and put on log rollings in the river, Indian dances and ceremonies. They made many prominent people, along with Charlton, honorary chiefs. Also, a ballgame would be held, and the Indians would camp on the park. One time in the 1940s while I was operating Charlton’s farm, he came and asked me if some of the Indians could sleep in the barn on the hay, as long as they do not smoke in it.” In the morning after, when I went to the barn early to milk and do the chores, “I had a barn full of Indians” wrapped in blankets and sleeping in the new hay. The Indians would display and sell the artifacts, baskets, etc., they had made. At that time in the 1930s and 1940s, there was a very old Indian lady they called “Grandma.” She was 100 years or older. I believe her name was Sprague. On Sunday mornings, the Indians would have religious services and also the “whites” held Sunday services. Many people attended. There was country music and square dances held with seats and stage made from C.K.and S. Railroad ties and plank. Country fiddlers, banjo, guitar and piano players furnished the music. Fred Smith, father of Mrs. Chester Wilder of “Stony Point,” came up from Hillsdale along with his two sons, Kenneth and Glen, and Chet Wilder also played and as they were experts. A good time was had by all. Fred Smith was a country fiddler and played for dances for many years. Glen Smith and his wife, Ola, lived at Stony Point for a year or two and played music for P.T.A. programs and and other parties in the 1930s. Glen played a banjo and Ola played an organ or piano. Those were the days before radios were common and music was heard at the fairs or a movie or perhaps a record player hand-crafted and spring-wound. The steam shows were held across the river at Dave Barry’s for a few years after Mr. Charlton passed away and are now held near Mason, Mich. Dave Barry, a neighbor and friend of Irving’s, helped to care for the park and museum, as did others, until a more permanent arrangement could be made as Mr. Charlton spent all his time caring for it and it is a 24-hour-a-day task. Just before his passing, he had been busy laying out an area for camping where the village now is, as it was then necessary to have it where it could be watched and controlled. In the 1930s, when I first became acquainted with the area which is now the park, there were two frame houses on it. The one was on the rise to the left of the south entrance and the other was to the north, on the left of the north entrance, but several rods up from it. There are some large oak trees there and it can be seen there had been a house there. It was moved or razed in the 1940s. People lived in the south house from time to time as the marsh was then being worked and they raised onions and cabbage. Irving did live there for a time along with some of his hired help. Just below and to the right of the drive was a building and Charlton had a sawmill there. He sawed logs for those who brought them in but later traded the mill for, “guess what,” Indian arrowheads and artifacts. In the north house, Irving had dances at times, usually Saturday night. I was there several times and they would square dance mostly. The reason Irving had the dances was to get people around to play pedro. He cared nothing about the dancing. He loved to play pedro and when he was living in the stone house on the farm, local men would come and play, sometimes until daylight – Merle Varney, Ward Weiler, Gus Furniss, Loren Lewis, Harry Hinkley, Shirley Gillespie and myself, of course. Anytime he could get enough to play a game, he would. He took it very seriously and played as though his farm was at stake. He would laugh and have a great time. Sometimes he had some beer on hand or cider and he would say,”you don’t get a drink until I win a game” and we didn’t. Irving when at home, always sat in an armchair he had built. He placed a wide board across the arms and used it to write on or play solitaire, when alone, or not reading. As one passed by his home late at night, you could see him sitting there, sometimes I am sure a lonely man. Nothing seemed to please him more than the card games with his friends. I sure do miss those times, too, as many others do, as some often mention it. As to who played the music for the dances, I just cannot remember, but I do know everyone had a good time in those long ago days, when fun did not cost many dollars. Today most of our so called fun is bought. In those days, one had to make it, and I am sure we were all better friends and neighbors for it. After 1937, the upper house was used to store park tables and benches in the winter season. If you are thinking of switching jobs - especially in mid-to-late career - you'll want to pay careful attention to the benefits offered by your new employer. At this stage of your life, you've got a lot to protect. For starters, you'll need to take a close look at your new employer's retirement plan. If your new job comes with a 401(k), find out when you'll be eligible to contribute, if there's an employer match and if the match also applies to "catch-up" contributions you can make after age 50. You'll also want to find out if your new plan will accept a rollover of your old 401(k). If it does, and if you like the investment options that come with your new plan, you may want to make this move. In any case, if your new job does offer a 401(k), take full advantage of it. Contribute as much as you can afford and increase your contributions whenever you get a raise. Look carefully at your investment options and spread your money among them in a way that reflects your risk tolerance, long-term goals and time horizon. And no matter how much you like your new job, don't "overload" your 401(k) plan with company stock - a downturn in your employer's fortunes could drag its stock price down for quite some time. Of course, not all companies have 401(k) plans. If your new employer offers a "defined benefit" plan - the traditional pension that pays benefits based on years of service you'll want to ask a lot of questions about the plan's solvency. As you may know, many pension plans are currently underfunded or face other major problems. If you are concerned about a potential new employer's financial status, you might want to visit the company's Web site and search under "investor information" for documents such as the annual report and filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Beyond Retirement Plans Your new employer's retirement plan isn't the only benefit you'll need to evaluate when weighing a job offer. You'll also want to consider the following: * Disability insurance - Have you ever thought what would happen to your family and your long-term financial goals if you became disabled and couldn't work? Disability insurance can help protect you against this risk. Some employers offer shortterm disability coverage as an employee benefit. But if your former employer offered disability insurance, and your prospective new employer doesn't, you may have to purchase your own coverage. * Life insurance - Some employers also offer life insurance as an employee benefit. Even if you are not that far from retirement, life insurance can play an important part in your financial strategy, so the presence or absence of an employer-backed life insurance policy is a factor you'll want to consider before taking a new job. A new job may offer you more money and the chance to do work that you will enjoy. But before you make the move, take a close look at the benefits package - it can play a big role in your comprehensive financial strategy. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 37.51 +.42 Anheuser Busch 50.66 -.34 CMS Energy Corp. 17.63 +.92 Coca-Cola Co. 48.05 +.24 DaimlerChrysler 63.07 +.34 Dow Chemical Co. 41.76 +.52 Exxon Mobil 75.46 +1.07 Family Dollar Stores 33.17 +1.57 First Financial Bancorp 16.43 -.01 Ford Motor Co. 8.54 +.34 General Motors 33.43 +.81 Intl. Bus. 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Box 290 Hastings, MI 49058 Ph. 269-945-1696 fax 269-945-3162 www. hoc-mi.com Email:melissar@hoc-mi.com 06646192 �Page 10 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS The City of Hastings is soliciting bids for a Fire Truck Intercom System and a Washer/Extractor for the Fire Department. Complete bid specifications are available from the Fire Chief. The City of Hastings Reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Vendors selected must agree not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, or disability status. Bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package - “Fire Department Intercom Bid” or “Fire Department Washer/Extractor Bid”. Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 2:00 Pm, on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and read aloud. Roger Caris Fire Chief 77509576 City of Hastings Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination on a Brownfield Plan for the proposed River East Residential and River East Commercial Development Project (Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Property), Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Site #1. (The Brownfield Plan was approved in a public meeting by the Hastings Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on January 24, 2007.) The property subject to the proposed Brownfield Plan includes the following parcels, commonly described as the Hastings Manufacturing Co. “Piston Ring” Site: 08-55-001-001-00 08-55-001-005-00 08-55-001-004-00 08-55-001-123-00 The property subject to the proposed Brownfield Plan is located north of M-37/Green Street, directly north of the Thornapple River and south of East State Road including portions of East Mill Street, East Thorn Street, East High Street, North Hanover Street, North Boltwood Street, North East Street, First Street and the Butler Creek. Maps, plats and a description of the proposed Brownfield Plan are available for public inspecction at City Hall, 201 East State Streeet, Hastings, Michigan. Further information may be obtained by contacting the Department of Community Development at (269) 945-2468. All aspects of the Brownfield Plan are open for discussion at the public hearing. 77509397 Thomas Emery City Clerk HASTINGS TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR LEACH LAKE WEED CONTROL To: The Residents and Property Owners of Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Leach Lake Weed Control Special Assessment District No. 01 and Any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Supervisor of the Township has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared by him covering each parcel within the Leach Lake Weed Control Special Assessment District No. 01 benefited by the proposed weed control project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs for a lake management program for the control of weeds and/or algae in Leach Lake for the 2007 through 2011 seasons and work incidental thereto within the aforesaid Special Assessment District as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Township Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at Hastings Township Hall, 885 River Road, within the Township, which assessment is in the approximate amount of $16,820.00 ($3,364.00 yearly) with an estimated yearly per parcel cost of $161.79 plus legal and publication expenses for a total of $4,300.00 for the first year. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $161.79 per parcel with first year to be in the amount of approximately $215.00 per parcel. For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Hastings Township Hall at 885 River Road, on February 13, 2007 commencing at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. An owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. After the public hearing is closed, the Township Board may confirm the roll as submitted or as revised or amended; may provide for payment of special assessments in installments with interest on the unpaid balance; and may provide by Resolution for any and all such other matters as are permitted by law with regard to Special Assessments for a lake management program for the control of weeds and/or algae in Leach Lake. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Hastings Township will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities upon reasonable notice to the Hastings Township Clerk of the need for the same. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the office of the Township Clerk in writing or by calling the undersigned Clerk at least five days prior to the hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, in person or by representative, and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77509026 HASTINGS TOWNSHIP Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk 885 River Road Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas A Everling and Linda S Everling, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated June 25, 2004 and recorded July 8, 2004 in Instrument #1130559 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-OP1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Three Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($139,903.69) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Olson Subdivision according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 16 Commonly known as 216 Lakeview Dr, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004OP1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77509569 Our File No: 07-64017 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Ricky R. Ramsey and Beverly K. Ramsey, his wife, to Waterfield Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 19, 1987 and recorded May 20, 1987 in Liber 451 Page 248 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Mortgage PassThrough Certificates 1996-R1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-One Thousand Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($31,090.36) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of said Section 4, thence East on the Section line 1047.25 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 100 feet; thence South 400 feet; thence West 100 feet; thence North to the place of beginning, C THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel Moon and Tanya M. Stephens, as joint tenants, to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2005 and recorded September 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152029, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Seven and 49/100 Dollars ($102,637.49) including interest at 7.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutlander, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Meadow Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 3. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77508885 File No. 199.3602 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracie Farrah and Jamie Farrah, Wife and Husband, to Bayrock Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005 and recorded September 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152444, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Services Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 13/100 Dollars ($157,648.13) including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1385 feet of the North one-half of the South one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, except the North 440 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509543 File No. 199.3674 — NOTICE — THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul J. Rancour and Jalayne L. Rancour, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded September 1, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133356, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eleven and 68/100 Dollars ($86,811.68) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 10 and 17 of Hardendorf Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 72, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509210 File No. 199.3167 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Erik M. Dayus, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 3, 2004, and recorded on December 22, 2004 in instrument 1139096, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-One And 82/100 Dollars ($108,831.82), including interest at 6.77% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11 of Irving Charlton's Subdivision, According to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 9, of Plats, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126706F01 77509149 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission has scheduled a meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. The originally scheduled Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 has been cancelled. Also, the originally scheduled Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, is cancelled. All business originally scheduled for that date will be moved to Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. 77509451 Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN CHARLTON PARK? The Board of Commissioners and Parks & Recreation Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at the Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, MI. Refreshments will be served. For more information contact County Administration at (269) 945-1284. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aides and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 10 days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1284. 77509001 — NOTICE — THE SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY WILL HOLD THEIR BUDGET HEARING FOR THE 2007-2008 FISCAL YEAR AT THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING, FEBRUARY 19, 2007, 1:00 P.M. AT BARRY TOWNSHIP HALL, 155 E. ORCHARD RD., DELTON. A COPY OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ON FILE AT THE SOUTHWEST BARRY COUNTY SEWER & WATER AUTHORITY OFFICE LOCATED AT 11191 S. M43, DELTON, MI 49046 77509562 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Planning & Zoning Board. There are two positions open. Applicants for both positions must not reside within a city or village. One of the positions must be a School Board member or a School Administrator. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509484 — NOTICE — PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS THE REGULAR TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2007 @ 7:00 P.M. IS RESCHEDULED FOR: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007 7:00 P.M. 77509550 AT THE: PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP HALL 10115 S. NORRIS RD., DELTON, MI 49046 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward H. Marshall and Nichole L. Marshall, Husband and Wife, to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 2000 and recorded May 9, 2000 in Instrument Number 1044062, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred SixtySeven and 15/100 Dollars ($119,767.15) including interest at 12.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East 396.44 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds East 572.27 feet to the centerline of Head Road; thence along said centerline South 64 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds West 84.26 feet; thence Southwesterly 115.74 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the left, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord which bears South 59 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West 115.54 feet to the place of beginning.; thence North 82 degrees 17 minutes 54 seconds East 61.39 feet to the Southeasterly right of way line of Head Road; thence South 01 degrees 58 minutes 14 seconds East 45.31 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 04 seconds East 326.90 feet to the Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence South 55 degrees 39 minutes 38 seconds West 178.85 feet along said Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence North 80 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds West 384.79 feet; thence Northeasterly 322.19 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord of which bears North 37 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds East 317.96 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northwesterly 33 feet thereof for Head Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509021 File No. 231.5388 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24696-DE Estate of LUCILLE LAFOUNTAINE. Date of Birth: May 2, 1940. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, LUCILLE LAFOUNTAINE, who lived at 12840 9 MILE ROAD, ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, Michigan died January 2, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to LESTER LAFOUNTAINE, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 LESTER LAFOUNTAINE 12840 9 MILE ROAD PLAINWELL, MI 49080 77509560 (269) 672-5968 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152106, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven And 25/100 Dollars ($122,911.25), including interest at 15.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 11, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41; together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508972 File #124878F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Annette Erway, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 8, 2006, and recorded on April 10, 2006 in instrument 1162441, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand FiftyOne And 55/100 Dollars ($116,051.55), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said section; Thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 616.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; Thence North 89 degrees 45 minutes 11 seconds East 250.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 100.00 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 11 seconds West 250.00 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 100.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126428F01 77509077 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by TPR Ventures, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("Mortgagor"), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgage Company”), dated October 28, 2005, and recorded on November 3, 2005, at Document No. 1155669, Barry County Register of Deeds, is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest accruing at 9.25% per annum, fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Four Hundred Ten Thousand One Hundred NinetySeven and 05/100 Dollars ($410,197.05). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, on Thursday, March 8, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Mortgage Company pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale is located in situated in Barry County, State of Michigan, described as follows: Lot 51, of Kotbra Park Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 29, Barry County Records Real Property Tax Identification Number: 08-16110-027-00 More Commonly Known as 1950 Archwood Drive, Wayland, Michigan 49348 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 1 2007 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb (P27631) Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP Attorneys for Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 553-3545 77509400 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melanie K. Garrett and George D. Garrett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160176, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred and 52/100 Dollars ($91,500.52) including interest at 10.74% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 18, except commencing at a point 97 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition, thence East 35 feet, thence North 19.5 feet, thence Southwest to a point of beginning, in Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509016 File No. 199.3434 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Loretta Pezet, a Single Woman to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005, in Instrument Number: 1151447, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Loan Trust, Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W2 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of April 1, 2005, without recourse. by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 20/100 ($106,647.20) including interest at the rate of 7.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, of Block 1 of the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. 157 Maple Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77509064 Our File No. 141.00253 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn C. Gahan and Alice M. Gahan, husband and wife, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 13, 2003 and recorded July 11, 2003 in Instrument Number 1108278, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($103,529.99) including interest at 10.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 8 Block 15 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3648 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark Cinco and Julie L. Cinco, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded September 29, 2003 in Instrument Number 1114353, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 39/100 Dollars ($85,849.39) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 4 rods of the South 8 rods of Lot 100; The City (formerly Village) of Hastings. Being the same property conveyed to Mark Cinco married by deed from Mada Gilmore and Michael Gilmore, single, Teresa Pash, married, survivors of Anna Sylvester (deceased), recorded 12/27/2001 in Deed Book/Page 1072074. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509583 File No. 207.6624 77509011 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Darrell Fenstermacher, a single man, of 15432 220th Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated May 7, 2002, and recorded on May 14, 2002, in Instrument No. 1080497 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($123,408.11), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 9.45%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE TO HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on March 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Thornapple Township, Barry County and which are described as follows: Parcel “A”: That part of the SW fractional 1/4,Section 30, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said SW fractional 1/4 which is N00º26’47” E200.00 feet from the SW corner of Section 30; thence N00º26’47” E1122.04 feet along said West line; thence N89º48’27” E628.93 feet along the North line of the S 1/2 of said SW fractional 1/4; thence S 00º22’33” W1121.26 feet; thence S 89º44’15” W630.31 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements of record and to Highway Right-of-Way for Patterson Avenue. This parcel contains 16.211 across including Highway R.O.W. Parcel No. 08-014-030-003-00 which has an address of 3160 Patterson Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333. The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 31, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 PUT YOUR 06645230 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty Cents ($120,754.60) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Donald L Risher, a single man by deed dated August 13, 1996 and recorded August 20, 1996 in Deed Book 669, Page 992, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan Commonly known as 1025 E Mill Street, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-63945 77509564 TAX Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Neil Joseph Gaudard a/k/a Neil J. Gaudard and Shirley Anne Gaudard, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 9, 1999, and recorded on February 16, 1999 in instrument 1025273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Thirty-Eight And 71/100 Dollars ($81,038.71), including interest at 9.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 Ottland Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 51. Also a parcel in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13; thence South 90 feet; thence West 85 feet; thence North 90 feet; thence East 84 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509221 File #127289F01 Hope Township Special board Meeting Synopsis Jan. 16, 2007 4 Board members present SWBCS&WA. Attorney Jim White, Mark Doster Sewer Administrator and Scott Monroe Sewer Manager and no guests. Approved: Resolution to Approve Agreement Re: Long and Cloverdale Lakes Sewer Extension. Agreement Re: Long and Cloverdale Lakes Sewer Extension. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77509466 Patricia Albert, Supervisor REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509595 �Page 12 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147753, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($23,924.96), including interest at 12.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77508868 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Frank W. Urias and Paula J. Urias, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166179, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand One Hundred Three and 81/100 Dollars ($91,103.81) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6, of H. J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509538 File No. 285.1046 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Doug Healy and Jeannette Healy, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156455, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-One And 42/100 Dollars ($120,991.42), including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as commencing 1344.5 feet North of the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the said Southeast 1/4; thence North 165 feet; thence East 165 feet; thence South 165 feet; thence West 165 feet to the Place pf Beginning, except the highway right-of-way of the West side thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118159F02 77509245 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Marcia E. Audette and Vincent J. Audette and Ruth F. Clemens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to TCF National Bank, a national banking association, Mortgagee, dated July 16, 2004, and recorded on July 21, 2004 in instrument 1131169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Fifty-Seven And 82/100 Dollars ($146,057.82), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the South 60 acres of the North 100 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as beginning at a point on the West line of said Section 12, distant North 1465 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 12 and running thence North 330 feet, thence East 264, thence South 330 feet, thence West 264 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental unit in any part thereof taken, used or deeded for street, road or highway purposes; subject to easement for highway purposes over and across the West side of subject premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128132F01 77509454 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of Duane O. Wilkes and Margaret M. Wilkes Revocable Living Trust dated. TO ALL CREDITORS; NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Margaret M. Wilkes, who lived at 7440 Woodschool Road, Freeport, Michigan died 12-21-2006 leaving a certain trust under the name of Duane O. Wilkes and Margaret M. Wilkes Revocable Living Trust, and dated July 12, 2001, wherein the decedent was the Settlor and JoAn L. Douglas was named as the trustee serving at the time of or as a result of the decedents death. Creditors of the decedent and of the trust are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to JoAn L. Douglas the named trustee at 745 South Batchewana, Clawson, Michigan within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 1-30-2007 ROBERT L. BYINGTON 222 WEST APPLE STREET, P.O. BOX 248 HASTINGS, MI 49058 269-945-9557 JOAN DOUGLAS 745 SOUTH BATCHEWANA 77509554 CLAWSON, MI 48017 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nancy Stephen and Stephen Stephens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2002, and recorded on October 30, 2002 in instrument 1090502, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Seventeen And 25/100 Dollars ($94,717.25), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along the North and South 1/4 Line 1172.5 Feet, Thence West to the Westerly Line of M-43 for Beginning, Thence West 610.5 Feet, Thence South 117 Feet, Thence East 610.5 Feet, Thence North Along Highway to Beginning, Except Commencing at the North 1/4 Post of Section 9, Thence South 1172.5 Feet, Thence West to the Westerly Line of M-45 for Beginning, Thence West 238.25 Feet, Thence South 100 Feet, Thence East 238.25 Feet, Thence North 100 Feet to Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #010821F04 77509250 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24693-DE Estate of Joanne Koets, Deceased. Date of Birth: September 4, 1916. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Joanne Koets, who lived at 6943 Noffke Drive, Caledonia, Michigan, 49316 died February 24, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Gary Koets, personal representative or to both the probate court at 220 West Court Street, Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP Mark B. Periard P58787 900 Fifth Third Center, 111 Lyon Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 (616) 752-2483 Gary Koets 316 Straight Ave., NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 456-8957 77509552 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary A. Fueri, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 in instrument 1137131, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee. Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004. Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-WWF1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($87,146.01), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 7 and 8 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West across said Lots through the center of a well on Lot 7 and the East 20 Feet of Lot 9 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West through the center of a well located on Lot 7 of said Addition, according to the Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118534F02 77509070 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul D Patrick and Stephanie E Patrick, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated October 13, 2004 and recorded October 20, 2004 in Liber 2746 Page 804 , and re-recorded on January 10, 2007 in Instrument # 1174857 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Sixty-Six Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($161,066.42) including interest 8.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Plainwell, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: that part of the West 25 acres of the East half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West described as commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 19; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on the North line of said Section, 1362.70 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West parallel to the North and South eighth line of the Northeast one-quarter, 233.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel to the North section line, 411.65; thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds East, 233.00 feet North section line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West on said section line, 411.65 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over the East 66 feet thereof. Subject to highway right of way over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Nine Mile Road. Commonly known as 12215 9 Mile Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JANUARY 22, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-59149(HSBC) ASAP# 819096 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007, 02/15/2007 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by ROBERT L. PAGE and CARRIE A. PAGE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to THE HUNTINGTON MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated February 25, 1999, and recorded on October 4, 1999, in Document No. 1036079, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents ($119,828.32), including interest at 6.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 32, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 32, A DISTANCE OF 881.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST 440.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 550.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 130.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE 665.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH AN INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT WITH OTHERS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 32 WHICH LIES SOUTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 632.00 FEET FROM THE SOUTH 1 / 4 POST OF SAID SECTION 32; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 115.29 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS WEST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 884.67 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS EAST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 120.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 23 SECONDS WEST 27.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST, 855.33 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41 MINUTES 31 SECONDS EAST, 302.36 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 37 SECONDS WEST 144.72 FEET TO SAID SOUTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 66.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-014-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 13, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508875 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SHERIFF’S SALE - Default has been made in the payment of condominium assessments by the owner of the subject unit, Warren Menck, single, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company. There is claimed to be due and owing, over and above all legal setoffs, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Three and 10/100 Dollars ($171,303.10) to the association, exclusive of any costs, interest, fines, attorney fees and future assessments. Pursuant to MCLA §559.208 a notice of lien was recorded on August 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1132907, Barry County Records, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that the lien will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet along the East-West one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.0 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 21 minutes 40 seconds West, 304.99 feet; thence North 29 degrees 02 feet 52 seconds West, 115.06 feet; thence North 02 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East, 239.80 feet, thence North 56 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds East, 480.84 feet to the point of beginning. Together with an easement for ingress and egress to be used jointly with others over a strip of land 66 feet in width, the Westerly line of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West one-quarter line of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, distant South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.00 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet; thence North 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds West, 480.84 feet to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §559.208 (2), in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.4192 77509578 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Gilbert, A Single Man as his sole, seperate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 9, 2004, and recorded on December 17, 2004 in instrument 1138859, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Sixty-Five And 00/100 Dollars ($200,065.00), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The west 10 acres of the northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of section 26, town 4 north, range 8 west, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508992 File #125158F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas L. Morey, II, A Married Man and Sarah H. Morey, His Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Premier Mortgage Lending, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 4, 2005 in instrument 1145941, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Chase Home Finance, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 48/100 Dollars ($104,171.48), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 3 of Daniel Stricker's Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127907F01 77509442 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison Douglas Howell AKA Madison D. Howell and Linda Howell AKA Linda L. Howell, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 18, 2005 in instrument 1146744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 05/100 Dollars ($138,138.05), including interest at 17.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit No. 13, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41, together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508966 File #124891F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 13 Hastings City Bank supports Green Gables Haven with funds LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by VICKI AKERS, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, GREAT LAKES MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005, in Document No. 1147752, and assigned by said mortgagee to NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Five Hundred NinetySix Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($95,596.73), including interest at 7.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on February 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of THORNAPPLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 23, MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 4. TAX ID NO. 41-150-023-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 11, 2007 NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77508873 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Keith M. Hoot and Tonya F. Hoot, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2004, and recorded on October 6, 2004 in instrument 1135059, and rerecorded on March 2, 2005 in instrument 1142128, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Fifteen And 70/100 Dollars ($231,015.70), including interest at 10.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 60 Acres of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Except a Parcel described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; Thence East on 1/4 Line 16 Rods; thence South Parallel with the East Line of said Section 20 Rods, thence West at right angles parallel with the South Section Line 16 Rods to the North and South 1/4 Line; thence North on 1/4 Line to Beginning. Also, excepting there from a parcel of land described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 264.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds East along said East and West 1/4 line 660.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds East, parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section, 334.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West parallel with said East and West 1/4 line, 660.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds West parallel with said North and South 1/4 line 334.00 feet to said East and West 1/4 line and the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126531F01 77509058 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 33/100 Dollars ($238,733.33), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127353F01 77509478 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Aspinall and Carrie Aspinall, husband and wife, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005 and recorded April 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144391, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred TwentyOne Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Six and 17/100 Dollars ($121,186.17) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence North 89 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds East 1129.31 feet along the South line of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 49.41 feet to the North right of way line for Highway M-79 and the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 358.66 feet to South Railroad Row ; thence continuing North 89 degrees 31 minutes 04 seconds East 220.00 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds East 348.94 feet to the North right of way for Highway M-79; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 198.17 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 27 seconds East 10.0 feet along said right of way; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 21.90 feet along said right of way to the place of beginning. Make and Model: Century and 2005 Serial Number: MY05 122677ABK Length and Width: 68 X 26 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0923 Pictured receiving the check from Mark Kolanowski, president and CEO of Hastings City Bank, is Christine Hiar, director of the shelter. Hastings City Bank has made a donation of $2,500 to Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter. City Bank CEO Mark Kolanowski said, "It’s a pleasure to support a cause that is making such a positive impact in our community. The need for this shelter is great and Hastings City Bank is committed to helping make certain those needs continue to be met." This donation will underwrite costs associated with the annual dinner and auction which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Walldorff Brew Pub and Bistro in Hastings. Hiar stated that "Hastings City Bank has been our longest running sponsor. They support us unconditionally and we really appreciate that support." She noted that she has a wonderful group of volunteers who have worked hard to collect some incredible items for the auction this year. "We have items of interest to everyone, from a kayak to overnight trips to a handmade quilt and much more." Interested community members who would like to support this event are invited to call Christine Hiar at 269-945-0526 for more information or tickets for the dinner auction. All proceeds will benefit Green Gables Haven. This is the largest fund-raiser of the year for the shelter. Hastings City Bank is a full service community bank with six branches, located in Bellevue, Caledonia, Hastings, Middleville, Nashville and Wayland. FOSTER, continued from page 5 serve as a support and stabilizing influence when removal from their home of birth is ordered by the court." The F2F initiative also emphasizes keeping siblings together, which has been proven to be of utmost importance in helping foster children succeed. As a result of this new focus, the DHS information packet sent to inquirers now emphasizes the need in Barry County for foster homes in Delton, Hastings, Middleville and Nashville. Delton Kellogg, Hastings, Lakewood, Maple Valley and Thornapple Kellogg school districts are specifically mentioned. Mueller-Hayes goes on to say that, "Foster homes are needed to allow for a good match between foster children and foster families in these communities." IBesides needing homes in the above mentioned communities, homes are especially needed anywhere in Barry County to take even one teen or to keep a large group of siblings together. To learn more about foster care in our area, or pre-service classes coming up soon, please contact Mueller-Hayes and ask for the foster care information packet or E: MuellerHayesJ@michigan.gov phone 517.543.5844. Bluebird workshop set at KBS Feb. 24 77509405 Learn to build houses that may bring the bluebird and other songbirds to your backyard by attending a bluebird house-building workshop, Saturday, Feb. 24, at MSU’s Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. Participants can attend an 11 a.m. session, or a repeated session at 1 p.m. Workshop leaders and local conservationists Bill and Pat Stovall will focus on building and placing of bluebird houses and will explore the bluebird‚s natural history and its habitat. Wrens, chickadees, nuthatches, tree swallows and tufted titmice may also use bluebird houses. Learn how to tell which bird is using your house by the type of nest material the bird uses. The program fee, which includes sanctuary admission, is $6 for adults, $4 for children (ages 2 to 12) and $5 for senior citizens (age 65 and older). Pre-cut cedar bluebird house kits are available for $15.50. Participants are not required to purchase a house kit to attend the program. Wood duck, screech owl, bat, flicker and other woodpecker birdhouses will be available at special workshop prices. The eastern bluebird population in southwestern Michigan is growing, thanks to efforts by individuals and conservation groups including the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary and the Michigan Non-Game Wildlife Fund, which have encouraged efforts to build homes and habitats for this popular native songbird species. Prepaid registration is required. To register for the workshop or for additional information, contact the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary at 269-671-2510 or e-mail birdsanctuary@kbs.msu.edu. Additional information on KBS special events can be found on the web at: www.kbs.msu.edu <http://www.kbs.msu Thornapple Lake Estates It’s A N e w Ye a r and O a k V i e w A d u l t Fo s t e r C a r e has N e w O w n e r s ! ��� The Home with a Heart ��� 269-948-2352 “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” PROPANE TANKS HERE! Phone 517-852-1514 M37 Tire South M-37 (formerly Cappon’s) HASTINGS 269-945-6296 Are you wondering how to invest your Income Tax Refund? Why not use it as a down payment to purchase your own home. We have an inventory of both single and double wide homes for sale. Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates 02664729 Located just east of Hastings on M-79 Oakview, LLC 2895 E. M-79 Highway WE CAN FILL YOUR 77509556 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew P. Monroe and Dawn N. Monroe, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Homeland Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2002, as evidenced by Affidavit Of Lost Document recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123251, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Sovereign Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand One Hundred Four And 31/100 Dollars ($177,104.31), including interest at 7.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76 and the South 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke's Lakeshore Plat Number 1, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on page 23 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #101624F02 06645295 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under the pooling and Servicing Agreement Series INABS 2006-B as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($119,152.81), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commecing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508981 File #125416F01 02664529 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Benjamin C. Curtis and Debbie Sue Curtis, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 13, 2006, and recorded on January 25, 2006 in instrument 1159328, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred FortyFour And 91/100 Dollars ($146,244.91), including interest at 9.499% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, for the place of beginning; thence North 220 feet; thence East 500 feet; thence South 220 feet; thence West 500 feet to the place of beginning, except the West 33 feet used for road right-of-way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #124282F01 77508880 �Page 14 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 POLICE BEAT For Sale Automotive National Ads $175 QUEEN FOUR POST BED w/new mattress set. Bought, never used. (517)719-8062 1990 FORD ECONOLINE VAN: Runs great, very clean interior/exterior, 30k miles on transmission, $1,000 OBO. (269)945-5275 after 5:30pm. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Local man arrested for domestic assault DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Severe winter weather may have played a part in at least one personal injury accidents this week. On Saturday, Feb. 3, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, along with first responders from Johnstown Township Fire Department, responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on West Lake Road near North Avenue in Assyria Township. Preliminary investigation shows the 23-year-old driver was ejected from the vehicle. The driver was transported to Battle Creek Health Systems Hospital by Life Care Ambulance with life threatening injuries. Speed, alcohol and weather appear to be factors, according to the investigation. The accident remains under investigation at this time and the name of the driver has not been released. FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 d Business Services DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. Household HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $275. (616)452-8430. A KING SIZE pillowtop mattress set, never used, with deluxe frame, still in box. Cost $1,050, sacrifice $335. (616)452-8430. A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $169. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $112. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Value $1,800. Must sell, $545. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 MATTRESS SET PILLOWTOPS, new Queen $175, King $275, $165. Call (616)452-8430. SOFA AND LOVESEAT Brand new in factory packaging. Stain resistant, with lifetime warranty! Value $1,300, must sell $495. Call (616)318-6998 can deliver. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. For Rent FOR RENT: 3 plus bedroom farm house near Woodland, Mi. Inquire at 3055 Culbert Dr., Hastings between 9am6pm. Bring credit report. NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, MISDA approved, $525 plus security deposit. (269)948-8943 OFFICE SPACES FOR LEASE: Downtown Hastings, Woodridge Building 136 E. State Street. Get your Business ready for the Spring time traffic! 3 office spaces available *$350, *$600, (*$800- with own main street entrance) per month, utilities included, front & rear parking. Newly remodeled for professional look. New front facade Spring/Summer 2007! Call (269)945-9321. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Real Estate FREEPORT: Thornapple Kellogg Schools. Beautifully restored Victorian home with architectural richness. $148,900. Jim Collins, Five Starr Realestate. (616)2934548/(616)977-7790 OWNER WILL FINANCE: 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 3 garage, 7 acres, walkout ranch, 6 years old, 1,840sq.ft. main floor. Huge discount for qualified buyer! FFR (269)795-0076 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 HASTINGS COMMUNITY CHILD CARE is looking for qualified early childhood professionals. Pay ranges from $7.00 to $8.00 depending on experience in a centered based facility and early childhood education. Full and part-time available with some benefits. Applications available at the Child Care Center - 520 W. South Street or at the Administration Office at 232 W. Grand Street. in Hastings. ROOMMATE WANTED: to share large 4 bedroom house. $250/mo plus 1/2 utilities. Located near downtown Hastings. (269)8389136. MENTAL HEALTH PEER SPECIAL. A part-time position is available for a peer specialist in a mental health agency. A peer specialist will support, mentor and provide assistance to mental health beneficiaries to achieve community inclusion, participation, independence, recovery and productivity. Experience with mental health system as a consumer is critical to this position. Send resumes to Barry County Community Mental Health Authority, 915 West Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. No phone calls. EOE. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. 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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. #/50/. ��/:�$2).+ WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��!02),��������������("� 77509092 Hastings police arrested a 20-year-old local man Monday after receiving a complaint about a domestic residence in the 100 Block of West South Street. Responding officers spoke with the two parties involved and ascertained that a verbal dispute became physical between a man and woman. Officers arrested Christopher Taylor, 20, for being the aggressor during the altercation in which he is suspected of assaulting his 22-year-old girlfriend. Taylor was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. The incident has been turned over to the Barry County prosecutors office for review. Laptop computer stolen at county building Hastings police are investigating the larceny of a laptop computer taken from the Barry County Administration office. The computer was taken sometime between Jan. 24 and when it was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 1. The Dell Inspiron 1300 laptop was taken from the commissioners chambers and it was valued at approximately $1,500.00. The incident remains under investigation. Speed, alcohol, no seat belt crash factors d Pets FERRET CAGE: 4 LEVEL DELUXE CAGE with accessories $75.00. Call after 10am (269)948-2919, Dan or Jackie. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Two snowmobiles involved in accident Two snowmobiles were involved in a minor accident last Wednesday (Feb. 4) on Ickes Road in Baltimore Township. Helmets were worn by all involved and alcohol was not believed to have been a factor in the crash. The incident remains under investigation by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and names of the victims have not been released. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Community Notices ATTENTION GAMBLERS: Little River Casino bus trip, Sunday, March 11th $30 per seat. Receive $15 in tokens & $3 meal voucher. Picking up in Hastings, Middleville & Caledonia. Transportation via Luxury Motor Coach. Seats are selling fast. Reservation deadline Feb. 25th. Round up 10 friends, ride for free. Call Travel Time Express today for details & seat reservations (269)948-9281. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Garage Sale 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Miscellaneous BANQUET FACILITY FOR ALL OCCASIONS at the Bedford Lions Club. Also we sell Cherry Juice Concentrate, $26 1/2 gallon, $16 gallon. For details call (269)7213616. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Keep snow clear of fire hydrants Barry County city and village residents are reminded to keep fire hydrants visible and free of snow and ice. In a fire emergency when every second counts, fire fighters shouldn’t have to take precious time looking for the hydrant and clearing the connection. COURT NEWS • Michael Lynn Baldwin, 59, of Nashville, was sentenced Feb. 1 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve from 23 to 60 months in prison for his probation violation conviction in J a n u a r y . Baldwin was convicted in November, 2005 of attempted criminal sexual conduct (3rd degree) and originally sentenced to serve a year in jail and 60 months probation. Judge Fisher noted Baldwin was also convicted in 1995 for second degree CSC in Ionia County. • Marta Jane Viergever, 41, of Shelbyville, was sentenced February by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and eight months in jail for her December conviction of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Viergever was also ordered to pay $500 in fines and $1,000 in court costs, a $360 probation fee and a drug court fee of $200. Viergever was ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail and the judge will consider inpatient treatment after April. Viergever was arrested in Orangeville Township in November. • Michael Allen James, 19, of Nashville, was sentenced to serve 36 months probation and 11 months in jail following his Jan. 17 conviction on a charge of larceny in a building. James was ordered to pay $500 in court costs and a probation fee of $360. Restitution will be determined by the court at a later date. James was arrested in Nashville on January 4. • Christopher Brooks, 27, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced Feb. 1 to serve four months in jail for violating his probation on a 2005 conviction of maintaining a drug laboratory and use of a controlled substance. Brooks was arrested in Hope Township in May 2004 and also showed convictions in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he was sentenced to serve 12 months probation and to have his license suspended for six months. In 2006 he was sentenced to 36 months probation and his license was suspended for six months. • Thomas Leland Herbst, 29, of Bath, Mich., was sentenced twice Feb. 1. In one case, Herbst was sentenced to serve 12 months in jail for violating his probation on a 2005 conviction of receiving and concealing stolen property in Castleton Township. In June, 2005, Herbst was sentenced to serve 11 months in jail and participate in substance abuse counseling and cognitive behavior therapy. He was also ordered to attend AA meetings and not possess or consume alcohol. In the second case, Herbst was sentenced in a probation violation hearing to serve a concurrent 12 months sentence for his 2005 conviction of attempted home invasion in Castleton Township in May of 2005. Wanted: OPINIONS Paid participants needed for one-day focus group in Barry County. People of all types are needed. Interesting discussions, thought provoking material and free food will make this day fun. $18 per hour 02664524 Paid at the end of project 1-800-251-2427 Access code 77 or 586-777-5956 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 15 Hastings Exchange Club Youths of Month selected for February Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for February, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Steven Wolfe, Maria Burns and Jazmine Packer, shown with teacher Tim Newsted. Ashley Stanton, shown with teacher Trisha Kietzman, is Young Citizen of the Month for February from Pleasantview Elementary School. The Southeastern Elementary School Young Citizen of the Month for February, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Kinsey Elliott and Elida Villa, shown here with teacher Dan Benningfield. Students at Northeastern Elementary School who have earned Exchange Club of Hastings Young Citizens of the Month accolades for February are Logan Bleam and Carson Williams, shown with teacher Alice Gergen. Hastings Middle School students who have received Young Citizens of the Month honors this month from the Exchange Club of Hastings are Micala Klipfer, Sarah Banister, Sydney Pierce, Jennifer LaJoye and Jeremy Nichols, shown with Principal Mike Karasinski. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? Chris Feldpausch and Haley Perkins, shown here with teacher Bernadette Norris, have been selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings as Young Citizens of the Month for February at St. Rose School. From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) 06646044 FED-INFO Woodridge Building, Downtown 136 E. 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Or visit us at www.vivron.com Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt, 300 East Beltline NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 �Page 16 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25. • Art Faculty Exhibition will present the artwork of Calvin College instructors Jeremy Chen, Anna Greidanus, Frank Speyers, Jennifer Steensma Hoag, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk, and Adam Wolpa. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm, and Saturday noon-4 pm. The exhibit is on display at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center’s Center Art Gallery through March 3. • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. • Stop Sending in the Clowns will be presented by the Village Players of Middleville at Musicals Car Shows MUSIC/THEATRE with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Feb. 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24. • The Last of the Great Romantics will be performed by the Battle Creek Symphony at 7:30 pm at W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Gliere’s “Russian Sailor’s Dance” will open the show. Violin virtuoso Jonathan Carney will join the orchestra for Korngold’s passionate Violin Concerto which includes romantic themes from soundtracks Korngold wrote as a popular Hollywood composer in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The concert will also feature Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. Following the concert, concert-goers can enjoy the “Champagne Romance Afterglow” at the Art Center of Battle Creek for $15 per person or $25 per couple. Concert tickets are $5 to $39 for adults, and $5 to $17 for students and children 18 years of age or younger. Call Music Center Tickets at (269) 565-2199 or visit the Music Center on Fremont Street at Kellogg Community College. For more information, go to www.musiccenterscmi.com. Saturday, February 10. • I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning is a murder mystery dinner theatre production of the Thornapple Players. Performances take place in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat. The cost is $30 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. This event offers an inexpensive way to get dinner and a show right here in Hastings, said a spokesperson. Feb. 10 & Feb. 11. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at MISCELLANEOUS 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Cast members include Doug Acker, Mariah Burd, Daemeon Richards, Angie Seeber, Jason Roper, Carol Svihl, Mike Kasinsky, Carol Satterly. Jeff Kniaz, Norma Jean Acker, Frank White, Tawny Roper, Barb Pruden and Brian Reynolds. Reservations and tickets are at the County Seat and are available for purchase as Christmas gifts. The cost is $25 per person and will include appetizers, dinner, dessert, the ticket to the show and the tip. WGVU and D&W present The Great Wine & Food Symposium (Grand Rapids, MI) On Friday, February 23 from 7:30 – 10 p.m., WGVU and D&W present West Michigan’s premier wine tasting event at The Public Museum in Grand Rapids. Guests will choose from more than 300 international wine selections from France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Spain, Greece, Israel and other areas of the world. In addition, they will tempt their tastes with over 25 tables of select gourmet foods provided by D&W Fresh Market. Attendees will enjoy these tastes as classical music by professional performers drifts through the halls of the museum. The event also includes a wine auction and discounts on wines ordered during the evening. Tickets to the event are $45 per person in advance or $55 per person at the door. Guests Fairs the Middle Villa Inn. Doors open at 6 p.m. Comedy/murder mystery planned this weekend Still not sure what to get the “patron of the arts” in your family this Christmas? How about dinner and a show, right here in Hastings? The Thornapple Players will be performing a comedy/murder mystery dinner theater in the Courtyard at the County Seat the evening of Saturday, Feb. 10, with a matinee Sunday, Feb. 11. The setting for “I'm Getting Murdered in the Morning” is a wedding reception. Crafts must be 21 years or older to attend. Tickets are non-refundable and are available by calling 800-442-2771. More details can be found at wgvu.org. A limited number of tickets are available, so guests are encouraged to reserve their tickets early. The Great Wine & Food Symposium is sponsored in part by BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids, Centennial Securities, Community Automotive Repair, Mason Street Warehouse and West Michigan Piano. WGVU's continued mission is to provide educational, informative, and entertaining programs and events to the West Michigan community as a service of Grand Valley State University. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE FEBRUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 10 What You Need to Know About Taxes will be presented by SCORE. Workshop covers various aspects of small business marketing in simple yet powerful terms. Topics include creating powerful marketing plans, budgeting, and effective advertising. $35, $50 for two or more from same company. 9 amnoon. Call SCORE at (269) 3815382 or email info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Oportunity for state and federal elected officials or their reps to keep constituents informed on what’s happening in government. 17 Have a Heart Charity Dinner & Auction to benefit Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter in the ballroom at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. Evening inclues 2 silent auctions and a live auction along. Dinner and auction begin at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $40 per person. 24 Build Your Own Bluebird House workshop at the MSU Biological Station’s Kellogg Bird Sanctuary in Hickory Corners. Sessions at 11 am or 1 pm. $6 adults, $4 children. Pre-cut cedar bird house kits available for $15.50. Pre-paid registration required. Call (269) 671-2510 for more information. Blue October February 2 19th Annual West Michigan Golf Show at DeVos Place February 9, 10, & 11. Hours are Friday 4-9 pm, Saturday 10 am-7 pm, Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Admission is $8.50 for adults, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. The excitement and promise of a Saturday morning fousome hits West Michigan this February. Golfers can plan vacations at resorts and courses around Michigan and the USA, buy new clubs, and equipment from huge retail displays over 100 booths of golfing destinations. For more information call (800) 3286550 or (616) 447-2860 or visit www.westmichigangolfshow.com. Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids February 9-March 16. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 2224000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Stop Sending in the Clowns will be performed February 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24 at the Middle Villa Inn in Middleville. Dinner and show is $27.50 per person. Doors open at 6 pm with cash bar and dinner at 7 pm. Menu consists of Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. Call Middle Villa Inn at (269) 795-3640 for reservations. The Last of the Great Romantics will be performed by the Battle Creek Symphony Saturday, February 10 at 7:30 pm at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Violin virtuoso Jonathan Carney will perform “Violin Concerto” by Erich Wolfgang Korngold who composed scores for Hollywood films in the 30s and 40s. Other selections featured in the program will be Rachmaninoff’s “Second Symphony” and Gliere’s “Russian Sailor Dance.” Tickets can be purchased by calling (269) 565-2199 or go to www.musiccenterscmi.com for more info. I’m Getting Murdered in the Morning is a dinner theatre production of the Thornapple Players. The County Seat restaurant in Hastings is the host for the February 10 & 11 event. Cost is $30 per person and includes appetizers, dinner, dessert, ticket for the show and gratuity. Tickets can be purchased at County Seat. An Evening With Groucho celebrates the legendary genius of the late, great Groucho Marx Sunday, February 11 at 2 pm at the Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater. Frank Ferrante offers a fast-paced evening of on-liners, anecdotes, dances, jokes and songs (including “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”). Tickets are $25. Call (517) 278-6029 for tickets. See www.tibbits.org for more info. 62nd Annual Grand Rapids Boat Show at DeVos Place Feb 14-18. Hours are Wednesday & Thursday 3-10 pm, Friday 11 am-10 pm, Saturday 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 10 am-6 pm. Adults $9, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. Exhibits include sail and powerboats from 16 to 50 feet, fishing boats, ski boats and motor yachts. Also, boating accessories and services like marina slips and ski gear abound. It is one of the finest watersports expos in the country featuring cruising travelogues, the "Key West Crab Shack" and antiques & classic boats. Call (616) 447-2860 or (800) 328-6550 or visit www.showspan.com for more information. Gun Lake Winterfest is returning February 17. Many events are planned including broomballtournament, music trivia contest, polar bear dip, swimsuit show, and many more. Local bands who would like to perform at the event are encouraged to call Lynn Hatfield at (269) 945-2454. Those wishing to take part in broomball should contact Alex Liceaga at (269) 672-5886. An Evening with Leo Kottke is set for Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Celebrate the Great Plains: Favorite Foods, Good Conversation & Great Books! will be held from 6-8 pm at the Willard Library in Battle Creek Wednesday, February 21. The second floor meeting room will host the open-house style event which offers the opportunity to meet & mingle with local authors and sample tasy food selection including red potato chowder and cinnamon muffins with coffee frosting. KCC creating writing professor Dr. Stephen Armstrong will offer short remarks about the community reads selection “Peace Like a River.” Romeo & Juliet is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Series Friday, February 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Selections include “Dialogues for Orchestra” by Maximo Flugelman, Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Tickets are $19-$49 & half-price for students and children. Balcony seats are $5. Call 1-800-228-9858 to charge tickets by phone. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. This week’s selections: Critic’s Corner Pan’s Labyrinth Running Time: 119 minutes MPAA rating: R Language: Spanish (with English subtitles) “Pan’s Labyrinth” is director Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece. A visually stunning, intelligent foray into the madness of fascism and the story of a little girl whose fantasy world is a dark mirror of the horrors of Franco’s Spain and its affect on her family. The film takes place in 1944 at the dawn of Franco’s regime. A 10-year-old girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), and her mother travel to an old mill — the site of their new home. The mother has remarried and is pregnant with the child of Captain Vidal (Sergi López), a sadistic soldier who has the job of exterminating the last vestiges of the Resistance. To escape the oppressiveness of her home, little Ofelia escapes into the forest near the mill, where she awakens a fawn. He tells her that she is the long-lost Princess Moanna. She must reclaim her throne by performing three tasks before the moon becomes full. Each of the tasks increases in difficulty, and with each task Ofelia encounters creatures more fantastic and horrible than the last. What makes “Pan’s Labyrinth” such a compelling film is the way del Toro keeps us guessing. Does the fantasy world actually exist, or is it only the delusion of a tortured child? by D.N.A. Smith Ivana Baguero lost in the beautiful surrealism of “Pan’s Labyrinth.” This still photo doesn’t even begin to do justice to the film’s visual delights. This is a beautifully crafted psychological drama that still maintains the trappings of a fantasy film. That del Toro can juggle the two genres while still delivering a commentary on the current political climate by showing us its historical allegory is a stunning achievement. GRADE: A © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 17 G.R. Symphony will bring African folk tale to life BORN THIS WEEK: Like your fellow Aquarian Abraham Lincoln, you have a way of handling the most difficult situations with grace and conviction. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You don’t like rejection. But instead of trying to “ram” your ideas through to an unreceptive audience, stand back and wait for a more favorable environment later this month. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Job commitments call for the tidy Taurean to charge into those problem-plagued projects and get them into shape. Then go ahead and enjoy the fun and friendships of your expanding social life. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The pressures of the workplace are beginning to ease. While you still need to stay connected to your ongoing commitments, you’ll be able to take more time to relax with family and friends. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You might feel that you need to prove how much you can do. But be careful not to take on more than you can handle, or you risk being bogged down. An Aries has a message for you. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Financially it could be a little tight for a while. So resist the urge to splurge on things you don’t really need. There will be time enough to indulge yourself when the money squeeze eases later this month. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You demand trust from others. But someone is creating a situation that could put your own trustworthiness in question. Be sure to keep all lines of communication open. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A problem delays the recognition that you hoped to receive for your hard work. But all will soon be resolved. Remember to make patience your watchword this week. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Those wonderful ideas could expand your workplace prospects and ultimately lead you on a new career path. Your personal life also opens up new vistas. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) So much seems to be swirling around you these days that you might find it hard to focus on priorities. Best advice: Take things one at a time, and you’ll get through them all. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Work out situations with what you have, and avoid the temptation to create complications where they don’t exist. This applies both at home and in the workplace. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Keep your keen senses open to possible changes in personal and/or professional situations. Knowing what might lie ahead gives you an edge on how to handle it. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Personal pressures at work could create a problem with your performance. Best advice: Focus on the job ahead of you. If necessary, you can deal with the other issue later. © 2007 King Features Syndicate, Inc. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Feb. 5, 2007 An African folk tale comes to life with dramatic lighting, costumes, carved masks and the power of music when the Grand Rapids Symphony presents the DTE Energy Foundation Family Series concert: “The Twins and the Monster,” with Dandi Productions. Led by Music Director David Lockington, the concert is Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. The performance tells the tale of a twin girl and boy who live in a peaceful village in the lush African forest. All is well until adventure enters their lives with the song of a parrot. With a full orchestra and actors, this triumphant story takes audience members through the forest, vast plains and swamps to deliver a thrilling tale of family unity and courage. Helped by the forest animals and the elements, the twins ultimately become heroes in their village. The music uses the rhythms of Africa to drive this delightfully entertaining and educational experience for children, as well as adults. “The Twins and the Monster” is taken from an old- fashioned fairy tale that was told TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. GEOGRAPHY: How long is the Panama Canal? 2. ANATOMY: Which finger on the human hand also is known as the index finger? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the adjective “vulpine” mean? 4. HISTORY: Who was the commander of the ill-fated Challenger space shuttle? 5. TELEVISION: Who was the star of the series “Hogan’s Heroes”? 6. TECHNOLOGY: What does the acronym IMAX stand for? 7. MUSIC: Which group released the 1979 album “The Kids Are Alright”? 8. MOVIES: What kind of accent does actor Michael Caine have? 9. LITERARY: Who wrote the children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are”? 10. INVENTIONS: Who is credited with inventing the artificial heart? • If you’re like the average American eating an average meal, that bite on your fork traveled between 1,500 and 2,500 miles before getting to your dinner plate. • Some people claim to be able to spot when someone is lying by how much they blink. What does it tell you, then, that women blink nearly twice as much as men do? • In 2004, Al Eaton, a Canadian farmer, grew a pumpkin that weighed 1,446 pounds. • It was noted humorist Bill Vaughan who made the following sage observation: “Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income — which he then spends sending his son to college.” • The real name of John le Carre, the famed author of suspense novels, is David Cornwell. When he was a young man, he worked as a spy for the British secret service. He didn’t really like his job, though — he said that life as a spy was “spectacularly undramatic” — so he started writing novels in his spare time. Since he was still working for the secret service, he had to keep his name a secret, which is why he had to choose a pen name. Finally, in 1963, his novel “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” was successful enough that he could quit the unsatisfying day job that had, nonetheless, provided fodder for his writing. • The plant that produces marijuana is useful for many things, including making rope and paper goods. In fact, a single acre of hemp can produce as much paper as four acres of trees. • A lawyer in Kansas was once awarded $35,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Most people don’t think of the practice of law as a particularly dangerous occupation, so I wouldn’t blame you for wondering why this attorney required workers’ comp. Here’s the scoop: He claimed that he injured his shoulder while reaching into the backseat of his car to get his briefcase. • Add to the list of ill-conceived newspaper headlines: “Panda mating fails; veterinarian takes over.” • It was, of course, Ambrose Bierce, in his “Devil’s Dictionary,” who defined “compromise” as “such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.” • What’s in a name? Consider this odd coincidence: Every queen named Jane has either been locked up, gone mad, been murdered, been dethroned or died young. • Do you like cashews? If so, you might be surprised that they are in the same plant family as poison ivy. That’s why the nuts aren’t typically sold in the shell — the oil contained therein can cause blisters, and when they’re roasted, the shells give off noxious fumes. • The only official Hindu holy place outside India is in a surprising location: the Appalachian Mountains. Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold, near Wheeling, W.Va., was called by The New York Times “America’s Taj Mahal.” The Palace of Gold is a destination for tourists as well as spiritual pilgrims. Visitors can tour the palace and the gardens, getting a good look at the crystal ceiling of the 30-ton main dome, stained-glass windows, inlaid marble floors and walls, handcarved teakwood furniture imported from India and, of course, the 22-karat gold that seems to virtually cover the buildings. ******************************** Thought(s) for the Day: “The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.” — Jilly Cooper Answers 1. About 50 miles 2. The second, or pointer finger 3. Foxlike 4. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee 5. Bob Crane 6. Maximum image 7. The Who 8. Cockney 9. Maurice Sendak 10. Robert Jarvik © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. “In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.” — Robert Byrne © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. to its author, Tololwa M. Mollel, by his grandmother. Designed specifically to appeal to children ages 6 through 12, the concert will appeal to audience members with varied interests, attention spans and musical knowledge. The performance is one-hour, without intermission. Pre-concert activities including an instrument petting zoo and crafts for children will be held at 2:15 p.m. in the Keeler Lobby. Tickets are $9-$15 for adults and $6-$9 for children. Tickets may be purchased through Ticketmaster, 616/456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, or in person at 300 Ottawa Ave. NW, Suite 100, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are also available at the door. For more information, visit the Symphony’s website at grsymphony.org. ‘Leahy’ to perfom Feb. 24 in K’zoo International world music act Leahy will perform Feb. 24 at the James Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo. The dynamic family has just released their WLIW-produced Public Television Special nationally on DVD and live audio CD. Leahy is the Canadian powerhouse of eight musical brothers and sisters who have been playing music their entire lives. Influenced by all musical genres - roots, pop, Celtic, classical, and country to name only a few, Leahy's sound is refreshingly honest and impossible to categorize. The Los Angeles Times raved “Leahy's approach seems so gloriously free of the commercial pollution of so much American pop that it feels like a tonic for the spirit." Known for their musical excellence, athleticism, and passionate performances, they are a whirlwind triple threat of fiddle driven music, step dance, and vocals augmented by piano and percussion. “Leahy’s energetic performance style appeals to all generations and breaks new ground, and we are thrilled to introduce them to a larger U.S. audience through public television," said WLIW New York President and General Manager, Terrel Cass. With platinum and gold albums under their belts, not to mention their experience as the opening act on Shania Twain’s inaugural world tour, their appeal continues to astound people as it crosses both generational and musical boundaries. Even though the world is getting to know them now, their approach to both life and music was captured in 1985 in an Academy Award winning documentary entitled “Music Most of All.” It is evident today that years of playing music and traveling the world has born a wisdom, purpose, and confidence in Leahy that exudes their every performance. Audiences are always brought to their feet and literally transformed by Leahy’s show. Every sense is engaged. One cannot help but be totally entranced by their synergetic connection. You just don’t get to see a phenomenon like this every day – with any group – let alone a family.... Leahy's current tour is crisscrossing North America, continuing through March 2007. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood spikers improve to 3-0 in the CAAC-3 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood downed its top competitor for the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 championship last week, then found another one Saturday. The Vikings varsity volleyball team avenged an early season loss to Fowlerville Wednesday, by knocking off the Gladiators in four games 25-14, 25-10, 23-25, 25-21. Attacking was the key for the Lakewood girls. “When we first played them, in the beginning of the year, we had 30 free balls we gave them and had four net errors,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “Hitting the ball hard for kills, even a smart tip is fine. On the third ball attack, setting it over, that’s a free ball to me.” Wednesday, the Vikings were hitting their attacks to the floor, both around and through the Gladiator blockers for kills rather than kill attempts. All the Vikings hitters got into the act. Amy Lakewood’s Lacey Chase passes up a Gladiator serve Wednesday night in her team’s four-game win over Fowlerville. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Joostberns and Lacey Chase tied for the team lead with 18 kills each. Ashley Morris had 16 kills and Rachel Lynch eight. “They all played real well,” Grunewald said. Autumn Cussen led the Lakewood defense with 14 digs. “Our passing was very good and our hitting was very good,” Grunewald said. The Gladiators picked up their own passing game in the third game, but by then it was too late for them to catch the Vikings. Lakewood is now 3-0 in the CAAC-3, and is on the road for its final two league duals. They were scheduled to visit Williamston, then they end the league season at DeWitt Feb. 14. In between is a trip to the Muskegon Invitational on Saturday. The Vikings made their way through the wintery weather Saturday to take part in the Sturgis Invitational, but Grunewald said that maybe they should have stayed home. The Vikings were 1-4 on the day. They topped Coldwater in pool play in five games, but then fell to No. 1 ranked South Christian, DeWitt and then Coldwater in power pool play. “We ended on a bad note, with a bad taste in our mouths,” Grunewald said. At different points this season the Vikings had already earned wins over DeWitt and Coldwater. “We’re not so good we can’t get beat,” Grunewald said. “We have to show up to play.” “I think Saturday was probably one of those reality checks.” HHS basketball plans alumni weekend The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program will be holding its third annual Alumni Event on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24. The Saxon Basketball Program will be honoring the Brown family at the Feb. 23 home game against Hamilton. Wayne Brown was a coach for the Saxons from 1978-1981. His sons Mark, Mike, and Matt Brown were all exceptional athletes for the Saxon program. All varsity boys’ basketball alumni are asked to use the community center entrance (at the back of the school). The community by Brett Bremer My map to finals filled with speed-bumps and potholes As far as I can tell, most varsity wrestling coaches like to map out a meet in advance. I’ve never asked one to see their thoughts before a match, so I could go through it and see how they do. I’ve never actually had my hands on one of these list. They probably wouldn’t share it if I asked. I have talked with coaches about it afterwards. What matches went differently than they thought they would is kind of interesting from time to time. I can’t decide if those little scraps of paper they pull out of their pockets would look better or worse than the ones I made up Wednesday. I do know one thing they have that I don’t. They have a little more information. They know who’s sick and who’s not. They know who’s hurt and who’s not. They know if some one is ineligible. Hopefully, they know what the weights are. I’m not sure who can get bumped where. I wonder if their lists have names scratched out in a checker pattern of black ink, with new names squeezed in between the weight classes? My sheet has dark curving arrows flip-flopping wrestlers from one weight class to another, or just marking the possibility of a switch. The mess on the page is nothing compared to the mess on the desk, of different scraps of information from the entire season. I spent the spare time I had Wednesday trying to figure out who would win the Division 2 district semifinal contest between Hastings and Lakewood next Wednesday at Lakewood High School. That’s right. Wrestling team districts are already next week. I have one piece of advice, get there early. I haven’t seen the draws yet for Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg, but Thornapple Kellogg, Hastings, and Lakewood didn’t have much luck. They all have first round matches. Lakewood takes on the Saxons and TK takes on Caledonia in Caledonia. Somehow Ionia and Wayland are district finalists, while Hastings or Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg or Caledonia won’t be. At least they’re district finalists, and not district champs. I don’t know why things worked out this way at the MHSAA offices this winter, but there seem to be an unusual amount of three-team district tournaments this year. Maple Valley will be part of one next Wednesday too, with Olivet and Bellevue at Olivet in Division 4. Delton Kellogg is at Hamilton in Division 3 Thursday. All four teams there have to wrestle a semifinal match. I chose to try and figure out the Saxons and Vikings for one reason. They’re the only one that’s any fun. I don’t know enough about the other teams at Hamilton to figure out how close to a title the Delton boys can come. Figuring out if Maple Valley will win the district at Olivet is like trying to figure out if the sun will come up tomorrow. Caledonia has already beaten Thornapple Kellogg twice in duals this season, so there isn’t a lot of mystery in how that one should go. The only thing I figured out trying to map out the district semifinal between Lakewood and Hastings was that I probably won’t do that again. The first two times I did it Lakewood won 30-28 and 33-26. The next had times, after doing a little more digging into previous meetings (with a lot of help from the LH Lamb results where the Saxons were second and the Vikings third) I had the Saxons on top 3130 and 30-27. I needed a tie-breaker, and came up with the Saxons in front 28-27. Where do Ricky Mathis and Ryan Bosma go, and who do they go up against. Is Cody Orszula ever coming back? Can the Vikings get Nick Walkington, Josh Kettel, Kurtis Powell and Mike Kuras into the line-up. Does Watson score a pin? So, I guess I learned more than not to try this again. I figured out is that its should be a good, exciting dual. Although, I probably could have done that without using up a couple barrels of ink and a couple trees worth of legal pads. Good luck in the post-season area wrestlers. Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns fires an attack towards the Gladiators during Wednesday night’s CAAC-3 contest at LHS. (Photo by Perry Hardin) center lobby will be open before the game for everyone to meet and mingle. Entrance to the game will be free for players and their families and a section will be saved for basketball alumni. Following the game, a reception will be held at the new Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in downtown Hastings. On Saturday, February 24 the Saxon Alumni Association will host an alumni game that is open to all former Saxon varsity basketball players. Last year’s game included 14 former players and organizers are looking for more this year. While it is not required, organizers would like anyone interested in the alumni night or game to RSVP by Monday, Feb. 19. The goal of the event is to continue comradeship within the Saxon Basketball program and to be a fundraising event for a scholarship. Contact Steve Storrs at (269) 967-1414 or e-mail storrs22@hotmail.com or dshils@hassk12.org with any questions. They are trying to contact as many people as possible. Anyone who would like to help with the event, or who has any contact information of former players is asked to please pass the information on. Vikings need help to catch LCC now by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood couldn’t overcome a 22-11 run by the Cougars in the second quarter Friday night, as Lansing Catholic Central topped the Vikings for the second time this season 58-51. The Vikings are now 4-2 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3, two games behind the 6-0 Cougars. “They played very physical,” Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell said of the Cougars. “I didn’t think we played physical in the first half. In the second half, we met their physical challenge. They outhustled us to every loose ball that first half.” Both teams attacked the basket hard, it just Lakewood guard Jordan Richardson gets by a Lansing Catholic defender along the baseline and leans in for a shot in the first half Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) turned out better for the Cougars in many cases. Both teams shot 69-percent from the foul line, but the Cougars shot twice as many free throws as the Vikings. The Cougars were 18-of-26 from the line, and Lakewood 9-of13. “It wasn’t like we weren’t being aggressive,” Farrell said. Lansing Catholic guard Aaron Nichols, who finished with 15 points, shot as many free throws in the game as the Viking team. He knocked down 10-of-13 from the line. Max Gover led the Cougars with 22 points, and Mike Repovz chipped in 12 points. Nick Hilley and Alex Erickson fired up ten of the Vikings 13 foul shots. Hilley finished with 17 points. Erickson had 16 to go along with 15 rebounds and four steals. Brad Elliott had 12 points for the Vikes. Missing Elliott’s presence on the floor had something to do with the Cougars’ second quarter run. “I had to take Buck (Elliott) out with his two fouls,” Farrell said. “Then Alex got two. I just told him, well, I can’t have both of them out.” From ten points down at the start of the fourth quarter, 39-29, the Vikings rallied to pull within four points with two minutes to go. The Cougars got the job done from the foul line in the final minutes, knocking down 5-of-6 the rest of the way. The Vikings would now need help to get a conference title. “The way I approached this game was, we had nothing to lose as far as we had everything to gain,” Farrell said. “With the loss now we have to rely on other people in our conference to knock off people.” Lakewood is slated to be back at it in the league on Friday with a trip to Haslett planned. “We still have goals to try to win 20 games,” Farrell said. “We’re 10-3. That’s not too bad.” Tuesday’s non-conference contest with Forest Hills Northern has been postponed until Saturday, Feb. 24. Lakewood senior center Alex Erickson has to contend with Lansing Catholic guard Doug Hawley (14) as he works his way by the Cougars’ Mike Repovz in the post Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — Page 19 Scots in 2nd, TK 3rd, heading into Gold tourney by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The shuffling in the O-K Gold Conference is done. Now it’s tournament time. Caledonia worked its way into second place in the league, with a 37-27 win over the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans in Middleville on Wednesday night. The Scots end the league duals with a 4-1 mark, while the Trojans went 3-2 in the league. League leading Hastings (5-0) will host Thornapple Kellogg’s Chris Jansens (top) tries to stay in control to start the third period against Caledonia’s Tyler McCoy in their 152-pound bout Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) this Saturday’s conference tournament. The Scots can gain a share of the conference tournament by finishing one place ahead of the Saxons. “We’ve still got the door open for the conference. I know Hastings doesn’t want to share it, but it’s nice to share,” said Caledonia head coach Jim Maxim with a smile after Wednesday’s dual. Thornapple Kellogg head coach Tom Lehman shuffled his line-up around quite a bit, but couldn’t work out the right combination to get by the Scots. “We wrestled fairly well. I’m pleased with the effort. A flip of the coin could have helped us a little bit,” said Lehman. The Scots were prepared to, but didn’t need to in the end. Coach Maxim said that senior captains Justin Maxim and Tylor Cook came to him before the match and told him to put them in the line-up wherever they would best help the team. The pair hoped to get six points in each of their matches, and came up one point of that goal. Justin Maxim took the mat with the match tied at 18 and scored a 20-5 major decision for the Scots against Dan Lydy in the 130-pound match. John Wallace evened things up again for TK with a 20-5 technical fall against Ron Vanderveen in the 135-pound bout. Cook followed that up by scoring a pin of David Hooper 1 minute and 34 seconds into the 140pound match. Cook’s win put Caledonia up 29-23 with three matches to go. Mark Brown followed that up with a 14-3 major decision against Dakota Vandentoorn at 145 pounds. Caledonia’s Tyler McCoy and Connor Dahlberg closed out the win for the Scots. McCoy topped Chris Jansens 17-8 at 152 pounds, and Dahlberg scored an 18-6 win over Nick Tape at 160. The Trojans shuffled their line-up in the lightweights. Wrestling one of his first varsity matches, Cody Lydy scored a pin of Caledonia’s Tanner Zych 3:22 into their 119pound match. That bumped TK’s regular 119pounder Kyle Dalton up to 125, where he pinned Justin Steiner in 1:55. “We knew Dalton could go about anywhere,” Lehman said. “Our kids wrestled well. We bumped some kids up and it worked pretty well. We just ran out of bumping room at the end.” Those two pins evened the match, after Caledonia started the night by taking an 18-6 lead through six matches. Brandon Grinage started the night off strong for Caledonia, by topping Drew Warner 6-4 in the 171-pound bout. After a pair of TK wins that put the Trojans up 6-3, the Scots got a pin from Michael Schaibly 3:29 into the 285-pound match against Kody Geerligs to go back in front. Micah Steiner followed that pin by scoring a 10-3 decision against Tim Etter at 103 pounds, then Nick Cramer scored a pin for the Scots in 3:26 against Tucker Bowerman at 112. The Trojans got a 9-6 win from Cody Clinton against Alec VanDyke in the 189pound match, and Dennis Olsen scored a 5-3 decision against Andrew Schaibly at 215. The Trojans’ Mark Brown (right) prevents Caledonia’s Dakota Vandentoorn from scoring a second-period escape during their 145-pound match Wednesday, which Brown won 14-3. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Maple Valley holds second place heading into KVA meet The Kalamazoo Valley Association wrestling championship is still in sight for Maple Valley. Delton Kellogg has one hand on the trophy, after closing out a perfect campaign in the league duals last week. Maple Valley finishes the league duals with just one loss, to the league leading Panthers. The title comes down to Friday night’s conference tournament, which the Lions will host. Maple Valley finished off the league duals last Thursday, with a 54-20 win over Parchment. The Lions end the league duals with a 4-1 record. Parchment spotted the Lions 18 points, giving forfeit victories to Anthony Molson (103 pounds), Ryan Brooke (171) and John Currier (285). The Lion heavyweights showed their con- Panthers make plans for make-up games Winter weather forced the Delton Kellogg boys’ basketball teams to postpone contests last Friday and on Tuesday night. Both games have been rescheduled. The Panthers are now slated to play host to Maple Valley on Thursday, Feb. 15, and Galesburg-Augusta on Monday, Feb. 19. Both are Kalamazoo Valley Association contests. 77509436 tinued improvement once again, with Dusty Cowell scoring a pin 17 seconds into the 189pound match against Colin Harris and Don Jensen pinning Zack Peebles 49 seconds into the 215-pound match. Every Maple Valley win on the mat came by pin. All three Corwin boys scored wins. Tyler topped Andrew Lorio 2:45 into their match at 125. Jamie pinned Cory Mott in 1:14 at 135 pounds. Tony pinned Joe Perry in 31 seconds at 160. In between Tyler and Jamie’s wins, Raven Scurlock pinned Dillon Adams in 40 seconds at 130 pounds. Parchment had just one pin on the day, by Wesley Harrington at 119 pounds. The rest of the Lions made their opponents work the full time for wins. Ron Smith dropped a tough 8-6 match against Parchment’s Tim Simmons at 112 pounds. Kevin McAfee (145) and Brady Roberts (152) won major decisions for the Panthers, while Cody Roberts scored a 12-5 decision over Lucas Brumm at 140 pounds. The Lions followed up the conference dual Thursday with a 77-6 non-conference win over Saranac. Maple Valley started with a 42 point lead, as the Redskins forfeited too Molson, Smith, Scurlock, Jamie Corwin, Brumm, Tony Corwin and Brooke. Currier, Jensen, Cowell, Jon Stevens and Tyler Corwin won by pin for the Lions, and Tory Roberts scored a technical fall at 152. Caledonia’s Brandon Grinage (left) and Thornapple Kellogg’s Drew Warner fight for hand control in the second period of their 171-pound match that opened the action last Wednesday in Middleville. Grinage scored a 6-4 decision to give his team the early lead. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikings go for title on their mats A total of six pins helped the Lakewood Vikings close out a perfect Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 dual season on Wednesday night at home against Fowlerville. Holden Hummel (103 pounds), Kyle Root (140), Brennan Simon (152), Levi Phelps (160), Josh Kettel (189), and Mike Kuras (215) all scored pins for the Vikings. Josh Clark (119) and Mason Blackmer (125) had the Vikings other two decisions. “That was a big win for the team, mentally for the kids going into the league tournament,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. The league tournament is this weekend at Lakewood High School. The junior varsity tournament is Friday evening, beginning at 6 p.m. The varsity tournament begins at 9 a.m. Saturday. The Vikings were 4-0 in the league duals, and are now 22-6 overall after winning their own Lakewood Invitational Saturday. Saginaw Heritage, Sturgis, Harper Creek, Jackson Northwest, and Portland braved the winter weather, only to fall to the host Vikings. Lakewood started the day with a 6412 win over Saginaw Heritage, then topped Sturgis 43-25, Harper Creek 44-33, Northwest 45-24, and Portland 44-25. Hummel (103), Jarod Kent (125), Kettel (189), and Kurtis Powell (215) were undefeated on the day for Lakewood. 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For information and sign up call YMCA 945-4574 �Page 20 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons overcome long trip and lots of whistles by Brett Bremer Sports Editor After more than 13 years and a couple hundred basketball games, Hastings varsity boys’ basketball coach Don Schils called his team’s 59-58 victory at Hanover-Horton Tuesday night, “the most bizarre game I’ve ever been associated with.” His Saxons led 14-8 at the end of the first quarter, then lost that lead over the course of the next two periods. Hanover-Horton took a 41-33 lead into the fourth quarter. Saxon junior guard Dylan Bowman fades away with a short jumper in the second half of Friday night’s O-K Gold Conference clash with South Christian. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The Comets pushed that lead to 11 points midway through the fourth quarter, before the Saxons started their come back. They pulled in front for good on a bucket by Bryan Skedgell with four seconds to go. Between then and the start of the game, the two teams combined to shoot 60 free throws. The Comets were awarded 35 of those. “The calls were unbelievable,” Schils said. At one point, the Saxons were whistled for four fouls in 15 seconds. Then at times there were no calls. Skedgell was hit underneath as he went up to score his go-ahead basket with four seconds left. The Saxons got him the ball underneath on a inbound play, after he was harassed underneath a moment earlier trying to go up with a shot. Skedgell wound up with 15 points and seven rebounds on the night. Curtis Cowles led the Saxons with 21 points and Bryce Stanhope had ten. “What I was really proud about, mostly, is that we’ve talked with our kids about playing tough and what toughness is. We keep stat’s on it,” said Schils. “Their toughness under adverse conditions, it showed. They showed strength in keeping their heads in the game, and giving ourselves a chance to win.” The Saxons started their comeback in the fourth quarter by turning up their aggressiveness. “We decided to press to get in the game, even though we figured we’d get a few fouls called against us,” Schils said. The defense sparked the offense. Cowles started attacking the basket. He had nine points in the fourth quarter. Stanhope hit a pair of three’s in the late run, and reserve point guard David Cole added four points down the stretch as well as some solid defense on the Comets’ quick point guard. All that added up to a two-point Saxon lead with 30 seconds to go, 57-55. The Comets came down and hit a three pointer, on which Schils said he saw both of the Comet shooters’ feet inside the three-point arc as he rose for the shot, to take a 58-57 lead. After Skedgell put the Saxons in front with four seconds left, Cole forced the Comet guard who raced up the floor with the ball into the corner. The Comets had to settle for a tough three-point attempt that came up no good. There weren’t any buzzer beaters as the South Christian Sailors improved on their OK Gold Conference lead last Friday with a 5744 win in Hastings. South Christian jumped out to a 17-4 start, and never looked back. The Saxons didn’t do a lot to help themselves. They turned the ball over 20 times. “They scored 16 points on the type of turnovers where they stole it and got a layup,” Schils said. Hastings was able to pull within nine points, at 37-28, entering the fourth quarter. “We did some things better in the second half offensively,” said Schils. “We’ve got to develop some consistency.” Ryan Vogel led the Saxons on the night with ten points, and Skedgell chipped in nine. Ross MacGregor led the Sailors with 19 points. The Saxons’ Bryan Skedgell attacks the basket against South Christian on Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxons get first Gold volleyball win by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Saxons opened O-K Gold Conference action with losses against three squads that are currently ranked in the top ten in the state in their class, but bounced back to score their first league win last week. South Christian is currently ranked No. 1 in Class B, Byron Center No. 8 in Class B, and Caledonia No. 7 in Class A. Wayland is unranked, but through two games the results looked like they might be the same when the Wildcats came to Hastings last Thursday. The Wildcats won the first two games, before Hastings came back for a 1025, 24-26, 25-21, 25-18, 16-14 victory. “After the first game, the girls came together and played as a team,” said head coach We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments 269-948-9363 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 77509522 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road Krista Sheldon. “They played well and worked hard to achieve this win.” Hannah Case led the Saxon offensive attack with ten kills. She also had five blocks and five assists on the night. Dana Shilling added nine kills, five blocks and five aces. Ashley Eerdmans had six kills and an ace for the Saxons, while Rachael Iler contributed three aces as well as 16 assists. Hastings started its own invitational on Saturday, but the tournament was canceled after two games because of the weather. The Saxons fell in each of their two contests on the day. Haslett topped the Saxons 16-25, 25-20, 15-7 and Union City bested them 27-215, 25-12. Shilling had eight kills and four blocks in the two contests to lead the Saxons in each category. Jessica Burch added five kills and eight aces, while Case had five aces and five kills. Eerdmans chipped in seven kills and two aces, Linda Lubcke had four kills, three blocks and two aces. Iler led the team with 16 assists, and Hannah Wood had six. Hastings faces another non-ranked O-K Gold Conference team when it travels to take on Hamilton this Thursday. The Hawkeyes aren’t in the top ten, but they are among the teams listed as honorable mention for the top ten in Class B. Next Monday, the Saxons are at home for a non-conference contest with Charlotte. y A Wuna F Time! Corner of 126th Avenue and Patterson, Gun Lake (269) 792-8181 Reg. Hours: Mon.-Thur. 5PM-9PM; Fri. 11AM-10PM; Sat. Noon-10PM; Sun. 12PM-8PM Steak & Shrimp for 2! 2007 69 Join us for Winterfest Sat., Feb. 17 Remember … FREE Kids Meals All Day! 77509558 25. $ Comets hand Maple Valley second KVA volleyball loss Maple Valley was scheduled to take on the conference leaders from Galesburg-Augusta in their final home match of the season this Wednesday. The Lions are currently 3-2 in Kalamazoo Valley Association matches, after a threegame loss to Kalamazoo Christian last Wednesday. The Comets topped the Lions 2515, 25-17, 26-24. That match marked the sixth contest in 11 days for the Lions, who are now 24-14-4 overall this season. The time off between last Wednesday’s meeting with the Comets and this week’s with the Rams was welcomed by the Lions, who are still improving each week. Lion head coach Bill Brenton said, “some of the younger players are developing their roles, as (sophomore) Bailey Flower leads the blocking with (freshman) Jen Kent close at her side.” Dani Christensen and Jessica Winegar lead the hitting attack with Lauren Pierce manning the defense, leading the team in digs. Rebecca Kent has improved her serving to join team leaders Alaina Mater, Pierce and Christensen to strengthen the lineup in that area. The offense is led by Mater, who is piling up assists thanks to balanced attacks by Christensen, Winegar, Jen and Rebecca Kent, and Bailey Flowers. Ashley Gonser uses her quickness as a defensive specialist with Rachel Mater backing up the front line in the middle. The whole team was solid in a 25-13, 2513, 25-23 win at Lansing Christian last Monday. The Lions hit the road for the Dansville Invitational Saturday, then visit Delton Kellogg next Wednesday. Hastings varsity cheer team still working out the ‘bugs’ Treat Your Valentine to a Special Dinner of … Featuring … 8 oz. Top Sirloin Steak, 6 Shrimp sauteed in garlic butter and wine, served with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Vegetables, Tossed Salad and Only … Homemade Corn Bread South Christian arms come at Saxon forward Ryan Cain from all directions as he goes up with a shot Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The judges scores were a bit lower all the way around at the second O-K Gold/White competitive cheer jamboree of the season, last Wednesday at Lowell. The Saxons saw a big fall off in their second conference competition, dropping from eighth place to ninth. Hastings finished with a team score of 482.6. The Saxons scored a 151.5 in round one, a 104.6 in round two, and a 226.5 in round three. Those were the ninth best performances in each round on the night. “We had a rough night at Lowell,” said Saxon head coach Amy Hubbell. “We are a very young team in a new format, so we are struggling this year. We hope to get our bugs worked out this week for our conference meet at Wayland (Wednesday).” The league will meet for its final jamboree next Wednesday at Thornapple Kellogg. Forest Hills won for the second time in two tries, last week, finishing with a total score of 675. That was 13.3 points lower than their total from the previous conference competition. Kenowa Hills was second with 636.9 points, followed by Caledonia 632.5, Byron Center 619.6, Wayland 588.3, Lowell 576.0, Northview 570.7, Thornapple Kellogg 563.6, Hastings 482.6, and South Christian 363.6. Thornapple Kellogg scored a 157.5 in round one, 171.6 in round two, and a 234.5 in round three. The TK girls will be a part of the Battle Creek Central competition on Saturday, before hosting the final conference jamboree. �Page 21 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton goes for fourth straight KVA title Friday Delton Kellogg heavyweight Octavio Romero (top) works his way to a pin against Pennfield’s Matt Coakes in the first period Thursday night. Romero’s was one of eight consecutive pins to end the match for the host Panthers. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg scored six points in each of the final nine weight classes for a 61-11 victory. The Delton Panthers pinned the Pennfield Panthers in each of the final eight weight classes starting with Shawn Reigler putting Mark Leach on his back 20 seconds into their 152-pound bout. After Reigler’s pin, Steve Romero (160 pounds) pinned Caleb Gothberg in 2:56; Anthony Riley (171) pinned Jim Boles in 3:37; Chris Miller (189) pinned Nathan Heinrich in :25; Billy Bourdo (215) pinned Skylor Kline in 2:31, Octavio Romero (285) pinned Matt Coakes in 1:30, Matt Loveland (103) pinned Riley Doubleday in :09; and Steve Ross (112) pinned David Caley in :34. “When we started out at 19-40, we knew that’s where their strength is,” Heethuis said. “I thought our guys did a great job. We beat two of them. We gave the other three good matches.” After an opening match 9-1 major decision by Brendan Boyle for Delton Kellogg at 119 pounds, Delton’s Mike DeWaters (125) and Ray Lindsey allowed Pennfield’s Mark Boyer and Brandon Case just major decisions. The two teams traded decisions at 135 and 140. Delton’s Keith McNett won 14-7 over Chris Wemple at 135, while Pennfield’s Holden Warren topped Montana Otis 4-3 in their 140-pound bout. Quinn DeBolt scored a forfeit win for Delton Kellogg at 145 pounds to start the host Panthers’ string of nine straight wins to end the night. “That’s what makes a wrestling team a team. We have 14 guys who are pretty solid,” Heethuis said. “We have 14 wrestlers that can wrestle. There aren’t any holes in there.” Pennfield isn’t the only team in the KVA with a tough group in the middle of the lineup. “The league this year is extremely solid in the middle,” said Heethuis. “You look at Parchment. You look at Maple Valley. You look at Pennfield. Holy cow. Even Galesburg, they’re loaded in the middle.” Delton ends the conference season with a 5-0 record. Maple Valley, second at 4-1 in the KVA, will host the league tournament this Friday night. The Lions might be the toughest of them all in the middle weights, but Delton has been getting better in individual tournaments all season long. The Panthers have won the last three KVA titles, and five of the last six. Pennfield’s Mark Boyer turns Delton Kellogg’s Mike DeWaters on his head in the first period of their 125-pound match Thursday. Boyer’s was one of three Pennfield wins in the first five matches, before Delton won the night’s final 54 points. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Hamilton High School Wyoming United Hamilton High School Hamilton High School A H A A FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. 4:00 pm Boys B 4:00 pm Boys JV 5:30 pm Boys JV 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Byron Center OK Gold/White Invit. OK Gold/White Invit. Byron Center Byron Center A H H A A SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10: 9:00 am Boys MS Wrestling Hastings Duals 9:30 am Boys Varsity Wrestling OK Gold Conf. Meet 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming Ottawa Hills HS H H A MONDAY, FEB. 12 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball H A H A H H H Basketball Wrestling Wrestling Basketball Basketball Coopersville Middle Coopersville Middle Coopersville Middle Coopersville Middle Charlotte High School Charlotte High School Charlotte High School HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13: 4:00 pm Boys MS Wrestling Caledonia MS 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming Spring Lake HS H A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14: 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball 6:30 pm Girls Varsity Cheer T-K Middle T-K Middle T-K Middle T-K Middle TKHS (Conf. Match) A H A H A THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 PM Boys Varsity Wrestling 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball TKHS Team Dist. vs. Lkwd. TKHS TKHS A H A A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: Hastings Athletic Boosters REVERSE RAFFLE • Saturday, April 14th • sponsoring a at Ramada Inn in Montpelier, Ohio H CASH PRIZES H Including Grand Prize of $7,000 Call Laura for more information: 948-0506 77509536 Delton Kellogg’s Brendan Boyle pins Jake Troutman’s left arm behind his back in the third period of his 9-1 decision on Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons-Vikes and TK-Cal are first round district bouts by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There isn’t much difference between being a district finalist and a district semifinalist in the team state wrestling tournament. Most teams are automatically district semifinalists, with three our four teams in each tournament. In three-team tournaments, one team is automatically inserted into the finals. The local teams didn’t have much luck in the draws. In Division 2 at Lakewood next Wednesday, the Ionia Bulldogs earned the draw into the finals. Lakewood and Hastings will meet in the district semifinal contest, beginning at 6 p.m. In Division 2 at Caledonia on Wednesday, Wayland earned the draw into the finals. That leaves Thornapple Kellogg and Caledonia to meet in the semifinal starting at 6 p.m. Maple Valley is also in action next Wednesday, in its Division 4 district tournament at Olivet High School. Their district draw was scheduled for Thursday morning. The Lions and Eagles are joined in the tournament by the Bellevue Broncos. Wrestling begins at 6 p.m. Delton Kellogg is a part of the Division 3 district tournament next Thursday at Hamilton, along with the host Hawkeyes, Hopkins and Otsego. Saxons beat up on Wildcats to close conference duals Hastings easily got by Wayland last Wednesday to finish off a perfect O-K Gold Conference dual meet season with a 5-0 record. The Saxons will be at home this Saturday, as they host the conference tournament, going for their second straight league crown. Hastings scored as many points from voids in the Wildcat line-up as Wayland scored overall in a 51-24 victory for the Saxons. Wayland gave the Saxons four free sixpoint victories last week, forfeiting victories to Matt Watson at 112 pounds, Alec Wilcox at 125, Jeremy Redman at 135, and Sy Overmire at 171. Half the night’s flights ended in pins, with Hastings’ Gage Pederson at 119, Tom McKinney at 140, Steve Case at 160, and Travis Trudgeon at 285 putting their opponents on their backs. Hastings’ only decision came from Ryan Bosma in the 145-pound match, who outscored the Wildcats’ Chad Wilson 10-4. In a battle between two of the top 103 pounders in the conference, Wayland’s Chae Acton scored a 6-5 decision against the Saxons’ Austin Endsley. Darrin Walker scored an 11-6 decision for Wayland at 130 pounds against Matt Schild, and Luke Judas (152), Glenn VanNortwick (189) and Sean Thompson (215) scored pins for the Wildcats. 77509499 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg showed both sides of its personality Thursday night, in closing out a perfect season of Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) duals against Pennfield. Where Pennfield is strongest in its line-up the Delton boys survived. Where the Delton boys had the opportunity, they thrived. “We have guys that are pinners. We also have guys who are survivors,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “We have guys who are going to go after you, but the other part of that is surviving and don’t’ give up six. We work on that too.” Pennfield built an 11-7 lead through the first five matches, starting at 119 pounds, but �Page 22 — Thursday, February 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Sheriff’s Dept. offers several tips on avoiding winter driving hazards With the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) citing traffic accidents as the leading cause of death during winter storms, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department is reminding travelers that despite adverse conditions, many accidents can be avoided. "What a lot of people need to understand is that a high percentage of traffic fatalities are a result of poor decision making," says Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf. "In bad weather, it may come down to something as simple as postponing travel for a day. If you do have to brave the elements then watch your speed, don’t try to drive too far if you’re tired, and make sure your vehicle is equipped with the necessary equipment for the conditions. Most importantly, always wear safety belts and never get behind the wheel after having too much to drink." In 2002, nearly 18,000 Americans died in alcohol-related accidents, the most since 1992. Most of these victims were not wearing seatbelts. Despite statistics showing that seat belt usage in the U.S. has increased over the years with about four out of every five travelers now buckling up, there is still room for improvement. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that if all drivers and passengers wore seat belts, approximately 8,000 lives a year would be spared nationwide. 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R All my love, Mom R ddd I MONK-A-JUNK I You’ve grown up, but will always be my monk-a-junk, Happy Valentine’s Day 1 Much Love, Grandma 1 ggg + TOMMY + Many hugs and kisses on Valentine’s Day and everyday! o Love always, Grandma o zzzz � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-02-15.pdf f790f2c7d5a133c3d4c5cf82671be741 PDF Text Text Green Gables part of state budget cuts Charlton Park hearing an overdue success Saxons must share Gold with Scots See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 7 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, February 15, 2007 NEWS Citizens come to praise, not bury Charlton Park BRIEFS Public hearing reveals desire to preserve historic treasure, promote attraction Progressive Dems to air ‘Inside Iraq’ The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for a showing of the film “Inside Iraq” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film provides an insider’s look at the country and includes a tour of a children’s landmine hospital, visiting remote villages with medical aid workers, a walk through illegal gun markets, a walk through the streets of Baghdad, a fire fight with Iraqi insurgents and a ride on night patrols in search of terrorists. “Inside Iraq” has been the official selection of several film festivals. The film is free with donations appreciated. Refreshments and socializing will be at 6:30, followed by the film a half hour later. For more informationt, e-mail Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or call 269-795-4412. by David T. Young Editor If comments in last Thursday night’s public hearing on Charlton Park accurately reflect the public will, Barry County’s greatest attraction still has a future. More than 100 citizens packed the Commission on Aging and most came not to bury the park, but rather to suggest ways to save it in the wake of devastating millage defeats last August and November. If nothing is done in the remainder of 2007, it will lack enough money to operate, but most attendees who spoke focused more on ideas about what the park needs to be instead of pointing fingers. Though some talked about cutting the park loose from public funding and suggested privatizing, the vast majority of talk was about bringing back special events that have been lost and continuing to preserve the museum and historic village. Results of a survey revealed greatest support for millage and expanding events as the best way to generate revenue to keep Charlton Park up and running. The forum was handled “Oprah-style,” with moderator State Rep. Brian Calley passing the microphone around to any citizen who wished to comment. At the front of the room, members of the Parks and Recreation Commission and County Board of commissioners listened. One of the more unusual suggestions came from Robert Oliver, who talked about creating a disk golf course on the grounds and charging people to play. Oliver said the game is widely played all over West Michigan and it has a “high benefit to cost ratio” besides causing very little if any damage to the environment. Oliver received a smattering of support later in the hearing from other people who spoke. It was ideas like his that pointed to a consensus of opinion that Charlton Park needs to be more than just a historic village and museum. Noting the recent departure of Director Dr. Local Entrepreneur Exchange to meet The next monthly meeting of the Entrepreneur Exchange Club will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the City of Hastings' Industrial Incubator located at 1035 East State St. (across from Bliss Clearing Niagara). For more information call the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995. Blood drive set at Maple Valley Brian Shumway, who is director of Barry County Substance Abuse Services, complimented Mrs. Lamoreaux’s comments, saying, “I agree with the lady who says marketing is the key. We need to bring in people from outside the county to revivify our special events.” John Warren, a member of the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission, said, “We need people (on the Parks and Rec Commission) with a vested interest in the park... We don’t need a curator, we need a people person, a marketer.” Warren received some of the heaviest applause of the evening when he commented, “We don’t need three (county) commissioners on the park board.” Rick Moore, who has been involved heavily with the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail, said he would like to see walking and biking trails be a big part of Charlton Park’s future and he said “volunteers should be treated with See CHARLTON PARK, page 14 Website has Hastings buzzing Delton High Follies set for Feb. 22-24 About 100 Delton Kellogg High School students will be participating in this year’s edition of the student variety show known as the Follies. The show, open to the public, will be staged at 7 p.m. Feb. 22-24 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 in the high school auditorium. Acts will include a chorus line and other dancing, instrumental music and skits, said English teacher Jessica Barnes, who is the new Follies director. Students in ninth through twelfth grades are performing in the show, which has the theme of “Twentieth Century Follies.” It will be a detailed timeline show, she said. Proceeds from the Follies are earmarked for the Delton Kellogg Theatre Arts Club to produce more shows, Barnes said. Tickets are $3 in advance and may be purchased from Michelle Green in the guidance counselors’ office or at the door for $4. George W. Shannon, Jeanne Lamoreaux said, “I think it’s time to find a director who’s a promoter and marketer. Barb Cichy, chairwoman of the Barry County Democratic Party, said she believes Charlton Park should work more with agencies and funding should come from a combination of government support, gate fees, grants, rent for building and corporations and foundations. Representatives from the Frank Bush Memorial “Walk in the Spirit” Pow Wow said they want the park to continue to welcome the Native American event and other special activities to draw in more and different kinds of people. Elden Shellenbarger, meanwhile, charged the Parks and Rec Commission with being a “stick in the mud” by not encouraging more activities. Mayor Bob May of Hastings said the city is concerned greatly about Charlton Park, adding, “We have a beautiful park, let’s market it.” Teacher’s allegations causes 16,000 hits Student seeking sledding solitude One local child braves the weather to enjoy sledding Wednesday on a hill behind Southeastern Elementary School. Hastings students did not have school on Valentine’s Day due to heavy snowfall and blowing and drifting Tuesday night, but a few of them took advantage of their time off to enjoy winter outdoor reacreation. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A local website calling for the dismissal of Hastings High School Athletic Director Michael Goggins is causing a great deal of controversy in the community. Hastings High School teacher Larry Christopher, author of the website, www.saveoursaxons.com, accuses Goggins of misconduct and charges he is unfit to hold the position of athletic director. He also charges there was collusion on the part of Goggins, then-Superintendent Chris Cooley and High School Principal Tim Johnston to give the position to Goggins and hire Fred Rademacher as varsity football coach. Christopher, who was a candidate for the vacant football position when it was given to Rademacher in 2005, has repeatedly asserted his failure to get the football position has not influenced his opinion of Goggins. When contacted this week, Christopher again said his motivation was a matter of ethical standards, not the fact he was not chosen for the football position. Christopher acknowledged many of his objections to Goggins being hired as athletic director were dealt with in 2005 at the time Goggins was given the position. However, he says, there have been a number of incidents in the interim which motivated him to continue his campaign and to make his website public. One major allegation involves the eligibility of a high school wrestler during this current academic year. Christopher charges the athlete in question should have been declared ineligible according to the standards set by the Hastings High School Athletic Code, even though, according to Michigan High School Athletic Association standards, the student was never ineligible. “My point is, why do we have a separate code for Hastings High School if it is not going to be followed?” Christopher asked. It is written on the website that according to school policy, eligibility is not in issue until two weeks after the start of competition and it is then to be checked every two weeks throughout the season. “Let’s for the moment buy this notion that eligibility doesn’t start until two weeks after the season’s sport competitions have started, the administration has stated that the winter See WEBSITE, page 9 Winterfest Polar Bear Dip price to take a dip Only more Red Cross blood drive is planned for the remainder of this month,. It will be held at Maple Valley High School Monday, Feb. 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The American Red Cross urges donors to give to offset a winter slump. Blood donors are encouraged to make or keep appointments across the state. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs a minimum of 110 pounds, is in reasonably good health and hasn’t given blood within 56 days of the date of Monday’s drive is eligible to contribute. Must have photo ID or donor card. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The price for getting an ice cold dip in Gun Lake this Saturday afternoon has been reduced from $15 to $10, as the annual Gun Lake Winterfest approaches. The Polar Bear Dip entry fee will be just $10, even if people wait to enter until the the last minute, day of reckoning on Feb. 17. The Winterfest fun actually will begin Friday evening, Feb. 16, with a Mardi Gras celebration at O’Neill’s Restaurant on M-179 at 7 p.m. with drink and food specials. The Gun Lake Winterfest Committee continues to refine plans for activities Saturday, which will include entertainment, music, food, broomball, the polar dip and a swimsuit fashion show featuring lots of bikinis. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See WINTERFEST, page 8 Gun Lake Winterfest stalwarts (from left) Alex, Andrew and Carol Liceaga brave the frosty weather to call attention to the sign heralding the annual festivities that will take place this weekend. The Winterfest will feature food, fun, music, competition and rugged outdoor activities. Weather forecasters predict scattered snow showers and temperatures in the mid-20s, a little balmier than a year ago. �Page 2 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Eight to run for Hastings school board NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Raffle and auction aids Green Gables The annual fund-raiser for Green Gables Haven will be held at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. “We get really good stuff,” said Green Gables Haven Executive Director Christine Hiar of items donated for the raffle and two auctions that will be held during the event. Last year the prizes included a week’s stay in a Gun Lake cottage, a trip to Chicago and a fur coat. Hiar said she expects many high quality items again this year, including gift certificates to many local businesses, original art work and jewelry. Tickets for the event are $40 and are available by calling Hiar or any Green Gables Haven board member. The ticket price includes admission to the event and dinner. There will be a cash bar. “It’s our largest fund-raiser of the year, and because we have such great sponsorship, 100 percent of the proceeds go to shelter,” said Hiar. Sponsors for the event are Hastings City Bank, Service Express of Grand Rapids, Pennock Hospital and the Coleman Agency. For more information, call Hiar at (269) 945-0526. First aid, CPR course planned An American Red Cross first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course will be held Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This course uses the new updated materials with the new compression/breathing ratios and special topics of allergic reaction and use of "epi pen," asthma attack and inhalers, seizures, poisoning, shock and stroke. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and workplace OSHA requirements. The times for Friday are from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $50, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. A free light lunch alsowill be provided by Grace Lutheran Youth and Family Ministry, or students may bring their own. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. To register or for more information, call Domke, an ARC certified instructor, at 945-9181. Next Community breakfast Feb. 20 The first Community Breakfast of 2007, featuring a speaker from Barry County Community Mental Health, will be from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. Kori Zimmerman will talk about community mental health services involving families and children. Zimmerman has experience with the court and jail systems, as well as family therapy. “This is an opportunity to start your day with a great, no-cost breakfast and to listen to a knowledgeable speaker with others who are interested in the protection of children in Barry County,” said Karen Jousma, head of the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. The breakfast is one in a series sponsored by Strong Families/Safe Children Foster Home Recruitment, Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County, Court Appointed Special Advocate Program and the Department of Human Services Family to Family Program. This event is for school, medical, government, business professionals, as well as local community members. To RSVP, call the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Saturdays sold out for Village Players Good seats still remain for the Village Players’ Friday night performances of "Stop Sending in the Clowns" Feb. 16 and 23 at the Middle Villa, but Saturday night shows Feb. 17 and 24 are sold out. Village Players director Cheryl Cravero says, "We are thrilled that the Saturday performances of this year's audience participa- tion event are sold out. We hope people call for reservations for the two remaining nights." This play calls on the talents of local actors, but the real fun is the audience getting involved in the murder, mystery and mayhem. Tickets for dinner and the performance are $27.50 each. The doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar and the dinner starts at 7 p.m. followed by the performance. To make reservations call the MiddleVilla Inn at 795-3640. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fund-raiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. Free Alzheimer’s program Feb. 15 The Alzheimer’s Association program will offer a free program and review of Alzheimer’s Disease from 3:30 to 5:30 pm. Thursday, Feb. 15. “Understanding Alzheimer’s” will be held at the Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings. The program provides an introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and includes information on possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease, how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed, the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain and how to gain access to community resources and chapter services. Advance registration is required. Call (517) 999-3004 or (800) 272-3900 or visit www.alzmigreatlakes.org. The Alzheimer’s Association is the world leader in Alzheimer research and support. It advances research, improves services and care, creates awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and mobilizes support. The Michigan Great Lakes Chapter serves a 23-county region of Michigan that includes Barry County. Breakfast set by Freeport fire dept. The Freeport Area Volunteer Fire Department has scheduled its winter pancake breakfast for 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, from in the Freeport Community Center. Members of the Freeport Fire Department are getting close to completing the construction of the new fire department building. According to a recent report the old and new stations have been insulated, 90 percent of the interior walls have been and installed and just in time for the cold weather, the new furnace is in. Members of the Michigan Fiddlers Association will come back to the COA in Hastings Saturday to take part in a jamboree. COA to host local Fiddlers Jamboree The Michigan Fiddlers Association will return to the Barry County Commission on Aging Saturday, Feb. 17 for a day of music, food and dancing. “We’ve got a great program lined up,” said Association representative and Hastings resident Bob Burghdoff. “It’s as much fun for the audience as it is for the musicians. Folks can join us for an hour or two or for the whole day. Musicians come in from all over Barry County and West Michigan.” Fiddlers will be showing their stuff from 2 to 5 p.m. There will be a sign-up sheet available for Open Microphone, which will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. From 6 to 9 p.m., there will be plenty of music, including fiddles, guitars, steel guitars, dulcimers, bass fiddles, piano, and much more. Beginning at 6 p.m., the floor will be open for round, square and couples dancing. The Commission on Aging will be offering a hearty, homemade dinner of hot turkey sandwiches, vegetable, Jell-O, hot fudge pudding cake and beverage. Dinner will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. All proceeds from dinner will go toward COA services for homebound seniors. Admission to the Jamboree is free of charge, but freewill offerings are appreciated. Proceeds at the door are split 50/50 by the Fiddlers Association and the COA. The Commission on Aging is located at 320 West Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings. For more information, phone Nellie at 1-517-6282108 or Bob at 269-945-2500. Multi-jurisdictional planning agreement approved by city by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council has approved a multijurisdictional planning agreement for the City of Hastings, Rutland Township, Hastings Township and Barry County to aid future land use and development in areas in the charge of these government entities. “We’re making really good progress,” said Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield. Mansfield said the four government bodies have been working on this agreement for about two years. He said the townships each worked on their own planning for about three years and the City of Hastings worked on their own planning for about 1.5 years before working to develop a joint committee. The multijurisdictional planning agreement will provide the four government bodies an opportunity for cooperative planning and zoning. “This gives us the opportunity to include the two townships to plan for growth and development within the areas we jointly share or that impact us jointly,” said Mansfield. Barry County is involved with the process because the county does the planning for Hastings Township. Mansfield said in the future there will be a group that deals with a service agreement among the different government bodies. “Our goal was to plan for development first,” he said. “We would like to plan for development that we know will inevitably occur.” Mansfield said he would like a development plan to dictate where services such as water and sewer go, and not have individual developments determine the route of the utilities. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • The council approved the goals and objectives for the 2007-2008 budget. • There will be a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. at the Monday, Feb. 26, City Council meeting to hear comments and make determinations on Hastings Manufacturing Company’s request for establishment of an Industrial Development District on Star School Road. This move eventually could clear the way for tax abatements. • A request was approved from Hastings AYSO Regional Commissioner Kelli Vaughn-Welker for the use of soccer fields in the city parks for the 2007 soccer program. • The council approved Ken Radant’s request on behalf of the South Jefferson Street merchants for the third annual St. Patrick’s Day parade at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17. • The city council asked for more information before making a decision regarding a $2,000 funding request from the Barry County Economic Alliance. Council members said they would like information about a list of funding from other areas, services provided and the budget for the current year. • Resolution 2007-05 was adopted, approving the transfer of a liquor license from the old Pizza Hut building to the new Pizza Hut building at the same address. • Tom Bateman was appointed to the Cable Access Committee for a term ending Dec. 31. • The mayor and clerk were authorized to sign lease agreements for space in the Hastings Industrial Incubator with: B & T Group Enterprises, LLC; L & K Lawn Services; USA Recycle; Co-Dee Stamping, Inc. (#2); Cool Beans Limited; and CNC Concepts. After two Hastings Board of Education veteran incumbents announced they have decided not to seek re-election for the school board seats, eight candidates have stepped up to take their places. Kim Alderson and Donald Myers, both of whom served for 12 years, announced in January they will not be running again in the May 8 elections. At first it was reported that nobody had submitted a petition with the Barry County County Clerk to fill those vacant positions. However, Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith reported Tuesday afternoon that Dan Patton, Rob Thornburgh, Louis Wierenga Jr., Kevin Beck, Scott Franson, Terry McKinney, Bob Teunessen and Paula Pierce had filed before the 4 p.m. deadline. All of the candidates live in Hastings, except Patton, who lists Bellevue address. McKinney is no stranger to the school board, having served two terms before being defeated in his re-election bid a year ago by Tammy Pennington and Jeff Guenther. Candidates were required to file an affidavit of identity and submit petitions with the required number of signatures by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. For Delton Kellogg, Maple Valley and Lakewood schools, a minimum of six and maximum of 20 signatures were needed. For Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings schools, a minimum of 40 signatures and a maximum of 100 were required. In the Delton Kellogg school district, Marsha Bassett’s and Tony Crosariol’s seats are up for re-election. Both have been on the school board since 2003, and both are seeking re-election. They will be joined on the ballot by Jason Hicks. At Maple Valley, Tim James’ and Brian Green’s seats are up for re-election. James, on the board since 1997, decided against another term. However Green, seeking his second term, will face challenges from Mark Shoemaker, April Heinze, James Dunham and Tim Burd, a former member of the Barry County Board of Commissioners. At Thornapple Kellogg, Marty Wenger stepped down after serving since 1996, but Tammy Berdecia will join incumbent Tom Ward on the ballot. The two will be unopposed. In Lakewood, Gordon Kettel’s, Brian Potter’s and Barry Vezino’s seats are up for re-election. Kettel, who has been on the board since 2003, plans to run again, as does Vezino, who has been on the board since last year. Potter also has filed to seek re-election. All are unopposed on the ballot. Ash Wednesday to begin Lent season Feb. 21 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer As J-Ad Graphics has done in the past, the Banner, Reminder and community papers will include on a space available basis a listing of events during the Lenten season which begins on Wednesday, Feb. 21. This will include Palm Sunday, April 1, and Easter, April 8, events. Churches can be included in the catalogue of events by sending a listing that includes the type of event, time, date and location to patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The same information can be sent as a fax message to 945-5192. Please include “Attention Patricia” on the cover sheet. Information can be “snail mailed” to J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Mi. 49058. Include “Attention Patricia” on the envelope. The deadline each week is Tuesday by noon for the Banner and Thursday by noon for the Reminder and community papers. Churches should include a daytime telephone number on the listing. This column will be printed on a space available basis until the Tuesday and Thursday before Easter. Any church that would like information about the cost of advertising for any of their events may call J-Ad Graphics at (269) 9459554. Green Gables absorbs cut of $75,000 Green Gables Haven, the only domestic violence shelter in Barry County, is in jeopardy after an executive order by Governor Jennifer Granholm cut the shelter’s state funding. “Green Gables Haven will be looking to the community for the support that we need to get through this crisis,” said Green Gables Haven Executive Director Christine Hiar. A total of $75,000 was designated for Green Gables Haven through the Department of Human Services budget, and it was accounted for to comprise one third of the shelter’s annual budget. The $75,000 was all of the state funding designated for the shelter. This is the second year in the row the domestic violence shelter has lost all of its state funding. “Another door is being closed on some of the most vulnerable people in our community,” said Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Michael Callton of the threat facing Green Gables Haven. Hiar said the shelter has no monetary “cushion” this year because any available money was used to keep the shelter open after last year’s funding cut. For more information or to help Green Gables Haven, call Hiar at (269) 945-0526. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 3 Hastings Science Olympiad students scrimmage at TK Science Olympiad coaches Marty Buehler of Hastings and Tim Shaw of Thornapple Kellogg were shaking their heads Tuesday at the weather predictions for snow and blowing snow. Fortunately, the brunt of this storm with 30-mile-a-hour winds didn't close the two schools until the next day, Feb. 14, so the two teams were able to spend four hours in a Science Olympiad scrimmage. The two teams originally were planning to stage a practice competition Saturday, Feb. 3, with teams from 20 other schools, but this event was cancelled due to the February bliz- zard. Shaw said, "We were happy to be able to scrimmage because the teams had a chance to test their structures, review their test taking skills and look at timing." Science Olympiad is a science-based national competition which tests both academic skills such as test taking and hands-on creative problem solving. Both Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg will compete for real in the regional competition scheduled for Saturday, March 10. The top three schools from the regionals get to compete at the state contest later in the spring. The well of the Thornapple Kellogg High School library was filled with members of the Hastings Science Olympiad teams for a scrimmage with Thornapple Kellogg teams. The regional competition is set for Saturday, March 10. Beuhler and the Hastings team competed in everything from astronomy to “The Wright Stuff." Several of the tasks were tests, including astronomy, ecology, designer genes, disease detectives, food chemistry and remote sensing. Teams used paper and pencil and computers to take the tests. Several the elements of the day were labratory based including chemistry, physics and circuit bab. But the most fun were the "hands on" tasks. These include the Robot Ramble." "Sounds of Music," "Scrambler, " "Boomilever" and "Wright Stuff." All the tasks have guidelines which each team must meet. In Robot Ramble, team created robots have to follow a course. In Sounds of Music teams create their own musical instruments and must play music on them. These instruments must be in tune as well. This year the teams have to create two instruments and play together, in tune. Scrambler is another team created task with a challenge with raw eggs. In Boomilever teams create a balsa wood structure with a weight limit, which is tested to see how much weight it can hold. In the Wright Stuff, teams create rubber band activated planes weighing just a few grams which compete on how long they stay in the air. One of the most interesting competitions of the day was "Write It, Do It." There is a model created and half of each team observes this model and then describes it in words for their partner. Then the partner, who cannot see the model, must construct it based on the description written by the first partner from a bag of assorted objects. Buehler said, "This is a great way for students to get experience, especially those who have not competed at the regional level." Barry County Relay for Life is ‘All-American’ Creators of robots for the Hastings Science Olympiad team are (from left) Nathan Ford, Seth Beduhn, William Davis and Seth Parker. More than 600 dead deer removed from roads in ’06 by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor The program to remove dead deer from Barry County’s roads resulted in 608 deer carcasses being disposed in 2006. The highest dead deer removal count was during the first quarter of that year, during January, February and March, when 273 carcasses were collected for disposal at the local landfill. Barry County Solid Waste Oversight Committee members started the program in March 2001 because of concerns about possible pollution runoff and the potential of the spread of disease from dead deer along local roadways. Actual removal of the deer carcasses is implemented by the County Sheriff’s Department. Citizens and/or motorists can call the Sheriff’s Department’s business phone to report a dead deer along roads in the county. That number is 269-948-4805. Dr. V. Harry Adrounie, chairman of the Solid Waste Oversight Committee, said the committee recently adopted a formal Deer Pickup Policy, which states that before reporting a deer carcass, several criteria should be met. The deer carcass: • Should be within 50-feet of the road center, or • Must be located on the “mowed” part of a property owner’s yard. • Should be in a condition of decomposition that allows removal in one whole section. The policy states that “it is not the intent of this policy to restrict deer carcass pickup; rather its intent is to clarify what the expectations are for collecting deer carcasses.” Cost to remove the carcasses is paid primarily from funds the solid waste group receives from Waste Management Co., which owns the landfill in Hastings. “This project has been of great benefit to the citizens of Barry County...” Adrounie has said. “I think it’s a good program. It’s getting the dead carcasses off the roadways and consequently, it slows down the spread of any disease they might be carrying, which people don’t think about. Plus, it alleviates the problem of pollution – runoff. When rain or snow gets on the carcass, it runs off into the aquifer.” The highest monthly number of reported deer carcasses for removal in 2006 was in January when 125 were collected. Figures for the other months last year were: 61 deer carcasses in February, 87 in March, 32 in April, 30 in May, 29 in June, 37 in July, 20 in August, 32 in September, 46 in October, 69 in November and 40 in December. Top middle school spellers announced Gathered to show the “All-American Relay” award presented to Barry County Relay for Life are (front row, from left) Nikki Meredith, Bonnie Meredith, Hastings Mayor Bob May, Deb May, Meme Moray, Jennifer McKeever, Vickie Fredericks; (back row) Crystal Parish, Deb Baker, Carla France, Ken Yates and Jodi Stiles. The Barry County Relay for Life event recently received a prestigious award at the American Cancer Society’s Leadership Summit by being named as one of 12 winners of 40 designated All-American Relay 2006 teams. This award is the hardest to achieve for local relays. Everything has to be perfect and then some. The Grand Rapids American Cancer Society office nominated Barry County for this award and was inundated with paperwork to fill out, but according to Crystal Parish, ACS Coordinator, it was worth it. Barry County to get $25,000 in food and shelter FEMA funds Barry County has been awarded $25,116 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to supplement area emergency food and shelter programs. The selection was made by a national board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Council of Jewish Federations, Catholic charities, USA; National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way of America, which will provide the administrative staff and function as a fiscal agent. The board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by Congress to help expand the capacity of food and shelter programs in high-need areas around the county. A local board made up of representatives of the Salvation Army, Barry County commissioners, Community Action Agency, Hastings Area Ministerial Association, Continuum of Care, Commission on Aging and Barry County United Way will determine how the funds awarded to Barry County are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service organizations in the area. The local board is responsible for recommending funds available under this phase of the program. Local government or private voluntary organizations who wish to be considered for FEMA funding must submit a request to Barry County United Way no later than March 10. Requests should be mailed or faxed to: Barry County United Way, P.O. Box 644, Hastings, Mich. 49058. The fax number is 269-945-4536. Under the terms of the county’s grant from the National Board, local governmental or private voluntary organizations chosen to receive funds must: Be a non-profit; have an accounting system and conduct an annual audit; practice non-discrimination; have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs; and if they are a private voluntary organization, they must have a voluntary board. Qualifying organizations are urged to apply, said a spokesperson in a press release. Barry County has previously distributed emergency food and shelter funds with the Community Action Agency, Our Lady of Great Oaks Food Bank, United Methodist Church in Middleville, St. Ambrose Church in Delton, Lakewood Community Council, Barry County Veterans Affairs, Barry County United Way, Green Gables Haven and Freeport United Methodist Church. Further information on the FEMA funding program may be obtained by contacting Barry County United Way at 269-945-4010. Documentation was filled out on everything from participants, sponsorships, team retention, number of survivors, the survivorship programs to the activities that are provided at each relay. Parish said once the paperwork was done, at the Leadership Summit, everything had to be proven that was written. “What an awesome task!” she said. Barry County was the only Relay for Life event to win an award out of the Grand Rapids ACS office. Regarding funds raised, Barry County was in the top core with proceeds of $108,000. The net average proceeds for a relay is $84,000. “This is a true community award. There’s a little bit of Barry County in each team,” said Deb Baker, public relations chairperson for the Barry Relay. Hastings Mayor Bob May was thrilled that Barry County has received this award and said he will see that the sign the Relay Committee received will be placed at the entrance to Hastings. The 2007 Barry County Relay for Life is set for Aug. 10-11 from noon to noon. “If you have never participated in a relay, now is the time,” Baker said. “The Relay is a wonderful opportunity to gather your family and friends together and walk in honor of a loved one battling the terrible disease of cancer or to walk in memory of a loved one who has lost their lives due to cancer. So, get your team together, collect donations or sponsorships and help us walk cancer out of Barry County.” Interested people are invited to the Relay Team Kick-off meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 20, at the Ever After Banquet Hall, located on North Michigan Avenue in Hastings. People interested in entering a team into the 2007 Barry County Relay for Life event are asked to please come to the kick-off meeting and get all the needed information or contact Co-Chairs Bonnie Meredith at 269-9454520 or Cindy Bigler at 269-945-3415. Hastings Middle School has announces the first and second place winners from this year's spelling bee. These students won classroom spelling bees to earn the right to compete against other winners from all three grade levels. Then on Jan. 18, , nearly 60 of these top spellers competed at the middle school. Winning the spelling bee was seventh- grader Joey Longstreet and finishing second was sixth-grader Hannah Wilgus. These two students will go on to represent the middle school when they compete at the regional level. The regional spelling bee will be held at the Hastings Community Center Tuesday, Feb. 27. Sixth-grader Hannah Wilgus, the runner-up, and spelling bee champion Joey Longstreet, a seventh-grader. �Page 4 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Website author’s attacks smack of character assassination IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Will we be fooled by war drums again? To the editor: We've been led down this road before, so it's surprising that the White House actually thinks they can pull the same stunt twice. But wait... can they? Will we fall for the same old song and dance? The sabers are rattling again and the message is exactly the same. The trouble is that unlike Iraq, Iran's weapons are not imaginary, and they will fight back. It's no wonder they're nervous. In 2001, President George W. Bush labeled Iran in the "axis of evil" and rejected their offers of assistance in fighting Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks. For those who don't have a globe handy, we have them surrounded. Our troops are in Afghanistan to the east and Iraq to west. An admiral is suddenly in charge of Central Command, two aircraft carriers are now in the Persian Gulf and missiles are being stockpiled. Now add in the latest "surge" (escalation by any other name is still escalation). If that isn't enough, consider that Liz Cheney is in charge of Middle Eastern affairs at the State Department. She has absolutely no credentials, other than a private line to her evil daddy, who has an undisguised agenda. Once again, we have strange anonymous leaks, unsubstantiated news reports, conflicting evidence and lots of lies... all while Scooter Libby's trial is still going on! You gotta hand it to him: Cheney's got chutzpah. Even after his disaster in Iraq, Dick is running the same old play on us, this time looking toward Iran. Actually, I don't think he's stupid, but I'm sure he thinks we are. One U.S. bomb on Iran will result in the wacky, current regime enduring for decades and 70 million friendly Iranian citizens mobilizing into pure hatred for America. The notion of attacking Iran is sheer folly. Better contact your congressmen right away and tell them the words "I'm skeptical" are not strong enough. "Cut The Crap" works better. We can be proud that our Michigan U.S. senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, were two of the 23 who voted against the war resolution in October 2002. Now I am so glad they're not running around apologizing and explaining like the rest. But they still need to hear from all of us to know how we feel. Get our troops out of there. Cut off the funding. Bring in Arab League peacekeepers and give them full command. Abandon all bases. End the occupation. Slash the Defense Department budget and send the money to Iraq so they can clean up our mess. Stop the war NOW. Call or e-mail your senators. This is the way to tell Dick Cheney and George W. Bush that WE are the deciders. Karen Van Zalen, Hastings Fire Detroit’s auto bosses, not workers by Jim Hightower Minuteman Media Guess who's rising like a rocket toward the No. 1 spot in U.S. auto sales? Toyota! The Japanese carmaker has already now surpassed Ford for second place, while Honda has dumped DaimlerChrysler to take over the No. 4 spot. America's Big Three is no more, with Detroit's auto lineup claiming barely half of our own market. Japan's surge is the direct result of its focus on high quality, fuel-efficient vehicles, while stodgy bosses in Detroit cluelessly keep pushing gas-guzzlers in an age of $3-a-gallon gasoline. For example, Toyota and Honda are scoring big with their new subcompact cars, but GM has only one small car for sale in America (made by its Korean partner) and Ford and Chrysler sell no subcompacts here. Meanwhile, sales of Ford's SUVs plummeted by more than half in July. But, by gollies, GM and Ford are fighting back! Not by rushing boldly into the fuelefficient market — instead, they're both running promotional schemes to subsidize the gasoline prices of car buyers. In a July pro- motion, GM pledged to pay a third or more of the fuel costs for California and Florida customers who bought certain GM vehicles, including a big ol' Suburban or (for godsake) a nine-mile-a- gallon Hummer. Ford went further. In a scheme it dubbed "Bold Moves," anyone buying certain Fords (including its big honker SUVs) will get free gas for the rest of the year. Meanwhile, as Americans are snapping up small cars, the geniuses in Detroit are rushing off in the opposite direction — both GM and Ford are resurrecting their old, soupedup muscle cars! At the same time, Ford says that its lousy sales record might mean more job cuts and plant closings. So American workers and communities will pay the price for the boneheaded management failures and marketing incompetence of the high-priced guys up in Detroit's executive suites. It is time to keep the workers... and fire the bosses. (Jim Hightower is the best-selling author of "Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time To Take It Back”) Saxon alumnus defends Goggins To the editor: As many of you know, Hastings High School Athletic Director Mike Goggins has come under recent scrutiny. Before conclusions are drawn or judgment is passed, I’d like to offer a former student athlete’s perspective. I first met Mike Goggins in the fifth grade, nearly 13 years ago. Over the years, he has been my teacher, my coach and a role model. More importantly, he was a mentor and a friend. Bottom line, Mike Goggins has been a positive influence in my life. As a current Division I athlete, I know first hand the qualities and characteristics one must possess to be successful at the collegiate level. Though my family is largely responsible for where I am in life right now, Mr. Goggins was right there, too, every step of the way. He taught me to “suck it up,” to “stick with what you want,” and reinforced that a person can accomplish anything if their mind and heart believe. See DEFEND, next page To the editor: I feel compelled to write a letter to address the ongoing controversy over Hastings High School Athletic Director Mike Goggins and website author Larry Christopher. First, I will not even pretend to approach this subject from an unbiased position, I am Mike's twin brother, but I can offer perspective because no one knows him better than 1. Mike and I do not always agree about everything. We argue about lots of things from politics to business, but what I do know for a fact is Mike and Cheryl Goggins’ commitment to the students and Hastings school community is undeniable. It is important to keep all the information that has been disseminated in perspective. First, almost every person on the planet has at one time or another, told a dirty joke, or made a tasteless remark, let's be adults, we have all done it and we have been on the receiving end. Not a good thing, but not really life altering either. The e-mails in question were hand picked from literally hundreds for their content. Of course, there is no mention of many hundred of e-mails containing good comments about students, or situations where Mike 'went to bat" for a student, or where he was recommending some positive position. Only the questionable ones were posted. The website also fails to clearly point out, all of these emails were between a handful of adults, no students ever were affected by them tions have been investigated by the administration and found to have no merit. As for Mr. Christopher's claim he is an advocate for the downtrodden people of the community, this is not true at all. Do not forget the twisted accusations are not just a personal attack on Mike Goggins and his family. Christopher attacks the school board members, implying they are either corrupt or stupid. He attacks the teachers, students and parents who support Mike by calling them a "mob" and "thugs." He attacks school administrators by stating they are incompetent and corrupt, and he attacks the entire Hastings community, a community he chooses not live in or pay taxes in, by calling all of you "hayseeds," an insulting term meant to demonstrate your lack of intelligence and sophistication. Make no mistake, Larry Christopher is a bully, he uses intimidation, threats and now whining to get what he wants, and like every bully, when things don't go their way they react with more and more anger, he is obsessed with doing harm to my brother because he did not get the varsity football coaching position he wanted. The school board should be considering firing someone at the high school, but it isn't Mike Goggins. Tim Goggins, Grand Rapids Mike Goggins responds to website allegations To the editor, This letter is in response to the recent development of a website devoted to, among otherthings, attack my reputation and integrity. So far, I have tried to take the high road, but it seems futile to enter into a debate Mr. Christopher's website will always have the last word. So I am trying to stick to the facts and leaving out the commentary. Mr. Christopher never had any issues with me prior to not receiving the varsity football coaching appointment in June 2005. He and I served on the Hastings Education Association negotiating team together for several years and I thought we had a good professional relationship. We often saw eye to eye on many issues regarding the teachers’ contract. When he and Karl Swartz were first named to the football coaching staff prior to me being named AD, they even asked me to join the staff, stating I would bring "legitimacy and a winning attitude" because of my success in wrestling. Mr Christopher often had compliments for the wrestling program and me. On June 2, 2005, two hours after he was notified a committee of seven (a decision I did not make on my own) had chosen another candidate for the head football coaching position, Mr. Christopher sent a detailed e-mail to then Superintendent Chris Cooley stating he had a signed affidavit from a fellow teacher that I had sexually harassed this individual. He also stated he was investigating other incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior while I was a coach. He said he wanted this to remain discreet and that if I pulled my name from consideration as new AD and resigned as wrestling coach, he would not take this to the board. I refused and the vendetta began. As it turned out, he did not have the affidavit of sexual harassment at that time. When pressed by the Uniserv Director of the MEA, he did eventually produce a signed note from a teacher tha reported I had offended him in a locker room "sometime back in the late 1990s.” It was later decided that this incident amounted to little more than self-deprecating locker room humor that included all adult males prior to the start of the school day with no students present. The offended person apparently was not offended enough to report it to anyone until he was approached by Mr. Christopher nine years later while "looking for dirt" on me. This has been confirmed to Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. until they were posted in a public forum by Mr. Christopher, and they were obtained using the Freedom of Information Act, a legal device designed to allow citizens and "watchdog" groups to look into the doings of government officials, it was never intended to use to pry into people's private e-mails. Think about it, How would you would this done to you? Mr. Christopher also fails to point out these e-mails and the exaggerated locker room antics are actually years old. In fact some of his references are more than 10 years old. What is the statute of limitations on a joke? When is the line crossed into inciting harassment? As for the claim of cronyism, this part of the information supplied is more distorted facts and outright lies. The site states categorically that Chris Cooley and Mike Goggins were best friends throughout high school. I state with complete confidence and first hand knowledge Mike and Chris were never friends in high school, in fact they never had one single social outing together, never played sports on the same teams and until Chris came to work at Hastings they had not seen each other in more than 15 years. The eventual coach who was hired for the head football position was not even personally known by Mike. So if the accusation of cronyism is untrue, what else is an outright lie or distorted fact? Mr. Christopher's claim of other indiscre- me by many teachers who were contacted by Mr. Christopher in late May and early June 2005. This note was actually signed two days after Mr.Christopher claimed he had the signed -affidavit. The teacher claimed that Mr. Christopher promised him he would not show the note to anyone, but needed it because he had already said he had it and would be in trouble if he could not produce it. Since then I have told the teacher involved I was unaware he was offended and apologized. He accepted. We see each other often at school and have a good professional relationship. Every other claim of inappropriate behavior back in 2005 that Mr. Christopher produced was fully investigated by Assistant Supt. Mary VIiek and found to be inaccurate and totally unfounded. With the following exceptions: I did use the school mail inappropriately for other than school business and did use inappropriate language. I do regret this very much. The e-mails Mr. Christopher discovered as he poured over thousands of e-mails and documents of mine and other he FOIA'd (and others) contained adult language. They were sent between adults and were never meant to be in the public. They contained some insensitive comments that, and for that I am deeply sorry. I and several other teachers involved now realize that our school e-mail is public domain and we need to keep our use to a professional and appropriate level. It should be noted that while going through my e-mails, I have discovered several e-mails from Mr. Christopher in which he also used insensitive and inappropriate comments and language. I have chosen not to publish these as he has mine because like mine they are more than two years old. I don't find any thrill or pleasure in causing him or his farnily the same kind of embarrassment he has caused me and mine. Supt. Cooley and the Board of Education decided to waive FOIA fees rather than putting the burden on the HEA. The cost was well over $1,000, which Mr. Christopher refused to pay and the bill was left for the teachers’ union. He made the FOIA request on behalf of the HEA (this is documented) even though he was clearly using it for his personal vendetta. At that time, Mr. Christopher was still approved by the Board ofEducation as an assistant varsity football coach, but he decided he could not coach because of the "fric- How about library funding cut? One way that Governor Jennifer Granholm is suggesting could help balance the Michigan budget is to reduce funding of public libraries by 50 percent. What do you think of this idea? tion" created by his accusations. However, he insisted he be paid full pay of nearly $4,000 in 2005 even though he didn't actually coach because he had already been approved by the board. The locker room incident also was fully investigated and it was determined that no incident of sexual harassment occurred, though as I stated it was decided my behavior was inappropriate. Again, I apologized for the incident, but please note again that incident was nearly 11 years ago. I was a younger, brasher teacher then and I certainly have learned from those early years. At the time of my approval by the Board of Education, Mr. Christopher clearly brought up his displeasure on me being new AD and of his perceived conspiracy (cronyism) of the football coaching position he did not get. The Board of Education reviewed investigations, the hiring committee's recommendation, and unanimously approved me as the new AD, for which I am grateful. As for the saveoursaxons website, I find it very disturbing. The biggest reason is the ability for Mr. Christopher to blur fact and opinion into his own truth. I also believe most teachers would agree that after over 20 years of coaching and 14 years of teaching, all of us would have students who would write in with stories of how they were mistreated, especially when this can be done anonymously. I respect their right to their opinion and their First Amendment rights, but I do wish since they are using my name they would sign theirs. I will take their criticism to heart and try to grow as a person from it. Futhermore, Mr. Christopher has the control to censor any of the e-mails he receives prior to putting them on his site. There could be 100 e-mails supporting me for every one that does not. There is no proof these are even legitimate responses. Website authors have the ability to slant the overall view of the site any way they wish. While some of the e-mails were mine, they are the same ones Mr. Christopher brought to the Board or Education's attention two years ago, which I have apologized for many times. Also the allegations of sexual harassment is See GOGGINS, page 18 The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Darren Milligan, Hastings: “Ideas like this demonstrate why we need a new governor. Libraries are important for people looking for jobs, which she says is important to her.” Matt Allerding, Hastings: “I think this is a good thing because getting the budget under control is really important. This is one way we can all help.” John Resseguie, Hastings: “I think that if she wants to do this, she should cut her own salary first. Hurting libraries hurts the community.” Joyce LaFlamme, Hastings: “This is not a good idea. Libraries are important to the community. For some people it is their access to the Internet and job searches.” Devlin Graham, Hastings: “This is a really bad idea. Our librarians need salaries to live and communities need libraries. Libraries are important to communities.” Dan Brown, Hastings: “I don’t think this is a good idea. Libraries are good for communities. They do a lot to improve the education of everyone.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 5 Charlton Park hearing an overdue success There’s a wise old saying that “90 percent of the people who show up at public meetings are there to gripe.” Sad, but true. Most people who are satisfied or supportive of the way things are going tend to stay home, while the folks who are upset are motivated to go to a public meeting to give elected officials a piece of their mind. And if it’s true “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” then this is the best way for citizens to influence public policy. With all this conventional wisdom in mind, it was more than somewhat surprising the long overdue Charlton Park hearing last week didn’t turn out to be just a massive gripe session. Instead, it actually may have been one Barry County’s finest hours in the community arena. With State Rep. Brian Calley, the moderator, passing the microphone much like Phil Donahue or Oprah Winfrey, a lot of people were given a chance to express their opinions. And rather than trash Charlton Park and its leadership, the overwhelming focus was on something akin to “Here is what I think we should do...” This is the kind of collective community effort we’re told is what’s best about the democratic form of government — a town hall meeting to enable citizens to tell government how they feel and what they think needs to be done. It’s the way things ought to be. What took it so long? The meeting of about 125 people that took place last Thursday night at the Commission on Aging should have been held more than six months ago. Maybe it should have been held immediately after the Aug. 8 primary election millage defeats. It would have been a healthy step by local government to ask constituents, “So what’s the problem? What can we do to get you to support Charlton Park with a millage levy?” Instead, the old County Board of Commissioners decided to come back to the voters with virtually the same proposal, and a slipshod “Friends of Charlton Park” campaign was disorganized. The results in the Nov. 7 general election weren’t much better than what stepped forward in August. There is absolutely nothing wrong with local government, or any kind of democratic government for that matter, asking constituents what they think about an important issue. To be sure, sometimes the process can become emotional, heated and even ugly, but dealing with real problems is a critical part of effective governance. A much clearer picture of what the problems are at Charlton Park and what should be done to correct them has emerged for members of the Parks and Recreation Commission and for members of the County Board of Commissioners. Now the ball is in their court. But I just can’t pass up the opportunity to commend 125 people who passed up Thursday night’s TV offerings, took the time to come to the COA and took enough interest in saving Barry County’s greatest treasure and greatest attraction. Their genuine show of concern restores my faith in our otherwise too often selfcentered and pleasure-seeking modern society. The late Hubert Humphrey, while running for president in 1968, once urged constituents along the campaign trail to “vote your hopes, not your hates.” The group that showed up last week to talk about Charlton Park apparently did just that. State of the State: Strong on rhetoric, not solutions I was honored last week by State Rep. Brian Calley as his guest for Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s State of the State address. I've watched these addresses on TV over the years, but never had the chance to attend one in person.. I've heard a lot about all the pomp and circumstance, so I wasn't surprised as I watched it unfold right before my eyes. It brought me a whole new meaning. We arrived at the capital around 5:30 p.m. and got into the House chambers around 6. It took the rest of the hour to get the governor inside. Getting all the dignitaries into the hall was quite a spectacle. When Gov. Granholm finally entered the chambers you could tell just by watching her she was triumphant, recently being reelected by such a large margin. She looked like she had earned some political capital and she was going to use it. From where I sat, front row, second seat, the governor did a great job delivering her message, kind of cheerleader style. I even got caught up in the clapping and standing up when the governor was talking about working across the aisle to solve Michigan's economic woes, I jumped up and starting clapping, only to see I was one of a very few on the Republican side standing. So I stayed up and continued showing support, because I didn't have inside information to see the situation differently. I have to say however, I was disappointed with her message. She wasn't supposed to be running for office again, but rather giving her assessment on the condition of our state. It came off instead as the same ole, same ole political speech filled with all kinds of promises, programs and, of course, new taxes. I was hoping the governor would be willing to tell Michigan's taxpayers that “we are in trouble, but don't worry, I have a plan to turn the state around, all I need is your help to make it possible.” And then tell the entire legislature that we can work together to make it happen for the citizens of this great state. Instead, she took up valuable time to explain a list of new programs that are supposed to reform government, revitalize our cities, challenge our students to attend college and provide jobs for those who don't have one. Granholm went on to talk about the turning point in the journey Michigan's economy is heading. Her plan will help shape the future and avert the crisis Michigan now faces. "We must choose success for our people" working together across the aisle, not allowing the political process to keep us from achieving our goals. We are one Michigan." And she warned the legislators to govern as such. It all sounded good, but no matter how you look at it, Michigan remains on the bottom of most lists as a place to find a job, built a plant or open a new business. The governor talked about the need to act fast in finding ways to solve our economic crisis. She expressed her concern in ending no-bid contracting, reducing prison populations and focusing on small units of government, demanding they work together at the local level to reduce the costs of government. Then she went on with a list of new programs to promise all students a college education, full-time kindergarten, improved access to health care, tearing down houses in city neighborhoods and adding more police and fire protection and on and on. What she didn't talk about was how we’re going to pay for all this at a time when the state's budget is in crisis. She did mention that she and her budget director would be submitting her budget Thursday as part of her plan for her new Michigan. The problem is that when she finally unveiled the details on Thursday, it was filled with new taxes on just about every taxpayer, small business and industry that might make any recovery in Michigan possible. What she failed to take into consideration was that many small businesses and industries are already finding it hard to compete in the climate Michigan offers them. They were not looking for new taxes that would increase their costs of doing business in Michigan, they were looking for a plan to reduce their costs, to reduce government regulations and make it easier to do business in Michigan. The governor should have asked the legislature to continue to find ways to cut operational costs, saying to them that everything is on the table, turn over all the stones until we reduce spending to its lowest costs. After we've done that, then we can look at the new number we need to raise in order to run state government and its programs. Then raise the personal income tax and some business taxes enough to bring in the money necessary to cover the costs, with the understanding that we will reduce the income tax proportionately as our state's economy improves. In the long run, this approach will be better for Michigan taxpayers, who I'm sure don't want a new list of taxes they are forced to pay with the knowledge they won't ever go away. It also doesn't make sense to burden business and industry with additional taxes at a time when our state's economy is at its lowest point in over a decade. This is a time in Michigan's history that demands special leadership, with new ideas, new direction and sound judgment. I was planning to see it from this governor, but instead I think all we got was some more political feel good rhetoric. To the governor I say, "Back to the drawing board" and to Michigan taxpayers "speak out now before it's too late." Michigan has so much to offer sandwiched between the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, great colleges and universities, statewide road system, an experienced workforce and a strong business and industrial complex. The only thing we need now is strong, visionary leadership in making the tough choices to get Michigan's economy back a track again. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Hastings downtown parking issues discussed at forum by Megan Lavell Staff Writer More than 40 downtown merchants and business people gathered at the Felpausch DEFEND, continued from previous page Over the years, I have visited the high school whenever I’m in town — and every time I make it a point to see Mr. Goggins. During a recent trip home, I was amazed with the incredible progress Hastings High School sports have made. In my opinion, Mike Goggins has been a huge success as the Hastings athletic director. He has instilled a sense of pride at Hastings, which hopefully is felt throughout our community. Ultimately, I have no desire to address the allegations; rather I simply offer another perspective. As our community decides what to believe, please consider all perspectives and agendas. Joe Keller, Hastings ’02 Training Center last Wednesday night (Feb. 7) to voice concerns about downtown parking, as well as offer suggestions on how to fix some of the issues. Mark Feldpausch opened the forum saying, “I’m reasonably confident that all of us here have parking issues that are near and dear.” Feldpausch went on to say he believes it is a good idea for the downtown merchants to seek outside assistance with the parking issue so they can have an unbiased perspective on the problem. Brian Pille and Cody Gallo from JJR, the firm compiling the master plan for future land use in the City of Hastings, gave a brief presentation and then asked the audience what they thought were the parking issues in the city. “The goal tonight really is to gather information from everybody,” said Pille. Pille said he observed parking downtown all day one Tuesday at the end of December. He said the parking evaluation includes parking from Broadway to Boltwood and Mill to Green streets. Those attending the meeting decided the most important issues were parking enforcement and problems with employees and mer- chants parking in the spaces directly in front of downtown businesses. One of the problems related to enforcement was that parking tickets cost only $5. Several audience members said they believe there should be a graduated system through which each parking ticket costs more than the last for each individual, but police chief Jerry Sarver said that would be difficult to monitor. Another issue the audience discussed was that of snow removal downtown. Several people had ideas about how to keep the downtown area cleared of snow, including plowing the snow to the middle of the street and letting it melt there instead of plowing it to the sides of the street, making it difficult for customers to walk through to get to the stores. JJR will now take the information collected during the forum and turn it into a report for the city staff and the Downtown Development Authority to review. They will then send it back to JJR with any clarifications or additions, and JJR will then make the corrections and return a final report to the city and the DDA. At that point, the report will be presented to the Hastings City Council for approval. Michigan constitution doesn’t permit sales tax on services After receiving official information from the governor about the newly proposed tax plan, I started my review of it in a sadly nontraditional place: The Michigan Constitution. I think of the constitution as the preapproved authority that citizens have given the government. In other words, it’s your leash. So how long is that leash on the subject of taxes? The proposed 2% sales tax on services, along with the Michigan Business Tax, make up the lion’s share of the $3 billion tax plan (a net $1.1 billion tax increase). However, there are also tax increases on insurance premiums, liquor, tobacco, estate taxes and a variety of industry specific taxes. There would be a decrease on the sales taxes associated with the purchase of a new car when coupled with a trade-in. According to the Granholm Administration, the Michigan Business Tax plan would be the same as what was previously proposed (and described in my earlier columns), except for a new tax credit available only to big businesses. That is not a typo; it would really only be available to big businesses who headquarter here in Michigan. For the purpose of a constitutional discussion, I will focus on the sales tax increase. In Article IX, Section 8 of the Michigan Constitution, the citizens of Michigan have granted its government the authority to administer a sales tax, first at 4% and then increased to 6% in 1994 through a constitutional amendment (known back then as Proposal A). That amendment was approved by a popular vote of the people, but it came with strings attached. The constitution specifically says that the sales tax shall be “imposed on retailers” on their “gross taxable sales of tangible personal property.” You can read it for yourself at www.michigan.gov. I looked up the word “retail” in Webster’s Dictionary. It was defined as “the sale of commodities or goods in small quantities to ultimate consumers”. A “retailer” is one who engages in that business. I then looked up the legal definition of the phrase “tangible personal property” in several different sources. All were consistent, including these examples: “Assets other than real estate that physically exist” and “personal property that can be felt or touched.” The bottom line is that the citizens of Michigan have not specifically granted their government the authority to impose a sales tax on services. In fact, the language is very clear in its limitation to tangible personal property. Whether or not you believe this is a good idea, the sales tax expansion should require the approval of the citizens of Michigan through an amendment to the State Constitution. I bring this up because it is being proposed to the legislature as though it does not require voter approval. On Jan. 10, I took an oath, promising to uphold the Michigan Constitution. I will keep that promise, even if there is a clever legal way that the legislature can get around the clear intent of our governing document. This is likely to be done by calling the sales tax on services an “excise tax.” In most cases, excise taxes are like license fees to sell certain highly regulated products or services. Examples include tobacco, beer and wine, liquor and gasoline sales. The state would essentially charge an excise or license fee to most service providers that is equivalent to a percentage of sales, thus charging a sales tax without calling it a sales tax. Unfortunately, excise taxes are already applied to a limited number of services in Michigan. This proposal would encompass almost everything else with just a few exceptions (health care services, for example). I believe that if state government is serious about such an expansion, it is high time to ask permission from the people to change the constitution, specifically authorizing this otherwise questionable loophole. During the State of the State address, Gov. Jennifer Granholm called those who disagree with her proposal “naysayers.” I was disappointed to hear the discourse lowered to this level at the onset, especially since about onethird of the legislature was just elected and her own party controls the State House. In my experience, I have found that trivializing people with opposing views rarely helps. We will get much further by focusing on the issues at hand. That advice goes to Republicans, too — no charge! I have made no secret that I still believe there are several areas of spending that should be reviewed prior to increasing taxes, especially by $1.1 billion. Costs could be saved (to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars) without cutting services. It will just take courage to stand up to powerful special interests in Lansing that live off the status quo. I hope the governor will make room for these ideas as part of the debate. Keep in mind that Granholm is my governor, too. Her proposal deserves respectful consideration and as a member of the Tax Policy Committee, I will give it just that. All I ask is the same in return. Yankee Springs awards contract for removing arsenic from water by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Yankee Springs Township Board had a daunting task last Thursday night in a meeting that lasted more than four and a half hours. The meeting began at 7 and didn't end until after 11:30 p.m. The issiue was awarding a contract to remove arsenic from the Yankee Springs water system, a requirement mandated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Supervisor Al McCrumb told an audience of more than 30. At the federal Environmental Protection Agency level, the maximum amount of arsenic allowed in drinking water recently was reduced from 50 parts per million to 10 parts per million. Unfortunately the water in the Yankee Springs wells which serve the new water tower and the homes in Section 19, the level is testing slightly above the 10 ppm level. The contract was awarded to low bidder Hunter-Prell of Battle Creek for $386,000, minus $11,000 because the township on the advice of engineering firm Fleis and Vandenbrink, opted for an alternative filter. McCrumb will meet with the Barry County Public Works Committee to get the necessary signatures on the Drinking Water Revolving Fund Loan in the amount of $535,000. Once this funding comes through, the township will be reimbursed for previous engineering costs already spent for this project. Many of the residents attending the meeting were opposed to the costs of this project being borne only by the residents of Section 19 which is the one served by the water sys- tem. In an effort to lower the fees paid by residents, the board approved renting the 45 fire hydrants in Section 19 at a cost of $300 each. McCrumb said that the entire township benefits from having fire hydrants available. The township board also approved using $100,000 of its water reserve fund to defray the cost of the bonding for the DWRF loan. Township Clerk Jan Lippert said there will be raised rates beginning in 2008 for homeowners in Section 19. McCrumb said the contractor has eight months to complete this project. In other business, Township Planning Commission member Cathy Strickland will be working on the next grant application for the Yankee Springs Township Park. A meeting will be set for gathering ideas about what residents would like to see in the park. The board also approved the change of the Drake apartments to condominiums. Lippert noted that more than $7,222,568 in new construction in Yankee Springs was built in 2006. It was reported the frigid weather has taken a toll on the township hall. The pipes froze and ice jams have caused leaks in several offices. Equipment and files are now covered with blue plastic. There will be a joint meeting for members of the Township Board and the Planning Commission at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in the township hall. This meeting is to set goals to be accomplished in 2007. It is open to the public. The next township board meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, March 8. �Page 6 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 4:00 p.m. Confirmation Class. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group/Youth Sunday Practice. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study, 6:15 p.m. Youth Sunday Practice Special Music; 6:30 p.m. Noah’s Ark Valentines Party; 7 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday - 6:00 p.m. Menders. Next Tuesday 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 7:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9:00 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 6:15 p.m. Youth Sunday Practice; 7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings 77509624 SAGINAW - Gordon Livingston Williams, age 69, of Saginaw, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Covenant Health Care Cooper. He was the son of the late Alfred and Jeanette (Gardner) Williams. Gordon was born March 3, 1937 in Hastings. He served in the U.S. Army, was a member of the American Legion Post #439 and Sons of the American Revolution. Gordon married Phyllis P. Parent, his loving wife of 47 years, on September 26, 1959. She survives him. Gordon was employed at Norandex for 40 years. He was a charter member of the Saginaw Township Rotary Club. Gordon enjoyed fishing, hunting and especially his family. Surviving besides his wife, Phyllis, are three sons and their spouses, Terry Williams, Todd and Patty Williams, Gordon G. and Kerry Williams; eight grandchildren, Weston, Garrett, Max, Marshall, Madeleine, Mason, Jack and Joseph; and many dear friends. A memorial service took place Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at The Snow Funeral Home. Bishop Richard Popard officiated. Burial of Cremation took place in St. Andrew Cemetery with military services conducted by the American Legion Post #439. In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to the East Side Soup Kitchen. Jean James HICKORY CORNERS - Jean James, D.V.M. of Hickory Corners, died unexpectedly February 6, 2007. Jean was born in Houston, Texas on May 20, 1936 to Edith and George “Melvin” Swengel. She achieved her childhood dream of becoming a veterinarian when she graduated from Kansas State - College of Veterinary Medicine on June 5, 1960, marrying a classmate, Frank James, that same day. Jean and Frank moved to Hickory Corners in 1960 “temporarily” to lease a practice. They remained in private practice in Hickory Corners for more than 40 years. She is survived by her husband, Frank, three children and their families: Dan and Mary James with daughter Ellen of Hickory Corners, Judy and Terry Van Dien with daughters Naomi and Camille of Hastings, and Amy James and John Diggelman and expectant grandchild of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is also survived by a sister, Ann (Fred) Backer, of Oakland, California. Jean had a passion for the Golden Rule and believed in lending a helping hand, as she generously did for family, friends, and strangers. Her family wishes that donations be made in her memory in lieu of flowers to the Delton Women’s Center, 503 S. Grove, Delton, MI 49046. An open house celebrating Jean’s life will be announced for the spring pending other family considerations. William E. Leiter Earl Elton Frost HASTINGS - William E. Leiter, age 77, of Hastings, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, slipped into eternal peace on Friday, February 9, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Bill was born on November 11, 1929 in Montcalm County, the son of Burton and Mildred (Sexton) Leiter. He served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged July 19, 1951. Bill was a huge Dodge enthusiast, owning and restoring several cars and trucks over the years. Bill’s employment included, farming, driving a milk truck, 10 years of service to the Veterans Hospital in Battle Creek and 21 years of service to Bradford White Corporation in Middleville, he retired in 1991. He is survived by his wife, Shirley (Bailey) Leiter of Hastings; a daughter, Karen Echtinaw; granddaughters, Katlyn Echtinaw, Kara Echtinaw and great-granddaughter, Kampbell. He was preceded in death by his parents. A memorial service will be held on Saturday February 17, 2007 at 1:00 pm at the Freeport United Brethren Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). DELTON - Earl Elton Frost, of Delton, went to be with the Lord on February 8, 2007. Earl was born on February 12, 1924 in Allegan. He was a US Navy Veteran of World War II, stationed aboard the USS Hyman. Earl married Doris Wellman on February 9, 1944 and she survives him. They had four children: Jerry (Diane Wiley) Frost of Delton, Sandra (Russell Waters, deceased) Waters of Delton, Margaret Frost of Texas and Larry Frost who preceded him in death; one brother, Jack Frost of Nebraska and one sister, Lois (Mark) Norris of Arizona; 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; special friends, Alvin Warren, Bob Harrington and Rita Boball. Earl lived in the Hastings area before moving to Delton where he farmed and raised his family. He was also a construction worker for most of his life. He loved hunting, fishing, and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, watching them play and enjoy life. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Prairieville Bible Church, located on M-43. Funeral Services will be conducted on Thursday, February 15, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. from Prairieville Bible Church with Pastor Bernard Blair officiating. Burial will take place at Fort Custer National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers Memorial Contributions to the family of Earl to help defray funeral costs would be appreciated. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Derald S. Jordan PLAINWELL - Derald S. “Sid” Jordan, of Plainwell, passed away Friday, February 9, 2007 at his home with his family at his side. Sid was born August 2, 1947 in Plainwell, the son of Derald and Gladys (Bailey) Jordan and lived in this area his whole life. Mr. Jordan was employed at Amerikam for nearly 20 years. He was a four year Veteran of the US Navy during the Vietnam War. Sid married Toni Bacon on December 20, 1975 and they raised three children together. He really enjoyed fishing, especially the Summer Tournaments. Sid loved to play the guitar and scratch lottery tickets. Being out of doors doing yard work or even hunting mushrooms were favorite activities of his. He also attended the Pentecostal Church of Christ in Orangeville. Sid is survived by his wife, Toni, along with their three children; two daughters, Angie (Jim) Sevigny of Ludington and Jessica (Corey Ashley) Jordan of Parchment; one son, Jimmy Jordan of Plainwell; four grandchildren, Tyler and Austin Sevigny, and Donnie and Caleb Ash; grandma, Loretta LaFountaine of Martin; father and mother-inlaw, RV and Lucille Bacon of Plainwell; five sisters, Carol (Joe) Vandenboom of Pinconning, Kathy (Mike) Risner of Shelbyville, Marsha Mindoza of Plainwell, Jean Jordan of Kalamazoo and Connie Rojas of Kalamazoo; many other sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Derald and Gladys Jordan, two brothers, Butch Jordan and Brian Jordan as well as by two sisters, Vera Jordan and Pam Blackstock. Funeral Services were conducted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pentecostal Church of Christ with Pastor Mike Risner officiating. Burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials Contributions may be made to the family. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. 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THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Gordon Williams �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 7 Area Obituaries Helen K. Graul Edger E. Tobias LAKE ODESSA - Helen K. Graul, aged 86, of Lake Odessa, was called Home to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday morning, February 7, 2007. Helen was born in Saranac, on November 25, 1920, to Marion and Kathrine (Bixby) Dausman. She graduated from Saranac High School in 1938, and was united in marriage to Arthur W. Graul on June 1, 1940. She had graduated from cosmetology school in Grand Rapids and had worked as a beautician for 61 years. For many years she owned Helen’s Beauty Shop in Lake Odessa. She had been a member of the Hospital Guild in Lake Odessa, served as a Girl Scout Leader, enjoyed her bowling leagues, and had taught Sunday School for many years. Helen enjoyed quilting, knitting and sewing, and for the past several years loved her word search puzzles. Helen is survived by her children, Gerald (Doris) Graul, Melvin (Beverly) Graul, Arlene Rose, and Luanne (Mike) Amrhein; eight grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and brothers, Leroy (Doris) Dausman and Dr. Lloyd (Norman) Dausman. She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband of 65 years, Arthur W. Graul; son-in-law, Larry Rose; and brother, Earl Dausman. The funeral service was held on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Ionia Country Church of Christ, Lake Odessa. Private interment was in Lakeside Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the Patient Activity Fund at Tendercare of Hastings. Arrangements were made by the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. WHEATON, ILL. - Edger E. Tobias, age 73, a longtime resident of Wheaton, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, February 11, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was born January 1, 1934 in Hastings. Ed was raised on a farm that had been the family for over a century in Hastings. He attended Michigan State University and graduated from Northwestern University in Chicago. He enjoyed a long career in Illinois Bell and AT&T in sales and marketing. After retiring, he turned his life long passion for photography into a second career. He was an active member of College Church in Wheaton. He loved his family greatly and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Phyllis (nee Milne); his two daughters, Tricia (David) Reinhard of Wheaton, and Cindy (Glenn) Karsten of Grand Haven; five grandchildren, Emily and Claire Reinhard, and Wesley, Laura, and Rachel Karsten; six siblings, Margie (Jack) Slocum, Pauline (Philip) Armstrong, Lois (Don) Bowers, Ronald (Carol), Jerry, and Richard (Virginia); and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Keet and Marguerite. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 14, from 4-8 p.m. at Hultgren Funeral Home, 304 N. Main St., in Wheaton. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 10 a.m. at College Church in Wheaton, 332 E. Seminary Ave., in Wheaton. Interment will follow at Wheaton Cemetery. Memorials may be made to College Church in Wheaton, 332 E. Seminary Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187; or to Wheaton College, 501 College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187. Family and friends may sign a guest book at hultgrenfh.com. For more information, please call Hultgren Funeral Home at 630668-0027. Caralee Annette Payne Cole-Stowell Jim and Kathy Stowell of Lake Odessa wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah to Lee Cole, the son of Chuck and Pat Cole of Petoskey. The bride-elect is a graduate of Hope College and is currently employed with Cole & Co. Wealth Management. The groom-elect is a graduate of Central Michigan University and is currently president of Cole & Co. Wealth Management. A beach wedding in June is being planned at Sturgeon Bay. Lester Lord to celebrate 90th birthday, Feb. 24th Birthday wishes may be sent to 3307 Keokuk, St. Cloud, FL 34769 Marriage Licenses Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! Timothy Allen Hatfield Jr., Hastings and Jessica Lynn Cooke, Hastings. Kevin Douglas Dikker, Freeport and Anita Rae Westervelt, Freeport. Wayne Dean Claspill, Hastings and April Marie DeJager-LaCrosse, Hastings. Michael Thomas Wendland, Galesburg and Ashley Renee Hannar, Battle Creek. Edward Lynn Cowles, Hastings and Angela Lynn Heney, Hastings. Nashville to have millage proposals on Feb. 27 ballot The Village of Nashville has two millage proposals that will be on the ballot Tuesday, Feb. 27, dealing with the local cemetery and general operating budget funding. The millage proposal for the municipal cemetery will assess one mill for 2007 to continue to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery. One mill equals $1 on each $1,000 taxable property value. This would raise an estimated $22,216 in the first year of the levy. The millage proposal for the general operating fund has been reduced by 9.459 mills by required millage rollbacks (via the Headlee Amendment), and the village is asking for an increase of 2.041 mills. A 2.041-mill levy equals $2.04 per $1,000 taxable property value. This would make the authorized millage rate 11.5 mills, raising $45,343 in the first year of levy. The money would go toward general operating purposes and begin on this year’s tax rolls. by Wally at the Shamrock Tavern 9 pm to 1 am ~ Saturday ~ February 17th 02664906 Evelyne Curtis Hecht to celebrate 80th b’day Evelyne Curtis Hecht will celebrate her 80th birthday Feb. 20th. No party - but she would appreciate a card from her friends. Send to 4915 Bennett Rd., Saranac, MI 48881. Jean and Maynard Culver to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Jean and Maynard Culver of Grand Rapids (formerly of Hastings) celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on February 16, 2007. There will be a family dinner at a later date. Cards may be sent to: 2437 Hampton Ct., Grand Rapids, MI 49546-6104. 77509436 Bill and Hope Abbott will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on February 13, 2007. They were united in marriage on February 13, 1982 in Riverside, Calif. They have two children, Amy (Jason) Frisbie and Alex Abbott. They have one granddaughter, Alyssa Frisbie. If you would like to send them a card, you’re welcome to: 1598 Cooley Dr., Hastings, MI 49058. If you see … Anna Cizek Wish her a Happy “Golden” Birthday on February 12th Love, Mom, Dad, Alex and Your Michigan Family 77509744 GRAND RAPIDS - Caralee Annette Pyne, aged 65, originally of Grand Rapids, went to be with her Lord on February 12, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Sr. and Margaret Anna Pyne and her sister Patti Jackowski. Caralee is survived by her brother Eugene Jr. and her sister Margaret Pyne; three nieces and one nephew. Caralee loved helping people and lived life as fully as she could. Friends and family met her family at Heritage Life Story Funeral Home – Van Strien – Creston Chapel, 1833 Plainfield Ave. NE on Wednesday from 6–8 PM. The funeral service was held at 8 P.M. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Arthritis Foundation would be appreciated. Please visit www.lifestorynet.com to read Caralee’s entire lifestory, archive a memory or photo, or sign the guestbook. Abbotts to celebrate silver wedding anniversary �Page 8 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Sexless spouse Monday is to be observed as Presidents' Day. Thus, neither Abe Lincoln nor George Washington gets much fuss over his natal day. In days of old, both birthdays, Feb. 12 for Lincoln and Feb. 22 for Washington, were marked on the calendars in red numerals. Central United Methodist Church again will host a free lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. The choices are beef barley and chicken noodle soup. There will be bread served along with the good hot soup. Come one, come all. The first soup lunch was held last week. The weekend of Feb. 24 and 25 is another highlight at the Depot complex. The depot and freight house will be open both days, with the exhibit geared to footwear. The title is "A Step In Time." If you have unusual or elderly shoes, boots, slippers bring them for sharing. How about those gold shoes with platform heels? How about some sandals decorated with sequins? How about those high top shoes with leather laces? Does anybody have ancient shoes with spool heels? The buildings will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 2 to 5. Come either day. The geology room will be open for the same hours. The family of Jackie Gilliland hosted coffee hour at their church and had their remembrances for their mother's landmark birthday. Daughter Bonnie and grandchildren from Mason came for the day. Members and friends of the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society had a treat last Thursday when Fr. Michael Carney and wife Darya of Grand Rapids spoke to the assembly on the Russian Orthodox Church. They brought a table full of items associated with worship in their tradition including frankincense, prayer books, scriptures in self contained covers. One had the four Gospels. Another had the Epistles. One of their young members, Eugene Davis, accompanied them and joined them in singing two hymns, a capella. Darya is from a long line of priests. Her family came to America as missionaries about 100 years ago. Most often, daughters of priests married young priests. They would have been trained in seminary. They had three brochures for distribution, which detailed facets of the Orthodox faith. The hosts for the evening were the Durkee-Deatsman family. Next weekend marks one of the largest events at the Lake Odessa livestock auction Friday and Saturday. On Friday, Feb. 23, the tack sale leads off at 9 p.m. This is followed at 10 with horse-drawn equipment. At noon the sale begins for mules, draft horses and draft ponies. On Saturday again, the tack sale is the first event, followed by the noon sale of saddle horses and ponies. This sale always brings many buyers from Ohio and Indiana. One year there was a large exhibit of Canadian built elegant vehicles such as cutters and buggies. Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine PSORIASIS My co-ZRUNHU�VD\V�WKDW�KH�KDV�³SVRULDVLV´�DQG� his rash is not contagious. Is that true and do I need to know anything else? Psoriasis is absolutely not contagious and you need to know that many of those that have psoriasis experience embarrassment from the reactions of others as they notice the rash and unnecessarily avoid contact with them. Psoriasis is an inflammatory reaction of the skin that often appears as patches of red raised areas with a whitish or silvery scale on top. These patches can be anywhere on the body but are often on the elbows, knees and scalp. Some patches can be quite large and easily noticeable by others. :H�GRQ¶W�NQRZ�H[DFWO\�ZKDW�FDXVHV�SVRULDVLV�Eut there is evidence that it is inherited and due to a mixed up immune system reaction. Those with psoriasis may notice that their rash is better controlled in the summer months when they get more sun exposure and worse if they are under stress, take certain medication or have other illnesses. Psoriasis can be quite painful often being described as a bad sunburn. It can also itch, crack and bleed and lead to other skin infections. Frustration is a common feeling among those with poorly controlled psoriasis because it can often be difficult to perform normal daily activities or duties at work. 0LQRU�FDVHV�RI�SVRULDVLV�GRQ¶W�QHFHVVDULO\�QHHG�WUHDWPHQW� but more severe cases are treated with creams, ultraviolet light exposure and anti-inflammatory medication. Immune suppressing medications are reserved for the most severe cases as they can have fairly dangerous side effects. You do not need to be afraid to work with someone simply because they have psoriasis. Some studies have shown that those with psoriasis experience anxiety, loneliness, and low self-esteem and have more thoughts of suicide than those without psoriasis. Show your coworker that you are not afraid to shake their hand, work next to them or sit with them at lunch or use shared office tools with them. Others will certainly follow your lead. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77509678 Also next week, the local library is hosting another event for any interested people on Eating to Change Our Lives with Jillian Rainwater the presenter. This will be at 1 p.m. This will give better understanding of the role of vitamins, healthy foods and preventative health. Alethians of Central UMC met at noon Tuesday for a shared winter meal. The afternoon speaker was Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, informing the members about identity theft. WINTERFEST, continued from page 1 Broomball is a winter extravaganza of brooms, bumps, goals and cheers. It is played on a frozen field and is a cross between the finesse of hockey and the physical contact of rugby with the addition of brooms. Twelve teams have already registered and play will begin at 9 a.m. The Sea Shanty will bring back its popular swimsuit show. Models in bikinis and other swimsuits will take to the stage at 2 p.m. The Polar Bear Dip, a brief, but frosty swim in Gun Lake, will begin at 3 p.m. with registration from noon until 2 p.m. The first 100 dippers will get a T-shirt. Registration forms are available at J-Ad Graphics and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce office and at Gun Lake area businesses. Daisy Mae’s plans to have a chili cookoff from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday, with the band Amperage playing at 9:30 p.m. and special contests during the evening. Entertainment Saturday will begin with Delton District Librarian Edward Elsner reading stories during the pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. This year’s breakfast is a benefit for the Orangeville Veterans Memorial. Bricks, information and collection jars will be available. The GFWC-Gun Lake area is sponsoring Elsner’s storytelling. St. Francis Episcopal Church will hold a bake sale during the pancake breakfast at the Orangeville Township Hall. The opening, featuring ceremonial drumming, will begin at 10 a.m. at the Allegan County Park site. It will be followed by music from the Community Music School, bands Rock at 5 O’Clock, Destination and the Mike Key Trio and other entertainment. Wood carver Tim Morris also will be doing demonstrations during the day. There will be places to stay warm and food during the day on Saturday. The Bay Pointe Inn is serving soup, The Gun Lake Grind will sell coffee, hot chocolate and scones and The Bib is serving pizza by the slice and pop. Gerry Barnaby will be the emcee. and he may be competing with WGRD’s Producer Joe during the Polar Bear Dip. There will be a special fun jail lockup from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will cost $2 to have someone locked up and to avoid being locked up buttons can be purchased for $5. Proceeds from this event will also go to support the Orangeville Veterans Memorial. Special “chicken drop” contests will be held at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. near the stage across from the Allegan County Park. This event is always a crowd pleaser and proceeds go to the Winterfest Committee. The rock ’n roll music trivia contest, which will benefit the Community Music School, will begin at 8 p.m. at the Bay Pointe Restaurant. Rumor has it there are very few spectator tickets still available by calling (269) 945-9554. For more information about the Gun Lake Winterfest call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 945-2454 or e-mail the chamber at barrychamber@sbcglobal.net. Anyone who would like to volunteer on Friday, Feb. 16, to help set up or during Winterfest Saturday, Feb. 17, should contact the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at (269) 9452454. Dear Annie: For religious reasons, my husband and I waited until we were married to have sex. I'm now convinced my husband is gay and used our marriage as a facade and to have children. He has admitted to sexual dreams about men and has always been more emotionally interested in men than in me. Although we had quick, perfunctory sex for most of our marriage, in our 40s, it has diminished to nothing. I have a strong desire for a physical connection to a man who wants a woman. I feel I've lived my whole adult life denying my natural desires, and I'm angry with my husband. However, I want to protect my teenage children, so a divorce is not a good idea. Is there any help out there? -Frustrated in Florida Dear Frustrated: Actually, yes. A surprising number of spouses are in a similar situation and often choose to stay in the marriage for the sake of the children or because they truly love their homosexual mate, even without sexual intimacy. You can find understanding and support through the Straight Spouse Network (straightspouse.org), 33 Linda Ave, Suite 2607, Oakland, CA 94611-4820 or PFLAG (pflag.org), 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036. Do ask, do tell Dear Annie: If you print this, maybe someone will recognize the warning signs of child sexual abuse in their own family. Often, an adult will "test the waters" to see how a child responds to a small advance. If the child doesn't report the incident, the adult feels he has a green light to continue. In our case, my father-in-law, who is 77, wanted to see more of our 9-year-old daughter's legs, so he asked if she could lift her skirt a little. She thought this was odd, but she did it -- and didn't tell us. The next week, he French-kissed her, which she also didn't mention. When I asked my daughter if she was excited that Grandpa was coming to visit again, she said, "No." She said Grandpa was acting weird and creeping her out. That's how I found out what was going on. We can never undo abuse once it has happened, so we have to stop it before it starts. It could be someone like Grandpa, or Dad (as Grandpa was 40 years ago, when he abused his own 9-year-old daughter, as we discovered), any relative, close family friend, neighbor or teacher, male or female. Kids need to learn at a very young age that private parts are private. If something makes them feel weird or uncomfortable, they need to TELL. If they are too little to tell, watch how they respond to different people. When your child is unhappy about a visit from someone she used to like, more could be going on. -- Wiser Mom in Connecticut Dear Wiser Mom: Thank you for the frightening wake-up call. We hope our readers will pay close attention to what their children are, and are not, telling them. Don’t stand for it Dear Annie: I have been to several concerts this year with my husband, who is an amputee. He is 77 years old and in a wheelchair. Some people at these concerts are rude and inconsiderate. They stand the entire time, blocking the view of the person behind, regardless if he is handicapped or not. I recently asked a young lady to sit down because my husband couldn't see. She politely told me she paid for her ticket and could stand if she wanted. The entertainers ought to make an announcement at the beginning of the show asking patrons to be considerate, or they should provide an area for "Standing Only." - Louisville, Ky. Dear Louisville: At some concerts, people are going to stand, no matter what other arrangements are requested. It might be more efficient to designate a wheelchair-accessible area where patrons who cannot stand are assured of a good view. Talk to the managers of your local concert halls. Valentine vets Dear Readers: Happy Valentine's Day and a special greeting to our veterans in VA hospitals around the country. And our gratitude to Attention: Home-Based Business Owners We are holding a Spring Spectacular to promote your business in the area. It will be held on Saturday, March 24th at the COA in Hastings, from 9-4. For information on reserving a table or two, contact Connie at 269-290-2256. We have space available but are filling up quickly. This is an easy way to promote your business. Deadline for reserving a table will be February 28th. Hope to see you there! 77509776 those readers who have taken the time to visit the vets and send valentines. It means so much to them. Drop dress code Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 33 wonderful years and recently moved to a very active retirement community. My wife is a trim, attractive blonde bombshell who loves to dance, and she has joined three performing groups. The problem is, she attends women's dance classes four days a week and insists on wearing provocative clothing -- tight tops and extremely short skirts with a flesh-colored leotard underneath. Wearing these outfits to class is one thing, but she is always stopping off for some errand before or after. My wife never notices the men staring at her. We are both very religious, and I feel it is inappropriate for her to dress like this in public. There are bad people in this world, and this type of "advertisement" makes me worry for her safety. I've tried to let it go, but can't get past it. I can't even bring up the topic without creating a big disagreement. What do you suggest? -Isadora's Husband Dear Husband: It is not unusual these days to see women running around in leotards and snug-fitting workout tops. Ask your wife to switch to black leotards and/or a longer skirt, which should help, but otherwise, leave it alone. If her religious beliefs aren't enough for additional modesty, there's not much you can do. Men may notice, but if she is in a public place, in broad daylight, with other people around, she is as safe as anywhere else, in any other clothing. Pooped parent Dear Annie: I have three young children. My days are spent working, commuting, doing endless chores, taking care of pets, emptying the garbage, pitching in with laundry and dirty dishes, keeping the cars running, paying bills, etc., helping the kids with homework, keeping them from maiming each other, and trying to get them to bed when my wife is working. While I am thankful no one has health troubles, I am becoming burnt out. By the end of the day, my feet hurt, I'm out of patience and dead tired. Many chores and household maintenance go undone. For years. Exercise? No time. Sit down for a break? The kids are into trouble. Hire some help? No money for that. How do other parents recharge? -- Burnt Out Dear Burnt Out: It's not unusual for working parents to get burnt out. Alter your expectations -- there are some chores that simply won't get done until the children are in college, and it won't kill anyone. Do your children have regular duties around the house? Is there a relative who would baby-sit for a few hours? Can you exchange baby-sitting days with a neighbor? Are there after-school programs for your children? Readers? Your helpful suggestions are welcome. Friends in need? Dear Annie: I recently had major surgery. Two weeks before, I let all my friends and family know the hospital where I would be, along with the address and phone number, and the cell phone of the family member staying with me. I was in the hospital two weeks, and in all that time, my closest friends did not visit, call or send a card. I've been ill for years, and everyone knew this surgery was a big deal to me. It hurts that my friends didn't reach out. I really could have used the support. Should I ask them flat out why they didn't call? I'm not sure how to bring it up. -- Don't Know What To Say in Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: Yes, you should ask, or it's going to gnaw at you and taint the friendships, which sound fairly tenuous already. The next time you see them, say, "Nancy, I'm just wondering why you never called, visited or sent a card while I was in the hospital for two weeks. I could have used your support." Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 9 WEBSITE, continued from page 1 season started, in their mind, on December 4, 2006,” the author of the website wrote. “An eligibility check should be made two weeks later (December 15) and a one-week probation period, that puts us at the last week of school before break (December 22). Never mind that the athlete has been practicing with the team since November 13 and competing since November 29 while failing two classes, the wrestler should be ineligible from December 22 until he was passing five classes again, even using their “liberal” interpretation of the eligibility rules.” “The student wrestled even though he should have been ineligible,” Christopher said this week. “My point is that this person (Goggins) is not ethical enough to be in a position as the From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 3 “The Stone” The large granite engraved stone stands at the entrace to Charlton Park as a memorial to E. Frank and Rosanna Charlton, parents of Irving. using two large bulldozers or “Cats,” skidded them over to the “Park,” over the then gravel road. I saw them go by the Charlton farm, as I was then living there. After getting the stone in place, the Baldwins left and Charlton, Cutler and I mixed mortar and made a base for it. Irving wanted it as a monument to his parents, E. Frank and Roseanna (Althouse) Charlton, and to the pioneers of the area. His long time friend, and later administrator of his estate, Mr. James Conner, who lived on the south side of Thornapple Lake, was a professional stone cutter. Also, his son, Robert, learned the trade and they engraved the stone for Irving. Mr. Conner was a World War II veteran of the Marine Corps and served in the southwest Pacific. Mr. Conner also operated a “White Elephant” store in Nashville and told me Mr. Charlton had discussed such a store and thought it would be a profitable business to be in. In his business as a stone cutter, Jim and Mrs. Conner traveled about the country engraving stones and monuments in cemeteries, etc. He told me of being on the Great King Ranch in Texas for several weeks, engraving monuments for the King Cemetery. They stayed right there and were treated as guests. Stone has played an important part in the development of the museum and restrooms at the park. Irving and I and others searched the area for several miles around to find stone suitable for use. The last job I had before going in the U.S. Navy in April 1944, was cutting logs in Irving woods with Clarence Hardy, using a crosscut saw. Orton Endsley saved the timbers and lumber to be used to build the new museum. Mr. Charlton wrote me a V-Mail letter in January 1945 stating he hoped to get the museum enclosed that year, however, it was 1950 before it was done. insulting language was addressed when Mr. Goggins was hired,” Schoessel said. “At that time he apologized and a letter was put into his file. I have not been informed of any further instances of that happening since then.” Christopher said Wednesday, however, when he checked Mike Goggins’ file during his independent investigation there was no such letter. “It may have been added or will be added,” he said, “but I did not see a letter in the file when I checked.” On its offficial website, published February 13, the Hastings Board of Education addressed the issue. The Hastings Area School System Board of Education has become aware of a website that contains negative information about several staff members in the school system,” the site read. “The board certainly respects and supports the right of people to disagree with the actions and decision of the Hastings Area School System. However, the Board members also believe that it is equally important and appropriate to let staff members and the community’s residents know the school system’s views on the matters that have been brought forward on that website. “Most of the website is devoted to events that occurred in 2005. Prior to the time that Mr. Goggins was hired in 2005, the Board of Education was made aware of the emails that now are being publicized. There was at that time an investigation about the writing and sending of the emails and Mr. Gogggins apologized for the inappropriate references in his emails. The board members were satisfied that Mr. Goggins realilzed the errors that he had made, and hired Mr. Goggins based on his knowledge of and expierience in athletics, and as was recommended by an interview committee of parents of athletes, coaches and administrators. “Since that time a year and a half ago, it is the board’s opinion that Mr. Goggins has used good judgment in his communications and every indication is that he has learned from his mistakes.” Regarding the issue of the student athlete who Christopher alleges was allowed to wrestle even though he was ineligible, the board wrote, “Part of the difficulty in investigating the allegation is that the high school’s Athletic Code does not specify an exact starting time for checking eligibility. “...it is the judgement of the interim superintendent and high school principal that an ineligible athlete was not used in competition against another schools, either according to the high school’s rules or according to the Michigan High School Athletic Association, and that the eligibility check variations were not done in a manner designed to make an otherwise ineligible athlete eligible for competition. “These investigation results were explained at a meeting with the person who describes himself as an author of the website, which was also attended by the president of that person’s employee association. Furthermore, both of those individuals were assured that Mr. Goggins has been directed to follow the timelines specified in the Athletic Code without variation in the future, and he is doing so.” Christopher, on his website Wednesday, announced he has resigned as the Hastings Education Association negotiation team chairman because of the controversy the website has created. “There has been quite a split within the association; mainly stirred by those who are friends and supporters of Mr. and Mrs. Goggins,” he wrote. “They think this webpage is wrong and that my keeping the position would harm the association. I have heard from many of my colleagues, privately of course, that they support my efforts, but were afraid of those teachers who have left notes like ... one found in my school mailbox Monday morning. “Since the vocal supporters, although not a single one to my face, of Mr. Goggins want their pound of flesh and are willing to tear the association apart to accomplish it; I will simply resign and rob them of their moment and the further division of the association. “I want to thank my colleagues for my opportunity to serve you for so many years.” Goggins, for his part, said he feels this is a personal vendetta against him. “How many times do I have to go through this?” he asked. “It was investigated and dealt with when I was hired, now it has surfaced once again. When we get a new superintendent will it start all over again?” As of Wednesday, Feb. 14, at noon, a total of 16,740 hits had been made to the website. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. 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Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates 02665142 By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will be running a series of articles, written more than 80 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) As one enters Charlton Park at the south entrance, at the right will be noticed a large granite boulder or rock, or stone as a geologist would call it, a stone being a part of a rock rounded and weathered by water, ice or glacial action. However, as this area of Michigan has only limestone and sandstone and shale, this stone was brought by the glaciers and deposited in a moraine many thousand years ago. One can readily see it has been rounded and rolled and worn smooth by its hundreds or thousands of miles of travel from the Canadian area by the glaciers. This large stone was deposited in the moraine or soil southeast of Mr. Shirley Gillespie’s house and rested there until being dug out by the Baldwin brothers in the late 1940s. The stone did not show above the ground very far, perhaps a foot. I plowed around it with a team of horses while working for Shirley and his father, William Gillespie, in 1937. The William Gillespie farms join the then Charlton farm on the east. Shirley’s farm is the Frank-Johnson farm on the south. This is the same place school was held for that area in September 2, 1901, as I learned from an account written by Mrs. William (Gillespie) Cogswell in 1926. Mrs. Cogswell is a sister of Mr. William Gillespie. The 40-acre farm adjoining Shirley Gillespie’s farm on the west is where Irving Charlton was born in August 1882. Irving also built the barn now standing there for Floyd McKay many years ago. Irving told me that the now large elm tree standing there could, when he was a kid, be driven over by a high wheel farm wagon, about 90 years ago. The Baldwin brothers dug the stone out and got it on top of the ground and loaded it upon very large heavy timber skids or pads and by athletic director,” Christopher said. “I have a real problem with allowing a person who has shown this (lack of) judgment to be in charge of athletes.” Goggins said part of the confusion was because everything happened right at the juncture of Christmas break. “I knew there was a student who was in danger of failing two classes,” Goggins said. “I approached the teacher and asked if there was anything that student could do to stay eligible. He told me he thought the student had as many as 10 assignments which had not been turned in. He said he would check and get back to me. “Shortly later he approached me and told me there was in fact six assignments which had not been turned in by the student and gave those assignment to me in a folder. I approached the student and gave him the folder. I told him he had until 3:30 p.m. the following day to turn in the assignments, as grades would be posted the next morning. It was then the responsibility of the student to complete the work and turn it into his teacher in a timely manner. He did the work, turned it in and received a passing grade when they were posted the following morning.” Goggins said his motivation in the instance was to encourage the student to complete his work, not to benefit his own wrestling program. “It isn’t about the wrestling program,” Goggins said. “It was about making a student aware of his situation and allowing him to get back on track. If he had not done the work, he would have been ineligible for the entire second semester and that would affect his participation in spring sports as well. “This is something that is done by coaches all the time and I myself have approached teachers on many, many occasions to see what can be done to keep athletes eligible in a number of sports. “I can tell you the number of athletes at the high school level who are going to go on and participate at the college level is very low. If we can encourage a student to maintain a grade point average which will allow him to compete in high school sports, it very well could be the final stage of his ability to compete. I think we should do everything possible to encourage our students to maintain that level. “But ultimately, as it was in this instance, it is the responsibility of the student athlete to maintain his eligibility. I have never asked a teacher to ‘give’ a passing grade to any athlete. “There was never a point in time this student was ineligible to compete,” Goggins insisted. Christopher said there were two factors causing him to go public with the website nearly a year and a half after the majority of the issues he raises were addressed. “More things have come to light,” he said. “Myself and others felt we had to make this website available to say to the community directly what we wanted to say. “My decision was based on two parts. One, not all things were brought to light earlier,” Christopher said. “The treatment of teachers (by Goggins) and others since he was hired, for example.” Secondly, Christopher said he does not believe the (school) board acted appropriately when hiring Goggins as athletic director in the first place. “That is the Genesis of the website. As more and more of the community find incidents which tell of his behavior as a coach and teacher, it is clear the board did not act appropriately.” Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent, said while he was not in this position during the time Goggins was hired, he was of the understanding the majority of the allegations Christopher makes on his website were taken care of at that time. “It is my understanding that the issue of inappropriate e-mails containing vulgar and See Bob or Doug for all your insurance needs... eal people. Hometown people who will help you through the details of buying insurance or making a claim. While some insurance companies are no more than an 800 number and a voice mail menu, we’re here to help - in good times and in bad - year after year. 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Box 290 Hastings, MI 49058 Ph. 269-945-1696 fax 269-945-3162 www. hoc-mi.com Email:melissar@hoc-mi.com 06646192 �Page 10 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES JOHNSTOWN TWP. MARCH BOARD OF REVIEW The Board of Review for Johnstown Township will meet the following dates and times, Organizational Meeting, 3/6/07, 7:00 pm First Meeting, 3/12/07, 9:00am to Noon and 1:00pm to 4:00pm Subsequent Meeting, 3/15/07, Noon to 4:00pm and 5:00pm to 9:00pm If you wish to appeal, appointments are necessary and can be obtained by calling Robert Mack at 269-721-8560 between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm. Statutory requirements fulfilled by print in the Battle Creek Enquirer on 2/23/07, 2/24/07 & 2/25/07. 77509788 — NOTICE — To the Qualified Electors of BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007 The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Voting Precincts - Barry County, Michigan CASTLETON TWP 915 Reed St, Nashville Castleton Twp Hall MAPLE GROVE TWP 721 Durkee St, Nashville Maple Grove Twp Hall Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the General Election by mail may submit an AV application by 2:00 p.m., February 24, 2007. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the General Election may vote in person in the Township/City Clerk's office up to 4:00 p.m., February 26, 2007. LORNA WILSON Castleton Township Clerk 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER Maple Grove Township Clerk 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-1859 MILLAGE PROPOSAL FOR A MUNICIPAL CEMETERY Shall the Village of Nashville increase the limitation on the amount of ad valorem taxes that may be assessed against all taxable property within the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, by one mill ($1.00 on each $1,000.000 of taxable value) for the year 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, to provide funds for the operation and maintenance of a municipal cemetery, which new additional millage would raise an estimated $22,216 in the first year of its levy? MILLAGE INCREASE PROPOSAL GENERAL OPERATING FUND Shall the Village of Nashville general operating fund millage rate, reduced to 9.459 mills by the required millage rollbacks, be increased by a new additional millage rate of 2.041 mills ($2.041 per $1,000 of taxable value) to partially offset that reduction, for an authorized millage rate of 11.5 mills (which includes the new additional millage of 2.041 mills), to be levied by the Village of Nashville for general operating purposes, commencing in 2007 and continuing in perpetuity, which millage would raise an additional $45,343 in the first year of the levy? Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk 06646330 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the items to be considered include, in brief, the following: 1. Consideration of the application of WadeTrim, on behalf of Wal-Mart Incorporated, as agent assigned, for conditional rezoning of property #08-13-013-001-04, #08-13-013-027-00 and approximately one acre of parcel #08-13-013-015-00 located: SE of the Green Street and M43/M-37 intersection, just west of Consumers Energy. Described as: A PARCEL OF LAND ON PART OF THE SOUTHEAST OF SECTION 13, T3N, R9W, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 13; THENCE N 00 DEG 04’ 22” E, 1072.50’ ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1/4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 13 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID 1/4 LINE N 00 DEG 04’ 22” E, 761.64’; THENCE S 89 DEG 44’ 31” E, 186.15’; THENCE N 00 DEG 04’ 25” W, 217.44’; THENCE N 52 DEG 39’ 39” E, 275.92’ TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF GREEN STREET; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY 250.52’ ALONG A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 3065.57’, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 04 DEG 40’ 56”, THE LONG CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 62 DEG 22’ 22” E FOR A DISTANCE OF 250.45’; THENCE S 05 DEG 56’ 11” W, 225.21’; THENCE S 00 DEG 26’ 03” E, 109.12’; THENCE N 89 DEG 46’ 43” E, 241.08’; THENCE N 00 DEG 07’ 21” W, 61.98’; THENCE N 15 DEG 55’ 27” E, 166.57’ TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID GREEN STREET; THENCE ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY 247.92’ ALONG A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 3065.57’, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 04 DEG 38’ 01”, THE LONG CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 72 DEG 22’ 53” E FOR A DISTANCE OF 247.85’; THENCE S 00 DEG 20’ 41” E, 828.93’; THENCE S 00 DEG 18’ 59” E, 54.45’; THENCE S 89 DEG 13’ 01” W, 800.00’; THENCE N 00 DEG 18’ 59” W, 54.45’; THENCE S 89 DEG 13’ 01” W, 333.60’ TO THE NORTH-SOUTH 1/4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 13 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 24.01 ACRES. This property is currently zoned “C-1” OFFICE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, “C-2” COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT and “C-4” COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. The applicant seeks conditional rezoning to “MUD” MIXED USE DISTRICT. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Land Use Plan, Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance are available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and that copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. 77509772 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David F. Knight and Julie Knight AKA Julie A. Knight, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2005, and recorded on September 1, 2005 in instrument 1152097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 25/100 Dollars ($276,146.25), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 Corner of said Section, Thence North 88 Degrees 55 Minutes 56 Seconds East along the East-West 1/4 Line of said Section 1318.77 Feet to the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section, Thence South 00 Degrees 44 Minutes 59 Seconds East along the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 675.72 Feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, Thence South 70 Degrees 56 Minutes 24 Seconds West 1309.03 Feet to the Centerline of West Loop Road (66.00 Feet Wide) Thence Northerly 333.69 Feet along the Centerline of West Loop Road on a 700.00 Foot Radius Curve to the Right, the Chord of Which Bears North 14 Degrees 17 Minutes 51 Seconds West 330.54 Feet to the West Line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence North 00 Degrees 38 Minutes 28 Seconds West along the West Line of said Southwest 1/4 133.31 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 52 Minutes 00 Seconds East 1320.65 Feet to the Place of Beginning, Said Parcel is Subject to Highway Rights over that Part lying Westerly of a Line which is 33.00 Feet Easterly of and Parallel with the Centerline of West Loop Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129014F01 77509663 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Keith M. Hoot and Tonya F. Hoot, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2004, and recorded on October 6, 2004 in instrument 1135059, and rerecorded on March 2, 2005 in instrument 1142128, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Fifteen And 70/100 Dollars ($231,015.70), including interest at 10.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 60 Acres of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Except a Parcel described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; Thence East on 1/4 Line 16 Rods; thence South Parallel with the East Line of said Section 20 Rods, thence West at right angles parallel with the South Section Line 16 Rods to the North and South 1/4 Line; thence North on 1/4 Line to Beginning. Also, excepting there from a parcel of land described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 264.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds East along said East and West 1/4 line 660.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds East, parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section, 334.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West parallel with said East and West 1/4 line, 660.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds West parallel with said North and South 1/4 line 334.00 feet to said East and West 1/4 line and the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126531F01 77509058 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty Cents ($120,754.60) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Donald L Risher, a single man by deed dated August 13, 1996 and recorded August 20, 1996 in Deed Book 669, Page 992, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan Commonly known as 1025 E Mill Street, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-63945 77509564 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas L. Morey, II, A Married Man and Sarah H. Morey, His Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Premier Mortgage Lending, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 4, 2005 in instrument 1145941, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Chase Home Finance, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 48/100 Dollars ($104,171.48), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 3 of Daniel Stricker's Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127907F01 77509442 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul D Patrick and Stephanie E Patrick, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated October 13, 2004 and recorded October 20, 2004 in Liber 2746 Page 804 , and re-recorded on January 10, 2007 in Instrument # 1174857 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Sixty-Six Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($161,066.42) including interest 8.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Plainwell, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: that part of the West 25 acres of the East half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West described as commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 19; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on the North line of said Section, 1362.70 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West parallel to the North and South eighth line of the Northeast one-quarter, 233.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel to the North section line, 411.65; thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds East, 233.00 feet North section line; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West on said section line, 411.65 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over the East 66 feet thereof. Subject to highway right of way over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Nine Mile Road. Commonly known as 12215 9 Mile Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JANUARY 22, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 06-59149(HSBC) ASAP# 819096 01/25/2007, 02/01/2007, 02/08/2007, 02/15/2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 33/100 Dollars ($238,733.33), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127353F01 77509478 BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN February 15, 2007 Given under Public Act 165 of the Public Acts of Michigan, 1971 EQUALIZATION RATIOS AND MULTIPLIERS BY CLASSIFICATION Assessment Jurisdiction TOWNSHIP Agricultural Commercial Industrial Ratio Mult Ratio Mult Ratio Assyria Baltimore Barry Carlton Castleton Hastings Hope Irving Johnstown Maple Grove Orangeville Prairieville Rutland Thornapple Woodland Yankee Springs 48.54% 46.97% 43.46% 48.13% 42.06% 49.67% 46.92% 47.72% 43.45% 43.48% 47.97% 45.52% 45.98% 47.40% 49.67% 49.15% 1.0301 1.0645 1.1505 1.0389 1.1888 1.0066 1.0656 1.0478 1.1507 1.1500 1.0423 1.0984 1.0874 1.0549 1.0066 1.0173 34.57% 47.92% 43.48% 50.26% 45.97% 48.32% 43.89% 47.62% 47.95% 40.50% 42.23% 48.81% 48.75% 48.02% 46.83% 44.45% 1.4463 1.0434 1.1500 0.9948 1.0877 1.0348 1.1392 1.0500 1.0428 1.2346 1.1840 1.0244 1.0256 1.0865 1.0677 1.1249 N/C N/C 39.90% 43.56% N/C 24.37% 50.00% 45.26% 36.05% 49.36% 51.42% 37.56% 43.57% 48.87% 30.31% 49.81% City of Hastings N/C 46.89% 1.0663 Mult Residential Timber/Cutover Ratio Mult Personal Ratio Mult 2.0517 1.0000 1.1047 1.3870 1.0130 0.9724 1.3312 1.1476 1.0231 1.6496 1.0038 48.77% 48.40% 49.98% 47.91% 50.72% 49.23% 45.72% 48.45% 45.60% 50.21% 48.99% 48.29% 45.77% 47.71% 46.19% 48.87% 1.0252 1.0331 1.0004 1.0436 0.9858 1.0156 1.0936 1.0320 1.0965 0.9958 1.0206 1.0354 1.0924 1.0480 1.0825 1.0231 N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00$ N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% 41.56% 1.2031 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% N/C 50.00% 41.40% 1.2077 50.00% N/C 50.00% 40.36% 1.2389 50.00% 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 49.63% 1.0075 48.17% 1.0380 N/C 28.30% 1.7669 50.00% 1.0000 1.1531 1.1478 Ratio Mult Development Ratio Mult Pursuant to Section 211.34A of the Michigan General Property Tax Law, the following statement is published showing equalization ratios and multipliers necessary to compute individual state equalized valuation for real and personal property for 2007 assessments. Karen J. Scarbrough, Equalization Director 77509729 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Darrell Fenstermacher, a single man, of 15432 220th Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated May 7, 2002, and recorded on May 14, 2002, in Instrument No. 1080497 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($123,408.11), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 9.45%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE TO HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on March 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Thornapple Township, Barry County and which are described as follows: Parcel “A”: That part of the SW fractional 1/4,Section 30, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said SW fractional 1/4 which is N00º26’47” E200.00 feet from the SW corner of Section 30; thence N00º26’47” E1122.04 feet along said West line; thence N89º48’27” E628.93 feet along the North line of the S 1/2 of said SW fractional 1/4; thence S 00º22’33” W1121.26 feet; thence S 89º44’15” W630.31 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements of record and to Highway Right-of-Way for Patterson Avenue. This parcel contains 16.211 across including Highway R.O.W. Parcel No. 08-014-030-003-00 which has an address of 3160 Patterson Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333. The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 31, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zaher AlSheikh, a married man and Huda Al-Sheikh, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or asigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on February 7, 2006 in instrument 1159821, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Seven And 28/100 Dollars ($391,247.28), including interest at 11.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 10, Crescent Beach Plat, Gun Lake Section 6, Orangeville Township, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121644F02 77509766 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SHERIFF’S SALE - Default has been made in the payment of condominium assessments by the owner of the subject unit, Warren Menck, single, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company. There is claimed to be due and owing, over and above all legal setoffs, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Three and 10/100 Dollars ($171,303.10) to the association, exclusive of any costs, interest, fines, attorney fees and future assessments. Pursuant to MCLA §559.208 a notice of lien was recorded on August 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1132907, Barry County Records, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that the lien will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet along the East-West one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.0 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 21 minutes 40 seconds West, 304.99 feet; thence North 29 degrees 02 feet 52 seconds West, 115.06 feet; thence North 02 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East, 239.80 feet, thence North 56 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds East, 480.84 feet to the point of beginning. Together with an easement for ingress and egress to be used jointly with others over a strip of land 66 feet in width, the Westerly line of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West one-quarter line of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, distant South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.00 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet; thence North 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds West, 480.84 feet to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §559.208 (2), in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.4192 77509578 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy Blodgett and Roger Blodgett aka Roger L. Blodgett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Heartland Home Finance, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2002, and recorded on September 16, 2002 in instrument 1087524, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Thirteen And 60/100 Dollars ($103,013.60), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East 1016.46 feet from the West 1/4 post of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East along said 1/4 line 305.85 feet; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 797.77 feet to the Southerly line of the former Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railroad; thence South 71 degrees 19 minutes 51 seconds West along said Southerly line 323.51 feet; thence North 900.69 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509739 File #128740F01 PART-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for a Part-Time Customer Service Representative to join our team in Hastings. Qualified applicants will have strong communication skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 02665209 EOE/M-F FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, in Instrument Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Two Thousand One Hundred Three Dollars and 07/100 ($82,103.07) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77509606 Our File No. 141.00284 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison Douglas Howell AKA Madison D. Howell and Linda Howell AKA Linda L. Howell, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 18, 2005 in instrument 1146744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 05/100 Dollars ($138,138.05), including interest at 17.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit No. 13, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41, together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508966 File #124891F01 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, March 5, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. The purpose of the hearing is to solicit comment regarding a request from Hastings Manufacturing Company, LLC for rezoning of properties located north of East Mill Street from D-1 and D-2 Industrial to R-2 Residential and rezoning of properties located south of East Mill Street from D-1 Industrial to B-2 General Business District, to solicit comment regarding rezoning of First Ward Park from D-1 Industrial to R-2 Residential, and to solicit comment regarding rezoning of property located in the 200 block of East Apple Street from D-1 Industrial to B-1 Central Business District. Legal description of the properties is as follows: Parcel Number 08-55-001-004-00 Parcel Number 08-55-001-005-00 D-1 to R-2 541 N. Hanover D-1 to R-2 N 49.5FT OF S 115.5FT OF LOTS 7 & 8, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-001-00 Portion North of E. Mill D-1 & D-2 to R-2 LOTS 1 THRU 6 OF THE PLAN OF HASTINGS, EX N 33FT FOR ROAD. S 66FT LOTS 7 & 8. LOTS 110 THRU 117. LOT 118 EX S 91.5FT LOTS 119 THRU 125. LOTS 207 THRU 211. LOTS 212 & 213, EX BEG AT A POINT 28.1FT E OF SW COR LOT 212. TH N43*E TO W LINE LOT 214, TH TO SE COR LOT 213, TH W TO POB. LOTS 216 THRU 226. LOTS 310 THRU 321. ALSO EAST ST FROM THORN ST TO MILL ST VACATED IN L 327-507. ALSO HIGH ST FROM HANOVER TO EAST ST VACATED IN L319-67. ALSO HIGH ST FROM EAST ST TO E SEC LINE VACATED IN L.327-448.ALSO THORN ST FROM HANOVER TO EAST ST VACATED IN L.319-459. ALSO COM AT N 1/4 POST SEC 17 T3N R8W, TH S 33FT FOR POB; TH E ON S LINE STATE RD TO W ROW LINE FIRST ST, TH SW’LY ALONG ROW LINE FIRST ST TO A PT 90FT NE’LY OF NE COR LOT 1 BLK 9 BUTLER’S ADD, TH N79*W 329.38FT TO 1/4 SEC LINE, TH N 469.46FT TO BEG. Parcel Number 08-55-001-063-00 First Ward Park D-1 to R-2 First Ward Park; To the Village (Now City) of Hastings. Parcel Number 08-55-001-086-00 525 E. Thorn D-1 to R-2 COM AT THE SW COR OF LOT 212 , TH E 28.10 FT FOR P.O.B.,TH N 43 DEG 7 MIN 8 SEC E 174.82 FT,TH S TO THE SE COR OF LOT 213, TH W TO P.O.B., BEING PART OF LOTS 212 & 213. ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-002-00 500 Block of E. Thorn (Vacant) D-1 to R-2 S 91.51FT LOT 118, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-115-00 303 E. Mill & D-1 to R-2 LOT 309 AND S 2 RDS LOT 227 TO THE CITY OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-117-00 302 E. Thorn D-1 to R-2 N 99 FT LOT 227 ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE NOW CITY OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-088-00 520 E. Thorn D-1 to R-2 LOT 215, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-087-00 527 E. Thorn D-1 to R-2 LOT 214, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-112-00 305 N. Michigan D-1 to R-2 CITY OF HASTINGS LOTS 306 AND S 1/2 LOTS 304-305, EX COMM NW COR LOT 304, S 96 FT FOR BEG, SE TO SE COR LOT 306, NW 12 RD N 36 FT TO BG. Parcel Number 08-55-001-113-00 217 E. Mill D-1 to R-2 LOT 307, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-114-00 235 E. Mill D-1 to R-2 LOT 308, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-020-048-00 529 E. Thorn D-1 & D-2 to R-2 BUTLER ADDITION LOT 4 BLK 9 ALSO BEG AT NW COR SD LOT 4 TH N ON N & S 1/4 LINE SEC 17 91.51 FT TH S 79 DEG E 131.32 FT TH S 10 DEG W 90 FT TO NE COR SD LOT 4 TH N 79 DEG W ALONG N LINE SD LOT 4 115.05 FT TO BEG (90). Parcel Number 08-55-020-047-00 543 E. Thorn D-2 to R-2 BUTLER ADDITION LOT 3 BLK 9 ALSO BEG AT NW COR SD LOT 3 TH N 10 DEG E 90 FT TH S 79 DEG E 66.02 FT TH S 10 DEG W 90 FT TO NE COR SD LOT 3 TH N 79 DEG W ALONG N LINE SD LOT 3 66.02 FT TO BEG (90) Parcel Number 08-55-020-046-00 545 E. Thorn D-2 to R-2 BUTLER ADDITION LOT 2 BLK 9 ALSO BEG AT NW COR SD LOT 2 TH N 10 DEG E 90 FT TH S 79 DEG E 66.02 FT TH S 10 DEG W 90 FT TO NE COR SD LOT 2 TH N 79 DEG W ALONG N LINE SD LOT 2 66.02 FT TO BEG (90). Parcel Number 08-55-020-045-00 553 E. Thorn D-2 to R-2 BUTLER ADDITION LOT 1 BLK 9 ALSO BEG AT NW COR SD LOT 1 TH N 10 DEG E 90 FT TH S 79 DEG E 66.02 FT TO W’LY ROW LINE FIRST ST TH S 10 DEG W 90 FT TO NE COR SD LOT 1 TH N 79 DEG W ALONG N LINE SD LOT 1 66.02 FT TO BEG (90) Parcel Number 08-55-001-001-00 Portion South of E. Mill D-1 to B-2 LOTS 322 THRU 348 OF THE PLAN OF HASTINGS. ALSO N BOLTWOOD ST ADJ TO LOT 334 VAC IN L.204-287. ALSO HANOVER ST S OF MILL ST AND N OF RIVER VACATED IN L.294-534. ALSO APPLE ST E OF HANOVER TO E SEC LINE VACATED IN L.327-507. ALSO EAST ST FROM MILL ST TO THE RIVER VACATED IN L327-507. Parcel Number 08-55-001-124-00 222 E. Mill D-1 to B-2 ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND W OF BOLTWOOD ST, S OF MILL ST, E OF MICHIGAN AVE, AND N OF THORNAPPLE RIVER, EX E 66 FT. ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-001-123-00 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracie Farrah and Jamie Farrah, Wife and Husband, to Bayrock Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005 and recorded September 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152444, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Services Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 13/100 Dollars ($157,648.13) including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1385 feet of the North one-half of the South one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, except the North 440 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509543 File No. 199.3674 545 N. Hanover N 49.5FT OF S 165FT OF LOT 7 & 8, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. 232 E. Mill D-1 to B-2 E 66 FT OF THE PARCEL OF LAND W OF BOLTWOOD ST, S OF MILL ST, E OF MICH. AVE, AND N OF THORNAPPLE RIVER. ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. Parcel Number 08-55-201-020-00 200 Block of N. Michigan (Vacant) D-1 to B-1 S 110FT OF LOTS 353 &354 & LOTS 349 THRU 352, ORIG PLAN OF THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF HASTINGS. EX COM NW COR S 1/2 LOT 354 FOR POB; TH S 78FT, TH E 79FT, TH N 78FT, TH W 79FT TO BEG. And is shown on the map below: Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 5:00 p.m. Monday March 5, 2007. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269-945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. Thomas Emery City Clerk 77509786 �Page 12 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary A. Fueri, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 in instrument 1137131, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee. Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004. Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-WWF1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($87,146.01), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 7 and 8 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West across said Lots through the center of a well on Lot 7 and the East 20 Feet of Lot 9 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West through the center of a well located on Lot 7 of said Addition, according to the Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118534F02 77509070 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Erik M. Dayus, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 3, 2004, and recorded on December 22, 2004 in instrument 1139096, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-One And 82/100 Dollars ($108,831.82), including interest at 6.77% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11 of Irving Charlton's Subdivision, According to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 9, of Plats, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126706F01 77509149 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas A. Dusette, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 1, 2006, and recorded on March 6, 2006 in instrument 1160965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six And 87/100 Dollars ($82,226.87), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3, 8 and the North 1/2 of Lot 2, Except the East 14 Feet Thereof, Block 19, Eastern Addition, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509612 File #128818F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Marcia E. Audette and Vincent J. Audette and Ruth F. Clemens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to TCF National Bank, a national banking association, Mortgagee, dated July 16, 2004, and recorded on July 21, 2004 in instrument 1131169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Fifty-Seven And 82/100 Dollars ($146,057.82), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the South 60 acres of the North 100 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as beginning at a point on the West line of said Section 12, distant North 1465 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 12 and running thence North 330 feet, thence East 264, thence South 330 feet, thence West 264 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental unit in any part thereof taken, used or deeded for street, road or highway purposes; subject to easement for highway purposes over and across the West side of subject premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128132F01 77509454 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE The Hastings Charter Township Board of Review for 2007 will be held at the Township Hall at 885 River Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058 on the following dates: Tuesday, March 6 Monday, March 12 Wednesday, March 14 Organizational Meeting Appeal Hearing Appeal Hearing 1:00 p.m. 9-12 p.m. & 1-4 p.m. 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests, and to equalize the 2007 assessments. Written protests may be sent to the above address by Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Personal 49.67% 48.32% 24.37% 49.23% 50% 1.0067 1.0348 2.0517 1.0157 1.00 Jim Brown, Supervisor Hastings Charter Township 269-948-9690 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the township clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of the hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA41.72(2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 77509627 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Aspinall and Carrie Aspinall, husband and wife, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005 and recorded April 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144391, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred TwentyOne Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Six and 17/100 Dollars ($121,186.17) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence North 89 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds East 1129.31 feet along the South line of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 49.41 feet to the North right of way line for Highway M-79 and the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 358.66 feet to South Railroad Row ; thence continuing North 89 degrees 31 minutes 04 seconds East 220.00 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds East 348.94 feet to the North right of way for Highway M-79; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 198.17 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 27 seconds East 10.0 feet along said right of way; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 21.90 feet along said right of way to the place of beginning. Make and Model: Century and 2005 Serial Number: MY05 122677ABK Length and Width: 68 X 26 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0923 77509405 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward H. Marshall and Nichole L. Marshall, Husband and Wife, to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 2000 and recorded May 9, 2000 in Instrument Number 1044062, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seven Hundred SixtySeven and 15/100 Dollars ($119,767.15) including interest at 12.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East 396.44 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds East 572.27 feet to the centerline of Head Road; thence along said centerline South 64 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds West 84.26 feet; thence Southwesterly 115.74 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the left, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord which bears South 59 degrees 04 minutes 08 seconds West 115.54 feet to the place of beginning.; thence North 82 degrees 17 minutes 54 seconds East 61.39 feet to the Southeasterly right of way line of Head Road; thence South 01 degrees 58 minutes 14 seconds East 45.31 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 04 seconds East 326.90 feet to the Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence South 55 degrees 39 minutes 38 seconds West 178.85 feet along said Westerly line of the Plat of Northwood; thence North 80 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds West 384.79 feet; thence Northeasterly 322.19 feet along the centerline of Head Road and the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 572.96 feet and the chord of which bears North 37 degrees 10 minutes 20 seconds East 317.96 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northwesterly 33 feet thereof for Head Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509021 File No. 231.5388 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S Arnold and Bonnie L Arnold, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 28, 2005, and recorded on April 8, 2005 in instrument 403016986, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Assocation, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston HEAT 20053 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 81/100 Dollars ($274,740.81), including interest at 6.859% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast Corner Post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, Thence South on East Line of said Section a Distance of 330 Feet, Thence West Parallel to the North Line of said Section 380 Feet, Thence North Parallel to the East Line of said Section 330 Feet to a Place on the North Section Line, Thence East on said Line to the Place of Beginning, said Description is a Parcel of Land being 2.5 Acres, More or less The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #100392F03 77509746 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by TPR Ventures, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("Mortgagor"), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgage Company”), dated October 28, 2005, and recorded on November 3, 2005, at Document No. 1155669, Barry County Register of Deeds, is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest accruing at 9.25% per annum, fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Four Hundred Ten Thousand One Hundred NinetySeven and 05/100 Dollars ($410,197.05). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, on Thursday, March 8, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Mortgage Company pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale is located in situated in Barry County, State of Michigan, described as follows: Lot 51, of Kotbra Park Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 29, Barry County Records Real Property Tax Identification Number: 08-16110-027-00 More Commonly Known as 1950 Archwood Drive, Wayland, Michigan 49348 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 1 2007 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb (P27631) Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP Attorneys for Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 553-3545 77509400 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting January 9, 2007 All Board members present; Co. Comm. Gibson, 4 guests. First hearing for Leach Lake Special Assessment for Weed Control. Set February 13, 7 p.m. for second hearing. Appointed Kim Domke for 3 year term on joint library board. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Approved amended minutes of the Dec. 12, 2006 meeting. Approved current attorneys, auditors, and depositories for continued use. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77509635 Jim Brown, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark Cinco and Julie L. Cinco, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded September 29, 2003 in Instrument Number 1114353, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 39/100 Dollars ($85,849.39) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 4 rods of the South 8 rods of Lot 100; The City (formerly Village) of Hastings. Being the same property conveyed to Mark Cinco married by deed from Mada Gilmore and Michael Gilmore, single, Teresa Pash, married, survivors of Anna Sylvester (deceased), recorded 12/27/2001 in Deed Book/Page 1072074. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509583 File No. 207.6624 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard A. Bass, a married man and Laura Rene Bass, his wife and Dean and Ann L. Bass, Husband and Wife, to NBD Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 1995 and recorded November 22, 1995 in Liber 645, Page 779, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three and 90/100 Dollars ($19,233.90) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Commencing at South one-quarter corner of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 870.7 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 440 feet; thence North 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds West 396 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East 440 feet; thence South 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds East 396 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1018 77509756 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul J. Rancour and Jalayne L. Rancour, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded September 1, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133356, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eleven and 68/100 Dollars ($86,811.68) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 10 and 17 of Hardendorf Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 72, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509210 File No. 199.3167 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2004, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 30, 2004 in Instrument No. 1130126, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $109,796.46, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 33, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 39. Commonly known as: 2602 Wildflower Drive, Middleville, MI 49333. PP#: 08-08-090-033-00 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 (616) 977-0077 77509791 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Gilbert, A Single Man as his sole, seperate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 9, 2004, and recorded on December 17, 2004 in instrument 1138859, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Sixty-Five And 00/100 Dollars ($200,065.00), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The west 10 acres of the northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of section 26, town 4 north, range 8 west, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508992 File #125158F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn C. Gahan and Alice M. Gahan, husband and wife, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 13, 2003 and recorded July 11, 2003 in Instrument Number 1108278, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Nine and 99/100 Dollars ($103,529.99) including interest at 10.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 8 Block 15 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.3648 77509011 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1147897, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $54,766.69, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 2 of Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on Page 68. Commonly known as: 11860 Rea, Shelbyville, MI 49344. PP#: 08-11-040-002-00 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 77509797 (616) 977-0077 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kris Vredevoogd and Sheila Vredevoogd, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 25, 2005 in instrument 1155120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred And 75/100 Dollars ($206,200.75), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76, Boulder Creek Estates in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #103530F02 77509724 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Frank W. Urias and Paula J. Urias, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166179, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand One Hundred Three and 81/100 Dollars ($91,103.81) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6, of H. J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509538 File No. 285.1046 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Neil Joseph Gaudard a/k/a Neil J. Gaudard and Shirley Anne Gaudard, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 9, 1999, and recorded on February 16, 1999 in instrument 1025273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Thirty-Eight And 71/100 Dollars ($81,038.71), including interest at 9.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 Ottland Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 51. Also a parcel in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13; thence South 90 feet; thence West 85 feet; thence North 90 feet; thence East 84 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509221 File #127289F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under the pooling and Servicing Agreement Series INABS 2006-B as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($119,152.81), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commecing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508981 File #125416F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda M Fay, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165596, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($108,464.67), including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post, Section 29, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence South 2640 feet to the center of the Section; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 650 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 660 feet parallel with the North and South 1/4 line; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 132 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 660 feet; thence East parallel with the North Section line 132 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130023F01 77509781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Liberty Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152106, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven And 25/100 Dollars ($122,911.25), including interest at 15.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on February 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 11, Red Oak Estates Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1136354, as amended, and designated as Barry Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 41; together with rights in the general common elements and the limited common elements as shown on the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77508972 File #124878F01 The entire Saxon Boys Basketball program would like to thank the fans of Saxon basketball for their generous support of our can and bottle drive on behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. 77509774 On Friday, February 2nd, $500.00 was raised for the fight against cancer. Saxon and South Christian fans alike came together to support this worthy cause. — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Planning & Zoning Board. There are two positions open. Applicants for both positions must not reside within a city or village. One of the positions must be a School Board member or a School Administrator. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509484 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gordon Tait, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on May 26, 2006 in instrument 1165204, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Two And 58/100 Dollars ($160,932.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16. EXCEPTING the North 2 rods. Also except commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 2 rods for the Place of Beginning; thence East 4 rods; thence South 18 1/2 rods; thence West 4 rods to a point due South of the Place of Beginning; thence North 18 1/2 rods to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129851F01 77509751 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Doug Healy and Jeannette Healy, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156455, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-One And 42/100 Dollars ($120,991.42), including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as commencing 1344.5 feet North of the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the said Southeast 1/4; thence North 165 feet; thence East 165 feet; thence South 165 feet; thence West 165 feet to the Place pf Beginning, except the highway right-of-way of the West side thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118159F02 77509245 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held February 13, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509595 �Page 14 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner CHARLTON PARK, continued from page 1 Park to a private concern with the highest bid. She asked members of the audience how they’d feel if the park was sold to a sand and gravel mining operation, if it was renovated into a NASCAR track or dirt bike track, made into a water park or sold to a residential developer for a planned unit development. “Do some of these things sound ridicu- “Parks are of the heart. We were given a gift and it’s our responsibility to take care of it.” — Larry Neil lous?” she asked. “Of course. What do we want history to write about this?” Joanne Barnard, who at one time served as interim director of the park, cautioned the County Board of Commissioners and Parks and Rec Commission that “Planning that happens in a crisis mode doesn’t make good longrange planning... Charlton Park needs you folks (the more than 100 citizens in attendance Thursday night) to come out, bring your dogs, your kids... We need more people to become involved.” Dianne Hildreth had good words to say about the fact a public hearing was being held that night and county officials were asking the people who they feel about the issues. Former Baltimore Township Supervisor George Cullers said he understood a bluegrass music festival used to be a big fundraiser and they were entertaining. He suggested talking to public radio station WMUK of Kalamazoo as a potential sponsor. Jerry LaDere, a member of the local gas and steam club, said he’s glad Shannon stepped down, saying he was difficult for the club to deal with. He said the gas and steam engine show was a fixture at the park for more than 30 years and Irving Charlton himself was part of the activities back in the 1950s. Charles Krammin said one thing that needs to be done soon is hire an interim director and get volunteers back at the park. Merri Ossenheimer said her husband has volunteered as a blacksmith at the historic village, but “We never see anyone else out there.” She suggested cross country skiing trails and other attractions. “You’ve got to spend money to make money,” she said of bringing in more activities and special events. LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas A Everling and Linda S Everling, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated June 25, 2004 and recorded July 8, 2004 in Instrument #1130559 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-OP1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Three Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($139,903.69) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Olson Subdivision according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 16 Commonly known as 216 Lakeview Dr, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004OP1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77509569 Our File No: 07-64017 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five And 28/100 Dollars ($267,125.28), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F01 77509618 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Shubitowski, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003, and recorded on October 31, 2003 in instrument 1116744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen And 15/100 Dollars ($95,416.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 1, 2 and 3, except the Southeasterly 30 feet of Lot 3 Smith's Lakeview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129008F01 77509669 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James H. Beard, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2006, and recorded on September 6, 2006 in instrument 1169591, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty And 93/100 Dollars ($46,220.93), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lot 37 and the North 1/2 of Lot 38, Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1, Page 10 of Plats, Barry County Records. ALSO described as: Commencing 82.5 feet North of the Northeast corner of Lot 40, Village of Nashville; thence West 132 feet; thence North 55 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 55 feet to the Place of Beginning. Situated on R.B. Gregg's Reserve. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129494F01 77509761 “We need people (on the Parks and Rec Commission) with a vested interest in the park... We don’t need a curator, we need a people person, a marketer.” — John Warren War re-enactments. She added she believes the massive land at Charlton Park is ideal for recreational activities. Laurie Little, proprietor at Little’s Country Store, a neighbor of Charlton Park, said, “Customers ask me what’s going on at Charlton Park, but I don’t know. There ain’t no advertising in Barry County at all.” She said she helps sponsor the Thornapple Lake fireworks display and she asked Charlton Park to stay open on the Fourth of July so people could go there to watch, but was told the park closes at dusk. She asked the audience what kind of marketing savvy that was, just one event in which people were turned away. Larry Kensington opined that the director has too many people to answer to. “If I had 17 bosses, I’d quit too,” he quipped. Actually, the director serves at the pleasure of the 10-member Parks and Rec Commission. The eight-member County Board of Commissioners appoints the Parks and Rec Commission members. Kensington said he’d like to see a return of the events that used to be held at Charlton Park, particularly bluegrass music festivals and the Civil War re-enactments. “I’d be on bended knee, asking those people to come back,” he said. Judy Kensington suggested the stately old church at Charlton Park Village would be a lovely place to have a wedding, but it isn’t marketed as yet another way to make the park some money. Larry Hollenbeck said he is a volunteer at the Maritime Museum at South Haven, and he believes Charlton Park “is a resource we should be sharing with everyone, not just a few.” Neil Wilder, a trustee on the Hastings Charter Township Board, said music festivals will bring people back to Charlton Park. He urged, “Bring back events, make changes and they (the taxpayers) will approve a millage.” Larry Neil said, “Parks are of the heart. We were given a gift and it’s our responsibility to take care of it.” Ardie Baum, who said she has volunteered for more than 20 years, said things at Charlton Park have deteriorated over the last 20 years and much of it can be traced to leadership not willing to take chances and try something new. Nyla Nye, vice president of the Barry County Historical Society, said the fact the county accepted Irving Charlton’s gift many years ago makes the public responsible for it. She agreed with the need to protect historical artifacts. Harland Nye said he favors creating a Charlton Park Board and having the Parks and Rec Commission oversee the rest of the county. Walter Forsberg, father of former director Peter Forsberg agreed about protecting the park’s historical aspects and said volunteers should be treated better. He echoed Harland Nye’s remarks about having two separate boards. Jessie Miller said he worked at Charlton Park last summer and noticed too often that he was the only one there. He agreed there needs to be more attractions. Thomas Dutcher said some things just can’t be sold, such as your grandmother’s ring. “If you do, you lose it forever,” he said. He agreed the park should have attractions, but should not lose its historical component. Dutcher suggested an annual “Meet Your Charlton Park Day” as a way to promote it to the citizens of Barry County. “Let’s get reacquainted with one of Barry County’s greatest resources,” he said. Christie Dutcher cautioned that “Once you ruin a museum, you can’t fix it.” She acknowledged the need for more activities, but said they won’t be successful without good management. She said there is no reason Charlton Park can’t be all about a historic village and museum and fun family-friendly activities. Gordon Fuhr, a former county commissioner and city councilman, said, “I appreciate all the positive comments tonight. All I ask is you support Charlton Park.” In a surprise appearance, former director Diane Smith, who left Barry County about a decade ago, said, “I can’t believe you would ever let it (Charlton Park) close.” She said it’s critical to save and preserve the historical artifacts. “I believe you will find an opening, find a “I’d be on bended knee, asking those people to come back.” — Larry Kensington way.” Joanne Levin said, “I think it’s great we’ve all gotten together (for a public meeting).” Turning to the commissioners, she said, “I have faith in you to see it continue.” Jim Hostetler, who said he has been associated with the park since 1949, commented, “What we need here is less degrees and more common sense.” Geraldine Hostetler suggested, “We have plenty of musicians in Barry County who would volunteer their time (for music festivals).” Harland Nye later agreed by saying, “We have musicians who come in (to Cunningham’s Acre near Lake Odessa) just for the joy of playing.” Oliver, who started the meeting with the suggestion of a disk golf course, said he believes the historic village and museum should be protected and preserved and the rest of the property should be a recreational showcase, a place for people to come to have fun. RN/LPNs Due to recent "retirings" Thornapple Manor in Hastings has openings for RNs or LPNs on 2nd Shift (2:00pm-10:30pm). Long term care experience a plus. We have excellent wages, benefits, and working conditions. If you're interested in the opportunity to join a great team, stop by and apply or submit your resume to: Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Fax (269) 948-0265 77509735 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S. Bolo, a married man and Teresta L. Bolo aka Teresta Bolo, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139200, and rerecorded on January 26, 2005 in instrument 1140709, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four And 40/100 Dollars ($137,754.40), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 34, Sandy Knolls No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 94, Barry County Records, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509654 File #128973F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melanie K. Garrett and George D. Garrett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160176, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred and 52/100 Dollars ($91,500.52) including interest at 10.74% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on FEBRUARY 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 18, except commencing at a point 97 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 12 of A.W. Phillips Addition, thence East 35 feet, thence North 19.5 feet, thence Southwest to a point of beginning, in Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: January 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509016 File No. 199.3434 Former Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Carolyn Coleman agreed, saying, “You need money to do something more, so you have my sympathy.” Dee Lowell, wife of former Charlton Park director Dr. Peter Forsberg, insisted the artifacts collection, worth more than a million dollars, must be protected. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf commented that he believes a great place to put non-violent offenders to work in community service rather than going to jail is to have them work at Charlton Park. They could, for example, handle the cleanup after special events. Brian Reynolds said he is one of those who used to support Charlton Park, backing the millage requests in 1986 and 1996, but he sadly went the other way last year because “I’ve lost faith in the leadership at the park.” Sherry Giffin noted one of the biggest special events losses in recent years was the Civil ® The 77502006 respect.” Moore said the two millage defeats and potential financial crisis should be seen as an opportunity for Charlton Park to set rights its course and mission. Julie Crittenden said she sees Charlton Park as more than just a museum and it should be more welcoming to visitors. She noted her son went to the historic village with his school classmates and they were told too often by uptight volunteers and personnel, “Don’t touch, be still... He doesn’t want to go back.” Harriet Prufrock, who said she has been a volunteer for 35 years, insisted that Charlton Park be true to its mission as a historical treasurer and she characterized the now departed Shannon as “a very kind man to work with.” Harold Root unabashedly championed more special events and “If the park board doesn’t want that, then they don’t need to be on the park board.” Jane Jones said she believes Charlton Park needs a manager who will try to come up with ways to generate more money and she agrees with a suggestion the current Parks and Rec Commission be dissolved. Virginia Young of Irving Township said she worries about the idea of selling Charlton �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 15 Employees to get 2.5% hike at TK Banner CLASSIFIEDS by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education Monday night approved a two-year contract extension for the next two academic years with members of the Thornapple Kellogg Education Association and the Thornapple Kellogg Education Support Personnel. These two contracts cover about 290 employees working in the school district. Finance director Chris Marcy noted that at meetings in CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 November and December everyone worked together to reach a mutual agreement. She also praised the members of both groups for being willing to freeze their salaries for one year last year to help the district cope with tight state funding. “I am very satisfied with this agreement,” Marcy said. She added that the district will save between 7 and 8 percent on health costs because the prescription cards will change in 2008 to a $10/$20 co-pay from a $5/$10 co-pay. Board of Education President Don Haney praised TK employees for being willing to continue to keep students first. POLICE BEAT BEA Lake O woman killed in 2-vehicle traffic accident Cassie Stinchcomb, 24, of Lake Odessa, was killed 7:30 a.m. last Monday, Feb. 12, in a two-car crash on Clarksville Road near Tasker Road in Odessa Township. Stinchcomb, a year 2000 graduate of Lakewood High School, was driving a Mercury Sable east on Clarksville Road when she lost control of her car on an icy patch. She was struck broadside by a Toyota 4-Runner driven by Jerimiah Winzeler, 25, of Portland. Stinchcomb was pronounced dead at the scene. Winzeler was transported to Ionia County Memorial Hospitaol by Lakewood Ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. Alcohol and non-use of safety belts are not believed to be factors in the crash. The Lake Odessa Fire Department, Lakewood Ambulance, Michigan State Police, Ionia County Sheriff's Office Victim Advocates, Lake Funeral Home and Reed and Hoppes Towing assisted at the scene. For Sale National Ads Household $175 QUEEN FOUR POST BED w/new mattress set. Bought, never used. (517)719-8062 THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $275. (616)452-8430. FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Local man arrested in Felpausch robbery For Rent Hastings police have arrested a 39-year-old Hastings man in connection with the armed robbery at the Felpausch Food Center early morning Deputy Chief Michael Leedy said a city officer followed up on information he received at around noon Tuesday, Feb. 13. That tip, along with information and assistance from two Felpausch employees led to the arrest of Jerry Samis, who was taken into custody without incident later that same night. Samis is currently lodged at the Barry County Jail facing felony charges of armed robbery. Employees told officers the suspect came into the store at 12:16 a.m. and a short time later approached a register with an item to be checked out. He told the sales associate he had a gun (implied but not seen) and demanded everything from the cash drawer. The suspect then left through the main entrance. Hastings officers and deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department searched the area, but did not immediately locate the suspect. It appeared he may have headed east toward Center Street. The man was described as white, 5’10”, a thin build, appeared to be in his late 30s or early 40s with dark eyes, short blonde hair with a dark mustache/goatee, which was slightly gray. He was wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans and white tennis shoes. He was also wearing a white baseball cap with red trim and a logo. Deputy Chief Leedy said the description given by Felpausch employees was a vital piece of information and led directly to the arrest. “The composite picture we were able to develop with the description given by the employees of Felpausch was an uncanny likeness of the individual,” Leedy said. “When we apprehended the suspect, the identification was obvious.” Stolen auto recovered at Hastings Manufacturing Hastings Police responding to a tip recovered a stolen vehicle on Friday, Feb. 9. Officers received information that the suspect, Sabrina Elwen, 19, of Hastings was seen driving and parking a 1996 Ford Explorer in the parking lot of Hastings Manufacturing. The caller told officers they knew the subject and were aware she did not own a vehicle nor have a driver’s license. Officers located the vehicle in the parking lot and a short time later made contact with Elwen in the driveway of a residence in the 200 block of East Mill Street. While talking with Elwen she admitted to officers that she had been walking down Center Road with her boyfriend and they were cold. She found the Explorer unlocked with the keys in it and drove the vehicle away and left it in the parking lot of the factory. The owner of the vehicle was unaware her vehicle had been taken until she was notified by police. Elwen was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. The incident was turned over to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department as the theft occurred outside the city limits. COURT NEWS • Jennifer Clement, the Hastings woman who was arrested for feeding her young infant bleach in December, has been arraigned in Barry County District Court and a pre-trial hearing has been set for April 12. Her trial is set to begin before Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher on April 16. Circuit Judge James Fisher ruled at the Feb. 8 arraignment hearing that Clement had been examined by psychiatrists and was judged fit to participate in her own defense and ordered the case to proceed to trial. • Ronald Lloyd Slone, 47, who is currently lodged in the state prison in Jackson, was sentenced in Judge Fisher’s court on February 7 to serve an addition 26 months to 120 months in prison for his January conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Slone will serve his sentence consecutive to 1989 and 1990 convictions in Livingston and Wayne Counties and concurrent to a current sentences received in Kent, Allegan and VanBuren counties. Slone was arrested on the most recent charge when he broke into a residence in Rutland Township in July, 2005. His previous convictions include a B&E with intent in Wayne County in 1981, a fleeing and eluding conviction in Detroit in 1981, a receiving and concealing conviction in Jackson County in 1982, a burglary conviction in Calhoun County in 1982, a B&E with intent conviction in Detroit in 1990 and two B&E convictions in Livingston County in 1990. • Robert Bishop McFarland, 21, of Freeport, was sentenced on a probation violation to continue on probation, participate in cognitive behavior therapy and day reporting. McFarland has already served 173 days in jail and was sen- tenced to six months probation in March 2006 for his earlier conviction on delivery of a controlled substance and the delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance. McFarland violated his probation by failing to report to his field agent on Dec. 27 or any time thereafter. • Raymond Edward Demond of Woodland was sentenced in a probation violation hearing Feb. 8 to continue on probation under a sentence received in August 2006. Demond also was ordered to serve six months in jail. He may be released to drug rehabilitation after March 30 and was ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail. Demond violated his probation by using alcohol Jan. 19 and by failing to attend day reporting on Jan. 18. • Jacob James Olsen, 27, of Middleville, was sentenced Feb. 7 by Judge Fisher to serve 21 days in jail (with credit for 21 days served) for his January conviction of failing to register as a sex offender. • Jason Charles Wallace, 26, of Bellevue, was sentenced Feb. 7 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and six months in jail for his January conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Wallace must participate in cognitive behavior therapy at the jail and attend drug court. He will wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail and must observe a curfew from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Wallace also was fined $500, assessed court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. Thanks to your investment in our community... FOR RENT: 3 plus bedroom farm house near Woodland, Mi. Inquire at 3055 Culbert Dr., Hastings between 9am6pm. 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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. ��/:�$2).+ Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��!02),��������������("� Member SIPC 77509092 �Page 16 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25. • Art Faculty Exhibition will present the artwork of Calvin College instructors Jeremy Chen, Anna Greidanus, Frank Speyers, Jennifer Steensma Hoag, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk, and Adam Wolpa. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm, and Saturday noon-4 pm. The exhibit is on display at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center’s Center Art Gallery through March 3. • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be performed at DeVos Performance Hall Friday and Saturday at 8 pm. This performance is a unique interpretation with jazz elements and dance by the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. Tickets are $11- $58. Tickets may be purchased by visiting the Symphony office at 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100, (located across from the Calder) or by calling (616) 454-9451, ext. 4. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. February 16 and 17. • An Evening with Leo Kottke is set at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $30. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Saturday, Feb. 17. • Stop Sending in the Clowns will be presented by the Village Players of Middleville at the Middle Villa Inn. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Feb. 9-10, 16-17 & 23-24. • Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids . When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 222-4000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. February 9-March 16. • 62nd Annual Grand Rapids Boat Show MISCELLANEOUS at DeVos Place. Hours are Wednesday & Thursday 3-10 pm, Friday 11 am-10 pm, Saturday 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 10 am-6 pm. Adults $9, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. Exhibits include sail and powerboats from 16 to 50 feet, fishing boats, ski boats and motor yachts. Also, boating accessories and services like marina slips and ski gear abound. It is one of the finest watersports expos in the country featuring cruising travelogues, the "Key West Crab Shack" and antiques & classic boats. Call (616) 447-2860 or (800) 328-6550 or visit www.showspan.com for more information. Feb 14-18. • Gun Lake Winterfest is returning. Many events are planned including broomballtournament, music trivia contest, polar bear dip, swimsuit show, and many more. February 17. • Celebrate the Great Plains: Favorite Foods, Good Conversation & Great Books! will be held from 6-8 pm at the Willard Library in Battle Creek. The second floor meeting room will host the open-house style event which offers the opportunity to meet & mingle with local authors and sample tasy food selection including red potato chowder and cinnamon muffins with coffee frosting. KCC creating writing professor Dr. Stephen Armstrong will offer short remarks about the community reads selection “Peace Like a River.” Wednesday, February 21. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Inside-Out “Hamlet” comes to WMU Theatre Starring two of the most minor characters in Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, “Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead” follows Hamlet's school chums as they are called to Elsinore to attend the mopey prince. Amid clever gamesmanship, existential musings and territorial conflicts with passing troupes of players, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern take center stage in this playful, madcap, deconstructed production. Paying homage to Beckett's hapless wayfarers in Waiting for Godot, “Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead” is an Elizabethan spoof, full of quick wit and an everlasting love of the theatre. Much like his screenplay for the Academy Award-winning Shakespeare in Love, Stoppard takes us behind the scenes of one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays, letting the King, the Prince and the Queen orbit as satellites around the luckless ‘heroes.’ “Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead” put Stoppard on the map as a playwright with four Tony Awards, including Best Play (1968). Performances will run February 8 through February 1 at 8pm, February 15 through February 17 at 8pm, and February 18 at 2pm in the Gilmore Theatre Complex’s York Arena Theatre. Seating is general admission. An opening night reception sponsored by Tiffany's Wine & Spirit Shop will take place after the performance on February 8th. Tickets for University Theatre productions can be purchased by calling (269) 387-6222 or by visiting the Box Office between 12pm and 5pm, Monday through Friday. Admission for the general public is $17, $12 for seniors and WMU faculty/staff, and $5 for students, at the door. Group discounts are available. The box offices at Miller Auditorium and the Epic Center also sell tickets to University Theatre productions. Tickets and additional information are available online at www.wmich.edu/theatre. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE FEBRUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 17 Have a Heart Charity Dinner & Auction to benefit Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter in the ballroom at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. Evening inclues 2 silent auctions and a live auction along. Dinner and auction begin at 5:30 pm. Tickets are $40 per person. 24 Build Your Own Bluebird House workshop at the MSU Biological Station’s Kellogg Bird Sanctuary in Hickory Corners. Sessions at 11 am or 1 pm. $6 adults, $4 children. Pre-cut cedar bird house kits available for $15.50. Pre-paid registration required. Call (269) 6712510 for more information. 24 A Ticket to Hollywood- A Musical Mystery at 7 pm at the Hastings First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green Street. Coming in MARCH 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at the Pennock Health Services Conference Room. 3 Three, Three, Three Volksmarch 5K walk on the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail from 10 am-noon. Start at the Stagecoach park in downtown Middleville. Sponsored by the Local Trail Enhancement Committee. 7 Imagine the Possibilities Open House at Fifth Third Bank in Hastings. Learn about future financial advice from local tax & investment professionals. Call Amelia at (269) 948-5383. 10 How to Plan & Start a Business presented by SCORE. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up your company, marketing, finance, and more. Three-hour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 10-11 Allegan Antique Show at the Barry Expo Center. For more info call Larry Wood at (269) 453-8780. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at County Seat restaurant in Hastings. State and federal elected representatives give updates on what’s happening in government. 17 Wild Turkey Federation Banquet at the Barry Expo center. 17 Internet Marketing from A to Z prezented by SCORE. Learn how to use the internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two from the same company. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Butterflies are Blooming March 1-April 30 Romeo & Juliet is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Series Friday, February 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Selections include “Dialogues for Orchestra” by Maximo Flugelman, Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Tickets are $19-$49 & half-price for students and children. Balcony seats are $5. Call 1-800-228-9858 to charge tickets by phone. 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles Saturday, Feb. 24 at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. 28th Annual West Michigan Home and Garden Show at DeVos Place March 1-4. Hours are Thursday 3-9:30 pm, Friday noon9:30 pm, Saturday 10 am-9:30 pm, and Sunday 11 am-6 pm. This year the show promises more home products and services, interior and exterior remodeling, new construction, and interior design. All this is situated between huge sprawling gardens, landscaping, and retail garden centers filled with live plants, trees and blooming flowers. Spring is in the air. Free Garden, home improvement and cooking seminars daily. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $8, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. For more information call (616) 447-2860 or visit www.showspan.com. Butterflies are Blooming at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park March 1-April 30. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Disney On Ice presents Disney/Pixar Monsters, Inc. at Van Andel Arena March 1-4. performances are Thursday, March 1 at 7 pm, Friday, March 2 at 10:30 am & 7 pm, Saturday, March 3 at 11:00 am, 3 pm & 7 pm, Sunday, March 4 at 2 pm. Ticket prices range from $11, $16, $21, $35, $45, & $50. Kids (ages 2-12) discount of $4 off the $11, $16 & $21 tickets is available for the Fri. March 2 at 7 pm, Sat. March 3 at 11 am and Sun. March 4 at 2 pm shows. For tickets and more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com This week’s selections: Critic’s Corner Epic Movie Running time: 86 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 Even though we’ve got a whole lot of 2007 left, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that “Epic Movie” is the worst film of the year. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the writers/directors of “Epic Movie,” have already left in their professional wake a slime-trail of execrable spoof films like “Date Movie” and “Spy Hard.” So, it’s no surprise that “Epic Movie” wouldn’t be any better than its predecessors. No, dear readers, Friedberg and Seltzer have managed to make a film so bad, it makes “Date Movie” look like “Pootie Tang.” The film follows the same formula as the rest of the “Movie” series: Spend a bunch of money to recreate the shots of popular Good Movies, then add bad gags involving bodily functions, groin kicks and PG-level profanity — Comedy Gold if your target audience is a 12-year-old boy. The lion’s share of “Epic Movie” is spent spoofing “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and features performances by the brilliant Jennifer Coolidge and Fred Willard. But even their presence isn’t enough to save this horrible movie. by D.N.A. Smith Faune Chambers takes part in a spoof of “Snake on a Plane.” So, how do you spoof a movie which didn’t even take itself seriously? Apparently, not very well... To be honest, I had no intention of seeing “Epic Movie,” but I am a huge Anna Faris fan and she’s starred in every “Movie” installment since the first “Scary Movie,” so I figured she’d be in this one. To my surprise, Anna is nowhere to be seen. She’s been replaced by Jayma Mays, a Faris lookalike who doesn’t quite have the comedic chops as her doppelganger. My guess is that Anna smelled the script coming from a mile away and ran for the hills. You should do the same. GRADE: F © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — Page 17 “Chicago” comes to Kalamazoo March 16-18 BORN THIS WEEK: You enjoy traveling and meeting people. You are especially good with children and would make an excellent teacher. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your ideas are finally reaching those who can appreciate them. But don’t expect any immediate reactions. That will come later. Meanwhile, a personal matter needs your attention. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your energy levels are rising, and you’re feeling restless and eager to get into some activity, whether it’s for profit or just for fun. In either case, the aspects are highly favorable, so go for it. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A relationship seems to be winding down from passionate to passive. It’s up to you to decide what the next step will be. But don’t wait too long to take the initiative. Delay could create more problems. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A decision looms. But be very sure that this is what you really want before you sign or say anything. Once you act, there’ll be little or no wiggle room for any adjustments. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Money matters improve, but you still need to be cautious with your spending. Also, set aside that Leonine pride for a bit and apologize for contributing to that misunderstanding. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A tempting financial situation could make the usually unflappable Virgo rush in before checking things out. Be alert to possible hidden problems. Get the facts before you act. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) It’s nice to know that you’re finally getting due credit for your efforts. You should also know that new opportunities will follow. A family member brings important news. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Any uncertainty that begins to cloud an impending decision could signal a need to reexamine your reasons for wanting to take on this commitment. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You benefit from taking time out of your currently hectic schedule to do more contemplation or meditation. This will help re-energize you, both in body and soul. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Nursing hurt feelings can zap the energies of even the usually self-confident Sea Goat. Best advice: Move forward. Success is the best balm for a painful ego. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A display of temperament surprises you, as well as those around you. It could be all that pressure you’re under. Consider letting someone help you see it through. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Some things don’t seem to be working out as you’d hoped. Don’t fret. Instead, take some time out to reassess your plans and see where changes could be made. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Broadway’s longest running revival show, “Chicago,” returns to Kalamazoo for a five performance engagement at Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, March 16-18. With over 50 awards, 10,000 performances, and over 16 million audience members, “Chicago” continues to excite and entertain audiences world-wide. Tickets to this Razzle-Dazzle Musical Smash are on sale now! “Chicago” continues to “razzle- dazzle” audiences since it opened to rave reviews at the National Theatre in Washington D.C. The Washington Post called it “Stylish and Bold! What you see is what you so gloriously get.” WRC TV entertainment reporter, Arch Campbell said “”Chicago” is one of this year’s great delights! The cast blows the roof off the joint!” “A killer production.” said Rohan Preston of the Star Tribune and Leslie Katz of the San Francisco Examiner proclaims “Chicago” is “smart, sassy and riveting!” Produced by Tony Award winners, Barry and Fran Weissler and under the Tony Award-winning direction of Walter Bobbie and spotlighting the Tony Award-winning choreography by Ann Reinking in the style of the legendary Bob Fosse and re-created by Gary Chryst, “Chicago” features the “razzle-dazzle” music and lyrics of master Broadway multi-award winning composers John Kander and Fred Ebb, with book by Mr. Ebb and Bob Fosse. “Chicago”, winner of 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and a Grammy Award for its cast recording, has the distinction of being Broadway’s longest running revival, and celebrated its‚ 10 year anniversary at the Ambassador Theatre in New York on November 14th, 2006. Its story of two real life murderesses and a lawyer who turns them into media celebri- ties is a page right of today’s newspapers. The immense worldwide success of “Chicago” spawned the Academy Award-winning film version. But, seeing it live is an experience you will never forget. The jazz, the style, the music, and the dancing all add up to an experience that will exhilarate. “Chicago” is a production not to be missed. And all the reviewers agree. Time Magazine calls it “A Triumph,” Newsweek raves “Smashing” and Entertainment Weekly sums it up by calling “Chicago” “Broadway’s Most Electrifying Show.” Tickets are available by calling 269-387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269-387-2312 for special discounts. “Queen of the D-list” leaves no star unscathed at Miller Auditorium Fresh from the second season and anticipating the Summer 2007 third season of her hit Bravo series, Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List, the Emmy nominated Kathy Griffin brings her hilarious show to Miller Auditorium‚s stage. Ms. Griffin comes to Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show only, Friday, March 30 at 8 pm. Griffin is a stand-up comic who skewers celebrity culture with aplomb, while dishing dirt on Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Little Richard, Star Jones, Clay Aiken, Sharon Stone and many other marquee names. Perhaps best known for playing Brooke Shields' acerbic colleague on the sitcom Suddenly Susan, Griffin's standup specials include Hot Cup of Talk on HBO, Bravo's The D-List and Kathy Griffin Is Not Nicole Kidman, and her DVD Allegedly. Other credits include TV guest appearances on Seinfeld, The Drew Carey Show, ER, Mad About You and Whose Line Is It Anyway? among others, and the films Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms and TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. ARCHITECTURE: The Georgian style of architecture is based on the principles of which Renaissance architect? 2. LAW: What is double jeopardy? 3. PLANTS: What is a corm? 4. MUSIC: What kind of instrument is a cor anglais? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which tennis tournaments make up the Grand Slam? 6. LANGUAGE: What is a torch in Great Britain? 7. GEOGRAPHY: Prague is the capital of which country? 8. SLOGANS: Whose trademark signoff was “That’s All Folks!” 9. MEDICINE: What is the medical name for the childhood disease known as mumps? 10. ASTRONOMY: Halley’s Comet is visible in our night sky how often? ANSWERS 1. Andrea Palladio 2. Being tried a second time for a crime after the first case has been decided. 3. Underground shoot containing food reserves 4. Woodwind 5. Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open 6. A flashlight 7. Czech Republic 8. Porky Pig, at the end of Looney Tunes cartoons 9. Parotitis, swelling of the parotid gland 10. Every 75-76 years • You might be surprised to learn that the United States Postal Service once actually delivered children as well as letters. In 1914, a 2-year-old boy was sent from Oklahoma to Kansas — and the postage paid was only 18 cents. • One C. Merton Tyrell once described the Pentagon as “a place where costs are always rounded to the nearest tenth of a billion dollars.” • When he died in April 1910, an 80-yearold man named Valentine Tapley had the distinction of possessing the longest beard in the world. He was afraid that after his death someone would turn grave-robber in order to steal the 12 1/2 feet of whiskers, so in his will he specified that his body be sealed up in an especially sturdy tomb to prevent such a desecration of his corpse. • Those who study such things claim that a sneeze was once recorded as traveling 103.6 mph. • You might not remember this, but a microwave oven was actually commercially available as early as the 1940s. As you might imagine, however, it wasn’t terribly practical — it was 6 feet tall and weighed 750 pounds. • A study conducted by two economists last year demonstrated a correlation between appearance and criminal behavior. Their study of 15,000 people aged 18 to 26 indicated that the less attractive a person is, the greater the chance that he or she committed a crime. • Angkor Wat, the largely overgrown temple complex in Cambodia (you might remember it as the scene of some of Lara Croft’s adventures in the film “Tomb Raider”), is the world’s largest religious structure, covering 22 acres and rising to a height of 213 feet. ******************************** Thought for the Day: “The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.” — Dante Gabriel Rossetti © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The Cable Guy. In My Life on the D-List, Griffin (who has a great passion for reality tv) documents her experience "living the D-List dream" of being a well-known yet under-appreciated comic. Each episode includes Griffin performing her stand-up act or making a public appearance, as well as the behind-the-scenes negotiations and preparations that go into each gig. From milking every opportunity to make money to shameless self-promotion, Griffin stops at nothing to keep her stand-up comedy act and career alive and well. Tickets are available beginning February 10th by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 2289858, online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” coming to K’zoo Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo‚s Miller Auditorium on April 13, 2007 for one performance only. Tickets go on sale February 17, 2007. In the spirit of the successful international touring sensations Cirque Ingenieux and Cirque Dreams comes the latest reinvention of theatrical circus artistry from Cirque Productions, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy,” a colorful dream in an enchanted forest performed on stage and in the air. An international cast of graceful aerialists, spine bending contortionists, vine swinging characters, strongmen and balancers bring this jungle dream to life in a lush, Broadway setting filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes. Imaginative theatrics combined with worldclass acrobatics make Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Goldberg’s signature style of inventive acrobatics, unique costumes and creative choreography is enhanced by a clever original musical score that heats up the jungle and presents some of the most striking visual and special effects ever on stage. The whimsical jungle creatures and loose-limbed acrobatic characters of Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will leap from the depths of imagination beyond the dreams of audiences. Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 56.5-39.5; Hastings Bowl 56-40; J-Ad Graphics 55-41; CW’s Auto 5046; TVCCU 49-47; Good Time Pizza 48-48; Yankee Zephyr 39-57; Hastings City Bank 30.5-65.5. Men’s High Games & Series - J. Markley 222-578; K. Beebe 267-646; P. Scobey 212521; J. Bartimus 197; N. Blakely 231; C. Wanland 221; M. Hall 189; D. Risher 222535; D. Walden 201-522. Women’s High Games & Series - K. Markley 156-416; J. Clements 190; B. Smith 178. Roush 223-553; D. Bartimus 187-520; E. Hammontree 201-516; G. Otis 176-515; R. Lydy 181-515; S. Carlson 183-495; R. Murrah 181-473; L. Smith 170-473; P. Franklin 168-467; J. Kasinsky 167-443; J. Ingersoll 170-439; N. Taylor 129-324; N. Clow 195; P. Ramey 189; J. Madden 185; D. Rhodes 185; R. Hammontree 154. Mens Good Games and Series - K. Hammontree 204-583; J. Bartimus 218-539; D. Ripley 202-530; L. Madden 194-503; B. Dennison 167-449; D. Lake 164-420; A. Rhodes 219; D. Sanders 197; D. Carlson 197; B. Madden 191; M. Saldivar 181. Senior Citizens Butterfingers 52.5-39.5; Nash’s Harem 52.5-39.5; #1 Senior 52-40; Lucky Strike 4943; King Pins 49-43; Wieland’s 48-44; Kuempel 45-47; Friends 45-47; BAT’s 43.544.5; Sun Risers 43-45; M&M’s 41.5-50.5; Ward’s Friends 41-51; Early Risers 39-53; 4 B’s 39-53. Good Games and Series Ladies - R. Pitts 170-407; N. Boniface 165; A. Tasker 168424; P. Freeman 162-479; Y. Markley 165; B. Maker 193-501; S. Merrill 211-619; R. Hill 143; B. Benedict 147; M. Wieland 189-502; S. Patch 199-485; J. Allen 157. Good Games and Series Men - R. Boniface 189; N. Thaler 161; G. Waggoner 184-512; B. Akers 183-511; R. McDonald 247-605; L. Markley168-488; D. Risher 178; J. Heney 144. Tuesday Trios Trouble 63-29; All in the Family 60.5-31.5; Quality Roofing 56.5-35.5; Git-R-Done Gals 52.5-39.5; Coleman Agency 47.5-44.5; Luanne’s Team 45.5-46.5; CB’s 45-47; Superette Gals 37-55; Critters 36-56; Ghost Team 14.5-73.5. High Game and series - D. James 158; S. Smith 155; M. Heath 193-526; C. Etts 145; O. Gillons 135; S. Everett 179; M. Sears 182; R. Brummel 167; P. Ramey 181; D. Harding 150; L. Trumble 169; B. Wilder 97; L. Rorye 135; S. Lancaster 170; S. Vandenburg 199561; C. Mack 181; T. Daniels 234-574; K. Carpenter 143; L. Potter 197; J. Hurless 198549; C. Gates 136; S. Snider 148; A. Norton 135; T. Franklin 136; J. Rice 171. Wednesday P.M. Nothing But Truck 57 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 56 1/2; Eye & ENT 54 1/2; Seebers 51 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 49; Hair Care Center 47; At Home Real Estate 44. Womens Good Games and Series - E. Ulrich 215-554; L. Elliston 213-540; T. Christopher 213-529; D. Seeber 200-498; G. Potter 190-460; W. Barker 172-438; R. Murrah 150-429; J. Pitch 113-332; K. Becker 195; S. Drake 178; B. Smith 167; N. Potter 160; J. Pettengill 134; L. Friend 111. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 55; Hubs Crew 54; R&N 48 1/2; Pin Chasers 47; Michigan Outlaws 40 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 38; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 37; Bounty Hunters 37; Funky Bowlers 36 1/2; Karey’s Crew 34 1/2; Sandbaggers 32; Throw Them Balls 30. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 189-546; A. Hubbell 191-510; J. Rice 189-494; N. Mroz 151-456; B. Vugteveen 184-451; K. Farlee 172-426; L. Smith 193; M. Heath 191; A. Churchill 154; V. Wright 147. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 216-634; M. Hubbard 212-623; A. Robins 189-535; E. Rice 186-508; J. Wright 183-483; M. Norton 163-459; M. Vugeteveen 162-432; T. Barlow 187; S. Farlee 177; N. Robbe 175; T. Demott 147. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 58 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 57 1/2; Spare Time 51; Liquid Courage 50 1/2; 4 Fools 49 1/2; All But One 49; Heads Out 46 1/2; 9-n-a-Wiggle 45; The Unknowns 45; Ten Pins 44; Whatever 43 1/2; Budweiser 41 1/2; Brushworks 39 1/2; Mercy 39; Just Cuz 38; Oldies But Goodies 38. Womens Good Games and Series - B. Thurs. Angels Walldorff’s 53-35; Hastings City Bank 5236; Hastings Bowl 48-40; Varney’s 45.538.5; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 45-43; Miller Farm Repair 41.5-46.5; Allure 41.5-46.5; A.I.S. Engine 40-48; Fall Creek 37.5-50.5; C.W. Repair 35-53. High Games and Series - W. Barker 152; C. Hurless 145; L. Perry 153; G. Otis 201; K. Covey 176; D. McCollum 204; C. Shellenbarger 214; A. Henley 179; D. Staines 191; D. Bartimus 194; A. Bartimus 204-551; S. Day 137; C. Nichols 204; B. Frank 180; N. Taylor 123; R. Cheeseman 143; B. Cuddahee 184; R. Welton 152; R. White 156; M. Chase 159; M. Miller 158; J. Wyant 159; C. Miller 169; M. Gdula 222; T. VanBelkun 155. GOGGINS, continued from page 4 the same allegation he brought to them two years ago, making this incident now almost 11 years old. It was not sexual harassment then, and it is not now. At least three of the e-mails Mr, Christopher implies are written by me are actually not mine. They are e-mails sent to me. Mr. Christopher continues to make the statement that I wrestled an ineligible wrestler, this is not accurate. His allegations were reported to and investigated by high school principal Tim Johnston and Interim Supt. Carl Schoessel. No eligibility violation was found. Mr. Christopher does not agree with this, but that is the truth. I would discuss this further, but privacy laws prevent school officials from discussing student's personal information. It seems unprofessional for Mr. Christopher to drag a student into this situation as pawn for his personal agenda.. Finally: I wanted it noted I have never attacked Mr. Christopher the way he has attacked me. His attempt to ruin my reputation and career is very disturbing. Mr. Christopher groups together anyone that would support me as my "mob." When in reality they are my friends, parents of my students, athletes and people who recognize the efforts I have made and the good I have done. My family and I greatly appreciate all the support I have received. I realize writing this is a risk as I am sure parts of it wiII show up on Mr. Christopher's website, manipulated in a manner to make another one of his "points." All I’m trying to do is my job as athletic director of the middle school and high school as well as wrestling coach to the best of my ability. Will that be perfect? No, But it will be my honest best. I have lived here my whole life. I went to school here, I send my chiIdren here. I work here because I love my job Mike Goggins, Athletic Director, Hastirigs Area Schools A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. THISS AUTO Hastings Collision & Auto Repair “Where Quality Workmanship Counts!” All Work Guaranteed! Save $50.00 to $250.00 or more! 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The Trojans played just one match from Jan. 18 to Feb. 8, and O-K Gold Conference dual with Caledonia. Saturday, at the Hopkins Invitational the Trojans won one match and dropped three, losing twice to the host Vikings. Hopkins topped TK in the tournament play, after defeating the Trojans in the power pool. Watervliet also topped TK in the power pool play. “We played well despite not winning very much,” said TK head coach Jaime Nelson. The Trojans started the day in pool play with a win over Bloomingdale, then fell to Gobles. Setters Kate Scheidel and Amanda Denney combined for over 60 assists on the day. Scheidel also contributed 19 kills and eight aces. Jessica Pitsch had 18 kills on the day and Val VanBemden had 16. Alyssa Bowerman and Pitsch each put up eight blocks on the day. Senior libero Katie McCarty had over 60 digs in the tournament. “With how our schedule was set up this season, and having last weekend canceled due to weather, we really haven’t competed much in the last month, which is unusual,” Nelson Thornapple Kellogg’s Val VanBemden fires an attack at the Wayland Wildcats while teammate Katie McCarty watches in game three Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) MHSAA testing its new officials observation program this year In an effort to help improve the training and education of registered officials, the Michigan High School Athletic Association is testing an observation and evaluation program this year. The program is dependent upon local Approved Associations investing the time and personnel to observe contest officials as they work. “We are excited about the program, because traditionally speaking officials have always received feedback from our schools, from coaches and athletic directors through a ratings process,” said MHSAA Assistant Director Mark Uyl. “The downfall of this system historically is that officials haven’t been getting much meaningful feedback.” While the current rating system can be influenced by wins and losses, and what may be considered favorable calls and unfavorable calls, officials stand to benefit more from peer critiques which would include categories HHS basketball can and bottle drive nets $500 The Saxon boys’ basketball program was pleased with the response to its can and bottle drive for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. On Friday Feb. 2, fans could earn admission to the Saxons’ basketball games with South Christian High School by donating cans and bottles, or return deposit slips from local businesses. The effort raised $500 for the fight against cancer. Both Saxon and Sailor fans contributed to the cause. such as positioning, mechanics and game management. To that end, the MHSAA Representative Council last spring approved an observers program for eight sports, categorizing standards for observation. “We are now working with some local Approved Associations which are sending observers to contests to watch officials,” Uyl said. “They then meet with the officials afterward to go over the things they did well, areas that might need improvement, and following up with correspondence a week to 10 days after the contest.” A pilot program this fall involved more than 20 football crews in western Michigan, affording over 70 officials the opportunity for peer evaluations. “Our football program this fall was outstanding,” Uyl said. “The response we’ve received from both the officials who were observed, and the observers themselves, was extremely positive.” Currently, a pilot program in basketball is underway, while baseball, softball and soccer are targeted for spring observation programs. As the program moves forward, the MHSAA envisions that observers will be identified and nominated through local Approved Associations, and in turn will attend training sessions at the annual MHSAA Summer Meeting. “The involvement of local associations is the key component in the observation program. We really look forward to next summer, when we will be training our first group of observers through Approved Associations on a statewide basis,” Uyl added. “The circle of education is completed with those observers going out to assist their fellow officials and provide feedback.” Officials can get a glimpse of the standards and report forms for observers on the Officials page of mhsaa.com. Observation and evaluation forms for six sports appear under Approved Associations and Assignors. said. “We were working with a different lineup due to athletes having to take scholarship tests, and Feb. 10th is an ACT testing date.” “It felt like we were starting all over again.” The Trojans actually started over again on Thursday night when they took on Wayland in an O-K Gold Conference match. The host Wildcats topped TK in three games, 25-11, 25-9, 25-19. Pitsch led the Trojans with six kills, and Scheidel had ten assists. The Trojans struggled with their passing for much of the night. It started to come around in the third game. TK built a 16-13 lead, but Wayland went on an 8-0 run to pull ahead 21-16 before closing out the Trojans. Thornapple Kellogg is now 0-4 in the O-K Gold Conference. The league duals end this Thursday, when the Trojans host Hastings. “We will have everyone back for Thursday’s match against Hastings,” Nelson said. Saturday, the Trojans will be at Unity Christian. Trojan senior setter Amanda Denney puts the ball up in game two against Wayland on Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) LHS perfect in CAAC with one to go by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood looked to close out a perfect season of Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 (CAAC-3) duals last night, when it made the trip to take on DeWitt. The Vikings improved to 4-0 in the conference with a three-game victory at Williamston last Wednesday. DeWitt did defeat the Vikings at the Sturgis Invitational Feb. 3. “We are going to make sure that we play well and beat them,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “That’s the plan anyway.” “We just have to get mentally ready to play them, and realize that since they did beat us we know they can.” That means attacking the Panthers at every opportunity, and not waiting for them to make mistakes. That’s what the Vikings have been doing since that disappointing performance at Sturgis. Lakewood topped Williamston last week 25-13, 25-9, 25-12. “The girls played well considering Williamston isn’t a very strong team,” Grunewald said. “Did we play great? No. We played good.” Amy Joostberns led the Vikings on the night with 12 kills, and Ashley Morris had ten. Jennie Carr led the Vikings in digs with nine, and also had three aces. Lacey Chase matched those three aces. Autumn Cussen added seven digs. Melanie Forman had 30 aces in the three games. The Vikings followed that win up by taking the championship at Saturday’s 16-team Muskegon Invitational, defeating Hamilton in three games for the title. The Hawkeyes won game one, 19-25, before Lakewood came back to take the next two 25-19, 15-12. Lakewood gained the momentum late in the first game. Hamilton held a 22-10 advantage before the Vikings started a come back that lasted until they’d finished off the Hawkeyes in three. “Even though (the Hawkeyes) won the first match, they didn’t feel like it. That’s what we did. It took Hamilton out of their mode of making absolutely no errors.” That carried into game two for the Vikings, before they won a good third game between the two teams. “We just made fewer errors and made more aggressive plays than they did,” Grunewald said. Lakewood advanced through tournament play with a 25-13, 25-7 win over Muskegon in the quarterfinals, and a 25-15, 25-19 win over Traverse City West in the semi’s. In pool play, the Vikings scored wins over Ludington, Orchard View, and Whitehall. In tournament play, Joostberns led Lakewood with 27 kills, and Morris had 17. Chase had nine aces, Cussen 16 digs, and Forman 57 assists. The Vikings end the regular season schedule by hosting a quad next Monday, that includes Hamilton, Hudsonville, and Caledonia. After that, the Vikings close out their time in the CAAC-3 at the conference tournament Saturday, Feb. 24. Saxon cagers’ record falls below .500 at 7-8 overall The Saxons came up just short in another battle for position in the O-K Gold Conference last week. Byron Center edged the Saxons 56-53 Friday night in conference action, to jump ahead of the Saxons into fourth place in the league standings. The host Bulldogs led 45-39 heading into the fourth quarter. Hastings held a slim lead after the opening quarter, but saw the Bulldogs put up 20 points in the second quarter. Bryan Skedgell led Hastings with 16 Hastings High School’s Scholar Athletes were honored during half-time of the varsity boys’ basketball game against South Christian on Friday, Feb. 2. (Photo by Perry Hardin) points, and Bryce Stanhope added ten. Stephen Tolger and Curtus Cowles chipped in six points each. Byron Center was led by Zach VanEngen’s 21 points. Justin Dennett added ten for the Bulldogs. The loss also dropped the Saxons below .500 for the season. Hastings is now 4-5 in the league, and 7-8 overall. Hastings faces a tough trip to Wayland on Friday night, then is back home next Tuesday to take on Pennfield in a non-conference contest. Swimmers win their last home meet The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings seniors had their final home swim meet, and turned in a fine performance with some of their fellow underclassmen. The Trojans topped Wyoming United 10763, with seven personal best times and three new team records being set. “This group of seniors is talented both in terms of competing as well as in their leadership rolls,” said TK-Hastings head coach Tyler Bultema. “They will be missed next year.” TK-Hastings seniors are Derek Miller, Moritz Kramer, Nathan Cogger, Tom Peck, Derek Thurman, Sean McConnon, Kelcey Edwards and James Cook. Four of them, Peck, Kramer, Miller and Edwards started of the night with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:59.66. Thurman, Jacob Wescott, McConnon and Peck won the 400 freestyle relay, in a new school-record time of 3:56.85. Edwards set a new team-record in the diving competition with a score of 186. His teammates Mitch Borden and Eric Buchanan Cheer sees top competition at Central Montcalm Invite Hastings High School honors its scholar-athletes Ashley Morris had ten kills in the Vikings three-game win over Williamston last week. (File photo) Central Montcalm hosted a few of the top smaller-school competitive cheer teams in the state last Wednesday, including the Lakewood Vikings. Lakewood finished second among the Division 3 teams, and had the fourth overall best score in the eight-team field. The seventh ranked Vikings scored a 688.9, finishing behind Chippewa Hills in Division 3. Chippewa Hills, ranked number two in Division 3, finished with a total score of 718.6. Pewamo-Westphalia, the team with the number three ranking in Division 4, had the day’s best score. They won division 4 with a score of 725.7. Breckenridge, ranked No. 2 in Division 4, was second in its division with a score of 717.3. Lakewood’s 301.5 in round three was the third best score in that round. The Vikings also had a 186 in round one and a 201.4 in round two. Lakewood’s junior varsity also competed on the day, scoring a 148 in round one, 137.1 in round two, and 246.5 in round three, for a total of 531.6. That score was better than the final score of three of the eight varsity teams. It’s back to conference action this week for Lakewood, when they head to Charlotte on Thursday. On Saturday, they’ll be home again for their own Viking Cheerfest. placed second and third in the event respectively. The Trojans had multiple swimmers in the top three in a number of events. McConnon and Wescott were first and second in the 200 freestyle. In the 100 backstroke, Josiah Jenkins was first and Brett Miller third. In the 100 breaststroke, Kramer was first and Buchanan third. TK-Hastings came in to that meet following a third-place finish at the Feb. 3 Ottawa Hills Invitational, out of six teams. Peck scored the team’s first victory of the day, winning the 50 freestyle in a new teamrecord time of 24.03 seconds. Thurman also set a new team record, with his first-place performance in the 100 breaststroke. He hit the wall in 1:11.41. The team of Thurman, Mitch Borden, Wescott and Peck had the Saxons’ other firstplace finish, in the 200 freestyle relay. The Trojans had seven other personal best times on the day. One came from Wescott in the 100 freestyle, an event in which he placed second. Other second-place finishes for TKHastings came from James Cook in the 500 freestyle and Peck in the 100 backstroke. The 200 medley relay team of Peck, Thurman, Cook and Wescott took home the third place medal. Wescott followed that up with a third in the 200 freestyle. Thurman took a fourth place in the 200 individual medley. The Trojans swim at Spring Lake next Tuesday, then take part in the conference meet at Hamilton Friday and Saturday Feb. 23 and 24. �Page 20 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Leslie leaves Lions behind in the fourth quarter by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Lions hung with one of the top ranked teams in the state for most of three quarters on Tuesday night. Unfortunately for Maple Valley, the first two minutes of the fourth quarter included two turnovers, two time-outs, an offensive foul, and eight points from Leslie’s Ryan Clark. The visiting Blackhawks pushed a 5650 lead to 66-50 in that span, and eventually kept pulling away for an 84-68 victory. Leslie, ranked No. 7 in the state in Class C, improved to 13-2 with the victory. “We’re gaining,” said Maple Valley head coach Keith Jones. “I think we had about 24 minutes tonight, and we’ve got to somehow come up with 32 minutes. There are definitely some little things we’re still not doing fundamentally.” The 6-3 senior, Clark, finished with a teamhigh 29 points. After he scored 11 points in the opening quarter, the Lions did a much better job of finding him in the second. They limited him to four points in the second quarter. Not only did Maple Valley struggle to take care of the basketball at the start of the fourth quarter, the Lions also struggled to find open Leslie shooters. More than once Jones shouted to the far end of the court for one of his players to get out on a Blackhawk near the three-point line on an inbound play. Kenneth Quick led the Maple Valley offense with 31 points. Dustin Houghton had 11 points, while Scott Kersjes and Eric Westendorp contributed ten each. “Scott Kersjes has come on really strong this past week,” Jones said. “I started him the past two games. He’s earned that. He’s been working hard. Part of it is he’s healthy.” Jones said he talked to his team before the game about the kind of extra effort it would take to be competitive with the Blackhawks. “Every loose ball, we had to be on the floor for it, whether we got it or not,” Jones said. “I was real proud of that.” That kind of hustle was what kept the Lions in the game for so long. Leslie started the game on a 7-0 run. The Lions didn’t hang their heads. Houghton knocked down a pair of three-pointers, that pulled his team to within 8-6. Leslie then pushed its lead to 22-8, before an 8-0 run by Maple Valley ended the opening quarter at 22-16. The score was 35-30 at the half, in favor of the Blackhawks. The Lions pulled to within one point midway through the third quarter, but were never able to catch the Blackhawks. Leslie’s lead grew to as many as 23 points in the final quarter. Charlie Snow added 14 points for Leslie, and Brad Ahler ten. Quick had four assists to compliment his game-high point total. Westendorp also contributed 11 rebounds and four assists. Maple Valley is now 3-12 overall this season, and 1-8 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. “The kids are learning their roles a little bit more. They know who the shooters are, and they know what the range on their shots is.” “I wasn’t too disappointed. This was a good game for us to see what we’ve got to do if we meet up with them in districts.” Maple Valley could meet Leslie in a Class C district championship game, the other likely district championship opponent for the Lions, if they advance that far, would be Olivet. The Eagles topped Maple Valley for the second time this season in KVA action Friday night, 64-51 at Olivet. “It just kind of got away from us early,” said Jones. Olivet outscored the Lions 38-13 in the first half, after starting the game on a 22-6 run in the opening quarter. After that, the Lions slowly chipped away at the large deficit. The Lions put up 23 points in the third quarter, outscoring the Eagles 2315. It was too little too late though. Westendorp and Quick tied for the Maple Valley team lead with 11 points each. Houghton chipped in nine points, and Kersjes eight. Joe Post paced the Eagles with 16 points, Dustin Campbell had 15, Devin Oberlin 12, and Shane Storey ten. That win improved Olivet to 10-5 overall, and 8-2 in the KVA. The Lions travel to take on Delton Kellogg Thursday night, then are on the road again Friday to take on Pennfield. Maple Valley’s Eric Westendorp (left) and Leslie’s Ryan Clark chase after a loose ball in the first quarter of Tuesday night’s non-conference contest at MVHS. Clark’s Blackhawks scored an 84-68 victory. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon spikers win tight three-game dual 77509803 Maple Valley’s Scott Kersjes fires a jumper in the first half Tuesday night against The Leslie Blackhawks. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Saxons go for win number two in the O-K Gold Conference on Thursday night when they travel to Middleville to take on the Trojans, who are winless so far in the league. Hastings closed out its home schedule on Monday night, hosting Charlotte for a nonconference dual. The Saxons took an exciting three-game victory. The biggest win in any of the three games was the first, in which Hastings outscored the Orioles 25-21. Hastings won games two and three by the scores of 27-25, 27-25. “The girls played well as a team, and we had great movement on defense,” said Hastings head coach Krista Sheldon. The offense was solid too. Sam VanDenack led the Saxons with nine kills. Hannah Case added seven, Linda Lubcke six, and Dana Shilling four. Case led the team in aces with four, Shilling had three blocks, and Rachael Iler had 15 assists. Hannah Wood added seven assists. It was a solid turn-around for the Saxons after their three-game loss at Hamilton last Thursday. The Saxons were right on the Hawkeyes’ heels in the first game, but then couldn’t keep it up in the final two. Hamilton scored the win, 25-20, 25-11, 25-15. Shilling and Case had four kills each for the Saxons, and Lubcke added three. Iler had eight assists. The Saxons are now 1-4 in the O-K Gold Conference this season. After this Thursday’s final conference dual at TK, the Saxons will return to Middleville Saturday, Feb. 24, for the league tournament. Saxon junior setter Hannah Wood sets the ball up during her team’s victory over Charlotte on Monday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The Saxons’ Hannah Case fires an attack over the Orioles’ block during Monday night’s non-conference match in Hastings. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �Page 21 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood holds Haslett to 3 points in overtime for win Lakewood turned up its intensity in overtime to score a 52-45 Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 victory at Haslett on Friday night. A bucket by center Alex Erickson and eight free throws, pushed the Vikings to a 10-3 advantage in the extra session. Erickson finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds on the night, while Nick Hilley had 14 points and nine boards. “We rebounded well down the stretch and in overtime,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. “We changed our defense and trapped to cause turnovers and forced them to take some bad shots in the overtime.” The Lakewood Vikings jumped out to a 146 edge to open the game, and still led 25-19 at the half. Zach Wakulsky hit three threes on the night, including two in the third quarter to spark the Haslett comeback. He led his team with 14 points. Caleb Herick added 12 points for the hosts. Lakewood was strong on the offensive end, knocking down 47-percent of its field goal attempts and turning the ball over only nine times. Brad Elliott chipped in nine points, seven rebounds and four assists for Lakewood. Jordan Richardson added six points, three assists and three steals. Hilley also had three steals. Lakewood is on the road in the CAAC-3 again Friday night against Fowlerville. The Tuesday, Feb. 6, contest with Forest Hills Northern that was postponed due to weather has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24 at Lakewood. The Vikings are now 11-3 on the season, and 5-2 in the CAAC-3. Lakewood 285-pounder Nick Walkington (left) and DeWitt’s Phil Kolankowski fight for control in the first period of their semifinal match on Saturday during the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 tournament hosted by the Vikings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikes champs for 8th straight year by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 was a two team race all season long. Fowlerville had a moment in front Saturday, but Lakewood raced past the Gladiators in the championship finals to win its eighth consecutive conference title. The host Vikings finished with 209 points, to Fowlerville’s 202. DeWitt was third with 124 points, followed by Haslett 95 and Williamston 80.5. “We came through when we had to win it in the championship round,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. Fowlerville had a 12-point advantage heading into the finals. Lakewood had 13 wrestlers wrestling for first or third in the finals. It finished with ten wins in that round, taking eight champi- onships, two second-place finishes, two thirds and a fourth. From 152 pounds up, Lakewood won four of the five titles. Four of the five came by way of tight decisions. Nick Walkington had the one pin in that group, putting Haslett’s Mike McGinley on his back in 5:42. Brennan Simon defeated DeWitt’s Dave Esch 12-9 in the 152-pound championship match. At 160, Lakewood’s Levi Phelps topped Fowlerville’s Brett Kingsley 5-3. In the 189-pound final, Josh Kettel defeated DeWitt’s Mike McGivern 3-2. Mike Kuras topped Fowlerville’s Dave Hartler 9-8. Spencer Shaw was third for the Vikings at 171. Other champions on the day for Lakewood included Holden Hummel at 103, Jarod Kent at 112, and Kyle Root at 135. It is the third conference championship for Hummel, who defeated Fowlerville’s Kyle Roberts 7-1 in the finals. Root won his second individual conference title by topping Fowlerville’s Wes Schutheis in the finals 6-5. Kent pinned Matt Bates in the 112 final. Josh Clark (119 pounds) and Mason Blackmer (125) were second for Lakewood, Michael Gregory (130) third, and Dalton Ketchum (145) fourth. The only weight class where the Vikings didn’t place in the top four was 140. Viking 140-pounder Darrin Durkee was injured in his first match. Veitch said he expects Durkee to be back for this Thursday’s Division 2 district tournament, which the Vikings are hosting. Lakewood takes on Hastings at 6 p.m., with the winner to wrestle Ionia for the district title. Lakewood will be a part of the Division 2 individual district tournament at Hastings on Satuarday. Thornapple Kellogg senior guard Andrew Meads fights his way past a Lowell defender in the first half of their non-conference clash in Middleville last Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The O-K White Conference wasn’t any easier on the Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team than the O-K Gold has been this season. The Trojans lost a pair of non-conference contests against O-K White foes last week. Friday night, Forest Hills Central topped Trojan junior center Ian Sisson rises above the Red Arrow defense in the lane Wednesday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) the Trojans 74-50. The Trojans couldn’t slow down the Rangers’ outside scoring attack. Forest Hills Central hit 14 three-pointers in the game. Derek Dennis hit five and Joe Hoerner four. Dennis led his team with 20 points and Hoerner finished with 17. The Trojans had six threes of their own, not nearly enough to stay with the Rangers. Three points were all the Trojans managed in the first period, as the Rangers jumped out to a 14-3 lead. After the Trojans’ chipped away at the lead for much of the second quarter, the Rangers exploded for 46 second-half points. Nate Manning led Thornapple Kellogg with 15 points. Brad Steffen had nine points, on three three-pointers, and Andrew Gilbert and Ian Sisson added six points each. Tommy Maatman added 12 points and Jacob Sutton ten for the Rangers. Lowell doesn’t go after its foes with the same high-powered offensive output as Forest Hills Central does, but the Red Arrows had plenty of offense in a 53-37 win over the Trojans on Wednesday night. The Trojans were the ones to get out to a great start on Wednesday, but the tables turned after the opening quarter. TK outscored Lowell 15-3 in the first eight minutes, only to see the Red Arrows come back to take a 24-17 half-time lead. 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The Fighting Scots won a share of their first conference championship since 1988, by winning the tournament championship by 11.5 points over second-place Hastings. Had the Hawkeyes remained ahead of the Saxons, the Fighting Scots could have taken the title outright. Saxon head coach Mike Goggins said he calls it a good day at an individual tournament when at least half of his wrestlers win their final round match. Hastings got exactly half. Hastings had six wrestlers in the championship finals, with Steve Case at 171 and Matt Watson at 112 winning titles. The Saxons also had six wrestlers in the consolation finals, and four of them won matches to earn third-place medals. Thornapple Kellogg didn’t have its top performance Saturday, placing fifth at the tournament to end up in fourth place overall in the conference standings behind the Scots, Saxons, and third-place Hamilton Hawkeyes. Caledonia won the tournament with 182 points, followed by Hastings 170.5, Hamilton 143.5, Byron Center 127, Thornapple Kellogg 115, and Wayland 59.5. Kyle Dalton at 119 pounds was the Trojan’s lone conference champion. He topped Hastings’ Gage Pederson 7-3 for the title. “We knew they were a hard team to beat as far as an individual team tournament,” Hastings head coach Mike Goggins said of the Scots. Caledonia had four champions. At 215 pounds, Caledonia senior Andrew Schaibly won a tournament for the first time in his varsity wrestling career by topping TK’s Cody Clinton 8-3. Clinton knocked off top seed Josh Morehouse, from Hastings, in the second round with a pin, before being downed by Schaibly in the finals. “It was a total team effort today, by everybody,” said Caledonia head coach Jim Maxim. “They have really been working harder the last three of four weeks. They’ve worked extremely hard since the loss to Hastings. It was a motivator for us. Have we peaked yet? We don’t think so.” The other three Caledonia champions all defended the O-K Gold Conference crowns they won a year ago, Justin Maxim (135 pounds), Tylor Cook (145) and Michael Schiably (285). Watson, Case and Dalton were also defending champs from a year ago. Case had three pins on the day in the 171pound weight class. He helped his Saxons past the Hawkeyes for second place by sticking Tyler Berens in 28 seconds in the title bout. That came after pins of Caledonia’s Brandon Grinage and TK’s Drew Warner. The Saxon varsity wrestling team placed second to Caledonia at Saturday’s O-K Gold Conference championship meet in Hastings, but that was plenty for the Saxons to get a share of the league championship trophy with the Fighting Scots after winning the dual-meet season title. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Watson scored an 8-3 decision against Caledonia’s Nick Cramer in their 112-pound championship match, after beating Hamilton’s Anthony Reese 12-2 in the semifinals. Pederson wasn’t the only Saxons light middleweight to finish in second place. Byron Center’s Zac Slotman edged Hastings’ Alec Wilcox 3-2 for the 125-pound title, Jeremy Redman fell 6-3 to Justin Maxim in the 135 final, and Tom McKinney was pinned by Byron Center’s Brian Plummer in the 140pound final. The Saxons fared a bit better in the consolation finals, with Travis Trudgeon finishing third at 285, Morehouse third at 215, Ryan See WRESTLING, next page Hastings’ Josh Morehouse (top) has Thornapple Kellogg’s Cody Clinton all wrapped up during the second period in their 215-pound semifinal match Saturday, but Clinton would swap positions and score the upset with a pin to advance in the bracket. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons solid in round one at jamboree The Saxons’ Steve Case (bottom) drives Hamilton’s Steve Berens towards his back early in the first period of their 171-pound championship match Saturday afternoon. Case would score the pin in 28 seconds. 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Volleyball Conference Meet @ Caledonia 9:00 am Boys MS Wrestling Holt Tourney 10:30 am Boys Varsity Wrestling Individual Districts A A H MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19: 6:30 pm Girls JV Cheer A JV Conf. at Lowell A Team Regionals Jackson Park Middle Jackson Park Middle TK Middle TK Middle Belding Belding THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22: 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Cross Over 6:30 pm Girls Varsity Cheer Northview Tourn. 6:30 pm Girls JV Cheer Northview Tourn. A H H A A A A A A A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: BONNIE L. MEREDITH Agent Life, Home, Auto, Farm, Business, Retirement H 333 W. State St. Office: (269) 945-4520 H H e-mail: bonnie.meredith@fbinsmi.com A H Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS See CHEER, page 24 The Saxons make sure one of their teammates comes down safely from a round three stunt Wednesday at the O-K White/Gold Conference cheer jamboree hosted by Wayland. 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Basketball Pennfield HS 4:00 pm Boys MS Wrestling Quad-Byron Center/ Newhall 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball Pennfield HS 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming Was Spring Lake changed to 2/13 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Pennfield HS A A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21: TBA Boys Varsity Wrestling 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball 6:30 pm Girls Varsity Cheer 6:30 pm Girls JV Cheer 77509675 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15: 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 PM Boys Varsity Wrestling 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There is no set number of performers who must be out on the floor for a varsity competitive cheer team. Hastings head coach Amy Hubbell used that as motivation for last week’s O-K White/Gold jamboree at Wayland. She threatened to shave down the number of performers if things didn’t improve. Things did improve, although not in the final standings. The Saxons were eighth out of ten teams in the meet, with a final score of 562.5. Hubbell took some of the blame for herself. The Saxons were penalized in round 2 for not having their voices in unison as they counted out steps between stunts. Hastings took a penalty, and finished with 140 points in round 2. Forest Hills had the top round 2 score, at 205.5, and scored a first-place finish with its score of 692.5. That made three wins in three league jamborees for Forest Hills. The Saxons’ round one score of 170 was the fifth best score in the round. “Round one was very much better,” said Hubbell. “That was one of the goals for us to improve round one tonight. They did that, no mistakes and the energy was much better.” The Saxons’ round three score was a 252.5. It was the eighth best score of the round, but Hubbell was pleased. It was a new round three routine. “We just changed yesterday, and they did a great job,” said Hubbell. “It’s what they’re confident in doing. They liked it better.” Behind Forest Hills, Byron Center was second at 659 followed by Kenowa Hills 658.6, Caledonia 612.6, Lowell 609.4, Thornapple Kellogg 604.1. Wayland 600.5, Hastings 562.5, Hamilton 479.6 and South Christian 465.2. The Thornapple Kellogg girls just need to put it all together now. Home would be the perfect place to do it. The O-K White/Gold competitive cheer jamborees were scheduled to end Wednesday, when the Trojans played host. The conference championship meet is a week from Saturday, on Feb. 24. The Trojans had the fourth best round 2 score at Wayland of any of the league’s teams. TK could have been helped with the kind �Page 23 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton dominates KVA tourney, Maple Valley 2nd by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton wrestlers filled the north end of the Maple Valley High School gymnasium Friday night before the start of the introductions for the Kalamazoo Valley Association’s championship finals. Ten wrestlers stood in their gray sweatshirts, with “Delton Kellogg Wrestling” in maroon lettering on the front, making it look like the introduction for a team dual championship. But it was the individual championship finals. Delton took seven individual championships in a dominating performance, that left them 77 points ahead of second-place Maple Valley. “This is our number one goal going into the season, to be KVA champs,” said Delton Kellogg heavyweight Octavio Romero, who was one of the team’s seven champions. The KVA tournament title, and league championship, went to the Delton Kellogg Panthers for the fourth straight season. Octavio Romero and the Delton Kellogg heavyweights won four of the five titles from 160 pounds on up. Steve Romero took the 160-pound title by pinning Pennfield’s Caleb Gothberg in 5 minutes and 44 seconds during their championship match. Delton’s Anthony Riley followed that up by pinning Galesburg-Augusta’s Andy Belluomini in 1:13 in the 171-pound final. DK’s Billy Bourdo won the 215-pound title with a 15-5 major decision over Olivet’s Jonah Dreps, and Octavio won his 285-pound title by pinning Maple Valley’s John Currier in 31 seconds. Delton also controlled the lightweights, with Matt Loveland pinning Parchment’s Laura Yeager in 21 seconds in the 103 final, Steve Ross pinning Maple Valley’s Ron Smith in the 112 title match, and Brenden Boyle scoring a 12-0 major decision against Pennfield’s Jake Troutman at 119 pounds. Delton finished with 227 team points, followed by Maple Valley 150, Pennfield 110, Parchment 108, Olivet 98.5 and GalesburgAugusta 57. “Thank you for making me run,” was the first thing Maple Valley junior Tyler Corwin said to head coach Chris Ricketts after coming off the mat as the 125-pound champion. Corwin went the full allotment of overtime periods with Pennfield’s Mark Boyer, finally Delton’s Shaun Reigler (top) controls Olivet’s Nate Brookens early in the first period of their 152-pound championship match Friday. Brookens would escape and take the flight title with a pin later in the round. (Photo by Brett Bremer) starting in the top position and holding Boyer without a score in the fourth overtime session after ending regulation in a 6-6 tie. “I was hoping for a share of the league (championship), but Delton earned it,” said Tyler. His win in the finals marked the first time in his career he had to wrestle through all the overtime periods. He was one of three Maple Valley individual champions on the day, joining senior brother Jamie Corwin (135 pounds) and sophomore teammate Dusty Cowell (189) as KVA champs. Maple Valley’s strength in the middle showed. Jamie Corwin defeated Parchment’s Cody Roberts 4-1 for the 135-pound title. The Lions’ Raven Scurlock was second at 130 pounds to Parchment’s Ryan Brown. Some of that has to do with those wrestlers going up against each other in practice every day. “Without (Raven and Jamie) I don’t think I’d be close to the wrestler I am now,” Tyler said. “I think the same probably goes for them too.” “I think there’s a lot to that,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “I think our lightweights are tougher because they wrestle each other. The heavyweights are tougher because they wrestle each other. You’ve got to survive the room.” The Lions’ Cowell earned the 189-pound championship by pinning Delton Kellogg’s Chris Miller 4:18 into their championship match. Miller was one of three Panthers who finished in second-place in their weight class. Parchment’s Tristan Koole topped Delton’s Quinn DeBolt in the 145-pound title 13-0, and Olivet’s Nate Brooken’s pinned DK’s Shaun Reigler 1:36 into their 152-pound championship match. Montana Otis was third for Delton Kellogg at 140 pounds, while teammates Mike DeWaters at 125 and Ray Lindsey at 130 finished fourth. Anthony Molson (103), Lucas Brumm (140), Tory Roberts (152), and Tony Corwin (160) all placed fourth for the Lions. The day’s other individual champion was Parchment’s Kevin McAfee at 140 pounds. Delton Kellogg opens the Division 3 postseason this evening at Hamilton. Delton takes on Hopkins in the opening round of the district tournament, while Hamilton takes on Otsego. The Panthers will be at Centerville Saturday for their individual district tournament. Maple Valley was slated to open the Division 4 team tournament at Olivet on Wednesday, for the district with the host Eagles and Bellevue Broncos. Lion coach Chris Ricketts will be hoping for a better performance on that night. “We didn’t wrestle very well tonight,” Ricketts said. “Delton really came to wrestle and dominated the KVA.” On Saturday, the Lions take part in the individual district tournament at Bronson. Delton Kellogg’s Billy Bourdo (right) and Olivet’s Jonah Dreps battle for control in the third period of their 215-pound championship match Friday night at Maple Valley. Bourdo won the flight title with a 15-5 major decision. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SHOP FOR BARGAINS DONATE GENTLY USED CLOTHING & HOUSEHOLD ITEMS SUPPORT GOOD WORKS IN THE COMMUNITY 269.945.6252 Retail Store Of Hastings At M-43 just west of M-37 Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 8pm Sunday / Noon - 5pm 02665010 James Cancer Fund Bowl-A-Thon Delton Kellogg’s varsity wrestling team shows off its trophies and championship charts after winning Friday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament at Maple Valley High School. The tournament championship, combined with a perfect dualmeet season, gave the Panthers the overall conference title as well. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Please note our Special Hours Hastings City Bank Wednesday, February 21 we will close at 5:00 p.m. so our staff may attend our annual employee meeting. The Hastings drive thru only will be open until 6:00 p.m. Hastings • Caledonia • Middleville Wayland • Nashville • Bellevue 77509687 WRESTLING, continued from previous page Bosma third at 152 and Austin Endsley third at 103. Matt Schilds was fourth for the Saxons at 130 pounds as was Sy Overmire at 160. Kody Geerligs was second for TK (285), as were John Wallace (130), Dennis Olson (189) and Clinton (215). Mark Brown (145) was the Trojans’ lone third place medallist, while Dan Lydy (125) and Tucker Bowerman (112) were fourth. Other conference champions on the day included Wayland’s Chae Acton (103) and Glenn VanNortwick (189) Byron Center’s Blaine Tomkins (130), and Hamilton’s Shawn Pitsch (152) and Reuben Salinas (160). Hastings takes on Lakewood tonight in the opening round of the Division 2 district tournament at Lakewood. The winner of that dual, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m., then takes on Ionia in the finals. The Scots and Trojans were slated to see each other again on Wednesday, when Caledonia played host to a Division 2 team district tournament. Saturday, they return to Hastings as the Saxons host the Division 2 individual district tournament. Saturday, February 17, 2007 2:00pm - 4:15pm and 4:30pm - 6:30pm Hastings Bowl 203 E. Woodlawn Avenue Hastings, MI 49058 This bowl-a-thon is to help raise money for Denny and Debbie James, owners of Credit Bureau of Barry Co. Denny was diagnosed in October with small cell cancer and had to have his entire left lung removed. Now due to lapsing insurance and increasing medical and chemotherapy expenses, their children, D.J. James and Nikki Clow, and family are putting together this bowl-a-thon to help raise money for the mounting medical bills. This is a 3-6-9 event with a $20 per person entry fee. Raffle tickets will be sold table to table to raffle off door prizes. We will also have 50/50 drawings. Entry fees will be donated to Denny & Deb. Entry forms are available at the front counter of Hastings Bowl. Forms must be turned in by Friday, February 16, 2007 Contact Nikki at 269-838-6492 02664962 �Page 24 — Thursday, February 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings basketball’s alumni weekend is next weekend So what happened to the river? As the temperatures dropped below zero and the wind chills stretched down to 20 below last week, the Thornapple River began to freeze, causing ice jams. The flowing water moved pieces of ice until jamming into more ice, building up the jagged shaped jams. Some peaked with almost a foot of ice. (Photo by Kelly Lloyd) The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program will be holding its third annual Alumni Event on Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24. The Saxon Basketball Program will be honoring the Brown family at the Feb. 23 home game against Hamilton. Wayne Brown was a coach for the Saxons from 1978-1981. His sons Mark, Mike, and Matt Brown were all exceptional athletes for the Saxon program. All varsity boys’ basketball alumni are asked to use the community center entrance (at the back of the school). The community center lobby will be open before the game for everyone to meet and mingle. Entrance to the game will be free for players and their families and a section will be saved for basketball alumni. Following the game, a reception will be held at the new Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in downtown Hastings. On Saturday, February 24 the Saxon att.com/familyvalues 1-800-528-2075 Alumni Association will host an alumni game that is open to all former Saxon varsity basketball players. Last year’s game included 14 former players and organizers are looking for more this year. While it is not required, organizers would like anyone interested in the alumni night or game to RSVP by Monday, Feb. 19. The goal of the event is to continue comradeship within the Saxon Basketball program and to be a fundraising event for a scholarship. Contact Steve Storrs at (269) 967-1414 or e-mail storrs22@hotmail.com or dshils@hassk12.org with any questions. They are trying to contact as many people as possible. Anyone who would like to help with the event, or who has any contact information of former players is asked to please pass the information on. Winter brings avalanche of games at DK In the next six days, the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team will play four games. The Panthers play host to Maple Valley tonight, take on Kalamazoo Christian at Kalamazoo Central High School Saturday, host Galesburg-Augusta on Monday, then host Schoolcraft on Tuesday. The contests with Maple Valley and Galesburg-Augusta are rescheduled Kalamazoo Valley Association contests. “There are some games we can win in there, but we’ve got to show up. Everybody else has been getting better,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. At the half, last Friday night’s Kalamazoo Valley Association contest at Pennfield was still winnable. After the third quarter, it wasn’t. Pennfield outscored Delton 21-4 in the third quarter to pull away for a 76-51 victory. Delton had put in 21 points of its own in the second quarter to stay in the ball game. Brian Diaz had a big first half for Delton, with 14 points. He finished the night with 14 points though. “They threw their half-court trap at us in the third. We had prepared for it in practice for two full days, and we did not handle it well,” said Mohn. Some of the reserves gave Delton good minutes the rest of the way, including Dan Roberts and Quinn Sevigny. Sevigny finished with seven points. Tony Reeves, playing his first game with Delton, chipped in eight points, four rebounds, three assists and a pair of blocked shots. Small-town values. Worldwide connections. AT&T local and long distance. Reliable communication is even more important when you live in a small town. That’s why you should depend on AT&T for all your local and long distance needs — with the service and proven track record you can trust. Because when you live in a small town, you have even more reason to stay connected. CHEER, continued from page 22 AT&T. Your world. Delivered. SM of round 3 performance it had Saturday at Battle Creek Central’s Bearcat Competitive Cheer Invitational. TK had its best round 3 performance of the year Saturday, scoring a 275. That performance helped TK to a secondplace finish in Division 2. The Trojans were just 14.7 points behind first-place Haslett, which finished with a team score of 635.7. TK ended the day at 620.8, after a 175.5 in round one and a 170.3 in round two. The Trojans’ overall score was the fourth best among the 14 varsity teams on the day. Portage Central won Division 1 with a top score of 668.7. The Saxons scored a 252.5 during their round three performance at last Wednesday’s league jamboree hosted by Wayland. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 77508556 92696_AQRMAP6136_1103I 1 12/21/06 11:37:07 PM � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-02-22.pdf c7676a31d20136e8fbd9ddb582ee2235 PDF Text Text Veterans advocate at First Friday forum Web site of discontent accomplishes little Vikes escape with win over Saxons See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 23 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 8 BANNER by David T. Young Editor In the wake of former Charlton Park Director George W. Shannon’s departure, many may wonder who is minding the store. Keith Murphy right now is serving as a quasi interim administrator until an actual such person can be hired. He also is chairman of the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission, despite the fact he is the group’s newest member. Regardless, Murphy already has secured a couple of weekend festival-type activities that Cabaret re-set at new location Tom Groos Rep. Calley sets area office hours Residents can visit with state Rep. Brian Calley in Barry County on Monday, March 5. The 87th District lawmaker conducts office hours from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings. For more information, call Calley at (517) 373-0842, or e-mail him at briancalley@house.mi.gov “Local office hours give residents a convenient opportunity to talk with me one-on-one,? said Calley, R-Portland. “I encourage people to stop by. The more I learn about the issues we all face, the better I can represent our area.” Calley has scheduled ongoing office hours at the Ionia County Courthouse and Barry County Courthouse. Residents who are unable to attend the office hours also can contact Calley with a question or concern. ‘Great Decisions’ will start Feb. 27 "Great Decisions," a discussion group for those interested in world affair, will begin its newest eight-week session on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Hastings campus of Kellogg Community College The series is based on Foreign Policy Association materials and sponsored by the Institute for Learning in Retirement. Registration will be at the KCC office. Cost is $25 for ILR members, $35 for non-members. Lenten Luncheon series starts today “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church, starts Thursday, Feb. 22 and continues each Thursday through March 29. Each Thursday starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. Speakers for the series are: • Feb. 22 – Dentist Stacy Garrison. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, February 22, 2007 Interim Charlton Park director sought NEWS BRIEFS The annual Community Music School Cabaret, canceled because of blizzard conditions Feb. 10, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 10, at a new location, the Walldorff Bistro in downtown Hastings. Dancing to the music of "Les Jazz," a big band, under the direction of Joe LaJoye, specializing in swing music of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s will be part of the evening’s entertainment. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar available. In addition, the event will include a floor show featuring music by Community Music School faculty musicians and a silent auction. Admission is $30 per couple, and proceeds help provide scholarships and financial aid for students of the Community Music School in Hastings. Tickets will be available at the door or may be purchased in advance at the Music School office, located in the Hastings First United Methodist Church. For more information, call 269/9489441. Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Kevin Ortyl Tom Groos gives up CEO post at Viking The Viking Group, a global leader in fixed fire protection products and services, has announced two key leadership changes. Tom Groos, Viking Group’s current chief executive officer, has been appointed chairman of the company’s board of directors. This move, which is subject to final shareholder approval, was finalized at the company’s recent board of directors’ meeting. Kevin Ortyl, Viking Group’s current presi- See VIKING, page 5 Community tells school board they support AD by Megan Lavell Staff Writer More than 100 people showed up at Monday night’s Hastings Board of Education meeting to hear or make comments about the controversy involving Athletic Director Mike Goggins and teacher Larry Christopher. Of those in attendance at the meeting, 22 stood up to speak in support of Goggins before Goggins himself read a statement. Christopher has alleged on his Internet See SCHOOL, page 7 were not held there last year and he has said he’s working on getting more groups to put on shows at Charlton Park in 2007. Over the last several years, the park had lost some of these weekend attractions, most notably the Civil War re-enactments, “Nothin’ But Truck and a gas and steam engine show. The Barry County Board of Commissioners now has begun accepting applications for a part-time interim administrator, but has noted it’s difficult to advertise for a job that may no longer exist next year unless a way is found to fund Charlton Park. There already is one applicant — Janes Jones, who told the board she’d love to take on the challenge. She said she’s had 23 years of managerial experience, most recently at Kmart in Ionia before downsizing. “I have a lot of ideas that would save the park money, and earn the park money,” she told the County Board of Commissioners at a meeting last Thursday that was held two days later than usual because of the Michigan Association of Counties meeting in Lansing See DIRECTOR, page 7 Parks and Rec Commission to be reorganized by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Board of Commissioners’ Facilities and Property Committee is recommending to the full board next week that the Parks and Recreation Commission be dissolved and reorganized. The move comes after Charlton Park’s two millage defeats last year, a special joint meeting in January, a survey and a public hearing Feb. 8 on the future direction of the park. The committee, which actually expanded into the entire Board of Commissioners meeting as a committee of the whole, voted 6-2 Wednesday morning to reorganize the Parks and Recreation Commission into two separate boards. Jim French made the motion and Wayne Adams and Don Nevins cast the two dissenting votes. “I am not against the proposal,” Adams insisted, “but I think we should have a county-wide survey first. We need to have more information to see what needs to be done to get the voters to say yes (to a new parks and recreation millage).” Barry County voters turned down the last two millage renewal requests last August and November to continue funding Charlton Park past this calendar year. Though all commissioners were present when the proposal was passed Wednesday morning, they can only make a recommendation to the full Board of Commissioners at the next meeting to consider the recommendation. Ken Neil, a current member of the Parks and Recreation Committee, asked why, if all the members of the board were present, they could not just accept the recommendation immediately. Barry County Administrator Michael Brown explained that because the commissioners were meeting as a committee they could not legally act as a full board. They will have wait to act on the recommendation officially at the next meeting of the Board of Commissioners, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. In a separate motion Wednesday, the committee adopted a resolution prepared by Brown, which addressed the specific plan of action to provide for a separate Charlton Park Board. In his resolution, Brown recognized “there are distinct differences in the administration, operation and maintenance of Charlton Park and all other Barry County Parks. The resolution, which was adoped by the committee, calls for the dissolution of the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission as a county agency and the establishment of a Barry County Charlton See COMMISSION, page 15 Jeff Aley, a member of the Icemen, but shown here in the individual competition, has to think long and hard about his answer to a music trivia question as Forrest Evans (right) looks on. (Photo courtesy of David Irvine) It took all kinds of people to take the celebrated plunge into Gun Lake for the Polar Bear Dip Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Weather helps Winterfest pack ’em in by David T. Young and Patricia Johns The same champions continue to reign over Barry County’s music trivia terrain. And the Gun Lake Winterfest celebration appears to be back with a vengeance. The Icemen, formerly known as the Four Frostbites, successfully defended the title they won a year ago at the Gun Lake Winterfest rock ’n roll music trivia contest and Karl Knack, the captain of the runner-up Vinyl Exam team repeated as individual champion. The Winterfest, given up for dead as late as two years ago, was resurrected by a group of Gun Lake area businesses and J-Ad Graphics in 2006 and this year the attendance was reported to be excellent all day Saturday, thanks to appropriate weather and enthusiastic audiences. The usual fare of broomball, the fashion show, various musical entertainment offerings, food and, of course, the ever-popular Polar Bear Dip attracted huge crowds that even caused a bit of a traffic jam Saturday See GUNLAKE, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page • March 1 – Bob Dickinson, owner of State Grounds Coffee House. • March 8 – Lani Forbes, executive director of Barry County United Way. • March 15 – Bev Newton, of Community Action Agency. • March 22 – Dr. Troy Carlson, family physician. • March 29 – Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. Bowl for Kids Sake slated for March 3 Big Brothers-Big Sisters’ annual Bowl for Kids Sake will take place Saturday, March 3, at Hastings Bowl. This year’s theme is the “Wild West Bowl.” The 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. times still have openings for teams. For more information, call Big Brothers Big Sisters at (269) 945-9545, extension 153. Delton High Follies set for Feb. 22-24 About 100 Delton Kellogg High School students will be participating in this year’s edition of the student variety show known as the Follies. The show, open to the public, will be staged at 7 p.m. Feb. 22-24 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24 in the high school auditorium. Acts will include a chorus line and other dancing, instrumental music and skits, said English teacher Jessica Barnes, who is the new Follies director. Students in ninth through twelfth grades are performing in the show, which has the theme of “Twentieth Century Follies.” It will be a detailed timeline show, she said. Proceeds from the Follies are earmarked for the Delton Kellogg Theatre Arts Club to produce more shows, Barnes said. Tickets are $3 in advance and may be purchased from Michelle Green in the guidance counselors’ office or at the door for $4. Life Support class slated for Feb. 28 SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic church at 159 131 St. Ave. in the Gun Lake area will be host for an American Heart Association “Fundamentals of Basic Life Support” class Wednesday, Feb. 28. Certified paramedic Robyn Nyenhuis will teach cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the Heimlich maneuver. This technique shows people how to remove obstructions from airways. Nyenhuis creates a stress free learning environment and brings a relaxed but serious teaching style to the class. The class will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. and the cost is $20. Participants receive a book for home reference and a certification card on completion of the course. Sandy Marcukaitis from SS Cyril and Methodius says, “Join us to lean how to potentially save a life and remember the life you save may be someone from your family.” For more information about this class, call the church office at 792-3543 or Marcukaitis at 795-3290. Blood drive set at Maple Valley Only more Red Cross blood drive is planned for the remainder of this month. It will be held at Maple Valley High School Monday, Feb. 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. The American Red Cross urges donors to give to offset a winter slump. Blood donors are encouraged to make or keep appointments across the state. Anyone who is at least 17 years old, weighs a minimum of 110 pounds, is in reasonably good health and hasn’t given blood within 56 days of the date of Monday’s drive is eligible to contribute. Must have photo ID or donor card. Thornapple Players auditions Monday The Thornapple Players will have audtions for the Rogers and Hammerstein musical “Once Upon a Mattress” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at the Commission on Aging in Hastings. Perforamce dates will be April 26 through 29. Rose Anger will direct the play, with Barb Pruden acting as assitant director, Forest Evans as the music director, Terry Dennison as the choereographer and Norma Jean Acker as the producer. Call-backs and make-up auditions will be held Tuesday, Feb. 27. Those who cannot make these times should call Rose Anger at (269) 945-8750 to set up another time. Any post-high school age adult is welcome to audition. First aid, CPR course planned An American Red Cross first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course will be held Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This course uses the new updated materials with the new compression/breathing ratios and special topics of allergic reaction and use of "epi pen," asthma attack and inhalers, seizures, poisoning, shock and stroke. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and workplace OSHA requirements. The times for Friday are from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $50, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. A free light lunch alsowill be provided by Grace Lutheran Youth and Family Ministry, or students may bring their own. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. To register or for more information, call Domke, an ARC certified instructor, at 9459181. Saturdays sold out for Village Players Good seats still remain for the Village Players’ Friday night performances of "Stop Sending in the Clowns" Feb. 16 and 23 at the Middle Villa, but Saturday night shows Feb. 17 and 24 are sold out. Village Players director Cheryl Cravero says, "We are thrilled that the Saturday performances of this year's audience participation event are sold out. We hope people call for reservations for the two remaining nights." This play calls on the talents of local actors, but the real fun is the audience getting involved in the murder, mystery and mayhem. Tickets for dinner and the performance are $27.50 each. The doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar and the dinner starts at 7 p.m. followed by the performance. To make reservations call the MiddleVilla Inn at 795-3640. Doors open at the MiddleVilla at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Nominations accepted for Miss Delton Any young lady currently attending Delton Kellogg High School or who lives in the school district and is attending a school in grades 9-11 may be nominated for the “Miss Delton 2007” title. Twelfth grade students are not eligible to enter the pageant. Thursday, March 1, is the deadline for nominations. Nominations may be made by any area resident, local business, service organizations, employers, teachers, students and family members. The winner will be selected at a pageant to be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22 in the Delton High School auditorium. The public is invited to attend and admission is free. The pageant is sponsored by the Delton Founders Weekend Committee and Chapple Realty. Flowers are provided by Delton Floral. In addition to Miss Delton, four court members will be selected at the pageant. Miss Delton and her Court will reign over Delton Founders Weekend in August. They serve as Delton’s community ambassadors at monthly service projects throughout the area. They also raise money to be donated to the charity or service organization of their choice at the end of their reign. Miss Delton wins a $500 educational scholarship and a 16” x 20” portrait by Herb Doster, Photographer. Her four Court members receive $100 Savings Bonds. All winners receive monogrammed T-shirts from Katie and Christy’s Mid Lakes Screen printing and Active wear. Nomination forms are available at the Delton High School office, Delton District Library, Felpausch Food Center and Katie and Christy’s MidLakes Screenprinting and ActiveWear. An informational meeting for nominees and their parents is set for 7 p.m. March 6 in the Delton High School auditorium. For more information call (269) 623-2020. Rutland keyhole ordinance remains The Rutland Township Board decided last Wednesday night to leave the keyhole ordinance affecting lake access as it currently is and rejected a proposed amendment. The way the amendment reads, lake front owners would be allowed to permit back lot owners who already have legal access to lakes to use their docks for one additional boat. Back lot owners already have legal access to the lake, but must use a common boat launch area if they are not allowed to use the dock of a lake front owner. Since this amendment was rejected, back lot owners will not be allowed to dock their boats at lake front property owners’ docks. Back lot owners were allowed to use lake front owners’ docks if they had received permission from lake front owners. However, some lake front owners say the existing ordinance does not permit this. The Rutland Township Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Monday evening, March 5, to interpret the ordinance. Duke and Duchess in Delton Josh Newhouse and Katee Hogoboom were crowned the Duke and Duchess at Delton’s Winterfest basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 20. Newhouse is the son of Al and Deb Newhouse, and is involved in varsity golf and basketball. He set the school record in golf, received All-State honorable mention accolades and was the leading scorer in basketball last year. Hogoboom is the daughter of Jim and Bonnie Hogoboom, and is involved in SADD, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Youth Advisory Council and the National Honor Society. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Veterans advocate to speak at First Friday forum March 2 Jack G. Devine will talk about the problems of America’s veterans at the next First Friday session at noon March 2 at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets, Hastings. Devine was born in Detroit in 1947. His father was a Navy veteran of World War II. His mother had worked briefly after high school before marriage. He is the oldest of six children in the family. He attended schools in Detroit and Redford Township, graduating from Redford Union High School in 1965. Shortly thereafter he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Serving until 1969 (honorable discharge), he attained the rank of Staff Sergeant (E-5). His duties were as a motion picture editor (Air Force Newsreel, training films, special film reports, and daily air strike footage). His duty stations were Lackland AFB in Texas, Orlando AFB in Florida, Phan Rang AFB in Vietnam, and Takhli RTAFB in Thailand. Devine was awarded the Air Force Commendation, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals. Resuming his education Devine attended Oakland University (1971-74) and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, and the University of Virginia (1979-80) where he completed his coursework toward a master’s ‘Walk for Warmth’ adds virtual touch The Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan will add a “Virtual Walk for Warmth” on line to the 21st annual fundraiser set this year for Saturday, Feb. 24. “Virtual Walk for Warmth,” will be made available online at www.CAASCM.org. For every dollar that is donated either online, by mail or at a walk event, one virtual mile will be added to the website. The CAA will continue to hold Walk events throughout Barry, Branch, Calhoun, and St. Joseph counties on Saturday, Feb. 24, but are encouraging supporters to go online and take a virtual walk through their communities. This year there are three ways to donate to the Walk for Warmth. The first and easiest is to donate online at www.CAASCM.org. Just click on the online donation button and follow the safe, easy steps. The second way is to fill out a flyer/donation form, and send it to CAA, PO Box 1026, Battle Creek, MI 49016, or drop it off at the local CAA office. A printable version of the flyer/donation form is available at www.CAASCM.org or by calling 1-877-422-2726. The final way is to use a donation form just as in the past, by collecting donations and turning it in on Feb. 24 at the Walk for Warmth event in the local community. In Barry County next month, the walk will take place at the Hastings courthouse lawn, 220 W. State St. Walk Registration begins at 9 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at approximately 9:30 and walk events begin at 10. ‘Evening with Mozart’ is Sunday Professional musicians from symphony orchestras in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Muskegon will perform “An Evening With Mozart” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 at Hastings First Presbyterian Church. The church’s Chancel Choir, conducted by the church’s Director of Music Ministries Jared Daugherty, is also part of the program as well as the Hastings High School Varsity Singers, conducted by Patti LaJoye and student teacher Laurel Wasyk. The choirs and orchestra will perform “Regina Coeli,” “Kyrie,” “Tantum Ergo” and “Te Deum.” The orchestra also will perform “Eine Kleine Nacht Musik.” There is no admission charge, but a free-will offering will be taken. A reception in the church’s Leason Sharpe Hall will be held afterward. Jack G. Devine degree in public administration. He has also taken numerous state executive training courses and completed the nursing home administrator course at Michigan State University (MSU) in 1997. His primary career interest has been service to veterans and their families. His journey has taken him from being the president of the Oakland University Veterans Association to assuming the position of Adjutant of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans in 1995. In between he was on the staff of U.S. Senator Donald W. Riegle, the senior publicist at the Michigan Cancer Foundation, an assistant to Lt. Governor Martha W. Griffiths, and the assistant, then director, of the Michigan Veterans Trust Fund (MVTF). He currently serves as the vice president of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and chair of the Michigan Veterans Caucus. In 2004, he was the state director of Veterans for Kerry-Edwards. His accomplishments while in these positions have been numerous. Highlights include leading the efforts to get the MVTF repaid (1993), to obtain constitutional protection for the MVTF (1997), serving as vice chair of the Michigan Agent Orange Commission, an advisor to the Michigan Vietnam Memorial Commission, a board member of Michigan’s Own Military and Space Museum, a founding member and past president of the Michigan Veterans Foundation, and leading VVA delegations to Ukraine, Vietnam and Laos in 2006 to help resolve the lingering issue of POW-MIAs. When he has time, he enjoys college hockey at MSU, motion pictures, plays and concerts, photography and reading. He lives in Dimondale. Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 3 GUNLAKE, continued from page 1 afternoon. Winterfest 2007 festivities began with Friday night’s Mardi Gras at O’Neill’s, followed by Saturday morning pancakes at the Orangeville Township Hall. Some sports enthusiasts swung a well wrapped broom during the day-long broomball tournament, others tapped their feet to music during the day, ogled wearers of swimsuits, sampled chili at Daisy Mae’s or joined the more than 125 who braved the chilly Gun Lake waters in the Polar Bear Dip. Winterfest was a time to do good while having fun. This year the Orangeville Fire Department raised $720 at its pancake breakfast. The department then donated the proceeds to the Orangeville Veterans Memorial Committee. The veterans committee also received a $500 contribution Saturday from the Barry County Democratic Committee. Members of the committee were also on hand during the day to collect donations and explain the plans for the memorial. Anyone who spent time in jail also helped the Veterans Memorial Fund when they paid their fine or bought their “stay out of Jail” button. Representatives from the organization also visited the other venues during the day seeking contributions for the memorial, which will be erected in time for Memorial Day. Delton District Library Director Edward Elsner stayed a little warmer this year as he brought the joy of reading out loud to the pancake breakfast. His appearance was made possible by a donation to the Delton Library by the GFWC-Gun Lake Women’s club. Elsner also enjoyed the warming tent and he invited young listeners to join him in song. The warming tent had lots of use this year as a place to eat goods sold by The Bib, The Gun Lake Grind and Bay Pointe, whose corn chowder was a hit. The Bib even had to buy extra hot dogs. Tiny Miss Barry County Mary Bush got to sit on stage with members of her family during the opening drum ceremony presented by the Gun Lake tribe. Katherine Pino, the 2006 Little Miss Barry County, was also there to greet festival goers. Tim Morris attracted many spectators as he carved on blocks of wood during the day. Broomball returned this year with teams eager to play. There were several really tough battles until the last two teams fought a battle to the finish. Costumed characters such as Smokey the Bear, Felix the Cat and a bright green resident from Oz were there to greet visitors and hand out treats. There were a petting zoo, pony rides, entertainment and most of all lots of fun. More than 125 took the polar dip after everyone got in the mood by watching the 2007 Bikini fashion show sponsored by the Sea Shanty. Some of the Sea Shanty models even showed off their swimsuits at Daisy Mae’s Saturday night as well. Winning a prize donated by United Bank Gun Lake for the funniest costumes were Chad and Shawn Price. Winning the prize for the most original costume donated by Water’s Edge Floral and Gift Shoppe were Ryan and Tim Stewart and Chase Graham. The prize for wearing the least clothes, donated by Trish McClung of Images hair salon, went to Diane Weeks. Also Saturday evening, the music trivia contest at Bay Pointe Restaurant brought together about 150 people and raised more than $1,250 apiece for the Winterfest Committee and the Community Music School of Hastings. The Icemen, originally formed as a quartet of “triviologists” who work at Bradford White in Middleville, had a little different lineup this year. Veterans Jeff Aley and Dan Carrigan were joined by replacements Gordon Replogle and Rob Swelnis. Replogle joined when his brother, Dwight (Smiley) was unable to make it to the show because of a commitment. Kevin Lancaster agreed to step aside from his seat on the squad and Swelnis filled in. The three-time champions appeared not to miss a beat. They received a bye in the opening round and defeated Foxy Main & the Decades in their first encounter before besting The Old Man & the Team in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Vinyl Exam, featuring Knack, David Irvine, Ron Casebeer and Patrick Gault, bested Hokey Business in their first appearance after a first-round bye and then survived a difficult challenge from Looney Tunes in the semis. Vinyl Exam was tripped up in the finals on Leapy Lee’s 1968 hit “Little Arrows.” Each of the four Icemen won a room at the Bay Pointe Inn for their efforts. The Vinyl Exam members each won $25 gift certificates to area restaurants. The individual competition was handled a little differently this year. Rather than limiting it to one member from each team, anyone in the restaurant could get into the game by tossing in $10 to the kitty. About a dozen took up the challenge, including several audience members. The money in the kitty went to the runner-up while the champ won a suite at Bay Pointe. Knack finally outlasted everybody else in the double-elimination spell down style. Brian Reynolds, a three-time champion in the past, was runner-up, a much better finish than last year when he went down without correctly answering one question. Knack won on the Patience and Prudence 1956 classic “Gonna Get Along With Ya Now.” Steve Youngs, director of the music school, finished third and Forrest Evans was fourth. Some other highlights of the music trivia contest during the evening: • Youngs shocked many and dismayed some by correctly singing along with every word in Hayley Mills’ simply awful 1961 hit “Let’s Get Together,” which no one else in the house knew. He also mysteriously identified Donavan’s “Universal Soldier” after hearing only the opening sentence. • Alex Liceaga, known in years gone by as winner of the Gun Lake mayoral election, somehow correctly identified Perez Prado’s 1955 blockbuster “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” thereby earning one of the few remaining Little Debbie Valentine cakes, supplies of which were totally exhausted by the evening’s end. • Barry County Republican Party Chairwoman Vivian Conner correctly and excitedly nailed “Baby Elephant Walk” from the audience. • Patrick Gault of Vinyl Exam publicly announced to the audience that if his team won he would give up his Bay Pointe room to the homeless. • Emcee David T. Young was roundly criticized for the rough first few questions he asked for the night that led to the undeserved early exit of Lynn Donaldson and Anne Marie Ohanesien, both of whom claimed they knew virtually every title asked for the remainder of the evening while they had been retired to their booth. • There were plenty of family acts, including father-daughter Steve and Amie Evans for Dr. Feelgood; Jim McManus Jr. and sons Jim III and Brian McManus for the Old Man & the Team, mother and son Mary and Frankie Chrisman on Foxy Main & the Decades and several husband and wife acts. Anyone who would like to help plan the 2008 Winterfest can call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 269-945-2454. (Photos by Perry Hardin, Patricia Johns, Megan Lavell and David Irvine) Pony rides were another day-time attraction for the children. As usual, the most spirited fans were the loyal Vinyl Exam supporters, who came with their signs with colorful slogans. Broomball returned to Winterfest this year. “The Old Man,” Jim McManus Jr., gets ready to answer a question by relaying it to his son, Brian. The Gun Lake Band of Potawatams opened Winterfest Saturday morning with a solemn drum ceremony. The tribe also helped the committee have a warming tent. Tim Morris from Morris Carving demonstrated his carving techniques during the day on Saturday. Television personality Gerry Barnaby once again was emcee for the fashion show and he joined 125 others in the Polar Bear dip. The weather wasn’t really all that bad for the scantily clad “models” showing swimwear for the winter fashion show. �Page 4 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Paul Henry Trail shouldn’t override old agreements IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Controversy shows need to be involved To the editor: I attended the Hastings School Board meeting Monday evening, Feb. 19. As a parent with children who are both in the grade school and high school, I felt compelled to be at this meeting and observe-listen to what goes on at an actual school board meeting. One topic was the recent controversy in our school system regarding the Web site saveoursaxons.com and the division it has created among many people in the community. My own first and foremost aim was to get involved — if only by attending a meeting. I was not there to make a stand or take a side; I was present at this meeting to learn more about what and how our school board functions and to meet people by matching names I have heard to faces that I have seen in person. There was much focus on the support of our athletic department and what role sports plays on a child. I understand what it means to be an athlete, being a Hastings graduate who participated in a sport three seasons a year throughout my four years of high school. I know what passion for sports is all about but I never forgot the first priority of why I was going to school — learning many different subjects, applying what I learned to life experience and planning long term goals that would hopefully benefit me academically after high school and into college. I hope to support and encourage my own children the importance of academic priority along with other separate but intertwined margins of school-whether it be sports, band or clubs, but to just get involved and be a part of something you enjoy! If anything good comes out of a much debated Web site, it should be the awareness that as parents and community members of Hastings, we need to stay in touch and support our children, whatever they are involved in but to also play an active position in our community as positive role models, even if that means going outside one’s comfort zone. Cristine Kruko, Hastings High School graduate Jewish people victims of propaganda To the editor: Definition of propaganda: 1) “Information or ideas methodically spread to promote or injure a cause, group, nation, etc. 2) “The deliberate spreading of such information or ideas. The propagandist has an agenda which is driving him. Sometimes his goal is the destruction of a group or class of people which he despisesfor his own reasons. (Remember Hitler's propaganda machine?) There is a class or group that historically has been the target of unparalleled hatred and persecution. It is the Jewish race. This prejudice is so ingrained in cultures around the world that the very name "Jew " has various Downtown parking issues continues To the editor: This is my third letter about the two-hour parking limits in front of State Street businesses. When I read the headline in the Banner Feb. 15, I thought now maybe the merchants will see that more time is needed for shopping and eating. That was wishful thinking! Several years ago the merchants were supposed to encourage their employees to park in other areas; not in front of their employment. I guess I don’t understand the mentality of stating “Parking tickets cost only $5 and there should be an upward graduated system.” Hastings is not a metropolis. I want to exchange that $5 fine for merchandise. I would like to come to Hastings, enjoy shopping and eating without having to constantly look at my watch. I also wish I could tell myself to never go downtown again, but at this point I believe in a downtown area. I know other people feel this same way and perhaps they could write to you. Elaine R. Hine, Hastings derogatory connotations. An example of this is the name given to a West Indian plant called a "Jew Bush," which is characterized as being emetic, that is, a substance... that causes vomiting. "Anti-Semitism" is a wellknown word meaning, prejudice against Jews; dislike or fear ofJews and Jewish things, discrimination against or persecution ofJews. Anti-Semitism is an unparalleled example of the invasive and malignant force of propaganda to poison the mind of the populous against a people who have never earned one iota of such scurrilous contempt. The entire history of the Jewish people while they lived in their ancestral home of Palestine for thousands of years before the 20th century influx of non-Jews from Lebanon, Syria, Arabia, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Egypt, was the history of a people of high quality, of diligence, and of the most admirable civility. Rome attempted to annihilate the Jews by demolishing their capital city of Jerusalem, and renaming it "Capitolina." They drove them as refugees to the far-flung reaches of the world. But the Jews continued to maintain a presence in their own land, which was renamed Palestine to erase the memory of Israel. Rome's "iron-fisted" reason for such abuse was their inability to stamp out the nationalistic spirit of the Jews. Follow these refugee-Jews around the world over a period of two thousand years and you will find their contributions of excellence in every field, including business, industry, science, government and charity. I challenge you to dare to break through the dark curtain of propaganda, and get well acquainted with just one of these descendants ofAbraham. You'll have the surprise of your life. Rev. Robert G. Clinton, Nashville To the editor: Since the railroad through Barry County ceased to exist, there have been some people determined to make it a public recreational trail. At a glance, this may appear to be a great idea, but the public is not being told the correct information. Allow me to set the record straight. In 1865, my great-great-great grandfather sold the access to a three quarter-mile stretch of land for one dollar. This stretch divided his farm in half to allow a railroad to be built. I think we all would agree that at one dollar it was a generous donation of land access to benefit the entire community. The deed stated that the land was "to be used for the purpose of constructing thereon and maintaining a railroad with the opportunities thereto and no other purpose whatsoever." It also stated that if the railroad ever ceased to exist, the land would revert back to the property owner. This was a simple and fair agreement. However, even though this was a legal contract, Penn Central, the railroad company, along with our state government officials, chose to violate the terms of the contract. Penn Central pulled up stakes and tore out the railroad. Before their disassembly was over, they planted a fiber optic line running the entire length of the railroad, which guaranteed underground rights to property that was in blatant violation of the legal agreement with my great-great-great grandfather. What was supposed to be a simple and fair agreement was now complicated and unfair. Now the land is legally ours (except for some underground access), but there is still talk about the land being a public recreational trail. In fact, if you look on Charlton Park's website, they call it the Paul Henry Trail. I find it funny that they have a name for a trail that doesn't exist because the county does not own many of the parcels of land that are need- ed for the trail. These land parcels are owned by private individuals. In addition to private property, roads such as Apple Street in Hastings have been built on top of what used to be the old railroad. If Apple Street is a part of this Paul Henry Trail, it seems logical to me that people would use the sidewalks in the city for their recreational use. Charlton Park's Web site also states "This newest recreational resource joins Charlton Park and the McKeown Bridge Road Park as parks that are overseen by Barry County." I am wondering how that can be when there are portions of the old railroad access between the McKeown Bridge and Charlton Park that are private property. There is no trail through that area! How can private property be designated as the "newest recreational resource," and under the jurisdiction of the parks department of Barry County? In the Feb. 8 edition of the Banner, Mr. Rick Moore stated that "the vast majority of users are quiet and law-abiding citizens who aren't likely to litter a facility they use and enjoy." I believe that Mr. Moore thinks he lives in a perfect world. The truth of the matter is that when the railroad existed, people abused this public right of way and infringed on the personal property adjacent to the railroad. People not only walked the railroad; they ventured onto our land and did as they pleased. They not only rode snowmobiles down the railroad; they abused this privilege and veered onto our land. It has been this way throughout my lifetime. In fact, people to this day abuse our private property and act ignorant of the fact it is private property when they are confronted. If the old railroad bed were ever made public again, it is very likely that the same thing would happen. The private property on either side of the trail would be abused once again. This is evident on other sections of the Paul Henry Trail. I have heard reports from individuals living by the Paul Henry Trail in Caledonia of trail users urinating on the private property adjacent to the trail! We do not want these activities on our property. Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick says the trail "might be a breath of fresh air that saves Charlton Park." Barry County is struggling to provide funds needed to maintain Charlton Park. How will it "save" Charlton Park for Barry County to attempt to acquire more land access that they will have to maintain at taxpayer expense? The solution to saving Charlton Park is to increase the use of Charlton Park. The Thornapple Trail Association and Rails to Trails Conservancy should invest their time and money on Charlton Park and make usable trails through that expanse of beautiful public property. Maybe if they made Charlton Park more appealing and accessible to walkers, runners, bicyclists, cross country skiers, etc., more people would use Charlton Park, and then Charlton Park would be saved. Whether or not this happens remains to be seen. In the meantime, the Thornapple Trail Association, the Rails to Trails Conservancy and our elected officials need to understand that it is not the responsibility our family, and the other private property owners in question, to hand over our property simply because they have irresponsibly and illegally decided to claim it is an existing trail and part of the Barry County parks system! They need to respect the legal agreement made by my great-great-great grandfather and the rights of our family and the other private property owners. It is time to put the dream and the lie of the Paul Henry Trail to rest. Darcie Lowell-Kelly, Nashville Some belated suggestions for Charlton Park To the editor: To run a program or organization successfully, it has to have interested individuals who are "sold out" to its successful existence. Interesting ideology, which could be used as a benchmark to compare how Charlton Park has and will be run. Having read the comments in last weeks Banner concerning the park, one is to believe that there is great interest in the success of the park. However, there are apparently too many individuals that have too many ideas and beliefs as to how and where the park will be in five to ten years. Some would call that "gridlock," some would say "politics." I would like to offer my thoughts on the Park, since I was out of town when the county-sponsored meeting was held Thursday evening, Feb. 8. I would propose that the Charlton Park agency be revisited as to its structure and operation. I would propose a three-person board, headed by a Managing Director, with sub-committees working as advisors to the three person board. All operations and direction would go through the board. Each board member would be responsible for three areas of operation, administration/finances, buildings and grounds and thirdly, advertising and promotion. Attacks on Goggins split community To the editor: As a former resident of Barry county, it has been disheartening to watch the controversy involving Mike Goggins split and divide the Hastings community. There are so many good people within the town, and it is unfortunate to see this wedge dividing folks apart. So much of what I have heard and read about this situation has been so intensely personal. I simply want to provide a perspective of my professional interactions with Mike without having a personal or emotional component. While Mike has served as athletic director, I have had the opportunity to work with him on a variety of issues in many sports. Some of these issues have been difficult regarding transfer students and eligibility situations, which all member schools face from time to time. In every situation, Mike has worked with me in an honest and straightforward manner in making sure that the rules have been applied equally and fairly, even when the conclusion may have resulted in a Hastings student-athlete being deemed ineligible. As I have worked with Mike, he has always been an administrator who has been more than willing to serve by hosting events and tournaments which have reflected positively on the Hastings Area Schools and the surrounding Barry County area. It is unfortunate that this matter has become so personal and vindictive within the Hastings community. In my experiences with Mike, I have seen him positively affect young people through school sports on a number of occasions and he has always been professional. I truly hope that the personal attacks can give way to the business of providing a positive educational experience to the young people of Hastings. Mark Uyl, Assistant Director Michigan High School Athletic Association With these three areas under control, the sub-committees could feed ideas and information to the board, and work with the director to make it work. These board members should be made up of people who show great interest and love for the heritage of Barry County, and would be willing to take and spend time rebuilding a special part of Barry County. The sub-committees would involve the County Commissioners and the public, and would bring ideas and wishes to the board for their acceptance. This is a park that families can have picnics and reunions in, safe from traffic and business of life in general. Have you ever toured the park and wondered what all the things are that are on display and were once used by settlers and farmers in Barry County? Our family has things that were donated to the Park, but we have never been able to see the items, because they are "put away." Let's educate the people of Barry and surrounding counties and get on with making history. There is a private park not too far from Hastings, Bowens Mills. It has activities going all year round, square dancing, quilting, mountain men, etc., and there is no reason why Charlton Park cannot be as active as they are. If we need to beef up security, we can work it out, but lets not throw out encampments and activities because a few people ruin it for the rest. Support Charlton Park, it is simple to say, a little more work to make it happen. Roger Pashby, Hastings The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What should be done with old library? The community awaits the opening of the new library later this year. The question then facing the Hastings City Council is what to do with the old library building, owned by the city. Do you think it should be used for more city offices, sold for profit to a private entity or used to expand city parking? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • DJ Davis, Hastings: "This is a historical building and I think that the city should find a way to create a museum or use it for some historic programming." Bridget Mays, Hastings: "I think it would be a good idea if the city could find an adaptive reuse for the building so that the exterior is maintained keeping the downtown look." Rebecca Wilkins, Hastings: "I think that might be a good idea to sell it because the city needs the money but I don't want to lose the historic look of the building." Marlene Snyder, Hastings: "It is such a pretty site, I would hope that whatever use is found keeps the exterior. It has such style." Linda Kelly, Hastings: "I think this would be a great building for activities for young people. There could be a game room, places to talk or even study." Chris Fox, Hastings: "It is such a good looking building. It might be a great site for a museum to house Hastings memoribilia and archives." Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 5 Web site of discontent accomplishes little I received a phone call a couple of weeks ago from Dee Morrison of WOOD-TV Channel 8, who wanted to know what I knew about one of Hastings’ teachers posting a Web site with information about the school, staff members and the coaching staff. I told her I was aware of the site, but had no intentions of providing any news coverage because it was simply a disgruntled school employee spouting off as a blogger. The real news she should be concerned about was that anyone can put together a Web site and post any comments they wish to make about a person, community and organization without taking into consideration whether they are true, or what harm could be done in doing so. It reverses the judicial process by implying guilt and putting the responsibility of proving one's innocence, rather than remaining innocent until proven guilty. In the newspaper business it's our responsibility to conduct due diligence, by investigating any allegations, and uncovering all possible facts prior to publication. But with the Internet as one's vehicle, many people think they can say anything they want or report any information about someone or an organization, and they are protected under the rules of "free speech." I really don't think it makes any difference whether you’re sending a letter to the editor, using the Internet or merely talking openly with people, freedom of speech has implications we all should understand. What Hastings teacher Larry Christopher did in starting his own personal Web site and blog to regurgitate a list of concerns he has with the school system and other personnel serves no purpose other than harming the school, its staff and the community all under the guise of free speech. I can't think of any positive outcome, unless it would promote our legislative leaders to take a look at the implications the Internet poses to citizens and organizations of any community. Mr. Christopher started his assaults on the school system about two years ago when he appeared before the Hastings Board of Education questioning the selection of the new head varsity football coach. He attended the June 20, 2005, school board meeting representing the Hastings Education Association when he read a statement condemning the decision by the school board. Mr. Christopher read, "We are deeply disappointed and amazed that the school board intends to appoint Mr. Fred Rademacher as the head varsity football coach this evening since there is an outstanding grievance concerning his appointment. The grievance cited the fact that the union had an agreement with the school board that it was most desirable that extra-duty positions be filled from current staff.” Christopher naturally was one of the candidates under consideration for head football coach. What never came out at that time, yet clearly understood by staff and the board, was that the football program was in dire need of an immediate change of leadership. Mr. Christopher did not appear to be the kind of coach who would take the program in a new direction, so with that the school board choose to do the right thing and find someone with experience and leadership qualities lacking in the system. I have applauded the school board and administrators responsible for their decision. It wasn't easy for them, but they knew they needed a positive outcome or the football program would continue to suffer in the meantime. They needed to find someone with the "right stuff” to bring back the football program to the level it had been just a few years prior. Christopher’s Web site goes on to make a number of allegations of wrongdoing by staff and administrators during the time, which since then have been dealt with and the proper reporting was placed in the appropriate employee file. From where I sit, this kind of regurgitation of old information serves no purpose other than to embarrass the school, teachers and administration. This newspaper has not reported Mr. Christopher in attendance at any school board meeting to discuss any of this information on the website in the two years since the whole thing began. If you understand the importance of team work and strong coaching skills, then I think you would come out fighting for the team by working with staff and school board to shore up any weaknesses for a stronger team. I certainly believe mistakes were made, but I think there are better ways of correcting a bad situation, by working together rather than simply airing all this old dirty laundry to the world, something like taking pot shots from behind the bushes. This just confirms the school board made the right decision nearly two years ago in not accepting Mr. Christopher for a leadership position they had concerns he didn't have the ability to fill. Now I hope we can get all of this behind us soon and turn our full attention to making sure Hastings and all the school systems for that matter in Barry County can be the best they can be, for our kids and our community. It's time for Mr. Christopher to shut down that blog, get on with life, and put his efforts to something worth his time or leave Hastings for a system that meets his expectations. Regardless, we need to turn our attention to the real issue here, the Internet and the possible danger it can bring to our lives. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Christopher’s website only tears Hastings apart To the editor; First let me clarify that I am a friend of Mike Goggins and his family, but I am not writing this to extol his virtues. Those of us who know him well, know what a dedicated teacher, coach and administrator he is. I am writing this as a lifelong citizen of Hastings who is upset by the blemish that Larry Christopher and his unnamed supporters have cast on our community and as a HHS grad angered by the mud that he is dragging our school through. But mostly I am writing this as a parent who is furious over the means and tactics by which Larry Christopher has chosen to exact his vendetta and the toll it is taking on our children and this community. In this day and age of technology, where we have to put blockers on our computers to keep our children from accessing inappropriate material, now we must add the words "Hastings" and "Saxons" to those blockers. What a sad thought that we have to censor those two words and discourage our children from looking for information about their community in an effort to keep them from a site that they are not mature enough to understand. Social News Eldon Day to celebrate 90th birthday Eldon Day will celebrate his 90th birthday Tuesday, February 27. Cards and well wishes may be sent to Eldon at 690 W. Main St., Apt. 203, Middleville, MI 49333. Mr. Christopher, while saying he is just concerned about the community and its school system, has chosen a venue for his vendetta that would get the most sensational response, a venue where he has absolute control of what is and isn’t posted and only he knows what is and isn’t original material. If he were truly concerned, he certainly could have come up with a better way of getting his concerns out to the public without causing the amount of ridicule of our community his site has brought. As an educator with a vast array of tools at his disposal to reach parents and community members, he certainly has not chosen wisely. Even I, as a parent who has been involved with many different parent groups over the years, know how to obtain a list of parent addresses, send out letters and organize a meeting when parent involvement is needed. Is it not obvious to anyone else that this website has not once addressed any of the other issues that it was supposedly created for? Not once has Mr. Christopher tried to stop the onslaught of e-mails against Mike Goggins to address any of the "10 Things HASS should do now." Quite the opposite. As "master" of the website, it would be very easy for Mr. Christopher to say, I am no longer taking e-mails regarding the Mike Goggins issues, I am today seeking input on "the most efficient use of our schools and staff" or VIKING, continued from page 1 dent and chief operating officer, has assumed the position of chief executive officer, the post previously held by Groos. Ortyl, who was also nominated to serve on the company’s board, will continue in his role as president as well. As Viking Group’s new CEO, Ortyl will be responsible for all operations within the company. This move marks the first time in Viking’s 86-year history that the company’s CEO is someone other than a Tyden-Groos family member. In the chairman’s role, Groos will be responsible for strategic oversight of the company. By relinquishing his duties as CEO, Groos will now be able to spend more time outside of Viking on other ventures. Groos said, "With over 25 years with the company, I now look forward to devoting more time to the charitable organizations I have worked with over the years, and of course, to my family." He will also increase his involvement as a partner of City Light Capital LLC, a small New York-based investment firm. The Viking Group is a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative fire protection solutions. Established in 1921, the company’s products and services are now sold in over 70 countries through an integrated distribution network. "How do we as a community work to stop the declining enrollment." Has he chosen over the past few weeks to discuss these issues? No he has not. He has repeatedly stated on his website that he never meant for it to go public. If that is the case, why is it still up, other than to use it as his personal venue for revenge. Mr. Christopher has continually said that he has numerous supporters, but refuses to name them out of fear of retribution to them and their families. There is just a little hypocrisy there since he seems to have no problem naming names of those staff members that he feels have wronged him, with no thought to what it is doing to their families. Mr. Christopher would have us all believe that Mike Goggins is the Devil himself. In reality it would not make any difference what teacher’s name was put on that website, the reaction would have been the same. There are very few middle or high school students who can claim they made it through school without having at least one teacher that made them feel inferior or hurt their feelings. It is a part of growing up and how that child chooses to deal with that hurt is up to him or her and the parents. One person on the website warned Mr. Christopher that "People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones," yet he has repeatedly said on his site that he has never intentionally hurt or humiliated a student. That’s very interesting, because I clearly remember an incident with one of his freshman basketball players who tried out, made the team, started every game for the first half of the season and then for no apparent reason was benched. When the athlete went to coach Christopher and asked the reason, he was told he was too short and too fat to play basketball and that he would never be an athlete. I remember that incident vividly, because that young man was my oldest son. So before Mr. Christopher continues to throw stones at other peoples’ houses, he needs to clean the windows of his own house and take a good look inside. Hastings was once named one of the "100 Best Small Towns." Mr. Christopher has placed a blemish on that title that will take a long time to erase. Why are we allowing a man who does not even live in this community tarnish what is ours? Enough is Enough! First, this site needs to be taken down, so we can allow our young children to freely explore the Internet for appropriate information on their school and community. And then if Mr. Christopher and his supporters are truly trying to improve this community and its school system, they should put their money where there mouths are and work with the school board and administrators to use the resources available and perhaps set up community meetings or advisory groups to address the issues that they say are so out of control. Janey Donnini, Hastings Hopes for bipartisanship appear to be already dead Well, the honeymoon is over in Lansing. There is not even lip service paid to bipartisanship in our state capital today. Conversations happen through the media and tend to come in the form of insults, not negotiation. Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently put an executive order “cut” on the table and it was rejected by the senate appropriations committee. So where do we go from here? The Michigan Constitution requires a balanced budget. Each year, the legislature passes a balanced budget, which can be signed or vetoed by the governor. Once they agree, we are off and running. However, mid-year we have a budget checkup called a revenue estimating conference. Last month, that conference revealed about a $900 million deficit. Revenues were less than estimated, expenses were higher and the starting point was less due to three departments overspending their budgets last year. Normally, the budget process is initiated by the legislature and the governor then has veto power. In the instance of mid-year executive order cuts, the process is exactly opposite. According to the Michigan Constitution, “The Governor, with the approval of the appropriating committees of the house and senate, shall reduce expenditures authorized by appropriations whenever it appears that actual revenues for a fiscal period will fall below the revenue estimates on which appropriations for that period were based” (Article V § 20). As a side note, the constitution has very clear rules. If we looked to it more often for instruction, there would be a lot less drama in Lansing. In this case, it is the responsibility of the governor to propose an executive order (after all, she is the executive) and the appropriating committees either reject or concur. This process should continue until an agreement is reached. Instead, the governor has indicated that she is done after only one try. So that leaves the fate of the budget squarely in the hands of the senate. Senate Majority Leader Bishop has indicated his proposal will be ready soon. The senate was correct in rejecting the first proposal. I am not expressing a political opinion, rather a technical observation. The governor’s proposal did not balance the budget as the Constitution requires. Instead, it assumed the approval of a separate tax increase proposal that has not even been introduced in bill form yet. The tax increase would require action by the full senate and house in a totally separate process from what the appropriating committees are now engaged in. Instead, to comply with the constitution, the governor should have proposed an executive order that would have balanced the budget today without the assumption of a tax increase. If her tax increase plan is later approved, the state would be free under the provisions of the constitution to replace those cuts. Besides the tax increase, the executive order called for real cuts that total about a fifth of the overall deficit. Other highlights of the executive order include under-funding state pension accounts this year and holding part of the fourth quarter higher education payments a few extra weeks so that they get counted in next year’s budget instead of this year. Here is my political opinion: This was not a serious proposal. It was designed for failure in order to toss this hot potato in the lap of the senate. So where is the House of Representatives in all of this? It is actually in kind of an awkward position. The house is controlled by the Democrats (same party as the governor). The assumption is that if the governor can reach an agreement with the senate she finds acceptable, the Democratic-controlled house will almost certainly go along with it. That is a risky assumption and it frankly does not give much respect to the representatives. Here is what I propose. Governor Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Bishop, Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer, Speaker of the House Dillon and House Minority Leader DeRoche should lock themselves in a room for a marathon negotiating session. Prior to this, each should arm themselves with demands and suggestions from their respective caucuses. Just get a budget deal done so that we can move on to important policy matters, such as rewriting the business tax code. Sound oversimplified? Maybe, but if people only talk through the media, there is no chance of a compromise. As for my personal suggestions, I have a list of more than a dozen specific proposals in mind I believe will ease the current budget pressures and contain the excessive increases in government costs in the long run. Any proposal that does not address future cost containment in a very comprehensive way misses the mark. We owe it to our citizens to address baseline issues, not just treat symptoms. I hope by this time next week I will have the necessary process information and budget estimates in hand to roll out the details. Look for it in this column and brace yourself: Some ideas will make big waves. Extreme Community Makeover grant applications due April 15 Organizations, service clubs and government entities may apply for Extreme Community Makeover grants of up to $2,000 each from the Barry Community Foundation. Grant applications are due April 15. The Barry Community Foundation Grant Committee will make funding recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Directors for approval. Grant awards may be given to projects that meet the following requirements: • Applications must impact a Barry County community. Community is defined as a geographic location such as cities, villages and/or townships located within Barry County. • Priority will be given to proposals that provide evidence of active participation and volunteerism. Partnerships of local residents, service clubs, government and community organizations are strongly encouraged. • Projects must demonstrate community value. For example, park clean-up, construction of gazebos or bridges, beautification, etc. • Projects must be executed (and/or completed) on Sept. 13, 2007 to celebrate and encourage participation for the Annual Barry County Day of Caring. Grant applications can be found online at www.barrycf.org. Barry County United Way and Volunteer Center are inviting service organizations to join the 8th annual Day of Caring Thursday, Sept. 13. Local companies will send their employees to volunteer for a half day at various local service organizations. Organizations interested in having volunteers ‘report to work’ at their organizations, should fill out a project form from the United Way and Volunteer Center by April 15. “...This is a great way to educate and familiarize volunteers with your organization, programs and mission,” said a press release. "Day of Caring" will be held following the 2007 United Way Kick-Off celebration at 8 a.m. at the Barry Expo Center on M-37 between Hastings and Middleville. The kickoff is open to the public. There will be two shifts of volunteers’ available, morning (9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) and afternoon (1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.) A lunch will be provided for each participating volunteer. “A wide variety of projects are needed! Your project and how you organize it should be carefully thought out. Please try to use the entire time available. Remember, these volunteers want to help you and have taken time off work to do so. Plan your project carefully and ensure you have all the necessary supplies available on the day. Be creative,” the press release said. Completed project descriptions with an Extreme Community Makeover Grant application should be submitted no later than April 15. For more information, call the United Way at 945-4010. �Page 6 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Local ILR winter classes available Area Obituaries Mary Donnaleen Howitt Darrel L. Willyard Mary Donnaleen Howitt succumbed peacefully at home in Battle Creek on the morning of February 12, 2007. “Donnie” Dann was born in Moosejaw, Saskatchewan on Aug. 21, 1926 and spent her young adulthood as a successful model, marrying Patrick Howitt in 1946. She and Pat, along with their three children emigrated to the United States in 1957 and settled in Battle Creek where they expanded their family with three more children, Donnaleen, and her six children, moved to Hasting, in 1973 with the completion of her college degree and upon being hired as a physical therapist’s assistant at Pennock Hospital. After retiring from this career, she relocated to Southern California and began her award-winning career as an author, specializing in children’s literature, publishing over 200 stories and articles and writing numerous novels. She returned to Battle Creek in 2004. It was Donnaleen’s strength, intelligence, and sacrifice that guided all six of her children to become successful adults, and is thus survived by these six children: Shaun (Jacalyn), Patrick (Nancy), Shelagh (Duncan), Bridget, Dann (Jodie), and Drew. Her grandchildren include Danica, Sean, Carly, Andrew, Lance, Blaine, Sam, and Lilly. She is also survived by three greatgrandchildren: Alyssa, Jaydon, and Tayah. A memorial service will be held in Laguna Beach, CA. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be sent to The American Lung Association. MIDDLEVILLE - Darrel L. Willyard, age 76, of Middleville, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2007 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. He was born September 22, 1930, the son of Harry and Anna Willyard. He graduated in 1949 from Thornapple Kellogg School. He joined the Navy in 1950 - stationed on the Princeton and served in Japan. He was discharged in 1954. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service in Middleville as a clerk and postmaster. He retired in 1985 after 30 years of service. He married Kathy Janose in 1968 and though they divorced, he was blessed with two children, Diana and Doug. In 1992, he married Linda Rose and inherited a huge family. He will be remembered for his love of family and friends and his wonderful sense of humor. He loved golfing, reading and traveling. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dale. He is survived by his loving wife, Linda Willyard, his daughter Diana (Randy) Coon of Middleville; his son, Doug (Marjie) Willyard of Wyoming; two step-daughters, Sherry (Jim) Grutter of Sand Lake and Beth (Ron) Gorter of Jenison; sister, Dyllis Wilson of Rockford; 11 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s in memory of his brother, Dale Willyard or a charity of your choice. A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Pastor Charles Smith officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior to the Memorial Service on Saturday. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 301 E. State Rd. (Corner of State Rd. and Boltwood St across from Tom’s Market). Senior Pastor Daniel Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Phone 269-945-9121. Nursery provided for all services. Sundays: Worship services 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. Kids for Christ, 11:00 a.m. Worship Service only for 3 & 4 yr. olds, & 5 yr-4th grade dismissed during announcements. Sunday School for all ages 10:00 a.m. with adult electives. Sunday Evening Service and Small Groups 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Mid-Week: 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Pastor’s Class, Sing ‘n Share, Youth and Children’s classes. Thursday: 9:30-11 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m., 2nd Thur. each month. February 25th at 10:30 a.m. set for First Service at our new church, 2635 North M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Everyone Welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 4:00 p.m. Confirmation Class. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group/Youth Sunday Practice. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings 775098057 NASHVILLE - Richard Thomas Ohm, 66 of Nashville, died Thursday, February 15, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Ohm was born June 23, 1940 in Lansing, the son of Arthur and Margaret (Brennan) Ohm. He had been a carpenter and had worked at aluminum extrusions. He is survived by sons, Aaron Ohm of Nashville, Kevin (Stephanie) Ohm of Battle Creek; granddaughter, Piper Elizabeth Mitchell; brother, Ralph Ohm, and sister-inlaw, Diane (Robert) Stoddard of Kalamazoo. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie Mae (King) Ohm in June, 2001, and his parents. Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at the Nashville Baptist Church, with Rev. Lester DeGroot officiating. Interment was in Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to the family. Arrangements by Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.prayfuneral.com Rex Risner SHELBYVILLE - Rex Risner, of Shelbyville, was taken from us unexpectedly on February 14, 2007. Rex was born June 13, 1960, in Plainwell, the son of Howard and Carol J. (Howard) Risner. On October 18, 1986, Rex married Tammy Heid. Rex enjoyed different kinds of music, carpentry work, working on cars and working outside, especially cutting trees. He also loved to hunt and hunt for mushrooms. He is survived by his wife Tammy; a son, Rex Randall (Brea) Risner of Hastings; his mother, Carol J. Risner; brothers, Michael (Kathy) Risner of Shelbyville, Howard Douglas (Nancy) Risner of Hastings; sisters, Linda (Kelly) Howard of Orangeville, Loretta (James) Elkins of Plainwell; sister-inlaw, Pam Risner of Martin; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father; two brothers, Kenny and Mickey Risner; grandparents, Taylor and Edna Risner and Grandpa Wiley Howard. Funeral services were conducted Saturday, February 17, 2007, 2 p.m. at the Orangeville Pentecostal Church of Christ, Pastors Mike Risner, Richard Sheldon and James Hall officiating. Interment Oak Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the family will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. ‘Ticket to Hollywood’ to aid Mary Youngs Scholarship Fund by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor A Super Bowl of area talent has been amassed to perform music made famous in Hollywood movies from the 1940s to ‘90s. The show, “A Ticket to Hollywood,” has a special mission to raise funds for the new Mary Youngs Scholarship Fund, created in memory of the late beloved principal of Hastings’ Northeastern Elementary School. She died Feb. 19, 2006 from a heart attack at the age of 56. “A Ticket to Hollywood” is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24 at First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The production is part of the church’s “Live Under the Dome Concert Series,” and seating is available for about 600. Admission is free. However, a free will offering will be accepted for the Mary Youngs Scholarship Fund. Sarah LaJoye, 26, a Hastings High School graduate and actress in the Grand Rapids area community theatre scene, stars in the production. She earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Michigan State University where she had roles in six plays. Sarah, who has a soprano voice, has appeared in “The Music Man” ensemble and had the role of an immigrant in “Ragtime,” both with the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Other recent experiences include portraying Chiffon in “Little Shop of Horrors” with the Holland Civic Theatre and Alcyone and other roles in “Metamorphoses” for the Heritage Theatre. She also has performed with Circle Theatre and Actor’s Theatre. Last year, Sarah received the Grand Award for Outstanding Ensemble for Metamorphoses. She also has appeared in films, such as a Bigfoot documentary, and commercials. During the show, Sarah will be singing "One Night Only" from Dreamgirls, "Stay (I Missed You)" from Reality Bites and "Only Hope" from A Walk to Remember. 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Those interested may register at the Hastings campus of Kellogg Community College. Classes are conducted at the KCC Hastings campus. The class lineup includes: • "Buying & Selling on eBay" — Learn how to safely buy and sell on eBay. The class is taught by Ellen Meyer, eBay University trained educational specialist. Fridays, March 9 and 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $20 per member; $30 nonmember. • "Great Decisions” — discussion group for those interested in world affairs. Based on Foreign Policy Association materials. Eight sessions on Tuesdays beginning Feb. 27 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Cost is $25 per member; $35 non-member. • "Christianity Beginnings to Reformation" — Pastor Michael Anton will trace the history of Christianity from from its roots in Judaism and the New Testament to Christendom and the Medieval church, including the development of the Roman Catholic Church, the division of West (Rome) and East (Orthodox-Istanbul), and the growth of pre-reformation splinter groups. Wednesdays, March 7-28. $20 per member; $30 non-member. • "Legal Update: Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts” — Susan McCabe, KCC paralegal coordinator, will discuss how to make certain that your wishes about who should get what are heeded and someone you trust, if incapacity strikes, makes business and medical decisions in accordance with your wishes. Friday, March 30, 10 a.m. to noon. $5 per member; $10 non-member. Dr. Bennett Rudolph of Grand Valley State University will be discussing the history of the Shiites and Sunnis and the difficulties these sects face in the Middle East at a luncheon Feb. 23 from noon to 2 p.m. at the KCC campus. The cost is $9 per person. Reservations may be made by phoning (269) 965-4134 and pressing "1." The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is an affiliate of the Elderhostel Institute Network. The ILR is a communitybased organization of retirement-age people who share a love of learning. The Kellogg Community College-sponsored institute offers retirement age men and women classes, activities, programs and field trips about topics of mutual interest. There are no pre-requisites for membership; only a curiosity and wish to continue learning about a topic. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 7 SCHOOL, continued from page 1 Web site “saveoursaxons.com” that Goggins, who also is head varsity wrestling coach, has acted improperly with his conduct and comments about students and colleagues, with some incidents as many as nearly a dozen years ago. Some comments made about Goggins in the meeting were that he always puts students first, he tries to help people, he reformed the Hastings athletic program, he has been a good role model to students and he does his job well. One audience member said she was appalled at the situation and wanted to know if anybody had investigated Christopher. Some parents urged the school board and the community to get past this issue and turn their attention to more important matters. “The best way to make this go away is quit feeding the author,” said one audience member. “Don’t go to his Web site.” Christopher has accused Goggins of allow- Newborn Babies GIRL, Gabriella Elizabeth, born at St. Mary’s Hospital on Jan. 27, 2007 at 9:13 p.m. to Adam and Janine Smith of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and 21 1/4 inches long. Proud grandparents are Rod and Mary Smith and Bruce and Marilyn McWhinney of Middleville. GIRL, Rachael Addison, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 1, 2007 at 2:19 a.m. to Jill and Mark Hewitt of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Xavier James, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 1, 2007 at 2:47 p.m. to Jesse and Chloe Thomas of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 inches long. BOY, Ayden Blake, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 2, 2007 at 9:19 a.m. to Heather Sparks and Branden Noffke of Caledonia. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Kyra Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 2, 2007 at 4:10 to Stephanie Feuerstein of Lake Odessa. Weighing 3 lbs. 14 ozs. and 17.5 inches long. BOY, Samuel William, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 2, 2007 at 5:58 p.m. to George and Stacey Fenstemaker of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Miles Andrew, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 3, 2007 at 11:44 a.m. to Krystn and Andrew Grinnell of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Kylie Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 3, 2007 at 1:14 p.m. to Rhonda and Kyle Main of Dowling. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. ing one athlete to wrestle despite ineligibility, prompting that student’s father, Michael Morehouse, to make several comments at the meeting. “All he does is go to school and do his best to move forward,” he said. Morehouse went on to say that he does not understand why his son’s situation has been so publicized, and questioned the quality of Christopher’s instruction. “Not only has he [Christopher] failed to educate my son, he has put him in a position of political secrecy,” said Morehouse. “Why is he still there?” Morehouse said this situation has been hard on his son, but he hopes people have learned something from the way he has handled it. “I don’t want people to think of him as an uneducated wrestler. He’s not only taught a few people valuable lessons, he’s also led hundreds of people through his thinking process,” he said. “It’s an amazing ending to a 16-year-old’s junior year of high school.” Goggins and school officials have insisted the young man was not ineligible when he was permitted to compete in the match in question. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • It was announced that the school board has received 14 applications for superintendent. Don Myers, chair of the superintendent search committee, said he hopes to start interviewing candidates by the end of February and hire a superintendent in April. Community members are encouraged to fill out a form giving their comments and recommendations about the new superintendent. The new school chief will replace Christopher Cooley, who resigned last November. Carl Schoessel, who had retired in 2003, now is serving as interim superintendent. • The following travel study requests were approved: Business Professionals of America trip to Grand Rapids for a state leadership conference March 22 through March 25; Future Farmers of America trip to Michigan State University March 7 through March 9; Youth in Government Club trip to Lansing March 7 through March 11; Central Elementary School fifth grade trip to Greenfield Village April 16 and 17; and a Future Farmers of America trip to Sherman Lake April 11 through April 13 was approved in principle. • The policy manual was approved. • Non-affiliated school staff switched from MESA to Setseg for health savings accounts. • Melissa Patton was reassigned as a special education teacher in the middle school half-time and the high school half-time. • Cynthia Clark, Vicki Knop, Karen Schoen and Marie Westbrook returned from extended leaves of absence. • Kathy Purdun, bus driver for 30 years, retired. • Student teachers for the second semester are Laurel Erickson from Western Michigan University teaching with Patricia LaJoye at the high school; and Heather Laws of Aquinas College teaching at Star Elementary with Julie Severns and Tammy Nemetz. • A Long-term Planning Committee is being established for “studying the current educational and operational situations in the Hastings Area School System, current and anticipated requirements and levels of support from the state and federal governments, projected future levels of student enrollment, trends in education, and any other factors considered to have an influence on the future of Hastings Area Schools.” Those interested in being on the committee should send a letter to Patricia L. Endsley, Board of Education President, Hastings Area School System, 232 West Grand, Hastings, MI 49058. They should be postmarked by Monday, March 5, and need to include name, address, phone number and indication whether the address is in the Hastings school district; past and current involvement in school activities; past and current involvement in community activities; and any other information that would be important for the board to know. The next meeting of the Hastings Board of Education will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, at Hastings High School. DIRECTOR, continued from page 1 Feb. 12 and 13. Jones said immediately after the meeting, “There are so many things you can do for this park to bring it back, to turn the park around. A lot of this should have been done last year.” Charlton Park suffered major financial setbacks last year with the defeat of two proposed millage renewals and an increase. If a solution is not found to offset a funding shortfall, the park could be closed as early as the end of 2007. Jones said she believes Charlton Park has to win people back and it must be both a historical treasure and festival attraction. “The historic museum is an attraction by itself, but you can’t have just one thing (to bring people in)... Somebody’s got to go out and build relationships and get donations. I think I can do it, I have a fixer personality.” The county will continue to accept applications for interim director. In other business at last Thursday morning’s meeting, the County Board: • Accepted the resignation of Corrine Turner from a seat on the Zoning Board of Appeals. She had served for nine years. • Was introduced to David Sandora, the new part-time interim director of the Barry County Economic Alliance. Sandora most recently was living in South Carolina, but attended Hastings schools years ago. Introduced by Alliance Chairwoman Susan Vlietstra, Sandora succeeds Dixie StadelManshum, who retired at the end of last year. • Adopted a resolution honoring Carol Benner, who is retiring as senior accounting clerk in the County Treasurer’s office. Benner started as a part-time employee in 1990 and went full time in 1991. The resolution calls her “a reliable and faithful employee over the last 15 years. She has been vice president and president of the Courthouse Employees Association. “The 15 years I had here were unreal,” she told the board, “I really enjoyed myself. Interestingly, she is giving up her county job to become a massage therapist. • Agreed in principle to enter into an inter- BOY, Connor Scott, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 4, 2007 at 5:29 p.m. to Travis and Jennifer Martin of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Jason Allan, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 4, 2007 at 8:08 p.m. to Keri VanDenburg and Kenneth Woltjer of Nashville. Weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alyssa Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 5, 2007 at 7:55 a.m. to Diana and Brent Berrington of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Logan Edward, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 6, 2007 at 11:08 a.m. to Teri Stayton and Shawn McManaway of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Scott Andrew, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 7, 2007 at 2:37 p.m. to Barbara and Jason Wiessner of Delton. Weighing 6 lbs. 10 1/2 ozs. and 19 inches long. David Sandora We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments 269-948-9363 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 77509698 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road Carol Benner governmental agreement with the City of Hastings and Hastings and Rutland Charter Townships. County Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus said the agreement will involve looking at all functions, including land use and facilities, with an eye toward having a contract in place by November of this year. “This gets us started,” McManus said, “so we can move forward.” He stressed that each government unit will operate as before and there will be no boundary changes as a result. The only difference is now there is a vehicle for greater cooperation and sharing. Commissioner Mark Englerth said “the county benefits as a whole” because of the agreement. However, colleague Wayne Adams cast a dissenting vote against $12,000 in county expenditures for the agreement, saying he wants “more input from constituents out in the hinterlands.” Adams was joined by Hoot Gibson in voting against spending county money for the agreement. • Voted unanimously to keep the Road Commission at three members rather than expanding it to five or more. Commissioner Don Nevins noted Kalamazoo and Kent counties both have five road commissioners, but when he went to the MAC Conference in Lansing he learned most have three and are getting along fine. Commissioner Keith Ferris said, “The option is open for the commissioners to revisit this issue (at a later date).” • Adopted the Jordan Lake resolution, which, according to Drain Commissioner Tom Doyle, essentially puts the management of Jordan Lake under the control of Ionia and Barry counties” and removes Kent County from the assessments. • Delayed setting a date for a NIMS emergency training workshop because Barry County Emergency Management Director Jim Yarger was not present at the meeting. • Approved three applications from Timothy and Tamara Brodbeck to be included in the Farmland Agreement, formerly known as Public Act 116, retroactive to last year. • Agreed to appropriate $14,000 from the Building Rehabilitation Capital Fund for renovations to jail administration offices. • Approved an agreement for Homeland Security-related consulting services from the Swisher Group of Hastings at $36.05 per hour plus mileage. • Approved the purchase from Danka of a Toshiba copier for $4,599 for the adult probation department. • Decided to encourage the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission to take a serious look at how special use permits are used pertaining to kennels. • Approved monumentation surveyor agreements between the county and a number of service providers, including Reynolds Land Surveying of Hastings. The board also approved the remonumentation fee schedule. • Agreed to change the title of chief account clerk to financial specialist and increase the pay level and increase the pay level for the administrative assistant to the sheriff. ‘Mystery Readers’ visit St. Rose School “Mystery Readers” often visit St. Rose School in Diane Klipfer's first and second grade class to share the excitement of reading. Students sometimes suspect that someone will be coming to read to them, but are always surprised by the identity of the Mystery Reader. Relatives of the students also surprise the class. Emily Casarez's grandmother read to the class earlier this school year as well. FUND, continued from previous page She works as an administrator for Foremost Insurance Co. and also is a freelance audio and video talent in the Grand Rapids area. Steve Youngs, husband of the late Mary Youngs, and Erin Merritt have collaborated to write the original script for “A Ticket to Hollywood,” which Steve describes as “a musical mystery.” He explains that the narrator, John Merritt, who plays the role of an inspector, “is trying to find out where Sarah is... We can’t find her. We just know she took a ticket to Hollywood.” Singers in the production and the songs they will sing include: Fred Jacobs, “Shadow of Your Smile” and “When You Wish Upon a Star;” Erin Merritt, “We’re Having a Heat Wave” and “Goldfinger;” Jill VanZyl, “To Sir With Love;” Steve Youngs, “Let It Be,” “Love Me Tender” and “Town Without Pity;” Cindy Bender, “Alfie” and “Someone to Watch Over Me;” Jeff Baker, “Hello Young Lovers;” Eleanor Marsh, “Cruella DeVille” and “Moon River;” and Christy LaJoye-Britton, who is Sarah LaJoye’s sister, “What a Feeling” and “The Way You Look Tonight.” Melissa Risk is the accompanist and also will perform a piano solo of the theme from “The Pink Panther.” A special appearance by The Fish Headz, the house praise band of First United Methodist Church, will be part of the musical. Fish Headz, directed by worship leader Steve Steward, will sing “King of the Road” and “Swingin’ on a Star.” Steve Youngs said a small portion of the free will offering that evening will go to pay expenses involved with the event. But, nearly all of the offering is earmarked for the Mary Youngs Scholarship Fund, which has been set up by the Youngs family through the Barry Community Foundation to award scholarships to Hastings High School students who are involved in music and athletics. The first scholarships will be awarded this spring, he said. The Youngs family is contributing $1,000 per year to the Scholarship Fund, Steve said. “This (musical show) will be our annual fundraiser and whatever this brings, plus the $1,000, will go to the scholarship recipients... We’re going to get different young people to star each year. “We want to keep her (Mary’s) memory alive and help students,” he said, adding that his wife’s death occurred the day after a Live Under the Dome Concert called “A Ticket to Broadway” in which Steve Youngs and other singers performed. “So that’s why we’re doing this.” Mary is remembered as a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, educator, friend and inspiration to many. She served as Northeastern’s principal for 12 years. Mary also had been an assistant principal and teacher at Central Elementary School in Hastings. Her years in the local education system totaled 31, including the time she worked as a speech therapist for the Barry Intermediate School District. “We’re hoping that friends of the family, people who love music and people who knew Mary will all come out (to see “A Ticket to Hollywood”),” Steve Youngs said. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St. 77509902 Saturday, March 10 T ou r n am en t American Legion Post #305 M-37 at Caledonia OPEN TO THE PUBLIC License #M34921 117 Entries Available - First Come, First Served • Pays Over $3,000 (with 117 entries) • 1st Place Pays up to $1,000 (with 117 entries) • 2nd Chance Tables Registration: 3:00pm - 4:30pm • Game: 5:00pm Entry Fee Includes Food - Cash Bar • $60 Early Bird Entry Fee • ($75 Entry Fee after March 3) Must be 18 with valid ID Register Any Time at or Mail Entry Fee to: Caledonia American Legion Post #305 Attn: Texas Hold’em Tournament 9548 Cherry Valley Ave., SE Caledonia, MI 49316 CALL 616-891-1882 FOR MORE INFORMATION OR GO TO www.calmilegion.com FOR ENTRY FORM. �Page 8 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Annie’s MAILBOX From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 4 “The Museum” By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will be running a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) As one enters the park at the south entrance Fallout from flood and passes “The Stone” and proceeds down the hill, east, on the left will be seen a group of swings. The original swings and “teeter boards” were donated to Charlton Park in 1937 by Fashions of the turn of the century are displayed in the museum. This dugout canoe was made by a Potawatomi Indian Thomas Issac about 1870. Some old-timers can remember playing on the canoe in the Thornapple River. Miss Lena Heidleman, the then elderly lady and former teacher, who was a sister of Mrs. Hamilton Munn. The Munns’ farm on Center Road was across the road, south, from the Charlton farm, west. Hamilton Munn came to America from Ireland many years ago as did the Gillespies and Cogswells, early settlers in this area. The Munns and Charltons were neighbors and friends for many years. Mr. Munn’s gold watch is in the museum. As you proceed east, on the right are the living quarters and workshop built by Charlton in 1950-1951. On the left are the stone restrooms built in 1958 by Albert G. Conklin, a local Hastings stonemason. Charley Shellenbarger, also a cement contractor, worked on it, too, along with Mr. Charlton, Carroll Cutler, Harold Sherry and, of course, myself. Due to the large crowds attending Pioneer and Indian Picnics, steam and gasoline engine shows, the original facilities were no longer adequate. The two original restrooms built in 1936-37 are not being used for storage. Additional wells were driven then using the well rig I just restored. We drove six wells on the park at that time. The museum then is easily seen ahead and northeast. The museum construction was started in 1944 by John Youngs, an excellent stonemason. He had in the early 1900s built Irving’s father, Frank Charlton’s stone house on Center Road, which is still standing as a beautiful example of the stonemason’s art. Later in the early 1920s, he built a stone workshop on the 160-acre farm Charlton purchased from Robert Martin. Due to the war in 1944-45, help was scarce, as was county money for park purposes. In 1946, not too much had been done on the museum, and John Youngs quit in 1946. Charlton hired a stonemason from the north, a Clarence Martin from the Lake City area, brought down here by my father-in-law, Earl Wallace. He did not last at the job very long, a week or two at most. Then Charlton hired Peter Eckman, who, in time, finished the stone work. In about 1950, the museum was enclosed enough to move in and set up many of the artifacts, relics and machines of which there are many. The blacksmith shop, coopers shop, carpenter shop, flower and feed mills, etc. were set up. As time passed, glass cases, racks and shelves were built to display the guns, Indian relics, clocks, watches, dishes, and thousands of other articles of another day. Richard Jacobs of Jacobs Pharmacy and others donated glass showcases and many artifacts which I helped to load and put in the museum. Several organs, spinets and other early musical instruments were on display. A gun from the Civil War used by an honor guard over Abraham Lincoln’s body is in the collection. The works of a town clock are also there. The third floor was later setup with early pioneer furniture, beds, dressers, commodes, and the quilts, blankets, etc. of that time, with pictures and books of the early homes. In the adjacent log building built from railroad ties from the C.K.&S. Railroad, long See TIME, next page Dear Annie: Last summer, our small business of 26 years suffered a devastating flood. My wife, who had just completed chemotherapy, waded through waist-deep water in an effort to save our most valuable records and computers. We lost 13 trucks, and our offices were out of commission for six months. Throughout this disaster, neither my brother nor sister offered to help. Not one day, not one hour. My sister, who has summers off, never lifted a finger to assist with office work, although she did write to our local newspaper, mentioning our courage in rebuilding our business and saying how proud she was. My brother used several excuses, one of which was that I didn't help him build his house. Neither did he. A professional contractor did it. In my desperation, I fired off a series of angry phone calls to my elderly mother. I stated how dysfunctional our family was, hoping she'd help put things right. I am sorry that I left those messages on my mother's answering machine. She played them for my brother and only made things worse. Perhaps I should not have lashed out, but several weeks had passed after the flood, and we were physically and emotionally exhausted. No one from my side of the family gave us any assistance whatsoever. Now we are ostracized from them. How did we become the bad guys? Do they just not care? -Binghamton, N.Y. Dear Binghamton: Often, when people don't behave the way they ought to, they become defensive. We think your family members feel guilty they did not rise to the occasion, and blaming you allows them to feel better. You have to decide if you want to let them off the hook. If so, call your mother and siblings and say you are sorry there's been a rift, you were so distraught by your personal situation that you weren't yourself, and you miss your family. Then you have to let it go, whether they deserve your forgiveness or not. Weary of waiting Dear Annie: Why do doctors make appointments and then have you sit and wait? Is this the fault of the doctor or the scheduling? Every medical office should take a class on time management. Patients should be notified if a situation has caused a serious delay and should be offered the choice of staying or rescheduling. One of my appointments was made a month in advance, and when I arrived, the waiting room was packed with patients and others had to wait outside. The doctor wasn't even going to be there for another 30 minutes. Any help? -- Lady in Waiting Dear Lady: Doctors with hospital emergencies are often delayed, and that needs to be tolerated. But you are right that sometimes appointments are simply overscheduled. When you find yourself waiting repeatedly and for long periods of time, you should let the doctor know. You also can call the doctor's office before leaving your home and find out if things are running on time. And, like any other dissatisfied customer, you can take your business elsewhere. Insidious Internet Dear Annie: My sympathies to the woman married to a man addicted to Internet porn. I am in a similar situation. My husband even uses Viagra for this. Counseling for her is a good idea, so she doesn't have to feel inadequate as a woman. To the men out there who are blaming the women in their lives, after seeing what you are doing and looking at, who would want to sleep with you? Get help before your marriage is over. My solution? I am the tech person at our house, and I've got our computer locked down pretty tight. Good luck to him trying to figure out how to unlock it. -Married to a Closet Perv Dear Married: Well, at least you've found your own way of dealing with this, but any married man who takes Viagra so he can watch porn has a serious problem. Chill on cheater 02665300 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS Dear Annie: Can you tell me why sick people don't stay home any more? It's almost as though it has become socially acceptable for people with contagious illnesses to be out and about. They're everywhere -- in the workplace, at social get-togethers -- and to make matters worse, they not only share their germs with you, but also the details of their sickness. They've been up all night with the runs. They haven't been able to keep food down for days. And so on. They act as if they're doing others a favor by their presence, when in reality, they're doing nothing of the sort. When did so many people become so inconsiderate, and what can be done about it? -- More Considerate Dear More: People always have felt more heroic and self-sacrificing doing things when sick, and face it, many bosses actually encourage workers to come in when they should be home in bed. The solution is to be solicitous while making your point. At work, convey your sympathy, but blatantly keep your distance. At a party, say, "How terrible that you're sick. I insist you go home right now." And escort them straight to the door. Who’s driving? Dear Annie: I appreciate Dr. Van Stralen's encouragement of Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and paramedics in his recent letter. It is true that these professions often go either unrecognized or unappreciated. However, I must point out that there is no such profession as "ambulance driver." The ambulance is driven by the EMTs and paramedics who provide the patient care on board. On occasion, a firefighter or police officer will drive the ambulance when patient care requires two paramedics in the back in a high-acuity situation. -- Proud Paramedic Dear Proud Paramedic: Thanks for setting the record straight, and thanks for being there when we need you. Attention: Home-Based Business Owners We are holding a Spring Spectacular to promote your business in the area. It will be held on Saturday, March 24th at the COA in Hastings, from 9-4. For information on reserving a table or two, contact Connie at 269-290-2256. We have space available but are filling up quickly. This is an easy way to promote your business. Deadline for reserving a table will be February 28th. Hope to see you there! 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Sicko stay home Dear Annie: I have been involved in a romantic relationship with a co-worker for 401(k) rollovers made easy 77509890 more than a year. "Lucy" is married with two teenage children. Her husband cheated on her a few years back, so they separated for two years. She dated then, but decided to go back to her husband. She tells me she went back only for the children. Lucy and her husband slept in different rooms and didn't get along well. They were more like roommates than husband and wife. We started "dating" during this time. Well, a few months ago, Lucy's husband started sleeping in the same bed with her. She tells me when they have sex, and although it's rare, it bothers me a lot that she sleeps with him. She says they aren't getting closer, but it sure seems like it. When she used to talk to him on the phone, she sounded annoyed, and now she almost sounds happy. She tells me she is being nice and shares his bed to make her life and the children's lives easier. I don't know what to believe. Recently, I was with Lucy when her husband sent a text message. I asked her what it said, and she mumbled something incomprehensible and then erased it. I was upset and we had a huge fight. I have really fallen in love with this woman and I want things to work out. She tells me she loves me and plans to leave her husband as soon as their youngest child graduates high school, which is four years away. Her husband is financially well off, so sometimes I think she stays for the money. How am I supposed to trust her when I see her lying all the time? Should I just cut my losses, or stick it out and hope she comes to her senses? -- Needs Help in Pennsylvania Dear Needs Help: Lucy's senses are fine. Yours are a mess. She lies, she cheats, she's married, and she isn't leaving her husband anytime soon. She keeps you dangling because it suits her to have a spare guy around. Please, we know it's hard, but try to see her for what she is and dump her as fast as you can. Member SIPC 77509955 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 9 TIME, continued from previous page Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. How Can Women Build Confidence in Ability to Retire Comfortably? Displays in the museum using Charlton’s collection and later additions detail the coming of man into Michigan. This case shows equipment used by fur traders during their era of settlement in the state. gone, are the threshing separators, engines, tractors, horsepowers, dog and goat powered treadmills, buggies, cutters, wagons and horse or ox drawn farm equipment. This building was built in 1950. After Mr. Charlton died in June 1963, I no longer mowed or worked on the park, only shortly before the last steam show in July. James Conner, administrator of Charlton’s estate, and Orville Cutshaw, Barry County Road Commission engineer, asked if I would seal the museum windows and build a fence around the log building to shut them all off, which I did. The museum was kept closed for several years while Mr. Charlton’s will was in litigation in the courts for about five years. I worked half days on the park as my regular job was 3 to 11:30 p.m. I was asked to testify in the courts under oath on occasion and I glady did all I could do. There was a rather radical turnaround in January 1967, which allowed the park control to be given to a Park Commission. I was appointed supervisor of the grounds, but due to my own work, I resigned early. My only interest was to see that capable, responsible, qualified people would operate the park and museum; people who are interested and trained in the handling of artifacts, relics, history and who would carry on and perpetuate the work and memory of Mr. Charlton. I have been asked by those knowing of my long association with Mr. Charlton what he would think of it all now. Irving would have been disappointed in having the property in litigation so long, and having his beloved walnut trees cut, as Irving had his own ideas how things should be done. I am sure there would be other things not altogether agreeable to him. However, he would be very pleased to have the boat launching and bathing beach so well planned and developed. He would be most happy for the acquisition and setting of all the buildings and village setup, also the well planned folk festivals, antique, auto and engine shows, and the purchase of the additional land adjoining the park. He would be very impressed by the interest shown by the many prominent people and the time and other valuable things donated to the operation of it. For many years, he explained and talked to school groups coming to the park, and that is being carried on now in a very competent manner by those in charge. As to paying an entrance fee to get in and use the park, I am not sure as to his reaction, as he never wanted to charge an admission fee. But today there are more and better facilities and more to see and do. It all costs money to maintain and keep in repair, so for the nominal charge, I believe it very fair. I am sure there are some things that would not meet with his approval but everyone does not think alike or there would be no park or museum. This late 1940’s picture shows flooding in the western section of the park. In the rear can be seen the partially completed museum. All of us would like to think we will enjoy a comfortable retirement. If you're a woman, however, you might be significantly more nervous than your male peers about life as a retiree. This fear may not be entirely justified, but, in any case, you can greatly improve your outlook for retirement by understanding where you are now - and how to get where you want to go. But first, you may have to overcome both fear and a financial "gender gap." Consider these findings from recent surveys conducted by Harris Interactive: * Forty-six percent of the women surveyed said they worry about losing all their money and becoming destitute. Surprisingly, this figure rises to 48 percent among women with incomes of $100,000 or more. * Women were almost twice as likely as men to worry about money and to doubt their capacity to invest and plan for the future. * Only 10 percent of women said they feel quite secure about their finances. These figures, while disturbing, at least partially reflect some basic realities of women's lives. First, women typically outlive men by nearly seven years, according to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics and more years of life mean more expenses. Also, women drop out of the work force for an average of 12 years to care for young children or aging parents, according to the Older Women's League, a research and advocacy group. This time away from the workforce results in women accumulating much less money in their employer-sponsored retirement plans. Of course, if you are married, many of your financial assets are likely commingled with those of your husband. But that doesn't mean that you can abdicate responsibility for your financial future. Some 80 percent to 90 percent of today's women will be solely responsible for their own finances at some point in their lives, according to the National Center for Women & Retirement. So, what can you do to boost your confidence in your financial management skills? For starters, take a close look at all potential sources of retirement income: Social Security, savings, investments and retirement plan distributions. Estimate about how much you might have available for your retirement years. Next, try to envision your "ideal" retirement lifestyle and put a "price tag" on it. For example, if you would like to continuously travel the world when you retire, you're probably going to need more money from your retirement funds than your neighbor who wants to stay home, pursue hobbies and possibly even open a small business. It's not always easy to plan, save and invest for retirement. That's why you may want to consider working with an experienced financial professional - someone who knows your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term goals, and who can recommend the appropriate investments and strategies. Learn as much as you can about every aspect of your financial situation. 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Friday is auction day at the Lake Odessa Livestock Auction, with tack, riding equipment, draft horses, mules and draft ponies. Then on Saturday, there again will be new and used tack, riding horses and ponies. Expect to see license plates from Ohio and Indiana, many with English drivers and Amish farmers. A recent engagement in the Lansing State Journal had a heading of “Cookies-Ice Cream” instead of the names of the engaged couple. It seems the groom owns an ice cream establishment and the bride has a cookie business. How is that for sweets? The windy conditions and below normal temperatures on Tuesday, Feb. 13, prompted many groups and schools to cancel events for Tuesday night and Wednesday. Lakewood schools were closed on Wednesday. The overnight wind and three inches of new snow produces some beautiful sculpted drifts. Frosted windows had beautiful designs in white. The Women's Fellowship meeting on Wednesday was canceled. Because the next Wednesday would be Ash Wednesday, it was decided to simply cancel the group’s February meeting altogether. The Alethians of Central UMC met on Tuesday of last week for a meal of chili and corn bread, salads and desserts. The afternoon speaker was Sheriff Dar Leaf of Barry County with a program on preventing identity theft. Central Michigan University has announced its honors list for winter. Local graduates now at CMU on the list are Emily Goodemoot, Rachael King and Kendra Root. Ionia Church Women United are holding World Day of Prayer services on Friday, March 2, at First UMC in Ionia at 1:30 p.m. This ecumenical service has been held for more than a hundred years around the world. 02665422 BARRY COUNTY PHEASANTS FOREVER 10TH ANNUAL BANQUET Saturday, March 3, 2007 • Middle Villa Inn Doors Open 5 pm / Dinner at 6:30 pm This case displays a collection of woodworking tools used by early Michiganders. NAME:_____________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________ Pheasants Forever banquet is March 3 The Barry County chapter of Pheasants Forever is set to hold its 10th annual banquet to help raise money for habitat and youth programs on Saturday, March 3. Doors will open at 5 p.m. at the Middle Villa with dinner being served at 6:30. It will be a buffet style dinner consisting of carved roast beef, baked chicken and lasagna. A dessert is also planned after dinner. "This is the most important event of the year for our chapter" says President Jim Decker. “All the money we raise from this event stays within Barry County. We use this money to fund habitat programs all over our district as well as support our local events such as our Youth Safety Day Shoot and our Ladies Day Shoot.” This year's event is filled with lots of fun events from the live and silent auction to several new games, such as the New Minnow Raise Game. “This should be a crowd favorite, predicted Events Chairman Joe Lynor. “We have many excellent donations from local business and private individuals such as home improvement certificates, a fly-in Canadian fishing trip, Canadian bear hunt, pheasant hunts, and something new this year is a hand crafted queen size log bed and antler light. “We have a wide selection of firearms as well this year ranging from the 44 caliber Henry Golden Boy to our pre-banquet gun raffle, which is a Weatherby Orion Upland 12 gauge shot gun valued at over $1,500.” For tickets to the banquet, please fill out the form provided below and send your information along with a check to the address provided on the form below. Those who have any questions may call Scott Prill at 948-3917. CITY, STATE, ZIP:____________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER:____________________________________________________ Membership & Dinner, Name:___________________________ Cost $60.00______ Spouse Dinner, Name__________________________________ Cost $30.00______ Youth (12-15 years) Dinner, Name:___________________ Cost $30.00 each______ Pre-Banquet Gun Raffle: 1 ticket for $10.00; 3 tickets for $25.00; 7 tickets for $50.00 Weatherby Orion Upland 12 ga. over/under with Pheasants Forever logo engraved in the stock. Only 300 tickets will be sold. Remaining tickets will be available at the banquet for $25.00 per ticket) # of Tickets_______ Cost $________ Pre-Order General Raffle Tickets: 130 tickets for $100.00; 60 tickets for $50.00; or 20 tickets for $20.00 # of Tickets_______ Cost $________ Notice: All prepurchased raffle tickets will be available to you at the door the night of the banquet. Raffle ticket packages will also be available for purchase at the banquet. Make checks payable to: BARRY COUNTY PHEASANTS FOREVER Send reservation form and payment to: 4574 Maple Grove Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 �Page 10 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509595 BUDGET WORKSHOP February 13, 2007 Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 6:45 pm. Roll call. All board members present along with Fire Chief Boulter. Discussed contribution to Delton District Library, Bernard Museum, and Green Gables. Decision to raise contribution to all by $500.00 was agreed upon. Delton Library will receive $2000.00, Bernard Museum $1500.00 and Green Gables $2500.00. Fire Chief Boulter gave presentation on Fire Department budget. The need for new apparatus was discussed with several options left open for further review. Items to be purchased from capital outlay were also reviewed. Proposed budget for 2007-2008 was accepted with a motion to be given at a future budget meeting. Motion to adjourn by Perino, support from Ribble. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM. 77509826 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING (Truth in Budgeting) NOTICE The Barry Township Board will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2007-2008 at the Barry Township Hall on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be the subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at the township office. The Barry Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 7 days notice to the Barry Township Board. Note: Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Barry Township Board by writing or calling the following: Barry Township Board P.O. Box #705 Delton, MI 49046 Phone: 269-623-5171 Fax: 269-623-8171 Respectfully, Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk 77509849 BARRY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW The Barry Township Board of Review will meet at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard, Delton, Michigan, March 6, 2007 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM to receive and review the assessment roll. The PUBLIC meetings to hear assessment appeals will be held Monday, March 12, 2007 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM and 6:00PM to 9:00PM and Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 9:00AM to 12:00 Noon and 1:00PM to 4:00PM and what other hours as needed. Appointments are not necessary but will be taken and given preference, for appointment call 269-623-5171, leave a message. Will return your call ASAP. Also you may file a Appeal by mail, to Barry Township, P.O.Box 705, Delton, MI 49046. The tentative ratios for each class of real property for 2007. Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Ratio 43.46% 43.48% 39.90% 49.98% Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should contact the Supervisor 7 days prior to the meeting by writing or calling the Township Office at P.O. Box 705, Delton,, MI 49046 or Phone 269-6235161 and leave a message Richard Barnum, Supervisor 77509909 WOODLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW Woodland Township Board of Review will meet at the Woodland Township Hall, 156 S. Main St., Woodland, Michigan, on March 6, 2007, to receive and review the assessment roll. Public meetings to hear assessment appeals will be held Monday, March 12, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon, and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March 13, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Appointments are not necessary but will be taken and given preference. For appointments call 269-367-4915 (office) or 269367-4214 (home). Answering machine messages returned ASAP. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property for 2007 are as follows: Ratio Multiplier Agricultural 49.67 1.0056 Commercial 46.83 1.0668 Industrial 29.82 1.6639 Residential 46.19 1.0718 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Supervisor 7 days prior to the meeting by writing or calling Dave Bursley, 156 S. Main, Woodland, Michigan 48897. 269-367-4915 (office), or 269-367-4214 (home). 02665273 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zaher AlSheikh, a married man and Huda Al-Sheikh, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or asigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on February 7, 2006 in instrument 1159821, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Seven And 28/100 Dollars ($391,247.28), including interest at 11.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 10, Crescent Beach Plat, Gun Lake Section 6, Orangeville Township, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121644F02 77509766 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda M Fay, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165596, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($108,464.67), including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post, Section 29, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence South 2640 feet to the center of the Section; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 650 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 660 feet parallel with the North and South 1/4 line; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 132 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 660 feet; thence East parallel with the North Section line 132 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130023F01 77509781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ross Lee Meehan and Anne Meehan, husband and wife and Roger D. Buxton and Edith M. Buxton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Federal, fsb, Mortgagee, dated February 14, 2002, and recorded on February 19, 2002 in instrument 1075130, and modified by agreement dated June 17, 2004, and recorded on June 17, 2004 in instrument 1129480, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine And 37/100 Dollars ($396,059.37), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 1619.39 feet, along the South line of said Section, to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds West 2635.14 feet; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West 337.00 feet; along the North line of the Southeast 1/4 of said 11; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 1980.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 22.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 655.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 315.00 feet, along said South line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509871 File #069433F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amanda N. Williams, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Exchange Financial Corporation, A Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 30, 2000, and recorded on October 31, 2000 in instrument 1051425, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 46/100 Dollars ($85,916.46), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 12, Plat of Lincoln Park Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 55 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130077F01 77509860 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW Notice is hereby given that the 2007 March Board of Review of the City of Hastings will convene in the Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan for the purpose of reviewing, correcting, and equalizing the 2007 Assessment Roll. Taxpayers wishing to appeal the value assigned their property may appeal to the Board of Review in person or by letter. Taxpayers wishing to appear in person, please telephone 9459350, for an appointment. The Board will meet as follows: Organization Meeting - Tuesday, March 6th, 9:00 AM Hearings: Tuesday, March 13th, 1:00 to 4:00 PM and 6:00 to 9:00 PM Thursday, March 15th, 9:00 AM to Noon and 1:00 to 4:00 PM Friday, March 16th, ONLY IF NEEDED Tentative factors for real property assessments in the City of Hastings will be as follows: COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERSONAL 77509941 RATIO 46.89 49.63 48.17 28.30 50.00 FACTOR 1.0663 1.0075 1.0380 1.7668 1.0000 Jackie Timmerman City Assessor THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by Grand Rapids Property Management, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company (“Mortgagor”), to The Huntington National Bank (the “Bank”), dated December 14, 2005, and recorded on January 5, 2006, in Document No. 1158559, Barry County Register of Deeds, and re-recorded with an Affidavit of ReRecording dated February 12, 2007, recorded on February 13, 2007 in Document No. 1176362, Barry County Register of Deeds (the “Mortgage”), is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest (accruing at 12.5% per annum), fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty and 47/100 Dollars ($219,620.47). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Bank pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale are located in Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: That part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 100.0 feet; thence S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 80.0 feet; thence S 89 degrees 29 minutes W 100.0 feet; thence N 00 degrees 03 minutes W 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. And that part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 15 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 58 for place of beginning; thence East 239.58 feet; thence South 98.27 feet; thence West 239.58 feet; thence North 98.27 feet to place of beginning. EXCEPT: Beginning at a point which is North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 100.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 80.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes West 100.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 03 minutes West 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. Commonly known as: 491 Arlington, Middleville, MI 49333 Parcel Identification No: 08-41-100-026-10 Together with any furniture, furnishings, equipment, fixtures and other articles of personal property owned by Mortgagor. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & HowlettLLP Attorneys for The Huntington National Bank 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor 77509919 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Be a “SPORTS NUT” Read The BANNER! IRVING TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW The 2007 Board of Review for Irving Township will meet as follows: • March 6 at 5:00 pm Organizational Meeting • Monday, March 12th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm • Tuesday, March 13th from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Written appeals will be accepted by March 13th or postmarked by March 11, 2007 The tentative equalization ratios for computation of SEV of real property is as follows: Irving 2007 Ratios and Multipliers Classification of Real Property Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Timber-Cutover Developmental Commercial Industrial Utility Ratio Real Property 47.72 47.62 45.26 48.45 None in Class 41.56 Multiplier 1.0478 1.0500 1.1047 1.0320 1.2031 PERSONAL PROPERTY 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 Persons with disabilities that need special assistance, please contact Carol Ergang at (269) 948-8893. George London Supervisor, Irving Township 06646686 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Neil Joseph Gaudard a/k/a Neil J. Gaudard and Shirley Anne Gaudard, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 9, 1999, and recorded on February 16, 1999 in instrument 1025273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Thirty-Eight And 71/100 Dollars ($81,038.71), including interest at 9.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 Ottland Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 51. Also a parcel in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 5, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13; thence South 90 feet; thence West 85 feet; thence North 90 feet; thence East 84 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509221 File #127289F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Doug Healy and Jeannette Healy, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156455, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-One And 42/100 Dollars ($120,991.42), including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as commencing 1344.5 feet North of the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the said Southeast 1/4; thence North 165 feet; thence East 165 feet; thence South 165 feet; thence West 165 feet to the Place pf Beginning, except the highway right-of-way of the West side thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118159F02 77509245 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Erik M. Dayus, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 3, 2004, and recorded on December 22, 2004 in instrument 1139096, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-One And 82/100 Dollars ($108,831.82), including interest at 6.77% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 11 of Irving Charlton's Subdivision, According to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 9, of Plats, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126706F01 77509149 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul J. Rancour and Jalayne L. Rancour, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2004 and recorded September 1, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133356, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eleven and 68/100 Dollars ($86,811.68) including interest at 8.24% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 10 and 17 of Hardendorf Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 72, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509210 File No. 199.3167 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE The Hastings Charter Township Board of Review for 2007 will be held at the Township Hall at 885 River Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058 on the following dates: Tuesday, March 6 Monday, March 12 Wednesday, March 14 Organizational Meeting Appeal Hearing Appeal Hearing 1:00 p.m. 9-12 p.m. & 1-4 p.m. 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests, and to equalize the 2007 assessments. Written protests may be sent to the above address by Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Personal 49.67% 48.32% 24.37% 49.23% 50% 1.0067 1.0348 2.0517 1.0157 1.00 Jim Brown, Supervisor Hastings Charter Township 269-948-9690 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the township clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of the hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA41.72(2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 77509627 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty Cents ($120,754.60) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Donald L Risher, a single man by deed dated August 13, 1996 and recorded August 20, 1996 in Deed Book 669, Page 992, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan Commonly known as 1025 E Mill Street, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-63945 77509564 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Frank W. Urias and Paula J. Urias, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166179, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand One Hundred Three and 81/100 Dollars ($91,103.81) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6, of H. J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509538 File No. 285.1046 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24709DE Estate of BARBARA MARIE HICKS, deceased. Date of birth: 07/14/1935. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, BARBARA MARIE HICKS, deceased, who lived at 13900 KELLEY ROAD, HICKORY CORNERS, MI 49060, died 01/09/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to JERILEE S. ROSE, named personal representative or purposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. COURT STREET, STE. 302, HASTINGS, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 2-20-2007 DANIELLE REDMOND STREED P45668 480 W. LOVELL KALAMAZOO, MI 49007 (269) 276-0055 JERILEE S. ROSE 21678 M-37 BATTLE CREEK, MI 49017 77509957 (269) 964-4217 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas A Everling and Linda S Everling, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated June 25, 2004 and recorded July 8, 2004 in Instrument #1130559 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-OP1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Three Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($139,903.69) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Olson Subdivision according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 16 Commonly known as 216 Lakeview Dr, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004OP1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77509569 Our File No: 07-64017 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Darrell Fenstermacher, a single man, of 15432 220th Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated May 7, 2002, and recorded on May 14, 2002, in Instrument No. 1080497 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($123,408.11), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 9.45%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE TO HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on March 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Thornapple Township, Barry County and which are described as follows: Parcel “A”: That part of the SW fractional 1/4,Section 30, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said SW fractional 1/4 which is N00º26’47” E200.00 feet from the SW corner of Section 30; thence N00º26’47” E1122.04 feet along said West line; thence N89º48’27” E628.93 feet along the North line of the S 1/2 of said SW fractional 1/4; thence S 00º22’33” W1121.26 feet; thence S 89º44’15” W630.31 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements of record and to Highway Right-of-Way for Patterson Avenue. This parcel contains 16.211 across including Highway R.O.W. Parcel No. 08-014-030-003-00 which has an address of 3160 Patterson Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333. The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 31, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a hearing on Monday, March 5, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. To act upon a request for an interpretation of Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance, specifically Article IX, R-2 Zoning District, Article XX, General Provisions, Section 104.2029 Lake or Stream Access and Keyhole Development, Article XXII, Nonconforming Uses and Structures. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon the above request, either verbally or in writing, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above time and place. The application for the above request is available for inspection at the Rutland Charter Township Hall during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above-proposed amendment. ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77509823 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW The Board of Review will meet on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 9:00 AM, in the office of the Assessor at Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, to organize and review the Assessment Roll. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING to hear Assessment APPEALS will be held at the RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP HALL, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan on: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 9:00 AM to Noon 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Also, any other days deemed necessary to equalize the Assessment Roll. PROPERTY ASSESSMENT RATIOS & FACTORS FOR 2007 CLASS RATIO MULTIPLIER Agriculture 45.98% 1.0874 Commercial 48.75% 1.0256 Industrial 43.57% 1.1475 Residential 45.77% 1.0924 Developmental -0- -0- Personal -0- -0– The above ratios and multipliers do not mean that every parcel will receive the same. If you have purchased property, it will be assessed at 50% of market value. If you have improved your property such as additions, new buildings, driveways, etc., this will also reflect in the value of your property. Upon request of any person who is assessed on said roll, or his agent, and upon sufficient cause being shown, the Board of Review will correct the assessment of such property and will, in their judgment, make the valuation thereof relatively just and equal. Dennis McKelvey, Assessor RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77509855 �Page 12 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S Arnold and Bonnie L Arnold, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 28, 2005, and recorded on April 8, 2005 in instrument 403016986, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Assocation, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston HEAT 20053 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 81/100 Dollars ($274,740.81), including interest at 6.859% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast Corner Post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, Thence South on East Line of said Section a Distance of 330 Feet, Thence West Parallel to the North Line of said Section 380 Feet, Thence North Parallel to the East Line of said Section 330 Feet to a Place on the North Section Line, Thence East on said Line to the Place of Beginning, said Description is a Parcel of Land being 2.5 Acres, More or less The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #100392F03 77509746 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy D. Fedewa an unmarried man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 12, 2004, and recorded on November 15, 2004 in instrument 1137248, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 29/100 Dollars ($95,729.29), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as: commencing 34 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on section line between sections 35 and 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West; thence West 10 rods; thence South 4 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 4 rods to beginning. More particularly described as: beginning at a point on the East line of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant North 850.17 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 35; thence West 165 feet; thence North 66 feet; thence East 165 feet to said East section line; thence South along said East line, 66 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Durkee Street, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #093351F02 77509811 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Planning & Zoning Board. There are two positions open. Applicants for both positions must not reside within a city or village. One of the positions must be a School Board member or a School Administrator. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2007. 77509484 — ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP — BOARD OF REVIEW NOTICE OF MEETING The Assyria Township Board of Review will meet at Township Hall, 8060 Tasker Road, Bellevue, Michigan on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 7:00 pm to organize and receive the rolls. The Assyria Township Board of Review will meet at the Township Hall, 8060 Tasker Road, Bellevue, Michigan to hear protests on the following dates: Monday, March 12, 2007 — 9am - noon and 1pm - 4pm Tuesday, March 13, 2007 — 3pm to 9pm Thursday, March 15, 2007 — 3pm to 9pm The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural Commercial Residential Personal Property Ratio 48.54% 34.57% 48.77% 50.00% Multiplier 1.0300 1.4463 1.0252 1.0000 Individuals with disabilities requesting assistance should place their request to Debbie Massimino, Assyria Township Clerk (269) 758-4003. 77509914 BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE The Baltimore Township Board of Review for 2007 will be held at the Baltimore Township Hall, 3100 E. Dowling Rd., on the following dates: Tuesday, March 6 Monday, March 12 Tuesday, March 13, Organizational Meeting Appeal Hearing Appeal Hearing 4 p.m. 1-4 p.m. & 6-9 p.m. 9 a.m. - 12 Noon & 1-4 p.m. The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests, and to equalize the 2007 assessments. By board resolution, residents are able to protest by letter, provided protest letter is received prior to March 10, 2007. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . .46.97% Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . .47.92% Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . .48.40% Multiplier Multiplier Multiplier 1.0645 1.0434 1.0330 American with Disabilities (ADA) Notice The Township will provide necessary reasonable services to individuals with disabilities at the Board of Review meetings upon 7 days notice. Contact: Township Clerk, Penelope Ypma, 6200 Henry Rd., Hastings, MI, 269-945-3228. Board of Review Members: Phillip Armstrong, Steve Soya, Earl Willison, Richard VanSyckle, Secretary of Board of Review. 77509900 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1147897, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $54,766.69, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 2 of Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on Page 68. Commonly known as: 11860 Rea, Shelbyville, MI 49344. PP#: 08-11-040-002-00 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 77509797 (616) 977-0077 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Keith M. Hoot and Tonya F. Hoot, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2004, and recorded on October 6, 2004 in instrument 1135059, and rerecorded on March 2, 2005 in instrument 1142128, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Fifteen And 70/100 Dollars ($231,015.70), including interest at 10.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 60 Acres of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Except a Parcel described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; Thence East on 1/4 Line 16 Rods; thence South Parallel with the East Line of said Section 20 Rods, thence West at right angles parallel with the South Section Line 16 Rods to the North and South 1/4 Line; thence North on 1/4 Line to Beginning. Also, excepting there from a parcel of land described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 16, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 264.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds East along said East and West 1/4 line 660.00 feet; thence South 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds East, parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section, 334.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 26 seconds West parallel with said East and West 1/4 line, 660.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 48 minutes 17 seconds West parallel with said North and South 1/4 line 334.00 feet to said East and West 1/4 line and the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #126531F01 77509058 STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS FILE NO. N/A In the matter of BETTY JEAN PETERSEN, Deceased. Date of birth: 11/22/1924. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, BETTY JEAN PETERSEN, who lived at 11095 Oak Drive, Delton, Michigan died 11/12/2006. There is no personal representative of the decedent’s estate to whom Letters of Authority have been issued. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Janis K. Doxtater, Trustee of the Betty J. Petersen Trust within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 02/16/2007 Catherine C. Metzler P38690 303 North Rose Street; Suite 600 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 226Janis K. Doxtater 10828 Barred Owl Circle Estero, FL 33928 (239) 949-9864 77509912 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five And 28/100 Dollars ($267,125.28), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F01 77509618 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas L. Morey, II, A Married Man and Sarah H. Morey, His Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Premier Mortgage Lending, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 4, 2005 in instrument 1145941, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Chase Home Finance, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 48/100 Dollars ($104,171.48), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 3 of Daniel Stricker's Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127907F01 77509442 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by TPR Ventures, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company ("Mortgagor"), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgage Company”), dated October 28, 2005, and recorded on November 3, 2005, at Document No. 1155669, Barry County Register of Deeds, is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest accruing at 9.25% per annum, fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Four Hundred Ten Thousand One Hundred NinetySeven and 05/100 Dollars ($410,197.05). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, on Thursday, March 8, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Mortgage Company pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale is located in situated in Barry County, State of Michigan, described as follows: Lot 51, of Kotbra Park Subdivision, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 29, Barry County Records Real Property Tax Identification Number: 08-16110-027-00 More Commonly Known as 1950 Archwood Drive, Wayland, Michigan 49348 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 1 2007 MERCANTILE BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb (P27631) Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP Attorneys for Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company, LLC 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 553-3545 77509400 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas A. Dusette, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 1, 2006, and recorded on March 6, 2006 in instrument 1160965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six And 87/100 Dollars ($82,226.87), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3, 8 and the North 1/2 of Lot 2, Except the East 14 Feet Thereof, Block 19, Eastern Addition, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509612 File #128818F01 BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE THE ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW for 2007 will be held at the Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 on the following dates: Tuesday, March 6 - Organizational Meeting - 4:00 pm Monday, March 12 - Appeal Hearing - 9:00 am to 12:00 Noon & 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Tuesday, March 13 - Appeal Hearing - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm & 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests and to equalize the 2007 assessments. By Board resolution, residents are able to protest by letter, provided protest letter is received by March 13, 2007. Written protests should be mailed to: BOARD OF REVIEW 7350 LINDSEY RD. PLAINWELL, MI 49080 The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.97% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0423 Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.23% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1840 Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.42% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9724 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.99% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0206 Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0000 (ADA) Americans with Disabilities Notices Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of hearing. This notice posted in Compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA41.72a(2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 77509930 Contacts - Clerk, Jennifer Goy, 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 - 269-664-4522 Supervisor, Thomas Rook, 12660 Saddler Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 - 269-672-7479 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($128,376.46), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509829 File #130392F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, in Instrument Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Two Thousand One Hundred Three Dollars and 07/100 ($82,103.07) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77509606 Our File No. 141.00284 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark Cinco and Julie L. Cinco, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded September 29, 2003 in Instrument Number 1114353, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 39/100 Dollars ($85,849.39) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 4 rods of the South 8 rods of Lot 100; The City (formerly Village) of Hastings. Being the same property conveyed to Mark Cinco married by deed from Mada Gilmore and Michael Gilmore, single, Teresa Pash, married, survivors of Anna Sylvester (deceased), recorded 12/27/2001 in Deed Book/Page 1072074. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509583 File No. 207.6624 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Shubitowski, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003, and recorded on October 31, 2003 in instrument 1116744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen And 15/100 Dollars ($95,416.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 1, 2 and 3, except the Southeasterly 30 feet of Lot 3 Smith's Lakeview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129008F01 77509669 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Marcia E. Audette and Vincent J. Audette and Ruth F. Clemens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to TCF National Bank, a national banking association, Mortgagee, dated July 16, 2004, and recorded on July 21, 2004 in instrument 1131169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Fifty-Seven And 82/100 Dollars ($146,057.82), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the South 60 acres of the North 100 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as beginning at a point on the West line of said Section 12, distant North 1465 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 12 and running thence North 330 feet, thence East 264, thence South 330 feet, thence West 264 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental unit in any part thereof taken, used or deeded for street, road or highway purposes; subject to easement for highway purposes over and across the West side of subject premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128132F01 77509454 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting February 12, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor Stoneburner, Treasurer Nottingham, Clerk Nichols and Trustees S. Ritchie. Absent: Trustee W. Miller Also present: 17 members of the public. Approved agenda as amended Approved minutes of January 10, 2007 as revised. Correspondence was read. Approved motion to return the rezoning request back to the Planning Commission Public comment: None Fire Reports (Pine Lake, BPH, and Hickory) received and placed on file. Discussed Hickory response to PI Calls Police report received and placed on file Discussed Pine Lake Weed Assessment Project. Public comment: Lloyd Goyings regarding Cemetery Rate Schedule Approved congratulatory letter to Prairieville Bible Church. C lerk & Treasurer’s reports were placed on file Board comments were received Approved bills in the amount of $11,452.17, with stipulation on payment of insurance claim. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Clerk Attested to by: 77509953 Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SHERIFF’S SALE - Default has been made in the payment of condominium assessments by the owner of the subject unit, Warren Menck, single, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company. There is claimed to be due and owing, over and above all legal setoffs, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Three and 10/100 Dollars ($171,303.10) to the association, exclusive of any costs, interest, fines, attorney fees and future assessments. Pursuant to MCLA §559.208 a notice of lien was recorded on August 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1132907, Barry County Records, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that the lien will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet along the East-West one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.0 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 21 minutes 40 seconds West, 304.99 feet; thence North 29 degrees 02 feet 52 seconds West, 115.06 feet; thence North 02 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East, 239.80 feet, thence North 56 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds East, 480.84 feet to the point of beginning. Together with an easement for ingress and egress to be used jointly with others over a strip of land 66 feet in width, the Westerly line of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West one-quarter line of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, distant South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.00 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet; thence North 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds West, 480.84 feet to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §559.208 (2), in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.4192 77509578 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Tabled Case Number SP-2-2006 New Life Assembly Church (owner); AYSO Hastings Soccer (applicant). Location: 1490 E State Rd., in Section 16 of Hastings Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a park (i.e. soccer fields), in the AR zoning district. ReHear Case Number SP-6-2005 John & Suzette Jones (owner); Barry County Animal Control (applicant). Location: 13660 S Kellogg School Rd., in Section 21 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a dog kennel, in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-3-2007 Kalen & Sheryl Swift. Location: 8512 Maple Grove Rd., in Section 22 of Maple Grove Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for temporary supplemental housing for an immediate family member, in the A zoning district. Case Number SP-4-2007 Mark Douglas. Location: 3050 Osborne Rd., in Section 15 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (i.e. small engine repair), in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-5-2007 Paul & Jan Wells. Location: 3425 Hammond Rd., in Section 25 of Irving Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (i.e. hair salon), in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-6-2007 James & Alice Gielarowski. Location: 4679 River Rd., in Section 24 of Hastings Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a permanent sawmill, in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-7-2007 Ryan & Audrey Andrews. Location: 3055 Mud Lake Rd., in Section 23 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (i.e. auto repair facility), in the AR zoning district. MEETING DATE: March 12, 2007. TIME: 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. (closed between 12:00 & 1:00 p.m.) Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77509808 Debbie S. Smith, Barry County Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 33/100 Dollars ($238,733.33), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127353F01 77509478 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James H. Beard, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2006, and recorded on September 6, 2006 in instrument 1169591, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty And 93/100 Dollars ($46,220.93), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lot 37 and the North 1/2 of Lot 38, Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1, Page 10 of Plats, Barry County Records. ALSO described as: Commencing 82.5 feet North of the Northeast corner of Lot 40, Village of Nashville; thence West 132 feet; thence North 55 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 55 feet to the Place of Beginning. Situated on R.B. Gregg's Reserve. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129494F01 77509761 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracie Farrah and Jamie Farrah, Wife and Husband, to Bayrock Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005 and recorded September 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152444, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Services Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 13/100 Dollars ($157,648.13) including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1385 feet of the North one-half of the South one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, except the North 440 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509543 File No. 199.3674 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Charles James and Jeanette K... James, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on December 5, 2005 in instrument 1157220, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Four Hundred FiftySeven And 22/100 Dollars ($111,457.22), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as follows: Commencing in the center of the Highway 26 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on the East line of said Section 35; thence West 10 Rods; thence South 8 Rods; thence East 10 Rods; thence North 8 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108291F02 77509866 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination of the creation of an Industrial Development District of parcel number 08-55-265-050 and the southeasterly portion of parcel number 08-55-265-029 in the 1500 block of Star School Road, Hastings, as permitted by Public Act 198 of 1974, as amended. For additional information about this potential Industrial Development District contact the Community Development Director at 269.945.2468 or at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 1.800.649.3777. 77509939 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �Page 14 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company, a Corporation dated the 25th day of May, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument # 1165487 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-6 , thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $117,840.96 (One hundred Seveteen thousand, Eight hundred Forty dollars and Ninety Six cents) plus accrued interest at 9.85% (nine point eight five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 22nd day of March, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Village of Freeport, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOTS 7 AND 8 OF BLOCK 13 OF SAMUEL ROUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Commonly known as: 170 SAINT JOHNS STREET Tax ID: 08-43-213-001-20 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77509944 WWR#05740406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy Blodgett and Roger Blodgett aka Roger L. Blodgett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Heartland Home Finance, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2002, and recorded on September 16, 2002 in instrument 1087524, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Thirteen And 60/100 Dollars ($103,013.60), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East 1016.46 feet from the West 1/4 post of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East along said 1/4 line 305.85 feet; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 797.77 feet to the Southerly line of the former Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railroad; thence South 71 degrees 19 minutes 51 seconds West along said Southerly line 323.51 feet; thence North 900.69 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509739 File #128740F01 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred in the mortgage made on April 30, 1999, by William E. Wilson and Becky L. Wilson, Mortgagors, to Union Bank as Mortgagee, and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County Michigan, Register of Deeds office under document #1029302 and in the Purchaser's Assignment of Land Sale Contract dated April 30, 1999 and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County, Register of Deeds office under document #1029301 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid as of February 5, 2007, Seventy Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars and 29 Cents ($70,415.29) principal and interest; no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the above mortgage, and the Assignment of Land Sales Contract and the Powers of Sale contained in both the mortgage and the assignment having become operative by reason of such default and pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Michigan. Notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County Courthouse, in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court of Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder the properties described in this Notice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the mortgages, together with interest at the rate of 13.25%, the expenses and charges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees, provided by law and in the mortgage, and also any sums which may be paid by the Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises. The land and premises in the mortgages mentioned and described, are as follows: COUNTY OF BARRY, TOWNSHIP OF CASTLETON: THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPTING THEREFROM: COMMENCING AT THE EAST 1/4 POST OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST, 809 FEET; THENCE NORTH 700 FEET; THENCE EAST 809 FEET THENCE SOUTH 700 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO EXCEPT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 24, 809 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PERPENDICULAR WITH SAID SECTION LINE, 330 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH SECTION LINE, 809 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST SECTION LINE, 330 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 9469 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The Real Property tax identification number is 08-050-024000-005-00. PARCEL 1: A PARCEL OF LAND 275 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH BY 390 FEET EAST AND WEST IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST. PARCEL 2: THE WEST 390 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 275 FEET. Commonly known as 9549 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The length of the redemption period will be one year. MORTGAGEE: Union Bank Prepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265) Hubbard, Fox, Thomas, White & Bengtson, P.C. 5801 W. Michigan Avenue, P.O. Box 80857 Lansing, MI 48908-0857 Telephone: 517-886-7176 77509904 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Two Thousand Nine Hundred TwentyFour And 98/100 Dollars ($202,924.98), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michgian: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509817 File #122459F02 Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires March 6, 2007) 77509588 Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard A. Bass, a married man and Laura Rene Bass, his wife and Dean and Ann L. Bass, Husband and Wife, to NBD Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 1995 and recorded November 22, 1995 in Liber 645, Page 779, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three and 90/100 Dollars ($19,233.90) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Commencing at South one-quarter corner of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 870.7 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 440 feet; thence North 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds West 396 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East 440 feet; thence South 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds East 396 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1018 77509756 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2004, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 30, 2004 in Instrument No. 1130126, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $109,796.46, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 33, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 39. Commonly known as: 2602 Wildflower Drive, Middleville, MI 49333. PP#: 08-08-090-033-00 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 (616) 977-0077 77509791 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kris Vredevoogd and Sheila Vredevoogd, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 25, 2005 in instrument 1155120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred And 75/100 Dollars ($206,200.75), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76, Boulder Creek Estates in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #103530F02 77509724 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David F. Knight and Julie Knight AKA Julie A. Knight, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2005, and recorded on September 1, 2005 in instrument 1152097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 25/100 Dollars ($276,146.25), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 Corner of said Section, Thence North 88 Degrees 55 Minutes 56 Seconds East along the East-West 1/4 Line of said Section 1318.77 Feet to the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section, Thence South 00 Degrees 44 Minutes 59 Seconds East along the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 675.72 Feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, Thence South 70 Degrees 56 Minutes 24 Seconds West 1309.03 Feet to the Centerline of West Loop Road (66.00 Feet Wide) Thence Northerly 333.69 Feet along the Centerline of West Loop Road on a 700.00 Foot Radius Curve to the Right, the Chord of Which Bears North 14 Degrees 17 Minutes 51 Seconds West 330.54 Feet to the West Line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence North 00 Degrees 38 Minutes 28 Seconds West along the West Line of said Southwest 1/4 133.31 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 52 Minutes 00 Seconds East 1320.65 Feet to the Place of Beginning, Said Parcel is Subject to Highway Rights over that Part lying Westerly of a Line which is 33.00 Feet Easterly of and Parallel with the Centerline of West Loop Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129014F01 77509663 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary A. Fueri, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 in instrument 1137131, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Trustee. Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004. Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004-WWF1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($87,146.01), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 7 and 8 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West across said Lots through the center of a well on Lot 7 and the East 20 Feet of Lot 9 of P. Holler's Addition to the Village of Nashville, lying North of a line running East and West through the center of a well located on Lot 7 of said Addition, according to the Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #118534F02 77509070 SYNOPSIS Barry Township Regular Meeting February 6, 2007 Regular meeting called to Order at 7:00 p.m. Roll Call: 5 members and 12 guests present. Pledge of Allegiance. Approved minutes and treasurers report for Jan/07. Accepted Department Reports. Appointed Skip Sheriff, Jim Grubbs & Chuck Nieves to Board of Review. 2 yr. term. Bill Smith & Jim Alden alternates. Motion approved to accept the bills and check register for February. Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk Attested to by: 77509846 Richard Barnum, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-One and 30/100 Dollars ($153,681.30) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.3948 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Aspinall and Carrie Aspinall, husband and wife, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005 and recorded April 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144391, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred TwentyOne Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Six and 17/100 Dollars ($121,186.17) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence North 89 degrees 38 minutes 00 seconds East 1129.31 feet along the South line of said Section 25; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 49.41 feet to the North right of way line for Highway M-79 and the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds West 358.66 feet to South Railroad Row ; thence continuing North 89 degrees 31 minutes 04 seconds East 220.00 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 18 seconds East 348.94 feet to the North right of way for Highway M-79; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 198.17 feet along said right of way; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 27 seconds East 10.0 feet along said right of way; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 33 seconds West 21.90 feet along said right of way to the place of beginning. Make and Model: Century and 2005 Serial Number: MY05 122677ABK Length and Width: 68 X 26 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0923 77509405 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 15 POLICE BEAT BEA Lowell woman injured in traffic accident Hastings police responded to a personal injury accident last Thursday at the intersection of West State Road and North Broadway. A vehicle driven by Alaina Rockwell, 24, from Lowell, was waiting to turn west bound onto West State Road and was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Russell Kling, 41, from Hastings. Kling was unable to come to a complete stop or maneuver around the vehicle because of traffic in the outside lane. Rockwell was transported to Pennock Hospital by Lansing Mercy Ambulance. Her condition is unknown. Series of vehicle break-ins reported in city Hastings police are investigating a series of vehicle break-ins that have been occurring since Feb. 19 on the west side of the city. The break-ins have been occurring during the late evening and early morning hours. The suspects have been breaking into the locked vehicles when there is property of value visible within vehicles’ interiors and have rifled through vehicles found unlocked, taking anything of value. Officers have identified one 15-year-old suspect from Hastings involved in the break-ins. Meanwhile, authorities urge residents to bring items of value into their homes during the evening hours or locking items in the trunk. A Middleville man has been arrested in connection with a theft at Pennock Hospital on Jan. 19. Hastings officers responded to a complaint of a suspicious person at the hospital talked with a man who told officers he was waiting for a ride. Hospital officials at the time did not find or notice anything amiss. However, on Feb. 1 hospital personnel found that two palm pilots were missing from a work station. Det. Sgt. Tom Pennock of the Hastings Police Department and Det. Sgt. Jay Olejniczak from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department located the suspect at a residence north of Middleville. During the course of an interview, they were able to recover the stolen palm pilots. Edward Hannah, 42, was arrested on charges of larceny from a building and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing additional charges for being a habitual offender. Rash of thefts of mail packages being probed Trooper Brian Roderick of the Michigan State Police Hastings Post is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owners of property he has recovered as part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of mail and packages from homes in the southern part of Barry County. “We have recovered a number of items, particularly toys, and what appears to be other gifts and personal packages. They were stolen from mail boxes and off the porches of homes in the area,” Roderick said. “We have identified some of the property and returned it to the rightful owners but we still have a number of items. “We are asking anyone who has been the victim of these thefts to contact the Michigan State Police at 948-8283 so we can return their property. Some of it appears to be Christmas gifts,” he added. “The thefts appear to have occurred between September and the end of December.” COMMISSION, continued from page 1 “I want to wish all of you good luck on the future of Charlton Park. I can only hope you are not dissolving the board because we were bad, because that was not the case.” — Parks and Rec Commissioner Ken Neil The committee also accepted Brown’s recommendation that Keith Murphy continue as interim caretaker for Charlton Park & Museum under the direction of the Facilities an Property Committee and/or the Barry County Board of Commissioners. Neil, speaking both at the beginning and the end of the meeting, thanked the board for the opportunity to serve on the board, but criticized the board for not providing the leadership he felt has been needed by the Parks and Recreation Commission. “I want to wish all of you good luck on the future of Charlton Park,” he said. “I can only hope you are not dissolving the board because we were bad, because that was not the case.” Neil said the current members of the Parks and Recreation Commission were all dedicated to their task of making Charlton Park a viable part of the county. Neil accused board members, particularly the three newest members of the board, Mark Englerth, Jeff VanNortwick and Keith Ferris, along with Mike Callton, who was re-elected to the Board of Commissioners, of actively opposing the millage request at the last election. “It may have been political,” he said, “but the board actively worked against the millage proposal” Commissioner Mark Englerth, who acknowledged that he spoke out against the Charlton Park Millage request in the last election, said he did so because he did not feel then park director George Shannon had a specific plan of action for the use of the funds. “Given the state of the economy, with people losing their homes and jobs, I did not feel the addition of an amphitheater and a miniature train were good ideas,” he said. “I could not in all good conscience support that at this time.” Englerth did say, however, that any aspect of improving Charlton Park must have immediate ties with a special election to fund the park. He also praised the work of the current Parks and Recreation Commission. “I haven’t always agreed with them,” he said, “but I believe they have always done what they thought was best. “These people have worked very hard.” Englerth said one of the things he wants to see preserved by any new board is the institutional history of the park. “It is crucial we make a smooth transition and acknowledge the special interest groups who might use the park.” Ferris encouraged the board to move beyond past actions. “I haven’t always agreed with them, but I believe they have always done what they thought was best. These people have worked very hard.” — Commissioner Mark Englerth “What we need to determine today is where we are going to put or energy and time,” he said. “We need consistency to ensure we don’t lose the history of the park.” It was Ferris who approached Michael Brown and asked him to compose the resolution adopted by the committee. “This is basically designed to make a smooth transition and like everything else it is a work in progress.” Thanks to your investment in our community... CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Card of Thanks Help Wanted $175 QUEEN FOUR POST BED w/new mattress set. Bought, never used. (517)719-8062 THE FAMILY OF Jack VanHouten wish to express their thanks to all who sent cards, phone calls and donations. Thank you to Dr. Raffi and Dr. Ebaugh and their staff. A very special thank you to Barry County Hospice for their comforting help. APPLEBEE’S IS NOW accepting applications for all dining room and kitchen positions. Kitchen positions $7.75 and up. Apply in person Monday-Friday from 10am-4pm at 638 W. State St. EOE. FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Estate Sale Middleville man arrested in palm pilots theft Park & Museum Board to have oversight of Historic Charlton Park only, and the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board which will have oversight over all other Barry County parks, including the Thornapple Trail and McKeown Bridge Park. Banner CLASSIFIEDS ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. 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YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Barry County Over 56,000 times services of Barry County United Way and its Partner Agencies were utilized by our families, friends and relatives. 4-H, Alzheimers Association, Barry County Hospice, Barry County Healthy Families, Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry Eaton Health Plan, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Gerald R. Ford Boy Scouts, CASA, Catholic Family Services (The Ark), Child Abuse Prevention Council, Commission on Aging, DARE Barry County Sheriff Department School Liaison Officers, Family & Children Services, Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Glowing Embers Girl Scouts, Green Gables Haven, Habitat for Humanity, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, Victim Services Unit, YMCA, Continuum of Care– Homeless Prevention, Fresh Food Initiative, Information & Referral, Smoke Detector Program, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Real Estate HASTINGS: BEAUTIFUL BRICK ranch, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, newly remodeled, brand new carpet, all new appliances & furnace, completely finished basement with oak wetbar, quiet country neighborhood with large lot close to town, this is a must see, must sell! For Sale By Owner, (269)945-3022 for questions or showing. Open House: Sunday, March 11th 2-5pm, 205 Penny Ave., Hastings. A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. CHILDREN’S LOFT BED w/ladder, slide, rails & play tent. Includes twin mattress, excellent condition, paid $500 new from JCPenny, will sell for $300 OBO. Call 269948-2674 after 3pm. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. In Memoriam IN MEMORY OF Christopher M. Fliearman May 3, 1985 February 19, 2006 Your life has left an indelible mark upon our souls, both of laughter and of tears. Layer upon layer of memory, moments cherished when recalled. Memories painful, but each memory brings with it a gift for us if we will only look for it. A peace offering, there is nothing to fear, we know the mystery in which your soul abides. You are a part of all you have touched. Love, your family. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 A KING SIZE pillowtop mattress set, never used, with deluxe frame, still in box. Cost $1,050, sacrifice $335. (616)452-8430. MATTRESS SET PILLOWTOPS, new Queen $175, King $275, $165. Call (616)452-8430. d DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. Household Murphy, who has been working as the caretaker of Charlton Park, thanked the committee for the opportunity to continue in that capacity and told the board there are already two projected activities planned for the park. “And we are negotiating for two more, so we have tentative plans for at least four additional activities in the near future,” Murphy said. VanNortwick said he wanted to see the two boards, which will emerge from this reorganization, work together. “I think we need to make sure there is a cross pollination between the two boards,” he said. He said he supported the idea of new faces involved in solving the problems of Charlton Park because, “we can bring in a new host of ideas.” SECURITY OFFICERS-EOE PART-TIME. Call: 1-800585-6620 or E-mail: hfergusin@gocss.com Business Services A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $275. (616)452-8430. Keith Murphy THE DROUGHT IS OVER!! Tons of New Freight!! 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Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 �Page 16 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BOWLING SCORES Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 59; Hubs Crew 55; R&N 52 1/2; Pin Chasers 48; Michigan Outlaws 47 1/2; Bounty Hunters 41; Funky Bowlers 39 1/2; Karey’s Crew 38 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 38; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 37; Sandbaggers 32; Throw Them Balls 30. Womens Good Games and Series - J. Rice 202-579; K. Becker 212-557; N. Mroz 191-546; B. Mays 100-510; M. Simpson 172491; A. Hubbell 177-484; A. Norton 159-418; D. Marshall 139-408; C. Demott 138-347; A. Williams 165; L. Smith 156; D. Marshall 152; F. Ames 151. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Shoebridge 236-596; B. Hubbell 207-591; R. Barton 203-563; J. Smith 185-541; B. Churchill 184-533; DJ James 233; S. Farlee 190; M. Kidder 189; A. Misak 169; M. Vugteveen 165; M. Norton 163; T. DeMott 140. Wednesday P.M. Nothing But Truck 58 1/2; Eye and Ent 57 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 57 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 53; Seebers 51 1/2; Hair Care Center 51; At Home Real Estate 47. Womens Good Games and Series - T. Christopher 185-534; B. Hathaway 190-456; R. Murrah 155-443; J. Shurlow 143-383; D. Burns 136-382; J. Pettengill 154-360; R. Pitts 122-328; B. Norris 128-314; S. Merrill 196; L. Elliston 192; K. Becker 191; N. Potter 172; D. Seeber 172; B. Smith 165; G. Potter 164. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 60 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 59 1/2; 4 Fools 52 1/2; All But One 52; Spare Time 52; Liquid Courage 51 1/2; Heads Out 50 1/2; Whatever 46 1/2; The Unknowns 46; 9-N-AWiggle 45; Ten Pins 45; Budweiser 44 1/2; Mercy 42; Just Cuz 42; Brushworks 39 1/2; Oldies But Goodies 39. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 236-564; S. Keeler 224-551; L. Potter 190-543; D. James 179-521; T. Phenix 191501; K. Kuhlman 169-478; R. Murrah 187466; G. Meaney 184-437; S. Ripley 150-412; J. Kasinsky 146-401; J. Bishop 157-373; J. Ingersoll 132-364; E. Hammontree 187; M. Mathis 183; R. Hammontree 149. Mens Good Games and Series - T. Clow 233-614; A. Taylor 202-571; M. Kidder 191562; L. Madden 193-507; B. Ripley 185-498; D. Carlson 193-496; D. Sears 181-464; J. Barnum 214; K. Phenix 212; K. Meaney 202; M. Cross Sr. 185; R. Chaffee 143; D. Lake 142. Thornapple Lake Estates What about the old library? Options weighed for 83-year-old building by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Community leaders gathered last Thursday to hear about a possible development plan for the old Hastings Public Library if it is decided the building should be left standing. Three professionals from C2AE, a research and design company, said they looked at the old library and the old Hastings pump house to determine whether either facility is viable for renovation and use. They determined the library would be a better investment for renovation because it has twice the space as the pump house and would be half the cost per square foot. “While the pump house is an interesting building, it really won’t fit the project,” said Dennis Becken of C2AE. C2AE representatives discussed the possibility of turning the old library into an office for three area non-profit agencies: The Barry Community Foundation, Barry County United Way and Green Gables Haven. “Our dream was always to find a way to be together again,” said Bonnie Hildreth of the Barry Community Foundation and Barry County United Way. The study done on the library determined that it would cost about $100 per square foot to renovate the 4,578-square-foot building. The library will require many updates and improvements, but, unlike the pump house, it is fit to be used as it currently is. Interior designer Melissa Powell-Shepherd of C2AE said she would like to see much of the current library structure kept as it is during renovation. The current Hastings Public Library, built in 1924. The building will be left vacant when the library moves to its new location this spring. “We feel that there’s a lot of opportunity to add new architecture and make this space a very smart space,” she said. The researchers said it would cost around $750,000 to renovate the building, with a minimum of $350,000 worth work needing to be done before the non-profit agencies relocate there. Hildreth said this study was important so community members understand that if the library is left standing, there is a viable use for it in the future. Some have suggested the structure be razed “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Are you wondering how to invest your Income Tax Refund? 02665363 Why not use it as a down payment to purchase your own home. We have an inventory of both single and double wide homes for sale. Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates POSITION OPENING Interim Administrator, Part-Time Charlton Park Responsible to oversee day-to-day operations of the Park and planning for summer events An application and a job description may be obtained from the Barry County Administrator’s Office, 3rd Floor, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 Ph. (269) 945-1284 Pre-Lenten delight goes on sale 77509932 applications must be returned to Barry County Administration on or before Friday, March 16, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Mary Ann Keast For questions regarding the position, please contact Keith Murphy at (269) 945-6226, or Tom Doyle at (269) 945-1385 77509897 Celebrates her 80th Birthday On February 21, 2007 02665650 what do you think? We know she would love to hear from her friends. Mary Ann is “wintering” at her daughter’s home in Texas. with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton 2. The park administrator should be a business manager, marketer and promoter as opposed to a curator or historian. Although Dr. Shannon was very well schooled and capable of maintaining the historical village, public relations and communications shortcom- his 3. The Parks Commission is top heavy with elected officials and should have more public representation. This is the result of state guidelines regarding the makeup of recreation commissions. The Barry County Board of Commisssioners do have the option of switching Charlton Park’s leadership from a commission structure to a board structure. This would permit more public representation in Charlton Park matters. Meanwhile the clock keeps ticking towards December 31st, 2007, when Charlton Park’s millage funding runs out. There has been excellent public input and a lot of great ideas, but these must now be followed by action. Over the next week the Barry County Board of Commissioners will face some tough decisions. Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt & Vivien and Ron Mudgett A Winning Team! Can you take 4 Million website hits a day? We Can! 77509229 Time to visit.... K.A. 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CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. • • • Two Real Estate Agents working together to get your home marketed right! Free Consulation with a decorator to get your home “Designed To Sell”! Two Multiple Listing Services (MLS) - We are members of the Kalamazoo and the Grand Rapids MLS: that translates into more Realtors and buyers seeing your home! To see one of the homes above call Ron 269-804-9163 or Vivien 269-804-9214 today! Or visit us at www.vivron.com Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt, 300 East Beltline NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 77502006 In a nutshell, several reforms have been dominating the mainstream of thought: 1. The return of some lost events and the initiation of some new ones. People would like to see the Civil War Muster again, as well as the Bluegrass Festival and other lost events. Also the park needs some new blood and new events...Frisbee Golf and antique shows for example. ings overshadowed strengths. INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Please send cards to: 3024 Oakshire Drive Denton, TX 76201 Message Loud and Clear The public meeting regarding Charlton Park had about 125 attendees and sent a clear message...”we want to keep Charlton Park open but there needs to be some changes.” Survey results, emails, letters and phone calls are consistent with the above sentiment. Jeff Meyers of Home Town Bakery in Lake Odessa made 720 paczki for Fat Tuesday. Lyle Sandbrook of Woodland stopped by the bakery to get a few before they were sold out. The jelly-filled pastries are the traditional Polish last minute indulgence before the 40 fast days of Lent. (Photo by Helen Mudry) to make way for a parking lot. Others have suggested it be sold. The current 83-year-old library building once was used for the local post office. It has been deemed no longer suitable as a library because of lack of space. LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gordon Tait, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on May 26, 2006 in instrument 1165204, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Two And 58/100 Dollars ($160,932.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16. EXCEPTING the North 2 rods. Also except commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 2 rods for the Place of Beginning; thence East 4 rods; thence South 18 1/2 rods; thence West 4 rods to a point due South of the Place of Beginning; thence North 18 1/2 rods to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129851F01 77509751 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S. Bolo, a married man and Teresta L. Bolo aka Teresta Bolo, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139200, and rerecorded on January 26, 2005 in instrument 1140709, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four And 40/100 Dollars ($137,754.40), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 34, Sandy Knolls No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 94, Barry County Records, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509654 File #128973F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Pets in America will be on display at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Hours are Monday-Friday 9-4 pm, Saturday 10-4 pm, Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, Sseniors $7, children (3-17) $3. A small, traveling exhibit, explores people's changing attitudes towards domestic animals. A charming array of artifacts and advertising images illustrate the growth of the pet products industry and how animals have become such an integral part of our lives and the economy. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Through Feb 25. • Art Faculty Exhibition will present the artwork of Calvin College instructors Jeremy Chen, Anna Greidanus, Frank Speyers, Jennifer Steensma Hoag, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk, and Adam Wolpa. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm, and Saturday noon-4 pm. The exhibit is on display at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center’s Center Art Gallery through March 3. • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Delton High School Follies will feature about 100 students in a variety show featuring diverse acts such a chorus line, instrumental music, skits, and more. The theme of the evening is “20th Century Follies” and will feature a detailed timeline. Tickets are $3 in advance at the guidance counselor’s office or $4 at the door. Show times are at 7 pm Friday and Saturday with a Sunday matinee at 2 pm. in the DKHS auditorium. Proceeds benefit the theatre arts club and will help in the staging of future shows. February 22-24. • Romeo & Juliet is part of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Symphonic Series at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Selections include “Dialogues for Orchestra” by Maximo Flugelman, Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1,” and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet.” Tickets are $19-$49 & half-price for students and children. Balcony seats are $5. Call 1-800-228-9858 to charge tickets by phone. Friday, February 23. • Stop Sending in the Clowns will be presented by the Village Players of Middleville at the Middle Villa Inn. Doors open at 6 p.m. with a cash bar with dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s menu includes snacks, Swiss steak, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, corn O’Brien, salad, pasta salad and dessert. The price for dinner and the show is $27.50 per person. Those who want to attend the production with a group should make the reservations as a group. Call the MiddleVilla Inn at 269-7953640 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Feb. 23-24. • 1964 The Tribute will present the music of the Beatles at 8 pm at the Kalamazoo State Theatre, 404 S. Burdick, Kalamazoo. Reserved seating tickets are $27. Ticket Office hours are Monday-Friday 10 am-6 pm and open all day on show days until showtime. Tickets can be charged by phone or on-line through Ticketmaster.com or (269) 373-7000. Saturday, Feb. 24. • Leahy will perform at the James Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo. Leahy is the Canadian powerhouse of eight musical brothers and sisters who have been playing music their entire lives. Influenced by all musical genres roots, pop, Celtic, classical, and country to name only a few, Leahy's sound is refreshingly honest and impossible to categorize. Tickets are available now by calling 1-800- 228-9858 or online at www.millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. February. 24. • Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids . When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 222-4000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Through March 16. MISCELLANEOUS • The Great Wine & Food Symposium is set to take place from 7:30–10 pm at The Public Museum in Grand Rapids. Guests will choose from more than 300 international wine selections from France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Spain, Greece, Israel and other areas of the world. In addition, they will tempt their taste buds with over 25 tables of select gourmet foods provided by D&W Fresh Market. Attendees will enjoy these tastes as classical music by professional performers drifts through the halls of the museum. The event also includes a wine auction and discounts on wines ordered during the evening. Tickets to the event are $45 per person in advance or $55 per person at the door. Guests must be 21 years or older to attend. Tickets are available by calling 1-800-442-2771. More details can be found at wgvu.org. Friday, February 23. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Johncock (percussion), Chad Metzger (guitar), and Rabz (voice). Formed from members of bands such as Six Prong Paw, Defaced, Anger Management, Bucketface, and Culprit. The band is currently working in the studio on their debute disc "New World" due out this spring. The show is for ages 21 and over. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6 pm. Go to www.clubplanetrock.com for more information. Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE FEBRUARY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 24 Build Your Own Bluebird House workshop at the MSU Biological Station’s Kellogg Bird Sanctuary in Hickory Corners. Sessions at 11 am or 1 pm. $6 adults, $4 children. Pre-cut cedar bird house kits available for $15.50. Pre-paid registration required. Call (269) 671-2510 for more information. 24 A Ticket to Hollywood- A Musical Mystery at 7 pm at the Hastings First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green Street. Coming in MARCH 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at the Pennock Health Services Conference Room. 3 Three, Three, Three Volksmarch 5K walk on the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail from 10 am-noon. Start at the Stagecoach park in downtown Middleville. Sponsored by the Local Trail Enhancement Committee. 7 Imagine the Possibilities Open House at Fifth Third Bank in Hastings. Learn about future financial advice from local tax & investment professionals. Call Amelia at (269) 948-5383. 10 How to Plan & Start a Business presented by SCORE. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up your company, marketing, finance, and more. Three-hour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 10-11 Allegan Antique Show at the Barry Expo Center. For more info call Larry Wood at (269) 4538780. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at County Seat restaurant in Hastings. State and federal elected representatives give updates on what’s happening in government. 17 Wild Turkey Federation Banquet at the Barry Expo center. 17 Internet Marketing from A to Z prezented by SCORE. Learn how to use the internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two from the same company. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. GET ALL THE NEWS Local band to open show OF BARRY at Planet Rock March 11 COUNTY. Hastings metal band Hero of None will opening for national band Dope at Planet Rock in Battle Creek on Sunday, March 11. Also featured at the show will be bands A New Revolution and Slap Maggie. Although Hero of None is new to the West Michigan Music Scene, having been formed in 2006, this definitely isn't their first time around. Each band member has their own background in the music scene. The band’s lineup consists of Eddie Prentice (bass), Chad Fairs Crafts Subscribe to the Hastings Banner. Call 945-9554 for more information. Butterflies are Blooming March 1-April 30 Percussion and Friends II is part of the Casual Classics series which showcases the musicians of the Grand Rapids Symphony. The concert will be March 1 & 2 with performances Thursday at 7:30 pm and Friday at 8 pm at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets are $23-$31. Informal conversation from the stage by the musicians provides insight into the music. A complimentary reception, where audience members can mingle with the musicians follows the concert. Tickets may be purchased by calling (616) 454-9451, ext. 4. 28th Annual West Michigan Home and Garden Show at DeVos Place March 1-4. Hours are Thursday 3-9:30 pm, Friday noon9:30 pm, Saturday 10 am-9:30 pm, and Sunday 11 am-6 pm. This year the show promises more home products and services, interior and exterior remodeling, new construction, and interior design. All this is situated between huge sprawling gardens, landscaping, and retail garden centers filled with live plants, trees and blooming flowers. Spring is in the air. Free Garden, home improvement and cooking seminars daily. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $8, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. For more information call (616) 447-2860 or visit www.showspan.com. Butterflies are Blooming at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park March 1-April 30. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Disney On Ice presents Disney/Pixar Monsters, Inc. at Van Andel Arena March 1-4. performances are Thursday, March 1 at 7 pm, Friday, March 2 at 10:30 am & 7 pm, Saturday, March 3 at 11:00 am, 3 pm & 7 pm, Sunday, March 4 at 2 pm. Ticket prices range from $11, $16, $21, $35, $45, & $50. Kids (ages 2-12) discount of $4 off the $11, $16 & $21 tickets is available for the Fri. March 2 at 7 pm, Sat. March 3 at 11 am and Sun. March 4 at 2 pm shows. For tickets and more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Chicago is Broadway’s longest running revival show and it will return to Kalamazoo March 16-18 for a five performance engagement at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are available by calling 269-387-2300 or 1-800-2289858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269-387-2312 for special discounts. This week’s selections: The Last King of Scotland Running time: 121 minutes MPAA rating: R Director Kevin Macdonald has made a fantastic historical drama and character study with his film “The Last King of Scotland,” the story of a young Scottish doctor who is taken under the wing of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). The film takes place in 1970 at the beginning of Amin’s reign. A naive, young doctor, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), travels to Uganda looking for adventure and to escape the prospect of working at a dull practice in Scotland with his father. He takes a job in a small village’s clinic along with a British couple (Adam Kotz and the magnificent Gillian Anderson). Not long after his arrival, Garrigan has a chance meeting with Amin and is soon seduced by the dictator to become his personal physician — a job that escalates in complexity, responsibility and danger. “The Last King of Scotland” is beautifully photographed, and Macdonald keeps the story rolling at a breathy pace. But what really drives this film are the bravura performances by Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy. Whitaker plays Amin with such passionate Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Forest Whitaker portrays Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in “The Last King of Scotland.” energy, he blows everyone off the screen — except McAvoy. The chemistry between these two fine actors is electrifying. Watching the scene where Amin feigns vulnerability in order to enlist the doctor as his personal physician is an amazing performance, worthy of an Academy Award. Then, as the film progresses, we see the doctor learning more and more about the atrocities committed by the dictator, and we see their relationship become more and more volatile. “The Last King of Scotland” is a great film. I heartily recommend it. GRADE: A © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 18 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Author of “Peace Like a River” to speak in Battle Creek BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for bringing people together. You would make a fine judge or counselor. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The adventurous Aries won’t be disappointed with taking on a new challenge, despite some initial misgivings. Look for this move to open other opportunities down the line. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Let that beautiful Bovine smile not only put you at ease, but also show that you’re ready, willing and more than able to confound the naysayers around you. A new admirer has important news. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be careful how you handle a relationship that you’re hoping to save. You already have the facts on your side. Avoid weakening your position by embellishing it with unnecessary dramatics. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Taking definitive stands isn’t easy for the often-wavering Moon Child. But you not only need to stay with your decision, but also reassure others it was the right thing to do. LEO (July 23 to August 22) As a proud Lion, you’re right to be upset about those who might be lying about you to others. But the best revenge is proving them wrong by succeeding at what you set out to do. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Caution is still advised before making a financial commitment to a “promising” project. Look for the facts behind the fluff. Devote the weekend to loved ones. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A Taurus offers comfort and advice as you deal with an upsetting event. Use this as a learning experience that will help you avoid similar problems in the future. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A romantic situation creates some chaos for single Scorpions. But it’s well worth the effort to work things out. A trusted friend can offer some helpful advice. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Expect to make new friends as your social circle expands. Also, remember to tell that family member how proud you are of his or her achievements. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) New ventures continue to be favored. And with your self-confidence rising all the time, you’ll want to see how well you can do with a new challenge. So, go to it. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) This is a good time for the usually “serious-minded” Aquarian to let loose and enjoy some fun times. Expect to get good news about a workplace issue. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Changed plans might upset some people, but your needs should be respected. Offer explanations when necessary. But don’t let yourself be talked into changing your decisions. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Willard Library is pleased to host Leif Enger, author of "Peace Like a River," on Wednesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m. at the Burnham Brook Center. This program is free and open to the public. The author will be introduced by former Congressman Joe Schwarz. Come and hear Leif Enger talk about "Peace like a River" -- and have the opportunity to ask him your questions and hear about how and why he wrote the book. Do you want to know why the Father in the story, Jeremiah Land, was able to perform miracles? Does the author know anyone like that? Have your questions answered first-hand. "Meeting an author humanizes the book. It personalizes the entire reading experience," says library staffer, Sue Freemire, who has a terrific collection of photos of many authors she has personally met. Aspiring writers will particularly enjoy this time to chat with an author who has only one published novel. Apparently Enger had just the right combination of words and marketing to get his novel off the ground. What has he done? What is he doing now? What about those early years writing mystery stories with his brother while working full time at Minnesota Public Radio? And what can YOU learn from him to help your own writing career? "I'm excited to hear Leif Enger speak about his book. Listening to an author helps one enjoy a book on many more levels. I always feel a special affinity for a story after listening to an author talk about the writing process," says Matt Willis, Willard Librarian and Project Manager for Battle Creek Reads. Enger will meet with students and also the in the early 1990s. "Peace Like a River" is his debut solo novel. It is currently being made into a feature film by Warner Bros. The film will star Billy Bob Thornton and is scheduled for release in late 2007. Copies of "Peace Like a River" and the new book about Congressman Schwarz' 7th District campaign and years in Congress, "Freshman Orientation: House Style and Home Style" by Edward Sidlow, will be available for purchase at the evening program, courtesy of Barnes and Noble Booksellers. For more information, call Willard Library at 968-8166 or go to www.willard.lib.mi.us Leif Enger Battle Creek Society of Artists to hear about Art Deco movement public on Thursday, March 1, 10:00 a.m. at the Harper Creek High School Auditorium. If you have a group of more than 25 students, please call ahead to librarian Jeri Sutton at 441-8440. Leif Enger (pronounced LAFE, not "Leaf") was born in 1961 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. He currently lives near Aitkin, Minnesota with his wife, Robin, and their home-schooled sons, Ty and John. He worked as a reporter and producer for the Minnesota Public Radio program "Mainstreet Radio" for 16 years before the success of "Peace Like a River." Writing with his brother Lin under the pen name L.L. Enger, Enger co-wrote five mystery novels about a retired baseball player named Gun Pedersen for Pocket and Simon & Schuster TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. PSYCHOLOGY: What is idioglossia? 2. ADVERTISEMENTS: On the Kellogg’s cereal commercial, what are the names of the characters that promote Rice Krispies? 3. MUSIC: In musical notation, what is a fermata? 4. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “tele” mean? 5. GAMES: How many players from one team can be on the field during an American football game? 6. NATURAL WORLD: What are several common examples of bivalves? 7. LITERATURE: What book was writer Erica Jong most famous for in the 1970s? 8. BUSINESS: Who is known as the “Oracle of Omaha”? 9. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent does the country of Burkina Faso lie? 10. ANATOMY: In what part of the body is the mitral valve located? • With April 15 right around the corner, you might want to note that Matthew is the patron saint of tax collectors. • It’s well-known that noted American poet Emily Dickinson was a recluse, but she had some other quirks of personality that aren’t as commonly known. For example, she sometimes wrote verse on chocolate wrappers. • Early car windshields were very dangerous because they would break into tooth-like radial shards around the neck of accident victims being ejected through them, often causing fatal lacerations or even decapitations. • You might not be surprised to learn that Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, also invented the hearing aid. • People who live in Indonesia must be very familiar with handling boats — the nation is made up of 17,000 islands. • If you spend one year on the planet Mars, you’ll actually be there for 687 Earth days. • When you’re in the produce section of the grocery store, you can pick up Idaho potatoes, russet potatoes and new potatoes — sometimes you might find some other varieties, depending on the store. However, I bet you won’t find yellow Finns, christas, selmas, purple Peruvians, rockets, glorias, red rascals, lindas or Russian bananas — all little-known varieties of the humble spud. • In China in the 1700s, Pekingese dogs were so revered and so valued that any person caught stealing one would be put to death. • If you ever travel to the ChampaignUrbana area of Illinois, you might want to time your trip to coincide with the Insect Fear Film Festival. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Many people would sooner die than think. In fact, they do.” — Bertrand Russell Answers 1. Secret language, especially invented by children 2. Snap, Crackle and Pop 3. A symbol placed over a note to show that it should be played longer than normal 4. Distant 5. Eleven 6. Oysters, clams and mussels 7. “Fear of Flying” 8. Investor Warren Buffett 9. Africa 10. The heart © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Girl In Green With Gloves (1929) by Tamara de Lempicka The speaker for the February program of the Battle Creek Society of Artists will be artist and historian, John Ickes who will discuss the Art Deco movement. The program will be Friday, February 23, at 2:00 pm in room 202 in the Davidson Building on the campus of Kellogg Community College. A business meeting will be held at 1:00 pm. John will present a video/lecture program covering the origins of the Art Deco movement and major contributors to the movement, examples of Deco Art, and its influence on architecture, interior design, and industrial design during the 20s and 30s. John is a graduate of Alma College and has a Masters Degree from Michigan State University. He taught English in the Marshall Schools from 1962 until his retirement in 1999. An interest in all things from the 20s and 30s led John to study and research the Art Deco period and to start collecting Art Deco items. Art Deco was a popular design movement from 1910 until 1939, affecting the decorative arts such as architecture, interior design, and industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, painting, the graphic arts, and movies. This movement drew from many different styles and movements of the early 20th century, including Constructionism, Cubism, Modernism, Bauhaus, Art Nouveau, and Futurism. Its popularity apexed during the 1920s. At the time, this style was seen as elegant, functional and ultra modern.. This program promises to be another fine opportunity for local artists to learn about an important art movement that is still influencing our lives All BCSA meetings are free and the public is always welcome to attend. Also, BCSA members have on-going exhibits of their work at various businesses throughout the local area. During March and April, Pat Korest and Kelly Parker have their work at Access Vision. Bill Williams, Dorothy Trembath, and Norma Bass are exhibiting at the Riverside Café in Bellevue and Ann Peternel and Carrie Lin are at Cornwell’s Turkey Farm. For information on any of the above, call 965-1049. Super Crossword Solution �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 19 Caledonia pins its way past Trojans and Wildcats Thornapple Kellogg’s Kyle Dalton (left) wraps up the leg of Caledonia’s Justin Steiner before scoring a take down in the first period of their 125-pound match Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia senior captain Tyler McCoy started the Fighting Scots’ Division 2 district semifinal against Thornapple Kellogg with a pin. He ended the Scots’ district final victory against Wayland the same way. In between, his teammates teamed up for a dozen more pins as Caledonia won its first district championship since 2000. On their home mats, the Scots topped Thornapple Kellogg 53-21 in the semifinal and then cruised by Wayland 70-10 in the championship match. They were scheduled to be a part of the Division 2 team regional at Hastings Wednesday night. Caledonia was slated to take on Byron Center in one semifinal, while Lakewood squared off with Grand Rapids Central in the other. The winner of the regional tournament earns a spot in the state championships at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena March 2 and 3. McCoy had a big smile on his face for most of the 1 minute and 37 seconds it took for him to pin Wayland’s Cody Johnson in their 152pound match. He kept spinning, with Johnson in a headlock, before finally putting his shoulders to the mat. “The coaches said throw him, and end it so we’ve got a nice close on the night,” said McCoy. Four voids in the Wildcat line-up took some of the drama out of the championship match. A flurry of pins from the Scots to start the night against the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans made the district semifinal a little less than a war. McCoy stuck TK’s Chris Jansens in 3:08, and Dahlberg followed with a pin of Rigzee Hooper 5:06 into their 160-pound bout. A 9-2 decision for Brandon Grinage at 171, and Andrew Schaibly’s pin of Cody Clinton 5:34 into their 189-pound match gave the Scots a 21-0 lead to start the match. Michael Schaibly (285), Micah Steiner (103), Cramer (112), and Cook (140) added pins for the Scots. Caledonia also got a 7-6 win from Tanner Zych against Cody Lydy at 119, and a 20-5 technical fall from Maxim against Dan Lydy at 130. Dennis Olson ended the Trojans’ troubles to start the match, by scoring a 7-4 win over Alec VanDyke at 215 pounds. Kyle Dalton had TK’s next win, scoring a pin in 3:16 against the Scots’ Justin Steiner at 125 pounds. John Wallace (135) and Mark Brown (145) closed the night with pins in two of the final three matches for TK. Caledonia head coach Jim Maxim said that the district championship is as much about what senior captains McCoy, Justin Maxim, and Tylor Cook do in the wrestling room on off days as it is about the pins they racked up on Wednesday. “They all do extra with the freshmen, sophomores and juniors because they know this is their last year,” coach Maxim said. “They want (the underclassmen) to succeed, because it helps them.” Connor Dahlberg, Andrew Schaibly and Cook matched McCoy’s two pins on the night. Other winners for Caledonia in the championship match included Brandon Grinage, Michael Schaibly, Micah Steiner, Nick Cramer, Tanner Zych, Justin Steiner, Justin Maxim and Dakota VanDentoorn. “The kids are bonding together now,” said coach Maxim. “They’re buddies. They’re war buddies.” Thornapple Kellogg’s Kody Geerligs (left) and Caledonia’s Michael Schaibly fight for control in the first period of their 285-pound match in the district semifinals on Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Rampage QB will be in Hastings today by Brett Bremer Time to plant the seeds of a future seeding process Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball coach Mike Mohn sent his new athletic director, Ben Farkas, to the draw for this year’s Class B district tournament at Hastings High School. Farkas got Mohn’s Panthers a bye. They’ll face either the host Saxons or Allegan in the district semifinals March 7. “It’s our first bye in about 16 years. I’m always pulling the host team in the first round of the district,” Mohn said. I don’t mean to make things any tougher on Mohn and his Panthers than they have already been this season, or on Lance Laker’s Trojans for that matter who also received a first-round district bye. The byes in the district probably should have gone to Lakewood and either Hastings or Hopkins. Lakewood and Hopkins meet in the first round, with the winner taking on Thornapple Kellogg in the other semifinal. It happens in track and field. It happens in swimming. It happens in tennis. It happens in the individual wrestling tournament. It happens in the state football play-offs. Teams or individuals are seeded. But it doesn’t happen in the state’s basketball, volleyball and team wrestling tournaments. Or any other sports that I can think of for that matter. I think it’s time to start seeding teams at the start of the state play-offs. I don’t mean mixing up districts and having teams driving all over the place. Just keep picking the district or regional fields the same way as always, but then when a representative from each school attends the tournament draw have them determine the seeding. The top teams get the byes, if there are any available. I know alot of people, especially basketball coaches, like to call the state tournament the second season. Every team has a clean slate at that point. Shouldn’t the regular season mean something though. They don’t even have to seed the entire tournament. All that needs to be done is to work things out so the top two teams in a district tournament have the best chance to meet each other in the championship game. Some might think of this as stealing from the poor to feed the rich. It’s more like a reward for a job well done. If wrestling and volleyball coaches can sit down and determine who the top seeded individuals at a tournament are, couldn’t basketball coaches do the same thing? Couldn’t wrestling coaches do the same thing for their team that they do for individuals. Last week I saw two of the most anti-climatic wrestling districts I’ve ever seen. It took a lot of the fun out of the night. My heart would have been beating a lot harder on the ride home if the night ended with the Vikings getting their district trophy seconds after finishing up with the Saxons. The same thing happened at Caleodnia, where the Fighting Scots topped Thornapple Kellogg then had to sweep Wayland out of the way before getting their trophy. I tried my best to hide my yawns behind my camera at the distrct finals. Imagine the Lions in the Super Bowl. Okay, that’s impossible. Imagine the Colts having to play one more game in February, against the Lions after the Super Bowl, to get their trophy. I know it’s just districts. That doesn’t compare to the Super Bowl. It doesn’t compare to the state finals. Ionia or Wayland wasn’t going to go on to the state finals, just because they got a bye in the first round of districts. Those nights of wrestling could have been a lot more fun though. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Grand Rapids’ Arena Football League (AFL) team, the Rampage, are trying to expand their audience and help out charities in a few West Michigan communities. The Rampage have selected Hastings, along with Muskegon, Holland and Ionia as communities that exemplify what West Michigan is all about. Rampage quarterback Chad Salisbury has “adopted” Hastings as the community in which he will spend a great deal of time -- conducting community activities with the schools, the local YMCA, etc. “We are the only professional football league in West Michigan,” said Salisbury. “We need the support of all of West Michigan.” Salisbury will be introduced to the Hastings community today, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the McDonald’s restaurant on W. State St. Salisbury was actually introduced to the Hastings community in September when, as coach of the Byron Center freshman football team, his Bulldogs defeated the Saxon freshmen 34-6. He is also a varsity assistant with the Bulldogs. The Tuesday before that freshmen football contest, Salisbury was in Hastings to speak with local HYAA football players. “I spoke with rocket football teams all over Grand Rapids including (in Hastings), and hopefully somebody up there liked me and wanted me back,” Salisbury said. Thursday, Salisbury will present Hastings mayor Robert May with Hastings’ very own Rampage jersey, and also sign autographs while country music radio station B-93 hosts a radio remote. The Rampage are also planning a Hastings’ Night, Saturday April 7, when they take on the New York Dragons at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Hastings residents may purchase tickets for $15, and $5 from each ticked will go to support the local YMCA. Salisbury has been in the AFL since 2000, when he joined the New England Sea Wolves. He spent time in Toronto, Chicago and Columbus before joining the Rampage for the 2006 season. “I’m the definition of a journeyman,” Salisbury said. “If I play like eight games here, that will be the most games I’ve played with one team.” It may finally be time for him to stick in one spot for a while. “I kind of figured it out this summer. Grand Rapids knows its arena football and they want their arena football, if they have a winner,” Salisbury said. “I’ve been in big cities where you’re buried on the 17th page of the sports section, when you even get a story. In Grand Rapids we get a story just about every day. All the rocket football teams and boy scout groups I’ve talked to, they know the Rampage. In some other bigger cities they’re like ‘You play for Chad Salisbury who? Who are they?’.” According to the team’s website, he set career highs in all major passing categories with the Rampage in 2006, and was voted the team’s most valuable player. Valley sends five to D-4 regional by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley’s team earned a trip to the regional tournament last Wednesday, and five individuals are moving on as well. Tyler Corwin and Raven Scurlock both won individual district championships Saturday, at the Division 4 tournament hosted by Bronson. Scurlock, Tyler Corwin and Jamie Corwin all started their day with a pin for the Lions. Jamie went on to place second. Ron Smith was third and Anthony Molson fourth for Maple Valley. Scurlock improved his record to 39-4 on the season. He topped the host school’s Preston Lucas 6-2 in the 130-pound championship match, after a 13-1 major decision over Athens’ Josh Waterstradt in the semifinals. Lawton’s Efrain Solis and Marcellus’ Vincent Spangler were pinned by Scurlock in the opening two rounds. Tyler started his day with three straight pins. He stuck Bellevue’s Corey Fuller in 2:43 to open things up, then pinned Constantine’s Adam Davidson and Athens Lucas Moore. In the 125-pound final, Tyler outscored Bronson’s Drew Ferry 7-0. Tyler is now 45-2. In the 135-pound championship, Martin’s Jeff Salmon topped Jamie Corwin 13-1. Jamie also had two pins, and a decision, leading up to his final round match. Smith scored third place in the 112-pound weight class with his second win of the day over Union City’s Dustin Powell. Smith outscored Powell 14-2 in their opening round match, then pinned him 4 minutes and 55 seconds into their consolation final. Molson saw Martin’s Devin Bourdo twice on the day, and fell to him both times. In between the two losses, he had an 8-6 win over Bronson’s Mitchell Klinger that led him to his fourth place finish in the 103-pound weight class. The Lion individuals will be a part of the Division 4 regional tournament at Bangor this Saturday. The team season continued on Wednesday, when the Lions were slated to travel to Springport to take on the Spartans in the Division 4 regional semifinals. Manchester and Byron met in the other semifinal at Springport on Wednesday night. The regional champion advances to the team state championships at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena March 2 and 3. The Lions will have their hands full with the Spartans, after just getting past Olivet for the team district championship. The Lions edged the Eagles 39-36, after topping Bellevue in the semifinals 63-12. The combo of Corwin-Scurlock-Corwin got the Lions off to a good start against the Eagles. Tony Corwin pinned Dave Parsons in 1:59 in their 125-pound match. Scurlock followed that with a pin of Kurt Herlein in 19 seconds at 130, then Jamie Corwin scored a 13-1 major decision against Tyler Canterbury at 135 pounds. The match didn’t have to be quite as close at the end as it turned out to be. The Lions forfeited the final two weight classes to the Eagles. Four Eagles pins accounted for their teams other points. Maple Valley also got pins from John Currier at 285 pounds and Dusty Cowell at 189. Tory Roberts had a big 13-3 major decision against Nate Brookens, the KVA champion at 152 pounds. Tony Corwin won 8-6 for the Lions at 160 pounds, and Jon Stevens won a 14-1 major decision for Maple Valley at 145 pounds. Bellevue forfeited six weight classes to the Lions, spotting them 36 points. Tyler Corwin, Scurlock, and Tony Corwin all scored pins for Maple Valley against the Broncos, and Jamie Corwin, Chad Rhodes and Cowell earned decisions. Molson, Smith, Andrew Goedert, Brumm, Stevens and Roberts won by forfeit for Maple Valley. �Page 20 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner TK takes step back against Caledonia The Trojans’ Levi Funk bumps into Caledonia’s Casey VanDuinen as he tries to break out of his own end of the floor in the second half Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia students took turns running the length of the gym and leaping as high as they could in the air to post three-point signs on the far wall every time one of their Fighting Scots knocked down a triple Friday night against Thornapple Kellogg. The eighth one got more of a reaction from the Caledonia bench than the first seven combined. Regular three-point threats Logan Weis and Logan Burrows both leapt out of their seats in the fourth quarter, as reserve forward Jackson Price buried a three from the left corner with three minutes to play. It is the first three-pointer of his varsity career. That was the kind of night it was for the Scots, and for the Trojans. Caledonia scored a 68-37 victory, that kept them within one game of O-K Gold Conference leaders South Christian and Wayland. “I was so happy to get a lot of good minutes from kids who haven’t really seen the first half this year,” said Caledonia head coach Scott Weis. “(Casey) VanDuinen, (Harland) Hampton and (Jackson) Price, they were able to come in and keep extending our lead a little bit.” Thornapple Kellogg had an early 7-2 lead, but the Scots went on a 17-0 run over the final four and a half minutes of the first quarter. Caledonia led by at least nine points for the rest of the game, and that was early in the second quarter. The Scots led 30-16 at the half. Coach Weis called a time-out with his team up 12 midway through the second quarter, just to make sure the Trojans did start a come02665311 TE ICE E YMCA OF BARRY COUNTY IT’S FOR EVERYBODY back in the first half. “We quit doing the things we were doing in our motion offense,” said Weis. “When I say that, I mean our ball reversals and swinging the ball side to side.” The Scot offense was solid for the rest of the night. Logan Weis and Matt Weiss led the Scots with 15 points each. Weis also had a team high six rebounds. Luke Weist chipped in 11 points and Burrows ten for the Scots. The Trojan offense struggled. “We sure missed a lot of shots,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. “We had 25 offensive rebounds or something to that effect, then to come away with no points on those gimmies hurts.” The Trojans were just 14-of-58 from the field. Ryan Sisson led TK with 14 points and 14 rebounds, but hit just 6-of-21 field goal attempts. He was the only Trojan in double figures. Nate Manning and Brad Steffen had six points each. Laker thought that after a few weeks of steps forward, the loss might have been a step back for his team. “I kind of felt a lot like Hamilton’s coach did Monday,” Laker said. “We were up 25 in the second half on them. He told me, ‘I don’t know how to get the kids up I guess. If they can’t get up for a game like this, when they have a chance to win it.” Caledonia is now 11-4 on the season, while TK falls to 3-13. The Trojans host Wayland on Friday, then travel to end the O-K Gold Conference season in Hastings next Tuesday. Thornapple Kellogg’s Nate Manning (left) and Brad Steffen (right) close in to try and trap Caledonia’s Logan Weis in the back court during the first half Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikings mathematically still in the hunt for CAAC crown We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities. 2 nd Annual IGOLF CE T E E TOURNAMENT ...to our sponsors for making a successful event . . . MAIN • Progressive Graphics • Flexfab • Chemical Bank • J-Ad Graphics • Monterey Grille HOLE/TEE • Hastings Rotary • Bosley Pharmacy • Auto Collision • MacLeod Chiropractic • Nothin’ But Truck • Hastings Country Club • Coleman Agency • Edward Jones Mark Christensen • Hastings Ace Hardware • Caldwell D.D.S. • Hastings City Bank • Walker, Fluke, Sheldon by Brett Bremer Sports Editor One more win by Lansing Catholic or one more loss by Lakewood officially gives the Cougars the outright Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 championship. Lakewood is still keeping hope alive that it will get some help. Both teams have two more conference games remaining. The Vikings are at Williamston this Friday, then end the league season at home against DeWitt March 2. The Vikings stayed in the hunt for a share of the league title by topping Fowlerville 5248 on Friday night. Lakewood trailed 21-20 at the half, and 3635 heading into the fourth quarter. “We did a better job in the second half attacking the basket,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell, “which got us to the free throw line.” The Vikings hit 15-of-23 free throws on the night, while the host Gladiators were just 2of-2 from the stripe. Nick Hilley knocked down 4-of-4 foul shots in the third quarter, and led Lakewood on the night with 15 points. All 15 of those points came in the second half. Alex Erickson added 14 points, nine rebounds, and tied for the team lead in assists with guard Michael Barbour at three each. Barbour also had four steals. Brad Elliott chipped in nine points for Lakewood. Garret St. Charles led the Gladiators with 21 points, while teammate Sean Romselk added ten. “We played great defense in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter to keep the ball out of the hands of their two best shooters,” said Farrell. Lakewood is now 13-3 overall and 6-2 in the CAAC-3. The Vikings have trip to Williamston Friday, then will be home on Saturday night for a non-conference clash with Forest Hills Northern. Looking past the end of the conference season, the Vikings knocked off the team they’ll face in the Class B district semifinals in Hastings, if they are able to get past Hopkins in the opening round. The Vikings topped Thornapple Kellogg, at LHS Tuesday night, 57-41. Lakewood went back to basics to get the win, solid rebounding and defense. “We had a solid defensive effort in the first half to get off to a good start,” said Farrell. Lakewood led 20-6 after the opening quarter, and 37-17 at the half. “We rebounded well,” Farrell said, “which led to second chance points and points off the break.” Erickson picked up a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds for Lakewood. As did Brad Elliott, who contributed a team-high 17 points to go with ten rebounds. Hilley chipped in ten points for the Vikings and Eddie Salazar eight. Ryan Sisson and Nate Manning had 13 points each for the Trojans, who are now 3-14 on the season. 77509436 Thornapple Kellogg’s Ryan Sisson (right) tries to get a shot over Lakewood’s Alex Erickson Tuesday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) OPEN HOUSE P k r resc A s ’ h ah l oo No Thursday, March 1st, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Families are invited to visit classrooms, meet teachers and discover the preschool experience! Registration for the 2007-2008 school year will begin on Monday, March 5 at 6 pm at the preschool. A registration fee of $40 will be due at that time. Programs for 3’s, 4’s & 5’s are available. First Presbyterian Church, 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5463 ext. 3008 77509924 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 21 Vikes show they’re class of county at Cheerfest by Brett Bremer Sports Editor This is a good time for a varsity competitive cheer team to start peaking. The Lakewood Vikings host their Division 3 regional tournament on Saturday, March 3, beginning at 3 p.m. That’s two weeks from Saturday, when the Vikings had their best performance of the season so far. They are now ranked sixth in the state in Division 3. Lakewood scored a 695, to win its own eight-team Viking Cheerfest Saturday. “We’re ready for regionals,” said Lakewood head coach Kim Martin after the victory. “We have a good shot to make it out of our regional to the state finals.” The Vikings needed a performance like the one it had Saturday, after being disappointed at the Capital Area Activities Conference final last Thursday at Charlotte. Lakewood finished second in the league to DeWitt. “We had a rough night on Thursday,” Martin said. “It just was not their best performance. They were pretty flat. We did a whole bunch of motivational stuff at practice Friday and I think that helped. The Vikings stepped outside their sport to be inspired. “We let them watch a part of a movie about a football team and they just where they just tried to get their team to step up and tried to get some one to be a leader,” Martin said. The movie included a scene were one teammate was supposed to carry a teammate on his back for 50 yards, but instead kept going because the field is 100 yards long. The Vikings reminded themselves of that before their performance Saturday. Lakewood had the highest score in each of the three rounds Saturday. The Vikings scored a 193.5 in round one, 202.5 in round two, and 299 in round three. The eight teams were broken into a lower division and an upper division Saturday. The Vikings were the upper division champs. Allegan, which won the lower division title, finished with the second-best overall score at 655.8. Thornapple Kellogg was second to the Vikings in the upper division with 616.2 points, followed by Charlotte 609.9 and Hastings 587.2. Thornapple Kellogg head coach Sadie Kovich was impressed with her team’s per- formance, especially its score of 268.5 in round three. “We did really well. I was really impressed. We changed round three and they did really well with it,” Kovich said. The Trojans, with a depleted line-up, were forced to alter their round three performance the previous Saturday. “We incorporated a lot more tumbling,” said Kovich. “They had great energy with it. They had so much fun, they wanted to keep it for regionals and conference.” Round two was the one that impressed the Saxon coach. “They performed very well,” Hastings coach Amy Hubbell said of her girls. “We improved our round two score by almost 20 points. That is a huge improvement for us.” The Saxons scored a 159.2 in the second round, to go with a 174.5 from round one and a 253.5 in round three. “Our round one is looking good,” Hubbell said. “We just need to nail our stunt round. They performed with a lot of energy on Saturday and we are hoping to improve that even more on Wednesday at Belding.” Hastings also has a trip planned to Northview, tonight, before Saturday’s O-K White/Gold conference finals at Byron Center. Behind Allegan in the lower division, Central Montcalm scored a 601.1, Delton Kellogg 580, and Maple Valley 574.4. The Lions were hurt by a penalty in round one. They had the second best round two score out of all the lower division teams, with a 176.4. It was third overall in the second round behind only Allegan and Lakewood. Maple Valley had the seventh best score in round three, half a point better than Delton Kellogg at 243.5. Delton scored a 174 in round one and 163 in round two. Maple Valley had a 154.5 in the first round. “We had a very solid first round, which is not normal for us,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Zoe Reynolds. “We’ve had more team coordination. I think the girls just wanted it more. They had more drive Saturday.” Delton was slated to host its own invitational on Wednesday night, and returns to action at Portage Central on Saturday. The Lakewood girls give teammate Megan Holaski a lift in round three Saturday at the Viking Cheerfest. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings bringing Brown family back to the court by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Golf has become the game of the Brown family. Two years ago, brothers Mark, Mike, Matt and their father Wayne Brown took a trip to Scotland to play golf. One’s of Mike’s treasures is a photo of the family, which was taken on the 18th hole of St. Andrews Old Course. “We all are really fortunate, because we all enjoy that,” said Mike. “It’s a diversion. We spent plenty of time together playing basketball.” That basketball playing started in Hastings, and took Mark to Michigan State University then to Western Michigan University. Mike moved on to play at Siena College in New York. Matt played college ball at Hope. The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program will be honoring Mark, Mike and Matt during Friday night’s varsity boys’ basketball game against Hamilton. “They all had similar characteristics,” Wayne said. “They could all shoot and they were good athletes. They weren’t just basketball players. They ran track and they had things that they could do in track.” Mark graduated from Hastings in 1985, Mike in 1988 and Matt in 1993. Wayne coached the Saxon program, until Mark’s freshman year, from 1978-1981. “We had a lot of pick-up games in my neighborhood’s back yards. Then we had a lot of duals in our driveway. Matt and I had to take the beatings from our older brother,” said Mike. Their older brother, Mark, who now lives with his wife and three children in Scottsdale, Ariz., still holds the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) record for points in a season with 969. He is also second on the list for career points with 2,289. Wayne coached Mark during the summer before his freshman season, before Denny O’Mara took over as the Saxon varsity coach. “It was very clear to me in the summer scrimmages that he certainly could have played on the varsity,” said Wayne. Mark started the season on the junior varsity squad, but made the jump up to varsity late in the season. “I’m not sure he ever started in any of those games, but he averaged 12.4 points per game in those ten games,” Wayne said. “He scored 21 in regionals against Okemos, who ended up being the Class B state champs that year.” Friday should bring back a flood of memories like that. For Matt, he said many of the fondest memories are of watching his older brothers play varsity ball for the Saxons. “Those times when they were able to score more than 50 points in a game,” Matt said. “My oldest brother is eight years older than myself, so, I was a little guy. When they would score 58, 56 points, they did that several times, those are some good memories.” With an eight-year age difference between the oldest, Mark, and youngest, Matt, things never got too competitive around the hoop at home. Mom and dad made sure of that as well. The competitive spirit was meant for the gym, not for the home. Mike said that having Mark in front of him pushed him to be a better player. “There was a point where I realized I wasn’t going to beat my older brother at one-onone, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t beat a lot of other guys at it,” Mike said. Matt said the said kind of thoughts about both his older brothers. “They gave me knowledge, support, and Saxons and Vikes dominate individual dist. The trio of Barry County wrestlers in Division 2 who returned the to mats this season, with the hope of a return trip to the individual state finals, all scored individual district championships on Saturday in Hastings. The Saxons’ Steve Case (160 pounds) and Matt Watson (103) and Thornapple Kellogg’s Kyle Dalton (119) won their teams lone district titles. Lakewood led all the teams at the district tournament with ten wrestlers advancing to the this Saturday’s regional tournament at Northview High School. Hastings was second with nine. TK has five regional qualifiers this season. The Vikings got district championship performances from Kyle Root (135), Levi Phelps (145) and Josh Kettel (189). Case and Dalton are the county’s only two returning state medallists. Both breezed through the district. The tightest match for either of them was Case’s 7-0 championship round victory over Byron Center’s Jake Kuncaitis. Case started the day in the quarterfinals with a pin of Wayland’s Ryan Flannery in 54 seconds, then scored a 15-0 technical fall against Rogers’ Fred Engstrom. Dalton scored two technical falls on the day. The first was in the championship finals where he topped Grand Rapids Central’s Jeremy Parnell 16-0. He started the day with a 19-2 win over Byron Center’s Levi Middlemiss, then topped the Saxons’ Gage Pederson in the semifinals 10-1. Pederson was one of the eight other Saxons to earn a spot in the regionals. He went on to finish third at 119 pounds. Alec Wilcox (125) was the Saxons’ lone runner-up, while Austin Endsley (103), Jeremy Redman (135) and Josh Morehouse (215) joined Pederson as bronze medallists. Sy Overmire (171) and Travis Trudgeon (285) both placed fourth for the Saxons. All three Viking champions were the number one seed at their weight class. Kettel was one of two Viking regional qualifiers in the 189-pound weight class. Teammate Nick Walkington placed third. Kettel avenged Walkington’s lone loss on the day, by defeating Wayland’s Glen VanNortwick in the championship match 8-2. VanNortwick had topped Walkington with a pin in the semifinal round, before Walkington went on to win his final two matches in consolation. Phelps reached 40 wins for the season when he pinned Thornapple Kellogg’s Mark See WRESTLE, page 23 then even though they didn’t necessarily know it they gave me the work and push myself,” said Matt. Mike is 11th on the MHSAA’s list for points in a season with 852, and 20th on the list for career points with 2,101. Mark and Mike in college at the same time, while Matt was playing high school ball, that made for a very busy schedule during the basketball season. “We would got to high school games Tuesday and Friday with Matt, then spend Wednesday and Saturday watching Mark, and went to see Mike whenever we could work it in,” Wayne said. Siena College was about an 11 to 12 hour drive for the family, and then an 11 to 12 hour drive back later that night. During Mike’s senior season, he counted his dad as being at 18 games. “There was a part of me that would, not feel guilty, but I would worry about whether it was worth the effort,” said Mike. “After seeing it long enough, I could see that it meant as much to (Wayne) as it did to me.” Mike and his wife have three children. Matt and his wife have two. Matt and Mike both work with their father in the family’s Investment Services company in Grand Rapids. Wayne chose the field after deciding to give up teaching and coaching. “I had coached in high school since 1968, so when I started to do something different to make a living I’m still driving down the road diagramming plays in my head,” Wayne said. “It was four or five years before, in my own thoughts, I wasn’t a coach any more.” Matt and Mike both agree that is great to be able to spend so much time with their family. “I think we all enjoy it,” Matt said. “A lot of family businesses struggle and ours does not. We’ve been able to figure it out.” What Matt and Mike couldn’t figure out is the last time they’ve joined their brother Mark on a basketball court. Mike and Matt played in a league in Grand Rapids after college. Mike remembers shooting hoops at Mark’s home in Scottsdale. But neither could think of the last time all three had shot hoops together. “It’s been a long time. None of us really play anymore,” said Mike. “It’s been ten years for sure.” Ten years is longer than a high school basketball career and college basketball career combined. “It doesn’t last very long,” Wayne said. “When you think of your life, it’s a short part of it. Basketball and sports were something we valued. I’m just happy we got to take part in all that stuff.” A lot of Saxon basketball fans are happy they took part in it too. AN EVENING WITH MOZART Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:00 PM Hastings First Presbyterian Church 231 South Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 Featuring The First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Conducted by Jared Daugherty & The Hastings High School Varsity Singers Conducted by Patti LaJoy & Laurel Wasyk Accompanied by Guest Professional Musicians 06646711 77509951 A free will offering will be taken Reception to follow in Leason Sharpe Hall �Page 22 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Eagles make their living at the line to top Delton by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn was very impressed with junior guard Nick Blacken’s numbers, as he scanned his team’s stat sheet after Tuesday night’s 59-46 nonconference loss to Schoolcraft. Blacken had 13 points, 12 rebounds, three steals, an assist and only one turnover. The problem for Delton Kellogg was that seconds after Josh Newhouse scored a breakaway lay-up for the Panthers with just over a minute left in the third quarter to tie the game at 33, Blacken picked up his fourth foul. Over the course of the final minute of the third quarter, and first three minutes of the fourth quarter with Blacken on the bench, Schoolcraft went on a 13-5 run to take at 4638 lead. “He’s just so valuable for us on the floor,” Mohn said of Blacken. “He’s obviously played the most games of anyone we’ve got. He’s the closest thing we’ve got to a gym rat on the floor. Even after his return to the floor, the visiting Eagles continued to push their lead to 5438. Newhouse, who led Delton Kellogg in scoring on the night with 20 points, ended that run with a three-pointer. He then hit another in the final minute, but 12 points was as close as the Panthers. “Nick Blacken and Brian Diaz, I’ve been harping on those two all season long and they’re starting to get it on the defensive end,” Mohn said. “I thought their efforts tonight were great. They were getting their hands in there and deflecting passes. What hurt the Panthers was that too often they got their hands, or body, on the Eagles as well. Schoolcraft shot 31 free throws on the night, and knocked down 23 of them (74-percent). “We just kept putting them on the line, putting them on the line, putting them on the line. Those are points you struggle to make up,” Mohn said. Junior guard Kyle Scott led Schoolcraft with 20 points. He was 7-of-8 from the foul line. He was the only player in double figures for the Eagles. Garner Small added nine points, Justin Kotecki eight, and Tanner Sommerfeld and Kevin Monroe had six each. Behind Newhouse and Blacken, Brian Diaz, Dan Roberts and Tony Reeves each had four points for Delton. The two teams were tied at nine after one quarter, and Schoolcraft built a 25-18 lead heading into the half. Delton whittled that lead down in the third quarter with the help of some solid work on the offensive glass. Reeves had five boards on the night, and four of them came on the offensive end. Dan Roberts had six rebounds for DK and Newhouse five. Delton is now 3-14 overall, and 2-10 in the Kalamazoo Valley association. “We’re five points here, a couple of turnovers there, a free throw away from having seven or eight wins right now. I know, a lot of teams can say that, but we’re that close,” Mohn said. Delton put together six pretty solid quarters of basketball at the end of last week. The Panthers scored their second KVA win, beating Maple Valley for the second time, Thursday night 58-46. “Release the hounds, wake the kids, call the neighbors, we got a win,” said Mohn. The Panthers led by four heading into the fourth quarter, then outscored the visiting Lions 21-13 in the final period. Newhouse led Delton with 21 points and nine rebounds. A dozen of those points came in the fourth quarter. Blacken scored all 13 of his points in the second half, after Reeves put up all 12 of his in the first half. Tommy Bhola chipped in eight points and six rebounds for the Panthers. “One of our keys was to shut Kenneth Quick down,” Mohn said. “We held him to eight. He’s a pretty good player. I think that’s one of the better things we’ve done this year. That’s a testament to how good I think he is.” Dustin Houghton led the Lions with 18 points. The key to the second half run that put the Panthers in control was controlling the basketball. Delton turned the ball over just eight times in the second half. The Panthers were also 12-of-13 from the foul line. Things started well in the Panthers’ KVA meeting with the No. 1 ranked team in the state in Class C, Kalamazoo Christian, at Kalamazoo Central on Saturday. The Panthers trailed by only three points, 26-23 at the half, before falling 79-51. The Comets scored 34 points in the third quarter. Newhouse led Delton with 11 points on the night. Delton followed that up on Monday with a 66-57 KVA loss against Galesburg-Augusta. Much like the Schoolcraft Eagles would do on Tuesday night, the Rams made a living at the free throw line. Galesburg-Augusta his 23-of-38 free throw attempts. The Panthers were awful from the line on the night, hitting just 8-of-22 attempts. “We just couldn’t stop them on defense, and we couldn’t make free throws,” Mohn said. “That’s a bad combination.” Blacken led Delton with 16 points. Newhouse had 12 points and Blaec Anderson eight. Bhola added seven points and 11 rebounds. Delton heads to Hackett Catholic Central this Friday night, then is at Plainwell next Tuesday. Saxon spikers end O-K Gold duals with win The Saxons picked up O-K Gold Conference win number two on Thursday night, knocking off visiting Thornapple Kellogg in three games to end the Trojans’ conference season without a win. Hastings topped TK 25-18, 25-21, 25-13. “We had good court movement and also played good defense,” said Saxon head coach Amy Hubbell. Hannah Case was solid on the attack and helping others attack for the Saxons. She finished the night with nine kills, two aces, and five assists. Rachael Iler dished out 11 assists to lead the Saxon passers. Jessica Burch and Ashley Eerdmans had five kills each for Hastings, while Dana Shilling added four. Linda Lubcke had three aces and one block. Burch also led the team with three aces. The Saxons end the regular season tonight at Comstock Park High School, for O-K Conference Crossover matches. Hastings takes on Greenville in its first match, then will face either the host Panthers or the Reeths-Puffer Rockets. Saturday is the O-K Gold Conference tournament in Middleville. Saxons put up 70 against Pennfield Delton Kellogg’s Brian Diaz (left) fires a jumper along the baseline before Schoolcraft’s Tanner Sommerfeld can get there Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor When senior guard Bryce Stanhope and senior forward Bryan Skedgell are at their best, the Saxons are often at their best. Skedgell led the Saxons with 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Stanhope added 16 points, as Hastings scored a 70-57 non-conference victory over Pennfield on Tuesday night. “Overall I guess it was one of our better offensive games,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. “Bryce got it going in the first quarter where he hit two three’s and had eight points. That got us going. He’s been a little cold of late. “Bryan Skedgell was outstanding in all areas. It seemed every time Pennfield made a run, he got a basket for us or a rebound. That was one of his better all around games.” “There’s no doubt when those two play well, it gives everybody confidence.” Pennfield would have needed a big run to get back in the game in the second half. The Saxons outscored the visiting Panthers 15-6 in the second quarter, to take a 33-19 lead into the break. “They have two guards who are as good as any guards we’ve faced. They ended up with 21 and 18 and neither one of them scored in the second quarter,” Schils said. Mark Sansom led Pennfield with 21 points, and Terrance Walls scored the 18. Curtus Cowles also had another big offensive night for the Saxons, finishing with 13 See BASKETBALL, page 24 Others may have branches . . . we have roots. For over 120 years, Hastings City Bank has been committed to the communities we serve. 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(Photo by Dan Goggins) Valvoline Professional Series Services The Syn Power Performance Systems • Fuel System Service • Power Steering Service • Transmission System Service • Cooling System Service – WE PICK UP AND DELIVER – M-37 Tire South M-37 (formerly Cappon's) HASTINGS 616-374-1200 269-945-6296 77509949 Hastings City Bank 05536266 M-66 Tire 7775 Saddlebag Lake Rd., (M-66) LAKE ODESSA �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — Page 23 Vikes escape with controversial win over Saxons Hastings’ Jeremy Redman (back) fights to keep Lakewood’s Kyle Root from escaping in the second period of their 135-pound match Thursday night in the Division 2 district semifinals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Entering the final two matches down 33-24 in Thursday’s Division 2 district semifinal with Hastings, Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch had a plan. He needed Dalton Ketchum to get a win in the 145-pound match, and for Levi Phelps to pin his opponent in the 152-pound bout. The plan worked. The Vikings survived for a 3533 win over the Saxons, then took the district title by cruising by Ionia 51-24. The plan just went better than expected for Lakewood. “Phelps was going to pin whoever he went up against,” said Veitch. Phelps didn’t get a pin. He didn’t need one. Ketchum stuck Tom McKinney in 3 minutes and 47 seconds to pull his team to within three points. Phelps went out and scored nine take downs, and a few near fall points, in less than two periods for a 24-8 technical fall against the Saxons’ Ryan Bosma. “Ketchum gave his heart for that match,” Veitch said. “I told him going out to it that the dual was going to depend on him. If he won, we won. “I haven’t seen a fire like that in his heart in a long time. I guess this was the perfect time for it.” Lakewood earned the chance to wrestle Grand Rapids Central in the regional semifinals at Hastings last night. Caledonia and Byron Center met in the other Division 2 semi’ at Hastings. Neither coach really thought the district semifinal match should have ended the way it did. “There were a couple matches where we got beat, I thought we should have won and it would not have put us that close at the end,” Veitch said. Hastings head coach Mike Goggins had one particular match in mind where he didn’t like the outcome. Lakewood’s Michael Gregory led his 130pound match 10-3, against Hastings Matt Schilds, in the third period before Schilds caught him in a headlock and put him on his back. With Gregory flailing his legs and tapping his free right arm on the mat, the official stopped the action. After a restart, Gregory went on for a 12-8 decision. “Officials don’t decide matches,” Goggins said, “but that is the most absurd thing I have ever heard of. It is the most absurd thing I have seen. “In 21 years of coaching, I’ve never seen a headlock stopped. It’s the single most absurd call I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen a headlock stopped because it was too tight. It was absolutely insane.” Veitch didn’t seem to think it was quite so insane. “It ended up being an illegal headlock,” Veitch said, “but (Gregory) was tapping out before that. Some officials call the pin. Some will stop it for being potentially dangerous. It became an illegal headlock, so it was a good call. Mike was tapping out, but he wasn’t pinned. (The official) just kept waiting and waiting.” Veitch was happy that the official was on the cautious side, although he could kind of understand Goggins’ point of view. “All coaches want the pin,” Veitch said. “The old saying is, if they’re talking, if they’re breathing, if they’re crying -- pin ‘em. That’s an old official’s saying.” Gregory’s victory pulled his team to within nine points, at 27-18, with four matches to go. “The big one is where we pinned (Jeremy) Redman,” Veitch said, speaking of Kyle Root’s victory in the 135-pound match that followed. “I knew we would beat him, but I didn’t plan on a pin.” Root pinned Redman in 2:42. Trent Brisboe got those six points back for Hastings by pinning Lakewood’s Tallyn Alexander in 3:31 of the 140-pound bout to set up Ketchum and Phelps’ finish. Lakewood also got pins from Nick Walkington in the 189-pound match and Josh Kettel at 215. Holden Hummel had Lakewood’s only other win on the night, topping Austin Endsley 6-2 at 103 pounds. Steve Case started the night with a pin for Hastings. He stuck Brennan Simon in 1:05 during their 160-pound match. Sy Overmire followed that up for the Saxons with a 17-0 technical fall against Kyle Shanks at 171. Travis Trudgeon scored an impressive 5-3 victory over Lakewood’s Mike Kuras in the heavyweight bout. The Saxons built a 27-15 lead in the lightweights, with Matt Watson winning 8-2 at 112 pounds against Jarod Kent, Gage Pederson topping Josh Clark 10-2 at 119, and Alec Wilcox pinning Mason Blackmer 1:35 into their 125-pound match. Ionia forfeited five weight classes to the Vikings in the district championship match. Walkington (189 pounds), Jake Shaw (112) and Root (140) scored the only Viking wins on the mat against the Bulldogs. Kurtis Powell (215), A.J. Bowers (103), Joel Smith (119), Mason Blackmer (125), Gregory (135) and Phelps (160) scored the forfeit wins. Delton triples its number of regional qualifiers from ‘06 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The team season ended in the Division 3 district finals for Delton Kellogg last Thursday, but much of the team still has matches to wrestle. Delton Kellogg advanced nine wrestlers out of its Division 3 individual district tournament at Centerville on Saturday, led by 285-pounder Octavio Romero who scored the Panthers’ lone district title. A junior, Romero scored his 100th career win in the semifinals. Delton only had three individuals qualify for the regionals last season in the state individual tournament. “It was a good competition for our wrestlers,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “We had four other wrestlers in the qualifying round and they lost tough matches.” Delton had three second-place finishers, Matt Loveland (103 pounds) Brendan Boyle (119), and Chad Ramsey (215). For Loveland, he improved to 39-4 on the season by reaching the finals, where he suffered his first loss of the season at 103 to Coloma’s John Tanner 10-7 in the finals. Matt’s twin brother, sophomore Mark Loveland, was third in the 103-pound weight class. All five Delton wrestlers who reached the consolation finals placed third by winning their final match, Quinn DeBolt (145), Steve Romero (160), Chris Miller (189), and Billy Bourdo (215). “Sometimes you don’t know how you’ll come off a tough loss. Is the season over, or do you want to go on? They came out tough. We wrestled hard all day. When the dust settled, we had nine who survived,” Heethuis said. The nine Panthers hit the mats with a spot in the state finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills on the line on Saturday at Zeeland West High School. The tough loss leading up to the tournament, was a 46-27 defeat at the hands of the host Hawkeyes at last Thursday’s team district. “Hamilton’s a good club,” Heethuis said. “They’ll do well in the regional.” Delton started the night with a 60-21 win WRESTLE, continued from page 21 Brown in 2:39 for the 145-pound championship. Phelps pinned all three of his opponents on the day, sticking Hastings Dan Rybiski in :57 then Ionia’s Nick Bowerman in 2:56. Ionia’s Andy Woodrow defaulted the 135pound championship to Root because of an injury. Root started the day in the quarterfinals with a pin of Wayland’s Darin Walker in 5:15, then topped Rogers’ Kiel Fewless 12-4 in the semifinals. Kurtis Powell placed second for the Vikings at 215 pounds, Michael Gregory at 130 and Jarod Kent at 112 both placed third, and Dalton Ketchum at 140, Josh Clark at 119 and Holden Hummel at 103 placed fourth. Besides Dalton and Brown, TK had three wrestlers earn a spot in the regional by reaching the consolation finals. Kody Geerligs was third at 285 pounds, while Cody Clinton was fourth at 215 and John Wallace fourth at 130. The top four in each weight class Saturday at Northview earn a spot in the state finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills March 8, 9 and 10. over Hopkins, while Hamilton was topping Otsego 57-13 in the other district semifinal. Hamilton started the night with a big pin by Nate Wind, against Bourdo at 215 pounds. Octavio Romero (285) and Matt Loveland (103) followed that up with pins for the Panthers, but Hamilton won the next five matches to take control. Montana Otis (140), Steve Romero (160) and Chris Miller (189) closed out with wins for Delton. Matt Loveland, Miller, and Octavio and Steve Romero were the only Panthers to win two matches on the night. The Saxons’ Matt Schilds (top) begins to wrap up Lakewood’s Michael Gregory in the third period of their 130-pound match Thursday night, before the official stopped the action and Gregory went on to a 12-8 decision. 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Box 290 Hastings MI 49058 Ph: 269-945-1696 Ɣ Fax: 269-945-3162 www.hoc-mi.com Email: melissar@hoc-mi.com �Page 24 — Thursday, February 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lt. Donald Wright selected new Barry County Jail Administrator by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County has a new jail administrator who comes with a wealth of experience and a renewed passion for the job. Donald Wright began his duties on Jan. 26 following the retirement of Robert Andrews. “He brings a lot of experience to the job and he is a perfect fit,” Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said in announcing Wright. “He has experience in the field as an officer and he was the jail administrator for Calhoun County. We are glad to have him with us.” Wright actually comes to the department fresh from a stint with the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to that he was with Calhoun County for 27 years. “I was on patrol from 1979 to 1984,” Wright said in an interview last week. “I was promoted to sergeant in 1984 and then lieutenant. “I was the jail administrator for Calhoun County from 1992 until 1995. I retired from the county in 2005 and went to work for Homeland Security. “But it required a lot of travel and I was happy to get this opportunity.” Wright said he does not anticipate any major changes to the way the jail is run, but he is talking to the officers and others to see where improvements can be made. “We have an outstanding group of officers working here,” he said. “They have a great deal of knowledge and I hope to tap into that resource. “I didn’t come in with the idea of making a lot of changes. Right now I am still in a transition period, talking and listening to the officers who have been here. I am still getting used to the routine. “It is a good environment to work in,” he said. “I think they have done very well considering they still have the same number of staff that they had 20 years ago. They deserve a lot of credit.” The Barry County Jail has a capacity of 94 prisoners at any one time, including a holding or bond unit. The average length of stay for most prisoners is 16 days. “Of course, that includes many who bond out almost immediately and those we hold on out of county warrants. They are picked up by the issuing county and aren’t here very long,” he said. “There is also a separate unit for females.” The jail is actually a very active place, he said, with a number of classes and activities daily for the prisoners. “We have cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse therapy for many of our prisoners and, of course, we have regular activities.” Visiting is every Tuesday for immediate family. Lt. Donald Wright took over as the Barry County Jail Administrator last month. The former Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputy and Jail Administrator most recently was employed by the Department of Homeland Security. He brings more than 27 years of law enforcement and administrative experience to the job. att.com/familyvalues 1-800-528-2075 Small-town values. Worldwide connections. AT&T local and long distance. Reliable communication is even more important when you live in a small town. That’s why you should depend on AT&T for all your local and long distance needs — with the service and proven track record you can trust. Because when you live in a small town, you have even more reason to stay connected. AT&T. Your world. Delivered. SM “We also supervise community service projects,” he said. “So there is very little down time. Everyone keeps pretty busy.” Wright said one of the problems he will address in his new position is space utilization. “Classroom space is at a premium,” he said. “We have to use the recreation room for classes. We want to give the prisoners a separate place to be able to talk to the therapist without guards present. In that way they can feel freerer to open up. Sometimes they don’t feel comfortable talking if the staff is present.” Wright, however, said they are making do with the space they have. “There is no sense in re-inventing the wheel,” he said. “They have a pretty good routine here and I am still in the process of getting the feel of everything. “But I read the law enforcement journals and I have been to other facilities and if I see something I think we can make work here, I will bring it up.” BASKETBALL, continued from page 22 points. The Saxons defense was especially impressive with regular starter Jordan Rambin out with the flu. Senior Jesse Ellwood came off the bench and provided some solid defense in his place. “This is the time of year for seniors and we end with, counting today, four home games. So, they get a chance to end on a positive note,” Schils said. “We have three more games we feel we have a chance to win here.” Juniors Ryan Vogel and Ryan Cain were also solid inside for Hastings, while Stephen Tolger did an excellent job from the point getting the Saxons into their sets and running the offense. The Saxons end the season by facing Hamilton this Friday, Thornapple Kellogg next Tuesday, and finally an O-K Crossover contest March 2. Hastings is now 8-9 overall and 4-6 in the O-K Gold Conference. Hastings’ sixth league loss came last Friday at Wayland, where the Wildcats scored a 69-52 victory. The Saxons trailed by seven points at the half, but worked their way back into the ball game in the third quarter. Midway through the period they had three chances with the ball, trailing by two points, and turned the ball over three times. Wayland went on an 11-0 run the remainder of the period, and the Saxons were never able to get back within striking distance. Cowles led the third quarter comeback, scoring ten consecutive points at one time for Hastings. He finished with 19 points. Skedgell added 14 points for Hastings. The Saxons turned the ball over 27 times on the night. “Wayland is very good at turning those into points,” Schils said. “They hit a couple threes in transition too. They are as good of an offensive team as we have played all year. They have a lot of offensive weapons. It’s hard to key on just one guy.” The Wildcats had five players with at least nine points. Ryan Dame led the Wildcats with 16 points. Hastings’ Jesse Ellwood sails in for a lay-up Friday night at Wayland. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 77508556 92696_AQRMAP6136_1103I 1 12/21/06 11:37:07 PM � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-03-01.pdf ac66e459de8a564e9d1027876eee3731 PDF Text Text Latest round in casino war goes to Tribe It is broke, so let’s get to work to fix it TK upsets Hastings to end O-K Gold schedule See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 9 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, March 1, 2007 NEWS Murder on EMU campus BRIEFS Authorities say Laura Dickinson was killed 3-year-old girl battling leukemia The Maple Leaf Grange will sponsor a benefit dinner for 3-year-old leukemia victim Madisen Wollaston at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3. The cost will be $7 per person, and the food will be provided by the Maple Leaf Grange. There also will be a dance from 7 to 11 p.m. Admission to that will be $5 per person. Music will be provided by Don Wagner and Boot Kicken Country. All proceeds will go to the family, and additional donations will be accepted. For more information, call (517) 852-9178. Madisen turned 3 years old Sept. 11, 2006, and was diagnosed with chronic mylogenous leukemia about one month later. This type of leukemia is rare in small children. Before Madisen was diagnosed, her parents had taken her to Acorn Chiropractic in Hastings to see if the doctor could help with some of the symptoms she was feeling. The doctor knew that something major was wrong and told her parents in no uncertain terms she needed to go to the emergency room right away. He told them to not even go home first. Her white blood cell count was over one million. A normal white blood count would be between 4,000 and 8,000. There is not much information about the long-term side effects of the medicines for this type of leukemia in children because it is so rare in them. Madisen’s doctor at Bronson is watching her growth, her heart and other things to make sure the medicine is not causing too much damage. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The shocking death Dec. 15 of 22-year-old Laura Dickinson took a disturbing turn last weekend when it was revealed authorities believe the Eastern Michigan University coed was murdered by a fellow student. Though indications more than two months ago were that there was no sign of trauma in her death, police now are investigating whether Dickinson, a Hastings High School graduate, was smothered and sexually assaulted in her dorm room at EMU by Orange Amir Taylor, 20, of Southfield, who now is lodged in the Washtenaw County Jail. A joint investigation involving campus police at Eastern Michigan University, the Washtenaw County Sheriff Department’s Major Case team and the Michigan State Police resulted in Taylor’s arrest last Friday. Ward Mullens, a spokesman for EMU, said he was not able to reveal details of the investigation and arrest of the 20-year-old Eastern Michigan University student, but did say that evidence gathered had been turned over to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor Feb. 23 and HHS thespians plan 42nd Street Hastings High School students are bringing a litle bit of Broadway to Hastings during the musical “42nd Street” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 1 through 3 in the Central Elementary School auditorium. The play is about characters trying to make a successful Broadway play, “Pretty Lady,” after the Depression. It is a musical comedy full of song-and-dance about “old Broadway.” The play is directed by Hastings teachers Patti LaJoye and Todd Willard, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 indicate a homicide. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans said there are a number of scenarios in which homicide may be charged, even though the medical examiner has not determined the exact cause of death. “It could be any number of reasons,” Evans said. “For instance, there may be sufficient trauma so that one particular factor may not be readily determined to be the exact cause. Or it may be that evidence is available to the prosecutor that was not available to the medical examiner, additional evidence that convinces the prosecutor that a homicide did occur.” In this case, according to Bob Dickinson, that may have been the articles of clothing belonging to Laura that were discovered in Taylor’s possession. According to the information released, Taylor was observed on surveillance video inside the dorm and was identified as a suspect when it was learned he was not a resident of that facility. Taylor has been charged with homicide, home invasion, two counts of criminal sexual Laura Dickinson conduct and larceny. Dickinson’s death originally was not classified publicly as a homicide and information See MURDER, page 3 County Parks Commission dissolved Separate Charlton Park, recreation boards to be established First Friday focus to be on veterans Veterans Jack G. Devine of Dimondale will talk about the problems of America’s veterans at the next First Friday session at noon March 2 at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets, Hastings. Devine served in the U.S. Air Force until 1969 as Staff Sergeant. His duties were as a motion picture editor (Air Force Newsreel, training films, special film reports, and daily air strike footage). His duty stations were Lackland AFB in Texas, Orlando AFB in Florida, Phan Rang AFB in Vietnam, and Takhli RTAFB in Thailand. He was awarded the Air Force Commendation, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals. His primary career interest has been service to veterans and their families. His journey has taken him from being the president of the Oakland University Veterans Association to assuming the position of Adjutant of the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans in 1995. He currently serves as the vice president of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and chair of the Michigan Veterans Caucus. that evidence resulted in an arrest warrant being authorized against Taylor. “This is still an ongoing investigation, Mullens said Tuesday, “but what I can tell you is that evidence was gathered over a period of time since the murder and it was sufficient to cause investigators to take that evidence to the prosecutor. The prosecutor then presented that evidence to a judge and a warrant was issued resulting in the arrest of the suspect.” Mullens said his office has released all the information they can at this time, but as more information becomes available it will be passed along to the public. “They still have not determined the cause of death,” he said. But Laura’s father, Bob Dickinson, owner of the State Grounds Coffee House in downtown Hastings, said it’s his understanding authorities are examining a pillow to see if it was indeed used to smother his daughter during the assault. Washtenaw County Medical Examiner Dr. Bader Cassin is still waiting for lab results from the autopsy before determining the exact cause, but sufficient evidence was present to Steve Johnson in 1976 Hastings Mfg. CEO Stephen Johnson dies by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Stephen Ironside Johnson, who previously served 30 years at the helm of Hastings Manufacturing Co., known around the globe as a manufacturer of piston rings, filters and other automotive after-market products, has died. He was 87. He is remembered by family and friends not only for the impact he had as an industrialist, but also as a wonderful family man and friend, for his love of community and his contributions to Hastings and Barry County. Funeral services for Johnson will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings. Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today (March 1) at Wren Funeral Home in Hastings. Johnson died Saturday, Feb. 24 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Family members said he had been ill for about six weeks. After having pneumonia around Thanksgiving, he never seemed to regain his health, his daughter Martha Fleming said. In addition to serving as chairman of the board of Hastings Manufacturing Company from 1963-93, Johnson was company president from 1955-63. He began his career at the company in 1946, working in the engineering department. With Harold Phillips, Johnson designed an oil ring that gave the company its See JOHNSON, page 3 by David T. Young Editor It’s official: The Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission has been dissolved and replaced by a Charlton Park Village and Museum Board and a Parks and Recreation Board. The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night voted unanimously, 8-0, to make the move, which comes after millage defeats last August and November, after a joint public meeting, a public hearing and a survey. The action was recommended last Wednesday morning, Feb. 21, by the committee of the whole. The former Parks and Rec Commission was made up of 10 appointed members, four of them mandated by state law. The mandated positions were at least one county commissioner, a representative from the Road Commission, the drain commissioner and a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. These posts were filled by Jeff VanNortwick, Donald Willcutt, Tom Doyle and Clyde Morgan, respectively. The other six seats were taken by County Commissioner Hoot Gibson, and public representatives Tim Weingartz, Sharon Rich, Ken Neil, Keith Murphy and Catherine Deyo-Young. The County Board of Commissioners will send each a letter thanking them for their service. Despite the unanimous vote, not everyone supported the idea. Thomas Dutcher, an attorney who lives in Orangeville Township, said he attended the public hearing Feb. 8 and thought things were “If I felt something disrespectful was going on here, I would have voted the other way... I just felt something had to be done.” — Commissioner Jim French progressing quite nicely, but he was surprised by the “breakneck speed” with which the County Board acted to dissolved the old Parks and Rec Commission to create two new boards. “It appears maybe things are going too fast,” he told the board. “That kind of a drastic change needs a little more input. We need to take baby steps instead of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.” He said the recommendation the previous Wednesday morning came as a shock and surprise to Parks and Rec Commission members who were not at fault for what had gone wrong for Charlton Park. Two millage requests, one for a renewal and another for an increase, were soundly rejected by voters in the primary election last Aug. 8 and a single quarter of a mill increase whittled down to .227 mill for five instead of ten years was defeated by a 55-45% tally the following November. Without the $430,000 in funding from a quarter of a mill, which expires at the end of this year, it is likely the park would have to close. Meanwhile, Charlton Park Director Dr. George W. Shannon resigned and has taken a job in Texas. The park now is overseen by interim caretaker Keith Murphy until a parttime interim administrator is chosen. Elden Shellenbarger disagreed with See PARKS, page 16 Wetlands issue appears to be dead in water Life savers don’t go unnoticed Jennifer Matthews, Sgt. Jim Lee, Police Chief Jerry Sarver and Deputy Chief Mike Leedy stand with their awards at Monday night’s Hastings City Council meeting for saving a child’s life. In late December, a mother stopped at City Hall when she saw her 2-year-old child choking on a sucker. The five city employees removed the sucker to save the child’s life. (Not pictured is Erik Litts.) by David T. Young Editor Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Michael Callton announced Tuesday night that the local wetlands issue that’s been heating up lately has cooled down considerably. “A decision has been made to no longer pursue a county-wide wetlands ordinance,” he told his colleagues. “It’s no longer an issue.” There were rumors of conflict ahead not long ago when it was reported a small environmental group associated with the Natural Resources Action Team (NRAT) had been working on a proposed wetlands ordinance governing one to five acres after receiving a grant. However, it was pointed out subsequently that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality recently had enacted a state-wide wetlands ordinance for all lands of least five acres in size. The definition of the new state measure applies to “Wetlands up to and including 5 See WETLANDS, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Tickets are being sold at Bosley Pharmacy, King’s Appliances, Felpausch, State Grounds Coffee House and all Hastings Area Schools. Prices are $8 for students, $9 for seniors and $10 for adults. Prices are $1 more at the door. Cabaret re-set at new location The annual Community Music School Cabaret, canceled because of blizzard conditions Feb. 10, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 10, at a new location, the Walldorff Bistro in downtown Hastings. Dancing to the music of "Les Jazz," a big band, under the direction of Joe LaJoye, specializing in swing music of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s will be part of the evening’s entertainment. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar available. In addition, the event will include a floor show featuring music by Community Music School faculty musicians and a silent auction. Admission is $30 per couple, and proceeds help provide scholarships and financial aid for students of the Community Music School in Hastings. Tickets will be available at the door or may be purchased in advance at the Music School office, located in the Hastings First United Methodist Church. For more information, call 269/948-9441. Pennock blood drive set Friday Pennock Health Services will be host for a community blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the Conference Center at Pennock Hospital, 1009 West Green St., Hastings. The blood drive will be held in conjunction with Michigan Community Blood Centers, the non-profit blood bank that provides 100 percent of Pennock's regular blood supply, No appointment is needed to give blood at this drive. Any healthy person 17 or older who weighs at least 110 pounds may be eligible to give blood every 56 days. It takes just seven to 10 minutes to donate a pint of blood, with the entire donation process (including pre-donation screening and postdonation rest/snack period) taking less than one hour. To make sure hospitals in Barry and Kent counties have all the blood they need, Michigan Community Blood Centers needs to collect more than 145 pints of donated blood every day. Statewide, Michigan Community Blood Centers provides for hospitals in four major regions with a combined population of more than 1.5 million. As a member of America's Blood Centers (a nationwide network of community blood banks that together provide half the US blood supply and all of the Canadian blood supply), Michigan Community Blood Centers also regularly responds to requests for blood from other communities in need across the nation, after first making sure all local needs have been met. Persons interested in more information on blood donation, the need for blood, and Michigan Community Blood Centers, can find out more by visiting Michigan Community Blood Centers Web site, www.miblood.org Library Friends plan book sale It will be the “lucky” reader who attends the Friends of the Library Used Book Sale Wednesday, March 7, in the Library from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All kinds of bargains and special deals dressed in green will offer books at reduced prices. This will probably be the last insidethe-library sale before the huge sale in June. Skywarn training session scheduled A Skywarn training session will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in the Barry County Courts and Law Building, 206 W. Court St. in Hastings. Skywarn is a volunteer program with over 230,000 trained severe weather spotters. These volunteers help keep their local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. Though Skywarn spotters provide essential information for all types of weather hazards, their main responsibility is to identify and describe severe local storms. Since the progrqm started in the 1970s, the information provided by Skywarn spotters, coupled with Doppler radar technolo- gy, improved satellite and other data, has enabled the National Weather Service to issue more timely and accurate warnings for tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flash floods. The National Weather Service encourages anyone with an interest in public service and access to communication, such as ham radio, to join the Skywarn program. Volunteers include police and fire personnel, dispatchers, EMS workers, public utility workers and other concerned private citizens. Individuals affiliated with hospitals, schools, churches, nursing homes or who have a responsibiliy for protecting others are also encouraged to become a spotter. Classes are free and typically are about two hours long, according to Emergency Management Director Jim Yarger. ‘Great Decisions’ series continues The Great Decisions discussion group began its meetings at the KCC Hastings Center this week, but has changed its class time to 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, one hour later than originally announced. There is still time to sign up for these world affairs discussions; seven weekly classes remain, with next Tuesday's topic being climate change and global warming. The class would welcome more participants among the members of the KCC Institute for Learning in Retirement, or others who may be interested. Membership is $15 per year, and tuition for this class is $25 for members or $35 for nonmembers, including the Foreign Policy Association briefing book for 2007, giving expert and objective information on each weekly topic to read in preparation for discussion. Lenten Luncheon series continues “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church and which started Feb. 22, continues today, Thursday, March 1, and each Thursday through March 29. Each program starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. Speakers for the series are: • March 1 – Bob Dickinson, owner of State Grounds Coffee House. • March 8 – Lani Forbes, executive director of Barry County United Way. • March 15 – Bev Newton, of Community Action Agency. • March 22 – Dr. Troy Carlson, family physician. • March 29 – Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. Bowl for Kids Sake slated for March 3 Big Brothers-Big Sisters’ annual Bowl for Kids Sake will take place Saturday, March 3, at Hastings Bowl. This year’s theme is the “Wild West Bowl.” The 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. times still have openings for teams. For more information, call Big Brothers Big Sisters at (269) 945-9545, extension 153. First aid, CPR course planned An American Red Cross first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course will be held Friday, March 2, and Saturday, March 3, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This course uses the new updated materials. The adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and workplace OSHA requirements. The times for Friday are from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. The cost is $50, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. A free light lunch also will be provided by Grace Lutheran Youth and Family Ministry, or students may bring their own. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. To register or for more information, call Kim Domke, an ARC certified instructor, at 945-9181. This artist’s rendering of the Gun Lake casino has remained just that for a long time, as legal haggling continues over whether the facility will be built. Federal judge rejects MichGo challenge Latest round in casino war goes to Tribe by David T. Young Editor The long, bitter and contentious court battle over the right to build a casino in Bradley continued with another round last week, and in this one went to the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis. But the war is not over. Federal District Judge John Garrett Penn Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Michigan Gambling Organization (MichGo) challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to take 146 acres of land into trust, clearing the way for the tribe to begin construction of a gaming casino at the old Ampro Seeds site. However, MichGo Monday issued a statement it would appeal the ruling. The fight against the casino has been waged for several years by MichGo and another group called 23 Is Enough. The tribe has survived all of the legal challenges thus far, but the two groups, calling themselves “grass-roots,” nevertheless are well funded and have persevered in their quest to stop or at least delay construction of a 193,000square-foot facility that would include 75 gaming tables, tree restaurants, a lounge and 2,500 slot machines. “Voter mandate, public opinion polls, hundreds of community leaders and a majority of state and federal lawmakers have all made it apparent that Michigan opposes the Gun Lake proposal and casino expansion as a whole,” said Todd Boorsma, MichGo president. “Clearly something is wrong with our federal government when the voices of these people are so blatantly ignored. Yesterday's ruling is obviously disappointing, but we have known “Yesterday's ruling is obviously disappointing, but we have known since day one that our legal challenge is an uphill battle. However, we will continue to pursue every possible legal and legislative avenue to uphold our state's right to stop this unwanted casino." — Todd Boorsma, MichGo president since day one that our legal challenge is an uphill battle. However, we will continue to pursue every possible legal and legislative avenue to uphold our state's right to stop this unwanted casino." The tribe takes umbrage at the notion the casino is unwanted, pointing to results of a poll of 600 likely voters who favored its construction by a 2-to-1 margin. Tribal Chairman D.K. Sprague for a long time has maintained the casino would bring about 1,800 jobs to West Michigan people in increasingly hard economic times, particularly in the manufacturing sector. "This decision (by Judge Penn) is a cause for great celebration, both for the Tribe and the people of West Michigan who dream of economic opportunities and good paying jobs with great benefits," said Sprague. "We are now one very short step from recovering an important piece of our traditional homelands and we will continue to work with the federal government to expeditiously complete the trust process.” Judge Penn, in ruling against MichGo’s challenge, found "the EA (environmental assessment) thoroughly considered the Bradley property's foreseeable impacts on growth, residential and commercial development, land and water resources, wetlands, wildlife, socioeconomic and cultural issues, traffic and pollution." Sprague, anticipating MichGo’s action in response to the ruling, said, “The Tribe is prepared to counter any potential MichGO appeal of Judge Penn's decision and accompanying request to stay, or delay, the DOl's stated intention to take the land in to trust.” He added he is confident an appeal will not be successful and construction on the new facility could begin as soon as next summer. It could take between 14 and 16 months before the casino is fully operational. "We don't believe an appeal by MichGO will delay the taking of our land into trust due to the previous decision of the appellate court,” he said. “We look forward to starting construction as soon as possible because both the Tribe and West Michigan families need economic relief now.” If the land is taken into a federal trust, the Gun Lake Tribe may engage in Class II gaming, which MichGo says “is essentially a glorified bingo hall, with gaming machines that look like, act like and sound like slot machines, but are considered bingo machines under federal law. “However, to engage in Vegas-style Class III gaming, the Tribe must obtain a tribal-state gaming compact that has been approved by both legislative chambers and signed by the governor. The Tribe indeed is pressuring Gov. Jennifer Granholm to sign a compact for a Class III gaming license, holding that state government then can share a percentage of the revenue. Otherwise, with a Class II license, the Tribe is not required to share any of its revenue with the state. "We've played by the rules and waited patiently for the Governor to sign our compact for more than six years,” Sprague said. “With Judge Penn's ruling and the inevitability of our land going into trust, we are now officially asking Governor Granholm to approve a tribal-state Class III compact.” Besides its continued legal efforts, MichGO is calling on Michigan's lawmakers “to stand firm on its opposition to Class III expansion and focus on reworking the inadequacies of existing compacts,” Boorsma said. “The fact is that no state that has exercised its 11th Amendment Constitutional right of state sovereign immunity has ever been forced to accept a Class III compact it did not want to approve. In 1996, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of states' rights and denied the compact-forcing procedures (Seminole vs. Florida). Making Michigan's legislature increasingly important are new, untested Department of Interior secretarial procedures have attempted to impose Class III gaming without state approval, a threat now used by the Gun Lake Tribe and others to expedite their agenda. "Michigan should not cave to veiled threats and an overreaching federal government. No state can be forced to accept a Class III gaming compact they do not want to have," added Boorsma. "We believe that our case will ultimately prevail, but we want Michigan lawmakers to know that they have the Constitutional right to say no to Class III gaming expansion." Michigan now has 17 casinos, and the two opposing groups say they want to stop allowing any more. The tribal casinos combine to form a nearly $1 billion industry, but they remain free from any substantive regulation or scrutinizing oversight on both state and federal levels, Boorsma contended. MichGo and 23 Is Enough have expressed moral and economic reasons for opposing the Gun Lake Tribe’s plans for a casino. However, tribal spokespersons have suggested the group is heavily funded by a group of wealthy Grand Rapids area businessmen, including Peter Secchia, former U.S. ambassador to Italy, Richard DeVos, father of failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos. The Tribe has maintained small, but wealthy and powerful Grand Rapids area business interests simply see the casino as an unwanted competitor for entertainment dollars. Earlier this month, the Tribe issued a prepared press release contending the largest print media in West Michigan, the Grand Rapids Press, has a more than cozy relationship with DeVos and Secchia and the anticasino movement. Dick DeVos gave the eulogy for Press Editor Mike Lloyd’s wife’s funeral and Secchia was in a traffic accident while returning from a Michigan State basketball game with Press Editorial Page Editor Joe Crawford and their wives. In a press release dated Feb. 8, James Nye, a spokesman for the Gun Lake Tribe, said, “...the Press has avoided printing positive news and letters about the Tribe and its casino project, or anything negative regarding casino opponents and their efforts. Meantime, the Press has printed frequent negative news reports about the Tribe and its proposed casino project. The Press' slanted coverage is beyond mere coincidence... “On January 2, 2007, the Press published a year-in-review that gloated about the Tribe's project being delayed. It read, ‘gamblers who longed to blow their kids' inheritance... were again disappointed this year... The Tribe failed to make much progress in its drawn-out court battles... not to worry... pocket books still are being drained in... Mt. Pleasant,’ (home to the Saginaw Chippewas’ Soaring Eagle Casino).” Area politicians, including State Senator Patty Birkholz, State Rep. Fulton Sheen and Congressmen Vern Ehlers and Peter Hoekstra “The Tribe is prepared to counter any potential MichGO appeal of Judge Penn's decision and accompanying request to stay, or delay, the DOl's stated intention to take the land in to trust.” — Tribe Chairman D.K. Sprague and joined efforts to stop the casino. Opponents often have claimed the scandals involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff on behalf of Indian casinos are good enough reasons to have them halted. Boorsma said, "Michigan has reached a critical time where we must wrap our arms around casino expansion while we still can. As the Jack Abramoff scandal showed us last year, tribal gaming law is broken, outdated, and open to manipulation by special interests," added Boorsma. "Stopping the Gun Lake proposal is still MichGO's number one priority, but our lawmakers really need to stand up for the rights of Michigan and protect the economic and social vitality of our communities.” Interestingly, the Tribe has maintained that Abramoff lobbied against the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis on behalf of a rival casino, that the disgraced lobbyist made a $1,000 contribution to Hoekstra’s re-election campaign and was the recipient of a special informational fax from the congressman while he was in hearings with the Department of the Interior over the land trust question. Free taxpayer guides offered Ionia and Barry county residents can learn about the latest tax information by picking up a free copy of the 2006 Michigan Taxpayer’s Guide offered by state Rep. Brian Calley. “The tax guide is an excellent resource for all Michigan taxpayers,” said Calley, RPortland. “The guide’s clear and concise presentation of state tax issues will help people file their returns. I encourage everyone to pick up a copy.” The booklet outlines many Michigan laws on property taxes, homestead property tax credits, farmland and open space tax relief, and other related subjects. Also included are sample tax forms and a list of phone numbers for assistance. “The guide explains the homestead tax credit and many other pertinent issues relating to taxes,” said Calley, a member of the House Tax Policy Committee. Families and all residents can save money with this guide.” Free copies are provided to local libraries, and township and city halls throughout the 87th House District. Residents also can call Calley at (517) 373-0842 to order a free copy, or e-mail him at briancalley@house.mi.gov �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 3 JOHNSON, continued from page 1 competitive advantage, family members said. Even though Hastings Manufacturing has different leadership now, Hastings native Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics, said he’ll always think of the Johnson family name as synonymous to the company “no matter what because they started it here and were very active and giving in the community over the years.” Stephen I. Johnson’s late father, Aben E. Johnson, was the company’s first president in 1915. “The Johnson family name is on Johnson Field (at Hastings High). They gave the original building for the YMCA...,” Jacobs said. He noted that two of Stephen’s sons also held key positions at Hastings Manufacturing in later years. “They (the Johnson family members) are an institution and they will always remain in our history of Barry County... Our history never changes. They were players in the process... Their family members now are players in the community or active in the community and hopefully their leadership in the community will grow because of the leadership they got from him (Stephen). It’s a great family, and we need to acknowledge who they are and what impact they had on Barry County along the way,” Jacobs said. Johnson, a 1937 Hastings High School graduate and native of Hastings, had attended the School of Engineering at the University of Michigan. He married Isabel Sage, of Hastings, in 1942. She was well known as a community leader and died several years ago. The Johnsons’ children are Stephen F. Johnson, of Montana; Mark, of Gun Lake; Andrew, of Hastings; and Martha Fleming, of Florida. When speaking of his father’s accomplishments, Stephen F. Johnson said, “He kept Hastings Manufacturing going. The jobs did not go to Alabama or overseas, and the employees always got their paychecks. He had the opportunity to sell the company to people who would have cut the company up.” But, he said, his father didn’t do that. Consequently, when times became lean, there was “a huge financial loss,” and Hastings Manufacturing recently faced Chapter 11 bankruptcy. “It (the loss) did hit stockholders, but not the employees,” Stephen said. When Hastings Manufacturing faced Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it was purchased by the Anderson Group, a Bloomfield Hills holding company, which is currently operating the company. Mark worked with his father for many years and the two often traveled together on business. “ Even though he was trained and educated to be an engineer, he really liked the salesside of the business. He enjoyed the customers, and they respected him and his integrity,” Mark said, noting that his dad was extremely well known and respected in the automotive after-market business. When Mark was young, his father traveled a lot on business, he said, but when his dad returned home his attention was directed 100% to the family. “He was a great dad,” Mark said. He and his siblings enjoyed many activities with their father, such as downhill-skiing, cross country skiing, hunting and fishing. “He was a humble guy,” Mark said, “who liked to do nice things behind the scenes. “He liked Hastings, Barry County and Gun Lake.” Son Andy also had the privilege of working with his father for many years. “He was a good boss, a good businessman,” Andy said. “He really loved work.” One of his father’s important qualities was his leadership of Hastings Manufacturing Co., Andy said, noting that the company’s growth was one of his achievements. Calling his father a generous man, Andy said, “he did a lot for the community and some things nobody ever knew about.” Stephen I. Johnson was one of the founders of the Thornapple Foundation (which has evolved into today’s thriving Barry Community Foundation), and Andy said his father believed that it was “really a good thing to have for the community.” Community service for Stephen I. Johnson included serving on the boards of Pennock Hospital, Hastings City Bank and the Hastings Country Club. When his dad made contributions, Andy said, they were primarily focused on Barry County and Hastings because “he felt that was very important.” His father always made time for a variety of hobbies and interests, including boating on Gun Lake, playing tennis and riding horses, Andy said. He recalled his father’s passion for duck hunting, exclusively in the Gun Lake area. Occasionally, his dad would hunt geese and sometimes he would target practice with clay pigeons. Andy can remember going hunting with his father early in the morning, sometimes with his brothers and sometimes just with his dad. “He hunted well into his 70s,” Andy said. “He was a good shot. He was always a better shot than I was.” Son Stephen F. Johnson also talked of his father’s hunting prowess and excellent marksmanship. Once when he and his father were pheasant hunting, his dad used an antique black powder musket. After his dad took a shot at a pheasant, there was such a cloud of black smoke that his dad asked him if he could tell whether the pheasant had been shot. It had. “He (Stephen I. Johnson) really enjoyed horses,” said Andy, who sometimes rode with his dad. “He was a very talented person. What he did, he did well.” Though his father had a lot of athletic ability, he said his dad didn’t participate to be competitive, but for the enjoyment of the activity. “He enjoyed his family – his kids, grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” Andy said. Son Stephen said his father liked to take the grandchildren in his boat to get ice cream at a store. Andy recalls the great fun his family has had with the Groos family and other friends on the Fourth of July. The Groos and Johnson families have cottages across the street from each other at Hastings Point, Gun Lake. Those memories include the infamous cannon Stephen I. Johnson acquired. Every Fourth of July for 50 years, the cannon has been shot three times, using black powder, and the fourth time is a blasting of toilet paper to clean it out. Andy describes the cannon as huge and thundering. It was designed for a 12 lb. shot. The cannon has an interesting history that can be traced back to service on a flagship in the Battle of New Orleans. He said his father was able to obtain the cannon from a classmate who was an officer in the Navy. His father had told the friend to let him know if he ever happened to find an unwanted cannon. The friend fulfilled Stephen Johnson’s wish when he found a cannon in a naval junkyard in Virginia. When Johnson acquired the cannon, for a joke he had it shipped C.O.D. to Richard T. Groos, now retired from the helm of the Viking Corp., and it arrived on the loading dock at the Viking Corp. much to Groos’ surprise. Tom Groos, chairman of the board of The Viking Group and Richard’s son, said his dad and Stephen like to play jokes on each other and enjoyed that aspect of their friendship. “He had a great sense of humor,” Tom said of Steven, who is his father’s second cousin. Tom said his dad and his late mother, Ethel Groos, received a warm welcome from the Johnsons when the Groos family moved to Hastings in the 1950s. Both families spent Christmas Eve and the Fourth of July together for many years and enjoyed other familyoriented gatherings. Tom said he always thought of Stephen I. Johnson as a respected elder. “He was one of those guys you looked up to and respected. “He was a man of few words. When he spoke you definitely wanted to listen,” Tom said. Son Stephen said he was impressed with his dad’s self-discipline and inherited that trait from him. “He did things he did not want to do,” Stephen said, and taught his children that it was part of life. “No matter what, he was very supportive of me and my brothers and sister,” Stephen said of his dad. As a child, he remembers his father reading “Robinson Caruso” and other classics to him. ‘He was a great reader and read most of the Great Books,” Stephen said. Daughter Martha Fleming recalled that her father loved words and was a stickler about the correct usage of words. She fondly remembers times when the family was seated around the dinner table and discussing world events as well as school news with him. On a regular basis, she said, her father would send her and her brothers to the dictionary to check out proper word usage. At other times, when her father wasn’t sure about a certain word, he would call Gladys Youngs, who, before her death, was a Hastings institution for her English teaching at Hastings High, Martha said. She described her dad as modest and shy. “He was quiet because he was shy,” she said. “My dad was very proud of his Scottish heritage,” Martha said, noting that his mother was 100% Scottish. When Martha was about five years old, her father wanted to learn some of the Scottish dances and had a roundabout way of doing that. He made arrangements for Martha to take private Scottish dancing lessons from Crystal Case, who once had a dance studio in Hastings. When her dad had free time at home, he would move the furniture in the living room for a makeshift dance floor, put on Scottish bagpipe music and Martha would teach the Scottish dance steps to her dad! Asked how she thought her father would want to be remembered, Martha said, “he lived life to the fullest and that his family was so proud of him.” Besides being loved by his children, Stephen I. Johnson also was cherished by his daughter-in-laws. “I loved him dearly,” said Mark’s wife, Kathy Johnson. “He was truly a remarkable man.” When she thinks of trying to sum up her father-in-law, she thinks of the adage: “Still waters run deep. “He was quiet and modest, but he was a thinker. He was constantly thinking. He had a very brilliant mind,” Kathy said. “He was a wonderful father to his four children and was a superb example to them... a wonderful role model.” She said that was one of his strongest attributes. Kathy said her father-in-law “was extremely ethical in business and in his personal life. It was just in him.” He always took the high road, she said. “He routinely did generous things, but very quietly. He did not want to be in the limelight and didn’t want any fanfare. If he saw a need, he would quietly do it,” Kathy said. Andy’s wife, Pat, called Stephen I. Johnson “gentle, kind, generous and a good father-inlaw.” Retired YMCA Director Bob King, who has a city park named after him, said Stephen Johnson “was a great supporter of the YMCA. “He gave the original land for the YMCA Camp (at Algonquin Lake). He gave five lots along the lake in 1945, and I started the camp in 1946,” King said. Johnson and his late wife, Isabel, gave the first four camp cabins and even purchased an old Quonset hut from the Army to get the camp started, he said. Stephen I. Johnson is the person who went to the Hastings City Council and recommended that the city park on Woodlawn be named after the popular and dedicated Bob King. Retired Judge Richard Shuster remembers Johnson as a gracious person. The two had served together on the original Thornapple Foundation Board. “He was interested in the community and his family,” Shuster said. “When I think of Steve, I think of a courteous gentleman.” Fred Jacobs, who also served with Stephen I. Johnson on the Thornapple Foundation Board, said he knew Johnson almost all his life. “He liked to talk about history. He knew a lot about the town and I was always interested in the history of Barry County so it was always nice to talk to him and Dick Groos, Paul Siegel, Tom Stebbins and Dick Cook,” who were the original foundation trustees, Fred said. “They all were knowledgeable. They were all the fiber of where Barry County and Hastings were going because they were all in leadership positions. I always looked up to those people as I was growing up. I don’t know if young kids do today, but I was taught to look up to those people and respect them for what they were a part of. They were the leaders, the employers of the community and pretty much led the community. Whenever there was a problem, the community would look to those people to help solve it because they were always the people who did in a small town. You can still see their influence today all over the place. They still have a tremendous influence,” Jacobs said. resolution, Board Chairman Mike Callton commented, “We’ll do whatever we can to support the most vulnerable of our citizens.” • Adopted two resolutions to approve and authorize the sale of $450,000 in bonds to pay for arsenic removal in the water system for Yankee Springs Township through the Drinking Water Revolving Fund. • Approved a one-year medical examiner services agreement and administrative services agreement with Dr. Joyce DeJong of Sparrow Hospital Lansing to serve as medical examiner, replacing Dr. Jeff Chapman, who died last year. Ann Wilson will administer the program locally. • Agreed to a letter of understanding for an additional $4,300 for the enforcement officer at Friend of the Court, pending approval by the Courthouse Employees Association. • Approved the expenditure of $2,485 to complete the reception center project for the sheriff’s department. • Approved the addition of Jonker Land Surveying to the agreement between the county and a list of surveying firms in connection with the remonumentation project. Jonker inadvertently had been omitted from the list presented two weeks earlier. Steve Johnson in 1943 WETLANDS, continued from page 1 acres that are connected to or located within 500 feet of an inland lake, pond, river, or stream; and any wetland greater than 5 acres is protected by the state of Michigan DEQ.” Callton said he believes the group decided to abandon its efforts for a more strict local law after being told there was little if any chance of passage from the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission, not to mention the Board of Commissioners. Furthermore, a group of angry farmers and property rights advocates appeared at a County Board meeting in January to complain about reports a stricter law was in the works for Barry County. Barry County Commissioner Keith Ferris, in a communication dated last Monday and intended for fellow commissioners, Barry County planning commissioners, township supervisors, village presidents, the mayor of Hastings citizens and landowners, said: “I have tried to look at the wetlands issue using logic and statistics, removing emotion from the discussion. The statistics were prepared by the Barry County Mapping Department and are meant to be a professional representative estimation, as fact can only be determined by walking every acre of Barry County. “The perceived Barry County wetlands ordinance would protect wetlands 0 to 5 acres that are not currently protected by the Michigan DEQ and most wetlands currently protected by the DEQ. “The 0 to 5 acre area represents about 1.8% of Barry County's total wetlands, which is 6,636 acres that are scattered by Mother Nature throughout Barry County's 368,692 acres of land. “As of Jan. 1, 2007, the Michigan DEQ regulates wetlands up to and including 5 acres that are connected to or located within 500 feet of an inland lake, pond, river, or stream; and any wetland greater than 5 acres. After review of the data prepared by the Barry County Mapping Department, the representative estimation of acres in Barry County not protected by Michigan DEQ is 1,035. “I don't see that the challenge is to regulate and administrate these 1,035 acres of Barry County's 368,692 acres of land. The vast majority of citizens and landowners have a desire to obey the law, be a good neighbor and take care of our/their natural resources. “Protection of Barry County wetlands is a matter of educating citizens and landowners as to what a wetland is, what is protected and what the wetlands do for their water supply and their health. Citizens and landowners need to know how the law applies to them and who to call to get their questions answered. “The challenge, as I see it, is to spend our time and resources educating the citizens and landowners of Barry County what a wetland is, how to identify a wetland, what a wetland does for them, and who to contact to get their wetland questions answers.” In other business at Tuesday night’s meeting, the County Board: • Was told the Barry County Agricultural Preservation Board has been awarded $77,625 from the Michigan Agricultural Preservation Fund (MAPF) Board. The MURDER, continued from page 1 was released she may have died as a result of a heart condition. She was very active and a member of the university rowing team, but she had suffered from an irregular heart beat a year before her death. What is known is that DNA evidence found at the scene puts Taylor in the room. His DNA was matched because of a prior arrest which resulted in his DNA being on file. College officials said the investigation revealed while Taylor was a student at the university, he did not live on campus and investigators do not believe Laura had known her killer prior to the murder. Laura’s father said today it has been a “very difficult time for the family. “Not knowing for a period of 10 weeks and then to learn she was murdered,” he said. “It has been very hard.” Orange Amir Taylor III money will be used to purchase development rights on the first farm under the program in Barry County. The Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) program was established in 2002 with the adoption of the Farmland Preservation ordinance. Since then, a board has been established that has been actively seeking funds to carry out the objectives of the program. “After four long years of work, our first completely funded project will come to a close,” said Farmland Preservation Board Chairman Tom Wing. He reported that in its second application cycle, the Farmland Preservation Board received applications from 11 qualified county or township programs across the state covering just over 3,800 acres. The total request for grants amounted more than $11 million. The state had just $1.5 million to divide up. Other communities receiving funding include Washtenaw County, Kent County, Eaton County, Van Buren County and Scio Township. • Adopted a resolution urging the State of Michigan to restore its $75,000 cut in funding for the Green Gables domestic violence shelter in 2007, the second straight year state support has been eliminated. Green Gables Director Christine Hiar told the board, “We are the only shelter that has been targeted for any loss (of funding). We will lose one-third of our budget... “We were notified at first that a resolution was adopted saying we would be receiving the funding. She was asked if the funding cut is somehow tied to a bureaucrat who is opposed to Green Gables’ existence with the belief that other regional facilities such as SAFE Place in Battle Creek, should serve Barry County instead, as was done in the past. Hiar later commented, “I was told the only reason we got a shelter (Green Gables) was had a legislator powerful enough to get it approved.” She added that SAFE Place and other nearby shelters have expressed support for Green Gables, noting “a lot of (abused) women and children don’t want to leave the county they live in” during such a crisis because it further disrupts their lives and forces the kids to go to different schools. Hiar said, “The idea we should offer domestic violence services only outside our county is absolutely ludicrous.” She said State Rep. Brian Calley, who was in the audience, has been working closely with and is very supportive of Green Gables. Hiar said Green Gables served 188 domestic violence and abuse victims last year, but only six sought services outside the county. Just before the vote was taken to adopt the Hastings Manufacturing earns industrial development district by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council adopted a resolution Monday night to pave the way for tax abatements during Hastings Manufacturing’s future development. The resolution will establish an Industrial Development District on Star School Road, the proposed future site of the new Hastings Manufacturing facility. Once the area is designated as an Industrial Development District, Hastings Manufacturing officials can seek tax abatements from both the City of Hastings and the State of Michigan. Though Hastings Manufacturing will be able to apply for tax breaks, the city is not obligated to grant them. The Industrial Development District also will allow Hastings Manufacturing to seek tax credit from the state. The move came after two public hearings were held on the proposed development at the current Hastings Manufacturing site and Hastings Manufacturing Company’s request for the establishment of an Industrial Development District on Star School Road. Nobody had comments for either public hearing. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • There was a presentation to honor five city employees who helped save a choking child in December (see photo on front page). • Mark Brisboe’s request for South Central Michigan Youth Baseball was approved to use Fish Hatchery Park and Bob King Park for baseball practice and games from April 1 to July 15. • Jason Pranger’s request was approved for Living Waters Church to use the parking lot of Fish Hatchery Park for a Hoops for Hope event from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 5. • State Representative Brian Calley spoke to the council about the state legislature, including taxes and potential solutions for the state budget deficit. • Resolution 2007-07 was adopted, amending the budget for the 2006-2007 fiscal year. • Resolution 2007-08 was adopted supporting Green Gables Haven. • The council approved City Clerk Thomas Emery’s suggestion for a final selection of software vendors for the city’s new finance software. • A bid was awarded to Roe-Comm, Inc. for $26,881 and Industrial Laundry Service for $8,972, as recommended by Fire Chief Roger Caris. The equipment will be purchased mostly with grant funds. • All bids were rejected for radiant heating systems for the city garage and the incubator, as recommended by Director of Public Services Tim Girrbach. • City Manager Jeff Mansfield’s employment agreement was amended to extend to Jan. 14, 2008, instead of Dec. 31, 2007. • State Rep. Calley announced he will be host for an informational meeting about property taxes Tuesday, March 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Commission on Aging in Hastings. He said many people have inquired about their taxes, their tax assessment and what their taxes are used for, so he believes this information session will help people better understand their taxes. The event is free and open to the public, and there will be refreshments. Calley himself will be there, as well as a property tax expert to answer any questions audience members may have. �Page 4 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Accused killer at EMU deserves end of a rope IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Why don’t we try deceiving the enemy in war on terror? To the editor: Deception, surprise, speed, and force are fundamental necessities for military success, which is obtained, "by anticipating the plans of the enemy (while) diverting his attention from our own designs." The idea occurred to Italian commander Francesco Guicciacardini 500 years ago (and to Sun Tsu, 2000 years earlier. It is an old principle of war). John Paul Jones advised Congress, "Who can surprise well must conquer." "Waste not a moment," Napoleon often urged his marshals. "Battles," said Frederick the Great, "are won by firepower." Deception is considered a good thing when at war. But our leaders lie to us while telling the enemy, weeks in advance, of every military move our forces plan. Four times Marines launched large-scale, high-casualty assaults on Fallujah. They won every contest, but at tremendous cost in dead and permanently crippled leathernecks. With only 140,000 soldiers to control 26 million Iraqis, Marines and Army had much work waiting, and couldn't hang around. The enemy returned every time. Each buildup to attack on Fallujah played out for weeks in press handouts, background briefings, purposeful leaks and grandstanding. They've continued such stupidity regarding the much-discussed “surge” in Bogdad and al Anwar province. It's a far cry from Napoleon's contention "thunderbolts (surprises) should be preferred to cannons." I first believed official mouthiness was cover for a telling blow somewhere else — Sadr City, perhaps, or bloody al Anwar. No such thing — Pentagoons thought they'd scare the enemy to death. He fought tenaciously all four times. Their big shots (like my next subject more recently) left before Marines arrived. The (fumbling) American military command and Iraq's (fumbling) government issued a warrant for fat, troublesome Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr before we'd been there a year. A U.S. military staff officer told reporters (way back then) they'd, "take him, dead or alive." Mission unaccomplished. More than 2,500 American soldiers have died since the warrant was issued. We have a new “whiz-kid” leading the effort in Iraq. Recently promoted general David Petraeus supposedly, "wrote the (new) book on insurgent warfare." (They wrote a new one for ’Nam, too.) He says success, "is possible," and, "depends on Sunni/Shiite reconciliation." Good luck on that effort, general. The dark-ages morons have been at odds for more than 1,400 years, when Shiites split from Sunnis about 650 A.D. Shiites make up 20 percent of about 1.3 billion Muslims, but are the majority sect in both Iraq and Iran. Sunnis have always been contemptuous of the splinter. Modern times have witnessed a deepening split and increasing violence. (The lot of them, for centuries, made a profitable business raiding coastal Europe, as far north as Norway, England, deep into the Balkans and southern Russia, for loot and slaves. Forced out of the trade as Europeans developed competent navies, and Russia gained strength under Peter the Great, they became original brokers in the black slave trade.) Modern Muslim religious squabbles are similar to those of European Christian conflicts right through the 16th century (memory of which prompted our founding fathers to keep religion out of the constitution). They differ only insofar as Muslims have continued mayhem right into the 21st century. (They hate and fear one another, but hate us, and modern times, even more.) Shrub (thanks Molly, RIP) claims his war is "different than Veetnam." (It is — there's no vegetation, and it's a civil war about religion.) But everything else is the same — innocent people (and valuable soldiers) dying, unreliable local puppet government, dangerously troublesome neighbors, and pathetic U.S. leaders lying about "light at the end of the tunnel." Over a year ago (14 months, or so), in a letter to the Banner, I wrote, "Military-grade explosives left unsecured in the (Iraq) desert allow the enemy to swat armor like gnats on highways and city streets." I said, "The notoriously dangerous Baghdad airport highway is now scene of fewer casualties only because we no longer use it." I went on to say, "Mobility, without armor, leaves helicopters," and observed, "we can look for increasing ’copter-related casualties over the next months." Commenting on the vulnerability of choppers, I said enemies in Iraq are "rich in shoulder-fired missile weapons." I concluded, saying "wind-blown desert sand often makes flying choppers dicey." I mentioned how the downfall of the Soviet adventure of the 1980s in Afghanistan was due to “Stinger” missiles (effective against tanks and choppers) provided to Afghan warlords by the CIA. (Recent loss of a Marine Sea Knight chopper, and seven Marines, would still be claimed as due to "malfunction" by the Pentagon had insurgents not released film of the incident.) My point is this; if I could consider these things 14 months ago, why are Pentagon bean counters only now announcing a "revision of chopper tactics to prevent further losses?" Could it be because there is no way to stop such losses when you always let the enemy set conditions of combat, or tell him when and where you're striking? (The truth is, if helicopters fly high they're vulnerable to missiles; if they fly low, to massed small-arms fire, RPGs, and machineguns.) Retired generals, like Wesley Clark, would tell you surprise in the night, with lightning speed and overwhelming firepower, would work much better. Armor, air, and infantry could provide interlocking mutual support, and the rascals would keep heads and weapons down while extermination proceeds. Our problems really center on administration (and Pentagon) arrogance, incompetence, unwarranted wishful hoping (not thinking). Aren't those items, in fact, the answer to every ugly thing happening in Iraq? In such a mendacious gaggle of thieves, thugs, and thumbnail-pulling torturers, you'd think someone (once) would try deceiving the enemy. Larry Hamp, Hastings To the editor: Laura Dickinson, what a waste of life! Orange Taylor III, should be at the end of a rope right now! I hope you folks don’t get the smug feeling that this is an isolated crime by him. How many other victims of his are out there? No greater victory than taking a white woman. President Lynden Johnson’s Great Society has turned out to be a lot of white women killed by blacks. Inter-racial marriage should have never been allowed. Was Orange Taylor in school because of preferential treatment? Thank God some of that was outlawed in last election. Let’s further the education of the smart ones and lower bunch can never be enlightened. Blacks are 13% of population, but make up 52% AIDS victims. You look at Brazil, India, and Egypt, you can see how interracial unions can bring down civilizations. Rhodesia was once the “bread-basket” of Africa under white rule. Today, country is called Zimbabwe, under black rule, their people are starving. The whites have been murdered, women raped, all under the rule of their dictator. South Africa has become a crime-ridden jungle with the highest murder rate in the world. Howard Wolpe, congressman, for this district for years, was a big voice to overthrow what they called white rule. Today, farms are not producing and murder and rapes are common news. AIDS has taken over and the country will be a welfare nation next. I just Groos family appreciated To the editor: As a former employee of the Groos family, I would like to send out heartfelt appreciation to them for building a business that truly cares about their employees. I thank them for providing me with a way to feed my family for over 11 years, and for the opportunity to make lifelong friends at both Tyden and Viking. I appreciate the very generous gift the family sent to every Tyden employee. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason. Losing my job opened so many doors for me that I never would have even considered looking into. Currently, I am a full-time student pursuing an R.N. degree. I am grateful to the Groos family for the memories and a bright future. Oh, and may Crimson Investments’ stock plummet. Brenda Hubbell, Hastings Attacks on Goggins personal, shameful To the editor: Having known Mike Goggins and the Goggins family for many years I have followed the ongoing story concerning the attack web site. This character attack seems to be only personal in nature and is backed by half-truths, rumors and mostly anonymous accusations. Larry Christopher’s baseless attack seems even less valid after you read his analogy comparing this situation to McCarthyism and the Salem witchcraft trials. Maybe he should read his history books again. He has taken on the role of McCarthy with his ranting and accusing and he (Mr. Christopher) is conducting a witch hunt. All of this to stir up trouble at a school board meeting he did not even bother to attend, to support his own theories. Shameful! Shana Lipsey, Nashville Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. love to hear these ministers say what a garden of Eden that place is. Yes, it used to be, but now it’s down the drain. If you have doubts in your mind, tell me what the inventions are of the blacks. Today, 85% of all legal immigrants are non-white. You want to thank your Senator Ted Kennedy. His daddy was a criminal and Edward left a girl in car to drown. He was not charged but was guilty of manslaughter at the least, in my book. You can call this letter anything you want, but it’s all the truth and if people in Washington had any guts, they would do something about it! Congressman Vern Ehlers is a good example of a worthless representative. Ride the tide of public opinion, that’s him and then he’s wrong on them, too. He would be right at home in the store fronts in the nation of Holland. Everything goes and is legal. I guess if I was Robert Dickinson I would be lot more vocal as to what Eastern Michigan takes in as students. In fact I’d have a hell of a time containing myself. Charlton Park’s mess is looking a little brighter. You bet, get rid of all the ones that wanted extra millage to off-set their actions to get rid of the Civil War and steam engine events. I feel that was just laid back dumbness on their part. I voted against millage and contrary to what I read, none of the three new board members or Mike Callton swayed my vote. Everyone is damm tired of new club group. I don’t know why two commissioners voted against Parks and Recreation Commission to be re-organized. Why in hell do you need a county-wide survey, the vote was no, now get off your rear-ends and do something! Get your Forsbergs and all the ones that were turned out by some of the know-it-alls back in there. You owe them an apology! George Washington said “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war – shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.” After U.S. 58,235 soldiers were killed, a lot of Vietnam vets weren’t treated very good, even in textbooks. Our men in today’s war deserve to be treated good, like World War II veterans. Some of these demonstrations to get out of Iraq will sour the care of the ones today. The Democratic party seems to want to win Washington so bad, they would lose the war just so they could. Senator Carl Levin doesn’t realize when they get here, his Jewish head, like a bunch more in the Senate and House, will come rolling off. His bluster and know-itall attitude will not save him. The Democrats are in power, but the Mexican invasion is on. Now the trucks are coming in, China is unloading on docks in Mexico. There’s no quit until we are a third world country. Have you noticed the raise in your valuations of your property? Taxes are going up and by a bunch. The state needs money and they will get it. The state wants to tax everything they think of. Yes, thinking is one thing not taxed as yet. Imagine laying off state troopers and canceling school for a new batch. I’ll bet they won’t be missed. They gave an honor to one local state cop for pushing a couple of people out of way of on-coming car. That was a normal reaction for them, so really wasn’t so noteworthy. The Mexican invasion is costing a lot of money as one-fourth of all prisioners in some states are made up of them. Next is a new currency for Canada, U.S. and Mexico. The first President Bush or Bill Clinton could have stopped it. The Bushes are too friendly with Mexico. Jeb Bush is married to one. I wish demonstrators would have a sit in, or something to keep our sovereignty while we have troops in harm’s way, we have got to support them with all our might! Europe buys our industry at ease, but does everything to keep us from buying theirs. Donald W. Johnson Middleville Web site sullied writer’s reputation To the editor: For two years I had the wonderful opportunity to serve as a reporter in Barry County for the Banner and Reminder. I truly enjoyed the time I spent covering education and local government. I take a lot of pride in the work I did and the community relationships I built. I was very shocked to read my name on the “Save Our Saxons” web site, where my journalistic integrity is questioned. I can say with a whole heart the article I wrote about Larry Christopher was truthful, accurate and fair. The proprietor of the “Save Our Saxons” web site has no right to tarnish my name or question my integrity. I have done nothing wrong, yet Larry Christopher has taken it upon himself to ruin my reputation not only in Barry County but across the Internet. I am so disgusted that this person would twist the truth to fit his needs. I am sick over this and I want everyone to know that I did my job with the most pure of intentions. This issue has upset my family and even affected my life in Florida. It’s not fair that I’ve been dragged into this local mess of a web site. I did my job, two years ago, and I did it well. I want my name removed from the web site before any more harm is done to my reputation, as someone else tries to fulfill their personal pursuit of vengeance. Marcie Westover, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. School bus drives by, but won’t stop To the editor: I have recently moved to Baltimore Township, and enrolled both my children in the Hastings school system. We live on Dowling Road. I am writing about discrimination. There are several families with children who live on Dowling Road, but for some reason the bus garage refuses to designate our residence as a bus stop. The school bus literally drives by our home and/or driveway, and will not pick up or drop off my children. I have watched the bus stop for all my neighbors and even turn around on busy Dowling Road for some of them so they don’t have to walk. I have studied the laws, and pupil transportation acts. I have bought a measuring device to determine the distances between me and my neighbors. We are well within the What do you do on snow or delay days? It was a very snowy February with blizzard conditions at the beginning of the month with two days of area schools closed. There have been other snow days this winter as well as some two hour delay days as well. The Banner asked Thornapple Kellogg High School and elementary school students what they did if they had a snow day. state guidelines. I have given my findings to the bus garage supervisor, the assistant superintendent, and the superintendent, Carl Schoessel, and I am still denied. They want my elementary, and middle school children to walk from nearly a 1/4 mile on a road with no maintained shoulder. My biggest issue is that the bus actually drives right by our house. I am not asking the school system to go out of its way. This has caused a great hardship on me and my family. I will not comprise my children’s safety and I am very disappointed that the school system will. Adam Morris, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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If the weather is really bad I play inside on the computer.” Tyler VanderHeide, Middleville: “Snow days give me extra time to watch television. Usually I have my homework done.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 5 It is broke, so let’s get to work to fix it Public employees should share economic pain with employers “If it ain't broke don't fix it.” This misunderstanding of what’s happening applies not only to Charlton Park, but to a whole host of industries throughout Michigan and across this nation. Last Wednesday morning, the Barry County Board of Commissioners Facilities and Property Committee voted to recommend to the full board to dissolve the Parks and Recreation Commission that oversees Charlton Park. Even after there were two millage defeats, a joint meeting, a survey and a community forum, many people still expressed concerns about the park’s future. There's an ancient teaching that says "Problems are sent to us as gifts." The problems plaguing Charlton Park have been evident for some time now, and they needed correction by the people charged with its oversight. The two millage defeats didn't happen because the citizens of Barry County didn't appreciate local history, they were results of poor leadership at all levels. If leaders would have only stepped back to take a realistic look at the park, they should have seen the disconnect taking place between the park and county residents. What the people saw, was that the programs were “broke” and needed fixing, and because the leadership didn't respond, the citizens of Barry County spoke out, loud and clear. Now they have the leadership’s attention. This was evident in the three new county commissioners elected to office last fall. They acknowledged that Charlton Park was in trouble and needed immediate response. Yet, all we heard from the Parks and Recreation Commission and the old Board of Commissioners were expressions of contempt that we questioned their leadership. Director George Shannon himself did more to defeat the millage request every time he spoke by giving the impression he really had no feeling for where the park was and what it needed other than an infusion of cash to make it successful. What these new leaders, and some of the holdovers, have brought to the table is a solution-oriented approach to the problem. What a novel idea! Take a look at the problem, discuss and debate the issue and then put forward a planned approach to solving the problems rather than participating in a self-imposed crisis. Another Michigan publisher once said, "Vision without action is a daydream. But action without a vision is a nightmare," and that's what we've been dealing with for some time now. The action was taking place long before we stepped back with an attempt to create a long lasting vision for this special park. The new Charlton Park should be preserved both as a historical treasure and at the same time become a viable attraction that people from Barry County and beyond might want to frequent. If we really are determined to turn the park around, then we must follow a process of which we are just in the beginning stages. The first stage happened last week when the committee voted to dissolve the Parks and Recreation Commission and to construct a new board that understands the mission in giving this park its "new look" to create their place in Michigan attractions you won't want to miss. I don't think placing blame for the demise of the millage and for what the park's become on any one person or group is necessary; there's plenty of blame to go around. In fact, the people of Barry County somehow should have expressed to the commissioners last year what they were willing to support. I was concerned that government couldn't see the slippery slope the park was on and of their weak attempts to solve park problems. Let this be a lesson to us and our governmental leaders: There are no problems we are faced with that we can't solve. All we need to do is understand the problem, start the conversation, create the vision and put in place a plan that is acceptable to citizens. With that, we have a winning combination. It sounds so simple, doesn't it? And it's what most leadership books explain to you, yet we seem to repeat mistakes in history over and over again without any attempt to look back and understand where we went wrong. "Problems are sent to us as gifts" to challenge us, to test our knowledge and to witness our resolve of the issues. What we've experienced at Charlton Park isn't the only place our competence has been challenged. Throughout our state we've been plagued with the flawed assessment of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." So if we are going to be successful going forward, we need to change the way we analyze the issues. We must put into place a more open discussion from all interested parties, create a plan (the solutions), and follow it with action. In another story in last week's Banner, the commissioners announced they are looking for a new park director. They need to find a person who really understands the message given by county taxpayers, the survey and the forum. Don't just look for a curator, find a person who understands promotion, working together for change and who knows how to get it done. It's part of the action plan that will get us to a successful solution. It's my hope and the hope of many of the citizens of Barry County that we can preserve this special park by finding a new direction, a new director and leadership that helps take the park to new heights. It's in the best interest of the park and all the people of Barry County, and Western Michigan for that matter. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics New master plan affects everyone To the editor: There have been numerous letters to the editor in recent editions of the Banner regarding land use and zoning ordinances. The single biggest reason for new master plan was to qualify for farmland preservation funding. I have told county commissioners and planning and zoning commission members we don’t need a new master plan, the old one works just fine. The number one response I have received from them is “What if?” Here are a couple of examples: What if your neighbor puts in a junk yard or a landfill? What if your neighbor put in a mobile home park? When driving around Barry County, I do not see a lot of landfills or mobile home parks dotting the landscape. Could it be landowners are more intelligent than local officials trying to ram their rules through? I also have a couple of “What ifs?” What if GM or Toyota want to build a new facility in Barry County? They choose Woodland Township because of two major roads M-66 and M-43 and the short commute to I-96. Would the zoning be changed to accommodate major corporations, or have the “leaders” zoned Barry County out of possible economic expansion? What if I need to sell a couple of acres to pay for a major medical emergency? Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus told me that small lots would not be allowed in the area that I live. What a sad day in America that a taxpaying landowner would have to beg in order to survive! With the creation of a new wetlands ordinance that is more stringent than the state already has in place proves that when given a little power, abuse will occur. Once the ordinances are in place, planning and zoning will have the tools to reject any project they don’t like or want. The ease and low cost of obtaining a building permit will change. Fees will rise along with the time it takes to obtain a permit. Statements such as “non-conforming, special use permit” and “sorry, this does not fit our master plan” will become commonplace. As, I mentioned earlier, the number one reason this plan was rushed into place was to meet a deadline to qualify for farmland welfare funds. One way to save farmland is to stop importing food from foreign countries. Fair trade at the Federal level of government is the first place to start, not zoning at the local level. Many people in this area think Barry County is the seventh wonder of the world. Get over it, things change! There are 82 other counties in this state that have as much, if not more to offer: cleaner lakes, more public access, world class trout streams, higher paying jobs, lower taxes, less zoning etc. We are no better than the rest. Unfortunately when you question or complain about government decisions that affect your freedoms, you get labeled “radical,” “unpatriotic,” “unintelligent” and “not a team player,” just to name a few. Call me what you want. Anyway you look at it zoning is the government taking of private property! David Yonker Carlton Township I would like to tell you about a guy named AJ (Average Joe). Until about ten years ago, he had everything going for him. He pulled down around $50,000 per year, depending on overtime. AJ was promised health insurance after retirement with a solid pension plan. His work load was heavy, but he was just thankful that he could provide a decent living for his family. You wouldn’t say that he had everything he ever wanted, but it was a comfortable living. Due to some poor decisions in corporate board rooms and global changes totally outside of AJ’s control, today he makes $32,765 per year. And to earn that amount, he works 55 or 60 hours per week. If he is lucky, he pays only 25% of his health insurance premiums, and the coverage is very poor. Forget about dental or optical coverage. There is no pension available to him, but he can participate in a 401K with a modest match. His kids borrow money to attend community college and his mortgage payment went past due several times last year. AJ can barley keep his head above water financially, and daily life brings major stress on his entire family. Now let me tell you about Brian Calley. He became a State Representative the first of the year. His salary is $79,650, plus he gets reimbursed for certain expenses associated with his job. He does not get a pension, but the 401K has a generous match. The health insurance is good and he only has to pay 5% of the premium. Plus, there is dental and optical coverage available. Here is the kicker: if he serves just six years in the legislature, he gets health insurance after age 55 for the rest of his life. Outraged? You should be. And that is not the worst part. You see, legislators are easy targets, because they are politicians. But the package I just described does not even come close to the best that the state offers. There are thousands of state funded jobs which have even better benefits and pay. Some still have full pensions and pay between one and two hundred thousand dollars per year. The state offers lifetime health insurance to others after just five years of service, and we hand out multi-million dollar no-bid health insurance contracts routinely. The majority of state funds go directly to pay and benefits. While it might be politically satisfying to talk about cutting legislative pay, it would hardly be a drop in the bucket. Michigan needs an overhaul, and reforming the structure of government salaries and benefits is necessary for survival. We should start with the governor and legislators, but that cannot be the end. You see, there is a growing compensation disparity between our citizens and our government. That is a problem because it is the citizens that pay our government salaries. You might ask, “What about raising taxes as an alternative to reform?” This would bring only a temporary fix. There is no tax structure that can sustain the massive year over year expense increases embedded in our system. If we were to raise taxes by over one billion dollars, exactly as the Governor has proposed, we would be back in a deficit position inside of two years. Then what? Now for the medicine. Step one is to freeze wages for all state-funded employees. While claiming “fiscal crisis,” the state government has allowed state funded raises over the last few years that total hundreds of millions of dollars. I cannot justify a tax increase to AJ in order to continue this practice. Some areas in state funded government have already frozen wages, now it is time for the rest to follow suit. The first step to getting out of a hole is to stop digging. Step two is to implement a pay cut for all state funded employees whose salaries exceed $50,000, including legislators and the governor. I am picturing a graduated scale, where someone making over $200,000 would take the largest hit, all the way down to someone making under $50,000, who would lose none at all. All of these points are negotiable, but I believe this type of action is called for. Step three is the most important to the financial future of Michigan. If we are to offer any health insurance coverage after retirement, it should not be available after just five or six years of service. I would propose a 30-year vesting schedule at 3% each year. That means a maximum of 90% would be paid after 30 years of service. The retirement health coverage provided would not start until age 65 and then as a supplemental policy to Medicare. This is still very generous compared to what AJ gets. To be fair, this would only apply to new employees. Promises made to existing employees should be kept. Most importantly, we need to put every single state funded employee into the same health insurance pool and have it bid out on a very regular basis. That means that every teacher, DEQ employee, and Secretary of State employee would pick from the same options available to me as a legislator. Each would pay 10% of the premium. One public policy think tank put possible savings in this area at over $400 million per year. Step four is to move the remaining areas offering defined benefit programs (pensions) into defined contribution programs. Again, this is for new employees only. Each would have access to the same exact 401K program that I have as a legislator. While it is too late in the current fiscal year for these items to balance this year’s budget, I believe this proposal will nearly erase next year’s projected deficit (assuming a replacement for the Single Business Tax). In my next column, I will show you how this year’s budget can be fixed while the above changes are being implemented. Plus, I have several more non-employee related government reforms that will be part of my proposal. The best part is that the changes I described still allow Michigan to provide a fantastic compensation package, far superior to the current Michigan private sector options. I believe that this course of action is necessary to secure a healthy state budget. The vast majority of state and school district employees are hard working, dependable people who do more today than what was required of them in the past. These proposed changes have nothing to do with how hard someone works. It is about how much AJ can afford to give. Autumn Bowerman portrays Billie Holiday during a presentation to celebrate Black History Month Feb. 21. Central Elementary School fifth grade students put on the presentation. “Magic Johnson,” also known as Miguel Arjona, speaks about his life during a Central Elementary School assembly honoring famous black Americans during Black History Month. Students celebrate Black History Month at Central Elementary Local kids reenact historical figures Suzie Lenz portrays Sojourner Truth Wednesday, Feb. 21, during a presentation honoring famous black Americans. The presentation was put on by fifth grade students in Tim Newsted’s and Ann Mummert’s Central Elementary classes. �Page 6 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries Stephen Ironside Johnson 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Senior Bible Study 9 a.m. Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Senior Coffee Fellowship, 9:30-11 a.m. & Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 2nd Thursdays of the month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 12:00 p.m. Building Meeting. 4:00 p.m. Confirmation Class. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group/Youth Sunday Practice. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday - Men’s fellowship breakfast. Saturday 9:00 a.m. PW Lenten Brunch. Next Monday - Noah’s Ark Community Registration. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 7:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7 p.m. Praise Team. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m.-Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. “An Evening With Mozart” has been rescheduled for March 18th at 7 p.m. KCC concert band perform March 11 This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan HASTINGS - Stephen Ironside Johnson, age 87, died Saturday, February 24, at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. He was born on February 2, 1920, in Hastings, to Aben E. and Anna M. (nee Ironside) Johnson. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Isabel (nee Sage) Johnson; and one sister, Barbara vonReis. Stephen was a 1937 graduate of Hastings High School and attended the School of Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. After leaving U. of M., he was employed by Detroit Diesel and then by Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, IN. He married Hastings native, Isabel Sage, on July 18, 1942. Isabel enlisted her new husband in the service while she was serving on the Barry County Draft Board. Stephen’s service was in the Army Air Corps, where he was trained as a tail gunner and as a specialist in aircraft weights and measures. When he returned from Europe in 1946, Stephen began his career in Hastings Manufacturing Company. His first job was in the engineering department and, with Harold Phillips, designed an oil ring that gave the company its competitive advantage. He became president of HMC in 1955, then assumed the position of chairman of the board in 1963, a position he held for the next 30 years. Stephen was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings, where he served in various capacities, including as a junior high Sunday School teacher with Isabel. He was a founder and charter member of the Thornapple Foundation – the predecessor of the Barry Community Foundation – and a member of the boards of a number of area organizations, including Pennock Hospital, Hastings City Bank and Hastings Country Club. Although he and Isabel were world travelers, Stephen’s heart was always in Barry County, which he regularly referred to as “The Hub of the Universe.” He especially loved time spent at the family cottage on Gun Lake, where he enjoyed fishing, boating, tennis, and duck hunting. Stephen was a crack shot, whether with a musket or his favorite Browning over-and-under shotgun; when a clay pigeon was tossed up, he powdered it. He was an avid horseback rider, and a constant reader; he and Isabel established a monthly Great Books reading club with several other area couples. Stephen was intrigued by words and their usages, and a dictionary was never far from his reach. Stephen is survived by one sister, Agnes (Harry) Gates of Newport Beach, CA; one brother, Aben E. (Joan) of Vero Beach, FL; sister-in-law, Frances Bauer of Plymouth; three sons, Stephen F. (Susan) Johnson of Missoula, MT, Mark R.S. (Kathryn) Johnson of Gun Lake, and Andrew F. (Pat) Johnson of Hastings; one daughter, Martha Fleming of Bonita Springs, FL; grandchildren, Michael (Kim) Johnson, Jennifer (Matt) Haywood, Ethan (Xena) Johnson, Erica Johnson, and Thomas Fleming; and great-grandchildren, Kate Haywood, Anna Haywood, Drew Johnson, and Aidan Johnson. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Wren Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 2, at the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings. Officiating clergy Rev. Dr. C. Jeffrey Garrison and the Rev. Willard H. Curtis. Burial in Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to the Barry Community Foundation, the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings or the charity of one’s choice. 77509962 The Kellogg Community College Concert Band and the Thornapple Wind Ban d from Hastings will present a concert at Kellogg Community College on Sunday, March 11. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the Binda Performing Arts Center on the KCC campus. General admission is $5 and students and seniors are admitted for $3. Refreshments will follow the concert in the student center. Hollice Savage Court ALEXANDRIA, VA - With her loving children at her side, Hollice Savage Court died February 13, 2007 in Alexandria, Virginia. Holly was born July 18, 1914 on the family farm in Marcellus, to Jesse and Hollister Savage. She graduated from what is now Western Michigan University in 1936. While a student at Western, Holly met Richard Court. They married in 1937. Following World War II Dick and Holly settled in Lowell, where they raised their children. In 1961 they built a house on Algonquin Lake in Hastings where they lived for 45 years. Holly taught business education at the Thornapple-Kellogg Public Schools in Middleville, was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Hastings, was a docent at Charleton Park, and was a member of the Algonquin Lake Association. She took pleasure in playing bridge, gardening, and participating in civic and church activities. Her greatest joy was celebrating gatherings with her children and their families. Holly was preceded in death by Margaret, her daughter, in 1959, and Dick in 1999. She is survived by her children, Barbara (Ralph) St. John, Richard (Nancy) Court,and Catherine (Donnie) Smyles. Her grandchildren are Court (Jane) Herschelman, Kern (Carol Lee) Herschelman, Philip Richard (Christina) Herschelman, Nathan Court, John Moran, Holly Smyles, and Margaret Smyles. She had 10 great grandchildren. Holly is fondly remembered by extended family and numerous friends. A memorial will be held July 1, 2007 at the Presbyterian Church in Hastings. Her ashes will be interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Lowell following the services. She may be honored by making contributions to the Margaret Court Memorial Scholarship, Lowell Area Schools, 300 High Street, Lowell, Michigan 49331, or by purchasing a book in her name for the Hastings City Library. Kathryn E. Herbert DELTON - Kathryn E. Herbert passed away February 25, 2007. Kathryn was born on February 2, 1920, in Delton, the daughter of Peter and Minnie (Sitzler) Wibalda. A retiree of Hickory Corners Telephone Co., she was a telephone operator for several years. On September 21, 1940, she married Russell Herbert and he preceded her in death on August 31, 1984. Kathryn loved crocheting, working on puzzles, feeding the birds and her little dog Shadow. She was a member of Solid Rock Bible Church. Members of her family include sons, Wayne (Lueann) Herbert of Delton, and Larry (Denise) Herbert of Delton; a sister Dorothy Herbert of Delton; a sister-in-law Laura Wibalda of Hastings; a cousin Eleanor Spreitzer of Holland; five grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews, and her little dog Shadow. Kathryn was also preceded in death by her parents; a grandson Rick Herbert; a brother George Wibalda; a sister Florence Cheney and her fiance Alton Armour. A graveside service was conducted Wednesday, February 28, 2007, at East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Pastor Roger Claypool, officiating. Memorial contributions to Sold Rock Bible Church or a charity of ones choice will be appreciated. Rosalie M. Morgan MIDDLEVILLE - Rosalie M. Morgan, age 85, of Middleville, passed away at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus on Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Rosalie was born on July 22, 1921 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of John York and Margaret Dunn. She was raised and attended schools in Grand Rapids. She was married to Kenneth Morgan on April 9, 1952 at Angola, Indiana, lived in Grand Rapids and then moved to Middleville in July of 1963. Rosalie was employed at Middleville Schools as a cafeteria monitor, Baby Bliss in Middleville and then at the Middle Villa Inn where she retired after 20 years of service. Rosalie devoted her life to her family. She was a caring, loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother and sister, always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She is survived by her loving husband, of 55 years, Kenneth Lane Morgan; four daughters, Judy DeLeon and Joanne Lance, both of Grand Rapids, Robin (Michael) Strimback of Hastings, Penny (Rick) Barile of St. Augustine, Florida; three sons, Wayne Morgan of St. Augustine, Florida, Daniel Morgan of Hastings, Steven (Amy) Morgan of Middleville; one sister, Theresa (Muste) of Grand Rapids; two brothers, John (Joyce) York and Adolph (Marian) York both of Jenison; 24 grandchildren; many great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Joseph Russo; sister, Mary Hutchinson; and brother, Marshall York. Funeral services were held Monday, February 26, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Scott E. Manning officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s Association or a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Irene E. Dake HASTINGS - Irene E. Dake, age 60, of Hastings, died on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at Eaton County Hospice in Charlotte. Irene was born April 27, 1946 in Richmond, VA, the daughter of Earl and Alice Leonard. She married Patrick H. Dake January 2, 1985. Irene is survived by her husband, Patrick; two sons, David and Jody Julian; a daughter, Donna Julian; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. No services will be held, memorials can be made to a charity of ones choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 7 Nancy Louis Miller Elaine Pennington Roberta J. “Bobbie” Handy Nancy Louis (Tebo) (Lake) Miller died unexpectedly on December 23, 2006. She was born on January 16, 1957 in Hastings, to Donald R. Tebo Sr. and Jacqueline L. (Dalman) (Tebo) Rayner. Nancy was married to Glen Lake Sr. which ended in divorce and later married Wayne R. Miller on December 29, 1997 in Tennessee. She loved spending time with her grandkids. She also enjoyed watching NASCAR races with her loving husband Wayne. Her favorite driver was Dale Earhart Jr. She also liked to go mushrooming in the spring and working in her garden. She enjoyed cooking, canning, playing golf. But the best game was playing pool. She loved to crochet and sewing. She was very good at everything she did. Nancy worked at Tick Tock, Mills Landing and Pennock Hospital. She is survived by husband, Wayne R. Miller; a daughter, April (Matt) Veith of Texas; stepchildren, Scott (Veronia) Miller of Hastings; Tammy (Darrell) Dilworth of Middleville and Diana Cook of Kalamazoo; father, Donald Tebo Sr. of Florida; mother, Jacqueline Rayner of Hastings; brother, Scott Tebo; 13 grandchildren; grandmother, Ellen Dalman; many aunts and uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her son, Glen Lake Jr.; brother, Donald Tebo Jr.; mother-inlaw, Martha M. Tyler; step-father, Elmer Rayner; grandparents, Linder and Zerepha Tebo and Eugene Dalman. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 4 p.m. at Confessions of Truth Ministries, Pastor Jane Woodmansee of Hastings, 307 S. Michigan Avenue, below H&R Block. Arrangements by Wren’s Funeral Home. HASTINGS - Elaine Pennington, age 82 of Hastings, died on Sunday February 25, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born August 8, 1924 in Hastings, the daughter of Allen and Emma Marjorie (Geise) Malcolm. She attended Hastings High School. Elaine was married on November 18, 1943 to Charles O. Pennington and he preceded her in death on December 1, 1999. Elaine worked at the old Hastings Car Seal, she also sold Avon Products in the Algonquin Lake area for more than 20 years. She spent many years making baby blankets in her Pennock Hospital Guild. Elaine with her brother, Jim, played the piano and accordion at many Barry County dance halls with their mother, Marjorie. Elaine enjoyed music throughout her life, traveling with her husband, Charles, and playing cards with her friends. She will be greatly missed by her friends at the Moose Club Dances. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Allen and Marjorie Malcolm, and brother, Jim Malcolm. Elaine is survived by her children, Janice Drum of Beloit, Kansas, Judy (Garry) Crawford of Battle Creek, Chuck (Tammy) Pennington of Hastings; grandchildren, Greg and Michelle Drum, Chris and Joe Alzona, Scott and Sheree Keeler, Jennifer and Eric Phillips, Emma Pennington; 11 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Funeral services will be held on Thursday March 1, 2007 at 11:00 am at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev. Dr. Michael Anton officiating. Burial will be at Rutland Twp. Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Pennock Hospital or the Alzheimers Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). DELTON – Roberta J. “Bobbie” Handy of Delton went to be with her Lord on February 27, 2007. Bobbie was born on October 15, 1922, in Evart, the daughter of Miles and Ethel (Keith) Peters. Bobbie was the first female bus driver in the State of Michigan. While she was a bus driver at Delton Kellogg Schools, she returned to school and graduated with honors with the class of 1953. A former employee of Fords Restaurant in Augusta, where she served many of the Barn Theater actors, she was also a retiree of Hastings Manufacturing in 1987, with over 25 years of service. Bobbie was a former member of the AFL CIO Union, Local 158, the Delton Moose Lodge and Prairieville Bible Church. She loved bowling, as she attended and participated in many national tournaments. Bobbie enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodcutting, and eating out at various restaurants. She will be remembered for how she greeted everyone, and for her love of her grandchildren. On May 16, 1941, she married Richard Handy, who survives. Other members of her family include a daughter, Penny (Wayne) Ritchie and a son, Dan (Carol) Handy, both of Delton; a brother, William (Clair) Peters of Hesperia, Calif.; grandchildren: Richard (Donna) Ritchie of Florida, Harold "Tony" (Renae) Ritchie of Delton, Karen (Glen) Hayward of Delton, David (Lori) Ritchie of Shelbyville, Becky (Rich) Tessin of Delton, and Kristy (Travis) Chilton of Delton; 14 great-grandchildren; special caregivers Linda (Max) Morgan of Delton; and several nieces and nephews. Bobbie was preceded in death by a grandson, Samuel Ritchie. A memorial service will be conducted, Saturday, March 10, 2007, 11 a.m., at Prairieville Bible Church, Delton. Pastor Bernard Blair will officiate. Memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice will be appreciated. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Mary J. Martin Lynn Satterlee Nashville voters soundly reject millage requests by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Voters in the village of Nashville soundly rejected two millage proposals, with more than 80 percent of voters casting their ballots against an increase. The first proposal, a one-mill increase to support maintenance and improvements at Lakeview Municipal Cemetery, was defeated 159 to 33. The second, a proposed 2.041-mill increase to raise the operating fund back to the 11.5 mills originally approved by voters, which had been reduced to 9.459 due to the Headlee rollback, was defeated 164 to 24. "It’s obvious that at this point in time the voters feel the village does not need a millage increase," said Nashville Village President Frank Dunham. "We’ll just have to keep doing what we can with what we have." If approved, the one-mill increase ($1 per $1,000 taxable value) on all taxable property within the village for the year 2007 and continuing in perpetuity for the municipal cemetery would have generated approximately $22,216 during the first year of its levy to support Lakeview Cemetery. The proposed 2.041-mill increase to support its general operating fund, if approved, would have brought the operating fund millage, which has been reduced to 9.459 due to the required Headlee rollbacks, back to the original voter-approved 11.5 mills ($2.041 per $1,000 taxable value) for all taxable property within the village limits. The increased levy would begin in 2007 and continue in perpetuity to support the general operating fund and would generate an estimated $45,343 during the first year of the levy. In an earlier interview, Dunham said that the council decided to put the millage proposal before voters to offset the increased maintenance and operating costs and decreases in revenue from the State of Michigan, and allow the village to make some much needed repairs and improvements. Without the millage increases, Dunham said the village will, "just have to get by.” The families of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and Paula Allerding of Hastings, and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis and Karen Opperman of Portland, are pleased to announce the engagement of Abbie LeAnne Allerding to Mark Alan Opperman. Abbie is a 2003 graduate of Hastings High School and will complete her bachelor of arts in elementary education from Aquinas College, in May 2007. Mark is a 2000 graduate of Portland High School and is currently self-employed as a finish carpenter. The date is set for May 26, 2007. Ron and Mary Holley of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their precious daughter, Renee, to a very special young man, Daniel Gresly, the son of Eva and Tim Jaffke of Battle Creek and Bob and Sharon Gresly of Battle Creek. Renee is a 2005 graduate of Barry County Christian School, and is currently employed at Patten’s Michigan Monument Co. in Hastings. Dan is a 2003 graduate of Family Altar Christian School in Battle Creek; and, is currently employed as a diesel mechanic at Gresly’s Truck and Trailer Repair in Battle Creek. The God-ordained Covenant of Christian marriage will take place July 2007. Newborn Babies GIRL, Jalyn Alese, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 9, 2007 at 7:24 p.m. to Alesia and Quentin Grimes of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, David James, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 16, 2007 at 4:23 p.m. to Shelley and Larry Depriester of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Molly Jane, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 11, 2007 at 1:57 p.m. to Brian and Kristi Lincoln of Nashville. Weighing 9 lbs. 1.5 ozs. and 20 3/4 inches long. BOY, Landon J. Edward, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 17, 2007 at 4:17 a.m. to Stacey and Josh Bolthouse of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Kassandra Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 11, 2007 at 10:09 p.m. to Sarah and Nicholas Harton of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Gauge Joseph Cabvalho, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 17, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. to Misty and Jason Cole of Allegan. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Addison Renee, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 12, 2007 at 9:19 a.m. to Stacy and Kristopher Javor of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Ravyn Angeline, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 17, 2007 at 3:45 p.m. to Ryan and Jodi Simon of Lake Odessa. Weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Grace Christine, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 13, 2007 at 7:57 p.m. to Jamie and Tim Nixon of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Kyle Thomas, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 17, 2007 at 6:19 p.m. to Jammie Wible and Christopher Belanger of Lake Odessa. Weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Skyler Rico, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 14, 2007 at 12:59 p.m. to Joshua and Nancy Cook of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Brooke Elizabeth, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 15, 2007 at 1:26 a.m. to Jessica and Jason Mays of Lake Odessa. Weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Zaidyne Jane, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 15, 2007 at 10:31 a.m. to Sara and Ben Zuehlke of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 1/2 ozs. and 22 inches long. Marriage Licenses Patrick Michael Clancy, Hastings and Vicky Ann Gray, Hastings. Kent Marshall Bignall, Hastings and Dana Elizabeth See, Hastings. 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She was a homemaker and loved to golf, travel and fish. Mary was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Fred Lockwood, Gerald Lockwood; and a sister, Virginia Wentworth. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Nelson Martin Jr.; a daughter, Gloria VanDyke; her grandchildren, Terry Tolan of Middleville, Kendall (Donna) Tolan of Middleville; great-grandchildren, Erin, Matrala, and Travis Tolan; special friend Denise Cappon; several nieces, nephews, caring neighbors and friends. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 3, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Kelly Burnside will officiate. Burial will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Quincy. Memorials can be made to Hastings Tendercare. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). CHARLOTTE - Lynn Satterlee, formerly of Charlotte, passed away on February 19. He was born on September, 5 1921, in Vermontville, the only son of Esther, and Glenn. Lynn played baseball and basketball on Vermontville High School teams, from which he graduated in 1939. He married Lucile VanderVeere on August 5, 1944 and moved near Charlotte in 1948. Always ambitious, Lynn maintained a farm, worked full-time at the former Aluminum Extrusions, in Charlotte, and was a part-time real estate agent for Stanton Realty of Vermontville. He was actively involved in the community and was a Past Patron of the Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Masonic Lodge of Vermontville. Lynn was well-known for helping at the annual Vermontville Syrup Festival Chicken Bar-B-Q, sponsored by the Vermontville Methodist Church. After 28 years of service at Aluminum Extrusions, Lynn retired in 1983. He and Lucile sold their farm and traveled between their long-time cottage, on East Lake, near Kalkaska and their home at the Blue Jay Mobile Home Park, in Dade City, Florida. Lynn and Lucile moved to the Sundance Mobile Home Park, in Zephyrhills, Florida, where they have resided since 1995. He was preceded in death by his parents Glenn and Esther (Cronk) Satterlee; by his two half sisters Genevieve Barber and Dorothy Brotherton; and by his grandson Joseph Bracy. A loving husband, father, father-in law and grandfather, he is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lucile; son Gary and wife Joy (Westphal) Satterlee, of Hickory Corners; daughter Sue and husband Bart Bracy, of Pinckney; grandsons Steve Satterlee, of Hastings and Luke and Wade Bracy, of Orlando, Florida. A memorial service will be held at Sundance Mobile Home Park in Zephyrhills, on March 8 and internment will be at the Woodlawn Township Cemetery, in Vermontville. Allerding-Opperman Holley-Gresly �Page 8 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Lazy parenting Tomorrow is World Day of Prayer. For Ionia County, the service is being held at First United Methodist Church in Ionia at 1:30 PM. This is sponsored by Church Women United which includes women from several denominations. Next Thursday, March 8, the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. at the Freight house. There will be reports from Delores Michutka brought shoes in fabric to the historical society exhinit. the weekend exhibit "A Step In Time." The speaker will be Wayne Swiler showing pictures from a trip to Mexico. On Saturday, March 10, the Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. at the Freight House. The speaker will be Rev. Mark Jarvie, giving the history of the First Congregational Church of Lake Odessa. Greeters will be Lori Fox and Louise Cook. Hosts will be Louise Cook of Muir and Elaine Garlock of Lake Odessa. The library will be open following the meeting until 5 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church is advertising Christian Story Hour for children ages 3 and 4 once each week for six weeks starting Feb. 20 and 21. Kilpatrick Church is having a Sunday night children's ministry for children grades 1 through 5 from 6 to 7:45 p.m. each Sunday. This includes food and fellowship, Bible Study, big screen presentations. The Hair Shop which has been in the double McCartney building on the chief business block, former home of the Lake Odessa State Bank with its vault still intact, is now situated in new quarters in the block south, across from Union Bank. The new name is the Hair Port. This most recently housed the Curves business. The new Orthodox church at Woodbury is now listed in the church directory in the Lakewood News with Saturday Matins and Vespers and Sunday liturgy. Weekday services will be announced as needed. Sunfield United Brethren is starting a new children's program March 4 on Sunday mornings. Odessa Township is having a hearing for Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77509998 the 2007-08 budget on Monday, March 5. Found in a box — a copy of the newspaper, The Commonwealth, published in Pittsburgh on Feb. 25, 1809. It must have been made from linen stock because of the excellent condition. There are no cracks or breaks in the folds where it has been folded into eighths for decades. The advertising was for several patent medicines, including Hamilton's Elixir and Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges, Lee's Sovereign Ointment to cure the itch. Other advertising was for sugar kettles and hollow ware, tobacco of the plug, pigtail and keg varieties, castings made of metal, Connecticut cheese, 75,000 acres to be sold at auction at the Merchants' Coffee House in Philadelphia. This was land owned by the Holland Land company in six Allegheny districts. This sale was meant to promote the settlement and population of the interior arts of the state. This land was possessed of a wagon road from the mouth of Bald Eagle Creek, up the waters of the Sinnemahoning to Bentwood and thence to the state line, thus providing an almost direct route to Upper Canada. Credit would be extended for six to ten years for buyers who would be expected to pay one fourth down with the rest negotiated. One item of legal interest was that there was to be a federal suit in the port of Detroit against a man who was possessed of two kegs of liquor containing nine gallons in each on which no customs had been paid and they had come from beyond the seas of the United States. The front page was devoted to issues which eventually led to the War of 1812. Downtown sales on the weekend filled every parking spot for blocks. At the same time, there was visitation at Koops Funeral Chapel for Keisha MacDonald. Cars were parked on Fifth Avenue and west beyond Fifth on second. The parking lot next to Family Medicine was filled and so were the sides of First Street along the railroad tracks. There were even cars parked on the Elevator property on the west side of Fourth. The antique mall, the Lake O Variety and So Simply were having sales at the same time. The stores were swimming with people. During the noon hour there were extra cars farther south for those taking advantage of the soup lunch at Central UMC Fellowship Hall. At the far west side of town the lot was full at the Livestock Auction barns for the horse sale. We read in Lakewood News that Lakewood schools have severed their agreement with Heartlands Institute at Ionia and instead will send those students who want classes in the skills will go to the EatonLansing programs where the cost per student is less. This takes effect for the 2007-08 school year. Iris (Hesterly) Zook is to have an 80th birthday anniversary March 1. She and husband Ed are spending the winter in Sebring. Fla. Also, another birthday is coming soon for Beulah Daniels who live ion Bippley Highway with husband Oren. Betulah turns 91 on March 12. What a treat it was to see all the shoes on display at the Freight House on the weekend for the showing "A Step In Time.” There were exhibits for decades showing the change in styles. Another large display had baby shoes from the early 1900s to today. One display had high buttoned shoes which required a button hook. One family with a mother and three daughters brought in tubsful of shoes of every color and style from thick soled Chinese shoes to pointed toe shoes looking very Oriental to glittery shoes with high heels and others with clunky heels. One local merchant had some of today's high grade men's footwear and a sign indicating his is the only shoe store within 35 miles. One pedestal had a pair of athletic shoes worn by one of today's basketball players in size 15. He has good underpinnings. Dawn and Kim Deardorff were hosts on Sunday. John Waite was host on Saturday along with Lynda Cobb. There were two tables with shoes from one family. One had shoes from today's five generations of females and another had shoes from men of four generations of the same family. The Odessa Township Board of Review meets on March 12 and 14 at the township offices on Laurel Drive. Monday hours are forenoon and afternoon. Wednesday hours are afternoon and evening. As part of the ministries toward families, a hockey game in Grand Rapids was on the agenda for Central UMC members. Nearly 30 people took advantage of the chance to see a fast-paced game and to see some Veggie Tales characters on Saturday evening. The news reports at suppertime told of flooded streets and darkened traffic lights because of the broken water main downtown. However by the time the local people arrived, the street had been reopened and the streets was merely wet and not covered with rushing water as had been shown on TV. The plus is the Griffins won in a shoot-out since the game ended in a 0-0 tie. Christina Lind and Joseph Leazier of Dear Annie: I've been dating "Bonnie" for six months, and it's been great. We really are ideal for each other. We are in love, and it all seems too good to be true. The problem is that I'm the first person Bonnie has dated since she separated from her husband six years ago. She caters to her kids, and they are extremely spoiled. Her 16year-old daughter refuses to make her own food or clean her room. She won't even get herself a drink of water. She'll call out to her mother, and Bonnie will get her the water just so she'll stop complaining. The 13-year-old is a mama's boy. Neither child will accept me, even though we've never formally met. They refuse to allow their mother to be happy and want her home with them. Bonnie has met my kids, and they like and respect her. Do I let her children's immaturity ruin our relationship, or do I stick it out? People tell me it's just that the kids are teenagers, but I don't think so. My children are exactly the same ages and don't behave that way. What do I do? -- Lost in New York Dear Lost: Unless Bonnie demands some respect and consideration from her children, she will not get it and neither will you. Bonnie may believe such coddling is a form of love, but in reality, she is being a lazy parent. It's hard work to properly discipline children and teach them how to be independent, mature, responsible adults, and it's so much easier to give in and give up, but she is doing them no favors. If you want to stick it out, that's up to you, but it will be an uphill battle without Bonnie's cooperation. Don’t remind me Dear Annie: After our 4-day-old daughter died in the hospital, my husband and I were regular recipients of notes from the hospital saying a donation had been made in our daughter's name. The donations were from my in-laws. That was a horrible time. We were swamped with bills, my husband was unemployed, I was bedridden from the birth and had a 2-year-old to care for, and we had lost a child. Those notices were constant reminders of the desperate times we had suffered through. They came every year until I finally asked my husband to tell his folks to stop having us notified of their donations. More recently, we received a note saying my in-laws had made a gift to the less fortunate in my late husband's name. My 10-yearold asked whether WE were not less fortunate, having just lost a daddy. Please tell your readers to be sensitive when sending these gifts. I like to make my own donations and do not appreciate someone else making one on my behalf. -- Linda in Illinois Dear Linda: Our condolences on your losses. Many people appreciate these donations and are happy to know their loved ones are remembered. Your in-laws undoubtedly meant well and thought their donations would bring you comfort. Since they didn't, you were right to ask them to stop notifying you. door had somehow locked itself. After we took them home, I checked the bedroom and found some very graphic pictures of nude women and men that were hidden under the mattress. I immediately tore them up and threw them away, and will be addressing this with Eddie when he returns. But meanwhile, I am very concerned about my grandsons. I feel I should talk to them, but should I tell their parents first? Other than my feelings of unease, I'm not sure they actually saw the pictures. How great an impact will this have on them if they did? -- Concerned Grandmother Dear Grandmother: It is, unfortunately, not uncommon for children that age (especially the older one) to come across pornography. As long as they aren't exposed to it often, the impact is usually slight. We think your instincts are solid, Grandma, and locked doors generally mean something "private" is going on. Instead of discussing this with the boys directly, you should tell their parents and let them handle it as they see fit. Death wish Dear Annie: I am a middle-aged, nevermarried woman. I have a loving family (although they are not the kind I can talk to) and an OK job. The man I loved passed away a few years ago, and I still miss him very much. I do not consider myself suicidal, because I wouldn't inflict that kind of heartache on my family, but I wish I were dead. I scan the death notices in the newspaper daily and think how lucky these people are. When I hear someone has passed away, I feel envious. When I pick up a knife or a blade of any sort, I wish I had the guts to use it, but I know I never will. I don't smoke or drink, I go to work every day, I maintain my health and my house and gardens, so I don't think I am truly depressed, but I don't know how to get over these obsessive thoughts of death. I do not have a physician or medical insurance, so antidepressants are not an option. -- Wishes for Death Dear Wishes: Thoughts of death and suicide indicate depression regardless of how well you maintain your job, your home or your appearance. Happy people do not envy the dead. You can find free or low-cost help through United Way, the YMCA, your local hospitals, churches, university psychology departments, graduate school counseling departments and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (nami.org) at 1-800-950NAMI (1-800-950-6264). Please contact one of these organizations today, and get some help. You deserve to feel better. Equal partnership Dear Annie: I have a 29-year-old son, "Eddie," who recently moved back home after separating from his girlfriend. For the most part, everything has been fine. But recently, Eddie was away for a weekend. My two grandsons (from another son), ages 11 and 9, spent that weekend here, in Eddie's room. The first night, everything was OK. But the second day, the boys seemed secretive. I was constantly checking on them, and even though things seemed normal, I began to feel uneasy. At one point, they locked the door, and when I questioned them, they said the Dear Annie: I'd like to weigh in on men who feel rejected if their wives refuse sex. My wife and I have been together 23 years. I used to come home and find lots of excuses for putting up my feet, but a heart-to-heart opened my eyes. Her "office" is our home. Spouses should both punch out at the same time, and whatever work is left should be shared. Intimate moments are more gratifying when you both feel like equals. Today, I tackle dishes, baths and more. Our family works as a team, and it's been well worth the effort. I have discovered a whole new world with my children, and I almost missed it. -- Marc Dear Marc: Thanks for pointing out the many benefits of being an equal partner in a marriage. Clarksville are engaged to be married in May at an Ada church. She is the daughter of Marti Lind of Clarksville, and of David and Carolyn Lind, also of Clarksville. She is a Lakewood graduate. Joseph is a graduate of Forest Hills Central. His parents are Clifford and Jane Leazier of Ada. Tina also graduated from Lansing Community College. A funeral service was held Saturday in New Jersey for Theodore Armstrong Jr., who died on Feb. 21. He is the son of Theodore Armstrong and wife Phyllis of Lake Odessa, and grandson of the late Armstrong and Cutler couples of Middleville. St. Edward’s church again is planning a series of fish dinners during Lent. The first will be on Friday, March 2, with the menu including baked fish, soups, salad bar, dessert bar and beverages. Price is $7.50 for adults, seniors $6.50 and children $4. On Saturday, March 10, there again will be a soup lunch at Fellowship Hall in Lake Odessa at 912 Fourth Ave. As part of the Fourth Avenue make-over the fronts of the Carl's supermarket and the Barbery have been redone with horizontal siding. Now the windows on the second story of the Licari building have new glass inserts in a decorative pattern. The upper story was built to the specifications of the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges back in 1905. The lodges have disbanded and members joined other Masonic locations. Both Lansing and Grand Rapids papers had obituaries for Donald Gregory, 96, of Ionia who. died Feb. 23. He had been a farmer and construction worker. His children are well known in Ionia County for their civic endeavors and occupations. Some of them attended Berlin Center school. The family also was in the Berlin Grange. His children are Russell of Ionia, Larry (Carol) of Ionia, Lois Martens of Fulton, Carol (Steve) Price of Lake Odessa, Jerry (Judy) of Ionia, Norma (Robert) Mulder of Lakeview, Perry (Margaret) of Ionia, Richard (Marilyn) of Stanton, and stepdaughter Janet (Larry) Listerman of Ionia. No funeral services were held. Mr. Gregory received an honorary diploma from Ionia High School in 2003. Some of the sons were known for their work in journalism, food services and real estate. Disturbing discovery �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The days and times of Irving Charlton, Want to Achieve Financial Goals? Do the Math Part 5 “The Collector of Relics” It had a drive floor down the center. This barn was in good condition up ‘til a year or so before when it was blown down by a strong wind. However, Mr. Bates offered to demonstrate at the new park the “riving” of shakes, if given the material. Mr. Peck then visited an Ed. Edwards and his wife, Lizzie, at what the old settlers called O’Donnell, where years before they had run a store south of Freeport. They lived in part of the store in those days. It was situated on the right of way of the “Lowell, Freeport and Hastings Railroad,” which was graded clear to Hastings city limits, but the road was never completed south of Freeport. Mr. Edwards had many relics. Among them was a large Bible dating from 1766 from England, a plug hat made from beaver hide, a hammer-tailed coat, and a peculiar iron pitcher with a chain handle. Using a rag wick in the spout and by filling with lard or bear grease, the pitcher served as a light. It was called “a slut.” He had another bear-grease burner built like a candlestick of tin on top of an oval shaped bowl. It was open on top and projecting out of it was an inch and a half burner, much like a kerosene burner, but without a screw to raise the wick. The burner had three holes near the top through which one inserted darning needles to raise and hold the wick. Also, the Edwardses had a bread mixing box, 20x12x12, to mix their bread dough and sponge in. It had slanting sides and dovetail corners and a slide lid. It was 150 years old (in 1937). They also had all kinds of old furniture; splint-bottom, ladder back chairs; a spinning wheel, with a patent device belt tightner; a “swift with a speedometer,” which was a yarn reel that clicked when one had a full skein of yarn. He also had many farm tools, including a two-horse chaise with two seats – the back one hinged to be used forward, backward or sideways. He also had harness parts all used around Hastings many years ago. At James Swanson’s in the Altoft district, Mr. Peck found a mint of more relics, a 200year-old grandfather clock, brought from Scotland. Unlike proverbial clocks, it ran steady and kept good time. It was an eight day clock with mahogany veneer, and a handmade glass face. He had a 100-year-old sewing machine which sewed sideways and a small ox yoke used in 1810. His father moved here in a wagon made by himself and a pair of sleighs still in good repair. Mr. Swanson had a piece of solid copper weighing several pounds he found in the vicinity and several large perfect Indian spear heads. Mr. Peck also got track of a wooden moldboard plow, Mr. and Mrs. Swanson were willing to turn all the relics, except the clock, over to the county. A four--wheel racing sulky and a wild pigeon net were found which were used to catch wild pigeons. William Newton, a neighbor to Mr. Peck on East State Road, had in 1937 a horse 37 years old and still going strong. They had an old buggy with rubber tires, steel wire wheels and somewhat streamlined, which they agreed to put in the museum. The Edwardses wished to place all their relics except the Bible in the museum. Mr. Edwards was a real estate dealer many years ago. As Irving located all these things, some of which he had to take immediately, it became a problem to store them because the museum was not yet built. He had the store house nearly full along with other buildings about the farm, as space allowed. However, some were held by owners until the museum was built. Continued in next week’s Banner lot of variables, so you may well want to consult with a financial advisor - someone with the tools and experience to help you chart your course toward your goals. But don't wait too long - the sooner you start planning, the more pleasant "the math" will be for you. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. 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The schedule is as follows: • Monday, March 5 — Delton/St Ambrose Church, 1 to 7 p.m.. • Tuesday, March 6 — Delton/High School, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Thursday, March 8 — Hastings/Moose Lodge, 1 to 7 p.m. • Sunday, March 25 — Hastings/Thornapple Valley Church, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Friday, March 30 — Middleville/Yankee Springs Fire Station, in memory of Susan Nolan, 1 to 7 p.m. Blizzard conditions across the Northeast and Midwest have forced blood drives to shut down, further stressing an already fragile blood supply. American Red Cross Blood Services in Michigan and Ohio earlier this month lost the opportunity to collect more than 3,000 blood donations because of severe storms that shut- tered dozens of blood drives. In the Toledo area, all blood drives shut down on Valentine’s Day, marking the first time in 10 years the Red Cross ceased operations there. In Michigan, heavy snows closed blood drives at high schools and community centers, causing supplies of Type O blood to plunge to emergency levels. "The cancellation of so many blood drives in such a short time raises concerns about our ability to meet hospital needs," says Sharon Jaksa, CEO for the Great Lakes Region of the American Red Cross. "If we don’t see an increase in donations in the coming days to replenish the supply, we could find ourselves in an even more serious situation." The American Red Cross provides for local needs first, then sends blood to areas of greatest need through a unique national distribution system. "But when one part of our nation is crippled by weather, it affects the ability of the entire Red Cross to maintain a safe and ade- quate blood supply," says Jaksa. "We’re all in this together in helping to save lives." In Michigan, several blood types are critically low, with supplies of Type O-negative at emergency levels of _ day or less. A three-day supply is considered safe and adequate for meeting the needs of patients in 127 hospitals. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information on a blood drive close by, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Barry County Clerk Smith to join statewide “Passports-to-Go” Day State Rep. Brian Calley has announced a town hall meeting for Barry County residents to learn more about their property tax assessments Monday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at the Barry County Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings. Calley also has invited local tax assessors to attend to help answer questions and help residents understand their rights regarding appeals. “Some residents are understandably upset that their property tax assessments continue to increase while their property values decrease,” said Calley, R-Portland. “The town hall meeting is a chance for people to voice their concerns, as well as learn more about how property tax assessments are determined.” Besides local assessors attending the meeting, Calley also has a free guide to property tax assessments and appeals which will be available at the hearing and in his office if residents are unable to attend. For more information about the town hall meeting or any other issues, residents may call Calley at (517) 373-0842, or e-mail him at briancalley@house.mi.gov Calley also is planning a town hall meeting for Ionia County residents on March 12. Barry County Clerk Debbie S. Smith is joining forces with county clerks across the state to offer convenient Saturday hours for travelers who need passports. Michigan’s “Passports-to-Go” Day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 10. More than 10 counties across Michigan are expected to open their doors. “We wanted to make it as easy as we can for our residents, especially in light of strict new passport regulations,” said Smith. “We recognize it can be tough for working people to take time out of their busy week – Saturday morning hours for future travelers seemed like just the ticket.” The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires travelers to have passports to countries that didn’t require them before. As of Jan. 23, all air travelers to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda need passports. As early as Jan. 1, 2008, the rules will apply to land and sea travelers as well. In the fiscal year 2006, the U.S. Department of State issued a record 12,133,537 U.S. passports. Barry County processed 371 passport applications in calen- dar year 2006, compared to 289 in 2005. Passport fees in Barry County are $67 to U.S. Department of State (must be check or money order) and $30 to Barry County Clerk (can be check or cash). Please note the $30 fee is not charged for renewal applications. Passport photos, which are required, are $10 and will be processed immediately. Passports also are required for children of every age. To apply for a U.S. passport, residents must provide: • A passport application form. • Proof of U.S. citizenship in the form of a previous passport, certified birth certificate or naturalization certificate. • Proof of identity, including a driver’s license, government or military ID. Social Security cards will not be accepted. Travelers who need additional information about new passport regulations may visit the U.S. Department of State website at http://travel/state/gov. Media requests should be directed to the county clerk’s office at (269) 945The 1285, extension 1126. Town hall meeting on property taxes called by Rep. Calley ® Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Are you wondering how to invest your Income Tax Refund? Why not use it as a down payment to purchase your own home. We have an inventory of both single and double wide homes for sale. Use your income tax refund as a down payment and we will give you up to $1500.00 toward the down payment as well as excellent move-in incentives. Don’t delay. Call us today or stop by Thornapple Lake Estates 02665824 By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will be running a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) As one looks about the museum and log shed and all buildings connected with the museum, they wonder how all of it was collected. Irving had collected to some degree all his life, however, after giving the park to Barry County, he really worked to promote and collect articles to fill a museum to be built. Due to his lectures at schools and meetings and displays in local banks, a great interest was generated among all the older people and their families, as all of them had things from the past laying around not being seen by anyone. They were glad to donate or sell them to be shown in the museum. In January 1937, Fred Peck, a retired farmer getting along in years and a neighbor of Irving’s, whose farm on State Road joined Charlton’s on the northwest corner, became very interested. He was over to Charlton’s store house nearly every day and they would be gone all day seeing different people and getting a line on antiques or relics. I am indebted to the daughter of Mr. Peck, Mrs. Hollis (Laura) McIntyre of Nashville, for clippings from a 1937 Banner stating the many people he contacted and the relics he found. However, due to ill health, Mr. Peck did not live long enough to see the fruits of his labors. He died March 17, 1937, (St. Patrick’s Day) and was buried in Fairplain Cemetery in Grand Rapids. Mr. Peck had a well written account of people’s interest and attitude in a Banner dated Jan. 7, 1937, and with a heading of “People Willing to Donate Relics” and “Proposed Museum at New Charlton Park Meets General Approval.” In the following article, he writes, “At this time of year, my time is somewhat of a burden, with nothing to do, so unofficially I started out to see what I could do or locate that would be useful for the county museum.” He contacted Hayes Sponable on Center Road, whose family was among the earliest settlers in Hastings, and settled near what is now the Medical Center. As he wrote, “I certainly was not disappointed, as Mr. Sponable was doing chores when I went there to the barn. Upon telling him my errand, he said, ‘Wait a minute’ and went into a building and brought out a pair of Cavalryman’s saddlebags that saw full service in the Civil War, and in the pocket was a pair of brass spurs. Also, he had two handmade barrels with split hickory hoops. “He had a ‘Democrat’ two-seated spring wagon, bought when he was a boy some 70 years ago, still in serviceable condition. Also, he had old maple sugar equipment and tools. He had a wolf trap with spiked jaws found by his father many years ago on a deer hunting trip in the north, a fine old gun, an ox yoke, and many Indian relics, among them a large, peculiar, hollowed flint used to start a fire. He also knew where there was a ‘12’ ox drawn breaking plow, a rare find indeed.” Mr. Peck next visited Clyde Stedge of the Crossroads district. He had an old gun that his grandfather had carried in the Civil War and when he was President Lincoln’s personal body guard in Washington, D.C. He also had a picture and a full history of the old gentleman. All was willingly given, along with other valuable relics, to the county museum. Homer Bates, father of and living with Mrs. Orlie Smith, who was in his 80s, was an early settler who came from Genesee Falls, N.Y. He had built a log barn, 42’x20’, of tamarac logs and tamarac rafters and white oak shake roof. income you'll require, you will need to monitor all these investments over the years, and make changes as needed. Calculating Costs of Other Goals Achieving the "ideal" retirement might be your biggest financial goal, but it's almost certainly not the only one. But no matter what goals you have, you'll still need to "do the math" necessary to calculate costs and arrive at solutions. So, for example, if you'd like to help pay for college for your children (or grandchildren), you'll need to look at what college costs today, how much it's likely to cost in the future and how much money you can devote to paying those costs. To illustrate: For the 2006-2007 school year, it costs, on average, $16,357 for students attending four-year public colleges and universities, according to the College Board. If college costs were to rise five percent every year, today's newborns can expect to pay about $162,000 for four years at a public school. With the presence of scholarships, loans and work-study arrangements, you might not have to foot the entire $162,000 bill. But at least you'll know what you might need - and you can start planning the appropriate savings and investment strategies. And you can take this same approach to other long-term goals, such as buying a second home or a new business. Keep in mind, though, that "doing the math" can involve a 77502006 Harold J. Clark (left) was one of many who donated treasured relics to Irving Charlton (right) for the museum. If you breathed a sigh of relief when you put away that algebra or geometry textbook for the last time, you might not be eager to take up the subject of math again. However, by doing some number crunching, you can put a "price tag" on your long-term financial goals - and that's the first step toward achieving them. To quantify the costs of your objectives, you must be specific about what you're trying to accomplish. Do you want to retire as soon as you possibly can and then spend your time traveling the world? Or are you planning to work until 65 and then open your own small business? Obviously, these are vastly different goals - with vastly different costs to you. Once you know what you really want to do when you retire, you should be able to project your annual yearly expenses. Then, you can ask yourself these questions: * How many years will I spend in retirement? None of us can predict exactly how long we will live. But if you consider your overall health, your lifestyle habits and your family's history of longevity, you can come up with a reasonable estimate of how many years you might have to pay for in retirement. * Where will my income come from? To pay for your retirement goals, you'll likely need to draw on all types of income available to you, including Social Security and your investments, such as your IRA, 401(k) and whatever individual stocks and other securities you may own. To help reach the level of �Page 10 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracie Farrah and Jamie Farrah, Wife and Husband, to Bayrock Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005 and recorded September 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152444, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Services Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 13/100 Dollars ($157,648.13) including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1385 feet of the North one-half of the South one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, except the North 440 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509543 File No. 199.3674 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amanda N. Williams, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Exchange Financial Corporation, A Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 30, 2000, and recorded on October 31, 2000 in instrument 1051425, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 46/100 Dollars ($85,916.46), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 12, Plat of Lincoln Park Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 55 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130077F01 77509860 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Shubitowski, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003, and recorded on October 31, 2003 in instrument 1116744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen And 15/100 Dollars ($95,416.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 1, 2 and 3, except the Southeasterly 30 feet of Lot 3 Smith's Lakeview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129008F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas L. Morey, II, A Married Man and Sarah H. Morey, His Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Premier Mortgage Lending, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 4, 2005 in instrument 1145941, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Chase Home Finance, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 48/100 Dollars ($104,171.48), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 3 of Daniel Stricker's Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127907F01 77509442 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1147897, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $54,766.69, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 2 of Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on Page 68. Commonly known as: 11860 Bea, Shelbyville, MI 49344. PP#: 08-11-040-002-00 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 77509797 (616) 977-0077 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda M Fay, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165596, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($108,464.67), including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post, Section 29, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence South 2640 feet to the center of the Section; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 650 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 660 feet parallel with the North and South 1/4 line; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 132 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 660 feet; thence East parallel with the North Section line 132 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130023F01 77509781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Marcia E. Audette and Vincent J. Audette and Ruth F. Clemens, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to TCF National Bank, a national banking association, Mortgagee, dated July 16, 2004, and recorded on July 21, 2004 in instrument 1131169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Fifty-Seven And 82/100 Dollars ($146,057.82), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the South 60 acres of the North 100 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as beginning at a point on the West line of said Section 12, distant North 1465 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 12 and running thence North 330 feet, thence East 264, thence South 330 feet, thence West 264 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental unit in any part thereof taken, used or deeded for street, road or highway purposes; subject to easement for highway purposes over and across the West side of subject premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128132F01 77509454 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer,husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Two & 86/100 ($134,002.86), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village, now City, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, on Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/1/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 829183 03/01/2007, 03/08/2007, 03/15/2007, 03/22/2007 77510295 77509669 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW 2007 WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT 10115 S. NORRIS RD., DELTON, MICH. 49046 ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: TUESDAY, MARCH 06, ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - 9:00 AM MONDAY, MARCH 12, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 2:00PM-5:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 16, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 23, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM PLEASE CALL 269-623-2664 FOR APPEALS APPOINTMENT OR WRITTEN PROTEST MAY BE SENT TO ADDRESS ABOVE AND SHALL BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 23, 2007. THE BOARD OF REVIEW WILL MEET AS MANY MORE DAYS AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO HEAR APPEALS AND EQUALIZE THE 2007 ASSESSMENTS. TENTATIVE RATIOS AND ESTIMATED MULTIPLIERS FOR EACH CLASS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR 2007 ARE AS SUCH: AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL PERSONAL 45.52% 48.81% 37.56% 48.29% 50.00% 1.0984 1.0244 1.3312 1.0354 1.0000 JIM STONEBURNER, SUPERVISOR PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS OR SERVICES SHOULD CONTACT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT LEAST SEVEN (7) DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HEARING APPEAL. THIS NOTICE POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PA 267 OF 1976 AS AMENDED (OPEN MEETING ACT) MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) AND WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). 77509965 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed items to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: 1. Special Use Permit Application to allow retail automotive and equipment sales. The property is located at 835 N M-37 Hwy, Hastings, Parcel #08-13-009-010-10 and is currently zoned C-4, Commercial Industrial District. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.1703 requires a Special Use Permit for this request. 2. Special Use Permit Application to allow a Drive Thru ATM on the property located at 1110 W Green Street, Hastings, Parcel #08-13-013-002-00. This property is currently zoned C-3, General Business District. Rutland Charter Township Ordinance Section 104.1603 requires a Special Use Permit for this request. 3. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission at said public hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77510287 Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW Notice is hereby given that the 2007 March Board of Review of the City of Hastings will convene in the Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan for the purpose of reviewing, correcting, and equalizing the 2007 Assessment Roll. Taxpayers wishing to appeal the value assigned their property may appeal to the Board of Review in person or by letter. Taxpayers wishing to appear in person, please telephone 9459350, for an appointment. The Board will meet as follows: Organization Meeting - Tuesday, March 6th, 9:00 AM Hearings: Tuesday, March 13th, 1:00 to 4:00 PM and 6:00 to 9:00 PM Thursday, March 15th, 9:00 AM to Noon and 1:00 to 4:00 PM Friday, March 16th, ONLY IF NEEDED Tentative factors for real property assessments in the City of Hastings will be as follows: COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERSONAL 77509941 RATIO 46.89 49.63 48.17 28.30 50.00 FACTOR 1.0663 1.0075 1.0380 1.7668 1.0000 Jackie Timmerman City Assessor IRVING TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW The 2007 Board of Review for Irving Township will meet as follows: • March 6 at 5:00 pm Organizational Meeting • Monday, March 12th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm • Tuesday, March 13th from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Written appeals will be accepted by March 13th or postmarked by March 11, 2007 The tentative equalization ratios for computation of SEV of real property is as follows: Irving 2007 Ratios and Multipliers Classification of Real Property Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Timber-Cutover Developmental Commercial Industrial Utility Ratio Real Property 47.72 47.62 45.26 48.45 None in Class 41.56 Multiplier 1.0478 1.0500 1.1047 1.0320 1.2031 PERSONAL PROPERTY 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 Persons with disabilities that need special assistance, please contact Carol Ergang at (269) 948-8893. George London Supervisor, Irving Township 06646686 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark Cinco and Julie L. Cinco, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded September 29, 2003 in Instrument Number 1114353, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as Trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 39/100 Dollars ($85,849.39) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 4 rods of the South 8 rods of Lot 100; The City (formerly Village) of Hastings. Being the same property conveyed to Mark Cinco married by deed from Mada Gilmore and Michael Gilmore, single, Teresa Pash, married, survivors of Anna Sylvester (deceased), recorded 12/27/2001 in Deed Book/Page 1072074. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509583 File No. 207.6624 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas A. Dusette, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 1, 2006, and recorded on March 6, 2006 in instrument 1160965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six And 87/100 Dollars ($82,226.87), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3, 8 and the North 1/2 of Lot 2, Except the East 14 Feet Thereof, Block 19, Eastern Addition, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509612 File #128818F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, in Instrument Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Two Thousand One Hundred Three Dollars and 07/100 ($82,103.07) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77509606 Our File No. 141.00284 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Frank W. Urias and Paula J. Urias, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166179, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand One Hundred Three and 81/100 Dollars ($91,103.81) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6, of H. J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77509538 File No. 285.1046 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held February 27, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 33/100 Dollars ($238,733.33), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #127353F01 77509478 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas A Everling and Linda S Everling, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated June 25, 2004 and recorded July 8, 2004 in Instrument #1130559 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-OP1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Three Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($139,903.69) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Olson Subdivision according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 16 Commonly known as 216 Lakeview Dr, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-OP1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004OP1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77509569 Our File No: 07-64017 77508676 BARRY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW The Barry Township Board of Review will meet at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard, Delton, Michigan, March 6, 2007 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM to receive and review the assessment roll. The PUBLIC meetings to hear assessment appeals will be held Monday, March 12, 2007 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM and 6:00PM to 9:00PM and Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 9:00AM to 12:00 Noon and 1:00PM to 4:00PM and what other hours as needed. Appointments are not necessary but will be taken and given preference, for appointment call 269-623-5171, leave a message. Will return your call ASAP. Also you may file a Appeal by mail, to Barry Township, P.O.Box 705, Delton, MI 49046. The tentative ratios for each class of real property for 2007. Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Ratio 43.46% 43.48% 39.90% 49.98% Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should contact the Supervisor 7 days prior to the meeting by writing or calling the Township Office at P.O. Box 705, Delton,, MI 49046 or Phone 269-6235161 and leave a message Richard Barnum, Supervisor 77509909 STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the matter of: Walter Weyler Waring, deceased. Date of Birth: 5/13/1917. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Grantor of the Walter Weyler Waring and Mary Esther Waring Living Trust, UAD 06/22/1998, as amended and the survivor of Mary Esther Waring, deceased, who lived at 8794 Keller Road, Delton, MI 49046 died February 19, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent and the decedent’s Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Mary L. Gibson, Trustee, P.O. Box 182, Oshtemo, MI 49077 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. This notice was published on Thursday, March 1, 2007. EARLY, LENNON, CROCKER & BARTOSIEWICZ, PLC Robert M. Taylor P29396 900 Comerica Building Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 381-8844 Mary L. Gibson, Trustee P.O. Box 182 Oshtemo, MI 49077 (77510326) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy D. Fedewa an unmarried man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 12, 2004, and recorded on November 15, 2004 in instrument 1137248, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 29/100 Dollars ($95,729.29), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as: commencing 34 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on section line between sections 35 and 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West; thence West 10 rods; thence South 4 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 4 rods to beginning. More particularly described as: beginning at a point on the East line of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant North 850.17 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 35; thence West 165 feet; thence North 66 feet; thence East 165 feet to said East section line; thence South along said East line, 66 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Durkee Street, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #093351F02 77509811 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S Arnold and Bonnie L Arnold, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 28, 2005, and recorded on April 8, 2005 in instrument 1144545, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Assocation, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston HEAT 2005-3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 81/100 Dollars ($274,740.81), including interest at 6.859% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast Corner Post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, Thence South on East Line of said Section a Distance of 330 Feet, Thence West Parallel to the North Line of said Section 380 Feet, Thence North Parallel to the East Line of said Section 330 Feet to a Place on the North Section Line, Thence East on said Line to the Place of Beginning, said Description is a Parcel of Land being 2.5 Acres, More or less The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #100392F03 77509746 BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Baltimore Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for the fiscal year 2007-2008 at the Baltimore Township Hall located at 3100 E. Dowling Rd., Hastings, MI on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE A SUBJECT OF THE HEARING. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection by calling the Township Supervisor, Richard VanSyckle, at 269-721-9888. This notice is posted in compliance with Public Act 267 of the 1976 amended MCL 41.72a (2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Baltimore Township board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon ten (10) days notice to the Baltimore Township Board. NOTE: Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Baltimore Township Clerk by writing or calling Penelope Ypma, 6200 Henry Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. Telephone 269-945-3228. Penelope Ypma Baltimore Township Clerk 77509987 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 South Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the items to be considered at this public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. The application of Joseph and Karen Felicijan for the rezoning of an approximately 3.9 acre parcel of land at 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-80) from the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification to the “R-1” Single Family, Low Density Residential District zoning classification. Also scheduled for public hearing at this same time is the proposed rezoning from the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification to the “R-1” Single Family, Low Density Residential District zoning classification of (1) the approximately 3.9 acre parcel located immediately east of 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-90) and (2) the three parcels located immediately west of 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-70, #012-007-006-71 and #012-007-006-72). 2. The proposed amendment of Section 6.6 of the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance so as to allow custom woodworking as a special use in the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Zoning Ordinance and Township Land Use Plan and Map and the proposed amendments thereto may be examined at the Prairieville Township Hall located at 10115 South Norris Road within the Township at any reasonable time from and after the publication of this Notice until and including the time of the public hearing and may be further examined at the public hearing. The Prairieville Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above mentioned proposed zoning amendments at or following the public hearing. All interested parties are invited to be present to participate in discussion on the matter. Prairieville Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township Hall 10115 South Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77510322 �Page 12 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Hope Township Board Meeting Synopsis Feb. 12, 2007 All Board members present, and 4 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes. Bills. Replacement of old fence at Brush Ridge. Bernard Museum 2007 grant request. TGA and ZBA class expenses. Budget Amendment. Resolution 2007-1. Purchase of Computer for Building Dept. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77509975 Patricia Albert, Supervisor 06647090 PUT YOUR TAX Hope Township Special Board Meeting Synopsis Feb. 20, 2007 4 Board members present and no guests. Approved: 1st Addendum PSA between SWBCS&W, Hope Twp. and Flies & Vandenbrink Eng. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77509978 Patricia Albert, Supervisor REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 WOODLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW Woodland Township Board of Review will meet at the Woodland Township Hall, 156 S. Main St., Woodland, Michigan, on March 6, 2007, to receive and review the assessment roll. Public meetings to hear assessment appeals will be held Monday, March 12, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon, and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March 13, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Appointments are not necessary but will be taken and given preference. For appointments call 269-367-4915 (office) or 269367-4214 (home). Answering machine messages returned ASAP. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property for 2007 are as follows: Ratio Multiplier Agricultural 49.67 1.0056 Commercial 46.83 1.0668 Industrial 29.82 1.6639 Residential 46.19 1.0718 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Supervisor 7 days prior to the meeting by writing or calling Dave Bursley, 156 S. Main, Woodland, Michigan 48897. 269-367-4915 (office), or 269-367-4214 (home). 02665273 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE The Hastings Charter Township Board of Review for 2007 will be held at the Township Hall at 885 River Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058 on the following dates: Tuesday, March 6 Monday, March 12 Wednesday, March 14 Organizational Meeting Appeal Hearing Appeal Hearing 1:00 p.m. 9-12 p.m. & 1-4 p.m. 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests, and to equalize the 2007 assessments. Written protests may be sent to the above address by Tuesday, March 13, 2007. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Personal 49.67% 48.32% 24.37% 49.23% 50% 1.0067 1.0348 2.0517 1.0157 1.00 Jim Brown, Supervisor Hastings Charter Township 269-948-9690 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the township clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of the hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA41.72(2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 77509627 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW The Board of Review will meet on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 9:00 AM, in the office of the Assessor at Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, to organize and review the Assessment Roll. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING to hear Assessment APPEALS will be held at the RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP HALL, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan on: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 9:00 AM to Noon 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM Also, any other days deemed necessary to equalize the Assessment Roll. PROPERTY ASSESSMENT RATIOS & FACTORS FOR 2007 CLASS RATIO MULTIPLIER Agriculture 45.98% 1.0874 Commercial 48.75% 1.0256 Industrial 43.57% 1.1475 Residential 45.77% 1.0924 Developmental -0- -0- Personal -0- -0– The above ratios and multipliers do not mean that every parcel will receive the same. If you have purchased property, it will be assessed at 50% of market value. If you have improved your property such as additions, new buildings, driveways, etc., this will also reflect in the value of your property. Upon request of any person who is assessed on said roll, or his agent, and upon sufficient cause being shown, the Board of Review will correct the assessment of such property and will, in their judgment, make the valuation thereof relatively just and equal. Dennis McKelvey, Assessor RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77509855 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy Blodgett and Roger Blodgett aka Roger L. Blodgett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Heartland Home Finance, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2002, and recorded on September 16, 2002 in instrument 1087524, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Thirteen And 60/100 Dollars ($103,013.60), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East 1016.46 feet from the West 1/4 post of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East along said 1/4 line 305.85 feet; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 797.77 feet to the Southerly line of the former Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railroad; thence South 71 degrees 19 minutes 51 seconds West along said Southerly line 323.51 feet; thence North 900.69 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509739 File #128740F01 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by Grand Rapids Property Management, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company (“Mortgagor”), to The Huntington National Bank (the “Bank”), dated December 14, 2005, and recorded on January 5, 2006, in Document No. 1158559, Barry County Register of Deeds, and re-recorded with an Affidavit of ReRecording dated February 12, 2007, recorded on February 13, 2007 in Document No. 1176362, Barry County Register of Deeds (the “Mortgage”), is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest (accruing at 12.5% per annum), fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty and 47/100 Dollars ($219,620.47). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Bank pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale are located in Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: That part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 100.0 feet; thence S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 80.0 feet; thence S 89 degrees 29 minutes W 100.0 feet; thence N 00 degrees 03 minutes W 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. And that part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 15 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 58 for place of beginning; thence East 239.58 feet; thence South 98.27 feet; thence West 239.58 feet; thence North 98.27 feet to place of beginning. EXCEPT: Beginning at a point which is North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 100.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 80.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes West 100.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 03 minutes West 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. Commonly known as: 491 Arlington, Middleville, MI 49333 Parcel Identification No: 08-41-100-026-10 Together with any furniture, furnishings, equipment, fixtures and other articles of personal property owned by Mortgagor. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & HowlettLLP Attorneys for The Huntington National Bank 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor 77509919 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Judith C. Strouse and Debbie Strouse, joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Bristol Window and Door, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 18, 1997, and recorded on December 16, 1997 in instrument 1005331, and assigned by mesne assignments to Federal National Mortgage Association as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Three And 66/100 Dollars ($11,303.66), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Five (375) and the West Two Rods of Lots Three Hundred Seventy Three (373) and Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) except Two (2) rods square out of the Southwest corner of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) formerly Village of Hastings (now City) Barry County, Michigan according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510300 File #131737F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard A. Bass, a married man and Laura Rene Bass, his wife and Dean and Ann L. Bass, Husband and Wife, to NBD Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 1995 and recorded November 22, 1995 in Liber 645, Page 779, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three and 90/100 Dollars ($19,233.90) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Commencing at South one-quarter corner of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 870.7 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 440 feet; thence North 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds West 396 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East 440 feet; thence South 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds East 396 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1018 77509756 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Pamela J. Borger, a married woman, to First National Bank of America, dated August 19, 2004 and recorded on August 27, 2004 in Document No. 1133105, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $7,210.75. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 14.95 per cent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: One acre of land, measuring 10 Rods East and West and 16 Rods North and South, out of the Northwest corner of the following described parcel of land: the East 30 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and the West 5 acres of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: February 26, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 77510312 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-One And 88/100 Dollars ($132,251.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 05 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-ofway commencing at a point on the North lien of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132045F01 77510317 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred in the mortgage made on April 30, 1999, by William E. Wilson and Becky L. Wilson, Mortgagors, to Union Bank as Mortgagee, and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County Michigan, Register of Deeds office under document #1029302 and in the Purchaser's Assignment of Land Sale Contract dated April 30, 1999 and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County, Register of Deeds office under document #1029301 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid as of February 5, 2007, Seventy Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars and 29 Cents ($70,415.29) principal and interest; no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the above mortgage, and the Assignment of Land Sales Contract and the Powers of Sale contained in both the mortgage and the assignment having become operative by reason of such default and pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Michigan. Notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County Courthouse, in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court of Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder the properties described in this Notice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the mortgages, together with interest at the rate of 13.25%, the expenses and charges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees, provided by law and in the mortgage, and also any sums which may be paid by the Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises. The land and premises in the mortgages mentioned and described, are as follows: COUNTY OF BARRY, TOWNSHIP OF CASTLETON: THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPTING THEREFROM: COMMENCING AT THE EAST 1/4 POST OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST, 809 FEET; THENCE NORTH 700 FEET; THENCE EAST 809 FEET THENCE SOUTH 700 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO EXCEPT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 24, 809 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PERPENDICULAR WITH SAID SECTION LINE, 330 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH SECTION LINE, 809 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST SECTION LINE, 330 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 9469 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The Real Property tax identification number is 08-050-024000-005-00. PARCEL 1: A PARCEL OF LAND 275 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH BY 390 FEET EAST AND WEST IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST. PARCEL 2: THE WEST 390 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 275 FEET. Commonly known as 9549 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The length of the redemption period will be one year. MORTGAGEE: Union Bank Prepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265) Hubbard, Fox, Thomas, White & Bengtson, P.C. 5801 W. Michigan Avenue, P.O. Box 80857 Lansing, MI 48908-0857 Telephone: 517-886-7176 77509904 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kris Vredevoogd and Sheila Vredevoogd, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 25, 2005 in instrument 1155120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred And 75/100 Dollars ($206,200.75), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76, Boulder Creek Estates in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #103530F02 77509724 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REGINA LYNN AUSTIN AKA REGINA LYNN HIGHWAY, A MARRIED WOMAN and TRENT A. AUSTIN, HER HUSBAND, to ROCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 1998, and recorded on May 12, 1999, in Document No. 1011779, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Twenty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-One Cents ($100,028.91), including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on March 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in VILLAGE of MIDDLEVILLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 143 OF MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS NUMBER 8, VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 97, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 08-41-185-005-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 20, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77509969 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S. Bolo, a married man and Teresta L. Bolo aka Teresta Bolo, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139200, and rerecorded on January 26, 2005 in instrument 1140709, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four And 40/100 Dollars ($137,754.40), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 34, Sandy Knolls No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 94, Barry County Records, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509654 File #128973F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of HOLLICE S. COURT TRUST under Agreement dated October 3, 1996. Date of Birth: July 18, 1914. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Hollice S. Court, who lived at 2236 Jeanne Drive, Hastings, Michigan died February 13, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “Hollice S. Court Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Barbara L. St. John, 10625 Seneca Ridge Drive, Montgomery Village, MD 20886, Richard L. Court, Jr., 1121 Chippewa Drive, SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506, Catherine A. Smyles, 502 Canterbury Lane, Alexandria, VA 22314, Successor Co-Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publications of this notice. Date: February 26, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Successor Co-Trustee Barbara L. St. John 10625 Seneca Ridge Drive Montgomery Village, MD 20886 Successor Co-Trustee Richard L. Court, Jr. 1121 Chippewa Drive, SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Successor Co-Trustee Catherine A. Smyles 502 Canterbury Lane 77510305 Alexandria, VA 22314 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James H. Beard, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2006, and recorded on September 6, 2006 in instrument 1169591, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty And 93/100 Dollars ($46,220.93), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lot 37 and the North 1/2 of Lot 38, Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1, Page 10 of Plats, Barry County Records. ALSO described as: Commencing 82.5 feet North of the Northeast corner of Lot 40, Village of Nashville; thence West 132 feet; thence North 55 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 55 feet to the Place of Beginning. Situated on R.B. Gregg's Reserve. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129494F01 77509761 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zaher AlSheikh, a married man and Huda Al-Sheikh, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or asigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on February 7, 2006 in instrument 1159821, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Seven And 28/100 Dollars ($391,247.28), including interest at 11.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 10, Crescent Beach Plat, Gun Lake Section 6, Orangeville Township, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121644F02 77509766 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David F. Knight and Julie Knight AKA Julie A. Knight, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2005, and recorded on September 1, 2005 in instrument 1152097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 25/100 Dollars ($276,146.25), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 Corner of said Section, Thence North 88 Degrees 55 Minutes 56 Seconds East along the East-West 1/4 Line of said Section 1318.77 Feet to the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section, Thence South 00 Degrees 44 Minutes 59 Seconds East along the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 675.72 Feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, Thence South 70 Degrees 56 Minutes 24 Seconds West 1309.03 Feet to the Centerline of West Loop Road (66.00 Feet Wide) Thence Northerly 333.69 Feet along the Centerline of West Loop Road on a 700.00 Foot Radius Curve to the Right, the Chord of Which Bears North 14 Degrees 17 Minutes 51 Seconds West 330.54 Feet to the West Line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence North 00 Degrees 38 Minutes 28 Seconds West along the West Line of said Southwest 1/4 133.31 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 52 Minutes 00 Seconds East 1320.65 Feet to the Place of Beginning, Said Parcel is Subject to Highway Rights over that Part lying Westerly of a Line which is 33.00 Feet Easterly of and Parallel with the Centerline of West Loop Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129014F01 77509663 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain, Mortgage, made by LORI HAYWOOD, a single woman, whose address is 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagor, to TOMMIE CONRAD and SARA CONRAD, whose address is 11820 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagees, dated October 4, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and the State of Michigan on June 15, 2006, in Document Number 1166037. There is claimed to be due thereon, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND 16/100-------($19,300.16) Dollars with interest at the rate of 10%, as secured by the above-referenced mortgage computed to November 30, 2006. And no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in said Mortgages, and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the above said Mortgage, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, East Steps, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County on the 29th day of March, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, of said day and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with interest payable at the rate of 10%, together with late fees, legal costs, attorneys fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage, to-wit: A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 10 AND 11, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 11 AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 713 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 510.1 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 434 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD FOR THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST 440 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST 155 FEET; THENCE WEST 673 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 398 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 10 AND 433 FEET WESTERLY THEREFROM; THENCE EAST 1114.6 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COBB ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19-MINUTES EAST 243 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046. The period of redemption will be six months from the date of sale unless abandoned. Dated: 2/19/07 David H. Tripp (P29290) 206 South Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9585 77509981 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixty Cents ($120,754.60) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Being the same property conveyed to Donald L Risher, a single man by deed dated August 13, 1996 and recorded August 20, 1996 in Deed Book 669, Page 992, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan Commonly known as 1025 E Mill Street, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: FEBRUARY 2, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-63945 77509564 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gaylord Norman Pennington, and Patsy Jean Pennington, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2002, and recorded on June 3, 2002 in instrument 1079922, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two And 36/100 Dollars ($64,962.36), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 1099 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof and the West 4 rods of Lot 3, Block 20 to the Easter Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131886F01 77510307 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gordon Tait, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on May 26, 2006 in instrument 1165204, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Two And 58/100 Dollars ($160,932.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16. EXCEPTING the North 2 rods. Also except commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 2 rods for the Place of Beginning; thence East 4 rods; thence South 18 1/2 rods; thence West 4 rods to a point due South of the Place of Beginning; thence North 18 1/2 rods to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129851F01 77509751 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Darrell Fenstermacher, a single man, of 15432 220th Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307, and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated May 7, 2002, and recorded on May 14, 2002, in Instrument No. 1080497 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($123,408.11), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 9.45%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE TO HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on March 15, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Thornapple Township, Barry County and which are described as follows: Parcel “A”: That part of the SW fractional 1/4,Section 30, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at a point on the West line of said SW fractional 1/4 which is N00º26’47” E200.00 feet from the SW corner of Section 30; thence N00º26’47” E1122.04 feet along said West line; thence N89º48’27” E628.93 feet along the North line of the S 1/2 of said SW fractional 1/4; thence S 00º22’33” W1121.26 feet; thence S 89º44’15” W630.31 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements of record and to Highway Right-of-Way for Patterson Avenue. This parcel contains 16.211 across including Highway R.O.W. Parcel No. 08-014-030-003-00 which has an address of 3160 Patterson Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333. The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: January 31, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1315 POSITION OPENING Interim Administrator, Part-Time Charlton Park Responsible to oversee day-to-day operations of the Park and planning for summer events An application and a job description may be obtained from the Barry County Administrator’s Office, 3rd Floor, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 Ph. (269) 945-1284 applications must be returned to Barry County Administration on or before Friday, March 16, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. For questions regarding the position, please contact Keith Murphy at (269) 945-6226, or Tom Doyle at (269) 945-1385 77509897 �Page 14 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Two Thousand Nine Hundred TwentyFour And 98/100 Dollars ($202,924.98), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michgian: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509817 File #122459F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. SHERIFF’S SALE - Default has been made in the payment of condominium assessments by the owner of the subject unit, Warren Menck, single, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company. There is claimed to be due and owing, over and above all legal setoffs, the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Three Hundred Three and 10/100 Dollars ($171,303.10) to the association, exclusive of any costs, interest, fines, attorney fees and future assessments. Pursuant to MCLA §559.208 a notice of lien was recorded on August 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1132907, Barry County Records, and pursuant to the statutes of the State of Michigan, notice is hereby given that the lien will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter post of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet along the East-West one-quarter line of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.0 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 21 minutes 40 seconds West, 304.99 feet; thence North 29 degrees 02 feet 52 seconds West, 115.06 feet; thence North 02 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East, 239.80 feet, thence North 56 degrees 08 minutes 30 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds East, 480.84 feet to the point of beginning. Together with an easement for ingress and egress to be used jointly with others over a strip of land 66 feet in width, the Westerly line of which is described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West one-quarter line of Section 20, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, distant South 89 degrees 44 minutes 40 seconds East, 919.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 40 seconds West, 1005.00 feet; thence North 32 degrees 52 minutes 40 seconds West, 98.15 feet; thence North 33 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds West, 480.84 feet to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §559.208 (2), in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.4192 77509578 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company, a Corporation dated the 25th day of May, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument # 1165487 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-6 , thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $117,840.96 (One hundred Seveteen thousand, Eight hundred Forty dollars and Ninety Six cents) plus accrued interest at 9.85% (nine point eight five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 22nd day of March, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Village of Freeport, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOTS 7 AND 8 OF BLOCK 13 OF SAMUEL ROUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Commonly known as: 170 SAINT JOHNS STREET Tax ID: 08-43-213-001-20 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77509944 WWR#05740406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ross Lee Meehan and Anne Meehan, husband and wife and Roger D. Buxton and Edith M. Buxton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Federal, fsb, Mortgagee, dated February 14, 2002, and recorded on February 19, 2002 in instrument 1075130, and modified by agreement dated June 17, 2004, and recorded on June 17, 2004 in instrument 1129480, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine And 37/100 Dollars ($396,059.37), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 1619.39 feet, along the South line of said Section, to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds West 2635.14 feet; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West 337.00 feet; along the North line of the Southeast 1/4 of said 11; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 1980.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 22.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 655.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 315.00 feet, along said South line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509871 File #069433F02 INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five And 28/100 Dollars ($267,125.28), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F01 77509618 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JOHN M. DRAKE and ANGELINA M. DRAKE, husband and wife, whose address is 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), with its guaranteed loan center being located at 3469 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 48843, the Mortgagee, such Mortgage being dated July 25, 1996 and recorded July 29, 1996 in Liber 667 of Barry County Records on Page 813 through 816, inclusive, and by reason of such default the Mortgagee elects to declare the entire unpaid amount of such Mortgage due and payable forthwith, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 61/100 ($93,844.61) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East entrance to the Circuit Court located at the Barry County Courthouse in the City of Hastings on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. local time, in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.25 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys=fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgage does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to wit: Lands and premises situated in the Township of Orangeville, County of Barry, and State of Michigan: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, beginning at a point on the centerline of Lindsey Road which lies due West 440.68 feet and South 11º50’30” West 901.93 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 17, thence South 11º50’30” West 224.81 feet; thence South 89º51’30” West 619.67 feet; thence North 01º47’30” West 220.00 feet; thence North 89º51’30” East 672.68 feet to the point of beginning. (Commonly known as 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, Tax Parcel No. 08-11-017-047-00.) The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of sale. This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. For further information with regard to this foreclosure contact the Community Development Manager at the local office of Rural Development at 1035 East Michigan Avenue, Suite A, Paw Paw, Michigan 49079, telephone (269) 657-7055, extension 118. Dated: February 20, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), Mortgagee Robert J. Zitta (P22749) Attorney for Mortgagee SCHEUERLE & ZITTA, LLP 300 Washington Avenue P.O. Box 212 Grand Haven, MI 49417 77510281 (616) 842-1470 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-One and 30/100 Dollars ($153,681.30) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.3948 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Charles James and Jeanette K... James, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on December 5, 2005 in instrument 1157220, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Four Hundred FiftySeven And 22/100 Dollars ($111,457.22), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as follows: Commencing in the center of the Highway 26 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on the East line of said Section 35; thence West 10 Rods; thence South 8 Rods; thence East 10 Rods; thence North 8 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108291F02 77509866 Time to visit.... LOST K.A. Mueller Accounting Yellow Lab • Professional, Economical & Personal TAX & Accounting Services • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 01544231 Please Call 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com 269-838-7426 06647359 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($128,376.46), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509829 File #130392F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lonnie M. Miller and Susan L. Miller, husband and wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Aames Home Loan, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2004, and recorded on April 12, 2004 in instrument 1125151, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three And 27/100 Dollars ($168,793.27), including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 920 feet of the West one half of the Northeast one quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, EXCEPTING therefrom the West 970 feet. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131597F01 77510290 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2004, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 30, 2004 in Instrument No. 1130126, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $109,796.46, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 33, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 39. Commonly known as: 2602 Wildflower Drive, Middleville, MI 49333. PP#: 08-08-090-033-00 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 (616) 977-0077 77509791 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 15 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Laptop computer reported stolen from van Woman motorist injured in accident Automotive Household FOR SALE: ‘97 Dodge Neon 4 door, 80,000 miles, excellent condition, $3,650 obo. (269)948-8278 CHILDREN’S LOFT BED w/ladder, slide, rails & play tent. Includes twin mattress, excellent condition, paid $500 new from JCPenny, will sell for $300 OBO. Call 269948-2674 after 3pm. d Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 For Rent NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, MISDA approved, $525 plus security deposit. (269)948-8943 Garage Sale 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. Help Wanted DENTAL ASSISTANT NEEDED for family practice. Experience and x ray certified ONLY please. Pay negotiable. Please fax resume to (517)852-9977 Michigan State Police from the Hastings Post were dispatched to a personal injury accident on M-43 north of Hastings Tuesday. According to investigators a vehicle driven by Michelle Solmes, 29, stuck a pickup truck driven by Marlin Miller of Hastings at approximately 8:40 a.m. Miller was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident. Both parties were wearing seat belts and alcohol was not indicated as a factor in the crash. Nigerian check scam comes to Nashville A Nashville resident received counterfeit travelers checks via UPS after corresponding with a female over the Internet. Received along with the checks were instructions to send money via Western Union to Nigeria. According to Michigan State Police investigators, this a very common scam over the Internet, asking people to cash checks for them then send money via Western Union, leaving the victim's with the worthless checks. Former renter accused of taking items A Sisson Road resident filed a complaint Feb. 21 on the theft of several items from a trailer (wood stove, table, stereo) by a former renter. The report was filed with the Michigan State Police Hastings Post and an investigation is currently under way. Police gathering tips on package thefts A number of people have come to the post regarding Trooper Brian Roderick’s larceny complaint in which suspects were stealing packages from porches and front yards, as reported in the Feb. 21 edition of the Hastings Banner. The items were taken over a period of time between September and the end of December and included a number of apparent Christmas gifts and seasonal ornaments and yard displays. Roderick expressed his thanks for the public’s cooperation in this investigation, which is still continuing. Nashville woman hurt in traffic crash Michigan State Police at the Hastings post are seeking information about and indentities of the man and woman shown in these two pictures, who are believed to be involved somehow in thefts at Goldsworthy’s in Dowling that occurred last Saturday, Feb. 24. Call the state police and 948-8283. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Miscellaneous BANQUET FACILITY FOR ALL OCCASIONS at the Bedford Lions Club. Also we sell Cherry Juice Concentrate, $26 for 1/2 gallon, $16 for quart. For details call (269)721-3616. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Recreation FISH OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR or hunt Barry Counties thousands of acres of State Game Area, just minutes away. Up north without the drive! 70’ of frontage on small, private Wiley Lake (approx. 10 acres, 90’ deep). 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YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Business Services DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Card of Thanks I WOULD LIKE to thank all of those who sent cards to celebrate my 90th birthday! Lester Lord WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK everyone who made a memorial donation to Hospice in the name of Kenneth W. Scott. Unfortunately we do not have the list of names who made a donation, for some information has been withheld. Please contact us so we can be sure your donation went to Hospice. Joe, Denise Welch & Family (517)852-0326 Mike, Chris Horstman & Family (269)838-4311 Deb Clark & Family (616)374-0028 Pets AKC REGISTERED GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES: 2 litters - 1st litter 10 weeks old. 2 snow white males, 1 cream sable female, $500 each. 2nd litter, 7 weeks old, has some of the best bloodlines in the world. German/Czech, Poppenberger, Lary Gymor, 2 world Seigers, many many more. These pups are very intelligent, great for families, tracking or guard training. 1 red sable female, 2 black & red females, $750. Phone (269)7812286 or (269)753-2256. Help Wanted FRONT DESK: Bay Pointe Inn seeking experienced sales-oriented front desk agent w/computer skills. Part-time weekends. Email resume: jennyb@baypointinn.com Larry Richard Rose ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com 02665745 Information, identities sought The Eaton County Sheriff’s Department responded to an injury accident on Butterfield Highway west of Olivet Sunday afternoon that left a Nashville woman in critical condition with injuries. Deputies arrived at the scene to find five victims. Preliminary investigation indicates that a westbound 2006 Mercury Mariner, driven by 40-year-old Sarah Sowles of Charlotte, lost control and slid across into the eastbound lanes. Her vehicle was struck by an eastbound Dodge Caravan driven by 50-year-old Matthew Milbourn of Nashville. A passenger in the Milbourn vehicle, 52-year-old Virginia Milbourn was airlifted by Lifeflight Helicopter to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. She was listed in critical condition. Matthew Milbourn was treated at Hayes Green Beach Hospital in Charlotte. Mrs. Sowles, and her two daughters, were transported to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing with non-life threatening injuries. Two ambulances from Charlotte, along with an Ambulance from Eaton Rapids were at the scene, as was the Bellevue and Olivet Fire Departments, and the Bellevue and Olivet Police Department. It is believed that everyone was wearing seatbelts. It is unknown if alcohol was involved in this accident. The accident remains under investigation by the Eaton County Sheriff's office. THE DROUGHT IS OVER!! Tons of New Freight!! We Need Drivers!! 2700-3300 Miles Per Week ALL DRY VAN Superior Pay+ MPG, Safety/Referral Bonus Benefits 1st. of Month After 30 Days! Class A-CDL JDC Logistics 877-687-5627 DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 02665723 Hastings police are investigating a larceny of a Dell laptop computer that was taken from a van belonging to Anderson and Associates in the 300 block of East State Road. The incident was reported on Feb. 22 but is believed to have occurred on Feb. 21 during the early evening hours when an employee of the company was away from the parked vehicle conducting business. The vehicle was unlocked and the Dell model D510 was inside of a silver hardcover carrying case. Also taken was a Dewalt 7.62 cordless drill. The property taken is valued at over $2,000. The incident remains under investigation. For Sale FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 1949 – 2007 Nicholas and I are truly grateful for all the prayers, loving wishes, food, money, and emotional support sent to us in the days and weeks since Larry's passing. Ultimately it's the grace of God and support from family and friends that get you thru the bad times. We appreciate you all taking your time to care for us. Sincerely, Arlene & Nicholas Rose Member SIPC +$67,1*6�� ZZZ�*47,�FRP ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND ����� "!2'!).�47),)'(4 � � �� $ ! ) ,9 � � � � � � � � � � 0 - � 3TUDENT���FOR���4ICKET�4UESDAY &REE�DRINK�REFILLS�����`�CORN�REFILLS .O�PASSES 6 3TADIUM�3EATING ���3(/74)-%3�6!,)$����� ���� �� ���3!4�35. 77510350 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton 302).'�-!4).%%3 3ATURDAY���3UNDAY���������!-/.34%2�(/53% ��0' 6 ���������7),$�(/'3� �0' �� ������������������������������ &2)�3!4�,3������ �����2%./������-)!-)��2 ���������������������������� &2)�3!4�,3������ "2)$'%�4/�4%2!")4()!��0' ����������������������������� 6 '(/34�2)$%2��0' �� ���� ������ ����������������������� &2)�3!4�,3������ -53)#�!.$�,92)#3��0' �� &2)�3!4�,3������ This week there was significant movement on the two front burner issues, Wetlands Ordinance and Charlton Park. #/50/. ��/:�$2).+ WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� Movement on Big Issues �(ASTINGS��������%XP��!02),��������������("� PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 Wetlands Ordinance: Last Monday night Jim McManus, director of Planning, announced that there will not be a Wetlands Ordinance. McManus stated that the Natural Resources Action Team (NRAT) had made a decision not to pursue a wetlands ordinance because Michigan law now protects wetlands over five acres, and smaller wetlands that connect or are close to a river or lake. This is good news for property rights advocates who argue that although wetlands are important, they do not trump property rights. County Commissioner Keith Ferris states that a Barry County wetlands ordinancce would only apply to about 1,035 acres, less than one percent of the county. Ferris also states that he values the importance of wetlands, but the focus should be on education and not regulation. NRAT paid lawyer Jim Brown to pen a wetlands ordinance draft. $5,500 was raised for this purpose by the organization. $4,500 from the Barry County Community Foundation and $1,000 from Potowatomi Resource, Conservation & Development. Charlton Park: In a strong move by the Barry County Board of Commissioners, the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission was dissolved. In its place the commissioners created two new boards. One that would deal only with Charlton Park, and one that would oversee other county recreational interests. County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick stated that this reorganization was done to change the parks organization from an administrative board to a working board. It will include many stakeholder groups, like the Civil War folks, the car club, steam show club, etc. All of this is designed to give more people and groups a say in the future of Charlton Park. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not inteded to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. �Page 16 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner PARKS, continued from page 1 Dutcher’s assessment, saying the old Parks and Rec Commission was stagnant and not forward thinking. VanNortwick, before the board voted on the matter, said, “It’s been a difficult and trying time, but I appreciate all the public input we’re received. Charlton Park is the crown jewel of the (Barry County) community. We’ve been working with a business model that dates back to the 1960s, but since then Charlton Park’s needs have changed. “This is being done with absolutely no disrespect to the previous commission.” He pointed out that the voters spoke twice at the polls last year, there had been a joint meeting, a forum and a survey, and to slow down to do another survey would “beat this thing to death.” Members of the County Board have insisted Charlton Park is in big financial trouble and something has to be done quickly, or funding could dry up by the end of the year. Commissioner Jim French agreed, saying, “If I felt something disrespectful was going on here, I would have voted the other way... I just felt something had to be done.” Commissioner Keith Ferris chimed in, “Times are changing. The statutes from the sixties had some inherent flaws.” County Board Chairman asked Commissioner Wayne Adams about his reservations in making the move. Adams replied, “I thought we were on too much of a fast track... I’m sorry, I still don’t why people didn’t vote for the millage.” Former Rutland Township Treasurer Blanche Munjoy took the board to task for not including support for Charlton Park in its general fund budget rather than asking for a millage. She vowed to work against such a request if it comes up again later this year. “You’ve come at us three times, and three times we said no,” she said. “Let’s see what you can come up with to fund it yourselves.” Though the vote was 8-0 on dissolving the old Parks and Rec Commission, Commissioner Don Nevins dissented on a second vote to approve the structure of two new boards, saying it was loaded with special interests and didn’t include enough ordinary citizens. Van Nortwick, in a prepared statement issued Tuesday night, said the board “requested that 28 local stakeholder organizations and 37 members be involved in the new direction of the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board and the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board. “This re-organization of the county park system will be in compliance with PA 156 allowing the greatest amount of flexibility in the composition of the governing board members. The new structure of the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board will be a tenmember voting board with an additional 11 ex-officio members (non-voting). The new structure of the Parks and Recreation Board will be a ten-member voting board with an additional five ex-officio members (non-voting). The members will also serve on a variety of standing committees to continue to champion the many special interests that will be represented. “Interested members of the public will be involved as well. Four citizens of the county will be appointed by the Board of Commissioners to serve on the two new boards and many of the standing committees will have positions available for volunteers and special interest organizations as well. The Board of Commissioners wants this system to be as inclusive as possible for the greatest amount of continuous public involvement. “Some of the stakeholder groups such as those representing school boards, student Councils, car clubs and scouting organizations will rotate alphabetically, allowing all of the stakeholder groups to participate equally. All of the stakeholder groups will select their own representative that they will send to the two new boards. The initial terms will vary so as to have a transition of members on an annual basis. The list of stakeholders can be changed as needed to allow for even more participation should either board desire. “In the interim 60 days, while the stakeholders are selecting their representatives, the daily functions of the Charlton Park Village and Museum will be administered by the newly appointed ‘caretaker’ administrator, Keith Murphy. He will be overseen by the Board of Commissioners Facilities and Property Committee until the two new boards are fully in place and an interim administrator can be hired. This position will be retired with a full-time director, when more permanent funding is solidly in place.” Murphy was quoted as saying, “Things are going well at the park. We are busy working on the many things that we need to accomplish before the good weather gets here. Nearly double the events are being planned for this season so far.” He said additional car shows, a dune buggy show, out-board motor show and swap meets are being added to the schedule of events all ready planned. "It looks like a busy year," said Murphy. "We are working on displays for the new exhibit hall, as well as expanding the educational events. "I think everyone will be pleased with what they see here. The past park commission has done a good job here, the facilities have really never looked better." A special Charlton Park Day is being planned for the Barry County community Saturday, May 26, when the park will be open to the public with a free picnic for all, including hot dogs, pop, chips, boat rides on Thornapple Lake, village tours, antique cars and music. Callton concluded by saying, “I feel like Charlton Park is being turned around. I’m feeling a lot of excitement.” ‘People to People’ fund-raiser slated for Friday night Ryan Hodges Ryan Hodges, a student at Thornapple Kellogg High School, will be participating in a “People to People” learning experience this June. He has been raising funds for his trip for several months. The next fund-raiser is this Friday, March 2. This is an At Home America open house from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cider Mill Village clubhouse in Middleville. For more information, call 795-4950. Local Lenten season activities to continue by Patricia Johns Staff Writer As J-Ad Graphics has done in the past, the Banner, Reminder and community papers will include on a space available basis listings of events during the Lenten season which began last Wednesday. This will include events for Palm Sunday, April 1, and Easter, April 8. On the following Wednesdays until Easter, a Lenten Study Group will meet at the Welcome Corners Methodist Church at 6:30 p.m. With the goal of deepening a relationship with God during the Season of Lent, attendees will explore the topic of Spiritual Formation (the process of Christ being formed in us) based on Exploring the Way in the Companions in Christ series. In the New Testament the goal of the spiritual life is reshaping in the likeness of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the world God loves. Before beginning, consideration of the following verses will be helpful: “Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this... we will be like him [Christ). (1 John 3:2) “All of us... are being transformed into the same image [image of Christ) from one degree of glory to another. (2 Corinthians 3:18). The congregation will discuss and learn how to use the following practices that may be helpful for spiritual journeys. Though it would be beneficial to learn about all of these spiritual practices, each lesson is fairly well self-contained. There will be a short discussion period at the beginning of each hour to allow exchange of experiences with the practice introduced the previous week, but most of the hour will be spent learning about the practice of that week. Purchasing a book will not be strictly necessary, but it is useful. They are available from Upper Room Books for $10 individually or $8.50 each when ten or more are purchased together. (Of course, shipping and handling charges apply.) A joint order would be the most cost effective if 10 or more would like to purchase a copy. The Middleville United Methodist Church, 111 Church St., in Middleville, is having a Lenten fish fry from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 2. The cost is $5 per person or $15 per family. The church is also sponsoring a number of special collections for the less fortunate during the Lenten season. On Sunday, March 4, new underwear, of all sizes for men, women and children will be collected. On March 11 funds contributed will go to support the youth mission trip and on March 18 personal care items for the food pantry will be collected. There will also be Lenten Bible study on Forgiveness through Lent at 5 p.m. on Sundays. Sunday services are at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Call 795-9266 for information. St. Francis Episcopal Church at 11850 West 9 Mile Road in Orangeville will be using special services from the Iona community during Lent. Mother Barbara Wilson will also give special sermons during Lent. There will be a congregational retreat on Sunday, March 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. including a pot luck lunch. For more information call 269-664-4345. Services begin at 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Wilson says, “All are welcome.” Green Lake Calvary Church will host a Family Ministry concert as part of the service on Sunday, March 11 at 10:30 a.m. This concert will feature the Thurstons, a family with a mother, father and 5 sons committed to serving others. The church is located at 608-145th Ave. (Kalamazoo Avenue) 4 miles south of 100th Street in Caledonia/ A free will offering will be taken for the group. For more information call 616-891-8764. Grace Lutheran Church in Hastings welcomes area residents to fellowship and wor- ship on Lenten Wednesdays, beginning with supper at 6 and continuing with Taize' Evening Prayer at 7 p.m. Worship includes meditation time at stations of the cross and breakout sessions for youth. Grace also welcomes resients to Sunday mornings, with Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 and Holy Communion at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Grace is at 239 E. North St., Hastings, across from Tendercare Nursing Home. Call 269-945-9414 or check the website at www.grace-hastings.org for more information. Churches can be included in the catalogue of events by sending a listing that includes the type of event, time, date and location to patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The same information can be sent as a fax message to 945-5192. Please include “Attention Patricia” on the cover sheet. Information can be “snail mailed” to J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, Mi. 49058. Include “Attention Patricia” on the envelope. The deadline each week is Tuesday by noon for the Banner and Thursday by noon for the Reminder and community papers. Churches should include a daytime telephone number on the listing. This column will be printed on a space available basis until the Tuesday and Thursday before Easter. Any church that would like information about the cost of advertising for any of their events may call J-Ad Graphics at (269) 9459554. Castleton Township treasurer resigns after 23 years on job by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer After nearly 23 years of service, Loretta Pixley has resigned as Castleton Township treasurer, a post she has held since she was first elected in 1984. Pixley tendered her resignation, effective March 31, during the regular February meeting of the Castleton Township board, because she is planning to move out of the area and treasurers are required to live in the township. “I’ve seen a lot of changes over the years,” she said, going through a file of papers and newspaper clippings she has collected throughout her tenure. “I was elected 23 years ago in November. I had always been interested in government,” said the Nashville native who attended Nashville schools and graduated from Maple Valley High School in 1965. “Geneva Brumm had been treasurer for 35 years and I talked to her when she decided she wasn’t going to run again and she encouraged me to run. “My husband Donald, who is now deceased, was a trustee at the time; he had been elected in 1977. If I wanted to be treasurer he had to resign, so that’s what he did.” Pixley pulled a few pages of notes written in an elegant, old-fashioned hand on yellow legal paper carefully preserved in plastic page protectors, “Geneva left me these notes and I always considered them my Bible. There’s information about tax collection, settlement with the county and all kinds of other useful information.” Next Pixley pulled out an article showing the former township hall on South Main Street. “They added on to it in 1984 then sold it in ’92 or ’93 when they built the new township hall on Reed Street. Musser’s bought it and now they use it for storage. “Jud Cooley has been the supervisor all the years I have been treasurer and Sharon Bishop was the clerk when I got on board. I ran against five others when I was elected the first time,” she said. “A lot of things have changed over the years and we’ve been through good times and bad, but I’ve learned from everything.” “I think she was a good treasurer; she did her job well and has a lot of knowledge, and I enjoyed working with her,” said Lorna Wilson who has served as Castleton Township clerk for many years Pixley remembers the county-wide tax revolts in the in the 1970s and ’80s, “We had people picketing and refusing to pay their taxes.” How people pay their taxes has changed over the years as well. “I used to collect entirely out of my house. I worked at home at night; I’ve driven a school bus for Maple Valley Schools during the day for 27 years. I could work the two part time jobs and still have time to be with my kids,” she said. “Then, I used to collect taxes on Friday night and one gentleman, Francis Mauer, was always the first one in the door and he’d put his check book on the counter and say, ‘Take what you want.’ He didn’t like Loretta Pixley to write checks so he would always ask me to do it for him. I used to joke about adding a tip. “Nowadays most people mail in a check, but I remember when it used to be that everyone would come to my house at night to pay their taxes,” she reminisced. “They’d call for an appointment. A lot of the older people didn’t trust banks, so they would pay in cash and they wanted to make sure they were the only one there when they came to pay their taxes. “I’ve had people pay their taxes on Christmas day. I remember one time we had just sat down to Christmas dinner and I man came wanting to pay his taxes, so I took it,” she said Pixley. “Another time I had woman come in and pay her taxes the day after her husband died. “It’s been interesting all these years. Between collecting taxes and driving the bus I’ve been able to follow families and children as they grow up,” she said, noting that at one time her daughter, Dawn Hall, served as her deputy treasurer. But, now that she is resigning from her post as treasurer Pixley is looking forward to spending more time with her children and grandchildren: Dawn and her husband, Ted and children Josh and Cody who live in Nashville and her son Scott and his wife, Tammy, and their three children David, Emily and Logan who live in Lake Odessa. Meanwhile, Pixley said she plans to make sure the 2006 summer and winter taxes are settled before March 31. The Castleton Township Board will officially accept her resignation during its next regular meeting slated for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. After the March 7 meeting the township will advertise Pixley’s position. Anyone interested in being considered for an appointment to fill the rest of Pixley’s term until the November 2008 election should submit a letter of intent to the township office. OPEN HOUSE P k r resc A s ’ h ah l oo No Thursday, March 1st, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Families are invited to visit classrooms, meet teachers and discover the preschool experience! Registration for the 2007-2008 school year will begin on Monday, March 5 at 6 pm at the preschool. A registration fee of $40 will be due at that time. Programs for 3’s, 4’s & 5’s are available. 06646711 First Presbyterian Church, 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5463 ext. 3008 77509924 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Art Faculty Exhibition will present the artwork of Calvin College instructors Jeremy Chen, Anna Greidanus, Frank Speyers, Jennifer Steensma Hoag, Jo-Ann VanReeuwyk, and Adam Wolpa. Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-9 pm, Friday 9 am-5 pm, and Saturday noon-4 pm. The exhibit is on display at the Calvin College Spoelhof Center’s Center Art Gallery through March 3. • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Percussion and Friends II is part of the Casual Classics series which showcases the musicians of the Grand Rapids Symphony. Performances are Thursday at 7:30 pm and Friday at 8 pm at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets are $23-$31. Informal conversation from the stage by the musicians provides insight into the music. A complimentary reception, where audience members can mingle with the musicians follows the concert. Tickets may be purchased by calling (616) 4549451, ext. 4. March 1 & 2. • Bluegrass Hot Bands Fundraiser will benefit the West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association and will be held at Riverview Restaurant which is located at 14043 Fulton in Lowell. An open jam kicks things off at 6:30 pm. The Blarney Stone Band and Schiltz Creek start performing at 7:30 pm. At 9:30 pm there will be more open jamming. There is a $5 cover which includes an evening of great music and a hot sandwich bar until 9 pm. For more information go to wmbma.org. Saturday, March 3. • Disney On Ice presents Disney/Pixar Monsters, Inc. at Van Andel Arena. performances are Thursday, March 1 at 7 pm, Friday, March 2 at 10:30 am & 7 pm, Saturday, March 3 at 11:00 am, 3 pm & 7 pm, Sunday, March 4 at 2 pm. Ticket prices range from $11, $16, $21, $35, $45, & $50. Kids (ages 2-12) discount of $4 off the $11, $16 & $21 tickets is available for the Fri. March 2 at 7 pm, Sat. March 3 at 11 am and Sun. March 4 at 2 pm shows. For tickets and more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. March 1-4. • Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids . When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 222-4000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Through March 16. MISCELLANEOUS • 28th Annual West Michigan Home and Garden Show will be held at DeVos Place. Hours are Thursday 3-9:30 pm, Friday noon9:30 pm, Saturday 10 am-9:30 pm, and Sunday 11 am-6 pm. This year the show promises more home products and services, interior and exterior remodeling, new construction, and interior design. All this is situated between huge sprawling gardens, landscaping, and retail garden centers filled with live plants, trees and blooming flowers. Spring is in the air. Free Garden, home improvement and cooking seminars daily. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $8, children (6-14) $4, children (5 & under) free. For more information call (616) 447-2860 or visit www.showspan.com. March 1-4. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MUSIC: Who sang the 1980s hit “Manic Monday”? 2. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “It is better to jaw-jaw than to war-war”? 3. LITERATURE: Who penned the lines, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” 4. LANGUAGE: What the acronym OPEC stand for? 5. RELIGION: In what decade was the Living Bible completed? 6. HISTORY: How many volumes are in “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon? 7. TRANSPORTATION: What kind of conveyance is a landau? 8. ART: Wassily Kandinsky was a leading artist in what well-known movement of the early 20th century? 9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of the Republic of Fiji? 10. HISTORY: Who was known as “The Citizen King,” a 19th-century leader of France? ANSWERS 1. The Bangles 2. Winston Churchill 3. F. Scott Fitzgerald 4. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries 5. 1970s 6. Six volumes 7. A large horse-drawn carriage 8. Expressionism 9. Suva 10. Louis Philippe © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. Hero of None March 11 CHECK OUT THESE MARCH BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at the Pennock Health Services Conference Room. 3 Three, Three, Three Volksmarch 5K walk on the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail from 10 am-noon. Start at the Stagecoach park in downtown Middleville. Sponsored by the Local Trail Enhancement Committee. 3 Motor Cross Expo at the Barry Expo Center. Call (269) 945-2224 for more information. 7 Imagine the Possibilities Open House at Fifth Third Bank in Hastings. Learn about future financial advice from local tax & investment professionals. Call Amelia at (269) 948-5383. 10 How to Plan & Start a Business presented by SCORE. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up your company, marketing, finance, and more. Three-hour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9 am-noon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 10-11 Allegan Antique Show at the Barry Expo Center. For more info call Larry Wood at (269) 453-8780. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at County Seat restaurant in Hastings. State and federal elected representatives give updates on what’s happening in government. 17 Wild Turkey Federation Banquet at the Barry Expo Center. 17 Internet Marketing from A to Z prezented by SCORE. Learn how to use the internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two from the same company. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Trumpet Invasion will be presented by the Kalamazoo Bach Festival March 7 at 7:30 pm in the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College. Pianist Rich Ridenour will share the stage with his son Brandon, a virtuoso trumpet player who performs with the Canadian Brass. Trumpet Invasion will feature selections from the recent CD of the same name from Rich and Brandon Ridenour. Tickets are $15, $5 for students. Call (269) 337-7407 for tickets and information. Hero of None will open for national band Dope at Planet Rock in Battle Creek on Sunday, March 11. Also featured at the show will be bands A New Revolution and Slap Maggie. Hero of None consists of Eddie Prentice (bass), Chad Johncock (percussion), Chad Metzger (guitar), and Rabz (voice). The show is for ages 21 and over. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6 pm. Go to www.clubplanetrock.com for more information. Chicago is Broadway’s longest running revival show and it will return to Kalamazoo March 16-18 for a five performance engagement at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are available by calling 269-387-2300 or 1-800-2289858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269-387-2312 for special discounts. 32nd Annual Kalamazoo Living History Show will be held at the Kalamazoo Expo Center March 17-18. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday 9 am-4 pm. This year’s theme is Fort Ouiatenon, the first European settlement in what is now the state of Indiana. More than 10,000 re-enactors from the French and Indian War to the Civil War, history buffs & historians, collectors and the general public are expected to attend. See KalamazooShow.com for more information. This week’s selections: Norbit Running time: 100 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 Can you remember a time when Eddie Murphy was funny? If so, you’d have to be over 30, because you’d have to go back to the days of “Delirious,” “Raw,” “Trading Places” and “Beverly Hills Cop” to find a movie where Eddie made you bust a gut with laughter. In the past few decades, all we’ve gotten from him is phoned-in performances and witless caricatures. “Norbit” is a prime example of this, and probably the worst film Eddie’s ever made. Yes, it’s even worse than “Pluto Nash.” In “Norbit,” Murphy plays a guy named Norbit, who is basically Steve Urkel with a bad fro. He grew up in a Chinese restaurant that doubled as an orphanage. I’ll repeat that: A Chinese restaurant that doubled as an orphanage. Sure it makes no sense, but it gives Murphy a chance to don yellowface and give an offensive performance as an Asian man the likes of which we haven’t seen since Jerry Lewis did it in the 1950s. While at the orphanage, young Norbit falls in love with Kate. Their romance is cut short when she is adopted and moves away. Norbit then meets Rasputia, a morbidly obese girl with all the social graces of a rabid gorilla. She latches onto Norbit, and when they grow Slainte is a concert of music from Ireland and the British Isles featuring Dr. Jennifer Kennard on flute with Marie Blair on piano. Also performing are Ethel Armaling, Ben Beachler, Dr. Wesley Broadnax and the Walton Chamber Ensemble. The Grand Ledge Opera House will host the event at 3 pm Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce or the opera house office, or they can be be purchased for $12 at the door. Call (517) 627-1443 for more information. Shadowcatcher will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra March 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. The concert gets its name from a compostion by Eric Ewazen, the featured work on the program. The piece was inspired by four of Edward Curtis’ photos of native Americans. The show will also feature pieces by Grieg and Kodaly. Part of the evening will be the unveiling the KSO’s 20072008 season. Tickets are $19-$49. Call 1-800228-9858 for tickets. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy star in Eddie Murphy’s newest film, “Norbit.” up, she forces him to marry her. Years later, Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to buy the restaurant/orphange, but her plans are undermined by her conman fiance (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Rasputia’s three gangster brothers who want to turn the property into a strip club. It’s now up to Norbit to save the orphanage. There is nothing redeeming or funny about “Norbit.” I can’t recommend it — not even as a rental. If you’re in the mood for a great Eddie Murphy movie, rent one of the films I mentioned above. GRADE: F © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 �Page 18 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lions will send four to the individual wrestling finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The team season came to an end last Wednesday, but the middle of the Lion lineup lived to wrestle another day. Maple Valley 125-pounder Tyler Corwin won an individual regional championship Saturday at the Division 4 tournament hosted by Bangor, to earn a spot in the individual state finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills March 8, 9 and 10. He’ll be joined at the Palace by teammates Jamie Corwin, Ron Smith and Raven Scurlock, who also qualified for the state finals by finishing in the top four in their respective weight classes Saturday. Tyler scored a pair of pins in the opening two rounds, before edging out Bronson’s Drew Terry 5-3 in the 125-pound championship match. Tyler started the day with a pin of Niles Brandywine’s Pat VanLere, then stuck Lawton’s Camerson Johnson. Jamie Corwin was second in the 135pound bracket, while Smith (112 pounds) and Scurlock (130) were both third. Jamie lost a 12-0 major decision against Martin’s Jeff Salmon in their 135-pound championship match. He started the day with a pin of Niles-Brandywine’s Chase Molica in 5:04, then topped Three Oaks-River Valley’s Mike East 6-0. Scurlock and Smith both won their first match, before falling in the championship semifinals. They then won their final two matches of consolation to finish third. Scurlock was downed by Three OaksRiver Valley’s Josh Looney 5-2 in the semifinals. He bounced back to pin Eau Claire’s Corey Disterheft to earn spot in the state finals, then topped Bangor’s William Hodge 14-2 for third place. Smith was downed by Athens’ Chris Deneau in the semi’s 8-6, then came back to pin Union City’s Dustin Powell and Watervliet’s Shawn Lynch. The Lions’ other regional qualifier, Anthony Molson at 103 pounds, was downed in each of his first two matches. The night started right for the Lions on Wednesday, but then they were dominated by a physical Springport team in the Division 4 team regional semifinals at Springport. Manchester then topped Springport 38-28 to take the regional title, and earn a spot in the team state quarterfinals at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena this Friday night. Tory Roberts opened the regional semifinal match for the Lions with a 7-5 overtime decision over Springport’s Aaron Underhill. Springport then won the next six matches to take a commanding lead, 32-3, heading in to the 112-pound match. “The kids improved tremendously and they are talking about how to improve themselves getting ready for next year,” said Lion coach Tony Wawiernia. Smith, Tyler Corwin and Scurlock earned the Lions’ only wins the rest of the way. Smith won an 11-0 major decision against Tyler Fitzpatrick at 112 pounds. Tyler Corwin topped Joey Cooper 10-3 at 125. Scurlock defeated Kurt Wiborn 8-3 at 130 pounds. The Lions were penalized one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct, to finish with 12 points. Saxons finish first year of O-K Gold/White cheer in 9th In a conference with 11 teams one would expect plenty of jockeying for position when the entire league gets together. The teams in the back did their best, but couldn’t change things at the top of Saturday’s O-K White/Gold meet at Byron Center. Forest Hills led the league after four jamborees, and won the conference crown Saturday with a team score of 679.1. Behind Forest Hills there was plenty of shuffling. Byron Center was second with a score of 651.2 followed by Kenowa Hills 648.1, Caledonia 627.7, Lowell 605.4, Northview 601.2, Thornapple Kellogg 592.1, Hastings 537.7, Hamilton 533.9, and South Christian 412.4. The Saxons weren’t a part of that shuffle. They entered the tournament in ninth place and finished there. Even with the solid day, Byron Center wasn’t able to catch Kenowa Hills for second place in the overall conference standings. The Knights finished second and the Bulldogs third, followed by Caledonia, Wayland, TK, Lowell, Northview, Hastings, Hamilton and South Christian. “We did okay,” said Saxon head coach Amy Hubbell. “We had a busy week with competitions on Wednesday, Thursday, and a game on Friday. They were tired and a lot of them are fighting colds, but all in all they did a good job.” The Saxons scored a 163.5 in round one, 148.7 in round two, and a 225.5 in round three. TK scored a 167.5 in round one, 171.1 in round two, and 253.5 in round three. The Saxons and Trojans will take part in the Division 2 regional tournament at Portage Northern starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Diaz’s three-point explosion not enough for the Panthers by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Mike Mohn is certain that his Panthers are peaking at the right time in the season. Hopefully for Delton Kellogg, the peak is still a little further up the hill. Delton Kellogg played well Tuesday night, but suffered a 67-59 loss to Plainwell. Brian Diaz tied a Delton Kellogg record with six three-pointers, and finished with a team-high 21 points. “I thought last night was just a real nice, competitive high school basketball game. We just didn’t stop them enough times,” said coach Mohn. The Panthers slowed the Trojans down Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn talks things over with his team during a break in the action Tuesday night against Plainwell. (Photo by Linda Boyce) with fouls a few times, but just slowed them down long enough for them to walk to the free throw line and bury a couple. Plainwell connected on 14-of-18 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter, and 17-of-23 in the game. Delton hit 7-of-13 free throws on the night. “Those are points you just don’t get back,” Mohn said. Nick Blacken added 12 points for the Panthers, and Tommy Bhola and Tony Reeves had ten points each. On the other end of the floor, Mohn was impressed with the defensive performance of sophomore guard Blaec Anderson. Anderson couldn’t do much to help out his teammates in the post though. Plainwell’s 6-6 center Josh Jackson lit up the Panthers for 18 points inside. The story Friday night was much the same. Diaz knocked down a bunch of three-pointers. Hackett had a big gun inside. Delton came up on the short end. The Fighting Irish topped Delton in KVA action 60-48. Diaz hit five three’s in that one, all in the second half, and ended up with 17 points. “We played really well except for in the second quarter,” Mohn said. “Yes, it was another one of those three quarter deals.” Hackett outscored Delton 12-4 in the second period, and the Irish were able to protect that lead for the entire night. Blacken did a good job of helping the Panthers erase some of their season-long free throw woes. He knocked down 10-of-12 shots from the line and finished with 15 points. “We’re kind of hitting on cylinders now, just not all of them at one time. We hit on five, six and seven in one game, and then four, three and two in the next one,” Mohn said. Next up for the Delton Kellogg boys is the regular season finale, at home against Parchment on Friday night. Delton drew a bye for the start of the Class B district tournament in Hastings next week, and will face either Hastings or Allegan in the district semifinals next Wednesday. Delton is now 3-16 overall and 2-11 in the KVA. Broomball tourney a sweeping succes The Ferris Brothers Construction team won the 2007 Gun Lake Winterfest Broomball Tournament Feb. 17. Six game winning streak for Vikings The Lakewood Vikings scored their seventh league win on Friday night, by downing Williamston 62-44. Lakewood is now 16-3 overall, and 7-2 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3. They end the league season at home Friday night against DeWitt, before opening the Class B district tournament in Hastings Monday night against Hopkins. “We came out very intense on defense tonight,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell after last Friday’s victory over the Hornets. “We rebounded well and attacked the basket in transition well too.” That intensity at the start got the Vikings out to an 18-10 lead in the opening quarter. They extended that to 34-20 at the half. Alex Erickson led the Vikings on the night with 20 points and five rebounds. Hilley chipped in 12 points, and Nic Wieland nine. Brad Elliott also had a nice all around game, with six points, nine rebounds, three assists and four steals. Kevin Donovan and Kyle McIntyre tied for the Williamston team lead with 15 points each. “We executed many little things tonight and our guys off the bench gave us some good minutes,” said Farrell. The Vikings followed that victory up with a non-conference win over Forest Hills Northern Saturday night. Lakewood built its lead early against the Huskies, then held on in the end. “We made our free throws in the fourth when they counted,” Farrell said. “They really came after the ball. Our defense in the final two minutes really stepped up too.” Lakewood was 16-of-22 from the line for the night, and hit 9-of-12 in the fourth quarter to hold its lead. The Vikings jumped in front after one quarter 26-17. That lead was hard to hold in a physical contest, after playing games on back to back nights. Erickson led the Vikings with 17 points and 14 rebounds on the night. He also had five assists and five steals. Elliott had 14 points for the Vikes, and Jordan Richardson 12. Bryan Hartley led Forest Hills Northern with 18 points. The Vikings finished their regular season non-conference schedule at home against Charlotte on Tuesday night, scoring a 53-37 victory over the Orioles. Lakewood held a 25-18 lead at the half, then broke the game open in the third quarter by outscoring the Orioles 22-5. “I felt our defense was intense tonight and we rebounded really well,” Farrell said. “Our bench played well, everyone contributed tonight.” Everyone but regular starting guard Nick Hilley, who is out with an injury. Jordan Richardson helped pick up some of the slack, leading Lakewood with 15 points. Erickson added 12 points and 11 rebounds. Wade O’Mara and Dan Desgranges both had six rebounds for the Vikings. Lakewood had 35 rebounds on the night, including 17 on the offensive end of the floor. Guard Eddie Salazar had a strong allaround game as well, with seven points, five rebounds, five assists and a pair of steals. “This was a good home win for this team. We played hard the entire four quarters,” Farrell said. Steven Trisic led the Orioles with 12 points. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed J-Ad Graphics 59-45; Hastings Bowl 5945; The Terminators 58.5-45.5; CW’s Auto 54-50; TVCCU 54-50; Good Time Pizza 5351; Yankee Zephyr 44060; Hastings City Bank 34.5-69.5. Men’s High Games & Series - L. Porter 200-560; M. Hall 181; D. Risher 186; M. Yost 222-586; P. Scobey 204; D. Blakely 204; P. Ware 168; C. Wanland 214-563; J. Markley 216-552; R. Beebe 213-553. Women’s High Games & Series - M. Westbrook 181-480; R. Miller 204-562; B. Norris 148-376; B. Smith 190-522; C. O’Keefe 197-538; B. Ramey 153-421; K. Markley 153-410. Senior Citizens #1 Senior 59-41; King Pins 56-44; Nash’s Harem 55.5-44.5; Lucky Strike 55-45; Butterfingers 54.5-45.5; Friends 52-48; Wieland’s 51-49; Kuempel 49-51; Sun Riser’s 47.5-52.5; BAT’s 46.5-53.5; M&M’s 45.5-54.5; Ward’s Friends 45-55; 4 B’s 4258; Early Risers 41.5-58.5. Good Games and Series Ladies - J. Allen 139-374; N. Bechtel 172; S. Merrill 213-507; R. Hill 163-416; B. Benedict 155-405; C. Stuart 158; Y. Cheeseman 106; R. Pitts 143; J. E. Kasinsky 142; N. Boniface 169-468; E. Vanasse 185-490; A. Tasker 171-464; S. Drake 191-498; R. Murphy 159. Good Games and Series Men - W. Mallekotte 179; J. Tobias 181; J. Heney 156405; B. Akers 184-516; H. Gibson 162; R. McDonald 247-652; B. Terry 200; R. Adgate 157; N. Thaler 158; R. Boniface 189-501; K. Schantz 186-479; G. Forbey 180; M. Schondelmayer 166-470; E. Coutn 200-522. Thursday Angels H.C.B. 59-37; Walldorf’s 57-39; Varney’s 51.5-44.5; Hastings Bowl 51-45; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 48-48; Miller Farm Repair 45.550.5; AIS Engine 44-52; Fall Creek 43.552.5; ALlure 42.5-53.5; CW Repair 38-58. High Games and Series - J. Wyant 159; C. Miller 152; K. Lancaster 148; R. Welton 155; C. Cooper 200-548; J. Power 168; S. Day 144; S. Suntken 149; T. Phenix 193-528; C. McCracken 120; D. McCollum 188-528; J. Moore 158; L. Miller 164; C. Hurless 171; L. Apsey 200; B. Cuddahee 181-518; J. Madden1 79; D. Staines 177; D. Bartimus 210-574; T. VanBelkun 150; Cathy Shellenbarger 168; Colleen Shellenbarger 198-516; M. Martin 141; K. Covey 199-507. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 62; Hubs Crew 57; R&N 56 1/2; Pin Chasers 51; Michigan Outlaws 48 1/2; Karey’s Crew 42 1/2; Bounty Hunters 41; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 40; Sunday Snoozers 40; Funky Bowlers 39 1/2; Sandbaggers 33; Throw Them Balls 31. Women’s Good Games and Series - A. Hubbell 225-550; T. Franklin 194-505; M. Simpson 179-493; A. Churchill 178-477; L. Smith 198-461; J. Shoebridge 146-416; F. Ames 163-411; V. Wright 147-410; C. Lee 155-378; K. Becker 193; J. Rice 189; C. Demott 128. Men’s Good Games and Series - T. Barlow 204-548; S. Farlee 211-548; B. Allen 188-527; N. Robbe 204-511; J. Bruce 154414; B. Hubbell 288; M. Eaton 226; J. Shoebridge 201; R. Barton 196; M. Kidder 195; A. Misak 179. Wednesday P.M. Eye and Ent 61 1/2; Nothin But Truck 60 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 57 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 57; Seebers 55 1/2; Hair Care Center 51; At Home Real Estate 49. Women’s Good Games and Series - D. Seeber 182-488; N. Boniface 179-458; B. Hathaway 170-450; B. Norris 153-382; L. Elliston 190; K. Becker 190; G. Otis 180; G. Scobey 171; B. Smith 169; G. Potter 164; C. Nighbert 163; R. Murrah 162; N. Potter 162; J. Shurlow 135; J. Pitch 120. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 64 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 60 1/2 All But One 56; Spare Time 55; 4 Fools 54 1/2; Liquid Courage 53 1/2; Heads Out 50 1/2; The Unknowns 49; Whatever 47 1/2; Ten Pins 47; Budweiser 46 1/2; 9-n-a-Wiggle 46; Mercy 45; Brushworks 42 1/2; Just Cuz 42; Oldies But Goodies 40. Women’s Good Games and Series - K. Becker 226-614; L. Potter 220-566; G. Otis 223-527; E. Hammontree 194-521; M. Mathis 189-501; G. Meaney 185-464; L. Smith 181-462; R. Murrah 159-461; J. Kasinsky 163-427; S. Keeler 202; N. Clow 188; D. Rhodes 186; A. Keillor 174; J. Ingersoll 133. Men’s Good Games and Series - M. Cross 193-534; E. McCalmont 193-522; D. Lake 171-477; R. Chaffee 132-388; B. Bowman 231; C. Alexander 217; R. Guild 215; J. Bartimus 214; B. Madden 213; J. Barnum 213; S. Peabody 210; B. Taylor 203; A. Rhodes 202; M. Saldivar 198; L. Madden 188; M. Lydy 174; B. Dennison 159. Mixerettes Sassy Babes 59-29; NBT *58-26; Hinkles Body Shop 55-33; The Finishing Touch 5038; Kent Oil 49-39; Dean’s Dolls *45-39; Hallifax Services 44-44; Trumble Agency *41-43; Old Anchor Tattoo 40-48; Dewey’s Auto Body 37-51; Girrbach’s *33-51. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - C. Hurless 173450; L. Davis 176; S. Girrbach 181-471; V. Carr 178; B. Anders 256; S. Nash 152; G. Scobey 162; N. Bechtel 169-439; M. Powers 145-419; D. Snyder 214-541; S. Kuhtic 190; J. Alflen 197; B. Mays 179-440; D. Reagan 133-340; A. Jackson 123-372; A. Smith 165444; J. Rice 173; L. Elliston 189. Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 57 1/2-42 1/2; Hastings Bowl 56-44; J-Ad Graphics 56-44; CW’s Auto 53-47; TVCCU 53-47; Good Time Pizza 50-50; Yankee Zephyr 40-60; Hastings City Bank 34 1/2-65 1/2. Men’s Good Games and Series - G. Hause 258-598; M. Christiansen 205; M. Yost 210-542; D. Clements 186; D. Beener 213; R. O’Keeve 216-624; J. Markley 210; P. Scobey 234-651; D. Blakely 192; N. Blakely 203; S. Anger 237. Women’s Good Games and Series - B. Wilkins 212-573; D. Service 168; R. Miller 194-499; C. O’Keeve 189-531; T. Blakely 175. Tuesday Trios Trouble 69-31; All in the Family 67.5-32.5; Quality Roofing 61.5-38.5; Coleman Agency 54.5-45.5; Git-R-Done Gals 52.5-47.5; CB’s 49-51; Luanne’s Team* 45.5-50.5; Superette Gals* 41-55; Critters 37-53; Ghost Team 15.4-79.5. *Standings will not be correct until Superette Gals make up games from 2-13-07. High Games & Series - C. Mack 195-549; T. Daniels 167; J. Hurless 153; C. Gates 146; S. Snider 133; A. Norton 141; T. Franklin 179; J. Rice 172; M. Kill 156; K. Carpenter 155; L. Potter 183; B. Wilder 102; L. Rorye 144; T. Heinrich 183; M. Sears 155; R. Brummel 145; P. Ramey 186-543; D. Harding 187-529; L. Trumble 164; D. James 161; S. Smith 132; M. Heath 172. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 19 Vikings will face Eaton Rapids in the quarterfinals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood coach Bob Veitch brought his juggling act to Hastings Wednesday night, and came away with a date in Battle Creek for this Friday night. His Vikings scored a 38-32 victory over Caledonia in the Division 2 regional finals, to earn a spot in the state quarterfinals against Eaton Rapids this Friday beginning at 7:45 p.m. at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena. That followed a 48-24 win over Grand Rapids Central in the regional semifinals. Caledonia advanced to the regional finals with a 38-30 semifinal win over Byron Center. “As coaches we spent hours going through those line-ups, not just me, but all my coaches watching video tapes on them and that’s what paid off, the extra time that the coaches put in,” said Veitch. He didn’t stop there. A juggler’s only as good as what he’s throwing around. “The big thing is that the kids wrestled their hearts out,” said Veitch. “Like I told them, you wrestle your hearts out for Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch motions for his team to come and get it after accepting the regional championship trophy from Hastings athletic director Mike Goggins on Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood boys that’s what it’s about. We’re hanging by a thread and we just keep on fighting, and we’ve got kids that are fighting their heart out right now, and I’m proud of them.” The thread they’re hanging by is a tough one, despite a number of injuries this season, the Vikings entered the state finals ranked No. 9 in Division 2. They knocked off the No. 6 Hastings Saxons in the district semifinals. “We’re outmanned by most of these teams, but we are making things happen to win. With the injuries we’ve had and stuff, to still come back and win a league championship, a district championship, and a regional championship is phenomenal,” Veitch said. “That just tells a little bit about these guys right here that won the regionals tonight. Everybody keeps having a big match.” Leading 30-28, with three matches to go, Lakewood and Caledonia both sent an individual district champion to the mat for the 140-pound bout. Tylor Cook for Caledonia, and Kyle Root for Lakewood. Cook was a 140 pound champ at individual districts, while Root was the title winner at 135. With the Fighting Scots best wrestlers out of the way, Veitch shouted to Root during the match, “No chances. A decision, we win this. You get stuck, we lose it.” Veitch hasn’t told an individual champion that he doesn’t need a win from him very often. “Cook’s a good wrestler. We knew that he was. Kyle sometimes puts himself in danger. He comes through it nine out of ten times. I didn’t even want to take that chance,” Veitch said. Cook scored a 10-2 major decision, to put his team up 32-30. Lakewood’s Dalton Ketchum followed that up at 145 pounds with a 6-1 decision against Dakota VanDentoorn, then the Vikings’ Levi Phelps closed out the Viking win with a 17-2 technical fall of Connor Dahlberg. The strong finish for the Vikings was key after Caledonia’s strong start. Caledonia sent Tyler McCoy to the mat for the 160-pound match that opened the night. He scored a pin in 33 seconds against Brennan Simon. Brandon Grinage (171) and Andrew Schaibly (189) followed that up with pins for the Fighting Scots, and an 18-0 lead. Lakewood started to turn things around in the 215-pound match, when the Scots mistakenly sent heavyweight Michael Schaibly to the table to compete against the Vikings’ Josh Kettel. Kettle scored a 9-7 decision, then the Vikings’ Kurtis Powell pinned the Scots’ Tyler Ohlrich in the 285-pound bout. Holden Hummel followed that with another big win for the Vikings, at 103 pounds. Lakewood’s Josh Clark (top) tightens his grip on Caledonia’s Tanner Zych in the first period of their 119-pound bout. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trailing 3-0 to start the third period, Hummel turned the Scots’ Micah Steiner to his back for a three-point near fall and picked up a penalty point against Steiner, for a 4-3 win. Nick Cramer got four points back for Caledonia with a 12-4 major decision over Lakewood’s Jarod Kent at 112 pounds. Josh Clark at 119 and Mason Blackmer at 125 scored pins to give the Vikings’ their first lead in the match, at 24-22. The Scots and Vikings traded six-point decisions at 130 and 135, as Caledonia’s Justin Maxim won by injury default and Michael Gregory won by pin. “Just never say die,” Veitch said. “You can never say die in this sport. The tempo started with them and we turned the tide.” Swimmers stack up school records at conference meet by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity boys’ swimming and diving team placed fifth out of six teams at the O-K Rainbow Tier II meet over the weekend at Hamilton. The Trojans might not have had many teams behind them in the conference, but they kept looking at what was in front of them all season long. What was in front of them were better times. TK-Hastings had several top eight finishes at the finals on Saturday. “Everybody bettered their times in the finals,” said TK-Hastings head coach Tyler Bultema. “I am very proud of all the swimmers for what they accomplished this year.” Tom Peck was a part of four new team records. He placed seventh in both the 50yard freestyle and the 100 freestyle, setting records in both. He touched the wall in the 50 freestyle in 23.61 seconds and finished the 100 freestyle in 53.58. Derek Thurman, Jacob Wescott and Kelcey Edwards teamed with Peck for a fourth place finish in the 200 freestyle relay, with a time of 1 minute 40.10 seconds. Thurman, Wescott, Peck and Derek Miller set a new team record with their fourth place time in the 200 medley relay. Thurman also had an individual team record time of 1:10.75 in his fifth place finish in the 100 breaststroke. The Trojans’ Josiah Jenkins took sixth in the 100 backstroke with a personal best time of 1:07.52. The host Hamilton Hawkeyes won the conference meet with 472 points. Byron Center was second with 426, followed by Wayland 349.5, Hudsonville 305, TK-Hastings 218.5, and Wyoming United 135. Lakewood girls perfect in CAAC-3 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Vikings might miss the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 (CAAC-3). Fourth the fourth time in four seasons, the Lakewood varsity girls’ volleyball team won the CAAC-3 crown, topping Fowlerville in five long games for the tournament title on Saturday. “It was a long five because every game was close,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “In the fifth game we definitely came out strong and continued that through all 15 points.” Lakewood won game five 15-9, after the two teams battled through the first four games 22-25, 25-20, 25-23, 20-25. If it hadn’t been for a slow start to game four, the Vikings might have closed the Gladiators out earlier. Fowlerville led game four 23-10 at one point. “We came back with 12 straight points. That was key for us. We knew statistically we couldn’t beat them, but we knew we had to play well heading into the final game,” Grunewald said. The Vikings got contributions from all over the court. Amy Joostberns led the team with Second indoor triathlon scheduled for this Sunday The second annual Elaine Standler Memorial Triathlon is slated for this Sunday, March 4, at the Pennock Health and Wellness Center. The registration cost will be $35 for adults, $25 for kids, and $50 for teams the day of the race. Registration is from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. The first wave of preregistered competitors begins at 8 a.m. The event includes 15 minutes of swimming, 15 minutes on a stationary bike and 15 minutes running on a treadmill. Distances are then recorded and totaled for an overall score. All proceeds from the event go directly into the Elaine Standler Memorial Fund. Monies from the fund are directly put back into the community supporting young athletes. A specific cause hasn’t been named yet, but organizers are looking in to using any proceeds to benefit local pay-to-play school programs, to help by athletic shoes for kids, and/or sponsoring local youths who are looking to enter triathlons. Contact John Anderson with any questions at (269) 948-2546. 25 kills in the match and five blocks. Lacey Chase added 15 kills and Ashley Morris 12. Melanie Forman had 51 assists and 18 digs. Chase added 18 digs, Autumn Cussen 13, and Morris 12. Morris was also the team’s ace leader with three. After the tournament, Joostberns, Forman and Morris were named all-conference performers for the season, while Chase and Cussen were named all-conference honorable mention. “We always feel relief when we win these. It’s kind of expected,” said Grunewald, “but no one gets tired of it.” Lakewood is now 49-16 on the season. Win number 48 came in the tournament semifinals, when the Vikings topped Haslett 25-19, 25-22, 19-25, 25-20. Morris led Lakewood with 18 kills and Joostberns had 16 kills and two blocks. Forman had 44 assists. Cussen led the team with 14 digs, and Chase had four aces. Lakewood entered the post season looking for its 16th consecutive district championship. The Vikings were slated to meet Charlotte in the opening round of the Class B district tournament, at Charlotte on Wednesday. Eaton Rapids took on Ionia in the other opening round match. The winner of the match between the Vikings and Orioles meets Portland in the district semifinals Saturday, at 10 a.m. Lansing Catholic waits for the other opening round winner, in the semifinals. Trojans just short against Wildcats right time. I say that with complete apprehension, because of how up and down things have been.” The Trojans could call Friday night one of their high points, although stealing a victory against O-K Gold Conference leading Wayland would have been nice. The Wildcats hung on for a 57-49 victory. Midway through the fourth quarter, the Trojans were inching closer and closer to the Wildcats. A steal lead to a lay-up that pulled TK to within three points, at 45-42. The Trojans forced another turnover on the Wildcats ensuing possession, but an alley-oop from Nate Manning to Ian Sisson went awry as Sisson went up for a dunk. Wayland came back the other way, and pushed the lead to 48-42 on a three-pointer by Cory Jamieson. That was as close as TK would get the rest of the way. Jamieson led the Wildcats with 22 points on the night. Ryan Sisson led TK with 11 points and 14 rebounds. Manning finished with 14 points and four board, while Ian Sisson chipped in ten points and seven rebounds. “We broke some things down and we’ve just started to simplify a lot of things to get touches to our post guys,” said Laker. “Ian (Sisson) had one of his best games this year.” Manning’s offensive output was big for TK too. “When (Manning) or Brad Steffen kind of step up as another scorer, we seem to do better,” said Laker. “It just makes sense. Teams focus on Ryan (Sisson) getting to the basket, and when they can knock down shots from outside that’s opens up a lot of things for us.” The Trojans close the regular season Friday night at home in an O-K Conference crossover contest against Belding. Grand Rapids Rampage quarterback Chad Salisbury (left) presents Hastings Mayor Bob May with a 10th anniversary Rampage jersey during the team’s Hometown Michigan kickoff event in Hastings on Thursday. Salisbury signed nearly 100 autographs for Rampage fans in Hastings during the event. We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments 269-948-9363 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road 77509698 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thornapple Kellogg Trojans are ending the regular season with a district preview. The Trojans open the Class B boys’ basketball district tournament next Wednesday in Hastings against the Vikings, either the Lakewood Vikings or Hopkins Vikings. TK drew an opening round bye. This Tuesday, the Trojans traveled to Hastings, and topped the Saxons in the final O-K Gold Conference contest of the year. The Saxons are on the other half of the district bracket, and have a good shot at reaching the finals as they take on Allegan in the opening round with the winner of that game meeting Delton Kellogg in the semifinals. “This is just a great kind of warm-up week for us for districts,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. “I feel like we’re getting better now at the Rampage quarterback gives Hastings mayor team jersey �Page 20 — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Trojans upset Saxons to end O-K Gold schedule Hastings’ Jordan Rambin is trailed by Thornapple Kellogg’s Zach Smith as he goes in for a lay-up in the second half Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Five points was the biggest lead for either team in the second half Tuesday night, in a typical Hastings versus Thornapple Kellogg boys’ basketball battle. Hastings held that advantage, seconds into the fourth quarter, but it was the Trojans who would score a 60-59 upset victory to end the O-K Gold Conference season. “It was two teams fighting and scratching trying to pull out a win,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. “I thought the Middleville kids played with a ton of passion tonight. It would have been real easy for them to fold the season in. I thought they played a very focused, passionate game.” The Saxons end the league season in fifth place with a record of 5-7, while the Trojans close out the O-K Gold at 3-9. The Saxons are now 9-10 overall this season, and TK has an overall record of 4-15. Saxon foul-trouble and Thornapple Kellogg’s full-court pressure late in the game turned the tide in the end Tuesday. Senior center Bryan Skedgell scored on two consecutive trips down the floor for the Saxons to give his team a 52-47 edge with just under six minutes to play, but picked up his fourth foul and went to the bench soon after. Over the course of the next minute and a half the Trojans tried to get back in the game. Ryan Sisson scored a basket on a drive, but that was sandwiched between four straight missed free throws. That wasn’t the end for Sisson though. “Ryan came back and responded like the player that he is, after missing those few free throws, showing a lot of leadership and just wanting the basketball in his hands,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. The rest of the way he was a perfect 6-of-6 from the line, and finished with a game high 19 points to go along with seven rebounds. Skedgell and Bryce Stanhope tied for the Saxon lead with 13 points each, while teammate Ryan Vogel added ten and Jordan Rambin nine points. Sisson scored six straight points to give his Trojans a 57-53 lead before Skedgell returned to the action. That offense started on the defensive end as the Trojan pressure gave the Saxons fits. TK on the other hand did an excellent job of taking care of the basketball. The Trojans had just one turnover in the first half, and only five all night. Unfortunately for TK, most of those five turnovers came late in the game. Vogel knocked down two free throws to pull his team within two points at 60-58 with 1:18 to play. Neither team was able to score again for over a minute. Vogel knocked down the first of two free throws with 6.9 seconds left, but the offensive rebound on the second go away from teammate Ryan Cain. The Trojans turned the ball over, after a time-out, trying to get the ball inbounds. Hastings then called time out to set up a play, but a three-pointer by Vogel was off the mark as the buzzer sounded. Sisson wasn’t the only offensive star for TK. Reserve Andrew Gilbert finished with 11 points and Joshua Thaler came off the bench to add nine points and two rebounds. Ian Sisson added eight points for the Trojans. “I think Josh (Thaler) was kind of a spark for us in the game,” said Laker. The Saxons will regroup this week, before closing the regular season at home Friday night against Coopersville in an O-K Conference crossover contest. “Our execution was not very good tonight, offensively and defensively. That’s probably one of the first times I’ve said that all year about out defense,” Schils said. “I fully expect us to go to practice tomorrow and get back to those little things we didn’t do in this game tonight.” After the visit from Coopersville, the Saxons open the Class B district tournament which they’re hosting against Allegan on Monday night. The winner of that game takes on Delton Kellogg in the district semifinals next Wednesday. Lakewood takes on Hopkins in the other district opener at Hastings Monday, with Thornapple Kellogg waiting for the winner of that game in the semi’s on Wednesday. The district championship game is slated for next Friday at 7 p.m. The Saxons outscored Hamilton 12-0 in the second quarter, then put 20 points on the board in the third, to help them score a 51-41. “Our defense was as good as it has been all year long,” Schils said. “I’ve ranted and raved about it all year long. At one point, I think they went 11 minutes without scoring. They missed a couple free throws in there, but they only took one shot.” The Saxon coach had just as much raving to do about his offense. “In the third quarter, that was the best offensive execution we’ve had all year long,” Schils said. “Our timing was just great. Every shot was a very good shot. Our passes were great. Everything was in a flow.” The Saxons were 9-of-14 from the field in the period. Stanhope knocked down a pair of three points, and had eight total points in the quarter. He finished the night with 15 points for the Saxons. Skedgell led the team with 19 points and 12 rebounds. “He had a little bit of everything else too,” Schils said of Skedgell. “A couple steals and deflections, took a charge, and he had a couple blocked shots. He really filled the stat sheet.” Hastings’ Ryan Vogel (left) tries to shake Thornapple Kellogg’s Andrew Gilbert (2) and Brad Steffen to get up a last second shot Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Valley cagers close league play vs Comets The Lions have one last challenge ahead of them before the start of the Class C state tournament. They get to take on the top ranked team in the state in Class C, Kalamazoo Christian, to end the Kalamazoo Valley Association season on the road Friday night. It’s a safe bet that a third straight contest won’t end with the score 56-50. The Lions YMCA VOLLEYBALL won by that score Friday night against Galesburg-Augusta, after falling by that mark last Wednesday at Parchment. The win over the Galesburg-Augusta Rams was the second in KVA play for the Lions. The Lions exploded in the fourth quarter for 27 points against Galesburg-Augusta. Kyle Fisher had eight of his team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter, while Kenneth Quick had all eight of his points in the final period. Quick was a perfect 6-of-6 from the foul line in the fourth quarter. The Lions were 12of-15 from the line for the night. Dustin Houghton also had eight points for the Lions, and Eric Westendorp nine. 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The Lions trailed 32-26 at the half, and Houghton helped keep them in the ball game with three three-pointers in the second half. Maple Valley drew a bye in the opening round of their Class C district at Springport next week. The Lions open in the semifinals next Wednesday at 8 p.m. against either Dansville or Springport. The Lions defeated both Dansville and Springport in regular season contests this winter. The Saxons’ Stephen Tolger (tight) looks for a teammate as the Trojans’ Ryan Sisson closes in Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons open district against Delton Hastings opens the 2007 state tournament this afternoon, when the Saxons meet up with the Delton Kellogg Panthers in the Class B district opener at Allegan beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Saxons and Panthers meet in the second game of the night, as Thornapple Kellogg takes on Otsego in the other opener beginning at 5 p.m. The winner of the contest between TK and Otsego takes on Allegan Saturday morning at 9 a.m. in one semifinal, while Hopkins waits in the semifinals for the winner from the Hastings/Delton Kellogg match-up for a contest that’s slated to start at 10:30 a.m. To close out the regular season duals, the Saxons split their two O-K Conference crossover contests at Comstock Park last Thursday. The Saxons fell to Greenville in four games, then knocked off Comstock Park in five. “Even though we were 1-1 for the night, we played consistent throughout the entire night,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. “We had good court movement and we were aggressive on offense.” The Saxons topped the host Panthers 2522, 23-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-12. It didn’t stretch to five games, but the match was just as close with the Greenville Yellowjackets. Greenville topped the Saxons 21-25, 25-23, 25-22, 28-26. “The majority of the time we served well and had aggressive serves,” said Sheldon, “but against Greenville we missed some key serves at the end of the games we lost which could have changed the outcome to wins.” Hannah Case and Ashley Eerdmans led the strong service attack for the Saxons with seven aces each. Case also had a team high 20 kills on the night to go along with 15 assists. Up front, Dana Shilling had five aces, 13 kills and five blocks for Hastings. Linda Luebcke had 12 kills and eight blocks. Jessica Burch and Eerdmans had nine kills each, and Sam VanDenack added eight kills, four blocks and two aces. Rachael Iler had 32 assists in the two matches for the Saxons. The Saxons finished sixth at the O-K Gold Hastings’ Sam VanDenack blasts an attack across the net in game two Saturday morning against Wayland at the O-K Gold Conference tournament. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Saxons’ Hannah Case sets the ball up Saturday against Wayland. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Conference tournament on Saturday, to end in a fifth place tie with Wayland for the season. Wayland ended the Saxons’ day in the match for fifth place Saturday, with a 25-21, 25-23 victory. Hastings started the day with a 25-21, 25-7 loss to Hamilton, then fell to Byron Center 25-11, 25-20. Shilling led the team on the day with nine kills and five blocks, to go along with two aces. Case had seven kills, four aces and ten assists. Luebcke had seven kills and three blocks. Iler finished the day with 12 assists. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 1, 2007 — Page 21 Regional champs have high hopes for D-2 finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The two local wrestlers who won regional championships in their respective weight classes at Saturday’s Division 2 regional tournament at Northview, have been where they’re going before. They’ve all been to the individual state finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills. They’ve both earned medals That doesn’t mean there aren’t new places for Hastings senior Steve Case and Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Kyle Dalton to go, like to the championship round or even to the top step of the podium at award time. When asked for his goal for the state finals, Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Kyle Dalton held one index finger in the air and smiled. “First place baby. I want to go all the way,” he said after winning the regional championship in the 119-pound weight class Saturday. Hastinsg’ regional champion at 160 pounds, Case, has the same goal. “Win it, definately. That’s definatly my goal.” Although he had a great first three varsity seasons, Case hadn’t even won an individual district tournament until this season. He followed that up with a regional title Saturday by Delton has three wrestlers earn a spot in state finals scoring a 15-0 technical fall against Forest Hills Northern’s Nathan Danks in the championship match. Case will be one of three Hastings wrestlers making the trip to Auburn Hills for the March 8, 9 and 10 tournament. The others are sophomore Matt Watson (112 pounds) and junior Josh Morehouse (215). Dalton is the only Trojan state qualifier. Lakewood had three of its ten wrestlers at Saturday’s regional make it through to state, seniors Holden Hummel (103) and Josh Kettel (189) and junior Levi Phelps (145). Dalton and Case both placed fourth last year in their respective weight classes at the individual state finals. Case feels like he is a much better wrestler now than he was at the Palace a year ago. “I practiced all summer and worked hard all season,” he said. “I’m better on taop and I have a take down now. I didn’t have that last year.” His take down, the “fireman’s”, worked to perfection on Saturday. Case made quick work of all three of his opponents at Norhtview. He pinned Forest Hills’ Central’s Mike White in the opening round in 1 minute 51 seconds. In the semifinals he pinned Grand Rapids Christian’s Devontae in 58 seconds. Case used his “fireman’s” take down four times, once in each of his first two matches and twice in the finals against Danks. All four times he not only scored a two-point take down, but also put his opponent onto his back for a three-point near-fall. “You would think they would (know it’s coming),” said Case. “I assume (Danks) knew it was coming. I’m trying to get it to the point where they can’t stop it.” Dalton also cruised, topping Greenville’s Collin Fuller in the 119-pound championship match 18-3. It was his third technical fall of the day. Dalton defeated Reeths Puffer’s Jake Connell 17-2 to start things off, then knocked off Lowell’s Zach Baum 16-1 in the semi’s. The win over Connell was the 100th of Dalton’s career. “I fell like I dominated, but I’m not trying Hastings’ Matt Watson (right) fights to break free from Forest Hills Northern’s Jerrad Hoxie during their 112-pound championship match Saturday at the Division 2 regional tournament. (Photo by Brett Bremer) to be cocky,” said Dalton. “It’s happened several times this year. I think there have been two times I haven’t felt that I wrestled well.” It’s supposed to happen at regional time, but things got much tougher on the Saxon, Trojan, and Viking Scot wrestlers Saturday. A total of 18 wrestlers who came out of their individual district tournament at Hastings advanced to the state finals, while the other 28 state qualifiers at Northview Saturday came from the district tournament which was hosted by Cedar Springs the previous week. Case and Dalton were the only state qualifiers to come out of their district at their respecitive weight classes, so was Lakewood’s Phelps. Watson was the only other wrestler from the area to make his way to the championship finals. He placed second , falling 9-3 to Forest Hills Northern’s Jerrad Hoxie in the 112pound final. Watson started the day with a 9-0 win over Forest Hills Central’s Ty Kelley, then pinned Northview’s Dillon Churchard in the semifinals. Lakewood’s Phelps and Kettel both placed third, while their teammate Hummel and Hastings’ Morehouse placed fourth. Delton Kellogg heavyweight Octavio Romero (center) stands on the podium after receiving his medal for winning a Division 3 regional championship Saturday, between runner-up Will Riebel (left) from Grand Rapids Catholic Central and third-place finisher Matt Forward from Zeeland West. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A trio of Panthers are headed to the Palace of Auburn Hills next weekend for the Division 3 individual wrestling state finals. Delton Kellogg junior Octavio Romero dominated the 285-pound weight class at Saturday’s Division 3 regional tournament hosted by Zeeland West. Romero improved his record to 41-6 on the season by pinning Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s Will Riebel 1 minute and 27 seconds into their championship round match. It was the second pin of the day for Romero, who stuck Zeeland West’s Matt Forward 1:34 into their semifinal match. Romero defeated all three of the state qualifiers in the weight class on the day. He topped Allendale’s Dan LaJoie in the opening round 11-3. Forward went on to finish third and LaJoie fourth. The trip will be the first to the state finals for Romero, and sophomore teammates Matt Loveland and Billy Bourdo. Loveland was second at 103 pounds Saturday, and Bourdo fourth at 215. Delton had nine wrestlers competing in the regional tournament. Bourdo had the unfortunate honor of ending the post-season for senior teammate Chad Ramsey. Twice Ramsey needed one victory to secure himself a spot in the finals. In the championship semifinals, Ramsey was pinned by the eventual 215-pound champion, Chance Coda, from Grand Rapids Catholic Central. In the consolation semifinals, Bourdo edged Ramsey 8-6. Bourdo was downed by eventual runner-up Jeff Beebe from Allendale in the opening round 7-0, then started consolation with a pin of Zeeland West’s Cory Elzinga. In the consolation final, Bourdo was pinned by Dowagiac’s Drew Staley. Matt and Mark Loveland both competed at 103 pounds for Delton Kellogg, but didn’t meet up on the day. Both were downed by Coloma’s John Tanner on the day. Tanner topped Matt for the 103-pound championship, 12-9, after Matt started the day with a technical fall against Belding’s Josh Headworth and an 8-4 win over Comstock Park’s Nate Fix. Mark was downed by Tanner 12-0 in the opening round of the tournament, then after pinning Muskegon Orchard View’s Adrian Rios in the first round of consolation, fell was pinned by Nix in the consolation semifinals. Quinn DeBolt at 145 pounds and Steve Romero at 160 each had one win on the day for the Panthers. Delton Kellogg’s Rob Heethuis was named the regional coach of the year at the tournament, and his assistant Tim Miller was named the regional assistant coach of the year. The individual state finals begin Thursday, March 8. The Saxons’ Josh Morehouse (right) tries to keep Forest Hills Central’s Alan Delaney under control in their consolation final at 215 pounds Saturday at Northview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ju NOT letes r ath st fo The Saxons’ Steve Case (top) works to turn Forest Hills Northern’s Nathan Danks in their 160-pound championship final Saturday at Northview High School. Case won the regional championship by technical fall, 15-0. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ONE on ONE training to improve x� x� x� x� x� Speed Power Agility Endurance Strength x� x� x� x� x� Increased energy level Balance Body awareness Coordination Confidence *Ages 10-18* Camp SPEED ONE on ONE training helps athletes achieve their maximum potential while working with a NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist in a safe efficient environment. ONE on ONE training is offered for ages 10-18 at a cost of $25 per person for four sessions of 45 minutes Train with a friend? No problem! 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Hastings High School students this year celebrated Winterfest, their annual awareness week, by learning about refugee camps in Africa and blindness through Osman Koroma, a Hastings student who came to the school last year after spending his whole life living in refugee camps in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Koroma also is blind. Koroma contracted cataracts when he was 14 years old in a refugee camp, but he was not able to get corrective surgery. He was brought to Hastings last year by the United Methodist Church of Hastings. In order to raise money, HHS students bought shirts that were accompanied with an African stuffed animal. The shirts have a smiley face drawing on them done by Koroma with the saying, “It's not what you see... it is what you do!” At an assembly Friday, Feb. 23, students brought their African stuffed animals and threw them at a target of Liberia, Africa on a trampoline. The student with the stuffed animal that was closest to the target won an iPod. Student Council members then collected the stuffed animals and will send them to children in refugee camps in Darfur, Africa via Americares, an organization that supports refugee camps in Africa. Greer Putnam, a Hastings High School teacher, added an extra incentive volunteering to shave her head if students raised more than $3,000. Students managed to muster up the funds, so Putnam mustered up the courage to have her hair shaved off Friday. Proceeds raised during the week will go to buying Koroma a one year pass to the community center. Although Koroma is blind, he learned to play the guitar at the Hastings Community Music School. He played a song at the assembly he wrote called, “Living as a Refugee.” Osman Koroma holds a T-shirt many Hastings High School students bought last week during Winterfest and a stuffed animal that will be sent to refugee students in Darfur. Students throw their African-themed stuffed animals at a target to try to win an iPod. 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(Photo by Perry Hardin) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-03-08.pdf 55e79e2d283cd2badd9e7eb2facfc0d1 PDF Text Text Hastings Mfg. zoning request recommended Dickinson family shows grace under fire Eagles win ACSI state championship See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 10 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, March 8, 2007 NEWS Wal-Mart super store proposed in Rutland BRIEFS Cabaret re-set at new location The annual Community Music School Cabaret, canceled because of blizzard conditions Feb. 10, has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, March 10, at a new location, the Walldorff Bistro in downtown Hastings. Dancing to the music of "Les Jazz," a big band, under the direction of Joe LaJoye, specializing in swing music of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s will be part of the evening’s entertainment. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar available. In addition, the event will include a floor show featuring music by Community Music School faculty musicians and a silent auction. Admission is $30 per couple, and proceeds help provide scholarships and financial aid for students of the Community Music School in Hastings. Tickets will be available at the door or may be purchased in advance at the Music School office, located in the Hastings First United Methodist Church. For more information, call 269/9489441. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Plans by Wal-Mart to build a super store in Rutland Township just outside the city of Hastings is meeting with stiff opposition by members of the public. More than a dozen people showed up at the Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday to hear the company’s plans to build on a site near Consumers Power on Green Street. Arguments in opposition included the lighting and the size of the building, but centered mainly on the increased traffic flow on Green Street that would be fostered by the new structure. Dorotha Cooper was one of the citizens who attended the meeting and expressed her concerns. “I live on Cook Road,” she said, “but my daughter lives on Green Street and we own some rental property on Green Street. The increase in traffic will be horrendous.” Cooper said Wal-Mart executives at the meeting numbered approximately eight, “plus their attorney,” she said. She identified only one couple at the meeting in favor of the project. “Someone mentioned the wetlands there and the spotted turtle, which is an endangered species,” she said. “They (Wal-Mart) said they were aware of the spotted turtle.” An artist’s sketch of what this proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter would look like in Rutland Township, if approved. She said the Wal-Mart officials offered assurances they would not disturb its habitat. Mike Hubert, who spent 12 years on the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education and 10 years on the Hastings City Planning Commission, also appeared at the meeting to voice his objections to the proposed project. “The land was sold to the Hastings Area Schools for potential use as a school site,” Hubert read from a prepared statement. “Hastings badly needs a new middle school and the proximity of the parcel to town makes the site ideal. The school does not want to lose the land, but without finances available to build a new school and with Wal-Mart offering $1,000,000 profit, how can they refuse? The money will be helpful in the short Ducks Unlimited banquet March 24 The Thornapple Valley Chapter #049 of Ducks Unlimited will have its 27th annual banquet Saturday, March 24, at the Middle Villa Inn, located on M-37 in Middleville. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30. An auction will be held immediately following dinner. There will be raffles for guns, accessories and hunting items. The event will feature Terry Armour as auctioneer to help the chapter raise "bucks for ducks." The funds raised helps DU restore and conserve valuable wetlands and habitat worldwide. Michigan involvement in 2006 alone saw 48 projects completed, 2,400 acres conserved and more than 5,000 acres received technical assistance, engineering and design. Ticket prices are $55 for an individual, $80 for a couple, $25 for a Greenwing, $375 per sponsor and $400 for a sponsor couple. A ticket includes dinner and the opportunity to participate in the auction, silent auction and numerous drawings. To make a reservation, contact one of the chapter officers: Mike Baker, 269- See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 sible.” He said possible casualties will include lumber, carpet, tile, plumbing, electrical, hardware, appliances, kitchen and bath, heating, air conditioning, roofing, siding, furniture, home improvement contractors and builders, all of which will not be able to compete with the giant corporation. “Yes, I am biased,” Hubert said. “My grandfather, Rome Feldpausch, started Felpausch Food Centers, but my concerns are legitimate. Is Hastings willing to risk losing Felpausch and/or Plumb’s? “Felpausch has been a part of the Hastings See WALMART, page 3 MichGo granted stay KCC, Wind Band perform Sunday The Kellogg Community College Concert Band and the Thornapple Wind Band fromHastings will present a concert at Kellogg Community College Sunday afternoon, March 11. Each band will perform several selections and then the groups will combine to perform music of Irving Berlin, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and “America, The Beautiful.” A total of 85 musicians will perform and this promises to be a very entertaining concert, said KCC Instrumental Music Director Ed Zentera. The concert begins at 3 p.m. in the Binda Performing Arts Center on the KCC campus. General admission is $5 and students and seniors are admitted for $3. Refreshments will follow the concert in the student center. term but long term the school will lose a fine school site. “Is the school system mortgaging their future for short term needs?” Hubert said he also was concerned about the indirect impact on the local business community. Hubert said he believes if the Super WalMart is built, the existing store site at the corner of Heath Road and M-43/M-37 will be used for a “big box” home improvement store. “Are you willing to risk losing local businesses that have served our community for generations? Wal-Mart is not causing a big box home improvement to enter the market, they are, however, making it financially pos- State Rep. Brian Calley uses a chart to show the growth of property assessments and taxable values over the past dozen years. Barry County residents in foul mood about taxes by David T. Young Editor If more than 125 people at a town meeting on property taxes Tuesday are representative of the general population, Lansing is in big trouble. Virtually all of the area residents who came to speak at State Rep. Brian Calley’s meeting at the Commission on Aging expressed a lot of hostility, anger and frustration over their tax burdens, and the vast majority blamed state government. What began as an informational session, with Calley and former State Senator Norman Shinkle explaining the post-Proposal A property tax system, turned into a bona fide gripe session. The complaints ranged from property taxes being too high to local assessors being inaccessible or trespassing to continuing tax increases even while property values decrease. Calley himself acknowledged it was his wife’s reaction to their tax situation that provided impetus for calling the town meeting. He suggested the problems are widespread because a House colleague from Macomb County experienced the same large crowds and frustrations and anger Monday night. When Shinkle recommended a resident in the audience meet with the local assessor first before appealing taxes to the Board of Review, a woman asked, “How can you do that when he’s not available? “The only things I got out of the Board of Review are letters from California saying they understand I have property of value to sell.” Dorothy Weaver of Barry Township said she doesn’t believe the property tax system is fair when her small and basic summer rental unit than commands an assessment that’s $25,000 more than much nicer neighboring home. She said she appealed, “but there was no reduction for me and my neighbor got a huge increase.” She was told that lower assessments for neighbors didn’t necessarily mean the same for her, partly because of provisions from Proposal A, which was passed in a state-wide referendum in March 1994. Under the constitutional change voters approved, there was a reduction in property taxes, an increase in sales taxes and property values have been prohibited from rising annually more than 5 percent or by the rate of inflation, whichever is less. However, the property value can increase to its actual current market value when the house and property is sold. Calley pointed out that this year’s increase statewide in state equalized valuation (SEV) is 3.7 percent, but he doesn’t see where that squares with inflation, which more likely is closer to 2 percent. See TAXES, page 2 by David T. Young Editor U.S. District Judge John G. Penn Monday afternoon granted an anti-casino group’s request for a stay in the Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis officially having land placed into a federal trust. But it’s looking more and more like Michigan Gambling Opposition (MichGo) is becoming isolated in its attempts to forestall what many are believing is inevitable — a new casino built on a 146-acre site at the former Ampro Seeds in Bradley. In a somewhat surprising move Saturday, the Grand Rapids Press, long a critic of the project, called for signing a gaming compact, reasoning it’s best now for the State of Michigan to get some of the revenue rather than nothing. Penn just a little more than a week earlier had dismissed MichGo’s lawsuit against the Tribe, clearing the way for the U.S. Department of the Interior to take the land into a trust and construction to begin on a a 193,000-square-foot facility that would include 75 gaming tables, tree restaurants, a lounge and 2,500 slot machines. The land could have been taken into trust at 5 p.m. Monday, March 5, but three and a half hours earlier Penn issued the stay to allow for MichGo’s appeal of his decision. The stay is expected only to delay the start of the project by six months. James Nye, tribal spokesman, said while Penn granted the stay while its case is reviewed by the Court of Appeals, “that does not alter the fact that the District Court ruled in favor of the Tribe on the merits of every one ofMichGO's claims. “MichGO has only temporarily prevailed in further delaying economic relief to the Tribe and thousands of West Michigan residents. “Judge Penn recognized that the Tribe is ‘historically oppressed,’ ‘suffers from staggering rates of unemployment,’ and will ‘suf- See MICHGO, page 3 ‘How to Succeed in Business’ begins at TK The musical “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying” will begin at 7:30 tonight, Thursday, March 8, at the Thornapple Kellogg High School auditorium. Two other performances are planned for the same time Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10. Hedy La Rue (Brittney Benjamin), pictured at left, is featured in the story with her portrayal of a would-be secretary with panache. Pictured on the right are Josh Foote (J. Pierpont Finch,) Chelsea Niblock (Smitty) and Quinn Konarska (Rosemary Pilkiington) who brought a preview of the show to the Thornapple Kellogg Arts Festival Feb. 25. �Page 2 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page 948-2920; Jason Tiets, 269-945-2374; or Justin Norton, 616-891-0528. Progressive Dems ‘Future of Food’ The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will show the film “The Future of Food” Thursday evening, March 15, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film explores the revolution that is happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, “The Future of Food” examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world’s food system. Alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture are also explored. Networking and conversation will begin at 6:30 p.m., the film starts at 7. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-795-4412 St. Patrick’s Day parade planned The third annual South Jefferson Street St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17, starting in the alley behind WBCH on State Street. Individuals, businesses and organizations are invited to participate in what is regarded as the biggest little St. Patrick’s Day parade in Barry County. To enter, call 945-3414 or simply show up before the event. ‘Evening of Mozart’ reset for March 18 The First Presbyterian Church’s presentation of “An Evening with Mozart” has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday evening, March 18, because of inclement weather on the original date of Feb. 25. Professional musicians from symphony orchestras in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Muskegon will be performing. The church’s Chancel Choir, conducted by the church’s Director of Music Ministries Jared Daugherty, is also part of the program as well as the Hastings High School Varsity Singers, conducted by Patti LaJoye and student teacher Laurel Wasyk. There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be taken. A reception in the church’s Leason Sharpe Hall will be held following the musical event. “An Evening With Mozart” will feature the choirs and orchestra performing “Regina Coeli,” “Kyrie” “Tantum Ergo” and “Te Deum.” The orchestra also will perform “Eine Kleine Nacht Musik.” TK schools plan bond meeting Residents of the Thornapple Kellogg school district are invited to participate in an open meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday evening, Match 15, about the bond proposal which will be on the May 8 election ballot. The meeting will be in room 1616 of the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School. Members of the TK Board of Education will discuss the highlights of the proposal. Information about the renovations proposed for each building and how this work will be funded will be presented. There will be a question and answer period. Anyone with questions about the bond issue or this meeting may call the school district at 795-3313. Legislative Coffee slated for Monday The next Legislative Coffee program will be held at 8 a.m. Monday, March 12, at the County Seat Restaurant in Hastings. Scheduled to appear are State Senator Patty Birkholz; State Representative Brian Calley; and Rick Truer, representing Third District Congressman Vern Ehlers. They will discuss recent issues and take up any concerns constituents may wish to talk about. A straw vote will be taken at the end of the session to give legislators feedback on the issues discussed. The Legislative Coffee series is sponsored by the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. The public is welcome to attend. Bernard Society topic is pottery The Bernard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 12 at the Delton Kellogg Middle School library in Delton. The public is welcome. Christyl Burnett, of the Red Clay Pottery Studio in the Yankee Springs area, will demonstrate on the potter’s wheel and discuss the history of pottery. The society’s board of directors will meet at 6:15 p.m. that day. Three more blood drives set in March Three more Red Cross blood drives are planned for this month in Barry County. The schedule is as follows: • Thursday, March 15 — Hastings/Moose Lodge, 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Sunday, March 25 — Hastings/Thornapple Valley Church, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Friday, March 30 — Middleville/Yankee Springs Fire Station, in memory of Susan Nolan, 1 to 7 p.m. Red Cross officials announced the date of the drive at the Hastings Moose Lodge had to be changed from March 8 to March 15. Blizzard conditions across the Northeast and Midwest have forced blood drives to shut down, further stressing an already fragile blood supply. American Red Cross Blood Services in Michigan and Ohio earlier this month lost the opportunity to collect more than 3,000 blood donations because of severe storms that shuttered dozens of blood drives. In the Toledo area, all blood drives shut down on Valentine’s Day, marking the first time in 10 years the Red Cross ceased operations there. In Michigan, heavy snows closed blood drives at high schools and community centers, causing supplies of Type O blood to plunge to emergency levels. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. ‘Great Decisions’ series continues The Great Decisions discussion group began its meetings at the KCC Hastings Center this week, but has changed its class time to 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, one hour later than originally announced. There is still time to sign up for these world affairs discussions; seven weekly classes remain, with next Tuesday's topic being climate change and global warming. The class would welcome more participants among the members of the KCC Institute for Learning in Retirement, or others who may be interested. Membership is $15 per year, and tuition for this class is $25 for members or $35 for nonmembers, including the Foreign Policy Association briefing book for 2007, giving expert and objective information on each weekly topic to read in preparation for discussion. Lenten Luncheon series continues “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church and which started Feb. 22, continues today, Thursday, March 8, and each Thursday through March 29. Each program starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. Speakers for the series are: • March 15 – Bev Newton, of Community Action Agency. • March 22 – Dr. Troy Carlson, family physician. • March 29 – Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. EMU president wants probe of student’s death Eastern Michigan University President John A. Fallon has announced an outside legal counsel not affiliated with the university will be hired to examine the investigation related to the death of former Hastings woman Laura Dickinson last December. “The expectation for full disclosure is colliding with the need for discretion and confidentially and is creating the environment in which we find ourselves,” Fallon said. “This is a very complicated situation and there are many unanswered questions.” Fallon said that the university will take the following actions: • Order the preservation of all communications, documents and information related to the death of the student and the investigation. • Request that the prosecutor review all information to be released in any form in this matter. • Request that the prosecutor make public his concern for confidentiality in this matter. • Engage a yet-to-be-named outside legal counsel to conduct an investigation into how the university handled this entire matter with respect to university policies and procedures; state, local, and federal statutes; and the bounds of reasonableness. • Conduct a careful review, involving several people, of all releases of information in this matter. Finally, Jim Vick, vice president for student affairs, has been placed on paid administrative leave for the duration of the investigation by outside counsel. “This a very serious situation and I believe these actions are the appropriate response until the external investigation can be completed,” Fallon said. No timeline has been given for the external process, but Fallon indicated it would begin as soon as possible. The famous “Wishing Tree” that bent over M-43 for many years before being removed. Barry County Historical Society to resume meetings March 15 The Barry County Historical Society will have its first meeting of the new year at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Hastings Elks Club. Priscilla Beavan will present a program about the Wall Lake Wishing Trees (yes, that's plural — trees). The better known one arched 25 feet over M-43 just north of the lake and the present Moose Lodge. The story is told the Pottawatomi Indians had bent an oak sapling as a trail marker, and the tree stood for a century as local landmark. For many years, school bus riders would raise their feet off the floor and make a wish as the bus passed under the tree. The tree eventually was declared a traffic hazard because of its age and infirmities and was removed. The other tree grew over Eddy road on the south-west comer of the lake. When "Pink" Woodmansee attempted to take his threshing rig under this tree, his crew found it necessary to dig the road down to allow clearance. In later years portions of the tree were cut off to allow taller trucks to get through, and eventually the entire tree was cut down, Oldsters of today may remember climbing the tree, and sitting above the road as cars drove underneath. The Historical Society was the recent recipient of a quilt made more than a century ago. Deborah Sheilds, of Red Bank, New Jersey, donated the quilt, which was made by her great-grandmother, Ethel Gurd, who lived on a farm on the Dowling area. Ethel and husband William Gurd are buried in the Cedar Creek cemetery. The society is selling World War II Veterans books and has a few 1985 Barry County history books. In addition, members are collecting Spartan "proof-of purchase" labels. Anyone interested in helping may give those labels to any society member. The meeting Thursday evening, March 15, as always, is open the public. TAXES, continued from page 1 One woman in the audience said she hadn’t done anything to her home and property, yet its value increased by 34 percent over three years. The taxable value, under Proposal A, increased by a considerably smaller amount. Barry County Equalization Director Karen Scarbrough said sales of homes in the neighborhood can affect assessments, but not the taxable value, so actual taxes should not increase by that much. She also suggested the woman’s house and property could have been underassessed in the past. Victoria Steadman said, “I’m disgusted that taxes still go up and more people are unemployed in this state. You (Calley) made the comment that people used to be taxed out of their homes (before Proposal A), well, they’re still taxed out of their homes. I still feel that what we’re saying here tonight won’t make a difference. I’m fed up.” Another woman said the problem is “based on greed, with the state wanting more money from people who can’t afford it.” But Shinkle insisted, “I think the property tax is more fair than it was 20 years ago and I don’t think the assessment community is out to gouge taxpayers.” There were other problems reported. One woman said she’s assessed city taxes even though she doesn’t live in the city. Another was not happy that her property classification was changed from agricultural to residential and when she asked, she was told it doesn’t make any difference. Scarbrough answered, “The definition of qualified agricultural property has changed in recent years.” She said sometimes it’s difficult to understand how value is determined. For example, one person’s worthless swamp plan is another’s precious habitat for duck hunting. Johnstown Township Assessor noted that the designation of qualified agricultural has more to do with what at least 51 percent of the land is used for. She added that sometimes people can pay an increase in taxes even though their property values go down, as long as it’s lower than the assessed figure. “In this case, assessors who take it (property) to the purchase price aren’t doing their jobs correctly,” she explained. She later added that sometimes assessments are based on data that could be a year or two old. Calley was asked if there is a movement afoot to dismantle Proposal A. He said there have been rumors and discussions, “but in Lansing there’s an obsession with replacement revenue.” One man in the audience said government “ought to quit finding ways to tax and live within its means.” Former State Senator Norman Shinkle (left) speaks at the town hall meeting while State Rep. Brian Calley listens. Calley said everyone has been told state government has been making serious budget cuts over the last four years, but “We’ve cut our way to a $3 billion increase.” Elden Shellenbarger said a decade ago when the economy was good, property values were going up, “but now we’re having to adjust” because economic times are hard. Calley then noted that the 3.7% increase is the largest in one year since Proposal A was passed in 1994. One man, who refused to reveal his name when asked, asked Calley and Shinkle on what authority government is allowed to levy property taxes. “So you have to pay rent to the government to own it (property),” he commented. He later added, speaking directly to Calley, “I challenge you to do what’s right (in Lansing).” “All I can say is things would be a lot worse without Proposal A,” Shinkle said. “Those guys in Lansing are thinking revenue all the time. That’s the problems I have with state tax commissions.” A woman said, “If you survey businesses and industries about wage increases, I’m sure it won’t come out to 3% for last year,” maintaining taxes are outpacing income. Eileen Oehler said some of these developments fly in the face of logic. “If the cash value of your house goes down, then shouldn’t your taxes as well?” she asked. Another woman chimed in, “It’s hard for us to understand and accept why taxes are going up while our house values are going down.” “Taxes are unconstitutional,” declared Steadman. “I know. I’ve studied it.” Calley told the audience that “Because of an accounting gimmick, you got a tax increase without your permission. It was very underhanded.” Art McKelvey, retired farmer and World War II veteran, noted his farm property has been the same since 1840, but it’s been reclassified from agricultural to residential. He said, “I’ve heard a lot of complaints tonight that are legitimate... but I think the fairest tax of all is the income tax.” “That’s Marxism!” exclaimed the man who refused to give his name, saying the government has no right to tax the people based on their ability to pay. He later charged, “Over the last three years you’ve raised my assessment over $40,000... If you overassess my home you ought to write me a check for that amount for my house.” He later asked Calley, “Will you commit to reducing property taxes? I have a right to own property, not rent it from you people at the state.” McKelvey said, “I think what’s needed is more honesty and integrity (in government). There’s too much crookedness in this country.” Calley and Shinkle provided information about property taxes since Proposal A’s passage and gave tips on how to appeal assessments to the local assessor, the Board of Review, and finally, the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Shinkle, who has been term limited out of the State Senate, now helps people appeal assessments and tax bills. Hastings Manufacturing Co.’s zoning request recommended by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Planning Commission took public comments Monday night about possible rezoning at the current Hastings Manufacturing site. The biggest concern expressed by community members was the possible relocation of the First Ward Park near the factory. “If we move the park, it won’t go very far,” said Planning Commission Chairman Dave Jasperse. Other community members expressed worries about an increase in traffic, but Tim Johnson, who does planning and consulting for the city, said he does not believe traffic will be a concern. “I don’t believe traffic will be an issue once those 50 houses are built there,” he said. Chris Hafke from Hastings Manufacturing spoke, saying a change in zoning, and the fol- See ZONING, page 9 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 3 Speaker says veterans not cared for adequately, Walter Reed story proves by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Considering the investigation into treatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, this month’s First Friday program was timely. Jack Devine, who is vice president of Vietnam Veterans of America stationed in Maryland, not far from Walter Reed, spoke directly to the problem of the treatment of wounded soldiers once they return to the country that sent them into harm’s way. He noted the problems actually may involve veterans’ facilities throughout the nation. Devine brings an extensive military background to his position, having served as adjutant at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans before he moved to the national office. “We need to address the whole system,” Devine told his sparse audience. “We did not provide the soldiers in the field with the proper resources to begin with. By bringing up so many National Guard troops we were sending soldiers into combat who were not functionally ready. “So far, as of this date (March 2), we have had 3,163 soldiers killed in action. There were 79 last month. “Of that 3,163, 75 have been women. Women are taking their place in combat more and more,” he said, “and casualties will continue to rise. “We have had more than 32,000 soldiers wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo,” he said. “The most damaging trauma we are seeing is post traumatic stress disorder,” he said, “and for a long time, the military refused to recognize this problem and soldiers were not, and are not, getting the treatment they need. The military quite simply has refused to put the resources in place.” Devine said the psychological injuries suffered in war can often be more devastating than the physical injuries. “We are not prepared with the psycholo- WALMART, continued from page 1 community for over 70 years and Plumb’s for over 20.” Hubert said in Charlotte, Carter’s Supermarket and Felpausch were forced to leave the market when faced with competition from super centers. “Carter’s corporate office was in Charlotte and they had served the community for 60 years. Felpausch served Charlotte for nearly 30 years. There are no traditional supermarkets left in Charlotte.” Hubert said the reason Wal-Mart is able to squeeze out the smaller, community based businesses is because of huge pressure on manufacturers on costs they pay for products. “Wal-Mart also purchased huge quantities, giving them a cost advantage other retailers are not able to match,” he said. Larry Haywood, chairman of the Planning Commission, said Wal-Mart is trying to go through a mixed zoning contractual process to built on that site. Right now, he said, the three parcels coveted by Wal-Mart are zoned C-1, C-2 and C-4. “They want to enter into contractual zoning to get around some of the regulations of the township’s master plan,” he said. Haywood said contractual zoning is “something the legislature shoved down our throats and we have to consider.” Haywood said concerns about traffic included the impact the larger structure would have on the neighborhood and area residents. “There were some concerns which could not be addressed by commission,” he said, “including the impact on downtown business- es in Hastings. “That is outside the scope of the Planning Commission,” he said. “We are not supposed to be concerned with that.” At the end of the night, the Planning Commission tabled a decision on the issue and will prepare for the next round of discussion at its next scheduled meeting. Haywood said the next meeting of the Rutland Planning Commission is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21. “There was some discussion about holding a special meeting, but the township hall is scheduled for so many meetings now, it was decided to bring the matter up at the regularly scheduled March 21 meeting.” MICHGO, continued from page 1 Jack Devine gists and counselors needed,” he said. “We have an obligation to provide care for those who have served and an obligation to their families. We do not often think about the impact these men and woman have on their families upon their return.” Devine did not have a clear and definite answer to the problem, except to continue to pressure Congress and the military to look after the men and woman they so readily send into combat. “Write to your local congressman, contact the VA,” he said. “Push for adequate care for our veterans. “We must recognize the past, act now and prepare for the future.” fer every day that the (MichGO) litigation continues.’ “MichGO has no chance of winning its lawsuit on the merits. These same issues have been brought before the D.C. Circuit in other cases. MichGO cannot demonstrate any likelihood of winning on the merits of the case. “MichGO is essentially alone in this shallow, temporary delay in economic progress.” Todd Boorsma, president of MichGo, has vowed, “We will continue to pursue every possible legal and legislative avenue to uphold our state's right to stop this unwanted casino." His group and 23 Is Enough have opposed the casino, maintaing it will bring unwanted crime and social expenses to the West Michigan area. Casino supporters hold that the two groups merely don’t want any competition for entertainment and tourism dollars. Tribal Chairman D.K. Sprague for a long time has maintained the casino would bring about 1,800 jobs to West Michigan people in increasingly hard economic times, particularly in the manufacturing sector. Judge Penn, in ruling Feb. 23 against MichGo’s challenge, found "the EA (environmental assessment) thoroughly considered the Bradley property's foreseeable impacts on growth, residential and commercial development, land and water resources, wetlands, wildlife, socioeconomic and cultural issues, traffic and pollution." Sprague said last month, “The Tribe is prepared to counter any potential MichGO appeal of Judge Penn's decision and accompanying request to stay, or delay, the DOl's stated intention to take the land in to trust.” He added he is confident an appeal will not be successful and construction on the new facility could begin as soon as next summer. It could take between 14 and 16 months before the casino is fully operational. Nye said the the Tribe and its proposed casino is supported by more than 10,000 Friends of the Gun Lake Indians (FOGLI) members, over 40 organizations, numerous observers in the media, and scores of unemployed families seeking a better opportunities. “MichGO's effort only benefits its hired attorneys, consultants, and the anti-competition group 23 is Enough,” he said. “We question how MichGO has paid for attorneys, lobbyists and consultants since it formed over six years ago. “The Tribe will use every available option to expedite the lawsuit on appeal. It will ask the court of appeals for an expedited schedule, which entails expediting the briefing schedule, oral arguments and the court's decision.” Nye maintained that Congress and The U.S. Supreme Court have determined that federally recognized tribes have a right to conduct gaming. The inherent sovereign rights of tribal governments are recognized in the U.S. Constitution. “It is inevitable that the Tribe will get trust land, and will open a Class III gaming facility,” he said. The Grand Rapids Press editorial last Saturday is regarded as somewhat surprising because tribal spokespersons ahve charged it is influenced heavily by wealthy Grand Rapids businessmen Peter Secchia and Richard M. DeVos, both of whom serve on the board of directors for anti-casino groups. Dick DeVos is a close personal friend of Grand Rapids Press Editor Mike Lloyd and Secchia and his wife are friends with Joe Crawford, GR Press editorial page editor, and his wife. The Grand Rapids Press was one of of only three newspapers in Michigan last fall that endorsed DeVos in his failed bid for governor. Extreme Community Makeover grant applications due April 15 Tony Koski Mark Englerth Educators, employers continue to share ideas at joint meeting by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Thornapple Kellogg High School Principal Tony Koski was one of the featured speakers last Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Educators and Business owners meeting. Koski gave a brief overview of the new Michigan Merit Exam, which the Thornapple Kellogg district will administer March 13-15. Koski explained the new ACT portion of the test and that TKHS will only have juniors in school on Tuesday, March 13. This will allow the juniors to take the test in individual classrooms in a quiet atmosphere. On Wednesday and Thursday, the other parts of the test will be given, including the “WorkKeys” tests. Koski explained how TK is using the tests and encourages students to take the process seriously. Koski also explained that the Career Readiness Certificate does not replace the diploma. He is trying to communicate to both students and parents about the future impact of WorkKeys. He also invited anyone in this committee that he has established a new blog on the Thornapple Kellogg High School website. The web address is www.tk.k12.mi.us The group also discussed several committee projects and has decided to meet quarterly. At the end of the meeting, new Barry County Board of Commissioners member Mark Englerth talked about forming an educational coalition. Anyone who would like more information about this committee can contact the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 945-2454 and leave a contact name and telephone number. The Educators and employers steering committee is part of the Barry County Economic Development Alliance. Organizations, service clubs and government entities may apply for Extreme Community Makeover grants of up to $2,000 each from the Barry Community Foundation. Grant applications are due April 15. The Barry Community Foundation Grant Committee will make funding recommendations to the Foundation’s Board of Directors for approval. Grant awards may be given to projects that meet the following requirements: • Applications must impact a Barry County community. Community is defined as a geographic location such as cities, villages and/or townships located within Barry County. • Priority will be given to proposals that provide evidence of active participation and volunteerism. Partnerships of local residents, service clubs, government and community organizations are strongly encouraged. • Projects must demonstrate community value. For example, park clean-up, construction of gazebos or bridges, beautification, etc. • Projects must be executed (and/or completed) on Sept. 13, 2007 to celebrate and encourage participation for the Annual Barry County Day of Caring. Grant applications can be found online at www.barrycf.org. Barry County United Way and Volunteer Center are inviting service organizations to join the 8th annual Day of Caring Thursday, Sept. 13. Local companies will send their employees to volunteer for a half day at various local service organizations. Organizations interested in having volunteers ‘report to work’ at their organizations, should fill out a project form from the United Way and Volunteer Center by April 15. “...This is a great way to educate and familiarize volunteers with your organization, programs and mission,” said a press release. "Day of Caring" will be held following the 2007 United Way Kick-Off celebration at 8 a.m. at the Barry Expo Center on M-37 Free influenza vaccine available at health dept. Influenza vaccine is available at no charge on a first-come, first-serve basis, while supplies last, at the Barry Eaton District Health Department. Each year in the U.S. about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes. Getting a flu shot is the best way to protect yourself from the flu. It takes about two weeks for the vaccine to provide protection against influenza. "Some cases of influenza have been reported in the district, so anyone wishing to reduce their risk for influenza should receive their vaccine promptly," reports Dr. Robert Schirmer, medical director for the Barry-Eaton District Health Department. To schedule a vaccination, please call (517) 541-2660 (Eaton) or (269) 945-9516, exten- sion 129 (Barry). The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times lead to death. Flu viruses spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with the flu. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccination each fall. Symptoms of the flu include: • Fever (usually high) • Headache • Extreme tiredness • Dry cough • Sore throat • Runny or stuffy nose • Muscle aches • Stomach symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea Annual influenza vaccination is an important public health measure to reduce the effects of seasonal influenza, which infects 5% to 20% of the population and contributes to 200,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. The influenza virus usually changes each season, so a new vaccine is created each year. Because the demand was less than anticipated this year the Health Department has about 1500 doses of surplus influenza vaccine that must be used before it expires. between Hastings and Middleville. The kickoff is open to the public. There will be two shifts of volunteers’ available, morning (9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.) and afternoon (1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.) A lunch will be provided for each participating volunteer. “A wide variety of projects are needed! Your project and how you organize it should be carefully thought out. Please try to use the entire time available. Remember, these volunteers want to help you and have taken time off work to do so. Plan your project carefully and ensure you have all the necessary supplies available on the day. Be creative,” the press release said. Completed project descriptions with an Extreme Community Makeover Grant application should be submitted no later than April 15. For more information, call the United Way at 945-4010. Otis Sanctuary director to speak in Battle Creek program April 3 Tom Funke, resident manager of the Otis Sanctuary southwest of Hastings, will be speaking at a community-wide meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Lakeview Middle School Auditorium, 300 S. 28th St. in Battle Creek. Funke will talk about "Attracting Desirable Wildlife to your Backyard Garden." Also caretaker of Warner Sanctuary, Funke is employed as Director of Conservation Education at Binder Park Zoological Society in Battle Creek. He also teaches at Battle Creek’s Kellogg Community College and has affiliation with several dozen Associations and ecological groups. “While you may not be a skilled artist, there is a living canvas which you can personally adorn with real cardinals, bluebirds, deer and ducks – the landscape” so states Carrol Henderson in his book “Landscaping for Wildlife.” This book is recommended by Funke, who uses an ecological approach in his many efforts to support wildlife. “We all can create landscapes with many plant species and hardscape to support an abundance of beautiful wildlife,” he said. Funke will discuss the four basic needs of wildlife — food, water, shelter and space. He will share ecological concepts necessary to fulfill the major habitat needs of specific wildlife. He will even touch on what can be done on farmland to provide for wildlife. Tom Taft, Master Gardener and chairman of the event, said the presentation will have a break midway and audience members will have an opportunity to jot down their specific questions for Funke to cover at the end of the evening. Funke has received numerous awards and recognition. In 1995, he received the Thirty Under Thirty award, which recognized thirty residents of the Battle Creek area under the age of 30 for being achievers in the community. His latest award was presented by Western Michigan University for Outstanding Achievement. Funke has many published articles and currently is researching a publication method for four books he has written. He also has a weekly column in the Battle Creek Enquirer. The Calhoun County Master Gardener Association is sponsoring this annual com- Tom Funke munity-wide meeting. It is not a fund raiser and the group is attempting to recoup their expenses in presenting this program to the public. The cost per person is $10. Tickets can be reserved by sending a check to CCMGA, c/o Leila Arboretum Society, 928 W. Michigan, Battle Creek, MI 49017. Please include name, address and phone number. Tickets will be held for pickup at the door the evening of the event. Tickets are also being sold at the Leila Arboretum Society office, Springfield Landscape Materials, 200 N. 20th Street, at Spring Fever at the Lakeview Square Mall, the Farm Bureau at 295 Hamblin, and Lakeview Card and Gift, 100 E. Columbia Ave. Drawing for door prizes will be made throughout the evening. The book “Landscaping for Wildlife” will be available to purchase. For more information, contact Tom Taft, chairman of the event, at 781-3245 or tquared27@earthlink.net �Page 4 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner We are not all racists in Barry County IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Talk to lawmakers about library cuts To the editor: Please contact State Senator Patty Birkholz at (517) 373-3447 or www.senate.mi.gov/Dist24, and State Rep. Brian Calley at (517) 373-0842 or house.michigan.gov/rep.asp?DIST=087 and support your local library against cutbacks in funding support. The recent announcement in the governor's proposed budget for 2007/08 calls for a 50% reduction in state aid for libraries. This means that, if passed, next year public libraries and the cooperatives will receive half the amount in state aid than was received this year. For public libraries, which depend on state aid for approximately 4% to 5% of their budgets, some cuts will occur. For Woodlands Library Cooperative, a 50% cut in state aid means a 49% cut in total income for WLC. Basically every service we offer will be cut or eliminated. We will have to use reserve funds to fund two-day delivery. Inter-library lending outside of the cooperative would disappear and workshops would have to be self funding. It's also important that you tell legislators about the impact the cuts have on the library user, including reduced delivery, programming, children's services, and summer reading. It is important for each library as a institution, as well as trustees, staff and Friends to contact their legislators and let them know the impact this proposed cut will have on the local library and how the library is also impacted by the cut at the cooperative. How Michigan's library cooperatives save libraries money (in millions of dollars): • Print materials — $29.85, savings of $13.14(44%). • Non Print — $8.04, savings of $2.43(30%). • Interlibrary Loan — $1.98, saavings of $14.9(751%). • Workshops — $.004, avings of $0.4(1000%). Total Savings of $30.85 million. Ed Elsner, administrator, Delton District Library We must confront hatred, racism To the editor: I found Donald Johnson’s letter to the editor last week, “Accused killer at EMU deserves end of rope” quite disturbing. Mr. Johnson apparently is using a local tragedy as an opportunity to air his intolerant views of blacks, Mexicans and Jews. His opinion that Africans were better off under white rule should have been kept to himself, as well his comments about the so-called Mexican invasion. As a Jew, I was particularly offended by the statement about how U.S. Senator Carl Levin’s Jewish head was going to come rolling off. My grandparents’ families perished in Europe as a result of virulent anti-Semitism. They themselves managed to escape genocide by emigrating to the United States, where they would not be persecuted on the basis of race, religion or national origin. It was frightening for me last week to read a hate-filled letter such as Johnson’s in the heartland of America. I had a lengthy conversation with David Young, the editor of the Banner, questioning him why he allowed this newspaper to be the vehicle for this kind of racist commentary. He gave me two reasons. First, he said Mr. Johnson has a constitutional right to express his views, regardless of how offensive they may be. Secondly, Mr. Young held that publishing the letter would enable people to see that bigotry is endemic to Barry County, and no matter how ugly prejudice can be, we must face it, expose it for what it really is and confront it. So I was planning to to stuff Mr. Johnson’s hate message into the garbage and pretend I never saw it. However, instead, I’ve decided to tell him just what I think and keep his letter in a place where I’ll never forget it. Dr. Michael Callton, Chairman, Barry County Board of Commissioners Letter was filled with hate and racism To the editor: I feel compelled to express my indignation and disgust regarding the letter you published last week containing blatantly racist comments. These comments reflect the thought process of someone in 1957, not 2007. Our local paper should not provide a forum for the expression of such ignorant and inflammatory comments, and the editor should do his job by eliminating these types of comments which reflect poorly on all of the rest of us who do not share such hateful views. My dictionary defines "edit" as the act of deciding what is to be printed, according to a publication's policy. I would suggest that the ugly ideas expressed in this letter should never again be allowed in our paper, and your policies should prohibit publication of such views. It is bad enough that we are regularly exposed to this person's ad hominem attacks on those members of our community who are working hard to make Hastings and Barry County a better place, but now we have to put up with this hateful drivel. The comments in that letter do not reflect the views of this community, and they do nothing to promote public discourse. Shame on you for printing them! James H. Fisher, Hastings To the editor: I was sickened and distressed over the letter Don Johnson wrote in the Banner last week. Laura Dickinson was an intelligent, lovely, woman who was loved by her family and was a delight to everyone she came in contact with. Laura will be missed every time we walk into the coffee house and realize she will never be there to crack a joke or just give us a nice smile. Mr. Johnson used the fact that an African American man is accused of murdering her to grace us all with racist commentary. If Orange Amir Taylor III indeed ruthlessly murdered the beloved daughter of the Dickinsons, this man is a monster, but he does in no way, shape or form represent the entire African American population. Living in Barry County and taking course at Grand Rapids Community College has given me something to think about. When I tell people where I come from, it is usually African Americans who tell me about what a racist place I live in. I was always appalled that someone would say that about the place I love, where I proudly live. I have lived in Barry County for most of my life and at 35 years old, I’ve come to realize how sheltered my life really has been. Barry County primarily has been white until a couple of years ago, but I never really understood why. It’s troubling that Mr. Johnson and people like him have made us all look like ignorant rednecks. What message does this send to our children and surrounding communities? There was also a comment he made about the U.S. being invaded by Mexicans. He then made the comment "Jeb Bush is married to one." Married to what? Did Jeb not marry a The ‘Eagle’ has landed... in Iraq? To the editor: 1. The Garden of Eden was In Iraq. 2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization! 3. Noah built the ark in Iraq. 4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq 5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in southern Iraq! 6. Isaac's wife, Rebekah, was from Nahor, which is in Iraq! 7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq. 8. Jonah preached in Nineveh. This is in Iraq. 9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel. 10 Amos cried out in Iraq! 11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem. 12. Daniel was in the lions den in Iraq! 13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the Fiery Furnace!) 14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon, saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq. 15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq. 16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq. 17. The wise men were from Iraq. Halting immigrants: Proposed solutions To the editor: Illegal immigration appears to be problem that America’s vastly superior technology doesn’t seem to be able to cope with. Let me offer this solution... First of all, the Rio Grande seems to be a naturally formed border with Mexico to start with. How about we build a fence on the northern side and then do the following: Fill the river with massive numbers of alligators, crocodiles, pirrhana fish, rattle snakes, cottonmouths, Gila monsters, coral snakes, scorpions, poison oak, poison sumac and poison ivy, punji pits with stakes, land mines here and there, wild pit bull terriers, a couple of swift patrol boats, poisonous snails that bite you and then you die, and then a noman’s land with another fence and a couple of sheriffs on the other side. A few months in the Maricopa jail system ought to make believers out the hombres if the perils of the Rio Grande don’t. If George W. Bush needs cotton pickers that badly, let him employ America’s children of the elite. Pay them a fair wage and teach them the meaning of work. And let them develop some real character. Maybe someday they might even join the military! Scott Smith, Delton Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. human being? Does Mr. Johnson mean that if you are not white you don’t deserve to be considered a human being? Mr. Johnson also claimed that African–Americans have not invented or contributed to America’s advancement. This also smacks of more racist ignorance. As some of us know from having kids in school, February was Black History Month, when we were given a world of information to disprove Mr. Johnson’s assertions. I have included just a couple black inventors with this letter in an attempt to prove Mr. Johnson wrong: • Benjamin Bradley inventor. Born: 1830? A slave, Bradley was employed at a printing office and later at the Annapolis Naval Academy, where he helped set up scientific experiments. In the 1840s he developed a steam engine for a war ship. Unable to patent his work, he sold it and with the proceeds purchased his freedom. • Thomas L. Jennings inventor. Born: 1791. Birthplace: New York, N.Y. A tailor in New York, Jennings is credited with being the first African American to hold a U.S. patent. The patent, which was issued in 1821, was for a dry-cleaning process. • Frederick McKinley Jones inventor. Born: 1892. Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio. An experienced mechanic, he invented a selfstarting gas engine and a series of devices for movie projectors. More importantly, he invented the first automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks (1935). Jones was awarded more than 40 patents in the field of refrigeration. • Lewis Howard Latimer inventor. Born: 1848. Birthplace: Chelsea, Mass. Latimer learned mechanical drawing while working for a Boston patent attorney. He later invent- 18. Peter preached in Iraq. 19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq. And you have probably seen this one: Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq! However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated with it than Iraq. And this is something to think about: Since America is typically represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim passages... The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible) Koran (9:11) — For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair, still more rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace. (Note the verse number!) Frederick G Vander Weele, Delton Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! What book would you recommend? March is Reading Month in schools throughout the area. This week the Public Opinion question is “What book do you remember reading that you would recommend to someone to read?” ed an electric lamp and a carbon filament for light bulbs (patented 1881, 1882). Latimer was the only African-American member of Thomas Edison's engineering laboratory. These facts can be verified at infoplease.com or by just doing a search online for black inventors I challenge all citizens of Barry County to let Mr. Johnson know in no uncertain terms that we are a community of tolerance and we are all above his values and not ignorant racists. Kristi Holm, Nashville Hatred and slander not worth reading To the editor: This is in response to last week’s letter in the Banner about Laura Dickinson. This letter was difficult to even read because of the hatred in it. The members of the Dickinson family are wonderful people. They are strong, courageous, kind and loyal people of faith, and are valued by everyone who knows them. None of them deserve to be criticized in any way during this time of shock and deep personal grief. They deserve our respect and love, and most of all, they deserve privacy. Also, the writer made racist statements that are totally out of place. The person responsible for this terrible crime should be convicted and sent to prison for life. It's wrong to vilify an entire race of people for the actions of some. I think it could safely be said that the majority of murders in the entire world, not to mention genocides, are committed by men. Would anyone say that all men are evil or should be locked up to prevent crime? Of course not. I have to question the Banner’s editorial policy in printing such a letter. Freedom of the press is crucial, but hatred and slander are never worth reading. Linda Ervin, Hastings Hateful, bigoted talk inappropriate To the editor: I'm writing this not in response to Donald Johnson's letter to the editor, but to make it clear that those who put last weeks Banner together should be ashamed of themselves. The published letter allowed this man to use Laura Dickinson's death as a platform to promote his racial and bigoted slurs. I find this appalling. the Dickinson family is going through something that not one of the rest of us has gone through. There is no reason to allow a light to be shown on this man while the Dickinsons grieve the senseless loss of their daughter and sister There are extreme religious groups that use the funerals of soldiers to protest the war, I find this unforgivable. I compare this editorial to those people. They have no respect for the dead or their families. 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Then came the shocking news more than two months later that indeed she was a murder victim. Authorities are to be commended for their diligence in making an arrest, but it seems cruel that Laura’s family had to spend two months wondering what really happened until the awful truth finally was revealed. Ask any parent, and he or she will tell you it doesn’t get any worse than losing a child, and when circumstances like this arise, it is even more painful. Angry reaction to the news has been understandable, but sometimes inappropriate and reckless. Some have risen to the occasion by giving the Dickinson family a kind word or a little tender loving care and support in their darkest hours. Yet others sadly have used this tragedy to advance the cause of hatred, revenge and racism. It is most unfortunate that Laura’s accused killer is a young black man, fanning the flames of racial hatred which has cursed this country for too many years, and judging by some public and private comments about this case, is still alive and well in 21st century America. Too many of us seem to be naive enough to believe issues of black and white somehow were settled by the Civil War 140 years ago and by the civil rights movement 40 years ago. Unfortunately, ugly passions still linger, and there are misguided notions that an entire race of black men are intent on raping and killing white women. The biggest difference these days, it seems, is that the venom has been taken out of the public arena and relegated to the dark recesses of the underground. But it exists and persists nonetheless. If indeed Orange Amir Taylor III is Laura’s killer, it is my fervent wish that he never enjoys freedom again, that he live in hopeless darkness and despair for the remainder of his life as punishment. If he is guilty of this ghastly crime, he does not deserve to walk among the rest of us ever again. For if he is guilty of this murder and rape, as he has been charged, he is a predator and prisons are the perfect places for such subhumans. However, remember the crucial word “if.” We must be certain by giving Taylor a fair trial because a civilized society does not shoot first and ask questions later. We must allow the criminal justice system to work rather than round up the local vigilantes and stage a necktie party. There have been too many incidences brought to light in which people have been accused, convicted and executed for crimes they did not commit. And when that happens, we become the barbarians willfully and wrongly taking lives. Furthermore, it serves no useful purpose to call attention to the color of the accused’s skin. If Taylor would have been a white man, we wouldn’t even be hearing or reading the comments that have surfaced of late. The danger I see here is that we jump to charge an ethnic group by branding them as evil, knowing there are individuals in all groups that can give the whole group a bad name. Today, if you were traveling on an airline and experienced trouble and there was a Muslim on board, many people would suspect you as the possible perpetrator, rather than waiting for the evidence to convict the real criminal. It just goes to show you we haven't come a long way in the last 100 or so years. We need to be concerned about our fellow human beings and their rights no mattered what they look like or the color of their skin, for color is not a reason for conviction. Yet throughout this entire ordeal, I have been particularly impressed with the rock steady, solid Christian behavior of Laura’s father, Bob. While others have been screaming for revenge and trying to turn this horror story into something even worse, Bob Dickinson consistently has demonstrated a clear-headed, rational and compassionate reaction. While some big-time media types have tried to bait him with questions about his opinion of Taylor, he has refused to join them in the gutter by saying he’s not sure how he feels because the entire story has not yet been told. It’s one thing to talk about faith, like so many do, but it’s much tougher to demonstrate it during the most trying of times. The Laura Dickinson story is one of the most tragic we have ever written about at the Hastings Banner, a story of a bright, attractive, energetic and polite young woman whose life was snuffed out way before her time. Yet in the middle of this horrible and depressing darkness I’ve found a glimmer of light in the faith and sense of righteousness and justice shown by Bob Dickinson and his family. If anyone has the right to call for the gallows, it’s him, yet he quietly and steadfastly insists that justice be done. Which means he takes his faith very seriously. So while I, like so many others, grieve the loss of such a beautiful and promising young woman, I feel a little better when I think of her family members, who apparently not only talk about their faith, but practice it, even when the greatest challenge of all is presented to them. I hope we all can learn a lesson here — something good must arise out of the ashes of tragedy and hatred. “We are each burdened with prejudice, against the poor or the rich, the smart or the slow, the gaunt or the obese. It is natural to develop prejudices. It is noble to rise above them.” — Unknown The issue that wasn’t The news was welcome last week that the wetlands issue has been cooled down considerably. A well-meaning small group of people apparently was working on a draft of a proposed wetlands ordinance for areas between one and five acres. This would have come on the heels of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality putting together regulations for such lands of five or more acres. A new, tougher and stricter local ordinance would have been greeted by massive public opposition from people who believe the government somehow is in the business of land control. It probably would have been defeated soundly by the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission, even before it headed to the Board of Commissioners. This was a battle that didn’t need to be fought, and thank goodness it wasn’t. State regulations to protect most wetlands now are in place and it serves the public interest much better right now to let them work. I am grateful that cooler and more rational heads have prevailed. We have too many other serious issues to tackle in this state. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Wetlands ordinance not needed at this time To the editor: The Natural Resource Action Team (NRAT), a volunteer community group that grew out of the Vision 20/20 effort, has submitted to the Planning Commission a completed wetland ordinance with the recommendation that the ordinance not be implemented at this time due to recent changes in state wetland regulation law. Dr. Michael Callton, chairman of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, said, "What NRAT did on the wetlands ordinance was quite valuable even though it didn't culminate in an ordinance. It brought the discussion of wetlands to the center stage... and made us think. It was a well designed process that brought different views together in the same room. Because of this effort, I think that Barry County landowners have learned a lot on the subject of wetlands. I know that it's been quite a lesson for me. " The NRAT Committee volunteered to assist with the development of a wetland ordinance in support of the county's new master plan. NRAT was one of the many groups that provided input during the development of that plan. After the master plan was adopted, Williams and Works, the company that coordinated the development of the master plan, was hired by the county to rewrite current ordinances and develop new ordinances that meet the plan's objectives. A small grant was secured by NRAT to fund the creation of a wetland ordinance. Williams and Works began a review of existing ordinances in November 2006 and scheduled work to begin on the wetlands ordinance by NRAT in January 2007. A week before our meeting with the attorney we hired to draft the ordinance, we heard the state had changed the regulations on what wetlands are protected in counties with less than 100,000 in population. We continued with the ordinance development effort knowing Williams and Works had set a completion date of mid-March, but also worked on understanding the implications of the new law and the acreage it affected in Barry County." In 1979, Michigan passed the Wetlands Protection Act which, as administered by the Department of Environmental Quality, regulates certain activities in wetlands covered by the legislation. Wetlands that have regulatory protection under this act include wetlands of any size that are within 500 feet or connected to an inland lake, pond, river or stream. Wetlands that are five acres or larger, but not within 500 feet or connected to an inland lake, pond, river or stream were also protected, but only in counties with a population of more than 100,000. The Jan. 1 change in the state law removed the population requirement, which now provides protection to Barry County wetlands that are five acres or larger, but not within 500 feet or connected to an inland lake, pond, river or stream. With assistance from the County's Mapping Department, NRAT then tried to determine the number of acres of wetlands in Barry County that are less than five acres in size and therefore, not covered in the new law. It was estimated that approximately 4,500 acres of wetlands are less than five acres. This is 11% of the total estimated wetlands in Barry County of 40,762. Though this is a significant amount, NRAT believes that the number of unprotected wetlands does not justify the administrative cost of a separate ordinance at this time. "The value of wetlands is clear," said Jim Fish, member of NRAT and of the Four Township Water Resource Council, "but the committee understands the need to balance the benefits to the community of protecting wetlands versus the administrative costs of a local wetland ordinance and the impact on the rights of property owners. Wetlands are part of what make Barry County so special and provide the habitat that much of our wildlife depends upon, not to mention increasing property value and playing a vital role in protecting the quality of our groundwater." NRAT also feels there are other programs that are adding to the protection of wetlands such as the federal and state farm programs for agricultural land and conservation easements. NRAT members believe that continued vigilance by citizens in Barry County will be necessary to deter potential violators of wetlands protection regulations. "The DEQ has a big task in front of them to enforce wetland regulations," said Don Drummond, NRAT member. "We all must do what we can to help — we are their eyes and ears." Drummond explained that anyone with questions or concerns on wetland activities can call the local planning office at 269-9451290 or Derek Haroldson of the MDEQ in Grand Rapids at 616-356-0269. NRAT is coordinating a workshop with Haroldson for Barry County residents to explain the role of MDEQ in wetlands protection and to better understand the regulations. "I think the awareness this issue has raised with people on the value of wetlands in the county is wonderful," said Jim Coury, recently retired director of the Potawatomi RC&D and a member of NRAT. "The process wasn't always easy, but it was well worth it. We have a model ordinance that can be adopted by any township or the county at any time it is felt needed, and the community got involved in an important effort. Barry County is lucky to have people that care enough to get involved." Michelle Skedgell, Co-chair, NRAT Committee IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV We must stand up against puppy mills To the editor: We as a community should not tolerate or support the breeding of puppies for profit by anyone in these operations called “puppy mills.” Typically, puppy mills are found in remote areas away from the eyes of people because most people would find such places heartless and inhumane. Many of us think of our dogs as members of our family, not as livestock living their lives out as breeders locked in noisy, overcrowded pens with little shelter from the elements and little human contact. John and Suzette Jones who run a puppy mill they call Oakwold Kennels probably know how most people feel about the business they are in. They have been warned many times over the course of many years to reduce the number of dogs they have at their mill. I have watched them on TV crying over the fate of many of the Jack Russell dogs they breed and sell for hundreds of dollars each, after Barry County Animal control has required them to reduce the number of dogs at their puppy mill. Again, later this month, the Joneses will be given yet another opportunity to plead their case before Barry County officials. They will profess to love and provide the best of care for the hundreds of dogs that provide them their livelihood. These are dogs that are confined to small plastic dome shaped cages stacked side by side lining their back yard in a constantly noisy, highly stressful sad and pathetic life. Dogs that are not permitted to live a life out- side the cycle of breeding and producing litter after litter of puppies sold for large profits. This performance in front of Barry county officials will be yet again another well constructed drama for public consumption with pleading and tears produced in an effort to keep the puppy mill business going for yet another year. When is enough enough? Simply reducing the numbers of dogs suffering in their “care” is not enough by far. For many years the Joneses have been required by law to reduce the number of dogs in their business, yet they choose to disregard the laws of Barry County year after year. It is now time to end this charade. I hope Barry County officials will shut down the puppy mill and enact laws that prevent the formation of any future mills in Barry County. I support the actions of Barry County animal control officers who were faced with the unpleasant task of removing several dogs from the mill. Unfortunately, many of those animals had to be put down because of mange and other health problems. Again, it is up to all of us to take a stand for animals who cannot speak for themselves. Let us all remember how many hundreds of beautiful but unwanted dogs are euthanized each year here in Barry County and if you have room in your life for a dog companion adopt one from our local shelter instead of supporting breeding of dogs. Patricia Wilson, Middleville Racist letter full of codswollop To the editor: First of all, let me say that normally I don't read the letters to editor that take up more then one column because of my blood pressure. Anyway, the first paragraph of the multicolumn spread in last week’s Banner, a letter writer said the man accused of murdering a local woman should be hanged, caught my attention. What a load of codswollop, roughly translated, manure! This frequent writer has an opinion on everything and makes sure everyone knows it. If were as prejudiqed as he apparently is, I’d hide my head in shame, certainly not broadcast it. What I think is that the Banner should review its practice of printing every letter no matter how inflammatory (including my letters when I go off on a tangent) because it's difficult enough to live in this crazy world without looking for problems. And I don't need to be reminded of our right to free speech. My prayers are with the family here in Hastings who have lost their daughter. Thank you, Lord, that she knew Jesus as her Savior. Helen Plaunt, Hastings Foot care clinic needed for seniors To the editor: I, as well as many other senior citizens, have a need. It’s called the Barry County Health Department Foot Clinic. For years we’ve had one in Hastings, but no longer do. During World War II, I was a flying officer, so I was in pretty fair shape physically. But now I will soon be 82 years of age, live alone, and am no longer able to perform many of the needed physical tasks I once did. We have a beautiful large health department building (where past clinics took place) in the community, so space should not be a problem. The past services consisted mainly of cutting toenails, bathing and massaging the feet for better circulation and other problems. Many seniors attended it every other month, and paid their $20 service charge. I’m certain that some of the taxes I now pay help with the salaries and services of the personnel and its director. If the clinic isn’t necessary, let’s make it useful for a different government office. This, I pray doesn’t happen. Our senior citizens have a need. Let’s bring the clinic back. Barry County needs its senior citizens clinic. The need is there, the building is there, the personnel are well trained and able, and we still pay our taxes for these services. Let’s look forward to the return of the “foot clinic.” It’s needed! John DeBroux, Hastings Johnson wrote what others think To the editor: In reference to the letter last week by Donald W. Johnson of Middleville, I would like to buy him a cup of coffee. His letter says it all. He is saying only what a whole bunch of us are thinking. One of my favorite authors, William W. Johnstone, in his ashes series, says it the best: “When a person takes away more from the community then they contribute, then get rid of them. Period.” “If you kill, rape, molest a child, you die. If you drive drunk and kill someone, you die.” But we all know the hanky stomping, tissue shredding, lace pantied liberals, the take a punk to lunch bunch, say it isn’t the punks fault, it is society’s fault they turned out bad. Mr. Johnson had a lot of points and I believe he is right on them. So I say keep up the good work, people are supporting you. Steve Toman, Nashville More awful rantings from same letter writer To the editor: I am continually dismayed and disappointed that any letter sent by Donald Johnson is printed in a newspaper. What a bunch of incoherent and racists ramblings! In last week’s letter, he recommended lynching a black man accused of killing Laura Dickinson. I am sickened by this crime and the senseless taking of a beautiful life, but the man is due a fair trial. As a father of four daughters and a friend of the Dickinsons, I know how I feel about this man and would like to see capital punishment in our state, but he deserves a trial. Many black men were lynched in our history and many were innocent. There are many murderers in prison and they are many different skin colors Johnson contended there is no greater victory than taking a white woman and then proceeded to bash all blacks and interracial marriages. What a crock! In my Bible, God made man, all of them. There is only one human race — homosapiens. We all have identical genetic makeups just different expressions of the same genes. I have a gene for hair that expresses blonde while my neighbor has the identical gene that says brunette. I have a gene that says some melanin in my skin and someone else has the same gene that says more melanin. Does that make me better? Or them inferior? Does God love me more? What inventions have black men made to society? Good question, so I looked it up on the Internet. Pat Bath invented the cataract laser. Charles Bank the hydraulic jack. George Alcorn Jr. invented the mass spectrometer and owns eight patents on semiconductors as well as launch trajectories and orbital mechanics for Titan and Saturn missiles. Ben Banneker started the Farmers Almanac. There were thousands of men and women listed under the heading of black inventors. Now my question: What did Donald Johnson invent is he not as smart as a black man? As a doctor, I realize that our colleges need to take a wide and diverse range of students, not all based on test scores. Our passing a law banning affirmative action means that social problems can not be addressed properly. We need Hispanic doctors and dentists and lawyers and teachers to work in those communities. Black and Indian and Polish people to work in their communities. People tend to work and live in ethnic groups and we need to have a way to take care of all people. California passed the same law we did and now Stanford University is over 50% Asians because as a group they score 10 points higher than Caucasians on test scores. This creates social inequities. I looked up the word “edit” in the dictionary and the meaning is "to decide what is to be printed." I feel just because some idiot writes something it does not have to be printed. Stacey Garrison, Nashville �Page 6 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Senior Bible Study 9 a.m. Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Senior Coffee Fellowship, 9:30-11 a.m. & Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 2nd Thursdays of the month. Elva Mae Hynes HASTINGS - Elva Mae Hynes, age 80, of Hastings, died Sunday, March 4, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. Hynes was born on January 27, 1927 in Woodland Township, Barry County, the daughter of Roscoe and Nettie (Wheeler) Hynes. She was raised in the Woodland area and attended Woodland schools, graduating in 1944 from Woodland High School. She moved to Hastings in 1945, then to the Lansing area where she lived for over 50 years, returning to Hastings 3 1/2 years ago. She was employed by the State of Michigan in the Agriculture Department for over 30 years before her retirement. Elva enjoyed traveling, board and card games and especially visiting family and friends. Elva is survived by a son, Jim (Susan) Hynes of Virginia Beach, Va. Preceding her in death were her parents; brothers, Lyle, Don and Neil Hynes; sister, Marjorie Main. Visitation will be Thursday, March 8, 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Burial will be at Woodland Memorial Park in Woodland Township. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arthritis Foundation or American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). Jane D. Anderson GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group/Youth Sunday Practice. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday - Men’s Fellowship Breakfast. Next Monday - 7:00 p.m. Ministry Meeting. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings; 7:00 p.m. Women’s Bible Study. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9:00 a.m., Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. “An Evening With Mozart” has been rescheduled for March 18th at 7:00 p.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: BRIDGMAN - Jane D. Anderson, age 90, passed away March 4, 2007 at Woodland Terrace in Bridgman. A Celebration of Life Service was held at Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at the Kerley-Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Road in St. Joseph, with the Rev. Greg Prather officiating. Visitation was also held on Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the Todd Funeral Home, 805 N. Main Street, Rushville, IN with a Funeral Service at 7:30 P.M. with Rev. Phil Mitchell officiating. There was also a graveside service on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, OH with Rev. Phil Mitchell officiating. Memorials may be made to the Rush County Community Foundation c/o John Sam Anderson Scholarship Fund. Jane was born July 1, 1916 to Clark R. and Lela (Harner) Davis in Columbus, Ohio. Jane graduated from Ohio State University where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She also was a classmate of Olympic star Jesse Owens. She married John Sam Anderson on July 1, 1944 and shared 33 years of marriage. He preceded her in death in 1977. Jane will be missed as a mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother by her family. She leaves a strong and positive influence on them as well as the hundreds of students she taught middle school English and Choral Music during her thirty plus years of teaching. Jane is survived by her son, J.C. (Nancy) Anderson, Stevensville MI; her daughter, Judy Anderson, Hastings MI; two grandchildren, Sue (Dr. John) Marohn and Doug Anderson; two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Jacob Marohn. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents. Those wishing to share a memory, condolences or sign the guest book on-line may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com <http://www.starks-menchinger.com/> . WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings Dolores J. Sheridan CHEMICAL BANK Member F.D.I.C. THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Dolores J. Sheridan, age 76, of Hastings, died on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. 77510528 Ena L. Johnson HASTINGS - Ena L. Johnson, age 86, of Hastings, died Sunday, March 4, 2007 at Hillside Acres Adult Foster Care in Hastings. Mrs. Johnson was born on February 9, 1921 in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, the daughter of Lowell and Ethel (Hecker) Jarrard. She was raised in Maple Grove Township and attended the Norton School. She was married to Robert H. Johnson on October 1, 1937. Ena lived primarily on the farm on Brogan Road near Hastings for many years. She was employed in the housekeeping department at Pennock Hospital for 25 years. She was a member of Cedar Creek Bible Church, also attended the Vermontville Bible Church and enjoyed flower gardening. Mrs. Johnson is survived by her daughters, Elaine (David) Gohl of Marcellus and Judy (Rick) Aspinall of Hastings; son, Vern (Janet) Johnson of Curtiss, Wisconsin; six grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; sisters, L.T. Weeks of Hastings and Jonni Burkett of Eaton Rapids; sister-in-law, Mary Jarrard of Nashville; nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Robert in 1981; brothers, Clayton, Casey and Lawrence Jarrard; sisters, Thelma Cunningham, Therma Eddy, Ila Gray and Iza Elliston-Decker. No funeral home visitation. Family will receive visitors at the church one hour prior to service time and at a luncheon at the church following services. Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2007 at Cedar Creek Bible Church with Pastors Brent Branham and Daniel Smith officiating. Burial will be at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). Russell G. Makley HASTINGS - Russell G. Makley, age 78, of Hastings died Saturday, March 3, 2007 at Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Mr. Makley was born May 1, 1928 in Woodland Township, Barry County, the son of Guy and Genevieve (Hynes) Makley. He was raised in the Woodland area and attended school there, graduating in 1946 from Woodland High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from October 17, 1950 until his honorable discharge in October 1952, having earned the rank of Corporal. He was married to Ardis E. Bunker of June 24, 1960. He has lived at his last address on East State Road in Hastings since 1961. He was employed at E.W. Bliss Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1983. He worked night security for Norton and Pinkerton’s Security Service for several years after. Russ enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, traveling, camping, snowmobiling, and quad riding. He bowled in leagues and was an accomplished marksman. His favorite hobbies included attending tractor shows and tinkering with his John Deere tractors. He enjoyed Indy and NASCAR racing. Member of the N.R.A., A.A.R.P. and the American Legion. Mr. Makley is survived by his wife, Ardis; daughters, Ellen (Sam) Philo of Hastings and Lynette Thompson of Hudsonville; son, Robert (Amy) Makley of Hastings; grandchildren, Jamie Roobol (Philo), Andrea and Amanda Philo, and Anthony Makley; brother, Vernon (Vivian) Makley of Woodland; sister, Melva Shook of Woodland; nieces, nephews and cousins. Preceding him in death were his parents; brother-in-law, Harold Shook; half siblings, Lloyd and Lenora Makley, Blake and Doris Makley, Von and Marlea Makley; Merl and Marie Rairigh, Paul and Fredia Desgranges, Malcomb Makley and Earl Lester Makley. Services were held Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Pastor Daniel Currie officiating. Burial was at Woodland Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or American Diabetes Association. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). Dorothy M. Frye WATERVILLE, NY – Dorothy M. Frye of Waterville, New York, formerly of Hickory Corners, passed away March 6, 2007. Dorothy was born on October 9, 1930, in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Otis and Martha (Cocerham) Loop. She was a former member of the Salvation Army. Dorothy’s passions were her grandchildren, attending garage sales and auctions. On December 30, 1950, she married Richard H. Frye, and he preceded her in death on February 24, 1988. Dorothy is survived by daughters, Pam Corwin and Cindy Frye; a son, Roger (DeAnn) Frye; a sister, Evelyn (Dale) Sherod; grandchildren, Jamie and Jason Corwin, Avonlea, Silas, Bethany and Micah Frye; and several nieces and nephews. Dorothy was also preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Margaret Hickman; and a granddaughter, Mara Frye. The family will receive friends Monday, March 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the WilliamsGores Funeral Home, Delton, where funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 11 a.m. Interment at Hickory Corners Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or to Hospice will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Marielle A. Cousins DELTON - Marielle A. Cousins of Delton, passed away February 28, 2007. Marielle was born on March 19, 1964, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Richard and Carol (Sims) Cousins. Marielle was a postal service worker at the East Leroy post office. She loved flowers, gardening, her pets, knitting, sewing, snow skiing, and swimming. On May 14, 2002, she married Scott Noethe, who survives. Other members of her family include: her parents Richard and Carol Cousins of McCordsville, IN; step children, Kelsey and Joseph Noethe of Lawton; brothers, Matthew Cousins of Shirley, IN, and Michael (Dyana) Cousins of West Branch, IN; sisters, Maureen (Bruce) Baroch of Hickory Corners, Merrilee (Guy) Blay of Victoria, Australia, Melody (Steve) Brown of Big Bay, and Michele Cousins of McCordsville, IN; her father and mother-in-law Herman and Eunice Noethe of New London, MN; her two special friends that she baby sat, Sammy and Jack Baker; nieces and nephews, Amanda Baker, Quinn Blay, Casey Blay, Dana, Arizona, Toby, Alexander, Brett and Justin Cousins; several aunts and uncles. A Memorial Service was conducted Monday, March 5, 2007, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, Pastor Len Davis, officiated. Memorial contributions in Marielee’s memory may be given to the Delton Women’s Center. Arrangements by: Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Dale L. Emmons BELLEVUE - Dale LeRoy Emmons, age 73, of Bellevue, died February 27, 2007 with his sister and friends at his side at Marshall Nursing and Rehabilitation Community. Dale is survived by his daughters, DaLona Emmons of Michigan, Melissa Roubos of Holland; adopted son, Preston Emmons of Kalamazoo and his sister, Joyce Miller of Bellevue. Graveside services took place Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Dowling Cemetery with Chaplain Richard Lee officiating. The family is being served by Shaw Funeral Home, Lehman Chapel, Bellevue. www.shawfuneralhome.com �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 7 Jean Ellen Shapley Ronald E. Brandli NASHVILLE - Jean Ellen Shapley, age 35 of Nashville, died Sunday March 4, 2007 at her residence after a long battle with cancer. Jean was born on August 4, 1971 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of James R. and Kathryn A. (Davis) Shapley. She attended Maple Valley High School in Nashville. Jean was the long time partner of Paul Neal, son of JoAnn (Bill) Beachnau,they have two sons, Paul James Neal age 16 and Dillon Colt Neal age 3. Also surviving is her mother, Kathy Shapley of Hastings; grandmother, Alice Davis; sister, Rebecca (Joseph) Olcheske; niece, Berlin Olcheske and nephew, Lane Olcheske; aunt, Joan (Dick) Spitzar, uncle, Robert (Bette) Shapley and many cousins. Jean loved doing beadwork, especially making dream catchers. She had a never ending passion for her kids and her dogs. Paul and Jean had a commitment ceremony at the Lacks Cancer Center in Grand Rapids, she was baptized in the hospital by Pastor Clayton Garrison of the Assembly of God Church in Hastings. She fought her cancer with grace, dignity and immense courage. Jean was a heroine to her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, James Shapley on December 26, 2006; her grandparents, Marcus and Ellen Shapley, Milo Davis, and a uncle, Donald Shapley. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 12:00 noon at the VFW Post #8260, 304 S. State in Nashville. Pastor Clayton Garrison will officiate. The family would like to thank Paul’s sisters, Mary (Rich) Kibbey, Dawn Neal, Jean’s special friends, Lisa, Tammy, Darcie, Jackie, Christy, and Barb as they have helped her through this difficult time. Memorials can be made to Paul Neal for the continuing care of their children, Dillon and Paul. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). DELTON - Ronald E. Brandli of Delton went to be with his Lord on March 4, 2007, in Hastings. Ron was born on October 23, 1928, in Battle Creek, the son of Emil and Laura (Price) Brandli. As a young man, he was an avid model plane enthusiast and still holds the national record for class A free flight. He also boxed Golden Gloves, and served in the National Guard. Ron was a graduate of Western Michigan University with a degree in Vocational Education, and taught for two years in the Battle Creek School System. He also worked as a gunsmith, a machinist, mechanic and was a supervisor for machine repair at Kellogg’s for 17 years. Over the years, Ron owned Brandli Excavating and dug many of the area ponds, channels and lakefronts, a millwright service, a snowmobile shop, as well as Brandli Oil Inc. and Hope Oil Companies. An outdoorsman that loved to hunt, fish, and race snowmobiles, he was always first to get his buck on opening day, taking 55 deer over the years, along with moose, elk, mule deer, antelope and bear. On April 14, 1951, he married Margery Chase, who survives. Other family members include sons Mark (Dawn) Brandli, Kurt Brandli of Delton; brother Duane Brandli of Florida; sister Harriet Johnson of Battle Creek; granddaughter Sommer (Nathan) Fidler; and great-grandchildren Eli and Esther Fidler, all of Clayton. Ron was preceded in death by his parents and brother Kenneth. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 1 p.m. at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Pastor Nathan Fidler will officiate. Interment will take place at Cedar Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Nancy Louis Miller 1972 at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Oliver of Freeport. They have two sons, Joshua and Isaac and five grandchildren. Cards may be sent to 891 Hammond Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 Baylors to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Richard and Lois Baylor are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner. Richard J. Baylor and the former Lois A. Morse were married March 9, 1957 at the Faith United Methodist Church of Delton. Their children and spouses are Rick and Sophie Baylor of Ipswich, England; Kristy and Wade Lester of Delton. They have four grandchildren, Alexandra and Isabelle Baylor, Bailey and McKenzie Lester. Mich. Merit exams to start March 13 Tuesday, March 13, and Wednesday, March 14, Hastings High School juniors will be taking the Michigan Merit Exam. There will be no school those two days for Hastings High School freshman, sophomores and seniors. Testing will run from 7:50 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, and from 7:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Regular bus transportation will be provided, and students will be provided with lunch. Monday, Thursday and Friday will be normal school days for all Hastings High School students. John and Cindy Winebrenner of Hastings, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Ann to Steven Scott Speckman, son of Bill and Carmela Speckman of Las Vegas, NV and Gary and Sandy Growden of Apple Valley, MN. Kim is a 2002 graduate of Faith Christian School in Lake Odessa and is currently employed at West Michigan Endodontist in Grand Rapids. Steven is a 2003 graduate of Eastview High School in Apple Valley, MN, and is currently employed at DMMI in Battle Creek. Steven and Kim will be united in marriage on April 14, 2007 at First Baptist Church of Hastings. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Hastings choral student literally believes ‘the show must go on’ by Megan Lavell Staff Writer One Hastings High School student has gone above and beyond the call of duty through his dedication to the high school’s musical production “42nd Street” and his achievements as a choir student. Hastings junior Kevin Taylor, 16, had his appendix removed Sunday, Feb. 25, and by the following Wednesday he was back to school and rehearsing for the play. “By Wednesday he was back on our stage giving us 100 percent of his energy and leadership,” said Hastings High School choir teacher Patti LaJoye. “It’s been very inspiring to the rest of us who whine.” “42nd Street” will be Taylor’s third Hastings High School musical. He also has been in three regular theatrical productions. Taylor does not just act in plays, however. Playing his part as a choreographer in “42nd Street,” Kevin Taylor shows other cast members how to dance. He also has been recognized for the second consecutive year at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. “It features the most talented high school musicians in the state,” he said. Taylor is a baritone singer. He had to go through three auditions to be invited to attend the festival. He also will travel to Kalamazoo with the Varsity Singers March 26 for a performance, as well as compete in the Heritage Festivals in Chicago May 4. Taylor’s next performance, along with several other Hastings High School students, will be “An Evening with Mozart” Sunday, March 18, at the First Presbyterian Church in Hastings. Choral instructor Patti LaJoye works with students (from left) Emily Benningfield, Kevin Taylor, Casey Johnson and Isaak Ramsey. These students are soloists from the kyrie from Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B Flat. The students will perform this piece at “An Evening with Mozart” at the First Presbyterian Church in Hastings Sunday, March 18. They will also perform their songs at a choir festival later this month. 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She was born on January 16, 1957 in Hastings, to Donald R. Tebo Sr. and Jacqueline L. (Dalman) (Tebo) Rayner. Nancy was married to Glen Lake Sr. which ended in divorce and later married Wayne R. Miller on December 29, 1997 in Tennessee. She loved spending time with her grandkids. She also enjoyed watching NASCAR races with her loving husband Wayne. Her favorite driver was Dale Earhart Jr. She also liked to go mushrooming in the spring and working in her garden. She enjoyed cooking, canning, playing golf. But the best game was playing pool. She loved to crochet and sewing. She was very good at everything she did. Nancy worked at Tick Tock, Mills Landing and Pennock Hospital. She is survived by husband, Wayne R. Miller; a daughter, April (Matt) Veith of Texas; stepchildren, Scott (Veronia) Miller of Hastings; Tammy (Darrell) Dilworth of Middleville and Diana Cook of Kalamazoo; father, Donald Tebo Sr. of Florida; mother, Jacqueline Rayner of Hastings; brother, Scott Tebo; 13 grandchildren; grandmother, Ellen Dalman; many aunts and uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her son, Glen Lake Jr.; brother, Donald Tebo Jr.; mother-inlaw, Martha M. Tyler; step-father, Elmer Rayner; grandparents, Linder and Zerepha Tebo and Eugene Dalman. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 4 p.m. at Confessions of Truth Ministries, Pastor Jane Woodmansee of Hastings, 307 S. Michigan Avenue, below H&R Block. Arrangements by Wren’s Funeral Home. Robert and Kathleen Smith to celebrate 35th anniversary Winebrenner-Speckman They were united in marriage on March 11, �Page 8 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Betrothed betrayal The local historical society meets at 7 p.m. tonight at the Freight House. The speaker will be Wayne Swiler, who will be showing pictures of a trip to Mexico. There will be reports on last month’s exhibit “A Step in Time” and discussion about plans for the toy and doll show coming Saturday, March 24. This will be third year for this show, so bring out your old toys and dolls, old or new, unique or common. Collections are welcome. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will met at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Freight House. The speaker will be the Rev. Mark Jarvie, whose topic will be the history of the First Congregational Church in Lake Odessa. It was the first church built in the new village. Another church was moved into town from Bonanza and another soon followed. In the early years the Congregational Church was used for high school graduations and for lectures, since it had the best auditorium in town, with opera seats as well. The Women's Fellowship of the First Congregational Church will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church dining room. The speaker will be Elyse Jackson from So Simply. The hostesses will be Doris McCaul and Irene Haskins. The Rev. Susan Olsen and husband Robert, as well as members of her Welcome Corners and Peace United Methodist Church attended a workshop on stewardship and evangelism at Lansing Trinity UMC. Members of Central UMC of Lake Odessa also attended. Bishop Jonathan Keaton was in attendance and spoke. Marilyn Garlinger returned home on Sunday from a two months visit with her son and family in North Carolina. Henry and Beulah Beland, along with granddaughter, Becky, and husband Stacey Cole left last week for a late visit to Florida. With colleges having early spring break, many local students are on southern trips for leisure or for work in service-related college sponsored trips. Phil and Betty Shetterly along with friends from Holland attended a sheep conference at Columbus Ohio last week. Weather made the news again last week with strong winds, blowing snow, drifted roads following days of freezing rain and icy roads. Hours of sunshine were welcome, even on the miserably cold days. School was closed here on Monday. Ted and Phylis Armstrong returned home Sunday, Feb. 25, following the funeral of their son, Theodore Armstrong Jr., in Vineland, N.J. St. Edward’s will have the second fish dinner of the Lenten season Friday evening, March 9. Serving will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Girl Scouts will be selling their famous cookies Saturday, March 10, at Carl's Supermarket from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central UMC will be host for another soup lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10. This is a free meal. Our neighbors to the northwest, the Boston-Saranac Historical Society, will be holding their annual beef or chicken stew dinner Thursday afternoon and evening, March Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE Other than trying to eat right and exercise, what else should I be doing to maintain good health? Eating right and exercising is a great start. If you could do just that, you would be ahead of the game. Keeping a regular check on your health, like regular maintenance on a car, will allow you to make small simple changes along the way so as to avoid big disasters later in life. First, and probably foremost, checking and controlling your weight, blood pressure and cholesterol will dramatically reduce your risk of heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, kidney disease, and eye disease and circulation problems. If there is diabetes in the family, monitoring your blood sugar will also be important. Making sure your vaccinations are up to date would also be a smart move. The important ones for adults would include Tetanus and diphtheria, Pneumococcal (pneumonia), Influenza (flu) and Hepatitis (for patients at high risk of exposure to hepatitis). Cancer screening would include Pap smears (for cervical cancer), mammograms (for breast cancer), colonoscopies (for colon cancer) and PSA (for prostate cancer). Your risk of skin cancer can be reduced by limiting your exposure to the sun and report any unusual skin changes to your doctor. Checking for osteoporosis after menopause in women, Tuberculosis testing for high risk patients as well as vision and hearing testing are a few other worthwhile screens. Hopefully it goes without saying that you should also stop using any form of tobacco, alcohol or any recreational drugs. The frequency of the above screening is generally annually and more often if problems are found. Your doctor will be able to tell you what will be best for you. 15, at the Saranac High School cafeteria, with serving from 5 to 7 p.m. There is a separate menu for children. Price is $6 for adults and $3 for children under age 10. The facade project off downtown Lake Odessa continues. The upper windows of the Scheidt Hardware building have been replaced with decorative panes to match those of the Licari building. Some of the hardware windows had been covered in past years by wooden panels. The Hair Port building in the 900 block of Fourth Avenue is a beauty. The waiting area has seat cushions bearing an anchor design. The walls have a series of Jordan Lake views. Elsewhere the walls have nautical scenes. The new mirrors resemble portholes. The ceiling has been raised to resemble the interior of a luxury liner. MDOT to have public meeting in Barry Twp. A public information meeting on the 2007 M-43 Delton reconstruction project will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 East Orchard St., Delton. Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) officials and community representatives are expected to be on hand to talk about the project. The project consists of reconstructing M43 from Bush Street to Delton Road in Barry Township, construction of a center left turn lane from Bush Street to Delton Road, intersection improvements, curb and gutter, drainage improvements and streetscape. This open house will provide an opportunity for the public to meet with MDOT staff and ask questions about the upcoming work. For more information, call (269) 6235171. Dems implement Calley’s call for health reforms Michigan House Democrats earlier this week unveiled a sweeping plan to end free lifetime health care coverage for new state lawmakers, five days after Rep. Brian Calley proposed the same reforms in a newspaper column. In his regular bi-weekly column that appears in the Banner, Calley lobbied for an end to free lifetime health care benefits for state lawmakers. Currently, lawmakers who serve six years in the state House receive free lifetime health care benefits once they reach age 55. “It’s an outrage that lawmakers would receive such a Cadillac-style health care package after serving the people for only six years,” said Calley, R-Portland. “This is unheard of outside of the political arena. I am honored House leadership supported my reform initiative. Who knows, maybe House Speaker Dillon reads the Hastings Banner?” Under law, the health care benefit reform can only take place for new lawmakers in 2008. Current lawmakers also will be required to pay more in health care premiums. “As Michigan families continue to struggle, state lawmakers certainly must make sacrifices as well,” Calley said. “The Democrats have taken a good first step in reforming the way state-funded employees are paid and compensated.” Dear Annie: During 33 years of marriage, my husband seldom, if ever, removed his wedding ring. However, during the past four months, I've noticed it's off a lot more than it's on. I've discovered it in his jewelry box, the glove compartment of his car and, one day while doing laundry, it fell out of his shirt pocket. When I questioned him, he gave me vague responses like, "It felt loose," or "I took it off to do yard work." Like a foolish, trusting wife, I believed him. The other day I ran into one of his co-workers. "Denise" is very attractive, and they have worked together for many years. I don't know her well, only enough to make casual conversation. However, when I saw her, she seemed uncomfortable and very ill at ease. Then my whole world collapsed around me. She said, "I'm sorry to hear you are getting divorced soon." I told her she must be confusing us with another couple and that our marriage is stable and intact. She looked like she was going to be ill and made some excuse about being in a hurry, and off she went. Then it hit me. My husband must be having an affair with this woman. It explains everything. I need to confront my cheating husband because this is tearing me to shreds. I don't have a clue how to go about doing this. How do I begin? What do I say? My marriage is over, so please don't advise me to try counseling. The love and trust are gone. I just need to know how to bow out gracefully. -- Still Devastated Dear Devastated: We know the circumstantial evidence seems convincing, but be sure. Schedule a quiet, private moment with your husband, when you are calm, and say, "I saw Denise the other day, and she told me you want a divorce. When were you going to tell me?" This should open up a conversation, although it may not be the one you want. We still recommend counseling -- not necessarily to put your marriage back together, but to help you work through your anger and sense of betrayal so you can move forward. Good luck. Love from afar Dear Annie: I recently returned from a vacation where I visited a close friend whom I've known for a long time. While there, he told me he loved me. I have loved him for a few years, so I told him back. We spent the rest of the time there as a couple, but when I returned home, things changed. I think about him all the time, and he thinks of me, but how can there be a relationship if we are so far apart? I have been considering moving to his city and have saved money for it. Is it worth relocating for love? Is it worth changing everything about life for one person? -- Lost Between Places in British Columbia Dear Lost: Well, yes, if you truly love him and believe you have a future together. This kind of commitment requires a leap of faith, and either you are willing to risk it for him or you aren't. It might help to plan another vacation soon to make sure you are both on the same page and still feel the same. Don’t forget the vet Dear Annie: My best friend is a Korean War veteran who receives medical care at the VA hospital for his war-related injuries. Last Christmas, he received a handmade greeting card from a youngster. He treasures that card, and it holds a place of honor in his office. Even though he is a successful businessman and has a family, it made him feel like a million bucks to be remembered for his service and to know that young people are being taught about veterans. I hope that all those who send cards to our vets have a chance to know how much it means to the recipients. -Illinois Friend Dear Illinois: Every year on Valentine's Day, we ask our readers to send valentines to our veterans. Thank you for letting us know that such cards and good wishes are appreciated, no matter when they arrive. CHASE GEIGER IRONSIDE NOW INSURANCE AGENCY OFFERING: 129 Division St., P.O. Box 25, Freeport, MI 49325 And, of course, eat right and exercise routinely. (616) 765-3445 Fax (616) 765-3460 1-800-522-2919 Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. Small Town Friendly, Personal Service All Your Insurance Needs! 09539500 77510408 77510415 Sharing shower? Dear Annie: After Hurricane Katrina, my sister and her 13-year-old son moved into my home. I notice that when my sister takes a shower, her son goes into the bathroom and talks to her. I am horrified by this and feel it is wrong. I know nothing sexual is going on, but still, it's inappropriate. I confronted my sister, and she said I was just jealous because she and her son have such a close relationship. I told her I didn't want this to happen in my home ever again, but the very next day, the same thing occurred. I then reported this behavior to Child Protective Services. My sister told the social worker that after she had surgery many months ago, her son began helping her with her showers because she couldn't do it alone. The social worker told my sister that I was causing problems and she and her son should consider moving out. What do you think? -Concerned Brother Dear Brother: Of course your sister should not be showering with her 13-year-old son in the room, but your confrontational methods are not helping her reach this conclusion on her own. Instead, she becomes defensive. Sis needs to understand that it is not in her son's best interest for her to create such an intimate environment with a sexually developing boy who loves his mother. A caring parent puts her child's emotional needs first. You cannot force your sister to stop doing this, nor, apparently, is enough going on for the authorities to step in. Please back off a bit and talk to her calmly, explaining why this is harmful. You also should work on being a father figure to your nephew, which will encourage him to develop a healthier relationship with his mother. Boorish bashes Dear Annie: Last March, my husband and I took a two-week holiday to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was lovely except for one thing -spring break. I looked around in wonder as planeloads of college kids arrived. Who pays for these kids' vacations? If the answer is "their parents," shame on them! After the performances I saw at our hotel, I decided to enlighten these parents. Was that your lovely daughter who was so drunk she passed out and vomited in the hot tub and had to be pulled out by hotel security staff? Was it your son who was in such a drunken stupor that he had to be escorted to his room each time he entered the lobby? The bar staff will not serve alcohol to those who are too drunk, but their friends are happy to get them more booze. Bartenders also enforce rules about the number of drinks at a time, but nothing stops the kids from moving to the next bar. Every year, kids die from alcohol poisoning, drunk girls get sexually assaulted and worse. All this comes as no surprise to me anymore. -- California Adult Dear Adult: Many college kids consider drunken binges a rite of passage, and spring break tends to encourage such recklessness. Unfortunately, this behavior isn't likely to stop, even though it is dangerous. We only hope kids who are planning to behave stupidly will have a sober friend around to watch out for them. Don’t shop with men Dear Annie: I had to write after reading the letter from "Torrance, Calif.," who said women should stop taking men with them when they shop for clothes. Once, after spending untold hours watching my girlfriend try on clothes and offering my reluctant opinion (you can't win, guys), I took the biggest dress I could find, put it over my clothes and asked if it made my butt look big. She never took me shopping again. -- Bill Dear Bill: We wouldn't take you either. Thanks for the laugh. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The days and times of Irving Charlton, New Pension Rules Benefit 401(k) Beneficiaries Part 5 “The Collector of Relics” Harold J. Clark (left) was one of many who donated treasured relics to Irving Charlton (right) for the museum. Frank O’Brian lived in Portland had a machine shop. He had been an engineer for Buick Motor Car Co. many years ago. He traveled about the states and Mexico and collected guns and artifacts and relics. In the late 1940s, he would come and stay with Charlton in the stone house and they would go relic hunting. He was then in his 80s and drove a shiny Model T Ford sedan. After Irving sold the farms and moved over to the park in 1950, Mr. O’Brian would come and stay with him there. He would clean and work on guns, etc. He has many things in the museum, including a replica of an Aztec Ceremonial Stone. All of those years, 1936 to 1963, there was a steady influx of relics coming to the farm and later the park and museum. A year or two before Charlton passed away, there was a man Irving called “The Gyp” who made a business of going all over and finding relics, which he would sell to Charlton. His name I never heard, only Charlton saying, “Well here goes some more money, here comes The Gyp.” The last large amount of relics Charlton bought was from an old Centennial farm near Portland known as the Dell Northrup farm. I helped to get the machinery, grinding, cleaning, and elevating machines, a Fordson tractor, and several gas engines large and small. We loaded them in Robert Cappon’s truck, and his father, Cornell Cappon, helped. Both were members of the Steam Club and friends of us both. However, all through those years, neighbors and friends of Irving were giving him things for the museum as they were found, and as “Topsy” said, “it just growed.” In the 1940s, while I was operating Irving’s farms, he called me in the stone house and said, “Look at here, there is your barn roof.” He had given $600 for a collection of box after box of Indian artifacts, including arrows, spears, pestils and mortars, etc. I said, “Well, Irving,” it is your barn. If it starts to come in. I will try to be out of it.” However, he soon had Fred Lenington and crew reroofing the barn, but the relics always come first. He spent thousands and thousands of dollars to buy them from his own pocket. No county funds were used to buy relics. All money appropriated by the supervisors for operation of the park or improvements were paid through the Barry County Road Commission. There were some who thought he was getting rich from the park. If he had gotten a thousand dollars a week, he could have put it all back into it. After Mr. Charlton died and I built the fence around the shed and boarded up the museum’s windows, I did not go near the park for three and one-half years. I could not bear going in there knowing my old friend was no longer about. However, in December 1966, it became very necessary that I work for him once more and I did. The walnut tree episode got the park into the right group and under the right management and it is now being developed right. I am very pleased I helped Irving once more. Among the many interesting relics collected by Irving is the 1909 Buick automobile bought from the Winnie Dove estate or widow, who lived in Coats Grove. Mr. Winnie Dove had a garage and repaired automobiles in Coats Grove many years ago. The old grain separator was hauled from Cutterville near Grand Rapids in the 1940s on my rubber tired wagon running gear, behind his Ford automobile. The fancy enclosed chaise buggy with a separate seat for the driver and a speaking tube was owned by a lawyer many years ago in Charlotte. The Indian dugout canoes were taken out of Gun Lake many years ago. The “Oil Pull” tractor, and others, being a John Deere from the Coats family, have been restored in the years since Mr. Charlton died so I do not know the exact facts. The gas engine he used to run the machinery in his stone shop on the farm is there someplace, as is an engine he used for teaching purposes many years ago. In the early pioneer days of this county, as it began to be settled and towns built, one of the most important things to do was to build a rock, log and earthen dam on a creek or river to supply water power to run a flour, cornmeal and feed mill, as was done in Hastings, Nashville, Barryville, Morgan, Cedar Creek and many others. The sawmills would be built to saw the logs into lumber and timbers for houses, barns, etc. in this area there have been many sawmills later run by steam engines. Portable steam engines were moved to saw out barn jobs and some were more or less in a permanent location. My Great Uncle, Charley, and father, Edwin Mead, had a mill and threshing machine, cloves huller, beaner, and corn husker from 1900 to 1935. They sawed many barn jobs, among them, the William Cruttenden barn south of the park about two miles, Reeson Naylor’s barn north of the park, George Ragla’s barn near Coats Grove, and had the mill setup in George Coat’s woods many years ago and sawed many thousands of feet of lumber at Coats Grove. They also had the mill setup at Stony Point when I was born in 1919. Jim McPeck had a mill west of the Stony Point Church. He later moved it down near Mud Creek on State Road. Frank Price had a mill northwest of Nashville on Thornapple Lake Road. The Woodmansees have had mills around the Dowling area for many years. Harry, Ward and Ralph were all great steam engine enthusiasts and members of the Steam Engine Club. Charlton had a sawmill for a time at Indian Landing. For many years, 1927 to the 1950s, Orton and Wilda Endsley had a mill on the corner of State and Cogswell roads. They sawed lumber for all local people. Among them, of course, was Irving Charlton. However, as Irving always wanted to have his done first, he and Orton did not always agree. He did saw the lumber and timber for the museum and other related work. Mr. Endsley for many years bought local timber and sawed it into lumber and trucked it to Grand Rapids furniture factories, and three inch basswood timber to Holland to be made into wooden shoes. “Ortie,” as he is known, said to me recently, “I never made much money in the mill but I would never want to forget it and all the people who worked with and around me, and the people I met and done business with.” Mr. Endsley, now in his 80s, still does cabinet and carpenter work. The mills in this area are getting to be all a part of the passing scene. The museum and park have many relics of the early grinding mills and sawmills. Truly they were part of the Days and Times of Irving Charlton. As you're probably aware, the traditional pension plan has not fared so well in recent years. In fact, many large companies have frozen or discontinued their plans. Congress passed laws last year to strengthen pensions, but some other provisions of this legislation may interest you even if you don't have a pension - especially if you may be coming into an inheritance that includes a 401(k). And a 401(k) can be a sizable bequest. By the time many people retire, their 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan such as a 403(b) or 457(b) - may be their biggest single financial asset. Even if they died before depleting the funds in their 401(k) or other plan, they might still have a large chunk of money to pass on. It's never been much of a problem to leave this money to a spouse, who could roll the funds into an IRA. Once the money was in this IRA, the surviving spouse could continue enjoying the benefits of tax-deferred growth. However, non-spouse beneficiaries - such as children, grandchildren, siblings and domestic partners - did not have this luxury. When these beneficiaries inherited a 401(k) or other retirement plan, they were generally forced to take the entire balance within five years of the account owner's death - and some plans required them to take the payout as a lump sum within one year. These accelerated payments were likely to create what is euphemistically called a "taxable event." In plain English, this means that if you were a non-spouse beneficiary, you were likely to take a big tax hit after you inherited the 401(k) or other retirement plan. Now, however, things have changed, thanks to the new pension laws. Effective Jan. 1 of this year, if you are a non-spouse beneficiary, you can transfer an inherited 401(k) or other retirement plan into an IRA. And that means you can "stretch out" distributions and taxes over your lifetime, rather than being forced to take withdrawals immediately or over a period of a few years. By stretching this inherited account, you can continue to enjoy taxdeferred growth, which can create a significantly greater amount of income over your lifetime. Clearly, this can be a huge advantage to you. But you need to make sure you're following the correct procedure. In "legalese," you have to make what's known as a trusteeto-trustee transfer by establishing an "inherited" IRA and have the check from the 401(k) or other plan made payable to the trustee or custodian of this IRA. Once this account is established, you can't contribute anything more to it or roll the money into any other IRA you might have. Your financial advisor can help you set up the inherited IRA and invest the distributions from the 401(k) or other plan to help you meet your financial goals in a way that is appropriate for your individual risk tolerance. You may also want to consult with your tax advisor before transferring funds from the retirement plan to the IRA. In any case, once you learn that you are going to inherit a 401(k) or other retirement plan, start doing your homework right away. If managed correctly, this type of inheritance can make a big difference in your life - so make the most of your opportunity. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 36.00 -.15 Anheuser Busch 49.46 +.46 CMS Energy Corp. 17.20 -.28 Coca-Cola Co. 46.93 +.54 DaimlerChrysler 68.61 +1.31 Dow Chemical Co. 42.42 -1.24 Exxon Mobil 71.00 -.83 Family Dollar Stores 28.22 -.91 First Financial Bancorp 15.30 -.33 Ford Motor Co. 7.64 -.14 General Motors 31.12 -1.04 Intl. Bus. 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In other business at Monday night’s City Planning Commission meeting: • Director of Public Services Tim Girrbach gave an update on Hastings Ponds, saying the developer had issued a performance bond for the project and occupancy permits had been issued for all buildings. • City Manager Jeff Mansfield said the city sent a letter to Walgreens to ask them to formally withdraw their request for the Court Street planned unit development (PUD). The item will be removed from future agendas. • The Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of Hastings, Rutland Township, Hastings Township and Barry County has been sent to the city attorney, Stephanie Fekkes, and township supervisors Jim Carr and Jim Brown, for review. • There will be a public hearing Monday, April 2 to review changes to adult business regulations. • There will be a public hearing Monday, April 2, to hear comments about an amendment to a special land use permit for Barry County Animal Control, allowing an incinerator at its site on Industrial Park Drive. 06647638 HASTINGS – Ruth Etta Cheney, age 90, of Hastings, died on Tuesday March 6, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born September 23, 1916 in Iowa Falls, Iowa, the daughter of Everett Roy and Margaretha (Lund) Gardner. Ruth moved to Minnesota in 1917 and at the age of five she moved to Michigan. She lived many places in the Barry County and Eaton County areas. She attended school until the ninth grade and then went to work. She worked at Hastings Manufacturing for 35 years and retired in 1981. Ruth went back to school and received her high school diploma from Hastings High School in 1980. Ruth enjoyed going to auction sales and church softball games. She was a member of the Cedar Creek Bible Church. Ruth was married to Daniel J. Cheney on August 23, 1931 and he died February 16, 1963. She was also preceded in death by infant son, George; a daughter, Doreen Miller; her parents; and two sisters, Dora Terpening and Mary Allerding. Ruth is survived by her children, Pauline (Hubert) Hunt, Howard (Jane) Cheney, Donald (Lili) Cheney, Daniel (Charlene) Cheney; 21 grandchildren; 51 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 10, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Cedar Creek Bible Church. Pastor Robert Norton and Pastor Dr. Brent Branhan will officiate. Burial will be at Striker Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Mercy Ambulance Service or Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). For more information or to reserve your seat, Please call 269-945-0526 Sponsored by: Barry Community Foundation's Community Partner's Team 77510542 �Page 10 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 06-2903-AY In the matter of Kaleb Bryce Nagle. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Robert Wayne Nagle whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred of affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on April 12, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. at 206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 3rd Floor Courtroom before Judge William M. Doherty for the following purpose: Petition for Step Parent Adoption and Supplemental Petition Affidavit to terminate Parental Rights of Noncustodial Parent. Date: 27 Feb. 2007 James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9 Hastings, MI 49058-0009 (269) 945-8000 April Ann Makley and Jonathon Tad Makley 821 Beech Street Lake Odessa, MI 48849 77510466 (269) 367-4496 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 14, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr and nineteen guests. Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the January 10, 2007 Regular Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for January accepted. Tabled a decision on the road projects for 2007 until March meeting. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for January accepted by voice vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-01, Approval of the Intergovernmental Agreement Accepted the Algonquin Lake Fireworks Permit for 2007 Adopted the National Incident Management System Resolution as required. Motion was made to not change the Keyholing Ordinance and approved. Meeting Adjourned at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77510526 www.rutlandtownship.org TOWNSHIP OF HOPE Notice of Budget Public Hearing The Hope Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fiscal year 200708 at 5463 South M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI, on Monday, March 19, 2007,6:30 p.m., the regular Board meeting to follow. THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE A SUBJECT OF THIS HEARING. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at the Township Hall. This notice is posted in compliance with PA267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a (2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act. (ADA). The Hope Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon five days notice to the Hope Township Board. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Hope Township Board by writing or calling the following. Linda Eddy-Hough Hope Township Clerk 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2464 77510328 BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE THE ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW for 2007 will be held at the Township hall 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell,, MI 49080 on the following dates. Tuesday, March 6 - Organizational meeting - 4:00 pm Monday, March 12 - Appeal Hearing - 9:00 am to 12:00 noon & 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Tuesday, March 13 - Appeal Hearing - 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm & 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm The Board of Review will meet as many more days as deemed necessary to hear questions, protests and to equalize the 2007 assessments. By board resolution, residents are able to protest by letter, provided protest letter is received by March 13, 2007. Written protests should be mailed to: BOARD OF REVIEW 7350 LINDSEY RD. PLAINWELL, MI 49080 The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property and personal property for 2007 are as follows: Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas A. Dusette, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 1, 2006, and recorded on March 6, 2006 in instrument 1160965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six And 87/100 Dollars ($82,226.87), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3, 8 and the North 1/2 of Lot 2, Except the East 14 Feet Thereof, Block 19, Eastern Addition, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509612 File #128818F01 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Pamela J. Borger, a married woman, to First National Bank of America, dated August 19, 2004 and recorded on August 27, 2004 in Document No. 1133105, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $7,210.75. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 14.95 per cent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: One acre of land, measuring 10 Rods East and West and 16 Rods North and South, out of the Northwest corner of the following described parcel of land: the East 30 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and the West 5 acres of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: February 26, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 77510312 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five And 28/100 Dollars ($267,125.28), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F01 77509618 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24681-DE Estate of KENNETH RAY McCRACKIN, Deceased. Date of birth: 06/25/1966. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Kenneth Ray McCrackin, who lived at 4403 Tillotson Lake Rd., Hastings, Michigan died 10/30/2005. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Candace McCrackin, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 4403 Tillotson Lake Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 02/23/2007 Kerr L. Moyer P36067 3152 Peregrine Drive, NE, Suite 210 Grand Rapids, MI 49525 (616) 365-9600 Candace McCrackin 4403 Tillotson Lake Rd. 77510372 Hastings, MI 49058 Agricultural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.97% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0423 Commercial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.23% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1840 Industrial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.42% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9724 Residential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.99% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0206 Personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0000 (ADA) Americans with Disabilities Notice Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of hearing. This notice posted in Compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA 41.72a (2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contacts: Clerk, Jennifer Goy; 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 - 269-664-4522 Supervisor, Thomas Rook; 12660 Saddler Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 - 269-672-7479 77510511 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW The Board of Review will meet on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at 9:00 AM, in the office of the Assessor at Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, to organize and review the Assessment Roll. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING to hear Assessment APPEALS will be held at the RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP HALL, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan on: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 9:00 AM to Noon 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM PROPERTY ASSESSMENT RATIOS & FACTORS FOR 2007 CLASS RATIO MULTIPLIER Agriculture 45.98% 1.0874 Commercial 48.75% 1.0256 Industrial 43.57% 1.1475 Residential 45.77% 1.0924 Developmental -0- -0- Personal -0- -0– — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 5 to March 26. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 26, 2007. 77510516 IRVING TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW • March 6 at 5:00 pm Organizational Meeting • Monday, March 12th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm • Tuesday, March 13th from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Written appeals will be accepted by March 13th or postmarked by March 11, 2007 The Barry County Road Commission will hold a Public Hearing on permits for overweight public utility equipment during weight restrictions. The hearing will be held at the Barry County Road Commission at 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan at 9:00 a.m. on March 20, 2007. 77510513 — NOTICE — Applicants sought for new Charlton Park Village & Museum Board The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Charlton Park Village & Museum Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Charlton Park Village & Museum Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate the Charlton Park Village & Museum facilities and grounds. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510427 The tentative equalization ratios for computation of SEV of real property is as follows: — NOTICE — Irving 2007 Ratios and Multipliers The above ratios and multipliers do not mean that every parcel will receive the same. If you have purchased property, it will be assessed at 50% of market value. If you have improved your property such as additions, new buildings, driveways, etc., this will also reflect in the value of your property. Upon request of any person who is assessed on said roll, or his agent, and upon sufficient cause being shown, the Board of Review will correct the assessment of such property and will, in their judgment, make the valuation thereof relatively just and equal. Dennis McKelvey, Assessor RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The 2007 Board of Review for Irving Township will meet as follows: Also, any other days deemed necessary to equalize the Assessment Roll. NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JOHN M. DRAKE and ANGELINA M. DRAKE, husband and wife, whose address is 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), with its guaranteed loan center being located at 3469 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 48843, the Mortgagee, such Mortgage being dated July 25, 1996 and recorded July 29, 1996 in Liber 667 of Barry County Records on Page 813 through 816, inclusive, and by reason of such default the Mortgagee elects to declare the entire unpaid amount of such Mortgage due and payable forthwith, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 61/100 ($93,844.61) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East entrance to the Circuit Court located at the Barry County Courthouse in the City of Hastings on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. local time, in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.25 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys=fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgage does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to wit: Lands and premises situated in the Township of Orangeville, County of Barry, and State of Michigan: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, beginning at a point on the centerline of Lindsey Road which lies due West 440.68 feet and South 11º50’30” West 901.93 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 17, thence South 11º50’30” West 224.81 feet; thence South 89º51’30” West 619.67 feet; thence North 01º47’30” West 220.00 feet; thence North 89º51’30” East 672.68 feet to the point of beginning. (Commonly known as 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, Tax Parcel No. 08-11-017-047-00.) The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of sale. This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. For further information with regard to this foreclosure contact the Community Development Manager at the local office of Rural Development at 1035 East Michigan Avenue, Suite A, Paw Paw, Michigan 49079, telephone (269) 657-7055, extension 118. Dated: February 20, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), Mortgagee Robert J. Zitta (P22749) Attorney for Mortgagee SCHEUERLE & ZITTA, LLP 300 Washington Avenue P.O. Box 212 Grand Haven, MI 49417 77510281 (616) 842-1470 Classification of Real Property Agricultural Commercial Industrial Residential Timber-Cutover Developmental Commercial Industrial Utility Ratio Real Property 47.72 47.62 45.26 48.45 None in Class 41.56 Multiplier Applicants sought for new Barry County Parks & Recreation Board 1.0478 1.0500 1.1047 1.0320 1.2031 PERSONAL PROPERTY 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 50.00 1.0000 Persons with disabilities that need special assistance, please contact Carol Ergang at (269) 948-8893. 77509855 George London Supervisor, Irving Township 06646686 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Parks & Recreation Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate park and recreation places and facilities other than Charlton Park. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510431 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy Blodgett and Roger Blodgett aka Roger L. Blodgett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Heartland Home Finance, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2002, and recorded on September 16, 2002 in instrument 1087524, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Thirteen And 60/100 Dollars ($103,013.60), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East 1016.46 feet from the West 1/4 post of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 53 seconds East along said 1/4 line 305.85 feet; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 9, a distance of 797.77 feet to the Southerly line of the former Chicago, Kalamazoo and Saginaw Railroad; thence South 71 degrees 19 minutes 51 seconds West along said Southerly line 323.51 feet; thence North 900.69 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509739 File #128740F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1147897, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $54,766.69, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 2 of Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on Page 68. Commonly known as: 11860 Bea, Shelbyville, MI 49344. PP#: 08-11-040-002-00 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 77509797 (616) 977-0077 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gordon Tait, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on May 26, 2006 in instrument 1165204, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Two And 58/100 Dollars ($160,932.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16. EXCEPTING the North 2 rods. Also except commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 2 rods for the Place of Beginning; thence East 4 rods; thence South 18 1/2 rods; thence West 4 rods to a point due South of the Place of Beginning; thence North 18 1/2 rods to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129851F01 77509751 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Two Thousand Nine Hundred TwentyFour And 98/100 Dollars ($202,924.98), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michgian: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509817 File #122459F02 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS - ENGINEERING SERVICES CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION OF ROADSIDE FACILITIES SIDEWALK AND CURB & GUTTER The City of Hastings Department of Public Services issues a Request for Proposals (RFP) for professional engineering services for the design, construction staking, construction inspection, coordination of materials testings and securing proper permits and other approvals as necessary for two (2) projects awarded to the Hastings Small Urban Area by the Michigan Department of Transportation Small Urban Program. The project generally consists of proposed sidewalk work adjacent to the State trunkline on North Broadway from State Road to the north City limits, other multiple segment construction of roadside facilities (sidewalk) at various locations through the City limits, and rehabilitation of the 200 block of East Clinton Street (sidewalk, curb & gutter). The Proposal Document is on file and may be examined at Hastings City Hall, 201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Each person or firm who obtains proposal documents must supply a name, address, and phone number of a person or firm to whom addenda, if any, may be sent. Questions regarding the project shall be directed to Tim Girrbach, Director of Public Services, City of Hastings, 201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. 269-945-2468 or by facsimile at 269-948-9544. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or any parts of the same, to waive any irregularities, and to award the proposal as deemed to be in its best interest, price and other factors considered. Sealed proposals shall be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. All proposals shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “Request for Proposals - Engineering Services for MDOT Small Urban Program”. 77510524 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REGINA LYNN AUSTIN AKA REGINA LYNN HIGHWAY, A MARRIED WOMAN and TRENT A. AUSTIN, HER HUSBAND, to ROCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 1998, and recorded on May 12, 1999, in Document No. 1011779, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Twenty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-One Cents ($100,028.91), including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on March 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in VILLAGE of MIDDLEVILLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 143 OF MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS NUMBER 8, VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 97, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 08-41-185-005-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 20, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77509969 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lonnie M. Miller and Susan L. Miller, husband and wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Aames Home Loan, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2004, and recorded on April 12, 2004 in instrument 1125151, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three And 27/100 Dollars ($168,793.27), including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 920 feet of the West one half of the Northeast one quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, EXCEPTING therefrom the West 970 feet. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131597F01 77510290 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107340, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 91/100 Dollars ($155,376.91), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, lying North of Consumer right of way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #077117F03 77510338 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2004, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 30, 2004 in Instrument No. 1130126, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $109,796.46, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 33, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 39. Commonly known as: 2602 Wildflower Drive, Middleville, MI 49333. PP#: 08-08-090-033-00 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 (616) 977-0077 77509791 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kris Vredevoogd and Sheila Vredevoogd, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 25, 2005 in instrument 1155120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred And 75/100 Dollars ($206,200.75), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 76, Boulder Creek Estates in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in liber 6 of plats, page 23. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #103530F02 77509724 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW 2007 WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT 10115 S. NORRIS RD., DELTON, MICH. 49046 ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: TUESDAY, MARCH 06, ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - 9:00 AM MONDAY, MARCH 12, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 2:00PM-5:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 16, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 23, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM PLEASE CALL 269-623-2664 FOR APPEALS APPOINTMENT OR WRITTEN PROTEST MAY BE SENT TO ADDRESS ABOVE AND SHALL BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 23, 2007. THE BOARD OF REVIEW WILL MEET AS MANY MORE DAYS AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO HEAR APPEALS AND EQUALIZE THE 2007 ASSESSMENTS. TENTATIVE RATIOS AND ESTIMATED MULTIPLIERS FOR EACH CLASS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR 2007 ARE AS SUCH: AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL PERSONAL 45.52% 48.81% 37.56% 48.29% 50.00% 1.0984 1.0244 1.3312 1.0354 1.0000 JIM STONEBURNER, SUPERVISOR PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS OR SERVICES SHOULD CONTACT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT LEAST SEVEN (7) DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HEARING APPEAL. THIS NOTICE POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PA 267 OF 1976 AS AMENDED (OPEN MEETING ACT) MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) AND WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). 77509965 BARRY TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BARRY, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of Barry Township Ordinance No. 54, which was adopted by the Barry Township Board at a special meeting held on February 23, 2007. SECTION I. TITLE. The title of this Ordinance is the Barry Township Anti-Noise and Public Nuisance Ordinance. SECTION II. ANTI-NOISE REGULATIONS. This section sets forth the general regulation that no person, firm or corporation shall cause or maintain any unreasonably loud noise or disturbance, injurious to the health, peace or quiet of the residents and property owners of the Township. This section further sets forth specific regulations pertaining to, among other things, the playing of electronic or mechanical sound producing devices, noise from the keeping of any animal, bird or fowl, noise from the operation of machinery, and noise from the operation or use of any public or private racetrack, testing area, mud run, obstacle course or other course or trail for motor vehicles, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, dirt bikes and vehicles of any kind or nature. SECTION III. GENERAL EXCEPTIONS. This section sets forth certain general exceptions to the requirements set forth in the prior section. These general exceptions include, but are not limited to, emergency vehicles, excavation or repair of public property, warning devices emitting sound for warning purposes, noise from the lawful discharge of firearms, and short-term outdoor recreational or holiday activities for which a permit is granted. SECTION IV. PUBLIC NUISANCE REGULATIONS. This section prohibits any party from causing or maintaining any public nuisance within the Township by the unreasonable emission of dust, smoke, fly ash or noxious odors which are offensive or disturbing to adjacent property owners and residents or persons in the area. SECTION V. VALIDITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION VI. SANCTIONS. Violation of this Ordinance is a municipal civil infraction as defined by Michigan statute which shall be punishable by a civil fine as set forth in this section plus costs and such additional sanctions as are authorized under Michigan law. SECTION VII. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days following publication of this notice. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of this Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Barry Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Barry Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. 77510495 Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk Barry Township P.O. Box 705, 155 E. Orchard Street Delton, Michigan 49046 (269) 623-5171 �Page 12 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S. Bolo, a married man and Teresta L. Bolo aka Teresta Bolo, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139200, and rerecorded on January 26, 2005 in instrument 1140709, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four And 40/100 Dollars ($137,754.40), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 34, Sandy Knolls No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 94, Barry County Records, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509654 File #128973F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James H. Beard, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2006, and recorded on September 6, 2006 in instrument 1169591, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Twenty And 93/100 Dollars ($46,220.93), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lot 37 and the North 1/2 of Lot 38, Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1, Page 10 of Plats, Barry County Records. ALSO described as: Commencing 82.5 feet North of the Northeast corner of Lot 40, Village of Nashville; thence West 132 feet; thence North 55 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 55 feet to the Place of Beginning. Situated on R.B. Gregg's Reserve. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129494F01 77509761 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Shubitowski, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003, and recorded on October 31, 2003 in instrument 1116744, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen And 15/100 Dollars ($95,416.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 1, 2 and 3, except the Southeasterly 30 feet of Lot 3 Smith's Lakeview Estates No. 1, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129008F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cliff Tompkins and Nancy Tompkins, Husband and Wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2003 and recorded January 8, 2004 in Instrument Number 1120434, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-X3, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of September 1, 2004, without recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 66/100 Dollars ($131,686.66) including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 7 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510490 File No. 214.2214 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda M Fay, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on June 5, 2006 in instrument 1165596, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($108,464.67), including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 Post, Section 29, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence South 2640 feet to the center of the Section; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 650 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 660 feet parallel with the North and South 1/4 line; thence West parallel with the North Section Line 132 feet; thence South parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 660 feet; thence East parallel with the North Section line 132 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130023F01 77509781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy D. Fedewa an unmarried man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 12, 2004, and recorded on November 15, 2004 in instrument 1137248, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 29/100 Dollars ($95,729.29), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as: commencing 34 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on section line between sections 35 and 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West; thence West 10 rods; thence South 4 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 4 rods to beginning. More particularly described as: beginning at a point on the East line of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant North 850.17 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 35; thence West 165 feet; thence North 66 feet; thence East 165 feet to said East section line; thence South along said East line, 66 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Durkee Street, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #093351F02 77509811 77509669 WOODLAND TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW Woodland Township Board of Review will meet at the Woodland Township Hall, 156 S. Main St., Woodland, Michigan, on March 6, 2007, to receive and review the assessment roll. Public meetings to hear assessment appeals will be held Monday, March 12, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon, and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Tuesday, March 13, 2007, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Appointments are not necessary but will be taken and given preference. For appointments call 269-367-4915 (office) or 269367-4214 (home). Answering machine messages returned ASAP. The tentative ratios and the estimated multipliers for each class of real property for 2007 are as follows: Ratio Multiplier Agricultural 49.67 1.0056 Commercial 46.83 1.0668 Industrial 29.82 1.6639 Residential 46.19 1.0718 Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Supervisor 7 days prior to the meeting by writing or calling Dave Bursley, 156 S. Main, Woodland, Michigan 48897. 269-367-4915 (office), or 269-367-4214 (home). 02665273 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24700-DE Estate of Edward C. Johncock. Date of birth: September 18, 1928. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Edward C. Johncock, who lived at 527 South Main Street, Nashville, Michigan died December 26, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Susan Corkwell, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 2/26/07 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 SUSAN CORKWELL 6328 SOUTH M66 NASHVILLE, MI 49073 77510369 (517) 852-9109 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having occurred in the mortgage made on April 30, 1999, by William E. Wilson and Becky L. Wilson, Mortgagors, to Union Bank as Mortgagee, and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County Michigan, Register of Deeds office under document #1029302 and in the Purchaser's Assignment of Land Sale Contract dated April 30, 1999 and recorded on May 10, 1999, in the Barry County, Register of Deeds office under document #1029301 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due and unpaid as of February 5, 2007, Seventy Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen Dollars and 29 Cents ($70,415.29) principal and interest; no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the above mortgage, and the Assignment of Land Sales Contract and the Powers of Sale contained in both the mortgage and the assignment having become operative by reason of such default and pursuant to the Statutes of the State of Michigan. Notice is hereby given that on March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Barry County Courthouse, in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court of Barry County, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder the properties described in this Notice, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amount due and unpaid on the mortgages, together with interest at the rate of 13.25%, the expenses and charges of sale, including reasonable attorney fees, provided by law and in the mortgage, and also any sums which may be paid by the Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises. The land and premises in the mortgages mentioned and described, are as follows: COUNTY OF BARRY, TOWNSHIP OF CASTLETON: THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPTING THEREFROM: COMMENCING AT THE EAST 1/4 POST OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST, 809 FEET; THENCE NORTH 700 FEET; THENCE EAST 809 FEET THENCE SOUTH 700 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ALSO EXCEPT: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SECTION 24, 809 FEET; THENCE SOUTH PERPENDICULAR WITH SAID SECTION LINE, 330 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTH SECTION LINE, 809 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST SECTION LINE, 330 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 9469 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The Real Property tax identification number is 08-050-024000-005-00. PARCEL 1: A PARCEL OF LAND 275 FEET NORTH AND SOUTH BY 390 FEET EAST AND WEST IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST. PARCEL 2: THE WEST 390 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 275 FEET. Commonly known as 9549 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The length of the redemption period will be one year. MORTGAGEE: Union Bank Prepared By: Peter A. Teholiz (P34265) Hubbard, Fox, Thomas, White & Bengtson, P.C. 5801 W. Michigan Avenue, P.O. Box 80857 Lansing, MI 48908-0857 Telephone: 517-886-7176 77509904 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE BARRY COUNTY TRIAL COURT CIRCUIT DIVISION File No.: 07-117-CH ORDER TO ANSWER Hon. James H. Fisher DONALD HOFFMAN and LINDA HOFFMAN, Plaintiffs, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE and LELA R. ROSE, Defendants. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MCPHILLIPS & MCDOWELL, P.L.C. Amy L. McDowell (P52898) Attorney for Plaintiffs 121 W. Apple Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-3512 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE Based on the pleadings filed in the above-entitled case, IT IS ORDERED that Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, file a Notice of Interest in the vacant real property located in Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as follows: South Thirty-three (33) feet of Lot 1 of Roseland Park, according to the recorded plat thereof Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1257 Manitou Lane, Middleville, Michigan. at least three (3) days prior to the hearing date noted below to assert any interest in the abovedescribed property. If the Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, fail to do so, that shall constitute a default in the above-entitled matter, and on the 19th day of April, 2007, at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon, this Court shall take proofs and shall terminate whatever interest THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, may have in and to the above-described property unless a Notice of Interest in the Real Property is filed or unless Defendants or their representatives appear on that date and time. Dated: March 1, 2007 Hon. James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge Drafted by: Amy L. McDowell (P52898) McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 77510477 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company, a Corporation dated the 25th day of May, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument # 1165487 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-6 , thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $117,840.96 (One hundred Seveteen thousand, Eight hundred Forty dollars and Ninety Six cents) plus accrued interest at 9.85% (nine point eight five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 22nd day of March, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Village of Freeport, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOTS 7 AND 8 OF BLOCK 13 OF SAMUEL ROUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Commonly known as: 170 SAINT JOHNS STREET Tax ID: 08-43-213-001-20 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77509944 WWR#05740406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Charles James and Jeanette K... James, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on December 5, 2005 in instrument 1157220, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Four Hundred FiftySeven And 22/100 Dollars ($111,457.22), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as follows: Commencing in the center of the Highway 26 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on the East line of said Section 35; thence West 10 Rods; thence South 8 Rods; thence East 10 Rods; thence North 8 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108291F02 77509866 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24701-DE Estate of GARY ALAN HILL. Date of Birth: October 10, 1937. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, GARY ALAN HILL, who lived at 2095 BROOK STREET, MIDDLEVILLE, Michigan died December 31, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to MARGUERITE MILLER, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 202, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 2/26/07 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 MARGUERITE MILLER 1835 BOULDER DRIVE HASTINGS, MI 49058 77510486 (269) 945-5844 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 42/100 Dollars ($142,998.42), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #112456F02 77510506 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zaher AlSheikh, a married man and Huda Al-Sheikh, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or asigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on February 7, 2006 in instrument 1159821, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Seven And 28/100 Dollars ($391,247.28), including interest at 11.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 10, Crescent Beach Plat, Gun Lake Section 6, Orangeville Township, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #121644F02 77509766 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($128,376.46), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509829 File #130392F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain, Mortgage, made by LORI HAYWOOD, a single woman, whose address is 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagor, to TOMMIE CONRAD and SARA CONRAD, whose address is 11820 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagees, dated October 4, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and the State of Michigan on June 15, 2006, in Document Number 1166037. There is claimed to be due thereon, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND 16/100-------($19,300.16) Dollars with interest at the rate of 10%, as secured by the above-referenced mortgage computed to November 30, 2006. And no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in said Mortgages, and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the above said Mortgage, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, East Steps, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County on the 29th day of March, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, of said day and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with interest payable at the rate of 10%, together with late fees, legal costs, attorneys fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage, to-wit: A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 10 AND 11, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 11 AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 713 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 510.1 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 434 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD FOR THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST 440 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST 155 FEET; THENCE WEST 673 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 398 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 10 AND 433 FEET WESTERLY THEREFROM; THENCE EAST 1114.6 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COBB ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19-MINUTES EAST 243 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046. The period of redemption will be six months from the date of sale unless abandoned. Dated: 2/19/07 David H. Tripp (P29290) 206 South Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9585 77509981 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by Grand Rapids Property Management, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company (“Mortgagor”), to The Huntington National Bank (the “Bank”), dated December 14, 2005, and recorded on January 5, 2006, in Document No. 1158559, Barry County Register of Deeds, and re-recorded with an Affidavit of ReRecording dated February 12, 2007, recorded on February 13, 2007 in Document No. 1176362, Barry County Register of Deeds (the “Mortgage”), is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest (accruing at 12.5% per annum), fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty and 47/100 Dollars ($219,620.47). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Bank pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale are located in Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: That part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 100.0 feet; thence S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 80.0 feet; thence S 89 degrees 29 minutes W 100.0 feet; thence N 00 degrees 03 minutes W 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. And that part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 15 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 58 for place of beginning; thence East 239.58 feet; thence South 98.27 feet; thence West 239.58 feet; thence North 98.27 feet to place of beginning. EXCEPT: Beginning at a point which is North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 100.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 80.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes West 100.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 03 minutes West 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. Commonly known as: 491 Arlington, Middleville, MI 49333 Parcel Identification No: 08-41-100-026-10 Together with any furniture, furnishings, equipment, fixtures and other articles of personal property owned by Mortgagor. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & HowlettLLP Attorneys for The Huntington National Bank 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor 77509919 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas S Arnold and Bonnie L Arnold, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 28, 2005, and recorded on April 8, 2005 in instrument 1144545, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Assocation, as Trustee for Credit Suisse First Boston HEAT 2005-3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 81/100 Dollars ($274,740.81), including interest at 6.859% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast Corner Post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, Thence South on East Line of said Section a Distance of 330 Feet, Thence West Parallel to the North Line of said Section 380 Feet, Thence North Parallel to the East Line of said Section 330 Feet to a Place on the North Section Line, Thence East on said Line to the Place of Beginning, said Description is a Parcel of Land being 2.5 Acres, More or less The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #100392F03 77509746 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-One and 30/100 Dollars ($153,681.30) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.3948 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael A. Wilson, an unmarried person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 2, 2001, and recorded on November 14, 2001 in instrument 1069716, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Seventy-Four And 07/100 Dollars ($78,074.07), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Block 6 of Samuel Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, Page 23, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #119967F03 77510472 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amanda N. Williams, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Exchange Financial Corporation, A Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 30, 2000, and recorded on October 31, 2000 in instrument 1051425, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 46/100 Dollars ($85,916.46), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 12, Plat of Lincoln Park Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 55 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130077F01 77509860 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 06-2904-AY In the matter of Chloe Madison Nagle. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Robert Wayne Nagle whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on April 12, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. at 206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 3rd Floor Courtroom before Judge William M. Doherty for the following purpose: Petition for Step Parent Adoption and Supplemental Petition and Affidavit to terminate Parental Rights of Noncustodial Parent. Date: 27 Feb. 2007 James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9 Hastings, MI 49058-0009 (269) 945-8000 April Ann Makley and Jonathan Tad Makley 821 Beech Street Lake Odessa, MI 48849 77510464 (269) 367-4496 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard A. Bass, a married man and Laura Rene Bass, his wife and Dean and Ann L. Bass, Husband and Wife, to NBD Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 1995 and recorded November 22, 1995 in Liber 645, Page 779, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Three and 90/100 Dollars ($19,233.90) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Commencing at South one-quarter corner of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 870.7 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds West 440 feet; thence North 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds West 396 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 11 seconds East 440 feet; thence South 01 degree 12 minutes 42 seconds East 396 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1018 77509756 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-One And 88/100 Dollars ($132,251.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-ofway commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132045F01 77510317 INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Time to visit.... K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Economical & Personal TAX & Accounting Services • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 02666109 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com �Page 14 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gaylord Norman Pennington, and Patsy Jean Pennington, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2002, and recorded on May 3, 2002 in instrument 1079922, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two And 36/100 Dollars ($64,962.36), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 1099 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof and the West 4 rods of Lot 3, Block 20 to the Easter Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131886F01 77510307 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David F. Knight and Julie Knight AKA Julie A. Knight, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2005, and recorded on September 1, 2005 in instrument 1152097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-Six And 25/100 Dollars ($276,146.25), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 36, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 Corner of said Section, Thence North 88 Degrees 55 Minutes 56 Seconds East along the East-West 1/4 Line of said Section 1318.77 Feet to the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section, Thence South 00 Degrees 44 Minutes 59 Seconds East along the East Line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 675.72 Feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, Thence South 70 Degrees 56 Minutes 24 Seconds West 1309.03 Feet to the Centerline of West Loop Road (66.00 Feet Wide) Thence Northerly 333.69 Feet along the Centerline of West Loop Road on a 700.00 Foot Radius Curve to the Right, the Chord of Which Bears North 14 Degrees 17 Minutes 51 Seconds West 330.54 Feet to the West Line of said Southwest 1/4, Thence North 00 Degrees 38 Minutes 28 Seconds West along the West Line of said Southwest 1/4 133.31 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 52 Minutes 00 Seconds East 1320.65 Feet to the Place of Beginning, Said Parcel is Subject to Highway Rights over that Part lying Westerly of a Line which is 33.00 Feet Easterly of and Parallel with the Centerline of West Loop Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #129014F01 77509663 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Reynolds, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on September 22, 2004 in instrument 1134274, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 96/100 Dollars ($41,733.96), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Buckhorn Park Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 45 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132132F01 77510344 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Douglas Seeber and Deborah Seeber,husband and wife, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 17th day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of November, 2004 in Liber Document No. 1137821 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Four & 59/100 ($99,934.59), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of April, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 9.800% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing in the center of the Highway on the South Section line of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West; thence North in center of Highway 80 rods to the Place of Beginning; thence East 36 rods; thence North 45 rods; thence West 36 rods; thence South 45 rods to the place of beginning, except begining at the Southwest corner; thence North 450 feet ; thence East 240 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 240 feet to the place of beginning. During the twelve (12) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/8/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer,husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Two & 86/100 ($134,002.86), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village, now City, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, on Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/1/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 829183 03/01/2007, 03/08/2007, 03/15/2007, 03/22/2007 77510295 77510481 Please join us in celebrating the 60th Wedding Anniversary of Oliver and Joyce Boulter Sunday, March18 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm atCunninghamAcres locatedonM-50in LakeOdessa,Michigan Given by their loving family.. The late Harry & Pat Boulter and Family Dennis & Kay Morgan and Family Charlie & Teresa Boulter and Lennon N o gifts please, just bring your memories Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ross Lee Meehan and Anne Meehan, husband and wife and Roger D. Buxton and Edith M. Buxton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Federal, fsb, Mortgagee, dated February 14, 2002, and recorded on February 19, 2002 in instrument 1075130, and modified by agreement dated June 17, 2004, and recorded on June 17, 2004 in instrument 1129480, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine And 37/100 Dollars ($396,059.37), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 1619.39 feet, along the South line of said Section, to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds West 2635.14 feet; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West 337.00 feet; along the North line of the Southeast 1/4 of said 11; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 1980.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 22.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 655.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 315.00 feet, along said South line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509871 File #069433F02 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2006-24619-DE Estate of Winfield Mueller, Deceased. Date of birth: 11/06/1924. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Winfield Mueller, who lived at 8051 South M66 Highway, Nashville, Michigan died 02/05/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to George Foster, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Nathan E. Tagg (P68994) 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 George Foster 1517 Mary Lou Retten Drive 77510335 Fairmont, West Virginia 26554 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting Public Hearing for Leach Lake Special Assessment February 13, 2007 All Board members present; Co. Comm. Gibson, 9 guests. Second hearing for Leach Lake Special Assessment for Weed Control. Approved Special Assessment. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Approved inter-governmental agreement. Adopted new BIRCH payment formula. Adopted “neutral” recommendation for Gielerowski sawmill request. Transferred $7500 to General Fund from TIP. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Brown, Supervisor 77510488 • Michelle Lee Spencer, 37, of Hastings, was sentenced March 1 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 60 days in jail for her January conviction on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Spencer was arrested in Hastings on January 12. She was also ordered to pay court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. She was ordered to participate in cognitive “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” behavior therapy and drug court, observe Phone 517-852-1514 a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, complete probation and wear a wrist monitor. Tired of Paying Rent? Thornapple Lake Estates Consider the advantages of owning your own mobile home. Home ownership can create a large benefit. • Less expensive than renting • A variety of homes & price range • Comparably low lot rent to include water, sewer and waste removal • Financing available to Qualified Buyers • Low down payment requirements • Great “Move-In” Incentives Put your dollars where they can really work for you! Come visit Thornapple Lake Estates and find out how easy it can be to become a Homeowner Thornapple Lake Estates Lexy Purdum by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A 15-year-old Delton youth has been arrested and charged in connection with the death of Lexy Purdum, 13, who died May 6, 2006, of an overdose of methadone, vicodin and marijuana. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans announced Tuesday that Susan Falvo, 15, of Shelbyville is being charged with providing the drugs which killed the Delton Middle School student. Falvo faces charges of delivery of a controlled substance causing death, possession of methadone, possession of vicodin and possession of marijuana. The 13-year-old Orangeville Township girl was found in her bedroom unconscious and efforts by emergency personnel to revive her at the scene were unsuccessful. Officials found evidence on the scene to indicate the girl’s death was caused by a combination of drugs and launched the investigation that resulted in Falvo’s arrest Feb. 20. She was released into her parents’ custody at that time but was arrested again this week when she violated the terms of her release. Falvo is currently being housed in the Allegan County Juvenile Home. Lexy, who was to celebrate her 14th birthday within days of the tragedy had a history of drug problems, but according to a family spokesperson, had been undergoing treatment and was “responding well. “She had problems (with drugs) in the past,” said Brian Burke at the time, “but she had been doing very, very well. We were helping her through family intervention, not allowing certain friends to visit and by imposing curfew.” Purdum had been on a shopping trip to Kalamazoo the day before, a trip supervised by her mother. Burke admitted, however, that there were times she was not directly monitored and when they returned home that evening it appeared she may have ingested some drugs, though what or how much was not known. She went to bed at approximately 10:30 p.m., Burke said, and may have taken the drugs or additional drugs, at that time. Evans said he plans to prosecute Falvo as a juvenile, in which case if she is convicted she could become a ward of the court, receive probation or be sent to a treatment facility. If she were tried and convicted in adult court, she could receive a lengthy sentence up to and including life in prison. COURT NEWS 01544445 77510530 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Judith C. Strouse and Debbie Strouse, joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Bristol Window and Door, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 18, 1997, and recorded on December 16, 1997 in instrument 1005331, and assigned by mesne assignments to Federal National Mortgage Association as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Three And 66/100 Dollars ($11,303.66), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Five (375) and the West Two Rods of Lots Three Hundred Seventy Three (373) and Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) except Two (2) rods square out of the Southwest corner of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) formerly Village of Hastings (now City) Barry County, Michigan according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510300 File #131737F01 Delton youth charged in drug death of teen • Travis Lee Brodbeck, 25, of Howard City, was sentenced Feb. 28 by Judge Fisher to serve 18 months probation and two months in jail for his Feb. 1 conviction on breaking and entering a residence in Woodland Township with intent to commit larceny. Fisher ruled the jail sentence may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. Brodbeck also was ordered to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $995.96 and a probation fee of $360. • Jerald Nelson Miller Arthur, 21, of Bellevue, was sentenced March 1 to continue with a probation sentenced imposed in 2004. Arthur was arrested in Hastings and charged with attempted criminal sexual conduct (third degree) and criminal sexual conduct (fourth degree). Judge Fisher imposed his sentence because Arthur was charged with violating his probation by failing to register a change of address, failure to pay court ordered fees and failure to participate in a court ordered General Education Degree program. The judge ordered Arthur to continue on probation until he completes his GED requirements and pays his court-ordered assessments. • Steven Walter White, 21, of Byron Center, was sentenced March 1 to serve 12 months probation and 60 days in jail for his January conviction of larceny of a building in Irving Township in November. White was ordered to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $225 and a probation fee of $120. The balance of his sentence may be suspended upon payment of court assessments. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 15 POLICE BEAT BEA Hastings woman arrested in assault A 22-year-old Hastings woman was arrested Saturday afternoon, March 3, at a residence in the 600 block of South East Street after neighbors complained of a disturbance. Hastings officers spoke with a man and woman who had indicated that they had been arguing. Further investigation revealed an assault had occurred, resulting in a injury to a 23-year-old man after the verbal dispute became physical. Trisha Hansen Sears, 22, was placed under arrest for the assault and lodged at the Barry County Jail. She is facing charges of domestic assault. Teen suspected in theft of money Hastings police are investigating a larceny complaint at a residence in the 100 block of West Nelson Street, which was reported on Feb. 27, but is believed to happened sometime between Feb. 1 and the 16th. The victim told officers that money was taken from inside the residence that was to be used for making a house payment. A 15-year-old suspect has been identified and the incident remains under investigation. Two injured in 2-car accident on M-37 The Barry County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-car accident last Thursday, March 1, on M-37, north of Finkbeiner Road. According to investigators a vehicle driven by Linda Velding, 58, of Ionia, was southbound on M-37 when the driver lost control and struck the guard rail on the east side of the road. Velding’s vehicle continued south and re-entered the roadway striking a northbound vehicle driven by Jeremy Peckham, 26, of Hastings. Velding was taken by Thornapple Township Emergency Services to Spectrum Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition. Peckham was transported by TTES to Pennock Hospital in Hastings, where he was treated and released. Both drivers were wearing seat belts and alcohol was not considered a factor. The accident remains under investigation. The sheriff’s department was assisted at the scene by the Michigan State Police troopers from the Hastings Post. Hastings Exchange Club Youths of the Month selected for March Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Antiques National Ads FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 ANTIQUE SHOW: March 10th & 11th, Barry County Fairgrounds, north of Hastings right on M-37. 60 Exhibitors, a great variety. Saturday 9am-5pm; Sunday 9am3pm. $3.00 admission. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 For Rent NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, MISDA approved, $525 plus security deposit. (269)948-8943 Business Services DIVORCE AGREEMENT: Non contested divorce with or without children. Call (269)345-1173. Garage Sale 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Pets FREE TO GOOD HOME: Beautiful male Turkish Angola. Neutered and shots updated. (269)945-4003 Help Wanted LOST DOG: Maple Grove, 66 & Assyria area. Miniature Collie, black/white. Goes by Jenna. (Reward) (517)5885103. DRIVER/TECHNICIAN: CARELINC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AT THE HASTINGS BRANCH 602 W. STATE ST. FULL TIME 40 HOURS PLUS. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 Miscellaneous BANQUET FACILITY FOR ALL OCCASIONS at the Bedford Lions Club. Also we sell Cherry Juice Concentrate, $26 for 1/2 gallon, $16 for quart. For details call (269)721-3616. NANNY NEEDED IN DELTON: 3 children, full time. (269)623-5650 d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Real Estate Clayton Walden, shown here with teacher Trisha Kietzman, is Young Citizen of the Month for March from Pleasantview Elementary School. Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for March, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Cassie Baker, Morgan Pierce and Monique Williams, shown with teacher Tim Newsted. OPEN SUN., MARCH. 11th 2-4pm. 597 Noah Dr. Come see this 3 bed., 2-1/2 bath Cape Cod. Situated on 2+ acres, this home offers large wrap around porch, central air, possible 3rd bath and family room at walk out level! New in 2005 this home could be yours just in time for the holidays! Directions: 6 miles east on 179 from Yankee Springs Rd. ERA Network Real Estate. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Recreation FISH OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR or hunt Barry Counties thousands of acres of State Game Area, just minutes away. Up north without the drive! 70’ of frontage on small, private Wiley Lake (approx. 10 acres, 90’ deep). Older mobile home with addition, newer 4” well. Peace and quiet with a great view. Asking $45,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information & photos. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. +$67,1*6�� ZZZ�*47,�FRP ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. 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Missing from the photo is Morgan Leep. Students at Northeastern Elementary School who have earned Exchange Club of Hastings Young Citizens of the Month accolades for March are Brianna Buehler and Trista Straube, shown with teacher Alice Gergen. NuUnion is a $774 million financial institution serving over 88,000 members at 14 locations. Those of us who work here get a lot of satisfaction from being able to help our members. We look for people who love to serve others and take great personal pride in their work. If this description fits you, then we invite you to take a closer look at what we have to offer. We’re currently seeking applications for a part-time Branch Assistant at our Hastings branch. 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Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for March, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Cassie Baker, Morgan Pierce and Monique Williams, shown with teacher Tim Newsted. The BANNER Star Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for March, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Rebecca Westbrook and Dexx VanHouten, shown with teachers Ann Severns and Tammy Nemetz. NuUnion Credit Union, HR Dept HR0206 501 S. Capitol Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933-2320 NuUnion Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer 77510470 Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them Apply for the Branch Assistant position at any of our locations; complete an online application at NuUnion.jobs; fax your resume to 517.267.7009; e-mail jobs@NuUnion.org; or mail to the address below. No phone calls, please. �Page 16 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Drawing No Conclusions is a national exhibition of 50 selected drawing artists at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. Gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday Noon to 10 pm and Sunday noon to 7 pm. Admission is free. For more information call (616) 454-7000 or visit www.uica.org or email pr@uica.org. Through Mar 9. • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. MUSIC/THEATRE • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. • Community Music School Cabaret will be held at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro in downtown hastings from 7 pm to midnight. The event features dancing to the music of Les Jazz, a big band specializing in swing music. Hors d’ oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. A floor show will showcase the talents of the Community Music School faculty. Admission is $30 per couple and proceeds will provide financial aid and scholarships for local music students. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information call (269) 948-9441. March 10. • Hero of None will open for national band Dope at Planet Rock in Battle Creek. Also featured at the show will be bands A New Revolution and Slap Maggie. Hero of None consists of Eddie Prentice (bass), Chad Johncock (percussion), Chad Metzger (guitar), and Rabz (voice). The show is for ages 21 and over. Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6 pm. Go to www.clubplanetrock.com for more information. March 11. • Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 222-4000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Through March 16. MISCELLANEOUS • Pig in a Poke Spring Fling features primitive style furniture, home decor items, folk art, and more at the Old Kellogg School at the corner of Washington and Queen streets in Nashville from 10 am-4 pm. More than 30 dealers will display their wares. The Pig in a Poke store on Main Street in Nashville will open at 8 am for early shopping, browsing, and bargains. March 10. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: In which 1960s TV show did the character of Dr. Zorba appear? 2. LANGUAGE: What does “Mardi Gras” mean in French? 3. GAMES: What is the minimum weight of a Major League baseball? 4. FAMOUS QUOTES: Who once said, “Art is a jealous mistress.” 5. GEOGRAPHY: Which nation lies directly on the eastern border of Lebanon? 6. THEATER: In what year did the musical “Grease” debut on Broadway? 7. RELIGION: Who were the sons of Isaac? 8. GEOLOGY: What kind of stone is an onyx? 9. MOVIES: Who directed the 1993 film “The Piano”? 10. ANCIENT WORLD: Who is known as the father of history? Answers 1. “Ben Casey” 2. Fat Tuesday 3. Five ounces 4. Ralph Waldo Emerson 5. Syria 6. 1972 7. Jacob and Esau 8. Agate 9. Jane Campion 10. The historian Herodotus © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. Hero of None March 11 CHECK OUT THESE MARCH BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 10 How to Plan & Start a Business presented by SCORE. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up your company, marketing, finance, and more. Threehour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9 amnoon. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 10-11 Allegan Antique Show at the Barry Expo Center. For more info call Larry Wood at (269) 453-8780. 12 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at County Seat restaurant in Hastings. State and federal elected representatives give updates on what’s happening in government. 17 Wild Turkey Federation Banquet at the Barry Expo Center. 17 Internet Marketing from A to Z prezented by SCORE. Learn how to use the internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two from the same company. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Chicago is Broadway’s longest running revival show and it will return to Kalamazoo March 16-18 for a five performance engagement at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are available by calling 269-387-2300 or 1-800-2289858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269-387-2312 for special discounts. 32nd Annual Kalamazoo Living History Show will be held at the Kalamazoo Expo Center March 17-18. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday 9 am-4 pm. This year’s theme is Fort Ouiatenon, the first European settlement in what is now the state of Indiana. More than 10,000 re-enactors from the French and Indian War to the Civil War, history buffs & historians, collectors and the general public are expected to attend. See KalamazooShow.com for more information. Slainte is a concert of music from Ireland and the British Isles featuring Dr. Jennifer Kennard on flute with Marie Blair on piano. Also performing are Ethel Armaling, Ben Beachler, Dr. Wesley Broadnax and the Walton Chamber Ensemble. The Grand Ledge Opera House will host the event at 3 pm Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce or the opera house office, or they can be be purchased for $12 at the door. Call (517) 627-1443 for more information. Shadows Fall will perform live with special guests Still Remains, The Acacia Strain and The Showdown Wednesday, March 21 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All ages welcome. Tickets are $12 in advance. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7 pm. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Shadowcatcher will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra March 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. The concert gets its name from a compostion by Eric Ewazen, the featured work on the program. The piece This week’s selections: Ghost Rider Running time: 114 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 I would have probably given “Ghost Rider” a higher grade if it had been a lowbudget affair with cheesy effects, over-thetop acting and an oh-so-bad-it’s-good vibe to it. But the studio spent $120 million on this production, and I’ll be damned if I can tell where the money was spent. It certainly wasn’t on special effects. The CGI quality was about the same level as you’d expect from the Sci-Fi Channel. The acting is no great shakes, either. You’d think that playing a guy who turns into a flaming skeleton bounty hunter for Satan would be a lot of fun, but Nicholas Cage appears to be sleepwalking throughout this movie. Co-star Eva Mendes is laughable as the journalist/love interest. Watching her struggle to form words of more than two syllables is painfully funny at times, and you have to wonder why this woman has a career at all. The only high points to “Ghost Rider” are the cameos by Peter Fonda (as the devil) and Sam Elliot as The Caretaker. Both are such commanding presences that you wish the stu- was inspired by four of Edward Curtis’ photos of native Americans. The show will also feature pieces by Grieg and Kodaly. Part of the evening will be the unveiling the KSO’s 20072008 season. Tickets are $19-$49. Call 1-800228-9858 for tickets. Herb Gardening for Cooking and Caterpillars from 10 am-1 pm Saturday, March 24 at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Herbs are tasty for not only humans but serve as host plants for black swallowtail caterpillars as well. Barry Latoszewski and Jen Howell will pique your curiosity about these edible plants and you will be able to sample an herb-filled lunch created by Richard Centala. Class size is limited so register early. Cost is $12 for institute members, $15 for nonmembers. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Badfish- A Tribute to Sublime will perform Monday, March 26 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Special guests include Arcadia and Ginormous And The Wee Ones. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $9.79 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, 7:30 pm show. For tickets and more info see www.sectionlive.com. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Nicholas Cage stars in “Ghost Rider.” dio had set this film in the Old West instead of modern times. The plot of the film is idiotic: As a young man, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze (Cage) makes a pact with the devil in order to cure his father of cancer. In return, Blaze must become the devil’s bounty hunter, collecting evil souls and sending them to Hell. The Devil’s son (Wes Bentley) decides he wants to overthrow Dad, so he searches for a contract that will give him Awesome Powers — enough to create Hell on Earth ... or something like that. So, Satan sends the Ghost Rider to destroy his naughty son. Ooookay. So, the Devil isn’t powerful enough to put the smackdown on his own kid? Does this mean the Ghost Rider is more powerful than Satan? And if so, why doesn’t he destroy Satan, too? I know. I know. Logic and comic book movies don’t gel together, but come on. Don’t bother seeing this movie at the theater. At best, it’s a rental. GRADE: D © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 17 Symphony to perform multicultural blockbuster March 10 BORN THIS WEEK: You can be a dreamer and a realist. You dream of what you would like to do, and then you face the reality of how to do it. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re correct to want to help someone who seems to need assistance. But be careful that he or she isn’t pulling the wool over those gorgeous Sheep’s eyes. You need more facts. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your Bovine optimism will soon dispel the gloom cast by those naysayers and pessimists who still hover close by. Also, that good news you recently received is part of a fuller message to come. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Feeling jealous over a colleague’s success drains the energy you need to meet your own challenges. Wish him or her well, and focus on what you need to do. Results start to show in mid-March. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’re likely to feel somewhat Crabby these days, so watch what you say, or you could find yourself making lots of apologies. Your mood starts to brighten by the weekend. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your pride might still be hurting from those unflattering remarks someone made about you. But cheer up, you’re about to prove once again why you’re the Top Cat in whatever you do. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A misunderstanding with a co-worker could become a real problem unless it’s resolved soon. Allow a third party to come in and assess the situation without pressure or prejudice. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Call a family meeting to discuss the care of a loved one at this difficult time. Be careful not to let yourself be pushed into shouldering the full burden on your own. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) An upcoming decision could open the way to an exciting venture. However, there are some risks you should know about. Ask more questions before making a commitment. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Personal matters need your attention during the earlier part of the week. You can start to shift your focus to your workaday world by midweek. Friday brings news. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You’ve been going at a hectic pace for quite a while. It’s time now for some muchneeded rest and recreation to recharge those hardworking batteries. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) This is a good time to upgrade your current skills or consider getting into an entirely different training program so that you can be prepared for new career opportunities. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Keep a low profile in order to avoid being lured away from the job at hand. Focus on what has to be done, and do it. There’ll be time later to enjoy fun with family and friends. © 2007 King Features Syndicate, Inc. Joined by a mariachi band, thundering drums, and a mass choir of nearly 300, the Battle Creek Symphony will celebrate the region’s cultural wealth in a blockbuster concert called “Battle Creek Harmony” on Saturday, March 10, 7:30 pm at W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. The concert will feature the premiere of Dreaming a World by Grammy-nominated composer Peter Boyer. Commissioned for the Symphony by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Dreaming a World features a series of evocative texts spoken and sung, including a Native American prayer and quotations from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., César Chávez, Walt Whitman and others. Joining the orchestra will be narrator Von Washington, percussionists from area high schools, Echoes of Grace, Inc. Community Choir, Battle Creek Community Chorus, Battle Creek Girls‚ Chorus, Battle Creek Boychoir, Kellogg Community College Choral Union, the Sojourner Truth Youth Choir, along with singers from Abundant Grace Covenant Church, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Maranatha Original Church of God, Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Now Faith Ministry, Second Missionary Baptist Church, and Upton Avenue Original Church of God. Other works on the program include Copland’s El Salón México, La Negra with the Grand Rapids Blue and Gold Mariachi Band, and the gospel classic Lift Every Voice for Freedom by Moses Hogan, conducted by Echoes of Grace director Wyhomme Matthews. For tickets to “Battle Creek Harmony,” priced $5 to $39, call 269.565.2199 or visit www.battlecreeksymphony.org for information. Peter Boyer was chosen for the commission through the Continental Harmony Project of the American Composers‚ Forum. He composed Dreaming a World after a three-week residency in Battle Creek. Boyer said, “The great challenge in composing Dreaming a World was to take what I’d learned about the various constituencies in Battle Creek, and use that knowledge to create a work that addresses the themes of multiculturalism and unity, not only in Battle Creek, but in the broader world as well.” Peter Boyer has emerged in recent years as one of the most frequently performed young American orchestral composers. His major work Ellis Island: The Dream of America, which celebrates the American immigrant experience, has had more than 75 performances by 35 orchestras, including the Battle Creek Symphony in 2003. Ellis Island was recorded on the Naxos label, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The Battle Creek Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Battle Creek Community Foundation. Continental Harmony will premiere in Battle Creek Finding harmony in a multicultural world is the theme of a new work by Grammy-nominated composer Peter Boyer of Altadena, California. Dreaming a World will be premiered by the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, a percussion ensemble, and six combined choruses on March 10, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the W. K. Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Creek. Dreaming a World, a five-movement, 20minute work, was commissioned for the orchestra by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation through the Continental Harmony program of the American Composers Forum, a non-profit composer service organization dedicated to promoting composers and their music. As part of the composition process, Dr. Boyer spent three weeks in residence in Battle Creek, a city of 50,000 midway between Chicago and Detroit, engaging in community meetings, visiting area schools, participating in ìmeet the composerî events, and interacting with performers. Dreaming a World features spoken and sung texts assembled by Boyer, including a traditional Native American prayer; brief quotes concerning unity and change from leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., César Chavez, Maya Angelou, John F. Kennedy, and Mahatma Gandhi; and poems by Langston Hughes, Hartley Alexander, and Walt Whitman. Joining the orchestra for the premiere performance will be the Echoes of Grace, Inc. Community Choir, Battle Creek Community Chorus, Battle Creek Girlsí Chorus, Battle Creek Boychoir, Kellogg Community College Choral Union, the Sojourner Truth Youth Choir, and narrator. Other works on the program include Copland’s El Salün México and Lift Every Voice for Freedom by Moses Hogan. For tickets to the premiere, priced $5 to $39, call 269.565.2199 or visit www.battlecreeksymphony.org for information. “I was delighted to be chosen for the Continental Harmony project in Battle Creek,” said Boyer. “The great challenge in composing Dreaming a World was to take what I’d learned about the various constituencies in Battle Creek, and use that knowledge in an attempt to create a work that addresses the themes of multiculturalism and unity, not only in Battle Creek, but in the broader world as well. To have the opportunity to do so in a new work involving some 300 performers is both challenging and exciting.” The Continental Harmony program “offers communities the unique opportunity to be a part of new musical works which celebrate their history and culture,” says John Nuechterlein, President and C.E.O. of American Composers Forum. “These exceptional musical celebrations strengthen social bonds and renew the collective spirit.” Visit www.continentalharmony.org for more information. Peter Boyer has emerged in recent years as one of the most frequently performed young American orchestral composers. His music has been widely acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for its dramatic strength and evocative power. His orchestral works have received over 150 public performances, by more than 50 orchestras. He has conducted recordings of his music with both the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia. His works have been broadcast on hundreds of radio stations throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia. In 2001, at age 31, he became one of the youngest composers in the world to have an entire disc of his music recorded by a worldclass orchestra and distributed by an international record label. • It was, of course, noted wit and poet Ogden Nash who made the following sage observation: “Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” • In a recent column I mentioned that if you’ve been drinking and decide to walk home instead of driving, you might want to reconsider, because studies show that as many people are fatally injured while walking drunk as while driving drunk. To eliminate any misunderstanding that may have occurred, I’d like to make it clear that I was in no way encouraging or endorsing drunk driving. Just call a cab, for Pete’s sake! • When he wrote “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson didn’t have to draw too much on his considerable imagination. The creepy title character was actually based on a real person, William Brodie, who was a deacon and a robber. • The largest bird in the world, the ostrich, wasn’t burdened with an overabundance of smarts: Its eye is larger than its brain. • On April 15, 1912, an operator of the Marconi radiotelegraph system then in use received an emergency alert from the Titanic. Knowing the Titanic’s reputation as being “unsinkable,” the man joked, “Why don’t you send out this new call, S.O.S. — it might be your last chance.” • If you’re a coffee drinker — and even if you’re not — you’ve probably heard of the Maxwell House brand. The original Maxwell House was actually a luxury hotel in Nashville, Tenn., that was known for its excellent coffee. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.” — Covert Bailey © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Boyer's major work Ellis Island: The Dream of America, which celebrates the American immigrant experience, has been his most successful composition to date. This work has been enjoying an extraordinary performance history, with over 75 performances by 35 orchestras, including the Battle Creek Symphony, from its debut in 2002 through the 2006-07 season, making it one of the most-performed large-scale American orchestral works of the last decade. Boyer’s Ellis Island was recorded and released on the Naxos label, and was nominated for a GrammyÆ Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. In addition to his work for the concert hall, Boyer is active in the film and television industry. He recently composed scores for episodes of The History Channel original series Engineering an Empire. Boyer teaches at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Since 1899 the Battle Creek Symphony, Michiganís oldest, has pleased audiences and critics with outstanding classical and pops performances. Led with elegance and flair by Music Director Anne Harrigan, the orchestra is breaking down barriers between the audience and the music with innovative multi-media performances. Harrigan said, ìWe are thrilled to be part of this creative process, an example of the power of music to transcend superficial boundaries and unite us.î Harrigan added, ìPeter Boyer has given voice to the issues and feelings of living in a diverse society, not just in Battle Creek, but everywhere. We have gained an important and inspiring work of art.î Harrigan joined the orchestra in 2003, following 20 years as conductor of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. The Battle Creek Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, which also encompasses seven choruses and a community music school. Visit www.musiccenterscmi.com for more information. Continental Harmony has been recognized as a model of local community artistic initiative. The initiative has been launched by the American Composers Forum in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts as a way of bringing composers and communities together each for the creation of original musical works reflecting the unique history, culture and spirit of community. Each host site identifies a theme, an occasion, and local performers for a musical work that will be meaningful to its citizens. With the assistance of American Composers Forum, the community group then selects the composer best able to write the music and carry out the residency. During the inaugural round of the program in the year 2000, American Composers Forum discovered that Continental Harmony projects bring people together, heighten community feeling and sense of place, and encourage the formation of collaborations among groups. At the same time the artistic resources of the area are often strengthened and validated. As a result of this inaugural round, Twin Cities Public Television created an award-winning documentary and website. For more information, visit www.continentalharmony.org Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood sends clock running in district victory by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood had coach Mark Farrell thought that his team’s defensive effort and the up- Lakewood guard Michael Barbour cruises in for a lay-up as Hopkins’ Jamin Williams Tuesday night at Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) and-down tempo of the game wore down the Hopkins Vikings Monday night in the Class B district opener at Hastings. The funny thing was, the end-to-end action didn’t wear down his Lakewood Vikings. That probably had something to do with the fact that most of the time the Lakewood boys were the ones with the ball in their hands as the two teams sprinted up and down the court. The mercy rule was called into play early in the fourth quarter, and Lakewood went on to a 74-31 victory. “I was just a little shocked that our defense was as stifling as it was,” said Farrell after the game. Lakewood’s match-up defense isn’t something that’s easy to prepare for over the course of a few days before the start of a district tournament. Hopkins found that out. Passing lanes the Hopkins players thought were there on the offensive end weren’t. Eventually Hopkins started settling for jump shots, that didn’t fall. Lakewood led the entire night, starting with a jumper by senior center Alex Erickson off an inbound play. His team went on an 11-2 run to open things up and led 15-6 after one period. Hopkins pulled to within four points at 1511 early in the second quarter, but Lakewood went on a tear to pull in front 37-15 with 30 seconds to go in the half. Lakewood went ahead 62-21 with 6:19 left in the fourth quarter to start the clock running, on a bucket by reserve forward Wade O’Mara. “I wasn’t even focused on looking at the score. I was looking more at the kids I had on the floor and them playing defense,” Farrell said. With a roster of just ten players, all the Lakewood reserves saw a lot of time in the contest. Nic Wieland, Eddie Salazar, Justin Keller, Zach Porter and O’Mara were all solid off the bench offensively and defensively. “That second half, I thought we were really patient offensively. We made the extra pass and found the open man,” Farrell said. All ten Lakewood players had at least four points on the night. Brad Elliott led the team with 17 points, Erickson had 12, Wieland eight and Keller seven. O’Mara and Michael Barbour had six each. Dan Desgranges and Richardson had five points each for Lakewood, and Salazar and Porter four each. Nicholas Jones and Kyle Hoffmaster, both juniors, paced Hopkins with seven points each. Both teams were without a key guard. The Vikings’ Nick Hilley is done for the season with a cast on his wrist. “We just thought, when we lost Hilley at Williamston, that was an opportunity for other kids to step up to that opportunity,” Farrell said. “We’ve had the whole team step up.” Lakewood was 18-3 headed into Wednesday’s district semifinal against Thornapple Kellogg, who the Vikings defeated during non-conference action this winter. Lakewood headed into this week’s Class B boys’ basketball district tournament in Hastings on a seven game win streak. Since a Dec. 19 loss at Ionia, only Lansing Catholic had topped the Viking boys. The next possible meeting for the Vikings and the Cougars would be in the opening round of the regional tournament at Caledonia next week. Both teams were still alive in their respective districts heading into Wednesday night’s action. Lakewood ended the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 season with an 8-2 record. The Vikings closed CAAC-3 play with a 67-40 win over DeWitt at home on Friday. “The second half was the key,” said Farrell. “We came out of the locker room with passion and executed extremely well.” The Vikings held a 23-17 advantage at the break, then came out and outscored the Panthers 19-8 in the third quarter. Erickson had seven of his team high 16 points in the third quarter. Erickson also had 14 rebounds and three assists on the night. Elliott came up big with 14 points and six rebounds. “We had great intensity at the defensive end, which led to some easy fast break baskets,” Farrell said. “It was a nice way to send out our senior class.” Erickson and Elliott make up half of the Vikings’ seniors. Wieland and Dan Desgranges, who finished with nine and eight points respectively, round out the foursome. Junior Michael Barbour finished with four points, six assists and four steals for Lakewood. Josh Armstead led DeWitt with 16 points, 12 of which came in the second half. Lakewood cheer just a few points short of state finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood head coach Kim Martin couldn’t have summed up Saturday any better than she did. “Man, that was a bummer.” Her Lakewood varsity competitive cheer team finished in third place at the Division 3 regional tournament they hosted Saturday. The top two teams from each regional tournament advance to the state finals, which will be held in Grand Rapids this Saturday. Three Rivers and Otsego are those two teams from the Lakewood regional. Three Rivers finished first with a score of 677.7. Otsego was second at 675.2, just 8.6 points better than Lakewood’s total of 666.6. Delton Kellogg finished sixth in the meet, with a score of 586.8. “We knew we had a good shot (at getting to the state finals) and Saturday just was not our day,” Martin said. All season long the Vikings had been relying on a strong round three performance, but round three wasn’t strong enough on Saturday for Lakewood. “We knew that our round two was going to by Brett Bremer County’s Class B district still very unkind to visitors Hopkins boys’ basketball, welcome to Class B. More than one person asked me “what’s new?” Monday night during the opening night of the Class B district boys’ basketball tournament that the Saxons are hosting this week. I probably answered “not much” at one point. I could have said, “Hopkins has moved up from Class C to be part of this Class B district tournament.” I did change my answer late in the night, but it turned to “this,” as I pointed to the running clock on the scoreboard. Lakewood, which has won every Class B district boys’ basketball championship they’ve played in since I’ve been paying attention to them the last four years, topped Hopkins in the night-cap Monday 74-31. Too bad for Lakewood, I remember those four district championship teams by the way they were downed in the regional tournament. Four years ago they lost at Grand Valley to the South Christian team that went on to win state. The next year they lost to Drew Neitzel and his Wyoming Park Vikings at Grand Valley. Two district titles ago, the Lakewood boys were robbed by the referees and South Christian’s David Kool up at Rockford. Godwin knocked off the Vikings last season over at Grandville. In 2003 South Christian was 27-0. Neitzel was first-team all-Big Ten this season and Kool was named the Mid American Conference freshman of the year. Those are the kind of teams its taken to knock Lakewood out of the state tournament in recent years. I remember them that way because I never get to see the district championship games. Those finals are the same weekend as the individual wrestling state finals. Anyway, that’s not a great way for a team like Hopkins to open its time in Class B. It was the first time I’d ever seen the mercy rule put into play at a basketball game. A basketball team needs to be ahead by 40 points in the second half for the clock to start running. I’ve seen games where two teams have struggled to score more than 40 points each, so having a 40 point lead is no easy task. Now and then in happens in football where the mercy rule is put into effect for a team holding a massive lead. Unfortunately for some of our local varsity soccer teams, I’ve seen their games stopped early because an opponent has a 10 goal lead. Covering a conference that has Wayland playing softball in it, I’ve seen plenty of softball games end because of the mercy rule and a few baseball games as well. Seeing the mercy rule in a basketball game is something new to me. Sometimes I wonder what fans of teams like Allegan and Hopkins, and Gull Lake in previous seasons feel like after their run in the district tournament ends. Do their fans go in thinking that they have a good shot at taking a district title or at least getting to the district championship. Allegan had a winning record to start the district tournament. Hastings did not. The Saxons handled the Tigers pretty well. Are they shocked? Do they think they just had one bad game at the worst possible time? Or is it starting to add up. Paw Paw, Plainwell and Vicksburg are not Wayland and South Christian or DeWitt and Lansing Catholic when it comes to guys’ basketball. How does that ride home feel to them when they’re bounced in the opening round of the district. I guess I suppose it feels a lot like the feeling I’ve got on the ride home after seeing Lakewood bounced in the opening round of the regional. Good luck next week at Caledonia Vikings, or Saxons, or Trojans, or Panthers, whichever one of you closes out this thing for the Barry County schools this week. Lakewood’s Wade O’Mara splits a Hopkins double team to put a shot up in the second half of Monday night’s Class B district opener at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Lakewood varsity competitive cheer team, shown performing in round one Saturday, placed third in the Division 2 regional tournament they hosted. (Photo by Brett Bremer) set us behind, and really felt our round three, that we had been hitting all season, would carry us through. It was not our best round three performance and that really cost us,” said Martin. Lakewood was tied for first with Three Rivers after round one, with scores of 186.5. Otsego was just behind those two teams with a 184. The Vikings finished round two just four points behind Otsego and one point behind Three Rivers. Lakewood scored a 192.6 in round two, compared with Three Rivers’ 193.7 and Otsego’s 199.2. In round three, the Vikings scored a 287.5. It was the third best round three performance, behind Three Rivers and Otsego. Three Rivers scored a 297.5 and Otsego 292. The Delton girls scored a 168.5 in round one, 166.8 in round two, and 251.5 in round three. Behind those top three teams, Allegan scored a 625.1, Coloma 614.2, Delton Kellogg 586.8, Albion 575.4, Paw Paw 572.9, Zeeland West 555.9, Pennfield 555.6, Portland 550.5, Hopkins 540.5, Hamilton 535.4, and South Haven 516.4. “This team had a great season, better than we had expected with losing 10 seniors from last year,” Martin said. “We just peaked at the wrong time.” Lakewood had three girls earn all-region honors, Megan Holaski, Keli Livingston and Jacquie Collins. Trojan senior finishes 45th at state finals The 2006-07 season came to an end for Thornapple Kellogg senior Bret Dulyea Saturday, at Nottke’s Bowl in Battle Creek. He finished 45th, out of 60 bowlers at the Division 2 state finals. Dulyea rolled games of 213, 157, 155, 172, 189 and 211 for a total of 1097. Chelsea’s Greg VanOrman had the top sixgame qualifying total of 1487. Jackson Lumen Christi’s Jared Ball was second in the qualifying at 1461. The top 16 bowlers in the qualifying round advance to match-play in the individual tournament, where they play a best-of-three game series to advance. Ball went on to take the Division 2 individual title, topping Battle Creek Lakeview’s Matt Bowen in two games 195-183 and 334213. On Friday afternoon, Bowen’s Lakeview team finished second to Dearborn Heights Annapolis in the Division 2 team championship. Dulyea qualified for the state finals with his sixth-place total of 1243 at the previous weekend’s regional tournament in Battle Creek. The Delton Kellogg girls perform in round one at Saturday’s Division 2 competitive cheer regional hosted by Lakewood High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 19 Saxons pull away from Allegan in middle quarters 19-18 midway through the second quarter, the Saxons went on a 9-0 run with buckets from four different players. The Saxons’ 6-4 junior center Ryan Vogel and 6-3 junior forward Ryan Cain knocked down a pair of jump shots in the final minute of the first half to give their team a 33-22 edge at the break. “Vogel, we expect,” Schils said. “He is our best pure shooter from 15 feet and in. Ryan Cain has a good shot. He just has to learn that he does. I hope that gives him some confidence. I am really happy for him, because he does all the dirty work for our team as far as getting rebounds and he’s our best post defender.” Vogel would finish the night as the only other Saxon in double-figures, behind Stanhope, with 12 points. Senior center Bryan Skedgell added seven points for the Saxons. Junior guard Adam Brown led Allegan with 15 points and the 6-6 senior center Cook finished with nine. “I really felt good about tonight. We kind of TK wins last two before district semi to learn the sport of wrestling. The cost for the spring season is $35 per wrestler, with a cap of $150 per family. The cost includes a club T-shirt. Questions can be directed to Mike Goggins at (269) 945-5290 or Dennis Redman at (269) 945-2223. Saxon point guard Stephen Tolger (center) tries to get to a loose ball between two Coopersville Broncos during Friday night’s regular season finale in Hastings. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 401(k) rollovers made easy 02666147 Kristen E. Hoel Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. 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Athletes are asked to bring a clean T-shirt, shorts or sweatpants with no zippers, wrestling shoes or high top gym shoes without hard soles, a positive attitude and a desire 97 The Hastings Athletic Boosters is sponsoring a reverse raffle to benefit the Hastings schools athletic program. The event will be held at the Montpelier, OH, Ramada Inn, on Saturday, April 14. There will be a social hour beginning at 3 p.m., followed by a buffet that opens at 4 p.m., and the raffle drawing starting at 5 p.m. Raffle tickets are available for $100. There are a total of 300 tickets available. During the event numbers will be pulled out continuously. The 300th ticket drawn wins $7,000 in cash. There are other cash prizes, from $100 to $600, for certain tickets pulled. There will also be the chance to purchase other tickets for additional drawings at the event. The deadline when the boosters must inform the hotel as to how many tickets have been sold is March 21. More information can be obtained by contacting any athletic booster or by calling (269) 948-4679. “We acquire many friendships through our attending sporting events, but seldom do we have the opportunity to really socialize while the events are occurring,” said booster Karla Hayden. “This is designed for you to come socialize and enjoy the friendships you have acquired through your student athlete and the athletic community.” Hotel room prices range from $44 a night for three nights in a regular room, to $99 a night for one night in a Jacuzzi room. The Hastings Athletic Boosters is an organization that provides funds to middle school and high school athletes. The boosters assist in the cost of equipment, uniforms, and even offer two scholarships each year to senior athletes. The Boosters currently run only three other fund raisers each year, the Buzz Youngs Golf Classic and submarine sandwich sales in the spring and fall. Hastings’ Ryan Cain fires a short jump shot over the top of Allegan’s Kyle VanderHulst during Monday night’s Class B district opener. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Freestyle wrestling season begins next Tuesday at HHS Class of Boosters plan reverse raffle for April 14 The Saxons’ Jordan Rambin collides with Allegan’s Will Cook as he tries to get by him along the baseline in the second half Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 06647090 Thornapple Kellogg was on a roll heading into this week’s district tournament at Hastings. The Trojans were strong against the O-K Gold champions from Wayland Feb. 23, topped the Saxons in the final Gold contest of the season last Tuesday, then closed the regular season with a 72-59 victory over Belding in an O-K Conference crossover contest last Friday. A total of seven players had at least six points for the Trojans in the win over the Redskins, led by Ryan Sisson’s 19-point night. The Trojans broke open a tight game with the Redskins, outscoring their visitors 17-9 in the third quarter. Blake Johnson had eight points for TK, Andrew Gilbert seven, and Nate Manning, Brad Steffen, Joshua Thaler and Ian Sisson six each. Kory Jonker led Belding with 29 points. The Trojans led 32-38 at the half, before racing out to a double-digit lead in the third quarter. The Trojans were slated to take on Lakewood in the district semifinals on Wednesday night. The winner of that game will face either Hastings or Delton Kellogg in the Class B district championship game at Hastings Friday night at 7. pulled the reigns back there a little bit in the fourth quarter,” Schils said. “The clock started to be a factor for us.” The Saxon lead was as large as 20 points late in the third quarter, and never fell into single digits until the final seconds of the game. The loss continued the struggles for teams from the Wolverine Conference in their trips to take on the likes of Hastings, Lakewood, and Thornapple Kellogg in the area’s annual Class B district. Allegan had three more wins than the Saxons this year during the regular season. “Some people said our league was down a little bit,” Schils said of the O-K Gold, “but it’s still very good basketball, with South Christian and Wayland and some other teams.” South Christian and Wayland also advanced to the district semifinals in their Class B district tournament at the home of the Wildcats to start the week. “I have tremendous respect for how far Allegan has come in the last couple years,” added Schils. “They won three games each of the last two years.” The winner of the contest between Delton and Hastings from Wednesday night will be in this Friday’s district final against either Lakewood or Thornapple Kellogg. The championship is slated to begin at 7 p.m. “The first thing we said in (the locker room) was the 24 hour rule,” Schils said after Monday’s contest. “You have 24 hours to celebrate, but we have a game Wednesday. You’re not in the game Friday until you win on Wednesday.” Hastings closed out the regular season by scoring a 68-63 overtime victory against Coopersville in O-K Conference crossover action Friday night. Coopersville battled from six points down to start the fourth quarter to take a late lead in regulation, before Vogel knocked down the game tying jumper with two seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Saxons then outscored the Broncos 1611 in the overtime session to earn the victory. Vogel hit more than one big shot on the night for the Saxons. He finished with a game-high 21 points. Stanhope added 13 points, Cain nine, and Jordan Rambin seven for the Saxons. Brett Pfahler led Coopersville with 18 points. Hastings led 30-24 at the half, allowing the Broncos just seven points in the second period. The O-K Gold Conference was 5-2 in its crossover battle with teams from the O-K Blue to end the season. 77502006 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Either end of Monday’s Class B boys’ basketball district opener Monday night was a tough battled between Hastings and the Allegan Tigers, but the middle was all Saxons. Hastings (11-10) scored a 54-45 victory over Allegan (13-8) to advance to Wednesday night’s district semifinal contest against Delton Kellogg. Over the course of the middle two periods, the Saxons outscored the Tigers 30-11. Allegan had just two field goals from center Will Cook and seven field goals in that span. “The second quarter for sure, that’s probably as well as we’ve played offensively and defensively put together,” said Hastings head coach Don Schils. “We had a quarter against Hamilton not too long ago.” The Tigers led 15-14 after one quarter, after jumping out to a 7-2 start. The Saxons were able to take advantage of solid defense and all their offensive options starting in the second quarter. Senior guard Bryce Stanhope had 15 of his game high 25 points, in the first half, including back-to-back buckets to start the second quarter for the Saxons. With Allegan leading For more details contact Rural Development at (888) 771-6993 Rural Development is An Equal Opportunity Lender �Page 20 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Eaton Rapids dominates Vikings in D-2 quarter’s by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Being a “laid back” Bob Veitch was the approach the Lakewood varsity wrestling coach took to this season’s team state wrestling championships in Battle Creek. The expectations weren’t the same as usual. The Vikings went into Friday night’s Division 2 quarterfinal as the underdogs, against Eaton Rapids. The results were the same though. The Vikings were bumped from the finaleight, as the Greyhounds advanced to the state semifinals with a 51-10 victory. “I tried to just be real laid back and not be so directive or anything. I tried to make it more of a free flow atmosphere for them, where before it’s been real stressful,” Veitch said. “We’ve tried about everything I can imagine to come here and be prepared, and not to have any excuses. It’s not the kids, it’s their aggressiveness,” Veitch said. It was tough for the Vikings to be aggressive after Eaton Rapids jumped out to a 30-0 lead. The Greyhounds won the first six matches, scoring pins in four of them. Junior Josh Dormer got things started for Eaton Rapids with a pin of Mason Blackmer 1 minute and 54 seconds into their 125-pound match. Dormer, who won an individual state title at 103 pounds as a freshman and was second last year at 119 pounds, isn’t a part of the individual state finals this year. So, he had extra incentive to get the team finals off to a strong start for the Greyhounds. “When you start off with the state champion, you know you’re going to start off in a hole,” Veitch said. “We had a couple weights where we didn’t know for sure if their kids who were ineligible were going to be back or not.” They were back. Justin Sklapsky followed Dormer’s win for Eaton Rapids by pinning Michael Gregory in 1:20 in the 130-pound match. Brandon Robinson (135 pounds) and Sean McCoy (152) scored decisions and Devin Milheim (140) and Martin Bell (145) pins in the 30-0 run to start the quarterfinal. The match was at its midway point before one of Lakewood’s three individual state Lakewood’s Kyle Root (left) fights to break free from Eaton Rapids’ Brandon Robison in their 135-pound match at Friday’s Division 2 state quarterfinals in Battle Creek’s Kellogg Arena. The Greyhounds topped the Vikings 51-10 to advance to the state semifinals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) qualifiers, junior Levi Phelps, scoring the Vikings first team points. He tallied a 12-3 victory over the Greyhounds Matt Bell in the 160-pound bout. The three individual state qualifiers were the only three to get victories for Lakewood on the night. Senior Josh Kettel won his 189pound match with Jared Grant 5-1. At 103 pounds, senior Holden Hummel beat Jade Warner 7-3. “We didn’t come to wrestle,” Veitch said. “We got beat by 30 points by them earlier in the year. We were just flat.” Cam Pell (171), Ethan Franks (215), Josh Hendrickson (285), Justin Garza (112) and Shane Schnepp (119) also scored wins for the Greyhounds. Eaton Rapids had the tables turned in the semifinals Saturday morning, being soundly defeated 55-9 by Lowell. Allegan then bested the Red Arrows for the Division 2 state title, 34-27. Many of the Vikings, whose team battled injury and ineligibility problems all season long, have the chance to make sure things go better to end next winter’s team season. Kettel, Hummel, Kyle Root and Michael Gregory were the only four seniors who regularly contributed to the Viking line-up. The Vikings end the season with a record of 28 wins and 7 losses. For Hummel, Kettel and Phelps it is on to this weekend’s individual state championships, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The Grand March begins at 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon, with the first round of wrestling to begin at 2:45. It is the first appearance in the individual state finals for all three Vikings. Young Trojans will get another shot Lakewood heavyweight Kurtis Powell (right) and Eaton Rapids’ Josh Hendrickson knock heads in their match Friday night during the Division 2 state quarterfinals in Battle Creek. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lions start with good shot at getting to district finals Maple Valley’s varsity boys’ basketball team finished the 2006-07 regular season with four wins. One of those victories came at Dansville on Jan. 15. Another came at home against Springport on Jan. 30. Those wins looked pretty good heading into Monday since those were the only two teams standing between the Lions and a spot in the Class C district championship game at Springport, that’s scheduled for 7 p.m. this Friday night. Springport topped Dansville in their district opener Monday, and was slated to meet the Lions in the district semifinals Wednesday night. That was the second semifinal Wednesday. In the other, Olivet met Leslie. The Lions ended the regular season Friday night on the road against the No. 1 team in Class C, Kalamazoo Christian, and suffered a 94-55 loss. A dozen different players scored for the host Comets, led by Calvin DeVries 21 point performance. Kenneth Quick and Jeff Burd combined to lead the Lions with ten points each. Burd also had eight rebounds. Eric Westendorp chipped in nine points, and Jesse Bromley and Scott Kersjes had five each for Maple Valley. The Lions end the year with a record of 416 overall, and 2-12 in their first season in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. Thornapple Kellogg senior setter Amanda Denney pushes the ball over the net during Thursday’s district opener against Otsego. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Many of the Trojans will get another chance at a district championship. Otsego put an end to the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ volleyball season Thursday night, knocking off the Trojans in the Class B district opener at Allegan in three games. The most underclassmen Trojan head coach Jaime Nelson has had on her team in recent years is six. This year there were eight. “The most I’ve had is six, and that year they were all seniors,” Nelson. “These kids are all sophomores, except for four juniors.” She expects big things from them in the future. “We’re ready to win one of these districts. We get a tough draw every year,” Nelson said. One of the keys to getting to that point is for the Trojans to play more volleyball in the off-season. “At least half of them (will be playing this spring),” said Nelson. “The ones that don’t play a spring sport are all playing. The ones that do play a spring sport are looking for something that they can fit in.” Improved passing will be key. The Trojans struggled to move the ball efficiently to their setters in Thursday’s district defeat. The Otsego Bulldogs advanced to Saturday’s district semifinals by topping TK 25-16, 25-11, 25-18. “Our passing was not there, and that’s kind of been our Achilles heel all year,” Nelson said. “Then sometimes our passing is there, but we can’t get the ball to hit the floor.” Junior Ashley Martin and sophomore Kate Scheidel led the Thornapple Kellogg attack, getting the ball to the floor against the Bulldogs. Scheidel had six kills and Martin five. Senior Caitlin Chamberlin also had five kills for TK. TK was up and down throughout the match. The Trojans started strong in game two, matching the Bulldogs point for point, to 8-8. Bulldog middle hitter Heather Kreuze blasted a kill to the floor to give her team a 98 lead. It started a 16-3 run to end the game for Otsego. The Bulldogs’ Kristy Bates served her team to seven-consecutive scores at one point in the run. The Trojans went back and forth in game three as well. Otsego jumped out to an 8-1 lead, but TK battled back to pull within two points at 12-10. It was the Trojans’ last gasp. The Bulldogs won the next five points to take control. Sophomore Alyssa Bowerman had three blocks and two aces for the Trojans on the night. It wasn’t all underclassmen for TK. Senior Amanda Denney led the team with nine assists, which were hard to accumulate when that first pass up to her was not always a great one. Seniors Chamberlin and Denney closed out their Trojan career, along with classmates Val VanBemden, Samantha Reeder, and Katie McCarty. Otsego went on to take the district title, with 3-0 victories Saturday over Allegan in the semifinals and Hopkins in the championship game. Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin blasts an attack towards the net during the Class B district opener against Otsego at Allegan High School on Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) HASTINGS AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2007 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 01544534 Please bring the following to registration: � State certified birth certificate (not hospital copy) � Immunization Records or Waiver � Proof of Residency � Social Security Card Children enrolling must be 5-years-old on or before December 1, 2007. Parents do not need to bring their children to registration. Parents may wish to bring their calendars as we will be scheduling a screening time and a vision and hearing test time at registration. 77510411 A parent meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at Southeastern Elementary School. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — Page 21 Lions sink P-W to win district crown Lakewood varsity volleyball coach Christine Grunewald (center) hands the team’s district championship trophy to seniors Lacey Chase (left) and Amy Joostberns at Charlotte High School on Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Viking girls win their 16th straight district tournament Lakewood will face a familiar foe to open this weekend’s Class B regional volleyball tournament at Eaton Rapids. The Vikings take on the Vikings, from Haslett, in one of two regional semifinal contests beginning at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Chelsea takes on Coldwater in the other Class B regional semifinal at Eaton Rapids, prior to the clash between the two Viking teams. Although the league season is complete, it will be the second contest against a Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 foe for YMCA VOLLEYBALL Lakewood. The Vikings knocked off Lansing Catholic in three games, 25-12, 25-18, 25-6 to close out Saturday’s Class B district tournament at Charlotte. Lakewood breezed through the tournament, topping Charlotte in three games on Wednesday night in the first round and then defeating Portland in three games in Saturday morning’s semifinal contest. The victory marks the 16th consecutive district championship for the Lakewood girls. Lakewood defeated Haslett in two conference meetings this season, on its way to the CAAC-3 conference championship, in both their regular season dual and in the semifinals of the conference tournament. 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(Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxon cheer team finishes 11th at regional tournament Hastings ended its first season of Michigan High School Athletic Association competitive cheer on a high note. The Saxons placed 11th in their Division 2 regional tournament Saturday at Portage Northern High School, but their final two rounds were two of their finest of the season. “They did a great job,” said Hastings head coach Amy Hubbell. Hastings finished the day with a score of 566.4. Portage Northern and Mattawan earned the two berths in the state finals, which will be held this weekend in Grand Rapids. The host Huskies scored a 680.9 and Mattawan 678.4. St. Joseph was just twotenths of a point behind second-place Mattawan. Hubbell said that her girls made one minor mistake in round one, which ended with a score of 166.5. Even after that, the Saxons were in eighth place heading into the final two rounds. The Saxons’ round two score of 152.4 was their best ever in the round. They followed that up with a 250.5 in round three. Hubbell said that in round three, “they nailed all of their stunts and even went for some more difficult tumbling.” “We placed 11th but we were very happy with our performance.” Behind the top three teams, Plainwell was fourth with a score of 657.6 followed by Wayland 653.5, Gull Lake 651.6, Vicksburg 635.5, Stevensville-Lakeshore 599.8, Battle Creek Lakeview 595.7, Charlotte 581.8, Hastings 566.4 and Sturgis 543.5. M-37 TIRE Welcomes New Manager Stop in and help us welcome him. Spring Oil Change Special 02666239 Mark Bomer Now Offering Full Automotive Service and Computer Diagnostics Propane fill station 5 $ 00 Bring In Or Mention This Ad & Get OFF A Full-Service Oil Change (Up to 5 qts.) Offer Expires 03/30/07 M37 Tire South M-37 (formerly Cappon’s), HASTINGS • 269-945-6296 Maple Valley had to wait a whole year to get back to where they were on Saturday, in the hunt for a district championship against a highly ranked Pewamo-Westphalia team. This time it was the Lions turn to see their season continue. Maple Valley topped No. 5 Pewamo-Westphalia, on the Pirates home court, Saturday in the Class C district championship match. As this season began, the Lions expected another encounter with the Pirates in the district tournament. The Pirates topped the Lions in the district semifinals last season. This time, the Pirates returned much of their athletic line-up from a year ago while the Lions also returned a strong nucleus minus a couple front-line stars. All four games were close Saturday, with Maple Valley scoring a 25-23, 26-24, 17-25, 26-24 victory. The Lions now move on to face Byron at Laingsburg, in the regional semifinals Saturday at 11:30 a.m. The Lions will expect another hard found match, like the one they were in last Saturday. The lead changed several times in game on against the Pirates, before the Lions struck last and pulled out a 25-23 win. In game two the Pirates again held an early lead before Maple Valley came back to win 26-24. In game three, the Pirates showed the strength that won them 49 matches this season, as they came back from ten points down and kept on to win 25-17. In game four, the Pirates moved off to an early lead and led by as many as five points all the way to 24 when the Lions held strong and rallied to win by a score of 26-24. When a volleyball team is successful, each member must play their part and in this district, each Maple Valley player did just that. The Seniors showed their leadership. Setter Alaina Mater accumulated 93 assists in the Lions’ three matches, and also was perfect on 40 service attempts including eight aces. Jess Winegar had 17 kills and 15 aces, while Rebecca Kent contributed eight kills and six aces. The Lion juniors also gave strong performances, led by Dani Christensen with 39 kills and also serving a perfect 32-for-32. Lauren Pierce connected on all 57 of her serves, and finished with five aces. Pierce also had 33 digs. Ashley Goner added 12 digs, and Rachel Mater played well in the relief role. The Lions’ sole sophomore Bailey Flower added eight kills and ten blocks in front of one of Pewamo-Westphalia’s strongest attackers. Lion freshman Jen Kent helped balance the offense with 21 kills, 10 blocks and five aces. The Lions first faced Laingsburg to open the tournament, scoring a 25-9, 23-25, 25-19, 25-14 victory. In the semifinals, the Lions’ topped Bath 25-15, 25-21, 25-19. DK boys fall in their last league contest The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team closed out the 2006-07 season with a record of 3-17, and 2-12 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. Parchment handed Delton its 12th loss of the KVA season Friday night, 62-33. Delton didn’t shoot very well from the field, and from the free throw line hit just 5of-17 attempts. Parchment raced out to a 24-7 start. Delton was able to pull within 11 points in the third quarter, but couldn’t put together enough stops on the defensive end to make things any closer than that. Nick Blacken led Delton with eight points and ten rebounds. Josh Newhouse had six points and five rebounds, and Tony Reeves five points and six boards. Brian Diaz chipped in six points as well. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 61.5-46.5; Hastings Bowl 60-48; J-Ad Graphics 60-48; CW’s Auto 5751; Good Time Pizza 56-52; TVCCU 55-53; Yankee Zephyr 45-63; Hastings City Bank 37.5-70.5. Men’s High Games & Series - N. Blakely 205; D. Benner 232; R. O’Keefe 209; S. Hause 206-537; S. Wilkins 163; C. Steeby 214-587; D. Blakely 204-563; L. Porter 200; M. Hall 189-499. Women’s High Games & Series - T. Blakely 185; B. Ramey 150-439; S. Beebe 222-529; A. Walden 181; C. O’Keefe 190; B. Wilkins 189-527; D. Service 161; V. Scobey 184-393; A. Hall 184-492; B. Smith 173. Tuesday Trios Trouble 71-33; All in the Family 70.5-33.5; Quality Roofing 65.5-38.5; Coleman Agency 55.5-48.5; Git-R-Done Gals 55.5-48.5; CB’s 53-51; Luanne’s Team 45.5-54.5; Superette Gals 41-59; Critters 39-65; Ghost Team 17.580.5. High Game and Series - M. Kill 166; K. Carpenter 134; L. Potter 153; D. James 202538; S. Smith 175; M. Heath 172; C. Mack 190; T. Daniels 207-535; M. Sears 150; R. Brummel 185; P. Ramey 164; J. Hurless 172; C. Gates 135; S. Snider 124; D. Harding 155; D. Parmenter 108; L. Trumble 168; A. Norton 162; T. Franklin 155; J. Rice 193-518; C. Etts 118; O. Gillons 129; T. Thompson 159; L. Rorye 201-514; T. Heinrich 197; S. Lancaster 191. Senior Citizens #1 Senior 60-44; Nash’s Harem 58.5-45.5; Lucky Strike 58-46; King Pins 57-47; Friends 55-49; Butterfingers *54.5-45.5; Wieland’s 54-50; Sun Risers 50.5-53.5; Kuempel 50-54; BAT’s 48.5-55.5; Ward’s Friends 47-57; M&M’s *45.5-54.5; 4-B’s 43-61; Early Risers 42.5-61.5. * Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - E. Moore 146; S. Merrill 187-506; N. Bechtel 155; M. Kingsley 120-310; C. Stuart 165; S. Pennington 180-508; G. Otis 182-512; E. Ulrich 174-490; G. Scobey 153; J. Gasper 205-556. Good Games and Series Men - M. Schondelmayer 161-417; D. Risher 192; L. Brandt 194; R. Adgate 180-487; N. Thaler 171-444; R. Boniface 223-494; R. Hart 187481; R. Nash 183-504; G. Waggoner 184506; R. McDonald 234-611; K. Schantz 178; G. Forbey 186. Thursday Angels Walldorff’s 61-39; H.C.B. 60-40; Hastings Bowl 55-45; Varney’s 55.5-44.5; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 48-52; Fall Creek 46.5-53.5; AIS Engine 46-54; Miller Farm Repair 45.5-50.5; Allure 45.5-55.5; CW Repair 38-62. High Games and Series - G. Otis 183; M. Martin 143; E. Hammontree 189; C. Nurenberg 182; L. Miller 172; C. Hurless 179; S. Bubnas 131; K. Lancaster 170; R. Welton 146; M. Weiler 126; Cathy S. 162; Colleen S. 191; T. Loftus 172; T. Phenix 166; M. Chase 163; J. Baker 129; S. Day 137; B. Frank 169; L. Karas 130; J. Moore 153; C. Nichols 175; T. Cross 189-534; M. Miller 161; J. Wyant 169. Wednesday P.M. Eye and Ent 65 1/2; Nothing But Truck 54 1/4; Shamrock Tavern 60 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 58; Seebers 56 1/2; At Home Real Estate 52; Hair Care Center 51. Womens Good Games and Series - R. Murrah 185-505; B. Smith 179-496; N. Boniface 204-489; B. Norris 133-359; R. Pitts 123-358; G. Otis 189; S. Beebe 186; P. Freeman 170; S. Drake 166; C. Nighbert 160; P. Fowler 149; B. Moore 141; D. Burns 138; J. Pettengill 131. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 65 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 64 1/2; All But One 59; Spare Time 59; Liquid Courage 57 1/2; 4 Fools 54 1/2; Heads Out 54 1/2; Budweiser 50 1/2; The Unknowns 50; Ten Pins 50; Whatever 48 1/2; 9-N-A-Wiggle 47; Brushworks 45 1/2; Mercy 45; Just Cuz 45; Oldies But Goodies 40. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Rhodes 213-589; B. Roush 203-562; N. Clow 203-547; G. Otis 190-514; M. Mathis 188508; T. Phenix 187-486; D. James 169-482; S. Carlson 183-473; K. Matthews 162-443; A. Keillor 162-435; J. Bishop 153-389; M. Vanier 136-362; C. Etts 129-341; L. Potter 195; M. Sears 168; D. Worm 166; P. Franklin 165; R. Hammontree 161; J. Ingersoll 130. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Kasinsky 200-568; J. Franklin 200-564; L. Madden 194-538; E. McCalmony 204-535; D. Sears 188-477; B. Dennison 167-462; D. Lake 175-446; M. Albert 157-435; R. Chaffee 165-404; A. Rhodes 234; B. Bowman 221; B. Taylor 212; L. Porter 202; M. Kidder 193; M. Cross 184; M. Lydy 178. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 63; Hubs Crew 59; R&N 57 1/2; Pin Chasers 52; Michigan Outlaws 51 1/2; Karey Crew 45 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 44; Bounty Hunters 44; Funky Bowlers 41 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 40; Sandbaggers 35; Throw Them Balls 33. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 206-534; N. Mroz 179-476; B. Mays 157-463; B. Barlow 189-451; J. Shoebridge 141-402; C. Lee 144-396; M. Kirchen 213; J. Rice 182; T. Robbe 178; D. Marshall 166; L. Smith 165; F. Ames 155; K. Farlee 145; C. Demott 131. Mens Good Games and Series - C. Alexander 213-588; J. Smith 207-560; B. Allen 204-540; T. Demott 165-401; M. Eaton 213; T. Barlow 187; J. Wright 181; A. Misak 173; J. Bruce 136. Mixerettes Sassy Babes 64-32; NBT *64-28; The Finishing Touch 58-38; Kent Oil 57-39; Hinkles Body Shop 56-40; Dean’s Dolls *4943; Hallifax Services 48-48; Trumble Agency *45-47; Old Anchor Tattoo *43-49; Dewey’s Auto Body 38-58; Girrbach’s *33-55. * Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - B. Mays 207526; D. 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See you at the South Jefferson Street St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hastings, Saturday, March 17th at 4pm! 77510540 �Page 22 — Thursday, March 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton starting to want more than winning season by Brett Bremer Sports Editor This is the path Delton Kellogg decided it wanted to be on when it hired head coach Jack Magelssen a season ago. For the second time in two season, the Panthers finished the year with a winning record. Delton Kellogg was 24-20 this season, after falling to Hopkins in the Class B district semifinals at Allegan on Saturday. Winning records are part of the path. Being a little disappointed things didn’t go better is also part of that path. The Panthers got to 24-20 even as they went through some difficult times. Their head coach missed time with the team. With snow Hastings’ Nikole Meade digs up a Delton serve as teammate Jessica Burch looks on during Thursday’s district opener at Allegan High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Individual Finals Gull Lk. (scrimmage) Gull Lk. (scrimmage) Gull Lk. (scrimmage) Gull Lk. (scrimmage) A H A A H FRIDAY, MARCH 9: TBA Boys Varsity Wrestling Ind. Finals 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball District Finals A H SATURDAY, MARCH 10: TBA Boys Varsity TBA Girls 7th “A” 9:00 am Boys MS 8:00 pm Girls 8th “A” 8:00 pm Girls 8th “B” 8:30 pm Girls 7th “B” A A A A A A Wrestling Volleyball Wrestling Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball MONDAY, MARCH 12: 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball 4:30 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball 4:30 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball Ind. Finals OK Conf.@Wayland Charlotte Middle OK Conf.@Duncan Lk. OK Conf.@Kraft Middle OK Conf.@TK TUESDAY, MARCH 13: TBA Boys Varsity Basketball Week of Regionals A 4:00 pm Boys MS Wrestling Wayland/Bellevue Quad H 6:00 pm Cheer Team Awards Banquet-Lecture Hall Delton Kellogg senior Jenah Wandell sets the ball up as teammate Katee Hogoboom (right) and Hastings’ Sam VanDenack look on during their district opener Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) THURSDAY, MARCH 15: 6:30 pm Volleyball awards banquet - cafeteria 6:30 pm Swim Team Awards Banquet - CERC Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 819 E. Railroad, Hastings St. Mark Luth.-Cancelled A St. Mark Luth. (scrimmage) Cancelled A Freedom Baptist MS H Freedom Baptist MS H 23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-10. The Panthers had the same struggles in closing out game on Saturday that they’d had Thursday night. Hastings trailed 23-18 before battling back on the serve of senior Nikole Meade to win the final five points. The Saxons lost a late lead this time, holding a 17-12 advantage at one point. The Saxons went up 9-3 in game three, before that lead slowly evaporated as well. Delton finished off the Saxons by jumping out to a 10-2 start in game four. (269) 948-9472 77510405 Wrestling Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball couraged after the contest. Their coaches advised them to walk away with their heads up, and they did that. “We played hard,” Hogoboom said. “It’s disappointing, but we played hard. It’s such a big difference, because (coach Magelssen) has really changed the whole program. There’s a whole different attitude to Delton volleyball. When we come to practice, we work. I like it.” Delton Kellogg reached the district semifinals by topping Hastings in the opening round Thursday night. The Panthers scored the win Eagles win ACSI state championship Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, MARCH 8: TBA Boys Varsity 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” days and sickness, the Magelssen said he had just five practices all season long with his entire team. It showed a little bit Saturday, as the Panthers struggled to pass the ball at times against Hopkins. The Vikings advanced to the district championship game, where they were downed by Otsego, by topping the Panthers 25-22, 25-18, 24-26, 25-16. Delton Kellogg came out very strong in game one, and led 21-15 before Hopkins started to rally. “We’re very young,” Magelssen said. “We’ve got four seniors, five freshman, and two juniors. We just had a number of unforced errors, and we have a hard time closing out a match. We hit 20 and we’re done. We just stop. We get conservative, and you can’t do that.” Not having a lot of practices with a full team can be especially tough on a setter, who’s job it is to run the offense. “It’s very hard, just to get everybody on the same page and get the offense set,” said Delton senior setter Katee Hogoboom. “We had to get people switched around and moved in and out all the time.” Hogoboom had 36 assists in the match. Fellow senior Jordan Haines tied freshman teammate Terin Norris for the team lead in kills with 11 each. Senior Chelsea VanderWoude had seven kills for Delton. Haines was especially strong in the game three victory, where she blasted six of her 11 kills. The final one broke a 24-24 tie, eventually leading to the Delton victory. Delton was just behind the Vikings, trailing 9-7 in game four, but then sputtered. Hopkins had a 20-9 before the Panthers scored consecutive points again. “I thought Hopkins had a few more athletes than we had,” Magelssen said. “We had to put pressure on them and we couldn’t do that. Maybe if we’d won that first game that would have put some pressure on them, but we didn’t.” Hopkins was led on the day by Phoenix DeVos who had 12 kills. Amanda Keeler added ten kills. Both are seniors. Sophomore setter had 20 assists for the Vikings. The Delton girls didn’t appear to be too dis- HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule The Barry County Christian School varsity boys’ basketball team celebrates its Association of Christian Schools International state championship Saturday. Team members are (front from left) captain Ryan Holley, captain Aaron Hoxworth, captain Chase DeMaagd, (back) coach Bobby Eaton, James Hawkes, coach Kelly Hasselback, Guemin Jo, Luke Howell, CJ Kim, Tom Ondersma, Austin Wisner, Sam Neudeck, Luke Edwards, Tom Rozema, Bradley Newton, and assistant coach Jordan Bursley. The Eagles of Barry County Christian School took the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) boys’ varsity basketball state championship on Saturday. After a fine season, the Eagles entered the tournament at Midland Christian as the top seed, and had to take on the host Crusaders in the finals. The Crusaders were the second seed coming into the tournament. Barry County Christian freshman Luke Howell knocked down a three-point shot with under three minutes remaining to break open a tie game, and the Eagles held on for a 51-46 victory. Sophomore Chase DeMaagd scored a career-high 33 points and had 17 rebounds and four assists to lead the Eagles. Ryan Holley added nine points, 11 boards and four assists. Howell finished the game with seven points, eight rebounds and three steals. After the win, senior Aaron Hoxworth stepped to center court to accept the championship trophy for the team which was coached by Bobby Eaton Kelly Hasselback and assistant Jordan Bursley who provided dedication and excellent leadership this season. As the top seed heading into the tournament, the Eagles received a first-round bye. In the semifinals, the Eagles faced Mount Pleasant Christian Academy. It was another tough contest, which Barry County Christian pulled out 41-35. DeMaagd led the Eagles in scoring with 16 points and also had nine rebounds. Sophomore Tom Ondersma had five offensive rebounds for the Eagles in the contest, while Holley chipped in 11 points and five assists. The ACSI is an organization of Biblically based Christian schools and colleges. 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Patricia Wilson of Middleville, one of the organizers of the ceremony, said, “Four years ago America entered into an illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq leading to the deaths of over 3,000 Americans and 60,000 Iraqis. Join us to honor those who have given their lives and those whose lives have been taken. Lend your voice to bring the troops home now.” The vigil will take place for one hour. The names of the 124 people from Michigan Who have died thus far, as of mid-March, will be read. Those planning to attend are asked to please bring candles, flashlights, signs, friends and family. For more information, call (269) 7954412 or e-mail wilough@yahoo.com Hunting Heritage banquet planned The annual Hunting Heritage banquet, sponsored by the Thornapple Valley chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, will be held this Saturday, March 17, at the Barry County Expo Center on M-37. The doors will open at 5 p.m. for a series of raffles and a silent auction followed by a roast prime rib dinner at 7:30 p.m. A live auction of art prints and other items will follow. Part of the proceeds go to an annual scholarship. This year’s winner is Brady Fisher, a student at Caledonia High School and an active Future Farmers of America member. He will enter Michigan State University in the fall of 2007. Please call Phil Kuhtic, banquet chairman, at 269-792-9587 for tickets and answers to any questions. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer A group of about 15 citizens gathered Tuesday night to form something of a grassroots movement against the possibility of a Wal-Mart Super Center being built on Green Street just outside the Hastings city limits. Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr was there, as was Third District County Commissioner Keith Ferris. “I’m telling you my position, if you’re asking,” said Carr. “I’m not speaking for the Township Board or the Planning Commission.” Carr emphasized it is important for Planning Commission and Township Board members to keep an open mind when deciding whether or not to allow the rezoning WalMart officials have requested in order to build a new supercenter. “We have responsibility to anybody coming in here,” he said. “There’s due process.” Perhaps of the biggest concern about the proposed new Wal-Mart is traffic on Green Street. Carr said that in a study done by WalMart officials, they projected about 500 vehicles per hour during peak times going down Green Street. One idea was to install a light on Green Street, but Carr pointed out that a light will not reduce the amount of traffic on the street. Carr mentioned another problem with the new facility is that Wal-Mart officials wanted a private road off Green Street, and he is adamantly opposed to it. Other citizens have expressed opposition to the possibility of a new Wal-Mart because part of Rutland Township would have to be re-zoned. “The township has property that is zoned for what they want, but it doesn’t fit their tastes,” said Carr. Wayne Pumford pointed out that it was See WAL-MART, page 3 Pennock Healthcare Services’ administrative staff includes (front row, from left) Anita Henderson, director of human resources; Sandy Bowen, director of dietary; Carla Wilson-Neil, interim chief executive officer; Sherri Thrasher, director of quality, risk and compliance; RoseAnne Woodliff, director of nursing; Joe Ross, director of rehabilitation services; Mary Ann Maier, director of materials management; Tom Magnifico, director of Pennock pharmacies; Matt Thompson, director of ancillary services; Tom Herbstreith, director of information technology; (back row) Mark Brisboe, director of finance; Cindy Poort, director of home care; Wade Nitz, chief financial officer; Richard Thompson, director of State Street Center and laboratory services; Chris Jacoby, director of marketing, customer services and Pennock Family Medicine Offices; Mark Olmsted, director of cardiopulmonary and Health and Wellness; and Larry Winkler, director of radiology. Pennock one of nation’s top 100 hospitals by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Pennock Hospital in Hastings is in the national limelight with the prestigious designation of being one of the “100 Top Hospitals” in the country. Carla Wilson-Neil, Pennock’s interim chief executive officer, called the award an exciting and significant milestone and credited Pennock’s team effort for its exceptional hospital-wide performance. She was notified by phone Friday afternoon that Pennock had been selected for the Solucient 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks for Success award. Solucient, a national healthcare information company and provider of solutions to improve cost and quality, uses public data and “its own statisticians, physicians and hospital industry experts to objectively determine cri- St. Patrick’s Day parade planned The third annual South Jefferson Street St. Patrick’s Day parade will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 17, starting in the alley behind WBCH on State Street. Individuals, businesses and organizations are invited to participate in what is See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 hospitals, medium hospitals and small community hospitals. Pennock Hospital, which has 88 beds, is among 20 small community hospitals across the nation to receive the award. Michigan hospitals also selected for the award in that category are Mecosta County Medical Center in Big Rapids and St. Joseph Mercy Saline Hospital in Saline. After receiving the call from Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president of Solucient Center for Health Care Improvement and performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs, Wilson-Neil said, she received written confirmation of the award over the weekend. The official national announcement of the top hospitals’ roster was See PENNOCK, page 3 Summerfest beverage tent to be moved to parking lot Progressive Dems to air ‘food’ film The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will show the film “The Future of Food” tonight, Thursday evening, March 15, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film explores the revolution that is happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, “The Future of Food” examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world’s food system. Alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture are also explored. Networking and conversation will begin at 6:30 p.m., the film starts at 7. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-795-4412 teria and select the top-performing hospitals,” according to the firm. “The 100 Top Hospitals National Award is based on a set of measures that reflect highly effective performance across the whole organization, including board members, medical staff, management and nursing,” according to written information from Solucient. Those measures include patient outcomes, patient safety, national treatment standards (a set of basic care practices that all heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients should receive), efficiency (length of patient stay and average expense), financial stability and growth in service. Statistical information from about 3,000 U.S. hospitals are studied before the top 100 are selected. Hospitals named in the annual list are placed into five categories: major teaching hospitals, teaching hospitals, large Citizens argue outside the Barry County Courts and Law building Monday night after the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting dealing with John and Suzette Jones and Oakwold Kennel. ‘Puppy mill’ has legal twist Joneses, attorney won’t talk about about kennel issue by Megan Lavell Staff Writer A new chapter in the area “puppy mill” story was added Monday night at the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, where kennel owners John and Suzette Jones and their attorney, Jim Kinney, refused to negotiate with the commission about their special use permit. “The Joneses do not wish to negotiate,” Kinney announced to the commission. “They’re not going to answer any questions.” After the meeting, both Kinney and Suzette Jones said they would not speak to anyone about the case. “We’re not going to make any more comments to anybody,” said Kinney. The Planning and Zoning Commission granted the Joneses a special use permit two years ago for 140 dogs, up from the 25 they See MILL, page 22 by David T. Young Editor The beverage tent will be in a new location at this year’s Hastings Summerfest, scheduled for Aug. 24-26. The Elks tent will be moved from Fish Hatchery Park to the city parking lot at the corner of Church and Apple Streets, by action of the Hastings Council Monday night. The site is referred to as DDA (Downtown Development Authority) Parking Lot No. 4. City Manager Jeff Mansfield acknowledged the move does not create a problemfree situation, as the parking lot usually is full during the Summerfest. “But so are other parking lots, so people will have to find someplace else to park,” Mansfield said. “It’s a balance, it’s a tradeoff.” Alcoholic beverages will be permitted to be sold and consumed only on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 24 and 25, in a designated fenced in area patrolled and regulated by a private security firm. Tia deGoa, representing the Summerest Committee Monday night at the City Council meeting, said moving the beverage tent out of Fish Hatchery Park still leaves that area with the annual softball tournament and perhaps and three-on-three soccer tournament. The council agreed to the change and approved the annual ordinance stays for the duration of the festival as well. Also generating some discussion during the meeting was a proposal to move the election for mayor to even-numbered years, thereby enabling it to piggy back onto other elections during that year. No action was taken on the idea. The suggestion is to avoid forcing council members to give up their seats to run for mayor of seek both seats at the same time and perhaps force an appointment if they win both. Councilman Barry Wood, who personally experienced the dilemma not long ago when he gave up his council seat to run for mayor, said the council “shouldn’t waste the time and paper” on the idea, which would require an amendment to the city charter. Councilman Don Bowers ironically said it was because of what happened to Wood he was proposing the change. “I thought it was unfair. Barry’s the reason I brought this up.” Wood, who lost the mayoral election by just four votes to Bob May, did not seek reelection to his council seat at the same time, but returned to the council after a vacancy became available again in the Third Ward and he won election again. In other business Monday evening, the City Council: • Agreed to send a letter to the Rutland Township Board and Rutland Township Planning Commission expressing concerns about congested traffic on Green Street if a Wal-Mart supercenter is permitted to be built. Councilman David Jasperse said he has received phone calls about potential traffic hazards if a Wal-Mart was go in on Green near Cook Road and there are fears the congestion may affect nearby Pennock Hospital. “Isn’t that a concern for the hospital, too?” See COUNCIL, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page regarded as the biggest little St. Patrick’s Day parade in Barry County. To enter, call 945-3414 or simply show up before the event. Four more blood drives set in March Entrepreneur meeting set Four more area Red Cross blood drives are planned for this month in Barry County. The schedule is as follows: • Thursday, March 15 — Hastings/Moose Lodge, 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Sunday, March 25 — Hastings/Thornapple Valley Church, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Thursday, March 29: Lakewood High School, 7223 Velte Road, Lake Odessa: 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. • Friday, March 30 — Middleville/Yankee Springs Fire Station, in memory of Susan Nolan, 1 to 7 p.m. Blizzard conditions across the Northeast and Midwest have forced blood drives to shut down, further stressing an already fragile blood supply. American Red Cross Blood Services in Michigan and Ohio earlier this month lost the opportunity to collect more than 3,000 blood donations because of severe storms that shuttered dozens of blood drives. In the Toledo area, all blood drives shut down on Valentine’s Day, marking the first time in 10 years the Red Cross ceased operations there. In Michigan, heavy snows closed blood drives at high schools and community centers, causing supplies of Type O blood to plunge to emergency levels. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. The next monthly Entrepreneur Exchange gathering will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 20. The meeting is open to all and will be held at MainStreet Bank downstairs community room, 629 W. State Street, Hastings. The meeting is expected to include: • Monthly networking and open issues discussion. • Business start-up financing — cash/grants/update. • Cooperative advertising update. For more information, call Dave Sandora at the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995. ‘Evening of Mozart’ reset for March 18 The First Presbyterian Church’s presentation of “An Evening with Mozart” has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday evening, March 18, because of inclement weather on the original date of Feb. 25. Professional musicians from symphony orchestras in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Muskegon will be performing. The church’s Chancel Choir, conducted by the church’s Director of Music Ministries Jared Daugherty, is also part of the program as well as the Hastings High School Varsity Singers, conducted by Patti LaJoye and student teacher Laurel Wasyk. There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be taken. A reception in the church’s Leason Sharpe Hall will be held following the musical event. “An Evening With Mozart” will feature the choirs and orchestra performing “Regina Coeli,” “Kyrie” “Tantum Ergo” and “Te Deum.” Seminar slated for homebuyers Hastings City Bank will be host for a homebuyers seminar from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the community room of the Hastings office, located at 150 W. Court St. Community members are invited to attend this informative session, which is offered at no charge. Attendees will learn about the many finance options available to homebuyers, the benefits of pre-qualification and how to benefit from working with a Realtor. Mark Hewitt, associate broker GRI, Miller Real Estate, will provide information about the advantages of working with an experienced Realtor and cover what to expect when reviewing home purchase documents. Kevin Conner, retail lending manager, Hastings City Bank, will present information about the many mortgage products available. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and be given materials to take with them. All attendees will receive a certificate for $250 off the processing fees of a home mortgage with Hastings City Bank. To reserve attendance, call Nancy Goodin at 269-948-5579. Business, education group plans to meet The next meeting of the Educators/Employers Steering Committee will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19,. in the Conference Center of PennockHospital. While the entire group of local business representatives and educators meets quarterly, the committees will continue to meet monthly. Director Marjorie Haas says, “We are making progress in the WorkKeys area with the WIRED project.” Anyone who would like to become part of that project please contact Val Eavey at Michigan Works! 945-9545, extension 140 or veavy@barryisd.org. Haas adds, “You probably have heard information on TV newscasts about the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). We are part of that process! Barry County is in the loop!” Job shadowing programs in Barry County are making progress. Haas invites any company interested having a high school junior or senior job shadow an employee, should contact the group. Co-chair persons of the job shadow committee are: Denise Fairbrother (Viking Corp.) and Michelle Skedgell (Pierce Cedar Creek). More plans are in the works and Haas can be contacted at 269-758-3361. Lenten Luncheon series continues “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church and which started Feb. 22, continues today, Thursday, March 8, and each Thursday through March 29. Each program starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. Speakers for the series are: • March 15 – Bev Newton, of Community Action Agency. • March 22 – Dr. Troy Carlson, family physician. • March 29 – Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. Legislature asked to approve casino deal Granholm, Gun Lake tribe agree on compact The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indian Tribe and Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed a tribal-state Class III gaming compact Friday between the State of Michigan and the Gun Lake Tribe to regulate gaming at its proposed casino in Bradley. Granholm has notified the Michigan Legislature of the agreement and has requested legislative approval. "I applaud Governor Granholm for signing the compact, and respectfully request that the Michigan Legislature take the final step to put us on equal footing with all other federally recognized tribes in Michigan,” said Tribal Chairman D.K. Sprague. “After years of playing by the rules, we're still asking for the same thing, treat us like all the other tribes.” The proposed casino, however, is still in limbo because a court challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s decision to place the land in a federal trust is under appeal. U.S. District Court Judge John G. Penn ruled in favor of the tribe last month, but representatives from MichGo, an anti-casino group, have since filed an appeal. The compact between the Gun Lake Tribe and the State of Michigan contains substantive changes from the previous 11 tribal-state gaming compacts. The Gun Lake Tribe would share 8 to 12 percent of its slot machine revenues with the state, depending on gross revenue. The tribe is willing to share revenue with the state in exchange for exclusivity to be provided in a regional zone which consists of nine counties from Allegan and Kalamazoo to Ingham. Thus the revenue sharing payments are more likely to remain in effect throughout the 20-year term of the compact. Under the compact, the tribe also would share 2% of its slot machine revenue with local governments, which would be distributed by a local revenue sharing board consisting of three tribal representatives and three local governmental representatives. The Gun Lake compact also would require a detailed and rigorous regulatory structure, with highlights such as: • No patrons or employees under 21 years of age in gaming areas. • The casino will comply with Michigan Employment Security Act and Worker's Disability Compensation Act. • The tribe will comply with all applicable state laws on sale and taxation of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. • State regulatory oversight of the tribe's gaming records, and other relevant records related to enforcement of the compact. "The compact sets forth responsible terms for the operation of the Gun Lake Casino. It protects the interests of all respective governments; tribal, state and local," said Sprague. The Gun Lake Casino is supported by more than 40 organizations, including local governments, law enforcement organizations and business chambers. Wayland Township Supervisor Roger VanVolkinburg said, "We thank Governor Granholm for protecting local governments by signing this gaming compact. The local revenue sharing dollars will offset needed infrastructure costs and enhance civic projects, like it's done in other tribal areas of the state.” Larry Orlowski, executive director of the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Michigan, said his organization conducted an in-house investigation tribal casinos operating under compacts and then endorsed the need for a tribal-state compact with the Gun Lake Tribe. “The local revenue sharing payments will adequately fund the needs of local law enforcement," Orlowski said. West Michigan businesses also are welcoming the compact. After opening, the casino will purchase over $20 million annually in goods and services from local business. "We congratulate the Gun Lake Tribe and thank Governor Granholm,” said Steward Sandstrom, president and CEO of the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce. “We enthusiastically welcome thousands of good paying jobs and millions of dollars in construction and purchasing from the casino." Marcia Halloran, council member of the Friends of the Gun Lake Indians (FOGLI), said, "The Friends of Gun Lake Indians began with a few locals, now over 10,000 FOGLI members support fairness for the tribe and thousands of great jobs. We thank Governor Granholm for listening to thousands of voices that support this project. Now the legislature will hear those voices.” Another local organization expressing support for the casino is the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. The Gun Lake Tribe insists its proposed casino will create 1,800 direct jobs with a total average annual compensation package of $40,000; 3,100 indirect jobs; and more than $20 million per year in direct purchases of goods and services from West Michigan businesses. Not everyone was happy with the news last week, however. The group 23 Is Enough, which along with MichGo has fought it every step of the way, issued a reaction statement: “The governor today prematurely negotiated an inferior compact with the Gun lake Tribe to expand casino gambling in Michigan. The compact negotiated by Governor Granholm leaves hundreds of millions of dollars on the table, ignores the fact that nearly every tribal casino is pay nothing in revenue to the state, and was negotiated before the Gun Lake Tribe even has land in trust. “We are disappointed the governor chose to ignore state sovereignty and negotiated prematurely with the Gun Lake Tribe,” said John Helmholdt, spokesman for 23 is Enough. “She negotiated with a tribe that does not yet Ducks Unlimited banquet March 24 The Thornapple Valley Chapter #049 of Ducks Unlimited will have its 27th annual banquet Saturday, March 24, at the Middle Villa Inn, located on M-37 in Middleville. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30. An auction will be held immediately following dinner. There will be raffles for guns, accessories and hunting items. The event will feature Terry Armour as auctioneer to help the chapter raise "bucks for ducks." The funds raised helps DU restore and conserve valuable wetlands and habitat worldwide. Michigan involvement in 2006 alone saw 48 projects completed, 2,400 acres conserved and more than 5,000 acres received technical assistance, engineering and design. Ticket prices are $55 for an individual, $80 for a couple, $25 for a Greenwing, $375 per sponsor and $400 for a sponsor couple. A ticket includes dinner and the opportunity to participate in the auction, silent auction and numerous drawings. To make a reservation, contact one of the chapter officers: Mike Baker, 269-9482920; Jason Tiets, 269-945-2374; or Justin Norton, 616-891-0528. TK schools plan bond meeting Residents of the Thornapple Kellogg school district are invited to participate in an open meeting at 7 p.m. tonight Thursday evening, March 15, about the bond proposal which will be on the May 8 election ballot. The meeting will be in room 1616 of the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School. Members of the TK Board of Education will discuss the highlights of the proposal. Information about the renovations proposed for each building and how this work will be funded will be presented. There will be a question and answer period. have land in trust and who just had a legal setback with the judge granting a stay for the land going into trust. Her negotiations have interfered with a matter still before the courts.” Additionally, Helmholdt maintained, the deal negotiated with the Gun Lake Tribe is less than half of what the three commercial casinos in Detroit pay into the state currently. They pay 24% of all gaming revenue while the governor’s new compact requires the tribe pay between 8% to 12% of only slot machine revenue. “The governor has left hundreds of millions of dollars on the table with such a weak and premature compact,” continued Helmholdt. “Michigan tribal gaming is a billion dollar a year industry and she is asking only one tribe to pay a small portion of slot machine revenue. Meanwhile, the commercial casinos in Detroit pay 24% of all gaming revenue. Does that seem fair?” With the state facing huge budget shortfalls, the governor should have first negotiated with the existing tribal casinos that pay nothing in revenue to the state, Helmholdt said, before even considering expanding casino gaming inMichigan. 23 is Enough pointed out that states throughout the country have far more beneficial compacts for tribal gaming. Massachusetts gets 24% of all gaming revenue generated by the tribal casinos, Connecticut gets nearly $100 million dollars per year and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger negotiated a billion dollar bond and increased state funding from the tribes in California. “We are selling the farm for 8% to 12% of net slot revenue from one tribe in a billion dollar a year industry and once again, Michigan is getting the short end of the stick,” concluded Helmholdt. “Instead of talking about tax increases and negotiating inferior gaming compacts, the Governor should be working with the existing tribes to resolve current legal differences that have left nearly $400 million on the table.” James Nye, a spokesman for the Gun Lake Tribe, countered: “Comparing Detroit Casino and tribal casinos is like comparing apples to oranges. The Detroit casinos are commercial, for-profit enterprises. Tribal casinos are governmentsanctioned gaming operations no different than a state lottery. And just like the Michigan Lottery, the proceeds are 100% taxed by the government. “The Gun Lake tribal-state compact does not ‘expand’ gaming. The federal action (land into trust) must happen before gaming can ensue. The compact protects the interest of the tribe, state and local governments. “The State of Massachusetts does not even have casinos! Another incorrect statement from 23 is Enough. They’ve been caught lying many times before, and here we go again. Most recently MichGO was caught lying to a West Michigan TV station about tribal gaming compacts. The Governor’s office corrected them publicly. “Comparing Michigan tribal gaming (17 Indian casinos grossing $1 billion per year) to Indian gaming in Connecticut (two tribal casinos that each gross over $1 billion per year) and California (more than 60 tribal casinos) is like comparing apples to oranges.” Renewable energy conference slated at Cedar Creek Erin Fluke Erin Fluke selected Hastings outstanding business student Erin Fluke, daughter of Chris and Laura Fluke of Hastings, has been selected as the Class of 2007 Outstanding Business Student. The Hastings High School Business Education Department chose her on the basis of her commendable achievements in the business curriculum at Hastings. The teachers who selected her are Nancy Cottrell and Tracy George. Fluke has focused her elective studies in business by taking Introduction to Business, Accounting I and II and three semesters of Advanced Accounting. She has also been an active member of Business Professionals of America for the past three years, serving as chapter treasurer for two of those years. She has participated in a number of BPA activities and fund-raisers. She has been a regional and state representative for the last three years for the Parliamentary Procedure Team and a regional and state representative in Payroll Accounting for the past two years. Many other extracurricular activities have kept her busy throughout her high school career. She has been involved in student council for the past three years, where she served as secretary/treasurer. She has also participated in Key Club and National Honor Society, serving as president for both of those organizations. Additionally, Fluke has been very committed to athletics during high school. She was a member of the Thornapple Kellogg/Hastings swimming and diving team for three years and the varsity golf team for four years and was chosen by her peers to be the captain of both of those teams. She also played volleyball and basketball for HHS. Fluke will continue her business studies at Northwood University in the fall, majoring in accounting. She will also be a member of the Northwood Timberwolves girls’ golf team. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in Hastings iwill have its fifth annual Renewable Energy Conference Saturday, March 17. The one-day conference, open to the public, is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and features a diverse cast of energy experts from around the state. Over the past several years there has been an increased interest in the renewable energy field. More and more home and business owners are becoming aware of the need for making their homes or facilities more energy efficient. Over the past four years more than 600 homeowners, renewable energy enthusiasts, and college faculty and students have participated in Renewable Energy Conferences. Demand has been so high that the past four conferences have sold out. The keynote speaker this year is Norman Christopher, director of Sustainability at Grand Valley State University. He will be speaking on how one can make a difference for a sustainable future. Following the keynote session, conference attendees will also have the choice of attending break-out sessions on the following topics: Solar Energy Options, Biodiesel Workshop, Exploring Renewable Energy Options, Exponential Growth: Energy Population and Die-Off, Building an Energy Efficient Home, Saving Energy in Your Home, Solar & Wind Energy, Energy Education Resources for Teachers, and Peak Oil: Options for Low-oil Future.. These sessions will be conducted by local experts, which will present an opportunity for area residents to receive technical assistance on implementing energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technologies at home and work. An additional feature of the conference will be an exhibit hall of sustainable busi- See ENERGY, next page �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 3 WAL-MART, continued from page 1 This is the site plan for the proposed Wal-Mart Super Center on Green Street. only been about three years since the township developed its master plan, and he does not understand why the township should change its plan for one company. Carr said he is not sure why Wal-Mart chose the property they did for their possible new construction site, because they have not shared that information with him. “I’m going to have no part of some outside interest manipulating and messing with our zoning,” said Carr. One citizen said she is worried the same thing will happen with Wal-Mart that happened with Pennock Hospital when they constructed a new parking lot on Green Street. “Though we were there in force, and though we voiced our opinion, in the end they cut down the cat tails,” she said of the new lot. Several people asked Carr if it was possible simply to tell Wal-Mart officials “no,” but Carr said they need to have a legitimate reason to turn down Wal-Mart’s request. “You have a responsibility to give them a chance to state their case,” he said. Another person asked whether Wal-Mart had asked for any tax abatements. Carr said Wal-Mart officials had not asked for any tax breaks, and added he did not see any reason why they should. Yet another major concern expressed throughout the meeting was that a new, larger Wal-Mart is likely to hurt area businesses. “I want a small town to live in,” said Pumford. “Where does it stop?” The new Wal-Mart facility is proposed to be 176,311 square feet, and it will have 853 parking spaces. Carr said since the new facility would be so close to the City of Hastings, he hopes to get input from city officials as well. Wal-Mart officials said they want an answer from Rutland Township about rezoning by May 1, and they want to start construction by July 5. The next Rutland Township meeting is Wednesday, March 21, but Wal-Mart is not on the agenda. doing the right thing at the right time,” she said. “Hospitals are, of course, not perfect, but research has shown that teamwork across the organization is what makes a difference in better outcomes, adherence to standards, as well as cost effectiveness.” The designation of being in the top 100 hospitals isn’t something Pennock attained in the last few months, she said. “It’s something that a whole lot of people over time contributed to, and specifically I recognize (three former CEOs) Dick Fluke, Dan Hamilton, Harry Doele, all of the physi- cians, all of the employees and our supportive board members. Everybody on the team really makes a difference,” Wilson-Neil said. “It’s truly a group effort and so we congratulate, and we thank everybody on the Pennock team who over time made the difference. “...We’re in the midst of our second year of strategic planning, and we always come back to our primary focus, which is to serve our community. This (award) for us is another way of recognizing that we are doing well. It validates it for our community, and that’s important,” she said. Pennock will be purchasing a special flag to denote its “100 Top Hospitals” status, and it will likely be flown for the first time during National Hospital Week in May. “Last year the Michigan Hospital Association procured a study to look at health care costs and quality in Michigan, and we compared ourselves to the area states all around the Great Lakes and we came in with the lowest cost and very good quality measures. To me, this underscores how well Michigan is doing... Especially in light of some of the challenges we’ve had with budget cuts over the last few years, we have focused on the quality despite the financial challenges. That’s a real plus for Michigan,” Wilson-Neil said. “I’m especially sensitive to that as well because I’m involved in the Barry County Economic Development Alliance, and we look over all of that – what it takes to have a viable economic community – and health care is a large part of that. So Michigan has done well; it’s a good thing to know.” Wilson-Neil said it also is gratifying that more Michigan hospitals than usual – 16 – are included in the latest 100 Top Hospitals. “This is the first year so many Michigan hospitals have been included, and I think that speaks to a very concerted effort on the part of not only the hospitals in Michigan but, for example, the Michigan Hospital Association’s Keystone project... It reflects well on us as a state,” she said. “I don’t know of another state that had as many (of the 100 Top Hospitals) as we had.” Solucient’s study revealed that hospitals in the Midwest are setting new national standards. “More than half of the winning hospitals in the 2006 study are from the Midwest, and 30 of the 100 Top Hospitals facilities are in two states – Michigan and Ohio. When researchers evaluated hospital performance on a state-by-state basis, nine out of 12 Midwest states placed in the top two quintiles. The Midwest was also the top region in hospital performance in the 2004 edition of the 100 Top Hospitals national study,” a press release said. “The heavy concentration of high-performing hospitals in the Midwest represents the effectiveness and commitment of hospital leaders in the region,” Solucient’s Chenoweth said. “When 75 percent of the states in a single region perform at such high levels, it reflects a single-minded focus on raising performance levels. The concentration of 30 percent of the 100 Top Hospitals in Michigan and Ohio is a tribute to the effort these hospitals’ boards, CEOs, and medical staff leaders have made to increase the value of services to their communities and patients.” The recent Solucient study used 2005-06 statistics to determine the 2006 list of 100 Top Hospitals awards, which were just announced, Wilson-Neil said. Other Michigan hospitals, not previoiusly mentioned, in the top 100 are: Major teaching hospitals – University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor and St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit; teaching hospitals of 200 or more acute-care beds – McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland, Munson Medical Center in Traverse City and Beaumont Hospital in Troy; large community hospitals of 250 or more acute-care beds – St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia; and medium community hospitals of 100-249 acutecare beds – Gratiot Medical Center in Alma, Holland Hospital in Holland, Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon and Port Huron Hospital. PENNOCK, continued from page 1 made Monday. “What makes this really special to us is that we were selected. This isn’t one of those things where you pay to be included in a listing – not that those may not have merit because the data does speak for itself,” Wilson-Neil said. “What makes this (award) important to all hospitals is that another body compared us, using benchmarks across the nation and compared us to our peers and we exceeded our peer grouping... so we’re just very proud of ourselves. “It’s pretty impressive. Everybody’s very proud.” She also noted how proud area residents were a number of years ago when the City of Hastings was designated as one of the 100 best small towns in the nation. “This hospital in turn wants the community to be proud of us. For us now to get this is kind of like another star, if you will, along the lines of community achievement. It meant a whole lot,” Wilson-Neil said. “What this award means to the patients and community that we serve is that we provide dependable, high quality care reflective of ‘New’ Charlton Park expands ’07 events by David T. Young Editor Charlton Park will be host to at least 18 special events this year, more than double the number it had in 2006, according to information provided Tuesday by interim caretaker Keith Murphy to the Barry County Board of Commissioners. Ten new activities will be added to the calendar at the park, including a special Charlton Park Day scheduled for Saturday, May 26, which also will include an antique car show cruise-in. The new festival will be set aside for the first day of the Memorial Day weekend as a kickoff for the tourist and recreation season and a way to connect with the community and pay special tribute to founder Irving Charlton. Murphy said the celebration will feature boat rides on Thornapple Lake, music, food, tours of the museum and historic village, and the local Antique Gas and Steam Engine Association is working on having a sawmill operating on site. Charlton Park is undergoing a massive makeover after the dissolution of the old Parks and Recreation Commission and creation of two new separate boards, one for county-wide parks and recreation, the other dealing exclusively with Charlton Park. The changes are occurring as a result of two millage renewal defeats last year and the resignation of the former director, along with the looming possibility the park may run out of funds to operate at the end of 2007. County Board Chairman Mike Callton, who has led the charge for change, said Tuesday morning in reaction to the expanded events, “I think the vibe for Charlton Park has really improved. I think we’ve turned the corner.” Other new activities planned for the 2007 season are a dune buggy show Sunday, June 3; an antique show and car-cruise-in Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10; A county-wide yard sale and flea market Saturday, June 23; a bluegrass music show Sunday, July 1; an antique outboard motor show and flea market Saturday, July 21; a bluegrass music show Sunday, July 29; another county-wide yard sale and flea market Saturday, Aug. 18; another antique show and car cruise-in Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9, and a lumberjack show Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30. Returning will be the 26th annual Father’s Day Car Show Sunday, June 17; the 25th annual Fourth of July veterans’ barbecue; the 36th annual Gas & Steam Engine Show Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14; the Great Lake Longbow Invitational Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-12; the Society for Creative Anachronism’s “Havoc in Hastings” Saturday, Sept. 1; the Frank Bush Memorial Walk in the Spirit Pow Wow Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16; the All Hallows Eve celebration Saturday, Oct. 27, and “Of Christmas Past” Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8 and 9. After the second millage renewal was turned down last November and Director George W. Shannon resigned in December, the new County Board held a joint meeting with the Parks and Rec Commission in January and a held a public hearing on Feb. 8. The decision to reorganize came late last month. The County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning added “stakeholders” to the list of people and organizations to be associ- ated with the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board and the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board. Stakeholders for the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board are Otis Sanctuary, Barry-Eaton District Health Department, Barry Volunteer Center, scouting organizations, Chamber of Commerce, Charlton Park Foundation, the Civil War Re-enactors, Commission on Aging, Garden Club, Gas & Steam Club, Hastings and Nashville car clubs, Barry County Historical Society, Native Americans, a Barry County school board, sheriff’s department, student council from a Barry County school, veterans, a county commissioner, an interchange of one member each per board and two citizens at large. Jeff VanNortwick was appointed as the County Board’s representative. Stakeholders for the County Parks and Recreation Board are the Bernard Historical Society and Museum, Barry Community Foundation, Barry Conservation District, Bowens Mills, Ducks Unlimited, Economic Development Alliance, Native Americans, Otis Sanctuary, Pheasants Forever, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Prairieville Parks and Recreation, Quality Deer management, the Barry County Township Association, Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, North Country and Paul Henry trails, Trout Unlimited, the YMCA, a county commissioner, an interchange and two citizens at large. Keith Ferris was selected as the County Board’s representative for this group. VanNortwick said of the stakeholder lists, “These are a good cross section of the fabric of the citizenry of Barry County. They include hunters, fishermen, trail walkers, conservationists, passive recreation users...” Applications for the two "Citizen at Large" representatives, to be appointed by the Board of Commissioners are available at the County Administrator’s Office, (269) 945-1284. In other business at the County Board meeting Tuesday morning, the commissioners: • Received the annual report from Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, who proudly noted the department was under budget for the second straight year. Leaf touched on the K-9 unit, the Cadet respite program that has put four more deputies on road patrol, the LEAD (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) program, the STOP program and Harrison Landmark’s evaluation of the jail. The sheriff said the increased road patrol has led to the department handling about a thousand more complaints than the previous year, but that may be simply a sign of being able to handle more. He said the department is working on a new faith-based substance abuse program for clients the adult drug court program won’t take. • Approved the Barry County Road Commission’s request to certify Charlton Park Village and Museum roads, which will enable the Road Commission to receive additional funding for 3.8 miles, worth about $7,000 to $8,000. “That’s going to be a big help to the park,” said Murphy. • Was told by Road Commission EngineerManager Brad Lamberg that a County Road Association of Michigan “Drive Michigan” campaign is starting to help with road funding. Lamberg said the last state gas tax increase was 10 years ago. Lamberg also noted that this is pothole season and any residents who see problems should call 945-3449 to report them rather than let them fester and get worse. • Voted to approve the Jordan Lake special assessment rolls for legal costs over antiflooding lake level actions taken in 2004. Acknowledging that Jordan Lake Association residents in Barry County were not pleased with having to pay for court costs in a suit they lost, Drain Commissioner Tom Doyle said, “You can solve a lot of problems with the money you spend on lawyers.” Six members of the association apparently took action against both the Barry and Ionia County drain commissioners, who eventually were held blameless by the Ionia County court. Total special assessments for the Barry County side of Jordan Lake came to $42,760. The reisdents will have their payments spread out over a number of years. • Adopted a resolution proclaiming April 22-28 National County Government Week, with the theme “Protecting the Environment,” which coincides with Earth Day April 22. Joanne Barnard, co-director of the Barry Conservation District, said local there are plans locally to have a Thornapple River stream monitoring project that will include high school students and tree plantings during that week. • Approved the expenditure of $1,600 to print the conservation district’s brochure on wetlands education, which will be distributed to people when they buy property or for any other occasion. • Adopted a resolution supporting restoration of state funding for the Barry Conservation District, which stands to lose $19,200 in state budget cuts proposed this year. Barnard said that figure represents “seed money to keep our doors open... Many conservation districts (79 in the state) are doing it on a shoestring budget. When you take away the shoestrings, you make it more difficult to provide essential services.” • Received an enthusiastic report from Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith that the new and special “Passports to Go” program processed 24 passports in just three hours last Saturday, a figure much higher than she expected. The program enables citizens to get their passports on a Saturday because their weekdays may be too busy with work or being out of town. “We’re considering doing this on a quarterly basis because passport laws are changing and we’re going to receive a lot more applications,” Smith told the board. New passport laws require Americans to get them now when they’re going to Canada or Mexico. • Heard a complaint from Jim Gielarowski of Hastings Township, who said the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission Monday night unfairly denied his request for permission to establish a sawmill operation on his property. He said, “There were a lot of questions asked there weren’t pertinent (to the sawmill issue).” He also said, “I don’t think they tell you enough about what you have to bring to the meeting.” COUNCIL, continued from page 1 asked Councilwoman Dorothy Hawkins. “The traffic there is already congested.” • Received a legislative update from May, who was late because his wife had to be hospitalized with an allergic reaction to medication. He reported the Legislative Coffee that morning featured lively discussion about health care. He said next month’s Coffee will be held at Mulberry Gardens in Nashville. He added there has been talk state legislators are due for a pay raise later this spring and State Rep. Brian Calley is opposed. • Delayed until next month action on five ordinance map amendments that would change zoning around the Hastings Manufacturing facility, at the request of representatives from the company. The Hastings Planning Commission already has recommended the changes, one of which would be the “First Ward Park” zoning from industrial to residential. • Awarded the low bid of $77,149.70 to Dan Valley Excavating of Middleville for street improvements on Taffee Drive. Cul-desac improvements will be handled by the city, which bid lower than all other competitors. • Was told by Library Administrator Barbara Shondelmayer that no definite date for the new library’s opening has been set, but progress continues to be made on the new facility next door to the City Hall. She also mentioned the passing last week of Wendell Dilworth, who built the shelving for library books and made many of the interior signs. “We’ve depended on Wendell for more than 30 years and we’re going to miss him,” she commented. • Set aside time for presentations by Craig Jenkins on behalf of Calley and by County Commissioner Don Nevins, but neither showed up. • Approved a request from the Thornaple Arts Council to hang a banner across State Street downtown announcing the fourth annual Jazz Festival April 13 and 14. • Agreed to allow the Barry County Humane Society to have its annual Fido Fest celebration Sunday, Sept. 16, at Fish Hatchery Park. • Approved use of the parking lot next to Tyden Park for the Farmers Market. ENERGY, continued from previous page nesses and organizations, educational materials, and resources for participants to gain more information on how to engage in energy conserving practices, construct energy efficient buildings, or learn more about purchasing wind and solar energy systems. The cost of the conference is $30 and includes lunch. A special rate of $15 is being offered to high school students and students from area colleges. The members of the conference planning committee feel it is critical- ly important to involve students since they will be tomorrow’s primary "users and movers" of the renewable energy technologies that are being developed today, a spokesperson said. For more information and to register for the conference call (269) 721-4190 or download the registration form at www.cedarcreekinstitute.org. Space is limited. Lodging facilities on a limited basis are also available at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. �Page 4 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Americans must awaken to awful truth about our country IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Super Wal-Mart will ruin Hastings To the editor: I want to alert anyone who lives in Hastings and the surrounding areas that WalMart is poised to build a Super Store on West Green Street. It will probably be in excess of 200,000 square feet, or almost five times larger that an average grocery store, with parking for at least 750 cars. It will be open for 24 hours, with parking lot lights and traffic day and night. It will have a grocery, drive through pharmacy, tire and lube, vision center and more. It will be enormous. If that happens, soon we will be dependent only on Wal-Mart. Our local businesses will not be able to compete with Wal-Mart’s unfair business practices and we will have to go out of town to shop if we don’t want what WalMart carries (nothing local) or simply do not want to shop there. They will sell or lease the present store to another big box store, (probably Lowe’s), which could threaten the hardware stores and building suppliers that have served our community for decades. Soon our nice “One of the 100 Best Small Towns in America” will be a shell of its former self. All of the charming upgrades of our downtown area will be wasted, for there will be no need to go there. The location on West Green Street will make Green Street a busy highway, 24 hours a day. Anyone living south of Green Street will have a long wait to access the north side of town. Green Street is the only route to the hospital for ambulances. Having to cope with the increase in traffic will be a major problem for them and anyone else who lives on the south side of town. The people who live on Green Street will have a much longer wait than now to exit their driveways. This scenario will see property values plummet. Who wants to live in a place dependent on Wal-Mart? The businesses who support this community will be gone. Look at Charlotte and Ionia for examples of what happens when Wal-Mart takes over. Small towns are Wal-Mart’s target area for expansion. First they get a small store then expand, taking away more jobs than they provide. They work their employees long hours for low pay with as few benefits as possible. They bully and dictate to their suppliers and support slave labor in other countries to be able give us cheaper goods. Are we really that desperate to save a few dollars? Wait until the local businesses are gone and watch prices go up. The Rutland Township Planning Commission will have a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the township hall at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. They will continue deliberations on whether to change their master plan to accommodate Wal-Mart. Please attend this meeting or write them to express your opinion. Dorotha Cooper, Rutland Township Wal-Mart will bring us more crappy stuff To the editor: It could be you caught me on an off day. It could be I’m bored. It could be any number of things, but I’m tired of the lack of creative thinking I witness... “Super Wal-Mart?” Give me a freakin’ break. Is this the best we can come up with? Uhh, yeah, heh, heh, let’s be as completely unoriginal as we are possibly capable. Let us, as a community, gather together, and in our greatest notion of possibility, choose to become sheep. Let us choose to throw our neighbors to the wolves. "Hey, Super Wal-Mart, over here... Yeah, hey, here we are, bring us more crap." It’s not enough that 60% of us leave the county to go to work, in areas that already have huge crappy box stores filled with plastic trash to satisfy our immediate needs of shopping satisfaction, now we have to invite another one home? I don’t mind that the proposed site was earmarked for a future middle school. We don’t need another building for education anyway. We should be recognizing that our public education system is a turd. Education by root definition means, "to bring forth/to draw out," but this is not what we offer. We offer domestication. How do I support such a statement? Simple. If our best thinking suggests we should invite Super Wal-Mart into our town, which already has access to anything the world offers, then we are nowhere near being creative educated critical thinkers, and no amount of buildings will save us from ourselves. Anyone who thinks that a Super Wal-Mart will offer them something they can’t already get now deserves to live in its parking lot. Sheep! While it’s true that we have a City Community Development Director, and County Chamber of Commerce, with an Economic Development Director, it seems irrelevant if all we can do to develop ourselves is say, "Hey, look at us, we’ve got a Super Wal-Mart." It’s embarrassing. Why aren’t we sharing our originality with the outside world? Why aren’t we asking the outside world to come see how we get all the value we need from the businesses we have created to support us? But wait, I’m being naive. SuperWalMart is cheaper! Yeah, well, crap for 50 cents less is still crap. If you are reading this, and it hasn’t crossed your mind that it would be impressive to have your children and grandchildren grow up in a community who chose to be more original than a box-store-strip-mall truck-stop-dot on the map, then you should put this paper down right this instant and go to the library. And, while you’re there, write a letter to your government reminding them that limiting interlibrary book exchange is the most repugnant suggestion they’ve tried to puke up since the income tax! Then go to your local business people and thank them for providing you the services they’ve so diligently delivered to you, and apologize for even suggesting we should bring in another multinational embarrassment. Right after that make a trip to the Chamber of Commerce office, and suggest they begin marketing the fact that our local businesses can access any product that any other retailer in the world can provide. Ask them to share with the surrounding communities that we seek to be authentic, and the idea of having a SuperWalMart would be similar to going out of our way to step in a steaming pile of feces. Or, I suppose it would be just as easy to pave over some more land, and build another concrete box filled with plastic stuff. Whatever, I might just be having an off day. Joe Wilkinson, Hastings To the editor: All we hear nowadays from our government is how they must institute measures to protect us against terrorisim Who really are the terrorists? The definition of terrorism is "a system of government by terror." Could it be that we have our own form of terrorism from within? Are these only false reasons to encroach on citizens’ privacy and interfere in our personal and financial lives in order to gain greater control over the society as a whole? How can our government protect us against terrorism when it cannot even protect our borders against illegal immigrants? Build a fence, that's what our government offers as a solution! What a joke! But at least they can say that they are doing something about the problem. All of our country’s influential individuals have profited from the use of illegals for cheap labor, low wages, zero benefit contributions, etc. These are the real reasons for them ignoring the problem for so long. They tap your phone, search your mail, and perform searches and seizures without legitimate causes. They use eminent domain to seize property for the benefit of developers (campaign fund contributors). Is this what America is about? Abuse of power is possibly as great a threat to America as terrorists. Control your wages, control the interest rates, control your spendable income, control our travel, control your access to health care, control your fuel cost. They control what you build, how you build it, and where you build it, and how you sell it. How you're born and how you die. They tax you more and tell you what a good deal that you're getting. Tax and spend and ask for more. No one lives within their budget at the county, state or federal level. I have to, or I would be filing for bankruptcy. Yet our county, state and federal governments continue to shift funds from one area to another to massage their budgets. Each year they ask for more, never justifying what they have spent and why. Appropriations for farm programs cost 7.5 billon each year! Our government also provides $56.5 billon in tax cuts for the wealthiest 10% of our society. Businessman, judges, government leaders, senators, congressman, legislators all benefit from this either directly or under the table(bribery scandals). Our government provides 9,792.200 trillion dollars in military spending worldwide. A trillion dollars for the Afghanistan and Iraq war (so far). Our country and government is a truly generous one, just ask everyone else on the receiving end. Except to its own citizens. All of these and more subsidies would more than pay for the shortfalls in the Medicare, Social Security (misappropriated funds) that our government steals each year from us! Companies find ways to abandon their stockholders, vendors and employees and their pension funds, all with our governments blessings... They run their business into the ground then claim bankruptcy. They shed the pensions and shed most of the liabilities and re-organize and sell out for cents on the dollar to continue on under another name like nothing ever had happened. Yes, this is the current American business Publishing remarks was inappropriate To the editor: What a great country we live in! We have the freedom of speech to say whatever we want, no matter how inflammatory, hateful, biased or ignorant it may be. But at what point do you as an editor and a publisher have a responsibility to defer from printing letters to the editor that are veritable diatribes against racial and ethnic groups? I refer to the March 1 letter entitled "Accused killer at EMU deserves end of a rope." This letter appears to have been taken directly from a Ku Klux Klan handbook. If I were a prospective resident of this community and happened to read letters such as this Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. model supported by our government, while all the time paying inexcusable salaries to the leaders of these failed institutions. What is wrong with this picture? Are we blind or our we too busy to care? I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing our politicians say we have to cut the budget on road building and repair, social security, veterans benefits, Medicare and all the other programs that benefit the working men and women of this country. I am sick and tired of my politicians, senators and congressman making lame excuses for the decisions they are making that are contrary to the benefit of me and every other citizen of this country. More taxes are not the answer. We tried that, it does not work! So who is really more important to our leaders and government? The Iraq government, the leaders of numerous foreign countries (about 40)whom receive foreign aid, the oil cartel, the government of Afganistan, the lobbyists, the bribers, the wealthiest individuals in our society, the special interests? Apparently, all the above. The right to bear arms is protected by the constitution and it must be maintained. How much longer before that right will be taken away also? How did we arrive here? I will tell you. Greed and the lack of morality has brought our country to the threshold of the abyss. Will we fail as nation and a people, or will we survive? Only when each man and woman makes each and every decision that they are confronted with on a just and moral basis can we hope to overcome the years of neglect of ourselves, our government and our politicians, and their actions and ours, in doing and deciding what is best for society. It's funny that other countries and people from outside see us better than we see ourselves. Apparently we are too busy to stop and see where we have been, where we are and where we are going. I urge every one of you to contact your representatives and let them know that you are tired of not being represented by them. Furthermore, that you expect them to represent you and your interests in the future. If they think you are not paying attention, we will get more of the same. If they know that we have expectations, hopefully they will do a better job of fulfilling our wishes as a citizen of this country. The other day I was at my pharmacy waiting for my prescription. An elderly lady came up to ask if her prescription was filled. The pharmacist worker told her it was. The lady inquired as to how much the cost was and the clerk told her $60. The lady whispered quietly that she could not pay it and turned and quickly left the store. How sad that this could happen in the most prosperous country in the world. This not only happened once but it happened again a few weeks later at the same pharmacy. Shame on our government and this country! When we give out free medical help to those that able to work, who have TVs, computers, cars and many things that they really don't need. This is where we are at as a country. And this is where we will stay until these sorts of things affect our politician's aunt, grandmother, mother or other family members. one, would I seriously consider Barry County as an ideal place to raise a family or build a business? Why would one decide to settle in a community that appears to thrive on hatred and ignorance? I believe it is your responsibility as an editor and as a leader in this community to be judicious in deciding what to print. We all have a right to say and believe whatever we want. But that doesn't mean you have to broadcast it to an entire community. We deserve better. Ed Szumowski, Hastings What about earlier Daylight Savings? This past Sunday morning at 2 a.m., our clocks marched forward one hour into Daylight Savings Time, three weeks earlier than usual. Do you like this change or has it been hard for you to adjust? Stand up and be counted. It' s our last chance to get it right. Robert C.Taylor, Hastings Let’s honor, protect freedom of speech To the editor: Amendments to the Constitution of The United States of America (ratified Dec. 15, 1791) Amendment I: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or ofthe right ofthe people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Donald Johnson has the right to express his views as freedom of speech in Letters to the Editor. The readers of the Hastings Banner, both opposed to (apparent majority), and in support of (apparent minority) those views, are entitled to them under "freedom of speech" which "shall not be abridged", and to express the same in Letters to the Editor. It is especially important to note that the Hastings Banner has the right, under the U.S. Constitution, to print these letters "as is," even though they may be deemed objectionable by some readers, as long as they do not endanger or compromise the public safety. This includes the Hastings Banner being free from having to "edit" (read "censor") those views and letters as might be wished or suggested by others who want their own views to prevail. We must guard our freedoms as protected by the U.S. Constitution with due concern against all comers, particularly those who are in government. Thankfully, we seem to still live in a country where we can, hopefully, express our opinions without being imprisoned, poisoned, or shot. Russia comes to mind. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. William Blackmore, Gun Lake Area Rutland, just say ‘no’ to Wal-Mart’s offer To the editor: What about tomorrow’s high school students? Who is representing their interests as the Rutland Township Planning Board considers a very tempting cash offer by rhe retailing giant, Wal-Mart? The land originally purchased as the site for a future school has now attracted the interest of the retail giant, headquartered in Arkansas. Wal-Mart has little or no interest in the kids of Barry County, except as potential customers for mostly imported goods at rock bottom prices from store employees hired for the lowest possible wages. It takes people of real character to pass up an immediate financial windfall in order to safeguard an investment intended to provide an attractive and accessible campus for the next generation of Hastings High School Saxons. I hope the officials involved can see beyond the big dollar signs being waved by those Arkansas Travelers. They simply want to buy up the business now being done by local stores operated by your friends and neighbors. Rutland Township officials have the opportunity to protect Barry County’s integrity, rural character and beauty by “Just Saying No” to Wal-Mart’s offer. Let’s not convert land intended for education into yet another mall for making money. It takes real character to resist such temptation. Kensinger Jones, Baltimore Township The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • David Hooper, Middleville: “It didn’t really bother me. I enjoy the Daylight Savings Time creating more light in the afternoon to hang out with my friends.” Marcus Dejesus, Middleville: “It doesn’t really make a difference to me. I adjusted pretty quickly to the time change.” Kendra Hudson, Hastings: “I like it because it is still dark on the school bus in the mornings again. That makes riding the bus more fun.” Jeremy Hudson, Hastings: “The time change didn’t make a difference to me. I just try to keep to my schedule.” Ashlee Gross, Middleville: “I get up at 4 a.m. everyday to go to the Kent Career Technical Center. The time change and dark in the morning didn’t really impact me.” Melinda Goodenough, Middleville: “I don’t think that moving the time change earlier affect me. Having more light in the afternoon doesn’t really make a difference to me.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 5 Balancing the budget, part II Say ‘no’ to Wal-Mart while you still can Plans to build a Wal-Mart superstore in Rutland Township just outside Hastings were met with considerable public opposition last week. More than a dozen residents showed up at a Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting to hear Wal-Mart's plans to build a new site on Green Street next to Consumers Power Company. Some might wonder why a group of citizens oppose building a new and much larger store to do their shopping. They came to express concerns about traffic congestion, the environmental impact, the size of the store and what it could do to other merchants in the area. Wal-Mart representatives already have admitted there will be an increase by 500 cars an hour on Green Street in peak times. And Wal-Mart experts are always prepared to answer all the questions, just like they have before in hundreds of small towns all over the country. They lead with all the benefits the store will bring, but they never tell you the horror stories about what a super center will do to your market and its competitors. I've studied Wal-Mart and the strong grip they have on the retail market for years now, and there are volumes of information on "what Wal-Mart can do to your town" and Main Street. A recent article in the Washington Post reported that in 93 percent of American households, one person shops at least once per year at one of their stores, and as far as Wal-Mart executives are concerned, they think they can do better. The giant retailer wants to keep growing to keep its investors happy. So it’s expanding into markets almost unthinkable a few years ago. Throughout the country Wal-Mart is building stores in smaller markets and urban centers, trying to get its hands on new and expanding markets. Columnist Jim Hightower said the corporate giant just recently opened in Texas a new concept store, a “Wal-Martique,” in a more upscale community, dropping the painted concrete block facade by adding two tone brick fronts, wide aisles, uncluttered shelves with cherry trim, halogen lighting and upscale displays. They've even dropped McDonald’s as their in-store food service and added an espresso bar with “free” wi-fi connection and a sushi bar to enhance their new cosmopolitan shopping experience. It's all about the “Wal-Martization of America” that I've mentioned in my columns before. Wal-Mart insists companies reduce their costs of goods to levels impossible if made in America. No matter how you dress it up, it's still Wal-Mart. They've just changed the way we purchase and they sell goods all across this county, and the world for that matter. Wal-Mart is the largest retail buyer and seller of goods in the world. According to Senator Byron Dorgan, in his book “Take This Job and Ship It,” their buying power allows them to sell for $30 a pair of men's pants made in a Nicaraguan sweatshop where a worker is paid 12 cents per hour and is required to work 24-hour shifts with no overtime pay and deductions for lunch and bathroom breaks, plus pay the company for bus service to work. Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, Wal-Mart has been buying clothing from a child labor factory that employed 200 children, ages 11 to 14 years, where they were required to work long shifts, were paid 6 cents per hour, and were routinely beaten if they took too long at breaks. If you’re going to sell products to Wal-Mart, you need to ramp up production and drop your prices, which means companies have no choice but to move production offshore, taking thousands of jobs away from American families, under the ruse of saving us money. So manufacturers all over this country have closed up shop and moved their production to places like China, where they have no work rules, no minimum wages, no environmental regulations, no benefit packages and the list goes on, just so they can sell for less, at any cost, no matter what! This new supercenter is a Wal-Mart on steroids, with everything that the entire downtown offers and more under one roof, ready to pounce on every small business and service in Barry County. Some believe anyone trying to stop a Wal-Mart from building or expanding is interfering with the free market system, and businesses should be expected to compete just as they have before. But the free market system only works when you have competitors. Because of the buying power and financial strength WalMart has, local and independent merchants struggle to survive. So we’re not talking about free market, we’re really talking about the eventual end of the free enterprise system. And so it’s up up to us, the American consumers, to save it by saying “no” to Wal-Mart. Knowing what Wal-Mart can do to a small community, it's important for local zoning officials to determine what kind of community we want in the future. Do we want to support small business to help us maintain a vibrant main street, or are we going to let the retail bullies force the small guys out business? It's a problem we all need to think about because once the small businesses are gone, seldom do they return, leaving the town without local businesses that provide so much support for community causes. No single company in the United States has benefited more from corporate welfare than Wal-Mart, but at the same time it’s reduced manufacturing jobs across the country, all in the name of saving you money. A 2005 Zogby poll stated that 56 percent of Americans agreed with the statement: "Wal-Mart is bad for America." It may provide lower prices, but those prices come with a cost to local governments and taxpayers alike when you look at the loss of jobs and tax base when small businesses close their doors. Finally, across this country, communities are banding together to say "no" to the bullies from Bentonville, not in our town. They've either witnessed or have heard about what Wal-Mart will do to your community and they are not willing to chance it. If you enjoy the small town atmosphere, the small business service you get, then our community must fight off the threat a large super center can bring. Many of the local merchants you've come to enjoy and appreciate over the years will be threatened and may not survive. This is a company that in its normal day of business runs over people in its pursuit of profit by abusing neighborhoods, squeezing out small businesses, beating up on suppliers, taking advantage of workers and ripping off taxpayers, all under the smoke and mirrors of offering lower prices. If we allow this super center to be built in Hastings, Barry County will never be the same — and then it will be too late to do anything about it except feel sorry for ourselves. If we are to stop Wal-Mart from this massive expansion, we can't look to government alone, it will take a citizens’ group willing to educate the residents of the area and local governmental leaders that this is not in the best interests of Hastings and Barry County. We already have a Wal-Mart store and it’s been proven over the last 10 years that we are able to cope with a store of its size, but to more than double and maybe triple its size would be more than the market could afford. With a superstore, customers can buy food, general merchandise, maybe even do their banking, get their hair and nails done, grab a sandwich and be on their way. A super Wal-Mart is a one stop shopping experience that will impact every merchant, business or service in Barry County. WalMart is planning a new store at Morgan Road and M-66 North of Battle Creek. It has new stores in Charlotte, Grand Ledge, Ionia, Richland, Grand Rapids and more on the drawing board. One could argue they’re spreading like cancer. Wal-Mart justifies this cannibalization by putting stores closer to one another for "strengthing their presence in existing markets." In others words, they want it all. This is not the kind of message you send to people you want to be your neighbor, and we should do all we can to make sure it doesn't happen to our community. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Building students not paid last year To the editor: I am responding to a article that was in the Reminder (March 6) written by Megan Lavell. The article, about the Hastings High School building trades class, was well written and I take my hat off to Megan for her story. What was not mentioned is that the students from last year’s class were never paid for their efforts. I have heard several reasons as to why they were not paid and I don’t have the correct answer myself. I am in hopes that maybe someone will step forward and pay the students for their services. The students worked hard and deserve to be paid. I have a lot of respect for Mr. Pohja and he has worked hard to make this program a success. We need to support skilled trade classes like the building trades class and industrial arts classes (machine shop). So many schools these days are doing away with the industrial art classes and that’s a shame. The machine shop class at Hastings High School could really use our support. I hope that my article will somehow help the students from last years class be paid for their efforts. Larry Mix, Hastings Feedback from the hundreds of people who attended my property tax town hall meetings in Hastings and Ionia will result in my introduction of legislation and/or constitutional amendments. More to come on that in the future… In my last column, I detailed several employment related reforms I believe are necessary in order to achieve long term financial security for Michigan. These may have been painful for some to hear, but bear in mind I would not exempt myself from any of the suggestions. In fact, I would start with elected officials. Some of those changes would immediately reduce expenses, while the retirement changes would apply to only new employees, and therefore savings would accumulate to the citizens over time. Actions such as these are necessary because there is no feasible tax policy that can keep up with the perpetual year over year expense increases inherent in our system. Long term savings would easily be measured in the billions if these policies were enacted. My proposals were submitted to a member of the House Appropriations committee, but it is unclear at best how far they will get. I fear that the bigger line items are protected too effectively by special interest money. I was pleased, however, that the Speaker of the House did take one suggestion of mine and ended lifetime health insurance for Representatives. This is a relatively small line item because there are so few of us, but it is a good gesture to get the ball rolling. I do not blame the public for not taking politicians seriously during this process. After Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s budget proposal was submitted to the legislature, it was rejected by the Senate Appropriations Committee. The governor then challenged Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop to come up with his own plan. Well, he has and now, and the governor has refused to meet with him about it. I am not joking. She literally sent a letter to him saying that she will not meet with him about the budget proposal she demanded of him! This has become a high stakes game of dare, and the citizens of Michigan are hanging in the balance. I would suggest – make that demand as a citizen of this state – that the governor and the leadership of the Legislature have a mutual open door policy. Their offices are a short walk from each other and the situation requires a level of maturity above that typically found on a school yard. The next logical step to balance the budget is for the governor and both sides of the legislature to appoint a bipartisan committee to painstakingly review every specific line item of the state budget. Let me take this opportunity to volunteer. This has never been done to the detail that I am proposing. I suspect it is because it would reveal more than most in government would be comfortable exposing. Let me give you just a few examples. A $5.9 million expense for a fountain at the intersection of Washington Square and Michigan Avenue in Lansing near the Capitol. $11 million to drill test holes for a new bridge to Canada that our own traffic studies say is not needed for a few more decades. There are smaller items as well, like the creation of a new attorney position (to fight Proposal 2) within the administration for about $100 thousand per year and the existence of a state paid staff for the governor’s husband. How about a swimming pool refurbishment grant for $500 thousand? This is your government’s idea of “cut to the bone?” Instead of bringing up the kind of spending reform proposals I have recommended here and earlier, you hear scare tactics such as closing prisons and laying off police officers. This is not an ironic coincidence of conflicting budget cuts. That proposal is part of a carefully crafted campaign to soften up the public to the thought of a tax increase. It is to make you believe that the situation is so dire that all we can do now is flood the streets with criminals and fire those charged with our protection at the same time. I would agree that the very elderly and infirm in prison could be considered for release to reduce state medical costs by as much as $30 million. We just have to decide who is truly a danger to society. We could also review sentencing guidelines that are inconsistent wherein some drug crimes get longer sentences than violent attacks. But this should be done in a very methodical and objective review rooted in public safety considerations, not as part of a budgetary standoff. The point is, the proposal of tax and fee increases is premature at best and the public has realized it. General support of the service sales tax is waning if it was ever really there at all. This is evidenced by the number of Democrats quietly distancing themselves from the proposal. There is even quiet talk at the Capitol about switching strategies to an income tax hike. However, regardless of the method of taxation, the people of Michigan have little sympathy for the government’s request for more when they are experiencing record personal bankruptcies, home foreclosures and unemployment. I track communications into my office about specific issues and have experienced a near 100 to 1 opposition to the tax increase. Because some of the cost saving options suggested will take some time to implement and materialize, a funding gap may still exist for this year. However, other revenue generating possibilities outside of increased taxes are available. This state has a wealth of assets in its possession, some of which are very valuable. These assets should be inventoried and evaluated for their potential sale or lease. For example, I submit there are certain infrastructure assets owned by the state that have potential to generate billions through long term lease arrangements. It is unclear whether or not we should go down this road, but it may be a viable alternative to a tax increase and the question deserves an answer. So I’m asking it. The main point I am trying to make is that Michigan has many, many options. What we are short on is trust and cooperation. Jordan Lake residents have to pay unfairly To the editor: This is a story of a lake, its residents, and two drain commissioners, John Bush, Ionia County, and Tom Doyle, Barry County, who in the past have refused to operate the dam in a consistent manner to mitigate flooding conditions. In the spring of 2000 and 2004 heavy rains led to extensive flooding on Jordan Lake. The outlet of the lake is controlled by a dam with 10 adjustable gates. During these two heavy rain events, raising some of the gates in a consistent manner to allow high water to flow out at a greater rate would have mitigated the flooding conditions considerably. The drain commissioners refused to do so, citing an undocumented legal opinion that they did not have the authority to do such. After two petitions requesting a procedure detailing a consistent plan of operation for the dam were ignored by the drain commissioners, a lawsuit was filed. During the legal process, several offers of settlement were made to the drain commissioners and their legal counsel. These offers only asked for an operational plan for the dam with no blame assigned for past problems. All once again were ignored. Finally, in the fall of 2006 the lawsuit went to trial before Judge David Hoort in lonia County. In the final judgment the drain commissioners were found to be not at fault for the flooding in 2000 and 2004, but Judge Hoort required both parties to develop a plan for operation of the dam. We now have the plan, which is the only thing we have been requesting since 2000. Now the rest of the story; the Drain Commissioners are now assessing the Jordan Lake property owners for the entire cost of a lawsuit, which should have never happened. It is a sad day in these United States when a citizen or group of citizens cannot ask public officials to correct a problem without resorting to the legal system, and then have to pay for the results. Michael Cary, president, Jordan Lake Association Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 6 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries Edward D. Ehredt Wendell E. Dilworth Charles M. Davis BATTLE CREEK - Edward D. “Eddie” Ehredt, age 64, of Battle Creek, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at the Battle Creek Health System. He was born June 14, 1942 in Blue Island, Illinois the son of Robert D. and Marie F. (Schultz) Ehredt. Eddie was a 1960 graduate of Hastings High School where he was an Honorable Mention All-State Defensive Tackle on the football team, played baseball and wrestled. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, where he was wounded. Upon returning to the States, he served as a body escort until his discharge in 1969. Eddie was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, worked at Atlas Sales for 18 years, was an avid Michigan State fan and loved to play golf. On October 18, 1995 he was married to the former Susan D. Brooks, who survives. Also surviving are his step-daughter, Amiee (Jeff Robertson) Brooks and two stepgranddaughters, Lily and Clare of Battle Creek; two brothers, Bill (Linnie) Ehredt of Battle Creek and Bob (Bonnie) Ehredt of Dowling; two sisters, Karen (Bill) Halstead of Dowling and Jan Schreiner of Dowling; nine nieces and nephews; 18 great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Peter Lutheran Church with Pastor Patricia Mohr-Kelly and Pastor Michael Anton officiating. Interment followed at Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Disabled American Veterans or Calhoun County Humane Society. HASTINGS - Wendell E. Dilworth, age 74, of Hastings, died Saturday, March 10, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Dilworth was born on March 10, 1933 in Bowling Green, Ohio, the son of Walter and Pearl (Larned) Dilworth. He was raised in Ohio and attended schools there, graduating from Scott High School in Toledo, Ohio. He went on to attend Michigan State University for two years. He served in the U.S. Army from January 25, 1954 until his honorable discharge on January 17, 1956. He was married to Joyce a. Peterson on March 28, 1953. He lived in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, moving to Hastings in 1974 from St. Clair. Mr. Dilworth worked in sales, owned “Accent Signs,” but his true passions were in residential renovations, golf and his family. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Mr. Dilworth is survived by his wife, Joyce; daughters, Jody (Lewis) Hubbert of Hastings, Michelle (Earl) Risk of Caledonia, and Lisa Dilworth of Grand Rapids; son, Peter (Teresa) Dilworth of Kentwood; seven grandchildren, Amy (Lee) Nichols, Jacob and Adam Mix, Sean and Morgan Richardson, Kristin Courter, and Elizabeth Dilworth; and three great grandchildren, Anthony, Victoria and Kameron. Preceding him in death were his parents and an infant daughter. Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 16, 2007 at Hastings First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. C. Jeffrey Garrison officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Lansing. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, First Presbyterian Church or charity of one’s choice. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). HASTINGS - Charles M. Davis, age 50, of Hastings, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. Charlie was born on June 16, 1956 in Washington, D.C., the son of Erwin and Betty (Woodard) Davis. He was raised in the Washington D.C. area and attended school there before coming to Hastings in 1969, graduating in 1974 from Hastings High School. He went on to attend Grand Valley College in Grand Rapids where he received his training as an emergency room medical technician. He was married to Bonnie M. Scott on October 25, 1975. He was employed in the emergency room at Pennock Hospital for the past 26 years. Charlies enjoyed music, being outdoors, fishing, biking, camping and hiking. Charlie is survived by his wife, Bonnie; sons, Dana (Jessica) Davis of Grand Rapids and Jesse (Heather) Davis of Grand Rapids; daughter, Amanda Davis of Hastings; grandchildren, Shaylynn and Sebastian; mother, Betty Davis of Grand Rapids; brother, Douglas Davis of Grand Rapids; sister, Jeanine Davis of Grand Rapids; nieces and nephews; special friends, Marti Gallagher and her son, David of Hastings. Preceding him in death were his father and a sister, Connie Taylor. Services were held Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Father William C. Hamm officiating. Burial was at Rutland Twp. Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390 & Assistant Pastor Bill Bourne (269) 664-3060. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Senior Adult Coffee & Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 2nd Thursdays of the month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group going to Mozart. 7:00 p.m An Evening With Mozart. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study. Friday Men’s Fellowship Breakfast. Next Monday - 7:00 p.m. Ministry Meeting. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9:00 a.m., Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77510545 Ruth Berdine Boles Gerald A. Yarger Raymond W. Boze Ruth Berdine (Munger) Boles, age 83, was born in Martin on December 31, 1923, and went peacefully to the Lord in her home, Friday, March 9, 2007. Ruth graduated from Battle Creek Central in 1941, and spent many years working at Post Cereal, and Archway Cookie Company. Ruth, Mom, Grandma, and GreatGrandma, were names she answered to. She was loved by all who knew her and will be greatly missed. Ruth enjoyed many things in life; going to garage sales, playing bingo, baking pies for her family and friends, reading, and making beautiful handcrafted quilts. But most of all, she loved spending time with her family, and especially with her “Golden Boys”. Ruth is survived by her five children, Jim and (Pattiann) Boles, David “Mike” and (Gail) Boles, Pat and (Hank) Teunessen, Linda “Duff” and (Jack) Wollaston, and Teresa “Poncho” Sinclair. Also by her 17 grandchildren and 27 great -grandchildren. Ruth was preceded in death by her loving husband, James E. Boles; sisters, Ernestine Barton, Marion Munger and Norma Chapman; her son-in-law, John Sinclair; and her father and mother, James and Francis Munger. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Royal Funeral Home. Donations can be made to Children’s Leukemia Foundation. PLAINWELL - Raymond W. Boze, of Plainwell, passed away March 10, 2007. Ray was born on September 27, 1957, in Battle Creek, the son of Raymond and Esther (Nyland) Boze, Sr. He was a graduate of Delton Kellogg High School, class of 1976. He was a mechanic at European Imports in Kalamazoo, for over 31 years. Ray loved reading science fiction books, going to movies, and collecting things. Ray will be remembered for his heart of gold, and that he has earned his wings before he died. On September 16, 1992, he married Luella Colvin, who survives, other members of his family include his mother Esther Boze of Plainwell; a son, Ray (Laura) Boze of Kent City; a step son Larry Martz of Marquette; step daughters, Holly (Tim) Walsh and Michelle (David) Vale, all of Hastings; brothers: Rick (Beth) Herington, of Delton, Jeff (Becky) Boze of Delton, and Tracy (Brenda) Boze of Plainwell; sisters, Pam (Jim) Fuller of Otsego, Vicki (John) VanLester of Kalamazoo, and Lisa Boze of Florida; his father and mother-in-law, John and Jeanette Bezess of Battle Creek; 13 grandchildren; one great grandchild; several nieces, nephews, and “adopted children”, and a very large extended family. Ray was preceded in death by his father. Funeral services were conducted at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Pastor Jeff Worden, officiating. Cremation followed service. Memorial contributions to the American Red Cross will be appreciated. NASHVILLE - Gerald A. Yarger, age 61, of Nashville, died March 10, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. He was born August 23, 1945, the son of Lloyd and Velma (Wendorf) Yarger in Marshall. Gerald is survived by his children; brother, Roger (Cherry) Yarger of Nashville; uncle and aunt, Gary and Ruby Wendorf of Nashville and their family. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, David Yarger. Gerald enjoyed hunting and fishing when he was younger and working on old cars. Services took place Wednesday at the Shaw Funeral Home, Lehman Chapel, Bellevue. Pastor Steve Olmstead, Pleasantview Family Church, officiating. Interment, Riverside Cemetery. Memorials may go to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Foundation. The family is being served by Shaw Funeral Home, Lehman Chapel, Bellevue. www.shawfuneralhome.com �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 7 Emergency room is missing a compassionate caregiver To the editor: Like most members of the community, I first met Charlie Davis in the Pennock Hospital Emergency Room, when I brought my son in with a broken arm about 12 years ago. As he did with all children who came in scared and hurting, he comforted with his calm manner, talking in his soft and quiet, deeply reassuring voice, explaining everything that was going to happen. By virtue of his years of experience, confident hand and heart of gold, he put pillows around Dan’s injured arm, started an IV in his other arm, and checked on us frequently. Because of who he was, my son was able to relax. I don’t think he said too many words to me, but he didn’t have to. The way he cared for my son amazed me, and I was as comforted and graced by his presence, as was my child. I never forgot him. A few years later, while in physician assistant school, I set up my emergency medicine rotation at Pennock and had the good fortune of working alongside Charlie as a student. While I was in my final year of training, it was clear to me that Charlie knew more about medicine than I, and along with the skilled doctors, nurses, techs and clerks, he taught me about the real world of emergency medicine. After 28 years of service, Charlie knew that ER like the back of his hand, and if you needed a tool that no one had seen in six months, Charlie knew where to find it. Charlie has always stood out in our close family of ER workers. I know if you’re reading this and you’ve had interactions with him, you will understand what I mean. In a world where the practice of medicine is a rushing current, Charlie had an unflappable, steady pace, and he cared and attended to each patient without reservation, bias or judgment. When the ER was overflowing with more patients to care for than staff available, and we needed him to work quickly, Charlie resisted that pace (reserving swift action for the true emergencies), not hurrying to the next person until he had provided exceptional and thorough care for the one he was with. If he had to perform a painful procedure on an elderly, demented person, who didn’t have a clue what was happening, he approached it with the same sensitivity that he would offer a hospital board member. His work was his ministry. He had a way of being with people that cared for their souls, along with whatever physical or psychological ailment they brought for healing. Even when the most caring of our staff were reaching their limits with a disorderly patient, who was swearing and swinging at us, he could reach into some deep well of compassion, and offer up the dignified and humane treatment they needed, which sometimes included physical restraint. His strength and calm nature could de-escalate even the most agitated patient. I think he knew how to reach others by reaching through his own woundedness. His Barry County lost a quiet heroine To the editor, Our community recently lost one of those people who was not "a mover and a shaker," but rather, quietly went about her business, which was helping people and their pets. Her name was Jean James. I had the pleasure of meeting Jean about 15 years ago at my first Barry County Humane Society meeting. I really don’t know how many years she was on the Humane Society board before then. Jean remained on the board, coming to just about every meeting. Because Jean was a veterinarian, she offered the Humane Society board invaluable information on animal health issues. We could always count on her to answer questions in a clear, easy to understand way. Jean didn’t talk a lot at the meetings, but whenever she did offer her opinion or some information, everyone present listened because we all knew what she had to say was worth listening to. Jean was a darn good pie baker and every year for the Humane Society summer and winter bake sales, we could always count on a couple of pies, mince usually, from Jean and her daughter, Judy. Those pies always sold quickly. Last fall, for those of you who attended the Humane Society’s Fido Fest, you had the opportunity to see and hear Jean talk about emergency first aid for pets. She told me she was a bit nervous about talking before a group of strangers, but she did a great job, offering invaluable information to the pet owners. I guess the best word to describe how Jean was is "nice." She was a nice person and I miss her at the Humane Society board meetings and I will miss Jean as a friend for a long time to come. Kathy Wiggins, Castleton Township Pictured (from left) Angela Brown, Carson Letot, Robert Endsley and Kyle Letot. Hastings FFA competes at regionals The Hastings High School FFA chapter competed at the regional leadership contests at Olivet High School Feb. 15. Students first competed at the district leadership contests at Charlotte High School Feb. 1. Receiving gold and moving onto the regional competion was Kyle Letot in Creed Speaking, Robert Endsley in Greenhand Public Speaking with a topic on Nanotechnology and Carson Letot and Angela Brown in the Job Interview contest. At the regional competition Robert Endsley and Carson Letot received silver awards. Angela Brown received a gold award. Kyle Letot received a gold second place award and will advance to the state level to compete in Creed Speaking March 7, 2007 at Michigan State University and the FFA State Convention. presence calmed me. In a couple of my most exasperated moments, I remember him saying, in his understanding way, "They just want love, and they don’t know where to find it." A sweet reminder of how it really is for all of us. Charlie was also a constant source of humor, and could break up the most trying moment with his laughter medicine. He was a skilled prankster, at times to the point of annoyance, and if you told him to knock it off, he’d close the interaction with his little Charlie chuckle that we all loved that said "Gottcha." With his faces, gestures and quiet, dry comments, he would try to make you lose your thought, or trip over your words, while you were on an important call, or in a difficult moment, and sometimes it is that kind of humor that allows you to survive the intensity, to keep moving, caring, while keeping your own nervous system intact. Charlie was a teacher and mentor to innumerable EMTs, paramedics, and nurses that serve our community. When a new person came into the ER and needed help practicing IVs, he would open his arms, and be the guinea pig so that he could see and feel where someone needed guidance, and so patients didn’t have to suffer all the pokes. His generosity was boundless. He brought in gum and candy to share with others every day he worked. If he overheard a staff member struggling over a bill they couldn’t pay, he’d be back after his lunch hour with however many hundred dollars he or she needed to relieve the suffering. There were times when I’d be writing a prescription and he’d remind me that the person didn’t have insurance, and he’d ask how much it was going to cost so that he could let the patient know what to expect. Then I’d catch him hurrying down to the pharmacy, ahead of the patient he’d just discharged, to pay for his or her prescription. He never knew that I was onto him. I know this kind of generosity extended to the many lives he cared for outside of the emergency room as well. When I was a student observing and working in Pennock’s Emergency Room, I was moved by the way the staff worked together, fought together, survived together and held together like a family. So when I was graced with the offer to become a part of the group as an Emergency Medicine PA, I gratefully accepted. I have always been amazed by the combined skill of our staff, and how, when a critically ill patient comes through those doors, everyone drops whatever they are doing to attend to the most urgent need. In those times the skillful care moves like poetry to rapidly and efficiently meet the emergent needs of that person, like they were one of our family. Last week, Charlie Davis was that critical patient, and after all those years of selfless giving, was the one receiving, rather than offering, the work of loving hands. There is both a gift and deep difficulty that comes with caring for the life of a loved one in such a moment. Charlie was a constant reminder to me of why I decided to enter the world of medicine in the first place. He is still teaching me. You would have to know Charlie to understand how someone, fully aware of his own life threatening condition, could think of others first. That day, he insisted on telling us to do something for a patient he had just been tending, that really could have been a problem if it were lost in the shuffle of his own emergency. Like everywhere in life, activity in the hospital never stops, and while we grieve and work around the hollow in our emergency room, we recognize the unspeakably deep loss for his own children, family, close friends, and for your individual families and our community. Some of you have chronic illnesses and have to come in frequently, and some of you have active children who come in repeatedly with their bumps and cuts and bruises and breaks. So the next time you come in sick or hurt and ask "Is Chas here today?" we’ll have to say "No, he’s not here." And we’ll step into his big shoes and care for you in our own particular way, and with Chas’ spirit in our hearts. Julia Lowe, Dowling Newborn Babies BOY, Nicklas Gunnar, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 9, 2007 at 12:31 p.m. to Angela and Michael Stehr of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 11 1/4 ozs. and 18.5 inches long. BOY, Collin Richard, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 19, 2007 at 11:05 a.m. to Tyler and Casey Tossava of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and 23 inches long. BOY, Dakota James, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 20, 2007 at 1:02 to Harry Losenbaugh Jr. and Bobbi Jo Johnson of Vermontville. Weighing 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Dane Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 21, 2007 at 6:35 a.m. to Jamie Seeber and Jen Hendershot of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs. 0 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Coby James, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 22, 2007 to Tricia and Gregg Price of Lake Odessa. Weighing 5 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Abbigail Leigh, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 23, 2007 at 7:53 a.m. to Dan and Becky Pickard of Freeport. Weighing 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Mason James, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 24, 2007 at 8:42 a.m. to Ernie and Natalie Blough of Grand Rapids. Weighing 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Dravien Thomas Edward, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 26, 2007 at 7:59 a.m. to Sequoyah Rabbers and Joshua Stuk of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Jackson Riley, born at Pennock Hospital on Feb. 26, 2007 to Stephanie Dies and Abe Thomas of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 22 1/2 inches long. BOY, James William, born Feb. 27, 2007 at 2:51 p.m. to Amber and James Voelker of Battle Creek. Weighing 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Draven Wayne, born at Pennock Hospital on March 1, 2007 at 3:40 p.m. to Andrea Murphy and JD Pennock of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 19 inches long. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Today’s students are out of control To the editor: I spent a day with my middle school student, and what an eye opener this was. Any parent who has a child in school should be aware. Now please understand, teachers should be praised for their efforts, I don't want them to think I am coming down on them. If anything I am in support of them. My question is, when did it become OK for the students to not have to sit in there assigned seats? Back when I was in school, you had a seat in the classroom and that's where you stayed. Not now. The kids get up, go where ever they want to sit and if the teacher tells them to go back to their seat, the kids start to mouth off, give the teacher a dirty look or basically ignore it. What I saw was when the teacher continued to try to get the child to follow the rules, the child shook the paper in the teacher’s face and said, “I am working.” After several attempts to make the child follow the rules the teacher said, “I'm going to have to give you a plan (a plan is now the way the schools attempt to discipline a student).” The plan is the first step in disciplining a child now in school after several attempts at redirecting. Then they get sent down to the office to see the principal and then to be placed in ISS (in school suspension) and then OSS (out of school suspension). I will tell you that this is a joke to these kids. As I observed once, you say”plan” to these kids and the room erupts into laughter. So of course the teacher has to back down because there's just no getting through to these kids. As I walked the halls with my child to the next class, I heard more swear words than I’ve heard in probably 12 months in the work world. You may be saying “not my child,” but believe me it is everyone's child, the peer pressure these days is way different then when we were in school. Our children are out of control. While sitting in the classroom, I heard kids talking about needing an x-box and a play station for a club house, “my bra is to tight it makes me feel like I can't breath,” “last time we had a sub in the class I got sent down to the office and got ISS, do you think this one will?” It took 10 minutes in one classroom to calm down a girl who decided today’s word is “sucks.” Another kid decided to start up a gambling game with cards. Another girl was more interested in reading five or six letters her friends had all given to her in between classes then learning. Three kids decided that they have worked too hard today and take a nap. One kid decided he doesn't want to be in class and got up to leave. Two girls decided to play with each other’s hair. Meanwhile this whole time the teacher has made every effort to calm these kids down with no luck, so instead of sending the whole class to the principal’s office, the teacher has decided to just start teaching because in every class of every hour this is what goes on. And in every class there's at least one child trying to learn. If there's any hope for our future, we need to gain control of our classrooms again. Our children are out of control. My question is,. when is enough, enough? Carrie Bunker, Battle Creek We must recognize, confront hatred To the editor: My children are now all grown. They have never known a time when Jim Crow was the law of the land for much of our country, and the controlling custom for most of the rest. Those worst of times, and the struggle to overcome, are vivid memories for me. Some years back, I told my kids that they must be ever vigilant that the forces of hate never regain control of our society. They were quite dismissive, telling me that, "Nobody thinks like that any more." Thank you, Don Johnson, for validating my point. Several of the letters responding to Don Johnson also take the Banner to task for even publishing his ugly words. As an occasional target of Johnson’s poison pen, my first impulse was to agree. On further reflection, I’ve changed my mind. Publishing Johnson’s letter serves several good and useful purposes, one of which I mentioned in the opening paragraphs. Don Johnson is a prolific letter writer, taking maximum advantage of the Banner’s once-amonth limitation. Publishing him at his most hateful worst gives us all the background to view his other writings in a true light. Don Johnson is an angry and bitter man, as his own words testify. Perhaps his letters to the Banner are therapeutic, providing him with a release for his pent up rage. Without that release, maybe the bile would collect and grow and build up into an unsightly painful boil. And when that boil bursts, the result might be a lot uglier and stinkier than a published letter. We have two community weekly papers, each with its distinct function. The Reminder every week shows our community at its best, and what we aspire to be. That’s their job, and they do it well. The Banner takes criticism virtually every week for publishing something that might show our community in an unfavorable light. But that’s their job. If our newspaper chose to turn a blind eye to the problems within our community, that would be tacit acceptance. It would guarantee that the problems of today would still be with us for many tomorrows. A few years back, the Banner was criticized for publishing so many stories about domestic violence. It seems that some of our larger employers were having trouble recruiting outside talent to a community of wifebeaters and child-abusers. The first step in resolving problems, as an individual or as a society, is recognizing the problem. Had the Banner swept the domestic abuse stories under the rug, would we have the Green Gables shelter today? As a community, we recognized the problem and acted to mitigate it. I applaud the Banner for having the courage to show us what we might not want to see. The letter from Don Johnson showed me what I already knew about him. The many letters of response proved to me what I already knew about Barry County. Good people of good will vastly outnumber the others. I know Don Johnson personally, not very well, but enough to know that he is not as bad a man as his letters might indicate. If he fills his monthly missives with bluff and bluster and bull droppings, should we be alarmed? I’m not. Brian Reynolds, Hastings Letter writers’ views not shared To the editor: No, Don (Johnson) and Steve (Toman), most of us do not share your ethnic views. Most of us have purchased food for our tables, dined in their restaurant, hired their services, depended on them for news and weather coverage, possibly even voted for one or more of your targeted group. I was at first disappointed that these letters were printed, but now believe due to the negative response Don’s letter has created, it may make many of us take a good look at ourselves for possible biased views. Harold Philp, Nashville Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Page 8 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Keeping a secret Sebewa Center UMC will be host for a pancake meal Saturday, March 17, with potatoes, pancakes, sausages and more. Thompson’s Floor Covering, The Barbery and Meyers Bakery all have new decorative window panes downtown. The third annual toy and doll show is coming to the Depot Museum Complex Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25. People are invited to bring in their toys and dolls, whether or not they are unique, old or new, singles or in sets. How about an unusual chess or checkers set? How about some Tinker toys or tiddley winks? Hours on Saturday will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hours on Sunday will be from 2 to 5. The genealogy rooms will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday same hours as the exhibit. In addition, the genealogy room will be open Monday afternoon. There will be another soup meal at Fellowship Hall Saturday, March 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The soup is good and the company is usually interesting. This is a free meal. The Lakewood varsity basketball team won three games in district play last week at Hastings, ending with the district championship on Friday. The Vikings, however, lost 53-39 to Lansing Catholic Central at Caledonia on Tuesday evening. Nic Hilley, one of the key players had been sidelined with an injury just before the end of the regular season play. Eddie Salazar, shortest team member had very favorable reviews for his play in the Friday game. The Lakewood varsity volleyball team captured a regional championship last weekend. The Saturday games had Lakewood playing Coldwater and Haslett in succession. Ashley Morris was listed as having aces, Melanie Forman with assists, Amy Joostberns with kills and Autumn Cussen with digs. The Lakewood team record was 53-16. In the Haslett games, it was Lacey Chase and Lauren Schaivly with aces, Melanie Forman and Alexis Dumond with assists, Ashley Morris kills, Celsey Dow with blocks and Forman with digs. The Vikings earned a berth in the state Class B quarterfinals at Durand Tuesday night as a result. The Lansing State Journal last Friday had a feature story with large colored photo of Eric Geiger, 10, of Clarksville, with a choice trout he caught in a pond at the Lansing Boat and Fishing Show the previous day. The story centered on Ron Martin of Woodland and the classes he teaches on recreational fishing for fifth-graders in Clarksville and Woodland. In 2004, Martin received a grant which he used for materials needed to teach a class in fishing. Last year he had 40 enrolled. This year he added Sunfield and now has 75 students. Last Thursday (March 8), he took six of them to the Lansing show to try their luck and skills at the trout pond. He teaches his class in the summer and fall and covers the shapes of fish, their habitats, can casting, natural and artificial baits, care and cleaning of reels and much more. One youngster was asked what was the favorite part of school that year and the reply was it was her fishing class. Ron was quoted as saying he received a fly rod as a graduation gift from junior high. The Ionia County Genealogical Society met last Saturday with 48 present. The Rev. Mark Jarvie gave an interesting history of the local church and a history of the denomination starting in early England. There were the Puritans who were often called Separatists and from their number came the Mayflower passengers, so this was the first religious group in New England. The churches are totally self-governed with no ecclesiastical authority. He concluded his story with newspaper account of basketball teams in a church league with the Congregational team the hard one for any other team to beat, even from Grand Rapids. Social News Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine One side of my face looks like it had a stroke. It GURRSV�DQG�ZRQ¶W�ZRUN���,�ZHQW�WR�HPHUJHQF\� and they said it was %HOO¶V�SDOV\. It sure looks OLNH�D�VWURNH�WR�PH��ZKDW¶V�WKH�GLIIHUHQFH" %HOO¶V�SDOV\�LV�D�ZHDNQHVV��DQG�VRPHWLPHV�FRPSOHWH� paralysis) of the muscles on one side of your face. It presents as a droopy appearance of the eyelids, facial muscles and the corner of your mouth. It may be difficult to close your eye on that side which may result in eye injuries. Headaches and facial pain may also be present along with a loss of taste and a change in the amount of tears and saliva. Symptoms usually occur abruptly but range from mild weakness to complete paralysis. :H¶UH�not completely sure but it is generally thought that it is due to the facial nerve becoming swollen and injured on one side of the face. A stroke on the other hand causes weakness in muscles because of a problem in the brain itself rather than the nerve that supplies the muscles. Infections and tumors may also present in the same way so until you see a doctor that can tell the difference, you need to seek medical attention immediately. &RQVLGHULQJ�WKDW�IDFW�WKDW�ZH¶UH�QRW�HQWLUHO\�VXUH�ZKDW� FDXVHV�%HOO¶V palsy, the best treatment is also questionable. ,Q�PRVW�SDWLHQWV��VRPH�GRFWRUV�DUHQ¶W�VXUH�WKDW�DQ\�WUHDWPHQW� FKDQJHV�WKH�XOWLPDWH�RXWFRPH�RI�%HOO¶V�SDOV\�������ZLOO recover fully without any treatment at all within a few months. Some doctors will try a variety of medications based on their own opinions and experience. Eye care is generally the ELJJHVW�WKLQJ�WR�EH�FRQFHUQHG�DERXW�ZLWK�%HOO¶V�SDOV\���0DNH� sure your doctor instructs you on the proper care for your H\HV�LI�\RX�DUH�WROG�WKDW�\RX�KDYH�%HOO¶V palsy. Debate on driving Dear Annie: My wife and I have been together for over 25 years, and we have a great relationship in all areas with one exception. "Helen" is the proverbial "Little Old Lady from Pasadena." She has no road sense, but insists on being behind the wheel. I try to keep from sounding off, but after a while, I need to express my opinion of what she is doing wrong. If I want to drive, Helen says my road skills scare her. I consider myself a safe driver. I am assertive, but not reckless. However, when Helen is on a highway, she will invariably get into the lane that's traveling under the speed limit and just stay there. We generally get over the driving experience fairly quickly, and each time, I swear I will not sound off again, but I just can't help it. How should I handle this? -- California Charger Dear California: Helen drives too slowly, and you are too aggressive for her. It really doesn't matter if you think you're the better driver, we're going to let Helen win, because her terror trumps your annoyance. Get a set of headphones, plug yourself into something you like, close your eyes and take a nap. It will be good for your blood pressure as well as your marriage. Best friend’s plea %(//¶6�3$/6< That certainly must be very scary to wake up and notice that KDOI�\RXU�IDFH�LVQ¶W�ZRUNLQJ���:KR�ZRXOGQ¶W�WKLQN�RI�D�VWURNH"�� I certainly would. You also did the right thing and go to the emergency room immediately and get it checked out EHFDXVH�WKH�WUHDWPHQW�IRU�D�VWURNH�DQG�%HOO¶V�SDOV\�DUH� completely different. Dear Annie: A year ago, my husband and I discovered that he is unable to father children, so we have decided to use a sperm donor. If I should get pregnant, we agreed to tell the child how he/she was conceived. However, my husband is somewhat sensitive about telling anyone else. Are we obligated to tell people? -- Open for Suggestions Dear Open: Of course not. This is intensely personal. However, do keep in mind that the information could get out despite your efforts, and we hope you will be prepared to deal with it without embarrassment. Please contact Resolve (resolve.org) at 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1350, Bethesda, MD 20814, for support. Roger and Charlotte Bonnema celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Roger and Charlotte Bonnema are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on March 16, 2007. They will be celebrating with all of their kids on an Alaskan Cruise in June. Roger and Charlotte were married on March 16, 1957 in Imlay City, Michigan. They have five children, Melinda (Albert) Grashius of Berrien Springs, Mich., Roger (Denise) Bonnema, Jr. of Ubly, Mich., Jalene Watson, Tracy Heinrich and Heidi (Dennis) Pennington, all of Hastings. They also have 15 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. If you wish to send a card, send it to 1808 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Dear Annie: My dog died a short while ago, and I remember the essay called, "A Dog's Plea." It would mean a lot if you could print it. -- Sweetie Girl in Hawaii Dear Hawaii: Our condolences. We hope this helps: A Dog's Plea by Beth Norman Harris Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me. Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I might lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn. Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when the sound of your footstep falls upon my waiting ear. Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth. Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food that I might stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger. And, my friend, when I am very old, and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having any fun. Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this Earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hands. Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Spring is Right Around the Corner 77510599 09544027 What better time to think about owning your own home! • Thornapple Lake Estates is a Manufactured Housing Community in a country setting with lake rights to beautiful Thornapple Lake. • We have an inventory of both single and double-wide homes for sale. Call us today and ask how you can begin owning your own home. We offer great “Move-In” incentives as well as little to nodown payment to qualified buyers. If you currently own your own mobile home, let us assist you with moving it to Thornapple Lake Estates. For more information phone: 517-852-1514 02666520 Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. Make new friends Dear Annie: We are close friends with "Allen and Michelle," who live just down the street from us. We share a lot of personal information with each other and enjoy hanging out. The problems began after Michelle introduced us to "Sandra and Joe." Sandra made several comments about getting together with us, so finally, I called to invite them out for dinner and drinks. When Michelle found out we had been out together, without her and Allen, she was very upset. Yet that same night, she and her husband had a prior engagement and couldn't have come anyway. We are struggling with Michelle's possessive attitude and fear it will break up all of the friendships. We are not in grade school any more. How can we resolve this and act like adults? -- New Friends Dear Friends: You may not be in grade school, but the reaction is the same. Michelle is jealous that you and Sandra are friends without her involvement, and when you plan evenings that don't include her, she feels as if she were tossed from the popular girls' clique. A more mature person would, of course, hold those feelings in check. You need to reassure Michelle that you like her as much as Sandra, and you do this by spending time with her, with and without others. You also should tell Michelle directly that you value her friendship and you hope next time you get together with Sandra, she will be available to join you. Don’t get hung up Dear Annie: I would like to know the correct etiquette regarding call waiting on the telephone. I have a good friend who, when she gets a call waiting beep, promptly hangs up with me and takes the new call instead of telling that person she will call them back. What do you think? -- Florida Fan Dear Florida: Etiquette says the person you are already on the phone with takes precedence over any incoming calls, unless they are of an urgent nature. Your friend should tell the person who intrudes that she will call them back. However, there's always the remote possibility that your conversations last a little longer than your friend prefers and she is looking for a reason to get off the phone. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Cuts for libraries a crying shame To the editor: I am writing on behalf of my local library (Hastings Public Library). It has come to my attention, that library funding as a whole, has been cut by 23% in the last five years. That's over eight million dollars public libraries missed out on. That's eight million bucks that children and anyone else who uses the library system will miss out on. In my opinion that's a crying shame. Our esteemed governor, Jennifer Granholm, has seen fit to cut state aid to public libraries by 50% for next year’s budget. This is a travesty, and cannot stand! The only people, who will be hurt by this, are Michigan's citizens. I don't know if you are aware of it, but there is a group of local libraries called the Lakeland Library Cooperative. They pool what little resources they have, and ship books from library to library. If the funding is cut, most likely the co-op either has to charge for its use, or end all together. I ask you not to let this happen. In the end, the people will be the loser. Contact your state senators and representative's today. Hastings contacts are: • Senator Patricia Brikholz, PO Box 30036 Lansing, MI 48909-7536 (517) 373-3447 Senpbirkholz@senate.michigan.gov • Representative Brian Calley, PO Box 30014 Lansing, MI 98909-7514 (517) 3730842 BrianCalley@house.MI.gov Jason Demond, Hastings �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 9 Area Obituaries From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Grace Tanner Mary Louise Hecker NASHVILLE/FORT MYERS, FLORIDA - Mrs. Mary Louise Hecker of Nashville/ Fort Myers, Florida passed away on March 3, 2007 in Fort Myers, Florida. Mary was born in Hastings. She was educated at Hastings High School, and Michigan State University where she took several of additional education classes. She was a partner of the Hecker Agency and Mulberry Golf Course. She was very active in the Carlson United Methodist Church of Labelle, Florida and a member of the Nashville United Methodist Church. Funeral Services for Mrs. Hecker will be held on Thursday March 15, 2007 at 11am at the Nashville United Methodist Church. Interment will take place at the Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Maple Valley Scholarship Fund. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 6 The barn was the heart of farming John Woods By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will continue to run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) As the early settlers came to this country, those who wished to make a living from the land by farming had to have certain buildings to live in and store food for themselves and the animals they raised. In this area of the country, where severe winters are common, it was very necessary to have warm houses and barns. As a farmer became able, he would build a large barn, adequate to store large amounts of “loose” hay that also had a granary, often in the upper part of the barn on the second floor. A farmer getting started in those days was more concerned about an adequate barn than a house. As was then said, “A barn will build a house, but a house won’t build a barn.” The barn was the center of the farm activity. In addition to the large high hay storage, there was usually a basement where there were horse stalls, cow stanchions, calf pens and feed bins. In later years, silos were added and milk houses, equipped to cool milk or separate cream for butter, etc. There was always work to do about the barn, calf pens to clean and bed with straw from a stack or straw shed near the barn. If a neighbor, friend or someone in business were to come to a farm and inquire at the house as to where the owner was, he was usually, if not in the fields working or to town, “down to the barn.” On rainy or stormy days, there was always work to do in the barn, pens to clean, harnesses to mend, etc. It was often a meeting place for neighbor men and hired men to just sit around and discuss the horses, cows and other animals. The point I am attempting to convey is that a good barn was the center of farm life. There was not a mere pleasant feeling than to go into a well stocked barn full of good hay, and to hear the horses “nicker” or “whinney” as you came down the stairs. The cows all lying in clean straw and chewing their cuds were a beautiful sight. It was really nice to smell the hay and ensilage and know all the animals were clean and well cared for, especially on a cold stormy winter day. On the Charlton farm north of the “stone house,” was a large high gambrel roof barn. They were then sometimes erroneously called hip roof barns but are gambrel roofs as a hip rafter comes in at a 45-degree angle to the peak or ridgeboard (not at all like a gambrel). In the early days, most hay was put up loose and took up much more space than baled or chipped hay, as done today. Stacking hay outside was never a good way, as no matter how well the top was covered, moisture would come up from the bottom and a lot of it would spoil. Therefore, large high bars were built, and track, hay cars, ropes and pulleys were arranged to unload hay driven on the barn floors. By using slings, hay forks and a horse pulling the sling, forkloads from the wagon would be raised and carried by the car to the hay mow desired. The large double driveway barn on the Charlton farm was built by Joe Messinger, a master carpenter, William Gillespie and Otis Allerding were apprenticed to Joe when young men. Gillespie’s farm adjoins the Charlton farm to the east side. Will Gillespie built the barn on the west 160 acres when Robert Martin owned it, prior to Irving Charlton buying it from him in the early 1920s. That barn had a laminated rafter roof made by placing 1”x2” strips of elm or ash in a fixture or form and nailing them to make a curved 6” rafter; certainly a lot of nailing. That barn was a plank barn, meaning planks were spiked together to make the frame rather than using “hewn” timber frame as done on the barn by the stone house. Using an “adz” hewing and pinning timber was an art in itself that is no longer used. All large timber joints for posts, braces, purlines, etc. were tenoned and mortised and bored for hardwood pins about 1 1/2” in diameter. This was a long laborious process by hand tools that paid perhaps 35 cents an hour. William Gillespie built some 15 barns around the country and his own in the mid1920s. He built many houses, including one for Dr. Charles McIntyre in Woodland, which still stands. Dr. McIntyre was a local doctor for many years. The last large gambrel roof barn built in this area were Shirley Slocum’s, built in the late ‘20s on Martin Road, and Roland Barry’s on State Road, which was a beautiful large barn built by Fred Lenington in 1930. Andy Kennedy’s barn was built that same year on State Road. Those large barns had one thing in common being high, lightning was always a threat to them. Many were equipped with lightning rods which afford some degree of protection. However fore, always a hazard, and wind have ruined many of them. Spontaneous combustion of hay or ensilage has burned many a good barn. Kerosene lanterns were a danger also. The barn on the Charlton farm by the stone house stood for about 75 years, but due to standing empty and misuse, it fell or blew down in the mid-70s. To me, it was like losing an old friend. The barn on the 160-acre farm west burned one cold windy day in the mid-70s, also. They were certainly relics of bygone days, but were no longer needed as barns. Those days of the smaller home-like farms have given way to large computerized businesses and the fun has been taken out of farming, at a more leisurely, neighborly pace as it used to be. In those days when threshing, filling silo or buzzing wood, one would trade work with the neighbors and all worked together and had those wonderful country home-cooked meals. A powerful modern tractor or combine or chopper may do the job a lot faster, but they are surely a cold companion, or friend compared to those crews of friends and neighbors in those early days of and with Irving Charlton. By way of interest, part of the J-Ad Graphics printing department is housed in a remodeled barn. As I earlier wrote, Joe Messinger was a master carpenter and built many houses and barns throughout the country. Joe was unique in that he had a pipe fashioned to go in his pocket. From it ran a rubber house, which he wrapped around his neck and putting the “bit” in his mouth he would smoke it. His wife was named Josephine and she also smoked a pipe. I was very young then but saw her over at Aunt Amy Ann Varney’s many years ago, rocking and smoking her pipe, and we called her “Aunt Joe.” The Troxels were also carpenters in the area in those days. Sam and Solomon Varney also were and they built the Stoney Point Church after the old one burned, hit by lightning in 1914. William Troxel and his brother, Harvey Troxel, built a barn in 1912 for Arch Graves at “Stoney Point.” They were paid to built it by receiving a “good gray horse.” Arch Graves was later the centurion in Hastings in 1956, being withing a few months of 100 years old. As I earlier wrote, seeing Charlton’s barn fall down was like losing an old friend, as Fern and I had filled it with hay many times and used it several years. It was a friendly place and my son and daughter loved it, too, and worked and played in it many days. However, it is like our friend, Irving, gone. Helen Dorothy Miller HASTINGS - Our Grace Tanner, daughter of Cornelius and Trinjte (Veld) Bekkering, after 92 filled years of life, died peacefully on March 11, 2007 at Pennock Hospital of Hastings. Grace was preceded in death by her parents (above); her sister, Geraldine Edick (Bekkering); brother, Herman Bekkering; and her wonderful son, Dale and daughter-inlaw Gale Tanner (Clough). Grace is survived by her absolutely devoted husband of 69 fantastic years, Wayne D. Tanner of Hastings; daughter, Susan , and son-in-law, David King of Hastings; her brother, Neil Tanner (Sandy), and sister, Genevieve Grigsby; her grandchildren, Steve (Melanie) Tanner of Portage, Darci Colman of Richland, Jennifer Owens of Columbus, OH, Jay King of Bowling Green, OH, Jason Foley (Joann) of Columbus, OH., Rebecca Elton (Mike) of Hamilton; along with 12 great grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Grace was married in 1937 on July 31st, and found everyday of it to be something different. She loved her Daddy‚ and together the two had countless memories and travels together from New York to Tahquamenon Falls with countless trips in between. Her husband Wayne was her unfailing protector and friend, we will all miss her dearly. Grace always enlightened everyone with her uncanny wit and sharp mind up until the end. She enjoyed bead work of her own designs, as well as creating outstanding blueprints of houses, as her father had taught her, using her own designs, just for fun. She was involved in ceramics which usually left everyone wondering why they couldn’t be creative like her. Grace also had a grand love of animals. She loved to laugh about her life and it’s many and countless memories along with memories she shared with family about her “No one can do it like her” Grandmother Muca. Grace lived the last year and a half, along with her husband Wayne living with her daughter and son-in-law giving them even more memories to tuck away. She will be missed dearly and we will all miss her countless stories and incomparable memories, not to mention her laughter. Grace’s honoring was held at Girrbach Funeral Home on Wednesday March 14. Pastor Dan Currie of Hastings Baptist Church officiated. Memorial Contributions may be made at your local Humane Society or the American Heart Association. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 37.26 +1.26 Anheuser Busch 50.05 +.59 CMS Energy Corp. 16.91 -.29 Coca-Cola Co. 47.06 +.13 DaimlerChrysler 68.99 +.38 Dow Chemical Co. 42.94 +.52 Exxon Mobil 69.91 -1.09 Family Dollar Stores 29.53 +1.31 First Financial Bancorp 14.83 -.47 Ford Motor Co. 7.64 --General Motors 30.51 -.61 Intl. Bus. Machine 92.71 -1.09 JCPenney Co. 80.26 +2.67 Johnson & Johnson 60.77 -.93 Kellogg Co. 50.54 +1.16 McDonald’s Corp. 43.48 +.38 Pfizer Inc. 24.94 -.25 Semco Energy 7.58 -.10 Sears Holding 176.49 -3.53 Spartan Motors 22.45 +1.08 TCF Financial 25.84 -.45 Wal-Mart Stores 46.18 -1.86 Gold $649.40 +3.20 Silver $12.96 -$.03 Dow Jones Average 12,075.96 -131.63 Volume on NYSE 2B +200M DELTON - John Woods , of Delton, passed away on March 10th at home with his family. He was born in Prairieville on August 10, 1921 to George and Allie Woods. John graduated from Kellogg High School and has lived in the Delton area most of his life. He entered the United States Air Force on August 21, 1941 serving as a pilot in India during World War II. He retired as Major on August 10, 1981. On September 4, 1948, he married Paula Jane Snyder at St. Rose Catholic Church in Hastings. They were married over 57 years when she passed away in 2005. He was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Delton. John worked for Delton Production Products, retiring in 1986 as a Shift Superintendent. Not one to sit idle, he returned to work at Pemco for another three years, then at TNR Machine as a machinist, retiring again in 2003. He also served as a trustee on the Hope Township Board since 1988. John was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather, always willing to help with a project and his handyman skills. He loved living on the lake and was an avid fisherman and bird watcher; tending to his many bird feeders during the winter months. He also enjoyed bowling and golf. Surviving are two sons and a daughter, John W. Woods (Nancy) of Portage, Shirley Woods of Delton, and Paulette Daniher (Robert) of Stanton; eight grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and several nephews. John also had a sister, Elizabeth Austin, and a brother, George Woods, who both preceded him in death. A Memorial Mass will take place on Friday, March 16 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 11137 Floria Rd., Delton. A military burial service will follow at Ft. Custer National Cemetery, 15501 Dickman Rd., Augusta. The family requests memorial gifts be sent to Borgess Hospice, 348 N. Burdick St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007. HASTINGS - Helen Dorothy Miller, age 79, of Hastings, died suddenly on Saturday March 10, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Helen was born May 28, 1927 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of William H. and Edith A. (Harris)VanAtta. Helen was married to Vadon Charles Miller on August 27, 1945. She moved to Hastings in 1970 from Kalamazoo. She worked at Schaeffers and Felpausch Bakery. Helen attended the Hastings Assembly of God Church and the Hastings Living Church Of God. She enjoyed reading, her flower garden, feeding the birds, and helping many members of the community, providing them with transportation, visiting nursing homes and just being a caring person. She was a member of the Silver Sneakers and the Pennock Swim Group. Helen is survived by her husband of 61 years, Vadon C. Miller of Hastings; daughters, Gracia (Craig) Kobylik of Portage, Barbara Ann (Stan) Stevens of Hastings, Carletta (Dan) Baldwin of Oregon, Merri Lu (Brian) Edger of MS.; seven grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and a niece, Beverly Brown. Helen was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; one sister and a greatgranddaughter. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday March 20, 2007 at 11:00am the Hastings Assembly Of God Church, 1674 W. State Rd.,with a luncheon to follow. Memorials can be made to the Hastings Public Library. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the Family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Kenneth James Wilson, Jr. HASTINGS – Kenneth James Wilson, Jr., age 59, of Hastings, died Saturday March 10, 2007 at his residence. Ken was born June 27, 1947 in Grand Rapids, the son of Kenneth James, Sr. and Edna (Coy) Wilson. He attended Comstock Park High School, and moved to Hastings in 1972 from Grand Rapids. Ken married Tamara Lynn Gunders on February 23, 1965. He was employed as a truck driver and a mechanic for most of his life. He enjoyed spending time at the cabin in the Upper Peninsula, riding the trails on the mule, camping, and the many times spent in his pole barn playing cards and pool with his family and friends. Ken loved spending time with his family and grandchildren. Memberships included the Delton VFW Auxiliary. He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Kenneth Wilson; brother, Clair Harrington; and sister, Linda Clancy. Ken is survived by his wife, Tam Wilson of Hastings; a daughter, Barb (Doug) Reil of Hastings, two grandchildren, Randy and Shanon Reil of Hastings; a great-grandson, Ryder Reil; several half sisters and nieces and nephews; mother and father-in-law, Fred and Shirley Gunders; sister and brother-inlaw, Pam and Kip Brandemihl. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught will officiate. Burial will be at Irving Twp. Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �Page 10 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Barry County Road Commission will hold a Public Hearing on permits for overweight public utility equipment during weight restrictions. The hearing will be held at the Barry County Road Commission at 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan at 9:00 a.m. on March 20, 2007. 77510513 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Budget Public Hearing (Truth in Budgeting) Notice The Prairieville Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 at the Prairieville Township Hall on Monday, March 27, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget will be available for public inspection at the township office located at 10115 South Norris Rd, Delton, MI 49046. Our office hours are Monday thru Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Prairieville Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 7 days notice to the Prairieville Township Board. NOTE: Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aides or services should contact the Prairieville Township Board by writing or calling the following: Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township 10115 S. Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77510605 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a hearing on Monday, March 19, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. To approve the minutes of the Hearing that took place on Monday, March 5, 2007. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon the above request, either verbally or in writing, will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above time and place. The application for the above request is available for inspection at the Rutland Charter Township Hall during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon five (5) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above-proposed amendment. ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77510625 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24706-NC In the matter of L’oreal Victoria Lacy Gironda. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Michael Robin Gironda whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. at 206 W. Court St., #302, Hastings, MI before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: Petition to change the name of L’oreal Victoria Lacy Gironda to L’oreal Victoria Lacy Desgranges. Date: 2-13-07 Lori Dee Desgranges 411 W. Green St. Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-4336 77510611 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Kuzava and Geraldine Kuzava, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2005, and recorded on April 28, 2005 in instrument 1145592, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine And 92/100 Dollars ($224,999.92), including interest at 6.575% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 24 of the Plat of Von Reis Addition No. 2, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 65, Barry County Records and Running thence North 1 Degrees 55 Minutes 45 Seconds West 439.25 Feet; Thence North 87 Degrees 17 Minutes East 149.9 Feet along the South Line of Park Street as Shown in Said Plat; Thence South 31 Degrees 04 Minutes East 299.50 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street; Thence South 190.83 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street to the Northeast Corner of said Lot 24; The North 89 Degrees 45 Minutes West 289.50 feet to the Place of Beginning. Also Described as a Parcel of Land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as Beginning at a Point 703.34 Feet West and 521.21 Feet North of the East 1/4 Post of said Section 19; Thence North 1 Degree 55 Minutes West 438.4 Feet; Thence East 157.43 Feet; Thence South 31 Degrees East 294.28 Feet; Thence South 197.3 Feet; Thence West 289.2 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510581 File #101415F02 TRUCK DRIVER City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that noxious weeds and vegetation as defined by Section 38-100 to Section 38106, of Division 4, of Article II, of Chapter 38 of the City of Hastings Code of Ordinances, not cut during the growing season of April 15, 2007 to October 15, 2007 may be cut by the City of Hastings or its designated representative, and the owner of the property shall be charged with the cost thereof. Noxious weeds and grasses more than eight (8) inches in height, dead bushes, dead trees and stumps, bushes and trees infested with dangerous insects and infectious diseases must be cut and removed from the property. Any owner who refuses to destroy and remove such material may be subject to a Civil Infraction and fine, and the City or its designated representative may enter upon the land as many times as necessary, and destroy and remove such material and charge the cost to the property owner. Any expense incurred by the City shall be reimbursed by the owner of the land. Unrecovered costs shall be levied as a lien on the property and shall be collected against the property in the same manner as general taxes. The City, through its Code Enforcement Officer, shall have the right to enter upon such lands for the purpose of cutting down, destroying, or removing noxious weeds or vegetation and shall not be liable in any action of trespass. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77510637 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ross Lee Meehan and Anne Meehan, husband and wife and Roger D. Buxton and Edith M. Buxton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Federal, fsb, Mortgagee, dated February 14, 2002, and recorded on February 19, 2002 in instrument 1075130, and modified by agreement dated June 17, 2004, and recorded on June 17, 2004 in instrument 1129480, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine And 37/100 Dollars ($396,059.37), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 1619.39 feet, along the South line of said Section, to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds West 2635.14 feet; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 43 seconds West 337.00 feet; along the North line of the Southeast 1/4 of said 11; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 1980.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds East 22.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 655.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 315.00 feet, along said South line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509871 File #069433F02 The Barry County Road Commission has an opening for a full time truck driving position. A high school diploma or GED is required along with a Michigan commercial driver’s license with A&N endorsements. Applications can be picked up at the Barry County Road Commission office (phone 269-945-3449) at 1725 W. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI between 6:45 AM & 3:15 PM. A complete job description will be provided at the time of application. Applications will be accepted until April 6, 2007. Hourly wage will start at $16.66. The Barry County Road Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 02666385 ATTENTION BARRY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS REGULAR MEETING DATES 2007/2009 1ST TUESDAY OF EACH - MONTH - 7:00 PM Note: Dates with *asterisk are for another weekday. Notice of Public Hearing ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD AT ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP HALL 7350 Lindsey Rd. MARCH 28, 2007 • 7:00 PM Purpose of meeting: Public hearing on proposed final Budget for 2007-2008. Copy of the proposed budget is available at Supervisors Residence located at 12660 Saddler Rd. The Property Tax Millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. PUBLIC IS WELCOME Americans With Disabilities Act; stating that if those with disabilities notify the clerk within 10 days prior to the meeting, accommodations will be furnished to satisfy such disabilities and allow meaningful attendance. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Clerk: Jennifer Goy at phone numbers: office, 269-664-4522, home, 269-664-4641. Thomas Rook Supervisor Orangeville Township 269-672-7479 77510635 ** APRIL 10, 2007 (2nd Tuesday) MAY 1, 2007 JUNE 5, 2007 JULY 3, 2007 AUGUST 7, 2007 SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 OCTOBER 2, 2007 NOVEMBER 6, 2007 DECEMBER 4, 2007 **JANUARY 8, 2008 FEBRUARY 5, 2008 MARCH 4, 2008 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain, Mortgage, made by LORI HAYWOOD, a single woman, whose address is 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagor, to TOMMIE CONRAD and SARA CONRAD, whose address is 11820 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagees, dated October 4, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and the State of Michigan on June 15, 2006, in Document Number 1166037. There is claimed to be due thereon, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND 16/100-------($19,300.16) Dollars with interest at the rate of 10%, as secured by the above-referenced mortgage computed to November 30, 2006. And no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in said Mortgages, and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the above said Mortgage, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, East Steps, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County on the 29th day of March, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, of said day and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with interest payable at the rate of 10%, together with late fees, legal costs, attorneys fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage, to-wit: A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 10 AND 11, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 11 AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 713 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 510.1 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 434 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD FOR THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST 440 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST 155 FEET; THENCE WEST 673 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 398 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 10 AND 433 FEET WESTERLY THEREFROM; THENCE EAST 1114.6 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COBB ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19-MINUTES EAST 243 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046. The period of redemption will be six months from the date of sale unless abandoned. Dated: 2/19/07 David H. Tripp (P29290) 206 South Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9585 77509981 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT 2007 The Barry County Road Commission is hiring for temporary summer employment. Work will mostly be outside working the road maintenance crews. A job description will be provided at time of application. Hourly wage will be $7.50 per hour. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age, and have a valid Drivers License. If interested, please stop by and fill out an application at the Road Commission located at 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings (behind FlexFab on M37/M-43). Accepting applications through March 26, 2007. 02666381 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held March 13, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 — NOTICE — Applicants sought for new Barry County Parks & Recreation Board All meetings are held at the Barry Township Hall at 7:00 pm unless noted otherwise. Business hours are Wednesdays only 9:00 am to 12 noon and 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Barry Township will provide reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at any township meeting, to individuals with disabilities upon seven days notice to the clerk. Respectfully, Debra Dewey-Perry Barry Township Clerk 02666433 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Parks & Recreation Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate park and recreation places and facilities other than Charlton Park. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510431 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Special Board Meeting/Budget Workshop Feb. 27,2007 4 board members present, 1 absent and no guests. Approved: Previous Regular and Special Board Minutes Additional, per inspection fee, for Building Inspectors. Proposed budget figures. Sending proposed budget to Budget Public Hearing. Resolution 2007-2. 2007 Road projects. Green Gables and YMCA Grants. Resolution 2007-3 Purchase back of Cedar Creek Cemetery Lot. Re-appointed ZBA, PC and Sewer Board members. Hiring worker for Hope Township Park. Adjourned 3:20 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor 77510548 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale J. Willmarth, a married man and Gerri Willmarth, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 21, 2003 and recorded February 26, 2003 in Instrument Number 1098359, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Four and 13/100 Dollars ($136,704.13) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West quarter post of said Section 18, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, thence East on the East and West quarter line 1146.71 feet to the North one-eighth post of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 00 degrees 47 minutes 10 seconds East on the North and South one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1162.96 feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, thence South 00 degrees 47 minutes 10 seconds East 161.47 feet to the East and West one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East and West one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East on said oneeighth line 451.90 feet, thence North 00 degrees 52 minutes 05 seconds West 161.74 feet, thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds West 452.13 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1062 77510646 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 — NOTICE — Applicants sought for new Charlton Park Village & Museum Board The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Charlton Park Village & Museum Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Charlton Park Village & Museum Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate the Charlton Park Village & Museum facilities and grounds. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510427 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on a request by the City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The applicant has requested an amendment to the Hastings Code of Ordinances, as amended, Chapter 10, Article II, Adult Businesses, Sections 10-31 through 10-37. More detailed information on the requested amendments is available for review at City Hall. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Request for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. 77510633 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cliff Tompkins and Nancy Tompkins, Husband and Wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2003 and recorded January 8, 2004 in Instrument Number 1120434, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-X3, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of September 1, 2004, without recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 66/100 Dollars ($131,686.66) including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 7 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510490 File No. 214.2214 City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE Noticce is hereby given that the City of Hastings Wastewater Treatment Plant is a receiving facility for septage waste. To comply with Part 117, Septgage Waste Services of the Natural Resources and Envirnomental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, the City of Hastings has developed a proposed plan for septage receiving. The Septage Receiving Operation Plan is available for review during normal business hours at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Written comments will be recceived on the above Operation Plan from March 15, 2007 through April 25, 2007. 77510662 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING (Truth in Budgeting) NOTICE The Woodland Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fiscal year 2007-2008 at the Woodland Township Hall on Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at the township offices. The Woodland Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 7 days notice to the Woodland Township Board. Note: Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Woodland Township Board by writing or calling the following: Cheryl Allen, Clerk 156 S. Main Woodland, MI 48897 (269) 367-1915 06647935 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Reynolds, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on September 22, 2004 in instrument 1134274, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 96/100 Dollars ($41,733.96), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Buckhorn Park Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 45 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132132F01 77510344 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107340, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 91/100 Dollars ($155,376.91), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, lying North of Consumer right of way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #077117F03 77510338 Thomas E. Emery City Clerek City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 2, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on a request by the Barry County Animal Control Shelter, 540 North Industrial Park Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The applicant has requested an amendment to a Special Use Permit previously approved on July 6, 1998 to allow the construction of an incinerator to be placed at the above location. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 29058. Request for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. 77510631 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing concerning a proposed amendment to the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map will be held on Friday, March 30, 2007, commencing at 10:00 a.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item to be considered includes, in brief, the following: 1. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-013-015-10, located at 861 Arthur Drive. Described as: RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SE COR SEC 13-3-9 TH N 577.85 FT FOR POB TH N 89 DEG 56’ W 389 FT TH N 265 FT TH NELY ON A CURVE TO RIGHT 75.38 FT TO A PT WHICH IS N 908.85 FT & N 89 DEG 56’ W 364.13 FT FR SEC COR SEC 13 TH S 89 DEG 56’ E 364.13 FT TH S 331 FT TO POB BEING LOTS 4-5-8-9 OF UN RECORDED PLAT The property is currently zoned “RE” RURAL ESTATES RESIDENTIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to “MU” MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Land Use Plan, Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance are available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and that copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. 77510657 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 �Page 12 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($128,376.46), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509829 File #130392F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gaylord Norman Pennington, and Patsy Jean Pennington, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2002, and recorded on May 3, 2002 in instrument 1079922, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two And 36/100 Dollars ($64,962.36), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 1099 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof and the West 4 rods of Lot 3, Block 20 to the Easter Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131886F01 77510307 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING March 6, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook. All board members present. Motion Perino; support Ribble to approve minutes from February 6, 2007 board meeting and budget workshop dated February 13, 21, and 28. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ritchie to accept contract for Wayne Bourdo for cemetery maintenance with a $5.00 per hour raise for additional services. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Perino to accept contract for William Bourdo for Township and park maintenance with a $4.00 per hour raise for additional services. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Ribble to accept contract for Todd Ketchum for snowplow services at rate of$45.00 with a review in October 2007. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ribble; support Perino to adopt National Incident Management Resolution requiring training of all public officials. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Ribble to pay bills for the month of March in the amount of $17,111.17 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Budget workshop will be held on March 19 and 21, 2007 at 6:30 at Orangeville Township Hall. Budget hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 7:00 at township hall. Motion Ritchie, support Ribble to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Unapproved minutes Jennifer Goy 77510578 Township Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Judith C. Strouse and Debbie Strouse, joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Bristol Window and Door, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 18, 1997, and recorded on December 16, 1997 in instrument 1005331, and assigned by mesne assignments to Federal National Mortgage Association as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Three And 66/100 Dollars ($11,303.66), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Five (375) and the West Two Rods of Lots Three Hundred Seventy Three (373) and Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) except Two (2) rods square out of the Southwest corner of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) formerly Village of Hastings (now City) Barry County, Michigan according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510300 File #131737F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-One And 88/100 Dollars ($132,251.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-ofway commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132045F01 77510317 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET HEARING Orangeville Township will hold its annual budget hearing on March 28, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the township hall. 77510551 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Hulet, a married man and Shirley Hulet, his wife, for dower rights, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 23, 2005, and recorded on September 30, 2005 in instrument 1153620, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 49/100 Dollars ($214,891.49), including interest at 6.925% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 330 feet of the East 660 feet of the West 990 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except the North 311 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110597F02 77510620 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Pamela J. Borger, a married woman, to First National Bank of America, dated August 19, 2004 and recorded on August 27, 2004 in Document No. 1133105, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $7,210.75. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 14.95 per cent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: One acre of land, measuring 10 Rods East and West and 16 Rods North and South, out of the Northwest corner of the following described parcel of land: the East 30 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and the West 5 acres of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: February 26, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 77510312 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Thomas Fish and Stacey Fish, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument # 1166029 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($149,585.34) including interest 11.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence North 32 rods to the point of beginning; thence West 16 rods; thence North 15 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 15 rods to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 5364 Barryville Road, Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 7, 2007 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77510641 Our File No: 07-66057 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 10, 2004, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 30, 2004 in Instrument No. 1130126, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $109,796.46, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 33, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 39. Commonly known as: 2602 Wildflower Drive, Middleville, MI 49333. PP#: 08-08-090-033-00 The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 (616) 977-0077 77509791 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lonnie M. Miller and Susan L. Miller, husband and wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Aames Home Loan, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2004, and recorded on April 12, 2004 in instrument 1125151, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three And 27/100 Dollars ($168,793.27), including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 920 feet of the West one half of the Northeast one quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, EXCEPTING therefrom the West 970 feet. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131597F01 77510290 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REGINA LYNN AUSTIN AKA REGINA LYNN HIGHWAY, A MARRIED WOMAN and TRENT A. AUSTIN, HER HUSBAND, to ROCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 1998, and recorded on May 12, 1999, in Document No. 1011779, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Twenty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-One Cents ($100,028.91), including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on March 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in VILLAGE of MIDDLEVILLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 143 OF MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS NUMBER 8, VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 97, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 08-41-185-005-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 20, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77509969 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee Of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-One and 30/100 Dollars ($153,681.30) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MARCH 22, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: February 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.3948 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company, a Corporation dated the 25th day of May, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 2nd day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument # 1165487 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-6 , thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $117,840.96 (One hundred Seveteen thousand, Eight hundred Forty dollars and Ninety Six cents) plus accrued interest at 9.85% (nine point eight five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 22nd day of March, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Village of Freeport, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOTS 7 AND 8 OF BLOCK 13 OF SAMUEL ROUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT Commonly known as: 170 SAINT JOHNS STREET Tax ID: 08-43-213-001-20 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77509944 WWR#05740406 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The real estate mortgage given by Grand Rapids Property Management, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company (“Mortgagor”), to The Huntington National Bank (the “Bank”), dated December 14, 2005, and recorded on January 5, 2006, in Document No. 1158559, Barry County Register of Deeds, and re-recorded with an Affidavit of ReRecording dated February 12, 2007, recorded on February 13, 2007 in Document No. 1176362, Barry County Register of Deeds (the “Mortgage”), is in default. The amount due on the Mortgage at the date of this notice, for principal, interest (accruing at 12.5% per annum), fees, expenses and late charges is the sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Twenty and 47/100 Dollars ($219,620.47). Notice is given that the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the premises described below at public auction to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due on the Mortgage, together with interest, legal costs, statutory attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that the Bank pays on or prior to the date of sale. The premises to be sold at the sale are located in Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: That part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence N 89 degrees 29 minutes E 100.0 feet; thence S 00 degrees 03 minutes E 80.0 feet; thence S 89 degrees 29 minutes W 100.0 feet; thence N 00 degrees 03 minutes W 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. And that part of Lots 58 and 59 of Charleson Heights Addition No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, Section 22, T4N, R10W, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 15 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 58 for place of beginning; thence East 239.58 feet; thence South 98.27 feet; thence West 239.58 feet; thence North 98.27 feet to place of beginning. EXCEPT: Beginning at a point which is North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 154.58 feet along the North line of said Lot 58 and South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 9.0 feet from the Northwest corner of said Lot 58; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes East 100.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 03 minutes East 80.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes West 100.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 03 minutes West 80.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights of ingress and egress to Highway M-37 across existing drives and parking lot lying Easterly of the above described parcel. Commonly known as: 491 Arlington, Middleville, MI 49333 Parcel Identification No: 08-41-100-026-10 Together with any furniture, furnishings, equipment, fixtures and other articles of personal property owned by Mortgagor. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK By: Bruce R. Grubb Bruce R. Grubb (P27632) Its: Attorney Bruce R. Grubb Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & HowlettLLP Attorneys for The Huntington National Bank 251 N. Rose Street, 4th Floor 77509919 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Berry, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108184, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen And 40/100 Dollars ($136,517.40), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant South 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East 1865.13 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said section; thence South 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds East 477.16 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence South 35 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds West 221.37 feet along said centerline; thence North 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 313.07 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence North 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West 263.57 feet along said 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southeasterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #133692F01 77510615 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 42/100 Dollars ($142,998.42), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #112456F02 77510506 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. in that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John E. TerMeer and Margaret A. TerMeer, husband and wife, (original mortgagors), to Fifth Third bank, Mortgagee, dated June 3, 2005, recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on June 10, 2005 in Instrument No. 1147897, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of $54,766.69, including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the East Doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (that being the place of holding Circuit Court in said County) on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Said premises are described as follows: Lot 2 of Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of plats on Page 68. Commonly known as: 11860 Bea, Shelbyville, MI 49344. PP#: 08-11-040-002-00 The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 15, 2007 NANTZ, LITOWICH, SMITH, GIRARD & HAMILTON Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Sandra S. Hamilton (P-41980) 2025 East Beltline, S.E., Suite 600 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 77509797 (616) 977-0077 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amanda N. Williams, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Exchange Financial Corporation, A Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 30, 2000, and recorded on October 31, 2000 in instrument 1051425, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 46/100 Dollars ($85,916.46), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 12, Plat of Lincoln Park Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 55 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #130077F01 77509860 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24717-DE Estate of SHARON L. ILLBROOK, DECEASED. Date of birth: 4/29/1947. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, SHARON L. ILLBROOK, DECEASED, who lived at 9064 Mt. Hope Road, Crosby Twp., Hamilton, OH 45030, died September 7, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to U.S. BANK PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP PATRICIA L. DURBIN, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. COURT STREET, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 3/13/07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-3495 U.S. BANK PRIVATE CLIENT GROUP PATRICIA L. DURBIN CN-OH-W7RE 425 WALNUT STREET CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 77510664 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Charles James and Jeanette K... James, as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on December 5, 2005 in instrument 1157220, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Four Hundred FiftySeven And 22/100 Dollars ($111,457.22), including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as follows: Commencing in the center of the Highway 26 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on the East line of said Section 35; thence West 10 Rods; thence South 8 Rods; thence East 10 Rods; thence North 8 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #108291F02 77509866 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer,husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Two & 86/100 ($134,002.86), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village, now City, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, on Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/1/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 829183 03/01/2007, 03/08/2007, 03/15/2007, 03/22/2007 77510295 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Douglas Seeber and Deborah Seeber,husband and wife, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 17th day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of November, 2004 in Liber Document No. 1137821 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Four & 59/100 ($99,934.59), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of April, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 9.800% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing in the center of the Highway on the South Section line of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West; thence North in center of Highway 80 rods to the Place of Beginning; thence East 36 rods; thence North 45 rods; thence West 36 rods; thence South 45 rods to the place of beginning, except begining at the Southwest corner; thence North 450 feet ; thence East 240 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 240 feet to the place of beginning. During the twelve (12) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/8/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77510481 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy D. Fedewa an unmarried man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 12, 2004, and recorded on November 15, 2004 in instrument 1137248, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine And 29/100 Dollars ($95,729.29), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as: commencing 34 rods South of the South line of the Grand River Valley Railroad on section line between sections 35 and 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West; thence West 10 rods; thence South 4 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence North 4 rods to beginning. More particularly described as: beginning at a point on the East line of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant North 850.17 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 35; thence West 165 feet; thence North 66 feet; thence East 165 feet to said East section line; thence South along said East line, 66 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Durkee Street, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #093351F02 77509811 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JOHN M. DRAKE and ANGELINA M. DRAKE, husband and wife, whose address is 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), with its guaranteed loan center being located at 3469 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 48843, the Mortgagee, such Mortgage being dated July 25, 1996 and recorded July 29, 1996 in Liber 667 of Barry County Records on Page 813 through 816, inclusive, and by reason of such default the Mortgagee elects to declare the entire unpaid amount of such Mortgage due and payable forthwith, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 61/100 ($93,844.61) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East entrance to the Circuit Court located at the Barry County Courthouse in the City of Hastings on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. local time, in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.25 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys=fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgage does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to wit: Lands and premises situated in the Township of Orangeville, County of Barry, and State of Michigan: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, beginning at a point on the centerline of Lindsey Road which lies due West 440.68 feet and South 11º50’30” West 901.93 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 17, thence South 11º50’30” West 224.81 feet; thence South 89º51’30” West 619.67 feet; thence North 01º47’30” West 220.00 feet; thence North 89º51’30” East 672.68 feet to the point of beginning. (Commonly known as 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, Tax Parcel No. 08-11-017-047-00.) The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of sale. This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. For further information with regard to this foreclosure contact the Community Development Manager at the local office of Rural Development at 1035 East Michigan Avenue, Suite A, Paw Paw, Michigan 49079, telephone (269) 657-7055, extension 118. Dated: February 20, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), Mortgagee Robert J. Zitta (P22749) Attorney for Mortgagee SCHEUERLE & ZITTA, LLP 300 Washington Avenue P.O. Box 212 Grand Haven, MI 49417 77510281 (616) 842-1470 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Two Thousand Nine Hundred TwentyFour And 98/100 Dollars ($202,924.98), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 22, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michgian: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: February 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77509817 File #122459F02 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 5 to March 26. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 26, 2007. 77510516 �Page 14 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Pleasantview students visit Starbase by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Pleasantview Elementary School fifth grade students are one step closer to becoming astronauts and rocket scientists, thanks to a series of recent field trips they made to the Department of Defense Starbase in Battle Creek. "It was wonderful — these kids learned so much," said Pleasantview Elementary School Principal Marjorie Haas. Fifth grade teacher Trisha Kietzman and her 28 students went to Battle Creek for five full Thursdays to learn at the Starbase. While they were there, the students learned about flight terminology, real-time flying, aeronautics and aerospace. The program also focused on teamwork, careers and goals. Students learned about different planets, what they would weigh if they were on the moon, parts of a space shuttle and Newton’s laws. Each student participated in experiments, as well as built rockets and made a seatbelt for an egg, "Eggbert." Standing in awe of the hangar they are standing near, Pleasantview Elementary School fifth grade students listen to the only female pilot on the base speak. Hastings Free Methodist Church open house will be Sunday "I liked it [Eggbert] because we got to work with our partners to help make a seatbelt for an egg," said 10-year-old Marlee Morris. "I like it [Eggbert] because you get to see what will happen to it [the egg] when it crashes," said 11-year-old Marko Rabe. Other activities included visiting the fire barn, building a three-dimensional space shuttle in the computer lab and making a space station of which each student took home a picture. On the students’ visit to the maintenance garage, they saw explosive devices, an A10 hangar, bullets, and the only female pilot on the base spoke to them. To teach them about the detriments of drug and alcohol abuse, students wore fatal vision goggles and tried to throw bean bags. This showed them how much their vision was impaired by substances, whether they realized it or not. "The fatal vision goggles were fun," said Rabe. "When I did it [threw the bean bags], the basket was right in front of me, but it looked like it was over to the right, so I kept throwing it to the left." Possibly the most exciting part of the field trips was the real-time flying the students got to do. They started in Battle Creek and flew anywhere they wanted on real time. "I think it was just the whole thing of flying a plane, feeling the turbulence," said Kietzman. "The most exciting thing I did at Starbase was the flight simulator they had," Griffith Cook-Kirsch. Another student agreed. "The most thing I did was learn how to fly on the flight simulator," said Gavin Gibson. According to literature about the DOD Starbase, it is "an educational program which responds to the needs of today’s youth through hands-on activities focusing on science, math, technology, personal development, drug awareness and prevention." The Starbase is located at the Air National Guard Base in Battle Creek. The program began in 1989, but this is the first program in Western Michigan and the first time any of the Hastings schools has participated in the program. "It helped give them really a purpose for learning math and science," said Haas, adding that the program aims to bring up math and science proficiency levels in the United States. "It’s to have kids see that math and science are fun," she said. Along with helping the students learn math and science skills, the program also taught them the importance of staying drug-free. Pleasantview Elementary School fifth grade students work on a project at the Department of Defense Starbase in Battle Creek. The students spent five Thursdays at the Starbase learning about everything from math and science to team work and career goals. Students enjoy a flight simulator and real-time flight during one of their trips to the Department of Defense Starbase in Battle Creek. The students got to take five field trips to the Starbase this year. Youth in Govt. includes 25 HHS students The new Hastings Free Methodist Church building. Hastings Free Methodist Church, 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings, will have a community open house, Sunday, March 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. for friends, neighbors and people from other churches to come and walk through the building. Everyone is welcome to come and go as they wish. There will be coffee and cookies served in the fellowship hall, and members mingling about to answer any questions. At 10:30 a.m. there will be a special service thanking construction workers who have helped on the project. For more information, call (269) 945-9121. RN/LPNs Thornapple Manor in Hastings has Full Time openings for RN/LPNs on 2nd shift (2pm10:30pm). Long term care experience a plus. We offer excellent wages, benefits, and working conditions in our expanding and progressive facility. If you’re interested in the opportunity to join a great team, stop by and apply, or submit your resume to: 06647090 by Wally REFUND TO WORK at the Shamrock Tavern In Memory of our Baby Brother 02666746 9 pm to 1 am ~ Friday ~ March 16th Allen Sinclair April 15, 1973 - March 15, 1990 — Friday Special — 02666398 Grilled Hamburg & French Fries 4.50 $ Loved and deeply missed by your brothers Gene, Steve and Noah The Property is located at 6702 Lindsey Road Delton, Michigan 77510613 How time passes so quickly. You were not only our brother but a good friend. The days are lonely without you, but the memories will never end. We have shed tears until there are no more. If only we could reach our hands and touch you once more. The times we have all shared were not enough. Some day we will meet again, our brother. But this time there will be no end. ® HOUSE FOR SALE INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! The sale will be held at 1:00 pm at the Barry County Courthouse located in the City of Hastings, Michigan Minimum bid is $46,901.00 Time to visit.... S.E.V. is $51,100 Property Sells “AS IS” K.A. Mueller Accounting The home is a 1.5 story with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath on a partial basement. The home has 1844 square feet and sets on 3.3 acres. • Professional, Economical & Personal TAX & Accounting Services This foreclosure sale is subject to one year redemption rights • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You Terms - Certified funds delivered to the Sheriff at the sale 77502006 For more details contact Rural Development at (888) 771-6993 Rural Development is An Equal Opportunity Lender TAX 02666109 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com MYIG co-director. "They find out what it takes to develop legislation, build consensus and try to change public policy for the better." While in Lansing, students campaigned for office, developed legislative materials and debated issues. After past conferences, some of the legislation created by the students has evolved into bills passed in Michigan's Legislature, including changes to Michigan's driver’s licenses. Some of the program's alumni have gone on to careers in state government. LEGAL NOTICE 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 Public Auction Thursday March 29, 2007 ernment classes or local YMCAs chose the student delegates who attended the four-day conference. Students served as senators, representatives, lawyers, executive officers, lobbyists, members of the press corps, pages or chaplains. The conference kicked off with a leadership breakfast in which about 50 of the students questioned Michigan's real senators and representatives. “The students, gain experience they can never get in a classroom," says Gary Male, PUT YOUR Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Fax: 269-948-0265 77510331 Hastings' students become temporary legislators Twenty-five students from Hastings High School filled the seats of Michigan senators and representatives last week during the 59th annual Michigan Youth In Government Model Youth Legislature and Court Conference. The students came to Lansing with hundreds of others from across Michigan to apply what they have learned in classrooms to a real govemment setting. Student counciIs, gov- STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE BARRY COUNTY TRIAL COURT CIRCUIT DIVISION File No.: 07-117-CH ORDER TO ANSWER Hon. James H. Fisher DONALD HOFFMAN and LINDA HOFFMAN, Plaintiffs, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE and LELA R. ROSE, Defendants. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MCPHILLIPS & MCDOWELL, P.L.C. Amy L. McDowell (P52898) Attorney for Plaintiffs 121 W. Apple Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-3512 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE Based on the pleadings filed in the above-entitled case, IT IS ORDERED that Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, file a Notice of Interest in the vacant real property located in Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as follows: South Thirty-three (33) feet of Lot 1 of Roseland Park, according to the recorded plat thereof Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1257 Manitou Lane, Middleville, Michigan. at least three (3) days prior to the hearing date noted below to assert any interest in the abovedescribed property. If the Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, fail to do so, that shall constitute a default in the above-entitled matter, and on the 19th day of April, 2007, at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon, this Court shall take proofs and shall terminate whatever interest THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, may have in and to the above-described property unless a Notice of Interest in the Real Property is filed or unless Defendants or their representatives appear on that date and time. Dated: March 1, 2007 Hon. James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge Drafted by: Amy L. McDowell (P52898) McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 77510477 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 15 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Local man arrested for domestic assault For Sale Business Services Recreation Eric McDougal, 31, of Hastings, was placed under arrest on charges of domestic assault last Saturday after he allegedly pushed his former girlfriend down some stairs leading to an apartment. Hastings police were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of East Center Street to a report of a domestic disturbance. Officers said they were told the altercation occurred that evening over some personal property. McDougal was lodged at the Barry County Jail without incident. DEER HORN COLLECTION (35) 4-8 points, $175; tanned Coyote pelt, $40; antique oak table, $65. (616)841-1199. Drunken 14-year-old thief apprehended FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 CNS LAWNCARE brings 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. FISH OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR or hunt Barry Counties thousands of acres of State Game Area, just minutes away. Up north without the drive! 70’ of frontage on small, private Wiley Lake. Older mobile home with addition, newer 4” well. Peace and quiet with a great view. Asking $45,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information & photos. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Driver arrested after leaving accident scene Garage Sale A driver who was involved in a property damage accident Monday was arrested by Michigan State Police Trooper Cleon Brown at the scene of what was initially reported as a two vehicle accident. Brown learned the driver of one of the vehicles acted like he was going to pull over and wait for police, but instead fled the scene. An alert was issued on the suspect vehicle and the trooper located it a few blocks from the scene. Matthew Lynn Adams told Trooper Brown he left because he had a suspended license. Adams was arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail and charged with driving on a suspended license and leaving the scene of a hit and run accident. He was also cited for disregarding a stop and go light, causing the accident. 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. National Ads Deported man held on many charges THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. MSP Detective Terrry Klotz arrested Cirino Torres March 6 when he answered a complaint of Torres harassing a girlfriend and her family in the Lake Odessa area. Torres reportedly was working at a dairy farm on Durkee Road, where he was located and arrested. As part of his investigation into the incident, Klotz learned Torres was wanted on a warrant out of Ionia County. When he was picked up, Torres was found to be in possession of a counterfeit social security card and a counterfeit insurance card. It was also learned Torres had been previously deported. Torres was arrested and held for Immigration and Naturalization Service officials. CDs reported stolen from parked vehicle Trooper Ernie Felkers is investigating a report of a car seat and CDs which were reportedly stolen from a vehicle parked at the Goodwill Store in Hastings between 12:30 and 8:30 p.m. March 8. Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Michigan State Police Hastings Post at 948-8283. Stolen goods’ owners sought by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Michigan State Police Trooper Brian Roderick is putting together a case that may solve a series of thefts from county homes, mostly in the area of Cedar Creek Road in the southern part of the county. “I have a number of items which I would like to return to the rightful owners,” Roderick said. “If they can come forward and identify the items, we will get them back to them.” Roderick said some of the items in his possession appear to be toys and gifts bought for more than one child. “I have a number of items of which there are two of each,” he said. “I believe they were gifts ordered for two small children. I would like to get them back to the rightful owner so those kids can get their presents.” Roderick said his case is proceeding and he has two suspects. “I am still trying to locate them. I guess they are keeping a low profile because they know I’m on to them.” Roderick said he was tipped off by a family member who reported a large number of items suspects suddenly came into possession of. “They said they got them from the grandmother of one of the suspects, but that proved not to be true,” he said. “We have a lot of items, including a television. I’m sure the owners would like to get them back.” Roderick said it appears the suspects may have been following a delivery truck and stealing the items after they had been dropped off. “That’s how they got a lot of the items,” Roderick said, “and then they broke into garages and other storage units, also.” Roderick said he expects to make an arrest in the near future. “I’ll get them,” he said. “I’m a patient man.” Household A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $275. (616)452-8430. A KING SIZE pillowtop mattress set, never used, with deluxe frame, still in box. 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Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. +$67,1*6�� COURT NEWS ����� "!2'!).�47),)'(4 �� ��$ ! ) ,9 � � � � � � � � � � 0 - � 3TUDENT���FOR���4ICKET�4UESDAY &REE�DRINK�REFILLS�����`�CORN�REFILLS .O�PASSES 6 3TADIUM�3EATING tencing Jarman, Judge Fisher took note of two previous conviction, one in 1999 for receiving and concealing stolen property and one in 2004 for larceny of a building. 77510660 AQUATICS/ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Lost & Found LOST: TUESDAY MARCH 6th on M-37 between Barry County Expo Center and Whitmore Rd. Jonsered Chain Saw. REWARD: $200 for return. (269)838-8590 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. 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The office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am-4:30pm 212 E. Grant St., Hastings Very cute 2 bedroom, 1 bath home remodeled in last 5 years. Near Northeastern elementary. Home warranty. $85,500 Call Stacy 269-655-5484 OPEN HOUSE • SUN. March 18, 2-4 pm 1503 N. Irving Rd. Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Fax: 269-948-0265 Full log home on 4.5 acres, 3 bedroosm, 2 baths, full basement, secluded setting, Middleville schools. 02666742 • Constantine Devon-Dupre Austin, 36, of Battle Creek was sentenced March 8 by Judge Fisher to serve from two to 48 months in prison for his Feb. 7 conviction of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine). Austin will serve his sentence consecutive to a parole violation sentence imposed by Calhoun County. Previous convictions included one for armed robbery in 1989, delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance in 1997, and three conviction in 2004, two for assaulting a police officer, and one for possession of a controlled substance, all on the same date. The Hastings Community Education & Recreation Center is looking for a person to be responsible for super• John Leslie Jarman, 27, of Hastings was vision of Teen Center activities and special events; and sentenced March 7 in Judge Fisher’s court to coordination and supervision of swim lessons. Position is serve 12 months probation and two months in part time, currently 20 hours per week. Current Water jail for his Feb. 7 conviction of assaulting a Safety Instructor Certification, CPR and AED certificapolice officer and resisting and obstructing a tions are required. police officer. Jarman was also ordered to participate in Applicants need excellent communication skills, both substance abuse counseling and attend at written and in person. Applications may be obtained at least two Alcoholics Anonymous and or the community center. Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week. He was also ordered to pay $500 in court Please send applications to: costs and a probation fee of $120. Jarman Judy Johnson, Director was arrested in Hastings on Jan. 12. In sen520 W. South St., Hastings, MI 49058 d YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. 302).'�-!4).%%3 • Faye Lynn McCarty, 36, of Nashville appeared before Judge Fisher twice on March 7. McCarty received identical sentences of 36 months probation and eight months in jail for her Jan. 31 conviction of larceny of a building in Hastings in November 2006 and larceny of a building and possession of a financial transaction device without consent in Nashville in January 2007. Judge Fisher ruled McCarty may have her jail time suspended upon completion of cognitive behavior therapy. She must also observe a curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and wear a wrist monitor upon her release. HELP WANTED - auto mechanic, must be certified w/tools, competitive pay w/benefits available. Good working conditions. Send resumes to Smith & Doster, PO Box 248, Delton MI 49046 or inquire at (269)623-5111. 1974 SPORTSTER: Electric start, new upper half, $4,500 OBO. (269)945-5916. 02665743 • Manuel Schenk Torres, 33, of Martin, will spend from 18 to 48 months in prison for a probation violation sentence March 8 in Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher’s Courtroom. Torres was originally convicted in 2004 for felonious assault in an incident in Hope Township in November of that year. He originally was sentenced to six months probation but violated the terms of that probation. ���3(/74)-%3�6!,)$������ ����� �� ���3!4�35. DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 ZZZ�*47,�FRP 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND Help Wanted Estate Sale Recreation ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. 77510639 The mother of a teenager told Hastings officers Monday her son was out of control and left her residence in the 700 block of East Bond Street. Officers found the 14-year-old to be extremely intoxicated, and learned that he and some friends had stolen alcohol from an area convenience store earlier in the day. The youth later fell into the Thornapple River near the Boltwood Street foot trestle due to his intoxicated state. He was pulled out of the river by friends, who then took him home. The teen was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment by Lansing Mercy Ambulance, his condition is unknown. He will be facing charges of minor in possession of alcohol by consumption and additional charges of retail fraud. The incident remains under investigation. $249,900 Call Lori, 269-945-5334 Business Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm • Saturday by appointment �Page 16 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Button Up Your Overcoat: How Animals Adapt to Winter is an exhibit at Kingman Museum in Battle Creek. Animals such as the spotten turtle, fox, mink, greathorned owl, badger and snow bunting will have their secrets for staying warm in the winter revealed. For more info please call (269) 965-5117. Through March 17. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Chicago is Broadway’s longest running revival show and it will return to Kalamazoo for a five performance engagement at Miller Auditorium. Tickets are available by calling 269-387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center Box Office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call 269-387-2312 for special discounts. March 16-18. • Slainte is a concert of music from Ireland and the British Isles featuring Dr. Jennifer Kennard on flute with Marie Blair on piano. Also performing are Ethel Armaling, Ben Beachler, Dr. Wesley Broadnax and the Walton Chamber Ensemble. The Grand Ledge Opera House will host the event at 3 pm. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Grand Ledge Chamber of Commerce or the opera house office, or they can be be purchased for $12 at the door. Call (517) 627-1443 for more information. Sunday, March 18. • Shadows Fall will perform live with special guests Still Remains, The Acacia Strain and The Showdown at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. All ages welcome. Tickets are $12 in advance. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7 pm. For more info see www.sectionlive.com. Wednesday, March 21. • Nunsense will be staged on the third floor of the B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids. When 52 sisters from the Little Sisters of Hoboken are accidentally poisoned they need to raise the money to bury the deceased and decide to stage the musical “Grease.” The show features some of the best talent in Grand Rapids theatre. Cocktails begin at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7 pm and the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Call (616) 222-4000 to charge tickets by phone or visit any StarTickets PLUS at local Meijer stores. Through March 16. MISCELLANEOUS • 32nd Annual Kalamazoo Living History Show will be held at the Kalamazoo Expo Center. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday 9 am-4 pm. This year’s theme is Fort Ouiatenon, the first European settlement in what is now the state of Indiana. More than 10,000 re-enactors from the French and Indian War to the Civil War, history buffs & historians, collectors and the general public are expected to attend. See KalamazooShow.com for more information. March 17-18. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MOVIES: What movie series was spun off by an earlier TV series called “Police Squad!”? 2. MUSIC: Which one of the Beatles was the oldest member of the band? 3. MEASUREMENTS: What happens to water at 100 degrees Celsius? 4. FAMOUS QUOTES: Where did the expression “Physician, heal thyself” originate? 5. GEOGRAPHY: What American city’s ZIP code is 22222? 6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was a favorite expression of sports broadcaster Harry Caray? 7. ANIMATION: What was the name of Bambi’s rabbit friend in the Disney movie? 8. HISTORY: What was the nickname of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in World War II? 9. MONEY: What country has an investment coin called the Krugerrand? 10. NATURAL WORLD: The decorative plant jasmine is native to which continent? Answers 1. “The Naked Gun” 2. Ringo Starr 3. It boils 4. The Bible 5. Arlington, Va. 6. “Holy cow!” 7. Thumper 8. The Desert Fox 9. South Africa 10. Asia © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MARCH BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 17 Wild Turkey Federation Banquet at the Barry Expo Center. 17 Internet Marketing from A to Z prezented by SCORE. Learn how to use the internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two from the same company. Call SCORE at (269) 381-5382 to register or for more information. 17 St. Patrick’s Day Parade on South Jefferson Street in downtown Hastings starting at 4 pm. Line up behind WBCH. 17 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner at the American Patriot Restaurant. Open at 4:30 pm. Serving from 5-7 pm. $6.50 per person. 17-18 Maple Syrup Days at the W.K. Kellogg Experimental Forest in Hickory Corners. Celebrate the return of spring. Activities each day from noon-4 pm. Admission $1 per person, children 2 and younger free. Call (269) 721-4597 for more information. 24 Herb Gardening for Cooking and Caterpillars at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute from 10 am-1 pm. Members $12, nonmembers $15. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. 30-April 1 Red Hat Lady Weekend at Bay Pointe Inn and Frederick Meijer Gardens. Reservations required. Call Baypointe at 1-888-Gun Lake for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Coming in APRIL 6 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Blood drives are held at Pennock the first Friday of every month. Call (269) 233-8511 for more information. 6 Fish Dinner at the American Patriot Restaurant. Open at 4:30 pm. Serving from 5-7 pm. $5.50 per person. Blue Man Group March 25 Shadowcatcher will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra March 23 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. The concert gets its name from a composition by Eric Ewazen, the featured work on the program. The piece was inspired by four of Edward Curtis’ photos of native Americans. The show will also feature pieces by Grieg and Kodaly. Part of the evening will be the unveiling the KSO’s 20072008 season. Tickets are $19-$49. Call 1-800228-9858 for tickets. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: Irish Tradition with Cherish the Ladies at DeVos Performance Hall March 2325 Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission is $18-$56. These five women will dazzle you with their lively blend of fiddling, lush vocals and stunning step dancing. An engaging performance brimming with spirit, precision, wit and soul. For more information see www.grsymphony.com or www.devosperformancehall.com or call (616) 454-9451. Herb Gardening for Cooking and Caterpillars from 10 am-1 pm Saturday, March 24 at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Herbs are tasty for not only humans but serve as host plants for black swallowtail caterpillars as well. Barry Latoszewski and Jen Howell will pique your curiosity about these edible plants and you will be able to sample an herb-filled lunch created by Richard Centala. Class size is limited so register early. Cost is $12 for institute members, $15 for nonmembers. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Blue Man Group How To Be A Megastar 2.0 at the Van Andel Arena March 25 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $57-$87. With their How To Be A Megastar 2.0, Blue Man Group embraces the rules, rituals and raw excitement of that most primal of group experiences: the arena rock concert. This full production tour features state-of-the-art concert technology. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65737. Badfish- A Tribute to Sublime will perform Monday, March 26 at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Special guests This week’s selections: The Number 23 Running time: 95 minutes MPAA rating: R “The Number 23” is that most frustrating of bad movies. It’s not bad enough to be “so bad it’s good” (like “Showgirls” or the films of Ed Wood). It is, instead, just good enough for you to imagine how great the movie could have been with a more intelligent script and a better director at the helm, and just bad enough that you can’t recommend the movie to your friends. Unfortunately, whatever promise “The Number 23” exhibits in its first half hour disappears as the flimsy plot unfolds and you realize you’re watching a thriller that ultimately delivers no thrills, and a mystery whose solution is so simple you already have it figured out before the end of the first act. The film stars Jim Carrey as Walter Sparrow, an animal-control worker whose wife (Virginia Madsen) gives him a curious book on his birthday. The book’s story so closely resembles Sparrow’s life that he becomes obsessive about it — and the recurrence of the Number 23 in his life. Sparrow’s obsession takes him deeper and deeper into madness as he begins to believe that the book isn’t a work of fiction, but the include Arcadia and Ginormous And The Wee Ones. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $9.79 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, 7:30 pm show. For tickets and more info see www.sectionlive.com. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Orff’s Carmina Burana at DeVos Performance Hall March 30 and 31. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; GVSU Arts Chorale, Ellen Pool, Director, Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Pearl Shangkuan, Director, Diane Penning, Soprano, Christopher Cock, Tenor, Leon Williams, Baritone, Philip Glass, “The Light;” Steve Reich, “Three Movements;” Orff, “Carmina Burana.” For more information see www.grsymphony.org or www.devosperformancehall.com or call (616) 454-9451. Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley at DeVos Performance Hall April 7 & 8. Performances are Saturday at 3 & 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 3 pm show are $30, $40, $50 & $55. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 8 pm and Sun., April 8th 3 pm shows are $32, $42, $52 & $57. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Jim Carrey, one of American’s finest comedic actors, portrays a serial killer in order to become a “serious” actor. confession of a murderer who is still at large. Using numerology, Sparrow decides he’s going to solve the murder — before he goes mad. Director Joel Schumacher and writer Fernley Phillips have stolen the look and feel of this film from other, better artists: The cinematography is low-rent David Fincher (“Se7en”), and the script is a laughable Mickey Spillane impression with enough Robert Anton Wilson (“The Illuminatus! Trilogy”) to sucker you into thinking the film might actually have some intellectual heft (if not whimsy) to it. It doesn’t. “The Number 23” isn’t really worth spending 95 minutes of your life watching. Hmmm ... 95 minutes. 9+5=14. 1+4=5, which is 2+3. 23. Yeah, if that was annoying ... well, you get the picture. GRADE: D © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 17 BORN THIS WEEK: You have a wonderful way of offering comfort as well as guidance. You would do well in the healing arts. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good time to reassess important relationships, both personal and professional, to see where problems might exist and how they can be overcome. Keep communication lines open. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s not easy to bring order to a chaotic situation, whether it’s in the workplace or at home. But if anyone can do it, you can. A pleasant surprise awaits you by week’s end. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Be careful that you don’t make an upcoming decision solely on the word of those who might have their own reasons for wanting you to act as they suggest. Check things out for yourself. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A personal relationship that seems to be going nowhere could be restarted once you know why it stalled. An honest discussion could result in some surprising revelations. LEO (July 23 to August 22) That unexpected attack of self-doubt could be a way of warning yourself to go slow before making a career-changing decision. Take more time to do a closer study of the facts. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A workplace problem needs your attention, now, before it deteriorates to a point beyond repair. A trusted third party could be helpful in closing the gaps that have opened. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A recent family situation could give rise to a new problem. Keep an open mind and avoid making judgments about anyone’s motives until all the facts are in. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Rely on your always-sharp intuition to alert you to potential problems with someone’s attempt to explain away the circumstances behind a puzzling incident. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Although you still need to do some snipping off of those lingering loose ends from a past project, you can begin moving on to something else. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) With your self-confidence levels rising, you should feel quite comfortable with agreeing to take on a possibly troublesome, but potentially wellrewarded, situation. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Travel is favored, both for business and for fun. The end of the week brings news about an upcoming project that could lead toward that promised career change. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might feel suddenly overwhelmed by a flood of responsibilities. But if you deal with each one in its turn, you’ll soon be able to hold your head above water and move on. Grand Rapids Symphony presents “Cherish the Ladies” March 23-25 Audience members will be swept away to the lush green hills of Ireland when the Grand Rapids Symphony presents the Celtic group, Cherish the Ladies, March 23, 24 and 25 as part of the Fox Motors Pops Series. Led by Music Director David Lockington, the concerts in DeVos Performance Hall are 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. With their spectacular blend of instrumental talent, lush vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing, the luck of the Irish is with everyone when these women are on stage. Cherish the Ladies will take listeners to a place of joy, tenderness and passion as only the Irish can with their traditional melodies. Concertgoers will hear tunes including “The Ballad of the Foxhunter,” “The Cat‚s Meow,” “Homesteaders” “Hornpipe Dance” and other traditional Celtic music. The five-member group has become one of the most popular Irish-American groups in Celtic music history and won fans throughout the world. Their collaboration with the Boston Pops Symphony led to a Grammy nomination and they have joined James Taylor, Joan Baez and Emmy Lou Harris on stage. Named after an old Irish jig, Cherish the Ladies will entertain with their voices and virtuosic musicianship on the fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, flute and whistle. Brimming with spirit, precision, wit and soul, audience members will take a musical trip across the ocean with tour guidesˆCherish the Ladies. Three of the band members were born in Ireland and two are first-generation Americans. With the popularity of “Riverdance,” the art • You might be surprised to learn that famed 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn — better known, for obvious reasons, by his first name alone — was not what you’d consider a model citizen. Art historians point out that he cheated on his taxes, stole from his wife’s inheritance, rarely paid his bills and sometimes indulged in petty theft and con scams. Despite his attempts at acquiring money by any means possible, however, he was a pauper when he died. • Famed author D.H. Lawrence reportedly loved his favorite horse so much that he had it made into a duffel bag after it died. • Throughout history, numerous languages have died out, taking with them words that could perhaps be useful in modern life. Take, for example, the Old English word “fribbler,” referring to someone who is infatuated but commitment-shy — anyone on the dating scene these days is familiar with the phenomenon, but it’s doubtful they have a word for it. At least, not a word appropriate for polite society. • “The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t offi- cially adopted as the national anthem until 1931. • Those who study such things say that a mixture of equal parts beer, Listerine mouthwash, Epsom salts, ammonia and liquid soap can be used as a lawn fertilizer. What I’d like to know is how long it took and how many different combinations of substances the researchers had to try before they hit on that particular one. • The next time you’re choosing fresh produce at the grocery store, keep this in mind: It’s considered good luck if you find a pea pod with just one pea in it, and anyone who finds a pea pod with nine peas in it supposedly gets a wish granted. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.” — Samuel Butler © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. of step dancing has been brought into the American mainstream, and a group of stepdancers will be joining Cherish the Ladies to make the concert a sound, as well as a visually entertaining experience. The orchestra will perform a selection of Irishthemed music during a short first half, and Cherish the Ladies, along with the orchestra will take the stage following intermission. Tickets for Friday and Saturday night‚s performances range from $27 to $56 and Sunday‚s prices range from $18 to $52. Tickets can be purchased by phone through Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, in person at the Symphony office or any Ticketmaster outlet. Students and seniors (62+) may purchase Sunday performance tickets at half- price the day of the concert at DeVos Performance Hall. Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner DK’s Loveland 8th in D-3 at 103 Next year the Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling team will have three wrestlers on their team with a title no Panther has had in a while -- state qualifier. Sophomore 103-pounder Matt Loveland is the first Delton Kellogg wrestler since Dustin Morgan in 2004 to earn the title of state medallist. Loveland placed eighth in his weight class in Division 3 over the weekend at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Delton Kellogg junior Octavio Romero was 1-2 in the 285-pound weight class, and sophomore Billy Bourdo was 0-2 at 215 pounds. “I think they had a good experience,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “I think they enjoyed that weekend and that competition. I do believe they’ll take that back to their teammates and say ‘you definitely want to be a part of this.’ I think that’s something we’ve missed the last couple years.” Coloma’s John Tanner, the wrestler who topped Loveland for district and regional titles, added a sour ending to Loveland’s state finals appearance by topping him 13-6 in the match for seventh place. Loveland said he was hoping to finish in the top five, but placing was the most impor- Delton Kellogg’s Billy Bourdo fights for a reversal in his 215-pound match with Chippewa Hills’ Colt Miller Friday afternoon at the individual finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 65.5-46.5; Hastings Bowl 63-49; CW’s Auto 61-51; J-Ad Graphics 6052; Good Time Pizza 56-56; TVCCU 56-56; Yankee Zephyr 49-63; Hastings City Bank 37.5-74.5. Men’s High Games & Series - D. Sackrider 194; D. Risher 195; P. Ware 163; S. Anger 239; D. Walden 205-521; R. O’Keefe 229-571; J. Markley 243-614; P. Anger 206. Women’s High Games & Series - B. Norris 147-352; B. Smith 191-144; D. Service 163; C. O’Keefe 192; K. Markley 143-378. Senior Citizens Lucky Strike 62-46; Nash’s Harem 61.546.5; #1 Senior 61-47; King Pins 59-49; Friends 58-50; Butterfingers #57.5-46.5; Wieland’s 55-53; Sun Risers 54.5-53.5; Kuempel 52-56; Ward’s Friends 50-58; BAT’s 48.5-59.5; M&M’s *45.5-58.5; 4-B’s 44-64; Early Risers 43.5-64.5. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series Ladies - N. Boniface 161-453; E. Vanasse 186-504; B. Maker 172; R. Pitts 136; B. Hathaway 160; N. Bechtel 173; E. Ulrich 176-464; Y. Markley 176; R. Murphy 16-3479. Good Games and Series Men - B. Terry 201; W. Mallekotte 186-517; J. Heney 147; M. Schondelmayer 157; E. Count 186-499; G. Waggoner 192-502; L. Brandt 203-561; K. Schantz 176; G. Forbey 197-526; L. Markley 180; R. Hart 200-545; D. Kiersey 193-516; R. Walker 181. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 67; Hubs Crew 63; R&N 57 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 53 1/2; Pin Chasers 52; Bounty Hunters 48; Karey’s Crew 47 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 45; Funky Bowlers 44 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 43; Sandbaggers 36; Throw Them Balls 33. Womens Good Games and Series - L. Becker 202-543; A. Williams 166-485; N. Mroz 170-463; F. Ames 183-440; V. Wright 156-425; K. Farlee 148-409; C. Lee 146-357; M. Kirchen 183; L. Smith 181; A. Churchill 175; A. Hubbell 169; D. Marshall 149; J. Shoebridge 148. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 223-627; M. Eaton 231-597; A. Robins 207-524; N. Robbe 166-485; A. Misak 175-452; C. Alexander 215; B. Hubbell 203; M. Kidder 203; J. Shoebridge 203. Wednesday P.M. Eye and Ent 69 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 64 1/2; Nothin But Truck 64 1/2; Maple Valley Phamarcy 62 Seebers 57 1/2; Hair Care Center 54; At Home Real Estate 52. Womens Good Games and Series - S. Drake 194-551; L. Elliston 187-528; T. Christopher 196-492; B. Hathaway 166-449; B. Norris 143-405; P. Freeman 161-434; A. Tasker 138-392; D. Burns 138-378; G. Otis 171; G. Potter 165; C. Nighbert 162; B. Smith 160; J. Shurlow 146. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 69 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 61 1/2; All But One 60; Liquid Courage 59 1/2; Spare Time 59; 4 Fools 56 1/2; Heads Out 55 1/2; Ten Pins 54; The Unknowns 53; Budweiser 50 1/2; Mercy 49; Brushworks 48 1/2; Whatever 48 1/2; Just Cuz 48; 9-N-AWiggle 47; Oldies But Goodies 44. Womens Good Games and Series - L. Potter 214-559; B. Roush 191-537; L. Smith 212-520; J. Kasinsky 187-483; G. Meaney 178-475; P. Franklin 161-475; R. Murrah 200-474; D. Worm 168-464; M. Vanir 177442; O. Gillons 167; K. Matthews 150. Mens Good Games and Series - B. Bowman 250-640; R. Guild 230-631; J. Bartimus 235-618; E. McCalmont 205-602; B. Taylor 212-589; K. Meaney 200-565; S. Sanborn 197-563; M. Kasinsky 191-551; B. Ripley 180-494; D. Lake 168-461; B. Dennison 150-427; C. Alexander 233; T. Clow 215; K. Phenix 205; A. Taylor 195; M. Kidder 191; L. Madden 180; M. Lydy 170; D. Sanders 167; M. Albert 161; K. Matthews 133. Mixerettes NBT 68-32; Sassy Babes *64-32; Kent Oil 59-41; The Finishing Touch 58-42; Hinkles Body Shop 57-43; Dean’s Dolls *53-43; Trumble Agency 52-48; Hallifax Services 4951; Old Anchor Tattoo *45-51; Dewey’s Auto Body 41-59; Girrbach’s *33-55. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - V. Carr 200494; B. Anders 173; S. Nash 155; V. Kuhtic 181; A. Jackson 136-337; P. Fowler 156; S. Dunham 163-454; K. Fowler 200-513; M. Powers 143; D. Worm 177; E. Ulrich 170473; L. Barlow 170-451; D. Reagan 131; A. Randolph 154-399; J. Mann 153-371; B. Hathaway 202-491; N. Goggins 163-432; T. Redman 145-421; S. Merrill 190-529. Delton Kellogg’s Octavio Romero (right) gets tied up with Oscoda’s Monte Fouchey in their consolation match at 285-pounds Saturday morning at the Palace of Auburn Hills. (Photo by Brett Bremer) tant goal for him. He just missed getting into the match for fifth place. Comstock Park’s Nate Fix edged him 7-3 in the consolation quarterfinals. That match followed Loveland’s pin of Freeland’s Kyle Henderson in the second round of consolation. Loveland was bumped down to the consolation bracket by Big Rapids’ Shawn Traynor, who pinned him in 1:15 in the second round. The tournament started for Loveland with an 11-1 major decision over Yale’s Jimmy Meharg. Traynor was topped by Saginaw Swan Valley’s B.J. Suitor in the championship semifinals, and went on to place third in the weight class. Suitor won the 103-pound title with a 6-0 decision over Dundee’s Derek Borsvold. A freshman, Suitor finished the year with a record of 60-0. He was one of five wrestlers who closed out an undefeated season with a state championship in Division 4 over the weekend. Comstock Park’s Elijah Troost won the 112pound title, finishing the year 49-0. Flat Rock senior Lester France won the 152-pound title with a record of 59-0. Highland Park seniors Jarod Trice (285 pounds) and Anthony Jones (145) were both perfect this year closing things out with records of 45-0 and 47-0 respectively. Trice dominated the 285-pound weight class, pinning his first three opponents and scoring a 17-5 major decision over Napoleon’s Todd Anderson in the final. Anderson was the wrestler who knocked Delton’s Romero from the championship bracket. Romero started the tournament with an 1812 win over Durand’s Chase Friess on Thursday afternoon, but was pinned by Anderson in the second round. Oscoda’s Monte Fuchey ended Romero’s tournament run with a 10-3 win in the second round of consolation. Bourdo was knocked out of the championship bracket in the first round by the eventual 215-pound champion, Highland Park’s Marcel Dubose, then fell in his first consolation contest. The three state champions for Highland Park were the most for any school in Division 3. Other Division 3 champions were Dundee’s Pete Rendina (119), Goodrich’s Mark Weber (125), Roscommon’s Joey Schneider (130), Whitehall’s Loren Haughn (135), Durand’s Brian Hittle (140), Lake Fenton’s Troy Smith Bradford White employees approve unique contract Members of UAW Local 1002 , employees of the Bradford White Corp. in Middleville, voted overwhelmingly Saturday to approve a new Long Term Security Agreement with the company. The move is the culmination of several months of negotiations using a new method of collective bargaining called "Interest Based Bargaining.” The agreement, which will remain in effect for the next seven years, will provide for wage improvements and bonuses, benefit increases and also includes new language changes that will allow for flexability to effectively compete in today's global market- place. A major part of the new agreement is that employees will not have any payroll deductions to pay for their health care/medical plan. Local Union President Terry Delp called the new agreement "A great opportunity for the future of our company, and our membership." Unit Chair John Tobias said "We will now be able to make the Bradford White Corporation the best water heater manufacturer in North America-and beyond." The parties have agreed to apply the principles of "Interest Based Bargaining" to their ongoing relationship. (160), South Haven’s Kamron Jackson (171), and Napoleon’s Jason Weatherspoon (189). Delton Kellogg sophomore 103pounder Matt Loveland (right) stands on the podium after accepting his eighth place medal Saturday at the individual finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) YMCA VOLLEYBALL YMCA of Barry County’s 2007 Coed Winter League Volleyball Scores Family Tree Medical............................36-0 Roush’s Sidewalk Cafe .......................26-4 20 Somethings .....................................18-9 Dig It ..................................................22-14 Bosley’s..............................................12-15 Hastings Mutual...................................6-24 Hungry Howies ....................................6-24 Spiking Vikings....................................0-36 YMCA of Barry County 2007 Women’s Winter League Volleyball Scores Eager Beavers ......................................30-6 Winebrenner Construction .................24-15 Crane Company .................................23-13 Net Results.........................................18-24 Old Town Tavern ...............................14-16 Under Pressure.....................................8-25 Curves ..................................................8-26 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING SCHEDULE PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF REVIEW 2007 WILL BE HELD AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT 10115 S. NORRIS RD., DELTON, MICH. 49046 ON THE FOLLOWING DATES: TUESDAY, MARCH 06, ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING - 9:00 AM MONDAY, MARCH 12, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 2:00PM-5:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 16, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM FRIDAY, MARCH 23, APPEALS HEARING - 9:00AM-12:00PM & 6:00PM-9:00PM PLEASE CALL 269-623-2664 FOR APPEALS APPOINTMENT OR WRITTEN PROTEST MAY BE SENT TO ADDRESS ABOVE AND SHALL BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 23, 2007. THE BOARD OF REVIEW WILL MEET AS MANY MORE DAYS AS DEEMED NECESSARY TO HEAR APPEALS AND EQUALIZE THE 2007 ASSESSMENTS. TENTATIVE RATIOS AND ESTIMATED MULTIPLIERS FOR EACH CLASS OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR 2007 ARE AS SUCH: AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL PERSONAL 45.52% 48.81% 37.56% 48.29% 50.00% 1.0984 1.0244 1.3312 1.0354 1.0000 JIM STONEBURNER, SUPERVISOR PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS OR SERVICES SHOULD CONTACT THE TOWNSHIP HALL AT LEAST SEVEN (7) DAYS IN ADVANCE OF HEARING APPEAL. THIS NOTICE POSTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH PA 267 OF 1976 AS AMENDED (OPEN MEETING ACT) MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) AND WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). 77509965 St. Rose announces confirmation class of 2007 The St. Rose of Lima Confirmation Class of 2007 stands at the alter Sunday, March 4, after their confirmation ceremony. The class includes Rosemary Brasher, Trent Brisboe, Alexandria deGoa, Danielle Dillon, Katherine Dobbin, Emily Doherty, Julie Feldpausch, Matthew Feldpausch, Pamela Franson, Steven Franson, Nicole Gardner, Bradley Hayden, Seth Haynes, Marie Hoffman, Bianca Iberle, Nicholas Kovacevich, Cameron Kulhanek, Chelsea LaJoye, Matthew Lewis, Arriannah Perez, Krystal Pratt, Gabriel Purchase, Michael Purchase, Darin Rugg, Timothy Stanton, Alexa von der Hoff, Samantha Watson and Ashley Webb. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 19 Viking spikers will face South in the state semi’s by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood’s varsity volleyball team has another chance to make memories this season. The Vikings take on the No. 1 team in the state in Class B this evening, at 5:30 in the state semifinals at Western Michigan University. The Vikings get the chance to meet the South Christian Sailors after knocking off Yale in three games at Durand High School on Tuesday night in the Class B quarterfinals. On the hour and a half long bus trip to Durand, the Vikings shared their memories of the season so far with each other. “We did some team building on the way,” said Lakewood senior Lacey Chase. “All the way here. We talked about memories, team memories and two things about each other that makes our team a better team.” That shouldn’t have been too tough. The Vikings got contributions from everyone who stepped on the court Tuesday, in the 25-18, 27-25, 25-18 victory over the Yale Bulldogs. Senior Amy Joostberns led the Vikings with 14 kills and three blocks. Chase had eight kills and 17 digs. Sophomore Ashley Morris had 11 kills and 13 digs. Junior setter Melanie Forman had 41 assists. Sophomore Rachel Lynch had seven kills. Junior Autumn Cussen had 11 digs. Sophomore Chelsey Dow had three blocks. With that depth and balance the Vikings overpowered the Bulldogs, who were led by their star senior left-side hitter Kaitlyn Cooper with 13 kills and 36 digs. “We don’t focus on one player,” Chase said. “I mean, we do to an extent. What we do is we play our game. The key is to never get down on our defense, and to never get down on each other.” There weren’t many reasons for the Vikings to be down at all Tuesday. Their defense was spectacular. “They’re a good team,” Yale coach Carl Trupp said of Lakewood. “We struggled and we lost, but that team was probably one of the better teams I’ve seen this far defensively.” After a 5-2 run to start game one, the Vikings struggled a bit on the serve receive, but quickly straightened things out after the Bulldogs tied the game at 10. Morris blasted back-to-back kills for the Vikings late in game two, to turn things around after the Bulldogs served for the game up 25-24. An attack from Cooper that flew long end game two in a 27-25 Viking victory. That took the wind out of the Bulldogs. Behind Chase’s serve, the Vikings went from up 2-1 to start game three to an 8-1 lead. The Lakewood lead grew as large as 15-5 in the early stages of the game. “We didn’t play with intensity. Our defense was not as intense as it was on Saturday,” said Rupp. “A lot of balls hit the floor and we had people just looking at each other. You’ve got to come here knowing the fact that this could be your last game.” Lakewood has at least one game left. The winner of the semifinal match will play again Saturday in the state finals at 6 p.m. in Kalamazoo. The Vikings and South Christian Sailors have met three times this season, and all three times the Sailors have tasted victory. “They’ve beaten us three times,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “They’re big. They’re strong. They’re good. We have to relax and play defense.” With the goal of extending their season Lakewood’s varsity volleyball team celebrates its Class B regional championship at Eaton Rapids High School with its fans on Saturday. The Vikings went on to top Yale in Tuesday night’s quarterfinal, and will take on No. 1 South Christian in the state semifinals Thursday night at 5:30 p.m. at Western Michigan University. (Photo by Perry Hardin) slowly starting to fade, Lakewood found a way to keep going in last Saturday’s Class B regional championship match against Coldwater, at Eaton Rapids. The Vikings dropped game one 25-16 then found themselves trailing 9-2 in game two. “We just could not serve receive at all,” said Grunewald. “Between passing errors and hitting errors, we definitely just could not get it going.” Coldwater eventually went up 11-4 before the Vikings started to rebound. Lakewood eventually tied the game at 14, then the two teams went back and forth until Coldwater held a 21-19 advantage. Lakewood then went on a fine run to close out the game with a 2624 victory. The Vikings then went on to take a 3-1 win. “It was a battle,” Grunewald said, “especially if we would have lost that second one. That would have been a really tough comeback.” The Vikings closed out game three 25-19, then won game four 26-24. “In the second third and fourth games we were always behind. We had amazing defense, but our offense wasn’t great,” said Grunewald. “Our defense won the match for us. The girls just picked up a lot of balls and were able to transition.” Joostberns led the Lakewood attack in the match with 19 kills, while Morris had 13 and Chase 11. Morris also led the team with four aces. Forman had 34 assists in the match, and was second on the team in digs with 12. Cussen had 14 digs to lead Lakewood, and Laurel Mattson added ten. Lakewood started the day by topping their Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 rivals from Haslett in the regional semifinal 3-0, by the scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-21. “We just didn’t make a lot of errors,” Grunewald said of the win over Haslett. “We played steady, I guess. We weren’t outstanding by any means, but we didn’t make a lot of errors.” Morris led the team in that contest with 13 kills. Joostberns had nine. The Vikings don’t know much about Yale, yet. There isn’t a lot of time, with only two days between the end of regionals and the quarterfinals. “This late in the game, it’s pretty hard to work on anything,” Grunewald said. “You’ve got to keep playing your game and doing the stuff you’ve done all along.” The Vikings are now 54-16 on the season. TK a little too passive to get by Vikes Lakewood senior Amy Joostberns (7) blocks an attack by Yale sophomore Erika Schrand (5) in game one of Tuesday night’s Class B quarterfinal at Durand High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Winter cooperates with YMCA’s ice golf fundraiser Using sleds to cart their clubs around participants knock their golf balls around on Algonquin Lake during the YMCA’s ice golf event Feb. 10. This week may officially have seen the start of golf weather in Michigan, but the YMCA of Barry County thought the weather was perfect Feb. 10. The YMCA held its second annual Ice Golf fund raiser on Algonquin Lake that Saturday. It was the second annual event, but the first time golfers actually got to get their clubs out in the snow. Last year’s event never happened because there wasn’t enough snow, ice and cold. “Ours is a weather dependent event, which I guess golf always is. Ours is a little bit different I guess,” said the YMCA’s Joe Edger. The competition started at Camp Algonquin, and moved out onto the frozen lake for nine holes. Most competitors only brought with them a six iron, a pitching wedge and a putter. A total of 15 teams participated in the outing, and nearly $2,000 was raised for the YMCA. Proceeds from the event go to fund scholarships for youths to participate in YMCA programs throughout the year. The Jason Larabee team took first place. The second place team was the team of of Jon Jacobs and Clay Edger. The Scott Long and Matt Kirkendall team placed third. “We were very fortunate that the weather cooperated this year. There was ice, but it wasn’t too cold,” said Edger. The YMCA is looking forward to being able to holding its third annual event next winter, and looks for continued growth in the number of competitors. TK-Hastings sends pair of divers to D-1 regional competition Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings divers Mitch Borden and Kelcey Edwards both qualified for this year’s Division 1 regional diving tournament at East Kentwood High School, March 6. Borden, a sophomore finishing up his second season of diving, scored a 97.45 after five dives to finish in 26th place. Edwards, a senior diving for the third season, scored a 95.50 to place 27th. After five dives, the field was cut to the top 16 divers. The leader in the 28-person field had a score of 192.85 points. The top 12 divers then advanced to last weekend’s state finals. Borden and Edwards qualified for the regional tournament by finishing ahead of all opposing divers at five different meets throughout the season. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Lakewood defense and a lot of foul trouble slowed down Thornapple Kellogg’s top scorer, senior guard Ryan Sisson, in the Class B district semifinal at Hastings Wednesday night. Sisson finished with just five points in a 48-32 Viking victory. “He quit penetrating. He quit driving to the middle. He’s been so great at it all year long,” Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell said of Sisson. The officials did almost as much to slow down both teams as the defenses did. At one point in the first half four consecutive offensive fouls were called. “I think what it did to us, more than really affecting the outcome, it took a lot of our guys from an attacking mode to a passive mode,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. Sisson hit a three-pointer early in the third quarter that cut a 29-21 Viking lead to five points, but it was his final basket of the night. He picked up his fourth foul soon after, but remained on the floor for most of the rest of the contest. The Vikings had flurries of strong work on the offensive glass. Offensive rebounds by Brad Elliott turned into two points for the Vikings twice over the course of the next few minutes as Lakewood pulled ahead by nine. Lakewood eventually took a 39-26 lead into the fourth quarter. Back-to-back offensive putbacks by Alex Erickson to start the fourth extended the Thornapple Kellogg senior Ryan Sisson fires a three-point shot as Lakewood senior Dan Desgranges rushes out to defend during Wednesday’s district semifinal contest in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood lead to 43-26. Erickson had ten rebounds on the night and Elliott nine. “(TK head coach ) Lance (Laker) talked about, we’re going to try to match your physical aggressiveness. I know what he’s talking about, fighting for loose balls and getting rebounds,” Farrell said. The Trojans did a solid job of that in the first half. The two teams were tied at 9-9 after one quarter. Some of the Trojans struggles were due to the Lakewood defense and some were do to their own inconstancy. TK turned the ball over 18 times on the night, many of which Laker felt were unforced. One key turnover came at the end of the first quarter. The Trojans were set up for a final shot, but Lakewood center Alex Erickson took the ball away and headed the other way. He was fouled, and knocked down one of two free throw attempts to tie the game. Forward Nic Wieland’s three-point shooting helped the Vikings build their lead to as many as six points in the second quarter. While Erickson and Elliott did much of the dirty work down low, Wieland had one of his best games of the season out on the wing. He Thornapple Kellogg junior Nate Manning looks on from the bench in the fourth quarter of the Trojans’ Class B district semifinal loss against Lakewood on Wednesday night at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) knocked down four three-pointers and finished with a game-high 14 points. Erickson finished with 13 points, Elliott nine and Michael Barbour eight for Lakewood. Nate Manning led Thornapple Kellogg with 12 points, but ten of those came in the first half. None of the Trojans knocked down more than one field goal in the second half. “I was pleased with the performance. I thought my guys really played hard and the seniors represented themselves well,” Laker said. One of those seniors, Sisson, led the O-K Gold Conference this season in both scoring and rebounding. He had five rebounds against the Vikings as did teammate Blake Johnson. Brad Steffen, Andrew Gilbert and Sisson tied for the team lead with two assists each. Ian Sisson had six points, three rebounds and three blocked shots for TK. Ryan Sisson and Zach Smith were the only Trojan seniors who saw regular action this season. For the Trojan underclassmen hopefully this season was a good learning experience for next. “Forest Hills Northern is coming in (to the O-K Gold Conference) and they had no seniors on their roster, Wayland only had one to speak of, South Christian had a couple but their JV team was very tough. The league is very young, so it’s going to be interesting to see how things sort themselves out,” said Laker. TK ends the year with a record of 5 wins and 16 losses. �Page 20 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Third time no charm, as Vikes fall to the Cougars by David T. Young Editor Lakewood had excellent shot selection in the regional semifinal basketball tournament game Tuesday night against Lansing Catholic Central. The trouble was, the Vikings had horrible accuracy. Lakewood senior Brad Elliott slips in for a lay-up Tuesday night against Lansing Catholic. (Photo by Perry Hardin) In a game that left loyal fans scratching their heads over how many easy, up close, “cripples” or “puppies” one team can miss in a night, Lakewood saw its season come to an end with a 53-39 loss to the Cougars. If only the second, third and fourth quarters would have counted, Lansing Catholic would have doubled up the Vikings 48-24. It was the third time Catholic has beaten Lakewood, which ended its season with a 204 overall record after winning the district tournament last Friday night Hastings. It was a sorry ending to a great season. Viking players went over, under, around and through their opponents for good looks at the basket, but the ball just wouldn’t drop inside the hoop at Caledonia’s posh and spacious regional accommodations. It wasn’t until they fell behind by double digits in the fourth quarter that they began to take what could be called bad shots. Furthermore, Lakewood failed to make a single three-point field goal all night, as opposed to Catholic’s seven, and coach Mark Farrell’s legions barely made more than half their free throw attempts. Let’s just say things just didn’t go well for the blue and white in their last game of the season. You couldn’t have predicted the final outcome after the first quarter ended. The Vikings dominated Lansing with their swarming matchup zone, limiting the Cougars to just two field goals and shooting out to a 15-5 advantage. Yet even then, signs of things to come were apparent, as easy shots were blown and free throws were missed all too frequently. But Lansing Catholic head coach Darren Swick, who looked a lot more like a shorter version of “Law and Order” actor Dann Florek, regrouped his team and began to lead his squad’s systematic comeback and eventual takeover of the game. Lakewood’s descent began less than a minute after the second period began when Max Gover nailed a three, only seconds after the Vikings on the other end of the floor — you guessed it — blew an up close shot. Aaron Nichols not long afterward followed with another three to close the gap to six, 19- 13. Meanwhile, Swick’s players were getting too much mileage defensively via a couple of old hoop tricks — playing five-on-four full court on the in-bounds pass after a basket and stealing telegraphed obvious passes to the wing three times, creating about six turnovers that had to turn Farrell’s hair even whiter. Though the Vikings still looked like they had command with a 21-13 lead on Nic Wieland’s basket after a nifty pass inside from Jordan Richardson, everything came tumbling down slowly but surely afterward. Lakewood failed to change the digits on the scoreboard for the remainder of the half and went scoreless in the first two and a half minutes of the third quarter. Lansing Catholic went from trailing 21-13 to leading by a point, 22-21, at intermission and 27-21 before Dan Desgranges halted the drought by scoring on a tip-in of a missed shot. As bad as things had gotten, Lakewood actually had one more golden opportunity to regain the lead late in the third period. Doug Hawley, LCC’s point guard, even shorter than Eddie Salazar, got himself a little too worked up when whistled for a reaching foul at midcourt and he was given a tech by the referee. After Brad Elliott made two free throws and he and his mates took possession at midcourt, they took a three-point shot that would have propelled them into a 31-30 lead. But it was not to be. Instead, the shot bounded off the rim, was cleared by the Cougars and Patrick Duda scored on an in-bounds play in which Lakewood was caught napping. Only seconds later Gover nailed another three and the gap was suddenly seven. Lakewood never got close again, thanks to Gover’s fourth three of the night and deadly accurate free throw shooting by the Nichols brothers down the stretch. Lansing secured its first double digit lead on the evening midway in the fourth period, 44-34, and never relinquished it. Gover, thanks to his four threes, led the Cougars with 16 points. Aaron Nichols had 14, including a pair of threes and eight free throws. Younger brother Austin nailed six for six at the free throw line, made a three and Lakewood senior center Alex Erickson looks for a way around Lansing Catholic junior Mike Repov in the post during Tuesday night’s regional semifinal at Caledonia High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) finished with 11 points. Elliott paced Lakewood with 10 points, Alex Erickson counted nine points, Wieland finished with eight and Michael Barbour six. As noted earlier, it was a sad ending to a solid season, but three of the Vikings’ four losses came at the hands of the same team. Lakewood’s defense too much for Saxons 06647638 For more information or to reserve your seat, Please call 269-945-0526 Sponsored by: Barry Community Foundation's Community Partner's Team Wieland had eight. Behind Skedgell’s 10 for Hastings was followed by Stanhope with nine, Cain with eight and Steven Tolger with seven. Hastings senior Bryan Skedgell collides with Lakewood’s Nic Wieland as he attacks the basket during Friday night’s Class B district championship contest. (Photo by Perry Hardin) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, MARCH 15: 6:30 pm Volleyball awards banquet - cafeteria 6:30 pm Swim Team Awards Banquet - CERC SATURDAY, MARCH 17: 9:00 am Boys MS Wrestling 9:00 am Boys MS Wrestling Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor Gold at TKMS Tourney A Blue at Pennfield Invit. A TUESDAY, MARCH 20: TBA Boys Varsity Basketball Quarterfinals 6:30 pm Boys/Girls Track Parent Meeting - HHS Library A WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21: 5:45 pm Girls Varsity Soccer MV - Varsity Only 6:30 pm All-Conference Pictures - Caledonia H THURSDAY, MARCH 22: 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Soccer 4:00 pm Girls JV Soccer H 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Track Scrimmage w/Lkwd. Scrimmage w/Lkwd./ BC Christian CMU Invite CMU Invite H A A Good Luck! HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING Go Brian! Larry and Earlene Baum HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule Times and dates subject to change. 77510602 The Saxons’ Curtus Cowles (right) gets by Lakewood’s Brad Elliott with the basketball during Friday’s district championship game at Hastings High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) by David T. Young Editor Well, there they go again. Lakewood has won yet another Class B district basketball championship, this one a gritty, defensive 52-41 victory in the finals Friday night over host Hastings. The Vikings, now 20-3 for the season overall, will move on to the regionals in Caledonia this evening to take on the winner of the Charlotte district tournament. Hastings’ season ended at 12-11. It was far from pretty, but coach Mark Farrell’s matchup zone proved to be almost impenetrable all evening for the frustrated Saxons, all of whom except one failed to score a single field goal in the entire first half. Adding to their troubles was that the guy who made all five of the baskets for the home team suffered an injury just before the half and did not play the rest of the evening. Hastings 6-6 senior forward Bryan Skedgell had to be helped off the court and was taken to the dressing room. Despite his limited playing time, he finished with 10 points to lead his team in his last high school game. Otherwise, the story of the night was Lakewood’s tenacious defense and occasional bursts on the offensive side of the ball, led by the smallest guy on the court, 5-9 Ed Salazar, who came of the bench to give a clinic on what a point guard needs to do to run the offense. The Vikings were actually down by one point, 28-27, near the end of the third quarter, but took control with an 11-0 run that spanned the two last periods and they never looked back. Highlighting the surge was 6-4 senior Brad Elliott’s three-point goal from just beyond the top of the key just seconds into the last quarter, quickly followed by a breakaway lay-up by Salazar, suddenly widening the gap to 3628. Salazar, who played a whale of a ball game as the quarterback on the court, then tossed a nifty pass inside to 6-8 senior Alex Erickson for an easy two and for the first time all night, Lakewood had a double digit lead with six minutes left. The shell-shocked Saxons, who had used a lot of heart, hustle and determination on defense to stay close up to that point, were reduced to taking more dangerous shots in a desperate attempt to get back into the contest. Sometimes they succeeded, like when Ryan Cain nailed a couple of jumpers and Bryce Stanhope added another, but the closest they could get the rest of the way was eight points. In the end, Salazar’s field generalship, Elliott’s penetrating, driving, long-range layups off the glass and Erickson’s work under the hoop proved to be too much. Lakewood’s defense was so effective that if you take Skedgell out of the statistics, the Saxons were held to just eight free throws and no field goals for the entire first half. Skedgell found ways to find fleeting openings to go inside to the hoop for his five buckets before his evening ended prematurely. Elliott led the Vikings’ scoring with 20 points and Erickson finished with 11 and Nic �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — Page 21 Pair of Lion wrestlers earn medals in Division 4 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Nothing against being a fan, but Maple Valley junior Tyler Corwin was thrilled to be out on the floor for last weekend’s individual wrestling finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Tyler watched as his brother Jamie Corwin competed in the state finals a year ago. Back then he was thinking about this season and how he was hoping to “be out there,” he said pointing to the mats lined up along the Palace floor, “instead of up there” he said as he pointed to the stands. Tyler and Jamie were half of the Lion foursome which competed at the individual wrestling state finals. They were joined by teammates Raven Scurlock and Ron Smith. While the two seniors, Jamie and Scurlock, saw their tournaments end a little too soon, juniors Tyler and Smith saw their season end on the medal podium. Tyler was third in Division 4’s 125-pound weight class and Smith eighth at 112 pounds. It was the second appearance for both Smith and Jamie in the individual finals. “It’s pretty cool,” said Smith, “not as exciting as I thought it was going to be, maybe because I didn’t win as much as I wanted to.” He was shooting for a spot in the top four, but still has one more season to try and get there. In his first trip, Tyler was really just hoping to place. “I wanted to get to the podium. That was the biggest thing,” he said. Tyler was assured of a spot on the podium, for placing in the top eight in his weight class, early Friday when he pinned Ithaca’s David Hofmann 4 minutes and 15 seconds into their second round match. That came after opening the tournament with a pin of Manchester’s Mike Garrison. Hofmann and Tyler would meet again, in the consolation finals, for third place. This time Tyler scored an 8-2 decision. Addison’s Nate Elston bumped Tyler to the consolation bracket, when he scored a 6-4 decision in the championship semifinals Maple Valley’s Tyler Corwin (right) fights to pull Ithaca’s David Hofmann back into the ring during the second period of their consolation championship match at 125 pounds in Division 3 Saturday afternoon at the Palace of Auburn Hills. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Friday night. “I felt like I wrestled good my first period,” Tyler said of the championship semifinal match. “The second two periods I came out flat. He had a tough cradle. I’m glad I didn’t get pinned.” Tyler advanced to the consolation finals with a 6-1 win over Hesperia’s Brandon Zeerip. Smith was pinned three times in the tournament at 112 pounds, but scored enough wins in between to secure himself his eighth place medal. In the opening round of consolation he pinned Morenci’s Chris Delaney in 1:25, then followed that up with a 4-0 win Maple Valley’s Ron Smith (front) gets all tangled up with Hesperia’s Jon Hren during their second-round consolation match Friday at individual finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg senior Dan Roberts tries to prevent Hastings guard Michael Peterson from getting the ball out of the backcourt in the fourth quarter Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lion volleyball ends year at regionals for the first time Kalamazoo Valley Association and won their first district championship in volleyball. The Lions varsity volleyball team had three strong senior captains, whose leadership and dedication to the volleyball program at Maple Valley will be missed, according to Brenton. Those three senior captains were Rebecca Kent, Jess Winegar and Alaina Mater. Kent played on the varsity team for four years, developing her skills to play in several positions as the team needed her. Winegar has also changed positions over her four years on varsity, and has led the team with a strong serve, having 130 aces this season. Mater has been in the setter position for her varsity career, and led the team this year with serving 600 good serves out of 611 attempts for her high serving percentage of 98-percent. She will go on to play volleyball at St. Clair Community College next year on a volleyball scholarship. Returning varsity players for next year are juniors Dani Christensen, Ashley Gonser, Lauren Pierce, and Rachel Mater, sophomore Bailey Flower and freshman Jen Kent. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Mike Mohn might have been the member of the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team best equipped to slow down Hastings’ inside game, but high school player/coaches are few and far between. Anyway, he’s used up his eligibility already. Hastings’ 6-6 senior forward Bryan Skedgell led his team with 19 points and 6-4 reserve forward Ryan Vogel had ten, as the host Saxons topped the Panthers in the Class B district semifinals Wednesday night 59-45. “We couldn’t match their interior,” said Mohn. “Skedgell and (Vogel), defensively we just couldn’t stop them. The first half was a pretty decent first half.” Vogel came down with an offensive rebound and put it back up and in for a 29-23 Hastings’ lead at the half. Thanks to some strong work of their own on the glass, and hustle all the way around, the Panthers held a 20-17 advantage midway through the second quarter. In the 10-3 run to end the half, the Saxons got two buckets each from Skedgell and Vogel. Skedgell added six more points in the first half of the third quarter by attacking the basket as the Saxons built their lead to 37-25. “He had great footwork and I was real impressed with him,” Mohn said of Skedgell. “Real impressed with him and real impressed with their team. Don does a great job of teaching their defense.” The Saxon lead remained in double figures for the remainder of the evening. While the Saxons were tearing it up on the offensive end to start the second half, the Panthers struggled. “We came out and missed a couple shots early in the third quarter, and I called a timeout to talk about how this thing wasn’t over,” Mohn said. The time-out came as the Saxons pushed their lead to double-figures for the first time with 5:59 left to play in the third. “We looked deflated when the first two or three didn’t got in there that they thought should have gone in,” Mohn said. Junior guard Nick Blacken led Delton Kellogg on the night with 12 points and senior forward Josh Newhouse added ten points. Senior Tommy Bhola chipped in eight points and sophomore guard Blaec Anderson seven. Behind Skedgell and Vogel for the Saxons, senior guard Bryce Stanhope finished with nine points and junior guard Curtus Cowles eight. The Panthers were without senior center Jacob Rackley, who could have helped them a bit down low. He is one of four seniors on the Delton roster this winter, along with Bhola, Newhouse and Dan Roberts. “Watching this game, those seniors -- they had a rough two years with 0 wins and 3 wins, but I’ll tell you what those kids showed up every day and kept battling. After Friday night games, they were there every Saturday morning for junior hoops.” Delton ends the season with a record of 3 wins and 18 losses. YMCA of Barry County 2007 Youth Baseball/ Softball Leagues Maple Valley’s Kenneth Quick collides with a Springport defender along the baseline in Wednesday night’s district semifinal contest. (Photo by Perry Hardin) As it will or already has for all but four varsity girls’ volleyball teams across the state of Michigan, Maple Valley’s varsity volleyball season ended with a loss on Saturday. The season ended with a loss, but there were many wins that the team experienced. Lion head coach Bill Brenton called the first win, the chance to participate as a team member on a varsity team. These team members practiced 65 days and were in 21 contests during the 110-day season. These varsity players worked hard, showed strong dedication and commitment, and were great ambassadors for their school. In the team’s first trip to the Class C regionals, the Lions played hard but were downed 3-0 against Byron at Springport High School Saturday. Byron topped the Lions 25-21, 25-15, 2514. That ends the Lions’ season with a record of 34 wins, 20 losses, and 5 ties. This season, the Lions took first place at the Durand tournament, and placed second place at Bath, Laingsburg and Dansville tournaments. The Lions placed sixth in the with a record of 66-0. It was also the fourth undefeated season of his high school career. Other Division 4 state champions on the weekend included Zeerip’s Hesperia teammates Phil Khozein (140 pounds) and Dan Yates (145), Onaway’s Steve Bassett (103), New Lothrup’s Allen Krupp (112), Dennis Emmendorfer (171) and Roger Emmendorfer (215), Marlette’s Jon Hayward (119), Hudson’s Derrik Marry (125), Carson CityCrystal’s Riley Ewalt (130), Leslie’s Cody Dunn (135), Manchester’s Bill Cloke (152), Morenci’s Zac Johnson (189), and Addison’s Wes Schroeder (285). Saxons’ too much for Panther basketball Lion cagers see season end in Class C district semifinals A 15-4 run by the host Spartans was key in knocking the Maple Valley varsity boys’ basketball team from last week’s Class C district tournament. Springport scored a 69-55 win over the Lions, building a 47-25 lead over the course of the first three quarters. Maple Valley scored more points in the fourth quarter, 30, than it had in the three previous periods combined. One of the Lions’ two seniors, Eric Westendorp led the team with 12 points and seven rebounds. The Lions’ other senior, Jon Hester had nine points. Kyle Fisher also chipped in ten points for Maple Valley, while teammate Kenneth Quick added nine. Quick and Fisher are part of a big group of underclassmen that should be back next winter. Hester and Westendorp were the team’s only two seniors this season, and that inexperience showed at times. The Lions finish with a record of 4 wins and 17 losses. Springport went on to meet Olivet in the district championship game Friday night. There the Eagles, who defeated Leslie in the semi’s, knocked off the Spartans 58-51. Olivet’s run in the state tournament was ended Tuesday night, when the Eagles were downed 66-61 by Flint Beecher in the regional semifinals at Laingsburg. over Jon Hren of Hesperia. Scurlock was 1-2 on the weekend at 130 pounds and Jamie Corwin 0-2 at 135. “I was hoping my brother and Raven, them being seniors, that they’d come through and win,” said Tyler. One senior who had a great weekend was Hesperia’s Justin Zeerip. He’s had a lot of them. He received a standing ovation when he pinned Springport’s Nathan Kulas 2:58 into their 160-pound championship match and another as his fourth state championship medal was placed around his neck soon after. Not only was Zeerip a four-time individual state champion, but he finished the season Supported by the Barry County United Way BASEBALL/SOFTBALL We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities TM Leagues for Boys and Girls currently in grades DK through 8th Grade Season: Week of April 23rd through the last week of June REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 23rd Call the YMCA for a brochure that details league descriptions, fees and dates. (269) 945-4574 02666418 �Page 22 — Thursday, March 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner County wrestlers earn five medals in Division 2 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Of the seven local wrestlers who competed in the Division 2 individual wrestling finals over the weekend at the Palace of Auburn Hills, five came back home with state medals. Lakewood seniors Holden Hummel, Josh Kettel and junior Levi Phelps each had their first chance to be a part of the individual finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills. All three scored state medals, by placing in the top eight in their respective weight classes. Hastings two returning state medallists, senior Steve Case and sophomore Matt Watson, repeated medal winning performances from a year ago as well. Both Saxons were hoping for a bit better. Watson was eighth at 112 pounds and Case fifth at 160. The Saxons’ Matt Watson (front) fights to break free from StevensvilleLakeshore’s Nick Humes in their 112pound championship quarterfinal match Friday at the Palace. (Photo by Brett Bremer) “I came in with a little higher expectations,” said Watson, “but you’ve got to be happy with what happened. Placing is always good. I was happy with how I wrestled.” Case would have been happy to get the chance to wrestle in the end. The Saxon senior’s fine varsity career ended as he walked to the center of the mat and had his hand raised for fifth place, as Ogemaw’s Matt Franklin had been disqualified earlier in the tournament. Case had a rough road in front of him at the start of the weekend. He had to take on Mason’s Jacob Burge in the championship semifinals, and fell 13-6. Burge went on to with the flight title by pinning Allegan’s Jacob Wilson in 1 minute and 41 seconds. Case struggled early in a 9-7 loss to Tecumseh’s Kevin Connors in his consolation semifinal match, which sent him into the bout for fifth place. He started the weekend with a 6-2 decision against Niles’ Ben Brandstatter, then pinned St. Clair Shores-Lakeview in the championship quarterfinals. While Case didn’t get to wrestle his final bout, Watson didn’t get to wrestle his first. He won by forfeit Thursday, then was downed by Stevensville-Lakeshore’s Nick Humes 7-2. Watson’s lone win in competition was a 42 decision over Riverview’s Justin Walls. Watson was then pinned by Linden’s Josh Freitas, and fell 7-3 to Mattawan’s Sean Tomac in the bout for seventh place. Phelps had the best weekend of the three Vikings at the finals, finishing fifth in Division 2’s 145-pound bracket. Hummel was sixth at 103 and Kettel eighth at 189 pounds. “I was happy to place,” Hummel said. “Once I started winning it was easier. It just seemed like after I had the first win I got on a roll. I just had a really good weekend.” The first win came right away for Hummel, as he topped Allegan freshman Matt Smith 63 on Thursday afternoon to start the weekend. Hummel then opened Friday by topping Gaylord’s Jacob Armstrong 8-5 for a spot in the championship semifinals. In the championship semi’s Hummel was pinned in 2 minutes and 45 seconds by the eventual state champion, Greenville freshman Tyler Keselring. Keselring only had two losses all year, and both came wrestling at 112 pounds. The win over Armstrong though guaranteed Hummel a medal. Hummel was downed in both of his consolation bracket matches. M-37 TIRE Welcomes New Manager Stop in and help us welcome him. Spring Oil Change Special 77510607 Mark Bomer Now Offering Full Automotive Service and Computer Diagnostics Propane fill station 5 $ 00 Bring In Or Mention This Ad & Get OFF A Full-Service Oil Change (Up to 5 qts.) Offer Expires 03/30/07 M37 Tire South M-37 (formerly Cappon’s), HASTINGS • 269-945-6296 AN EVENING WITH MOZART •RESCHEDULED• Sunday, March 18, 2007 7:00 PM Hastings First Presbyterian Church 231 South Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 Featuring The First Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Conducted by Jared Daugherty & The Hastings High School Varsity Singers Conducted by Patti LaJoy & Laurel Wacyk 77510678 Accompanied by Guest Professional Musicians A free will offering will be taken Reception to follow in Leason Sharpe Hall Hastings’ Steve Case (right) catches a shot by Mason’s Jacob Burge in their championship semifinal contest at the individual finals Friday night. Burge topped Case 13-6, and went on to win Division 2’s 160-pound championship. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Grand Rapids Central’s Tyler James topped him 8-6 in the consolation semifinals, then he was topped by Melvindale’s Bryan Boulware 11-2 in the match for fifth place. Kettel was also knocked out of the championship bracket by an eventual state champion. Allegan senior Cameron Simaz won his third straight state title to close out the weekend. He pinned Kettel in the tournament’s second round in 3:59. That came after Kettel scored a 10-4 win to start things off against Ferndale’s Donovan Jordan. In the consolation bracket, Kettle topped Swartz Creek’s Brice Cater 4-0 then was topped by Three Rivers’ Zack Jones 9-4. In the match for seventh place, Forest Hills Central’s Nick Delaney topped Kettel 5-3. Phelps placed higher than his two teammates, but had farther to go for a medal. Swartz Creek’s Ed Constable topped him 8-3 in the opening round of the tournament 8-3. It was the first of two meetings between Constable and Phelps. Constable topped Phelps 7-5 in the consolation semifinals, to send the Lakewood wrestler to the match for fifth place where he defeated Adrian’s Justin Zay 6-1 in overtime. In between, Phelps defeated Plainwell’s Cody Smith 13-7, Carleton-Airport’s Jake McKenzie 2-0 and Allegan’s John Rizgahallah 13-1. Rizgahallah’s older brother Joe Rizgahallah was one of three Allegan Tigers to win individual titles in Division 2, to follow up their team state title. Joe won the 285pound championship. Allegan had wrestlers in the championship finals in each of the five heaviest weight classes. Brandon Rhodes took the Tigers’ other title, winning it all at 171 pounds. Other Division 2 state champions included Mason’s Garrett Rozeboom (130), Dexter’s Bret Marsh (112), Swartz Creek’s Dave Priest (119), New Boston-Huron’s Andrew Novak (125), Plainwell’s Jeffrey Steele (135), Sparta’s Mark Armock (140), Vince Lahar (145), Carleton Airport’s Ronnie Szuch (152), and Flint Kearsley’s Travis Pettengill (215). MILL, continued from page 1 had been allowed prior. County Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus said he does not know why the Joneses were permitted to have such a high number of dogs, but he is disappointed with the way the situation has turned out because, “the Planning Commission gave them that opportunity. That is the most lenient kennel in Barry County.” Barry County Animal Control Officer Pam Beckwith said she and other officers had been inspecting the kennels regularly, but they never knew there were so many dogs because the Joneses had hidden them across the street at John Jones’ mother’s house. The matter came to a head in January when someone called animal control to complain of barking dogs at John Jones’ mother’s house. Since housing dogs at his mother’s house was not in compliance with the special use permit, Beckwith transferred the issue to Barry County Planning and Zoning , and David Tonkin from that department sent them a letter informing them of their non-compliance. The Joneses then sent an e-mail to McManus acknowledging that they had received the letter, and asked for an extension on their deadline to come into compliance. The original date given to them was Feb. 11, and their extension was granted until Feb. 19. However, before their deadline, the Joneses called Barry County Animal Control and asked them to come pick up 85 dogs. On Jan. 30, John and Suzette Jones turned over 82 Jack Russell Terriers, two Shiba Inus and one pointer to animal control. “We did not go and seize anything,” said Beckwith. “We were contacted by the Joneses.” Beckwith said when she and animal control officer Mike Cross went to the Joneses’ kennel, they evaluated the dogs to determine whether or not they would be adaptable. “After evaluation, we came to the conclusion, “What is really best for these dogs?’” she said. Beckwith said many of the dogs had mange, they urinated when she or Cross tried to catch them and the animal control officers were each bitten by several dogs. “These were not animals that were in great condition, and pictures don’t lie,” said Beckwith. Beckwith presented her case at Monday night’s meeting saying, “This is not the first time I have addressed the Planning Commission.” She also had spoken to the commission in 2005, when the Joneses were granted a permit for 140 dogs. Beckwith went on to say she believes the Joneses should be allowed to have 10 adult dogs on their property that they would be allowed to breed. “It will force them to run their kennel in a responsible fashion,” she said. Representatives from the Barry County Humane Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Southwest Michigan (SPCA) also attended the meeting, but they were not given the chance to speak after Kinney announced his clients would not answer questions. Beckwith also presented each of the commission members with a letter from The Jack Russell Terrier Club of America, a copy of Breeders Code of Ethics, a letter from Russell Rescue, Inc. and a letter from Mackenzie’s Animal Sanctuary, all explaining they were not in agreement with the Joneses’ method of raising and caring for their dogs for different reasons. Beckwith said she, as well as representatives from the other agencies, spoke out against the increase in the number of dogs allowed at the Joneses’ kennel in 2005. The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Joneses would have had to reach a mutual agreement at Monday night’s meeting to change their special use permit. Since that did not happen, the commission now will send the information to Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans to review whether or not the case should go to trial. Evans said he charged John Jones more than a week ago with having too many dogs for the number of licenses and tags he had. “Whether or not they take away the use permit or not, that’s still a violation of state law,” said Evans of the numbers of dogs Jones has. The Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday sent the information about the case to Evans’ office. Jones’ pre-trial hearing will be April 3 with District Judge Gary Holman. He could face up to three months in jail and/or a $10 to $100 fine. In a message left at the J-Ad Graphics office last week, Suzette Jones said, “The bottom line that John and I are hoping for at the meeting is that we will be able to keep our kennel of 140 dogs and be able to raise puppies. That’s what we want to happen if possible.” Jones went on to say in the message that she and her husband think they are in compliance with their permit. McManus explained that planning and zoning violations can only be handled through the criminal process, while the animal control violations are handled through a civil process. John and Suzette Jones owe Barry County Animal Control $7,659.19 for the pick-up and euthanasia for the animals, and McManus said he is not sure when they will be required to reimburse the county for that money. These are kennels full of Jack Russell Terriers at Oakwold Kennels, owned by John and Suzette Jones in Hickory Corners. Eighty-five dogs from Oakwold Kennels were euthanized last month after the Joneses asked Barry County Animal Control to take them. — FOR SALE — Delton Kellogg Building Trades House • Open House • MARCH 25, 2007 from 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Delton Kellogg School Board announces the high school 2006-07 building trades house at 10505 Stoney Point Road, Crooked Lake, Delton, Michigan is for sale. This newly constructed home has a beautiful view of Crooked Lake on a 1 acre lot. It contains 2,600 finished square feet of living space, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, large family room, oak hardwood floors, ceramic tile, main floor cathedral ceilings, lower level laundry, 9’ ceilings in lower level, large 2 1/2 car garage, deck off master bedroom overlooking Crooked Lake, covered front porch, concrete driveway and sidewalks, and central air. Bid packets available in the Superintendent’s Office and are due back by 4:00 p.m. on April 2, 2007. Minimum bid of $210,000. Mrs. Sandra Barker c/o Delton Kellogg Superintendent’s Office 327 North Grove Street Delton, Michigan 77510609 Contact (269) 623-9246 for information or showing appointment � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-03-22.pdf 459c17707a20b5331dfa8d90ca6c28d2 PDF Text Text Bliss building 1st new press since ‘99 Pennock, Hastings now both in top 100 South blocks Vikings’ dream of state finals See Story on Page 14 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 12 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, March 22, 2007 Spartan buys Hastings-based grocery chain NEWS Felpausch denies any ‘Wal-Mart effect’ in sale BRIEFS Ducks Unlimited banquet March 24 The Thornapple Valley Chapter #049 of Ducks Unlimited will have its 27th annual banquet Saturday, March 24, at the Middle Villa Inn, located on M-37 in Middleville. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30. An auction will be held immediately following dinner. There will be raffles for guns, accessories and hunting items. The event will feature Terry Armour as auctioneer to help the chapter raise "bucks for ducks." The funds raised helps DU restore and conserve valuable wetlands and habitat worldwide. Michigan involvement in 2006 alone saw 48 projects completed, 2,400 acres conserved and more than 5,000 acres received technical assistance, engineering and design. Ticket prices are $55 for an individual, $80 for a couple, $25 for a Greenwing, $375 per sponsor and $400 for a sponsor couple. A ticket includes dinner and the opportunity to participate in the auction, silent auction and numerous drawings. To make a reservation, contact one of the chapter officers: Mike Baker, 269948-2920; Jason Tiets, 269-945-2374; or Justin Norton, 616-891-0528. Best Management workshop planned Corn producers and ag professionals are invited to learn about two new opportunities for improving stewardship and income at a workshop from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at the Gun Lake Community Center. Corn producers, crop advisors, agricultural and conservation organization staff will learn how they can maintain protection from economic risk when they adopt Best Management Practices (BMPs), including conservation tillage and nutrient management. Presentations will cover basic Michigan water quality issues and goals, the BMP Challenges income guarantee program, and upcoming opportunities for all farmers to earn income by generating credits from BMPs implemented on their farms, including cover crops, buffer strips and stream bank improvements. Continuing education credits are pending for Certified Crop Advisors. Lunch is provided. There is no fee for this workshop, but space is limited and pre-registration in required. More information can be found online at www.bmpchallenge.org, or by calling Andrew Arlt, (608) 663-4697, or e-mail, Andrew.Arlt@bmpchallenge.org by David T. Young Editor The specter of a Wal-Mart Superstore coming to the outskirts of Hastings is not the reason for the Felpausch supermarket chain’s sale to Spartan Stores of Kentwood. “That has nothing to do with our decision whatsoever,” said Mark Feldpausch, chairman and chief executive officer of the company, which has been a fixture in Hastings for 74 years, spanning three generations. The swift reaction of many in the local community has been that Wal-Mart’s recently announced proposal to build a huge retail and service center near Cook Road and Green Street was the impetus for the announcement of the Felpausch sale Monday afternoon. But Feldpausch said, “This is not a result of what’s going on with Wal-Mart. This is to continue our quest to be an independent operator and having Spartan join us.” Felpausch Food Centers has entered into a purchase agreement for Spartan to acquire 20 retail supermarkets, including two fuel centers and nine in-store pharmacies, for a reported $38.5 million. Felpausch is headquartered in Hastings and has stores in Delton, Bellevue, Vicksburg, Jackson, Marshall, Battle Creek, Coldwater, Albion, Eaton Rapids and others in southwest and southcentral Michigan. Felpausch Food Centers employs more than 1,700 associates in their retail stores and office and are distributors of Spartan foods. All of the clerks, stockpersons and people who work inside the stores are expected to be It isn’t clear yet whether the Felpausch name will remain at the grocery store in Hastings and other communities. That decision will be made at a later date by Spartan Stores. retained, but there appears to be nearly 70 employees who will lose their jobs as a result of the sale. A source, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, said people who work in the marketing, advertising, human resources and computer and technology departments, as well as directors of departments such as produce, meat, deli and grocery, could be eliminated within 90 days. “For anyone to say that no one is losing their jobs (as a result of the transaction) is adding insult to injury for some,” the source said. “These employees are being helped and they’re hopeful they’ll be picked up by Spartan. But they are not part of the deal.” The full transaction is expected to be completed in about a year. The move follows Spartan’s acquisition of the D & W food centers in West Michigan, the closest one in Caledonia. Spartan operates 24 Family Fare Supermarkets and 10 D&W Fresh Markets in West Michigan, and 34 Glen's Markets in Northern Michigan. Spartan also has 19 deepdiscount food and drugstores called The Pharm in Southeast Michigan and Ohio. Mark Feldpausch said, “I’m looking very positively at this in the long term and I think it will positively impact all of the communities we serve.” One other concern expressed in reaction to the news was that a retail grocery giant like Spartan will not be as actively involved in the community as Felpausch has since Roman Feldpausch first opened it as a meat market in Hastings in 1933. But Feldpausch insisted, “Spartan is a very community-oriented company,” pointing to its role recently in supporting the YMCA in Byron Center. He said the local store director or director of operations could be just as involved, if not more, as has been the case in the past. He acknowledged that 47 percent of the Felpausch operation is employee-owned, and they will have their stock shares redeemed. See FELPAUSCH, page 9 Rutland commission turns away Wal-Mart, 5-0 by David T. Young Editor It’s not often a township planning commission gets a standing ovation, but it happened Wednesday night at the Rutland Township Hall. Rutland Planning Commission members Keith Ferris, Larry Haywood, Owen D. Jones, Bev Warren and Dorothy Flint voted 5-0 against Wal-Mart’s request for conditional rezoning for a parcel at Cook Road and Green Street to make way for a Wal-Mart supercenter. The issue now goes to the Rutland Township Board, which will take it up at its Wednesday night, April 11 meeting. But also up in the air is whether Wal-Mart will take legal action, contending the township’s master plan does not allow for mixed use zoning anywhere within its borders to accommodate such a facility. More than 125 people packed the overflowed township hall with standing room only and people listened in the hallway to the proceedings, which were being continued from a March 6 meeting in which the matter was tabled. A number of people rose to speak in opposition to plans for a supercenter, mostly because of fears about traffic. Many citizens insisted the presence of a 176,000-square-foot facility would create massive traffic problems on Green Street, which to the east is mostly residential. Rebecca Baker, an engineer with Wade Trim, representing the Wal-Mart project, said a traffic study showed between 4,000 and 5,000 trips per day on the street and the company predicts that figure will go to 10,000 per day with the arrival of the center. She also outlined plans in which Wal-Mart suggests motorists take left hand turns onto Green. Thomas King, an attorney with Kreis, Enderle, Callender & Hudgins of Kalamazoo, also representing Wal-Mart, declared, “The traffic study clearly shows Green Street could handle the traffic. The area is clearly industrial and commercial.” He noted there is only one residence west of Cook in that immediate area. King, in response to questions about finding another location, said, “There are no other locations that would fit our needs.” He also said it would be nearly impossible to build a supercenter at the current Wal-Mart site at Heath Road and M-43/M-37 because there are wetlands in back. One woman in the audience said, “We already have a Wal-Mart in Hastings, and we already have a traffic problem there.” Kim Alderson, who also is a school board member, said Green Street simply isn’t wide enough to accommodate more traffic and the street would have to be widened. Dr. Larry Hawkins added that Pennock See WAL-MART, page 16 Seminar tonight for homebuyers Hastings City Bank will be host for a homebuyers seminar from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in the community room of the Hastings office, located at 150 W. Court St. Community members are invited to attend this informative session, which is offered at no charge. Attendees will learn about the many finance options available to homebuyers, the benefits of pre-qualification and how to benefit from working with a Realtor. Mark Hewitt, associate broker GRI, Miller Real Estate, will provide information about the advantages of working with an experienced Realtor and cover what to expect when reviewing home purchase documents. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 As the Rutland Township Planning Commission announced its unanimous decision to deny WalMart’s request for a zoning variance to build a Superstore people began to show their support by a standing ovation, which grew in intensity. �Page 2 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings schools commit NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page to energy saving program Kevin Conner, retail lending manager, Hastings City Bank, will present information about the many mortgage products available. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and be given materials to take with them. All attendees will receive a certificate for $250 off the processing fees of a home mortgage with Hastings City Bank. To reserve attendance, call Nancy Goodin at 269-948-5579. Leadership class to remodel house The Barry County Leadership Class of 2007 has decided its group project goal this year will be remodeling the lower level of the Barnabas house on Airport Road in Rutland Township. The house is a safe haven for young male youth in need of shelter. Work on this year’s LBC project will begin in late spring or early summer. Community involvement is welcome and encouraged. Anyone interested in knowing more about Barnabas Ministries should call (269) 948-8435. Anyone interested in volunteering to assist with work on the project or in donating building materials, or funds, should call Michelle Duits at (269) 945-3767 or at her work number (269) 945-3412. Anyone who has questions about Barry County leadership education and training opportunities or would like an increased awareness of how the community works, including networking opportunities, should contact Barry County Leadership at (269) 945-2114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net. Maple Valley fills vacant school seat The Maple Valley Board of Education last week appointed Teresa Allen, director of food and nutritional services for the Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan, to fill the remainder of Allison Avery’s term. Allen’s term will expire in May 2008, but she is permitted to seek election to the post at that time. Avery, who served as a trustee and secretary on the board for ten years, resigned from her seat on the board last month citing personal and family reasons. Allen was one of five candidates who initially submitted a resume and letter of interest to the board. However, one candidate, Bob Franks, withdrew his application before last week’s regular board meeting. Nashville Baptist youth pastor Matt Rohde, and Rutland Township zoning administrator Nikki Lennox, and former board of education trustee and current school board candidate Mark Shoemaker were the remaining candidates who were interviewed during the meeting. Allen is a lifetime resident and graduate of Maple Valley High School who has an associate’s degree in applied science from Kellogg Community College and is currently working toward a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Siena Heights University. DNR plans public meet in Plainwell The public is invited to discuss local wildlife issues with the DNR Wildlife Division Southwest Management Unit at a meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, at the Comfort Inn, 622 M-89 in Plainwell. The intent of the meeting is to introduce local staff, highlight wildlife habitat and other projects that are planned for the summer months, and provide a question and answer period for attendees. The Southwest Management Unit covers the counties of Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Allegan, Barry, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph and Branch. "We feel it is important for residents to be involved with local wildlife issues. It is our desire to use the public meeting process as a way to provide information and exchange ideas with residents in the Southwest Management Unit," said John Lerg, Southwest Management Unit acting supervisor. Individuals attending these meetings are requested to refrain from using heavily scented personal care products, in order to enhance accessibility for everyone. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for the meetings hosted in Michigan should contact Cindy McQueer at 269-673-2430, a minimum of five business days before these meetings. Requests made less than five business days before events may not be accommodated. TK OM teams qualify for state Two Thornapple Kellogg teams have qualified for the state Odyssey of the Mind competition Saturday, April 14, in Traverse City. Lisa Berryman coaches two Odyssey of the Mind teams at the high school level for Thornapple Kellogg, both of which participated in the regional competition last Saturday at Grandville High School. The team members going to state for the problem "I Was Only Thinking of You” Division III are Michael Berryman, Jennifer Berryman, Chloe Brower, Annie Brower, Sarah Laycock and Chelsea Oostveen. Coaches Anne Halle and Melanie Newhouse guided their team for the problem “Tag ‘em” Division 1 from Lee Elementary. This team also made it to the state competition. Team members are Braedon Halle, Isaac Newhouse, Braxton Kane, Jeremy Thompson, Caryn Hannapel, Koryn Bennett and Abby Wright. Check out next week’s Sun and News for news of how the other seven Thornapple Kellogg Odyssey of the Mind teams scored this past Saturday. Business, education group plans to meet The next meeting of the Educators/Employers Steering Committee will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19,. in the Conference Center of PennockHospital. While the entire group of local business representatives and educators meets quarterly, the committees will continue to meet monthly. Director Marjorie Haas says, “We are making progress in the WorkKeys area with the WIRED project.” Anyone who would like to become part of that project please contact Val Eavey at Michigan Works! 945-9545, extension 140 or veavy@barryisd.org. Haas adds, “You probably have heard information on TV newscasts about the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). We are part of that process! Barry County is in the loop!” Job shadowing programs in Barry County are making progress. Haas invites any company interested having a high school junior or senior job shadow an employee, should contact the group. Cochair persons of the job shadow committee are: Denise Fairbrother (Viking Corp.) and Michelle Skedgell (Pierce Cedar Creek). More plans are in the works and Haas can be contacted at 269-758-3361. Three blood drives left this month Three more blood drives will be held this month in Barry County. The following are the remaining dates on the schedule: • Sunday, March 25 — Hastings/Thornapple Valley Church, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Thursday, March 29: Lakewood High School, 7223 Velte Road, Lake Odessa: 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. • Friday, March 30 — Middleville/Yankee Springs Fire Station, in memory of Susan Nolan, 1 to 7 p.m. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. Men’s choral music night rescheduled Due to a scheduling conflict, the 21st annual Night of Men’s Choral Music has been changed to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 in the Lakewood High School auditorium. The Men’s Chorus will be joined with voices from the Vagabonds, men from the Concert Choir and the Women’s Chorus. Director Vallory Bunday said the concert will feature a variety of styles, including spirituals and love songs. “It will be an uplifting night of music,” she promised. The Lakewood men will end the concert with their traditional “Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw” selection, when men’s chorus alumnae will be invited on stage to join the student chorus. Tickets are $5 which be used to treat the singers to a bowling pizza party for the singers. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area School Board decided Monday night to enter into a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract with Chevron Energy Solutions to save the environment and the school system’s money. “There’s no risk associated with Hastings Schools for the finance side of it,” said Chevron Energy Solutions Business Development Manager for Michigan Bill Maurer. The program will cost the schools $2,079,765, but it is expected to save the system more than $244,000 per year. This means that with the money the school system saves every year, it will be able to pay for the energy efficiency project in less than 10 years. The school will pay for the program initially through borrowing bond money from the state. There will be no capital requirement because the money will be paid back with the money that will be saved on utility costs. The new project will save the schools 24 percent of their current utility costs. If the school does not save the guaranteed amount of money, Chevron has promised to write a check to make up the difference. Hastings Area Schools Director of Finance Barb Hunt said the school board began looking at energy efficiency projects more than a year ago. “It always gets down to funding,” she said. “When you look at our utilities, it’s quite expensive, so we started looking for some projects.” The energy efficiency project will include facility upgrades as small as new light bulbs to as large as new heating systems and training for the students and staff. Some other changes may be possible corn boilers, new plumbing fixtures, new electrical fixtures and new air equipment. Some of the improvements, such as new light bulbs, will start almost immediately, and the rest will not begin until summer. Maurer said the whole project will be completed by the end of the summer. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • School Board vice president and chairman of the superintendent search committee, Don Myers, said the committee has identified seven qualified applicants for the superintendent position. He said he hopes the committee next month will start the interview process as well as the site visits to the applicants’ current locations. • Eighth grade “Where Everybody Belongs” (WEB) leaders and middle school School Board member Scott Hodges helps Hastings Middle School eighth grade Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) leaders demonstrate the impact of negative comments during the educational presentation at Monday night’s meeting. counselor Elizabeth Sedgewick made an educational presentation about the impact of negative comments and the importance of understanding that once words are said, they cannot be taken back. • The Hastings High School FFA chapter received final approval for a travel study request to the Region I Leadership Conference at Sherman Lake YMCA Camp in Augusta April 11 to 13. Travel study requests were approved in principle for a Southeastern Elementary School fifth grade field trip to Greenfield Village April 27 and a Star Elementary School fourth grade field trip to Greenfield Village May 4. • James Metzger, a high school math teacher, is retiring after teaching in Hastings for 35 years. • The following school employees were granted extended leaves of absence: Cheryl Boyd, Star School food service worker; Jodi Darland, high school English teacher; Kathleen Mundo, elementary music teacher; Greer Putnam-Haines, high school world studies teacher; Tamara Reser, Central School second grade teacher; and Angela Stanton, Northeastern School Young 5s teacher. • Southeastern Elementary School kindergarten teacher Kelly Petersen has returned from a leave of absence. • The following appointments were made: Sandra Tuinstra, early childhood specialist in the Child Care Center; Martin Buehler, high school assistant track coach; Dawn Harding, high school junior varsity girls’ softball cocoach; Bob Leedy, high school junior varsity girls’ softball co-coach; and Dennis Redman, high school varsity softball coach. • Tamela Twiss, early childhood specialist, has resigned. • The board accepted a $5,350 gift from the Hastings Saxons Athletic Boosters, a $500 gift from Keith and Connie Tolger and a $3,311 gift from the Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation. • The board will enter into a contract with Professional Educational Services Group from Caledonia to hire substitute teachers. • The next school board meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the multi-purpose room of Pleasantview Elementary School. Gavin Chevrolet Pontiac Buick to close, is merging with Seif by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The face of M-37 in Middleville will be changing Monday, March 26, when after more than 25 years, Gavin Chevrolet will be closing. Bill Gavin says he is a little sad to see his dealership merge with Seif and Sons Chevrolet in Caledonia, but he and several employees will be moving to the new location. Gavin and Clare Harkema of Seif and Sons have been working on the merger for about a year. This is one result of the General Motors effort to improve efficiency and economies of scale. Also moving from the Middleville location are Rusty Kermeen, Kevin James, Jack Martin, Ross Bishop, Sue Enders and Christy Aubil. Gavin says that other employees at his business have such good skills that they have found positions with other dealers. Harkema is purchasing the Gavin property in Middleville. Gavin says, "I am really thankful for our 25 years in the community." He says the dealership probably sold more than 10,000 vehicles over the past 25 years. "I have gotten to meet generations from families purchasing vehicles.” He also explains that he purchased the Pontiac dealership in 1987 and that business Bill Gavin The Gavin Chevrolet dealership has been part of the Middleville landscape for more than 25 years. is an ongoing cycle. "I've really enjoyed working in this community," Gavin says. He adds that the support he has received from the community purchasing vehicles allowed the company in turn to support community projects. Over the years Gavin Chevrolet, Pontiac and Buick supported, Heritage Day, Toys for Kids, the March of Dimes, Barry County Fair livestock sales and youth baseball among others. One funny story he tells is that 25 years ago people would call and ask, "You're in Middleville? Where's Middleville?" At that time many knew where the MiddleVilla restaurant and bowling alley was located, so Gavin employees would direct callers by saying, "We're right across from the MiddleVilla.” Gavin learned later that sometimes MiddleVilla employees would add to their directions, "We're right across from Gavin Chevrolet." Gavin is holding a special sale this week. The Gavin dealership in Middleville will close by the end of this week. Lenten Luncheon series continues “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church and which started Feb. 22, continues today, Thursday, March 22, and each Thursday through March 29. Each program starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. Speakers for the series are: • March 22 – Dr. Troy Carlson, family physician. • March 29 – Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 3 Cold, but sunny for St. Patrick’s Day parade The day was sunny, though the temperature brisk as members of the band entertained the many people who lined Jefferson Street Saturday for the Hastings St. Patrick’s Day Parade. It was the best day of the year to be Irish and the Murphy Family took the opportunity to celebrate their heritage. Being Irish is all about family pride and tradition and the Murphys had plenty of both to show off Saturday. A leprechaun rides his mighty steed looking for his lost pot of gold. The Hastings St. Patrick’s Day parade gave residents an opportunity to stretch their legs and say hello to neighbors after a long Michigan winter. Photos by Jon Gambee & Nicole Wood Irish green wasn’t the only green found in this year’s parade. An old army jeep wears its colors proudly. The American Legion leads the way for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. It was a day to wear green, carry balloons and celebrate your Irish heritage Saturday as these marchers did. There were more than 40 floats on hand for the parade, some a large contingent and some just a small, dedicated few who celebrated the “Wearin’ of the Green.” It’s not exactly an Irish Setter, but this pooch was full of Irish pride Saturday as he marched down Jefferson Street as part of the parade. Showing as much interest in the crowd as they showed in him, he was one of the most energetic marchers in the parade. Carla and Gary Rizor, owners of the County Seat Restaurant in Hastings were showing the green with pride Saturday as they marched in the third annual Hastings St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday. The parade went down Jefferson Street through town and turned right at the County Seat to work their way around the block. A large crowd of parade onlookers, many of them children were on hand to celebrate the one day in the year when you can’t wear too much green. Parades are all about kids and these Girl Scouts and their parents put their best Irish feet forward Saturday as they marched in the Hastings St. Patrick’s Day parade down Jefferson Street and around the block. A parade isn’t a parade in Hastings without a few classic cars and the Holly Trolley. �Page 4 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Green Gables Haven ‘opens the door’ IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Laura Dickinson leaves a legacy of love, compassion To the editor: I can’t imagine the pain that a mother or father would go through when the life of their child had been taken. I cannot picture the day when I must grieve for my brother or sister. To lose my husband (or anyone’s significant other for that matter) would be a struggle that takes ages to recover from. What I can relate to, however, is the loss of a friend and a role model. When I found out I was pregnant, my father wouldn’t speak to me (let alone look at me) and my mother just cried. They made me feel as if I had done it just to hurt them. While I was basically under house arrest, not even allowed to speak to my fiancee, something told me to go for a walk. I sneaked out the door in my tennis shoes and clothes I’d worn for a few days, and off I went. I came to Sweezey’s Pond through the Cook addition and soon heard the sound of feet beating down the path. That was when I saw her. Until then I had only known Laura Dickinson as the sister of a friend, Bob’s daughter, and someone who dressed “Bohemian” before it was in style. But this day was different. She stopped to talk to me with no idea what was going on and I broke down. As I poured my heart out, telling her my situation, she walked down the path with me, and just listened. She never judged me or told me what to do. For over an hour she comforted me and listened. I will always have a slightly different view of those woods now. A few weeks later, I was hired into the place where I am currently employed and had the opportunity to work with Laura for nearly a year. Throughout that time she became a big sister to me and we talked about everything. I remember being asked once if we were Kathy’s twin daughters, which we both found rather humorous, being that Laura held a good six inches over me. As time went on, the highlight of my week was the day I worked with Laura. Once we sat and told each other embarrassing stories. I even told her how I had paid someone to not tell everyone when I broke wind in gym class. I got her laughing so hard she almost wet her pants. Two days before I had my daughter, I was in the hospital with false labor. I called my boss and told her I should probably take the week off in case anything happened. Monday night I planned on coming in just to see Laura. However, I was on my way from the doctor’s office to the hospital to have my daughter by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. As I held her in my arms at 5:29 that day, the “mistake I had made nine months before ended up being the greatest thing that has happened in my life to date. Her name is Molly Jade, a name Laura, as well as my husband, helped me decide on. Looking at her now, I still can’t believe that we made something so amazing that will bring so much joy into my life and many others for years to come. Laura was only here for a short time on this earth but her life was not wasted, like others. God instilled all of the most wonderful qualities a person could have within her heart. She may not have been a celebrity or a saint, yet in her time here she was a positive influence on people’s lives wherever she went. Laura’s life and death have given me a different outlook on my life. I want to be a positive influence and give back to others who have helped me. I want to help people who deserve it, even if I can only afford to put a smile on their face. I want to thank the Dickinson family and Travis for letting me share a fraction of her life with them. I hope that when Bob and Deb look back on her life, as well as the day she was born, that they smile. I hope that they don’t cry in sorrow, but in happiness because a heart like hers is rare, and they made that. Michelle M. Krebs, Hastings ‘Pick up the bat’ and read the Bible To the editor: My husband, our three youngest children and our 4-year-old grandson, Mason, were playing softball outside the other day. They were having so much fun! Our 2-year-old grandson, Alex, was playing golf and at the same time was observing what was taking place with the softball game. After watching for quite some time he decided he wanted to play, to join in on the fun. So he picked up the bat, stood three feet away from the home plate, hit the ground with the bat and rubbed his feet back and forth in the dirt just as he had observed what the rest of them did. He wanted to play, but didn't know how. He knew he needed the bat, but he didn't quite understand the finer details, He didn't understand why they stood on the home plate before hitting the ball or how to time the swing of the bat to the pitched ball and when he hit the ball, he ran straight ahead in the yard not realizing he had to go around the bases. He just needed some guidance, some instruction, an understanding of the game. You may be observing behavior of a Christian. Watching them in action from a distance while you go about your daily routines. How are they reacting to life's storms? How are they responding to relational conflict? Where do they get their inner peace. You observe that they go to church, pray, and read the Bible. But why? They need God. But why? Just as my grandson knew to stand somewhere near the home plate, that the bat was used to hit the ball, and to run after hitting the ball; he went through the motions without an understanding of the game. He just needed some guidance, some instruction. The hows, whys, and what's filled in. Are you just going through the motions? Do you need some guidance, some instruction, an understanding of the hope other Christians have with the love of Jesus Christ? Start by picking up your bat, the Bible. Open your Bible to the book of John, read it, learn about this man they call Jesus. Ask another Christian to join you on your journey with Christ. Challenge each other. Ask the tough questions and research the answers together. Grow in Christ together. Vi Workman, Hastings To the editor: Barry County is known for its natural resources, but I'd like to take a moment and introduce to you one of the most overlooked, Green Gables Haven. Green Gables Haven is a warm and welcoming home that supports Barry County's number one natural resource, women. Unfortunately many women don't see themselves in this light. They do not realize that they have the power to change things; to make things better. Green Gables uses this light to empower these broken women. They are given tools to learn how to fix themselves and to become stronger women. They discover that the only way they have known is not the way it has to be. They learn to take control and take back their lives. The most rewarding part of all of this is that the children see this, too. They learn from watching their mothers. And what a better life they will have, knowing that they have control over what they do, not someone else telling them what to do. Most will have a hard time understanding why someone would stay in an abusive situation? Why not just leave, why tolerate it? I myself, have a hard time understanding this very thing. I myself have been in an abusive relationship. I still don't understand why I tolerated the abuse for over a decade. I allowed myself to become more and more numb. I felt I did not matter any more. It was about keeping him happy so that there may be some good times in between the bad ones. It was always so easy to focus on the good times and to forget the bad. Then one day my rose colored glasses were smashed and I said “no more!” Of course, I didn't say this to him, but I knew then that if I wanted to be happy I could not stay. If I wanted my daughter to become the strong independent woman that I envisioned for her, then I needed to set a better example. Yes, this is her father, but that does not mean that what he does is right. I needed to teach her by example. I was mentally and physically drained and did not know how I was going to gain the We must preserve ‘Small Town USA’ To the editor: As I ran errands today, from store to store, I realized the conversations I overheard were all about the Rutland Township Planning Commission and Township Board and the upcoming decisions concerning a Green Street parcel development. I ask these public officials please take the time to hear the voice of the people of Hastings. My wife and I are Chicago suburb transplants and had rented a cottage on a nearby Michigan lake for several years. It was always a year-long wait for us and our two children to come to Michigan every summer. Though we all loved the lake, we always looked forward to a rainy day so we could come to town and enjoy the quaint atmosphere of Hastings. You cannot appreciate what you have here unless you've first experienced the congestion, the clutter, the all around coldness and filth of a full blown city. I know we are talking about just one street in one area of a town, but believe me, Rutland Township will regret the day they ever opened the flood gates. This is only the beginning. When we came to town once a year, it was to shop the Ben Franklin, visit the old fairgrounds, go down the street to the old TruValue bike and sports store, and it seemed the only place to eat was the Big Boy. I can visualize Target and JCPenney anchoring a strip mall across from KCC and it will spread like a cancer right down Chief Noonday, all the way to Gun Lake. I know, I've seen it happen in my old home town. Of course, we can't live in the past or undo what has already been done, but you can prevent further decay. Hastings has such an advantage here at the hub of three big cities. People are moving away from those cities in an attempt to find what we have here. Why allow the precious commodity of small town USA to be stolen from our grasp? We won't have another chance. Once its gone, its gone! Last week we had to travel back to the west side of Chicago for two days. After the white knuckle drive and standing in line for two or three traffic lights in the suburbs of Chicago, I was misty eyed as I came over the hill and saw the lights of Hastings ahead. That meant I would be home in a few minutes, but not before I passed under the banners that welcomed me back to Small Town U.S.A. Jerry and Joyce Kobliska, Rutland Township Support HR 508 to bring home troops To the editor: Who would have thought that four years of war has been occurring and the public is still asking our elected officials to bring home our brave and courageous young men and women? Not a week goes by without somebody coming up to me and saying, “You were right, you've been right for the last four years.” Those types of comments are of no comfort to anyone least of all the families of the wounded and dead soldiers who have been fighting in Iraq. All of us who were at the peace rally in front of the Barry County Court House Monday evening, March 19, tonight should realize there is something we can and should do. And that is to encourage our elected members of Congress to support and pass House Resolution 508, the "Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act" This act suggests: • Withdraw all U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq within six months from date of enactment. • Prohibit any further funding to deploy, or continue to deploy U.S. troops in Iraq. The bill does, however, allow for funding to be used, as needed, to ensure a safe withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel and contractors, and for diplomatic consultations. Funding may also be used for the increased training and equipping of Iraqi and international security forces. • Accelerate, during the six-month transition, training of a permanent Iraqi security force. • Authorize, if requested by the Iraqi government, U.S. support for an international stabilization force. Such a force would be funded for no longer than two years, and be combined with economic and humanitarian assistance. • Guarantee full health care funding, including mental health, for U.S. veterans of military operation in Iraq and other conflicts. • Rescind the Congressional authorization for the War in Iraq. • Prohibit the construction of permanent U.S. military bases in the country. • Ensure that the U.S. has no long-term control over Iraqi oil. The more than 60 people who showed up Monday night at the county courthouse showed they care about this county and its future. Barb Cichy, Chairwoman, Barry County Democratic Committee strength to leave. Green Gables Haven showed me the light. I did not want to walk through the door. And it took everything that I had to open that door and admit to myself that I needed a place like Green Gables Haven. But as soon as I walked through that door I knew I was in the right place. I met other women like myself, women who wanted better for themselves and their children. And we learned just how to do that. I have seen all types of women come through that door at Green Gables Haven. Abuse does not discriminate — black, white, Hispanic, rich, poor, in the suburbs, country or in the city — it does not matter. We all did the same thing. We closed our eyes and jumped. We dared to go into the unknown in hopes that things would be better. When we jumped, we were caught with open arms. We were safe and we could learn to become more. I could not be where I am today if it were not for the support I found at Green Gables. As we all know, our State is going through hard times and budgets are being cut everywhere. Green Gables Haven has lost state funding for the second year in a row. I urge all of you to write to Governor Jennifer Granholm. I also ask for your help. If there is anything you can do or give, please call Christine Hiar at (269) 945-0526. The local community is what is going to keep this resource open. You have the power to stop this light from fading away. Name withheld by request, Hastings Greedy Wal-Mart will be our ruin To the editor: Officials of Rutland Township: Is it our need or their greed ? This city does not need a Super Wal-Mart to ruin our downtown. Furthermore, I own the house I live in on Green Street; and don't need another 500 cars per hour past my door. It is difficult enough to back out of here now, and no way to turn around. Some Green Steet houses will be virtually locked in by the massive parade of cars. Hastings has a thriving downtown which can be decimated. Our grocery stores, hardware stores and lumber yard can all be cut into and unable to survive. That will be sad for such a nice small city this is now. I never shop at Wal-Mart anyway, but they are here now. Why in the world do they need a huge presence? A friend of mine from Rutland told me this week it is a done deal. If so, why are we bothering? If they cannot be stopped, let them go ahead and wreck the town. George C. Williston, Hastings All hate speech should be banned To the editor: Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! Brian Reynolds rants against the hate of Don Johnson. Anyone who reads the Banner on a regular basis can remember the hate that Reynolds spewed out against his political enemies, especially when he was running for election. And, let's look at some more real hate in Barry County coming forth by local Democrats against our president and our military. It has actually poisoned the atmosphere. There's no such thing as good hate and bad hate. Let's try and reel all of it in. C. Edwards, Kalamazoo The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What can we do for Green Gables? The State of Michigan has cut funding to the Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter for the second year in a row. What do you think the community should do to replace these lost funds? 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Pennock, Hastings now both in top 100 A Banner front page article last week announced Pennock Hospital has received a prestigious award for being one of the "Top 100 Hospitals" in the nation. Carla Wilson-Neil, Pennock's interim chief executive officer, called our office early last week with the exciting news of Pennock's exceptional hospital-wide performance endorsement. It was about a dozen years ago that Hastings received a similar award, acknowledging our town as one of the 100 best small towns in the country. So now we can say it's "double-sweet." I've been involved in economic development in some way for more than 30 years in Barry County. Being able to use these two designations in our publicity in the future will really help in our quest to attract new business and industry to the area. bring this special acknowledgment to our town's hospital. It will be a designation we can be proud of for years to come, and it will help in our continual recruitment of new business and industry in our future. It just goes to show you even though there seems to be a lot of bad news recently in Michigan there still seems to be some silver linings. It just takes a team of dedicated individuals that won't accept the status quo as their way of doing business. This hospital has been continually growing and changing to meet the demands of our county for more than 100 years and now everyone knows it as they are honored as one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation. We ought to have that added to the welcome signs at the outskirts of the city that already identify us as one of the best 100 small towns. Thanks Pennock, and everyone who had anything to do with it, we're proud of you and all your accomplishments! Wal-Mart not a done deal When companies look at a small town there are many things that concern them in making a decision to move here. Infrastructure is always very important, not just in regards to our roads and water and sewer availability. They also want to know about our schools and the local hospital in their requests for information. Plus, since we've been selected as one of the top 100 towns in America, there has been more interest in Hastings over the years. Now with this new designation, we can really say with satisfaction, this really is a special place to live, work and play. These awards don't come easy. It takes years of hard work and dedication to gain the merits that put an organization in the running. We can look back to years of successful leadership at Pennock Hospital, with people like Dick Fluke, Dan Hamilton and Harry Doele. They all brought something very special to the organization over the years that allowed the hospital to grow and have the latest equipment and facilities possible in a small town setting. They also played a role in attracting some of the most qualified physicians over the years, giving our community some of the best skills available and allowing us to do our medical shopping right here at home, not always having to travel to one of the larger cities around us. You don't have to use the big city hospitals very often to know how important the nursing staff is in our health care system. Any time I've been at Pennock or talked to anyone who use their services they most always mention the special care they received from the nursing staff. And even though sometimes we forget, it takes staff at all levels to maintain a facility like Pennock, from maintenance workers to office personnel to the volunteer board of directors. Everyone at every level must be on board. Otherwise, getting an award like the one they just received would be almost impossible. I applaud all the people at Pennock for making it possible to I received several calls last week about my position on the proposed new Wal-Mart Super Center. I expected some of what I heard, but there were a couple of calls that caused concern. First, I heard as I always do when I discuss Wal-Mart and the way they do business, they’re just using the free enterprise system and the idea of saving money to justify their practices. I always have plenty of ammunition to come back with. It's anything but the free market system and lower prices for their customers. For Wal-Mart it's about being out to have it all, at all costs until it’s the last store standing, no matter what! But the call that really concerned me was the person who mentioned that our concern shouldn't be with the buyer, but the Hastings Area Schools, the seller of the property, but that's just not accurate. For instance, I know for certain when Wal-Mart started discussions, school officials didn't know who the buyer was. Wal-Mart hired an out of state real estate firm to do their bidding, and it wasn't until they established a possible selling price that school officials figured out who they were dealing with. Plus, the real estate firm required that school officials not disclose the possible buyers name. When a seller is selling property to a controversial buyer in this state, it's always been the buyer who's received the negative publicity, not the seller. For instance, in Laketown Township, near Saugatuck in Allegan County, a Utah-based Flying J Truck stop has been working to rezone a piece of property for a new 10,662-square-foot building with restaurant and convenience store, parking lot and 21 gas pumps, overnight trucking and RV facility, a truck scale and more. Residents from the area have been outraged and a township-hired independent consultant told planners last week the development was not "harmonious" with adjacent parcels. For months now the township hall has been packed with residents from the area, voicing their concerns about the project and for now township officials have stopped the development, even though it may return. Whether it be in Laketown Township or Rutland Township, zoning officials have a big job ahead of the them, and one of their primary responsibilities is to the taxpayers they represent. They took these jobs knowing the consequences, and now with one of the more controversial issues facing them, it's no time to go soft on us. This will impact the township and city of Hastings for years to come and it shouldn't be taken lightly. Officials must take into consideration all the discussion and lengthy debate before any decision can be made. When I was writing this column, this week’s regular meeting of the Rutland Township Planning Commission hadn't been held yet. I'm sure citizens from the area filled the hall Wednesday night with questions and concerns for members Keith Ferris, Dorothy Flint, Larry Haywood, Owen Jones and Beverly Warren about the possible new Wal-Mart superstore. It’s a big issue for area residents and one the Planning Commission and Township Board do not want to take lightly. Once the Planning Commission members deal with the project, they will turn it over to township officials for the final determination. Township officials Jim Carr, Robin Hawthorne, Sandy Greenfield, Dorothy Flint, Rob Lee, Joe Lyons and Gary Rogers will have the final say on whether Wal-Mart meets the zoning requirements or if they are "harmonious" to the area. Stay tuned, for it's far from a done deal! — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Super Wal-mart would be beneficial To the editor: People don’t understand the Super WalMart will bring jobs for those who need jobs, and don’t have the means of reliable enough transportation to work in either Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, or anywhere that there’s more jobs than Hastings. Where were blacks when Ford died? To the editor: I was surprised to read in the March 8 Banner, seven opinions against Donald W. Johnson’s letter, and only one for it. I am pleased that the Banner wasn’t afraid to print his opinion. I wrote to the Grand Rapids Press, pointing out to them that the crowds of people attending former President Gerald R. Ford’s funeral were white, and where were the black people? The G.R. Press would not look into that, and nothing was ever printed about that fact! Wasn’t that racism on the part of the black people? But it was tolerated. When people become too tolerant, they can tolerate just about anything. Donna Biek, Hastings It will also bring more business to this small community. People think that all Wal-Mart sells is crap which in reality, they have close to the same product as any other store that is in this community. So what is the big deal! As far as the building site is concerned, the Hastings Public Schools is being compensated well for the land being purchased. This money will be a huge benefit to the schools at this time, especially since the school district has no funds to build a new school at this time or at any time in the near future. I don’t think the location of the new Super Wal-Mart should be an issue if you stop and think of all the new jobs that this new business will bring to our community. It will especially benefit those who are in need of a job without having to travel 60 to 100 miles a day round trip, considering the never ending sky rocketing gas prices. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a one stop shopping center in this community without having to travel long distances and make numerous stops, especially during the winter months. Starr Garbow, Hastings Don’t be afraid to discipline kids To the editor: I am writing in regards to the letter from Carrie Bunker. Kids act the way they do as the government has taken discipline away from schools and parents. I don’t feel kids need to be beaten, but if they have a butt warming coming, then do it. If they sass, slap their mouth - not hard just enough to let them know you will not tolerate it. Kids need to be taught discipline, to respect others, to learn - no high school diploma, no job. Kids need to know there are consequences for their bad behavior – not just a slap on the wrist or in-school detention. 1. Give discipline back to parents. 2. Give discipline back to schools. 3. Have consequences for bad behavior. 4. Discipline at time of incident - don’t wait for other parent to come home or until you’re home. Deb James, Hastings Green Street doesn’t need more traffic To the editor: We have lived on Green Street since 1964. We bought there because it represented the town of Hastings, older homes, lined with Maple trees, an old fashioned town, which we desired. Through the years we have seeen the traffic increase on our peaceful street, especially after they put in the much needed red light on the corner of Green Street and State Street. It saved many lives I am sure. But we are to the point that we can hardly get out of the Pennock Hospital parking lot because of the traffic, especially when the factories let out in the afternoon. We live on the corner of Green and Park and some day someone is going to get hurt or killed as the parents take their children to school in the morning and then pick them up in the afternoon. They get fed up waiting to get across Green Street and we have seen way to many close calls. Now the Rutland Township Planning Commission and Township Board are thinking of letting many more hundreds of cars come down Green Street with a new WalMart Super Center. Have any of them ever lived on our street? We doubt it, or they would not even consider letting Wal-Mart build a super store on Green. There has to be many more places they could build and not cause as many problems as the site they and the township are considering. We realize the city of Hastings is not involved, it’s Rutland that is going to get the tax revenue, and we are going to suffer as a result. How many local stores are going to be put of of business or hurt by this project, or do they care? From what we have read in the Banner, we seem to doubt it. Some of these stores have stayed in business and been faithful to Hastings during the hard times that downtown has suffered and Wal-Mart would proceed to finish them off. Think again. Let them find another place to build if they are so determined, but not Hastings. The store they have is fine, let’s leave it alone and also leave the rest of us alone and let us enjoy what we have. As an after thought, has anyone considered what all that traffic down Green Street is liable to do to our property values? Who wants to live on a street where they cannot back out of their driveways? We are sure the school can manage somehow without helping to undo our fine street and town. Pat and Dick Reed, Hastings Veterans’ memorial dedication changed To the editor: Please be advised that the dedication ceremony for our veterans memorial has been changed to Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. This was necessary to avoid conficting events throughout the surrounding areas and to better accommodate our township citizens so they may attend other functions, parades, etc. It will also increase our chances of being granted a flyover to further honor our veterans at the dedication ceremony. I sincerely hope this change will not be an inconvenience, but rather a benefit whereby all the good people of our community and beyond can schedule their Memorial Day Weekend activities to include the usual, as well as the dedication of the Orangeville Veterans' Memorial. This Memorial Weekend, pay tribute to your loved ones and give honor and respect to our veterans Alvin Warren, executive director Orangeville Veterans' Committee Wal-Mart’s motives likely nefarious To the editor: I’d like to share with readers my open letter to Wal-Mart: It seems you want, perhaps intend, to build a 'superstore' in our community. There is, of course, already a Wal-Mart store located at the corner of Green Street and M-37, but you will abandon that, or put it to some other use because it's not a “superstore.” Apparently you feel you need a greater capacity to sell groceries, hardware, appliances and other commodities which are now conveniently accessible in downtown Hastings stores, but not sufficiently at the current Wal-Mart store. So, you want to abandon your seemingly successful smaller store, and build a “superstore.” I have a rather basic question concerning that. Why? Is it because you want to provide a service our community it is thus far deprived of? That would be very noble, but Hastings is deprived of nothing. We have Plumb’s and Felpausch for groceries; Ace, with its lawn and garden shop, for hardware; King’s for home appliances; Kmart as a department store, and numerous other well managed, reasonable downtown stores for the rest of the things we need. These stores are run by friendly, knowledgeable, helpful folks who serve us well, so bringing us a service we currently lack surely can't be your purpose for wanting a superstore here. So, why? Perhaps you feel the need to “show the flag” to be represented in the retail community of Hastings. Well, OK. You already are. So, why a superstore? Is it to bring employment to the unemployed of our community? That would surely be an altruistic motive. The problem with that is putting businesses in our town, some of them family businesses, out of business is likely to cause more unemployed than the magnificent “superstore” will re-employ. You're a smart corporation. You know this. So then, why? Perhaps you feel the need to grow. To make yet more money for management. Well, you're likely the largest retailer in the nation already. Isn't that enough? Do you really need Hastings? Of course you don't, so again I ask. Why Wal-Mart? Why really do you feel the need to build a “superstore” in the Hastings community? It should be evident by now that a great number of us don't want you. It should be equally evident that none of us need you. The only thing you have to gain is a corporate ego trip. You have become the dominant, if not only, supplier of food and other commodities in the Hastings community, just as you have in so many others. Thus, you will relieve us of the burden of choosing what brands and makes of various commodities we want. We will take what you decide to carry. To give us. But you see, some of us prefer to have a choice, to patronize our friends and avail ourselves of their credibility, even if it costs us a little more sometimes. Hastings has been noted as one of the nicest one hundred small cities in the United States for many years now. Having lived a great many places, including Charlotte, I am confident that such would never have been the case had we not had the diversity and personal touch, of shopping in businesses owned, operated and staffed by our friends and neighbors. Such surely would not have been the case if we didn't have a viable, pleasant, thriving downtown area. We have spent a fair amount of money beautifying our downtown neighborhood and improving parking. We don't really need all this to accent and complement boarded up buildings. So, one last time. Why? The only logical reason seems to be a nefarious one, and we would hate to think that of you, Wal-Mart. Perhaps you should settle for the big store you already have in our community and be a good neighbor like the rest, rather than working so hard at being a bully. William C. Voigt, Hastings Let’s not censor offensive opinions To the editor: In response to Don Johnson's most recent diatribe, several letters expressed the opinion that the Banner should not have published his letter. I disagree. It's better for our delicate sensibilities to be assaulted by loud-mouth ignorance than to opt for censorship that can quash intelligent, forward-thinking ideas and valid dissent as well as trash. Dorothy Flint, Hastings Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 6 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390 & Assistant Pastor Bill Bourne (269) 664-3060. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Senior Adult Coffee & Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 2nd Thursdays of the month. Bonnie A. Cove Bernadette Mae Doyle Mrs. Bonnie A. Cove, age 80, of Hastings, died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas, Calif. Mrs. Cove was born on May 11, 1926 at Hastings, the daughter of Clayton and Martha (Fedewa) Brandstetter. She was raised in Hastings and attended Hastings schools, graduating in 1944 from Hastings High School. She went on to attend the University of Michigan and Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Chicago. She was married to Gordon H. Cove on January 17, 1948. Bonnie’s former employment included the national headquarters of Sigma Chi Fraternity in Chicago and the Michigan headquarters of Pittsburg Paint & Glass Co. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, served on the Pennock Hospital Board, the Hastings Country Club Women’s Board, Pennock Gift Shop Board, Blue Bird and Cub Scout leader, and enjoyed playing bridge. Mrs. Cove is survived by her husband, Gordon; daughters, Martha (Bruce) Edger of Wall Lake, Molly (Tom) Andrews of Parchment; son, Robert (Cathie) Cove of Wall Lake; seven grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; sister, Marymike (Robert) Dudley of Portage. Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Sally Mazzola. Burial will be at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Pennock Foundation, First Presbyterian Church or Hastings Public Library. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). No funeral home visitation. Family will receive friends at the church funeral luncheon immediately following services. Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, March 26, 2007 at Hastings First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. C. Jeffrey Garrison and Rev. Willard H. Curtis will officiate. HASTINGS - Bernadette Mae Doyle, age 78 of Hastings, died Monday March 19,2007 at Hastings Tendercare. She was born in Grand Rapids, on May 29, 1928 the daughter of Joseph and Cecelia (Novakoski) Uzarski. Bernadette graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1947, she then married Martin James Doyle on June 26, 1948 and Jim died November 26, 2003. They moved to Hastings in 1950 from Grand Rapids. Bernadette was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters, and St. Rose Church Guild. Bernadette and her husband Jim were campground host for Leelanau State Park for 11 years. She was a person who always put family first. She will be sadly missed by her children, Sandra (David) Dilno, Patricia (Frederick) Morse, Kevin Doyle, THREE grandchildren, a brother, Donald Uzarski and sister in-law Lena Uzarski. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim Doyle, parents, brother, Gerard Uzarski, and sister in-law, Kati Uzarski. Visitation will be held Friday from 6 8:30pm with a Rosary at 8:30pm. Funeral mass will be held on Saturday March 24, 2007 at 9:30 am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings. Fr. Alfred J. Russell Celebrant, burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorials can be made to St. Rose Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Francis E. Griffin GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for all ages. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. Youth Group going to Mozart. 7:00 p.m An Evening With Mozart. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study. Friday Men’s Fellowship Breakfast. Next Monday - 7:00 p.m. Ministry Meeting. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9:00 a.m., Little Seedlings; 6:00 p.m. Potluck Supper and Classes; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77510667 DOWLING - Francis E. Griffin, of Dowling, age 87, passed away March 19, 2007. Francis was born on December 28, 1919, in Engadine, Michigan, the son of Claude and Della (Herring) Griffin. Francis was a retiree of the Battle Creek Public Schools, where he was a maintenance engineer at C.W. Post Stadium, and at the Outdoor Education Center. He loved his church, fishing, hunting and tinkering. Francis will be remembered for his great knowledge of the Bible. On January 13, 1940, he married Velma Grace Bilow and she preceded him in death on September 17, 1960. On September 14, 1962, he married Evelyn Hanes Thompson and she preceded him in death on December 17, 2000. Members of his family include sons, Raymond and Robert Griffin; step children, Marie Griffin, James and Jonathan Thompson; 14 grandchildren, several great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Francis was also preceded in death by his parents and a son Floyd Griffin. Funeral service for Francis, were conducted Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at the Hickory Corners Wesleyan Church, Pastor Len Davis, and Rev. James R. Thompson, officiating. For a more lasting memorial please consider memorial contributions to Hickory Corners Wesleyan Church. Arrangements by: Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Marjorie E. Hindes HASTINGS - Marjorie E. Hindes, age 94 of Hastings, passed away on Saturday March 17, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born in Rutland Township, September 10, 1912, the daughter of Perry Hall and Nora E. (Martin) Hall. Marjorie lived her whole life in Hastings, raised on the family farm on Tanner Lake Rd. She attended rural Tanner School and graduated from Hastings High School in 1930. She was married to Douglas Hindes January 14, 1933; from that union were two children, Bryce and Diane. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, three brothers, two sisters and her daughter Diane Augustine. Marjorie worked for Michigan Bell Telephone for approximately 10 years. She later worked at Viking Corporation retiring after 20 years of service. She is survived by her son Bryce, two grandsons, Craig (Kelly) Augustine, Alan (Lori) Augustine, several nieces and nephews and many, many dear friends. Those who knew Marjorie loved her and enjoyed her vast knowledge of the Hastings area and her family. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Memorial services were held on Tuesday March 20, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Gale Kragt officiating. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Doris C. Neeson Dolores J. Sheridan HASTINGS - Dolores J. Sheridan, age 76 of Hastings, died Tuesday March 6, 2007 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. She was born February 21, 1931 in Detroit, the daughter of Dewey and Eva (Beaudry) Salter. Dolores moved to Hastings in 1952, she worked for Hastings Manufacturing Co. from 1963 until her retirement in 1993. Dolores was married to William J. Sheridan August 20, 1949, he preceded her in death on May 21, 1993. She was also preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Clarence and Gerald Salter; two sisters, Dora Wybo and Lucille Klinger. Dolores enjoyed reading, watching the birds and deer and doing volunteer work at the American Legion and VFW. She is survived by her children, Michael (Mikki) Sheridan of Columbus, Indiana, Thomas Sheridan of Hastings, Stanton Sheridan of Racine, WI, Susan Smith of Hastings, Karen (Raymond) Yanus of Houston, TX; 10 grandchildren; four great grandchildren; brother, Robert Salter; inlaws, Jane Sheridan, Al and Sally Salona, Linda Salter and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be held Saturday March 24, 2007 at 11:00am, at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? MIDDLEVILLE - Doris C. Neeson, age 83, of Yankee Springs Twp., Middleville, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2007. Surviving are her four sons, David (Vicki) Neeson of Tanner Lake, Hastings, Richard (Margo) Neeson of Laudonville, Ohio, Donald (Suzie) Neeson of Shelbyville, and Daniel Neeson of Middleville; eight grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren. Respecting her wishes, cremation has taken place. No services or visitation. Interment Robbins Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Wings of Hope Hospice, Allegan County. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO ��Page 8 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Cannot commit The Depot Complex will be host for the third annual Doll and Toy Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 24 and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 25. This has been a very popular event in the past two years. The genealogy room will be open with a staff member from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday and 1 to 4 p.m. on Local music school Share-A-Thon fest to feature students, teachers This Saturday’s Share-A-Thon Festival promises to be a wonderful showcase of the Community Music School’s talented students and faculty. Families interested in learning more about the school’s programs for children and adults are invited to attend the annual event from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at First United Methodist Church, 209 West Green St., Hastings. Each of the more than 50 performers is gathering pledges to support the school’s financial aid program. The event will also feature refreshments, an information display from the Battle Creek Boychoir, and Instrument Petting Zoo provided by Masteller Music. Student performers will range from beginners to advanced. For more information, call (269) 948-9441 or visit www.musiccenterscmi.com. The Community Music School is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Barry Community Foundation. Logan Poll performs at last year’s Community Music School Share-A-Thon. The Saturday event raises funds for the school’s financial aid program. Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME My legs feel very uncomfortable and strange when I am lying down. It seems that I have to keep them moving or get up and move around for them to feel better. What could this be? Monday. Come and enjoy the displays. Come and bring your toy doll to show, with Friday being the best time to bring your items. Central Michigan University has announced its graduation list for the summer and fall academic terms. Local students included are Sarah Byler and Lyndsey Erb of Clarksville, and Nathanial Jarvie of Lake Odessa, with his bachelor of science degree in education. He is the son of Rev. Mark Jarvie. Sarah and Lyndsey each also have earned their bachelor’s degrees. The butterflies are flitting about in great numbers at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. Attending on a sunny day is the best time because the butterflies are out far more than on a cloudy day. Ken and Marilyn Burtch of Wheeler were Sunday guests of James and Pamela Seibel on M-43 in Carlton Township. They also attended church with the Seibels. On Tuesday evening, John and Andrea Gentner entertained the Alethians of Central United Methodist Church at their home on Eagle Point. Ben and Shara Eavey of Kentwood were guests. Ben had gone on a mission trip to Lithuania in 2005 with members of Cornerstone United Methodist Church. Pamela (Dykehouse) Barlage from Cornerstone had also been on the mission team. They had worked on the transformation of a Russian army building into a worship center. He also had a power point presentation of the Hill of Crosses, which was begun as a place of remembrance, but it turned into a protest against the Soviet rulers (at the time) with thousands of crosses of every hue planted every time the Soviets bulldozed the crosses. Finally, the ruling powers gave up. The team members had stayed with private families of the host church but ate their meals in a central point. Ben will go back in summer 2007 with another team of workers. They bought tools and supplies locally. The metric system was used for all measurements of lumber and tools. There will be another soup lunch at Fellowship Hall of Central UMC from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. This is a free lunch, open to the public. On Friday, March 23, and again on March 30, St. Edward’s Church will have a baked fish supper with many other delectable foods with the meal. Area Obituaries Robert W. Culbert This describes restless leg syndrome (RLS) fairly well. It is not unusual, affects both sexes and seems to worsen as you get older. It can disrupt sleep that leads to daytime fatigue. 3DWLHQWV�RIWHQ�GRQ¶W�GHVFULEH�WKH�VHQVDWLRQ�DV�D�PXVFOH� cramp or numbness but rather achy, crawling, deep-seated feelings in their calves and thighs. The sensations often begin after lying down or sitting for awhile and are relieved by movement even if it is simply stretching or jiggling their legs. Often times the symptoms start as a child and patients can remember their parents rubbing their legs to help them fall asleep. &XUUHQWO\��WKHUH�LV�QR�NQRZ�FDXVH�IRU�5/6�EXW�LW�LVQ¶W�UHODWHG� to any serious underlying medical problem. There is also no blood or lab test used to diagnose RLS. Your doctor will ask you questions about your symptoms and sleep habits as well as if you have ever been told that you jerk your legs when you are asleep. Some blood tests may be done to rule out other possible problems. Treatment for RLS is focused on lifestyle changes along with some medications to reduce the restlessness in your legs. Some of the lifestyle changes include warm baths and leg massages to help relax the muscles, relaxation techniques such as meditation or yoga before sleeping, exercise earlier in the day and of course avoiding caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. Your doctor will be able to add various medications that will also work quite well to help your legs relax. Unfortunately, RLS is a condition that will stick with you. Developing mechanisms to cope with RLS often helps. RLS Foundation recommends these approaches. DRQ¶W�ILJKW�LW��� Symptoms may get worse if you suppress the urge to move. Get up, walk it off. Also, tDON�DERXW�LW���'RQ¶W�EH�HPEDUUDVVHG� to explain why you need to go to the back of the theater and pace or stand during meetings. Seek help. Support groups are forming to share ideas and solutions. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77510723 LOWELL – Robert W. Culbert, age 87, of Lowell, formerly of Hastings, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Katherine (Klump) Culbert; his son, Jeffery Culbert and Baby Boy Culbert. He is survived by his caring, loving wife of 61 years, Betty (Serven) Culbert; his daughters, Martha Shattuck and Carmen Melkild; grandchildren, Kyle Shattuck, Paul Melkild, Jason Shattuck, Amber Shattuck; and his great-grandchildren. Robert was born December 19, 1919 in Caledonia and lived his entire life in the Hastings and Lowell area. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II as an Aviation Metalsmith l/C. He attended Hastings Schools, graduating in 1937. He enjoyed auto race car driving, antiquing, was an avid reader. His cat Rosco was his buddy. He was a caring, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, always doing kind deeds for his family and friends. Respecting his wishes, cremation has taken place. Private graveside services will be held Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Riverside Cemetery, Hastings. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Dear Annie: Last night, my partner and I had a deep conversation and discovered we have a problem. We've been together nearly a year, and although we haven't talked about marriage, she wants me to guarantee a longterm commitment to her. I can't do that, because you never know what will happen down the road. I love her with all my heart and soul. I know she is upset that I don't believe in guarantees, but she can't come to terms with my point of view. It isn't that I'm having second thoughts or anything like that. I am totally faithful. She just wants something I can't deliver now. I don't know what to do. We have never fought before. I hope you can help me. -Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place Dear Stuck: You shouldn't be forced into a commitment you are not ready for, but we have to ask -- if you love her, are totally faithful and have been together nearly a year, why are you so reluctant to commit? What do you think is "down the road"? Someone better? Commitment always requires a leap of faith. We think you should examine your concerns more thoroughly, so you can better understand your motives. Forbidden affection Dear Annie: At a recent family gathering, we were all greeting one another as we usually do, and I heard my 62-year-old sister, "Roz," announce, "I don't want any hugging and kissing." As I turned, I noticed my husband move to hug and kiss her cheek, as he has done for 38 years. She then became angry with him. Roz was very cool toward me the rest of the night. When we got home, I asked my husband what happened, and he said he thought she was just kidding. I called Roz the next day, and she told me, "I said I don't want any hugs and kisses, and your husband did it anyway." My husband has always greeted my sisters like this, as he does his own sisters. My brothers-in-law always give me a hug and kiss, and I think nothing of it. I told Roz she could rest assured my husband would never hug or kiss her again. I said I'd be happy to take all of his hugs. She replied, "I would appreciate that!" She never apologized for her outburst. My husband is a gentleman and would never do anything out of line. One of my other sisters called me the next day and said my husband could hug her anytime. I do not want this to be a problem when we next get together, so please tell me how to handle it. Should my husband shake her hand? Am I wrong to expect an apology? Life is too short for little things like this to come between family members. -- Embarrassed by Sister's Behavior Dear Embarrassed: We don't know why Roz no longer wants to be hugged or kissed, but it likely has nothing to do with your husband. Her announcement applied to everyone. You aren't going to get an apology for her outburst, so forget about it. The next time your husband sees her, he can greet her warmly with, "Hello, Roz." Unlikely ID theft Dear Annie: Recently, my husband and I decided to build a home. When we went to the bank about a loan, I discovered (via my credit report) that my mother had bought a computer and paid some utility bills using my Social Security number and her name. This happened six years ago, when I was 19. I confronted my mother, and she said she did this when she was poor and not working, and that I had told her she could have my information. Annie, I never told her she could put anything in my name, and she never asked. I also told her I now owe over $3,500 to collection agencies because of her. Mom has committed fraud and identity theft, and possibly grand larceny. I don't know what to do. I told her that until she paid the balance in full, she would no longer be allowed to talk to my daughter. My mom doesn't think she should have to pay for any- — NOTICE — Applicants sought for new Charlton Park Village & Museum Board The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Charlton Park Village & Museum Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Charlton Park Village & Museum Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate the Charlton Park Village & Museum facilities and grounds. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510427 thing, because she supported me when I was a child. This is so awful. My daughter is close to her grandmother, and I don't know how to explain this to her. Please, I am open to any advice. -- Below 450 Dear Below 450: Your mother was wrong to use your personal information to pay off her debts and then stick you with the bill, but we know many children would offer to help Mom with her financial needs if asked. The problem is, she didn't ask and she's damaged your credit rating. But keep in mind that you also are punishing your daughter by withholding her grandmother's love. Getting the money back is probably a lost cause, so you must decide if you can forgive your mother. Apparently, she's behaved herself for six years, so tell Mom you will consider the money a bad loan, but if it happens again, you will call the police. In the meantime, contact the Identity Theft Resource Center (idtheftcenter.org), P.O. Box 26833, San Diego, CA 92196. Why buy the cow? Dear Annie: I am a married woman, and I have a girlfriend who is single. "Pam" constantly laments not being able to find a nice guy. But she sleeps with every guy she meets without ever demanding a relationship first, and then wonders why they don't call her for real dates. How do I help her understand the situation without making her feel like I am judging her? I'm getting tired of saying placating things, like, "Yeah, guys are jerks." -- Good Friend in Greensboro, N.C. Dear Greensboro: Pam thinks so little of her ability to find an appropriate man that she throws herself at whatever comes close. Pam would benefit from counseling to learn why she does this and how to stop. Tell her, "Pam, I worry your relationship choices aren't working for you. Maybe you ought to talk to someone and see if you can figure out how to change that." Beyond that, there's not much you can do. Thinning thanks Dear Annie: This is in response to "Old Man with Young Vision," who doesn't see the extra pounds and wrinkles on his wife. I hope she knows how lucky she is. I am 63 and over the years have gained 25 pounds. My skinny husband has hounded me about the extra weight and made me very self-conscious. He says he is just concerned about my health, yet he smokes four packs a day. In August, I had a heart attack and have since lost 15 pounds. I was feeling pretty good about it until my husband pinched a small roll around my middle and said I really need to lose more weight. My friends, co-workers and family have all congratulated me on how well I look, but all he can see is the fatter me. I go to the gym and watch what I eat, but I'll never be thin enough for him. Any suggestions? -- Hurting Dear Hurting: Yes. Your husband is not supportive and needs to criticize you in order to make himself feel superior. Tune him out or tell him to knock it off. Where the boys are Dear Annie: I just read the letter from "Powerless Mom," whose daughter was desperate for a boyfriend. My daughter was in the same boat for years, intensely focused on finding a man. She finally took my advice, which was: "Focus on your FEMALE friends! Most of them have a brother, nephew, male cousin, son or male acquaintance at work. Get girlfriends, and you'll get boyfriends." She and her boyfriend of two years announced their engagement last year. She met him through a woman she knew at a volunteer job. -- Zoe's Mom Dear Zoe's Mom: Great suggestion. And we hope she found the volunteer work enriching at the same time. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 9 FELPAUSCH, continued from page 1 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 7 Sugaring and Irving Charlton By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will continue to run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) When the first settlers came to this country nearly 400 years ago, they learned a new art from the Indians. By cutting a gash or boring a hole in a hard maple (sugar maple) tree in early spring, with temperatures in the 40s to 50s, sap would run and if caught in a container and boiled long enough, the result would be a delicious sweet sticky syrup. If boiled longer, it would crystalize into maple sugar which would keep indefinitely. In those early years, the pioneers used iron kettles to boil the sap. As it takes from 30 to 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, it took a lot of boiling, but with plenty of wood for fuel, that was not a problem. Later, larger pans were used over an “arch” or a type of fireplace made of stone or brick and using red clay mortar. The first plans were made with wooden sides and a sheet iron bottom. There was one over in the Charlton Park Museum or shed and perhaps it is still there. The first buckets were made of wood with hoops such as a keg or barrel has. The first spiles were made of hollowed inch spiles, and were driven in the bark. Later, a half inch tapping auger bit was used, bored 16 turns of a brace deep, and a spile of elder or cast metal was driven in. A hook and bucket was hung on the spile. Much of the late runs were made into “tub sugar” and put in a half barrel with a spigot. As the sugar melted somewhat, the syrup was caught in a pitcher for pancakes. In the early days, the sap was all boiled down to sugar as there were not yet cans to seal syrup in. Syrup will soon mold if not canned and sealed hot. As sugar, it keeps well for a year or season to season. It was boiled down to the sugar stage and put in molds or small bread or cake pans to form cakes of several pounds, as desired, and stored. I have an old “red cupboard” filled many times by my great-grandfather, William Mead. He would lock it up, but the boards on the back show signs of having been removed by his boys, and carefully put back as they later told me about. (So you see larceny is not just a modern thing. Petty, but sweet, in that case.) Irving Charlton had a “sugar bush” of about 1,000 trees, and a shanty and a good arch he had built, about 12 to 14 feet long and about three feet wide. Many people then and now used evaporators, a much faster, efficient way to boil sap, but Irving used what he had. He used three pans about three feet wide and eight inches deep. The front one over the fire pit or box was about six feet long, the center pair was about four feet long, as was the rear one. The rear pan had deep compartments extending below the bottom and would boil nearly as much as the front one. “Taking off” a batch of syrup was a very careful process and was done from the center pans. As the syrup boiled down, it was dipped into the center pan and Irving watched it carefully by letting it “apron” off a dipper. He did not use a thermometer or hydrometer, but gauged it by eye and experience. Syrup must weigh at least 11 pounds to the gallon and he made very good syrup. Syrup will also burn a pan if allowed to get too low and must be watched very carefully. As the syrup got ready to “take off,” the fire was allowed to die down. However, the “arch” remained hot for some time, being made of brick and steel angles and channels with cast iron grates and doors. By raising the pan using handles on it and sliding a wide board under it, Irving would carefully slide the pan off the far side of the arch and place the other end of the wide board on the shanty wall to support it. Then dip and finally pour the syrup from the pan into a ten gallon milk can. It would be filtered hot through a wool filter. During the 1930s depression, syrup was difficult to sell at even $1.50 to $2 a gallon, but as World War II broke out, it became profitable to make if labor was available.In 1946 to 1951, it was $5 a gallon, however, it now it is $18 to $20. To gather the sap, we used a sap sled with a tongue drawn by a good team of horses. A gathering tank holding three barrels of sap was mounted on the sap sled. A team of horses is ideal in a “sugar bush” if they are broken to go on command and stop when told to, as mine were. There were well worn trails through the woods and the horses would follow them. As one carried two pails from tree-to-tree and got them filled, at a command to go, the team would have the sap sled to you and you could dump the sap in the screened opening of the gathering tank until full. The storage tank at the shanty was on the high end and as sap was needed to keep pans full, it was siphoned by gravity through a hose. The storage tank held 16 to 20 barrels. Irving would boil all day, but try to get to the house in time to hear “The Lone Ranger” and the news, etc., on his radio. Sometimes I would, after doing the milking and other chores, go back and boil all night during a heavy run. The syrup in ten gallons can was drawn to the house on the sap sled and later canned in gallon cans and labeled. There was no trouble selling it as it was a good product. We sold syrup in Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Hastings and all about. “Sugaring” was often cold, wet, hard work but I always loved it and miss doing it now every spring as the ground begins to thaw in late February. It is getting to be a lost art in this area because not many tap anymore. However, many still do in the Vermontville area. In the 1920s and 1930s, while attending Martin School on East State Road (the same location of the school Charlton attended in the early 1890s, but a new schoolhouse was built in 1903), I could look in nearly any direction in late February when sap began to run and see steam rising above the woods from the sugar shanties. Orton Endsley, Roland Barry, Orr He also said Spartan first approached Felpausch about the sale. "We have great confidence in Spartan Stores as a quality leader in the industry and fully expect they will provide great service and value to our customers. This transaction is important because it will strengthen the position of a leading conventional grocery store operator ensuring that customers in south and central Michigan will continue to have the option to shop one of the best conventional retail supermarket chains in the local market." Feldpausch added, “Combining these two exceptional retail organizations will create a stronger market competitor than had we continued to stand alone. When the transaction is concluded, our customers and associates will be part of a stronger, more competitive West Michigan retail grocery presence that is better positioned to compete with growing competition from national chains." Several key community figures and spokespersons expressed regret that the Feldpausch family is getting out of the grocery business. “The Hastings Area School System has had a wonderful long term and productive relationship with Felpausch over these many years,” said Carl Schoessel, who was school superintendent for 21 years and recently has returned as interim. “They have been strong supporters of our schools and two of their executives, Mark Feldpausch and Mike Hubert, have served on the school board. Hopefully they’ll still be around and stay involved.” Schoessel said there is no way he can determine the impact of a potential Wal-Mart superstore on this sale. “I’m just sad to see such a good corporate partner leave, and I can only hope Spartan continues that tradition,” he said. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce echoed those sentiments. David Hatfield, chairman of the chamber’s board of directors, said, “Felpausch has been a large employer in the community and it has given generously to community causes, from top to bottom. We will miss that.” Hatfield also was skeptical of the potential Wal-Mart effect. “I don’t think we can necessarily attribute this to the prospects of a Wal-Mart challenge. The grocery business has gotten very competitive over the past decade because of consolidation in the industry. “I think this move assures we’ll keep a significant independent grocery store here in Hastings regardless of what happens.” Returning to the loss of a locally-owned business, Hatfield commented, “It’s a classic downside when a community loses a corporate headquarters. When they’re no longer here you seldom get the same level of support and community involvement, but we should remember Spartan is a Michigan-based company and we’re not very far from its headquarters (in Kentwood).” Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield joined the chorus in praise of the Feldpausch family and its community service, noting Mark has been chairman of the Downtown Development Authority. “The transition for a family-owned business like this is a sad day for the community,” Mansfield said. “But it’s a decision that’s appropriate for them to maintain strength in the organization. We would hate to see their personal involvement reduced, but we want their enterprise to remain strong, and they think this is the way to do it... I have nothing but admiration and appreciation for Felpausch and I hope we have a good working relationship with Spartan.” The city manager doubted the Wal-Mart factor because Hastings is only one of 20 Felpausch grocery sites in Michigan. “This is a corporate decision,” he said. “I think it’s a reaction to today’s business climate so they can hold their own and remain competitive against larger entities.” Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr, when asked about the Wal-Mart factor, said bluntly, “I don’t have a clue whether that’s true or not. I personally have my own theories and opinions, but that’s about it. I’m not privy to Spartan’s or Felpausch’s business plans.” Rutland Township currently is dealing with Wal-Mart’s request for a rezoning from indus- trial to commercial a parcel at Green Street and Cook Road. Carr said he wants to make sure all proper procedures are followed in examining the corporate retail giant’s proposals. “I have to make sure there is due process.” Spartan officials said they expect to invest approximately $5 million for promotions, new marketing programs and re-grand openings, and an additional million in employee training costs. The company will increase the capital expenditures for these stores to improve their physical appearance. The firstyear expenditures are expected to improve sales volumes at the acquired stores and to strengthen Spartan's retail market position in south and central Michigan. "We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with one of Michigan's best independent retail grocery operators and a Spartan customer for more than 50 years. We are proud to have them join our company,” stated Craig C. Sturken, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Spartan Stores. “Felpausch is an excellent retail operator serving many communities where we currently have no presence and they have an outstanding understanding of the retail grocery market in the communities they have served. “This transaction demonstrates the execution of a component of our stated business strategy, which is to grow our business through opportunistic acquisitions of our independent distribution customers or other grocery operators in our trade area that fill in market gaps. We are firmly committed to providing consumers in our trade area with an exceptional grocery store shopping experience by offering distinct quality products and services.” Grand Rapids-based Spartan Stores is the nation's tenth largest grocery distributor with warehouse facilities in Grand Rapids and Plymouth, Mich. The company distributes more than 40,000 private-label and national brand products to 300 independent grocery stores in Michigan. and Alfred Fisher, the Lewis Hiltons, Barry Wellman and many more had “sugar bushes.” But above all, I would look straight east about 2 1/2 miles and see my Great-Uncle Art Mead’s woods. If it was a Friday afternoon and steam was rising from his woods, I knew where I was going to be until Sunday evening, I spent many a happy day over at Uncle Art’s place. He was the friendliest man one could hope to meet. He always had a cheerful “hello!” and always was whistling as he worked and he was a real worker. Even in the 1930s when wheat was 32 cents a bushel and hogs were five cents a pound, he kept right on whistling. He lived alone for several years, as Aunt Jessie passed away in 1928. His grandson, Robert (“Bob”), and I stayed with him in the summer of 1931 and had a great time. He was an artist at making maple syrup and sugar and did for many years. He knew Irving and many articles he had are in the museum. As Charlton did, Uncle Art lived to be 80 years old, and I will wager wherever he is now, he is still whistling. In those wonderful days of the country school, the pupils and teacher were invited to a “sugaring off” by the Barrys or Endsleys. We either went to the “sugar shanty” or the home and they would boil down syrup and we could eat all the “stirred sugar” or wax we wanted to. By getting a pan of clean snow and packing it down hard in the pan and pouring the boiled down hot syrup on it, one had the most delicious taffy or wax to eat, with a flavor out of this world. Of course, the dog always got some and his jaws got stuck together, but he would always come back for more. I suppose the health department would think nothing was antiseptic or sterile enough in a sugar bush. But if there is any germ or microbe able to live in boiling maple syrup, I have yet to feel the effects of it. The year 1950 was the last year the Charlton sugar bush was run, as with everything there comes a last time. After the farm was sold, the maple trees were soon logged off and the sugar shanty and arch left to the elements. I was in the woods 20 years later hunting and it seemed a very lonely place, just memories were left but they were all very happy ones of those days and times with Mr. Charlton. 77510411 — FOR SALE — Delton Kellogg Building Trades House • Open House • MARCH 25, 2007 from 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. Delton Kellogg School Board announces the high school 2006-07 building trades house at 10505 Stoney Point Road, Crooked Lake, Delton, Michigan is for sale. This newly constructed home has a beautiful view of Crooked Lake on a 1 acre lot. It contains 2,600 finished square feet of living space, 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, large family room, oak hardwood floors, ceramic tile, main floor cathedral ceilings, lower level laundry, 9’ ceilings in lower level, large 2 1/2 car garage, deck off master bedroom overlooking Crooked Lake, covered front porch, concrete driveway and sidewalks, and central air. Bid packets available in the Superintendent’s Office and are due back by 4:00 p.m. on April 2, 2007. Minimum bid of $210,000. Mrs. Sandra Barker c/o Delton Kellogg Superintendent’s Office 327 North Grove Street Delton, Michigan 77510609 Contact (269) 623-9246 for information or showing appointment �Page 10 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES — NOTICE — Applicants sought for new Barry County Parks & Recreation Board The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the newly created Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, representing citizens at large. The purpose of the Parks & Recreation Board is to plan, develop, preserve, acquire, administer, maintain, and operate park and recreation places and facilities other than Charlton Park. There are two positions open. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County. Additional information and applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284. Applications must be returned no later than 5:00 pm on March 28, 2007. 77510431 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Budget Public Hearing (Truth in Budgeting) Notice The Prairieville Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budget for fiscal year 2006-2007 at the Prairieville Township Hall on Monday, March 27, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget will be available for public inspection at the township office located at 10115 South Norris Rd, Delton, MI 49046. Our office hours are Monday thru Thursday from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. The Prairieville Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 7 days notice to the Prairieville Township Board. NOTE: Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aides or services should contact the Prairieville Township Board by writing or calling the following: Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township 10115 S. Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77510605 TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION To: The residents and property owners of the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at a meeting held on March 8, 2007, the Township Board adopted Ordinance Nos. 03-01-07 and 03-02-07, which amends the Township Zoning Ordinance to comply with the new Zoning Enabling Act and various other sections of the Zoning Ordinance. A summary of the ordinances appear as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 03-01-07 Section I AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I, TITLE AND PURPOSE Section I has been amended to reference the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, P.A. 110 of 2006. Section II AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE II, DEFINITIONS This section amends the definitions to include Adult Foster Care Facility; Adult Foster Care Congregate Facility; Adult Foster Care Family Home; Large Group Home; Small Group Home and Child Care Center or Day Care Center and Planning Commission. Section III AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE III, ZONING DISTRICTS This Section adds more Permitted Uses in the Rural Agricultural zone to include Adult Foster Care Family Home; Family Day Care Home; Foster Family Home; and Foster Family Group Home. Group Day Care Home are a Special Exception Uses. Likewise, these same Special Uses and Permitted Uses have been added to the Rural Residential District; the Suburban Residential District; the Multiple Family Residential District; the SingleFamily Residential District; and the Residential Lakefront. The Commercial Zoning Districts: C1, C2 and C3, includes Child Care as a Special Exception Use. Section IV AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SPECIAL EXCEPTION USES This Section is modified by a new procedure addressing the notice of public hearing not less than 15 days, notice by mail not less than 15 days to people within 300 feet of property and other procedures involving special uses. Further, Care Centers are hereby deleted and replaced by “State Licensed Residential Facilities” which address Adult Foster Care, Family Day Care and Group Day Care areas. Section V AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, OPEN SPACE ZONING This Section amends the Purpose section to reference the new PA 110 of 2006. Section VI AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VIII, CONDOMINIUM REGULATIONS Section 15.8.3, provides for notice, public hearing and recommendations to the Township Board. Section VII AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IX, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT This section amends Section 15.9.4.A and B which provides for public hearing, preliminary approval procedures and final approval procedures. Section VIII AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE XX, ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS This section provides for the Zoning Board of Appeals to following the new PA 110 of 2006 and revises the following: membership on the Zoning Board of Appeals with five members and two alternates, provisions for the service of alternate members, terms of appointments and procedure to remove a member by the Township Board. Application for a variance and public hearing procedural requirements are set forth including final decision and appeal from a decision to the circuit court. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Kuzava and Geraldine Kuzava, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2005, and recorded on April 28, 2005 in instrument 1145592, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine And 92/100 Dollars ($224,999.92), including interest at 6.575% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 24 of the Plat of Von Reis Addition No. 2, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 65, Barry County Records and Running thence North 1 Degrees 55 Minutes 45 Seconds West 439.25 Feet; Thence North 87 Degrees 17 Minutes East 149.9 Feet along the South Line of Park Street as Shown in Said Plat; Thence South 31 Degrees 04 Minutes East 299.50 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street; Thence South 190.83 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street to the Northeast Corner of said Lot 24; The North 89 Degrees 45 Minutes West 289.50 feet to the Place of Beginning. Also Described as a Parcel of Land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as Beginning at a Point 703.34 Feet West and 521.21 Feet North of the East 1/4 Post of said Section 19; Thence North 1 Degree 55 Minutes West 438.4 Feet; Thence East 157.43 Feet; Thence South 31 Degrees East 294.28 Feet; Thence South 197.3 Feet; Thence West 289.2 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510581 File #101415F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Reynolds, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on September 22, 2004 in instrument 1134274, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 96/100 Dollars ($41,733.96), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Buckhorn Park Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 45 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132132F01 77510344 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-One And 88/100 Dollars ($132,251.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-ofway commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132045F01 77510317 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jimmie E. Baker and Rosanna Baker, Husband and Wife as Joint, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender, its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 6, 2003 in instrument 1110307, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seventy And 78/100 Dollars ($119,070.78), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 31, Oak Opening, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats on page 47. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #067755F04 77510701 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain, Mortgage, made by LORI HAYWOOD, a single woman, whose address is 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagor, to TOMMIE CONRAD and SARA CONRAD, whose address is 11820 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, as Mortgagees, dated October 4, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and the State of Michigan on June 15, 2006, in Document Number 1166037. There is claimed to be due thereon, at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND 16/100-------($19,300.16) Dollars with interest at the rate of 10%, as secured by the above-referenced mortgage computed to November 30, 2006. And no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in said Mortgages, and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the above said Mortgage, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described, or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, East Steps, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County on the 29th day of March, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, of said day and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with interest payable at the rate of 10%, together with late fees, legal costs, attorneys fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage, to-wit: A PARCEL OF LAND IN SECTION 10 AND 11, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SECTION 11 AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 713 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 4 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 510.1 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES WEST 434 FEET ALONG THE CENTER OF COBB ROAD FOR THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST 440 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19 MINUTES EAST 155 FEET; THENCE WEST 673 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 11; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 31 MINUTES WEST 398 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SECTION 10 AND 433 FEET WESTERLY THEREFROM; THENCE EAST 1114.6 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF COBB ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 19-MINUTES EAST 243 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 11812 Cobb Road, Delton, Michigan 49046. The period of redemption will be six months from the date of sale unless abandoned. Dated: 2/19/07 David H. Tripp (P29290) 206 South Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9585 77509981 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lonnie M. Miller and Susan L. Miller, husband and wife as joint tenants with right of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Aames Home Loan, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2004, and recorded on April 12, 2004 in instrument 1125151, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three And 27/100 Dollars ($168,793.27), including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 920 feet of the West one half of the Northeast one quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, EXCEPTING therefrom the West 970 feet. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131597F01 77510290 Section IX AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE XXIII, EFFECTIVE DATE, REPEAL CLAUSE This section replaces Article XXIII to be in compliance with the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. Section X REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance takes effect 8 days following publication and takes repeals ordinances in conflict herewith. ORDINANCE NO. 03-02-07 Section I, AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIX, AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND OFFICIAL ZONING MAP This section creates a new Article XIX that sets forth the procedures to amend the Zoning Ordinance and the official Zoning Map. This includes the application procedure which corresponds to the new Zoning Enabling Act, criteria for amendment of the Zoning Ordinance and Map to be consistent with the goals and policy of the Land Use Plan, compatibility of uses and capacity of the infrastructure. This Article also provides for conditional rezoning which includes review by the Planning Commission, a public hearing, Township review and a statement of conditions as part of the approval process. It also provides for a time for establishing the development or use and a reversion of the zoning if it is not developed. SECTION II, REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance takes effect 8 days following publication. All ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed. 77510772 YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Jan Lippert, Clerk 284 North Briggs Road Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-9091 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT 2007 The Barry County Road Commission is hiring for temporary summer employment. Work will mostly be outside working the road maintenance crews. A job description will be provided at time of application. Hourly wage will be $7.50 per hour. Applicant must be at least 18 years of age, and have a valid Drivers License. If interested, please stop by and fill out an application at the Road Commission located at 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings (behind FlexFab on M37/M-43). Accepting applications through March 26, 2007. 02666381 TRUCK DRIVER The Barry County Road Commission has an opening for a full time truck driving position. A high school diploma or GED is required along with a Michigan commercial driver’s license with A&N endorsements. Applications can be picked up at the Barry County Road Commission office (phone 269-945-3449) at 1725 W. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI between 6:45 AM & 3:15 PM. A complete job description will be provided at the time of application. Applications will be accepted until April 6, 2007. Hourly wage will start at $16.66. The Barry County Road Commission is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 02666385 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by DAMON BAKER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155287, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($91,424.69), including interest at 7.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of HOPE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 301.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00SECONDS WEST 53.21 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 8 OF THE NORTHEAST BLOCK OF LOTS OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF KENYON'S OAKGROVE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 99.62 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OFLOTS 7 AND 6 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 134.12 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE NORTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 114.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LAND LYING BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 187.52 ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15;THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 135.48 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 7 AND 8 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 43.90 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL; THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST 50.44 FEET ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 41.15 FEET TO THE POIINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID TRAVERSE LINE AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL, AS LIMITED BY THE SIDE EXTENDED TO THE WATERS EDGE. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO AN INDEFINED EASEMENT (DESCRIBED IN LIBER 137, PAGE 130) FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES FOR THE EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. TAX ID NO. 08-07-16-067-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77510780 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by MICHAEL LIVERMORE and KAREN LIVERMORE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to REPUBLIC BANK, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2002, and recorded on May 24, 2002, in Document No. 1080972, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($116,321.20), including interest at 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: UNIT 24 OF CHERRY HILL ESTATES II, A CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 463, PAGE 526, AND THE FIRST AMENDEMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 555, PAGE 475, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 599, PAGE 617, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 602, PAGE 185, IN THE OFFICE OF BARRY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 2, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND IN LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID MASTER DEED AND DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978 AS AMENDED. TAX ID NO. 08-55-150-024-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATIONMortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77510785 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 42/100 Dollars ($142,998.42), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #112456F02 77510506 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cory J. Schut and Kelli J. Schut, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 13, 2004, and recorded on March 10, 2004 in instrument 1123436, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-W5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Five And 28/100 Dollars ($148,505.28), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 5, Jano Condominium, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1003235 and Master Deed amended in Document No. 1025363 and amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 11, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #134708F01 77510756 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting March 14, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor Stoneburner, Treasurer Nottingham, Clerk Nichols and Trustees S. Ritchie and W. Miller. Also present: 12 members of the public. Approved agenda as amended. Approved minutes of February 12, 2007 as revised. Correspondence was read. Received Commissioner Adam’s report. Public comment: Question regarding charge for repair of well at Pine Lake. Fire Reports (Pine Lake, BPH, and Hickory) received and placed on file. Police report received and placed on file. Approved fireworks permit for Pine Lake Association/Wolverine Fireworks Display. Approved lease agreement for Cressey Property. Approved letter of bidding process for Cressey property for next year. Appointed Clerk Nichols as the Township FOIA officer. Appointed Chief Gentry as the Prairieville Township Police Department FOIA officer. Appointed Chief Garrison as the Prairieville Pine Lake Fire Department FOIA officer. Discussed Crooked Lake Weed Contract. Treasurer’s report placed on file. Board comments were received. Approved bills in the amount of $18,512.81. Meeting adjourned at 8:09 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77510765 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer,husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Two & 86/100 ($134,002.86), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village, now City, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, on Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/1/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 829183 03/01/2007, 03/08/2007, 03/15/2007, 03/22/2007 77510295 MORTGAGE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in a mortgage made by Pamela J. Borger, a married woman, to First National Bank of America, dated August 19, 2004 and recorded on August 27, 2004 in Document No. 1133105, Barry County records. The mortgage holder has begun no proceedings to recover any part of the debt, which is now $7,210.75. The mortgage will be foreclosed by a public sale of the property on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., at main entrance to Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the mortgage, together with interest at 14.95 per cent, foreclosure costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes and insurance that the mortgage holder pays before the sale. The property is located in Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and is described in the mortgage as: One acre of land, measuring 10 Rods East and West and 16 Rods North and South, out of the Northwest corner of the following described parcel of land: the East 30 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 and the West 5 acres of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period will be six months from the date of sale; however if the property is abandoned, the redemption period will be one month from the date of sale. Date: February 26, 2007 Joseph B. Backus, attorney for mortgage holder P.O. Box 794, East Lansing, MI 48826 517-337-1617 77510312 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Judith C. Strouse and Debbie Strouse, joint tenants with rights of survivorship, original mortgagor(s), to Bristol Window and Door, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 18, 1997, and recorded on December 16, 1997 in instrument 1005331, and assigned by mesne assignments to Federal National Mortgage Association as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Three And 66/100 Dollars ($11,303.66), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Five (375) and the West Two Rods of Lots Three Hundred Seventy Three (373) and Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) except Two (2) rods square out of the Southwest corner of Lot Three Hundred Seventy Four (374) formerly Village of Hastings (now City) Barry County, Michigan according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510300 File #131737F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Berry, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108184, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen And 40/100 Dollars ($136,517.40), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant South 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East 1865.13 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said section; thence South 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds East 477.16 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence South 35 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds West 221.37 feet along said centerline; thence North 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 313.07 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence North 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West 263.57 feet along said 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southeasterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #133692F01 77510615 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Douglas Seeber and Deborah Seeber,husband and wife, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 17th day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of November, 2004 in Liber Document No. 1137821 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Four & 59/100 ($99,934.59), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of April, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 9.800% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing in the center of the Highway on the South Section line of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West; thence North in center of Highway 80 rods to the Place of Beginning; thence East 36 rods; thence North 45 rods; thence West 36 rods; thence South 45 rods to the place of beginning, except begining at the Southwest corner; thence North 450 feet ; thence East 240 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 240 feet to the place of beginning. During the twelve (12) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/8/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77510481 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-3-2007 - Steven Hicks. Location: 4797 Saddlebag Lake Rd., in Section 24 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 24x30-ft detached garage with a height of 27-ft, (the maximum is 16-ft from grade to peak), and closer to the side lot line (14-ft), the minimum is 20-ft, and closer to the rear lot line (10-ft), the minimum is 20ft, in the RL-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: April 10, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk 77510775 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Stacey Delamar and Todd Delamar, Wife and Husband to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2003 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument # 1122795 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($344,659.86) including interest 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 62, Boulder Creek Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 23. Commonly known as 5590 Creekridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 19, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-66865 77510767 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of Stephen I. Johnson. Date of Birth: February 2, 1920. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent Stephen I. Johnson, Grantor of the Stephen I. Johnson Trust who lived at 1006 W. Clinton Street, Hastings, MI 49058, died February 24, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent, his estate, or his Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Andrew F. Johnson or Mark R.S. Johnson, Co-Trustees of the Stephen I. Johnson Trust within 4 months after the date of publication of this Notice. Date: March 13, 2007 Mark B. Periard P58787 Warner Norcross & Judd LLP 111 Lyon Street NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2487 Andrew F. Johson Mark R.S. Johson 1006 W. Clinton Street Hastings, MI 49058 77510675 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking interested citizens to serve on the Mental Health Board. The Mental Health Code requires that membership include representatives who are primary consumers of services, representatives who are family members of primary consumers, and general public. Barry County is specifically seeking representatives who are family members of primary consumers and representatives of the general public. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the County Courthouse, 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00pm on Friday, April 6, 2007 77510735 �Page 12 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale J. Willmarth, a married man and Gerri Willmarth, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 21, 2003 and recorded February 26, 2003 in Instrument Number 1098359, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Four and 13/100 Dollars ($136,704.13) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West quarter post of said Section 18, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, thence East on the East and West quarter line 1146.71 feet to the North one-eighth post of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 00 degrees 47 minutes 10 seconds East on the North and South one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section 1162.96 feet to the Place of Beginning of this description, thence South 00 degrees 47 minutes 10 seconds East 161.47 feet to the East and West one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East and West one-eighth line of the Southwest quarter of said Section, thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds East on said oneeighth line 451.90 feet, thence North 00 degrees 52 minutes 05 seconds West 161.74 feet, thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 13 seconds West 452.13 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1062 77510646 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Thomas Fish and Stacey Fish, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument # 1166029 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($149,585.34) including interest 11.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence North 32 rods to the point of beginning; thence West 16 rods; thence North 15 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 15 rods to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 5364 Barryville Road, Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 7, 2007 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77510641 Our File No: 07-66057 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE BARRY COUNTY TRIAL COURT CIRCUIT DIVISION File No.: 07-117-CH ORDER TO ANSWER Hon. James H. Fisher DONALD HOFFMAN and LINDA HOFFMAN, Plaintiffs, vs. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE and LELA R. ROSE, Defendants. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MCPHILLIPS & MCDOWELL, P.L.C. Amy L. McDowell (P52898) Attorney for Plaintiffs 121 W. Apple Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-3512 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE Based on the pleadings filed in the above-entitled case, IT IS ORDERED that Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, file a Notice of Interest in the vacant real property located in Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as follows: South Thirty-three (33) feet of Lot 1 of Roseland Park, according to the recorded plat thereof Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1257 Manitou Lane, Middleville, Michigan. at least three (3) days prior to the hearing date noted below to assert any interest in the abovedescribed property. If the Defendants, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, fail to do so, that shall constitute a default in the above-entitled matter, and on the 19th day of April, 2007, at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon, this Court shall take proofs and shall terminate whatever interest THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WALTER F. ROSE AND LELA R. ROSE, may have in and to the above-described property unless a Notice of Interest in the Real Property is filed or unless Defendants or their representatives appear on that date and time. Dated: March 1, 2007 Hon. James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge Drafted by: Amy L. McDowell (P52898) McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 77510477 ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS On Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 10:00 am, Assyria Township will be conducting the following meetings at the Township Hall on Tasker Road, just east of M-66. Budget Hearing. A copy of the budget may be obtained by contacting the Clerk at 269-758-4003 and will also be available at the meeting. Annual Meeting for Assyria Township will be held immediately following the Budget Hearing. Regular Meeting will be held following the Annual Meeting for the purpose of approving the budget. Debbie Massimino Assyria Township Clerk 77510799 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JOHN M. DRAKE and ANGELINA M. DRAKE, husband and wife, whose address is 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), with its guaranteed loan center being located at 3469 E. Grand River Avenue, Howell, Michigan 48843, the Mortgagee, such Mortgage being dated July 25, 1996 and recorded July 29, 1996 in Liber 667 of Barry County Records on Page 813 through 816, inclusive, and by reason of such default the Mortgagee elects to declare the entire unpaid amount of such Mortgage due and payable forthwith, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of NINETY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 61/100 ($93,844.61) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the East entrance to the Circuit Court located at the Barry County Courthouse in the City of Hastings on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. local time, in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.25 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys=fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgage does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to wit: Lands and premises situated in the Township of Orangeville, County of Barry, and State of Michigan: A parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, beginning at a point on the centerline of Lindsey Road which lies due West 440.68 feet and South 11º50’30” West 901.93 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 17, thence South 11º50’30” West 224.81 feet; thence South 89º51’30” West 619.67 feet; thence North 01º47’30” West 220.00 feet; thence North 89º51’30” East 672.68 feet to the point of beginning. (Commonly known as 6702 Lindsey Road, Delton, Michigan 49046, Tax Parcel No. 08-11-017-047-00.) The redemption period shall be one (1) year from the date of sale. This is an attempt to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. For further information with regard to this foreclosure contact the Community Development Manager at the local office of Rural Development at 1035 East Michigan Avenue, Suite A, Paw Paw, Michigan 49079, telephone (269) 657-7055, extension 118. Dated: February 20, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, acting through the United States Department of Agriculture (Rural Development), Mortgagee Robert J. Zitta (P22749) Attorney for Mortgagee SCHEUERLE & ZITTA, LLP 300 Washington Avenue P.O. Box 212 Grand Haven, MI 49417 77510281 (616) 842-1470 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Christopher M. Strohmeier and Donnita F. Strohmeier, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor-in-interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by operation of law dated the 20th day of January, A.D. 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of February, A.D. 2005, in Intstrument No. 1141692 of Barry Records, and re-recorded April 7, 2005 as Instrument No. 1144478, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $253,370.50 (two hundred fifty three thousand, three hundred seventy dollars and fifty cents) plus accrued interest at 6.70% (six point seven zero) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 19th day of April, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOT 1, NEAR LANE ESTATES NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 7. Commonly known as: 12580 NEAR LANE Tax ID: 08-14-140-001-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05792779 77510794 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 5 to March 26. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 26, 2007. 77510516 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REGINA LYNN AUSTIN AKA REGINA LYNN HIGHWAY, A MARRIED WOMAN and TRENT A. AUSTIN, HER HUSBAND, to ROCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 1998, and recorded on May 12, 1999, in Document No. 1011779, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Twenty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-One Cents ($100,028.91), including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on March 22, 2007 Said premises are situated in VILLAGE of MIDDLEVILLE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 143 OF MIDDLEVILLE DOWNS NUMBER 8, VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 97, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 08-41-185-005-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: February 20, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77509969 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robin L. Reed, as a Single Woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2005 and recorded January 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158927, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Four and 01/100 Dollars ($137,874.01) including interest at 9.84% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8, Sawdy's Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 27. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3029 77510708 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Hulet, a married man and Shirley Hulet, his wife, for dower rights, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 23, 2005, and recorded on September 30, 2005 in instrument 1153620, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 49/100 Dollars ($214,891.49), including interest at 6.925% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 330 feet of the East 660 feet of the West 990 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except the North 311 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110597F02 77510620 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cliff Tompkins and Nancy Tompkins, Husband and Wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2003 and recorded January 8, 2004 in Instrument Number 1120434, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-X3, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of September 1, 2004, without recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 66/100 Dollars ($131,686.66) including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 7 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510490 File No. 214.2214 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107340, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 91/100 Dollars ($155,376.91), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, lying North of Consumer right of way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #077117F03 77510338 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gaylord Norman Pennington, and Patsy Jean Pennington, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2002, and recorded on May 3, 2002 in instrument 1079922, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two And 36/100 Dollars ($64,962.36), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on March 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 1099 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof and the West 4 rods of Lot 3, Block 20 to the Easter Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #131886F01 77510307 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 13 Maple Valley Supt. gets good marks in evaluation by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer received another very good annual evaluation last week from the sevenmember Maple Valley Board of Education. He earned a 4.57 overall average on a 5point scale, down .03 from his 4.60 overall average from the year previous, due in part to slightly lower ratings in the areas in some areas and slight increases in others. Kramer this year saw decreases in his average rating in the areas of relationship with the board, staff relations and community relations and personal qualities while he saw increases in his average ratings in business and finance, leadership and job performance and board goals. Though Kramer’s average slipped from 4.64 to 4.60 in the area of relationship with the board, the comments he received from board members were all positive. Some examples: • "Kim works well in coordinating board members on their committees and encouraging participation." • "A real area of strength. I’ve always felt up to date and informed." • "Kim has done a great job in establishing a well thought out and comprehensive set of goals. He has also done well in accomplishing many of those goals." • "…works well with the board. The teamwork from all the administrative staff… has been great. Thanks for the cooperation, and willingness to share information." Under staff relations, Kramer’s average rating saw its biggest decrease, falling from 4.46 last year to 4.22 this year, for a .24 decrease. In their comments, three board members said that this was a difficult area to evaluate accurately: • "Difficult to answer questions regarding staff," wrote one. • "This area is always more difficult to judge from afar," wrote another. • "This area is always difficult to evaluate, it’s hard to ask staff members what their opinions are." And, while one board member questioned coaching appointments and teacher evaluations and whether Kramer was an active par- 2006 to 4.64 in 2007. While one board member questioned whether or not the district had a, "long term facilities plan," and another suggested Kramer should continue to search for alternate sources of funding for the schools (grants, donations, etc), the rest of the comments Kramer received in this area were favorable: • "…An effective communicator in this area. Kim is diligent in his pursuit of up-todate information from the state in regards to finance." • "… Seems to work constantly on the budget. It is always a priority for him." • "I feel this is one of Kim’s strongest assets; he is willing to lay all the facts on the • Darryl Robert Hamel, 47, of Hastings was sentenced March 14 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation for his January conviction on a charge of possession of less than 25 grams of cocaine. Hamel also served two days in jail. In addition, Judge Fisher ordered Hamel to observe a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., to wear a wrist monitor and to have his drivers license suspended for six months and then restricted after that date. Hamel also was ordered to pay Patricia Koeze Thelma Fassett (left) and Joanne Mix perform at the Fun Festival in Evart. Beginning this spring, Hastings area music lovers can learn to play the hammered dulcimer at the Community Music School. The Stan Pierce Memorial dulcimer class will be taught by Thelma Fassett and her assistant, JoAnne Mix, both members of the Thornapple Valley Dulcimer Society. Open to children ages 10 through adult, the 45-minute class will meet once a week. The class is scheduled to begin Thursday, April 26, and run for six weeks. Four dulcimers will be available for rent from the society for class participants. Tuition is $102 for six weeks, plus registration fee, with need-based scholarships available. The class in named in honor of the late Stan Pierce, who with his brother Bud founded the Thornapple Dulcimer Society. Over the course of 30 years, Stan recorded dulcimer music, and participated in many community activities on the instrument. Stan, also known as a dance band trumpet player, formed a group called "Memory Lane," featuring the Big Band era of music, showing that the dul- • Sabrina Dawn Elwen, 19, of Hastings was sentenced March 15 to serve 24 months probation and eight months in jail for her February conviction of unlawful driving away of a a vehicle. Elwen was also ordered to pay court costs of $250, restitution of $143.19 and a probation fee of $240. She is to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling in jail and undergo mental health counseling. Noting a previous conviction in 2005 for the attempting the same offense, Judge Fisher told Elwen she may have the balance of her jail time suspended upon com- INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Time to visit.... K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Economical & Personal TAX & Accounting Services • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 02666109 cimer can play diverse styles of music. The Dulcimer Society includes players of dulcimers, guitars, autoharps. banjo, mandolin and violin. With members from all over southwest Michigan, the society sponsors a Fun Festival in Evart each July. The society’s goal is to promote dulcimer music and preserve its traditions. "We enjoy playing music that is traditional and 'folksy,' some polkas, waltzes, which I call ‘happy music‚’" says Fassett. Fassett is a lively performer on the dulcimer, and has a group called "Dulcimer Friends," who play at county fairs, church gatherings, nursing homes and many other places. She plays violin and is a member of the Michigan Fiddlers Association, and plays at her local church in a bluegrass group. The Community Music School also offers private lessons in most band and orchestra instruments, piano, guitar, and voice as well as Kindermusik, Kids Choir and Fiddles 'n' Strums, an American grassroots music program for third grade violin and guitar players. The Community Music School is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, and funded in part by Barry Community Foundation, in addition to proceeds from the upcoming Share-A-Thon March 24. For registration information, please call the Community Music School at 948-9441. pletion of CBT. She must also participate in the day reporting program upon her release from jail. Elwen was arrested in Hastings in February. 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com PUT YOUR 06647090 court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. Hamel was arrested in Carlton Township in November 2006. and staff for being so willing to share information, and answer my questions." • Finally, "Kim has made, and will continue to make, tough decisions that don’t leave all parties satisfied. But, he is honest, and fair. I think Kim is doing a great job and I am thankful to have him as our superintendent during these trying times with our state’s economy." During the last regular meeting of the Maple Valley Board of Education, Kramer said that Board Trustee Tim James had gone over the evaluation with him. Kramer also thanked the board members for their comments and said he would do his best to improve in the areas where it was indicated. Community Music School to offer dulcimer classes starting in April COURT NEWS • Charles Franklin Hoffman, 22, of Bellevue, received a double dose of justice March 15 when he went before Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher for sentencing. In one case Hoffman was sentenced to 29 to 48 months in prison for his February conviction of the delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance. His sentence is to be served consecutively to a parole violation sentence. Hoffman was arrested in Johnstown Township in January 2007. In his second sentence, Fisher ruled Hoffman will serve from 36 to 120 months for his February conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence causing injury. His conviction is to be served concurrent to one sentence and consecutive to his parole violation sentence. Judge Fisher noted Hoffman had previous convictions, in 2003 for receiving and concealing stolen property in Barry County, delivery and manufacture of a controlled substance and resisting and obstructing a police office in Calhoun county and a 2005 conviction of resisting and obstructing in Barry County. table for the board, labor organizations, and the public. Kim and the central office staff have worked hard to gain the trust of all groups/organizations." In the overall comments from the board, one member once again expressed concern that Kramer’s manner sometimes seemed, "belittling," to the public, but added, "But there is no question in my mind that he wants what is in the best interest for our kids in their education." Other comments, included: • "I continue to be impressed by Kim’s hard work and strong commitment to our district." • "It has been my pleasure to be associated with so many great people who care about our children and our community. Thanks to Kim TAX TK assistant supt. one of 2 finalists at West Ottawa by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Thornapple Kellogg assistant Superintendent for Instruction Patricia Koeze is one of the West Ottawa school district's two finalists for superintendent. David Zimmer is the other finalist. The Holland area district wants to name the replacement for retiring Superintendent Rosemary Ervine by mid-April. Koeze, who was principal at Page Elementary School before being named assistant superintendent, had been a science teacher in the West Ottawa district. She received her doctorate this past year. Koeze learned she was one of the finalists for the superintendent's postion on Tuesday. She got an inside look at the duties of superintendent after serving as acting superintendent of the TK district for three months until new Superintendent Gary Rider took office on March 1. Former Superintendent Kevin Konarska resigned on Dec. 31, 2006, after being named the Kent Intermediate School District head, beginning Jan. 1, 2007. Koeze says that applying for the West Ottawa position was unexpected, but that it has been exciting. Koeze will be interviewed on Friday, March 23, and West Ottawa will be visiting Thornapple Kellogg the following week. — NOTICE — REFUND TO WORK 2/3 Bedroom Homes for Sale Financing Available Own your own place for $500 per month Baltimore Terrace Mobile Home Park, south of Hastings (269) 948-3906 To members of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, Hastings, Michigan: Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company will be held at the Home Office, 404 East Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 77510670 Michael W. Puerner, Secretary ® ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Baltimore Township will accept sealed bids until April 6th for aggregate seal coat on the parking lot and driveway of the following location: Baltimore Township Hall 3100 E. Dowling Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Send sealed bids to: Baltimore Township Clerk, Penelope Ypma, 6200 Henry Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. Attention Aggregate Seal Coat. Call 269-721-3502, Richard VanSyckle, Township Supervisor, with any questions. Bids will be opened at the regular township meeting held on April 10, 2007 at 7:00 pm. Penelope Ypma, Clerk The Township Board reserves the right to reject any and/ or all bids and to accept any bid deemed to be in the best interest of the township. 02666984 77502006 Kim Kramer ticipant in the process or merely accepted the principal’s evaluations, another praised Kramer for his, "open and honest communications with staff, even in these difficult times." Kramer’s community relations average fell .20 from 4.53 in 2006 to 4.33 this year. Board comments in this indicate that while Kramer is seeking opinions and involvement from the community, he still hasn’t found an effective method. • "… Kim is actively seeking community input on several issues… still searching for effective methods for feedback." • "Kim regularly requests input from the community and makes himself available to receive input. Unfortunately there has been limited success…" Other board members stated that community members sometimes have a difficult time communicating with Kramer: • "Sometimes his remarks are belittling and insulting to the public if they don’t see things as he does," and • "Some community members have mentioned that Kim is hard to discuss ideas and topics with. Maybe they didn’t like his response to their question." Positive comments included: "His articles in the local paper are a great way to send his message without taking up a lot of his time for individual meetings," and, "Kim has done a lot for us in this area, including being an active leader in other organizations." In the personal qualities category, Kramer’s average dropped from 4.56 to 4.46, a difference of .10 of a point. While one board member said he believed Kramer • "plays politics," and wrote, "I don’t believe everyone is treated equally. He has at times answered what was meant to be constructive criticism with sarcastic and belittling remarks. •Another wrote, "Kim is a strong leader and is great at getting things done in an efficient manner. Sometimes this strength gets in the way of how people perceive his listening skills." Others praised Kramer’s efforts: • "Kim is dedicated to the public school system… (and) is an effective spokesperson for our district,"and • “Genuinely concerned about the staff and community as well." Kramer’s average rating in leadership and job performance rose .10 from 4.66 in 2006 to 4.76 in 2007 and garnered only positive comments from board members in this area: • "Kim is an effective leader. The board appreciates the level of professionalism he exemplifies. Kim is proactive with his responses to the state and local issues and concerns." • "Another big strength…" • "… A strong leader." • "Kim demonstrates the qualities of a strong leader, but he’s not shy about adding some humor during meetings or discussions." Kramer also saw a .10 increase in his average rating, from 4.83 in 2006 to 4.93 in 2007, and earned only positive comments in the board goals category. • "Kim is diligent in efforts to meet and maintain the board goals," • "…Has done a great job in creating and implementing board goals." • "…Works hard at keeping the district focused and on task (even if he doesn’t approve of the state’s mandates)." In the category of business and finance Kramer’s average increased .09, from 4.55 in �Page 14 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Bliss upbeat about progress Company building 1st new press since ‘99 The Home Town Competitiveness workshop Friday, March 16, was really an exercise in collaboration. Speaker Dough Friedli presented those Barry County residents who had attended an HTC workshop in the fall with certificates. Pictured (from left, back row) are Dr. Kim Norris, Bonnie Hildreth, Lani Forbes and Friedli. In the front row are Audrey VanStrien, Karen Heath, Fred Jacobs and Deb Hatfield. Barry County will be holding another information workshop on the Home Town effort Friday, April 27, from 8 until 10 a.m. at the Pennock Hospital Conference Center. For more information, contact the Barry Community Foundation at 945-0526. Hometown collaboration workshop lures 100-plus by Patricia Johns Staff Writer More than 100 local businessmen and women, bankers, educators, non-profit organizers, young people and politicians heard Doug Friedli from the Nebraska Community Foundation talk about how to bring all the elements of a hometown together to bring capacity, collaboration and networking to create a vibrant community. This “Hometown Collaborative” conference took place last Friday morning at the MiddleVilla Inn. The focus at the meeting was learning from Nebraska's example and using that knowledge to create a Barry County that brings back its young people to grow the community. Friedli discussed a case study from Valley County in Nebraska which was faced with loss of businesses, a population growing older and the out migration of young people. He discussed how the county built local endowments and proved that capital is not the limiting factor for development. He stressed that this “Hometown Collaborative” (he doesn't like to use the title “competitiveness”) can bring the community together. He credited the Kellogg Foundation and other groups for giving them the ability to build "a new hometown spirit in rural America.” The key components of HTC are leaders, entrepreneurs, donors and young people. He discussed each of these elements and talked about ways to encourage entrepreneurship and ways to involve youth in this community effort. He praised the Barry Community Foundation's Youth Advisory Council and said, "I'm bringing this idea back to Nebraska." He stressed the need to encourage entrepreneurship and provide a way for older citizens to pass on their stores and businesses. "Once residents have to leave the community for stores and services, the community is doomed," Friedli told the group. He also spoke about how leadership training can prepare younger people to work to improve communities. He also encouraged residents to make and update their wills. He talked about how foundations like the Barry Community Foundation can help spur on entrepreneurship and community development. He talked about some of many success stories in Valley County and other locations in Nebraska. Participants in the meeting were able to read newspaper reports on some of those successes as well. Bonnie Hildreth from the Barry Community Foundation told the group attending the meeting that there will be a twohour meeting in April, which will be the next step in the local HTC process. Anyone who would like to attend that meeting in April can call the BCF at 9450526. — NOTICE — Request for Proposals Hastings Public Library is requesting proposals for the relocation of the Library to the new Library facility, scheduled to be completed in April 2007. Moving will take place about mid-May. Information packets can be picked up at Library. Proposal deadline: Friday, March 30, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. Contract Awarded: Friday, April 5, 2007 Send Proposals to: Hastings Public Library 121 S. Church St., Hastings, MI 49058 Attention: Barbara Schndelmayer 77510753 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Just when bad news about local manufacturing businesses feels like its becoming the “norm,” Bliss Clearing Niagara (BCN) is offers a glimmer of sunshine to the local economy. When Müller Weingarten bought BCN last year, the Hastings company had been owned by a bank for four years. Müller Weingarten sent in a top-notch management team to revamp the company, and that seems to be exactly what Paul Nicholson, Paul Gleeson and Roland Kuehnel have done. “We’ve been very successful,” said Kuehnel. “Things have gone very well.” BCN received its first order this week for a new press. This will be the first new press the company has built since 1999. Kuehnel said he and the other management had not anticipated building new presses, but are happy the company is able to do so. “It’s exceeded the expectations of the management team and the parent company,” said Nicholson of the new press order. They anticipate that the new press will be done and out of the shop by Christmas. With Müller Weingarten’s purchase of BCN, the company acquired the intellectual property as well, meaning they got old drawings and press designs. They modernized the designs and offered the presses to the United States market. Since 1999, BCN has provided spare press parts to companies that needed them. Last September the company began working on presses as well as providing parts. Now BCN employees get presses from small and medium-sized companies, take them apart, replace unusable parts, put the press back together and return it to the company. This allows the company to have a perfectly usable press at 30 to 50 percent of the cost of a new press. At the time of Müller Weingarten’s purchase last fall, the company had 60 employees. Because of the success of the company and its recent growth, BCN is now up to 70 employees. Nicholson said the company managers are hiring back former employees whose jobs were cut when the company was not doing as well. He said he hopes that as the company continues to grow, they can hire back yet more former employees. Nicholson and Kuehnel said to improve employee morale, they are starting to make small improvements throughout the facility. They have remodeled the lunch room, adding amenities that were not there previously, and redone the bathrooms. Both managers pointed out that these are facilities employees must use every day, and they would like them to be in good condition. This year will mark Bliss’ 150th anniversary, and the management team plans to celebrate the occasion with special events this summer. MV grad Garvey earns second team all-MIAA Maple Valley graduate Megan Garvey recently finished her junior season on the Albion College Women’s Basketball team, and was named second-team all-league in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Garvey was Albion’s second-leading scorer with 11 points per game, and also averaged 4.6 rebounds per game. She was the second best free throw shooter in the league, making 86percent of her opportunities from the line. She also ranked third in the league in steals per game and sixth in assists. Albion posted its sixth-consecutive winning season, with a 15-11 overall record. The Britons tied for fourth in the MIAA with a 9-7 league mark. In a sealed envelope and marked: Moving Bid Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Only a… Paul Nicholson (left) and Roland Kuehnel stand next to a press that Bliss Clearing Niagara employees are refurbishing. 401(k) rollovers made easy Kristen E. 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YMCA VOLLEYBALL YMCA of Barry County’s 2007 Coed Winter League Volleyball Scores Family Tree Medical............................42-0 Roush’s Sidewalk Cafe .......................26-7 20 Somethings ...................................23-10 Dig It ..................................................22-14 Bosley’s..............................................19-17 Hastings Mutual...................................6-30 Hungry Howies ....................................9-27 Spiking Vikings....................................0-42 YMCA of Barry County 2007 Women’s Winter League Volleyball Scores Eager Beavers ......................................36-6 Winebrenner Construction .................32-16 Crane Company .................................24-18 Net Results.........................................19-26 Old Town Tavern ...............................16-20 Under Pressure ...................................11-28 Curves ..................................................8-32 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 15 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Thefts from vehicle noted after accident Deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the larceny from a vehicle, which occurred Saturday, March 10. Deputies responded to a property damage accident on Dowling Road and had the vehicle towed from the scene. When the owner went to recover her vehicle, she discovered the missing items. The owner told deputies she believed the items were taken while her car was in a ditch and she left to call for help. The missing items include a stereo component, a jacket and a cell phone. Drunken motorist held after accident Curtis Lee Shade, 46, was arrested by Barry County Sheriff’s Sgt. William Johnson March 10 when an officer was called to the scene of a property damage accident. Johnson observed Shade attempting to change a tire and subsequent investigation revealed Shade had earlier lost control of his vehicle and smashed through a fence and struck a trailer and a utility pole. The accident caused the rear tail gate of Shade’s pickup to fall off and a number of items, including fishing gear, were strewn over a stretch of the roadway from the scene of the accident to where he was changing his tire. Upon further investigation, Shade was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and by running a LEIN check, Johnson determined it was Shade’s third OWI offense. He was arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail without further incident. For Sale For Rent Automotive FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, MISDA approved, $525 plus security deposit. (269)948-8943 FOR SALE: for parts or fix, 1984 VW Vanagon, no rust, $350. (269)948-2276 FOR SALE: SMALL freezer; engagement & wedding rings; (2) jet skis with trailer, lifts & tube; old horse drawn hay rakes; planter; great lawn ornaments, (269)9488508. NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, $490 a monthplus security deposit. No pets (269)948-8943 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Altercation leads to warrant arrest Lawn & Garden CNS LAWNCARE brings 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. Scott William Farrah was arrested on an outstanding warrant March 9 at a residence on Lakeside Drive after a report that a heated altercation had erupted into a more serious incident. Trooper Phillip Vannett of the Hastings post of the Michigan State Police said members of the Farrah family were engaged in an argument with another individual. Farrah was able to post bond and was not incarcerated. Teen arrested for hitting family member Hastings police arrested a 17-year-old Hastings girl after she reportedly assaulted a family member during an argument. Laura McClaughlin is accused of striking another family member after a verbal dispute ensued over personal matters, which then turned into a physical confrontation at a residence in the 1700 block of North Broadway. The teen, who had left the residence prior to police arriving, was later located on the corner of East State and Jefferson streets. She was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail on charges of domestic assault Drug abuse, child abuse suspected YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. In Memoriam Hastings Police seized controlled substances from a residence in the 1000 block of East Mill Street March 15 after responding to a complaint of possible child abuse at a local residence. Police received a tip that a small child may have been assaulted at the home and had concerns that illegal substances were being used in the presence of children. Police spoke the home owner, a 46-year-old Hastings woman, who cooperated with authorities when questioned about the controlled substances. Police seized marijuana and a small amount of crack cocaine, as well as drug paraphernalia. The investigation has been turned over the Barry County Prosecutors Office and the Department of Human Services for review. BRUCE ALAN CARR 7/14/59-3/21/06 In a quiet cemetery where gentle breezes blow, Rests the headstone of our second son who died one year ago. We mourn our loss with frequent tears and try to understand, Fond memories help to ease the pain, and God is in command. Clyde and Betty Carr and family. Man held for 2nd offense drunk driving Hastings police arrested a 25-year-old Hastings man Saturday, March 17, after stopping him for failing to stop at a stop sign in the 100 block of South Church Street. While talking with the driver during the stop it became evident to the officer that he had consumed too much alcohol to be driving. Further tests revealed a .15% blood alcohol level. Ryan Eltzroth was arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (second offense). Couple suspected of selling marijuana Hastings police, while investigating a complaint of illegal entry into a motor vehicle Friday, March 16, observed drug paraphernalia inside a residence in the 600 block of South East Street. Officers and later seized an additional amount of paraphernalia along with some marijuana. Further investigation revealed that the 23-year-old man and his 22-year-old girlfriend were selling marijuana from the residence. No arrests were made initially during the investigation, but the case has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Lost & Found LOST: TUESDAY MARCH 6th on M-37 between Barry County Expo Center and Whitmore Rd. Jonsered Chain Saw. REWARD: $200 for return. (269)838-8590 Break-in attempt reported at Legion Hall Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the Hickory Corners American Legion Hall March 15 to investigate an attempted break in. The investigation revealed a subject or subjects walked around the building attempting to gain entry. They used an unidentified tool to break through an outer door but when they pried open an inner door, an alarm sounded and they fled. Deputies found a foot print in the snow with a distinctive tread pattern. A search of the premises did not indicate anything was stolen. Woman’s school supplies stolen from car A Barry County woman had her car broken into March 14 and a number of school supplies, including a book bag, two college books, two folders and a calculator were taken. A man later found the book bag and it was returned to the woman. The investigation continues. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Business Services DARREN’S LIMB & TREE SERVICE. Give us a call for free estimate. Specializing in residential. (269)623-2518 Items stolen from truck recovered A Consumers Power truck parked at a Yankee Springs residence was broken into during the overnight of March 13-14 and two suspects have been questioned when some of the stolen merchandise was discovered in the home of one. Barry County Sheriffs deputies said a laptop computer and other power equipment was taken in the theft. They were later notified by Wayland City Police that they were questioning a suspect who had the laptop in his possession. The juvenile, whose name is not being released, admitted to police and deputies investigating the theft that he and another older youth had taken the items. The juvenile implicated 17-year old Derek Thomas Web as his accomplice. Besides the stolen items, officers also discovered a quantity of stolen prescription drugs the young men admitted taking to sell to other students. The investigation continues and charges are pending with the Barry County prosecutor. Trailer stolen from Middleville business YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted A vehicle hauler (trailer) was stolen from Precision Rentals on M-37 in Middleville during the evening hours of March 15 or early March 16. The trailer is described as a 24-foot enclosed car hauler, silver in color, with a fiberglass and aluminum skin. Anyone with information about this theft is asked to contact Trooper Ernie Felkers at the Michigan State Police Hastings Post at 948-8283 ALUMINUM MIG WELDER: Only very experienced need apply. Mensch Mfg. (269)945-5300 Building materials stolen at home site JANITORIAL CLEANER: Part-time evenings, Hastings. (517)629-0599 Thieves stole building materials from a home under construction at 9254 Boncher Boulevard, just of Center Road. The work on the home is being done by the Hastings High School trades class. Stolen were approximately 35 sheets of 4 X 8 OSB and four 2 X 12 boards. The materials were believed to have been stolen over the last weekend. Anyone with information is asked to contact Trooper Vannette at the Michigan State Police Hastings Post at 948-8283. Six drunk driving arrests over weekend Troopers from the Hastings Post made six arrests over the St. Patrick’s day weekend for operating a vehicle under the influence and/or possession of drugs. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. 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M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLIC AUCTION: 2004 Chevrolet Cavalier 4dr. white, Vin: 1G1JF52FX47362103, 36,000 miles, minor front end damage. To be auctioned Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3pm at Priority Towing, 384 Haynes Loop Dr., Hastings, MI. Questions call Michigan State Police (269)948-8283. National Ads PEOPLE NEEDED for positions working from home. Must be self-motivated and dependable. (517)566-2066, (989)330-0328. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. 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Men’s High Games & Series - L. Porter 210-574; D. Benner 205; R. Guild 267-657; S. Hause 201-555; D. Blakely 197; D. Clements 202; M. Hall 190. Women’s High Games & Series - A. Walden 205-548; B. Wilkins 203-568; V. Scobey 172; J. Clements 206; B. Ramey 151421. Seniors Citizens #1 64-48; Butterfingers 63.5-48.5; Lucky Strike 63-49; Friends 62-50; Nash’s Harem 61.5-50.5; King Pins 60-52; Wieland’s 58-54; Sun Risers 57.5-54.5; Kuempel 53-59; M&M’s 51.5-60.5; Ward’s Friends 50-62; BAT’s 48.5-63.5; 4-B’s 47-65; EarlyRisers 44.5-67.5. Good Game and Series Ladies - E. Ulrich 176-493; R. Pitts 172-425; E. Dunahm 165437; J.E. Kasinsky 147; D. Burns 163; L. Friend 119-318; R. Murphy 182-646; J. Gasper 202-526; S. Merrill 206; R. Hill 159401; N. Bechtel 155; J. Allen 158-371;N. Boniface 167-456; B. Benedict 173. Good Games and Series Men - E. Count 187-516; L. Markley 169; J. Heney 146; D. Risher 179; L. Brandt 195; J. Tobias 191-476; R. Hart 189-489; R. Walker 192; R. McDonald 222-645; R. Boniface 182; R. Agate 164; N. Thaler 203. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 70 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 64 1/2; All But One 63; Spare Time 62; Liquid Courage 60 1/2; Heads Out 58 1/2; Ten Pins 58; 4 Fools 57 1/2; The Unknowns 54; Brushworks 52 1/2; Mercy 52; Budweiser 51 1/2; Whatever 51 1/2; Just Cuz 49; 9-n-aWiggle 47; Oldies But Goodies 44. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Clow 236-572; S. Carlson 173-496; P. Franklin 192-489; D. James 175-486; L. Smith 167-459; J. Kasinsky 160-451; S. Ripley 159-432; N. Taylor 156-413; J. Ingersoll 138-362; D. Bartimus 209; P. Ramey 204; E. Hammontree 182; K. Kuhlman 165; R. Murrah 162; J. Bishop 142. Mens Good Games and Series - R. Guild 216-631; S. Peabody 225-622; S. Sanborn 247-602; L. Porter 216-577; B. Taylor 190559; B. Madden 223-546; M. Lydy 192-515; J. Lancaster 181-509; D. Carlson 179-508; B. Bowman 236; K. Phenix 216; K. Hammontree 203; J. Franklin 192; B. Ripley 179; R. Chaffee 158. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 70; Hubs Crew 66; R&N 58 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 54 1/2; Pin Chasers 52; Bounty Hunters 50; Karey’s Crew 48 1/2; Funky Bowlers 47 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 47; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 44; Sandbaggers 39; Throw Them Balls 33. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 212-571; M. Kirchen 200-569; T. Robbe 183-501; M. Simpson 170-495; J. Rice 218; B. Vugteveen 184; B. Barlow 139. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 225-624; E. Caraway 226-619; M. Kidder 192-551; T. Barlow 246-543; A. Robins 200539; J. Smith 202; M. Norton 192; M. Hubbard 188; R. Snyder 178. Mixerettes NBT 68-36; Sassy Babes *65-35; Kent Oil 62-42; Hinkles Body Shop 61-43; The Finishing Touch 59-45; Trumble Agency 5450; Dean’s Dolls *53-47; Hallifax Services 53-51; Old Anchor Tattoo *49-51; Dewey’s Auto Body 44-60; Girrbach’s *35-57. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - J. Rice 170-491; D. Worms 163-443; L. Davis 195-522; S. Girrbach 172-475; D. Snyder 203-516; T. Christopher 213-508; A. Hamp 144-370; B. Anders 157; S. Nash 158-434; D. Anders 160-442; V. Kuhtic 187-524; J. Alflen 187522; N. Goggins 160; N. Bechtel 154; S. 2007 Car of Tomorrow 1/24 Scale Die Cast Pre-order this limited edition die cast of your favorite driver now! This first time production is a must have for your collection. Due to allocations we expect most drivers to sell out soon. PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME NASCAR DAY is May 18th Nascar pins available now! ($5.00 donation goes to charity) 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 Hours: Tues. & Wed. Noon-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 • Closed Sun. & Mon. 77510804 Wilder’s… “The Hometown Boys” WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF NEW FA CES IN TO W N ! WE WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU CAN STILL COME AND SEE OUR PRETTY FACES. W I L D E R ’ S … W H E R E E V E R Y D AY I S C U S T OM E R A P P R E C I A T I ON D AY ! 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Newborn Babies GIRL, Nixon Amelia Prior, born January 10, 2007 in New Bern, North Carolina to Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey A. and Ivy Ann (Malone) Prior. Nixon weighed 7 lbs. 1 ozs. and was 19 inches long. She is welcomed home by 2 1/2 year old sister Natalie. Proud grandparents are LeeAnn Malone of Hastings and Roger and Cathy Shaff of Freeport. BOY, Asher James, born at Pennock Hospital on March 2, 2007 at 12:25 p.m. to Timothy and Jamie VerStrate of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Rhylee Amelia, born at Pennock Hospital on March 3, 2007 at 7:48 a.m. to Whitney Larson of Middleville. Weighing 5 lbs. 15 ozs. and 18 inches long. BOY, Braedyn Andrew, born at Pennock Hospital on March 6, 2007 at 1:03 a.m. to Misty Matthews and Andrew Rice of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Jalynn Rhnea, born at Pennock Hospital on March 6, 2007 at 4:30 a.m. to Dominique Clisso and William Fletcher of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and 21 inch- Sue Peterson was just on of the many people who spoke out Wednesday against the proposed WalMart Superstore being constructed in Rutland Township. A standing room only crowd was on hand at the township zoning board meeting, with the majority of those present adamant in their objection to the company building a superstore on Green Street. One of the main objections, which drew almost unanimous support, was the admission by a WalMart representative that the traffic on Green Street would increase from its present level of 4,000 to 5,000 vehicles per day to as many as 10,000 per day. Hospital has plans to add an MRI facility and the added traffic pressure would hinder such a project. He said the emergency department would be affected. “We’re really tight,” Hawkins said. “We’re only able to get one unit in there. I think this’ll have an extremely negative impact.” Fred Jacobs brought a map of the City of Hastings, showing the arteries going through Hastings and how Green was the natural connection for most of the southern part of the county and Dowling and Nashville. “I think there should be a zoning requirement that says when a decision is made that negatively impacts a neighboring government, the zoning government should have some responsibility in that decision,” he said. Barry County Surveyor Brian Reynolds said he’s dealt with many zoning issues during his career and it was his understanding that zoning laws are intended to “protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, and if that’s what zoning’s all about then to serve those goals, just say no.” A woman who identified herself as Mrs. Robinson, said, however, it was her understanding “if they (Wal-Mart) don’t get their way, they’re going to sue.” Haywood, chairman of the Planning Commission, acknowledged her comment by saying, “There was an allusion to that at the last meeting (March 6 of the commission).” Larry Poll was the only member of the audience who rose to speak in support of Wal-Mart’s plans He owns property across the street and called Wal-Mart “a good neighbor.” There also was some discussion about a private road on the property where Wal-Mart wants to build. The retailer wants to own the road, but Commissioner Jones asked to make it a public road. King answered, “What you’re asking is for us to give up part of our property to adjacent property landowners. But we don’t want to allow other big box stores using our property for their benefit.” He added, however, Wal-Mart would consider a dedicated public road, “if this commission is prepared to recommend approval tonight.” Wal-Mart apparently wants action soon because it is buying the parcel from the Hastings Area School System and there is a deadline for the sale approaching. Just before the vote to deny, Flint said, “I don’t want to proceed with this like it’s a foregone conclusion. I’m very much opposed to this project. The traffic issue is huge. Green Street is not prepared for that.” Ferris accused King and Wal-Mart of trying to move too fast and strong arming. “I don’t like the spirit of the way this is going,” he said. King answered, “It’s only an attempt to meet the concerns you’ve raised. I resent the suggestion I’ve somehow done something improper. We have some deadline concerns to purchase the property. I’m not trying to cut off appropriate deliberation. It’s our desire to cooperate in reaching a consensus.” es long. BOY, Zackery Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on March 6, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. to Sam and Misty Torres of Plainwell. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Ella Marie, born on Jan. 6, 2007 to Nathan and Kristen Rounds of Wyoming, MI. Weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs. and 18 inches long. Grandparents are Dean and Nyla Rounds of Hastings and Mark and Lisa Marlette of Kentwood, MI. Marriage Licenses Travis Lee Blake, Hastings and Meghan Moreen Moore, Hastings. Robert Ernest Hapeman, Hastings and Jennalynn Stacey Ivy, Portland. Patrick Michael Diskin, Delton and Diane Sue Flora, Delton. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV ‘Puppy mill’ operation is irresponsible To the editor: The Barry County Humane Society’s mission includes the prevention of cruelty and the promotion of humane treatment of pets and animals. We are advocates of controlling pet overpopulation by encouraging the neutering of pets to avoid having to euthanize unwanted litters. Unfortunately, the Jones Oakwold Kennel is a glaring example of inhumane treatment by breeding dogs in an irresponsible manner. It is not possible to give the care and attention that responsible breeders do when you are dealing with more than 100 dogs. Anyone who has ever raised one puppy knows the tremendous amount of time and work it takes. It is hard to understand how anyone could intentionally breed such large numbers of dogs knowing that it violates their special use kennel permit, is too much to handle and that many of the dogs have and will end up being euthanized (at expense to the county). Allowing an operation like this to continue is blight on our community. It is also a tremendous emotional burden on Barry County Animal Shelter staff tasked with the disposal of the many unadoptable animals taken in from the Oakwold Kennel. Some of the ways we are continually working to promote responsible pet ownership include education, Spay Day Certificates, Pet Meals on Wheels and assisting the Animal Shelter in various ways. Through this work we know the people of Barry County love and value their pet animals. It is therefore very frustrating to see such a large example of irresponsible pet ownership. Barry County should not legalize a puppy mill by allowing this situation to continue. We are a better county than that. Diane LaBin, President, Barry County Humane Society Don Johnson was telling it like it is To the editor: This is about several letters published in the March 8 edition of the Banner in response to Donald Johnson’s letter about the ghastly crime committed against a young Hastings woman. The perpetrator I wouldn’t even call a human being and I respect Mr. Johnson for his comments because he spoke the truth. I offer my deep love and prayers to the Dickinson family for their tragic loss. Laura is in heaven now and at peace, where she will no longer see hateful sin. Glory be to Jesus! I am not a racist, but I am prejudiced toward anyone who does a crime such as the one alleged against Orange Amir Taylor III. If it was done by a black man, a brown man, an orange man or a white man, I’d still feel the same. I don’t agree with all the letters calling Mr. Johnson a hateful, bigoted racist. He only stated his freedom of speech. Anyone who hasn’t seen what blacks can do in prison as I have should keep their mouths shut. They can’t bes trusted, and what’s all this “Black History Month?” As I am Irish, how about an Irish History Month? What about a White History Month? One woman letter writer said when she tells others where she’s from it’s usually African Americans who tell her about what a racist place she lives in. Well, I’ve lived in Pine Lake and I don’t see anyone who is a racist person. I’m glad we don’t have many blacks in the country. The way the woman talked, she was always hanging out with African Americans and that’s her problem. Black men love to have a “Queen,” as they like to call white women. I don’t agree with Judge Jim Fisher’s letter. He let a black man from Grand Rapids off easy for shooting my third cousin in the leg. All he got in court was probation and fines because he was black. Keep up the good work, Mr. Young and Mr. Johnson. Terry Pinks, Adrian See Bob or Doug for all your insurance needs... eal people. Hometown people who will help you through the details of buying insurance or making a claim. While some insurance companies are no more than an 800 number and a voice mail menu, we’re here to help - in good times and in bad - year after year. Bob Nicolai Doug Talsma INSURANCE FIRST 497 Arlington St. (M-37) PO Box 99 • Middleville, MI 49333 (269) 795-3302 or Toll Free (800) 706-3302 A063030 06648146 NEW LOCATION Gun Lake Office 12293 W. M-179 Hwy. Wayland, MI 49348 (269) 795-7865 Toll Free (800) 351-9521 Agent: J.R. Coburn �Social News Hale-Newton Daniel and Shirley Hale of Plainwell wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Nikol Irene Hale to Joshua Lyle Newton, the son of Laurie Newton of Hastings and Terry Newton of Hastings. The bride-elect is a graduate of Delton High School and is currently employed with Eye & E.N.T. Specialists. The groom-elect is a graduate of Hastings High School and is currently owner of Newton Construction. A May 5, 2007 wedding is planned. Marian Gladding to celebrate 85th birthday Marian Gladding will celebrate her 85th birthday on March 23rd. Happy birthday mom from Sue and Daryl, Claire and Chris and Mike. The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 17 Hastings 7th grade band ‘first rate,’ 8th-graders shine in sight reading The Hastings Middle School seventh grade band earned a first division rating at the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association festival March 10 at Allegan High School. Director Joan Bosserd-Schroeder said the bands had been focusing their work on preparing three compositions for the adjudicators that day and they were judged on their basic skills by sight reading two pieces that they had never seen before and an adjudicator judged them in light of their basic music skills and music understanding. A first division is an excellent performance and a second division is an outstanding performance with some minor flaws. The eighth grade band was awarded an overall second division. “The eighth grade band should be noted for their accomplishment of a first division rating in sight reading,” Bosserd-Schroeder said. They were one of the only groups all day that was awarded this high rating! Congratulations to their wonderful musicianship in the sight reading room. “Both bands and their parents should be extremely proud of the students, their accomplishments and the ratings that the students received.” All participating students will receive a medal signifying these accomplishments. All awards such as medals are purchased by the Band Boosters organization. “Because of the work of all the band parents in the Band Booster organization, the students are able to participate and be awarded for the successful accomplishments as musicians,” the director said. A special treat for the band students was the opportunity to perform in the Allegan High School performing arts center auditorium. The Hastings Middle School band will be performing tonight at the Lowell High School auditorium as part of the district band director's organization's Jazz Clinic. Fifty students are participating in the jazz band this year. It is an after school experience that gives the students a taste of jazz music and jazz performance. The students will be performing three pieces of music at the clinic. Then a master HASTINGS AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION 2007 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2007 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. SOUTHEASTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? They’ve walked hand-in-hand down the path of life for 25 years as husband and wife! Bill and Gail (MacKenzie) Barry of Woodland will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on March 27, 2007. Marie Peabody to celebrate 90th birthday From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Please bring the following to registration: 02666901 Want to know where to get all this information? Barrys to celebrate silver wedding anniversary jazz musician will give the students a clinic on jazz music, style and performing. “This is another wonderful opportunity that the MSBOA District Ten offers to help students learn a lifetime skill of playing an instrument, a love of music and a love of many different types of music,” BosserdSchroeder said. The middle school band will also be performing at the Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Festival the weekend of April 13 and at the spring jazz concert with the high school jazz bands. The sixth grade band will be performing with the high school band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, March 27 at the high school gym. The sixth grade band will have a full complement of instruments. The band will be performing three compositions by themselves and one composition with the high school band. The high school bands will each perform two selections for the audience. Then all three bands will be performing a composition named "Crazy Cats" together. All concerts are free to the public. 3 State certified birth certificate (not hospital copy) 3 Immunization Records or Waiver 3 Proof of Residency 3 Social Security Card Children enrolling must be 5-years-old on or before December 1, 2007. Parents do not need to bring their children to registration. Parents may wish to bring their calendars as we will be scheduling a screening time and a vision and hearing test time at registration. A parent meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at Southeastern Elementary School. Pennock Health Services One of the Nation’s Top 100 Hospitals You are invited to the 90th birthday celebration for Marie Peabody on Saturday, March 31, 2007, 1 to 4 p.m., Masonic Temple, Prudence-Nobles #366, Hickory Corners. (No gifts please.) Reeds to celebrate 60 years together , Sincerely rograms 100 Top P d n a t n e provem noweth rmance Im t Jean Che e President, Perfo are Improvemen c ic h V lt r a e io rH Sen Center fo Solucient To see how this benefits you, visit: w w w.100tophospitals.com 77510745 Richard and Patricia (McLaughlin) Reed celebrate their 60th anniversary. They were married in Grand Ledge, Michigan on March 23, 1947 and moved to Hastings in 1959. Richard (Dick) is retired from Farm Bureau Insurance and Patricia (Pat) is retired from Thornapple Valley Physicians. Their children are Judy and Terry Keller of Hastings, David and Marilyn Reed of Coloma, Mich. and Nancy and James Lentz of Leroy, Mich. They have four grandchildren, Brian and Jeff Reed and Canaan and Amber Lentz. The family is having a card shower for them. 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Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Shadowcatcher will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. The concert gets its name from a composition by Eric Ewazen, the featured work on the program. The piece was inspired by four of Edward Curtis’ photos of native Americans. The show will also feature pieces by Grieg and Kodaly. Part of the evening will be the unveiling the KSO’s 20072008 season. Tickets are $19-$49. Call 1-800228-9858 for tickets. March 23. • Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: Irish Tradition with Cherish the Ladies at DeVos Performance Hall Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission is $18-$56. These five women will dazzle you with their lively blend of fiddling, lush vocals and stunning step dancing. An engaging performance brimming with spirit, precision, wit and soul. For more information see www.grsymphony.com or www.devosperformancehall.com or call (616) 454-9451. March 23-25. • Cherish the Ladies will perform celtic music along with the Grand Rapids Symphony as part of the Fox Motors Pops Series. The orchestra will perform a selection of Irish-themed music during a short first half, and Cherish the Ladies, along with the orchestra will take the stage following intermission. Tickets range from $18 to $56 and can be purchased by phone through Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, in person at the Symphony office or any Ticketmaster outlet. Students and seniors (62+) may purchase Sunday performance tickets at half- price the day of the concert at DeVos Performance Hall. The concerts take place in DeVos Performance Hall at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. March 23, 24 and 25 • Blue Man Group How To Be A Megastar 2.0 at the Van Andel Arena at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $57-$87. With their How To Be A Megastar 2.0, Blue Man Group embraces the rules, rituals and raw excitement of that most primal of group experiences: the arena rock concert. This full production tour features state-of-the-art concert technology. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65737. March 25. • Badfish- A Tribute to Sublime will perform at The Intersection, 133 Grandville SW, Grand Rapids. Special guests include Arcadia and Ginormous And The Wee Ones. All Ages welcome. Tickets are $9.79 in advance. Doors open at 7 pm, 7:30 pm show. For tickets and more info see www.sectionlive.com. Monday, March 26. MISCELLANEOUS • Herb Gardening for Cooking and Caterpillars from 10 am-1 pm at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Herbs are tasty for not only humans but serve as host plants for black swallowtail caterpillars as well. Barry Latoszewski and Jen Howell will pique your curiosity about these edible plants and you will be able to sample an herb-filled lunch created by Richard Centala. Class size is limited so register early. Cost is $12 for institute members, $15 for non-members. Call (269) 7214190 for more information. Saturday, March 24. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: Who starred in the original TV series “The Fugitive”? 2. MUSIC: Who sang the theme song to movie “The Spy Who Loved Me?” 3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Kuwait? 4. INVENTIONS: Where was lacquer invented? 5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the national anthem of the United Kingdom? 6. LANGUAGE: What is an ecdysiast? 7. ASTRONOMY: What is the Perseids? 8. ANATOMY: What is the medius? 9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The Water Is Wide”? 10. GAMES: How many pockets are on an American roulette wheel? Answers 1. David Janssen 2. Carly Simon, “Nobody Does It Better” 3. Kuwait City 4. China 5. “God Save the Queen” 6. A stripper 7. Major meteor shower 8. The middle finger 9. Pat Conroy 10. 38 © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MARCH BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 24 Herb Gardening for Cooking and Caterpillars at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute from 10 am-1 pm. Members $12, non-members $15. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. 30-April 1 Red Hat Lady Weekend at Bay Pointe Inn and Frederick Meijer Gardens. Reservations required. Call Baypointe at 1-888-Gun Lake for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Coming in APRIL 6 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Blood drives are held at Pennock the first Friday of every month. Call (269) 233-8511 for more information. 6 Fish Dinner at the American Patriot Restaurant. Open at 4:30 pm. Serving from 5-7 pm. $5.50 per person. Blue Man Group March 25 John Michael Montgomery & Blake Shelton will co-headline a concert at Van Andel Arena Friday, March 30 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $46- $56. To charge tickets by phone call (616) 456-3333. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Orff’s Carmina Burana at DeVos Performance Hall March 30 and 31. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; GVSU Arts Chorale, Ellen Pool, Director, Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Pearl Shangkuan, Director, Diane Penning, Soprano, Christopher Cock, Tenor, Leon Williams, Baritone, Philip Glass, “The Light;” Steve Reich, “Three Movements;” Orff, “Carmina Burana.” For more information see www.grsymphony.org or www.devosperformancehall.com or call (616) 454-9451. Giant Motorcycle Swap Meet at the The DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center Sunday, April 1 from 11 am-4 pm. Adult admission is $9 and $2 for children ages 6-12. Everything for rider and machine plus 30 custom motorcycles on display. For more information call (800) 968-4242. Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley at DeVos Performance Hall April 7 & 8. Performances are Saturday at 3 & 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 3 pm show are $30, $40, $50 & $55. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 8 pm and Sun., April 8th 3 pm shows are $32, $42, $52 & $57. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and This week’s selections: Black Snake Moan Running time: 116 minutes MPAA rating: R Here’s all you need to know about “Black Snake Moan”: a half-nekkid, nymphomaniacal Christina Ricci in little white cotton panties chained to a radiator by Samuel L. Jackson. Plot? Who cares about plot? We’ve got Li’l Wednesday Addams in her Underoos gettin’ yelled at by Samuel “Yes I Always Talk This Loud. Haven’t You Seen Any of My Movies?” Jackson. Fine. You want plot, here it is: Ricci plays Rae, a nymphomaniac who lives in a tiny Tennessee town. Rae’s boyfriend (Justin Timberlake) leaves town to join the Army, so in order to satisfy her constant lusty “spells,” Rae does the dirty with everybody. Jackson plays Lazarus, a retired bluesman whose wife has recently left him. One morning Lazarus finds Rae on the side of the road near his house. Rae has had a really rough night and has been beaten up pretty badly. Lazarus takes Rae to his house, nurses her wounds ... and chains the little half-nekkid nympho to his radiator in order to exorcise brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Stories of America at DeVos Performance Hall April 20 and 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. Guest Conductor Daniel Hege will lead violinist Tai Murray on Bernstein’s “On the Waterfront” Korngold’s “Violin Concerto,” “Musica Celestis” by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” (1919 version). For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org Go, Diego, Go Live: The Great Jaguar Rescue at DeVos Performance Hall April 24 and 25. Shows start Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday 10:30 am & 7 pm. Ticket prices range from $16-$36. Join Diego, Nick Jr.’s action adventure hero, as he sets out in his brand new live show as Diego and his sister, Alicia, and cousin, Dora, are off on an action packed special mission to get Baby Jaguar’s growl back from the Bobo Brothers. They’ll need the audience’s help to rescue animals, navigate through the rainforest, and bypass a giant waterfall to get to the Animal Carnivale. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Grand Rapids Symphony SymphonicBoom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos Performance Hall April 27 at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center April 28 & 29. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Samuel L. Jackson plays a retired blues singer in “Black Snake Moan.” her of those lustful demons inhabiting her bikini briefs. The chemistry between Jackson and Ricci is intense. The way they play off each other is at times fun to watch, and at other times pretty scary. The rhythm and flow of their relationship is what makes “Black Snake Moan” a little more than just an exploitation flick. Oh, and I would be remiss in not mentioning the music. If you’re a fan of The Blues, you will definitely want to grab a copy of the soundtrack. I haven’t heard great blues in a movie soundtrack in I don’t know how long. Awesome stuff. GRADE: B © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 19 Anti-war protests continue to grow Zoey Reyff-Lloyd, almost 2, was one of more than 60 protesters against the war in Iraq who stood on the corner of State Street and Broadway Monday night. “We’re commemorating the fourth anniversary of our invasion and occupation of Iraq,” said the event’s organizer, Patricia Wilson. “I think the tide really has turned on this war.” Wilson said this is the second protest she has organized, and people are receiving the demonstrations “better and better” throughout the community. The vigil included the reading of 124 names of Michigan people who have died in the conflict since it started in March 2003. (Photos by Alan Klein and Wes Knollenberg) It’s about the stuff of lifeˆfate, love and wonder. It’s also considered to be one of the most popular works for chorus and orchestra written in the 20th century. Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” will be performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony under the direction of Music Director David Lockington, March 30 and 31 at 8 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. Joining the orchestra will be soprano Diane Penning, tenor Christopher Cock and baritone Leon Williams, as well as the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Grand Valley State University Arts Chorale and North American Choral Company. “Audience members will have an unbelievable sonic experience,” said Lockington. “This work is full of pounding rhythm and intense melody. It’s the kind of piece that everyone can listen to and receive something from it.” Concertgoers will enjoy the huge contrasts of emotion, sound and color. The music is instantly familiar and has earned its place in popular culture through frequent use in commercials, television, and film scores. Born in Munich, Germany, Carl Orff completed his “Carmina Burana” in 1936. The work is based on an ancient collection of poems and songs discovered in an abbey not far from Orff’s homeland. Written by wandering scholars and clerics, the work attacks and satirizes the hypocrisy of the church while praising self-indulgences such as lust, gluttony and drunkenness. The songs parody liturgical phrasing and convention. Following suit by using the styles of 13th century church music such as chanting, Orff applies an air of • On a per-capita basis, more Speedo bathing suits are sold in Iceland than anywhere else in the world. • Hedy Lamarr was best known as a siren of the silver screen in the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, but she was more than just a pretty face. In 1942, in the middle of her busy film career, she, along with composer George Antheil, found time to invent and patent what they called a “Secret Communication System,” which was an ahead-of-its-time version of frequency hopping. In 1997, three years before her death, Lamarr was honored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for her contribution to the technology. • You may not have realized it when you were drinking that martini, but, as a species, the olive used as a garnish is older than you as a human being. • Interestingly, it was noted American architect Frank Lloyd Wright who made the following observation: “A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a Sam’s Joint employee, Ross Rockwell, has already spent nearly 32 hours taking down the antique memorabilia in order to clean the walls. Rockwell informed taking down the items is the easiest part, re-hanging the items is expected to take twice as long. Sam’s Joint fire damages kitchen, but eatery saved by Kelly Lloyd Staff Writer Customers, employees and bystanders watched during last Wednesday’s lunch hour as firefighters saved one of Caledonia’s oldest and most familiar businesses, Sam’s Joint. According to Ross Rockwell, employee of the restaurant and a relative of the owner, one of Sam’s Joints cooks flipped over a rack of ribs and the grease splattered, causing a fire. The fire alerted the sprinkler system which sprayed out water into the deep fryer below. The water overflowed the grease from the fryer onto the floor which also caught on fire. Though one of the cook’s first reactions was to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher, the fire had spread too fast in the kitchen. Quick response from firefighters from Caledonia, Thornapple, Dutton, Cascade and Kentwood townships helped to contain the fire to the kitchen area only. After nearly one hour, the firefighters were able to save the dining area; leaving only the kitchen needing to be repaired. However, massive smoked covered the Grand Rapids Symphony present Carmina Burana March 30 & 31 entire interior of the restaurant. Ross, along with his brother, Mike, are spending the next few weeks removing every piece of antique item from the walls, cleaning the walls and items, then re-hanging all of the decorative and unique antique memorabilia. All of the dishes will also need rewashed, and the ceiling tiles in the dining rooms will all need to be replaced. Sam’s Joint opened in Caledonia in 1977, replacing a meat locker. Since then, Sam Bravata and his family have opened seven additional restaurants, from Plainwell to Alaska to the lakeshore. Sam’s Joint restaurants are well known for their barbecued ribs and display of antiques. The fire came during the restaurant’s annual March “rollback” price promotion. Customers of the Caledonia location are encouraged to dine at the Alaska or Kentwood locations. One of the owners, Sean Bravata, said he is optimistic the restaurant will be reopened in little more than a month. seriousness and reverence to these topics, which are quite the opposite. Audiences will be moved by the power of more than 200 vocalists and the 85-piece orchestra on stage. The orchestra will include two pianos and a celesta, as well as a large percussion section featuring a xylophone, chimes, bass drum, glockenspiel, ratchet, sleigh bells, castanets, tambourine and other items. “I think the clarity of the choral writing is very thrilling, “ said Lockington. “The percussion section is a sort of dynamo, kind of like the motor of the orchestra.” Lockington added that while “Carmina Burana” has no characters or a plot, its power for the listener lies in its reflection on the primeval forces that link humankind such as fate, the wonder of spring and the intoxicating effect of love. “Though these texts were written in the 13th century they still speak to us today,” said Lockington. “This is a full offering of what life is all about. There is a sense of joyfulness, pathos and pain. If your heart strings are not pulled by one thing, they will be pulled by another.” With its repetitive rhythm and melody, “Carmina Burana” has served as precursor to the modern-day minimalist style. In keeping with that same style, the concert will also feature Philip Glasses‚ “The Light,” and Steve Reich’s “Three Movements.” Philip Glass wrote “The Light,” in 1987, on commission from Case Western Reserve University to commemorate an experiment, which confirmed the uniform speed of light. Opening slowly, the piece then leads abruptly to the fool if he doesn’t afterward.” • If, like me, you grew up watching “The Brady Bunch” on TV, you’ll remember Alice, the Brady’s inimitable housekeeper. Ann B. Davis, the actress who played Alice, insisted that when any scene was being filmed in which her character was cooking, there had to be some kind of food in the pot. • During the Middle Ages, it was thought that artichokes had aphrodisiac qualities. • It’s been reported that a law in Providence, R.I., prohibits any retailer from selling a toothbrush and toothpaste to the same person on a Sunday. • A now-unknown company once put caramel-and-prune ice cream on the market. *** Thought for the Day: “Any girl can be glamorous; all you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” — Hedy Lamarr © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. main body, which is a rapid energetic movement, followed by a quiet ending. Steven Reich’s “Three Movements for Orchestra” was composed for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and completed in 1986. The work represents a part of his style of subtly shifting rhythmic musical patterns. The piece calls for the orchestra to be set up with the percussion in the front-middle, and strings on both sides. The arrangement enhances the sense of phase, shifting between the string choirs, while a rhythmic pulse comes from center of the orchestra. Tickets range from $11 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, or in person at the Symphony office, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100. Student Passport members can purchase a $5 ticket and senior citizens 62+ are half- price at the door. “Upbeat,” sponsored by BDO Seidman, LLP, is a free pre-concert conversation with Grand Rapids Symphony Music Director David Lockington and Principal Oboe Alexander Miller. It will take place at 7 p.m. in DeVos Place Recital Hall. To help audiences to more fully appreciate the performance, program notes, conductor commentary and listening clips are available online at www.grsymphony.org. KCC vocal student recital series set for Wednesdays The Vocal Arts area of the Arts and Communication department at Kellogg Community College announces its Spring 2007 student recital series. Each recital will feature students from the applied lesson program. At Kellogg Community College, the student recitals are an integral part of every student's education. The Student Recital Series is the primary vehicle by which students gain this experience. The concerts are free and open to the general public. Wednesday, April 25, 2007 • 2:00pm "Wednesday Student Recital Series" First Congregational Church, 145 Capital Ave. N. E., Battle Creek, MI Wednesday, May 2, 2007 • 2:00pm "Wednesday Student Recital Series" Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Auditorium, Battle Creek, MI Program dates and information is available at www.kellogg.edu/performart and on the Concert Hotline, (269) 965-4126. To receive the KCC Concert Series Calendar by e-mail, join our mailing list by writing to blanchardg@kellogg.edu. �Page 20 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner South blocks Vikings’ dream of getting to the state finals by Brett Bremer What rivalry will there ever be in Lakewood vs. Perry? I called Lakewood athletic director Gary Murphy on Wednesday to get some more information on the Vikings’ new varsity girls’ basketball coach, Tal Thompson. Before I could get a word in on the subject, Gary started dreaming about league changes. Changes are already in the works of the Capital Area Activities Conference (home of the Vikings), as well as the O-K Gold Conference (home of Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg) for next school year. Caledonia is leaving the O-K Gold and Forest Hills Northern is coming in. The entire Lansing area is being realigned. Lakewood will be joined by current CAAC-3 schools Lansing Catholic and Williamston and Corunna, Portland, and Perry in the smallest of four CAAC divisions. It seems to me that I’ve written on this subject before, but Murphy rekindled the thoughts. In an age of shrinking school budgets and rising gas prices, the Lakewood move seems like an especially poor one. While Lakewood senior Lacey Chase prepared to get on the bus following last week’s Class B state volleyball quarterfinal against Yale, at Durand High School, she talked with me and a few other reporters about preparations for the contest. The Vikings spent ride sharing memories of the season and positive notes about things each of their teammates brought to the team. They had lots of time to share as I69 turned into memory lane. A report I assumed was from the Flint area asked her how long the trip from Lake O. was. “About an hour and a half by bus,” she said. Corunna is just a few miles northwest of Durand. Hastings fans thought trips to Sparta and Cedar Springs were bad. How many fans are going to make the trip from the Lakewood district to Corunna on a Tuesday night for a basketball game. Maybe 20? Hastings to Hamilton is about an hour. That would be one of the short rides in the conference for the Vikings. Murphy told me that he talked to Saxon athletic director Mike Goggins, and they tossed around ideas about a new league. I don’t know what they’d call it. “The InBetween League”? The IBL? In between Lansing, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. Murphy began throwing out names Lakewood, Ionia, Portland, Belding, Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg, and Delton Kellogg. An eight team league would be great though. Wayland? Pennfield? Charlotte? Gary wasn’t sure that Charlotte could be pulled away from the CAAC. I wasn’t sure Thornapple Kellogg or Wayland could be pulled away from the O-K Gold. I think of Delton Kellogg as a smaller school, but looking at it, the there are just about as many Panthers as Belding Redskins and Portland Raiders. Putting together one of these leagues in the city seems like it would be a lot easier. Delton to Belding is a long way. Middleville to Charlotte would be making the Trojans drive a lot farther than they have to drive right now. Delton and Belding don’t seem to fit in a league with Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings. Wayland to Portland is a long way. It’s a long way on the road and its a long way between the number of students in each of the two schools. Wayland has about 400 more. If you don’t think that makes for a better track and field team, a better offensive line, or a better fourth doubles team -- you’re crazy. If the Vikings and Saxons want to be in an eight team league the best bet I see is for the O-K Gold to send Hamilton packing, let Caledonia and Forest Hills Northern make their switch, then add Lakewood and Ionia. Think of these league matches on a regular basis. Lakewood-Hastings wrestling, Lakewood-TK wrestling, Lakewood-Wayland softball, Lakewood-South Christian boys’ basketball, Lakewood-South Christian volleyball. We got to see that last one already. Great season lady Vikes. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor When No. 1 ranked South Christian topped Lakewood in the 2006 Class B regional finals the Vikings saw that the Sailors had a very solid blocking team. Thursday at the Class B state semifinals, the Vikings saw that this year’s No. 1 ranked Sailors are even better at it. South Christian ended the Lakewood ladies’ season with a 3-0 victory in Western Michigan University’s University Arena. “We didn’t play well at all, and South Christian played well,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “They did what they needed to do.” What the Vikings needed to do was to find a way to get the ball by the Sailors’ block. Not easy with the wall the Sailors put up thanks to 6-1 senior middle hitter Kendra Potgeter, 5-8 senior outside hitter Jennifer Skinner, 5-9 senior setter Kaylee VanEngen, and 5-11 senior middle hitter Alicia TerHaar. That senior foursome accounted for ten blocks for the Sailors. Lakewood had just one as a team. Grunewald said the best way for her team to get attacks past the Sailor front line would have been to hit the ball hard and high off the fingertips of the blockers, or to get the offense moving quickly enough that the Vikings could get an attack off before the Sailors were able to slide over a pair of talented blockers. “That’s what I wanted,” Grunewald said. “I’m bummed out for them. They didn’t really get to show everybody what they’re capable of doing. When you do that, you can frustrate a team like South Christian. That’s what we didn’t do.” Back-to-back blocks by the Sailors’ early in game one turned a 3-2 Lakewood edge into a 4-3 South Christian advantage. That was the last time the Vikings would hold a lead until a 1-0 edge to start game three. The Sailors won the three games 25-12, 2512, 25-16. At times, the Vikings were forced to scramble just to get the ball back over the net. “You don’t get these opportunities very The Lakewood ladies get themselves fired up after a break in the action during game three against South Christian on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TM Leagues for Boys and Girls currently in grades DK through 8th Grade Season: Week of April 23rd through the last week of June REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 23rd Call the YMCA for a brochure that details league descriptions, fees and dates. (269) 945-4574 02666938 These Delton Kellogg youth wrestlers have qualified for the state MYWAY Wrestling tournament, which will be held this weekend at Michigan State University. State qualifiers include (front from left) Mark Loveland, Bryce Kerr, Payton Warner, Darren Lane, Matthew Loveland, (back) Raymond Lindsey, Austin Storm, Blake Mast, Calob Montes and Austin Smith. Missing from photo is Billy Bourdo. BARRY TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF BARRY, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of Barry Township Ordinance No. 55, which was adopted by the Barry Township Board at a regular meeting held on March 6, 2007. SECTION I. Ordinance. TITLE. This Ordinance is entitled the Barry Township Off-Road Vehicle Regulation SECTION II. DEFINITIONS. This section defines various terms used in this Ordinance. SECTION III. REGULATIONS This section sets forth detailed regulations regarding the operation of off-road vehicles within Barry Township. These regulations include but are not limited to, limitations on speed of an off-road vehicle being operated within 150’ of an adjoining lot under separate ownership or within 300’ of any existing dwelling under separate ownership, limitation on the number of off-road vehicles that may be operated at any one time upon a parcel of land; and limitations as to the times during which off-road vehicles may be operated on private property. Supported by the Barry County United Way We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities Viking sophomore Rachel Lynch (right) and head coach Christine Grunewald root on their team in game three Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg sending 11 wrestlers to MYWAY finals YMCA of Barry County 2007 Youth Baseball/ Softball Leagues BASEBALL/SOFTBALL often,” Grunewald said. “You’ve got to go for greatness. You can’t give a great team just an easy ball over.” When the ball was in the Sailors’ court, they were often able to get attacks over and around the Viking block. Potgeter led her team with 14 kills to go with eight block assists. Jordyn Skinner had nine kills and Jennifer Skinner eight for the Sailors. VanEngen had 37 assists. Jordyn Skinner is the only underclassmen in that list of leaders for the Sailors, while the Vikings are still very young. Lakewood entered the semifinal with just two seniors on the roster, Amy Joostberns and Lacey Chase. Chase had five kills and Joostberns three. Sophomore Ashley Morris led Lakewood with six kills and also had 12 digs. Junior Libero Autumn Cussen had 13 digs for the Vikings, and sophomore defensive specialist Jennie Carr ten. The Vikings’ junior setter Melanie Forman had 15 assists. The Vikings put together a small rally in game three, that gave their student-section high above the west end of the court a chance to stretch their lungs. Trailing 6-3, the Vikings battled back to take an 8-7 lead. South however quickly turned things around to close the match out in three games. The Sailors then went on to score a 3-0 win on Saturday over Mason County Central to finish the year with a record of 74-4 and a Class B state championship. Lakewood ends the year with a record of 54 wins and 17 losses. SECTION IV. GENERAL EXCEPTIONS. This section sets forth exceptions to the regulations set forth in Section III of this Ordinance. SANCTIONS. Violation of this Ordinance is punishable as a municipal civil infraction SECTION V. punishable with a minimum fine of $100 for the first offense within a 3-year period and a maximum fine of $500. This section sets forth a table of minimum and maximum fines based upon the number of offenses committed within a 3-year period. This section sets forth further provisions as to sanctions for violation of this Ordinance. SECTION VI. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION VII. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days following publication of this Notice. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of this Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Barry Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Barry Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. 77510761 Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk Barry Township P.O. Box 705, 155 E. Orchard Street Delton, Michigan 49046 (269) 623-5171 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — Page 21 Jackie Joyner-Kersee to headline prayer breakfast at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek This team of Hastings sixth graders recently finished a successful 2006-07 basketball season at the Courthouse in Grand Rapids with a record of 26 wins and only 5 defeats. Team members were (front from left) Luke Heide, Travis Williams, Brandon Redman, Joey Siska, John Dinges, (back) Travis Sixberry, David Pierce, Michael Eastman, Corey Robins, Eric Hart, Jason Vorce, Maxwell Clark, Ian Beck, and coach Eric Heide. Missing from photo are Mike Smith and Isaac Smith. Lakewood names Thompson next girls’ basketball coach by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Could the passion for girls’ basketball ever reach the level of passion for volleyball at Lakewood High School? That’s the dream of new varsity girls’ head coach Tal Thompson. Lakewood High School named Thompson its new varsity girls’ basketball coach late last week. Thompson has coached boys’ freshman and junior varsity basketball and girls’ junior varsity basketball since the fall of 2004 at Lakewood High School, while also being a varsity assistant coach. He’s been patiently waiting for a varsity position to open up. “I’m very excited. I’ve coached boys and girls junior varsity for a couple years now. I’ve been looking for an opportunity to open like this in the district.” “I’m not a Lakewood lifer. I came about four years ago, but I’m a very loyal Lakewood fan now.” Wednesday, he was already working on weightlifting with some of his girls. Weightlifting will be key according to Thompson in the upcoming season. The slightly undersized Vikings have some big teams, like Portland, to face in their new league. Some of the players have also already told coach Thompson how much they’ve noticed weight lifting has helped their jump shots. It’s still up in the air whether the next girls’ basketball season will be next fall or next winter. Prior to coming to Lakewood, Thompson was a teacher and varsity girls’ and boys’ assistant basketball coach at Utica Eisenhower High School. He is a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan where he was a basketball standout for four years, and holds See COACH, next page munity. The JJK Center offers a variety of educational and recreational activities for thousands of youth and adults, including after-school tutoring, youth sports leagues, nutrition and health education, fitness and meals for seniors, as well as other important community related programs. The author of two books, A Woman’s Place is Everywhere and her autobiography, A Kind of Grace, Joyner-Kersee is continuously working to involve more corporations, sponsors and community groups in advancing the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation’s programs and initiatives worldwide. “Jackie works hard to improve the lives of residents in metropolitan St. Louis and around the world,” said Erick Stewart, cochair of the Prayer Breakfast. “We can learn from Jackie and use her wisdom to help us build a better Battle Creek.” Since its beginning in 1982 by Dr. Russell Mawby and Dr. Paul Gieser, the Community Prayer Breakfast has encouraged all participants to speak and pray in a way that is true to their personal beliefs. It is asked that those attending use this opportunity to listen to Jackie Joyner-Kersee See KERSEE, next page SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, MARCH 22: 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Soccer 4:00 pm Girls JV Soccer Scrimmage w/Lkwd. Scrimmage w/Lkwd./ BC Christian 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track CMU Invite 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Track CMU Invite 7:00 pm Baseball Parent Meeting – Lecture Hall SATURDAY, MARCH 24: 12:00 pm Girls Varsity Soccer H H A A Super Scrim.@Vicksburg A SUNDAY, MARCH 25: 4:00 pm Wrestling Awards Banquet – HS Cafeteria MONDAY, MARCH 26: 3:00 pm Senior Spring Athletes dismissed for pictures 3:30 pm Spring Media Day for Golf, Tennis, Track 4:00 pm Boys JV Baseball Maple Valley (DH) 4:15 pm Boys Varsity Baseball Maple Valley (DH) 4:15 pm Girls Varsity Softball Maple Valley (DH) 4:15 pm Girls JV Softball Maple Valley (DH) TUESDAY, MARCH 27: 3:30 pm Spring Media Day for Baseball, Softball, Soccer 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track Sparta Quad 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Track Sparta Quad 6:30 pm Basketball Awards Banquet – cafeteria WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28: 4:15 pm Boys Varsity Baseball 4:15 pm Boys JV Baseball 4:15 pm Girls Varsity Softball 4:15 pm Girls JV Softball THURSDAY, MARCH 29: 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Baseball Plainwell High (DH) Plainwell High (DH) Plainwell High (DH) Plainwell High (DH) A H A H Otsego High School A Otsego Middle School H Barry County Christian Scrimmage H Times and dates subject to change. A H H A A A HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269.945.9520 Toll Free: 800.596.1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77510726 Hastings sixth graders have great season at Courthouse Olympic gold medalist Jackie JoynerKersee is the keynote speaker for this year’s 26th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast on May 8, 2007. Joyner-Kersee will talk about how her faith helped her overcome many adversities and eventually earn the title of “World’s Fastest Woman.” The theme of this year’s Prayer Breakfast is “Running Life’s Race with Faith and Grace.” The 26th Annual Community Prayer Breakfast will be held Tuesday, May 8, 2007 from 7:25 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Breakfast tickets are $10 per person and may be purchased by calling 269.969.2120. “We are excited to have Jackie JoynerKersee as our guest speaker this year. Jackie is a world-class athlete as well as a worldclass human being,” said Stephanie Stewart, who, along with her husband Erick Stewart, co-chairs this year’s event. “Since being named co-chairs of the Prayer Breakfast, we have given much consideration to who should be invited to speak. We think Jackie will inspire everyone she meets and encourage us all to continue meeting life’s challenges with faith and grace.” Jackie Joyner-Kersee was born Jacqueline Joyner on March 3, 1962 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Joyner-Kersee attended UCLA, where she starred in both track and basketball. One of the greatest female athletes in history, she won a silver medal in the heptathlon in the 1984 Olympics and gold medals in the 1988 and 1992 Games. She also won a gold medal in the long jump in 1988 and a bronze at the 1992 Olympics. Joyner-Kersee is the heptathlon world record-holder and American record-holder in the long jump. Sports Illustrated for Women voted JoynerKersee “Female Athlete of the 20th Century” and ESPN named her one of the “50 Greatest Athletes.” She received these honors by becoming the first woman to win back-toback gold medals in the seven-disciplined event heptathlon, the first woman to score 7,000 points in the heptathlon and the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the long jump. In her hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois, Joyner-Kersee proudly opened the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in 2000. Under JoynerKersee’s leadership, the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation has raised more than $12 million to build a safe haven for young people to learn, play and contribute back to their com- 77510808 Coming this Spring... Businesses in Barry County A Business & Industry Annual Publication As businesses throughout Michigan are adjusting to the state’s current economic position, the Barry County businesses are continuing to succeed. Hometown Businesses in Barry County is a special edition publication designed as an educational and informational tool to introduce new and current community members to the businesses surrounding them, both retail and industrial. Share your story: Hometown business owners are invited to share their success stories and the importance of keeping their companies in a small town. Inform the community of what part your business plays in creating and maintaining Barry County’s reputation as a great place to live and work! Published as an insert to the Hastings Banner in Spring 2007 Don’t miss this opportunity for your company to be a part of the educational, informational and historical documentation of businesses and industries in Barry County! For advertising sizes and rates, contact Jonathon Jacobs, Rose Heaton or Scott Ommen at J-ad Graphics: 269-945-9554 For article information, contact Kelly Lloyd 269-945-9554 DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISING & ARTICLES: APRIL 30TH �Page 22 — Thursday, March 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner KERSEE, continued from previous page individuals whose beliefs might be different from their own to gain understanding and an appreciation of the participant’s faith. Every year, the Prayer Breakfast is organized by volunteers who are dedicated to bringing the community together in a shared demonstration of faith. It provides an opportunity for the community to draw closer to God and to each other. Approximately 1,200 people attend the Prayer Breakfast every year, including more than 300 youth. While the ticket cost has remained at $10 per person for the entire 26 years of the Prayer Breakfast, the actual cost per person has nearly doubled. Those wishing to make a tax-deductible contribution to help underwrite the event costs and pay for area high school students to attend at no cost, may send a check payable to BCCF/Community Prayer Breakfast to: The Community Prayer Breakfast, PO Box 4363, Battle Creek, MI 49016-4363. Those who donate $200 or more will receive two tickets to a reception in honor of Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation the evening prior to the breakfast. YMCA men’s basketball leagues crown champions The Goulooze Wireless Team won this winter’s YMCA men’s basketball A League and were the March Madness Champions. Team members are (front from left) C. Youngs, S. Davis, R. Leos, (back) R. Nichols, E. VanDermolen, J. Vertalka, and T. Greenfield. Missing from photo are T. Wade and B. Gee. The Blair Landscaping Team finished as the YMCA men’s A League runner-up this winter. Team members are (front from left) R. Blair, E. Heide, D. Dailey, (back) B. Wolverton, D. Hyde, and J. Nemitz. Missing from photo is E. Salazar. Brian's Tire Service Team earned the YMCA men’s B League championship this winter. Team members are (front from left) D. Chandler, R. Byykkonen, B. Knapp, S. Knapp, (back) K. Mueller, M. Auten, G. Randall, and J. Currie. Missing from photo are B. Vanamen, C. Morehouse, M. Bosma, and B. Howell. Saxon Sports Shorts The Kent Oil - Barry Auto team was the YMCA men’s B League runner-up. Team members are (front from left) A. Snider, M. Hierness, C. Hartwell, (back) J. Aspinall, S. Smith, J. Arens, and T. Jiles. Missing from photo is T. Russell. 0 % financing for 12 months † on all EZtrak™ Series zero-turn mowers Mow with the greatest of ease. All models only available at your local John Deere Dealer HMS Wrestling The Hastings Middle School Gold wrestling team topped Wayland at home on Monday night (March 12) 78-24. Winning on pins for the Gold team were Max Wilcox, Brian Baum, Dylan Thomas, Jared Bosma, Collin Ferguson, Alex Randall, Beau Reaser, Colton Marlette, Casey Shaffer, and Max Pelfrey. Alex Auer and Micah Huver won on decisions for the Saxons. Winning against voids in the Wayland lineup were Jon Parker and Simion Guenther. Casey Goggins, Mike Cross, Kevin Maurer, Matt Mansfield, and David Soya all had pins in the exhibition round. The HMS Blue team defeated Bellevue 4516 (March 12). Getting wins on pins for the Saxon Blue team were Brandon Johnson, Josh Endsley and Matt Mansfield. Kevin Bosma won a 7-6 decision, while Adam Keeler, John Stanton, Tom Fitzsimmons, Austin Trudgeon, Kevin Maurer, and David Soya all received wins on a void for the Saxon team. Both Hastings teams traveled to Charlotte for a team dual tournament on Saturday (March 10). The Gold team finished 4-0 on the day to increase its season record to 14-0 and won the first-place trophy. 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Robinson joined fellow freshman Allison Strouse and seniors Natalie Kent and Hillary Wheeler for a sixth place finish in the 1600meter relay. The foursome ran the second fastest time in school history (3:54.71) to earn a place in the finals. That is the same even in which Robinson won a Division 2 state championship in a year ago with her Thornapple Kellogg teammates. All told, the Aquinas women’s team finished in the top eight in eight different events for the best national showing the Saints have ever experienced. Robinson isn’t the only Trojan grad who’s having a great time as a Lady Saint. Four Lady Saint softball players batted over .500, including TK grad Ashley Aspinall, as the Saints posted a 7-5 record while in Spring Training in Tucson, AZ. A sophomore, Aspinall tallied a .590 average with three home runs, 17 RBI’s, seven doubles and 39 total bases. numerous records. Thompson said he liked what former head coach Kate Prominski had going in the girls’ program and that he has learned a lot sitting on the bench behind varsity boys’ head coach Mark Farrell. “She got her girls to play hard every night,” Thompson said of Prominski. “I always thought they played harder than every team they played, especially on the defensive end.” He hopes he can get the same kind of effort, although there may be a slightly different style. Prominski took over the program in 2004. The Vikings had an overall record of 29-37 in her three seasons at the helm. The team won a district championship in her first season. Lakewood athletic director Gary Murphy said that Prominski has chosen to further her education, working towards a Master’s Degree which will eat up a lot of time and energy. “She had a very positive relationship with the girls. She fostered a positive environment on the team,” Murphy said of Prominski. “The girls felt comfortable going and talking to her about anything. She was a teach. She taught the team.” Prominski remains a teach at the Lakewood High School Coach Thompson is also a teacher in the Lakewood school’s LEAP program. “I was very impressed with the way he motivates the kids and teaches the kids,” Murphy said of Thompson. “He’s a very passionate coach. You know he’s going to put all the little extra things in, just like coach Farrell does with the boys.” Thompson knows that volleyball number one at Lakewood, and doesn’t want to take anything away from that program, but hopes the girls’ basketball program can mature into another elite program. If the athletes are there that can get the volleyball team to the state’s final four in Class B, those athletes are there for the basketball team as well. Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® 305 S. 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All on 4 private acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$224,900 � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-03-29.pdf 90172d8b72c4171977c3ea7f19170e2a PDF Text Text City Council to charge for semi parking Rutland stood up to a corporate bully Winter All-County teams announced See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on pages 17-19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 13 NEWS BRIEFS Supt. interview schedule outlined The Hastings Area School System has announced the times and dates for the interviews of its superintendent applicants: • Friday, April 13 — 4 p.m., John Raab, interim superintendent, Dundee Community Schools; 6 p.m., Frederick Clarke, director of pupil services, Champaign (Ill.) Community Schools Unit 4; 8 p.m., Charles Sandro, former superintendent, Mason County Central Schools. • Saturday, April 14 — 4 p.m., Clair Dean-Rakocy, superintendent, Litchfield Community Schools; 6 p.m., Greg Webster, Superintendent, Bear Lake/Kaleva Norman Dickson school districts. • Tuesday, April 17 — 6 p.m., Richard Satterlee, superintendent, Pittsford Area Schools. All of the interviews are open to the public and will be conducted in the multipurpose room of Hastings Middle School. Questions for the candidates will be accepted from persons in attendance at the interviews and will be asked as time permits. For additional information, call Carl Schoessel at (269) 948-4400. BANNER ‘Last Supper’ drama planned A dramatic presentation of "The Last Supper" will be given at Hope United Methodist Church (corner of M-37 and M-79) at 7 p.m. Sunday evening, April 1. The presentation is done by laymen and women of Faith United Methodist Church in Delton. "The Last Supper" is a still drama, portraying the final evening in the life of Jesus Christ, and focuses on Jesus' statement, "One of you shall betray me." The drama was the work of Ernest K. Emurian, a United Methodist minister who directed its first production in Portsmouth, Va., in 1954. Nearly 40 people will take part in the production, involving music, makeup, lighting, props, and of course, the acting parts. Faith United Methodist first did "The Last Supper" in 1972, and has made it part of its Lenten activity every year since. It is performed at the congregation members’ own church, and they accept a limited number of requests from other churches. They have done dozens of presentations in churches of many denominations in Michigan. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, March 29, 2007 County Board to study ideas on jail by David T. Young Editor Anybody who thinks all the Barry County Board of Commissioners has been working on lately is Charlton Park should think again. While there are other programs and issues on the their plate, commissioners Tuesday night made a couple of quiet moves to set the table for doing something about the county sheriff/jail complex on West State Street. Just what should be done is still a matter of debate, but this group, in power for less than three months, is looking ahead to to try to find solutions. The sheriff’s department and jail is almost 50 years old and parts of it, according to Sheriff Dar Leaf, have fallen into various states of disrepair. This information leads to debate over whether the jail and sheriff’s office should be remodeled and renovated or have an entirely new facility built at a different location that makes more sense. A couple of the first steps was accomplished Tuesday with the County Board unanimously approving the expenditure of up to $10,000 for “facility assessment issues identified by the Sheriff’s Department Facility Ad Hoc Committee...” The money will be taken from the county’s Rehab Fund. The other step was the appointment of Commissioners Mark Englerth, Keith Ferris and Don Nevins to the Ad Hoc Committee. Nevins, after the two moves were made, said, “This is something I’ve been trying to work on for the last couple of years. This is long overdue. There is a lot of work ahead of us.” The actions followed discussions on the matter earlier this month at a Committee of the Whole. The previous Board of Commissioners did have discussions about jail renovations and had a tour of the facility. The group even had an outside party come in to talk to commissioners about plans and costs. However, there are some who believe renovations and remodeling will be inadequate and outdated too quickly. Furthermore, some assert, they’d like to see a prime spot for commercial land in the city of Hastings be put back on the tax rolls and build a jail and sheriff’s department facility in a location that makes more sense. This didn’t mean that Charlton Park has been forgotten, however. Interim caretaker Keith Murphy appeared before the board, as he has done for virtually all meetings this year to announce the intention for the park to get a lumberjack show in the last weekend in September. Murphy said sponsors would be needed to help defray the costs of bringing in a group from Wisconsin to put on a competition, show and demonstration not seen or heard south of Mio in Michigan. He noted Charlton Park this year will have more than double the events it had in 2006 and plans are proceeding apace for a special Charlton Park Day to honor founder Irving Charlton from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 26. Murphy said he has received a firm commitment from the Michigan Fiddlers Association to provide music. Charlton Park’s quarter of a mill funding county wide will run out at the end of this year because of the defeat last year of two millage renewal requests. The idea of having more events, dissolving the old Parks and Recreation Commission and restructuring governance has been to make Barry County’s only park more user friendly and publicly visible. With that in mind, the County Board also approved the transfer of $8,000 from the old McKeown Bridge Park Fund to the Parks and Recreation Fund and use it with $5,200 in existing funds as seed money for the new Parks and Rec Board. The board also approved adding the City of Hastings as stakeholders on the Charlton Park Village & Museum Board and Barry County Parks and Recreation Board and all county villages on the Parks and Rec Board. Also approved were the by-laws for both new recreation boards. In other business at Tuesday night’s meet- ing, the commissioners: • Adopted a resolution to consent to extension of the Southwest Barry Sewage Disposal System to bring a sewer system to Long Lake and Cloverdale Lake. Estimates of the costs to homeowners on the two lakes in a special assessment district are at round $14,000 each, which can be paid over a longtime period. Hope Township is issuing bonds to have the project done. • Approved the court services contract for Barry County Adult Drug Court for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. • Granted the expenditure of $72,757 for TrakRecord IMS and Vitals software, firstyear maintenance, training and data conversion for the Barry County Register of Deeds office. County Administrator Michael Brown noted the Register of Deeds office bought software earlier that did not perform as expected, so after a refund was secured, this purchase was necessary. • Approved the transfer of $20,000 from contingency in the general fund to the Soldiers and Sailors Relief budget. • Agreed to deposit a $25,000 grant from the inmate phone service contractor in the commissary fund and take from that fund See COUNTY, page 2 Key anti-Gun Lake casino figure backs gaming in GR M-37/43 project topic of meeting The Michigan Department of Transportation will have a public informational meeting to discuss an M-37/M43 safety project in Rutland Township Interested residents are invited to join MDOT representatives and community officials from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, at the Rutland Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road. The safety project will consist of widening the existing two-lane roadway on the south side of M-37/M-43 to accommodate a center left-turn lane from Cook Road to the west M-37/M-43 junction. This open-house-style meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to speak with MDOT staff and ask questions about the upcoming project. Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Patricia Koeze Assisant TK Supt. offered West Ottawa head position by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The West Ottawa school district near Holland has offered Thornapple Kellogg assistant Superintendent Patricia Koeze the superintendent’s position. Koeze, 42, had a 90-minute interview with the West Ottawa Board of Education Friday, March 23. On Monday, April 26 the school board of the West Ottawa district met in a special session to offer her the position and begin salary negotiations. Koeze received her doctorate from Eastern Michigan University last July. She served as the interim superintendent for the Thornapple Kellogg district from Jan. 1 through Feb. 28, while TK was hiring Gary Rider to succeed Kevin Konarska, who left to become superintendent at the Kent Intermediate School District. Before becoming assistant superintendent, Koeze served as principal of Page Elementary School. She has been responsible for working with staff and within the Kent Intermediate School District on curriculum programs and new ways of teaching. Before coming to the Thornapple Kellogg See KOEZE, page 3 by David T. Young Editor A key player in the West Michigan anticasino movement has jumped ship and announced his interest in bringing a rival casino to Grand Rapids. Retired business executive Peter Secchia has announced he has resigned his membership in 23 Is Enough, one of two groups that have fought long and hard against the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis’ plans for a casino on a 146-acre site that used to be home to Ampro Seeds at the Bradley exit of the U.S.131 Expressway. The federal government, through the U.S. Department of the Interior, in January agreed to place the land in trust to clear the way for the tribe to negotiate a compact with the state and break ground on a 193,000-square-foot facility that would include 75 gaming tables, three restaurants, a lounge and 2,500 slot machines. However, federal Judge John G. Penn’s ruling in favor of the tribe has been appealed, so the issue is still tied up in court. In a front page story that appeared in the Grand Rapids Press last Sunday, Secchia expressed interest in securing a casino and acknowledged his interest in stopping the Gun Lake casino was economic, keeping tourist and entertainment dollars in Grand Rapids. But now that Gov. Jennifer Granholm has signed a compact with the Gun Lake Tribe and all of the court rulings thus far have cleared the way for the project, Secchia is turning to a different tactic. He and developer Joe Moch and carpet store and hotel owner Bob Sullivan have been talking about a casino as part of a downtown Grand Rapids development on the east side of the Grand River. MichGo and 23 Is Enough both have led the fight against the tribe’s plans most visibly based on moral grounds, the notion that gambling is bad for the community and leads to higher crime. Leaders for both groups have See CASINO, page 3 Hastings students Jacob Wescott and Erin Fluke both qualified for the national business competition in May in New York City. HHS students make nationals for business competition Royalty picked to reign in Delton Miss Delton 2007 and members of her court were selected from 16 contestants at a pageant last Thursday night at Delton Kellogg High School. Reigning as community ambassadors are (from left) Leah Hook, Stephanie Johnson, Miss Delton Bailey Lester, Melissa Julian and Bethany Draper. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) Hastings High School junior Jacob Wescott was awarded a gold medal and senior Erin Fluke placed fifth in the Business Professionals of America Workplace Skills Assessment competition March 22-25 at the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids. Both placed high enough that they may now represent Michigan in national competition at the Business Professionals National Conference in New York City May 9-13. Wescott was awarded the gold medal for having the highest score in the Administrative Support Concepts test. This event allows a student to demonstrate knowledge of general office procedures, including See BUSINESS, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Water fund OK’d at Yankee Springs The Yankee Springs Township project to fund removal of arsenic from the water supply has received state funding. The Drinking Water Revolving Fund has notified Barry County that funding has been approved. The DWRF will provide a $450,000 loan to Barry County to assist Yankee Springs Township with installation of arsenic removal facilities. The new arsenic standards set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency is 10 parts per million and Yankee Springs water has been testing at about 14 ppm. Business, education group plans to meet The next meeting of the Educators/Employers Steering Committee will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19,. in the Conference Center of PennockHospital. While the entire group of local business representatives and educators meets quarterly, the committees will continue to meet monthly. Director Marjorie Haas says, “We are making progress in the WorkKeys area with the WIRED project.” Anyone who would like to become part of that project please contact Val Eavey at Michigan Works! 945-9545, extension 140 or veavy@barryisd.org. Haas adds, “You probably have heard information on TV newscasts about the National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). We are part of that process! Barry County is in the loop!” Job shadowing programs in Barry County are making progress. Haas invites any company interested having a high school junior or senior job shadow an employee, should contact the group. Co-chair persons of the job shadow committee are: Denise Fairbrother (Viking Corp.) and Michelle Skedgell (Pierce Cedar Creek). More plans are in the works and Haas can be contacted at 269-758-3361. Susan Nolan blood drive set Friday The second annual Susan Nolan Memorial Blood Drive is scheduled for 1 to 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 30, at the Yankee Springs Fire Department 1425 Payne Lake Road, Middleville. Those eligible to donate are urged to come. Susan L. Clements of the American Red Cross Great Lakes Regional Blood Services said, “Please take the time to forward this email to your friends, family and coworkers!” Visit www.givelife.org sponsor code NFF for an appointment or call 1-800-968-4283, extension 434. Walk-ins also are welcome, but they must have photo ID or donor card to donate. Other upcoming Red Cross blood drives in Barry County: • Hastings Grace Lutheran Church, Thursday, April 5, noon to 5:45 p.m. • Middleville Bradford White Union Hall, Tuesday April 10, noon to 5:45 p.m. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. Men’s choral music night rescheduled Due to a scheduling conflict, the 21st annual Night of Men’s Choral Music has been changed to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 in the Lakewood High School auditorium. The Men’s Chorus will be joined with voices from the Vagabonds, men from the Concert Choir and the Women’s Chorus. Director Vallory Bunday said the concert will feature a variety of styles, including spirituals and love songs. “It will be an uplifting night of music,” she promised. The Lakewood men will end the concert with their traditional “Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw” selection, when men’s chorus alumnae will be invited on stage to join the student chorus. Tickets are $5 which be used to treat the singers to a bowling pizza party for the singers. Lenten Luncheon series continues “Cross Connection” is the theme of this year’s Lenten Luncheons, sponsored by Hastings area churches. The series, hosted this year by Hastings First United Methodist Church and which started Feb. 22, continues today, Thursday, March 29, in the final program this year. Each program starts with a free will offering lunch at noon, followed by a local speaker from the community. The program concludes by 1 p.m. The speaker for this afternoon will be Carl Schoessel, interim superintendent of Hastings Area Schools. First United Methodist Church is located at 209 W. Green St., Hastings. Enter the fellowship hall through the northeast double doors in the back parking lot. Benefit dinner will be March 31 The family of Jeff Hause is inviting the public to a spaghetti benefit dinner, from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at the Hastings Elks Lodge, 102 E. Woodlawn Ave. Jeff Hause has acute myelogenous leukemia, a relapse from last year. He needs to go to Ann Arbor University of Michigan Hospital for a stem cell bone marrow transplant in April. He will be there about three months. His wife, Doris will be taking a family leave from her job to be with him and fund-raisers are being planned to help with living expenses in Ann Arbor, gas, copays, and to help with payments on their house in Hastings. A $7 per plate donation would be appreciated. Chess tournament slated for April 21 The King’s and Queen’s chess tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School in Middleville. This will be an unrated tournament open to students in grades K-8. Participation ribbons will be given to all players. Students will play at their own grade level. The registration table opens at 8:30 a.m. The first round will begin at 10. Players, grades 4-8, need to bring boards and sets (clocks are optional.) Each round is limited to one hour. Pre-registration is $10 and on-site registration is $15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The tournament director reserves the right to turn away anyone who is not in the registration line by 9:30 a.m. Concessions will be available on site from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The TK Chess Store also will be open. An awards ceremony and trophy presentation will take place following the last round. Registration forms and entry fee should be received by April 13. Forms should be mailed to Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Attn.: Chess Tournament, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, MI 49333. Make checks payable to: TK Schools. For more information, call 269-7955522. Fitness Palooza slated for May 5 A Fitness Palooza, planned for Saturday, May 5, is a morning of fitness fun designed for the whole family and it helps support Leadership Barry County. The day will begins at 8 a.m. with 5 K and 12 K runs that take participants on a paved and dirt road course south of Hastings with a distance through Hastings’ famous ‘Sweezie’s Pond’ and finishing on the Hastings High School track. The Palooza also has events for those looking for a shorter distance. The run/walk will also begin at 8 a.m. and take participants on a ‘loop’ course through the same countryside and finishing on the Hastings High School track. Starting at the conclusion of the longer events and at about one mile, it’s a fun fitness challenge for everyone. It is free to all who participate in the longer events. Early registration entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 20, and accompanied by the appropriate entry fee payable to ‘Leadership Barry County’. Registrations forms are available through Leadership Barry County and the Hastings Community Center. Pre-registration cost is $20 for the 5K run/walk and 12K run. The online registration fee for these two events is $23. The cost rises to $25 on May 5. The cost is $5 for the fun run whether pre-registered or signed up on the day of the event. The top three finishers in each age group of the 5K and 12K events will receive medals. For additional information on all the programs of Leadership Barry County contact 269-945-2114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net North Country Trail Association to meet April 11 The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St, in Delton. The Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association also will be host for a hike on Saturday, April 21. Hikers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Cereal City parking lot. The hike will begin at 10 a.m. and the public is welcome to attend. This hike will encompass half of the Battle Creek Linear Park pathway, an easily traversed, paved flat surface, starting at the west end and hike eastward for approximately 6.5 miles. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links scenic, natural, recreational, historic and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern States. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. COUNTY, continued from page 1 $5,500 to buy and install a new stove for the jail from Hospital Purchasing Services of Middleville. • Appointed Keith Ferris, Wayne Adams, Hoot Gibson, Jim French, Mike Callton and Jeff VanNortwick to serve on a Building Space Utilization Ad Hoc Committee. • Received a cordial invitation from Assyria Township Supervisor Mike Timmons to attend meetings of the Barry County chapter of the Michigan Townships Association to promote a better understanding and closer working relationship with local township officials. The Orangeville Veteran’s Memorial is getting closer to its goal but more is still needed. Pictured (from left) are Marck Paradowski, Tom Evans, Mark Englerth, Alvin Warren accepting a check from Vivian Conner from the Barry County Republicans and Susan and Karl Vlietstra of the Barry County Republican group. Orangeville Veterans Memorial gets a boost from county GOP by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Work continues on the engraved granite veterans memorial which will be constructed on the grounds of the Orangeville Township Hall. It will honor all individuals who provided military service for the country. The veterans committee recently got a boost from the members of the Barry County Republican Party and an anonymous donor who matched the $500 party gift. The Barry County Democratic Party also donated $500 to the project in February. The veterans committee has decided the memorial will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27, at the site adjacent to the Orangeville Township Hall. Bricks cost $30 for each inscribed brick order. Anyone who makes a tax deductible contribution of $50 or more will receive an inscribed brick at no additional cost. Anyone who makes a tax deductible contribution of $100 or more to the construction of the memorial, which is anticipated to cost more than $20,000 to install will have the name published on the Orangeville Veterans’ Memorial Contributions Honor Roll. Each of these contributors also will receive an inscribed brick. Checks are now made out to BCF-Orangeville Memorial. The Barry Community Foundation is working in cooperation with Orangeville to provide tax deductible status for this project. Alvin Warren, one of the organizers of the project, says, “We are getting closer to finish raising the funds for this first phase of the memorial. We encourage anyone who wants to support our efforts to call someone on the committee as soon as possible.” The three phases of this project, including landscaping around it are anticipated to cost approximately $25,000. Each month the committee adds up what has been donated and paints the red line on their donation thermometer. More than $12,000 has been donated. Anyone who would like more information about purchasing a brick or sponsoring a deceased veteran may call Warren at 269664-5194. Other members of the committee are Bob Perino at 269-795-2627, Mark Paradowski at 616-299-0278 and Linda Ribble at 269-672-7274. Bailey Lester wins largest Miss Delton contest ever by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor It’s a sweet 16 year for Bailey Lester, who was crowned Miss Delton 2007 at a pageant held Thursday night in Delton Kellogg High School’s auditorium. The daughter of Wade and Kristy Lester, she was selected from a field of 16 contestants, the largest number of participants in pageant history. “I was relieved!” Bailey said of hearing her name announced as the new Miss Delton. “I would have been disappointed because it was my last year (of eligibility), but my first year (to enter the pageant). “I’ve always wanted to do this. I’m very excited,” she said during an interview. Bailey, a junior at Delton Kellogg High School, said she was nominated to be a contestant in the Miss Delton pageant during her freshman year, but she wasn’t able to be part of the event because she was in England visiting relatives at the time of the pageant. “This year, my English teacher nominated me.” Chosen to serve on Miss Delton’s court were Bethany Draper, Leah Hook, Stephanie Johnson and Melissa Julian. Cindy Thompson, coordinator of the Miss Delton program, said this year’s group of contestants was the best prepared than any other group. “I wouldn’t have wanted to be a judge.” The new Miss Delton is active in National Honors Society, track, Students Against Drunk Driving, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Breakfast Bible Club, the youth group at Faith United Methodist Church and 4-H. She also participated in the school Follies this year. A lifelong resident of Delton, Bailey hopes to have a career as a radiologist technician and eventually be an ultrasound technician. “My favorite subject is math. It’s one of my hardest subjects so I work very hard at it... I love to figure out the problems,” she said. Her hobbies and interests include photography, hanging out with friends and Middle Eastern dancing. She also works part-time as a waitress and a photography assistant. Bailey has a 15-year-old sister, Mckenzie. She and her sister both vied for the Little Miss Delton contest one year, and Mckenzie won. “I was upset, but I was very happy for her.” Miss Delton and her court reign for a year as Delton’s community ambassadors. They will do monthly community service projects and raise money to be donated to an area service organization or charity of their choice at the end of their reign. The new Miss Delton and her court also preside over Delton’s Founders Weekend in August. Of possible service projects, Bailey said, “I know I want to do something with the Delton Women’s Center. With our 4-H Club we do fleece blankets, and I know they appreciate those... and I like the Angel Tree.” • Court member Bethany Draper, 16, is a junior and the daughter of Glen and Karen Hayward and Brad Draper. Bethany’s mother was Miss Delton in 1987. She is active in soccer and has participated in beauty pageants across Michigan. Bethany was Miss Sunburst 2005 and the runner-up the year before. She also has served on the 2005 and 2006 Miss Delton courts. Bethany plans to attend Cornell Medical School to study obstetrics. Her hobbies and interests are snowboarding, karaoke, “helping out when I can,” and spending time with her family. • Court member Leah Hook, 15, is a freshman and the daughter of Tara and Rex Hook. Her school activities include the marching band, concert band and volleyball. Leah plans to attend Michigan State University and become an obstetrics/gynecology physician. She enjoys hobbies of listening to music, baby-sitting, cooking, reading mystery novels, going to car shows and hanging out with family and friends. “I thank my parents for backing me up and helping me pursue my dreams,” Leah said. • Court member Stephanie Johnson, 16, a sophomore at Delton Kellogg High School, is the daughter of Tracy and Timothy Johnson. She is a member of the Student Council, National Honors Society, track and field competition and band. Stephanie plans to enroll as a pre-medical student at a university after high school graduation. She likes photography, running, ice skating, reading, writing and arts and crafts as hobbies. • Court member Melissa Julian, 15, is a sophomore at Delton Kellogg High School and the daughter of Bob and Jeanette Julian. She is a member of the National Honors Society and Interact club. She participates in basketball and track and was part of the kickline at the Follies. She also served on the 2006 Miss Delton Court. Bailey Lester, Miss Delton 2007 Melissa is considering a career in architecture or a health profession. Her hobbies include water sports, downhill skiing, friends and shopping. At the pageant, contestants each introduced themselves to the judges and gave answers to questions they had prepared in advance. After intermission, the young women answered a spontaneous question (without advanced preparation). Candidates also each wrote an essay in advance of the pageant. Miss Delton will receive a $500 educational scholarship and a 16” by 20” portrait from Herb Doster, Photographer. Court members each will receive a $100 savings bond. All winners are given monogrammed Tshirts from Katie and Christi’s MidLakes Screenprinting and Active Wear. The pageant was sponsored by the Delton Founders Weekend Committee and Chapple Realty. Flowers were provided by Delton Floral. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 3 BUSINESS, continued from page 1 proofreading and editing business documents, performing math calculations, and applying knowledge of customer service skills. Wescott also took second in Integrated Office Applications, which required him to use Microsoft Office applications to perform a variety of tasks. The tasks included designing a database and spreadsheet, completing a mail merge from the database and designing PowerPoint slides. Fluke captured a fifth place award for Payroll Accounting. In her event, she had to create and maintain employee earnings records, calculate payroll taxes, record in a journal and post transactions relating to payroll activities, generate payroll checks, and complete a payroll register. The Hastings BPA Parliamentary Procedures Team continued its winning tradition by earning a fifth place award. “This is the highest place any of our Parli Pro teams has ever attained at the state level,” said HHS business teacher and BPA advisor Tracy George. The team was led by President Amy Kidder. Other team members are Kristina Dobbin, Erin Fluke, Katy Fluke, Sean McConnon and Alex Neil. This event involves taking an objective test and demonstrating the use of correct parliamentary procedure by conducting a business meeting in a democratic manner that allows the members of the team to participate effectively. Earning the Statesman Torch Award were Kristina Dobbin, Erin Fluke and Amy Kidder. The Torch Awards program has seven activity divisions that represent the nine "torches" of BPA. They are leadership, service, cooperation, friendship, knowledge, patriotism, love, hope and faith. The program inspires members to attain the goals and ideals of BPA, promotes active participation by members at the local, regional, state and national levels, helps develop a better understanding of people through personal development and achievement, and recognizes members who have shown outstanding professional qualities. George commented, "It was an amazing weekend for the Hastings Saxons BPA chapter. Our students had tough competition at the regional event in January, so to qualify for state competition was quite an accomplishment. However, the Hastings chapter stepped up to the plate and came away with 12 awards at the state level." Besides the competitions, students at the conference enjoyed general sessions, attended workshops related to personal and business development, and participated in the election process to select the new BPA state officer team. Business Professionals of America is a cocurricular career and technical organization for students preparing for careers in business and information technology. The mission of Business Professionals of America is to contribute to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills. There are more than 5,200 members in approximately 140 chapters in Michigan. The Michigan Association is divided into nine regions and is the fourth largest state association. Approximately 2,000 students representing the nine Michigan regions attended the Grand Rapids conference. The Hastings High School chapter advisors are business teachers Nancy Cottrell and Tracy George. KOEZE, continued from page 1 district she was a science teacher from 1990 to 1993 in the West Ottawa district and a middle school principal at Godfrey-Lee in Wyoming, Mich. Koeze began working as Page Elementary Principal in 1999 and she became the assistant superintendent of instruction three years later. Koeze said she was attracted to Thornapple Kellogg because of the work TK was doing with the Glasser Quality School program. She had just completed her certification and thought TK would be a great fit for her. She says one of her proudest accomplishments while at Thornapple Kellogg was working with staff to raise student achievement scores and keeping the focus on improving K-12 literacy. She will finish this school year at TK and is looking forward to new challenges at West Ottawa. “I hope to continue the vision for excellence that already exists and work with staff and community members to bring the district to the next level,” she said. The West Ottawa district is the largest in Ottawa County and several times larger than Thornapple Kellogg. Koeze currently makes slightly more than $105,000 with TK. Lakewood-Davenport accord reached by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Lakewood Public schools and Davenport University came to an articulation agreement Monday night at the board workshop. By terms of this agreement, students can earn credits for Davenport in courses given at Lakewood. Students must have a 3.0 or higher grade point average in the class and must complete all outcomes for the course. They will receive credits only if they enroll at Davenport within 27 months after graduation. The articulated courses will be treated as transfer courses and not effect the student’s GPA at Davenport. Students will not be charged tuition for any courses for which they receive articulated credit. Both schools will maintain the integrity of their separate programs and annually review list of outcomes. Changes will be made as necessary based on changes in courses offered. A sample of courses is Lakewood’s accounting I and accounting II would transfer to Davenport’s accounting foundation for four credit hours. Completion of computer applications Word/Excel transfer’s to Davenport’s Microcomputer Applications: Word Processing. Lakewood’s Marketing and Advertising transfers to Davenport’s Marketing Foundations. High School Principal Brian Williams thanked the staff at Davenport for the opportunity for the articulation agreement. He also gave credit to Melanie Kauffman from Union Bank and LEAP secretary Shelly Reiser for their efforts in making this agreement. As a good-will gesture, Davenport presented Lakewood with $500. City Council decides to charge for semi parking at incubator by Megan Lavell Staff Writer City officials decided Monday night that the parking lot near the Industrial Incubator will no longer be a free-for-all for semi parking. The Hastings City Council gave Community Development Director John Hart permission to proceed with developing permits for those who wish to park their semi trucks or trailers in the lot. Hart said he plans to be able to distribute permits within two weeks. “I would think that we wouldn’t have any problem right off the bat occupying at least 15 spaces,” he said. The parking lot will have 24 12-feet-wide spaces marked by painted lines. “We want to make it really organized, really clean and neat,” said Hart. “It’s going to be very spartan, but I think it meets the need.” The city plans to sell permits for $30 per month to be paid in advance for a $360 oneyear lease. The city plans to use the collected money to make small improvements such as painting the stripes between parking spaces and removing pot holes. Hart said he plans to re-evaluate the parking situation in a year to determine if any changes need to be made, and evaluate any additional amenities that may be available to those parked in the lot if the permit parking will be a permanent change. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Wendy’s Restaurant will hold its annual Classic Car Show Friday, June 15. One block of Market Street from Apple to State Street will be closed from 6 to 8 p.m. • Barry County Commissioner Jeff Van Nortwick made a presentation asking city officials to have one representative on the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board. • Craig Jenkins made a presentation on behalf of State Representative Brian Calley informing the board Calley will be voting on a bill to take care of two thirds of the state’s budget deficit. The other third of the deficit could be dealt with by an executive order being voted on by the appropriations committee. • Resolution 2007-12 was passed amending the budget for the fiscal year 2006-2007 for a sidewalk project. The bid for the sidewalk project was awarded to Fitzgerald/Henne and Associates of Lansing for $49,200. • The mayor and the city clerk were authorized to sign an amendment to the BIRCH fire agreement. • Resolution 2007-13 was passed approving a contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for a project on West Green Street. • The bid for the Taffee Drive special assessment district was awarded to Dan Valley Excavating for $16,495.30. • Community Development Director John Hart was given permission to apply for funding from the USDA Farmer’s Market promotion program to purchase signage and flags for the Hastings Farmers Market. • The council voted against any changes to the mayoral election schedule. • Traffic Control Order #202 was passed eliminating parking spaces on North Church Street in an effort to create adequate clearance for two-way traffic. Representing Hastings at the Business Professionals of America Workplace Skills Assessment competition last weekend in Grand Rapids were (front row, from left) Erin Fluke, Amy Kidder, Kristina Dobbin, Erin Fluke, (back row) Jacob Wescott, Sean McConnon, Chris White and Alex Neil. CASINO, continued from page 1 continued to express that opinion and have said they won’t support a Grand Rapids casino. However, Gun Lake Tribal Vice Chairman John L. Shagonaby challenged them to take things even further. “The Tribe is calling on 23 is Enough, MichGO and the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce to oppose the Secchia Casino with the same ferocity as they’ve demonstrated against the Gun Lake Tribe,” Shagonaby said Monday in reaction to the news. “If they do not fight the Secchia Casino, they should drop the lawsuit and opposition to the compact immediately. If they do not oppose this casino, all of them are nothing more than hypocrites. “The Michigan Legislature should now dedicate its full attention to passing the com- pact resolution. The Tribe’s opponents lack credibility. Are they pro- or anti-casino? Are they only anti-Native American?" Tribal officials for a long time have contended the issue has been economic, pointing to the prospects a Gun Lake casino would drain tourist and entertainment revenue from Grand Rapids. Business heavy hitters such as Secchia, Richard M. and Dick DeVos from Alticor, and Mike Jandernoa (former CEO of the Perrigo Co. in Allegan) and West Michigan politicians Congressmen Vern Ehlers and Peter Hoekstra, State Senator Patricia Birkholz and State Rep. Fulton Sheen all have opposed the project in Gun Lake. Todd Boorsma, chairman of MichGo, also has been very public in moral objections to gambling. Tribal officials also have pointed to lack of action by MichGo and 23 Is Enough on a recent proposal for another gaming casino elsewhere in Michigan, suggesting the two groups have targeted their plans and no others. The two groups, besides losing the membership of Secchia, also recently has lost the backing of the Grand Rapids Press, which editorialized last month that the best avenue now would be to strike the best deal with the tribe to gain revenue for the state. Press Editor Mike Lloyd is a close friend of Dick DeVos and Secchia is a close friend of Press Editorial Page Editor Joe Crawford. Under the conditions of the compact Granholm signed, the state stands to get between 8 and 12 percent of the gaming revenue. Barry United Way allocations announced Barry County United Way had a successful 2006-2007 campaign, making fund allocations quite an easy process this year. “Thanks to over 3,500 donors that helped us exceed our goal during the Barry County United Way Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change 2006-2007 campaign, the allocations process was a lot easier this year,” said Matt Thompson, president of the United Way Board of Directors. “Many agencies received their full request of funding, while others were over their request once designations were added in.” Cortney Collison, Chairperson of the Barry County United Way Allocations Committees, presented the recommendations for funding agencies for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. “The Barry County United Way Board of Directors approved agency recommendations as presented,” said Collison. Six panels of 32 community members met with agencies that requested funding. The Allocations Committee is made up of a diverse group of volunteers that represent all areas of Barry County. They are charged with funding agencies that meet the community impact agenda, the mission statement of United Way and strict financial requirements. “This is the hardest committee to serve on,” said Collison. “The agencies all provide a great service to our community. Deciding what level to fund them at is very difficult.” Nineteen agencies requested funding ranging from $2,500 to $90,000. “Barry County United Way is truly a rock in the foundation of Green Gables Haven,” said Green Gables Haven Executive Director Christine Hiar. “While we have lost funding through other sources, United Way has increased our funding over the last two years. I don’t know where we would be without them.” The community impact areas and the amounts funded are as follows: In the area of preparing youth to become adults: • 4-H - $41,109.46 • Barry County Substance Abuse $7,927.44 • Big Brothers Big Sisters $6,484.00 • Hastings City Police DARE Program - $2,972.44 • Barry County Sheriff’s Office School Liason Program - $7,167.44 • Gerald R. Ford Boy Scouts $6,639.30 • Glowing Embers Girl Scouts $6,352.64 • YMCA - $90,914.08 Supporting families to achieve well-being and success: • The ARK (Catholic Family Services) - $6,104.14 • Family & Children Services $30,783.48 • Barry Eaton Health Department Healthy Families Program - $15,891.48 • Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation - $5,202.48 Impacting through positive change: • Habitat for Humanity - $6,590.60 • Helping seniors find support and maintain independence: • Commission on Aging $21,357.60 Urgent need: • CASA - $9,240.91 • Barry County Child Abuse Prevention Council - $13,500.25 • Food Bank of South Central Michigan - $11,859.25 • Green Gables Haven - $43,238.35 • Homeless Prevention - $783.00 • Emergency Funding - $10,500.00 Agencies not requesting funds, but requesting to maintain partnership status were Barry Community Hospice, Barry Eaton Health Plan, Nashville Community Programs and the Victim Service Unit. Programs that are operated within the Barry County United Way are funded through grants or other types of donations such as the Fresh Food Initiative, Information Referral, the Volunteer Center, Continuum of Care - Homeless Prevention and the Smoke Detector Program. For more information about the programs and agencies funded by Barry County United Way, call Lani Forbes at (269) 945-4010. Leadership Barry County Class of 2007 graduates Members of the Leadership Barry County Class of 2007 had one final day of learning Saturday, March 24, before graduation completed their eight weeks of classes. Pictured with director Dana Rittenberg (center) are Jon Anderson, Emily Benningfield, Shayne Burton, Amanda Currier, Laurie Ann Curtis, Connie Dawe, Tami Dickinson, Michelle Duits, Laci Forbes, Elena Gormley, Bonnie Hogoboom, Diane Jager, Ananda Jenkins, Dan King, Teresa Kohn, Dennis McKelvey, Dan Mejeur, Kim Norris, Sharon Ritchie, Kori Rolison, Dave Sandora, Paul Schilz, Ines Straube, Julie Suwyn, Cindy Tietz and Larry Winkler. Also graduating, but not pictured, was Erin Welker. �Page 4 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner It’s American consumers who make or break Wal-Mart IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Regardless of Wal-Mart, buy locally To the editor: We have read last week's Banner and it appears we have stopped, or at least held up, Wal-Mart for the time being. I understand the concern about the potential increase in traffic on Green Street. But the argument that a Wal-Mart Supercenter would put local storeowners out of business is perhaps misdirected. That blame would have to be borne primarily by the customers. We have lived in Hastings for more than 25 years and have heard grumblings from other residents about living and doing business here, e.g. the merchants' prices are too high; too much politics involved; everybody knows everybody's business; you can't trust the doctors and the hospital in a small town like Hastings; etc. It seems we want to live in a nice small town where people are friendly and you don't have to worry so much about going for a walk after dark. We like meeting friends at a local Mississippi grateful to Country Chapel Dear editor: Now that a year has passed, the Mississippi Gulf Coast is seeing the fruits of the labor provided by the many generous people who have tirelessly assisted in our recovery and rebuilding efforts. We'd like to express our gratitude to all of the members of Country Chapel United Methodist Church who've given of their time, hearts and hands. We would also like to express our appreciation to the countless others from the Hastings area who also gave of themselves to aid in our recovery. Words can't begin to express adequately our gratitude. As we continue to rebuild our coastal communities, we are inspired by the ongoing commitment of so many people around the country, such as Hastings. Because of this kindness, Hastings has a permanent place in our hearts. Members of your community who would like to see how we're progressing may visit our website .gulfcoast.org Stephen B. Richer, executive director, Mississippi Gulf Coast Visitors Bureau eatery where they remember how you like your coffee and picking up meat for supper at the store where they trust you to return with 47 cents because you ran short of cash. We treasure the fun things that make a small town unique — the parades, the sidewalk sales, the events on the courthouse lawn, joining together to construct and maintain a playground, etc. But somewhere along the line we fail to make the connection between preserving this way of life and supporting the businesses here. When we drive Hondas or Fords or Toyotas, when we go to Meijers for the bulk of our groceries, when we spend our Saturdays at the mall and go to dinner and a movie on 28th Street, then we are taking away from our local economy. Not just the money we spend, but the taxes generated, are then given to another community. Would we prefer to trust and endorse strangers than our friends and neighbors, people whose children go to school with ours, people we see in church each week? Those out of town businesses also generally do not contribute to the Hastings senior class party fund-raisers, the local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the YMCA Camp Algonquin, the fire department pancake breakfast, Green Gables shelter, and other much-needed charitable funds. Wal-Mart is here already, and I understand has made several contributions to local fundraisers. Whether they build a larger store here remains to be seen. But either way, I hope that we will realize that opposing Wal-Mart is not the same thing as supporting Hastings business. Let's put our money where our mouth is and spend it locally whenever possible. Larry & Margaret Hollenbeck, Hastings residents The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 America is in a perpetual state of war To the editor: Re: The memorial service and anti-war vigil at the Barry County courthouse Monday evening, March 19: I did not speak to the circle of concerned citizens. I should have. They are some newfound friends. War is Hell. We now seem to be into a perpetual war. Let me speak about my war family. My father served as an officer in both World War I and World War II. I have never met anyone who can tell me of a similar situation. He also was injured in the Second World War. I lived with that as a child and young adult. I was in Anchorage, Alaska, when the big military planes landed at Elmendorf as they were headed for VietNam. My father wrote me that I should join up and fight the communists. I still have that letter. I failed the physical. A few years later I was living in Berlin, Germany, and walked in many of those “anti- war” demonstrations. Yes, that war is over. We did not win. I have visited the Wall in Washington D.C. I visit with friends my age now who suffer from that war. One has prostate cancer from Agent Orange. One still suffers with post-traumatic stress syndrome 40 years later. His job was bagging bodies from the muck and getting them to the aircraft. He was only 18 years old then. We are doing the same things today: fighting an “ism,” telling our citizens that we are the saviors of the world, depriving our residents of basic needed rights. Those “x” trillion dollars should go for medical care, education, housing, basic needs. Many many rich citizens are getting richer. These young soldiers are coming home the same way my friends did 40 years ago. Let us stop our Death Factory Machine! Jose Blanco, Wayland Township To the editor, Obviously, this newspaper has been inundated with letters regarding Wal-Mart's bid to build a new supercenter. I have a few questions that have yet to be answered for me: Is there really any way of preventing it, legally speaking? Has the Rutland Township Board examined any other cases where Wal-Mart has either successfully or (hopefully) unsuccessfully made the same sort of aggressive moves? And finally, are there any laws of this state or within federal guidelines that would prevent Rutland Township from simply taxing the hell out of Wal-Mart should their bid be successful? I'd also like to comment on the issue by saying a few things to the ladies' comments last week that Wal-Mart will be providing much needed jobs within the area, jobs for those who cannot afford transportation to go elsewhere and seek work. Working at WalMart isn't going to help you further along that road by any means. The pay at Wal-Mart is very low scale and you could likely make a comparable wage at any one of the retailers already located in this area. Also, if by some miracle of chance you could afford that shiny new jalopy, you had better make sure you are extra careful when you drive it, because even though Wal-Mart rakes in billions in profits each year (For the quarter ended Oct. 31, 2006, net income rose nearly 12 percent to $2.65 billion from $2.37 billion a year earlier), they are still "unable" to afford any sort of health care policies for their employees. Zilch. Which means when you rack your new sub-compact into the back of one the H2's being driven by one of Wal-Mart's exec's, you'll be laid up in some hospital going broke while they simply replace you with the next warm body that walks through the door. How's that for company loyalty? Also, something that many seem to be skipping over or are unaware of is the fact that if Wal-Mart makes its move, it is rumored that waiting in the wings to fill their vacated site on M-37 will be another big box superstore, Lowe's Home Improvement. So not only will we have the damaging effects of everything catalyzed by Wal-Mart's corporate bullying, we would also be witnessing the huge impact that Lowe's would have on area garden nurseries, hardware stores, lumber yards, appliance stores and much more. Basically what it boils down to is that between the two stores, the only thing we would need to purchase anywhere else would be a gravestone to mark where our once thriving county seat and downtown shopping district once were. But hey, maybe the kind folks at Wal-Mart will be generous enough to spare a few of their bricks for such a purpose. These are tough times and it seems like everyone you speak to is strapped for cash. We hear it every day in the news, from our supervisors, co-workers, employees, the governor who is making cuts left and right to try and balance a failing budget (which of course is a whole other story), schools are in dire need of cash, and so on and so on. And that's what makes shopping at these types of stores so appealing, one stop shopping at bargain prices. I'd even go as far as to say that for the most part the products that are carried in a Wal-Mart are as equally durable as nearly any of the things that you would find at any mall across America (after all, roughly 80% of imported U.S. consumer goods are made in the same Asian countries regardless of where we purchase it or how much the price is inflated due to name-brand recognition). But if everyone truly feels so strongly about keeping these wolves at bay, then we all need to consider something very simple: don't Americans have no control of own money To the editor: I think most people would agree that at least on some level, taxation becomes necessary. Our culture requires enough services to make it so. Taxes help to provide jobs and keep America moving. Those who plow our roads in the winter, need to feel their families as well. As services become more and more expensive there has to be monies to draw from. I think we all understand this concept, however, I have several questions regarding the process, which I think is where this country has gone wrong. When did we as Americans lose the right to control our own money? Did we get a vote before "they" raised our property taxes this year by over 3%? Do "they" not realize that this state has lost over 300,000 jobs in the last five years? And what moral and/or legal right does anybody have to raise up any more money from the people to pay for anything when the government of this state cannot and/or will not balance the budget? Our schools are like country clubs and many of our homes are shabby and falling because people are unemployed. Do we have anything to say as to the value of our homes? Someone else makes that decision also. When was the last time Americans voted on what roads to fix or what schools to keep open or close or even how much "we" want to spend on education? Oh, we may get a vote, but the government goes and does as it well pleases. When it comes right down to it, we don't decide and they don't listen. These simple American rights have been taken away from us. Once in office, our elected officials run amuck. They tell us what we can afford and they tell us just what will happen if we cannot afford it. They tell us what our property is worth, how much we'll pay in taxes and if you’re single and old and can't afford your Public Opinion: property taxes, they will relieve you of your burden and put you in a nursing home and sell your property, because, "it's good for the people." In times past, the people would send an elected official to Washington to be their voice. Now elected officials go to Washington for lunch, and we the taxpayers are expected to pay for their trip, but, "it's good for the people." Now for my last question, "Is this the America that "we" want? David Steadman, Freeport Racist rant was archaic, irrelevant To the editor This responds to a letter in the March 1 issue of the Hastings Banner from Donald W. Johnson. As a soon-to-be resident of Hastings, I cannot allow his shamefully racist views to go unanswered, lest it be assumed that his disgraceful comments represent anything more than the prehistoric, illiterate and uneducated grunts of a minute fraction of the population’s underbelly. I know I should be angrier; instead I feel terribly sad for him. Johnson and his hateful observations are as archaic and irrelevant as bustles and spats. My advice would be for him to bundle up his hate-spewing KKK thoughts and crawl back into the primeval slime from which they emerged. John E. Mantle Fort Mill, S.C. What did you learn in leadership class? Responses to our weekly question. Last Saturday was the graduation day for the 2007 Barry County leadership class. Six of the grads were asked “How do you plan to use the leadership skills you have learned in this class in your community or job?” They have been working on a project to assist Barnabas House with its emergency shelter for boys. Anyone who would like to contribute to that effort or would like more information about Leadership Barry County should call 9452114. shop there. Buy your groceries at Felpausch or Plumb's or Tom's Market — these stores support our community daily and have for decades. Buy your miscellaneous items at Kmart if you must. Yes, it's still a mega-mart, but at least if by your spreading your dollar elsewhere Wal-Mart won't be so empowered by our tolerance for their greed. They obviously do not care about our community or they would simply back off. I think enough people have come forward in opposition to this idea that Hastings and sourrounding communities have voiced their opinion well enough and effectively rolled up the welcome mat. If we are to preserve what it is about Hastings that makes it one of the 100 Best Small Towns, then that must include balance between corporate America and small town America. And in order for that to happen, then we as consumers (there's that word again, consumer. I wonder how long before we finally devour everything) need to provide that balance. So, with all of this having been said, I urge all of Barry County and beyond to make your voice count by taking action. Let Wal-Mart know that we as a community mean business by not helping to prosper their's. Support a neighbor’s business today! Jason and Melissa Strotheide, Nashville Wal-Mart problem is with its location To the editor: In response to the writer of "Wal-Mart critics are uninformed" letter, the issue facing the City of Hastings and Rutland Township with the building of a Super Wal-Mart is the location. The location of the store is the problem. Wal-Mart’s questionable business practices are a whole other topic. Any large department/discount store built on that location would have a negative effect on the surrounding area. To state that the traffic, because of WalMart, would not make that big of a difference shows the writer does not live within a close proximity to the proposed Green Street location. I could not tell you what time Flexfab lets out its work force because they must not all drive down Green Street to get to and from work. The letter writer will not have to put up with daily traffic issues, not to mention other possible negative effects to our property, such as the widening of Green Street, extra garbage in our yards, noise level, and the safety of children crossing the street on their way to and from school. The proposed location could constrict emergency access to Pennock Hospital. Again this is a problem of location. The current Wal-Mart is at a suitable location and that is the only Wal-Mart, in my opinion that the area really needs. Sixteen years ago when my husband and I moved to West Michigan, we chose Hastings to raise our growing family. We chose Hastings for its welcoming small town environment. If we had wanted department stores close by we would have chosen another city. Please don’t make assumptions about people just because they care about their community and want to keep it on the list as one of the 100 Best Small Towns in America. Those interested can Google "Stop WalMart" for more information. Laura Brandt, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Jon Anderson, Hastings: “I will utilize my new skills in my current job, with my family and in my community.” Emily Benningfield, Hastings: “I feel that going through Leadership Barry County as I am preparing to go to college has been very beneficial. I think I understand my community better.” Cindy Tietz, Middleville: “I have learned so much through this course about Barry County that I did not know even though I have lived here more than 25 years. I explored more and discovered people, resources and the diversity of this community.” Dan King, Hastings: “I have learned that everyone has leadership qualities. Some use leadership to be positive and others negative. My goal is to encourage positive developments in the community.” Laci Forbes, Freeport: “I am glad that I took the leadership class this year. I have learned a lot that I can share with the students in the Youth Advisory Council this year and next when I am a senior in high school.” Amanda Currier, Hastings: “I think that I will be able to use what I have learned through taking the Leadership Barry County class in my current position and in my community.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 5 Rutland stood up to a corporate bully Finally: budget movement Two thirds resolution better than none It's not often you attend a governmental meeting and say afterward you felt great when you left. But that was the way it was last Wednesday night for me and more than 100 other citizens at the Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting. The Rutland Township Hall was packed, standing room only in the main meeting room with a massive spillover into the hallways. Some people left because it got so hot in the room. It was democracy in action, where citizens from Rutland Township and the City of Hastings filled the room to voice concerns about allowing Wal-Mart to build a huge supercenter along Green Street between Cook Road and the M-37 corridor. Some said we already have a Wal-Mart, and we already have a traffic problem. Others were concerned about traffic on Green Street, Cook Road the the M-37 corner. Still others were concerned about the Hospital located on Green Street and the safety issues that present themselves with the increased traffic. Rebecca Baker, an engineer with Wade Trim, representing WalMart, said a traffic study showed between 4,000 and 5,000 trips per day on the street could increase to more than 10,000 trips per day if the facility was built. When members of the zoning board questioned her about the increase on Green Street turning right toward the city, she answered that the store might suggest customers turn left and not head back toward Hastings. Barry County Surveyor Brian Reynolds said he's dealt with many zoning issues in his career and it was his understanding that zoning laws are intended to "protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens, and if that's what zoning's all about, then to serve these goals, just say no." That's really the issue here. Governments at all levels have a responsibility to protect our environment, so to make it possible, strong rules and regulations for enforcement become necessary. Wal-Mart the company doesn't care about Hastings and Barry County. They're only concerned with making more money and bringing additional customers to their store. So it's up to us, the citizens of the area, to make sure we consider what a development of this size will do to the area that can never be reversed. Problems like this and the consequences of such a development have been discussed throughout Michigan. The best way to deal with the problem is through managed growth. For years now experts have been telling us that Grand Rapids area growth will continue to focus on moving south into Barry County, and if you plan to protect your way of life and the natural beauty of the area, you must work as hard to stop it as you do to promote it. Michigan's population doesn't appear to be growing; it's just moving, spreading out into rural areas, so as we plan our future, we must demand our local government’s vigilance in dealing with developers. We can't allow developers to determine what our communities will look like, because if we do I'm sure it won't be anything like we thought it should be. The issue is, how can we allow growth, yet still maintain our local country character? It's possible, but only when you maintain strong management principles. I've attended many seminars over the years, many of them put on by experts from Michigan State University, where they’ve discussed managed growth. I've seen for myself that it's possible, but it takes determination to make it happen, and that's what happened last Wednesday night when more than 100 local citizens said to See more Letters to the Editor on page 9 Wal-Mart, “no deal, not here, not now, we don't want it.” Yet Wal-Mart officials had the gall to suggest they would sue the township if they didn't get their way, which just shows you what they’re all about — making more money, regardless what impact a huge store could have on the community. It did my heart good to see five local leaders, the members of the Planning Commission, stand up to this monster and say the people have spoken, this potential development doesn't fit our master plan, it's not in the best interest of the people and it would bring problems to the area that could be irreversible. Dorothy Flint set the stage when she said something like, “I don't like what I'm hearing, it appears that we've made the decision to built this store and we are just working out the details of our decision. I can't support this development, it's just not right.” Then the tone of the meeting changed for the better, for it wasn't long afterward the motion was called and a unanimous 5 to 0 vote was recorded. It was a great turn out, a great experience for justice. But it's not over. If you really want to stop this project, plan to attend the next township meeting April 11 at 7:30 p.m., when the Township Board takes up the action of the Planning Commission. For months now, the City of Hastings and Rutland and Hastings townships have been working on a plan to agree on neighboring growth and how it can work. It's time the three governments stop talking and come to some agreement on the issues. They need to put together an official map of development and where it could happen. They need to study the infrastructure, roads, sewer and water, parks, schools, everything, and determine how the three governments can manage growth so that it doesn't harm our rural character we've worked so hard to protect. These officials are elected to represent the people, the residents of the area, not the developers. It's their responsibility to make it happen so we can look back years from now and say, we did our best to maintain our rural character, yet at the same time allowing for growth under strong and orderly guidelines put forth from good sound zoning regulations. Strong zoning guidelines make it possible to say no to the likes of Wal-Mart. It's not their community, it's ours, and we have a responsibility to make sure we recognize it in the years to come. Just take a look at the map on this page. M-37 is the major artery through the City of Hastings, which for five blocks runs down Green Street before it turns north on Broadway down to State Street. Don't think for a moment that when customers come from the south they will use that route to get to the new Wal-Mart location. All the customers coming from the south side of Hastings, Nashville, Dowling, and all along M-37 to the south will run right down Green Street all the way to the new store, putting an impact that will be impossible to correct on Green Street, its neighborhoods and Pennock Hospital. Rutland planning officials made the right choice. We need to make sure it stands in the future, or we will look back for years to come and wonder what were we thinking when we allowed this mistake to be made. To sum it up, George Orwell, one of the most quotable authors of the 20th century, said it best: “Freedom is the right to say no.” — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Who should pay for fire cleanup? To the editor: At our March 13 township meeting, our township supervisor talked about a new proposal from the fire department that after a fire they responded to they wanted to hold 15 percent of any insurance settlement until the fire site had been cleaned up. This tactic is to be used as a guarantee that the cleanup would be completed. I feel that since the insured party is the one who paid for the policy, they are entitled to all of their settlement and they should not be punished for the few that will not do what is required for site cleanup. After all, it’s a matter of who’s money is it, anyway? The insured or local government agencies? Earl Willison Lansing is a fascinating place. For months there was little or no movement on the budget impasse. There was constant shadowboxing, but no real contact. Then, after a short two- or three-day negotiating session, two thirds of this year’s $900 plus million dollar deficit was rectified in a bipartisan agreement. On Thursday, March 22, Gov. Jennifer Granholm released an executive order that was previously negotiated with the leadership of the House and the Senate. While I am not pleased with all of its contents, I am encouraged at the progress that was made when the governor and the legislative leadership entered into the same room. I will not have a vote on this particular agreement because the constitution only requires approval of budgetary executive orders from the House and Senate appropriation committees, of which I am not a member. As for the remaining one third, that is a very fluid situation. The Michigan Senate went ahead and passed additional negative supplementals (cuts) sufficient to balance the rest of the deficit in the general fund and the school aid fund. Those additional cuts will now go to the House for consideration. This will force the House leadership to place the budget situation on the agenda. The House options are to finally give the governor’s tax increase a vote, pass the Senate’s additional cuts, or to do its own thing altogether. Surprisingly, the governor’s plan has been blocked by Democrats in the House until now and there has been great reluctance to produce an alternative. The governor has made her position clear, as has the Senate. Now it is time for the House to act. It’s ugly, but the process is actually moving. I hope that the 2006-2007 budget will be put to rest within weeks. There is sure to be much drama and gnashing of teeth, but the end is in sight. Ironically, work has already started on next year’s budget. I was pleased to receive word that the Speaker of the House cancelled the legislative spring recess. This was done to insure that the budget gets settled without additional delay and to continue review and debate of the various business tax plans (SBT replacement). I sit on the tax policy committee and am anxious to resolve this issue because the current business tax code expires Dec. 31 of this year. It is very critical to business development efforts that we give prospects the ability to calculate what their business tax liability would be here in Michigan. As I have said before, this level of uncertainty is not productive nor acceptable. While the budget has dominated the majority of the legislature’s time, I have been moving forward with other items, including property tax reform. Starting with the release of property tax assessment notices, my office was flooded with communications from home owners. The typical question was: How can my property taxes go up when I know my home value has decreased? Proposal A was an amendment to the Michigan Constitution, approved by popular vote in 1994. As with any amendment, it is necessary to enact legislation to implement the purpose of the change. That legislation was completed in 1995. Among other things, Proposal A cut homestead property taxes in half and limited the growth in taxable value until the property transfers ownership. The amendment says that increases in taxable value (and therefore property taxes) cannot exceed inflation or 5%, whichever is less. In other words, the increase potential is capped. Here is where the problem came in. The enabling legislation says the taxable value SHALL increase by inflation or 5%, whichever is less – regardless of potential decreases in value. The language in Proposal A clearly does not require an increase; it simply capped the increase that was allowable in a given year. The original enabling legislation put one additional cap on the taxable value. It said that the taxable value will not increase when the market value of the home decreases or stays the same. I firmly believe that this matches the intent of the constitutional amendment. How can I be sure? The current system of mandatory inflationary increases was only implemented because then Attorney General Frank Kelley issued an opinion in 1995 that required it. Basically, his findings were that a separate section of the Michigan Constitution required uniformity in taxation. Clearly it does. However, Mr. Kelley determined that the only way to keep the system uniform is to have all properties increase by the same amount every year. I submit that the system can be uniform without mandatory increases in taxable value. You would simply apply uniformity in the way the increases and decreases are determined. Still, since the standing attorney general opinion cites a constitutional conflict, we are left with basically one option and that is to amend the constitution. Make no mistake, this is not fixing Proposal A; it is implementing the final aspect of it. I had lunch the other day with a former Democratic legislator who was in the House when this legislation was passed. He said when the Attorney general’s opinion came out it was disappointing, but they figured it did not matter. He recalled that no one really envisioned a statewide decline in property values. Well, now it does matter and I will personally introduce a constitutional amendment when the drafting is complete. My colleagues and I put our heads together and came up with several other improvements in the current system that are not constitutional issues. These ideas include increasing the period between the assessment notices and the appeal deadline and requiring more deference in the appeals process to appraisals completed by state certified appraisers. I have many more ideas with a simple objective: Make the system fairer and keep the promise of Proposal A. Bombings actually may be sabotage To the editor: It appears that when Rosie O’Donnell puts something on the web people take notice. The rest of us are ignored. I am referring to Rosie’s Website blaming the U.S. government for its alleged role in Sept. 11, 2001. I hope the government comes up with satisfactory answers. Here are some other events that need answers: 1. Why did the government pay over $1 million to settle a wrongful death suit at Ruby Ridge, when the FBI claimed its actions were lily white? 2. Why did the FBI claim that Waco wasn’t a massacre when Apache helicopters from Fort Hood with ordinance, including Hellfire missiles attacked the compound and machine guns were used to keep all from escaping? The FBI apparently didn’t want any witnesses. Why did the FBI try the ultimate insult? We couldn’t tell the difference between the burst of a Hellfire missile and reflected sunlight. 3. Again, the ultimate insult, we can’t tell the difference between a vehicle bombing and sabotage. This includes the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in1995, the Air Force building in Saudia Arabia, and our two African embassies. Any person who knows about explosions know that all were sabotaged. 4. Now we come to 9-11, with a small fire on the seventh and 12th floors, why did Building No. 47 implode at 5:20 p.m. on 911? Building 47 was a 47-story structure and was not hit by a plane. With fires still burning and basically intact, why did the buildings suddenly start descending vertically into a cloud of toxic debris? Why was all this cloud of toxic debris at the surface; the fire was near the top? Why did the lower part of the building give way in a cloud of toxic debris; the damage was at top? If Rosie can get answers to these questions, we have many more, like why didn’t the ATF show up for work the day the federal building was sabotaged? We use explosions to operate reciprocating, Ram Jet, Pulse Jet, Turbo Jet and rocket engines. That should give us all knowledge of explosives. The FBI telling us we can’t tell the difference between a vehicle bombing and sabotage is the ultimate insult. In Iraq we see vehicle bombs going off in vehicles near buildings all the time and if you are not near a window, safety is in the building. In all these sabotage actions, a vehicle bomb was used as a decoy. Robert R. Johnson, Hickory Corners �Page 6 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390 & Assistant Pastor Bill Bourne (269) 664-3060. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. Area Obituaries Myrtle E Melendy George R. Foote NAPOLEON - Myrtle E. Melendy, age 94, of Napoleon, passed away Thursday,March 22, 2007 at Bortz Health Center in Petoskey. She was born on June 1, 1912 the daughter of George and Emmaline (Converse) Taylor in Cement City. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Harry Godlove and Raymond Melendy; two brothers, James and Arthur Taylor; and two sisters, Maude (Justus) Beatty and Maxine (Manuel) Camacho. Myrtle was a loving mother for over 40 years to her stepchildren, Karen (Albert) Melendy Janutolo of Brutus; Larry (MaryMartha) Melendy of Hastings; Douglas (Ethel) Melendy of Aledo, TX; Beverly (Tommy) Godlove Myers of Savannah, GA; seven granddaughters, Denise (Janutolo) Torres, Andrea (Melendy) Cabrera, Michelle (Melendy) Lahti, Stephanie (Janutolo) Adams, Dannette (Melendy) Flores, Gina Janutolo, and Chandra (Melendy) Mann; 15 great grandchildren; two sisters, Esther (Rudy) Stefanich of Jackson and Mildred (Ronald) Roebuck of Michigan Center; one brother, George (Bud) (Helen) Taylor; and many nieces and nephews. Myrtle was a lifetime member of the Jackson Women of the Moose. A Healing Farewell was held on Tuesday, March 27 with Reverend Robert Malsack officiating, at the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bortz Health Center, 1500 Spring St., Petoskey, MI 49770. Envelopes will be available at the Borek Jennings Funeral Home, Braun Chapel, Brooklyn. Please sign Myrtle’s guest book at www.BorekJennings.com KALAMAZOO - George R. “Dick” Foote, of Kalamazoo, formerly of Martin and Delton, passed away March 26, 2007. Dick was born on February 14, 1913, in Orangeville Township, the son of Charles and Lela (Chapman) Foote. A farmer all his life, he loved to farm, and will be remembered for this precision of his plantings, and his abundant crops. Dick also loved hunting, fishing, dogs, horses, telling stories and little children. He was a member of the National Rifle Association. Members of his family include sons, George (Mable) Foote of Middleville, and Gary (Velma) Foote of Plainwell; daughters, Shirley (Jack) VanDyke of Plainwell, and Sheryl (Tad) Gluchowski of Kalamazoo; a brother, Lyle ‘Tiny” (Pat) Foote of Delton; sisters, Doris Morse and Dorothy Bourdo, both of Orangeville; 16 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; and one great great grandchild. Dick also has several step children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. HIs parents; wives, Ruth and LaBerta; son, Charles; brother, Gordon; and sister, Agnes preceded him in death. The family will receive friends Friday, March 30, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday, March 31, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Prairieville Cemetery. Pastor Ray Brandon officiating. Memorial contributions to the National Rifle Association or the Delton District Library will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Jane L. Reynolds Harold V. Manville GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Tuesday - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday8:45 a.m. Men’s Fellowship breakfast. Next Wednesday6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 1:30 p.m. Circle 3&4 in lounge; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. Next Thursday - 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday Service, Friday 12:15 p.m. Good Friday Service. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77510816 Dan Lumbert HASTINGS - Harold Manville, age 80, of Nashville, died Thursday, March 22, at Tendercare in Hastings. Harold was born June 7, 1926 in Grand Traverse County, the son of George Melvin Manville and Urina (Norton) Manville. He attended high schools at Kingsley, Traverse City and Lansing. He entered the armed forces in 1945 and served with the U.S. Army of occupation in Germany following World War II. While in the military he was trained as an aircraft mechanic. Later, aviation continued to play a major role in his life. He first earned a private pilot license in 1952, then with additional training became a commercially licensed pilot flying for charter services in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona. He was also a licensed flight instructor, giving lessons at the Mason Airport, which he operated in the 1960s. One of his young students, Jim Wheaton, is now a commercial airline pilot. In 1997 Wheaton wrote a children’s fiction book, ‘What’s a Piper Cub?” The story is based on a small airport and features “Harold Manville” as its operator. Manville actually owned a Piper Cub, as pictured in the book, as well as a helicopter and seaplane that he flew for business and pleasure. He was also a Lansing-area auctioneer, after graduating in 1954 from Reppert School of Auctioneering at Decatur, Indiana. He moved from Lansing to Nashville in 1989. He was preceded in death by his brother, Lorin M. Manville; one sister, Phoebe Jane Wiecheck; one niece and one nephew. He is survived by his sister, Glady (Arnold) Boone of Brevard, North Carolina; five nieces; and special friends Wayne and Sue Brovont of Bellevue, and Susan Hinckley of Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to Tendercare of Hastings or In-House Hospice, 5360 Holiday Terrance, Suite 24A, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Arrangements entrusted to Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. HASTINGS - Jane L. Reynolds, age 90, of Hastings, died Friday, March 23, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. Reynolds was born on Sept. 3, 1916 in Odessa Township, Ionia County, the daughter of Floyd and Pearl (Gibbons) Ritter. She was raised in the Lake Odessa area on a farm and attended school there, graduating in 1934 from Lake Odessa High School. She received a teacher’s certification from Barry County Normal. She then taught school for a brief time. She was married to Raymond R. Reynolds on February 14, 1942. She was employed at Hastings Manufacturing Company for 42 years. Jane volunteered at Pennock Hospital for 25 years, accumulating 17,087 volunteer hours and was honored numerous times for her volunteer work. Mrs. Reynolds is survived by her son, Rick R. Reynolds of Hastings; brother, Maynard Ritter of Florida; and sister, Jean Harris of Illinois. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Raymond on March 9, 1999; and brothers, Paul, Maxwell and Royal Ritter. Respecting her wishes there will be no visitation. Graveside services were held Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at Hastings Riverside Cemetery with Pastor Brian Albright officiating. Burial was at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Pennock Foundation or Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 WOODLAND - Dan Lumbert, age 80, of Woodland, died Friday, March 23, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. Mr. Lumbert was born on June 20, 1926 in Sunfield, the son of David and Elizabeth (Baughman) Lumbert. He was raised in the Sunfield, Nashville and Farwell areas and attended the Ellis School in Farwell and Nashville schools. He served in the U.S. Army from November 20, 1944 until his honorable discharge August 4, 1946. He was married to Lillian I. Converse on June 7, 1961. He lived at his last address on Coville Road the past 35 years. He was employed at General Motors in Lansing for many years retiring in 1992. Previous employment included Dow Chemical. He was a member of the Sheridan V.F.W. Post; he enjoyed his computer, playing bingo, hunting and fishing. Mr. Lumbert is survived by his wife, Lillian; daughters, Cindy (Michael) Wnuk of Middleville and Patricia Lumbert and her fiance Greg Kraft of Woodland; sons, Andy (Rose) Lumbert of Los Angeles, California and Joseph Lumbert of Nashville; daughter, Beth Proseuf of DeWitt; eight other children from a previous marriage; five grandchildren, Tiphany, Nathan, Jarrett, Dylan, and Kyle; sister, Dora Harrington of Lake Odessa; and brother, Raymond Lumbert of Greenville. Preceding him in death were his parents; a daughter, Pamela Lumbert in 1962; three brothers and four sisters. Services were held Monday, March 26, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Pastor Russell Sarver officiating. Burial was at Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodland Township. Honorary casket bearers were Joseph Lumbert, Greg Kraft, Michael Wnuk, Jason Pyle, and James Jarman. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren.funeralhome.com). Marriage Licenses Aaron J. Ketchum of Hastings and D’Lisa Louise Groeneweg of Hastings. Joshua Stephen Mellinger of Gap, PA and Amanda Rose Goodrow of Schroon Lake, NY. Kevin Thomas Burns of Wayland and Doria Ann Bannen of Wayland. Mark Alan Eyer of Middleville and Deborah Lynn Mann of Middleville Michael John Walker of Nashville and Mandy Lynn Gildner of Nashville. Michael Scott Hammond of Plainwell and Amanda Renee Berry of Delton. James-Franklin Patrick Welch of American Canyon, CA and Alexandrea Marie Bromley of Dowling. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 7 Nancy J. Gorodenski HASTINGS - Nancy J. Gorodenski, age 74 of Hastings, died on Thursday March 22, 2007 at Hastings Tendercare. Nancy was born June 13, 1932 in Hastings, the daughter of Raymond and Nellie (Gardner) Bolton. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1950. She worked for several nursing homes as a dietary manager. Nancy was also a homemaker, she enjoyed her flowers, watching the birds and golf. She was married to Nicklas Gorodenski Jr. in 1952 which ended in divorce. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, and an Aunt Martha Whittum. She is survived by two daughters, Cindy O’Grady of Hastings and Debra Kilmartin of Grand Rapids; a son, John (Kathy) Gorodenski of Hastings; six grandchildren; one great granddaughter; three brothers, Frank (Ann) Bolton, David (Ruby) Bolton, and Robert (Sharon) Bolton all of Hastings; several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Friday March 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm at the Hastings Grace Lutheran Church. Memorials can be made to the family. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Marian G. Cook Michael D. Mills Delores D. Miller HASTINGS - Michael D. Mills, of Hastings, passed away March 21, 2007. Mike was born on September 30, 1955, the son of Hazen and Maxine (Fox) Mills. He was a 1973 graduate of Delton Kellogg High School. For over 30 years he was a loyal employee of Mercy Ambulance in Hastings. Music was his passion, he loved playing the guitar, especially at the Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, where he was very active in the Praise Band. A lover of science fiction movies, especially the movies made in the 1950s. Mike will be remembered for his political discussions, his knowledge of and interest in the Titanic, his childlike enthusiasm for life and his “get it done” attitude. He is survived by his children, Stephanie, Michelle and Matthew Mills; his special friends: the Shermans, Justine and Merissa. Mike was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services were conducted, Saturday, March, 24, 2007, at the Faith United Methodist Church, in Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann, officiated. Memorial contributions to Mike’s children will be appreciated. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. DOWLING - Delores D. Miller, of Dowling, age 72, passed away unexpectedly March 22, 2007, at her residence. Delores was born on May 17, 1934, in Traverse City, the daughter of Gary and Jennie (Ayers) Goodrich. She owned and operated the Bedford Auction House forover 30 years. Delores enjoyed going to garage sales and flea markets. She loved caring for and raising her grandchildren. She will be remembered as a great cook, especially for her famous chili. In 1967, she married Henry Miller and he preceded her in death on December 28, 2004. Delores is survived by her children, Wayne Dill of Delton, Karen (Jim) DelRosso of Las Vegas, NV, Gary Dill and Mark Dill of Dowling; 14 grandchildren; several great grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews. Delores was preceded in death by her parents and a step son Randy Miller. Funeral Services were conducted, Monday, March 26, 2007, at Prairieville Bible Church in Delton, Pastor Bernard Blair, officiating. Burial took place in East Hickory Corners Cemetery Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society will be appreciated. Arrangements made by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Dale D. Smith DELTON - Dale D. Smith, of Delton, passed away March 24, 2007, at his home. Dale was born on February 4, 1936, in Battle Creek, the son of William G. and Mary (Given) Smith. A life long resident of Delton, he attended Delton schools and was a veteran of the US Army. Dale worked most of his life at the family business, Smith & Doster Ford and Implement, and becoming co-owner with his brother Bill in 1970. Dale later went on to work and retire from Delton-Kellogg Schools. He was an avid hunter, and snowmobile enthusiast, and has owned a snowmobile since 1963, spending a great deal of time at his home in Grand Maris. Dale was a member of the VFW., the Moose Club, Lions Club, and the Delton Area Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by children; Ray, Amy, and Dale (Julie) Smith of Delton; grandchildren: Whitney, Brittany, Victoria, Hunter, Rachel, Alec, Wyatt and Alyssa. Dale also leaves a brother William F. (Pat) Smith of Delton, four nieces a nephew, several cousins, and many good friends. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 29, 2007, 5:00 to 8:00 PM, at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Private family services will be conducted at a later date. Memorial contributions to Borgess Visiting Nurse and Hospice or a charity of ones choice will be appreciated. Garland McClardy Allison DELTON - Marian G. Cook, age 91, (Mrs. Millard Cook), of Delton passed away March 24, 2007. Marian was born February 16, 1916, at home in Orangeville Township; the daughter of John (J. B.) and Mildred E. (Chapman) Beattie. A homemaker, Marian lived in Orangeville Township all of her life, and lived independently until her last week. She enjoyed knitting, reading, walking and working in her flower gardens. Marian also enjoyed family gatherings, especially children and watching them grow up, and talking daily on the phone to her sister Doris. She is survived by her son Gerald Lee (Marian L.) Cook of Delton; grandsons: Mark (Su) Calkins, Mike (Terrill) Calkins, David Cook, Gordon Cook and fiancee Lisa DeChano, and Kenny (Liz) Cook; great grandchildren, Chris, Karl, Katie, Adam, Thad, and Jacob Calkins, Sarah, Mary and Wyatt Cook; a sister, Doris Ruiter, sisters-inlaw, Sarah Anders, Dorothy Beattie and Louise Cook and a brother-in-law, Don Cook and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Millard Cook on December 17, 1971, her parents; sisters, Harriette Cook and Helen Cousino and brothers, Earl, Robert, Walter, and Louis Beattie. Funeral services were conducted at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton on Wednesday, March 28, 2007; Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Interment Prairieville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to The Bernard Historical Society will be appreciated. CLEARWATER, FLORIDA - Garland McClardy Allison, age 80, went to be with the Lord suddenly on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in Clearwater, Florida. A longtime Middleville resident who has spent many winters in Florida is survived by his wife of 50 years, Patricia; six children, Gayle and Doug Arensmeier of Salem, Oregon, Val and Edward Jones of Littleton, Colorado, Karen and Steven Werkema of Wayland, Sheryl and Ralph Haynes of Middleville, Mark Allison of Wayland and Matt and Shelly Allison of Middleville; 10 grandchildren, Alison and Jason Googins of Kentwood, Eric and Julia Jones of Littleton, Colorado, Ron and Haley Haynes of Phoenix, Arizona, Tom Haynes of Middleville, Garland, Abby, Meagan and Grant Allison of Middleville, James Allison of Wayland and one great grandchild, Benjamin Haynes of Phoenix. Garland was born in Atlanta, Georgia and was a World War II veteran. A memorial mass will be Saturday, March 31 at 11 a.m. Holy Family Catholic Church in Caledonia. He will be interned at St. Patrick’s of Bowne Cemetery in Caledonia. The family asked that in lieu of flowers that memorial contributions are made to the American Heart Association. A luncheon will be served following the mass. Arrangements are being made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Harry W. Solmes Social News Rutledges to celebrate 15th wedding anniversary Jim and Barb (Sackett-Roush) Rutledge will celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary on March 28, 2007. They will celebrate with a trip to Tennessee and later to the west coast to visit five of their seven children. Jim retired from Comtel and Verizon telephone companies and Barb retired from Dr. Pryor’s office where she worked for 32 years. Banner Classifieds Place your ad today 269-945-9554 HASTINGS – Mr. Harry W. Solmes, age 85, of Hastings, passed on to meet his Savior Jesus on Saturday, March 24, 2007, at his residence in Pennock Village. Mr. Solmes was born on January 6, 1922 at Grand Rapids, the son of David and Edith Solmes. He was raised in the Chicago area and attended schools there. He served in the U.S. Army from Sept. 12, 1944 until his honorable discharge on August 16, 1946 with the rank of Sergeant/Major. He was married to Oleda C. Start on September 20, 1940. Harry was employed on the Belt Railway Company of Chicago as a locomotive engineer for 47 1/2 years. His father, David, was a locomotive engineer on the Pere Marquette/C&O Railroad for 50 years. He was a member of Thornapple Valley Church. Mr. Solmes is survived by wife, Oleda; daughters, J. Joy Shaeffer of Middleville, Sharon J. Beneze of Lubbock, Texas; son, Ronald Solmes of Wayland; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Vasil of Chicago. Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, March 30, 2007 at Thornapple Valley Church. Rev. Jeffrey Arnett will officiate. Burial will be at Ft. Custer National Cemetery in Augusta. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Hospice, Thornapple Valley Church or charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). Newborn Babies Demny-Rogers exchange vows 1LT(P) Matthew J. Demny and Katharine J. Rogers were united in marriage on July 22, 2006 at Christ Community Church in Alto. Parents of the groom are Lawrence Demny of Traverse City, MI and Betsy Demny of St. Louis, MO. Parents of the bride are Gary and Carol Rogers of Hastings, MI. Maid of honor was Liz King, friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Jill MaxbauerNiemi, friend of the groom, Alyson Wungarden, cousin of the bride, and Kira Bachrodt, friend of the bride. Best man was Steven Demny, brother of the bride. Groomsmen were Sgt. Douglas Isanhart, brother-in-arms of the groom, Dan Spalla, friend of the groom, and Cpt. Jon Trolla, brother-in-arms of the groom. Ushers and Swordsmen were OFC Tom Perosky, OFC Larn Strawn, OFC Andy Erickson, OFC Patrick McManus, TPR Tim Halvorsen and SFC Kal Charania. Greeting from Battle Creek Knights Battle Creek Knights General Manager David Darkey brought the excitement of professional basketball to Hastings Wednesday when he gave a presentation at the weekly meeting of the Hastings Kiwanis Club. “No two days are ever the same for me,” said Darkey. Darkey talked about excitement of his job, as well as the excitement of professional basketball. This year will be the Knights’ third year as an International Basketball League. Darkey also mentioned that the Battle Creek Knights work to support community organizations through featuring and contributing to a different organization at each game. GIRL, Hailey Nicole, born at Pennock Hospital on March 10, 2007 at 3:49 a.m. to Amy Yager and John Grill of Grand LedgeLyons. Weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs. BOY, Logan Thomas, born at Pennock Hospital on March 12, 2007 at 8 a.m. to Michael and Lyndi Henry of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. TWINS, Spencer Lee and Norah Sue, born at Pennock Hospital on March 12, 2007 at 12:41 p.m. to Maranda and Louis Orth of Freeport. Spencer weighed 6 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 inches long. Norah weighed 5 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Donald Earl, born at Pennock Hospital on March 17, 2007 at 11:35 p.m. to Don and Stacey Kuck of Battle Creek. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair Perhaps you sent beautiful flowers, if so, she saw them there. Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say. Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day. Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much whatever the part. The family of Doris Neeson 06648434 �Page 8 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Internet expose´ Tomorrow night (Friday, March 30) there will be another baked fish dinner at St. Edward’s. Next week there will be several pre-Easter events, as Lent draws to a close. Community Good Friday services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 6, at Central United Methodist Church under the direction of the Lakewood Ministerial Association. Details will come later. Several churches will hold Maundy Thursday services. Central UMC will be host for an Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. with the Rev. David Flegal bringing the message. Breakfast will be served. Call 374-8861 for reservations or call Lakewood UMC at (269) 367-4800. The Lake Odessa Community Library will have “Spring Break Magic” for school age children at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 4. Those 8 and older also are invited to a demonstration with magician John Dudley at 1 p.m., provided they have registered by March 30. The Goodwill store is now open on Sprague Road, south of War-Mart, Ionia, six and a half days each week. The store has a drive-up window for donations. Sprague has recently been rerouted a bit since the opening of the new stores along M-66. Sprague has some new angles in its route between Harwood and State, which is also M-66. This replaces the Goodwill store on South Steele Street in downtown Ionia. Fifteen workers will be at the new store. Last call for the paper drive at Lakewood Christian School. The semi has been on the premises all month, so there is just this weekend for accepting your papers and magazines. The VFW Auxiliary is holding a rummage sale Friday and Saturday this week at the post home on Tupper Lake Street. Proceeds will go the national VFW Home at Eaton Rapids. This Sunday will be Palm Sunday, observed in many local churches. Central UMC will hold its annual Procession of the Palms with children making their way through the aisles waving branches. The association of local museums met at the Lowell museum with representatives from 14 museums ranging from Ada on the west to Portland on the east and from Freeport on the south to Oakfield west of Greenville on the north. This group plans to have two events each year. The first is museum tour on the first Saturday and Sunday of May. There is no charge for any of the visits, but each museum may have items for sale. There are printed brochures which describe each historical place with photo. Another combined event will take place in July at Belding with a lady enactor who will describe the everyday life of an ordinary woman in the early 1800s. Much has been written about the slave and about the woman of high birth, but little has been documented about women of ordinary circumstances. More details will follow as the time draws near. This is limited to the first 100 who buy tickets. This monthly meeting gives each historical society a venue for sharing information on coming events. The April meeting will be held in Ionia. Lake Odessa will host in September. Death came Friday, March 16, Gladys Dyke, 105, of Holland, at a Grand Rapids care facility where she had been a patient in very recent months. Until then she had been Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY My mother complains so much about pain in her OHJV��7KH\�GRQ¶W�DFWXDOO\�ORRN�OLNH�DQ\WKLQJ�LV� ZURQJ�ZLWK�WKHP���:KDW�PLJKW�WKLV�EH�DQG�LVQ¶W� there anything that can be done? Although there are a number of things that can cause pain in your legs, peripheral neuropathy is a condition that can be present from many different causes. It is due to damage to the peripheral nerves which then cannot communicate to the EUDLQ�LQ�D�QRUPDO�ZD\���6\PSWRPV�\RX¶UH�OLNHO\�WR�H[SHULHQFH� include pain, numbness, tingling, burning, muscle weakness or even loss of feeling. These symptoms often begin slowly initially in the feet or hands that spread upward. In some cases, symptoms may be very mild but for others, the symptoms are constant and unbearable and worse at night. When a single nerve is affected, the most likely cause is some type of injury from repetitive use that puts pressure on the nerve. This can be anything from a crutch under the arm to spending a long time at a keyboard. If several nerves are involved (like both legs), the cause frequently is diabetes but can also be a sign of thyroid, kidney or liver disease. Toxic chemicals such as alcohol or cleaning products, infections or vitamin deficiencies could also be to blame. Because peripheral neuropathy is only a presentation of many possible different problems, diagnosing and eventually treating it will depend on trying to figure out its cause. Your doctor will probable run a number of tests to determine what is damaging your nerves but unfortunately, the cause in any one individual is often difficult to determine. Treatment will then often be simply symptomatic in an effort to try and make the patient more comfortable. The best way to prevent peripheral neuropathy is to carefully manage any medical condition that puts you at risk. Control your blood sugars if you have diabetes, supplement your diet with correct vitamins if you are a strict vegetarian and avoid excess alcohol intake. If you use a keyboard frequently, make sure it is at the right height to avoid arm problems. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77510874 Dear Annie: Yesterday, my husband's nephew sent him an invitation to view the online blog that he and his wife write. On the site, the wife had posted a photo of herself wearing scanty clothing. I am furious, but I don't think it's jealousy I'm experiencing -- I think I feel disrespected. This same woman likes to wear revealing outfits around the family. I wouldn't think of posting this type of photo of myself on the Internet, and I certainly wouldn't invite male members of the family to view it. I think she is clearly an exhibitionist, and I have a bad feeling that the pair of them are getting some sort of sick pleasure from the wife exposing herself to the men of the family. Please tell me how to handle this. -- Breast or Thigh? Dear Thigh: People who post provocative photos of themselves on the Internet are indeed exhibitionists, and you are probably right that this couple enjoys the attention. They want you to be titillated or outraged. You handle this by asking your husband to ignore future requests to view this couple's online postings. If they ask what you thought of this one, say neutrally, "It was OK," or "We don't really have time to look at blogs." When you don't react, it removes all the excitement for them. We hope they will grow up soon. in her own home, keeping house and baking often. He had been married in the 1920s to Isaac Dyke and raised his daughter, Sheila, whose mother had died. She and Isaac had a daughter, Patricia, who eventually married Robert Reed of Lake Odessa. Isaac died during World War II as a result of an auto accident when both were bound for work at a defense factory at Berlin Center. She maintained the farm while working all the while in Saranac or TonIa. Then for 17 years she lived in a house she purchased on North Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa. She left there to live at Holland near the Reed family. She made new friends with many neighbors and enjoyed her life near the lake. There will be a graveside service in April at Highland Park Cemetery in Ionia. Gladys was preceded in death by her husband and daughter Sheila Wohlfert, seven brothers and sisters, some of her Reed grandchildren, children of Sheila. She is survived by daughter Patricia and sonin-law Robert Reed, their children David, Douglas, Brett, Amy, Mary Beth and grandson Larry Reed, son of Sheila. She is also survived by great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. There is a reminder in Lakewood News that all artificial flowers and winter wreaths at Lakeside Cemetery are to be removed by March 31. Any such items left in place will be removed. Another cemetery uses a method of removing such items, but they are placed at the ends of the rows so there is a time period for retrieval, short of destruction. The facade project on Fourth Avenue continues with replacement of upper windows in the two-story business buildings. The most recent changes have been with six pane windows in each panel rather than the decorative glass used in the Licari, Carl’s and Scheidt buildings. The former Scheidt building seems to be getting ready for new tenants. New walls have been erected at the rear side of the show windows so this results in rather boxlike show areas onto Fourth Avenue and solid walls for the interior. Is this maybe for more walls pace inside? Next door Meyers Hometown Bakery has the new style windows. Reports of Village Council proceedings give information that the red light signals for the CSX railway must be moved closer to the roadway. This could easily have been done last year when the Fourth Avenue street project was underway with new water lines being laid and the roadbed being replaced. There was no word from the railway until the project was completed. Now that the street is some inches more narrow than before, the signals must be relocated . Also, the report is that the planned exit from Sunny Fresh onto Jordan Lake Highway cannot be used because the company and the county road commission could not agree on driveway regulations. So there is now a very substantial gate across the drive. Thus all traffic must Come and go from Bonanza Road. News from Ionia is that Lionel Haskins will return as a volunteer manager of the Ionia County Free fair for 2007. This is prompted by the recent sudden death of manager Douglas Clark. Many plans are under way for the season. One of them is the motorcycle rendezvous July 4-8. This is called the H.O.G. Rendezvous — the Harley Davidson Motorcycle dealers association and also the B9-93 Birthday Bash coming on June 23 and 24 with its music. Mr. Haskins was manager until his retirement in 2004. The maple syrup season drew to a close this week after a short run. The run began in February and then came to a stop with the warm night-time temperatures for a short time. Then the pattern reverted to the warm days-cold nights necessary for a flow of maple sap. Thus the season had a reprieve for several days but then came to a halt. The Morris maple syrup business was running the last sap at the end of the week with cleanup to follow immediately. They had a good supply of wood stored for next year. Grandchildren of the family were busy last week emptying the plastic bags which had liquid not suitable for syrup making. Bottle battle Dear Annie: Is it possible that alcohol affects some people in such a way that they remember almost nothing about how they behave? My wife denies having any type of drinking problem, yet right now there is a nearempty box of beer in one closet, empty beer cans in the cupboards and two large empty wine bottles that weren't around a week ago. Frequently there is some type of mess (broken glasses, for example) to clean up. She has no regrets or apologies for her behavior. She becomes extremely defensive when I try to have even the smallest discussion on the subject. She has been seeing a therapist for eight years and recently started taking Prozac. She doesn't see anything wrong with adding extra pills to her daily prescribed intake and drinking to whatever extent she wants at the end of the day. She very rarely shows anything but a smile and nice disposition. The kids laugh at her when she gets drunk because she behaves like a bobble-head doll. I feel sorry for her, but I'm reluctant to help because everything I've said so far has been firmly rejected. Any suggestions? -- Married to the Bottle Head Dear Married: It's quite possible your wife has no recollection of what she does when drunk. And combining booze with pills is truly dangerous. Her therapist should be informed immediately. Stop being "reluctant" to get involved. This is a serious addiction. Contact Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org) for family and friends of alcoholics. It's in the phone book. Bossy behavior Dear Annie: We recently got a new supervisor, and I'm not sure if some of his behavior is appropriate. For instance, when we were dealing with a recent problem, he sent a memo saying, "If we don't fix this, someone is going to be fired." On another occasion, concerns were raised regarding one of his proposals, and he replied, "If people don't like it, I'd be happy to write them a letter of recommendation." We have a very professional and experienced staff, and these comments have people on edge. Should I just brush it off? Complain to our HR department? Start looking for other employment? -- John Dear John: Register a complaint with the HR department, and if your supervisor has a boss, speak to that person as well. An effective manager does not intimidate or threaten subordinates, and someone in authority should speak to your supervisor about his behavior. In Loving Memory of DENNIS K. TODD JANUARY 26, 1954 TO MARCH 27, 2001 Loving memories never die, as years roll on and days go by. In our hearts, memories are kept for the ones we love and shall never forget. Missing you always! Christina, Brandy, Shayne, Chase. 77510931 Rocky romance Dear Annie: I'm an attractive, smart, 26year-old female with a great job and a rich social life, friends-wise. The problem? Lately, it seems I'm destined to be alone. It's not that I don't meet guys. It's that I keep attracting the wrong types. And if I actually like a guy, there's always some catch. It's really starting to get me down. Case in point: I've had a crush on "Mark," a co-worker, for a few months. Imagine my delight when I discovered he was attracted to me, too. After two weeks of heavy flirting, we exchanged phone numbers. A week later, he called and invited me out for dinner. We had a wonderful conversation and a good time -until he said he is in a relationship that's "on the rocks." Red flags popped up everywhere. Now I'm in the dumps because I feel stupid for setting myself up for that one. Why would a guy ask me out on a date just to lower the boom? Why not tell me from the starting gate so I wouldn't get my hopes up? The worst part? I still want to get to know him better. I think Mark is a genuinely nice guy, and I believe he's telling the truth and not setting me up to be "the other chick" (which I refuse to be). I guess I just want to know what would motivate a person to do this. -- Confused and Frustrated in California Dear Confused: Many women learn the hard way if someone is otherwise involved, and this is not your fault. If you believe Mark is honest, his motivation is simple. He likes you, his current relationship is ending, and he's looking for someone new. If you don't mind dating a co-worker (often problematic), you can stick around and see where this goes -- but give yourself rules and a deadline. Tell him you won't date him until his current relationship is completely over, and decide how long you're willing to wait. In the meantime, make sure your friends know you are looking. It's often the best way to meet decent guys who are reliably available. Trolling for gifts Dear Annie: Our daughter is getting married next year. What is the etiquette for inviting people? Are we obligated to invite people we know will not come, even though they are immediate family? Both sides of the family are fairly big, and I know 70 percent of my husband's side isn't going to attend. Do we still send them invitations? I don't want to look like we are trolling for gifts. -- Mother of the Bride Dear Mother: Yes, invite the immediate family, even if they might not attend. You never know, and the choice should be theirs. Many people who might not be able to attend the festivities would be highly insulted if they were not on your A-list. (Inviting every distant acquaintance and business associate who cannot attend is trolling for gifts.) Working friendless Dear Annie: I just started a new job. I love the job, but hate the people I work with. I know I'm the new girl and must give it time, but they are just so rude. I always say "hi" with a smile. I never receive a smile back and barely a hello. When I walk into a room, they all ignore me. I've tried striking up a conversation, always with open-ended questions. They'll answer me, but then the conversation is over. This bothers me so much I've come home in tears. All I ask is to be acknowledged. Am I just too nice? Should I just get over it? It makes for a long day when your co-workers ignore you. -- Confused and Baffled in Michigan Dear Confused: Your co-workers may simply be accustomed to silence at work. Pick one person who seems reasonably nice and ask them to join you for coffee or lunch. If they refuse, ask directly if you are doing anything inappropriate. The rest just takes time. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 9 LETTERS, continued from page 5 A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 8 Irving Charlton... the boy and the man Irving Charlton with his parents, Frank and Roseanna. to college and become a college professor later. The little hand bell written about belonged to Irving’s mother, Rose Charlton, as Verna Welch wrote me about in 1967. –––––––––––––– Lakeview, 25 Years Ago September 2, 1901, 25 years ago, the first session of school was held in Hastings and Castleton Fractional District No. 2, later named Lakeview. Thirteen scholars answers roll call that fair September morn with Miss Ella Shaffhauser as teacher, whose home then was where Mr. Frank Charlton now lives. We did not have this beautiful school room as it is today, but the east part of the house opposite William Gillespie’s home, with a few chairs and the stand now used for the water pail was the teacher’s desk. The little hand bell that is still around called the scholars to order. Miss Shaffhauser only taught one month when she was called to other work. Irving Charlton, who at that time was attending high school, supplied for two weeks when Miss Cassady was engaged to teach, but only taught the remainder of the fall term. Harry Munton taught the winter term, then decided to get married, and left us without a teacher again. Still another was hired, this time it was Vena Welch, who stayed by the school for three years. During Miss Welch’s time in the district, the new schoolhouse was built and moved into. Some of the pictures and Old Glory that decorate the walls today were efforts of her hands. Of the first 13 who attended school here, three have already answered the call, “Come Home,” and the rest are all married, except two. They now live many miles apart, only one still living in the district. Eighteen teachers have taught here. Time has made many changes in school, as well as community, and we wonder, will there be as great a change in the next quarter of a century? We are glad that schools have improved and that our children enjoy them, and hope they may always be blessed with the same opportunity of learning. Miss Shaffhauser taught a prayer that all repeated together in the morning exercises, as follows: And now before we work today, We must not forget to pray To God, who has kept us through the night And brought us to the morning light. Help us, Lord, to love thee more Than we ever loved before. ––––––––––– Irving attended Hastings High from September 1898 until June 1901, 11 grades. He usually drove a horse and buggy in fall and spring, but used a horse and cutter when snow was on the roads. The horse was stabled near the school, which was rented. After high school, Irving wanted to go to Michigan State Agricultural College in East Lansing, but his father, Frank Charlton (the old man as Irving said), told him, “I can teach you all you need to know about agriculture right here.” But as time passed, Irving said, “I was plowing in a field north of the barn and going around and around it following a team of horses and I thought there must be a better future than this.” He unhooked the team from the plow and took them to the barn and unharnessed them and went to the house to see his mother and asked her if she would loan him some money to start going to college. Mrs. Charlton gave him $300 and he went to East Lansing and enrolled. Irving always spoke well of his mother and how good a cook she was and how hard she worked. His father later was very proud of him and approved of his decision. He attended 19021908. In later years, many knowing how he lived and his aversion to washing dishes, he said, “I washed enough dishes while going to college Vliek designated the bus stop at 3141 East Dowling Road for which my granddaughters, who are ages 11 and 12, would have to walk 448 feet, on busy Dowling Road, where there is no safe shoulder to walk on. This road has become a heavy traffic through fare and crossover between M-66 and M-37. It is not safe for my granddaughters or any other children to walk the edge of this road. Furthermore Vliek ignores the main objective of the pupil transportation laws, which clearly state that safety in transporting pupils is the foremost concern. This refers not only to the safety in transporting students, but also the safety of designating bus stops. Vliek is being unreasonable in denying our driveway as a designated bus stop when the bus goes right by our home and has always been a designated bus stop. We are not being unreasonable with our concerns of safety. Our driveway meets all the requirements of the law, and has always been a bus stop in the past years. So what is the real reason the Hastings School system has singled out our family this way? The distance from our driveway to the bus stop Vliek designated is 448 feet, which exceeds requirements of the law. Therefore she is violating our rights under the laws under the pupil transportation act. Though Vliek did respond in writing simply citing the law she based her decision on ( which was bogus) four months have passed and she still refuses to answer my questions pertaining to this issue, in writing as I requested. I attended the school board meeting this month intending to take up this busing issue, but the president of the school board, Patricia Endsley and Superintendent Schoessel would not allow me to talk about it! Carl Schoessel claimed Ms Vliek had made several attempts to set up a meeting with me. But he would not allow me to explain that she refused to answer any of my questions from previous letters for which she has and obligation to answer. He was letting her off the hook for her lack of duty to answer my questions. The fact is, they do not want to answer my questions because they could not answer without clearly admitting they have willfully violated laws concerning denying designating my driveway as a bus stop. One board member is obviously covering for the other. It is evident that my family was singled out and discriminated against on this busing issue. I have observed and video taped many of the bus routes in my area and seen the buses routinely stop at homes far shorter distances between bus stops than ours, and have seen buses go out of their way to pick up kids, by backing up and turning around, one in particular in the Lacy area, at a distance of 350 feet and 487 feet the bus stops three times within these distances, yet Mary Vliek and Sharon Duits told me they do not have to pick up my granddaughters at our driveway, even though we far exceed the requirements according the law. In my opinion this is a prime example of "the good ’ole boy" system, when state employees and public officials ignore the laws and put themselves above the laws, usurping their authority by not abiding by the laws. The public officials seem to forget that they are a fiduciary to the public, and obligated by law to serve the public and answer our questions. Mary Vliek and Sharon Duits refuse to abide by the laws. I have to wonder how many others have similar complaints against the Hastings School System? I have to wonder if the Hastings School System received funding for my granddaughters transportation even though they refused to transport them to and from school as required of the Pupil Transportation Act? This whole dilemma has caused my son and his daughters unnecessary financial hardship and stress. George Morris, Hastings to last me a lifetime.” I have here a letter written by Mrs. Vena Welch Bollinger in February 1967 from Deer Creek, Ill., she then being 84 years old. She was the teacher mentioned in Mrs. Cogswell’s reading she gave in 1926. She had read clippings from the Banner sent her by Mrs. Clara Gillespie of Hastings who had corresponded with her all the years since she lived in this area. The clipping dealt with the walnut tree episode on the park which I wrote in the Banner about in 1967. Mrs. Vena Welch Bollinger wrote in her letter that the little hand bell used in that first Lakeview School was Mrs. Rose Charlton’s and is probably now in the museum. She knew Mrs. Charlton well and had visited there many times. She remembers Frank Charlton taking her across Thornapple Lake by horse and bobsled to catch a train to Nashville on Friday afternoons, when the lake was frozen over. Mrs. Welch’s maiden name also was Welch and she later married an August Bollinger. They had a son; both father and son died in 1955. She was over at the park and saw Irving in 1955 for the last time. From 1902 to 1908, Irving, while attending Michigan State Agricultural College, did not want to take R.O.T.C. and do all the drilling and marching so he took up college wrestling. He said, “I was never an outstanding cham- pion but got along quite well and enjoyed doing it.” He told of having to prop up his chin with books on his desk to study after a workout in the ring or on the mat, as he sid they worked on your neck a lot of the time and it would be so lame and sore he could hardly hold it up. He was, even when I first knew him in his mid-50s, a very powerfully built, stocky man and could lift a tremendous load. He was always a football and baseball fan, but said little about his playing earlier. Mrs. Vena Welch Bollinger mentioned in her letter about Irving wanting to take a trip to Yellowstone Park during college vacation. His mother sent him $300 and he hitchhiked out there and sent home a picture of himself with long whiskers, a bundle on a stick, by a stick fire roasting a piece of salt pork. Mrs. Bollinger said he was a pill. When Irving was home during a Christmas holiday vacation, he built an ice boat with a sail and mast. It was down in the barn overhead until he moved to the park in 1950 and is probably in the park now. He and neighbors had a lot of fun with it on Thornapple Lake. In about 1902, a large dreges and equipment (steam boiler, engine, etc.) were unloaded from a freight train at Morgan and drawn by teams of horses down to Thornapple Lake. It was then assembled and used to dredge Mud Creek at the northeast end of the lake, nearly to the road east of Wellman School (which enters the lake on the northeast end) and dredged nearly to Bayne Road or Rowladers bridge. One can still see the mounds of earth along the creek, and how it was straightened out. Today much of the old creek bed can be seen as stagnant backwater. That was 80 years ago. The old-timers, among them my father, Edwin Mead, saw it work. It was a huge barge and the crew ate and slept aboard it and worked it 24 hours a day. Arch Graves, born in 1856 (and in 1956 rode in the Hastings parade as centarian), carried my father across the swamp to Mud Lake to see it. My father said he was 4 years old at the time so it would be 1902. Later there was talk of course lake property owners did not want that, so it did not go through. However, Irving, hearing about it, wanted to get the right to buy “the island” on the northeast end of the lake if it was dredged, but it was not. That old huge dredge was a great sight as the farmers would watch it digging up muck and soil, and they said pulling up logs, stumps and quite large trees. It was dredged to drain more lowland to be farmed, however, today there is very little current and the creek and Mud Lake are getting filled with silt again, 80 years later. 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The office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am4:30pm Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Fax: 269-948-0265 77510856 By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will continue to run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) Irving Charlton was born Aug. 28, 1882, the only child of E. Frank and Roseanna (Althouse) Charlton, on the 40-acre farm across the road (south) and about 20 rods east from the stone house. There were many Charltons in the area, but I only knew of Irving’s uncles, Calvan, William and Clarence. I never saw any of them. Irving’s father, Frank Charlton, was a very industrious farmer and prior to buying the farm where he later had the stone house and barn built, he and Mrs. Charlton had lived on and worked the farm across from the Lakeview schoolhouse. The schoolhouse was built in 1902. They bought the farm where the stone house now is from the Andrew Shaffhauser family in 1904 or 1905 and Irving grew up in the Lakeview area. His boyhood was spent as most normal boys in those times, however, he always was mechanically inclined and had a very inquiring mind and was always interested in why things were, and what controlled them. He loved to fish and tramp in the woods and enjoyed nature and all the birds and animals. He was always an ardent collector of Indian relics even as a boy. I have school rolls kindly loaned me by Mrs. Ruth (Cogswell) Varney of what was then known as District No. 7 Castleton Township School, Martin Corners, on East State Road. The years 1894 to 1897 show that Irving Charlton, along with 107 other pupils, attended there. B.D. Wotring was the teacher. He later had a drugstore in Nashville. In the school years of 1897-1900, there were 106 pupils attending. Burton A. Perry was the teacher. Mr. Perry later became Dr. Perry, a well-known local veterinarian for many years. (Robert Martin married June Perry, Dr. Perry’s sister.) Irving Charlton attended Martin School from September 1889 to June 1898. On June 19, 1898, tragedy struck the Charlton family. As Irving and his uncle, Clarence Charlton, were trying to cover a haystack on the Charlton farm before an electrical storm, lightning struck and killed Irving’s Uncle Clarence. It was certainly a tragic thing for a 16-yearold boy to have to witness. Those who knew said Irving did all that could be done and he tried to revive him and covered him with moist soil but to no avail. Clarence was 24 years old. When Irving was a boy, he was always rigging up some machine to be run by a windmill or other contrivance. He was always a mechanic. In those days, there was much work done in the woods in the wintertime. They would cut wood and haul it to Hastings on bob sleighs. Irving told of having an old relative staying with them who always had to have some kind of tonic to take every day. She sent the bottle to be taken to town by Irving and a cousin while delivering a load of wood. However, those boys filled it with rainwater from a hallow in a stump in the woods, as it was the same color as the tonic. The old lady took it a spoonful at a time and never knew the difference. Irving said it probably did her as much good as that from the drugstore and cost a lot less. Yes, Irving had a good sense of humor and enjoyed a good joke or trick. As Lakeview, Hastings and Castleton Township fractional district school did not exist prior to 1900, I am enclosing an interesting article written and read in September 1926 by Mrs. William Irene (Gillespie) Cogswell. Irving spoke of having taught country school for two weeks while yet going to high school. Maybe that was the start of his decision to go To the editor: Our family has been trying to resolve a busing issue with the Hastings Area School System since last November, but to no avail. Assistance Superintendent Mary Vliek and Transportation Supervisor Sharon Duits refuse to answer our questions, as to "why" they will not transport our grand daughters to and from school, and deny our driveway as a designated bus stop, when the bus goes right by our home. Our driveway has been a designated bus stop for more than 30 years, from 1972 to 1993 and prior to that with the previous homeowner, Gordon Hammond. There was never any question or problem with the buses stopping at our driveway then, so why now? The question remains, "Why are they discriminating against my family now" when the law and stipulations of the state require public schools to provide safe transportation for every eligible pupil to and from school, and there is appropriated state and federal funding for this. The State School Aid Act 94 of 1979 appropriates approximately $5,600 per pupil or more for busing. It is against the law for a public school system to discriminate against pupils concerning busing, who are eligible (pupils who do not live in the city, but are residents of the school district.) My granddaughters fall within these guidelines. These among other pertinent questions were put in writing via certified mail to Mary Vliek Dec. 20, 2006. Copies were also sent to Superintendent Carl Schoessel. Ms. Vliek responded in January and she cited the laws on which she based her denial of designating my driveway as a bus stop. After researching this section of law for which she based her denial, I found no grounds for denial. The law requires a 400foot clear vision from the front of the bus to the rear of the bus. In section 55 paragraphs 2 subparagraph (b) requires no less than 200 feet before the bus activates it amber lights for a bus stop. ® The BEAUTIFUL BRICK FRONT RANCH IN HASTINGS OPEN HOUSE • SAT. MARCH 31ST, 9-NOON 205 Penny Ave., Hastings 3 BR, 2 BA, newly remodeled, brand new carpet, all new appliances & furnace, completely finished basement with oak wetbar, quiet country neighborhood with large lot close to town, this is a must see, must sell! For Sale by Owner, (269) 945-3022 for questions or showing. 77510899 77502006 From TIME to TIME Schools unfairly deny bus stop, transportation for kids �Page 10 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES CITY OF HASTINGS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN PLEASE NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS 2007 PATCHING AND SEALCOATING The City of Hastings is accepting bids for its 2007 street patching and sealcoating program. Specifications are available at City Hall at 201 East State Street, Hastings, MI 49058. TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer at the above address until 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. MDOT will be holding an Open House on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings to inform the public of the 2008 M-37/M-43 road project in Rutland Charter Township, Barry County. This project starts from approximately the Cook Road intersection west to the M-37/M-43 junction. The project will widen the M-37/M-43 roadway to the south side of the current roadway and re-stripe for a center left turn lane. 77510905 The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularity in any bid, and to award the bid in a manner it believes to be in its own best interest, price and other factors considered. Contractors will be required to provide proof of insurance in the amounts included in the bid package. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “Sealed Bid 2007 Patching and Sealcoating”. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77510903 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the following Cities and Townships who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Monday, April 9, 2007. THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Regular Election to be held on May 8, 2007. REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP CLERK 7475 Cox Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 Phone 269 758-4003 THOMAS EMERY HASTINGS CITY CLERK 201 E State St, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-2468 PENELOPE YPMA BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP CLERK 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-3228 LINDA EDDY-HOUGH HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK 5463 S M 43 Hwy, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2464 DEBRA DEWEY-PERRY BARRY TOWNSHIP CLERK 155 E Orchard St, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-5171 CAROL ERGANG IRVING TOWNSHIP CLERK 3241 Wood School Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 948-8893 WILMA DANIELS CARLTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-5990 JUNE P. DOSTER JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP CLERK 1815 Lacey Rd, Dowling MI 49050 Phone 269 721-9905 LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 885 River Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-9690 JENNIFER GOY ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 Phone 269 664-4522 NORMAJEAN CAMPBELL-NICHOLS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 10115 S Norris Rd, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-2664 ROBIN HAWTHORNE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2194 SUSAN VLIETSTRA THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-7202 CHERYL ALLEN - WOODLAND TOWNSHIP CLERK 156 S Main, Woodland MI 48897 Phone 269 367-4915 JANICE C. LIPPERT YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP CLERK 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-9091 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2007. Please contact your Township or City Clerk for further information. For the purpose of electing members of the Board of Education, Board of Trustees and voting on ballot propositions for the following: JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP PROPOSAL FOR RENEWAL OF FIRE PROTECTION MILLAGE Shall the previously voted increase in the 15 mill tax limitation in Johnstown Township, Barry County, be renewed at 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) in the years 2007-2009 inclusive for fire protection purposes and shall the township levy such millage during such years, which levy shall raise in the first year an estimated $73,000.00. JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP PROPOSAL FOR RENEWAL OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT MILLAGE Shall the previously voted increase in the 15 mill tax limitation in Johnstown Township, Barry County, be renewed at 1/2 mill ($0.50 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) in the years 2007-2009 inclusive for road improvement purposes and shall the township levy such millage during such years, which levy shall raise in the first year an estimated $38,000.00. BELLEVUE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, 1819 E Milham Avenue, Portage, Michigan 49002, telephone: (269) 385-1500 KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Trustees - Three 6 year terms LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Board of Education - One partial term ending 6/30/2008 LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,255,000 BELLEVUE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 3 MILLS FOR 8 YEARS FOR HEADLEE RESTORATION PURPOSES, AS NECESSARY MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Bellevue Community Schools, 201 West Street, Bellevue, Michigan 49021, telephone (269) 763-9432 MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALLEGAN AND BARRY COUNTIES, MICHIGAN OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 18 MILLS FOR 5 YEARS CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Board of Education - One Partial Term ending 6/30/2008 CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $30,500,000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Caledonia Community Schools, 9753 Duncan Lake Road, Caledonia, Michigan 49316, telephone: (616) 891-8185 DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 18 MILLS FOR THE YEAR 2007 Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Delton Kellogg Schools, 327 North Grove Street, Delton, Michigan 49046, telephone:(269) 623-9246 MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the administrative offices of Martin Public Schools, 1619 University Street, Martin, Michigan 490700241, telephone: (269) 672-7194. PENNFIELD SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms PLAINWELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term Board of Education - One partial term ending 6/30/2008 THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOL GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,415,000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. : Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Thornapple Kellogg School, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, Michigan 49333 telephone:(269) 795-3313. GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Trustees - Two 6 year terms WAYLAND UNION SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE .56 MILL INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503, telephone:(616) 234-3908. 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503 GULL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms GULL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 3.25 MILLS FOR 3 YEARS HASTINGS AREA SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms KALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,280,000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL 02667291 I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as a of march 20, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Bellevue Community Schools, with Barry, Eaton and Calhoun Counties, Michigan is as follows: By Barry County: Comm On Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit By Assyria Township: NONE By Maple Grove Township: Road Library Fire/Ambulance By the School District: Date: March 20, 2007 .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 1.00 mills .50 mills 1.00 mills 2007 2007 2007 18 mills (exemption principal residence and Qualified agricultural property), 2007 to 2014, inclusive. Susan Vandecar PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by DAMON BAKER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155287, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($91,424.69), including interest at 7.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of HOPE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 301.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00SECONDS WEST 53.21 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 8 OF THE NORTHEAST BLOCK OF LOTS OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF KENYON'S OAKGROVE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 99.62 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OFLOTS 7 AND 6 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 134.12 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE NORTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 114.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LAND LYING BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 187.52 ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15;THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 135.48 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 7 AND 8 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 43.90 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL; THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST 50.44 FEET ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 41.15 FEET TO THE POIINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID TRAVERSE LINE AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL, AS LIMITED BY THE SIDE EXTENDED TO THE WATERS EDGE. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO AN INDEFINED EASEMENT (DESCRIBED IN LIBER 137, PAGE 130) FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES FOR THE EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. TAX ID NO. 08-07-015-06700 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77510780 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Reynolds, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on September 22, 2004 in instrument 1134274, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Three And 96/100 Dollars ($41,733.96), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Buckhorn Park Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 45 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #132132F01 77510344 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Hulet, a married man and Shirley Hulet, his wife, for dower rights, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 23, 2005, and recorded on September 30, 2005 in instrument 1153620, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 49/100 Dollars ($214,891.49), including interest at 6.925% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 330 feet of the East 660 feet of the West 990 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except the North 311 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110597F02 77510620 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING MARCH 14, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr and seven guests. Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the February 14, 2007 Regular Board Meeting approved. Denied the request for a 25% local match for a FEMA Grant application by roll call vote. Building/Zoning Report for February accepted. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for February accepted by voice vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-69, 2007 Road Resolution by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-70, Amendment to the BIRCH Fire Agreement by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-71, Renewal of BIRCH Fire Agreement by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-72, BIRCH Escrow Account by roll call vote. Accepted first reading of Ordinance #2007-122, Rezoning of various parcels to Mixed Use District by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 9:48 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77510923 www.rutlandtownship.org Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Kuzava and Geraldine Kuzava, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2005, and recorded on April 28, 2005 in instrument 1145592, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine And 92/100 Dollars ($224,999.92), including interest at 6.575% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 24 of the Plat of Von Reis Addition No. 2, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 65, Barry County Records and Running thence North 1 Degrees 55 Minutes 45 Seconds West 439.25 Feet; Thence North 87 Degrees 17 Minutes East 149.9 Feet along the South Line of Park Street as Shown in Said Plat; Thence South 31 Degrees 04 Minutes East 299.50 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street; Thence South 190.83 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street to the Northeast Corner of said Lot 24; The North 89 Degrees 45 Minutes West 289.50 feet to the Place of Beginning. Also Described as a Parcel of Land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as Beginning at a Point 703.34 Feet West and 521.21 Feet North of the East 1/4 Post of said Section 19; Thence North 1 Degree 55 Minutes West 438.4 Feet; Thence East 157.43 Feet; Thence South 31 Degrees East 294.28 Feet; Thence South 197.3 Feet; Thence West 289.2 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510581 File #101415F02 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Christopher M. Strohmeier and Donnita F. Strohmeier, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor-in-interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by operation of law dated the 20th day of January, A.D. 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of February, A.D. 2005, in Intstrument No. 1141692 of Barry Records, and re-recorded April 7, 2005 as Instrument No. 1144478, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $253,370.50 (two hundred fifty three thousand, three hundred seventy dollars and fifty cents) plus accrued interest at 6.70% (six point seven zero) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 19th day of April, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOT 1, NEAR LANE ESTATES NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 7. Commonly known as: 12580 NEAR LANE Tax ID: 08-14-140-001-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05792779 77510794 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jimmie E. Baker and Rosanna Baker, Husband and Wife as Joint, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender, its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 6, 2003 in instrument 1110307, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seventy And 78/100 Dollars ($119,070.78), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 31, Oak Opening, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats on page 47. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #067755F04 77510701 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dale A. Churchill, a Married Man to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006, and recorded on October 20, 2006, as Document Number: 1171720, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, CitiGroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and 07/100 ($85,695.07) including interest at the rate of 8.450% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 521.19 feet from the South 1/4 post of said South 1/4 post of said Section 16; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190.04 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 14 seconds East 279.97 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the South bank of the Thornapple River; thence North 67 degrees 33 minutes 45 seconds East 182.47 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence South 03 degrees 13 minutes 03 seconds East 350.16 feet to the plat of beginning, including all lands lying between said intermediate Traverse line and the South bank of the Little Thornapple River as limited by the extension of the sidelines. 1495 E. Center Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00344 77510894 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cliff Tompkins and Nancy Tompkins, Husband and Wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2003 and recorded January 8, 2004 in Instrument Number 1120434, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-X3, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of September 1, 2004, without recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 66/100 Dollars ($131,686.66) including interest at 7.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 7 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 9. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510490 File No. 214.2214 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on Wednesday April 18, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Charles D. Watson, 5980 Jacille Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49048, for Special Land Use for an accessory building forward of the main residence. The proposal is to convert the existing residence into an accessory building and to construct a new residence. The subject property, parcel 08-12-035009-00, is located at 8727 Cressey Road, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. The subject parcel is zoned “A” - Agricultural District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77510913 Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Nine And 82/100 Dollars ($138,169.82), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowens Mill Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F03 77510884 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Harrington and Dorothy E. Harrington, his wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 20, 2003 and recorded October 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1116352, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W8 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2003, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 40/100 Dollars ($177,755.40) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 495 feet of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 13, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510889 File No. 214.2776 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET WORKSHOP March 19, 2007 Meeting called to order at 6:45. All board members present. Reviewed line items and contracted services. Waiting to receive contract for cemetery sexton. Reviewed receipt for budget year 2006/2007. Fire department and roads tabled for next budget workshop. Motion Ritchie, support Perino to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:40 p.m. Next budget workshop March 21, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET WORKSHOP March 21, 2007 Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:08 p.m. All board members present with the exception of Ritchie, who arrived at 7:15 p.m.. Reviewed fire department’s budget. Increase of $1.00 per hour of firefighters hourly wages. Increase of fire chief salary by 5%. Discussed capital improvement fund and approved purchase of washing machine. Motion Perino, support Ribble to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. 77510839 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Thomas Fish and Stacey Fish, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument # 1166029 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($149,585.34) including interest 11.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence North 32 rods to the point of beginning; thence West 16 rods; thence North 15 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 15 rods to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 5364 Barryville Road, Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 7, 2007 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77510641 Our File No: 07-66057 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Stacey Delamar and Todd Delamar, Wife and Husband to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2003 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument # 1122795 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($344,659.86) including interest 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 62, Boulder Creek Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 23. Commonly known as 5590 Creekridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 19, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-66865 77510767 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE SPRING COMPOSTABLE YARD DEBRIS PICKUP City crews will be picking up compostable yard debris beginning April 9, 2007. We again request that residents limit the debris to bio-degradable yard waste only such as grass, leaves, and small limbs and brush. Residents should limit the size of brush placed out for pickup to 6 inches in diameter or less. This is the maximum size that our brush chipper can satisfactorily handle. We also request that residents place all loose materials in Kraft biodegradable bags. No bags made of plastic or other non-biodegradable material used to contain the yard debris is acceptable and will not be picked up. Residents should place the material either very near to the curb in the parking lane or immediately behind the curb on the curb lawn. We ask that residents not place material in any traveled lane or adjacent to intersection where it might present a vision obstruction. Material may be placed for collection anytime after April 1, 2007. The spring yard debris pickup generally takes about two weeks to complete. We anticipate beginning the pickup in the 2nd Ward north of the river on Mill Street, and progressing north through the 1st Ward. After completion of the 1st Ward we will proceed through the remainder of 2nd Ward south of the river, then proceed through 3rd Ward and finish in the 4th Ward. We will be making only one pass around town so we ask that all material be placed out prior to the April 9th start of the pickup to allow us to remove it in a timely fashion. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77510876 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item to be considered includes, in brief, the following: NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP MASTER LAND USE PLAN PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland is considering the following amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan, as required under the provisions of the Township Planning Act and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. The items to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 10 for approximately ninety (90) acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 10, along M-37: RUTLAND TWP NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC 10 T3N R9W. ALSO, E 1/2 SW 1/4 SEC 10 S OF HWY M-37 EX THE S 660.73 FT THERE OF ALSO COM AT INTERSEC OF M-37 AND E & W 1/4 LI SEC 10, WHICH LIES N 2639.96 FT AND W 3456.57 FT FROM SE COR SEC 10, TH S 89 DEG 37’ W 534.03 FT ALONG SD 1/4 LINE, TH N 27 DEG 36’ E 250.64 FT TO CEN M-37, TH S 62 DEG 24’ E 471.65 FT TO BEG, located at or near North M-37 Hwy/ Scenic Trail from “CR” Country Residential to “MDR” Medium Density Residential. 2. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 11 for Parcel Nos. 08-13-011-017-00 & 08-13-011-018-10 located at or near North M-37 Hwy/Heath Road from “MDR” Medium Density Residential to “MUD” Mixed Use District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Zoning Ordinance is available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. 77510907 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP By: Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058-9665 (269) 948-2194 �Page 12 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry J. Lantis and Donna J. Lantis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2003, and recorded on March 3, 2003 in instrument 1098682, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 79/100 Dollars ($90,415.79), including interest at 12.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence West along the North line of said Section 6 a distance of 379.50 feet; thence South at right angles to said North section line, 178.20 feet to a point on the Northeasterly extension of the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the centerline of Pine Lake Road and said Northeasterly extension thereof, 1668.26 feet; thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West along said centerline, 278.01 feet; thence South 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds East 183.87 feet to true place of beginning, thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West 352.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds East 161.80 feet; thence North 83 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds East 172.87 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 115.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds East 173.01 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 166.70 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510918 File #136183F01 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Douglas Seeber and Deborah Seeber,husband and wife, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 17th day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of November, 2004 in Liber Document No. 1137821 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Four & 59/100 ($99,934.59), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of April, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 9.800% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Commencing in the center of the Highway on the South Section line of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West; thence North in center of Highway 80 rods to the Place of Beginning; thence East 36 rods; thence North 45 rods; thence West 36 rods; thence South 45 rods to the place of beginning, except begining at the Southwest corner; thence North 450 feet ; thence East 240 feet; thence South 450 feet; thence West 240 feet to the place of beginning. During the twelve (12) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 3/8/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cory J. Schut and Kelli J. Schut, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 13, 2004, and recorded on March 10, 2004 in instrument 1123436, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-W5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Five And 28/100 Dollars ($148,505.28), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 5, Jano Condominium, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1003235 and Master Deed amended in Document No. 1025363 and amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 11, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #134708F01 77510756 77510481 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN — NOTICE — NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL To members of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, Hastings, Michigan: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of a proposed Ordinance, which was received for first reading by the Township Board of the Charter Township of Rutland at a regular meeting held on March 14, 2007. Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company will be held at the Home Office, 404 East Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 77510670 SECTION I - REZONING OF PROPERTIES IN LAND SECTIONS 13 AND 14 Ordinance 2007-122 - An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance by rezoning the following described properties in Land Sections 13 and 14 from “RE”, “C1”, “C2”, “C3” and “C4” to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification, to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for an effective date: 08-13-013-001-15, 08-13-013-001-35, 08-13-013-005-05, 08-13-013-006-20, 08-13-013-006-30, 08-13-013015-20, 08-13-013-015-30, 08-13-013-018-00, 08-13-013-019-00, 08-13-013-020-00, 08-13-013-021-00, 0813-013-022-00, 08-13-013-023-00, 08-13-013-024-10, 08-13-013-025-10, 08-13-014-007-01, 08-13-014-00900, 08-13-014-018-10, 08-13-014-018-30, 08-13-014-021-00, 08-13-014-024-00, 08-13-014-025-00, 08-13014-026-00, 08-13-014-027-00, 08-13-014-028-00, 08-13-014-030-00, 08-13-014-031-00, 08-13-014-031-10, 08-13-014-031-15, 08-13-014-037-00, 08-13-014-044-00, 08-13-014-048-00, 08-13-014-049-00, 08-13-014050-00, 08-13-014-051-05, 08-13-014-051-10, 08-13-014-051-20, and 08-13-014-053-00. SECTION II - SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION III - SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT All Ordinances of the Township heretofore or hereafter adopted shall be considered to be supplemented by the terms of this Ordinance. REQUEST FOR BIDS TELEMETRY UPGRADE The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting sealed bids for the installation of an upgrade of the telemetry controls on Well #4. Bid documents are available from the Office of the City Clerk. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 AM, on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Contractors will be required to provide proof of insurance in the amounts included in the bid package. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package: “Sealed Bid Telemetry Upgrade”. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77510882 SECTION IV - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. CITY OF HASTINGS SECTION V - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Ordinance Adoption by the Township Board. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the proposed Ordinance is available at the Township Hall. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said Ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its regular meeting to be held at the Charter Township Hall on April 11, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township by writing or calling the Township. All interested parties are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to participate in discussion upon said Ordinance. 77510810 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 FISH FRY MARCH 30TH • 5PM - 7PM All-You-Can-Eat $7.00 PUBLIC WELCOME Michael W. Puerner, Secretary CITY OF HASTINGS Therefore, Rutland Charter Township, Barry County, Michigan ordains: Delton VFW 422 REQUEST FOR BIDS RESURFACING OF TENNIS AND BASKETBALL COURTS The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting sealed bids for resurfacing two (2) tennis courts at Fish Hatchery Park, three (3) tennis courts at Tyden Park, and two (2) basketball courts at Tyden Park. Bid documents are available from the Office of the City Clerk. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 AM, on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. 77510929 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Berry, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108184, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen And 40/100 Dollars ($136,517.40), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant South 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East 1865.13 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said section; thence South 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds East 477.16 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence South 35 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds West 221.37 feet along said centerline; thence North 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 313.07 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence North 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West 263.57 feet along said 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southeasterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #133692F01 77510615 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking interested citizens to serve on the Mental Health Board. The Mental Health Code requires that membership include representatives who are primary consumers of services, representatives who are family members of primary consumers, and general public. Barry County is specifically seeking representatives who are family members of primary consumers and representatives of the general public. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the County Courthouse, 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00pm on Friday, April 6, 2007 77510735 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held March 27, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS STREET LIGHTING SERVICES The City of Hastings is accepting bids for the installation of Night Master Street Lighting electric service. Bid documents are available at City Hall at 201 East State Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer at the above address until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularity in any bid, and to award the bid in a manner it believes to be in its own best interest, price and other factors considered. Contractors will be required to provide proof of insurance in the amounts specified in the bid package. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package - “Sealed Bid Resurfacing of Tennis and Basketball Courts”. Contractors will be required to provide proof of insurance in the amounts included in the bid package. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “Sealed Bid - Street Lighting Services”. 775510880 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77510878 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter services scheduled Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107340, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six And 91/100 Dollars ($155,376.91), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, lying North of Consumer right of way The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #077117F03 77510338 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Brenner, a single man and Lesley Michel, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2004, and recorded on November 17, 2004 in instrument 1137341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Eight And 31/100 Dollars ($122,388.31), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 24, Rolling Oaks Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 52. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #135656F01 77510842 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robin L. Reed, as a Single Woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2005 and recorded January 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158927, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Four and 01/100 Dollars ($137,874.01) including interest at 9.84% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8, Sawdy's Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 27. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3029 77510708 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by MICHAEL LIVERMORE and KAREN LIVERMORE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to REPUBLIC BANK, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2002, and recorded on May 24, 2002, in Document No. 1080972, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($116,321.20), including interest at 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: UNIT 24 OF CHERRY HILL ESTATES II, A CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 463, PAGE 526, AND THE FIRST AMENDEMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 555, PAGE 475, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 599, PAGE 617, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 602, PAGE 185, IN THE OFFICE OF BARRY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 2, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND IN LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID MASTER DEED AND DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978 AS AMENDED. TAX ID NO. 08-55-150-024-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATIONMortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77510785 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 42/100 Dollars ($142,998.42), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #112456F02 77510506 ment, "One of you shall betray me." The drama was the work of Ernest K. Emurian, a United Methodist minister who directed its first production in Portsmouth, Va., in 1954. There will be a Maundy Thursday communion service beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5. On Friday, April 6, the Good Friday service begins at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a showing of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion.” On Saturday, April 7, there will be a Holy Saturday Prayer Vigil from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Easter services on April 8 will begin with a sunrise service with youth at 8 a.m. followed by breakfast. The Resurrection Celebration begins at 10 a.m. The Middleville United Methodist Church, 111 Church St., in Middleville, will be host for the final Lenten Bible study on Forgiveness in Sundays in Lent at 5 p.m. on Sundays. Sunday services are at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Call 795-9266 for information. The Middleville UMC will have special services for the Easter season Sunday, April 1, with Palm Sunday Services at 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. On April 5, there will be a Passover Seder Meal at 6 p.m. There is no cost for the meal, but reservations are needed by April 1. Call 795-9266 to make reservations. The community Good Friday Service will be at 7 p.m. April 6. This is a combination service with Parmelee Methodist and Middleville Christian Reformed Churches held at the Middleville United Methodist Church. On Sunday, April 8, the Easter Sunshine Service will be at 6:30 a.m. on the Mount Hope Cemetery Hill. The youth group plans this service. The Easter Traditional service begins at 11 a.m. back at the church. St. Francis Episcopal Church at 11850 West 9 Mile Road in Orangeville will be using special services from the Iona community during Lent. Mother Barbara Wilson will also give special sermons during Lent. The Palm Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. on April 1 will include the parade of palms. The Good Friday service begins at 7:30 p.m. The Easter service begins at 9:30 a.m. and congregates are invited to bring hard boiled eggs colored red. For more information call 269-664-4345. Services begin at 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Grace Lutheran Church in Hastings welcomes area residents to fellowship and worship on Lenten Wednesdays, beginning with supper at 6 and continuing with Taize' Evening Prayer at 7 p.m. Worship includes meditation time at stations of the cross and breakout sessions for youth. Grace also welcomes residents to Sunday mornings, with Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 and Holy Communion at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Grace Lutheran has planned Holy Week worship and prayer services. On the Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday, April 1, everyone will gather at 8 and 10:45 a.m. for the Passion Story Reading, which includes choreographed tableaux scenes. Maundy Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the service will focus on the Potter's Liturgy. The congregation will listen to readings from Jeremiah, as a potter shapes a pot, only to stop and begin anew, reminding everyone of God's constant reshaping of lives. The annual Silent Crosswalk through the community will begin at 9:30 a.m. Good Friday from the church parking lot. Parishioners and community members walk together. This ecumenical walk offers opportunity to carry a cross and take time for meditation on the impact of Jesus' crucifixion for the world. At 7:30 p.m. there will be worship at the church, using the ancient liturgy, Tenebrae, "service of darkness." On Holy Saturday, April 7, the service begins to celebrate Jesus' resurrection with the Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m. Worship includes baptisms and affirmation of baptism. Grace welcomes everyone to the Resurrection of Our Lord with the Festival Eucharist at 6:30 and 10 a.m. An Easter breakfast follows the 6:30 worship service (from about 7:45 to 8 a.m.) and an egg hunt follows breakfast. Grace's building facility is at 239 E. North St., Hastings (across from the Tendercare Nursing Home). Call 269-9459414 or check the website at www.gracehastings.org for more information. Churches can be included in the catalogue of events by sending a listing that includes the type of event, time, date and location to patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The same information can be sent as a fax message to 945-5192. Please include “Attention Patricia” on the cover sheet. The deadline for the April 2 and April 5 papers is March 30 at noon. Any church that would like information about the cost of advertising for any of their events may call J-Ad Graphics at (269) 9459554. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 72.5-47.5; Hastings Bowl 67-53; CW’s Auto 66-54; J-Ad Graphics 6456; TVCCU 61-59; Good Time Pizza 60-60; Yankee Zephyr 50-70; Hastings City Bank 39.5-80.5. Men’s High Games & Series - S. Anger 258-543; D. Clements 198; M. Hall 197-505; L. Porter 218-570; T. Neymeiyer 211;P. Scobey 202-550; C. Steeby 192-520; D. Benner 211-572. Women’s High Games & Series - B. Smith 187; S. Beebe 215-584; T. Blakely 174-455; R. Miller 179-533; D. Neymeiyer 194-490; C. O’Keefe 212. Old Anchor Tattoo *53-51; Dean’s Dolls *5351; Hallifax Services 53-55; Dewey’s Auto Body 45-63; Girrbach’s *38-58. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - M. Powers 153; D. Snyder 193-558; T. Christopher 186-513; K. Fowler 171; J. Rice 171-480; L. Elliston 202-559; B. Hathaway 160-464; N. Goggins 159-433; D. Reagan 161-370; A. Randolph 177-463; J. Mann 133-364; A. Jackson 131344; A. Hamp 170-433; N. Bechtel 181-443; S. VanDenburg 202-578; C. Hurless 189-494; L. Davis 180; S. Girrbach 163; P. Hinkle 162446; D. Kelley 160; D. Worm 182-460; M. Kill 199-498. Senior Citizens Butterfingers 66.5-49.5; #1 Senior 66-50; Friends 66-50; Lucky Strike 65-51; Nash’s Harem 62.5-53.5; King Pins 62-54; Wieland’s 60-56; Sun Risers 59.5-56.5; Kuempel 56-60; M&M’s 52.5-63.5; Ward’s Friends 52-64; BAT’s 48.5-67.5; Early Risers 48.5-67.5; 4B’s 47-69. Good Game and Series Ladies - B. Bendict 172; N. Boniface 173; A. Tasker 166; B. Hathaway 173-466; R. Murphy 176; R. Pitts 140; E. Dunham 161; J. E. Kasinsky 151-400; D. Burns 146. Good Games and Series Men - L. Brandt 197-561; R. Adgate 212-525; N. Thaler 163; G. Waggoner 204-529; H. Gibson 160; D. Edwards 191; R. Hart 195-526; M. Saldivar 188; W. Mallekotte 178-526; G. Forbey 176462; J. Heney 146; B. Terry 191. Mixerettes NBT 69-39; Sassy Babes *68-36; Kent Oil 65-43; The Finishing Touch 63-45; Hinkles Body Shop 62-46; Trumble Agency 58-50; Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 74; Hubs Crew 69; Pin Chasers 59; R&N 58 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 57 1/2; Bounty Hunters 54; Karey’s Crew 49 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 48; Funky Bowlers 47 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 47; Sandbaggers 39; Throw Them Balls 35. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 203-581; A. Hubbell 194-539; T. Robbe 187-526; A. Churchill 173-502; B. Mays 184-486; N. Mroz 175-480; V. Wright 152-426; F. Ames 150-417; K. Farlee 160410; B. Barlow 168-394; C. Lee 135-349; A. Norton 158; J. Shoebridge 151; D. Marshall 146. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 227-637; B. Hubbell 224-605; S. Farlee 209-553; B. Allen 193-538; R. Snyder 204-535; A. Misak 175-494; J. Wright 178483; J. Mroz 227; M. Hubbard 221; R. Guild 213; M. Eaton 195; R. Barton 194; A. Robins 193; J. Smith 186; T. Barlow 182; T. Demott 152. INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Time to visit.... K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Economical & Personal TAX & Accounting Services • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 02666109 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com Friday Night Mixed UMSU 70 1/2; All But One 67; Spare Time 65; Michigan Outlaws 64 1/2; Liquid Courage 62 1/2; 4 Fools 60 1/2 Ten Pins 59; Heads Out 58 1/2; The Unknowns 58; Budweiser 53 1/2; Brushworks 53 1/2; Whatever 52 1/2; Mercy 52; Just Cuz 52; 9N-A-Wiggle 51; Oldies But Goodies 44. Womens Good Games and Series - E. Hammontree 193-568; K. Becker 203-552; J. Madden 203-529; D. Rhodes 199-522; R. Murrah 195-504; K. Matthews 191-472; S. Carlson 169-457; N. Taylor 128-350; D. Bartimus 204; P. Franklin 204; N. Clow 203; M. Mathis 198; G. Otis 190; P. Ramey 189; L. Smith 182; M. Sears 180; S. Ripley 146; J. Kasinsky 146; R. Hammontree 143. Mens Good Games and Series - L. Madden 224-623; K. Hammontree 202-591; B. 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Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Spring is Right Around the Corner What better time to think about owning your own home! • Thornapple Lake Estates is a Manufactured Housing Community in a country setting with lake rights to beautiful Thornapple Lake. • We have an inventory of both single and double-wide homes for sale. Call us today and ask how you can begin owning your own home. We offer great “Move-In” incentives as well as little to nodown payment to qualified buyers. If you currently own your own mobile home, let us assist you with moving it to Thornapple Lake Estates. For more information phone: 517-852-1514 02667444 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Ward and Angel Ward, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 9, 2000, and recorded on March 13, 2000 in instrument 1042011, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Reperforming Loan Remic Trust Certificates, Series 2003-R3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Forty And 75/100 Dollars ($102,040.75), including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 423 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #047880F02 77510819 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer As J-Ad Graphics has done in the past, the Banner, Reminder and community papers will include on a space available basis listings of events during the Lenten season. Next week is the final date to publish Good Friday services, planned for April 6 and Easter on April 8. Welcome Corners Methodist Church, 3185 N-M43 Highway has many events planned for the Lent and Easter season. The Reverend Susan Olsen serves this church, Peace United Methodist Church (between Hastings and Nashville) and the Freeport United Methodist Church. On Sunday, April 1, services will be at Peace at 8:30 a.m. At Welcome Corners the service begins at 9:45 a.m. and at the Freeport United Methodist Church the service begins at 11 a.m. Maundy Thursday will be observed Thursday evening, April 5, at Freeport with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. and a Holy Communion service beginning at 7 p.m. On Good Friday, April 6, there will be a service at Peace with the Nashville United Methodist Church, beginning at 1 p.m. In Freeport there will be a service with members of the Freeport United Brethren Church and the Hope United Brethren church at 7 p.m. There will be an Easter sunrise service April 8 at Peace, beginning at 7 a.m. with a potluck breakfast following. Welcome Corners members are welcome to join either Peace or Freeport for the service. The sunrise service in Freeport will begin at 6:45 a.m. with a walk to the cemetery for a short service with members of the Freeport United Brethren Church. Everyone will return to the Freeport UMC for breakfast. The Hastings Free Methodist Church at 2635 North M-43 Highway will have an Easter Sunrise Service at 7:30 followed by an Easter bBreakfast from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. The traditional Easter service begins at 10:30 a.m. For more information call 269-9459121. Hope United Methodist Church (corner of M-37 and M-79) will have its Palm/Passion Sunday Service at 10:45 a.m. Then the church will presents "The Last Supper" on Sunday evening, April 1 at 7 p.m. The presentation is done by laymen and women of Faith United Methodist Church in Delton. "The Last Supper" is a still drama, portraying the final evening in the life of Jesus Christ, and focuses on the Jesus' state- �Page 14 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • John Michael Montgomery & Blake Shelton will co-headline a concert at Van Andel Arena at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $46- $56. To charge tickets by phone call (616) 456-3333. Friday, March 30. • Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Orff’s Carmina Burana at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; GVSU Arts Chorale, Ellen Pool, Director, Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Pearl Shangkuan, Director, Diane Penning, Soprano, Christopher Cock, Tenor, Leon Williams, Baritone, Philip Glass, “The Light;” Steve Reich, “Three Movements;” Orff, “Carmina Burana.” For more information see www.grsymphony.org or www.devosperformancehall.com or call (616) 454-9451. March 30 and 31. • Carmina Burana will be performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony with Music Director David Lockington conducting the Carl Orff piece at 8 p.m. in DeVos Performance Hall. Joining the orchestra will be soprano Diane Penning, tenor Christopher Cock and baritone Leon Williams, as well as the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus, Grand Valley State University Arts Chorale and North American Choral Company. Tickets range from $11 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com, or in person at the Symphony office, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100. Senior citizens 62+ are half-price at the door. To help audiences to more fully appreciate the performance, program notes, conductor commentary and listening clips are available online at www.grsymphony.org. March 30 and 31. 1. LANGUAGE: In skateboard lingo, what does it mean to “bust” a trick? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of India? 3. HISTORY: In what year were East Germany and West Germany unified? 4. MUSIC: Who composed the opera “The Barber of Seville”? 5. ANATOMY: What is a synapse? 6. ART: What are putti? 7. QUOTES: Who said, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” 8. NATURAL WORLD: What kind of creature is a merganser? 9. CELEBRITIES: What was Bob Hope’s real first name? 10. LITERATURE: Who wrote “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”? Answers 1. Execute a trick perfectly 2. New Delhi 3. 1990 4. Gioacchino Rossini The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. • Kathy Griffin, fresh from the second season of her hit Bravo series, Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List, brings her hilarious show to the stage. Griffin is a stand-up comic who skewers celebrity culture with aplomb, while dishing dirt on Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Little Richard, Star Jones, Clay Aiken, Sharon Stone and so many other marquee names. March 30. • Giant Motorcycle Swap Meet at the The DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center from 11 am-4 pm. Adult admission is $9 and $2 for children ages 6-12. Everything for rider and machine plus 30 custom motorcycles on display. For more information call (800) 968-4242. Sunday, April 1. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. MARCH 5. Gap between two neighboring neurons 6. Naked cherubs in Italian paintings 7. Samuel Johnson 8. Duck 9. Leslie 10. Washington Irving © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Car Shows The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com CHECK OUT THESE By Fifi Rodriguez Musicals C A L E N D A R MISCELLANEOUS TRIVIA TEST Fairs Crafts BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 30-April 1 Red Hat Lady Weekend at Bay Pointe Inn and Frederick Meijer Gardens. Reservations required. Call Baypointe at 1-888-Gun Lake for more information. 31 Lakewood Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Lake Odessa Chamber of Commerce. Coming in APRIL 6 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Blood drives are held at Pennock the first Friday of every month. Call (269) 233-8511 for more information. 6 Fish Dinner at the American Patriot Restaurant. Open at 4:30 pm. Serving from 5-7 pm. $5.50 per person. Cirque Dreams April 13 Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley at DeVos Performance Hall April 7 & 8. Performances are Saturday at 3 & 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 3 pm show are $30, $40, $50 & $55. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 8 pm and Sun., April 8th 3 pm shows are $32, $42, $52 & $57. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Stories of America at DeVos Performance Hall April 20 and 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. Guest Conductor Daniel Hege will lead violinist Tai Murray on Bernstein’s “On the Waterfront” Korngold’s “Violin Concerto,” “Musica Celestis” by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” (1919 version). For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org Go, Diego, Go Live: The Great Jaguar Rescue at DeVos Performance Hall April 24 and 25. Shows start Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday 10:30 am & 7 pm. Ticket prices range from $16-$36. Join Diego, Nick Jr.’s action adventure hero, as he sets out in his brand new live show as Diego and his sister, Alicia, and cousin, Dora, are off on an action packed special mission to get Baby Jaguar’s growl back from the Bobo Brothers. They’ll need the audience’s help to rescue animals, navigate through the rainforest, and bypass a giant waterfall to get to the Animal Carnivale. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Grand Rapids Symphony Symphonic Boom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos This week’s selections: 300 Running time: 117 minutes MPAA rating: R First off, let’s get out of the way all the things “300” ISN’T: It’s not a history lesson. It’s not a film to be taken seriously, like “Schindler’s List.” It’s based on a comic book, and as such, don’t expect too much in the way of great writing or character development. “300” is nearly two hours of dudes in sandals whompin’ the bejabbers out of each other. Cool. The film is based on an actual historical event, the Battle of Thermopylae, which took place in 480 B.C., where for several days, 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas held back an invasion of a bajillion invading Persians (led by self-proclaimed god, Xerxes) at that nar- Performance Hall April 27 at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center April 28 & 29. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall May 4 & 5 with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is reinvented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20-$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Gerald Butler as King Leonidas row pass on the coast of Greece. The movie is basically nothing but the battle. There’s no real backstory to speak of, and maybe 20 minutes of subplot involving a traitor in the Spartan Senate. Other than that, “300” is a non-stop adrenaline rush as you watch wave after wave of Persian warriors, rhinos, monsters and ninjas (YES!) get clobbered, filleted, decapitated, shish kabobed and ground into chutney by the plucky band of Greek warriors. The CGI in this movie is top-notch. The battle scenes are so incredibly stylized, they rank right up there with films like “Braveheart,” “Lawrence of Arabia” and the “Lord of the Rings” saga. If you have a chance to watch “300” at an IMAX theater, I highly recommend it. GRADE: B+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 15 Motorcylist loses race with trooper A speeding motorcyclist found himself behind bars last Friday when he raced past Michigan State Police Trooper Brian Roderick, who was conducting a stationary laser traffic enforcement station on M-37. Roderick attempted to stop the driver, later identified as 20-year-old Daniel Jeurink, but the cyclist sped away at speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour. Barry County Sheriff Sgt. Tony Stein assisted Roderick and Jeurink was stopped after a chase of four to five miles. Jeurink was lodged at the Barry County Jail on charges of fleeing and eluding (fourth degree), no motorcycle endorsement and speeding. Teen arrested for stealing dad’s truck A young woman who stole her father’s truck received more than being just grounded Friday, March 23, when Trooper Ray Durham of the Michigan State Police Hastings post arrested her for stealing the vehicle. The juvenile’s case has been submitted to Probate Court for review and possible charges of unauthorized driving away of a vehicle. Two golf carts stolen at Mulberry Fore The recent warm weather has had anxious golfers getting out on the links at every spare opportunity and may have played a part in the disappearance of two golf carts from the Mulberry Four Golf Course in Nashville. A spokesperson for the golf course told Michigan State Police Trooper Ray Volosky the carts were believed to have been taken sometime after Dec. 1. Man hurt in pickup crash faces charges Hastings police responded to a personal injury accident March 20 in the 400 block of Barfield Drive. Jeremy McDonald, 24, of Nashville, had exited a parking lot adjacent to Barfield Drive at what appeared to be a high rate of speed. As he turned his vehicle to the right while leaving the parking lot to enter the roadway he lost control of his pick-up truck rolling it onto its side. Lansing Mercy Ambulance responded to scene and transported McDonald to Pennock Hospital for treatment. His condition is unknown. He is facing charges of operating vehicle in a careless manner. Suspended license, 2nd offense, charged Hastings police arrested a Hastings man for driving on a suspended drivers license (second offense) after he was stopped in the parking lot of a local eatery on March 25. Gale Mesecar, 55, told officers that he did not have a valid license, and a subsequent computer check verified that his license was suspended. Mescar is also facing additional charges of violating his probation. Boater rescued from Clear Lake waters A Clear Lake man was rescued from icy waters March 20 when the boat he was in capsized. Authorities said Gary Clark Libscomb fell from his boat as he was working to install a dock near Clear Lake Island. Deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department assisted fire departments from Johnstown Township and Hastings and Mercy EMS personnel in retrieving Libscomb from the lake by the use of two paddle boats located in the area. Libscomb was transfered to Battle Creek Health Systems for observation and treatment. Several neighbors assisted authorities in the rescue, including Claire and Frank Pruden, who owned one of the paddle boats used by rescuers. Tonya Fox, another neighbor, provided blankets which were used to warm Libscomb. Mini-bike theft reported in Delton Barry County Sheriff’s deputies are seeking information on the apparent theft of a mini bike in Delton between Feb. 28 and March 2. Authorities say the mini-bike is black with fat tires and flames. It is a 6hp Baja bike and is missing the gas tank. Anyone with information concerning this case is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. CALL... 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Taylor, who was also a student at the university, was identified by prints and DNA taken from two previous arrests, one of possession of a controlled substance and for trespassing when he previously attempted to enter the room of a EMU female student through an open window. The university has come under criticism from student groups for keeping the information about Taylor’s presence on campus from the public until his arrest on Feb. 23 when DNA evidence was obtained. Dickinson, attended EMU after graduating from Grand Rapids Community College and planned to obtain a degree in home economics. She is remembered by friends and family as an outgoing, buoyant personality who loved life. She was very active as a member of the EMU rowing team and locally was a member of the Thornapple Players, a local theater group. COURT NEWS • Jordan Matthew Deppe, 20, of Hastings appeared before Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher this week and will face the judge again April 27 when he is sentenced in connection with the stabbing death of his brother, Joshua. Joshua Deppe was killed Jan. 1, shortly after midnight, the result of a dispute between the two siblings. According to police reports, a New Year’s Eve party at the home, located on East Center Road, turned violent when the brothers began arguing outside on the porch. The argument continued inside the house, where the younger Deppe grabbed a knife and stabbed his brother to death. In a plea agreement reached between Deppe and the Barry County Prosecutor’s office, Deppe pleaded guilty to manslaugh- — NOTICE — Request for Proposals Hastings Public Library is requesting proposals for the relocation of the Library to the new Library facility, scheduled to be completed in April 2007. Moving will take place about mid-May. 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Oakridge Eagles The Saxon boys earned 337 points to Spartan’s 415 and the Eagles 215. The Saxon girls brought home 313 points to the Spartan’s 417 and Oakridge’s 108. The girls 1600 meter run, and the boys and girls 3200 meter run and 1600 relays were not completed due to lightening. “All the coaches were excited about the opportunity to get in an outdoor meet. We really wanted to be able to evaluate what our athletes could do at this point. We were all pleasantly surprised. We have 13 days until our next meet, so we are excited about where we will be at that point,” said girls’ coach Brian Teed. Girls The highlights of the Saxon girls’ hurdles include Kristina Dobbin taking first in the 100 meter in 17.26 , followed by Spartan Jennifer Konkle in second place with 17.33 and Heather Cady of Hastings taking third place in 19. Cady took first place in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 54.46. In the sprints freshman Jessica Czinder took first place in the 100 meter dash in 13.61 with team mate Jessica Lee finishing third in 13.81 behind Spartan Lydia Rayburn who finished second in 13.74. Stacy Slaughter of Hastings took first place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.82, fending off Spartans Jennifer Konkle and Dana DeBoer who finished 29.31 and 29.74 respectively. The Saxon 3200 relay team of Katie Ponsetto, Lauren Anderson, Molly Smith and Kayla Angeletti placed second with a time of 11.00.7 The Spartan team placed first with a time of 10.40.73. The Eagles finished third in 12.09.72. In the individual mid-distance events Ponsetto ran the 400 meter run in 1:05.25 to place second behind Spartan Rachel Jantz who finished in 1:04.70. Smith placed third in the 800 meter run finishing in 2:49.39 behind Spartans Katelyn Cnossen and Tara Trimble of Sparta, who finished in 2:37.24 and 2:44.80 respectively. In the field events Katie Sutherland took first place in the shot put with a throw of 31’ 01.50” and team mate Nicole Moser took second with a throw of 29’09.50.” In discus Moser threw 100’06.00” to take second place behind Spartan Amber Jacht who threw 105’03.00.” Sutherland rounded out the top three with a throw of 80’02.00.” Boys In the 100-meter hurdles Saxons Bradan King placed first in 17.22 followed by Elliot Anderson in second in 17.92. In the 300 meter hurdles Anderson finished second in 45.88 behind Spartan David Petrekovich who won in 44.16. Saxon sprinter Ryan Burgdorf finished the Bradan King runs the 60 meter hurdles at CMU. by Brett Bremer Lions to make the leap up from Class C to Class B Cass City’s loss is Maple Valley’s gain. Or is it the other way around. I know one thing’s for sure, Cass City’s loss is my gain. That’s the high school my wife graduate from. I’ve stolen her away to the west side of the state. Anyway, what do Maple Valley and Cass City have in common. They’re both among the list of schools making moves in the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s size classifications. While the Cass City Red Hawks are falling from Class B to C, the Maple Valley Lions are headed the other way -- from B to C. The first thing I thought when I saw that was, “what?” Maple Valley can’t be getting bigger. The Lions aren’t the only ones moving on up. Before the start of one of the Class B district boys’ basketball games at Hastings earlier this month, Delton Kellogg senior Dan Roberts came up to me. Roberts played on the Panther varsity boys’ basketball team and also runs track and cross country. He was a little down after finding out that his Panther track and field teams are in Division 2 this year, after years in Division 3. Things just got a lot tougher on the Panthers. Delton was a solid Division 3 program. I’m a little worried about how they’ll do in Division 2. Runners have to be faster, vaulters have to go higher, and throwers have to throw farther. If I remember right, Roberts told me that he was going to focus on the 800-meter run this year. I peeked at the state finals times from a year ago. The eighth-place medallist in Division 2 would have won the Division 3 800-meter championship. The champion in Division 2 was about 3.5 seconds better than the champ in Division 3. That doesn’t seem like a lot of time, but close your eyes and picture a finish line with a guy running across it. Then count out “one-one thousand, two-one thousand, three-one thousand”, then imagine a second guy coming across the line. Not exactly a photo finish was it? I’d bet Maple Valley will remain in Division 3 for track and field. The only sports that this really affects are basketball and volleyball. Baseball and softball have joined the list of sports that break divisions down into how many schools actually have the specific sport. Football uses traditional A, B, C, D classifications to determine playoff points. Everyone I was able to talk to on Wednesday who I thought might know something about the size of the Maple Valley school district says it’s shrinking. The MHSAA lists Maple Valley has having an enrollment of 478 students for this year. Schools with between 507 and 1,054 students are to be in Class B next school year. That means Maple Valley High School is growing by at least 29 students next year? An MHSAA press release said that schools were recently notified of their classification. MHSAA Executive Director John E. “Jack” Roberts said that schools may not subsequently lower their enrollment figure. However, if revised enrollment figures should be higher and indicate that a school should be playing in a higher class, that school would be moved up. That means if somebody guessed high for next year’s numbers, they’re stuck. It really surprised me when I saw schools such as Hillsdale and Albion moving down from Class B to Class C. Albion comes across in big bold letters on the MDOT state maps. Albion is listed as having 527 students for the 2006-07 school year. Did a family of 30 move from Albion to Vermontville recently? A bigger question is, why are schools like Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley moving up in classification for some or all sports? My best guess for that is too get to the bottom of things. The bottom of the enrollment barrel. New schools join the MHSAA from time to time. Those new schools don’t look like Caledonia, Rockford, Jenison or Grand Ledge. Most of them wouldn’t be as big as a Vermontville, Woodland or Yankee Springs High School. The MHSAA has eight new post-season eligible tournament schools this year, South Lyon East, Detroit West Village Academy North, Greenville Grattan Academic, Coldwater Pansophia Academy, Kentwood West Michigan Lutheran, Warren Conner Creek Academy West, Academy of Inkster and Detroit Universal Academy. That sounds like the college basketball equivalent of Southwest Tennessee Tech. Of those schools, South Lyon East is the big one. South Lyon East is breaking off of South Lyon. South Lyon East is a Class C school. The rest will be a part of Class D. When you add schools to the bottom, the teams at the top go up and so do the schools in the middle like Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg. Greg Woodmanse finishes the final leg of the 400 meter relay giving his team a first place finish. 100 meter dash in 11.28 to place second behind Spartan Brandon VanDriel who won in 11.21. Chase Delcotto of Hastings rounded out the top three with a time of 12.02. Burgdorf won the 200 meter dash in 22.88 ahead of Spartan VanDriel who finished in 23.13, King took third for Hastings in 24.49 The Saxons’ Josh Jevicks finished the 400 meter dash in 57.27 for a second place with teammate Mason Trumball taking third in 57.39. Spartan Luke Vincint placed first with a time of 55.53. The Saxon team of Chase Delcotto, Ryan Burgdorf, Matt Donnini and Greg Woodmansee place first in the 400 meter relay with a time of 45.40 followed by Sparta in 47.05 and Oakridge in 49.73. The 3200 Hastings relay team of Kevin Armstrong, Tyler Lancaster, AJ Singleterry and Ryan Bosma placed second in 8:59.63 behind the Spartan team which finished with a time of 8:57.92. In the only distance race of the evening, Bosma and Singleterry finished fourth and fifth in the 1600 meter run with times of 4:54.00 and 5:11.00 behind Spartans Adam Yost (4:39.00), Eric Stouten (4:41.00) and Nate Dahlgren (4:51.00). In the boys field events Donnini placed second with a jump of 18’03.75. March 22, the Saxon boys and girls teams took part in the Mid-Michigan Indoor Track meet hosted by Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. According to boys coach Brian Fulmer highlights from that event include Ryan Burgdorf setting the school record for the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.31 in the semifinals; and Brandon King’s 13th place finish in the 60 meter hurdles who finished in 9.93; Darrel Slaughter and Jon Giesler tying for 12th place in the high jump at 5’6” Ryan Bosma finishing 8th in the 3200 meter run in 10:47. Teed cites the 3200 relay team of Ponsetto, Anderson, Smith and Angeletti placing 7th out of 18 schools, Lee finishing 9th in the 60 meter dash in 8.62 and just missing the finals. The Saxons first regular season meet will be a dual meet against Portland Tuesday, April 10. Baseball begins with Saxon wins The Saxons wasted no time in getting the 2007 varsity baseball season off to a good note. Hastings scored a double-header sweep of visiting Maple Valley Monday afternoon, winning 10-0 and 8-5. Matt Teunessen (1-0) pitched a one-hit shut-out in his first outing on the mound and A.J. Tassos went four-for-four in the opener with 4 RBIs to lead the hitters. The Saxons jumped on the Lions right away, with a pair of runs in the first inning. Ricky Mathis scored on an RBI ground-out from Ken Taylor and Matt Teunessen scored after triple and an RBI single from Tassos. In the third inning J.D. Garrett would lead off with a walk, move to third on the first of Tassos’ two doubles, then both would score on a single from Dylan Cuddahee. Cuddahee came home on an RBI ground-out off the bat of Kyle McNerny. If that wasn’t enough, which it was, the Jon Garrett fires from the mound in the Saxons’ game two victory over Maple Valley Monday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxons broke the game open with a four-run fourth. They loaded the bases, then came Tassos’ second double, which drove in all three base-runners. Justin Carroll would then score Tassos with an RBI single Mathis ended the game in the last of the fifth, scoring after a lead-off single, two walks and then Tassos’ fourth hit of the game. Teunessen had a great first outing, pitching the complete game, striking out ten and allowing just one hit, an infield single. Maple Valley had just four base-runners, two after the first inning and drew just one walk. In game two, the Saxons took advantage of 11 walks and a couple of Maple Valley errors to post the 8-5 victory. Hastings again got off to a quick start with a four-run first inning. They would then add single runs in the second and third while plating a pair in the bottom of the fourth. Teunessen provided the offensive punch in game two with an RBI double. Cuddahee would drive in a pair of runs in the game as well... Jon Garrett (1-0) earned the victory from the mound. He pitched a complete game, allowing only two hits while striking out seven. Hastings was scheduled to be back in action on Wednesday when the Saxons traveled to Plainwell for a double header. They are off now until after spring break. The Saxons’ Rob Cady takes a big cut at a pitch as the Saxon bench looks on in Hastings’ 8-5 game two victory over Maple Valley at home on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 17 Cheer teams honored in the county for first time by Brett Bremer Sports Editor For the first time this season all five Barry County high schools had varsity competitive cheer teams competing at the MHSAA level, and this is the first All-Barry County competitive cheer team. It was a solid year for the girls. Lakewood was the class of the county, winning their Vikings Cheerfest, which was the lone meet in which all five county schools competed. The Vikings had dreams of reaching the state finals, but came up just a few points short of second place at the Division 3 regional tournament which they hosted to end the season. Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings were in the middle of the pack in the O-K Gold/White Conference, with the Saxons competing in the MHSAA format for the first time. Competitive Cheer First Team Katelyn Boss - Maple Valley: Boss is a senior who competed in cheer for the first time this winter for the Lions, a dedicated athlete with good tumbling skills who was a solid base for the Lions. Maple Valley head coach Donna Nisse said she wished she could have had Kate in her earlier years. Jacqie Collins - Lakewood: A two year varsity cheerleader at Lakewood, Collins was named first team all-CAAC this year while also earning all-academic honors in the league for the second straight season. She was also one of three Vikings named to the all-region team in Division 3. Kelly Cuncannan - Hastings: A senior in her fourth year of cheer at Hastings, Cuncannan was a flyer for the first time this year. “Kelly worked so hard to accomplish in one year what most flyers have four years to do,” said head coach Amy Hubbell. “She also acquired some gymnastic skills in just this season.” Mychell Gibbs - Lakewood: Gibbs completed a solid senior season in her second year with the Viking varsity squad. She was named all-conference in the CAAC for her performance. Megan Holaski - Lakewood: A senior who spent four years on the Viking varsity, finished the season as an all-conference performer and as an all-conference academic award winner for the fourth time each. Holaski was also named an all-region athlete for the second consecutive season. Xieanne Koehl - Thornapple Kellogg: A senior who earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold/White this year and was voted by her teammates as the Trojans’ MVP. Coach Amanda Fisk called her the “the most determined girls I have ever seen on a team in my life.” Molly Koutz - Hastings: A junior in her second year with the Saxon varsity, she was a solid base and an awesome team player according to her coach. “She is very inspiring to her teammates,” said coach Hubbell. Keli Livingston - Lakewood: As a senior she earned first team all-conference honors in the CAAC for the second time this season and all-conference academic honors for the second time. In her second year on the varsity, she was also an all-region selection. Heidi VanderHeide - Thornapple Kellogg: A junior who also earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold/White for the Trojans this winter, VanderHeide had knee surgery two days after regionals but never let that pain stop her during the season. One of her highlights of the year was reaching her goal of doing a standing back tuck. Competitive Cheer Second Team Marquita Andrews - Hastings: Andrews was one of the Saxons gymnasts who coach Hubbell said “works very hard to be the best tumbler she can.” Andrews is a junior who just completed her third season of cheer and second on the Saxon varsity team. Amber Cantrell - Maple Valley: Cantrell is a junior who just finished her third season of competitive cheer at Maple Valley. Coach Nisse called her a good athlete who was a very dedicated asset to the team. Brittney Gardner - Maple Valley: Another third-year junior for the Lions who was solid wherever the Lions needed her. Coach Nisse said, “she is one of those all around athletes capable of doing great with any sport she chooses. She tumbles, bases, back spots and flies if needed.” Terran Geething - Maple Valley: One more third-year junior on the Maple Valley squad, she also spent time as a base, a back spotter, and doing flies. “She steps up to the plate and does what is needed for the team,” said coach Nisse. Whitney Holaski - Lakewood: A freshman, Holaski had a fine first year on the Viking varsity. She earned all-conference first team honors in the CAAC as well as all-academic team honors in the league. Angel Mazzucco - Thornapple Kellogg: There is no round for the Trojans without a flyer and Mazzucco was a strong one who earned an all-conference honorable mention nod. Coach Fisk said that she improved 110-percent in her junior year compared to how she The 2006-07 All-Barry County competitive cheer first team. Team members are (front from left) Molly Koutz, Kelly Cuncannan, Heidi VanderHeide, Xieanne Koehl, (back) Keli Livingston, Jacqie Collins, Mychell Gibbs, Megan Holaski and Katelyn Boss. (Photo by Brett Bremer) fared last year as a sophomore. Jen Noffke - Thornapple Kellogg: A junior who was always getting beat up and sacrificing herself to catch whichever Trojan it was coming down out of the air. Noffke tried a round-off back-handspring this year for the first time because the team needed it. Sara Radant - Hastings: In her third season of cheer and second on the varsity, this Saxon junior was a great back spotter and a hard worker. “She is a team leader with her very positive demeanor,” said coach Hubbell. Seniors fill most of county’s basketball first team by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Some of it had to do with byes, but every Barry County varsity boys’ basketball team advanced to district semifinals to end the season. A couple went beyond. Lakewood edged Hastings for a Class B district championship, on the Saxons’ home court. Then for the sixth consecutive season, the Barry County boys’ basketball season came to an end when clock ran out on the Lakewood Vikings in the Class B regional tournament. Hastings and Lakewood were the county’s only two teams with winning records. The Saxons finished at 12-11. Lakewood lost just four games all year, unfortunately three were to Lansing Catholic Central. The Cougars topped the Vikings twice during the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 regular season, and then in the regional semifinals at Caledonia High School. Lakewood senior center, Alex Erickson, is one of three players who’ve earned their second All-Barry County nod this season. Thornapple Kellogg senior guard Ryan Sisson joins him on the county’s first team again this year. Hastings senior forward Bryan Skedgell was a member of the all-county second team a year ago, and made the jump up to first team this fall. Erickson’s Lakewood teammate Nick Hilley is the lone underclassman on the allcounty first team, but the county’s second team is filled with them, which should mean some good things to come for the local teams. Boys’ Basketball First Team Brad Elliott - Lakewood: One of the Vikings’ senior captains, Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell called Elliott “the steady, consistent role player a team needs. He does what it takes to get the job done.” Elliott did a little bit of everything, averaging 9.3 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.8 steals. Alex Erickson - Lakewood: The Northwood University bound senior center came up just short of averaging a double-double this season with 13.1 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. He had 16 double-doubles in 19 games this season. Another of the Viking’s captains, Erickson was named first team all-conference in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 for the second straight season while also contributing 2 assists and 1.6 blocks per game. Nick Hilley - Lakewood: Another first team All-CAAC-3 player for the Vikings this year, the Vikings’ junior guard led his team with 14.6 points per game many of which came by slashing to the basket. An injury forced him to miss the final five games of the season, but he averaged 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 2.5 steals per game. Ryan Sisson - Thornapple Kellogg: The Trojan senior led the O-K Gold Conference in both scoring and rebounding in his final season, with 16.6 points per game and 9.2 rebounds. Sisson ended the year being named first team all-conference in the O-K Gold for the second straight season. Bryan Skedgell - Hastings: Skedgell was named All-Conference in the O-K Gold and the Saxons’ team MVP after finishing the year with 10.8 points per game 5.8 rebounds per game averages. “Bryan played his best basketball of his career at the end of the season,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. “That is what you want from a senior.” Bryce Stanhope - Hastings: Stanhope, an honorable mention all-conference selection in the O-K Gold, led the Saxons in scoring at 12 points per game knocking down 30 threepoint baskets over the course of the year. “Bryce made many big plays at the end of games to pull out some wins for us this year,” said Hastings head coach Don Schils. game over the course of the season starting at some points and coming off the bench at times. Manning also chipped in 3.6 rebounds and 1.6 assists per contest. Josh Newhouse - Delton Kellogg: Newhouse became a bit more aggressive in his senior season and averaged 10 points and 4.5 rebounds per game while earning an honorable mention All-KVA nod. Newhouse had highs this season of 21 points and 14 rebounds. Kenneth Quick - Maple Valley: Quick was a co-MVP for the Lions in his junior season, leading the team in scoring with 15 points per game and earning honorable mention in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. He shot 82-percent from the free throw line, and also did a solid job of getting his 77510925 teammates the ball with 3.8 assists a contest. Eddie Salazar - Lakewood: Salazar, a junior point guard, really stepped up when Hilley was lost to the Vikings late in the season. He was solid on both ends of the floor, whether it meant getting the Vikings into their offensive sets and making the right decisions or picking up a charge at an important moment on the defensive end of the floor. Eric Westendorp - Maple Valley: The other half of the Lions’ co-MVP honorees, the senior Westendorp led the Lions in rebounding with 8.8 per game to go along with 8.3 points per contest. He was named first team All-KVA in his fourth year on the Lion varsity and was named the team’s top defensive player for the second consecutive season. Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® 305 S. Broadway (M-37) • Hastings Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am - 5 pm And always available by appointment Realty Inc. “Your Real Estate Connection” OPEN HOUSE Toll Free 1-888-477-6591 • Local 1-269-945-0514 Fax 1-269-945-0524 • www.trademarkrealty.com OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, MARCH 31 • 1-3 PM SATURDAY, MARCH 31ST • 1-3 PM ST Dir.: Broadway North of Hastings to Freeport Rd. West to East St. North out of Village to Dir.: State Rd. 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Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 Hours: Tues. & Wed. Noon-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 • Closed Sun. & Mon. 77510901 Nick Blacken - Delton Kellogg: A junior guard who averaged ten points, three rebounds, and two assists per game, Blacken was named first team All-KVA this season. “Nick is the closest thing we have to a gym rat and he spends a lot of time in the gym,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “He finished the year on a strong note and was our best player by the end of the year.” Dustin Houghton - Maple Valley: A sophomore, Houghton was earned honorable mention All-KVA honors at the conclusion of the season. He averaged 8.6 points per game this season and shot 79.2 percent from the free throw line. Nate Manning - Thornapple Kellogg: When Manning, a junior guard, was hot so were the Trojans. He averaged 7.5 points per 9 21+/- Acres $100,000 8 20.1+/- Acres $100,000 7 22.1+/- Acres $100,000 S. 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Lakewood then topped Caledonia on its way to a regional crown. Hastings and Caledonia shared this year’s O-K Gold Conference championship, with the Saxons winning their dual against the Fighting Scots but finishing second at the conference tournament. A third conference championship trophy when Delton Kellogg cleaned up at the Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament. The Panthers had Maple Valley to deal with for the first time in the KVA, but were able to hold off the second-place Lions. The county was also well represented once against at the individual state finals, with each of the county’s five teams sending at least one representative. Barry County sent a team’s worth of wrestlers down to Auburn Hills, 14. They came home with eight state medals. Here are the 2006-07 All-Barry County wrestling teams, as chosen by their coaches. Wrestling First Team 103 Matt Loveland - Delton Kellogg: A sophomore, Loveland ended his season at the individual state finals where he placed eighth in Division 3’s 103-pound weight class. Loveland was also the Kalamazoo Valley Association’s 103-pound champion this winter. 112 Matt Watson - Hastings: A sophomore, Watson scored his second state medal this season when he placed eighth in the 112pound weight class at the Palace in Division 2. Watson was 42-8 overall this season and won the O-K Gold Conference championship at 112 pounds. 119 Kyle Dalton - Thornapple Kellogg: A sophomore, who made his second trip to the individual state finals this season, although he was disappointed not to medal again. He won district and regional titles, as well as an O-K Gold Conference championship, finishing the year with a record of 46-5. 125 Tyler Corwin - Maple Valley: Corwin earned his first trip to the individual state finals this season and wasn’t intimidated by the Palace, scoring a third place medal at 125 pounds in Division 4. He was 52-3 on the season, and perfect in the Kalamazoo Valley Association where he won the 125-pound conference championship. 130 Raven Scurlock - Maple Valley: Scurlock capped a fine career at Maple Valley by reaching the individual state finals in his senior season, where he went 1-2. He was 43-7 for the season. He was the runner-up at 130 pounds at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet to end the regular season. 135 Jamie Corwin - Maple Valley: The heavyweight of Maple Valley’s talented middleweights, Corwin was a state qualifier in his senior season finishing with a record of 44-8. He was the Kalamazoo Valley Association champion at 135 pounds as well. 140 Mark Brown - Thornapple Kellogg: Brown was one of five Trojans to earn a spot in the Division 2 individual regional tournament at Northview High School, where he saw his season end with a record of 34-11. He placed third at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet, wrestling at 145-pounds for the Trojans. 145 Quinn DeBolt - Delton Kellogg: He placed third at the Panthers’ individual district tournament in Division 3 to earn a spot in the regional tournament. DeBolt was the runner-up this year in the Kalamazoo Valley Association at 145 pounds. 152 Levi Phelps - Lakewood: The Vikings’ lone underclassmen to reach the individual state finals, the junior Phelps placed fifth in Division 2’s 145-pound weight class. He was 50-7 on the year, and won a CAAC-3 championship for himself as well. 160 Steve Case - Hastings: Case ended a fine varsity career with another appearance in the individual state finals, where he placed fifth at 160 pounds. He finished the year with a record of 48 wins and only three losses. Case pinned all three of his opponents on is way to an O-K Gold Conference tournament championship, then followed that up with district and regional titles as well. 171 Sy Overmyer - Hastings: Overmyer was just one win away from the individual state finals when he was bounced from the Division 2 regional tournament at Northview, to end his season with a record of 25-20. He was fourth in the O-K Gold Conference this season at 160 pounds. 189 Josh Kettel - Lakewood: A senior who made his first trip to the individual state finals a good one, placing eighth in the 189-pound weight class in Division 2. Kettel was 46-9 on the season, and also won a CAAC-3 individual title. 215 Billy Bourdo - Delton Kellogg: One of three individual state qualifiers for the Delton Kellogg squad, Bourdo finished the year with a record of 37 wins and 9 losses. He was the Kalamazoo Valley Association champion at 215 pounds. 285 Kody Geerligs - Thornapple Kellogg: Geerligs had a great first season as the Trojans’ heavyweight, finishing with a record of 33-11. He was an individual regional qualifier, and finished as the runner-up at 285 pounds in the O-K Gold Conference tournament. Wrestling Second Team Savings Achiever 12 MONTH CD The 2006-07 All-Barry County wrestling first team. Team members are (front from left) Kody Geerligs, Sy Overmyer, Mark Brown, Steve Case, Kyle Dalton, Matt Watson, (back) Levi Phelps, Josh Kettel, Tyler Corwin, Jamie Corwin, Raven Scurlock, Billy Bourdo, Quinn DeBolt, and Matt Loveland. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 103 Holden Hummel - Lakewood: The Vikings’ senior lightweight closed out an outstanding career by placing sixth in the 103pound weight class at the individual state finals. He was 32-11 overall this season, and was the CAAC-3 champion at his weight class for the third time. 112 Jarod Kent - Lakewood: Kent finished the year one win from the individual state finals, falling in the regional tournament. He was the CAAC-3 champion at his weight, and ended up with a record of 36-15. Ron Smith - Maple Valley: Smith was upset in the championship finals of the Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament, but bounced back to finish the year strong. He earned a spot in the individual state finals, placing eighth at his weight class in Division 4, ending the year with a record of 40-13. 119 Brendan Boyle - Delton Kellogg: Boyle was the Kalamazoo Valley Association champion at 119 pounds this winter. He finished his year at the Division 3 individual regional tournament, after scoring a runner-up finish at districts. Gage Pederson - Hastings: Pederson was the runner-up to Trojan state qualifier Kyle Dalton at 119-pounds in the O-K Gold Conference. After the league meet, Pederson went on to be a regional qualifier and finished the season with a record of 32-16. 125 Alec Wilcox - Hastings: A regional qualifier, Wilcox ended the year with a record of 24-17. He came up just one victory short of qualifying for the individual state finals. In the O-K Gold Conference, he was the runner- up to Byron Center’s Zac Slotman at 125 pounds. 130 Mike Gregory - Lakewood: Gregory was one of ten Vikings to earn the title of regional qualifier this season. He ended up with a record of 20-13, one win short of the individual finals. In the CAAC-3, he placed third in his weight class. John Wallace - Thornapple Kellogg: Wallace was the runner-up to Byron Center’s Blaine Tomkins in the O-K Gold Conference’s 130-pound weight class. He followed that up by earning a spot in the Division 2 regional tournament, where his year ended with a record of 28-19. 135 Jeremy Redman - Hastings: Redman was the runner-up to state medallist Justin Maxim in the O-K Gold Conference at 135-pounds this season. He was third at the individual district tournament, and finished the year with a record of 31-15. Kyle Root - Lakewood: Root won his second Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 championship this season, then went on to be a regional qualifier. He finished the year with a record of 37 wins and just 13 defeats, one victory away from the individual finals. 140 Dalton Ketchum - Lakewood: Ketchum won some big matches for the Vikings in their run to the team state quarterfinals, and didn’t do too bad for himself in the state’s individual tournament. He finished the season with 22 victories and a spot in the individual regionals. 145 Ricky Mathis - Hastings: The Saxons missed Mathis at the end of the season, when he was slowed by injuries especially after the kind of start he had. Mathis was the 145-pound champion at the Saxons’ own LH Lamb tournament in early January. 152 Shaun Reigler - Delton Kellogg: Reigler was the runner-up at 152 pounds at the Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament this season. 160 Steven Romero - Delton Kellogg: Romero pinned his way to a 160-pound championship at the Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament this year. He was one of nine regional qualifiers for the Panthers in the individual state tournament, after placing third in his weight class at districts. 171 Anthony Riley - Delton Kellogg: Another big time Delton pinner, he stuck his final opponents in conference action to win the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship at 171 pounds. It was the second straight league championship for Riley in his weight class. 189 Dennis Olsen - Thornapple Kellogg: Olsen finished second in the 189-pound weight class at the O-K Gold Conference tournament. He finished the year with a record of 28 wins and 16 losses. 215 Cody Clinton - Thornapple Kellogg: Clinton upset the top seed at 215 pounds in the O-K Gold Conference tournament, and went on to place second. He was also a regional qualifier, who finished the year with a record of 31-23. Josh Morehouse - Hastings: Morehouse was one of the Saxons’ three individual state qualifiers, but had a tough time in his first trip to the Palace as a junior. He was the top 215-pounder in the O-K Gold Conference during the regular season, and finished with an overall record of 29-14. 285 Octavio Romero - Delton Kellogg: Romero finished the year with a record of 42 wins and 8 losses, as a state qualifier at 285 pounds. He scored his 100th career win on the way to an individual district championship, after winning the heavyweight title in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. Nick Walkington - Lakewood: Walking finished a fine season for the Vikings with a record of 28 wins and 13 defeats. He was the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 champion at his weight class, and went on to be a regional qualifier in the Division 2 individual tournament. Valley track teams start inside at SVSU Reach your savings destination one step at a time. Only $100 to open. Deposits of $100 or more allowed throughout the term. 5.15% APY* Other CD Specials 7 Month CD 5.25% APY, $500 minimum balance 21 Month CD 4.80% APY, $10,000 minimum balance 13 Month IRA CD 5.25% APY, $500 minimum balance It’s how we bank here. Hastings · H astings F elpausch · Lake O dessa Hastings Felpausch Odessa 269/945-9561 269/945-0686 616/374-8849 02667685 *Annual Percentage Yield. Penalty for early withdrawal. Limited time only. Rates as of 3/23/07 and are subject to change. Member FDIC Maple Valley’s varsity boys’ and girls’ track and field teams both got their season started with third-place finishes at the Saginaw Valley State University Indoor Invitational last week. The Lion ladies were just 1.5 points out of second-place Freeland and three points behind first-place Ubly. Ubly finished with 73 points, Freeland 71.5, and Maple Valley 70. Frankenmuth was fourth with 60 points in the Division 3 & 4 meet. Maple Valley’s girls’ team had three individual champions on the day. Lauren Pierce took the long jump by sailing 5-11. Dani Christensen won the 60-meter hurdles in 10.39 seconds. Stacey Fassett was the pole vault champion by clearing 9-0. That trio is picking up right where it left off. Fassett and Pierce were both state qualifiers in those events a year ago, and Christensen qualified for the Division 3 state finals in both hurdle events. The Lions two runner-up finishes came in relay races. The team of Alisha Felmlee, Lizzy Stewart, Pierce and Christensen was second in the 800-meter relay in 1 minute 58.6 seconds. Pierce and Stewart teamed with Jessi Winegar and Mallorie Densmore to place second in the 1600-meter relay with a time of 4:35.8. Stewart and Densmore also did well running the 400 on their own. Stewart was fourth in 1:06.4 and Densmore fifth in 1:06.6. Maple Valley also placed fifth in the 3200meter relay with the team of Kaitlin Furlong, Kayla Shaw, Kristen Hummel and Amy Tobias hitting the line in 11:40.6. Others placing in the top eight for Maple Valley were Winegar, who was sixth in the long jump at 13-10, Furlong was sixth in the 1600 with a time of 6:15.8, Ashley Gonser sixth in the shot put at 29-7.5, Randi Vinson eighth in the 3200 in 14:05.2, and Tobias eighth in the 800 in 2:49.8. The Lion boys weren’t quite as close to the top as their female counterparts. Swan Valley ran away with the boys’ Division 3 & 4 title with 87.5 points. Ovid-Elsie was second with 67, just ahead of the Lions’ total of 66.5 points. Freeland was fourth with a score of 58.5. Jose Romero had one of the Lions’ two individual championship. He won the high jump by clearing 5-10. His teammate Ryan Schroeder also placed in the event. He tied for sixth after clearing 5-4. Kaleb Root won the pole vault for the Lion boys, clearing 12-0. Closing out the field events, Jeremy Riley was fourth for the Lions in the shot put with a top mark of 44-3.5. Mike Hall placed in the top three in two individual events for the Lion boys. He was second in the 3200-meter run in 10:32.79 and third in the 1600 in 4:58.14. Champ Bodell was third in the 400 in 55.43, Charles Wymer seventh in the 60meter dash in 7.65, and Kyle Staines seventh in the 800 in 2:15. In the hurdles, Evan Smith was eighth in the 60-meter event with a time of 9.95 seconds. Maple Valley’s 1600-meter relay team was second in 3:44.17, the 800-meter relay team fifth in 1:41.11, and the 3200-meter relay team sixth in 9:11.36. NOW CHASE GEIGER IRONSIDE INSURANCE AGENCY OFFERING: 129 Division St., P.O. Box 25, Freeport, MI 49325 (616) 765-3445 • Fax (616) 765-3460 1-800-522-2919 WATCH FOR OUR MOVE IN APRIL NEW LOCATION… 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50), Lake Odessa Small Town Friendly, Personal Service All Your Insurance Needs! 77510686 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — Page 19 State semifinalists lead all-county volleyball team by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It was a great year for Barry County volleyball. Lakewood advanced to the Class B state semifinals at Western Michigan University, where they were downed by the top ranked team in the state in Class B, Grand Rapids South Christian. The Trojans and Saxons were very familiar with the Sailors, going up against them in a very tough O-K Gold this winter. The Vikings made the long trip to Durand to top Yale in three games in the state quarterfinals, after winning their regional tournament at Eaton Rapids. The Vikings district victory at Charlotte to start the post-season was their 16th consecutive district championship Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg had some of their best seasons ever. The Delton girls won 29 matches. Maple Valley won its first district championship. Lakewood has five girls on this season’s All-Barry County first and second teams, including senior middle blocker Amy Joostberns who is a first teamer for the third consecutive season. Lakewood is also the home of the only two underclassmen on the first-team list, sophomore outside hitter Ashley Morris and junior setter Melanie Forman. The second team is made up of half seniors and half underclassmen. Girls’ Volleyball First Team Hannah Case - Hastings: Case was a cocaptain and one of the Saxons’ co-MVPs this year after leading the team in kills with 82 and also contributing 52 aces, 48 blocks, 53 digs and 87 assists while spending time at both right-side hitter and setter. “Hannah plays an all-around great game,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. “She was our most consistent passer and played excellent defense. Hannah has been an exceptional leader and motivator this year.” Lacey Chase - Lakewood: One of the Vikings’ two senior co-captains, Chase had a great year at outside hitter averaging 1.9 kills, 1.3 digs and .5 aces per contest. She was all-conference honorable mention in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 Melanie Forman - Lakewood: The Vikings’ junior setter earned all-conference honors in the CAAC-3 this year and allregion honors in Class B. She averaged 8.3 assists per game over the course of the season, as well as 1.4 digs, .5 kills, and .5 aces. Katee Hogoboom - Delton Kellogg: Delton Kellogg head coach Jack Magelssen said of his senior setter, “Katee was the engine that ran this team. Her leadership, work ethic and passion to compete never wavered. Katee ran the offense and was the driving force behind the positive direction of the Delton program.” She was named to All-KVA and all-region teams this season with 9.2 assists, 1.8 kills, 1.1 aces and 4.2 digs per game. Amy Joostberns - Lakewood: Joostberns closed her senior season as the Vikings’ middle blocker earning all-conference and allregion honors. She led Lakewood with 3.9 kills per game to go along with .4 aces per game and .2 blocks. Alaina Mater - Maple Valley: A threeyear varsity setter at Maple Valley, Mater finished her senior season by averaging 7.7 assists per game while also leading her team in serving at 98-percent. She also averaged 2.91 digs and 1 block per game. Mater has received a volleyball scholarship to continue her playing days at St. Clair Community College. Ashley Morris - Lakewood: A sophomore, Morris became another in a long line of outstanding Lakewood outside hitters. She was second on the team with 2.6 kills per game. She also had .4 aces and 1.3 digs per game. She earned all-conference first team honors in the CAAC-3 this winter. Girls’ Volleyball Second Team Dani Christensen - Maple Valley: Christensen, a junior outside hitter, had 678 kills on the season averaging 5.05 per game with a hitting percentage of .316. She also had 2.95 digs per game and a serving percentage of 94-percent. Christensen was all-conference honorable mention in the KVA this year and was named to the allregion team in Class C. Autumn Cussen - Lakewood: The Vikings’ junior libero had an outstanding defensive season for her team, earning an alconference honorable mention nod in the CAAC-3. Cussen averaged 1.8 digs and .3 aces per game this year. Her dig percentage was second best among the Viking regulars at 80-percent. Jordan Haines - Delton Kellogg: The Panthers’ senior outside hitter led her team in digs with 7.1 per game, was the team’s second leading hitter with 2.3 kills per game, and also was one of the team’s main passers. “Jordan made great strides during the year and welcomed the ‘go-to’ tag that developed during the year,” said coach Magelssen. Rachael Iler - Hastings: As the Saxons’ senior setter, who played only in the back row, Iler led her team with 146 assists this season and also had 17 aces. “Rachael didn’t play much as a junior, but stepped up her game and became our starting setter this year,” said coach Sheldon. “She works just as hard in practice as she did in games.” Katie McCarty - Thornapple Kellogg: The Trojans’ senior Libero had 300 digs this season and also served 90-percent on the year. “She is a team leader and captain that worked really hard all season and her stats are equal to almost all of the liberos in the O-K Gold,” said TK head coach Jaime Nelson. Terin Norris - Delton Kellogg: Delton head coach Jack Magelssen said that Norris is definitely one of the top ten freshmen in the state. “She was one of our main passers and has all the technical skills to be a great player,” he added. She led the Panthers with 2.4 kills per game and also led the team in blocks with 1.2 per game. Kate Scheidel - Thornapple Kellogg: A sophomore, Scheidel saw time as an outside hitter and at setter, and led the Trojans in all but three statistical categories. She had a .35 attack percentage, and led the team in aces with 52 while serving 93-percent for the year. She also had 177 digs and 23 blocks. Dana Shilling - Hastings: The Saxons’ other co-captain and co-MVP, the senior shilling finished her final season with 70 kills, 87 blocks, 79 digs, and 30 aces. “Dana has a great work ethic and always works hard and it showed at game time,” coach Sheldon said. “She is a very smart player and can see the court well.” The 2006-07 All-Barry County volleyball first team. Team members are (front from left) Hannah Case, Katee Hogoboom, Melanie Forman, (back) Ashley Morris, Lacey Chase, Alaina Mater, and Amy Joostberns. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TK girls 2nd three times at GVSU The Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ track and field team had a fine day to start their 2007 season, indoors at the Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge on Tuesday. The Trojans were just shy of championship performances in three events in the Division 1 & 2 meet which included 33 solid programs including East Kentwood, Rockford, Lowell, Grand Rapid Christian, Grandville, East Grand Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, Portage Northern, Kalamazoo Central, Benton Harbor, Jenison, Hamilton, Sturgis, Cadillac, and Battle Creek Harper Creek. Delton Kellogg was also a part of the meet. The Panther ladies had three athletes finish in the top eight in their events. TK’s Emma Ordway was second in the 400-meter dash in 1 minute 3.93 seconds. Lowell’s Megan Majestic won the race in 1:03.89. Delton’s Rachael Williams placed sixth in that event for the Panthers’ highest finish, in 1:05.81. The Trojans’ Rebecca Winchester was second to Mount Pleasant’s Jayne Miller in the 1600-meter run. Miller came across the line in 5:25.77 and Winchester in 5:28.44. Ordway and Winchester also teamed up with Stephanie Betcher and Ashley VanderMeer to place second in the 1600meter relay with a time of 4:22.75. Ordway and Winchester were both a part of the Trojan foursome which won that race at the Division 2 state finals last June. Grand Rapids Christian won the 1600 relay race Tuesday in 4:22.83. Betcher wasn’t too far behind the leaders in the 400, finishing second in her heat to Majestic and seventh overall in 1:06.00. Alesha Ward was fourth for the Trojans in the high jump, clearing 4 feet 10 inches. Delton Kellogg’s Katee Hogoboom was tied for eighth in the event at 4-6. Winchester was fifth in the 800 in 2:33.95. Danielle Rosenberg had two high finishes. She was sixth in the 50-meter high hurdles in 8.67 seconds and seventh in the pole vault by clearing 8-6. Delton Kellogg’s Chelsea VanderWoude was seventh in the 50-meter dash in 7.22 seconds. The Trojan boys will join the ladies this week when the host the TK Co-Ed Relays on Wednesday in Middleville. Delton’s girls are back in action when they visit Plainwell April 10. Delton Kellogg’s boys competed indoors at GVSU Monday. Dan Roberts had the Panther boys’ team’s best finish, placing seventh in the 800-meter run in 2:10.38. Martel Epperson was the only other Delton boy to break the top ten in any event. He was tenth in the 200-meter dash in 24.31. The 2006-07 All-Barry County boys’ swimming and diving team. Team members are (front from left) Kelcey Edwards, Derek Thurman, Tom Peck, Sean McConnon, Derek Miller, and Jacob Wescott. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Boy’s swim team sets many records by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A boys’ swimming and diving All-Barry County team has been chosen for the first time this winter. With only one team, comprised of two schools, competing it’s a bit small. It was a good year for the Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings boys’ though. The team had two divers qualify for the Division 1 regional tournament, and also improved a number of school records. The all-county team is comprised of athletes who currently own records for the TKHastings program. Boys’ Swimming & Diving First Team Kelcey Edwards - TK-Hastings: A senior, 02667665 OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, April 1ST • 1-4 PM 1625 E. 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Derek Miller - TK-Hastings: Miller was also a member of that 200-yard freestyle relay team, and currently holds the record for the best time in the 100-yard butterfly. Tom Peck - TK-Hastings: Peck excelled at just about everything he attempted, especially the freestyle where he owns team records in the 200-yard event, the 50-yard event, the 100-yard event and the 500 as well as being a member of record setting 200 and 400-yard freestyle teams. Peck also owns the team record in the 100yard backstroke and as a member of the 200yard medley relay team. Derek Thurman - TK-Hastings: Thurman, a senior, is the team record holder in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke. He is a also a member of the record holding foursomes in the 200-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard freestyle relay. Jacob Wescott - TK-Hastings: Wescott was a member of all three relay teams which set new team records this year, the 200-yard freestyle relay, the 400-yard freestyle relay, and the 200-yard medley relay. �Page 20 — Thursday, March 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton Middle School students of month named for January, February Delton Kellogg Middle School each month during the academic year recognizes students of the month. Each student is nominated by his or her homeroom teacher and endorsed by related arts and sciences for Life teachers. The nominations are based on leadership, good citizenship, quality work habits, and/or strong academics. Students are recognized at a private awards ceremony with a school administrator. January nominees met with new Delton Middle School Principal Diane Taloand February nominees met with assistant Principal Mary Guthrie. There is a brief presentation highlighting their accomplishments, along with sweet rolls and juice. The students also receive a certificate of honor and snack coupons for use in the school cafeteria. DK girls shut out Wayland in opener Kelsie Smith scored the first goal of the 2007 varsity girls’ soccer season for Delton Kellogg 2 minutes and 46 seconds into their season opener Tuesday evening at Wayland. It’s still the only goal the Panthers have seen so far this year, as they held on for a 10 victory. Wayland doubled up the Panthers in terms of shots, 18 to 9. Delton Kellogg goalkeeper Kelsey Deibert blocked them all en route to the shut out. Delton got solid play from its defense to keep the Wildcats off the board, and field dominance by the Delton midfield also played a key role in the win. The Panthers are off now until starting the Kalamazoo Valley Association season at home against Kalamazoo Christian on Thursday, April 12. January fifth and sixth grade students of the month are (back row) Shawna Cheney, Zach Meyers, Blake Jones, Jamie Risner, Arianna Heator, Brookelyn O'Meara, (front row) Cortney Leinaar, Brittnie Kerr, Anthony Houtrow, Emily Warren and Megan Papesh. January seventh and eighth grade students of the month are (back row, from left)) Kristin Wine, Ashley Strobel, Aubrey Beeler, Chris Bowers, Joel Quick, Dylan Bouchie, (front row) Hannah Smith, Tyler Vining, Lewis Hunt and Nate Allen. February sixth grade students of the month are (from left) Tiffany Smith, Tabitha Nguyen, Erika Roberts, Zach Eib, Alex Lepird and Kenny Coates. February fifth grade students of the month are (from left) Nate Flint, Gabe Neujahr, Tucker Onderlinde, Frank James and Cameron Tobias. Correction: Tyler Williams was incorrectly identified as Travis in last week’s photo cutline about the Bleam Eavestroughing sponsored sixth grade basketball team. February eighth grade students of the month are (back row, from left) Justin Wortinger, Josie Wooten, Scarlett Moore, (front row) Clara Bagley and Shelby Douglas. February seventh grade students of the month are (back row, from left) Liz Bartha, Nathan Tolhurst, Ashton Norris, Gabrielle Shipley, Casey Braska, Chelsea Ainsworth (front row) Jessica Ramsey, Alea Hammond, Adrianna Culbert and Brandon Arnold. 77510808 Coming this Spring... Businesses in Barry County A Business & Industry Annual Publication As businesses throughout Michigan are adjusting to the state’s current economic position, the Barry County businesses are continuing to succeed. Hometown Businesses in Barry County is a special edition publication designed as an educational and informational tool to introduce new and current community members to the businesses surrounding them, both retail and industrial. Share your story: Hometown business owners are invited to share their success stories and the importance of keeping their companies in a small town. Inform the community of what part your business plays in creating and maintaining Barry County’s reputation as a great place to live and work! Published as an insert to the Hastings Banner in Spring 2007 Don’t miss this opportunity for your company to be a part of the educational, informational and historical documentation of businesses and industries in Barry County! For advertising sizes and rates, contact Jonathon Jacobs, Rose Heaton or Scott Ommen at J-ad Graphics: 269-945-9554 For article information, contact Kelly Lloyd 269-945-9554 DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISING & ARTICLES: APRIL 30TH � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-04-05.pdf 31aa0a5f6e5b86152f4a29ddd0152127 PDF Text Text Oil barrels found leaking into stream It was a bittersweet ending for Felpausch Hastings Spring Sports previews See Story on Page 20 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Pages 17-19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 14 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, April 5, 2007 Wal-Mart meeting location changed NEWS BRIEFS Gun Lake Tribe 1st Friday guests Two representatives from the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis will be on hand for the next First Friday program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets in Hastings. John Shagonaby of Dorr, tribal vice chairman, and James Nye of Lansing, spokesperson, will talk about the latest news and progress in the continuing story about plans for the Gun Lake casino. The program customarily is held on the first Friday of the month, as the name suggests, but in April 6 falls on Good Friday, so it was postponed. The First Friday series of public programming, sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Committee, has been held each month since August 1989. Those attending may bring their own lunches. Tea and coffee and light finger food items usually are provided by the Democrats. Symphony visit will be April 26 The Thornapple Arts Council invites those in the area curious about classical music to attend the concert by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 South M37 Highway, corner of M-37 and M-79, Hastings. The symphony will perform familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, along with pieces by Gershwin and Sousa. Tickets can be purchased in advance at (269) 945-2002 or at Barry County Lumber, Brown’s Carpet One, Bosley’s or the State Grounds Coffee House. Tickets are $15 for adults $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets will also be on sale during the Thornapple Arts Council/Felpausch Jazz Festival at Central auditorium on Saturday, April 14. This visit by the KSO is funded in part by the Sue Drummond Endowment for Arts Enrichment held at the Barry Community Foundation. Easter egg hunts set for Saturday Many Easter egg hunts in this area are scheduled for Saturday, April 7. The Hastings Jaycees will have their annual Easter egg hunt at 1 p.m. Saturdayat the Hastings Middle School (South Field). Children up to 10 years old who are Barry County residents are invited to participate. There will be three age groups (0-3, 4-6 and 7-10). Registration will begin at noon. Each child will receive a goody bag after the hunt and those who register will be eligible for prizes given away during drawings. Last year’s prizes included bikes, wagons, footballs, basketballs and more. Registration forms are available prior to the event, by visiting the Hastings Jaycees’ Web site at www.hastingsjaycees.org or they can be picked up at Chicago Title, Paws & Claws, or Chemical Bank (Main Branch). Photos with the Easter Bunny will be offered. For more information, please call Jackie Barry at 269-838-3185. The Freeport Fire Department and Freeport Business Association’s annual Easter Egg hunt is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday on the Freeport Community Center lawn. Children up to age 10 will be divided into age groups to search for candy-filled See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Good Friday ‘Cross Walk’ to mark 38 years People of all ages and denominations are invited to join area Christians for the 38th annual Good Friday Cross Walk, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 6, from Grace Lutheran Church, 239 E. North St. in Hastings. The family pictured above was part of last year’s group of 64 who walked in silence as a time of reflection on the meaning of the Lord’s crucifixion. “We walk as a group to bear witness in our community to the meaning of Good Friday,” said Grace Lutheran Pastor Michael Anton. The route goes through downtown and back to the church. Those who can’t walk the entire distance, may walk for as long as they can. Walkers may drop in and out as needed. by David T. Young Editor Rutland Township will not make the same mistake it did March 19 by allowing a huge crowd of more than 125 citizens to overwhelm the township hall. The next Township Board meeting, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, will take up the extremely contentious issue of a proposed new Wal-Mart supercenter, and the location this time will be the more spacious Barry Expo Center on M-37 Highway. The Rutland Township Planning Commission Wednesday night, March 19, in a unanimous 5-0 vote, voted against recom- See WAL-MART, page 2 Holy Week services continue by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Palm Sunday services were held April 1 and Holy Week observances will continue tonight, Friday and Sunday. This is a brief listing of information about Maundy Thursday, April 5, Good Friday, April 6, and Easter services Sunday, April 8 throughout the Banner’s coverage area. This information was submitted by churches. St. Herman Orthodox Church in Woodbury will be celebrating its first Easter in its new church this year (the former Woodbury United Brethren Church). Holy Week and Easter Services at St. Herman Orthodox Church. are done as they were by the very first Christians, and as they are celebrated in Jerusalem to this day. On Holy Thursday, April 5, at 10 a.m., the Last Supper and the Lord's washing of the feet of His disciples are remembered by celebrating the Holy Eucharist. Then at 6 p.m. tonight, a large cross with the Lord's image on it will be placed in the middle of the church, and standing before it the congregation hears all the Gospels concerning His voluntary and saving death. On Good Friday, April 6, at 3 p.m., Christ’s being taken down from the Cross and His burial by the disciples will be remembered. Everyone will meet again in church at 6 p.m. to remember how the Lord "kept the Sabbath" by resting from His work of recreating the world. Ezekiel's prophecy of the dry bones will be read, and everyone will recall God's promise to raise His people. Saturday, April 7, at 10 a.m. the whole story of God's creation and redemption of the world comes from 15 Old Testament readings. Just like the first Christians, the congregation meets again shortly before midnight on Saturday night, and at the darkest time of night, the light of Christ's rising is celebrated. After the Resurrection Eucharist, the congregation shares red Easter eggs, saying "Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen!" Easter baskets are blessed and shared in the church hall, allowing everyone to break the Lenten fast. There is fellowship until the early hours of morning. St. Herman is located at 216 Maple St., Woodbury (the former Woodbury United Brethren Church building). Phone: 616-4547981 or 616-374-8596 or check the Web site www.stherman.org for more information. The Welcome Corners Methodist Church, 3185 North M-43 Highway has many events planned with the Rev. Susan Olsen who serves this church, Peace United Methodist Church (between Hastings and Nashville) and See HOLY WEEK, page 2 Charlie Nystrom Proposal A predictions in ’94 re-evaluated 911 Dispatch Equalization head’s fears about property taxes may have come true by David T. Young Editor A little more than 13 years ago, Barry County Equalization Director Karen Scarbrough sent a letter to the editor warning citizens about some potential dangers that could result from passage of the highly-touted Proposal A. Her letter appeared in the March 10, 1994, issue of the Banner, and it was one of the very few concerns raised back then about the statewide ballot proposal, which was passed by a huge margin on March 15 of that year. Essentially, Proposal A greatly reduced residential property taxes, raised the state sales tax from four to six cents on the dollar and capped property tax increases each year to the rate of inflation or 5 percent, whichever is lower. Proposal A had two huge goals — to take financial control over education funding and distribute per-pupil funding for schools more equitably and to give property owners tax relief. Not much has been said about residential property taxes since then, until just recently, particularly in a forum Feb. 27 hosted by State Rep. Brian Calley. Angry residents complained in that public meeting at the Commission on Aging that they couldn’t understand why this year they’re continuing to pay higher taxes at the same time the assessed values of their homes are actually going down. Scarbrough was out of town this week and could not be reached for further comment, but the Banner contacted Calley and Dennis McKelvey, assessor for Rutland, Baltimore, Assyria and Bowne townships, to try to get their reactions to her predictions. In her letter, which the editor headlined, “Assessment cap may not be great idea,” Scarbrough wrote: “Voters, throughout Michigan next week (March 15, 1994) must decide on very important constitutional issues that will decide how they are to be governed and taxed. “So far, the issues addressed by the media have been little more than a ‘Tastes great: less filling’ debate between a higher sales tax and a higher income tax. Little focus has been given to the proposed constitutional provision for ‘capping’ assessments. Property owners need to be informed of the potential effects of changing our constitution from a system that guarantees uniform and equitable assessments to a constitutionally required system of ‘capped’ assessments. “Homeowners will lose a basic right to have the assessment of their property equitably valued as compared to their neighbors. Under the ballot plan's assessment capping scheme, it really won't matter if one property is paying taxes on an assessment that is only 25 percent of market value and another is taxed on 50 percent of market value. The fact that one person's property tax bill is twice the amount of his neighbor's, who is living in a similar house, will be irrelevant. “Property owners will gradually see their right to mobility decreased. The cap on a low assessment will last only until the property is bought or sold, then the assessment and taxes can be jumped to half of the full market value. With time, the difference between capped and uncapped assessments will become greater and greater. “This difference in taxes could make moving into a new home financially prohibitive. Elderly citizens who still live in the family home will have to choose between paying the higher utility bills of the larger house or the higher property tax on a smaller house or condominium they would prefer. “The disparity between capped and uncapped assessments will shift a larger portion of the cost of local government and schools onto future home buyers. The longterm effect will be that children in our elementary schools will be required to pay their parents' share of the property tax burden when they buy their first home. The ones who will benefit by a ‘capped’ system of assessments are those who live in See PROPOSAL, page 3 director cleared of wrongdoing by Jon Gambee Staff Writer An investigation into allegations of misconduct by Barry County 911 Central Dispatch Director Charlie Nystrom has found no substantial violations. The report, which was forwarded to each of the 22 participating governmental units included in the Barry County Central Dispatch Authority, concluded that the 911 center is “managed at a very high level of accountability.” Two audits of the operation were conducted, one by the Emergency Telephone Service Committee (ETCS) and one by the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority (MMRMA). The ETCS committee has statutory authority to oversee all Michigan 911 operations, funding and wireless money distribution. MMRMA is the insurance group which covers Barry County for issues of liability. Besides the two independent audits, an internal investigation was conducted by First See 911, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page eggs. Children should bring a basket or bag for the goodies Progressive Dems plan Earth Day The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have an Earth Day celebration in Middleville Saturday, April 21. Patricia Wilson says, “A huge grass-roots protest over the degradation of our environment 37 years ago brought about the first Earth Day (on April 22, 1970).” The Progressive Democrats plan to commemorate the efforts of more than 20 million students who protested on college campuses across the nation to bring political attention to the state of the environment. The ceremony will take place at Stagecoach Park on East Main Street in Middleville at 3 p.m. The group will celebrate the first anniversary of the planting of the “Peace Pole.” After the Earth Day festivities the group will meet at Phil’s Restaurant. Everyone can purchase their own dinner and afterward share an Earth Day birthday cake. For more information, call Jackie Schmitz at 795-7896 or e-mail her a jschmitz48@hotmail.com Hastings Supt. interviews set The Hastings Area School System has announced the times and dates for the interviews of its superintendent applicants: • Friday, April 13 — 4 p.m., John Raab, interim superintendent, Dundee Community Schools; 6 p.m., Frederick Clarke, director of pupil services, Champaign (Ill.) Community Schools Unit 4; 8 p.m., Charles Sandro, former superintendent, Mason County Central Schools. • Saturday, April 14 — 4 p.m., Clair Dean-Rakocy, superintendent, Litchfield Community Schools; 6 p.m., Greg Webster, Superintendent, Bear Lake/Kaleva Norman Dickson school districts. • Tuesday, April 17 — 6 p.m., Richard Satterlee, superintendent, Pittsford Area Schools. All of the interviews are open to the public and will be conducted in the multi-purpose room of Hastings Middle School. Questions for the candidates will be accepted from persons in attendance at the interviews and will be asked as time permits. For additional information, call Carl Schoessel at (269) 948-4400. Business, education group plans to meet The next meeting of the Educators/Employers Steering Committee will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19,. in the Conference Center of PennockHospital. While the entire group of local business representatives and educators meets quarterly, the committees will continue to meet monthly. Director Marjorie Haas says, “We are making progress in the WorkKeys area with the WIRED project.” Anyone who would like to become part of that project may contact Val Eavey at Michigan Works! 945-9545, extension 140 or veavy@barryisd.org Job shadowing programs in Barry County are making progress. Haas invites any company interested having a high school junior or senior job shadow an employee, should contact the group. Cochair persons of the job shadow committee are: Denise Fairbrother (Viking Corp.) and Michelle Skedgell (Pierce Cedar Creek). More plans are in the works and Haas can be contacted at 269-758-3361. Blood drive set at Grace Lutheran A blood drive is planned for noon to 5:45 p.m. today at Hastings Grace Lutheran Church, Thursday, April 5, noon to 5:45 p.m. at 239 E. North St.. Those eligible to donate are urged to come. All presenting wll be entered into a drawing to win one of three Detroit Tigers ticket game packages. They also will be entered in a raffle for a $25 gas card. Susan L. Clements of the American Red Cross Great Lakes Regional Blood Services said, “Please take the time to forward this email to your friends, family and co-workers!” Visit www.givelife.org sponsor code NFF for an appointment or call 1-800-9684283, extension 434. Walk-ins also are welcome, but they must have photo ID or donor card to donate. Another upcoming Red Cross blood drives in Barry County will be at the Middleville Bradford White Union Hall, Tuesday April 10, noon to 5:45 p.m. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. North Country Trail group meets The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St, in Delton. The Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association also will be host for a hike on Saturday, April 21. Hikers will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Cereal City parking lot. The hike will begin at 10 a.m. and the public is welcome to attend. This hike will encompass half of the Battle Creek Linear Park pathway, an easily traversed, paved flat surface, starting at the west end and hike eastward for approximately 6.5 miles. For a map to the parking area at Cereal City, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/events/cnd.htm and use the link found in the Events Calendar. For more information, call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links scenic, natural, recreational, historic and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern States. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. Men’s choral music night rescheduled Due to a scheduling conflict, the 21st annual Night of Men’s Choral Music has been changed to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 in the Lakewood High School auditorium. The Men’s Chorus will be joined with voices from the Vagabonds, men from the Concert Choir and the Women’s Chorus. Director Vallory Bunday said the concert will feature a variety of styles, including spirituals and love songs. “It will be an uplifting night of music,” she promised. The Lakewood men will end the concert with their traditional “Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw” selection, when men’s chorus alumnae will be invited on stage to join the student chorus. Tickets are $5 which be used to treat the singers to a bowling pizza party for the singers. Chess tournament slated for April 21 The King’s and Queen’s chess tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School in Middleville. This will be an unrated tournament open to students in grades K-8. Participation ribbons will be given to all players. Students will play at their own grade level. The registration table opens at 8:30 a.m. The first round will begin at 10. Players, grades 4-8, need to bring boards and sets (clocks are optional.) Each round is limited to one hour. Pre-registration is $10 and on-site registration is $15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The tournament director reserves the right to turn away anyone who is not in the registration line by 9:30 a.m. Concessions will be available on site from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The TK Chess Store also will be open. An awards ceremony and trophy presentation will take place following the last round. Registration forms and entry fee should be received by April 13. Forms should be mailed to Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Attn.: Chess Tournament, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, MI 49333. Make checks payable to: TK Schools. For more information, call 269-7955522. HOLY WEEK, continued from page 1 the Freeport United Methodist Church. Maundy Thursday will be observed Thursday evening, April 5, at Freeport with a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. and a Holy Communion service beginning at 7 p.m. On Good Friday, April 6, there will be a service at Peace with the Nashville United Methodist Church, beginning at 1 p.m. In Freeport there will be a service with members of the Freeport United Brethren Church and the Hope United Brethren church at 7 p.m. There will be an Easter sunrise service, April 8, at Peace, beginning at 7 a.m. with a potluck breakfast following. Welcome Corners members are welcome to join either Peace or Freeport for the early service. Welcome Corners will have an Easter service beginning at 9:45 a.m. The sunrise service in Freeport will begin at 6:45 a.m. with a walk to the cemetery for a short service with members of the Freeport United Brethren Church. Everyone will return to the Freeport UMC for breakfast. There will also be an 11 a.m. service at Freeport. The Hastings Free Methodist Church at 2635 North M-43 Highway will have an Easter Sunrise Service at 7:30 followed by an Easter breakfast from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. The traditional Easter service begins at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 269-945-9121. Hope United Methodist Church (corner of M-37 and M-79) will host a Maundy Thursday communion service beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5. On Friday, April 6, the Good Friday service begins at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a showing of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” On Saturday, April 7, there will be a Holy Saturday Prayer Vigil from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Easter services April 8 will begin with a sunrise service with youth at 8 a.m. followed by breakfast. The Resurrection Celebration begins at 10 a.m. The Middleville United Methodist Church, 111 Church St., in Middleville, holds Sunday services at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Call 795-9266 for information. The community Good Friday Service will be at 7 p.m. April 6. This is a combination service with Parmelee Methodist and Middleville Christian Reformed Churches held at the Middleville United Methodist Church. On Sunday, April 8, the Easter Sunshine Service will be at 6:30 a.m. on the Mount Hope Cemetery Hill. The youth group plans this service. The Easter Traditional service begins at 11 a.m. back at the church. St. Francis Episcopal Church at 11850 West 9 Mile Road in Orangeville will be using special services from the Iona community during Lent. Mother Barbara Wilson will also give special sermons during Lent. The Good Friday service April 6 begins at 7:30 p.m. The Easter service on April 8 begins at 9:30 a.m. and those attending are invited to bring hard boiled eggs colored red. Following the Easter service there will be a continental breakfast featuring a fruit salad created from the fresh and canned fruits contributed by those attending the service. For more information, call 269-664-4345. Services begin at 9:30 a.m. Sundays. Grace Lutheran Church in Hastings welcomes area residents to fellowship and worship Sunday mornings, with Sunday School for all ages at 9:30 and Holy Communion at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Grace Lutheran has planned Holy Week worship and prayer services. On April 5, Maundy Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., the service will focus on the Potter's Liturgy. The congregation will listen to readings from Jeremiah, as a potter shapes a pot, only to stop and begin anew, reminding everyone of God's constant reshaping of lives. The annual Silent Crosswalk through the community will begin at 9:30 a.m. Good Friday from the church parking lot. Parishioners and community members walk together. This ecumenical walk offers opportunity to carry a cross and take time for meditation on the impact of Jesus' crucifixion for the world. At 7:30 p.m. there will be worship at the church, using the ancient liturgy, Tenebrae, "service of darkness." On Holy Saturday, April 7, the service begins to celebrate Jesus' resurrection with the Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m. Worship includes baptisms and affirmation of baptism. Grace welcomes everyone to the Resurrection of Our Lord with the Festival Eucharist at 6:30 and 10 a.m. An Easter breakfast follows the 6:30 worship service (from about 7:45 to 8 a.m.) and an egg hunt follows breakfast. Grace's building facility is at 239 E. North St., Hastings (across from the Tendercare Nursing Home). Call 269-9459414 or check the website at www.grace- hastings.org for more information. The Caledonia Christian Reformed Church, at 9957 Cherry Valley SE in Caledonia, invites anyone with the question "Do you struggle with feelings of hopelessness in your marriage, family or personal life?" to join them in the celebrative worship on Easter Sunday. Church members will focus on the shared hope in Jesus Christ. The worship service is at 9:30 a.m. and child care is provided. Thre will be a continental breakfast from 8:30-9:30 a.m. This is free and all are welcome. For more information call 616- 891-1512 or check the a web site: www.caledoniacrc.org Gun Lake Community Church, 12200 West M-179 Highway is planning an EasterFest. On Saturday, April 7, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. there will be fun for the whole family with inflatables, food, live music and an Easter egg hunt. This will be fun for the entire family. Families are asked to bring bags for their treats. On Sunday, April 8, Easter services are at 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. For information about EasterFest or services call 795-7903. Spring cleanup in Hastings to start Monday Hastings spring cleanup will begin Monday, April 9, for leaves and other yard debris. City workers will pick up yard waste until they have gone through each ward once. City officials recommend putting loose waste into compostable bags to prevent leaves plugging up the gutters. No plastic bags will be collected. Residents are reminded to put their yard waste between the sidewalk and the curb. Tickets will be issued for those who push their waste into the street. There also is always a dumpster available behind the city garage for people to dump their yard waste. For more information, call the City of Hastings at (269) 945-2468. WAL-MART, continued from page 1 mending Wal-Mart’s request to rezone a parcel of land near the corner of Green Street and Cook Road, just outside the Hastings city limits. Though Wal-Mart already has a “Big Box” retail store at the corner of Heath Road and M-37/M-43 in the township, it has plans to build a 176,000-square-foot supercenter at Thornapple Arts Council hit by grant moratorium The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County is directly impacted by state budget troubles and Governor Jennifer Granholm’s recent executive order that placed a moratorium on a broad range of state grant expenditures beginning April 4 through the end of the state’s fiscal year Sept. 30. On Monday, TAC was notified that all funding of state arts and cultural grants was suspended until further notice. “I am stunned right now,” says Lizanne Fehsenfeld, TAC Executive Director. The Arts Council had received a grant to help fund the visit of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra to Hastings on April 26. It is among those that will not be funded. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s performance Thursday evening, April 26, is at the Hope United Methodist Church at M79 and M-37 in Hastings. Fehsenfeld assures local music lovers that “the show must go on.” She acknowledges that the Thornapple Arts Council will be scrambling to raise funds from alternative sources. Also getting the ax are future payments on a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs that helps cover administrative costs of the Thornapple Arts Council. Fehsenfeld noted that loss of these grant funds punches a $10,000 hole in the TAC budget for 2007. April usually begins a season of visibility for the Thornapple Arts Council, since spring and summer programming kick off with the annual Jazz Festival and summer visual art classes and the Summer Youth Theatre program. The membership drive that begins in mid-April, coinciding with the Jazz Festival in downtown Hastings April 13 and 14, now will include an urgent call for help to fill in the budget gap. “These are tough financial times for so many families in our area, and we think that makes the mission of the Arts Council even more important,” says Fehsenfeld. Anyone with questions is invited to call Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002. the Green/Cook location. The March 19 meeting was marred by the township hall’s lack of accommodations to handle the overflow crowd of people who showed up, most of them opposing the project. The meeting room was standing room only and people spilled over into the hallway. Just before the Planning Commission meeting began, there was discussion about moving the site, but it was too late to reserve a larger place and Wal-Mart officials attending said they were anxious to expedite the matter as soon as possible. The biggest reason for voting against making a recommendation for the zoning change, according to Planning Commission members Dorothy Flint, Keith Ferris, Larry Haywood, Owen D. Jones and Bev Warren, was that Green Street, mostly residential to the west, is too narrow to handle the anticipated increase in traffic. Another factor was that Pennock Hospital is just to the west of the proposed site, on Green Street, and more traffic likely would hamper emergency vehicles from getting in and out of the health care facility in a timely manner. The rezoning request now goes before the Rutland Township Board, which can concur with the Planning Commission and reject it, overturn the recommendation by approving the request, sending it back to the Planning Commission for revisions or table it for further study. Most of the citizens who attended the Planning Commission meeting last month expressed the same traffic safety reasons for opposing the project, though some also mentioned they don’t like Wal-Mart’s perceived track record of deliberately locating just outside city limits to avoid city taxes and eventually killing community downtown businesses. If Wal-Mart was to build a facility inside the city of Hastings, it would be subject to a maximum of a 16.2-mill tax levy. The tax within the township is one mill. However, Wal-Mart opponents also point out that by the retail giant’s mere presence, roads must be widened, traffic lights must be installed, sewer and water services from the city are requested and more police, fire and other public safety services are required, all at taxpayers’ rather than Wal-Mart’s expense. An attorney and architects representing the world’s largest retailer argued last month that the site they selected was the best one available. Rebecca Baker, an engineer with Wade Trim, representing the Wal-Mart project, said a traffic study showed between 4,000 and 5,000 trips per day on the street and the company predicts that figure will go to 10,000 per day with the arrival of the center. Thomas King, an attorney with Kreis, Enderle, Callender & Hudgins of Kalamazoo, also representing Wal-Mart, declared, “The traffic study clearly shows Green Street could handle the traffic. The area is clearly industrial and commercial.” He noted there is only one residence west of Cook in that immediate area. King also said it would be nearly impossible to build a supercenter at the current WalMart site at Heath Road and M-43/M-37 because there are wetlands in back. Larry Poll was the only member of the audience that night who rose to speak in support of Wal-Mart’s plans He owns property across the street and called Wal-Mart “a good neighbor.” However, a number of people have written letters to the editor since then in support of bringing in a supercenter. Wal-Mart apparently wants action soon because it is buying the parcel from the Hastings Area School System and there is a deadline for the sale approaching. Master Gardener spring workshop set for April 26 The Barry County Michigan State Uuniversity Extension Master Gardener Association is sponsoring the annual spring workshop at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Community Room of the Courts and Law Building in Hastings. The speaker will be Brett Myers, the interim executive director and the manager of horticulture for the Leila Arboretum in Battle Creek. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in landscape horticulture from Ohio State University in 1996 and worked for the Chadwick Arboretum located on the OSU campus for two years as the Assistant Horticulturist. Myers moved to Michigan in 1998 to begin his work for the Leila Arboretum. He is a certified arborist and his main horticultural passion is with trees and shrubs. The Leila Arboretum is a 72-acre park with young and mature trees and shrubs, a one acre native garden, peace labyrinth, and a one acre children‚s garden. Myers will describe hardy shrubs that can be planted in this part of the country with particular attention to plants that offer multiple season of interest and those that are underused. The workshop will include information on pruning, cultural care and proper planting site selection. The Spring Workshop will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Community Room at the Courts and Law building in Hastings. Cost is $10 for Barry County Association Members and $15 for all others. Early preregistration is recommended. For more information call the workshop coordinator and Association Vice President Pat Hibbs at 616-374-8067 or Association President Sharon Russell, at 517-852-2064. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 3 Critic calls Castleton Twp’s treasurer choice ‘cronyism’ by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer By a 3-1 vote, the Castleton Township Board chose Dorothy Semrau to replace Treasurer Loretta Pixley whose resignation became effective at midnight March 31. Pixley resigned after 17 years as treasurer because she is moving out of the township. The appointment process was not without controversy. Semrau was one of six people to submit a letter of application and resume to the township. According to Township Clerk Lorna Wilson, one applicant withdrew and another was disqualified for living outside the township. Township Supervisor Justin Cooley appointed Lorna Wilson and trustee Jerry Reese as a subcommittee to interview the remaining four candidates Tuesday evening and asked that they recommend three to be interviewed by the board as a whole on Thursday. According to Wilson, she and Reese interviewed Semrau, Castleton Township Deputy Treasurer Bonnie White, Cheryl Hartwell and Linda Nelson and, "after a lot of discussion," recommended Semrau, White and Hartwell for second interviews. Reese and Wilson provided board members with copies of the candidates’ resumes and their notes from their first interview. Hartwell, who was vacationing in Florida Thursday was interviewed via speaker phone. When the initial cell connection was faulty and the call was lost, Castleton Trustee Dave DeMond asked the board to postpone interviews until April 2, when Hartwell returned so she could be interviewed face-to-face. "I can understand her. I can’t hear her. I don’t want to sit around and guess," he said. "We have 45 days to appoint someone; we can wait rather than rush to appoint someone." Township resident Don Wiggins, who was in the audience Thursday night, spoke up and said that according to the Michigan Township Association Web site, White, the deputy treasurer could fill the post until Pixley’s replacement was appointed. "No sir. No sir. No sir," said Cooley, "When the treasurer resigns, her deputy goes with her." Hartwell was able to call back on landline and the connection and the interview was conducted over the speaker phone as planned. Hartwell’s resume states that she has worked as an assistant fiscal manager for the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards since February of 2000; she has also worked as a field supervisor for the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council/ Commission on Law Enforcement Standards1997-2000; the waiver of training program manager for the Michigan Law Enforcement Officers Training Council (MLEOTC) 1994-1997; assistant program manager for the MLEOTC 1985-1997; the bookkeeper and co-owner of Nashville Auto & Farm Supply 1985-1997; secretary for MLEOTC 1979-1985; typist/clerk for the Michigan State Police Central Records Division, 1978 –1979, and a secretary/receptionist at Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1978. Hartwell’s educational credentials include a bachelor’s degree in business administration pre-law, and associates degree in general science from Lansing Community College and a diploma of completion of the legal/medical secretarial curriculum at Lansing Business University. White and Semrau were interviewed one at a time and in person by the board. White’s resume lists the following work experience: She has served as the township’s deputy treasurer since 2006 and has worked part-time in ice cream production and as a bookkeeper, secretary, and tour guide at MOO-ville Creamery in Nashville; the bookkeeper for Westvale-Vu Dairy Farm from 2003. Other work experience includes working as a teacher’s aide and substitute teacher at Barry County Christian School from 19982002, serving as a trustee on the Nashville Village Council from 1999-2001; a back up bookkeeper for 54-A District Court Deputy Clerk from 1984 to 1997, parking revenue collector for the city of Lansing 1983-1984, and administrative secretary for Raven Enterprises 1982-1983. Her educational credentials include a certificate in computerized accounting and an associate’s degree in accounting from Davenport College; and an Open Meetings Act seminar. Semrau’s resume includes the following work experience: Working as a tax advisor at H&R Block in Hastings from 1990 to 1992 and 2004 to the present; election inspector and election chairperson for Castleton Township since 2004; and a data processing Hastings Mutual foundation aids ‘leaders’ The Hastings Mutual Charitable Foundation has provided a grant to the 2007 Leadership Barry County class project to raise $25,000 to funish the lower level of Barnabas House. This is a local home that will provide safe lodging for boys who have been made homeless by domestic violence or other circumstance. “The $2500 from Hastings Mutual is a great start,” Michelle Duits says. She asks that anyone who would like to support this project call her at 945-3767. Pictured (from left) are Laurie Ann Curtis, Tami Dickinson, Michelle Duits and Diane Jager. Water aerobics class series starts Tuesday, April 10 A new session of water aerobics is planned for April 10 to May 3 at the Community Recreation Center and pool adjacent to Hastings High School. Certified Water Instructor Kim Domke said the class series is “an awesome way to connect with other people making fitness a part of their life. Becoming more physically fit, while moving to music in the comfort of the water, is a fun way to start your day. We encourage each other to push hard enough to get a good cardio work out, we check pulse rates, monitor each person’s degree of difficulty, and adapt the routines to fit the classes’ needs.” The routines can be performed as shallowend only activities. Non-swimmers may feel comfortable knowing that they don’t have to swim or go over their heads to work out in this fun way. Those interested in the class (but not ready to sign up yet) are encouraged to come and check it out from the observation deck, or come on the pool deck to get a closer look. People can join at any time and may try one class before signing up for the whole session. Sessions will run from 9:15 to 10 a.m. Cost is $35 for the sentire series or $4.50 to try it once before signing up. “Water aerobics is a fun way to work out, improve your cardiovascular system, build stronger muscles, improve posture, and make new friends,” Domke said. “An exciting activity where differing routines are taught in a musical and aquatic environment.” No swimming skills are needed. manager and systems analyst for Information Planning Associates, in Falls Church, Va. Other work experience listed included secretarial work for Michigan Magnetics, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Hastings High School; and senior programmer/programmer analyst for Record Club of America. She lists for academic credentials some graduate work at Garden State University; a bachelor of science degree in business administration from George Mason University; two years of study at the University of Texas; some courses at Kansas State University and the Electronic Computer Programming Institute. During the interviews each candidate was asked a series of questions including: what type of manager they preferred to work for; would they be available during winter tax collection, how they would handle problems with the assessor and tax rolls and whether or not they could accept responsibility for mistakes, and how they would handle criticism from the public. After the interviews there was time for public questions and comments. The only comment was from Wiggins, who stated that he felt the treasurer’s post should be full-time. When the public comment portion of the meeting was closed, without discussion among the board members Cooley said, "Some people would be happy and some people would be disappointed, and made a motion that Semrau be appointed treasurer and the motion was seconded by Reese. DeMond said he did not like that motion was made without discussion and asked to speak to Reese privately. Though the two left the table and went down the hall, in violation of the Open Meetings Act, much of their conversation was audible. Wiggins reported that when Reese and DeMond returned, Reese stated they had decided that they didn’t want to hire someone Dorothy Semrau who already had a full-time job. In an interview the next day, Cooley said he was the one who had made the statement. Either way, White spoke up at that point and mentioned that while she is currently employed, she is part time and her hours are very flexible. The motion had been made and seconded and when the vote was taken, Pixley abstained and DeMond was the sole dissenter. The next day Wiggins said he was disappointed by the board’s actions, "There was no deliberation or discussion of the candidates qualifications. Jud nominated Dorothy and it was seconded with no discussion, and Lorna agreed. Unless they’re telepathic, they must have had some prior discussion," he said. "The board made a decision to hire their crony and the citizens of the township are the losers." When asked, Cooley denied that he had discussed hiring Semrau either on the phone or in person with Wilson and/or Reese. Semrau assumed the post at 12 a.m. Sunday, April 1. Like her predecessor, Semrau will receive a $12,545 salary and will be a voting member of the board. If Semrau wishes to retain the post she must run for election in November 2008. PROPOSAL, continued from page 1 more desirable homes and neighborhoods and do not plan to move. This system will provide little benefit for homeowners who live in urban areas that are slow to appreciate in value... Scarbrough went on to bolster her prediction by what had been seen in California after passage there of Proposition 13 in 1978. Calley, when asked for his opinions, said, “Some of her predictions are correct... It is a perfect example that many of the ‘unintended consequences’ of Proposal A were well documented and therefore must have been intended. The local government lobbying interests would have us to believe that no one could have predicted such occurrences.” The first-term state lawmaker, who represents all of Barry County, said he firmly disagrees with the notion “assessment cap may not be great idea.” He also said he takes issue with the idea “homeowners will lose a basic right to have the assessment of their property equitably valued as compared to their neighbors.” He maintained, “In other words, she is saying that homeowners ‘will lose a basic right’ to have their property taxes rise faster while they own their home. The original system only guaranteed ‘uniform and equitable’ assessments in theory. In truth, the assessment practices and property taxation varied wildly across the state prior to Proposal A. Technically, the assessments still do vary wildly, but the taxes are no longer based on those numbers. “The main issue is that property taxation has so much subjectivity in it. Whereas sales taxes and income taxes are more or less cut and dried, it is impossible to have literally hundreds of people separately appraising property (according to largely subjective standards) in every corner of the state and expect ‘uniform and equitable’ results.” Scarbrough contended in 1994, “Under the ballot plan's assessment capping scheme, it really won't matter if one property is paying taxes on an assessment that is only 25 percent of market value and another is taxed on 50 percent of market value.” Calley responded, “This statement becomes true for properties that stay under common ownership for a long period time when the neighbor's property turns over more often.” McKelvey said he has owned his home and property since 1987, and Proposal A has made a huge difference for him. He noted that if Proposal A had not passed, today he’d be paying almost $8,000 annually in property taxes. This year, his taxes amounted to $1,724, less than one-fourth. However, those who have recently bought or sold a home have noticed a jump in taxable value, therefore property taxes, because assessments by law had to be kept at the rate of inflation or 5 percent, whichever is less. Scarbrough contended 13 years ago, “Property owners will gradually see their right to mobility decreased. The cap on a low assessment will last only until the property is bought or sold, then the assessment and taxes can be jumped to half of the full market value. With time, the difference between capped and uncapped assessments will become greater and greater. This difference in taxes could make moving into a new home financially prohibitive.” “This part actually demonstrates the need for Proposal A in the first place,” Calley responded. “The affordability of a new house would only be diminished by the same amount the affordability of the person's existing house would have been without Proposal A... had Proposal A not passed, not only would a new house be unaffordable, they would have lost their existing house also.” Calley also disagreed with Scarbrough’s statement, “The fact that one person's property tax bill is twice the amount of his neighbor's, who is living in a similar house, will be irrelevant.” “I get what she was saying,” he said, “but I do not believe it is exactly true. The SEV (which is 50% of market value) is still tracked so that the taxable value can be reset at the time of a future sale. As long as the SEV (state equalized valuation) is in play and at some point in the future it will dictate the 911, continued from page 1 Lt. Kevin McGaffigan, commander of the Hastings Michigan State Police Post in Hastings, concert with Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf. McGaffigan was provided dozens of copies of internal reports and documents that had been given to Sheriff Leaf by unnamed sources. These documents were reported to suggest there was improper and possibly criminal behavior on the part of Nystrom. There were 28 allegations total in the investigation and each member of the Emergency 911 Board received a copy of the completed investigative report, which contained more than 100 pages with interviews of employees. In addition, the report was made a part of the minutes of the monthly board meeting and is available for any member of the public who wishes to review the investigation. The allegations were made the Hastings Banner, current and former employees at Central Dispatch and Sheriff Leaf. Besides investigators from both agencies, copies of the documents were forwarded to then-Barry County Prosecutor Julie NakfoorPratt, who conducted her own investigation. Those documents were also forwarded to the Michigan Attorney General’s office. In each instance, Nystrom was cleared of any abuse of authority or criminal misconduct. Included in the letter sent to the 22 township agencies March 26, 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil, wrote, “While the aforementioned actions have been time consuming and lengthy, they have been invaluable in as much as the board now has a yardstick to measure how we are doing as a central dispatch operation. Further, the audits resulted in operational changes at 911 Central Dispatch that will only increase the excellence of service provided to our community. “Each of you, as a governmental entity and member of the Barry County Dispatch Authority, have a right to know that the dispatch center is being operated professionally and correctly from both the fiscal and workforce standpoint. It is our firm belief that the Dispatch Administrative Board, with the leadership of the Dispatch Director, has provided appropriate oversight, and fiscal responsibility for an organization that is, and will continue to be, extremely valuable to the residents of Barry County and for the public safety for years to come.” amount of the property taxes, I do not believe it is irrelevant.” McKelvey, a longtime area assessor who ran for state representative later in 1994, said there has been a great deal of public confusion about taxes rising despite property values decreasing. However, he said it’s possible when taxable value is kept low over many years while assessed values rise at a faster rate. Noting the public forum in February that brought out angry homeowners, McKelvey said, “The problem is that so many people are having a difficult financial time because of Michigan’s economy. They take their need for financial relief to assessors and boards of review and we can’t give it to them.” McKelvey said Rutland Township customarily has between nine and 15 property assessment appeals at the Board of Review every March, but this year there were 33. Once again, local residents can’t understand why their property values have gone down at the same time their property taxes have increased by 3.7 percent, which is the figure given for the rate of inflation at the end of 2006. McKelvey said Proposal A’s effect on property taxes, other than reducing them, was not a factor in the 1990s when economic times were booming. However, with the economy going sour, homeowners are feeling the pinch. McKelvey said without passage of Proposal A, things would be a lot worse today for homeowners. Before 1994, he said he was paying 48 total mills, and today he’s paying on about half that. State Boundary Commission to discuss Gun Lake by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The State Boundary Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the forum room of the Michigan Library and Historical Center in Lansing to discuss Village of Gun Lake. The proposed village incorporates territory from Martin, Wayland townships in Allegan County and Orangeville and Yankee Springs townships in Barry County. The boundary commission will look at the “legal sufficiency” of the proposed village. The Michigan Library and Historical Center is at 702 Kalamazoo St. in Lansing. Also on the docket is a discussion of annexation of territory in Brockway Township to the city of Yale in St. Clair county and a proposed incorporation of the Village of Caro in Tuscola county as a home rule city. Anyone who wants to confirm whether a docket item has been postponed or who has questions about this meeting should call 517335-3439 before 11 a.m. on April 19. The proposed village of Gun Lake has been under discussion for several years, with different groups opposed and in support. If a village was incorporated, Gun Lake would become the second largest municipality in Barry County. Opponents have said, however, the increase in taxes would be too costly. �Page 4 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Treatment of war veterans has been a national disgrace IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Bus stop letter reveals selfishness To the editor: As a bus driver in another school district, I read with great interest the lengthy letter from George Morris about the Hastings district's "refusal" to place a bus stop at his driveway. According to Mr. Morris, once a driveway has been designated a bus stop, it should always be a designated bus stop, regardless of how many new homes have been built on the route or how many existing houses no longer have children who attend school. How absurd is this? School bus stops change every school year, according to school enrollment. Mr. Morris says his driveway was a designated bus stop from 1972 to 1993. I'm guessing that his kids stopped riding the bus in 1993. Should the bus still stop there because it was a "designated" stop? Mr. Morris also mentions that this has been a problem since November. Were the kids attending another school from September until November? Was he trying to get the bus route changed well after the school year had begun? Does he expect the children at the closest designated stop to walk to his house? Would those children then have to walk even farther than his grandchildren? Are those students younger than his grandchildren? Every parent on my route would love to have me pick up their son/daughter at their door. Heaven forbid we make pre-teens walk 448 feet in this era of childhood obesity! If I picked up every kid at his or her driveway, I would never get to school on time! My route covers 28 different houses. I'd have to start dropping them off as soon as I had picked up the last one! It sounds to me like Mr. Morris needs to sit down and talk with the superintendent and the bus garage, rather than sending them certified letters. I simply refuse to believe there is a bus driver or a school official today who would structure a bus route to intentionally put students at risk. I think he's only telling his selfish side of the story. Kim Hawthorne, Bellevue Wal-Mart is economic development To the editor: With the announcement of a proposed Super Wal-Mart, comes the "Doom and Gloom Team," those who forecast that "the end is near” for Hastings and Barry County. The end of what I ask, price fixing in the two Spartan Stores that service our locale? Or the end of people asking Wal-Mart officials how and when a super store will be in place? According to the Banner last week, things are just fine in Hastings, our economy is good, and we do not need competition to sharpen our business stature! Last fall, at the Economic Development Summit held at the Cedar Creek-Pierce Education Center, the Upjohn Institute brought to light some interesting facts about the economic nature of Barry County. In their report, they discussed how Barry County is just holding its own economically, that there are a lot of empty homes throughout the county, and building is slowing way down. Manufacturing is going south, and there is not much support for the local businesses, by those who live in this "bedroom community.” They explained that by a recent poll that they took in 2006, there were 10,500 registered jobs in Barry County. There were 35,500 registered employees in Barry County, meaning that 20,000 people exit Barry County every work day, to work and invest their time and money elsewhere. Newaygo has the same issue, people working in Kent and Muskegon counties, and sleeping in Newaygo County. This is not good for the economical growth of a bedroom community. They went on to explain, that when the average worker has to go to the dentist or doctor, they do not want to take a day off to attend those appointments, so they find doctors and professional help in the areas they work in, taking revenues away from their home bases. When employees return to Hastings after a hard day at work, do they find shops bustling with business on main street? Or are the shop keepers getting ready to go to their homes and eat dinner at 5:30 or 6 themselves? Often the latter case scenario, sorry to say. Restaurants and brewpubs do well after 6 p.m. in Hastings, however there is not much else open when driving down the main street of Hastings in the evening. We moved our family here in 1997, there was no Wal-Mart. Kmart and the strip mall was the big thing then. Penny's was gone, Ben Franklin was dying, Sears was history, and a lot of glass windows were covered with newspapers and other materials that showed the building was vacant. Downtown is looking good now, but could be better! I guess I have missed it, but where do you find men's dress shoes in Hastings, or ladies shoes? Perhaps the vice president of this newspaper could direct us to the men's clothing store where he buys his suits. I have not found a place yet. Those businesses did not leave here because of Wal-Mart, they were already gone. Bottom line is, you have to shop somewhere else to get what you want in the way of fine clothes and materials. When the Rutland Planning Commission hears the request from Wal-Mart and others that may follow, they have to have open minds and ask four questions about how the business will affect the community, and judge accordingly. Prejudicial feelings have to be left at the door upon entering. Emotions from the audience and concerned groups have no bearing on the issue, provided that the applicants meet all the criteria that is put forth to them. Recently, employees from Meijer in Grand Rapids, sat in on a hearing in Kalamazoo, and voiced their concerns about the neighborhood and the impact a super store would have, and they did not live in those neighborhoods. This is the way business gets done, and it is done fairly, Wal-Mart or whoever will have to abide by the rules of planning and zoning, or go elsewhere. The rules are in place, and the game has begun, we have to abide by them now. Next time you go "one stop shopping," will it be m Hastings, or are you one of the 20,000 plus that shops where it is convenient and on your way home? By the way, welcome to Hastings, Spartan Foods, another "Big Box" food chain. Roger Pashby, Hastings To the editor: Each night, in Michigan alone, 20,000 old soldiers make their beds under highway overpasses, bridges, in ratty slum doorways, or filthy alleys. Multiply by 50 (states) and you get a rough idea of how America really cares for her “heroes.” A huge proportion of these former warriors are veterans of the Vietnam war. But every conflict since World War II, large and small, is well represented. In the early 1980s, the great conservative hero's budget axe-man, David Stockman, talked Reagan into shutting-down a system of store-front counseling centers. They'd been opened to assist Vietnam vets suffering physical and/or mental wounds in the Vietnam war. At the time, I wrote a Banner editorial asking, "Is this the unkindest cut of all?" Not one local citizen wrote in response. Veterans of the Southeast Asian conflict, poisoned by Agent Orange (AO), were denied compensation and medical care for decades, though thousands suffered and thousands died, from AO-related cancers (as did many of their offspring born deformed, cancerous or mentally deficient). It took the Pentagon and government 25 years to admit the AO connection, and then grudgingly and sparingly. America's failure to make good on promises to soldiers is legendary, and not “urban myth.” Revolutionary war soldiers who enlisted (in the regular “Continental Line”) for “the duration” were promised land grants in the Ohio country. Grants never materialized for most, though a good number of ranking officers (including General Washington) were (further) enriched through huge land grants. In 1924, World War I veterans were promised a bonus for service, which became law when congress over-rode a (Herbert Hoover) presidential veto. The bonus was deferred on passage, with payment date set for 1945 (27 years after the armistice). Later, in the early 1930s, depression moved many of those men to ask congress for early distribution of funds — they were starving, and so were their families. In the summer of 1932, marched on Washington D.C., many taking wives and families. They settled in a sort of hobo village on the mall, petitioning for early bonus pay- ments. Hoover still held the presidency (he'd be ousted by FDR in the fall), and soon called out the troops. World War I Congressional Medal of Honor winner General Douglas MacArthur was Army Chief of Staff. On Hoover's direct orders, MacArthur personally led military forces which drove veterans he'd commanded in France from their D.C. hovels at bayonet point. Many were injured (vets, wives, children), and some died, as soldiers burned, or otherwise destroyed, their pitiful belongings and makeshift shacks. Two years later, despite the terrible depression, FDR and a Democratic congress found two billion dollars to ease their plight. (Thinking about the bonus marchers reminds me of a drama I witnessed in April 1971. Vietnam veterans, protesting the ongoing war, were camped in a crisp, well-policed site near Washington's Monument. Three busloads of D.C. riot police pulled up, told them they'd have to leave. The vets refused. Officers raised batons and shields, pulled down face masks, and prepared to charge. The vets clapped on steel pots, and opened short-handled trenching tools. The cops wisely and quickly re-considered, then climbed back into their busses, and left the area.) Veterans organizations, particularly Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion, have done more harm than good in recent times. They worked for the bonus marchers and for veterans of World War II and Korea. But Vietnam vets grew so disillusioned by Legion and VFW support of failed policy and weak military planning they formed a new group. Through 14 years of conflict in Viet Nam, VFW and American Legion national conventions, year after endless year, applauded and cheered as LBJ, Nixon, and the idiot Spiro Agnew blathered on about, "light at the end of the tunnel," and ramped-up the conflict based on an imagined attack (the Tonkin Gulf lie) on Navy destroyers by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. Though every military matter the Bush administration's touched has proven disastrous (and war in Iraq based entirely on lies), leaders of both Legion and VFW (in early March) stood and cheered the draft-evader Cheney (VFW) one day, Shrub (Legion) the next. (Shrub's military record was so unin- Stop whining about Wal-Mart superstore To the editor: This letter is in response to all the stupid crybabies who are complaining about WalMart wanting to build a super center on Green Street. I have lived in Hastings for 40 years being born here, and growing up in this small hick go-nowhere town has not been easy. Yes, I love my home town and I don't want to move away from it. But in the past 35 or more years that I can really remember, I have seen a lot of changes. And not all of them have been for the better. When I was a young child, this town had three drive-in restaurants we had three chain supermarkets and a small meat market and I wonder if anyone can even remember what any of them were called or what any of them looked like. I’ll bet most can't even tell me where any of them were located. We even had a lot of full service gas stations. Can anyone even tell me what any of the names were on those? Probably not, but I can... and I didn't see or hear a single complaint when any of them left or changed names or even went self serve. I also did not see or hear any complaints when when Big Wheel moved into a building on Cook Road now owned by Flexfab and it was where Pro-Line bows were made, which by the way didn’t pay very well, starting at around $8 an hour, which is not good enough with the cost of living and the benefits are the same as Wal-Mart’s. Do they have profit sharing? How about quarterly bonuses? Do they contribute anything to the community? How about to any of the charities in our area? And what about Save-a-Lot? No one complained about that store. Or how about the rent-to-own stores we have in this town, or the legal loan shark stores, or the fact that we have more banks than we need now? I’ve never even seen or heard any complaints about any of them.. How about the missing complaints about new churches being built for the hypocrites to go to, or the complaints about the prices at the only lumber yard in Hastings. It’s fine if you have a ton of money to spend, but why pay $2.50 per 2x4 if you need to build an addition on your house when you can go to Lowe’s and buy the same thing for about $2? Oh, that's right, you have to drive to Grand Rapids to do that because people complain about them coming to town. How about all the idiots who are complaining about the jobless rate, or all the able-bodied people on welfare who can’t afford to go to the bigger cities to get a job that pays more like $10 an hour because when you can get a job in this town it starts out at $6.95 an hour. Wal-Mart may not pay real well, but at least they start out better than minimum wage, and Lowe’s will probably pay better than that... So quit the whining and crying; stop all the protesting and complaining, and let these changes happen! Larry DePriester, Hastings spiring most of it disappeared, and at least one officer commanding a unit he supposedly served with said, "I never saw him there.") Invited to join the Legion late last year through a mailing, I impolitely returned it, told them, "no way," and why. Despite the medical care (and many more) scandals, shoddy equipment, pathetic contingency planning for Iraq, botching a near victory in Afghanistan, and criminally depleting national guard and reserves, Legion and VFW national conventions next year will be cheering (when they should be jeering) the dissembling thugs — again. National officers of both veterans' organizations are caught-up in the old “my country right or wrong” syndrome. They've forgotten (if they ever knew) what's important is constitutionality, honesty, public trust, national security, public safety. They're not willing to see dangerous cracks and breaks throughout the military pyramid, despite urgent and dire warnings from all quarters. Constitutionality and honesty have already been betrayed, public trust shattered, national security compromised, public safety ignored. Check out the facts (and the polls), gentlemen, you're far out of step. Expanding eligibility isn't the answer to your national membership shrinkage problems — facing bitter facts head-on, and acting in behalf of soldiers' well-being, will do your work. "You may depend upon it," as Admiral Lord Nelson (a noted friend and protector of the common seaman in a hard age) was wont to say. Larry Hamp, Hastings Charlton Park is a tool to be used To the editor: No foolin’ about this. The Rutland Township Planning and Zoning folks did a real service to the county and its future last month by (hopefully) preserving a place for a high school of tomorrow. The Hope Township Board concurs. Something the Hastings Board of Education could do today is reinstate regular visits to Charlton Park so students can learn to understand and value the contributions and accomplishments of the past. It’s inconceivable that such a dramatic and effective teaching tool should be underused by the schools in Barry and surrounding counties. If funding the visits is a problem, organize a fund-raising effort, approach the Barry County Community Foundation, the United Way, local businesses and individuals. Get them to visit the park and discover the most dramatic presentation of what the past has contributed to the present this side of Greenfield Village in Detroit. It could be that our future depends on a real understanding of the people who made us what we are today. It’s still our Park and Historic Village. The collections are fascinating and instructive. Let’s use and enjoy the people’s property. Kensinger Jones, Baltimore Township The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What about poisoned pet food? Recent news reports have covered the contamination of pet food with rat poison and chemicals from the manufacture of plastics. Are you concerned about the quality of pet food both canned and dry now available? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Evelyn Backe, Hastings: “I think the contamination is terrible. I have seen animals that look sick and I wonder if they have eaten the poisoned food. I am very careful about what I feed my own pets.” Doc Hecker, Hastings: “It is not a problem in our household. We have been using the same brand of pet food for years and have not been concerned.” Jan Day, Hastings: “I think this might be a test to see how to contaminate the human food supply. I am very concerned.” Marie Grinnell, Hastings: “I think that it is very important to find the source of the contamination so that similar results can be prevented in the future.” Betty Schwind, Hastings: “I have a dog and I have been very careful. I have been reading labels, checking on the food he eats. I am very concerned about this and would be very sad if my pet were to become ill.” Alice Cruttenden, Hastings: “I know that there is a lot of worry about this in the community. My daughter is a veterinarian and is hearing from many concerned pet owners.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV It was a bittersweet ending for Felpausch Wal-Mart superstore supporters unite! To the editor: I am writing in regards to the proposed Wal-Mart Super Center. Many of us go to Grand Rapids or elsewhere to save money, so why not save some gas and spend our money locally at a place we can afford? To me, a super Wal-Mart will be a welcome choice for our community. With the way the economy is here in Michigan, there are a lot of folks who can't afford the higher prices of our small town businesses. If we were wealthy, I guess it wouldn't matter where we bought our products, but we're not, so WalMart is a logical choice for a lot of us. We should feel very privileged that a big company like Wal-Mart, would see Hastings as a city that would keep up the business. With two major highways running through Hastings, it's inevitable that we will grow. A super store would attract people from other cities that will also use our other resources. For example, they might use our gas stations, restaurants, and utility stores. Feldpausch just sold to one of Michigan's largest food chains, laying off about 70 employees, yet no one is complaining (except maybe those employees). I believe that WalMart pays its employees as well or better than most stores in town, and that they will be hiring more help. Felpausch food centers have dotted the landscape of nearby communities all around us for nearly 75 years now. The first was a meat market started by Roman Feldpausch in Hastings in 1933. I have a special closeness to the company because my dad, my uncle and several cousins all worked for Felpausch in the early years. My dad had a very close relationship with founder Rome Feldpausch. In fact he started a small advertising flyer with the grocery store’s advertisement, which he distributed throughout Hastings prior to the Reminder, just so Felpausch could get his message to area households. I was talking to my brothers the other day and we can hardly remember a Reminder ever going out without some advertisement from the Felpausch Food Center. Over the years, we had a close relationship and my parents had a dedication to Felpausch you just don't find in today's business world. It was personal to them. The conversations were always positive, or you just didn't comment. Rome was all about community. He once said, "We are not a business in a town, we are an organization within the community." The Felpausch organization took Rome's philosophy to heart, operating as community leaders throughout its nearly 75 years in the grocery business. In every town they had a store, you saw their name on every community event, their employees involved in community activities, just as if it was their community. It's a sad day for independent merchants, the communities, the employees and the vendors who served the company for so many years to see this business, an institution, change ownership. Roman Feldpausch had a dream, a commitment to communities and the people they serve to bring his customers what they wanted and his company did it. The operations always were under the watchful eye of the Feldpausch family, now in their third generation, including Mark, Bill and Jim Feldpausch, Mike Hubert and Kim Brubaker, the management team, along with many of their kids and cousins and hundreds of dedicated employees who served their company and community well. But times change and communities all over Western Michigan are learning to adjust. For a company to survive in this competitive retail grocery marketplace is no easy task. You seem to have to be really big or very small to be able to weather the storm. Felpausch has been on a growth plan for years, but with Meijer and Wal-Mart breathing down on them, it was just more that they could stand. I applaud the Feldpausch family for realizing where they were in the competitive mix and to sell out when they did rather than allow the company to drift to the point they had nothing to sell, leaving hundreds of employees in a rather bleak position. Congratulations to the Feldpausch family, their staff and the communities they’ve served for so many years. It was a great run, and I must say all of us at J-Ad Graphics were proud to have been a part of it over the years. Casino contest over It wasn’t long ago at all when I wrote a column about how it seems a small, but rich and powerful lobby has been successful in delaying plans for the Gun Lake casino, thereby delaying creation of good paying jobs and a welcome boost for the West Michigan economy. This anti-casino bunch appears to be getting even smaller, but it remains all the more determined to continue to fight the losing battle of stopping or forestalling the inevitable. Most recently, they’ve been abandoned by their old friend, the Grand Rapids Press, which last month published an editorial saying it’s time to throw in the towel, step aside and quit wasting a lot of effort and money foolishly. And late last month the opponents lost one of their greatest champions, Peter Secchia, who admitted this whole thing all these years has been all about money, despite all the talk about the moral issue of gambling. Every court case up to this point has gone the way of the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis, and it appears the 146-acre site in Bradley will be taken into trust, clearing the way for the casino to build and operate. The Grand Rapids Press has had strong ties to the group of Grand Rapids business heavy hitters led by Secchia and Richard M. and Dick DeVos and has editorialized in the past against the Gun Lake casino. But its leaders apparently have come to the realization that with the probability of its arrival comes the possibility the state now can take in some much needed revenue and precious jobs will be created. The Grand Rapids daily newspaper recently suggested signing a compact for a Class III license is better than getting none of the revenue without such an agreement. That’s precisely what I said more than a couple of years ago. Gov. Jennifer Granholm has announced the signing of a compact with the tribe, further isolating the two anti-casino groups, 23 Is Enough and MichGo. The latter group is continuing with its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling to uphold the land being taken into a trust. The former group issued a statement opposing Granholm’s compact signing and maintaining it didn’t extract an adequate percentage of casino revenues for the state. The Grand Rapids Press referred to the agreement as generous, between 8 and 12 percent. In a bizarre twist of fate, Secchia recently announced he’s dropping out of 23 Is Enough and plans to try to get a casino going in Grand Rapids. MichGO and 23 Is Enough have held for some time that they oppose the Gun Lake casino on moral grounds, that it will somehow create gambling addicts and increase crime in this area. Yet studies don’t bear this out, and visits we’ve made to casinos in other Michigan communities have shown us they’re clean and well-run facilities. Also disturbing to me is that MichGO and 23 Is Enough seem to focus only on the Gun Lake Tribe, not on other Indian tribes running or planning to start up similar casinos. There has been a report of another proposed casino elsewhere in the state, yet these two groups are silent about such prospects and thus far are doing virtually nothing to halt or delay them. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Don’t be fooled by any other reason — it’s all about money. A small group of powerful business interests don’t want any competition for entertainment dollars in West Michigan. They don’t want people to turn away from DeVos Hall, the Amway Grand Plaza, DeVos Place or the VanAndel Arena on weekends to take a 20-minute trip south to Gun Lake to spend money. It was more than two years ago I expressed support for the tribe and casino as a welcome economic boost to area communities and their people. And it was just a couple of months ago I sent a message to MichGO and 23 Is Enough: Enough! I hereby re-state my support for our neighbors and friends, the Gun Lake Tribe. The only thing their opponents can accomplish now is unnecessarily delaying job creation and enriching the coffers of their attorneys. As the Friends of the Gun Lake Indians (FOGLI) signs say: “Enough Delay, Jobs Today!” — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics It’s time for Wal-Mart associates to brag about their company To the editor: I think it's time for more Wal-Mart associates to come forward and step up to the plate in defense of our employer and comment on all of the negativity being thrown our way in reference to our working conditions, benefits, community involvement and the building of a super center in this community. I have worked for Wal-Mart for almost seven years and I am proud to say that I do. I have been in the workforce for 40 years now and have worked for a couple of large companies, as well as smaller companies, therefore, I can make comparisons on a knowledgeable level. I can honestly say that I receive more benefits through Wal-Mart then I did through any company that I have ever worked for. I am a full-time hourly associate. Wal-Mart provides us dental insurance, medical insurance (several plans to choose from), paid life insurance, short and long term disability, paid personal hours (which can be banked and carried over year to year), paid sick hours (also banked), paid vacation, paid holidays, matching 401K, annual holiday bonus and annual sales bonus, and a 10 percent associate purchase discount. How many companies allow their associates to take a cash advance on their wages when they fall short during pay periods or something unexpected comes up? Wal-Mart does! We are also given the opportunity to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance and dependent life insurance at a very inexpensive rate (because I have worked in the life and accident insurance industry in the past for 16 years, I am very knowledgeable of the rates). Yes we pay a portion of our dental and medical insurance, but I don't know of too many people who don't have to pay a portion of their insurance. The rates and benefits are pretty comparable to what most companies offer their associates today, depending on the plan or company you choose. And how many companies offer you choices? Not many. Long hours? Yes, there are times of the year that require long hours to be worked. This is a retail store and we provide a service to the consumer. If these hours were not worked during these times the consumer would suffer and then you would be complaining about that! And yes there are times, when hours are cut, but again this is retail and there isn't any retail company (including the automotive industry) who doesn't do this at certain times of the year. Our hourly wages? Well who doesn't believe they should be or need to be making more money? But, I'll compare mine to any of the factories or retail stores here in town and I know for fact that I earn more and am ‘Peace Is Patriotic’ is profound statement of fact To the editor: Someone recently shared the opinion that the phrase "Peace is Patriotic" is a political statement. Though the words, peace and patriotic, have become politically charged in our current political climate, I think "Peace Is Patriotic" is a profound statement of fact. Domestic and international conflicts remind us of the importance of striving for peace in all our relationships. The necessity for living in peace with one's self, family, neighbors and our Mother Earth transcends any temporary state of war and is always an act of patriotism. I work with young people and their parents. Every day, for over 23 years, my work has focused on trying to restore peace within families where there is arguing, yelling, namecalling, swearing, and constant conflict, including threats or actual acts of violence. Young people grow up and feel responsible for contributing to the peace in their community when they experience peace in their own homes. Angry and hate-filled young people do not easily become peaceful adult citizens. Lessons about love and loyalty start early. The human ability to feel love and loyalty is shaped by our childhood and adolescent experiences at home, at school and in our community. Is it political when behaviors (domestic violence, child abuse, physical and sexual assault) are defined as unacceptable and illegal? Is it political to help family members restore peace within their homes? Is it political to mentor young people struggling to develop skills essential to behaving in ways that are respectful of others? Collective and individual efforts devoted to promoting the experience of peace in families and communities are a necessity for the health of the human family. A country is the sum total of every person, every family, and every community. People who live in peace with family and neighbors are also displaying love and loyalty for country, and acting patriotically. It is time to imagine “peace” and to discuss This company has just as much right to be here as any other company in this free country. If we say no to Wal-Mart, we’ll have to say no to any business that wants to move in. The proposed location for the Wal-Mart Super Center is surrounded by commercial and industrial development and keeping WalMart near the city would be an overall benefit. I realize there are some concerned with the added traffic on Green Street, but I believe people need to acknowledge the fact that things change. If traffic becomes a serious problem, I am sure will be resolved. The positive effect Wal-Mart will have on all of Barry County outweighs the negative on a few. In my experience, I have learned that those opposed to change come out in large numbers. Those in favor just seem to sit back and hope it will go their way. I would like to see those in favor of this Wal-Mart Super Center to come out and show support at the Rutland Charter Township Board meeting to be held Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Barry County Expo. Your presence could make a difference. Let's out number those opposed to this change. Support Wal-Mart! Sharon Sixberry, Hastings what it means to “live peacefully” with others, even our enemies. Michigan schools are now legally mandated to implement "antibullying" programs. Currently, there is a bill before the U. S. House of Representatives to establish a U. S. Department of Peace. This historic measure would augment our current problem-solving options, and provide practical, non-violent solutions to domestic and international conflicts. Peace Is Patriotic; it is a necessity, if we are going to leave a country to love for generations yet unborn. Patricia R. Lynn, Delton offered and receive better benefits. Yes, associate turnover can be high. People are never happy with the hours or days they work. It's retail! You know this before you are hired. You are given the opportunity to make an availability schedule, which can be changed after being hired. You also know you have to work weekends. They don't like it so they quit. Maybe they did get a better paying job, that's great! Or maybe they were only working retail while they were going to school or college. They graduate, they quit. Yes, associates can be let go. Why? Every company has policies to follow, and if you don't follow them, see how long your employment is going to last. It's all about choices — you choose to quit, you choose not to follow policies, they let you go. But I can tell you for sure the majority of the associates in Hastings Wal-Mart are long term with a lot more years of employment than I have, and if conditions were so bad, as everyone has led you to believe in recent letters, would we still be employed by WalMart? I think not. We would have quit, too. Are the people who have made negative comments about our so-called terrible working conditions, no benefits, and low hourly pay disgruntles former employees? Or maybe they’re union employees/reps and are upset because we don't want nor need a union in our store. Otherwise, I don't know why they would spread such negativity. They certainly have no knowledge of what goes on and sharing such ignorance is just wrong. Community involvement... I have never been employed by any company that gives back so much to their community as WalMart does. I would really like to see some of the recipients of thousands of dollars they have received from Hastings Wal-Mart step up and comment positively on the donations and discounts. They include Barry County Schools, the Jaycees, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H Club, Hastings High School Senior Party, just to name a few, and there are so many more. How many have come into the store and received gift cards to go toward purchases for things needed for their organizations? We are also involved with a lot of charitable organizations as well, including the Children's Miracle Network, Relay for Life, United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, March of Dimes, just to name a few. Wal-Mart donated more than $272 million in 2006, and that does not include the money raised at local level through the generosity of customers and associates, that's matched funds and corporate donations. You don't hear about that because we don't brag, but it's time we did! I'm proud of the company I work for and their generosity. As for the building of a Wal-Mart Super Center in Hastings, any comments I make will only be taken as prejudiced because I work there. But I do know the majority of people want a super center. I am judging this by all of the questions as to when are we going to become a super center and the comments of disappointment that the site was turned down by the Rutland Township Planning Commission. The people have another opportunity to be heard at the next meeting Wednesday night, April 11, at the Barry Expo Center. Please attend and let them know what you have already passed on to me and other associates of Wal-Mart. Pam LaFrate, Wal-Mart associate and Hastings resident �Page 6 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. Linda Hamlin RAPID CITY - Linda Kay (Marsh) Hamlin, age 59, of Rapid City, formerly of Lake Odessa died Thursday, March 29, 2007 at her residence. She was born on April 25, 1947 in Hastings, to Wilbur C. and Kay M. (Walker) Marsh. On December 4, 1965 Linda married Alan Hamlin. She retired from the Secretary of State’s office with the State of Michigan after 30 years of service. Linda was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church in Elk Rapids and the Juniper Garden Club. She enjoyed gardening, needlework, painting, travel and spending time with her grandchildren. Linda is survived by her husband of 41 years Alan, son, Mark (Cindy) Hamlin of Hastings; parents, Wilbur and Kay Marsh of Vermontville; grandchildren, Devin and Aaron; sister, Rebecca (Dennis) Marsh-Day of California; brother, Tom Marsh of Vermontville and sister-in-law, Jeanette Hamlin of California. She was preceded in death by her brotherin-law, Randy Hamlin. A memorial service will be held in Hastings at Grace Lutheran Church on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 11 a.m. A second memorial service will take place Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Elk Rapids. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to Calvary Lutheran Church, 10180 Elk Lake Road, Elk Rapids, MI 49690 in memory of Linda. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Elk Rapids Chapel of Covell Funeral Home. Pearl Lowell GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77510933 HASTINGS - Pearl Lowell, age 102, of Hastings, died Sunday, April 1, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Lowell was born on January 16, 1905 in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, the daughter of Samuel and Cora (Mead) Ostroth. She was raised in the Maple Grove Township/Nashville areas and attended Barryville, Nashville schools, graduating in 1922 from Hastings High School. She went on to attend Ferris State University and Western State Teachers Normal (now Western Michigan University). She was married to Loyal E. Lowell on September 3, 1930. She has lived on the family homestead on Nashville Road since her marriage. Mrs. Lowell was a homemaker. She had also taught school five years in Nashville and in the Sturgis school systems prior to her marriage. Mrs. Lowell was a member of North Maple Grove Evangelical Church at age 13, transferred to Quimby United Methodist Church at the time of her marriage, being an active member for 76 years. Her hobbies included playing the piano, hook rugs and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs. Lowell is survived by her sons, Laurence (Genevieve) Lowell of Plano, Texas and Robert (Rita) Lowell of Hastings; daughter, Marlene (William) Freeman of Kalamazoo; six grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents; husband Loyal on Aug. 27, 1985; brother, Sterling Ostroth. Visitation will be held on Thursday, April 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Wren Funeral Home and on Friday, April 6, 2 p.m. until service time. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Burial will be at Hastings Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Quimby United Methodist Church or Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). Harold V. Manville HASTINGS - Harold Manville, age 80, of Nashville, died Thursday, March 22, at Tendercare in Hastings. Harold was born June 7, 1926 in Grand Traverse County, the son of George Melvin Manville and Urina (Norton) Manville. He attended high schools at Kingsley, Traverse City and Lansing. He entered the armed forces in 1945 and served with the U.S. Army of occupation in Germany following World War II. While in the military he was trained as an aircraft mechanic. Later, aviation continued to play a major role in his life. He first earned a private pilot license in 1952, then with additional training became a commercially licensed pilot flying for charter services in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona. He was also a licensed flight instructor, giving lessons at the Mason Airport, which he operated in the 1960s. One of his young students, Jim Wheaton, is now a commercial airline pilot. In 1997 Wheaton wrote a children’s fiction book, ‘What’s a Piper Cub?” The story is based on a small airport and features “Harold Manville” as its operator. Manville actually owned a Piper Cub, as pictured in the book, as well as a helicopter and seaplane that he flew for business and pleasure. He was also a Lansing-area auctioneer, after graduating in 1954 from Reppert School of Auctioneering at Decatur, Indiana. He moved from Lansing to Nashville in 1989. He was preceded in death by his brother, Lorin M. Manville; one sister, Phoebe Jane Wiecheck; one niece and one nephew. He is survived by his sister, Glady (Arnold) Boone of Brevard, North Carolina; five nieces; and special friends Wayne and Sue Brovont of Bellevue, and Susan Hinckley of Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to Tendercare of Hastings or In-House Hospice, 5360 Holiday Terrance, Suite 24A, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Arrangements entrusted to Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. Willard L. Lind NASHVILLE - Willard L. Lind, age 82, of Nashville, passed away on April 3, 2007 at Battle Creek Health Systems in Battle Creek. Mr. Lind was born in Mears, on July 2, 1924 to William and Lucy (Climber) Lind. The family moved to Nashville, across the road from his home when Willard was only 5 years old. He attended Ellis Country School and Bellevue High School. On August 25, 1945 he married Fern Woods who survives. To that family union, Diane (James) Williams and Darlene Harris were born. Willard worked at Kellogg Company for 36 years retiring in 1981. Willard loved his family and spending time on his little farm. He especially enjoyed competing with his pulling ponies and mini mules at various county fairs which he began doing in 1958. He is survived by his beloved wife; his children; four grandchildren, James (Debbie) Williams, Bryan Williams, Mindy (Chad) Zimmerman, Tracey Harris and fiancé Steve Vickery; his nine great grandchildren; Chase and Carson Williams, Lindsey, Tyler, and Dylan Williams, LeTitia and Liana Vickery, Kylie and Dominik Zimmerman. In addition, God has three great grandchildren in his care. He was preceded in death by his sister Laverne Jones and his brother Ervin Lind. Willard will be greatly missed by his family and friends. The family will receive visitors on Friday April 6, 2007 from 6-8pm at the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral Services for Mr. Lind will be held at 11am on Saturday April 7, 2007 at the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Mary Jane Miller HASTINGS – Mary Jane Miller, age 86, of Hastings, died Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at Hastings Tendercare. Mrs. Miller was born on October 9, 1920 at Battle Creek, the daughter of Harold and Olevia (Alplin) Williamson. She was raised in the Battle Creek area and attended school there, graduating in 1939 from Battle Creek Central High School. She worked for her father at his drug store in Battle Creek prior to her marriage. She was married to Wayne C. Miller on November 2, 1945 and moved to Hastings. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and also worked at the former Sears Store in Hastings from 1962 until 1975. She was a member of Hendershot Birthday Club, A.A.R.P., Post 25 Year Club and a former member of Hastings Women’s Club and was very active in 4-H for many years. Mrs. Miller is survived by son William (Brenda) Miller of Hastings; daughter Becky (Gary) Moore of Gladstone; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were parents; husband Wayne on June 28, 1992; and a brother, William Williamson. Visitation will be Monday, April 9 from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home. Pastor Daniel Currie will officiate. Burial will be at the Dowling Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). Robert T. Herold MIDDLEVILLE – Robert T. Herold, age 75, of Barlow Lake, Middleville, passed away Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at home. He is survived by his caring, loving wife of 50 years, Marcia E. Herold; his children, Diane (Joe) Scott of Payson, Ariz., David (Cary) Herold of Jacksonville, Fla., Barbara (David) Martin of Caledonia; 7 grandchildren, Bobby and Adam Martin and Mitchell Herold; sisters and brothers, Jane (Max) Marsh, Tom (Betty) Herold, Jim Herold, Jim Rodewald and Suzie Pritchard. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Ann Haase and Patricia Rodewald. Memorial visitation Friday, April 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Interment Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Monday, April 9, 2007 at 11 a.m. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He received the Korean Service Medal, U.N. Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal (1st award), Purple Heart Medal, Silver Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal. He will be remembered for his love of family and friends. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. William J. Hecker NASHVILLE – William J. Hecker, age 87, of Nashville, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2007, peacefully at his home. William was born February 29, 1920 in Nashville to William H. and Margaret L. (Schwarck) Hecker. Bill married Mary Louise Dean January 31, 1963. Preceded him in death was his wife Mary of 44 years and daughter Terese Dean. Surviving are his children, William R. Hecker, Sharon R. (Jerry) Rutkowski, Kimberlee (Jeff) Dingman, and Jon (Julie) Dean; grandchildren, Matt Hecker, Mark Hecker, Chris Dent, Rochelle Gargus, Desirae Dingman, Evan Dean, Ashley Dean; numerous great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren. The memorial service was held Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Fund in the William and Mary Hecker Scholarship or to the Nashville United Methodist Church. Funeral services entrusted to Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 7 Arthur “Bud” Allerding He was married to Juanita A. Pennington on December 19, 1942. The couple had lived in Hastings since 1942. Mr. Allerding was a well-known and respected building contractor. He built or remodeled four area schools, the Christian Science Church in Hastings and in Alma, numerous homes and businesses. He was a member of Woodgrove Brethren Christian Parish at Coats Grove, an avid supporter and builder for Habitat for Humanity. Mr. Allerding is survived by his wife, Juanita; son, Michael (Joyce) Allerding of Jenison; daughters, Sandra (Paul) Huber of Grand Haven, Cheryl Allerding and husband Jack Nachman of Lake Orion; four grandchildren, Brad and Julie Allerding, Megan and Chelsea Huber; brother, Carl Allerding of HASTINGS – Mr. Arthur “Bud” Allerding, age 86, of Hastings, died Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at Spectrum Health-Blodgett Campus in Grand Rapids. Mr. Allerding was born on Sept. 12, 1920 at Hastings, the son of Arthur and Bessie (Fuller) Allerding. He was raised in the Woodland area and attended school there, graduating in 1939 from Woodland High School. He was a veteran of World War II, serving 13 months in the Army. Newborn Babies GIRL, Lorelai Summer Matthews, born at Pennock Hospital on March 5, 2007 at 10:11 p.m. to Joseph and Charlotte Matthews of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Novali Gene, born at Pennock Hospital on March 19, 2007 at 7:50 a.m. to Isaac and Tania McCloud of Freeport. Weighing 6 lbs. 10 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Joshua Andrew, born at Pennock Hospital on March 19, 2007 at 2:32 p.m. to Kristina and Andrew Roush of Nashville. Weighing 5 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Molly Haven, born at Pennock Hospital on March 19, 2007 at 6:45 p.m. to Jerrod and Jennifer Waterman of Lake Odessa. Weighing 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Aiden Andrews, born at Pennock Hospital on March 19, 2007 at 9:34 p.m. to Joanne and Andrew Foy of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Cayden David, born at Pennock Hospital on March 20, 2007 at 6:09 p.m. to TJ and Sarah Cappon of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Jada Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on March 21, 2007 at 5:55 p.m. to Kristi Rose and Garett Gonzales of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Jesse Matthew, born at Pennock Hospital on March 22, 2007 at 6:41 a.m. to Steve Haight and Amy Rein of Woodland. Weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Hunter James, born at Pennock Hospital on March 23, 2007 to Desirae Matthews and Jeremy Chavis of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 9 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Alejandra Piedad, born at Pennock Hospital on March 25, 2007 at 4:53 p.m. to Erin Eldridge and Gumesindo Bartolo of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. and 19 inches long. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 72.5-51.5; Hastings Bowl 70-54; CW’s Auto 70-54; J-Ad Graphics 6559; TVCCU 64-60; Good Time Pizza 64-60; Yankee Zephyr 51-73; Hastings City Bank 39.5-84.5. Men’s High Games & Series - S. Wilkins 191-473; M. Hall 199-520; D. Walden 211535; R. O’Keefe 207-592; K. Beebe 233-604; J. Dale 204-556; L. Porter 201; D. Sackrider 235-557. Women’s High Games & Series - B. Wilkins 191; D. Service 179-511; R. Miller 189; A. Hall 190; J. Clements 215-564; B. Smith 203-501; A. Walden 186-523; C. O’Keefe 190; B. Ramey 153-428. Thursday Angels Walldorff’s 72-44; HC Bank 67-49; Hastings Bowl 62-54; Varney’s 61.5-54.5; Allure 58.5-57.5; AIS Engine 58-58; Miller Farm Repair 54.5-61.5; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 54-62; Fall Creek 50.5-65.5; CW Repair 4274. High Games and Series - N. Taylor 128; R. Cheeseman 160; L. Apsey 178; B. Cuddahee 182-520; T. Phenix 193-500; M. Chase 159; C. McCrackin 137; R.Shapley 211-515; L. Perry 202-512; K. Covey 179508; J. Moore 150; T. Cross 186; J. Baker 152; J. Power 158; S. Suntkin 133; B. Frank 182; M. Miller 147; J. Wyant 162; M. Weiler 122; K. Lancaster 140; R. White 149; T. VanBelkun 135; Cathy Shellenbarger 152; C. Shellenbarger 179. Senior Citizens ~Final Standings~ Butterfingers 69.5-50.5; Lucky Strike 6951; #1 Senior 67-53; Friends 67-53; Nash’s Harem 63.5-56.5; King Pins 63-57; Sun Risers 62.5-57.5; Wieland’s 62-58; Kuempel 56-64; M&M’s 54.5-65.5; Ward’s Friends 5466; Early Risers 51.5-68.5; BAT’s 50.5-69.5; 4-B’s 50-70. Good Game and Series Ladies - R. Murphy 186-460; E. Ulrich 171; P. Freeman 157; S. Pennington 178-493; G. Otis 198521; D. Burns 160-433; G. Scobey 164; E. Dunham 172-449; J. E. Kasinsky 178-458; C. Stuart 165-458; M. Wieland 178-469; C. Bonnema 164; M. Kingsley 114; S. Merrill 200-579; N. Boniface 181-490; E. Vanasse 192-517; A. Tasker 144. Good Games and Series Men - R. Hart 188; D. Kiersey 176; M. Schondelmayer 164; E. Count 171; D. Murphy 159; G. Forbey 168; D. Risher 208-587; L. Brandt 201-579; J. Tobias 165-467; B. Terry 222-575; R. Adgate 158-543; H. Gibson 174-438; R. McDonald 234-623; W. Mallekotte 173; R. Boniface 213-539. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 74 1/2; All But One 69; Spare Time 67; Michigan Outlaws 66 1/2; Liquid Courage 63 1/2; Heads Out 62 1/2; Ten Pins Happy Birthday Tyelor McCrackin April 6th Love You, 77511241 Jen INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! Time to visit.... K.A. Mueller Accounting • 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 www.kamuelleraccounting.com 62; 4 Fools 61 1/2; Mercy 60; The Unknowns 59; Brushworks 56 1/2; Whatever 54 1/2; Budweiser 53 1/2; Just Cuz 52; 9-n-a-Wiggle 51; Oldies But Goodies 47. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Clow 210-574; D. Rhodes 178; R. Murrah 205-492; G. Meaney 171-464; C. Etts 149403; K. Becker 201; E. Hammontree 197; J. Madden 188; B. Roush 183; T. Phenix 178; K. Matthews 170; M. Mathis 170; M. Sears 168; O. Gillons 162; S. Ripley 147; J. Bishop 139. Mens Good Games and Series - K. Hammontree 223-617; J. Barnum 217-611; B. Taylor 229-606; K. Meaney 215-581; M. Saldivar 205-567; L. Porter 200-552; D. Sears 208-537; M. Albert 146-419; T. Clow 232; J. Franklin 201; J. Smith 193; E. McCalmont 191; J. Bartimus 188; B. Ripley 181; K. Mathews 139. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 75; Hubs Crew 72 72; Pin Chasers 62; R&N 59 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 58 1/2; Bounty Hunters 54; Karey’s Crew 52 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 49; Sunday Snoozers 49; Funky Bowlers 47 1/2; Sandbaggers 43; Throw Them Balls 40. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 205-549; A. Hubbell 200-502; L. Smith 199-476; A. Churchill 169-459; V. Wright 154-419; C. Lee 164-405; D. Marshall 146-405; B. Barlow 144-396; S. Vandenburg 201; M. Simpson 192; M. Kirchen 183; N. Mroz 160; K. Farlee 142. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 257-631; A. Robins 194-577; B. Hubbell 197-546; R. Barton 205-560; N. Robbe 192-559; B. Churchill 206-526; M. Vugteveen 191-518; T. Barlow 184-506; A. Misak 171-467; E. Rice 178-458; M. Norton 172-449; T. Demott 141-381; M. Kidder 206; M. Eaton 200. Wednesday P.M. Eye and Ent 76 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 74 1/2; Nothin But Truck 73 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 65; Seebers 63 1/2; At Home Real Estate 59 1/2; Hair Care Center 59 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - G. Otis 198-559; S. Pennington 199-533; N. Boniface 176-474; B. Smith 171-472; B. Hathaway 172-464; P. Fowler 155-456; P. Freeman 154-433; A. Tasker 144-402; B. Norris 129-351; K. Becker 222; E. Ulrich 184; S. Beebe 177; D. Seeber 176; S. Drake 174; G. Scobey 163; L. Friend 110. ‘Last Supper’ drama set for Good Friday Lay men and women at Faith United Methodist Church in Delton will present the church’s 35th annual portrayal of the "Last Supper" drama at 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 6. The church is located at the corner of M-43 and Bush Street. The dramatic presentation begins to unfold on the night before Jesus’ crucifixion as the disciples react to the news from Jesus that one of them will betray Him. Actors in the drama resemble a still life of Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting of the "Last Supper." During the unique drama, the actors portraying Jesus and His disciples look like statues as they keep the same stance without moving throughout the presentation except during each one's turn to speak and when Jesus breaks bread and passes the cup for the Last Supper before His crucifixion. At the conclusion of the drama, the audience is invited to share communion. Special music is incorporated into the presentation. “The Last Supper” drama was written in 1954 by Rev. Ernest K. Emurian, a United Methodist pastor in Virginia, and the drama has been part of the Delton church’s Lenten ministry since 1972. The cast and crew have performed the drama in many area towns and cities. About 40 people take part in the production with music, makeup, lighting, props and communion — as well as dramatic parts. The public is invited to attend, and there is no admission charge. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Embrace change, accept Wal-Mart To the editor: OK, I’m guilty. I shop at Wal-Mart. I buy cereal, canned goods, soaps, personal care items, water, etc. at the local WM, then I buy fresh produce and meat at Felpausch. Why? Because of the almighty bottom line, money. Why should I pay $4 for a box of cereal when I can get it for $2 at WM? We are being sucked dry by gas prices, car/health/house insurance, clothes, taxes, etc. I just need to save where I can. My husband works in Ionia where there is a Super Wal-Mart. He’ll stop there on the way home, it is just so much cheaper! So, I do feel guilty for not supporting the local merchants like I should, but, I just can’t afford to. I realize that many would like Hastings to stay the same forever, but, I’m afraid if we don’t allow our little town to grow, it will slowly die. Our kids will go off to college and not come back. There is already, little incentive to stay in Michigan due to lack of jobs. Instead of resisting change, let’s try to work with the inevitable in a positive way. Michelle Williams, Hastings Wal-Mart takes an unfair bad rap in Hastings To the editor: I am writing this letter for two reasons. One is to let the people know that working for Wal-Mart is not like some people would like you to believe. I worked for a local factory for 39 years, with a union, and I have worked for Wal-Mart about almost 8 1/2 years, without a union. During six of those years I worked both jobs. Now I just work full-time at Wal-Mart. First of all, we just got a real nice bonus of over a thousand dollars. We can get a bonus every year based on our store profit, sales and lost time accidents. We get a raise every year on our hire-in date. A nice raise, not 2 cents or 3 cents or 5 cents, or none at all, like I got at Hastings Manufacturing. I also buy my husband’s and my own insurance, Blue Cross and dental, at a cost lower that I was paying at HMC after I retired. And it’s a better insurance plan. Part-time employees can buy insurance for just themselves. I also buy shares in Wal-Mart stock. They have a 401K plan. I didn’t join this because I had one at HMC, but Wal-Mart puts money in it and I have quite a nice amount. I haven’t put any in myself. You can move up in the company if you want to. That is your choice. And if you have heard, they do put a ceiling on how much you can make a hour on each job classification. But I can tell you it is quite high. On the job I am doing now, C.S.M. (customer service management), if I worked long enough, I could make about twice as much as I made a hour at H.M.C. Wal-Mart will also pay for you to get your GED if you need it. You also can apply for college scholarships. They will advance you money out of your next check if you have a need. You can get our great discount card. And at certain times we get great discounts for eyeglasses at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. We also give back to our communities, about $275 million altogether a year. We have a nice amount of thank you cards back by our break room. Our store also has cookouts and pizza parties, tacos, subs, and potluck parties, which are fun! We also recycle plastic and cardboard. In a perfect world it would be nice if we all could make $50,000 to $100,000 a year. But, as a good friend once said, this is not a perfect world. We all have to work hard and do the best we can, and deal with it, and try to better ourselves and the world. So I am proud to be a Wal-Mart employee. Don’t knock a company until you have worked for it. Now the second reason I am writing is We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments Office Hours Daily from 9 to 4, evenings & weekends by appointment about the new Wal-Mart Super Center. I do not know why the company chose the land on Green Street but I am sure they had a good reason. One, it would be easier to get in and out of the drive and we would have enough land for a much bigger store. I know traffic on Green Street is bad, but it always has been! With the hospital and factories and park. And it used to be the main road through town before they widened State Street. But I think a lot of cars will still use State Street and cross over to Green on Cook Road by the park. And if Wal-Mart does not go in on Green street and they build a school there, the traffic will still be bad, with buses and cars and sports, etc. And as far as Wal-Mart Super Center hurting downtown, I don’t think so! Our store hasn’t hurt it yet. In fact the downtown store’s are fuller now than they were before WalMart came 10 years ago. We send people downtown all the time! And I agree with the Hollenbecks, it’s you the people who decide where to shop. You have choices and you shop where you want to, or can afford to. But in the last eight years a lot of people have asked us about a Super Center. So if you want a Super Center or you don’t, please come to the Rutland Township Meeting on Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 and let your voice be heard. Mary Lou Jameson, A proud Wal-Mart employee Marriage Licenses Juan Trevino Navarro, Shelbyville and Esther Starr Martinez, Byron Center. 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Instead of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to Bud’s passions, Barry County Chapter Habitat for Humanity or Woodgrove Brethren Christian Parish. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com). 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Mallard Pond Village is ideally located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn. �Page 8 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Miracle mandate Good Friday services under the auspices of the Lakewood Ministerial Society will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 6, at Central United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa. Several local clergy will participate. The Chancel Choir of the host church will sing. Central UMC and Lakewood UMC will combine for a sunrise service on Easter Sunday, April 8. Rev. David Flagel will bring the message. Call (269) 367-4800 or (616) 374-8861 for reservations. This is open to the public. Roxie Hazel and Lola Haller will be the hostesses at 1 p.m. next Wednesday, April 11, when the Women's Fellowship of First Congregational Church meets in the dining room. Betty Yeiter of Lowell will be the speaker. She had been scheduled for March but weather canceled the meeting. The trip to Vermontville has been postponed until May. The annual spring breakfast at Central UMC is to be held Saturday, April 21, at 9 a.m. Rev. Mary Schippers will be the speaker. She will be relating incidents about her summer trip to Russia in company with a group from Middleville. Call Kathy Carpenter at 374-3021 for reservations. Mary is pastor of Honor Rolls: Lisa Schuurmans, Elsa Smith, Ana Yonkers. Eleventh Grade — Choung Jae Kim,* YeSeul Lee,* Austin Wisner. * — Indicates all As* Barry County Christian School (Third academic quarter) Third Grade — Kayla Neudeck, Melanie Webb, Fourth Grade — Johnny DeMaagd* Caleb Eckhart Emily Schuurmans* Katie Shaffer.* Fifth Grade — Jesse Koetje, Brad Neudeck, Levi Ordway, Andrew Webb. Sixth Grade — Rose O'Grady, Michael Ondersma. Seventh Grade — Josiah Koetje, Austin Neudeck, William Ondersma. Eighth Grade — Lindsey Grubb, Andrew Ordway, Tom Rozema. Ninth Grade — Allison DeMaagd, Luke Howell,* Ashley Webb, Kristen Woolley. Tenth Grade — Soo Yeon Cho,* Chase DeMaagd, Andrew Hess,* Ryan Holley, Sam Neudeck, Tom Ondersma, Naomi Ordway, Cedar Creek Christian School (Third academic quarter) (Students must have a 3.3 or higher grade point average for the marking period to qualify.) Fourth Grade: Nathan Beebe, David Warren. Fifth Grade: Andrew Bromley, Casey DeMink, Cody Madsen (all A's), Jesse Mishler, Natalie Warren (all A's), Cara Wellington. Sixth Grade: Kassy Leonard, Kayla Pennock. Tenth grade: Rebecca Zantjer (all A's). 11th grade: Quinn Cook (all A's), Jon Cross (all A's), Amber Pell, Alex Pierce. 12th grade: Anna Ibbotson (all A's), Derek Pell. Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine HEARTBURN I have a burning feeling in my chest. I suspect it is heartburn. Would you tell me just exactly what is going on with heartburn? Heartburn is actually the name of a symptom that people get when they have the condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). It is that burning sensation in your chest, which sometimes spreads to the throat, along with a sour taste in your mouth. This may also be associated with worsening of the pain when you lie down, coughing, hoarseness and sore throats. GERD is caused by a weak muscle at the top of your stomach. This muscle usually is able to keep the acid in your stomach from getting up into your food tube that connects your throat to your stomach (esophagus). In GERD, the acid in your stomach is allowed to splash up into the esophagus and literally cause acid burns. All the symptoms listed above are the effects of acid irritating tissues in your esophagus and throat. You may be at increased risk of developing GERD if you are obese, have a hiatal hernia, peptic ulcers, asthma, and diabetes or are pregnant. Most heartburn is mild and intermittent and can be cared for with over-the-counter medications but you should see your doctor if your heartburn occurs several times a week, returns soon after you use antacids or if it wakes you at night. See your doctor immediately if you have difficulty in swallowing, belch up blood or see black stools or if you have any weight loss. Your doctor will be able to establish a diagnosis for you and prescribe appropriate medications. Further testing is available to actually visualize the damage done by the acid if your doctor feels that this is necessary. Without treatment, prolonged GERD may result in scarring of the esophagus which blocks food from getting into the stomach, ulcers of the esophagus and even may cause a FKDQJH�LQ�WKH�HVRSKDJXV�FDOOHG�%DUUHWW¶V�HVRSKDJXV�ZKLFK� is associated with an increase in esophageal cancer. the Woodland United Methodist Church and former pastor of Country Chapel at Dowling. Some of the southern vacationers are returning home. Among them are Dorothy Barnum, Shirley Morris, Jerry and Betty Bennett. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Freight House. The speaker will have as his topic Portland's favorite author, Clarence Buddington Kelland. He was well known for his prolific writings in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. The library will be open until 5 p.m. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 12 at the Freight House. The speaker will be announced next week. The warm weather brought magical changes to the landscape last week. Overnight Monday the lawn blossomed with pretty violets and the first yellow showed on forsythia bushes. Tulips, crocus, daffodils and hyacinths are showing lots of promise, with a few even showing blooms. Western Michigan University’s dean’s list included for the fall semester Lake Odessa students Amber Gibson and Justin Goodemoot, and Katie Dickinson and Benjamin Geiger of Woodland. At Ionia, something is missing! A former Fifth Third Bank at the corner of M-66 and Main Street is no more. The City of Ionia bought the lot, razed the building and will install a pocket park, possibly with signs directing passersby to the downtown shopping district. Animal control incinerator OK’d by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Barry County Animal Control soon will be getting an incinerator after the Hastings Planning Commission Monday night made an amendment to the shelter’s special land use permit. The permit, previously approved in July 1998, was amended to allow the construction and placement of an incinerator in an accessory building located behind the animal control office at 504 North Industrial Park Drive. The incinerator will be used to dispose of the animals euthanized in the shelter, as well as dead deer along the roadsides. Animal control currently disposes of the euthanized animals through the landfill, which is more expensive than it would be to dispose of them through the incinerator. The incinerator will run about twice a week, and the ashes will then be taken to the landfill, but this will take up less space than carcasses and will therefor cost less. The incinerator will be one of 80 in Michigan, only six of which are owned by animal control facilities. Its emissions are minimal, officials say, and what emissions there will be are colorless and odorless. The machine will hold several pets at once, and it also will hold up to three large deer. This will help the county dispose of road kill more cost efficiently as well. Barry County Animal Control Officer Pam Beckwith said she hopes that eventually the incinerator will be open to the public. People then will be able to pay a fee to have their pets cremated and put into an urn. In other business at Monday’s Hastings City Planning Commission meeting: • Amendments to Chapter 10, Article II, Adult Businesses, Sections 10-31 through 10-37 were sent to the Hastings City Council for approval. • Planning Commission members agreed to look through information regarding an amendment to Section 90-503 for special uses in the B-1 Central Business District to include accessory outside display/sales. • Officers were elected, with everyone keeping their current positions and pay. Dear Annie: "Steve" and I have been happily married for 15 years. We both love children and dreamed of someday having a large family. However, after several years of trying to conceive, we sought medical help and were told Steve has a sperm motility problem. We were told our chances of becoming pregnant were very low. Fertility treatments are expensive, and there is no guarantee they will work, so we decided to accept the prognosis and build a happy life together, just the two of us. Miraculously, five years ago, we got pregnant and now have a wonderful little boy. We haven't given up on the possibility of another miracle, but we know our chances are slim, and we are so grateful for our son. The problem is Steve's sister. "Gina" has tormented us about children since we married, and even though we have a child now, she's gotten worse. Recently, she has started encouraging our son to "ask Mommy when she's going to give you a baby sister or brother." I've told Gina on several occasions that we have trouble conceiving, yet she persists. I think she's doing this just to hurt me. If she knew the problem was with Steve, I know she'd stop, but Steve doesn't want anyone to know. What Gina doesn't realize is that Steve's resentment toward her grows with every rude and hurtful comment. He avoids being around her and encourages me to do the same. Avoiding her helps, but it doesn't make me feel very good to treat her that way. Any advice? -- Steve's Wife Dear Wife: Steve should be the one to tell Gina to knock it off because her comments are hurtful. If she won't stop, he has the right idea. You should not have to spend time with someone who is determined to make you miserable. She has chosen this path, and it's her loss. Neither a lender... Dear Annie: My best friend, "Marcia," asked me to be her roommate, and I reluctantly said yes. We're in our early 20s, and our apartment is amazing. The problem is, Marcia is financially unstable. Since we moved in together, Marcia has quit several lousy jobs and spends money faster than she makes it. I often have to pay more than my share of the rent (sometimes all of it) because she's broke. Then she buys me gifts to apologize. When I confront her about money, she swears she's "fine" and I shouldn't worry so much. Marcia eventually pays me back, but she's soon in debt again. I don't want this to end our friendship, but I can't take it any more. I'm not a bank. I also love my apartment and don't want to move. What can I do? -- Money Lender in Kansas Dear Kansas: You need to be honest with Marcia and tell her that the constant money lending is putting a crimp in your relationship and making it hard for you to remain roommates. Tell her if she can't control her finances sufficiently to keep current with her bills, you will not room with her after the lease is up. If you want to keep the apartment, approach your landlord and tell him you are interested in renewing the lease on your own. Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Gorilla Warfare" and had to write. He needs to buy a clipper like his barber has. It costs around $40. These clippers come with attachments that are all numbered for size and are foolproof. I take the No. 2 clip and buzz my husband's back hair, chest hair and so on. It takes out all the bulk, but still looks natural. When he goes to the gym or pool, we buzz it down as needed. It makes a big difference, and it is so simple. -- Barber for 20 Years Dear Barber: Thanks for the recommendation. If our readers opt to shave their hairy backs and chests, or even their scalps, this is the way to go. Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Tired of Paying Rent? Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. Thornapple Lake Estates 02667114 77511191 09544456 Dear Annie: I am a seventh-grade boy, and I have a very big problem with another boy in my grade. "George" is extremely annoying. He pesters me all the time. He never lets me concentrate in class, he follows me everywhere, even into the bathroom, and constantly tells me about every single thing he has ever read on the Internet or in books, and everything he's heard on TV or seen in a movie. He always wants to know my grades on tests. He gives me massages, on the shoulders, in the middle of class, which makes me very uncomfortable. I would tell him just to leave me alone, but George is twice as big as I am, and I'm afraid he will hurt me. He is also constantly telling me that I am the best and coolest friend he has ever had, which adds to the moral issues involved in telling him to leave me alone. Does he have some kind of psychological disorder that makes him unbearably attached to me? How can I make him stop? -- Really Annoyed and Frustrated Dear Annoyed: George admires you and wants to be friends, but his behavior is intrusive and inappropriate. Explain nicely and casually that real friends give each other a little more space, and that you like talking to him, but he has to stop following you around so much, and no more massages, because they make you uncomfortable. If he becomes belligerent or won't stop, you should tell the school counselor. But just because George is large doesn't mean he's going to hurt you. In fact, he could turn out to be a very loyal friend if you give him a chance. Wondering when Dear Annie: My wife passed away six weeks ago. She suffered from Alzheimer's, and in the last five years, she recognized no one, including me, even though I was with her constantly. Everyone was a complete stranger. In her last two years, she reverted to her early childhood. During this time, I developed a very cordial relationship with a widow whose husband passed away 11 years ago. She and her husband were friends of ours throughout our entire married lives. How long is it necessary for us to remain at arm's length before we can be seen by our families and friends in a closer "hands on" relationship? -- Wondering Widower Dear Widower: There's no time period that is proper to resume dating. Start whenever you are ready. If you think your families will have a hard time with it, you might want to introduce the relationship gradually. Try inviting your children out for dinner, and say you've also asked "Louise" to join you. We hope your children are accepting, but remember that you can't live your life solely to please others. Can’t hurry love Tonsorial tip Consider the advantages of owning your own mobile home. Home ownership can create a large benefit. • Less expensive than renting • A variety of homes & price range • Comparably low lot rent to include water, sewer and waste removal • Financing available to Qualified Buyers • Low down payment requirements • Great “Move-In” Incentives Put your dollars where they can really work for you! Come visit Thornapple Lake Estates and find out how easy it can be to become a Homeowner Persistent pal Dear Annie: I always enjoy your column, but I think your answer to "Happy but Annoyed in Florida" probably annoyed her even more. She wanted people to stop nagging her about finding a guy, and you basically joined the crowd. "Happy" sounds well adjusted to me. She's confident and someone who likes herself and her life. She will certainly attract the right guy eventually and naturally in time, most likely because of those positive attributes. It's not a race, and, as we have always heard (even from you), love often comes when you are not looking. Everyone should just leave her alone. -- Roxanne in New York Dear Roxanne: We knew we were going to get slammed for that response, but sit in our shoes for a moment, reading thousands of letters from single people in their 30s, 40s and 50s, who find the dating pool has shrunk and regret not paying more attention when they were younger. We don't believe everyone needs a mate, and we certainly don't think people should rush into relationships and have said so, but most people eventually hope to find that special someone. We don't want "Happy" writing us in 10 years saying she wished she'd had more dating experience when she was in college. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 9 Irving Charlton - boy & man By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will continue to run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) If one travels east from the Charlton farms about 2 1/2 miles on Center Road, the road curves left and goes north about a half mile (Wellman Road) to an area known as “Stony Point.” “At the Corners,” as it is known, is an abrupt right turn and the road goes at a southeasterly direction about three-quarter mile crossing Mud Creek, and up a mile east to M66 and Horsmer Corners. By turning right and going two miles, Nashville will appear. Going north on Wellman Road from “Stony Point Corners” about a half mile, one will come to the Stony Point Free Methodist Church on the left or west side of the road. Across the road and a bit north is Warner Cemetery. Directly west is State Road going six miles into Hastings. In Irving Charlton’s early years, Stony Point was a gathering place for the men and boys of the area. Across the road from the church and a few rods south was a country store run by Asher Orsborne (gone before 1920). Asher carried a line of staple groceries and tobacco, overalls, boots and rubbers, etc. Of course, most important to the young boys was candy and tobacco. This was a gathering place for the men to come in the evenings to visit. In those early days, there were long sheds west of the church used to shelter driving horses in while owners were in the sometimes long church services. There would be revival meetings held sometimes, which would be every night for maybe a week or two and evangelists and other ministers came from far away. The Free Methodist Campground area was at Manton. Many of the young men attended, Charlton among them, more to have some fun or meet a girl rather than having their soul saved. Near Asher Osborne’s store, across from the church and south a bit to the bend going southeast, my Great-Uncle Charley Mead had a barber shop in the 1890’s-1900’s and the men would come from about the area for a shave or haircut. The old timers claimed stones fell at Stony Point and that people came from far away by train and horse and buggy in hopes of seeing some. Some stones were sent to Ann Arbor for tests but no one seemed to know why the phenomenon happened in the 1880’s-1900s. Charlton did not seem too impressed by the account of it. The old church burned in 1914 after having been hit with lightning, but a short time later a new one was built by Sam Varney, a local carpenter, Asher Osborne’s store also burned but I do not know just when. In later years, Merle Varney, a long time friend and associate of Irving (the ballplayer), was born (in 1912) and lived on the Stony Point Corners. I was born across the road in 1919. Neither of us knew for several years about I.D. Charlton and the part he was to play in both our lives later. Irving always called Merle either “Shorty” or “Kid” as he did me the “Kid.” Merle was living with and working for Irving in 1934 when it was necessary for someone to be with Mrs. Frank Charlton due to her health and Irving then moved in the stone house from his living quarters overhead of his stone shop on his own 160 acre farm. Mrs. Frank (Rose) Charlton died in 1935. In about 1933-39, Clifton (Cliff) Becker and his wife lived in the house on Charlton’s 160 acre farm and worked it for him. One of Cliff’s children, I think his son, was born there. Irving always said everyone seemed to be able to have children around here except him. Irving enrolled in Michigan State Agricultural College in East Lansing in September 1902 and graduated in June 1908 with a bachelor of science degree in agricultural engineering. After graduation, he and his father and mother traveled in the West extensively and he would tell of many of their experiences. Frank Charlton, his father, did not think earlier that Irving needed to go to college, but he was very proud of him then. In his pictures, he was a fine looking young man and one could be proud to know him as I later was. During some of the summers while attending M.A.C. he would do carpenter work on the numerous farms and buildings being built there then. He often told of the “hazing” the freshmen had to go through in those days and it sometimes would get too rough to be amusing. “Room stacking” was all the rage then and if one’s room in the dormitory was left vacant for any length of time, it was liable to be a terrible mess when the tenants returned. I saw one picture of his of a stacked room and, it was really a mess. He also told of a time when someone rigged up a stink bomb to be triggered off during some sort of a large gathering in the school, and making it inactive, as he said many people might have panicked and gotten killed or hurt had it gone off. After graduating and traveling in the West, he taught one year, 1909, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but he said it was just too cold to stay there. He taught blacksmithing, farm building construction and steam and gasoline engine operation, repair and maintenance. He was a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. In 1910, Irving went to Pullman, Wash. and taught and was the head of the agricultural engineering division until January 1918. He built a new house there. While there, he told of Irving Charlton designing a large concrete silo and the forms necessary to build it. Sometime after, a tornado or cyclone flattened buildings around the area but the silo still stood, and a cement company used a picture of it on its advertising for some years afterward. He would design and build anything pertaining to agriculture, buildings, concrete water tanks, soil drain systems and surveying and grading of land and fence systems. Steam engines and some gasoline tractors were being used on the farm and he would train people on the operation and repair of them. There were many sawmills in Washington and he was often called for help on those. Many fires in grain separators caused problems and he worked on an extinguishing device which would automatically extinguish the flames. In January 1918, Irving went to the University of Minnesota at St. Paul and taught physics and internal combustion engines. In March of 1918, he was made acting chief of the agricultural engineering division and was there in that capacity until August of 1918. He then came back to Barry County and applied for a commission in the U.S. Army. While waiting for it, he worked for E.W. Bliss Co. in Hastings. As his commission did not come through in time to suit him, he enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army and was sent to Fort Benning, Ga. to join the Tank Corp. on Nov. 5, 1918. However, the war soon ended and he was discharged on Jan. 3, 1919. Irving wished to do more toward the war effort and went to Washington D.C. Feb. 6. 1919 and contacted the War Department. He was then sent to Detroit to U.S. General Hospital No. 36 and set up a school to train wounded veterans in a trade. He was made chief of technical education and taught blacksmithing, woodworking, cabinet making and gas engine repair and maintenance and operation. He said it was a real challenge to teach a man a trade in eight weeks, the time the Army allocated. During that time, Henry Ford wanted the student veterans to learn to operate, repair and maintain the Fordson tractor then being manufactured and coming into use. Irving asked Ford where he wanted the tractors operated, and Henry Ford said, “Right here, teach these boys to plow.” Irving said there was acres and acres of fine lawn like a golf course but Ford said plow it up, which he did. He said it looked almost wicked. Henry Ford in 1908 placed a car engine in a light tractor chassis attempting to get away from the huge heavy tractors then being produced. In 1919, Ford mass produced a tractor low in cost and had an air cleaner (a novelty at that time) plus enclosed transmission gears. Its sales were 75 percent of the industry’s total. A built-in power take-off shaft was introduced that year, opening a new field of power application. The first power take-off shaft was used to run a grain binder. During that time, Irving became acquainted with Harry Ferguson, an Englishman who was one of the greatest inventors of farm machinery. Irving and Ferguson wanted him to stay in Detroit and work with him and he often wished he had. Somehow in that time, Irving set up what later became Henry Ford Trade School. Harry Ferguson and Henry Ford were in the farm machinery business together as FordFerguson but later separated and later it was Massey-Ferguson. On March 26, 1920, Charlton went to the U.S. General Hospital at Atlanta, Ga. and became chief of technical education and set up a school to teach World War I veterans a trade. Irving often told of those days and the things they did. He taught blacksmithing, woodworking, gas engine repair, operation and maintenance. He had a lot of fun with the veterans and they would make peg legs of wood and leather and other contrivances while waiting to be fitted by the regular Army doctors. It was against regulations, of course, but it was done. He told of some of them putting on boxing gloves and hopping around on their wooden legs and having a great time. Honor Roll: Hastings Middle School (Third marking period ending March 21) Eighth-graders Alexander Auer, Shelby Bagley, *Anna Banister, *Brian Baum, *Michelle Bebeau, Sydney Blough, *Jared Bosma, *Kevin Bosma, Courtney Brewer, Tyler Bridgman, Mitchell Brisboe, Rebekka Burgdorf, *Taylor Carpenter, *Alaina Case, *Myrina Clements, Josh Coenen, Zachariah Comer, Larry Comp, Lacey Cooley, Barbara Cotton, August Cousineau, *Justin Daniels, *Cody Davis, Thomas Davis, Victor DelAngel, Shelby Deming, Anna Densberger, Kelsey Devroy, *Tyler Dewitt, *Jeromy Dobbin, Jessi Doxtader, Desirae Dunklee, Gabraelle Eaton, *Rebecca Elkins, Dakota Elzinga, Chelsea Falconer, Collin Ferguson, Rebecca Fish, Sarah Ganger, *Patricia Garber, Omar Gomez, Brittaney Gray, Zackary Hammond, Emily Hart, Gabrielle Hause, *Veronica Hayden, Anthony Heath, *Grant Heide, Marias Hensley,* Megan Herbstreith, William Hildreth, *Hannah Hodges, Shauna Hoffman, Devan House, Micah Huver, Jonathon Kalmink, Nathan Karn, Justin Keeler, Donna Kees, Dylan Kelmer, *Eric Kendall, *Ashlie Kinney, *Jessica Kloosterman, *Stephen Krammin, Corri LaCosse, *Jennifer LaJoye, Benjamin Leary, *Montana Leep, Connor Lomas, Caitlin Main, Matthew Mansfield, Colton Marlette, *Casey Martin, Christa Mathis, *Kristy Matthews, *Kevin Maurer, *Steven Maurer, *Nathaniel McComb, Sean McKeough, Ryan McPhall, Christopher Mennell, Ashlee Mikolajczyk, *Krista Miller, Kelsey Miller, Tatton Miller, Jennifer Minnich, Pedro Morales, Brittany Morgan, Matthew Mueller, Kevin Osterink, *Corrina Palmer, *Christopher Parker, Jake Partridge, Nicholas Peterson, Alexandria Pierce, Sydney Pierce, *Kayla Pohl, Hannah Potter, *Jessica Quillen, Cody Redman, Nathaniel Rhoades, Haylee Rhodes, Andrew Rodd, Jacob Rogers, *Samantha Roofstra, Christopher Rugg, Tauren Schils, *Katie Secord, John Shakespeare, Karistyn Sheldon, *Will Simmons, Taylor Simpson, Mitchell Singleterry, Amber Slagel, David Soya, William Sprague, Brett Stephens, *Morgan Stowe, Paul Stutzman, Shelby Sweeney, *Jordan Swinkunas, Katherine Taylor, Alexa Tyson, Jessica Ulrich, *Natalie VanDenack, Meghan VanZyl, Christina VerWys, *Kayla Vogel, Hailey Walsh, Cassandra Watson, *Alicia Wheeler, Aimee Wiker, Brittaney Wilkins, Denise Woodbury and Hailey Zalewski. Seventh-graders *Hannah Alspaugh, Hannah Anderson, Alexis Arens, *Stacey Baker, Devin Bancroft, Jordan Bell, Maxx Birman, Lance Blankenship, *Daniel Buehler, Lauren Bush, Maria Cera, Andrew Clous, Katherine Coenen, Jacob Comer, Alyssa Constantine, *Anna Cooley, Hayden Cousineau, *Kara Cuncannan, *Victoria Cybulski, *Jessie DeDecker, Brice DeJong, *Kaylee DeMink, Charles Dennis, *Megan Denny, Sara Densberger, Adam Donavan, Michael Doran, John Dupree, Ivy Edinger, Dallas Elzinga, Steven Endsley, Kaitlyn Etts, Jennifer 77511262 Feldpausch, Carl Franson, Craig Gagnon, *Keith Garber, Casey Goggins, *Kayla Gorodenski, *Brian Graybill, *Maicee Herrington, Alexis Hickey, Megan Hildebrant, Victoria Holm, Rachel Hunt, Jennifer Jarman, *Courtney Jenkins-Bonner, Dylan Johns, Tessa Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Lena Jordan, Adam Keeler, Alexis Kelly, *Kathryn Kesler, Casey Kidder, Rachael Kingsbury, *Alice Kinney, *Lauren Kirwin, *Micala Klipfer, Taylor Klotz, Mitchell Kolanowski, Cherie Kosbar, Joseph Krebs, *Shelby Kubek, Bret Lawrence, Morgan Leep, *Mackenzie Lewis, *Joseph Longstreet, *Emily Macqueen, Dallas McKay, Laken Meade, *Rikki Mileski, Megan Miller, Rebecca Miller, Joshua Moore, *Kimberly Morris, *Ashley Musculus, Amber Myers, *Jenna Nedbalek, Alexzander Nichols, Dominique Nolff, Jason Norman, Ashley Nurenberg, Amber Nurenberg, Justine O’Donnell, Halie Owen, Mitchell Owen, Victoria Pemberton, Janelle Pifer, Rebecca Ponsetto, *Paige Prater, Tristan Rabe, Evan Ramsey, Kevin Rice, Erika Rozell, Hannah Sailar, *Joshua Scobey, Rebecca Senard, *Olivia Shade, Cory Shaver, *Danielle Sherman, Ashley Shuster, Breonna Sinclair, *Sarah Sleevi, *Hannah Smith, *Kimberly Smith, Clayton Sprague, Nikki Spurgeon, Savannah Storey, *Kali Straube, Kimberly Tebo, Ryan Teunessen, *Sarah Thornburgh, Erika Thornton, *Ashley Tissue, Shane Tossava, *Meg Travis, Ken VanBelkum, *Anthony Veltre, *Dalten White, Chase Williams, Jordin Willson, *Caitlyn Woodmansee and *Zack Zwiernikowski. Sixth-graders *Kaitlin Allan, Emma Anderson, Sarah Banister, Logan Barrett, *Ian Beck, Zane Belson, Morgan Birman, David Born, Kaeleigh Brown, Samual Bruce, Nicole Burd, 77511266 Jessi Buschmann, Taylor Carter, Calvin Case, Alexander Cherry, Maxwell Clark, Zachary Clow, Aryan Coulter, Chelsey Culp, Kelly Curtis, Leah Czinder, *Tyler DeCamp, *John Dinges, Luke Domke, Paige Downs, Christopher Doxtader, Sidney Dudley, Michael Eastman, Chelsea Eldred, Kathryn Endsley, Jessie Finch, Todd Fox, Jon French, *Victoria Fueri, *Kathryn Garber, Melton Gibson, Melanie Gloetzner, *Cassey Glumm, Erin Gray, Mackenzie Hammond, *Kelsi Harden, *Eric Hart, Damian Hartke, Desirae Heers, *Luke Heide, *Hannah Herbstreith, *Emily Hodges, Kiersten Hubbert, Chase Huisman, *John James, Mackenzie KellerBennett, Autumn King, Melinda Kloosterman, Ben Kolanowski, Edward Kosta, Trisha Krammin, Melinda Lancaster, Callan Lenz, Ashton Long, Jordan Mack, *Christine Maurer, Jennah Mccoy, Kyle Mikolajczyk, Branden Miller, Cody Newton, Zachary Olson, *Sarajean Osterink, Alexandria Owen, Faith Pearlman, Mitchell Pelfrey, Stevie Pennepacker, Thomas Peurach, Autumn Phillips, *Amber Pickard, *Robert Pohl, Shelby Price, Abigael Prill, Leslie Raymond, Nichole Redman, Brandon Redman, Brandy Ricketts-Malcolm, Bradley Rivett, Corey Robins, Tanner Roderick, Olivia Rose, Amanda Sarhatt, Nathaniel Schaendorf, Cody Schaendorf, Tori Schoessel, Brandon Secord, Collyn Shaeffer, Glenda Shultz, Joseph Siska, Travis Sixberry, *Isaac Smith, Katrina Smith, Amber Snore, Samantha Stover, Ashtin Sutherland, Jacob Swartz, *Zachary Taylor, *Cinthia Tebo, *Jeffrey Todd, Jasen Vorce, Katylynn Wallace, Sadie Walsh, William Weinert, *Hannah Wilgus, Taima Willett and Brant Wilson. * — indicates 4.0 GPA Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® 305 S. 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If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Thomas Fish and Stacey Fish, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument # 1166029 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Four Cents ($149,585.34) including interest 11.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the South half of the Northeast quarter of Section 7, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence North 32 rods to the point of beginning; thence West 16 rods; thence North 15 rods; thence East 16 rods; thence South 15 rods to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 5364 Barryville Road, Nashville MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 7, 2007 US Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-Z, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77510641 Our File No: 07-66057 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Ward and Angel Ward, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 9, 2000, and recorded on March 13, 2000 in instrument 1042011, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Reperforming Loan Remic Trust Certificates, Series 2003-R3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Forty And 75/100 Dollars ($102,040.75), including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 423 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #047880F02 77510819 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jimmie E. Baker and Rosanna Baker, Husband and Wife as Joint, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender, its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 6, 2003 in instrument 1110307, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seventy And 78/100 Dollars ($119,070.78), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 31, Oak Opening, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats on page 47. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #067755F04 77510701 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robin L. Reed, as a Single Woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2005 and recorded January 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158927, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Four and 01/100 Dollars ($137,874.01) including interest at 9.84% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8, Sawdy's Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 27. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3029 77510708 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Christopher M. Strohmeier and Donnita F. Strohmeier, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor-in-interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by operation of law dated the 20th day of January, A.D. 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of February, A.D. 2005, in Intstrument No. 1141692 of Barry Records, and re-recorded April 7, 2005 as Instrument No. 1144478, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $253,370.50 (two hundred fifty three thousand, three hundred seventy dollars and fifty cents) plus accrued interest at 6.70% (six point seven zero) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 19th day of April, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOT 1, NEAR LANE ESTATES NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 7. Commonly known as: 12580 NEAR LANE Tax ID: 08-14-140-001-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05792779 77510794 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Berry, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108184, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen And 40/100 Dollars ($136,517.40), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant South 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East 1865.13 feet from the North 1/4 corner of said section; thence South 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds East 477.16 feet to the centerline of Highway M-43; thence South 35 degrees 59 minutes 17 seconds West 221.37 feet along said centerline; thence North 59 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 313.07 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence North 02 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West 263.57 feet along said 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southeasterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #133692F01 77510615 — NOTICE — To members of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, Hastings, Michigan: THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Hastings Mutual Insurance Company will be held at the Home Office, 404 East Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 77510670 PUBLIC NOTICE Michael W. Puerner, Secretary — NOTICE — RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy test of the May 08, 2007 Thornapple Township, Thornapple-Kellogg Schools, Caledonia Community Schools Election will be conducted on April 11, 2007 at approximately 11:00 AM in the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI. The Public Accuracy test is conducted to demonstrate that the computer program used to record and count the votes cast at the election meets the requirements of law. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The regular scheduled RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. will be held at the Barry County Expo Center. 77511248 Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 06648972 Susan J. Vlietstra Thornapple Township Clerk 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-7202 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Yarrington, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Broadmoor Financial Services, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 1999, and recorded on April 29, 1999 in instrument 1028855, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Six And 04/100 Dollars ($106,496.04), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west, described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2644.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 ; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 870.0 feet along the north line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 447.28 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 433.14 feet; thence south 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds east 75.0 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 75.0 feet; thence north 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds west 522.91 feet along the north line of the south 812.31 feet of the north 1/2 of said southeast 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 508.71 feet to the place of beginning. subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purpose over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2285.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning of said easement; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 298.0 feet along the south line of the north 359 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence south 80 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds east 225.87 feet; thence north 70 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds east 372.50 feet to the east line of the west 870 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence north 63 degrees 09 minutes 29 seconds east 262.35 feet; thence north 75 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds east 444.72 feet to the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #048344F04 77511215 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Stacey Delamar and Todd Delamar, Wife and Husband to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2003 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument # 1122795 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($344,659.86) including interest 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 62, Boulder Creek Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 23. Commonly known as 5590 Creekridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 19, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-66865 77510767 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Hulet, a married man and Shirley Hulet, his wife, for dower rights, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated September 23, 2005, and recorded on September 30, 2005 in instrument 1153620, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 49/100 Dollars ($214,891.49), including interest at 6.925% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 330 feet of the East 660 feet of the West 990 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except the North 311 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #110597F02 77510620 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting March 13, 2007 Six Board members present, Wilder absent. Co. Comm. Gibson. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Signed contracts for 2007 with Green Gables and YMCA. Approved dust control program. Appointed Judy Myers alternate to Board of Review. Adopted NIMS Resolution. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Brown, Supervisor 77510936 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE No. 2007-24727-DE Estate of Rex Risner. Date of birth: 6-13-1960. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Rex Risner, who lived at 5779 Marsh Rd., Shelbyville, Michigan died February 14, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Michael J. Risner, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 3-16-07 James J. Goulooze P44497 137 W. State St. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-2255 Michael J. Risner 12720 Marsh Rd. Shelbyville, MI 49344 77511224 269-672-9313 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Brenner, a single man and Lesley Michel, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2004, and recorded on November 17, 2004 in instrument 1137341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Eight And 31/100 Dollars ($122,388.31), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 24, Rolling Oaks Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 52. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #135656F01 77510842 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Harrington and Dorothy E. Harrington, his wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 20, 2003 and recorded October 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1116352, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W8 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2003, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 40/100 Dollars ($177,755.40) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 495 feet of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 13, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510889 File No. 214.2776 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2005, and recorded on July 1, 2005 in instrument 1148871, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyThree And 49/100 Dollars ($99,153.49), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 10 of the Village of Woodland, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, being a Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Subject to Easments, Reservations and Limitations of Record, if Any The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136953F01 77511226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry J. Lantis and Donna J. Lantis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2003, and recorded on March 3, 2003 in instrument 1098682, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 79/100 Dollars ($90,415.79), including interest at 12.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence West along the North line of said Section 6 a distance of 379.50 feet; thence South at right angles to said North section line, 178.20 feet to a point on the Northeasterly extension of the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the centerline of Pine Lake Road and said Northeasterly extension thereof, 1668.26 feet; thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West along said centerline, 278.01 feet; thence South 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds East 183.87 feet to true place of beginning, thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West 352.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds East 161.80 feet; thence North 83 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds East 172.87 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 115.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds East 173.01 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 166.70 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510918 File #136183F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cory J. Schut and Kelli J. Schut, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 13, 2004, and recorded on March 10, 2004 in instrument 1123436, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-W5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Five And 28/100 Dollars ($148,505.28), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 5, Jano Condominium, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1003235 and Master Deed amended in Document No. 1025363 and amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 11, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #134708F01 77510756 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Matthew Wieringa and Lisa Jane Wieringa, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122807, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Six and 89/100 Dollars ($118,886.89) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the East line of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, distant South 198.0 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angle for the true place of beginning; thence South 132.0 feet parallel with the East line of Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angles; thence North 132.0 feet; thence East 330.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement appurtenant there for purposed of ingress, egress and placement of public utilities over a strip of land 20 feet in with, the South line of such strip being described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at right angles to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511243 File No. 207.7185 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Nine And 82/100 Dollars ($138,169.82), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowens Mill Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F03 77510884 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking interested citizens to serve on the Mental Health Board. The Mental Health Code requires that membership include representatives who are primary consumers of services, representatives who are family members of primary consumers, and general public. Barry County is specifically seeking representatives who are family members of primary consumers and representatives of the general public. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the County Courthouse, 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00pm on Friday, April 6, 2007 77510735 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dale A. Churchill, a Married Man to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006, and recorded on October 20, 2006, as Document Number: 1171720, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, CitiGroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and 07/100 ($85,695.07) including interest at the rate of 8.450% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 521.19 feet from the South 1/4 post of said South 1/4 post of said Section 16; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190.04 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 14 seconds East 279.97 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the South bank of the Thornapple River; thence North 67 degrees 33 minutes 45 seconds East 182.47 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence South 03 degrees 13 minutes 03 seconds East 350.16 feet to the plat of beginning, including all lands lying between said intermediate Traverse line and the South bank of the Little Thornapple River as limited by the extension of the sidelines. 1495 E. Center Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00344 77510894 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by MICHAEL LIVERMORE and KAREN LIVERMORE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to REPUBLIC BANK, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2002, and recorded on May 24, 2002, in Document No. 1080972, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($116,321.20), including interest at 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: UNIT 24 OF CHERRY HILL ESTATES II, A CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 463, PAGE 526, AND THE FIRST AMENDEMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 555, PAGE 475, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 599, PAGE 617, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 602, PAGE 185, IN THE OFFICE OF BARRY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 2, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND IN LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID MASTER DEED AND DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978 AS AMENDED. TAX ID NO. 08-55-150-024-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATIONMortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77510785 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Anthony Jon Norris, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167559, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustt for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF14, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF14 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven And 56/100 Dollars ($183,797.56), including interest at 9.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 and the North 1/2 of Lot 22 of the Plat of Fairhaven, according to the recorded thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 45, excepting that part thereof described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 21: thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds West (recorded North 89 degrees 56 minutes west) 28.00 feet along the North Line of Lot 21; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 181.66 feet to the South Line of the North 1/2 of Lot 22; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 08 seconds East 28.00 feet along said South line to the East line of Lot 22; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 181.56 feet (recorded 181.53) feet along the East line of Lots 22 and 21 respectively to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511179 File #136522F01 FRIED FISH DINNER Friday, April 6th CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting bids for the provision of a new Wheeled Excavator for use by the Department of Public Services. Specifications are available from the Office of the City Clerk. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 AM, on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and read aloud. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package - “Wheeled Excavator Bid”. 77511260 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2003 in instrument 1104815, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 93/100 Dollars ($91,887.93), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F01 77511185 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services Doors Open 4:30 - Serving 5:00-7:00 Choice of Baked Potato, American Fries or Hash Browns Slaw, Roll and Cake - $6.50 American Patriot Restaurant American Legion Post 45 2160 S. M-37 Hwy., Hastings 77511270 City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE FIRE HYDRANT FLUSHING Department of Public Services work crews will be flushing fire hydrants on Tuesday, April 18, 2007 and Wednesday, April 18, 2007. 77511254 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �Page 12 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner TAC Jazz Festival schedule announced for April 13-14 Hastings will be filled with the sounds of jazz Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, as the 2007 Thornapple Arts Council/Felpausch Jazz Festival fills venues throughout the area. On Friday, April 13 the TAC High School All-star Band will hold its first rehearsal at the Central Elementary School Auditorium at 4 p.m. If the Steel Drum Panorama is as much fun, beginning at 5 p.m., as it was last year there will be dancing in the Felpausch parking lot. Performing will be the Hastings and Ionia High School Steel Drum Bands and Strike Percussion of Caledonia. The music takes place under the canopy at Felpausch. Hastings City Bank will be the host for the Middle School Jazz Band Jam. Hastings Middle School performs at 6 p.m., Battle Creek Lakeview Middle School at 7 and the Byron Center West Middle School at 8. High School Jazz Combos will be performing all over downtown. The Thornapple-Kellogg High School Combo, is at the Jefferson Street Gallery at 6 p.m. Grand Rapids Central High School Jazz Combo performs at State Grounds Coffee House at 6:30 p.m. Hastings High School Jazz Combo is at Jefferson Street Gallery at 7 p.m. Wyoming Park High School Jazz Combo is at State Grounds Coffee House, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Northview High School Jazz Combo is at Jefferson Street Gallery, beginning at 8 p.m. Mark Ramsey will be performing piano jazz at White’s Photography with sets beginning at 6:15 and 7:15 p.m. Les Jazz Big Band brings its vintage big band sound to the Hastings City Bank at 9 p.m. This year, Is You Is will bring some late night music to the Walldorf Brewpub and Bistro, beginning at 9:30 p.m. The TAC Jazz Festival continues Saturday, April 14, at Central Auditorium as high school jazz bands perform for the judges. Observers are welcome to stop by and listen, but are asked to only enter and leave the auditorium when a band is not performing. The music starts with the Allegan High School Jazz Band at 10 a.m. Hastings High School Jazz Band Day per- LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrea Hudson, a married woman and Glen Hudson Jr., her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2004 and recorded September 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133399, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Six and 48/100 Dollars ($156,176.48) including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Beginning at the West one-quarter post of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence East 330.00 feet along the East and West onequarter line of Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds West, 667.25 feet parallel with the West line of the Southwest fractional onequarter; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 19 seconds East, 330.00 feet parallel with the South line of the Northwest fractional one-quarter of said Southwest fractional one-quarter Section 19 to said West line; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds East, 666.80 feet along said West line to the Place of Beginning. Reserving the Westerly 33.00 feet and the Northerly 33.00 feet for road right of way purposes. Being the same property conveyed to Glen Hudson, Jr. and Andrea Hudson, husband and wife by deed dated 1/7/97 and recorded 2/17/98 in Instrument 1007668, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3797 77511231 forms at 10:25 a.m. Portland High School Jazz Band performs at 10:50 a.m. The Lakewood High School Jazz Band plays at 11:15 a.m. The Gull Lake High School Jazz Band performs at 11:40 a.m. The Rockford High School Jazz Band performs at 12:05 p.m. The Hastings High School Jazz Band Night goes on stage at 12:55 p.m. The Ionia High School Jazz Ensemble plays at 1:20 p.m. The Homer High School Jazz Band plays at 1:45 p.m. The Comstock Park High School Jazz Ensemble performs at 2:10 p.m. The Thornapple-Kellogg High School Jazz Band plays at 2:35 p.m. The last band to perform before the judges is the Northview High School Jazz Ensemble at 3 p.m. The TAC High School All–Star Band will hold its second rehearsal at 4 p.m. on stage at Central Auditorium in preparation for the 7:30 p.m. concert. “Is You Is” will be playing rhythm and blues at State Ground Coffee House from 5 to 6:30 p.m. There will also be music at Central United Methodist from 5 to 6:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to purchase a slice of pizza and support the Community Music School during the Jazz Festival. The finale concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with an opening set featuring the TAC Jazz Festival High School All Star Band. The Muskegon Truth in Jazz Orchestra then will fill Central Auditorium with its own very distinctive jazz sounds. The cost of the concert is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students over the age of 12 and $5 for children 12 years old and younger. Members of the Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Committee are Joe LaJoye, Ray Rickert, Jeff Buehl, Mark Ramsey, Maggie Buehl, Lee Christiansen, Dave McIntrye, Rich Moore, Bob Brandt and Lizanne Fehsenfeld. For more information about the 2007 TAC Jazz Festival, call 945-2002 or visit the website www.thornappleartscouncil.org ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BUDGET HEARING March 28, 2007 Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rock at 7:00 p.m. All board members present with the exception of Ritchie. Also present Fire Chief Dan Boulter. Pledge of Allegiance. Motion Perino, support Goy to adopt resolution to increase officer’s salary by 5%. Roll call vote. Rook, Goy, Perino aye. Ribble nay. Motion carried. Fire Department fund for new apparatus to be considered and adjusted based on quotes. Close Public Hearing. Motion Ribble, support Perino to approve and accept 2007/2008 budget as presented with a balance of $37,149.08. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Goy to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:15 p.m. Unapproved minutes. Jennifer Goy 77511213 Township Clerk ® 77502006 The 01544859 with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton Is Proposed Beer Tax Unfair to Middle Class? Representatives from the MASACA claim that the Michigan beer tax has not been increased since 1962 due to the strength of the beer lobby in Lansing. This tax would raise approximately 126.6 million dollars which would be earmarked for county government and substance abuse treatment. Critics say that the beer tax unfairly burdens the middle class. When asked why they are proposing a beer tax and not a wine or liquor tax, MASACA representatives said that a wine tax would lead to a showdown with the Farm Bureau and liquor taxes are already at their legal top limit. Does this proposed beer tax unfairly burden the lower and middle classes? The flowers seemed so much brighter when you were here, the wind was so soft and your voice was always near. The laughter you always left us is a gift that still remains, your absence is what causes so much pain. It’s been eight long years with silence from your advice, but I still remember how you’d gently tell us all never give up the fight. Your motto “when the going gets tough, the tough gets going”, so on we go Dad in your honor, in your place. From Earth to Heaven we send our love: Bill, Ronda, Tracy, Maxx, Amanda, Ashley & Zach Barry County Blogs There’s a new way to communicate political ideas in Barry County. Last year a blog called West Michigan Politics came online. Addressing various election and community issues, online discussion has been thought provoking and lively. A new blog, The Barry Home Companion has discussion on current issues such as Charlton Park and Zoning. The address of this new site is listed across the bottom. www.barryhomecompanion.blogspot.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. Delton Kellogg Schools Specializing In … Preschool Registration • Lawn Mowing • Bagging • Trimming • Edging Spring & Fall 2007 - 2008 School Year CLEANUPS NOW ADDING NEW CUSTOMERS FOR 2007 Hastings Residential & Commercial Lots Starting at ENROLLMENT OPEN & APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ALL YEAR. The enrollment packets are available outside the Preschool classroom, the Elementary office or call (269) 623-9275. — 3 Year Old Program — classes held on Tues./Thurs. 30 $ 00 Professional Equipment & Insured Please Call for a FREE Quote 269-945-5383 269-838-2024 or 77511256 (Please Leave Message) — 3/4 Year Old Multiage Program — classes held on Mon./Wed./Fri. — 4 Year Old MSRP Program — classes held Mon./Tues./Thurs./Fri. 0154853 The Michigan Association of Substance Abuse Coordinating Agencies (MASACA) is proposing a 400% increase in the state beer tax. The new tax would add 34 cents to a six pack and 5.73 cents to a can of beer. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by DAMON BAKER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155287, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($91,424.69), including interest at 7.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of HOPE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 301.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00SECONDS WEST 53.21 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 8 OF THE NORTHEAST BLOCK OF LOTS OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF KENYON'S OAKGROVE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 99.62 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OFLOTS 7 AND 6 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 134.12 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE NORTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 114.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LAND LYING BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 187.52 ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15;THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 135.48 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 7 AND 8 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 43.90 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL; THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST 50.44 FEET ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 41.15 FEET TO THE POIINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID TRAVERSE LINE AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL, AS LIMITED BY THE SIDE EXTENDED TO THE WATERS EDGE. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO AN INDEFINED EASEMENT (DESCRIBED IN LIBER 137, PAGE 130) FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES FOR THE EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. TAX ID NO. 08-07-015-06700 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77510780 Southfield, MI 48075 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2006-24671 DE Estate of Diana Kay Langdon. Date of birth: 04/14/1943. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Diana Kay Langdon, who lived at 10355 North Ave., Dowling, MI 49050, died 11/18/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Edward R. Langdon, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49048 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 03/29/2007 Christopher D. Matthysse P60535 648 Monroe Ave. N.W., Suite 400 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-0556 Edward R. Langdon 10425 North Ave. Dowling, MI 49050 77511258 (269) 758-4022 77511222 what do you think? PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Preschool Open House - April 17, 2007 (5:00 - 7:00 PM) In the Elementary School Conference Room Babysitting will be available during Open House Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Kuzava and Geraldine Kuzava, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 26, 2005, and recorded on April 28, 2005 in instrument 1145592, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine And 92/100 Dollars ($224,999.92), including interest at 6.575% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of Lot 24 of the Plat of Von Reis Addition No. 2, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 65, Barry County Records and Running thence North 1 Degrees 55 Minutes 45 Seconds West 439.25 Feet; Thence North 87 Degrees 17 Minutes East 149.9 Feet along the South Line of Park Street as Shown in Said Plat; Thence South 31 Degrees 04 Minutes East 299.50 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street; Thence South 190.83 Feet along the Westerly Line of said Street to the Northeast Corner of said Lot 24; The North 89 Degrees 45 Minutes West 289.50 feet to the Place of Beginning. Also Described as a Parcel of Land in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as Beginning at a Point 703.34 Feet West and 521.21 Feet North of the East 1/4 Post of said Section 19; Thence North 1 Degree 55 Minutes West 438.4 Feet; Thence East 157.43 Feet; Thence South 31 Degrees East 294.28 Feet; Thence South 197.3 Feet; Thence West 289.2 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510581 File #101415F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack L. Hewitt, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108117, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seven And 70/100 Dollars ($106,707.70), including interest at 4.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 242 of Al-Gon-Quin Lake Resort Properties, Unit Number 2, according to the recorded plat thereof; and that part of Lot 241 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 241 and 242 of said plat on Old M-37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Southeasterly on the line of Lot 241 a distance of 40 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line 100 feet; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes West on the Lot line 40 feet to the place of beginning; also that part of Lot 243 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 242 and 243 of said plat on Old M37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Northwesterly on the Lot line a distance of 30 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line a distance of 100 feet; thence South 41 degrees 43 minutes East on the Lot line 30 feet to the place of beginning Parcel 2: Lot 270 and the Northwest 1/2 of Lot 271 of Algonquin Resort Properties Unit Number 2 according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 63 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #073930F03 77511236 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 13 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Evidence of Things Unseen is an exhibit of sculpture and poetry by Ron and Miriam Pederson, in the Library Information Commons at Davenport University’s main campus at 6191 Kraft Avenue, near M-6 at M37 outside Caledonia. The exhibit may be viewed Monday through Thursday from 8 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Sundays from 1 pm to 9 pm. Through April 28. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Jesus Christ Superstar starring Ted Neeley at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Saturday at 3 & 8 pm, Sunday at 3 pm. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 3 pm show are $30, $40, $50 & $55. Ticket prices for the Sat., April 7th 8 pm and Sun., April 8th 3 pm shows are $32, $42, $52 & $57. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. April 7 & 8. MISCELLANEOUS • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Who was Time magazine’s First Man of the Year in 1927? 2. MOVIES: Who starred in the film “Risky Business”? 3. LITERATURE: In which novel does the character of Emma Woodhouse appear? 4. LANGUAGE: What is the full name of the group known as OAS? 5. TELEVISION: What was the name of the Dukes’ car on the show “The Dukes of Hazzard”? 6. HOLIDAYS: What did Veterans Day used to be called? 7. MEDICINE: William Harvey is famous for what kind of work in medicine? 8. AUTOMOBILES: Who set up the first auto manufacturing company in the United States? 9. PERSONALITIES: What is Emeril’s last name? 10. MUSIC: Which group sang a hit song about a “black magic woman”? Answers 1. Charles Lindbergh 2. Tom Cruise 3. “Emma,” by Jane Austen 4. Organization of American States 5. The General Lee 6. Armistice Day 7. Circulation of blood 8. Charles and Frank Duryea. Thirteen of the Duryeas were made in 1896. 9. Lagasse 10. Santana © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE APRIL BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 6 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Blood drives are held at Pennock the first Friday of every month. Call (269) 233-8511 for more information. 6 Fish Dinner at the American Patriot Restaurant. Open at 4:30 pm. Serving from 5-7 pm. $5.50 per person. 9 Legislative Coffee at 8 am at Mulberry Gardens in Nashville. Come and hear from your state and US elected officials or their representatives. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. 13-14 4th Annual Jazz Festival sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council. Over 17 schools from West Michigan expected to participate. Call to (269) 945-2002 or see www.thornappleartscouncil.org for more information. 14 Understanding Accounting Reports for Business Success SCORE Workshop provides a basic review of accounting reports and helps you become more familiar with aspect of running a business. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9:30 amnoon. Call (269) 381-5382, e-mail info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 26 Kalamazoo Symphony in Hastings. Call the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 945-2002 for more information. 28 Hastings Farmers' Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. Call April Nicholson at (616) 765-3677 for more information. Cirque Dreams April 13 Hastings Jazz Festival will be held Friday and Saturday April 13 & 14 at numerous location in and around downtown Hastings. Central United Methodist will host a conert Saturday from 5 to 6:30 pm which will help support the Community Music School. The finale concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening with an opening set featuring the Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Festival High School All Star Band. The Muskegon Truth in Jazz Orchestra will then fill Central Auditorium with its own very distinctive jazz sounds. The cost of the concert is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students over the age of 12 and $5 for children 12 years old and younger. For more information about the 2007 TAC Jazz Festival call 945-2002 or visit the website www.thornappleartscouncil.org. Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium on April 13 for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Stories of America at DeVos Performance Hall April 20 and 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. Guest Conductor Daniel Hege will lead violinist Tai Murray on Bernstein’s “On the Waterfront” Korngold’s “Violin Concerto,” “Musica Celestis” by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” (1919 version). For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org Go, Diego, Go Live: The Great Jaguar Rescue at DeVos Performance Hall April 24 and 25. Shows start Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday 10:30 am & 7 pm. Ticket prices range from $16-$36. Join Diego, Nick Jr.’s action adventure hero, as he sets out in his brand new live show as Diego and his sister, Alicia, and cousin, Dora, are off on an action packed special mission to get Baby Jaguar’s growl back from the Bobo Brothers. They’ll need the audience’s help to rescue animals, navigate through the rainforest, and bypass a This week’s selections: Premonition Running time: 100 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 “Premonition” starts off with a lot of promise. It gives the impression that you’re in for a supernatural mystery, a kind of mix between “Memento” and “Groundhog Day.” Sandra Bullock stars as Linda Hanson, a stay-at-home mom who one day gets a visit from a policeman who informs her that her husband, Jim (Julian McMahon), was killed in a car accident — the day before. Why the cop decided to wait a day to tell her is beyond me. (Oh wait, now I know. Because if he didn’t wait a day, there’d be no movie.) The next morning, she wakes up and Jim is alive. That’s because she wakes up earlier in the week, before his death. For most of the film, Linda lives out the week out of order, never sure what day she’s going to wake up in; and in those days that she relives, she retains foreknowledge of events to come. As the movie drags on, you begin to realize the continuity errors. And the plot holes. Then about two-thirds of the way into the film you get the creeping sensation that you’re stuck in a movie that’s going to have no payoff. No great surprise ending. Instead, what you’ll be left with is a limp, quasi-religious explanation for the events that transpired. Man, I really wanted to like this movie. I really did. Unfortunately, there were just too many problems with “Premonition” for me to recommend it — even as a rental. It’s just bad, giant waterfall to get to the Animal Carnivale. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Grand Rapids Symphony Symphonic Boom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos Performance Hall April 27 at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center April 28 & 29. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall May 4 & 5 with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is reinvented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20-$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Sandra Bullock probably already knows whether you’ll end up watching “Premonition.” the worst kind of bad, because there was so much going for it at the beginning. The premise was so intriguing. Yet, the film failed to deliver the payoff we deserved. I shoulda seen it coming. GRADE: D © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 14 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Muscle cars featured in “Dream Garage” when Gilmore Museum opens May 1 GR man killed in Caledonia crash A 28-year-old Grand Rapids man was killed shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving was involved in a two-car accident on Cherry Valley Avenue SE in Caledonia Township. The driver of second vehicle, a 29-year-old female from Caledonia was injured in the crash and was transported to an area hospital for treatment. Cherry Valley Avenue had to be shut down for early two hours as the accident was investigated by Kent County Sheriff’s Department and the Michigan State Police. The names of the victims are being withheld while the investigation continues. If you were to close your eyes and image your “dream garage” full of muscle cars what would you see? The Gilmore Car Museum, in Hickory Corners, MI, has assembled 22 of the World’s rarest and most sought after muscle cars of the 1960s and 70s in its “Michigan Dream Garage – The Ultimate Muscle Cars.” This special exhibit will run throughout the Museum’s 2007 season, which begins on May 1. The Gilmore Car Museum looked beyond their own collection of autos and sought out benchmark cars from number of private collectors to create this year’s “Dream Garage.” Included in this all-new exhibition that’s sure to rev up your imagination are a 1964 Pontiac GTO, considered the original muscle car; six authentic Yenko Chevrolets, one of which was formerly owned by baseball superstar Reggie Jackson; the 1963 Impala “Grey Ghost,” which was recently restored by Boyd Codington; and many more. Muscle cars—a truly American phenomena of the 1960s and 70s—were high-performance cars produced by the auto manufacturers and sold directly through local dealers. Marketed extensively to young males, these cars soon were in great demand and set off an intense competition between car companies to pro- duce the most powerful and extreme street machines. One dealer, Yenko Chevrolet of Canonsburg, PA, soon became one of the best known and largest suppliers of muscle cars during this period. Beginning by ordered 100 specially factory-built high performance Corvairs in 1966 they then moved to offering customized Camaros, Chevelles and Novas. By the early 1970s, the oil crisis, stricter emission standards, high insurance cost and safety concerns began to seriously impact muscle car sales and the larger engines were dropped. Now, after more than 30 years, these cars have become highly sought after by collectors as they fill their own “dream garages.” Today, when it comes to vintage muscle cars we often see replicas—“clones” or “tribute cars”—of the most extraordinary. Here is an opportunity to see the real thing during the Museum’s exhibit, “Michigan Dream Garage – The Ultimate Muscle Cars,” which continues through October 31st. The Gilmore Car Museum’s 41st season begins on May 1, 2007 and will remain open daily from of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm and until 6 pm on weekends, through the end of October. Located in the heart of west Michigan, the museum is midway between Kalamazoo, • If you had been a guest at a banquet in ancient Rome, you might have had the opportunity to sample one of that culture’s delicacies: flamingo tongues. • You probably will not be surprised to learn that the tallest president of the United States was Abraham Lincoln, at 6 feet, 4 inches. You probably didn’t know who the shortest president was, though: It was our fourth chief executive, James Madison, who was a full foot shorter than Lincoln. • It was, of course, Mark Twain who made the following sage observation: “Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.” • There was a time when some Swanson frozen dinners had printed on the label “Serving Suggestion: Defrost.” • Some of the ice in Antarctica is 400,000 years old. • Anyone who’s been on a serious bender probably will not be surprised by the following fact: The English word “intoxicate” comes from the Latin word “toxicum,” which, literally translated, means “poison.” • In his will, wealthy Canadian press baron Lord Beaverbrook had a special message for his great-nephew, Jonathan Aitken: “I am going to pay you the greatest compliment ... I am not going to leave you a cent.” I doubt that Aitken much appreciated the sentiment, however. • In 2000, students in Leicester, England, spent more than 106 hours reading Shakespeare’s complete works, setting a world record in the process. • When chocolate was first introduced to Bayonne, France, officials banned concocting it within city limits. Why they did so — and why they considered the culinary delight that is chocolate to be a “concoction” — is still unknown. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven’t had time for tobacco since.” — Arturo Toscanini Fitness Palooza slated for May 5 A Fitness Palooza, planned for Saturday, May 5, is a morning of fitness fun designed for the whole family and it helps support Leadership Barry County. The day will begins at 8 a.m. with 5 K and 12 K runs that take participants on a paved and dirt road course south of Hastings with a distance through Hastings’ famous ‘Sweezie’s Pond’ and finishing on the Hastings High School track. The Palooza also has events for those looking for a shorter distance. The run/walk will also begin at 8 a.m. and take participants on a ‘loop’ course through the same countryside and finishing on the Hastings High School track. Starting at the conclusion of the longer events and at about one mile, it’s a fun fitness challenge for everyone. It is free to all who participate in the longer events. Early registration entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 20, and accompanied by the appropriate entry fee payable to ‘Leadership Barry County’. Registrations forms are available through Leadership Barry County and the Hastings Community Center. Pre-registration cost is $20 for the 5K run/walk and 12K run. The online registration fee for these two events is $23. The cost rises to $25 on May 5. The cost is $5 for the fun run whether pre-registered or signed up on the day of the event. The top three finishers in each age group of the 5K and 12K events will receive medals. For additional information on all the programs of Leadership Barry County contact 269-945-2114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net High School sports seasons will change beginning this fall The United States Supreme Court Monday denied a certiorari request by the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) in its Sports Seasons Litigation. As a result of the Supreme Court’s decision, the previous changes in seasons ordered by lower courts will occur beginning with the 2007-08 school year. Girls’ basketball will move from Fall to Winter. Girls’ volleyball will move from winter to fall. Boys’ golf and girls’ tennis in the Lower Peninsula will move from fall to spring; girls golf and boys tennis in the Lower Peninsula will move from spring to fall. The MHSAA will also offer Upper Peninsula post-season tournaments in soccer for girls in the fall and boys in the spring. The MHSAA issued the following statement after the announcement: “The MHSAA is disappointed that the Supreme Court has decided against reviewing this case. Now is the time for our schools to step up and work with the decision of the Court to continue to maximize the quantity and quality of interscholastic athletic participation opportunities for young people in our state.” Most high schools in the state have already set schedules for the fall season, and must now go to work on the changes for next school year. There are questions about gym space during the winter season, as well as straining coaching and officiating for both basketball in the winter and volleyball in the fall. There are many who are not disappointed. “MHSAA has now reached the end of the line,” said Marcia Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), which was of counsel in the case. “The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear this case means that Michigan girls soon will receive the justice for which they have long waited. MHSAA now must practice the good Be a “SPORTS NUT” Read The BANNER! sportsmanship it preaches and give girls the equal opportunities they deserve.” This case has been long-running. In decision after decision, federal courts in Michigan have found MHSAA in violation of civil rights laws. The case began in 1998 when Communities for Equity sued the MHSAA for scheduling six girls’ sports and no boys sports in what they saw as nontraditional seasons. A press release from the NWLC said, “as a result, girls are harmed in ways boys are not, including limited opportunities to be seen by college recruiters and to compete for athletic scholarships. And girls miss opportunities to play club sports and for awards and recognition, such as All-American teams. As a result, girls lose out on valuable skill-building, as well as opportunities to be recruited by college coaches at club events and receive athletic scholarships.” While some argue that it hampers collegiate opportunities, it has not harmed participation. The MHSAA reported last September that participation by girls in high school sports in Michigan hit an all-time high during the 2005-06 with 135,377 student-athletes, ranking the state ranks fourth nationally. Michigan’s girls participation trailed only the largest populated states of California, Texas and New York while staying ahead of the more densely population states of Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. According to 2005 U.S. Census Bureau figures, Michigan continues to rank eighth in both females and males of ages 14 through 17. After trial in 2001, the district court held that the MHSAA’s scheduling of girls’ seasons violated Title IX, the U.S. Constitution and Michigan state law. In 2004, the Sixth Circuit upheld the district court’s decision on the constitutional claim, finding it unnecessary to address the Title IX or state law issues. The following year, the Supreme Court asked the Sixth Circuit to reconsider the case, posing the technical question of whether the girls can sue under the Constitution in addition to Title IX. The Sixth Circuit in August 2006 ruled not only that a Title IX claim does not bar a plaintiff’s right to also sue for a violation of his or her constitutional rights, but also that MHSAA’s conduct violates Title IX, the U.S. Constitution and state law. “This nine-year delay of justice has already disadvantaged a generation of girls,” said Neena Chaudhry, NWLC senior counsel and one of the lead attorneys in the case. “Unfortunately, the existing damage cannot be undone. But we can look forward. Future generations of Michigan high school girls who want to participate in athletics will get the equal opportunities for which they have long waited.” © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Grand Rapids, and Battle Creek, on M-43 and Hickory Road. To learn more about the Gilmore Car Museum visit: www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call the museum at 269-671-5089. EXHIBIT LIST 1963 Chevy Impala Factory Z-11 427 light weight 1963 Pontiac Catalina, H.O. Street Engine Tri-power light weight 1963 1⁄2 Ford 427 Galaxy light weight 1964 Pontiac GTO 1965 Dodge Coronet – 426 Hemi, factory SS light weight 1966 Chevelle SS Convertible, COPO 9737 1966 Ford Fairlane 1966 Corvair Yenko - #97 of 100 1967 Camaro Yenko – Formerly owned by Reggie Jackson 1968 Camaro Yenko 1969 Camaro Yenko 1969 Chevelle Yenko 1969 Nova Yenko 1968 Cobra Jet Mustang, Gas Ronda factory racer 1968 AMX Factory Racer 1968 Shelby Mustang 1970 Buick Gran Sport, stage 1 1970 Challenger R/T Hemi 1970 Olds 442 Convertible 1970 Boss Mustang 429 1971 Charger R/T 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 15 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Woman arrested for 2nd drunk driving Hastings police arrested a motorist for driving while intoxicated, second offense, after she was stopped for a speeding violation during the early morning hours of Monday, April 2. Officers said the driver, Christy Liabenow, 25, of Freeport, was determined to have been consuming alcohol and tests showed a blood alcohol level of .13%, well above the .08% legal limit. Liabenow was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Hastings man faces shoplifting charge An employee at Family Dollar store on West State Street store reported a retail fraud complaint to Hastings police. A man had entered the store during the early afternoon hours of March 30, and left with an 18-inch tripod barbeque grill without paying for it. Officers were told that one of the employees gave chase and the suspect had fled eastbound from the store. Officers located the man a short time later carrying the grill in the 500 block of West Court Street. Eric Beam, 21, from Hastings, was taken into custody on charges of retail fraud . Additional items belonging to Family Dollar and Kmart were found to be in his possession . Beam was lodged at the Barry County Jail without incident and is facing charges of two counts of retail fraud in the third degree. The incident has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutors Office for review. Outboard motor recovered on roadside The Barry County Sherifff’s Department has reported the recovery of an outboard boat motor found on the roadside of South Broadway near Brogen Road April 2. The person missing the motor is asked to contact Det. Jay Olejniczak or Deputy Ted DeMott at the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, 948-4805. Two motors, fishing items reported stolen The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a break-in of a storage unit on Cedar Creek Road. The owner of a storage unit told deputies he noticed his unit had been broken into when he returned from Florida. He said the break-in had to have occurred between March 1 and March 25. The owner said a door had been pried open and missing was a 10 hp Mercury motor, a Kabota trolling motor, five ice fishing poles, two ice augers, a jig box and three tool boxes full of fishing lures. The total value of the property was estimated at $4,000. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. In emergency, call 911 first, director says Charlie Nystrom, director of Barry County 911 Dispatch, has issued an advisory to local citizens that two recent incidents show the importance of contacting 911 immediately in an emergency. According to Nystrom, two separate accidents, one which occurred outside Barry County, show the importance of contacting 911 Dispatch first. “One emergency occurred in Clinton County,” Nystrom said. “The driver had a stroke and went off the road into the woods. The person called someone else instead of 911 and by the time 911 was contacted and emergency personnel responded it was too late. “Another accident occurred in Barry County, in Yankee Springs Township,” he said. “The victim called a friend and then called her daughter. The daughter then called 911. We were able to reach the woman by phone and talk to her but she was unsure of the exact location and the responders became lost searching for her. Fortunately, in this instance, they were able to reach her in time. “It is vital for any person who needs 911 assistance to contact us immediately,” Nystrom said. “Time is the critical issue in such cases and we want to be able to get help on the way as quickly as possible.” Nystrom also said by having someone else contact 911, the system which locks into the caller’s location receives incorrect information as to the exact site of the emergency, as was the case in the Yankee Springs accident. “These two emergency situations serve to reinforce the importance of calling 911 immediately,” Nystrom said. “We have the resources to get help to them as quickly as possible and by calling 911 immediately we can have help on the way before the call is concluded. “We do not want a tragedy like that which occurred in Clinton County to happen here.” EMU murder suspect bound over by Jon Gambee Staff Writer After a two-day pretrial hearing, Orange Amir Taylor, III has been bound over to Washtenaw County Circuit Court for trial in the Dec. 13 murder of Hastings High School graduate Laura Dickinson. Dickinson was murdered in her dorm room at Eastern Michigan University during the early morning hours of Dec.13. Taylor has been accused of the crime after evidence was collected at the scene and a videotape showed Taylor leaving Hill Hall carrying a bag similar to one the tape had shown Dickinson carrying when she entered the dorm the previous evening. She had been at a Christmas party the night before and participated in a gift exchange with fellow members of the university’s rowing team. Other evidence presented by the prosecution during the hearing included testimony from Washtenaw County Medical Examiner Dr. Badder Cassin, who testified semen found on Dickinson’s body matched a DNA sample taken from Taylor during a previous arrest. He was also found to be in possession of the keys to Dickinson’s room and other personal items belonging to the victim when he was arrested in February at his Southfield home. The murder shocked residents of this small rural community, where Laura Dickinson is remembered as a bright, energetic young woman who made friends easily and always had a smile to share. She was the daughter of Bob and Deb Dickinson, owners of the State Grounds Coffee House in downtown Hastings. The university has taken criticism from students who charge the administration with withholding information that Taylor was a suspect in the murder and was still a student on the campus until his arrest Feb. 23. The university did not, in fact, acknowledge a murder had occurred until Taylor was arrested. Up until that time, the university maintained that foul play was not suspected in her death, even though Dickinson’s body was found partially nude lying on the floor of her dorm room. Eastern Michigan University President John Fallon has placed EMU Vice President of Student Affairs Jim Vick on administrative leave while an investigation is conducted by the U.S. Department of Education. The investigation will determine whether the university violated the Clery Act, which requires colleges to warn students after suspected violent crimes are committed on campus. Taylor is scheduled to appear in Circuit Court May 9. If convicted of first degree murder, Taylor, 20, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole. He is currently being lodged without bond in the Washtenaw County Jail. • David John Decker III of Middleville, 22, was sentenced March 28 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his February conviction of operating a vehicle while impaired (third offense). Decker also was ordered to pay court costs of $500, a fine of $500, $720 in probation fees and a drug court fee of $200. He Garage Sale Household 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. 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FFR (269)795-0076 COURT NEWS • Lester Frederick Erlenbush, 47, of Delton, was sentenced March 29 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 36 months probation and one day in jail for his March 12 conviction of delivery and manufacturing of a controlled substance. Erlenbush also was ordered to pay court costs of $5,000 and $1,680 in probation fees. He must participate in the day reporting program and complete cognitive behavior therapy. Erlenbush’s attorney filed a motion to have the charges dismissed, alleging police conducted an illegal search when they were called to the home Oct. 22 when Erlenbush’s mother died. The responding officer said he smelled the order of marijuana and notified his chief. When Erlenbush was observed trying to hide a baggy of marijuana, a search warrant was secured. Prairieville Township police discovered two five gallon buckets full of marijuana, a large number of plastic baggies, a small scale and more than $6,000 in cash. For Sale FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 302).'�-!4).%%3 3ATURDAY���3UNDAY���������!- ���������� "!2.9!2$ � �0' �Page 16 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Early rallies lead Plainwell softball to wins over Saxons The Lady Saxons dropped a pair of nonconference games at Plainwell on Wednesday night, falling behind early in both. Plainwell scored four runs in the first inning of each contest. The Saxons played the Trojans even up for the remainder of each of the two contests, falling 9-5 and 7-3. Plainwell jumped out to an early lead in the first game with four runs on three hits in the first inning. Plainwell scored one more run in the fourth and three in the fifth to build an 80 lead. The Saxons bats were quiet through the first five innings, but came alive in the sixth inning when the scored three runs. Jen Bishop led the inning off with a walk. Sarah Bolo followed with a single. Erica Swartz drove in the first run as she reached base on a Plainwell error and then Cali Carpenter collected two RBI as she doubled to right center field. The Saxons scored two more runs in the sixth inning as Amanda Clark and Jen Bishop both drew walks to put two runners on base. Bolo then collected her second hit of the game, a double to center field that drove in Clark. Bishop scored the second run of the inning on a ground out off the bat of Jen Ratliff. Erica Swartz pitched the game for the Saxons, and gave up eight hits while striking out three and walking one. In the second game Plainwell again jumped out to a four-run lead in the first inning without the benefit of a hit. Three walks and two Hastings errors led to the four-run inning. Hastings came back with a run of their own in the second inning as Brenna Leedy walked and then scored when Swartz missed a home run by inches as she drove the ball just below the top of the fence in straight away center field. Plainwell scored another run in the third inning on a double and a pair of passed balls. The Lady Saxons continued to battle back as they scored twice in the sixth inning. Amanda Clark started the inning with a base hit and moved to second on another hit off the bat of Bolo. Bishop then collected an infield single to load the bases. Carpenter collected her third and fourth RBI of the day with a single to center field. That would be all the scoring for the Hastings team. Plainwell scored one more run in the seventh. Carpenter pitched a complete game for the Saxons giving up five hits, walking seven and striking out five Plainwell batters. The Saxons will not play again until after spring break when they take on NorthPointe Christian on Tuesday in Hastings. Former Panther Leinaar earns MIAAA’s AD of the year honor Karen Leinaar, athletic director of Benzie Central High School, formerly of Gaylord and Delton-Kellogg High Schools, has been named the Michigan Athletic Director of the Year by the MIAAA (Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association) for 2007. It is an award given annually to one athletic director in the MIAAA membership. She was presented the award in Traverse City in March. Leinaar has served as athletic administrator for twenty years in three different school districts. She has hosted numerous MHSAA tournaments throughout her career, assisting the state association as a volunteer at state finals on numerous occasions as well. Leinaar has emerged as a state leader of athletic administrators by serving on the MIAAA executive board both as a board member and as President of the association. She has also provided expertise in the athletic arena by serving as an elected member of the MHSAA Representative Council for the past 6 years. According to Jack Roberts, executive director of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, “Few, if any, athletic directors have served Michigan with more frequency or variety than Karen Leinaar has. Karen displays the attitude that coaches like best in players: she plays by the rules and willingly plays any position she is assigned.” Leinaar began her educational leadership journey at Delton-Kellogg High School as the Driver Education Program Coordinator and Instructor. She soon added the responsibilities of coaching and athletic director to her repertoire and has been serving school districts and students throughout the state ever since. In her current position as athletic administrator at Benzie Central, where she coordinates all athletic events and related responsibilities in grades 7-12. “She has brought a fresh look and energy to provide growth and accountability through being committed, dependable, and giving of herself to the position,” states Benzie Principal Peter Olson. “It is this attitude that has helped her to develop a cohesive group of individuals into a team that provides effective athletic leaders and role models for students.” The MIAAA is an association with nearly 700 members serving as athletic directors in schools throughout Michigan. In conjunction with the MHSAA, the MIAAA strives to promote the educational value of interscholastic athletics for students throughout the state. The MIAAA is proud to spotlight the work of Karen Leinaar, who epitomizes the values of the association and the educational goals of athletics. by Brett Bremer Lions win a pair of events Some must suddenly give at Central Michigan Invite up sports which they love Maple Valley’s varsity girls’ track and field team had 13 top ten performances at last Wednesday’s Central Michigan Invitational. That total included a pair of championship performances. Stacey Fassett won the pole vault for the Lions, clearing 9 feet. The Lion 800-meter relay team of Lauren Pierce, Mallorie Densmore, Lizzy Stewart and Dani Christensen also won their event with a time of 1 minute 55.24 seconds. Pierce, Christensen and Stewart all had runner-up individual performances on the day. Pierce was second in the long jump at 16-3. Christensen second in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.02. Stewart was second in the 400 in 1:05.11. Pierce was also fourth in the 60-meter dash in 8.65 and Christensen eighth in the shot put with a throw of 30-3. Not too far behind Pierce in the 60 was Mallorie Densmore, who placed seventh in 8.90. Densmore also placed ninth in the 400 in 1:09.47. Densmore, Christensen and Pierce teamed with Amy Tobias for a third place finish in the 1600-meter relay in 4:39.62. Individually, Tobias placed sixth in the 800 in 2:45.11. In the distance races, the Lion 3200-meter relay team of Lauren Trumble, Erin Shoemaker, Randi Vinson and Kayla Shaw placed tenth in 11:57.10 and Kaitlin Furlong was ninth in the 3200-meter run in 13:38.6. No team scores were kept for the 23-team field. Jose Romero, Nick Thurlby and Mike Hall finished in the top eight in two individual SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org Baseball Softball Byron Center (DH) Byron Center (DH) H H Baseball Baseball Softball Softball Soccer Northpointe Christian H Northpointe Christian A Northpointe Christian H Northpointe Christian A Delton Cancelled (no team) H Golf Tennis Tennis Track Track Baseball Baseball Baseball Softball Charlotte@Hastings CC Grand Rapids Union Grand Rapids Union Portland HS Portland HS Kenowa Hills High (DH) Kenowa Hills High (DH) Lakewood (DH) Lakewood (DH) H H A A A H A A A HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule THURSDAY, APRIL 12: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity 4:00 pm Boys Varsity 4:00 pm Boys JV 4:00 pm Girls Varsity 4:00 pm Girls JV Golf Baseball Baseball Softball Softball Jamboree@Broadmoor A Delton (DH) A Delton (DH) H Delton (DH) A Delton (DH) H Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: PRECISION AUTO Congratulations SAXON WRESTLERS on a great season! OK Gold Co-Champions State Qualifiers: Steve Case, Matt Watson, and Josh Morehouse CELEBRATE THE BIB’S 7TH ANNIVERSARY STEAK & SHRIMP . . . . .$8.95 STUFFED CHICKEN . . . .$6.95 LAKE PERCH . . . . . . . . .$7.95 1 LB. KING CRAB . . . .$15.00 SELECT APPETIZERS . . . . . . .$2.95 06648943 events each for the Lion boys. The Lions finished as high as third five times at CMU, with the 800-meter relay team and 1600-meter relay team each finishing third with times of 1:39.84 and 3:42.99. The Lions’ 3200-meter relay team was sixth in 9:06.06. Hall placed third in the 3200-meter run in 10:25, and was also fifth in the 1600 in 4:55.47. Thurlby was fourth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.41 seconds, and seventh in the high jump at 5-8. His teammate Romero was fifth in the high jump at 5-8, and sixth in the 60-meter dash in 7.56. In other field events, Jeremy Riley was third for the Lions in the shot put with a throw of 44-10 and Kaleb Root third in the pole vault at 12-0. Rampage host Hastings Night this Saturday Known as one on the top 100 small towns in America, Hastings will have its opportunity to be showcased on the big stage in Michigan’s second largest city during an upcoming major league football game. The Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League has designated its April 7 game against the New York Dragons as Hastings Night. “This is a tremendous honor for our city,” Mayor Robert May said. “The Rampage’s players are top-notch athletes who are great role models for our young people. The team does a great deal to put West Michigan on the map nationally and we’re excited to be associated with the team.” Mayor May will begin the April 7 game by conducting the opening coin toss while hundreds of Hastings citizens are expected to be in attendance. Game attendees who designate themselves as Hastings residents when ordering tickets will have $5 of each ticket purchased donated to the YMCA of Barry County. Tickets can be ordered at (616) 5591871 x1. Hastings Night is part of the Rampage’s season-long commitment to the city. The team designated Hastings as one of four cities that exemplify what West Michigan is all about. Rampage quarterback Chad Salisbury will serve as the team’s ambassador to Hastings for the entire 2007 season. In late February, Salisbury signed autographs for approximately 100 fans at the area’s McDonald’s restaurant. Then, in early March, the Rampage’s Rage Dance Team performed at halftime of the Hastings High School varsity boys' basketball game. “Hastings is a sports crazy town,” Salisbury said. “I couldn’t be happier to be associated with the city through this program. The community is great and very supportive. I think they’ll be rocking Van Andel Arena on April 7.” Fans will be able to meet the players following the game as part of the post-game autograph session on the field. “This is a great opportunity for the city of Hastings to come together and show its support for West Michigan’s only major league team,” May said. “I’m looking forward to watching the Rampage beat up on the Dragons of New York.” Grand Rapids is coming off of a bye week and will see the return of Salisbury. The projected 2007 starter suffered a concussion in the Rampage's season-opening 44-42 victory over the Colorado Crush, and was forced to sit out four weeks after being placed on the team’s injured reserve list. Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light, And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville The appeals have run out. This one hurts me a little bit more than Casey striking out in Ernest Thayer’s classic poem. The sun will shine again (once it stops snowing). Bands will play here again (the Hastings Jazz Festival is next weekend). My heart wasn’t light on Monday though, when the press release from the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) landed in my e-mail folder. “East Lansing, Mich. – April 2 – The United States Supreme Court today denied a certiorari request by the Michigan High School Athletic Association in its Sports Seasons Litigation.” “The MHSAA is disappointed that the Supreme Court has decided against reviewing this case.” The MHSAA isn’t the only one who’s disappointed. I’m one of the disappointed ones right now, mostly because of how disappointed my sister is. Just after receiving the release from the MHSAA I was on the phone. My sister Shelby is a freshman at Thornapple Kellogg. This year she’s been a part of the junior varsity tennis team in the fall, the freshman volleyball team in the winter, and the freshman/junior varsity softball this spring. I haven’t had to report a death in the family or anything like that. So this was the saddest phone call I can remember making. After this announcement, she certainly won’t be getting a new softball glove for her birthday this summer. Next school year she’ll be able to try-out for the volleyball team in the fall, and the tennis team in the spring. She no longer has a sport to play in the winter. I don’t expect her to pick up a basketball or start cheering. She has to give up softball. I tried to start thinking of other examples. It didn’t take too long. Hastings junior Sam VanDenack was honorable mention all-state in soccer last spring as a sophomore. She plays volleyball and tennis as well. She likely would have been the Saxons’ number one singles player next fall. Girls’ soccer and tennis are at the same time in the spring of 2008. I don’t expect she’ll do both. In three, or four, or six years high school girls won’t have to make these choices anymore. They’ll be set in the new schedule. Girls will grow up their whole lives knowing that they can’t play softball and tennis, or golf and volleyball. I’m sure there are those girls out there that are thrilled that now they’ll be able to play golf and soccer. I had to make a choice between tennis and baseball, but I had years leading up to high school to think about that. I didn’t have to give one up my junior year. These girls in high school right now are the girls who are really being discriminated against. I don’t really believe that girls have been discriminated against in the ways that the Communities for Equity believe. What have they missed out on, some AAU tournaments? I don’t believe they’ve missed out on scholarships. The best athletes I’ve seen the last five years are playing their sports of choice in college. Lakewood’s Jesse Buche went on to George Washington to play volleyball, even though she was stuck playing volleyball in the winter. Her high school teammate Stevie Spetoskey is playing basketball at Olivet, even though she was stuck playing basketball in the fall. Hastings’Amy Ingle is headed to Ferris State University to play tennis, even though she had to play her high school matches in the fall. College coaches somehow still noticed their talents. A press release from the lawyers for the Communities for Equity called this a “knock-out victory for girls”. Too bad it knocks some girls out of the sports they’ve grown to love. SPRING TIRE AND WHEEL SPECIALS Stop by & check out the 2007 American Racing Wheels. GREAT PRICES ON Cooper Tires! 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In the words of Roberts, “She is quite likely the best known and respected athletic administrator in our state at this time.” It brings great honor to the MIAAA to recognize Ms. Leinaar for her efforts in promoting educational athletics in the state of Michigan. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — Page 17 Girls’ golf team has half of its varsity line-up back by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Is the Saxons’ glass half empty, or half full? Hastings varsity girls’ golf team graduated three varsity starters last spring. That means this year’s team has a lot of youth and some inexperience. That also means that the team has three varsity starters returning from last year’s squad, which finished fifth in the O-K Gold Conference and tenth at regionals. The top returnee for the Saxons is senior Erin Fluke. Fluke was all-conference last spring in the O-K Gold Conference, and plans to continue her playing days beyond this spring season at Northwood University. She’s joined back in the starting line-up by a pair of sophomores, Katy Fluke and Kacy Hooten. Saxon head coach Bruce Krueger, in his 11th year coaching the girls, said he hopes his team can “constantly improve and have young players step up to provide supporting scores at each match.” Krueger expects those supporting scores to come from junior Stephanie Glass and freshman Paige Pumford. Returning from spring break, the Saxons don’t have much time to get ready for the OK Gold Conference season. League play opens at Broadmoor Thursday, April 12. Broadmoor is the home course of the defending conference champions from Caledonia, who look poised to take the conference crown again if they can hold off the charge of the South Christian Sailors. Caledonia finished ninth as a team at the Division 2 state finals a year ago, led by state medallist Carolyn Schaner who placed third as an individual, and is returning this year for her senior season. The Saxons will be at home on the course at Hastings Country Club, to take on Charlotte next Wednesday in the opening round of the season. Hastings will host the last of six O-K Gold Conference jamborees this season, May 3. Hastings girls’ soccer team has some great leaders back The 2007 Hastings’ girls’ golf team. Team members are (front from left) coach Stan Kirkendall, coach Bruce Krueger, (back) Stephanie Glass, Chelsey Snyder, Megan DelCotto, Kacy Anderson, Taylor Hammond, Ashleigh Holley, Jessica Kaczmarczyk, Erin Fluke, Emma Pennington, Nicole Frantz, Katy Fluke, Paige Pumford, Barbara Buehler, and Kacy Hooten. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The 2007 Hastings’ varsity girls’ soccer team. Team members are (front from left) Brittany Howell, Emily Doherty, (second row) manager Emma Morey, Becky Davis, Ashley Eerdmans, Alex deGoa, Sara Dunkelberger, Ali Howell, Brianna Girrbach, Thea Ulhaud, Jacqui Northrop, head coach Sarah Derrico, (back) manager Dani Meredith, Manone Brugemann, Molly Wallace, Eli Devroy, Sam VanDenack, Linda Luebcke, Ashley Maurer, Dana Shilling, Natalie Knorp, and coach Sarah Morey. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Saxons varsity girls’ soccer team has its sights set on a very successful season. Hastings opened with a lopsided victory over Maple Valley March 21, and played in a couple scrimmages before spring break. They open post-break play a week from Friday at Forest Hills Northern. “We’ll see what the season brings,” said Saxon head coach Sarah Derrico. “The girls and us coaching staff are looking forward to this season. We saw some glimmer in the girls’ eyes while at a recent super scrimmage playing Paw Paw. They were excited when they walked off the field and so were we. “And usually it only gets better as the year goes on.” Getting better will be key with many young players, but with the leadership that the team has it shouldn’t take too long to adjust. The list of returnees includes junior midfielder Sam VanDenack and senior midfielders Natalie Knorp and Dana Shilling, junior defender Elie Devroy, junior goalkeeper Brittany Howell and senior defender Molly Wallace. VanDenack scored 15 goals and had nine assists last year while earning all-conference, all-district, all-regional, and an honorable mention all-state nod. Knorp was named the team MVP for the third consecutive season, as well as earning all-conference and all district honors. Devroy, Wallace and Howell will provide solid leadership along the back line. “This group of girls has been playing together for several years and has finally started to mold together,” Derrico said. “It has been fun watching so far this year the talent and abilities this team has for being a fairly young team.” Sophomore Emily Doherty will share time in goal with Howell. Junior Breanne Girrbach looks to strengthen the Saxons’ defensive unit, while juniors Becky Davis and Ashley Maurer will provide some offensive firepower. “We have several versatile players that can play any position which makes it nice to be able to use them in any position,” Derrico said. “We have two solid goalkeepers this year which always helps. Both are proving to be solid in net for us so far.” The remaining part of the team will prove to be solid players and will only help create a well rounded team. The team opens conference action at Caledonia April 16. In between that contest and the one with Forest Hills Northern, the Saxons head to Eaton Rapids Saturday April 14. Forty athletes look to bring success to Saxon girl’s track by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Many times the a big key to building a successful athletic program is getting interest built up in that program. There are a lot of girls ready to run, throw, jump and vault for the Saxons this spring. A year ago the team boasted 31 athletes. This season that number is up to 40. Many of them are young and inexperienced, but that hasn’t discouraged the Saxons from setting their sights high. The varsity girls’ team finished 0-6, at the bottom of the O-K Gold Conference a year ago. Head coach Brian Teed is hoping to see his girls win as many as three meets in the league this year. It won’t be easy. South Christian and Caledonia will be tough again. Hamilton, Wayland and Thornapple Kellogg all have strong traditions in track and field. The Saxons this year mix their experience and youth throughout the line-up. Senior Kristina Dobbin is back to run the hurdles and sprints for the Saxons. Seniors Alyssa Case and Tiffany Edwards are back to run the distance races. Juniors Nichole Moser and Katie Sutherland look to continue to improve in the throws. Sophomore Molly Smith also returns in the middle distance races, and sophomore Stacy Slaughter will be back at the high jump pit. A handful of seniors, out for the first time, and a good group of juniors provide some talent and lots of depth. Senior Amanda Welch will look to help the throwers score points, senior Kayla Angeletti joins the middle distance crew, and senior Lacie Hughes will attempt to score for the Saxons at the pole vault pit where then senior DeAnna Hill set a new school record of 8-6 at the end of last season. Freshmen Lauren Anderson and Katie Ponsetto look to bring their cross country skills to the track in the middle distance races this year. Freshmen Heather Cady, Jessica Czinder and Jessica Lee will have spots in the sprints, hurdles and/or the jumps. Teed hopes not only to establish his team’s depth this season, but to also “teach self-confidence and a life skill that the athlete will be able to turn to throughout life.” The Hastings’ girls visit Portland when they return from spring break next Wednesday, then host the Hastings Relays Saturday April 14. The O-K Gold Conference season begins April 17 at Caledonia. The 2007 Hastings’ varsity girls’ track and field team. Team members are (front from left) Ashley Boomer, L’oreal Desgranges, Kimberly Beck, Ashley Higgins, Kate Dobbin, Alyssa Case, Kristina Dobbin, Sara Archambeau, Molly Smith, Alyssa Thornton, Jessica Czinder, Brittney Cowles, Lauren Anderson, (second row) head coach Brian Teed, coach Paul Fulmer, Mandy Buehler, Katie Ponsetto, Kayla Huver, Brittany Hartman, Cassie Britton, Sarah Olson, Lindsey Azevedo, Nichole Moser, Stacy Slaughter, Kylie Standler, Jyssica Blantz, coach Jamie Dixon, coach Marty Buehler, (back) Cassi Lydy, Rachel Stephens, Jessica Lee, Becky Mikolajczyk, Amanda Welch, Katie Sutherland, Brittany Hickey, Tiffany Edwards, Kayla Angeletti, Heather Cady, and Lacie Hughes. 02667948 02667665 �Page 18 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons hope to be in the mix for Gold title again Hastings varsity baseball team has been on a roll to start each of the last two seasons. The Saxons look to improve upon their last two seasons as they approach the 2007 campaign. In 2005 and 2006 the Saxons were in contention for an O-K Gold title toward the end of the season, but faltered down the stretch. Head coach Marsh Evans said that “returning to a twenty-win season from 2004 may be a possibility this year, but the team’s main emphasis will be to improve with each game.” This season the Saxons will play two weeks of non-conference opponents before entering league play in the always tough O-K Gold, which this year features a new scheduling format. Teams will play a three-game series during the week rather than a roundrobin approach as in the past. The Saxons open conference play with a double header at Caledonia, home of the defending conference champions, on Tuesday April 17. Two days later, April 19, the Saxons will host Caledonia for one game. Byron Center looks to be the top pick of the conference this year with Caledonia, Hamilton and Middleville returning many veterans. Hastings looks to be competitive in each game and hopes that in a balanced league teams will be in the race up to the end Byron Center returns much of their team from a year ago that finished behind Caledonia in the title chase, but Evans said “within the league, any team can beat you. There is more balance this year and teams like South Christian, Wayland, Middleville, as well as Hastings should be competitive game in and game out.” Matt Teunessen begins his third year on the varsity, after hitting over .300 in each of the past two seasons while slugging eight home runs and driving in over 50 runs. Teunessen will play center field and take his turn in the pitching rotation. Jon Garrett, short-stop and pitcher, hit close to .400 last season leading the team in hits with 32. Garrett’s earned run average was 3.33 over six games. Ken Taylor, infielder/pitcher, broke into the starting line-up last season and will again anchor the infield. Taylor hit .379 in twenty games last season and displayed a solid glove. He’ll be joined in the infield by Justin Carroll, at second base, who will also return for his senior season and provides strong leadership abilities along with his baseball skills. A trio of juniors begin their second year on the varsity as well, A.J. Tassos (catcher/pitcher), Kyle McNerny (infielder/pitcher), and Ricky Mathis (outfielder). Tassos was one of eight Saxons to record over 20 hits last season and played in 31 games, primarily as a catcher. Mathis hit .324 and stole 11 bases as a sophomore and McNerny was a regular in the pitching rotation last year, throwing a no-hitter against Fennville at the end of season. First-year players include John Feldpausch (infield), Corey Engle (outfielder), Rob Cady (infielder, catcher, pitcher), Jon Mahmet (infielder), Dylan Cuddahee (first-base, pitcher), David Kendall (outfielder), Rob Hamel (pitcher), Scott Wilson (infielder, pitcher) and Carson Letot (first-base). The Saxons opened the season last week with a double-header sweep of Maple Valley and a loss to Plainwell. Hastings returns to action next Tuesday, at home against Northpointe Christian, then has double headers next Wednesday against Kenowa Hills and Thursday at Delton Kellogg. Saxon Sports Shorts JV Baseball The Hastings junior varsity baseball team won two games last Thursday to open the season against Maple Valley. The Saxons took game one 18-0 as Trent Brisboe threw a no-hitter while striking out 11 batters. Brisboe also had two doubles and five RBI. Other leading hitters for the Saxons were Greg Heath and Tyler Kalmink with a double, single and three RBI each, Branden Courtney with two singles, and Trevor Heacock and Brad Hayden with a single each. In game two, The Saxons won 18-2. Courtney picked up the win allowing just three hits and one earned run while striking out 11 in four innings. Courtney also had a double to help his cause. Heath had a triple, a single and three RBI. Hayden had two doubles a single and four RBI. Brisboe had a double, a single and two RBI. Chris DeVries added two singles and two RBI for the Saxons, while Robert Cathcart and Andrew Bolten had a single each. Saxons playing KCC softball Hastings grads Kaitlyn Kurr and Katie Kendall are doing all they can to help out the Kellogg Community College softball team this spring. In a double header against Jackson Community College last Friday, Kurr was one of two at the plate in game one while also coming on to pitch in relief. In game two, Kurr pitched 4.33 innings allowing four hits and no earned runs. Jackson was able to push across three unearned runs during her appearance however. Kendall had a triple, a walk, and three RBI in the game two loss. Jackson won game one 6-4 and game two 6-3. KCC picked up its first conference wins of the season last Sunday, topping Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3-2 and 5-4. Kendall had a single and RBI in game one. In game two she contributed an double and an RBI. Kurr had a single in game two as well. The 2007 Hastings varsity boys’ baseball team. Team members are (front from left) batboy Nathan Hobert, Scott Wilson, Robert Hamel, John Feldpausch, Rob Cody, Ricky Mathis, Justin Carroll, David Kendall, Corey Engle, (back) assistant coach Jack Hobert, Shane Griffith, J.D. Garrett, Matt Teunessen, Ken Taylor, Kyle McNerny, Carson Letot, A.J. Tassos, Dylan Cuddahee, Jon Mahmet, and head coach Marsh Evans. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxon tennis has ten return, but not a senior in the bunch by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Having ten returnees on a varsity tennis line-up might sound like a great start to a season. It could be for the Saxons, but many of those players still need to learn what it takes to win. Hastings finished last season with an 0-8 record, and was seventh in the O-K Gold Conference. Of the ten returnees, none have played more than two years of high school tennis. There are no seniors among the 24 athletes out for the team. “Even though we have many returners, we are young and many players are stepping up into much more competitive positions,” said Hastings head coach Rich Pohja, who is starting is 14th season coaching the Saxons boys. One of the biggest jumps will be made by junior Eric Treadwell, who is moving up from fourth singles to the number one position this year. Juniors Chris White and Jon Peurach both played doubles a year ago, and were battling in the preseason to decide who would play number two singles and who would be at number three. Another pair of juniors, Justin von der Hoff and Eric Haney were in competition for the fourth singles slot. Tom Newton, Jordan Rambin, Cameron Womach, and Tim Lewis will make up the top two doubles flights. Also seeing varsity competition will be Thomas McKinney, Patrick Gillespie and Jon Olin. Clay Raymond, a sophomore transfer student, will push the doubles players and has a chance to crack the singles line-up. “Our goal this season will be to get some wins and confidence,” said Pohja. Not only confidence for the rest of this season, but for future seasons. “Although we have no seniors this year, the good news is we should have a full team returning next season,” Pohja added. The Saxons will be at home for the first time this season next Wednesday, when they take on Grand Rapids Union. Hastings opens O-K Gold Conference play against the defending league champions from Caledonia, on the road Tuesday April 17. Plainwell scores final five runs to knock off Hastings The Saxon varsity baseball team fell for the first time this season, 10-5 last Wednesday at Plainwell. Plainwell broke open a 5-5 game with a three-run fifth inning and then added two more runs in the sixth to close out the win. The Saxons were victimized by seven errors which led to four un-earned runs for Plainwell. The Saxons got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning taking advantage of a pair of singles, three walks and aggres- sive base-running. Kyle McNerny had the big hit in the inning, driving in a pair of runs. After a scoreless second, the Saxons scored twice more in the third as Matt Teunessen reached on an error then scored, and A.J. Tassos reached on a base hit and scored as well. The Saxons would not threaten again until the top half of the seventh when Dylan See BASEBALL, next page BRIAN’S TIRE & SERVICE DREISBACH PONTIAC, OLDS, GMC TRUCK 235 S. Jefferson, Hastings 328 N. Michigan, Hastings 945-9549 948-8000 AFFORDABLE ASPHALT 948-2061 MacLEOD CHIROPRACTIC STATE FARM INSURANCE Tal Gearhart Agency 825 S, Hanover St, Hastings COLEMAN AGENCY 312 E. Court, Hastings PERFORMANCE PLUS QUICK LUBE 430 W. 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Senior Bradan King is also strong over short distances, but does his best work as a hurdler. Fulmer said he also expects freshman Chase DelCotto to have a fine season running sprints. While the sprints are going on, the Saxon shot put and discus throwers will be off doing their thing. How they will do is one of the Saxons’ biggest questions of the season. Many are young and/or inexperienced. Junior Josh Morehouse leads the group, which will get a boost from Josh Welch and Justin Jevicks. Also in the field events, Fulmer expects good things from freshmen high jumpers Jon Giesler and Darrell Slaughter. Returning along with sprinters Burgdorf and King is a good group of distance runners which helped the Saxon boys’ cross country team show solid improvements during the fall season, led by Ryan Bosma, Tyler Lancaster and A.J. Singleterry. The Saxons were 4-5 in dual meets a year ago and would like to improve on that. “We hope to be in the top three of a very competitive O-K Gold Conference,” Fulmer said. It won’t be easy to crack that top three, with the returning champs from Caledonia leading the way followed by strong squads from Wayland and Hamilton. The Saxons meet the defending league champion Fighting Scots in their first conference dual, on Tuesday April 17. Hastings will have a couple tune-up meets following spring break to prepare. The Saxons visit Portland next Wednesday, then will host the Hastings Relays on Saturday April 14. The 2007 Hastings’ varsity boys’ track and field team. Team members are (front from left) Alex Kimble, Matt Donnini, Greg Woodmansee, Mason Trumble, Bradan King, Josh Jevicks, Nathan Ford, Josh Wymer, Nathan Cogger, John Northrup, Dane Schils, Travis Moore, (second row) coach Brian Teed, Jason Makley, Troy Dailey, Nick Eaton, Seth Haines, Robert Parish, Matt Schild, Steven Franson, Nick Shuster, Elliot Anderson, Kelcey Edwards, A.J. Singleterry, Bradon Roberts, coach Jamie Dixon, (third row) head coach Paul Fulmer, Chris Campbell, Jesse Ellwood, Jeremy Rodgers, Tyler Lancaster, Justin Jevicks, Jon Giesler, Wes Semler, Spencer Gillons, Jason Heinrich, Zach Bolthouse, Marshall White, Ryan Bosma, coach Marty Buehler, (back) Kevin Armstrong, Josh Welch, Eric Duits, Darrell Slaughter, Seth Noteboom, Chase DelCotto, Brandon Bower, Josh Morehouse, Clifton Daris, Nate Hodges, Jake Stockham, Colby Wilcox, Phil VanZyl, and Ryan Burgdorf. Missing from photo are Jason Cool, Paul Fruin, Randy Henry, David Madsen and Britton Olson. Saxon softball must replace 8 starters Lakewood defenders Emily O’Rielly (left) and Libby Lydy (right) try to squeeze an Everett attacker from the ball, while teammate Kaitlin Seese (4) looks on from the corner Thursday. Viking girls keep foes scoreless It took some time, but the Lakewood girls’ shots finally began to find the back of the net Thursday. Lakewood’s varsity girls’ soccer team traveled to take on Lansing Everett and scored a 4-0 victory, outshooting the host Vikings 164 in the process. After outshooting Everett 7-2 in the opening half, the game was still tied at 0-0. “Even though we controlled the play and action we just couldn’t get one past the Everett goal keeper,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales. The second half was a different story. Lakewood’s first goal came off the foot of Kayla Durham who received a long pass from teammate Whitney Holaski, which cleared the Everett defense leaving Durham with a one-on-one against the Everett keeper. Holaski then assisted Ashley Durham on the Vikings second goal, sneaking a pass through in front of the Everett net. Ashley Durham got the assist on Lakewood’s next goal, finding teammate Alyssa Grooters who sent in a nice shot. Janie O’Donnell converted on a direct kick deep inside Everett territory for the final tally of the contest. Lacey Chase earned the shut out in goal for Lakewood, making four saves. The Vikings also held Maple Valley scoreless for more than 20 minutes last week Tuesday, before the game was delayed due to lightning and never resumed. Lakewood led 1-0 at that point. The game with the Lions will be resumed where it left off on May 11. The Vikings return to action after spring break with the Belding Redskins coming to town April 12. They then travel to Charlotte April 13. 945-1749 WHITE’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 131 W. State St, Hastings 945-3967 BROWN’S CARPET ONE & CUSTOM INTERIORS 221 N. Industrial Park, Hastings Cuddahee and Corey Engle reached on base hits, but the hits would not produce any runs. The Saxons ended with five hits for the game. McNerny, Garrett, Tassos, Cuddahee and Engle all had base hits. McNerny (0-1) started and took the loss. He was followed by Rob Hamel who had four strike outs, and then Tassos. The Saxons resume their schedule on Tuesday hosting NorthPointe Christian, then home again on Wednesday for a pair against Kenowa Hills. Next Thursday, the Saxons travel to Delton for anther double-header. The BANNER Lakewood fullback Danielle Palmer clears the ball out of her team’s end of the field Thursday at Lansing Everett. “Safe & Sound Since 1886” 150 W. Court St, Hastings 945-2401 To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 GOLE DENTAL GROUP Dr. Daniel Gole ~ Dr. Jason D. Gole Dr. Philip D. Gole 121 W. 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Hastings will be at home next Tuesday to take on NorthPointe Christian, then wraps up the non-conference schedule to start the season with a double header at Delton Kellogg Thursday April 12. MILLER REAL ESTATE 945-2479 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. addition of junior first baseman/pitcher Cali Carpenter, sophomore third baseman Sara Bolo, sophomore catcher Brenna Leedy, and sophomore center fielder Jen Ratliff. All three sophomores will be in the starting line-up this season. Assistant coach Griggs said that “although we are young and inexperienced, our players are very dedicated and very hard working.” It will take a lot of hard work to compete in the tough O-K Gold Conference. Wayland, the defending conference and state champions, will lead the way. Caledonia also has a number of players back from their team with won more than 20 games in 2006. The Saxons open the O-K Gold Conference BASEBALL, continued from previous page HASTINGS CITY BANK 1009 W. Green St, Hastings by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings has one new head coach this fall, among the seven varsity sports. He’s not new to coaching high school athletes, or new to the game of softball. Dennis Redman is taking over the varsity softball program. He has some help that has lots of experience with the program in assistant coaches Doug Griggs and George Williams. There isn’t much experience on the field though. The Saxons lost eight starters to graduation last spring, meaning that it will be an almost entirely new team on the field this year. Jen Bishop played first base a year ago, and will move over to short stop this year. She’s joined by fellow returnees senior second baseman Nikki Meade, senior outfielder Amanda Clark, and senior pitcher/first baseman Erica Swartz. Those are the only four players back from last year’s team. Swartz posted a record of 9-4 hurling for the Saxons a season ago. As a team, the Saxons were 17-16 a year ago. This year’s roster will be helped out by the Quality Printers & Publishers 1351 N. M-43 Hwy, Hastings 945-9554 KEVIN’S DRAPERIS & FINE FURNITURE 620 tanner Lake Rd. Hastings 945-4177 THE HASTINGS BANNER Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 1351 N. M-43 Hwy, Hastings 945-9554 �Page 20 — Thursday, April 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Two oil barrels found leaking into stream in Johnstown Township by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Two barrels of oil were found leaking into a creek in Johnstown Township Tuesday after four barrels had been dumped there two days prior. Officials are seeking the people responsible for the environmental spoilage and would appreciate any available information regarding the matter. The oil, along with several bags of garbage, was dumped on the Barry County side of Baseline Road, which straddles the Calhoun County line. The neighbors who found the barrels said they had noticed them several days before, but thought they were empty. The call was made to 911 Central Dispatch Tuesday night, and Young’s Environmental Company of Bedford cleaned up the oil and took it to the Johnstown Township Fire Department. Barry County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Yarger said the oil was removed and then containment booms were put in place to keep the oil from spreading. The contaminated soil will need to be removed, and when the soil test results get back, it will be determined where the soil will be taken for disposal. Yarger said he hopes the digging begins by Friday, and that the Department of Environmental Quality has been contacted and is working with county officials. Jerry Vanderveen, who lives on Baseline Road, said he has noticed trash in the area before. “This is not the first time that’s happened at this location,” he said. “It’s really sad that it’s come to that.” Johnstown Township Supervisor Bob Mack also said the township has had problems with people dumping trash in that location. “We’ve had problems in that area before with other things,” he said. “It’s a good place for a dump.” Both Vanderveen and Mack said that because the area is in a valley on an unpaved portion of road, it is not a highly traveled or easily visible area. Vanderveen said there are many bags of trash and tires there now. “We’ve been battling this situation down here for quite a few years now with people dumping stuff off,” he said. Last year, another Baseline Road neighbor and his Cub Scout troop picked up the trash throughout the area. By the time they were done, they had accumulated more than a trailer full of garbage, including a washing machine. Vanderveen mentioned that he wonders if people dump their trash in that location because they feel that the cost of taking it to a dump is too expensive. He also said he would like to see a sign go in stating that those caught dumping will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Vanderveen said that he wants to see the mess completely cleaned up, and that he wants to bring this to the attention of people at the Johnstown Township meetings. Barry County Commission Jeff VanNortwick said he would like to work with other officials to make people more aware of the problem of dumping and keeping up environmental quality. “We’re going to start brainstorming some plans to help people fight this,” he said. “Everybody’s incensed, and certainly I’m incensed by the disregard for everybody’s health and safety and the health and safety of the environment.” The oil was dumped within 50 yards of a brook on the Halbert Dairy Farm’s property. “It’s going to be an on-going process,” said VanNortwick of fighting the dumping that goes on in the area. “My goal is to work with Planning and Zoning and see what ordinances are out there that we can enforce.” Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick stands with the barrels of oil that were dumped on the roadside in Johnstown Township. VanNortwick also said that he plans to work with Calhoun County Commissioner for Bedford Township Mike Rae to fight the dumping in the area. He said he hopes to work with Calhoun County to prosecute those who are leaving their trash and oil on the side of the road. A clean water sign not far from the where the oil was dumped in Johnstown Township. Earth Day celebration April 21 in Middleville Jeff VanNortwick stands where 220 gallons of used oil were dumped in Johnstown Township earlier this week. The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have an Earth Day celebration in Middleville Saturday, April 21. Patricia Wilson says, “A huge grass-roots protest over the degradation of our environment 37 years ago brought about the first Earth Day (on April 22, 1970).” The Progressive Democrats plan to commemorate the efforts of more than 20 million students who protested on college campuses across the nation to bring political attention to the state of the environment. The ceremony will take place at Stagecoach Park on East Main Street in Middleville at 3 p.m. The group will celebrate the first anniversary of the planting of the “Peace Pole.” After the Earth Day festivities the group will meet at Phil’s Restaurant. Everyone can purchase their own dinner and afterward share an Earth Day birthday cake. For more information, call Jackie Schmitz at 795-7896 or e-mail her a jschmitz48@hotmail.com 77510808 Coming this Spring... Businesses in Barry County A Business & Industry Annual Publication As businesses throughout Michigan are adjusting to the state’s current economic position, the Barry County businesses are continuing to succeed. Hometown Businesses in Barry County is a special edition publication designed as an educational and informational tool to introduce new and current community members to the businesses surrounding them, both retail and industrial. 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Charles Sandro withdrew due to a family situation, and Frederick Clarke withdrew because he was appointed superintendent of Albion Public Schools. These two candidates were scheduled to be interviewed at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday, April 13. Now the only interview on that date will be John Raab at 4 p.m. Friday. Clair Dean-Rakocy, superintendent, Litchfield Community Schools will be interviewed at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 14, and Greeg Webster, superintendent, Bear Lake/Kaleva Norman Dickson school districts, will interview at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 14, and Richard Satterlee, superintendent, Pittsford Area Schools, will be interviewed at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 17. All of the interviews are open to the public and will be conducted in the multipurpose room of Hastings Middle School. Questions for the candidates will be accepted from persons in attendance at the interviews and will be asked as time permits. Symphony visit will be April 26 The Thornapple Arts Council invites those in the area curious about classical music to attend the concert by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 South M37 Highway, corner of M-37 and M-79, Hastings. The symphony will perform familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, along with pieces by Gershwin and Sousa. Tickets can be purchased in advance at (269) 945-2002 or at Barry County Lumber, Brown’s Carpet One, Bosley’s or the State Grounds Coffee House. Tickets are $15 for adults $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets will also be on sale during the Thornapple Arts Council/Felpausch Jazz Festival at Central auditorium on Saturday, April 14. This visit by the KSO is funded in part by the Sue Drummond Endowment for Arts Enrichment held at the Barry Community Foundation. Progressive Dems to have Earth Day The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have an Earth Day celebration in Middleville Saturday, April 21. Patricia Wilson says, “A huge grassroots protest over the degradation of our environment 37 years ago brought about the first Earth Day (on April 22, 1970).” The Progressive Democrats plan to commemorate the efforts of more than 20 million students who protested on college campuses across the nation to bring political attention to the state of the environment. The ceremony will take place at Stagecoach Park on East Main Street in Middleville at 3 p.m. The group will celebrate the first anniversary of the planting of the “Peace Pole.” After the Earth Day festivities the group will meet at Phil’s Restaurant. Everyone can purchase their own dinner and afterward share an Earth Day birthday cake. For more information, call Jackie Schmitz at 795-7896 or e-mail her a jschmitz48@hotmail.com See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by David T. Young Editor A legal technicality has forced a rezoning request for a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rutland Township to be sent back to the Township Planning Commission. Before a packed house divided among nearly 200 people at the Barry Expo Center Wednesday night, the action delays the retail giant’s proposal to build a 176,000-squarefoot superstore near the corner of Cook Road and Green Street, just outside the city limits. Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said outgoing Township Attorney James Porter and incoming Attorney Craig Rolfe both have expressed concerns about a provision in the local ordinance that doesn’t adequately specify length of a development in requirements for mixed used zoning. Speaking about Rutland’s zoning ordinance taking up developments with “long, uninterrupted horizontal stretches,” Rolfe maintained it lacked clarity and he asked the Planning Commission to take up the issue before the Township Board deliberates. The Planning Commission March 28 voted 5-0 against recommending township approval of the rezoning, but now will have to handle the proposal once again. Carr, noting the Planning Commission’s decision, said too many people are confused about the process and somehow think the matter has been settled. He told the huge audience the issue “still has a long way to go.” He added that regardless of personal opinions, the Township Board must make a reasoned decision that can be defensible in court if necessary. “If we hurriedly approve (or reject) this, I’m going to be digging a hole into the taxpayers’ money ill advisedly.” However, the Township Board did vote 4-3 to have its engineers, Fleis & VandenBrink, conduct a traffic study, even though Wal-Mart conducted its own under the auspices of Wade & Trim. The cost will be up to $6,500. Traffic is perhaps the biggest issue, as opponents maintain Green Street is mostly residential and is too narrow to handle the increased traffic that will result from such a retail supercenter. Some people said they don’t believe Wal-Mart’s figures because it didn’t mention traffic from Pennock Hospital, just to the east of the proposed supercenter site. Becky Baker, engineer of Wade Trim, has estimated the number of vehicles at 5,000 and the arrival of a Wal-Mart Supercenter would bring 10,000 a day. Voting against having their own study conducted were Trustee Joe Lyons, Clerk Robin Hawthorne and Treasurer Sandra Greenfield. Lyons explained, “Here we go again, (spending) township money, 6500 bucks.” He said he has every reason to believe the Wade Trim survey, handled by professional engineer Jim Renshaw, is accurate, so another survey would be a waste of public money. Voting to have the second opinion were Trustees Rob Lee, Dorothy Flint and Gary Rogers and Carr broke the tie. After voting to have the matter sent back to the Planning Commission, the floor was opened nonetheless to the audience, which showed a divided house. Roger Pashby asked the board, “If WalMart meets all of the zoning requirements, what happens then?” He suggested embracing the retail giant in the interests of economic development. However, Jo Ann Logan said, “I like WalMart and the convenience of shopping in a big box store,” but suggested the Cook RoadGreen Street location was the result of poor planning. She added, “Maybe it will add jobs at WalMart, but it will decrease jobs in downtown Hastings.” Greg Crawford, who said he came from California where he was in the radio business, charged that Wal-Mart has a history of drying up communities’ downtowns. Terry Kelch said Hastings needs to be progressive and be more open to inevitable change. He asked, “If Wal-Mart doesn’t get a superstore, where are the jobs going to go?” Sharon Sixberry, a Wal-Mart employee, said she’s lived in Hastings all her life and has seen many changes. Each time they occur, invariably there is someone who opposes it. Lauren Stineman said she’s concerned about emergency vehicles getting in and out of Pennock Hospital with the added traffic prompted by Wal-Mart. Don Button, a longtime downtown retailer, said downtown Hastings is “the hub of Barry County” and he’d like to see it preserved, but has concerns about Wal-Mart’s history of hurting small community downtown business districts. Larry Poll charged that 10 years ago when Wal-Mart came here there were predictions of gloom and doom, “But I don’t see where it’s hurt Hastings or Barry County.” He said people who now leave Hastings to shop will have a reason to stick around and buy here. Fred Jacobs maintained the traffic pattern will be changed as a result of the development and it will severely hurt the southern part of Hastings. He also contended a economic development and jobs are a lot more than simply bringing in a huge retail shopping center. Barb Lyons disagreed, saying places like Traverse City have big box retailers on the outskirts and thriving and quaint downtowns that still thrive. “We have to leave something for out children,” she maintained. Hastings Public Library Assistant Administrator Diane Hawkins stands in front of the new library in front of what will soon be the adult fiction section of the building. Through the window behind Hawkins, the new fireplace and bookshelves are visible. Hastings library to close May 5, to open at new building June 9 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The old Hastings Public Library will close at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 5, and re-open in its new location Saturday, June 9, as announced by Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer at Monday night’s City Council meeting. Library staffers will pack the old books and train on the new library systems in the week following the library’s closure, and the following week they will begin moving the books and other items to the new library location. “This is the best thing that’s ever happened to Hastings,” said Hastings Public Library Assistant Administrator Diane Hawkins. “We are so excited. We are also overwhelmed by the task that’s in front of us. It’s almost too much to think about, but we are so excited about everything.” During the time of the move, the new library will be flushed out, to remove “bad air” that would result from the construction of the new building. “The air quality should be the best we can achieve,” said Schondelmayer. “There shouldn’t be any smells from paint, carpet, adhesives or furniture when the new library opens for business.” Mulder’s Red Carpet Moving & Storage, a moving company from Kalamazoo, will be moving the library to its new location. Mulder’s was the lowest bid for the project, as well as experienced with moving libraries. To celebrate the opening of the new library, people will line up from the old location to the new and pass books through the chain of volunteers. This “book brigade” will be fol- See COUNCIL, page 3 Keith Murphy named interim director Charlton Park caretaker promoted by David T. Young Editor Keith Murphy’s work as caretaker for Charlton Park has impressed the Barry County Board of Commissioners enough that he’s been elevated to interim director. The board Tuesday morning unanimously approved Murphy’s appointment after a marathon day last week of interviewing eight candidates. He will be paid $18 per hour for 20 hours per week, though he already is putting in a lot more time than that at the park. Commissioner Keith Ferris commented, “We were very fortunate to have a lot of good candidates... I feel a lot of them will become active with the park to help mold the process.” Murphy was the last appointment last fall to the old Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission before it was dissolved earlier this year. He was serving as chairman at the time it was disbanded and was asked to be caretaker until an interim director could be hired. The former director, Dr. George W. Shannon had resigned and taken another post in Texas. Since then Murphy has more than doubled the number of entertainment events over last year’s schedule and he has worked with employees and volunteers to keep the park operating. Charlton Park, a gift to the county back in the 1960s after the death of Irving Charlton, includes a historic village, museum, beach, “Sometimes it’s (democracy) a little messy, but it’s like sausage — everybody likes to eat it, but nobody likes to see it being made.” — Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick trails, picnic areas and land adjacent to Thornapple Lake. West of Greenfield Village in Dearborn, it is regarded as the most unique park in Michigan. After the federal government cut back financial support in the mid-1980s, it went to an earmarked quarter of a mill levy, first passed in 1986 and renewed in 1996. However, the renewal and a proposal for an increase were rejected by voters in both the primary and general elections last August and November. As a result, funding for the park will dry up at the end of this year if some funding source is not found. If that happens, the interim director’s job will be eliminated and the park will have to be closed. The Barry County Board of Commissioners, in an effort to rally public support, has made changes by dissolving the old parks and rec commission and creating a Charlton Park Village and Museum Board and Barry County Parks and Recreation Board. Furthermore, the County Board has instructed Murphy to aggressively seek weekend and entertainment events such as gas and steam engine shows, arts and crafts, bluegrass festivals and a lumberjack festival. The first of nearly 20 events already scheduled will be a special Charlton Park Day, or Founder’s Day, May 26 to welcome the com- See CHARLTON, page 3 Keith Murphy �Page 2 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Four Twp. Council meeting April 19 This year’s annual meeting of the Four Township Water Resources Council will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station auditorium near Hickory Corners. Joe Johnson, chief wildlife biologist for the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, will speak on the restoration of the trumpeter swan to the Midwest. Johnson will highlight Michigan’s role in this success story. Jane Herbert, district water quality educator for Michigan State University Extension Land and Water program, will update attendees on Hydrilla; the newest aquatic invasive species threatening Michigan waterways. This invasive plant was found in a lake in 2006, just over the Indiana border. Herbert will explain how boaters and waterfront property owners can identify and report Hydrilla. Lea Tanaka, Fine Lake Association (Barry County), will share how volunteers on that lake have implemented the “Clean Boats, Clean Waters” program to slow the spread of invasive species. The Four Township Water Resources Council is a group of concerned citizens dedicated to protecting water quality in Barry and Prairieville townships in Barry County and Richland and Ross townships in Kalamazoo County. The public is invited to attend this year’s annual meeting. The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station auditorium is llocated at 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners. For more information please visit www.ftwrc.org or call 269-671-2412, extension 222. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6:00p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2007 in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. We encourage you to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. ALSO you can visit us at our new website at http://www.dkhs-alumni.org/ Gun Lake boundary meeting scheduled The State Boundary Commission will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the forum room of the Michigan Library and Historical Center in Lansing to discuss Village of Gun Lake. The proposed village incorporates territory from Martin, Wayland townships in Allegan County and Orangeville and Yankee Springs townships in Barry County. The boundary commission will look at the “legal sufficiency” of the proposed village. The Michigan Library and Historical Center is at 702 Kalamazoo St. in Lansing. Also on the docket is a discussion of annexation of territory in Brockway Township to the city of Yale in St. Clair county and a proposed incorporation of the Village of Caro in Tuscola county as a home rule city. Anyone who wants to confirm whether a docket item has been postponed or who has questions about this meeting should call 517-335-3439 before 11 a.m. on April 19. The proposed village of Gun Lake has been under discussion for several years, with different groups opposed and in support. If a village was incorporated, Gun Lake would become the second largest municipality in Barry County. Opponents have said, however, the increase in taxes would be too costly. Library planning amnesty program Hastings Public Library will be celebrating National Library Week with an amnesty program for overdue materials. Fines on any materials returned to the library from Monday, April 16, through Saturday, April 21, will be forgiven. Books may be returned in the book drop behind the library. Tapes, CDs and DVDs should be returned inside the library. The amnesty will not extend to previously existing fines. A number of volunteers are currently helping the staff prepare materials for the move to the new library. Through the amnesty the staff hopes to recover a number of missing items so they can be on the shelves when the new library opens. Business, education group plans to meet The next meeting of the Educators/Employers Steering Committee will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 19,. in the Conference Center of PennockHospital. While the entire group of local business representatives and educators meets quarterly, the committees will continue to meet monthly. Director Marjorie Haas says, “We are making progress in the WorkKeys area with the WIRED project.” Anyone who would like to become part of that project may contact Val Eavey at Michigan Works! 945-9545, extension 140 or veavy@barryisd.org Job shadowing programs in Barry County are making progress. Haas invites any company interested having a high school junior or senior job shadow an employee, should contact the group. Cochair persons of the job shadow committee are: Denise Fairbrother (Viking Corp.) and Michelle Skedgell (Pierce Cedar Creek). More plans are in the works and Haas can be contacted at 269-758-3361. Blood drive set at Mulberry Fore The American Red Cross will have a blood drive from 1 to 6:45 p.m. today (Thursday, April 12) at Mulberry Gardens Restaurant and banquet facility in Nashville. The name of each donor will be entered into a drawing for a Detroit Tiger baseball ticket package that includes six tickets plus. There also will be other drawings for gifts ranging from two-liter bottles of soda to pizza, or nine holes of golf with use of a cart. In addition, a volunteer will be providing chocolate no-bake cookies and Mulberry Gardens will also supply cookies. Last but not least, donors will get a card from MOOville Creamery, “Give a pint, get a pint.” “Come donate and we’ll treat you right,” said Nashville Red Cross blood drive coordinator Doreen Dean. Donors must be 17 years of age or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in reasonably good health. The American Red Cross is urging all eligible blood donors to keep or make appointments to give blood or platelets in the next two weeks. Chess tournament slated for April 21 The King’s and Queen’s chess tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School in Middleville. This will be an unrated tournament open to students in grades K-8. Participation ribbons will be given to all players. Students will play at their own grade level. The registration table opens at 8:30 a.m. The first round will begin at 10. Players, grades 4-8, need to bring boards and sets (clocks are optional.) Each round is limited to one hour. Pre-registration is $10 and on-site registration is $15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The tournament director reserves the right to turn away anyone who is not in the registration line by 9:30 a.m. Concessions will be available on site from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The TK Chess Store also will be open. An awards ceremony and trophy presentation will take place following the last round. Registration forms and entry fee should be received by April 13. Forms should be mailed to Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Attn.: Chess Tournament, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, MI 49333. Make checks payable to: TK Schools. For more information, call 269-7955522. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Let’s mark April 15 as Tax Pride Day by Karen Kraut Minuteman Media As Americans get ready to pay their taxes this month, we ought to declare April 15 “Tax Pride Day.” In the face of all the greed and laying up of treasure going on all around us in our consumerist society, let’s celebrate those who want a good government that provides all citizens with opportunity and essential services. Our taxes pay for such a government. Why not celebrate the shared investment we all make? This would be a strong counterbalance to the people who celebrate what they call Tax Freedom Day — the day that “average” taxpayers have finished paying taxes and can now “keep” the rest of the money they make. Their point is that taxes and the government are the bad guys, something to be “free” from. In fact, the name, Tax Freedom Day, is designed to mislead taxpayers into thinking of taxes as akin to slavery, incarceration and oppression. But Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." I’m as happy as the next person to get something for nothing, but I’m realistic enough to know this rarely, if ever, happens. If we didn’t collect taxes, society would quickly descend into chaos. It’s misleading to pretend that we can starve government and still have the society we all want. What we would have instead is a society that serves only the interests of a few selfish people who already have what they need and who callously close the door before others can get the basics. We’ve seen examples of the consequences of this kind of thinking with fiascos like the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina, and the shamefully cheap treatment we’re giving our veterans. Most people in this country are not so well off or so greedy as to want government to do less of the things we all value, such as providing good schools for our kids, security for our families and nation, a clean environment, public safety and public health. We pay for these important things with our taxes and we should take pride in that. Taxes are like a potluck dinner: Everybody contributes a part of the meal and together a great feast is created for all to share. Yes, we must always be vigilant in holding government accountable for fiscal responsibility and wise spending. But we don’t need to celebrate the idea of avoiding civic responsibility, and dismissing the values most Americans hold dear. It’s true that for some, taxes can be an economic burden. But for most of us, taxes are no more oppressive than other important responsibilities in our life that we take for granted, such as working to raise a family or saving for retirement. Likewise, paying taxes to ensure that our government is funded adequately is a responsible choice that we have made. We should feel proud about it. So this year, let’s think of April 15 as Tax Pride Day. A day to remember the great country we've built together – paid for with our taxes. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Thomas Reed, 56, a part-time police officer with the Prairieville Township Police Department, was killed in a three-vehicle accident in Kentucky on Good Friday. Also killed in the accident was Reed’s wife of 27 years, Nancy. Officials are still looking for the exact cause of the accident, but Kentucky State Police say the Reeds were southbound on I65 when their vehicle crossed the median and collided with two northbound vehicles. Both Reed and his wife were pronounced dead at the scene. Six people in the two northbound vehicles survived and were treated for minor injuries. Prairieville Township Police Chief Larry Gentry said Wednesday Tom Reed had been a close friend for more than 30 years and his death is “a tragedy for everyone who knew both Tom and Nancy. “We worked together on the Battle Creek Police Department,” Gentry said. “I was a lieutenant and Tom was my sergeant. He was the one guy you knew you could count on in any situation.” Reed had retired from the Battle Creek Police Department before going to work with Gentry in Prairieville. Nancy had worked 28 years as a legal assistant to the Battle Creek City Attorney. “Theirs was a love of a lifetime,” Gentry said. “They had two great daughters and Tom has a brother, Phil, also a Battle Creek police officer. “Tom’s family was always first in his life. Always.” Gentry said Reed also had a love of flying and was a lieutenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol. “He was ready to take his examination for his commercial license,” Gentry said. “He loved to fly.” Gentry said Reed served as a firearms and taser instructor with the Prairieville Police Department and was his field training officer. “He taught in the police academies at both Kellogg Community College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College,” Gentry said, “and he was also a guest instructor at Marquette University.” Gentry said he met Reed when they were both young officers on the Battle Creek force. “We had a group of us, all single guys, who hung out,” Gentry said. “We had a racquetball club and we gave trophies and everything. “I remember when he and Nancy were married. It was one of those great love affairs and it lasted 27 years. “Tom and Nancy are going to be missed by everyone who worked with them and everyone who knew them.” The Reeds were traveling to Nashville, Tenn., to visit with Nancy’s parents, Gentry said, and then planned to continue on to Florida for a vacation. “His daughter said she had talked with them on the phone only minutes before the accident occurred,” Reed said, “and it is hard to believe she fell asleep in such a short span of time. But anything is possible, I guess.” Nancy Reed was a graduate of Siena Heights University and had previously attended Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek. Tom, born in Hastings, was a 1969 graduate of Lakewood High School. He spent two years at Kellogg Community College before graduating from Eastern Kentucky University, His college roommate at EKU is now the second in command of the Kentucky State Police. “He told me they will go over the vehicle with a fine tooth comb and try to come up with some answers,” Gentry said. “But it won’t change the fact that two great people are gone and everyone who knew them is saddened by the loss.” Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Bachman Hebble Funeral Home, 223 N. Bedford Road (M-37) in Battle Creek. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at First Assembly of God Church, 800 S. 24th St. in Battle Creek. Visitation will be held today starting at noon. The family will be present from 2 until 4 p.m. and from 6 until 8 p.m. Karen Kraut is the coordinator of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative for United for a Fair Economy. United for a Fair Economy is a Boston-based national, independent, nonpartisan organization that puts a spotlight on the dangers of growing income, wage and wealth inequality in the United States and coordinates action to reduce the gap. United for a Fair Economy -info@faireconomy.org The Cerulean Warbler will be the focus of a series of meetings this month, with Michigan Audubon Otis Sanctuary Resident Manager Tom Funke talking about the rarely seen dwelling birds rarely seen, but residents of Barry County. Five meetings Part-time Prairieville officer on birds slated dies in Kentucky traffic crash for this month April Fool weather comes a little late Everyone’s heard “April showers bring May flowers,” but Mother Nature may have gotten more than a little confused about the kind of showers. Hastings Middle School office staff members (from left) Brenda Cuddahee, Katie Winick, Darla Cady and Penny Porter brush off their cars Wednesday before driving home. Despite the odd weather throughout Michigan, this is not the first time Barry County has had snow in mid-April. According to the National Weather Service Climatological Recording Station in Hastings, there were four inches of snow April 7, 2000, and three inches of snow April 23, 2005. As of 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, five inches of snow had fallen in Hastings since 7:30 a.m. Informational meetings about Cerulean Warblers are planned for Thursday night (April 12) and four consecutive evenings (April 23-26) in Barry County. Michigan Audubon Otis Sanctuary Resident Manager Tom Funke will give a series of presentations about the Important Bird Area (IBA) program The meetings will be held: • Thursday, April 12, 7 p.m. — Thornapple Township Hall/Fire Department, 128 High St., Middleville. • Monday, April 23, 7 p.m. — Rutland Township Hall 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. • Tuesday, April 24, 7 p.m. — Orangeville Township Hall 7350 Lindsey, Plainwell. • Wednesday, April 25, 7 p.m. — Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs, Middleville. • Thursday, April 26, 6:30 p.m. — Delton Public Library, Delton. Cerulean Warblers are a canopy dwelling birds and are rarely seen. They are listed as “vulnerable” by the IUCN and they breed in Barry County. Spearheaded internationally by BirdLife International and implemented statewide by National (Audubon), the IBA is a global conservation program to protect bird habitat. Audubon works in partnership with the Kalamazoo Nature Center, Michigan Audubon and Detroit Audubon and has hired their first program coordinator, Caleb Putnam, as their first Michigan IBA Coordinator. The IBA coordinator in each state, in conjunction with ornithologists, will recommend IBAs on three levels, state, continental and global. Fifteen housing assistance slots awarded in area The Michigan IDA Partnership has awarded Housing Services 15 additional down payment assistance slots for Barry and Eaton County residents. This down payment assistance program is designed to help those who have a child under 18 (or 18 and attending high school full-time) or who are expecting a child, with income at or less than 200% of poverty, or approximately $40,000 for a family of four, to purchase a first time home. During the six month program (minimum) the participants will learn about home ownership, look at their credit issues, gain an understanding about mortgages, and save for the 3 to 1 match dollars to enable them to make their purchase. To receive the 3 to 1 match dollars the family saves up to $1,000 and then the partnership donates $3,000 at the house closing. This program originated in 2001, and to date the agency has assisted 24 households in purchasing their first home. The average mortgage was just over $100,000 meaning that the program helped leverage $2.5 million in mortgages in the region. Barry and Eaton County residents interested in purchasing a first home within the next 6 to 36 months and who meet the above requirements should contact Housing Services at 517-541-1180. HSEC is supported, in part, by the Eaton County United Way. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 3 Gun Lake Tribe starting to see light at end of tunnel for casino by David T. Young Editor The Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis is getting very close to realizing its dream of a casino in Bradley, and only a couple of hurdles need to be cleared. Two representatives from the tribe, Vice Chairman John Shagonaby and spokesman James Nye, were at a special First Friday presentation Tuesday night to talk about their progress and declining opposition. Right now, the most important hurdle to clear is the appeal of a federal judge’s favorable ruling to place 146 acres of land into trust to pave the way for a 190,000-square-foot gaming facility. Though U.S. District Judge John G. Penn last February ruled the land could be taken into trust, he agreed to allow an appeal by MichGo, one of two organized group opposing the casino. Shagonaby said though Penn is expected to rule again in the tribe’s favor, it could take until September until that issue is settled in the courts. “We’re going to win that case in appeals court, we have precedent with exactly the same case with the Pokagon Tribe in New Buffalo,” he told an audience of about two dozen at the Barry County Democratic Hall. Shagonaby said he thought it was all over March 5, but that the afternoon MichGo filed its appeal. He said the delays over more than a few years have “created a lot of frustration.” However, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, signed a 20-year compact with the tribe for a gaming license last month, saying the casino is inevitable and it’s in the state’s best interest to cut its best economic deal. She finally signed a compact left for her in 2002 by her predecessor, Republican John Engler. Under the compact, Michigan will share between 8 and 12 percent of revenues. Granholm has urged the State Legislature to approve the compact as well, but the matter hasn’t been taken up in Lansing. State Rep. Brian Calley of the 87th District has indicated he will vote for the compact for purely economic reasons, but State Senator Patricia Birkholz, one of the leaders of Gun Lake casino opposition, along with neighboring State Rep. Fulton Sheen are both likely to vote on the negative side. “If the legislature turns it down, under state law, it has 180 days to negotiate a compact, but once the land is in a trust, we can go to the federal government,” Shagonaby said. After that point, the tribe would not be required to share its revenue with the state. Also included in the compact is an exclusivity clause that prohibits and other Indian tribe in a nine-county neighboring area from starting a competing casino. This are includes Grand Rapids, Holland and Kalamazoo. Furthermore, Peter Secchia, a key leader for the other opposition group, 23 Is Enough, has resigned and has announced his intention to build a non-tribal casino in Grand Rapids, all while leading a group that has fought the casino supposedly on moral grounds. Secchia admitted that all along it’s been about economics and a casino taking away business from downtown Grand Rapids. When asked just who these opposition groups are, Nye explained MichGo started in 2000 and is led by Todd Boorsma of Byron Center. It’s a very small group, however, he suspects it has backing from anonymous sources with pockets deep enough to continue to fight in court through attorneys Warner, Norcross and Judd of Grand Rapids. Nye commented, “Some of the people claim to be morally opposed to gambling, but then they work with attorneys and lobbyists from a riverboat gambling operation like in Michigan City, Indiana. This small group of people is used as a front.” Nye added, “If not for 23 Is Enough and MichGo, this casino would be open now. We are hopeful this sad and tragic story will finally come to an end.” Shagonaby added, “It’s been a tremendous economic loss for this area.” He said the Gun Lake Casino would bring 1,800 direct jobs and 3,100 indirect jobs to the area and would provide a tremendous economic boost to a hurting West Michigan. The two tribe representatives were asked if they would lobby against Secchia’s plans for a casino in Grand Rapids. “We have no interest in opposing their project,” Shagonaby said. “They have enough opposition within their own group.” He noted 23 Is Enough Chairman Mike Jandernoa has come out against the “Secchia Casino,” but MichGo has been strangely quiet about it. In order for Grand Rapids to gain approval for a non-tribal casino, there would have to be a city-wide and a state-wide vote, just like the one held for Detroit in 2004. Nye nonetheless suggested the opposition is getting smaller and many are being seen for hypocrisy. “All these moral claims are empty and baseless,” he said, “it’s just come down as a turf war for a group that wants to control the West Michigan economy.” When asked about fears the Gun Lake Casino will be run by a Las Vegas professional outfit and the local tribe is just window dressing, Shagonaby said all tribal gaming is heavily regulated by state, tribal and federal governments. “Some people say all the money will be going to Las Vegas,” Shagonaby said. “That’s hogwash. Most of it’s staying right here.” He pointed out that Stations Casinos are heavily regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sandra Freese, in the audience, added that Fortune Magazine has rated Stations as one of the top companies and is highly regarded as an employer. She noted one impoverished area in the South saw its percentages of residents on public assistance decline from 60 to 12 percent since 1991, proving the casino shares the wealth with the community. Shagonaby said the property where the casino plans to be located in Bradley right now earns Wayland Township $30,000 in annual property tax revenue and this figure will explode into the millions of dollars under the revenue sharing plan of the compact. He added that the state also can share in gaining revenue, but “if the state chooses not to be a partner, we’ll have no choice but to work with the federal government.” Another question was about the tribe not Gun Lake Tribe spokesperson James Nye (left) and Vice Chairman John Shagonaby speak at the First Friday forum Tuesday night, which was rescheduled from Good Friday, April 6. doing business with organizations that have opposed them in the project. Shagonaby affirmed the statement, noting the disenfranchised will include the Grand Rapids and Holland chamber of commerce and their allied vendors. Shagonaby estimated the casino in the end will cost between $225 million and $260 million to be built and up and running. “We want to get reasonable financing and pay that down as soon as possible,” he said. The two men said it’s been a long and frustrating battle, but they’re beginning to see the tide turned in the tribe’s favor. Along the way, they said they have appreciated the support from many local citizens and pressure groups like the Friends of the Gun Lake Indians (FOGLI). COUNCIL, continued from page 1 lowed by a formal ceremony and open house at the new library. At this time, people will be invited in to take tours and use the new equipment. The Hastings Women’s Club and Friends of the Library will provide refreshments and act as tour guides. In other news at Monday’s meeting: • Mayor Bob May declared May 6 through 12 as Pennock Hospital Week. • Hastings Manufacturing has been granted a 60-day delay in formal action for the request for rezoning parcels at the site of its existing location. • A resolution was adopted establishing criteria for granting poverty exemptions on property taxes. • City Council members had the first reading of Ordinance 416, regarding adult business. • Marty Olsen was appointed to a position on the new Charlton Park Village and Museum Board as a resident of Hastings. • Curt Cybulski was appointed to a position on the new Charlton Park Village and Museum Board as a representative from the City Council. • A bid for the design and construction engineering services for the high pressure district water system improvements was awarded to Williams & Works for an amount not to exceed $44,594. • A bid for telemetry upgrade for well #4 was awarded to Windemuller for an amount not to exceed $12,945. • The city’s contract with Professional Code Inspections of Michigan Inc. was renewed for the period from May 1, 2007, to April 30, 2008. • A workshop for the presentation of the draft budget for the 2007/2008 fiscal year was set for 6 p.m. Monday, April 30. • Though Barry County Commissioner Don Nevins requested an opportunity to speak to the City Council, he was absent from the meeting. Hastings Mayor Bob May (center) stands with Pennock Hospital Director of Marketing, Customer Service and Pennock Family Medicine Officer Chris Jacoby and Interim CEO Carla Wilson-Neil after May’s proclamation at Monday night’s City Council meeting declaring May 6-12 Pennock Hospital Week. CHARLTON, continued from page 1 munity. Though the vote to hire Murphy was unanimous, Harland Nye said he thought the commissioners overlooked the best candidate. “I was impressed with the questions and answers in the interviews,” Nye said, “but I was disappointed in the discussion afterward, in which Doug VanderLaan’s name was never mentioned.” Nye said he was impressed with VanderLaan’s experience and business savvy, and particularly with his experience in millage campaigns in Grand Rapids. Nye added he has nothing against Murphy, but questions his experience and expertise. “He (Murphy) is a heckuva nice guy, but should he be hired to play the tuba in my band” asked Nye, a retired band director. VanNortwick later in the meeting said, “I’d like to let Harland know we sat through a lot of interviews, and democracy was there that day. Sometimes it’s a little meesy, but it’s like sausage — everybody likes to eat it, but nobody likes to see it being made.” Murphy, who later in the meeting spoke amicably with Nye and shook hands, told the board, “It’m sure it was a difficult task, that was a long day. I’ll do the best job I can do. Things are going well at the park right now.” He said a deal is being worked out with Barry County Transit for transportation to the park for May 26. However, he noted that the popular Civil War re-enactors won’t be coming back to Charlton Park this summer because they have been booked up for all of 2007. Murphy said there will be a meeting for Charlton Park volunteers at 10 a.m. this Saturday, April 14, at the park. In related business at Tuesday morning’s meeting, the board approved the appointments of Elspeth Inglis and Kraig Leathers to the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board and Ryan Taggart and Debbie Jensen to the County Parks and Rec Broad, all for three and a half year terms ending Dec. 31, 2009. Members of the Hastings Kids’ Choir will be part of the free concert Friday evening at the Second Baptist Missionary Church in Battle Creek. Battle Creek, Hastings choirs to sing in free concert Friday The Sojourner Truth Choir of Battle Creek and the Hastings Kids’ Choir will join forces for a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, April 13, at Second Baptist Missionary Church in Battle Creek. The Kids Choir, directed by Cindy Olson, will perform the traditional Quaker song “How Shall I Keep from Singing,” along with an English folk song and an AfricanAmerican spiritual. The choir will be accompanied by pianist Holly Bolthouse of the Community Music School. The Sojourner Truth Choir, directed by Pauline Norris, will perform a selection of gospel music from such artists as Byron Cage, Richard Smallwood and Kirk Franklin. The Hastings Kids Choir includes more than 60 students from grades 3 to 5 from Hastings and surrounding communities. The choir has performed at several community events, including the Barry County Fair and at the State Capitol in Lansing. This week, they will also perform at six Hastings-area elementary schools. The Sojourner Truth Choir includes students ages 7 and up from schools throughout the Battle Creek area. The choir has performed at community events, including the Kellogg Foundation 75th anniversary celebration with the Harlem Boys Choir. The choir has also performed for Governor Jennifer Granholm at the annual Governor’s Service Awards banquet in Grand Rapids. They will be the featured at the annual Community Prayer Breakfast at Kellogg Arena Tuesday, May 8. The choirs are both programs of the Music Center of South Central Michigan. Second Missionary Baptist Church is located at 485 North Washington St. For more information, call Carolyn Ballard at 963-6735 or Steve Youngs at 948-9441. The program is free of charge. A free-will offering will be collected. Members of the Sojourner Truth Choir sing out, as they will Friday evening in Battle Creek in a free concert. �Page 4 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Approving torture too close to approving genocide IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV 911 telecommunicators appreciated To the editor: The week of April 8-14 has been designated by the Congress of the United States as Public Safety Telecommunications Week in recognition of the men and women whose dedication and professionalism help keep our citizens safe. As emergency 9-1-1 professionals, they actively assist saving many lives, the apprehension of criminals and the protection of property loss on a daily basis. They serve with concern, professionalism and dedication each and every day they work. Whether through a headset, a handset or a radio microphone, they serve as the emergency services responders' support system and the voice of help that people who are injured, in danger, or In crisis hear when they dial 9-1-1. Their commitment and service touches the lives of countless people of our great county In Barry County, our 911 center serves as the initial point for our fire, police and EMS dispatch services. Personnel are expected to perform critical tasks such as receiving calls for emergency and non-emergency police, fire and EMS, collecting necessary informa- tion on location, nature of incident, status and dispatching the appropriate services, developing and maintaining knowledge of location, nature of incident, status and dispatching the appropriate services, developing and maintaining knowledge of location of city and county roads, construction areas, landmarks, hospitals, schools, major public and private buildings, and other vital information that may impact emergency vehicle routing, answering non-emergency lines and responding to non-critical public safety Inquiries, monitoring civil defense equipment and notifying authorities of special statements and/or warnings. The Barry Central Dispatch Administrative Board and Technical Advisory Committee honors the efforts of each Barry Central telecommunicator and supervisor as vital, hard-working men and women. Their work in helping to make Barry County a safer place to live, work and visit is truly appreciated and respected. Charles D. Nystrom, Director, Ronald L. Neil, Chairman, Barry Central 911 Dispatch Gun Lake Casino won’t be ‘tax-free’ In recent weeks Gun Lake Casino opponents have said the tribe’s casino would be untaxed, thus unfair. This argument, like the others, is not based in fact. Currently, the Gun Lake Tribe is responsible for paying the host of the proposed casino, Wayland Township, $30,000 per year in property taxes. After the land is placed into federal trust the Tribe will no longer pay that tax. Instead the Tribe will pay over $3 million per year to the Township and other surrounding governmental units. Compare that to businesses owned by the very same group making the "unfair, untaxed" argument against the Tribe. Honorary Chair of 23 is Enough, Richard M. DeVos, the famed co-founder of Amway, is one of a handful of billionaires from Michigan. His Marriot hotel received a $5 million subsidy from the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority, and another $6 million subsidy from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC). The Marriot hotel was the second DeVos venture to receive MEDC funds. The first was DeVos Place convention center. By the way, the MEDC has received hundreds of millions of dollars from tribal casinos. Amway is hosted by Ada Township, which provides a subsidiary company over $97,000 in annual tax abatements. Why? Does a company with over $6.3 billion in 2006 sales really need to save a hundred thousand dollars? The chairman of 23 is Enough, Michael Jandernoa, is a board member of the Perrigo Company. Jandernoa owns over $100 million in Perrigo stock alone. Both he and Perrigo obviously have tremendous financial resources. Yet Perrigo receives over $600,000 per year in tax abatements from its host, the City of Allegan. And finally, wily tribal fighter Peter Secchia is the majority shareholder of Universal Forest Products. He moved his manufacturing operations to greener pastures – states with lower taxes! The Gun Lake Tribe does not seek tax abatements, but just the opposite. We’re ready to invest hundreds of millions into West Michigan while providing millions more in revenue to state and local governments. We’re also ready to create thousands of goodpaying jobs and purchase over $20 million worth of goods and services per year. The tribe’s revenue sharing payments will far and away exceed current taxes paid. Remember this next time you hear the bigwigs talking about taxes. Jason M. Palmer, Director of Development, Gun Lake Tribe Cuts should start with state govt. To the editor: The governor could save some money for the state by getting rid of all her extras – car, plane, helicopter, bus. It won’t affect her annual income since she lives in a our mansion for free. Maybe the representatives and senators should take a 50 percent cut in their annual incomes - its not like they work 2,080 hrs. a year or full-time. Make all state employees pay their own insurance costs, take away dental and optical coverage. Stop letting state employees drive state cars home – or trucks. Have state work four 10-hour days each weeks so buildings only need to be open four days, not five. Let the governor, representatives, and senators go paycheck to paycheck, or have to eat up their savings, or close out their 401K to survive like the rest of the state has to do because of the loss of jobs. Also – has anyone ever looked on the tags of items they buy - most all items bought in the U.S. are made in other countries. So why pick on Wal-mart? They are doing nothing different than Penneys, Sears, Macy’s, Hudson’s, Marshall-Field’s, etc. Wal-mart in Hastings has donated a lot of money and free stuff to this county. Deb James, Hastings To the editor: I sent President Bush the following e-mail on September 20, 2001: "President Bush, I am a patriot. I am a veteran. I am a husband. I am a business owner. I am a supporter of anti-terroism. “But we must be deliberate and calculating in our planning to eradicate terrorism. Most importantly, we must not, in the world’s perception become terrorists by ignoring the very principles our nation represents.” We all now know that our founding principles have been disregarded because our leaders have used torture against innocent human beings and enemy combatants. President Bush defends his policies, not mine, and hopefully not yours, by wrapping himself in Old Glory to our collective detriment. I have provided a quote below about the Vietnam War, as to why we must communicate our firm resolve to our elected leaders (president, vice-president, senators and representatives) and all other leaders in our country to right the affairs of America. "Mickey Mouse gave me one more chance to write the letter, and again I refused. In the months since my last torture, they had developed a rig, which was unknown to me, and it was the perfect answer to my ability to take pain until passing out. As soon as Mickey Mouse left the room, a guard slammed open the door, and held out a rope and a 41/2-foot pole, pointed at one end. “‘Ah, Denton,’ he shouted, grinning, ‘here is your old friend!’ Actually, the pole was new to me. “Two more guards came into the room, and the three of them began tying my wrists and lower forearms together in front of me. They forced my elbows apart and forced my knees between them, and pushed the pole through the hole created by my elbows and knees. Then they tipped me back on my spine and propped my feet on an overturned stool so that my feet were raised about a foot off the ground. “In essence, I was in the fetal position, my thighs pressed against my chest so tightly that I could hardly breathe. My body was tipped at such an angle that most of my weight was on the tip of my spine. The pole was the key to the rig. If the rig was properly tied, I would pass out eventually and fall on my side; the end of the pole would hit the floor and slide out of the rig, easing the pressure on my arms and re-storing circulation. The pain that came with the blood circulation would bring me back to consciousness; thus, the prisoner couldn’t beat the rig by passing out… “...After a period of time, pain becomes an all-encompassing entity. A fiery, blinding Devil that courses into every part of the brain until you would literally do anything to escape it. After three cycles, the rig became too much. It had driven me to the point where I would have happily committed suicide to escape it. I would have run my own mother down with a truck if the price was freedom from the pain, but I could do nothing. I felt my heart pumping mightily to force blood through my strangled limbs and hoped that it would give out. “I prayed to die. “After a total of about twelve hours in the rig, I called for the guard, who had been listening outside the door. In a matter of seconds there was the sound of excited voices as he passed the word that I had broken, and I heard several people rushing in triumph toward the cell. Among them was Mickey Mouse with pen and paper in hand. I agreed to write."(1) NOT yesterday, today or tomorrow do or will Americans have any idea what President Bush is doing in the name of security in the "black holes" he created after 9/11. Actions being taken may be worse than experienced by Admiral Denton during his imprisonment and obviously a person being tortured will tell the interrogator anything he wants to hear after the screws are tightened, which means any planning done on the basis of information obtained by torture is suspect and worthless. What went wrong with the president and Wal-Mart Superstore good for Hastings To the editor: First, let me say our home is in Hastings and we love it here. Also, I have nothing to do with Wal-Mart (other than to shop). However, I feel the community is making a huge mistake in not allowing them to open a super store in the area. In one recent negative letter to the editor of the Banner, a person said there would only be a savings of 50 cents to shop at Wal-Mart. What they neglected to say is that is per item. There are a lot of people living in Barry County who have lost jobs, live on fixed incomes, or have other money problems that makes 50 cents per item a vast difference. People are going to shop where they can get what they want or need at the best price. If that takes them to Grand Rapids, Battle Creek or Kalamazoo, it takes their monies out of Hastings and Barry County. Wal-Mart has been in Hastings for a few years now. Any harm it may have caused local businesses has already occurred. Therefore, this argument does not hold water. What surprises me the most is how at the same time, we are expected to embrace the sale of Felpausch to the Spartan Co. They are grabbing local supermarkets as fast as they can and we don't want any competition for them? I do not understand the logic of this kind of thinking. I agree with the letter writer who said it could be a good thing. Creating jobs is one of them. Keeping shoppers in Hastings is another. This is so important for Hastings and Barry County. I think it is sad when people cannot let go of the past and think of the future in a positive way. We actually need a Wal-Mart Super Store in the area. We need other large stores Public Opinion: here also (like Walgreen's). How about a shoe store? Where can you buy shoes in Hastings? I am doing more shopping on line (Internet) all the time. I would rather spend my money in Hastings, even if it means we have to grow larger as a community for this to happen! I really hope our elected officials will change their minds, and decide that Wal-Mart Super Store would be good for Hastings and Barry County. G. J. Cushman, Hastings Newborn Babies Allen Leroy Harrington, III, Hastings and Jessica Lee Coy, Hastings. Michael Clifford Byers, Bellevue and Jennifer Michelle Olmstead, Bellevue. Charles William Fetterley, Jr., Delton and Lori Anne Piper, Delton. Ricky Raymond Ramsey, Delton and Nannette Marie Baushke, Delton. John Peter Vandermeer, Hastings and Veanise Louise Davis, Hastings. Lance Michael Fliearman, Hastings and Lana Ellene Signs, Hastings. Thaddeus Jay Otto, Middleville and Jessica Brooke Davis, Middleville. Michael Ryan Wienczkowski, Middleville and Ashley Lauren McCowen, Middleville. What did you do for spring break? The week of April 1 through 8 was spring break for area schools. This week’s question to both high school and elementary school students is , “What did you do on Spring Break? vice president? Maybe the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the Justice Department is the source of their troglodyte thinking because the OLC said, "Acts must be of an extreme nature to rise to the level of torture… Physical pain amounting to torture must be equivalent in intensity to the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily functions, or even death." It is evident common sense lost out to a perverse logic created and implemented by people who qualify by definition, under the War Crimes Act that was passed into law by the U.S. Congress, as war criminals! If you believe a "Putin Lite" approach to the Long War by President Bush and others, is the right policy for America, you have relegated yourself to a group of people who believe in genocide and the end justifies the means, and may God have mercy on your soul! Assuming you don’t agree with "Putin Lite," I encourage you to forward this information to other like-minded individuals — including your elected representatives, whether like minded or not, and academic and moral leaders can serve as change agents — so that we all can work together to start the process of changing America back to the beliefs of our "Founding Fathers." Don Wiggins, Nashville (1) Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, When Hell Was In Session, (New York: Reader’s Digest Press, 1976), pp 174176. Senator Levin needs an earful from voters To the editor: U.S. Senator Carl Levin has decided to run for re-election, and I appreciate his dedicated service and “almost always good” judgement, so I wasn’t very concerned ... until now. He is a good friend of, not only the auto makers, but also auto workers, which is a big part of the life blood of Michigan. He is also one of only 23 senators who had the courage to vote against the Iraq invasion in October 2002. There’s an awful lot to like about Senator Levin. But, last Sunday, Senator Levin told ABC that if President Bush vetoes the new Iraq bill, the Senate should send him another bill without a timeline to end the occupation of Iraq. Why is Levin promising Bush a bill without real accountability? Is he totally out of touch? His constituents want us... all of us... outta there now! Levin should be standing firm with other Democrats who are asking Bush to sign a bill that will end the war. By now, we all know it was a foolish, horrible disaster based on a lot of BS. We need to clean up the mess and put it behind us as fast as possible. We’ve got way bigger fish to fry here at home. Please urge your readers to call Mr. Levin at 202-224-6221. Give your name and Michigan address (we actually do have clout, especially in an election year) Tell Senator Levin we need his leadership on the Iraq crisis: Don’t get soft now. We want a safe end to the war. Congress must play hardball with Bush. Don't cave in under pressure. Bring this conflict to a speedy end. I appreciate anyone who stops for a minute and made the call. It reminds Senator Levin that we, the people of Michigan, are the ones who really need to be represented. Karen Van Zalen, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Responses to our weekly question. John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Kendall Schut, Middleville: “We went to North Carolina on spring break. We got to play on a beach in the Outer Banks. We left when it was snowing and it was snowing when we came back.” Joshua Foote, Middleville: “I spent part of the week recuperating from being sick. During a lot of the week I also had music rehearsals for Good Friday and Easter services at the First Baptist Church in Middleville.” Tannah Adgate, Middleville: “I had fun during spring break. I stayed overnight with a friend and went shopping at a mall.” Ryley Cisler, Middleville: “During spring break I went to Craig’s Cruisers and had lots of fun. I went swimming and saw the movie ‘The Last Memsie’.” Mike Clouse, Middleville: “It was a good week to relax. I got to hang out with my friends.” Alexis Replogle, Middleville: “My family went to Disney World. We had lots of fun being together and going to the theme parks as a family.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 5 911 management needs new direction “911 Dispatch director cleared of wrongdoing” was the headline in last week's Banner front page article about investigations of alleged misconduct by director Charlie Nystrom. He may have been cleared of wrongdoing by his friends and colleagues, but I still have more than 100 pages of documents of complaints from people close to the 911 operations. After reviewing the information and several interviews with current and former employees of the department, I felt then and still do today the 911 director should be replaced. In the private sector, Mr. Nystrom’s bullying, intimidating and manipulative managerial style would cost him his job. The issue here isn't just about questionable receipts and payments or alleged changes on documents, it’s also about how Nystrom handles 911 employees, especially women. His latest example came last Thursday when he demoted a female dispatch supervisor who just happened to be someone who has raised questions about his leadership. Nystrom quickly said his action against her was based only on performance, but I refuse to accept his explanation after reviewing documents about the 911 operation. For me this shows a pattern, just like when he engineered the dismissal of Judy Wooer from the 911 Board, saying she’d served long enough, for 15 years, meanwhile ignoring Don Boysen’s same number of years on the board and having him reappointed. Inside sources told me she asked too many questions. It was just like his role in getting his friend Ron Neil, retired state police commander, appointed as the “public” representative on the 911 Board. Someone appears to be pulling strings here, and I think that someone is Charlie Nystrom. When State Police Commander Lt. Kevin McGaffigan conducted interviews with 911 employees during his investigation of Nystrom, he allowed Ron Neil, board chairman, to sit in on the interviews. There’s no way you could look at Neil’s presence as open and honest. A better word would be intimidation, and it is a conflict of interest. However, last week, when a county commissioner was asked by an employee to sit in on the discussion of her demotion, Nystrom refused to allow it. Where’s the fairness? I also have grave concerns about Nystrom’s habit of sending unsolicited e-mails and letters to public officials and citizens. We have e-mails in our possession we believe demonstrate inappropriate conduct of a public official. This 911 Board for too long has protected Nystrom by brushing aside complaints about his management style, erratic personal behavior and his excuses for poor bookkeeping procedures. If this governmental body only dealt with policy, it might not be as serious, but it handles hundreds of thousands of taxpayer funds and needs strong, effective oversight to guarantee taxpayers accountability. The makeup of the 911 Board should be cause for concern. Certain positions are required by law. It's made up of the state police commander, the county sheriff, Hastings police chief, fire chief, two township representatives, someone from the media and a citizen at large. For the most part, other than through elections, the board has remained virtually the same as when it started more than 15 years ago. But rather than continue to pore over old history and dirty laundry, I think we need to start looking forward to find a better guarantee for taxpayer accountability. Barry County taxpayers will get a chance to vote their concerns next year when the 911 millage comes up for renewal. I would maintain that before voters approve any such funding, they should insist on changes in the way the 911 Board operates. In Ionia County, members of the Board of Commissioners determined they needed more oversight with their 911 operation and made the necessary changes themselves. The 911 Board here deals with hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, so it's important to maintain proper oversight over how this money is spent. The County Board of Commissioners is the fiduciary for the 911, but maintains no direct review of the 911 budget or how money is spent. The one-mill levy for 911 consistently has been more than what’s really needed, resulting in the department sitting on a huge surplus while other programs are so poor they’re in danger of being eliminated. The only way to assure honesty in the system is for the County Board to levy the millage and the 911 Board to submit a budget that must be examined by Administrator Michael Brown and approved by the Board of Commissioners before any funds are released. The only department in county government that presently has no oversight as to how it operates is 911. It's just too much responsibility to put on the 911 Board members, and as we've seen in recent years, it’s not worth the risk when dealing with taxpayer dollars. Another issue that needs adjustment is how new members are chosen for 911 Board positions. This board should have to advertise for new members, just like all other committees in county government. Other than members required by the rules, all applicants for positions should be interviewed by the Board of Commissioners just like all other committees. Then maybe we'll get more open and honest government. It might be a good idea to have all positions term limited in order to get new faces on the board. Most of the members have been there since the 911 operation began, adding very few new faces to the mix. That alone is asking for potential problems. Any time you’re doing the peoples’ business, officials have a duty to make sure the system operates as transparently as possible. This will give the taxpayers reasonable expectations they’re getting their money’s worth. Mr. Nystrom appears to have been exonerated from any criminal charges for the time being, but the 911 Board surely hasn’t dealt with the bully mentality he uses in running this 911 operation and his penchant for seeking revenge whenever he feels threatened. It’s often said it’s not over until the fat lady sings, and in the matter of Charlie Nystrom, all I've heard is a hum. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Privatizing substitute teachers actually will be more costly To the editor: The Delton Kellogg School Board voted April 2 to have an outside company “take care" of all of the substitute teachers within the district. What may be of interest is the decision was made at a special board meeting, during the district's spring break and at an unusual time (6 p.m. versus the normal 7 o’clock, which caused one of the board members to be late due to business obligations). The likelihood of having many community members in attendance was pretty small, since there were only two innocuous items on the agenda. Professional Education Services Group, LLC (PESG) of Caledonia was contracted, beginning June 1, 2007, to be the sole provider of substitute teachers for the district on a unanimous vote, with one member absent. The superintendent announced that immediate savings to the district would amount to $8,772 for substitutes and potentially more savings if the coaching staff were included at a later date. These are tough times and every dollar counts was the reasoning for accepting the contract, despite questions from a concerned citizen. The superintendent explained that Hastings, along with Kent and Ottawa intermediate school districts, are also outsourcing (along with a significant number of other districts in West Michigan) so Delton Kellogg needs to also. This outsourcing sounds like a good idea on paper and was how the proposal was presented at the board meeting. However, after a bit of research, there are a significant number of issues that need be addressed, in detail. First, it was interesting to note none of the school board members or the superintendent knew exactly how long the impending contract was for. When a board member asked whether it was a one-year contract, a couple of minutes of shuffling paper to find that minor detail then ensued before determining that in fact it is a three-year contract. Next, budgetary numbers were made available to the board. There is a discrepancy between what the contract calls for (17.5% of last year's substitute wages), versus the board handout (calculated at 17.32% of last year's substitute wages), a difference of $196. Another area of concern is staffing cost. The district needs to quantify exactly the true cost to the district: staff hours spent dealing with substitute issues and the hourly rates of those staff members for that work. This is very important since a flat processing fee is being paid to PESG for that specific service and, if it is in fact cheaper for the district to do it, some of the public's money has been squandered for the next three years. The only true "savings" to the school district is it does not have to pay Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System (MPSERS) fees on the substitutes’ wages and potentially, coaching wages. Since PESG is not an educational institution it can legitimately avoid paying this legislatively mandated fee. This avoidance of payment hurts both the substitute teacher and the district. Since fees are paid by both the substitute and the district, the MPSERS funding is circumvented which causes overall retirement rates for the district to increase. This increases the cost to the district in the future. If a substitute goes on to make a career of teaching, then he or she has less service credit for their retirement. Should the sub not become a teacher (parents, seasonal work, etc.) then they are eligible to take their contributions out at a later date, but the school contribution remains, actually lowering the retirement cost to the district. So, by giving public money to a private enterprise the district compounds its retirement problem (and all of the others in the state of Michigan, too) by increasing the rates for their full-time employees. Providing taxpayer dollars to a private company so district rates will increase on full-time employees is a hidden, but significant cost. Penny-wise and pound-foolish is what it really is. A little bit of research on the Internet turned up some interesting tidbits concerning PESG. The company is part of a family of businesses, of which one is Benefit Advisory Group that deals with investment/retirement products. It would be reasonable to venture that a 401K or similar product will be offered to the "new" employees since they will no longer have the quality retirement benefits associated with school employment. Another "perk" for the private company at public expense. Additionally, the company is a VIP (Very Important Partner) member of the Michigan Association of School Boards (MASB). According to the MASB web site, for $600 annually, a company is able to "boost your influence on buying decisions" among school decision makers. Finally, PESG attracted national attention in the fall of 2005 when it summarily fired an office receptionist because she failed to show up for work the day after her husband deployed to Iraq. Legislators, school boards and superintendents are up in arms about the increasing costs of school retirement, but only make the issue worse by their action or inaction. This outsourcing is being done throughout our local area here in West Michigan but is only one of the contributing causes of increased retirement cost. The legislature, during good economic times, "borrowed" from the school employee's retirement fund a number of years ago when there was a major surplus and now complain about increased retirement fees. A number of superintendents come in from out of state for their last hurrah and then retire on full Michigan retirement, but have not contributed nearly what they will take out. If the retirement system needs to be changed, then legislate the change. In the meantime, don't circumvent the legitimate system that has been put into place under the guise of saving money for students and programs. In conclusion, the school district is in the process of sending correspondence to substitute teachers informing them the district is changing procedures "to benefit you!" They continue, saying substitutes will have a different employer, but the pay will remain the same and they would get one paycheck every two weeks. “Even if you had worked at several different school districts..." However, if the Delton Kellogg School district “values a substitute’s... dedication and service to our children," they have a strange way of showing it since they are cutting benefits to those same people in the name of cost savings that will never be fully realized. Larry Etter, Middleville State has leadership deficit The final accepted executive order to help balance this year’s state budget produced much less agreement than I had predicted, leaving us still $684 million in the hole. I guess by government standards it is still progress, since we started at about $950 million behind. The most disappointing part is the continued refusal of the leadership in the House of Representatives to put anything of importance up for a vote. Sure, we increased the penalties for leaving the scene of a dog bite and removed the requirement to label tomatoes that are not vine ripened. How could we possibly wonder why the people of Michigan have lost faith in the ability of their elected officials to lead through this budget mess? The governor’s tax increase proposals have been on the table for months now, and thus far the House has not even devoted one minute of floor debate to any part of it, let alone a vote. The much anticipated Senate spending cuts were sent over to the House for consideration weeks ago and yet, the House remained silent (aside from jabs through the media). Well now we know why; sort of. On Thursday, April 5, the House Democrats revealed their own plan. It does not balance the budget like the plans from the Senate and Gov. Jennifer Granholm. Instead, it buys more time. While the press conference was very, very short on details, one thing is clear: their plan looks nothing like the governor’s vision. The whole thing seems to revolve around the idea of combining this fiscal year with the coming fiscal year. You may wonder why that would be necessary. The Michigan constitution requires a balanced budget. That means that by Sept. 30 of this year, we must either increase taxes or cut expenses by $684 million. The leadership in the House of Representatives obviously does not like any of the options that are available in such short order. Therefore, they are looking at the creative avenue of combining this year’s budget with next year; pushing off the constitutional requirement of a balanced budget to Sept. 30 of 2008. It is the mother of all accounting gimmicks. Word around the State Capitol is that the both the governor and the Senate question this method of delaying the tough decisions for yet another year. While this is clearly uncharted territory, it is safe to assume that the House could not make such a change on its own. The concept is to make use of that extra time by instituting longer term cuts, reforms and tax increases. However, the record of the political arm of our state government leaves little hope that extra time would produce improved results. That is why I continue to advocate for honest up or down votes on the myriad of options already on the table. We can still consider the House Democrats’ proposals without pushing off the tough decisions for another year. Details on the Democrats’ ideas are far too sketchy at this point for me to adequately describe them, therefore, I will save that for a future column. So why propose such an option in the first place? It is no secret that the Democratic Speaker of the House and the Democratic Governor do not see eye to eye on much. It is also clear that there is little agreement among Democrats within the House of Representatives on which way to go from here. This fiscal year combo proposal pushes off the revelation of the inevitable clash within the Democratic Party. The eye-popping part of the program came with some of the spending proposals laid out by the House Democrats. While funding to local governments for police and fire protection have been slashed, they propose $100 million for redevelopment of urban cores. While teachers personally purchase materials for their classrooms and DHS employees are drowning in exploding case loads, they propose $38 million to purchase iPods for every public school student. I suppose that the new slogan for Michigan will be “An iPod in every locker.” To make matters even more interesting, the Speaker of the House revealed his intentions to introduce yet another Single Business Tax replacement plan. That will make six proposals on the table, none of which have had a vote in the House. Granholm appointee Treasurer Robert Kleine said “[the Granholm Administration] had a plan out there. We should have passed it in the House and then negotiated with the Senate. Having another Democratic plan in the mix slows the process down.” In other areas of interest, you may have heard some talk of a government shutdown in May. This is little more than Lansing political theatrics. The state owes a school aid payment on May 20, which falls on a weekend. Therefore, statute requires that payment to be made on the Friday before. A sales tax collection is also due on May 20. The issue is that when it comes to remittance of taxes, it gets pushed to the following Monday. Therefore, there is a cash flow problem over that weekend. It can be corrected with a very simple change in statute to coordinate the collections with remittances. If the governor chooses to shut down any portions of the government in May, it will be purely to make a political statement. Speaking of political statements, I am amazed by action taken this week by the Michigan State Police Troopers Association. The union actually donated $400,000 to the State of Michigan to avoid the layoff of 29 troopers. There are more than 57,000 positions in state government. There is absolutely no legitimate reason that 29 troopers would be laid off by the governor at this point, other than it grabs headlines and builds an atmosphere of crisis. They were chosen because of their high profile positions. Sadly, real people have become mere political pawns in the looming budget standoff. Since going to Lansing I have had my fill of talk. I have not had to make one single tough vote and that is a travesty. Talk is cheap — it’s time to vote. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Local ‘sobbers’ would drag U.S. down to 3rd world To the editor: If Michigan had capital punishment, it sure could be by rope. Some letter writers sure can twist a person’s thoughts into something way beyond reality. Maybe saying string or twine instead will make these pablum pukers feel better. Michael Collton, chairman of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, was his letter written on county paper I helped pay for? Also, I’d like to thank him for running to editor of the Banner to try to quell my First Amendment rights. If my letter frightened him, I’ll guarantee his letter scares the hell out of me. Callton said Jewish people came to this country to escape genocide. What that tells me is the U.S. has had some red blooded people protecting our constitution so there was a place for them to be free. They emigrated to the United States so they would not be persecuted on basis of race, religion or national origin. My God, what does that tell you? Our veteran ranks are being thinned by death but I’ll be damned if I will sit back and be slammed by any one race. Just so everyone knows, I spent 31 months in the Pacific in World War II in the U.S. Marine Corps. No, I wasn’t drafted, I enlisted. I didn’t come back home after boot-camp. It was 33 months before I came home on leave. My birthday is Aug. 14, the date in 1945 that Japan surrendered. To top it all off a small detail of us sailed on the U.S.S. Missouri from Pearl Harbor to Ulithia in January 1945. The surrender of Japan took place on her decks in 1945. If you want to stay free, maybe you should write your Senators, Levin, Boxer Lautenberg, Schumer and Feinstein and tell them to change their views on guns. If they get their way, you won’t be able to protect yourself, saying nothing of genocide. It seems that gun-control is the theme of the Democratic Party. Of course, in Barry County they run as Republicans. There are a few who stand up for their party and are proud to do so. Judge James Fisher in his letter used the word “ignorant.” Well, I was smart enough to buy a pickup from his dad. In fact, his folks were prominent political people in Barry County. Maybe he would tell about the racist place that letter writer Kristi Holm mentioned. I say it really isn’t. Just who would like to live in parts of Grand Rapids or any big city? You just wouldn’t go out. We are free to live about as free as is lawful. Another letter writer mentioned lynching. I did not. Democrat Robert Byrd (West Va.) was a K.K.K. member, but the Democrats keep him right in Washington. What gives, anyway? This writer says the Polish people need help. I served with them and they were beyond their jokes. There are 30 Jewish members in the House and 13 in the Senate. There are more Jews in See LETTER, next page �Page 6 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 8:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study; 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday - 8:45 a.m. Men’s Breakfast. Next Monday - 7:00 p.m. Trustees. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings. Next Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. Linda Carol Sanders Vercel L. Turk Alma Ruth Hetchler HASTINGS - Linda Carol Sanders, age 56, of Hastings, died at her residence on Saturday, March 24, 2007. Linda was born November 29, 1950 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Harold Kotesky Sr. and Eva Stauffer. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1968. She worked at Hastings Manufacturing for 10 years. Linda was preceded in death by her son, David Sanders, her parents, a brother Harold Kotesky Jr., three sisters, Sandra Clark, Diana Layne and Marlus Thompson. She is survived by a sister Kristine Kotesky and brother Van Stauffer both of Hastings, several nieces and nephews. She will be sadly missed. Memorials can be made to the family. Private burial services were held Saturday, March 31, 2007 at Rutland Twp. Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. CHARLOTTE, NC - Vercel L. Turk, age 84, of Charlotte, NC, Delton, MI and Deland, FL, passed away November 29, 2006. Vercel was born on August 15, 1922, in Petoskey. Preceding him in death was his beloved wife Gladys. Vercel was a veteran of the U.S. Army and when WWII ended, moved to Battle Creek, and went to work at Ralston Purina and served them until he retired. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved hunting and fishing. Vercel is survived by his daughter, Jeannette Blystone, of Charlotte, NC; grandson, James Hollister of Brunswick, OH; granddaughter, Lisa Hollister of Fort Mill, SC; two great grandsons; a sister, Patricia Oliver of Charlevoix. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Vermontville Cemetery, Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. WOODBURY - Alma Ruth Hetchler, aged 65, of Woodbury, went to with the Lord on April 5, 2007 while at Sparrow Hospital. Ruth was born June 13, 1941 in Corbin, Kentucky to Leo and Rachel (Gregory) Reynolds. She met her husband, Harry Hetchler, in North Carolina and were married on April 14, 1962 in Jelico, Tennessee. They moved back to Michigan where Harry had grown up. The happy couple was married for 44 years, and would have celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on April 14, 2007. Ruth was a beautiful, wonderful, cherished and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She loved taking care of her beloved family, attending church, fishing, and spoiling her grandchildren, C.J. Wiles and Ethan and Aidreana Childs. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Hershel Reynolds and Edward Reynolds; and sisters, Deloris Newcomb, Annette Day, and Wilma Reynolds. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Harry Hetchler; her children, Harry Lee Hetchler, Lisa Marie Hetchler, Christina Jo Childs and her husband, Jerry; foster daughter, Laura Hipsher; three wonderful grandchildren, C.J. Wiles, and Ethan and Aidreana Childs; brothers, Leon Reynolds and Kenneth (Inis) Reynolds; brothers-inlaw, Thomas, Sr. (Marilyn) Hetchler, Douglas (Nina) Hetchler, Gerald (Mary) Hetchler; sister-in-law, Delores (Dave) Henderson; mother-in-law, Ruth Stambaugh; and several wonderful nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. The funeral service was held on Monday, April 9, 2007 at the Zion Lutheran Church. Burial was in Woodland Memorial Park. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church. Arrangements were made by the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa. Edward G. Daniels HASTINGS – Mr. Edward G. Daniels, age 74, of Hastings, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 in Portage. Arrangements are pending at Wren Funeral Home (www.wren-funeral-home.com). Social News LETTER, continued from previous page Five Generations Great-Great Grandma Guila Wilder holding baby Autumn Seymour, Grandma Jackie Maiville, Mom Lori Seymour, and Great Grandma Bonnie Hoffman. Russell-Maurer Rick and Mary Russell of Marshall, Michigan are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Caitlin Russell to Josh Maurer, the son of Joe and Janet Maurer of Hastings, Michigan. Caitlin is currently attending Cornerstone University where she is pursuing a bachelors degree with a double major in Contemporary Christian Vocal Music and Vocal Music Education. Josh is seeking a bachelors degree with a double major in Youth Ministries and Bible, with a minor in music at Cornerstone University. They will be wed on June 9, 2007 at Nashville Baptist Church in Nashville, Michigan. Formans to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Congress than Episcopalians. Orthodox Jews are against involvement! The Torah forbids Jews dictating foreign policy and Judaism rejects the State of Israel. The Chinese have taken over Long Beach shipyards, both ends of the Panama Canal. They’re drilling for oil for Castro around Cuba. They are also involved in South America. Where is the Monroe Doctrine being followed? Now they are eyeing the St. Lawrence Seaway. They will get in because to expand and improve is too costly. That’s where their money becomes involved to fix, etc., therefore become partners. You may have some AK-47 rifles for Detroit or Chicago gangs. The White House has been warned, two Chinese officers quoted in Beijing newspapers, saying Panama would be an ideal launching pad for a no-limits war against the United States. Our southern border would not stop terrorism or a biological weapon from coming into the U.S. Portland, Oregon had demonstrations where they burned the American flag and also the effigy of an American soldier. What a shame, but a little show goes wild and is dangerous to all. I have a hard time figuring why. My country has been good to me, just like the rest of the people. In closing, this is out of Walter Cronkite’s mouth, so beware “A system of world government is mandatory. The proud nations someday will see the light and yield up their precious sovereignty.” Don’t let those fools drag you down to the status of a Third World nation. You have your sobbers locally who would do that very thing so you should hang tough. Donald W. Johnson, Middleville Lester Forman and Arlene Rivett were married in a candlelight ceremony on April 13, 1957 in the Zion Lutheran Church in Woodland by Rev. George Neiman. They have three children, Kirk (Cindy), Scott (Melissa), Michelle (Craig) Martzke. They have three grandchildren, Brady, Joshua and Elena. If you would like, you may send a card to 245 N. Main Street, Woodland, MI 48897. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings The BANNER 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 To subscribe, Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths call us at... 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Raffle tickets will be available at the Central auditorium and several of the venues on Friday night in an effort to offset recent cutbacks at the state level in funding support already approved for the Thornapple Arts Council. Membership information and forms also will be available at the venues. The action will get under way at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon with the TAC High School All-star Band, which will hold its first rehearsal at the Central Elementary School Auditorium. If the Steel Drum Panorama is as much fun beginning at 5 p.m. as it was last year, there will be dancing in the streets, at the Felpausch parking lot. Performing will be the Hastings and Ionia High School Steel Drum Bands and Strike Percussion of Caledonia. The music takes place under the canopy at Felpausch. Hastings City Bank will be host for the Middle School Jazz Band Jam. Hastings Middle School performs at 6 p.m., Battle Creek Lakeview Middle School at 7 and the Byron Center West Middle School at 8. High school jazz combos will be performing all over downtown. The Thornapple-Kellogg High School combo is at the Hastings Public Library at 6 p.m. Grand Rapids Central High School Jazz Combo performs at State Grounds Coffee House at 6:30 p.m. Hastings High School Jazz Combo is at Jefferson Street Gallery at 7 p.m. Wyoming Park High School Jazz Combo is at State Grounds Coffee House beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Northview High School Jazz Combo is at Jefferson Street Gallery, beginning at 8 p.m. Mark Ramsey will be performing piano jazz at White’s Photography with sets beginning at 6:15 and 7:15 p.m. Les Jazz Big Band brings its vintage big band sound to the Hastings City Bank at 9 p.m. Is You Is will bring some late night music to the Walldorf Brewpub and Bistro, beginning at 9:30 p.m. The TAC Jazz Festival continues Saturday, April 14, at Central Auditorium, as high school jazz bands perform for the judges. Observers are welcome to stop by and listen, but are asked to enter and leave the auditorium only when a band is not performing. Local jazz lover Dave Dimmers keeps the day fun for the young musicians and the audience. He shares his vast jazz knowledge with wit. The music starts with the Allegan High School Jazz Band at 10 a.m. Hastings High School Jazz Band Day performs at 10:25 a.m. Portland High School Jazz Band performs at 10:50 a.m. The Lakewood High School Jazz Band plays at 11:15 a.m. The Gull Lake High School Jazz Band performs at 11:40 a.m. The Rockford High School Jazz Band performs at 12:05 p.m. The Hastings High School Jazz Band Night goes on stage at 12:55 p.m. The Ionia High School Jazz Ensemble plays at 1:20 p.m. The Homer High School Jazz Band plays at 1:45 p.m. The Comstock Park High School Jazz Ensemble performs at 2:10 p.m. The Thornapple-Kellogg High School Jazz Band plays at 2:35 p.m. The last band to perform before the judges is the Northview High School Jazz Ensemble at 3 p.m. The TAC High School All–Star Band will hold its second rehearsal at 4 p.m. on stage at Central Auditorium in preparation for the 7:30 p.m. concert. This year the High School All-Star includes musicians from Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg and Lakewood high schools among the select performers. This year’s musicians are directed by Dave Collee and Dan Jacobs of the Truth In Jazz Orchestra. The 2007 Thornapple Arts Council/Felpausch All-Star Band includes alto 1, Michael Raley, Rockford High School , alto 2, Tara Resibig, Ionia High School, tenor 1, Henry Koperski, Northview High School, tenor 2, Jamie VanDongen, Thornapple-Kellogg High School and on the baritone saxophone, Lindsay Lucas, Comstock Park High School. Playing trumpet are Matt Summer, Portland High School, Madeline Baker, Gull Lake High School, Sarah Wenger, Thornapple-Kellogg High School, Joe Arnett, Hastings High School and Nathan Story, Allegan High School. Trombonists in the All Star band are Blake Blocker, Lakewood High School, Jerrad Navarro, Comstock Park High School, Zac Land, Gull Lake High School and Drew Hente, Homer High School. On piano is Keaton Royerfrom Northview Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Financial Tips for New Parents Jazz enthusiast David Dimmers will be a host during the festival this weekend. High School. Chris Zatzke from Thornapple Kellogg High School performs on guitar. The bass player is Roger Thompson from Comstock Park. Hastings High School’s Joe Sleevi is the drummer. “Is You Is” will be playing rhythm and blues at State Ground Coffee House from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. There will also be music at Central United Methodist from 5 to 6:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to purchase a slice of pizza and support the Community Music School during the jazz festival. The finale concert begins at 7:30 p.m. with an opening set featuring the TAC Jazz Festival High School All Star Band. The Muskegon Truth in Jazz Orchestra then will fill Central Auditorium with its own very distinctive jazz sounds. The orchestra was organized in 2003. Trombonist Dave Collee and musical director Tim Froncek lead the group. The band members come from all over west Michigan. One of the elements tying the group together, according to their web site is “the need to swing as hard as possible.” The TiJO’s repertoire spans the great bands of the past as well as music from today. Members of the TiJO are on saxophone Tom Stansell, Don Fretty, Greg Marsden, Dana Lasswell, and Dan Giacobassi. Dan Jacobs, David Schock, Dan Duncan and Matt Lintula are on trumpet. In addition to Collee, Mike McLeod, Ed Spier, and Warren Van Kampen are on trombone. Vince Leafers is on piano, Rob Hartman is on bass and guest artist John Hill is on drums. The cost of the concert is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students over the age of 12 and $5 for children 12 years old and younger accompanied by an adult. Members of the Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Committee are: Joe LaJoye, Ray Rickert, Jeff Buehl, Mark Ramsey, Maggie Buehl, Lee Christiansen, Dave McIntrye, Rich Moore, Bob Brandt and Lizanne Fehsenfeld. For more information about the 2007 TAC Jazz Festival call 945-2002 or visit the website www.thornappleartscouncil.org. The TAC Jazz Festival is held concurrently with the Smithsonian’s Jazz Appreciation Month. Jazz Appreciation Month (or JAM) is intended to draw public attention to the glories of jazz as both an historical and a living treasure. The idea is to encourage musicians, concert halls, schools, colleges, museums, libraries, and public broadcasters to offer special programs on jazz every April. In addition, JAM is intended to stimulate the current jazz scene and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz—to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and support institutional jazz programs. Many people do not fully appreciate the joys, power, and glories of jazz. JAM is an effort by those who are passionate about jazz to share it with those who are not as familiar with it. JAM will encourage people to take jazz more seriously as a vital part of America’s cultural patrimony and as a great gift to the world, as well as to have fun with it. For more information on JAM go to www.smithsonianjazz.org/jam. The Thornapple Arts Council’s mission is to enrich Barry County through Arts and Culture. To that end it provides outstanding concerts, gallery shows, youth scholarships, and works with other local and regional organizations to keep the arts alive in Barry County. TAC was founded in 1986. If you've just had a child, you are no doubt excited and happy, though you could probably use a little more sleep. And if you're like most new parents, you have big dreams for your little one. But if you're going to help make those dreams come true, you're going to need to make the right financial moves. And the best time to start is now. To begin with, you'll want to evaluate your life insurance. When you first started out in the working world and you were only looking after yourself, you probably didn't need a whole lot of insurance. After you're married, though, you'll want enough insurance to at least help your spouse pay off your mortgage. And once you have children, you'll add a new dimension to your life insurance needs, because you'll want to have enough coverage to educate your kids, and perhaps set them up in adult life. How much insurance does that take? There's no one "right" answer for everyone. You will have to consider a variety of variables, such as your spouse's income, how many children you have, what type of college - public or private - you'd like them to attend and how much you'd like to give them to begin their working lives. Beyond obtaining enough insurance, what other financial moves should you make upon the addition of a child? Consider setting up a college fund. As you may know, college has become quite expensive in recent years. In fact, for the 2006-2007 school year, it costs, on average, $16,357 for students attending four-year public colleges and universities, according to the College Board. If college costs were to rise five percent every year, today's newborns can expect to pay about $162,000 for four years at a public school. In short, you've got quite an incentive to save for college - early and often. In building a college fund, the earlier you start saving, the better. Fortunately, you have some attractive savings vehicles available, such as a Section 529 plan or a Coverdell Education Savings Account, both of which can offer tax-advantaged ways to save for college. To determine if these plans are suitable for your needs, consult with your financial and tax advisors. In addition to a college fund, you may want to open a separate investment account for your new child. You can set up a custodial account as established by either the Uniform Gift to Minors Act (UGMA) or the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA). In an UGMA or UTMA account, the first $850 of annual investment income is tax-free to a child under 14, and the next $850 is taxed at the child's rate. Any amount over $1,700 will be taxed at your rate. Keep in mind, though, that once you make a gift to your child, it is "irrevocable" - which means you no longer have any legal access to, or authority over, the funds. Before proceeding with an UGMA or UTMA account, make sure to consult with your tax advisor. When you have new children, you have a lot to think about. Just make sure one of the Yankee Springs Plan Commission meeting prompts chair’s concern Yankee Springs Township Planning Commission Chairwoman Cathy Strickland told her colleagues their special meeting Thursday night was irregular because it wasn’t posted in the local newspaper. The new chair opened the April 5 work session by reading a statement about the need to list special meeting dates to make all meetings accessible to the public. She said she was concerned that while the special meeting called for April 5 was posted on the exterior bulletin board, as required by law, no public notice was printed in local newspapers, and this violates the “spirit” of the Open Meetings Act. In her statement she said, “I want to make it perfectly clear tonight that even though the rationale behind this decision not to publish may have been made with good, but misguided intentions, I will not tolerate the exclusion of any person from our public meetings, no matter how inconvenient or process slowing their rightful participation is perceived by others. It is their right to be heard and our privilege to hear from them.” She pledged that no special meetings would be held without appropriate notices published in the local newspaper, unless there is a truly bona fide emergency reason for a special meeting of the commission. She said public comment is welcome, but asked comments to be limited to a reasonable time and to not be repetitive. After she made her statement, resident John Rough said that it was never his intention to just be a “troublemaker” and that “everyone has the right to be heard.” For the past several years, the Planning Commission had been meeting twice a month. The meeting on the first Thursday of the month was set to be a work session where members could bring their concerns and ideas about planning and discuss with each other and their consultant, Greg Milliken, who is the township planner. Then the regular meeting would be held on the third Thursday of the month would include action items to be voted on. This year, when the township worked on the budget, it was decided to cut back to one meeting a month. At the March Planning Commission meeting, several of members asked for a special work session because of pressing issues, which take time to discuss. Milliken told the commission that the items listed on the agenda would take time to decide. He suggested either discussing just one issue or time limiting the discussion. The commission decided to discuss at this meeting each of the four issues for half an hour. The members of the township board are supposed to be discussing allowing the planning commission to meet in special session at their meeting scheduled for April 12. At the informal work session April 5 the Planning Commission discussed how to write resort and recreation zoning that meets the present and future needs of the township. Richard Beukema stressed that his main concern is the problem of “condoizing” resorts and possible funneling of boats onto township lakes. The commission will continue to discuss this issue and then give guidance to Milliken about what they need. They hope to continue the discussion at their April 19 meeting. The commission and planner also looked at requirements for out buildings. They have looked at some ordinances from nearby communities and planner Milliken will try to create one that is appropriate for Yankee Springs. The Yankee Springs Planning Commission also is looking at revising condominium regulations and setting reasonable commercial zoning setbacks on M-179 and Patterson Road. Commissioner Frank Fiala mentioned that he would like if the Township Board approves allowing the Planning Commission to hold work sessions, he would like to have these be only work sessions. In the past occasionally these work sessions could become the dates of public hearings or even for action items. The next regular meeting of the Yankee Springs Planning Commission is on Thursday, April 19, at 7 p.m. LifeLine Screenings reduce stroke risks Residents living in and around the Hastings community can be screened to reduce their risks of having a stroke by taking part in Life Line Screenings, which will be offered Tuesday, May 1, starting at 9 a.m. at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. A stroke, also known as a "brain attack," is ranked as the third leading killer in the world, and the second among women. Through preventive screenings, the risk of having a stroke can be greatly reduced. Screenings are fast, painless and low cost. They involve the use of ultrasound technology, and scan for potential health problems related to: blocked arteries which can lead to a stroke, aortic aneurysms which can lead to a ruptured aorta, and hardening of the arteries in the legs, which are a strong predictor of heart disease. Also offered for men and women, is a bone density screening to assess their risk for osteoporosis. All four screenings take less than an hour to complete. A complete wellness package, including the stroke/carotid artery, abdominal aortic aneurysm, ankle brachial index (hardening of the arteries) and osteoporosis screenings, costs $129 (a savings of$41). Life Line Screening was established in 1993, and has since become the nation's leading provider of vascular screenings. More than 85 ultrasound teams are on staff to travel to local communities, bringing the screenings to the people. These non-invasive, inexpensive and painless, ultrasound tests help people identify their risk for stroke, vascular diseases or osteoporosis early enough for their physician to begin preventive procedures. The site is located at 805 South Jefferson St. in Hastings. For more information regarding the screenings or to schedule an appointment, call 1877-2371287 or visit us on the web at www.llfelinescreening.com. Pre-registration is required. things you're thinking about is their financial security. Albion shuts out the Lions On the first day back from spring break, the Maple Valley varsity girls’ soccer team was downed by Albion Monday 3-0. Lindsay Ohmen scored in the first half to give the visiting Wildcats a 1-0 lead, then added a second tally in the second half on a penalty kick. Amanda Blight scored the other second half goal for Albion. Albion outshot the Lions in the contest 122. Maple Valley was scheduled to host Calhoun Christian on Wednesday afternoon, and then was slated for a week off before starting the Kalamazoo Valley Association season at Pennfield next Wednesday. TO REGISTER WANTWANT WEATHER FORECASTS? TO VOTE? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry J. Lantis and Donna J. Lantis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2003, and recorded on March 3, 2003 in instrument 1098682, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 79/100 Dollars ($90,415.79), including interest at 12.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence West along the North line of said Section 6 a distance of 379.50 feet; thence South at right angles to said North section line, 178.20 feet to a point on the Northeasterly extension of the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the centerline of Pine Lake Road and said Northeasterly extension thereof, 1668.26 feet; thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West along said centerline, 278.01 feet; thence South 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds East 183.87 feet to true place of beginning, thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West 352.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds East 161.80 feet; thence North 83 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds East 172.87 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 115.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds East 173.01 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 166.70 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510918 File #136183F01 �Page 8 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Give dad a tour? The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meets at 7 p.m. (Thursday, April 12) at the Freight House. The speaker will be John Waite. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, at the Freight House. The speaker will be Michael Judd, with his topic "Clarence Buddington Kelland," who was a Portland native who gained prominence in the 1930s and 1940s as a prolific writer for the Saturday Evening Post and other publications. One of Kelland’s special characters was Scattergood Baines. Kelland was the son of a Portland milliner. The library will be open until 5 p.m. for member research. On Saturday at 11 a.m., there will be a memorial service at the Koops Funeral Chapel for Susie (Casillar) Cooley, who died on April 1. She and her husband were grand marshals of the Lake Odessa Fair parade in 2000. She worked many years at a Lansing factory, always on the shift opposite of her husband's employment, so one parent was always home with their three children. She began life in the migrant stream, working in the fields until age 15. Her children all attended college. In her later years she was a companion/helper of the late Marie Pickens. Central United Methodist Church Saturday will be host for a family games night preceded by a shared meal in Fellowship Hall. This is to celebrate completion of income tax form season. The Red Cross bloodmobile returns Monday to Lake Odessa. Collection hours are noon to 5:45 p.m. Donors are always welcome. On Saturday of next week April 21, the United Methodist Women of Central UMC will be host for their annual spring breakfast, catered by Rosemary Hickey. The speaker will be the Rev. Mary Schippers-DeMunter who spent time in summer 2006 on a mission trip to Russia with a group from Middleville, headed by Robert and Carol Bender. Call in reservations to Kathy Carpenter at 374-3021 or the church office at 374-8861. The sunrise service last Sunday at Central UMC was held as scheduled, with Rev. David Flegal speaking. The buffet breakfast was served following the service with Brian Rowe and his committee in charge. The Good Friday service was held April 6. Pastors taking part were Darrell Bosworth, Mark Jarvie, David Flegal and the speaker was host Donald Ferris. The Chancel Choir of Central UMC sang. This is one of the services sponsored by the Lakewood Ministerial Association. The community was rocked Friday night and Saturday with word coming to the Reed family of the death in Kentucky of Thomas Reed and wife Nancy of Battle Creek in an accident while en route to Florida. Tom had been a policeman in Battle Creek for many years. He was a 1969 graduate of Lakewood High School, the third son of Walter Jr. and Helen (Dykie) Reed. The two daughters of the couple are both in college with one in Chicago and the younger one still at home. Virginia Kruisenga and Heidi Reed went to be with their nieces Saturday and to assist them in the difficult decisions thrust upon them. Nancy’s mother had died a month earlier. Honor students listed by Michigan State Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine ACTINIC KERATOSIS ,¶P�WROG�,�KDYH�DFWLQLF�NHUDWRVLV�RQ�P\�KDQGV� and that it should be removed. If this is not cancer, why does it need to go? Actinic keratosis, also know as solar keratosis, needs to go because if left untreated, about one in 10 cases will develop into squamous cell cancer of the skin.��,W¶V�FDXVHG�E\� frequent exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays, typically from the sun or tanning beds. Actinic keratosis is flat to slightly raised, scaly patches on the top layer of your skin and the lesions range in color from pink to red to brown or even flesh colored. The lesions are about 1 inch or less in diameter and primarily are found on areas exposed to the sun, including your face, lips, ears, back of your hands, forearms, scalp and neck. Actinic keratosis may be the first sign of skin cancer. If treated early, almost all actinic keratoses can be eliminated before developing into skin cancer. This type of skin cancer XVXDOO\�LVQ¶W�OLIH-threatening if detected and treated early although if not treated, can spread to other parts of your body. The more keratoses you have, the greater your chance of developing skin cancer. There are a number of treatment options your doctor can discuss with you but they all involve removing the lesion in some fashion or another. The most common methods are to use special creams, freezing or burning them off. Prevention is clearly the best choice. Limiting your time in WKH�VXQ�QRW�RQO\�DW�WKH�EHDFK�RU�WKH�SRRO�EXW�ZKHQ�\RX¶UH� spending time outdoors in the winter. Snow, water and ice all reflect and intensify the UV rays of the sun. Sunscreen use with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 will also be important. And for us Michiganders who have put up with the rain and clouds for the past few weeks, even the use of tanning beds should be limited even those that emit UVA rays, which are often touted as less dangerous than UVB rays. UVA light penetrates deeper into your skin and still increases your risk of skin cancer. University included Kristin Barbour, Tracy Barbour, Tiffany Burns, Theresa Cramer, Rachael King, Corey Rayner, Danielle Fabbri, Sarah Haskin, Stephanie Hynes and John Stemler of Sunfield. The University of Northwest Ohio has listed Bryan Tryon of Lake Odessa and Sunfield students Adam Fox, Jordan Munsters and Matthew Sayer. Bernice Hamp and granddaughter Tina Hamp of Caledonia were Sunday guests of Allen and Mary Hamp at Leslie, along with Tina's brothers and their families. Bruce and Janet Garlock of Big Rapids, en route home from Livonia, dropped in Sunday at the Carlton Center home of Carl and Marge Barcroft, where they also saw Bruce's sister and her family, John and Debbie Stassek and Larissa of Bloomingdale. Eunice Goodemoot had as guests Sunday daughters Angie Campbell and family, Darcy Scheidt and family of Marquette. Ed and Phyllis Miller of Bellevue were Sunday guests of Ron, Christine and Jacqueline Cunningham. They also attended church with their hosts. Jackie directed the bell choir and Christine was organist. Dick and Julie Nelson are home after their trip to Florida during which Dick spent time in a hospital because of a back injury. Carl and Marlynn Simmet returned last week from a visit of several weeks with their daughter Charlayne, husband and children in Idaho. Most of the time their temperatures ranged from the 50s to the 70s. They were near Boise. The VFW will have a flea market and craft show April 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also, the Ionia county VFW Council will hold a baked goods sale on the same days at the same hours. In anticipation of the First Families’ recognition this year, there will be a workshop for those hoping to qualify in 2007 at the Freight House rooms of the genealogy society on Saturday, April 14, from 9 to 11 a.m. This comes on the day of the April meeting of the county genealogical society meeting, which comes in the afternoon. There will be society members from the First Families Committee on hand to guide. The novice on how to fill in all the blanks and provide the proofs necessary. The Ionia County chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel will meet Thursday, April 19, at the Ionia County Mental Health building on Apple Tree Drive for a noon meeting. Call Karen Merchant at 522-1495 for reservations tomorrow. Looking ahead, there is to be a rummage sale at the Museum Complex on Emerson Street on Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 to 2 on Saturday. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society is hosting this annual event. Central UMC will have a Mother-Daugher banquet Friday, May 11. There will be a unique style show for entertainment following the meal. Men of the church will be preparing and serving the food. Word from Ionia is that the Ionia Feed and Grain firm will be moving to a rural location in the coming months. No longer will they be alongside the railroad tracks with their landmark tall silos. The new location will be on Bluewater Highway, M-21, east of Ionia on the stretch between Stage Road and Hillcrest on what has been a 240-acre farm formerly owned by the Daggetts. They hope to build quickly and be ready for the 2007 harvest. The owners at Allendale plan to use 18 acres for the plant and to grow crops on the remaining 2,100 acres. The location on a good highway is a plus. Farmers will find it easier to haul to this location without having to deal with city traffic and stop lights. Wolcott grain of Allendale is the owner of the Ionia location. The city site will be for sale. Mr. Wolcott says they would raze the silos if the new owner required such a move. The only grain they will handle in the new location in Ionia Township will be corn. STOCKS Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77511398 09549886 The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 39.45 -.29 Anheuser Busch 52.09 +1.03 CMS Energy Corp. 18.26 --Coca-Cola Co. 50.08 +1.09 DaimlerChrysler 84.02 +1.07 Dow Chemical Co. 45.51 -.05 Exxon Mobil 77.57 +.77 Family Dollar Stores 30.53 +.28 First Financial Bancorp 15.12 -.03 Ford Motor Co. 8.19 +.11 General Motors 32.08 +.61 Intl. Bus. Machine 96.46 +.36 Dear Annie: After not seeing his 9-year-old daughter for almost a year, my ex-husband announced he was flying in for a long weekend visit. We have been divorced for a while, and he moved across the country with his new wife and child. He lives several hundred miles away and has never seen the house where my daughter and I have lived for the past two years (a house I purchased entirely on my own). My ex keeps insisting he will pick up our daughter at my house. The problem? I don't want him in my house! I know my daughter wants to show her father her room, and that will eventually lead to a tour of the entire place. In my last house, my ex would walk in uninvited, even into my bedroom, or use the bathroom so he could snoop through the medicine cabinet and linen closets. I know when he visits he'll take inventory of all my possessions. He regularly asks my daughter about the size of the TV, any new purchases, etc. The man is an abusive bully, and although my daughter doesn't remember this, she is figuring it out on her own. He makes derisive comments about my squandering child support money (I don't), he sends the support checks late (and addresses them to my daughter), has called me every name in the book and gives me the creeps. My friends think I'm crazy to keep him out of the house. But my home is my sanctuary, and I feel his presence will somehow defile it. I don't want to keep him out of his daughter's life, but do I have to let him in my house? -Under Siege Dear Under Siege: No. You can arrange for your ex to pick up his daughter at a neutral location, or you can wait for him on your front steps. However, if your daughter is eager to show Daddy her bedroom, you might want to allow him in -- once -- for her sake. If that's too much for you, let your daughter take some pictures of her room (as many as she'd like) and have her send them to Daddy. Dear Annie: Is one obligated to give a wedding gift from the bridal couple's registry? A handmade quilt or something else that can't be duplicated seems like a very thoughtful gift to me, and I would have been thrilled to have received such a personal and unforgettable gift when I married. I've seen registries that include fax machines and power drills. It seems greedy that couples today expect their guests to purchase things off a wish list, rather than just be happy to have something from the heart. -Wedding Guest Dear Guest: You are not obligated to give something from the registry, although that actually evolved as a courtesy for the givers, most of whom prefer knowing what the bride and groom want (or can return). But if you think the bridal couple would like a handmade quilt, go right ahead. A bone to pick Dear Annie: I would like to plead with people NOT to listen to Donald T. Stewart about having bone density testing only after age 65. I am now 56. I had my first serious accident on a horse five years ago, which took a few operations to fix and a year of hard work to recover from. Not long after, I fractured my foot and a few weeks later, my leg (when I stepped over my dog). That is when the doctor discovered my bones were fragile. -- Mary from La Grande, Ore. Dear Mary: In all fairness to Dr. Stewart, it wasn't quite such a blanket statement. He made it clear that younger adults with certain risk factors should be tested earlier. His concern was that those who could ill afford testing would opt for a bone-density scan instead of other, more necessary, tests. For you and others with early bone loss, a bone-density test is obviously required sooner. Thanks for pointing out the hazards of waiting. 83.12 61.67 51.81 46.31 26.00 7.57 190.27 25.79 26.34 47.94 $681.50 $13.93 12,573.85 1.3B Dear Annie: I have a beautiful 10-year-old daughter, "Lisa." The problem is, she is teased by other children. She is tall and very slim for her age, but they call her "fat." I didn't think Lisa would take it to heart, but my husband and I noticed she began controlling her portions at dinner. We explained to her that she was healthy and very active and maybe these kids had other issues and were taking it out on her. Then, the next day, a boy at school called her "fat." Lisa informed me that she did not eat her lunch that day and hid cookies from the school bake sale so no one would see her eat them. My daughter is 4 feet 9 inches and weighs 89 pounds. She's lost six pounds in the last couple of weeks. What can I do? Why does society put so much pressure on children that a 10-year-old would lose weight when she doesn't need to? I'm scared this might get worse. What can I do? -- Worried Mom in Derby, Kan. Dear Mom: You are right to be worried, because Lisa is at risk of developing a serious eating disorder. We saw the photograph you sent, and your daughter is truly lovely (tell her we said so) and quite obviously doesn't need to lose any weight. Children tease to get a reaction -- and Lisa is giving it to them, which means they will continue until she learns to ignore these nasty, idiotic remarks. In the meantime, discuss this with your pediatrician, and also, please talk to the school counselor and principal. This is a form of bullying and must stop. Letting herself go Give great gift JCPenney Co. Johnson & Johnson Kellogg Co. McDonald’s Corp. Pfizer Inc. Semco Energy Sears Holding Spartan Motors TCF Financial Wal-Mart Stores Gold Silver Dow Jones Average Volume on NYSE Fabricated ‘fat’ -.55 +1.03 -.26 +1.05 +.33 -.11 +6.74 +1.30 -.05 -.16 +$11.80 +$.50 +63.55 -200M Dear Annie: My wife's grandmother is in her 70s and has lived with my in-laws for decades. Recently we've all noticed that Granny has been wearing the same outfit for weeks at a time, even though she has plenty of other clothes. My mother-in-law has offered to do her laundry as a subtle hint, but this same unwashed outfit continues to make a daily appearance. She also is obviously letting her hair go, too. My wife tells me Granny has never been a messy person. My wife and I are assuming that either her mind is starting to slip a little or she's depressed. If either is true, how do we talk to Granny about this? We don't know what to do for fear of upsetting her. -- Worried about Granny Dear Worried: Bless you for paying attention to these changes and understanding what likely is going on. Someone should call Granny's doctor and ask that she be evaluated immediately, and also have her checked for possible infection or reaction to medication. Granny may be wearing the same outfit because she is not capable of choosing another one. If she removes the clothing at night, someone can launder it while she's sleeping, and replace it (in the same location) with clean clothes. As for her hair, make an appointment for Granny with a hairdresser and simply bring her, saying sweetly and calmly, "You're going to get your hair done. You'll look beautiful." Or, you can do the same thing at home, telling her you're going to try a special shampoo. Dissing the driver Dear Annie: I'm writing in response to "Proud Paramedic," who said there is no such thing as an "ambulance driver," because paramedics and EMTs drive the ambulance. I am an ambulance driver, and not trained as an EMT or a paramedic. My sole job is to get the two EMTs wherever they need to go, as safely and quickly as possible. I was specifically trained for this job, and had to take a six-week driving course. I spend my life racing as fast as I can to help people, and I'd rather not have someone tell me I don't exist. -- Frustrated Driver Dear Driver: Depending upon the area, there are ambulance drivers who are EMTs and others who are not. We appreciate every single one of you. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 10 Irving Charlton - boy & man The stone house on Irwing Charlton’s form still stands. By Keith Mead (For the next few weeks we will continue to run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton.) Irving came back to Barry County in 1920 and purchased Robert Martin’s 160-acre farm adjoining his father, Frank Charlton’s, 120 acres on the east. Later, John Youngs built Charlton’s stone workshop and the living quarters above. Irving intended to work and experiment with farm machinery and did so, to some degree. There also was a house by the shop. Floyd Nesbitt lived with Frank and Mrs. Charlton for many years, coming there as a young boy and later marrying Jessie Smith, Charley Smith’s daughter, who lived across the road from Frank. They lived in the tenant house, west of the stone house. In the flu epidemic of 1918, Jessie (Smith) Nesbitt became ill and she and a sister, Florence (Smith) Sinclair (Al), died the same day, certainly a tragedy for the Smiths and Floyd Nesbitt. For these facts I am indebted to another Smith sister, Mrs. Eva Mae (Smith) Turnis, who later became a country school teacher and taught the Wellman school in the 1930s. Frank Charlton died in 1928 and Eva Mae Smith stayed with Mrs. Rose Charlton for a time. She later married August Turnis and lived across from the stone house until 1941. After Irving came back to Barry County in the early 1920s, he took over the operation of the farm and Floyd Nesbitt, who had lived there and worked it, moved off and bought a farm on M-79 near Nashville. Irving often said he wished he had kept Floyd there, as he was a hard worker and a good farmer. In 1927, Irving worked on the control of the European Corn Borer for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for about two months. In those days, the borer-infested corn would go down, or “lodge” as they called it. In later years, corn was developed with a sturdier stalk and was more borer resistant. Irving did not care to plow land or milk cows, but was only interested in the mechanical or technical phases of farming. He did not like to work alone, but always had one or more boys or men to do the farming, while he and the Bolter boys or others would work in his shop. Among those who worked for him were the Cairns brothers, Clarence and Irving collected all sorts of guns. Charley, a pair of Demond brothers, and other local boys or men. In the early 1930s, using hired help and two Fordson tractors, he cleared the brush and trees from and dug ditches on the marsh at the park. Then plowing it up and working it down by a disk, he got the muck ready to plant cabbage and onions. Charlton and the Bolter boys built a cabbage setting machine and planted several acres of cabbage and some onions. He would store the cabbage until mid-winter and then truck it around the state and sell it. As Merle Varney, who was always with him, said, he was always looking for relics and artifacts in their travels. During the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933, Irving and the Bolter boys attended, driving there by car and staying several days. Prior to Verden Eldred coming on the farms to work them both, Clifton Becker lived in the house by the stone shop in or about 1933 and worked the farm. He always said Irving Charlton was the most honest man he ever worked for. When Cliff left the farm, Merle Varney and a man named Bill Slocum worked on the farm for a year. Verdan Eldred then came and was there till March of 1937. The last year the marsh was worked and planted to cabbage was in 1938, and I lived in the house by the stone shop and raised the cabbage. In all those depression years, there were few jobs to be had, usually only working on a farm by the month or at $1 a day. In threshing time for a few weeks one could get $1.50-$2 a day for pitching bundles. I worked a good many days for 75 cents or $1. As I earlier wrote, Irving always had one or several around doing something. Some of the Moore boys and, of course, Merle varney, along with Howard Naylor, a neighbor boy, and many others around in those days. “Ping” Taylor, who had also been a teacher and whom Irving had known in his teaching career, was there and lived with Irving for quite some time, however, I saw him only once and did not know him because he left prior to 1936. In those years I am sure, knowing Irving’s temperament and having heard of his father’s and mother’s, that his ideas and theirs did not always mesh. Finally, Mrs. Charlton let her farm fields out to be worked by Mr. William Gillespie and others and finally renters come on the farm and operated it on a share basis as I did in 1946-1950 and lived in the white tenant house. I worked for Verdan Eldred on the farm in January-March in 1937 and that is when I first became aware of what Irving was doing about collecting relics. I was up there to the stone house as he then lived there, Mrs. Charlton having passed away in 1935. He had some guns on his table he had just gotten and showed them to me. After seeing my interest, he opened a door to the southwest room of the house and showed me it to be nearly full of all sorts of Indian artifacts, all in boxes and crates. I later helped build shelves in those rooms to display the artifacts in 1938. That was when I first began to learn about Irving Charlton’s ideas and continued learning from him until June 1963. 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A policy snafu in which one board didn’t know what the other was doing, Nevins was paid per diems both by the County Board and by the 911 Board for attending meetings over the past four years. Nevins, who direct deposits all of his county pay in a bank account, said he didn’t know he was being paid twice. County Administrator Michael Brown agreed. “It wasn’t something he (Nevins) did, this was done unbeknownst to Don,” Brown told the board Tuesday morning. “Because commissioners’ pay varies from pay period to pay period, he really wouldn’t have been able to notice anything unusual.” Brown estimated Nevins was overpaid $1,450 and he will be given until the end of this year to make good on the discrepancy. The problem actually stems from policies from the County Board and 911 Board, in which both are responsible for per diems to all those who attend meetings. 911 Director Charlie Nystrom told the board according to the 911 Board plan, “It’s very clear how per diems are dealt with.” Commissioner Jim French asked, “Do we have other committees where this problem might exist?” Brown answered, “Not that I’m aware of.” Commissioner Keith Ferris maintained, “Looking through my eyes, we really can’t take per diems through other boards. Our per diems should be taken only through the County Board.” County Board Chairman Michael Callton asked, “Is there something set in place that could catch these kinds of issues? I find the fact we missed this as weak.” The error was discovered finally just recently when Commissioner Mark Englerth, noticed he was being paid twice and mentioned it to Brown. Englerth last January replaced Nevins on the 911 Board, and the county has stopped payment on his double per diems for the three months. Meanwhile, Nevins is stuck with a $1,450 bill he didn’t even know existed with about eight months to pay it off. In other business Tuesday morning, the commissioners: • Approved the Intergovernmental Agreement among the City of Hastings, Barry County and Rutland and Hastings townships. The move creates a joint cooperative planning committee with the express purpose of creating a plan for the region. Jim Brown, supervisor of Hastings Township, noted the other three municipal units all have signed on to the agreement and added, “I feel confident this agreement meets the goal that was established.” He also held the agreement is the first of its kind for four entities in Michigan, though Frankenmuth and Kalkaska have similar arrangements for two government units. • After hearing a presentation from animal control officer Pam Beckwith, agreed to the purchase of a $17,809 incinerator for the purpose of more efficiently and humanely dispose of euthanized dogs and cats. Beckwith, who made a similar presentation last month to the Hastings City Council, noted there are 79 such incinerators in the state and they save money on landfill and pickup costs. The incinerator for Barry County is reconditioned and therefore an estimated $12,000 less than a new one. It will be placed in the barn behind the shelter. Beckwith said there were 1,799 animals disposed of in Barry County in 2006. There also are plans to offer cremation services to pet owners at costs lower than commercial rates. She also said the ashes will be calcium and can be sold to area farmers for fertilizer. • Received results of an agriculture preservation farmland owner survey that was sent to all county landowners with 80 or more acres. Cooperative Extension Ag Agent Dennis Pennington said 61.8% of the survey respondents support zoning to protect farmland, but aren’t sure about zoning measures to limit development. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said he owns 80 acres in southern Barry County, but did not receive a survey. He said he wonders if his named was “culled... because of my opposition to industrial farming... We need to have every body’s March 1, 1937 and moved to a farm near Assyria. Archie Martin, the baseball pitcher, and his wife, Mille, moved on the farm and operated it until 1940, then my uncle and aunt, Marlin and Matie Main, operated it until 1941. Clarence Matthews and Vern Bumford came in 1941 and ran both farms. I was there in 1941, across the road on the August Turnis farm. That is the year of World War II and Pearl Harbor. In that year, I was over to Irving’s quite a lot of the time and helped him erect a silo which had blown down north of Vermontville. I also helped him on some windmills in those later years. As I wrote earlier, Irving did not care to plow or milk cows and did not do so as a boy. Picking stone in that area was in endless job and always had to be done every time a field was to be planted. As a kid, Irving would look for interesting stones and study them by the hour or study the annular rings on a tree stump or the home of an animal. To those hard-working farmers, he seemed an odd sort, but he was curious and busy thinking. In the years 1945-1963, Irving was busy developing his Pleasant Shores development on the north side of Thornapple Lake on Cogswell Road. He purchased it from Mr. Orin Kingsley in September of 1945 while I was overseas. When I was discharged from the U.S. Navy, January 4, 1946, I came home and soon had taken over Charlton’s farms to operate on a share basis. When Fern (Oaks) Mead, my wife, and I agreed to move there, it was with Irving’s stipulation that if he could sell the 280-acre farm, he would, as he said he wanted to get over to the park to be able to manage and care for it more efficiently. We agreed and were there until September of 1950, when he sold it. I could have stayed till March 1, 1951, but was glad to let the purchasers move in with certain reservations agreeable to all. In February 1946, I was introduced by Irving to two men who were going to be in partnership with Charlton on the development and sale of lots at Pleasant Shores – they being a Mr. Pollard, who had developed Sundago Park, adjacent to the park, and a Mr. Scheib. Mr. Scheib did not stay very long in that first year in the deal. However, Mr. Pollard had a cottage built on the northeast end of the parcel and used it as a headquarters and office. Not altogether to Irving’s liking, he called it “Pollalou Subdivision” – for Pollard and Lou, his wife’s name. I believe that arrangement did not last very long either and they changed the name to Pleasant Shores. Carlton bought Mr. Pollard out and went alone. While on the farm, 1946-50, I helped at times to survey and lay out lots with Charlton and cut trees and brush. There were those who thought, due to my long association with Irving, that I would inherit property or money from him. I neither expected nor wanted it and knew that was not his philosophy. He told me for years, “All I have goes to Barry County for all to benefit from.” He said, “It spoils a fellow to give him money, better to teach him to earn it.” He was always generous about paying wages, but he wanted a good effort put forth. He also said, “I could and would sell you this farm, but it would be a burden to you for years to come, with paying interest and taxes on it.” After selling it, he said, “You can build all the cottages for me you want to on Pleasant Shores,” and I did built two for him. I now see how wise it was not to buy the farm. My family and I enjoy our years there and it has been home to me for a good many years. Soon after it was sold, the sugar maples were cut down. The sugar shanty, no longer needed, is also gone with only a trace of the wall left, and only the trails made by the horses and sap sled are left in the woods. A few years ago, I was through there hunting and looked it over. All that is left are a thousand fond memories. I could still picture it all in my mind after 32 years. I could still see Irving reading as he boiled the sap amid the steam; I could still see Jess Hinkley driving my faithful team of mares which he loved and was an expert at driving and caring for. I then turned to look to where the barn had stood and could see it as it had stood so many years. I knew and loved every timber on it. Others looking would see nothing, but I am very glad that I still can. The stone house is still stands as a monument to John Young’s fine work (the mason who built it) and to the effort put in it to make a home by the Charlton family. To those who thought of Irving Charlton as an odd man, driving an old car, I can only feel pity that they knew very little about him and then only on the outside. And every day of my life I realize more and more just how much he meant to me. 77511469 opinion.” Commissioner Wayne Adams said, “If we missed Jeff, I wonder how many others we missed. Maybe we ought to re-do it.” VanNortwick said he’d be happy simply to get a copy of the survey regardless. • Approved the expenditure of $5,000 to buy equipment for two Chevy Tahoe police vehicles for the sheriff’s department. • Approved the appointment of Shirley Barnum to the County Zoning Board of Appeals. The board will re-advertise for open spots on the Planning and Zoning Commission, which was deadlocked 2-2 in committee. Anyone interested has until Thursday, April 26, to apply and there will be a meeting Tuesday, May 1, of the Committee of the Whole to take up the matter. • Agreed to have a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Barry County address ordinance, which Planning and Zoning Director said is mostly a matter of semantics. Marriage Licenses GIRL, Lauren Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on March 26, 2007 at 9:32 a.m. to Katie and Jared Daugherty of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Jonah Laken, born at Pennock Hospital on March 26, 2007 at 4:02 p.m. to Paul and Kathleen Mundo of Martin. Weighing 9 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Carter Earl, born at Pennock Hospital on March 27, 2007 at 9:16 p.m. to Tasha Morr and Jason Allwardt of Kalamazoo/ Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Andrew Carpenter, born at Pennock Hospital on March 29, 2007 at 8:05 a.m. to Greer and Andrew Haines of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 7 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Aubrianna Brooke, born at Pennock Hospital on March 29, 2007 at 1:55 p.m. to Carli Krueger and Garrett Rekis of Caledonia. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Mikayla Glestine, born at Pennock Hospital on March 29, 2007 at 4:19 p.m. to Dossie Strickland and Edward Lockmiller Jr. of Hastings and Battle Creek. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Landon Wyatt, born at Pennock Hospital on March 29, 2007 at 6:25 p.m. to Victoria and Brian Heney of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 22 3/4 inches long. GIRL, Brooklyn Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on March 29, 2007 at 9:54 p.m. to Samantha Burnham and Timothy Hause of Lansing. Weighing 7 lbs. 1/2 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Thomas Allen, born at Pennock Hospital on March 30, 2007 at 9:09 p.m. to Joseph and Elizabeth Norton of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 8.5 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Joshua David Thomas, born at Pennock Hospital on March 31, 2007 at 12:56 to Kasandra and Jerry Lown of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 11 ozs. and 21 inches long. Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® 305 S. 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PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Yarrington, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Broadmoor Financial Services, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 1999, and recorded on April 29, 1999 in instrument 1028855, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Six And 04/100 Dollars ($106,496.04), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west, described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2644.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 ; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 870.0 feet along the north line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 447.28 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 433.14 feet; thence south 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds east 75.0 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 75.0 feet; thence north 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds west 522.91 feet along the north line of the south 812.31 feet of the north 1/2 of said southeast 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 508.71 feet to the place of beginning. subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purpose over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2285.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning of said easement; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 298.0 feet along the south line of the north 359 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence south 80 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds east 225.87 feet; thence north 70 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds east 372.50 feet to the east line of the west 870 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence north 63 degrees 09 minutes 29 seconds east 262.35 feet; thence north 75 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds east 444.72 feet to the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #048344F04 77511215 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Harrington and Dorothy E. Harrington, his wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 20, 2003 and recorded October 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1116352, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W8 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2003, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 40/100 Dollars ($177,755.40) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 495 feet of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 13, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510889 File No. 214.2776 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of BERNADETTE M. DOYLE, Trust dated November 1, 2004. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, BERNADETTE M. DOYLE, who lived at 735 North Taffee Drive, Hastings, Michigan died March 19, 2007 leaving a certain trust under the name of BERNADETTE M. DOYLE TRUST, and dated November 1, 2004, wherein the decedent was the Settlor and Sandra Dilno was named as the trustee serving at the time of or as a result of the decedents death. Creditors of the decedent and of the trust are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to Sandra Dilno the named trustee at 1903 West State Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: March 30, 2007 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 W. Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 Sandra Dilno 1903 West State Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 77511424 269-945-9609 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Four And 69/100 Dollars ($204,404.69), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122459F04 77511414 Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on motion of the Township Board of the Township of Orangeville, as authorized by P.A. 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board proposes to make improvements to Torston Road, Princess Road & Sam’s Avenue for asphalt paving within the Township, and to create a Special Assessment District for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefitted therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment District within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be constructed and within which a portion of the costs thereof are proposed to be specially assessed is more particularly described as Sam’s Landing Association District No. 201. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received engineering plans showing the improvements, together with an estimate of costs in the approximate amount of $51,000.00; has placed the same on file with the Township Clerk; and has passed a Resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the aforementioned Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, estimate of costs and proposed Special Assessment District may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days from the date of this Notice, until and including the date of the public hearing, and may further be examined at said hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon said Plans, District and Estimate of Costs will be held at the Township Hall within the Township on April 23, 2007, commencing at 7 p.m. At the hearing, the Township Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with said Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and the Township Board may at the hearing (or any adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), revise, correct, amend, or change the Plans, Estimate of Costs or Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board, at or before the hearing, signed by record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area in the proposed Special Assessment District, then the Township Board may not proceed unless Petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into the Special Assessment District are filed with the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the Special Assessment, it will cause a Special Assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77511409 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 08727768 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robin L. Reed, as a Single Woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2005 and recorded January 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158927, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Four and 01/100 Dollars ($137,874.01) including interest at 9.84% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8, Sawdy's Subdivision, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 27. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3029 77510708 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2003 in instrument 1104815, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 93/100 Dollars ($91,887.93), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F01 77511185 NOTICE Barry County has extended the deadline for applicants seeking to serve on the Barry County Planning & Zoning Board. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County but cannot reside within a city or village. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, or by calling 269-9451284, and must be returned no later than 5pm on April 25, 2007. CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE NOMINATING PETITIONS AVAILABLE Notice is hereby given that the nominating petitions are available at the Office of the City Clerk at Hastings City Hall for election to the following positions: Mayor, regular four (4) year term, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011. Four (4) Members of the Hastings City Council, regular four (4) year terms, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011: one from each ward First, Second, Third and Fourth. Two (2) Members of the Board of Review, regular four (4) year terms, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011. Completed petitions must be filed with the City Clerk not later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Any registered voter residing within the City of Hastings who is interested in running for one of the elected positions should contact the City Clerk at 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, or by calling 269.945.2468 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. 77511431 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cory J. Schut and Kelli J. Schut, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 13, 2004, and recorded on March 10, 2004 in instrument 1123436, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-W5 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Five And 28/100 Dollars ($148,505.28), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 5, Jano Condominium, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document No. 1003235 and Master Deed amended in Document No. 1025363 and amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 11, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #134708F01 77510756 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy Makley and Robert Makley, Wife and Husband as tenants by the entirety, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor by merger with Bank One, N.A., Mortgagee, dated March 15, 2005 and recorded April 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144137, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve and 33/100 Dollars ($26,712.33) including interest at 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 52, 53, 54 and 55 of Melody Acres according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 577, Page 497. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 224.2732 77511451 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held March 27, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy Test for the May 8, 2007 Election will be conducted on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the Woodland Township Hall located at 156 South Main, Woodland, Michigan. The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and the computer that will be used to tabulate the results of the election have been prepared in accordance with law. Cheryl Allen Woodland Township Clerk 156 S. Main Woodland, MI 48897 (269) 367-4915 77511419 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Matthew Wieringa and Lisa Jane Wieringa, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122807, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Six and 89/100 Dollars ($118,886.89) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the East line of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, distant South 198.0 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angle for the true place of beginning; thence South 132.0 feet parallel with the East line of Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angles; thence North 132.0 feet; thence East 330.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement appurtenant there for purposed of ingress, egress and placement of public utilities over a strip of land 20 feet in with, the South line of such strip being described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at right angles to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511243 File No. 207.7185 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jimmie E. Baker and Rosanna Baker, Husband and Wife as Joint, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender, its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 6, 2003 in instrument 1110307, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Seventy And 78/100 Dollars ($119,070.78), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 31, Oak Opening, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats on page 47. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #067755F04 77510701 WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack L. Hewitt, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108117, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seven And 70/100 Dollars ($106,707.70), including interest at 4.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 242 of Al-Gon-Quin Lake Resort Properties, Unit Number 2, according to the recorded plat thereof; and that part of Lot 241 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 241 and 242 of said plat on Old M-37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Southeasterly on the line of Lot 241 a distance of 40 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line 100 feet; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes West on the Lot line 40 feet to the place of beginning; also that part of Lot 243 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 242 and 243 of said plat on Old M37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Northwesterly on the Lot line a distance of 30 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line a distance of 100 feet; thence South 41 degrees 43 minutes East on the Lot line 30 feet to the place of beginning Parcel 2: Lot 270 and the Northwest 1/2 of Lot 271 of Algonquin Resort Properties Unit Number 2 according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 63 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #073930F03 77511236 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Anthony Jon Norris, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167559, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustt for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF14, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF14 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven And 56/100 Dollars ($183,797.56), including interest at 9.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 and the North 1/2 of Lot 22 of the Plat of Fairhaven, according to the recorded thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 45, excepting that part thereof described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 21: thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds West (recorded North 89 degrees 56 minutes west) 28.00 feet along the North Line of Lot 21; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 181.66 feet to the South Line of the North 1/2 of Lot 22; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 08 seconds East 28.00 feet along said South line to the East line of Lot 22; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 181.56 feet (recorded 181.53) feet along the East line of Lots 22 and 21 respectively to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511179 File #136522F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dale A. Churchill, a Married Man to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006, and recorded on October 20, 2006, as Document Number: 1171720, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, CitiGroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and 07/100 ($85,695.07) including interest at the rate of 8.450% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 521.19 feet from the South 1/4 post of said South 1/4 post of said Section 16; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190.04 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 14 seconds East 279.97 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the South bank of the Thornapple River; thence North 67 degrees 33 minutes 45 seconds East 182.47 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence South 03 degrees 13 minutes 03 seconds East 350.16 feet to the plat of beginning, including all lands lying between said intermediate Traverse line and the South bank of the Little Thornapple River as limited by the extension of the sidelines. 1495 E. Center Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00344 77510894 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel D. Inderlied, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2005, and recorded on September 15, 2005 in instrument 1152864, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen And 15/100 Dollars ($80,418.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 32 and the South 1/2 of Lot No. 33 of Daisy Hill Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 28. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #137650F01 77511404 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP SPECIAL BOARD MEETING APRIL 2, 2007 – 2:30 P.M. Special meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Flint, Lyons, Hawthorne, Greenfield & Carr. Absent: Rogers. Approved agenda by roll call vote. Motion was made to go into a closed session, to receive and discuss written opinion from legal counsel, by roll call vote. Motion was made to adjourn closed session by roll call vote. Motion to adjourn special meeting at 4:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by: 77511467 Jim L. Carr, Supervisor STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of Marjorie E. Hindes. Date of birth: 9-1012. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Marjorie E. Hindes, who lived at 2700 Nashville Rd., Hastings, Michigan died 3-17-07. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Bryce Hindes, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Bryce Hindes c/o 318 Overlook Lane Battle Creek, MI 49017 77511440 (269) 964-9292 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2005, and recorded on July 1, 2005 in instrument 1148871, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyThree And 49/100 Dollars ($99,153.49), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 10 of the Village of Woodland, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, being a Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Subject to Easments, Reservations and Limitations of Record, if Any The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136953F01 77511226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Ward and Angel Ward, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 9, 2000, and recorded on March 13, 2000 in instrument 1042011, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Reperforming Loan Remic Trust Certificates, Series 2003-R3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Forty And 75/100 Dollars ($102,040.75), including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 423 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #047880F02 77510819 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Kemper, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 25, 2005, and recorded on March 28, 2005 in instrument 1143297, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Seventy And 14/100 Dollars ($103,070.14), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block C, Chas. H. Bauers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 57, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138021F01 77511426 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrea Hudson, a married woman and Glen Hudson Jr., her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2004 and recorded September 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133399, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Six and 48/100 Dollars ($156,176.48) including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Beginning at the West one-quarter post of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence East 330.00 feet along the East and West onequarter line of Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds West, 667.25 feet parallel with the West line of the Southwest fractional onequarter; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 19 seconds East, 330.00 feet parallel with the South line of the Northwest fractional one-quarter of said Southwest fractional one-quarter Section 19 to said West line; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds East, 666.80 feet along said West line to the Place of Beginning. Reserving the Westerly 33.00 feet and the Northerly 33.00 feet for road right of way purposes. Being the same property conveyed to Glen Hudson, Jr. and Andrea Hudson, husband and wife by deed dated 1/7/97 and recorded 2/17/98 in Instrument 1007668, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3797 77511231 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly Hurth, a single person, mortgagor, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, by a mortgage dated November 22, 2002, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on December 17,2002 as document no. 1093854, and assigned by mortgagee to Chemical Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, of 627 E. Main Street, Caledonia, MI 49316, assignee by an assignment dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on March 28, 2007 as document no. 1177979. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $122,287.67, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $116,146.09 at the rate of six and one-half (6.5%) percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 78 and the North 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke’s Lake Shore Plat #1, according to the recorded plat thereof, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan and commonly known as 7344 Noffke Dr., Caledonia, MI 49316. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: April 9, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank, Assignee David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 212 Waters Building 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-6168 77511434 �Page 12 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Brenner, a single man and Lesley Michel, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2004, and recorded on November 17, 2004 in instrument 1137341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Eight And 31/100 Dollars ($122,388.31), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 24, Rolling Oaks Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 52. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #135656F01 77510842 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded September 8, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169741, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 64/100 Dollars ($128,686.64) including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, thence West 280.5 feet along the North line of said Section 16; thence South 330.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to Place of Beginning; thence South 330.00 feet; thence West 396.00 feet; thence North 330 feet; thence East 396.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Together and subject to a private easement for ingress and egress and public utility purposes over a strip of land 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as: beginning at a point on the South line of said Section 16 distant West 643.5 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 16; thence South 660.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to the end of said described centerline. Being the same property conveyed to Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife by deed dated 10-8-03 and recorded 10-30-03 in Instrument 1116719, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511462 File No. 402.0308 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by MICHAEL LIVERMORE and KAREN LIVERMORE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to REPUBLIC BANK, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2002, and recorded on May 24, 2002, in Document No. 1080972, and assigned by said mortgagee to GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($116,321.20), including interest at 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: UNIT 24 OF CHERRY HILL ESTATES II, A CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 463, PAGE 526, AND THE FIRST AMENDEMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 555, PAGE 475, SECOND AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 599, PAGE 617, THIRD AMENDMENT RECORDED IN LIBER 602, PAGE 185, IN THE OFFICE OF BARRY COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 2, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND IN LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SET FORTH IN SAID MASTER DEED AND DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978 AS AMENDED. TAX ID NO. 08-55-150-024-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC FKA GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATIONMortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77510785 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24745-NC In the matter of Jeffery Michael-PetersonHoutman. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Friday, May 4, 2007 at 8:15 a.m. at 206 W. Court St. #302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: Petition for change of name from Jeffery Michael Peterson-Houtman to Jeffery Michael Houtman. The change of name is not sought for fraudulent intent. Date: 4-9-07 Jeffery Michael Houtman 573 Oak Meadow Middleville, MI 49333 77511442 616-855-6463 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri Shropshire, a married woman and Aubra Green Shropshire Jr., her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006, and recorded on January 18, 2006 in instrument 1159078, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($56,446.46), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that certain parcel of land situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, being known and designated as a parcel of land described as commencing 28 rods 10.50 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, thence West 13 rods 11.50 feet, thence South 10 rods 13.50 feet, thence West 14 rods 10 feet, thence North 22 rods 3 feet, thence East 28 rods 5 feet, thence South 11 rods 6 feet to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah J. MacDonald who acquired title as Deborah J. Fassett, single, original mortgagor(s), to Associates Home Equity Services, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2000, and recorded on October 4, 2000 in instrument 1050295, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 68/100 Dollars ($113,415.68), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence North 782 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 1320 feet to the East section line; thence North 373 feet, more or less to the North line of the South 35 acres of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence West 1320 feet; thence South 373 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #102824F04 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Nine And 82/100 Dollars ($138,169.82), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowens Mill Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F03 77510884 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #109557F02 01545040 MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by DAMON BAKER, AN UNMARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155287, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($91,424.69), including interest at 7.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on April 19, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of HOPE, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 301.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00SECONDS WEST 53.21 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT 8 OF THE NORTHEAST BLOCK OF LOTS OF THE UNRECORDED PLAT OF KENYON'S OAKGROVE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 44 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST 99.62 FEET ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OFLOTS 7 AND 6 OF SAID UNRECORDED PLAT; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 134.12 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6; THENCE NORTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE NORTH 45 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 114.72 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LAND LYING BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1 / 4 POST OF SECTION 15, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, HOPE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST 187.52 ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 15;THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 135.48 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 7 AND 8 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 59.83 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOTS 6 AND 7; THENCE SOUTH 63 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 12 SECONDS EAST 43.90 FEET ALONG THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 6 TO AN INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE OF THE SHORE OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL; THENCE NORTH 27 DEGREES 27 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST 50.44 FEET ALONG SAID INTERMEDIATE TRAVERSE LINE; THENCE NORTH 50 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST 41.15 FEET TO THE POIINT OF BEGINNING. TOGETHER WITH LANDS LYING BETWEEN SAID TRAVERSE LINE AND THE WATERS OF LONG LAKE CHANNEL, AS LIMITED BY THE SIDE EXTENDED TO THE WATERS EDGE. TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO AN INDEFINED EASEMENT (DESCRIBED IN LIBER 137, PAGE 130) FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES FOR THE EXISTING GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. TAX ID NO. 08-07-015-06700 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77510780 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan A. Lindsey, a Married Man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in Instrument Number 1143475, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, NA by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One Hundred SixtyFive and 71/100 Dollars ($96,165.71) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, running thence North 89 Degrees 47 Minutes 45 Seconds West 1410.00 feet along the south line of Section 33; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds East 996.00 feet parallel with the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 33 and along the West line of a 66 foot private easement for ingress and egress and utilities in common with others for the true place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 seconds East 332.14 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 320.02 feet parallel with the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 33; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds West 331.51 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 32 Minutes 04 Seconds West 320.01 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights in said easement and subject to extension thereof over the West 66 feet of above described parcel. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511446 File No. 326.1371 1117 W. Green St., Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-5660 Across from Dairy Queen • HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-4 Harley Davidson Items • Tables • Lamps • Wolves • Eagles Lighthouses • Garden Fountains • Wind Chimes • Statues Western Items • Dragons • Fairies • Jewelry • Soy Wax Candles and much more!! THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two and 71/100 Dollars ($155,552.71) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3023 77511456 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 13 POLICE BEAT Oil dumping, spill costs public $11,000 The Barry County Board of Commissioners has authorized up to $15,000 to pay for the cleanup and remediation of a site in Johnstown Township where oil barrels were dumped Tuesday night, April 3, and were leaking dangerously close to Seven Mile Creek, a trout stream. Emergency Management Director Jim Yarger told the board the pollutant was virually all waste oil. Young’s Environmental Services of Bedford Township has handled the cleanup on Baseline Road near the Calhoun County line and the Barry County Road Commission will haul away the waste. Remediation will include filling in the area with sand. The estimate of total cost thus far has been about $11,000, all in public tax dollars. There doesn’t appear to be any money available from the state, so it will have to come out of the county’s contingency fund in the general budget. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said, “It’s important we publicize how inapprpriate this is, perhaps we should set up a reward system to get somebody to roll over on this and encourage people to call 911 (or Silent Observer). “This is an ongoing problem in this area. In know the Halbert Dairy Farm and Boy Scouts have had to remove waste out of these areas.” Woman in bleach case arrested again A Hastings woman already facing charges she put bleach in in her baby’s formula bottle was arrested Saturday by Hastings police, on a three-count felony warrant. Working in conjunction with the Inspector General’s Office of the Social Security Administration, Hastings officers arrested Jennifer Clement, 24, after charges of larceny by false pretenses between $200 and $1,000 were authorized by the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. She is suspected of receiving and cashing social security checks, and then filing a false report that they were never received. The checks were then reissued and she again cashed them. Clement is already facing charges of child abuse and has a pre-trial hearing set for today. If a plea agreement is not reached at today’s hearing, she is scheduled to go to trial April 16, charged with putting bleach in her baby’s formula bottle. Clement was lodged at the Barry County Jail on the larceny charge. Stolen pickup located at accident scene Hastings police are investigating a stolen vehicle complaint April 8 in the 100 block of South Jefferson Street. The owner of the vehicle had parked his 1987 Ford F-150 pickup in the back parking lot in a space adjacent to the Old Towne Tavern where he works. He had started the truck shortly after midnight to let it warm up prior to going home, and as he left the building observed his truck being driven away by an unknown male. It is believed that the suspect may have been in the tavern earlier in the evening. The truck was located at 1:15 a.m. on Brogan Road near Cedar Creek Road and had been involved in a single-vehicle accident and had caught on fire. The suspect was not located, however, officers are investigating some leads as to his identity. He is described as a white male, 5-7 to 5-8 in height, slim build and was wearing a white baseball cap and dark colored hooded sweat shirt. He was also donning a lip piercing of some sort. He may possibly be from the Grand Rapids area and have a first name of "Michael." Anyone with information as to the identity of the man is asked to contact Sgt. Denny Lajcak at the Hastings City Police Department at 945-5744. Battle Creek man arrested in break-ins Hastings police arrested a Battle Creek man and have identified a Hastings man for their involvement in recent break-ins at two local businesses and for the attempted break in of a third. Police were called to the businesses after the break-ins were discovered April 4. Entries were made into Woodlawn Sales and Service, and Cascade Home Improvements, sometime during the early morning hours, and a break-in was attempted at Precision Auto Body at 4:56 a.m. Police responded immediately to that incident after being notified by an alarm company. The suspects had fled prior to entering the building and police arriving. Officers investigating a separate incident the same date involving the Battle Creek man, and obtained information about his involvement in the break-ins. Jamie Love, 17, was located at a residence in the 400 block of East Green Street and was placed under arrest on charges of breaking and entering and attempted breaking and entering. Most of the property taken also was recovered, including an aluminum baseball bat used to gain entry into the businesses,. Love is currently lodged at the Barry County Jail. Charges have also been authorized against an 18-year old Hastings man, who remains at large. Local woman busted a 2nd time for drugs AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. For Sale Automotive Business Services FOR SALE: SLAB wood, $10 a bundle; trim pieces, $10 a bucket load. (269)8386623 1994 SUBURBAN 4X4: loaded, 3rd seat, runs & drives great, clean, $4,200 obo. 1992 Ford F150: 4x4, should be 300-6, loaded, extra clean, nice truck. Lots of new, $3,900 obo or trades considered. (517)852-0980. GREATER MICHIGAN MOVERS: senior and military discounts, (269)979-8881 Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden LAWN CARE: Hastings lawn care since 1976. Are you paying too much? To get prompt, quality service at very reasonable rates. No job too large or too small. Call (269)945-4249. For Rent FOR RENT: HASTINGS, small 1 bedroom apartment with stove, frig, water & garbage, no pets or smoking., $375/month & $375/deposit. For application (616)3404387. COURT NEWS • Matthew Jonathon Rice, 21, of Nashville, has received concurrent sentences of 20 months to 48 months in prison and 20 months to 240 months in prison for two convictions of probation violation. Rice was arrested in September 2004 and then convicted of operating a controlled substance lab in Maple Grove Township, and in December 2005 he was arrested and convicted of unauthorized tampering with an anhydrous ammonia container in Woodland Township. Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher ruled Rice violated his probation sentence by using methamphetamine. Rice was also ordered to pay all previously imposed court assessments. • Tobias John Bowers, 32, of Delton, was sentenced in a probation violation hearing April 4 to serve eight months in the Barry County Jail for his December 2005 conviction of domestic violence. Bowers was arrested in November 2005 in Johnstown Township. In January, Bowers had been sentenced to 36 months probation and nine months in jail, ordered to pay $500 in court costs and a probation fee of $360. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of assessments. • Douglas Robert Pennington, 25, of Bellevue was sentenced April 4 to serve 30 days in jail and pay court costs of $2,500 for his March 21 conviction of discharging a firearm within a building. Pennington was arrested in Assyria Township in August, 2006. 1996 VOLKWAGON PASSAT: 4 cyl, GLS, fair condition, $1,200. (269)945-2892 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER LTD. EDITION: excellent condition, 103,000 mostly highway miles, manual 5 speed transmission, silver with blue pin striping, moon roof, CD player, leather, power everything, mags, loaded, extra set of winter tires included, $5,950. (269)945-6425 LOOKING FOR MOTIVATED person who is willing to work variable shifts at a home for six physically and mentally handicapped people in Hastings. If you are interested call (269)9459613 for an application. No live in employees. Recreation FISH OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR or hunt Barry Counties thousands of acres of State Game Area, just minutes away. Up north without the drive! 70’ of frontage on small, private Wiley Lake. Older mobile home with addition, newer 4” well. Peace and quiet with a great view. Asking $45,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information & photos. MUST SELL! Below current appraised value, Hastings 3BD, 3BA, 3 garage, 7 acres, walkout Ranch. 6 years old, 1,650sq.ft. main floor. $200,000, FFR (269)795-0076. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Real Estate KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 wooded acres adjoining state land. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site, well, power. $23,900, $500 down, $300 month, 11% land contract. Northern Land Company, 1-800-9683118, www.northernlandcom.com d Help Wanted HORSE BOARDING: BETWEEN Hastings and Middleville on Grange Road, $130 a month, includes hay and grain, (269)948-8508. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Garage Sale YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d HYUNDAI SENATA 2002: $5,250 OBO. Great condition. Call (269)818-7955 or (269)209-1131. NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, $490 a month plus security deposit. 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Strohmeier and Donnita F. Strohmeier, husband and wife as joint tenants of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Washington Mutual Bank, as successor-in-interest to Long Beach Mortgage Company by operation of law dated the 20th day of January, A.D. 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of February, A.D. 2005, in Intstrument No. 1141692 of Barry Records, and re-recorded April 7, 2005 as Instrument No. 1144478, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $253,370.50 (two hundred fifty three thousand, three hundred seventy dollars and fifty cents) plus accrued interest at 6.70% (six point seven zero) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 19th day of April, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: LOT 1, NEAR LANE ESTATES NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS, ON PAGE 7. Commonly known as: 12580 NEAR LANE Tax ID: 08-14-140-001-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 22, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05792779 77510794 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Stacey Delamar and Todd Delamar, Wife and Husband to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2003 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument # 1122795 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($344,659.86) including interest 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 62, Boulder Creek Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 23. Commonly known as 5590 Creekridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MARCH 19, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-W7 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2003, Without Recourse., Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-66865 77510767 CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Farm While making a warrant arrest of woman who was previously investigated for illegal possession of drugs and paraphernalia, Hastings police again arrested the woman and seized drugs and additional paraphernalia from the same residence. Officers responded to the residence located in the 1000 block of East Mill Street on March 30, to arrest one of the women involved in the previous incident which occurred on March 14. During that incident, officers were at the residence investigating a suspected child abuse complaint, and seized crack cocaine and marijuana from the home. Pamela Southerland, 46, from Hastings, was placed under arrest on charges of possession of marijuana and crack cocaine. Tryphenia Waxler, 25, also from Hastings, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana. The investigation of the most recent incident has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutors Office for review. LEGAL NOTICES Banner CLASSIFIEDS 302).'�-!4).%%3 3ATURDAY���3UNDAY���������!- ���(/7�4/�%!4�&2)%$�7/2-3 ��0' �Page 14 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Evidence of Things Unseen is an exhibit of sculpture and poetry by Ron and Miriam Pederson, in the Library Information Commons at Davenport University’s main campus at 6191 Kraft Avenue, near M-6 at M37 outside Caledonia. The exhibit may be viewed Monday through Thursday from 8 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Sundays from 1 pm to 9 pm. Through April 28. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Exhibit open through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Morgan will be at the institute March 11 for the Sunday brunch. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” will take audiences on an all-new soaring adventure when performing at Kalamazoo’s Miller Auditorium for one performance only. Filled with wildly unpredictable designs, special effects, inventive choreography, puppeteering and dazzling costumes, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is an exhilarating journey the entire family can experience together. Produced by Cirque Productions and Artistic Director Neil Goldberg, Cirque Dreams’ “Jungle Fantasy” is a nonstop, action-packed 2-hour adventure performed in two acts that stretches the imagination beyond the realm of possibilities, and brings seemingly impossible feats to the stage. Call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-2289858 for tickets and more information. April 13. • Hastings Jazz Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at numerous location in and around downtown Hastings. Central United Methodist will host a conert Saturday from 5 to 6:30 pm which will help support the Community Music School. The finale concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening with an opening set featuring the Thornapple Arts Council Jazz Festival High School All Star Band. The Muskegon Truth in Jazz Orchestra will then fill Central Auditorium with its own very distinctive jazz sounds. The cost of the concert is $15 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and students over the age of 12 and $5 for children 12 years old and younger. For more information about the 2007 TAC Jazz Festival call 945-2002 or visit the website www.thornappleartscouncil.org. April 13 & 14. • The Ratpack- Live at the Sands is the hottest and coolest party in town and it’s coming to Grand Rapids’ DeVos Performance Hall. Following four unprecedented years on London's West End, this acclaimed production vividly recreates a legendary evening at the Sands Hotel with the most famous performers of our time: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin. It’s Las Vegas, it’s the Sands Hotel, the big band is swingin’, and those gorgeous Burelli Sisters are singin’, and of course the three wisecracking hip-cats bring their inimitable magic to the finest music ever recorded: ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’; ‘That’s Amore’; ‘Mr. Bojangles’; ‘The Lady Is A Tramp.’ You won’t find anything like it anywhere else. Call (616) 235-6285 for tickets and more information. April 10-15. MISCELLANEOUS • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE APRIL BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 13-14 4th Annual Jazz Festival sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council. Over 17 schools from West Michigan expected to participate. Call to (269) 945-2002 or see www.thornappleartscouncil.org for more information. 14 Understanding Accounting Reports for Business Success SCORE Workshop provides a basic review of accounting reports and helps you become more familiar with aspect of running a business. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 9:30 amnoon. Call (269) 381-5382, e-mail info@scorekazoo.org or go to www.scorekazoo.org for more info. 26 Kalamazoo Symphony in Hastings. Call the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 945-2002 for more information. 28 Hastings Farmers' Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. Call April Nicholson at (616) 765-3677 for more information. Cirque Dreams April 13 Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Stories of America at DeVos Performance Hall April 20 and 21 at 8 pm. Tickets are $11-$58. Guest Conductor Daniel Hege will lead violinist Tai Murray on Bernstein’s “On the Waterfront” Korngold’s “Violin Concerto,” “Musica Celestis” by Aaron Jay Kernis, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” (1919 version). For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org Go, Diego, Go Live: The Great Jaguar Rescue at DeVos Performance Hall April 24 and 25. Shows start Tuesday at 7 pm, Wednesday 10:30 am & 7 pm. Ticket prices range from $16-$36. Join Diego, Nick Jr.’s action adventure hero, as he sets out in his brand new live show as Diego and his sister, Alicia, and cousin, Dora, are off on an action packed special mission to get Baby Jaguar’s growl back from the Bobo Brothers. They’ll need the audience’s help to rescue animals, navigate through the rainforest, and bypass a giant waterfall to get to the Animal Carnivale. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Grand Rapids Symphony Symphonic Boom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos Performance Hall April 27 at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center April 28 & 29. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall May 4 & 5 with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is reinvented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with This week’s selections: TMNT Running Time: 90 minutes MPAA rating: PG find the Queen Elizabeth Islands? 10. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Where is the main campus of Georgia Tech? © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Car Shows The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com By Fifi Rodriguez Answers 1. Late 18th century 2. A hawk 3. Prophecy 4. Actor Warren Beatty 5. Tim 6. Green 7. 1913 8. Maine 9. Northern Canada 10. Atlanta Musicals C A L E N D A R TRIVIA TEST 1. HISTORY: In what century did the Industrial Revolution begin? 2. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a harrier? 3. MYTHOLOGY: What gift was given to Cassandra by the god Apollo? 4. ENTERTAINERS: Who is actress Shirley MacLaine’s younger brother? 5. TELEVISION: What is the first name of the father on the sitcom “Home Improvement”? 6. NATURAL WORLD: What color is the mineral malachite? 7. INVENTIONS: When was the first practical zipper invented? 8. U.S. STATES: What state is home to Moosehead Lake? 9. GEOGRAPHY: Where would one Fairs Crafts Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 In 1984, two guys (Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) sick of the comics industry’s obsession with ninjas, mutants and most of all, hackneyed story lines, created a scathingly satirical comic entitled “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” The one-shot, black and white, self-published comic became a huge underground success. Needless to say, almost immediately the two guys were approached by a merchandising agent and before you can say “Cowabunga!” the dark, underground hit had been co-opted by the same crass, greedy corporate slimeheads Eastman and Laird sought to parody. Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s Turtles were a merchandising juggernaut. Now, with the release of “TMNT,” its hoped that the franchise can be reborn so that bajillions of action figures, lunchboxes, toy sets, you name it, can be sold. Too bad the movie is a steaming pile of awfulness. The movie is directed by a fella who has never directed a feature film before. He makes video games — and it shows. The computer graphics are subpar, the story (about a portal to another dimension, the reanimation of ancient warriors, Civilization in Peril, yadda yadda) is feeble and the action scenes are truly unremarkable. Needless to say, if you were a kid in the ‘80s and grew up watching the TV cartoons, you’ll go to the movie, get your nostalgia fix and move on with your life. Nothing I can say will keep you from wanting to relive your projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20-$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena May 21 beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall May 22-27. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith In case you were wondering the turtle with the blue bandana and weilding the katanas (swords) is Leonardo. childhood. For the rest of you (us): Just say No. GRADE: F* © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. *EDITORS’S NOTE: I took my son to see this film recently and we both enjoyed it for what it was. I’ve read the original comics and I disagre they were a brilliant satire of “hackneyed story lines” in comic books and were really more of an homage or a pastiche. Besides, if your kid wants to see this I doubt you can talk them out of it by citing what a film critic had to say about it. My grade: B. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — Page 15 Saxons’ 8-0 lead vanishes, BOWLING SCORES but they come back in eighth and two more in the fourth to increase the lead to 8-0. Hastings is scheduled to travel to Delton Kellogg for two games on Saturday, then will open O-K Gold action with a double header at Caledonia on Tuesday. Wednesday P.M. Eye and ENT 80 1/2; Shamrock Tavern 77 1/2; Nothing But Truck 73 1/2; Seebers 66 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 66; Hair Care Center 63 1/2; At Home Real Estate 60 1/2. Womens Good Scores and Series - K. Becker 227-611; D. Seeber 245-584; B. Smith 204-530; S. Merrill 178-495; P. Freeman 164-465; S. Drake 180-464; Y. Cheeseman 177-460; B. Moore 176-444; G. Potter 153-435; A. Tasker 155-413; L. Elliston 187; C. Nighbert 177; T. Christopher 175; S. Pennignton 172; E. Ulrich 166; J. Pitch 146. Hastings pitcher Matt Teunessen struck out ten in just over four innings of work Tuesday afternoon against Northpointe Christian. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Three Hastings hockey boys help team to Shook Cup win The hockey season for three Hastings boys ended with a Shook Cup Championship in the silver division. Hastings area hockey players Taylor Horton, Ryan Horton and Joe Smith skated in Kalamazoo each weekend from October until March in the Squirt division of the K.O.H.A. (Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association). Their team, sponsored by Wings Stadium, finished the season with 9 wins, 5 losses, and 1 tie. Starting in mid February the Shook Cup Tournament started with games every weekend, working towards a championship. While the tournament always brings out the best hockey in the players, K.O.H.A. emphasizes not only competition, but having fun as well. The Wings Stadium team was very excited to play in the final game for a Silver contention. The Shook Cup Tournament is especially thrilling for its players and fans with the arena music, a sports announcer, and a packed crowd. The Wings Stadium team won all three tournament games and the final game was won with a score of 8-4. Smith scored three of the Wings Stadium team’s goals and Taylor Horton scored once. For more information on K.O.H.A. hockey, visit www.KOHA.com or call (269) 349PUCK. Call SUSAN Registrations for individuals interested in becoming a high school athletic game official for the 2007-08 school year may do so exclusively online through the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s (MHSAA) Web site - mhsaa.com - now. From April 2 until about June 1, the Association will conduct an exclusive online registration period for new registrants and renewals. After June 1, applications will be accepted online, by mail, and on a walk-up basis in the MHSAA Office for the upcoming school year. The MHSAA Office has a lobby kiosk available for online registrations. Registrations for the remainder of the 2006-07 school year will be accepted in all manners through April 30. Online registrants will receive a $5.00 discount off their processing fees, regardless of when they submit their application. MHSAA registration fees are among the lowest in the nation. A $10 fee is charged for each sport in which an official wishes to register, and the online processing fee is $20. Officials sub- mitting registration forms by mail or on a walk-up basis will incur a $25 processing fee. Officials registered in 2006-07 will be assessed a late fee of $20 for registration after July 13. The processing fee includes liability insurance coverage of up to $1 million for officials while working contests involving MHSAA schools. There is an officials’ registration test, which is for first-time officials and officials not registered in the past year. The test consists of 75 questions derived from the MHSAA Officials Guidebook, which is available on the Officials page of the MHSAA Web site, and may be used during the openbook test. Online registration can be accessed by clicking “Officials” on the Home Page of the MHSAA Web site. More information about officials registration may be obtained by contacting the MHSAA at 1661 Ramblewood Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823. Telephone: 517.332.5046. E-Mail: register@mhsaa.com. Delton Kellogg Schools Preschool Registration 2007 - 2008 School Year SIKKEMA Associate Broker Assistant: Nikki Jennings • Office: 231-796-4805 • Home: 231-796-3644 Fax: 231-796-2253 • e-mail: susanss@pathwaynet.com OPEN HOUSE - SUNDAY, APRIL 15 - 2-4 PM 5311 Romeyn Woods REDUCED BELOW $200,00 Stop in for a FREE diagnostic scan and check out all our — 3 Year Old Program — classes held on Tues./Thurs. — 3/4 Year Old Multiage Program — classes held on Mon./Wed./Fri. — 4 Year Old MSRP Program — Cooper Spring Specials classes held Mon./Tues./Thurs./Fri. Preschool Open House - April 17, 2007 (5:00 - 7:00 PM) In the Elementary School Conference Room Babysitting will be available during Open House 08727761 Private, secluded, custom built home on 1.80 acres. Cherry cabinets, hardwood floors and custom oak trim throughout. Open great room, 17th stone fireplace. Western red cedar deck off back. 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If you currently own your own mobile home, let us assist you with moving it to Thornapple Lake Estates. For more information phone: 517-852-1514 77502006 INCOME TAX TIME IS HERE AGAIN! 02668412 Tuesday wasn’t the kind of start the Panthers were hoping for. Plainwell topped Delton Kellogg’s varsity baseball team Tuesday 11-3. “This was our season opener and I believe the kids were still little nervous, but hopefully that is gone,” said Parsley. Delton senior pitcher Chuck Stallard lasted just three innings, striking out one while walking three Trojans. Delton had four hits in the game, one each from Quinn Seaver, Stallard, Clint Goyings, and Mitch Duquesnel. Duquesnel drove in two runs with his singles. The Panthers are supposed to take the field at home for the first time this Thursday, when they host Hastings for a double header. That’s the Panthers’ last chance to shake out their nerves before the start of the Kalamazoo Valley Association season, at Olivet next Tuesday. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 78; Hubs Crew 76; Pin Chasers 65; R&N 63 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 59 1/2; Bounty Hunters 58; Karey’s Crew 52 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 50; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 49; Funky Bowlers 47 1/2; Sandbaggers 44; Throw Them Balls 43. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Mroz 200-569; M. Simpson 189-523; J. Rice 202-509; F. Ames 166-485; K. Farlee 180472; C. Lee 146-405; A. Hubbell 202; K. Becker 199; B. Vugteveen 162; J. Shoebridge 161; A. Churchill 158. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Eaton 217-594; C. Alexander 222-571; J. Shoebridge 201-569; T. DeMott 142-387; R. Barton 217; M. Kidder 213; R. Guild 211; M. Hubbard 205; T. Barlow 204; B. Allen 188; E. Rice 177; M. Norton 161. Mixerettes NBT 75-41; Sassy Babes *71-41; The Finishing Touch 69-47; Kent Oil 69-47; Hinkles Body Shop 67-49; Trumble Agency 62-54; Old Anchor Tattoo 61-55; Dean’s Dolls 61-55; Hallifax Services 57-59; Dewey’s Auto Body 49-67; Girrbach’s *4270. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - S. Smith 160; A. Jackson 128-356; M. Powers 165-415; D. Snyder 185; T. Christopher 204; B. Mays 167; B. Reagan 161-402; J. Mann 138-393; V. Carr 198; B. Anders 179-438; D. Anders 164; G. Scobey 158; S. Drake 184; B. Hathaway 183; K. Becker 214-568; V. Kuhtic 178; P. Hinkle 157; S. MacIntosh 190-507; P. Fowler 154; K. Fowler 185-526; L. Barlow 156; L. Elliston 201-575; C. Hurless 156. ENROLLMENT OPEN & APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED ALL YEAR. The enrollment packets are available outside the Preschool classroom, the Elementary office or call (269) 623-9275. 110 Sanborn, Big Rapids, MI 49307 wcar mls GRAR MLS www.homes4uexit.com Panthers battle their butterflies in opening game Mens Good Games and Series - J. Barnum 269-637; S. Peabody 277-614; J. Franklin 218-600; K. Meaney 212-565; B. Taylor 191-555; M. Kidder 204-554; J. Bartimus 190-537; E. McCalmont 194-531; R. Guild 138-462; D. Lake 143-422; R. Chaffee 163-400; B. Bowman 259; K. Hammontree 203; M. Lydy 201; D. Sanders 178; M. Albert 168. Registration for 2007-08 officials going on right now Hastings’ youths Ryan Horton, (from left) Taylor Horton and Joe Smith were a part of the Wings Stadium team which won the Kalamazoo Optimist Hockey Association’s Shook Cup at the end of the hockey season. The Saxons’ A.J. Tassos takes a big cut at a pitch late in the game Tuesday against Northpointe Christian. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Friday Night Mixed UMSU 78 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 70 1/2; All But One 70; Spare Time 67; Ten Pins 66; 4 Fools 64 1/2; Heads Out 64 1/2; Liquid Courage 64 1/2; The Unknowns 63; Mercy 62; Brushworks 59 1/2; 9-n-a-Wiggle 55; Whatever 54 1/2; Budweiser 53 1/12; Just Cuz 52; Oldies But Goodies 47. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 196-581; K. Kuhlman 212-554; P. Ramey 212-542; R. Murrah 205-519; S. Carlson 160-458; S. Ripley 170-452; R. Hammontree 144-422; N. Taylor 137-378; N. Clow 202; J. Madden 197; L. Potter 192; E. Hammontree 183; L. Smith 176; O. Gillons 167; G. Meaney 161; J. Bishop 137. 0154853 An easy victory turned into a thriller for the Saxons Tuesday afternoon, as they had to rally in extra innings to defeat Northpointe Christian 10-9. In its first game back from spring break, the Saxon baseball team survived the conditions and a Northpointe rally to win their third game of the season. “It was a typical ‘first game back from spring break’ type of game,” said Saxon head coach Marsh Evans. “You practice for three weeks, play a couple of games before break if you are able, and then take a week off. It is a crazy schedule, but we all have to deal with it and we were fortunate to get the win.” The Saxons were cruising along, leading 80, until the fifth inning when Northpointe rallied for four runs after two were out. Things got worse in the top of the sixth as Northpointe again took advantage of some Saxon fielding errors and walks to score five more runs and take a 9-8 lead. Facing a seventh inning one-run deficit, the Saxons would see Kyle McNerny pick up his third hit of the game, steal second and then come all the way home on a throwing error to tie the game at nine. In the bottom of the eighth, Ricky Mathis got things started by drawing a lead-off walk, then stole second base and moving to third on an infield hit by Jon Garrett. He scored on a wild pitch to give the Saxons the dramatic win. “It would have been nice to wrap things up early, but Northpointe took advantage of walks and errors and never quit,” Evans said, “but neither did our guys and they could have easily hung their heads and took the loss. We had a couple of great hustle plays from Kyle McNerny and Ricky Mathis late in the game and we ended up with the win, which is better than the alternative.” Hastings was lead at the plate by Mathis with three hits, a pair of singles and a double. McNerny added three hits, all singles for the game. A.J. Tassos added a triple along with two RBI’s. Dylan Cuddahee and Ken Taylor also added RBI’s for Hastings. From the mound, Matt Teunessen started and pitched into the fifth before giving way to Rob Hamel and then Garrett. Garrett (2-0) would pick up the win with some solid relief pitching. Teunessen allowed just one hit in this outing and struck out 10. Hastings got off to another quick start in the game, as Mathis singled to lead off. He promptly stole second and third before being forced in after a bases loaded walk to Taylor. McNerny would then drive in a second Hastings runner with the first of his three hits. In the home half of the second inning, Justin Carroll drew a lead-off walk and scored the first of three Saxon runs. Mathis added another base hit and Tassos drove in the first of his two RBI’s. Hastings added a single run in the third, Tuesday Mixed The Terminators 75.5-52.5; Hastings Bowl 73-55; CW’s Auto 71-57; Good Time Pizza 67-61; J-Ad Graphics 66-62; TVCCU 65-63; Yankee Zephyr 54-72; Hastings City Bank 40.5-87.5. Men’s High Games & Series - J. Markley 222-577; K. Beebe 224-563; J. Dale 257-629; C. Steeby 191; N. Blakely 215-562; C. Wanland 215-585; D. Clements 193-528; D. Benner 246; S. Wilkins 174; M. Yost 200541. Women’s High Games & Series - K. Markley 141-394; S. Beebe 203-542; V. Scobey 190-439; D. Neymeiyer 182-510; B. Ramey 140-409; J. Clements 204; B. Norris 164-362. �Page 16 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton boys’ track in middle of a youth movement by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Panthers are looking to start a climb back to the top of the Kalamazoo Valley Association’s (KVA) boys’ track and field standings, but things just got tougher. The addition of Maple Valley and Olivet to the league adds two more title contenders to the league, in which the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ team finished fourth a year ago. “We have a lot of work to do to once again establish Delton Kellogg as a dominant force in the KVA,” said head coach Dale Grimes. Help is on the way for the Panthers. “We may see, as the season progresses, that the majority of our points are earned by underclassmen,” Grimes said. “This could be interesting and fun to follow.” “We look to be improved from last year in terms of talent across all events.” The team’s only two state qualifiers from a year ago both graduated last spring, but a pair of All-KVA performers return in junior David Roberts and sophomore Martel Epperson. Roberts was the 300-meter hurdle champ in the league last year, and Epperson was second in the 400-meter dash. Roberts’ fellow junior Justin VanderMeer should also score points for the Panthers in the hurdles, while Epperson is joined by fellow sophomores Blaec Anderson, Ricky Davidson, Taylor Kingsley, and Jeremy Reigler in the sprints. Junior newcomers Tony Reeves and Cody White could also help out in those events. The senior class is home to some of Delton’s top distance runners including Dan The 2007 Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ track and field team. Roberts, Justin Durbin and Zach Blackburn. Seniors Ross VanderMeer and Adam Rohm also return in the throwing events, and Steve Rising is looking to have a good spring in the high jump and the sprints. Sophomore Robbie Wandell will look to add depth for the Panthers in both the distance races and the high jump, while his classmates Matt Loveland and Adam Keys attempt to set the bar high in the pole vault for the Panthers. Grimes said he also expects good things from first year track athletes, senior Josh Newhouse in the high jump and sophomore Dalton Parmenter in the distance races. “We also have a great group of freshmen joining the team and adding some valuable talent to the program,” said Grimes. Delton Kellogg will race at home for the first time this season next Tuesday, against Battle Creek Lakeview. Delton Kellogg girls want to get back on top in the KVA The YMCA of Barry County’s 2007 Coed Winter Volleyball League Champions are (front from left) Mary Shaw, Shanna Lipsey, Brenda Dawe, (back) Mark Shaw, Scott Randall, Greg Randall, and Justin Lipsey. YMCA honors its winter volleyball league champions The 2007 Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ track and field team. The YMCA of Barry County’s 2007 Women’s Winter Volleyball League Champions are (front from left) Jess Stevens, Stacy Vandefifer, (back) Shelly Stevens, Jill Sutphin, Jen Hopkins, and Heather James. PRINTING PLUS CHAPPLE REALTY INC. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Kalamazoo Christian has won the last three Kalamazoo Valley Association girls’ track and field championships, and the addition of Maple Valley obviously makes things much tougher at the top. That doesn’t change the goals for the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ team. “We always look to contend for a league championship, and this year is no different,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Jim Gibson. “We have some individuals with a chance to medal regionally and to qualify for state.” Getting to the state meet will be a bit tougher this season, as Delton Kellogg has been bumped up to Division 2 in the state post-season. The Panthers plan on being very strong in BUCKLAND AGENCY 11235 S. Wall Lake Rd, Delton the races from 800-meters on down, with very competitive relay teams. The sprinters are led by a pair of seniors in Jessica Elliott and Jordan Haines. They’ll be pushed by junior Chelsea VanderWoude and freshmen Hannah Williams and Katie Searles. Elliott, Williams, Searles, and senior Katee Hogoboom should make for a solid hurdle crew for the Delton girls as well. VanderWoude, Haines and Hogoboom are also talented jumpers, along with senior Jenah Wandell. 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Grove, Delton 623-5455 • 623-4099 101215 S. Wall Lake Rd (M-43) Delton ners, who also help out in the relays. Freshman Cara Phelps will join Rachel Williams in the 400-meters. When the races get longer the list of athletes grows shorter for the Panthers. Delton does have a good leader in the distance races in senior Heather Millard, but she is the team’s only proven distance runner. Freshman Krista Stenger will attempt to add some depth in the distance races. The Delton girls hit the track this Saturday, when they take part in the Hastings Relays. Next Tuesday is the Panthers’ first home meet, against Battle Creek Lakeview. The Kalamazoo Valley Association season begins when the Panthers make the trip to Olivet a week from Friday, April 20. 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There are many other things to accomplish along the way, but the big goal is a trip to Battle Creek. “Our main goal, besides being productive student-athletes that represent the Delton Kellogg Schools community with pride, is to be playing in Battle Creek come late June for the state championship. “That is the main goal of every team in the state though.” The Panthers will see plenty of teams this season that did well in the state tournament a year ago. “Each team is so explosive at any time,” Parsley said of his KVA rivals, “which makes this league one of the best. Each team has the talent and coaching to beat any other team in the league on any given day.” Galesburg-Augusta, Kalamazoo Christian and Parchment from the Kalamazoo Valley Association all won district titles a year ago. One of the league’s newcomers, Olivet, is also expected to be very strong this season. Parsley also said he expects to see Pennfield field a solid squad. “For now our goals are to get better everyday, and putting our best effort forward,” Parsley said. “With this and the team we have, I believe we have a chance to compete for the KVA title, but the road is long and hard.” Leading the Panthers along that road this year will be a solid returning nucleus Senior Chuck Stallard was All-KVA honorable mention last year as a junior and the Panthers are looking for big things on the mound from him this year. “Our pitching looks to be one of our strong points as it looks like we could win some low scoring ball games with timely hitting,” Parsley said. Junior Steve Scoby was All-KVA as a sophomore, now as a junior, his bat, range in the outfield and experience will definitely be depended upon. Juniors Nick Blacken and Brian Diaz and senior Kyle Purdum are returning starters to the varsity that will roam the infield and look to get the team going with their bats. “I believe the team strength is overall chemistry amongst this group,” Parsley said. “We are junior-heavy in our lineup and many of the kids have seen action on the varsity level.” Joining the varsity for the first time are junior catchers Jordan Smith and Quinn DeBolt who will share duties behind the plate. Parsley said that they are both as good as any catchers in the area with both swinging good bats. Junior Dakota Healey will be in the outfield. Delton is scheduled to host a double header with Hastings this afternoon, and will be back on the field next Tuesday for the start of the KVA season at Olivet. The 2007 Delton Kellogg varsity baseball team. Fisher strikes out 15, and Lions score 15 to beat Leslie by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A pitchers’ dual fell apart late at Leslie Tuesday. Maple Valley’s varsity baseball team scored seven runs in the sixth inning and seven more in the seventh to pick up its first win of the 2007 season, 15-2 over the Blackhawks. Only one side of the pitchers’ dual slipped. Lion starter Kyle Fisher pitched six innings and allowed just one run. “Kyle Fisher did an outstanding job on the mound, striking out 15 in six innings while allowing one hit,” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. Fisher is now 1-1 on the season. Jon Walker took the loss for the Blackhawks. The Lions had five players with at least two hits, led by Troy Westendorp who was 3for-4 at the plate, scoring twice and driving in three runs. Nick Nisse was 2-for-3 with two RBI’s, Deven Meade 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI’s, Kyle Fisher 2-for-4 with three RBI’s, and Adam Foster 2-for-2 with three runs scored. “Our team did a great job at the plate, putting together two big innings late in a close game,” Carpenter said. The Lions are now 1-2 on the season, after dropping a pair of games in a double header at Hastings before spring break. They were scheduled to be at home for the first time, on Wednesday afternoon against Springport. The Kalamazoo Valley Association season begins next Tuesday for the Lions when they travel to Pennfield. “It is good to get the first win under our belts and hopefully we can continue to grow from it,” Carpenter said. “We have a lot of season left, but if we continue to play like this we will be in a lot of our games.” The 2007 Delton Kellogg varsity softball team. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE DK softball returns half a dozen contributors from ‘06 They are still working to improve their offensive skills, especially base running. Newcomers looking to help improve the program are Katie Marshall, Jessica Wine, Angela Kennedy, and Justie McCowan. Kalamazoo Christian and GalesburgAugusta should be the teams battling it out at the top of the Kalamazoo Valley Association again this spring. Plainwell pounded out 11 hits against Delton Kellogg Tuesday to score a 6-3 victory over the visiting Panthers. The Delton Kellogg girls’ didn’t do too bad for themselves at the plate either. Katie Marshall had a triple and a single and drove in one of the Delton runs. Hannah Goy had two hits and an RBI as well for Delton. Jessica Wine and Justie McCowan had two 50 N. 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Golf Baseball Baseball Softball Softball rescheduled from 4-11 Trojans double up DK “Work with the people that make you Feel At Home” 5590 Creek Ridge Drive Middleville, MI THURSDAY, APRIL 12: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity 4:00 pm Boys Varsity 4:00 pm Boys JV 4:00 pm Girls Varsity 4:00 pm Girls JV FRIDAY, APRIL 13: 4:15 pm Boys Varsity 77511401 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg’s varsity softball team has a good group of returning players this spring, six in all from last year’s team that won five games. It starts up the middle, where the Panthers return a solid battery with sophomore pitcher Tarah Keim and either senior Hannah Goy or junior Kelsey Ketola behind the plate. Goy could also see time in the infield, and Ketola in the outfield. The Panthers have a few solid outfielders back in senior Kacie Woznicki and senior Michelle Kramm. Senior Amanda Boss also returns, in the infield. “We have six returnees who contributed a lot last year,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Kelly Yoder. “With our experience we should be improved.” With those girls back the Panthers plan on having solid pitching and a good defense. Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org �Page 18 — Thursday, April 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Panther girls’ soccer returns a veteran defense by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Being a first year head coach brings some challenges. One of the biggest for Delton Kellogg’s new varsity girls’ soccer coach Bill Roberts is how to mix his experienced players with his young ones this spring. Right now the young and old aren’t too mixed up on the field. The experience is in the back and the youth up front. Delton Kellogg has six seniors and eight juniors on the roster this season. Many of the key returnees are defenders and midfielders. In goal, the Panthers have sophomore Anna Goldsworthy back along with senior Katlynn McCormick. Goldsworthy could also see some time as a striker. Senior defenders Kelsey Brownell and Katie Smith return along with junior Lacy Seamans. In the midfield, the Panthers see the return of juniors Shawn Schut and Kelsie Smith and sophomore Lauren Knollenberg. That experience worked out well in the backfield during the Panthers’ season opener against Wayland, earning a shut out. Amber Strick is the Panthers’ most experi- enced striker back on the field. She’ll be joined up front by a trio of freshmen, Katie Searles, Taylor Peavey and Cara Phelps. “Expect some fantastic performances from the freshmen class,” Roberts said. Delton won five games a year ago, and the Panthers are hoping to get to .500 this season. They also have a big goal for the Kalamazoo Valley Association season. The Panthers want to be third in the league. That may not sound like too high a goal, but that means finishing ahead of every team other than the league’s two powerhouses Hackett Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian. Since 2002, Hackett Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian have both won two Division 4 state championships. Hackett’s Fighting Irish are the defending state champions. The Panthers are slated to open league play at home against Kalamazoo Christian this afternoon. Saturday Delton will be a part of the Marshall tournament, then play another nonleague contest at Vicksburg Monday. The KVA season continues next Wednesday when the Panthers visit league newcomer Olivet. The 2007 Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ soccer team. Saxon softball scores 20 runs The Saxons’ Erica Swartz (30) gets her bat on the ball in the third inning, with the score tied 6-6 against Northpointe Christian on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The Lady Saxons’ bats came alive in a big way on Tuesday night against Northpointe Christian as they pounded out seventeen hits to post a 20-10 non-conference win in a fiveinning game. The Saxons scored in every inning as six Hastings batters collected at least two or more hits in the game. Erica Swartz and Cali Carpenter shared the mound duties for Hastings. Both pitchers showed some rust as a result of the spring break lay-off, issuing ten walks that accounted for most of Northpointe’s runs. The Saxons started early, scoring started in the first inning as Sara Bolo reached base on a fielder’s choice and then scored on a base hit from Jen Bishop. In the second inning, base hits by Jen Ratliff, Sara Radant, Amanda Clark, Brenna Leedy and Bishop were mixed in with a couple of Northpointe errors to push five more runs across the plate. The Lady Saxons scored six more runs in the third inning on hits by Bolo, Bishop, and Swartz plus a walk to Leedy and three more Northpointe errors. It was another six run inning in the fourth that included singles from Nikki Meade and Leedy and triples off the bats of Bolo and Swartz. The Saxons scored their final two runs in the fifth inning on a walk to Kayla Romanak and singles by Bolo, Meade and Bishop. Carpenter pitched the final three innings of the game as she earned her first win of the season on the mound. The Saxons are slated take on the Delton Panthers on Thursday night in a doubleheader in Delton. Hastings starts the conference season next week against Caledonia, with a double header at the home of the Scots Tuesday and a single game in Hastings next Thursday. Caledonia opened conference play with a pair of wins at South Christian on Tuesday afternoon. 77510808 Coming this Spring... Businesses in Barry County A Business & Industry Annual Publication As businesses throughout Michigan are adjusting to the state’s current economic position, the Barry County businesses are continuing to succeed. Hometown Businesses in Barry County is a special edition publication designed as an educational and informational tool to introduce new and current community members to the businesses surrounding them, both retail and industrial. Share your story: Hometown business owners are invited to share their success stories and the importance of keeping their companies in a small town. Inform the community of what part your business plays in creating and maintaining Barry County’s reputation as a great place to live and work! Published as an insert to the Hastings Banner in Spring 2007 Don’t miss this opportunity for your company to be a part of the educational, informational and historical documentation of businesses and industries in Barry County! For advertising sizes and rates, contact Jonathon Jacobs, Rose Heaton or Scott Ommen at J-ad Graphics: 269-945-9554 For article information, contact Kelly Lloyd 269-945-9554 DEADLINE FOR ADVERTISING & ARTICLES: APRIL 30TH � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-04-19.pdf 8d28186f1667bd4a84bfc06d5aeb44d0 PDF Text Text Hastings schools absorb hit in aid cut Imus affair could have taught us a lesson Hastings baseball splits with Scots See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 16 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, April 19, 2007 Local officials, MTA don’t think so NEWS Is township government obsolete? BRIEFS Symphony visit will be April 26 The Thornapple Arts Council invites those in the area curious about classical music to attend the concert by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 South M-37 Highway, corner of M-37 and M79, Hastings. The symphony will perform familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, along with pieces by Gershwin and Sousa. Tickets can be purchased in advance at (269) 945-2002 or at Barry County Lumber, Brown’s Carpet One, Bosley’s or the State Grounds Coffee House. Tickets are $15 for adults $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children ages 12 and under. This visit by the KSO is funded in part by the Sue Drummond Endowment for Arts Enrichment held at the Barry Community Foundation. Progressive Dems to have Earth Day The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have an Earth Day celebration in Middleville Saturday, April 21. Patricia Wilson says, “A huge grassroots protest over the degradation of our environment 37 years ago brought about the first Earth Day (on April 22, 1970).” The Progressive Democrats plan to commemorate the efforts of more than 20 million students who protested on college campuses across the nation to bring political attention to the state of the environment. The ceremony will take place at Stagecoach Park on East Main Street in Middleville at 3 p.m. The group will celebrate the first anniversary of the planting of the “Peace Pole.” After the Earth Day festivities the group will meet at Phil’s Restaurant. Everyone can purchase their own dinner and afterward share an Earth Day birthday cake. For more information, call Jackie Schmitz at 795-7896 or e-mail her a jschmitz48@hotmail.com Middleville sets ‘women’s night’ Any woman in the area who wants to enjoy some guilt free ice cream indulgence can stop by the Scoop at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, during the first women’s shopping event in downtown Middleville. Organizers hope Main Street Middleville will be full of fun on that night. Some of the stores which will be open extend out of the downtown area. Fun on Main Street will cover both sides of the street. Shear Pleasure Hair Design will offer some specials, the Scoop will have “The Works” sundae bar for just $1.50. There will be pizza at Phil’s. Special sales will fill Fabulous Finds. Harmony Dance Source is offering a dance demo at 8:45 p.m. Champs will take off 10 percent from meals purchased by ladies, Expressive Shirts will have quality gifts at affordable prices. Just around the corner from downtown Lovey’s Snack Shack on Grand Rapids Street across from Bradford White will have in-store specials. Individual participants can choose when to close on April 24. Some will close at 9 p.m. while others will remain open until 10. For more information about this event See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by David T. Young Editor Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon last week mentioned elimination, reduction or consolidation of townships as a possible option in saving the state money during the current budget crisis. It didn’t take long for the Michigan Townships Association to react strongly in opposition, and local officials seem just as upset about the notion township government isn’t necessary any more. But State Rep. Brian Calley, who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District, said it may be premature to react so strongly. “It was literally just a few words during a press conference,” Calley said of Dillon’s comments. “He was talking about consolidation of local government and said it’s under consideration. There were no details, so that tells me there is no organized plan. I don’t think this should be regarded as a proposal.” Mike Timmons, Assyria Township Supervisor, expressed his feelings very clearly. “This shows me high-level incompetence for the legislature to even think about that. If the state was to get rid of township government, it would eliminate services such as roads and elections, and people wouldn’t have a voice in local government... It’s asi- nine for the State Legislature to even think about this.” Timmons said such a move would put too much pressure on counties to handle a lot of work. “It would mean a shift in financial burden (for government) to somebody else and it wouldn’t be as close to the people.” He added that state government making such a suggestion shows him “They don’t care about who it hurts, as long as it doesn’t hurt the state. I’d rather see them do a better job of supporting the townships.” Thornapple Township Supervisor Don Boysen, who’s been on the job for 27 years, said “Township government is one of the most misunderstood forms of government in the country. We are closest to the people... but townships are very different in size, geography and population, so their needs are very different. The state seems to be trying to fit us into one mold, but we just don’t.” Townships are a creation of the state, going back to when Michigan entered the union in 1837. The state, once part of the Northwest Territory, was divided into 83 counties, and out of that have come 1,242 common law townships. Barry County has 16 townships, but a county as large as Allegan next door has 24 such units. The townships for nearly 200 years have served as the prime unit of government, where people pay property taxes, hold elections and have basic services such as roads taken care of. “I know the state is talking about it because they think consolidation or elimination (of townships) could save money or be more efficient,” Boysen said. “But I don’t know how you can collect taxes, have elections and provide basic services like roads any more efficiently than townships. “This seems to be knee jerk reaction from people who don’t understand township government and how it works.” Boysen said Thornapple Township is the largest taxing unit in Barry County today, even larger than the City of Hastings. He was asked what he would think if Barry County was divided into four quadrants, with one government for each rather than 16. “I don’t think that would work well at all in our quadrant (which would include Thornapple, Yankee Springs, Irving and Rutland townships). This quadrant is by far the largest in population. Maybe it would work better in the southeast quadrant of the county, which is less populous, or somewhere See TOWNSHIP, page 16 Habitat director resigns to take job in Georgia by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Louise Hurless, executive director of Barry County Habitat for Humanity since 1998, is leaving her position in Hastings to accept a post at Habitat International headquarters in Americus, Georgia. She submitted her resignation to local board members this week and expects to be living in Americus in “a couple of weeks.” With Habitat International, Hurless will be a support specialist in the U.S. Field Operations Department and Operational Headquarters. “I’ll be a support person for affiliates across the country,” she said. “I’ll be the second level of more specialized support and will do on-site training when needed, curriculum development, and strategy setting. Basically I’ll be helping affiliates to be the best they can be and operate with accordance to Habitat International. I’ll work with state support organizations, campus chapters, affiliate staff and volunteers, as well as with Habitat International and the U.S. Office.” Barry County’s Habitat Board and volunteers will miss Hurless, but are proud of her accomplishments and this next chapter of her career and passion for Habitat. Don Wiggins, president of Barry County Habitat, said, “None of us will realize how much she does for the affiliate until she is gone. Then, the many tasks she routinely handles for applicants applying to become Habitat homeowners, existing Habitat homeowners, Habitat Board and the betterment of Barry County's housing will become evident to all of us. “We wish her the best on her new challenge with Habitat for Humanity International, and challenge her to not forget her experiences here when making decisions in the future that will impact many affiliates, not just Habitat for Humanity Barry County,” he said. “I know she will do well in her new assignment because only having one boss to satisfy in the future versus the many bosses she deals with now will be a piece of cake,” Wiggins quipped. Locally, as the Barry County Habitat affiliate has grown, Hurless has bloomed personally too. Her active interest and involvement in networking with regional and state Habitat Louise Hurless See HABITAT, page 13 Christine Hiar Green Gables director steps down in July Green Gables Haven Executive Director Christine Hiar has announced her resignation from her current position as of July of this year. Though she declined to talk specifically about the reasons for the move, Hiar said she will continue a deep commitment to the agency and its mission, and expressed her plans to continue working with the shelter in a volunteer capacity. The Green Gables Have Board of Directors accepted her resignation with regret. With the help of the shelter staff, Hiar has broadened services, solidified community partnerships, has been heavily involved with the collaborative bodies serving Barry County, initiated prevention services and dealt with well-publicized funding issues. “It is important that the community understands I am not leaving Green Gables because of our funding issues,” said Hiar. “The shelter is a vital, viable part of our community, and it will continue to serve women and children in crisis for years to come. If I was concerned about the longevity of the shelter, the last thing I would be doing is leaving.” Hiar thanked the Board of Directors for the opportunity to work with the shelter saying, “I have been extremely blessed to work with See GABLES, page 4 Three supt. finalists make second round by Megan Lavell Staff Writer After interviewing four candidates in the last week, the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education has narrowed it down to three for the second round of interviews, set to take place next week. John Raab will be interviewed again at 4 p.m. Monday, April 23; Richard Satterlee will be interviewed again at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 23; and Clair Dean will be interviewed a second time at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24. Raab is currently interim superintendent at Dundee Community Schools. His responsibilities in that position include working with administrators, teachers and support staff, hiring an elementary school principal and part-time curriculum director, and improving student achievement. Raab’s other professional experience in professional education includes serving as the superintendent of Elkton, Pigeon, Bay See SUPERINTENDENT, page 2 Hastings Top Ten announced for ‘07 Hastings High School’s top 10 2007 graduates were honored at the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education meeting Monday night at Pleasantview Elementary School. Pictured are (back row, from left) Jesse Ellwood, Taylor Casarez, Margaret Buehl, Jason Bies, Scott White, (front row) Kayleigh DelCotto, Kristina Dobbin, Molly Wallace, Kayla Amgeletti and Amy Ingle. �Page 2 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS SUPERINTENDENT, continued from page 1 continued from front page call McQueen at 795-7719 or Ayriss at 7954090. Next Thornapple Players dates set The Thornapple Players’ next performance will be April 26-29 of the light-hearted Renaissance comedy “Once Upon a Mattress.” Producer Norma Jean Acker said story line isis the “Princess and the Pea” with a twist. The production is planned for the Central Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $5 for students, senior citizens and children, and $7 for adults. “Kings and queens, princes and princesses, knights and ladies -- ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ has them all but like none you've seen before,” said Acker. “This show is filled with comedic turns sure to entertain one and all.” Rosemary Anger is directing the play, Barb Pruden is the assistant director, Forest Evans is the music director and Terry Dennison is the choreographer. Farmers Market returning soon The Hastings Farmers Market will return for another season this month. The market again will take place at the parking lot next to Tyden Park on North Broadway. Hours will be 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. Improvements this year include new signage and better electrical and phone service to the market. For more information, call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 9452454. Food Initiative site is changed The location of the next Fresh Food Initiative has been changed for Wednesday, April 25, to the Church of the Nazarene at 1716 N. Broadway. The program will return to the First United Methodist Church Wednesday, May 2. For more information, call Bonnie Hogoboom at the Barry County United Way Volunteer Center, 269-945-2006. Four Twp. Council meeting is tonight This year’s annual meeting of the Four Township Water Resources Council will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station auditorium near Hickory Corners. Joe Johnson, chief wildlife biologist for the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, will speak on the restoration of the trumpeter swan to the Midwest. Johnson will highlight Michigan’s role in this success story. Jane Herbert, district water quality educator for Michigan State University Extension Land and Water program, will update attendees on Hydrilla; the newest aquatic invasive species threatening Michigan waterways. This invasive plant was found in a lake in 2006, just over the Indiana border. Herbert will explain how boaters and waterfront property owners can identify and report Hydrilla. Lea Tanaka, Fine Lake Association (Barry County), will share how volunteers on that lake have implemented the “Clean Boats, Clean Waters” program to slow the spread of invasive species. The Four Township Water Resources Council is a group of concerned citizens dedicated to protecting water quality in Barry and Prairieville townships in Barry County and Richland and Ross townships in Kalamazoo County. The public is invited to attend this year’s annual meeting. The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station auditorium is llocated at 3700 E. Gull Lake Drive, Hickory Corners. For more information please visit www.ftwrc.org or call 269-671-2412, extension 222. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. Alumni are encouraged to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. They can visit the new Web site at www.dkhsalumni.org for more information. Library planning amnesty program Hastings Public Library will be celebrating National Library Week with an amnesty program for overdue materials. Fines on any materials returned to the library from now through Saturday, April 21, will be forgiven. Books may be returned in the book drop behind the library. Tapes, CDs and DVDs should be returned inside the library. The amnesty will not extend to previously existing fines. A number of volunteers are currently helping the staff prepare materials for the move to the new library. Through the amnesty the staff hopes to recover a number of missing items so they can be on the shelves when the new library opens. Chess tournament slated for April 21 The King’s and Queen’s chess tournament is scheduled for Saturday, April 21, at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School in Middleville. This will be an unrated tournament open to students in grades K-8. Participation ribbons will be given to all players. Students will play at their own grade level. The registration table opens at 8:30 a.m. The first round will begin at 10. Players, grades 4-8, need to bring boards and sets (clocks are optional.) Each round is limited to one hour. Pre-registration is $10 and on-site registration is $15 from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The tournament director reserves the right to turn away anyone who is not in the registration line by 9:30 a.m. Concessions will be available on site from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The TK Chess Store also will be open. An awards ceremony and trophy presentation will take place following the last round. Registration forms and entry fee should be received by April 13. Forms should be mailed to Thornapple Kellogg Schools, Attn.: Chess Tournament, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, MI 49333. Make checks payable to: TK Schools. For more information, call 269-7955522. ‘Grief Recovery’ sessions slated Barry Community Hospice will offer another grief recovery series, a five-week program for any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one, for five weeks, throughout next month, beginning Tuesday, May 1. The program will be held at the Barry Community Hospice office, 450 Meadow Run, Hastings, for five consecutive Tuesdays from May 1 through May 29. Class time id from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Grief recovery combines learning about the process of grief with the opportunity to discuss feelings in a safe and open environment. Barry Community Hospice, an affiliate of the United Way, offers the program as a community service. There is no charge. Anyone who wants to register or receive more information about this class or other bereavement services should call the Barry Community Hospice Bereavement Department at (616) 948-8452. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 John Raab Port Laker Schools, the superintendent of Posen Consolidated Schools, a middle school principal, a community education director, curriculum director, a child care coordinator and an elementary school principal. His educational experience includes a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University. His certification includes AP Superintendent, AE Elementary Administrator and AC Central Office Administrator. He has endorsements in teaching all studies K-8 and seventh through ninth grade social studies and English. Raab said the most fulfilling part of his current position is student achievement. He said his school district is seventh in the state with its MEAP scores. “The most challenging part is finding resources,” he said. Raab said that because of current budget constraints, it is hard to fund programs, classes and opportunities for students. Raab said he has always lived in his school districts to be effective. “That’s very important to me,” he said. “I think it’s important to the community. To be effective, you have to be available and accessible in the community.” He said he also believes people stay accessible by staying involved in the community. Some innovative programs Raab has helped foster have been securing an energy grant and moving three refurbished windmills Clair Dean to the elementary school. “That wasn’t just to do that for the school — we also had a program for the students,” he said. Raab said one of his previous school districts had an alternative education program with which he was very involved. “I’m a real believer that you have to make those buildings accessible to the public,” he said of non-traditional education. He also said his current school has an alternative education program, and that the school district actually has made money on it. Raab said he believes in the importance of a vocational education center, even though Hastings does not currently have one. “I’m a big believer in vo-tech and I think without a vo-tech to provide those [students who would use it], you need to provide them any way you can in the school district,” he said. Raab also said the reality is that not all students go to college, and that there needs to be training available to make them successful. He said one way to work with those students would be to partner with the business world. Raab said he is in support of collaboration, and he mentioned distance learning in particular which may serve as a good method for ISDs to work together. “I think that collaboration is a good thing,” he said. “Sharing of services, sharing of resources makes a lot of sense to me.” He also said technology may provide more Richard Saterlee opportunities for such sharing. Raab said he believes bullying has become part of the national consciousness, and more people are becoming aware that it is an issue. He said he believes the issue should be dealt with by showing students how they should behave and giving them character education. To keep employees informed, Raab said that he employees an open door policy. “I’ve had numerous employees that will ask me different information,” he said. “I’ve always embraced that. I think it’s important. I am accessible to people.” Raab said he thinks some people are intimidated by the superintendent, but he is a good listener and gets information to people when they need it. Having dealt with labor relations in the past, Raab said there needs to be give and take with the issue. He has been the chief negotiator, and said it is important to understand the school’s resources. “It becomes really imperative that we have relationships and understand what those resources are,” he said. Raab said he also has experience working with legal council with regard to negotiation issues. He said his role as superintendent in the negotiations would be as a listener, and that board members would be on the bargaining team. See SUPERINTENDENT, page 7 Hastings schools absorb hit in most recent state aid cut by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Board of Education Monday night grappled with the reality that nobody is exempt from cuts resulting from Michigan’s budget crisis. The state budget director released information last Thursday that a pro-ration may be issued by May 1 saying that schools will receive between $90 and $125 less per student, resulting in a loss of between $285,455 and $396,465 for Hastings for the current school year. The pro-ration is anticipated to reduce the June, July and August payments for the school year. “This is not just this year’s problem,” said Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel at Monday night’s school board meeting. Hastings Area Schools Director of Finance Barb Hunt said the school board has already taken all the cost saving steps it can take this year, and that they now need to plan for future years. “There’s really not a lot we can do at this point to the end of the year,” she said. Hunt said some measures the school board has taken this year include privatizing substitute teacher services, instituting an energy saving system and a change in administrative health insurance. Most of the cut will come from the fund balance, or savings account, which auditors recommend should be at about 10 to 15 percent of expenditures. Hastings has just over $1 million in its fund balance, making up only 4 percent of expenses. Should the school system get $125 less per student, this would put the fund balance down to only 2.5 percent. “Part of the problem with trying to do a budget for next year now is that we don’t know what we will have,” said Hunt. The school was supposed to receive $7,085 for the current school year, $6,875 last school year and $6,700 for the three school years before that. Hunt said to try to prepare for future budget issues, school officials are planning for no increase in the amount per pupil for the next school year. She said officials also are expecting decreased enrollment and a decrease in federal funds for next year. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • The 2007 top Hastings High School graduates were presented to the board (see front page photo this week). • Thursday, May 3, is a Spring Sports Fest at the high school because all varsity sports are home. There will be an assembly earlier in the day and a tailgate party. • Travel study requests were granted for Northeastern and Star School fourth grade students and Southeastern fifth grade students to go to Greenfield Village; Hastings Middle School eighth grade students and Hastings High School Varsity Singers to go to Chicago; and Hastings High School Business Professionals of America to go to New York City. • Marie Westbrook, a high school food service worker, was granted a leave of absence; high school English teacher Jodi Darland will return from a leave of absence; Rachael Steorts was reassigned as the activities/aquatics coordinator at the Community Education and Recreation Center; Andrew Rhoades was appointed as the cardio/weight room supervisor at the Community Education and Recreation Center; elementary music teacher Melinda Smalley was granted continued tenure. • A resolution was passed designating Tuesday, May 8, as School Family Day. • The 2006-2007 Budget Amendment no. 3 was passed for the general operating fund budget. • Two science textbooks were recommend- ed for adoption in high school science classes. • The board selected CitiCapital to provide financing for the guaranteed energy conservation program being performed by Chevron Energy Solutions. • A letter of agreement with the Hastings Education Association was approved, specifying dates for department meetings, number of pay periods, correct terminology for special education students and designation for the first teacher and student attendance days in the 2007-2007 school year. • The board adopted a resolution making changes to a qualified retirement plan as specified by the Internal Revenue Code. • A gift of $1,500 from Larry and Earlene Baum was accepted for the purpose of helping cover expenses involved in the production of Hastings High School’s 2007 musical. A gift of a Rigid 6’’ Jointer/Planer was accepted from John Wendel for the woodworking program at Hastings High School. • Resignations for Brenda Dawe, Jacquelynn Dufour and Amy Scott were accepted. Student of the Month helps area animals The March Kiwanis Student of the Month is Molly Wallace, who was selected by the local club for her outstanding community service. She is pictured here with her parents, Bill and Lisa Wallace. Molly requested her $50 donation go to the Barry County Humane Society. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 3 Fourth annual Hastings Jazz festival enjoys crowds, decent weather by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The sounds of jazz filled the streets and venues in downtown Hastings last weekend in the fourth annual Thornapple Arts Council/Felpausch Jazz Festival. There had been worries about unseasonably bad weather, but it was dry and “cool” Saturday and Sunday. Anyone walking past Central Elementary School Saturday could hear the sound of student musicians learning ways to play their instruments better in the clinics that followed their performances. Student musicians from Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg high schools volunteered as greeters and helpers. There also were volunteers from the TK High School National Honor Society. Many jazz lovers Saturday mentioned the overflow crowds at the Friday night events. But Saturday was devoted to student performers. While three of the high schools originally scheduled were not able to appear, the other student jazz bands enjoyed performing for parents and friends and professional musicians. Breaks in the schedule gave master of ceremonies Dave Dimmers more time to play the music he loves. He also gave a description and background of the music each high school band chose to perform. In an interesting development, Thornapple Kellogg band director Ray Rickert was very shy about being selected to stand in for a Lakewood High School trombonist who was not able to perform. The All-Stars did strut their stuff under the direction of Mike McLeod from the Truth in Jazz Orchestra from Muskegon. The all-star band included Alto 1, Michael Raley, Rockford High School; Alto 2, Tara Resibig, Ionia High School; Tenor 1, Henry Koperski, Northview High School; Tenor 2, Jamie VanDongen, Thornapple-Kellogg High School, and on the baritone saxophone, Lindsay Lucas, Comstock Park High School. Playing trumpet were Matt Sumner, Portland High School; Madeline Baker, Gull Lake High School; Sarah Wenger, Thornapple-Kellogg High School; Joe Arnett, Hastings High School, and Nathan Story, Allegan High School. Trombonists in the all-star band were substitute Ray Rickert; Jerrad Navarro, Comstock Park High School; Zac Land, Gull Lake High School, and Drew Heath, Homer High School. On piano was Keaton Royer from Northview High School. Chris Zatzke from Thornapple Kellogg High School performed on guitar. The bass player was Roger Thompson from Comstock Park. Hastings High School’s Joe Sleevi was the drummer. Students who were selected for the all-star band from schools unable to attend were still allowed to perform. They had only about three hours of rehearsal before there performance. The Muskegon Truth in Jazz Orchestra had Central Auditorium jumping with its own very distinctive jazz sounds. The audience responded enthusiastically to the performance. For more information about the 2007 TAC activities call 945-2002 or visit the website www.thornappleartscouncil.org Mike McLeod directed the members of the TAC All-Star Band, which received a standing ovation following its three tunes. Students from the various high schools performing on Saturday had a chance to share ideas while waiting for the Holly Trolley. The TAC All-Star Band takes a quick break between tunes. TAC committee member Joe LaJoye talks with Northview High School jazz band director Max Calley Jr. LaJoye, retired Hastings High School band director, said, “The crowds were up this year and the kids played great. We are already beginning to plan for the fifth festival.” Dave Dimmers was not shy in sharing his knowledge of jazz to the students and the audience Saturday. This guitar was raffled off to help support the jazz festival. It was won by Richard Tank of Grand Rapids. The audience was enthusiastic with applause and cheers following the performance by the Truth in Jazz Orchestra from Muskegon on Saturday night. Instruments and their cases was a common site at the fourth annual Hastings Jazz Festival. Jon Droscha was kept busy recording performances of the individual high school bands. CDs of those performances and the evening concert by the All-star Band and the Truth in Jazz Orchestra. Those CD’s are available for $5 each by calling the TAC at 945-2002. Everyone followed the signs for jazz during the TAC/Felpausch Jazz Festival on April 13 and 14. �Page 4 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Laura Dickinson set a solid example for all of us IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Let’s mobilize local forces to halt Wal-Mart To the editor: The small businesses of Hastings include a huge number of lawyers, and the city is about to be invaded by a hoard of out-of-town nomadic law-dogs. Back in the Dark Ages, this practice was common everyday life. Those villagers who waited to be raped and pillaged by the mercenaries of the wealthy giants were granted their desires. The more intelligent scurried together in the strongest fortification they could find and fought the beasts in a coordinated effort of cooperation. Wal-Mart is not some intelligent monopolistic business genius determined to create personal power, control and wealth to satisfy an imbalanced ego. It is merely a bunch of hired white-collar criminals out to become the largest and most profitable corporation in the entire world, the same as any other corporation. Corporations are the collective greed of stockholders and have no purpose other than return on investment. Insulting a corporation or trying to appeal to some imaginary moral conscience is nonsense. It doesn’t have these human characteristics. Instead, we need to gather our own vast supply of legal knights in shining armor around a single table and prepare for the assault on our walls by the alphabet soup purchased by the Wal-Mart stockholders. We have more than ample strength of numbers and expertise in our local law armory to withstand this barrage. Wal-Mart has been defeated before. Somewhere in the dungeons and libraries there is a book with the recipe of a potion that has been proven powerful enough to break the corporate spell. The “golden arches” do not beckon uniformly across the country. Some dogs learned to bite. It might be an interesting subject for investigative journalistic probing to publish accounts of cases where the pack of hired WM predators left town dragging their wounded. The simple fact is that Rutland Township is merely in a file cabinet under “R” that is filled to overflowing with tiny vulnerable places to raid, matched with nearby law firms willing to sell their souls. One more or less won’t even interrupt the conversation around the board room table. Failing to abuse the people of Barry County will not be taken personally by the Wal-Mart stockholders. Very few of them even know we exist. I’m appealing to the small business owners of Barry County to support the coordination of our own attorneys to defeat this dragon. Perhaps we can put on such a convincing show of power that the city and county will no longer find it in their best interest to hire lawyers from out of town whenever a lucrative task needs to be done. Who is this fictitious “county attorney” we keep seeing quoted? If you think it is the County Prosecutor’s office you need to get out more often. By the way, Fred Jacobs, look up the statute regarding coordinated planning. It’s pretty good reading. Tom Wilkinson, Bello Oriente, Costa Rica, and Hastings, MI USA Don’t believe ‘no-tax casino’ falsehood To the editor: I've been involved in Allegan County and area politics for some time now. I now serve as supervisor of Wayland Township, host of the proposed Gun Lake casino. Opponents of this project claim that the Gun Lake Tribe isn't going to pay its fair share of taxes. I totally disagree and feel this is nothing more than another baseless scare tactic. Trust land will not adversely impact our tax rolls or our local businesses. Long ago the township took a long hard look at other municipalities that host tribal casinos. It didn't take long to realize that local governments surrounding tribal casinos received much more money in revenue sharing than they ever would in taxes, had the property not been placed in trust. And, local tourism and businesses have boomed in tribal casino areas, also contrary to the oppositions claims. The land the casino will occupy now generates annual property taxes of about $30,000 for Wayland Township. After the tribes land goes into trust it will no longer pay property tax, and the tribe itself will not be taxed. The reason is simple, governments do not tax other governments. However, under the gaming compact signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm, the casino would instead pay more than $3 million annually to local governments. Not brain surgery here, $30,000.00 vs $ 3 million,take your pick . Now add in to our tax base the casino employees,vendors,contractors,and all other non-tribal entities doing business with the tribe, who all will pay required local,state, and federal taxes. Any claim by the opposi- tion contrary is simply false. Also under the compact, the tribe agreed to comply with all state laws regulating the taxation of alcohol and tobacco, yet another reason for our legislatures to approve this compact immediately. Imagine,1,800 new casino employees earning a total average compensation package of $40,000 annually, many of those currently unemployed or on government assistance not paying taxes. These folks will now have income to spend locally on goods, services and recreation. That will benefit local business owners and create even more jobs. More revenue for local businesses and more job creation will generate more local tax base.This will increase revenue for increased municipal services and improved roads. his is why the Township Board of Trustees sees this project as a "win-win." Everyone from Uncle Sam to Governor Granholm agrees that this casino will be built in the near future. Therefore local government, public safety and law enforcement have an ethical duty to prepare for this project. A signed and legislatively approved gaming compact will easily provide the funding to offset the loss of property taxes. The compact would also create a proven revenue stream to build roads and necessary infrastructure, and ensure the public's safety. I ask people not to listen to the oppositions argument about taxes. The tribe will pay their fair share and then some, while playing a major role in helping our communities grow in a positive way. Enough delay, we need jobs today Roger VanVolkinburg, Wayland Twp. Supervisor To the editor: A few weeks ago, a friend asked me if my daughter Mel knew what she wanted to be when she grew up. I thought for a moment and said that at one point she had wanted to become a chiropractor like her dad, but I really wasn’t sure. She then asked me if I knew what I wanted Mel to be. Again, I thought it over and told her Mel was really good at doing her sister’s and her friends’ hair. Later that night as I was still thinking about that question, I came across the letter to the editor that Michelle had written about Laura Dickinson. I have known Michelle since she was born, and my son considers her to be a good friend. As I read about how Laura had embraced Michelle with love unconditionally, I then realized that’s what I want my daughter to grow up to be. I want Mel to be loving and caring, forgiving, filled with joy that only God can give her. I want her to be a role model for her younger sister by showing her the right paths to take in life. I want her to know that my love for her will always be there, no matter what. I want her to look at the mistakes her mom has made and learn from them, to see the consequences of stupid choices. I have realized that there is no promise when our children are born that they will always make the right choices, never disappoint us, never embarrass us, never hurt us. There is no perfect person. Least of all me, Mel's mom Two years ago, I almost lost my daughter. She was diagnosed with a critical illness that needed immediate attention. To top that off the darkness of her past began to haunt her. I had a crisis on my hands. Do I love her enough to lead her through this? Or should I give her up, and hope someone else would deal with her and her crisis? For me, there was no choice, I was committed through my deep love for her, to walk beside her, carry her when she needed it, in years, but has endured through his love for God, his determination to be a survivor, to not let the past destroy who he is. So many people in this community love my son and are always telling me how much he means to them. My son loves people, no questions asked. He has blessed so many people whether it be from his music, or just his positive attitude for life. He has become a man of great integrity. His fan list is forever long. He had choices, and he chose the right ones. He had a great love for Laura Dickinson. He often told me before her death what a great encouragement she was to him, and he counted her to be on his top 20 list of favorite people. I could not be more proud of my children. My children have loved me through my mistakes. They never turned their back on me when I deserved them to. Laura has touched us all. Not only do I want my children to be like Laura, I want to grow up to be like her too. It is never too late. Yes, I struggle with my anger and self pity. I play the blame game, but it hasn't gotten me anywhere. I give these things to God, and when he hasn't answered them in my timely fashion, I take them back, and make even more of a mess of them. It is a daily struggle. What seemed to Michelle and her family to be upsetting and the end of the world, turned out to be the beginning of a life named Molly Jade. A beautiful little baby! She has brought joy through a bad time. We all make mistakes, we let people down, but there can be healing with time. Things do get better! A couple of weeks ago a letter was sent to a woman who did not deserve to be hurt. I do not know who it was, but I ask that there be no more sent. It only caused pain. Thank you to Laura and her family for touching our lives. Kathy MacLeod, Hastings Why does Calvin honor President Bush? To the editor: It is unbelievable to me that Calvin College has honored our president with an unearned degree, and now a forum for more baseless promises on the war in Iraq. George W. Bush is accustomed to being given rewards for poor behavior. That is not new to him as he was given the presidency of the United States by the Supreme Court. In the second election it was apparently electoral shenanigans in Ohio and Florida that gave him the presidency. Do his supporters at Calvin College call those events honorable, of Spare us the sob stories of Saddam To the editor: I notice some liberals are still complaining over the way Saddam Hussein's execution was handled. I agree his hanging was outrageous and a gross miscarriage of justice. At most, he deserved leniency and a short stint of community service. What did he do that was so terrible anyway? All he did was torture, maim and murder uncounted hundreds of thousands of men, women, children and babies, then had their gassed and bullet-ridden corpses dumped into mass graves. I mean, come on. It's not like he ran a restaurant that served trans fat laden meals or had the audacity to say “Merry Christmas” in public. And, if we just would have given him a chance he could be teaching history now in one of our major universities and getting his life together. C. Edwards, Kalamazoo Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. what was sure to be a very rough road. Because I had the assurance that God was going to be leading me and carrying me when I needed him, we were not alone. I found out through both of my children that when there is so much turmoil in their lives, whether it be a wrong choice, or an illness, that’s the time they need you to love them even more. They needed to be assured that no matter what, that I was in this journey with them, and I would not give them up. Someone told me a few years ago that you can never ever give up on your kids, no matter the circumstances. That was the best advice he ever gave me. I cannot remember how many times Mel has woke up screaming from her nightmares. I cannot count how many times we were up all night because of her serious illness. The nights were endless. She slept beside me for over 13 months. So many nights I held her while she cried herself to sleep. I cried myself, knowing that some of that hurt was my fault. Through my own selfish choices I hurt my children, my family and my friends. I am so sorry for that and I apologize to my kids and to every one I let down. Two years ago when I looked into Mel's eyes, I saw pain, hurt, anger, unhappiness, frustration, confusion, despair. Her will to live had left her. It has been a slow journey for us, but I am so proud of whom she has become. Today, when I look in her eyes, I see a sparkle that has not been there for a long time. I see joy, confidence, a positive attitude, the goofiness that I missed, the humor that was a big part of her is back. I see acceptance for what she can't fix, and hope that a relationship she grieves for every day may somehow be mended and healing will take place. I have a son who picked himself up from the depths of a very unfair childhood and has become man I am so proud of. He has struggled and floundered during some of those which we ought to be proud ? Now Calvin College is giving G.W. Bush a forum for more promises about how well things are going in Iraq. Here is a man who has repeatedly lied to our country about his adventure in Iraq — one lie after the other. This man is so crooked he doesn’t know truth from poetry. That is petty obvious to everyone except those at Calvin College who are so blind they can’t see him for what he is: or the Iraq fighting for the useless, illegal, immoral, baseless tragedy it is for the Iraqi people and the armed forces occupying, and the American people forced to pay for the immorality. The misdeeds of George W. Bush and his people have often been chronicled in these pages. No need to go through the whole list. Just take the case of Depleted Uranium (DU) used on artillery shells to make them harder. Our troops in Desert Storm and Iraq have been and are being exposed to DU, giving some of them lifelong illness transmitted to their wives and children. Further, thousands of such shells are poisoning the Iraqi air so that women there are having deformed babies. Is that moral behavior — the mark of a ‘religious’ man? Is that the kind of behavior Calvin College is celebrating? The poisoning of our own troops and the Iraqi population? Is that moral behavior? Almost anyone but absolute conservative zealots would know that is not moral behavior. G.W. Bush did not invent this nor did his father, but they both were and are responsible for throwing tons of atomic poison at Iraq while destroying the country. Calvin College is supposedly sponsored by some religious denomination. If the nationalists at Calvin College imagine this man is some kind of moral example it shows their complete lack of humanity, much less any integrity of moral judgment, the best possible example of the moral bankruptcy they would see in others. George C. Williston, Hastings GABLES, continued from page 1 an amazing group of people who are as committed to this valuable resource as I am. This has been a very difficult decision. I will miss the wonderful people I have had the opportunity to work with.” Anyone interested in the Green Gables Haven executive director’s position should submit a resume to Stephanie Fekkes, president, Green Gables Haven Board of Directors, Suite 201, 629 W. State St., Hastings. Correction: The front page story about the Rutland Township meeting on WalMart incorrectly identified Sharon Sixberry as an employee of Wal-Mart. The Hastings How to cope with budget cuts? School districts have been notified that they will be losing up to $125 per student if the state legislature does not agree on a budget package by May 1. How should our local districts cope with this financial loss? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Brittney Benjamin, Yankee Springs: “I hope that legislators, the governor and the schools have more communication before any decision about cutting funding is made.” Kirk Barker, Middleville: “Schools need to be notified much sooner about this kind of decision. How can schools make realistic plans if they fear that funding will be cut unexpectedly.” Cameron Esteys, Homer: “This cut will have a real negative impact on small school districts like ours. I don’t think the legislature realizes how little money we get.” Cindy Traylor, Martin: “I happen to think that we didn’t elect our representatives to cut school funding. This is not where the budget should be cut.” Eileen Oehler, Hastings: “I think the legislature should get busy to solve the budget problems. Cutting education funding is not the way to do it.” Nancy Pasche, Delton: “I think the legislature should raise the sales tax one percent. Michigan also needs to establish toll roads like other states which would raise funds as well.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 5 Imus affair could have taught us a lesson I usually try to comment each week on things close to Barry County. Most columns I publish are about local matters. However, once in a while I take on wider issues, especially state government, about which I could use this entire space discussing the circus in Lansing with the budget crisis. It's gotten so bad that last week I heard there was a state-wide group forming to recall the governor. You can't solve our problems by changing faces. Jennifer Granholm was elected to office by a strong margin of voters, so now those voters need to put some pressure on state government to get the budget crisis behind us. We need leadership in Lansing, not confrontation. It’s not a party issue, it’s an economic issue, and it will need both parties debating openly and honestly. What I really want to comment on is the big deal over radio personality Don Imus and what he said about the Rutgers women’s basketball team after its runner-up finish in the NCAA tournament. Most of Imus’ millions of listeners didn't take his comments too seriously because that's what his program usually is all about. He just says what he wants to create shock value to his mostly younger male listeners. But this time, after he used offensive words to describe the Rutgers women, the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson jumped on the bandwagon of voices calling for his head. Interestingly, I think both of these personalities have been on the Imus Show at one time. As a result, Sharpton and Jackson have received a lot of free publicity. Within days, Imus appeared on Rev. Sharpton's radio show to discuss the matter, exposing to America that Sharpton even had a radio program, because I'm sure his audience is far less every day than the Imus Show. What’s important in this publicity stunt is what can we learn. It's not all about Imus and what he said because he's been saying things like this or worse for years, and the networks and media elite have been supporting him because he makes them millions. It wasn't until Proctor and Gamble, General Motors and American Express got cold feet and pulled their support that CBS and MSNBC decided they had to pull the show from the air. Imus probably will show up on paid satellite radio in the near future, just like Howard Stern, because he draws such a large audience and therefore advertisers. I think the bigger issue is the tolerance many Americans seem to have for this kind of out-of-control programming. I remember more than 40 years ago when late night TV personality Jack Parr left his show after his network’s criticism of his use of the phrase “water closet.” Today it seems radio and movie personalities are trying to shock us on a daily basis. I watch some late night TV shows on a regular basis and even Jay Leno uses words and expressions he wouldn't have dared use a few years ago. We are a society constantly filled with sexist and racist comments, yet at the same time leaders like Sharpton and Jackson only seemed focused on such speech concerning their race. Yet comedians such as Chris Rock and rap artists get away with using phrases and words white people like Imus are getting fired for using. Don Rickles’ brand of insulting humor spares no one. When he takes on Jewish issues, if other comedians said the same things, they would draw criticism or worse. When Imus made his offensive comments about the Rutgers basketball players, I'm sure he wasn't attacking the women themselves and their feelings, it’s just part of his "shtick," the way he does his program. Whether it’s the right thing to do is the issue here. Let’s not give him all this national attention for bad behavior. By kicking him off his program, we really didn't accomplish anything. We should have demanded the networks make Imus the poster child for decency on the air. We need to start a national dialogue. There's no question Imus crossed the line, but we shouldn't accept this as just a sign of the times. We need a national debate about free speech, what’s permissible and what’s not. The Banner published an opinion a few weeks ago from one of our readers that prompted outrage from people who claim we shouldn’t allow such hatred on our pages. We made the decision to let it stand at that time because we wanted readers to realize these offensive attitudes still plague us today, and in fact, they are growing and are even more passionate. They are fueled by white anger over such incidents as the Imus affair. All you have to do is to listen to some of your kids’ hip hop music to hear violence and hatred in the words and expressions to know we have a problem that is out of control and will only lead to bigger issues in the future. If you think Imus' comments were sexist and racist, then you won't appreciate many lyrics coming from hip hop. If Sharpton and Jackson were real leaders, they would also lead the charge to do something about the rap music industry and not just pick on one insensitive shock jock. In the big scheme of things, he will probably benefit more from being fired than if the network kept him and used his program to change the tone of the industry. Some might argue we can't change the direction, but we’d better because if we don't, it will just lead to more of society’s problems in the future. Unacceptable behavior is showing up in our schools and on the streets of this country every day. We need to determine some boundaries and set some standards for our entertainment industry because when we don't, we deal with it later in our communities. What may not be widely known is that Imus the man has done many good deeds for young people across the country. He and his wife run a dude ranch in New Mexico, offering terminally ill children the experience of living on a ranch, doing some chores and enjoying the out of doors. Nationally known personalities like Clarence Page, Larry King, Mike Wallace and Tim Russert, just to name a few, have been interviewed by Imus on a regular basis. I think what he said about Rutgers was over the top, but we as citizens of this great country have allowed worse on TV, radio, in our movies and in print. It's time to say "enough" and set some standards of decency that will curtail the gross neglect of saying whatever we want about one of our fellow citizens, regardless of what they look like. No one should have to accept blatant disregard for people. I believe in free speech and would fight to whatever length it took to protect this important freedom we have in this country, but this isn't about free speech. This is about acceptable speech in a public forum. There need to be standards. Without the controls, you can see what happens. We've allowed the industry to play an ugly game of shock by saying and doing anything it pleases just to gain audience attention. The Imus incident could have offered us a huge learning experience and changed the industry for years to come, but I think all it will come to is Imus will be worth more money than ever before on a new paid radio program. And the boorish behavior will continue on the airways just because it gets noticed. I believe Oscar Wilde once said something appropriate like, “There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Equal Parenting Bill deserves support To the editor: The Equal Parenting Bill, now House Bill 4564, was re-introduced April 5 by State Representative Glenn Steil Jr. of Kent County. The Equal Parenting Bill would require judges in a custody dispute between divorcing parents to order joint custody unless "the court determines by clear and convincing evidence that a parent is unfit, unwilling, or unable to care for the child," and if a parent "is unable to maintain the child's school schedule without interruption." HB 4564 has 21 co-sponsors, all of them Republicans except for Democrat Representative Robert Dean, also of Kent County. Many other co-sponsors are also from West Michigan. Representative Brian Calley has voiced his support for the bill, but is not a co-sponsor. I urge you all to support Mr. Calley's decision. You may write him at: The Honorable Brian Calley, Michigan House of Representatives, P.O. Box 30014, Lansing, MI 48909-7514., by phone at (517)373-0842, or bye-mail at: briancalley@house.mi.gov. Barb Cichy, chair of the Barry County Democratic Party, has volunteered their June "First Friday" forum to take up the issues of child custody post-divorce, including problems with the Barry County Friend of the Court. This has tentatively been scheduled for noon Friday, June 1. Ms. Cichy has assured me that the forum will be well advertised and promoted to maximize public attendance, and that local print media and local access cable TV will also be on hand to provide coverage. I have written Dr. Michael Callton, chairman of the Barry County Board of Camnissioners with a request the board compose and deliver a resolution or proclamation of support for HB 4564 to Representative Calley, State Senator Patty Birkholz and Governor Jennifer Granholm. Our elected officials need to be told and shown that "business as usual" will no longer be allowed when it comes to the issues of child custody promoting divorce and funding the destruction of our families. I encourage all parents and affected others to write to this paper and our elected officials at the county and state levels to show support for the equal parenting movement in Barry County and in Michigan. I would like to invite any attorney to write a public letter in support of this movement. Any attorney or staff member of Barry County Friend of the Court who would like to contact me confidentially is welcome to. If there is a single person among those people who will speak out in support of the Equal Parenting Bill, I would like to hear from him or her! Divorced parents and affected others, this is the time to stand up for your children and for yourselves! If not you, then who? If not now, then when? Show our elected officials at the state level that the Detroit politicians do not control and set the agendas for the entire state! Phillip N. Wurm, Hastings West Michigan Regional Director, "A Child's Right" Super Wal-Mart for super savings To the editor: I would like to voice my support of the prospect of a Super Wal-Mart opening in Hastings. I think that the residents of this town have as much right as those of any other to pay less while shopping within their own community. For example, there is a type of juice which I purchase religiously, two bottles per week, that up until this point I have had to buy at either Plumb's or Felpausch for $3.99 per bottle. Recently I found it as a new item at the Wal-Mart in town. The cost: $2.98 per bottle. I was astounded. After a quick calculation in my head, I realized that I would be saving about $104 per year just on my juice! If this savings were extended to fresh meat, produce and other food items which I buy on a weekly basis, my grocery bill would likely decrease by 33% per year. This would really help me financially because, as I'm sure others would agree, we are not all offspring of the town's founding businesses. Instead, I am forced to pay exorbitant prices for my groceries and therefore, am unable to spend that savings doing other things in town which I would enjoy, like eating at the local restaurants, shopping or catching a movie. I guess the supporters of our small town grocery businesses who oppose a super Wal-Mart don't care whose pocket they are affecting, as long as it is not theirs. Sarah Hall, Hastings In America’s it’s not flight or fight, it’s ‘cower and die’ ple at the Virginia Tech campus earlier this week. Since then, politicians (our leaders) have been calling for more gun control. Call me daft, but I don’t get it. Where’s the logic? Isn’t one definition of insanity “doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results?” We’ve tried gun control. It didn’t work. It failed us, and it failed our children. It failed us at the University of Iowa in 1991. It failed us at Columbine High School. It failed us in Pearl, Mississippi, and now, it has failed us again in Blacksburg, Virginia. Why is everyone on television acting so surprised? This is logic 101. If you disarm everyone except crazed murderers, then only crazed murderers will have guns. Let’s face it, most people don’t have the expertise or the guts to disarm a gun-wielding madman. Forgive me for sounding harsh, but gun control is killing us. It’s killing innocent children all across our country, and it’s been killing them for decades. Why? Because we don’t have the guts to stand up to our politically correct legislators and tell them no! Enough is enough! Stop killing our children! All across America, even in states where tens of thousands of people have been trained and licensed to carry a gun for protection, people are hiding under desks, jumping from second floor windows, and cowering beneath the muzzle of a deranged killer. As a general rule, the people who cower in the face of determined evil, are the people who die in a pool of their own blood. It’s time America. It’s time to fight back! But do the people of America still have the guts to stand up against elected officials? I honestly don’t know. Are we Americans? Are we men and women determined to protect our families, or have we all become sheep, content to follow the shepherd over the precipice to the jagged rocks below? Columbine and Virginia Tech are not good omens. The victims there were unarmed sheep, who hid beneath desks and chairs, simply cowering before they died. They said “Baaa” as they were being slaughtered. Something basic to our society has to change. It’s time to stand up and fight while we still have the means to do so. And if our politicians tell us we can’t protect our children in a day care center, or a post office, or a church, then we show them the door. We vote them out. We recall them. We take out the trash. That’s the attitude that America was founded on. Somewhere along the time line, America has lost it’s way, we’ve lost our instinct for survival; it’s no longer “fight or flight,” it’s just plain “cower and die.” Where did Americans ever get the idea that they could successfully outsource personal protection? I know a guy who won’t trust another man to mow his lawn, because only he can do it right and to his own satisfaction. But that same particular, finicky person walks around all day long trusting total strangers, who aren’t even present, to protect the one thing he cannot replace — his own life. A word of caution: Don’t think that the terrorists aren’t watching, because they are, and they’re taking notes. Once they realize that most Americans are nothing but sheep waiting to be slaughtered, then it’s Katy bar the door, because every terrorist and his grandma will be over here killing as many American infidels as they can. America has ceased to be the “land of the free and the home of the brave,” and instead has become a target-rich environment, the “ignorant and blissful land of cower and die.” The police cannot protect us; it was never so. The police have their place and their job, but it was never their responsibility to be the personal bodyguards of every man, woman and child in America. That job is a personal responsibility that most of us have forsaken. It is my job to protect my family; that’s why they’re called “my family” and not” your family.” I feel silly saying things so basic to life and truth, but sadly enough, these things need to be said again. Trying to outsource personal and family defense will always be a losing proposition. Take responsibility for protecting yourself and the ones you love. Go ahead and outsource your lawn, but no one can protect your family better than you. It’s your job! Do it! Don’t give in to the “cower and die” mentality. Instead, crawl out from under that desk and fight for your life. It’s a decision you can live with. Skip Coryell, Born and raised in Barry County Intergovernmental agreement signed Officials from the City of Hastings, Rutland Township, Hastings Township and the Barry County Board of Commissioners were on hand Tuesday morning to officially sign the intergovernmental agreement, which will bring those entities together in future economic development projects. “We have always worked together,” said Hastings Mayor Bob May. “This is just a tool to insure we are all on the same page. Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said it is important for the townships to remain autonomous but to plan development an a cooperative venue. Pictured at the signing are (seated, from left) Barry County Board Chairman Dr. Michael Callton, Hastings Township Supervisor Jim Brown, Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr and May. Standing are (from left) Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith, Hastings Township Clerk Bonnie Cruttenden. Rutland Township Treasurer Sandra Greenfield and Barry County Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus. Find your next home at: Sarah Ulrich Real Estate Broker Warren Ulrich Licensed Builder Eric Phillips Realtor & Builder 269838-1743 269986-0492 269908-1904 Mark Young 616-366-2201 www.jesscorealestate.com NEW PRICE! NEW LISTING! NEWER ROOF & WINDOWS, Fenced yard, 2 baths, 3 bedrooms, garage, full basement, Hastings Schools. Call Sarah. $84,900. Now $74,900! NEWER BUILT HOME, full basement, TK Schools, 2 baths, 3 bedrooms, immediate occupancy. Call Sarah, $129,900. 77511720 To the editor: I’m a stay-at-home dad and the primary caregiver for our 1-year-old son. Even now, as I type this letter, there is a 40 caliber semiautomatic pistol on my right hip. I carry a pistol 24/7, 365 days a year. Sometimes it’s a nuisance, but I will never kneel at the feet of a madman and whimper while he shoots me and the ones I love. Instead, I will take careful aim, and doubletap the center of exposed mass until the murderer falls to the pavement, no longer a threat to the innocent in society. When faced with a weapon-wielding madman, I don’t hide beneath a desk, cowering in the hopes that he’ll shoot someone else and then move on. I don’t roll the dice and hope for the best. Instead, I take responsibility for my own defense, and I attack. That’s what real parents do. They protect those unable to protect themselves, and they do so aggressively and without apology. I learned that while growing up in Barry County. Having said all that, I, too, would have been helpless to stop the killing at Virginia Tech, or Columbine, or Pearl, and even at the University of Iowa. What do these places all have in common that render a normally competent, personal protection instructor impotent? They are all pistol-free zones. I like to call them criminal safe zones, where bad guys can feel safe and free to exact all manner of evil upon us, the unarmed public, upon our unarmed defenseless and innocent children. Our government, in its infinite folly, has disarmed us, then broadcast for all criminals to see, exactly when and where they can kill the most unarmed people. It’s like a bowling pin shoot, the government lines us up, and the bad guys shoot us down. And when questioned about this insanity, the legislators and other politicians say; “We’re doing this for your own good.” I haven’t heard that since I was a child. But I’ve got news for you politicians. I’m not a child any longer, and I know what’s best for me. When the government starts making laws that preclude me from protecting my oneyear-old son, then it’s time I campaigned to replace them. Consider yourself forewarned. The people hired you, and the people will fire you. A crazed, lone, gunman, executed 32 peo- �Page 6 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. John Blair Olmsted 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. HASTINGS – John Blair Olmsted, age 53, unexpectedly passed away at his home on April 16, 2007. John was born on December 31, 1953 at Pennock Hospital, the son of Clare “Hank” Olmsted and Mildred Woodmansee. He attended Hastings Public Schools, graduating in 1972. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1975, served in Germany, and was honorably discharged in 1978. John was a private person who loved his family, pets, nature, fishing, and Tiger baseball. John’s humor, wit, and depth of character were known and cherished by those who knew and loved him. He is survived by his wife Jane AllabyOlmsted, daughter Jessi (Jeff) Jones, son Benjamin Olmsted, stepson Jason Allaby, stepmother Phyllis Olmsted, sisters Sally (Jim) Kinney, Linda (Mike) Bingman, Nancy Kaufman, brother Mark (Tammy) Olmsted, grandson Jalon Jones, and other beloved step-siblings, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother Mildred Tate, father Clare “Hank” Olmsted, and brother Terry Lee Raseley. A graveside memorial service will be held at the Fuller Cemetery, one mile south of M-43 on Charlton Park Road, Friday, April 20, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. A small gathering of family and friends will follow. Ray D. Tolan GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Russell L. Denker Jr., age 68, passed away April 13, 2007. He was born December 8, 1938 in Flint, the son of Russell L. and Georgette (Dion) Denker Sr. He graduated from Ionia High School in 1957 where he was very active and successful in sports. He went on to Michigan State University where he received his bachelors degree. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He married Sue Sweet August 19, 1961 in Ionia. He owned and operated the Culligan Soft Water Businesses in Hastings and Ionia from 1962 until retiring in 1999. He was a member of Ionia Elks Lodge, past member and president of the Ionia Country Club, and member of the Morrison Lake Country Club. He is survived by his wife of 45 years Sue Denker of Grand Rapids; his mother, Georgette (Pat) Denker of Florida; children, Russ and Pam Denker III of Lake Odessa, Rick and Helen Denker of Woodland, Denise Denker of Grand Rapids; grandchildren, Katie Denker, Brittany Denker, Russell Denker IV, Danielle Carigon and Lucky Denker; sister-in-law, Ann Denker of Indiana. He was preceded in death by his father, Russ Sr. and his mother and father-in-law. Memorial services will be held Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Lake Funeral Home in Ionia, with a visitation one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Association. online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com Marjorie Mae Mongan HASTINGS - Marjorie Mae Mongan, age 71, of Hastings, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at home. Marjorie was born December 16, 1935 at Hammond, Indiana, the daughter of Vernon and (Cleta Kay Bonye) Boardway. She was raised in Hammond, Indiana, attended and graduated from high school. Marjorie had two years of college. She enjoyed shotgun shooting, crafts sewing and will be remembered for her love of her family and friends. Marjorie Mae and her husband Robert Mongan enjoyed their life and spending winters traveling in Phoenix, Arizona. She enjoyed the sunshine and just sitting by the water. She is survived by her loving husband of 25 years, Robert Mongan; three daughters, Debbie (David) Schoolenburg of Gowen, Marie (Mark) Westbrook of Hastings, Williamina Thurkettle of East Grand Rapids; one son, William (Dawn) Thurkettle of Dorr; two step-daughters, Kimberly and Kelly; 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren; her step-mother, Ruth Boardway of Florida; three-half brothers and one half-sister; many nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Madelyn Thompson officiating. Interment Coman Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Robert Mongan to help with the funeral expenses. A luncheon will be served following the service. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Edward G. Daniels HASTINGS - Edward G. Daniels, age 74, of Hastings, died Tuesday, April 10, 2007 in Portage. Mr. Daniels was born on June 7, 1932 in Lorain, Ohio, the son of Nelsen and Doris (Good) Daniels. He was raised in the Lorain area and attended schools there, graduating in 1950 from Lorain High School. He received his B.A. degree from DePauw University in 1954 and his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1958. He was married to Martha McMillan on November 9, 1957 and has lived in Hastings for the past 16 years moving from Portage where he had lived for 33 years. He was employed at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo as a Research Biochemist in drug metabolism from 1958 until he retired in 1987. He retired at 55 years to build a house and reside on 80 acres in Hastings. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, 33 yr. member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Portage. A former deacon at Westminster, trustee of First Presbyterian; member of Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity. He enjoyed softball, paddleball, volleyball, watching birds, cutting trails trees, woodworking, reading, watching sports on TV. He especially enjoyed his grandchildren and extended family. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Daniels is survived by his daughter, Barbara (Jeff) Poliak of Portage; sons, James (Jennifer) Daniels of Grand Junction, CO and William Daniels of Lexington, KY; six grandchildren, Allison, Samantha, Michael Poliak, Eliron, Ariel, and Daniel Tavori; sisters, Rita (Bob) Brooks of Tucson, AZ and Gladys (Donald) Sifter of Yorba Linda, CA; canine companion, Tippy. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Martha on May 16, 2006. Services were held Monday, April 16, 2007 at Hastings First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dr. C. Jeffrey Garrison officiating. Burial was at Westminster Presbyterian Church Memorial Gardens in Portage. Memorial contributions may be made to Hastings First Presbyterian Church or Nature Conservancy. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). MIDDLEVILLE – Ray D. Tolan passed away April 17, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Mr. Tolan was born on July 10, 1923. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy and Robert Tolan, Sr.; his first wife, Betty Campbell Tolan; his second wife, Barbara Root Tolan; infant daughter, Jane Marie; son-in-law, Robert Tripp; grandson, Rob Tripp; brother, Robert Tolan, Jr.; and sister-in-law, Mary Tolan. Mr. Tolan is survived by his four children and their families, Kareen Tripp of Middleville, Anne and Lawrence Hawthorne of Battle Creek, Linda and Robert Spaulding of Hastings, and Larissa and Mitch Tolan of Middleville; six grandchildren; four stepchildren; and several step-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews. Mr. Tolan graduated from Middleville High School and lived in the Middleville area his entire life. He had been a member of the Masons, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, an EMT for 11 years and on the Middleville Fire Department for 27 years. From 1951 to 1963, he owned Tolan’s Clothing Store on Main Street. He retired from the Continental Insurance Co. in 1984. Visitation at Beeler Funeral Home in Middleville, Friday, April 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 21, 2007, 11 a.m., at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Memorial contributions to the Middleville Fire Department will be appreciated. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. 77511545 BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 Russell L. Denker Jr. 77511507 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 7 Dorisjean Vickery DELTON - Dorisjean “Dorie” Vickery, of Delton, passed away April 13, 2007. Dorisjean was born on March 29, 1927, in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Norman and Janet (Bogard) Wilson. She was a 1945 graduate of Plainwell High School. On July 29, 1945, she married Harry Vickery, Sr., who preceded her in death in 1986. Dorisjean was an avid reader, she loved visiting and drinking coffee with friends, doing laundry, and gambling. Her greatest love was baby-sitting grandchildren and great grandchildren. Members of her family include sons: Harry “Chip” (Karen E.) Vickery, Alan (Denise) Vickery, Phillip Vickery, Paul Vickery; a special honorary son John Acker; daughters; Janis Double, Nita (John) Acker, Normajean (Nick) Nichols, Karen B. (Tom Sarver) Vickery; a sister Lucille Ahlberg; 20 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Dorisjean was also preceded in death by her parents; sons, Ralph and Robert; a sister, Tootie Gay, and a granddaughter Laura. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at Praireiville Bible Church, Pastors Bernard Blair, and George Speas officiating. Interment took place in Hillside Cemetery in Plainwell. Memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice or the American Heart Association will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Mildred Mae Angus Bellevue - Mildred Mae Angus, age 93, of Bellevue, died April 11, 2007 at home. She was born December 30, 1913, the daughter of Daniel O. and Florence R. (Weatherby) Newberry in Galesburg. Mildred married Linwood Angus on July 23, 1932 in Elkhart, Indiana. He preceded her in death as did their sons, Ivan, Darwin and Dale Angus; her sisters, Maxine Palmer, Jessie White, Ardis Morrison, Norma Wichterman and Elaine Newberry; and brothers, Maurice, Junior and Rex Newberry. She is survived by sons, Niles (Gale) Angus, Ronald (Jackie) Angus and John (Sheryl) Angus, all of Bellevue; daughters, Linda Pierce of Battle Creek and Sharon Angus of Olivet; 31 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren, 17 great great grandchildren and sister, Joan Evans of Battle Creek. Mildred was a member of Heritage Hills Bible Church. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, crocheting, puzzles and scrap-booking, but most especially visiting with her family and friends. Funeral services took place Monday, April 16, 2007 at the funeral home, Pastor Dr. David R. MacDonald, Abundant Life Fellowship, Nashville, officiating. Interment, Assyria Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Heritage Hills Bible Church. The family is being served by Shaw Funeral Home, Lehman Chapel, Bellevue. www.shawfuneralhome.com Earl E. Fender HASTINGS - Earl E. Fender, age 93, of Hastings, died Friday, April 13, 2007 at Flower House Assisted Living, S. Clark Rd., Nashville. Mr. Fender was born on November 7, 1913 in Odessa Twp., Ionia County, the son of Nathathiel and Edith (Downing) Fender. He was raised in Woodland/Sunfield areas and attended schools there. The Fender family had moved to Johnstown Township in Barry County where he met Louise J. Conklin and they married June 27, 1943. In 1945 they bought a farm four miles north of Lacey where they lived for over 40 years. Louise died January 15, 1995. He was married to Alice M. (Martz) Conklin on June 29, 1995. Earl was engaged in farming for many years. He also had been employed by Chevrolet in Flint, the Oliver Corp in Battle Creek and Hastings Manufacturing Co., retiring in 1987. Mr. Fender is survived by his wife, Alice; daughters, Anne (David) Halford of Adrian and Judy Malmquist of Dowling; step-daughters, Lorraine (David) Lindsey of Tekonsha and Kathy (Ken) Schutte of Dowling; stepson, Wayne Kidder of W. Virginia; granddaughters, Jennifer Malmquist of Dowling and Wendy Crowley of Adrian; grandsons, David Halford of Memphis, Tennessee and Jamie Halford of Cherry Point Marine Corps Airbase, North Carolina; great grandchildren, Eric and Erin Crowley and Autumn and Alexander Malmquist-Hubert; sister, Glada King of Manistique; also by the loving staff of the Flower House Assisted Living. Preceding him in death were his parents; first wife, Louise; brother, Adam Fender in 1989; and son-in-law, Donald Malmquist in 1977. Services were held Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at Wren Funeral Home with Rev. George Speas officiating. Burial was at the Union Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Hospice, Flower House Assisted Living, Country Chapel United Methodist Church in Dowling. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com) SUPERINTENDENT, continued from page 2 With regard to the relationship between the superintendent and the board, Raab said that his role would be to keep the board informed and show them courtesy. “It comes down to communication, courtesy and keeping informed,” he said. Raab said he believes any communication is important. “The idea is that there’s a two-way communication,” he said. He also said it bothers him when he is the last to know about an issue. He said he tries to send out a weekly newsletter to the board. Raab said his leadership style is one of trying to “inspire people to do things they didn’t think they could accomplish.” He said most of the time, the answers to problems are within the school district and people just need to work with their resources to solve the problem. “I think honesty and open-mindedness come into play,” he said. To organize his administrative team, Raab said he has weekly or bi-weekly meetings. He says it sets a tone for the district and sets out expectations. “I think it’s important to be visible in classrooms and school buildings,” he said. Raab said he deals with the budget by first looking at the fixed cost. “Some of that I’m going to tell you is nothing better than guess work,” he said. Raab said he works with the business Social News Tobias’ to celebrate 50 years Bernard and Elenora Tobias, Sr. will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on April 20, 2007. Bernie Tobias and the former Ellie Anderson were united in marriage at the Orangeville Baptist Church on April 20, 1957. Their children and spouses are Bernie Jr. (Debbie), Dave (Becky), Rod (Nancy), Tracy (Julie) and John Tobias, all of Delton. They have eight grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Bernard retired from James River after 37 years. Ellie worked in this area, she owned Ellie’s Place Restaurant. They have always lived in the Delton area and reside in Sebring, Florida in the winter. They will celebrate with a party hosted by their children this summer. Marriage Licenses Jasen Robert Tinker, Lowell and Kimberly Luella Mello, Hastings. Joseph Lee Klinge, Hastings and Jamielee Marie Roesly, Hastings. Bruce Alan Snow, Jr., Plainwell and Violet Bernice Snow, Plainwell. Curwood Henry Fleetham, Hastings and Mary Ann Landon, Hastings. Randall Jay Kooistra, Middleville and Leann Jean Kerner, Middleville. Alan Dale Klein, Hastings and Megan Marie Lavell, Hastings. Matthew Wayne Norman, Middleville and Tricia Rae Church, Middleville. Burl Henry Converse, Battle Creek and Beverly Ann Cooley, Battle Creek. Thomas Allen Holcomb, Middleville and Barbara Arlene Rumbergs, Wayland. Rodney Richard Denton, Hastings and Denise Renee Platschorre, Hastings. Steward/Tefft Steven and Debra Steward are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Jo to Charles Burt Tefft, son of Marry Ann and Steve O’Brien and John and Jean Tefft. Tiffany is a 1999 graduate of Hastings High School and a 2004 graduate of Western Michigan University with a degree in elementary education. She is currently employed as a second grade teacher at Endeavor Charter Academy in Battle Creek, Michigan. Charles is a 1999 graduate of Hastings High School. He is currently employed at Barry County Lumber. A May 12, 2007 wedding is planned at Hastings First United Methodist Church. administration, teachers, community and board members to make decisions about the budget, getting all the input he can before making a decision. He said he also believes it is important to be conservative. “I think it’s important that you’re building a budget that offers students all the opportunities you can within a district and still stay within your limits,” he said. Raab said when it comes to making budget cuts, he looks at the areas that will least affect the students. He said he has taken on extra responsibility in the past to help the budget problems. “When you’re asking other people to do more with less, you need to be willing to do the same,” he said. Raab said he balances his ethical responsibility with his duties to the tax payers and board by offering students the opportunity to advance every chance they get within the limits of the resources. “I think students needs every opportunity they can,” he said. “When you don’t have the resources, you need to think outside the box.” Raab said he also believes in giving community members the opportunity to help, because they know that schools lack resources and they are often willing to support their school systems. Raab said he believes it is important for schools to balance arts, academics and athletics. He said these things need to be important to the superintendent and the community as well. “It is important for the band students, the art students, the choir students,” he said of school activities. “It’s just as important for them to have opportunities to excel as it is the athletes.” With regard to community members using the buildings, Raab said he believes they should be allowed, especially the community’s senior citizens. “The more that those buildings are used, you’re projecting that impression to the community that this is a friendly place,” he said. Raab said that he allows the building principals to take care of teacher evaluations, and they then report to him. He does the administration evaluations himself. “I really believe people should be evaluated often, I mean early, so there is time to make corrections,” he said. Raab said community relations are important and, “It’s just important to have the community understand what’s going on with the school district. I think you have to be the cheerleader for the school district, and I think the employees do too.” Raab also said he believes school growth is very important, and good programs will help accomplish this. When asked, Raab said two of his weaknesses are being relatively uninformed politically and not having enough curriculum choices. He said he is working on both of these. If money were no object, Raab said he would allow children more of an outdoor education and provide more student field trips. “We take it for granted that kids have traveled all over, and it’s very compelling when that doesn’t happen,” he said. With regard to special education, Raab said he believes co-taught classes are a good idea. Raab said he wants to come to Hastings because he likes living in a rural area and because he wants to move to a larger school district. He said he wanted to start at a small district and work his way up. He also said he believes he is a visionary leader. “I think that superintendents have to be visionary,” he said. “You can’t look down the road just a year from now.” Raab said school districts need to work with their budget to fix it. “It didn’t happen overnight, it’s not going to be fixed overnight either,” he said. Dean was interviewed by the board for the first time Saturday evening. She currently is the superintendent at Litchfield Community We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments Office Hours Daily from 9 to 4, evenings & weekends by appointment Schools in Litchfield. In that position, she also acts as the kindergarten through fifth grade principal. Dean’s responsibilities include curriculum director, staff development coordinator and grant writer as well. Dean’s professional experience also includes special education implementor, curriculum coordinator, elementary and high school principal, young five through fifth grade teacher, speech and language consultant and auditory technician. Her educational background includes a bachelor of science degree in hearing and speech science from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Western Michigan University. She also has her Michigan Elementary Administrators Certification, Michigan Central Office Certification and Michigan Continuing Certification for speech therapy K-12, all subjects seventh and eighth grades, and elementary endorsement K-6. Dean began her interview with compliments to the board. “It’s obvious you’re a veteran board, and I admire your courage and determination,” she said. “I’m looking forward to being able to work with a team and not be a sole survivor. People do not work with me, I work with them.” Dean said her most fulfilling experience as a superintendent has been to build relationships with individuals and establish community relationships. Her biggest challenge has been prioritizing and multi-tasking. To maintain visibility in the community, Dean said she attends all home athletic events. She also is involved in the local and county chambers of commerce, the Community Foundation and the Rotary Club. She also has her cell phone number publicized so community members, parents and school personnel can reach her whenever they need to. “I think a superintendent is probably more effective living in the district because you are seen in different arenas,” she said. “I think it’s important to be seen and visible and approachable.” When it comes to innovative programming, Dean helped establish an elementary school parent group to help parents learn how to teach their children to read. “It’s important for me to bridge the gap with parents,” she said. Though Hastings does not have an alternative education program, Dean said she is familiar with them because there currently is one in Litchfield. She said teachers have created modules, offering students the opportunity to make up failed classes through independent study. Dean said she noticed there was no vocational technology center in Hastings, and she also mentioned that Delton Kellogg currently has one. “I think it’s extremely important to look at alternatives and share services when it’s appropriate,” she said of working with Delton for a vo-tech program. “I would look to business and industry and I would look to partner with the neighboring district if possible.” As for state promotion of collaboration within Intermediate School Districts, Dean said she sees a possibility for schools to share transportation and maintenance without losing school identity. To reduce bullying in schools, Dean said she showed a Dr. Phil video and did a sixweek program in sixth through twelfth grade classes. She said there were lesson plans, and at the end of the period the students themselves organized an assembly to apologize for bullying one another. 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The genealogy room will be staffed Saturday, Sunday and on Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This week the Rev. Keith and wife Judy (Jackson-Henry) Laidler planned to move from their home on St. Joe Highway at Grand Ledge to a condo at Holland. The new location will put them in reasonable distance to make visits to daughter Angie (Henry), husband and children in Chicago and her sister Janet Boyden at Montague. Since Keith retired from the active ministry in West Michigan Conference, he has served the Wacousta and Delta Mills churches as well as Lansing First. Judy has been an employee of Lakewood Eye Care for almost 20 years. The book project of the Ionia County Genealogical Society has accumulated about 850 entries for its World War II book. The chairman of the book committee has high hopes of reaching the 1,000 mark by closing time at the end of June 2007. If you know of any WW II veteran who has not yet submitted his information, urge him to do so. If a veteran is deceased his data can be entered by a family member or friend. The one requirement is that the veteran must have lived in Ionia County at some point in his life. Women veterans are also included if they served in the Army, the WAVES or WACS. Fellowship Hall was the setting Saturday night for a family night supper with a tax break theme. The tables were decorated with 1040 tax forms and plenty of tax refund "money." After the shared meal, the tables were filled with groupings of people with like interest in games. There were players for Ticket to Ride, Scrabble, dominos, and various card games. Mrs. Alan (Sharon) Goodemoot has been a patient in Butterworth branch of Spectrum Hospital, Grand Rapids. Four ladies from California and Utah are planning a late April trip to Michigan for the first time to visit sites their Gibbs ancestors who lived in Sebewa Township. They want to meet some of their Gibbs connections who live here now. The family names may be Sandborn-Thorp as well as Gibbs. Current plans are for them to be at the East Sebewa Cemetery early in their Ionia stay to meet their distant kinfolks. The specific time will be announced next week. They will be in Grand Rapids the first night after meeting each other at the airport. Then they will be at an Ionia motel for three nights. They will finish the week as tourists in Grand Rapids. For further information, call 374-8420. John and Terri (Allerding) Catt arrived home from Arizona Saturday. Dick and Vergie Winkler have returned from Florida as have Grayden and Ann Slowins. The Koops Funeral Chapel was filled on Saturday for the funeral of Susie Cooley. They even ran out of chairs. Following the graveside service, fam- Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine ANTIBIOTICS I went to see my doctor to get some antibiotics for my cold. He said they would not work and that I would get better anyway. I thought you had to take antibiotics to get better. One of the wonders of modern medicine has been the discovery of antibiotics. With them, medicine has been able to cure illnesses that before were fatal. Properly used, antibiotics can cure serious and life-threatening illnesses. There are some serious misconceptions about antibiotics which could harm or even kill you if you are not aware of them. The first misconception is that you need an antibiotic to get well. Antibiotics are chemicals that slow or kill the growth of bacteria but do not affect viruses, parasites or fungal infections. They also do not affect illnesses that look like infections but are actually caused by some other process such as allergies. Another myth is that antibiotics will always help you. In fact, some people can develop severe reactions to antibiotics that had formerly helped them. Another misconception is that if you feel better, you can stop a taking the antibiotic after a couple of days. Antibiotics will actually only kill off a percentage of the bacteria that are susceptible to the medication with every dose. If you stop taking the antibiotic after a few days, there are still a fair number of the bacteria left that will begin to grow again and cause another infection. Worse yet, the bacteria that cause this second infection are those bacteria that were able to resist the first few doses of antibiotics that you took and therefore will be of more difficult infection to treat. Antibiotics are like knives. They can be marvelous tools if used properly; they can also cause harm if misused. Give them the respect they deserve. See your doctor for a proper diagnosis before using an antibiotic. Take your antibiotics exactly as prescribed, for as long as prescribed. Never share your antibiotics; your doctor will have given you the exact amount for your size, age, weight, and illness. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77511521 09542430 ily and friends had lunch together at Central UMC which Susie had attended in recent years. She was also a member or the Tuesday Bible study group at Emerson Manor. Her seven grandsons were pallbearers. The TriRivers Museum group will soon have publicity about their upcoming museum tour which comes on May 5 and 6. The museums range from Greenville on the north to Freeport on the south and from Ada to Portland. The tour is free. However, each museum may have items and souvenirs for sale. The planning group has meet for months on a Tuesday morning. This month the planners met at Ionia after several times of meeting at Lowell. At the April meeting of the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society the members enjoyed seeing the 30-year-old slides taken by Fr. Raymond Moeggenberg when he was pastor at St. Edward’s' church. It was titled “The Little Green Village Beyond the Suburbs.” What a lot has changed in 30 years! Newcomers had to have explanation of some of the pictures. The society has plans in place for the military tribute on the last weekend of May, for Alumni Day at the end of June, for Depot Day in late July. The raffle prize for 2007 will be a train trip on the east side of the state. The May meeting will have a speaker, election of three directors and a vote on dues for 2007-08. The genealogy meeting last Saturday drew 43 for the program on Clarence Buddington Kelland, native son of Portland. The presenter was Michael Judd, who has attended previous meetings. The gist of his presentation had been printed in the Ionia Weekender earlier. Member Patricia Currigan added the information on the sources from which she did research to assist Mr. Judd. She made much use of census records in tracking the Kelland family. He had been a prolific writer with several books as well as magazine articles and stories. Long ago, Mrs. John Griffin of Lake Odessa felt honored that she had once bought a hat in the shop of Mrs. Kelland at Portland. Free soil testing for Gun Lake area will be provided The Gun River Watershed Project will provide free soil testing for residents and producers in the Gun River Watershed from now until Oct. 15. The project is trying to reduce the amount of phosphorous released from suspended soil particles and runoff from residential and agricultural properties in Allegan and Barry counties. Phosphorus is one of the leading pollutants associated with water quality in the Gun and Kalamazoo River Watersheds. Excessive amounts of phosphorus in lakes and streams degrade water quality by: •Increasing algae growth •Reducing water clarity •Reduced oxygen in the water •Altered fisheries •Fish kills •Toxins from cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) affecting human and animal health •Water treatment problems • Odor and bad taste • Increased filtration costs • Disinfectant byproducts with potential human health effects. What many do not realize is how much phosphorous is added to surface water through lawns every spring and fall. Over application of phosphorous through fertilizers is a common problem. By taking a soil sample before the application of fertilizer in spring and fall, residents can determine the exact amount of phosphorous needed, which in many soils in Allegan and Barry counties is very little. Most soils in Allegan and Barry counties hold enough phosphorus for a healthy green lawn. Any additional phosphorous added will not be used by our lawns and can become nutrient run off during rain events causing many of the above problems. For a large lawn or garden take 10 to 15 sub-samples should be taken. • Take sub-samples in a random or zig-zag pattern. • Avoid road edges, next to concrete foundations, walks etc. • Take samples at 4" deep for turf and 6" deep for a garden. • In a large container mix all sub-samples and air dry approximately 2 cups for soil analysis. Please leave with soil sample: Name, address, phone number and whether the sample is from a garden lawn or crop field. Soil analysis takes approximately three weeks to be returned to landowner. Soil samples can be dropped off at Gun Lake Building Supply and Hardware, 81-124th avenue, Shelbyville, mi 49344, 616-672-5526. Dear Annie: I'm writing because, as a Marine wife, I know the toll deployment and war can take on a family. When we were married 30 years ago, my husband and I were both in active duty. I soon separated from the Navy to raise our family of four children. My husband was deployed in the first Gulf War. It wasn't until years later, about the time he was considering retirement, that he started to experience persistent health problems that needed more than routine medical care. The years since the war had exacted a price not only physically, but psychologically as well. We slowly started to unravel as a family. Even while my husband began to get the treatment he needed, I knew I needed help as well. I made an appointment with a mental health counselor at our medical facility. I needed to learn that it wasn't being selfish to be able to put myself first in order to be a caregiver for others. I've recently learned of a new service that allows military service members and their families to take a free mental health selfassessment. Available at www.MilitaryMentalHealth.org and by phone at 1-877-877-3647, it helps you think about your symptoms and connects you with military and veterans' treatment resources. I wish this program had been there when I needed it. I know I would have seen the need for getting help much sooner. I hope other military spouses or family members reading this will learn from my story and take advantage of this free service. A self-assessment is a first step toward supporting one another and a huge leap to ensuring your own personal health. -- A Marine's Wife in Virginia Dear Virginia: Thank you for passing along this wonderful information. We hope active military members, as well as veterans and their families, will check this website and take the screening. It is completely confidential and can point you in the right direction if you need help. Truck tinkering Dear Annie: I am a 14-year-old girl, and my grandfather has macular degeneration. He is almost totally blind and extremely stubborn. My grandparents are both in their 70s, and I'm often at their house, helping with chores. My grandfather was an airplane mechanic in the Army and still likes to tinker with his truck, even though he cannot drive any more. I'm really afraid something is going to happen if someone is not helping him. I feel I should be the one out there with him, but I'm not sure how to approach him and ask because I don't want him to feel helpless or somehow degraded by needing constant help. Should I just back off and wait until he asks for my assistance? -- Caring Granddaughter Dear Caring: What a wonderful, loving granddaughter you are. We recommend you take a sudden interest in truck engines and ask Grandpa to teach you about them. Next time he is tinkering, ask him how one of the truck parts works. You will make Grandpa feel useful, and you will learn something. Dr. worth wait Dear Annie: I'm writing about "Lady in Waiting," who complained about doctors making patients wait. I am a mother with a great pediatrician. While we sometimes have to wait, when it is our turn, we have his undivided attention. Even if the appointment is for one child, he always takes the time to peek at my other two. He talks to each of them and makes them feel like the most important person in the world. We moved four cities away, but when a child is sick, it's worth the one-hour drive to see this doctor. "Lady" needs to stop complaining, take something to do while waiting, and make some extra time in her day for doctor visits. Thanks for letting me vent, and brag, because -- I Love My Doctor and Never Mind Waiting Dear Never Mind: You should cut this out and give it to your pediatrician. It's quite a testament to his skills and charisma. Boorish brother Dear Annie: My husband of nine years has a brother, "Daniel," whom I have never been comfortable with, but have tolerated. My husband's sister will not allow Daniel in her home, and another brother will not even speak to him. Daniel lives several hours away and recently invited himself to visit for the weekend. He brought his new girlfriend, whom we did not invite or want to stay with us. He also brought his two daughters, ages 13 and 3, and left them unsupervised while he slept on the couch or stood outside and smoked. And he expected me to do his laundry. The worst part is Daniel's foul mouth. Despite reminding him to keep it PG in front of our children, Daniel and his girlfriend constantly talked about sex. He made disgusting innuendos out of everything. On the third day, Daniel swore at my children because they accidentally woke him from his nap. That was the last straw. I told my husband I wanted Daniel out. He left, but refused to speak to me or even wave goodbye. What really upsets me is that the very next day, my husband talked to Daniel as if nothing had happened. I don't want Daniel in my home again. Furthermore, I don't want my husband speaking to him because it seems disrespectful to me. My husband disagrees. Do I have an obligation to allow Daniel into my home? Am I wrong to think my husband is betraying us by allowing such behavior without any repercussions? This is causing quite a rift. -- Lisa from California Dear Lisa: Daniel sounds like a creep. You do not have to have him in your home, nor do you have to see him (those are the repercussions), but please don't tell your husband to cut off contact with his brother. That is not your decision to make, and your husband will resent you if you demand it. He can see Daniel on his own. Snorting snafu Dear Annie: I've been dating "George" for four years, and I love him dearly. His family is very kind, but they have a couple of habits I find inappropriate. The first is snorting. When their noses are stuffed, which seems to be a good deal of the time, they snort constantly. When we're at a restaurant, I'm embarrassed and more than a little grossed out. They also pick their teeth in public with those little plastic flossers. George used to snort, too, but I finally told him it is rude, and he has, for the most part, quit. Is snorting medically required for some people? Is snorting and tooth picking considered rude, as my mother always taught me? Is there a way to kindly tell these people to knock it off? -- Nauseated Dear Nauseated: Um, no. You can ask George to suggest to his parents that they see a doctor about their sinus congestion (it could be allergies), and to pick their teeth in private, but otherwise, all you can do is decide if you want to be seen in public with them. Sorry. Refill requirement Dear Annie: I just moved to a new area, and every time I call to refill my prescription medications, I am required to come in for another office visit. I have been taking the same two medications for years, and they do not require constant supervision. This leads me to conclude that the doctors in this area are only after the whopping $166 office visit fee. I am angry that I need to take time off work to see a doctor once a month, just for her to whiz in, ask two questions and then authorize my refills. Do doctors not make enough that they have to run a scam like this? -- V. Dear V.: Doctors often want to see patients, especially new ones, to make sure the medications are working, that they are being taken properly and that there are no new side effects after longtime use. However, there is nothing wrong with asking your doctor if she can prescribe more pills at a time so you don't have to come in as often. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Newborn Babies BOY, William Raymond Hickok, born at Holland Community Hospital to Steve and Dione (Lenz) Hickok on April 2 at 11 a.m. Weighing 8 lbs., 6 ozs., 21 inches. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... The days and times of Irving Charlton, Part 11 Irving Charlton - the boy & the man Irving Charlton retired from there. However, in the 1950s, both Charley and Herbert came over and helped Charlton run his engines and boilers for the steam show. They all respected each other, but did not always agree, as men of their calibre sometimes do not. I have been asked by many, they knowing of Irving’s temperament, how we got along so many years. In the first place, if anyone would take his “guff” or not stand up to him, he quickly lost all respect for them and you quickly became “that fellow.” However, I was not always right, as he once asked me “are you always right?” But as we both were “quick tempered,” I know sometimes he deliberately “stirred me up,” as on more than one occasion I caught him grinning to himself. He was never one to heap on praise, but as I learned the various trades as time went on, I know he was very pleased to see his efforts paying off. He was especially pleased when I began in the early 1950s to learn the welding trade. He had taught blacksmithing years earlier, a more primitive way of welding. He bought the welder now in the park shop for me to use and I did for several years. He would not use it as he did not think it good for his then aging eyes. Two years before his death, he was finally in such condition as to have to have surgery in Droste Ferguson Hospital in Grand Rapids. Mr. James Conner, a friend and later his administrator and executor of his estate, took him there and brought him home. Many friends and neighbors did all they could to help in those times. I, along with Mrs. Harold (Virginia) Sherry, took him on alternate times for treatment to the Grand Rapids hospital. After a partial recovery, Charlton was busy still collecting and managing the park and museum as he did right up until two weeks before his passing in Pennock Hospital in Hastings, on June 12, 1963. As must be very obvious to anyone reading this narrative, those were very dark days to me. The most difficult day of my life was that June day in 1963 when I went to pay my last respects to I.D. Charlton. I am sure many wondered who that middleaged man was that took it so hard. Yes, it was very difficult, as it is even writing about it. But it is over now and I only hope that people wanting to know who Irving Delos Charlton really was may get something from it. As I do not pretend to know very much about what has gone on at the park since 1967, only just what I can see and hear, someone more informed can take it from here. I have been given the fullest cooperation from those in charge of the park and museum and thank them many times, mainly Frank Walsh, former curator and administrator of the park. To the many I did not know about in 1967, Mrs. Esther Walton, Mrs. Rose Cook and Mrs. Chester Stowell, Lawrence Barnett, lawyer for the estate, and of course James Conner, executor, and all others who have donated their time and money and still continue to, I am deeply Can You Benefit from Municipal Bonds? You've made it through another tax season. If you got a refund, you might be pretty satisfied with how things turned out. But if you'd like to see a somewhat different outcome in 2008, you may want to review all areas of your tax return, including your investmentrelated taxes. As you may know, some investments are more "tax-friendly" than others are - and municipal bonds might be some of the friendliest ones of all. If you aren't that familiar with municipal bonds, here are the basics: Municipal bonds, or "munis," are issued in two main categories: general obligation bonds and revenue bonds. General obligation bonds finance the activities of state and local governments, while revenue bonds pay for specific projects, such as airports, hospitals and other civic institutions. grateful they are perpetuating the memory of Mr. Charlton and his work. Also I am very grateful to all friends and neighbors who have assisted me in getting accurate dates and material. Thanks to you all – you are all a very important part of the “Days and Times of Irving D. Charlton.” ––––––––––– “A Summary or Addendum” As the articles I have written on “The Days and Times of Irving Charlton” come to a close, I look upon it as a very gratifying experience. From the response it has received from the people reading it, I feel all effort put in it has been fully compensated. It was done only to acquaint those who did not know about Mr. Charlton and the park and to refresh the memories of those who did with the fact that “Irving Charlton was the instigator of it all!” I have received extensive comment by way of talking with people, by telephone calls and many letters from absolute strangers. There was a slight misunderstanding in my personal interview at the start of the series, I do not live in the original Charlton farmhouse, but in the original farmhouse of the “Pleasant Shores Plat” on Cogswell Road. In the “pedro” card games we played at Charlton’s, it was stated that Augest Furnes played, it should have read “Agust Turnes.” Also, Mrs. William Cogswell’s name was Ilene Gillespie Cogswell, instead of Irene. In going from “Stoney Point” corners southeast three-quarter miles and crossing Mud Creek, one must go about two and a half miles to Hosmer’s Corners instead of a mile east. Clifton Becker was on Charlton’s farm in the early 30s, but not in 1936-1937 or 1939, as was written. As I wrote the articles a year ago, there have been some changes, and not all for the better. Mr. James Conner, the stone cutter and Mr. Charlton’s administrator, passed away in the fall which saddened us all. Certainly he was a fine workman, friend, neighbor, and husband and father. Frank Walsh and Mary Ann Karnes are no longer affiliated with the park. they both did much to develop it and maintain it. I was very sorry to see them leave. I do not really know why they left, but only hope those taking over may do as well in developing the park and museum. As to what becomes of my articles, I only hope they may be used by those interested in later years to get an insight on Irving Charlton, who he was, how he lived, and why he did it all. There is much more to tell, but I tried to hold it to a minimum and still give an interesting, informative account of it all. Sincerely, Keith C. Mead the most secure investments you can own. The default rate on munis - especially general obligation bonds - is typically quite low. Which types of municipal bonds are right for you? Your choice depends, to a great extent, on your goals and investment personality. For example, longer-term munis - those bonds that mature in 10 years or more - will generally pay a higher interest rate than shorter-term bonds. Yet, prices of the longer-term offerings also may fluctuate more. You may want to consider owning a variety of short-, intermediate- and long-term munis. This type of portfolio - known as a bond "ladder" - can help you in all types of interest-rate environments. When market rates are down, you'll benefit by owning long-term bonds, which generally pay higher rates than shortterm bonds. But if market rates are up, you can use the proceeds of your maturing shortterm bonds to reinvest in issues with higher rates. Finally, when you're shopping for municipal bonds, look for quality - those bonds that are rated at least "A" or higher by the major rating agencies. Municipal bonds occupy their own special niche in the investment world - and it's a niche that you may want to explore further. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones Jennifer Clement and her attorney, David Makled, were in Circuit Court Tuesday during her trial on charges of second degree child endangerment. Bleach bottle case a mistrial by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Jurors told Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher Tuesday they were “hopelessly deadlocked” on whether Jennifer Clement was guilty of poisoning her baby with bleach in a bottle. As a result, a mistrial was declared and the matter is headed for a retrial on charges of second degree child endangerment The jury told the judge about the impasse just before noon and Fisher reinstructed the 12-member panel and told them to break for lunch and come back at 1 p.m. to continue deliberations. But the jurors convinced the judge they were not able to reach a unanimous decision. Fisher then said he had no recourse but to declare a mistrial. The Barry County Prosecutor’s office has said it will ask for another trial and Judge Fisher set Thursday, May 3, for a pretrial hearing. Clement was arrested Sept. 8, 2006, when she took her young child to the Pennock Hospital Emergency Room shortly after 4 a.m. after the infant had ingested bleach. An investigation revealed bleach had been added to the baby’s formula bottle. Clement subsequently was arrested and charged with second degree child endangerment. She has protested her innocence throughout the trial, saying first that another infant sibling had put the bleach in the bottle and then saying a friend who had been in the home had done it. Clement was arrested on a separate charge April 7 when Hastings Police, working in conjunction with the Inspector Generals Office of the Social Security Administration, charged her with three counts of larceny by false pretenses between $200 and $1,000. She was charged with receiving and cashing social security checks, and then filing a false report that they had never been received. The checks were then reissued and she allegedly cashed them a second time. Keith Endres 9/08/26 - 4/21/97 Lovingly remembered by your children, grandchildren, other family, and friends 1117 W. 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EOE Director of Nursing Thornapple Manor 2700 Nashville Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Fax: 269-948-0265 77511620 MDOT will be holding an Open House on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings to inform the public of the 2008 M-37/M-43 road project in Rutland Charter Township, Barry County. This project starts from approximately the Cook Road intersection west to the M-37/M-43 junction. The project will widen the M-37/M-43 roadway to the south side of the current roadway and re-stripe for a center left turn lane. 77510905 Part Time Accepting Letter of Application and Resume for the position of 77511671 02669146 Grace Lutheran Church This week, on the tenth anniversary of your death, we join with all those who knew and loved you, to celebrate your life. Keith Mead So, when you purchase a muni, you're supporting a project or service, possibly in your state or community. And you will be rewarded for your civic-mindedness - through tax breaks. Specifically, your interest payments will be free from federal taxes; if the municipality that issues the bond is in your state, your interest payments also may be exempt from state and local taxes. Municipal bond interest is free from federal taxes, but some munis -- particularly airport and housing bonds - might be subject to the alternative minimum tax (AMT). If you think you may have to pay the AMT - and a lot more people are subject to this tax now than in years past - you might want to avoid these types of bonds. Conversely, if you know you won't be assessed the AMT even if you bought some AMT-subject munis, you might be especially interested in these bonds, because their yields are typically higher than the yields on regular municipal bonds. In any case, municipal bonds offer some benefits beyond tax-free interest. For one thing, munis can help you diversify a portfolio heavily weighted with stocks. Municipal bonds may not be affected by many of the factors - such as poor corporate earnings reports - that cause volatility in the price of stocks. So, municipal bond prices generally do not move together with stock prices. Furthermore, municipal bonds are among 02669288 By Keith Mead (For the last few weeks we have run a series of articles, written more than 20 years ago by Keith Mead, about Irving Charlton. This is the last of these articles.) Irving had many friends who helped him in the museum, showing and explaining the contents of it. Carroll Cutler worked for him until Irving’s death, and had been a friend and neighbor all his life. Lloyd Fisher, who lived west from the stone house on Center Road, was also a good friend of Irving’s and spent many days helping in the museum, as did many others. Mr. J. Merle Scott, a supervisor of Castleton Township for many years, was a good friend of Irving’s and always was interested in promoting the park. As earlier written, Irving did not care to do farm work. But when a young man, there was one aspect of farming that seemed to fascinate him – loading hay by using a hayloader (then a rather new machine) that took the place of hay being cocked in piles and then pitched on a wagon by hand, which was the method done for many years. As the side delivery rake come along, making a continuous windrow of hay, the loader was developed to load it on a wagon, enabling one to load a large load, which Irving enjoyed doing. Another part of the farm he always helped to run was the “sugar bush,” helping run it until he sold the farms in 1950. The years of his life from 1936 to 1963, I have written about in the opening of the narrative. As to how he lived to be 80 years old was a mystery to me, with all his mechanical ability, he was not too cautious about stop signs and drove a car as fast as it would go. There were two men who played a very important part in Irving’s life and they were the Bolter boys, as they were called by everyone. I earlier mentioned Herbert and Charles who lived about a mile east from the stone house at the end of Martin Road south. They were both bachelors and lived there along with a sister, Lillie, who never married. They, along with others of their family, attended Martin School when Irving did in the 1880s to 1890s. The “Bolter boys” were quick little men, the best of mechanics who were neat about themselves and their work, and, as Charlton, were always ready to help repair or build something for a neighbor or friend. Their father, Jimmy Bolter, came over here years ago from England and at one time built rainwater cisterns about the country, along with other stone and brick work. The Bolter boys had a threshing rig and did custom threshing for some years. Charley kept bees and sold honey for many years. They had a well-equipped shop and worked for and with Orton Endsley in his sawmill and on his farm tractors, machinery and steam engine in the mill. Everyone knew anything the Bolters did was done right. They were the best of neighbors and friends and left a large vacant spot when they finally got old and passed away. They worked with Irving many years and helped him build a very good well rig and used it to drive the first wells on the park in the 1937 year. Charlton sold the rig to Mr. Walt Lewis in 1944 or 1945. Lewis being a well-known well driller in the area. As with anyone who ever worked for or around Charlton, sooner or later there would be a disagreement as ideas clashed. They did with me many times in the years past. The air got quite blue at times, but as is quite obvious, we always got back together. However, in 1941, Irving and Herbert Bolter, while wiring the tenant house on the farm, agreed to disagree and for several years, until the Live Steam Club was formed of which Irving was president, the Bolter boys stayed away from Irving. Herbert went to work in the E.W. Bliss and of Edward Jones and Co. �Page 10 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly Hurth, a single person, mortgagor, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, by a mortgage dated November 22, 2002, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on December 17,2002 as document no. 1093854, and assigned by mortgagee to Chemical Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, of 627 E. Main Street, Caledonia, MI 49316, assignee by an assignment dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on March 28, 2007 as document no. 1177979. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $122,287.67, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $116,146.09 at the rate of six and one-half (6.5%) percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 78 and the North 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke’s Lake Shore Plat #1, according to the recorded plat thereof, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan and commonly known as 7344 Noffke Dr., Caledonia, MI 49316. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: April 9, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank, Assignee David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 212 Waters Building 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-6168 77511434 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry J. Lantis and Donna J. Lantis, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2003, and recorded on March 3, 2003 in instrument 1098682, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 79/100 Dollars ($90,415.79), including interest at 12.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, thence West along the North line of said Section 6 a distance of 379.50 feet; thence South at right angles to said North section line, 178.20 feet to a point on the Northeasterly extension of the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the centerline of Pine Lake Road and said Northeasterly extension thereof, 1668.26 feet; thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West along said centerline, 278.01 feet; thence South 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds East 183.87 feet to true place of beginning, thence South 61 degrees 42 minutes 15 seconds West 352.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 42 minutes 20 seconds East 161.80 feet; thence North 83 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds East 172.87 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 115.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds East 173.01 feet; thence North 10 degrees 25 minutes 30 seconds West 166.70 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77510918 File #136183F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack L. Hewitt, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108117, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seven And 70/100 Dollars ($106,707.70), including interest at 4.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 242 of Al-Gon-Quin Lake Resort Properties, Unit Number 2, according to the recorded plat thereof; and that part of Lot 241 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 241 and 242 of said plat on Old M-37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Southeasterly on the line of Lot 241 a distance of 40 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line 100 feet; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes West on the Lot line 40 feet to the place of beginning; also that part of Lot 243 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 242 and 243 of said plat on Old M37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Northwesterly on the Lot line a distance of 30 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line a distance of 100 feet; thence South 41 degrees 43 minutes East on the Lot line 30 feet to the place of beginning Parcel 2: Lot 270 and the Northwest 1/2 of Lot 271 of Algonquin Resort Properties Unit Number 2 according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 63 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #073930F03 77511236 08727768 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 11th day of April, 2007, at a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, the Township Board of said Township adopted the following Ordinance to read, in summary as follows: SECTION I — REZONING OF PROPERTIES IN LAND SECTIONS 13 AND 14 Ordinance 2007-122 - An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance by rezoning the following described properties in Land Sections 13 and 14 from “RE”, “C1”, “C2”, “C3” and “C4” to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification, to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for an effective date: 08-13-013-001-15, 08-13-013-001-35, 08-13-013-005-05, 08-13-013-006-20, 08-13-013006-30, 08-13-013-015-20, 08-13-013-015-30, 08-13-013-018-00, 08-13-013-019-00, 0813-013-020-00, 08-13-013-021-00, 08-13-013-022-00, 08-13-013-023-00, 08-13-013024-10, 08-13-013-025-10, 08-13-014-007-01, 08-13-014-009-00, 08-13-014-018-10, 0813-014-018-30, 08-13-014-021-00, 08-13-014-024-00, 08-13-014-025-00, 08-13-014026-00, 08-13-014-027-00, 08-13-014-028-00, 08-13-014-030-00, 08-13-014-031-00, 0813-014-031-10, 08-13-014-031-15, 08-13-014-037-00, 08-13-014-044-00, 08-13-014048-00, 08-13-014-049-00, 08-13-014-050-00, 08-13-014-051-05, 08-13-014-051-10, 0813-014-051-20, and 08-13-014-053-00. SECTION III — SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT NOTICE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN PLEASE NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: MDOT will be holding an Open House on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings to inform the public of the 2008 M-37/M-43 road project in Rutland Charter Township, Barry County. This project starts from approximately the Cook Road intersection west to the M-37/M-43 junction. The project will widen the M-37/M-43 roadway to the south side of the current roadway and re-stripe for a center left turn lane. 77510905 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE NOMINATING PETITIONS AVAILABLE All Ordinances of the Township heretofore or hereafter adopted shall be considered to be supplemented by the terms of this Ordinance. Notice is hereby given that the nominating petitions are available at the Office of the City Clerk at Hastings City Hall for election to the following positions: SECTION IV — REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES Mayor, regular four (4) year term, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Anthony Jon Norris, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167559, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustt for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF14, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF14 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven And 56/100 Dollars ($183,797.56), including interest at 9.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 and the North 1/2 of Lot 22 of the Plat of Fairhaven, according to the recorded thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 45, excepting that part thereof described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 21: thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds West (recorded North 89 degrees 56 minutes west) 28.00 feet along the North Line of Lot 21; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 181.66 feet to the South Line of the North 1/2 of Lot 22; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 08 seconds East 28.00 feet along said South line to the East line of Lot 22; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 181.56 feet (recorded 181.53) feet along the East line of Lots 22 and 21 respectively to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511179 File #136522F01 Barry County has extended the deadline for applicants seeking to serve on the Barry County Planning & Zoning Board. Applicants must be a resident of Barry County but cannot reside within a city or village. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, or by calling 269-9451284, and must be returned no later than 5pm on April 25, 2007. SECTION II — SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default has been made in a condition of the Mortgage ("Mortgage"), dated March 18, 2004, made by Charles P. Gahan and Lisa Gahan ("Mortgagors"), to Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company ("Mortgagee"). The Mortgage was recorded on March 29, 2004 with the Barry County Register of Deeds, in Instrument Number 1124284. Under the Mortgage, there is claimed to be due and unpaid to Mortgagee, as of March 13, 2007, the sum of Five Hundred Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve and 38/100 dollars ($531,512.38), plus attorney fees and expenses. No action or proceeding is instituted, at law, to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, or if any action or proceeding has been instituted, the same has been discontinued, or an execution upon the judgment rendered in any such action or proceeding has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. Under the power of sale contained in the Mortgage, and pursuant to the Michigan statutes, notice is given that on Thursday, April 26, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and charges of sale, the following lands, premises, and property at the address commonly known as 12575 Westwood Lane, Yankee Spring, Michigan 49348, in Barry County, Michigan, all subject to and described by the Mortgage (collectively, the "Mortgaged Premises and Property"), as follows: Unit 10, Lakelife Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 481, Pages 745 through 770, inclusive and First Amendment to the Master Deed recorded in Liber 506, Pages 192 through 194, inclusive and Second Amendment to Master Deed recorded in Liber 515, Pages 233 through 234, inclusive in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 3, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978 as amended. TOGETHER WITH all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements, and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all rights to make divisions of the land that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; all water, water rights, watercourses, and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of the sale. Dated: March 13, 2007 Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company c/o Geoffrey A. Fields Dickinson Wright PLLC 200 Ottawa NW, Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 458-1300 GRAPIDS 198508v1 77510651 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Barry County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the Barry County Address Ordinance (#97-01 of 1997). The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. during the Board of Commissioners meeting on May 8, 2007 at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI. Copies of the proposed amendments are available at the Barry County Clerk’s Office. Please contact Barry County Administration at 269-945-1284 with any additional questions. 77511583 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 26, 2007 to May 11, 2007. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2007. 7511578 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE SECTION V — EFFECTIVE DATE Four (4) Members of the Hastings City Council, regular four (4) year terms, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011: one from each ward First, Second, Third and Fourth. This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Ordinance Adoption by the Township Board. Two (2) Members of the Board of Review, regular four (4) year terms, January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the Ordinance is available at the Township Hall. Completed petitions must be filed with the City Clerk not later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Notice is hereby given that an ACCURACY TEST will be conducted on April 24, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in the office of the Hastings City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, for the purpose of testing the tabulating equipment and programs which will be used to tabulate the voted ballots for the May 8, 2007 School Election. Any registered voter residing within the City of Hastings who is interested in running for one of the elected positions should contact the City Clerk at 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, or by calling 269.945.2468 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings. (telephone number 269-945-2468 or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777) PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said Ordinance will take effect April 27, 2007. A copy of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Township Clerk at any time during regular business hours of regular business days at the following stated address: ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77511598 77511431 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk Thomas Emery City Clerk 77511604 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Brenner, a single man and Lesley Michel, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 29, 2004, and recorded on November 17, 2004 in instrument 1137341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Eight And 31/100 Dollars ($122,388.31), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 24, Rolling Oaks Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 52. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #135656F01 77510842 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy Makley and Robert Makley, Wife and Husband as tenants by the entirety, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor by merger with Bank One, N.A., Mortgagee, dated March 15, 2005 and recorded April 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144137, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve and 33/100 Dollars ($26,712.33) including interest at 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 52, 53, 54 and 55 of Melody Acres according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 577, Page 497. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 224.2732 77511451 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Harrington and Dorothy E. Harrington, his wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 20, 2003 and recorded October 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1116352, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W8 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2003, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five and 40/100 Dollars ($177,755.40) including interest at 10.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on APRIL 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 495 feet of the Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 13, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: March 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77510889 File No. 214.2776 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dale A. Churchill, a Married Man to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006, and recorded on October 20, 2006, as Document Number: 1171720, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, CitiGroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and 07/100 ($85,695.07) including interest at the rate of 8.450% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, distant South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 521.19 feet from the South 1/4 post of said South 1/4 post of said Section 16; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190.04 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 14 seconds East 279.97 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the South bank of the Thornapple River; thence North 67 degrees 33 minutes 45 seconds East 182.47 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence South 03 degrees 13 minutes 03 seconds East 350.16 feet to the plat of beginning, including all lands lying between said intermediate Traverse line and the South bank of the Little Thornapple River as limited by the extension of the sidelines. 1495 E. Center Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00344 77510894 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan A. Lindsey, a Married Man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in Instrument Number 1143475, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, NA by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One Hundred SixtyFive and 71/100 Dollars ($96,165.71) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, running thence North 89 Degrees 47 Minutes 45 Seconds West 1410.00 feet along the south line of Section 33; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds East 996.00 feet parallel with the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 33 and along the West line of a 66 foot private easement for ingress and egress and utilities in common with others for the true place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 seconds East 332.14 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 320.02 feet parallel with the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 33; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds West 331.51 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 32 Minutes 04 Seconds West 320.01 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights in said easement and subject to extension thereof over the West 66 feet of above described parcel. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511446 File No. 326.1371 Synopsis Hope Township Regular Board Meeting/ Budget Public Hearing Mar. 19, 2007 4 board members present, 1 absent. 6 guests. Approved 2007-2008 Budget. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Pay Hope Township share of BPH Fire Grant Sexton Work Service Agreement Pay Bills to end of Fiscal Year Delton District Library Grant Resolutions 2007-3 and 4 Purchase of Shop Vac MTA Planning and Zoning Handbooks Purchase of Brush cutter/weed eater Negotiation of Land Purchase Budget Amendment Adjourned 7:50 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77511372 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Ward and Angel Ward, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 9, 2000, and recorded on March 13, 2000 in instrument 1042011, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the Reperforming Loan Remic Trust Certificates, Series 2003-R3 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Forty And 75/100 Dollars ($102,040.75), including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 423 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #047880F02 77510819 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Timm, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2005, and recorded on June 17, 2005 in instrument 1148224, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Nine And 82/100 Dollars ($138,169.82), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on April 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 7, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 57 seconds West 117.83 feet along the West line of said Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East 634.95 feet along the centerline of Bowens Mill Road (platted as Damoth Road) to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds West, 190.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds East, 300.0 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 17 seconds East 190.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 36 minutes 43 seconds West 300.00 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Bowen Mills Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: March 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122479F03 77510884 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-105-DM Plaintiff Lori Ann Hernandez P.O. Box 335 Hastings, MI 49058 v Defendant Dionicio Hernandez Jr. THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Dionicio Hernandez, Jr. cannot reasonably be made as provided in MC 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): d. Publish notice in the Hastings Banner for 3 weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: 4/9/07 77511628 Judge W.M. Doherty P41960 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Yarrington, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Broadmoor Financial Services, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 1999, and recorded on April 29, 1999 in instrument 1028855, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Six And 04/100 Dollars ($106,496.04), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west, described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2644.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 ; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 870.0 feet along the north line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 447.28 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 433.14 feet; thence south 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds east 75.0 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 75.0 feet; thence north 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds west 522.91 feet along the north line of the south 812.31 feet of the north 1/2 of said southeast 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 508.71 feet to the place of beginning. subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purpose over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2285.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning of said easement; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 298.0 feet along the south line of the north 359 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence south 80 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds east 225.87 feet; thence north 70 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds east 372.50 feet to the east line of the west 870 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence north 63 degrees 09 minutes 29 seconds east 262.35 feet; thence north 75 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds east 444.72 feet to the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #048344F04 77511215 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-4-2007 - Lane Floria. Location: Pennock Lane, in Section 8 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to create a parcel with less lot width (100 ft), the minimum is 220 ft., and less lot area (4,500 sq ft), the minimum is 43,264 sq ft, exclusive of road right of ways and easements, in the AR zoning district. Case Number V-5-2007 - Michael & Bertha Peak. Location: 841 Beech St., in Section 4 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 48x56-ft detached accessory building with a 16x56ft lean to larger than allowed (3,584 sq ft), the maximum size allowed is 1,024 sq ft; and higher than allowed (26 ft), the maximum allowable heights is 16-ft from grade level to peak, in the RL-2 zoning district. Case Number V-6-2007 - Gilmore Car Museum (owner), Michael Spezia (Applicant). Location: 6865 Hickory Rd., in section 30 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a sign larger than allowed (264 sq ft), the maximum allowed size is 48 sq. ft., and closer to M-43 road right of way (57 ft), the minimum is 75 ft, in the PUD zoning district. Case Number V-7-2007 - Earl Meyers. Location: 5948 McKibben Rd., in Section 11 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to enclose a 5x36-ft and 8x24-ft porch that is closer to the side lot line (0.4-ft & 5.6-ft), the minimum is 6-ft, the RL zoning district. Case Number V-8-2007 - Marc & Elisha Hatton. Location: 19 W. Hickory Rd., in Section 30 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 24x40-ft detached accessory building closer to the corner lot line (11-ft), the minimum is 25-ft, in the RL-1 zoning district. Case Number V-9-2007 - Craig & Diane Timmerman. Location: Schultz Dr. in Section 12 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 30x40-ft detached accessory building larger than allowed (1,200 sq ft), the maximum allowed is 1,024 sq ft, in the RL-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: May 8, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77511518 Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on motion of the Township Board of the Township of Orangeville, as authorized by P.A. 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board proposes to make improvements to Torston Road, Princess Road & Sam’s Avenue for asphalt paving within the Township, and to create a Special Assessment District for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefitted therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment District within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be constructed and within which a portion of the costs thereof are proposed to be specially assessed is more particularly described as Sam’s Landing Association District No. 201. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received engineering plans showing the improvements, together with an estimate of costs in the approximate amount of $51,000.00; has placed the same on file with the Township Clerk; and has passed a Resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the aforementioned Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, estimate of costs and proposed Special Assessment District may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days from the date of this Notice, until and including the date of the public hearing, and may further be examined at said hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon said Plans, District and Estimate of Costs will be held at the Township Hall within the Township on April 23, 2007, commencing at 7 p.m. At the hearing, the Township Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with said Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and the Township Board may at the hearing (or any adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), revise, correct, amend, or change the Plans, Estimate of Costs or Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board, at or before the hearing, signed by record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area in the proposed Special Assessment District, then the Township Board may not proceed unless Petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into the Special Assessment District are filed with the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the Special Assessment, it will cause a Special Assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77511409 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 �Page 12 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Howard A. McNees II and Mary L. McNees, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156466, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight And 04/100 Dollars ($79,688.04), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line, section 31, Town 2, Range 10, a distance South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 903.06 feet from the North 1/4 post said Section; thence South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 89.81 feet, also said 1/4 line thence South 86 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds West 708.71 along the South Line of the North 3 Quarters of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 31 to the center line of Marsh Road; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East 288.00 feet; thence South 77 degrees 08 minutes East 613.29 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511651 File #139111F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrea Hudson, a married woman and Glen Hudson Jr., her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2004 and recorded September 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133399, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Six and 48/100 Dollars ($156,176.48) including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Beginning at the West one-quarter post of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence East 330.00 feet along the East and West onequarter line of Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds West, 667.25 feet parallel with the West line of the Southwest fractional onequarter; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 19 seconds East, 330.00 feet parallel with the South line of the Northwest fractional one-quarter of said Southwest fractional one-quarter Section 19 to said West line; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds East, 666.80 feet along said West line to the Place of Beginning. Reserving the Westerly 33.00 feet and the Northerly 33.00 feet for road right of way purposes. Being the same property conveyed to Glen Hudson, Jr. and Andrea Hudson, husband and wife by deed dated 1/7/97 and recorded 2/17/98 in Instrument 1007668, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3797 77511231 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2006-24668-DE Estate of Iris Joan Nicely. Date of birth: 4/2/1928. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Iris Joan Nicely, who lived at 155 E. Brogan, Hastings, MI 49058 died 08/18/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Cynthia C. Powell, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at Suite 302, 206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 4/3/07 William M. Wright P23110 1605 Pinecone Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-6325 Cynthia C. Powell 59 Garrison Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49017 77511360 (269) 441-5679 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Cohoon and Kimberly A Cohoon, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2005, and recorded on August 31, 2005 in instrument 1151971, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-SD3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Five And 77/100 Dollars ($186,505.77), including interest at 8.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 330 feet of the West 732 feet of the South 660 feet of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139183F01 77511666 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Kemper, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 25, 2005, and recorded on March 28, 2005 in instrument 1143297, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Seventy And 14/100 Dollars ($103,070.14), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block C, Chas. H. Bauers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 57, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138021F01 77511426 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel D. Inderlied, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2005, and recorded on September 15, 2005 in instrument 1152864, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen And 15/100 Dollars ($80,418.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 32 and the South 1/2 of Lot No. 33 of Daisy Hill Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 28. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #137650F01 77511404 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald G. Roach, a single man and Gary L. Roach, a single man, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2002 and recorded February 27, 2002 in Instrument Number 1075598, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 18/100 Dollars ($54,208.18) including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 17, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assryia, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 200 feet of the West 1000 feet of the North 200 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0525 77511622 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING April 3, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook. Board members present: Ritchie, Rook, Perino, and Ribble. Absent: Goy. Motion Perino, support Ribble to approve minutes from the March 6, 2007 regular board meeting and the March 19 and 21 budget workshops and March 28 budget meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ritchie to adopt the resolution for Sam’s Landing Association paving. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ribble to pay bills for the month of April in the amount of $11,008.30 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie, support Ribble to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. 77511593 Synopsis Hope Township Special Board Meeting/Budget Workshop Mar. 15, 2007 4 board members present and 4 guests. Approved: Moment of silence in memory of Board Member John Woods. Previous Special Board Minutes. Appointed David Messelink as Township Board Trustee to serve out the remaining term of John Woods. Appointed Peake to Development Team and Robert Tyner to fill Peake’s position on the ZBA. Tree planting by the Woods Family at Township Hall in memory of John Woods. Adjourned at 6:10 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor 77511369 LEGAL NOTICE The annual report of the Paulsen Trust for the year 2006 is available for inspection at this principal office during regular business hours by any citizen requesting within the 180 days of this notice. Nelson R. Allen, Trustee 5230 Village Dr., SW 77511632 Wyoming, MI 49509 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2005, and recorded on July 1, 2005 in instrument 1148871, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyThree And 49/100 Dollars ($99,153.49), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 10 of the Village of Woodland, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, being a Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Subject to Easments, Reservations and Limitations of Record, if Any The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136953F01 77511226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah J. MacDonald who acquired title as Deborah J. Fassett, single, original mortgagor(s), to Associates Home Equity Services, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2000, and recorded on October 4, 2000 in instrument 1050295, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 68/100 Dollars ($113,415.68), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence North 782 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 1320 feet to the East section line; thence North 373 feet, more or less to the North line of the South 35 acres of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence West 1320 feet; thence South 373 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #102824F04 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Matthew Wieringa and Lisa Jane Wieringa, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122807, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Six and 89/100 Dollars ($118,886.89) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the East line of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, distant South 198.0 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angle for the true place of beginning; thence South 132.0 feet parallel with the East line of Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angles; thence North 132.0 feet; thence East 330.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement appurtenant there for purposed of ingress, egress and placement of public utilities over a strip of land 20 feet in with, the South line of such strip being described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at right angles to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511243 File No. 207.7185 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF KENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-183018 DE Estate of Laura J. Van Port Fleet. Date of birth: 10/20/1924. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Laura J. Van Port Fleet, who lived at 184 Shore Drive, Wayland, Michigan died 2/6/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to David Van Port Fleet, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 4926 Kalamazoo Ave., Kentwood, Michigan 49508 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: April 10, 2007 Marc A. Kidder (P29469) 4519 Cascade Grand Rapids, MI 49546 616-942-2060 David Van Port Fleet 4926 Kalamazoo Ave. Kentwood, MI 49508 77511634 616-455-6129 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Four And 69/100 Dollars ($204,404.69), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122459F04 77511414 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel P. Appel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 6, 2002, and recorded on September 24, 2002 in instrument 1087980, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six And 89/100 Dollars ($90,796.89), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East 285.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds East 660.0 feet parallel with the South line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West 285.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds West 660.0 feet along the South line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #091388F04 77511656 WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 13 HABITAT, continued from page 1 organizations and other Barry County organizations have benefited the local Habitat as well as Hurless’ personal skills as a nonprofit administrator. She currently serves as the vice chairwoman of Habitat for Humanity Michigan Board of Directors, a position she was elected to in 2005. “When I first began as your director in October of 1998,” she told the local board in a letter, “I wasn’t exactly certain what Habitat for Humanity was all about. I can say that has changed tremendously. This is a wonderful organization that brings so many individuals of various backgrounds and talents together to serve the purpose of providing people a decent place to live.” Habitat is an ecumenical Christian ministry of volunteers dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. Habitat builds homes and sells them at no-profit, zero-interest mortgages to families in need. “I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this in Barry County and working with all of you in our community,” Hurless said in the letter. “...I have had opportunities and experiences that I never would have dreamed of with this work. As I have become more involved with state and national activities, I have realized I need to channel my energy in a different way with the organization. “...I will take many fond memories with me. I am extremely excited to head south to serve the Lord in yet another capacity through Habitat for Humanity,” she said. Among the many highlights during her tenure here as executive director, the best was being an “integral part of Barry County and working with so many caring individuals. “It’s hard to leave Habitat Barry County. We have housed 13 families since I came around. All of the volunteers I have met and worked with have been very inspiring. The sharing of resources by other community agencies and businesses to benefit those in our county is extraordinary. Most people in this world have a kind heart, and there definitely are many of those people here in Barry County,” Hurless said. Other highlights for her were initiating Barry Habitat’s involvement in the 2005 Jimmy Carter Work Project in Michigan by building a Habitat home in Hastings and the local Habitat’s first Home Builders Blitz last year. She was especially thrilled that Hastings was prominently placed on Habitat’s national map of houses built during that blitz. High points included Barry Habitat being a Thrivent grant recipient last year in the first round of the new program with Habitat International and moving the local Habitat operations three times, each time to a larger facility. It was also during Hurless’ tenure that the annual Ladies Siding Days began in 2000, bringing area women together to install siding on new Habitat homes; and becoming a partner with the Battle Creek Habitat ReStore in 2003 and opening the local Habitat ReStore in less than a year. The ReStore has become an important source of fundraising to help build more Habitat homes. Having volunteer office help is another highlight she mentions, as well as getting email in the office in 2003. Tackling the ambitious project of building three local Habitat houses, with scores of volunteers, in 2006 is another highlight of her tenure. Barry’s Habitat usually builds one house a year or sometimes two. Barry is one of 1,500 rural Habitat affiliates, and Hurless said Habitat International staff “were impressed with what we have accomplished and participated in.” LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rene A. Swift and Stephen P. Swift, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated February 3, 2000, and recorded on February 10, 2000 in instrument 1041042, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1F as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Four And 27/100 Dollars ($155,734.27), including interest at 11.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 34 of Supervisor Glasgow's Addition to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 3, thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes East 273.86 feet along the West line of said Lot 34; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East, 406.45 feet to the East line of said Lot; thence South 04 degrees 13 minutes West, 140.22 feet along said East line; thence South 12 degrees 15 minutes West 136.80 feet along said East line to the South line of said Lot; thence North 89 degrees 30 minutes West 368.00 feet along said South line to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138792F01 77511587 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded September 8, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169741, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 64/100 Dollars ($128,686.64) including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, thence West 280.5 feet along the North line of said Section 16; thence South 330.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to Place of Beginning; thence South 330.00 feet; thence West 396.00 feet; thence North 330 feet; thence East 396.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Together and subject to a private easement for ingress and egress and public utility purposes over a strip of land 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as: beginning at a point on the South line of said Section 16 distant West 643.5 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 16; thence South 660.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to the end of said described centerline. Being the same property conveyed to Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife by deed dated 10-8-03 and recorded 10-30-03 in Instrument 1116719, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511462 File No. 402.0308 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Three Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($375,309.50), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #088559F02 77511481 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri Shropshire, a married woman and Aubra Green Shropshire Jr., her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006, and recorded on January 18, 2006 in instrument 1159078, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($56,446.46), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that certain parcel of land situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, being known and designated as a parcel of land described as commencing 28 rods 10.50 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, thence West 13 rods 11.50 feet, thence South 10 rods 13.50 feet, thence West 14 rods 10 feet, thence North 22 rods 3 feet, thence East 28 rods 5 feet, thence South 11 rods 6 feet to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #109557F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement dated August 5, 2005 recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 20042 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorneyin-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyFive Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two and 71/100 Dollars ($155,552.71) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511456 File No. 244.3023 CROP Walk set in Lake Odessa The Lakewood Area CROP Walk will be Sunday, April 29, beginning at Central Methodist Church on Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. and the walk at 2. A light lunch will be served. There will be children's activities, music, and fun with pets. The walking route is around town, making visible the theme that the Lakewood area is a Community Responding to Overcome Poverty (CROP) After the short walk through the village, there will be time for those who want to walk more and do the route a second time. The walk will take place rain or shine — unless there is a violent storm, so walkers are invited to come and dress appropriately. There are 12 area churches and groups collecting sponsors for members. Those whose church or group has not gotten sponsor forms may contact Kay Barcroft at 1-269-945-4518, or Dan Hankins at 1-269367-4448, or Jim Kinsey at 1-616-374-8582. Anyone who wishes to sponsor a person to walk may call Kinsey. The CROP Walk Steering Committee has set a goal to raise $15,000 from the Lakewood area for this event. Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Tired of Paying Rent? Consider the advantages of owning your own mobile home. Home ownership can create a large benefit. • Less expensive than renting • A variety of homes & price range • Comparably low lot rent to include water, sewer and waste removal • Financing available to Qualified Buyers • Low down payment requirements • Great “Move-In” Incentives Put your dollars where they can really work for you! Come visit Thornapple Lake Estates and find out how easy it can be to become a Homeowner Thornapple Lake Estates C e orner m o c l e s W 3185 N. M-43 Hwy. Hastings (3 1/2 miles north on M-43 Hwy.) SPRING BAZAAR April 21st, 2007 10 am - 4 pm Stop in to see what’s new for this summer season! Door prize drawings throughout the day. Two $25 gas cards will be up for grabs. *Jolly Caterers will be serving lunch* 02668839 02669119 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRIAN A. BLAIR and DEBRA K. BLAIR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 15, 2004, and recorded on October 28, 2004, in Document No. 1136307, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and FortyOne Cents ($141,877.41), including interest at 5.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 17, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 350.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 968.66 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST 215.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST 967.05 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING ALSO, THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 708.56 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25 , SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 42 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 95.88 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 190.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 389.13 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 319.43 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 244.57 FEET SAID CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND A CURVE TO THE LEFT, WHOSE RADIUS IS 165.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 33 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 16.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 73.36 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 0813-025-008-10 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77511661 Southfield, MI 48075 Outstanding opportunities for Hurless have been attending the National Executive Director’s Conference and a house building event in Veracruz, Mexico in 2002 for 10 days and participating in the Harvard School of Business Executive Director’s Conference in 2003. “The content of the courses, the instructors and the hospitality was spectacular,” she said. The program at the conference was provided by Harvard Business School Interactive and was a collaboration of Harvard Business School faculty, students, alumni and staff that leverages the school’s strengths to promote excellence in the leadership of nonprofit, private and public-sector enterprises. An exciting adventure awaits Hurless in August when she will go to Vanadzor, Armenia for 12 days as a Global Village Team leader, directing a team of Habitat volunteers from across the country to build homes there. “I’ve been in contact with the volunteer coordinator with the affiliate there, and it’s very exciting doing the planning,” she said. “It’s amazing that these people spend their vacation gaining such a rewarding experience in their lives. A bonus is that our flight has a layover in Paris for a portion of a day!” Reflecting on her past 24 years in Hastings, Hurless said, “Fortunately, it’s been pretty good, and I’ve met some wonderful people and made many friends. The community activities I’ve been involved with have been tons of hard work, but usually rewarding and fun. My children have grown into super young adults by having their upbringing here.” Of the future and her new position, she said, “I look forward to providing encouragement, support and resources to affiliates. Habitat affiliates are construction companies, mortgage handlers, a source for volunteer workers; they constantly fundraise, provide family services and a host of other activities. Knowing how to do all of that can get overwhelming to say the least.” But, it’s a challenge she relishes. �Page 14 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Kalamazoo Symphony to visit April 26 The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will visit Hastings Thursday afternoon and evening, April 26, for an instrument petting zoo at Star Elementary School and for a “Family Discovery Concert” at the Hoper United Methodist Church. The Thornapple Arts Council invites anyone in the area curious about classical music to attend the Kalamazoo Symphony concert at 7:30 p.m. that ThursdayThe Hope United Methodist Church is located at 2920 South M-37 Highway, corner of M-37 and M-79, Hastings. The symphony will perform familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, along with pieces by Gershwin and Sousa. This concert is in partnership with Hastings High School Vocal Music Department and the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County. The KSO Instrument Petting Zoo, a handson opportunity to experience instruments from each member of the musical family of This young lady is getting a trial workout on percussion. the orchestra, will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Star Elementary gathering room. A free public drop-in time will be available from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The petting zoo can offer young people a way to understand how sounds are produced on brass, string, woodwind and percussion instruments. Docents from the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra League with help from the Hastings Area Schools Instrumental Music Department and volunteers from the community. They will help participants in actually playing these instruments. The visit is very informal. A spokesperson for the symphony said, “Take as long as you like to explore these instruments.” For more information about the concert, call the Thornapple Arts Council at 945-2002. Tickets are available at Barry County Lumber, Brown Carpet, Bosley's, and State Grounds Coffeehouse. Prices are $15 adults, $10 students and senior citizens, and $5 for children 12 and under. This visit by the KSO is funded in part by the Sue Drummond Endowment for Arts Enrichment held at the Barry Community Foundation. Docent Thelma Fallows helps a student with the fingering for a clarinet. Former State House Speaker to speak at Lincoln Day dinner Former Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche will be guest speaker at the annual Barry County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner Thursday evening, May 10, at the Middle Villa Inn. DeRoche was first elected in November 2002 to the Michigan State House of Representatives to represent the residents of Novi, Wixom, Walled Lake, Lyon Township, South Lyon and portions of Northville. He was elected by his colleagues as the Speaker of the House. In this position he was the presiding officer of the state House, in charge of assigning committees, negotiating with the Senate and governor's office, workA future trumpet player gets a little coaching from docent Maynard Schnurr. Nurses: Tendercare Hastings, is currently accepting applications for Nurse Positions. Full Time 1st and 2nd shift position. Experience in LTC and Rehab a plus. Interested parties please send resume or apply within: Friday Night Mixed ~Final Standings~ UMSU 79 1/2; All But One 74; Michigan Outlaws 73 1/2; Ten Pins 70; Spare Time 68; 4 Fools 67 1/2; Heads Out 64 1/2; Liquid Courage 64 1/2; Mercy 64; The Unknowns 63; Brushworks 61 1/2; 9-n-a-Wiggle 59; Budweiser 57 1/2; Whatever 54 1/2; Just Cuz 54; Oldies But Goodies 49. Womens Good Games and Series - J. Madden 202-577; S. Keeler 202-565; D. Rhodes 213-547; J. Kasinsky 168-427; J. Ingersoll 134-391; M. Vanier 149-377; S. VanDenBurg 223; L. Potter 192; M. Mathias 183; R. Lydy 181; B. Roush 179; S. Carlson 170; C. Etts 137. Mens Good Games and Series - T. Clow 246-623; A. Rhodes 235-603; M. Kasinsky 77511641 what do you think? Craig DeRoche with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton 401(k) rollovers made easy More Taxes Not the Answer In 1996 the State’s budget was about 32 billion dollars. The 2006 budget was around 42 billion dollars, a 31% increase over 10 years. So why is the State’s budget out of whack by over half a billion dollars? A bigger concern is the proposed solutions. A tax on services, an increase in the sales tax and even a 400% increase in the beer tax are ideas that are floating around. The problem is that these taxes may balance Michigan’s budget, but it will be at the expense of Michigan residents who have seen a drop in their average wage and buying power. And the people are feeling the pinch. That may explain huge local millage losses. In the past year I’ve seen a local school millage go down by more than four to one. A village millage also lost by He began his political career by being elected to the Novi City Council in 1997 and was re-elected in 1999. DeRoche served in a number of community service and political organizations prior to coming to Lansing, including chairman of the Novi Consultants Review Committee, member of the community economic development committee for the National League of Cities, chair of the Michigan Republican Conservative Conference in 1995, advisory board member of MPLP, and voting delegate of the regional Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) organization. DeRoche also was a Republican precinct delegate and a delegate to the Republican State Convention. An elder in the Milford Presbyterian Church, DeRoche lives in Novi with his wife, Stacey, and daughters Carley and Zoe. The GOP event will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. May 10 and the program will get under way at 6:30. Tickets are $30 apiece. For ticket reservations, call 945-8903 and leave a message with voice mail, if necessary. BOWLING SCORES 77511646 Tendercare Hastings 240 E. North St., Hastings MI 49058 eharman@tendercare.net ing with members to determine policy and overseeing the day-today operations of the House. Because Democrats won a majority of the 110 seats in the November 2006 election, DeRoche had to turn over the speakership to DemocratAndy Dillon. During the 2003-2004 legislative session, DeRoche served as vice chair of the Commerce Committee, and a member of the Energy and Technology, Regulatory Reform and Transportation committees. DeRoche was also a co-chair of the Michigan House Republican Finance Committee DeRoche graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in finance. He also was a fellow in Michigan State University's Michigan Political Leadership Program (MPLP), a multi-partisan program cultivating leadership among those demonstrating a long-term commitment to their communities and improving quality of life in the state of Michigan. Since 1997, DeRoche has been a regional marketing representative for Safety National Casualty, a workers' compensation insurer. four to one. Fire departments, cemeteries, libraries and parks have all seen crushing defeats at the polls. Is it possible that taxes have reached the limit of what voters will tolerate? What are the alternatives to more taxes? Service reductions, increased efficiency and local government collaboration. Why do we need 22 governments in Barry County? 16 township, four villages, one city and the county add up to twenty two distinct governments in Barry County. That does not include the twelve school systems that reside in the county. 02668891 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 In loving memory of our dear mother DenawhoAckerson passed away five years ago on April 21, 2002 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC We are fortunate that we were born to someone just like you. We will always love you. Though you are gone, you live in what we do. ® The 06649610 by Wally As far as the State of Michigan’s money woes,… please don’t try to take more cash from folks who are earning less. at the Shamrock Tavern What do you think? P.O. Box 676, Nashville, Michigan 49073. michaelcallton181@hotmail.com 9 pm to 1 am ~ Saturday ~ April 21st 77502006 www.barryhomecompanion.blogspot.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. Lovingly remembered by her daughters, Mary & Julie 02668811 213-563; K. Meaney 212-560; M. Cross 190550; B. Taylor 193-546; L. Porter 196-541; B. Madden 201-529; D. Sanders 177-525; M. Albert 160-443; K. Matthews 142-377; K. Hammontree 212; D. Sears 192; M. Lydy 177; D. Carlson 176; R. Chaffee 146. Wednesday P.M. Eye and ENT 83 1/2; Shamrock and Tavern 78 1/2; Nothing But Truck 76 1/2; Seebers 72 1/2; Maple Valley Pharmacy 67; Hair Care Center 66 1/2; At Home Real Estate 61 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 213-592; T. Christopher 183-523; D. Seeber 179-494; S. Drake 192-470; N. Boniface 169-456; B. Smith 185-452; B. Hathaway 175-450; R. Pitts 142-372; B. Norris 124-330; L. Friend 108-306; S. Pennington 171; N. Varney 159; P. Freeman 155. Sunday Night Mixed Straight Liners 80; Hubs Crew 76; Pin Chasers 69; R&N 64 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 62 1/2; Bounty Hunters 59; Sunday Snoozers 54; Karey’s Crew 52 1/2; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 52; Throw Them Balls 50; Funky Bowlers 48 1/2; Sandbaggers 47. Womens Good Games and Series - J. Rice 203-552; M. Kirchen 203-546; M. Simpson 192-530; N. Mroz 186-477; V. Wright 167-455; A. Williams 161-452; D. Marshall 188-446; F. Ames 154-408; K. Farlee 145-408; B. Barlow 179-402; C. Lee 131-348; C. DeMott 124-333; L. Smith 182; A. Hubbell 172; A. Churchill 164; A. Norton 151. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Eaton 253-610; R. Snyder 188-551; M. Hubbard 204-546; S. Farlee 187-546; T. Barlow 203506; M. Vugteveen 220-482; J. Wright 169479; B. Churchill 183; B. Allen 183; E. Rice 168. Thursday Angels Walldorf’s 76-48; Hastings City Bank 7549; Varney’s 66.5-57.5; Hastings Bowl 65-59; Allure 61.5-62.5; AIS Engine 60-64; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 58-66; Fall Creek 56.567.5; Miller Farm Repair 56.5-67.5; CW See BOWLING, page 17 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 15 POLICE BEAT BEA Briefcase stolen from car at gas station Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Lawn & Garden Automotive Business Services FOR SALE: Restored 1947 Chevy 1/2 ton pick-up truck. Original motor & tires/wheels, new upholstered seat & interior. Antique plates & titled. Motor & brakes work well, $7500. (269)948-4313 after 5pm. DARREN’S LIMB & TREE SERVICE. Give us a call for free estimate. Specializing in residential. (269)623-2518 Man arrested in loud music complaints CNS LAWNCARE BRINGS 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. Hastings Police arrested a 39-year-old Hastings man on charges of disorderly conduct after he failed to heed warnings of complaints of disturbing the peace. Police received a complaint of loud music at a residence in the 800 block of East Mill Street April 13 at 11:30 p.m. to a complaint involving loud music. Officers have responded to the same residence on the same complaint several times in the past. Stephen Pachuta was placed under arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and was lodged at the Barry County Jail. He also is facing additional charges of resisting arrest. LAWN CARE: Hastings lawn care since 1976. Are you paying too much? To get prompt, quality service at very reasonable rates. No job too large or too small. Call (269)945-4249. Estate Sale Hastings police are investigating a report of a larceny from a motor vehicle that occurred at the Citgo Gas Station, 1533 N. Broadway, on April 7. A store employee contacted police after he found someone had entered his truck sometime during the early morning hours and took his black leather briefcase type bag containing personal information. The briefcase was valued at $90. Local man arrested for 3rd drunk driving Charles Cook II, 32, of Nashville, was placed under arrest last Saturday and lodged at the Barry County Jail for operating a vehicle while being intoxicated (third offense). Hastings police stopped a vehicle driving erratically during the early morning hours in the 100 block of South Washington Street. Officers said after making the stop and confronting the driver, it was evident to officers the driver was intoxicated, and further investigation revealed a .19% blood alcohol level. Cook also was driving on a suspended driver’s license, and wanted on two warrants out of the Hastings Michigan State Police post. Cook is facing an additional charge of altering the expiration date of his registration plate. Street value of recovered pot is $80,000 A marijuana growing operation with an estimated street value of $80,000 was busted last Sunday in Irving Township. State police troopers who had been called to check the status of a 9-year-old child, received information that a marijuana growing operation existed in the township. A search warrant was obtained and executed at the residence where an elaborate indoor marijuana grow/cloning operation was located. The operation consisted of indoor grow lights, ventilation equipment and timers. Several marijuana plants were located, ranging in heights from approximately six inches to three feet. Two suspects have been identified, but no arrests have been made yet. The incident is still under investigation and has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for pending charges. Local police win homeland security grants The Hastings Police Department will receive an AN/PVS style Single Tube Night Vision Goggle and the Michigan State Police Hastings Post is scheduled to receive a MX-2 Handheld Thermal Imager as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s equipment and training grants to first responders across the nation. The Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program (CEDAP) was enacted to ensure law enforcement and emergency responders can acquire specialized equipment and training to met their homeland security mission. As part of the program, first responders in Michigan will receive approximately $1,848,431 in equipment and training awards. For the fiscal year, 2006, this direct assistance grant program totaled $34.6 million nationwide. COURT NEWS • Brent Richard Hartwell, 24, of Hastings was sentenced April 11 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve six months in jail for his March 21 conviction of probation violation. Hartwell had been convicted in August 2003 for operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (third offense) and sentenced to 36 months probation. In December 2005, Judge Fisher sentenced Hartwell to an additional one year probation in a separate probation violation case. Judge Fisher ruled that when Hartwell completes his jail sentence he will be unsuccessfully discharged from probation. • John Scott Kozar, 47, of Middleville, was sentenced April 10 to serve 36 months probation and 12 months in jail for his March 28 conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alco- hol and resisting and obstructing a police officer. Kozar was fined $500 and assessed court costs of $1,000. In addition he was ordered to pay $140 in restitution and a probation fee of $360. Judge Fisher issued an income withholding order for fines and costs and Kozar was permitted to participate in the county’s work release program. Kozar was arrested in Middleville on Jan. 16. • Rolland Lee Patrick, 45, of Shelbyville, was sentenced by Judge Fisher April 11 to serve 161 days in jail for his December conviction of failure to pay child support. Patrick was already on probation and that probation sentence was continued by Judge Fisher. Reward offered for information about oil dumping in Johnstown by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Silent Observer is offering a $500 reward to anybody who can offer information that leads to the prosecution of the person or people responsible for the oil dumping in Johnstown Township two weeks ago. Two barrels of oil were found leaking in Johnstown Township after four barrels had been dumped there two days prior. The oil, along with several bags of garbage, was dumped on the Barry County side of Baseline Road. The neighbors who found the barrels said they had noticed them several days before, but thought they were empty. The call was made to 911 dispatch, and Youngs Environmental Company of Bedford cleaned up the oil and took it to the Johnstown Township Fire Department. Barry County Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Yarger said the oil was removed and then containment booms were put in place to keep the oil from spreading. The contaminated soil will need to be removed, and when the soil test results get back it will be determined where the soil will be taken for disposal. Yarger said he hopes the digging begins by Friday, and that the Department of Environmental Quality has been contacted and is working with county officials. The County Board of Commissioners decided last week they would spend up to $15,000 of taxpayer money for the cleanup of the area. Currently the projected cost for the cleanup is around $11,000. Jerry Vanderveen, who lives on Baseline Road, said he has noticed trash in the area before. “This is not the first time that’s happened at this location,” he said. “It’s really sad that it’s come to that.” Johnstown Township Supervisor Bob Mack also said the township has had problems with people dumping trash in that location. “We’ve had problems in that area before with other things,” he said. “It’s a good place for a dump.” Both Vanderveen and Mack said that because the area is in a valley on an unpaved portion of road, it is not a highly traveled or easily visible area. Vanderveen said there are many bags of trash and tires there now. “We’ve been battling this situation down here for quite a few years now with people dumping stuff off,” he said. Last year, another Baseline Road neighbor and his Cub Scout troop picked up the trash throughout the area. By the time they were done, they had accumulated more than a trailer full of garbage, including a washing machine. Vanderveen mentioned that he wonders if people dump their trash in that location because they feel that the cost of taking it to a dump is too expensive. He also said that he would like to see a sign go in stating that those caught dumping will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Vanderveen said that he wants to see the mess completely cleaned up, and that he wants to bring this to the attention of people at the Johnstown Township meetings. Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said he would like to work with other officials to make people more aware of the problem of dumping and keeping up environmental quality. “We’re going to start brainstorming some plans to help people fight this,” he said. “Everybody’s incensed, and certainly I’m incensed by the mere disregard for everybody’s health and safety and the health and safety of the environment.” The oil was dumped within 50 yards of a brook on Halbert Dairy Farm’s property. “It’s going to be an on-going process,” said VanNortwick of fighting the dumping that goes on in the area. “My goal is to work with Planning and Zoning and see what ordinances are out there that we can enforce.” VanNortwick also said that he plans to work with Calhoun County Commissioner for Bedford Township Mike Rae to fight the dumping in the area. He said he hopes to work with Calhoun County to prosecute those who are leaving their trash and oil on the side of the road. Several state laws deal with the oil dumping incident, varying in degrees of punishment should the perpetrator be caught. The exploration for or development, production, handling or use of oil and gas could result in 90 days in jail and/or $1,000 fine plus court costs. If a person is found to have transported and disposed of the substance, charges faced could be up to one year in jail and/or $25,000. For the second offense of this crime, the penalty is two years in jail and/or $50,000 fines. Danger or death resulting from the dumping could mean two years in jail and/or $250,000 fines. If the person is convicted of causing “an extreme indifference to human life,” the penalty could be five years in prison and up to $1 million fines. To offer information, call Silent Observer at 1-800-310-9031. Sources are anonymous, and only receive money if the tip leads to the prosecution of the guilty parties. 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Lukasiewicz decided to share his collections of historical artifacts about the Holocaust. The special day commemorating the Holocaust was set aside for remembering the victims and for reminding Americans of what can happen to civilized people when bigotry, hatred and indifference reign. The United States Holocaust Memorial Council, created by act of Congress in 1980, was mandated to lead the nation in civic commemorations and to encourage appropriate Remembrance observances throughout the country. According to the museum staff, observances and remembrance activities are typically held during the week of Remembrance that runs from the Sunday before through the Sunday after the actual date. Lukasiewicz is a supply systems analyst, Marine Corps Lead & PBL/CLS project manager, at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center. For many people the mention of the Holocaust only brings a distant memory of a history class or movie. To Lukasiewicz, this era has a deeper personal meaning for his family and himself. “It was important to me to capture images of the three concentration camps I visited through my eyes and then frame the images through color and composition in such a way as to convey the incredible inhumanity that exists,” Lukasiewicz said. His images of Stuttof, Auschwitz and Birkenau and Holocaust artifacts are among the items he put on display in the Washington Street lobby to help his Federal Center colleagues observe this year’s Days of Remembrance April 15–22. April is an important month in the history of the Holocaust because it was around this time in 1943 when the Jewish resistance led the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website describes as “the largest, symbolically most important Jewish uprising, and the first urban uprising, in German-occupied Europe.” Lukasiewicz describes his family as strongly ethnic and “proud of its Polish traditions and history.” As a baby boomer, he was weaned on World War II stories told by his father, who was wounded in the first wave at Normandy, and by his uncles who also served in WWII battles. Lukasiewicz’s godfather, an immigrant Northeastern Elementary School staff member Don Schils, Joanie Bosworth, Beth Stevens, Cathy Magill and Steve Hoke, and substitute teacher Tammie Olmsted help tell the story of how humans upset the animal habitat in Hawaii. Joseph Lukasiewicz chooses items from his collection of Holocaust artifacts for a Days of Remembrance display in the Washington Street lobby. from Poland, was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, as was his godfather’s sister and mother. An uncle of Lukasiewicz’s mother was killed at Auschwitz. These events inspired him to collect the items in his display to preserve a piece of his family history and what he sees as the darker history of man. Lukasiewicz has been interested in photography since his early teens and was given a darkroom set on his 16th birthday. Taking advanced photography classes at Kellogg Community College presented the opportunity to use the darkroom facilities. It was there that the selenium-toned black and white images on display were processed and printed. “I enjoy photographing a wide variety of subjects, both in black & white and color,” Lukasiewicz said. “Over the years, I've come to capture images to satisfy myself more than others. I also collect photography and miscellaneous paper documents of local or regional significance.” Besides his current display and an exclusive exhibit at KCC’s Davidson Gallery, Lukasiewicz has displayed his collection in the metro Detroit area, several art shows and an exhibit sponsored by the historical society of Southgate, Mich. Other events included juried art shows from Key West, Fla., to Woodstock, Ill., where Lukasiewicz’s work was offered for sale. Lukasiewicz said he will continue his work because he sees himself as a habitual collector, “but I have become very selective over the years as to what I now keep. Still, I have begun the process of vetting my photographic collection.” While Lukasiewicz does not feel he is an authority on World War II, concentration camps, or photography, he does welcome others to contact him if they have questions or wish to see some of the printed material outside of the display case. “Some of the books have horrific pictures in them that tell the undeniable cruel story of persecution and execution of millions of people,” Lukasiewicz said. The lobby display will continue until April 22. Those interested in learning more information about Lukasiewicz’s collection or suggesting other displays can contact the Public Affairs Office at (269) 961-7015. Additional information about the Holocaust is also available from the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum at www.ushmm.org Binder Park Zoo comes to Northeastern Northeastern Elementary School students learn about screech owls during an assembly by Angie Allen of Binder Park Zoo. 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Fire your landlord at . . . . . . .$83,500 421 WEST BOND TMC-215 – Hastings City & Schools – Add this duplex to your income producing properties or be your own landlord at . . . . . . . .$84,900 “Is your property TradeMarketable?” Call us when experience counts. in the Upper Peninsula. “But I think it would be like eliminating the City of Hastings and just making it part of Rutland and Hastings townships. It just wouldn’t make a lot of sense” Calley said he’s not necessarily in favor of eliminating or reducing township government, but believes the issue deserves to be debated publicly. With the state’s current budget crisis, he said, “I think everything has to be on the table. If somebody comes up with a better system, then godspeed with that. I don’t find fault with the House Speaker bringing up certain areas for debate. “But he (Dillon) is fairly new to the job and this is only his second term of office. He may not understand how his words are taken very seriously in the media and all over the state.” The Michigan Townships Association, in a communication sent recently by G. Lawrence Merrill, executive director, to township officials, said: “For weeks, various Lansing media, lobbyists and legislators have floated a variety of local government ‘reforms’ that are purported to reduce state expenditures. Unfortunately, some of these reforms merely push costs onto local governments, and some misguided ideas would actually increase the cost of government. “While the MTA continues to gather information on those proposals likely to be seriously considered, much of what we hear appears to be rumor or ‘trial balloons.’ Consequently, we have avoided unnecessarily alarming our membership by hyping proposals that appear to have little legislative support. “Nonetheless, many of the ‘reforms’ we are hearing about have a distinct anti-township bias. Policy ‘pundits,’ including large city newspaper editorial writers and some interest groups cavalierly see township government as expendable. Ignoring township provisions of the Michigan Constitution, they express a lack of awareness or an unwillingness to acknowledge how efficiently, economically and effectively townships protect public safety and enhance the quality of life for more than half of Michigan's residents. “Others, in advocating for a new level of regional government, see the current sheer number of townships as an impediment to state control over local matters, such as land use. “We have even read editorials denigrating townships because they are generally governed by "amateurs," rather than by trained public administrators. “Among the ideas circulating in Lansing are abolishing townships entirely or stateimposed consolidations of townships that have smaller populations. Some lawmakers have singled out small townships, under 5,000 population for elimination or curtailment of their statutory duties. Out of Michigan's 1,242 townships, 1,038 are under 5,000 residents, as are the two-thirds of cities and villages. Curiously, cities and villages, regardless of size or economic condition, and counties are somehow avoiding legislative scrutiny. Further revenue sharing cuts, both statutory and even constitutional, have been suggested through legislative action or constitutional amendments. And other reformers have suggested holding another Constitutional Convention (the last was in 1963), which would once again expose townships to abolishment. “Amidst all of the rumors and false information there appears to be a very high probability that legislation will be introduced in the next several weeks to shift election administration, tax collections and assessing to the counties. What is not clear is whether these proposals will be voluntary or mandatory, whether they will apply to all local governments or just townships, or even if they will apply to all townships. “We are unaware of any studies that support the premise that counties can perform these services at less cost, which indicates that cost savings are merely assumed by their proponents, or the proposals are being advanced without regard to either the cost of implementation or the long-term financial implications. “It is becoming clear to us that many Lansing policy-makers desperately need more knowledge on how township government operates in their own House or Senate districts, and even more important, they need to be shown the commitment of their constituents to township government. While MTA will continue to explain to legislators how various proposals broadly impact township government, the representative and senator who represent your township need to immediately hear from you. “To ensure that the Michigan Legislature and governor do not inflict unnecessary and irrevocable hand to more than half of Michigan's residents by damaging or destroying their accountable, efficient and economical citizen-led township government, we strongly urge you to immediately schedule face-to-face meetings with your senator and representative. If your schedule will not permit such meetings, please call them instead. “Among the points worth raising: ‘Reforms’ that deny your township residents the same opportunity for local control, or that do not give township residents the same state financial support for local services (revenue sharing, payments in lieu of taxes, and other state reimbursements for tax abatements) as other local governments receive are unacceptable. ‘Reforms’ that would move responsibilities such as tax collections, elections and assessment administration from one unit of government to another should be substantiated by unbiased, competent studies documenting the financial advantages and acknowledg- ing adverse impacts on residents rather than unsupported assumptions or blind faith. “Also mention the additional, non-statutory services your township provides to residents, such as fire protection, law enforcement, land use, parks and recreation, water and sewer services, etc. Indicate how upset your residents would be to have those services taken away or controlled by others who do not live in the community and who did not pay taxes to acquire the land, buildings and equipment purchased by the township from township tax dollars. Local governments — and townships in particular — have already taken more than their proportional share of state cuts. “Sales taxes are paid by everyone and should be returned equitably to all communities. Inform your legislators how much, if any, statutory revenue sharing you currently receive, including what services it supports. State aid reductions have already caused property taxes to rise, and will continue to do so. Do not punish townships, which consistently demonstrate fiscal responsibility. “Given the dire situation of Michigan state government finances and the degree of desperation to push state expenditures on to others and to only make cuts that involve minimal adverse political consequences to lawmakers, it is vitally important that every legislator be contacted, not just by a few township officials, but by hundreds. Please do not leave this important mission to other township officials. Your direct contact with your legislators could be the difference between preserving citizen-led local government or a future Michigan without township government that we will all regret — but deserve because we let it happen.” YMCA VOLLEYBALL YMCA of Barry County 2007 Women’s Winter League Volleyball Scores ~Final Standing~ Eager Beavers ......................................48-6 Winebrenner Construction .................36-18 Crane Company .................................33-21 Net Results.........................................24-30 Old Town Tavern ...............................22-32 Under Pressure...................................13-38 Curves ................................................12-43 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 17 Hastings Exchange Club Youths of the Month selected for April Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for April, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Logan Clements, Audrey Bush and Katy Delcotto, shown with teacher Tim Newsted. Tara Rowe, shown here with teacher Trisha Kietzman, is Young Citizen of the Month for April from Pleasantview Elementary School. Students at Northeastern Elementary School who have earned Exchange Club of Hastings Young Citizens of the Month accolades for April are Katherine Cybulski and McKayla Sheldon, shown with teacher Alice Gergen. Hastings Middle School students who have received Young Citizens of the Month honors this month from the Exchange Club of Hastings are (from left) Ian Beck, Kevin Bosma, Megan Denny, Meghan VanZyl, Morgan Leep and Kayla Pohl, shown with assistant Principal Mike Martin (far left). The April Young Citizen of the Month at St. Rose School, as announced by the Exchange Club of Hastings, is Alicia Risk, shown with teacher Bernadette Norris. The Southeastern Elementary School Young Citizens of the Month for April, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Corey Stout and Raven Gaiski, shown here with teacher Jan Lawson. SUPERINTENDENT, continued from page 7 Star Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for April, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Kylee Nemetz and Effie Guenther, shown with teachers Ann Severns and Tammy Nemetz. BOWLING, continued from page 14 Repair 45-79. High Games and Series - S. Day 130; S. Suntken 146; B. Frank 163; A. Sutton 159; D. Staines 171; D. Bartimus 199-552; A. Bartimus 205-530; R. White 147; T. VanBelkun 143; Cathy S. 146; Colleen S. 195-574; T. Loftus 190; J. Moore 157; T. Cross 209-538; R. Shapley 194-525; E. Hammontree 190; C. Nurenberg 164; D. McMacken 132; K. Lancaster 157; S. Bubnas 125; C. Cooper 186; N. Taylor 153-417; R. Cheeseman 163; L. Apsey 200-507; B. Cuddahee 191; M. Miller 145; M. Morgan 166; T. Phenix 193-512; K. Ward 145; M. Chase 162. Mixerettes NBT 76-44; The Finishing Touch 73-47; Sassy Babes *72-44; Kent Oil 69-51; Hinkles Body Shop 67-53; Trumble Agency 65-55; Dean’s Dolls 65-55; Old Anchor Tattoo 6456; Hallifax Services 61-59; Dewey’s Auto Body 49-71; Girrbach’s *46-70. *Games to be made up. High Games & Series - G. Scobey 164447; N. Bechtel 155; W. Barker 172-406; J. Rice 167-478; S. Kuhtic 200-539; J. Alflen 183; A. Jackson 145-361; A. Smith 185-488; M. Powers 137; S. Huver 147-413; T. Christopher 180-523; M. Kill 164; S. Girrbach 176; D. Reagan 129-375; A. Randolph 167-418; J. Mann 144-379; K. Becker 224-548; N. Goggins 192-421; S. Merrill 199; P. Fowler 159-439; N. Potter 172-494; S. Dunham 172-484; V. Carr 194507. Teddy Bear Tea slated for May 12 A Teddy Bear Tea will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Elks Lodge in Hastings. Clowns will be creating balloon animals starting at 11 a.m. as YAC members greet and seat guests. Beginning at 11:20 guests will begin making crafts at three different craft stations staffed by YAC members. Children can also bring their Teddy bears for safety checks by first responders and local police officers. At the craft tables the young guests will be making picture frames (just in time for Mother’s Day) and bead bracelets. They will also be decorating the cookies which will be the dessert for their lunch. Lunch begins at 12:15 with a kid friendy buffet line with macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. Steve Youngs from the Community Music School will dismiss the tables for the buffet. He will also sing to entertain until everyone gets through the buffet line. At 1 p.m. storyteller Jennifer Ivinskas will tell stories about bears. At 2 p.m. the tea ends. Local photographer Rose Hendershot will be available during the event to take photos. She is planning on two different priced packages. She says, “Simple clothing styles work best in photos.“ The photo packages will be $10 and $15. She hopes this will make them affordable to everyone. Tickets are available at the Barry Community Foundation office on the second floor of the Main Street Savings Bank. Call 945-0526 for more information. The Barry Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council, in conjunction with the Elks Lodge in Hastings, is host for the event. The cost is $7 per child and there are only 100 tickets available. The Elks Lodge is located at 102 E. Woodlawn in Hastings. but when that is impossible she uses e-mail. Dean also said she is used to working through labor negotiations, and that she is on the negotiating team in Coldwater. “We’re here to support you, but we’re also here to support the sustainability of the district,” she said of labor negotiations. Dean also said she believes having the assistance of legal counseil with negotiations is important. She said she believes negotiations can put a strain on community relationships, and her job is to bridge those relationships. When it comes to Dean’s relationship with the school board, she said, “My job is to carry forward the board’s goals.” She said she believes she should explain her position to the board and communicate with them often to “keep small problems from getting big.” Dean said she would describe her leadership style as participatory and flexible, depending on what she needs to accomplish. She said she believes all stakeholders should be heard. To organize her administrative team, Dean said she would need to establish trust with them and get to know them. “We’re all here to do the best job we can,” she said. “I build teams by not being judgmental. I build teams by working with people and not having them work for me.” She said her administrators would always know why she makes her decisions, and she would be willing to “take the heat” should they be the wrong decisions. Dean said she approaches budget development by looking at revenues, expenditures and the fund balance, “keeping in mind that the general fund is the driving force.” “I have become a very out-of-the box thinker,” she said of working with the budget, adding that the administrative team is an important part of the mix. Dean said the toughest decision she ever had to make was for staff layoffs. “Sometimes those choices have to be made,” she said. She said another budget decision she had to make was to cut transportation for a program to maintain the program. To balance her ethical responsibility to children with her fiscal responsibility to tax payers and the board, Dean said she provides information and rationale for every decision. Dean said it is very important to balance academics, arts and athletics. She said athletics are the reasons some students stay in school. “Not all kids excel in a lecture-style format,” she said. “It goes beyond just K-12 education classes. I think a well-rounded school has them in place.” For staff evaluations, Dean said she follows the guidelines set forth in her contract, and she also has a planning conversation about what happens in the classroom. “It’s about the informal observations and the informal visits that build upon the relationship,” she said. “Professional development should be built upon the needs of the district and the needs of the teachers.” To successfully market her school district, Dean said she visits all industrial facilities in the area to talk to the human relations department about day care. She also offers to train workers if the company will allow students to be trained in the industrial park. Two weaknesses Dean said she has are impatience with herself and needing to be able to admit faults. If money were not an issue, Dean said she would have staff development on how the brain works to help teachers better accommodate children with different learning styles and abilities. She said she would also have a computer for every child to take home. To help special education children, Dean said she would have personalized curriculums for students focusing on something they can achieve and work to figure out what the student is missing in the classroom. Dean said she would like to come to Hastings because she likes the community atmosphere and the community school system. She said in a town this size, school is not the only activity with which people are involved, like at Litchfield. One thing Dean said she would like to see changed is a higher fund balance. She said to improve the schools, she would talk to service clubs and work on how to handle different learning styles. She said with regard to marketing the schools, the teachers are the best marketing tool any school district has. Satterlee currently is the Houghton Lake High School Principal. His responsibilities have included working with budgetary, curriculum and personnel selection, implementation of the Student Responsibility Center and being a building administrator. Satterlee’s other professional experience includes acting as a high school assistant principal, history teacher, sixth grade teacher, permanent substitute, substitute and student teacher. His educational background includes a bachelor of science in history and political science from Central Michigan University, a driver education certification, middle school endorsement and master of educational leadership. degree He said he hopes to pursue his doctorate in the future. Satterlee said the most challenging thing about his job is working with adults, because children are the most rewarding part. “Kids are kids,” he said. “The kids are the best part of the job.” Satterlee said to be visible and accessible, he meets with every student in the district. He goes into the cafeterias at lunch and welcomes classrooms. “The opportunity to get out and be around kids, to be in a classroom again to me is a rewarding experience,” he said. “Visibility in and of itself to me doesn’t make you known in the community.” Some programs Satterlee has help start have been Athletic Booster and Pinnacle, a program allowing parents to access their students’ information through the Internet. Satterlee said he attempted an alternative education program at his previous school district, but the program garnered no community support. “Is it a needed thing? It’s going to be much more needed in my opinion,” he said. As for vocational technology classes, Satterlee said, “The bottom line here -- our role is to education kids.” Satterlee said he supports collaboration among school districts to preserve money and resources. He said some ideas for collaboration may be cooks and bus drivers without “eating at the fabric of the community.” He See SUPERINTENDENT, page 18 �Page 18 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner SUPERINTENDENT, continued from page 17 said he is interested in ideas that will benefit the school district, and if not then he would not be willing to participate. About bullying, Satterlee said, “I don’t think it’s a matter of successfully implement [strategies], I think it’s a matter of zero tolerance.” He said it is important to make children feel comfortable in coming to him when they are being bullied. Satterlee said he talks to teachers in his district every day to keep communication open. “You have to have an open door policy, and you have to have a listening ear,” he said. With regard to maintain positive labor relations, Satterlee said he would not deal with a multi-year contract right now because of the economic climate. “Things could change, but then you’re stuck with the contract,” he said. He also said he encourages meetings at least once a year among groups, and he gets the same benefits as other school employees. He also said he believes the superintendent should be the chief negotiator with regard to labor relations, and the board would be involved as well. Satterlee said he sees the school board’s role as the community Liason, along with working with the budget, handling policy and hiring and firing the superintendent. He said he would expect the board to give him information regularly to keep him well-informed. To maintain his relationship with the board, Satterlee said he sends out e-mails and memos often. Satterlee said his leadership style is that of a cheerleader because he needs to encourage people to do their job. “People work best when they’re proud and involved and care about the project they’re working on,” he said. He said he also believes he would be the one responsible should a project fail. As for his administrative team, Satterlee said, “The buck stops somewhere. I’m going to listen always.” He said somebody needs to take responsibility, and he will do that. Satterlee said when it comes to the budget, the school board needs to determine what is most important and make sure that is covered in the budget. “You make your best guess based on whatever information you have at hand,” he said. Satterlee said budget decisions are not something he makes alone. The most difficult budget decision he had to make was to lay off employees, and he said he did so by determining which cuts would least affect students. EXHIBITS “When you’ve got to pick and choose pretending you’re God, it’s not a lot of fun,” he said. Satterlee said he balances his ethical responsibility to that of the tax payers and the board by basing his decisions on how many kids will be affected as well. With regard to the balance at art, athletics and academics, Satterlee said, “They all have value.” “All of them have an equal role in my opinion,” he said. “We educate the whole child and not just aspects of the child.” Satterlee also said it is important to let the community use the buildings as long as it does not hurt the students. Satterlee said teacher evaluations are up to building administrators, and that he then reviews the evaluations. To successfully market his school, Satterlee believes in word of mouth. He said if teachers are good, then parents will be happy and they will spread that information. Satterlee said one weakness is that he is too nice. He said if money were no object, he would set up a vo-tech center and an alternative education program in Hastings. Satterlee said he wants to come to Hastings to be closer to his family. He said he sees Hastings as both a geographic and professionally satisfying. He said he believes in co-taught classes because students in the special education program are likely to be the first to be disenchanted by the current educational system. Former candidate Greg Webster currently is the dual superintendent for Bear Lake Schools and Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools. He has been a high school principal, and elementary school principal and a sixth grade teacher as well. His education includes a bachelor of science in political science, music and history from Western Michigan University, a master of arts in elementary education and reading from Eastern Michigan University, and a specialist in education from Central Michigan University. When the candidates asked what the board would like to see accomplished, the response was always a higher fund balance and a leader to take the school district to the next step with regard to innovation and being a “cutting edge” school. They also mentioned the importance of the superintendent being involved in the community. “We need a leader that the community has confidence in,” said Board President Pat Endsley. MISCELLANEOUS WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? WANT TO REGISTER TO VOTE? MUSIC/THEATRE WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? WANT INFORMATION ABOUT GOVERNMENT JOBS ? WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS ? WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO A public service message from the U.S. General Services Administration. Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE APRIL BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 19 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 20 Open House: Lighthouse on the Lake from 12-4 pm. Tour the facility which is located at 300 Meadow Run Dr. in Hastings. Light refreshments provided. Call (269) 948-8452 for more information. 20 Living Connection Game Night at 7 pm at the Commission on Aging building in Hastings. Bring a snack to share and $2 for supplies. 20 Dinner & Music at 6:30 pm at W.K. Kellogg Manor House, 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners. Treat yourself and someone special to a quiet, relaxing evening. $40 per person, tax & gratuity not included. reservations required by calling (269) 671-2400. 21 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 23 Bird Information Meeting presented by the Otis Sanctuary at the Rutland Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road. Call (269) 948-5777 for more information. 24 Raingardens To Benefit Your Backyard will be presented at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners. Call Tracy at (269) 671-2510 for more information. 24 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 24 Birdlife International will present a talk with Tom Funke of the Otis Sanctuary on “important bird areas” at the Orangeville Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey. 25 Birdlife International will present a talk with Tom Funke of the Otis Sanctuary on “important bird areas” at the Yankee Springs Township Hall, 284 N. Briggs Road. 26 Kalamazoo Symphony will perform in Hastings. Call the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 9452002 for more information. 26 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 26 Bereavement Dinner at 6 pm at Mills Landing presented by Barry Community Hospice. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own meals. Call Hospice at (269) 948-8452 for more information. 26 Birdlife International will present a talk with Tom Funke of the Otis Sanctuary on “important bird areas” at the Delton Public Library. 27-29 Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival 28 Hastings Farmers' Market from 8 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Coming in MAY 1 Hastings Farmers' Market 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 1 5th Annual Children’s Trust Fund “Cherish The Children” Ultimate Fantasy Auction at The Breslin Center at MSU. Call 1-800-Children or visit www.michigan.gov/ctf to donate an item or for more information. Glenn Miller Orchestra May 11-13 Grand Rapids Symphony Symphonic Boom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos Performance Hall April 27 at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center April 28 & 29. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall May 4 & 5 with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is reinvented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20-$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with perform- This week’s selections: Blades of Glory ances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena May 21 beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall May 22-27. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. 56th Annual KIA Art Fair will be held in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo Saturday, June 2. The juried art fair has run continously since a clothesline art fair was held in 1952. Rain or shine the event will be held from 9 am-5 pm. Admission is free. Over 200 artists booths, activities for children and bands performing live on stage make this a great family-friendly way to kick off summer. See kiarts.org for more information. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 93 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 When rating “Blades of Glory” alongside Will Ferrell’s other films, this sendup of the world of international figure skating isn’t a gold-medal achievement like “Anchorman” or “Stranger Than Fiction.” Nor is it a solid, silver-medal effort like “Talladega Nights.” No, “Blades of Glory” is definitely a bronze-medal-worthy comedy. It hits just enough comedic beats to be worth your time and money, but it won’t be on your list of favorite Ferrell films of all-time. But hey, at least it’s not “Bewitched.” The film stars Ferrell as Chazz Michael Michaels, the bad boy of figure skating, a raging, boozing sex addict with a doughy, hairy body that screams Neil Diamond. His on-ice nemesis is the virginal, golden-locked Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder). At the world championships, the two tie for the gold. A fight between them during the medal ceremony gets them banned for life. Three and a half years pass. Michaels is boozing it up and appearing in a kiddy show on ice, while MacElroy is working in a sporting-goods store. MacElroy gets a tip from a stalker/fan (Nick Swardson) that even though the young phenom is banned from singles competition, there’s nothing stopping him from competing in the pairs event. One convenient plot device later, MacElroy and Michaels are teamed up. They have a Coach (Craig T. “Coach” Nelson) and a killer (literally) routine that, if performed correctly, will change the face of figure skating forever. For me, the funniest moments are the routines on the ice. They are so ridiculously choreographed, I couldn’t stop laughing. That’s where “Blades of Glory” scores its highest Will Ferrell and Jon Heder play Chazz and Jimmy, a male ice skating duo, in “Blades of Glory.” marks. The problem is with most of the stuff that happens between the competitions. The biggest problem is that I don’t think Jon Heder has the experience or confidence to be a proper foil for a comic as dominating as Will Ferrell. Another actor with more experience may have found a way to add more to the character of MacElroy. Another problem is that the cast is so strong, yet Jenna Fischer, Rob Corddry, Will Arnett and Amy Poehler have so little to do in the film. All that talent is wasted because of a pretty lackluster script. “Blades of Glory” could’ve been a really great comedy. Instead, it’s a pleasant afternoon diversion. See it at a matinee or wait for the rental. GRADE: C+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 19 Grand Rapids Symphony presents The Music of Pink Floyd in DeVos Performance Hall April 27 BORN THIS WEEK: You enjoy doing new things and staying ahead of the crowd. You would make a fine military leader or sports coach. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Be careful about doing someone a favor when you don’t know the full story behind the request. Don’t rely on someone’s unsubstantiated assurances. Insist on all the facts before you act. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That workplace problem still needs your attention before you can finally close the book on it. Meanwhile, a longanticipated reunion gets closer to becoming a happy reality. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might be demanding more from others than they can give. Best advice: Have a long and frank talk to determine what the facts are. Tensions should abate as the week winds down. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Aspects are favorable throughout this week for making contacts that could be important to your career plans. Meanwhile, an old friend offers the advice you’re seeking. LEO (July 23 to August 22) It’s time to stop licking your wounds from past mistakes. Get up and get going toward your future. Loyal friends will be there to help the Lion get back into rip-roaring shape. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Take time out to go over what’s expected of you before you begin your new project. Otherwise, you run the risk of pushing yourself harder than you need to. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) An unusual request could put you in an awkward position. Best advice: Deal with it immediately. The longer you delay, the more difficult it will be to get out of it. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You should feel recharged and ready for whatever your workaday world holds for you. The same positive energy spills over into your personal relationships. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A prospect might be less than it appears to be. Like the Archer in your sign, you always aim for the truth. And this is no time to settle for less than full disclosure. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Start doing some serious thinking about a career move that could entail more than just changing job sites. Some lifestyle changes might also be involved. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) With tensions easing at the workplace, a more positive environment once again encourages the free flow of ideas so typical of the always-innovative Aquarian. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Show some of that usually hidden steelstrong Piscean backbone, and stand up for yourself if you hope to make a case for that promotion you know you deserve. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. DeVos Performance Hall will rock when the Grand Rapids Symphony presents “The Music of Pink Floyd,” Friday, April 27 at 8 p.m. This is not your typical symphony performance, but a full-blown rock concert including a laser light show. Audience members will hear the sound of one of Britain’s most influential bands- Pink Floyd. Bridging the gulf between rock and classi- cal music, conductor and arranger Brent Havens will lead the Grand Rapids Symphony when it’s joined by singer, Randy Jackson from the group “Zebra,” and a rock band featuring drums, guitar, bass, keyboards and sax. Audience members will hear Floyd hits including “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” “Dogs of War,” TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MOVIES: Who won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role in “Forrest Gump”? 2. TELEVISION: On what show did the Coneheads get their start? 3. FOOD & DRINK: What is a cauliflower’s true origin? 4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What type of creature is a bandicoot? 5. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the country of Gabon located? 6. ENTERTAINERS: Which entertainer’s real name was Muzyad Yakhoob? 7. GEOLOGY: What is the chief ore in aluminum? 8. TECHNOLOGY: What does a baud measure? 9. MEDICINE: Who discovered that • In order to stay aloft in its seemingly effortless hover, the ruby-throated hummingbird beats its wings approximately 200 times every single second. • It was Academy Award-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman who made the following observation: “When something good happens it’s a miracle, and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later.” • Famed director Steven Spielberg got an early start in filmmaking; when he was still a kid, he used his father’s Super-8 camera to make several movies. One of his youthful films was about a UFO invasion, and — acting out what were surely many young boys’ fantasies about annoying siblings — he cast his sisters as victims of the extraterrestrials. Special effects evidently were important to him even then: Spielberg got some cherry tomatoes from his mother, which he smashed up to use as blood. • Do you suffer from paraskavedekatriaphobia? It’s a particular form of triskaidekaphobia, which, as you may already know, is fear of the number 13. yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: On which river is Victoria Falls located? Answers 1. Tom Hanks 2. “Saturday Night Live” 3. It is a type of cultivated cabbage 4. Marsupial 5. Africa 6. Danny Thomas 7. Bauxite 8. Transmission of digital data 9. Walter Reed 10. Zambezi River © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is, specifically, fear of Friday the 13th. • When composer Johann Strauss Jr. made his debut, Johann Strauss Sr. planted friends in the audience to boo. It seems father, a composer himself, didn’t like the competition. • It seems there’s a world record for everything — even one for the longest sushi roll in the world. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it was made in Japan, in Ichinoseki City. The record-holding cucumber roll, made in 2001, measured 4,381 feet long. Makes you wonder how many people it took to consume the entire thing. • The olive tree is actually an evergreen — and it can survive in stony, inhospitable earth for hundreds of years. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them be good at taking orders.” — Linda Festa © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. “Learning to Fly” and others. With its philosophical lyrics and innovative sound, Pink Floyd dominated the music scene in the 1970s and ‘80s. More than 200 million albums worldwide and an estimated 73.5 million albums in the United States were sold by the English rock group. Havens said his concept for “The Music of Pink Floyd,” was to take the music as close to the original tunes as possible and then add some colors to enhance what Floyd had done. “The wonderful thing with an orchestra is that you have an entire sound palette to call upon,” said Havens. “The band is reproducing what Pink Floyd did on the albums, verbatim, and then having an orchestra behind the band gives the music a richness, a whole different feel, a whole different sense of power.” Last summer at the Chase Picnic Pops, the Grand Rapids Symphony entertained thousands when it presented another concert program led by Brent Havens, “The Music of Led Zeppelin,” featuring the legendary band’s hits. “The Music of Pink Floyd” is the final concert of the Grand Rapids Symphony’s SymphonicBoom Series featuring music and artists from the past and present. These outside-the-box Symphony musical experiences are also more casual and informal. Audience members may take beverages and snacks they purchase in the Keeler Lobby into the performance hall to drink and eat during the concert. Tickets range from $28 to $65 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster at 616/4543333, at Ticketmaster outlets, or online at ticketmaster.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the Symphony office at 300 Ottawa Ave. NW, Suite 100, at the door the night of the concert. KCC bands plan 2 concerts in April The instrumental music department at Kellogg Community College will present two major concerts in April, both featuring retiring instrumental music instructor Edward Zentera in his final appearance as conductor. Sunday, April 22, the KCC Concert Band will present its annual Spring Concert, featuring music from “Bugler’s Holiday” to the finale of the “New World Symphony.” Cathi Crawford will also be featured playing the “Carnival of Venice” on piccolo. On April 29 the KCC Jazz Band will present a variety of big band jazz, including swing, Latin, funk and fun. Speical guests for this concert include three well-known area jazz musicians: Terry Lower on piano; Larry Ochiltree, drums; and Michael Doyle, tenor sax. Both concerts will be held in the Binda Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. General admission for each event is $5. Students and seniors will be charged $3. Super Crossword Solution �Page 20 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Orioles top Vikes with early goals After a couple weeks away from action, Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales decided to have a talk with his girls Friday at Charlotte about being ready to go at the start of a game. It didn’t work. “Before the first half started, we talked as a team about being focused and ready to play as most goals are scored in the first ten minutes of a game. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened,” Gonzales said. Charlotte scored twice in the first seven minutes, and went on to a 3-0 victory. The Orioles walked the ball in on the Viking defense and blasted an uncontested shot into the net for their first goal with 35:04 to play in the first half. Just 1:29 later, the same scenario happened again, with the Charlotte attacking the weak side of the Viking defense for its second goal. “We made some defensive adjustments and shut them down for the rest of the half,” Gonzales said. In the second half, the Vikings were playing an aggressive game when they were called for a hand ball in the box at the 33:14 mark. That PK was converted to a 3-0 lead for the Orioles. Late in the game, the Vikings’ Kayla Durham had a nice breakaway; but three defenders hanging on her prevented a goal. “This was a very physical game for 80 minutes and my girls never once gave up, battling to the end,” Gonzales said. Lakewood’s defense really stepped it up after the first two goals to shut down the Oriole attack for the remainder of the game. “I thought we played a very good team and held our own,” Gonzales said. “This year’s team plays with more passion, determination and heart than any team I’ve coached. Every girl on our team left it all on the field tonight. If we can play with this same passion every game, we we’ll win more games this year. We really grew as a team tonight and found out that we can hang with the power teams in our area.” Lakewood will start the CAAC-3 season at home against Haslett Thursday. Second doubles wins Vikes’ lone title at tennis tourney Lakewood keeper Lacey Chase (right) and defender Emily O’Rielly (1) come out to slow down an Oriole attacker during Friday evening’s non-conference clash. Lakewood finished second to Mason at Saturday’s Lakewood Invitational. Mason won individual titles at five of the eight flights, to pile up 27 points. Lakewood was second with 22, Wayland third with 21, and Ovid-Elsie fourth with 10. Jeremy Avery and Zack Woodman kept the Bulldogs from sweeping the doubles flights, by winning the second doubles championship match against Zach Bontrager and Sam Grantham 6-0, 6-7(1), 6-4. Lakewood reached championship matches at both third singles and third doubles. The Vikings’ Jared Secor was downed by Mason’s Cameron Hamilton in the third singles championship, 6-1, 6-0. At third doubles, Mason’s Charles Markman and Kevin Lounds topped the Vikings’ Brad Wilson and Dustin Lafler 6-0, 6-1. Wayland had the only other two titles that didn’t belong to Mason, with Keith Sikkema topping Mason’s Brendan Blomfield 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4 for the first singles title, and Joel Hooker winning the fourth singles title. Joe Zielinski from Mason was the second singles champion. Lakewood was second at the three doubles flights it didn’t win. Matt Tidball and Levi Phelps had wins over Wayland and OvidElsie at first singles, as did Drew Werner and Terry Quillan at fourth doubles. Wilson and Lafler were second at third doubles, topping Wayland 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-4. On the singles’ side, Alex Haskin at second singles and Cody Rowe at fourth singles both placed second for Lakewood, and Secor was third. Lakewood is now 0-1-2 overall this season and 0-1-1 in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3. Williamston handed the Lakewood boys’ their first loss of the season Tuesday afternoon, in CAAC-3 action, 6-2. The top two doubles teams were the only winners for the Vikings, with Haskin and Tidball topping Pat Belanger and Bryan Kendal 6-4, 6-1 at first doubles and Avery and Woodman downing Andrew Hall and Christian Scott 6-2, 6-1 at second doubles. The only other Vikings to win a set Tuesday were the third doubles team of Lafler and Wilson, who lost a tough three-setter to Brad Walters and Zack Frenzel 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. See TENNIS, page 23 by Brett Bremer Trying to use common sense to keep girls’ tennis in fall My sister may not have to give up her glove and her bat if a group representing members of Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Association (MHSTeCA) and others has anything to do about it. She’d be giving up her knee pads and volleyball uniform instead. In what can only be called as a fine display of common sense, a group led by University of Michigan law professor Richard D. Friedman filed a brief with the U.S. District Court to keep girls’ tennis in the fall and boys’ tennis in the spring. I got my first look at the brief on Wednesday. Never have I looked at a legal document and thought so many times in my head “duh”. Part one of the argument not to switch the seasons is that “the large majority of girls’ high school tennis throughout the nation is played in the fall season, and participation rates are higher where tennis is played in the fall than where it is played in the spring.” Duh. Well, that might not have been the loudest “duh”, but looking at the facts it’s clear. Girls’ tennis is not in the fall in the majority of the country, and certainly not in the Midwest and Northern States. Indiana is the only state in the Great Lakes Region that plays girls’ tennis in the spring. The brief lists statistics that state 617 girls per million total population play high school tennis in the states where tennis is played in the fall. In spring states that number drops to 586 per million total population. The numbers are even more extreme for the boys. Part two of the argument is “the weather for playing tennis in Michigan is far better in the fall season than in the spring season.” Duh. Did you look outside last week. Tennis doesn’t go well with snow, although flurries might be better than rain. Rain kills tennis matches. Playing tennis on a wet court is like trying to play basketball on a hockey rink. There aren’t any poems about October showers. There are however poems about April showers. Part three argues that “the fall season is far better placed than the spring season in relation to the school calendar.” Duh. Look at the spring sports season. There are baseball and softball teams that try and jam seven games into a week. Track teams can have two duals and an invitational. Finding times to make-up events because of the previous argument can be tough. Part four says that “opportunities to prepare for the fall season are far superior to those for the spring.” Duh. Is it easier to find a place to play tennis in July or February? The top players in the state and their parents check books can find indoor courts all winter long. A third doubles player in Barry County is probably, and for the sake of their coaches hopefully, improving the most over the summer months. There are open tennis courts everywhere. In part five the group argues that the “impact on college scholarships weighs against, rather than in favor, of switching tennis seasons.” Duh. I guess. I still stand firm on the fact that if you’re that good, college coaches will find you. It is their job. In the fall the United State Tennis Association (USTA) tournaments which many of the top players play in are before the high school season. The summer season can springboard a player to a great high school fall season. In the spring, players can use the high school season to tune-up for the USTA season. The brief states that “playing on a high school team is not even the optimal preparation on the eve of elite tournaments.” It adds that some of the best high school boys don’t play with their school, because it doesn’t help them enough in preparing for the USTA tournaments, and the practice would probably be even more prevalent among top-ranked girls. My favorite part of the brief however comes early on in the fifth argument. Friedman’s daughter is a freshman at Ann Arbor Huron High School who SURPRISE, plays tennis. The argument reads, “impact on scholarship prospects is a fanciful concern for the overwhelming majority of girls who play high school tennis in Michigan... The small prospect of a college scholarship plays no role at all in her commitment to the sport - or in her parents’ support for that commitment.” Duh. Of course, does switching the girls’ season back to the fall before its even really moved discriminate against the boys? Lakewood senior Brad Wilson hits a serve during Saturday’s Lakewood Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton girls shut out twice in three days The Panthers have had a hard time the net lately. Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ soccer team was shut out in losses to Vicksburg Monday and Parma Western Saturday. Vicksburg topped the Panthers 6-0. Delton Kellogg head coach Bill Roberts still thought it was an outstanding performance by his team against the tough Vicksburg squad. Vicksburg had four teammates share in the scoring. Sam Sparrow had two goals, Lizzie Rose one, Megan Simmonds two and Ashley McCaw goal. Their team tallied 33 shots on goal. Delton Kellogg keepers Kelsey Deibert and Anna Goldsworthy shared the loss, with 17 and 16 saves respectively. Western took a 2-0 victory, in a game that was scheduled at the last minute after the cancellation of the Marshall Tournament. The Panthers held Western to a 0-0 draw in the first half. Despite an outstanding effort by the Panthers, Western went up by two goals in the second half to give the lady Panthers their first loss of the season. Western’s Amanda Ulstad scored both goals, while keeper Nicole Kramer earned the shut-out. Western had 27 shots on goal in the game, as Delton keepers Kacy McCormick and Deibert took a bruising in goal. The Panthers had just seven shots on goal. Delton is now 1-2 overall this season, and will be home again Friday to take on Three Rivers in another non-conference contest. Next Monday Delton plays host to Allegan, then the Panthers are on the road in the KVA next Wednesday at Parchment. Lakewood’s Matt Tidball reaches wide to return a serve against Mason in a first doubles match during Saturday’s Lakewood Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon Sports Shorts JV Baseball The Hastings’ junior varsity baseball team defeated Northpointe Christian 20-0 Tuesday, April 10. Trent Brisboe threw his second no-hitter of the year, striking out nine batters while also helping his cause with a single, a double, and two RBI’s. Other leading hitters for the Saxons were Greg Heth with a three-run home run and a double, Trevor Heacock with a two-run home run and an RBI double, Branden Courtney with two doubles, a single and three RBI’s. Hastings also got two doubles and two RBI’s from Tyler Kalmink, a doule, a single and two RBI’s from Dylan McKay, and a single each from Brad Hayden, Chris DeVries and Robert Cathcart. HMS Girls’ Track and Field The Hastings Middle School girls’ track and field team won their first meet, Monday night over Coopersville, 76-60. Earning first place in events for the Saxons were Brittany Morgan, Natalie VanDenack, Gabby Eaton, Morgan Stowe. Eaton had three first place finishes in individual events. Taking part in relay championships for the Saxons were Stephanie Warren, Laci Cowles, Aimee Wiker, Sam Roofstra, Rikki Mileski, Lauren Bush, Alexis Hickey, Tara Harding, and Dakota Elzinga. Second-place finishes were earned by the Saxons’ Bush, Warren, Mileski, Cherie Kosbar, VanDenack and Morgan. Finishing third for the Saxons in individual events were Meg Travis, Kayla Pohl, Harding, Cowles, Amber Myers, and Kosbar. DK softball splits a pair of one-run games with Olivet Delton Kellogg and Olivet split a pair of tight contests at Olivet High School Tuesday afternoon to open the Kalamazoo Valley Association softball season. The Panthers scored a 3-2 victory in game two, while outhitting the Eagles 8-3. Hannah Goy led the Delton Kellogg offense with two singles and a pair of RBI’s. Tarah Keim and Justin McCowan also had two singles each. Katie Marshall and Angie Kennedy each had one hit for the Panthers and Amanda Boss drove in Delton’s other run. Keim earned the save, pitching for the Panthers, striking out two in the seventh inning. Jessie Wine earned the win, she allowed just three hits and struck out three Eagle batters. Keim was tagged with the loss in game one, despite allowing just three hits while striking out 11. Olivet scored in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 2-1 win. Keim drove in the Panthers’ lone run. Goy had two singles in the opener as well. McCowan had a single, and Marshall had a single and a triple. The Panthers return to the field on Saturday when they take part in the Hastings Invitational. Next Tuesday, the Panthers are home for a KVA double header with Galesburg-Augusta. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 21 Local state stars shine bright at Lakewood Invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg senior Rebecca Winchester had some ground to make up after taking the baton for the final leg of the 3200meter relay Saturday at the Lakewood Invitational. She sped ahead of Hartland’s Brittany Quinn and Lansing Catholic’s Liz Watson, to start the day of racing with a championship for the Trojan girls. Winchester would hit the finish line first three more times, in individual events, and lead TK to a second place finish. Ann Arbor Pioneer dominated the 11-team meet, scoring 871 points. The Trojans were second with 771.5, and Lansing Catholic third at 748.5. Lakewood’s girls placed sixth with 682 points Marshall dominated the boys’ meet, finishing with 810.5 points to second place Quincy’s 761.5. Lakewood was third in the boys’ meet with 752 points. The Thornapple Kellogg boys finished eighth. Winchester wasn’t the only local star to have a great day. Lakewood’s two state qualifiers, seniors Mike Kuras and Amy Joostberns took care of business in their signature events. Kuras won the shot put with a throw of 54 feet 6.25 inches and the discus with a toss of 156-3.5. Joostberns took the discus with a toss of 107-3 and the high jump by clearing 50. All five Lakewood championships came in the field events, with senior Nate Root winning the boys’ pole vault at 12-0. Winchester teamed with Melanie Truer, Kylie Schultz and Kelsey Webster for the 3200-meter relay title in 10 minutes 13.83 seconds. Hartland was second in the race in 10:14.56. Winchester would have Hartland runners on her heels all day. She edged Hartland’s Kerstin Halonen by less than four tenths of a second to win the 1600-meter run in 5:38.50. Halonen again finished second to Winchester in the 3200-meter run, with Winchester crossing the line in 12:19.09. Hartland’s Brittany Quinn was second to Winchester in the 800-meter run. Winchester Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns tosses the discus Saturday morning during the Lakewood Invitational. She won the event with a top throw of 107 feet 3 inches. (Photo by Brett Bremer) finished in 2:33.80. Quinn and Halonen were both part of Hartland’s second-place 3200meter relay team. While Winchester and the Hartland girls were controlling the distance races, Ann Arbor Pioneer was piling up points in the sprints. Pioneer’s Tiara Sharp matched Winchester’s four championship performances, winning title’s with her team’s 400-, 800and 1600-meter relay teams and individually in the 200-meter dash. TK also got a victory from Emma Ordway in the 400-meter dash. She finished in 1:02.71. Ordway later finished third in the 200 in 27.82. Trojan junior Alesha Ward set personal records with second place performances in the discus and the high jump. She cleared 5-0 in the high jump, and tossed the discus 97 feet 2 inches. Joostberns edged Ward for the titles in each Saturday. Danielle Rosenberg had the Trojans’ other Vikes split with East Lansing, then sweep two with Pirates HHS coaches offer summer opportunities for athletes Many of the Hastings Saxon coaches will be offering youth sports camps for area athletes through Hastings Community Education this summer. Saxon Basketball Coaches, Dan Carpenter and Don Schils, Soccer coaches Brian Roderick and Sarah Derrico, Volleyball coach Krista Sheldon, Tennis Coach Rich Pohja, Cheer Coach Amy Hubbell, and Football Coach Fred Rademacher and their staffs will be offering camps for both boys and girls again this year. New this year, first-year softball coach Dennis Redman and Dive Coach Carly Weiden will be offering camps in softball and diving. Golf Coach, Bruce Krueger is also offering a Jr. Golf Program through Hastings Country Club. An effort has been made to schedule these camps so they do not conflict with other programs such as YMCA camp, the Barry County Fair and summer Holidays. The Saxons coaches feel it is important to offer these opportunities to young athletes to allow them to try new sports that they may not have participated in and to develop new skills. Most of the camps are a week long for all ages and cost range form $35 to $60. For more information on these clinics look in this week’s Reminder or call The Community Education and Recreation Center at 948-4414. Lakewood’s Dan Schasser cruises around the track in the 3200-meter relay Saturday. The Viking boys finished second in the event. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon golfers fifth O-K Gold’s first jamboree Hastings was just three strokes behind Thornapple Kellogg for fourth place at the first O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season Tuesday, at Diamond Springs. The Saxons got a 39 from Erin Fluke to lead the way, but their next best score was a 51 from Katy Fluke. Paige Pumford added a 53 and Kacy Hooten 55 for the Saxons. South Christian and Caledonia had a good battle for the top spot, with the Sailors edging the Scots 171 to 175. Hamilton was third, on its home course, with a 187, followed by TK 195, Hastings 198, Byron Center 232, and Wayland NTS. The Saxons were scheduled to host Lakewood and Portland on Wednesday afternoon, and will get together with the O-K Gold Conference again at Orchard Hills in Wayland Thursday. Next Tuesday, the league meets at Yankee Springs Golf Course. Maple Valley’s boys’ and girls’ track and field teams both had a pair of championship performances, and placed near the top at Saturday’s Athens Relays. The Lion boys won the pole vault relay and the distance medley, and earned a second place finish. DeWitt controlled the boys’ meet, finishing with 80 points. The Lions were a distant second with 57, followed by Potterville 47, Springport 45, Schoolcraft 34, Constantine 30, Vandercook Lake 25, Olivet 24, Athens 20, Plainwell 19. Pennfield 18, and Hackett Catholic Central 4. Kaleb Root and Chris Eckhoff combined their vaults for a total of 21 feet 6 inches, to snag the pole vault championship for Maple Valley. Zac Eddy, Kyle Staines, Rob Morehouse and Mike Hall teamed up to win the distance medley for the Lions in 19:37.30. Hall and Staines teamed up with Jarrod Brooks and Nick Thurlby to place second in the middle distance relay in 1:13.75. The Lions were also second in the high jump relay, where Ryan Schroder and Jose Romero totaled 12-2, which matched the championship total of the two Springport leapers who accomplished the height in fewer attempts. The Lion boys were third in the 800-meter relay, the sprint medley relay, and the 400meter Frosh relay. Thurlby, Brooks, Romero and Charles Wymer ran the 800 for the Lions, finishing in 1:35.98. Romero, Tyler Christensen, Dustin Houghton and Wymer teamed up for the sprint medley to finish in 1:10.93. The Lion frosh relay team which finished in 49.94 seconds was made up of Adam Zank, Rob Strotheide, Josh Hall and Zac Eddy. Staines, Brooks, Mike Hall, and Thurlby NOW AVAILABLE! ALL NEW MENU FEATURING YOUR FAVORITE... AND ~ THE GREAT AMERICAN HOT DOGS! Koney Dogs • Chicago Style • Chili & Cheese • Build Your Own Dogs and many more! GRAND OPENING SATURDAY APRIL 21 FIRST 101 DOGS FREE! Bowling News Hastings USBC Women’s Bowling Association will hold its Spring meeting and election of Officers Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30 PM at Hastings Moose Lodge. All members are urged to attend. were fifth in the 1600-meter relay in 3:43.52. The Schoolcraft Eagles took off with the girls’ title, scoring 77 points to finish well ahead of second place Plainwell which finished with 59. The Lions were a close third with 51 points, followed by Potterville 45, DeWitt 36, Athens 34, Olivet 32, Vandercook Lake 26, Constantine 15, Springport 14, Hackett Catholic Central 12, and Pennfield 2. The Lion ladies also had two championship performances, with Ashley Gonser and Dani Christensen teaming up for the shot put title with a distance of 56-11, and the sprint medley team of Lizzy Stewart, Shawndenae Rost, Lauren Pierce and Christensen winning their event in 1:22.1. Maple Valley was strong in both throwing events, with Gonser teaming up with Jennifer Kent to take second in the discus at 160-10. In the pole vault, the combined vaults of Stacey Fassett and Catara Briggs added up to 15-6 for a third place finish. The Lions were also third in both the 400-meter relay and the freshmen 400. In the freshmen event Breyana Rose, Briggs, Rost and Stewart finished in 58.2 seconds. In the varsity event, Rost and Stewart teamed with Christensen and Pierce to finish in 54.9. Pierce also placed fourth in the long jump relay, with teammate Natasha Misiewicz with a total distance of 26-8. Maple Valley’s 3200-meter relay team of Lauren Trumble, Erin Shoemaker, Kaitlin Furlong and Amy Tobias was sixth in 12:08.8. The Lions were slated to visit Leslie Wednesday, then will head to Portland for the SSC Invitational Saturday before starting the Kalamazoo Valley Association season next week. Coffee Drinks • Smoothies • Iced Tea • Chai Tea • Muffins • Cookies • Scones • Bagels LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER State Grounds Coffee House 108 E. State St. Downtown Hastings 02669026 “We were hitting the ball a little better, and getting some hits. We were picking up signs well and running the bases,” Veitch said. The Vikings and Pirates went back and forth in game one. P-W took a 2-0 lead in the opening inning against Viking starter Nic Wieland. Lakewood scored in the bottom of the seventh inning to go ahead 6-5 for the win. Peter Wernet was 3-for-3 at the plate for the Vikings, while Zach Porter and Martin had two hits each. Backe came on in relief and pitched two innings, before Martin closed things out. Martin had four strike outs in the final three innings. The Vikings could have made things a little easier on themselves. They left eight men on base in the contest. In game one Saturday, Lakewood pulled out a 3-1 victory. Schultz earned the victory, in just over five innings of work. Martin came on to close things out. Blocher led the Viking offense with a pair of hits, and Jordan Richardson was 1-for-3. Lakewood will be in Hastings this Saturday for the Hastings Invitational with the host Saxons, Delton Kellogg, and Thornapple Kellogg. Martinez placed third in 8:56.52. TK’s boys were eighth with 627 points, and had one championship on the day. Junior Keith Winchester won the 3200-meter run in 10:37.47. Senior Mitch Edwards played a part in two third-place performances for TK, placing third in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.98 and joining Lopez, Jeff Dickerson and Ethan Fuller on TK’s third-place 1600-meter relay team that finished in 3:48.26. Cameron VanSpronsen had TK’s lone second-place finish, sailing 18-9.5 in the long jump. Marshall controlled the boys’ meet with its sprinters. The Redhawks’ Marcus Vallar and Jake Leach finished first and second respectively in the 100-meter dash. Later they would swap places, with Leach first and Vallar second in the 200. Vallar also won the 400, and teamed up with Leach, Cody Boughton and Kelly Morrison in winning the 800-meter relay. Lion teams both win one race and one field event at Athens Thornapple Kellogg’s Rebecca Winchester (right) begins to chase down Hartland’s Brittany Quinn on the final leg of the 3200-meter relay on Saturday at the Lakewood Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) After shaking off the rust that built up over spring break in the first game of a double header with East Lansing last Tuesday (April 10), the Viking varsity baseball team won three in a row to close out the week. The Vikings are now 4-1 on the season. East Lansing spent spring break playing ball in Florida, while Viking head coach Bob Veitch said that his team didn’t spend as much time as it should on the game over the break. The Trojans won game one 7-1, as the Vikings struggled early. Lakewood batters struck out five times in the first five innings, and never hit a ball out of the infield. They struck out looking six times in the game. Blake Blocher went 2-for-3 to lead the Lakewood offense, while pitcher Alex Backe added one hit. Veitch said he was happy with the way Backe pitched, in his first varsity start. Lakewood bounced back to win game two, 8-1. Jesse Martin pitched the Vikings to the victory, striking out five while going the distance. Blocher was 1-for-2, and Scott Schultz 2for-3 at the plate for Lakewood. The Vikings kept on that roll Saturday, taking two at home from Pewamo-Westphalia. Martin closed out each win on the mound. two top performances, placing third in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.56 and third in the pole vault at 7-6. The Lakewood girls’ team’s next best performances came from Sara Jemison who was third in the discus with a throw of 91-5.5 and the 400-meter relay team of Jacqie Collins, Amanda Briggs, Alexis Brodbeck and Megan Holaski which placed third in 55.55 seconds. Hartland was fourth in the girls’ meet with 739 points, Marshall fifth with 721, and Lakewood sixth with 682. They were followed by Perry 627.5, Mason 546, Quincy 440, and Muskegon Oakridge 249.5. Marcus Gonzales was the runner-up in the 110-meter high hurdles, for Lakewood’s boys, hitting the line in 16.97 seconds. The event was won by Belding junior Christian Bach in 16.13. It was a great start to the running events for the Lakewood boy’s team. Just before Gonzales’ runner-up finish, the Lakewood 3200-meter relay team of Jason Sterkenburg, Dan Schasser, Casey Beglin and Miguel 269/948-7730 �Page 22 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Scots shut out Saxon soccer Hastings’ sophomore Ali Howell shields the ball from Caledonia sophomore Heather Veneman in the first half Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The winds of change blew onto the field for the Saxons to start the O-K Gold season, but didn’t blow any more offense Hastings’ way. Caledonia was able to make good use of a stiff wind out of the northwest in the first half, better than the Saxons were in the second, and scored a 2-0 victory over Hastings Monday evening. The Saxons had trouble getting their offense going, throughout the entire first half with the wind in their faces, and through much of the second half. Saxon head coach Sarah Derrico has moved all-state forward Sam VanDenack into the midfield for the start of the season, and Hastings is still looking for a solid group of forwards. “We changed some positions around, obviously,” Derrico said. “We took Sam VanDenack and moved her into the midfield to distribute the ball more.” Getting the ball up to the forwards was tough on each team when the wind was in its face. Most of the game was played right in front of the team benches on the east side of Caledonia’s Scotland Yard. Caledonia scored both its goals with the wind at its back in the first half. In the 13th minute Caledonia senior Jenna Bigger blasted a shot off the goal post, and her freshman teammate Holly Durkee was their to put the rebound past the Saxon keeper. The Scots added a second goal in the 27th minute when Caledonia freshman Nicole Chase beat a flat-footed Saxon defender on the right side and crossed the ball in to Bigger who knocked it into the net. “It’s frustrating coming off such a good preseason,” Derrico said. “They move the ball very well. Their pace of game is a lot faster than ours, which is good because it’s the first game of conference and we’re going to see that throughout the conference.” The Scots just missed on a couple other chances in the first half, ringing a shot off the post following a corner kick just before the second goal and seeing a shot from Bigger off a nice pass from sophomore Chelsea Denton fly just over the Saxon net. Both teams were scoreless in the second half. “We played a lot better in the second half. I think the wind helped,” Derrico said. Hastings is now 0-1 in the O-K Gold, and Caledonia 1-0. The Scots are 2-0-1 overall. “It’s always a big battle when we play Hastings,” said Caledonia head coach Steve Sanxter. “They’re always tough. We had the wind in the first half and we took advantage of it.” Hastings was slated to host Hamilton Wednesday afternoon, and will be back in action next Monday at Byron Center. Next Wednesday, Wayland is scheduled to visit Hastings. Hastings baseball splits with Scots The defense came and went Tuesday afternoon for the Saxons as they opened the O-K Gold Conference season with a double header at Caledonia. It stuck around long enough for the Saxons to earn a split with the Fighting Scots, winning game one 2-1 before falling 10-0 in five innings in game two. Garrett (3-0) turned in a great pitching performance as the Saxons defeated Caledonia in game one. He allowed only two singles over the course of the game and pitched himself out of a couple of tight situations. The Saxon pitcher received some great defense to help the team to victory, particularly from outfielders Matt Teunessen, Ricky Mathis and David Kendall. “Garrett was terrific on the mound and we got the big hits and a few breaks when we needed them,” said Saxon head coach Marsh Evans. “Our outfielders made one big play after another, and it was a big win for us against a quality opponent.” Dylan Cuddahee broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning, singling home Teunessen who reached on a one-out double. Garrett worked out of a sixth inning jam, before setting down the side in order in the bottom of the seventh for the win. Hastings scored first with a single run in the top of the second. A.J. Tassos led-off with a single then moved to third on a base hit from Cuddahee. Taylor drove Tassos home from third on a fielder’s choice. Caledonia tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Recent defensive struggles returned in game two for the Saxons. The Scots took advantage of the errors to post a 10-0 win. Taylor (0-2) took the loss, but deserved a better fate. Hastings’ bats went cold, managing only one base hit from Tassos. Hastings was never able to mount a threat against Caledonia pitcher Devan Jennings who earned the win, striking out eight in the process. “We lost our focus and the same defensive lapses that have plagued us so far, again sunk us,” Evans said. “This is an area we absolutely have to improve upon if we want to win consistently.” The Scots and the Saxons will finish out their series on Thursday in Hastings with a single game. Errors hurt the Saxons as well on Friday, in SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree at Railside A rescheduled from 4/26 4:00 pm Girls JV Soccer Wayland Union HS 4:00 pm Boys Middle Track Jackson Park Middle 4:00 pm Girls Middle Track Jackson Park Middle 4:15 pm Boys Fresh. Baseball Hamilton (DH) 5:30 pm Girls Varsity Soccer Wayland Union HS 7:00 pm Info Meeting for Sport Season Changes THURSDAY, APRIL 26: TBA Kalamazoo Symphony/HS Choir 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree at Railside H A A H H Girls Boys Boys Boys Girls Boys Boys Girls Girls JV Varsity JV Varsity Varsity Varsity JV Varsity JV Golf Tennis Tennis Track Track Baseball Baseball Softball Softball Hamilton at Dia. Sprgs. Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS A H A H H A H A H Times and dates subject to change. 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She struck out five and walked two. Maple Valley had four hits in the game, including two for Cassie Knauss including a double. The Lions jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of game one, but Pennfield came back with three runs in the third to tie things up. The Panthers then added four runs in the sixth and two in the seventh. Chelsea Davis got the start for the Lions, and allowed only one earned run through three innings of work, but was relieved by Angus after her sixth walk to start the fourth inning. The first six batters reached base for Pennfield in the sixth inning, on a triple four singles and a fielding error by the Lions. Flower and Knauss had two hits each for the Lions in the second game, one a double for Knauss. Misiewicz, Terri Hurosky and Angus had the only other Lion hits. Hurosky’s was a double. Flower had the Lions’ lone RBI, driving in a run with a first-inning single. Open meeting on season changes next week at HHS A rescheduled to 4/25 3:45 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm 77511524 THURSDAY, APRIL 19: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree@Orch Hills A 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis Hamilton HS H 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis Hamilton HS A 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track Hamilton HS H 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Track Hamilton HS H 4:15 pm Boys Varsity Baseball Caledonia HS H 4:15 pm Boys JV Baseball Caledonia HS A 4:15 pm Girls Varsity Softball Caledonia HS H 4:15 pm Girls JV Softball Caledonia HS A FRIDAY, APRIL 20: 5:00 pm Girls JV Soccer Maple Valley HS A SATURDAY, APRIL 21: 9:00 am Boys Varsity Baseball Hastings Invitational H 9:00 am Girls Varsity Softball Hastings Invitational H 9:00 am Girls JV Softball Hastings Invitational H 9:00 am Boys Varsity Tennis Vicksburg Invit. A 9:30 am Boys JV Tennis JV Invit. CANCELLED H 10:00 am Boys JV Baseball Lakewood Invit. A 10:00 am Boys Fresh. 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The Saxons struggled defensively right from the start and never recovered after allowing eight runs in the first inning of game one. All eight were un-earned. At the plate the Saxon bats were as ineffective as their gloves were in the field, as they were held without a hit. Kyle McNerny (0-2) started on the mound for Hastings, and contrary to the score, did not pitch that badly. McNerny allowed only one earned run and struck out four in his three innings of work. In the nightcap the score was more baseball-like, but again Saxon errors contributed to the loss. In a game shortened to four innings due to darkness and dropping temperatures, Kenowa Hills scored three times in the top of the second on three un-earned runs to jump out to a 4-1 lead which would eventually be the final score. The Saxon pitchers threw well again, as Taylor and Branden Courtney allowed just one hit between them with none of the runs being earned. Hastings was one hit better than Kenowa at the plate as Tassos had an RBI double and Teunessen had a hit as well. The Saxons will host the Barry County Invitational Saturday starting at 9 a.m. Next week, the Saxons meet up with Hamilton in the O-K Gold playing two at home Tuesday and one at Hamilton Thursday. Saxon junior Sam VanDenack (15) arrives just in time to stop Caledonia sophomore Chelsea Denton from clearing the ball down field during the second half of Monday’s O-K Gold Conference opener. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings athletic director Mike Goggins will host an informational meeting concerning the effects of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to not hear the Michigan High School Athletic Association case concerning the Title IX issues of Michigan’s high school sports seasons. The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Hastings High School gymnasium, and is open to athletes, their parents, and the public. Goggins will address information concerning the season changes and how it will effect Saxon sports during the 2007-08 school year. He will make a brief presentation concerning the changes and then open it up for questions. Topics to be covered will include which sports will be affected, scheduling issues, facility use and challenges the athletic dept. will face. In the lower peninsula, the ruling has forced the MHSAA to change the seasons in which a number of sports are played. Girls’ volleyball will move from the winter to the fall season, while girls’ basketball moves from the fall to winter. Girls’ golf and boys’ tennis will move from the spring season to the fall, while boys’ golf and girls’ tennis move from fall to spring. 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(Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — Page 23 Spartans speed past Delton Kellogg The Panthers’ Chelsea VanderWoude (right) strains to get the baton to teammate Hannah Williams for the final leg of the 800-meter relay Tuesday against Lakeview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The only thing open wider than the mouths of the Delton Kellogg sprinters, gasping for air at the end of the 100-meter dash Tuesday, may have been their eyes. The Panthers’ Chelsea VanderWoude hit the finish line in 13.34 seconds, trailing two Battle Creek Lakeview Spartans. Lakeview’s Erica Mann won the race in 12.14 and Jasmine Lucas was second in 13.23. “When you can run a 13.34 and finish third,” Delton Kellogg girls’ head coach Jim Gibson said, “we don’t usually see that kind of thing. There might be one girl who can do that at a meet, but not two on a team.” The Delton Kellogg girls had to deal with that kind of speed and depth all day on the track as the Spartans scored a 94-43 victory at Delton Kellogg, in the Panthers’ first dual of the season. The girls’ meet was much tighter than the guys, as Lakeview scored a 117-20 victory. It wasn’t until the eighth race of the day, that the Delton boys’ got their first victory, with Dave Roberts winning the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 42.49. It was the first time a Delton individual had finished higher than third on the day on the track. It wasn’t much smoother on the field, as four third place finishes accounted for all the Delton boys’ points in the field events. Dan Roberts had the Panther boys’ team’s only other victory, coming from behind in the final few meters to clip a surprised Spartan, Julius Harris, at the finish line. Roberts was clocked at 2 minutes 7.32 seconds and Harris at 2:07.75. Mann was the star of the day for the Lakeview girls, winning the 200 in 26.35, the 400 in 1:02.13, and anchoring the 800-meter relay team which won in 1:50.99. Delton Kellogg’s Rachael Williams was second to Mann in the 200 and 400, hitting the finish line in 28.44 and 1:03.17. Williams also anchored Delton Kellogg’s victorious 3200- and 1600-meter relay teams. Heather Millard, Katee Hogoboom and Mandy Dye teamed with Williams to take the 3200 in 10:37.92. Hogoboom, Katie Searles, Hannah Williams and Rachael Williams won the 1600 for Delton in 4:29.23. The Delton sprinters got their revenge in the 400-meter relay, winning that race in 53.23 with the team of VanderWoude, Searles, Hannah Williams and Jessica Elliott. The Panther girls’ best individual event was the long jump, where VanderWoude took first at 14 feet 2.5 inches and Jordan Haines was second with a leap of 13-9.25. The only other points the Delton girls got in the field were from a second place finish by Jenah Wandell in the high jump at 5-1 and a third from Hannah Williams in the pole vault where she cleared 6-0. Other top three finishes for the Delton girls came from Elliott who was third in the 100 hurdles (17.65), Searles second in the 300 hurdles (51.38) and Hogoboom third (51.46), Dye third in the 800 (2:50.11), and Anna Goldsworthy third in the 3200 (17:25.45). Delton’s boys only had six scoring finishes on the track, the two by the Roberts boys, a second-place finish for Martel Epperson in the 200 (23.44), Justin Vandermeer third in the 400 (54.27), and third place finishes by Justin Durbin in the 3200 (11:07.30) and 1600 (5:00.47). In the field events, the Delton boys had four third place finishes. Matt Ingle was third in the pole vault (10-0), Ricky Ramsey third in the shot put (39-10.5), Chris Miller third in the discus (106-4), and Robbie Wandell and Steve Rising tied for third in the high jump (5-8). Delton will be at the Olivet invitational Friday, then open the conference season at Hackett Catholic Central next Tuesday. Delton Kellogg’s Jenah Wandell just slips over 4 feet 10 inches in the high jump Tuesday afternoon. She finished second in the event after clearing 5-0. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Olivet outscores DK 18-1 to win two on KVA’s first day Delton Kellogg suffered two tough losses to open the Kalamazoo Valley Association season at Olivet on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles won game one 5-0, then jumped on the Panthers for a 13-1 victory in game two. Nick Blacken (0-1) was hit with the loss from the mound in game one. He did strike out seven Eagles in four and one third innings of work. Steve Scoby had a double to lead the Delton offense, while Blacken and Mitch Duquesnel both had singles. Duquesnel (0-1) took the loss in game two, lasting only two innings while giving up four runs. “Our pitching was good, even though the scores don’t indicate that,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Eric Parsley. “Our pitchers threw strikes, but we didn’t make plays in the field and our hitting never showed up on this date.” Scoby had an RBI double in the first inning that brought in Blacken. Blacken and Devin Desgranges had the only other hits in the sixinning game two loss. The Panthers will be on their home field for the first time this season Thursday when they play host to Battle Creek Central. Saturday, the Saxons will be a part of the Barry County Invitational in Hastings along with the host Saxons, Thornapple Kellogg and Lakewood. Hastings and Lakewood square off in the first game, beginning at 9 a.m. That will be followed by the Panthers against the TK Trojans. It’s back to KVA action next Tuesday, when the Panthers host Galesburg-Augusta for two. TENNIS, continued from page 20 The doubles teams were also the strong set for the Vikings on Monday, when they finish tied with Lansing Eastern in a non-conference match. Lakewood took the top three doubles flights, and got a win from Secor in the third singles flight. He downed Nick Henry 7-5, 76(4). Haskin and Tidball topped Anthony Kazenko and Tommy Her 6-4, 6-3 at first Delton Kellogg’s Dave Roberts (front) takes off with the baton after getting a hand-off from Justin Vandermeer in the 1600-meter relay race Tuesday afternoon against Lakeview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Dan Roberts (left) edges past Battle Creek Lakeview’s Julius Harris in the final strides to win the 800-meter run Tuesday afternoon by less than half a second. (Photo by Brett Bremer) NASCAR HAT & TEE COMBO Any (Offer good on any in stock through 4/28/07) NASCAR DAY is May 18thNascar pins available now! 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Camp S.P.E.E.D will be held at the Hastings High School Track and Field. * Registration fee includes t-shirt,& water bottle * 06649493 Presented by special arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals �Page 24 — Thursday, April 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons succumb to Scots in first O-K Gold dual by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer The Hastings Saxon boys and girls track teams were succumbed to the onslaught of the Caledonia Fighting Scots in their first OK Gold dual meet of the season. However, while Hastings boys surrendered 23 to 114, Hastings’ girls went down fighting 55 to 82. Saxon head coach Paul Fulmer said the boys’ team was hampered by illness among some of its distance runners. “We had some illnesses on the team that hurt us, but (we) didn't really perform well either, other than the sprints,” said Fulmer, who noted the Saxon boys’ only place in field events was Kelcey Edwards clearing 9 feet 6 inches to land second in the pole vault behind Scot Dillon Tompkins who took first with a vault of 12 feet 6 inches. “Sprints are definitely our strong point, and Ryan Burgdorf is running real well right now,” added Fulmer. Burgdorf took first place in the 100 meter dash in 11:02 trailed by Josh Echtinaw and Jake Taylor of Caledonia who finished in 11:32 and 11:47, respectively. He also took first place in the 200 meter dash in 22:67 followed by Kyle VanderVeen of Caledonia in 23:70 and team mate Bradon King with a time of 23:81. Burgdorf also anchored the 800 meter relay team led by Chase Delcotto, Bradon King and Josh Jevicks which won with a time of 1:34.94. While the Scots swept the 3200, 1600, and 400 meter relays, 1600, and 800 meter runs; the Saxons managed to place third in the 110 meter hurdles, the 400 meter dash, 300 meter intermediate hurdles and the 3200 run. Bradon King finished the 110 hurdles in 16.52 behind Steve Velting (15.08) and Andy West (16:50) of Caledonia. Josh Jevicks finished the 400 meter dash in 55:09 behind Scots Andrew Schaibly (52.96) and Tom Fifer (53:07); Elliot Anderson of Hastings finished the 300 intermediate hurdles in 44:37 behind Andy West (42:71) and Steve Velting (42:91); Addison Singleterry finished the 3200 run in 10:43.94 behind Caledonia’s Ben Diefenbach (10:26.50) and Alex TenElshof (10:32.87). Despite the Saxon’s defeat during their first dual of the season, Fulmer remains optimistic, “We hope to rebound. Caledonia is obviously the best team in the league. We have Hamilton here on Thursday and hopefully we'll get going again and get back on a roll.” Saxon girls’ coach Brain Teed is also optimistic. “The girls competed really well... I am proud of the way they battled back in each event,” he said. “Unfortunately, we gave up 14 more points than we should have and Caledonia got the win; (but) the meet was about a 40 point reversal from the loss we suffered a year ago.” Despite early leads, the Saxon girls lost both the 800 and the 1600 meter relays to Caledonia who finished in 1:53.64 and The Saxons’ Stacy Slaughter lands a Relays. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) jump on Saturday during the Hastings AS LOW AS JUST $ 95/MONTH† or 5.99 % LOW-RATE FINANCING‡ Introducing the Gator XUV 4x4 ™ Turn it loose at a John Deere dealer near you. 620i Gas Superior ride on the roughest terrain. Independent rear suspension • On-demand true 4WD • Electronic fuel injection 4:22.62. However, the team of Lauren Anderson, Kayla Angeletti, Molly Smith and Katie Ponsetto dominated the 3200 relay in 10:37.77 and teammates Stacy Slaughter, Jessica Lee, Kristina Dobbin and Jessica Czinder edged out the Scots in the 400 relay with a finish of 54.43. In field events, while Leslie Curtis of Caledonia took first in very thing but the pole vault, Katie Sutherland of Hastings placed third in the discus with a throw of 82 feet 10 inches to Curtis’ impressive throw of 112 feet .09 inches; Saxon Heather Cady leaped 4 ft. 6 inches to land in third behind Curtis 5 feet and her fellow-Scot Kylia Slagter 4 feet 10 inches; in the long jump Stacy Slaughter landed 12 feet 09.5 inches to finish third behind Curtis 14 feet 08.5 inches and Stephanie Marsman, 14 feet .04 inches; in shot put Saxons Katie Sutherland threw 34 feet .02 inches to land in second place and teammate Jessica Blantz threw 25 feet 11 inches to take third while Curtis took first with a throw if 40 feet .04 inches. In the pole vault Scot Kylia Slagter landed 6 feet .06 inches for first place while Lacey Hughes of Hastings and Mandy Buehler of Hastings both vaulted 6 feet and took second and third place. In the 100 meter hurdles Dobbin of Hastings took first in 17:14 and teammate Cady finished second in 18:36 followed by Amanda Clafin of Caledonia with a time of 18:40. In the 300 meter low hurdles Dobbin finished second in 54.34 behind Caledonia’s Michelle Butcher, 51.83. In the 100 meter dash Lee took first in 13:32 and Czinder third with a time of 13.41, sandwiching Caledonia’s Stephanie Packer who was second in 13:37. Czinder also finished third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 28.41, on the heels of Caledonia’s Packer who finished first in 28:35 and Butcher who was second in 28:39. In the 400 meter run Hastings’ Ponsetto took first in 1:04.7, and Buehler third in 1:09.54, with Caledonia’s Marsman finishing second in 1:08.54. Saxons Smith and Angeletti raced to a first and second place finish with times of 2:42.25 and 2:44.17 ahead of Scot Kendal Grant, 2:47.07. In the 1600 run Smith set a personal record of 5:58.86 finishing third behind Caledonia’s distance runners distance runners Emily Rossman 5:49.75 and Jenny Campfield 5:53.62. In the 3200 run Saxon Alyssa Case who finished on the heels of Smith and also set a personal record in the 1600 run, finished third with a time of 13:14.95 behind Scots Stephanie Rossman 12:56.80 and Campfield 13:06. After Tuesday meet Teed said he is looking forward to the upcoming season, “The girls are making good progress and we look forward to being more competitive in the OK gold this year. We will fine tune some more things on Wednesday and the and then compete again against a very tough Hamilton team on Thursday.” The Saxons hosted the 70th annual Hastings Relays Saturday. The girls finished ninth with 19 points while the boys earned 8 points and settled for 13th in a field of 16. “We scored fewer points than last year, but we were more competitive as a team across the board. We scored in six different events this year... (placing) in the top 8 in 11 out of 14 events,” said Teed. With points awarded through 6th place, the Saxon girls’ best finish of the day was 3rd place in the shuttle hurdle relay. The team of Cady, Alyssa Thornton, Czinder and Dobbin finishing 1:12.52. The team of Lauren Anderson, Smith, Angeletti, and Ponsetto earned points for the Saxons by placing fifth in the 6400 relay with 620i Gas The power you need to get it done. Packages for Deluxe Property Care & the Outdoorsman • Over 75 attachments and accessories available Hastings’ Kelcey Edwards clears the bar in the pole vault Tuesday afternoon at Caledonia. He finished second in the event. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) a time of 24:33.51 and fifth in the 3200 relay in the 10:57.44/ Also earning points was the 1600 meter relay team of Mandy Buehler, Anderson, Cady, and Angeletti finishing in 4:38.57. At the end of the day the girls from Chelsea walked away the trophy with 68 points and the team from Grand Ledge was the runner up with 58 points. In the boys’ competition, Grand Ledge prevailed with 63 points and Chelsea was the runner up with 55. Scoring for the Saxons were the 800 meter relay team of Chase Delcotto, Bradon King, Jevicks and Ryan Burgdorf who placed fourth in 1:31.69; and the 100 meter relay team of Delcotto, Burgdorf, Matt Donnini, and Greg Woodmansee who finished third in 44:78. Josh Jevicks (left) hands the baton to Ryan Burgdorf during the 800-meter relay Saturday. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Saxon tennis shut out by last year’s conference champions The defending O-K Gold Conference boys’ tennis champions shut out Hastings to start the league season Tuesday, 8-0. Clay Raymond at fourth singles had the strongest match of the day for the Saxons, but fell to the Fighting Scots’ Colton Kruizenga. At first doubles, The Saxons’ Eric Haney and Justin von der Hoff played a close match against the Scots’ Scott Cargill and Scott Pell before falling 6-1, 6-4. Saturday, the Saxons were at Marshall for the Redhawks doubles invitational tournament. Hastings finished third out of four teams, with 11 points. At third doubles ,the team of Haney and von der Hoff won two matches and were runner-ups in their flight with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Bronson and 9-8(1) win over host Marshall. They fell in the championship match to Jackson Parma Western by the scores of 6-2, 6-1. Hastings’ fifth doubles team was also second as Tom McKinney and J.J. Olin teamed up to score wins over Bronson 6-0, 6-2 and Marshall 8-6, but then fell to Jackson Parma Western 6-0, 6-2 . The Saxons’ third doubles team of Eric Treadwell and Chris White won a point with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Bronson. Jordan Rambin and Tom Newton, the Saxons’ fourth doubles team, also beat up on Bronson for their lone win 6-1, 6-1. Hastings will be at home against Hamilton in the O-K Gold Thursday, then head to the Vicksburg Invitational Saturday. The Saxons start next week with a trip to Byron Center on Tuesday. ATTENTION 850D Diesel Hastings High School SENIORS ... Operates on all types of terrain. Fast acceleration to speeds up to 30 mph • Perfect vehicle for any task The Annual Graduation Issue of ... 77511548 will be May 24, 2007 Please have your pictures to the J-Ad Graphics office or the high school office by Friday, May 18th www.JohnDeere.com †‡Offer ends 7/30/2007. 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Tech tragedy HHS girls top Bulldogs for first Gold win See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 24 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 17 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, April 26, 2007 Prosecutor, OMA expert agree NEWS 911 Board violating Open Meetings Act BRIEFS Symphony visit set for tonight The Thornapple Arts Council invites those in the area curious about classical music to attend the concert by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 tonight (Thursday, April 26) at the Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 South M-37 Highway, corner of M-37 and M79, Hastings. The symphony will perform familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, along with pieces by Gershwin and Sousa. Tickets can be purchased in advance at (269) 945-2002 or at Barry County Lumber, Brown’s Carpet One, Bosley’s or the State Grounds Coffee House. Tickets are $15 for adults $10 for students and seniors and $5 for children ages 12 and under. This visit by the KSO is funded in part by the Sue Drummond Endowment for Arts Enrichment held at the Barry Community Foundation. Next Thornapple Players dates set The Thornapple Players’ next performance will be April 26-29 of the lighthearted Renaissance comedy “Once Upon a Mattress.” Producer Norma Jean Acker said story line isis the “Princess and the Pea” with a twist. The production is planned for the Central Auditorium at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $5 for students, senior citizens and children, and $7 for adults. “Kings and queens, princes and princesses, knights and ladies — ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ has them all but like none you've seen before,” said Acker. “This show is filled with comedic turns sure to entertain one and all.” Rosemary Anger is directing the play, Barb Pruden is the assistant director, Forest Evans is the music director and Terry Dennison is the choreographer. Nominees sought for Golden Deeds The Exchange Club of Hastings is seeking nominations for the Book of Golden Deeds Award. This is an exclusive Exchange Club program that honors members of the community who serve their fellow citizens. The club annually seeks to recognize a member of the community for his or her exceptional public-spirited deeds who, because of quiet unassuming dedication, may be unrecognized for his or her activities. This year’s award will be presented at the Mayor’s Exchange Luncheon at noon Monday, May 21, at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. In addition to being recognized at the luncheon, the Book of Golden Deeds recipient has historically been honored with being the grand marshal of the Hastings Summerfest parade in August. To nominate someone for the award, please pick up an application at the WBCH Radio station in downtown Hastings. After filling out the nomination form, return it to WBCH in person or via mail by Friday, May 11. The Exchange Club is a national service organization whose volunteers seek to better their community through service to others. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by David T. Young Editor Barry County Commissioner Mark Englerth told his colleagues Tuesday night he believes the 911 Board has been violating the Open Meetings Act, in spirit if not entirely.. Apparently the Barry County Prosecutor and a state-wide authority on the OMA agree with him. Englerth, who represents the County Board of Commissioners on the 911 Board, said he believes any public body that insists those attending identify themselves before they’re “buzzed in” to the locked meeting room is hostile to public participation in a public meeting of a board funded entirely by public money. Englerth has referred his concerns to Barry County Prosecutor Thomas Evans, who indicated Wednesday he will send the 911 Board a letter asking members to cease its current practices or face misdemeanor charges. “My intention is to put the board on notice that their meetings, the way they are conducted, are in violation of the Open Meetings Act... For any of their future meetings, I suggest they change policy on admission or change the location.” Furthermore, Englerth has told 911 Board members that procedures at their meetings in the 911 dispatch center make their deliberations appear to be secretive and remote from the public. “I have concerns about violations of the Open Meetings Act, but I do believe they will be worked out shortly,” he told fellow board members. Evans said that according to Section 15.263, Paragraph 4, of the Open Meetings Act, “A person shall not be required to identify himself or herself as a condition of attendance or to register his or her name.” Dawn Phillips Hertz, attorney for the Michigan Press Association and widely regarded as an expert on the OMA, agreed with Evans’ assessment and action. “The board’s meetings, because they are a public body, must be held at a place that is readily accessible to the public,” Phillips Hertz said. Commissioner Hoot Gibson asked Englerth, “Has it been suggested for them to meet (instead) at the Courts and Law building in Hastings, where you don’t have to be buzzed to get in and out?” Englerth said the old excuse “We’ve always done it this way” has been employed in answer to his inquiries. He acknowledged that things weren’t quite as closed before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. After that, the creation of the federal Homeland Security Act mandated facilities like the 911 dispatch center to have a great deal of security requirements for entering and leaving the building. “That changed what they do with their building,” Englerth said. “But this has all the potential to work itself out.” Englerth was first elected to the County Board last November and was appointed in January by Chairman Mike Callton to represent the commission on the 911 Board. There reportedly has been considerable friction over the past three months between Englerth and Director Charlie Nystrom and 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil. Englerth publicly and several other county commissioners quietly have expressed concerns, and have called for their meetings be more open and accessible to the public. Joining Englerth in making critical comments at 911 board meetings have been Evans and Sheriff Dar Leaf. The 911 Board was established by the County Board of Commissioners in 1991 and it was deliberately created as an autonomous board free from interference from the “politics” of county government. However, its county-wide one-mill levy must be approved by voters, which likely is to come up again on the August 2008 primary ballot as the millage expires at the end of 2009. The 911 Board includes two representatives from the townships, Jim Brown of Hastings and Don Boysen of Thornapple, Hastings Police Chief Jerry Sarver, Sheriff Leaf, Englerth, Evans, Lani Forbes of Freeport representing villages and Ron Neil, a former state police commander, as a representative of the public at large. Attempts to talk to Neil and Nystrom about this recent development were not successful, as phone calls were not returned. In other business at Tuesday night’s meeting, the commissioners: • Received the annual report from Drain Commissioner Tom Doyle. The report included’ “financial statements of each of the 107 drains in Barry County, the status of Department of Public Works projects ongoing in the county and a summary of the activities over the past year.” He noted the rebuilding of a drain in the Delton area is now in just the engineering phase, but he hopes to have it completed by fall. He also mentioned reconstruction of the dam on Upper Crooked Lake to control lake levels. Speaking of that issue, Commissioner Jim French asked how Barry County lakes are holding up amidst reports of lower Great Lakes levels. Doyle replied that lakes in these parts are holding steady and in some cases are higher than last year. • Approved four appointments for three years to the Mental Health Advisory Board. Reappointed were Don Groendyk and Steve Storey. New appointees were Kelly Williston and James P. Campbell. • Was told the new Barry County Parks and Recreation Board has been established and Rick Moore has been elected chairman. The new Charlton Park Village and Museum Board is expected to be formally organized this week. • Adopted a resolution to change the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) for Local 2742 employees at Thornapple manor, who have agreed to pay in 1% of their salaries toward the system, according to County Administrator Michael Brown. • Learned from Gibson that the annual Law Day festivities will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the Barry County courthouse, with retired Probate Judge Richard Shaw presiding. The Liberty Bell Award will be presented, but the identity is kept secret until the ceremony is held. • Received information from Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick about a proposed waste handling and illegal dumping ordinance under review in Bedford Township in Calhoun County. VanNortwick then showed his colleagues what Barry County’s current ordinance says about such activities and suggested, “This paragraph doesn’t really tell you a lot. His comments come not long after he discovered barrels of oil illegally dumped at a wetland area on Baseline Road in Johnstown Township. The wetland flows into Seven Mile Creek, clean enough to be designated a trout stream. He said the issue can revolve around “personal rights versus what constitutes a health hazard. But this stuff (the barrels of oil) could have been picked up. It certainly didn’t have to wind up in a wetland.” • Heard French compliment students from Delton Elementary who decorated the courthouse halls this week in recognition of Earth See 911 BOARD, page 3 John Johnston Johnston plans to resign post at Central El by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Central Elementary School Principal John Johnston announced Tuesday he will be resigning at the end of the current academic year. “I want to cut back and spend more time with my family,” he said. Johnston said he is not retiring, but he needs a position that is less demanding on his time. “I’m not quite ready to retire, but I would like to make a cutback,” he said. “I’m feeling good about it, Diana’s feeling good about it.” Johnston’s wife, Diana, a third grade teacher at Star Elementary School, announced last week she will be retiring at the end of the school year, and Johnston said he looks forward to the opportunity to spend more time with her. “We both have a fairly clean bill of health, and we just want to take advantage of that as long as we can,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate See JOHNSTON, page 3 Satterlee will be offered superintendent’s contract by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education has decided to offer a contract to Richard Satterlee Richard Satterlee to be the next superintendent. The decision was made in a closed session Tuesday, April 24, after the completion of the second round of interviews with Satterlee, superintendent at Pittsfield schools, Litchfield Community Schools Superintendent Clair Dean and Dundee Community Schools Interim Superintendent John Raab. The board will have a special meeting at 4:45 p.m. Monday, April 30, to finalize the contract signing and work out details. “I am extremely excited,” Satterlee said Wednesday afternoon when contacted by phone. He also said he and his family look forward to moving into this area and living closer to their two children’s grandparents. He said he was not sure he would get the position because he was “up against some very good competition. “I felt good about where we have placed ourselves to be in consideration (for the position).” He will begin duties in Hastings July 1. Satterlee said to learn more about the district, he talked to former Superintendent Chris Cooley, toured the town and researched the school. He said some of the strengths in Hastings include the central office and community support. He said some weaknesses he See SATTERLEE page 16 Kings and Queens and Princes, Oh My! Thornapple Players have been getting ready for their latest presentation, “Once Upon a Mattress,” at Central Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $5 for students, senior citizens and children, and $7 for adults. “Kings and queens, princes and princesses, knights and ladies -- Once Upon a Mattress has them all but like none you've seen before,” said producer Norma Jean Acker. “This show is filled with comedic turns sure to entertain one and all.” �Page 2 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner State Boundary Commission NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page rejects Gun Lake Village plan Barry County GOP dinner set Former Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche will be guest speaker at the annual Barry County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner Thursday evening, May 10, at the Middle Villa Inn. DeRoche was first elected in November 2002 to the Michigan State House of Representatives to represent the residents of Novi, Wixom, Walled Lake, Lyon Township, South Lyon and portions of Northville. He was elected by his colleagues as the Speaker of the House. In this position he was the presiding officer of the state House, in charge of assigning committees, negotiating with the Senate and governor's office, working with members to determine policy and overseeing the day-today operations of the House. Because Democrats won a majority of the 110 seats in the November 2006 election, DeRoche had to turn over the speakership to Democrat Andy Dillon. Since 1997, DeRoche has been a regional marketing representative for Safety National Casualty, a workers' compensation insurer. He began his political career by being elected to the Novi City Council in 1997 and was re-elected in 1999. The GOP event will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. May 10 and the program will get under way at 6:30. Tickets are $30 apiece. For ticket reservations, call 945-8903 and leave a message with voice mail, if necessary. Handbell choir concert is May 6 The public is invited to the fourth annual Handbell Choir Concert at the Middleville United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 6. The ladies will introduce some new "techniques" and will also be adding hand chimes. A variety of music will be performed ttom "Get on Board, Little Children,",to their traditional closing number, Haydn's "The Heavens Are Telling." The three-octave handbell set was purchased in 1983, usmg United Methodist memorial funds and the handbell choir was formed the following year. Sue Enders, Beth Bauer and Carolyn Steensma are charter members. Others ringers include Julie Coon, Kris Selleck, Francy Tobin, Pat Baragar, Diane Hoskins, Mary Cisler, Michelle Johnson and Sue Wilkins. The Bells have been under the direction of Vicki Marsh since 1997. The concert will be followed by an ice cream social in Fellowship Hall. The church is located in downtown Middleville. For more information, call Marsh at 7955431. Retirement village plans open house Woodlawn Meadows Retirement Village will be host for a five-year anniversary open house from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 26. Activities will include games and prizes, refreshments and live entertainment. Woodlawn Meadows is a community designed to provide choice and convenience for senior citizens requiring various levels of assistance with daily activities. The range of care covers minimal assistance to care for the more frail elderly. Assisted living services provides one bedroom or studio suites with private bath, assistance with personal care needs, medication administration, housekeeping, meals and snacks, personal laundry and linen service and ongoing monitoring of health care needs. The retirement village also provides specialized care services in the areas of unique building design catering specifically to those with memory loss, high staff to resident rations than convention care facilities, comprehensive dementia training for staff, one-on-one or group activities specifically designed to help stimulate memory, enhance physical well-being and just plain fun. Special diet plans are also available. Woodlawn Meadows is located at 1821 N. East Street in Hastings. County builders’ home parade set A "Home Parade of Barry County Builders" is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The home parade will feature 24 newly constructed homes located in Hastings, Middleville, Wayland, Caledonia, Nashville, Delton and Richland Tickets are just $2.50 per adult or $5 per family; kids are free. Ticket proceeds will benefit Barry County Habitat for Humanity. Tickets and maps will be available at MainStreet Savings Bank offices prior to the event and at each of the homes during the Home Parade. Enter to win a $250 gift certificate for the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce at each toured site. The event is sponsored by MainStreet Savings Bank. The public is welcome to attend. Farmers Market returning soon The Hastings Farmers Market will return for another season this month. The market again will take place at the parking lot next to Tyden Park on North Broadway. Hours will be 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. Improvements this year include new signage and better electrical and phone service to the market. For more information, call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 9452454. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. Alumni are encouraged to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. They can visit the new Web site at www.dkhsalumni.org for more information. Children’s musical starts run May 4 The Revue will present the children's musical “Dear Edwina, Jr.” at the Vermontville Opera House Friday and Saturday, May 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 and 13, at 3 p.m. The production is "A show by kids, for kids, about how important it is to treat one another well through musical lessons that explore courtesy and politeness!" A part of the Broadway Junior Collection, the music is by Zina Goldrich, and book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler. Cost is $8 adults, $7 senior/students, and $5 children (12 and under). Doors open 45 minutes before show. There are no assigned seats, so it will be first-come, first serve. The air-conditioned Opera House is across from the fire station at 211 S Main St., Vermontville The production is made possible with the support of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural affairs and Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. The Revue is a Vermontville theater group managed by Bill Reynolds. Call (269) 367-4455 for ticket reservations. Tickets also will be available at the door. by Fran Faverman Staff Writer The State Boundary Commission last Thursday held the first of what may be many hearings on petitions submitted by the Gun Lake Area Village Advisory Committee. The unanimous decision of the commission was that the materials submitted — signatures on the petitions, the map showing the boundaries of the proposed village, and the legal description of the property affected by the proposal — were either not capable of verification, omitted geographical features, were ambiguous, or relied on mistaken interpretations of the requirements. Thus, the opinion of the commission is the initial requirement of legal sufficiency has not been met. GLAVAC had filed petitions, a map, and a legal description of the area proposed as a village in September 2006 to incorporate territory from the townships of Martin and Wayland in Allegan County and Yankee Springs and Orangeville in Barry County. The commission was composed of two permanent members, Kenneth VerBurg, chairman, and Cameron Priebe. Brian Reynolds, Barry County surveyor, and Mark Englerth, county commissioner, 6th District, were selected. Both are elected officials and Englerth’s district includes Gun Lake and almost all of the Barry County property that would be in the village. Satisfying the requirement for legal sufficiency means all three elements must meet the standards contained in the law and the administrative rules governing actions and procedures of the commission. The three elements are the signatures on the petitions, the accuracy of the map of the area, and the agreement of the map and the legal descriptions. The task is no small order as GLAVAC and township clerks found out. For example, the 204 signatures presented on the petitions by GLAVAC on Sept. 22, 2006, had to be those of registered voters who expressed a wish to be in a village. The signatures also had to represent 1 percent of the registered voters in each subdivision or divided land area, and 1 percent in undivided areas. This represented a considerable and confusing task for the clerks of the four townships. Yankee Springs Township Clerk Jan Lippert said that the 112 verified signatures in the township also included homestead properties only, primary residences only, and excluded summer homes. A second issue related to the signatures was their age. John Gates, chairman, No Gun Lake Village, argued, “They can’t be verified. They are two years old; some have died or left the area.” Jim Riehl, GLAVAC spokesperson, responded, “All the signatures are valid. A village government focused exclusively on Gun Lake would serve residents and the community better.” According to another GLAVAC member, death or moving from the area does not invalidate a signature that was valid at the time the petition was signed. Among the reasons given by commission staff for the inability to verify signatures is the ambiguity of the map and the failure of the legal description to match the map; that is, it was not possible to tell the boundary lines of areas. Moving to the map issues, Keith Lambert, surveyor and staff to the commission, said that many geographical features had not been identified on the map, specifically some small lakes, the failure to identify the Gun Lake Cove plat, the discrepancies between the map and the legal description that led to ambiguities. In some cases the map placed land from one section within another section. Riparian rights had also been overlooked; the map did not take account of the bottomlands of the lake. Riehl interjected, “The map is not ambiguous to a layman.” Brian Reynolds expressed some sympathy for GLAVAC, saying “the size of the map (a maximum of 14”x18” made it difficult to identify boundaries and to note all the features. Are multiple page maps permissible?” He added, “It reminds me of the complaint boxes on forms.” Christine Holmes, manager, State Boundary Commission, said, “One map plus breakdown maps.” John Lohrstorfer, counsel for the townships, said that his clients had concerns for the accuracy of the maps and legal descriptions. The territory in Barry County exceeds that of Allegan County. An unidentified speaker asked, “When did the Boundary Commission make the decision as to which county was preferred?” (His question refers to the selection of representatives from only Barry County and raised briefly the issue of which county had more to gain or lose.) A major issue raised in the discussions about the village is its size. It would cover an area of 23 square miles, approximately twothirds the size of the average township (36 miles). A sub issue is the inclusion of areas that have no access to the lake other than through the state park and public launch sites. Lohrstorfer concluded saying that all four townships had passed resolutions opposing the creation of a village, the village includes more than the land around the lake, and includes too much population of the townships. Thomas Rook, supervisor, Orangeville Township, observed, “Half of Gun Lake is seasonal. There are hunting issues — the Ruffled Grouse Society has land.” Riehl raised what he saw as inconsistencies in the commission’s procedures. There is a provision for a 30-day pre-review. Material is submitted and a pre-review is done and returned to the applicant within 30 days. “We received our pre-review eleven months later,” he said. He also noted that a corrected legal description had been sent in April. In his view, the rules have changed and the commission is doing only one pre-review. Reynolds, responding to the comment made by Riehl, asked Lambert, “The revised description by petitioners — have you looked at it?” “No,” answered Lambert. Kenneth VerBurg, chairman, clarified the procedure, explaining, “Once the file is received, that is what we deal with. It is filed with the Office of the Great Seal. Documentation has to be clear and accurate. It can have an impact a long way down the road. It also has the potential to go to court.” Priebe asked, “Why so big to the west?” Frank Spies, GLAVAC member, answered, “It goes to the west enough to permit a road parallel to Patterson, to relieve the congestion on Patterson.” A further query as to why Payne Lake had been left out on the north drew the response from him, “Payne Lake should be included but did not want to be. We also left Lindsey Road out.” Riehl added, “We didn’t go straight across to avoid divided government on Payne Lake. Mark Englerth commented, “I didn’t know about bottomlands. I thought the village went only to the edge of the water.” VerBurg rejoined the discussion, saying, “If the Boundary Commission exercises its right to expand the boundary, it would be discussed at a public hearing. It goes to the voters for referendum on the village question.” Reynolds moved that the petitioners had not met the test of legal sufficiency based on the map, the signatures, and the lack of time for staff to review. Englerth seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The result was an end to this part of the process. Riehl asked when a second pre-review could be held to take account of corrected materials. VerBurg replied, “That’s a fair question. I want to consult with staff.” Lambert opined, “The state should fund it. It costs these people and the townships. They have supplied corrected documentation.” Mike Cutler, GLAVAC member, said, “I would offer to put the subdivisions on petitions.” The commission voted that the commission accept the draft document of legal insufficiency and its responsibility to communicate the findings of fact and conclusions of law to the clerks of Martin, Wayland, Orangeville and Yankee Springs townships as well as the petitioners and the clerks of Barry and Allegan counties. A press release issued by GLAVAC later that afternoon briefly explained that a clerical error by the surveyor led to the denial of the petition. The error will be corrected and new signatures will be gathered since the denial of the petition invalidated all the signatures submitted. The organization intends to begin collecting new signatures and will resubmit a corrected petition package to the commission. GLAVAC will also hold open meetings to provide the public with information and to answer questions. Notices of the meetings will appear in local newspapers and on their website, www.villagefacts.com ‘Grief Recovery’ sessions slated Barry Community Hospice will offer another grief recovery series, a five-week program for any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one, for five weeks, throughout next month, beginning Tuesday, May 1. The program will be held at the Barry Community Hospice office, 450 Meadow Run, Hastings, for five consecutive Tuesdays from May 1 through May 29. Class time id from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Grief recovery combines learning about the process of grief with the opportunity to discuss feelings in a safe and open environment. Barry Community Hospice, an affiliate of the United Way, offers the program as a community service. There is no charge. Anyone who wants to register or receive more information about this class or other bereavement services should call the Barry Community Hospice Bereavement Department at (616) 948-8452. St. Rose has 28 children take First Communion Twenty-eight children celebrated their First Communion at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings at a special liturgy Sunday, April 22. Pictured are (top row, from left) Diane Klipfer, Father Alfred Russell, Theresa DeGennaro, (second row) Brengan Murphy, Caprice Lowinski, Ericka Fay, Clay Coltson, (third row) Danile Koneska, Samantha Hurst, Ryan Zimmerman, Rachel Morris, Amanda Pyrzynski, Matt Craven, (fourth row) Elizabeth Heide, Timbree Pederson, Nick Larabee, Matt Fay, Justin Schaefer, Kim Smith, (fifth row) Jordan nelson, Ethan Klipfer, Brianna Arens, Eily Casarez, Clare Feldpausch, Mark Feldpausch, (bottom row) Joe Feldpausch, Reilly Former, Amber Dillon, Mary Green, Elijah Evans and Maggie Doherty. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 3 Earth Day celebrated in Middleville by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Earth Day celebration held around the Peace Pole in Middleville may have been planned by the Progressive Democrats of West Michigan, but from tiny babies in strollers to cyclists, walkers and roller bladers, the sunshine on Saturday, April 21 welcomed everyone. Again this year participants read children's writings, sang songs by Carol Johnson and Woody Guthrie, passed out tree saplings, blew bubbles and shared their love of this earth. New this year was a guided walk by out- door educator Jason Preslar from Naturally Wild. He even showed participants a baby alligator. Members of the Thornapple Kellogg High School Environmental Action Committee attended the ceremony. President Katie Opatik-Duff talked about how the EAC is reaching out to the elementary schools and the community. Then many of those who took part in the ceremony gathered for dinner at Phil's, followed by a cake which captured the sentiments of the day. "Good Planets are hard to find, take care of this one. One earth, one people." Cyclists and walkers got to enjoy the ceremony as well as the day on Saturday, April 21. Olivet College’s football coach speaks to Hastings senior boys Bonnie Slayton holds the music as Jim Oliver leads the Earth Day participants in songs by Carol Johnson and Woody Guthrie. Olivet College head football coach Dominic Livedoti spoke to Hastings High School boys gathered Monday at Rotary Club for their annual Boys Lunch in honor of HHS graduates. After lunch, each boy present gave his name and post-graduation plans. Following the students’ introductions, Livedoti told the audience about the importance of setting goals and planning for the future. “I really think that’s important for young people today,” Livedoti said of setting goals. “You will be challenged. Step forward, be accountable.” While encouraging the students to challenge themselves in their future, Livedoti also challenged them to be good citizens and be a part of something. “What we have to continue to do is we have to step forward,” he said. “To be a part of something, you have to give into it instead of just taking from it.” Livedoti talked about some qualities he thought were positive aspects to which the students should aspire. He told them to work on being patient, have discipline, be fair, be accountable and stay involved. “Patience today is a virtue,” he said. “Don’t go too fast, and don’t go without a goal. You’ve got to know how to follow directions. One of the toughest words you’re going to have to learn is ‘no.’” Livedoti also told the students about the importance of commitment. “There is a commitment, and when you decide you’re going to step forward, you need to be committed,” he said. The coach told of the importance of learning to be thick-skinned as well. “We all get criticized, now matter what our age is, no matter how long we’ve been involved,” he said. And like many parents and teachers have been telling students for years, Livedoti also told the audience, “Don’t think you know everything right now.” Livedoti ended with the importance of being “first class” in all the students do. “Act first class in the classroom. Act first class on the field. Act first class in the community,” he said. “Don’t embarrass yourself. Don’t embarrass your family. Don’t embarrass the team.” Hastings High School Class of 2007 boys are pictured with Olivet- College head football coach Dominic Livedoti (far left) and Hastings Rotary Club President Bob Byington. Livedoti spoke at the annual boys’ lunch Monday, April 23 at the weekly Rotary Club meeting. Rep. Calley plans office hours on two straight Mondays Vicki Shumaker, her granddaughter Adeline Witt and Patty Syrek admire the Earth Day cake. Barry County residents can visit with State Rep. Brian Calley in Hastings on two consecutive Monday mornings Monday, May 7, and Monday, May 14. The 87th District lawmaker conducts office hours from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings. For more information, call Calley at (517) 373-0842, or e-mail him at briancalley@house.mi.gov "I'd be happy to give residents an update on some of the monumental issues facing Lansing right now, from our ongoing budget deficit to how the state will replace the Single Business Tax," said Calley, R-Portland. "As always, I also encourage people to stop by if they have a question or concern about state government." Calley has scheduled ongoing office hours Public hearing set for May 14 on downtown parking district by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council Monday night decided to set a public hearing for May 14 on the Special Assessment District for downtown parking. The boundary of the district was expanded from Apple Street to Mill Street to include parking that existed before bordering. A special assessment district is recommended to support the cost of improving and maintaining downtown parking. The procedure is based on proximity to public off-street parking, size of building ground floor, private parking provided and business use. The criteria are used to assign points to each downtown business, and the establishments want as few points as possible. A change was made to the criteria to add one half point for each story above the first level of a building, instead of an additional one half point for all additional levels. Points also are deducted from businesses if they have on-site parking. The public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, at City Hall. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • There will be a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 14, to hear comments on a request from Bliss Clearing Niagara Technical Services, Inc., for creation of an industrial development district under Public Act 198. • Dave Tossava announced he will seek the Second Ward City Council position during the next election, which is becoming vacant because of the impending retirement of Dorothy Hawkins. Craig Jenkins, who formerly announced that he would be running for the seat, has withdrawn. • Ted Grannis’ of River City Renovations request was granted to temporarily park a fifth wheel trailer on the Hastings Meadows Apartments property for four months. • A request was granted for Hastings Mutual Insurance Company to use Fish Hatchery Park from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, for their company picnic. • A request was granted for Pennock Hospital to allow 75 to 100 employees to park at Fish Hatchery Park from May 1 to Aug. 31 while improvements are made to the hospital. • A request was granted for Pennock Protect A Life and Felpausch Food Center to have a temporary closing on Center Street between Boltwood and South Michigan Avenue from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23 to host the fifth annual Bicycle Safety Jamboree. • Julie Flook’s request was granted to hold a 24-hour fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life from 5 p.m. Friday, May 18, to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 19. Resolution 2007-15 was passed in order for the event to take place. • A request was granted for the Hastings Farmers Market, in conjunction with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, to have a phone line installed in the city parking lot on North Broadway next to Tyden Park. • Landscaping improvements were approved for the south side of the police garage at City Hall. The improvements will be funded by the Downtown Development Authority at an estimated cost of $5,690.05. • Ordinance 416, regarding adult business, was adopted. • Mayor Bob May’s appointments to the Joint Planning Committee for the intergovernmental project were approved. Jeff Mansfield was appointed as the person at large, Jim Wiswell was appointed as a Planning Commission member and Dave Jasperse was appointed as an elected official. • The mayor and the city clerk were authorized to sign a lease agreement for space in the Industrial Incubator for Geo Friendly Construction of Hastings. • A bid was awarded to C & C Contractors, LLC, for an estimated total of $188,336.85 for the 2007 sealcoating program. • A bid was awarded to McKearney Asphalt for $13,990 for resurfacing of tennis courts at Fish Hatchery and Tyden parks. at both Ionia County and Barry County courthouses. Residents who are unable to attend the office hours also can call him with a question or concern. 911 BOARD, continued from page 1 Day the previous Sunday and Government Week. He also noted the kids, under the supervision of their teachers and Barry Conservation District co-director Joanne Barnard, planted trees in McKeown Park. • Adopted a resolution to accept the 2007 Barry County Equalization values. • Noted the semi-annual Household Hazard Waste pickup will be held Saturday morning, May 19, at the Barry Expo Center. Callton did not attend the meeting and it was Vice Chairman Don Nevins’ first time presiding over a County Board meeting. JOHNSTON, continued from page 1 to be here. I love Central School, and I love Hastings Area School System.” Johnston said he plans to stay in Hastings, and “If an opportunity arose for me to continue to work with kids in a less hours position, I would look at that.” Johnston has been the Central Elementary School principal for the last six years, and he worked at Hastings Middle School prior to that. �Page 4 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Things just keep getting worse IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Story’s conclusion: Townships obsolete To the editor: The comments made in last week’s Banner by Assyria Township Supervisor Mike Timmons and Thornapple Township Supervisor Don Boysen, in which they defend the relevance of their township governments, was laughable. Timmons called Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon’s ideas on consolidating, reducing, or the outright elimination of some townships as “asinine” and “high level of incompetence.” Boysen, called it a “knee-jerk reaction” to save the state money. Yet, the sole arguments both politicians used to defend their existence rested on the township’s ability to collect taxes, have elections and maintain roads. In reality, most if not all, of our townships contract out road maintenance to the county. Twp. government may be obsolete To the editor: Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillion mentioned elimination, reduction or consolidation of townships as a possible option in saving the state money during the current budget crisis. I feel this is a very good idea. The expense of township government is a waste of taxpayers’ money. For one, the idea of collecting taxes in an individual’s home is ridiculous. We don't have horse and buggies any more to get to the township to pay our taxes. Area residents don't have time for township meetings or township government. This can be verified by lack of attendance at the meetings. We could easily change the way we vote with computer or telephone by using a social security number or pin number. The elimination or consolidation of Townships is way past due and hopefully House Speaker Andy Dillion will not stop his quest for this. Mike Boles, previous Assyria Township Supervisor Why not just let the county do it in the first place and save taxpayers the “management” fees siphoned off by the township? For elections, there is no need to have duplicate equipment and procedures in township halls since the cities, villages, and school districts already are capable of accommodating voters. I think there is even room for additional consolidation beyond the township for greater savings. And collecting taxes? I think all Americans recognize that any unit of government is capable of collecting taxes. Right now, our townships collect taxes, siphon off money for redundant service, charge taxpayers a “handling” fee, then pass the rest of the tax revenue on to the other units of government for their share. If the other units of government collected their money directly, we could eliminate a whole layer of money-sucking bureaucracy. Speaking proudly, Boysen said “Thornapple Township is the largest taxing unit in Barry County.” Obviously, he just doesn’t get it! I’m sure the residents of his township would rather not have that distinction. Neither Boysen nor Timmons addressed property assessments or planning and zoning which most townships also contract out. Aside from acting as a contracting agent, which the county can do, what other purpose do townships serve? Our state representative, Brian Calley, is to be applauded for keeping an open mind while considering all options at making our government more cost efficient. It was brave of him to speak against the wishes of the powerful and well financed Michigan Township Association, which lobbies to preserve that dinosaur called “townships.” It’s time to reinvent the means of our governance. Townships are nothing more than a vestige of a rural, agrarian, horse and buggy society. If it is as Timmons and Boysen state, the purpose of townships is to collect taxes, run elections, and contract out road maintenance, then it’s time to get rid of them. They are indeed obsolete. Joe Lukasiewicz, Hastings To the editor: Boy - they did it again! Why am I not surprised? Our infinite idiots in Washington, D.C. are still on a roll, with President Bush’s support, “Good job, fellows.” Doesn’t anyone check expenditures? Good money after bad is spent day after day. We paid guys to find no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, so we went in to save the Iraqi people. Good job! How many thousands of Iraqi’s have been killed? At least 3,300 Americans are dead and another 24,000 maimed and scarred physically and mentally! It took four years for us to figure out that Haliburton was screwing us. We won’t see that money again. And what about Katrina? Finally, D.C. heard about it so paid a visit with promises, unkept! I can’t remember just how many mobile homes FEMA parked in the mud in another state. It seems no one qualified to get one til they sank in the mud. Heck, the people were OK, we put them up on cruise ships. Then they dumped truck loads of ice as it could not be delivered and now how many million meals dumped because they spoiled for lack of storage. Anyone with two cells to rub together in the brain knows you don’t buy perishable food if you don’t have a place to store it. When they realized their “goof,” why not give it to food banks, food kitchens, schools, prisons (save money there), even load on a plane and take it to Iraq. If the GIS couldn’t eat it, give it to the Iraqi’s so they would have a full stomach before they got blown up by a bomb! Feed the children. Any thing was better than throwing it out. Gosh, I hope these guys don’t help people in this country. We can’t afford it! There is hope in a few years. I saw on T.V. some “11- to 14-year-old kids competing with adults on math, geography, etc. Boy, did they ever put the adults to shame. Possibly we’ll get an Abe Lincoln and won’t cost millions over two years to get their point of why they are worthy. God help us! I just saw on television the massacre at Virginia Tech. 33 dead, 28 injured. Do you suppose Charlton Heston got threats to take “the guns from their cold dead hands?” Oh, you’re right, they didn’t have guns. “God Bless the N.R.A.” Maybe they can contribute to a fund to have more people to check who is buying a gun and who is selling it. If you haven’t done anything wrong, then you don’t have any problems. A five, even 10day wait won’t matter that much, will it? Geez, it’s got to get better. P.S. Some morons are talking about a draft. Heck, just send our boys home. No good has come from it yet. Yeah, Saddam is gone, but Iraqis are still dying. You can’t help those that won’t or don’t help themselves. Democracy there won’t make it. Who cares about the regular people? Eva M. Cox Woodland Equal parenting all about child support To the editor: I must respond to yet another letter in the Banner (April 19) about the “Equal Parenting Bill.” According to the letter about a new proposed bill, judges would be required to order joint custody except in certain cases. I believe joint custody is currently an option with the court. So why is this group pushing to have it mandated by the legislature? It seems to me that what this is really all about is child support, rather, fathers not wanting to pay it. What kind of fathers were they during the marriage? Were they involved in their children’s lives? I disagree that divorce automati- cally changes (lessens). Their involvement and that “equal parenting” should be mandated by the court. If you weren’t equal parents during the marriage how can the court order you to be so after the divorce? Stay involved in your children’s lives and pay to support them. So much time and money is wasted fighting about paying for their support and it is the children who suffer. I disagree with the letter writer that “issues of child custody” promote divorce and fund “the destruction of our families.” I think divorce would be the cause of that, so it is crucial that parents do their best to love and support their children during and after the divorce. You’re divorcing your wife, not your children, and you’re paying child support, no exwife support. I do agree that there are problems with the friend of the court. I think that is where the attention should be focused. We need better qualified caseworkers. I will be contacting State Representative Brian Calley to learn more about this bill and if it is about child support I will voice my opposition to it. Paula Manning, Allegan Wal-Mart not good for community To the editor: I am commenting about the letters concerning the proposed Wal-Mart Super Store. I am one of the people who has had my head in the sand. Wal-Mart was close, it had everything I needed at a lower price. That is until I read a book “How Wal-Mart is Destroying America,” by Bill Quinn. I believe I will now try to find places that have a lot I want, even if the price is higher and even if it is a little more time consuming. If anyone wants to read the book, contact the author, c/o Ten Speed Press, P.O. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707. Meanwhile, I congratulate the concerned citizens of Rutland Township and Hastings on their first battle against Wal-Mart but don’t lose sight of Wal-Mart’s goal. The company is very good at being insidious, if they back off from one approach, they will try another. When most people start a business, they want their share of the pie, the American dream. Wal-Mart wants to do away with the American Dream and wants the whole pie, pie tin, crumbs, everything including the stove. Where Wal-Mart goes in, everybody loses, small businesses are forced to close because their prices are ruthlessly undercut and in the end jobs are lost and communities suffer because of the way Wal-Mart does things. As for providing jobs, they are low paying, less than 40 hours a week with no benefits. I am like the rest of the people in that I thought it was convenient to shop there, but after reading the book by Bill Quinn I will do my best to shop elsewhere. Steve Toman, Nashville Varsity Singers to join symphony The Hastings Varsity Singers (pictured), along with the Women's Honors Choir, will join the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra tonight singing "America the Beautiful" and "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius. The audience will be invited to sing along with the orchestra on the last chorus of John Phillip Sousa’s "Stars and Stripes Forever." Students had a fun rehearsal last week with conductor Dr. Barry Ross, who said he was impressed with their musicianship and strength. "We aren't a large chorus for this concert, but we have a big sound," says director Patti LaJoye. About 100 other high school students are not participating because they’re preparing a spring pops concert at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, May 15. The symphony concert begins at 7:30 tonight in the sanctuary of the Hope United Methodist Church. The Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Best way to cope with violence? Area residents were shocked with the violent deaths April 16 at Virginia Tech University. Many are thinking about the local impact of violence. Students and adults have been asked “What is the best way to respond to violence in our communities? Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Jack Woodmansee, Hastings: “I think that one way to control violence is to turn off the television. There is a lot of violence without consequences on television.” Tony Sparks, Hastings: “I think that we should stop allowing violent video games to be sold to children and adults.” Hannah Stark, Middleville: “I think more counseling services should be available to students and families. This might help prevent problems from escalating.” Dominic Bierenga, Middleville: “We should provide more funding for community policing. We should also encourage neighborhood groups to provide opportunities for the community members to meet each other.” Andrew Wingeier, Irving Township: “Authorities should keep watchful eyes on troubled students and provide help to students and families.” Barbara Burger, Middleville: Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 5 Plenty of reasons for Va. Tech tragedy It seems when we hear of another shooting of students, it's worse than the one that happened before. What causes this increasing violence in classrooms or on campuses? Obsessive coverage by the media? Problems in modern society? Gun laws? Lack of access to medical care? Thirty-three individuals at Virginia Tech University are dead, including the killer, and though we need some time for healing after this horrific tragedy, it's important that we as a society try to examine the problem and find some answers. Cho Seung-Hui was certainly a troubled youth and he seemed to be calling for help for several years, but the way the system works too often, you don't get the attention you seek until you do something dramatic. The problem is that 32 people, students and teachers, had to lose their lives in the process. Right here in Michigan we struggle with the state's budget and our legislative leaders are talking about reducing funding for all sorts of programs just to balance the budget. But one program that was hacked years ago and doesn't get a lot of attention is mental health. Cho was calling out to the system, but no one was listening. Is the problem some of the laws we've passed? Is help almost impossible to find? Virginia Tech health officials couldn't have contacted Cho's parents about his problem without his consent. With the new HIPPA laws and changes in privacy it makes it more difficult to respond unless the patient or person consents. Across the nation mental health clinics have either had their funding cut or they've been closed down due to funding issues. It appeared that Cho Seung-Hui was looking for attention, his 15 seconds of fame, and he certainly achieved his goal, but at a huge cost. There's also been a question of news coverage of the event. Being in the news business I'm always interested in how the national news media handles such an event, and they performed as I would have expected. From minutes into the massacre, all the news media converged on Virginia Tech as you would imagine, but for days the media talked about this disaster and left so many important stories in the dust, so to speak. They jumped on this story like it was the only thing going. Don't get me wrong, this tragic story deserved plenty of coverage, but to have it lead every newscast for days on end, interviewing everyone who could have had anything to do with the event no matter how insignificant, seemed over the top. The families and communities need some time grieve, pray and mourn the loss of their loved ones. In the name of decency, we owe it to them to give them some space before the investigations begin. NBC has been criticized for releasing the packet of information and videos sent to them by Cho before he started his carnage. Many since have questioned whether NBC should have released this information to the authorities and not used it, whether it was necessary to air the photos and writings and give Cho his fame, which some feel leads to copycat situations. Were NBC executives thinking only of themselves and their ratings in releasing the information, because all broadcast and print media were required to credit NBC for using the information? I really don't think it served the public. The violent nature of the photos didn't give us any new information or help us understand why this happened, other than what we already knew — this young man had a serious problem and the system failed us and Virginia Tech. Attention was what Cho was looking for, to be noticed, fame, a person who will be remembered for years to come every time any discussion about such events takes place. It looks like he was granted his wish. As we go forward, it's imperative that society demand some answers to this tragedy or it will just be another story on the list of events we remember, like the Amish students killed at their school in Lancaster County last year or the students at the Red Lake Indian reservation, Columbine and so many others. Family members, teachers, students and medical experts all found Cho to be a troubled young man in need of mental care, but so many failed to intervene. There was some concern that there was a two-hour period from the time when Cho started his killings to when he continued by killing the other 30 victims. There are so many questions here that need answers for the families, the college and society as well. We must find some ways to avert such senseless acts in the future. We need to focus on the act more than the perpetrator, for it was why he did it that might help us find a way to avoid such violence in the future. I recently was talking about students with a substitute teacher working in an eighth grade classroom in one of our Barry County schools. He made the statement, "I don't think many of the students that were in my class will amount to anything." I asked him what he meant by that and he went on to explain how the students showed very little respect for him or other students in the class, they didn't seem to be interested in learning anything, leaving him very dismayed by the time he left. We put a lot of blame on the schools for many of the problems students have, but it's not all their fault. The problem starts at home, where they learn discipline and respect for others. As we begin to analyze what happened at Virginia Tech we need to look at public policy to understand what impact it has on society as a whole when we change the rules, whether guns are too easy to purchase, whether background checks work, whether authorities should have acted more quickly and whether they had information on someone they just didn't take seriously enough. There are a lot of questions, now we need to find answers. The problems at Virginia Tech echo the words of a Bruce Springsteen's song about 1950s killing spree. "They wanted to know why I did what I did... Well sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world." There is a meanness in the world. There was back in 1950 and it continues still today, but that can't deter us from trying to find a way to avoid tragedies in the future. A prescribed burn in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area Tuesday filled the air with smoke. The fire stayed under control and was carefully watched by DNR personnel. The smoke could be easily seen from Yankee Springs Road and the flames could also be seen from some residences abutting the recreation area. Fire officer David DesJardin says that 432 acres were burned, In part this was done to restore the oak savannah and to encourage the Mitchell Satyr butterfly in the fen area. There were 25 people monitoring the burn including two bulldozers and six mdeium and small engines. There was also a plane monitoring the burn from the sky. Two women we will miss On another more positive note. There were reports of two resignations on the front page of last week’s Banner, two prominent local women holding positions in non-profit organizations. One of the benefits we have working in a small town newspaper is that we get to know and write about people like Louise Hurless and Christine Hiar. I didn't know Christine as well as I did Louise, but I can assure you they both will be missed in their respective positions. Louise has been on the job at Habitat since 1998 and along with her strong volunteer group, she has helped put 13 local families into new homes. She's led this Christian organization to new heights that earned her some national recognition. Even Habitat International acknowledges her. Congratulations, Louise, your personal dedication and leadership will be missed, but Barry County thanks you for your efforts and leaving our community a better place because of your efforts. And we certainly want to recognize Christine Hiar for her efforts at Green Gables Haven. She apparently is going to remain in the community and will continue her commitment to the organization, but with the state's budget crisis, I'm sure the loss of support for their work makes things even more difficult to accomplish. We need to find a way out of this economic mess. It's good for a business and/or government to have to review its general activities once in a while, but Michigan is in an economic crisis and it demands action from our legislative leaders, for the fabric of our state is in jeopardy and needs immediate attention sooner rather than later. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics May 5 is a day to run, walk in Middleville and Hastings by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Saturday, May 5 , is a day with at least three events that encourage everyone to move, the Volksmarch, WalkAmerica and Fitness Palooza. In Middleville the Volksmarch event May 5 starts at 9 a.m. at the gazebo next to the village Hall in Middleville. Walkers can start out any time between 9 a.m. and noon. A Volksmarch is a non-competitive walking event which is open to the public. The public is invited to enjoy camaraderie, participate as a family since each participant may walk at a pace that is comfortable. The Middleville Official Volkssport Event Site is a member of the American Volkssport Association. The May 5 event is AVA #77480. AVA event and distance records are available at the start of the event. A beginning walker’s kit worth $23 is available for $5. In addition, the May 5 event is eligible for inclusion in the River Walk America and the Railroad Heritage programs. Participants can walk, run stroll or bike at their own pace but should plan to finish before 3 p.m. This event is free unless participants want to receive an award. Then the cost is $5. Everyone must register at the gazebo or inside the village hall if it is raining. The Paul Henry Thornapple Trail is a rail trail. Turnaround points for 5K and 10 K will be marked. There will be a staffed checkpoint with water available at the 5K turnaround. For more information contact the Middleville Village Clerk at 269-795-3385 or look at the website www.middleville.govoffice.com. Brochures are available at the village office Proscribed burn smoky in Yankee Springs and area businesses. Two running and walking events are being held in Hastings May 5. Leadership Barry County is having a “Fitness Palooza.” The Fitness Palooza on Saturday, May 5, is a morning of fitness fun designed for the whole family and it helps support Leadership Barry County. The day begins at 8 a.m. with 5K and 12K runs that take participants on a paved and dirt road course south of Hastings with a distance through Hastings’ famous ‘Sweezie’s Pond’ and finishing on the Hastings High School track. The Palooza also has events for those looking for a shorter distance. The run/walk will also begin at 8 a.m. and take participants on a ‘loop’ course through the same serene countryside of Barry County and finishing on the Hastings High School track. According to Dana Rittenberg of LBC “The fun run is an adventure for kids of all ages.” Starting at the conclusion of the longer events and at about one mile, it’s a fun fitness challenge for everyone. It is free to all who participate in the longer events. Registrations forms are available through Leadership Barry County and the Hastings Community Center. It is possible to register on line at www.trilanders.org. The pre-registration cost is $20 for the 5k run/walk and 12 k run. The online registration fee for these two events is $23. The cost rises to $25 on May 5. The cost is $5 for the fun run whether pre-registered or signed up on the day of the event. Day of event registrations will be accepted. Event T-shirts will be given to all pre-reg- istered participants. ‘Fun Runners’ will receive participant ribbons. The top 3 finishers in each age group of the 5k and 12k events will receive medals. Sign up and T-shirt pickup will be held in the Hastings Community Center Late registration and sign in will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 5. All participants need to arrive early to sign a waiver and fill out emergency information. Persons under 18 years need a parent present day of the event to sign. The Fitness Palooza was a project of a previous Leadership Barry County class to promote fun and fitness throughout the community. Leadership Barry County' is designed to enhance leadership skills for individual growth, organizational improvement and increased community effectiveness through its eight-session program and Professional Development Series of workshops. Proceeds from this relay will go to continue these important programs that are available to student and adult community members. For additional information on all the programs of Leadership Barry County contact 269-945-2114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net May 5 is also the day selected by WalkAmerica for its Hastings event. Registration for this event begins at 8 a.m. followed by opening ceremonies at 8:30 a.m. at Fish Hatchery Park. The walk begins at 9 a.m. For more information abut this event visit the walkamerica.org web site or call 1-800525-WALK. Politicians just talking trash Rep. Calley’s Column The issue of Canadian Trash is the political gift that keeps on giving. Election after election, we hear of politicians who promise to put an end to Canadian trash crossing the border. And yet, year after year, the garbage trucks keep coming. Some of these politicians know the real story (that I will now share with you) and still choose to make shallow and hollow promises. Others politicians are naive about the challenges this type of ban presents to our state government. But as long as focus groups and polling shows the potency of Canadian trash as a political issue, expect to see more of the same political garbage in the future. In 2005, our state government enacted legislation that banned Canadian trash. The problem is that the State of Michigan does not have the authority to enforce such a law. You see, a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision prevents states from banning Canadian trash without approval from Congress. Get this: a load of trash is technically considered a piece of commerce. Our Constitution gives the federal government to right to regulate interstate commerce. A bill proposed in Congress by Michigan Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, and John Dingell, D-Dearborn, would give states the authority to control the amount of foreign trash dumped into their landfills. If that passes, we already have the state legislation in place that will immediately put an end to the foreign dumping. Last year, just in time for the election, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow announced a “ground breaking agreement” with Ontario’s Minister of Environment. Over the next four years, Ontario governments (including the City of Toronto) have agreed to eliminate their shipments of trash to Michigan; all 1.34 million metric tons of it. That’s great news! Except, the campaign commercials left out the rest of the story. All told, we import 4 million tons of trash from Canada each year. Another 2.2 million tons are imported from other states and we produce 15 million tons ourselves. So the agreement with the Ontario Government covers only one-third of the Canadian trash. Still better than nothing, right? Not necessarily. The agreement with Ontario does not cover private Canadian waste haulers or other Canadian provinces. Let the shell game begin. As governments within Ontario use up more domestic landfill space, the private haulers can start to increase dumping in Michigan without violating Senator Stabenow’s “ground breaking agreement.” Thus, we will most likely have the same amount of trash, just from other Canadian sources. But hey, it made a great political commercial. That leads me to the State House of Representatives. Under current law, for every ton of trash that is deposited into a Michigan landfill, a fee is paid to the state in the amount of 21¢. The House passed legislation increasing that fee to $7.50, the theory being that if we make it more expensive to dump in Michigan, we’ll get less Canadian trash. Because of interstate commerce rules, there is no way we can limit the increased tipping fees just to Canadians. Every Michigan citizen, local municipality and business will pay the higher fee. All told, it will cost us more than $150 million per year. The unfortunate part of the equation is that most Canadian interests have long term contracts with Michigan landfills. The amount they pay will remain the same under the terms of those contracts. Ironically, under this scenario, the only people who will not see higher fees are the Canadians. This bill made it to the House floor in a very unconventional process. It was discharged from committee in a marathon session that lasted until midnight. It was never given any public hearings or debate. It never even made it onto the committee schedule before it was taken up by the full body. Therefore, the public had zero opportunity to provide input and it was never subjected to the scrutiny of committee debate and testimony. Multiple aspects of this bill and the process concerned me, and so I voted “no.” The original intent of this bill was substantially different. You see, there is a companion bill that would have dedicated the extra money to recycling efforts and local government. The intentions of using the money to step up recycling have gone down the drain with the current budget woes. Instead, that companion bill was left languishing in committee and the extra dollars will go straight to the general fund. I, and several other lawmakers, have cosponsored legislation that would create an income tax credit for the increased fee paid by Michigan citizens. The net result would be that Michigan citizens would pay a higher trash fee to the state and then get it right back on their income tax return. The premise is that that our citizens should not be punished because we are trying to make it more expensive for Canadians to dump trash here. It is creative and I believe it complies with interstate commerce rules. The problem is that the income tax credit will not go anywhere in the House. The increased tipping fee was moved in conjunction with large 2006-2007 budget bills. That means that the real intention is to use the tax increase to help balance this year’s budget, not to curb Canadian trash. The income tax credit would make it closer to a revenue neutral transaction. For all of the hopes and intentions, this increased fee will have little or no effect on the importation of Canadian trash. For evidence, one need only look to the State of Pennsylvania. They import more trash than any other state; over 12 million tons. And their fee last year was $4.25 per ton compared to our 21¢. As long as we are located next to Canada (and I suspect that will be for a while yet), we will be cheaper to dump in than states that are further away. The truth is that congressional approval of a state’s ability to control foreign trash is our best hope. Until then, expect more garbage from the mouths of politicians. �Page 6 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules William T. Tarbet Carol Lee Cheever Paulette A. Daniher NASHVILLE- William T. Tarbet died on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at Pennock Hospital. He was married to Grace Pennock of Nashville on June 29, 1945. They had 3 sons, Robert W. (Debbie) of Zelienople, PA, Charles (Genny) of Summerville, SC, and Allan (Mary) of Hastings, and brother Jim Tarbet of South Bend, IN. He is also survived by 3 grand-daughters and 6 great-grandchildren. Arrangements pending Saturday at Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. NASHVILLE - Carol Lee (Henry) Cheever, age 67, of Nashville, formerly of Milan, passed away April 17, 2007, after a lengthy battle with several illnesses. She had lived with her daughter since last April. Carol was born on November 11, 1939 in Byron, the daughter of Clarence and Genevieve (Whicker) Henry. She attended school in Wayne, married and moved to Milan and then to Nashville in 1987. She worked for over 20 years with SS Kresge Company and Kmart Corporation, until illness forced her to retire in 2005. Her marriage to Donald Cheever ended in divorce, however they remained great friends until her death. Carol was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Michael James; and a sister, Sue Teske. She is survived by a daughter, Pam (Kelly) Howard, of Delton; a step son, Ronald (Donna) Cheever of Whittaker; a step-daughter, Judy (Cal) Hallada of Ann Arbor; grandchildren, Chelsea and Cortni of Delton, Belinda and Jacquie (Justin) of Indiana, Rebecca (Mathew) of Saline, Joshua of Virginia, and Lonald of Illinois; great grandchildren, Brooke, Kasey, Brittainy, Austin, and Ava; brothers, Clarence “Bill” Henry of Plymouth, Phillip Henry of Kalamazoo; a sister, Sharon (Richard) O’Connor of Florida; a half sister, Rolinda “Linda” Risner of Battle Creek and a half brother, Roland VanGorder; several nieces and nephews and their families. According to her wishes cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be conducted, Friday, April 27, 2007, 2 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. At the request of the family, memorial contributions may be made to assist with funeral expenses or to a charity of ones choice will be appreciated. STANTON - Paulette A. (Woods) Daniher, her family with her, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Trillium Woods Hospice after a brief illness with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Daniher, Stanton; brother, John Woods (Nancy), Portage and Shirley Woods, Delton; step-daughters, Pamela Locke (Russell), Diane Scribner (Rodney), and Tonya Kesler (Timothy); step-son, Christopher Daniher (Jenny); eight step-grandchildren and 10 step-great grandchildren. Also surviving are five nephews and three nieces and 11 great nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents, John and Paula Woods, formerly of Delton and a step grandson. Paulette always loved animals. Most recently she raised Yorkie’s and enjoyed participating in dog shows. She was raised in Delton, graduating from Delton-Kellogg High School in 1967 and worked with her father at Delton Productions for many years. She moved to Hastings where she worked and managed Bob’s Restaurant until moving to Stanton five years ago. A memorial service will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church, 4741 W. Stanton Rd., Stanton, MI. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Faith Hospice-Trillium Woods, 2100 Raybrook SE, Suite 300, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-5783 or to Hope Lutheran Church, 4741 W. Stanton Rd., Stanton, MI 48888. Olive I. Finkbeiner of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. MIDDLEVILLE - Olive I. Finkbeiner, age 92, of Middleville, formerly of Caledonia, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 23, 2007 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. She was preceded in death by her husband Sam I. Finkbeiner, grand-daughter Mona Fay Alma, and great-grand-daughter Samara Lee Freeman. She is survived by her daughters, Linda (Steve) Hargrave of Tennessee, Sue (Buck) Green of Wayland, several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Celebration of Life Service will be held on Friday, April 27, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Visitation will be Noon to 2:00 p.m., prior to the service. Rev. Philip Courtright officiating. Private interment at Lakeside Cemetery, Caledonia. Memorial contributions may be made to TVC. Harold J. Strimback HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77511769 Vivian M. McComb HASTINGS - Harold J. “Pete” Strimback, age 52, of Hastings, died Friday, April 20, 2007 at his home. Mr. Strimback was born on May 29, 1954 in Orange, Texas, the son of Harold and Arlene (Keeler) Strimback. He was raised in the San Diego, California area and attended schools there, graduating in 1972 from Samuel B. Morris High School in San Diego. The family moved to the Hastings area in 1975. Pete had various employment during his working life. Pete enjoyed re-upholstering, camping and especially spending time with his grandchildren. Pete is survived by his daughter, Brooke (Kyle) Rose of Hastings; son, James (Heidi) Strimback of Hastings; daughter, Keischa Strimback of Nashville; five grandsons; brothers, John Strimback of Middleville and Roger Strimback of Jacksonville, Florida. Preceding him in death were his parents and brothers, Lawrence and Gary Strimback. A “Memorial Gathering” took place Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at the Wren Funeral Home. Burial was at the Fuller Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). VERO BEACH, FLORIDA - Vivian M. McComb, 75, of Vero Beach, Florida and Battle Creek Michigan died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at her home. She was born November 5, 1931 in Battle Creek, and was a life long resident there. She wintered in Vero since 1992. Mrs. McComb earned a masters degree in education from Western Michigan University and held a bachelors degree from Michigan State University. She was a teacher for Galesburg Augusta School System in Galesburg, and retired in 1991 after 39 years of teaching kindergarten. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Battle Creek and regularly attended Hastings Church of the Nazarene, Hastings and the First Church of the Nazarene in Vero Beach. She is survived by two sons, Harold “Max” (Ellen) McComb of Mahomet, IL, J. Michael (Becky) McComb of Hastings; three Grandchildren, Jonathan McComb of Mahomet, IL and Justin and Nathaniel McComb of Hastings; sister, Joanne Ritchie of Tarpon Springs, FL. On September 6, 1952 she married Harold J. McComb, they were married for 53 years. He preceded her in death on July 11, 2006. She was also predeceased by her parents, Lester F. Moser and Eva J. Moser. Mrs. McComb will be transferred to the Farley-Estes-Dowdle Funeral Home in Battle Creek. A funeral was held Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at the Farley-Estes-Dowdle Funeral Home. Burial followed at the Ft. Custer National Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the building funds at either First Church of the Nazarene in Vero Beach or Hasting’s Church of the Nazarene. Personal messages may be left for the family at www.farleyestesdowdle.com Dorothy Ann (Bradley) Leonard MIDDLEVILLE - Dorothy Ann (Bradley) Leonard, age 90, of Gun Lake, Middleville, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at her residence. Dorothy was born in Saginaw on April 3, 1917, the daughter of John and Louise (Mellentine) Bradley, and graduated from St. Mary’s High School. She married Joseph M. Leonard Jr., also of Saginaw, on May 23, 1941. They lived in Lansing, where they were in business, for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Joe, on November 20, 2006; and by her two sisters, Rosalie Becker and Marian Green. She is survived by her two sons, Dick (Fran) of Gun Lake, and Tom (Susan) of Grand Rapids; four grandchildren, Rich (Lori) of Huntington Woods, Rob (Christine Prior) of Springdale, AR, Michael and Christine of Kalamazoo; and three greatgrandchildren, Zach, Grace, and Claire, all of Huntington Woods. Dorothy attended Michigan State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in elementary education in 1964. From 1966 to 1982 she was employed by the Grand Ledge Public Schools, and taught first and second grade at Wacousta Elementary School. In 1982, she and her husband retired to their homes at Gun Lake and in Vero Beach, Florida. She was a church organist for a number of churches during her lifetime. At the time of her death she was a member of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Wayland. Mass of Christian Burial, followed by interment in the adjacent churchyard cemetery, will take place at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Alzheimers Assocation or Sts Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or a message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Two Red Cross blood drives set for next month Two Red Cross blood drives are planned in Barry County for next month, one for Monday, May 7, in Delton and another Thursday, May 17, in Hastings. Michigan’s American Red Cross reports that Type O blood, which is most needed by hospitals, remains in high demand and low supply. Current supplies of Type O-negative and Type O-positive blood are between one and two days. The Red Cross considers a three-day supply safe. The drive on May 7 will be at St. Ambrose Church, 11252 Floria Road, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. The drive in Hastings May 17 will be from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 128 North Michigan. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 7 Jack C. Sage MUSKEGON - Mr. Jack C. Sage, age 86, passed away on Friday, April 20, 1977, at his home. He was born February 3, 1921, in Battle Creek, to Mortimer B. and Leona P. (Will) Sage, and lived in the Muskegon area most of his life. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during WWII. On July 21, 1947, he married the former Rosemary Gilkes in Tallahassee, FL, and she survives him. Prior to his retirement in 1981, he worked for 27 years as a meteorologist for the U.S. Government and had been stationed at the Muskegon County Airport. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church. Survivors include his wife, Rosemary; 3 children, Suzanne (Daniel) Moblo of Muskegon, Nancy (John) Morrell, Sr., of Quincy, Maurice (Glenys) Sage of Grand Rapids; 11 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; 2 brothers, Keith (Elsie) Sage of Hastings, Richard (Carolyn) Kelley of Marshall; 1 sister, phyllis (David( Settles of Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents, and his step-father, Jess Kelley. Funeral services were held on Monday, April 23, at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Dennis Lassanske officiating. Interment followed at Lakeside Cemetery with military honors by the Muskegon County Council of Veterans. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements handled by the Walburn Chapel, Sytsema Funeral Homes, Inc., 1547 W. Sherman Blvd., 231-759-8565. Sign the guestbook online at www.sytsemafh.com Bring your Law Day honors retiring YMCA director Storms The Barry County Bar Association will have its annual Law Day ceremony Tuesday, May 1. This year's theme is “Liberty Under Law: Empowering Youth, Assuring Democracy.” The Circuit, District and Probate courtrooms will be busy as local fourth-graders will engage in mock trial presentations at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., and at 1:15 p.m. with the assistance of local attorneys. The Liberty Bell Award will be presented to retiring YMCA Director Dave Storms in a special ceremony at noon in the circuit courtroom of the historic courthouse. The Honorable Richard Shaw, retired Probate Judge, will serve as guest speaker. A reception honoring Storms and Shaw, will be held at 11a.m. in the Community Room of the Courts and Law Building. The public is invited and encouraged to attend any of the events. Day-Varney Dave Storms Newborn Babies special BOY, Tanner Dale Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on April 4, 2007 at 7 p.m. to Erica Davis and Brandon Orman of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 22 inches long. event BOY, Drake Ellsworth, born at Pennock Hospital on April 5, 2007 at 11:57 p.m. to Elle and Kevin Walker of Pewamo. Weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. and 19.25 inches long. photos to us BOY, Russell Carter, born at Pennock Hospital on April 6, 2007 at 4:57 a.m. to Dara Wellman and Pete Smith of Hastings. Weighing 4 lbs. 8 ozs. and 18 inches long. for quality, professional processing. J-Ad Graphics PRINTING PLUS North of Hastings on M-43 Darwin and Sheila Day of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lynn to Douglas Bryan Varney, the son of Bryan and Kim Varney of Hastings. Ashley is a 2003 graduate of Hastings High School and is currently attending Kellogg Community College seeking a degree in radiography. Douglas is a 1998 graduate of Hastings High School and is currently employed at Thorn Builders. A May 19, 2007 wedding is planned at Hastings First United Methodist Church. GIRL, Hailey Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on April 8, 2007 at 8:44 p.m. to Jessica and Dustin Martin of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. .9 oz. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Mersadiez Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on April 9, 2007 to Helene Stephens and Gaylord Mason II of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Hayden Rocker, born at Pennock Hospital on April 9, 2007 at 9:27 a.m. to Sarah Bowerman and Don Williams of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Isabel Ruby, born at Pennock Hospital on April 9, 2007 at 3:29 p.m. to Brad and Julie Gee of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs. 0 ozs. and 23 inches long. BOY, Caleb John, born at Pennock Hospital on April 10, 2007 at 11:07 a.m. to Andrew and Tamara Bomhof of Lake Odessa. Weighing 9 lbs. 15 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Kalli Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on April 10, 2007 at 9:22 p.m. to Fred and Colleen Koning of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Brooklynn Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on April 10, 2007 at 10:26 p.m. to Amanda and Will Fields of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Kaelyn Autumn Bell, born at Spectrum Health Systems to Raymond and Cassie (Appelman) Bell on April 9 at 12 p.m. Weighing 7 lbs., 18 1/2 inches long. Bonds to celebrate 50th wedding Lyle Bristol to celebrate anniversary Phil and Yvonne Bond celebrated their 90th birthday 50th wedding anniversary March 30, 2007 and in honor of their anniversary Please help us wish our dad/grandpa/great grandpa Lyle Bristol a very happy 90th birthday on May 3. Cards may be sent to 2143 Lower Lake Rd., Hastings. We love you. Your family. their three children, Ron (Barbara) Bond, Bonnie (Richard) Buskirk and DeLane (Don) Cline are throwing them a party on May 20th at 1 p.m. at Woodgrove Brethren Church. Family and friends welcome. NO GIFTS, PLEASE. Hammond/Hawthorne 4 generations Great Grandpa Russel Hammond, father, Rusty Hawthorne holding son, Mason Thomas Hawthorne, Grandma, Melinda Hammond Bloom. Piechnik-MacLeod Daniel and Judy Piechnik of Hastings, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura A. Piechnik to Michael W. MacLeod, son of Robert and Janet MacLeod of Merrimac, Massachusetts. Laura has a certification in massage therapy and personal training from Blue Heron Academy. Michael is a graduate of Palmer Chiropractic University, having earned a Doctorate of Chiropractic. Laura is employed at Flexfab as production scheduler for Aerospace and Michael is an area chiropractor/owner of MacLeod Chiropractic Center of Hastings. Their wedding vows will be shared at St. Rose Catholic Church in Hastings on May 19, 2007. Marriage Licenses James Arnold Wilcox, Nashville and Daisy Dorothy Sue Webster, Nashville. James Earl Nelson, Nashville and Brooke Nicholle Dexter, Nashville. William Gene Howard, Vermontville and Barbara Anne Pruden, Nashville. Joshua Lyle Newton, Hastings and Nicole I. Hale, Hastings. Nicholas Brian Ray, Hastings and Laurie Patricia Larrabee, Hastings. Charles Seth Watson, Plainwell and Keri Ann Hetherington, Plainwell. Jeffrey William Jacobs, Hastings and Kristine Marie Howe, Hastings. Mark Adam Brown, Delton and Samantha Anne Muday, Delton. Farrell Anderson to celebrate 90th birthday Farrell “Duke” Anderson will be celebrating his 90th birthday on May 1st. Join us in marking this milestone by sending your cards and notes to Farrell at 2525 Ottawa Trail, Hastings, MI 49058. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Water to be focus of next First Friday The Barry County Democratic Party will sponsor the next First Friday forum on Tuesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets in Hastings. The program will be a panel discussion on the importance of the Barry County wetlands and watershed systems. Panelists will be Dr. Ken Kornheiser, who is on the four townships Water Resource Council; Louis Saldivia a representative for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the geological and land management division; Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District and director of the Thornapple River Watershed Management Plan, and Jim Bruce, a forester and wildlife biologist of Conservation Resource Management. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Page 8 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Poor parenting There will be a rummage sale at the Freight House Friday and Saturday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 to 2 on Saturday with goods marked half price. This is the second year for this event at the Depot Complex. On Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5, the Depot Complex will be open to visitors. The genealogy room at the Freight House will be open to researchers Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a weekly service. The semi-annual rummage sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 4 and 5, at Fellowship Hall, sponsored by the United Methodist Women of Central United Methodist Church. One can fill a bag for only $1 Saturday. Back in February a California lady made contact with someone in Lake Odessa and said that she and others were planning a trip to Michigan to see the places where their Gibbs ancestors had lived and eventually were buried. Their time to arrive in Michigan is Sunday, April 30. Two from California will meet two cousins from Utah and spent the night in Grand Rapids. On Monday they will come to the Ionia area for the next three days. They hope to meet their relatives of the Gibbs, Burhans, Sandborn, Coon and Thorp families at the East Sebewa cemetery to get acquainted and to exchange information. Their ancestor Frank Gibbs was born north of Portland, had his young life in Carson City where his father was a blacksmith, lived in Illinois, and eventually moved to Clinton, Iowa, where he raised a family. Meantime Frank's siblings, Mabel, Mary and George Jr., remained in Michigan for all their adult lives. Some of their history has been published in the Sebewa Recollector. They will be at the East Sebewa Cemetery from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 30 and they welcome anyone interested. The United Methodist Women of Central UMC had their annual spring breakfast last Saturday morning. Rosemary Hickey catered the meal. The Rev. Mary SchippersDeMunter, Woodland pastor, related the story of her summer trip to Russia with a group from the Middleville UMC. This was a Volunteers in Mission project. The group worked on a building being transformed for worship space on the middle floor with the upper and lower floors rented out. They said it was an enriching experience. Lakewood retirees were well represented at the April 19 meeting of the Retired School Personnel at Ionia. At this spring meeting, the superintendents of the county are always invited to speak about what is taking place in their respective schools. Due to other commitments some were absent, but Charles Barker of Belding, George Hubbard of the intermediate school district and Dr. Patricia Bautista of Ionia spoke. The shortage of finances is a major topic along with wondering what the State of Michigan will do next in cutting funds to local districts. Hubbard spoke about the Dolly Parton reading program which is getting launched in this county. Funding has come from several sources to get started. The aim is for every child in the county to receive a hardcovered book each month from birth to age 5. Until the total funding is on hand, they will start with children who are Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine INHALED INSULIN I just read that the FDA approved inhaled insulin. Will I be able to stop my shots now? 7KLV�LV�YHU\�H[FLWLQJ�QHZV�EXW�GRQ¶W�ORRN�IRU�D�ZD\�WR�GLVSRVH� of all your needles quite yet. Exubera, the first inhaled insulin to receive FDA approval is a type of short acting insulin and studies have shown that fewer than 30% of people in clinical trials with Type 1 diabetes were able to bring down their blood sugars to acceptable levels even after taking inhaled insulin for 6 months. But if you happen to be one of those people that it will work on, you might be able to switch to the inhaled insulin. Before every diabetic runs to their doctor to see if they can be switched, here are the guidelines that your doctor will be following as they decide if a particular patient might be able to be switched. Exubera is approved for the use in either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes but it is not approved for anyone younger than 18. It is not approved for use by smokers or by people who have smoked within the past 6 months. It is also not recommended for people with lung diseases such as emphysema, asthma, bronchitis or COPD. Your doctor will likely run some tests to see if you have good lung function before starting inhaled insulin and may check your lung function every 6 to 12 months. For those that will be able to start taking Exubera, the inhaler device is not as small as an asthma inhaler. It is actually quite big reaching from your mouth to the middle of your chest. The insulin is a powder that is inhaled into the lung and absorbs through healthy lung tissue. Because it is short acting insulin, you will likely need to take it many more times during the day than you are already using your current injected insulin. This is certainly not going to be the product that ends insulin injections but technology is heading in that direction. In addition to Exubera, other alternatives to injected insulin are on the way. Insulin mouth sprays, patches and even insulin pills are being evaluated for future release. Studies to develop products for the use in children that have a less irritating effect on their breathing are also continuing. now ages 3 and 4. For only $27 a child can be provided books for one year and for $127 he or she can be provided for books for five years. The Ionia County Foundation has been a major benefactor. Barker, a Lakewood graduate, spoke about the technical advantage of the youngest children, even preschoolers if the technology is on hand. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 19, at the Portland UMC for 94-year-old Richard Riley Cline. During his long life he had been married three times. His first wife, Edith, was mother of his three birth children. His second wife of 36 years was Clarice, who was mother of four children, including Ralph Showerman and Joyce Showerman. His wife of the past ten years was Clarabelle (Martz) Barnum, whose children are Steven of Woodland and Roger of Clarksville. The Ionia Shoppers Guide also reported the death of Charles Potter, 79, of Fenwick, a former Lake Odessa resident. He had been a member of the Ionia County sheriff's posse. He is survived by wife, Madeline, children Doug Potter, Mary Lou Pennington, Tom Potter and five stepchildren. A Grand Rapids item listed Mary (Mrs. Steven) Runyan of Newaygo as a surviving sister of Randy Shepard. Mary and her three Ritz children lived here for ten years when she and Steve were first married. Ward and Elaine VanLaanen were called to St. Ignace on the death of Elaine's older sister, Dorothy, who is survived by four children, sister Elaine and brothers Gary of Nashville and South Haven. The Nickel parents are deceased. The expansion of Living Gospel Church has been completed, but interior work continues. The additions are a wing to the north and more space on the east and south. The Lakewood CROP Walk comes this Sunday, April 29. The walkers will begin their route at Central UMC with a sendoff of prayer and encouragement. The combined Lions' clubs of Woodland and Lake Odessa will provide a light lunch for some nourishment. Most local churches have teams of walkers. It is easy to make pledges to the walkers. Not only do the proceeds of the walk provide funds for wells in dry countries, plows for marginal farmers, small animals which provide food and needed proteins, but one quarter of the revenue will be returned for use by the Lakewood Community Council which provides food boxes in December, but other needs such as relief following house fires. This is a vital ministry for the entire Lakewood community. There is a new addition to the landscape of Jordan Lake Highway north of town. On the corner of that county road and Durkee Road there are new foundations for houses which are being located by Lindmark. The owners are Joey and Jan Jackson, who have four children and one of the Durkee sons who with family will occupy the other. A new home west on Durkee Road on the north side has been occupied for a few months by the Sauers-Cook couple. A construction trailer is on site at the corner of Willowbrook and Jordan Lake Street, where the new Doane Insurance Agency is to be built. The building which houses Kathy Mesecar's floral shop on M-50 has a sign indicating that the Chase Insurance Agency from Freeport will soon be locating there. The Lakewood News reports that the annual Arbor Day observance will be held on Friday, April 27, at noon in front of the Diaz home at 1417 Fourth Ave. Lakewood News also carried a picture of the mounds of bricks which were removed from Fourth Avenue’s streetscape project last summer. Some of these can be seen from Musgrove Highway at the village site covered mostly by evergreen trees near Harwood Road. Dear Annie: I am a single mother of two girls, ages 4 and 2. Their father isn't in the picture much. I love my kids, but sometimes I think I never should have had children. A while ago, I put my 4-year-old into group counseling because she was very aggressive with her little sister and argued with me about everything -- what to wear, when to go to bed, etc. She hasn't improved much, and it is making me crazy. Rewards and discipline don't work. I am on an antidepressant and take a sleeping pill. My children sleep in bed with me every night, just so I don't have to battle with them, which means I have to go to bed when they do, leaving no time for myself. They wear me down until I cry myself to sleep. The sleeping arrangements are also causing problems with my boyfriend. Please help. I don't know what to do. -- Indiana Dear Indiana: A certain amount of aggressive behavior toward younger siblings is common, and a consistent, disciplined approach will eventually get results. However, you are too exhausted and overwhelmed to do this, and as a result, you are no longer in control. Not only does this make every day a struggle for you, but it creates insecurity in your children, who, in turn, become more clingy and demanding. Children need structure and stability. Call your local YWCA, church or community center, and ask if they offer parenting classes. Try to get Dad more involved. Please find time for this -- for your children and for yourself. Family outsider Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married 37 years. We have two grown daughters whom we have helped financially many times over the years. I work long hours, but I've always done my best to stay involved in my girls' lives. I chaperoned school field trips, worked science fairs and coached basketball and softball. I might not have been perfect, but I was there when they needed me. Now that they are grown, it's as if I don't exist. Both girls are close to their mother, but neither talks to me unless they want something. Yesterday, I received a call from my youngest daughter, saying she and her sister are taking their mother out for dinner to celebrate her retirement. My son-in-law and grandson are also going. When my daughter asked if I would like to join them, she quickly added, "You will have to pay for your own dinner. We are just paying for Mom's." I feel like an outsider in my own family. There have been other outings where I wasn't even invited. I told my wife how I feel, and she says I am making too much out of it. Am I? -- Hurt Father in Indiana Dear Hurt: Yes and no. If your daughters are taking Mom out to celebrate her retirement, it does not mean they have to treat you as well. Also, it is not unusual for daughters to be closer to their mothers. However, your daughters may not know how much their behavior hurts you, so it's time to tell them how you feel and ask how to make things better. Chore challenges Dear Annie: I chuckled when I read the letter from "Burnt Out." His list of chores sure sounded like the daily doings of most women. As long as he is sharing this working, commuting, doing endless chores, taking care of pets, garbage, laundry, dishes, cars, paying bills, etc., with his wife, and they still remember to say "I love you" to each other, they will survive. Children grow up, and they cannot get back that childhood time. Instead, they need to rechannel their family focus. Take some time to play with the children and one another every week. Make a game of the weekly chores, which everyone in the house should share. They will be making family Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77511753 09550137 memories. Hang in there. -- Been There, Done That Dear Been There: We couldn't have said it better. Thanks. Confused connection Dear Annie: I am a 15-year-old girl who is considered smart, fun, confident and pretty. I have never had problems with guys losing interest in me or avoiding me before, but my boyfriend, "Alec," has been ignoring me on and off for the past two months. Neither of us is looking for some kind of super-committed relationship, but I feel very hurt and disappointed at the way he has been acting. Alec and I will talk on the phone or text message, and everything is fine, and we part ways, saying we will stay in touch and talk soon or hang out. But do we? No. He ignores my e-mails when I know he's online. He won't pick up the phone when I call, and after a week or two, I get mad and give up trying to reach him. Then he calls and acts like everything is totally normal. When I e-mail that I was starting to get worried, he replies "LOL" (laughing out loud). Even if I wasn't his girlfriend, I would still be irked by his behavior. I don't think he should totally devote his life to me or anything. I just don't think it's nice to treat people this way. What do you think? -- Confused Libra Dear Libra: We think you make Alec nervous. He's trying very hard to prove that he isn't at your beck and call. You need to back off, give him a lot more space, and find other things to occupy your time. Let him make the first move when he wants contact, even if it takes three weeks. (You're more interesting to him when you aren't so eager for his attention.) You may decide this isn't the kind of relationship you want, but right now, it's the only one Alec is offering. Pass procession? Dear Annie: As I understand it, when there is a funeral car procession, it is polite to pull over to the side of the road. What should I do if I am on the interstate and come upon a funeral procession? Is it OK to pass them if they are only doing the minimum speed, or should I follow them? What about on a divided highway if they are on the other side? Thanks. -- Dana Dear Dana: It is respectful to pull over to the right to allow a funeral procession to pass. Otherwise, the main rules are that you should not get in between the cars in a procession, and you should yield the right-of-way in intersections. On highways, it is perfectly OK to pass the procession on the left (unless it is in the far left lane, in which case, you can pass on the right). You do not have to do anything at all when the procession is traveling on the other side of a divided highway. And thanks for being considerate enough to inquire. Grateful for gifts Dear Annie: This is for "Gifting Dilemma," who didn't want donations to charity in lieu of gifts. My mother-in-law knows we are uncomfortable with the consumerist frenzy at holiday time. We are quite fortunate and don't need more stuff. I deeply appreciate that Mom makes donations to charities in our names as well as her own at Christmas. And she always checks to make sure we support the organization's goals. Of course, my in-laws give us lots of gifts throughout the year. They put up with our active family of five (plus dog) when we visit. They pay attention to our interests and activities. They have seen us through several health crises, and yes, they have helped us out financially over the years. My in-laws do not make donations out of laziness or lack of imagination, as Gifting Dilemma suggests. On the contrary, they have found yet another way to be generous. -- Grateful for Donations Dear Grateful: We heard from a great number of readers who agree, especially those who say they have everything they need, and donations make them feel good. Hug an assistant The Hastings BANNER! Dear Readers: Today is Administrative Professionals Day. If you have assistants who make your job easier, let them know how much they are appreciated. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... Hubert R. Will, Hastings native Hubert Will(left) with Pharmacy Dean Ian Mathison. By Esther Walton In 2005, the Ferris State University publication, “Crimson and Gold” featured a biographical sketch about Hubert Will who graduated from that institution with a degree in pharmacy in 1927. Mr. Will reached the advanced age of 102 in 2005, which was one of the factors prompting the story. Hubert Ray Will was born in Hastings on May 31, 1905. His parents were Charles W. and Jennie Will. When he graduated from Ferris State University in 1927, his family was living at 703 S. Michigan Ave., Hastings. During his interview with the Crimson and Gold, Mr. Will recalled that when he was 5 years old Teddy Roosevelt [later President Roosevelt] during a whistle stop while campaigning picked him up out of a crowd and remarked that, “I would grow up to be a tall, curly haired man.” He also recalled that, “I once walked a cow from Hastings to Battle Creek,” adding that,”I wanted to go visit a friend and mom said I had to take a cow with me.” [ed. note: since Battle Creek is about 25 miles distant it must have taken him a couple of days to make this trip.] After graduating from Ferris State, he was employed by various pharmacies and several pharmaceutical companies around the state. In 1930, he worked for Sharero Pharmacy, located in Detroit, where he once literally bumped into Joe Louis and shared an elevator with Babe Ruth while making deliveries. He moved to Lansing in 1948 and opened his own store in north Lansing. In 1962 he organized the Will Variety Store, a business he owned for 32 years. Hubert was a pharmacist during an interesting time in the history of the pharmaceutical industry. Instead of compounding each prescription by hand, drugs were starting to be compounded and packaged in factories. The Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1906 required that formulas used by drug companies had to approved before they could be marketed. When Mr. Will began his career as a pharmacist in 1927, each drug store had to have in stock approximately 580 different chemicals from which to compound doctor’s prescriptions. Each doctor’s order was compounded one at a time by hand which required measuring, mixing, grinding and blending these drugs in a very precise and meticulous manner. When the druggists needed a guide, they referred to a set of books known as, “The Pharmacopia.” The first Pharmacopia was compiled in 1778 for use in a U.S. Army hospital located at Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa. Before and shortly after 1900, any concoction could be formulated by any one [with or without any special training in pharmacy] and sold to anyone with the money to purchase the product. It was customary for early doctors to compound their own false claims and potions containing harmful substances were hawked everywhere. As a child my husband recalls seeing a demonstration at the Barry County Fair when a peddler was selling a potion that he claimed would cure corns and bunions. The hawker would rub a little of his magic potion on the shill’s shoe directly above the offending area. After a few moments when the potion had time to soak through the leather he’d ask the ‘patient’ how it felt. Of course the shill always produced a broad grin then waxed eloquently about how wonderful the stuff was. Hastings became well known as the home of “Doctor Mixer” who produced what he claimed to be a cancer cure. He sold this portion far and wide and even ran an infirmary of sorts to accommodate his out of town “patients.” Things got so far out of hand country wide that in 1906 United States Congress passed a law regulating the manufacturing and sale medicine. It required all medications to be formulated using the standards of the United States Pharmacopia. The Pure Food and Drug Act limited the medical claims that could be printed on medicine bottle labels. Manufacturers also had to list certain contents such as alcohol or opiates. It was about this time that drug companies began compounding and packaging commonly used medications for resale by drug stores. This marked a turning point in the drug industry. In the 1880s the now famous doctor W.E. Upjohn practiced medicine in Hastings. Dr. W.E. Upjohn became famous for developing the ‘friable’ pill. The friable pill was a method of forming pulverized powders into solid pill form rather than suspending them in a liquid. This invention enabled patients to avoid the often horrible taste associated with most medications in those days. “Pill no bitter, no good” was an oft heard comment before friable pills were introduced. Dr. Upjohn patented his new system in 1885. Finding it difficult to raise sufficient capital to develop his invention commercially he moved to Kalamazoo, where, with his three brothers, he established the Upjohn Company. In 1911, The Upjohn Company hired its first licensed pharmacist to assist in the assay department. In 1912, it hired its first bacteriologist for the purpose of developing vaccines and antiseptic products. In 1913, the company was on the cusp of a revolution in scientific methods and research which heralded a wave of major changes in how doctors and pharmacists practiced. sHubert R. Will lived to witness a revolution in technology, something few are ever privileged to do. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL of Edward Jones and Co. To Build Wealth, Look at Both Sides of Balance Sheet To achieve your financial goals, you need to be a diligent saver and investor. But you need to do more than just build your assets you also must do a good job of managing your debts. If you let your debts get out of control, they will eventually erode your savings and investments - and when that happens, the road to financial success can get pretty bumpy. Unfortunately, your fellow Americans are doing a poor job of saving money and staying out of debt. Here are some telling statistics: * Debt is rising. By September 2006, household debt had reached 130.9 percent of disposable income, according to the Center for American Progress. In plain English, that means we owe about a third more than we have available to spend after we've paid our taxes and met our expenses. * Savings have fallen. For most of 2005 and all of 2006, the personal savings rate was negative, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Previously, we haven't had a negative savings rate since the Great Depression. In short, we've gotten into the habit of spending more than we save. The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 39.10 -.09 Anheuser Busch 52.35 -.14 CMS Energy Corp. 18.67 +.16 Coca-Cola Co. 51.71 +.14 DaimlerChrysler 79.30 -3.32 Dow Chemical Co. 45.41 -.11 Exxon Mobil 78.60 +.20 Family Dollar Stores 31.70 -.06 First Financial Bancorp 15.46 +.23 Ford Motor Co. 7.82 -.03 General Motors 30.77 -1.36 Intl. Bus. Machine 98.49 +1.37 JCPenney Co. 81.51 -.31 Johnson & Johnson 64.49 -.06 Kellogg Co. 52.57 +.32 McDonald’s Corp. 48.47 -.54 Pfizer Inc. 26.15 -.75 Semco Energy 7.48 -.15 Sears Holding 187.80 -5.20 Spartan Motors 29.00 +2.45 TCF Financial 26.25 +.06 Wal-Mart Stores 48.69 +.52 Gold $687.70 -$4.80 Silver $13.78 -$.24 Dow Jones Average 12,953.94 +180.90 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on May 16, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include, in brief, the following proposed amendments of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance: 1. Amend Section 17.02.a (104.1702.a as codified), pertaining to the permitted uses in the Mixed Use District, to correct a typographical error by revising sub-part b therein to read as follows: “A detached single-family home on an individual lot not less than 8,000 square feet.” (language proposed to be added is shown in italics.) 2. Amend Section 17.08.a, subsection B.2. (104.1708.a as codified), pertaining to building footprints over 10,000 square feet in the Mixed Use District, to delete all of sub-part (i) of subsection b. therein (presently requiring commercial/office uses exceeding 10,000 square feet footprint to provide equal or greater residential living floor space within and integrated on the same development site). 3. Amend Section 17.09a (104.1709.a as codified), pertaining to architectural standards for the Mixed Use District, to correct a typographical error and revise the first sentence of sub-part b. therein to read as follows: “Long interrupted uninterrupted horizontal stretches of exposed facing building façade shall not be permitted.” (Language proposed to be added is shown in italics; language to be deleted is lined through.) 4. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. The Township Planning Commission reserves the right to modify or alter any of the proposed amendment(s) to the Zoning Ordinance/Map/Land Use Plan at or following the hearing/meeting and to make its recommendations accordingly to the Township Board. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. Robin Hawthorne Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-2194 77511708 FED-INFO 77511851 WHY PAY FULL PRICE WHEN YOU CAN JUST PAY HALF! CREEKSIDE GROWERS GARDEN CENTER NEAR MIDDLEVILLE VERY POPULAR $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE… PAY ONLY $25 WBCH HAS WORKED OUT DEALS WITH SOME OF OUR AREA’S BEST BUSINESSES TO GIVE YOU 50% OFF! THIS FABULOUS OFFER IS JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING PLANTING OR MOTHER’S DAY GIVING! ON SALE WHILE THEY LAST THURSDAY, APRIL 26. ULTIMATE SPA AND SALON ON M-43 IN HASTINGS THURSDAY, MAY 3, BUY A CERTIFICATE FOR THE ULTIMATE GIFT FOR MOTHER’S DAY - SHE’LL FOREVER APPRECIATE THE WONDERFUL SPA EXPERIENCE! This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). WE’RE BACK ON MAY 10TH WITH FOOD AS WE WELCOME THE MONTEREY GRILLER PUB OPENING AT THE HASTINGS COUNTRY CLUB 18 HOLES OF GOLF FOR A TWOSOME INCLUDING CART AT RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 NOTICE OF ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map/Land Use Plan, and the tentative text of the above-referenced proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendment(s), may be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed Ordinance #2007-123 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its April 11, 2007 meeting. All interested parties are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to participate in discussion upon said Ordinance. your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan every time you get a raise. Until you retire, you generally won't be able to access this money without taking a big tax hit, so you won't be tempted to "raid" your 401(k) to pay off debts. [You can, however, typically take loans from a 401(k) or similar account.] You also may want to "pay yourself first." Each month, before you pay the mortgage, the utility companies and your other obligations, set aside an amount for your investments. It's easier if you set up a bank authorization to move the money directly into the investment you choose. By having the money taken out this way, you are less likely to "miss" it - and, hopefully, you'll be less likely to look at it as a source of funding for your daily life. By cutting your debts, boosting your 401(k) contributions and paying yourself first, you can help yourself get a firmer grip on your financial situation - today and tomorrow. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN STOCKS TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to the Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township by writing or calling the Township. These grim figures foretell a discouraging financial future for many of us. Every dollar you pay for debt is a dollar you can't use to invest. Furthermore, if you have too little in savings, you may well be forced to dip into your existing investments to pay for shortterm needs, such as a car repair or an expensive new appliance. And the more you take from your investments today, the less you will have available tomorrow - when you might need the money to help pay for retirement or your children's college tuition. So what can you do to protect your savings and investments against the demands of debt? You probably already are familiar with some steps you can take to cut costs: Extend the life of your old car, eat out less often, look for cheaper phone and cable service, etc. In short, review your entire lifestyle, and try to separate the "nice to have" items from the "must have" ones. If you can reduce your expenses, you can start whittling away at your debt. While you're taking steps to cut your costs, you can still add to your investments. How? For starters, increase your contributions to 50% OFF REGULAR PRICE AT EACH GOLF COURSE! Certificates are currently being offered to Tyler Creek, Yankee Springs, Gun Ridge, Orchard Hills, Mulberry Fore, & Hidden Valley. 77511690 Check often for additions. Order Just Pay Half Golf Deals for as many courses as you wish at wbch.com �Page 10 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel P. Appel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 6, 2002, and recorded on September 24, 2002 in instrument 1087980, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six And 89/100 Dollars ($90,796.89), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East 285.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds East 660.0 feet parallel with the South line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West 285.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds West 660.0 feet along the South line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #091388F04 77511656 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Matthew Wieringa and Lisa Jane Wieringa, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 27, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122807, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Six and 89/100 Dollars ($118,886.89) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the East line of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, distant South 198.0 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angle for the true place of beginning; thence South 132.0 feet parallel with the East line of Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at the right angles; thence North 132.0 feet; thence East 330.0 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement appurtenant there for purposed of ingress, egress and placement of public utilities over a strip of land 20 feet in with, the South line of such strip being described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Section 14; thence West 330.0 feet at right angles to the point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511243 File No. 207.7185 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRIAN A. BLAIR and DEBRA K. BLAIR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 15, 2004, and recorded on October 28, 2004, in Document No. 1136307, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and FortyOne Cents ($141,877.41), including interest at 5.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 17, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 350.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 968.66 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST 215.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST 967.05 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING ALSO, THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 708.56 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25 , SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 42 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 95.88 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 190.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 389.13 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 319.43 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 244.57 FEET SAID CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND A CURVE TO THE LEFT, WHOSE RADIUS IS 165.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 33 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 16.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 73.36 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 0813-025-008-10 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77511661 Southfield, MI 48075 Automatic Press/Metal Stamping Operators Needed Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Cohoon and Kimberly A Cohoon, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2005, and recorded on August 31, 2005 in instrument 1151971, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-SD3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Five And 77/100 Dollars ($186,505.77), including interest at 8.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 330 feet of the West 732 feet of the South 660 feet of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139183F01 77511666 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting April 11, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Roll call: Present: Supervisor Stoneburner, Treasurer Nottingham, Trustee Miller. Absent: Clerk Nichols, Trustee Ritchie. Also Present: Attorney Rob Thall, Police Chaplain William Bourne and 18 members of the public. Pledge of Allegiance. Moment of silence and prayer for police officer Tom Reed and wife Nancy. Approved agenda as amended. Approved minutes dated March 14, March 19, March 22, March 26, March 27, 2007. Correspondence read. Approved distribution of Master land use plan. Discussion regarding Pine Lake Weed Treatment special assessment. Public comment was asked for and none received. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Approved PLFD new hire Nathan Garnaat. Police Department report received and placed on file. Parks report received and placed on file. Approved bid for cemetery drive-way work and gravel submitted by Dick Miller. Approved recommendation for 2007 Grand Marshall. Approved amendment for library budget. Public comment was asked for and none received. Board comments were received. Approval of bills presented in the amount of $34,464.12. Adjourned at 10:24 p.m. Submitted by: Vickey Nottingham, Treasurer Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Supervisor 77511705 Hope Township Board Meeting Synopsis April 9, 2007 All Board members present, and 5 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Amending Delton Dist. Library Grant Purchase of land for Brush Ridge Cemetery Increasing costs of cemetery lots 2006-07 Budget Adjustment Re-appoint Albert to SWBCIC Purchase power flow and chute for Lawn Tractor Newsletter Resolution 2007-5 & 6 Refund to residents of Lakeside Dr. from Special Assessment Pavement Markings Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77511714 Patricia Albert, Supervisor ® The MANPOWER is looking to fill job openings for automatic press/metal stamping operators. Must have 3 years experience in Automatic Press Operation, with skills in manufacturing and a stable work history. Job requirements include a high school diploma/GED, drug screening, and a physical examination. Two shifts available: 6am to 5:30pm or 5:30pm to 5:30pm. Days are rotating with 3 days on, 4 days off, changing to 4 days on and 3 days off. Must be available to work one day on the weekend as a scheduled day and also evening shifts required. All positions pay $9.00 per hour. Potential for hire exists for the right candidate. Please apply in person or call: 127 N. Market, Hastings, MI 49058 EOE 269-948-3000 77511848 77502006 MANPOWER STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-105-DM Plaintiff Lori Lynn Hernandez P.O. Box 335 Hastings, MI 49058 v Defendant Dionicio Hernandez Jr. THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Dionicio Hernandez, Jr. cannot reasonably be made as provided in MC 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): d. Publish notice in the Hastings Banner for 3 weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: May 24, 2007 77511628 Judge W.M. Doherty P41960 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Antoinette Hernandez, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 9, 2006, and recorded on May 11, 2006 in instrument 1164497, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 35/100 Dollars ($123,314.35), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 15 and the East 1/2 of Lot 14 of Thornton Addition to the Villlage of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, being a part of the Southeast 1/4 of section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139311F01 77511696 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Howard A. McNees II and Mary L. McNees, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156466, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight And 04/100 Dollars ($79,688.04), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line, section 31, Town 2, Range 10, a distance South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 903.06 feet from the North 1/4 post said Section; thence South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 89.81 feet, also said 1/4 line thence South 86 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds West 708.71 along the South Line of the North 3 Quarters of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 31 to the center line of Marsh Road; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East 288.00 feet; thence South 77 degrees 08 minutes East 613.29 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511651 File #139111F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon Prior, a married man and Lyndy Prior, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 20, 2005 in instrument 1146832, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine And 94/100 Dollars ($101,299.94), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lots 1, 2, 8 and 9, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village (now City) of Hasting, according to the recorded Plat thereof, described as. The South 29 feet of the North 33 feet of Lot 8: Also, all that part of Lots 1, 2 and 9 lying Northwesterly of a line described as: Commencing 66 feet North of the Southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 4 of said Addition, thence North 44.7 feet to State Street; thence North 45 degrees 45 minutes West 57 feet to the point of beginning of said line; thence South 76 degrees West 98.6 feet to the point of ending of said line, being on the line common to Lots 8 and 9. Excepting that part of said property described as: Beginning at a point 41.5 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the centerline of former railroad, 218.5 feet to the West line of Montgomery Street; thence North to the Northeast corner of Lot 1, thence Northwesterly to the North corner of Lot 2; thence West to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139401F01 77511788 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri Shropshire, a married woman and Aubra Green Shropshire Jr., her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006, and recorded on January 18, 2006 in instrument 1159078, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($56,446.46), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that certain parcel of land situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, being known and designated as a parcel of land described as commencing 28 rods 10.50 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, thence West 13 rods 11.50 feet, thence South 10 rods 13.50 feet, thence West 14 rods 10 feet, thence North 22 rods 3 feet, thence East 28 rods 5 feet, thence South 11 rods 6 feet to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #109557F02 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting April 10, 2007 All Board members present, Co. Comm. Gibson, one guest. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Postponed May 8 Regular meeting until May 15 due to Election. Election Commission appointed Selby, Stockham, Hilson, Neil to work May 8. Approved payment to Par Plan for insurance. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:35 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Brown, Supervisor 77511746 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan A. Lindsey, a Married Man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in Instrument Number 1143475, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, NA by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One Hundred SixtyFive and 71/100 Dollars ($96,165.71) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, running thence North 89 Degrees 47 Minutes 45 Seconds West 1410.00 feet along the south line of Section 33; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds East 996.00 feet parallel with the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 33 and along the West line of a 66 foot private easement for ingress and egress and utilities in common with others for the true place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 seconds East 332.14 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 320.02 feet parallel with the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 33; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds West 331.51 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 32 Minutes 04 Seconds West 320.01 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights in said easement and subject to extension thereof over the West 66 feet of above described parcel. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511446 File No. 326.1371 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly Hurth, a single person, mortgagor, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, by a mortgage dated November 22, 2002, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on December 17,2002 as document no. 1093854, and assigned by mortgagee to Chemical Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, of 627 E. Main Street, Caledonia, MI 49316, assignee by an assignment dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on March 28, 2007 as document no. 1177979. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $122,287.67, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $116,146.09 at the rate of six and one-half (6.5%) percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 78 and the North 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke’s Lake Shore Plat #1, according to the recorded plat thereof, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan and commonly known as 7344 Noffke Dr., Caledonia, MI 49316. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: April 9, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank, Assignee David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 212 Waters Building 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-6168 77511434 Bike trails at Yankee Springs host time trials by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Anyone driving past the Long Lake area off Yankee Springs Road on Sunday saw the signs, “Bike Event Here.” There were cyclists warming up riding up and down the road as well. The mountain bike trails in the Yankee Springs Recreation area got a real workout on Sunday, April 22 during the time trials. Local cyclists were among the crew that helped run the event. Martin Hall, Tim Curtis, Jim Taggart, Mike Gormley, Mark Allen, Scott Floyd, and Sarah Flegel all assisted with the event. Some of the cyclists who can be seen on area roadways and mountain bike trails participated in the event. Jerry Mathias tabulated the results for the following racers. He says, “It was a great race and a great day for it.” Coming in tenth in the expert men class ages 30-39 was Earl Adams of Caledonia with a time of 51:43. He rides with Kentwood Cycling.CLASS: EXPERT MEN 30-39 Dale Carley came in sixth with a time of 50:34 in the expert class of men 40-49. He rides with the River City Velo Club. Coming 17th in the same division was Dan Jelens who rides for Founders Ale Racing with a time of 54:10. In the sport men 35-39 class Terry Bochenek came in fourth. He is also a River City Velo Club rider with a time of 53:57. In the sport men 45-49 Brad De Jonge came in first with a time of 53:41. He is a Zippy Ditch Rider. Brian Parker came in 11th with a time of 59:25. He is with Banzai Racing. Scott Roerig with the Envision Engineer team came in with a time of 1:02:17. In the sport men ages 50 and over Al Northhous with the Zippy Ditch Riders came in first with a time of 52:39. Mathias also a Zippy Ditch Rider came in 18th with a time of 1:03:32. In the sport men Clydesdale class Rick Plite came in third with a time of 55:55. He is a Founders Ale Racing rider. Coming in 13th was Zippy Ditch Rider Dave Roerig with a time of 1:05:52. Flegel came in second in the sport women 25-39 class with a time of 1:01:5. Going over the course a second in the single speed division Kentwood Cycling rider Earl Adams came in 15th with a time of 53:56. Floyd came in 18th in this division with a time of 54:47. In this event he was riding for Tuesday Night Right. Be a “SPORTS NUT” and keep informed on all the scores and accomplishments of local athletes. Read The BANNER! — NOTICE — To the Qualified Electors of BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Voting Precincts - Barry County, Michigan ASSYRIA TWP 8094 Tasker Rd, Bellevue Assyria Township Hall CASTLETON TWP 915 Reed St, Nashville Castleton Twp Hall JOHNSTOWN TWP 13641 S M-37 Hwy, Dowling Johnstown Township Hall RUTLAND CHARTER TWP 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings Rutland Charter Township Hall BALTIMORE TWP 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings Baltimore Township Hall HASTINGS CHARTER TWP 885 River Rd, Hastings Hastings Charter Twp Hall MAPLE GROVE TWP 721 Durkee St, Nashville Maple Grove Twp Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 1 128 High Street, Middleville Thornapple Twp Emergency Services BARRY TWP PRECINCT 1 Kellogg School Rd, Hickory Corners Fire Station HOPE TWP 5463 S M-43 Hwy, Hastings Hope Township Hall ORANGEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 1A & 1B 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell Orangeville Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 2 200 E Main, Middleville Thornapple Township Hall BARRY TWP PRECINCT 2 155 E Orchard St, Delton Barry Township Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 1 209 State St, Freeport Freeport Village Hall PRAIRIEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 1 10115 S Norris Rd, Delton Prairieville Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 3 100 E Main St, Middleville Middleville Village Hall CARLTON TWP 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings Carlton Township Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 2 3425 Wing Rd, Hastings Irving Township Hall PRAIRIEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 2 11351 Lindsay Rd, Plainwell Pine Lake Fire Department WOODLAND TWP 156 S Main St, Woodland Woodland Township Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP. PRECINCT 1 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville Yankee Springs Twp Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP. PRECINCT 2 1425 S Payne Lake Rd Wayland MI 49348 CITY OF HASTINGS WARDS 1, 2, 3 & 4 232 W Grand St, Hastings Hastings Middle School Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the Election by mail may submit an AV application by 2:00 p.m., May 5, 2007. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the General Election may vote in person in the Township/City Clerk's office up to 4:00 p.m., May 7, 2007. DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO Assyria Township Clerk 7475 Cox Rd., Bellevue MI 49021 Phone (269) 758-4003 PENELOPE YPMA Baltimore Township Clerk 3100 E Dowling Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-3228 DEBRA DEWEY-PERRY Barry Township Clerk 155 E Orchard St, PO Box 705, Delton MI 49046 Phone (269) 623-5171 WILMA DANIELS Carlton Township Clerk 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-5990 LINDA EDDY-HOUGH Hope Township Clerk 5463 S M-43 Hwy., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-2464 SUSAN K. BUTLER Maple Grove Township Clerk 9752 Evart Rd., Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-1859 LORNA WILSON Castleton Township Clerk 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-9479 CAROL ERGANG Irving Township Clerk 3241 Woodschool Rd., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 948-8893 JENNIFER GOY Orangeville Township Clerk 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell MI 49080 Phone (269) 664-4522 JUNE DOSTER Johnstown Township Clerk 1815 Lacey Rd., Dowling MI 49050 Phone (269) 721-9905 NORMAJEAN NICHOLS Prairieville Township Clerk 10115 S Norris Rd., Delton MI 49046 Phone (269) 623-2664 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN Hastings Charter Twp Clerk 885 River Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-9690 Office ROBIN HAWTHORNE Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-2194 SUSAN VLIETSTRA Thornapple Township Clerk 200 E Main St., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-7202 CHERYL ALLEN Woodland Township Clerk 156 S Main, Woodland MI 48897 Phone (269) 367-4915 Office Phone (269) 367-4094 Home JANICE C. LIPPERT Yankee Springs Twp Clerk 284 N Briggs Rd., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-9091 THOMAS EMERY Hastings City Clerk 201 E State St., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-2468 For the purpose of electing members of the Board of Education, Board of Trustees and voting on ballot propositions for the following: JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP PROPOSAL FOR RENEWAL OF FIRE PROTECTION MILLAGE Shall the previously voted increase in the 15 mill tax limitation in Johnstown Township, Barry County, be renewed at 1 mill ($1.00 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) in the years 2007-2009 inclusive for fire protection purposes and shall the township levy such millage during such years, which levy shall raise in the first year an estimated $73,000.00. JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP PROPOSAL FOR RENEWAL OF ROAD IMPROVEMENT MILLAGE Shall the previously voted increase in the 15 mill tax limitation in Johnstown Township, Barry County, be renewed at 1/2 mill ($0.50 per $1,000.00 of taxable value) in the years 2007-2009 inclusive for road improvement purposes and shall the township levy such millage during such years, which levy shall raise in the first year an estimated $38,000.00. BELLEVUE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Maratin Public School, with Barry Ccounty, Michigan is as follows: ERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, 1819 E Milham Avenue, Portage, Michigan 49002, telephone: (269) 385-1500. KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Trustees - Three 6 year terms By Orangeville Township: Date: March 20, 2007 LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,255,000 MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Bellevue Community Schools, 201 West Street, Bellevue, Michigan 49021, telephone (269) 763-9432. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Caledonia Community Schools, 9753 Duncan Lake Road, Caledonia, Michigan 49316, telephone: (616) 891-8185. DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 18 MILLS FOR THE YEAR 2007 Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Delton Kellogg Schools, 327 North Grove Street, Delton, Michigan 49046, telephone:(269) 623-9246. GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Trustees - Two 6 year terms GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE .56 MILL INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503, telephone:(616) 234-3908. 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503 GULL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms GULL LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 3.25 MILLS FOR 3 YEARS Full text of the ballot proposals may be obtained at the administrative offices of Martin Public Schools, 1619 University Street, Martin, Michigan 49070-0241, telephone: (269) 672-7194. PENNFIELD SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms By Baltimore Township: By Barry Township: By Hope Township: By Johnstown Township: By Orangeville Township: By Prairieville Township: By Yankee Sp. Township: Date: March 20, 2007 .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2025 2.00 mills 2.00 mills 1.00 mills 1.00 mills 2007 2007 2007 2007 1.50 mills .9087 mills .8174 mills .8174 mills .5 mills 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of March 20, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Grand Rapids Community College, with Barry County, Michigan is as follows: THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms THORNAPPLE KELLOGG SCHOOL GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,415,000 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Thornapple Kellogg School, 10051 Green Lake Road, Middleville, Michigan 49333 telephone:(269) 795-3313. By Barry County: By Carlton Township: By Irving Township: By Orangeville Township: By Rutland Charter Twp: By Thornapple Township: WAYLAND UNION SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of March 20, 2007 the reecord of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Bellevue Community Schools, with Barry, Eaton and Calhoun Counties, Michigan is as follows: By Assyria Township: By Maple Grove Township: Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit NONE Fire Police Road Fire/Cem NONE Roads Roads Police Fire Additional Fire NONE Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barru County PLAINWELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term Board of Education - One partial term ending 6/30/2008 By Barry County: 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 2007-2008 I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of March 20, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Delton Kellogg Schools, with Barry County, Michigan is as follows: By Barry County: MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ALLEGAN AND BARRY COUNTIES, MICHIGAN OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 18 MILLS FOR 5 YEARS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 1.50 mills Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County MARTIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education - One 4 year term CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOuNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $30,500,000 Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit Roads LAKEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Board of Education - One partial term ending 6/30/2008 BELLEVUE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OPERATING MILLAGE PROPOSAL EXEMPTING PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE, QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY AND QUALIFIED FOREST PROPERTY 3 MILLS FOR 8 YEARS FOR HEADLEE RESTORATION PURPOSES, AS NECESSARY CALEDONIA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms Board of Education - One Partial Term ending 6/30/2008 By Barry County: Comm on Aging .50 mills 2007-2014 911 1.00 mills 2007-2009 Thornapple Manor .21 mills 2007-2025 Transit .25 mills 2007-2014 NONE road 1.00 mills 2007 Library .50 mills 2007 Fire/Ambulance 1.00 mills 2007 18 mills (exemption principal residencce and Qualified agricultural property), 2007 to 2014 inclusive. HASTINGS AREA SCHOOLS Board of Education - Two 4 year terms By the School District: KALAMAZOO REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AGENCY GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $29,280,000 Date: March 20, 2007 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GEN- I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby ceritfy that as of March 20, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County By Yankee Sp Township: Date: March 20, 2007 Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit Fire Library Fire Library Road Fire Library Emergency Ser Emer Ser Fac NONE .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 1.50 mills .50 mills 1.50 mills .50 mills .150 mills 1.50 mills 1.60 mills 1.50 mills 1.4168 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2025 1007-2008 2007-2016 2007-2008 2007-2016 2007-2008 2007-2010 2007-2009 2007-2008 2007-2013 Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of March 20, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Gull lake Community Schools, with Barry County, Michigan is as follows: By Barry County: By Barry Township: By Johnstown Township: By Prairieville Township: Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit Fire Police NONE Roads Police Fire Additional Fire .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 2.00 mills 2.00 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 2007 2007 .9087 mills .8174 mills .8174 mills .5 mills 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 Dated: March 20, 2007 Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County 77511684 �Page 12 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 26, 2007 to May 11, 2007. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2007. 7511578 HOPE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SAM’S LANDING ASSOCIATION SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT April 23, 2007 Meeting called to order at 7:05 by Supervisor Rook. All board members present with the exception of Bob Perino. Also present Scott Daniels from Wyoming Asphalt, Attorney John Lohrstorfer and 7 guests. Pledge of Allegiance. Scott Daniels from Wyoming asphalt presented board and residents with an explanation of timeline for the surfacing coarse. Residents who wish may have driveways paved at time of asphalting. John Lohrstofer reported assessment fees in the amount of $53,000 with a 5% interest fee along with township charge of $5,000 for a 5 year period. Each property will be charged approximately $250.00 yearly per parcel. No objections were voiced from residents present to the special assessment. Motion Ribble, support Goy to proceed with Sam’s Landing Special Assessment District for Torsten, Princess, and Sam’s Landing. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ribble, support Goy to conduct special assessment roll hearing on May 14, 2007. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Goy, support Ribble to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:30. Unapproved minutes. 77511834 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Hope Township Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing upon the following proposed amendments to the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance on Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hope Township Hall on M-43 between Schultz and Head Lake Roads within Hope Township. SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING APRIL 11, 2007 - 7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr and approximately 200 guests. Approved the agenda as amended. Minutes of the March 14, 2007 Regular Board Meeting approved. Minutes of the April 2, 2007 Special Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for March accepted. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer’s report for March accepted by voice vote. Adopted Ordinance #2007-122, Rezoning for various parcels to Mixed Use District by roll call vote. Retained Attorney Rolfe as the Township Attorney of Record. Sent Ordinance #2005-109 to the Planning Commission for review. Approved the expenditure of $6,500 for a traffic study on Green Street. Accepted first reading of Ordinance 2007-123, Rezoning of a parcel to Mixed Use District by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor www.rutlandtownship.org 77511772 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24748-NC In the matter of Kaitlyn Ann Hogancamp. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at 2:45 p.m. at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge Wm. M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: ON THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF: Kaitlyn Ann Hogancamp to Kaitlyn Ann Lipscomb. This change of name is not sought for fraudulent intent. Date: 3-20-07 Amy J. Lipscomb 391 Grand Rapids St. Middleville, MI 49333 77511782 269-795-9064 The item(s) to be considered at the public hearing consist of the following: 1. The proposed amendment of Section 4.0.C of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the standards for special exception use permit approval. 2. The proposed amendment of subsection E of Section 13.6 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance pertaining to construction requirements for fences, walls and screens. 3. The proposed amendment of Section 2.1 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance so as to add definitions for “Government Sign” and “Community Service Identification Sign”. 4. The proposed amendment of Section 9.1 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance so as to add new subsections “H” and “I” allowing, respectively, Government Signs as a permitted use in all zoning districts and Community Service Identification Signs as a special exception use in all zoning districts. Written comments will be received from any interested persons concerning the foregoing by the Hope Township Clerk at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours up to the date of the hearing and may further be received by the Planning Commission at the hearing. The Hope Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above-mentioned proposed amendments at or following the public hearing. CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 416 The undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Hastings, Michigan, does hereby certify that Ordinance No. 416: “TO AMEND CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE II OF THE HASTINGS CODE OF 1970, AS AMENDED, REGARDING ADULT BUSINESSES” was adopted by the City Council of the City of Hastings, at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 23rd day of April 2006. A complete copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. Hope Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Hope Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Hope Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. 77511842 Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk HOPE TOWNSHIP 5463 S. M-43 Highway Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2464 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing/regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination on the creation of an Industrial Development District of parcel number 08-55-255-034-00 at 1004 East State Street, Hastings, as permitted by Public Act 198 of 1974, as amended. For additional information about this potential Industrial Development District contact the Community Development Director at 269.945.2468 or at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77511828 NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP MASTER LAND USE PLAN PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland is considering the following amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan, as required under the provisions of the Township Planning Act and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. Est. 1839 The items to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: 2. 3. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 10 for approximately ninety (90) acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 10, along M-37: RUTLAND TWP NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC 10 T3N R9W. ALSO, E 1/2 SW 1/4 SEC 10 S OF HWY M-37 EX THE S 660.73 FT THERE OF ALSO COM AT INTERSEC OF M-37 AND E & W 1/4 LI SEC 10, WHICH LIES N 2639.96 FT AND W 3456.57 FT FROM SE COR SEC 10, TH S 89 DEG 37’ W 534.03 FT ALONG SD 1/4 LINE, TH N 27 DEG 36’ E 250.64 FT TO CEN M-37, TH S 62 DEG 24’ E 471.65 FT TO BEG, located at or near North M-37 Hwy/ Scenic Trail from “CR” Country Residential to “MDR” Medium Density Residential. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 11 for Parcel Nos. 08-13-011-017-00 & 08-13-011-018-10 located at or near North M-37 Hwy/Heath Road from “MDR” Medium Density Residential to “MUD” Mixed Use District. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, an dmay further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Zoning Ordinance is available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. 77511825 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Barry County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the Barry County Address Ordinance (#97-01 of 1997). The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. during the Board of Commissioners meeting on May 8, 2007 at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI. Copies of the proposed amendments are available at the Barry County Clerk’s Office. Please contact Barry County Administration at 269-945-1284 with any additional questions. 77511583 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings City Council will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 201 E. State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 to make a determination on the necessity of the special assessment district for downtown parking maintenance and improvements for 2007 and to review the special assessment roll proposed for the district. TOWNSHIP OF YANKEE SPRINGS BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE ADOPTION To: The residents and property owners of the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at a meeting held on April 12, 2007, the Township Board adopted Ordinance Nos. 04-01-07 and 0402-07, which amends the Township Zoning Ordinance. A summary of the ordinances appear as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 04-01-07 Rezoning of Property This section provides that properSection I ty located at 1900 Patterson Road and the corner of Bass Road, Parcel No. 006-003-00, within the Township is rezoned from Rural-AG to Industrial District classification Section II REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance takes effect 8 days following publication and takes repeals ordinances in conflict herewith. ORDINANCE NO. 04-02-07 Section I Rezoning of Property This section provides that property on Gun Lake Road east of Beatrice, Parcel No. 028-005-00, within the Township is rezoned from a Rural-AG zoning classification to Residential Single Family zoning classification. Section II Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances and Effective Date This ordinance takes effect 8 days following publication. All ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed. YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP Jan Lippert, Clerk 284 North Briggs Road Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-9091 77511817 Information on the above public hearing and minutes of said hearing will be available at the Office of the City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice the Hastings City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, or by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay service 800.649.3777. 77511830 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk The Barry County Buildings and Grounds Department is accepting applications for a Custodial/Maintenance Worker. This position works under the direction of the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor, performs all the duties of a Custodian, and also performs repair tasks such as replacing ballasts and switches, fixing plumbing leaks and related tasks. Assists in building projects, assembling furniture, painting, and other projects. Performs grounds maintenance tasks such as mowing grass and removing snow. High school graduate or equivalent, prefer some trades skills training. One year of prior custodial and maintenance experience. Send Resume to: Tim Neeb, Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Barry County Buildings and Grounds 220 W. State Street Hastings, MI 49058 02669578 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058-9665 (269) 948-2194 77508676 At the conclusion of the hearing the Council may adopt, annul, or amend the Special Assessment Roll. If the Roll is adopted or amended, the Special Assessment will be placed on the Summer 2005 tax levy. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item to be considered includes, in brief, the following: 1. The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held April 24, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77511832 Anyone interested in reviewing the proposed Zoning Ordinance amendments and/or the existing Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Plan pertinent to the above may examine a copy of the same at the Hope Township Hall during regular business hours of regular business days hereafter until the time of the hearing and may further examine the same at the public hearing. NOTICE �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 13 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald G. Roach, a single man and Gary L. Roach, a single man, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2002 and recorded February 27, 2002 in Instrument Number 1075598, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 18/100 Dollars ($54,208.18) including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 17, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assryia, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 200 feet of the West 1000 feet of the North 200 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0525 77511622 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Amy Makley and Robert Makley, Wife and Husband as tenants by the entirety, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor by merger with Bank One, N.A., Mortgagee, dated March 15, 2005 and recorded April 1, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144137, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve and 33/100 Dollars ($26,712.33) including interest at 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 52, 53, 54 and 55 of Melody Acres according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 577, Page 497. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 224.2732 77511451 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-8-2007 - Cindy L. Burke. Location: 6350 Huff Rd., in Section 32 of Assyria Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a dog kennel. Case Number SP-9-2006 - James & Lori Olmstead. Location: 5710 Greggs Crossing Rd. in Section 31 of Castleton Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a sawmill. Meeting Date: May 14, 2007. Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.), Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie S. Smith, 77511793 Barry County Clerk FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, as Document Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage dated February 12, 2007 and recorded on February 20, 2007 as Document Number: 1176561, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Dollars and 17/100 ($83,260.17) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00284 7511979 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement dated August 5, 2005 recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 20042 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorneyin-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyFive Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two and 71/100 Dollars ($155,552.71) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511456 File No. 244.3023 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah J. MacDonald who acquired title as Deborah J. Fassett, single, original mortgagor(s), to Associates Home Equity Services, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2000, and recorded on October 4, 2000 in instrument 1050295, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 68/100 Dollars ($113,415.68), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence North 782 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 1320 feet to the East section line; thence North 373 feet, more or less to the North line of the South 35 acres of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence West 1320 feet; thence South 373 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. — NOTICE — Notice is hereby given that the Regular Monthly Meeting of the Board of Hastings Charter Township will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 instead of May 8 which is Election Day. 77511742 — NOTICE — The meeting time for the regular Barry County Road Commission meetings has been changed from 8:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. until November 1, 2007. The meetings will be held at the Barry County Road Commission office 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings. 77511717 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #102824F04 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed item to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded September 8, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169741, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 64/100 Dollars ($128,686.64) including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, thence West 280.5 feet along the North line of said Section 16; thence South 330.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to Place of Beginning; thence South 330.00 feet; thence West 396.00 feet; thence North 330 feet; thence East 396.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Together and subject to a private easement for ingress and egress and public utility purposes over a strip of land 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as: beginning at a point on the South line of said Section 16 distant West 643.5 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 16; thence South 660.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to the end of said described centerline. Being the same property conveyed to Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife by deed dated 10-8-03 and recorded 10-30-03 in Instrument 1116719, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511462 File No. 402.0308 1. Special Use Permit Application to allow a church on the property located at 1240 West State Road, Hastings, Parcel #08-13-012-025-00 and is currently zoned RE, Rural Estates Residential District. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.703 requires a Special Use Permit for this request. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission at said public hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township Clerk by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77511836 Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the supervisor and/or the assessing officer of the Township have filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination, a special assessment roll covering all properties located within the Sam’s Landing Association Special Assessment District No. 201. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion to the costs of the improvements and work incidental thereto against all properties benefited by said project as shown on the plans on file with the Township Clerk at 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, which assessment is in the amount of $53,000.00 assessed, which is approximately $1,262.00 per parcel or approximately $255 per year for five years. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the assessing officer has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said District is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said District as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit of land in said District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Township Hall within the Township on May 14, 2007, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said special assessment roll and hearing any objections thereto. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at the hearing held to confirm the special assessment roll is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Barry-Eaton District Board of Health will hold a second public hearing on Monday, May 7, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. at the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, Hastings office. 330 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI. The purpose of the hearing is to allow public input on a proposed regulation for Barry & Eaton counties for the evaluation and maintenance of onsite sewage systems and on-site water supplies: • at the time of sale or property transfer; • at time of property alteration; and • annually, if an alternative sewage system. This regulation would take effect on or about October 1, 2007. The full regulation may be viewed at the Health Department offices in Charlotte or Hastings or online at www.barryeatonhealth.org. An owner or party in interest or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon five (5) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. For persons who do not want to travel to Hastings to attend in person, video conferencing will be provided at the Charlotte office at 6:30 p.m. on May 7, 2007 (1033 Health Care Drive, Charlotte). SHOULD ANY PERSON ATTENDING THIS HEARING REQUIRE SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE THREE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING (517) 541-2671 77511815 77511838 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 �Page 14 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel D. Inderlied, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2005, and recorded on September 15, 2005 in instrument 1152864, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen And 15/100 Dollars ($80,418.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 32 and the South 1/2 of Lot No. 33 of Daisy Hill Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 28. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #137650F01 77511404 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Kemper, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 25, 2005, and recorded on March 28, 2005 in instrument 1143297, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Seventy And 14/100 Dollars ($103,070.14), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block C, Chas. H. Bauers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 57, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138021F01 77511426 60 60 60 If you see our 60 60 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2005, and recorded on July 1, 2005 in instrument 1148871, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand One Hundred FiftyThree And 49/100 Dollars ($99,153.49), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 10 of the Village of Woodland, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, being a Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Subject to Easments, Reservations and Limitations of Record, if Any The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136953F01 77511226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Three Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($375,309.50), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #088559F02 77511481 60 60 “Grandma Jean” 60 (Jean Long) on April 27, wish her a 60 Happy 60th Birthday xoxo 60 Jackson & Hayden Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rene A. Swift and Stephen P. Swift, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated February 3, 2000, and recorded on February 10, 2000 in instrument 1041042, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1F as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Four And 27/100 Dollars ($155,734.27), including interest at 11.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 34 of Supervisor Glasgow's Addition to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 3, thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes East 273.86 feet along the West line of said Lot 34; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East, 406.45 feet to the East line of said Lot; thence South 04 degrees 13 minutes West, 140.22 feet along said East line; thence South 12 degrees 15 minutes West 136.80 feet along said East line to the South line of said Lot; thence North 89 degrees 30 minutes West 368.00 feet along said South line to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138792F01 77511587 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Four And 69/100 Dollars ($204,404.69), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122459F04 77511414 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrea Hudson, a married woman and Glen Hudson Jr., her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 26, 2004 and recorded September 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1133399, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Six and 48/100 Dollars ($156,176.48) including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 3, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: Beginning at the West one-quarter post of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence East 330.00 feet along the East and West onequarter line of Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds West, 667.25 feet parallel with the West line of the Southwest fractional onequarter; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 19 seconds East, 330.00 feet parallel with the South line of the Northwest fractional one-quarter of said Southwest fractional one-quarter Section 19 to said West line; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 07 seconds East, 666.80 feet along said West line to the Place of Beginning. Reserving the Westerly 33.00 feet and the Northerly 33.00 feet for road right of way purposes. Being the same property conveyed to Glen Hudson, Jr. and Andrea Hudson, husband and wife by deed dated 1/7/97 and recorded 2/17/98 in Instrument 1007668, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3797 77511231 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack L. Hewitt, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 27, 2003, and recorded on July 9, 2003 in instrument 1108117, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Seven And 70/100 Dollars ($106,707.70), including interest at 4.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lot 242 of Al-Gon-Quin Lake Resort Properties, Unit Number 2, according to the recorded plat thereof; and that part of Lot 241 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 241 and 242 of said plat on Old M-37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Southeasterly on the line of Lot 241 a distance of 40 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line 100 feet; thence North 41 degrees 43 minutes West on the Lot line 40 feet to the place of beginning; also that part of Lot 243 of said plat described as: commencing at the corner common to Lots 242 and 243 of said plat on Old M37 for a place of beginning; thence Northeasterly on the Lot line 100 feet; thence Northwesterly on the Lot line a distance of 30 feet; thence Southwesterly parallel to the Lot line a distance of 100 feet; thence South 41 degrees 43 minutes East on the Lot line 30 feet to the place of beginning Parcel 2: Lot 270 and the Northwest 1/2 of Lot 271 of Algonquin Resort Properties Unit Number 2 according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 63 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #073930F03 77511236 60 60 WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS 77511795 60 60 M66 Tire M37 Tire 60 60 7775 Saddlebag Lake Rd. (M-66) – Lake Odessa 60 60 South M-37 (Formerly Cappons) - Hastings 616-374-1200 269-945-6296 77511821 Kirt Petersen Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 77511804 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Anthony Jon Norris, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167559, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustt for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF14, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF14 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Seven And 56/100 Dollars ($183,797.56), including interest at 9.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 and the North 1/2 of Lot 22 of the Plat of Fairhaven, according to the recorded thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 45, excepting that part thereof described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 21: thence North 89 degrees 56 minutes 33 seconds West (recorded North 89 degrees 56 minutes west) 28.00 feet along the North Line of Lot 21; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 181.66 feet to the South Line of the North 1/2 of Lot 22; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 08 seconds East 28.00 feet along said South line to the East line of Lot 22; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 181.56 feet (recorded 181.53) feet along the East line of Lots 22 and 21 respectively to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511179 File #136522F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Yarrington, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Broadmoor Financial Services, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 1999, and recorded on April 29, 1999 in instrument 1028855, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Six And 04/100 Dollars ($106,496.04), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the southeast 1/4 of section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west, described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2644.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 ; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 870.0 feet along the north line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 447.28 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 433.14 feet; thence south 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds east 75.0 feet; thence south 01 degrees 26 minutes 11 seconds west 75.0 feet; thence north 88 degrees 40 minutes 17 seconds west 522.91 feet along the north line of the south 812.31 feet of the north 1/2 of said southeast 1/4; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 508.71 feet to the place of beginning. subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purpose over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of which is described as: commencing at the south 1/4 corner of said section 23, town 4 north, range 9 west; thence north 01 degrees 30 minutes 26 seconds east 2285.26 feet along the west line of said southeast 1/4 to the place of beginning of said easement; thence south 88 degrees 35 minutes 54 seconds east 298.0 feet along the south line of the north 359 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence south 80 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds east 225.87 feet; thence north 70 degrees 51 minutes 30 seconds east 372.50 feet to the east line of the west 870 feet of said southeast 1/4; thence north 63 degrees 09 minutes 29 seconds east 262.35 feet; thence north 75 degrees 56 minutes 41 seconds east 444.72 feet to the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #048344F04 77511215 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 15 Family of fallen soldier seeks aid for Iraqi, Afghan children The Hastings family of the late Craig Cherry, who died in Afghanistan Aug. 7, 2004 while serving with the Army National Guard, has joined with Operation Iraqi Children to create local drop off points for gathering school supplies to be shipped to children in Iraq and Afghanistan. Craig’s children, Daniel and Kaitlyn Cherry, of Hastings, will be talking with classmates, encouraging them and their families to donate what they can to the project. Three local drop-off points have been setup. The program assists soldiers in helping children in those two war-torn countries. And it offers a way for concerned Americans to reach out to Iraqi kids and help support American soldiers' efforts to assist the Iraqi people. Area people are asked to donate any of the following items. Each school kit needs: Daniel and Kaitlyn Cherry of Hastings are pictured here with their father, Craig Cherry, shortly before he was killed serving with the Army National Guard in Afghanistan in 2004. Daniel and Kaitlyn now are involved in helping to seek donated school supplies for the children in Iraq and Afghanistan. • One pair of blunt-end scissors. • One 12-inch ruler with metric units. • Twelve new #2 lead pencils with erasers. • Small pencil sharpener. • One large eraser. • One box of colored pencils. • One package of notebook paper. • One composition book. • Three folders with inside pockets. • One zippered pencil bag. • One two-gallon Ziploc seal plastic bag. Area people who can’t offer a full school kit may donate any of the items they can. Craig’s family members will organize and complete kits as needed and handle the delivery to the Kansas City distribution center for shipment to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan for distribution by soldiers. The local drop off points are Hastings Antiques, 142 E. State St., downtown Hastings; Ellie Norton’s at 1498 Fairview Drive, Hastings (across from the fairgrounds on M-37); and Pufpaff’s Fiber Processing, 5038 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville. “We ask for the communities help in getting much needed school supplies for our troops to distribute,” said Jill Turner, Craig’s mother. “Although this will be an ongoing project, we would like to make the first delivery to Kansas City the end of May.” People who have questions or would like to help may call Jill Turner at 269-948-9825. During and after Operation Iraqi Freedom, American soldiers passing through Iraqi villages were horrified at the squalor of Iraqi schools, which had been severely neglected under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Corralled in sweltering one-room buildings without air conditioning, fans, windows, solid floors, or even toilets, Iraqi students lack even the rudimentary supplies that American children take for granted. Libraries and books are almost nonexistent. Without these basic tools of education, Iraqi children face an uphill struggle to learn. "Imagine sending your child to a school in which there are virtually no books, no pencils, no paper, no blackboards," says author Laura Hillenbrand. "This is the reality for Iraqi children. The future of the Iraqi nation is being squandered for lack of basic school supplies." Hillenbrand, author of “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” and actor Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13) founded Operation Iraqi Children in March 2004 to enable Americans to send School Supply Kits to Iraqi children. Moved by the plight of these children, many American soldiers have taken it upon themselves to help. Working in small groups on their days off, soldiers gather supplies sent by family members, friends, and various groups and take them to villages, sometimes coming under fire as they work to reconstruct the schools and deliver learning tools to Iraqi kids. Their efforts have met with immense gratitude from local Iraqis and their children, who now have access to the basic tools of Present O N C E U P O N A MA T T R E S S April 26, 27, 28 at 7PM and Sunday, April 29 at 2PM at Central Elementary Auditorium 02669191 Music by Mary Rodgers Lyrics by Marshall Barer Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer Tickets are $5 for students, senior citizens, children and $7 for adults education for the first time in their lives. "I have seen Iraqi kids climbing on our soldiers and hugging them and kissing them," remembers Sinise, who accompanied Army soldiers to a dilapidated school they were rebuilding. "I have seen their smiling faces and their attempts to say 'I love you' in broken English. The folks I saw had hope in their eyes and gratitude in their hearts for what was done for them." Unfortunately, the need for help is so great and widespread, encompassing some 1,500 schools, that our soldiers' efforts cannot possibly answer the entire problem. The situation is critical, according to a press release from Operation Iraqi Children. "The future of Iraq lies in the education of its children," says Hillenbrand. "We owe it to them, and to the hundreds of American men and women who gave their lives to bring them freedom, to give these children the basic tools of learning." Sinise, Hillenbrand and the organizers of Operation Iraqi Children believe that the benefits of this program will reach far beyond the recipients of the supplies. By bringing Americans and Iraqis together and demonstrating American devotion to the welfare of the Iraqi people, the program can foster understanding between America and Iraq and generate goodwill between Iraqis and American soldiers. "Every time a box of school supplies is American soldiers distribute school supplies to Iraqi children. delivered by our troops it will be another small victory for them in helping win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis," says Sinise. "It is a beautiful way to begin a relationship with the future leaders of Iraq. They have been forgotten for so long. Now there is a chance for them." Hastings grad, Turkish wife inform classes Former Hastings area resident and Hastings High School graduate Jason Windes and his wife, Beste, spent Tuesday and Wednesday seventh grade classes at the middle school sharing information about life in Turkey. Windes spent three years living and teaching in Istanbul, where he met Beste. Students had a chance to hear traditional and modern music, pictures and videos, and hear them talk about life in Turkey. Beste, who is from Istanbul, a city of 16 million people and the cultural and historical center of the country, informed the students about life in the modern city, including night life, transportation, shopping and student life for young Turks. Jason described the rich cultural history of the country, including the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires and early Christian history. hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci Presented by special arrangement with Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. To register please contact Melissa at Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, P.C. Phone: 800-596-1005 269-945-1696 Email: melissar@hoc-mi.com Session 1 June 18th—21st 25th-28th —21st &&25th-28th Session 2 July 16th-19th & 23rd-26th Ages 10yrs-13yrs 14yrs-18yrs Times 5:00-6:00pm 6:30-7:30pm $50 per session PO Box 290 PO Cook Box 290 840 Road, 840Hastings, Cook Road, MI Hastings, MI 49058 49058 (269) 945-9520 (269) 945-9520 800-596-1005 800-596-1005 Kenneth S. Merriman, MD Eric S. Leep, DO L. Horton, KennethJames S. Merriman, MDJr., DO Eric S. Leep, DO James L. Horton, Jr., DO Improve speed, power, coordination, body awareness and explosive strength? The purpose of this camp is to help athletes and anyone interested in fitness or sports to improve performance and reduce injury. Every athlete knows success is achieved as a result of hard work and dedication. Improvements in speed, agility, strength, and coordination can often make the difference between success and failure in athletics. Our camp includes various drills and circuits focusing on these key factors. Camp SPEED helps athletes achieve their maximum potential in a safe efficient environment. Camp S.P.E.E.D will be held at the Hastings High School Track and Field. * Registration fee includes t-shirt,& water bottle * 06649493 �Page 16 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner SATTERLEE, continued from page 1 mize the human cost of savings, school officials need to assess where they overspend and try to attract more students. Satterlee said if there was a major loss of revenue, he would try to stay away from directly affecting students when looking at the budget. “You stay as far away from kids as you possibly can,” he said about cutback decisions. To reduce or contain costs, Satterlee said he worked to increase revenue and partner with another school. He also said programs have grown since he has been to Pittsford. He said to compensate all employees from the top down, he uses a formula guided by enrollment or foundation allowance. He also said he believes his current school board would rate his financial ability as high. To maintain curriculum consistency and keep the identity of all five elementary schools, Satterlee said he would provide opportunities for interested parties to discuss how they are doing at the schools. “It’s pretty simple what the state wants us to do curriculum wise,” he said. Posters promote protection of the Earth Poster displays graced the Barry County courthouse April 22-28 for County Government Week with its theme "Protecting the Environment." Shown here is Liz Lapekes of the County Clerk's office with posters contributed by grades K-5 at DeltonKellogg Elementaryl. The school celebrates Earth Day and Arbor Day one week each year with a tree planting event and lessons, posters and activities to raise awareness about the importance of trees in our environment. Retired DK teacher Margery Martin buys 750 white spruce seedlings each year to distribute to DK students in celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day. Martin also was instrumental in organizing the courthouse poster display. Also participating in the poster display was a pre-K class from Barry County Christian School, who took part in a tree planting ceremony at the school Tuesday, April 24. (Photo couresy Joanne Barnard) Jump into Summer! Get a job with Kelly Services! Join the Kelly Staff for a "Beach Party" Job Fair Monday, April 30th 1 p.m.-7 p.m. at Kelly Services We will be interviewing for top industrial companies. Satterlee said if there was a problem with one of the schools, he would talk to teachers to figure out what the problem is and how it needs to be fixed. The prospective new superintendent said he also has experience with innovative ways of teaching dealing with technology to reduce costs. “I think it’s successful if you’re the host site,” he said. Satterlee said he encourages dual enrollment if students are taking classes that go beyond the scope of the high school curriculum. He also said that to serve all children, he has worked with technological and vocational training and worked to keep students involved in school. To evaluate programs, Satterlee said he looks at standardized test scores, and he evaluates whether the teachers are engaging in active teaching. “Are the kids learning is what I’m looking for when I got in there,” he said. To stay involved in educational issues and the state and federal level, Satterlee said he talks to his state representative, attends superintendent meetings, talks to colleagues and keeps up with the news. Inter-district collaborations are important to Satterlee. He said his current district shares a bus barn with another district, and several districts use the same electrician for a block rate. “You try to gather nickels and dimes to get dollars,” he said. To prepare students for the future, Satterlee said they need to be educated in Spanish, technology and solid basics. He said students also need to learn to be life-long learners and be enrolled in a physical education program. Satterlee said his current board would rate his curriculum knowledge as high. Satterlee said during a hiring process, he would consult with people in the buildings, as well as parents. For teachers, administrators would bring their choices to him for the final decision. When dealing with close friendships and cliques among the staff, Satterlee said he would assess the situation and talk to the affected parties about creating more opportunities to interact with others. Satterlee said he does not have a relationship with his PTOs unless they request his participation. He instead leaves that involvement to building administrators. Satterlee said he believes most community members would rate him as a seven or eight as providing the best education for their chil- New Parks and Rec Board elects officers by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The new officers of the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board were elected to office at that organization’s April 19 meeting. Rick Moore was elected chairman, Ryan Taggart vice chairman and Debbie Jensen was elected secretary. The board in its entirety will consist of 10 members, comprised of six members from a list of 24 “Stakeholders,” one county commissioner, two citizens at large and one member from the Barry County Charlton Park Village and Museum Board. MANPOWER of Hastings is currently accepting applications for a 1st shift position in the Freeport area. Will be working on the tooling side of plant running various machinery (Grinders, Sanders, CNC’s, Pipe Benders, Drill Presses and Lathes). May also be packing and doing clean-up work. Previous production experience is required. Prefer someone with some kind of machine operation experience. Pay rate will start at $9.00. An updated resume is required for consideration. For more information contact: MANPOWER (S.W. corner of Columbia & Helmer Rd.) 77511844 77511994 269-948-3000 EOE Introducing the first annual In Loving Memory of JASON ROSE 7-26-78 to 4-25-04 HASTINGS VARSITY BASEBALL/ SCMYB PLAYER CLINIC Saturday, May 5 at the High School Softball Field U12 clinic is 9am - 11 am U10 clinic is 12pm - 2 pm This clinic is designed for youth in the U10 & U12 divisions. Ages 8-12. When our Lord took you home, He knew you wouldn’t be alone. For all your loved ones from before, would greet you at the golden doors. All of us you left behind, will someday be with you; you’ll find. Our grief and sadness hasn’t passed, our loneliness will always last. Your family keeps you in their hearts, your son has known you from the start. You’re in his prayers every night, your pictures always in his sight. So we’ll hang in there til the day, we come home with you - home to stay. Pre-registration is preferred. Cost is $10.00 per youth and includes a t-shirt and 2 hours of hands-on coaching provided by the Hastings Varsity Baseball coaches and players. Rain or shine – In case of rain the clinic will move inside We love and miss you every day… Mindy, J.C., the Rose and Schaubel families and all your friends. Please pre-register at www.scmyb.com. 02669719 02669374 Satterlee’s other professional experience includes acting as a high school assistant principal, history teacher, sixth grade teacher, permanent substitute, substitute and student teacher. His educational background includes a bachelor of science degree in history and political science from Central Michigan University, driver education certification, middle school endorsement and master’s degree in educational leadership. He said he hopes to pursue his doctorate in the future. Dean currently is the superintendent at Litchfield Community Schools in Litchfield. In that position, she also acts as the kindergarten through fifth grade principal. Dean’s responsibilities include curriculum director, staff development coordinator and grant writer as well. Dean’s professional experience also includes special education implementor, curriculum coordinator, elementary and high school principal, young five through fifth grade teacher, speech and language consultant and auditory technician. Her educational background includes a bachelor of science in hearing and speech science from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Western Michigan University. She also has her Michigan Elementary Administrators Certification, Michigan Central Office certification and Michigan continuing certification for speech therapy K-12, all subjects seventh and eighth grades, and elementary endorsement K-6. Raab is currently the interim superintendent at Dundee Community Schools. His responsibilities in that position include working with administrators, teachers and support staff, hiring an elementary school principal and part-time curriculum director, and improving student achievement. Raab’s other professional experience includes serving as the superintendent of Elkton, Pigeon, Bay Port Laker Schools, the superintendent of Posen Consolidated Schools, a middle school principal, a community education director, curriculum director, a childcare coordinator and an elementary school principal. His educational experience includes a bachelor of arts degree from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from Central Michigan University. His certification includes AP Superintendent, AE elementary administrator and AC central office administrator. He has endorsements in teaching all studies K-8 and seventh through ninth grade social studies and English. PRODUCTION WORKER: 2245 W. Columbia Ave. Battle Creek EOE dren. “I think most of the community likes me, however, any time you do your job you’re going to upset somebody,” he said. He also said most teachers and staff would describe his as, “what you see is what you get.” He said they also would describe him as honest, organized, humorous and outgoing. When it comes to dealing with a divided board, Satterlee said board members should not go to a meeting until they have had a chance to work on an issue. He said if the board cannot reach a consensus, he has failed to do his job. He said board members need to have a united front and, “we need to be all on the same page.” When dealing with the community, Satterlee said he tries to work as a mediator and listen to people. He said when dealing with pressure groups, he listens to each side and tries to be understanding before tackling the issue. Satterlee said he does not care for outsourcing, but if it is necessary, he looks at what is being outsourced and the impact it will have on students. He said he would help the board make decisions about privatization by looking at how it would affect buildings and the community. “You have to look beyond the end of your nose to see if it’s really worthwhile,” he said. Satterlee said if the board instructed him to do something with which he did not agree, he would explain his position to the board hoping they would see his side, and “the bottom line is it’s a directive, and you follow a directive.” He said his current board would rate his leadership highly, and that he hopes he was a good mentor. To procure extra funds for the district, Satterlee said he has worked to get grants and exhaust all the opportunities available to him. He said to reduce any disadvantage free and reduced meals placed on children he would be supportive of them and make sure “the environment at school has to be welcoming to those kids. We have to let them know we care about them and their education.” Satterlee said in his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, hunting and University of Michigan football games. He said Hastings is his ultimate career goal. “Professionally, Hastings is where I want to be,” he said. “I think Hastings affords the opportunity to finish my career here.” Satterlee’s current responsibilities have included working with budgetary, curriculum and personnel selection, implementation of the Student Responsibility Center and being a building administrator. For additional information or to register by phone please call Mark at 269-948-0506 New officers on the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board met with members of the Barry County Board of Commissioners this week at McKeown Bridge in Barry County. Pictured (from left) are Ryan Taggart, vice chairman; Rick Moore, chairman; County Commissioner Keith Ferris; Debbie Jensen, secretary, and County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick. 8740 Lawrence Rd, Nashville Open House April 29th 12-4 2 acre, 4 bed, 2 bath, fireplace, central air, 2 car garage, 24x32 pole barn w/ wood burner $169,500 call (517) 852-0250 Happy 06649905 noticed were not unique to Hastings and mentioned the difficulty in balancing state mandates while working with young children. He said to move the district forward, he would work with people and get as many as possible involved. Satterlee said his own school has grown since he has been there, partially because of staffing and the athletic program. He said school staff also have encouraged students to return to school to graduate. “If they’re uneducated, then they’re unlikely to be a positive resource to the community,” he said. Satterlee said he noticed that Hastings enrollment has decreased slightly, but that is not uncommon in the current economic situation. He said to attract students through Schools of Choice, he would use technology and spread the word about good programs and teachers in the school district. When it comes to fund balance or savings account, Satterlee said he believes the school should have 10 to 15 percent set aside. He said to help increase fund balance and mini- 8 0 th Birthday DOROTHY BREWER A p r i l 2 5th Those wishing to, may send cards to: 32 B Dr. Hastings, MI 49508 Love, from Your husband of 63 years, Arthur, your children, Ruth Murrah, Donna & Henry Long, Harold & Ellen Brewer, Jerry & Darla Brewer Commissioner Keith Ferris will represent the County Board and has been working with fellow commissioners Jeff VanNortwick and Howard “Hoot” Gibson to re-organize the system to better serve the public. Charlton Park, a historic landmark in Barry County, has gone through a significant changes over the last year after two unsuccessful millage elections put the park on perilous financial ground. Many concerned citizens from throughout the county and the County Board of Commissioners since then have joined together to strengthen the park in hopes a third millage election will be more successful. “The people of Barry County have seen a need to revitalize Charlton Park,” VanNortwick said this week, “and this is part of that effort. “We needed to reorganize the system to make the park more viable to the surrounding community and I think we have the right people to get this very difficult job done.” VanNortwick said the stakeholders come from a variety of recreation, education, governmental and private enterprises. “We have a good mix of people, all concerned about Charlton Park and its future,” VanNortwick said. “Very soon the new board will develop its own mission statement and develop their standing committees.” VanNortwick said additional stakeholders may be added when approved by the board of commissioners. “We are seeking additional citizen involvement for the committees when they are developed,” he said. “Up to three citizens can be added to each of these committees.” The entire list of stakeholders for the Barry See PARKS, next page a02669538 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 17 POLICE BEAT BEA Several items reported stolen from vehicle Hastings Police are investigating the theft of several hundred dollars worth of property that was taken from a vehicle in the 1200 block of North Boltwood Street. The incident was reported April 17 after the owner of the vehicle found the property missing. The property, which was in a carrying bag, consisted of tools, hunting equipment, GPS, a wedding ring and money. Officers did not find any forced entry made into the vehicle. Anyone with more information about the theft is asked to call the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Three men arrested for bogus checks Hastings Police have arrested three men in connection of fraudulently cashing payroll checks at area businesses. Hastings Assistant Police Chief Mike Leedy said this week that Herman Franklin, 36, and Clarence Scanlan, 51, both of Grand Rapids, were arrested April 21 after they cashed a check at the Feldpausch Food Center and attempted to cash another at the Felpausch Express. Alert store personnel contacted the Hastings Police Department, who alerted area law enforcement with a description of the vehicle. A deputy from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department located and stopped the suspects just north of Middleville. James Matthews, 26, of White Lake, was arrested April 23 after he tried to cash a bogus check at Plumb’s Valu-Rite Foods. He was stopped by the Sheriff’s Department Middleville unit on the south side of the village. The incidents had occurred five times at Plumb’s, the Felpausch Food Center and Felpausch Express over the past several weeks. The suspects had authentic looking payroll checks and false identification showing local ties to the community. Many of the checks listed actual businesses from the Hastings, Middleville and Delton, include Middleville Development, Family Medicine Billing, and Laroma Concrete. All the checks showed identical routing numbers. All three men are facing felony uttering and publishing charges, as well as conspiracy to commit uttering and publishing. Additional suspects have been identified and the incident remains under investigation. Jewelry, pain medication stolen from home The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of personal jewelry valued at approximately $10,000 and more than 1,500 tablets of prescription pain medication from a residence in Delton. The victim of the theft supplied investigators with the names of two suspects, but the stolen property has not been recovered, no arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing. Included in the missing property are two men’s 14 carrot gold bracelets and two men’s wedding bands. Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Lawn & Garden Garage Sale Mobile Homes DARREN’S LIMB & TREE SERVICE. Give us a call for free estimate. Specializing in residential. (269)623-2518 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A REUSABLE WONDER? Come check out the Flea Market in Woodland every weekend. Saturday, 11am6pm; Sunday 1pm-5:30pm, these are the new Spring hours. Hope to see you there. FOR SALE: Mobile Home, 1995 Liberty 16x80, 3 bedroom/2 bath, great floor plan! Home is located in Thornapple Lake Estates. $16,900. Financing available with “Move-In” incentives. Phone (517)852-1514. For Rent NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, $490 a month plus security deposit. No pets (269)948-8943 ROOMMATE WANTED: to share large 4 bedroom house. $250/mo plus 1/2 utilities. Located near downtown Hastings. (269)8389136. VERY NICE LARGE ground floor, 1 bedroom apartment with closed-in front porch in Hastings. Appliances and utilities included, $450/month plus $450/deposit. Call (616)3747274. VILLAGE PROFESSIONAL BUILDING IN RICHLAND, Office space available for rent: upstairs suite over looking beautiful Richland park; downstairs office space, all newly remodeled. Call for showing, (269)6236206. Business Services COURT NEWS • Raymond J. Carpenter, 26, of Delton, was sentenced by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher on April 18 to serve 90 days in jail on a probation violation conviction. Carpenter originally was convicted in 2005 for the crime of malicious destruction of state forest property in Orangeville Township. The balance of Carpenter’s jail time may be suspended upon payment of $1,114 in court assessments and fines. • Bruce Martin Teesdale, 37, of Middleville, was sentenced April 18 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his March 28 conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Judge Fisher also ordered Teesdale to observe a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and wear a wrist monitor. He must also report to drug court on May 2. Teesdale was fined $500, assessed court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $1,080 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of all court costs and fees. Teesdale was arrested in Yankee Springs township in February. BOWLING SCORES Thursday Angels ~Final Standings~ Hastings City Bank 78; Walldorf’s 76; Varney’s 69; Hastings Bowl 69; Allure 62.5; Miller Farm Repair 60.5; AIS Engine 60; Fall Creek 59.5; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 59; C.W. Repair 46.5. High Games and Series - M. Miller 145; C. Miller 168; D. McCollum 176; C. Nichols 198; K. Lancaster 180-500; J. Madden 179; A. Sutton 188; D. Staines 189; T. Phenix 169; M. Chase 168; N. Taylor 129; L. Apsey 178; B. Cuddahee 191; R. Shapley 201-516; L. Perry 151; M. Martin 169; E. Hammontree 171; K. Covey 168; J. Baker 126; J. Power 155; S. Day 140; S. Suntken 137; W. Barker 167; L. Miller 213; C. Hurless 158. Wednesday P.M. ~Fun Day Scores~ Womens Good Scores - S. Beebe 285-781; D. Pennington 291-769; R. Pitts 286-745; A. Tasker 269-736; K. Becker 268723; Y. Cheeseman 253-719; S. Cross 261-708; B. Hathaway 270-693; G. Otis 247-686; D. Burns 263-685; J. Pettengill 266683; C. Nighbert 236-680; E. Ulrich 238-678; R. Murrah 246676; S. Drake 266-671; N. Boniface 249-663; P. Freeman 223654; L. Yoder 221-638; B. Moore 236-632; J. Shurlow 215-621; B. Smith 230-578; L. Friend 191-551. Sunday Night Mixed Hubs Crew 82; Straight Liners 81; Pin Chasers 71; R&N 67 1/2; Michigan Outlaws 65 1/2; Bounty Hunters 61; Karey’s Crew 54 1/2; Sunday Snoozers 54; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 53; Throw Them Balls 52; Sandbaggers 51; Funky Bowlers 50 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 192-553; M. Becker 200-543; A. Williams 190-511; B. Mays 189-508; N. Mroz 169-452; D. Marshall 168-431; A. Norton 171-429; K. Farlee 142-412; J. Shoebridge 148-402; C. Lee 49-369; A. Churchill 183; B. Barlow 161; F. Ames 147. Mens Good Games and Series - S. Farlee 221-641; C. Alexander 214-615; R. Barton 221-591; J. Smith 185-573; B. Churchill 208-528; T. Barlow 202-507; J. Wright 173-481; A. Misak 189-481; R. Guild 218; B. Hubbell 202; M. Kidder 194; R. Snyder 187; M. Norton 165. Mixerettes NBT 80-44; The Finishing Touch 76-48; Kent Oil 72-52; Sassy babes *72-48; Hinkles Body Shop 70-54; Trumble Agency 66-58; Old Anchor Tattoo 65-59; Dean’s Dolls 65-59; Hallifax Services 64-60; Dewey’s Auto Body 50-74; Girrbach’s *50-70. * Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - P. Hinkle 150; S. MacIntosh 195525; J. Alflen 214-544; B. Mays 176-456; D. Reagan 132; W. Barker 166; N. Potter 169; L. Davis 180; S. Nash 158; E. Ulrich 168-466; M. Powers 159; D. Snyder 188-522; T. Christopher 191; A. Jackson 139-400; A. Hamp 144-381; N. Goggins 166483; T. Redman 158-419. PARKS, continued from previous page County Parks and Recreation Board includes the Bernard Museum, the Barry Community Foundation, the Barry Conservation District, Bowens Mills Pioneer Farm and Village, the City of Hastings, Ducks Unlimited and the Barry County Economic Alliance. Also, the Otis Sanctuary, Pheasants Forever, the Native American Council, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, the Prairieville Parks and Recreation Board, Quality Deer Management, a representative from the Barry County Townships Association, The South West Michigan Land Conservancy and Thornapple Recreation. Also, a representative from North Country Trail, a representative from the Paul Henry Trail (Chairman Rick Moore), Trout Unlimited, the YMCA, and the villages of Freeport, Middleville, Nashville and Woodland. WANT INFORMATION ABOUT GOVERNMENT JOBS? WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? Want to know where to get all this information? 1 77511766 (800) FED-INFO A public service message from the U.S. General Services Administration. GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 RESIDENTIAL PAINTING. 30 years experience, interior and exterior, references. (616)765-3165, hbwt@voyager.net Help Wanted $450-$700 WK, CARPET cleaners. 4 positions open, no experience. 28th St./131. (616)257-3600. CASE MANAGER POSITION: This position provides the opportunity to work within a growing mental health agency to serve the developmentally disabled and mentally ill populations. The position requires creativity and flexibility as well as the ability to function in a team atmosphere. Applicant must posses a Bachelor’s Degree in a human services (i.e., social work, psychology). Responsibilities include outreach, referral, counseling of clients and their families, supervision of persons in community settings, liaison with licensing agencies, and maintenance of records. A car is required. Send resume to Barry County Community Mental Health Authority, 915 West Green Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. No phone calls. EOE POSITION OPEN: LIBRARY ASSISTANT - CIRCULATION: Duties include, but not restricted to, assisting the public with questions through to use of print materials, electronic access databases, microforms, and audio-visuals; checking books and other materials; assist with circulation procedures; help with planning and implementing programming. HOURS: 20 hours per week, $10/hour. Benefits are paid vacation and paid holidays. No other benefits. Apply: by May 5th at Hastings Public Library. SEMI-ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALE at Fellowship Hall, 912 Fourth Avenue sponsored by United Methodist Women. Friday, May 4th, hours 9am to 5pm; Saturday, May 5th is bag day with each filled bag costing only $1, hours 9am to 11am. Automotive FOR SALE: FOLD-A-COVER for GMC or Chevy 8’ box, 2000 or newer truck, $300 obo, (269)945-9435. Card of Thanks THANK YOU The families of Arthur (Bud) Allerding wish to thank you for the love and kindness you have shared during this difficult time. Your expressions of sympathy have brought us all great comfort. With our deepest appreciation, Juanita Allerding & families In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF Robert “Bob” Cappon 10-19-28 - 4-24-06 His love of the farm, antique tractors, steam engines and Lakewood school bus driver. You are sadly missed by all your family, wife, Dorothy children, grandchildren great grandchildren THE FAMILY OF Earl E. Fender would like to express our gratitude to family and friends for all their thoughtfulness, prayers and kind words of sympathy during this time. We would like to extend our appreciation to Barry Community Hospice and to the staff of the Flower House Assisted Living for their loving care. To Wren Funeral Home, Rev. George Speas, and the Country Chapel Methodist Church for their prayers and kind words and actions. Alice Fender; Judy; Anne & Dave; Lorraine & Dave; Kathy & Ken National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC 02669403 From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. CNS LAWNCARE brings 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. GARAGE SALE Friday 4/27 & Saturday 4/28: 1561 Pinecone Drive (located off N. M-37 between McCann & Whitmore Rd.) Lots of boys clothes 2T-5T, brand name adult clothing, video games, LOTS of misc. 9am-5pm rain or shine. FOR SALE: MOBILE Home, 1997 Fortune 52x28, double wide, 3 bedroom/2 bath. On a corner lot in Thornapple Lake Estates. $32,900. Financing available with “Move-In” incentives. Phone (517)852-1514. FOR SALE: MOBILE Home, 1999 Four Seasons 14x56, 3 bedroom/2 bath. Home is located in Thornapple Lake Estates. $16,900. Financing available with “Move-In” incentives. Phone (517)8521514. Recreation FISH OUT YOUR FRONT DOOR or hunt Barry Counties thousands of acres of State Game Area, just minutes away. Up north without the drive! 70’ of frontage on small, private Wiley Lake. Older mobile home with addition, newer 4” well. Peace and quiet with a great view. Asking $45,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information & photos. FOR SALE: 2 jet skis with trailer, $4,500. (269)948-8508 WE BUY GUN collections. (269)908-1100 Help Wanted CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE: Viking Group, Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of fire protection systems, is seeking a Customer Service Representative for our Hastings location. Responsible for answering phones, entering customer orders, maintaining shipping documentation, rescheduling back orders, issuing credit, invoicing for freight and packaging charges. Requirements include 3 years previous Customer Service experience with preference in a manufacturing environment. Prefer an Associates Degree or some related college course work. Other essential requirements include demonstrated strong organizational and communication skills and experience with a variety of computer system such as Microsoft Office Suite and JD Edwards. If you meet the above requirements , please send your resume and salary requirements to Viking Group, Inc., 210 North Industrial Park Dr., Hastings Michigan 49058, attention: Human Resources or e-mail your resume to: hr@vikingcorp.com DRIVER - $$$$$$$$$$$$ $1,500 Sign-on bonus *Guarantee $850/wk min *Midwest/ no east coast CDLA+ 1 year OTR req. Call 1-800-851-8651 kbtransportation.com Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Antiques ALLEGAN ANTIQUE MARKET - Sunday, April 29. 400 Exhibitors. Rain or Shine. 7:30am to 4:00pm, located at the Fairgrounds, Allegan Mich. $4 admission. www.alleganantiques.com PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 �Page 18 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Evidence of Things Unseen is an exhibit of sculpture and poetry by Ron and Miriam Pederson, in the Library Information Commons at Davenport University’s main campus at 6191 Kraft Avenue, near M-6 at M37 outside Caledonia. The exhibit may be viewed Monday through Thursday from 8 am to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and on Sundays from 1 pm to 9 pm. Through April 28. • American Slavery, Freedom on Trial will be on display from 9 am-5 pm at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. This exhibit will look at American slavery through the experience of Dred Scott and his family. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Adult admission is $7, seniors $6, military $6, college (with ID) $5, youth (6-18) $3, free for 5 and under. For more information call (616) 254-0400 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Through April 29. • Arthur's World at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Expore Arthur and DW's world at the Children's Museum! While learning the value of reading and other important lessons, children can visit the library, Mr. Ratburn's classroom, the Read household and many other fun Arthur-related locations. Hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5-8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through April 29. • Annual Student Art Exhibit at Kellogg Community College is now on display in the Davidson Building Gallery, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The show is slated to run through May 7. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more info. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Kalamazoo Symphony will perform at the Hope United Methodist Church, 2920 S. M-37 Hwy., at the corner of M-37 and M-79. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm and will include familiar highlights from Rossini, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky as well as pieces from Sousa and Gershwin. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling (269) 945-2002 or at Barry County Lumber, Brown’s Carpet one, Bosley’s Pharmacy or at State Grounds Coffe House. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for stu- dents & seniors and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Thursday, April 26. • Once Upon a Mattress will be performed by the Thornapple Players at Central Elementary’s Auditorium. Performances are at 7 pm with a 2pm Sunday matinee. Tickets are $5 for students, senior citizens and children, $7 for adults. April 26-29. • Grand Rapids Symphony Symphonic Boom Series: The Music of Pink Floyd at DeVos Performance Hall at 8 pm. Ticket prices range from $28-$65. Accompanied by the orchestra, a full rock band with vocals will perform Pink Floyd’s timeless hits. The concert will feature more than a dozen of the legendary group’s classic gems, including “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Learning to Fly.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. April 27. • Marching Into Spring will be presented by the Meridian Community Band at the Grand Ledge Opera House at 3 pm. The program includes Broadway hits and well known marches as well as folk and ethnic pieces. Tickets are $7 in advance, $9 at the door. Call (517) 627-1443 for more information. Sunday, April 29. • KCC Jazz Band will perform a spring concert featuring a variety of big band jazz, including swing, Latin, funk and fun. Special guests for this concert include three wellknown area jazz musicians: Terry Lower on piano; Larry Ochiltree, drums; and Michael Doyle, tenor sax. The concert will be held in the Binda Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. General admission for each event is $5. Students and seniors will be charged $3. April 29. MISCELLANEOUS • Tom Kendall’s Studio Open House and Sale at The Oak Leaf Pottery, 10936 Three Mile Road, Plainwell. Hours are 10 am-5 pm. Call (269) 664-5430 to schedule other times to visit the studio. Saturday, April 28. • Stamp Show will take place at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center. Hours are Saturday 10 am-5 pm and Sunday 11 am-4pm. Admission is $7 each day. Stamps, accessories, tools, altered art, scrapbook supplies, the newest ideas, classes, parties & more. More info to come. For more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.heirloompro.com. April 28 & 29. • Butterflies are Blooming will take place once again at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. This is the nation's largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit. The Lena Meijer Conservatory is filled with tropical butterflies that are imported from South America, Costa Rica and Asia. Watch as a butterfly emerges from it's chrysalis and then takes flight. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm, Tuesdays 9 am- 9 pm, Sundays noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $4-$6, 2 and under free. For more information see www.foremostbutterflies.com, www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 957-1580. Tickets can be purchased at the door. March 1-April 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE APRIL BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 26 Kalamazoo Symphony will perform in Hastings. Call the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 9452002 for more information. 26 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 26 Bereavement Dinner at 6 pm at Mills Landing presented by Barry Community Hospice. Participants are responsible for the cost of their own meals. Call Hospice at (269) 948-8452 for more information. 26 Birdlife International will present a talk with Tom Funke of the Otis Sanctuary on “important bird areas” at the Delton Public Library. 27-29 Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival 28 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Coming in MAY 1 Hastings Farmers' Market 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 1 5th Annual Children’s Trust Fund “Cherish The Children” Ultimate Fantasy Auction at The Breslin Center at MSU. Call 1-800Children or visit www.michigan.gov/ctf to donate an item or for more information. 1 Hospice Grief Recovery Program is a 5 week program presented by Barry Community Hospice from 11 am-12:30 pm or 5:15-6:45 pm. Call (269) 948-8452 for information. 2 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins at the Gilmore Car Museum from 6-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner and the museum grounds will be open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners. 3 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 4 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at the Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Presented the first Friday of every month by the Michigan Community Blood Centers and Pennock Health Services. 4 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 4 Spaghetti Dinner at the American Patriot restaurant, 2160 S. M-37 Highway. Cost is $5.50 per person. Serving from 5-7 pm. 4 John Ball Zoo’s Traveling Zoo at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, 701 W. Cloverdale Rd. View several reptiles and amphibians up close and personal. Times are 6-7 pm for families with younger children and 7:30-8:30 pm for adults and families with older children. Member adults $5, children $3. Non-members $7, children $4. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. 5 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 5 Five, Five, Five Volksmarch 5K Walk on the Paul Henry Trail from 911 am. Walk begins at the Stagecoach Park behind the Village Office in Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. Glenn Miller Orchestra May 11-13 Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall May 4 & 5 with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is reinvented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20-$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. Victorian Day takes place Saturday, May 5 in historic downtown Grand Ledge from 10 am-5 pm featuring a non-motorized parade, teddy bear tea, May Pole dance, magic show, Victorian funeral reenactment, high tea, and many demonstrations. Victorian dress is welcomed. Call (517) 627-2383 or see www.victoriandays.org for more information. Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. 2007 Michigan All-State Bonsai Show will be held May 12 & 13 at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday noon- 5 pm. Adult admission is $12 per person, seniors & $9, children ages 5-13 $6, children 3-4 $4. The ninth annual Michigan All-State Bonsai Show, hosted by West Michigan Bonsai Club, features all six Michigan bonsai clubs and societies, displaying more than 100 of their very best trees. In addition to the displays, vendors specializing in finished bonsai, pre-bonsai stock, pots, tools, books and other supplies will be on hand for the weekend. There will be bonsai pottery demonstrations, educational displays, and styling demonstrations featuring bonsai society members. For more information call (888) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Bach Festival Young Vocalists Concert at the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo This week’s selections: Grindhouse College May 12. Admission is free with a reception following the concert. Over 30 college and high school ages singers from the Midwest compete, winners will perform again May 12. The competition begins at 9:30 am. Call (269) 337-7407 or see www.kzoo.edu/bach for more information. The Doowops are back at Ledge’s Playhouse in Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 pm. Songs from the 50s and 60s will be featured. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Call (517) 6272383 or (517) 333-6677 for more information. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena May 21 beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall May 22-27. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 185 minutes MPAA rating: R For those who came of age in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, the heyday of the grindhouse flick, our moviegoing appetites were sated by a constant buffet of Bad Girls (“Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!), blaxploitation flicks (“Scream, Blackula, Scream!), gore fests (“Dawn of the Dead”) and other assorted lowbudget, over-the-top schlockers filled with bad acting, bare breasts and high body counts. Directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have based their careers on paying homage to those films, and with “Grindhouse” they pull out all the stops to recreate the look and feel of what it was like to stumble into a run-down, sticky-floored 42nd Street theater in the 1970s. From missing reels, to scratched film stock, damaged soundtracks and a passel o’ groovy mock trailers, the duo have created a totally immersive, high-octane experience. Rodriguez directs the first film in the double feature, “Planet Terror,” a high-velocity, uber-gory zombie flick featuring a feisty gogo dancer (Rose McGowan) with a machinegun to replace her leg that was eaten by the undead, a lesbian doctor with a mini-pistol that shoots syringes, a pair of psychotic twin babysitters and the added joy of watching The Black-Eyed Peas’ Fergie get ripped apart by brain-eating zombies. (Alas, if life could imitate art.) The second film (directed by Tarantino), “Death Proof,” stars Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike, a serial killer who uses his deathproofed car as a weapon to kill pretty girls. The film pays homage to both the high- Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton star in “Planet Terror,” Robert Rodriguez’ half of “Grindhouse.” octane chase movies like the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” and “Vanishing Point,” and the Bad Girl, “Faster Pussycat!” genre. The high point of “Death Proof” is watching the greatest stuntwoman of our time, Zoe Bell, hanging onto the hood of a speeding car while Russell’s character constantly rams into her. You don’t see great old-school stuntwork like that anymore. I know that a movie like “Grindhouse” isn’t going to appeal to a lot of people who are used to the usual watered-down PG-13 fare that passes as entertainment these days. But for those of us who grew up on “Shaft in Africa,” “Race With the Devil” and “Omega Man,” “Grindhouse” is a love letter reminding us why we loved going to the movies in the first place. GRADE: A © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 19 Lions open new league by beating old rivals Maple Valley’s Tyler Christensen (right) takes a hand-off from teammate Kyle Staines during the 1600-meter relay Tuesday at Olivet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Morenci takes MV Invite The Lions had some chances to push across the winning run in the championship game of Saturday’s Maple Valley Invitational, but just couldn’t quite get the job done. Morenci eventually scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning for a 6-1 victory in the championship game. Maple Valley started the day with a 12-6 win over Bellevue. “Our kids came to play and wanted to win the championship. They were disappointed in the outcome, but I am very proud of how they fought and battled the entire game,” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. “If we play with that kind of heart and desire the rest of the year we will win a lot of ball games.” Maple Valley and Morenci both scored one run in the fifth inning of the championship game. Kyle Fisher started on the mound, and pitched 4 and 2/3 innings allowing just three hits while striking out seven in the final. Andrew Ashcraft suffered the tough loss, pitching the final four innings while striking out six. “We played error free baseball for eight innings, and just had a couple of mistakes that cost us,” Carpenter said. Maple Valley outhit Morenci in the championship game, 9 to 8. Troy Westendorp and Nick Nisse had two hits each for the Lions. Jared Smith was 1-for-5 with two stolen bases. “We need to learn from a couple of mis- takes that we made, so the next time we end up with a different outcome,” Carpenter said. “All in all, it was a great day of baseball. We just came up a little bit short of winning the tournament.” The day started out great for the Lions. They scored eight runs in the first three innings against Bellevue, then went on to a 12-6 victory. “We had nine different players collect a hit and eight different players score at least one run,” Carpenter said. “So it was a solid team effort.” Westendorp led the Lion attack with four hits in five at bats. He scored two runs had two RBI and a stolen base as well. Cody Ward was 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs and an RBI, and Adam Foster was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and two runs for the Lions. Westendorp earned the win, his first of the year, striking out seven while allowing six hits and five earned runs in five innings on the mound. “Troy Westendorp pitched a solid game and Deven Meade did a good job of coming on in relief and closing the door,” Carpenter said. The Lions were 2-5 on the season after Saturday. The Lions host Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central next Monday in the KVA. Saxon Sports Shorts JV Girls’ Golf The Hastings’ junior varsity girls’ golf team defeated Thornapple Kellogg 277-283 on Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Springs Golf Course. The Saxons were led by Stephanie Glass and Chelsea Snyder with a 63 and a 64. Also contributing for the Saxons on the afternoon were Nicole Frantz, Jessica Kaczmarczyk, Kacy Anderson, and Megan DelCotto. The next junior varsity match is Thursday at Diamond Springs. JV Baseball The Saxon junior varsity baseball team bounced back from a 6-1 deficit to defeat Delton Kellogg 10-8 in the second game of the day at the Lakewood Invitational Saturday. Trevor Heacock came in and had a two-run pinch hit triple to put Hastings ahead for good in the game. Trent Brisboe had a single and two RBI’s for the Saxons, Greg Heath two singles and an RBI, while Brad Hayden, Chris DeVries and Tyler Kalmink had a single and one RBI each. Dylan McKay and Robert Cathcart each had a single for the Saxons too. Brisboe came in and pitched three relief innings to earn the win. The victory improved Hastings overall record to 8-2 on the year. Lakewood beat the Saxons in the first game of the day 11-1. Kalmink took the loss for Hastings. A combination of walks and errors gave Lakewood seven unearned runs. Brisboe had the Saxons’ lone RBI on a single in the first inning. Hayden and Heath had the Saxons other two hits in the three-inning game. Freshmen Baseball The Saxon freshmen baseball team played a doubleheader at Wayland Monday. Hastings won the first game 10-1. Riley McLean threw a no-hitter, while striking out seven for the Saxons. Kyle Griffith led the way at the plate for Hastings with a home run. McLean, Matt Feldpausch, Zack Passmore, and Pat Garrett all had hits. The freshmen from Hastings came up a little short in game two, falling 3-2. Feldpausch went the distance on the mound, giving up only two hits while striking out three. Feldpausch, Pettengill, McLean, Passmore, and Garrett Darling all had hits in the second game for Hastings. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The high school track and field season isn’t that old, but it’s not that long either. Maple Valley’s Jeremy Riley thought it was about time he made something happen when he tossed the shot put 45 feet 5 inches early Tuesday afternoon at Olivet. That distance was plenty to give him the shot put championship in the Lions’ victory over the Eagles in Kalamazoo Valley Association action. Maple Valley’s boys topped Olivet 99-38, while the Lion ladies also scored a 75-63 victory. Riley’s previous best in the shot put was 45-0.25. He set that at the SMAA meet at Hillsdale last spring. “Finally,” he said after he was done with his final tosses. “Now I can concentrate on the school record.” That mark is still a ways off, but it could be reachable. Riley said the school record in 499. Riley also placed third in the discus at 1013 Tuesday. It was a good day for the Maple Valley athletes in the shot put. The Lions swept the shot put, with Dusty Cowell second at 36-10.5 and Tyler Christensen third at 34-11.25. On the girls’ side Dani Christensen took the shot put for Valley with a throw of 31-9 and Brittanie Brady was second at 27-2. Dani Christensen and Lauren Pierce were both four-time champions Tuesday. They teamed up with Lizzy Stewart and Amy Tobias to win the 800-meter relay with a time of 1 minute 51.5 seconds, and also won all three of their individual events. Pierce took the long jump at 15-3.75, the 100-meter dash in 13.4 seconds, and the 200 in 27.6. Christensen was the champion in the 100 hurdles in 16.7, the 300 hurdles in 48.2, as well as the shot put. The Lion ladies won three of the four relay races. Lauren Trumble, Randi Vinson, Stewart and Tobias started things off on the track by winning the 3200-meter relay in 11:17.5. Tobias, Leslee Rigelman, Kristen Hummel and Stewart ended the day by winning the 1600-meter relay in 4:31. Maple Valley also had three other individual championships on the girls’ side, with Stewart taking the 400 in 1:03.7, Stacey Fassett the pole vault at 9-0, and Kaytlin Furlong the 3200 in 13:27. Maple Valley’s boys controlled things on the track for the most part. The Lions swept the 800 and the 3200. Mike Hall took the 3200 for the Lions in 10:33, followed in by teammates Ryan Schroder and Adam Cook. Zachariah Eddy won the 800 for the Lions in 2:14.4, followed by Kyle Staines and R.J. Raines. The 400-meter run and the 400-meter relay were the only two events on the track that went to the Eagles. Olivet’s only victory in the field came in the discus. Jose Romero took the high jump for the lions at 6-2, and also won the 100 in 11.4. Nick Thurlby and Hall also won two individual events. Hall controlled the distance races, winning the 3200 and also taking the 1600 in 4:49. Thurlby was perfect in the hurdles, winning the 110-meter event in 14.0 and the 300 in 41.9. Charles Wymer took the 200 for the Lions in 23.70. Kaleb Root won the pole vault at 126. Staines, Raines, Robert Morehouse and Josh Hall took the 3200-meter relay to start things for the Lion boys on the track, hitting the finish line in 8:53.7. Thurlby, Champ Bodell, Christensen and Wymer combined to win the 800-meter relay in 1:36.4. The Lion 1600-meter relay team of Staines, Christensen, Morehouse and Bodell their event as well, but no time was available. Both Maple Valley teams will go for wins number two and three in the KVA next Tuesday when they play host to Hackett Catholic Central and Pennfield. Hastings plan a Spring Sports Festival for May 3 The Hastings Athletic Boosters and Hastings schools athletic department will be sponsoring a Saxon Spring Sports Fest on Thursday May 3. The activities will begin with a spring sports and academic assembly during the day sponsored by the Saxon Pride Club then Starting at 4 p.m. all of the Saxon varsity spring teams (Track, Tennis, Baseball, Soccer, Softball and Golf ) are at home that night. Plans include a free tailgate party in the high school parking lot near the track, which will feature carnival type games at most of the games with prizes and giveaways as well as a dunk tank featuring coaches and staff. The Cheerleaders will be doing Saxon face painting. Spring sports are great spectator events and are free to attend. Here is a chance for people to come out and see all the teams compete at the same location on the same day. Organizers are hoping it will be a fun time for kids as well as adults and that everyone attending will wear some blue and gold. Later that evening the senior class will take on coaches and staff in a Student vs. Staff Basketball game in the high school gym at 7:30. Maple Valley senior Mike Hall looks back over his shoulder at the competition in the 1600-meter run at Olivet Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Lions’ Stacey Fassett pushes the pole away as she clears 8 feet in the pole vault Tuesday afternoon at Olivet High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) DK dominates in KVA opener, then falls twice outside league Non-conference foes provided a good test for the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ soccer team on each end of the weekend, even though the Panthers suffered a pair of losses. Allegan edged Delton Kellogg 3-2 Monday evening, but the Panthers fired things up in the second half. Allegan led 3-1 at the break. Delton Kellogg head coach Dave Roberts said that his team gained some momentum for the season on goals by freshmen Katie Searles and Taylor Peavey. Peavey also assisted on Searles’ goal. Goalkeeper Anna Goldsworthy had nine saves in the first half, and Kacy McCormick took over in the second half for Delton and mad three saves. The visiting Tigers had 15 shots on goal for the night. Landria Christman scored twice for the Tigers, and Brook Allen had her team’s other goal. Allegan keeper Megan Byers made six saves on eight Delton shots. Three Rivers scored a 3-0 victory over the Panthers on Friday night, spoiling Delton’s home opener. All three Wildcat goals were scored in the second half. Natalie Andersen scored twice for Three Rivers, and Holly Stuut had her team’s other tally. Sarah Mastos earned the shut-out in goal with six saves. Delton had just six shots on net for the night. The Wildcats fired 11 on the Delton net, with Goldsworthy stopping all five she faced in the first half, and Deibert making three saves in the second half. Delton is now 2-4 overall this season, but 1-0 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association after topping Olivet last Wednesday 8-0. Despite a steady drizzle and cold conditions, the Panthers surprised the Eagles with a quick scoring attack. The Panthers scored twice in the first seven minutes of the first half. The Lady Panthers achieved field superiority and completed the first half with five goals on the Eagles. Several Delton players continued to rain shots on the Olivet keeper in the second half, finishing the game as the mercy rule was put into effect. Delton dominated as freshmen Searles and Peavey had two goals each. Shelby Rouse, Anna Goldsworthy, Lauren Knollenberg and Kacy McCormick each had one goal. Assists for the night went to Knollenberg, McCormick and Catlin Champion. Deibert earned the shut-out with one save, on the only Eagle shot attempt. Delton fired 34 shots at the Olivet net, with Eagle keeper Sandra Scherberger stopping 26 of them. Parchment was scheduled for a visit from the Delton girls on Wednesday, and Delton doesn’t take the field again until returning home next Wednesday to face Hackett Catholic Central in another KVA contest. LHS closes the gap between itself and Haslett girls, a bit Lakewood varsity soccer coach Paul Gonzales picked Haslett to finish in the top three in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 prior to the season this year. It looks like a solid prediction, after Friday’s 4-0 win by the visiting Vikings at Lakewood on Thursday evening. “Even though we lost 4-0, this was a great game for us against one of the powers of our league,” Gonzales said. “Last year, our two meetings with Haslett ended with 10-0 and 90 losses. All in all, I feel if we all would have stayed focused they would have only scored one ‘legitimate’ goal in the second half.” Haslett was able to get three scores in the second half, after Lakewood held its opponent to just ten shots on goal in the first half. Lakewood held Haslett scoreless for nearly 30 minutes to start the game. In second half play, Lakewood changed to a more aggressive team formation, with only three defenders. The host Vikings seemed to have the ball on their offensive end much more then in the first half, and still managed to hold them at bay till the 25:40 mark when Haslett connected for its second score. The shot came in from the left side, and was a hard blast by an open, unmarked player. Lakewood then switched back to the formation it used in the first half, which would end up costing the Vikings. Not long after, Haslett scored again at the 22:58 mark. Lakewood keeper Lacey Chase made a fantastic stop on the initial shot, but Haslett was there to put the rebound back in. At the 22:10 mark, Haslett scored its fourth and final goal “MacKenzie Chase and Kati Kauffman are improving and learning with each game,” Gonzales said. “Kayla Durham had a great defensive game. Ashley Durham had a great all-around game. She gave 110-percent and left it all on the field. Danielle Palmer also had a great game in the middle of the defense.” Lakewood returns to CAAC action Thursday when they host Williamston. The Vikings will be home again next Monday against Ionia. DK offense can’t get going against Galesburg-Augusta Delton Kellogg was shut out twice by Galesburg-Augusta in Kalamazoo Valley Association action at home on Tuesday afternoon. The Rams took game one 5-0, then scored a 9-0 victory in game two. Hannah Goy and Angie Kennedy had the only two hits for the Panthers in game one. Tarah Keim was hit with the loss. She struck out eight and allowed eight hits. Only one of the five Ram runs against her was earned. A Justie McCown double and singles by Jessie Wine and Goy were the Panthers’ only three hits in game two. Wine was tagged with the loss. She struck out five Ram batters, while giving up nine hits and one walk. Only five of the runs against the Panthers in the second game were earned. Delton Kellogg made four errors in each of the two games. The Panthers are off now until a trip to Parchment next Monday. �Page 20 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxon girls score first OK Gold dual win of 2007 by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Tuesday night the Hastings Saxon varsity girls’ track and field team defeated the Byron Center Bulldogs 75 to 62, giving them their first O-K Gold conference win of the season and their first taste of victory in three years. The Saxon girls have not won a conference meet since 2004 when they beat Wayland, Wyoming park and Byron Center. Hastings girls coach Brian Teed said hopes and expects to see his team improve during this season and in coming years. “The girls competed well on Tuesday. It is always a good confidence builder and moral booster to pick up a dual win, especially for such a young team,” he said, noting that the team need to improve their performance in field events. “We were shut out of the long jump and pole vault, so these are still two areas we need to address. The other field events went much better for us, however we still had a 24-point deficit to overcome in the running events... this points to how dominant we were in the running events.” The Saxons swept two events: the 1600meter run with Lauren Anderson placing first, 5:58.2; Molly Smith, second, 5:58.9; and Alyssa Case, third, 6:02.6. They also took all three places in the 800-meter run; Smith, first, 2:42.6; Kayla Angeletti, second, 2:43.7; and Holly Boomer, third, 2:52.2 In relays the team of Anderson, Angeletti, Smith and Katie Ponsetto, won the 3200 with a time of 11:02.8 The team of Jessica Czinder, Kristina Dobbin, Ponsetto, and Jessica Lee won the 800 in 1:55.6 and Anderson, Mandy Buehler, Angeletti and Ponsetto won the 1600 in 4:34.1. The following girls scored points for their team in individual events: Dobbin, first in 100-meter hurdles, 16.93, and second in the 300-meter hurdles; Allyssa Thornton, third, 100-meter hurdles; Lee, first 100-meter dash, 13.31; Jessica Czinder, first, 200-meter dash, 28.8 and third, 100-meter dash; Ponsetto, first, 400-meter run, 64.1; Case, first, 3200meter run, 13:32.3; Tiffany Edwards second, 3200-meter run. The following athletes scored points in field events: Stacy Slaughter, first place, long jump, 4’2”; Nichole Moser, second, shot put and second, discus; and Katie Sutherland third in shot put and third in discus. Meanwhile the Saxon boys also struggled in field events, earning most of their points on the track but losing to the Bulldogs 63-74. “We lost another close one, coming up short in field events and a couple of relays,” said Saxon boys coach Paul Fulmer. “Our sprinters are definitely doing most of the scoring for us.” In the 100-meter dash was a showdown between the Bulldog’s top runner, whose previous season best was 10.97 and Saxon Ryan Burgdorf, whose best time to date had been 10.98. But when the race was over Burgdorf blazed across the finish line and set a new school record of 10.8, leaving Bekken to settle for second place in 11.2. Burgdorf also won the 200-meter dash in 22.31. Other Saxon’s to score points in individual events were: Bradan King, first, 110-meter hurdles, 16:95 and second in the 300-meter hurdles; Josh Jevicks, first, 400-meter run, 53:84; Elliot Anderson, first, 300-meter hurdles and second in 110-meter high hurdles; 45.40; Tyler Lancaster, first, 800-meter run, 2:11.62; Ryan Bosma, second, 1600-meter run and third 800-meter run; Jason Baum, second, pole vault; AJ Singleterry, second, 3200-meter run; Jeremy Rogers, third, pole vault; Jason Eckley, third, 3200-meter run; Phillip VanZyl, third, long jump; and Matt Donnini, second, long jump and tied for third in the high jump with Darrell Slaughter. In relays the team of Burgdorf, Chase Delcotto, Donnini and Greg Woodmansee won the 400-meter with a time of 45.26 and the team of Anderson. King, Jevicks, and Lancaster took the 3200-meter in 3:52.01. The Saxon team held nothing back when they hosted the Hamilton Hawkeyes for their first home dual meet of the season. The score was close throughout the meet with the Hawks and the Saxons trading the lead as scores were tallied throughout the meet; but in the end, the Hawks defeated Hastings by just three points. The Saxons dominated the distance races with the team of Kevin Armstrong, Ryan Bosma, Tyler Lancaster and AJ Singleterry winning the 3200-meter relay in 8:44.95 Hastings also swept both the 3200 and the 1600-meter runs. Freshman Troy Dailey took first place in the 1600-meter run finishing in 5:01.40, followed by Bosma, 5:05.09 and Armstrong 5:11.11. Singleterry took first in the 3200 meter in 10:47.91, followed by Dailey 11:03.98 and Jason Eckley 11:04.79. Also scoring for Hastings were Ryan Burgdorf, first in the 100-meter dash in 10.96 and the 200-meter dash in 22.26; Jason Baum, first place in the pole vault, 11’06’’; Tyler Lancaster, first place in the 800-meter run, 2:09.63; Bradan King, second place in the 200-meter hurdles and third in the 200-meter dash; Elliot Anderson, second place 300 intermediate hurdles and third in the 110-meter hurdles; Josh Jevicks, second in the shot put and 400-meter run; Jeremy Rogers, second place in the pole vault; Darrell Slaughter, second place in the high jump; Jesse Ellwood, third in the 800-meter run; Josh Welch, third place in both the discus and shot put; and, Matt Donnini, third place in the high jump. The Saxon girls didn’t fare as well as the boys during their first home meet of the season losing to Hawks 47 to 90. Teed was pleased with his team’s efforts so far this season. “Hamilton beat us pretty handily, but again, it was a better outcome than last year,” he said, noting that the Saxon girls’ greatest weakness is in field events. “After the field events Hamilton had a 36-9 advantage, and likewise Caledonia had a 34-11 advantage. We are having some bright spots. Nichole Moser will be back throwing for us next week after a wrist injury, and Heather Cady, a freshman, cleared 4-10 (in the high jump) so that will begin to help us a lot.” Also scoring in field events for Hastings was Katie Sutherland, first place in discuss with a throw of 91-1.25, and third in shot put with a throw of 32-4.5. Teed also noted that the 400-meter relay team is undefeated so far this season as is sprinter Jessica Lee in the 100 meter dash and mid-distance runner Katie Ponsetto in the 400-meter run. “We are also continuing to improve rapidly with a young team as evidenced by 24 of 38 athletes hitting PRs on Thursday,” he added. “Also, Kristina Dobbin, our senior captain/hurdler/sprinter, scored the 200th point of her career against Caledonia.” In individual running events Lee won the 100-meter dash in 13:04 and Jessica Czinder took third. Czinder also took second in the 200-meter dash. Dobbin placed third in the 100-meter hurdles; Katie Ponsetto won the 400-meter run in 64.27 followed by Mandy Buehler in second; Alyssa case was second in the 3200 meter run; and Kayla Angeletti was third in the 800-meter run. In relays the team of Lauren Anderson, Angeletti, Buehler and Ponsetto won the 1600 The Saxons’ Lauren Anderson cruises around the track in the 1600-meter run at Byron Center Tuesday. relay in 4:31.44; while the team of Czinder, Ponsetto, Dobbin and Lee won the 800 in 1:54.14; and Stacy Slaughter joined Dobbin, Lee and Czinder to win the 400 relay in 55.94. DK girls dominate Hackett, but fall to Parchment in KVA AJ Singleterry hands the baton to Kevin Armstrong in the 3200-meter relay last Thursday against Hamilton. Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ track and field team split its first two league duals on Tuesday night, topping Hackett Catholic Central 88-42 but falling to Parchment 72-57. The girls from Delton won just four events against the Parchment team. Kaylee Woodmansee took two of the wins, in the throws. She tossed the shot put 29 feet 8 inches, and the discus 79-2. Rachael Williams won the 400 Panthers in 1 minute 1.7 seconds, and Katie Searles took the 300-meter hurdles in 51.4 seconds. Those four victories stood up against the Fighting Irish’s best as well. Delton had 12 other victories against Hackett as well. Jenah Wandell took the high jump at 5-0 and Chelsea VanderWoude the long jump at 14-6. VanderWoude was also a part of three victories on the track. She won the 100 in 13.4 seconds, and helped the Panthers to wins in the 400-meter and 800-meter relay races. She hooked up with Searles, Jessica Elliott and Hannah Williams in both races, winning the 800 in 1:52.0 and the 400 in 54.0. Delton swept all four relays against the Irish. Sarah Heney, Steph Johnson, Abby Culbert and Krista Stenger took the 3200meter relay in 13:55. Katee Hogoboom, Hannah Williams, Searles and Rachael Williams won the 1600 in 4:29.0. Heather Millard got the job done for the Delton girls in the distance races, winning the 3200 in 14:02 and the 1600 in 5:58. DK also swept the hurdle events with Elliott taking the 100 in 17.6 and Searles the 300 in 51.4. The Panther girls are 1-1 in the KVA now, and will face league competition again next Tuesday when they host Olivet and Kalamazoo Christian. Delton will also be a part of the Otsego Relays this Friday. Last Friday, the Panthers took part in the Olivet Lions 31st Annual Lions Relays. The Delton Kellogg girls finished fourth in an 11-team field, while the DK boys placed seventh. Delton Kellogg had one championship on the day on the girls’ side, with Elliott, Searles, Hannah Williams and Hogoboom taking the top spot in the shuttle hurdle relay. Wandell and Hogoboom were second in the high jump, Jordan Haines and VanderWoude second in the long jump, and the sprint medley team of Elliott, Haines, VanderWoude and Hannah Williams also placed second. The Delton girls were third in the four traditional relays as well. Delton Kellogg’s boys had three top three finishes at Olivet. They won the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:35.09. The Delton youngsters had a good day, as the team placed second in the freshmen 400-meter relay and the freshmen distance medley. With Byron Center’s anchor on her heels, Hastings’ Jessica Lee closes in on the finish line in the 800-meter relay Tuesday afternoon. (Photos by Sandra Ponsetto) ATTENTION Hastings High School SENIORS ... The Annual Graduation Issue of ... will be May 24, 2007 Please have your pictures to the J-Ad Graphics office or the high school office by Friday, May 18th *NOTE” If your portraits were done at White’s Photo or Picture This Photography they have already furnished us with a copy. The Panthers’ Matt Loveland sprints down the runway in the pole vault Friday afternoon at the Olivet Lions Relays. (Photo by Perry Hardin) 77511491 Delton Kellogg senior Jordan Haines (pictured) teamed up with Chelsea VanderWoude to take second place in the long jump relay Friday afternoon at Olivet. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — Page 21 Vikes come from behind twice for softball title Saxon pitcher Erica Swartz fires from the center of the diamond during the fourth inning against Lakewood Saturday morning. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood’s varsity softball team won back-to-back games on Saturday for the first time this season to win the championship at Hastings’ Barry County Invitational. Lakewood scored an 8-6 victory over the host Saxons in the opener, then downed Thornapple Kellogg 3-2 in the championship game. Senior Rachel Tryon, who seems to come up with big plays at opportune times over and over again for the Vikings, came through again on Saturday. She stepped to the plate with the game tied at one in the bottom of the sixth and teammate Chelsey Dow standing on first base after a two-out walk. Tryon blasted a RBI double to right field that got past the Trojan outfield. Once TK was done throwing the ball around, she was crossing the plate for a 3-1 Lakewood lead. “I thought I was going to be out at third,” said Tryon, “and coach was going ‘Get up. Get up.’” Thornapple Kellogg pulled within one in the top of the seventh, on a double by Emma Bishop and a couple wild pitches from Viking starter Melanie Forman. That run didn’t matter much. Forman was a bit erratic at times, but picked up both wins for the Vikings. She pitched all 14 innings for the Vikings Saturday, striking out 15 opposing batters in the process. TK girls get to 2-0 in the O-K Gold Wayland managed just five victories on Thursday against the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ track and field team, as the Trojans improved to 2-0 in the O-K Gold Conference. Thornapple Kellogg’s girls won every field event, and swept both the long jump and the pole vault. The Trojans took every event on the track, except the hurdles, the 800- and 400-meter relays and the 3200-meter run which was won by Jessica Armstrong in 12 minutes 5.5 seconds. The Trojans’ Emma Ordway takes off at the start of the 400-meter run against Wayland on Thursday afternoon in Middleville. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Trojan senior Rebecca Winchester 50 seconds behind Armstrong in that race, but they weren’t points the Trojans needed at that point. Winchester had already won the 800 in 2:30 and the 1600 in 5:31.3. Alesha Ward had a huge day in the field events for TK, winning the high jump at 4 feet 10 inches, the discus with a throw of 974, and the shot put with a toss of 28-1.25. Ashley VanderMeer led the TK sweep in the long jump at 14-4.25. Stephanie Betcher was second (13-9) and Danielle Fredenburg third (13-8.25). In the pole vault, Danielle Rosenberg led the way for TK by clearing 8-6. Her teammate Kelsey Webster was second (7-6) and Rebecca Denney third (7-6). The Trojan ladies also swept the 400-meter dash, with Emma Ordway leading the charge in 1:01.3. Betcher was second in 1:05 and Kylie Schultz third in 1:05.8. Ordway was a three-time champ, winning the 100 in 13.07 seconds and the 200 in 27.1. Trojan teams also won the 3200-meter relay in 10:18.9 and the 1600-meter relay in 4:29.8. The TK boys are 0-2 in the league, having fallen to the Wildcats Thursday 85.3-57.6 The split points came thanks to a tie for first in the pole vault and a tie for third. TK’s Ben Buxton cleared the top height of 9-0 for the Trojans, and Brent Anderson was in a tie for third at 8-6. Mitch Edwards had a good day for TK, winning the high jump at 5-6 and taking the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.71 seconds. It was quite a while before the Trojans took another victory on the track. Eight events later, TK’s Ethan Fuller crossed the finish line first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:08. The Trojans closed out the night on the track with Keith Winchester taking the 3200meter run in 10:37.95, and then winning the 1600-meter relay in 3:39. TK did pick up one other first place finish in the field events, as Travis Farris won the discus with a throw of 118-4. The Trojans’ Brett Mulder was second in the event at 1172. Thornapple Kellogg takes on South Christian at home this Thursday. Thornapple Kellogg’s Ben Buxton flies over the hurdles in the 110-meter race last Thursday against Wayland. (Photo by Perry Hardin) An error by the Vikings and back-to-back walks loaded the bases for the Trojans in the top of the second inning. The Trojans’ number eight hitter Laci Forbes worked a 3-0 count, but Forman straightened things out to get her on strikes. Forman then ended the inning with a strike out of Amanda Denney. The Trojans scored first in the championship game, pushing a run in in the top of the third. Lakewood came back to tie things up in the bottom of the fourth. Brianna Bosworth singled to center, then moved to third on a stolen base and a wild pitch. She came home on an RBI sacrifice by Tryon. While the Vikings did a good job of working out of a jam against Thornapple Kellogg, Hastings wasn’t able to do that against Lakewood in the opener. Hastings took a 4-1 lead into the top of the sixth inning, when the Vikings exploded for six runs. Four hits and four Saxon errors led to the big inning. Sylvia Welch had an RBI in the inning, and Lindzy Curry and Bosworth drove in two runs each. Curry had a two-run double that tied the game at four. “We struggled a little bit in the first game, and really if Hastings wouldn’t have had that bad sixth inning we wouldn’t have won the game,” said Lakewood head coach Rolly Krauss. Nikki Meade was 3-for-4 for the Saxons in the opener with an RBI. Jen Ratliff also had an RBI for the Saxons. For the day, Bosworth had three hits and two RBI for Lakewood, Welch two hits and two RBI. Tryon had three hits and three RBI. Meagan Bishop pitched the entire game for TK, striking out nine, walking two, and allowing four hits. Meagan Bishop played a big part in getting The Saxons’ Nikki Meade knocked second base from its home as she slides safely in with a steal during Saturday’s opening contest with Lakewood. Viking shortstop Chelsey Dow was just late with her tag. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the Trojans to the championship game. She had a perfect game heading into the seventh inning against Delton Kellogg. TK also had a 4-0 lead at that point. The Trojans would eventually take the victory 4-2. A walk spoiled the perfect game to start the inning. A single by the Panthers spoiled the no hitter, and then a pair of runs spoiled the shut out, but Bishop still got the win. She struck out eight for the game, and allowed just the one hit and two unearned runs in the seventh. Katie McCarty lead all hitters in the game with a single and a double. She scored two of the Trojan runs. Ashley Lewis drove in a run for the Trojans with a sacrifice in the top of the fourth, after McCarty’s double, then Christina Kunde scored by avoiding being tagged in a pickle between third and home. That gave TK a 2-0 lead. The Trojans added two more runs in the top of the sixth, with McCarty getting things started again. She came home along with Kunde on a group of Delton errors. It was a good pitchers’ dual, with Tarah Keim taking the loss for Delton. She struck out four and allowed only four hits and two earned runs. Keim also had one of Delton’s only two hits, the other belonged to Amanda Boss. Delton defeated Hastings in the consolation game 5-3. Jessie Wine got the start for Delton in game two, allowing three runs in three innings of work. She struck out three, walked three and allowing three hits. Keim closed out the final three innings, getting all nine outs on strike outs while allowing just one hit. Keim had a single, a double and an RBI against the Saxons. 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Coburn �Page 22 — Thursday, April 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons and TK mix it up in the middle Caledonia ran away with the third O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season, outscoring second-place South Christian by Hastings’ Kacy Hooten taps a putt from the fringe on the number two green at Orchard Hills Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 18 strokes. It was the first time this year that the Fighting Scots have finished ahead of the Sailors at the top of the standings in the three conference jamborees. Behind the Scots and Sailors, Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg and Hamilton have been battling it out for the next three positions. Hastings finished fifth Tuesday at Yankee Springs Golf Course with a team score of 205. That put them just one stroke behind the fourth-place Hawkeyes. Thornapple Kellogg Thornapple Kellogg’s Ashley Martin watchers her drive on number four Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) was third with a 192, behind Caledonia’s 167 and South’s 185. Wayland and Byron Center brought up the rear with a 228 and 265. Erin Fluke led the Saxons once again, firing a 43. Kacy Hooten added a 51 for the Saxons, Katy Fluke 54 and Paige Pumford a 57. Only five golfers bested Erin Fluke’s 43 on the day. Three of them were from Caledonia, Carolyn Schaner (39), Sara Leatherman (41) and Britni Gregory (40). The other two were South Christian’s Jackie DeBoer with a 41 and Thornapple Kellogg’s Caitlin Chamberlin with a 40. Macy Chamberlin added a 46 for the Trojans, Ashley Martin 46, and Allison Whitney a 60. The league meets again Thursday at Railside, then will be there again next Monday. Byron Center and South Christian share the same home course. Last Thursday at Orchard Hills Golf Course, the Saxons finished fourth, jumping past Hamilton. South Christian won the jamboree with a 185, followed by Caledonia 190, Thornapple Kellogg 195, Hastings 211, Hamilton 225, Wayland 236, and Byron Center 258. Katy Fluke had the top score for the Saxons this time with a 48, just ahead of Erin’s 49. Barbie Buehler added a 56 and Pumford 58 for the Saxons. Caitlin Chamberlin and Macy Chamberlin both fired 45’s to lead TK, while Whitney added a 59 and Martin a 46. The Saxons stepped away from the league last Wednesday, and earned a pair of victories on their home course. The Saxons fired a 225, to best Lakewood which finished at 253 and Portland at 252. Erin Fluke had the best score of the day, by 11 strokes, firing a 44. Her teammate Hooten and Lakewood’s Rachelle Kent both fired 55’s. Behind the top two for the Saxons, Katy Fluke shot a 62 and Pumford a 64. Behind Kent for Lakewood, Stephanie Axdorff shot a 60, Sara Clark 68 and Amanda French 70. Sydney Klein was Portland’s top scorer with a 58. Delton Kellogg catcher Quinn DeBolt (left) and pitcher Jordan Smith check over with the dugout as they talk things over in the seventh inning against Lakewood Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Battle Creek Central digs out of big hole against DK Delton Kellogg suffered a tough loss at home last Thursday against Battle Creek Central, in the first game of a double header. The Panthers opened game one with a 7-1 lead, but several errors led to Central pulling ahead by the sixth inning and ending up with a13-12 win. “I believe these two games were our best outings of the year, even though our fielding struggled at times,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Eric Parsley. “Against a program like Battle Creek Central, who was District Champs last year in Division 1, we cannot afford to make the mistakes we did and get away without problem.” Delton had 15 hits in this tough loss, but several errors led to Central coming back. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Mitch Duquesnel cleared the bases with a double to pull his team within a run. The Panthers weren’t able to convert from there however. Brian Diaz took the loss in relief (0-1). Nick Blacken had three hits including a two RBI double in the first. Others with multiple hits for Delton were by Diaz, Quinn DeBolt, Duquesnel and Steve Scoby who also had two RBI’s. Game two was called after four innings due to darkness, tied 4-4. Chuck Stallard started game two on the mound for Delton, and recorded three strike outs in the four innings. Blacken led the Panther hitting attack with two singles, and also scored two runs. Scoby had an RBI triple, Chris Link a double and Duquesnel a single for the Panthers. The Panthers were 0-4-1 on the season heading into the weekend. Hastings wins at least once in every flight at Vicksburg The Saxons’ Erin Fluke sends her drive flying off the number three tee at Orchard Hills on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Thornapple Kellogg head coach Bob Kaminski talks things over with his number one, Caitlin Chamberlin, before she hits her drive on number two Thursday at Orchard Hills Golf Course. (Photo by Brett Bremer) H.Y.A.A. Fall Football & Cheerleading Sign-Up The Hastings varsity boys’ tennis team scored 32 points to finish fifth out of eight teams at Saturday’s Vicksburg Invitational. The best finish for the Saxons was a second place medal winning performance from Justin von der Hoff at third singles. He scored a 6-3, 6-3 win over his opponent from Hackett Catholic Central in the opening round, then topped Plainwell 7-6(6), 6-4 in the second round. He fell in the championship match to Portage Northern’s number three 6-2, 6-0. Hastings won at least one match at each flight. Eric Treadwell at first singles topped Leslie in an eight-game proset 8-1. At second singles, Chris White knocked off Coldwater 6-4, 4-6, 10-8, then fell in a tight match against Hackett Catholic Central 6-4, 3-6, 108. At fourth singles, Clay Raymond earned a 9-7 victory over Leslie. Hastings’ first doubles team of Eric Haney and Jon Peurach finished third at their flight. They topped Leslie 6-2, 7-5, then lost in the second round to Hackett 6-1, 6-3. In the final match of the day for the duo, they topped Coldwater 3-6, 6-2, 10-4. At second doubles, Tim Lewis and Michael Peterson had an 8-1 win over Leslie. The Saxon third doubles team of Tom McKinney and Cameron Womack also topped Leslie, 83. Kyle Pierce and Patrick Gillespie at fourth doubles for the Saxons opened the tournament with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Leslie. They then fell to Hackett 6-1, 6-4, and to Coldwater 7-5, 6-4. The Saxons fell to 0-2 in the O-K Gold Conference last Thursday, as they were downed by Hamilton in Hastings 5-3. Hastings wasn’t too far from getting the win, as a couple three-set singles matches went the Hawkeyes’ way. All three Hastings’ victories came on the doubles side. The Saxon second doubles team of Jordan Rambin and Tom Newton had a big 6-2, 6-2 win. At third doubles, Lewis and Peterson won 6-3, 6-4. At fourth doubles, the Saxon team of McKinney and Womack had a decisive 6-3, 6-2 win. In the second singles match, White was downed by the Hawkeyes’ Austin Breuker 46, 7-5, 6-2. At third singles, von der Hoff suffered a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 loss against Hamilton’s Nate Stafford. The Saxons host Wayland this Thursday, will take part in the Allegan Invitational Saturday, then visit Thornapple Kellogg for a dual next Tuesday. Wednesday, May 9, 2007 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hastings Middle School East Gym New Name - New Location A Parent Must Be Present At Sign-Up ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Sign-up is open to all children who will be in grades 3rd through 8th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Space is limited for both football and cheerleading. Sign up fee: $45, plus participation in fall cookie dough fundraiser, $75 sign-up fee to buy out of the fundraiser. Fee must be paid in full at time of registration. Discounts are available for additional children. 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The opened the home portion of the conference schedule against Wayland on Wednesday, and scored a 6-0 victory. Seven minutes into the game, Trojan senior Ashleigh Lund passed a through ball to Molly Wilson, who beat her defender and took a long shot over the Wildcat goalie for a 1-0 lead. Three minutes later, Lund put the ball past the goalie for TK’s second goal. It was 20 at the break Eight minutes into the second half, Wayland was called for a hand ball in the box. Lund made the penalty kick for TK. Soon after, TK sweeper Ellen Phillips cleared the ball directly to Lund who beat her defender and placed the ball into the right corner of the box. Lund would score her fourth goal with 18 minutes remaining in the game off a nice pass from senior teammate Kate Wilson. TK’s last goal of the night was scored by Molly Wilson who took a good pass from midfielder Celia Salmon and converted for the Trojans. That was the second league shut-out of the week for the Trojans, who topped Byron Center on the road to start O-K Gold play laMonday (April 16), 3-0. TK controlled most of the action in the first half of a cold and very windy game. At the 15 minute mark, Lund sent a pass to teammate Kelsey Aubil who had a beautiful shot over the goalie’s outreached hands to put her team on the board. With five minutes left in the first half, Lund fired a shot past the goalie to make it a 2-0 game. The stingy defense applied by TK midfielders Heidi VanderHeide, Salmon, Brittany Giguere, Aubil, Ashley Jachim, Garcia, Amy Ball and Sammy Hauschild kept pounding Byron Center’s defense during the second half. Stopper Val VanBemden had a great game as well, by repeatedly intercepting the passes from Byron Center and sending them back up to her teammates. Defenders Sam Reeder, Melissa Plets, Nicole Ybema, Amanda Nicholas and Phillips only allowed The Bulldogs to get in two shots on goal. Thornapple Kellogg won at least one match at every flight Saturday at the Vicksburg Invitational, and finished fourth out of eight teams. They just edged out their conference foes from Hastings in the process. Portage Northern took the tournament title with 58 points, followed by Hackett Catholic Central 51, Vicksburg 42, TK 37, Hastings 32, Plainwell 30, Coldwater 28 and Leslie 10. At first singles, Corey Humphrey scored a pair of victories to reach the finals where he was downed by Hackett’s number one 6-2, 60. Humphrey earned his runner-up medal with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Vicksburg to start the day, and a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Plainwell. The Trojans also had a second-place finish by Ross Barrett at fourth singles. He topped Plainwell 6-3, 7-6(2), and Coldwater 6-1, 6-4 to reach the finals. There he was downed by Hackett 6-4, 7-5. “We’re making some pretty good improvements,” said TK head coach Larry Seger, who missed Saturday’s tournament because of an illness. “(Ross Barrett at) fourth singles seems to have turned a corner. He had a real nice week, had a couple real nice wins.” Andrew Meads at second singles and the third doubles team of Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth finished fourth at their flight with a pair of victories. Meads, after falling to Portage Northern, topped Coldwater 8-1 and Leslie 8-2. Ellsworth and Ball were downed by Hackett in the first round, then bounced back to beat Coldwater 8-5 and Hastings 8-1. At fourth singles Cory Jewett scored a 6-3, 7-6(5) win over Leslie in the opening round. TK’s second doubles team of Nate Otto and Dave McMahon won their opener 6-3, 6-3 against Hastings. Zach Smith and Zach Warren at first doubles scored an 8-5 win over Leslie, and at fourth doubles Jake Smith and Ben Nyhuis topped Plainwell 8-2. It was a solid way for the Trojans to end the With six minutes left in the game, Wilson sent a crossing ball, which the Bulldog goalie did not control, and Phillips kicked it in for TK’s final tally. That was the first of three shut-outs the Trojans were in last week. Lowell ended the week Friday for TK, topping the Trojans 1-0. In a very physical game, Lowell scored in the first five minutes of the first half on a defensive miscue. TK bounced back and the rest of the game was back and forth with neither team scoring. TK’s sophomore goalie Kate Scheidel had a terrific game making some beautiful saves for the TK Ladies. The Trojans head to Coopersville for a non-conference contest Friday. Next Monday, TK will be at home against Hastings. week after falling in two conference matches last week, and splitting a non-league battle with Ottawa Hills. Last Thursday, the Trojans were downed by Wayland 6-2. Barrett at fourth singles and the fourth doubles team of Jake Smith and Nyhuis had TK’s lone points, and they didn’t come easy. Barrett won 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Smith and Nyhuis took a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. Against Byron Center last Tuesday (April 17), the Trojans also fell 6-2. Humphrey scored a 7-5, 6-1 win at first singles, and Meads won 6-3, 6-4 at number two. TK start last week by splitting a 4-4 decision with Ottawa Hills on Monday. The Trojans swept the doubles flights, and the Bengals took all four singles matches. Zach Smith and Zach Warren won 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 at first doubles. That first set was the only set the Trojans dropped on the doubles’ side. Otto and McMahon won 6-3, 6-1 at number two. Ball and Ellsworth won 6-2, 6-1 at third doubles. At number four, Jake Smith and Nyhuis won 6-2, 6-0. Humphrey came close to getting the Trojans over the hump, but lost to Ottawa Hills’ tough number one 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. TK was without Jewett at third singles for that dual. The Trojans are scheduled to visit South Christian in the Gold this Thursday, then will be home Friday for a dual with Kelloggsville and Saturday to host their own TK Invitational. Next Tuesday, the Trojans return to league play at home against Hastings. Saxons’ defense rebounds to win second game of DH After falling in three games to Caledonia last week, the Saxon varsity girls’ softball team scored its first O-K Gold Conference victory on Tuesday night. The Saxons split the two games of a double header at home against Hamilton. Defensive errors led to a 14-7 loss in game one, but Hastings came back in game two and made several fine plays while recording a 6-2 win. Hastings only had one error in game two, and Cali Carpenter pitched an excellent game allowing only three Hawkeye hits. She struck out six while walking four to record her second win of the year. Hastings jumped ahead 3-0 in the first inning. Sara Bolo got things started with a triple, and scored on a Hamilton error. Tara Nassif singled in two runs later in the inning. The Saxons pushed two more runs across in the fifth. Brenna Leedy and Jen Bishop singled. Leedy scored on a Hamilton error, then Nassif singled home Bishop. Nassif, having her most productive game of the season, singled again in the sixth inning and drove in her fourth run of the game. Jen Ratliff and Kaylee Jordan also had base hits in the game. The Saxons had ten errors in game one, as Hamilton rolled to a 14-7 victory. Erica Swartz pitched well for Hastings as she struck out nine Hamilton batters and allowed just four earned runs. The ten Hastings errors led to ten unearned Hamilton runs. The Saxons pounded out eight hits that led to their seven runs. Swartz led the hitting attack with three hits including a single, a double and a triple. Bolo and Nikki Meade both had two hits apiece, while Bishop collected a triple and three RBI’s in the game. The Saxons will travel to Hamilton on Thursday for a single game. Next week Hastings goes up against Byron Center, with a double header on the road Tuesday and a single game at home Thursday. Get Fit For Summer… Stay Fit For Good! Trojan senior Val VanBemden heads the ball forward Wednesday evening against Wayland. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Look great in that little sundress… SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org A rescheduled to 4/25 3:45 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm 4:15 pm Girls Boys Boys Boys Girls Boys Boys Girls Girls JV Varsity JV Varsity Varsity Varsity JV Varsity JV Golf Tennis Tennis Track Track Baseball Baseball Softball Softball Hamilton at Dia. Sprgs. Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Wayland Union HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS Hamilton HS A H A H H A H A H SATURDAY, APRIL 28: TBA Junior-Senior Prom 8:00 am Boys Varsity Tennis 9:00 am Boys Varsity Baseball 9:00 am Boys Fresh. Baseball 9:00 am Girls JV Softball 10:00 am Girls Fresh. 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(Photo by Perry Hardin) HHS girls top Bulldogs for their first Gold win Saxon senior Natalie Knorp knocked in both her team’s goals in a 2-1 victory over Byron Center on Monday night. It was the first O-K Gold Conference victory for the Saxons in three tries so far this spring. With nine minutes left in the opening half, Knorp headed in a direct kick that came from about 35 yards out. The only other scores in the game came on penalty kicks, with Knorp converting on one to give her team a 2-0 advantage. “I felt that we dominated the majority of the game, working the ball up and across the field,” said Saxon head coach Sarah Derrico. “Byron Center has a handful of girls who are strong players, and kept us from scoring. The goalie was fantastic once again.” The Saxons scored twice last Wednesday as well, but two goals weren’t enough in a 32 loss to Hamilton. “We controlled a large portion of the game. We just couldn’t finish,” Derrico said. A couple of Saxon mistakes led to two of the Hamilton goals. Hastings is now 1-2 in the conference. The Saxons have a tough week ahead of them, traveling to Thornapple Kellogg on Monday and then playing host to South Christian next Tuesday. The comeback came up short, but it sure made things interesting Saturday afternoon. Hastings won its own Barry County Invitational championship Saturday, knocking off Thornapple Kellogg in the title game 15-13. The Trojans trailed 15-7 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but the first seven Trojans in the seventh reached base and the first six scored to tighten things up. The rally almost never got started. Andrew Gilbert reached base on an infield single, but the next batter, Blake Johnson, hit a roller to the short stop. Hastings’ double-play combination tried to turn two, but lost the handle on the ball at second base. Both runners were safe. With new life, Anthony Lukas drew a walk to load the bases, then Levi Funk followed with an RBI walk. Things really got interesting when the next two Trojan batters, Kyle Boboltz and Brent Butgereit both blasted tworun doubles. Tom Enslen brought Butgereit home with a sacrifice, but TK’s comeback was done. On in relief, Matt Teunessen earned a strike out and a pop up to the catcher for the final two outs. That earned Teunessen the save, and the win went to starter Kyle McNerny. McNerny was great through the first three innings. It was a 2-1 game after three in favor of the Trojans, before ball started to explode off the two teams bats. Hastings jumped in front with seven runs in the top of the fourth. TK rallied for three in the bottom half of the inning, but the Saxons go those right back in the top of the fifth. Teunessen played a big part in getting the Saxons the insurance runs they would need. With one out in the top of the seventh, he blasted an RBI triple to right field then came home to score on a wild pitch. That made it 15-7. The Saxons had many hitting heroes in the contest. Teunessen had a triple, a double, a single and three RBI. Branden Courtney had three singles and an RBI. John Feldpausch had two singles and five RBI’s and A.J. Tassos had two doubles and an RBI. Ken Taylor and Rob Cady each had a single and an RBI, while David Kendall had a double and two RBI’s. Butgereit had a solid game at the plate for the Trojans. He reached base four times, including on a triple and a double. In the consolation game, Delton Kellogg beat Lakewood 8-3 in six innings. Lakewood pushed across all three of its runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. Nick Blacken picked up the win for the Panthers, their first of the season, going five innings with five strikeouts. He only allowed the Vikings two hits. “It’s a relief,” said Delton head coach Eric Parsley. “I think for a while our kids have just been pressing, having to go this far into the season. I think we can relax now and just get down to playing baseball.” Brian Diaz was 4-for-4 for Delton in the game, with three RBI’s. Steven Scoby was 12 with two RBI and a run scored. “We had three hits all game. We hit the ball right to somebody every time,” Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch said of the opening loss to Hastings. “Then the same thing happened in the second game.” In the opening game of the annual Barry County Invitational the Saxons defeated their long-time nemesis Lakewood, 3-2. In a game dominated by the pitchers, which also featured great defense on both sides of the field, the Saxons were able to overcome a 2-0 deficit and rely upon a tremendous catch by outfielder Ricky Mathis to secure the win. Lakewood scored two runs in the top of the first, but the Saxon pitcher Courtney would then settle down and pitch the complete game working out of several late inning jams including the final at bat of the game. Hastings also did all of its scoring in one inning, pushing across three runs in the bottom half of the fourth. Teunessen led off with an infield single, and then scored all the way from first on a base hit off the bat of Tassos. Tassos then scored on a double by Courtney. Courtney came home on a base hit from Kendall. Lakewood put runners on third base in each of the last two innings, but was unable to score on either occasion, with Mathis making a dramatic catch with two out and the tying run on third. Courtney allowed just one hit in the game and struck out two. Feldpausch also added a double for the Saxons in the game. Hastings is off to a 3-2 start in the O-K Gold Conference, after splitting the two games of a double header at home against Hamilton on Tuesday. In game two the Saxons rallied late, and then survived a Hawkeye surge at the end to win 4-3. Hamilton had taken game one 9-3. Dylan Cuddahee, making his first start of the season for the Saxons in game two, pitched the complete game allowing only four hits, striking out three including Hamilton’s leading hitter with bases loaded in the seventh to end the game. Hamilton scored single runs in the second and third for a 2-0 edge. Hastings was held scoreless through four innings, but came to life in the last of the fifth. Cuddahee drew a lead-off walk and then Scott Wilson, running for Cuddahee, moved to third after a fielding error on a Rob Cady sacrifice bunt. Ken Taylor reached first base on another bunt, loading the bases. After a pair of strike outs, Ricky Mathis came through with a bases-clearing double that put his team up 3-2. Jon Garrett followed that up with the second of his two doubles in the game, bringing Mathis home for a 4-2 edge. Hamilton came back with a run in its half of the sixth. Cady got in front of a sharply hit ground ball that scored one Hawkeye runner, but keep the another at third. Hamilton put its lead-off hitter on in the seventh and moved him to second on a bunt. With one out, the Saxons then intentionally walked the next hitter. Cuddahee then sandwiched a hit batsmen that loaded the bases between a pair of strike outs to end the threat. The second strike out was of Bryan Zoet, the Hawkeye’s top hitter who’d already homered and doubled on the day. At the plate for the Saxons, Garrett led the team in game two with a pair of doubles and an RBI. Mathis had a double and three RBI’s. John Feldpausch, A.J. Tassos, and Taylor also contributed base hits. In the opening game of the O-K Gold double-header, Hamilton jumped out to an early lead and coasted to the 9-3 win over Hastings. The visiting Hawkeyes scored three times in the first and add three more runs in the second before the Saxons got on the board. In the home half of the second inning, Tassos led off with a double and then came in to score on a base hit by Branden Courtney. Hamilton would later add runs in the sixth Visit www.TradeMarkRealty.com with complete listings from the Grand Rapids Assoc. of REALTORS® TMK-414 – Castleton Twp., Maple Valley or Hastings Schools – Nicely maintained inside and out 3 bedroom ranch with 24x28 attached heated garage and 18x19 rear deck with natural gas utilities. Close to Thornapple Lake. Buy with zero down at . . . . . . . . . . . . .$104,900 5025 E. M-79 HWY. NEW LISTING 3456 RYAN ROAD • HASTINGS TMK-415 – Hastings Twp. & Schools. Custom built white cedar log home with tongue and groove wide plank white pine flooring throughout. 1 bedroom, 1 bath, full walkout basement, full length covered porch, covered and screened patio, cathedral great room with wood stove. 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With two outs, Matt Teunessen drove in both runners with a base hit. Tassos would single behind Teunessen, but the threat ended there. For the game, Mathis and Tassos would take top hitting honors for Hastings, both with three hits each. Tuenessen had two RBI’s and Courtney had one. Hastings will now travel to Hamilton on Thursday in the rubber-game of the series before traveling to Saranac on Saturday to compete in their tournament. Next week in the conference, the Saxons visit Byron Center for two on Tuesday then host the Bulldogs on Thursday. The Saxons closed out their series with the Caledonia Fighting Scots last Thursday, winning the rubber game 11-8. Caledonia built a big early lead, but the Saxons slowly chipped away at it. In the last of the sixth, trailing 8-6, Hastings’ David Kendall would reach base on an error and then Feldpausch singled to get a rally started for their team. Cady would then reach base after being hit at the plate, both Kendall and Feldpausch scored on wild pitches with Feldpausch’s run tying the game. Mathis then singled and stole his third base of the game. Garrett drew a walk and scored in front of Teunessen’s two-run single which accounted for his third and fourth RBI’s of the game. Teunessen would then score on an RBI single from Tassos who ended with three RBI’s. Mathis scored on a sacrifice fly by Teunessen in the first inning, and Tassos scored on an RBI double from Cuddahee to give their team a 2-0 lead in the first inning. After the first, the Caledonia pitcher would settle in striking out the next four and retiring eight in a row before Cuddahee drew a walk in the fourth, then move all around the bases and scored on a wild pitch. In between the Saxons’ second and third runs, Caledonia had scored seven times. The Scots led 7-3 at the end of four innings. The Saxons continued to chip away at the four-run deficit by adding three runs in the bottom of the fifth. A Cady single, an Mathis single, and a walk to Garrett loaded the bases. Teunessen drove in a run with a ground out, before Tassos brought the other two in with a double. Caledonia would add a single run in the top of the sixth to move ahead 8-6, but Cady making his first appearance on the mound for the Saxons shut the Scot offense down the rest of the way. Teunessen started for the Saxons and left after four innings earning a no-decision. He struck out four in his four innings of work. Cady held the Scots to a single run in his three innings of work, picking up the win. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-03.pdf d58469f83bf09ddce55325bcc80f3d42 PDF Text Text Field of 8 seek seats on Board of Education County officials prove actions speak louder Saxons score six in win over Wayland See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 18 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, May 3, 2007 Two charged with Nashville armed robbery NEWS BRIEFS Handbell choir concert is May 6 The public is invited to the fourth annual Handbell Choir Concert at the Middleville United Methodist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 6. The ladies will introduce some new "techniques" and will be adding hand chimes. A variety of music will be performed from "Get on Board, Little Children" to their traditional closing number, Haydn's "The Heavens Are Telling." The three-octave handbell set was purchased in 1983, using United Methodist memorial funds and the handbell choir was formed the following year. Sue Enders, Beth Bauer and Carolyn Steensma are charter members. Others ringers include Julie Coon, Kris Selleck, Francy Tobin, Pat Baragar, Diane Hoskins, Mary Cisler, Michelle Johnson and Sue Wilkins. The Bells have been under the direction of Vicki Marsh since 1997. The concert will be followed by an ice cream social in Fellowship Hall. The church is located in downtown Middleville. For more information, call Marsh at 795-5431. Mayor is griller against cancer On hand for the presentation of the Liberty Bell Award to retiring YMCA Director David Storms during Tuesday’s Law Day ceremony were (from left) Robert Byington, Retired Barry County Probate Judge Richard Shaw, Storms and Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. Dave Storms honored with Liberty Bell by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The theme for this year’s annual Law Day ceremony held at the Barry County Courthouse was a perfect fit for David Storms, recipient of the Liberty Bell Award. Storms, retiring director of the YMCA, has spent his career helping youth overcome the challenges of growing up in an increasingly difficult environment. The Honorable Richard Shaw, retired Barry County Probate Judge, returned to Hastings to address the crowd,who were there to recognize the efforts of Storms and the YMCA since 1981. “Dave had a strong relationship with the juvenile court,” Judge Shaw said, “and he always had the ability to touch young people and inspire those around him. “Our YMCA is reknowned for its unique Nominees sought for Golden Deeds See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See LIBERTY, page 2 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Two men are behind bars today after they allegedly robbed the Nashville Shell gas station at knife point and crashed their vehicle into a ditch trying to get away. They then highjacked a vehicle and forced the female driver to take them to Battle Creek. One of the men apprehended has been identified as Brian Mann, 25, of Battle Creek. His accomplice is a juvenile who’s name is See ROBBERY, page 16 Two new choices recommended for County Planning Commission The Relay For Life has enlisted the help of one its strongest supporters, as Hastings Mayor Robert L. May will be a celebrity guest griller at the BD's Mongolian Barbeque in Grand Rapids Thursday, May 17. Reservations will be taken for 5:30, 6:45 or 8 p.m. “Mayor Bob” will show off his grilling technique on BD's 2,OOO-pound grill, flipping fresh veggies and meats on their three-foot swords while raising money for ACS's Relay For Life. The Grand Rapids restaurant is located at 2619 28th Street SE. Proceeds from the event will go toward raising money for ACS's Relay for Life, which is held throughout the United States and the world to raise funds that go toward research for medical procedures, medicines to treat cancer, programs in local communities for cancer patients and their families and more. "I will do anything I am able to do for this worthy cause." said May, a cancer survivor himself. The Exchange Club of Hastings is seeking nominations for the Book of Golden Deeds Award. This is an exclusive Exchange Club program that honors members of the community who serve their fellow citizens. The club annually seeks to recognize a member of the community for his or her exceptional public-spirited deeds who, because of quiet unassuming dedication, may be unrecognized for his or her activities. This year’s award will be presented at the Mayor’s Exchange Luncheon at noon Monday, May 21, at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. In addition to being recognized at the luncheon, the Book of Golden Deeds recipient has historically been honored with being the grand marshal of the Hastings Summerfest parade in August. To nominate someone for the award, please pick up an application at the WBCH Radio station in downtown Hastings. After filling out the nomination programming. Dave had a positive impact on kids and especially with the scholarship kids who otherwise would not have been able to enjoy the experience of the YMCA camps.” Judge Shaw also praised Storms’ wife, Debbie. “Debbie spent her summers at camp and Brian Mann Due to the Pennock MRI construction project, the emergency entrance circular driveway will be re-striped a red color and traffic will be advised not to park in this zone. The blue-striped parking areas nearest to the emergency entrance will be restricted to handicapped vehicles only. Emergency vehicles to be re-routed Pennock MRI construction begins Pennock Health Services in Hastings is starting construction of its permanent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Monday, May 7, and as a result new parking rules will go into effect and emergency vehicles will be re-routed. The project involves construction of the Emergency Department ambulance entrance and new parking rules at the main hospital entrance. Starting Monday, ambulances and emergency vehicles will begin using the east entrance. Pennock officials are encouraging See PENNOCK, page 9 by David T. Young Editor If the Barry County Board of Commissioners next Tuesday morning follows the recommendations of the Committe of the Whole, there will be two new members of the County Planning and Zoning Commission. Jack Nadworinik, co-owner of the Tujax Tavern in Delton, and Dr. Michael Callton of Nashville were recommended Tuesday afternoon after a full day of interviews. Callton’s selection, however, is only temporary because is replacing Tony Crosarial in a state-madated seat by a representative from a school system. Crosarial, whose term expired April 30, did not reapply because of too many time conflicts and no one else stepped forward from any of the 13 school districts that touch Barry County. Callton, who sits on the Eaton Intermediate School District Board, qualifies as a school representative now mandated by state law, but he has indicated strongly he doesn’t want to serve very long and wants the county to agressively recruit someone from the education sector, whether it be a school member or a school official. His appointment is temporary, only until a suitable person can be found. Because of the conflict of interest, he abstained from voting on the matter. Nadworinik was determined to be the top choice in a point system ballot used by seven of the eight commissioners after interviews all day Tuesday with 11 candidates. Callton, chairman of the County Board, left early to attend another meeting. Commissioners chose seven candidates to be ranked for the position being vacated by James Alden, who has served three three-year terms and was applying for reinstatement. Joining Nadworinik on the list were Alden, former Planning and Zoning Commissioner Serafin “Chuck” Nieves, Tami Dickinson, Martha Reyff-Banash and Steve Pyrzynski. Jim French, chairman of the County Development and Planning Committee, instructed his colleagues to rank each of the seven on a piece of paper by placing a “1” to the top choice, a “2” for the runner-up selection, a “3” for third and so on down to “7.” Nadworinik finished with 21 points while Nieves and Alden tied for second with 25. The reommendations of Callton and Nadworinik will go before the full board Tuesday morning, where French quipped that board members can “still duke it out” over who should be selected. His committee was deadlocked on the appointments earlier, prompting readvertisement to the public and 13 candidates expressing interest with applications and scheduled appearances Tuesday before the Committee of the Whole. Two of the candidates dropped out of the running before the interviews, as one was out of town. The process was made particularly interesting with the applications of Alden and Nieves. Alden served three, three-year terms on the Planning and Zoning Commission, but couldn’t muster enough support. “It was a question of old wisdom versus new blood,” French said. However, what may have been telling is a line of questioning brought forward by Commissioner Wayne Adams, who told Alden, “I’ve heard complaints that you’re gruff with constituents. Is there something you can do about that.” Alden replied in his interview, “I am what I am. My demeanor is my demeanor... I call it as I see it. I guess I’ll stand on my record.” There have been reports that some officials were not pleased Alden went south for several months over the winter of 2005-06 and one night the Planning and Zoning Commission barely had enough members for a quorum, delaying a presentation by a constituent. The committee received three written recommendations for Alden, from attorney Bob Byington, Bay Pointe Inn owner Mike Powers and John and Suzette Jones. Shawn Benner of Benner Logging backed Alden in person, saying, “I respect Mr. Alden’s views. When he doesn’t know, he’ll get to the bottom of things. “Yes, a few people may think he’s gruff, he’s sort of old school, but he does stand up for what he believes in... I think he’s fair he understands what’s going on.” Nieves served one three-year term on the Planning and Zoning Commission, but a year ago was not reappointed. The excuse given See PLANNING, page 4 �Page 2 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page form, return it to WBCH in person or via mail by Friday, May 11. The Exchange Club is a national service organization whose volunteers seek to better their community through service to others. Barry County GOP dinner set Former Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche will be guest speaker at the annual Barry County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner Thursday evening, May 10, at the Middle Villa Inn. DeRoche was first elected in November 2002 to the Michigan State House of Representatives to represent the residents of Novi, Wixom, Walled Lake, Lyon Township, South Lyon and portions of Northville. He was elected by his colleagues as the Speaker of the House. In this position he was the presiding officer of the state House, in charge of assigning committees, negotiating with the Senate and governor's office, working with members to determine policy and overseeing the day-today operations of the House. Because Democrats won a majority of the 110 seats in the November 2006 election, DeRoche had to turn over the speakership to Democrat Andy Dillon. Since 1997, DeRoche has been a regional marketing representative for Safety National Casualty, a workers' compensation insurer. He began his political career by being elected to the Novi City Council in 1997 and was re-elected in 1999. The GOP event will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. May 10 and the program will get under way at 6:30. Tickets are $30 apiece. For ticket reservations, call 945-8903 and leave a message with voice mail, if necessary. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. Alumni are encouraged to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. They can visit the new Web site at www.dkhsalumni.org for more information. Children’s musical starts run May 4 The Revue will present the children's musical “Dear Edwina, Jr.” at the Vermontville Opera House Friday and Saturday, May 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 and 13, at 3 p.m. The production is "A show by kids, for kids, about how important it is to treat one another well through musical lessons that explore courtesy and politeness!" A part of the Broadway Junior Collection, the music is by Zina Goldrich, and book and lyrics by Marcy Heisler. Cost is $8 adults, $7 senior/students, and $5 children (12 and under). Doors open 45 minutes before show. There are no assigned seats, so it will be first-come, first serve. The air-conditioned Opera House is across from the fire station at 211 S Main St., Vermontville The production is made possible with the support of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural affairs and Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. The Revue is a Vermontville theater group managed by Bill Reynolds. Call (269) 367-4455 for ticket reservations. Tickets also will be available at the door. ‘Grief Recovery’ sessions slated Barry Community Hospice will offer another grief recovery series, a five-week program for any adult who has experienced the death of a loved one, for five weeks, throughout next month, beginning Tuesday, May 1. The program will be held at the Barry Community Hospice office, 450 Meadow Run, Hastings, for five consecutive Tuesdays from May 1 through May 29. Class time id from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Grief recovery combines learning about the process of grief with the opportunity to discuss feelings in a safe and open environment. Barry Community Hospice, an affiliate of the United Way, offers the program as a community service. There is no charge. Anyone who wants to register or receive more information about this class or other bereavement services should call the Barry Community Hospice Bereavement Department at (616) 948-8452. Legion dinner set for May 18 The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will host a common cause appreciation dinner and fund-raiser at the American Patriot Restaurant on S. M-37 Friday, May 18. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and they will begin serving at 5:30. The program will begin at 7. The program will feature a salute to World War II Veterans and their families. The minimum cost of the dinner is $7 and special donations will be accepted, also. The meal will be Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, and will include a vegetable, a roll and a drink. Those who wish to attend and support these veterans should call the American Patriot Restaurant at 945-4973 or May at 948-2880 by Monday, May 14, with the number of people who will be attending. Pictured at the Hastings Rotary Honors Convocation in honor of Hastings High school students are (from left) High School Principal Tim Johnston; Emily Benningfield with her parents Michelle and Dan; Seth Beduhn with his parents Lori and Randy; Margaret Buehl with her parents Nancy and Jeff; Hannah Case with her parents Barb and Larry; Jacqui Northrop with her parents Cheryl and David; and Hastings Rotary President Bob Byington. The Revue plans children’s musical The Revue will present the children's musical “Dear Edwina, Jr.” Friday and Saturday, May 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 7 p.m. and matinees Sunday, May 6 and 13, at 3 p.m. at the Vermontville Opera House. This is The Revue’s 36th show and all have been produced by Bill Reynolds. Director/Choreographer is Hollie Auten. “Dear Edwina, Jr,” is a musical about young Edwina Spoonapple, who spends her free time answering letters from her neighborhood friends seeking advice on a variety of topics. The "letters" are presented and answered by a variety of interesting characters during a show produced, written and directed by Edwina in the Spoonapple Family garage. The show is full of hilarious and touching moments and is designed to appeal to audiences of all ages. The show is led by Edwina, played by Megan Shoemaker, along with 62 children from grades 4-8 coming from Vermontville, Nashville, Hastings, Charlotte, Sunfield, Woodland, Lake Odessa. Cost is $8 Adults, $7 Senior citizens and students, and $5 children (12 and under). Tickets are available at the door or for reservations call Reynolds at 269-367-4455 or e-mail therevue1@yahoo.com Doors open 45 minutes before show. There will be no assigned seats, it will be first come, first served. Trail Association will meet May 9 The monthly meeting of the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 9, at the Barry Township Hall, 155 E. Orchard St, in Delton. Everyone is welcome to attend. The North Country National Scenic Trail is one of the nation’s premier hiking and backpacking trails, extending 4,600 miles from New York to North Dakota. It links scenic, natural, recreational, historic, and cultural areas. First conceived in the 1960s, it was authorized by Congress in 1980. More than 2,000 miles are completed and open to public use. The trail is administered by the National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with many public agencies, private organizations, and generous landowners across seven northern States. The North Country Trail Association, working closely with the NPS, plays a leading role in the effort to complete the trail, organizing and directing the volunteer effort to build and maintain the trail. For more information about the meeting or about the Chief Noonday Chapter of the North Country Trail Association, visit http://www.northcountrytrail.org/cnd/ or call Lynne Durham at 269-861-0514. Pictured at the Hastings Rotary Honors Convocation in honor of Hastings High school students are (from left) High School Principal Tim Johnston; Stephen O. Case with his parents Stephen P. and Tina Case; Taylor Casarez with his parents Lorrie and David; Jason Bies with his parents Kristin and Matthew; Molly Wallace with her parents Lisa and Bill; Erin Fluke with her parents Laura and Chris; and Hastings Rotary Club President Bob Byington. Rotary honors top HHS students in Class of ’07 Ten Hastings High School students were invited to attend the Hastings Rotary Honors Convocation Monday, April 30, to be honored for their achievements and receive a gift from the club. The students were chosen by high school staff based on their scholarship, use of talents and school and community service. Dr. Jim Atkinson spoke to the students during the ceremony. “These are the top of our high school, and we’ve got a right to be very, very proud of them,” he said. Atkinson said one quote he has remembered throughout his life is “Work hard, do good.” “Those were the words of George Atkinson, my father,” he said. “You’ve all exhibited a very good work ethic over the last four years of high school. This is not the end at all for you — this is a start for the future.” Atkinson said another important quote to him was from his mother, Lucille. “You have to help and look out for the little guy, those with less talents and less gifts than you,” she used to tell him. Atkinson also emphasized to the students that what they may lack in gifts they can make up for with ambition. “The message I want to leave with you today is give back,” said Atkinson. “Nothing you do in life will reward you more than helping someone through hard times.” GFWC-Gun Lake Area includes mammogram on auction block by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The General Federation of Women's ClubsGun Lake Area is in final planning stages for its annual dinner fund-raiser for scholarships Thursday, May 17, at Bowens Mills in Yankee Springs. One of the highlights of the evening is the auction, and this year, because of physician Douglas Smendik, one of the items in the auction is a mammogram and the interpretation of the exam. This is a $200 value and whoever wins this item can use it or donate it to a woman who might not have the insurance coverage for the test. Club President Linda Molitor is lining up treasures from local art galleries, artists and members for the auction. This year’s auction includes a night at Bay Pointe Inn, a weekend in a Traverse City condominium and a year’s worth of flowers donated by Water’s Edge. For more information about the auction, call Molitor at 269795-3028. Janet Kohn and her sister, Clarissa Hoffman, will return as auctioneers. According to club member Fran Leonard, “The two are wonderfully adept at handling bids in a humorous fashion that will make the auction both fun and profitable.” "Janet and Clarissa auctioned for us in 2005," says Molitor, "and they were a delight. They left us clamoring for more." The first copies of the 2007 Gun Lake Area Directory will be distributed to those attending the dinner May 17. Copies of the directory, which lists everything from church services to dry cleaning to other services in the Gun Lake area will then be distributed to area businesses. Chairing the dinner auction event are Judy Smith and Bev Grashuis. The event will get under way at 5:30 p.m. May 17 at Historic Bowens Mills. Scholarship recipients and club members will greet guests for hors d’oeuvres before the catered dinner and auction. One of the joys of this annual event is that club members decorate the tables. In the past some members have brought out their fine china while others plan special tables dedicated to Teddy bears or tractors. Tickets are available by calling co-chairs Janet Englerth at 269-838-6075 or Cheryl Mills at 269-795-2768. The donation per ticket is $25. "Space is limited for the dinner so contacting these women early is encouraged" says Smith, event co-chair. Tickets must be ordered by Wednesday, May 8. Dr. Jim Atkinson speaks to the Hastings Rotary Club Monday, April 30, in honor of the top 10 Hastings High School Class of 2007 graduates. New Hastings supt. hasn’t signed pact yet The Hastings Area School Board decided Monday night to send a proposed contract to Rich Satterlee, the candidate chosen last week to be the new Hastings superintendent. Satterlee is scheduled to meet with a school board representative later this week to discuss and sign the contract. Satterlee was one of four finalists interviewed by the school board for the superintendent position. He currently is the superintendent at Pittsford Area Schools. His contract in Hastings will begin July 1. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 3 Field of 8 to seek 2 open seats on Hastings Board of Education by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The election for two open seats on the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education is set for Tuesday, and community members have their choice of eight candidates this year. Rob Thornburgh, Louis Wierenga, Jr., Kevin Beck, Dan Patton, Scott Franson, Terry McKinney, Bob Teunessen and Paula Pierce are all trying to fill the seats left vacant by Don Myers and Kim Alderson, both of whom have decided not to seek re-election. • Rob Thornburgh currently has two children in seventh and fifth grades. He owns a concrete business in Hastings, and his wife is an administrator in another district. “I really rely on the community,” he said. “It’s just time to give back to the community.” Thornburgh said he has been to the school board meetings, he has worked with YMCA and basketball programs, and he has donated to the schools. Thornburgh said being a business man should help him on the school board. “I feel that running a business for the last eight years is going to prepare me for some of the decisions that come up,” he said. Thornburgh also said he is concerned about the schools right now and wants to be part of the decisions that are made. “I have two kids,” he said. “I’m concerned about their future. I need to be involved wit some of the decisions that are going to directly affect them.” He said one of his goals for the school district are to have advanced placement classes in the curriculum. He also said he would like to see cooperation among neighboring districts to help the financial situation. “I think as a school system we’re going to have to start working with some other districts as far as saving money,” he said. Thornburgh said he would also like to see some restructuring at the middle school level. He said he has seen the test scores, and some elementary students are going there unprepared. “I’d like to see our school system honestly go to the next level,” he said. He also said he would like to see more people send their students here through schools of choice. Thornburgh mentioned that the community needs to become more involved with the schools and the community center as well. “We have to get the community more on the side of the school,” he said. “I don’t have a big set agenda. I just want to make everything that’s there the best it can be,” he said of what he hopes for the schools. • Louis Wierenga has one daughter in first grade. He farms 960 acres with his father. “I saw that there was a lack of candidates just prior to the time petitions were due, and I thought they may need somebody on the board from the rural area,” said Wierenga. He said he is interested in being involved in the decisions the school board will have to make in the near future with the budget cuts. He also said he wants to help the school system meet the new state agendas. “I think Hastings can no doubt meet what she [Gov. Jennifer Granholm] wants to do, but I’d like to see them start with foreign language at an earlier age,” he said. Wierenga said he thinks foreign language is important for young students because they can learn it more quickly than older ones. He also said he would like to see the transportation system change to eliminate some of the costs. He said revising the kindergarten schedule could eliminate the cost of noon busing. “I’m kind of worried about the strict criteria for graduation,” said Wierenga. “I’d like to see programs that would keep students in the school.” He said he worries that if graduating requirements get stricter, more students may drop out of school. Wierenga has been in 4-H, he served on the Michigan Junior Hereford Association’s Board of Directors and as an advisor for the group, and he served on the Future Space Needs Committee and Board of Review for Carlton Township. He attends Hope United Methodist Church, where he serves as a trustee and teaches the children’s Pioneer Program. • Kevin Beck has one son in the middle school, one son in elementary school and one son who will start kindergarten in the fall. He is a stay-at-home parent and his wife is a pediatrician. “I have three kids in the school, I’m a very concerned parent,” said Beck. “That’s the main quality — I have a deep interest and care, and I think I have some talents the schools can use.” Beck said he thinks Hastings schools are good, but could be better. He said, “We need to always keep the kids first.” Beck said Hastings needs to become a school district that people want to send their children to. He said to do this, there needs to be more gifted and talented and vocational programs. He said Hastings also needs to work with other districts. “I think we can cooperate with other school districts to provide additional opportunities to the kids,” he said. Beck said his financial background could help the school board. “I think that’s a tool that looms over most aspects -- the financial impact,” he said. Beck said he does not have a list of things he wants to do at the school, and that there are bigger issues to deal with. He still thinks the school board could use some fresh ideas. “It’s a time with a new superintendent, with some new curriculum guidelines from the state -- it’s a great time to come into a school system and possibly look at new programs and new ideas,” he said. “Right now is not going to be, ‘do as we have done in the past’ because there are a lot of changes coming.” Beck serves as the secretary and treasurer on the Barry County YMCA Board of Directors. He is a member and past deacon of the First Presbyterian Church. • Scott Franson has one seventh grade student, twin freshmen and one junior in Hastings. He works as the vice president of research and development for the Viking Corporation. “We’re at a critical point right now,” said Franson. “I’d like to be a part of the upcoming challenges we face.” Franson said Hastings has a good school system, and he would like to serve on the school board as a way of giving back to the community. “I don’t have any personal agenda other than helping Hastings School District be the best it can be,” he said. “It’s, I guess, my way of giving back to the community.” All four of Franson’s children went to St. Rose, where they are members of the church, Scott Franson before going to Hastings schools. “I am pleased with the Hastings school district,” he said. “I think they do the best they can do under the circumstances.” Franson said his goals parallel the board’s concerns. “It concerns me deeply that our fund balance is so close to zero,” he said. He said he is also concerned about the new curriculum mandates, and wants to help figure out what the school can do about that. Another of Franson’s concerns is vocational courses and losing other classes. “The challenge is going to be somehow still offering those classes and complying with the Michigan Merit curriculum,” he said. Franson said Hastings needs to work to increase enrollment and be on the “cutting edge.” He said it is in everybody’s best interest to have good schools. “I want to help make these schools the best they can be because in my opinion, schools and the school district are the foundation of the community,” he said. “As the schools go, so goes the community.” Franson is a member of the Hastings High School Vocational Advisory Committee for Drafting and Design and a YMCA tee-ball and AYSO soccer coach. He also serves on the St. Rose of Lima School Board, and he has been the chairman for the last three years. • Bob Teunessen said he believes sports and education go hand in hand, and now he wants to turn his focus to academics. Teunessen said he has a “great working relationship with the high school administration and I feel I’d be a good fit... I feel that’s part of the process too.” Teunessen said he attends many sporting events and talks to a lot of people, so he understands what people in the community are thinking. He said the qualities that make him a good asset to the school board are leadership, worth ethic and he is a good listener. “I try to go into things with an open mind,” he said. “If sometimes I’m not right, I’m not afraid to say so, and I’ll admit if I’m wrong.” Teunessen said he is concerned about not having enough books for all of the students in the school. “How are we going to reach every kid and give them the education they need to be able to graduate with those requirements?,” he said. He said he would like students to leave Hastings feeling as he did -- like they had the best teachers, coaches and opportunities they could have. “I think I have a passion for the Hastings kids to have the best we can offer,” he said. “I felt that I had some darn good role models, some very good role models as teachers and coaches.” • Terry McKinney served on the school board for 10 years before he lost in the election a year ago. He has four children, and his youngest is a junior. “If they were happy with what I represented for 10 years, then I think they should vote Terry McKinney Bob Teunessen Rob Thornburgh Paula Pierce Kevin Beck Louis Wierenga, Jr. for me,” said McKinney. McKinney said that if people are not happy with him, they should get involved with the school board and vote for another candidate. “I think whether you win or lose, we need to support the school system,” he said. “Whether I win or lose, I will still support the school system. As the school thrives, so does our city.” McKinney said he wants to be on the school board again because he wants to give back to the community and make a difference in students’ lives. He said there will be tough decisions in the next 10 years. “But the decisions that are coming for the next three to four years will be astronomical,” he said. “I would rather be part of the answers or the solutions than to just complain about the problem.” McKinney said there have been improvements made lately, and he wants to see that they continue. He also said he has no desire to move beyond his position on the school board, and that he thinks legislators should reform health care costs if they really want to do something for the schools. “If they really want to protect and serve us, do something about the rising cost of health insurance,” he said. McKinney said Hastings has quality staff, administration and teachers and he wants to help with the policies that will lead the school and employees. • Paula Pierce is the mother of second, fifth and eighth grade students, and she had one student graduate from Hastings last year. She works part time as the office manager for the YMCA. Pierce has served on her students’ PTO as the president and the secretary. She also served on a committee that helped create a gifted and talented program. “It seems like I’m always spending my time in the schools,” she said. She said that she and the other candidates all want the best for Hastings, and that she believes it would be exciting to spend her first year working with the new superintendent. She also said it is important to create a budget that works better than the current one. “We have to come up with a budget that is going to be functional,” she said. Pierce said that while she supports athletics, the school board’s main focus needs to be in support of academics. “Our focus has to be on education, but with the cuts that are coming down, I don’t know where the moneys will come from,” she said. “I would hope that the families would want their kids to have a quality education.” Pierce also said it is important to promote the school system because Hastings has lost students to schools of choice. “We’ve got to put ourselves on the forefront,” she said. “In my opinion, schools are the epicenter of the community.” Pierce said serving on the school board is “an opportunity for me to help at the beginning.” She said she wants to help students get what they need both at school and at home so they can excel. She said that she wants to see better communication between the school board and the community. “There just has to be communication. I don’t think the community in general realizes the impact these state cuts are having,” she said. She said she would also like to see stricter guidelines handling bullying. Repeated phone calls to candidate Dan Patton were unanswered. Maple Valley Voters will have plenty of choices next Tuesday, May 8, in the regular school election, as five candidates are on the ballot vying for two four-year seats on the Maple Valley Board of Education. The seats currently are held by Brian Green and Tim James. Green is seeking re-election, James is not. The other four candidates are former Barry County Commissioner Tim Burd, Nashville Village Councilman James Dunham, April Heinze and Mark Shoemaker, who erved on the Maple Valley School Board as a trustee for four years before losing his seat to a challenger in last year’s regular school election. Thornapple Kellogg Tom Ward is running for his second term on the Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education and Tammy Berdecia is running for the other open seat. They are both unopposed in the election next Tuesday. Berdecia is perhaps best known as the assistant to Barry County Administrator Michael Brown. Lakewood The Lakewood School Board has three seats and three candidates. The two names on the ballot are Gordon Kettel and Barry Vezino who are running for four year seats. Brian Potter is a write-in candidate. He checked a wrong box when he registered to be a candidate so his name will not be on the ballot, but he is registered as a write-in running for a one-year seat. This Hastings Area School bus was involved in an accident early Tuesday morning because of poor road conditions after heavy rain Monday night. (Photo courtesy of WWMT, News Channel 3.) School bus involved in traffic accident One of the Hastings Area School buses was involved in a traffic accident on Havens Road just after 7 a.m. Tuesday. Havens Road had recently been resurfaced, and after heavy rainfall Monday night, the road had turned to mud, which caused the bus to slide off the road and land against several tress. It was then towed back into Hastings. Three students were slightly injured and taken to Pennock Hospital for observation. The other students were transferred to another bus and brought to school. Twentyfour students and the driver were on the bus at the time of the accident. �Page 4 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Visualize what Hastings should be, not what it shouldn’t IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV New tax on wells, septic systems unfair To the editor: By the time you read this, it will be too late to attend the Barry-Eaton District Health Department public hearing in Hastings. There was a similar public hearing in Eaton County week before last. However, it is not too late to contact your county commissioners to stop a new tax. The hearing concerns the pending tax/fee additions and changes for residents with wells and septic systems. This is a tax placed on rural residents only for a non-essential service with a huge price tag. It is estimated that the out of pocket cost for this new tax will range from $375 to $1,000 per episode. An episode is every time a home is sold, every time a building permit is applied for, and it is proposed to require a fee every year as well. The fee is broken down as first a permit from the county for the privilege of being sent to a private contractor for an inspection. And second whatever fee that contractor decides to charge to certify your well and septic. Let me point out again this is only for those of us who don't live inside a community with running water and city sewers. In my case, as with most others, the septioc system was designed by the county as part of my original building permit process. It was inspected during construction by the county. It was installed by a certified contractor at my expense. I own the system the county mandated. Now the county proposes that it should be inspected again if I sell, for another $375 to $1,000 fee to ensure they designed the proper system. If I add a garage to the property six months later, it will be inspected again for another $375 to $1,000 fee. Add a pole barn down the road for another $375 to $1,000 fee. And each year we are to pay another tax so we can have the privilege of having the only system available to us that was mandated, designed and inspected by the county in the first place. We will not have any options on these taxes if passed. We must have wells and septic systems because the county will not bring city water and sewer out to our farms, period. OK, some of you have systems that were installed 60 or more years ago and may not be up to anyone's standards. I would be all for a permit and inspection at the times noted above for any property owner who does not have a certification on file with the county. This should be done to protect new owners, and trigger an inspection when buildings are added by current owners of antiquated systems. However, generating thousands of dollars of new tax revenue per resident, let alone starting an entire industry of private inspectors, solely on the backs of people who to live on rural lots, is both unfair and possibly illegal. It reminds me of the required flood plain inspection when you go to the bank. I live on top of the highest hill in the township and have paid $150 each for three flood inspections in the last 10 years. I have yet to see any new glaciers or rerouting of the Thornapple River during that time. In fact I have never seen an inspector. They file the required report after looking at a topographical map. What a scam! Call your county commissioners and tell them we won't stand for a brand new tax based solely on where we live, that provides no useful service to anyone unless they are trying to buy a home with an antique septic system and inferior well. Got a well on some tillable ground? You will pay for that as well. BIair J. Miller, Vermontville Teunessen good choice for board To the editor: At this busy time, we are asking all members of our community to remember to vote in the elections for Board of Education next Tuesday, May 8. We are supporting Bob Teunessen for school board and ask others to do the same. Bob has been involved with athletic programs in this area and truly supports our school district. We believe he is the best choice for the school board and encourage everybody to vote for him on May 8. Doug and Jennifer Dailey, Hastings That rascal Wally now hugs Dems, too by Jim Hightower Ah, it's springtime in Washington... and corporate lobbyists are swarming everywhere! In fact, it seems that there are more lobbyists than cherry blossoms this year, and, indeed, it's expected that spending on influence peddlers will top last year's record of $2.6 billion. About the only real change is that corporate lobbyists – ever fickle – have found a new love of Democrats. Take Wal-Mart. In last year's congressional elections, several successful Democratic candidates made the tactics of this retail bully a campaign issue. But is Wal-Mart holding a grudge? Far from it! Instead, it's wooing the new majority as hard as it can, now putting half of its campaign funds into Democrats, up from only a third last year. To show even more affection, Wal-Mart is reaching out to offer personal help to the families of some Dems. For example, Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas has a sister who is a co-producer of a new documentary about women serving in the Senate. Guess who is helping to underwrite the film? Yes, the big Wally, which gave the producers $150,000! Also, when the producers wanted to have a Capitol bash to show off the film, guess what sweetheart stepped in to sponsor the reception? It was that rascal, Wally, again. Held in an ornate room just off the Senate floor, the party was a great success, with 12 women senators showing up and putting on their nametags, which had a big "Wal-Mart" printed on them. Lest you think that Wal-Mart's generous support was a way of gaining new friends that can do legislative favors, a spokesman assures us rubes that the corporation simply thought the film and party would be "a great opportunity to help highlight the contributions that women have made in U.S. history." If Wal-Mart really wants to show its appreciation for women, how about settling the sex-discrimination lawsuit brought against it by a million women who've worked there? — Minuteman Media.org To the editor: If I were king, and thank all that is holy I am not, because you can’t please everyone, ever, by making a decision, I would likely agree with all of those who agree with liberty. Liberty, however, is a monster. Liberty is generally considered a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual has the ability to act according to his or her own will (for further explanation, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty on the Internet, or YouTube; liberty). So, believing in liberty, for example, I would have to agree with Super Wal-Mart’s desire to elbow its way onto the fringe of my kingdom. Then, I suppose I could say, of my subjects, "Let ’em eat cake" and go on about my business of creating a better kingdom within my own imaginary boundary lines. Creating a better kingdom within might include developing activities of community and pedestrian interaction with the marketplace. It might make a lot of sense to cordon off the main cross streets (for example, State and Jefferson) each and every weekend between Memorial and Labor Days and market this pedestrian and child friendly environment to the surrounding four metropolises. This action would allow businesses to flow out into the street, while non-local shoppers enjoyed walking and biking through the streets enjoying shopping, culinary delights and themselves. If I were king, I would overcome objections, from business owners, that this effort would create a "parking problem" by showing them the available parking lots and spaces surrounding the ped-friendly streets, as now full with purchasers of their goods. I would also remind them I am king. Having attracted "outsiders" to my inner kingdom, I would be sure to invite them to become subjects here, provided they were arriving to bring value and participate in my inner kingdom’s value system. This may sound selfish, or elitist, but lest we forget, I began by saying, "If I were king." Now, this brings up the issue of property values and quality housing stock. In order to attract talented subjects who appreciate sanctuary, connection and voice, while also experiencing tolerance in a technologically capable environment, I might choose to invest in a little infrastructure evolution. Infrastructure investment would begin with education, and not in the public schools, for as king, I would know those schools are subject to the curriculum dictated to them, and largely serve to domesticate, not educate. I would invest in opportunity provision. Since we find our spirits residing in bodily forms, the prioritization of a healthy education would begin with an investigation of spirit’s purpose for arriving in this realm in the first place. Mind would be investigated as the creative tool of experience, as the controller of the body. But, first things first, the king is getting ahead of himself. First, as a prioritization reminder, my inner kingdom would have to recognize the body’s need to have available fresh air, clean water, nourishing food, and housing from the elements for the bodies of the kingdom’s subjects. The rest, until this is achieved, is entertainment. Plant life constituting fresh air, clean waterways, and fertile soils would be remembered for their innate and interactive value. Therefore, organic farming and marketing education would take place where it can be practiced, with much credit and appreciation given to those who find this vocation true to their being here, in the inner kingdom. Making the correlation that my inner kingdom has a large supply of aged, yet charming, housing units, I would seek to create an artisan resource center, complete with all of the latest in woodworking, plumbing and electrical installation tools. It would also offer the opportunity for masonry and other quality construction skills to be learned by apprenticeship. This resource center would provide those skilled with their hands to have a means to share their talents, while at the same time reinventing the quality of the inner kingdom’s living environment. The destruction of valuable soils for new housing would be considered wasteful and distasteful, if not through its obvious sensibility, then by decree of the king. If I were king, I would seek to overcome my previous failure to foresee the changing world around me and create a technology center. This offering would involve access to, and training in the use of cutting edge media creation and communications devices for those who have a planned message to deliver to the inner kingdom and/or the world at large. This offering would be located in the center of the Kevin Beck solid school board pick To the editor: This is a letter of support for Kevin Beck, candidate for Hastings Area School Board. Kevin has been a personal friend of ours for over 16 years. During this time we have been a witness, personally and professionally, to the many quality characteristics Kevin envelops and hence, would be able to bring to the position of school board member. He is a man of integrity and possesses an abundant amount of honesty, compassion, and common sense. He has critical thinking skills as well as the ability to think "outside the box" — something that will be valued in our current financial limitations with school funding. He understands the needs of children and how meeting their needs will set the foundation for all our future. He is the proud father of three boys currently enrolled within the school system, and a supportive husband to our colleague, Dr. Amy Beck. Please join us in voting for Kevin Beck Tuesday, May 8, for school board. Dr. R. Troy Carlson, and Kathy Carlson, Hastings PLANNING, continued from page 1 then was that the southwest corner of the county was over represented on the commission, with Alden, Nieves and Crosarial. Yet Nadworinik, from Delton, was the recommendation Tuesday afternoon. The recommendation of Nadworinik passed on a 5-2 vote, with Callton absent and Don Nevins and Hoot Gibson dissenting. Mark Englerth cast the lone vote against appointing Callton, noting the perception the county “stacks” its board and commissions. After the whole process was completed, French noted the high interest with satisfcation. “It makes you feel good that many people want to get involved,” he said. Public Opinion: The County Planning and Zoning Commission, which has seven members, handles issues not covered by five townships, four villages and the City of Hastings, which have their own local planning commissions. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! What are you doing to save energy? The price of gasoline is hovering at around $3 a gallon. Heating oil and natural gas prices went up this past winter and are rumored to rise again. What are you doing to save money on energy? Responses to our weekly question. inner kingdom, easily accessible to all who desire access. It would accent the library, providing the time and space for commercial interactions beyond the library’s mission and function. You might say it would be located in a "Hallmark" of a location. The outcome of these educational endeavors might find their way to becoming the unique goods, products, services, and experiences a community becomes valuable upon. Now, this is all based on the incorrect premise, that I would be king. But, if I were, I would, unlike the U.S. government, not allow a private enterprise to print currency, and loan it to me. I would be king, after all, so shouldn’t I dictate the value of my own kingdom’s money? I only mention this, because as king I would have to prove where the resources for all these ideas would come from. The burden of reminding my subjects that there is no shortage of money, merely a short-term distribution of it into fewer hands, would be mine. For those with more monetary energy than they need, I would remind them of the nature of money and the wisdom of putting it into action amongst those who will serve their future (generations). My silly kingly ideas would find funding from those same brilliant subjects who garnered the resources for their new, and soon to open, public library. There is no shortage of money, or creativity, though there may be a shortage of ideas being shared as the story of "Hastings Future, as created from within." Maybe the story should become focused on what we do want, not what we don’t. Having said that, I am not king. I am subject to the collective creative evolutions of the communities I participate in. And from what I’ve seen, this one is better than most. Choose wisely. Joe Wilkinson, Hastings Whatever happened to hold on gas tax? To the editor: With all of the budget woes, state and local, I wonder where some dollars have gone. About three years ago a question of the sales tax on our gas was raised one morning on a radio station. They mentioned that Indiana had suspended the tax on gasoline above $2 per gallon. By the next a.m. a word was never spoken about doing the same in Michigan. Some extreme strangle hold must have been used. So we have continued to pay this with gas reaching over $3 a gallon. Where did these tax dollars go? Surely not on our roads, apparently not to the DNR, not to our schools, not to the general fund. Where did these dollars go? Seems like we all put a lot of money somewhere. It seems like we already have had a tax increase. Richard Miller, DeIton Correction: Apologies go to Barbara Burger whose answer to last week’s public opinon question on violence in our society was not printed she said, “I think violence can be controlled if as a society we look out for others. It is important to support and help those with emotional problems.” The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Diane Schweizer, Delton: “We are not traveling as many places as we used to save on costs. It is really hard now.” Dan Everett, Middleville: “I am paying more attention to the price of gasoline. It might go up to $4 a gallon this summer. This is really hard on those living on a fixed income like Social Security.” Elden Shellenbarger, Hastings: “This winter I turned the thermostat way down and wore more clothes. You have to be careful not to turn the thermostat down too far or pipes will freeze. The state isn’t making supplemental heating payments now.” Gladys Everett, Yankee Springs: “I hate the rise in prices. Our Social Security payments are having trouble keeping up with the costs and we don’t do more than we can afford.” Penny Edwards, Middleville: “My family has had to apply for food stamps to supplement our grocery purchases because of the cost of energy.” Linda Curtis, Hastings: “I really don’t like the rising costs. My husband car pools to work and we can only afford one car.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 5 County officials prove actions speak louder It seems every time you turn on the TV, pick up a newspaper, turn on your radio or, for those of you using the newest technology, get the most recent download on your iPod, you hear about a crisis situation we seem to be in at all levels of government. I hear and see a lot of people talking, but I don’t see a lot of action. I listened to last Thursday night’s Democratic debate in South Carolina, where eight candidates answered questions from NBC's Brian Williams about the state of the nation. They all had answers, but after listening for more than two hours of questions and then political commentary I thought the candidates left you lacking a good feeling about our country or where we are as Americans. I await Thursday night’s Republican debate, which I expect will be just more of the same. At the state level, we've had months of doom and gloom with state employees’ and teachers’ layoffs, early prison releases, local government revenue sharing decreases, fee increases at all levels of government and tax increases yet to be determined. For months and really years now, we've talked about the budget crisis in this state and yet government in Lansing has done little if anything to solve the problem. I can remember some great debates by some of our country's greatest leaders over the last 100 years. People like John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, and Teddy Roosevelt just to name a few. And there are many women who have made an impact on the world stage. Examples such as Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Mead, Jeanne Kirkpatrick and Elizabeth Dole come to mind. These leaders all seemed to have a better sense of where they thought the country needed to go, and they wanted to take us there. We so desperately need leadership from all levels of government to inspire us to be better than we are and to take us to a new place, solving some of our nation's growing problems. We must solve our nation's dependency on oil and deal with our ever-growing health care problems. We have the desire. All we need now is leaders willing to draw a line in the sand, set a time line and dedicate the nation like Kennedy did when he challenged Americans to go to the moon at the end of the 1960s. Yet today, some 40 years later, we can't solve less complex issues that will determine our nation’s economic stability in the future. As we head into another presidential election year, we need to be prepared to demand all candidates, Democratic and Republican alike, to be prepared to answer difficult questions, not just with rhetoric, but with real solutions to issues facing this country and its citizens. Here in Barry County lately, we’ve been blessed with honest attempts to do more than just talk about problems, but actually do something. I applaud county government for their new brand of leadership, not the same old “that's the way we've always done it” style. Since this new group of elected county leaders has taken office last January, they've been able to deal effectively with more issues than we've seen in more years than I would like to count. Look at what's happening at Charlton Park. In just a few months we have a new board of concerned citizens selected for their desire to work, dedicated to turning the park around and focusing on more festival-style events. Their fresh approach of getting people involved, listening to citizens and changing the way we've operated for years seems to be working. In the coming months, we’ll get more information about the conditions and proposed solutions for the county jail. I challenge this new board to hold public forums on the issue allowing feedback from taxpayers on what's the best way to solve the jail issue, rather than a board that tells what they plan to do and then sends us the bill. I see this board calling for citizen input. I also appreciate the current county commissioners for taking on the difficult and contentious 911 issues that have been hovering over that department for too long. Just a couple of weeks ago they learned some elected officials have been paid twice for their attendance at 911 board meetings. They didn’t hesitate to acknowledge it and make it public, and they are planning restitution. You'll notice it has been the three newest members coming to that board that have been calling for some changes: Sheriff Dar Leaf, Commissioner Mark Englerth and Prosecutor Tom Evans. Whether we can solve any of the big issues facing the state or the nation, we have to be able to put politics aside here in Barry County and tackle issues meaningful to local taxpayers. If Gov. Jennifer Granholm is going to solve the big issues in Lansing, she must demand legislators, elected by the citizens of this state, to distance themselves from lobbyists and special interests, sit down, lock the door and not come out until crucial budget agreements are reached. We've had enough of this doom and gloom economics. We need to get this problem resolved before it gets even worse. I'm reminded once again of the quote I've used several times before from Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." I was critical of county leadership for several years because I saw a lack of ability to educate the electorate, ignite discussion and solve problems. But now I think we will look back at the end of 2007 with a sense of accomplishment here. Someone once said "One of the tests of leadership is to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency." If all of us in Barry County use this as a measurement, our elected officials at the state and national levels should be getting a failing grade from us and we should send them back to repeat leadership training or get out of the way and let someone else have a chance for a change. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Hastings High School Varsity Singers and Women’s Honor’s Choir pose before their performances at the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Community Concert at the Hope United Methodist Church Thursday evening, April 26. The students, led by choral instructor Patti LaJoye, sang during the performances of Sibelius’ “Finlandia” and “America the Beautiful.” ‘A Night at the Symphony’ The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and members of the Hastings High School Varsity Singers and Women’s Honor’s Choir get ready to perform for the community concert held at the Hope United Methodist Church Thursday, April 26. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performed pieces from Weber, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Rogers and Hammerstein, Puccini, and Sousa. The orchestra and choir performed for a full house in the Thornapple Arts Council sponsored event. Barry Ross conducted the music, and soprano Alfrelynn Roberts sang during several of the performances. Tickets still available for Teddy Bear Tea Tickets are still available for the Teddy Bear Tea on Saturday, May 12, at the Hastings Elks Lodge. The cost is $7 per child and there are only 100 tickets available. The Elks Lodge is at 102 E. Woodlawn in Hastings. Anyone wanting one should call the Barry Community Foundation at 945-0526 to reserve a space. At 11 a.m. clowns will be creating balloon animals as YAC members greet and seat guests. Beginning at 11:20 guests will begin making crafts at three different craft stations staffed by Youth Advisory Council members. Children can also bring their Teddy bears for safety checks by first responders and local police officers. At the craft tables the young guests will be making picture frames (just in time for Mother’s Day) and bead bracelets. They will also be decorating the cookies which will be the dessert for their lunch. Lunch begins at 12:15 p.m. with a kid friendy buffet line with macaroni and cheese and hot dogs. Steve Youngs from the Community Music School will dismiss the tables for the buffet. He will also sing to entertain until everyone gets through the buffet line. At 1 p.m., storyteller Jennifer Strauss will tell stories about bears and the tea will end at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at the Barry Community Foundation office on the second floor of the Main Street Savings Bank. Call 945-0526 for more information. This event is underwitten in part by a grant from the Barry Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council. Charlton Park Village, Museum Board officials named The new Charlton Park Village and Museum Board is one of two new groups formed after the dissolution of the Parks and Recreation Commission. The Village and Museum Board will handle maintenance of the village, museum and park. Pictured are (from left) Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, citizen at large Craig Leathers, Barry County Commissioner Keith Ferris, Vice Chairman and Barry County Chamber of Commerce stakeholder Roger Vilmont, citizen at large Elspeth Inglis and Interim Administrator Keith Murphy. The board met officially for the first time last week and elected officers. Ferris, chairman of the Facilities and Properties Committee, “passed the gavel” to Leathers as the new leadership of Charlton Park. There currently are 16 events planned for Charlton Park this year, the first of which is Charlton Park Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 26. Pennock’s Women’s Health Expo features fun, education and food by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Women of all ages – mothers, daughters and grandmothers – are being encouraged to attend the annual Women’s Health Expo, an evening of free fun and health education, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the Pennock Hospital Conference Center in Hastings. New and favorite educational booths will be part of the program as well as informative speakers. Free blood sugar testing by CareLinc Home Medical Equipment & Supply; osteoporosis and bone density screening by Hastings Orthopedic Clinic; and table massages by Pennock Health & Wellness Center are some of the booths planned for the Health Expo. Other informative booths include women’s heart health and smoking cessation by Pennock Cardiopulmonary Services; carefree living by Pennock Village Retirement Community; healthy eating habits, weight loss tips and safe supplements by Pennock Dietary Services; breast cancer by Pennock Radiology Services; screenings and information by Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services; blood pressure checks by Pennock Homecare; blood typing by Michigan Community Blood Centers; women’s urinary incontinence and lymphedema by Pennock Occupational Therapy; and organ and tissue donation information by Gift of Life of Michigan. Speakers will include Dr. Oscar deGoa, M.D., who will speak about stress urinary control surgery; Dr. Laura Kota, who will talk about Essure, the cutting edge female surgical sterilization procedure to block the fallopian tubes; and Kori Zimmerman, of Barry County Mental Health, who will speak about women’s emotional and mental health and depression. Kota will speak at 7:15 p.m., Zimmerman at 7:30 p.m. and deGoa at 7:45. Refreshments for the event are being prepared by the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. The emphasis will be on healthy eating with information about the nutritional aspects of the foods to be served, said Chris Jacoby, Pennock’s marketing director. Mike Barnaart, of the Walldorff, “likes the idea of it’s not just what you’re tasting, but why is this good for you,” Jacoby said. Stacey Graham, Pennock’s volunteer coordinator, noted that Barnaart plans to feature a lot of raw foods, which “is a big buzz word out in Hollywood.” The refreshment menu is likely to include such foods as organic cherry tomatoes filled with a savory Mediterranean grain pilaf, corn salsa and light cream cheese; bruschetta – a whole grain French bread grilled with olive oil and topped with a fresh tomato, basil and olive relish; balsamic grilled asparagus wrapped in lean Bavarian ham; smoked salmon; fresh grapes coated in light gorgonzola cheese and toasted walnuts; fruit kabobs; and fresh vegetables with a variety of heart healthy yogurt dipping sauces. The Sea Shanty also is going to be participating at the Expo. Door prizes will be awarded, including a $20 gift card to the Ultimate Spa; an American Diagnostic blood pressure cuff valued at $80 and donated by CareLinc; and personal training sessions and some massage gift certificates donated by the Pennock Health and Wellness Center. Seating is limited, so reservations are encouraged by calling 269/945-5871. March of Dimes WalkAmerica set for this Saturday, May 5 More walkers and sponsors are still being welcomed to join the Saturday, May 5, WalkAmerica, the walk to save babies, at Fish Hatchery Park, 1013 Green St. (next to Pennock Hospital) in Hastings. WalkAmerica supports the March of Dimes fight to save babies from premature birth – the leading killer of newborns – and from other serious threats to infant health. Walk Day registration begins at 8 a.m., followed by the opening ceremonies at 8:30 a.m. at Fish Hatchery Park and the walk kicks off at 9 a.m. The Walk route winds through scenic Hastings streets downtown and through Tyden Park’s River Walk Trail and back to Fish Hatchery Park, where lunch is available and top teams and walkers are presented with awards during the award ceremony. "The babies in Barry County need our help," said Carla Wilson-Neil, 2007 WalkAmerica honorary chairperson and interim chief executive officer of Pennock Health Services. Thornapple Kellogg Middle School students have raised $350 in a Penny War initiated by student Ben Willshire, a member of the walk committee. For the Penny War sixth through eighth grade classes each had a jar for coins and dollars. Each grade received one point for each penny donated. Anything donated other than a penny was considered a deduction of points. For example, a dime donation was minus 10 points, $20 was minus 2,000 points. The teams put pennies in their own jars and other coins and bills in the other jars. The sixth grade won the competition. The March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. More than half a million babies are born too soon every year. Many die. More than 120,000 babies are born with serious birth defects that can mean a lifetime disability. That’s why WalkAmerica has been gaining support since its beginnings in 1970. It has become the March of Dimes largest fundraiser. In Michigan, 15,954 babies were born premature in 2004. The number increased nearly 10% between 1994 and 2004. Michigan’s infant mortality rate was 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2002. Some leading causes of infant mortality are birth defects, prematurity/low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome. With Barry County’s support in WalkAmerica, the March of Dimes conducts top-level research into causes and preventions of premature birth and birth defects. The March of Dimes also brings information and emotional support to families who have had a premature or sick baby who is being treated in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Teams from more than 30 local businesses and organizations, including Pennock Health Services, Flexfab and MainStreet Savings Bank and hundreds of Barry County residents, will be taking part in WalkAmerica. State Rep. Brian Calley and Hastings Mayor Robert May also will participate. For more information about WalkAmerica, or to join the event at Hastings’ Fish Hatchery Park, visit walkamerica.org or call 1-800525-WALK. �Page 6 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m. • Sunday School 10:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Delores Joan Knoll NASHVILLE - Rose L. Dawson, age 69, of Nashville, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2007 peacefully at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Rose was born in Vermontville on January 17, 1938, the daughter of Robert and Roberta (Green) Mead. She was raised in the Vermontville and Nashville areas and attended area schools there. She was the wife of Jack Dawson. The couple was married in 1955 and made their home in Nashville where they raised their family together and have lived for over 52 years. Rose loved antiques,and had a small antique store in the back of her home where she would restore vintage furniture. She operated her store for over 20 years. Together with her husband they would spend their summers at Thornapple Lake. She especially loved to go fishing and spend time in Northern Michigan. Rose is survived by her beloved husband, Jack; her three sons, Frank Dawson, Martin (Susan) Dawson, and Jack (Phillis) Dawson. She is also survived by her mother, Roberta Mead; seven grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Mead. Funeral services were held at the Daniels Funeral Home on Monday, April 30, with pastor Bryce Feighner officiating. Interment took place immediately following the funeral service at Woodlawn Cemetery in Vermontville. Memorial contributions may be made directly to the family of Rose L. Dawson. Our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Delores Joan (Marshall) Knoll, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, April 22, 2007 with her children and sister at her side. Delores was born on May 31, 1935 to Vern and Doris (Gillett) Marshall. Her sisters are Janet (Charlie) McMillen and Nancy (Ed) Johncock (deceased). She graduated from Nashville High School in 1953 and married Jim Knoll on September 5, 1953. Their five children are Denise (Mike) Mead, Doug (Beth) Knoll, Kelli (Tom) Gurd, Pam (Jeff) Christensen and Judy (Jess) Mohler. Their 14 grandchildren are Ryan, Dustin, Kristin, Aaron, Kyle, Tyler, Lauren, Ben, Alexis, Jeffrey, Daniel, Nick, Justin and Grant. As a long time member of Peace United Methodist Church, Delores served as a pianist, children’s program director and Sunday School teacher. In addition, she was involved in many community organizations such as Nashville Women’s Literary Club, Little League, 4-H, MV Band Boosters, and PTA. Her hobbies included playing piano, gardening, crafts, planning class reunions, and learning to hula dance while in Hawaii. She especially enjoyed, however, sharing her time and love with all of her grandchildren. Funeral services for Delores were entrusted to Daniels Funeral home, and held on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at Peace United Methodist Church, Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to Peace United Methodist Church, 6043 E. M79 Hwy., Nashville, MI 49073. Joshua Patrick Widenhofer HASTINGS - William (Bill) Turley Wallace Tarbet, age 86, was born in Detroit, on November 13, 1920 to David and Agnes Wallace Tarbet, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. His parents each came to the United States in their youth from Scotland and met in Detroit and married. They had four sons and one daughter - David, Robert, William, James and Agnes. He attended schools in Detroit. In 1938, the family moved to the Morgan area and Bill worked on the farm. June of 1942 Bill joined the Navy and served in the Western Pacific area until he was discharged December 29, 1945. In June of 1945, Bill came back on leave to marry Grace Pennock of Nashville. They stayed in the Nashville area after being discharged and worked on a farm and at different jobs in the area. March of 1954 they moved to Boyne City and Mancelona area. Where they lived until August of 1959, when they moved back to Hastings. Bill worked at Hastings Aluminum Products Co. on the paint line as line operator until he retired February of 1983. Bill had three sons and families, Robert William and Debbie of Zelienople, Pennsylvania, two daughters, Margie Ann and Kevin and great granddaughter Talyson and great grandson Dalton of Wexford area, Pennsylvania; second daughter, Dorilyn and Douglas Holmes, great granddaughter Gianna and great grandson, Colin of Cranberry Twp., Pennsylvania; Charles Duane and Ginny of Summerville, South Carolina, one daughter, Opal and Michael Brady, great grandson Christopher and great granddaughter Marianna of Summerville, South Carolina; Alan Turley and Mary of Hastings; brother, Jim; a favorite cousin, Jean Meldrum and nieces and nephews. Bill was very proud of his Scots ancestry and his war experience. He served on landing crafts and troop carriers. He loved to fish on Joe’s lake and to travel to visit his sons and brothers. He had some very special friends in the area. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, David Jr., Robert and sister, Agnes. He was buried at Hastings Charter Township Cemetery on April 28, 2007. Joshua Patrick Widenhofer, 27, beloved husband of Kristin (Fajnor) Widenhofer and loving father of Patience and Grace, passed away at his home on April 20, 2007, after his battle with cancer. He was born May 21st, 1979. He graduated from Maple Valley High School in 1997 as well as Indiana University where he earned a degree in culinary art along with his wife. He was a chef at the Ritz Carlton in Cleveland. He enjoyed spending time with his wife and daughters, cooking gourmet meals, baking bread, and studying and fellowship with other servants of his Lord Jesus Christ. He was a music lover and had a passion for life that was obvious to all that meet him. His smile and blue eyes could make a lasting impression, but it was his amazing personality and sense of humor that people always spoke of and will remember most. He will be deeply missed and never forgotten. He is survived by his beloved wife Kristin (Fajnor) Widenhofer; daughters Patience and Grace; parents SueAnn Kerry of PA and Bill Armstrong of CA; mother- in-law Tyfanie (the late Sherman) Garity. Grandson of Victoria (Kay) Dunmyer and the late Ralph “Pappy” Widenhofer. Nephew of Lucy, Gilbert, Barbie, Debbie, David, Deanna, and the late Ralph “Pat” Widenhofer. Also survived by many cousins, nieces, nephews, inlaws, and friends. There will be a perennial memory garden in Josh’s honor at 460 Conner Rd, Parker PA 16049 and a trust has been set up for Patience and Grace Widenhofer at Eaton Federal Savings Bank, 109 S Main St, Nashville MI 49073. A memorial service will be held at the Church of God of Prophecy, Rt 68 Rimersburgh PA 16248 on Saturday, May 5, at 3:00 pm Frances Ann Milbourn MIDDLEVILLE – Frances Anne (Mrs. Robert) Milbourn, age 80, of Gun Lake Middleville, died early Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at Metron of Forrest Hills Nursing Facility in Grand Rapids. Arrangements are pending at Wren Funeral Home (www.wren-funeral-home.com). This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Rose L. Dawson 77511853 William Turley Wallace Tarbet Marriage Licenses Jason Martin Kushmaul, Hastings and Tracy Mae Huey, Hastings. Joshua Michael Dissmore, Ann Arbor and Elizabeth Marie Stuart, Lake Odessa. Michael Charles Champion, Delton and Laura Jean Jackson Junk, Fremont, IN. Efrain Verdugo Zazueta, Hastings and Brannigan Jo Reaser, Hastings. Thomas Glenn Powers, Nashville and Micah Ann Tobias, Nashville. David Gordon Carney, Bellevue and Jennifer Elaine Emerson, Bellevue. Toby Alan Thornburg, Montrose and Rebecca Lee Ogden, Delton. Raymond L. Ridenour HASTINGS - Raymond L. Ridenour, age 82 of Hastings, died on Friday April 27, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Ray was born on August 27, 1924 in Toledo, Ohio the son of Andrew L. and Gessie (Wolcott) Ridenour. He graduated from Central (Saxton) High School in 1943. He was a World War II Veteran and fought in both the European and Pacific Theater aboard the USS Thurston, a troop transport. Ray was a General Motors retiree where he was a tool and die room welder. He was an avid square and round dancer , teaching classes in the Lansing area for many years. He and his wife, Marilyn worked at the Silver Dollar City an 1880’s theme park in Branson, Missouri. He was also a Ham Radio enthusiast and was a member of the Navy Radio Club, FEMA a radio group in Springfield, Mo. and BARA Radio Club in Hastings. Ray is survived by his wife, Marilyn Ridenour of Hastings; two daughters, Gloria Wilcox of Lansing, Barbara (Dick) Shaw of Hastings; grandchildren, Heather Wilcox, of Lansing, Gordon (Amy) Shaw, of Hastings, Nicole Shaw of Hastings; great-grandson, Porter, a brother, Austin (Jeanne) Ridenour of Spring Lake. He was a member of the Hastings First United Methodist Church, and Charlotte VFW # 2406. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers; two sisters; two grandsons, Jeffrey and Chadwic Wilcox. Funeral services were held on Tuesday May 1, 2007 at the Hastings First United Methodist Church, Rev. Kathy Brown officiating. Burial was at Deepdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Lansing with full military honors. Memorials can be made to the Hastings First United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Malcolm R. Symonds Nashville/Hastings - Malcolm R. Symonds age 100, of Nashville/Hastings passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 21st, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Malcolm was born in Winterfield, on April 14, 1907, the son of the late John H. and Martha (Crow) Symonds. Malcolm was employed at Aluminum Extrusion in Charlotte before retiring in 1967 at the age of 60. He also kept and operated his family farm which he thoroughly enjoyed over the years. In 1925 He marrried Lillian (Russell) Symonds in Otsego. The couple settled in the Nashville/Vermontville area in 1938 where they raised their family together. Malcolm always had a passion for learning and gaining knowledge through reading which he loved to do. He also loved to hunt and fish and be outside; Malcolm was still deer hunting on his son Don’s Nashville farm at the age of 90. Lately he would enjoy sitting and doing a puzzle of reading a good book. Malcolm was the oldest member of the Putnam Library. Malcolm is survived by his sons Don of Nashville, and David of Ithaca; his daughters Rosezella (Bob) Herman of Hastings, Phyllis (Wendel) Russell of Hickory Corners, Mary Lou (Bob) Bitgood of Nashville, and Marilyn Shupp (Al Felpausch) of Nashville; 35 grandchildren; 57 great grandchildren; 28 great great grandchildren; and nine step granchildren. He was preceeded in death by his wife Lillian in 1973; his sons, Russell, Pete, Duane and John; his daughter-in-law, Ena Symonds; four grandchildren - Valerie, Rex, Daron and Jim Symonds; three brothers and five sisters. Funeral Services where held at The Nashville Church of the Nazerene on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, with Pastor Alan Mettler officiating. Interment took place at Lakeview Cemetery Nashville. Memorial Contributions can be made to the Putnam Library in Nashville. Funeral Arrangments Entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 7 Sharon Marie Pratt KENTWOOD – Sharon Marie Pratt, age 49, of Kentwood, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at home. She is survived by her loving husband of 13 years, Keith Alan Pratt; her parents, Pete and Weda (Messer) Montague of Hastings; mother-in-law, Helen Pratt of Chelsea; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and friends. She will be greatly missed by family and friends. A memorial service will be held Saturday noon, May 5, 2007 at the Leighton United Methodist Church, Caledonia. Rev. David McBride will officiate. Interment at Hooker Cemetery, Leighton Township. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Leighton United Methodist Church. A luncheon to follow the service. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Emma J. Conley Lakewood, Thornapple Kellogg seeking approval of bond issues Both the Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg school voters will be asked to approve bond issues for more than $29 million in next Tuesday’s (May 8) elections. Lakewood Superintendent Mike O’Mara has talked to many civic groups explaining why the district needs a $29,255,000 bond. He has pointed out that many of the school buildings are old and not energy efficient. Many windows are single pane glass and the buildings are poorly insulated. That was fine when heating was cheap, but with today’s higher heating bills, this inefficiency is costing the district. Furthermore, the buildings were not built to accommodate designs required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Changes are needed to accommodate children and adults. The buildings are not wired to allow students or teachers use of technology. The four elementaries need to have similar facility updates to ensure equitable education. Elementaries currently are not equitable with facilities and space. More parking is part of the proposal. This will increase parking from 200 to 500 spaces. A new drive is proposed between the middle school and high school. This will mean a safer transfer for kids and less traffic congestion on Velte and Brown Road. There will be more tennis courts and changes to ball fields. The bond’s passage would mean better electrical systems in the buildings. Many rooms were built in the “old days,” with only one or two outlets per classroom. There will be security and technology upgrades in each building. The high school will be wireless for computers and have ceiling mounted projectors. Buildings will have a card pass rather than a metal key and lock. All buildings will be equipped with surveillance cameras to better monitor who comes in and out. Social News Frazers to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Robert and Donna (Poll) Frazer celebrate their 50th anniversary. They were married May 3, 1957 at the home of Rev. and Mrs. James Bailard of McCords, Mich. Their children are Rod, Bob and Kimberly, Cheryl and Scott, Gail and Gary. They have many grandchildren. They have many great-grandchildren. Their children are having an open house on May 5, 2007 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Freeport Community Center. made over the years, the hallways and auditorium have not been upgraded to meet the district’s current enrollment needs. At the April 24 meeting, Rider and teachers discussed how the changes will help students in the choral and instrumental programs as well as enhance theater productions. Additions to elementary schools are also necessary for the current growth in Thornapple Kellogg as well as technology upgrades and new buses, which were all supported by the community. Thornapple Kellogg students will benefit because new classrooms are needed to accommodate growing enrollment. A new auditorium and supporting spaces will provide needed enhancements to the fine arts programs. All renovations and additions will be focused on ensuring a safe and secure environment for students. Changes for McFall Elementary, which serves students in kindergarten and first grade include playground upgrades and remodeling the oldest 10 classrooms. The major renovations to the oldest section of 10 classrooms includes staff room, cafeteria, kitchenand toilets of the building to include cabinets, sinks, lighting, ceilings, mechanical system, ventilation, marker boards, lockers. The athletic locker rooms will receive minor renovations to be used for building storage. Electrical service will be upgraded and the master clock system in the building will be replaced. New construction includes two new classrooms, cafeteria and kitchen expansion to handle additional students. There will be new furnishings and technology upgrades. At Lee Elementary much of the focus will be to completely separate the bus loop, widen the parent drop off and provide one way circulation for improved safety, expand event parking, sidewalks. Additional staff parking spaces will be added. Playground upgrades will also be made. There will be major renovations to the oldest classroom section of the building to include cabinets, lighting, ceilings, mechanical system, marker boards, lockers. The existing media center will be used for a computer lab and the current lab used for special education instruction. The master clock system in the building will be replaced. New construction includes two new classrooms, entrance canopy and lobby, media center and work areas, and barrier-free toilets. There will also be new furniture and technology upgrades at Lee. At Page Elementary will be a new hard surface play area with basketball hoops, and playground improvements. There will be office area renovations, replace the master clock system; replace a pair of entrance doors, cafeteria ventilation and new technology equipment upgrades. Work at the middle school includes an upgrade to the energy management system for increased operating efficiency and to improve gymnasium ventilation. New technology upgrades will be made at this school as well. At the high school there will be improved drop off, expanded parking, library parking, delivery area and sidewalks. The auditorium will be remodeled, renovate shop area into tech education, lab space and special education area, convert media center into expanded dining/meeting space, locker commons for improved circulation and security, remodel office area, remodel pool locker rooms, create a main office on the west side of the building, remodel bathrooms. Fire protection system (central portion of building and new addition) and an emergency generator will be added. New work includes seven new classrooms, new main street circulation connector, art room, auditorium, lobby, practice rooms, green room, stage, scene shop and workshop spaces, mechanical rooms. A new library and media center with exterior access is part of the new construction An expanded security system., furnishing and technology upgrades are part of the plan. This is the question which voters will see on their ballots: “Shall Thornapple Kellogg School borrow the sum of not to exceed Twenty-Nine Million Four Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($29,415,000) and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds therefore, for the purpose of: erecting, furnishing and equipping additions to and partially remodeling, furnishing and refurnishing, equipping and re-equipping school facilities; acquiring, installing and equipping technology for school facilities; acquiring school buses; constructing, developing and improving playgrounds; and acquiring, developing and improving sites?” If this extension is approved, district-wide improvements include new buses and the purchse of new property for future needs. Questions about the $29,415,000.00 bond issue extension can contact Christine Marcy, Director of Finance and Operations, at 7955525. 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Conley, age 87, of Hastings/Nashville passed away on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at Eaton Community Hospice in Charlotte. Mrs. Conley was born in Nashville on January 1, 1920, the daughter of the late George and Zula (Walker) Bruce. She was raised in the Nashville area and attended area schools there. She was the wife of Mr. Floyd Conley. The couple was married on October 25, 1959 in Charlotte. Floyd and Emma lived in the Lansing area until October of 1978 when she and Floyd retired. During their retirement, the couple lived in the the Silver Lake area and spent their winters in Archadia, Florida. Throughout her working career she was employed at Weston Biscuit Company, Kellogg’s, Knapp’s Department Store, and King Corn Stamp Store in Lansing. Along with her husband the couple attended Welcome Corners United Methodist Church in Hastings. Emma enjoyed reading, camping, and in her younger years was an avid bowler. The couple belonged to the National Camping and Hiking Association which took them camping all over the country. One of their favorite locations to visit was Six Lakes, Michigan by Edmore. They especially enjoyed the fifth lake in the chain. Emma is survived by her beloved husband Floyd; her sons, Richard (Gloria) Moon, and David (Lynn) Conley; stepdaughter, Dolline (Aaron) Martin; stepson, Floyd W. (Mary) Conley; daughter-in-law, Janet Moon; brothers, Bill (Marlene) Bruce, and Jay Bruce. She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Mr. Carroll Moon; her son, Carroll Moon Jr.; her siblings, Edna Lumbert, Ruth Douglas, Margaret Templer, Wanda Marsh, Mike Bruce, Retha Slinkard, and George Bruce Jr. The family will receive visitors on Friday April 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Daniels Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2007. Pastor Susan Olson will officiate. Interment will take place at Floral Lawn Cemetery in Battle Creek. Family requests donations to Eaton Community Hospice/Welcome Corners Church. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. The outdated inefficient heating and ventilation systems will be replaced and each school will be air conditioned. Part of the hope for this bond passage and school improvements is that it will make Lakewood more attractive to families considering moving into the district and put a stop to declining enrollment. If the bond passes, the selection of architects will be narrowed to three and then to one. The other two will be given a stipend for their work with the understanding the winning architect firm can incorporate some of their ideas into the final plans. This way, the district will be getting the best of three plans. There have been questions about enrollment and if the decline had “bottomed out.” O’Mara said there was no guarantee with the state’s economy, but predictions are for Lakewood to remain with a fairly constant student population. The current bonded debt was refinanced in 2001 to lower interest rate from 5.44 percent to 4.817 percent. The tax levy to pay down the current bonded debt has begun to fall from 6.5 mills in 1996 to 4.5 mills in 2006. Current bonded debt will be paid off in 2021. The proposed new bonded debt of $29,255,000 will require a net increase of 2.5 mills for a total of 7.0 mills for approximately nine years. Beginning in 2017, the debt millage levy required will decease significantly to 3.12 mills in 2023. It will continue to decline in each of the following years until 2036 when the bonds will be paid off. The bond would cost 34 cents a day for a Lakewood homeowner with a home’s taxable value (not market value) of $50,000. Thornapple Kellogg Voters here will cast their ballots on the issue of extending the current bond for an additional four years to raise more than $29 million for school improvements. Approval of this bond issue will not increase taxes because the millage rate will not be increased; it will remain at the current 7.0 mills and will extend the district’s debt an additional four years. Superintendent Gary Rider met last Tuesday with teachers and parents interested in the issue. The district has distributed information explaining the bond issue question, maintaining that because of physical needs, the school system is seeking voters’ approval of an extension. A Future Growth Task Force was formed in the spring of 2006, and was well attended by TK staff, parents and community members. The task force developed and shared all options the Board of Education should consider to meet the needs of a growing student population. Tower, Pinkster & Titus, TK’s architectural firm, was asked to complete a facilities analysis over the summer of 2006. The purpose of this study was to assess the needs in current buildings, identify major repairs and renovations throughout the district, and determine if options developed by the task force were possible. Based on this information and the work of the task force, a community survey was developed and distributed. Community forums were held in the fall of 2006 to gather additional input for the options being considered. Rider says, “Our community responded well to the survey. The responses came back with overwhelming support for renovations to the high school, which will enhance safety and security for TK students, and to renovate the current auditorium to accommodate more visitors.” The high school originally was built to hold 500 students and though additions have been Live Music at the Walldorff This Saturday May 5th - 9:00 PM Help us welcome: 3005 Murphy Dr., Hastings, MI 49058 OPEN HOUSE LAWRENCE J. BAUER POST 45 AMERICAN LEGION Sponsored by The Hastings Flying Assoc. 2160 S. M-37 Highway, Hastings Welcoming New Airport Management DODGEN AIRCRAFT PROUDLY PRESENTS Jason Blair - Owner/CFI • Greg Skinner - Assist. MGR/CFI Scott Miller - OPS.MGR. DOUG CHURCH Food Concession by Timeless Treats “The Voice of Elvis” A Tribute to the King Friday, May 11, 2007 Doors Open at 6:30 - Show Starts at 7:00 TICKETS ON SALE NOW BY MEMBERS SEATING LIMITED $15 Adm. Includes Sloppy Joe’s & Snacks Don’t Miss your chance to see one the greatest Elvis Tribute artists of all time CALL 269-945-4973 FOR SHOW INFORMATION 77512189 These 3 cats bring their blend of acoustic harmonies to the pub for the first time this weekend. Help us give them a warm welcome to the Hastings music scene!!! 77512228 Area Obituaries AIRPLANE RIDES $25 per person Thornapple Flying & Dodgen Aircraft Learn to fly at Hastings BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids Demo A BMW Motorcycle Tel: (616) 530-6900 5995 S. Division, Grand Rapids, MI 49548 �Page 8 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The church lady The semi-annual rummage sale will take place Friday and Saturday at Fellowship Hall, Central United Methodist Church. There always are bargains, with leftovers to go to Goodwill Industries, which has a new building at Ionia. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10. The speaker will be Chris Appleby, who will talk about Jesse James. The society’s open hours this month will be on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, May 26, 27 and 28, due to the Memorial Day holiday. The military recognition takes place on Friday evening, May 25. The depot and freight house will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with military exhibits and again Sunday and Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. Also this month there will be the annual plant sale and exchange on Saturday May 12. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet Saturday, May 12, at noon with Duane Fahey speaking on the life of Ephraim Shay who lived in Sunfield Township before inventing his famous Shay locomotive, which was widely used in the mining and lumbering industries. This was used on narrow gauge railroads, often in mountainous country. The Mother-Daughter brunch will be held at the freight house Saturday, May 5, at 10:30 a.m. with the topic "Hats Off to Women." Last call for reservations may be made with Robin Michalski. Work continues on the store front project downtown. Meyers Hometown Bakery was closed two days last week for some remodeling. This is in addition to replacement of all windows in the front. The series of windows in the same decorative style as several other stores occupy the lower level, but also there are new square windows higher on the front wall. This should make the interior far more light and airy. Next door, the double front of the former Scheidt Hardware, now owned by Ross and Elise Jackson, has the decorative panels in the upper level, which once housed the Opera House. Their front entry has two doors, so it appears it may be used for two separate business ventures. Work continues on the brick exterior of Walker Pharmacy. The corner of Jordan Lake Highway and Durkee Road has a new appearance with the delivery of two new modular homes by Lindmark on the southwest corner. Jan and Joey Jackson will occupy one and her brother, Kevin Durkee and family, will live in the other. This location is part of the Durkee farm, which has been in the same family for far more than a century. It has had varying acreage over the years, often extending a mile to the west with frontage on Tasker Road. Lafayette Durkee, Charles Durkee and other male predecessors of present day Robert (Marian) Durkee have been owners. One of the new houses is full two stories. Several communities are observing the National Day or Prayer today. Last Tuesday, April 24, the VFW Post and Auxiliary hosted the winners of the Voice of Democracy, Patriot's Pen and Patriotic Art Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine HYPOTENSION (LOW BLOOD PRESSURE) My doctor often comments how low my blood pressure is. I feel great and he says not to worry. How low is to low and is it a problem? A blood pressure that reads less than 90/60 would certainly be considered low but if \RX�GRQ¶W�KDYH�DQ\�V\PSWRPV�VXFK� as fainting, dizziness, cold and clammy skin or nausea, there may not be much need for concern. Ultimately, the problem with low blood pressure is the circulation of blood supplying oxygen to the body and brain. If the blood pressure is to low or falls to fast, circulation is compromised reducing the supply of blood and oxygen to the body which results in the above symptoms. Low blood pressure can actually be a good thing especially if it is the result of a healthy lifestyle. Athletes, non-smokers and those with a normal weight all generally have lower EORRG�SUHVVXUHV�WKDQ�WKRVH�ZKR�DUHQ¶t. A healthy low blood SUHVVXUH�LV�RQH�WKDW�WKH�SDWLHQW�FDQ�UHSRUW�³KDV�DOZD\V�EHHQ� WKDW�ZD\´��GRHV�QRW�FDXVH�V\PSWRPV�DQG�GRHV�QRW�VHHm to be associated with any other ongoing disease process. A newly discovered low blood pressure reading or one that is a dramatic drop from your usual pressure especially if it is associated with symptoms will prompt your doctor to investigate why. Some of the concerning reasons for low blood pressure include heart or endocrine problems, dehydration, blood loss and infections or allergic reactions. Medication side effects, pregnancy and nutritional deficiencies can also cause low blood pressure readings. Your doctor can run some fairly simple tests to determine if your low blood pressure is something you need to treat. Usually, low blood pressure that does not present with V\PSWRPV�LVQ¶W�OLNHO\�WR�EH�VHULRXV�EXW�HYHQ�LI�\RX�KDYH�PLOG� occasional symptoms, it would be smart to have it evaluated. Those with even healthy low blood pressures are at a greater risk of dizziness and fainting (and hitting your head) if other factors are present such as low blood sugar, mild dehydration or getting out of a hot bath. Your doctor will be able to give you ideas to self-treat to avoid these problems. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77512138 awards, their families and their teachers. The Swiss steak meal was complemented by homemade salads and casseroles. There was also a decorated cake to conclude the meal. Ann Middaugh introduced the winners, who read their essays. The three top art submissions were on display. Sarah Barker of Faith Bible School was the winner of the local competition, but also the district and finally the state competition. She is the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Barker. At the conclusion, Mrs. Middaugh read the explanation of the MIA/POW symbolic display on a small table. New at the Ionia County courthouse is a set of dividers which separate the public from the inner workings of the county clerk's office. One big benefit is that one section has a low divider and counter with a fan-shaped table and a comfortable swivel chair for researchers, The low counter gives the clerks and patrons alike more ease in lifting the heavy tomes, which contain the county records of births, marriages, deaths and divorces. This is very user friendly, unlike some counties which provide visitors standing room only. The staff at Ionia County is very accommodating to researchers. The Arbor Day observance for the village was held as scheduled on North Fourth Avenue in front of the home of Ricardo Diaz and wife. This spot was representative of the new tree plantings last summer at the conclusion of the major street renovation projects. The “Tree City” banner was already in place when the local citizenry arrived. Members of the Village Council and some employees attended. Village President Karen Banks read the Arbor Day proclamation for the audience. This street has a far different appearance since the 2006 project began with removal of several very mature trees which had heaved all the sidewalks, but which provided welcome summer shade. A few of the older trees were left in place, but the new trees represent more varieties. These were chosen for their colorful fall foliage. They were planted and mulched by village workers last year. Robert Sims of Romulus was guest speaker at Central UMC in the absence of pastor Dr. Don Ferris, who was away for a preaching seminar in Washington D.C. During the second week he is on vacation. The Simses were guests of George and Kathy Carpenter of Goddard Road, who are former Romulus residents before moving here in 2000. The annual CROP Walk had beautiful weather this year when it took place last Sunday afternoon. The combined Woodland and Lake Odessa Lions' clubs served lunch for the walkers. There was a colorful clown on the lawn blowing balloons for children. Dogs on leashes were numerous. Children in strollers went along for the ride. Tables indoors were hosted by each sponsoring group, which include several local churches and also Sunny Fresh. Rev. Jeff Schroder gave the sendoff. Maps were provided to show the route. The eastbound exit from 1-96 at M-66 has been changed a bit. In the past, one could come up the exit ramp, pause for southbound traffic and then cross the wide median and turn onto northbound M-66. No more! Now one must turn south nearly to the end of the median, use a left lane and then turn onto northbound M-66. So it is bit farther to get from the freeway to the gas station or Super 8 Motel on the east side of M-66. On Sunday, four western ladies from Gibbs family arrived in Grand Rapids from Utah and California. On Monday they drove to Lake Odessa where they visited the genealogy room at the freight house and began copying material pertaining to their family. They enjoyed eating lunch beside Jordan Lake, then they drove to the East Sebewa Cemetery, where they held open house for two hours to meet and greet local people from the Gibbs, Sandborn, Thorp and Burhans families. Others with an interest in their history attended as well. Light refreshments were served on the grounds. Sandborn family members came from Sebewa, Eagle and Portland. On Tuesday they visited Carson City sites pertaining to their family and visited 90-year-old Byron Gibbs at Mt. Pleasant. The rest of the week was their time to be tourists in Grand Rapids. Dear Annie: I would like to get the message to my older sister, "Nadine," that my husband and I want her to stop insisting on dragging our two children to church with her every Sunday. She just won't take "no" for an answer. Nadine is long divorced, and her only child lives out of town, so she doesn't have anybody else to look after. My husband is an atheist, and I just want to sleep in on Sunday, so church isn't really on our agenda. Nadine insists that our children need to have this religious upbringing, and every Sunday morning, she calls our house to make sure I have the kids up and dressed and ready for her to pick up. I really need my sleep on Sundays. Any ideas, short of alienating her entirely? (She gets her feelings wounded easily.) -- Miffed in the Midwest Dear Miffed: Nadine thinks she is saving your children's souls, and she isn't going to stop on her own. The fact that you will actually get up and dress the children encourages her to continue. If your children enjoy attending church and you don't mind that they do, let them sleep at Nadine's on Saturday night. Otherwise, tell your sister, "Sorry, we're not dressing the children this morning. You'll have to go without them." Promoting Pledge Dear Annie: I thought you might like to forward the enclosed to the retired teacher who wrote about the Pledge of Allegiance. The late Red Skelton said it best. -- R.H. Dear R.H.: After receiving hundreds of copies of this, we decided our readers might want to see it. In 1969, Red Skelton talked about his school days in Indiana, and how one of his teachers, Mr. Lasswell, commented that the pledge was becoming a daily drudgery for the students because they had lost any sense of the meaning of the words. Mr. Lasswell decided to explain the meaning of each word: Pledge of Allegiance I: Me, an individual, a committee of one. PLEDGE: Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self-pity. ALLEGIANCE: My love and my devotion. TO THE FLAG: Our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect, because our loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts "freedom is everybody's job." UNITED: That means that we have all come together. STATES: Individual communities that have united into 48 great states. Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country. AND TO THE REPUBLIC: A state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people, and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people. FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION: One nation, meaning "so blessed by God." INDIVISIBLE: Incapable of being divided. WITH LIBERTY: Which is freedom, the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation. AND JUSTICE: The principle or quality of dealing fairly with others. FOR ALL: For all, which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine. Aunt intervention Dear Annie: My sister, "Charlene," has an 8-year-old daughter whom I love very much. I have two children of my own and try to include my niece in family events and vacations, as well as allow her to visit as many weekends as she'd like. I do this because Charlene is a wreck. She has a host of overwhelming problems that stem from having OCD, including overeating, overspending, depression and keeping her apartment in such a state that it looks like the ones on the news where they find dead animals. She also is a lazy parent who blames her child for any poor behavior, even though it's her own parenting skills at fault. My niece has some problems in school with grades, and Charlene makes no effort to help her with homework or utilize one of the tutors the school offers. (I volunteer as a tutor at the school.) Charlene is not particularly bright and often tells my niece "facts" that — NOTICE — Notice is hereby given that the Regular Monthly Meeting of the Board of Hastings Charter Township will be held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 instead of May 8 which is Election Day. 77511742 aren't true, then gets angry with me when I correct her. Charlene and her daughter have begun to see a therapist, but after two sessions, my niece was diagnosed with a mood disorder and given medication. I don't think the therapist is aware that my niece's behavior is exemplary -- except when she's with her mother. Charlene will not give me the name of the therapist, but I would like to contact him to fill in some of the blanks that my sister is no doubt leaving out. It breaks my heart to think of my niece on medication at such a young age, when I suspect much of the mood disorder stems from Charlene's misperceptions. Should I get involved or just mind my own business? -Concerned Aunt Dear Aunt: We bet correcting Charlene in front of her daughter really irritates the pants off her. Your poor opinion of your sister shows in every sentence, and you might get more cooperation if you were less critical. However, we know your concern is motivated by love for your niece. Since you are affiliated with the school, you can bring up your fears with the school counselor, but beyond that, please let your sister and the therapist work it out. Proper mourning Dear Annie: I was married to my first husband for 20 years and my second husband for one. Both died, leaving me a widow twice in four years. I loved them both very much. I wear my late husband's wedding ring on my left hand, but would it be wrong to wear my first husband's ring on my right hand? -Mourning Two Loves Dear Mourning: Widows are allowed to decide how they wish to wear (or not wear) their rings. If you want to wear one on each hand, it's perfectly fine. Suicide service Dear Annie: I am writing about "Wishes for Death." I appreciated your response, but you left out one very important organization: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The AFSP is for people suffering with thoughts of suicide, as well as those who are left behind when one commits suicide. This is my second year supporting the AFSP. My father and aunt both committed suicide when I was 16. Each year, thousands of supporters walk for suicide awareness in our "Out of the Darkness" event. We walk 20 miles, from dusk until dawn, on the streets of a major city. Each walker agrees to raise at least $1,000, and the proceeds go to the AFSP for grief counseling and national awareness. Last year, walks were held in Chicago and San Francisco, raising $1.4 million. This June, we will be in New York. It is such a powerful sight to see thousands of people walking the streets and emerging from the darkness, both physically and metaphorically. Readers can get more information about the AFSP and the overnight walk at www.afsp.org. Every 16 minutes, someone in the United States commits suicide. Let's bring that number down together. -- Sarah Shields, AFSP Dear Sarah Shields: Thank you for the valuable information. We hope our readers will check out the AFSP site for details. Money swears Dear Annie: We have a friend, "Dennis," who is marrying a very wealthy woman. We think that's great. Unfortunately, Dennis has a habit of showing us the expensive gifts his fiancee has given him, revealing their cost to us. I've told him this is gauche, but he persists. How should we reply the next time he tells us how much she paid for something? -Living on Social Security Dear Living: We worry about any engaged person who is so enamored of his fiancee's money. The next time he tells you the new watch cost $1,000, say, "Dennis, dear, your constant focus on these gifts makes us think you are marrying this woman only for her money. We're sure that's not the impression you want to give." Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... Parish House in 1962, Hastings. Also, landscaping around the front entrance to the Barry County Medical Facility [Thornapple Manor] was undertaken. In the mid-1960s the club began a landscaping project at Charlton Park and planted many types of flowers in the area. Working with Michigan State University the club drew up and implemented plans in 1969 for a major landscaping project at Charlton Park. During 1974 and 1975, they provided landscaping around the Charlton Park Museum building which included planting trees taken from various Barry County farms. Shrubs were donated by the garden club. At this same time, 20 hard and soft maples were planted by members of the Rotary in memory of loved ones. A bronze plaque embedded on a very large boulder was installed nearby. This became known as, "The Trees of Remembrance." During 1976 and 1977 the garden club initiated it's "gardening therapy" project with the residents of Thornapple Manor and Provincial House [now Tendercare], working with residents in flower arranging and outdoor plantings in flower containers.In 1982 the club took on another beautification project for the City of Hastings by landscaping around the large service club sign on West State Street. The club celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1982, which was attended by over 100 guests. During the 1980s the club donated vegetable and fruit plants to citizens of Barry County through the Family Independence Agency. Members also donated to the newly organized Community Hospice of Barry County in addition to awarding prizes for the best vegetable gardens in Barry County. During the 1990s the club donated a bench in honor of club member Ruth Seibert to be placed at City Hall. Additionally, the club did plantings at Fish Hatchery Park. In 1977, the club began its first annual garden tour, selecting outstanding gardens for public tours. Seventy-five years have come and gone and still the same goals keep the Thornapple Garden Club alive today. The year 2000 to the present finds the club continuing to promote the beautification of the City of Hastings. Members continue to maintain the gardens and urns at the Barry County Courthouse and the fountain area. We oversee the planting of 30 corner gardens in downtown Hastings. The beds are under the supervision of the club with service clubs and individuals having specific beds under their care. Landscaping activities continue with shrubs, trees and flowers planted around the Northeastern school building and for a local Habitat for Humanity house. The club in 2006-07 is working with the Barry County Master Gardeners for landscaping at the new addition at Thornapple Manor. Planting continues at Fish Hatchery Park and the club has donated toward landscaping around the new Hastings Public Library facility. Members are continuing "garden therapy" with the residents at Thornapple Manor. The annual garden tour continues to be See Bob or Doug for all your insurance needs... eal people. Hometown people who will help you through the details of buying insurance or making a claim. While some insurance companies are no more than an 800 number and a voice mail menu, we’re here to help - in good times and in bad - year after year. Bob Nicolai Doug Talsma INSURANCE FIRST 497 Arlington St. (M-37) PO Box 99 • Middleville, MI 49333 (269) 795-3302 or Toll Free (800) 706-3302 A063030 06650046 NEW LOCATION Gun Lake Office 12293 W. M-179 Hwy. Wayland, MI 49348 (269) 795-7865 Toll Free (800) 351-9521 Agent: J.R. Coburn you get your next job, you could move the money from your old plan into a new employer's plan, if the new plan allows such transfers. However, you can get much more flexibility by rolling over your retirement assets into an IRA, which provides an almost unlimited array of investment choices. By making a direct rollover to an IRA, you'll avoid the 20 percent withholding and current income taxes on your retirement plan distribution, and you'll give your earnings the potential to keep growing on a tax-deferred basis. Keep in mind, though, that before you reach 59-1/2, your IRA withdrawals will be subject to ordinary income tax and a 10 percent penalty, unless you take systematic distributions under Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code. To make sure you're making the right moves, consult with your tax and financial advisors before tapping into your IRA. After deciding what to do with your 401(k) or other retirement plan, you might also want to adjust the other, non-IRA investments in your portfolio. While you were working full time, you may have established an investment mix that was based on a variety of factors, including your goals, time horizon, risk tolerance, ability to invest and your need for growth and income. But if you are between jobs for an extended time period, you may held every summer in July, with the club recognizing the beautiful gardens in the community. In conjunction with the garden tour the club sponsors a "Thyme Market," where vendors sell gardening items. In addition to its annual garden tour, the club selects city and county "gardens of the month" in Barry County. The club’s annual December sale of green has been the longest running money making project and continues to the present day. It features cuttings of fresh greens made into wreaths for the holidays. The club also provides bird seed for the bird feeders at Thornapple Manor and Tendercare. We support the local food bank, adopt local families at Christmas, make annual donations to the scholarship program for the Higgins Lake Environmental School and donates to the Otis Lake Bird Sanctuary. In December 2006, the Thornapple Garden Club partnered with the GFWC Hastings Women's Club and sponsored their first home tour and quilt display for the benefit of each club’s scholarship programs. In 2007, the garden club will award its first scholarship to a graduating Hastings High School senior, who will continue his/her education in the area of conservation, landscaping, horticulture, or floriculture. As the Thornapple Garden Club members celebrate 75 years they hope to continue the club's purpose, "to stimulate interest in gardening to make a more beautiful Michigan" and to live up to the club's conservation pledge: "I pledge as an American to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its soil and minerals for forest waters and wildlife." The Thornapple Garden Club's 75th Anniversary Celebration Committee is: president, Barb Benner; first vice president, Donna Brown; second vice president, Renee Collins; treasurer, Janell Pillars; secretary, Patsy Auer; past-president, Diane Williams; Karen Culver, Jean Hammond, Verna Sunior, Jan Lydy and Ellaire Spindler. PENNOCK, continued from page 1 all laboratory and radiology patients to use Pennock’s State Street Center during the construction phase, if possible. Pennock is also asking all non-emergency traffic to use the west visitor entrance (nearest Fish Hatchery Park) for the duration of the MRI construction, which is expected to last until February 2008. “The new permanent MRI will bring enhanced capabilities 24/7/365 to Pennock Emergency and Pennock Hospital patients. However, it will cause a temporary inconvenience for a permanent improvement,” said Matt Thompson, director of Ancillary Services, who heads up the construction project. The mobile MRI will continue to be made available throughout the project, near its present location on the west side of the Emergency Department, and a special canopy will be constructed to enable protected patient transfers to and from the hospital. As the attached drawing shows, the Emergency entrance circular driveway will be re-striped a red color and traffic will be advised not to park in this zone. Ambulances and emergency drop-off vehicles will be the only vehicles allowed. Violating vehicles will be towed to maintain access for emergency vehicles. The blue-striped parking areas nearest to the emergency entrance will be restricted to handicapped vehicles only. Pennock employees will be directed to park off campus during the construction to allow more patient parking closest to the hospital. Adding more challenges to this project is the City of Hastings’ reconstruction project of Green Street from May 1-June 30. Portions of this area will be reduced to one lane traffic or blocked entirely for a short period. All vehicle drivers – other than hospital-related traffic – are encouraged to find alternate routes during this time. need to adjust your portfolio. A financial advisor can help you select an appropriate investment mix. Once you're employed again, you can readjust your portfolio as needed. A layoff can be difficult for you and your family. But by thinking carefully about what to do with your retirement plan and your investment portfolio, you can survive this setback - and stay on track toward the future you've envisioned. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. 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From Hastings: west on M-37/M-43 1.1 miles to M-179, go straight onto M-179 approx. 16 miles to auction. AppleTree Auctioneering has been commissioned to sell the personal property from the Estate of Percilla Wanless. Auction is full of great furniture including some unusual pieces, glassware, antiques and collectables. This is a very large home and every room has many surprises. Please call AppleTree for a complete list and questions you may have. Bring your lawn chair and spend the day with us. 77512226 APPLETREE AUCTIONEERING • Auctions • Estates • Appraisals • Real Estate • Moving Jim Lumbert - Cell #269-953-0044 - Jennifer Hayes - 945-2012 Professional Father/Daughter Auction Team Office (269) 945-0020 • appletreeauctions@sbcglobal.net • 517 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 Elect Bob Teunessen for School Board Vote May 8, 2007 Bob Teunessen The Thornapple Garden Club was organized on July 25, 1932, in Hastings, by a group of Barry County men and women who loved to grow things. At its organizational meeting the name Thornapple Garden Club was adopted. Annual dues of 10 cents were decided on. The stated purpose of the club was to foster, "the love of life, people, birds, plants and all growing things and the joy of sharing." Officers of the new club were: president, Charles Rogers; first vice president, Joseph McKnight; second vice president, Mrs. W.G. Goodyear; secretary-treasurer, Mr. M.J. Cross. Meeting dates were during the first week of each month. Because the club wanted to include all of Barry County representatives from various geographical areas were selected. These representatives were: Mrs. James Cool-Freeport, Mrs. J.P. Mohler-Middleville, Mrs. Ray Barnes-Cloverdale, Mrs. DunningDelton and Mrs. L. Valentine from Woodland. The first regular meeting was held the following September and its first flower show was held in the Goodyear building Aug. 15, 1932. The men of the club took all honors in the rose displays. In 1933, after a membership drive, 39 members began in earnest to promote and build up the club. They had less than $10 in the treasury. The Peony was adopted as the flower of the City of Hastings and later it was designated as the flower for all of Barry County. Citizens were asked to plant peonies in the yards and around their homes. Walks were organized to view these lovely blooms throughout the area. During the 1930s many flower shows, fair exhibits and Christmas decorating contests were sponsored by the garden club. In 1937, the club began its beautification projects with the city of Hastings and began to plant new trees and shrubs in the downtown areas. That same year the club joined the Michigan Federated Garden Clubs. In 1940, the club began two major landscaping projects in Hastings - the planting of many trees and shrubs on the grounds of Pennock Hospital and Tyden Park. During April 1941, special emphasis was directed towards encouraging cat owners to "bell" their pets to protect birds. During World War II the club promoted Victory Gardens so citizens living in Barry County would have adequate food during the rationing times. The club in 1946 planted two spruce trees as a memorial to the war dead in Tyden Park and installed two marble benches in the park with plaques and landscaping. The club in 1948 donated money for the "Seeds of Peace" project whose purpose was to help relieve starvation in Europe. The year 1949 saw the club’s first annual green cuttings sale begin. The decade of the 1950s found the garden club designing and planting flower gardens at Pennock Hospital and installing potted trees in the downtown area of Hastings. The garden club's 30-year silver anniversary was celebrated at the Episcopal Church If you get laid off or "downsized," it's unquestionably a tough break, and it can be stressful in many ways. However, if you make the right investment-related moves, the loss of a job doesn't necessarily mean you have lost the opportunity to achieve your important financial goals. Above all else, don't panic when you learn of an impending termination. If you are going to get a severance package, you may not have to take the first offer that comes your way; you might be able to negotiate for more attractive terms. But even if there is no room for negotiation, you need to make sure you get all the information you need, such as whether the severance will be paid at once or in stages. As severance packages may have tax consequences, you should consult with your tax advisor before making any decisions. Here's another suggestion: Don't rush to collect the money from your 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) plan. Of course, if your retirement plan is your main source of savings, you may have no choice in the matter. But once you cash out your plan, you'll no longer benefit from tax-deferred earnings growth. Furthermore, your former employer must withhold 20 percent from your distribution. If you don't cash out your plan, what should you do with it? You might be able to leave the money in your former employer's plan. When • Life time resident • Graduate HHS • Founding member - SCYMB • Hastings Athletic boosters 1yr - Vice President, 3 yrs - President • HYAA Since 1997 - President past 5 years • Instrumental in creation of fields for youth activities @ Star School, Pleasant View & rebuilding of HHS practice field. (Donated equipment, materials & labor • Solid working relationship w/school administration • Member St. Rose of Lima • Member of BPOE Lodge 1967 Believes academics & athletics go hand in hand for youth character development and a positive outlet for students. He is devoted to the youth of Barry Co. and serves as an example of honesty, Integrity & a strong work ethic. Bob can & will make the tough decisions. Paidfor by the committeeto elect Bob Teunessen tothe Hastings Area Schools Board of Education 2675 Star School, Hastings, MI 01545279 Thornapple Garden Club adding flowers for the Library Home Tour 1974. Smart Financial Moves Can Pay Off After Layoffs Vote May 8, 2007 Bob Teunessen The Thornapple Garden Club - 1932-2007 of Edward Jones and Co. �Page 10 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly Hurth, a single person, mortgagor, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, by a mortgage dated November 22, 2002, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on December 17,2002 as document no. 1093854, and assigned by mortgagee to Chemical Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, of 627 E. Main Street, Caledonia, MI 49316, assignee by an assignment dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on March 28, 2007 as document no. 1177979. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $122,287.67, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $116,146.09 at the rate of six and one-half (6.5%) percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 78 and the North 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke’s Lake Shore Plat #1, according to the recorded plat thereof, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan and commonly known as 7344 Noffke Dr., Caledonia, MI 49316. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: April 9, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank, Assignee David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 212 Waters Building 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-6168 77511434 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon Prior, a married man and Lyndy Prior, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 20, 2005 in instrument 1146832, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine And 94/100 Dollars ($101,299.94), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lots 1, 2, 8 and 9, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village (now City) of Hasting, according to the recorded Plat thereof, described as. The South 29 feet of the North 33 feet of Lot 8: Also, all that part of Lots 1, 2 and 9 lying Northwesterly of a line described as: Commencing 66 feet North of the Southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 4 of said Addition, thence North 44.7 feet to State Street; thence North 45 degrees 45 minutes West 57 feet to the point of beginning of said line; thence South 76 degrees West 98.6 feet to the point of ending of said line, being on the line common to Lots 8 and 9. Excepting that part of said property described as: Beginning at a point 41.5 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the centerline of former railroad, 218.5 feet to the West line of Montgomery Street; thence North to the Northeast corner of Lot 1, thence Northwesterly to the North corner of Lot 2; thence West to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139401F01 77511788 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed Ordinance #2007-123 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its April 11, 2007 meeting. This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its next regular meeting on May 9, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-123 (PROPOSED) ADOPTED: _______________ EFFECTIVE: _______________ An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance by the rezoning of certain property located in Land Section 13 within the Township from the “RE” Rural Estates zoning classification to the “MUD” Mixed Use District zoning classification; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION I - REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “RE” Rural Estates zoning classification to the “MUD” Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 13: 1. Property #08-13-013-015-10 located at 861 Arthur Drive described as: THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded September 8, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169741, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six and 64/100 Dollars ($128,686.64) including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, thence West 280.5 feet along the North line of said Section 16; thence South 330.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to Place of Beginning; thence South 330.00 feet; thence West 396.00 feet; thence North 330 feet; thence East 396.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Together and subject to a private easement for ingress and egress and public utility purposes over a strip of land 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as: beginning at a point on the South line of said Section 16 distant West 643.5 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 16; thence South 660.00 feet parallel with the East line of said Section 16 to the end of said described centerline. Being the same property conveyed to Scott W. Schantz and Darla D. Schantz, husband and wife by deed dated 10-8-03 and recorded 10-30-03 in Instrument 1116719, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511462 File No. 402.0308 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan A. Lindsey, a Married Man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005 and recorded March 30, 2005 in Instrument Number 1143475, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, NA by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand One Hundred SixtyFive and 71/100 Dollars ($96,165.71) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, running thence North 89 Degrees 47 Minutes 45 Seconds West 1410.00 feet along the south line of Section 33; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds East 996.00 feet parallel with the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 33 and along the West line of a 66 foot private easement for ingress and egress and utilities in common with others for the true place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 seconds East 332.14 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 320.02 feet parallel with the East and West one-quarter line of said Section 33; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 05 Seconds West 331.51 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 32 Minutes 04 Seconds West 320.01 feet to the place of beginning. Together with rights in said easement and subject to extension thereof over the West 66 feet of above described parcel. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511446 File No. 326.1371 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement dated August 5, 2005 recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 20042 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorneyin-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyFive Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two and 71/100 Dollars ($155,552.71) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 10, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77511456 File No. 244.3023 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Howard A. McNees II and Mary L. McNees, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156466, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight And 04/100 Dollars ($79,688.04), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line, section 31, Town 2, Range 10, a distance South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 903.06 feet from the North 1/4 post said Section; thence South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 89.81 feet, also said 1/4 line thence South 86 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds West 708.71 along the South Line of the North 3 Quarters of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 31 to the center line of Marsh Road; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East 288.00 feet; thence South 77 degrees 08 minutes East 613.29 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511651 File #139111F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Danny L. Martin, a married man and Tamie S. Martin, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. Central MI, Mortgagee, dated November 5, 2004, and recorded on November 19, 2004 in instrument 1137471, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Four And 69/100 Dollars ($204,404.69), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 7, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan: distant North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 687.50 feet from the Southeast corner of said Section 7; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West 453.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds East 220.00 feet; thence North 57 degrees 27 minutes 53 seconds East 179.30 feet; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds East 306.42 feet to said East Section line; thence South 02 degrees 33 minutes 08 seconds West 326.51 feet along said Section line to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #122459F04 77511414 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Three Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($375,309.50), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #088559F02 77511481 RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SE COR 13-3-9 TH N 577.85 FT FOR POB TH N 89 DEG 56’ W 389 FT TH N 265 FT TH NELY ON A CURVE TO RIGHT 75.38 FT TO A PT WHICH IS N 908.85 FT & N 89 DEG 56’ W 364.13 FT FR SEC COR SEC 13 TH S 89 DEG 56’ E 364.13 FT TH S 331 FT TO POB BEING LOTS 4-5-8-9 OF UNRECORDED PLAT. SECTION II - SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION III - SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT All ordinances of the Township heretofore or hereafter adopted shall be considered to be supplemented by the terms of this Ordinance. SECTION IV - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION V - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Adoption by the Township Board. 77512165 Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is extending the deadline for accepting applications to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals from March 26, 2007 to May 11, 2007. Applicants must not reside within a city, village or Rutland, Hope, Prairieville, Thornapple or Yankee Springs Township. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2007. 7511578 NOTICE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township originally scheduled Planning Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2007, is cancelled. All business originally scheduled for that date will be moved to Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77512129 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah J. MacDonald who acquired title as Deborah J. Fassett, single, original mortgagor(s), to Associates Home Equity Services, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2000, and recorded on October 4, 2000 in instrument 1050295, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifteen And 68/100 Dollars ($113,415.68), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence North 782 feet for the place of beginning; thence East 1320 feet to the East section line; thence North 373 feet, more or less to the North line of the South 35 acres of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said section; thence West 1320 feet; thence South 373 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #102824F04 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Santana Boulter, a married woman and Joshua Boulter, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 14, 2006 and recorded August 16, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168656, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Nine and 71/100 Dollars ($91,559.71) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 in Block 7 of Kenfield's Second Addition to the City (formerly Village) of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1278 77512208 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric R. Devenbaugh and Meshia M. Devenbaugh, as husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 29, 2002 and recorded April 2, 2002 in Instrument Number 1077531, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy and 81/100 Dollars ($87,570.81) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 126 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West 53 feet; thence South to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P O Box 5041 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRIAN A. BLAIR and DEBRA K. BLAIR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 15, 2004, and recorded on October 28, 2004, in Document No. 1136307, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and FortyOne Cents ($141,877.41), including interest at 5.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 17, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 350.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 968.66 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST 215.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST 967.05 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING ALSO, THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 708.56 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25 , SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 42 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 95.88 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 190.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 389.13 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 319.43 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 244.57 FEET SAID CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND A CURVE TO THE LEFT, WHOSE RADIUS IS 165.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 33 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 16.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 73.36 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 0813-025-008-10 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77511661 Southfield, MI 48075 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24754-DE Estate of ROSEANNA FAHRNI, DECEASED. Date of birth: 10/12/1949. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, ROSEANNA FAHRNI SSN: XXX-XX-3039, who lived at 1021 Ottland Shores, Woodland Twp., Michigan died 9/29/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Erwin Fahrni, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 4/25/07 Elena C. Hansen (P47274) UAW Legal Services Plan 4433 Bryon Center SW Wyoming, MI 49519 616-531-7722 Erwin Fahrni 1021 Ottland Shores Lake Odessa, MI 48849 77512126 616-374-5091 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel D. Inderlied, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2005, and recorded on September 15, 2005 in instrument 1152864, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen And 15/100 Dollars ($80,418.15), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 32 and the South 1/2 of Lot No. 33 of Daisy Hill Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 28. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #137650F01 77511404 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Dikker, and Anita Westervelt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Three And 16/100 Dollars ($173,723.16), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1 Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1320.26 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 34 seconds West 221.86 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds West, 241.65 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds East, 16.55 feet; thence North 01 degrees 19 minutes 34 seconds East, 203.55 feet, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds East, 237.85 feet along said East-west 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Together with a 66 foot wide and a 33 foot wide easement for ingress, egreess and public utilities described separately. Easements: A private easement for Ingress, egress and public utilities 66 feet wide, 33 feet, each side of a centerline described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degree 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1816.82 feet from the East 1/4 of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 560.79 feet to the South line of the North 346.50 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section I and the point of ending. Limited on the North by said East-West 1/4 line and on the South by said South line of the North 364.50 feet of said Southeast 1/4. A private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities 33 feet wide, 16.5 feet each side of a centerline described as follows: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West , 1816.82 feet along the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 227.28 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 85 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds East, 192.45 feet; thence South 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds East, 78.78 feet to the point of ending. Also an easement for cul-desac purposes over a 40 foot radius centered on a said point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140332F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Cohoon and Kimberly A Cohoon, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2005, and recorded on August 31, 2005 in instrument 1151971, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-SD3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Five And 77/100 Dollars ($186,505.77), including interest at 8.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 330 feet of the West 732 feet of the South 660 feet of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139183F01 77511666 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Antonette Hernandez, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 9, 2006, and recorded on May 11, 2006 in instrument 1164497, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 35/100 Dollars ($123,314.35), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 15 and the East 1/2 of Lot 14 of Thornton Addition to the Villlage of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, being a part of the Southeast 1/4 of section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139311F01 77511696 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a hearing on Thursday, May 24, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. 1. To act upon a request for an interpretation of the Zoning Administrators application of C-4 regulations in a RE district. 2. Also, if needed, a variance request to height limitations as required in the RE Zoning District, for property located at 1675 Solomon Road, to allow a residential accessory structure to support a T.V. receiving only antenna. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Zoning Board of Appeals at said public hearing. The application for the above request is available for inspection at the Rutland Charter Township Hall during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 7751224 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the supervisor and/or the assessing officer of the Township have filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination, a special assessment roll covering all properties located within the Sam’s Landing Association Special Assessment District No. 201. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion to the costs of the improvements and work incidental thereto against all properties benefited by said project as shown on the plans on file with the Township Clerk at 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, which assessment is in the amount of $53,000.00 assessed, which is approximately $1,262.00 per parcel or approximately $255 per year for five years. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the assessing officer has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said District is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said District as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit of land in said District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Township Hall within the Township on May 14, 2007, at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said special assessment roll and hearing any objections thereto. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of the hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at the hearing held to confirm the special assessment roll is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. An owner or party in interest or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the Michigan Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the special assessment roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon five (5) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77512094 77511838 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 �Page 12 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri Shropshire, a married woman and Aubra Green Shropshire Jr., her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006, and recorded on January 18, 2006 in instrument 1159078, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 46/100 Dollars ($56,446.46), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that certain parcel of land situated in the Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan, being known and designated as a parcel of land described as commencing 28 rods 10.50 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, thence West 13 rods 11.50 feet, thence South 10 rods 13.50 feet, thence West 14 rods 10 feet, thence North 22 rods 3 feet, thence East 28 rods 5 feet, thence South 11 rods 6 feet to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #109557F02 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by KENNETH E. DUNN, A MARRIED MAN JOINED BY ELIZABETH A. DUNN HIS WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006, and recorded on September 19, 2006, in Document No. 1170272, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($101,895.92), including interest at 12.850% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 31, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of ASSYRIA, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1 / 2 OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-01-027-019-20 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 27, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77512196 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas P. Vanisacker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Community Bank of Northern Virginia, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2001, and recorded on March 20, 2001 in instrument 1057048, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the holders of the CSFB Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2001-HE25 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen And 85/100 Dollars ($109,817.85), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 of the Southeast of 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, alos that part of the South 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of section 27, Lying Westerly of the center of highway (Brooklodge Road) The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #086988F04 77512100 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Louise M Webster, aka Louise M Miller and Dale Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 19, 2006 in instrument 1163372, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight And 12/100 Dollars ($104,668.12), including interest at 8.932% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 1695.71 feet from the South 1/4 post of said Section 12; thence North 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 seconds East 709.96 feet; thence South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 240.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 second West 709.96 feet, thence North 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds West 240.01 feet to the point of beginning. Affidavit of Affixture of Manufactured Home recorded in Register No. 112191. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139134F01 77512167 MAINSTREET FINANCIAL CORPORATION, MHC NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the members of MAINSTREET FINANCIAL CORPORATION, MHC, will be held at the company’s offices at 629 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Polls will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The annual meeting is to follow at 11:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect two directors and to transact any other business that may come before the meeting. Sandra K. Nichols, Secretary 77512176 Sugarbush Lake Beautiful 1 1/2 acre wooded lot 220 ft. lake frontage Located in Irving Township, Barry County on Sission Rd. This is a private lake with excellent fishing. $135,000 Call Dave or Barb at 269-795-1142 or 269-795-9321 77512179 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel P. Appel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 6, 2002, and recorded on September 24, 2002 in instrument 1087980, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six And 89/100 Dollars ($90,796.89), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East 285.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds East 660.0 feet parallel with the South line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West 285.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds West 660.0 feet along the South line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #091388F04 77511656 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Kemper, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 25, 2005, and recorded on March 28, 2005 in instrument 1143297, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Seventy And 14/100 Dollars ($103,070.14), including interest at 5.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 10, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block C, Chas. H. Bauers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 57, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138021F01 77511426 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-105-DM Plaintiff Lori Lynn Hernandez P.O. Box 335 Hastings, MI 49058 v Defendant Dionicio Hernandez Jr. THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Dionicio Hernandez, Jr. cannot reasonably be made as provided in MC 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): d. Publish notice in the Hastings Banner for 3 weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: May 24, 2007 77511628 Judge W.M. Doherty P41960 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald G. Roach, a single man and Gary L. Roach, a single man, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2002 and recorded February 27, 2002 in Instrument Number 1075598, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 18/100 Dollars ($54,208.18) including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 17, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assryia, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 200 feet of the West 1000 feet of the North 200 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0525 77511622 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, as Document Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage dated February 12, 2007 and recorded on February 20, 2007 as Document Number: 1176561, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Dollars and 17/100 ($83,260.17) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00284 7511979 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004, and recorded on January 7, 2005 in instrument 1139815, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 14/100 Dollars ($18,213.14), including interest at 12.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at right angles and said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said north and South 1/4 line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140529F01 77512132 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rene A. Swift and Stephen P. Swift, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated February 3, 2000, and recorded on February 10, 2000 in instrument 1041042, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1F as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Four And 27/100 Dollars ($155,734.27), including interest at 11.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 34 of Supervisor Glasgow's Addition to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 3, thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes East 273.86 feet along the West line of said Lot 34; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East, 406.45 feet to the East line of said Lot; thence South 04 degrees 13 minutes West, 140.22 feet along said East line; thence South 12 degrees 15 minutes West 136.80 feet along said East line to the South line of said Lot; thence North 89 degrees 30 minutes West 368.00 feet along said South line to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138792F01 77511587 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Glen Alan Faircloth, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) dated the 31st day of March, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of April, A.D. 2002, in Instrument NO. 1126212 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $14,882.83 (fourteen thousand, eight hundred eighty two dollars and eighty three cents) plus accrued interest at 14.75% (fourteen point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 31st day of May, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Hope, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: A parcel of land located in Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, being more fully described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 301.67 feet along the North line of said Section 15 to the Northwest corner of Lot 8 of the Northeast block of lots of the unrecorded plat of Kenyon's Oakgrove and the point of beginning; thence South 44 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 53.21 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence South 45 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East 114.72 feet to a point on the Easterly line of Lot 7 of said unrecorded plat; thence North 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds East 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8 to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 114.15 feet along said North section line to the point of beginning. Together with land lying between the above described parcel and the waters of Long Lake Channel described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 187.52 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the true point of beginning; thence South 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds West 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8; thence South 50 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East 41.15 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the shore of Long Lake Channel; thence North 27 degrees 27 minutes 33 seconds East 159.48 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 35.38 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the point of beginning. Together with lands lying between said Traverse line and the waters of Long Lake Channel, as limited by the sidelines extended to the waters edge. Together with and subject to an undefined easement described in Liber 137, Page 130, Barry County Records for roadway purposes for the existing gravel driveway Commonly known as: 100 Long Lake Dr. Tax ID: 08-07-015-069-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05909251 77512213 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 13 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Craven, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115057, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to MidFirst Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 34/100 Dollars ($107,535.34), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 82, Middleville Downs No. 4, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 41 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140668F01 77512160 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred TwentyEight and 21/100 Dollars ($73,328.21) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point of the North line of Southeast one quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of Said Southeast one-quarter at the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line, 88 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7607 77512191 The Indiana State Senate recognized 14 interns, including one from Hastings, last week for their outstanding efforts as Senate Democrat interns during the 2007 session of the 115th Indiana General Assembly. Among those honored was Nikki Swartz, a Hastings, Michigan, native. Swartz worked with Senators Jean Breaux (D-Indianapolis) and Jim Lewis (D-Charlestown). Swartz is a senior at Purdue University majoring in political science and history. Upon graduation she plans to work in Indianapolis. The resolution was written by members of the Senate Democrat Caucus and was passed unanimously by the Senate. The legislative interns have worked full time for the caucus since the session convened in January. Their duties included constituent correspondence, staffing committee hearings and working closely with senators to research legislative issues. The annual internship program is designed to provide valuable experiences for the students who are integrally involved in the legislative process. The Indiana Senate Democratic Internship is open to all college sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students in good academic standing. No specific major is required. Interns work full time for the duration of the session and earn a stipend as well as academic credit. The internship provides students with a unique educational opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Indiana state government. Applications for the internship are available online in August as well as through the career centers and political science departments of most Indiana colleges. For more The 2007 Senate Democratic Caucus intern class poses in the statehouse (front row, from left) Alex Dickerson, Indianapolis; Sarah Frantz, Elkhart; Amber Malcolm, Greenwood; Nikki Swartz, Hastings, MI; Marquita Trotter, Michigan City; Alex Beeman, Lapel, (middle row) Duane Ingram, Gary; Kristina Moorhead, New Palestine; Bridget Gross, Monticello; Billy Corsaro, Indianapolis, (back row) Andrew Berger, Greenwood; Bethany Nine, Indianapolis; Sam Gilchrist, Indianapolis; Zach Robinson, North St. Paul, MN. information on the internship program, call Jason Tomcsi, Intern Director, at (317) 2329496 or itomcsi@iaa.state.in.us Fitness Palooza set for Saturday by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Fitness Paloozan Saturday, May 5, promises to be a morning of fitness fun designed for the whole family, and it helps support Leadership Barry County. The day will begin at 8 a.m. with 5K and 12K runs that take participants on a paved and dirt road course south of Hastings with a distance through Hastings’ famous ‘Sweezie’s Pond’ and finishing on the Hastings High School track. The Palooza also has events for those looking for a shorter distance. The run/walk will also begin at 8 a.m. and take participants on a “loop” course through the same serene countryside of Barry County and finishing on the Hastings High School track. According to Dana Rittenberg of LBC, “The fun run is an adventure for kids of all ages.” Starting at the conclusion of the longer events and at about one mile, it’s a fun fitness Progressive Dems to focus on 9-11 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be hosts a program on “The Events of 9-11-2001” on Thursday, May 17, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. Many questions remain about what transpired on Sept. 11, 2001, the day America was attacked. Films and discussion will focus on the one event that galvanized the country for war with Iraq, led to passage the Patriot Act and was instrumental in the re-election of George W. Bush. Doors open at 6:30 pm for networking and conversation, followed by the film at 7 p.m. For more oinformation, call Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-7954412. challenge for everyone. It is free to all who participate in the longer events. Early registration entries must be postmarked by Friday, April 20, and accompanied by the appropriate entry fee payable to Leadership Barry County. Registrations forms are available through Leadership Barry County and the Hastings Community Center. Day of event registrations will be accepted. The cost is $25 on May 5. The cost is $5 for the fun run. The fun runners will receive participant ribbons. The top three finishers in each age group of the 5K and 12K events will receive medals. Sign up and T-shirt pickup will be held in the Hastings Community Center Late registration and sign in will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 5. All participants need to arrive early to sign a waiver and fill out emergency information. Persons under 18 years need a parent present day of the event to sign. The Fitness Palooza was a project of a previous Leadership Barry County class to promote fun and fitness throughout the community. Leadership Barry County' is designed to enhance leadership skills for individual growth, organizational improvement and increased community effectiveness through its eight-session program and Professional Development Series workshops. Proceeds from this relay will go to continue these important programs that are available to student and adult community members. For more information on all the programs of Leadership Barry County, call 269-9452114 or leadershipbc@sbcglobal.net PUBLIC NOTICE Domingo Villarreal Jr. has abandon Soaring T Ranch and owes $1,094.31 as of 5/1/07. He has seven days from 5/3/07 to pay or dissolve partnership of Soaring T Ranch & ownership of Starstruck Eclipse #0619485. 77512222 FOR SALE YEAR ROUND COTTAGE LOCATED ON PERCH LAKE ‘Master Citizen Planner’ honored Former Middleville Village Planning Commissioner Lynn Steward received a special honor Tuesday evening when Sara Stuby from the Southwest Michigan State University Extension regional office and Jan Hartough of the Barry County Extension office presented him with his “Master Citizen Planner” certificate. Pictured (from left) are Stuby, Hartough and Steward, who has retired from the Middleville Planning Commission due to illness. ® The Food Service Director Delton Kellogg Schools currently has an opening for a Food Service Director. A Bachelor of Science in Food Service Management and Nutrition Required. Send cover letter and resume to: Cynthia Vujea, Superintendent, Delton Kellogg Schools, 327 N. Grove St., Delton, Michigan 49046. Resumes must be received by 3:00 p.m. on May 18, 2007. 77512218 77511856 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate and Trust FILE NO. 2007-24762-DE Estate of George Hamaty, deceased. Date of Birth: January 31, 1926 and in the matter of the “GEORGE HAMATY TRUST” under Agreement dated January 24, 1995. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, George Hamaty, who lived at 1520 Liberty Lane, Hastings, Michigan died January 9, 2005. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Anne May Hamaty, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. The decedent, George Hamaty, Trustee, died January 9, 2005 leaving the above Trust entitled the “George Hamaty Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to JOHN C. HAMATY, 780 Oakland, Birmingham, Michigan 48009, Successor Trustee, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 4/30/07 Hudson Law Offices PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Anne May Hamaty 1520 Liberty Lane Hastings, MI 49058 77512201 (269) 945-5302 Indiana Senate honors Hastings grad’s service 77512182 LEGAL NOTICES Customer Service Administrator Job Openings at Charlton Park FLEXFAB LLC, a manufacturing leader in high performance engineered rubber products for the Heavy-Duty Truck, Aerospace, Automotive and Industrial markets, currently seeks a Customer Service Administrator for our Heavy-Duty Truck and Automotive department. SECURITY GUARD: H.S. Diploma, valid driver’s license, preemployment drug screen required, references required. Must be at least 18 years of age, own transportation. Working under general supervision, the Customer Service Administrator is responsible for dealing with customers on a daily basis, including expediting orders and assuring that all requirements for each order are met and corporate policy is followed. TICKETBOOTH ATTENDANTS: Summer events only, weekends. Must be 16 years or older, have a valid driver’s license, own transportation and references required. Total of 25 days from June-December. Pay: $7.00 per hour. Desired Qualifications: Excellent communication and grammar skills, computer experience utilizing WORD, EXECL and the Internet, exemplary telephone and interpersonal skills. Previous office experience is required. Cottage in Excellent Condition! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, setting on 2 1/2 acres, 200 ft. lake frontage. Location in Hope Twp., Barry County EXCELLENT FISHING LAKE Send resume with salary history via: E-mail – hr.ads@flexfab.com or Flexfab LLC 1699 W. M-43 Hwy Hastings, MI 49058 Attention: HR EOE Applications and summer event schedule available at Charlton Park, Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm. 02670081 CAN BE SEEN AT 4215 ANDERS RD. • $135,000 Call Dave or Barb, 269-795-1142 or 269-795-9321 Visit our web page at www.flexfab.com to get to know us better! DEADLINE: May 25, 2007. Phone: 269-945-3775. 02669758 �Page 14 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Collaborative partnership promoted in Barry County One of the liveliest discussions was about encouraging youth in the county to stay in the county and ways to encourage them to return if they leave the area for education. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Bonnie Hildreth from the Barry Community Foundation welcomed residents from across the county on Friday morning, April 27, to a discussion of ways to improve Barry County businesses, institutions and individuals. This was the second in a series of discussions on “Hometown Competitiveness” and cooperation. She gave an overview of the four pillars on hometown development, including entrepreneurship, charitable giving, youth and leadership. Jennifer Richards was introduced as the new director of Leadership Barry County, which will be housed in Barry Community Foundation office. She praised outgoing director Dana Rittenberg for the accomplishments of the organization. The group then broke into smaller discussions in each of the pillar areas to set short-term goals which might be reached in one year and other goals which may take three to five years to accomplish. The foundation is working on a community survey which will be distributed in the middle of May to determine what local residents see as accomplishments and the needs in Barry County. Anyone who would like more information about the community effort can call Hildreth at 945-0526. Michigan State University Barry County Extension director Jan Hartough guided a discussion on ways to encourage leadership in the county with Jennifer Richards. Leadership Barry County director stepping down Bonnie Hildreth, director of the Barry Community Foundation, opened the meeting last Friday morning with a review of collaboration efforts. NEWS, continued from page 8 er at Central UMC in the absence of pastor Dr. Don Ferris, who was away for a preaching seminar in Washington D.C. During the second week he is on vacation. The Simses were guests of George and Kathy Carpenter of Goddard Road, who are former Romulus residents before moving here in 2000. The annual CROP Walk had beautiful weather this year when it took place last Sunday afternoon. The combined Woodland and Lake Odessa Lions' clubs served lunch for the walkers. There was a colorful clown on the lawn blowing balloons for children. Dogs on leashes were numerous. Children in strollers went along for the ride. Tables indoors were hosted by each sponsoring group, which include several local churches and also Sunny Fresh. Rev. Jeff Schroder gave the sendoff. Maps were provided to show the route. The eastbound exit from 1-96 at M-66 has been changed a bit. In the past, one could come up the exit ramp, pause for southbound traffic and then cross the wide median and turn onto northbound M-66. No more! Now one must turn south nearly to the end of the median, use a left lane and then turn onto northbound M-66. So it is bit farther to get from the freeway to the gas station or Super 8 Motel on the east side of M-66. On Sunday, four western ladies from Gibbs family arrived in Grand Rapids from Utah and California. On Monday they drove to Lake Odessa where they visited the genealogy room at the freight house and began copying material pertaining to their family. They enjoyed eating lunch beside Jordan Lake, then they drove to the East Sebewa Cemetery, where they held open house for two hours to meet and greet local people from the Gibbs, Sandborn, Thorp and Burhans families. Others with an interest in their history attended as well. Light refreshments were served on the grounds. Sandborn family members came from Sebewa, Eagle and Portland. On Tuesday they visited Carson City sites pertaining to their family and visited 90-year-old Byron Gibbs at Mt. Pleasant. The rest of the week was their time to be tourists in Grand Rapids. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Dana Rittenberg, director of Leadership Barry County, is leaving her position effective May 1 to pursue other educational and professional endeavors. While her last official day was Tuesday, she will be involved with the Fitness Palooza which supports Leadership Barry County, this Saturday, May 5. The Barry Community Foundation has agreed to donate the services of its vice president, Jennifer Richards to staff this position. Leadership Barry County will continue to function under the direction of its own Board of Directors according to Tom Evans, chairman of the LBC Board of Directors. Rittenberg has provided Leadership Barry County with three years of service. “She has maintained the traditional level of excellence in the Leadership Program and Professional Development Series,” Evans said. “She has carved out her own niche, through the expansion of out Fitness Palooza event, which promotes good health for the people of Barry County.” Evans says, “The board is extremely thankful for her work on behalf of leadership. From writing thank you letters, to searching out new speakers and projects, Dana always promoted leadership in a positive fashion. She will truly be missed.” About the transition, Evans commented, “Leadership Barry County considers itself lucky to have Jennifer Richards to staff their day-to-day operations. Through her experience with the Barry Community Foundation and the Youth Advisory Council, Jennifer has demonstrated a passion for Barry County, and superior administrative abilities which will serve leadership well.” Members of the LBC board will meet with Richards on Monday, May 21. Entrepreneur Exchange meeting slated May 15 Anyone with ideas is invited to an Entrepreneur Exchange meeting Tuesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. for its monthly gathering. The meeting is open to all and will be held at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Included on the agenda will be: • Monthly networking and open issues dis- cussion • Business start-up financing cash/grants/update • Cooperative advertising update • Chamber/economic development initiatives update For more information, call Dave Sandora at the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995. Child Abuse Prevention Council plans ‘Be A Lifesaver’ campaign The Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County will have its third annual "Be a Lifesaver" campaign this weekend, May 4 and 5. Money raised will go directly to programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Volunteers will be stationed in our four com- munities of Hastings, in front of Kmart, Delton, in front of Felpausch Supermarket, Nashville, at Carl’s Supermarket and Middleville, in front of Middleville Marketplace. “This event will make possible our continuation of offering our programs free to fami- Two Red Cross blood drives set Two Red Cross blood drives are planned in Barry County for this month, one for Monday, May 7, in Delton and another Thursday, May 17, in Hastings. Michigan’s American Red Cross reports that Type O blood, which is most needed by hospitals, remains in high demand and low supply. Current supplies of Type O-negative and Type O-positive blood are between one and two days. The Red Cross considers a three-day supply safe. The drive on May 7 will be at St. Ambrose Church, 11252 Floria Road, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. The drive in Hastings May 17 will be from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 128 North Michigan. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org lies and parents,” said Karen Jousma, director of the Child Abuse Prevention Council. Programs such as the Family Workshop Series, the CRIB program, the Parent Education Calendar, the Family Resource Guide for Barry County and Pierre the Pelican Newsletter. Several of these programs are funded by such events as the "Be A Lifesaver" campaign. “Our council works to promote positive parenting skills and provide educational materials for the prevention of child abuse and neglect of our most vulnerable citizens, our children.” Volunteers will be passing our mini-rolls of lifesavers and taking donations in the local community. Each location is holding its own mini competition to see which location raises the most money. To help, call Jousma at 269-948-3264. LIBERTY, continued from page 1 Lake Odessa Village representatives (from left) laurel Garlinger, Ray Hummel, Charles Jacquays, Mel McCloud and Village President Karen Banks stand in front of the Richard Diaz house with one of the new planted trees. (Photos by Elaine Garlock) 401(k) rollovers made easy 02669838 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC she was a counselor, nurse and much, much more for all those kids over many, many years.” In accepting his award, Storms said he arrived in Hastings on Jan. 26, 1981, on a cold, cold day. “I thought, ‘Welcome to Michigan,’ he said. “It was 26 degrees below zero and the schools were closed. I spent my first day on the job in my hotel room all alone. “But I have to credit this community for all its support over the years. It is truly a unique community where people come together when needed.” Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans spoke about the involvement of the local bar associ- WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 77511804 ation and its involvement in the community, also. He praised his fellow lawyers, saying virtually every member of the association is an active participant in local community groups and clubs, giving back to the community at every opportunity. “These are people who give back,” Evans said. “We have members who sit on virtually every benevolent board in the county.” Attorney Bob Byington, who introduced Judge Shaw at the ceremony spoke of some of the history of Law Day. “Law Day was established by President Eisenhower in 1958,” he said and in 1961, May 1 was designated as Law Day by DAY MAY 18TH! Is Get your Collectible NASCAR Day Pin with a $5.00 Donation to Charity. 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings Hours: 269-945-4551 Tues. & Wed. Noon-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 • Closed Sun. & Mon. 02670097 Congress. He said there were three criteria viewed by the Barry County Bar Association in determining the winner of the Liberty Bell Award. “We look at efforts to empower youth, to teach respect for the law and to teach civic responsibility.” Byington praised Storms in each of those categories, citing his long and distinguished career in helping young people grow into responsible adults. “In our courts we see 4400 delinquency cases every day across this country,” he said, “and young people, especially those between the ages of 13 to 17 have to deal with many issues and problems. The list grows every day.” Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher, who opened and closed the ceremonies in his courtroom, also praised Storms, who was a neighbor for many years. He recognized Debbie Storms and their children. “He and Debbie have three wonderful children and many thousands of children whose lives they have touched.” In closing his address, Judge Shaw personally thanked Storms “for making the board (which hired him as the YMCA Director) look so smart.” �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 15 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Annual Student Art Exhibit at Kellogg Community College is now on display in the Davidson Building Gallery, which is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The show is slated to run through May 7. • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more info. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children's Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Opera Grand Rapids presents: Don Giovanni By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at DeVos Performance Hall with performances at 7:30 pm. The legendary story of the unrepentant seducer Don Juan is re-invented in Mozart's marvelous score. Packed with unforgettable characters singing some of opera's most memorable music, Don Giovanni is the darkly comic tale of conquests, misadventures, yearning lovers, and their vengeful defenders. Sung in Italian with projected English titles. Ticket prices range from $20$89. For more information call (616) 451-2741 ext. 3 or visit www.operagr.com. May 4 & 5. • Victorian Day takes place in historic downtown Grand Ledge from 10 am-5 pm featuring a non-motorized parade, teddy bear tea, May Pole dance, magic show, Victorian funeral reenactment, high tea, and many demonstrations. Victorian dress is welcomed. Call (517) 627-2383 or see www.victoriandays.org for more information. Saturday, May 5. • The Wonderful Wizard of Song is a live, multimedia tribute to one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Harold Arlen, comes to Miller Auditorium for one night only on Monday, May 7 at 7:30 pm. Before the show begins enjoy Miller Auditorium’s 2007-2008 Season Announcement. The music for the evening will include an onscreen tribute by Tony Bennett, the talents of Arlen’s son, Sam Arlen and his orchestra, and Jazz vocalist George Bugatti’s Three Crooners. Bookended by stories that take the audience from the Cotton Club in Harlem through Arlen’s Hollywood years to the Broadway stage. Call (269) 387-2300 or 1-800-228-9858 for tickets. May 7. MISCELLANEOUS • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MOVIES: Who won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role in “Forrest Gump”? 2. TELEVISION: On what show did the Coneheads get their start? 3. FOOD & DRINK: What is a cauliflower’s true origin? 4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What type of creature is a bandicoot? 5. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the country of Gabon located? 6. ENTERTAINERS: Which entertainer’s real name was Muzyad Yakhoob? 7. GEOLOGY: What is the chief ore in aluminum? 8. TECHNOLOGY: What does a baud measure? 9. MEDICINE: Who discovered that yellow fever was carried by mosquitoes? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: On which river is Victoria Falls located? Answers 1. Tom Hanks 2. “Saturday Night Live” 3. It is a type of cultivated cabbage 4. Marsupial 5. Africa 6. Danny Thomas 7. Bauxite 8. Transmission of digital data 9. Walter Reed 10. Zambezi River © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MAY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 3 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 4 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at the Pennock Health Services Conference Room. Presented the first Friday of every month by the Michigan Community Blood Centers and Pennock Health Services. 4 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 4 Spaghetti Dinner at the American Patriot restaurant, 2160 S. M-37 Highway. Cost is $5.50 per person. Serving from 5-7 pm. 4 John Ball Zoo’s Traveling Zoo at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, 701 W. Cloverdale Rd. View several reptiles and amphibians up close and personal. Times are 6-7 pm for families with younger children and 7:30-8:30 pm for adults and families with older children. Member adults $5, children $3. Non-members $7, children $4. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. 5 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 5 Five, Five, Five Volksmarch 5K Walk on the Paul Henry Trail from 911 am. Walk begins at the Stagecoach Park behind the Village Office in Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 5 Leadership Relay fitness fun for the whole family. 12K-5K. Call (269) 945-2214 for fees. 5 Mother’s Day Brunch at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute at 11:30 am, 1 & 2:30 pm. Due to the popularity of this event, reservations should be made two weeks prior by calling (269) 721-4190. Free program at 12:15 pm on “using native plants to attract wildlife to your yard.” 6 Truck Show & Monster Trucks at the Barry Expo Center 9 am-4 pm. $7 adults, $5 kids. 8 Hastings Farmers' Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 9 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins at the Gilmore Car Museum from 6-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner and the museum grounds will be open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners. 10 Hastings Farmers' Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 10 Bereavement Luncheon at 11:30 am at Ponderosa restaurant in Hastings. Sponsored by Barry Community Hospice. Call Dona at (269) 948-8452 for more information. 11 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 12 How to Plan and Start a Business presented by SCORE from 9 am-noon. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up a company, marketing, finance and more. Three hour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 12 Cruise In presented by the Hastings Car Club. at the Hastings K-Mart parking lot from 6 pm-dark. No charge, all are welcome. Glenn Miller Orchestra May 11-13 Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall May 11, 12, & 13 with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. 2007 Michigan All-State Bonsai Show will be held May 12 & 13 at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday noon- 5 pm. Adult admission is $12 per person, seniors & $9, children ages 5-13 $6, children 3-4 $4. The ninth annual Michigan All-State Bonsai Show, hosted by West Michigan Bonsai Club, features all six Michigan bonsai clubs and societies, displaying more than 100 of their very best trees. In addition to the displays, vendors specializing in finished bonsai, pre-bonsai stock, pots, tools, books and other supplies will be on hand for the weekend. There will be bonsai pottery demonstrations, educational displays, and styling demonstrations featuring bonsai society members. For more information call (888) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Bach Festival Young Vocalists Concert at the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College May 12. Admission is free with a reception following the concert. Over 30 college and high school ages singers from the Midwest compete, winners will perform again May 12. The competition begins at 9:30 am. Call (269) 337-7407 or see www.kzoo.edu/bach for more information. The Doowops are back at Ledge’s Playhouse in Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 pm. Songs from the 50s and 60s will be featured. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Call (517) 6272383 or (517) 333-6677 for more information. This week’s selections: Hot Fuzz Side Show will be presented May 17-26 at the Spectrum Theatre, 160 Fountain NE, Grand Rapids. Call (616) 234-3946 to reserve seats. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena May 21 beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall May 22-27. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 120 minutes MPAA rating: R Here’s the short version: If you liked “Shaun of the Dead,” you’ll like “Hot Fuzz.” Long version: The same guys, Edgar Wright (writer/director) and Simon Pegg (writer/star), who gave us the best zombie movie spoof ever, have turned their sights onto the Michael Bay/Jerry Bruckheimer “supercop” genre — with equally hilarious results. Unlike American-style spoofs like “Scary Movie” that try to re-create specific scenes and shots from popular films, “Hot Fuzz” takes a different approach by using black humor and wit while capturing the look and feel of the genre. This doesn’t mean that Pegg & Co. are above a cheap laugh (they aren’t), but they don’t rely on it. The film stars Pegg as Nick Angel, a London supercop whose arrest rate is 400 percent higher than any other cop on the force. Because he’s making the rest of the department look incompetent, he’s transferred to a sleepy, picturesque country hamlet called Sandford, which hasn’t had a suspicious death in 20 years, a crime rate that’s virtually nil, but an accident rate that is disturbingly high — a fact that leads Angel into a web of conspiracy and intrigue ... and murders most foul. His partner, Danny Butterman (Nick The makers of “Shaun of the Dead” have teamed up once again, this time to spoof big budget Hollywood cop films. Frost) dreams of being a supercop like the ones in his massive DVD collection, which is packed with titles like “Bad Boys II” and “Point Break.” Together, the pair investigate a series of “accidental” deaths preceding the annual Best Village Award judging. Fans of British TV and films will also get a treat by the number of stellar cameos in the film. Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman and others make appearances and thoroughly chew up the scenery. “Hot Fuzz” is definitely worth a look. GRADE: B+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. GET ALL THE NEWS OF BARRY COUNTY. Subscribe to the Hastings Banner. Call 945-9554 for more information. �Page 16 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Estate Sale Garage Sale Mobile Homes ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. ATTENTION YOUNG LADIES looking for your one of a kind vintage Prom dress? I have beautiful dresses waiting just for you, come see me at the Flea Market in Woodland, Saturday 11-7 Sun 1:00-5:30. These are the spring hours. Also we have lots of reusable wonders. Come check us out! FOR SALE: Mobile Home, 1995 Liberty 16x80, 3 bedroom/2 bath, great floor plan! Home is located in Thornapple Lake Estates. $16,900. Financing available with “Move-In” incentives. Phone (517)852-1514. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Lawn & Garden CNS LAWNCARE BRINGS 30 years experience to your lawn care needs. Spring to Fall we do it all. If you think you can’t afford a lawn service you haven’t called CNS. (269)623-2518, new contracts welcomed. For Rent FOR RENT NEAR Lake Odessa: 2 bedroom mobile home in country, $500/month. (269)367-4648 NICE 2 BEDROOM duplex in country, $490 a month plus security deposit. No pets (269)948-8943 ROOMMATE WANTED: to share large 4 bedroom house. $250/mo plus 1/2 utilities. Located near downtown Hastings. (269)8389136. VERY NICE LARGE ground floor, 1 bedroom apartment with closed-in front porch in Hastings. Appliances and utilities included, $450/month plus $450/deposit. Call (616)3747274. 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Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. MOVING SALE: SATURDAY, May 5th. Sofa, armoire, file cabinets, Game Cube games, gas edger, refrigerator & more. 9am-4pm. 1600 Tanner Lake Rd. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. 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GARAGE SALE: 811 Bond St. Sat, May 5, 9-5. Clothesjuniors 5-11, boys toddler, many other household items in good condition. ��� ��� 3(/7 � FOR SALE: MOBILE Home, 1997 Fortune 52x28, double wide, 3 bedroom/2 bath. On a corner lot in Thornapple Lake Estates. $32,900. Financing available with “Move-In” incentives. Phone (517)852-1514. �(ASTINGS��������%XP��*5.%��������������("� d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Business Services DARREN’S LIMB & TREE SERVICE. Give us a call for free estimate. Specializing in residential. (269)623-2518 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted $450-$700 WK, CARPET cleaners. 4 positions open, no experience. 28th St./131. (616)257-3600. POLICE BEAT Arrest may be made in auto theft case Hastings police are investigating a reported auto theft April 29 in the 300 block of West State Road. The vehicle’s owner said she found that her keys, and vehicle were missing during the morning hours and believes that it was taken by a family member. The vehicle was entered into the law enforcement information network as being stolen, but it was later recovered by the owner after she received a phone call from a friend of the suspect who told her where the vehicle was. A 42-year-old suspect from Hastings has been identified and a warrant request for her arrest has been sent to the Barry County Prosecutor’s oOffice. Empty pop, beer cans reported stolen Hastings police are investigating a complaint of a breaking and entering of a storage building in the 200 block of East State Road April 26. The owner of Tom’s Market reported someone had broken into a storage building and took more than 200 empty pop and beer cans that were being stored inside. The suspect(s) pried off a padlock that secured the door and made off with three large bags of cans. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Arrest keeps drunken woman from driving Hastings police arrested a local woman on charges of being a disorderly person after she insisted that she had not had too much to drink to be able to drive. Officers were flagged down by a citizen during the early morning hours of Saturday, April 28, who reported there was an intoxicated woman staggering down the street. Officers a short time later located the woman, who had difficulty standing and could barely walk. The woman told officers that she had been given a ride home earlier by a friend, but was uncomfortable leaving her car parked downtown and was going get it. The woman, who was identified as Jamie Clark, 25, disagreed with the officers, telling them that she did not care what they thought and she was going to drive anyway. Clark was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail without further incident. Her blood alcohol level registered a .20%, more than twice the legal limit. Two arrested for cocaine posession Two men, who were stopped by Michigan State Police troopers Ray Durham and Ernie Felkers April 14 were found to be in possession of cocaine. Troopers say Lee Scott Dingman, 43, and Eric Michael Coleman, 34, both of Hastings, were pulled over for an equipment violation and a subsequent search turned up the illegal substance on both men. Both Dingman and Coleman were arrested and lodged in the Barry County Jail while the investigation continues and charges are pending with the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. Drunk driving arrest follows traffic crash Bryan DeCamp, 47, of Hastings, was arrested by Michigan State Police Trooper Ray Durham on April 22 after he was involved in a traffic crash at the intersection of M-79 and Thornapple Drive. He was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was lodged in the Barry County Jail and the information has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Woman motorist to face several charges Michigan State Trooper Scott Sharrar arrested Cheryl Stamm, 51, of Hastings April 22 after she allegedly left the scene of a traffic accident in Woodland. Stamm was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana and leaving the scene of a traffic crash. Stamm was lodged in the Barry County Jail and the information has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Bellevue man held in 3rd drunk driving Jon Kaufman III, 40, of Bellevue, was arrested by State Police troopers Ernie Felkers and Mike Behrendt April 28 at Lacey Road and Case Road in Assyria Township. Kaufman has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated (third offense) and was lodged in the Barry County Jail. The charges are pending with the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office. Disoriented motorist arrested after fleeing LOCAL PRESCHOOL is seeking teacher for next school year. Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood desired, CDA and/or Associate’s degree in Early Childhood required. Please inquire at (269)945-4077 ext. #3008. A man who said he wasn’t sure exactly where he was compounded his problems Monday by trying to flee from Michigan State Trooper Andy Merryweather and found himself behind bars. Claude Jay Harper, 47, of Galesburg, led police on a short chase through a cemetery before being apprehended at Upton Road and M-37. Harper was arrested at the scene and is being charged with fleeing and eluding, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, possession of cocaine and resisting and obstructing. When captured, Harper told Trooper Merryweather he thought he was driving in Battle Creek. Harper was lodged in the Barry County Jail and the charges are pending with the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. 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The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. • Gary Lewis Preston, 39, of Ionia, was sentenced April 27 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 12 months in jail concurrently to a prison sentence he is now serving at the Riverside Correctional Facility in Ionia. Preston was convicted April 4 for possession of methamphetamine. He was arrested in Prairieville Township in March 2006. • Gil Ladd Young II, 39, of Hastings, was sentenced April 25 by Judge Fisher to serve 48 months probation and 12 months in jail for his April 4 conviction of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Young also was ordered by Judge Fisher to wear a wrist monitor, observe a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew and participate in drug court upon release from jail. He was also ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy, substance abuse counseling and AA while in the Barry County Jail. He was assessed court costs of $500, restitution of $100, a probation fee of $480 and a drug court fee of $200. Young was arrested for a breaking and entering in Rutland Township in December 2006. ROBBERY, continued from page 1 being withheld because of his age, 16. According to police, the two robbed the station and fled the scene but lost control of their vehicle and drove into a ditch on Curtis Road north of M-79. The subjects then stopped a motorist and forced her to drive them to the Felpausch Store on M-66 (Capital Avenue) in Pennfield Township. After being released, the motorist drove to Charlotte where she reported the incident to police. Both suspects were apprehended by Calhoun County Sheriff Deputies and officers from the Battle Creek Police Department. Both men remain lodged in the Barry County Jail and were arraigned Tuesday afternoon. The incident remains under investigation by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Thanks to your investment in our community... Barry County Over 56,000 times services of Barry County United Way and its Partner Agencies were utilized by our families, friends and relatives. 4-H, Alzheimers Association, Barry County Hospice, Barry County Healthy Families, Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry Eaton Health Plan, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Gerald R. Ford Boy Scouts, CASA, Catholic Family Services (The Ark), Child Abuse Prevention Council, Commission on Aging, DARE Barry County Sheriff Department School Liaison Officers, Family & Children Services, Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Glowing Embers Girl Scouts, Green Gables Haven, Habitat for Humanity, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, Victim Services Unit, YMCA, Continuum of Care– Homeless Prevention, Fresh Food Initiative, Information & Referral, Smoke Detector Program, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change 77509092 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 17 Vikes keep pushing runs across vs. TK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor If the Vikings did one thing very well in Friday’s double-header sweep against Thornapple Kellogg at LHS, it was score runs. Lakewood scored a 7-6 and a 9-3 victory over the visiting Trojans. In ten of 13 innings where they got an at-bat, the Vikings scored runs. It wasn’t flashy. Lakewood didn’t steal a lot of bases, or hit home runs. The Vikings just methodically moved around the base paths. The Vikings started with a string of four straight innings with a run to take a 5-1 lead in game one. They never put more than two runs on the board in any single inning in game one, with Chelsea Bickford driving in two runs with a single in the bottom of the second. Lakewood added two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth, with Danielle Graham coming home on a wild pitch by Trojan starter Emma Bishop and Lyndzy Curry scoring on an RBI sacrifice by Bickford. Brianna Bosworth and Natalie O’Rielly both had a pair of hits for the Vikings in game one. Melanie Forman earned the win, striking our five, while walking three and allowing four hits. Bishop struck out two and walked six pitching for TK. TK put a pair of walks together with a pair of singles in the top of the seventh, eventually scoring four runs in the inning to make things interesting. Lakewood jumped ahead 5-0 in game two, before the Trojans scored their only three runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning. The Vikings scored once in the first, three TK’s Emma Ordway heads back to the dugout disappointed after striking out Friday at Lakewood. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Being an official is a good way to stay in the game A handful of athletes from each high school around the state of Michigan each year go on to participate in athletics at the collegiate level, enough to juggle the sports seasons all around in an effort to serve them better. A small few of those may make a living playing their sports some day. Eventually, even those must hang up their spikes, gloves, shoes, racket or whatever. I’ve known many former athletes who go on to be high school coaches. Many want to become athletic trainers. Those are both great ways to stay around the game. There are recent grads coaching volleyball at Hastings and Delton Kellogg. I played tennis in high school with Nate LaVoie, who helps out the Trojan tennis squads. I recently heard that Lakewood grad Stevie Spetoskey is coaching her younger sister’s AAU volleyball team. My brother-in-law helped out one of his school’s middle school basketball teams for a while during high school. There’s another way to stick around the game that I don’ think a lot of people think about. That’s being an official. I can think of a couple former Thornapple Kellogg wrestlers that I covered during their playing days that I now see with their green and red wrist bands patrolling the mats. Other than that though, I haven’t noticed many recent high school grads working high school sporting events. Never at a basketball game, a volleyball game, a track meet or at baseball or softball games. Maybe the ones that I’ve covered are still working their way up the ranks. There have to be a few of them out there. The Michigan High School Athletic Association is stepping up its efforts to find officials, especially in sports like basketball and volleyball in which their could be a shortage with the recent season flip-flops. “So many times, someone doesn’t even consider becoming involved as a high school game official until they’re anywhere from five to ten years beyond their high school playing days,” said Mark Uyl, an MHSAA Assistant Director who works directly with officiating matters in a recent press release. “In that process, we’ve lost some of their best years physically before they work their way into becoming accomplished officials. More than ever this year, we’re encouraging graduating seniors to stay in the game and give back to the games that they benefited from as a way of developing our future pool of officials.” Early this month every MHSAA high school will get a package of promotional cards for athletic administrators to distribute to their graduating seniors who played sports. The cards encourage the Class of 2007 to become involved in officiating with a theme of how they can still stay in the game. Online registration for renewing officials and first-time individuals is already underway for the 2007-08 school year at mhsaa.com. Discounted fees are available to online registrants. Registration by mail will begin in June. In future years, I’ll be keeping my eye out for members of the class of 2007. I know I’ve heard more than a few of them disagree with an official’s call. If they think they can do a better job, maybe they should give it a try. The MHSAA noted that the recruitment of new officials will also require a focus on sportsmanship. “One of the reasons young people shy away from getting into officiating is that they don’t want to take the abuse that parents and coaches dish out,” Uyl said. “While that is never acceptable, sportsmanship is especially important as we bring new officials in to our ranks. We want to make this a positive experience so they’ll continue to serve our young people for many years to come.” It doesn’t only fall on former student-athletes shoulders. I know there are some parents out there who could help out too, and many who already do. There is one wrestling official I see every year. We exchange pleasantries and then he tries to convince me to join the officiating ranks. I tell him that as soon as they let me bring my camera out there instead of a whistle, I’ll do it. times in the second, and once again in the third inning. Lakewood then added two more runs in the top of the fourth, to extend the lead. Some wildness by Trojan starter Adrienne Palmer helped the Vikings out in the fourth. Mallorie Brodbeck walked and Briana Bosworth was hit by a pitch. They moved around the bases on sacrifices by Curry and Bickford, along with a couple wild pitches. Rachel Tryon had a big game two for the Vikings, driving in a run with a double to left field in the top of the first. Bickford had an RBI single in the top of the sixth, and also drove in a run with a sacrifice in the second. Forman went the distance in game two for the Vikings as well, striking out three while allowing just five hits and two walks. She had to face just three batters in four of the seven innings. Lakewood finally opened league play on Monday, splitting a pair of games at Haslett. Lakewood took game one 10-1, then fell in the second 7-0. Curry led the Lakewood offense on the day with five hits, including a double, and had two stolen bases. Bosworth had three hits and two RBI’s. Forman, Tryon and Mallorie Brodbeck had two hits each. The Vikings will be at home against Williamston for a CAAC-3 double header on Thursday, then head to Battle Creek for a tournament at Bailey Park Saturday. Next Monday, the Vikings visit Olivet. The Vikings are now 8-8 overall this season. Both Lion track teams second at Ovid-Elsie Both Maple Valley track and field teams placed second at the Ovid-Elsie Invitational Friday afternoon. The Lion ladies were second to Perry, with the two teams tallying 75.5 and 56 points respectively. Laingsburg was third in the girls’ meet with 48 points, followed by Corunna 43.5, Chesaning 43, Saranac 41, Fulton-Middleton 32, and Ovid-Elsie 14. The Lion ladies took four titles, with Dani Christensen winning the 300 hurdles in 49.2, the 100 hurdles in 16.6, and teaming with Lauren Pierce, Amy Tobias and Lizzy Stewart to win the 800-meter relay in 1:52.4. Stacey Fassett took the pole vault at 9-6. Pierce had the Lions’ lone second place finish, placing there in the long jump at 141.5. Britiney Stambaugh was third for the Lions in the discus with a throw of 82-3.5, while Stewart placed third in the 400 in 1:05.3. Corunna took the boys’ meet with 82 points, followed by Maple Valley 65, OvidElsie 57, Perry 52.5, Saranac 44, FultonMiddleton 35, Chesaning 13, and Laingsburg 4.5. The Lion boys won a pair of relay races Friday, taking the 3200-meter event in 8:36.20 with the team of Kyle Staines, R.J. Raines, Rob Morehouse and Mike Hall and the 1600-meter relay in 3:37.70 with the team of Champ Bodell, Dustin Houghton, Morehouse and Charles Wymer. The Lions were also second in the 800meter relay, as Bodell, Jarrod Brooks, Nick Thurlby and Wymer teamed up to finish in 1:39.60. Maple Valley had one first-place individual finish in the field, with Jose Romero wining the high jump at 5-10. He also placed third in the 100 in 11.91. Thurlby was second in the 110 hurdles in 16.05, two hundredths of a second behind the leader. He won the 300 hurdles in 42.31, besting the second-place finisher by two hundredths of a second. Mike Hall was second for the Lions in the 3200 in 10:21.40, and Bodell third in the 400 in 53.84. This Friday, the Lions will be a part of the Concord Relays. Lakewood pitcher Melanie Forman fires towards the plate in the fourth inning of game one Friday afternoon against Thornapple Kellogg. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Brad Elliott will take his golf game to Northwood University by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood senior Brad Elliott said it himself, “nothing’s perfect in golf.” Some things do seem to work out perfectly though. Elliott signed on for a scholarship at Northwood University Wednesday afternoon, where he’ll play golf in the fall and spring seasons. Offers weren’t pouring in for Elliott, who holds the Lakewood varsity records for both nine-hole and 18-hole scores. The scholarship offer from Northwood is the biggest they’ve ever offered a freshman golfer though. That sealed the deal for Elliott, who also plans on studying towards a degree in business. Northwood is the perfect place for that. “Nobody’s more deserving. Nobody’s worked harder than Brad, or been more supportive of our Lakewood program,” said Lakewood varsity golf coach Carl Kutch. “The whole Elliott family really.” Brad is the youngest of three boys for Gary and Sue Elliott. Golf runs in the family. Brad’s great grandfather was a pro in the Detroit area. Gary started out as a caddie when he was 11-years-old. Brad has a brother at Ferris State University in the golf management program. Elliott won’t be the only Viking at Lakewood golfers fire low round for the season, so far The numbers are dropping for the Viking varsity girls’ golf team, although they haven’t quite fallen to their compassion’s numbers yet. Lakewood fired its best round of the season Friday at Ridgeview in Belding, a 232, but fell to both the host Redskins and the Lowell Red Arrows. Lowell led the way with a 191, while Belding fired a 194. Chelsea Erb shot a personal best for Lakewood, a 49, which is the low nine-hole score for the Vikings so far this season. She had just 15 putts on the round, and her first career birdie. “(Erb) hit a nice tee shot on the seventh hole, par-3, 104 yards, and knocked down a 25 foot putt for birdie,” said Lakewood head coach Carl Kutch. Rachelle Kent shot a 51 for the Vikings, Lydia Kauffman 65, and Amanda French and Kara Clark each shot 67. “We continue to post lower team scores as the season progresses,” Kutch said. The Vikings shot a 237 at Forest Akers East on Tuesday (April 24), but fell to Waverly which shot a 214. Charlese Smith led Lakewood with a 57 in her first varsity match of the season. Stephanie Axdorff followed with a 59 for the Vikings, Clark with a 60 and Erb 61. Although it wasn’t enough to put her in the top four for the Vikings, Kauffman birdied her first hole of the match, on a par-4. The Vikings travel to take on Ionia this Thursday. Lions get just three hits in two games vs. Parchment Maple Valley’s varsity baseball team suffered through 12 innings of scoreless baseball last Tuesday (April 22) against Parchment in a Kalamazoo Valley Association double header. The visiting Panthers scored a 6-0 win in game one, and a 10-0 victory in five innings in game two. Parchment had 16 hits and 16 runs in the two games combined. Maple Valley had just three hits in the two games. Aspinall now Aquinas’ HR champion Thornapple Kellogg grad Ashley Aspinall was named the Region VIII Softball Player of the week, as well as the WHAC (WolverineHoosier Athletic Conference) Softball Player of the Week, for her efforts at Aquinas April 8-14. Aspinall was named player of the week after a record setting six-game stretch. The Middleville native hit .611 and slugged 1.167 with a double, three homers and five RBIs. Aspinall tied Aquinas’ single-season home run mark of nine with a blast versus Indiana Tech. For the week, Aspinall scored 13 runs while going 11-for-18 at the plate. She has since hit home runs number 10 and 11 to surpass All-American Lyndsay Szczepanek ('01), who hit nine home runs in her senior campaign, as Aquinas’ all-time single season leader. Lakewood starting next school year. He plans to room with fellow Lakewood senior Alex Erickson, who’s already signed on to play basketball at Northwood. Elliott said that it was Erickson’s dad who first pushed his name to the coaches at Northwood. Working towards perfecting a golf game isn’t something that happens only during the high school season for Elliott. He’s played in numerous summer tours and tournaments for the past four seasons, and plans on entering them again this summer. Over the winter, between basketball games and practices, Elliott worked on his swing with coach Greg Weber at the dome in Okemos. He said they were focusing on his posture and his swing plane during the winter months. During spring break he played golf in Florida, and is hitting the links as often as possible now. “Brad’s leadership is the best quality he’s shown,” Kutch said. “He’s always there to give support to his fellow players. He demonstrates that class that’s essential in the game of golf. He kind of set the tone for our program.” Now he gets to do the same thing at Northwood. Aspinall, a sophomore standout, was ranked third in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) in individual batting average as well as slugging percentage, after her award winning week. She was not alone in knocking the ball around for the Saints. At the time they were ranked third in the NAIA in team batting average (.380) as well as 10th in home runs per game. As of Saturday, the Saints had compiled a record of 26-15, with a 14-4 conference mark. The WHAC tournament began Wednesday, and runs through the weekend. Aaron Shook earned the win for Parchment in game one. His team opened the scoring with two runs in the top half of the third, then added single runs in the fifth and sixth before tacking on two in the seventh. “We didn’t hit,” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. “Our pitching gave us a chance, but we didn’t help ourselves offensively.” Kyle Fisher was hit with the loss for the Lions. He is now 1-4 on the season. He went the full seven innings, striking out nine along the way. Troy Westendorp and Cody Ward had doubles for the Lions only hits. In game two, Parchment jumped in front 40 in the bottom of the second, scored an insurance run in the third, then ended the game early with five runs in the fifth. Westendorp took the loss for the Lions. Andrew Ashcraft had the Lions’ lone hit in game two, and also reached base on a walk in his only other plate appearance. “We are not going to win many games getting only three hits in a double header,” Carpenter said. “Our offense is struggling, and has been a point of focus at practice. The kids have made the commitment to get better, we will just have to keep working and improve each week.” PJ Winthrow earned the shut-out victory in game two for the Panthers. Maple Valley is now 2-7 on the season. The Lions will be back at it in the league Thursday when they head to Olivet. �Page 18 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxon boys track scores first dual win of 2007 by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer The Hastings Saxon boys’ track team scored its first dual meet victory of the season defeating the Thornapple-Kellogg Trojans 89 to 48, while the Saxon girls succumbed to the Trojans 56 to 80 Tuesday afternoon. In field events, Saxon boys swept both the high and the long jump with Matt Donnini placing first in both events 5 feet 10 inches in the high and 18-0 in the long; while the Trojans swept the throwing events with Brett Mulder placing first in the shot with a throw of 39-4 and first in discuss with 109-6. Hastings’ Jason Baum placed first in pole vault clearing 11-6. Ryan Burgdorf led the Saxons as they swept 100-meter dash finishing in 10.76 seconds and setting a new school record. He also led the Saxon sweep of the 200 meter dash finishing in 22.41. Bradan King of Hastings took first in the 110 meter hurdles finishing in 16.32, followed by team mate Darrell Slaughter and TK’s Heinrich. In the 300-meter hurdles Elliot Anderson led the charge in 44.31, followed by TK’s Cam VanSpronsen, and Saxon Spencer Rhodes. While the Saxons took the 3200 relay in 9 minutes 18.05 seconds and the 400 meter relay in 46.29, they DQ’d in the 800 meter relay giving the win to TK’s team of Luke Bremer, Aaron McGillicuddy, Josh Thaler and Jorge Lopez, who finished in 1:40.43. TK’s 1600 relay team of Lopez, Ethan Fuller, Thaler and Jeff Dickerson won in 3:46.26. In the 1600 meter run Hastings’ Ryan Bosma and AJ Singleterry finished behind Keith Winchester from TK who finished in 4:51.12. Winchester also finished first in the 3200 meter run with a time of 10:31, followed by Bosma and Saxon freshman distance run- Hastings’ A.J. Singleterry stays a step ahead his teammate Ryan Bosma (right) and TK’s Ryan Bosma in the 1600-meter run at TKHS on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) 77512220 305 S. Broadway (M-37) • Hastings Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am - 5 pm And always available by appointment Realty Inc. OPEN HOUSE A three-setter at fourth singles was the only match to slip away from the Vikings in their dual with Fowlerville on Tuesday afternoon. It was the only match that was close to slipping away. Lakewood dominated the Gladiators, to earn its first Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 victory of the season. The Vikings are now 1-2-1 in the league and 3-4-2 overall. In the seven matches Lakewood won, the only tight set was the first set in the three doubles match. 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WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269.945.9520 Toll Free: 800.596.1005 against South Christian and Wayland. “We hope to finish out the last two dual meets 1-1 and then make a move in the standings at the championships,” said Teed. “We continue to make progress by leaps and bounds, having 17 more personal records set again this meet.” Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule topped Aaron Knoch and Derick Davison 6-4 in the first set, then blanked the Gladiators in the second 6-0. Viking junior Alex Haskin knocked off Fowlerville senior Josiah Perroud in the first singles match 6-0, 6-1. At second singles, Jaoa Zunino topped Jeff Mehay 6-0, 6-2. Jared Secor earned the win for Lakewood at third singles, besting Tony Tang 6-0, 6-2. At the top of the doubles flights, Joe O’Brien and Matt Tidball won 6-2, 6-1 against Dar Lorang and Dalton Zimmerman. Lakewood’s second doubles duo of Jeremy Avery and Zach Woodman won 6-2, 6-0 against Travis Harvey and Zach Roy. At fourth doubles, Terry Quillan and Cody Rowe beat David Wright and Jeff Laber 6-1, 6-1. In the fourth singles match, the Vikings’ Alex Fox was downed by Chris Williamson 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Thornapple Kellogg swept the singles matches, and picked up a doubles victory at the number three spot to earn a 5-3 win Wednesday afternoon at LHS. The Trojans won the tightest matches of the afternoon, taking three-set victories at third singles and third doubles. Lakewood got a 6-1, 6-1 victory from O’Brien and Tidball at first doubles, over Zach Smith and Zach Warren. At second doubles, Avery and Woodman defeated TK’s Dave McMahon and Nate Otto 6-0, 6-2. Lakewood’s fourth doubles team of Quillan and Rowe topped the team of Ben Nyhuis and Nick McNee 6-3, 6-0. In both matches that went three sets, the Vikings won the opening set. At third doubles, Dustin Lafler and Brad Wilson topped Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth 7-5 in the opening set, before falling 6-2, 6-2 in the next two. At third singles, Lakewood’s Jared Secor cruised to a 6-1 opening set win against Cory Jewett, only to fall 6-2, 6-0 in the next two sets. At second singles, the Vikings’ Jaoa Zunino lost a tough two-setter, 6-3, 6-4 to TK’s Andrew Meads. The Trojans’ Corey Humphrey topped Alex Haskin 6-0, 6-1 at first singles. Parchment’s four first-half goals enough to beat Delton A two-goal second half rally wasn’t quite enough for the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ soccer team to overcome Parchment on Wednesday evening. Parchment scored four first half goals, then held on for a 4-2 win in Kalamazoo Valley Association action. Delton Kellogg picked up its intensity in the second half to score twice, with Katie Searles scoring both times for the visiting Panthers. Taylor Peavey had the lone Delton assist. The Delton girls outshot Parchment on the night 11 to 9. Leila Bouabdellaoui had two goals for Parchment, and Clarissa Turton had another. The fourth Parchment goal was an own goal by Delton. Anna Goldsworthy had five saves in net for Delton. Parchment had 9 shots on goal. Leila Bouabdellaoui had two goals. Delton Kellogg is now 2-5 overall, and 1-1 in the KVA. The Panthers host Otsego in a non-conference match this Friday, then return to KVA against at Pennfield Monday and at home against Delton Kellogg next Wednesday. Hastings’ free physicals will be offered on Tuesday night A Want to know where to get all this information? 77512150 THURSDAY, MAY 3: HS Choir in Chicago 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree at HCC H 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf Tri w/Hamilton/Wayland A at Orchard Hills Thornapple Kellogg’s Emma Ordway (left) hits the finish line just before the Saxons’ Jessica Czinder in the 200-meter dash Tuesday afternoon at TKHS. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Viking tennis gets first CAAC-3 win Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® “Your Real Estate Connection” ner Troy Dailey. Fuller of TK took first in the 800 run o 2:07.17, followed by Tyler Lancaster and Jesse Ellwood of Hastings, while Hastings’ Burgdorf took first in the 400 meter run followed by team mate Josh Jevicks and Lopez from TK. Once again Saxon girls coach Brian Teed was left to analyze what his team needs to improve upon. “We’re going to have to work on our defense. We gave up 12 points more than we needed to,” he said. “Two common themes continue to be present at each meet: Too big of a hole to dig out of after field events, and we are considerably more competitive than in the past.” Hastings’ Nichole Moser threw 33.5’ to win the shot put, but all other first place slots in field events went to TK: Alesha Ward, 5’, high jump, and 7’6,” pole vault, and 101’, discus; and Ashley VanderMeer, 14’3” long jump. Hastings Sutherland took second place in the shot put and discus and Heather Cady was second n the high jump. The Saxon girls fared better in the hurdles with Kaitlin Dobbin taking first in the 100 meter in 16.71 followed by Cady. Cady finished first in the 300 meter in 51.91, with Dobbin in third behind TK’s VanderMeer. Hastings won the 800 relay in 1:55.52 and the 400 relay in 54.3 but the victory went to TK in the 3200 relay (10:41.35) and 1600 relay (4:26.4). TK’s Emma Ordway dominated the sprints and mid-distance races ending Hastings’ Jessica Lee’s undefeated streak in the 100 meter dash and Katie Ponsetto’s in the 400 meter run. Both Saxons finished second to Ordway who won the 100 in 12.92 and the 400 in 62:38. Ordway also outstripped Hastings’ Jessica Czinder in the 200 to finish first in 27.4. TK’s Rebecca Winchester won the 1600 meter run in 5.46.4, followed by Melanie Truer and Hastings’ Lauren Anderson in third. She also placed first in the 800 meter run in 2:31.66 followed by Saxons Mandy Buehler 2:36.69 and Kayla Angeletti 2:39.17. Hastings next two dual meets will be From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Free physicals will be available for Hastings High School and Middle School athletes Tuesday, May 7, at Hastings High School. This are the only free physicals being offered for middle school and high school athletes for the 2007-08 school year. Students must have a physical to participate in any high school or middle school athletic events. Athletes may pick up a physical form in the office in advance and have parents sign the form. Physicals for families having both girls and boys interested in playing sports are scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. Other approximate times are as follows 6th grade boys 6:15 p.m.; 7th grade boys 6:30; 8th grade boys 6:45; 9th grade boys 7:00;, 10th grade boys 7:15; 11th grade boys 7:30; 6th grade girls 8:00; 7th grade girls 8:15; 8th grade girls 8:30; 9th grade girls 8:45; 10th grade girls 9:00; 11th grade girls 9:15. Those unable to attend at the scheduled time are asked to arrive at 9 p.m., and they will be worked in. Donations will be accepted from anyone wishing to help offset athletic department costs not covered under the pay-to-participate fee schedule. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — Page 19 DK track sweeps duals with Comets and Eagles Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ track and field team did just enough in the field events, and early in the races, to hold on for a 69-67 victory over Olivet’s girls in Kalamazoo Valley Association action Tuesday afternoon. It was the tightest dual in a four-win sweep for the Delton track teams. The Panther girls also topped Kalamazoo Christian on the day, 77-53. Delton’s boys downed Olivet 97-40 and the Comets 105-31. A trio of relay victories proved big for the Delton girls. Olivet won the last relay of the night, the 1600-meter relay, after sweeping the top three spots in the 3200-meter run. That earned Olivet the final 14 points on the track to make the final score look a bit more interesting. The Eagles also swept the 1600-meter run. Heather Millard, Mandy Dye, Katee Hogoboom and Rachael Williams won the first race of the afternoon on the track for the Delton girls, taking the 3200-meter relay in 11 minutes 1.72 seconds. Jessica Elliott, Katie Searles, Chelsea VanderWoude and Rachael Williams took the 800-meter relay for the Panthers in 1:53.23, while Elliott, Searles and VanderWoude teamed with Hannah Williams to win the 400 The Saxons’ Dana Shilling crashes with a Wayland defender as she tries to get her head on the ball Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxons score six in win The Saxon varsity girls’ soccer team hasn’t had much luck getting games in lately, but made the most of it when it had the chance. Hastings topped Wayland 6-0 in O-K Gold Conference action last Wednesday. Dana Shilling had two goals and an assist for the Saxons. Sam VanDenack and Ashley Maurer each had a goal and an assist. Becky Davis and Ellie Devroy had the other two Saxon goals. Alex deGoa and Natalie Knorp had two assists each for Hastings. The Saxons meeting with Thornapple Kellogg, which was scheduled for Monday night, has been moved to Friday May 11 at TKHS. Before then, the Saxons have a home game against North Pointe Christian set for Thursday. Hastings was slated to host league leading South Christian Wednesday. Next Monday the Saxons return to conference play at home against Caledonia, then head to Hamilton next Wednesday. Hastings is now 2-2 in the O-K Gold. HASTINGS AREA SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION VOTE FOR 77512174 relay in 53.36 seconds. The Panther girls won four of the five field events. Earl McKenzie and Hannah Williams tied for first as the only scorers in the pole vault by clearing 7 feet. Jenah Wandell won the high jump at 5-0, and teammates Hogoboom and Abby Culbert tied for third at 4-8. Kaylee Woodmansee took the shot put at 30-9 and was second in the discus at 81-4.5 for the Panthers. Elizabeth Johnson was third in the shot put for the Panthers at 25-7.25. VanderWoude was the long jump champ at 13-9 and teammate Jordan Haines was third at 12-11.75. Other winners in the dual with the Eagles for the Panthers were VanderWoude in the 100 (13.12 seconds), Rachael Williams in the 400 (1:03.61), and Dye in the 800 (2:42.55). Searles and Hogoboom placed second and third respectively in the 300-meter low hurdles. In the meet with the Comets, Searles’ time of 50.50 and Hogoboom’s of 51.92 were good enough for first and second place. Other winners for Delton in the meet against the Comets included Elliott in the 100 hurdles (17.40), and Williams in the 400 and the 200 (28.07). Delton’s boys won every event except the shot put and the high jump against the Comets, but swept the other three field events. Matt Loveland took the pole vault at 10-0 followed by Matt Ingle (9-6) and Brendan Boyle (9-0). Chris Miller was the discus champ at 105-2, ahead of teammates Adam Rohm (102-7) and Ricky Ramsey (9910). Shawn Reigler was the long jump champion at 17-5.75, besting teammates Jeremy Reigler (16-9) and Josh Newhouse (16-8) for the top spot. Dave Roberts, Martel Epperson and Justin Durbin won two individual races each. Roberts took the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.95 seconds and the 300-meter hurdles in 42.53. DK swept both those events as well, with Tony Reeves second in the 110-meter event and Ingle second and Reeves third in the 300. Epperson was the fastest boy on the track on the day, winning the 100 in 11.34 and the 200 in 23.44. Durbin was the fastest in the distance races winning the 1600 in 4:58.35 and the 3200 in 10:55.42. Justin VanderMeer won the 400 for DK in 53.16 and Dan Roberts the 800 in 2:04.33. Taylor Kingsley, Tim Brauer, Dave Roberts and Epperson took the 400 relay for DK in 46.44. Kingsley, VanderMeer, Dave Roberts and Epperson won the 800 relay in 1:35.28. In the 1600-meter relay it was VanderMeer, Jeremy Reigler, Jordan Bourdo and Dan Roberts winning in 3:45.87. Robbie Wandell, Durbin, Dalton Parmenter and Dan Roberts teamed up to win the 3200-meter relay in 8:52.62. Delton Kellogg’s boys also swept the Eagles on the track, although Olivet athletes took the top spot in the high jump, the pole vault, the shot put and the discus. The Panthers have yet to face GalesburgAugusta, Pennfield and Maple Valley yet this year in the league. Delton’s boys are now 4-0 in the KVA, while the girls sport a 3-1 league mark. The Panthers will see Pennfield Friday, at the Pennfield Lions Relays, but don’t meet them in conference action until May 15. Delton will be at Maple Valley next Tuesday for its next KVA action. The previous week, the Delton boys knocked off Hackett Catholic Central 76-52 and Parchment 102-26. Last Friday, the Delton boys placed sixth out of six teams at the 32nd Annual Otsego Lions Relays. Delton’s top event was the Combo Relay #2, where the Panthers placed second. Delton had five other third place finishes on the day. Saxons get 24 hits in two games at Saranac tournament After not facing a league foe for more than a week, the Saxon varsity baseball team will get its fill of the O-K Gold to close out this week. The Saxons’ double header against Byron Center, originally planned for Tuesday afternoon, was moved to Wednesday this week. Thursday, the Saxons will host the Bulldogs for one game. On Friday, the Saxons will visit Hamilton Friday to make up the one game that was rained out last week. The only action the Saxons have been a part of since an April 22 double header with the Hawkeyes was Saturday’s Saranac Invitational. Hastings fell to the hosts in the opener, then pounded Black River in the championship game 15-0. It only took three innings. The Saxons put three runs on the board in the first inning, five in the second, and seven in the third to end things early. Hastings had 13 hits in the game. John Feldpausch had a double and a triple. Matt Teunessen, A.J. Tassos, and Jon Garrett had three RBI’s and two hits each. Ricky Mathis, Rob Cady, Kyle McNerny, Carson Letot and Trent Brisboe had one hit each. Letot’s was a double. Teunessen (2-0) picked up the win on the mound. He struck out six in three innings of work. Saranac topped the Saxons 10-7 in the opener Saturday. Hastings built an early lead, but the roof fell in on them in the bottom of the fourth inning and they could not recover after that. Hastings had 11 hits in the game. Garrett had two hits and three RBI’s. Teunessen had a two hits including a home run and two RBI’s. Dylan Cuddahee and Feldpausch also had two hits each. Getting one hit in the opener for the Saxons were Mathis, Tassos and McNerny. The Saxons take on Wayland next week in the Gold, hosting the Wildcats for a double header next Tuesday. H.Y.A.A. Fall Football & Cheerleading Sign-Up Wednesday, May 9, 2007 • 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hastings Middle School East Gym A Parent Must Be Present At Sign-Up Sign-up is open to all children who will be in grades 3rd through 8th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Space is limited for both football and cheerleading. Sign up fee: $45, plus participation in fall cookie dough fundraiser, $75 sign-up fee to buy out of the fundraiser. Fee must be paid in full at time of registration. Discounts are available for additional children. (Maximum fee of $120 per family plus fundraiser. Scholarships are availble to qualifying families. If you have any questions regarding the H.Y.A.A. Program, please call: Sally Teunessen at 948-2791 or Val Slaughter at 269-420-1406 77511775 KEVIN BECK hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci To register please contact Melissa at Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, P.C. Phone: 800-596-1005 269-945-1696 Email: melissar@hoc-mi.com Session 1 June 18th—21st 25th-28th —21st &&25th-28th Let’s Make Hastings Schools Great. VOTE MAY 8TH! Paid for by the committee to elect Kevin Beck. 2151 Iroquois Trail, Hastings, MI 49058 Session 2 July 16th-19th & 23rd-26th Ages 10yrs-13yrs 14yrs-18yrs Times 5:00-6:00pm 6:30-7:30pm $50 per session PO Box 290 PO Cook Box 290 840 Road, 840Hastings, Cook Road, MI Hastings, MI 49058 49058 (269) 945-9520 (269) 945-9520 800-596-1005 800-596-1005 Kenneth S. Merriman, MD Eric S. Leep, DO L. Horton, KennethJames S. Merriman, MDJr., DO Eric S. Leep, DO James L. Horton, Jr., DO Improve speed, power, coordination, body awareness and explosive strength? The purpose of this camp is to help athletes and anyone interested in fitness or sports to improve performance and reduce injury. Every athlete knows success is achieved as a result of hard work and dedication. Improvements in speed, agility, strength, and coordination can often make the difference between success and failure in athletics. Our camp includes various drills and circuits focusing on these key factors. Camp SPEED helps athletes achieve their maximum potential in a safe efficient environment. Camp S.P.E.E.D will be held at the Hastings High School Track and Field. * Registration fee includes t-shirt,& water bottle * 06649493 �Page 20 — Thursday, May 3, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Trojan tennis wins O-K Gold dual with the Saxons Thornapple Kellogg scored four quick victories over the Saxons Tuesday afternoon, then had some time to bite their nails before closing out a 6-2 victory in O-K Gold Conference action. The Trojans won easily at the top two flights, as Corey Humphrey downed Eric Treadwell 6-0, 6-0 at first singles and Andrew Meads defeated Chris White 6-0, 6-0 at second singles. From there on down, the Saxons put up a fight. Hastings’ number one doubles team of Eric Haney and Jon Peurach pulled out two tiebreakers to top the Trojan duo of Zach Warren and Zach Smith 7-6(7), 7-6(5). At third singles, Hastings’ Justin von der Hoff defeated the Trojans’ Cory Jewett 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. TK won one three-setter, with Ben Nyhuis and Ken Hoag pulling out a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 win over J. J. Olin and Tim Lewis at fourth doubles. On the doubles side, TK also got wins from the third doubles team of Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth and the number two doubles team of Nate Otto and Dave McMahon. Otto and McMahon had to fight back from 5-2 down in the second set against Jordan Rambin and Tom Newton to win 7-5, 7-5. Ellsworth and Ball defeated Tom McKinney and Kyle Pierce 6-3, 6-3. In the fourth singles match, TK’s Ross Barrett downed Hastings’ Michael Peterson 6-1, 7-5. Hastings will host South Christian on Thursday, then Saturday will be a part of the Creston Invitational. Next week the Saxons start out at Portland Monday, then host Wayland on Wednesday. The O-K Gold Conference tournament is scheduled for next Thursday at South Christian’s athletic complex and East Kentwood High School. The Trojans topped the Rockets from Kelloggsville 7-1 Friday afternoon in a nonconference dual, winning three of four threeset matches on the afternoon. On the singles side, second singles player Meads scored a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 victory, showing some stamina and good determination to pull out the victory. A number of the Trojans showed their coach, Larry Seger, a little extra something on Friday. At first doubles, Smith and Warren teamed up to win 6-0, 7-6(3), playing one of their better contests of the season at the net. At second doubles, Otto teamed up with Hoag, playing his first varsity match, and scored a 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory. Seger credited his senior Otto with a great match. “He showed me more hustle than anybody I’ve seen in a long time. He was just really relentless. He was all over the place, just digging shots out. He really made this match go,” Seger said of Otto. Ball and Ellsworth teamed up for TK’s other doubles victory, at number three they scored a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory. Leading the singles sweep was first singles senior Humphrey, who downed his opponent 6-2, 6-0. “In the matches this week, Humphrey has really been playing well,” said Seger, adding that his approach shots and forehand are coming around. He then uses those shots often to put pressure on an opponents backhand and/or get to the net. Jewett won 6-3, 6-5 at third singles and Barrett took a 6-2, 6-5 win at number four. The Trojans closed out last week by placing third at their own invitational Saturday. Hudsonville took the title with 29 points, followed by Otsego 27, TK 19, and Comstock Park 15. Humphrey extended his run of late to seven wins in eight matches by taking the first singles title with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Hudsonville ATTENTION Hastings High School SENIORS ... The Annual Graduation Issue of ... will be May 24, 2007 Please have your pictures to the J-Ad Graphics office or the high school office by Friday, May 18th *NOTE” If your portraits were done at White’s Photo or Picture This Photography they have already furnished us with a copy. 77511491 Affordable Health Insurance • Affordable Health Insurance • Affordable Health Insurance “Best Rates In The State Period!” GUARANTEE ISSUE MEDICAL INSURANCE The Saxons’ Eric Haney stretches out for a backhand volley while teammate Jon Peurach looks on during the first doubles victory over Thornapple Kellogg on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) and a 6-3, 4-6, 10-6 win over Comstock Park. Super tie-breaker’s were played instead of third sets for all matches. Meads was the runner-up at second singles, scoring a 6-2, 6-2 win over Comstock Park before falling to Hudsonville 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. “Meads has shown he can win the close matches of late,” Seger said. “He is showing greater focus and control of his game.” The Trojans also got a flight championship from their fourth doubles team of Nyhuis and Hoag. They topped Comstock Park 7-5, 3-6, 10-8, Otsego 6-3, 7-5, and Hudsonville 6-1, 2-6, 10-5. “All in all we had a good tournament winning, two flights an finishing runner-up in another,” Seger said. “Comstock Park feels they have a good shot at winning the O-K Blue, which tells you something about the strength of the tournament. Even in flights where we didn’t score points, we were very competitive as indicated by the close matches at third singles and third doubles.” Jewett was 0-3 on the day at third singles, but wasn’t far from going 3-0. He lost to Otsego 7-5, 6-4, and fell in super tiebreakers against his other two foes. Barrett at fourth singles earned one win on the day, downing Comstock Park 7-5, 6-4. Otto, with another new partner, McNee lost all three but played an outstanding second match against Otsego. After falling 6-1 in the opening set, they came back to win the second then led most of the tie-break before finally being downed 12-10. “Both players showed a lot of heart in this match,” Seger said. “Otto continued his excellent play and hustle throughout the match.” Ellsworth and Ball also lost three tough matches at third doubles. Their last three compete sets ended in tie-breakers, and they played two super tie-breakers on the day as well. TK’s fifth doubles team of Cade Dammen and Josh Steensma was second in its flight with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Otsego and a 6-3, 60 victory over Comstock Park. The Trojans head to Caledonia on Thursday. “NO MEDICAL QUESTIONS ASKED!” Blue Cross Blue Shield Thornapple Kellogg’s Ken Hoag chases down a forehand volley as he’s backed up by teammate Ben Nyhuis during their fourth doubles win Tuesday over Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons scored a third place finish in jamboree at Railside Hastings made a big jump in the standings on Thursday, getting by Hamilton and Thornapple Kellogg for third place at the OK Gold jamboree hosted by Byron Center at Railside Golf Course. The Saxons fired a 212, to edge the Hawkeyes by two strokes for third place. Thornapple Kellogg fired a 222 for fifth. The Trojans were followed by Byron Center 238 and Wayland NTS. Caledonia won its second consecutive league jamboree, to pull even with the South Christian Sailors for the overall conference lead. The Fighting Scots fired a 179 on Thursday, while the Sailors scored a 184. 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Also scoring for the Saxons were Paige Pumford with a 58 and Katy Fluke a 59. Carolyn Schaner led Caledonia with a 40 and her teammate Brittany Gibbons fired a career-low 45. The Saxons will host the league this Thursday at Hastings Country Club. Next Monday, the Saxons will travel to take on Gull Lake. Hastings’ first singles player Eric Treadwell blasts a serve towards TK’s Corey Humphrey in their match Tuesday afternoon at TKHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 616 Hannah Lane, Hastings, MI 49058 Quail Ridge Apartments are ideally located one mile east of M-43 at Woodlawn Avenue and Bachman Road 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Mallard Pond Village is ideally located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-10.pdf cfd87ba08ff5caba1112ce41c5b9f8bb PDF Text Text Barry County must recover wetlands Dave Storms: The right man, right time Seales scores golden goal in OT victory See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 19 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Economic Alliance gets $89,000 annually for 5 years from county NEWS BRIEFS ‘Charlton Park Day’ is May 26 Charlton Park will kick off its new and expanded season of attractions with a special, first-time ever “Charlton Park Day” and antique car cruise-in from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 26. The public is welcome to come to the park for free admission and food and beverage. Also included will be classic tractors and motorcyles. The day is being set aside to honor founder Irving Charlton and to try to get Barry County people involved with the park as a festival-style attraction. Kevin Beck Program slated about ‘Peak Oil’ Two area bond proposals pass The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will host a program on “Peak Oil” on Thursday, May 17, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. Peak Oil is the term representing that point in time when half of all the cheap fossil fuel has been extracted from the planet. And many sources contend we are close! Peak Oil is that moment when the planet’s oil supply stops growing and starts shrinking. A shrinking supply of oil, in the face of a relentless, growing global thirst, will rapidly drive up oil prices, gas prices, practically everything. It will lead to recession, perhaps depression, and completely change the economy and financial institutions. “The effects of Peak Oil will dwarf anything you have ever experienced in your life, and it will forever change the lives of your children and grandchildren,” a Progressive Dems spokesperson said. “Why aren’t our representatives or the news media telling us about Peak Oil?” Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for networking and conversation followed by the film at 7. For more information, contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269795-4412. by Shawna Hubbarth Staff Writer Just under 60 million dollars in bond proposals for the Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg school districts combined were passed in Tuesday’s election. Passage will give the school districts a chance to upgrade facilities, install energy efficient measures, and improve school structures district wide. Each of the districts’ price tag was more than $29 million for renovations and improvements. Meanwhile, In Hastings, with eight members seeking two seats on the Board of Education, Terry McKinney and Kevin Beck were elected with 410 and 389 votes,respectively. McKinney was returned to the board after losing in his re-election bid a year ago in a three-way race with Jeff Guenther and Tammy Pennington. Other candidates on Tuesday’s ballot in Hastings were Bob Teunessen with 315 votes, Louis Wierenga Jr. with 272, Paula Pierce with 265, Rob Thornburgh with 213, Scott Franson with 145 and Dan Patton with 82. In Delton, Jason Hicks beat out incumbent Tony Crosariol with 519 votes to Crosariol’s 333. Incumbent Marsha Bassett was re-elected with 646 votes. In Maple Valley Tim Burd and April Heinze took two open seats with 356 and 245 votes, respectively. Incumbent Brian Green Habitat dinner set for May 18 Terry McKinney McKinney returns to school board was defeated with 181 votes, Mark Shoemaker had 149 votes, and James Dunham had 121. In Thornapple Kellogg There were a few tense moments on Tuesday, May 8, as Thornapple Kellogg staff, board members and vote committee members gathered to wait for returns. By 9:30 p.m., the vote totals showed the $29 million bond extension request passing by a by a 58 percent to 42 percent margin with five precincts still to report. When the final votes were tallied at about 11:30 p.m., the bond issue had passed by 1,031 yes votes to 742 no votes. Thornapple Kellogg Superintendent Gary Rider remarked, “I am very pleased with the continuing support of this community for its schools. We take seriously the support the community shows for its students.” The school district will now work with the staff, community and professionals to complete plans to update the schools in the district. Tom Ward and newcomer Tammy Berdecia were elected to the school board without any opposition. In Lakewood the $29 million bond was passed with 1,556 voting yes, and 1,230 voting no. See BOARD, page 5 Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Barry County will be cooking up large quantities of Swiss steak and chicken for a fund-raising dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. in Hastings. In addition to the two meats, the menu includes mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, a vegetable, homemade desserts and beverages. The meal is available for a freewill offering. Proceeds will help build another Habitat home for a local family in need of decent housing. For more information about the local Habitat, please call the Habitat office at 269-948-9939. People who would like to make a taxdeductible donation to Habitat and can't attend the upcoming dinner, may send a check to Barry County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 234; Hastings, Mich. 49058. Blood drive set for Moose Lodge A Red Cross blood drive is planned in Barry County for Thursday, May 17, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 128 North Michigan. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, May 10, 2007 Sharing the state runner-up trophy Joshua K. Hoekstra of Hastings (left) and Jeremy Winget of Grand Rapids. show the second place trophy they won in the 14th annual Ford/Auto Skills competition recently. The two reached the state finals by finishing in the top 10 in an Internetbased exam in February, which emulated professional technical certification training programs used by auto manufacturers. Robert Kaczor, assistant vice president automotive services, AAA Michigan, presented the trophy and Kent Career Tech Center team instructor was Carl Maurer. Plainfield Lincoln Mercury was the sponsoring dealership. (Photo by Bob Brodbeck) by David T. Young Editor The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning voted 6-2 to spend $89,000 a year for five years on the Economic Development Alliance. The board also agreed to pay the remaining $30,000 to the Alliance for its 2007 allocation. The five-year agreement insists the Economic Development Alliance enter into a collaborative agreement with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, or, in the words of Commissioner James French, “the deal is off.” Commissioner Wayne Adams, who voted against both proposals, said he objects to spending $475,000 over five years on something he’s not sure the county will get any benefit from. “I feel the ($475,000) should be spent on things belonging to the county,” he said, noting needs for a new jail, funding for Charlton Park and wages and salaries for county employees. “Ask if the people in your district would approve of this. If it was put on the ballot as a millage request, it would lose. “Is this a good time to be obligating this amount of money? I don’t think so.” Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said economic development is for the good of the whole county and is something that “doesn’t fall out of the sky. $89,000 a year isn’t a lot of money, we have to stimulate jobs, it’s a county-wide issue.” County Board Chairman Mike Callton agreed, saying, “The economy is the No. 1 issue looming over the county and this is the only way we can engage on this issue.” French said he believes the Economic Alliance has and continues to work behind the scenes for the benefit of people and job “I think it’s a sound investment in our future and our economy, and it’s a small price to pay.” — Commissioner Mark Englerth providers. Commissioner Keith Ferris said, “When this body was working on strategic planning, this (economic development) was ranked third on our list. This will give us the best opportunity (to deal with the challenges ahead).” Commissioner Mark Englerth noted Barry County a dozen years ago pulled out of the Joint Economic Development Commission (JEDC) and since then has struggled in this area. See ALLIANCE, page 7 New YMCA director begins duties Monday by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Thomas Wilt, of Louisville, Kentucky, will bring more than 21 years of experience in YMCA administration to Barry County next week when he assumes the post of YMCA executive director. He succeeds Dave Storms, who officially retired in January, but has filled in as interim director ever since. Wilt’s first day on the job is Monday. Besides paid posts with YMCA, Wilt, 56, has been a Y volunteer, serving as chairman of the Downtown Branch Board in Louisville in 2003 and heading up the annual Giving Campaign in 2002 and 2004. Currently, he is a campaign volunteer there. “Tom Wilt was selected by the CEO Selection Committee for his extensive Y background and commitment to the YMCA Mission,” said Barry YMCA Board President Kathy Sheldon. “The Board is excited to have Tom Wilt join our team, and we are certain he will continue to ‘build strong kids, strong families and strong communities.’ “To maintain the YMCA designation, the CEO must have special certifications through the national YMCA,” she explained. Consequently the board did a local and national CEO search, using the National YMCA. “The National YMCA representative, Kevin Bush, helped in every step of the selection process, from posting the job profile to arranging candidate interviews. We had several candidates apply from across the U.S. “A CEO Selection Committee, appointed by the YMCA Board, reviewed the candidates’ resumes and selected candidates for phone interviews, which narrowed the candidates to three on-site interviews,” Sheldon said. “The YMCA was extremely fortunate to have highly qualified individuals interview for the CEO position.” Moving to Michigan will actually be a homecoming of sorts for Wilt, who was born in Grand Rapids and educated in the area. He earned a bachelor of philosophy degree in 1974 from Thomas Jefferson College, which is an affiliated college of Grand Valley State Universities. He received an associate of sci- Thomas Wilt ences degree at Grand Rapids Junior College. “A majority of family continues to live in Western Michigan, and we look forward to reuniting,” he said. “I am honored the Search Committee felt confident in my ability to lead the Barry County YMCA,” Wilt said. “Each person I met with the YMCA and throughout the community during our three day visit just made our decision to relocate so much easier, and we look forward to being a part of Hastings and Barry County.” One of his goals in his new position here will be to build on “the wonderful existing programs and services. “In addition, I think it is important to listen to the community to determine other services which will help enhance the lives of each family. Also, working to develop a strong collaborate effort with local agencies, schools See YMCA, page 5 �Page 2 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Airport host open house to introduce manager May 19 NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Michigan’s American Red Cross reports that Type O blood, which is most needed by hospitals, remains in high demand and low supply. Current supplies of Type O-negative and Type O-positive blood are between one and two days. The Red Cross considers a three-day supply safe. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Alumni Banquet tickets available Tickets for the 120th Hastings High School Alumni Banquet to be held Saturday, June 2 at the Hastings High School Cafeteria, 520 West South St., can be purchased at Bosley Pharmacy at 118 S. Jefferson in Hastings or by contacting L. Ozuna at 945-5903. Festivities begin with a punch bowl reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Hastings High School cafeteria, followed by the banquet and program at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. The banquet is for all who attended Hastings High School and their guests and honors the 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th, and 65th anniversary years. Activities for the day include a tour of the "old" high school (now Middle School), 232 West Grand St. at 11 a.m. Those wishing to attend can meet at the office entrance. Tours of the new Community Education and Recreation Center at 520 West South St. will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and those planning to participate can meet at the HHS library entrance. Bernard Society will meet Monday The Bernard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 14, in the Delton Kellogg Middle School Library in Delton. The public is welcome. The “interesting and educational” program will be presented by Doris Watkins, of the Pine Lake area, who is a sign language interpreter for the state of Michigan. She interprets and translates for people who are hearing impaired. The Society’s Board of Directors will meet at 6:15 p.m. Mayor is griller against cancer The Relay For Life has enlisted the help of one its strongest supporters, as Hastings Mayor Robert L. May will be a celebrity guest griller at the BD's Mongolian Barbeque in Grand Rapids Thursday, May 17. Reservations will be taken for 5:30, 6:45 or 8 p.m. “Mayor Bob” will show off his grilling technique on BD's 2,OOO-pound grill, flipping fresh veggies and meats on their threefoot swords while raising money for ACS's Relay For Life. The Grand Rapids restaurant is located at 2619 28th Street SE. Proceeds from the event will go toward raising money for ACS's Relay for Life, which is held throughout the United States and the world to raise funds that go toward research for medical procedures, medicines to treat cancer, programs in local communities for cancer patients and their families and more. "I will do anything I am able to do for this worthy cause." said May, a cancer survivor himself. Nominees sought for Golden Deeds The Exchange Club of Hastings is seeking nominations for the Book of Golden Deeds Award. This is an exclusive Exchange Club program that honors members of the community who serve their fellow citizens. The club annually seeks to recognize a member of the community for his or her exceptional public-spirited deeds who, because of quiet unassuming dedication, may be unrecognized for his or her activities. This year’s award will be presented at the Mayor’s Exchange Luncheon at noon Monday, May 21, at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. In addition to being recognized at the luncheon, the Book of Golden Deeds recipient has historically been honored with being the grand marshal of the Hastings Summerfest parade in August. To nominate someone for the award, please pick up an application at the WBCH Radio station in downtown Hastings. After filling out the nomination form, return it to WBCH in person or via mail by Friday, May 11. The Exchange Club is a national service organization whose volunteers seek to better their community through service to others. Barry County GOP dinner is tonight Former Michigan House Speaker Craig DeRoche will be guest speaker at the annual Barry County Republican Party’s Lincoln Day dinner tonight (Thursday, May 10) at the Middle Villa Inn. DeRoche was first elected in November 2002 to the Michigan State House of Representatives to represent the residents of Novi, Wixom, Walled Lake, Lyon Township, South Lyon and portions of Northville. He was elected by his colleagues as the Speaker of the House. In this position he was the presiding officer of the state House, in charge of assigning committees, negotiating with the Senate and governor's office, working with members to determine policy and overseeing the day-today operations of the House. Because Democrats won a majority of the 110 seats in the November 2006 election, DeRoche had to turn over the speakership to Democrat Andy Dillon. Since 1997, DeRoche has been a regional marketing representative for Safety National Casualty, a workers' compensation insurer. He began his political career by being elected to the Novi City Council in 1997 and was re-elected in 1999. The GOP event will begin with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. May 10 and the program will get under way at 6:30. Tickets are $30 apiece. For ticket reservations, call 945-8903 and leave a message with voice mail, if necessary. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. Alumni are encouraged to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. They can visit the new Web site at www.dkhsalumni.org for more information. Legion dinner set for May 18 The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will host a common cause appreciation dinner and fund-raiser at the American Patriot Restaurant on S. M-37 Friday, May 18. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and they will begin serving at 5:30. The program will begin at 7. The program will feature a salute to World War II Veterans and their families. The minimum cost of the dinner is $7 and special donations will be accepted, also. The meal will be Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, and will include a vegetable, a roll and a drink. Those who wish to attend and support these veterans should call the American Patriot Restaurant at 945-4973 or May at 948-2880 by Monday, May 14, with the number of people who will be attending. Revue children’s musical continues The Revue will present the children's musical “Dear Edwina, Jr.” Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12, at 7 p.m. and a matinee Sunday, May 13, at 3 p.m. at the Vermontville Opera House. This is The Revue’s 36th show and all have been produced by Bill Reynolds. Director/Choreographer is Hollie Auten. “Dear Edwina, Jr,” is a musical about young Edwina Spoonapple, who spends her free time answering letters from her neighborhood friends seeking advice on a variety of topics. The "letters" are presented and answered by a variety of interesting characters during a show produced, written and directed by Edwina in the Spoonapple Family garage. The show is full of hilarious and touching moments and is designed to appeal to audiences of all ages. The show is led by Edwina, played by Megan Shoemaker, along with 62 children from grades 4-8 coming from Vermontville, Nashville, Hastings, Charlotte, Sunfield, Woodland, Lake Odessa. Cost is $8 Adults, $7 Senior citizens and students, and $5 children (12 and under). Tickets are available at the door or for reservations call Reynolds at 269-367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com Doors open 45 minutes before show. There will be no assigned seats. Poppy Days planned for May 17-19 Commander Barry Wood buys the symbolic first poppy for the local American Legion Poppy Days fund-raiser scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, May 17-19 from campaign chairwoman Robin Wheeler (center) and Auxiliary President Ilene Hilson. Proceeds from the drive will help fund veterans’ rehabilitation and other beneficial programs. The VFW and Legion Post No. 45 are looking for volunteer fund-raisers. For more information, call 945-4973. Hazardous household products, old tires to be collected May 19 by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Keeping Barry County homes and garages safe as well as the surrounding environment is a priority of the County Solid Waste Oversight Committee. That’s why another County Household Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection has been set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Barry County Fairgrounds & Expo Center, located on M-37 between Hastings and Middleville. County residents are being encouraged to rid their homes and garages of hazardous products, including expired medicine, batteries of all types, pesticides, used motor oil and tires on that day. The only charge is for turning in old tires and those fees vary from $1 to $27 according to tire size and whether or not the tire is on a rim. The amount of used oil each car can turn in has been increased to 10 gallons per vehicle. In addition to the Oversight Committee, the collection is being held in cooperation with the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, Waste Management and the Barry County Fair Board. Over the years, Dr. V. Harry Adrounie, chairman of the Barry County Solid Waste Oversight Committee, has stressed the importance of the proper disposal of hazardous waste to benefit the health of county residents. “The importance of the collection is that we eliminate a lot of hazardous stuff that can cause health problems to people, pets, animals on the farm, etc. Also, it won’t contaminate the fish in the lakes,” he said. “Old medications should not be put down the drain because it could contaminate the water in the aquifers. I noticed that just recently they started something on the television about that. We’ve been doing it for a number of years, so we’re ahead of the curve. But then, Barry County’s always ahead of the curve,” Adrounie said. “Actually it makes the county a lot more healthful because then the stuff is not laying around and getting into food of animals or pets or people or contaminating the water in the lakes or the aquifers.” Don’t pour paint, solvent, medicine, automotive oil or chemicals down household drains, the committee emphasizes. And don’t dump those products in the trash where they may end up in the county’s drinking water. Tires abandoned outdoors can be harmful to the environment and are a fire risk. Fees to dispose of clean junk tires are $1 each for standard tires; $2 each for standard tires on rims; $3 for truck tires (16.5-inches to 19.5); $6 for truck tires on rims; $15 for tractor tires, and $27 for tractor tires on rims. An additional charge for soiled or dirty tires will apply. Items accepted at no cost to citizens during the May 19 waste collection include: Oilbased paints, liquid cleaners, motor oil, aqueous acids and bases, aerosol cans, reactives, solvents, other automotive liquids, pesticides (liquid and solid), alkaline, nickel-cadmium and/or silver oxide batteries, automotive batteries, heavy metal solutions, mercury-containing items and pharmaceuticals (expired medicines). Not accepted at the collection site are latex paint (when dry it can be placed in the landfill), propane tanks (Ferrell Gas will accept empty propane tanks), commercially generated waste, radioactive material, explosives, unknown wastes and electronic wastes. For questions or for prices of tires over 19.5 inches, call 269/945-9516, ext. 35. The Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection is held twice a year, in the spring and fall. “We’ve found that the County Fair grounds is the best place to do it,” Adrounie said. “We used to move around the county on the second collection. But we found that it works better just to keep it centralized.” Industrial farm operation wins PA 116 OK, despite opposition by David T. Young Editor A normally routine application for farmland agreement under Public Act 116 turned out to be not so routine Tuesday morning for the Barry County Board of Commissioners. High Lean Pork Inc. submitted the application, which could result in a tax break for a 112-acre parcel in Prairieville Township. It was granted, but not without some discussion. PA 116 enables a farm owner to enter into a “development rights agreement” with the state, ensuring the land stays in agriculture for at leaat 10 years in exchange for certain income tax benefits and the land isn’t subject to special assessments for sewer, water, lights or non-farm drain projects. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick noted High Lean Pork is owned by “a syndicate out of Allendale, and it appears it will be an industrial farm operation.” VanNortwick is an ardent opponent of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), maintaining the waste they generate causes a great deal of harm to the environment, particularly water. He has contended family farms should be encouraged and protected, but industrial farm operations should be monitored more closely and be subject to more stringent regulations. Commissioner Keith Ferris agreed he had some concerns about the operations as well, noting Prairieville Township government has not made a decision as yet on the application. “If it’s an individual born and raised here family farm, I would be inclined to vote for it,” he said, “but it’s an industrial firm without roots here. I don’t know if I should approve this.” Barry County Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus said he understands VanNortwick’s concerns and contention that evaluation of farming should be split into a “two-tiered system” for family farms and CAFOs. However, he said current laws say otherwise. “We cannot distinguish between the industrial farm and the personal farm if they’ve met the requirements (in the application). You have to decide whether it’s an appropriate place for farming.” He said nearly all large-scale farming operations just like this one have applied for the farmland agreement status under Public Act 116 and have been approved in the past. VanNortwick replied, “My protest is not against businesses in the past, it’s about industrial farming and the future. I believe industrial farms should be treated differently... I think we want to protect family farms from urban sprawl, but large producers of industrial waste are a major concern.” Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Callton, who has sat on the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission, noted the only time he can remember a farm denied PA 116 approval in recent was the Kilmer farm outside of Hastings, but that later was reversed. The reason originally for denial was that the farm was seen to be in the middle of what was considered a residential growth area. In the 6-2 vote that followed, VanNortwick was joint in his dissent by Don Nevins. Ferris voted with the majority despite his misgivings. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Airport will have an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, to introduce its new manager, Jason Blair. The open house, sponsored by the Hastings Flying Association, will be at the airport, located at 3005 Murphy Drive. Blair, a licensed pilot, was injured in a crash earlier this week and is scheduled to undergo and MRI for an injury to his back. It is expected, however, he will be available to greet visitors at the open house. Activities during the open house will include airplane rides ($25 per person), piloted by Thornapple Flying and Dodgen Aircraft; a food concession by Timeless Treats and a demo of a BMW motorcycle provided by BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids. “This is an opportunity to introduce the new manager,” said Cathy Bracy, whose husband is a member of the Hastings Flying Association. “Mr. Blair is also the manager of the Allegan Airport and he is the owner of Dodgen Aircraft. “We want people to come out and enjoy the spring and perhaps take a flight and enjoy the sky over Hastings. “We are calling it the ‘Spring Fling’ and we know people will enjoy all the activities planned for them.” Ron Holley, chairman of the Hastings City/Barry County Airport Board, said there has been a great deal of activity and construction to upgrade the airport facility in recent months. “We have built three new hangers and we are going before the board at the next meeting to approve a fourth,” Holley said. “And we are working to get more businesses out there.” Holley said he has been contacted by the AV4 group and they have expressed interest in the facility. “AV4 is a group of home built airplane owners,” he said. “We hope to have them join us.” Mearl Novisky, a member of the board, said they have also completed a tree clearing project. “We trimmed quite a few trees and cut some of them out,” he said, “to make the runways more accessible. “We offer the lowest price of aviation fuel (Avgas) in Southwest Michigan,” he said, “and it has spurred a great deal of activity. We have a lot more traffic at the airport because of the trimming project and the lower price of fuel we offer.” Both men agreed the May 19 open house will offer a lot of activities for the whole family and they encourage people to come out and see the new improvements being made to upgrade the airport facilities. Hastings plans Memorial Day parade May 28 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will hold its annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28. The parade will form at the corner of Boltwood Street and State Street at 9:30 a.m. and the parade will step off at 10:30. The route will be the traditional one, following State Street to the courthouse, where it will pause while wreaths are placed on the monuments positioned there and a POW/MIA wreath will be put into place. A salute will be fired by the Post #45 rifle squad and the parade then will proceed to North Broadway, travel north to Tyden Park and a wreath will be placed at the foot of the soldier’s monument there. Then the parade will travel to the Thornapple River Bridge, where a wreath will be placed in the river to honor the services of veterans who served on the high seas. A salute will be fired at this point, also. The parade will then travel to Riverside Cemetery down the avenue of flags and a wreath will be placed on the G.A.R. Monument. Official Memorial Day ceremonies will be held at that point. The final wreath will be placed upon the grave of the most recent veteran to be buried in Riverside Cemetery. One significant change in this year’s parade will be that no political signs or banners will be permitted. “This is a solemn occasion to honor the past and present military personnel who have given the ultimate sacrifice to uphold the freedom and ideals of America,” said Parade Chairman James Atkinson. “We do not want to make this a political opportunity event.” Those who wish to participate in the parade may get specific information and register by calling 948-8219. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 3 Experts say Barry County must recover its diminishing wetlands by Jon Gambee Staff Writer At what point does the rights of an individual outweigh the rights of society to enjoy basic pleasures such as breathing and having clean water to drink? When the founding fathers put in the U.S. Constitution the right to pursue happiness, did they foresee the day when land would be losing the ability to provide these two simple, yet vital components? The issue was taken up Tuesday night at a special edition of the First Friday forum series at the Thomas Jefferson Hall in Hastings and, if he was able to listen in, Jefferson probably would have taken a great interest in the discussion. The issue was wetlands and what we can do to protect them. The panel was comprised of Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District; Dr. Ken Kornheiser, director of the Four Township Water Resources Council; Luis Saldivia, district supervisor in the Department of Environmental Quality; and Jim Bruce, who spent 32 years with the U.S. Forestry Service and seven years with the Barry Conservation District as a resource specialist. Barnard’s office has been working to develop a watershed management plan for the Thornapple River and has recently been conducting surveys on streams and creeks in the watershed to determine water quality and areas of environmental concern. Barnard said there were basically three areas of concern. “We have to look at restoration of existing wetlands that have been corrupted,” she said, “and we have to look at developing new areas and the management of existing wetland areas.” She advised those with questions about possible wetland areas on their property to contact her office. “People wait until they feel the breath of the wolf on their own necks and then wish they were that third little pig.” — Dr. Ken Kornheiser “We are involved in educating the public,” she said. “Recently there have been changing laws about wetland issues. “If you own land that may contain a wetland area, even if it is a seasonal area that may dry up during the summer and spring back every year, you need to be aware of the issue. Barnard said though Barry County is “blessed” with many wetland areas, it is a dwindling existence. “There is not only one kind of wetland,” she said. “There are the ones we see and recognize, the swamps and creeks and rivers, but there are also forest areas. Barry County has a lot of wooded wetland. These are incredibly important areas for many forms of wildlife, like birds and other critters. “We need to think about what is a wetland and if you are not sure, contact our office. We deal with these issues daily. “Also, every five years we do a study of the county called a Resource Needs Assessment. The wetlands issue ranked second on our needs assessment list last year,” she said. Barnard said wetlands are needed for a variety of important reasons. “The wetlands greatly affect the quality of our surface water,” she said. “They help hold the flood levels and they filter the water that goes into our streams and rivers. They also provide a habitat for much of our wildlife. “These are serious issues,” she said, “and we have some critical areas of concern.” Dr. Kornheiser told the audience one of the most important issues to deal with is the simple fact that what we do to land impacts water quality. “Everyone thinks the largest threat is the corporate entity. My point of view is that the largest threat is you folks and people moving out here, creating conditions which contribute to the degradation (of our environment). “People think the purpose of government is to protect me from them,” he said. “People wait until they feel the breath of the wolf on their own necks and then wish they were that third little pig,” Kornheiser said. “It is very hard to get people motivated. “People say, ‘I want to protect the wetlands, but you mean I can’t put in a dock, I can’t mow my lawn right down to the edge of the water?’ “People have conflicting views of wetlands,” he said. “They think the primary objective of the government is taking away their individual rights to use the land as they see fit. “That is not an absolute right,” he said. Saldivia agreed that what we do as individual land owners affects those around us. He cited the Wetlands Protection Act as an example of how society needs to recognize that the water is a shared resource and is “held in trust for the benefit of all citizens of the state.” “Back in the ’70s we enacted Earth Day. There was a tremendous amount of energy to accomplish a number of things in the environmental protection area. “We enacted the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act at the federal level,” he said. “The Clean Water Act allowed states to adopt programs for water and wetland protection. “In 1979 the Michigan Legislature, with a lot of vision, passed the Wetlands Protection Act to deal with environmental regulations on a regular basis. We created the Land Management Division to deal with issues like waste and pollutants. Saldivia said the issue of protecting the environment is not just a local one. “One county affects other counties around them,” he said. Saldivia gave seven reasons to protect and maintain wetlands. Reading from the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 451 of 1994, Saldivia said wetland conservation is important for a number of reasons. “The loss of a wetland may deprive the people of the state of a number of benefits,” he said. “They provide flood and storm control by the hydrologic absorption and storage capacity of the wetland; “Wetlands provide a wildlife habitat for breeding, nesting, and feeding grounds and cover for many forms of wildlife, waterfowl, including migratory waterfowl, and rare, threatened or endangered species. “Wetlands protect subsurface water resources and provide valuable watersheds and recharge ground water supplies. “Wetlands provide pollution treatment by serving as a biological and chemical oxidation basin. “Wetlands provide erosion control by serving as a sedimentation area and filtering basin, absorbing silt and organic matter. “Wetlands are a source of nutrients in water food cycles and nursery grounds and sanctuaries for fish. “Wetlands are valuable as an agricultural resource for the production of food and fiber, including certain crops which may only be grown on sites developed from wetlands.” Saldivia said history has shown that the problem has worsened. “Surveyors who came to this area back in the 1800s took notes and mapped the area,” he said. “Going back to those notes and looking at what we have today, we have determined that we have lost 50 percent of our wetlands in the state as a whole. Barry County has lost approximately 37 percent of pre-settlement wetlands. Dr. Ken Kornheiser shows a map of Barry County with its varied wetland areas. Kornheiser participated in a research project that looked at the declining existence of wetlands in Barry County. The research group acted as a resource for townships and the county as a whole in dealing with wetland issues. “But in the future we have the opportunity to restore and improve much of the wetland areas. We have a lot of challenges ahead and this is a message of hope,” he said. Jim Bruce, who spent 32 years with the U.S. Forestry Service dealing almost exclusively with fisheries management and wildlife protection said he is very concerned about the preservation of wetland areas. “Last week we had approximately two inches of rain and the Thornapple River instantly reached flood stage,” he said, citing that as a result of declining wetlands in that region of the county. “There is a lot we can do. Farming practices could be improved to protect topsoil.” Bruce said there are basically two types of wetlands. “There is femoral wetlands (seasonal),” he said, “and permanent wetlands. They are both important and need to be protected. “It is such a treat to take the kids to the wetlands and show them the many types of life, like frogs, turtles, fish and even snakes. “We need our wetlands to feed and protect many forms of wildlife. Wetlands are a prime security area for many animals, such as deer,” Bruce said. Kornheiser stressed the issue of development as a key to the wetlands problem. As the county grows in population, the issue will become more critical, he warned. But, he acknowledged, more people moving into the area and the natural population growth is a fact of life. “We can’t say no more development,” he said. “We can’t put in a moat and pull up the drawbridge.” Union Bank building going in on State Street by Shawna Hubbarth Staff Writer The Hasting City Planning Commission Monday night approved a site plan for a new Union Bank to be built on the 500 block of West State Street. Project consultant John Fountain was on hand to present the plan to the commission. He said the building will be 3,800 to 3,900 square feet and will have three banking lanes and a 24-hour automatic teller machine (ATM). “We anticipate traffic entering from State Street but you can also enter from Apple Street,” he told the commission. “We also have accommodated for pedestrian traffic with a nice approach from the side walk on Main.” Fountain said the building materials would consist of primarily masonary with limestone and brick. It will have an ashphalt shingled roof and an entry tower feature in the front. “On the interior there will be private customer service offices with glass windows and a conference room.” Rob Lamer from Excel Engineering was on hand to explain drainage from the site. He said he anticipated no problems and that it was an “easy” site to drain. “We will set up grades and it will flow north then west with underground water retention and direct it into the North Market storm drainage,” he said. The Manpower building will be removed in the project with optional extra parking available to the project. The plan now goes to the council for approval. In other business at the meeting the commission: • Set a public hearing to hear comments about a proposed ordinance for the B-1 district to include accessory outside display and sales by approval as a site plan. The public hearing will be at next month’s commission meeting. At issue is the ability of those in the B-1 district to display items for sale on outdoor Project Consultant John Fountain presents the site plan to the Hastings City Planning Commission for the new Union Bank to be built on West State Street. property. When looking at the different options for allowing and controlling the displays, City Manager Jeff Mansfield said one of the areas of concern is keeping the downtown sightly. “The only thing I am afraid of is regulating taste... I would hate to see someone set out waste and yeah they will sell it, but it’s not really the display we are thinking of,” he said. He noted that there is a current problem with a downtown store which is storing materials on the ground. “They are not sightly items or displays like we would imagine them, and it’s really an enforcement issue.” The commission debated whether the measure should come to the commission as a site plan or go through the zoning administrator. One idea was that the petition could go to the commission if denied by the zoning administrator, but Commissioner James Wiswell said that would be “deflating” to overrule the administrator. • Briefly discussed the possibility of developing regulations controlling tattoo parlors in the city, regarding the health aspects of the business. The commission decided to pass on the issue for now. “As an old person I’d like to see it as difficult as possible,” said Wiswell. “I’m a dinosaur... I know they are popular in today’s culture, but I’t like to see it as difficult as possible for people to get tatoos.” “I don’t disagree with you,” said David Jasperse, “but this isn’t the way to go about doing it... I don’t think health things are something we should get into...” “I don’t think we are here to make moral decisions about people who have tatoos,” added Elizabeth Forbes. • Reviewed the draft of the future land use map as amended, and reviewed the comprehensive community plan as it relates to the land map. The commission will forward the plan and the map to the City Council for approval to distribute the plan and map to Barry County, Hastings Township and Rutland Township. New ordinance amendments aim to eliminate address duplication by David T. Young Editor An updated address ordinance for Barry County intends to eliminate duplication and confusion and promote public safety. The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning unanimously approved ordinance amendments to clarify what roads, streets, avenues and boulevards can be called within the county and within certain zip codes. The impetus for the change is confusion that could cost lives if emergency vehicles do not get to their destination as quickly as possible. County Planning and Zoning Director Jim McManus said the amendments call for allowing the road or street that has been in existence longer to keep its name while the younger one will have to undergo a change. There was some talk by a special committee studying the issue to let the more populated road or street keep the name, but they eventually opted for the older one. McManus said the process of updating addresses to avoid confusion “will never end” and he expects there will be some people who will be inconvenienced by having to change their address listing in their personal data. He noted that work on the ordinance amendments actually began 10 years ago. McManus said public safety should trump inconvenience. He said the 911 dispatch center is in agreement. “Charlie (911 Director Nystrom) has recognized this is enhancing our services to county residents,” McManus said. County Clerk Deb Smith added that her office is recording street and road name changes automatically for voting registration information. In other business Tuesday, the County Board of Commissioners: • Approved the recommendations of the Committee of the Whole to appoint Jack Nadwornik of Delton to the County Planning and Zoning Commission and temporary selection of Callton to the same commission as a representative of the schools. Nadwornik’s appointment is for a three- year term. Callton, who serves on the Eaton County Intermediate School District Board, said he will only serve until a suitable replacement can be found. he replaces Tony Crosarial of Delton, who did not seek reappointment. State law now requires a representative from school boards or school administration to be a member of the county planning body. • Was given a progress report from Thornapple Manor Administrator Jim DeYoung, who talked about how far the renovation and expansion project for the nursing facility has come in less than a year. Thornapple Manor, which was built in 1958, had a successful millage passed in August 2005 for the project and ground was broken last summer. DeYoung said the physical work is a little ahead of schedule and plans call for completion by 2009. He invited the commissioners today (Thursday) to a tour of the work being done. County Board Chairman Mike Callton, noting the expansion enables residents to have private rooms rather than three roommates, said, “I appreciate Thornapple Manor’s movement from institutional to a more homey setting.” • Accepted with regret the resignation of Linda Gasper from the Farmland Preservation Board because of a family commitment. • Honored Farrell Anderson on his retirement and 90th birthday after spending 20 years as a part-time employee of the Transportation Department. Commissioner Don Nevins called Anderson, “The Bob Barker of Barry County,” because of his continued usefulness well past retirement age. • Appointed McManus to serve on the Barry Joint Planning Committee that includes Barry County, the City of Hastings and Hastings and Rutland Townships. Commissioner Keith Ferris was chosen as alternate. The new Joint Planning Committee will be expected to provide a monthly written report to the County Board of Commissioners. WalkAmerica raises more than $25,000 More than 100 walkers set off on a four-mile trek last Saturday morning around Hastings, avoiding road construction barriers and traffic along the way as part of the Hastings WalkAmerica event for the March of Dimes fund-raiser to fight birth defects. The event raised more than $25,000 locally. �Page 4 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Wal-Mart employees hurt and angry because of gossip IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Prosperity must be planned, not accidental To the editor: People and Land (PAL) is an organization that partners with the Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University. Bill Rustem, the president of PAL, in a recent update stated" Our economy has been described as a onestate recession." He supports this assertion with these statistics: • Michigan has lost 240,000 manufacturing jobs since 2000. • We rank 47th in attracting educated 25- to 34-year-olds (the entrepreneurs and job providers of the new century). • Our per capita income is 5% below the national average, the lowest since 1933. • In the latest index of economic momentum compiled by the State Policy Reports, Michigan ranks dead last among the states. We are all aware that Michigan is not doing so well. The real question is how do we fix it? The old solutions won't work because we are in a competitive dogfight with the other 49 states. Those who think that all we have to do is get several large manufacturing companies to locate in Michigan or Barry County are living is the past. New thinking is required. The old idea focused on attracting large companies with tax breaks. States and towns have run out of tax breaks. Additionally, automation has reduced the number of jobs per sales dollar in most companies. The new thinking supported by several comprehensive studies states that if you can attract entrepreneurs to your state or community they create businesses that create jobs. So how do we attract job providers and entrepreneurs that can locate anywhere they want to? In Barry County and Michigan we must invest in those assets that offer the best reasons to locate here. 1. Our natural beauty and rural atmosphere are probably our strongest asset. We must protect the quality of life that attracted most of us. This can be accomplished by protecting the open space provided by our farms, forests and wetlands. This is not an anti-growth or development strategy. Development is inevitable, so we must put our emphasis on how and where development occurs. This is accomplished through a well-designed master plan and open communications between the 11 planning organizations within the county. In short, good planning can lead to prosperity. 2. Our cities and towns must be attractive to people of talent and entrepreneurial skill. Hastings and Middleville are making great strides toward this goal. They are planning well and it shows. It is critical that an active business support infrastructure be established soon. We need to focus on existing and new small businesses that grow and stay. The following stand out as high potential. A. The Home Town Competitiveness program needs continued emphasis. B. The joint planning organization involving The City of Hastings, Rutland Township, Hastings Township and the County of Barry need our encouragement. C. The new Hastings Public Library makes a significant statement about our values and our ability to make things happen. D. Middleville and Thornapple Township's land use planning is an outstanding example of intergovernmental cooperation. E. Leadership Barry County is critical to providing the training and networking venue for current and future leaders. 3. Our education system must provide training in skills that promote not only entrepreneurship but also comprehensive planning that focuses on preserving and building our community strengths, The KCC learning center is a valuable asset that can focus on the training needs of our young people and our young business. A forum of KCC the Barry County School Districts and Business needs to meet on a continuing basis. Future prosperity won't happen by accident. It may have happened by accident in the past, but in the future it must be planned. Don Drummond, Hastings To the editor: What is wrong with you people, have you nothing better to do with your life? Do you think running someone else down makes you look better? Well, it doesn't! Just the opposite. It shows your ignorance. Why do you feel the necessity to attack our livelihood? We don't consistently attack yours. We don't write letters, writing all this stuff about your place of employment. So, stop attacking ours! I have never been as angry with anyone as I have been with the small minority group of people in this town who think they have to slam Wal-Mart. I don't recall any opposition when Sav-A-Lot came in. I was born and raised here in Hastings. It's about time that we let it grow instead of trying to hold it back. If you had your way about it, you'd push Wal-Mart into closing its doors. Did it ever occur to you that, if you succeeded, you'd be forcing us employees out of work? Maybe you just don't care how many more unemployed in Barry County we have! If Wal-Mart was what some of you would have us believe, then why have so many of us worked here for so many years, some since the store first opened? I am so tired of the rumors, innuendos and downright lies you people seem hell bent on passing along. You seem to go out of your way to try and find things against Wal-Mart. And, if you can't find what you want (and the reason you can't is because it doesn't exist), you make it up. You keep passing on the same old misinformation, that, incidently, is not true! I'm referring to the lies of long hours with low pay and no benefits. Unless you have personally worked for Wal-Mart, you do not have the right to criticize. As for this so-called author who wrote this very biased book, I haven't read it yet, but I intend to as soon as I can get ahold of a copy. I'm curious as to what lies he has to say. As for Wal-Mart supposedly supporting the Democratic Party. It's strange that none of us have any knowledge of this. Wal-Mart contributes to a lot of worthwhile causes that has nothing to do with supporting any political party. To claim that Wal-Mart does is just plain ludicrous. They support Children’s Miracle Network (in particular DeVos Children's Hospital), Paws With a Cause, among many others. They have put back a lot of money into the community to help people in need. If you are pointing fingers, the ones who are supporting the Democrats are the unions. Why aren't you down on them? If Wal-Mart is such a terrible place, then why do we have so many customers? And among our steady customers, we include: 1. Judges, I have personally waited on at least three local ones several times 2. Lawyers 3. Police officers 4. Doctors. Get the picture? So, please stop harassing Wal-Mart and let them grow as the majority of the population want! And stop believing everything you read and hear. Contrary to popular belief, not everything you see in print is the truth. That's why I don't set much store in the editorials in newspapers, especially this one! Now, one more time. We get, for the most part, as many hours as our classification (full or part-time) allows. And we do have benefits: 1. High rates of pay, higher then most other places of employment, including factories. 2. Paid vacations. 3. Paid personal time. 4. Paid sick time, how many places give you that? It increases per pay period. 5. 401K, with company matching. 6. Stock options, also company matched. 7. Bonuses. 8. Profit sharing. 9. Health insurance, as good as or better than most factories. 10. Dental insurance. 11. Aflac insurance. 12. Short and long term insurance. 13. Open door policy, not many places offer that. Now, stop attacking our place of employment as you are making us all angry. If you don't believe me, just question any of the employees at Wal-Mart. Bush is a uniter for his opponents To the editor: Congress last week sent a bill to President Bush that would have funded our troops and veterans while bringing a responsible end to the United States’ occupation in Iraq. While the president continues to demand a blank check for his war of choice without any accountability, the American people are demanding that members of Congress wake up and assume their role as overseers in the checks-and-balances system that this government is founded on. Putting aside the fact that this war is founded on bad intelligence, halftruths and the events of 9-11, without which Congress would never have authorized Bush to engage in war with Iraq, it is now time to end this president's adventurism. The president can continue to ignore the Craig Jenkins is not a city candidate To the editor: In the past year I have met and worked with many driven and interesting community leaders and I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to have done so. This community is full of people who truly care and want to see it realize its full potential. I feel that Hastings and the surrounding Barry County community both have many great things coming their way, and I hope that I can in some way always be involved in that process. This is where I grew up and this is where home will always be. For these reasons it brings me sadness that I will not be able to pursue the Hastings City Council Second Ward position in this year's city election. Circumstances in our family's life and both of our careers have created a situation where we will be relocating out of the immediate area within the next year and a half, and I do not feel that it would be responsible in any way to run for a seat and resign within a year of taking office. The people of Hastings deserve four years, if that is what they bargained for. But, as I have already stated, this will always be home and this is where my family is from. I'm sure that the day will come where we can return to the area and be a part of the community in a more direct way. I appreciate all of those who have support- ed me in my decision to run for Hastings City Council and supported me in the learning process that I have been a part of in the last year while becoming involved and making the original decision to run. I am grateful to those who gave me the opportunity to get to know them and offered their support and endorsement, especially Sheriff Dar Leaf, Prosecutor Tom Evans, Commissioner Mark Englerth, City Councilwoman Dorothy Hawkins, City Councilwoman Kim Townsend and so many others who have been an inspiration to me in so many ways, but there are too many of them to list. In closing, I ask all those who decided to support me in my candidacy for Hastings City Council, by their endorsement, advice or signing of my petition, to support Mr. Dave Tossava as he pursues the position. He is a good man and I have had the opportunity to hear many of his ideas. He initially supported me in my decision to run and offered me great ideas and insight into the way things are run and how a few things could be run more efficiently. He has the experience, as a former city employee of over 25 years, to understand the true potential and options that this community has to offer the people of Hastings and Barry County. Craig Jenkins, Hastings will of the vast majority of Americans who are demanding oversight by Congress and benchmarks for success that will lead to bringing our troops home, but he does so at his and the Republican party's peril. The Democrats have shown a responsible new plan for a new direction in Iraq and they have the support of the majority of Americans. So go ahead, Mr. President, keep it up and help the Democrats gain further control in 2008, including President H. Clinton or President Obama. One promise Bush finally is making good on is that he is becoming the "uniter" he bragged about during his first campaign in 2000. He’s uniting his opposition. Patricia Wilson, Thornapple Township Hastings Middle School bands to perform May 15 The Hastings Middle School bands will be performing their annual spring awards concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, May 15. The concert will be held in the Hastings High School gymnasium. The concert will feature the sixth, seventh and eighth grade bands. Each member of the bands will receive an award, each band will perform three selections and scholarships from the Band Boosters and Thornapple Arts Council will be presented. To wrap up the evening, all three groups will perform one selection together. The Kalamazoo Symphony, conducted by Dr. Barry Ross, performed in concert at the Hope United Methodist Church April 26, and as part of the program that night, a portion of the flutists from the Hastings High School Concert Band performed “Stars and Stripes Forever” by Sousa with the orchestra. Featured with the orchestra on this piece were Katelyn Graybill, Alison Danis and Alicia Bush. (Photo by Joan Bosserd Schroeder) Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. If you have to gripe about something, why don't you make it worthwhile and lobby against legalized murder? Then maybe we can stop the killing of innocent babies! Now, that's something to really get angry about. I know that nobody is perfect, especially me, but that is no excuse to rid oneself of unwanted children by murder. There was only one person ever born who was perfect and He took upon Himself the sins of the world and died on the cross after enduring much suffering that we all may have the chance for eternal life. Where do you think we'd be today if His mother aborted Him? We'd be without any hope, that's for sure! But even He became angry on many occasions, like when He drove the moneychangers out of the temple. How do you think He feels every time a baby is murdered? And how do you think He feels every time you have to pass on your "gossip," that is a pack of lies, about anything? I say again, leave Wal-Mart alone and allow this town to grow as it should, not held back. We have been at about the same population level for as far back as I can remember. I would suggest that you start asking everyone in this county what they desire instead of trying to push your wants and desires on a community that the majority have already made clear that they want a Super Wal-Mart! M. J. Wilkins, Hastings What are top education issues? There were eight candidates for two positions on the Hastings Board of Education Tuesday and the Banner Public Opinion reporter asked this question. “What issues would you like to see the new members and existing board members focus on in the Hastings school district? The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Katie Bolthouse, Hastings: “I would like to see the school board make a greater effort to attract more families into the school district. There should be better contracts for teachers.” Portia Wilkinson, Hastings: “I would like to have the school board take a look at how children can live creatively and use their minds more creatively.” Daisy Davis, Barry County: “I think that the school board should consider allowing all children to receive a free hot lunch. This would be more fair. I would also like to see teachers work harder to help students learn.” Carol Palmatter, Hastings: “I would like to see a focus on early childhood education. There should also be a focus on reading. It is a very important skill for students to learn.” Harold Fields, Hastings: “I think the school board should work to provide better education for students. No student should be able to graduate without achieving basic skills like reading.” Roy Cogger, Sr. Hastings Twp.: “There should be a focus on general education. The school board should improve basic math, writing and reading classes for all students.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 5 Dave Storms: The right man, right time A special Law Day ceremony took place last Tuesday in downtown Hastings upstairs in our historic courthouse to honor one of Barry County's best, longtime resident and executive director of the YMCA David Storms. Storms spent his nearly 40 years working with area youth enjoying their "wonder and sense of imagination." On hand for the annual event was the Honorable Richard Shaw retired Barry County Probate Judge, who just last year himself was honored with this special award. Shaw, who returned to Hastings to help with the ceremony, was also on the Y Board when Storms was recruited for the directorship so many years ago. They both join a long list of Law Day honorees such as Earl McMullin, Jim and Carolyn Coleman, Carl Schoessel, Gladys Youngs and Ruth Tangerstom, Howard Ferris, and Ethel and Richard Groos just to name a few "It's the right time for me, and it's the right time for the Y to look at new and different things," Storms said, during an interview last year announcing his retirement as YMCA executive director. He went on to say "Working for the Y this length of time, I haven't really explored anything else. So, I'll be doing new and different things and kind of waiting patiently to see where God wants to take me." Well, Storms didn't get very far, because nearly a year later he still remains at the helm of our YMCA program, awaiting his replacement. For more than 60 years the local YMCA has had only two directors, Bob King, hired in 1946 and then replaced over 35 years later by David Storms. Storms said is was the right time for him to leave his position and I think it was the right time and person for the Barry County Bar to choose as their 2007 recipient. The Barry County YMCA has played a major role in changing the lives of so many of our young people through the generations and for all these years we've only had two directors, that in it self says a lot about Barry County and the leaders it choose to run the YMCA organization over the years. Bob King, a high school coach, was hired in 1946 to run the program and the new camp on Algonquin Lake. King's first challenge was running a camp put together of tents, a Quonset hut and two outhouses. Getting to the campsite was really the challenge, said King. Bob recalled in a Banner story, recruiting the first class of campers he passed out brochures to young people and their parents on a corner in downtown Hastings. At the time a week at camp cost only $10 per week. Over the years under King's direction the camp and program continued to grow until his retirement in April 1981. During Storms years, he continued to grow the Y program where King left off, and I'm sure Storms would agree the highlight of his career was to see Camp Algonquin evolve into a state of the art facility, adding new cabins and the new McMullin-Baum Lodge with a kitchen, restrooms and beautiful dining hall and formal offices for the YMCA program. "We were facing some pretty tough times facility-wise in the late 1980s, said Storms, but because of the generosity of a couple of families, the Baums and McMullins, here in town we were able to put his facility together for the future of the program." Jim DeCamp, immediate past president of the YMCA Board said, "Dave's been involved with our local Y for 26 years, and it's going on 27 because even though he has retired he's staying on to help us transition into the new CEO. We've been fortunate because we've only had two CEOs of our local Y since its beginning 60 years ago last summer." I think that says a great deal about the county, its citizens and the organizations. Local Y programs serve between 6,000 and 8,000 individuals each year, so finding the right person for the job is important to its continued growth. In this issue of the Banner, you will find a story announcing David Storms replacement after nearly 40 years on the job working with our county's youth, mak- ing a difference in their lives with his special brand of "magic." The Barry County YMCA will miss Dave's leadership, but the program will continue to grow and prosper because of its special youth leaders over such a long time. It's my hope, as leaders look to fill important positions around the county they look back to people like Bob King and Dave Storms as examples of the kind of leaders we need to continue into the future. Suggestions to state and county government Recent county-related appointment decisions have prompted me to offer two suggestions, one to county government and the other to our lawmakers in Lansing. First, I call on the Barry County Board of Commissioners to make it official policy to insist all who serve on boards and commissions be available to attend the vast majority of the meetings. There have been at least two instances recently in which appointed officials were spending far too much time in the warmer climates south of the Michigan border. You might say they were “snowbirds.” Though I have no quarrel with people taking several months’ vacations each year to escape our winters, I believe as a matter of principle such a practice should preclude public service on a deliberative government body. And the County Board should insist that anyone who applies to serve should be gone no more than two or three weeks at a time, not an entire winter. It is difficult enough to conduct the peoples’ business, but when shortages of officials lead to problems reaching a quorum in a meeting, they create an unwanted and unnecessary delay in decision making. The policy should be: Those who choose to take long vacations need not apply. My suggestion to Lansing is very simple: Rescind the wellintentioned but stupid rule that at least one member of county planning and zoning commissions be a representative from the education sector. The reasons are several: 1. Too many school boards meet on the same night as planning commissions. 2. There aren’t very many school officials who have the interest or expertise to be effective on such a commission. 3. School board members and school administrators have more than enough problems to deal with, even without adding planning and zoning. 4. Why must we single out educators, why not insist on public safety representatives, Realtors, corporate CEOs, restaurateurs, someone from the media, etc.? 5. Barry County’s experience has not been a good one. The school rep appointed last year didn’t really want the extra obligations and the county was so hard up finding his replacement it had to appoint a “temp,” Board Chairman Mike Callton, who serves on the Eaton Intermediate District Board. Callton said he’d do it only until a suitable appointment can be made. I’m not going to hold my breath. 6. If Callton didn’t agree to serve temporarily, it would be illegal for the County Planning and Zoning Commission to even hold a meeting. So non-compliance with a silly regulation would grind government to a halt. The only viable solution here is for the State Legislature admit it came up with a flawed plan and then end it now. And in the future, state lawmakers should be very careful about passing along mandates to local governments, especially the ones that don’t make sense and create problems rather than solve them. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics YMCA, continued from page 1 and churches should assist in the delivery of services,” he said. Wilt’s new position will be a career reconnection to YMCA. He currently is president and owner of Aegis Technical Resources in Louisville, a human resources consulting and engineering recruiting services firm he has led since August 1995. Prior to venturing into the business world, he was executive director of the downtown branch of the YMCA of Greater Louisville from April 1989 to August 1995. Wilt served as chief executive officer of the YMCA of Fayetteville, North Carolina from December 1982 to April 1989 and as its associate executive director from June 1978 to December 1982. He started his YMCA career as a program director for the YMCA of Sandusky County, serving there from October 1974 to June 1978. During his tenure, Wilt created a day camp, child development program and youth sports activities. In Louisville, he successfully managed operations for an 80,000-square-foot YMCA facility and was responsible for a $2.3 million budget. Wilt managed a staff there of 125, including part-time employees. For the YMCA of Fayetteville, he eliminated a $225,000 debt and added to the existing facilities a Nautilus Center, Women’s Fitness Center and Youth Department through a suc- cessful capital campaign. Wilt also maintained operational surpluses for seven consecutive years and during that time expanded programs and services by 77%. He also “developed reserve funds to ease the burden on operations for emergency purposes,” according to his resume. Wilt developed a state-licensed childcare center there at the Y and a federally-licensed day care off-site. While in Fayetteville, he established a statelicensed cardiac rehabilitation program at the Y. Wilt also was national secretary/treasurer of the YMCA’s Executive Group for three years. Some of his most memorable experiences with the YMCA are primarily camping experiences. “It is so satisfying to see the faces of children who experience outdoor living - in many cases for the first time. Learning to live and share in a small, non-threatening environment is often a means to help a child grow self-confidence,” Wilt said. “Additionally, many Y youth programs (sports, child care, special interest activities, etc.) provide the catalyst to develop socially, physically and spiritually. Truly exemplary of the YMCA's mission.” The biggest challenge in his Y background has been “helping the community understand the necessity to support the efforts of the YMCA's programs,” he said. Wilt has been active in communities where he has resided, including the chambers of commerce in both Fayetteville and Louisville. He was co-chairman of non-profit strategic planning for the Louisville Chamber. Wilt served on the school board at St. Patrick School in Fayetteville and also was the school’s annual giving campaign chairman. Wilt’s wife, Judy (Hillary), whom he calls his best friend and partner, have been married 35 years. Judy also was born and raised in Grand Rapids. They met at Catholic Central and married five years later. They have two children. Daughter Jessica (Jessy) recently returned from Niger, Africa after 32 months serving in the Peace Corps. She is moving to Savannah, Georgia to begin work on a master’s degree in international social work. Daughter Meghan is married and living in Ft. Wayne, Ind. where she and her husband, Rob, are in the process of building a home. Meghan and Rob have a baby daughter, Paige, who will celebrate her first birthday in June. “My wife and I enjoy hiking, leisure biking, gardening, cooking and travel,” Wilt said. “I also golf on occasion but I like to get my moneys’ worth - hit the ball often and enjoy nature looking for the golf ball,” he quipped. “I am a sports enthusiast having played basketball and baseball/softball and enjoy watching most sports.” BOARD, continued from page 1 Superintendent Mike O’Mara had worked hard to get the bond passed, explaining to civic groups and the public that the bond would allow the district much needed updating. He said the buildings were not built to accommodate designs required the the Americans with Disabilities Act, many had poor insulation which was costing the district in terms of energy efficency, and the security and technology upgrades would allow the high school to be wireless and have ceiling mounted projectors, security cameras and also allow the buildings to move to card passes rather than keys and locks. The new bonded debt will require a net increase of 2.5 mills for a total of 7.0 mills for approximately nine years. The bond will cost 34 cents a day for a Lakewood homeowner with a home’s taxable value (usually around half the market cost) of $50,000. (Staff writers Patricia Johns and Helen Mudry contributed to this report) The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Opportunity for bipartisanship squandered in House SBT vote With heels dug in over how to balance the remainder of the 2006-’07 budget deficit, the atmosphere for consensus on a new business tax code seemed hostile a short while ago. However, both the House and the Senate recently moved separate bills that would implement a replacement tax code for the infamous Single Business Tax (SBT), which expires at the end of this year. While these two bills are substantially different in construction, they both seem to apply similar principles. They exempt small businesses, provide personal property tax relief, broaden the base and reward businesses that employ people in Michigan. They also both require unitary tax filing which makes tax avoidance much harder. One of the biggest differences between the two is the amount of money raised for the state. The House plan is said to be “revenue neutral,” which means that it replaces the SBT dollar for dollar. The Senate plan provides a net tax cut. Leadership in both chambers will now meet to work out a compromise. I may be an optimistic fool, but I have great hope that this critical issue will be resolved shortly. The progress was bittersweet for me because I saw a great opportunity for bipartisan cooperation slip away. Each chamber passed its own plan, mostly along party lines. In the House of Representatives, I sit on the Tax Policy Committee. I spent hours, both in committee and on my own, examining the Democrats’ business tax plan. There was much to like and I fast found myself leaning toward voting for it. The plan itself bases the tax liability on profits and net worth, which is a very positive change from the SBT. The structure significantly reduces the chance that a business will still pay taxes when losing money. The rates are set a bit high, but that is made up by targeted tax credits that favor businesses that support Michigan. Here is how it works: A business with sales over $350,000 will pay taxes on 6.95% of profits and 0.488% of net worth. Then, those businesses will be given tax credits for employment costs in Michigan, investments in depreciable assets in Michigan and research and development in Michigan. The net result: if you just sell stuff in Michigan, but do not employ our people and house your business assets here, you will likely see a tax increase under this plan. Those businesses that have a strong presence here, employing our people and investing in equipment will likely see a tax decrease. Even though the plan is “revenue neutral,” most Michigan-based businesses get a tax cut. Additionally, 75% of business personal property taxes are eliminated for manufacturers and 50% for everybody else. Following hours of testimony and consideration of several amendments, I voted to recommend this plan to the full House of Representatives. I left that hearing room believing that we had done a great service to the people of the state of Michigan. Just hours later on the House floor, the plan was voted on. I entered the room with full intentions of supporting it. After all, I did vote to recommend it to the full House for consideration. Then, in a series of procedural maneuvers, my hopes of bipartisanship faded. As usual, there were several potential amendments that would be offered prior to the vote. Typically, there is a process by which each is considered and voted on. However, for some reason, leadership in the House did not want to allow those amendments to be considered. To avoid allowing the amendment votes, they took the unusual step of defeating their own bill in a routine motion. In other words, the bill that I had voted for earlier in Tax Policy was eliminated. You see, the amendments were specific to the bill and therefore they died with it. The Democrats then introduced a 134-page substitute bill. I was given just minutes to review this substitute prior to having to vote on it. Because of this, I felt compelled to vote “no.” How could I possibly support a bill that I was given no chance to read? Ironically, a few hours later, after I had combed through the adopted substitute, I found that the few minor changes they made were positive. The point is, this plan could have had more bipartisan support. Instead, it was just another (mostly) party line vote. Had I been given the courtesy of some time to read it or even short explanation from the bill sponsor, I could have given it my support. And so I would say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Nice job on the policy, but the process leaves much to be desired. I crave an opportunity for bipartisanship on an important issue such as this and we almost had it. Think of the message that would be sent to the rest of the country if Republicans and Democrats in Michigan stood together on an issue as important as this one. Think of the momentum and relationships that could be harnessed to solve the budget deficit and other chronic issues. Of course this is just “round one,” and now that the Senate and House are beginning the process of reconciling both plans, I sincerely hope to get another crack at coming together. Michigan could really use some good news right about now. Site work continues on the Orangeville Veteran’s Memorial Site work continues at the Orangeville Township Hall to prepare for the installation of on the engraved granite veteran’s memorial. The Veterans’ Committee has decided the memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. at the site adjacent to the Orangeville Township Hall. Bricks cost $30 for each inscribed brick order. Anyone who makes a tax deductible contribution of $50 or more will receive an inscribed brick at no additional cost. Anyone who makes a tax deductible contribution of $100 or more to the construction of the memorial which is anticipated to cost more than $20,000 to install will have the name published on the Orangeville Veterans’ Memorial Contributions Honor Roll. Each of these contributor will also receive an inscribed brick. Checks are now made out to BCF-Orangeville Memorial. The Barry Community Foundation is working in cooperation with Orangeville to provide tax deductible status for this project. Alvin Warren says, “This is a living memorial. We encourage anyone who wants to support our efforts to call someone on the committee as soon as possible.” The three phases of this project, including landscaping around it are anticipated to cost approximately $25,000. Anyone who would like more information on purchasing a brick or sponsoring a deceased veteran can contact Warren at 269- 664-5194. Other members of the committee are Bob Perino at 269-795-2627, Mark Paradowski at 616-299-0278 and Linda Ribble at 269-672-7274. Entrepreneur Exchange to meet May 15 Anyone with ideas is invited to an Entrepreneur Exchange meeting Tuesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. for its monthly gathering. The meeting is open to all and will be held at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Included on the agenda will be: • Monthly networking and open issues discussion • Business start-up financing cash/grants/update • Cooperative advertising update • Chamber/economic development initiatives update For more information, call Dave Sandora at the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995. �Page 6 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Vern Curtiss, Jr. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 a.m., 12:00-2:30 p.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. - Pioneers (meal served). Wednesday 6 p.m. - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 a.m. - Women’s Bible Study. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. Hastings, MI 49058. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:00 p.m. No Sunday School, No Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77512231 HASTINGS – Mr. Vern Curtiss, Jr., age 80, of Hastings, died Monday, May 7, 2007, at his home. Mr. Curtiss was born on April 4, 1927 at Hastings, the son of Vern and Dena (Koewers) Curtiss. Vern was a lifelong Hastings area resident and attended Hastings Schools and graduated from Hastings High School. Mr. Curtiss is survived by sisters, Mary Logan of Muskegon, Alice Rose of Hastings; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents; twin sister, Betty; sister, Beatrice; brothers, Earl, Clarence, Alva “Bill”, and Gerald. Memorial graveside services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Hastings Township Cemetery. Eugene and Joel Curtiss will officiate. Burial will be at Hastings Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the family. Arrangements are being made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wrenfuneral-home.com) Dane Michael Seeber HASTINGS - Dane Michael Seeber 2 month old son of Jamie Seeber and Jeri Hendershot died unexpectedly on Wednesday May 2, 2007 at his residence. Dane was born in Hastings on February 21, 2007. He is survived by his parents; two sisters, Alexia Herle and Macy Seeber; grandparents, Cheryl Seeber, John and Kathy Hendershot, Mike and Sally Seeber; Great-Grandparents, Kenneth Thacker, Helen Hendershot and Dolores Neff; several aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in death by great grandparents, Linda Thacker, John Hendershot, Lloyd and Maebelle Seeber and Frank Heacock. Funeral services were held on Saturday May 5, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings with Chad Seeber officiating. Burial was at Hastings Riverside Cemetery Baby Land. Memorial can be made to SIDS or charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Tyson Lee Herrick GRAND RAPIDS - Tyson Lee Herrick, age 22, of Grand Rapids, passed away May 4, 2007. He is survived by his mother, Louise Edna Herrick of Grand Rapids; his father, John D. (Janel) Herrick of Florida; brother, John W. Herrick (Rachel) of Atlanta, GA; sister, Hanna Mary Herrick of Florida; significant other, Rachele Penland of Grand Rapids; grandparents, Al and Marge Lewis of Middleville; Carol and Duke Lamott of Grayling; great grandmother, Edna L. Lewis of Middleville; aunts and uncles, Shari and Dale Klein, Lorraine and Joe Bush, John Lewis, Rob Lewis, Kim Lamott, Kurt and Chris Lamott; many cousins and friends. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Bill Riggs officiating. Interment Robbins Cemetery, Wayland. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville Katie M. Birmingham DOWLING - Katie M. Birmingham, of Dowling, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Katie was born March 17, 1941 in Dayton, Tennessee, the daughter of Arnold and Lela (Denton) Patterson. She was a former employee for 17 years of Michigan Paper Board Company. Katie enjoyed playing cards, collecting dolls, bears, and owls. On September 6, 1982, in Battle Creek, she married John Birmingham, who survives. Other members of her family include a son, Lee A. (Kim) Birmingham; granddaughters, Adrian and Paige, all of Oregon; a brother, Randy Patterson of Battle Creek; a sister, Karen Waychoff of Allegan; aunts, Marie Johnson and Ellen Hansen; a cousin, Ray Patterson, all of Battle Creek. funeral services will be conducted Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1 p.m. at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, with Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Burial will take place in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association will be appreciated. Arrangements made by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Douglas W. Rivers HASTINGS - Douglas W. Rivers, age 50 of Hastings, died Saturday May 5, 2007 at Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born January 30, 1957 in Hastings, the son of Ronald L. and Dorothy E. (White) Rivers. Doug graduated from Hastings High School in 1975. He moved for a short time to California and then back to Hastings where he worked at various shops, for the past 10 years he has worked for Progressive Technology in Grand Rapids. Doug enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing and riding his Harley Davidson Motorcycle. He is survived by his parents, Ronald and Dorothy Rivers of Hastings; half sister, Connie (Tom) Dutton of Otsego; several aunts, uncles and cousins. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 - 8 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Graveside services were held Wednesday May 9, 2007 at Fuller Cemetery on Charlton Park Rd. Rev. Carla Smith officiating. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Russell Edward Langdon DOWLING - Russell Edward Langdon, age 66 of Dowling, died on Saturday May 5, 2007 at Laurels Of Bedford in Battle Creek. He was born January 24, 1941 in Maple Rapids, the son of Ernest and Donna (Cook) Langdon. He was a graduate of Lansing Eastern High School in 1959. He worked for more than 30 years at the Veterans Hospital in Battle Creek. Russell enjoyed fishing, hunting, and gardening. He married Diana Kay Wolff October 29, 1967, she died November 18, 2006. He was also preceded in death by his father. Russell is survived by his son, Ed (Julie) Langdon of Dowling; his mother, Donna Rae Langdon; sisters, Shipley Ward, Ruth Ann (Dennis) Rathburn and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 68pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held on Thursday May 10, 2007 at 11:00am at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, with Pastor Steve Olmsted officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association or Pleasantview Family Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Leah Mae Phillips Ruth Davis HASTINGS - Ruth E. Davis age 94 of Hastings, died on Thursday May 3, 2007 at her residence. She was born on August 18, 1912 in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Clinton and Elsie (Bell) Englemeyer. They re-located to Kokomo, Indiana where she graduated from high school in 1930. She then attended Indiana University receiving an A.B. in Home Economics in 1935, and a registration in dietetics in 1936. Ruth was married to Benjamin C. Davis July 2, 1942 in Battle Creek. They lived near Dowling on Bird Rd. until his death in 1962. Ruth worked as a dietitian in Battle Creek, Kalamazoo Hospitals and the Michigan Rehabilitation Center for the Blind, retiring in 1977. She attended the Hastings Free Methodist Church and volunterred at the Barry County Commission on Aging. She enjoyed reading, writing and her Bible classes. She was preceded in death by her only son, Ben Davis of Woodland in 1987. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Elsie Cranmore of Hastings; two grandchildren, William Tinkler II, and Tina Fuller; four great-grandchildren, Brittney Fuller, Sierra Fuller, Joseph M. Tinkler, and William Tinkler III. Funeral services were held on Tuesday May 8, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Pastor Don Briel officiated and burial was at Union Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Hastings Free Methodist Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). NASHVILLE – Leah Mae Phillips, age 92, of Nashville, died on Monday, May 7, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born June 21, 1914 in Byron Township, the daughter of Carl Arthur and Ada Mae (Morman) Gillons. Leah attended the Hines School, she worked for Dr. Lofdahl in Nashville, she was a hostesses at the Marywood Country Club, and also worked at the Country Kettle in Nashville. She was married to Harold (Bud) Phillips in Angola, Indiana in 1932. Leah loved doing things for her family as well as for others, she enjoyed baking, cooking, and traveling. She was a member of the Maple Leaf Grange, and the Birthday Club. Leah was preceded in death by her husband Bud Phillips; a son Gerald H. Phillips; a grandson, Jerry Phillips; her parents; two brothers and six sisters. She is survived by a son, Robert (Iva) Phillips of Hastings; three daughters, Lois (Richard) Elliston of Nashville, Sandra (Jay) Roundhouse of Mason, Linda (Frank) DeGroote of Hastings; 10 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; one brother, Wesley (Opal) Gillons of Hastings; two sisters, Nora Bracy of Hastings, and Margaret Bell of Arizona; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Carla Smith will officiate. Burial will be at Assyria Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Wish Upon A Star, c/o Hastings City Bank in Nashville or the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 7 Area Obituaries Raymond D. Wieland HASTINGS - Raymond D. Wieland, age 82, of Hastings passed away Friday, May 4, 2007 at Woodlawn Meadows in Hastings. Mr. Wieland was born on December 30, 1924 in Grandville, the son of Ray and Wilmina (Troyer) Wieland. Ray began his school life at the Burton School in Grand Rapids and went through the second grade. The family moved to Freeport, where he entered the third grade and graduated Freeport High School in 1942 as Salutatorian of the class. He went on to attend Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana in the fall of 1942. He was called up to serve in the U.S. Army in September 1942 and was honorably discharged in May 1946. He returned to Manchester College, graduating in May 1949 with his B.A. degree-business major. Ray married the former Marjorie Thompson on June 15, 1952. Ray retired in September 1985 from the Felpausch Food Company as Vice President of Finance after 29 1/2 years of service to the company. He had previously worked with his brother Larry in the Bookkeeping and Tax Service in Hastings from 1949 until 1956 when he joined the Felpausch Company. He was a member of Hope Church of the Brethren since 1954 where he served as treasurer, clerk, Sunday School teacher, Ministerial Commission member and chairman, on the Farm Fund Committee, put in many hours helping to build the church building, Financial Secretary for the District of Michigan CoB for over 15 years. Traveled to West Virginia and South Carolina on disaster trips for the church. He was a member of Hastings Rotary Club since 1952, club treasurer for over 42 years, Rotary International “Paul Harris Fellow,” recipient of the Rotary “Red Rose” citation for community service June 1993. Member of Board of Directors of the former Hastings Savings and Loan (now MainStreet Savings Bank) from 1967 to 1992, last 15 years as Board Chairman. Member of the Welcome Corners School Board prior to being annexed by Hastings School District. Former trustee for the Manchester College Board. Former treasurer for the Hastings Investment Club. Member Saskatoon Golf Club since 1963 and treasurer for Saskatoon Golf league. Long time volunteer for Barry County Habitat for Humanity. Long time driver for Social Services of Barry County and served as “Conservator” handling the finances of several people confined in nursing homes. Enjoyed traveling, playing golf, hunting, bowling, especially enjoyed attending and supporting his grandchildren’s athletic contests in soccer, basketball, baseball and softball. Mr. Wieland is survived by his wife, Marjorie; daughter, Vicki (John) Cook of Caledonia; son, Todd Wieland of Lake Odessa; grandchildren, Matthew, Nicole and Jordan Cook of Caledonia, Nick and Brooke Wieland of Lake Odessa; sisters, Lola Posthumus of Grand Rapids and Darlene Vanderwood of Middleville; nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents; sisters, Wilma Pavlich and Iris Livingston and brother, Larry Wieland. Services were held Monday, May 7, 2007 at Hope Church of the Brethren-Freeport with Pastor Doug Reichenbach officiating. Burial was at Bowne Mennonite Cemetery, Bowne Township, Kent County. Casketbearers were Nick Wieland, Matt Cook, Jordan Cook, Brian Thompson, Lee Wilcox, and Paul Crumback. Honorary bearers were Brooke Wieland and Nicole Cook. Memorial contributions may be made to Hope Church of the Brethren or Habitat for Humanity. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com) Hastings Farmers Market adds new wrinkles by Shawna Hubbarth Staff Writer The downtown Hastings Farmers Market is up and running for the season, and market master April Nicholson said there are some new changes and additions for this season. “There are a couple of new things this year,” she said. “We are working with the state and very soon we will be able to accept food stamps, and along with that we will also be able to accept credit cards and debit cards, all of the major brands.” Nicholson said the site now has electricity which the Downtown Development Authority put in for this new season. The market is open Tuesday 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday 8-2 p.m and is located adjacent to Tyden Park on Broadway. She said also new this year is the offering of lunch and dinner meals featuring local meats and local produce and made from scratch. “We will be offering a light lunch on Tuesday and Saturday, and then a dinner option for Tuesday night. The food will feature Michigan and especially Barry County foods and we hope the idea will really appeal to people who are looking to eat local.” Nicholson, whose farm is the Freeport Flyers, said awareness is steadily building about the importance to eat locally. She said not only is the produce higher in vitamins and minerals that are not lost because of long shipping, but also buying local foods generates money back into the local economy. “People are more particular about how the food is grown and they come and ask us how its grown. They want to know- there is a more educated consumer out there now and they Women’s Health Expo is May 16 Women of all ages are encouraged to attend the annual Women’s Health Expo, an evening of free fun and health education, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the Pennock Hospital Conference Center in Hastings. New and favorite educational booths will be part of the program as well as informative speakers. Free blood sugar testing by CareLinc Home Medical Equipment & Supply; osteoporosis and bone density screening by Hastings Orthopedic Clinic; and table massages by Pennock Health & Wellness Center are some of the booths planned. Otherbooths include women’s heart health and smoking cessation by Pennock Cardiopulmonary Services; carefree living by Pennock Village Retirement Community; healthy eating habits, weight loss tips and safe supplements by Pennock Dietary Services; breast cancer by Pennock Radiology Services; screenings and information by Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services; blood pressure checks by Pennock Homecare; blood typing by Michigan Community Blood Centers; women’s urinary incontinence and lymphedema by Pennock Occupational Therapy; and organ and tissue donation information by Gift of Life of Michigan. Door prizes will be awarded. Seating is limited, so reservations are encouraged by calling 269/945-5871. ALLIANCE, continued from page 1 “At no time in our lifetimes have we been in such bad shape.” He said the county did help Middleville “It’s just a pie in the sky dream. There’s been a few things done, but not $600,000 worth.” — Commissioner Wayne Adams “I think it’s a sound investment in our future and our economy, and it’s a small price to pay.” “It’s just a pie in the sky dream,” Adams countered. “There’s been a few things done, but not $600,000 worth.” Adams was joined by Hoot Gibson in voting to oppose the expenditure. Tool & Die, which now has a terrific new facility on Patterson and Bass Roads on the west county line. Newborn Babies Marriage Licenses GIRL, Neila Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on April 19, 2007 at 5:39 p.m. to Allen and Deanna Burton of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. Michael William MacLeod, Hastings and Laura Ann Piechnik, Hastings. Orville Clare Curtis, Hastings and Joanne Alice Curtis, Hastings. Richard Michael Sweeting, Plainwell and Kendra Mary Noble, Plainwell. Heath Raymond Kellogg, Delton and Andrea Jean Hughes, Delton. Michael Winston Laster, Middleville and Cristin Amanda Goodrich, Middleville. David Kenneth Robinson, Hastings and Shelby Renee Donker, Hastings. Charles Burt Tefft, Hastings and Tiffany Jo Steward, Hastings. Anthony Jon O’Heran, Hastings and Christen Marie Shaw, Hastings. Robert Earl Schreiner, Freeport and Amber Crystal Lawson, Freeport. Christopher Scott Stack, Bellevue and Jessica Charity Osborn, Bellevue. Jean James, D.V.M. HICKORY CORNERS – A memorial service to celebrate the life of Jean James, D.V.M., who passed away February 6, 2007, will be conducted Saturday, May 19, 2007, 11 a.m., at the Hickory Corners Bible Church. Pastor Jeff Worden will officiate. Memorial contributions to the Delton Women’s Center will be appreciated. Arrangements by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. want food that isn’t sprayed with chemicals either to grow it or preserve it for sitting on the shelf for long periods of time. You can really taste the difference in fresh foods. There is also the relationship part to it, where the farmer and the consumer form a common bond and we love talking to our customers and catching up with them at the market.” Nicholson said a variety of goods can be found at the market from flowers, to perennials, to produce, baked goods, jams, eggs, and local raised meat. “We hope to run through December and offer baked goods, meat and Christmas trees this year,” she said. She said the market has been working closely to the city and the city has wrote a grant for the market to get a permanent sign put up. Nicholson said they will know in September if they received the grant. At some point in the future they would like to erect a permanent building. “I think the long term goal is to have a year round market so that those who are growing in the greenhouses can offer fresh foods year long. Steve Slag, a vendor and farmer of The Four Acres in Vermontville said he is geared up for another growing season. He is continuing to focus on less common plants, many of them grown from heirloom seed. He offers a wide array of herbs, annuals, perennials and produce and vegetables as the season progresses. He is even growing artichokes this season, from seed that begins producing the artichokes in the middle of summer if planted really early on. “This year I have new herbs, new greens, WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO GIRL, Donna Mae, born at Pennock Hospital on April 22, 2007 at 10:40 p.m. to Nicole Marie Heaton of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Maycie Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on April 23, 2007 at 3:57 p.m. to Thomas Baker and Mindy Kaiser of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alyssa Nicole, born at Pennock Hospital on April 25, 2007 at 7:48 a.m. to Lindsey and Eric Possehn of Saranac. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 20 inches long. slow or no bolt lettuces, and some really interesting plants that you might not see somewhere else. For instance, I am selling a Latin herb epazote which can grow up to four feet tall and is traditionally used in bean dishes to improve digestion. Its also used for fish. I have a ton of tomatoes and of course they call me the hosta man because of my variety of hostas. “A lot of the herbs and plants I sell are beneficials. I don’t use any chemicals in my garden but I like to plant companion plants. Things that attract beneficial insects and deter insects such as the Japanese beetle,” he said. Nicholson said the market is looking to expand and attract both customers and vendors. She said they are looking for vendors to come join the market and people are welcome to stop by and get the details of selling at the market. The cost is $5 a day or $150 for the whole season. “We hope to see you down here this season,” she said. Red geranium sale to benefit Grace Lutheran youth ministry Grace Lutheran Church's youth ministry team, along with Thrivent members, again are selling four-inch potted red geranium cuttings for $3.50 apiece. They are the regular geraniums cuttings obtained from Cotant's Farm Market in Hastings, according to Kay Howell, a Thrivent member and annual organizer of the sale for the last several years. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is now what formerly was known as Aid Association for Lutherans and Lutheran Brotherhood. They have merged into one financial and fraternal organization devoted to meet the financial needs of its members, as well as the fraternal side of the organization, which benefits members as well as the communities where the members live. The Thrivent members from Grace Lutheran Church have held the geranium sale for the last several years. They receive supplemental funds from the home office to be used along with the proceeds from the sale to benefit identified needs within Grace and the community at large. Past recipients have ranged from families in and outside of Grace with medical or living needs, not met from other sources; from building wheelchair ramps to helping cover medical bills or purchase needed medical equipment. On two occasions the local congregation organized intergenerational mission trips to help people in the Appalachian areas of West Virginia and Ohio with building and repair projects they were unable to provide for themselves. Grace Lutheran Church, along with the community and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, provided the needed $10,000 to enable the Grace Mission team to provide hands-on help as well as financial funds to benefit the peoples of these communities. Last year the sale provided funds to purchase a portable public addres system for Grace's Puppet Praise ministry. This system enables better hearing within the worship space and allows the ministry to go off-site with its own sound equipment for outreach events. Thrivent Financial will supplement up to $1300 this year, besides the funds raised from the geranium sale, which will benefit the Youth Ministry projects at Grace Lutheran Church and youth outreach needs in the community. The geraniums must be ordered soon and must be picked up Saturday, May 19, from 8 a.m. to noon at Grace Lutheran Church, 239 E. North St (across from the Tendercare nursing home) Anyone who would like to place an order for geraniums can call Thrivent members Mary Rider at 269-945-9864, Loretta Schoessel at 948-8658 or Grace Lutheran Church at 945-9414. Social News VanderHorst-Fulmer Mr. and Mrs. Don VanderHorst, Jr. of Celina announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelly, to Zac Fulmer, son of Marcy Gates of Coldwater, Michigan and Paul Fulmer of Grand Haven, Michigan. The bride-elect is a graduate of Celina High School and Defiance College. She is a health and physical education teacher and head softball coach at Pettisville Schools. Her fiancé is a graduate of Hastings High School in Hastings, Michigan and is a graduate of Defiance College with a degree in criminal justice. The couple will exchange wedding vows at 3 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church on June 23, 2007 in Celina. Open House to celebrate 100th birthday of Susie Shriber There will be an open house to celebrate Susie Shriber’s 100th birthday. Come join in the celebration Saturday, May 19, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, Hastings. No gifts please. BOY, Augustus Fredrick, born at Pennock Hospital on April 26, 2007 at 8:32 to Benjamin and Amanda Teachworth of Lake Odessa. Weighing 9 lbs. 13 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Isabelle Anna, born at Pennock Hospital on April 27, 2007 at 7:51 a.m. to Angela and Josh Stanton of Dowling/Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Aroara Shea Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 1:16 a.m. to Danielle and Kenneth Fenstemaker of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Evan Liu, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 8:42 a.m. to Li Fang Liu and Yong Qin Liu of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Jaidyn Aliyah, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 11:49 p.m. to Jennifer Josselyn of Ionia. Weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Page 8 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Love on the rocks? The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at the Freight House. The topic will be Jesse James, famed in history for his bank robbing enterprise. The society has a busy month ahead with a plant sale/exchange on Saturday May 12, military tribute on the evening of May 25, military exhibits on Saturday, Sunday and Monday May 26-28. The Mother/Daughter brunch held last Saturday was a success, with the theme “Hats Off to Women” Each participant chose a piece of headgear or accessory, had her picture taken and was eligible for door prizes contributed by local merchants. All this was in addition to the tasty brunch catered by Rosemary Hickey. This meeting will also include election of three directors and setting of dues for the coming year. The Ionia County Genealogy Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at the Freight House. Duane Fahey will be the speaker, using Ephraim Shay as the topic. Shay was noted for his invention of a locomotive which ran on narrow gauge tracks, used most in mountains and forests. The library will be open following the meeting until 5 p.m. There will be a pig roast at Central United Methodist Church from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Funds raised will go toward expenses of Pam and James Seibel, who are headed to Kenya, Africa, with a group from Cornerstone. UMC, of which Pam Dykhouse Belage is a member and participant. This is open to the public. Mothers Day is coming on Sunday, May 13. A corsage. bouquet hanging basket, break- Winners in the local VFW Voice of Democracy essay contest were (from left) Sarah Barker, Faith Freeman and Mariah Dye. fast in bed, or whatever is your style of honoring your mother. Mrs. Ernest (Clara) French is to reach her 100-year mark later this month. Do send her a card to mark the occasion. She is a lady often seen at First Congregational Church, its Women's Fellowship, or at the coffee shop or simply out to eat with one or more of her Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine SLEEP ,�GRQ¶W�QHDUO\�JHW�WKH�VOHHS�P\�IULHQGV�VD\�WKH\� need but I feel ok. How much sleep should I get and how can I tell if I am getting enough sleep? Sleep helps to restore and rejuvenate your body. It helps with memory and learning, bolster the nervous and immune system and help with the growth and development in children. There are actually 5 stages of sleep that your body cycles through a number of times each night. Although the average adult needs about 7 hours of sleep a night, some find that they only need 5 hours while others will need 11 hours for optimal daily performance. Children, in general, require more sleep than adults. Some signs that indicate that you may need more sleep include: difficulty with waking up in the morning, inability to concentrate, falling asleep during the day and feelings of irritability, depression or anxiety. The importance of sleep is seen by the effects of sleep deprivation. Sleep deprived people have been shown to have reduced hand-eye coordination ability as badly or worse than those who are intoxicated. This can lead to disasters if you are driving or are performing activities that require your complete attention. Over 90% of people will experience transient or short-term insomnia (difficulty sleeping) at some time or another. The events and activities of the day sometimes have a way of taking over the night, too. Around 30% of the population will struggle with chronic insomnia which can be caused by medical or psychological issues or medications. Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours of sleep you get but rather whether the sleep you get is effective at restoring and rejuvenating your bodily systems. Sleeping pills are rarely helpful for long-term sleep issues because they do not treat the underlying cause of the problem and can ultimately make your sleeping problem worse. See your doctor if you suspect a chronic long-term sleep problem so that you can have your medications, sleep habits and your medical history reviewed. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77512262 friends. Her son William is deceased. daughter Rita Joseph lives at Potterville. The museum tour written about in last week's Reminder must have been a success judging by the attendance at a few of the twelve listed. The Freeport museum, a former Masonic building, has a series of semi-permanent exhibits on a variety of topics. The exhibit is well arranged and gives coverage to local history and to household tools used in times past. In addition, their entry has on display the graduation pictures from Freeport High School. Bowne Center has three buildings to use. Their fomer Aid Society Hall was used for displays and for their baked goods sale. They handed out reprints of a 1917 Alto newspaper. They had for sale a story of the first hundred years of Bowne history. At both 1 and 4 p.m., they had a Howell group, the History Singers, who performed at the Bowne Center rural school across the road. They had quite a crowd for that. At the same time, the church in the center of the historic buildings was having a pork dinner for the public. At Lyons the storefront building also has an array of high school graduation pictures. Those from Muir High School hang on one side and those from Lyons are on the opposite wall. Some of their history involves floods. During the 1905 flood the caskets built at a local casket company went floating down the Grand River. One local lady still living had a job lining the caskets. They had postcards and note paper for sale. When the representatives of the associated societies meet this month there was to be report on the attendance at the other nine museums, which all held open house on Saturday and Sunday. This was called “Spring into the Past.” The second event of this group will be a luncheon with a historic speaker in July at Belding. Tickets will been sale at each of the local societies. Announcement has been made to members of Central UMC that their pastor for the past seven years. Dr. Donald Ferris, will be going to Battle Creek First UMC as its pastor effective July 1. The new pastor coming to Central UMC is Eric Beck, who for the past twelve years has been at Kalamazoo Westwood UMC. The Becks have two sons. One will enter MSU in September and the second will be a sophomore in high school. Heather Beck, the wife, is a nurse at a Marshall hospital. Work continues on the storefronts. One day last week there were workers busy on the job at three buildings. The Licari building was having brick and mortar repair high up on the south wall. Work was continuing on the Meyer bakery. Major changes were taking place at the Jackson/Scheidt building, which now has a large window and new entry. The I-96 Speedway has published its season calendar with a full slate of auto activities. They have already had a hobby stock special and battle of the bands last weekend. There will be races on May 11 and 18. On May 19 there will again be a battle of the bands with quad racing in the afternoon. The bands perform at 8 p.m. Alethians of Central UMC met Tuesday night at the Shetterly farm home with more than 20 present. They discussed the barbecue coming in July and other business. They then enjoyed a video on the life of John Wesley in England and as a missionary to the Native Americans in Georgia. The Lake Odessa Lions Club is holding its annual chicken barbecue at the lakefront on Saturday, May 19. Any Lions member would have tickets for sale. On a recent weekend the members were stationed at local business places such as the bank and the supermarket with their White Cane sale. These funds go toward the Leader Dog program and other vision needs. Dear Annie: I'm a 60-year-old woman, married 22 years. My husband, "John," quit his job in order to work at home and monitor our 17-year-old son, who has refused to go to school and has been in court and on probation several times. John is depressed over that, as well as the loss of sight in one eye. Numerous treatments with a specialist have not helped. Compounding our problems is my lack of desire for him. Besides his obvious depression, John bathes about twice a week and shaves only before church or a doctor's appointment. He wears the most scruffy, dilapidated clothes around the house, does not cut his nails (especially his toenails), and his breath is incredibly offensive. It's partly due to his medications, but he won't even consider brushing his tongue or gargling with mouthwash. I'm post-menopausal and must use hormone creams or intercourse is extremely painful. Intimacy is more trouble than it's worth. I know John would like to have sex, but it all seems so mechanical and awkward. I work a demanding full-time job and pay all the bills. I am often tired, but still find time to do a little volunteering in my church. I'd really like to go to counseling, but John believes no one can help us with our problems, especially with his failing eyesight and our wayward son. We don't talk about sex anymore. We're planning to kick out our deadbeat son when he turns 18, but then what? -- A Daily Reader Dear Reader: John is more than depressed. He feels helpless and overwhelmed by his vision problems and his son's behavior, and he probably thinks pushing you away is what he deserves. Counseling would be enormously helpful, but if he won't go, go without him. You can learn coping skills and ideas for working with John to make the best of your situation. Please don't give up on him. Mortifying mom Dear Annie: I am getting married soon. My mother and I have a long history of not getting along, so I was hesitant about inviting her, but I did. She seemed so excited, even going so far as having me invite her friends. But she found out there will be an open bar at the reception and invited all of her drinking buddies. I have always been embarrassed by my mother, even during my school years. Mom recently got mad at me and said awful things about my wedding. A week later, she talks as if she never made those ugly remarks. Mom is my only living relative and I would like her to give me away, but she's so unpredictable that I don't want my new in-laws meeting her. What should I do? -- In Doubt in Texas Dear Texas: You can't keep your in-laws from meeting your mother forever, so you may as well bite the bullet now. However, there's no reason you have to accommodate her drinking buddies. If they are not invited, they should not be there. If they were issued invitations, alert the bartenders to keep an eye on them. You might also assign a friend (or hire someone) to watch your mother and keep her from getting soused and causing problems. (This, too, shall pass.) Punish parent Dear Annie: I was infuriated with your advice to "Below 450," whose mother had used her Social Security number six years ago to pay off bills and buy a computer. I work in a bank and have to deal with people who have had fraud perpetrated on their accounts. The fact that "Below 450's" mom is unrepentant and won't pay her back only leaves one option: prosecute. That teaches her to take charge of her life by not letting anyone walk over her, and second, that Mom is a thief and thieves need to be punished. -- South Dakota Banker Dear South Dakota: We understand your point of view, but we don't agree. It requires quite a bit of sangfroid to put one's mother in prison. Mom has been clean for six years. We think she deserves one more chance. Wicked stepmother Stepchild Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for four years and together for six. Each of us has a young child from a previous relationship, and we have a toddler daughter together. At first, his 9-year-old son, "Dean," stayed with us almost every weekend and at least one or two nights during the week. Then it was every other weekend and one night a week, then down to every other weekend, all Dean's choice. Now it's reached the point where he doesn't want to come over at all. Dean claims the rules are too strict and I treat him "different." Annie, I don't think our rules are strict, but at his mother's house, he has no rules at all. I've gone out of my way to be nice to him and include him in everything. We have always done a lot of activities together as a family. I've even backed off on the parenting and let my husband be in charge of Dean's rules. I don't know what else to do. It's normal for Dean to be up until midnight on school nights and 5 a.m. on weekends. He has no boundaries on the kind of TV programs he's allowed to watch, and you would cringe to hear the adult programming he speaks of. He also doesn't understand why he can't have unlimited access to snacks at our house. It doesn't help that Dean's mom takes his side and trashes us in front of him. My husband is close to giving in out of desperation to see his son. I don't think he's doing the boy any favors by eliminating all structure and discipline. Not only is it bad for Dean, it's unfair to the other children. This is starting to tear our family apart. What should we do? -- Wicked Stepmother Dear Stepmother: Dean is testing you both, but children truly do not want to see their parents give up their authority. It makes them feel insecure. Can your husband speak to his ex-wife, calmly, and explain that a lack of discipline is harmful to their son? Would she consider family counseling? In any event, Dean and his mother should abide by the court-ordered visitation arrangement (if there isn't one, talk to a lawyer). Dean should know his father loves him enough to fight for him. Too much to love Dear Annie: I've finally found someone I think I might like to marry. He's perfect in every way except one -- he's carrying about 50 extra pounds, which literally get in the way in bed. Not only does it limit what we can do, but I can hear him wheezing after a couple of minutes, and this seriously affects my enjoyment of the event. I start worrying about him and become focused on his physical mass. We are both in our 50s. I am very health conscious and in good physical shape for my age. How do I tell a sensitive, thoughtful, wonderful man that he's just too fat? Am I being superficial? -- Suffocated by Blubber Dear Suffocated: Not if he's wheezing. Don't make his weight the focus of your concerns. Tell him, lovingly, that you've noticed he seems to have trouble breathing and you are deeply worried about his health. Ask him to see his doctor and offer to start walking with him. If he's unwilling, you have to decide if you care for him enough as he is. Post-Pledge pride Dear Annie: People shouldn't get too upset when kids won't say the Pledge of Allegiance. For a while, when my son was in high school, he refused to say it, to the alarm and dismay of school administrators. I calmly discussed his choice with my son, but left it up to him. After high school, he went to college but didn't graduate. He took a job, and then, to everyone's surprise, enlisted in the Marines. He has been in Afghanistan, is now stationed in Okinawa, and could not be more loyal to the United States and to the Marine Corps. -Proud Mom Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. Perfect Touch May Specials Foil Highlights . . . Partial $25 & Lowlights . . . Full Head $45 Temporary Perm $ 25 Manicures . . . . . . . Regular 10 Julia Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spa$15 101 State Street 945-3115 With Julia or Michelle . . . . . . $ 01545304 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. A town’s love for Uncle Billy Jefferson St. east side between State St. and Court St. is Uncle Bill’s and his popcorn stand. By Esther Walton Every once in a while there is special person whom everyone in town knows and loves.”Uncle Billy” was one of these people. His real name was William B. Hitchcock. He was born Jan. 15, 1839, in Camillus, Onondaga County, New York. His parents were Luther and Sophia Hitchcock. The family moved to Michigan by way of the Erie Canal then by ox team to Michigan. “Billy” was 12 years old when his family arrived in Hastings in 1851. Billy cleared many acres in what is now the city of Hastings. With his father, he set out the first shade trees, especially in the vicinity of Church and Center streets. An April 1921 Banner published a history focused story which in part said: “A few years later [ed. after the family arrived in Hastings] with his parents, he [Billy] moved with his parents to Macon County, Missouri. He was there when the Civil War broke out. Just before the beginning of the war he and his father had contracted with a southern railroad for getting out a large quantity of ties. The Hitchcocks were loyal northerners. Most of their neighbors were rebel sympathizers, the southern army cleaned up on the Hitchcocks and proposed to draft William; but he refused to fight against his country and his flag and returned to Hastings with his parents. “About this time the first mill-stone equipped flouring mill was established in the village of Hastings on East Grand Street, east of the C.K.&S. tracks. At that time a dam impounded the waters of Fall Creek upon the flats near the bend of Hanover Street. A mill race carried the water from there to a second and much smaller dam (corner of Hanover and Grand streets). From this point to the water wheel, there was a considerable fall. This wheel operated the flour mill. “On Feb. 8, 1862, Mr. Hitchcock was married to Angela Hayes, a schoolteacher and a sister of W.D. Hayes. She was the first white child born in Hastings. He started work in the flour mill mentioned above as an apprentice miller receiving the princely salary of $50 cash house rent and whatever flour he needed for this first year’s wages. Many years later this mill was destroyed by fire. “Later another flour mill was built, known as the Hadley mill, long operated by Oscar Hadley. There was a dam for this mill on East Court Street on Fall Creek, nearly paralleling the present street line. This dam extended south to Grand Street. “This pond was a favorites skating place for the kids of Hastings in the wintertime, and was more or less used as a swimming pool in summer. Mr. Hadley sold the mill to Hitchcock and Lemuel Eaton who carried on the milling business in the Hadley mill, making both flour and feed. “They also had a grocery and feed store on East State Street. Mr. Hitchcock gave up the milling business when the dam went out one night and was never rebuilt. Mr. Hitchcock next opened a feed store on South Jefferson Street. River Ridge “About this time there was an Indian uprising in Idaho. The government corralled the Indians on a reservation and was compelled to feed the aborigines. To do this they took over an old style grist mill at Smyrne, Id.. In some way the government authorities were informed that Mr. Hitchcock understood how to operate such a mill and arranged with him to go to Smyrne, repair the mill and operate it, which he did. A few weeks spent in repairing the mill he sent for his family, who went to Smyrne. “It was while these that their son, Billy, came close to having his hair lifted by a big Indian. It was a thrilling experience for Billy. He discovered this Indian dolled up in war paint, fleeing with several chickens from the Hitchcock hen coop. Billy took after him. The Indian resented this and was about to make things decidedly interesting for his young pursuer when the timely arrival of his father and several mill hands saved him from being scalped. “Mr. Hitchcock was in Idaho about two years. Then he returned to Hastings, where he was made baggage master at the then new Michigan Central passenger station. (ed. corner of Church and Apple streets). “That was considered quite a position at that time. Later and for several years he was in the transfer business in this city. It was while thus engaged that Hastings folks came to know him so well. ‘Uncle Billy’ and his happy smiles, his rapid work, his prompt, careful and faithful attention to all calls for his services night or day will long be a tradition here. He seemed never to tire and was always jolly as he drove his rig up and down our streets. But his health broke and compelled him to give up that work. “Notwithstanding all the hard work and all the sorrows that he had experienced, Uncle Billy persisted on keeping a smiling face and in looking upon the hopeful, brighter side of life. It was a joy to meet him. For the last few years he lived mostly alone, that being his choice. His growing feebleness, his son William, had insisted upon his father staying at his home, which he did and it was there that he died.” Some local residents still living people remember Uncle Billy as the “popcorn man” and others say they remember him selling Christmas trees on a vacant lot he owned in the east side of the 100 block of south Jefferson Street. Editor’s Note: Readers should be aware that the less than complimentary language quoted here in referring to native Americans was written at a time when most of the dominant white European Christian society harbored many misconceptions about Indians and were terribly biased. Credits: I would like to thank Gordon Mitchell and Charles Harthy for their assistance in researching this story. Some of the information used here was found in a Hastings Banner story published on April 17, 1921 [pages 1 & 4]. The photograph is circa 1920s in the 100 block of South Jefferson Street. Assisted Living Care Investment clubs are quite popular these days. In fact, even if you aren't in a club yourself, the chances are pretty good that you know someone who is. Should you consider joining such a club? There's no one "right" answer for everyone, of course. But if you do join an investment club, you will find that there are both "pros" and "cons" involved. Let's take a quick look at a few of these. The "pros" • Investment clubs can be fun. You can learn about investments in countless books, magazines and web sites - but you may enjoy the learning process more by joining an investment club. After all, most of us are "social creatures" by nature, so we like being with other people. By discussing investments as part of a group, you can gain a lot of knowledge in a pleasant environment. And some clubs even invite guest speakers who are experts at a particular aspect of investing. • Clubs provide an affordable way to invest. There's no "standard" contribution for investment clubs. Some clubs ask for $50 a month from its members, some clubs ask for $100, and some may ask for even more. Find out what the required amount is for the club you're considering. And ask other questions, too: Can you skip a month's contribution and still stay in good standing? Can you contribute more or less than the designated amount? • Membership encourages investment discipline. Many people lack discipline when investing. If, for example, they own a stock that is temporarily down, they may quickly Better T han A by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Hoops of Hope Charity Shoot-a-Thon is coming to Barry County this Saturday (May 12) at Fish Hatchery Park in Hastings. All ages are invited to raise funds and then shoot free throws to benefit children orphaned by AIDS. People don’t have to have basketball expertise to participate – only a heart for children. Funds raised will be given to World Vision to help build a life-saving AIDS/HIV medical lab in Zambia, Africa, said Jason Pranger, one of the local residents helping to organize the local Hoops of Hope activity. He and others from Living Waters Church in Hastings, including Pastor Gary Newton, decided to hold the event because they “see an injustice and horrific thing going on in our world – hell on earth for these people,” Pranger said. “There’s a million orphans in Zambia, Africa alone, just from the AIDS virus, the AIDS epidemic. Sixteen percent of their population is infected, and so there is little hope over there. If we, as Barry County, can just raise a few thousand dollars for them and another community (can) and another community (can), maybe we can build this lab for them.” Pranger said the local Hoops of Hope is not a church-sponsored event, but people from the church are doing most of the work to put on the event. “As a community, we want to help these poor kids on the other side of the world. They just don’t have a chance...,” he said. “It’s all about these kids (in Africa) and God’s desires for them. That’s why we’re doing it. Hoops of Hope was started by Austin Gutwein, 12, of Arizona, who linked up with World Vision and to date the organization has raised about $65,000 so far and helped build a school for some of the orphans. Now other projects are underway. Austin started Hoops of Hope when he was nine. That’s when he learned that thousands of children are orphaned by AIDS every day and he wanted to do something to help. “This year, our goal is to raise enough money to provide a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center Laboratory to be located in the community of Sinazongwe in Zambia,” according to the Hoops of Hope Web site. “This laboratory will enable people in this community to be tested and know their HIV/AIDS status in as little as 20 minutes (current HIV/AIDS testing, when it is available, can take as long as two weeks to obtain GARAGE SALE Antique oak dresser with mirror; farmhouse table w/two chairs; vintage writing desk; 2 TVs; microwave/convection oven; recliner; entertainment center; nice wood TV trays; lamps and lamp shades; variety of very good useable household furniture. Curtains and drapes; 7 piece set of American Tourister luggage from the 80’s excellent condition; 1950’s typewriter with stand and book; large cookie cutter collection dating back to the 50’s; collectible teddy’s and dolls; costume jewelry; videos; tons of canning jars; Health Rider; books; baskets; cuisinart; large size men’s clothing; baby stroller. Tables full of misc. too numerous to mention. Clean, non-smoking sale. NO JUNK - MANY TREASURES - DON’T MISS THIS ONE! 315 N Taffee Rd Hastings, MI 49058 tbrown@river-ridge.com www.river-ridge.biz sell it, even though the company still has good prospects. But investment clubs, by their very nature, tend to have a long-term focus. Members are interested in following investments over time, not buying and selling at a frantic pace. And the most successful investors are the ones who hold quality investments for many years. The "cons" • Clubs are limited in scope. Even the most active club can only look at a tiny fraction of the many investment opportunities available. To build a portfolio that can help meet all your important financial goals, you have to consider the entire spectrum of investments. Consequently, you cannot rely on your investment club exclusively for your investment solutions. • Recommendations are not personalized. Make sure that you're comfortable with a club's investment philosophy and its risk tolerance. For example, one club might be willing to accept a higher level of risk in exchange for potentially greater returns. On the other hand, another club may be more conservative in nature. It's essential that you choose a club with which you're comfortable. But even when you find a club whose approach to investing is compatible with yours, keep in mind that group decisions can never take the place of recommendations tailored to your individual needs - and you can only get that type of guidance from a qualified, experienced financial advisor. Your membership in an investment club can be enjoyable and educational. So, if you decide to join a club, make the most of it - but keep its benefits in perspective. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 39.27 +.43 Anheuser Busch 50.40 +.84 CMS Energy Corp. 18.63 +.03 Coca-Cola Co. 53.07 +.44 DaimlerChrysler 80.40 -.51 Dow Chemical Co. 45.44 +1.41 Exxon Mobil 81.38 +1.72 Family Dollar Stores 32.14 -.91 First Financial Bancorp 15.18 +.31 Ford Motor Co. 8.37 +.32 General Motors 29.98 -1.32 Intl. Bus. 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People can sign up via e-mail at participate@hoopsofhope.org stating name, age, parent’s name if under 18, contact phone number, e-mail address, city and state of Hoops of Hope location, T-shirt size and shooting challenge choice of 500 free throws, 1000 free throws or a team effort of 6,000 free throws. Another way to register for the event is to call Jason Pranger at 269-795-5346 or e-mail him at jpmcpranger@yahoo.com. The basic entry level is 500 free throws in one setting, Pranger said. “We encourage everybody to do 1,000... It’s not a competition to see who shoots the most or who makes the most (baskets) or to see who does it the quickest. “What we’ll do is have three or four people at a basket at the same time and shoot maybe 100 and rotate, just to break it up... It’s not a marathon of 1,000 free throws in a row to make it doable for people. It will take them two or three hours to get it done. It’s amazing how quickly the time does go. “We’ll contact them before the event to let them know what time on Saturday, May 12 they are going to shoot.” The activity will start about 8 a.m. Half of the participants will shoot in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Participants should bring a basketball with them, a water bottle and a couple of people to cheer for them. “We’ll have food there for them, and we’ll just have a great day of partying for some orphans in Africa,” he said. “We want to make it a fun atmosphere, knowing that we are doing something that’s bigger than ourselves.” There’s a fundraising Web page that has been set up where people can contribute to the cause and sponsor a shooter online at www.firstgiving.com/barrycountyhoops. Donations by check or cash also may be given to a shooter. Tax deductible receipts will be available. World Vision is a humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. 02670487 ATTENTION Hastings High School SENIORS ... The Annual Graduation Issue of ... will be May 24, 2007 Please have your pictures to the J-Ad Graphics office or the high school office by Friday, May 18th *NOTE” If your portraits were done at White’s Photo or Picture This Photography they have already furnished us with a copy. May 17 and 18 - 9-6 and May 19 - 9-1 3885 McNaughton Hills Drive, Middleville 01545295 77512292 off State Road, across from Tom Otto’s Turkey Farm 77511491 �Page 10 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Howard A. McNees II and Mary L. McNees, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 1, 2005, and recorded on November 18, 2005 in instrument 1156466, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight And 04/100 Dollars ($79,688.04), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line, section 31, Town 2, Range 10, a distance South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 903.06 feet from the North 1/4 post said Section; thence South 02 degrees 59 minutes 26 seconds East 89.81 feet, also said 1/4 line thence South 86 degrees 36 minutes 21 seconds West 708.71 along the South Line of the North 3 Quarters of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 31 to the center line of Marsh Road; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 32 seconds East 288.00 feet; thence South 77 degrees 08 minutes East 613.29 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77511651 File #139111F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott A. Perham and Mary A. Perham, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 2, 2003, and recorded on July 30, 2003 in instrument 1109774, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Six Hundred FortyTwo And 65/100 Dollars ($163,642.65), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 383.27 feet; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 660.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East 351.80 feet to the centerline of Ryan Road; thence North 65 degrees 08 minutes 36 seconds East along said centerline 277.10 feet; thence North 75 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East along said centerline 92.08 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds West 489.65 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds West 340.00 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141619F01 77512336 — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; or by calling (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 25, 2007. 77512327 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rene A. Swift and Stephen P. Swift, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiCredit, Mortgagee, dated February 3, 2000, and recorded on February 10, 2000 in instrument 1041042, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-1F as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Four And 27/100 Dollars ($155,734.27), including interest at 11.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 34 of Supervisor Glasgow's Addition to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 3, thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes East 273.86 feet along the West line of said Lot 34; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East, 406.45 feet to the East line of said Lot; thence South 04 degrees 13 minutes West, 140.22 feet along said East line; thence South 12 degrees 15 minutes West 136.80 feet along said East line to the South line of said Lot; thence North 89 degrees 30 minutes West 368.00 feet along said South line to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #138792F01 77511587 SYNOPSIS HOPE TOWNSHIP SPECIAL BOARD MEETING APRIL 23, 2007 5 Board Members present. No guests. Approved: Previous Minutes Bond Authorizing Proposal Granting up to $500.00 to SWBCIC for area clean up Discussed: Brush Ridge Cemetery Land Purchase Park ingress and egress Pole Pruner Newsletter articles Adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor 77512234 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon Prior, a married man and Lyndy Prior, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 20, 2005 in instrument 1146832, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine And 94/100 Dollars ($101,299.94), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lots 1, 2, 8 and 9, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village (now City) of Hasting, according to the recorded Plat thereof, described as. The South 29 feet of the North 33 feet of Lot 8: Also, all that part of Lots 1, 2 and 9 lying Northwesterly of a line described as: Commencing 66 feet North of the Southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 4 of said Addition, thence North 44.7 feet to State Street; thence North 45 degrees 45 minutes West 57 feet to the point of beginning of said line; thence South 76 degrees West 98.6 feet to the point of ending of said line, being on the line common to Lots 8 and 9. Excepting that part of said property described as: Beginning at a point 41.5 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the centerline of former railroad, 218.5 feet to the West line of Montgomery Street; thence North to the Northeast corner of Lot 1, thence Northwesterly to the North corner of Lot 2; thence West to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139401F01 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing/regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item to be considered includes, in brief, the following: NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP MASTER LAND USE PLAN PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland is considering the following amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan, as required under the provisions of the Township Planning Act and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. City of Hastings REQUEST FOR BIDS 2007 Street Line Painting The City of Hastings Department of Public Services is requesting sealed bids for the 2007 street line painting program. Bid proposal forms and specifications are available at the address listed below. The City of Hastings reserved the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. The items to be considered at said public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. 2. 3. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 10 for approximately ninety (90) acres in the SW 1/4 of Section 10, along M-37: RUTLAND TWP NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 SEC 10 T3N R9W. ALSO, E 1/2 SW 1/4 SEC 10 S OF HWY M-37 EX THE S 660.73 FT THERE OF ALSO COM AT INTERSEC OF M-37 AND E & W 1/4 LI SEC 10, WHICH LIES N 2639.96 FT AND W 3456.57 FT FROM SE COR SEC 10, TH S 89 DEG 37’ W 534.03 FT ALONG SD 1/4 LINE, TH N 27 DEG 36’ E 250.64 FT TO CEN M-37, TH S 62 DEG 24’ E 471.65 FT TO BEG, located at or near North M-37 Hwy/ Scenic Trail from “CR” Country Residential to “MDR” Medium Density Residential. Consideration of the amendment to the Township’s Master Land Use Plan to amend the Master Land Use Plan land use designation in Section 11 for Parcel Nos. 08-13-011-017-00 & 08-13-011-018-10 located at or near North M-37 Hwy/Heath Road from “MDR” Medium Density Residential to “MUD” Mixed Use District. Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 10:00 a.m. on Monday May 21, 2007 at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “SEALED BID - 2007 Street Line Painting”. 77512305 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Zoning Ordinance is available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058-9665 (269) 948-2194 77511825 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held May 8, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is requesting bids for a small masonry job on a County building. A pre-bid meeting will be held on May 15, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. To obtain bid and project specifications, and meeting location, please contact County Administration, 3rd floor, Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 9451284. 77512303 NOTICE TO ACCEPT BIDS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, an dmay further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77511788 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly Hurth, a single person, mortgagor, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, by a mortgage dated November 22, 2002, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on December 17,2002 as document no. 1093854, and assigned by mortgagee to Chemical Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, of 627 E. Main Street, Caledonia, MI 49316, assignee by an assignment dated March 22, 2007 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on March 28, 2007 as document no. 1177979. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $122,287.67, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $116,146.09 at the rate of six and one-half (6.5%) percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Lot 78 and the North 30 feet of Lot 77 of Noffke’s Lake Shore Plat #1, according to the recorded plat thereof, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan and commonly known as 7344 Noffke Dr., Caledonia, MI 49316. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: April 9, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank, Assignee David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 212 Waters Building 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-6168 77511434 City of Hastings REQUEST FOR BIDS Custodial and Maintenance Services City Hall and Grounds PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township Board is now accepting bids on the demolition of the house and outbuildings located at 1891 West State Road, Hastings. Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasure, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan until 10:30 AM, Monday May 21, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. Items to be included: • Demolition and removal of all structures on parcel including one single-family dwelling, one unattached garage, and one storage shed. • Proof of disposition of structure demolition rubble, i.e. dump slips, and landfill receipts. • Abandonment of well and septic system and permits required, per Health Department requirements. • Final grade of property to be consistent with existing surrounding parcel grade. • All applicable permits such as Soil Erosion and DEQ required permits. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to award the bid in a manner which it believes to be in its own best interest, price and other factors considered. All bidders must carry their own insurance and have their own equipment. Bids will be accepted by mail or at the Township Hall, located at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. Perspective bidders will be required to provide satisfactory evidence of successful completion of work similar to that contained within the bid package to be considered eligible to perform this work. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “SEALED BID - CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES”. All bids must be submitted by May 29, 2007, at 12:00 p.m. The City of Hastings is accepting sealed bid proposals for custodial and maintenance services for Hastings City Hall and grounds. Bid specifications are available at the office of the City Clerk. 77512311 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services The Rutland Charter Township Board reserves the right to reject any bids submitted that do not meet the boards approval. 77512372 Jim Carr, Supervisor Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joel P. Appel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 6, 2002, and recorded on September 24, 2002 in instrument 1087980, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six And 89/100 Dollars ($90,796.89), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East 285.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds East 660.0 feet parallel with the South line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds West 285.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 49 seconds West 660.0 feet along the South line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #091388F04 77511656 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Craven, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115057, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to MidFirst Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 34/100 Dollars ($107,535.34), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 82, Middleville Downs No. 4, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 41 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140668F01 77512160 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004, and recorded on January 7, 2005 in instrument 1139815, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 14/100 Dollars ($18,213.14), including interest at 12.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at right angles and said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said north and South 1/4 line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140529F01 77512132 Job Openings at Charlton Park SECURITY GUARD: H.S. Diploma, valid driver’s license, preemployment drug screen required, references required. Must be at least 18 years of age, own transportation. TICKETBOOTH ATTENDANTS: Summer events only, weekends. Must be 16 years or older, have a valid driver’s license, own transportation and references required. Total of 25 days from June-December. Pay: $7.00 per hour. Applications and summer event schedule available at Charlton Park, Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm. DEADLINE: May 25, 2007. Phone: 269-945-3775. 02669758 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Louise M Webster, aka Louise M Miller and Dale Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 19, 2006 in instrument 1163372, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight And 12/100 Dollars ($104,668.12), including interest at 8.932% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 1695.71 feet from the South 1/4 post of said Section 12; thence North 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 seconds East 709.96 feet; thence South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 240.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 second West 709.96 feet, thence North 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds West 240.01 feet to the point of beginning. Affidavit of Affixture of Manufactured Home recorded in Register No. 112191. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139134F01 77512167 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Cohoon and Kimberly A Cohoon, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2005, and recorded on August 31, 2005 in instrument 1151971, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of ACE Securities Corp., Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-SD3 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Five And 77/100 Dollars ($186,505.77), including interest at 8.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 330 feet of the West 732 feet of the South 660 feet of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139183F01 77511666 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda S. Walker, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163527, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 00/100 Dollars ($119,446.00), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 3, Block 5 Chamberlains Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512322 File #141928F01 ® THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Santana Boulter, a married woman and Joshua Boulter, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 14, 2006 and recorded August 16, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168656, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Nine and 71/100 Dollars ($91,559.71) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 in Block 7 of Kenfield's Second Addition to the City (formerly Village) of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1278 77512208 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donna Allerding, original mortgagor(s), to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2006, and recorded on July 7, 2006 in instrument 1166901, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety And 92/100 Dollars ($79,990.92), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 418 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142084F01 77512362 The 77511856 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas P. Vanisacker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Community Bank of Northern Virginia, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2001, and recorded on March 20, 2001 in instrument 1057048, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the holders of the CSFB Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2001-HE25 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen And 85/100 Dollars ($109,817.85), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 of the Southeast of 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, alos that part of the South 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of section 27, Lying Westerly of the center of highway (Brooklodge Road) The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #086988F04 77512100 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS 2007/2008 HAND PATCHING HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVING The City of Hastings is accepting bids for hand patching of hot mix asphalt paving at various locations throughout the City. Complete specifications are available at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. Questions may be addressed to Tim Girrbach, Director of Public Services, at 269.945.2468. Bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State street, Hastings, Michigan until 9:30 AM on Monday May 21, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to award the bid in a manner which it believes to be in its own best interest, price and other factors considered. Perspective bidders shall be required to provide satisfactory evidence of successful completion of work similar to that contained within the bid package to be considered eligible to perform this work. Contractors shall also be required to provide proof of insurance in the amounts included in the package. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package Sealed Bid - 2007/2008 Hand Patching Hot Mix Asphalt Paving. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77512307 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS 2007/2008 SIDEWALK & CURB & GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM The City of Hastings is soliciting bids for its annual concrete sidewalk and curb and gutter repair and replacement program. This work is to be bid on a unit price basis with payment based on field measured inplace quantities. Complete specification are available at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. Questions may be addressed to Tim Girrbach, Director of Public Services, at 269.945.2468. Bids will be received at the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State street, Hastings, Michigan until 9:00 AM on Monday May 21, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Prospective bidders shall be required to provide satisfactory evidence of successful completion of work similar to that contained within the bid package to be considered eligible to perform this work. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package Sealed Bid - 2007/2008 Sidewalk and Curb and Gutter. 77512309 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �Page 12 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by BRIAN A. BLAIR and DEBRA K. BLAIR, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 15, 2004, and recorded on October 28, 2004, in Document No. 1136307, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and FortyOne Cents ($141,877.41), including interest at 5.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 17, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 350.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 968.66 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST 215.00 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST 967.05 FEET ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SAID SECTION 25 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING ALSO, THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 708.56 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25 , SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 42 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 95.88 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST 190.00 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH 1 / 4 CORNER OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH-SOUTH 1 / 4 LINE OF SECTION 25, 350.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 04 SECONDS WEST, 156.27 FEET PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 389.13 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST 319.43 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST, 260.11 FEET FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH 87 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST 50.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS EAST 244.57 FEET SAID CENTERLINE OF QUIMBY ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE AND A CURVE TO THE LEFT, WHOSE RADIUS IS 165.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 33 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 16.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 11 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 73.36 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 0813-025-008-10 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 16, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77511661 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Janice Orns, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 7, 2004, and recorded on November 5, 2004 in instrument 1125946, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five And 84/100 Dollars ($138,565.84), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, and running thence South along the Section line 171.5 feet; thence West 303 feet; thence North 171.5 feet; thence East 303 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141214F01 77512286 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffery C. Meredith, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2004, and recorded on June 3, 2004 in instrument 1128708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Five And 47/100 Dollars ($94,455.47), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 23 and the East 1/2 of Lot 24 of Smith's Lakeview Estates, Number 1, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141990F01 77512341 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate The Helen G. Burns Trust dated August 2, 2001. To All Creditors: Notice to Creditors: The decedent, Helen G. Burns, who lived at 86 Kecia Court, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849, died on March 14, 2007. Creditors of the trust estate are notified that all claims against the trust estate will be forever barred unless presented to: Jane McClelland, named Successor Trustee, at 622 Eagle Point, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: May 7, 2007 Timothy L. Tromp P41571 Attorney at Law 501 West State Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Jane McClelland 622 Eagle Point 77512381 Lake Odessa, MI 48849 WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 77511804 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher J. Trumpower, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 7, 2006 in instrument 1161008, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 78/100 Dollars ($151,138.78), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7 of Prairieville Heights, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 34 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512274 File #141532F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Dikker, and Anita Westervelt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Three And 16/100 Dollars ($173,723.16), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1 Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1320.26 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 34 seconds West 221.86 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds West, 241.65 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds East, 16.55 feet; thence North 01 degrees 19 minutes 34 seconds East, 203.55 feet, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds East, 237.85 feet along said East-west 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Together with a 66 foot wide and a 33 foot wide easement for ingress, egreess and public utilities described separately. Easements: A private easement for Ingress, egress and public utilities 66 feet wide, 33 feet, each side of a centerline described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degree 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1816.82 feet from the East 1/4 of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 560.79 feet to the South line of the North 346.50 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section I and the point of ending. Limited on the North by said East-West 1/4 line and on the South by said South line of the North 364.50 feet of said Southeast 1/4. A private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities 33 feet wide, 16.5 feet each side of a centerline described as follows: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West , 1816.82 feet along the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 227.28 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 85 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds East, 192.45 feet; thence South 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds East, 78.78 feet to the point of ending. Also an easement for cul-desac purposes over a 40 foot radius centered on a said point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140332F01 77512094 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING May 1, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook. All board members present. Also present: Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth and 8 guests. Motion Perino, support Ribble to approve minutes of April 3, 2007. All Ayes, Motion carried. Motion Ribble; support Ritchie to approve April 23, 2007 minutes from Sam’s Landing Association Special Assessment District Meeting. All Ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department: Fire report read. Motion Perino, support Ribble; to table until May 14th meeting, proposal request for 5% grant funding. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ribble; to rehire Shawn Murphy at a probationary status. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support; Ribble to allow fire department to place a $5,000 refundable deposit on used pumper. Joel Kapteyn will travel to Alabama to inspect truck. All ayes. Motion carried. Monthly testing of Emergency Warning Siren first Saturday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Motion Perino, support Ritchie to set aside 20,000 for co matching expenses for federal fire assistance grant. Motion Ritchie, support Perino; to approve first billing of Fawn Lake. All ayes. Motion carried. Charter Communications Franchise Act: Motion Ribble, support Perino to table renewal of 10 year contract. Ribble to gather information for next meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ribble to pay bills for the month of May in the amount of $10,772.07 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie, support Perino to transfer $25,000 from general fund to fire department fund. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie support Ribble to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 10:10 p.m. Unapproved minutes. Jennifer Goy 77512313 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lisa K. Bunce f/ka Lisa K. Jordan a married woman and Randy J. Bunce, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2002, and recorded on September 9, 2002 in instrument 1087110, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 44/100 Dollars ($74,809.44), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, of Block 3 of Butler Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141982F01 77512346 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, as Document Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage dated February 12, 2007 and recorded on February 20, 2007 as Document Number: 1176561, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Dollars and 17/100 ($83,260.17) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00284 7511979 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by KENNETH E. DUNN, A MARRIED MAN JOINED BY ELIZABETH A. DUNN HIS WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006, and recorded on September 19, 2006, in Document No. 1170272, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($101,895.92), including interest at 12.850% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 31, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of ASSYRIA, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1 / 2 OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-01-027-019-20 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 27, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77512196 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald G. Roach, a single man and Gary L. Roach, a single man, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2002 and recorded February 27, 2002 in Instrument Number 1075598, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 18/100 Dollars ($54,208.18) including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 17, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assryia, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 200 feet of the West 1000 feet of the North 200 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: April 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 326.0525 77511622 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Antonette Hernandez, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 9, 2006, and recorded on May 11, 2006 in instrument 1164497, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 35/100 Dollars ($123,314.35), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 15 and the East 1/2 of Lot 14 of Thornton Addition to the Villlage of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, being a part of the Southeast 1/4 of section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139311F01 77511696 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 13 Saxons head into final Gold matches after beating Devils LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred TwentyEight and 21/100 Dollars ($73,328.21) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point of the North line of Southeast one quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of Said Southeast one-quarter at the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line, 88 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7607 77512191 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Three Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($375,309.50), including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 17, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #088559F02 77511481 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-057-DE Estate of DALE EDWARDS COATS. Date of birth: 10/19/1968. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Dale Edward Coats, who lived at 602 Thornton Street, Middleville, Michigan died 11/24/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Faye Bartlett, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 161 E. Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, Michigan and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. James L. Jordan (P61897) 391 South Shore Drive, Suite 318 Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 964-7807 Faye Bartlett 22417 14 Mile Road Bellevue, MI 49021 77512315 (269) 317-2346 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas S Beasley, A Single Man to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2001 and recorded January 23, 2001 in Instrument # 1054180 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eleven Cents ($97,516.11) including interest 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 14 and 15, Block C of Pleasant Shores Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on page 59 of Barry County Records Excepting the South 10 feet of Lot 14 of said plat. Commonly known as 1001 Gerke Dr., Hastings MI 40958 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 7, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0770219(HSBC) ASAP# 851457 05/10/2007, 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007 77512317 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, and rerecorded on April 18, 2007 in instrument 1179453, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Nine And 27/100 Dollars ($272,259.27), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F02 77512280 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight And 16/100 Dollars ($136,588.16), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141973F01 77512367 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric R. Devenbaugh and Meshia M. Devenbaugh, as husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 29, 2002 and recorded April 2, 2002 in Instrument Number 1077531, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy and 81/100 Dollars ($87,570.81) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 126 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West 53 feet; thence South to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 283.0044 77512203 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Glen Alan Faircloth, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) dated the 31st day of March, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of April, A.D. 2002, in Instrument NO. 1126212 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $14,882.83 (fourteen thousand, eight hundred eighty two dollars and eighty three cents) plus accrued interest at 14.75% (fourteen point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 31st day of May, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Hope, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: A parcel of land located in Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, being more fully described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 301.67 feet along the North line of said Section 15 to the Northwest corner of Lot 8 of the Northeast block of lots of the unrecorded plat of Kenyon's Oakgrove and the point of beginning; thence South 44 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 53.21 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence South 45 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East 114.72 feet to a point on the Easterly line of Lot 7 of said unrecorded plat; thence North 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds East 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8 to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 114.15 feet along said North section line to the point of beginning. Together with land lying between the above described parcel and the waters of Long Lake Channel described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 187.52 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the true point of beginning; thence South 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds West 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8; thence South 50 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East 41.15 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the shore of Long Lake Channel; thence North 27 degrees 27 minutes 33 seconds East 159.48 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 35.38 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the point of beginning. Together with lands lying between said Traverse line and the waters of Long Lake Channel, as limited by the sidelines extended to the waters edge. Together with and subject to an undefined easement described in Liber 137, Page 130, Barry County Records for roadway purposes for the existing gravel driveway Commonly known as: 100 Long Lake Dr. Tax ID: 08-07-015-069-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05909251 Paige Pumford had a big day for the Saxons, leading them with a 43 at Stonehedge on Monday afternoon. That 43 and her teammate Erin Fluke’s 45 were the two best scores of the day, as the Saxons topped the host Blue Devils 202 to 234. Barbie Buehler and Katy Fluke added 57’s for the Saxons. Gull Lake was led by Jessica Capron’s 50. She was the only Blue Devil to fire under 60 for the day. Linnea Czerney fired a 60, and her teammates Stefanie Jackson, Michelle Fleck and Katrina Kukor all shot 62’s. The Saxons were slated to travel to take on Calvin Christian at Ironwood Golf Course this Wednesday, and will return to the links for the final O-K Gold Conference jamboree of the season next Monday at Railside. The league championship meet is slated for next Tuesday at the Meadows. Hastings was in a battle with Thornapple Kellogg for the number three spot behind South Christian and Caledonia at each of the league jamborees last week. TK finished ahead of the Saxons Friday at Broadmoor, behind the Sailors and Scots. South Christian won on Caledonia’s home course with a 186. The Scots fired a 189, followed by TK 203, Hastings 209, Hamilton 217, Byron Center 271 and Wayland NTS. Erin Fluke led Hastings with a 45. Kacy Hooten added a 54, and Pumford and Katy Fluke both fired 55’s. TK was led by Caitlin Chamberlin’s 47. Macy Chamberlin and Ashley Martin both contributed 49’s, and Chelsea Funk fired a 58. Hastings shot a 199 on their home course at Hastings Country Club Thursday to place third, behind Caledonia’s 190 and South Christians 194. TK fired a 214, followed by Hamilton 225, Wayland 252, and Byron Center 288. Fluke shot a 41 to lead the Saxons. Hooten contributed a 49, Pumford shot a 50, and Katy Fluke fired a 59. Thornapple Kellogg headed into those two league jamborees after picking up a win and a loss in a non-conference tri with Lakewood and Perry at Centennial Acres in Sunfield Wednesday. Perry, which has two individual state qualifiers back this season, led the three teams with a 183. TK fired a 203 and Lakewood 213. It was the lowest round for the hosts from Lakewood this season. Macy Chamberlin led Thornapple Kellogg with a 45. Caitlin Chamberlin fired a 48, Ashley Martin 53 and Allison Whitney 57. Stephanie Axdorff led the Vikings with her season low round, a 48. “Stephanie had a great round today,” said Lakewood head coach Carl Kutch. “She is making good ball contact and her putting has really improved.” She was followed by Kara Clark with a 52, Char Smith with a 54, and Chelsea Erb with a 59. Clark’s 52 was also her low round for the season. “Perry is a very strong team this year,” Kutch said. “They should contend for a top spot in the regionals.” The win wasn’t a historic one, but it was a solid Capital Area Activities Conference victory for the Lakewood varsity girls’ golf team on Thursday afternoon in Ionia. At Shadow Ridge Golf Course, the Vikings fired a 224 to top the host Bulldogs’ 247. Rachelle Kent led the Lakewood girls with a 55. “Rachelle played a nice round today,” said Kutch. “She and Stephanie (Axdorff) have done very well as captains in leading this young team. This is a tough nine holes of golf with a great history. This course was designed by Donald Ross in 1916. What a beautiful track of golf.” Erb and Kara both fired 56’s. Axdorff added a 57 for the Vikings. “As I rode around on the cart today, I thought about the golfers back in the day advancing the ball with hickory shafted clubs,” Kutch said. “As I was sharing this with my team, they couldn't quite relate to my enthusiasm about this course.” Saxon Sports Shorts JV Baseball The Hastings JV baseball team took first place in the Hastings JV Baseball Invitational on Saturday. Hastings played Battle Creek Lakeview for the championship, and scored a 7-6 win. In extra innings, Hastings Robert Cathcart hit a single and advanced to second, when Brad Hayden walked. Cathcart moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on an ground ball hit by Greg Heath to win the game. Riley McLean came in relief and pitched two and two thirds scoreless innings to get the win . Taking game one from Allegan 5-1. Trent Brisboe pitched a complete game allowing one hit, while striking out eight batters. Brisboe helped his cause with an RBI double and a RBI single. Cathcart had two singles and three RBI’s. Brad Hayden, Heath and Branden Courney also added singles in the game. HMS Girls Track and Field The Saxon Middle School girls’ track and field team defeated Byron Center Monday 100 to 36. Winning individual events for the Saxons were Lauren Bush, Brittany Morgan, Stephanie Warren, Natalie Vandenack, Gabby Eaton, and Meghan VanZyl. Hastings runners who were a part of relay victories included VanZyl, Dakota Elzinga, Aimee Wiker, Tara Harding, Jenny Feldpausch, Laci Cowles Rikki Mileski, Stephanie Warren, and Cherie Kosbar. Second place Saxon finishers included Kayla Pohl, Cowles, Feldpausch, Eaton, Cherie Kosbar, Elzinga, and Morgan Stowe. Freshmen Baseball The Hastings’ freshmen baseball team swept a double header from Lakewood Monday, winning the first game 16-1 and the second 13-4. Matt Feldpausch went the distance on the mound giving up four hits while striking out six in game one. Eric Pettengill and Riley Mclean led the offense with three hits a piece. Garrett Darling, Zack Passmore, Tim Hanlon, Caleb Cuyler, Kyle Griffith, and Nick Wallace all had two hits while Feldpausch contributed a hit in the first game. In the nightcap, Tim Hanlon picked up the win from the mound while Cuyler pitched two strong innings of relief. Feldpausch and Passmore led the hitting with two hits each. Darling, Hanlon, Cuyler, Pettengill, and Pat Garrett all chipped in with a hit as well. JV Girls’ Golf The Saxon junior varsity girls’ golf team was defeated Monday night, 264 to 272 at Gull Lake. The Saxons were led once again by Chelsey Snyder with a 58. Also participating for the Saxons were Ashleigh Holley, Nicole Frantz, Emma Pennington and Megan DelCotto. Last Thursday, the Saxons won one and lost one in conference action, firing a 261 at Orchard Hills. Hamilton shot a 242 on the night and Wayland a 294. Snyder had a 58 for Hastings, who was joined by teammates Stephanie Glass, Frantz, Jessica Kaczmarczyk, Holley and DelCotto. Last Wednesday, the Saxons topped South Christian at Hastings Country Club 280 to 283. Snyder fired a 64 and Glass 65 to lead Hastings. 77512213 The Hastings junior varsity baseball team won Saturday’s Hastings Junior Varsity Invitational, with a perfect 2-0 day. Team members are (front from left) Tyler Kalmink, Dylan McKay, Bob Steinke, Trent Brisboe, Robert Cathcart, Andrew Bolton, (back) Coach Brisboe, Branden Courtney, Riley McLean, Trevor Heacock, Greg Heath, Brad Hayden, Chris DeVries, Corey Green, and Coach Sixberry. �Page 14 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Exchange Club Youths of the Month selected for May Hastings Middle School students who have received Young Citizens of the Month honors this month from the Exchange Club of Hastings are (from left) Shelby Sweeney, Larry Lewis, Jordan Bell and John Kalmink. Missing from the photo is Jacob Swartz. Kelly Courtney, shown here with teacher Trisha Kietzman, is Young Citizen of the Month for May from Pleasantview Elementary School. The Southeastern Elementary School Young Citizens of the Month for May, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Tracy Havens and Mark Crum, shown here with teacher Dan Benningfield. Students at Northeastern Elementary School who have earned Exchange Club of Hastings Young Citizens of the Month accolades for May are Mikayla Calvert and Aubrey Woern, shown with teacher Don Schils. COURT NEWS Star Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for May, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are Aaron Williams, Alyssa Larsen, Dillon Wilkinson and Lauren Arnett. • Brendan Alan Hammond, 26, of Hastings, appeared before Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher on two occasions May 3 and received concurrent sentences of six months in jail for a probation violation. Hammond was convicted of violating his probation on two charges, possession of a controlled substance in October, 2004 and lar- PART-TIME TELLER Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Middleville and Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 BARB When you see on May 11, wish her a... Happy 6? Birthday! EOE/M-F 77512351 g F l in n i r p S 3005 Murphy Dr., Hastings, MI 49058 OPEN HOUSE Love... Jim & Marie, Mike, Matt & Heather, Kyra, Connor and Jim 02670527 Mother’s Day The Welcoming New Airport Management DODGEN AIRCRAFT $25 per person Thornapple Flying & Dodgen Aircraft Learn to fly at Hastings BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids Demo A BMW Motorcycle Tel: (616) 530-6900 5995 S. Division, Grand Rapids, MI 49548 FREE Greens Fees for Mom • Brandon Jon Belson, 24, of Middleville, was sentenced May 3 in a probation violation hearing to pay an additional $450 in court costs and has been discharged from probation. Belson was sentenced to 12 months proba- NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the members of MAINSTREET FINANCIAL CORPORATION, MHC, will be held at the company’s offices at 629 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Polls will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The annual meeting is to follow at 11:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to elect two directors and to transact any other business that may come before the meeting. Sandra K. Nichols, Secretary 77512176 with one paid greens fees 02670425 BLUES Fastpitch Softball Club Annual 4-Man Scramble Jason Blair - Owner/CFI • Greg Skinner - Assist. MGR/CFI Scott Miller - OPS.MGR. Saturday, May 12 Sign up 9 a.m. Shotgun Start your 2 (be there by 8:30) man $ team 55 Lunch included Contact Jared Nichols 616-437-2469 Skins • Closest to the Pin Betting • Longest Drive Plus a Games 50/50 Raffle The Most Beautiful 9 Holes in Barry County 77512375 AIRPLANE RIDES • Arnold Ronney Histed, 58, of Hastings, was sentenced May 3 to serve from 99 months to 240 months in prison for his April 12 conviction of first degree home invasion. Histed also was ordered to pay $500 in court costs. He was arrested in Hastings in October 2006. Sunday, May 13 Sponsored by The Hastings Flying Assoc. Food Concession by Timeless Treats ceny from a building in December of that year. Previous conviction for Hammond include a jail sentence and 24 months probation in April 2005 for probation violation, and orders to continue probation in May of 2005 and October, 2006. At this sentencing hearing, Fisher ordered Hammond to continue Cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail, to participate in the drug court program and wear a wrist monitor upon release from jail. MAINSTREET FINANCIAL CORPORATION, MHC g May 19th, 2007 10:00 am-3:00 pm at Hastings City & Barry County Airport Central Elementary's Young Citizens of the Month for May, as selected by the Exchange Club of Hastings, are (from left) Katie Brown, Sabrina Welch and Michael Mansfield. DRIVING RANGE OPEN EVERY DAY GUN RIDGE GOLF COURSE Only 10 minutes from Gun Lake & 4 Minutes from Hastings 4460 Gun Lake Road 269-948-8366 Open House Join Us For Our… 3rd Annual Open House May 20, 2007 - 2:00-5:00 Inflatables for the Kids • Food For Everyone and a Relaxing Atmosphere We will have hayride tours of the camp available. Open House Special Register your camper for summer camp at a $25.00 discount. Take M-43 to Head Lake Road, turn west and go to Wilkins Road, turn left and go to entrance of the camp. For more information call 269-623-5168 Web site: www.michawana.org tion in April 2004 and 36 months probation and 90 days in jail in July 2004 after his March conviction that year for delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance. He originally was arrested in Rutland Township in February 2004. • Beth Allison Hooper, 44, of Middleville was sentenced May 3 to serve 12 months probation and 31 days in jail for her April 13 conviction of maintaining a drug house in Thornapple Township. Judge Fisher agreed to suspend jail time upon payment of all assessments by May 11. Hooper also was ordered to the day reporting program and submit to drug testing weekly. She was fined courts costs of $1,500 and a probation fee of $240. Baby bleach bottle case won’t be retried by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Prosecutor’s office has decided not to take the criminal child abuse case against Jennifer Clement to a second jury trial. Clement’s first trial April 17 ended in a hung jury. Clement was arrested Sept. 8, 2006, and charged with child abuse after it was discovered that a baby bottle was laced with bleach. She had taken her baby to Pennock Hospital when it became ill from drinking from the bottle. “This dismissal will be without prejudice,” said Barry County Prosecutor Thomas Evans, “which allows recharging the defendant if any additional evidence is obtained.” Evans said the decision not to proceed to a second trial does not mean Clement will regain custody of her children, who were taken away in November 2006. “Jennifer Clement was a chronic, seriously neglectful and, at time, abusive mother to her two children,” he said. “In November 2006 our office successfully tried her neglect/abuse petition in the Family Division of the Circuit Court. “The court found the allegations in the petition, including the bleach incident, were proven to be true and terminated her parental rights permanently. “Also, in March of this year, she received a conviction for use of marijuana and she is currently out on bond for larceny by false pretenses. “The one singular act of child abuse involving bleach in her baby’s bottle, however, produced a mixed reaction from the jury, which was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Therefore, knowing that Jennifer Clement’s parental rights have already been terminated, and that she is currently facing other charges, our office is moving to dismiss the child abuse case against Jennifer Clement without prejudice,” Evan said. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 15 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Estate Sale National Ads Real Estate ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. 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(269)623-2518 No one seriously hurt in 2-vehicle crash Hastings Police say there were no serious injuries as a result of a traffic accident Wednesday morning at the intersection of Hanover Street and Clinton. One person was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment. Neither alcohol nor speed was believed to be a factor in the accident, but the investigation is continuing. Wyoming man nabbed in vehicle theft Hastings police have identified a former Wyoming man in connection with stealing a vehicle from a parking lot outside of the Olde Town Tavern April 8 shortly after midnight. The vehicle was later recovered after it had been found crashed along side Brogan Road. Officers were able to identify Michael Nygaard, 24, by his cell phone number and witnesses that were able to identify him as being a patron in the establishment earlier in the evening. A warrant was authorized for charges of unauthorized driving away a vehicle and he was arrested May 3 by a trooper from the Hastings State Police Post. Nygaard was lodged at the Barry County Jail. He was also wanted by authorities in Kent County for failure to pay child support. Local man arrested in 2nd drunk driving Hastings Police arrested 31-year-old Paul Dull of Hastings for operating while intoxicated (second offense) after he was stopped during the early morning hours of May 6 in the 1600 block of South Hanover Street. Officers while on patrol noted a pickup truck south bound on South Hanover transporting people in the back of the open box. Dull was stopped for that violation and for driving erratically. During the stop, the investigating officer said it was evident Dull had been consuming intoxicants and further investigation revealed a .17% blood alcohol level. Dull was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Hastings man arrested in assault report Hastings officers responded to an assault complaint May 6, in the 300 block of West Woodlawn Avenue and arrested Terry Horton, 52, of Hastings on charges of non aggravated assault. The 39 year old victim called 911 and reported his girlfriend’s estranged boyfriend was attempting to break into his apartment and was threatening to kill him. After officers arrived they learned the suspect had fled the scene but was later located at another apartment. Horton also faces additional charges of attempted home invasion. He was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Counterfeit bill passed at local theater Hastings Police responded to a complaint involving counterfeit currency that was used to pay for movie tickets at the Cinema Four Movie Theater May 4. A citizen went to the local theater at 213 W. State St. to purchase tickets for the next day using a $50 bill to pay for them. An employee noted that the bill looked suspicious, and after checking the bill with a currency marker it showed a positive indicator that it was counterfeit. Officers verified that the bill was bogus with a local banking institution. The owner of the bill had just recently cashed his paycheck at an establishment in the Middleville area, and was oblivious to the fact that it was counterfeit. The report and bill will be forwarded to the Secret Service for follow up. Mother, son charged in laptop theft Hastings Police arrested a mother and son for their involvement in the theft of a laptop computer which was previously reported in the Banner in February. The incident originally was thought to have occurred Feb. 21 in 300 block of East State Road. It was later determined to have occurred in the 9000 Block of Bird Road. The computer had been recovered after a sanitation specialist found the computer inside an aluminum case under a sanitation receptacle in the 1200 block of North Broadway. Hastings Police later received a tip naming the suspect in the case, and investigating the incident further it was learned that the suspect’s mother learned of the theft and tried to cover it up by disposing of it. Annette Noel, 47, and Jack Webb, 17, both from Hastings, were arrested Monday, May 7, and lodged at the Barry County Jail. She is facing charges of receiving and concealing property valued between $1,000 and $20,000, and Webb is facing charges of larceny of property valued between $1,000 and $20,000. Wildlife Biologist Christine Hanaburgh has confirmed that four deer found dead in a field just off M-179 near Faraway Drive in Barry County on May 2 appeared to have been struck by lighting. “We will send one of the deer to the lab to have an autopsy performed,” she said, “but preliminary indications are that it was lighting. “There were some pretty severe storms the previous night and it is the most likely cause of death.” Hanaburgh said the autopsy will determine what part of the body of the deer failed and caused their deaths. “There did not appear to be any other cause,” she said, “but we will know more when the paperwork comes back from the lab.” Delton man arrested for home invasion Aaron Michael Rouse, 29, of Delton, was arrested by deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department April 30 and charged with home invasion. According to the sheriff’s report on the incident, Roush entered the home and confronted a woman who lived there demanding sugar. In the altercation the woman was pushed to the ground but managed to escape to the garage. When Rouse followed the woman to the garage she found an old, hard bag of sugar and threw it to him, demanding he leave. When he did, she followed him to a nearby party store, contacting the police by cell phone on the way. When the man came out, she entered and learned his first name. She then followed him to a residence on Hickory Road. She told deputies he left there and proceeded to Delton, where he was found in the Felpausch parking lot by an officer from the Prairieville Police Department. Deputies caught up with Roush at that location and arrested him. He was lodged in the Barry County Jail and the information has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Officer for review. New airport manager hurt in plane crash Jason Blair, the new manager of the Hastings Barry County Airport was injured in a plane crash in Ottawa County last week. 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M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d �Page 16 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Barn Theatre 62nd season opens May 29 EXHIBITS • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more info. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Grand Rapids Symphony Fox Motors Pops Series: The Glenn Miller Orchestra at DeVos Performance Hall with performances Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm. Admission price is $27 to $56. Experience the world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra and get “in the mood” as this big band swings through the unique sound that made it one of the greatest bands of all time. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.devosperformancehall.com or www.grsymphony.org. May 11, 12, & 13. • Bach Festival Young Vocalists Concert at the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College. Admission is free with a reception following the concert. Over 30 college and high school ages singers from the Midwest compete, winners will perform again May 12. The competition begins at 9:30 am. Call (269) 337-7407 or see www.kzoo.edu/bach for more information. May 12. • The Doowops are back at Ledge’s Playhouse in Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge at 7:30 pm. Songs from the 50s and 60s will be featured. Tickets are $12 in advance and $14 at the door. Call (517) 627-2383 or (517) 333-6677 for more information. Saturday, May 12. • 2007 Michigan All-State Bonsai Show will be held at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm and Sunday noon- 5 pm. Adult admission MISCELLANEOUS is $12 per person, seniors & $9, children ages 5-13 $6, children 3-4 $4. The ninth annual Michigan All-State Bonsai Show, hosted by West Michigan Bonsai Club, features all six Michigan bonsai clubs and societies, displaying more than 100 of their very best trees. In addition to the displays, vendors specializing in finished bonsai, pre-bonsai stock, pots, tools, books and other supplies will be on hand for the weekend. There will be bonsai pottery demonstrations, educational displays, and styling demonstrations featuring bonsai society members. For more information call (888) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. May 12 & 13. • Entrepenuer Exchange will meet at 6:30 pm at J-Ad Graphics, north of Hastings on M43. For more information, call Dave Sandora at (269) 945-8995. May 15. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. • Bach Around the Block Organ Crawl begins at 7 pm at the St. Augustine Cathedral, 542 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo. The music of Bach will be played on the magnificent organs of downtown Kalamazoo churches. Call (269) 337-7407 for more information. Monday, May 14. Barn Theatre kicks off 62nd year The Barn Theatre’s 62nd season opens May 29 with TOM, DICK AND HARRY - a wacky new comedy from Ray and Michael Cooney! Tom and his wife want to adopt a baby. So how do his brothers Dick and Harry help out? By getting Tom mixed up with illegal immigrants, the Russian mafia and the local constable. Full of robust laughs and inspired silliness. The dizzying comedy stars Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell and plays through June 10. Next up playing June 12 – 24 is the Broadway phenomenon THE PRODUCERS about two men who create the ultimate scam – raising more money than is needed for a Broadway show – and hope it’s a flop so they can pocket the difference! Based on the Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same name and written by Mel Brooks, THE PRODUCERS became a Broadway phenomenon earning more Tony Awards than any other show in the history of Broadway! THE PRODUCERS is a witty, tuneful caper with in-your-face humor about life behind the show biz curtain! NUNSENSE THE MEGA MUSICAL is here June 26 – July 8! All the fun of the original NUNSENSE has been super-sized! The original five nuns are back in this "Mega-Nunsense" and five new (male and female) characters are featured including the never-before-seen infamous convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. It would be a sin to pass up seeing NUNSENSE The Mega Musical! Adapted from the novel of the same name by Ken Kesey, the Academy awardwinning movie ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST makes its way to the Barn stage July 10 - 22. This gripping, poignant and powerful piece of theatre is not to be missed. Within the walls of an asylum for the mentally insane, Randall P. McMurphy deals with his fellow patients while he finds himself in a struggle of wills with Nurse Ratched who has very strict policies. For mature audiences. July 24 – August 5 the Pinocchio story comes to life on the stage in GEPPETTO AND SON. A brand new magical musical from Disney to enchant the whole family! As in the original story, the wooden puppet dreams of becoming a real boy while learning lessons about telling the truth. With songs from the animated classic such as the beautiful When You Wish Upon A Star and I’ve Got No Strings, as well as Bravo Stromboli and Pleasure Island featuring the Ringleader, Roustabouts and Delinquent, this new Disney musical is sure to be an instant stage classic! The Wild West explodes on stage in this rowdy, rip-roaring, lighthearted adaptation of the MGM movie musical SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS playing August 7 – 19. This musical will delight all ages with its exciting songs and show-stopping dance numbers! When young Millie marries backwoodsman Adam, she thinks her life just got easier...until she meets his six brothers! Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women," SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is one of the best MGM musicals of the 1950s. Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and Sunday at 5:00 PM all summer long! Enjoy refreshments in The Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before, during intermission and after the show. Enjoy a light snack while being entertained by the free cabaret-style show in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge after the main stage performance. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is opens May 14th daily from 10:00 am-10:00 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MAY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 10 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 10 Bereavement Luncheon at 11:30 am at Ponderosa restaurant in Hastings. Sponsored by Barry Community Hospice. Call Dona at (269) 948-8452 for more information. 11 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 12 How to Plan and Start a Business presented by SCORE from 9 am-noon. Learn about writing a business plan, how to set up a company, marketing, finance and more. Three hour workshop. $25, $40 for two or more from same company. 12 Cruise In presented by the Hastings Car Club. at the Hastings K-Mart parking lot from 6 pmdark. No charge, all are welcome. 12 4-H Open Horse Show at the Barry Expo, 1350 N. M-37 Hwy. For more information contact Theresa Ferris at (26(0 721-9961. 12 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Side Show will be presented May 17-26 at the Spectrum Theatre, 160 Fountain NE, Grand Rapids. The musical by Bill Ruseel and Henry Krieger is part of the company’s 26th season. Call (616) 234-3946 to reserve seats. Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall May 18 & 19 with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org Spring Fling at the Hastings/Barry County Airport May 19 from 10 am-3 pm. An open house is being sponsored by the Hastings Flying Association to welcome the new manager. There will be food concessions and airplace rides for $25. Also on hand will be BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids with a demo. Bach Festival Finale Concert at the Second Reformed Church, 2323 Stadium Drive, Kalamazoo. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students. J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass will be performed Saturday, May 19 by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists conducted by Jim Turner. Call (269) 337-7407 for more information. Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena May 21 beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall May 22-27. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. The Iris Show will take place May 26 and 27 at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm, Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission for adults is $12, seniors (65+) $9, children (5-13) $6, (3-4) $4. This judged show, hosted by the Iris Club of West Michigan, features a variety of specimen blooms and iris flower arrangements. Members will be on-hand to answer questions about growing iris. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Tom, Dick and Harry is a wacky new comedy from Ray and Michael Cooney which will open The Barn Theatre’s 62nd season May 29June 10. Tom and his wife want to adopt a baby. So how do his brothers Dick and Harry help out? By getting Tom mixed up with illegal immigrants, the Russian mafia, dead bodies and the local constable. Full of robust laughs and inspired silliness. The dizzying comedy stars Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com. This week’s selections: Critic’s Corner Summer Movie Preview by D.N.A. Smith Boy howdy, it’s summer movie season again. And this year is pretty much like 2006: A metric ton of franchise movies (and a few franchise wannabes) that the studios hope will lure teens away from their videogames and into the multiplexes. MAY Shrek the Third — King Harold gets sick, and it’s up to Shrek to find the true heir of Far, Far Away, while Fiona and her girlfriends try to thwart a coup d’etat by Prince Charming. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. I’m there for Donkey and Puss N Boots. (May 18) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End — Keith Richards plays Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny Depp) dad. Keith. Richards. Nuff said. (May 25) JUNE Ocean’s 13 — Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his all-star gang plan another casino heist. Al Pacino plays the bad guy. Whatever. I mean seriously, how many casinos do these people need rob? Are they raising the cash to produce Spider-man 4? (June 8) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — The first FF movie was pretty bad — almost “Catwoman” bad. They better not screw this one up. Silver Surfer was my G back in the day. (June 15) Evan Almighty — Really looking forward to this one. Steve Carell returns in this Bruce Willis signs up for another bad day as John McClane in the latest installation of the Die Hard series: “Live Free or Die Harder.” The shiny guy who surfs through outer space looking for planets for his boss to eat comes to Earth in “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” sequel to “Bruce Almighty” as Evan Baxter, newsman turned congressman who is visited by God (Morgan Freeman. I mean, who else?) and commanded to build an ark. Oh yes, the laugh-o-meter will be measuring the yuks in cubits! (June 22) Live Free or Die Hard — Bruce Willis once again fights terrorists as cop John McClane. I haven’t seen the trailer or a copy of the script, by my guess is stuff is gonna blow up. Blow up real good. (June 29) JULY Transformers — The “robots in disguise” get an overhaul from their clunky, cheap ‘80s-TV animated look to FunkyMean, Mecha-Mess-You-Ups. I’m not expecting much in plot, but there better be some major Optimus Prime action onscreen or I’m gonna hafta get all Megatron on someone. (July 4) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — Children and parents will flock to theaters to see the 5th installment of the series for gobs of family-friendly Anglophilic Fun. (July 13) The Simpsons Movie — Finally, Our Favorite Family makes the move to the big screen. Fox has been pretty tight-lipped about the plot, but that’s OK. As long as Disco Stu and Professor Frink show up, there’ll be laughs aplenty. (July 27) © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 17 Grand Rapids Symphony presents “Heroic Tales” during season finale, May 18 & 19 BORN THIS WEEK: You love music and nature. You would be an excellent environmentalist, as well as a fine singer or musician. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A sudden change of plans could lead to a misunderstanding with a friend or family member. Be ready to offer a full explanation of your decision. A past favor is returned. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Expect pressure from those who want you to change your position on a matter of importance. However, the determined Bovine will be able to withstand the bullying and win out. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) It’s time to stop dwelling on past disappointments and move on to other possibilities. By week’s end, you’ll be meeting new people and making new plans for the future. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A longsimmering situation between co-workers threatens to heat up and could create problems with your work schedule. Best advice: Consult a supervisor on how to proceed. LEO (July 23 to August 22) You might have just learned that someone close to you is keeping a secret. And, of course, the Cat’s curiosity has gone into overdrive. But be patient. All is revealed soon enough. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Don’t give up. The recognition citing the good work you recently did will come through. Meanwhile, an opportunity opens up that can lead to a lot of traveling later on. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A financial crunch eases, but it’s still a good idea to keep a tight rein on what you spend for nonessentials. Education becomes a major focus as the week winds down. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Recent encounters with stressful situations could require some restorative measures to get your energy levels back up. Talk to your doctor about a diet and exercise program. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) New connections follow changes on the job or in your personal life. But keep your feelings reined in until these relationships have a chance to develop. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Pay more attention to your aches and pains, and avoid self-diagnoses. Seek professional advice to make sure these problems won’t lead to something more serious. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You love doing research and learning new things, so you’ll be happy to know that education becomes a big part of your life at this time, and for some time to come. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your Piscean penchant for doing things logically could be challenged by an equally strong emotional reaction to a new situation. Best advice: Keep the two factors in balance. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The Grand Rapids Symphony will conclude its 2006-2007 Season with a spectacular program titled “Heroic Tales,” May 18 and 19 in DeVos Performance Hall. Everyone is encouraged to come hear their Grammy-nominated Grand Rapids Symphony for its season finale performance featuring Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1,” known as his “Titan Symphony.” The pair of Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series concerts will be led by Music Director David Lockington. The dramatic “Ride of the Valkyries,” is one of the most stirring works written by Wagner, an innovator in the classical music world. The much-loved work, “The Ride of the Valkyries,” is from Wagner’s epic opera “The Ring of the Nibelungen.” The famous ride opens the third act and depicts the daughters of the gods riding through the skies on their steeds, collecting the fallen heroes in battle. It is classic Wagner with a boisterous brass section backed by the strings and woodwinds. Mahler’s “Titan Symphony” is one of his most popular and frequently performed works. Following its premiere in 1888, Mahler revised the work and it was presented again while a controversy raged in the classical music world over whether a symphonic work should tell a story, or be enjoyed purely for its sound. When the revised work was performed in Hamburg Germany, it was listed as “Titan, a Tone Poem” with a description of what the work was supposed to represent. The first two movements are mainly gentle. The third movement is a parody of a funeral march and the last movement depicts heaven and hell. Mahler wrote, “The work is about a hero in battle with the sorrow of this world. Victory comes in his death when he is finally able to rise above it.” The concert also features two other works by Wagner: the prelude to the third act of Wagner’s epic opera “Lohengrin” and the prelude to “Parsifal.” “Lohengin” is a brilliant orchestral showpiece. Following his success with “Rienzi,” “Tannhauser,” and “The Flying Dutchman,” Wagner wrote his opera “Lohengrin” telling the story of Elsa and her knight in shining armor. The prelude sets the stage for Elsa and Lohengrin’s wedding festivities. Wagner’s last opera “Parsifal,” is about the Knights of the Holy Grail who go about the world doing good through the high powers given to them by the Grail. Parsifal is TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: What famous female movie star held the lead role in “The Big Valley” television saga? 2. ANATOMY: What is another name for an erythrocyte? 3. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Peace River? 4. HISTORY: In what century was the Erie Canal constructed? 5. MUSIC: Which composer wrote more than 400 waltzes, including “The Blue Danube”? 6. ENTERTAINERS: Which female movie star was born with the name Margarita Carmen Cansino? 7. LITERATURE: Which sister is the oldest in the classic book “Little Women”? 8. MOVIES: Who starred in the 1942 film “The Road to Morocco”? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the common birthstone for May? 10. GAMES: What color is the No. 3 ball in billiards? a youth who can withstand all temptation. The prelude expresses love, faith and hope. British composer George Butterworth, himself, is considered a hero. Killed in battle during World War I, his “A Shropshire Lad,” will be featured in the concert’s first half. His fame rose from a strikingly small body of works, most of them songs. Based on Alfred Edward Houseman’s poetry, “A Shropshire Lad,” is pastoral and beautiful. It begins quietly, builds to a peak and then gently ends. Tickets range from $11 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (616) 456-3333, online at ticketmaster.com or in person at the Symphony office, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100. Student Passport members can purchase a $5 ticket and senior citizens 62+ are half- price at the door. “Upbeat,” sponsored by BDO Seidman, LLP, is a free pre-concert conversation and will be led by David Lockington. It will take place at 7 p.m. in DeVos Place Recital Hall. To help audiences more fully appreciate the performance, program notes, conductor commentary and listening clips are available online at grsymphony.org. Willard Library to present Escanaba-based storyteller and song-writer Answers 1. Barbara Stanwyck 2. Red blood cell 3. Western Canada 4. Early 19th century 5. Johann Strauss 6. Rita Hayworth 7. Meg 8. Bing Crosby and Bob Hope 9. Emerald 10. Red © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Bill Jamerson • If you’ve ever been sailing in the Bahamas, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the name “Bahamas” comes from the Spanish words “baja mar,” which mean “shallow seas.” • In 1994, a man was told by the Internal Revenue Service that he would be allowed a deduction for only one of his three children. Infuriated, he threatened to turn his other two kids over to the federal government. In a wise move, the IRS subsequently decided to allow all three deductions. • You may find it hard to believe, but a newspaper in Wisconsin, the Oconto County Reporter, really did run the following headline: Panty Pests Easy to Control. Perhaps this was the result of a typo — or perhaps the people of Wisconsin simply have some problems we don’t often experience in the rest of the country. • The residents of the Italian city of Syracuse, in the province of Sicily, put a kind of chocolate sauce on stewed vegetables. • It was roughly 400 years ago, in Elizabethan England, when The Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, made the following observation: “To say the truth, reason and love keep little company nowadays.” He might as well have left off “nowadays” — that chestnut is a universal truth for all ages. • Those who study such things say that when a star goes supernova, anyone who happened to be present for the star’s collapse would hear a recognizable note: the F note above middle C. The record at hand does not state how the scientists figured that out, considering that with present technology, they probably weren’t actually out there with a tape recorder. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Kissing is a means of getting two people so close together that they can’t see anything wrong with each other.” — Rene Yasenek © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Willard Library is pleased to present songwriter and storyteller Bill Jamerson on Thursday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. in the Willard Library Meeting Room. This free program is for school age children and adults of all ages! With his guitar, Escanaba-based songwriter and storyteller Bill Jamerson sings traditional lumberjack songs and tells stories about life in the lumber camps. He takes his audience on a musical journey with songs about working in the woods, sleeping in the bunkhouse, river drives, lumber camp food and going into town in spring. Jamerson’s songs range from foot-stomping jigs to soulful ballads. Many of the songs are based on real events that happened over a hundred years ago when Pine was King. He also tells tall tales such as the dangerous Hoop Snake and the rarely seen Side Hill Gulger. This is a grand way for the entire family to celebrate Michigan Week! Why not bring Grandma and Grandpa, too?! As always, this Willard Library program is free and the public is invited. For more information, call 968-8166, ext 517. Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Maple Valley softball splits two games with the Eagles Lakewood senior pitcher Scott Schultz fires from the mound during Thursday’s double header with Williamston. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Vikings’ errors return in pair of losses to Grand Ledge Sat. The Vikings took their roll as “kind hosts” a little too far Saturday, as Grand Ledge came to visit for a double header. Lakewood had 15 errors in two games, falling to the Comets 11-0 and 16-3. “When you make 15 errors in two games, it’s pretty tough to win ball games,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “We just keep plugging away, keep positive, and try to get ready for league (this) week. We just don’t play well against Grand Ledge. We just kind of go flat on our feet when we play Grand Ledge.” Lakewood is now 8-10 overall this season. Jordan Richardson had Lakewood’s only hit in game one. Alex Backe got the start and went five innings, striking out three and walking five. Lakewood had seven errors in the first game, and eight in the second. “At least we hit a little bit (in game two),” Veitch said. Matt Schultz and Jesse Martin led the Lakewood offensive attack in game two, as both went 2-3. Peter Wernet, Kurtis Powell and Scott Schultz had one hit each for Lakewood. Sam Wernet got the start for the Vikings, and was relieved by Caleb Yager. “We’re out of arms today,” Veitch said. The Vikings were saving those arms for Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 action. Lakewood visits DeWitt this Thursday. Last Thursday, the Vikings earned one victory against Williamston. Lakewood took game one of the double header 9-3. Game two was called, tied 7-7. Scott Schultz earned the win in game one, with Martin coming in to close things out on the mound. Zach Porter was 3-4 at the plate to lead the Lakewood offense, and Nic Wieland contributed a pair of singles. The biggest thing for the Vikings was the defense. Lakewood only made one error in the game. “The kids stayed focused that game,” Veitch said, “and it was a good ball game to finish out.” Williamston jumped in front with four runs in the first inning of game two, but Lakewood battled back. “That was an exciting game for the kids,” Veitch said. “It shows we can come back and keep pounding away, getting a couple hits at a time.” Wernet and Richardson both had two hits for the Vikings in that game. Blake Blocher had a single and a walk, and Porter reached base three times on two walks and being hit by a pitch. Brian Satterly got the start and went four innings, before being relieved by Martin. Next Monday, the Vikings will be on the road again at Fowlerville. Delton Kellogg’s Robbie Wandell clears the bar in the high jump Friday afternoon at the Pennfield Lions’ Relays. (Photo by Perry Hardin) DK girls take relay title at Pennfield, Vikes set records Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ track and field team edged Otsego by two points for the title at Friday’s Pennfield Lions’ Relays. The Delton Kellogg won the girls’ meet with 102 points, followed by Otsego 100, Lakewood 80, Edwardsburg 59, GalesburgAugusta 58 and Pennfield 26. These were all relay events, the field events were relays, so each athletes distances were added together. Delton’s girls were at their best in the traditional relays, winning the 400-meter relay, the 800 and the 1600, as well as the freshmen 400. Katee Hogoboom, Mandy Dye, Hannah Williams and Rachael Williams teamed up to win the 1600 for DK in 4 minutes 18.83 seconds. Jessica Elliott, Katie Searles, Hannah Williams and Chelsea VanderWoude won the 400 in 52.22. The 800-meter relay team of Elliott, Kathryn Goy, Searles and VanderWoude won in 1:52.37. In the freshmen 400, Hannah Williams and Searles teamed with Krista Stenger and Mutch to win in 56.14. Lakewood dominated the throws and the pole vault, on both the boys’ and girls’ sides of things. The Viking boys shot putters set a meet record and the girls discus throwers set a meet record. Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns and Sara Jemison teamed up to win the shot put at 619.5 and the discus with a distance of 210-7. Megan Holaski and Jessica Monroe took the pole vault for Lakewood at 16-0. The Lakewood girls and boys combined to earn a title for each team in the shuttle hurdle relay, with the team of Collins, Root, Briggs and Gonzales winning in 1:08.79. “We had the best meet we have ever had there,” said Lakewood head coach Jim Hassett. “We were battling for the lead for much of the meet, but got passed in points in the last few events.” Both the Lakewood boys’ and girls’ teams placed third out of six teams. The Vikings’ Mike Kuras set a new school record in the shot put, individually, with a throw of 56-10. The previous record was held by Tom Car, who threw the shot 55-6 in 1971. He teamed with McConkey to win the event for the Lakewood boys with a total distance of 88-.5. That pair also won the discus at 2360. Nate Root and Michael Gregory won the pole vault with a total height of 23-6. Lakewood’s boys finished with 80 points. Pennfield won the meet with 90, followed by Otsego 86. Delton Kellogg was fourth with 72 points followed by Edwardsburg 68 and Galesburg-Augusta 22. The Delton boys matched the girls’ victory in the freshmen 400, with the team of Ingle, Bourdo, Brauer and Brinley finishing in 48.68. Runs were had to come by for both teams in a Kalamazoo Valley Association double header between Maple Valley and Olivet on Thursday. The visiting Lions took game one 2-1, then fell 3-2 in game two. Page Semrau drove in the winning run for the Lions in game one, with a single in the top of the eighth. Bailey Flower came across to score, after reaching on an error. Brianna Misiewicz had a big game for the Lions in the opener, going 3-3 at the plate with a double. Cassie Knauss scored the other Lion run, after leading off the top of the third inning with a single. Katelyn Boss followed with a single, and Knauss came around to score on another Eagle error. The Eagles tied the game at one in the bottom of the third, with their only run against Lion starter Cedie Angus, an unearned run. Angus allowed the Eagles just two hits, while striking out nine. Flower and Semrau both scored after reaching on errors in the fourth inning of game two, but those were the only two runs the Lions would get. Olivet scored once in the fourth, once in the fifth, then got the game winner in the seventh inning. Maple Valley had just three hits in the second game, one each for Terri Hurosky, Markie Brumm and Flower. Flower had a triple and Brumm a double. Chelsea Davis was hit with the loss in game two for the Lions. Only one of the runs against her was earned. She struck out one and allowed six hits, and didn’t walk a batter in the contest. This Saturday, the Lions will be part of the Battle Creek Central Invite. TK tennis’ team’s ties feel like wins by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg scored its first win of the O-K Gold Conference tennis season over Hastings last week, but didn’t feel like it had played its best tennis. “We felt like our singles played pretty well, but our doubles maybe didn’t get where we wanted,” TK head coach Larry Seger said about last week Tuesday’s dual with the Saxons. “The next night we went back and really worked our doubles. In fact, we used our singles players to work our doubles players pretty hard and really worked on doubles positioning, getting to the net, and angle shots, and some things we didn’t really do very well against Hastings.” The Trojans used some of that to their advantage in a dual with Hamilton Friday. The Trojans and Hawkeyes finished in a 4-4 tie. Corey Humphrey won 6-1, 6-2 at first singles, and TK got three doubles victories. “We were one swing of the racket away from winning this match,” Seger said. “It was literally that close on more than one occasion in that second singles spot. On paper I think Hamilton was better than us, and I think our kids stepped up and played a good match.” Meads played a tough match at number two, falling 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(14). Meads and his opponent played double the number of points needed to win a tie-breaker at the end of the third set. In tie-breakers, players play to seven points, but they must be ahead by two to win. “He played well enough to win,” Seger said. “He just didn’t get his points at the right moments.” Seger was happy with some improvements made on the doubles side, especially by the number two team of Nate Otto and Dave McMahon which won 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. TK also got a 6-4, 6-4 win from the number three team of Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth, and a 6-1, 6-4 win by Nick McNee and Ben Nyhuis. “I was really proud of the way they handled this match, and hopefully we got to a little higher level of tennis,” Seger added about his entire team. The Trojans were happy with another tie they earned on Monday afternoon, finishing 4-4 with the South Christian Sailors in the conclusion of an earlier dual. Three times the Trojans and Sailors went three sets in the dual, and three times the Trojans came out on top. At fourth singles, the Trojans’ Ross Barrett trailed 5-3 in the third set with his team down four matches to three. He battled back to pull out the set 7-5. He had fallen in the first set 67(1), then won the second 6-0. At first singles, TK’s Corey Humphrey pulled out a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win. It earned him the second seed for today’s conference tournament at South Christian’s Athletic Complex and East Kentwood High School. Humphrey lost the first game of the second set, on his serve, then the two held serve for the remainder of that set. He finally broke through in the third. “He changed up his approach shots, served a little better and returned a little better,” Seger said. The other three-set victory for the Trojans came at second doubles, where the team of Otto and McMahon won 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3. Cory Jewett scored the other TK victory, at third singles, winning 6-3, 6-2. “They were ties, but they were good ties,” Seger said of the duals with the Hawkeyes and Sailors. “They felt like wins.” TK didn’t have much of a winning feeling last Thursday, as Caledonia scored its fourth win in the league, 7-1, over the Trojans. Humphrey at first singles had the Trojans’ lone victory, topping Jason Wiegand 6-1, 6-3. The tightest match of the day was at third doubles where the Caledonia team of McCarty and Eric Pell won 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 against Ball and Ellsworth. The Trojan duo had game point twice in the third set, leading 4-3, but Pell and McCarty battled back for the win. Hastings baseball turns things around against the Wildcats After a tough end to last week, the Saxon varsity baseball team got back in the win column Tuesday defeating Wayland 8-5. Wayland came from behind to tie the game at five, but Jon Garrett blasted a three-run home run, his first of the season, in the sixth inning for the final margin of victory. Ken Taylor led off the sixth with a single for the Saxons, then after two fly balls, Ricky Mathis singled to put two on with two out. Garrett (4-2) also picked up the win on the mound, going the distance striking out four in the game. The Saxons jumped out to an early lead plating three runs in the first. Garrett doubled and scored. A.J. Tassos drew a walk, and came home. John Feldpausch reached on an error, and scored on a base hit from Dylan Cuddahee. Hastings then added a single run in the top of the third when Matt Teunessen tied a school record with his fourth triple of the season. Wayland would then come back and rally for four runs in their half of the third. In the top of the fourth, Kyle McNerny led off with a single, and then scored on a Mathis base hit. Wayland would tied the game again, with a run in the bottom of the inning. From that point on Garrett shut the Wildcats down. The Saxons host the Wildcats for two this Thursday, then will be home again Saturday with their wooden bats for the 12th annual Wooden Bat Classic. Hastings suffered four conference losses in three days to close out last week. Hamilton beat the Saxons in a make-up game Friday afternoon, 6-0. The game was a one run game throughout much of it, and defensively the Saxons played with much more confidence in the field. At the plate Hastings was limited to just three hits, one each for Garrett, Teunessen and Dylan Cuddahee Teunessen (2-1) pitched the complete game for Hastings, scattering six hits and striking out four. Byron Center swept its three-game set with the Saxons last week, winning 16-5 Tuesday. The Saxon defense committed nine errors on the day, and allowed eight un-earned runs. Byron Center wasted no time in the game, jumping on the Saxons for four runs early. Hastings did pick up eight hits on the day, led by Garrett with three singles. Branden Courtney added a pair of hits and two RBI’s, while Teunessen (double), Cuddahee and Taylor (RBI) all added one hit each. On Tuesday, the Bulldogs beat the Saxons 11-8 and 8-2 at Byron Center. Hastings let a 6-1 lead slip away in the bottom of the fifth inning of game one, when Byron Center pushed across ten runs. The Saxons would rally for single runs in the sixth and seventh, but were unable to recover beyond that. Teunessen and Mathis had big days at the plate over the course of both games. Teunessen had four hits including a double and drove in five runs. Mathis would also tally four hits in the opener including a run batted in. Garrett added a pair of hits with one being a double, while Tassos (RBI) and McNerny would add one hit each. Feldpausch gets credit for an RBI in the opener as well; he laid down a run-scoring sacrifice bunt. In game two, Byron Center used a five-run first inning to put Hastings into a hole it could never climb out of. The Saxons rallied for runs in the fourth and sixth, but by then Byron Center had added an additional three and the game was out of reach. The Saxon hitters were limited to just three hits, with Teunessen picking up a triple and single in three trips to the plate. Mathis added a single as well for his fifth hit on the day. Saxon runs were driven in by Tassos and Courtney. MV girls’ grades earn All-State accolades Athletics are an extra-curricular activity that, besides playing the sport, teaches the athletes to discipline themselves and helps them to prioritize their daily activities. The Maple Valley varsity volleyball team learned that well as the nine team players that just finished their 2006-07 volleyball season earned the status of Academic All-State. To qualify for the title, the team’s accumulative grade point average had to be above 3.3. The team members earning this honor are seniors Rebecca Kent, Alaina Mater, Jessica Winegar, juniors Dani Christensen, Ashley Gonser, Rachel Mater, Lauren Pierce, sophomore Bailey Flower, and freshman Jennifer Kent. “These young ladies are a credit to their school, families and community and are congratulated for their commitment and dedication to their school and the volleyball program,” said Lion varsity volleyball coach Bill Brenton. Lions held hitless in opener Olivet beat up on the Lions in two baseball games last Thursday. The Eagles took game one 10-0 and game two 21-6. “We can not find consistency at the plate,” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. “Our kids are working to become better hitters. It is just taking us some time to get going offensively.” The Eagles took a little while to get going in game one, but then exploded for four runs in the third, three in the fourth and three more in the fifth inning. The Eagles had 11 hits in the opener. The Lions were held hitless by Eagle pitcher Gavin Zaremba. Kyle Fisher took the loss for the Lions. In game two the Lions did manage six hits, and scored six runs in the second inning. The Eagles had already built an 11-0 lead at that point, with nine runs in the top of the second. Jared Smith was 1-2 with two RBI’s to lead the Lion offense. Andrew Ashcraft was 2-2, while Nick Nisse, James Cramer and Cody Ward had one hit each. Ashcraft took the loss in game two. “We hit the ball very well on Monday against Kalamazoo Hackett, and then we come out and struggle on Thursday against Olivet,” Carpenter said. “We will keep working and continue to make improvements.” The Lions won the only game they were able to get in with the Fighting Irish Monday (April 30) afternoon, 10-1. “Our bats showed up early in this game, and we were able to get a lead and hold on to it,” Carpenter said. “We had eight different players register a hit in the ball game.” After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, the Lion offense exploded for six runs in the bottom of the inning. Maple Valley then added four runs in the fifth. Fisher was 3-4 with a double. Troy Westendorp was also 3-4, with two RBI’s. Ashcraft and Justin Hoffman had two hits each as well. Fisher earned his second win of the season on the mound, allowing just two hits and one earned run in six innings while striking out five. Game two was rained out and will be made up Monday, May 14. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 19 Win over K-Christian a bright spot for DK baseball Kalamazoo Christian 3-1 in the first game of a double header at DKHS. It was the first loss of the KVA season for the Comets. It was a bit down hill from there for the Panthers. Kalamazoo Christian came back pounding in game two, taking a 11-0 victory on a walk- DK’s Mitch Duquesnel blasts a single in the bottom of the sixth inning of game one against Kalamazoo Christian on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojan girls improve to 4-0 in OK Gold by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg head coach Tammy Benjamin said that heading into the final O-K Gold Conference duals of the season she had the way her girls would be able to beat South Christian all mapped out. The Trojans and Sailors will meet for their O-K Gold Conference dual, May 15, after this week’s O-K Gold Conference Meet at Hamilton Thursday and Friday. The TK ladies will need to rewrite their directions, as the map was messed up when sprinter Danielle Rosenberg went down with an injury. The Trojans still have plenty of talented athletes, but catching the Sailors will be a tough task now. Both teams were 4-0 in the league heading into this week. TK had plenty of firepower to get by Caledonia Thursday, topping the Fighting Scots 76-61. Emma Ordway and Rebecca Winchester were both a part of three championships at Caledonia, and Alesha Ward set personal bests in the discus (107 feet 2 inches), shot put (31-4) and high jump (5 -2). Ward was second to Caledonia’s Leslie Curtis in all three of those field events, and Curtis also won the long jump. Curtis threw the discus 109-7, the shot 39-3, cleared 5-4 in the high jump, and went 15-7 in the long jump. The only field event Curtis didn’t win was the pole vault, where teammate Kylia Slagter took the top spot at 7-6. Ordway won the 100-meter dash, the 200, and the 400 for the TK ladies. She took the 100 in 13.31 seconds, the 200 in 27.44, and the 400 in 1 minute 1.44 seconds. Winchester won the 800 in 2:33.87 and the 1600 in 5:28.76. Winchester also teamed with Kylie Schultz, Kelsey Webster and Melanie Truer to win the 3200-meter relay in 10:28.09. TK won three of the four relay races. Rachel Young, Lara Dahlke, Danielle Fredenburg, and Ashley VanderMeer took the 400-meter event in 54.44, and Stephanie Betcher, VanderMeer, Schultz and Ordway won the 1600 in 4:16.89. Caledonia picked up a win in the 800meter relay with the team of Kaitlin Harrison, Stephanie Marsman, Michelle Butcher and Stephanie Packer which finished with a time of 1:53.40. Stephanie Rossman won the 3200 for the Scot girls in 12:20.60. The two teams split the hurdle events, with TK’s Jenny Noffke winning the 100 in 18.23 and Caledonia’s Butcher the 300 in 49.90. Caledonia’s boys’ improved to 4-0 in the conference with a 123-14 win over TK. The Fighting Scots won every event, and swept five individual events in their dual with the Trojans, the 100, 400, long jump, high jump, and discus. TK finished second in three individual events, with Mitch Edwards placing there in the 300 hurdles in 43.52, Keith Winchester in the 3200 in 10:23.94, and Brent Anderson in the pole vault at 10-0. off home run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Hackett Catholic Central then took two wins over the Panthers Tuesday afternoon, 10-2 and 11-10. The second loss really hurt. Delton jumped out to a 10-4 lead after three innings, but Hackett came back to tie it in the fourth then won it in the bottom of the fifth. “This was a tough day for us because our pitchers threw well,” said DK head coach Eric Parsley. “They did everything we could ask of them, ground balls and pop ups, but we couldn’t help them out. Errors were the main cause of these losses. Anytime you make errors, you let a team stay in the game and that will always come back to bite you and tonight it did. Blacken took the loss in relief. Brian Diaz was 1-3 in the second game, with a two runs scored. Steve Scoby and Kyle Purdum were both 2-3 at the plate. In game one, Mitch Duquesnel took the loss. He went five innings allowing just two earned runs. Blacken was 2-3 with a home run, and Jordan Smith had an RBI single for the Panthers. “I am disappointed in the result of both games because we beat ourselves, plain and simple,” Parsley said. “We have a good ball club, and seem to play great baseball for five or six innings, but we beat up ourselves in that one inning and hurts us the rest of the night.” Stallard struck out three Comets in six innings of work in game one Monday. Back to back doubles to start the sixth were the only blemish on his record. “He threw an excellent game,” Parsley said of Stallard. “He hit his spots. He kept the ball low, and let our defense do the work.” He also started the offense for Delton Kellogg, walking to lead off the bottom of the third inning. Diaz reached on an error, then Scoby cleared the bases with a two-run triple. Devin Desgranges would drive Scoby home for the third Delton Kellogg run. It took some very good defense as well. A relay on the third Comet hit of the sixth, from left fielder Quinn DeBolt to short stop Diaz, to Jordan Smith behind the plate cut down a Comet runner trying to score from third. Scoby made a diving catch in right center to prevent the Comets from getting a man on base in the seventh. “I think Christian came out a little upset after that first game, and I think our kids were satisfied with a split,” Parsley said. Christian scored three runs in the bottom of the first, then ended the evening early as all eight hitters who stepped to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning came around to score. Doubles by Purdum and Diaz accounted for the only Panther hits in the second game. Last Saturday, the Panthers went 1-1 at the Gull Lake Invitational, falling to the host Blue Devils in the championship game 13-1. DK topped Loy Norrix in the opener, 7-6. The winning run was driven in in the bottom of the seventh, when Smith walked with the bases loaded. Most of the excitement started in the late innings against Loy Norrix. Delton took the lead in the sixth inning on a suicide squeeze play that was executed to perfection, then piled on four more runs on a grand slam by Blacken. Norrix came back to tie the game in the top of the seventh. Stallard earned the win, in relief of Blacken. Blacken was 2-4 in the game and Scoby 2-3. “We played really well in the first game,” Parsley said. “Nick put us in the best position to win even though it got close at the end, but the kids battled and we pulled through. It was a good win for the team as we have lost some close ones in the late innings.” In the championship game against Gull Lake, Stallard took the loss on the mound working two innings, giving up six runs. “We really couldn’t amount an offensive attack, as everything we hit was right at them,” Parsley said. Nick Blacken had a RBI single to bring in our only run. “Before the game versus Gull Lake, I told the team that we couldn’t afford to make any errors against this team or they will make us pay for them, which they did,” Parsley said. “We made several errors in one inning that led to Gull Lake taking full control of the game. Gull Lake is a great team. They’re ranked second in the state for a reason.” Delton is in the middle of a very busy week, with two games at home against Otsego Thursday and then a trip to Harper Creek for a Wooden Bat Tournament Saturday. The Panthers return to the league next Tuesday at Pennfield. Delton is now 3-10-1 overall this season. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, MAY 10: TBA Senior Attendance Boards 8:00 am Boys Varsity Tennis 4:00 pm Boys Varsity 4:00 pm Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Boys Varsity 4:15 pm Boys JV 4:15 pm Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Girls JV FRIDAY, MAY 11: 4:15 pm Boys Fresh. 4:15 pm Girls Fresh. 5:00 pm Girls JV 6:00 pm Boys Varsity 6:00 pm Girls Varsity 6:45 pm Girls Varsity SATURDAY, MAY 12: 9:00 am Boys Middle 9:00 am Girls Middle 9:00 am Boys Varsity 10:00 am Girls Varsity 10:00 am Girls JV MONDAY, MAY 14: TBA Boys JV TBA Girls JV 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Keith Winchester placed third of the TK boys in the 1600-meter run during their dual with Caledonia last Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 4:00 pm Girls JV 4:00 pm Girls Middle 4:00 pm Boys Middle 4:15 pm Boys Fresh. 4:15 pm Girls Fresh. 5:30 pm Girls Varsity TUESDAY, MAY 15: TBA Girls Varsity Track Track Baseball Baseball Softball Softball 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci Conference Match at at S. Chr./E. Kentwood Conference@Hamilton Conference@Hamilton Wayland High (DH) Wayland (DH) Wayland (DH) Wayland (DH) A A A H A H A Baseball Softball Soccer Track Track Soccer Lkwd. (DH) CANCELLED H Lakewood (DH) H T-K (make up from 4/30) A Conf. @ Hamilton A Conf. @ Hamilton A T-K Middleville, A make up from 4/30 Track Track Baseball Softball Softball Hamilton Relays Hamilton Relays Wooden Bat Tourn. Kalamazoo Cen. (DH) Kalamazoo Cen. (DH) A A H H H Track Track Golf Conf. @ Wayland Conf. @ Wayland Jamboree at Railside (make up from 4/30) vs. Byron Center vs. Hamilton Middle vs. Hamilton middle South Christian (DH) South Christrian (DH) vs. Byron Center A A A Soccer Track Track Baseball Softball Soccer Golf 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Track hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X Thornapple Kellogg’s Jenny Noffke and Caledonia’s Amanda Claflin fly over one of the first sets of hurdles in the 100-meter event last Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Chuck Stallard fires from the mound in the sixth inning of game one Monday afternoon against Kalamazoo Christian. (Photo by Brett Bremer) OK Gold Conf. Meet at The Meadows Wayland reshed. from 4/26 H H H A A H 4:00 pm Boys Varsity 4:00 pm Boys JV 4:00 pm Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Boys Varsity 4:15 pm Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Girls JV 4:15 pm Boys JV WEDNESDAY, MAY 16: 4:00 pm Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Boys Fresh. 4:15 pm Girls Fresh. 5:30 pm Girls JV THURSDAY, MAY 17: 3:30 pm Boys Middle 3:30 pm Girls Middle 4:15 pm Boys Varsity 4:15 PM Girls Varsity 4:15 pm Girls JV 4:15 pm Boys JV Tennis Tennis Track Baseball Sorftball Softball Baseball GR Union GR Union Wayland (resched. from 4/26) TKHS (DH) TK (DH) TK (DH) TK (DH) H A H A A H H Soccer Baseball Softball Soccer @ Wayland Union HS Wayland (DH) Wayland (DH) @ Wayland Union HS A H H A Track Track Baseball Softball Softball Baseball Leag. Meet@Caledonia Leag. Meet@Caledonia TKHS TKHS @ TKHS @ TKHS A A H H A A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269.945.9520 Toll Free: 800.596.1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com A H HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77512259 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor This week started off in fine fashion for the Delton Kellogg varsity baseball team. Chuck Stallard pitched a great game Monday afternoon, and Nick Blacken came in to get the save as the Panthers knocked off �Page 20 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton Kellogg girls beat Maple Valley by a point Delton Kellogg’s Katee Hogoboom cruises around the track in the 3200meter relay Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ track and field coach Jim Gibson stood on the track and Maple Valley High School with an ear turned to the sky Tuesday night, waiting to hear the final score of his team’s dual with the host Lions. He was sure the Lions had his girls beaten by two points. Then the scores came, “Delton Kellogg 68.5; Maple Valley 67.5” “We won?” said Gibson to no one in particular. “ Hold on. We beat them? I want to make sure that’s right.” It was right. The Delton girls also defeated Galesburg-Augusta 95-38 in Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) duals on the day. Maple Valley’s girls topped the Rams 98.5 to 34.5. Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley’s girls both have one loss in the league. The Panthers are now 5-1, and the Lions 4-1. Maple Valley meets up with Kalamazoo Christian and Parchment on Tuesday next week, while the Delton teams take on Pennfield. The Parchment girls are 5-0. If the Lion ladies defeat Parchment, there’s a good chance they’ll head into the conference meet tied with Delton Kellogg for the league lead. Gibson was a little off on his score keeping because he didn’t know about a tie for third place in the high jump between Delton’s Abby Culbert and Maple Valley’s Jessica Winegar. They both cleared 4 feet 6 inches in the same amount of attempts. Delton’s Katee Hogoboom was second in the event, also clearing 4-6, and the Panthers’ Jenah Wandell won it at 4-10. The other point for the Lions disappeared when their girl who would have been third in the 3200-meter run failed to finish the race. The Lions got eight points in the event instead of nine, with Erin Shoemaker winning in 14 minutes 00.38 seconds and Kayla Shaw second in 14:34.45. The Rams’ Kendra Schor took her team’s only victory in the 3200, finishing in 13:41.80. Delton Kellogg didn’t have any runners in the event. Maple Valley’s boys improved to 5-0 in the KVA, and handed the Panthers their first league loss Tuesday. The Lion boys beat Delton Kellogg 89-48, and GalesburgAugusta 115-21. Delton took a 111-26 victory over the Rams. DK’s boys are now 5-1 in the league. The Maple Valley boys started off strong on the track, as the 3200-meter relay team of Kyle Staines, R.J. Raines, Rob Morehouse and Mike Hall set a new school record, winning with a time of 8:25.76. “I knew they’d get it, but I didn’t think it’d be this early in the season,” said Lion boys’ head coach Brian Lincoln. Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg’s boys combined, won every event in the three-team meet. Martell Epperson was the top sprinter among the group, winning the 100-meter dash for Delton Kellogg in 11.32 and the 200 in 23.38. He was also second to teammate Justin VanderMeer in the 400. VanderMeer hit the line in that race in 52.82. Delton’s only other win on the day was in the 400-meter relay, where Taylor Kingsley, Cody White, Tim Brauer and Dave Roberts teamed up to finish in 46.81. Maple Valley swept the field events, with Jeremy Riley taking the shot put at 45-2.5 and the discus at 115-2.5. Jose Romero won the high jump at 6-2, Nick Thurlby the long jump at 18-10.25, and Kaleb Root the pole vault at 12-6. On the track, Thurlby swept the hurdles winning the 110-meter event in 15.9 and the 300 in 41.23. Hall won both the 1600 (4:46.32) and the 3200 (10:54.41). Morehouse won the 800 for the Lions in 1:35.05. The Lions took the 800-meter relay in 1:35.05 with the team of Tyler Christensen, Romero, Thurlby and Charles Wymer, and the 1600 in 3:38.52 with the team of Jarrod Brooks, Dustin Houghton, Morehouse and Wymer. Despite the loss, the Lion ladies actually won more events (9 to 8) than the Delton Kellogg girls. Wandell had the only win in the field for the Delton girls. Lauren Pierce won the long jump at 16-5.75, Dani Christensen the shot put at 31-11, Britney Stambaugh the discus at 86-1 and Stacey Fassett the pole vault with a new PR of 9-8. Christensen and Delton’s Rachael Williams Maple Valley’s Rob Morehouse (right) stays a couple strides ahead of Delton Kellogg’s Dalton Parmenter in the 3200-meter relay Tuesday afternoon. The Lion foursome of Morehouse, Mike Hall, Kyle Staines, and R.J. Raines set a new school-record in the race. (Photo by Brett Bremer) both won two individual events on the track. Christensen took the 100 hurdles in 16.54 and the 300 in 49.12. Williams won the 200 in 27.63 and the 400 in 1:02.33. Delton was strong in the sprints. Chelsea VanderWoude won the 100 in 13.31, and teamed with Jessica Elliott, Katie Searles and Hannah Williams to win the 400-meter relay in 52.06. Wins in three of the four relay events helped propel the Delton girls to the win. DK took the 1600-meter event with the team of Hogoboom, Searles, Hannah Williams and Rachael Williams in 4:23.90. In the 3200meter relay, Delton won in 10:44.77 with the team of Hogoboom, Mandy Dye, Heather Millard, and Rachael Williams. The Lions won the 800-meter relay in 1:51.42 with a team of Mallorie Densmore, Amy Tobias, Elizabeth Stewart and Pierce. Kaytlin Furlong took the 1600 for the Lions in 5:54.29, and Millard the 800 for the Panthers in 2:36.95. Delton Kellogg’s Rachael Williams races around the corner ahead of Maple Valley’s Lizzy Stewart in the 1600-meter relay Tuesday at MVHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Searles scores golden goal in OT victory over Pennfield Delton Kellogg’s Chris Miller hurls the discus Tuesday afternoon at Maple Valley. His top throw was good enough for third place in the dual against Galesburg-Augusta. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 77512379 Delton Kellogg evened its Kalamazoo Valley Association record in dramatic fashion Monday night, as Katie Searles scored with 32 seconds left in the first overtime period to give her Panthers a 4-3 win at Pennfield. The Delton girls are now 3-7 overall, and 2-2 in the KVA. It was the third time the Delton girls had held a lead in the game. DK jumped out 2-0 with two goals in the first 15 minutes of action. Shelby Rouse and Keslie Smith netted those goals for the girls in maroon and white. Pennfield rebounded with a quick goal in the next two minutes, then tallied its second score with three minutes to go before the break. Searles scored her first goal of the game 25 minutes into the second half, and the Delton girls clung to that lead for nearly 25 minutes. With 16 seconds left Pennfield tied the game again. Searles and Lauren Knollenberg both had assists for Delton Kellogg in the game. DK keeper Anna Goldsworthy stopped seven of the ten Pennfield shots on goal. Delton had 23 shots on goal itself. Pennfield keeper Katelynn Kahler made 19 saves. Pennfield goals were scored by Erica Stark, Holy Goheen and Melissa Matson. Getting that kind of offense was nice change for the Delton girls, after they were shut out in a pair of games against tough foes to close out last week. Otsego topped the Panthers 7-0 Friday. The Bulldogs came out firing in the first half, getting one goal and providing the Panthers with a lot of good game play for the remainder of the game. Otsego had 20 shots on goal. Ellen Griggs had a hat-trick with three goals, Jessica Schreuder had two goals and Chelsea Yeggy had one goal. Delton keeper Kelsey Deibert had 4 saves, and Anna Goldsworthy had 10 saves. Delton had two shots on goal and an own-goal. The win improved the Bulldogs’ record to 8-1 overall. Last Wednesday, the Panthers fell 6-0 against the Hackett Catholic Central Fighting Irish. Hackett opened the game up with quick scoring. The Irish put one in 13 minutes into the first half, with a shot off the cross bar. Hackett then added two more goals late in the first half. The Irish had 21 shots on goal. Deibert made seven saves and Goldsworthy eight. Mary Campos led the Irish with two goals. Julie Hamilton, Megan Wilson, Emily Benoit, and Emily Forth each had one goal goals. Keeper Anna Coles was credited with shut-out. The KVA tournament starts next week. The Panthers were slated to close out the conference regular season at home against Maple Valley Wednesday night. “...one of the strongest banks in the country.” – Bauer Financial, Inc. Come Bank With Us! 150 W. Court Street. • (269) 945-2401 HastingsCityBank.com Member FDIC Access Bauer Financial at www.bauerfinancial.com Delton Kellogg’s Katelyn Currier heads the ball up field during Monday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association clash at Pennfield. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Delton Kellogg’s Shelby Rouse (7) leans in to keep the ball away from a Pennfield player during Monday’s action. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — Page 21 Saxon girls third at Allendale Invite The Saxon varsity softball team finished in third place at Saturday’s Allendale Invitational, winning two of its three ball games. The hosts from Allendale topped the Saxons in the opening game of the day, then the Saxons bounced back for wins over Morenci and Gobles. In their final game of the day, the Lady Saxons topped Gobles 6-2. Erica Swartz took the mound for the Saxons and got stronger as the day went on. She allowed Gobles just two hits. Gobles got its only two runs in the third inning on a pair of hits and a Saxon error. Swartz then retired 15 of the next 16 batters over the last five innings in earning her third win in two days. The Saxons started their scoring in the fourth inning, as Brenna Leedy reached base on a Gobles error. Tara Nassif sacrificed Leedy to second and then Swartz followed with an RBI single to make the score 2-1. The Hastings’ bats exploded in the fifth inning as Sara Radant started the inning with a single. Jen Ratliff reached base on an error. Then four consecutive hits off the bats of Nikki Meade, Sara Bolo, Jen Bishop and Leedy scored five runs to give Swartz all the run support she needed. The Saxons took on Morenci in their second game of the day. The Saxons got several key hits at the right time, something they hadn’t done in the opener against Allendale, leading to an 8-4 win. Leedy walked to start the game and then promptly stole second and third base. Leedy scored when Bishop collected her first of two RBI's in the game. The Saxons pushed two more runs across in the third inning as Bolo and Bishop singled and then scored when Swartz singled. Again in the fifth Bolo and Bishop started the inning with hits. Bolo doubled and then scored when Bishop followed with a double. Nassif then singled in Bishop to make the score 5-3. In the sixth inning Meade led off with a double. Bolo followed with her third hit of the game, a single, driving in Meade. Bishop reached base on a Morenci error and then Nassif singled to score Hastings final two runs. On the mound, Swartz allowed six Morenci hits while recording six strike outs and walking only two. Cali Carpenter got the start on the mound in game one against Allendale, and pitched a good game. It wasn’t enough as the Saxons never could get a key hit in a 5-1 loss. Trailing 1-0 in the third inning, the Saxons loaded the bases as Carpenter led the inning off with a single followed by another single off the bat of Meade. A walk to Bolo loaded the bases, but two ground outs ended the scoring threat. In the top of the seventh inning Nassif walked to start the inning. After moving to second on a passed ball, Nassif scored when Sara Radant singled into center field. Carpenter followed with a base hit. Radant and Carpenter stole bases to put runners on second and third, but the final two Hastings batters were retired to end any threat of a comeback. Carpenter struck out seven Allendale batters, while giving up seven hits and one walk. It was a great weekend for the Saxons, who got things started Friday night, taking a 9-1 win in a make-up game at Hamilton. Swartz pitched a strong game, allowing just four Hamilton hits while striking out six batters and walking two. She shut the Hawkeyes down, after a triple and a sacrifice led to their only run in the first inning. Hastings took the lead 2-1 in the third inning without the benefit of a hit. Walks to Jen Ratliff and Leedy, followed by Meade getting hit by a pitch and a Hamilton error, led to the two runs. The Saxons bats came alive in the fifth inning. Bolo and Bishop singled to put two aboard. Tara Nassif was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A walk to Swartz pushed a run across, and then Sara Radant drilled a bases clearing double into right center field. Cali Carpenter followed with a single to drive in Radant. Hastings added two more runs in the top of the seventh inning as Leedy led off with a base hit. Nassif reached base on a Hamilton error and then Swartz drove in Leedy from third on a fielder's choice ground out to second base. Radant then singled to collect her fourth RBI of the game to account for Hastings final run. Delton Kellogg center fielder Kelsey Ketola chases down a bouncing ball in the outfield in game two against the Comets Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Michelle Kramm (4) gets a running lead off of first base in the third inning of game one against Kalamazoo Christian Monday afternoon at DKHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Panthers second at their own invite Only one of the top ranked teams in the state was able to top the Delton Kellogg girls at their own invitational Saturday. Delton Kellogg won its first two games of the day, then met up with Frankfort in the championship game. The Frankfort Panthers came into the weekend ranked fourth in the state in Class D, and added a tournament title to their resume with the 4-1 win over Delton. Katie Marshall had a double and scored the lone Delton Kellogg run. Hannah Goy drove her in with an RBI double. Justie McCowan had the only other DK hit in the game. Tarah Keim was hit with the loss. She gave up five hits and two earned runs, while striking out eight. Delton started the day by toping Lansing Sexton 7-0, thanks in part to a no-hitter thrown by Keim. She walked two and struck out six. Marshall belted a home run in the contest, and scored three runs. Keim had one hit and scored twice. Jessica Wine had two hits and scored once. Goy and Woznicki also scored runs for the Panthers. In the second game, Delton beat Colon 4-2. Wine had a big game, with three hits and two RBI. She also pitched the Panthers to the win, allowing just three hits and one earned run. She walked five hit two, and struck out two. Goy and McCowan had one hit and one RBI each. Marshall and Keim both had two hits. When the Panthers returned to KVA action on Monday, things went south a bit. The Panthers had ten errors in the two games, 100 and 11-1 losses at home against Kalamazoo Christian. Angie Kennedy had Delton’s only hit in game one. Goy, McCowan, Kennedy and Amanda Boss all had hits for the Panthers in game two. Delton plays host to Otsego this Thursday, then will be a part of the Battle Creek Central Invitational Saturday. Next week the Panthers return to the KVA to take on Pennfield Tuesday on the road. Pennock MRI Construction Begins Emergency Vehicles Re-routed TK and Scots each score once in 110 min. the game. At the 19-minute mark Olalla Garcia intercepted a Coopersville goal kick, and sent it back toward the goal. Ashleigh Lund connected with the ball and sent a long shot over the outstretched hands of the Coopersville keeper. With ten minutes left before half time, Lund sent a corner kick that Val VanBemden headed into the net, for TK’s second goal. During the second half, TK’s defensive team of Heidi VanderHeide, VanBemden, Sam Reeder, and Nicole Ybema kept the Broncos at bay. With 12 minutes left in the game Aubil sent a through ball to teammate Lund, who beat two defenders and found the back of the net, for TK's final tally. “They are really working together and are looking for each other,” she said. “They are moving the ball well.” TK went on to top Byron Center in league play Monday night, 3-1. Lund scored twice in the first half, on assists from Brittany Giguere and Wilson. Lund then assisted teammate Aubil on the Trojans’ third goal of the first half. It was 3-0 at the break. TK outshot the Bulldogs 18-5 on the evening. TK’s Ashleigh Lund tries to shake Caledonia’s Maddie Zych deep in the Scots’ end of the field last Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Pennock is starting construction of its permanent MRI on May 7th, 2007. It is a project that involves construction of the Emergency Department ambulance entrance, and new parking rules at the main hospital entrance. Starting May 7th, Ambulances and emergency vehicles will begin using the east entrance. Pennock is encouraging all Lab and Radiology patients to use State Street Center, if possible. Pennock is also asking all non-emergency traffic to use the west visitor entrance (nearest Fish Hatchery Park) for the duration of the MRI Construction, which is expected to last until February, 2008. “The new permanent MRI will bring enhanced capabilities 24/7/365 to Pennock Emergency and Pennock Hospital patients, however it will cause temporary inconvenience for a permanent improvement,” according to Matt Thompson, Director of Ancillary Services who heads up the construction project. The mobile MRI will continue to be made available throughout the project, near its present location, and a special canopy will be constructed to enable protected patient transfers to and from the hospital. As the above drawing shows, the Emergency entrance circular driveway curb will be striped a red color and traffic will be advised not to park in this zone. Ambulances and Emergency dropoff vehicles will be the only vehicles allowed. Violating vehicles will be towed to maintain access for emergency vehicles. The blue-striped parking areas nearest to the emergency entrance will be restricted to handicapped vehicles only. Pennock employees will be directed to park off campus during the construction to allow more patient parking closest to the hospital. Adding more challenges to this project is the City’s reconstruction project of Green Street from May 1 - June 30. Portions of this area will be reduced to one lane traffic, or blocked entirely for a short period. All traffic other than hospital related traffic are encouraged to find alternate routes during this time. For more information on the Pennock construction project, please contact Chris Jacoby, Director of Marketing, at 269-945-1762. 02670335 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Fighting Scots and Trojans sacrificed more than their evening as they battled through regulation and two overtimes to a 11 tie in O-K Gold Conference action at Scotland Yard in Caledonia Wednesday. They sacrificed their bodies out on the field. Molly Wilson scored the game tying goal for Thornapple Kellogg with just over 19 minutes to play. Wilson didn’t have to sacrifice much effort to get the ball into a wide open net, thanks to the play of her teammate Kelsey Aubil. Aubil chased down a ball from teammate Ashleigh Lund just outside the Scot penalty box, with Caledonia keeper Lauren Reed charging out at her. Aubil’s blast bounced into the air and back to a waiting Wilson all alone. Aubil was injured on the play, and didn’t return for the remainder of the game. Caledonia got on the scoreboard first, ten minutes into the second half. Amanda VanLaar made a nice play at midfield to keep possession of the ball, then found teammate Bridgette Smith running down the right side. It appeared as though Smith carried the ball a bit too close to the end line, but she lifted a shot from the bad angle over TK keeper Kate Scheidel. The teams were back and fourth for much of the night, with Caledonia holding a slight edge in possession. In the end of regulation it was the Trojans who came closest to earning a happy ending. Lund had a shot bounce off a post with three minutes to play, and Reed had to make a leaping save in the final minute to turn away a free kick off the foot of TK’s Ellen Phillips. Chances came early an often in the overtime session, as the Scots once again picked up their play. Caledonia really turned it on in the second overtime, but eventually the two teams ran out of gas. “It was a great team effort with everyone giving their best,” said Caledonia head coach Steve Sanxter. “Chelsea Denton played a strong game, logging 106 minutes at inside mid. Maddie Zych continued her strong defensive efforts. Tess Botsford played well at mid. Heather Veneman was sharp at forward, and Smith worked relentlessly up front.” Both teams had to bounce back for contests on Friday. The Scots, facing South Christian for the second time in a week, fell to the Sailors again 4-1. Thornapple Kellogg traveled to Coopersville and took a 3-0 non-conference win Friday. The first ten minutes of the game were back and forth, with neither team controlling 1009 West Green Street • Hastings, MI (269) 945-3451 • www.pennockhealth.com �Page 22 — Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxon boys sink South Christian Sailors in dual by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer While the Hastings Saxon girls were swamped by a wave of South Christian Sailors 30 to 107, the Saxon boys were able to fight the tide and win 72 to 60 in last week’s dual meet. Senior Ryan Burgdorf led the way to victory finishing first in the 100-meter dash (10.81 seconds), 400 meter dash (53.26), and 200-meter dash (22.93). Burgdorf also anchored the Saxon 800-meter relay team with Chase DelCotto, Josh Jevicks, and Bradan King winning in 1:37.48. A big turning point in the meet according to Barry-Eaton District Health Department An Accredited Public Health Agency www.barryeatonhealth.org FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED REGULATION FOR EVALUATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ON-SITE SEWAGE SYSTEMS AND ON-SITE WATER WELLS • Will my well and septic be required to be inspected annually? Answer: No, for most, 99.8% of all septic systems in the district are conventional septic systems, the regulation only requires an annual inspection/maintenance of “alternative” septic systems, of which there are approximately 111 in the district. There are no requirements to have annual inspections of water wells. • What is an alternative septic system? Answer: Again, very few of these systems exist. An alternative system is a specialized system designed and constructed to treat sewage to a higher level than a conventional septic system. Typically, these systems use pre-treatment which means the liquid leaving a septic tank is treated to a much greater extent than normal. This “treated” liquid is then distributed into the ground much like a conventional system. Some examples of alternative septic systems are packed bed filters, aerobic treatment units, sand filters and one of the more simple technologies known as a lagoon. Alternative systems are a greater investment than a typical conventional system and are utilized in environmentally sensitive areas such as sites with high groundwater, heavy clay soil or small lots typically near water. Public Health may be at a greater risk when an alternative system fails. Engineered mounds are not considered alternative systems. • When will I be required to have my septic and/or well inspected? Answer: At the time of sale or transfer of property you will be required to have an inspection of your septic and/or well performed by a registered, certified inspector. The Health Department will then review the inspection results and report its findings to the property owner. The Health Department will also be responsible to certify and register the private inspectors. • Why should I be concerned about failing sewage systems and water wells? Answer: A failing sewage system or water well is an immediate public health concern. Human sewage is composed of various disease causing organisms. When humans come into contact with sewage it can lead to serious disease or even death. Failing drinking water wells are subject to contamination from nitrates and bacteria that can cause disease or even death. High nitrates (>10ppm) especially can lead to what is called “blue baby syndrome” which is actually a condition that is suffocating a baby by not allowing oxygen to freely move through the body • My system is working fine, why do I need this regulation? Answer: Sewage and groundwater know no boundaries, “everything flows downhill”. We have found septic systems with sewage surfacing on the ground, connected to drain tiles, leading to lakes, streams, and ditches and other peoples’ back yards. While your system may be fine, the systems around you may be failed… • Will my system need to be replaced if the inspection finds it does not meet today’s standards but it is functioning? Answer: No, septic systems and/or wells will only need replacement if they are found to be failing. Failing is defined in the regulation. Simply put, if sewage is surfacing on the ground, backing up into the home, connected to a tile, connected to a drainage ditch or waterway or the system is unrecognizable to any standard known to occur in the past then the system is failed. It is estimated that 10% of our septic systems are currently failing or 3000-4000 systems. Approximately the same number of drinking water wells are estimated as being unable to provide safe water or their condition is so poor that continued safe water cannot be relied upon • Aren’t there already laws requiring an inspection of on-site sewage and/or wells at the time of sale? Answer: No, there are no regulations in Barry or Eaton Counties or State law that require inspections of septic systems or drinking water wells at time of sale or at any other time after the original system is installed and approved. There are approximately 9 other local health departments that have a local regulation requiring inspection of on-site septic and on-site wells at the time of sale or transfer of property. • Saxon coach Paul Fulmer was the team of AJ Singleterry, Jesse Ellwood, Ryan Bosma, and Tyler Lancaster defeating some, “tough competition” to win the 3200-meter relay in 8:44.95. The 400-meter relay team of DelCotto, Bradon King, Matt Donnini, and Greg Woodmansee also placed first with a time of 45.5. Fulmer also cites his team’s performance in field events as being pivotal to the win. “We knew going in that it was going to be a close meet and I was a bit worried because we’ve had some eligibility issues, but we had some freshman step up and finish first in some of the field events and that was another turning point,” he said. Scoring in field events were David Madison, discuss, 39 feet 7.5 inches; Darrell Slaughter, shot put, 37-11, with Brandon Bower taking third with a throw of 33-11.5; Jason Baum, pole vault, 11-0 with Jeremy Roger in second with a vault of 10-0, and Donnini second in the long jump (18-7) and third in the high jump (5-8). Also scoring were: Lancaster, second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:09.37; Bosma third in both the 3200 meter run (10:48.12) and the 1600 meter run (4:51.28); King second in the 110 meter hurdles (16.22) and the 200 meter dash (23.59), Elliot Anderson third in 110 meter hurdles (16.81) and second in 300 meter intermediate hurdles (44.08); Jevicks second in the 400 meter dash (54.24): and DelCotto, third in the 100 meter dash (11.55). The Saxon girls’ only first place finishes against the Sailors were in field events, with Nicole Moser taking first in the discuss (96’7”) and shot put (34’6”). Katie Sutherland helped out in field events taking second place in both the shot put and discus, as did Heather Cady finishing second in the high jump. The Sailor girls swept the pole vault and long jump, the 3200 meter and 1600 meter runs, 200 meter dash and the relays. Bright spots for the Saxon girls included: Jessica Lee, second in the 100 meter dash, Kristina Dobbin, second in the 100 meter hurdles; Katie Ponsetto, second in the 400 meter dash; Heather Cady, third in the 300 meter low hurdles; and Kayla Angeletti, third in the 800 meter run. The Saxon girls fared much better at the at the West Ottawa Invitational Relays on Saturday, scoring 51 points placing third out of 13 Division I teams behind Grand Haven which took first with 89 points and West Ottawa in second with 75 points. Other team scores were: Wayland, 50; Holland Christian, 46; Kenowa Hills, 35; Wyoming Park, 34: Loy Norrix, 19; Grand Rapids Creston, 17; Holland, 15; Zeeland East, 14 and Freemont, 8. Scoring for the Saxon’s were: the team of Moser and Sutherland, second place, discus and third in the shot put; the shuttle hurdle team of Cady, Jessica Czinder, Dobbin, and Alyssa Thornton, second; the 400 meter relay team of Lee, Dobbin, Kate Dobbin, and Czinder, third; the 800 meter medley team of Lee, Kristina Dobbin, Czinder, and Lauren Anderson, third; the 800 meter relay team of Czinder, Kristina Dobbin, Katie Ponsetto, and Lee, fourth; the distance medley team of Alyssa case, Cady, Ashley Boomer and Molly Smith, fifth; the 3200 meter relay team of Ponsetto, Mandy Buehler, Smith, and Anderson, fifth; and the 1600 meter relay team of Ponsetto, Buehler, Cady, and Anderson, sixth. The Saxon boys finished fourth out of a field of 13 Division I teams at West Ottawa with 53 points. West Ottawa was first with 71 points, Wayland second with 69 points, and Grand haven third with 57 points. Other teams sores were: Loy Norrix, 42; Freemont, 30; Zeeland East, 245; Wyoming Park, 21; Kenowa Park, 18; Holland, 15; Ottawa Hills, 13; Holland Christian, 12; and Grand Rapids Creston, 8. “Even though we still had some issues with eligibility and injuries on our team, our sprinters really dominated, taking first in the 400 meter relay. The sprint medley and the 800 meter relay,” said Fulmer. “We also picked up first place in the pole vault and points in some other events.” Scoring for Hastings were: DelCotto, Burgdorf, Donnini and Woodmansee, first, 400 meter relay; DelCotto, Woodmansee, King, and Burgdorf, first, sprint medley; DelCotto, King, Jevicks, and Burgdorf, first 800 meter relay; Jason Baum and Jeremy Rogers, first pole vault; Burgdorf and Donnini, fifth, long jump; Jason Eckley, Singleterry, Bosma, and Ellwood, fifth, 3200 meter relay; Troy Dailey, Eckley, Singleterry, and Bosma, sixth, 12,800 meter relay; and Kelsey Edwards, Jason Heinrich, King and Spencer Rhodes, sixth in the shuttle hurdle relay. The Saxons’ Chase DelCotto takes off at the start of the 800-meter relay Saturday at West Ottawa. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) What is the cost associated with an inspection at the time of sale? Answer: While the fees charged by registered inspectors will vary the Health Department fees are set annually by the Board of Health. The approved Health Department review fee for a well and septic is $130.00. The current good faith estimates provided by private inspectors for a septic and well inspection ranges between $200.00-$340.00 For more information about this regulation please go to our web site at www.barryeatonhealth.org and read the “In the News” section or contact us at one of the office numbers located below. 77512377 Caring for the Community since the 1930s Barry County Office: 330 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings MI 49058 ~ Phone: 269-945-9516 ~ Fax: 269-818-0237 Eaton County Office: 1033 Health Care Dr., Charlotte, MI 48813 ~ Phone: 517-543-2430 ~ Fax: 517-543-7737 Eaton Substance Abuse Program: 1033 Health Care Dr., Charlotte, MI 48813 ~ Phone: 517-543-2580 ~ Fax: 517-543-8191 The Saxons’ Jessica Czinder (right) hits the finish line just ahead of a Kenowa Hills runner in the 400-meter relay Saturday at West Ottawa. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-17.pdf 2d1e5d7791da444635304e8ff42cd188 PDF Text Text Maple Valley grad killed in Iraq Economic development is indispensible Burgdorf sweeps sprints at league championship See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 20 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, May 17, 2007 NEWS Hastings Top 10 academic students announced BRIEFS Biggest book sale ever set by library Friends of the Hastings Public Library is planning its biggest ever book sale in conjunction with the the move from the old library to the new. A pre-sale is planned for 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, for members of the Friends group Only. The first day of the public sale will be Wednesday, May 23, and it will continue Thursday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. A special bag sale will be conducted Friday, May 25, from noon to 6 p.m. The "Make an Offer" sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Hastings Public Library is closed at its old location 121 South Church St. and will reopen at its new site June 9 next to City Hall on East State Street. Amy Ingle Kayla Angeletti Margaret Buehl Kristina Dobbin Scott White Molly Wallace Jesse Ellwood Kayleigh Delcotto Jason Bies Taylor Casarez ‘Charlton Park Day’ is May 26 A special Charlton Park Day has been scheduled for Saturday May 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Rain date is Sunday, May 27. There will be free hot dogs, chips, drinks. Residents are invited to tour the buildings, maybe play some old fashioned games by the old school, meet some of the volunteers who will be in some of the buildings. There will be an antique car cruise in, classic tractors, motorcycles and a special tribute to park founder Irving Charlton Barry County Transit will be providing transportation to the event. Those planning to use a ride must pre-register with Barry County Transit the week of May 14 by calling 269-948-8098. Pickup points in Barry County will be at seniors’ housing in Nashville, Middleville, Woodland, Hastings and Delton. For more information, call Charlton Park at 269-945-3775. Hazardous waste collection Saturday Another Barry County Household Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection has been set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the Barry County Fairgrounds & Expo Center on M-37 between Hastings and Middleville. County residents are being encouraged to rid their homes and garages of hazardous products, including expired medicine, batteries of all types, pesticides, used motor oil and tires on that day. The only charge is for turning in old tires and those fees vary from $1 to $27 according to tire size and whether or not the tire is on a rim. The amount of used oil each car can turn in has been increased to 10 gallons per vehicle. Items accepted at no cost to citizens during the May 19 waste collection include: Oil-based paints, liquid cleaners, motor oil, aqueous acids and bases, aerosol cans, reactives, solvents, other automotive liquids, pesticides (liquid and solid), alkaline, nickel-cadmium and/or silver oxide batteries, automotive batteries, heavy metal solutions, mercury-containing items and pharmaceuticals (expired medicines). Not accepted at the collection site are latex paint (when dry it can be placed in the landfill), propane tanks (Ferrell Gas will accept empty propane tanks), commercially generated waste, radioactive material, explosives, unknown wastes and electronic wastes. For questions or for prices of tires over 19.5 inches, call 269/945-9516, ext. 35. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Hastings High School has announced its top ten students for the Class of 2007. Students will graduate in a commencement ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 25. The following is a brief biographical sketch of each of the top scholars: • Kayla Angeletti is the daughter of Lora and Paul Ballinger of Hastings. She has been section leader for two years in band, as well as a band member for six years. She has been active in varsity soccer, varsity track, quiz bowl ski club, has been part of a summer literary reading group and a National Honor Society member while holding down two-part time jobs. Angeletti has volunteered as a recycler for local business, has participated in community leaf raking, and has been a participant in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. She plans to attend the University of Michigan, majoring in English and hopes to earn a master’s degree in library science and relocate to a larger city and work as a head librarian in a large library. • Jason Bies is the son of Kristin and Mathew Bies of Hastings. He has been active in Science Olympiad, school plays and musicals, the jazz band, quiz bowl, the band for four years, has been Exchange Club student of the month and has won the Congressional Medal of Merit. He has participated in Relay for Life, is an Eagle Scout from Boy Scout Troop #175, and plays trombone in the Hastings City Band. He has been employed by State Grounds and the Hastings Community Center. He plans ton attending Lyman Briggs School at Michigan State University, majoring in mathematics or chemistry. He says his long-term goals are “currently up in the air, but wherever I end up in life, I just hope I am enjoying it.” • Margaret Buehl is the daughter of Nancy and Jeffery Buehl of Hastings. She has been active in jazz band, marching band, steel drum band, has been a drum major, has take part in plays and musicals, active in the Interact Club as president, solo and ensemble state festival, Science Olympiad, captain in quiz busters, a member of the National Honor Society, on the prom committee and a recipient of the Rotary Youth Leadership award. She is in the Society of Women Engineers, received her certificate of merit, was a member of the band for four years and was on the fourth annual Jazz Committee as a Youth representative. She plans to attend Michigan Technological University to major in engineering and minor in Spanish. She plans to graduate with a master’s degree and learn to juggle. • Kayleigh Delcotto is the daughter of Steve and Jannell Delcotto of Hastings. She has been active in basketball, softball and cross country with a varsity letter in academics. She has been on the student council, participated in school musicals, in the Key Club, Varsity Voices, was a member of Varsity Singers, and a member of student council. She has been senior class treasurer, varsity cross country captain, a member of varsity choir, and a member of Varsity Voices. She has participated in Relay For Life, is a member of a book club and donates blood. She plans to attend Michigan State, Hillsdale or Eastern Michigan University to major in English and Spanish. Her long-range goals include running a marathon and writing a novel. • Kristina Dobbin is the daughter of Jeff and Julie Dobbin of Hastings. In high school she has been in Key Club, Pride Club, Business Professionals of America, a See TOP TEN, page 3 Fire destroys AlFresco Six departments battle downtown blaze by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Investigators are still looking for an answer as to what started a fire last Saturday morning that destroyed AlFresco, Inc., a downtown Hastings business located on South Jefferson Street. “We are not ruling anything out,” said Hastings Fire Chief Roger Caris Wednesday. “There is just not a whole lot to report right now.” Caris said investigators have been on site all week searching for clues. “Sgt. (Scott) LeRoy of the Michigan State Police Fire Investigation Unit, and an insurance investigator are working on finding the cause of the fire but it takes time, especially when there is so much internal damage.” Fire departments from Hastings, Freeport, Johnstown, Nashville, Thornapple Township and Caledonia responded at about 5:30 a.m. and fought the smoldering fire throughout the day, pouring more than 450,000 gallons of water into and onto the building. That stretch of Jefferson Street also includes Fall Creek Restaurant, Jefferson Street Gallery and K.A. Mueller Accounting. All received extensive smoke and water damage and remain closed pending cleaning and repairs. There also was an apartment located on the upper level and two people who were occupying that apartment were able to get out without injury. The only injury reported during the fire was to a Freeport firefighter, J.D. Forbes, who suffered a broken leg. While investigators search for the cause of the fire, the owners of AlFresco are faced with waiting to get back in and clean up the damaged area. “We still don’t know for sure the extent of the damage,” said Terry Albrecht, who coowns AlFresco with her sister, Susan. “There are a lot of variables and not a whole lot we know yet.” Albrecht said the total amount it will take to rebuild and restock the store is still unknown and she has no idea how long it will take until the store reopens. “The fire marshal is still investigating,” she said. “We don’t know how it will turn out. “It is a work in progress and we are progressing little by little.” See ALFRESCO, page 3 Six fire departments battled a blaze at AlFresco in downtown Hastings last Saturday. �Page 2 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Bliss Clearing Niagara receives NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page green light for tax abatement Delton cleanup slated Saturday The Delton area cleanup, which takes in Barry, Hope and Prairieville townships, is planned for 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at the east end of the Barry Township parklng lot. Everything but tires, hazardous waste and appliances will be accepted for disposal. Debra Dewey-Perry, Barry Township clerk, said the waste dropoff program is sponsored by Barry, Hope and Prairieville townships and the Delton Business Association. Donations will be appreciated The Barry County Expo Center on M-37 between Hastings and Middleville also will be accepting all household hazardous waste (except paint) and tires on May 19. Program slated about ‘Peak Oil’ The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will host a program on “Peak Oil” tonight, Thursday, May 17, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. Peak Oil is the term representing that point in time when half of all the cheap fossil fuel has been extracted from the planet. And many sources contend we are close! Peak Oil is that moment when the planet’s oil supply stops growing and starts shrinking. A shrinking supply of oil, in the face of a relentless, growing global thirst, will rapidly drive up oil prices, gas prices, practically everything. It will lead to recession, perhaps depression, and completely change the economy and financial institutions. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for networking and conversation followed by the film at 7. For more information, contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269795-4412. Hastings Memorial Day parade slated The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will hold its annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28. The parade will form at the corner of Boltwood Street and State Street at 9:30 a.m. and the parade will step off at 10:30. The route will follow State Street to the courthouse, where it will pause while wreaths are placed on the monuments. A salute will be fired by the Post #45 rifle squad and the parade then will proceed to North Broadway, travel north to Tyden Park and a wreath will be placed at the foot of the soldier’s monument there. Then the parade will travel to the Thornapple Rive Bridge, where a wreath will be placed in the river to honor the services of veterans who served on the high seas The parade will then travel to Riverside Cemetery down the avenue of flags and a wreath will be placed on the GAR Monument. The final wreath will be placed on the grave of the most recent veteran to be buried in Riverside Cemetery. One significant change in this year’s parade will be that no political signs or banners will be permitted. Habitat dinner set for May 18 Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Barry County will be cooking up large quantities of Swiss steak and chicken for a fund-raising dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. in Hastings. In addition to the two meats, the menu includes mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, a vegetable, homemade desserts and beverages. The meal is available for a freewill offering. Proceeds will help build another Habitat home for a local family in need of decent housing. For more information about the local Habitat, please call the Habitat office at 269-948-9939. People who would like to make a taxdeductible donation to Habitat and can't attend the upcoming dinner, may send a check to Barry County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 234; Hastings, Mich. 49058. Alumni Banquet tickets available Tickets for the 120th Hastings High School Alumni Banquet to be held Saturday, June 2 at the Hastings High School Cafeteria, 520 West South St., can be purchased at Bosley Pharmacy at 118 S. Jefferson in Hastings or by contacting L. Ozuna at 945-5903. Festivities begin with a punch bowl reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Hastings High School cafeteria, followed by the banquet and program at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. The banquet is for all who attended Hastings High School and their guests and honors the 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th, and 65th anniversary years. Activities for the day include a tour of the "old" high school (now Middle School), 232 West Grand St. at 11 a.m. Those wishing to attend can meet at the office entrance. Tours of the new Community Education and Recreation Center at 520 West South St. will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and those planning to participate can meet at the HHS library entrance. Delton Alumni banquet May 19 The 35th annual Delton Kellogg Alumni Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, in the High School Dining Commons. Graduates of the years 1957, 1982 and 2007 will be the honored guests for the evening. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. Coffee, tea and dinner rolls are provided. A business meeting will be held after the dinner with entertainment following. Alumni are encouraged to plan to attend this enjoyable event and get reacquainted with former school mates and friends. They can visit the new Web site at www.dkhsalumni.org for more information. County Airport plans open house The Barry County Airport will have an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 19, to introduce its new manager, Jason Blair. The open house, sponsored by the Hastings Flying Association, will be at the airport, located at 3005 Murphy Drive. Blair, a licensed pilot, was injured in a crash earlier this week and is scheduled to undergo and MRI for an injury to his back. It is expected, however, he will be available to greet visitors at the open house. Activities during the open house will include airplane rides ($25 per person), piloted by Thornapple Flying and Dodgen Aircraft; a food concession by Timeless Treats and a demo of a BMW motorcycle provided by BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids. Ron Holley, chairman of the Hastings City/Barry County Airport Board, said there has been a great deal of activity and construction to upgrade the Legion dinner set for May 18 The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will host a common cause appreciation dinner and fund-raiser at the American Patriot Restaurant on S. M-37 Friday, May 18. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and they will begin serving at 5:30. The program will begin at 7. The program will feature a salute to World War II Veterans and their families. The minimum cost of the dinner is $7 and special donations will be accepted, also. The meal will be Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, and will include a vegetable, a roll and a drink. Those who wish to attend and support these veterans should call the American Patriot Restaurant at 945-4973 or Bob May at 948-2880 with the number of people who will be attending. by Shawna Hubbarth Staff Writer The Hastings City Council has approved creation of an industrial development district for BCN (Bliss Clearing Niagara) Technical Services, paving the way for possible future tax abatements. Chief Financial Officer Roland Kuehnnel went before the council Monday night and said the business, which has taken over Bliss Manufacturing and services industrial presses, is moving forward and looking to expand. He said the company has been operating since Sept. 12 last year and since then has added ten new employees. They are also exploring options and the possibility of expanding their building and investing is heavy equipment. “That’s why we are asking this of the council...” he said. “Business if going well and we are looking to expand.” The approved request is the first step in allowing the industry to apply for tax abatements from the state. In other business at the meeting the council: • Decided to roll back to the previous special assessment district for downtown parking. A proposal was voted down that included two additional blocks on the assessment. Letters sent out with estimates of the assessment will now change to reflect the smaller pool of those assessed, said City Manager Jeff Mansfield. The council heard from a business owner on the north side who said he had enough parking and had paid over $10,000 in the last several years maintaining his parking lot. Council also heard from County Surveyor Brian Reynolds who said that while he had attended the meetings held on this issue last year to voice concerns, this time around with some changes made, he generally approved of the plan. “Seventy percent of my concerns were addressed,” he told the council. “I won’t say I am 100% happy but there are enough concerns and conflicting interests in this area that to be 100% happy (on the parking) there would have to be something wrong.” Councilman Don Tubbs voiced disapproval with the expanded parking assessment proposal, saying, “Everyone on the north side has enough parking, so I don’t think its necessary for us to expand this there.” There will be a June 11 public hearing on the matter. • Approved the request of Charlton Park and the Hastings Farmer’s Market to have the fee waived for hanging an advertising banner across State Street. Councilman Tubbs cast a dissenting vote saying, “We should at least get paid for putting it up and taking it down. They take time away from their work to do that.” “I think it makes more sense having something up there than nothing,” said Jasperse. “I hear his (Tubbs’) concerns but we feel we can afford to do that, these are two good things for the community and we and the Downtown Development Authority feel its important to have something up there,” said Mansfield. • Approved the recommendation by the Planning Commission to receive the Comprehensive Community Plan and submit it to Barry County, Rutland and Hastings Township. The plan will be likely be adopted and will serve as a blueprint for the future direction of growth in the area. • Approved a request from Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro to hold an outdoor event July 21 from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. celebrate their first anniversary with a temporary street closing and the selling of alcohol on public property within a certain amount of feet adjacent to the building. Councilwoman Dorothy Hawkins voted no. Police Chief Jerry Sarver who said he looked at the request and had no problem with it said the request came before the council as a courtesy and was already a part of their liquor license which allows for the extension. Jasperse, who said he did not have a problem with the request, said he was unaware that the council would have this decision to have alcohol sold on public property out of their control. He said he found that surprising and wondered if an ordinance needed to be in place to have the approval of the council for these type of requests. Mansfield said he would look into the subject. • Awarded a bud fir a 2007 Wheeled Excavator to Michigan Cat for an amount not to exceed $173,900 for the Department of Public Works. Authorized the mayor and the clerk to sign a quit claim deed on interest in a property owned by the trustees of the Joseph B. Hubert Trust. The city had interest in a right of way on the corner of Ironside Drive and Green Street that was no longer needed. • Heard Mayor Bob May commend the fire department and the community for their outpouring of support in the wake of the Al Fresco fire this past weekend. The store was a total loss. • Approved a request from First Presbyterian Church to temporarily close West Center Street the mornings of Monday June 11, through Friday, June 15, as part of their annual vacation Bible school. • Agreed to a request from the YMCA of Barry County to use Tyden Park and Fish Hatchery Park ball fields, tennis courts, pavilions and playground areas for their summer program between June 25 and July 27. • Approved the request from Barry Amateur Radio Association to use Tyden Park on Saturday, June 23, and Sunday, June 24, to participate in Amateur Radio Field Day. • Granted a request from the Hastings Public Library to hold a Book Brigade June 9, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., closing South Jefferson and South Michigan between State Street and Court Street. In addition for the official opening of the new library on that date, closing East State Street between Michigan and Boltwood from 9:30 a.m. to noon. • Approved a ban to prohibit smoking in the City Hall building and on City Hall grounds. • Heard from resident Terry Dennison about future plans to put a sidewalk in on his side of Broadway. He said not only was he concerned that he did not receive a letter about the sidewalk plans but that his side of the street did not have the a good grade to install the walk. He said it would make much more sense to do it on the other side of the road. Houses on that side are set back much deeper on the lot than his side, and he implored the council to go walk that stretch and reconsider the sidewalk plans. “We can look into going on the west side of Broadway,” said Mansfield. “We will bring that back to council.” • Learned that former Mayor Frank Campbell intends to run for a City Council seat this fall from the Third Ward. Maple Valley graduate killed in attack while serving in Iraq A 2005 Maple Valley High School graduate was killed while serving in the Army in Iraq last Friday. Daniel Courneya ,19, was one of four U.S soldiers and an Iraqi translator killed in an attack near Mahmoudiya. Three other American soldiers in the attack are missing. “This is a tragic thing for the Valley,” said Maple Valley High School Principal Todd Gonser at the Maple Valey Board of Education meeting Monday night. “We have been very lucky with our young men over there. We have seen it all around us and I guess it was just a matter of time before it hit home.” Gonser noted that when Courneya’s death was announced to the school on Monday, flags were adjusted to half staff, counselors and a grieving room were made available to the students and Courneya’s photo was set up in the cafeteria during lunch hour, along with a book for students to sign for the family. Courneya’s sister, Autumn Branham of Nashville, remembers her brother as someone who was always there for her when she was growing up. “He was there for me to talk to about anything. If I needed a shoulder to cry on, he was there. He was my best friend,” said Branham. “If I needed something, he didn’t care what he was doing he would stop everything and come help me.” Branham last heard from her brother when he called her three weeks ago. “It was a wonderful phone call. It was the first time in about a year that I had heard from him,” she said. “I’ll never forget the last thing he said to me. He said, ‘I still love ya, Sis!’ “I was told by his wife that he had called her two days before he was killed and before he hung up he told her that he was going to try to call me if the lines were free,” she added. “I love him very much; he is going to be missed deeply.” While he was a student at Maple Valley, Courneya was a member of the marching band, playing the clarinet. He also was cocaptain of the Lions’ varsity soccer team when he was a senior and he was a member of the varsity soccer and track teams for two years. Courneya had been involved with the music program through high school since the fifth grade. A choir concert scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, May 18, in the high school auditorium and a band concert set for 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20, have been changed to include patriotic tunes and are being dedicated to his memory. Courneya joined the Army in June 2005 when he was 17 years old, starting his basic training, just ten days after graduating from high school. He was stationed with the 431st Freeport Fire Dept. auction is Saturday The Freeport Fire Department has scheduled its annual Firemen’s Auction for Saturday, May 19. Auctioneer Terry Armour will get things started at 10 a.m. New and slightly used items will be sold to the highest bidder with the dollars raised being used to finish the fire station. Those who still have items they would like to donate can call the fire department to leave a message at 616-765-5385. Many items already have been donated, but many more are needed. Items can be dropped off on the south side of the Fire Station. The auction does not accept clothing, non-working refrigerators or tires. Daniel Courneya Infantry Polar Bears at Fort Drumm in New York last year and married his wife, Jennifer, in November 2006 in LaFargeville, N.Y. The solider was a private first, class serving in the infantry as a gunner and radio transit operator in Iraq. He was the son of Wendy Thompson of Vermontville and stepson of David Thompson, who has been deployed to Tikrit since last August. Thompson was given a hero’s welcome when he arrived in Vermontville Tuesday, but declined to be interviewed by television reporters, stating he did not want the focus to be on him, he was home for his stepson’s funeral. No information about memorial services was available at press time. Fresh Food Initiative site changes May 23 Daniel Courneya’s stepfather, David Thompson, and mother, Wendy Thompson, ride atop a Vermontville Township firetruck Tuesday afternoon as crowds of village residents line the street to welcome Thompson home from Tikrit The next Fresh Food Initiative Wednesday, May 23, will be held at the Church of the Nazarene at 1716 N. Broadway. The program will return to its customary location at the First United Methodist Church on Wednesday, May 30. For more information, please call Bonnie Hogoboom at the Barry County United Way Volunteer Center, (269) 945-4010. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 3 ALFRESCO, continued from page 1 Albrecht said though it may be months before the store reopens, AlFresco will honor all gift certificates upon reopening and any outstanding special orders are currently being worked on. “All special order customers and design customers are asked to please call (269) 9455000 and leave a message so they can be contacted,” she said. Both women expressed appreciation to everyone who provided help and support since the fire. “No words can express (our) gratitude to the firefighters who so bravely and tirelessly fought the fire,” Albrecht said. “The local business owners have been truly supportive and their help on Saturday was comforting and their continued support is appreciated.” Terry and Sue also acknowledged their customers who have offered condolences and support. AlFresco, a home and garden decor store, started business in the summer of 1999. After several expansions, including rental overnight business suites, it became a prominent business in Hastings with a customer base encompassing the tri-state area. “With positive spirit and community support, (we) are hoping to start renovations as soon as possible,” Albrecht said. “The optimistic plan is to reopen in plenty of time for the holiday shopping season.” Former State House speaker raps Michigan’s misguided spending by Fran Faverman Staff Writer State Rep. Craig DeRoche, featured speaker at last Thursday night’s Barry County Lincoln Day Dinner, used the Detroit Lions as a metaphor for Michigan’s recent financial predicaments. DeRoche in describing the state’s condi- tion, said, "Google is followed by Pfizer. The Lions are a metaphor for what is happening in Michigan... We are running a deficit because we are spending too much. We have increased spending in areas that don’t bring jobs to Michigan.” In a political zinger that he sees as separating the Republicans from the Democrats, he argued, "Government is defining success as growing Medicaid and the public dole." As an example of misguided spending, he cited two recent events, the transfer of six million dollars from an economic development fund to pay for a fountain in downtown Lansing to "enhance the view of the capitol." The second was a short-lived proposal to TOP TEN, continued from page 1 National Honor Society member, and on the varsity track and tennis teams. She has completed more than 60 hours of community service, doing everything from food drives to leaf raking, to helping raise money for cancer and refugee causes. She has participated in the roof sit for Habitat for Humanity, volunteered at St. Rose Church in various capacities and has been on the Youth Advisory Council for two years. She intends to attend Northwood University for four years to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She said of her future goals, “I want to have a successful job in which I can support my family and give back to the people who have helped me throughout my life.” • Jesse Ellwood is the son of Randy and Angie Ellwood. He has been on the varsity cross country and basketball teams, serving both as captain, on varsity track, in the Science Olympiad and Science Club, is a member of the National Honor Society, and has his academic letter for grades 10, 11 and 12. He has taken youth mission trips in the community, has served as a youth basketball camp coach, has taken the community service class at Barry Community Foundation and participated in several Relays for Life. He will attend Michigan State University with a major in secondary education in history. His long range goals include becoming a teacher, running a marathon and becoming a cross country coach. • Amy Ingle is the daughter of Julie and Michael Ingle of Battle Creek. Her school activities include National Honors Society member, as well as vice president of National Honor Society, Key Club, Students Against Drunk Driving, Hastings choir, member of the Varsity Singers, Captains’s Leadership Conference, fifth grade camp counselor, scholar athlete, member of varsity track and tennis teams and all-county/all-conference for four years, receiving state honorable mention and MVP at number one singles in tennis in her sophomore through senior years, and was a teacher aide for a second grade class at Star Elementary. She has also been a United States Tennis Association member for seven years, number one player in Western Michigan in the girls 16 division and ranked as high as 71st in the Midwest in the girls 18 division her senior year, winning a variety of tournaments. Her community activities include youth group member at Chapel Hill United Methodist youth group, Habitat for Humanity volunteer, carol singing at nursing homes, Sunday school teacher for kids, volunteering at a homeless shelter and food shelter in Chicago, and assisting children in Chicago from at an after school activity center. She will attend Ferris State University on a full-ride tennis scholarship and plans to major in secondary education or in a math-related field. Her long-range goals include being a high school math teacher or other math career. • Molly Wallace is the daughter of Bill and Lisa Wallace of Hastings. Her school activities include varsity soccer, swim team (including one year as captain), marching, symphonic, concert and steel drum bands, school musicals, basketball, volleyball and solo and ensemble. Her community activities include being a member of First Presbyterian Church youth group, Crop Walk for Hunger, 4-H teen leader, National Honor Society member, roadside cleanup on M-43, Therapy Dog Inc., helping raise funds for the new library, and a Relay for Life participant. She has also been a lifeguard at the Community Education and Recreation Center. She will enroll at the University of Findlay in Ohio for their pre-vet program. After that she plans to enroll in a graduate veterinary program and work as a vet. • Scott White is the son of Gary and Cynthia White of Hastings. His high school activities include varsity football and wrestling, with academic letters and academic top ten awards, as well as baseball. He has participated in Relay for Life, has been a member of Boy Scouts of America for eight years with 23 merit badges earned and rank of Eagle Scout. He had the Eagle Scout project of building a wheelchair assessable bridge over a drainage ditch at Star Elementary School. He is an official citizen of Walt Disney World. He plans to attend Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, where he will be majoring in mechanical engineering. He hopes to earn his bachelor’s degree and find employment in the field of engineering. His long-range goal is to find success and happi- ness in his field of employment, hoping to raise a family, possibly in a small town like Hastings. • Taylor Casarez is the son of David and Lorrie Casarez. High school activities include student council class president, Varsity Singers and tenor section leader, choir class officer, Southwest Michigan Vocal Festival Workshop delegate, Regional Honors Choir, fifth grade camp counselor, Youth in Government and a Youth in Government Red Senator, Pride Club, Points of Pride pep assembly photographer, Key Club, co-chair of Key Club Snowball food committee, drama club, musical, fall play, powderpuff cheerleader, Victor E. Saxon substitute, homecoming float building committee, semester honor roll in all high school grades, National Honor Society member and Exchange Student of the month in May, RYLA Life Leadership conference 2005, Homecoming court, summer reading discussion leader and AP U.S. History group study leader. Community activities include Pennock Hospital junior volunteer and training volunteer, Trick or Treat for UNICEF, Love for Lennon house cleaning, community leaf raking, Pennock gift bag committee, school wide glove drive, Skip a Meal Fundraiser, library fundraiser euchre tournament, Youth Advisory Council, Love for Lennon Community roof sit, caroling for cans, and purchasing Christmas presents with student council members for less fortunate children in the community. As for long range goals he said he is interested in teaching government and history to high school students within his native Michigan. He explained, “I would like to teach honors classes as they have been the most helpful when it came to learning important skills for college like proper note taking. In addition I would love to be involved with the musical/drama productions of the school at which I am employed. I might also enjoy being a facilitator for Michigan Youth in Government, a program that has taught me the importance of differing viewpoints in the democratic process. Regardless of where I teach, my major goal will be to communicate the lessons I have learned to the next generation of citizens.” supply school children with iPods. What does he see as the state’s options? "Government can tighten its belt or we can force you to pay more taxes," he observed. As an example of belt tightening, he cited autoworkers who have had to learn to do more with less. The second alternative, raising taxes, he saw as characteristic of a "fundamental disrespect for taxpayers." "I want to invest in opportunity, not spend out of despair," he urged. Conceding that a tax increase would solve the short-term deficit, he cited the long-term issue of a “brain drain,” the number of graduates of Michigan’s universities who leave the state for economic opportunities elsewhere. "Our graduates need to be able to find jobs here," he commented. Continuing with his discourse on the public sector, he said, "Government has a social net; people need to have the streets shoveled, but we build fountains." Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm came off better than might have been expected. "Granholm is not responsible — it is everybody’s fault; the finger-pointing has to stop," he said. "Lots of people are counting on us to provide sense rather than what is coming from the other side," he noted. In closing, he cited the slogan, "Majority in 2008 — a line drawn for Republicans." Prominent among the attendees were local representatives, State Senator Patricia Birkholz, 24th District, and Representatives Brian Calley, 87th House District and Rep. Rick Jones, 86th House District. Among the elected county-wide officers present were clerk Debbie Smith, Sheriff Dar Leaf and Cathy Leaf. Barry County commissioners, all of whom are Republicans, have rarely attended the annual Lincoln day dinner, but this time they were represented by Dr. Michael Callton, Nashville, chairman of the County Board of Commissioners; Keith Ferris, Rutland; Mark Englerth, Yankee Springs; and Jeff See SPEAKER, page 5 GOP Chairwoman Vivian Connor State Reps. Brian Calley (left) and Craig DeRoche (right), with Al Warren of Orangeville Township. �Page 4 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Pro-lifers have no moral reason to support trade with China IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Video game addiction a growing concern To the editor: While listening to the car radio several weeks ago, my interest was drawn to a discussion about the impact of video games on today's youth. The discussion was between the host of the program and the author of the book “Playstation Nation.” I decided to borrow the book from the library. The authors, Olivia and Kurt Bruner, have spent considerable time and research in studying the area of video game addiction. It was of personal concern to them, as their son had become obsessed with video games. I am passing on some information from this book which may be well known to some of your readers, but was new and of great concern to me. According to this book, video game playing actually changes the chemistry in the brain by increasing the activity of dopamine, one of the most important neurotransmitters in the brain, controlling movement, attention and learning. Similar to chemical dependence, excessive video game play creates its own version of something called “drug memories,” visual cues in the brain that cause craving for the desired substance or activity. Kids who play video games submit their developing brains to a chemical reaction similar to amphetamine drug injection. The more often they play, the more likely they are to become hooked on the feeling. They resist turning off the systems, pleading instead for "just one more level." The video game industry has surpassed the movie industry. Americans spend billions of dollars on it, making it one of the most consistent influences on this generation of kids. In 2004, the National Institute on Media and the Family raised concerns about how video games may be shaping lifelong appetites and character qualities in our teens, stating experiences occurring during a child's brain's growth spurts have a greater impact on their brain's wiring than at any other time in their lives. Children are wiring the circuits for self control, responsibility, and relationships they will carry with them into adulthood. The latest brain research shows that violent games activate the anger center of the teenage brain while dampening the brain's "conscience." They also simulate heroic conquest through pursuits and rewards without any of the risk and danger of real heroism. Players find the empty thrill of virtual pursuits replacing the kind of deep satisfaction that can come trom the real world. The website for this couple is www.videogametrouble.org. They also recommend the book “Addiction and Grace,” written by Gerald G. May M.D. Anita Barcroft, Hastings Townships do more than we commonly think about To the editor: I am happy that I was able to provide a laugh for Joe Lukasiewicz, as evidenced by his letter, but it saddens me so many people do not have a full grasp on what townships do for their residents. Whenever politicians find that they (or their predecessors) have overspent and mismanaged public money, they cast about for ways to liberate a little more. One way to locate paths to pots of gold is to float a trial People still bought gasoline on May 15 To the editor: I was so disappointed when I saw all the traffic at the local gas stations Tuesday, May 15, the day many of us were not going to buy gas. Cutting back, even ever so little, will indeed bother the gas companies. Something has to give! If everyone tries to use just 5% to 10% less, the prices will probably drop. I noticed a marked increase in my miles per gallon when I bothered to check the air in my tires, change my air filter, and slowed down a bit. Also, park and go in instead of running gas out in a drive-through line. If you are approaching a stop sign, coast instead of accelerating all the way. Make one less trip into town this week. Accelerate more slowly and steadily and slow down in general. If all of us do a few things, it will matter! L Williams, Hastings balloon and see how well it floats. If it does not receive a lot of resistance... that is the way they will try to go. It may be appropriate to abolish townships. If that happens I wonder who will provide firefighting services... not the county nor the state, for that is not what they do nor are they required to. Also, emergency medical services are provided by townships, not the county. Assyria Township provides for five cemeteries. WiII the county or state step in and take over? All these things and more (yes, including assessments and tax collection) require people to manage and carry out various functions. State and county employees are full time with good wages and benefits, a heck of a lot more than most township employees. Then there is the aspect of citizen participation. Based on observation, there is a greater percentage of voters at the average township meeting than at the average County Commissioners’ meetings. If the Michigan House Speaker and company want to pursue removing the "township" from the Michigan State Constitution, I sure hope they do so with a full and clear understanding of the complexities incumbent of such an action... maybe they can make things better by changing who does what. I just hope they don't replace the needs and desires of the individual with the needs and desires of state government. Mike P. Timmons, Assyria Township Supervisor To the editor: In last week's letter from a Wal-Mart employee defending the company she works for, she labeled the people who criticize WalMart's corporate policies as not having their facts straight and criticized them for not protesting instead against abortion. Yet Wal-Mart is the fourth largest trading partner with the People's Republic of China, which has an official government policy of forced abortion, which certainly makes it difficult for those claiming to be “Pro-Life” to feel good doing business with companies doing business with China. A 2001 article from the U.K. Telegraph newspaper reports China forcing 20,000 women in a poor, mountainous area in what was once known as Canton into abortion and sterilization "after communist family planning chiefs found that the official one-child policy was being routinely flouted." It goes on to say that "demographers believe that China has one of the highest rates of abortion in the world, with estimates running at up to 80 terminations for each 1,000 live births." China's population of well over one billion has prompted it to enforce abortion and sterilization for those in violation of a policy of one child per couple. That overpopulation also creates a climate where China has to under bid any competitor on the world labor market in order to feed its ever-increasing hordes of hungry citizens eager for a better life and more money to buy things not made in America any more because Wal-Mart demands lower prices and higher profits. Instead of casting stones at people with legitimate criticisms of Wal-Mart's business practices, perhaps the people who work for Wal-Mart should start asking why their company does so much business with a country whose official government policy is to kill untold numbers of unborn babies every year. Instead of going after their fellow Americans for whom birth control failed or even worse, women whose life and health are at risk in a dangerous pregnancy and have no other choice, the opponents of abortion should actually join the cause of fighting Wal-Mart. And really, it's not just Wal-Mart but any other corporation doing excessive business with a communist state which forces its women to have mandatory, governmentinduced abortions, helps support the genocidal forces in Sudan and takes away decentpaying American jobs, crippling our cities and suburbs through lost wages and closed factories. American businesses shouldn't deal with countries that hurt our global interests, but China cozies up to world's most danger- America. Hopefully, we figure out a better way than the path we've been traveling since "trickle down" economics promised to bring us "Morning in America" but only brought us a dog day afternoon of outsourcing and underemployment. Citizens should think about boycotting Wal-Mart for many reasons, but mostly because it's the most effective way to boycott China, buy American and protect our American way of life. All any of us want is to try to make a decent living and get by, but not by hurting other people. When you or someone you know loses their factory job due to work being sent overseas, it's time to connect the dots. It's time our community and our country pull together and stop China's hostile takeover of our ability to make ends meet. We shouldn't support that, whether we're pro-life or pro-choice. This issue isn't about any one political party either. China has a lot of friends in our government, borderline traitors who'd rather help Wall Street than Main Street. The rich elite don't care about where goods are made as long as they get their capital gains free share of the transaction. The money changers are in the temple that is our American democracy Joe Williams, Hope Township Equal custody is ‘A Child’s Right’ To the editor: In response to Ms. Paula Manning's letter of April 26, giving our state's children the right to be raised by both of their fit parents is not about child support. As a matter of fact, House Bill 4564 does not change the manner in which child support is calculated and will not remove the need for children to be supported. Also under current child support law, if a parent is not actually equally parenting then the other parent can motion for a change in support, which does not change with HB 4564. Ms. Manning believes that joint custody is already available, but current law only allows joint custody when both parents agree to it, which is rare. Sexist presumptions that fathers do not equally participate in child rearing are outdated and bigoted and need to be replaced with the fact that children need both parents substantially to have the best chance of success in life. Children of custody disputes deserve to be Honoring Mother Earth on Mother’s Day Members and friends of the Progressive Democrats of West Michigan gathered by the Peace Pole entrance to the Paul Henry Trail in Middleville on Mother's Day to "Stand in the Park for Peace." A declaration stated, "As we prepare to celebrate the mothers in our lives we often neglect to recognize the most important mother of all: Mother Earth. On Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m., thousands of people around the globe will stood together in silence for five minutes in local parks, schools, churches and other gathering places to promote a better world for future generations.” The result was a 24-hour wave of standing to motivate and invigorate others to realize the dream of a better world. The event was conceived by a group of women associated with Ohio State University. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. ous forces and we just keep spending our paychecks on cheap plastic junk in the pursuit of happiness that never seems to come from our quest to have more things. Politicians and big business benefit from a fire sale for the American way of life for the middle class while confusing us with sensationalism and celebrity gossip dressed as news. We're always told that low prices make it necessary to shop at the cheapest place. But what if in the long run you're hurting yourself more? Most people are smart enough not to go to a payday loan place with easy money today but tomorrow you may end up donating an organ to pay the bill. Well, at least we don't actually have to sell organs to make a living in this country, but in China that's not a joke. It's actually reported that poor Chinese often end up "donating" their organs to the rich in the same way a teller "donates" to bank robbers. Cheap prices to Americans come at a cost to us, our neighbors and people all across the globe. It's costs us jobs and it only helps the corrupt one-party state where the rich live in glittering cities while pheasants toil in the fields in a feudal system of slave wages and systematic human rights violations. You know, I was describing China, but that's starting to sound more and more like What are good safety rules? The Youth Advisory Council of the Barry Community Foundation and the Hastings Elks Lodge had a Teddy Bear Tea. Local safety personnel had expected to come and talk to children and their stuffed animals about being safe. Due to a local emergency they were not able to attend, but some of those attending were asked about what they thought were good safety rules. able to maintain their parental relationships. The state's current cookie-cutter approach of assigning one parent sole (85%) custody and the other minimal (15%) visitation does not maintain parental relationships. This custody arrangement does not represent the normal healthy parent-child relationship and does not represent the amount of participation that fathers give within intact families. Under HB 4564 parents can agree to their own parenting plan with the judge getting the final say on all arrangements, but with the requirement that the judge presume parents are equal unless there is proof of unfitness. Children should not have to divorce a parent or be used to punish a parent. Equal child custody is their right. Darrick Scott-Farnsworth, Executive Director, A Child's Right, Battle Creek New Hastings Supt. agrees to 3-year contract A three-year $110,000 contract was approved for new Hastings School Superintendent Rich Satterlee late last week. The contract includes a full benefits package from Blue Cross Blue Shield Flexible Blue Plan, dental insurance, and life and vision insurance. He will also receive a $3,500/year annuity. The contract will run from July 1 of this year until June 30, 2010. Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel said Satterlee officially was submitting his resignation to the Pittsford Board of Education, his current employers, on May 21. Schoessel said Satterlee may job shadow before July 1st, but the details would be worked out after his official resignation. The contract is $10,000 more a year than previous Superintendent Chris Cooley made, which was $100,000/year. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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It is also important to wear a helmet when you ride your bike.” He attended with his stuffed dog, “Fuffy.” Spencer Tyson, Hastings: “In the summer it is really important to wear sunscreen and play in the shade when you can.” He attended with a different stuffed dog, also named “Fluffy.” Hannah Case, Hastings: “I think that children should always play or swim with a partner.” Emily Love, Lansing: “Everybody should wear sunscreen. Your parents need to remind you to put it on when you are in a hurry.” She came with her stuffed dog, “Cinnamon.” Abby Love, Lansing: “It is really important not to play in the road because cars can’t always see you.” She came with her bear “Susie.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 5 Economic development is indispensible The Barry County Board of Commissioners voted 6 to 2 last week to continue $89,000 per year in funding economic development activities in the county. The vote authorizes five years of continuous annual funding. I applaud the County Board majority for its vision and determination to support economic expansion when across the state the signs of expansion look bleak. If you question the wisdom of the board’s decision, think about how successful a local car dealership would be without a sales department. If you expect to sell any cars, you need someone on the lot to answer the customer’s questions and eventually make the sale. That's the real value of a strong economic development department, working with local business and industry when they require assistance or to help new companies in their plans to locate somewhere in the county. The Economic Development Alliance has been in existence for more than five years now. The group originally was organized under the leadership of Bill Weisgerber from Ionia County, who came to the area with a wealth of knowledge and was hired to get us up and running with the understanding that his position eventually would be filled by a full-time director. After helping the group with start-up operations and finding local volunteers, Bill stepped aside and let Dixie StadelManshum, the former Barry County Chamber of Commerce director, take the lead. Dixie came to the Alliance with a great deal of knowledge about Barry County, the businesses, the people, and their needs and desires for expanding development throughout the county. As leader of the chamber for over 10 years, it was relatively easy for Dixie to hit the ground running. Barry County for decades has maintained a history of strong, dependable, locally owned and operated business and industry, so some have looked to the Alliance more as a maintenance program rather than for growth. But if you know Dixie, you knew she she would jump in with both feet and would be willing to ask for help from area experts. She saw the possibilities and was willing to do whatever necessary to grow the Alliance and its activities throughout the county. Michigan has always had a strong climate for traditional industry and was showing signs of growth in emerging industries growing alongside, based on information technology the life sciences and advanced manufacturing. This state used to maintain a reputation as one of the most attractive locations in North America for business and industry. Tax cuts and changes in outdated regulations and reduction in unemployment insurance and workers compensation should have spurred economic growth throughout the state. Just a few years ago, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation even called it a new day for business in Michigan, but it didn't take long to see that it was anything but that. In fact, you might say, "We've seen Michigan's worst of times" recently, having been listed on the bottom of just about every economic indicator listing reported. In just a few short years, we went from the nation's most promising to last in the pack. When it comes to economic development, everyone seems to expect results in a very short time. But sometimes economic development is actually something that needs to be nurtured and supported for some time before it begins to pay dividends. That's why I applaud the County Board of Commissioners for saying "yes" to Barry County in spite of what seems to be happening around us. We need to continue the work of the Alliance as a watchdog for business and to be ready for whatever comes our way, just like the auto sales people on the lot to make the sale come true. Looking back over the past five years, there are many accomplishments the Economic Development Alliance can be proud of. They’ve been there as a business advocate, held retention visits for existing business and industry. They've been instrumental in educational programs such as the annual summit held in the fall each year, inviting area experts to discuss development issues with local leaders. The Alliance has been involved in new business attraction and even today is involved with many possible new businesses, helping them through the process. The Alliance has been a counselor for new businesses like MOO-ville, the ethanol plant and Dollar General in Nashville and Delton, and many others as a behind the scenes cheerleader. The group was one of the first to support the casino project near Gun Lake and has written letters of support along the way. Many of the Alliance members serve on other boards and are always ready to respond in support of their mission. This mission is to promote and pursue activities in the county that create wealth, employment and business development consistent with the preservation of the rural quality of life. I've been involved in the Alliance since its inception, as a member of the board and former chair, and I've seen first hand the opportunities and accomplishments that are only hampered by what’s happening at the state level. If only our legislative leaders could get their act together and pass legislation that would put Michigan back in the hunt to expand business and industry throughout the state. Our legislature has been at this for over 10 years now. They knew the single business tax wasn't working, they knew something needed to be done, yet despite all the rhetoric, they've done very little other than take part in political grandstanding. I think most Michigan taxpayers have had enough. They reelected this governor last November and sent a new group of legislators to Lansing to get the job done, yet they've proven over and over again to be clueless about the importance of getting Michigan back on the road to recovery. In fact, they've done nothing but get in the way of solving Michigan's tax system, frustrating education and watching business after business leave the state. When you talk to industry leaders, they aren’t worrying about competition down the street as much their competition from Southeast Asia, Mexico and India, where there are few laws, and the labor force works for half what workers make in the U.S. and in some countries less than a dollar per hour. When you look at what these companies are up against, the odds seem impossible. Yet many local companies think of Michigan as their home and are still willing to make it happen. They just need the proper support from Michigan government. In spite of what's happening in Lansing, our county's economic development group is growing and is in the process of merging with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. By combining the two organizations under one umbrella, they can become a onestop shopping machine to promote business and industry throughout Barry County. Bringing together the Chamber's active volunteer network and the Alliance's experienced leaders, they have a chance to make a difference in Barry County's future in the next five years. As a citizen or business leader, you can't expect the business of economic development just to happen. In takes a group of dedicated leaders to respond to the issues facing us, if you’re looking for results. Looking back over the past five years I think anyone who examines the evidence concerning the Alliance would determine the work was important, done well and the county has benefited. Looking to the future, I think you would see, you can't get the job done without someone willing to do the work. Thanks again, Barry County Board of Commissioners, for the support and vision in an economy and state where it might be easier to say "no" rather than focus on the light of success. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Gun Lake Tribe health fair lures 300 attendees The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis sponsored a health fair Saturday, May 5, at the Luella Collins Community Center in Bradley. Phyllis Davis the tribe’s health and human services director, said about 300 attendees from seven of the 12 tribes in west Michigan came to the center for health testing and services. The Gun Lake Tribe and six others collaborated on sponsoring the event, which is intended to provide an ounce of prevention to Native Americans, particularly in the area of type 2 diabetes. Davis said the health care program receives federal dollars to operate programs such as this one, which provides health screenings for diabetes, cholesterol, sports physicals, EKGs, foot examinations, arthritis, kidney problems, etc. Noting that troubling statistics about Native Americans and diabetes have been announced recently, Davis said, “This was an A “patient” at the health fair gets her finger poked for a blood glucose test for type 2 diabetes. opportunity to capture people who too often fall through the cracks (in the health care system). A lot of Native Americans don’t have health insurance, so they rely heavily on services such as this. We hope to help people learn about management techniques and take control of their own health.” She said west Michigan tribes hope to make the health an annual event and they were encouraged with the turnout. “For a first-time event, I think we did a wonderful job,” Davis commented. Officials at the health fair provided a healthy lunch for the attendees. Jacob Wescott and Erin Fluke HHS business students compete in national event Two business students from Hastings High School attended the Business Professionals of America 2007 National Leadership Conference, "Destination: Success," May 913 in New York City. Hastings BPA chapter members Erin Fluke and Jacob Wescott joined more than 6,000 other conference delegates from across the nation to participate in national-level business skill competitions, workshops, general sessions, and the national officer candidate campaigns and elections. While in the Big Apple, they also visited historic sites including the Statue of Liberty and Ground Zero. They were accompanied by Nancy Cottrell, Business Department Chairwoman. "The conference is the culmination of a school year’s worth of business workforce education and training which members of the local chapter of Business Professionals of America have received," said chapter advisor Tracy George, who teaches web design, computers and information technology, and accounting. These students earned the honor of attending the national conference by placing in events held at the regional and state levels earlier in the year. Wescott, a junior and the son of Tracey and Jeff Wescott, won 10th place out of 69 students competing in the Integrated Office Applications event. His competition involved demonstrating his ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint to create business documents. Fluke, daughter of Laura and Chris Fluke, placed 24th out of 81 competitors in the Payroll Accounting event. In that event, she had to answer questions about payroll procedures, complete time cards, fill out a payroll register, and journalize payroll entries. Continuing its tradition, Michigan had the highest number of winners of the states participating. Individuals, businesses and groups who helped to defray the cost of their trip included Bosley Pharmacy, Coleman Agency, GFWCHastings Women’s Club, Hastings Business and Professional Women, Hastings City Bank, Johnson & Company, P.C., Newton’s Well Service, Thornapple Valley Family Health, and many anonymous donors. Business Professionals of America is a national organization for students preparing for careers in business and information technology. The organization’s activities and programs complement classroom instruction by giving students practical experience through application of the skills learned at school. Business Professionals of America acts as a cohesive agent in the nationwide networking of education and business and industry and is contributing to the preparation of a worldclass workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills. Hastings business teachers who support the BPA activities are Tracy George and Nancy Cottrell. SPEAKER, continued from page 3 VanNortwick, Johnstown. Barry County GOP Chairwoman Vivian Conner observed, "This is the first time we’ve had (as many as four) county commissioners attending since I started chairing this dinner five years ago." Letters from Republican presidential candidates John McCain and Mitt Romney, outlining their goals, were presented. The McCain letter stressed that problems were not "red state or blue state problems. They are national and global." The Romney letter contained ten points that ranged from the jihadists whom he defined as a "far more sinister and broadbased extremist faction with a very eighth century view of the world," to the need for investment in education lest "unless we take action, we’ll end up being the France of the 21st century." Romney also stressed his Michigan heritage. He is the son of the late George Romney, Michigan governor from 1963 to 1969. Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land,in her letter, proposed pre-registering future voters at the age of 16 while they are still in school and supports the use of a "no questions asked" absentee ballot. Rep. Calley spoke briefly about Abraham Lincoln and his role in the development of the Republican Party about 150 years ago. He particularly emphasized Lincoln’s concern with equality and the humanity of all. Lincoln had apparently become disinterested in politics, according to him, until the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820; in effect, the Kansas-Nebraska Act permitted states to enter the union as slave states without an offsetting free state. Calley credited this act with reviving Lincoln’s interest, and said that Lincoln showed what public service was. He concluded, "It gave credibility to the Republican Party." Talking about McCain he said, "I have always had a spot for him. I wrote him a letter when I was 13 and he wrote back." Calley said he regards McCain as an example of what public service should be. Callton introduced Alvin Warren, the man who has led the drive to establish a veterans’ memorial in Orangeville, whichl will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27. The memorial is located at the town hall on Lindsey Road. Warren has had a lengthy military career, as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and then in the National Guard. Callton presented the Military Service Award to him, saying, "He Nick Slagstad provided musicial entertainment for the annual GOP Lincoln Day Dinner. has donated time, talents, efforts and more." Warren, seizing the opportunity, advised the audience that it was not too late to purchase a brick and "add the unknown soldier to the walkway to the memorial." He stressed the memorial is for all veterans of all wars. Englerth, whose Sixth District includes Orangeville, said, "Since the Boston Tea Party, individuals have made a difference. Communities are fortunate to have persons like Al Warren." Warren responded, "I don’t what to say. Thank you for this great award. I hope everyone here will come to the dedication. It’s history. It’s history in the making." The Second Amendment award was presented to Dave Stevens. It appears that Barry County is first in the state in the number of licenses granted for personal firearms. A special award honoring Doris Neeson posthumously for her contributions to Barry County was accepted by her son, Dave Neeson. Connor presented the Chair’s Choice award to Susan Vlietstra, whom she credited with "great sacrifice" in her efforts. Norm Porter introduced six students whose attendance at the dinner was supported by Congressman Vernon Ehlers and Senator Birkholz. �Page 6 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. Donald J. Kidder ALTO - Donald J. Kidder, Sr., age 90, of Alto, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007 at Tendercare in Hastings. Don was born on August 23, 1916 in Freeport the son of James and Ida (Kuempel) Kidder. He lived in the Freeport area all his life, and spent 18 winters in Riverview, Florida after he retired. He attended school in Freeport. He worked with his father for a few years, and then went to work at E.W. Bliss Company in Hastings. He retired from there after working many different jobs with the company for 42 years. He married Mary E. VanAman on March 6, 1935, and they have lived almost all of their 72 years together in the same home on Baker Avenue in Alto. He was a member of the United Brethren Church in Freeport. He loved to fish, and fished many lakes in the area, Lake Michigan, and in Florida. He loved his family and loved spending time with them. Don is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Barbara (Robert) Moore, of Middleville, Nadine (Herbert) Smelker, of Freeport, and Laura (Larry) Lenz, of Freeport; sons, Tim (Deanna) Kidder, of Freeport, Gary (Judy) Kidder, of Wayland, Rodney Kidder, of Wayland, and Roger Kidder of Alto; daughter-in-law, Marcia Kidder, of Middleville; and sister, Jeanetta Hayes of Hastings; 18 grandchildren; 33 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Billie Lee Kidder; sister, Betty Mathews; and brothers, Joseph and Kenneth Kidder. A private family service will be held at a later date, and Don will be buried at Bowne Cemetery, Bowne Township, Alto. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice. Arrangements were made by Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net) Mary A. Letson GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 5:00 p.m. Session/Confirmation Class Meeting. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Today - 1 p.m. Rummage Sale; 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir. Friday - 9 a.m. Rummage Sale; Golf Fellowship. Saturday - Youth leae for Michigan’s Adventure. Next Monday - 7:00 p.m. Trustees. Next Tuesday - 4:30 p.m. Little Seedlings. Next Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 9 a.m. - Little Seedlings; 7:00 p.m. Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 7751394 June Marie Dankert HASTINGS - June Marie Dankert, formerly of Saginaw, passed away at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, on May 10, 2007. June was born in Saginaw on January 2, 1920, the daughter of Alfred and Marie (Steiner) Stork. She was a graduate of Saginaw High School and Saginaw Business Institute and had retired from Saginaw County Municipal Employees’ Credit Union. June married Harold F. Dankert, who preceded her in death in 2004. She is survived by a daughter, Kay (Gene) Trantham of Delton; eight grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. June is also survived by a sister-in-law, Dorothy Stork and a brother-in-law, Dr. Lester J. Dankert of Midland. Preceding her in death were her daughter, Alison G. Skutt; her son, John A. Kankert; granddaughter, Anna Marie Skutt; her brother, Alfred (Bud) Stork; and her sister, Jo Stork. The funeral service was at St. Matthew’s Ev. Lutheran Church in Freeland where Pastor Biga officiated on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or to St. Matthew’s. Floyd L. Miller Floyd L. Miller, age 93, died May 12, 2007 at Laurels of Bedford. He was born February 27, 1914 in Lacey to Erwin and Grace Miller and married Gertrude Clagett, March 2, 1941 in Latrobe, PA., and she survives. Floyd worked in many local food markets in their meat departments and worked for Eatons in Battle Creek, retiring in 1974. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping and very much loved his black labrador dogs. In addition to his wife of 66 years, Floyd is survived by a son, Richard (June) Miller; six grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; brother, Everett (Linda) Miller; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Harold; two sisters, Hellen and Nyla and brother, Robert. Graveside services will be held on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Dowling Cemetery. Pastor Steve Olmstead officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are being made by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Iva G. Lee Iva G. Lee, age 87 of Hastings, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, May10, 2007 at the Arbor Manor Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. Iva was born January 28, 1920 in Battle Creek, the daughter of Alvin L. and Hazel J. (Peaslee) VanAlstine, She attended Kalamo School and Battle Creek Lakeview High School. Iva married Franklin C. Eberhard April 15, 1939 and he preceded her in death July 13, 1954. Iva worked for Westen Biscuit for five years, Kellogg’s, Post and Eatons in Battle Creek. She also drove a school bus for two years and retired in 1967. Iva married Gordon Lee August 27, 1965, he preceded her in death on January 23, 2001. She was also preceded in death by a son Larry Eberhard in 1965; step-daughter, Judith Walkinshaw; and a sister, Huldey Corkins. Iva is survived by her son, Steven (Carol) Eberhard of Jackson; a daughter; six stepchildren, Gloria (Gerald) Miller of Middleville, Margaret VanDebizen, David (Donna) Lee, Dennis (Joyce) Lee and Terry Lee; 27 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a brother, Alvin VanAlstine; sisters, Anita Shook, Joyce Martin; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Saturday May 12, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings with Pastor George Gay officiating. Burial was at Memorial Park Cemetery in Battle Creek. Memorials can be made to Matt and Barb Douglas Missionary, c/o Hastings First Baptist Church or CEF - Child Evangelism Fellowship, Box 389, Hastings, MI. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). County wins FEMA hazard mitigation grant HASTINGS - Mary A. Letson, age 104, of Hastings, went home to her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 in Hastings Tendercare Nursing Home. Mary was born August 31, 1902 in North Manchester, Indiana, the daughter of Jesse and Clara Walters. The family moved to Charlotte when Mary was 8 years old. She married William Letson on March 3, 1928. The first few years they rented farms and in March 1938 they purchased a farm east of Woodland on the Clark Road. After retiring they moved to Meadowlane in Hastings. Shortly after her husband’s death in 1990, Mary sold their home and moved in with her daughter, Ardith (Wayne) Knop and lived with them for 8 1/2 years. She then moved to a retirement home, Sentinel Point in Grand Rapids, where she lived until her last two months, when she was moved to Tendercare Nursing Home in Hastings. Mary enjoyed gardening, cooking, sewing, tatting and other handmade things and doing for others. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hastings, Farm Bureau, and a Pennock Hospital Guild. She enjoyed her winters in Arizona with her husband. Surviving are her children, Harold (MaryLou) Letson of Bayfield, CO, Laura (Ted) Lennox) of Dearborn and Ardith (Wayne) Knop of Middleville; daughters-inlaw, Joan (Ray) Potter and Betty Hogan (wives of John and Ralph Letson, both deceased); 14 grandchildren, four step-grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren; sister-in-law, Jane Walters of Charlotte. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, William Letson; by two sons, John and Ralph Letson; one grandson, one granddaughter and all her brothers and sisters. Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2007 at Hastings First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. C. Jeffrey Garrison officiating along with family members. Mary gave love, Christian leadership and joy to all who knew her. The family would like to express their appreciation to the Wren Funeral Home and the people of the First Presbyterian Church for all they have done for us. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released $230,325 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to Barry County for the elevation of 12 residential homes located along Jordan Lake in Woodland Township. “This kind of project is the cornerstone of disaster prevention efforts and illustrates the importance of local, state and federal governments working together for the benefit of citizens,” said Edward G. Buikema, regional administrator, FEMA Region V. The properties, which will be elevated at least one foot above the 100-year base flood elevation, experience repetitive flooding due to fluctuating lake levels of Jordan Lake. 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FFA Officers attend Region 1 Leadership HASTINGS - Thomas F. Kidder, age 74, of Hastings and a winter resident of Interlachen, Florida, died Thursday, May 10, 2007 in Interlachen. Mr. Kidder was born on September 29, 1932 in Hastings, the son of Arthur and Mina (DeBar) Kidder. He was raised in the Hastings area and attended Hastings schools. He was married to the former Betty M. Kosbar on March 7, 1953. Tom’s employment included Hastings Public Schools, owned operated a Shell gas station in Hastings, True Value Hardware in Hastings, and Bradford-White Corp. in Middleville. He was a member of Hastings First Baptist Church, enjoyed playing pool, golf, camping with family and friends. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. Tom is survived by his wife, Betty; sons, Kenneth Kidder of Hastings and Kevin Kidder of Jackson; daughter, Karen (Russell) Thompson of Middleville; five grandchildren, Korey Kidder, Douglas Kidder, Michael Thompson, Matthew Thompson and Mark Thompson; seven great grandchildren, Bailey Kidder, Brennan Kidder, Riley Kidder, Teagan Kidder, Hayle Thompson, Karen Jo Thompson and Michael Thompson, Jr.; brother, Robert Kidder, of Denver, Colorado; and sister, Marie Chamberlain of Hastings. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Hastings First Baptist Church with Pastor Daniel L. Currie officiating. Burial will be at Irving Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hastings First Baptist Church. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com) Larry O. Tague by Ashleigh Holley Hastings High School FFA Chapter Reporter The Hastings FFA chapter officer team attended the Region 1 Leadership camp last month. Attending were Miranda Fay, Carson Letot, Ashleigh Holley, Samantha Tobias, Amanda Cappon, Kyle Letot and Rachel McFarland. These seven students will be serving as the officer team for the 2007/2008 academic year. The officers learned how to perform the duties of their office, learned many new leadership skills through activities and made many new friends. While at camp the team also made a display board to show off the local chapter’s events and took home the traveling plaque for having the most creative and all-around favorite board. Rigby-Koutz Wileys to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Glenn and Eleanor Wiley of Delton celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on January 24, 2007. Their daughters, Diane (Jerry) Frost, Sharon (Paul) Fisher and Linda (Arthur) Ribble, are hosting an open house to celebrate their parents’ anniversary on Sunday, May 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Orangeville Township Hall at 7350 Lindsey Road. Glenn has been a farmer and mechanic all his life and he is semi-retired. Eleanor has worked in manufacturing and is retired. Glenn and Eleanor enjoy the warmer climates during the winter months. Besides their children, they have six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. The couple request no gifts, please. Marriage Licenses Newborn Babies FFAs competed in a display board contest to showcase the events of their chapters and the Hastings chapter won the contest and took home the traveling plaque. Pictured here are the 2007-2008 chapter officers. Wesley Allen Coenen, Hastings and Susan Marie Slocum, Hastings. Thomas Patrick Ellis, Hickory Corners and JoEllen Sue Radcliffe, Hickory Corners. Richard Gene Gibson, Caledonia and Andrea Rose Sypniewski, Caledonia. John Leonard Cardenas, Delton and Judith Anne Doerr, Delton. Douglas Bryan Varney, Hastings and Ashley Lynn Day, Hastings. Matthew Allen Send, Hastings and Jessica Marie Rose, Hastings. Richard Larry Ward, Shelbyville and Virginia Irene Johnson, Middleville. Mace Jay Babcock, Delton and Vivian Marie McClellan, Delton. Middleville Baby Bliss building condemned GIRL, Neila Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on April 19, 2007 at 5:39 p.m. to Allen and Deanna Burton of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Donna Mae, born at Pennock Hospital on April 22, 2007 at 10:40 p.m. to Nicole Marie Heaton of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Maycie Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on April 23, 2007 at 3:57 p.m. to Thomas Baker and Mindy Kaiser of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alyssa Nicole, born at Pennock Hospital on April 25, 2007 at 7:48 a.m. to Lindsey and Eric Possehn of Saranac. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Augustus Fredrick, born at Pennock Hospital on April 26, 2007 at 8:32 to Benjamin and Amanda Teachworth of Lake Odessa. Weighing 9 lbs. 13 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Isabelle Anna, born at Pennock Hospital on April 27, 2007 at 7:51 a.m. to Angela and Josh Stanton of Dowling/Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Aroara Shea Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 1:16 a.m. to Danielle and Kenneth Fenstemaker of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Evan Liu, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 8:42 a.m. to Li Fang Liu and Yong Qin Liu of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Jaidyn Aliyah, born at Pennock Hospital on April 28, 2007 at 11:49 p.m. to Jennifer Josselyn of Ionia. Weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Middleville Village Planner Geoff Moffat has been notified that the Baby Bliss building at 120 W. Main St. has been condemned. Baby Bliss is a manufacturer of children’s clothing. The building’s owner now has 30 days, until approximately June 15, to repair the facility. If repairs are not made, the building will have to be torn down. Moffat says that this will be a more complicated process than the demolition of the Baby Bliss facility in the former creamery building, which was demolished last year. The Main Street site is right along the main route into the village, near the river and shares a wall with a neighboring business. The members of the Village Council heard about the inspection of the property at the May 8 meeting and will be discussing this issue in the public works committee. 401(k) rollovers made easy 02670925 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS Jarrell-Cruttenden exchange wedding vows Rebecca Jarrell and Thomas Cruttenden were united in marriage on March 23, 2007 at the Third Reformed Baptist Church in Grand Rapids. The evening ceremony was performed by Rev. Steve Schantz and the bride’s father, Rev. George McGuire. Bridal attendants were Beth Huls and Sara Harlow and groomsmen were Matt Bender and Mike Frank, all friends of the couple. The flower girl was Rosa Jarrell and ring bearers were Sasha and Andre Jarrell, children of the bride. A dinner dance reception at the Hilton Spinaker followed the ceremony. After a honeymoon in Jamaica the newlyweds are now at home in Grand Rapids. Parents of the couple are Rev. George and Myra McGuire of Iowa and Bill and Bonnie Cruttenden of Hastings. HOUSE WANTED: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, rural Middleville area, 1 acre or more, basement a plus. $90-140K. Please No Realtors! (989) 435-9078 02670809 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 LAKE HOME -, S 2007 • 3:00P www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Kelly Services is now taking applications for assembly and production positions at established, local manufacturers. 11704 N. WALDRON RD., JEROME, MI 49242. 3-yr.-old lake home on Lake Leann. Full access to all-sports lake. VERY beautiful 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath Lake home. Appliances stay, along with window treatments. 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The Funeral Service were held Tuesday, May 15, at Resurrection Life Church, 5100 Ivanrest SW. Interment in Whitneyville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Resurrection Life Church - Music Dept. Arrangements are being made Stroo Funeral Home, 1095 68th St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 4 9 5 0 8 . w w w. s t r o o f u n e r a l h o m e . c o m <http://www.stroofuneralhome.com/> Don and Jan Rigby of South Lyon wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jody Ellen Rigby to Paul Benjamin Koutz, the son of Ron and Glenda Koutz of Hastings. The bride-elect is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University and is currently employed with Cherry Street Health Services in Grand Rapids. The groom-elect is a graduate of Hastings High School and Cornerstone University and is currently the assistant track coach at Cornerstone. A June 30, 2007 wedding is being planned. EOE 800-359-5194 www.freckerauction.com 2245 W. Columbia Ave. Battle Creek freckerauction@comcast.net 01545481 License #AU101051890 �Page 8 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Babe, I’m leavin’ Baccalaureate for the 2007 graduates of Lakewood High School takes place on Sunday, May 20. Besides the school observance several churches honor their graduates that Sunday morning. The calendar reads "Armed Forces Day" on Saturday, May 19. What is the proper observance of this day? The birthday of Mrs. Clara French comes on Friday, May 25, when she turns 100 years old. At the present she is at the home of her daughter, Rita Joseph, at Box 485, PottervilIe, MI, 48876. Local papers last weekend carried the obituary of Mrs. Gladys Dyke of Holland, who died at age 105 in February. With marriage to Isaac Dyke, she gained a little daughter, Sheila, who eventually married Stanley Reed. Then her birth daughter, Patricia, married Stanley's cousin, Robert Reed of Lake Odessa. Of Sheila's five children only son Larry at Ludington remains. The other Reed grandchildren are David of Lowell, Douglas of Florida, Brett (Lynne) of Illinois, Amy (Barry) Acton of Hudsonville, Mary Beth Reed of Idaho, several great-grandchildren, along with nieces and nephews in the Grand Ledge area. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sheila and husband Donald Wolfert and several siblings. Memorial services will be held at Highland Park Cemetery on East Main, Ionia, at noon Saturday, May 26. Mrs. Dyke lived on a farm at Berlin Center for many years and then 17 years on North Fourth Avenue, Lake Odessa before moving to Holland 20 years ago. She was in a care facility only since August 2006. Memorials are directed to Hospice, Oak Creek Manor and the Phoenix Society, of which granddaughter Amy is the director. This society deals with victims of major burns. The Mother-Daughter dinner at Central United Methodist Church, sponsored by the United Methodist Women, was held last Friday evening. Dinner was served by a group of men under the direction of George Carpenter. Andrea Gentner was chairwoman. The tables were decorated by individuals, so there was a great variety of collections such as teapots, hats, salt and pepper shakers, dolls. A tribute to mothers was given by Lori McNeil and a tribute to daughters was given by her mother, Carole Reiser. Flowers were awarded to several mothers while the models prepared. Then followed a spoof fashion show based on puns. Each was announced and then she/he followed a marked path through the tables to give all the diners a close look. Phil Shetterly, John Gentner and Ray McDaniels joined the feminine models in parade. There were lots of laughs. The male models plus Michael McCartney, Mark Corston, Ed Leak and Carpenter comprised the kitchen crew. The depot complex will be open Memorial Day weekend for four days. First, the military tribute comes on Friday evening. Details about nominations was given in last week's Lakewood News. The military exhibit will be in place for an open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 26, on Sunday from 2 to 6, on Monday, Decoration Day, from 2 to 5 p.m. This will give visitors to the community on Monday a time to view the two buildings. At the same time, the genealogy room will be open most of the same hours. The Ionia Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine TOBACCO A number of your articles have mentioned that smoking is a problem with a lot more than just causing lung cancer. What is the latest about the problems with tobacco? You need to first separate two issues with smoking; first is the nicotine addiction and the other is the smoke itself. Nicotine itself is the chemical that keeps you addicted to tobacco. Nicotine is extremely addicting, even more so than some illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Nicotine addiction can begin within days of smoking your first cigarette. Nicotine releases a chemical in the brain called dopamine, which makes you feel good. Getting that dopamine boost is part of the addiction process. County Genealogical Society met this past Saturday with a large crowd in attendance. Duane Fahey was the speaker with a detailed program using a computer presentation of the life of Ephraim Shay who lived for a time in Sebewa Township and in Sunfield Township. He had served in the Civil War. Along with pictures, Fahey read excerpts from the Shay diary as he related incidents about the war. He and four others were descended from a sister of Shay. Reporter Helen Mudry was on hand to snap them together. Lola Haller registered the attendance. Rosemary Hickey and Maureen Cross served refreshments. Honors listed for students at Grand Valley State University include Elizabeth Baum, Jacqueline Cunningham, Joy Fountain of Lake Odessa. Sunday's Grand Rapids Press had several photos with congratulations on their running in the River Bank run. Lynsey Klein had a personal goal of 2:40. She ran the course in 2:30. Going over the very fine print yields other local names. Natalie Blackmer, who was on Lakewood's cross country and track teams, was 21st in her age bracket at 2:13:24. Kay Smalker was 98th in her age bracket with a time of 2:17:45. Pamela Miller of Lake Odessa was 291st in her age group at 2:58:57 and Jolene Grosbeck of Hastings was close behind with 3:07:40 in the 299th spot. Other names from nearby included Elizabeth Sedgewick of Hastings and Michele Kietzman of Clarksville. Jodi (VanZyl) Spitzley was 72nd in her group with a time of 2:24:25. Carol Bender of Middleville was in an older group, second place, with a time of 2:14:35 and Liz Lancaster of Hastings ran in the 70 to 74 group. She finished in 2:35:31 for the 25K. Familiar men's names included Corland McDiarmid at 2:06:421 and Patrick Bartlett at 2:27:04 Members of the Tri-River Museum group met Tuesday morning at the Aid Hall at Bowne Center. Reports were given from most of those attending about the attendance they had experienced on the weekend for the annual spring museum tour. Freeport museum reported that they will be getting their front porch soon. They had 47 registered visitors. The next event is the July appearance of a dramatic presentation on the life of a common woman in the pioneer days at a luncheon in Belding in July. Each group has tickets to sell. The next meeting in June will be at the Oakfield Museum on Podunk Road west of Greenville. Any drive through the countryside shows farmers at work with their big machinery, spray tanks and massive tractors along with clouds of dust. Gardeners have some of their planting done to protect their plots from marauding dogs. Tribute to Va. Tech, veterans included in TK band concerts If that was all that one had to worry about when smoking, it may not have turned into the medical disaster smoking is. The problem comes from the smoke, which in itself is not addicting. The smoke is just something that happens to be there as you try to get your nicotine. The smoke is what is responsible for 87% of all lung cancers and is the primary cause of other lung problems, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking is associated with heart disease and strokes. Other than lung cancer, smoking has been linked to cancer of the esophagus, larynx, throat and mouth as well as the bladder, pancreas, liver, kidney, cervix, VWRPDFK�FRORQ�DQG�VRPH�OHXNHPLD¶V���6PRNH�DOVR�LUULWDWHV� your skin, promotes wrinkles and yellows your teeth and fingers. Mothers who smoke while pregnant increase the risk of low birth weight babies, preterm deliveries and impair the lung function in their baby. Current treatment is directed at breaking your addiction to nicotine. The first step is to get rid of the smoke by replacing the source of nicotine from cigarettes to nicotine patches, gum or lozenges. It now even comes as a nasal spray and an inhaler. Once you get rid of the smoke, you can work on gradually reducing your addiction to the nicotine itself. Certainly the absolute best way to avoid the problems of tobacco smoke is to avoid the nicotine addiction in the first place by educating the young not to even begin smoking. Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. 77512460 The music ensembles at Thornapple Kellogg High School will present their final concerts Sunday afternoon. The TK Concert Choir and the TK Symphonic Band will round out the high school performances with concerts at 2 and 4 p.m. The concert choir will perform at 2 p.m. with a program that includes selections from “The Lion King,” a medley of surfing tunes from Jan and Dean and the Beach Boys, and “Breaking Free,” from the high school musical. Many members of the concert choir and honors choir will be performing with the symphonic band at 4 p.m. as they pay tribute to the victims of the recent shootings at Virginia Tech by performing the Virginia Tech Alma Mater. The symphonic band program will include a tribute to all active duty and retired members of the armed services with a performance of “Armed Forces Salute.” Also scheduled for performance are highlights from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” as well as “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” The band will honor its senior members and several awards will be presented, including the Semper Fidelis and John Philip Sousa awards. Admission is free and the public is invited. Dear Annie: I live with the laziest, luckiest 63-year-old male. We've known each other for 20 years, and have lived together for the last 10 (not married). "Ralph" hangs around the house six days a week, and all he does is sit, lie down and watch TV. He is obese and has diabetes, so he says he has to sit all the time because his back and legs hurt. The doctor has told him there's no reason he needs to sit that much. This all started seven years ago, when Ralph was fired. He went back to school, but was never able to hang on to a job. I worked two jobs to support us. He was lucky, however, because shortly after he lost his last job, he inherited a huge sum of money from a relative. Now he believes he doesn't have to work. Our huge fights are over getting him to do anything at all. Whatever little he does, he does wrong, sloppily or halfway. I've written lists, he ignores them; he says he "forgets," and often complains he has a headache, so he has to lie down (and watch TV). Last year, I suffered a terrible back injury that left me unable to do much for nine months. Ralph really resented taking care of me. He wouldn't clean or cook, and never hired anyone to help. I am convinced Ralph has lost his pride, shame and guilt. I am sick of this man. He won't work, volunteer or even get a hobby. I'll be financially able to leave at the end of the summer. How do I hang on until then? -Stuck a While Longer Dear Stuck: A diabetic should not be lying around all day, watching TV. It's possible Ralph is depressed, and if so, counseling would help both of you. If he won't go, go without him. Then, if you still want to leave, use this time to make plans. You've been living together for 10 years, which means your CD collection and books are mixed in with his, not to mention your bank account and mortgage papers might be in both names. You may need to see a lawyer. It will take time to disentangle yourself, so you'd better get started. Talking and hearing Dear Annie: Since 1927, May has been designated Better Hearing and Speech Month, a time to raise public awareness of speech and language disorders that affect 14 million Americans. Speech and language disorders take many forms. Babies can be born with these disorders, and accidental injury or illness can cause them at any age. Speech and language disorders can limit academic achievement, social adjustment and career advancement. Fortunately, most people with speech and language problems can be helped by qualified speech-language pathologists. Speech-language pathologists work in schools, private practice, hospitals, clinics and other health and education settings. For more information contact the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (asha.org) at 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852. -- Monica A. Harwood, M.S., Highland, Calif. Dear Monica Harwood: Thank you for the information. We hope those of our readers who can benefit from such help will check out ASHA. Said a mouthful Dear Annie: This is in response to "Grossed Out in Connecticut," who complained about people who talk with their mouths full. I can tell him why I do it. We elderly have to speak whenever we have something to say -- mouth full or not. If we don't, we may forget what point it was we were trying to make. -- Highland, Ind. Dear Highland: We understand the need to speak before the thought leaves your head, but can you please try to swallow first or cover your mouth with a napkin? Otherwise, those watching may be a bit distracted and miss your point anyway. Pushover parent Dear Annie: I am a single mom of a 14year-old girl. Since "Cindy" was in fifth grade, things have been rough. We moved to another town so I could have a better-paying job, but Cindy didn't do well in school, so we moved back. She did improve but still had issues with schoolwork. During this time, I had some health problems and my salary was cut drastically, which led to financial problems. When Cindy began eighth grade, I moved to my parents' ranch so I could live rent-free and try to get caught up on some bills. This meant Cindy had to go to a different school, and again, she had problems, so last month, I moved back home. Cindy is much happier, but she still is not doing her schoolwork. I am working three jobs to pay the rent, and we're still barely scraping by. I am so mad at Cindy that I feel guilty, but I am sacrificing a lot for her happiness, and she isn't even getting passing grades. I know I have spoiled her, and now she just expects me to fix everything while she doesn't have to do anything. I can't keep living like this. My health problems are returning because I am working constantly and exhausted. I am miserable. Cindy either doesn't get it or doesn't care. I could go back to that good paying job or move in with my sister in a different state, but I am afraid of how Cindy will react. I love my daughter and would do anything for her, but is putting my physical and mental health in jeopardy really going to help her? -- Lost Mom Dear Lost: Of course not, and you already know that. It apparently doesn't matter where you live, Cindy's schoolwork still suffers. And the constant upheaval creates instability, which is not good for either of you, plus it gives Cindy the impression that she can push you around. Find a job that allows you to live decently and independently, and arrange for Cindy to have counseling through her school. She won't like your assertiveness, but it will be better for both of you in the long run. A friend in need Dear Annie: My friend, "Nola," has been divorced for five years. My husband and I have been as supportive as possible. We listen to her problems about the ex-husband, the kids, the boyfriend, the house, the money, the job, etc. After five years, however, not much has changed for her. In the meantime, my life has gotten complicated with kids and minor health, business and marital issues. I don't have the energy to be so involved with Nola's problems anymore. She senses me pulling away, and her feelings are hurt. It's not that I don't care, and I've tried explaining this, but all she feels is the distance, and that makes me sad. What should I do? -- The Ex-Best Friend Dear Ex: Relationships shouldn't be so one-sided. For five years, you've been a shoulder to cry on for Nola, but shoulders get soggy, and if Nola can't understand that you have your own problems, she's not the friend you think she is. Your family's needs come first. Stop feeling guilty about it. Donation delights Dear Annie: As an elderly person with limited resources and space, I have little use for more "stuff." While some of the suggestions by "Gifting Dilemma" (who does not appreciate charitable donations) would make welcome presents, one of my favorite gifts this past holiday season was a "wall" in a Habitat for Humanity house, given in my name by a niece and her husband. I had no problem with it not being a charity of my choice. I would have been happy with any donation they selected. -- Grateful Aunt in North Carolina Dear Grateful Aunt: A lot of older readers who are financially comfortable prefer donations. We especially like the wall in a Habitat house. What a great idea. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. 02670487 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... By Esther Walton Circle Pines Center on beautiful Stewart Lake consists of 365 acres of rolling meadows, hardwood forest and pine grove spread. It is located north and south of Mullen Road in Orangeville Township just five miles north of Prairieville. In the late 1930s, members of the Central States Cooperative League and the Ashland Danish Folk School, located in the Chicago area, wanted to establish a summer institute for recreational and educational purposes and founded Circle Pines in 1938. The first two years they rented the state owned Chief Noonday Camp in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area. In 1940, the organization was able to purchase 286 acres known as the Historic Stewart farm. This property had been owned by the Steward family for one hundred years. Two years later, the cooperative purchased an additional 80 acres adjoining their original acreage, giving them a total of 366 acres. From its inception Circle Pines membership included families representing many ethnic, political and religious backgrounds. During the first three summers at their new location, the Religious Society of Friends [Quakers] sponsored summer work camps at the site and helped convert the Stewart Farm into a summer camp for children. Circle Pines Center todayis a non-profit cooperative educational, recreational and retreat center. In the summer of 1942, 200 people were enrolled in its programs. Early activity at the center included farming, devel- oping a large garden, planting an orchard, raising chickens and hogs, and establishing a dairy herd. During the World War II, years food was scarce and meat was rationed. The center’s own produce were vital in helping the camp survive. As the children’s camp grew in importance, most of the animals husbandry activities were terminated, but the raising of garden vegetables continues to this day. Circle Pines Center had a master plan for the camp with architectural drawings for proposed buildings that were designed by Frank Lloyd Weight, the world famous architect. Many of the cabins are of his design. The original plan provided for a crafts building, an amphitheatre with a stage, a dining hall, recreation pavilion, a bathhouse, as well as a boat dock and swimming beach. By 1985, the facilities of Circle Pines included over 40 buildings. The old Stewart farmhouse was restored and it has become the center of activities. Other buildings include a large dining hall paneled with oak from their surrounding woodlot, a restaurant-style kitchen, a library, offices and conference rooms. Close by is Swallows Lodge, which was remodeled from the old granary, its old timbers were left exposed. This building is heated and provides accommodations for 40 people. The Orchard Complex west of the farmhouse located on the other side of the sports field includes sleeping cabins, a small meeting house, a bathhouse and infirmary. “The Hall,” south of Mullen Road is a pavilion used for One of the reasons you invest in bonds perhaps the main reason - is the interest payments you'll receive. So, naturally, you'd like these payments to be as large as possible. However, "chasing" high rates may not always work out in your favor. But when buying bonds, you can hardly go wrong when you look for quality. As you may know, there's a direct - and inverse - relationship between a bond's quality and its interest rate. To attract investors, the lowest-quality bonds typically pay the highest interest rates. Conversely, high-quality bonds pay lower rates. But what does it mean to say that a bond is of high quality? Essentially, it means that an independent rating agency, such as Moody's or Standard & Poor's, has evaluated a bond and found that its issuer - a corporation or a municipality - is unlikely to default on its payments. And the higher-rated the bond, the less likely a default. Before buying a bond, then, check out its rating. Moody's ranks "investment grade" bonds (the highest quality bonds) from Aaa down to Baa-1 or Baa, while Standard & Poor's ranks these bonds from AAA down to BBB. If you see a bond with a rating below these, it is considered "speculative," "highly speculative" or in default. Is it Smart to Chase Higher Rates? It's not hard to understand why high quality is desirable when choosing bonds; after all, you'd like to be fairly confident that the issuer is going to continue making interest payments throughout the life of your bond. But what may be more difficult for some people to understand is why they can't sacrifice some quality for higher rates. After all, in times of low interest rates - such as the present - higher-return bonds can look attractive to those who rely on their investments for income and to those who are looking for the best return on their money. So why not buy lower- quality bonds that carry higher yields? For one thing, while it's true that lowerquality bonds generally pay more than those with higher grades, the difference is no longer as great as it once was. Why? Because, in the declining-rate environment we've been in for several years, yield-hungry investors have aggressively sought ought lower-quality bonds. Consequently, the increased demand for these bonds has caused their price to go up, relative to higher-rated bonds. And because interest rates move in the opposite direction of bond prices, the "quality spread" - the difference in yields for bonds of different quality - has narrowed. In plain English, this means you are probably not getting paid enough, in terms of yield, for taking on the risk of buying lower-quality bonds. So chasing higher yields, and sacrificing quality to get them, may not work in your favor. Rather than pursuing higher yields in folk and square dancing and outdoor meals. Campers built pillars and a fireplace in this building from local field stone. Its roof overlies trusses, which were acquired from the old Hastings Opera House when it was razed in 1956. Near the pavilion is a restored barn used from a theater, arts and crafts, a nature center and a dark room for photography. Widely separated clusters of unheated cabins and lodge house campers are used during the warm months. A wooded area near the lake provides campsites with running water and fireplaces for tent camping. Housing for staff, a large workshop, and sauna are located near the beach. Circle Pines Center summer children’s camp sessions now offer youngsters instruction in the arts and craft such as pottery, sculpture, painting, drawing, tie dyeing, journal making and weaving. More physically challenging activities such as sports, music, drama and folk dance are offered, too. The annual adult camp session provides an opportunity for people to learn, relax and play. People come to Circle Pines Center from all over the county. Adult attendees have an opportunity to learn arts and crafts, dancing, table games, music, take nature walks and go on field trips. Family camping is a multigenerational experience where families and adults work, play, and share the joys of late summer. On a year- around basis the center offers 21 different programs available for all ages having varied interests. today's marketplace, you might be better off by creating a bond "ladder" composed of bonds of varying maturities. When rates are rising, the proceeds from your maturing bonds can be used to invest in new bonds at the higher levels. When market rates are falling, you'll continue to benefit from the higher rates offered by your longer-term bonds. But in any case, stick with quality bonds. They may not always give you the top interest rates, but they can still be quite rewarding. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 40.39 +1.12 Anheuser Busch 50.40 --CMS Energy Corp. 18.51 -.12 Coca-Cola Co. 52.46 -.61 DaimlerChrysler 84.80 +4.40 Dow Chemical Co. 46.01 +.57 Exxon Mobil 81.13 -.25 Family Dollar Stores 32.85 +.71 First Financial Bancorp 14.81 -.37 Ford Motor Co. 8.91 +.54 General Motors 31.97 +1.99 Intl. Bus. 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CO-ED SOFTBALL Gone but not forgotten. Love, Your Wife, Children Grandchildren & Great Grandchildren Freeport Co-Ed Slowpitch Friday Night Freeport Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Jackson Dirt Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Hastings Ortho./Northside . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Bruce’s Frame & Alignment . . . . . . . .2-0 Michigan General Grinding . . . . . . . . .1-1 Pennock Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Varney Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 Blarney Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Games scheduled May 18 - North Field 6:30 p.m., 3 vs 5; 7:45 p.m., 4 vs. 8; 9 p.m. 7 vs. 1. South Field - 6:30 p.m., 2 vs. 6 ATTENTION Hastings High School SENIORS ... The Annual Graduation Issue of ... will be May 24, 2007 Please have your pictures to the J-Ad Graphics office or the high school office by Keep up with your Friday, May 18th local team in your *NOTE” If your portraits were done at White’s Photo or Picture This Photography they have already furnished us with a copy. local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! 77511491 WOODLAND, MI REAL ESTATE AUCTION Wednesday, May 30 • 7:00 p.m. 54 S. Wellman, Woodland, MI 48897 (Barry County) 1,128 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath ranch in Hastings school district. OPEN HOUSES: Wed., May 23, 6-7 pm and Sun., May 27 -2-3 pm TERMS: 10% down the day of the auction, the rest due at closing within 30 days. DIRECTIONS: From Lansing: From West I-96 take exit 98A for Lansing Rd. S, merge onto Lansing rd. for 5 miles, then slight right onto E. Vermontville Hwy. (also E. Main St.) Continue on for approx. 15 miles then turn left to stay on W. Vermontville Hwy., continue on to E. State Rd. for 4 miles then turn right at State Rd. to 54 S. Wellman Rd. (517) 676-9800 77512526 �Page 10 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; or by calling (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 25, 2007. 77512327 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of an Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 126, which was adopted by the Township Board of Prairieville Township at its meeting held on May 9, 2007. REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 7. This section rezones from the “A” SECTION I. Agricultural District zoning classification to the “R-1” Single Family, Low Density Residential District zoning classification certain lands located in Land Section 7 in Prairieville Township. The lands so rezoned are generally described as (1) the land at 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-80), (2) the parcel located immediately east of 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-90), and (3) the three parcels located immediately west of 12465 Merlau (Tax Parcel ID#012-007-006-70, #012-007-006-71) and #012-007-006-72). SECTION II. CONDITIONS TO REZONING. Attached to this Ordinance and incorporated by reference therein is a Statement of Conditions setting forth conditions attached to the rezoning of the aforementioned property at 12465 Merlau. This Statement of Conditions includes, among other things, the condition that the subject land may be divided into no more than two parcels. SECTION III. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6.6.B.5. This section amends Section 6.6.B.5 of the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance so as to allow custom woodworking as a special use in the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification subject to various limitations contained within this text. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days following publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott A. Perham and Mary A. Perham, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 2, 2003, and recorded on July 30, 2003 in instrument 1109774, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Six Hundred FortyTwo And 65/100 Dollars ($163,642.65), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 383.27 feet; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 660.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East 351.80 feet to the centerline of Ryan Road; thence North 65 degrees 08 minutes 36 seconds East along said centerline 277.10 feet; thence North 75 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East along said centerline 92.08 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds West 489.65 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds West 340.00 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141619F01 77512336 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of this Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. 77512467 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon Prior, a married man and Lyndy Prior, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 13, 2005, and recorded on May 20, 2005 in instrument 1146832, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine And 94/100 Dollars ($101,299.94), including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lots 1, 2, 8 and 9, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the Village (now City) of Hasting, according to the recorded Plat thereof, described as. The South 29 feet of the North 33 feet of Lot 8: Also, all that part of Lots 1, 2 and 9 lying Northwesterly of a line described as: Commencing 66 feet North of the Southeast corner of Lot 10, Block 4 of said Addition, thence North 44.7 feet to State Street; thence North 45 degrees 45 minutes West 57 feet to the point of beginning of said line; thence South 76 degrees West 98.6 feet to the point of ending of said line, being on the line common to Lots 8 and 9. Excepting that part of said property described as: Beginning at a point 41.5 feet East of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, Block 4, H.J. Kenfield's Addition; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the centerline of former railroad, 218.5 feet to the West line of Montgomery Street; thence North to the Northeast corner of Lot 1, thence Northwesterly to the North corner of Lot 2; thence West to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139401F01 77511788 Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township 10115 S. Norris Road, Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 City of Hastings RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the May 9, 2007 meeting of the Rutland Charter Township Board the following Ordinance No. 2007-123 was adopted. The original ordinance may be inspected or a copy purchased by contacting the Township Clerk, Robin Hawthorne, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058-9725, 269-948-2194, during regular business hours of regular working days, and at such other times as may be arranged. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-123 ADOPTED: MAY 9, 2007 EFFECTIVE: MAY 25, 2007 An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Zoning Map by the rezoning of certain property located in Land Section 13 within the Township from the “RE” Rural Estates zoning classification to the “MUD” Mixed Use District zoning classification; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION I REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “RE” Rural Estates zoning classification to the “MUD” Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described properties in Land Section 13: 1. The property #08-13-013-015-10 located at 861 Arthur Drive described as: RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SE COR 13-3-9 TH N 577.85 FT FOR POB TH N 89 DEG 56’ W 389 FT TH N 265 FT TH NELY ON A CURVE TO RIGHT 75.38 FT TO A PT WHICH IS N 908.85 FT & N 89 DEG 56’ W 364.13 FT FR SEC COR SEC 13 TH S 89 DEG 56’ E 364.13 FT TH S 331 FT TO POB BEING LOTS 4-5-8-9 OF UNRECORDED PLAT. SECTION II SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION III SUPPLEMENTARY EFFECT All Ordinances of the Township heretofore or hereafter adopted shall be considered to be supplemented by the terms of this Ordinance. SECTION IV REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION V EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Adoption by the Township Board. 77512507 Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on an Ordinance to amend Article VI, Division 12 of Chapter 90 of the City of Hastings Code of Ordinances by adding Section 90-502 (20) to allow the outdoor display of merchandise as an accessory use in the B-1 zoning district. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Glen Alan Faircloth, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) dated the 31st day of March, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of April, A.D. 2002, in Instrument NO. 1126212 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $14,882.83 (fourteen thousand, eight hundred eighty two dollars and eighty three cents) plus accrued interest at 14.75% (fourteen point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 31st day of May, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Hope, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: A parcel of land located in Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, being more fully described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 301.67 feet along the North line of said Section 15 to the Northwest corner of Lot 8 of the Northeast block of lots of the unrecorded plat of Kenyon's Oakgrove and the point of beginning; thence South 44 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 53.21 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence South 45 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East 114.72 feet to a point on the Easterly line of Lot 7 of said unrecorded plat; thence North 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds East 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8 to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 114.15 feet along said North section line to the point of beginning. Together with land lying between the above described parcel and the waters of Long Lake Channel described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 187.52 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the true point of beginning; thence South 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds West 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8; thence South 50 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East 41.15 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the shore of Long Lake Channel; thence North 27 degrees 27 minutes 33 seconds East 159.48 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 35.38 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the point of beginning. Together with lands lying between said Traverse line and the waters of Long Lake Channel, as limited by the sidelines extended to the waters edge. Together with and subject to an undefined easement described in Liber 137, Page 130, Barry County Records for roadway purposes for the existing gravel driveway Commonly known as: 100 Long Lake Dr. Tax ID: 08-07-015-069-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05909251 77512213 WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 77511804 77512463 Job Openings at Charlton Park NOTICE TO ACCEPT BIDS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD SECURITY GUARD: H.S. Diploma, valid driver’s license, preemployment drug screen required, references required. Must be at least 18 years of age, own transportation. TICKETBOOTH ATTENDANTS: Summer events only, weekends. Must be 16 years or older, have a valid driver’s license, own transportation and references required. Total of 25 days from June-December. Pay: $7.00 per hour. Applications and summer event schedule available at Charlton Park, Mon.-Fri. 8am-5pm. DEADLINE: May 25, 2007. Phone: 269-945-3775. 02669758 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township Board is now accepting bids on the demolition of the house and outbuildings located at 1891 West State Road, Hastings. Items to be included: • Demolition and removal of all structures on parcel including one single-family dwelling, one unattached garage, and one storage shed. • Proof of disposition of structure demolition rubble, i.e. dump slips, and landfill receipts. • Abandonment of well and septic system and permits required, per Health Department requirements. • Final grade of property to be consistent with existing surrounding parcel grade. • All applicable permits such as Soil Erosion and DEQ required permits. All bidders must carry their own insurance and have their own equipment. Bids will be accepted by mail or at the Township Hall, located at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. All bids must be submitted by May 29, 2007, at 12:00 p.m. The Rutland Charter Township Board reserves the right to reject any bids submitted that do not meet the boards approval. 77512372 Jim Carr, Supervisor Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred TwentyEight and 21/100 Dollars ($73,328.21) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7607 77512191 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, and rerecorded on April 18, 2007 in instrument 1179453, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Nine And 27/100 Dollars ($272,259.27), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F02 77512280 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of DOROTHY B. LEONARD TRUST under Agreement dated October 25, 1993. Date of Birth: April 3, 1917. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Dorothy B. Leonard a/k/a Dorothy Ann Leonard, who lived at 3294 Elmwood Beach, Middleville, Michigan died April 21, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “Dorothy B. Leonard Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to RICHARD J. LEONARD, of 3365 Elmwood Beach, Middleville, Michigan 49333, or THOMAS J. LEONARD, of 231 James Street, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, Successor Co-Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: May 14, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 77512489 (269) 948-9292 Richard J. Leonard Thomas J. Leonard 3365 Elmwood Beach 231 James Street, SE Middleville, MI 49333 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher J. Trumpower, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 7, 2006 in instrument 1161008, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 78/100 Dollars ($151,138.78), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7 of Prairieville Heights, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 34 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512274 File #141532F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Antonette Hernandez, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 9, 2006, and recorded on May 11, 2006 in instrument 1164497, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 35/100 Dollars ($123,314.35), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 24, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 15 and the East 1/2 of Lot 14 of Thornton Addition to the Villlage of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, being a part of the Southeast 1/4 of section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139311F01 77511696 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dustin Sanders, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Citizens Bank, Mortgagee, dated January 19, 2005, and recorded on January 24, 2005 in instrument 1140553, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Michigan State Housing Development Authority, a public body corporate and politic of the State of Michigan as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($97,045.58), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Ammon Eaton's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of plats, Page 15 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143086F01 77512511 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Santana Boulter, a married woman and Joshua Boulter, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 14, 2006 and recorded August 16, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168656, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Nine and 71/100 Dollars ($91,559.71) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 in Block 7 of Kenfield's Second Addition to the City (formerly Village) of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1278 77512208 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight And 16/100 Dollars ($136,588.16), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141973F01 77512367 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael R. Handlogten and Sally A. Handlogten, husband and wife, to Ameribank Mortgage Company, now by various resolutions duly known as Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2000 and recorded April 28, 2000 in Instrument Number 1043694, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Eight and 99/100 Dollars ($119,678.99) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Ridgeview, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 32, Township of Irving, County of Barry, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 17, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77512550 File No. 200.2196 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J Moralez and Kristy L Moralez, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 17, 2004, and recorded on June 7, 2004 in instrument 1128852, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand One Hundred FiftyEight And 67/100 Dollars ($132,158.67), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 Post of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 8 West, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 480 feet for the place of beginning. Thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes West 200 feet thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 150 feet thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes East 200 feet thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West 150 feet to the place of beginning Subject to the Highway Right-of-Way 33 feet in Width along the South side of Premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142271F01 77512401 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric R. Devenbaugh and Meshia M. Devenbaugh, as husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 29, 2002 and recorded April 2, 2002 in Instrument Number 1077531, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy and 81/100 Dollars ($87,570.81) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 126 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West 53 feet; thence South to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 283.0044 77512203 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting May 9, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor Stoneburner, Clerk Nichols, Trustees W. Miller and S. Ritchie Absent: Treasurer Nottingham David Austin of Williams & Works, Zoning Administrator, Libby Heiny-Cogswell Approximately 10 members of the public Approved agenda as amended Approved revised minutes of Regular Board Meeting dated April 11, 2007 Correspondence: None Public comment was asked for and none received Commissioner Wayne Adams report Fire Department reports received and placed on file Approved Firefighter R. Herzog conditional return to work Police Department report received and placed on file Parks report: Clerk Nichols gave an update on the Center Street Access site Adopted Ordinance # 126 Approved bid from Lockmaster for ADA and changes to locks Approved to honor Larry & Betty Tobias as Grand Marshall’s for Memorial Day Parade Approved SWBCD Development Team request for participation in Delton trash pick up Approved purchase of lawn mower & equip for Prairieville Twp Pine Lake Fire Dept Public comment was asked for and none received Board comments were received Hartleb Insurance Agency Election workers Emergency Management Lindsey-Wooer-Moon Project Steve Graff request Approved budget amendments to 2006-07 fiscal year as presented Approval of bills presented in the amount of $40,816.68 Adjourned at 9:20 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Prairieville Township Supervisor 77512541 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Janice Orns, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 7, 2004, and recorded on April 16, 2004 in instrument 1125946, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five And 84/100 Dollars ($138,565.84), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, and running thence South along the Section line 171.5 feet; thence West 303 feet; thence North 171.5 feet; thence East 303 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512286 File #141214F01 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a hearing on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. • To act upon a request for a variance on the property located at 3199 Podunk Lake Road, Hastings, to add a three season porch to existing dwelling which would be closer to rear property line than zoning setbacks allow. • Also, to act upon a request for a variance on the same property located at 3199 Podunk Lake Road, Hastings, to replace an existing garage closer to front property line than zoning setbacks allow. Property is described as: RUTLAND TWP LOTS 12-23 PODUNK LAKE RESORT. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Zoning Board of Appeals at said public hearing. The application for the above request is available for inspection at the Rutland Charter Township Hall during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77512543 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 �Page 12 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN 56-B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-0690-SP 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 Plaintiff Christianan Bank and Trust Company, as Owner Trustee for Security National Funding Trust Plaintiff’s attorney Trott & Trott, P.C. Gary C. Bengston P57250 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 248-642-2515 v Defendant Mark Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Jessica Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Mr. & Mrs. Occupants 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 In the matter of Christiana Bank and Trust Company v. Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants cannot reasonably be made as provided in MCR 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): a. First class mail to 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 b. Tacking or firmly affixing to the door at 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 d. Other: Publication in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: 5-4-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 77512485 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sharon B. Wyman, a/k/a Sharon Wyman married to Kevin M. Wyman, a/k/a Kevin Wyman, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2004 and recorded October 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135690, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand One Hundred Two and 25/100 Dollars ($153,102.25) including interest at 11.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 36 rods of the South 40 rods of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 2, Town 3 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 17, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77512521 File No. 402.0333 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffery C. Meredith, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2004, and recorded on June 3, 2004 in instrument 1128708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Five And 47/100 Dollars ($94,455.47), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 23 and the East 1/2 of Lot 24 of Smith's Lakeview Estates, Number 1, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 2, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141990F01 77512341 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jason T. Healy and Abigail Healy, husband and wife as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 5, 2005 in instrument 1153919, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 32/100 Dollars ($170,887.32), including interest at 9.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West 85 rods of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, commencing East 15 rods from the Northwest corner of Section for point of beginning, thence South 36 rods; thence East 19 rods; thence North 36 rods; thence West 19 rods to point of beginning. Subject to easements, reservation, restrictions and limitations of record; if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142573F01 77512516 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lisa K. Bunce f/ka Lisa K. Jordan a married woman and Randy J. Bunce, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2002, and recorded on September 9, 2002 in instrument 1087110, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 44/100 Dollars ($74,809.44), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, of Block 3 of Butler Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141982F01 77512346 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24540 DE Estate of Douglas Jon Vogt. Date of birth: 09/11/1964. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Douglas Jon Vogt, who lived at 5354 Engle Dr., Middleville, MI 49333, died 03/28/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Laurie Vogt, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 5/11/07 Christopher D. Matthysse P60535 648 Monroe Ave. N.W., Suite 400 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 459-0556 Laurie Vogt 5354 Engle Dr. Middleville, MI 49333 77512478 (616) 765-3527 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Louise M Webster, aka Louise M Miller and Dale Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 19, 2006 in instrument 1163372, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight And 12/100 Dollars ($104,668.12), including interest at 8.932% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 1695.71 feet from the South 1/4 post of said Section 12; thence North 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 seconds East 709.96 feet; thence South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 240.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 second West 709.96 feet, thence North 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds West 240.01 feet to the point of beginning. Affidavit of Affixture of Manufactured Home recorded in Register No. 112191. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139134F01 77512167 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas S Beasley, A Single Man to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2001 and recorded January 23, 2001 in Instrument # 1054180 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eleven Cents ($97,516.11) including interest 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 14 and 15, Block C of Pleasant Shores Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on page 59 of Barry County Records Excepting the South 10 feet of Lot 14 of said plat. Commonly known as 1001 Gerke Dr., Hastings MI 40958 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 7, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0770219(HSBC) ASAP# 851457 05/10/2007, 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007 77512317 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by James Eye, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2005, and recorded on October 7, 2005, as Document Number: 1154059, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R10, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage dated February 12, 2007 and recorded on February 20, 2007 as Document Number: 1176561, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Three Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Dollars and 17/100 ($83,260.17) including interest at the rate of 7.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 1176 and 1177, except the North 20 feet of the West 1/2 of Lot 1177, of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. 235 W. Clinton Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 202 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00284 7511979 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004, and recorded on January 7, 2005 in instrument 1139815, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 14/100 Dollars ($18,213.14), including interest at 12.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at right angles and said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said north and South 1/4 line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140529F01 77512132 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donna Allerding, original mortgagor(s), to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2006, and recorded on July 7, 2006 in instrument 1166901, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety And 92/100 Dollars ($79,990.92), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 418 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142084F01 77512362 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by KENNETH E. DUNN, A MARRIED MAN JOINED BY ELIZABETH A. DUNN HIS WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006, and recorded on September 19, 2006, in Document No. 1170272, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($101,895.92), including interest at 12.850% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 31, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of ASSYRIA, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1 / 2 OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-01-027-019-20 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 27, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77512196 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Dikker, and Anita Westervelt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Three And 16/100 Dollars ($173,723.16), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1 Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1320.26 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 34 seconds West 221.86 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds West, 241.65 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds East, 16.55 feet; thence North 01 degrees 19 minutes 34 seconds East, 203.55 feet, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds East, 237.85 feet along said East-west 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Together with a 66 foot wide and a 33 foot wide easement for ingress, egreess and public utilities described separately. Easements: A private easement for Ingress, egress and public utilities 66 feet wide, 33 feet, each side of a centerline described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degree 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1816.82 feet from the East 1/4 of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 560.79 feet to the South line of the North 346.50 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section I and the point of ending. Limited on the North by said East-West 1/4 line and on the South by said South line of the North 364.50 feet of said Southeast 1/4. A private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities 33 feet wide, 16.5 feet each side of a centerline described as follows: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West , 1816.82 feet along the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 227.28 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 85 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds East, 192.45 feet; thence South 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds East, 78.78 feet to the point of ending. Also an easement for cul-desac purposes over a 40 foot radius centered on a said point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140332F01 77512094 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas P. Vanisacker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Community Bank of Northern Virginia, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2001, and recorded on March 20, 2001 in instrument 1057048, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the holders of the CSFB Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2001-HE25 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen And 85/100 Dollars ($109,817.85), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 of the Southeast of 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, also that part of the South 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of section 27, Lying Westerly of the center of highway (Brooklodge Road) The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #086988F04 77512100 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 13 Lee Elementary will compete in OM ‘World’ May 25 at MSU LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael W. Thomas and Sandra L. Thomas aka Sandra Lee Thomas, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 13, 2004, and recorded on August 23, 2004 in instrument 1132849, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($171,256.88), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the shore of Bristol Lake for the place of beginning; thence Northerly along the Shore of Bristol Lake 148 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence South to said East and West 1/4 line of Section 10; thence West along said East and West 1/4 line to the driveway running on the East side of lots on the shore of Bristol Lake; thence Southerly along said driveway to a point 54 feet South of the East and West 1/4 line; thence West to the Easterly shore of Bristol Lake; thence Northerly 54 feet along the shore to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142524F01 77512480 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24716-DE Estate of ROBERT MICHAEL LUND. Date of Birth: July 5, 1956. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, ROBERT MICHAEL LUND, who lived at 12309 GREEN LAKE ROAD, THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN died December 8, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to MARCIA LUND, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 5/7/2007 DAVID H. TRIPP P29290 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 MARCIA LUND 12309 GREEN LAKE ROAD MIDDLEVILLE, MI 49333 77512387 (269) 795-9677 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Craven, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115057, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to MidFirst Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 34/100 Dollars ($107,535.34), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 82, Middleville Downs Addition No. 4 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 41 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140668F01 77512160 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gene M. Tobin husband and Wendi J. Tobin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2006, and recorded on January 31, 2006 in instrument 1159530, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Three And 35/100 Dollars ($166,663.35), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9 of Pleasant Valley Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 13 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142289F01 77512430 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Melissa Flikkema ,, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of November, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of November, 2005 in Document No. 1156950 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen & 04/100 ($113,317.04), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of June, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 68, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1 / 4 and Northwest 1 /4, Section 27, T4N,R10W, Village of Middleview, Barry County, Michigan. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 5/16/2007 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 853209 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007, 06/07/2007 77512469 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of WILLIAM J. HECKER. Date of birth: 02/29/1920. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, William J. Hecker, who lived at 589 Kellogg Street, Nashville, Michigan died 03/25/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Hastings City Bank by Randoulph Teegardin V/P & T/O, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 West Apple Street, P.O. 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It at the OM “World” level Friday, May 25, at is such an incredible opportunity to have this Michigan State University. in our back yard!” Fund-raising for the team’s trip concluded Teams perform in East Lansing basically Saturday, May 12, with a plant sale. Meeting Thursday through Saturday, May 24-26. The the more than $4,000 goal will allow the team Lee team also will participate in opening and to compete against 53 other Division 1 teams closing ceremonies. from across the United States. For more information, connect with the The Thornapple Kellogg High School Odyssey of the Mind website. The complete Environmental Action Council voted to pur- schedule is available at: www.odysseyofthechase some of their plants from the OM plant mind.com/wf2007/competitions_schedule.ph sale to help the team reach its goal. The plants p will be used in a beautification project this spring. Members of the General B ete trT han A Federated Women’s ClubANTIQUES, VINTAGE AND ESTATE ITEMS Gun Lake area voted May 8 Antique oak dresser with mirror; farmhouse table w/two chairs; vintage writing desk; to make a $250 donation to 2 TVs; microwave/convection oven; recliner; entertainment center; nice wood TV the team as well. trays; lamps and lamp shades; variety of very good useable household furniture. Curtains and drapes; 7 piece set of American Tourister luggage from the 80’s excelThe team is coached by lent condition; 1950’s typewriter with stand and book; large cookie cutter collection Annie Halle and Melanie dating back to the 50’s; collectible teddy’s and dolls; costume jewelry; videos; tons Newhouse. The team memof canning jars; Health Rider; books; baskets; cuisinart; large size men’s clothing; baby stroller. Tables full of misc. too numerous to mention. Clean, non-smoking sale. bers are Jeremy Thompson, NO JUNK - MANY TREASURES - DON’T MISS THIS ONE! Koryn Bennett, Abby May 17 and 18 - 9-6 and May 19 - 9-1 Wright, Caryn Hannapel, 3885 McNaughton Hills Drive, Middleville Braedon Halle, Isaac off State Road, across from Tom Otto’s Turkey Farm 77512292 Newhouse and Braxton Kane. The team competes May 25 at 10:09 a.m. for their Tag ’Em problem in the Breslin Center, South Gym. The public is welcome to view this solution and other long term problem solution. The team will face the at the Spontaneous problem at 1:27 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at in Wells Hall, but the the event is closed to the public or even coaches. The team's problem is to design, build and run one, two, or three small vehicles that will make trips and get 02670773 "tagged" within a Tagging Zone for score. The team created tags and a system to remotely place them onto the vehicle. To receive maximum score for a trip, a vehicle will have one tag successfully placed on it and HASTINGS AREA SCHOOL SYSTEM will continue traveling into a Hastings, Michigan Home Area. The team will present a POSTINGS FOR performance that incorpoCOACHING POSITIONS rates the running and tagging May 14th, 2007 of the vehicle. The time limit is seven minutes and teams Coaching Positions Available: Starting Date cannot spend more than JV Cheer August 2007 $145 on their solution. Asst. Cheer August 2007 GARAGE SALE by Wally Shamrock Tavern 9 pm to 1 am ~ Saturday ~ May 19th Boys JV Soccer MS Girls Basketball Boys Freshman Basketball Girls JV Basketball BEAUTIFUL BRICK FRONT RANCH IN HASTINGS Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma. Persons applying should have ability to get along with students, parents and other coaches. In addition, it is preferable for applicants to have recent coaching experience at or near the level for which they are applying. Diana Johnston Retirement Open House Price Reduced! $149,000 205 Penny Ave., Hastings 3 BR, 2 BA, newly remodeled, brand new carpet, all new appliances & furnace, completely finished basement with oak wetbar, quiet country neighborhood with large lot close to town, this is a must see, must sell! For Sale by Owner, (269) 945-3022 for questions or showing. 77512502 August 2007 August 2007 November 2007 November 2007 Minimum Requirements: Be of good character and be in good health. Applicants must have good public relations and interpersonal skills and enthusiasm for working with students. Knowledge of the sport you are applying for is required. Please join Star School Staff & PTO for an Open House on Wednesday, May 23rd, 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Program at 4:00 P.M. in the Star School Gathering Room. Persons interested in applying for this position must submit a letter of application to: Mike Goggins, Athletic Director Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 The Hastings Area School System is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 01545491 77512474 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda S. Walker, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163527, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 00/100 Dollars ($119,446.00), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 3, Block 5 Chamberlains Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512322 File #141928F01 �Page 14 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Local Nature Photography by Jopnathan Morgan will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Each season the Pierce Institute features a local artist’s work. Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more info. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Side Show will be presentedat the Spectrum Theatre, 160 Fountain NE, Grand Rapids. The musical by Bill Ruseel and Henry Krieger is part of the company’s 26th season. Call (616) 234-3946 to reserve seats. May 1726. • Grand Rapids Symphony Richard & Helen DeVos Classical Series: Heroic Tales at DeVos Performance Hall with performances at 8 pm. Ticket prices are $11-$58. David Lockington, Conductor; Wagner, “Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin;” Butterworth, “A Shropshire Lad;” Wagner, “Prelude to Parsifal;” Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries;” Mahler, “Symphony No. 1.” For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit Website: www.grsymphony.org. May 18 & 19. • Heroic Tales will conclude the 2006-2007 season of the Grand Rapids Symphony with a spectacular program. The program of “heroic” music features Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries,” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 1,” known as his “Titan Symphony.” The pair of Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series concerts will be led by Music Director David Lockington at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets range from $11 to $58 and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (616) 4563333, online at ticketmaster.com or in person at the Symphony office, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 300 Ottawa NW, Suite 100. Student Passport members can purchase a $5 ticket and senior citizens 62+ are half- price at the door. May 18 & 19. • Bach Festival Finale Concert at the Second Reformed Church, 2323 Stadium Drive, Kalamazoo. Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students. J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists conducted by Jim Turner in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Bach Festival Society of Kalamazoo. Call (269) 337-7407 or go to www.kzoo.edu/bach for more information. Saturday, May 19. • Side by Side with Stulberg will feature the Gold Medal Winner of the 2006 Stulberg International String Competition, 16 year old Susan Jang, performing with the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Orchestra and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. The concert begins at 7 pm in Miller Auditorium on the campus at Western Michigan University. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students & children and are available at the Miller Auditorium box office or by calling (269) 3872300. Sunday, May 20. • Andre Rieu and His Johann Strauss Orchestra will perform a concert at the Van Andel Arena beginning at 8 pm. Rieu’s live concerts, often shown on PBS, attract a wide variety of fans, typically ranging in age from 5 to 95 years old. Members of the audience can be seen in any manner of attire, ranging from formal black tie to t-shirts and tennis shoes. Rieu is known for the brilliant, festive atmosphere that he brings to his concerts. He encourages his fans to enjoy the music by getting out of their seats and waltzing in the aisles. Ticket prices range from $42, $52 & $62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. May 21. • The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus will perform with special guests Powerspace and Death by Dancing at The Orbit Room for an all ages show. Tickets are $16.50 in advance, $19 day of show. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets can be charged by phone at (616) 4563333 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. Tuesday, May 22. • Broadway Theatre Guild presents Sweet Charity starring Molly Ringwald at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Tuesday & Wednesday at 7:30 pm, Thursday 2 & 7 pm, Friday 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 pm. The star of Broadway’s Cabaret and such memorable films as The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ms. Ringwald takes center stage as Charity Hope Valentine, who’s a true original, eternal optimist...and the unluckiest romantic in New York City. For more information contact the Broadway Theatre Guild online at www.bwaygr.org, or go to www.devosperformancehall.org or call (616) 235-6285. May 2227. MISCELLANEOUS • Bill Jamerson is a singer and storyteller who will perform at 7:00 p.m. in the Willard Library Meeting Room in Battle Creek. This free program is for school age children and adults of all ages! With his guitar, Escanababased songwriter and storyteller Bill Jamerson sings traditional lumberjack songs and tells stories about life in the lumber camps. He takes his audience on a musical journey with songs about working in the woods, sleeping in the bunkhouse, river drives, lumber camp food and going into town in spring. Jamerson’s songs range from foot-stomping jigs to soulful ballads. Many of the songs are based on real events that happened over a hundred years ago when Pine was King. He also tells tall tales such as the dangerous Hoop Snake and the rarely seen Side Hill Gulger. This is a grand way for the entire family to celebrate Michigan Week! Why not bring Grandma and Grandpa, too?! As always, this Willard Library program is free and the public is invited. For more information, call 968-8166, ext 517. Thursday, May 17. • Spring Fling at the Hastings/Barry County Airport from 10 am-3 pm. An open house is being sponsored by the Hastings Flying Association to welcome the new manager. There will be food concessions and airplace rides for $25. Also on hand will be BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids with a demo. May 19. • 19th Annual Corvette Celebration will be presented by the Corvette Club of Battle Creek at a new location, the Calhoun County Fairgrounds in Marshall replaces Charlton Park as the show’s home. More than 300 Corvettes are expected to be on display. Gates open at 8 am for vendors and show cars. Show runs from 10 am-3 pm. Admission is $5, children 12 and under get in free. Exhibitor admission is $15 per car, includes driver and one passenger. 38 awards will be handed out for both stock and modified cars up to 3rd place. There will also be goodie bags, dash plaques, and door prizes. Call (269) 969-4300 for more information. Sunday, May 20. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MAY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 17 Birding by Ear Workshop from 6-8 pm at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Members $5, non-members $7. Identify birds by the vocalizations they make. Call (269) 721-4190 to register. 17 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 18-20 Hastings City Wide Garage Sale will take place. Call J-Ad Graphics at (269) 945-9554 to be placed on the map. 18 Living Connections Game Night at 7 pm sponsored by the Barry Community Hospice at the Commission on Aging. Bring a snack to share and $2 for supplies. Call Dona at (269) 948-8452 for information. 18 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at Village Parking Lot at 100 E. Main Street in downtown Middleville. Local vendors with fresh produce and creative crafts. Call the Middleville village office at (269) 795-3385 for more information. 18 Swiss Steak & Chicken Dinner from 4-7 pm sponsored by Habitat for Humanity at the First United Methodist Church. Donations help to build decent housing for people in Barry County. 19 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 19 4-H Poultry Clinic/State Show at the Barry Expo Center. 19 Hazardous Materials Collection at the Barry Expo Center from 9 am-1 pm. 19 Birding by Ear Hike from 8-10 am at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Call (269) 721-4190 to register. Members $3, non-members $5. 20 4-H Point Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 22 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 22 MSUKellogg Bird Sanctuary will host Steve Allen talking about naturalized landcapes. Call (269) 6712510 for more information. Barn Theatre 62nd season opens May 29 Charlton Park Day kicks off the new and expanded season of events with a special, first-time ever event and antique car cruise-in from 11 am-4 pm Saturday, May 26. The public is invited to attend the free event, food and beverages. There will also be classic tractors and motorcycles. Hellyeah features current and former members of Pantera, Mudvayne and Nothingface Saturday, May 26 at The Orbit Room for a 16+ ages show. Tickets are $18 in advance, $21 day of show. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets can be charged by phone at (616) 456-3333 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. The Iris Show will take place May 26 and 27 at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm, Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission for adults is $12, seniors (65+) $9, children (5-13) $6, (3-4) $4. This judged show, hosted by the Iris Club of West Michigan, features a variety of specimen blooms and iris flower arrangements. Members will be on-hand to answer questions about growing iris. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Tom, Dick and Harry is a wacky new comedy from Ray and Michael Cooney which will open The Barn Theatre’s 62nd season May 29June 10. Tom and his wife want to adopt a baby. So how do his brothers Dick and Harry help out? By getting Tom mixed up with illegal immigrants, the Russian mafia, dead bodies and the local constable. Full of robust laughs and inspired silliness. The dizzying comedy stars Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com. Festival of the Arts takes place in downtown Grand Rapuds June 1-3. Festival is truly unique: an arts celebration put on totally by volunteers; a feast of culinary arts, with lots and lots of food booths presented as fundraisers for area churches and non-profit organizations; a community-wide salute to the incredible talent in West Michigan. Enjoy Festival’s community showcase of the arts in all forms: visual, performance, culinary and more. All Festival performances and exhibits are free of charge with lots of live entertainment on several stages throughout the downtown area. For a complete schedule of events and more information, visit their website at www.festivalofthearts.org. 56th Annual KIA Art Fair will be held in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo Saturday, June 2. The juried art fair has run continously since a clothesline art fair was held in 1952. Rain or shine the event will be held from 9 am-5 pm. Admission is free. Over 200 artists booths, activities for children and bands performing live on stage make this a great family-friendly way to kick off summer. See kiarts.org for more information. Dune Buggy Show will be presented by Jim’s Buggy Parts at Charlton Park 9 am-4 pm Sunday June 3. Adult admission is $5, children ages 11 & under free. Civic Theatre presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at 7:30 pm Wednesday, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm June 7-23 at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, this artful drama takes you into the world heroic rebel patient McMurphy, as he deals with his fellow mental institution patients and their nemesis Nurse Ratched in his own inimitable way. Powerful, painful, and brilliant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest promises a riveting night of theatre. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. Broadway Theatre Guild presents Riverdance at DeVos Performance Hall June 8-10. Performanced are planned for Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2 & 7:30 pm. Tickets are available for $32-$62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Antique Show & Antique Car Cruise In at Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10. Classic tractors and motorcycles welcom. Free camping and free admission. 28th Annual Homecoming of the Three Fires Traditional Pow Wow at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids June 9 & 10. Hours are Saturday 11 am to dark, Sunday 11 am-5 pm. The 28th annual gathering celebrates the unity of the three tribes of Michigan, the Ottawa, Chippewa and the Potawatomi. Also featured in this event is traditional dancing, music, craft vendors and food booths. Free admission and free parking is available. The Grand Entries take place Saturday at 1 pm and 6 pm and on Sunday at Noon. Family attendance encouraged at this alcohol-free and drug-free event. For more information call (616) 458-8759 or email grboi3fpw@yahoo.com. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens at 7 pm June 14. Tickets are $52 general admission lawn seating. Over the course of her 10-album recording career to date, Mary Chapin Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and sold well over 12 million records. This repertoire includes twelve top ten singles, including “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” which was nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy in 2006. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org/events/amphitheater.htm This week’s selections: Critic’s Corner Next by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 96 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 “Next” — which is supposed to be a high-octane supernatural thriller — is the most boring, stupid movie I’ve seen all year. Seriously. The only way you could get more boring and stupid than “Next” would be to film 90 minutes of Jamie Kennedy eating yams. The film stars Nicolas Cage as Cris Johnson, a two-bit Vegas magician and petty gambler who has the power to see two minutes into his future. No one else’s future, just his. He uses this power in his magic act and to score modest winnings at casinos on the strip. Julianne Moore plays spunky, takecharge FBI agent Callie Ferris. For some reason, Callie suspects Cris of having supernatural powers because she’s seen his act many times and instead of just concluding that the guy is using plants and slight of hand, well, by golly, he MUST have superpowers, right? Now throw into the mix a gang of Russians who have somehow gotten hold of a nuclear device and are going to detonate it somewhere in Los Angeles — for No Reason Whatsoever. Well then, Callie convinces her superiors that the only way to stop the Russians is to capture the frumpy magician and use his powers for justice. Cue the “It’s a crazy plan, but it just might work” music and start Is “Next” is the most boring, stupid movie released so far this year? Keep your eyes peeled on how fast it makes it to DVD for your answer. the chase scene. While the feds are trying to snare Cris, he meets and somehow starts up a romance with his Girl of Destiny (Jessica Biel) because the director knows that if they don’t introduce a buxom hottie in a low-cut tank top soon, all the 14-year-old boys will lose interest in this boring turkey of a flick and walk out. And the ending is so weak and so infuriating, I guarantee you’ll be asking for your money back. Seriously, don’t waste your time or your money on “Next.” GRADE: F © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 15 Miller Auditorium announces 2007-2008 season BORN THIS WEEK: You can find beauty where many cannot. And you enjoy sharing your discovery with others. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You Ewes and Rams will find your ideas cheered by a mostly receptive flock. Those few dissenters could well be turned around by your charm and powers of persuasion. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s time for the bold and beautiful Bovine to shake off the dust of the past and shape up with new ideas for the future. This could surprise some folks, but they’ll soon adjust. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Those nagging new doubts about an upcoming decision should alert you to step back (at least temporarily) so you can reassess its potential impact from a new perspective. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) That unpleasant situation you hoped would go away by itself needs immediate attention before it affects an upcoming decision. Expect your supporters to rally around your cause. LEO (July 23 to August 22) You’re moving up and away from that recent setback. But remain cautious about finances. An exercise in thrift today helps cushion a possible end-ofthe-month money squeeze. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You’re still dealing with overtones of pessimism that cause you to doubt your ability to make some needed changes. But the negative pressures will ease up by week’s end. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) There could be some fallout from the way you handled a recent family problem. But those who know that you were in the right won’t hesitate to step in on your behalf. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Financial strains ease by week’s end. Meanwhile, focus on cultivating that new relationship if you hope to have it blossom into something more meaningful. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Health matters once again dominate the week. Be careful not to ignore recurrences of an old problem. An almost-forgotten commitment resurfaces. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The emergence of an unusual selfish streak could dismay those close to you. Defy it — don’t justify it — so you can become your gracious self again. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Reassess your decision to stay with the status quo. It might seem like the sensible thing to do right now, but changes around you could make that choice a risky one. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Move decisively but cautiously when dealing with a delicate personal matter. The fewer mistakes you make now, the less likely it is that the problem will recur later on. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Miller Auditorium is pleased to announce another season that will continue to bring the best of performing arts to west Michigan. Blues to bluegrass, Broadway to acrobatics, dance, storytelling, holiday celebrations and everything in-between, the 2007-2008 season promises something for everyone. The Broadway season is filled with new Tony Award-winning shows and the Kalamazoo area’s favorites. Leapin’ lizards! Annie is coming to Miller Auditorium October 2-4, 2007. The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope. Set on the glorious, glamorous Riviera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a delicious comedy that follows two con artists as they take on the lifestyles of the rich and shameless - and end up with a lot more than they bargain for. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels comes to Miller December 5 & 6, 2007. Returning to Miller, winner of seven Tony Awards, Evita brings to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Perón, wife of former Argentine dictator, Juan Perón. The compelling story of the woman that captivated a nation by championing the working class features one of the legendary musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Evita arrives on the Miller stage January 22-24, 2008. A mother, a daughter, 3 possible dads and a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget. Over 30 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show. February 26-March 2, 2008 west Michigan has the opportunity to fall in love with Mamma Mia! all over again! Five time Grammy winner Billy Joel and legendary director/choreographer Twyla Tharp have joined forces to create the spectacular new musical Movin’ Out. The music and dance extravaganza makes its west Michigan debut April 8-10, 2008. More Broadway shows come to Miller Auditorium with our Broadway Plus series. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s family favorite Cats pounces the stage November 2-3, 2007. Critically acclaimed Menopause the Musical, the hilarious celebration of Women and The Change is performed in the Shaw Theatre, inside the Gilmore Theatre Complex January 15-20, 2008. Miller Auditorium’s spotlight series is packed full of the best performers in the business and features shows for everyone to enjoy. American Indian Dance Theatre showcases traditional and contemporary dances and music that celebrate the Native American culture on November 6, 2007. Musical sensation TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. MUSIC: What was the name of the autobiographical movie about rap singer Eminem? 2. POLITICS: Who was known as “Mr. Republican”? 3. ANATOMY: What is another name for the breastbone? 4. ARCHITECTURE: What is a colonnade? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a kookaburra? 6. LITERATURE: In “Lord of the Rings,” what is the family relationship between Frodo and Bilbo? 7. HISTORY: What caused the Irish potato famine? 8. ENTERTAINERS: What job did Johnny Depp hold before he became a famous actor? 9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the longest river in China? 10. MEDICINE: What is milk of magnesia used for? • Do you have any nugatory relatives? Inlaws, perhaps? You may think so, but you might not want to mention your opinion to your spouse. “Nugatory” means “worthless.” • In any given 24-hour period, there are an average of 8.6 million flashes of lightning around the world. • In all likelihood, you use salt every day, but I bet you aren’t aware of the powers that have been ascribed to salt over the centuries. You might have tossed a pinch over your shoulder to prevent bad luck, but did you know that you’re not supposed to glance after it to see where it lands? The ancient Greeks gave a pinch of salt to guests (only in their right hands, though) as a symbol of welcome. Since returning borrowed salt is bad luck, you should never lend it, only give it away. When setting the table, always put the salt shakers on first, but never put two in front of a single place setting. If you’re at sea, you can use salt, but never say the word “salt.” • What do exploding bullets, furniture cast- ers, soundproof windows, the modern milking machine, black box flight recorders used in airplanes and the periscope rifle have in common? They were all invented Down Under — in Australia. • Honey isn’t just sweet and tasty; it’s an antiseptic and disinfectant, too. In fact, people once used honey to dress wounds and burns. • For reasons unclear today, in the mid1800s chickens were known to many people on the American frontier as “Dunghill fowl.” • Before he became Pope Innocent VII in 1404, Cosimo de’ Migliorati was a tax collector in England. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it.” — Max Frisch Answers 1. “8 Mile” 2. Ohio Sen. Robert Taft 3. Sternum 4. A series of columns 5. A type of bird in the kingfisher family 6. Cousins 7. A fungus called potato blight 8. Ballpoint pen salesman 9. Yangtze River 10. As an antacid, to calm an upset stomach © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Take 6 performs their unique mix of pop, soul and R & B on November 9, 2007. The performance will be opened by the NAEA GospelFest Choir. Taking the stage on November 24, 2007, the King of Blues, B.B. King returns to the area to amaze audiences with his unforgettable sound. American Idol’s musical phenomena Clay Aiken will perform Clay Aiken Christmas with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra on November 30, 2007. Odds Bodkin’s StoryBlast! takes audience members on a journey through children’s literacy with his creative and musical tales. The family friendly show is on December 14, 2007. The family favorite A Year with Frog and Toad hops from the page to the stage in this musical rendition of Arnold Lobel’s original book on December 16, 2007. St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre performs the classic tale of Swan Lake on January 13, 2008. Prior to the performance there will be a Tea Party at Webster’s in the Radisson Plaza Hotel. RSVPs are required for Tea. Animal expert Jungle Jack Hanna brings animals and in house on January 27, 2008. Blast! returns for an evening filled with rhythm and excitement on February 1, 2008. Celebrating their 30th anniversary, The Best of Gold Company, under the direction of Dr. Stephen Zegree, will bring alumni back for a concert on February 9, 2008. February 22, 2008, The Peking Acrobats bring their craft and Chinese tradition to west Michigan. Canadian Brass and their impressive quintet performance will impress the Miller audience on February 23, 2008. Ring of Fire, The Music of Johnny Cash celebrates the life, legend and music of Johnny Cash on March 29, 2008 in a musical tribute. April 19, 2008, International Bluegrass Music Association’s entertainer of the year and Grammy award nominee Cherryholmes is sure to get the house toe tappin’. April 20, 2008, Miller Auditorium presents Five by Design in Radio Days, a 1940s style radio show performed live on stage! Subscriber packages are now on sale for new and returning subscribers. Patrons renewing their subscriptions get first pick of seats through June 11. Single tickets will go on sale to the general public several weeks prior to each performance. Tickets for Annie and Menopause the Musical kickoff single ticket sales on August 18, 2007. Season subscriptions may be purchased in person or by mail. Order forms may be found inside the 2007-2008 Season Brochure or online at www.millerauditorium.com. For more information, patrons should call the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office at (269) 3872300. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2314 for discount information. Super Crossword Solution �Page 16 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Teen critically injured in traffic crash National Ads Household Estate Sale THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. FRIGIDAIRE SELFCLEANING OVEN: good condition, works well, $75. 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Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 PRODUCTION-IMMEDIATE 2ND AND 3rd shifts open in Grand Rapids for foreman, supervisors, machine operators, machine maintenance, QC techs and dock/shipping foreman. $10-$15 per hour. These positions are for food production/packing. Apply online at www.phoenixpersonnel,com or in person at 729 36th St. SW or 2221 Plainfield NE or in Lowell at 615 Chatham EOE 616-808-3000/616-8977881/616-249-0044. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Card of Thanks THE FAMILY OF William Tarbet would like to express our thanks and gratitude to family and many friends for all the prayers, sympathy and support at the sudden death of Bill. A special thanks to Joe Lukascwiecz, Chris Norton and Diane Phillips staying with me in ER, also to Mercy Ambulance to ER personal and Dr. Poholski, Dr. Garber and Dr. Carlson. To Rev. Vaught for his special words to each of us and the funeral service. To Scott Daniels and Daniels Funeral Home, to Jolly Jill Club with the special help of Verdie Sinclair and her granddaughter Gina for the wonderful luncheon in honor of Bill. The many flowers, Monetary gifts, food, cards and calls. Grace Tarbet; sons, Robert, Charles, Allan and families. THE FAMILY OF Leah Mae (Gillions) Phillips wish to thank each of you who prayed, visited, sent cards and flowers during our mothers illness and passing. Bob, Lois, Sandy, Linda and their families Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: Looking for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. 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For more information and pictures visit www.webspawner.com/use rs/jdwillson/index.html Sixteen-year-old Hastings High School student Brian Rock was critically injured Tuesday when the car in which he was riding left the roadway and rolled over, throwing him from the vehicle. Troopers from the Michigan State Police Hastings Post are investigating the single vehicle crash, which occurred on Devine Road, north of Thornapple Lake Road in Castleton Township. A 2002 Cavalier, driven by Mark Salski, 16, also a Hastings student, was northbound on Devine Road when he lost control and left the roadway. The vehicle struck an embankment and rolled over several times. Both the driver and his passenger were not wearing seat belts and were ejected from the vehicle. The driver was transported to Pennock Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, but Rock was air lifted by Air-Care to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo with life threatening injuries and remains in critical condition. Speed is considered to have been a factor in the crash. State Police refused to release the names of the passenger and the driver. They could neither confirm nor deny whether Salski had a valid driver’s license. Missing local elderly man located safe An 86-year-old Hastings man who wandered away from his home on Benson Street May 14 was found later that day at the home of a relative. Hastings police were notified by family members that George Martz had gone missing around 8 a.m. last Monday, and police conducted an extensive house to house search in the neighborhood and the surrounding area throughout the day. Family members notified police later that evening that Martz was at the home of a relative. Earlier the relative had been questioned by the police conducting the search, but denied seeing Martz. Motorist arrested for disorderly conduct Hastings Police arrested a Hastings man on charges of disorderly conduct Saturday after he was cited for driving over a fire hose that was being used by firefighters battling the fire at AlFresco’s on Jefferson Street. Kenneth Wood, 67, became agitated after he was stopped by officers for driving over the hose. Wood was given a ticket for the offense and he became enraged with the officer and began yelling obscenities. After several failed attempts by officers to get Wood to calm down and continue on his way he was placed under arrest. Wood was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Middleville man nabbed for stealing DVD Hastings police were summoned to Kmart Saturday after a witness observed a man put a DVD inside his trousers and walk out of the store. Officers were able to locate the man near the lawn and garden area of the store with help from the witness. The man, who was identified as William Reed, 39, of Middleville, was confronted about the incident and admitted that he took the DVD, which was recovered from the wheel well of his vehicle. Reed was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail on charges of retail fraud, third degree. Kentwood man seriously hurt in crash A Kentwood man had to be airlifted from the scene of a single-car accident Monday when he lost control of his 2003 Honda Accord and struck a tree. The vehicle then caught fire, but both the driver and a passenger were able to get out of the vehicle. The male passenger was taken by Aero-Med to Butterworth (Spectrum) Hospital in Grand Rapids and the driver was transported to Pennock Hospital via Lansing Mercy Ambulance. The accident is still under investigation by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. KALKASKA COUNTY: 5 Wooded acres near Torch Lake on county dead end black top road. Short drive to multiple lakes and trails. Ideal camping or future home site Driveway, cleared site, electric, $33,900, $500 down, $390/month, 11% Land Contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1-800-968-3118 Grand Rapids man dies in 100th St. crash OPEN SUNDAY, 2PM5PM. 4 bedroom, 2 bath on 1.6 acres. Finished walkout basement, 3 stall garage, with pool, hot tub & fireplace. It might be manufactured but what more could you ask for, for only $122,000. Deb DeBruyn, Five Star Real Estate, (616)4374521. 726 Willits Rd, Hastings Four saved from sinking boat on Gull Lake OPEN HOUSE: SUNDAY 24. 4 bedroom, 3 bath. Rent to own. 4343 Hidden Hollow Drive, Middleville, $237,500. Call for details 616-974-9278. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Recreation FOR SALE: 1996 Sea Doo XP, new motor, with trailer. $3,000. Call after 5PM (269)672-7628. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 Jacinto Negron, 27, of Grand Rapids, was killed Monday when he pulled his 1987 Honda Accord into the path of a Ford F350 pickup truck on 100th Street in Gaines Township. According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, Negron was traveling southbound on Eastern Avenue and was struck by the pickup truck driven by Timothy Pepper, 46, of Caledonia, traveling east on 100th Street. Both vehicles continued off the roadway and the pickup struck a wire fence. Neither Pepper nor a passenger in his truck was seriously injured, but Negron was found unconscious in his car and transported to Butterworth (Spectrum) Hospital in Grand Rapids, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The accident investigation is continuing. Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor. Teamwork is credited with the rescue of four boaters trapped in a sinking boat on Gull Lake Tuesday. The cellular call came into the Barry County 911 Dispatch Center at one minute after 4 p.m. and just over 10 minutes later the boaters were safely on the shore. “Telecommunicator (Michelle) James answered the call for help,” said 911 director Charlie Nystrom. “The caller advised Michelle that he and three others were in a boat on Gull Lake and the motor had quit. He said the boat was taking on water.” The caller said they had been yelling for help to no avail and he did not know exactly where on Gull Lake they were located, Nystrom said. “Michelle kept the caller on the line while her partners, Randy Yates and Allen Bross, immediately called the Barry and Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Departments to determine if they had marine patrols on Gull Lake or even on duty at the time. Neither department did,” Nystrom said. “Because Barry Central Dispatch has advanced technical GPS equipment, telecommunicators were able to immediately pinpoint the exact location of the cellular caller on Gull Lake. “Telecommunicator Yates called the Gull Lake Marina and provided them with the exact location of the distressed boaters,” Nystrom said. He noted the call was received at exactly 4:01:19 p.m. and the boaters were towed to a dock by 4:12:42 p.m. “Because of the quick thinking of the telecommunicators, the state of the art GPS system at Barry County Central and the positive response by the people from Gull Lake Marina, the boaters were rescued and are unharmed.” Counterfeit Corvette buyer apprehended A Yankee Springs Township man sold his 2005 Chevrolet Corvette to a man who paid for it with a counterfeit $44,000 check and when the culprit was tracked to a neighboring state, authorities recovered a number of stolen vehicles. The same suspect also was involved in thefts of late model Corvettes from East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids and Grand Haven around the same time, State Police said. After checking with the bank the check was issued against, they were informed it was counterfeit. The trooper was told he was the second law enforcement officer to call that day. The East Grand Rapids Police Department then was informed their detective was arranging to meet with the suspect and buy one of the stolen Corvettes in South Bend, Ind., where the suspect was arrested and several of the stolen Corvettes were recovered. The suspect's identity was finally confirmed several days after his arrest and he was found to be wanted in several states for similar offenses. He was extradited to Michigan and is currently in the Kent County Jail awaiting charges there. He will also face charges in Barry County. His name is being withheld pending arraignment. Credit card phone scam reported to sheriff Donna Eggers of Hastings called the Barry County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday to report a series of phone calls from a company promising to lower interest rates on her credit cards. Suspecting it was a scam, she notifed the police. “I was concerned because they had so much personal information, including the card numbers,” she said. Eggers immediately called and canceled her cards and notified a credit reporting agency. “They called me this morning and said they were called ESTR, but they said that didn’t stand for anything,” Eggers said. “They said they were affiliated with Brennan and Smith Associates, a law firm, but they would not tell me where they were. They said they would provide debt consolidation and wanted me to give them more personal information, but I refused. If people get a call like this, they need to just hang up and call one of three credit reporting companies and file a complaint. They should call either Experian at 1-888-397-3742 or Equifax at 1-800-685-1111 or Transunion at 1-800-916-8800. Motorcylclist injured after hitting deer A Richland man is in critical condition after the motorcycle he was operating struck and killed a deer in Prairieville Township May 5. According to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Charles Travis was traveling east on 3 Mile Road when his cycle struck the deer. Travis was transported by AirCare to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he was listed in critical condition. Neither alcohol nor speed appear to have been a factor in the accident. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 17 Lion bats come to life at Harper Creek tournament In what turned into a mini Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) tournament the Maple Valley varsity baseball team went 1-1 at the Harper Creek Invitational Saturday. The Lions suffered a 6-5 loss to Pennfield in the opener, as the Panthers scored the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning, then came back to defeat Delton Kellogg 8-4 in five innings. “Our kids came out with something to prove after the tough loss to Pennfield and played a great game (against Delton Kellogg),” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. “We got solid pitching and good hitting. This was our most complete game, and for that matter, day of baseball all season.” The Lions trailed 3-2 after two innings against Delton Kellogg, then scored three runs in the third and three more in the fourth to earn the win. Deven Meade picked up the victory on the Trojan softball dropped four games in the Gold The rest of the way, the Trojans are trying to play the spoiler. The Trojan varsity softball team dropped all four O-K Gold Conference games it played last week, falling three times to the South Christian Sailors and once to Hamilton. The Hawkeyes of Hamilton hosted the Trojans Friday afternoon, and scored a 4-1 victory. The Trojans couldn’t get anything going offensively until the seventh inning, when they loaded the bases with one out. Meagan Bishop came in to score on an infield hit, but that was the only run the Trojans could manage. Adrienne Palmer went four innings, and took the loss for TK. She struck out three, and gave up three hits and three walks. Emma Bishop came on for three innings of relief work, and allowed one hit while striking out five. Meagan Bishop provided the offense for TK, with two hits including a double to the left-field fence. TK head coach Rich Palmer sad that his girls “need to get the hitting shoes on this week”, when they take on Hastings. The Saxons made the trip to Middleville for two on Tuesday, but sever weather forced the postponment of the double header. The Saxons are slated to host TK for one game Thursday. The Trojans close the league season with a series against Caledonia next week. “Our defense is allowing too many runs, and we need to tighten up to play competitively heading into Districts,” Palmer said. “Our pitching is excellent, and we can surprise a few teams in the remainder of the season.” The Trojans couldn’t surprise South Christian last week. The Sailors topped the Trojans 7-2 on Thursday in Middleville, after taking two on their own diamond Tuesday (May 8) 2-1 and 6-3. Thursday, Emma Bishop pitched a two-hitter for TK, but walked six. She struck-out four, and allowed only three earned runs in the loss. TK’s five hits weren’t enough to offset South’s ability to get on base despite. Meagan Bishop and Christina Kunde each had two hits for the Trojans. mound, despite walking six and allowing six hits. He struck out seven, and only four of the runs against him were earned. Meade was also 1-1 at the plate, with a double, a run scored and an RBI. Troy Westendorp led the Lion attack going 2-3 with a double and three RBI’s. Jared Smith was 2-2 for the Lions, with three stolen bases. Kyle Fisher contributed a single, and two walks, with two RBI’s. “These kids have made great strides each and every week and it is good to see it pay off for them,” Carpenter said. “We will win some baseball games the rest of the year if we play like we did in this tournament.” Pennfield jumped in front 5-0 in the first two innings of the opener, only to see the Lions come back with three runs in the third, one in the fourth and one more to tie the game in the top half of the sixth. Nick Nisse drove in the tying run on a suicide squeeze, before Pennfield rallied to win it in the bottom half of the inning. “Even though we lost, I am pleased with the way we played. Pennfield embarrassed us in a double header earlier in the season and we had a chance to win this game,” Carpenter said. COURT NEWS • Curtis Lee Shade, 46, of Vermontville, was sentenced May 9 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his April 18 conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol (third offense). hade was fined $500 and court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. He was ordered to wear a wrist monitor upon release from jail and undergo a mental health evaluation. The balance of his jail sentence may be suspended upon completion of probation. Shade was arrested last March in Castleton Township. College (KVCC). This past winter, Sisson led the O-K Gold Conference in scoring and rebounding, averaging over 18 points and almost ten rebounds a game. “He is a great steward of TK and a student I consider a son and am very proud of him,” said TK varsity boys’ basketball coach Lance Laker. Sisson is a two-time all-conference player and all-county player. He was a two year cap- The Thornapple Trojans topped Hastings 10 at home on Friday. It was AYSO and Senior night at TK. Local AYSO teams walked in with TK’s varsity, and showed the Trojans lots of support during the game. TK needed it in the hard fought battle between two rivals. The Trojan seniors got off to a quick start. Only two minutes into the game Katie Potts and Ashleigh Lund had a series of passes between them, that culminated with Lund fin- tain at TK as well, and volunteers working youth camps, helping out in classrooms, and is an active member of his church as well. “I am pleased that Ryan has chosen KVCC for his college education,” said coach Shilts. “His performance in high school provides a solid base for him to become a fine college player. I look forward to working with him to develop maturity as a student as well as an athlete.” Open House Join Us For Our… 3rd Annual Open House May 20, 2007 - 2:00-5:00 Inflatables for the Kids • Food For Everyone and a Relaxing Atmosphere We will have hayride tours of the camp available. 77512351 Register your camper for summer camp at a $25.00 discount. Take M-43 to Head Lake Road, turn west and go to Wilkins Road, turn left and go to entrance of the camp. For more information call 269-623-5168 Web site: www.michawana.org Brooke — June 2 — on completing half of your graduate program!! We are so proud of you! Friends may contact her at: 85 Raymond Ave. Somerville, MA 02144 or brizor@gmail.com With love… Mom, Dad, Ashlee & Starr g F l in n i r p S May 19th, 2007 10:00 am-3:00 pm at Hastings City & Barry County Airport 77512500 Happy 26th Birthday City Bank, a community bank estab1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Middleville and Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 EOE/M-F The Barry County Buildings and Grounds Department is accepting sealed proposals for 3005 Murphy Dr., Hastings, MI 49058 OPEN HOUSE Janitorial Services Sponsored by The Hastings Flying Assoc. Welcoming New Airport Management DODGEN AIRCRAFT The closing date for the proposal is June 7, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. Proposals shall be submitted to County Administration, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058. To obtain a copy of the invitation for proposal, please call (269) 9451285 or pick one up at the County Clerks office located at the above address. Specific questions regarding the Invitation for proposal may be directed to: Tim Neeb Buildings and Grounds Supervisor Barry County Buildings and Grounds at (269) 838-7084 02670308 • Leroy Hill, 26, of Hastings, was sentenced May 9 to serve 12 months in jail for his probation violation conviction April 18. Hill was convicted in 2006 for attempted criminal sexual conduct (third degree) and sentenced to serve 11 months in jail and 60 months probation. He will be unsuccessfully discharged from probation upon his release from jail. Hill was arrested in Hastings in June, 2006. PART-TIME TELLER 02670425 Open House Special Last Wednesday, the Saxons suffered a 2-1 loss in a hard fought battle with Hamilton. “Our forwards are starting to work well together,” said Saxon head coach Sarah Derrico. “We have struggled all season with creating offensive opportunities and now we are starting to get those, we just can’t finish. The entire game was about us not being able to finish. Eventually, the two will come together really soon, perhaps before districts come.” Ali Howell scored the lone Saxon goal, off an assist from teammate Becky Davis. “We are struggling with a few keys injuries, and at this point in the season, pretty much every team has at least one,” Derrico said. “You just hope that other players will be able to step-up and get the job done.” The Saxons are scheduled to visit South Haven Friday night for a non-conference match. The O-K Gold Conference season concludes next week when the Saxons host TK on Monday, then visit South Christian Wednesday. The Trojans and Sailors sport the league’s top two conference records. g • Jeffrey John Beilby, 28, of Hickory Corners, was sentenced May 9 to serve 90 days in jail for his April 18 conviction of attempted domestic violence. Beilby was arrested in Prairieville Township on April 11. ishing the play with a goal past the Hastings goalkeeper. The rest of the game was a battle. The Lady Trojans fought hard throughout the game, working hard to keep the ball on the offensive side of the field. Hastings kept Ellen Phillips busy at her sweeper position, by playing the long ball, which required her to chase the ball down and send it back up to her teammates. TK had several close shots and Hastings had a few before the end. The night before, TK scored a 3-1 win, at Wayland. With four minutes left in the game, Brittany Giguere intercepted a Wayland defender’s attempted clear and sent a pass to Lund who scored her team’s third and final goal. The Trojans’ first two goals came just 30 seconds apart in the first half, and gave their team a 2-0 lead. Val VanBemden assisted Kelsey Aubil on the first goal. On the second goal, the Trojans played keep away. Molly Wilson dropped the ball back for Heidi VanderHeide, who then sent a pass to winger Celia Salmon. Salmon crossed the ball to Lund, who beat two defenders and got the ball past the Wildcat keeper. Hastings Wayland’s lone tally came lished in six minutes before the break. 06650769 • Gale Lynn Mesecar, 55, of Woodland, was sentenced to serve 60 months on probation and 12 months in jail in a probation violation sentence May 9. Mesecar originally was convicted in June 2005 for his third offense of driving while under the influence of alcohol. The original sentence included 36 months probation, but it was extended to 60 months by Judge Fisher. Mesecar was arrested in Hastings Township in April 2005. • Brandon Tony Bont of Cedar Springs was sentenced May 10 to serve 24 months on probation and 60 days in jail for his April 25 conviction of attempted receiving and concealing stolen property. One count of breaking and entering was dismissed under the plea agreement. Bont was assessed court costs of $500, restitution of $500 and a probation fee of $240. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon completion of probation. the bottom half of the inning, but St. Pats never stopped scoring. The Shamrocks added two runs in both the second and third innings, one in the fourth, then four more to end the game early in the sixth. Foster was hit with the loss. He allowed six earned runs in just one-third of an inning. He was relieved by Michael Paisley and Chris Caldwell. Paisley led the Lion offense, going 2-4 with two runs. Fisher, Meade, Westendorp, Nisse and Smith had one hit each. Monday Maple Valley struggled in a 10-3 KVA loss to Hackett Catholic Central. The Lions managed just four hits against the Fighting Irish, one each for Westendorp, Paisley, Nisse and Ashcraft. Cramer and Nisse had RBI’s for the Lions in their two-run second inning. The Lions jumped ahead 2-0 in the second, and held the lead until the top of the fourth when the Irish offense exploded for five runs. Hackett then added three more runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. This Thursday, the Lions are scheduled to travel to Bellevue. HHS has hard time netting goals in pair of Gold defeats Sisson signs on to play basketball at Kalamazoo Valley Community College Thornapple Kellogg senior Ryan Sisson recently signed his National Letter of Intent, to play college basketball for coach Dick Shilts at Kalamazoo Valley Community Westendorp was hit with the loss. He struck out seven and allowed seven hits. He also walked two and hit two Pennfield batters. Meade led the offense for the Lions, going 2-4 with two runs scored. James Cramer was 1-4 with an RBI, while Fisher, Cody Ward, Jeff Burd, and Nisse had one hit each. The Lions also split two games on Wednesday, at home against Portland St. Patrick. Maple Valley took game one 10-4, then fell in the night cap 17-6 in six innings. Westendorp offered a fine pitching performance, going the complete game and striking out seven. He allowed six hits, but just two earned runs. Mead was 3-4 at the plate with two runs scored and two RBI’s. Adam Foster and Fisher also had one hit and two runs scored each. Nisse was 1-2 with a pair of RBI’s. “We continued to hit the ball well and scored runs,” Carpenter said. “The second game, our pitching hurt us. We gave up a lot of runs early and just couldn’t get things going. St. Pats hit the ball extremely well, and we just gave away too many runs.” The Shamrocks put eight runs on the board in the opening inning of game two. The Lions came right back with five runs of their own in Jason Blair - Owner/CFI • Greg Skinner - Assist. MGR/CFI Scott Miller - OPS.MGR. Food Concession by Timeless Treats AIRPLANE RIDES $25 per person Thornapple Flying & Dodgen Aircraft Learn to fly at Hastings BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids Demo A BMW Motorcycle Tel: (616) 530-6900 5995 S. Division, Grand Rapids, MI 49548 �Page 18 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxon Sports Shorts DK wins KVA tournament opener JV Baseball The Saxon junior varsity baseball team swept Wayland in three games last week. In the first game of the three-game set, Bobby Steinke pitched a complete game, allowing just two earned runs while stirking out 11, in a 5-4 win. Trent Brisboe threw his third no-hitter of the year, and didn’t allow an earned run while striking out eight, in a 13-3 game two victory. Thursday, Tyler Kalmink pitched six and two-thirds innings to earn the win while striking out 10, as the Saxons topped the Wildcats 4-3. Greg Heath came on in relief and struck out the final Wayland batter with the tying run on third to earn the save. Leading the hitting attack for Hastings in the three games were Kalmink with two doubles and three singles, and Robert Cathcart and Dylan McKay who had two singles and one double each. Brisboe had a single and a double, and Trevor Heacock added three singles. The team improved its record to 16-5. Freshmen Baseball The Hastings freshmen baseball team split a doubleheader Monday with a tough South Christian, squad winning the first game 4-1. Matt Feldpausch went the distance on the mound for Hastings, pitching an excellent game giving up only three hits while striking out four. Eric Pettengill, Riley McLean and Nick Wallace all had hits in the first game. In the second game, the Saxon freshmen came up one run short in a last inning rally, falling 3-2. Caleb Cuyler also pitched an excellent game for Saxon freshmen in game two, allowing only three hits while striking out five. Pettengill led the way at the plate with two hits, while Cuyler, and McLean added hits too. JV Girls’ Golf The Saxon junior varsity girls’ golf team capped a successful season with a fourthplace finish in the conference tournament last Wednesday, just six shots back of the leaders. Chelsey Snyder led the Saxons with a 60 that earned her the fourth-place medal. Hastings’ Taylor Hammond was fifth with a 61. The previous afternoon, the Saxon junior varsity defeated Caledonia 252 to 264. Snyder led her team with a 59. HMS Girls’ Track and Field The Hastings middle school girls’ track and field team tied for fourth on Saturday at the Hamilton Relays. Finishing in second place with their relay teams for the Saxons were Stephanie Warren, Cherie Kosbar, Laci Cowles, Natalie VanDenack, and Rikki Mileski. Brittany Morgan, Tara Harding, Anna Densberger, Mileski, Cowles and Warren all had third place finishes with relay teams for the Saxons. In a dual against Hamilton, the final dual of meet of the season, the Saxon girls topped the Hawkeyes 101 to 35. Saxon first-place finishes in individual events came from Morgan, Gabby Eaton, VanDenack, Hannah Sailor, Meghan VanZyl, and Morgan Stowe. Winning as part of a relay team for Hastings were VanZyl, Dakota Elzinga, Aimee Wiker, Harding, Anna Densberger, Cowles, Mileski, Warren, Kosbar, Kayla Pohl and Sailor. Last Friday, the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ soccer team saw the Kalamazoo Valley Association regular season end a bit early. Kalamazoo Christian put the mercy rule into effect against the Panthers, winning 9-1 in Delton. The Panthers bounced back to defeat Pennfield Monday in the opening round of the KVA tournament, and that earned them the right to head to Kalamazoo Christian Wednesday and take on the Comets again. The Panthers ended the conference regular season with a record of 3-3. They got their fourth conference win Monday, with a quick strike offense against Pennfield. Delton Kellogg’s Shawn Schut scored three minutes into the game, then added a second tally midway through the first half by Katie Searles. Kelsey Smith scored Delton’s fourth goal, in the second half. The third goal for Delton was an own goal by Pennfield. The quick Delton defense dominated the Pennfield attackers on the night. Delton had 15 shots on goal for the night, to Pennfield’s seven. Shelby Rouse had two assists for Delton Kellogg. DK keeper Anna Goldsworthy earned the shut-out, stopping all seven Pennfield shots. Last Friday, Kalamazoo Christian jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first half. The Comets then ended the game early in the second half, with an eight goal lead. With 11 minutes left in the second half, Smith scored the lone Delton goal off an assist from Lauren Knollenberg. Kalamazoo Christian needed just 14 shots to score its nine goals. Meagan Smith led the Comets with three goals. It was the Panthers’ turn to end a game early last Wednesday, when they topped the Maple Valley Lions 8-0. Maple Valley was outshot, 22-1. Kelcie Smith and Rouse had two goals each for Delton Kellogg, and scoring once each were Amber Strick, Knollenberg, Katie Smith and Cara Phelps. Aspinall earns player of year Thornapple Kellogg graduate, Ashley Aspinallled, a sophomore on the Aquinas College Softball team was selected as Regional VIII Player of the Year. Aspinall finished the season as the Aquinas Softball individual season record holder in batting average(.452), slugging percentage (.803), on base percentage (.522) most home runs (14), runs batted in (52), and most total bases (126). Aspinall, a centerfielder, was also selected as WHAC Player of the Year. Delton Kellogg’s Kelsey Brownell (left) pushes the ball away from Maple Valley’s Ashley Zander during last Wednesday’s KVA contest in Delton. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Delton Kellogg’s Katie Searles rises above a crowd to head the ball in the Maple Valley end Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxon track teams fall in final dual by Brett Bremer There shouldn’t be gas in the tank after the two-mile You can’t even listen to a whole Green Day song in the time it takes to drive two miles on the highway. It doesn’t seem that far. Two miles on the track is a different story. Cross country runners are famous for the sayings they plaster on the backs of T-shirts. One of the most famous reads, “Our sport is your sport’s punishment.” A former track athlete I know told me that when kids in high school would get in trouble at track practice for goofing off or showing up late, their punishment would often times be running the two-mile (3200-meter run). The two-mile has been bugging me lately, or at least it has caught my attention. Maple Valley could have gone into the Kalamazoo Valley Association meet with the conference lead in hand, had the three Lions who started the race been able to finish. The Lion ladies fell to Delton Kellogg by one-point last week. If the third runner for Maple Valley crosses the finish line, her team gets that one point. That one point would have earned the Lions a tie, and a chance to take the league lead back by beating Parchment this week. The Lions, Parchment and Delton Kellogg are likely to head into next week’s KVA meet in a three-way tie for the league lead now. The best two-milers glide around the track. Some of them just walk off to the side after crossing the finish line, talk to their buddies, then head off for come cool down exercises. There isn’t a race where the haves and have nots are so clearly defined. Sometimes its a long wait between the first runner coming in and the last. At the O-K Gold Conference meet Friday, Caledonia’s Luke Taylor hung around in second place as TK’s Keith Winchester and a couple of Wayland runners took turns holding onto the lead. On the final lap, the last of eight laps around the 400-meter track, Bryon Center’s David Vandebunte pulled in front of Taylor. Then he pulled away from Taylor. Over the course of the final 200 meters, Taylor must have just been running for time. Vandebunte beat him by ten seconds. The only person really on Taylor’s heels was his own teammate Ben Diefenbach. As Taylor neared the finish line, his eyes got big. Suddenly he started flailing his arms in the air in an attempt to keep his balance over the final few meters. When he hit the finish line, his balance was gone and he tumbled forward onto the track. He was okay later. He had enough energy left to celebrate the race with his teammates. A few minutes after Taylor literally hit the finish line, the final runners were coming down the final stretch in the 3200. The two boys sprinted their hearts out down the final 100 meters. Then after the finish walked over to the table to report, and went about their business. That bugs me. Maybe they were being punished. I don’t know. But after nearly a full season of track and field you’d think the coaches would have taught them how to pace themselves by now. If you have that much energy left at the end, you should have used up a little more early on and tried not to get lapped by the leaders. I know there are athletes on track and field teams who aren’t out there to win medals, to get their names in the paper, and to break records. But everyone out there should be doing the best that they can do. The season’s almost over. There’s no reason to leave any gas in the tank, (unless of course you’re running the 1600-meter relay too). Good luck at regionals all you two-milers. Hastings’ Molly Smith (left) and Rachel Stephens cruise around the track in the 3200-meter run Tuesday afternoon against Wayland. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Despite starting early in an attempt to finish the dual meet before storms arrived in the area, the boys 1600 meter relay and girls pole vault were canceled due to severe weather when the Saxon’s hosted the Wayland Wildcats Tuesday afternoon. But, while the Saxons might have picked up a few points in those events, it would not of changed the end result. Hastings boys lost 58 to 73 and the girls 55 to 73. Both the Saxon boys and girls won only one relay. The girls team of Jessica lee, Kristina Dobbin, Katherine Dobbin, and Jessica Czinder won the 400 meter relay with a time of 53:46. The Saxon boys team of Chase DelCotto, Bradon King, Josh Jevicks, and Ryan Burgdorf won the 800 meter relay in 1:36.73. Other bright points for the Saxon boys track events included: Burgdorf taking first in the 100 meter dash in 11.12 with DelCotto The Saxons’ Ryan Bosma leads Wayland’s Dusty Prescott around the track Tuesday during the 3200-meter run at Hastings High School. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) in third with a time of 11.54; Bradon King, first in the 110 meter hurdles, with a time of 16.27 with Elliot Anderson, third in 16.59. Elliot was second in the 300 meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 43.70 with Spencer Rhodes was third with a time of 46.93; Ryan Bosma won the 3200 meter run in 10:43.57; Jevicks won the 400 meter dash in 53.45; AJ Singleterry was second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:05.68 and King was third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.88. In field events, Hastings swept the high jump with Darrell Slaughter leaping to first with 5’10”, followed by Jon Gielser, and Matt Donnini; Donnini won the long jump with 19’ 4.4” and Mason Trumbull was third; Jason Baum vaulted to first with a height of 11’ 06”, and Jeremy Rogers was third; and David Madison was third in the discus with a throw of 104’ 11.75 .” The Saxon girls swept the throwing events with Nicole Moser taking first in the discus with a throw of 99’5.5” followed by Katie Sutherland and Amanda Welch. Moser also won the shot put with a throw of 33’8.75” followed by Sutherlans and Brittany Cowles. In other feild events Heather Cady was second in the high jump and Kristina Dobbin third in the long jump. In track events, Lee won the 100 meter dash in 13.28 and the 200 meter dash in 27.60 with Czinder finishing second in both races. Kristina Dobbin was first in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.58 and Heather Cady was third in the 300 meter low hurdles. Katie Ponsetto won the 400 meter dash in 1:02.15 and Kayla Angeletti was third in the 800 meter run. Yankee Springs plans youth golf clinics in June Yankee Springs Golf Course will be holding junior golf clinics this summer. These clinics are open to boys and girls ages 8-13. The dates for the clinics are June, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 25, 27, and 29. Each junior golfer will receive a 15 minute group instruction on the putting green, the chipping green and the driving range. Once the mini instructions are completed, the golfers will have an opportunity to apply these skills on the golf course. An advanced golfer clinic will be begin at 8:30 a.m., and the beginner golfer clinic will begin at 9:15 a.m. These clinics each day will run until 11:30 A.M. The cost is $2 for Yankee Springs Golf Course members, and $4 for non-members. For more information contact Yankee Springs Golf Course at (269) 795-9047. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — Page 19 Caledonia wins its fourth straight Gold golf title Thornapple Kellogg’s Caitlin Chamberlin watches a shot fly from the 14th fairway at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet Tuesday at the Meadows. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Saxons’ Katy Fluke knocks the ball out of the rough on number 14 at the Meadows on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Saxon senior Erin Fluke earned a spot in the top three-some at Tuesday’s O-K Gold Conference championship with her play over the course of the conference season. She closed out the conference campaign by firing a 92 Tuesday at the Meadows to finish in a fourth-place tie individually with Wayland’s Jessica DeWit and South Christian’s Heather Marks. Caledonia took the conference championship, with three scorers in the top ten, including individual conference champion senior Carolyn Schaner who fired a 79. Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin was second with an 80, and Caledonia sophomore Britni Gregory was third with an 87. Caledonia, which also received a 95 from Sara Leatherman and a 102 from Brittany Gibbons, took its fourth straight conference championship with a team score of 366. South Christian tallied a 386, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 392, Hastings 416, Hamilton 433, Byron Center 471 and Wayland 481. The course on the campus of Grand Valley State University (GVSU), which is being groomed for the upcoming NCAA Division 2 men’s championships, was tough on those who didn’t keep their ball in the fairway. Fluke played in a group with Schaner and Chamberlin. Fluke is headed to Northwood University next year to continue her golfing career. Schaner will continue her playing days at GVSU. Chamberlin also has plans to attend GVSU, but hasn’t decided yet if she will attempt to earn a spot on the women’s golf team as a walk-on. Hastings’ Paige Pumford looks on as her putt rolls towards the cup on the 14th green at the Meadows Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) “I was happy with it,” Schaner said of her 79. “I hit the ball well. I had some great shots.” “My approach shots to the green were great. A few times, I was off in the thick rough, and still managed to put it close to the pin.” Schaner, who was second at the conference tournament a year ago and placed third at the Division 2 state finals individually, made some big changes in the game this offseason. Not only to improve upon those finishes, but more toward improving for the future. “I made a big swing change this winter,” Schaner said. “I changed my putting grip and I got a new putter not even a week ago. I think now it’s coming together. It should be really great.” Chamberlin was more focused on her own game, than trying to keep pace with Schaner. “I knew we were close, but I didn’t keep her score because I didn’t want to play mental games with myself. Then I just play worse,” said Chamberlin. Behind Chamberlin for TK, Macy Chamberlin fired a 99, Ashley Martin 101, and Allison Whitney a 112. Behind Fluke for Hastings, Paige Pumford shot a 106, Kacy Hooten 107, and Katy Fluke 111. Rounding out the top ten were Leatherman, and South Christian’s Emily Atsma tied in eighth at 98, and Byron Center’s Julia Keilhofer and Macy Chamberlin tied in tenth with their 99’s. Caledonia took the conference lead over South Christian at the final conference jamboree on Monday at Railside Golf Course. Caledonia fired a 170 to the Sailors’ 189. TK was third with a 202, followed by Hastings 207, Wayland 229, Byron Center 236, and Hamilton 239. TK and Hastings had different leaders Monday. Pumford paced the Saxons with a 46, followed by Erin Fluke and Hooten each with a 51 and Katy Fluke with a 59. TK was led by Martin’s 37. Caitlin Chamberlin shot a 43, Macy Chamberlin 49, and Erin King 73. Leatherman had the low round for the afternoon with a 39. Hastings, TK and Caledonia will all be a part of the Division 2 regional tournament next Monday at Binder Park. Last Wednesday, the Saxons scored a 196 to 204 victory over Calvin Christian at Ironwood. Pumford led the Saxons with a 47, while Katy Fluke and Barbie Buehler both shot 49’s. Hooten tallied a 51 to round out the Saxon total. The Squires were led by Katy Berghuis’ 48. Panthers get preview of the Lions before KVA meeting The Panthers will meet Maple Valley in Kalamazoo Valley Association action next Tuesday, and they’ll get to bring their metal bats with them. The Delton Kellogg varsity baseball team was 0-2 at Saturday’s Wooden Bat Tournament at Harper Creek. The Maple Valley Lions topped the Panthers in the consolation finals, 8-3. Delton Kellogg jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings as Quinn Seaver drove home Brian Diaz and Kyle Purdum with a single in the first inning. Maple valley battled back to pull ahead 5-3 after three innings, then added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth. The game was called after five innings because of time restrictions. Purdum and Seaver finished the game with two hits each for Delton Kellogg. Devin Desgranges was hit with the loss on the mound, allowing three earned runs in three innings of work. “We let this game get away from us, and I made some mistakes coaching that cost us and I take full responsibility for what happened today,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Eric Parsley. “We’re making progress at times and taking a step forward, but then we take a step backwards and it hurts us and that’s my fault. The kids are buying into the system and starting to believe, we just need that one more little push forward.” Harper Creek topped the Panthers 6-3 in the opener. Harper Creek jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead after three innings, but the Delton would not go away without a fight. “We had a chance to do some damage several times in the game, loading the bases in the second and the fifth, but failed to get a run, which hurt really bad,” Parsley said. “We hit the ball hard, but it was right at them and half their runs came off one bad inning with a couple errors.” In the fourth, Brian Diaz and Nick Blacken had RBI singles that scored Chuck Stallard and Quinn DeBolt to cut the deficit to 5-2. The Beavers added an insurance run in the fifth inning. Delton Kellogg tried to rally in the seventh, down four. Desgranges doubled to the gap and Mitch Duquesnel brought him in on a fielders choice, but it was too little too late. Duquesnel took the loss, going six innings. He gave up only four hits and three earned runs, while recording six strikeouts. “Harper Creek is ranked fifth in Division 2,” said Parsley. “They’re a good ball club and they found a way to win today. We felt we could have won the game, but didn’t execute when needed to.” Last Thursday, the Panthers split two tight ball games with Otsego. Delton Kellogg had the quick start this time, scoring three runs in the first and two more in the third, which proved to be enough in a 5-4 win over the Bulldogs. Steve Scoby had a pair of triples in the game that both drove in runs, and Duquesnel had two hits and two RBI’s in the contest. DeBolt picked up the win, allowing six hits and three runs through five innings of work. Stallard got the save, allowing just one run in the final two innings. Otsego came back to take game two, 6-4. Diaz took the loss in his first appearance on the mound since returning from a throwing hand injury. He worked five innings, giving up only four runs on five hits. Trailing 6-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Delton rallied for two runs but couldn’t man- age any more. Blacken had two hits and scored twice for DK, and Diaz also had two hits. Purdum had a double that scored three runs in the third. The small rally started in the seventh with Driver TEEs NASCAR Day Friday, May 18th (Sale Ends May 26th) LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR PIN ($5 DONATION GOES TO CHARITY) ALL six runs. Hannah Goy had a single and a triple for the Panthers in the win over the Broncos. Justie McCowan, Kelsey Ketola and Amanda Boss also had two hits each. Marshall topped the Panthers in the opener SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, MAY 17: 8:00 am S.E. Elem. Track/Field Day 3:30 pm Boys Middle Track 3:30 pm Girls Middle Track 4:15 pm Boys Varsity Baseball 4:15 pm Boys JV Baseball 4:15 pm Girls Varsity Softball 4:15 pm Girls JV Softball H Leag. Meet@Caledonia A Leag. 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Rogers Reg.@Binder Park TKHS Hamilton (DH) TKHS TUESDAY, MAY 22: 8:00 am Pleasantview/Star School Track/Field Day 4:15 pm Boys Varsity Baseball South Christian (DH) 4:15 pm Boys JV Baseball South Christian (DH) 4:15 pm Girls Varsity Softball South Christian (DH) 4:15 pm Girls JV Softball South Christian (DH) Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 Hours: Tues. & Wed. Noon-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 • Closed Sun. & Mon. 02671091 Our bankers hours have your schedule in mind 6-5. McCowan and Kacie Woznicki had two hits each against the Red Hawks. Goy had a hit, scored a run and had two RBI’s. Katie Marshall, Tarah Keim, Jessica Wine, and Sarah Weimer also had hits for DK. The Panthers also split the two games in their double header with Otsego Thursday, falling 6-1 in the opener and winning the night cap 3-2. Wine was the winning pitcher in game two. She allowed five hits and walked two, while striking out three. 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Wayland took game one of Thursday’s double header 7-1 to even the series, but the Saxons came back and took a 2-1 win in the nightcap. “That was a big win for our guys,” said Hastings head coach Marsh Evans. “Kenny was a last minute starter because of injuries and illness, and he came through with a terrific performance. It could not have come at a better time, and to be in a 2-1 game with Saxon second baseman Justin Carroll scoops up a bouncing ball for the first out of the seventh inning Saturday against Northview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) metal bats is truly a rare occurrence but Ken kept their hitters off balance, threw strikes and we fielded the ball well.” It was Taylor’s first win of the season. In the pitchers’ duel, Hastings opened the scoring with single runs in the third and fourth innings, for a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the third, David Kendall singled, and moved all the way to third on a throwing error. Rob Cady then drove Kendall home with a sacrifice fly. In the last of the fourth, Matt Teunessen started things for the Saxons with a base hit. He stole second and moved to third on a passed ball, before scoring what would prove to be the winning run on a double-steal. The Wildcats scored their only run of the game in the top of the fifth, before Taylor closed the door to pick up the win. The Saxons were led in hitting by Teunessen’s two hits, and Ricky Mathis, Taylor and Dylan Cuddahee with one each. Hastings fell behind early in game one and never mounted much of an attack, scoring just once during the game and picking up just six hits. Wayland picked up two runs in the second and then three more in the third before the Saxons could answer. Mathis, A.J. Tassos, Cuddahee, John Feldpausch, Taylor and Rob Cady had hits in the game for the Saxons. Cuddahee and Feldpausch’s hits were doubles. On the mound, Cuddahee (1-2) took the loss. He e scattered 11 hits, and struck out seven in a determined effort. The Saxons take on Thornapple Kellogg in the O-K Gold Conference this week. They were rained-out on Tuesday in Middleville, and will host the Trojans for one game Thursday. The Saxons split their two games at their 12th annual Wooden Bat Classic on Saturday. Leading 2-0 in the top of the seventh, the Saxons were cruising along in the opening game against Constantine, before the wheels fell off. Constantine battled back for a 5-2 win. The Saxons’ Ricky Mathis slides safely into home plate in the bottom of the first inning Saturday against Northview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Saxons’ Scott Wilson fires the ball towards the plate during his relief stint in the sixth inning Saturday against Northview. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Teunessen struck out the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the seventh, but the ball got by the Hastings catcher and the runner reached first. By the time the inning was over, Constantine had tied the game at two and forced it into extra innings. There they took advantage of a Saxon fielding error that opened the door to three runs in the top of the eighth inning. Teunessen (2-2) took the loss, and finished with eleven strike outs while allowing just three hits. He would also hit his fifth triple of the season, setting a new Hastings baseball record for triples in a season. Also getting hits for the Saxons were Mathis (double), Tassos (RBI), Taylor (RBI) and Cady. In the consolation game the Saxons again saw a late game lead disappear, but held on for a 6-5 victory. Northview scored five times in the top of the sixth to tie the game after being shut down by pitcher Kyle McNerny early on. Several Saxon errors allowed five un-earned Northview runs. The Saxons rallied in the bottom of the sixth. The first three times Mathis stepped to the plate, he’d eventually come sliding across the plate to score as run. The fourth time he reached base again, but was able to cruise across standing up. Mathis reached base on a walk, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jon Garrett. Northview then walked Teunessen, but Cuddahee made the Wildcats pay with an RBI single up the middle. Mathis scored runs in the first and third inning for the Saxons, coming home on a Teunessen hit in the third. In the fourth inning, Saxon catcher Brad Hayden reached base on an infield single, moved to second on a walk to David Kendall, then moved up a base when Justin Carroll put down a sacrifice bunt. An error on the Northview shortstop would allowed Hayden to score Hayden, before Teunessen drove in Kendall and Mathis with a two-run double over the Wildcat right fielder. Saxon pitcher, Scott Wilson, returned to the mound in the top of the seventh, after relieving McNerny the inning before and set the side down in order with a pair of ground ball outs sandwiched around a strike out. Battle Creek Lakeview took top honors for the day, defeating Constantine 15-0 in the championship game, after out-lasting Northview in the semi-final winning 5-2 in 12 innings. Trojans won four games in the Gold last week by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans played through a couple big rallies in their final two O-K Gold Conference ball games last week, and finished off with a 4-0 week in the league. Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity baseball team improved their league leading conference record to 10-2 with a 14-9 win at Hamilton Friday afternoon. The Hawkeyes jumped out to a 9-1 lead after two innings, and still had that lead through three. The Trojans came back with seven runs in the fourth inning, and then three in the top of the fifth to take the lead. Brent Butgereit singled to score Steve Crawford, then Kyle Boboltz came around as well as the Hawkeyes threw the ball around, to give the Trojans a 10-9 lead in the top of the fifth inning. Butgereit would eventually score on an RBI single off the bat of Paul Betcher, for an 11-9 lead. The Trojans then added a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh. Boboltz earned the win for TK on the mound, to improve to 7-0 on the season. He struck out seven and walked just one. “I guess it’s just these guys decided that they didn’t want to fold over and took it upon themselves to crawl back into that game,” said TK head coach Josh Lown. “They’ve never quit all year. There isn’t a game we play that I don’t think we can win.” The Trojans swept all three games of their series with South Christian to start the week. TK broke the game open with six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, to go ahead 70 Thursday at TKHS, but had to hold on for a 7-6 victory. “They strung a few hits together and final- ly we got out of it and left them with a man on first and a guy on third in the top of the seventh,” said Lown. Betcher earned the win for TK. Offensively, Matt Penfield had a double for TK and Andrew Gilbert a triple. Tuesday (May 8) at South Christian, the Trojans scored an 8-1 win in game one and a 5-2 victory in game two. Mike Berryman and Boboltz earned the two wins on the mound for the Trojans. TK has its two biggest neighborhood rivals remaining on the O-K Gold Conference schedule. TK heads to Hastings for one game Thursday, then takes on Caledonia in the league next week. Lown said he doesn’t feel any more pressure having a team battling for a conference title than he did coaching a team that struggled to earn victories during his first two seasons. “These three years have all been fun,” Lown said. “Coaching for me, it’s like a hobby. It’s fun when you’re winning, but just being around and teaching those high school kids, that in itself is fun. Trying to lead those these kids in the right direction.” The Trojans closed out last week by splitting a pair of games with Forest Hills Eastern Saturday. 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Thornapple Kellogg senior Corey Humphrey won his second straight O-K Gold Conference first singles championship, by avenging an early season loss against Wayland’s Keith Sikkema in the finals 6-3, 60. The Scots took their second consecutive conference on the courts at East Kentwood High School and South Christian’s Athletic Complex, winning the league tournament by 12 points over second-place Byron Center. The Scots finished off the regular season duals as the league’s top team, with a 5-0-1 record. Caledonia won the tournament with 50 points. The Bulldogs were second with 38, followed by South Christian 31, Wayland 30, Thornapple Kellogg 28, Hamilton 25, and Hastings 18. Caledonia won five flight championships on the day, sweeping the doubles and getting a second-singles title from senior Zach Chapin. Chapin, the top seed at second singles, downed Wayland’s Levi VandenBos 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 in the final. Chapin trailed 5-1 in the second set, but dug in to get the victory. “50 to 38 looks like it wasn’t too hard,” said Caledonia head coach Mike Wilson, comparing his team’s score with that of second-place Byron Center, “but every final was just a battle. We just happened to be on the right side of it today.” Three of the four doubles championships were decided in three sets, while the fourth went to a tie-breaker in each of its two sets. “There isn’t much more we could have done today,” Wilson said. “Every flight either played to their seed or exceeded their seed.” Humphrey exceeded his seed at first singles. He was the number two seed behind Sikkema, although he was the defending conference champion. “That’s what I worked for. I did it last year. I wanted to do it again,” Humphrey said. “I was focused. I was just ready.” Humphrey didn’t drop a set all day. He started things off with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Byron Center’s Chris Moyer. He then defeated the number three seed, South Christian’s Brad Jansen 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals. “I followed Corey pretty closely all day,” said TK head coach Larry Seger. The Saxons’ Justin von der Hoff charges the net after sending the ball back towards his opponent from Hamilton late in the day Thursday at the O-K Gold Conference meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) “He was in a zone today. He came to win this thing. He didn’t want to leave any doubt that he was the best player here today, and I don’t think he left any.” As a team, the Trojans finished fifth in the overall conference standings ahead of sixthplace Hamilton and seventh-place Hastings. TK and Hastings will both be a part of the Division 3 regional tournament hosted by Allegan this Friday. The Saxons’ best performance of the day came at third singles, where Justin von der Hoff placed third. von der Hoff took a 6-4, 46, 7-6(3) victory over his opponent from Byron Center in the opening round, then was downed by the eventual flight champion from Wayland in the semi’s 6-1, 6-4. In the match for third-place, von der Hoff defeated his foe from Hamilton 6-2, 6-2. Hastings also won three doubles matches. The Saxons’ number one doubles team of Jon Peurach and Eric Haney started things off with a 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-2 victory over Hamilton, before falling to South Christian and Byron Center to finish fourth. At third doubles, the Saxon duo of Tom McKinney and Kyle Pierce placed fifth with a 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-2 victory over Hamilton in their final match of consolation. Hastings’ fourth doubles team of Tim Lewis and Patrick Gillespie was sixth with a consolation victory over Hamilton 7-6(7), 63. The Trojans won their first match at just three flights to advance on the championship side of the bracket. TK’s third doubles team of Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth placed third. They fell to the Caledonia third doubles team in three sets in the semifinal, before besting South Christian to end the day 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. “Those guys played well today,” Seger said of Ball and Ellsworth. Ross Barrett was fourth for TK at fourth singles, falling to the eventual flight champion, Bryce Tenckink from Hamilton, in the semifinals. Barrett started the day with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Hastings’ Michael Peterson. Lakewood boys improve CAAC-3 standing at tourney win over Haslett, then topped DeWitt 7-5, 6-3. At second singles, the Vikings’ Jaoa Zunino topped Fowlerville 6-0, 6-1, and then topped the top seed from Williamston 6-4, 0-6, 6-1. Zunino was downed by DeWitt’s top player in the final 6-2, 6-4. Lakewood first and second doubles teams were both seeded number two, and finished second. Matt Tidball and Joe O’Brien beat Williamston 6-4, 6-2 at first doubles, then fell to Lansing Catholic in the championship match 6-2, 6-4. At second doubles, Lakewood’s Jeremy Avery and Zack Woodman topped Fowlerville 6-2, 6-3, then fell to Lansing Catholic in the championship 6-3, 6-0. Lansing Catholic took four flight championships on the day, also winning at third singles and third doubles. Lakewood’s Levi Phelps was third at fourth singles, with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Williamston and an 8-3 victory over Haslett. At third singles, Lakewood’s Jared Secor placed fifth with The Saxons’ Michael Peterson serves the ball in the second set of his fourth singles match with Wayland at the O-K Gold Conference meet Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) an 8-3 win over Fowlerville. Lakewood will take part in Thursday’s The Vikings’ third and fourth doubles teams Division 3 regional tournament hosted by East both placed fourth. At number three, the team Grand Rapids. of Brad Wilson and Dustin Lafler scored a 46, 6-2, 6-1 win over Fowlerville in the opening round. Terry Quillan and Cody Rowe were seeded second at fourth doubles, but fell in Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency … three sets to Haslett to get things started then Freeport were downed in a tie-breaker against Lansing Catholic. 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50) Lakewood won a non-conference dual with Lake Odessa, MI Charlotte Wednesday, 6-2, to even its record at Robin Chase 5-5-2 for the year. 616-374-1680 • Fax: 616-374-1682 Haskin won 6-2, 6-1 against the Orioles’ top Toll Free: 1-800-522-2919 player Brian Shilling. At second singles, Small Town Friendly, Personal Service Zunino topped Nick Bennett 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). Lakewood also got a win from Phelps at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-4. All Your Insurance Needs O’Brien and Tidball won 6-2, 6-4 at first doubles. At second doubles, Avery and Woodman scored a 6-1, 6-0 win. The Vikings’ fourth doubles team of Quillan and Rowe won Jennie Decker 6-2, 6-1. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Sponsored by the Barry County Solid Waste Oversight Committee with Thanks to the Barry County Fair Board, Waste Management and Barry-Eaton District Health Department. St. Pats one run better than Lions Barry County Household HAZARDOUS WASTE AND TIRE COLLECTION! Maple Valley split a pair of one-run ball games with Portland St. Patrick on Wednesday afternoon. The Lion ladies scored a 3-2 victory in game one, then fell 6-5 in the night cap. Rachel McCaul drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth of game one, then advanced to third on a couple wild pitches. Brianna Misiewicz then drew another walk to set the table for Tina Westendorp, who drove McCaul home from third with an RBI single. The Shamrocks jumped head 2-0 after three innings, but the Lions tied the game in the fifth. With one out, Cassie Knauss was hit by a pitch and Katelyn Boss, Ceddie Angus and Bailey Flower followed with singles. Knauss also had a single to lead off the bottom of the first, and stole three bases in the game. Angus earned the win, pitching for the Lions. She struck out struck out six and walked two. She allowed only one hit. The bats didn’t get going until late in game two. The Shamrocks held a 1-0 lead heading into the fourth, before the Lions pushed three runs across the plate. Maple Valley then went up 5-1 with two more runs in the fifth, before the Shamrocks started their comeback. Lion pitcher Chelsea Davis allowed just three hits, and none of the runs against her were earned. The Lions committed six errors in the game. The Lions did much of their damage with their bats. Page Semrau was 3-3 and scored twice. Flower had two hits, and Brooke Bracy and Davis one hit each. Bracy drove in the first two Lion runs with a triple in the top of the fourth. 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DeWitt was second with 38, followed by Lakewood’s 32, Williamston with 26 points, Haslett 20 and Fowlerville 12. “Our win on Wednesday over Charlotte was the best match the team had played this year,” said Lakewood head coach Dean Wieber. “They took that momentum and confidence into the league tournament and finished third overall. The Vikings finished second at the top two singles flights and the top two doubles flights. Three-set victories early on were key to the Viking singles success at the top. Viking junior Alex Haskin won two tight matches in the opening two rounds before falling to Williamston’s Jeremy McWhorter in the championship match 6-1, 6-1 at first singles. Haskin started the day with a 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 Caledonia’s Colton Kruizenga topped Barrett in the match for third place at fourth singles, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. The best surprise of the day for the Trojans came at first doubles where the duo of Zach Smith and Zach Warren, who hadn’t won a single set all season in the conference, scored a pair of victories. Smith and Warren were downed by Byron Center in their opening match, then rebounded to beat Wayland 6-4, 6-4 and Hamilton 67(8), 6-4, 6-4 and place fifth. “It was just a huge day for those guys,” Seger said. “They finally got it together and did what we wanted them to do all year.” The Trojans’ Andrew Meads at second singles, Cory Jewett at number three, the second doubles team of Nate Otto and Dave McMahon, and the fourth doubles duo of Ben Nyhuis and Ken Hoag each won once match on the day. �Page 22 — Thursday, May 17, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Burgdorf sweeps sprints at league championship by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Caledonia may have had the fastest, strongest, highest leaping boys’ varsity track and field team overall in the O-K Gold Conference this spring, but Hastings is home to the fastest man in the league. The Saxons’ Ryan Burgdorf won the 100and 200-meter dash Friday afternoon at O-K Gold Conference championship meet hosted by Hamilton High School. He took the 100 in 10.86 seconds, as the only runner to break 11 seconds in the event. Burgdorf won the 200 in 22.56. “It’s pretty sweet,” Burgdorf said of the double victory. “Last year, I had all the seniors beat me and no one else did.” This was his year, and he may have some more to come. Burgdorf, now a sophomore, trailed only seniors in the conference a year Thornapple Kellogg’s Rebecca Winchester works her way around the track in the 3200-meter race at the O-K Gold Conference meet Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ago. He was right behind Wayland’s David Kyulu and South Christian’s Matt Bakker in the 100 at the conference meet in 2006, and behind that pair and Thornapple Kellogg’s Troy Rock in the 200. “I’ve got a good feeling I’m going to place at state this year. Last year, I wasn’t too far off that,” Burgdorf said. Good feelings haven’t been easy to come by. Burgdorf has been battling injuries since last fall, which forced him to miss the varsity football season. “During football, I injured myself before the season started. I screwed up my hip real bad,” Burgdorf said. “I actually just got healthy before track started.” Burgdorf was a big reason the Saxons finished ahead of Thornapple Kellogg, for sixth place at the conference meet. Caledonia’s boys scored 158 points to win their team’s third consecutive conference championship. The Scots shared the league title in 2005, and won it outright a year ago. Byron Center was second with 93 points, followed by Hamilton 88, South Christian 66, Wayland 61, Hastings 49, and Thornapple Kellogg 11. There won’t be a fourth straight O-K Gold Conference championship for Caledonia, as the Scots move into the O-K White next school year. South Christian also defended its Gold title on the girls’ side. The TK girls were fifth and the Saxons seventh. Burgdorf was a three-time champ, also anchoring the Saxons’ victorious 800-meter relay team that also included Chase DelCotto, Bradon King and Josh Jevicks. They finished in 1 minute 32.90 seconds. The Saxon sprinters were also third in the 400-meter relay with the team of DelCotto, Burgdorf, Matt Donnini and Greg Woodmansee finishing in 44.70 behind Hamilton and Wayland. The Saxon boys had two other scoring performances on the track. The 3200-meter relay team of Troy Dailey, Ryan Bosma, Jesse Ellwood and A.J. Singleterry was fifth in 8:34.80. Jevicks was fourth in the 400 in 52.80. The top six placers in each event scored points for their team. Hastings had three scoring performances in the field events, with Donnini fifth in the long jump (19-0.75), Jason Baum fourth in the pole vault (12-0), and Jeremy Rogers sixth in the pole vault (11-0). Mitch Edwards scored the only points for the TK boys in individual events, placing third in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.80 and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.83. Caledonia dominated the boys’ meet, with three placers in the discus, the 110-meter hurdles, the 800-meter run, the 3200-meter run, and four in the 1600-meter run. The Scot boys’ distance depth was obvious, but Byron Center showed it had a hold on the throws. Byron Center swept the throws in both the boys’ and girls’ meet. Aaron Ide won the boys’ discus with a throw of 144-10 and the shot put at 53-1. On the girls’ side, the Bulldogs’ Mary Angell took the discus at 146-10 and the shot put at 48-2. Both are new O-K Gold Conference meet records. Caledonia’s Leslie Curtis was second in both the discus (109-9) and the shot put (39-11), placed fifth in the long jump (15-9.75), and set her own conference meet record in the high jump at 5-4.25. The Hastings girls’ weren’t bad in the throws, with Nichole Moser and Katie Sutherland both scoring in each event. Moser was fourth in the discus (103-3) and sixth in the shot put (31-11.5). Sutherland was fifth in the shot put (32-0) and sixth in the discus (9311). Neither Angell’s nor Curtis’ field event records were enough to get their teams to the top of the girls’ standings. South Christian took the girls’ title with 153.5 points, followed by Hamilton 98, Byron Center 68, Caledonia 67, Thornapple Kellogg 60.5, Wayland 47 and Hastings 33. TK senior Rebecca Winchester won the 1600-meter run in 5:13.90 and the 800 in 2:21.80. Those were the only championships for the TK girls. TK’s Emma Ordway was second in the 400 in 1:00.30. The Trojans’ 1600-meter relay team of Stephanie Betcher, Ashley VanderMeer, Kylie Schultz and Ordway also finished second in 4:13.00. South won the Pennock MRI Construction Begins Emergency Vehicles Re-routed Hastings’ Ryan Burgdorf races around the turn in the 200-meter dash Friday ahead of Wayland’s Mike Martin during the O-K Gold Conference championship meet. Burgdorf was the conference champ in both the 100 and the 200. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 1600 relay in 4:07.10. Like the boys’ team, the Saxons girls’ top performance came in a sprint. Jessica Lee was second in the 100-meter dash in 13.20 seconds, behind South Christian’s Jess Roodvoets (12.90). Roodvoets and Katie Guikema both won two events at the league meet for the South Christian girls. Guikema took the long jump (18-11.75) and the 200 (26.54) and Roodvoets the 100 and the 300-meter low hurdles (46.07). Hastings’ girls also had a trio of fourthplace finishes. Kristina Dobbin was fourth in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.80, and Katie Ponsetto fourth in the 400 in 1:02.60. Those two teamed with Lee and Jessica Czinder to place fourth in the 800-meter relay in 1:50.90. Hastings’ Katie Sutherland tosses the discus during the O-K Gold Conference championship meet at Hamilton High School Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) 02670335 Pennock is starting construction of its permanent MRI on May 7th, 2007. It is a project that involves construction of the Emergency Department ambulance entrance, and new parking rules at the main hospital entrance. Starting May 7th, Ambulances and emergency vehicles will begin using the east entrance. Pennock is encouraging all Lab and Radiology patients to use State Street Center, if possible. Pennock is also asking all non-emergency traffic to use the west visitor entrance (nearest Fish Hatchery Park) for the duration of the MRI Construction, which is expected to last until February, 2008. “The new permanent MRI will bring enhanced capabilities 24/7/365 to Pennock Emergency and Pennock Hospital patients, however it will cause temporary inconvenience for a permanent improvement,” according to Matt Thompson, Director of Ancillary Services who heads up the construction project. The mobile MRI will continue to be made available throughout the project, near its present location, and a special canopy will be constructed to enable protected patient transfers to and from the hospital. As the above drawing shows, the Emergency entrance circular driveway curb will be striped a red color and traffic will be advised not to park in this zone. Ambulances and Emergency dropoff vehicles will be the only vehicles allowed. Violating vehicles will be towed to maintain access for emergency vehicles. The blue-striped parking areas nearest to the emergency entrance will be restricted to handicapped vehicles only. Pennock employees will be directed to park off campus during the construction to allow more patient parking closest to the hospital. Adding more challenges to this project is the City’s reconstruction project of Green Street from May 1 - June 30. Portions of this area will be reduced to one lane traffic, or blocked entirely for a short period. All traffic other than hospital related traffic are encouraged to find alternate routes during this time. For more information on the Pennock construction project, please contact Chris Jacoby, Director of Marketing, at 269-945-1762. 1009 West Green Street • Hastings, MI (269) 945-3451 • www.pennockhealth.com Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS® 305 S. 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Buy now for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$224,900 TH � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-24.pdf d81bcbaa410f7978af2fd774b161bfaa PDF Text Text Hastings Schools facing $390,000 cut in aid College prep or career prep is the question Track finals filled with county kids See Story on Page 13 See Editorial on Page 5 See Stories on Pages 17, 19 & 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 21 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Change in Rutland ordinance may affect Wal-Mart’s plans NEWS BRIEFS Fallen soldier’s funeral is Friday Pvt. First Class Daniel Courneya, a 2005 graduate of Maple Valley High School, who was killed in a roadside attack in Iraq May 12, will be remembered with a memorial service, including full military honors and procession, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Grace Community Church in Nashville. Visitation with family members will begin at 6 p.m. Daniel’s stepfather, David Thompson, who is serving in Iraq, has been granted leave to attend the service. Courneya’s funeral was held Tuesday, May 22, in Alexandria, N.Y. ‘Charlton Park Day’ is May 26 A special Charlton Park Day has been scheduled for Saturday May 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Rain date is Sunday, May 27. There will be free hot dogs, chips, drinks. Residents are invited to tour the buildings, maybe play some old fashioned games by the old school, meet some of the volunteers who will be in some of the buildings. There will be an antique car cruise in, classic tractors, motorcycles and a special tribute to park founder Irving Charlton Barry County Transit will be providing transportation to the event. Those planning to use a ride must pre-register with Barry County Transit the week of May 14 by calling 269-948-8098. Pickup points in Barry County will be at seniors’ housing in Nashville, Middleville, Woodland, Hastings and Delton. For more information, call Charlton Park at 269-945-3775. Animals blessing service to return Our Lady of Great Oak Catholic Church is preparing for its annual “Blessing of the Animals” service at the 8:30 a.m. mass Sunday, June 3. Any creature that lives amongst us is welcome, young and old, tiny to large is acceptable. Something new and in memory of animals who have passed on, participants are asked to come a bit earlier and bring photos of their deceased creatures to be posted during the service time on a cork board. There will be a memorial book as well, in which participants are encouraged to write the names of their beloved deceased companion animals. The service has its historical roots in Catholic tradition with St. Francis of Assisi and the blessing of the animals. All are welcome to attend, even those who do not have an animal. Children delight to be present with their animals and to see the other creatures. Those who bring animals are asked to simply look after and be in control of them. The blessing of the animals service will take place outdoors in the tree-lined churchyard overlooking the rolling countryside. Our Lady of Great Oak is located 10 miles north of Battle Creek (between North Avenue and M-66 on Lacey Road). Fr. Mathew Manalel will officiate. Those who will attend are asked to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. Coffee and rolls can be enjoyed after the service. For more information call Kay Doyle at 269-758-3116. In case of inclement weather, the service will be canceled. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, May 24, 2007 Margaret (Maggie) Coleman and Hastings Mayor Bob May display the Book of Golden Deeds Award she received this week. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) Book of Golden Deeds goes to Maggie Coleman by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Margaret Coleman, of Hastings, was honored as this year’s Book of Golden Deeds’ winner during Monday’s Mayor Exchange Day luncheon at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro. The award is an exclusive Exchange Club program that honors members of the community who serve their fellow citizens. The club annually seeks to recognize a member of the community for his or her exceptional publicspirited deeds who, because of quiet unassuming dedication, may be unrecognized for See GOLDEN DEEDS, pg. 15 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Action taken by the Rutland Township Planning Commission Wednesday, May 17 may have an impact on Wal-Mart’s efforts to build a superstore on Green Street near Cook Road. Though Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said before the meeting that Wal-Mart would not be a specific part of the agenda, the commission agreed to a text amendment to the existing Rutland Township Zoning Ordinance No. 104.1702.a, Section 17.08.a, pertaining to buildings of over 10,000 square feet in a mixed use district. “We were informed by our attorney, Craig Rolfe, that our position (as stated in the existing ordinance) was indefensible,” Carr said. “It does not refer specifically to Wal-Mart. It is a text amendment that covers any such construction within the mixed use district category.” The language of the ordinance as it now stands says: “(i) Residential living floor space shall be provided within and integrated on the same development site that is equal to or greater than the total commercial or office floor space (e.g. 20,000 square feet of commercial floor area equals 20,000 square feet to new residential floor space to be provide on site).” The decision by the Planning Commission was to recommend to the Rutland Township Board that this entire section of the ordinance be deleted. In a written statement to Carr, Rolfe said he wanted to take up legal concerns on the subject. “While it is not likely in the best legal interests of the township for me to publicly elaborate on my legal concerns with the ordinance provision at issue, I believe it is very much in the overall best interest of the town- ship to offer some explanation for the proposal to delete the provision from the zoning ordinance. “It is important for the Planning Commission and interested citizens to at least hear that the legal recommendation to delete the provision from the zoning ordinance is not being driven solely by Wal-Mart considerations. Whether commission members and the general public choose to believe this or not is obviously beyond my control, but that should not preclude my efforts to make sure they at least hear it, because it is indeed true.” Rolfe stated, “Although this provision of the ordinance, and the other sub-parts within the subsection are referred to as ‘conditions,’ these provision are more accurately referred to as ‘standards’ for approval of the type of development requiring a special land use permit (building footprints over 10,000 square feet). This is the context of the provision at issue — it is a standard which must be met for the Planning Commission to approval (sic) a special land use permit for an otherwise permissible land use in the Mixed Use Development (MUD) zoning district involving a building footprint over 10,000 square feet. “In my opinion, the provision of the zoning ordinance proposed to be deleted is not consistent with this statutory ‘standards’ authorization. The statutory provision only authorizes standards pertinent to ‘the land use or activity authorized’ by the zoning ordinance as a special land use. The provision of the ordinance proposed to be deleted has nothing to do with the commercial land use or activity authorized as a special land use. It requires the applicant to provide a completely different type of land use —residential — on the same development site, as a standard for approval of the authorized special land use. In See WAL-MART, page 2 Memorial Day events planned Hastings The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will hold its annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28. The parade will form at the corner of Boltwood Street and State Street at 9:30 a.m. and the parade will step off at 10:30. The route will follow State Street to the courthouse, where it will pause while wreaths are placed on the monuments. A salute will be fired by the Post #45 rifle squad and the parade then will proceed to North Broadway, travel north to Tyden Park and a wreath will be placed at the foot of the soldier’s monument there. Then the parade will travel to the Thornapple River Bridge, where a wreath will be placed in the river to honor the services of veterans who served on the high seas The parade will then travel to Riverside Cemetery down the avenue of flags and a wreath will be placed on the GAR Monument. The final wreath will be placed on the grave of the most recent veteran to be buried in Riverside Cemetery. One significant change in this year’s parade will be that no political signs or banners will be permitted. Middleville On Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, traditional activites in Middleville will start at 8 a.m. with the breakfast put on by the Methodist Men. Breakfast will continue until 10 a.m. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. and end at Mount Hope Cemetery with a ceremony honoring the nation’s service men and women. The route will be from McFall Elementary School parking lot to the Mount Hope Cemetery and will feature the talents of the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School band. The parade begins forming at 9:30 a.m., the parade begins at 10:30 and there will be a stop at the bridge to honor those who served at sea. See MEMORIAL DAY, page 18 Charlton Park Day is Saturday A rare 1884 Westinghouse steam engine will be one of the highlights for visitors to see at Charlton Park Day Saturday, May 26. Plans call for the ears of corn to be steamed using the Westinghouse to cook it. Pictured with the Westinghouse are (from left) Keith Murphy, interim park administrator; Jerry LaDere, a member of the Barry County Gas & Steam Engine Club since 1982; and Kraig Leathers, chairman of the Historic Charlton Park Board. The celebration takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and features free admission, food and fun on 300 acres near Hastings, including a historic village, a swimming beach, boat launch, picnic areas, nature trails, a museum and more. The rain date is Sunday, May 27. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) �Page 2 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Campfire Circle dedication June 1 Art Hop logo contest slated The new “Campfire Circle” at the YMCA’s Camp Algonquin in Hastings will be dedicated at 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, in honor of retired YMCA Director Dave Storms. The dedication is open to the public as well as a 6 p.m. hors d’oeuvres reception in Storms’ honor at the camp’s McMullinBaum Lodge. Storms served 26 years as the county’s YMCA executive director, and a capital campaign has been underway to build the new campfire area in his honor. Storms officially retired from the Y post Jan. 1, but continued to serve as interim executive director until May 14 when his replacement Thomas Wilt, of Kentucky, took the helm. The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a logo contest for the 2007 Art Hops. Three are scheduled, in June, July and September. The logo needs to be created in color and must be able to be reproduced in black and white. All artwork must be original, with no facsimiles or clip art. An Arts Council spokesperson said, “Be as creative as you like, however, we ask that contestants please submit all entries in a commonly used graphics format that is HTML compatible (e.g., GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) or able to be scanned. The winning logo should be simple enough to be reproduced in a number of ways: small icon, black-and-white image, low resolution, 2color, etc. The logo needs to contain the words "Art Hop." The winner will receive $100 and the artwork will become the property of the Art Hop Committee tol be used in all promotional materials created by the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority. The contest will be open for entry submissions from now through June 15. Contestants should state which (if any) other posted logo entries influenced them (e.g., is your logo a "derivative work"?). The entries first will be on display during the June 22 Art Hop. Biggest book sale continues at library Friends of the Hastings Public Library is planning its biggest ever book sale this week in conjunction with the the move from the old library to the new. The pre-sale took place Tuesday afternoon and evening for members of the Friends group only. The first day of the public sale was Wednesday and it will continue today (Thursday, May 24) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.. A special bag sale will be conducted Friday, May 25, from noon to 6 p.m. The "Make an Offer" sale is scheduled for Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Hastings Public Library is closed at its old location 121 South Church St. and will reopen at its new site June 9 next to City Hall on East State Street. Hastings Memorial Day parade slated The Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post #45 in Hastings will hold its annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28. The parade will form at the corner of Boltwood Street and State Street at 9:30 a.m. and the parade will step off at 10:30. The route will follow State Street to the courthouse, where it will pause while wreaths are placed on the monuments. A salute will be fired by the Post #45 rifle squad and the parade then will proceed to North Broadway, travel north to Tyden Park and a wreath will be placed at the foot of the soldier’s monument there. Then the parade will travel to the Thornapple River Bridge, where a wreath will be placed in the river to honor the services of veterans who served on the high seas The parade will then travel to Riverside Cemetery down the avenue of flags and a wreath will be placed on the GAR Monument. The final wreath will be placed on the grave of the most recent veteran to be buried in Riverside Cemetery. One significant change in this year’s parade will be that no political signs or banners will be permitted. Alumni Banquet tickets available Tickets for the 120th Hastings High School Alumni Banquet to be held Saturday, June 2, at the Hastings High School Cafeteria, 520 West South St., can be purchased at Bosley Pharmacy at 118 S. Jefferson in Hastings or by contacting L. Ozuna at 945-5903. Festivities begin with a punch bowl reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Hastings High School cafeteria, followed by the banquet and program at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. The banquet is for all who attended Hastings High School and their guests and honors the 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th, and 65th anniversary years. Activities for the day include a tour of the "old" high school (now the middle School), 232 West Grand St. at 11 a.m. Those wishing to attend can meet at the office entrance. Tours of the new Community Education and Recreation Center at 520 West South St. will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and those planning to participate can meet at the HHS library entrance. Literacy Bell to be raffled The Friends of the Hastings Public Library will be selling raffle tickets through June 9 for a Cosanti Literacy Bell, a garden addition. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. They will be available at the library or from the Friends of the Library. The raffle will be part of the opening day celebration June 9 at the new library. All proceeds from the raffle will be used to purchase adaptive reading aids for local readers who are visually or hearing impaired. Examples of adaptive devices are magnifying glasses, ear-phones and computer software for those with visual impairments. The Literacy Bell is a one-of-a-kind brass bell designed by Paolo Soleri. It was anonymously donated to the Friends and features children descending into an open book. Cosanti will use a portion of the donor’s purchase to fund one of several literacy organizations. Paolo Soleri, creator of the bell’s design, is an award-winning Italian architect who has established the educational and ecological foundation, Arcosanti, in the high desert of Arizona, 70 miles north of Phoenix. The foundation creates numerous bronze and ceramic, many of them for special causes. ORV safety class offered June 9 The Barry County Sheriff’s Department again will be offering an off-road vehicle (ORV) safety class 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9. There is no cost, but th class is limited and pre-registration is required. The class is limited to the first 15 individuals (with ORV in tow) ages 10 and above with a parent or guardian required. Enrollees must call to register. Helmets, gloves; boots and goggles are required. There will be an hour lunch break (lunch not provided). Register by calling the sheriff's department between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (269) 9484805. Delton schools to honor students The Delton Kellogg seventh and eighth grade honors assembly will be held at 8:45 a.m. Friday, May 25, with refreshments at 8:15 a.m. in the media center. The Delton fifth and sixth grade students will be honored at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, may 29, with refreshments at 8:15. “This year is extra special because of all the honors,” a school spokesperson said. “Our MEAP scores were up this year and just about everyone in every grade level will be honored. We are excited!” St. Rose graduates honored at baccalaureate Graduates in the Class of 2007 from St. Rose Parish were blessed and honored Sunday at a Baccalaureate Liturgy at St. Rose of Lima Church in Hastings. Father Al Russell gave the homily and presided over the celebration. Melissa Risk was the music coordinator, Linda Talpos-DeWitt, religious education director, gave the welcome and Steve Youngs was the senior catechist. The St. Rose graduates include (front row, from left) Lexy Rugg, Kelly Cuncannan, Kristina Dobbin, Alex Neil, Becky Hill; (middle row) Mitch Gahan, Nate Newton, Erich Iberle, Shawn Valentine, Isaak Ramsey; (back row) Father Al Russell, who presided at the baccalaureate; Justin Durbin, Sean McConnon and Derek Thurman. County Board backs state’s plan to change 911 funding by David T. Young Editor The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday night adopted a resolution supporting a state legislation that would change the way emergency 911 programs are funded. Two State Senate bills propose to assess a surcharge statewide against everyone who owns a device (telephone) and would have access to emergency 911 services. Barry County funds its 911 program with a millage levy that has been rolled back below a mill countywide and expires at the end of 2009. Barry County 911 Director Charlie Nystrom presented the two legislative proposals, but acknowledged he personally does not support them, noting it would result in each user in Barry County to be charged an extra $1.81 per month while more people in more populated counties would pay as little as 42 cents for the very same service. “I don’t think that’s parity,” Nystrom explained to the board members. He added that as a member of the Emergency Technical Services Committee, he cast a dissenting vote. Nystrom said the surcharge figures are based on the notion Barry County has 52,782 devices. “I don’t know if we have that many,” he commented. The millage currently is bring the 911 service about $1.6 million a year, some of which it does not spend and returns to its coffers. With approval of proposed new state surcharge plan, the service would get around $1,146,000 annually. Nystrom noted the Barry County 911 Board has not discussed this matter yet and he said the proposals still have to pass both chambers in Lansing. However, he noted there is a lot of support for it from the Michigan Association of Counties. He reiterated his opposition, saying, “I don’t support it (the legislation) as it is written. I don’t think it’s parity for all 83 counties in Michigan.” Nystrom also noted that Ionia County has been using a surcharge to fund its 911 system and it has run into financial difficulties. County Board Chairman Michael Callton, however, said the county’s support at this point would simply give the local system another potential option in case the local millage failed. “It would keep our options open, it would strengthen our hand,” he said. Commissioner Mark Englerth said he wasn’t convinced the board needed to adopt the resolution this soon. “I don’t see where time is of the essence,” he said. “The 911 Board itself hasn’t considered it and it’s a work in progress in the State Legislature.” “These are only recommendations,” Commissioner Keith Ferris said of the proposals. Nystrom agreed it’s a good idea for the board to support its colleagues in the MAC, adding, “I think the House will move this bill a little differently.” Commissioner Wayne Adams asked, “Would we be better off to table this until we can study it?” Though Tuesday night was indeed the first the board had seen of the proposals, Callton said, “It doesn’t apply that much to us because we have a millage (instead of a surcharge). But you never know what the future might bring.” The vote was 7-1 with Englerth casting the only dissenting vote. In other business at their meeting Tuesday evening, commissioners: • Adopted a resolution supporting a protest of planned budget cutbacks of between $75,000 and $85,000 for substance abuse services, asking that the funds be protected. Adams said about 1,400 of substance abuse services could be lost and perhaps at least one full-time employee would have to be laid off. Callton, in supporting the resolution, said, “Everyone is getting slaughtered (with budget cut threats); everyone across the board is being negatively affected.” • Approved an application for a community corrections grant that would bring in at least $146,000 for fiscal year 2008. • Agreed to the appointments of Brenda Pickett and John Barnett to year and a half terms, Mary Walton to a two and a half year term and Lloyd Kilmer and Jerry LaDere to three and a half year terms on the newly created Charlton Park Village and Museum Board. • Approved appointments of Kurt Cybulski and David Sandora to one and a half year terms, Rhonda Fisk and Tom Funk to two and a half year terms and Dick Reyff and Rick Moore to three and a half year terms on the newly formed Barry County Parks and Recreation Board. • Granted renovation proposals for the sheriff’s department, for an emergency exit and HVAC system for the detective/training room project, and an HVAC system for the jail administrator’s office, with all three combining for a cost around $25,000. • Reappointed former Hastings City-Clerk Treasurer Ev Manshum to a one-year term the Tax Allocation Board. Though Manshum takes winter vacations down south, it was noted the board meets in the spring. • Granted Callton $170 in expenses for attending two Citizen Planner Academy conferences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. • Adopted a resolution for the Barry County Hazard Mitigation Plan. • Approved the Commission on Aging’s request to add a message center to the COA/Health Department sign near the corner of North Broadway and West Woodlawn. The center will cost about $20,000, but it will be paid for by donations. Callton called the message center, “a tremendous way to broadcast information to the community.” • Received a verbal invitation from Keith Murphy to come to the new Charlton Park for its special day this Saturday, welcoming members of the Barry County community and honoring founder Irving Charlton. WAL-MART, continued from page 1 my opinion, the governing statute does not provide legal authority for the township to include such a standard in the zoning ordinance.” How this recommendation, if passed by the Township Board, will affect Wal-Mart’s plans to build a superstore in the township is a question that still remains. The recommendation does, however, remove one of the roadblocks facing Wal-Mart should it persist in its quest to build a supercenter near the corner of Green Street and Cook Road. Wal-Mart’s plans have been met with mixed reviews since it verified rumors which had gone on for some time before presenting a site plan to the township in March. Since then, a number of citizens and business leaders have spoken out against the company’s plan to build on Green Street, while others have come out in favor of a bigger retail store just outside the city limits of Hastings. Wal-Mart is the largest retailer in the world and there are those who charge the giant company with destroying local businesses by building superstores just outside the city limits to save tax dollars while drawing shoppers away from the downtown district. The retail- er also has been blamed for taking jobs away from local communities. Others laud the company for creating job opportunities and especially for offering goods and services at substantially lower costs. One of the biggest arguments against WalMart building on the site it has selected in Rutland Township is the increase in traffic it will cause on Green Street, a narrow thoroughfare lined with historic homes. A study by Wal-Mart engineers revealed that traffic on the street would more than double from its current number of approximately 4,000 cars daily if Wal-Mart is allowed to construct a superstore on the site it has selected. The township has initiated another traffic study to verify those numbers. It has been rumored the company will answer that argument by proposing a cul-de-sac to be constructed just west of Pennock Hospital, thereby forcing all traffic going east of the proposed store to turn north on Cook Road and meet up with West State Street. Traffic traveling west on Green Street would not be able to go past the hospital entrance. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 3 COA Walkathon raises more than $11,000 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer As of Monday’s count, the Commission on Aging Meals on Wheels Walkathon Saturday had brought in more than $11,124.91, But that was not the most magic part of this piratethemed event. There were 78 walkers, which does not include the children in strollers who accompanied the walkers. This year there were more strollers and children than ever before. Teams of walkers came from the GFWCHastings Women’s Club, Barry County Family Court, Thornapple Manor, Wal-Mart, Steelworkers Local 5965 and the Viking Corporation, and the Hastings High School Key Club. The silent auction of 24 baskets donated by local groups and individuals raised $1,176 and businesses donated $1,546. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf started the walkers off and then walked himself. Many volunteers helped with the event. Boy Scouts from Troop 175 raised the colors and helped guide the walkers. Volunteers from the troop included Alec Dickerson, Daniel Montroy, James Moray, Nate Converse, Nate Rhoades and assistant scoutmaster Matthew Converse. Special awards went to Dr. Jim Spindler, the most mature man walker and Eileen Oehler and Marty LaHam as the most mature women walkers. Shirley Kilmer raised $1,035 and won the “walker who raised the most money” award. Deb Morgan was the staff member who raised the most money, $1,288. The youngest walker was really a rider, at only 7 weeks old. The Ron Selleck family had the most participants. The winner of the special drawing for one night at Pay Pointe Inn and Resort was Michelle Gowell from Viking Corporation and Local Steelworkers 5965. There were games for children, parrots, good snacks and hot dogs cooked by the Moose Lodge when walkers returned. Anyone who would still like to donate to the Walkathon can call the COA at 948-4856 for details. Walkers young and old started on the path to collect treasure and raise funds for Meals on Wheels. The COA Meals on Wheels Walkathon started with breakfast snacks to give the walkers lots of energy. Katherine Wilcox is covered with birds waiting for the walkers to return. Tammy Pennington, director of the Commission on Aging, and Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf encouraged the walkers to have fun and be safe. Allison O’Dell and Matthew Lester played the Pop Up Pirate game before the walk began. Walkers collecting "loot" from Lifestyles, Treasure Stop #3. Carolyn Newman (right) presenting donation check to Corally O'Dell from the Thornapple Village Players. Boy Scouts from Hastings Troop #175 raised the flag before the start of the Walkathon. There were games for children before the walk began. Here, Jan Geukes of Middleville gives her grandchildren, Lauren and Taylor Myers some hints on how to hit the target. �Page 4 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Prescription drug abuse prevention: Help stop the problem IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Ward Weiler turns over in grave over county’s moves To the editor: Here we go, spring into summer and out comes a brazen letter to the editor from Don Drummond about prosperity, from wetlands, global warming to whatever he thinks is good for you. I don’t think he believes it all himself, but maybe there’s a nickel out there! He has worn out his welcome on the zoning, committee, but one thing yet needs to be done. There should be a lighted sign 24 hours of the day on COA property next to Broadway that informs the people of the slight of hand deal Don pulled in selling the property to the county. He sure wasn’t civic-minded then. Money talks. I’d have a hell of a time showing up in Hastings if it were me! The Commissioners who throw the Economic Alliance $89,000 annually should each donate $5,000 toward the cost of it. You need a jail and you willy nilly the money away. A lot of you are only wishful thinkers. Here is something commissioners can do for me: Put a chair at the table with the name “Ward Weiler” on it. Then maybe you can resist getting your hands into the citizens pockets of Barry County. Ward would not agree with Board Chairman Mike Callton that giving money is only way to engage. The economy isn’t half as bad as you fools think. You don’t even know anything about a depression. By the way, one great big thing, though, most of us were in the same boat! None of this over-lording, as is today! Dave Storms is stepping down from local Y.M.C.A. He replaced Bob King. I shouldn’t say replaced because no one could do that. Sommer time rafts of kids came into store for ice cream treat, and all very well behaved. Bob King brought the Algonquin Y.M.C.A. from nothing to priced right out of sight that it is today. How many kids can’t go for a week today, because of money, and won’t speak up? You folks have got to find them! I think Bob would agree with me. He made history out there. Oh, what memories! It’s just too bad Hastings didn’t have a local replacement for taking over Dave Storms’ YMCA position. Why do candidates from somewhere else always look better to the local wheels? Why, oh, why doesn’t the 911 Board, with their God like stance, come off their high horse? I wouldn’t have Don Boysen, Lani Forbes, and last of all, Ron Neil serve on any board. They just can’t get over being the law of the universe, so they think and try. Doesn’t the board have the power to reel in Charlie Nystrom and get Neil off the board? Where does God’s gift to the Board of Commissioners stand on this? Their leader is not saying a word, but his finger is up in the wind. This is where you use the county’s paper and supplies for action. Years ago, a teacher, Diana Johnston wrote Banner condemning me on a letter I wrote. Almost first amendment rights. They will enjoy their retirement with our tax money and high salaries. Pennock still doesn’t have a head honcho. After awhile does the (Carla) Neil lady just become the golden voice? Another feather in Ron’s hat. You folks who don’t like to live in a safe town, just last weekend I had a friend’s son killed by a black. Look around the percentage of blacks to whites and percentage of blacks in prison for committing those crimes really is mind boggling. You can mention twine or string but never rope. That word sets people into pablum puking rages. Some of you would like to dictate to the rest of us just who we can have as friends. I saw enough of a clique a couple of months ago. One of these days Hollywood will make a movie of the attack on the USS Liberty by Israel on June 8, 1967. This has been hushed up. Anyone involved was told to keep quiet or be locked up. This is another of President Lyndon Johnson’s and McNamars failures. He called back all help and I guess he hoped, like Israel, that the ship would just disappear under water. The Liberty was an intelligence gathering ship sitting dead in the water. Admiral McCain was a contributor, also. We are Israel’s greatest booster, but yet we catch them spying, stealing our secrets. Think of how many trillion dollars the United States has given them! You think of Israel being free. They are only free to a few. Nordecar Vanunce spilled the beans about their nuclear program and has spent 18 years in prison. He’s out now but can go back because he spoke to foreign journalist. Eighteen or more years ago they tricked him out of England to Italy, then drugged him and shipped him out as freight, all boxed up, to Israel and prison. Their problems have caused us a lot of misery. We wouldn’t be in Iraq today. They haven’t been our greatest asset. The United States has had all kinds of gangs, Irish, Italian, and the Jewish were just as rough. By the way, has Levin, our illustrious U.S. Senator, said anything about the price of gasoline now that the Democrats run both the Senate and the House of Representatives in Washington? Whether you know it or not, we have a good man in Lansing. His name is Brian Calley. We haven’t been represented very well for a long time. I shudder to think what it would have been like to have had Brian Reynolds been elected! I called for a citizen’s guide to State Government. I mentioned Brian and the lady says, “Would you like to speak to him?” Well, why not. He is right there for us, none of this state cop mentality, brute force and secrecy. I did mention I was going to send him the Grand Rapids Press story about local state cop ramming 75 year old Alzheimer man’s head on to pavement. His picture wasn’t a pretty sight! The trooper, said he hasn’t taken training how to recognize symptoms. He says “My job is, obviously to keep the public safe.” Barry County would have been just as safe without that used car lot on West State Street. After what Marvin Crummell has gone through, I’d have a hell of a time to try and judge this incident. The state cops just want it to die a quiet death! Donald W. Johnson, Middleville To the editor: Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Michigan, especially among Michigan teens. The latest research from the Office of National Drug Control Policy indicates Michigan has one of the nation’s highest rates of teen prescription drug abuse. A national trend indicates rising numbers of people are using prescription drugs to get high instead of illegal "street" drugs like cocaine, marijuana or speed. Teens, and adults alike, often wrongly believe prescription drugs are a safer alternative to getting high on street drugs. There isn’t a negative stigma attached to prescription drugs like there is to meth, cocaine, marijuana or other "street" drugs. Because doctors prescribe these medications, many people incorrectly believe no harm can come from taking them. In reality, many prescription drugs can be habit forming, addictive, and even life threatening. Prescription drugs may be more readily accessible than "illegal" drugs. Doctors prescribe legitimate medication for healing, but these drugs can easily fall into the wrong hands and be used for the wrong reasons. Youth today have heard about the effects of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and are curious to try them. These drugs, when used incorrectly, are highly addictive and the potential for abuse is high. They are often as close as our kitchen cupboards, medicine cabinets and bathroom closets. One or two pills are not often missed, but may be enough to begin the cycle of abuse and addiction. Prescription drugs and over the counter (OTC) medications are only safe when used as directed by a doctor or pharmacist. A major issue leading to abuse of both prescription and OTC meds is the increased likelihood of over-medicating, which can and often does lead to overdose. An individual may think if one pill makes them feel better, what effect will two or three pills have? While the extreme risk linked to taking more than directed is overdose resulting in loss of consciousness or death, the potential for abuse and development of addiction is present at all times. Here is some information from the Office of National Drug Control Policy National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Write Us A Letter HERE ARE THE RULES: The Hastings Banner welcomes letters to the editor from readers, but there are a few conditions that must be met before they will be published. The requirements are: • All letters must be signed by the writer, with address and phone number provided for verification. All that will be printed is the writer’s name and community of residence. We do not publish anonymous letters, and names will be withheld at the editor’s discretion for compelling reasons only. • Letters that contain statements that are libelous or slanderous will not be published. • All letters are subject to editing for style, grammar and sense. • Letters that serve as testimonials for or criticisms of for-profit businesses will not be accepted. • Letters serving the function of “cards of thanks” will not be accepted unless there is a compelling public interest, which will be determined by the editor. • Letters that include attacks of a personal nature will not be published or will be edited heavily. • “Crossfire” letters between the same two people on one issue will be limited to one for each writer. • In an effort to keep opinions varied, there is a limit of one letter per person per month. • We prefer letters to be printed legibly or typed, double-spaced. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. • Teens are abusing prescription drugs to get high. Data indicates that new users of prescription drugs have caught up with the new users of marijuana. • Teens incorrectly believe the myth that prescription drugs provide a medically "safe" high. • The majority of teens report getting prescription drugs easily and for free, often from friends or relatives. The Internet also provides "too-easy" access to drugs and drug-related information and culture. • Pain relievers such as Oxycontin and Vicodin are the most commonly abused prescription drugs by teens. • Adolescents are more likely than adults to become addicted to prescription drugs. Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem for youth and adults alike. Here are a few tips to help prevent the problem: • Educate yourself and your family, especially youth, about the risks. Talk to your children and grandchildren about the serious dangers of all drugs. • Keep track of quantities. Take note of how many pills are in a bottle or packet. If you have to refill medications more often than recommended, there is the chance someone is stealing your medication. • Talk to friends and relatives. Make sure everybody gets educated about the risks of prescription drug abuse. Encourage others to monitor their medicine cabinets and pill bottles. • Lock up controlled substances. Prescription pain killers, narcotics and other types of medication may be best protected by being in a locked location. • Follow directions carefully. Use all medications only as directed and as needed. Never take more than the prescribed or recommended dosage. Call your doctor or pharmacist with any questions about your medications. • Discard old and unused medications. Before throwing them in the trash, remove the personalized label from the bottles. Add coffee grounds or kitty litter to old medications to make them undesirable. If possible, take your medications to a hazardous waste pick up site for proper disposal. Do not flush medications down the toilet or drain! Chemicals in medication can taint our water supply. Should grad ceremonies change? Local schools are planning graduations over the next several weeks. The ceremonies take lots of planning and some people are dismayed by actions in the audience. Grand Rapids Schools superintendent Bernard Taylor has been quoted as saying, “This year’s graduation is not a sporting event, or a party or a concert. It should be more solemn and serious.” How would you change graduation ceremonies? • Monitor your teen’s time on the Internet. Check out the history of the websites visited and look at the sites your kids are looking at. Ask questions and learn how to use the Internet if you don’t already. Block sites and limit time on the Internet. There are many drug information sites as well as social networking sites where kids have access to harmful information. • Be observant. If you notice unusual behavior in your kids or family members, ask questions. Seek professional help sooner rather than later. There are many websites with helpful information to help us all prevent the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. Visit these sites for good information: • www.theantidrug.com • www.theantidrug.com/EMonitoring/index.asp • www.drugabuse.gov • www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/prescription_411.asp • www.drugfree.org • www.barrycountysas.org Please take action to prevent prescription drug abuse. We can all do our part in creating a healthier, safer community. If you or someone you love has a problem with prescription drugs, over the counter medications, alcohol, marijuana, or any other drug, please call for help today. Barry County Substance Abuse Services is here to help you. Please call (269) 945-1387 or toll free 1-877489-9084. Liz Lenz, Community Preventionist, Barry County Substance Abuse Services Church youth promote saving energy To the editor: There has been quite a lot in the news lately about the positive impact of compact flourescent bulbs on our environment, particularly in regard to reduced energy use. As global warming authorities have observed, if everyone would only change one traditional light bulb to an energy saving bulb it would eventually be the equivalent of taking one million cars off the road. The youth at Hope Church of the Brethren have developed a goal to spread the word about this and encourage those in out community to make this change. Their goal is to raise enough money to purchase 500 energy saving bulbs, which will then be distributed door to door to families in the community. They will also include a flyer with information about global warming and challenge the receiver of the light bulb to change not only one bulb, but all the bulbs in their home, to energy saving light bulbs. It is the youth's mission to spread the word that small changes like this can make a big difference in our world if enough people get involved. On Saturday, May 26, from 8:30 to11:30 a.m. the Hope Church of the Brethren youth will have a bake sale and yard sale at their church meeting house on Route 50, one mile west of Hastings Road, with all proceeds going toward this Energy Saving Bulb (ESB) Give-Away Project. If you would like more information about this project, feel free to call Amy TuttleHellwig at (616) 868-7326 or call Hope Church at (616) 765-3587. Doug Reichenbach, Freeport The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Makenzie Larson, Middleville: “I like the way graduation ceremonies are planned at Thornapple Kellogg. I think the parents and families behave pretty well.” Kami Seger, Middleville: “I like the way Thornapple Kellogg plans their graduation ceremonies. Graduation brings people together and everyone is happy for the graduates.” Jordan Chavis, Middleville: “Last year when I graduated we all knew it was serious, but we were all filled with joy and sadness that we had come to the end of a journey. The administration should leave room for joy when planning graduation.” Ed Crandell, Irving Township: “I think speakers should be invited who have honesty, a vision of the future. I think if speakers have a respect for our country, its laws and beliefs, that would help graduates take this life change seriously.” Vince Plets, T h o r n a p p l e Township: “I think that graduation should be a celebration of accomplishments and a serious commitment to the future. There should also be a way to be happy at the accomplishment.” Lisa Hyde, Caledonia: “I think the way local graduations are planned are pretty relevant to both the students graduating and their families. There needs to be a way to celebrate life so far and give the graduates a boost to the future.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 5 College prep or career prep is the question A group of local people from the education and business sectors need to prepare for the world of work. Over the last 20 years we've allowed our high school career and interested citizens have been meeting Saturday mornings to training programs to fall apart. Many business people have warned discuss education in Barry County. Then last Friday this group took a trip to the State Technological us about the problems they see with today's students. They don't seem to have a grasp of the basics, they lack the right attitudes and and Rehabilitation Center at Pine Lake in Prairieville Township. Employers, when they’re asked, keep telling us public educa- they are not entering the marketplace prepared to become production is not keeping up with workplace demands. Our local schools tive employees. With the new state mandates coming down it will put even more need to concentrate on basic education and attitude so when students graduate from high school, they are prepared to go on to attention on attending college after high school, but not everyone should even consider that move. The colleges wouldn’t have higher education or enter the job market. Throughout Barry County the number of students who plan to enough room if every student planned to enroll after high school. We as a nation should only want the best and the brightest to go enter college after high school has remained around 50 percent, on to college. The give or take a few. rest should seek Every day students career training in a are bombarded field of their interwith information est before entering that suggests they the job market. plan on college, Throughout community college Michigan, technior a career training cal and vocational facility. schools are The question enrolling students our local education for intensive, short group has been discourses that will cussing is whether prepare these stuGov. Jennifer dents for entryGranholm’s new level positions in curriculum as little as six requirements will months. help students or If Barry County just discourage high schools could them from the change their focus process. to career and/or College or college preparacareer preparation tion, I think in a is really what the very short time discussion is all more students about. Most ecowould leave high nomic experts are school better pretelling educators pared for work or that good jobs motivated to go on won't exit for the the college. If you under educated. really want to Students need to impact Michigan's realize there will economic indicabe good jobs for tors, elevate our them after high high school graduschool, but they ates’ career abilimust have strong ties. basic skills and a Not everyone good attitude about should attend colcontinued learning. lege. We must A small group of determine as early us last Friday travas possible down eled to Pine Lake which road stuwhere we witdents should travnessed students el. It doesn't matter enrolled in intenyou’re sive career training Students work on state of the art woodworking equipment (top) and a machine whether building a home or preparing students shop (bottom) at the Pine Lake Institute. a machine, fixing a for entry level meal or a car, positions. The campus offers special training in things like nurses aides, wood proving medical care or saving a life, we need people in various working, auto mechanics, computer repair, janitorial maintenance positions to make a complete community. The Barry County Economic Alliance understands the need to and printing. The program offers career training for high school students and young adults returning to school to find a new career. keep more of our young people in the area. However, we must Throughout the facility, we viewed students taking part in a hands- make sure they have the right skills and are willing to respond to on learning environment helping students with the skills they need the needs of local business and industry, start new businesses, hire people and grow employment in the future. to seek full-time employment in their chosen field. No matter how you look at it, if we expect our county to grow, As you ponder Michigan's economic situation and the potential our students will have in this new global marketplace, it's impera- we must demand our students have the skills necessary to compete tive students get the kind of education they need so they can in a new-age job market that threatens our local economic stability. respond to industry demands. There are no shortcuts. It will take communication, cooperation After visiting the tech center, talking to area experts and listening to the various members attending our monthly meetings, I've and determination to set the system in a new direction. We will come to the conclusion that we need our local schools to concen- need parents, business people and educators to understand the trate on career and/or college preparation if we expect to see seriousness of the issues we face and to be willing to work togethimprovement for students in future years. We need to identify er to find the answers that plague our young people every day. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics early on where students might fit in, whether they plan to attend college after high school, and, if they don't, what classes will they Barry County foster care needs increasing To the editor: The effects of current budget cuts for the State of Michigan ripple through Barry County families in unseen ways. From October of 2006 until February 2007, Barry County Child Protective Services (CPS) cases assigned for investigations rose from 68 to 101. During April of 2007, there were 47 ongoing investigations of abuse and neglect of children in Barry County, up from 33 in October 2006. Present records show that for 2006-2007, Barry County averaged 55 children placed in foster care, and over 250 reside in kinship care arrangements. Kinship families are those caring for family members' children, but not under direct court jurisdiction. Children in foster care and those living with relatives in kinship care often have the greatest needs. Barry County Community Partnerships meets once a month to bring together community resources to help children in foster care and kinship care under the guidance of the Department of Human Services program’s Family to Family Initiative. Considering that children in foster care are often the least able of our young to grow up to be contributing, healthy adults, every minute, hour, week or longer time spent supporting their needs is a valued investment in their future. In recognition of National Foster Care Month, Barry County Community Partnerships offers the following suggestions to Barry County residents to support our children in foster care and kinship care: • Volunteer drivers are urgently needed to transport children and family members to and from doctor and counseling appointments, family and sibling visits, and other destinations. Contact Keith Behm at 948-3253 if you are able to donate some of your time. Some reimbursement for expenses is available. • Children in foster care have financial needs such as fees to participate in school events, class rings, backpacks and involvement in team sports. Those needs go unmet by state awarded allotments. Contact Keith Behm at 269-948-3253. • A central location for a Family Resource Center to house donations of food, clothing, space to offer parenting classes and family visitations, as well as provide respite care for Barry County foster parents and other organized activities is needed. Contact Jan Look at 269-948-3213 if you can help locate this resource. • Barry/Eaton CASA for Kids, Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) are looking to recruit new volunteers to represent foster children during the court process. Contact Jan Look at 269-948-3213 if you would like to be a volunteer. • Family Mentoring Network needs new mentors who work with families involved with a CPS referral. Call Christa Wetzel at 269-948-3251 to volunteer. • With 10 Barry County foster children ages 14 and older, Family to Family is looking for $50 donations that could be used to invest for college fund CDs, and a local financial institution to oversee the deposits. Call Jan Look at 269-9483213 if you can help locate this resource. • Families caring for other relatives' children that would like support caring for them through Kinship Care of Barry County. Please call Blanca Roth at the Barry County Commission on Aging, 269-948-4856. • Other suggestions to support children in foster care are available at www.fostercaremonth.org Barry County Community Partnerships members meet an hour for lunch every second Friday of the month at the Department of Human Services Building at 430 Barfield Drive in Hastings. We welcome new community members, especially business interests, to join us with a sack lunch to work to improve the outcomes for our most vulnerable Barry County children. Barry County Community Partnerships See page 16 for more letters from readers Inside the state budget battle: Is there bipartisan silver lining? In case you’ve missed it, emotions have been bubbling over on the budget debate. Every time a compromise is near, something happens that sets the process back a few days or a week. The problem is: The governor’s June 1st deadline to avoid Medicaid and school aid cuts is fast approaching. At best, we are seeing the results of term limits, wherein the major players do not know each other very well and therefore have no real trust established. At worst, it is political gamesmanship. In either case, I am sick of the lack of results – and the rest of Michigan should be too. While the budget story and related melodrama gets all of the media attention, there are some positive things happening at the Capitol. Don’t believe me? Well, I can’t say I blame you; but for illustration purposes, I’ll focus on a few areas that I have been directly involved in. If there is any hope of moving Michigan forward, it will take some amount of bipartisanship. We have a divided government with the executive branch controlled by a Democrat and the legislature split between Democratic (House) and Republican (Senate) control. I was part of a small group of Republicans and Democrats that got together to improve the state tax tribunal system. Three Democrats and two Republicans worked together on the tribunal reforms. The net result was not earth shattering, but the process was streamlined and made a bit more efficient. It should help to alleviate the backlog at the tribunal and save the state about $460,000 each year. Will this make a big dent in the budget? Absolutely not, but it proves that it is possible for Republicans and Democrats to work together. Of the five bills that were a part of this package, one sponsored by Representative Fulton Sheen (R-Allegan County) and another by me marked the first Republican legislation to be passed in the Democrat controlled House. It was my first bill ever. The best part is that all five passed unanimously. No games, no partisanship, just good public policy. So it is possible to work together on small matters, but what about the big issues? In my last column I told you about the business tax code rewrite, otherwise known as the Single Business Tax replacement. I was disappointed with the process, but optimistic about the endgame. Major tax overhauls only happen about once in a generation, so this is probably the biggest legislative item that I will face as a representative. Following the passage of different House and Senate business tax plans, it is necessary now to come together on a compromise. This is the hard part – and it is also when bipartisan cooperation is most critical. Since totally separate plans were passed, the negotiation will take place as part of an unofficial work group (somewhat like a conference committee). Membership of this group was established by the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader. Additionally, the treasurer and deputy treasurer will represent the governor. From the Senate, there are three Republicans and one Democrat. From the House there are three Democrats and one Republican. I decided to run for State Representative largely because I felt that small businesses needed an effective advocate, especially as a new business tax code was clearly on the horizon. Therefore, I was honored to accept the recent appointment by the Speaker of the House to serve as the one House Republican on the committee. There is a clear sense of urgency, but the stakes are high, so we are not rushing through it. It is the goal of every person in this group to establish a tax code that fairly distributes the burden and that will reward business investments in Michigan. Even with the issues surrounding the 2007 budget, I see government working in positive fashion inside this committee. The business tax code is the most important unanswered question about next year’s budget. It is also critical to the future of businesses in this state. It will take several weeks to complete this work, but understand that through the drama of the 2007 budget battle, there is a bicameral, bipartisan group of level headed legislators actually working together. Imagine that. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV MichGo still spreading misinformation To the editor: Please be aware that Michigan Gambling Opposition (MichGO) is continuing to be dishonest in its opposition to the Gun Lake Tribe’s proposed casino, despite repeated corrections. A letter in this week’s Penasee Globe from MichGO leader Todd Boorsma is the latest example of an intentional effort to mislead the public about the Gun Lake Casino compact signed by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm. Boorsma and MichGO continue to claim that the compact signed by Governor Granholm would allow the Gun Lake Tribe to cease making local revenue sharing payments if the compact’s exclusivity clause is violated. Though it’s very unlikely the exclusivity clause ever would be violated (nine county zone; allow for some expansion of state lottery and newly recognized tribe’s initial casino), even if it were, the local revenue sharing payments would continue. MichGO knows this is true. How? They’ve been corrected numerous times before on issues related to revenue sharing payments and exclusivity, even by Governor Granholm. There is documentation proving that the Tribe is correct and MichGO is incorrect. Pages 21-24 of the compact signed by Governor Granholm are the sections that deal with state revenue sharing/exclusivity and local revenue sharing. Exclusivity is not included in the heading or text of Section 16: Local Revenue Sharing Payments. Exclusivity has no bearing on local revenue sharing. The signed compact is available in its entirety at http://www.mbpi.org/News/pressreleases.asp. The Michigan Gaming Control Board document detail the history of local revenue sharing payments in Michigan from all gaming tribes. State revenue sharing payments are different from local revenue sharing payments. The local and state revenue sharing payments are available at the Michigan Gaming Control Board’s website http://michigan.gov/mgcb/0,1607,7-1201380_1414_27146---,00.html. All tribes continue to make local revenue sharing payments. Two recent letters printed in the Grand Rapids Press demonstrate the same shameless MichGO tactic, and the same correction from the Tribe. A WOOD TV-8 news report on Governor Granholm publicly corrected another misleading MichGO statement. http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?s= 6169612. MichGO does not use factual information. This group has lost all credibility. Third party state governmental offices will verify the facts. Contact the governor’s office or the Michigan Gaming Control Board for further information. Thank you for taking the time to learn the truth. We ask you not to allow MichGO to use intentionally dishonest statements. James Nye, Tribe spokesperson, Lansing �Page 6 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries James Alan Bartimus 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:30 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour. 10:05 a.m. Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 5:00 p.m. Session/Confirmation Class Meeting. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ HASTINGS - James Alan Bartimus, age 57 of Hastings, died on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Jim was born May 19, 1950 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, the son of John Alan and Maxine Belle (Busby) Bartimus. Jim was a truck driver for more than 20 years and for the past five years worked at Hastings Bowl. Jim married Deborah Kaye Walker May 3, 1975. He was an avid bowler, enjoyed fishing, gardening, playing the guitar and singing. He was also an avid toy collector. Jim was a member of the Hastings Moose Lodge, US Bowling Congress and the Minneapolis Moline Tractor Club. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a grandson, Shawn Bartimus. Jim is survived by his wife of 32 years, Deb Bartimus of Hastings; one son, John (Valerie) Bartimus of Hastings; threedaughters, Debbie Bartimus (Chris Shepard) of Hastings, Angela Bartimus (Shawn Frye) of Missouri, Amanda Bartimus of Hastings; seven grandchildren, Mara, Randi, Berretta, Caitlan, Toby, Anthony and Morgan; three brothers; two sisters; several nieces and nephews. Jim will be remembered as a caring, kind, humorus man, also a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. No visitation will be held. Memorial services were held on Wednesday May 23, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials can be made to your choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Lloyd Paul Towns LAKE ODESSA - Lloyd Paul Towns, aged 90, of Lake Odessa, passed away early Friday morning, May 18, 2007 at Thornapple Manor. Paul was born in Woodland, on July 14, 1916 to John Lloyd and Edna Mae (Tickner) Towns. He graduated from Woodland High School in 1935, and served in the US Army Air Corps during WW II. He shipped out of New York Harbor for a 58 day journey to Burma, where he was involved in building the Burma Road and Ledo Road. At the conclusion of the war, Paul boarded another ship home that docked 56 days later on the West Coast; he had traveled around the world. Paul was united in marriage to Doris Ruth Williams on August 16, 1941. He had been a member of the VFW Post in Nashville, a life member of the Woodland Eagles, and a member of the American Legion in Hastings. Paul had been employed at Royal Coach and Bookcase in Hastings, sold cars, and owned and operated a body shop and gas station in Woodland. He is survived by his daughter, Sandra and Robert Rose of Lake Odessa; grandchildren, Teresa and John Simon of Lake Odessa, and Robert Rose and fiancée, Jody Lake of Belding; great grandchildren, Zackery, Jordan and Gabe Simon; and several nieces and nephews. Paul was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Doris Ruth Towns; sister, Marilyn Rachel Robbins; brother, George Arnold Towns; and nephew Matt Robbins. The funeral service was held at the Koops Funeral Home on Monday, May 21, 2007. Burial was in Woodland Memorial Park. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association. Ralph A. Dunn Emil M. Marcin BATTLE CREEK - A farmer since the age of 14, Ralph A. Dunn, of Battle Creek, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2007 in the house where he was born and had lived his entire 81 years. Ralph was born August 25, 1925, the son of Spencer R. and Winnifred A. (Bagley) Dunn. He was married to Juna Juanita (Ferris) Dunn for 39 years. She preceded him in death on December 1, 1985. Ralph is survived by daughter, Barb Dunn of Battle Creek; sons, Jerry (Jan) Dunn of Hastings and Jim (Cathy) Dunn of Dowling; sisters, Clara Hughes of Battle Creek and Lela Strickland of Dowling; brother, Lyle Dunn of Hastings; grandchildren, Rod (Julie) Dunn of Brighton, Randy (Angie) Dunn of Dowling and Brian (Judy) Dunn of Battle Creek; and great grandchildren, Trevor, Cody, Kiernan, Ethan and Garrett Dunn. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife and grandson, Todd Dunn (1982); brothers, Basil, Harold, Dale, Leon and Merle Dunn. Besides farming, Ralph drove a Hastings school bus for 13 years. Ralph loved spending time with his family and enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting and traveling in lower northern Michigan. He bowled in the Good Fellowship Bowling League for many years. He was a member of the Michigan Milk Producers Assoc. and the Farm Bureau Assoc. Visitation will be held at Bachman Hebble Funeral Service on Tuesday from 6:00-8:00 PM and on Wednesday from 6:00-8:00 PM. Funeral services were held Thursday, May 24, 2007, at the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service with Rev. David L. Litchfield officiating. Burial was at the Banfield Cemetery in Johnstown Township. Memorial tributes may be made to Lifespan-Good Samaritan Hospice Care or the American Lung Association of Michigan. Arrangements by the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service, a member by invitation Selected Independent Funeral Homes. (269)965-5145. Otto Gutgsell LAKE ORION - Otto, Gutgsell, age 78, of Lake Orion passed away May 15, 2007. He was the loving husband of Margarette for 48 years; dear father of Bernd (Debra) Gutgsell; grandfather of Marie, Darren, Kari (Bret), Sherri (Paul), and Aaron (Lori); great grandfather of six; brother of Hedwig Figurski. Otto worked for Pontiac Motor for 39 years. Hew as a member of the Sky Master Airplane Club and loved bowling. Entombment Guardian Angel Cemetery, Oakland Township. Suggested memorials to the Cystic Fibrosis Society. Arrangements were in the care of the Modetz Funeral Home, Orion (248-3713777). Online guestbook www.modetzfuneralhomes.com. MIDDLEVILLE - Emil M. Marcin, age 91, of Middleville, formerly of Hastings, passed away May 18, 2007 at Carveth Village, Middleville. Emil was born in Garfield, New Jersey on August 1, 1915 and attended school there. He worked in the textile industry as a young man and then joined the Navy and was stationed in the Azores during World War II. After the war, he worked as a salesman for several companies and then as a color chemist in various businesses, including Aluminum Extrusions in Charlotte; Alberto Culver in Melrose Park, Illinois; and culminating his career at Redken Laboratories in Los Angeles, California, where he was instrumental in developing innovative colors for hair dyes. In 1980 he retired and returned to West Michigan where he built his retirement dream home with his wife of 49 years, Eloise. As a young man he earned his pilot’s license and enjoyed many hours in the air. He also enjoyed traveling, golfing, socializing and making new friends, watching sports on TV and, most of all, an ice-cold beer. His friends remember his sharp wit, good sense of humor and positive outlook on life. He was a good father, grandfather, greatgrandfather to his children. He was a good husband and most of all he was a good friend. Everyone who knew and loved him will miss him very much. A light has gone out of our lives. He is survived by his children, Mike Marcin of Wyoming, Linda (William) Brown of Ionia, JoAnn (Milton) Denslow, of Remus, Michelle (Steve) Pappas of Middleville; 12 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Eloise; his parents, Michael and Elizabeth Marcin; brothers, George and Michael Marcin; sister, Eleanor Schneider; granddaughter, Carlynne Rounds. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Interment at Floral Lawn Memorial Gardens, Battle Creek. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Kathryn L. Wren honored Kathryn Louise Wren, age 63, of Hastings, died July 26, 2006. Kathryn was a former coowner of Wren Funeral Home in Hastings. In observance of Kathryn’s long dedicated and caring service to area families, she was honored by the Michigan Funeral Directors Association’s “Service of Remembrance” held Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at Mt. Pleasant. The program included a special video which highlighted a photograph of Kathryn and presentation of roses to her family. Present at the special ceremony were her husband David, children Patty and Dave. Kathryn’s family, all active in the funeral firm, continues the caring tradition she established 41 years ago. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77512681 77502807 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 7 Lucille K. Nevins DELTON - Lucille K. Nevins, age 81, of Delton, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, surrounded by her loving and devoted family on May 16, 2007, and is now beside her beloved husband Bud at peace with God. Lucille was born January 10, 1926, in Plainwell, the daughter of Henry and Grace Hutchinson. On December 6, 1944, she married Hugh “Bud” Nevins and he preceded her in death November 6, 1997. Lucy and Bud were blessed with five children; daughters, Sue and Paul Pettengill, and Pat Roush; sons, Mike and Pam Nevins, Tom and Deb Nevins and baby Jerry Nevins who died at birth. Also surviving are eight grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; a sister, who was Lucy’s best friend Dorothy Swain; and several nieces and nephews. Lucy was devoted to many things in her life, but none as important to her as her children and grandchildren. She taught them to love, laugh, work and most of all to know and have Faith in Jesus Christ. Lucy was a member of Doster Community Reformed Church and over the years had been involved with the church in many ways. her faith was unfailing and her family is very much at peace now, knowing that she has gone home. Her most joyous times were the family gatherings at the lake and the holidays. Memories of her life, laughter and her kind and giving nature are her legacy and she will be deeply missed by everyone’s life she touched. A funeral service was conducted on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at the Doster Community Reformed Church, Pastor Steve Slater officiating. Interment Brown Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the Doster Reformed Community Church will be appreciated. Arrangements made by Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Harold and Gladys Krebs celebrate 60 years of marriage Douglas and Norma (Wallace) Bumford celebrated 50 years of marriage on January 4, 2007. In honor of their 50 years of marriage, their children – Teresa (Rick) Holland of Allegan, Anita (Andrea) Di Silvestro of Italy, and Daniel (Sandy) Bumford of Athens – are hosting a celebration open house on Sunday, June 3, 2007 from 2 to 4 p.m. at their home at 2432 McKeown Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. Doug and Norma have 13 grandchildren (Corin, Matthew, Nathan, Rachel, Ashley, Steven, Brandon, Victoria, David, Adam, Lucia, Casey, Lindsay) and five great-grandchildren (Annabelle, Mikhail, Kennedy, Amara, Nicholas). The couple requests no gifts. Harold Krebs and Gladys Posthumus were married May 23, 1947. They are celebrating 60 years of marriage with a small family party. The family encourages extended family and friends to contact them. Harold is a retired carpenter and Gladys retired from O’Brien-Gerst. They remain active in the church, family and community activities. They have two daughters, Christine Brooks (William) of Boyne City, Nancy Garber (Charles) of South Haven; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Jerry and Judy (Fetters) Finney were married on June 16, 1957 at Bismarck, Illinois Church of Christ. After serving in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Postal Service they retired in Hastings, their home for the past 30 years. They have three children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family of Jerry and Judy will host an open house on June 3, 2 to 5 p.m., at their home at 33 Mary Lou Drive, Hastings. Laura Lykins to celebrate 80th birthday Happy 80th birthday to Laura Lykins on June 6, 2007. If you’d like to send a card to help her celebrate you may send it to: 5282 Thornapple Lake Road, Nashville, MI 49073. Marriage Licenses Richards-Eberly Pastoor-Wilson exchange vows Gun Lake Community Church was the setting for the Jan. 2, 2007 wedding of Dona Wilson and Jerry Pastoor in the presence of their immediate families, with the Rev. Wayne Keil officiating. Maid of honor was Debbie Pastoor, daughter of the groom, and best man was Michael Crabb, brother of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Pastoor reside at Gun Lake. Jody Richards and Jeremiah (Tater) Eberly of Sunfield announce their engagement. Parents of the bride are Leroy Richards of Clarksville and Vicki (Daniel) Henderson of Pewamo. Parents of the groom are Lewis and Sherry Eberly of Sunfield. The bride-elect is a 1997 graduate of Portland High School and is a student at American Medical Careers. The prospective groom is a 2001 graduate of Lakewood High School and works for Superior Services RSH Inc. A June 23 wedding date has been set. hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci Craig Allen King, Hastings and Julie Ann Fisher, Hastings. Mark Alan Opperman, Pewamo and Abbie LeAnne Allerding, Hastings. Mark Allen Koloseik, Delton and Karen Ellen Bish, Delton. Jason Dale Pennock, Hastings and Andrea Sue Murphy, Hastings. Robert John Teegardin, Bellevue and Lori Lynn Squires, Bellevue. Jimmie Daniel Woodall, Hastings and Stacey Lea Carpenter, Hastings. Michael John Kingma, Middleville and Aubrey Irene Sikkema, Middleville. Michael Allen Cooley, Plainwell and Dena Lyn Barr, Plainwell. Christian Tophay VanZalen, Hastings and Heather Ann Nance, Hastings. Craig Paul Bolthouse, Hastings and Margit Ruth Weber, Lake Zurich, IL. Thompsons to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Kenneth Thompson and Charleen Cappon were married May 25, 1947 at the First Methodist Church in Hastings. An open house will take place Sunday, May 27, 2007 from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at Hope Church of the Brethren, on M-50 at the KentIonia County line. They have five children: Dianne (Ann Fiorini), Ohio; Donna (Lee) Wilcox, Richland; Lynette (Wayne) Guyer, Penn.; Brian (Carole Stowell), Freeport; and Melanie (George) Basler, Oakland. They have six grandchildren, including one deceased grandson. Your presence is the only gift desired. Finneys to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Izola May Apsey HASTINGS - Izola May Apsey, age 96, of Shultz Rd., Hastings, died on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Hastings Tendercare. Izola was born April 28, 1911 in Cloverdale, the daughter of Bernard K. and Clara May (Hayward) DeGolia. She was married in Indiana on August 31, 1931 to Emery (Bus) Apsey. Izola worked at Millers Ice Cream Parlor in Hastings, Myers, and Goodners Grocery on M43 and Shultz Rd., Hope Township. She was a member of the Shultz Community Club which she enjoyed for many years. Izola was preceded in death by her husband, Emery in 1962; a son, Bernard Apsey in 2000; and her parents. She is survived by a granddaughter, Annette (Jerry) Vekre of Norman, Ar., six great grandchildren, Sarah, Samantha, Jessica, Benjamin, Nicholas, and Curtis; five great great grandchildren, Tyler, Bryanna, Alex, Jasmine and Jerome; a sister, Carol Mead of Cloverdale; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Izola will be sadly missed by her family and friends. Memorials can be made to Hastings Tendercare. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Lyndell Day officiating. Burial will be at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Bumfords to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Newborn Babies BOY, Erik William born at Bronson Hospital on April 27, 2007 at 4:23 p.m. to Jamie and Keri Bethel. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs., 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Abigail Katherine, born at Bronson Hospital to Donald and Christine (Turnes) Scott on April 6 at 5:43 p.m. Weighing 8 lbs. 13.8 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. She is welcomed home by her big brothers Matthew and Jacob. �Page 8 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Wayward widower Oops!, Clara French's birthday is May 27. There is still time to wish her a happy 100th anniversary of her birth. She lives in Potterville with her daughter at Box 485. The military tribute at the Freight House will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening, Friday, May 25. This is the second year for this observance. It was well attended last year and was a very meaningful program. The military displays will be in place for the long weekend. The two buildings will be open Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon. Open hours on Sunday will be from 2 to 5. On Monday the buildings will be open from noon until 5 p.m. This will be an easy time for people who come for the Memorial Day observance at Lakeside Cemetery at 11 a.m. to see the two buildings of the Depot complex. The Hosford House on the same property has had its rafters restored. The upper portion of the roof had to be removed in order for it to pass under the many wires at the railroad crossing back when it was moved from Third Avenue to the historical property on Emerson Street. After the new roofing went on, the rear wing of the house now has the same roofing, replacing a metal roof on the wing. The Memorial Day service on Monday, May 28, will be sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars with help from the Lakewood High School band. Boy Scouts and the VFW Auxiliary always take part. Next week, from May 31 to June 3, the West Michigan Annual Conference will meet on the campus of Calvin College in Grand Rapids for legislation, budgetary matters, appointment of pastors to their respective churches for the coming year and election of delegates to general conference, which meets once in four years and jurisdictional conference which follows the general conference. An equal number of laity and clergy are elected. Lilacs are in full bloom. Poppies are making a dramatic appearance in garden beds. Grass is growing rapidy and dandelions sprout six inches high the day after the lawns are mowed. Customers are hauling way bags of potting soil and shredded bark from the garden centers. The Two Seasons Greenhouse on M-50 is ablaze with color with dozens of beautiful hanging baskets above the rows of flats of colorful flowers and green plants. A Lansing news item states that the historic bridge over the Grand River on Charlotte Highway between Mulliken and Portland has been moved to a new spot, where it again will be used. The 1886 bridge was built by the Buckeye BridgeWorks of Cleveland and it is the only known example of the company’s work in Michigan. It will be used as an entrance to Calhoun County's historic bridge park on Wattles Road east of Battle Creek. Wattles Road runs between Verona on the north and I-94 on the south. M-66 intersects Verona in the northeast part of Battle Creek. Another Ionia County bridge was moved to Frankenmuth for use in a less busy spot than the Ionia County road it served for decades. The new location for the Charlotte Road in Danby Township will now be in Emmett Township of Calhoun County. Graveside services for Frederick Long of Charlotte were held at Lakeside Cemetery on Saturday. Mr. Long, age 94, was the husband of the former Frances McCartney, daughter of Health Line by Scott B. 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We also have a hard WLPH�SDVVLQJ�XS�WKH�³DOO�\RX�FDQ�HDW´�DQG�WKH�HFRQRPLFDO�³VXSHUVL]HG´�PHDOV���([HUFLVLQJ�RQ�WKH�RWKHU�KDQG�WDNHV�WLPH��LW�KXUWV�� the weather is often bad, the gym is closed or to expensive or you MXVW�GRQ¶W�IHHO�OLNH�H[HUFLVLQJ�QRZ«VR�SDVs the chips. ,W¶V�WRXJK«UHDOO\�WRXJK«EXW�\RXU�KHDOWK�GHSHQGV�RQ�LW�� 09539847 77512591 Yankee Springs Trail Riders plan pancake breakfast The Yankee Springs Trail Riders Association will be host for a pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Sunday, May 27, at the Horsemen's Campground in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area. The campground is located on Duffy Road just off Yankee Springs Road. A free-will offering will be accepted. Mike Foote, pPresident of the Michigan Horse Council, will speak at 9 a.m. Campers with horses have been enjoying the trails for the past several years. They come from throughout Michigan and surrounding states. The county 4-Hers have used the campgrounds to learn how to ride trails safely, thus ensuring a pleasant, enjoyable experience for the boys and girls. The Yankee Springs Trail Riders Association, a non-profit organization, was organized several years for the following purposes: 1. To preserve, protect and expand the existing horse campground and the horse trails network in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area and surrounding area for use by horsemen, their families and the general public for horseback riding and campmg. 2. To develop and maintain good communications and working relationship with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Parks, & Recreation Division and/or its successors and to assist them in their efforts to maintain adequate horse campgrounds and riding trails, and to help generate revenue that will enable horse campgrounds to become self supporting. 3. To promote horse riding and camping by providing information to the general public on the location of horse campground facilities, horse trails and the recreational benefits available. To date, the Yankee Springs Trail Riders Association has raised and spent more than $7,600 on projects that have been completed. These funds come from membership dues, donations, sale of T-shirts, sweat shirts, cups, etc., and special activities such as this pancake breakfast. ‘Kanoe the Kazoo’ event is June 12 The Four Township Water Resources Council will be host a summer evening paddle along the northeast shore of Gull Lake Tuesday, June 12. For the past two years, the FTWRC has held educational paddling tours of area lakes in conjunction with “Kanoe the Kazoo,” an annual series of paddling events designed to raise public awareness of the Kalamazoo River watershed. This event will launch from Michigan State University’s Kellogg Biological Station (KBS). Guides will include Steve Allen of Geum Services, Inc., along with KBS’ own Dr. Steve Hamilton and Jane Herbert. Topics will include Gull Lake ecology and shoreline management. Participants may begin unloading canoes and kayaks at 5:30 p.m. Presentations and tour begin at 6:30 p.m. ending at Prairieville Township Park around 9 to 9:30 p.m. Participants provide their own watercraft, paddling partner, paddles and personal floatation devices. Shuttle service back to vehicles will be provided by FTWRC. Participants under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Please, no alcohol. There is a $5 fee per watercraft and registration is required by June 5. Space is limited. Registration brochures for this event are available at Gull Lake area businesses and township offices, or may be downloaded at www.kbs.msu.edu/extension. A complete listing of “Kanoe the Kazoo” 2007 events, along with registration information, is available at www.binderparkzoo.org. For additional information, please call Jane Herbert, MSU Extension water quality educator, at 269-671-2412 extension 222. Dear Annie: My sister, "Linda," died two months ago, after years of struggling with cancer. We were very close, and I'm still grieving. Linda was married nearly 20 years, but I never felt I knew her husband, "James." During her illness, James never showed Linda the affection I would have expected. In fact, the lack of grief from both James and his children made it difficult for me to deal with my loss. However, last week, I received a very disturbing letter from James. He suggested we get together for a "night of fun." He said he hadn't had much sex in the last few years because of Linda's illness, and implied that I also wasn't getting any due to my taking fulltime care of an elderly relative. He figured we could help each other out. He actually said that by satisfying his physical needs with me, he'd be in a better position to become emotionally involved with another woman once he was ready to date again. To top it off, he said, "Linda would want this." I was absolutely shocked and sickened. After several days, I sent him a response. I told him I found his letter deeply disturbing and inappropriate, that I would never consider such a proposal, and that I didn't think my sister would ever have condoned such a thing. I urged him to seek counseling and told him never to talk to me about this again. I am furious with James and feel somehow molested. I never gave him any indication that I had sexual feelings for him. I wonder if the stress has made him lose his mind. Should I tell anyone? Are his children safe? I destroyed the letter because I couldn't stand to have it in my possession. How will I ever be able to look him in the eye again? -- Confused in Kentucky Dear Confused: James is lonely and has wildly inappropriate expectations, but we don't think he has lost his mind or is a danger to anyone. You've told him to back off. Good. Now you need to pretend it never happened. When you see him, don't bring up the subject and don't respond if he brings it up. If necessary, walk away. Car door etiquette Dear Annie: When a husband is driving, and his wife is in the passenger seat and there is another female passenger seated in the right back, for whom should the husband open the car door first? -- Just Wondering Dear Wondering: It's so nice that someone still opens car doors for others. If it's your mother, mother-in-law, grandmother or a person needing assistance, open her door first. Otherwise, it doesn't matter. Sucking substitute Dear Annie: I am writing in response to the 13-year-old girl who wanted to stop sucking her fingers at night. As a pediatric occupational therapist, let me share some insight. Sucking is the main tool infants use to calm or alert their systems. As we grow into adults, we still use "mouth tools" every day for selfregulation. Some fit well within societal norms such as chewing gum or pen caps, whistling, drinking coffee or sodas. Others are self-destructive, such as nail biting, smoking, overeating or alcoholism. Some turn into a profession or hobby, such as playing a woodwind instrument. Whatever the sensory tool, we all continue to use the mouth for helping to calm down or perk up. The young girl should work to find a more age-appropriate sensory mouth tool. She might try keeping a water bottle with a sport lid on it, so she can suck the water before nodding off. Just before bed, she could try drinking applesauce through a straw. If she plays in the school band, practicing her instrument closer to bedtime may also be a benefit. Exploring various substitutions that will still provide the desired sensory input her system craves may offer her the most success. -Katie Horn, MS, OTR/L Pediatric Occupational Therapist Dear Katie Horn: Thanks for the great suggestions (although playing an instrument before bed might be a little rough on the rest of the household). Renting romance Dear Annie: I rent one of my bedrooms to "Kirby." He pays his rent on time every week without fail. He drinks a little too much, but it doesn't seem to interfere with his job or his rent payments. The problem is, Kirby brings his girlfriend over, and she has no job and no way to pay her way. I have no intention of letting her perch herself in my house and run up my utility bills. Plus, she has a drug problem -- crack cocaine. Kirby says he loves her and wants to help, but I refuse to have this woman on my property. I have threatened to call the police. I've known Kirby for 20 years, and he has never stolen from me. I feel bad about his girlfriend, but I don't trust her. Am I within my legal rights to keep her off my property? What should I do? -- Confused in Pensacola, Fla. Dear Confused: As the owner, you get to determine the rules of your house, and that includes who rents the space and who comes and goes. We suggest you tell Kirby that either the girlfriend stops visiting or he must move out. You should rent the space to someone whose companions do not require that you have police protection. Overcome oversight Dear Annie: I was a leader of a youth organization for five years, the last two serving as city chairperson. The council's representative, "Bev," was on the awards committee and suggested we all nominate each other for "Outstanding Leader." Each woman needed two letters, and Bev said she would write the second letter if there was only one submitted. I wrote a letter for each of the other five leaders, and at least one person was supposed to write a letter on my behalf. The awards ceremony came, and all the others stood up to get their pins while I was left alone at the table wondering why no one nominated me. I tried to put on a happy face and assumed it was an accidental oversight, but no one said anything. I excused myself to use the bathroom, had a little cry and went home. I actually thought one of them might nominate me the next year to make up for it -- after all, that's what I would have done. So I attended the awards ceremony the following year, but there was no pin for me. Not one of those women ever said a word about it. I quit the group after that. It's been five years, and I still haven't gotten over the hurt. It certainly feels intentional. How do I stop letting this bother me? -- Just Want to Be Acknowledged Dear Just Wanted: Whether or not it was intentional, one of those women should have spoken up and, at the very least, expressed sympathy. Hurts like this can last a long time because they are never addressed and resolved. If this incident enters your mind infrequently, consciously substitute more pleasant thoughts and move on. If you think of it obsessively, please consider counseling. Fed up family Dear Annie: I have been married for 22 years to a beautiful woman. We have four children, and the kids and I all love her madly. The only problem is, she has been an alcoholic for the past 12 years. She doesn't work and has no friends left. She has gone to rehab, but the moment she comes home, she starts drinking again. She wants a divorce, but I don't think she understands the consequences. However, the children and I are fed up. My 16-year-old calls her mom "a lush," and my 6-year-old hides from her. We are all being destroyed and she doesn't see it. -- Help Us, Please Dear Help: Your wife may want a divorce because she is trying to cut you loose, but you are right, the consequences for all of you could be severe. Please contact Al-Anon and Alateen (al-anon-alateen.org) for you and your children. The number is 1-888-4-ALANON (1-888-425-2666). You also should consider family counseling. An addicted parent can seriously damage everyone around her. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC 02671323 Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advise before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. William and Vera McCartney. Michael McCartney is a surviving nephew-by-marriage of Mr. Long. Directors of the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society met Monday evening to elect officers for the coming year, July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008, which will be the 40th year for the society. Further plans were made for coming events, including the military weekend May 25-28, alumni weekend June 30 and July 1, which includes an ice cream social, grand marshal reception June 24, and Depot Day July 28. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 9 FOCUS From TIME to TIME Financial Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... Memorial Days of the Past By Esther Walton Memorial Day (Decoration Day) originated during the Civil War when some southern women choose May 30 as the date to decorate soldiers’ graves. The women honored the dead of both the Union and Confederate armies. It is believed that a Virginia woman, Cassondra Oliber Mancure, was largely responsible. Of French origin, she may have chosen May 30 because in France this date was “The Day of Ashes.” This French memorial day commemorated the return of Napoleon Bonaparte’s remains to France from St. Helena. Early in 1868, Major General John A. Logan named May 30 as a special day for honoring the graves of Union soldiers. Logan served as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), an organization of the Union veterans of the Civil War. New York in 1876 became the first state to recognize Memorial Day and other northern states soon followed suit. Memorial Day now also honors all those who died in the service of their country. There were more than 1,200 Barry County Civil War veterans and on Memorial Day 1884, preparations were mentioned in the May 23 issue of The Banner. “The committee on floral decoration appointed by the G.A.R. post of this city request all ladies who are willing to contribute floral offerings for Decoration Day to leave same at Armory Hall over the Goodyear Hardware (now True Value) store on Thursday p.m. at the latest. The committee would be pleased to receive assistance from the ladies in the matter of making wreaths, on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons.” Decoration Day: Following is the program of exercise on Decoration Day: • Assemble at Armory Hall at 9 a.m. • Order of march • Caro Ladies Band • Fitzgerald Post No. 125, and all the soldiers • 26 young Misses representing deceased comrades • Civic Societies • Schools • Citizen on Foot At Cemetery: • Music by Bands • Decoration of Graves • Address by Post Commander • Music by Choir • Prayer • Decoration Services - Hymn “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” • Benediction After Memorial Day, the editor, on June 6, had these comments to make: “On Memorial Day a large number of Middleville people ate of cheese purchased of a grocery man at that place. The cheese made all who ate it sick, some being in dangerous condition. We are pleased to learn that all, about 60, being poisoned have recovered.” And this under local news: “To their credit be it said that the saloon keepers of this city strictly compiled with the law on Decoration Day. There was no liquor sold and consequently no drunkenness.” (One of the big issues in town at this time was the constant battle between the saloon keepers and the temperance league. Part of the contention was the saloons did not adhere to the law about closing on holidays and Sunday.) In 1906, with only 165 Barry County Civil War vets of about 70 years of age, Memorial Day was celebrated in a slightly different manner. May 23, 1906: Memorial Day will be observed by old veterans in this city. Memorial Day will be observed by Fitzgerald Post G.A.R. of this city Wednesday of next week. All members are requested to meet at G.A.R. Hall at 9 a.m. when carriages will be waiting to take them to the cemetery. Everybody (is) invited to meet at 2 p.m. at the fairgrounds where there will be a short program. • Prayer, Rev. B.F. Fritz • Music Ladies Quartille • Original Poem “Mother Bickerdyke,” Hon Palmer H. Taylor • Music • Address, Judge Clement Smith • Benediction, Rev. Crandall All citizens having flowers to spare are requested to bring them to the G.A.R. Hall before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning and the Post will appreciate all favors in this direction. June 6, 1906: “Decoration Day was observed in Hastings in the usual manner. In the forenoon the members of the Post and W.R.C. (Women’s Relief Corp) went to Riverside and decorated the graves of departed comrades. “It was expected to have the afternoon exercises at the fairgrounds, but it was decided because of the fair. Tuesday night that would not be advisable. Accordingly they were held in the courthouse. But very many were not advised of the change and went to the fairgrounds and were much disappointed. The courtroom was filled however, and the program was carried out about as published last week. Judge Smith’s address was very highly commended.” The address was published (in the newspaper) in total. of Edward Jones and Co. When Do You Need a Trust? None of us can predict the future - so if you want to make sure your family and other heirs receive what you want them to have, it's not too soon to do your estate planning. Trusts can be a key part of those plans. But under what circumstances might you need to establish a trust? Before you choose a specific trust, you'll need to know how trusts work. Usually, a trust is a legal arrangement in which you, as grantor, set up the rules and appoint a trustee, who manages the trust and its assets. You (and possibly others) then fund the trust with assets. The trustee collects these assets and invests the money according to the rules of the trust, which will also determine the trust's beneficiary - the recipient of the trust's proceeds. Beyond these common traits, trusts can be very different in their intended purpose. Your individual situation will dictate the type of trust, or trusts, you choose. Here are a few of the most common scenarios: * If you want to give something to charity…You may want to consider a charitable remainder trust (CRT). In a CRT, you donate an appreciated asset, such as shares of stock or a piece of real estate, to the trust. The trustee may then sell the asset and use the proceeds to purchase a portfolio of securities. From these investments, you can receive an income stream for life; upon your death, the charitable organization receives the remainder of the principal. By setting up such a trust, you defer capital gains taxes, and you can claim a limited deduction on your income taxes. MAEAP Phase I meeting planned at Castleton Hall Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) Phase 1Cropping Systems meeting will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at the Castleton Topwnship Hall, 1915 Reed St., Nashville. For free registration, call the MSU Extension office in Barry County (269-9451388) or Extension Office in Eaton County at 517-543-2310 or Kim Walton, Barry Conservation District office at 269-948-8056 ext. 114. To achieve MAEAP certification, one must attend a phase 1 meeting (two MDA pesticide credits and CCA credits will be pending). Topics will include Introduction to MAEAP, Recommendations for Soil Testing, Plant Nutrients and Fertilizer, Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Pesticide Drift Plans. Dairy and livestock producers interested in learning more about reducing legal and environmental risks are invited to attend one of a series of informational seminars being held this summer. The educational sessions being held this summer will focus on the MAEAP efforts including interaction with the Right-to-Farm Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices (GAAMPS). Rightto-Farm has provided a management framework for producers to use in many management aspects on the farm. The MAEAP uses the GAAMPS as a foundation, particularly in areas of manure nutrient management. These seminars will serve to inform producers of the steps necessary to be involved in the voluntary three-phase MAEAP program. The focus of Phase I is producer awareness of the importance of best management practices related to fertilizer and manure management. Middleville’s Riverbank Music summer series starts June 15 The Middleville Riverbank Music series begins on Friday, June 15, with the Panning Family Band. This bluegrass and gospel group is the kickoff for the weekly series of performers. Catherine Beyer says, “We hope that some of the participants in the National 24-Hour Challenge bicycling event take the opportunity to come down and get energized from this program. The Riverbank Music concerts are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concerts are held in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. • On June 22 the Nowhere Band will perform popular Beatles’ tunes. • On June 29 Java Jive performs jazz and swing music. • On July 6 the Gentlemen of Ragtime bring their unique sound to the Gazebo. • On July 13 DeKok’s Rockin’ Country Band will wow the audience. • On July 20 the popular Grand River Blue Cats bring their blues inspired sound to the Gazebo stage. • On July 27 Suzanne and Jim bring their “American Roots” sound to Middleville. • On Aug. 3 Is You Is brings its acoustic jazz to the forefront. • On Aug. 10 the Williams Family Band performs bluegrass and country songs. • On Aug. 17 Brian Corrall performs classic rock songs. The series ends on Friday, Aug. 24, with the Thornapple Valley Church Praise Band performing contemporary Christian music. For more information about this concert series call the Middleville Village Hall at 7953385. * If you want to reduce estate taxes … Explore an irrevocable life insurance trust. If you own an insurance policy, the proceeds are a part of your taxable estate. To help reduce the possibility of your heirs having to pay estate taxes, you may want to establish an irrevocable life insurance trust. As long as the trust owns the insurance policies, the proceeds won't be included in your estate. You might also be able to use an irrevocable life insurance trust to provide your family with assets they might not otherwise have received, especially if you've given away a sizable amount to a charitable organization through a charitable remainder trust. * If you have remarried… You may want to think about a QTIP (Qualified Terminable Interest Property) Trust if you're married for a second time, but want to make sure your children from your first marriage are protected. A QTIP trust enables you, as grantor to provide for your surviving spouse and also maintain control of how the trust's assets are distributed once he or she also dies. * If you want to protect children/grandchildren from spending their inheritance too quickly - If you think your children or grandchildren might "burn through" the money you leave them, you might want to explore a discretionary trust, which gives an independent trustee full authority to make decisions on how the trust funds may be spent for the benefit of the beneficiary. One final word: Trusts are complex instruments, so you will need to work with an attorney and CPA to make sure your strategy can GEE & LONGSTREET, LLP help you work towards the goals you want. Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 40.44 +.05 Anheuser Busch 51.07 +.67 CMS Energy Corp. 18.84 +.33 Coca-Cola Co. 51.48 -.98 DaimlerChrysler 87.85 +3.05 Dow Chemical Co. 45.77 -.24 Exxon Mobil 82.77 +1.64 Family Dollar Stores 33.61 +.76 First Financial Bancorp 15.15 +.34 Ford Motor Co. 8.68 -.28 General Motors 31.36 -.61 Intl. Bus. Machine 106.70 +1.87 JCPenney Co. 78.76 +2.86 Johnson & Johnson 63.58 +1.76 Kellogg Co. 53.62 +.65 McDonald’s Corp. 52.50 +1.23 Pfizer Inc. 27.37 +.27 Semco Energy 7.69 -.01 Sears Holding 178.62 +1.62 Spartan Motors 33.69 +1.59 TCF Financial 27.45 +.04 Wal-Mart Stores 46.54 -1.08 Gold $659.90 -$14.60 Silver $12.99 -$.33 Dow Jones Average 13,539.95 +156.11 Volume on NYSE 1.5B -100M ATTORNEYS AT LAW 2007 Medicaid update Robert Longstreet is a partner with the law firm Gee & Longstreet, LLP, Hastings, where he practices in the areas of estate planning, long term care planning, elder law, nursing home rights, business transactions, real estate and general civil/criminal law. Often, clients come to see elder law attorneys because an elder needs help taking care of him or herself. The family wants to know what their options are for caring for this elder. They are concerned about the legal and financial implications of the elder’s long term care needs. Gee & Longstreet believes that to be an effective elder law attorney, you must be able to understand the system of housing options available to elders who have limitations caring for themselves, including the costs of such situations, and the availability of assistance with those costs through government programs. MAJOR CHANGES TO MEDICAID REGULATIONS The “Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” (the “DRA”) requires that billions of dollars in spending be reduced from a number of domestic programs. As Medicaid is the single largest purchaser of long-term care services in the nation (paying more than $86 billion annually to cover more than four million people) the Medicaid program is one of the primary targets of this legislation. The DRA imposes new eligibility rules that will deny coverage to many individuals who would have been eligible for coverage absent the DRA’s changes. In this and subsequent articles, I will discuss Michigan’s implementation of the DRA and what effect it will have on Barry County residents. IMPORTANT CHANGE: HOME EQUITY CANNOT BE GREATER THAN $500,000 In the past, homesteads of any value have been “excludable” assets for Medicaid purposes. Now, and with only a few exceptions, the DRA does not permit individuals who have more than $500,000 of home equity to be eligible for Medicaid long term care serv- ices. EXAMPLE: Mr. and Mrs. Brown own a home with 160 acres of farm land. The property has a fair marRobert Longstreet ket value of $625,000. Mr. and Mrs. Brown carry no debt on the farm. Prior to the DRA, Mr. or Mrs. Brown could exclude the value of their home (and acreage) for Medicaid purposes. One spouse could receive Medicaid benefits, while the other spouse could remain in the homestead and pass the farm onto heirs. Because of the DRA, however, the Brown home would count towards Medicaid eligibility, as it exceeds $500,000 in equity. This development is potentially disastrous for our many Barry County citizens who own farms or lakefront homes that exceed the $500,000 equity. Previously the sale of homestead to pay for long term care was a unfounded myth—the DRA, unfortunately, can make it reality. One fact is clear: simply placing the real estate in a revocable living trust will NOT shelter the asset for Medicaid purposes. There are steps to take to avoid this result. Careful, anticipatory planning is key in avoiding the new “homestead” trap set up by the new DRA regulations. Estate planning with an eye towards potential nursing home care is now more important than ever. Gee & Longstreet, LLP has specialized in Medicaid and nursing home issues for over 12 years. Contact our office to see what options are available if you or a loved-one is facing a nursing home/long term care issue. THIS ARTICLE & OTHER INFORMATION MAY BE VIEWED AT www.geelongstreet.com MR. LONGSTREET CAN BE REACHED AT 269-945-3495 OR rlongstreet@geelongstreetlaw.com 02671306 WOODLAND, MI REAL ESTATE AUCTION Wednesday, May 30 • 7:00 p.m. 54 S. Wellman, Woodland, MI 48897 (Barry County) 1,128 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath ranch in Hastings school district. OPEN HOUSES: Wed., May 23, 6-7 pm and Sun., May 27 -2-3 pm TERMS: 10% down the day of the auction, the rest due at closing within 30 days. DIRECTIONS: From Lansing: From West I-96 take exit 98A for Lansing Rd. S, merge onto Lansing rd. for 5 miles, then slight right onto E. Vermontville Hwy. (also E. Main St.) Continue on for approx. 15 miles then turn left to stay on W. Vermontville Hwy., continue on to E. State Rd. for 4 miles then turn right at State Rd. to 54 S. Wellman Rd. (517) 676-9800 77512526 �Page 10 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stan L. Monks, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005 in instrument 1151436, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen And 23/100 Dollars ($213,819.23), including interest at 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, except the South 220 feet of the East 750 feet of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West. Except: beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West distant North 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds West, 1353.00 feet from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 660.00 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 8; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes West, 1228.6 feet along said South line to the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 8; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East 657.2 feet along said North and South line to the center 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East, 1280.4 feet along said East and West 1/4 line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512621 File #143394F01 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-10-2007 Carolyn Burrus. Location: 4294 Joy Rd., in Section 6 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 10x22-ft addition, & a 10x16-ft roofed deck, & a 10x43-ft addition onto an existing home that is too close to the side yard (6.9-ft), the minimum is 14-ft, and too close to the front lot line (31-ft), the minimum is 35-ft; in the RL-1 zoning district. Case Number V-11-2007 Stephen & Teri Troemel. Location: 596 Eagle Point Dr., in Section 4 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a house and attached garage that would be closer to the road side rear lot line (15.6 ft), the minimum is 20-ft, in the RL-2 zoning district. Case Number V-12-2007 David Anderson. Location: 640 Indian Hills Dr., in Section 6 of Hastings Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 24x32-ft detached accessory within the front yard (no detached accessory buildings are allowed in the front yard per Section 4.21 E) in the R-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: June 12, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk 77512662 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004, and recorded on January 7, 2005 in instrument 1139815, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 14/100 Dollars ($18,213.14), including interest at 12.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at right angles and said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said north and South 1/4 line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140529F01 77512132 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lisa K. Bunce f/ka Lisa K. Jordan a married woman and Randy J. Bunce, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2002, and recorded on September 9, 2002 in instrument 1087110, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 44/100 Dollars ($74,809.44), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, of Block 3 of Butler Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141982F01 77512346 See Bob or Doug for all your insurance needs... eal people. Hometown people who will help you through the details of buying insurance or making a claim. While some insurance companies are no more than an 800 number and a voice mail menu, we’re here to help - in good times and in bad - year after year. Bob Nicolai Doug Talsma INSURANCE FIRST 497 Arlington St. (M-37) PO Box 99 • Middleville, MI 49333 (269) 795-3302 or Toll Free (800) 706-3302 A063030 06651071 NEW LOCATION Gun Lake Office 12293 W. M-179 Hwy. Wayland, MI 49348 (269) 795-7865 Toll Free (800) 351-9521 Agent: J.R. Coburn Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Steven Holtman, a married man and Deborah A. Holtman, his wife, who executes this mortgage for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead rights in the real estate covered, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 5, 2003, and recorded on March 19, 2003 in instrument 1100400, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two And 93/100 Dollars ($216,762.93), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northwest quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, more particularly described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West and running thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds East 1162.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 1313.53 feet to point of beginning of this description; thence South 81 degrees 05 minutes 28 seconds East 890.98 feet to the centerline of a 48 inch oak tree; thence North 85 degrees 25 minutes 52 seconds East 629.50 feet to the North and South quarter line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 49 seconds East 330.56 feet along said quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 08 seconds West 1193.26 feet; thence North 48 degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds West 423.01 feet; thence North 118.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512674 File #143919F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, by assignment dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 15, 2007 in Instrument # 1176441 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($126,395.16) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 1025 E Mill St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77512669 Our File No: 07-70781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Janice Orns, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 7, 2004, and recorded on April 16, 2004 in instrument 1125946, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five And 84/100 Dollars ($138,565.84), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, and running thence South along the Section line 171.5 feet; thence West 303 feet; thence North 171.5 feet; thence East 303 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512286 File #141214F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kevin Dikker, and Anita Westervelt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 17, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in instrument 1152120, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Three And 16/100 Dollars ($173,723.16), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1 Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1320.26 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 34 seconds West 221.86 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of said Section 1; thence North 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds West, 241.65 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 45 seconds East, 16.55 feet; thence North 01 degrees 19 minutes 34 seconds East, 203.55 feet, thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds East, 237.85 feet along said East-west 1/4 line to the point of beginning. Together with a 66 foot wide and a 33 foot wide easement for ingress, egreess and public utilities described separately. Easements: A private easement for Ingress, egress and public utilities 66 feet wide, 33 feet, each side of a centerline described as follows: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degree 39 minutes 33 seconds West, 1816.82 feet from the East 1/4 of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 560.79 feet to the South line of the North 346.50 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section I and the point of ending. Limited on the North by said East-West 1/4 line and on the South by said South line of the North 364.50 feet of said Southeast 1/4. A private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities 33 feet wide, 16.5 feet each side of a centerline described as follows: Commencing at the East 1/4 post of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 33 seconds West , 1816.82 feet along the East-West 1/4 line of said Section 1; thence South 15 degrees 50 minutes 15 seconds East, 227.28 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 85 degrees 56 minutes 35 seconds East, 192.45 feet; thence South 85 degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds East, 78.78 feet to the point of ending. Also an easement for cul-desac purposes over a 40 foot radius centered on a said point of ending. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140332F01 77512094 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott A. Perham and Mary A. Perham, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 2, 2003, and recorded on July 30, 2003 in instrument 1109774, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Six Hundred FortyTwo And 65/100 Dollars ($163,642.65), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 383.27 feet; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 660.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East 351.80 feet to the centerline of Ryan Road; thence North 65 degrees 08 minutes 36 seconds East along said centerline 277.10 feet; thence North 75 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East along said centerline 92.08 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds West 489.65 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds West 340.00 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141619F01 77512336 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Glen Alan Faircloth, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Fifth Third Bank (Western Michigan) dated the 31st day of March, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 22nd day of April, A.D. 2002, in Instrument NO. 1126212 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $14,882.83 (fourteen thousand, eight hundred eighty two dollars and eighty three cents) plus accrued interest at 14.75% (fourteen point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 31st day of May, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Hope, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: A parcel of land located in Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, being more fully described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 301.67 feet along the North line of said Section 15 to the Northwest corner of Lot 8 of the Northeast block of lots of the unrecorded plat of Kenyon's Oakgrove and the point of beginning; thence South 44 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 53.21 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot 8; thence South 45 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East 114.72 feet to a point on the Easterly line of Lot 7 of said unrecorded plat; thence North 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds East 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8 to the Northeast corner of said Lot 8; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 114.15 feet along said North section line to the point of beginning. Together with land lying between the above described parcel and the waters of Long Lake Channel described as follows: Commencing at the North 1/4 post of said Section 15; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 187.52 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the true point of beginning; thence South 31 degrees 00 minutes 13 seconds West 135.48 feet along the Easterly line of said Lots 7 and 8; thence South 50 degrees 10 minutes 50 seconds East 41.15 feet to an intermediate Traverse line of the shore of Long Lake Channel; thence North 27 degrees 27 minutes 33 seconds East 159.48 feet along said intermediate Traverse line; thence North 88 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds West 35.38 feet along the North line of said section 15 to the point of beginning. Together with lands lying between said Traverse line and the waters of Long Lake Channel, as limited by the sidelines extended to the waters edge. Together with and subject to an undefined easement described in Liber 137, Page 130, Barry County Records for roadway purposes for the existing gravel driveway Commonly known as: 100 Long Lake Dr. Tax ID: 08-07-015-069-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#05909251 77512213 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24782-DE In the matter of ARLETTA GERALDINE GRIST, Deceased. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Heirs of Ernest Timmons and any other interested persons whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: Petition for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative to determine heirs, and to appoint Wendy Hodgemire as personal representative. NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, ARLETTA GERALDINE GRIST, 12764 Blue Lagoon, Shelbyville, Michigan 49344, died 4/17/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Wendy Hodgemire, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the law firm of Lewis, Reed & Allen, P.C., 136 East Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 05/16/2007 Michael A. Dombos P49157 Lewis, Reed & Allen, PC, 136 E. Michigan Ave., Ste. 800 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 388-7600 Wendy Hodgemire 215 East Delaware, PO Box 204 Decatur, MI 49045 (269) 436-1233 77512588 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by KENNETH E. DUNN, A MARRIED MAN JOINED BY ELIZABETH A. DUNN HIS WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006, and recorded on September 19, 2006, in Document No. 1170272, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($101,895.92), including interest at 12.850% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on May 31, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of ASSYRIA, Barry County, Michigan and described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1 / 2 OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1 / 4 OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-01-027-019-20 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 90 days from the date of such sale. Dated: April 27, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77512196 STATE OF MICHIGAN 56-B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-0690-SP 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 Plaintiff Christianan Bank and Trust Company, as Owner Trustee for Security National Funding Trust Plaintiff’s attorney Trott & Trott, P.C. Gary C. Bengston P57250 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 248-642-2515 v Defendant Mark Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Jessica Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Mr. & Mrs. Occupants 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 In the matter of Christiana Bank and Trust Company v. Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants cannot reasonably be made as provided in MCR 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): a. First class mail to 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 b. Tacking or firmly affixing to the door at 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 d. Other: Publication in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: 5-4-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 77512485 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-275-DO Court Address: 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone: (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff CORY ANNE GONZALES c/o Plaintiff’s Attorney Jeffrey D. Van Leuwen (P29046) 11876 Lakeway Drive Plainwell, MI 49080-9034 (269) 629-9791 v Defendant JOSHUA ANTHONY GONZALES Address Unknown TO: Joshua Anthony Gonzales IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to obtain a Judgment of Divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before July 26, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 5/17/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77512647 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas P. Vanisacker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Community Bank of Northern Virginia, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2001, and recorded on March 20, 2001 in instrument 1057048, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the holders of the CSFB Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2001-HE25 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen And 85/100 Dollars ($109,817.85), including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 of the Southeast of 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, also that part of the South 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of section 27, Lying Westerly of the center of highway (Brooklodge Road) The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #086988F04 77512100 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), dated January 7, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on January 15, 1997, in Liber 683, Page(s) 89, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $42,224.92, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), together with interest at 11.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 28, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LOT 13, PINE HAVEN ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 95. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) By: ____________________________________ DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77512615 Dated: May 17, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael W. Thomas and Sandra L. Thomas aka Sandra Lee Thomas, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 13, 2004, and recorded on August 23, 2004 in instrument 1132849, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($171,256.88), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the shore of Bristol Lake for the place of beginning; thence Northerly along the Shore of Bristol Lake 148 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence South to said East and West 1/4 line of Section 10; thence West along said East and West 1/4 line to the driveway running on the East side of lots on the shore of Bristol Lake; thence Southerly along said driveway to a point 54 feet South of the East and West 1/4 line; thence West to the Easterly shore of Bristol Lake; thence Northerly 54 feet along the shore to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142524F01 77512480 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Melissa Flikkema ,, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of November, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of November, 2005 in Document No. 1156950 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen & 04/100 ($113,317.04), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of June, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 68, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1 / 4 and Northwest 1 /4, Section 27, T4N,R10W, Village of Middleview, Barry County, Michigan. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 5/16/2007 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 853209 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007, 06/07/2007 77512469 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J Moralez and Kristy L Moralez, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 17, 2004, and recorded on June 7, 2004 in instrument 1128852, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand One Hundred FiftyEight And 67/100 Dollars ($132,158.67), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 Post of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 8 West, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 480 feet for the place of beginning. Thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes West 200 feet thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 150 feet thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes East 200 feet thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West 150 feet to the place of beginning Subject to the Highway Right-of-Way 33 feet in Width along the South side of Premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142271F01 77512401 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Louise M Webster, aka Louise M Miller and Dale Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 19, 2006 in instrument 1163372, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight And 12/100 Dollars ($104,668.12), including interest at 8.932% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 1695.71 feet from the South 1/4 post of said Section 12; thence North 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 seconds East 709.96 feet; thence South 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds East 240.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 11 minutes 43 second West 709.96 feet, thence North 88 degrees 21 minutes 56 seconds West 240.01 feet to the point of beginning. Affidavit of Affixture of Manufactured Home recorded in Register No. 112191. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #139134F01 77512167 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Six And 15/100 Dollars ($157,996.15), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #045798F02 77512626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight And 16/100 Dollars ($136,588.16), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141973F01 77512367 City of Hastings City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination of the creation of an Industrial Development District of parcel numbers 08-55265-023-00 and 08-55-265-024-00, otherwise known as Lots 3 and 4 of the Hastings Industrial Park, as permitted by Public Act 198 of 1974, as amended. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for City Council to hear comments and make a determination on the establishment of a final assessment roll for the Downtown Parking Special Assessment District for 2007. The City will provide necessary reasonable aid and services to disabled persons wishing to attend these hearings upon seven days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Telephone 269/945-2468 or TDD call relay services 800/649-3777. 77512645 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk For additional information about this potential Industrial Development District contact the Community Development Director at 269.945.2468 or at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 800.649.3777. 77512660 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �Page 12 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas S Beasley, A Single Man to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2001 and recorded January 23, 2001 in Instrument # 1054180 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eleven Cents ($97,516.11) including interest 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 14 and 15, Block C of Pleasant Shores Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on page 59 of Barry County Records Excepting the South 10 feet of Lot 14 of said plat. Commonly known as 1001 Gerke Dr., Hastings MI 40958 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 7, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0770219(HSBC) ASAP# 851457 05/10/2007, 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007 77512317 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, and rerecorded on April 18, 2007 in instrument 1179453, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Nine And 27/100 Dollars ($272,259.27), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F02 77512280 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gene M. Tobin husband and Wendi J. Tobin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2006, and recorded on January 31, 2006 in instrument 1159530, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Three And 35/100 Dollars ($166,663.35), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9 of Pleasant Valley Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 13 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142289F01 77512430 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Joles, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 18, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156656, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty-One And 32/100 Dollars ($86,131.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 9 and 10 of Block 4 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143947F01 77512664 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dustin Sanders, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Citizens Bank, Mortgagee, dated January 19, 2005, and recorded on January 24, 2005 in instrument 1140553, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Michigan State Housing Development Authority, a public body corporate and politic of the State of Michigan as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($97,045.58), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Ammon Eaton's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of plats, Page 15 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143086F01 77512511 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric R. Devenbaugh and Meshia M. Devenbaugh, as husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 29, 2002 and recorded April 2, 2002 in Instrument Number 1077531, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy and 81/100 Dollars ($87,570.81) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 126 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West 53 feet; thence South to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 283.0044 77512203 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda S. Walker, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163527, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 00/100 Dollars ($119,446.00), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 3, Block 5 Chamberlains Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512322 File #141928F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 21, 2003 in instrument 1104815, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen And 31/100 Dollars ($90,616.31), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F02 77512631 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher J. Trumpower, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 7, 2006 in instrument 1161008, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 78/100 Dollars ($151,138.78), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7 of Prairieville Heights, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 34 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512274 File #141532F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sharon B. Wyman, a/k/a Sharon Wyman married to Kevin M. Wyman, a/k/a Kevin Wyman, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2004 and recorded October 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135690, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand One Hundred Two and 25/100 Dollars ($153,102.25) including interest at 11.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 36 rods of the South 40 rods of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 2, Town 3 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 17, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77512521 File No. 402.0333 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Santana Boulter, a married woman and Joshua Boulter, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 14, 2006 and recorded August 16, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168656, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Nine and 71/100 Dollars ($91,559.71) including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on MAY 31, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 in Block 7 of Kenfield's Second Addition to the City (formerly Village) of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 3, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1278 77512208 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donna Allerding, original mortgagor(s), to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2006, and recorded on July 7, 2006 in instrument 1166901, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety And 92/100 Dollars ($79,990.92), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 418 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142084F01 77512362 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jason T. Healy and Abigail Healy, husband and wife as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 5, 2005 in instrument 1153919, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 32/100 Dollars ($170,887.32), including interest at 9.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West 85 rods of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, commencing East 15 rods from the Northwest corner of Section for point of beginning, thence South 36 rods; thence East 19 rods; thence North 36 rods; thence West 19 rods to point of beginning. Subject to easements, reservation, restrictions and limitations of record; if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142573F01 77512516 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Craven, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc as nominee for Lender and Lenders successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 2, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115057, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to MidFirst Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 34/100 Dollars ($107,535.34), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on May 31, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 82, Middleville Downs Addition No. 4 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 41 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 3, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #140668F01 77512160 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Trumpower, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2004, and recorded on October 20, 2004 in instrument 1135784, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seven And 95/100 Dollars ($74,407.95), including interest at 8.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 15 feet of Lot 33 and the East 1/2 of Lot 32, Supervisor's Plat of the First Addition to Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 6, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143417F01 77512655 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 13 Hastings Area Schools facing $390,000 in state funding cut by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Financial woes have come down from the state level to Hastings in the last week with the announcement of a possible reduction in funding of about $390,000 for the current school year. State funding to Hastings schools has been reduced by $122 per pupil. The reduction is likely to be taken from state aid payments for June, July and August. “The budget really is a huge amount of guess work,” said Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel. “It is a difficult situation, and we really could use your help,” he said, urging the public to contact their legislators about the funding cut. There will be a public budget hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at Hastings Middle School for next year’s budget. The proposed budget is available at the Hastings Area Schools Central Office for public inspection prior to June 14. In other news at Monday night’s school board meeting: • Seven retirees were recognized and honored with a “diploma.” The retirees were bus driver Carol Bolton, Jo Beth Bridleman, who worked with in-school suspension students, Pleasantview paraprofessional Roxanne Frey, Star School third grade teacher Diana Johnston, High School math teacher James Metzger, bus driver Kathy Perdun and bus driver Janice Wilson. • A travel study request was approved for Hastings Middle School eighth grade students to go to Washington D.C. and Gettysburg June 6 through 10. • Diplomas were approved for 193 graduating seniors, including five foreign exchange students. • Advisory committee appointments were made for Community Education, Vocational Education, the Title I program, Talented and Gifted Education, Family Life Education and Food Services. • The Barry County Board of Canvassers report for the May 8 election was accepted, and Kevin Beck and Terry McKinney will be the next Hastings Area Schools Board of Education members, replacing Kim Alderson and Don Myers, both of whom are both stepping down from their positions on the board. • A resolution was adopted designating Don Myers the Barry Intermediate School District Election Representative, and Gene Haas the alternate. • A resolution was passed for Hastings to participate in the Section 105c schools of choice. • Three gifts were accepted. John Wendel donated sawed lumber valued at $3,000 to the high school; Northeastern Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization donated $2,000 for two new softball/baseball backstops; and the Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation donated $2,091 to cover specific items and activities. • A resolution was passed supporting the Barry Intermediate School District’s general fund operating budget for the 2007-2008 school year. • The board voted “yes” on the realignment transfer proposal, the tie-breaker choice and for seven new schools to be accepted into the O-K Conference. • The Board of Education voted to nominate David McIntyre from WBCH, Jean Gallup from the Grand Rapids Press and J-Ad Graphics for the Michigan Association of School Boards’ Media Honor Roll in 2007. • The school improvement plan from 20072008 through 2010-2011 will be presented for approval at the Board of Education meeting Monday, June 18. • The proposed financial plan and suggestions for the system-wide areas of emphasis for 2007-2008 will be presented at the June 18 Board of Education meeting. • A new eighth grade math textbook will be presented for adoption at the June 18 Board of Education meeting. The textbooks are $55.47 each. • Lee Cooper, John Johnston, Edward Huss and April Morgan submitted their resignations. • Extended leaves of absence were granted to Pleasantview School third grade teacher Janice Cummins and Southeastern School custodian Stanley Stockham. Returns from leaves of absence were Robin StoepkerGirrbach from central purchasing/receiving and high school art teacher Andrea Storrs. Appointments were Markita Andrews to the CERC cardio/weight room, Erin and Katy Fluke and Nicole Jager as Community Education and Recreation Center lifeguards, and Douglas Sutton as a bus driver. Layoffs were middle school social studies teacher Matthew Armstrong, middle school special education teacher Alisa Gardner, high school agriscience and science teacher Jeremy Milarch, Central School third grade teacher Tricia Mosley, Central School fourth grade teacher Amy Oster, Southeastern School kindergarten teacher Kelly Peterson, high school world studies teacher Greer PutnamHaines, middle school counselor Elizabeth Sedgewick, Star School teacher third grade teacher Sarita Shetenhelm and Southeastern School second grade teacher Tera Zurface. TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on motion of the Township Board of the Township of Orangeville, as authorized by P.A. 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board proposes to make improvements to Pickerel Cove Road for asphalt paving within the Township, and to create a Special Assessment District for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefitted therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment District within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be constructed and within which a portion of the costs thereof are proposed to be specially assessed is more particularly described as Pickerel Cove Special Assessment No. 202. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received engineering plans showing the improvements, together with an estimate of costs in the approximate amount of $15,000.00; has placed the same on file with the Township Clerk; and has passed a Resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the aforementioned Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, estimate of costs and proposed Special Assessment District may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days from the date of this Notice, until and including the date of the public hearing, and may further be examined at said hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon said Plans, District and Estimate of Costs will be held at the Township Hall within the Township on June 5, 2007, commencing at 7 p.m. At the hearing, the Township Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with said Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and the Township Board may at the hearing (or any adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), revise, correct, amend, or change the Plans, Estimate of Costs or Special Assessment District. — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; or by calling (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 25, 2007. 77512327 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held May 22, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for City Council to hear comments and make a determination on the establishment of a final assessment roll for the North Taffee Drive Special Assessment District. The City will provide necessary reasonable aid and services to disabled persons wishing to attend these hearings upon seven days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Telephone 269/945-2468 or TDD call relay services 800/649-3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77512643 77508676 CITY OF HASTINGS 2006 Annual Water Quality Report CITY OF HASTINGS WATER QUALITY FOR 2006 Dear Customer: We are pleased to present a summary of the quality of the water provided to you during the past year. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that utilities issue an annual “Consumer Confidence” report to customers in addition to other notices that may be required by law. The City of Hastings vigilantly safeguards its water supplies and is proud to report that our system has never had a violation of maximum contaminant levels. This report is a snapshot of last year’s water quality. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, how it compares to EPA and State standards, and the risks our water testing and treatment are designed to prevent. We are committed to providing you with information because informed consumers are our best allies. WATER SYSTEM INFORMATION We encourage public interest and participation in our community’s decision affecting drinking water. Regular City Council meetings occur on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month in City Hall at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome. If you have any questions about this report or any other questions pertaining to the City of Hastings drinking water, please contact Verne Robins, City of Hastings Water Treatment Plant at 269-945-2331 or Tim Girrbach, City of Hastings DPS Director, at 269-945-2468. WATER SOURCE The City of Hastings is supplied by groundwater from 4 wells located within the City limits. Three of the four wells are in excess of 290 feet deep and supply a very good quality of water. The fourth well is somewhat shallower and is only used in emergencies. During the year 2006, the City of Hastings distributed 323 million gallons of water. This water was distributed not only to residential customers but also to industry located with the City of Hastings service area. The State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality performed an assessment of our source water in 2003 to determine the susceptibility or the relative potential of contamination. The susceptibility rating is on a six-tiered scale from “very-low” to “high” based primarily on geological sensitivity, water chemistry and contaminant sources. The susceptibility of our source is Very Low. A copy of the full report can be obtained by contacting the City of Hastings at 269-945-2468. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791). Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. The Environmental Protection Agency Centers for Disease Control EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Crypto-sporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals of from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: • Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. • Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. • Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. • Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and can, also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems. • Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water, which must provide the same protection for public health. WATER QUALITY DATA TABLE The following table lists the result of every regulated contaminant that we detected in your drinking water during the 2005 calendar year. The presence of these contaminants in the water does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. Unless otherwise noted, the data presented in this table is from testing performed from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. The State requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year. Some of the data, though representative of the water quality is more than one year old. The table contains the name of each substance, the highest level allowed by regulation (MCL); the ideal goals for public health, the amount detected, the usual sources of such contamination, footnotes explaining our findings, and a key to units of measurement. KEY DEFINITIONS Maximum Contaminant Level or MCL: The highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLG as feasible using the best available treatment technology. Maximum Contaminant Level Goal or MCLG: The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. Action Level or AL: The concentration of a contaminant, which, if exceeded, triggers treatment, or other requirements, which a water system must follow. MRDL: Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level: The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants. MRDLG: Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal: The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants ppm: parts per million, or mg/l: milligrams per liter; pCi/l: picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity); ppb: parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (ug/l); ND: Non Detectable: NA: Not Applicable: HRAA: Highest Running Annual Average. Inorganic Contaminants Hastings Water (Hastings Level Detected) MCL (Highest Level Allowed) MCLG (EPA Goal) MCL Violations Sample Date Sources of Contaminant Fluoride (ppm) 0.94 4 4 0 2006 Water additive which promotes strong teeth Metal Contaminants Barium (ppm) 0.068 2 N/A 0 2001 Naturally present in environment Selenium (ppm) 0.001 0.05 N/A 0 2001 Naturally present in environment Bromodichlorometha ne (mg/L) 0.0027 0.080 N/A 0 2006 Organic chemical compounds Chlorodibromometha ne (mg/L) 0.0009 0.080 N/A 0 2006 Organic chemical compounds Chloroform (mg/L) 0.0062 0.080 N/A 0 2006 Organic chemical compounds Total Coliform No Positive One Positive Bacteria Samples per Month 0 0 Monthly Naturally present in enivronment Regulated in Distribution System HRAA and Range MRDL MRDLG Chlorine (ppm) HRAA 0.57 Range 0 - 1.2 4.0 4.0 0 Daily Water additive for Disinfection purposes Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) (mg/l) 0.0028 0.080 NA 0 2004 By-product of drinking water chlorination. Haloacetic Acids (HAA5’s) (Mg/l) ND 0.06 NA 0 2004 By-product of drinking water chlorination. Ccopper/Lead Contaminants** 90th Percentile Value AL (Action Level) Number of sites exeeding AL Sample Date Sources of Contaminant 15 0 sites above AL out of 20 sites sampled 0 2005 Corrosion of housheold plumbing systems 0 2005 Corrosion of household plumbing systems Organic Compounds Microbial Contaminants PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board, at or before the hearing, signed by record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area in the proposed Special Assessment District, then the Township Board may not proceed unless Petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into the Special Assessment District are filed with the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the Special Assessment, it will cause a Special Assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77512638 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 Lead (ppb) 4 Copper (ppb) 650 1300 0 sites above AL out of 20 sites sampled Unregualted Contaminants Highest Level Detected MCL MCLG (EPA Goal Sample Date Sourrcces of Contaminant Sodium (mg/L) 12 Unregulated NA 2006 Naturally present in environment Chloride (mg/L) 6 Unregulated N/A 2006 Naturally present in environment Hardness as CaCO3 263 Unregulated N/A 2006 Naturally present in environment Sulfate (mg/L) 11 Unregulated N/A 2006 Naturally present in environment • High concentration of Hardness, Sodium & Sulfate were found in well 2. This well is only used in emergencies. • **Regulated at Customer Tap • Unregulated contaminants are those for which EPA has not established drinking water standards. Monitoring helps EPA to determine where these contaminants occur and whether it needs to regulate those contaminants. 77512679 �Page 14 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER at 945-9554 Estate Sale Household Real Estate ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 BED- A BRAND new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $112. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. HASTINGS, MIDDLE LAKE. Gorgeous lakefront property. Best view of the lake. Nice 2 bedroom year round mobile home with large carport, dock, storage building and seawall. Possibler land contract terms. $112,900. (269)945-1858 or (616)890-2531. For more information and pictures visit www.webspawner.com/use rs/jdwillson/index.html Antiques In Memoriam ALLEGAN ANTIQUE MARKET - Sunday, May 27. 400 Exhibitors. Rain or Shine. 7:30am to 4:00pm, located at the Fairgrounds, Allegan Mich. $4 admission. www.alleganantiques.com IN LOVING MEMORY of John Cuddahee 3-11-1935 to 5-24-2000 It’s hard to think you left us seven years ago this May. So many things have happened and changed since that day. Your grandchildren have grown so much, you’d be surprised and so very proud of them. You have now been joined by mom and grandma. We know you are looking over us and will continue to do so. We love and miss you so much, dad! Until we meet once again. Love always and forever Brian & Brenda, Brenda Gale, Cathy, Felicia, Glen, Jeremy, Andrew, Dylan For Rent EMERSON MANOR APTS. in Lake Odessa HAS IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR 1 & 2 BEDROOM APARTMENTS. This is a senior community for persons 62 years of age or older, or handicapped and/or disabled of any age, with or without children. For further information please contact BECKY 616-374-7380. Barrier Free, EHO, TDD 1-800-6493777. Garage Sale 2 FREE GARAGE SALE signs with your ad that runs in any of our papers. Get them at J-Ad Graphics, 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. At the front counter. GARAGE SALE: 11711 Bowens Mill Road, between Briggs and Payne Lake Rd. Antique furniture, dishes, sailboat, TV, clothes, bikes, wood stove, and household goods. May 25th, 26th, 27th from 9-6. HUGE SALE, 740 E. Sisson Road. Very nice children’s clothing (Mudd, AE, Old Navy), homeschool books, toys, something for everyone. May 25th and 26th, 8:30am-5:30pm. No early sales! National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Household BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $179. (616)949-2683. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $595. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 TREE TRIMMING & removals. Lot clearing, 20% senior discount. Call Greenleaf Tree Service (269)948-9813, (269)838-8394. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: Looking for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. $43,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. HOME FOR SALE by Owner: 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on country lot, 4 miles from town. House payment less than $500/month including taxes & insurance. Compare to local rental prices! Call Cindy (269)945-0538. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Jobs Wanted GENERAL HOUSE KEEPING. Call Misty at (269)4204627 Help Wanted DRIVER - $$$$$$$$$$$$$ $1,500 Sign-on bonus *Guaranteed $850/wk min *Midwest - no East cst CDLA + year OTR req. Call 1-800-851-8651 kbtransportation.com DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 WANTED IN HASTINGS area: person to do garden, yardwork and miscellaneous. Able to work independently. Should be a self starter and trustworthy. State experience, list references and salary expectations, 10-20 hours per week. Send to: Ad #115, c/o Hastings Reminder, 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058. Farm 3PT. POST HOLE digger (never used), $300; John Deere 8’ Disc, $100; 10’ Bunk Feeder, $50. (269)795-9697 FORD 8N w/front end loader, $3,000. (269)623-5072 Community Notices PUBLIC AUCTION: THURSDAY, May 31, 2007 beginning at 10:00am. JR’s Captain’s Table - 1310 W. Washington (M57) - Greenville, MI. Consisting of a large quantity of restaurant equipment, over 3,000 dishes, over 3,000 pieces of silverware, 570 upholstered stacking chairs, 33 booths, 100’s of stainless steel pans, and large quantity of equipment usually found in large restaurants. Plus 430 pairs of roller skates, 100 mirrors, Arcade games, 120 lockers, sound and entertainment equipment. This is a large auction. Also being offered is the building known as THE CASTLE subject to negotiation. Inspection Wednesday, May 30th, from 10am-4pm, and morning of sale at 9am. Free circular. Call 1-800-489-5938 or see complete listing on the web at kleimanauctioneers.com POLICE BEAT Suspects of vehicle thefts caught with goods TK student charged with making Internet threats A rash of vehicle break-ins came to the attention of Hastings City Police May 16, resulting in a number of items being stolen. The first two reports were in the 700 and 800 blocks of Hillcrest where loose change was taken. The third vehicle had reported a stolen cell phone and a pellet gun. Later in the evening, two suspects were approached by Hastings Police after a call of two suspicious individuals walking in the area. These two individuals had in their possession the stolen cell phone, the pellet gun and a significant amount of change. The two suspects were taken into custody, charged with breaking and entering of motor vehicles and lodged in the Barry County Jail. A Thornapple Kellogg Middle School student is facing charges of making threats over the Internet and may face expulsion as well. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies were notified May 11 that a number of students had received an Internet message in which the student threatened to come to school with a weapon and shoot two specific students. When confronted with the report, the student admitted sending the message, but insisted it was a joke. Six students were questioned by deputies and gave written reports to the investigating officers. The report has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review and the names of the students are being withheld because they are juveniles. Hastings Police catch suspects in the act Middleville student’s car vandalized at school Two individuals were arrested May 20 after Hastings Police responded to a call to East Center and South Church streets to answer a report of a male subject who said his vehicle was broken into and items were stolen. The suspects were still on the scene when the police arrived and objects from the motor vehicle larceny were recovered, as well as a quantity of marijuana and alcohol. The suspects were placed under arrest on charges of larceny from a motor vehicle, possession of marijuana and minors in possession of alcohol. They were lodged in the Barry County Jail, awaiting arraignment. A Thornapple Kellogg High School student reported her car was “keyed” on May 8, causing more than $1,000 in damage, according to an insurance estimate. The student said she parked her car in the school parking lot in the morning and discovered damage to both the passenger side and the driver’s side when she exited the school at approximately 2:30 p.m. No suspects have been identified in the incident and the investigation remains open. Two suspects have been arrested and are awaiting arraignment on charges of attempting to steal a coin changing machine in Middleville May 22. Barry County dispatch was notified by witnesses who observed the suspects attempting to break the coin changer off a wall, and an alert was immediately dispatched. Kent County Sheriff’s deputies located the suspected vehicle at 76th and Division streets, and the suspects were taken into custody. They were transported to the Barry County Jail. side a store on Gun Lake waiting for it to open. The girl, who was discovered sitting in front of the store at approximately 2:30 a.m. playing a game, told a Barry County Sheriff’s deputy she had been instructed by her mother to go to the store to get a snack for school. When the deputy returned the little girl to her home, her parents and siblings were asleep and surprised to find the girl had left the residence. At that time, the juvenile admitted to deputies she had lied about receiving permission to leave. The report was turned over to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department for review. Child lied about permission Middleville coin thieves captured to leave home at 2 a.m. in cooperative investigation A 10 year old girl who left her home in Wayland Township in the early morning hours of May 15 was found sitting out- Sheriff’s Dept. to step up patrols Attempt to distribute cocaine after Thornapple Twp. thefts thwarted by Sheriff’s Deputy A number of items have been stolen from trailers in Thornapple Township on May 18. The items included lawn chairs, statues, lamp bulbs and other miscellaneous items valued at approximately $100 total. The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is stepping up patrols in that area. EMS unable to save Carlton Township infant Emergency Medical Services and the Barry County Sheriff’s Department were not able to save the life of a two month old child in Carlton township when the parent of the infant reported the baby had stopped breathing. Although EMS and the Sheriff’s Department responded immediately upon receiving the 911 dispatch message, the infant was pronounced dead upon transport to the Pennock Hospital Emergency Room. A parent of the infant said he had put the child to bed and checked back within 10 to 15 minutes and found the child blue and unresponsive. He immediately called 911 and was given instructions by the Barry County 911 Dispatcher on how to perform CPR until EMS could arrive on the scene. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies were advised May 15 that residents in a home in Middleville were in possession of cocaine and planned to sell it on the street. A Sheriff’s deputy setup surveillance on the residence and when two vehicles exited the premises, one was stopped and searched. The deputy discovered two baggies containing cocaine and a digital scale. The driver admitted to the deputy she was going to sell the cocaine to make money. The female, whose name is being withheld pending review by the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office, was lodged in the Barry County Jail, and the vehicle she was driving was impounded. Valuable tree stolen Sometime between May 1-3, someone cut down a valuable black walnut tree on property in Irving township. The owner of the property told deputies he heard a saw, but did not investigate because he thought one of his neighbors was doing work on his adjacent property. 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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. COURT NEWS • Benjamin Russell Maple, 28, currently residing in the Perry Highway Correctional Facility in Adrian, was sentenced to serve a concurrent sentence of 24 months to 180 months in prison for his April 25 conviction in Barry County Circuit Court of criminal sexual conduct (3rd degree) with a person between the ages of 13 and 15. Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher also ordered Maple to pay court costs of $500. Maple was convicted of committing his crime over a period of time between September, 2001 and May, 2007. Keep yourself INFORMED! • Dennis Max Dally, 58, of Nashville, was sentenced May 17 by Judge Fisher to serve from 24 months to 240 months in prison for his April 25 conviction of home invasion. Dally was also ordered to pay court costs of $500. He was arrested in Assyria Township in November, 2006. Subscribe to The Hastings BANNER Call us at... 269-945-9554 • Otis Daniel Black Jr., 35, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced May 17 to serve concurrent sentences of 85 months to 240 months and 16 months to 24 months in prison for his May 3 conviction on charges of home invasion and attempted assault with a dangerous weapon. Black 77509092 was also ordered to pay restitution of $3,425.50. As part of his plea agreement, additional charges of two counts of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder and two counts of felonious assault were dropped. Black was arrested in Thornapple Township in December, 2006. • Tina Marie Hamilton, 28, of Nashville, was sentenced May 17 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months probation and 30 days in jail on each of three counts of larceny. Hamilton, an employee of a nursing home was convicted of stealing from three residents of the home from September 2005-06 in Hastings. Hamilton was also ordered by Judge Fisher to pay court costs of $250 for one count and $100 for each of the other two counts, restitution of $90 and a probation fee of $120. The balance of her jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of her probation. • Raymond James Carpenter, 26, of Delton, was sentenced May 10 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months probation and 54 days in jail for his April 25 conviction of assaulting a conservation officer and resisting and obstruction of an officer during the performance of his duty. Carpenter was also ordered to pay court costs of $500. • James Michael Fink, 54, of Delton, was sentenced May 16 to serve 12 months probation and 31 days in jail for his April 27 conviction of delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance. Fink will also have his driver’s license suspended for six months (restricted after 30 days) and pay court costs of $1,000, a fine of $500 and a probation fee of $240. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of his court assessments by May 29. Correction: Sixteen-year-old Hastings High School student Brian Rack was critically injured Tuesday, May 15, when the car in which he was riding left the roadway and rolled over, throwing him from the vehicle. Rack’s name was spelled incorrectly in a report in last week’s Police Beat section of the Banner. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 15 GOLDEN DEEDS, continued from page 1 his or her activities. Some of Coleman’s volunteer experience includes working with the Barry Community Foundation, acting as a Youth Advisory Council advisor, working in the Penn-Nook Gift Shop at Pennock Hospital, serving on the Rutland Township Zoning Board of Appeals and working on the Hastings Literacy Council. “I don’t do it at all for the recognition,” she said. “I do it because I thoroughly enjoy it. It’s very, very rewarding. “I really think the biggest part of it is meeting different people and getting a feel for things that are needed in the community,” said Coleman. “So much of volunteering is the different things I have learned, and the skills I have developed from volunteering.” Coleman said many people do not realize the importance of volunteer work. She said volunteering is “just as important as having a paying job, if not more [important].” She said her most rewarding experience has been working with the Barry Community Foundation. “Getting that started and seeing what a tremendous difference it’s made in the community” has been her favorite part of working with the organization. Coleman said her family has forgiven her late dinners and forgotten trips to the store and has always been very supportive of her volunteer work. She said her husband and both of her children are also involved with volunteer work themselves as well. In addition to being recognized at the luncheon, the Book of Golden Deeds recipient has historically been honored with being Jerin Voshell earned a first at state in the mechanical drawing division Grand Ledge Mayor Sheila Deming (left) and Hastings Mayor Bob May stand with “Mayor for the Day” Donna Brown. Brown won the bid for Mayor for the Day during a Green Gables Haven fundraiser earlier this year. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) the grand marshal of the Hastings Summerfest parade in August. The Exchange Club is a national service organization whose volunteers seek to better Margaret Coleman (left) receives the Book of Golden Deeds from Exchange Club President Marjorie Haas. 77512581 their community through service to others. Dr. Tom Hoffman, of the Exchange Club, welcomed attendants to the luncheon, as well as closed it. Before the Book of Golden Deeds was presented, Hastings Mayor Bob May and Mayor for the Day Donna Brown talked about Mayor Exchange Day. Brown was the high bidder for her Mayor of the Day position at a benefit for Green Gables Haven earlier this year. Hastings Charter Township Supervisor Jim Brown talked about his company U.S.A. Recycle and the importance of energy efficiency. Dr. Calvin Smith, council member from Grand Ledge, talked to the Rotary, Lions, Exchange and Kiwanis clubs about Grand Ledge and some of the similarities between that city and Hastings. Grand Ledge Mayor Sheila Deming was unable to make it to the lunch, but attended some events in Hastings earlier in the day and hosted Hastings officials Wednesday in Grand Ledge. Some Hastings events on Mayor Exchange Day included a tour of the new library, a trolley ride, a tour of the Viking Corp., a tour of downtown and dinner at the County Seat. Some events in Grand Ledge included a tour of downtown, lunch with the Rotary Club, a river boat ride, a bus tour and a reception at the mayor’s home. Two Hastings students 1st in state MITES Chelsea LaJoye and Jerin Voshell took a first place in the Michigan Industrial & Technical Education Society (MITES) state competition. Fifty students entered regional level competition, with 27 moving on to state competition with first through fourth place awards. Out of the 27 who went on to state, 17 placed in the top ten and six placed in the top three. LaJoye and Voshell earned a first at state in the mechanical drawing division, Scott White and Brad Hayden took a third, Scott White and Amy Zwiernikowski took a fourth, Elliot Anderson took a seventh, Tom Newton was ninth and Tara Pennepacker and Jerin Voshell earned tenth place. At state competition in the architectural drawing division, Greg Heath took a third place, Tyler Kalmink took a fifth, Matt Lewis seventhe, Bradan King eighth, Eric Treadwell ninth and Brad Hayden tenth. Other students participating in contests include Nathan Burgett, Seth Mansfield, Khalen Laubaugh, Shawn Valentine, Jason Cook, Darrell Slaughter and Jason Heinrich. Some students participated in more than one division. Chelsea LaJoye �Page 16 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Don’t let Wal-Mart bully get its way IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Charlton Park Day is for everybody To the editor: This Saturday will be Charlton Park Day. The day will be a celebration of the extraordinary life of Irving Charlton and an open house, something of a “Grand Reopening” party for the park itself. The entire greater Barry County area is invited. Who should be there? If you voted "no" on the millage last fall, we know there was a reason you voted that way. Come on out and see if that reason might not still be valid. If you voted “yes” on the millage, come on out. We want to show our appreciation for your support. If you've never been to Charlton Park, come on out and get acquainted with the jewel of the county. If it's been some time since you've been to the park, come on out and see the changes. The park has never looked better. If you are a resident of Barry County, come on out. You'll get a sense of pride as part owner of this magnificent place. If you live elsewhere, come on out. It's well worth the drive. We are proud of our heritage, and we love to show off our treasure to visitors. If high gasoline prices have trimmed back your holiday travel plans, come on out and bring the family. With free admission, free food and drinks, live music and much more, family fun will never be more affordable. The kids might even learn something, and enjoy it. If you would like to have a say in the future of Charlton Park, come on out. Most of the County Commissioners will be there, as will the Charlton Park Board. You will even have an opportunity to say hello to State Representative Brian Calley. Access to your elected officials will never be easier. If you would like to volunteer some of your time and talent at Charlton Park, come on out. The park has so many places to show and use the talents and techniques of a bygone era. Volunteer opportunities abound for a wide range of interests. The park also has swimming, boating, hiking and picnicking available. What we offer is low-cost high-quality fun for all. Come on out. You’ll be glad you did, and we’ll be glad to see you. On behalf of the Charlton Park Board, the staff, and the volunteers. Kraig Leathers, Chairman Charlton Park Board Newsted family all about community To the editor: I would like to take the time to express my appreciation for a family in our town. Throughout the time I have lived in Hastings, I have continually witnessed Cathie Newsted giving to others in the community, whether in the way of delivering someone a meal, driving someone in need to where they need to go, or by using her artistic talents to create something for someone. She has shown this selflessness consistently throughout the years I have known her, even when she herself was going through difficult times. She spent many hours organizing the creation of the mural at Northeastern School to honor the late Principal Mary Youngs. This beautiful mural that every student from Northeastern contributed their talent to create is a daily reminder to the students, staff, and parents of what Mary meant to us at Northeastern. Upon the loss of Laura Dickinson, Cathie gave another lasting gift to the community. On display at the Coffeehouse is a mural Cathie created of some of the best of Laura's photographs. Cathie's days are filled with these types of contributions to the community. Her husband Tim's gift to his students and everyone else is his accepting nature and ability to look for the best in everyone. He truly loves all of his students and deeply honors his friendships. The exposure Tim gives his students each year to a unit on famous black Americans shows a commendable attempt to instill a yearning for equality in our children and should be an applauded by us all. The Newsteds’ talented son Michael is a constant inspiration to everyone in town with his heart of gold and positive attitude toward life. I am grateful to the Newsted family for the positive impact they have had on my life and on our community. Todd Willard, Hastings Motorcycle rider injured Personnel from Mercy Ambulance administer care to a motorcycle rider who was injured in an accident Wednesday shortly before noon at the intersection of Woodlawn and Broadway in Hastings. The injured cyclist was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment. (Photo by Shawna Hubbarth) A U C T I O N E E R —AUCTIONEERS— KENDALL TOBIAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hastings 945-5016 FRED and CHARLENE LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delton 623-3637 VINCENT VERDUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assisting Auctioneer OREAL ESTATE/PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTIONO THURS., JUNE 14 at 3:00 P.M. PERSONAL PROPERTY BEGINS AT 3:00 P.M. DAY OF AUCTION REAL ESTATE OFFERED AT 6:00 P.M DAY OF AUCTION. LOCATION: From Hastings, take M-37 south approx. 14 miles to Bristol Road, east (left) approx. 1 mile to Willow Cove Drive, left to auction at 11488 Willow Cove Drive. To the editor, Every Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the American men and women who have died in combat. With speeches and solemn ceremonies, we recognize their courage and valor. But one fact goes unacknowledged in our Memorial Day tributes: All too many of our soldiers have died unnecessarily — because they were sent to fight for a purpose other than America's freedom. The proper purpose of a government is to protect its citizens' lives and freedom against the initiation of force by criminals at home and aggressors abroad. The American government has a sacred responsibility to recognize the individual value of every one of its citizens' lives, and thus to do everything possible to protect the rights of each to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness. This absolutely includes our soldiers. Soldiers are not sacrificial objects; they are full-fledged Americans with the same moral right as the rest of us to the pursuit of their own goals, their own dreams, their own happiness. Rational soldiers enjoy much of the work of military service, take pride in their ability to do it superlatively, and gain profound satisfaction in protecting the freedom of every American, including their own freedom. Soldiers know that in entering the military, they are risking their lives in the event of war. But this risk is not, as it is often described, a "sacrifice" for a "higher cause." When there is a true threat to America, it is a threat to all of our lives and loved ones, soldiers included. Many become soldiers for precisely this reason; it was, for instance, the realization of the threat of Islamic terrorism after September 11 — when 3,000 innocent Americans were slaughtered in cold blood on a random Tuesday morning--that prompted so many to join the military. For an American soldier, to fight for freedom is not to fight for a "higher cause," separate from or superior to his own life — it is to fight for his own life and happiness. He is willing to risk his life in time of war because he is unwilling to live as anything other than a free man. He does not want or expect to die, but he would rather die than live in slavery or perpetual fear. His attitude is epitomized by the words of John Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier in the Revolutionary War: "Live free or die." What we owe these men who fight so bravely for their and our freedom is to send them to war only when that freedom is truly threatened, and to make every effort to protect their lives during war — by providing them Con gratulations Congratulations Justin Jus tinWaters Waters 01545542 sent them. The local folks pay them, and the local folks will pay for any legal action which may result from a favorable decision by their board. It is not a valid position for an elected public official to say, "We may be able to accomplish what it is you, who elected us, are asking, but then we may well get sued and may well lose." So, capitulate rather than take a chance on losing a fight to enforce the will of the folks who elected you? If nothing else, should such a loss come about, it would demonstrate quite clearly what the bullies of the Wal-Mart Corporation are all about. Keep in mind also that there is and excellent chance that if you deny this endeavor properly, we will not lose. Our courts have no wish to go against the will of the public they serve either. As to the danger of being sued, let's also weigh that against the dangers of tying up the only route for our ambulances to get to our hospital. Weigh it against a Green Street that looks like a California freeway at rush hour — those folks who bought and care for their property along Green Street don't deserve that. Weigh it against the likelihood of abandoning large portions of the lovely downtown district of one of America's nicest small cities. Weigh it against local family businesses closing, with the attendant loss of income, and employees of those businesses looking for work. Weigh it against being able to purchase what Walmart deigns to offer and having to drive to Grand Rapids for things they decide are inconvenient to stock. Wal-Mart at Charlotte and Felpausch at Hastings both discontinued handling low sodium Campbel’s Tomato Juice. Wal-Mart told me, "We don't carry that any more. Sorry!" Felpausch told me, "We'll have it for you in three days and we'll keep ordering it for you. How much do you want?" I would like the decision makers to remember this also. Keep it firmly in mind and think hard on it. Wal-Mart already has the largest store, by far, in the Rutland Township, Hastings area. It already employs a large number of people — some local. We have lived with this and the combination of stores in the area seem to complement each other and fill our needs nicely. So why does Wal-Mart want to build a superstore? Nobody believes that the WalMart employees and store managers are bad people. They surely are not. One must conclude, however, that corporate management are bullies. Win or lose, let's not bow and pay homage to the bullies. William Voigt, Hastings Soldiers aren’t meant to be sacrificed HOUSE WANTED: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, rural Middleville area, 1 acre or more, basement a plus. $90-140K. Please No Realtors! (989) 435-9078 02670809 Large beautiful 2 bedroom home on Bristol Lake with great view of the lake. Home has 3 car garage, 1 stall used as workshop. Must see this home and property to appreciate. Great opportunity to purchase lake property with a beautiful home. Large 1 1/2 acre lot w/approx. 240 ft. lake frontage and approx. 300 ft. deep. OPEN HOUSES: Sun., May 27 from 2:30 - 5:30 pm; Memorial Day - Mon., May 28 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.; Sun., June 3 from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. & Sun., June 10 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. • 10% Deposit (non-refundable) required day of auction • Real estate sells “As-Is” - closing in 30 days • David Tripp, Attorney, Hastings MANY LAKE RELATED ITEMS AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TO BE SOLD DAY OF AUCTION - WATCH FOR LISTING Michael & Sandy Thomas - Owners 1-269-945-5016 To the editor: It appears that the question of building a Wal-Mart superstore in our community is far from settled. For a time, it appeared that Rutland Township had heard the voice of the vast majority and decided against the project. I would like to make one more plea for reason before the township bows to “the inevitability” of the monstrous store and capitulates once and for all. Wal-Mart is indeed a giant corporation, and the resources, financial and legal, it can put into a battle to assert its corporate will are certainly daunting. I believe the township attorney was quoted in a recent article as saying something to the effect that, should the Township Board take certain action detrimental to Wal-Mart's plans, the corporation would smile and sue. My friends, it costs just a few dollars to sue. Virtually anyone can for anything. The point is, will they win? And, if it appears that they might, or even will, win, is that a reason to trash small government's one golden tenet --- majority rules? For a plethora of excellent reasons, some practical and some aesthetic, the large majority of local residents want no part of a WalMart superstore in the immediate Hastings area. Those deciding this issue for the local folks are elected by the local folks to repre- On your graduation from the Medical College of Ohio. Good Luck on your residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI There will be an OPEN HOUSE June 9th, 2007 from 2-4pm at Johnstown Fire Station on M-37 South. Lots of Love, Aunt Julie, Uncle Al, Grandma & Grandpa, Mom & Dad, Lucas & Meredith with the most advantageous weapons, training, strategy and tactics possible. Shamefully, America has repeatedly failed to meet this obligation. It has repeatedly placed soldiers in harm's way when no threat to America existed — e.g., to quell tribal conflicts in Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. America entered World War I, in which 115,000 soldiers died, with no clear selfdefense purpose but rather on the vague, selfsacrificial grounds that "The world must be made safe for democracy." America's involvement in Vietnam, in which 56,000 Americans died in a fiasco that American officials openly declared a "no-win" war, was justified primarily in the name of service to the South Vietnamese. And the current war in Iraq — which could have had a valid purpose as a first step in ousting the terrorist-sponsoring, anti-American regimes of the Middle East — is responsible for thousands of unnecessary American deaths in pursuit of the sacrificial goal of "civilizing" Iraq by enabling Iraqis to select any government they wish, no matter how anti-American. In addition to being sent on ill-conceived, "humanitarian" missions, our soldiers have been compromised with crippling rules of engagement that place the lives of civilians in enemy territory above their own. In Afghanistan we refused to bomb many top leaders out of their hideouts for fear of civilian casualties; these men continue to kill American soldiers. In Iraq, our hamstrung soldiers are not allowed to smash a militarily SOFTBALL STANDINGS Freeport Co-Ed Slowpitch Friday Night Freeport Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Jackson Dirt Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Hastings Ortho./Northside . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Bruce’s Frame & Alignment . . . . . . . .2-0 Michigan General Grinding . . . . . . . . .1-1 Pennock Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-2 Varney Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 Blarney Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 puny insurgency — and instead must suffer an endless series of deaths by an undefeated enemy. To send soldiers into war without a clear self-defense purpose, and without providing them every possible protection, is a betrayal of their valor and a violation of their rights. This Memorial Day, we must call for a stop to the sacrifice of our soldiers and condemn all those who demand it. It is only by doing so that we can truly honor not only our dead, but also our living: American soldiers who have the courage to defend their freedom and ours. — (Alex Epstein is a junior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, Calif. The Institute promotes Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand--author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." SCMYB STANDINGS SCYMB U10 (Under 10 yrs old) Bosley Pharmacy/Viking Corp . . . . .6-0-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . . .5-0-0 Hastings Car Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3-0 Applebees/All Star Pet Grooming . .2-4-0 Olson’s Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5-0 Mid-Michigan Group/Wilder’s Auto 0-5-0 U12 Carpenter Plumbing/Northside Pizza 8-1-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . . .4-1-0 Union Bank/Woodbury Grain . . . . . .4-1-0 First Rehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3-0 Thornapple Financial Center . . . . . . .1-3-0 Pennock Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5-0 Bleam Eavestroughing/Thornapple Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-6-0 U14 Hastings Elks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-0-0 Ed’s Body Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1-0 Trademark Realty/AIS . . . . . . . . . . .5-2-0 Katz Roofing and Siding Inc. . . . . . .5-2-0 Masselink Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6-0 Hastings Family Dental Care . . . . . .0-7-0 Panthers share third in the KVA Delton Kellogg’s varsity girls’ soccer team closed out the Kalamazoo Valley Association season last week with a winning conference record, 5-4. The Panthers defeated Parchment 3-1 in the final game of the KVA tournament Friday. The victory by Delton left the two teams tied for third place in the league behind Kalamazoo Christian and Hackett Catholic Central. Five minutes into the game Delton Kellogg’s Taylor Peavey popped in a shot from 25 yards out to give her team the lead. The Delton girls continued to press Parchment, and added a second goal on a penalty kick by Shelby Rouse with 28 minutes left in the first half. Parchment pulled within one goal midway through the first half on a goal by Jessica Oliver, but Lauren Knollenberg got that point back for Delton early in the second half as the DK girls came out roaring for the final 40 minutes. Kelsie Smith had the lone assist for Delton in the contest. Delton outshot Parchment on the night, 9-5. DK keeper Anna Goldsworthy made four saves. Parchment keeper Emily Smeed had six saves. Delton is now 6-10 overall this season. The win was sandwiched between a pair of tough 8-0 losses. Kalamazoo Christian topped the Panthers in the KVA tournament semifinals last Wednesday. Liz Myers had four goals to lead the Comets. Goldsworthy had 21 saves. Monday, Gull Lakewood downed Delton 8-0. Gull Lake had 18 shots on goal, with Ali Leder leading her team with three goals. Goldsworthy made ten saves in the loss. Delton Kellogg will be a part of the Division 3 district tournament hosted by Portland next week. The Panthers face the host Raiders in the opening round Tuesday at 5 p.m. The winner of that game will take on either Maple Valley or Otsego in the semifinals next Thursday. Pennfield and Hamilton meet in the other first round game next Tuesday, with the winner moving on to take on Lakewood in the semifinals. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 17 Maple Valley has a dozen state qualifying finishes by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Dani Christensen went faster than any Lion ever has Saturday, at least in the 300-meter low hurdles. Christensen qualified for the June 2 Division 3 state finals in three events, at the Lions’ Division 3 regional meet at Ovid-Elsie on Saturday. She was a part of two schoolrecord performances. Christensen set a new school-record in the 300-meter hurdles with her first-place time of 41.18 seconds. She also teamed with Lauren Pierce, Amy Tobias and Elizabeth Stewart for a second-place finish in the 800-meter relay with a school-record time of 1 minute 48.32 seconds. The Maple Valley girls had seven state qualifying performances in all, and the Lion boys five, at the regional meet. The top two in each event at the regional qualify for the state meet, along with any others who meet certain preset heights, times or distances. Christensen’s win in the 300 hurdles was one of two titles the Lion ladies captured on the day. Stacey Fassett won the pole vault by clearing 9 feet 6 inches. Williamston ran away with the girls’ team championship, piling up 167 points. The Lions were second with 88 followed by Perry 60, Chesaning 55, Lansing Catholic 51, Laingsburg 51, Stockbridge 41, St. Charles 32, Ithaca 30.50, Carson City-Crystal 22, Leslie 16, Ovid-Elsie 15.5, Portland 14, Lake Fenton 9, Byron 7 and Durand 3. Christensen also qualified for the state finals in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.13 seconds. Pierce matched Christensen’s three state qualifying performances, taking second in the long jump at 15-9.75 and anchoring the Lions’ 400-meter relay team that placed second in 51.50. Joining Pierce on the 400 relay team were Alisha Felmlee, Mallorie Densmore and Stewart. The other Lion state qualifier was Ashley Gonser, who was second in the discus with a throw of 98-9. Maple Valley’s boys will also be sending a pole vaulter, a hurdler, and two relay teams to the state finals. The Lion boys had two champions on the day. Nick Thurlby won the 300-meter hurdles in 40.66 and the Maple Valley 800-meter relay team won its race in 1:32.18. Maple Valley’s 1600-meter relay team finished second in its event, with a time of 3:32.54. Mike Hall who was fourth in the 3200meter run (10:01.73) and Kaleb Root who was fourth in the pole vault (12-9) were additional qualifiers for the state meet in their events. Maple Valley’s boys were tied for third overall with 65 points. Ovid-Elsie also had 65 points, behind Williamston (197) and Ithaca (76). Perry was fifth with a team score of 54.5, followed by Byron 46, Leslie 31, Lake Fenton 23, Carson City-Crystal 21, Lansing Catholic 21, Chesaning 17.50, Laingsburg 16, St. Charles 10, Portland 10, Stockbridge 5, and Durand 5. Williamston boys won four of the five field events, all four relays, and two other races to take the regional championship. The Hornets’ Daniel Hix had to settle for second-place finishes in both the 1600 and the 3200, behind Ovid-Elsie’s Maverick Darling. The Lions’ Jose Romero just missed out on qualifying for state in two individual events. He was fourth in the 100 with a time of 11.52 and fourth in the high jump at 5-11. Thurlby scored in two events, adding a fourth place finish in the 110-meter high hurdles in 16.00. Other scorers for the Lion boys team included Jeremy Riley who was sixth in the shot put (45-2.5), the fifth-place 800-meter relay team (8:37.64), the fifth-place 400meter relay team (45.65), and Charles Wymer who was eighth in the 200 (24.18). Pierce and Christensen both scored in a fourth event for the Maple Valley girls. Christensen was fifth in the shot put at 31-6 and Pierce fourth in the 200 in 27.45. The Lion ladies also got a fourth-place finish from Tobias in the 800 (2:30.44). Tobias teamed with Leslee Rigelman, Densmore and Stewart for the 1600-meter relay, and the Lion team finished fifth in 4:25.93. The Lions got sixth place finishes from Felmlee in the 100 hurdles (17.33) and Stewart in the 400 (1:02.53). Jessica Winegar was seventh for the Lions in the high jump (49) and seventh in the 300 hurdles (52.67). Vikings score victory in final seconds Lakewood captain Courtney Palmer clears the ball ahead during Friday’s non-conference clash with the Perry Ramblers. The Panthers scored three times in the first ten minutes, then added a fourth goal seconds before half-time for a 4-0 lead. DeWitt fired 10 shots at Chase and the Viking net in the first half. “We still manage to get two shots on their keeper, and keep control of the ball some what,” Gonzales said. DeWitt scored twice early in the second half, before the Lakewood defense made a stand and held the Panthers to one goal over the final 37 minutes. “At times against great teams we play great defense, which sometime generates some offense,” said Gonzales. “We have small mishaps which turn into big mistakes when we give up easy goals. Again I keep repeating this, but until we learn that little mistakes turn into big mistakes, or that they add up, we will struggle.” Janie O’Donnell stepped up and did a very good job at the sweeper position in the second half for the Vikings. Chase had nine saves for the night, and Lydy in relief had three saves. Friday, the Vikings wrap up the regular season at Ionia. Vikes allow just one run in taking Ionia County tourney Lakewood defended its title at the Ionia County Invitational Saturday, knocking off both the Ionia Bulldogs and Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks. The Vikings topped the Shamrocks in the championship game 5-0, behind the solid pitching of starter Brian Satterly and Caleb Yager in relief. “Our pitching is doing great for us, which I think is going to be our strong point for next year,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “We’ve got a great pitching staff we’re putting together right now, and we’ve just got to be able to get the defense behind them and the offense at the bats because our pitchers are doing the job for us. That’s a blessing, usually it’s the other way around.” Jesse Martin got the start in the 7-1 victory over Ionia to start the day. Isaiah Bosworth made his return to the mound for the Vikings in relief, then was relieved himself by Satterly. “It was a great turnaround for our kids, as far as communication and as far as working together,” Veitch said. “We didn’t have any errors in that game. We just played great ball.” That has the Vikings excited for the start of districts next week. Lakewood closed out action in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 last week, suffering a couple late losses. The Vikings were fifth in the final league standings. Lansing Catholic topped the Vikings twice on Thursday afternoon, 6-3 in each game. The Cougars scored the winning runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of game one, then took the lead for good in the top of the eighth in game two. Matt Schultz and Scott Schultz were both 2-3 in each of the two games against the Cougars. Scott hit a home run in the bottom of the eighth of game two. Lakewood is now 14-16 on the season. Saxons score 2-1 victory over Trojans by Brett Bremer Sports Editor An outstanding first half was enough for the Saxons to bump the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ soccer team from its position in second place in the O-K Gold Conference Monday. Hastings scored twice in the first half of the first half, and held on for a 2-1 victory. “I haven’t seen us play a whole entire half as solid as we did,” said Hastings head coach Sarah Derrico. “Both defensively and offensively everything was clicking. We were able to move the ball around the field instead of just playing kickball with Middleville. It was to the point that you could tell in the first 10 minutes that TK was frustrated. We were able to capitalize on that and find the net.” Sam VanDenack got the Saxons on the scoreboard first, taking a centering ball from teammate Alex deGoa and chipping it over the head of the Trojan keeper. Midway through the first half, VanDenack sent a corner kick sailing in front of the Thornapple Kellogg net. Dana Shilling got her head on it and found the back of the net for a 2-0 Saxon lead. “We went into the second half strong, but died off some,” Derrico said. “We fell into the ‘get the ball the heck out of the defensive zone as quick as possible mode’. In other words, the kick ball game. It didn’t end up pretty in the second half like the first half, but the job got done and I couldn’t be anything but proud of them. They came together for the entire game and backed each other up no matter where we needed the help on the field. It’s nice to finally see them come together.” Ellen Phillips scored the lone goal for the Trojans, converting on a penalty shot midway through the second half. Derrico credited her defense for its performance, not allowing a goal other than the PK against the Trojans. “We have struggled all season, but our defensive played amazing yesterday,” she said. “Molly Wallace, a senior, has been extremely tough at an outside back position for us with Ellie Devroy as our sweeper. Brittany Howell, the goalkeeper, made some key saves that kept us in the game. I couldn’t have asked for more from her.” The Saxons were slated to close the conference season at South Christian on Wednesday afternoon. Last Friday, Hastings fell to South Haven 4-2 in a non-conference contest. Last Wednesday, Hastings scored a 4-1 victory over the Wayland Wildcats. Wayland jumped on the scoreboard first, Saxon goalie Brittany Howell stretches high to get a looping Trojan shot, as teammate Breanna Girrbach (4) follows the play. (Photo by Perry Hardin) with a goal in the first 30 seconds of the game before Hastings started to battle back. “They definitely got us on our heels, and not ready to play, but we were able to pick it up and come back,” Derrico said. Ali Howell scored two goals for the Saxons, VanDenack had one. Ashley Maurer had a goal and an assist. Natalie Knorp was also credited with an assist. The Saxons thought that maybe they could have had a couple more goals as well. “We just weren't able to hit the net,” Derrico said. “Their goalkeeper made some nice saves which kept them in the game.” Call 945-9554 for Hastings Banner classified ads Hastings City Bank wishes Susie Shriber a Happy 100th Birthday! Thank you for choosing Hastings City Bank. 150 W. Court Street. • (269) 945-2401 HastingsCityBank.com 77512636 Next fall Perry and Lakewood will be in the same conference, and if Friday evening was any indication there should be some great battles to come on Unity Field. Lakewood senior Kelsie Thelen, nearing the end of her first season of varsity soccer, knocked in the game winning goal with 24 seconds left on the clock to give her team a 21 victory. The Vikings started their final charge and got the ball deep in Rambler territory. The ball deflected out off of Lakewood’s Whitney Holaski, to Thelen who had pushed up from her stopper position. Thelen let a shot fly that sailed over the Rambler keeper. The goal helped the Vikings improve their season record to 6-8-1, which is a new record for wins for the program. “We started out with not much fire, but maybe four days in a row and three days of three 80 minute games was too much for our young team,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales. Some way they found a way to win.” “What a story book ending for the night.” Lakewood may not have had much fire at the start, but the Vikings had enough fire power to take a 1-0 lead into the half. Holaski made a nice pass forward to teammate Kaitlin Seese, who hit a nice shot into the Rambler net with 14:06 left before the break. The second half was back and forth, with the Ramblers putting some more pressure on the Vikings. Lakewood outshot Perry in the first half 9-4, but the two teams each had five shots on goal in the second half. The Ramblers knotted the score with 7:46 left in the second half, as their sweeper stepped up into the offensive play and no Lakewood defender was able to mark her. The win was especially nice after suffering a pair of 7-0 defeats against highly ranked Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 foes to start the week. The Vikings traveled to Williamston Tuesday, to take on the Hornets who are ranked fourth in the state in Division 3. Bad weather forced the postponement of the game, and the two teams met back up in Williamston on Wednesday. Williamston’s first goal which came with 9:15 left in the opening half hurt, but not as much as the injury that took place on the play. The Hornets scored on a in-direct kick from just outside the top of the 18. Lakewood sweeper Christian Main got back and got her foot on the ball, but she went down hard and twisted her ankle as the ball made its way into the net. “From that point on we went from playing our best game of the year to maybe our biggest let down defensively,” Gonzales said. “We allowed goals in the first half three more times.” The Hornets led 4-0 at the break, then added three second half goals. The Vikings took the best the Hornets had to offer in the second half, but managed to avoid being sent home early. “Losing Christian Main seemed to affect our play on defense, but the team will need to learn that just because a key teammate goes out we need to have someone else step up to take their place,” Gonzales said. “All year long we keep learning little things that I believe in the long run will make us a better team. Just like losing to Williamston or a DeWitt or Haslett this will make us stronger in the end for districts.” Lakewood keeper Lacey Chase made 20 saves on the night, and Libby Lydy added three in relief of chase. The Vikings had to turn right around and host league leading DeWitt Thursday, which is ranked third in the state in Division 2. Hastings’ senior captains Dana Shilling (14) and Natalie Knorp (18) collide as Shilling gets her head on the ball for the Saxons’ second goal in a 2-1 victory over Thornapple Kellogg on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) ★ ★ �Page 18 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Tons of household hazardous waste collected by Brett Bremer Season switch takes some shine off the volleyball finals Residents started lining up before the start of the May 19 hazardous waste collection to make sure they could dispose of their tires safely. This time 1799 tires were dropped off for a small fee. Workers from D & L laboratories in Plainwell collected 19.609 pounds of waste. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Trucks and cars were lining up more than half an hour before the Barry County Household Hazardous Waste and tire collection began at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 19. There was a charge to dispose of tires, but 1,799 tires were collected. D & L Laboratory of Plainwell collected 19,609 pounds of hazardous waste. This included batteries, lead paints, drugs and mercury among other substances. There was also a collection of 600 gallons of used motor oil. The Hazardous Waste collection is sponsored by the Barry County Solid Waste Oversight Committee. The Barry Eaton District Health Department also had employees on the site. The collection was in a barn at the Barry Expo Center. Assistance was also provided by Waste Management. There were volunteers from the Middleville Clovers 4-H Club and Hastings High School, helping during the collection. The Hazardous Waste collections allow Barry County residents to keep homes and the environment safe by making sure material is safely disposed. One goal of the collection is stop the illegal dumping of oil. MEMORIAL DAY, continued from page 1 Playing “Taps” this year are members of the TKHS band, Andy Sweeney and Stephanie Wingeier. A formal ceremony will be held in the Mount Hope Cemetery at about 11 a.m. This year the Middleville United Methodist Church Youth willl be host for a pig roast on Memorial Day following the parade. Proceeds go to the youth mission trip and the stained glass window restoration at the church. The group will be serving dinner after the parade and takeout orders will be available. All are invited to participate in the Memorial Day observances. For more information about the parade, sponsored by the Middleville Lions Club, call Shelley McQueen at 795-7719. Lakewood area There will be many Memorial Day services in the Lakewood area next weekend. Sunfield’s service will be at the Sunfield United Brethren Church at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 27. The service will be conducted by the Daughters of the Union Veterans. The church is on M-43 west of Sunfield. Clarksville’s service is Monday, May 28, with lineup for the parade at 8:15 at Gateway Church and the parade starting at 8:45. Boys and girls in the community are encouraged to decorate their bicycles and wagons and join 77511262 in the parade. The service at the cemetery will be at 9 a.m. Dan Thompson from Grace Brethren will be the speaker. Woodland’s service will be at 10 a.m. in the cemetery on Velte Road south of M-43. Local historian Tom Niethamer will be the speaker. Lake Odessa’s service is planned for 11 a.m. in the cemetery on M-50 east of the village. A parade will follow at noon on Fourth Avenue. Caledonia The 61st consecutive Memorial Day parade in the village of Caledonia is scheduled for Monday, May 28. The current tradition started in 1946 when returning veterans of World War II gathered on Memorial Day to honor their comrades and all those who have worn the nation’s military uniform. The parade has always been sponsored by Caledonia American Legion Post #305 which was chartered in 1946 as well. Legion members once again will hold formal military ceremonies at five local cemeteries culminating with a parade down Main Street in Caledonia at noon on Memorial Day, May 28, 2007. The cemeteries where memorial services will be held at Alaska, 9 a.m.; Blaine, 9:45; Dutton, 10:30; Holy Corners,11:15; Caledonia, noon. Everyone is welcome to attend any of the ceremonies to honor veterans of all wars and military service. The main focus of the day will be the parade down Main Street in Caledonia, which then moves to Lakeside Cemetery for the formal program. The parade kicks off at noon and the formal ceremony begins as soon as everyone arrives at the cemetery. (12:30 p.m.) State Senator Mark Jansen will be guest speaker this year. The ceremony also will feature a formal flag folding, patriotic music provided by the Caledonia High School band, bag pipes, a military jet flyover and the Legion color guard and firing squad. All residents, veterans and friends are invited and encouraged to attend. Hickory Corners The Hickory Corners Fire Club is looking for area adults an children to take part in the community’s annual Memorial Day parade Monday, May 28. The parade will start at 10 a.m. at Cadwaller Park, west of town. It will proceed east through Hickory Corners Cemetery, where memorial services will be conducted by the American Legion Post #484. The event also will feature light refreshments and a flyover. Individuals, groups or clubs who wish to participate in the parade may call Chris Reed at (269) 721-3299. One of the first casualties of the high school season switch was announced early this month by the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). The state semifinals and finals for girls’ volleyball are moving from University Arena on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo to Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Back in March after the Lakewood Vikings’ Class B state quarterfinal victory over Yale, I asked Lakewood senior Lacey Chase how bad she had wanted to see her team make it to the state semifinals. She didn’t talk right away about all the work her and her teammates put in, or dreams about winning state championships. She talked about University Arena. “So bad,” Chase said referring to how much she wanted to reach the championship round. “My sister played there the last time (Lakewood went to the semi’s). I thought, I want to play here so bad. I was in the seventh grade. This place is so sweet.” The volleyball finals weren’t always in University Arena. In fact the finals have only been played there since 1996. The semifinals followed in 1997. According to an MHSAA press release, “In the 11-year span in which University Arena hosted the Semifinals and Finals of the tournament, the annual attendance grew from approximately 7,000 spectators to nearly 10,000.” Kellogg Arena can hold 4,675 fans in a volleyball configuration. The capacity at University Arena is 5,421. I don’t know that there was ever a sell-out at University Arena, but if the tournament keeps growing will there be space? I’m sure there will. But Kellogg Arena doesn’t inspire the kind of awe that stepping out onto the floor at University Arena would, with the giant Bronco head sprawling out across the floor. And I’m a Chippewa. We hate Broncos, right? The finals are supposed to be spectacular. Kellogg Arena does a fine job with the team state wrestling finals. The cozy confines and the white mats provide a fine atmosphere, but it doesn’t quite match that of the individual finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills. When you’re in high school and you’re competing at the Palace, you know its special. There have to be thousands of open spaces where the state cross country finals could be held, but they’re at Michigan International Speedway. The guys’ basketball teams have to be a little more hyped when their regional games are at Grand Valley State University, than when they’re at Caledonia. Although, there probably aren’t too many Division 2 college gyms as nice as the gym in Caledonia’s new high school. So why no more finals in Kalamazoo? That has to be a busy time in the Bronco gym. The women’s Division 1 volleyball regular season is just wrapping up in mid-November. Men’s and women’s basketball teams start playing their first games in early November. When the high school finals were in mid-March, the Bronco men’s and women’s basketball teams are headed into post-season tournament action. The college volleyball season had been over for months. Didn’t the girls’ basketball finals move from Rose Arena in Mount Pleasant on the campus of Central Michigan University to Michigan State’s Breslin Center because Rose Arena wasn’t spectacular enough? Going from University Arena to Kellogg Arena seems like a step down. Besides, Battle Creek already gets to host the team wrestling duals and baseball and softball finals. “Battle Creek has always been a great host for MHSAA Tournaments, and in Kellogg Arena becoming the new site for the Girls Volleyball Semifinals and Finals, we also are able to maintain a tradition of having the tournament played in Southwestern Michigan,” said John E. “ Jack” Roberts, executive director of the MHSAA. Plus, the MHSAA press release added that Kellogg Arena “is part of the McCamly Square complex which includes the 239-room McCamly Plaza Hotel and McCamly Place, an indoor plaza that links the hotel with Kellogg Arena and an atrium mall that boasts unique shops and national brand eateries. There is a 763-car parking ramp attached to the facility, and there are over 1,500 spaces available in a two-block area.” University Arena only offers the chance to play in an arena built for volleyball and basketball that is home to Division 1 college student-athletes. Good luck finding a parking spot within two-blocks of both University Arena and an Orange Julius shop on the WMU campus. Viking softball scores two wins at its own invitational Lakewood’s varsity softball team finished third out of eight teams at its own invitational Saturday. The Vikings’ only loss was by the score of 8-7 against Sparta. Lakewood earned wins over Belding and Forest Hills Eastern on the day. Melanie Forman pitched all 21 innings on the day, and earned both wins. The entire Viking offense hit the ball well. Natalie O’Rielly and Courtnay Thomason triples and a line-drive single to left field by Jessica Whitaker. The Vikings are now 17-16 on the season, with a double header at Maple Valley scheduled for Wednesday. Lakewood closes the regular season at home next Tuesday against Lansing Eastern. Lakewood closed the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 season at Lansing Catholic Thursday, scoring a pair of victories 5-1 and 6-3. Forman pitched the Vikings to victory in both games, and also had three hits including a double and scored two runs. Lyndzy Curry had two hits and scored a run. Briana Bosworth had two hits and scored two runs. Chelsey Dow, O’Rielly, Rachel Tryon, Sylvia Welch and Mallorie Brodbeck had one hit each. Brodbeck also helped Chelsea Bickford score a run by forcing the Cougars to chase her around the base paths at one point. Lowell topped the Vikings 6-4 at Lakewood last Wednesday night. Forman was 2-33, scored a run and had two RBI’s. Curry, Bosworth, Dow, O’Rielly, Bickford and Welch had one hit each for the Vikings. Lakewood drew a bye to start the Class B district tournament which they are hosting, and will take on either Eaton Rapids or Lansing Waverly in the district semifinals next Saturday, June 2, at Lakewood. Hastings and Charlotte meet in the first district semifinal contest that day, beginning at 10 a.m. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 19 Lakewood will send four to the Division 2 finals Lakewood’s Megan Holaski pushes herself up and over the bar at 8 feet Friday during the Division 2 regional meet at Charlotte High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) meter intermediate hurdles (39.32) and the 110-meter high hurdles (14.55). Gonzales earned his state finals trip by placing second to Andersen in 15.07 seconds. Lakewood’s boys also picked up points from Dan Schasser’s sixth place finish in the 1600 in 4:45.07, and 3200-meter relay team of Miguel Martinez, Jason Sterkenburg, Casey Beglin and Schasser which was seventh in 8:55.36. Lakewood’s girls’ 3200-meter relay team of Brittany Raffler, Jessika Blackport, Kelley Daniels and Ashley Pifer set a new schoolrecord with its time of 10:08.74. That placed them fifth in the tough girls’ field. As a team, Lakewood was 11th with 31 points. Battle Creek Lakeview won the girls’ meet with 99 points. East Lansing was second with 86.5, followed by Haslett 74.5, Lansing Waverly 63, DeWitt 47, Coldwater 45, Marshall 41, Eaton Rapids 38, Charlotte 33.5, Parma Western 33, Lakewood 31, Ionia 24, Harper Creek 18, St. Johns 18, Mason 8.5, and Pennfield 3. Joostberns topped Eaton Rapids’ senior Tiffany Cupp by more than a foot to take the discus championship. Joostberns’ top throw flew 115-6. Lakewood also got an eighth place finish in the discus from Sara Jemison with a toss of 103-5. Joostberns was happy to advance to the state finals in the discus, but was very disappointed not to be returning to state in the high jump as well. She tied for eighth in the event at 4-9, missing all three attempts at 4-11 for the first time this year. Teammate Jacqie Collins tied for fourth in the high jump, clearing 4-9 in one fewer attempt. Collins also placed seventh in the 100 hurdles with a personal record time of 16.82. The Vikings were solid in the field events, as teammates Jessi Monroe and Megan Holaski also tied for fifth in the pole vault at 8-0. Lakewood’s ladies also got points from a seventh place finish by Blackport in the 1600meter run with a personal best time of 5:29.49, and from the team’s 400-meter and 1600-meter relay teams. Pifer, Amanda Briggs, Brittany Raffler and Alexis Brodbeck took eighth in the 1600-meter relay with a time of 4:22.38. Brodbeck, Collins, Cheryl Spitzley and Holaski placed eighth in the 400meter relay in 53.83. Lakewood’s final CAAC-3 dual of the season, last week Tuesday at home with Lansing Catholic, was brought to an end with a few events still remaining, because of the weather. Lansing Catholic’s boys had already piled up 68 points, and needed just one more for a victory. Lakewood conceded the win. The girls’ meet was decided to be a draw. DK scores 26 runs to take two games from the Valley by Brett Bremer Sports Editor After a busy spring, the Delton Kellogg’s varsity baseball team got some time off at the end of last week and it suited the Panthers just fine. Last Thursday’s contest that was planned with Harper Creek was canceled because the Beavers had to work on making up league contests. Saturday at Allegan, the umpires never showed up. Delton Kellogg finally got to take the field again for their Kalamazoo Valley Association double header on Tuesday at home against Maple Valley. With plenty of rest, the Panthers pounded out 13-4 and 13-1 victories. “It was a good day for the boys,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Eric Parsley. “I told them to be patient and relax. They had a sour taste in their mouth after losing to Maple Valley in the Harper Creek tourney, so they had payback on their minds.” The Panthers jumped on the Lions early, with a run in the first inning on an RBI sacrifice from Devin Desgranges. The Lions came back with three runs in the top of the second, but it wasn’t long before Delton was back in front for good. Delton rallied for nine runs in the third inning. Brian Diaz and Steve Scoby led off with back to back singles. A hit batsman loaded the bases, and Desgranges came through again with a single. Jordan Smith then drove in another run with a ground out, then the Panthers’ Nick Blacken, Diaz, Steve Scoby and Kyle Purdum came through with four straight singles to knock Lion starter Troy Westendorp from the mound. “I kept telling them to relax up at bat and put the ball in play,” Parsley said. “Too many times we have just gone up there with the bat on our shoulder. If you put the ball in play, it gives us a chance and forces the other team to make a play and we did that today.” Deven Meade singled home Jared Smith, who had doubled, to get the Lions their last run of the game in the fourth. Delton added three more wins in the fourth to coast to the victory. Chuck Stallard earned the win for Delton, with six strike outs in the complete game effort. It was good team victory and hopefully it carries over to our games with Parchment on Thursday, then we are off till after the holi- Lakewood’s Nate Tischer (right) urges on teammate Drew Rayner after giving him the baton in the 800-meter relay at Friday’s Division 2 regional meet hosted by Charlotte. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Valley beats Olivet in KVA tournament Maple Valley’s varsity girls’ soccer team got a shot of confidence heading into the final days of the regular season. The Lion ladies scored a 1-0 victory over Olivet last Wednesday, in their Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament contest at the Fuller Street Field. Alicia White scored the goal for the Lions. Next week, the Lions will be a part of the Division 3 district tournament hosted by Portland. The Lions got a tough draw, and will host Otsego in the opening round on Tuesday. The winner of that game advances to face either Portland or Delton Kellogg in the district semifinals next Thursday at Portland. Lakewood will take on either Pennfield or Hamilton in the other Division 3 district semifinal at Portland next Thursday. Lion goalie Yasmin Amado scoops up a shot during the Lions’ KVA tournament game with Pennfield on Friday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) ® 02670487 The 02671554 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Carlton Reenergized Charlton Park Aims To Please Delton Kellogg’s Brian Diaz looks towards the plate as he prepares to round third base during Tuesday’s double header with Maple Valley. (Photo by Linda Boyce) day. Mitch Duquesnel earned the win in game two for Delton Kellogg, allowing just one run in five innings of work. He struck out four. DK again started early, with two runs in the first. The second run came home on an RBI ground out off the bat of Desgranges. A RBI single by Scoby highlighted a threerun second inning for Delton. Duquesnel had an RBI single of his own in the third. Quinn Seaver and Blacken drove in runs for Delton Kellogg with hits in the fourth. Delton Kellogg is now 7-14-1 overall and 4-7 in the KVA. The Panthers face Parchment in KVA action this Thursday. This Saturday Charlton Park kicks off the 2007 Special Event Schedule with Charlton Park Day. This event runs from 11:00am to 4:00pm and is free to the public. Complimentary hot dogs, chips, and drinks will be served. The saw mill will be open as well as the new exhibit building. There will be music, antique tractors, antique motorcycles and an antique car cruise-in. Charlton Park Day is the first of nineteen events on the 2007 Special Event Schedule...more than double the events from the previous year. This is a reenergized Charlton Park. A new board, new director and new organization are the new blood that Charlton Park has so badly needed. I Think that Charlton Park is going to be OK. There’s going to be the Dune Buggy Show, antique shows, car shows, flea markets, bluegrass music shows, the Steam Engine Show, the Pow Wow, the Lumberjack Show and more. With all that Charlton Park has gone through over the last year, I think that we now need to do our part. This year I want each and every one of you to go to Charlton at least once. Even through the park is moving in the right direction, it still needs our support and participation. If you need a copy of the 2007 Special Event Calendar then contact the park at 945-3775. Blog me at www.barryhomecompanion.blogspot.com E-mail me at michaelcalton181@hotmail.com Write me at PO Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 Call me at 517-852-2070 Paid for by Dr. Mike Carlton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Carlton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. 77511856 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood senior Nate Root wondered out loud how high he might have gone Friday, if he had not missed the entire varsity track and field season last spring. “15 feet probably.” He knew he was stretching things a bit with that. Root did clear a new personal best 13 feet 8 inches, to finish second to Lansing Waverly’s Quinton Dennis, in the pole vault at Friday’s Division 3 regional meet hosted by Charlotte. Dennis also cleared 13-8, but in fewer tries than Root. Root was one of four Vikings to earn a spot in the June 2 Division 2 state finals in Zeeland. Senior Mike Kuras, the defending state champion in the shot put, qualified in the shot put and the discus. Junior Markus Gonzales qualified in the 110-meter high hurdles, and senior Amy Joostberns in the discus. The top two finishers in each event earned a spot in the state finals, along with others who met certain preset qualifying heights, distances or times. Root was regularly clearing 13-0 at the end of his sophomore year, but an accident forced him to miss all but the very end of his junior season. He returned to the vault this spring clearing 12-6 on a regular basis. “I started vaulting as soon as (the doctors) told me I could. I vaulted all summer and went to camps, and then I took a rest and vaulted again this winter,” said Root. That 12-6 was plenty to win most meets, and often times Root would jump to 14-1 in an attempt to tie the Lakewood school record. At the regional he was forced to attempt a couple heights in between, which allowed him to pick up his own new personal record. Root’s second-place finish combined with Kuras’ first-place finishes in both the shot put and the discus helped the Lakewood boys finish eighth overall in the 16-team meet. Lakewood’s Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 rivals from DeWitt took the top spot with 96 points. East Lansing was second with 77.5, followed by Battle Creek Lakeview 76, Eaton Rapids, 54, Coldwater 52, Lansing Waverly 50, St. Johns 50, Lakewood 41, Charlotte 39.5, Ionia 33, Harper Creek 30, Parma Western 20, Haslett 20, Pennfield 13, Marshall 9 and Mason 2. Kuras was one of four boys to win two individual events Friday. He took the discus with a throw of 155-4 and the shot put at 522. East Lansing’s Isaac Harper won the 100meter dash (10.74 seconds) and the 200 (21.99). Coldwater’s Nate Knisely took the 3200-meter run (9 minutes and 46.58 seconds) and 1600 4:28.75). Ionia’s Dan Andersen swept the hurdles, taking the 300- 77512651 Memorial Day May 28th, 2007 On … FREE GREENS FEES FOR ALL VETERANS! In gratitude for your years of service to our Country. 24 26 $ 00 $ Before 3pm Weekdays 2 People w/cart 00 After 3PM Weekdays & All Weekends GUN RIDGE GOLF COURSE Only 10 minutes from Gun Lake & 4 Minutes from Hastings 4460 Gun Lake Road 269-948-8366 �Page 20 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons unable to slow Gold champs Saxon Sports Shorts by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity baseball improved to 13-2 in the O-K Gold Conference with three victories over Hastings last week, then went on to take two of three from Caledonia this week and earn the program’s first league title since 1980. “You can tell they’re playing with a lot of confidence right now,” Hastings head coach Marsh Evans said of the Trojans. “That makes a big difference. They all swing the bats. When we play well, we’re a very good ball team too. We’ve proved that this year, but we’ve had stretches where we haven’t hit well or fielded well.” That was the difference on Thursday, as the Trojans finished off the sweep of the Saxons with a 4-2 victory in Hastings. Both teams got excellent pitching performances. Trojan sophomore Kyle Bobolts struck out eight and allowed just three hits and one walk in a complete game victory. TK head coach Josh Lown called Bobolts performance “fantastic. He threw right around 60 or 65 pitches. That’s unbelievable. The defense played behind him too.” Saxon senior lefty Matt Teunessen struck out six and allowed nine hits, also going the distance. The fourth and fifth errors committed by the Saxons in the game helped TK take a 4-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning. “We have a tendency to give up more outs. We had four or five errors. Matt can pitch around a few of those, but not all of it,” Evans said. Hastings had seven errors in all when the dust cleared, but it wasn’t all Saxon mistakes. TK hit the ball too. Bobolts had an RBI double in the fourth batting in the number nine spot and Blake Johnson had a double from his number eight spot. Johnson came around to score on a sacrifice from Brent Butgereit in the top of the sixth. “They all hit as a team,” said Josh Lown. “It’s tough to get through our line-up without somebody starting to hit. If the top is not hitting, the bottom is hitting. If the bottom of the line-up is not hitting, the top of the line-up is hitting.” Butgereit was 2-3 with two RBI’s on the night, leading off for TK. Paul Betcher singled twice for TK, and Tom Enslen had an RBI single in the third inning that gave TK a 1-0 lead. Rob Cady had a double, a single and two RBI’s for the Saxons, who also got singles from John Feldpausch and David Kendall. Hastings was 5-10 in the conference heading into the final week of league action this week. On Wednesday last week, Thornapple Kellogg scored 7-3 and 11-1 victories over the Saxons. The Saxons struck first in game one Wednesday, as Ricky Mathis led off with a base hit. He stole second then came home on a base hit by A.J. Tassos. After TK put together a two-run, two-out rally in the home half of the second, Hastings pulled back in front in the third inning. Jon Garrett reached on a base hit, then scored on Tassos’ second RBI single of the night. Teunessen later scored in the inning by inducing a balk by breaking off of third base towards the plate. TK was able to bounce right back with four The 2007 Hastings Middle School boys’ track and field team. Team members are (front from left) Zack Zwiernikowski, Steven Maurer, Nick Peterson, Casey Shaeffer, Jeremy Dobbin, Beau Reaser, Josh Wheeler, Steven Endsley, Tate Miller, (second row) Jake Partridge, Jared Bosma, Eric Kendall, Keith Garber, Kevin Bosma, Sam Cheeseman, Jacob Comer, Adam Keeler, Alex Nichols, Austin Blair, Brett Stephens, Brice Miller, Travis Heath, (third row) Cody Redman, Brian Baum, Andy Slocum, Ryan McPhall, Brian Graybill, Mitch Kolanowski, Macky Lewis, Simion Guenther, Jacob Rogers, Ben Leary, Jacob Gray, Mitchell Owen, (back) assistant coach Steve Collins, Brandon Johnson, Bruce Krouse, John Kalmink, Nathan Karn, Joey Longstreet, Matt Mueller, Kein Maurer, Will Sprague, Sean McKeough, Robert Taylor, Casey Goggins, and head coach Tim Newsted. (Photo by White’s Photography) The Saxons’ David Kendall cruises into third base next to Trojan third baseman Paul Betcher during the seventh inning of Thursday’s O-K Gold Conference contest at Hastings High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings’ short stop J.D. Garrett stretches for an errant throw as Thornapple Kellogg’s Andrew Gilbert (2) dances off of second base in the third inning Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) runs in the third, then added an insurance run in the fifth. Tassos and Mathis had two hits each in the game. Garrett, Teunessen, Ken Taylor and Cady had one each. Hastings jumped in front in the first inning of game two too, but the Trojans pushed across five runs in the bottom of the first and went on to the 11-1 win. The Saxons had just four hits, two singles from Mathis and one each for Garrett and Tassos. Hastings was 12-15 overall heading into this week’s action against South Christian to FEHSENFELD CENTER 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9500 www.kellogg.edu Last Call For Summer! The 2007 Summer Session at the KCC Fehsenfeld Center is underway with additional classes scheduled to begin soon. 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The Lakewood girls entered last Tuesday’s (May 15) league meet at Centennial Acres in sixth place in the league, and that’s where they finished at the finale as well. The Vikings fired a 421 on Tuesday. DeWitt took the league’s top honors with a score of 347, followed by Lansing Catholic 365, Jackson Lumen Christi 368, Mason 404, Waverly 418, Lakewood 421, Charlotte 437, Ionia 468, Eaton Rapids 469 and Jackson Northwest 496. Rachelle Kent led the Lakewood girls with a 99. She was just one of 13 golfers to break 100 on the day. She was followed by teammate Char Smith with a 104, Stephanie Axdorff 105, and Chelsea Erb 113. DeWitt’s Liz Nagel had the day’s low round, by eight strokes, with a 71. Her teammate Rachel Crowley fired a 79. Lakewood’s season came to an end Thursday, as Centennial Acres hosted a Division 3 regional tournament. The Viking girls were sixth in a field of 15 teams, with a score of 458. Axdorff had the top finish for the Vikings, placing 19th with a total of 104. Kent fired a 111, Erb 113, and Kara Clark a 131. Flint Powers, Perry, and Alma earned the three team berths in the Division 3 state finals, placing first, second, and third. Powers fired a 353, Perry 359, and Alma 377. All five girls from Flint Powers finished in the top eight, with Allison Sears leading the way in second individually at 84. Perry’s Bree Baumgartner had the day’s top score, an 80. Blaize Baumgartner was third with an 86. Alma’s Megan Catlin matched Blaize for the third best score of the day. Caro’s Brett Cockerill and Lansing Catholic’s Mara Kovac and Karli Krol earned the individual spots in the finals, for having the top three scores from teams that did not qualify for the finals. The Division 3 state finals will be held June 1-2 at Eastern Michigan University’s Eagle Crest Golf Club. Freshmen Baseball The Hastings freshmen baseball team played a doubleheader Monday at Hamilton, falling in both games. The Saxons fell 10-1 in game one and 4-2 in the second game. Pat Garrett and Matt Feldpausch both pitched in the first game for Hastings. Riley McLean, Zack Passmore, and Pat Garrett all had hits in the first game. In the second game, Passmore threw an excellent game from the mound while Nick Wallace picked up a hit. JV Baseball The Saxon junior varsity baseball team split its two games at the Robinson Memorial Tournament hosted by Grand Rapids Catholic Central Saturday, The team took second place with an 8-5 win in the opener against Comstock Park. Trent Brisboe picked up his eighth win of the season, allowing just two earned runs while striking out seven. In the championship game, Catholic Central topped the Saxons 8-5. Trevor Heacock had a triple, a double and five RBI’s in the tournament for the Saxons. Brad Hayden and Riley McLean had a double and a single each. Tyler Kalmink had three singles, and Chris DeVries two. The Saxons are now 20-6 on the season. Last Thursday, the Saxons shut out Thornapple Kellogg twice, scoring 1-0 and 20 victories. Greg Heath struck out 12 and allowed the Trojans just two hits in game one. DeVries and Bobby Steinke combined to allow just one hit in game two. DeVries picked up the win. The Saxons also topped TK last Tuesday 42. In the three game sweep, Hayden led the Saxon offense with two doubles and two singles. Kalmink had four singles. Robert Cathcart and DeVries had three singles each. Corey Green had his first double of the season as well. HMS Girls’ Track and Field Last Wednesday, the Hastings Middle School girls’ track and field team placed second at the league meet with 101 points. Natalie VanDenack placed third in the pole vault, fourth in the 1600, and first in the 400 with a new school record time of 1:04.51. Stephanie Warren place won the 800. Brittany Morgan placed third in the 200 hurdles, second in the 55 hurdles, and second in the high jump. Gabby Eaton placed fourth in the 70, sixth in 100, and fourth in the 200. Laci Cowles placed fourth in the 800. Lauren Bush placed fifth in the 3200. Meghan VanZyl place sixth in the long jump. Morgan Stowe place second in the shot put. The Saxon 400 relay team of VanZyl, Aimee Wiker, Kayla Pohl, and Hannah Sailor placed fourth. The 800 relay team of VanZyl, Dakota Elzinga, Wiker, and Tara Harding placed fourth. The 1600 relay team of Rikki Mileski, Cowles, Warren, and Cherie Kosbar placed second. The 3200 relay team of Alaina Case, Cowles, Rikki Mileski, and Warren placed second. HMS Boys’ Track and Field The Hastings Middle School boys’ track and field team completed another successful winning season last week. Josh Coenen was named the team’s most valuable athlete, Tate Miller the most dedicated, Sean McKeough the most improved, and Brandon Johnson the team’s rookie of the year. Coenen had the team’s best long jump of the season at 17 feet 1 inch, the team’s best time in the 100 in 12.39 seconds, and the best time in the 70-meter dash in 8.49. McKeough tied teammate Brian Baum for the best height in the pole vault this year at 9 feet. Baum was also the team’s best in the 55meter hurdles with a time of 9.27. McKeough was the team’s best high jumper at 5-2. Johnson led the Saxons this year in the 800 with a time of 2:24. Other leaders for the Saxons this year in individual events included Casey Shaeffer in the shot put (35-1), Jared Bosma in the 3200 (11:42.04), Eric Kendall in the 400 (52.70), Cody Redman in the 200 hurdles (30.3), and Kendall in the 200 (25.62). Jeremy Dobbin, John Kalmink, Redman and Kendall had the team’s best 800-meter relay time. Ryan McPhall, Kevin Bosma, Miller and Johnson led the team in the 3200 relay. Johnson, Kevin Maurer, Miller and Nick Peterson led the team in the 1600 relay. The best 400 relay time came from the foursome of Dobbin, Jake Partridge, Redman and Coenen. Lakewood boys’ tennis season ends at D-3 regional tourney Lakewood picked up a hand full of victories at its Division 3 boys’ tennis regional hosted by East Grand Rapids Thursday, but not nearly enough to catch the host Pioneers. East Grand Rapids won at all eight flights to advance to the state finals, along with second-place Forest Hills Eastern. Lakewood junior Alex Haskin picked up a first-round victory at first singles, topping Byron Center’s Chris Moyer in three close sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6). Haskin trailed 4-6 in the third set tie-breaker, before battling back to win the final four points and the match. Lakewood’s second doubles team of Jeremy Avery and Zach Woodman defeated Comstock Park in the opening round 6-1, 6-3. At third doubles, the team of Dustin Lafler and Brad Wilson downed Rogers 6-3, 6-2. Both those doubles teams had to go on to face East Grand Rapids in the second round. At second singles, Jaoa Zunino scored a 60, 6-2 opening round win over Wyoming Park. Levi Phelps, at fourth singles, defeated Comstock Park 6-3, 6-4. Lakewood’s Jeremy Avery sends a forehand return back across the court during a second doubles match at Thursday’s Division 3 regional tournament hosted by East Grand Rapids. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — Page 21 TK wins series, despite Saxon rally Delton Kellogg’s Hannah Goy takes a cut at a pitch during Tuesday afternoon’s Kalamazoo Valley Association double header against Maple Valley. (Photo by Linda Boyce) The Saxons’ Jen Bishop gets her bat on the ball in the top of the fourth inning, last Tuesday at Thornapple Kellogg. (Photo by Brett Bremer) After trading blows Tuesday and Wednesday last week, the Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings varsity softball decided their season series with a tight game on Thursday in Hastings. Trailing 9-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning Thursday, the Saxons mounted a furious comeback attempt that came up just short. TK scored a 9-7 win to take the series two games to one. Jen Bishop singled to start seventh for the Saxons, then Erica Swartz reached on an error. Hastings then saw Terra Nassif, Calli Carpenter, and Sara Radant string together three consecutive hits that scored three runs. With two runners on and the tying run at second base, Thornapple Kellogg was able to get a ground out to finish the game and preserve the win. The Trojans jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning on three walks and a passed ball. Hastings matched that run by scoring one of their own in the bottom of the second. Swartz led off the inning with a triple and scored on a ground out by Nassif. TK scored two more runs in the third on a pair of walks, a passed ball and a base hit. Hastings again matched the Trojans in their half of the third inning as they scored two runs to tie the game up at three. Nikki Meade led the inning off with a single. Sara Bolo then reached base on a fielders choice. Bishop followed with a single. After stolen bases by Bolo and Bishop, Swartz singled to drive in the two runners and tie the game. The Trojans continued their scoring with two more runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings to take their 9-3 lead. Hastings scored a single run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Jen Ratliff led off with a single, and moved to second on a sacrifice by Nassif. Carpenter then singled to drive her Fluke and Chamberlin score spots in the state golf finals Hastings senior Erin Fluke and Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin, two of the top golfers in the OK Gold Conference, are among the 15 individual qualifiers for the Division 2 state girls golf finals. Chamberlin shot a 78 and Fluke an 85 on Monday afternoon at Binder Park Golf Course, during the Division 2 regional tournament. The O-K Gold Conference champions from Caledonia will also be a part of the Division 2 finals, at Forest Akers East on the campus of Michigan State University June 1-2. The Scots took the regional championship with a team score of 375. Battle Creek Lakeview and Harper Creek both also earned state finals appearances with their second and third place scores of 386 and 391. Portage Northern was fourth with a 409 followed by Hastings 411, Thornapple Kellogg 420, Vicksburg 422, Coldwater 431, Gull Lake 461, and Mattawan 470 to round out the top ten. Paige Pumford contributed a 102 for the Saxons, Katy Fluke 109, and Kacy Hooten 115. Carolyn Schaner, the O-K Gold Conference individual champ, led the Fighting Scots with an 82. Britni Gregory chipped in an 89 for the Scots, Sara Leatherman 91 and Amy Russo 113. Hastings’ pitcher Calli Carpenter fires towards the plate in the fourth inning of last Tuesday’s contest with Thornapple Kellogg. The game was called because of the weather and moved to Wednesday last week. (Photo by Brett Bremer) home. Game one started Tuesday afternoon and was finished on Wednesday, with the Trojans taking a 6-1 victory. TK pushed three runs across in the first inning on three consecutive walks and a pair of singles. The Trojans then added three more runs in the second on three walks, a double and a single. Hastings scored it’s lone run of the game in the third inning. Ratliff singled and Amanda Clark walked to put two runners on base. Ratliff advanced to third on a passed ball, and then scored on a ground out by Nassif. Hastings managed just three hits in the game, one apiece by Ratliff, Clark and Radant. Carpenter came on to pitch in relief in the third inning for the Saxons and was able to shut down the Trojan attack. She did not allow a hit or run over the final four innings. Carpenter picked up where she left off on the mound in the second game Wednesday. She allowed just one run over seven innings to lead the Saxons to a 7-1 win. TK scored it's lone run in the first inning on three consecutive singles. Overall, Carpenter allowed seven hits while recording four strikeouts and no walks. The Saxon bats came alive as the first five hitters reached base and scored in the first inning. Clark led off the inning off with a walk, then Meade was hit by a pitch to put two runners aboard. Bolo followed with a walk to load the bases, and then Bishop singled to drive in the first two runs. Brenna Leedy next drew a walk, and then Ratliff ripped a double to drive in two more. The final run of the inning scored on a ground out by Nassif. The Saxons put two more runs on the board in the second inning. Meade walked and then three consecutive singles off the bats of Bolo, Bishop and Leedy accounted for the two runs. DK takes one game against Maple Valley and Pennfield Delton Kellogg’s varsity softball team split its final two double headers in Kalamazoo Valley Association action, against Pennfield and Maple Valley, to close the league season. The Panthers fell 3-1 in game one Tuesday against the Lions, then bounced back to take game two 9-8. Kelsey Ketola and Hannah Goy both had a single, a triple, two RBI’s and two runs scored in the game two victory for Delton. Justie McCowan added a triple and three RBI’s. Angie Kennedy had a triple and an RBI. Jessie Wine had a single and an RBI. Wine also picked up the win for the Panthers. She struck out seven, while allowing just five hits and one walk. Tarah Keim struck out 12 Maple Valley hitters in game one, and allowed just one hit, but it wasn’t enough. The Panthers struggled a bit at the plate, with Keim getting a single and an RBI. Angie Kennedy had the only other Delton Kellogg hits in game one, with a single and a double. Against Pennfield last Wednesday, Delton Kellogg won game one 4-3 then fell in the night cap 10-2. Keim got the win in game one, striking out eight while allowing six hits and two walks. Goy had three singles and three RBI’s for Delton in game one. Keim added two hits of her own, and scored three times. McCowan had two hits and an RBI as well. Goy added a double and a RBI in game two. Katie Marshall, Keim, Wine, Ketola and Kennedy also had hits for DK in the second game. Saxon tennis wins twice at regional meet Hastings picked up two wins and Thornapple Kellogg three at a tough Division 3 regional boys’ tennis tournament at Allegan last Friday. The Saxons’ Justin von der Hoff defeated Plainwell in the first round at third singles, before falling to Allegan. At third doubles, the Saxon duo of Tom McKinney and Kyle Pierce knocked off Hamilton in straight sets, before falling to Zeeland West. At fourth singles, the Saxons’ Michael Peterson lost a tough three-setter to Zeeland West in the opening round 6-4, 0-6, 7-5. Thornapple Kellogg’s doubles teams picked up the only points for the Trojans at the regional tournament hosted by Allegan. Zach Smith and Zach Warren fell 0-6 to Hastings’ top twosome in the first set, before coming back to score 6-4, 6-1 wins in the final two sets. At third doubles, Chris Ball and Kyle Ellsworth scored a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Gull Lake. In the fourth doubles flight, TK’s Ben Nyhuis and Ken Hoag scored a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over Hamilton. Deadline for 24 hour challenge nears by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The final deadlines for the 2007 National 24 Hour Challenge are fast approaching. This event is for riders 18 years old and older. The registration fee until May 31 is $80. After May 31 the fee rises to $100. No entries will be accepted after midnight on June 9. This personal best, on road bicycle ride to tests endurance and determination. Riders set and try to achieve goals. It has been held annually on Father’s Day weekend since 1983. In 2006, riders from 25 states, Canada and New Zealand participated. Riders receive certificate of validated mileage, T-shirts , a results booklet, high mileage awards, mileage pins are presented to those who complete 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, and 450 miles during the 24 hours. Once riders accumulate enough miles over several tries they receive a 1000 Mile Jersey and mileage patches as they accumulate 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 miles. Door prizes are given out at the awards breakfast. There are many friendly volunteers to assist riders. Riders receive marked route maps and there is fruit at the check points donated by Family Fare. The Thornapple Kellogg Athletic boosters provide food concessions at the middle school. There is a bicycle product display, free indoor or outdoor camping , massage and chiropractic services at TK middle school headquarters site and technical support at checkpoints. On Friday, June 15 riders can pick up their numbers at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School, enjoy a spaghetti dinner and look over product displays. The Village of Middleville is also presented a free concert in Stagecoach Park that evening for riders and residents to enjoy. Products will be on display at the middle school that evening. Late number pickup is held on Saturday, June 16 from 6 a.m. until 7:30 a.m. There is an optional pancake breakfast available from 6 a.m. until 8 a.m. The start of the challenge is at 8 a.m. sharp. The challenge ends 24 hours later at 8 a.m., sharp, on Sunday, June 17. Concessions are available at the middle school from noon until 3 a.m. The Caledonia McDonald’s restaurant provides breakfast beginning at 8:15 a.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 9 a.m. The course begins at Thornapple-Kellogg Middle School in Middleville, bicyclists ride through Barry County on open roads shared with motor vehicle traffic. Loop One is 126.7 miles. It must be ridden first, only once, and in its entirety in order to ride Loop Two. There are four checkpoints on this loop. The second loop is 23.7 miles long. It may be ridden as many times as possible, but any loop attempted must be completed before dark. At least one loop of Loop Two must be ridden in its entirety in order to ride Loop Three. There are two checkpoints on this loop. The third loop is the 7.5 mile night loop. It may be ridden as many times as possible but only full loops of Loop Three completed by 8 a.m. Sunday morning will be credited. There is one checkpoint on this loop. Detailed information on medals and divisions is available in the event brochure. No pets are allowed. Helmets must be worn. The registration fee until May 31 is $80. After May 31 the fee rises to $100. No entries will be accepted after midnight on June 9. Cyclists can register online at active.com. Confirmation of entry which is required for number pickup will be sent within two weeks of organizers’ receipt of entry. Checks should be made payable to the National 24-Hour Challenge and mailed to 2212 College Avenue, Grand Rapids MI 49507-3106. For information or to have a brochure mailed call (616) 241-1969, or (616) 5387497 or e-mail N24HC@aol.com. The website is www.n24hc.org. Anyone wishing to volunteer can call 616-241-1969 or e-mail N24HC@aol.com. Saxon alumni baseball game set for Monday The 31st annual Hastings alumni baseball game will be held Monday. Game time on the varsity baseball diamond is slated for 1 p.m. The field will be open for practice time beginning around 11 a.m. All former Saxon varsity baseball players are invited to attend, and participate in the annual contest. In the event of poor weather, event organizers have said any cancellation will be announced on WBCH radio. Elena Gormley han Mitchell Ga Graduate of School Hastings High & Nephew of Doug ly ea H Jeannette n Cody Furmapple orna Graduate of Th School h ig H gg Kello es & Son of Patti Hay an rm Fu Tirk Brian Skedg ell Graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School Daughter of Patricia Johns & Michael Gormley Andrew Cuddahee Graduate of Hastings High School Son of Brenda Cuddahee 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI Graduate of Hastings High School Son of Steve & Michelle Skedgell Jeremy Red man Gra duate of Hastin gs High School Son of Tammy & Dennis Redman 269-945-9554 �Page 22 — Thursday, May 24, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons and Trojans send a handful to the finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The O-K Gold Conference’s varsity track and field team showed their strength at the Division 2 regional meet hosted by Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Houseman Field on Saturday. Caledonia’s boys and South Christian’s girls, the 2007 O-K Gold Conference champions, both won regional championships to earn a spot in this weekend’s Division 2 Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association team state finals. Hamilton was third in the girls standings behind second-place Grand Rapids Christian. The Fighting Scot boys edged out Byron Center for the top spot. On the boys’ side 11 of the 17 events were won by athletes from the O-K Gold Conference. The conference’s top sprinter, Hastings’ sophomore Ryan Burgdorf was a part of three state qualifying performances. Hastings’ Jason Baum works on pulling himself up and over 11 feet 4 inches in the pole vault during Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings’ Matt Donnini soars through the air in the long jump during Saturday’s regional meet. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) The top two finishers in each event at Saturday’s regional, along with others who met certain preset times, heights and distances earned a spot in the Division 2 MHSAA state track finals at Zeeland June 2. Burgdorf was the 200-meter dash champion with a time of 22.40 seconds. In the 100meter dash he was second to Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s Steve McClain. McClain hit the finish in 10.60 and Burgdorf in 10.65. He’ll be joined at the state meet by the rest of the Saxons 400-meter relay team which placed third with a time of 44.61 seconds behind Hamilton and Wyoming Park. The Saxons met the state qualifying time in the event. The Saxon girls had one state qualifying performance, as Nichole Moser placed seventh in the discus with a mark of 111 feet 6 inches. Moser set a new personal record with the throw. On the girls’ side seven of the 17 events were won by O-K Gold Conference girls. Byron Center’s Mary Angell set a new state record in the shot put with a throw of 47-6. She also set a new division 2 record with a throw of 155-5 in the discus. Those records The Saxons’ Kristina Dobbin (right) flies over a hurdle in the 100-meter prelim’s on Saturday at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids during the Division 2 regional meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Saxons’ Nichole Moser sends her shot sailing during Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet at Houseman Field. (Photo by Brett Bremer) are both MHSAA post-season records. Angell’s counterpart Aaron Ide from the Byron Center boys’ team also won both throwing events, tossing 151-6 in the discus and 51-11.5 in the shot put. That wasn’t quite enough to get his Bulldogs past Caledonia in the final team standings. The Scots finished with 105 points and the Bulldogs 82. Grand Rapids Christian was third with 68.5 points, followed by Hamilton 65.25, Zeeland West 60, South Christian 43, Catholic Central 42, Wayland 40, Hastings 38.25, Wyoming Park 35, Zeeland East 21, Holland Christian 17.25, Unity Christian 13, East Grand Rapids 12, Rogers 10.75, and Thornapple Kellogg 10. Caledonia’s boys scored in 14 of the 17 events Saturday at Houseman Field, only missing out on points in the 200-meter dash, and the two sprint relays. “We just have a lot of kids out and they work hard, and it shows in that kind of stat,” said Caledonia head coach Kevin Remenap. “We knew we had to perform well (to win the regional), and we didn’t perform as well as we would have liked early in the meet.” The Scots needed solid performances in the final two events of the day to pull away from the Byron Center Bulldogs, and got them from their distance runners in the 3200-meter run and from their 1600-meter relay team. The only points for the Trojan boys came from Mitch Edwards, who was seventh in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 42.80, and the 3200-meter relay team that was seventh in 8:59.40. Hastings and the Trojans were close in those two events. The Saxons’ Elliott Anderson placed eighth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 42.90. Hastings’ 3200-meter relay team finished sixth in 8:30.30. The only event the Saxon boys had two placers in was the pole vault. Jason Baum placed fifth at 11-10 and Jeremy Rogers in a tie for eighth at 10-7. Ryan Bosma was the only other individual to score for the Saxons, placing seventh in the 3200-meter run with a time of 10:26.40. Hastings was also fifth in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:33.60. A seventh place finish by the Saxon girls’ 3200-meter relay team (10:34.10) and an eighth place finish from the 800-meter relay team (1:51.30) accounted for the only other points for the Hastings girls’ team. “The girls competed well on Saturday,” said Saxon girls’ head coach Brian Teed, “running some of their best times of the year. Our regional again this year was like a state meet preview.” South Christian won the girls’ title with 106.50 points. Grand Rapids Christian was second with 92.5, followed by Hamilton 49, Holland Christian 49, Unity Christian 48.5, Catholic Central 40.25, Caledonia 39, Rogers 38.25, East Grand Rapids 34, Byron Center 32, Wayland 29, Thornapple Kellogg 29, Wyoming Park 24, Zeeland East 24, Zeeland West 22, and Hastings 5. Trojan senior Rebecca Winchester didn’t score a regional championship, but her legs played a part in all four state qualifying performances. The TK girls’ 3200-meter relay team scored a spot in the state meet with a time of 9:59.60. The Trojan 1600-meter relay team of Winchester, Kylie Schultz, Ashley VanderMeer and Emma Ordway got TK back to the finals in the event in which the team won a state title a year ago, placing third in 4:11.30. Winchester also placed third in the 800 with a time of 2:23.80, and sixth in the 1600 in 5:25.60. The TK girls were also sixth in the 400meter relay with a time of 52.50. Ordway placed fifth in the 400-meter dash in 1:01.20. TK also got points from Alesha Ward who tied for fifth in the high jump at 411 and from Rebecca Denney who tied for eighth in the pole vault at 8-0. TK and Hastings will both be a part of the Barry County Invitational, hosted by Maple Valley next Tuesday. DK sends Searles and two relays to state 77512612 -FIL3X10522MVN-4C-00186065 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor In its first season participating in the Division 2 track and field state tournament, Delton Kellogg had three state qualifying performances at Friday’s regional meet hosted by St. Joseph. All three game from the Delton Kellogg girls’ team, which placed seventh overall in the 17-team meet. Katie Searles earned a spot in the state finals with her second-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, hitting the finish line in 16.36 seconds. Delton Kellogg’s 400-meter relay and 3200-meter relay teams also qualified for the Division 2 state finals, which will be held June 2 in Zeeland. The top two finishers in each event at the regional meet, along with others who met certain preset times, heights and distances, qualified for the finals. The Delton Kellogg 3200-meter relay team qualified for the finals with a fourthplace time of 10 minutes 4.70 seconds. Delton’s girls were fifth in the 400-meter relay with a time of 51.79 seconds. Delton Kellogg’s girls scored in all four relay races Friday, placing fifth in the 800meter event in 1:51.31 and sixth in the 1600-meter relay with a time of 4:20.87. The hosts from St. Joseph pulled away from Otsego with a fifth-place finish in the final event, the 1600-meter relay, to take the girls’ regional championship with 81 points. Otsego didn’t score in the 1600 relay, finishing with 76 points. Vicksburg was third with 70 points, followed by Sturgis 56, Comstock 47, Edwardsburg 44, Delton Kellogg 41.50, Gull Lake 40, Niles 35.5, Allegan 35, Benton Harbor 35, Stevensville-Lakeshore 35, Plainwell 33, Three Rivers 19, Mattawan 10, South Haven 3 and Dowagiac 2. Delton Kellogg senior Rachael Williams was hurt most by the step up from Division 3 to Division 2. She placed third in the 400meter dash with a time of 1:01.01, behind Otsego’s Katie Rietkerk (59.59 seconds) and Comstock’s Amanda Lentz (1:00.52). Williams’ time was fourth tenths of a second off the state qualifying time in Division 2, but would have been enough for a state finals appearance individually in Division 3. The Panthers had a good day in the two hurdle races. Jessica Elliott placed fifth, behind teammate Searles, in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.21. In the 300meter low hurdles, Searles was sixth in 49.93 and Katee Hogoboom eighth in 51.15. Other scorers for the Delton Kellogg girls were Jenah Wandell who was sixth in the high jump at 4 feet 11 inches and Hannah Williams who tied for eighth in the pole vault at 8-0. It was a rough entrance into Division 2 for the Delton Kellogg boys, who finished 16th as a team and didn’t have a finals qualifier. Niles won the boys’ meet with 102 points, followed by South Haven 82, Benton Harbor 65.5, Sturgis 55.5, Three Rivers 54.5, Stevensville-Lakeshore 41.5, Gull Lake 40, St. Joseph 37, Edwardsburg 27, Mattawan 24, Dowagiac 23, Otsego 22.5, Plainwell 22, Allegan 20, Vicksburg 17, Delton Kellogg 15.5, and Comstock 14. Delton’s top finish in the boys’ meet came from the 3200-meter relay team, which placed third in 8:28.16. The Panthers 800-meter relay team was fifth in 1:34.91. Individually, Delton got a fifth place finish from David Roberts in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 41.66 seconds. Matt Ingle tied for seventh in the pole vault at 107. Niles’ Isaiah Glaze was one of two boys to win two individual regional titles Friday. He took the 100-meter dash in 10.96 and the 200 in 22.73. Allegan’s Brad Wentzel swept the throws, winning the shot put at 54-6 and the discus with a toss of 163-6. On the girls’ side there were also two athletes who won two individual regional titles. Allegan’s Samantha Draney took the 1600 in 5:07.78 and the 800 in 2:16.32. Otsego’s Katie Rietkerk took the 400 in 59.59 and the 200 in 26.31. Both the Delton Kellogg boys and Delton Kellogg girls closed the Kalamazoo Valley Association dual meet season with wins over Pennfield last Wednesday. The DK boys topped Pennfield 85-52 and the girls won 94-42. Delton’s boys swept three events, the pole vault, the 800-meter run, and the 110-meter hurdles. Dave Roberts took the 110-meter hurdles in 16.70, followed by teammates Tony Reeves (16.78) and Ingle (17.42). Ingle was the pole vault champion at 10-6, ahead of teammates Matt Loveland (10-6) and Mark Loveland (10-0). Dan Roberts won the 800, followed by Dalton Parmenter and Robbie Wandell. Dave Roberts also won the 300-meter hurdles in 43.52. Wandell matched his two individual titles, also taking the high jump at 5-8. Justin Durbin was another two-time winner for DK, taking the 1600 in 4:58.17 and the 3200 in 10:50.33. Delton Kellogg was helped to the win by three relay victories. The Panther 3200meter relay team of Dan Roberts, Wandell, Parmenter and Durbin took first in 8:58.59. Taylor Kingsley, Cody White, Shawn Reigler and Martel Epperson won the 400meter relay in 47.12. DK’s 1600-meter relay team of Dan Roberts, Jordan Bourdo, Dave Roberts and Justin Vandermeer won its race in 3:10.00. Vandermeer was also an individual champ in the 400 with a time of 52.75. The distance races, the 200 and the shot put were the only events where Pennfield girls crossed the finish line first. Delton Kellogg’s girls swept the four relays in their victory. Hogoboom, Heather Millard, Mandy Dye and Rachael Williams took the 3200-meter relay in 12:07.04. Elliott, Kathryn Goy, Hannah Williams, and Chelsea VanderWoude scored the win in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:52.78. Elliott and VanderWoude teamed with Hannah Williams and Searles to win the 400-meter relay in 53.55. Sarah Heney, Millard, Hannah Williams and Rachael Williams won the 1600-meter relay for DK in 4:37.89. In the field events for Delton Kellogg, Wandell won the high jump (5-0), Hannah Williams the pole vault (8-0), Kaylee Woodmansee the discus (94-.5), and VanderWoude the long jump (13-11.5). Searles swept the hurdles against Pennfield, taking the 100 in 17.42 and the 300 in 50.48. VanderWoude won the 100-meter dash in 13.28 and Hogoboom the 400-meter dash in 1:05.99. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-31.pdf 721707f0d5cd4075878b6926c1c4592e PDF Text Text Hastings remembers fallen soldiers State govt. could learn from county Lions win one for the little guys See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 17 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 22 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, May 31, 2007 NEWS Prosecutor accuses 911 Director of embezzlement BRIEFS Child Custody Act “First Friday” topic The First Friday Forum, hosted by Dave Brinkert, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 (not Friday this month) at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, 328 S. Jefferson St. (corner of Green Street), Hastings. A panel will discuss House Bill No., 4564, which is referred to as the “Child Custody Act” and will give the court the ability ility to issue an order of joint custody unless certain issues regarding the lack of fitness of a parent is determined. The panel will include Darrick ScottFarnsworth, 38, who has been an advocate for shared parenting for the past four years and is the executive director of a Child’s Right. He is a U.S. Navy veteran, a husband and father of three. Another speaker will be Larry Holland, a parental advocate, who has written extensively on the issues of a “Child’s Right.” One of the questions to be discussed, according to a press release, is “why are non-custodial parents automatically labeled as deadbeats, jerks and losers while stuck in a vicious cycle of arrears, incarceration, humiliation and, worst of all, the loss of their relationship with their children?” Light refreshments and coffee will be made available by the Barry County Democratic Party. Animals blessing service to return Our Lady of Great Oak Catholic Church is preparing for its annual “Blessing of the Animals” service at the 8:30 a.m. mass Sunday, June 3. Any creature that lives amongst us is welcome, young and old, tiny to large is acceptable. Something new and in memory of animals who have passed on, participants are asked to come a bit earlier and bring photos of their deceased creatures to be posted during the service time on a cork board. There will be a memorial book as well, in which participants are encouraged to write the names of their beloved deceased companion animals. The service has its historical roots in Catholic tradition with St. Francis of Assisi and the blessing of the animals. All are welcome to attend, even those who do not have an animal. Children delight to be present with their animals and to see the other creatures. Those who bring animals are asked to simply look after and be in control of them. The blessing of the animals service will take place outdoors in the treelined churchyard overlooking the rolling countryside. Our Lady of Great Oak is located 10 miles north of Battle Creek (between North Avenue and M66 on Lacey Road). Fr. Mathew Manalel will officiate. Those who will attend are asked to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets. Coffee and rolls can be enjoyed after the service. For more information call Kay Doyle at 269-758-3116. In case of inclement weather, the service will be canceled. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Tom Evans shocked the members of the 911 Dispatch Board Tuesday with allegations that 911 Director Charlie Nystrom has been paying unauthorized overtime to employees since at least 2000, resulting in the misappropriation of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Evans, in a May 29 letter to the 911 Board, said, “It has come to my attention that employees of the 911 Dispatch Center have systematically received payment for hours that they have not worked. Specifically, since at least 2000 all employees have been paid an additional 10 hours of overtime in the last pay period of November or the first pay period of December; supervisory employees have also been paid an additional hour of overtime pay for each pay period, beginning in January 2003. County Sheriff Dar Leaf said he had forwarded the information to Evens after he was contacted by two employees who said they had received 10 hours of overtime pay on their checks for time they had not worked. “We haven’t got an overall amount of money that was paid to employees who did not work, but we know that it amounts to a significant amount of money,” Leaf said Wednesday. “Actually, the investigation is just in its infancy. It is being investigated by one of our detectives, Sgt. Dave Oakland, and so far he has put in about 15 to 20 hours on it. “He is just getting started.” Leaf said he has been contacted a number of times about irregularities at 911, but he has been frustrated because many of the people who contacted him would not provide specific information for fear of reprisal from Nystrom. “I started getting phone calls while I was still running for office,” Leaf said. “I would get them at home on a Sunday night, family time, but I felt all of the allegations deserved to be investigated.” Leaf prepared a 48-page summary of allegations against Nystrom and forwarded it to the Michigan Attorney General’s Office for review. The Attorney General’s Office determined at that time that there was “insufficient evidence” to pursue the allegations contained in the summary. “But this latest information was not part of that packet,” Leaf said. “This is a separate investigation.” In his letter to the board, Evans said, “The employees of the 911 Dispatch Center have generally performed their duties in an outstanding fashion, and I consider it a great privilege to be able to work with them in my capacity as Prosecuting Attorney. All supervisors should want to recognize achievement and effort in their employees. If they were to ask for a higher salary, I would support it. But having the director approve a secret non-bargained for Christmas bonus is not acceptable. This practice must stop immediately. “The money must be returned. It seems most fair that the director pay back the money. It is not clear that the employees knew or should have known that they were gaining unjustly from this misappropriation. Any that did should have to return the extra pay. “As for the director, I know that individuals can make mistakes. People can even make mistakes that cost tens of thousands of dollars. But this was not a mere mistake. This was the systematic misappropriation of taxpayer money carried out for several years. Employees who mess up should be cautioned and corrected. Directors who participate in See 911, page 2 Arson cause of Middleville bus garage fire by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The fire that swept through the Thornapple Kellogg Schools Bus Garage Saturday, May 26 completely destroying one bus and damaging three others was deliberately set, according to the State Fire Marshall who investigated the incident. Assistant Fire Chief Randy Eaton of the Thornapple Township Emergency Services said the State Police Fire Marshall completed his investigation Wednesday afternoon and has turned his evidence over to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Six area fire departments responded to the call at approximately 11 p.m. and were able to get the remaining buses out of the building before additional damage could be done. There was also considerable damage to the facility itself. The fire departments which responded included Thornapple, Freeport, Hastings, Wayland, Caledonia and Orangeville, according to Eaton. See ARSON, page 2 A fire that destroyed one school bus and damaged three others was deliberately set. (Photo by Patricia Johns) Campfire Circle dedication June 1 The new “Campfire Circle” at the YMCA’s Camp Algonquin in Hastings will be dedicated at 7 p.m. Friday, June 1, in honor of retired YMCA Director Dave Storms. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Hastings Class of 2007 celebrates graduation Hastings High School seniors in the Class of 2007 celebrate their new status as graduates during the end of last Friday night’s graduation ceremony. More photos and stories about the graduates, including Honors Night and graduation, are featured in a special pull-out section in this issue of the Banner. (Photo by Megan Lavell) �Page 2 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Manufacturing making progress on project by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings Manufacturing was on the Hastings City Council agenda again Monday night with reports of progress for their upcoming project. Chris Hafke, of Hastings Manufacturing, said that both the River East complex and the new Hastings Manufacturing site are making progress. He said that while both Hastings Manufacturing and developer First Companies would like to see the progress move more quickly, progress is being made. Hafke also said that Hastings Manufacturing would soon know what incentives are available from city, state and federal governments. In other business, at Monday’s meeting, the council: • Agreed to the city taking over ownership of water and sewer utilities constructed in the 100 block of East Marshall Street between Jefferson and Michigan streets. • Approved a request from the Summerfest Committee of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce to temporarily close South Jefferson Street between State Street and Court Street Friday, Aug. 24 and Saturday, Aug. 25. • Adopted resolutions to participate in Artists and students needed the embezzlement of tens of thousands of dollars should be asked to leave. Failure to do so will result in the demise of the 911 Dispatch Center. I can not imagine having to ask the taxpayers to support a mileage, (if) I have ignored the misappropriation of previous funds. Most importantly, this is just unacceptable behavior. You just can’t take what does not belong to you and give it to someone else. More specifically, misappropriation of public funds, even if they are ultimately given to someone else is not generosity, it is indeed embezzlement.” Barry County Commissioner Mark Englerth serves on the 911 Board and was present at the meeting. He said there will be a The Thornapple Arts Council is looking for local artists to display their work at this year’s Art Hops, co-sponsored by the City of Hastings’ Downtown Development Authority. This is the fifth year for the Art Hops and this year’s events are from 5 to 9 p.m. on the following Fridays: June 22, July 27 and Sept. 28. Gallery space will be provided inside participating businesses for each artist, and the events are promoted to attract visitors and encourage them to stroll through downtown. All artwork must be hand made by the artist. No kits, molds, mass produced items or resale of items is allowed. All artwork must be original. No facsimiles, clip art or derivative work will be permitted. Kathleen Crane says, “we really want visitors to the community to meet the artists.” For this reason artists must be present at each of the Art Hops from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Artists must supply an appropriate means of displaying their work as well. The DDA and the TAC have decided not to charge an exhibition fee to participating artists. The Art Council would appreciate a donation of art work for the annual Art Auction on November 3. Artists must apply to participate in the Art Hops by completing an application form and submitting slides or digital photographs of work. Applications are available by calling the TAC at 945-2002 or online at kathleencrane@mac.com. TAC director Lizanne Fehsenfeld encourages parents who would like their fifth through 12th grade students to participate in the Summer Youth Theatre program to call 945-2002. Christopher Weaver is returning to direct, and the assistant producer this year is Mariah Burd who was a participant in the program. A deposit of $50 per student can be mailed to the TAC, P.O. Box 36, Hastings 49058. NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page The dedication is open to the public as well as a 6 p.m. hors d’oeuvres reception in Storms’ honor at the camp’s McMullinBaum Lodge. Storms served 26 years as the county’s YMCA executive director, and a capital campaign has been underway to build the new campfire area in his honor. Storms officially retired from the Y post Jan. 1, but continued to serve as interim executive director until May 14 when his replacement Thomas Wilt, of Kentucky, took the helm. Alumni Banquet tickets available Tickets for the 120th Hastings High School Alumni Banquet to be held Saturday, June 2, at the Hastings High School Cafeteria, 520 West South St., can be purchased at Bosley Pharmacy at 118 S. Jefferson in Hastings or by contacting L. Ozuna at 945-5903. Festivities begin with a punch bowl reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Hastings High School cafeteria, followed by the banquet and program at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $12. The banquet is for all who attended Hastings High School and their guests and honors the 45th, 50th, 55th, 60th, and 65th anniversary years. Activities for the day include a tour of the "old" high school (now the middle School), 232 West Grand St. at 11 a.m. Those wishing to attend can meet at the office entrance. Tours of the new Community Education and Recreation Center at 520 West South St. will be held at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and those planning to participate can meet at the HHS library entrance. Art Hop logo contest slated The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a logo contest for the 2007 Art Hops. Three are scheduled, in June, July and September. The logo needs to be created in color and must be able to be reproduced in black and white. All artwork must be original, with no facsimiles or clip art. An Arts Council spokesperson said, “Be as creative as you like, however, we ask that contestants please submit all entries in a commonly used graphics format that is HTML compatible (e.g., GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) or able to be scanned. The winning logo should be simple enough to be reproduced in a number of ways: Small icon, black-and-white image, low resolution, 2color, etc. The logo needs to contain the words "Art Hop." The winner will receive $100 and the artwork will become the property of the Art Hop Committee to be used in all promotional materials created by the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority. The contest will be open for entry submissions from now through June 15. Contestants should state which (if any) other posted logo entries influenced them (e.g., is your logo a "derivative work"?). The entries first will be on display during the June 22 Art Hop. Literacy Bell to be raffled The Friends of the Hastings Public Library will be selling raffle tickets through June 9 for a Cosanti Literacy Bell, a garden addition. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. They will be available at the library or from the Friends of the Library. The raffle will be part of the opening day celebration June 9 at the new library. All proceeds from the raffle will be used to purchase adaptive reading aids for local readers who are visually or hearing impaired. Examples of adaptive devices are magnifying glasses, ear-phones and computer software for those with visual impairments. The Literacy Bell is a one-of-a-kind brass bell designed by Paolo Soleri. It was anonymously donated to the Friends and features children descending into an open book. Cosanti will use a portion of the donor’s purchase to fund one of several literacy organizations. Paolo Soleri, creator of the bell’s design, is an award-winning Italian architect who has established the educational and ecological foundation, Arcosanti, in the high desert of Arizona, 70 miles north of Phoenix. The foundation creates numerous bronze and ceramic, many of them for special causes. escrow of fire insurance proceeds as provided by state statute, to establish fees for various services, to establish rates for water distribution and sewer disposal service and to approve an application for local bridge funds for the reconstruction of the Michigan Avenue Bridge. • Accepted the resignation of William H. Hurt from the Local Development Finance Authority and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, effective immediately. • Adopted a resolution to stay the necessary ordinance for the July 21 outdoor celebration of Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro’s first anniversary. 911, continued from page 1 ARSON, continued from page 1 “They did a great job getting the other trucks away from the building,” he said. School officials have said that despite the total destruction of one bus and the considerable damage to three other buses and the bus garage itself, the fire will not affect the bus schedule or routes for the remainder of the school year. special meeting at 9 a.m. Friday, June 1 to discuss the issue further. “No one is taking any joy in this,” Englerth said. “We are talking about a guy’s career. But we have a responsibility as a board to account for the taxpayer dollars that fund the 911 Dispatch Center. “We will meet Friday and will probably make a decision at that time on how to proceed. No matter how it ends up, it will be a very sad thing. One of my employees said it best. She said Charlie has done a lot of good things for the county, but will he be remembered for those things or for this?” Evans said, “I brought this before the board at this time because I don’t want the 911 board to spend any more taxpayer dollars for workers who are paid for time they did not work.” Evans said when he brought the subject up at the meeting, Nystrom initially said the board was aware of the practice of rewarding employees what was in effect a Christmas bonus. “But I polled the entire board at the meeting and no one said they had ever had any indication this was going on. And it has been going on since at least 2000,” Evans said. “The bottom line is: It was not Charlie Nystrom’s money to give away. I said at the meeting that I would like to give my employees a Christmas bonus also, but if I do that I would expect to use my own money, not taxpayers money.” Evans said he is still considering the possibility of prosecution in the case. “I don’t know yet if it would be something I would do or if it should be turned over to another prosecuting attorney from another county,” he said. “I am in contact with other prosecuting attorneys and the Prosecuting Attorney Association to find out what the options are. “I want the people of Barry County to be safe, and I support the 911 Dispatch Center,” he said, “and I believe in rewarding people for doing a great job. We all want to do that. But it is not Mr. Nystrom’s money to give away. “My first priority is to get 911 squared away. The evidence is irrefutable that this money was inappropriately used. We have hard evidence. “The next step is the meeting Friday, and we will discuss the issue at that time and decide how to proceed.” Attempts to reach 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil and Nystrom to get their reaction to the letter were unsuccessful. Lakewood junior honing clowning skills by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Lakewood High School junior Josh Haner, known as Yo-Yo the Clown, has found a new calling in life. He loves to make people laugh. And the school with the help of Lakewood’s Stacy Doran Employment Training Specialist has given him an opportunity to hone his skills. As Yo-Yo, he dresses in an outlandish clown get-up with oversized sunglasses, shorts, long white socks, a goofy hat with purple hair and a red bulbous nose. He makes his entrance on a small scooter and soon has the audience of small children under his spell. Last week, he visited the early fours at Woodland and shook each child’s hand. He remembered most of their names from a previous visit. His high school classmates from Patti Cooreman’s class also came to see the performance. He greeted each one by name, acting as if this was the first time they had met. Mary Schippers’ class at Woodland was invited to see the show. She was Josh’s teacher along with other students in Cooreman’s class when they were elementary students at Woodland. His act had a few sight gags as he unpacked his brief case with an odd assortment of props. He would look at one and toss it aside and reach for the next. One prop was a large bug that brought squeals of laughter when he tossed it aside. Yo-Yo lived up to his namesake and performed some classic stunts on a yo-yo. He also did some simple juggling with three balls. Doran has enrolled him in Aim High, a program she developed for youth in the high school who want to work or do something special for someone else. She contacted Duncan Yo-Yo, and the company is providing Haner with yo-yos at a deep discount so he can hand them out to fifth graders who want to learn how to yo-yo. Doran is using a grant through the Transition program at the Ionia IDS to buy 115 yo-yos for next year. “Josh is so excited and does a wonderful job working at Ready 4s at Woodland,” said Doran. “He is a wonderful young man who would like to dedicate his life in helping autistic children and is currently working with several at the Ready 4s program. He would like to continue doing this after graduation next year. “I give Lakewood schools all the credit for Josh’s success as Yo-Yo,” said Josh’s mother Anne Churchill. “Josh would have been lost in the system in a larger school, but the smaller Lakewood has time to work with students like Josh.” Josh Haner shows the children some of the fancy tricks he can do with his yo yo. ORV safety class offered June 9 The Barry County Sheriff’s Department again will be offering an off-road vehicle (ORV) safety class 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9. There is no cost, but the class is limited and pre-registration is required. The class is limited to the first 15 individuals (with ORV in tow) ages 10 and above with a parent or guardian required. Enrollees must call to register. Helmets, gloves; boots and goggles are required. There will be an hour lunch break (lunch not provided). Register by calling the sheriff's department between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (269) 9484805. Free Family Science Night Pierce Cedar Creek Institute is hosting a Family Environmental Science Night tonight (Thursday, May 31) from 6:308:30 p.m. The event is free for K-8th grade students and will feature a variety of fun and educational activities. The activities have been designed by teachers in training at area universities. Light refreshments will be served. Families can register at the door. The institute is located at 701 West Cloverdale Road, south of Hastings. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information. ‘Chain of Life’ has special meaning Hastings High School Students Against Destructive Decision member Bethany Roderick, a sophomore, stands in front of the school with the “chain of life.” Each graduating senior had their name written on a paper band to create the chain. “The basic idea is each senior is represented and we want them to think before they make any bad decisions,” said Roderick. The chain was hung across the front of the school for graduation so seniors saw it after their ceremony Friday, May 25. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 3 Hastings remembers fallen servicemen and women You can’t have a parade without a band and the Hastings High School Band was in great form Monday as they performed during the Memorial Day Parade through downtown Hastings. This Chamber of Commerce float, provided by Dreisbach Motors, participated in the parade Monday. In all more than a dozen floats and a number of individual marchers made the parade a success. The parade stopped at the Barry County Courthouse to fire a 21 gun salute to fallen veterans, again at Tyden Park to play taps for the veterans and finally at the cemetery to lay a wreath to recognize and remember those who gave their lives in defense of their country. Members of the Barry County Sheriff’s Posse also participated in the Hastings Memorial Day Parade in downtown Hastings Monday. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf has recognized the Sheriff’s Posse members as a vital part of his commitment to the county and they are present at many area activities throughout the year. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Memorial Day Parade through downtown Hastings Monday drew a huge crowd of onlookers to help commemorate and celebrate the fallen service men and women from Barry County. “Everything went very smoothly and I think everyone enjoyed the parade,” said Hastings Chief of Police Jerry Sarver, who led off the procession and guided it on its route from the Felpausch parking lot to the Barry County Courthouse, past Tyden Park and finally to the Hastings Cemetery. “It was a beautiful day and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.” At the cemetery, area citizens heard words from Dr. James Atkinson and Hastings Mayor Robert May, both members of the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post 45 in Hastings and from Pfc. Jennelle Voss, who recently returned from duty in Iraq. Dr. Atkinson spoke at the headstone of the newest veteran laid to rest in the cemetery, Max Dietrick, a World War II veteran who is buried beside his wife, Dorothy. “This is a special day, not only for the veterans but for everyone who came out to commemorate the men and women who so valiantly served their country,” Atkinson said. “It is a day to give thanks for their dedication and service and to recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.” This Hastings High School Color Guard leads the way for the high school and middle school bands to perform during the Memorial Day Parade in Hastings Monday. Members of the American Legion Post 45 in Hastings lead the Memorial Day Parade held Monday. The Post members stopped at the Barry County Courthouse for a 21 gun salute and at Tyden Park to play taps before continuing on to the Hastings Cemetery to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers throughout history who died to protect America. Members of the Hastings American Legion Post 45 stopped at Tyden Park on their way to Hastings Cemetery Monday to fire a 21 gun salute and play taps in honor of their fallen comrades from this area who gave their lives in defense of America over the years. It’s not only boys who enjoy scouting and these young ladies were a proud addition to the Memorial Day Parade in Hastings Monday. The parade kicked off at 10:30 a.m. and these young people marched through downtown Hastings to honor American Service men and women. Too young to drive? No this parade participant, who managed to steer clear of any problems as he navigates down the center of town during Monday’s Memorial Day parade in Hastings. His passengers proudly wave American Flags in commemoration of area service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. You can’t have a parade without scouts and these members of the cub scouts and boy scouts from Hastings were dressed and ready to march Monday. Scouting is an important part of the fabric of a young person’s life and these young people were there to honor the American servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. �Page 4 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Fathers fight for parenting rights To the editor: The Barry County Equal Parenting Symposium will be held on Tuesday, June 5, at 7 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Hall, 328 South Jefferson Street, Hastings. The main topic will be discussion on The Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 4564. HB 4564 will change the current system to a presumption, in a child custody case, to joint custody unless a parent is found unfit, unwilling or unable to care for the child(ren), or if the child’s school schedule cannot be maintained without interruption. Under the current corrupt and biased family law court system, fabricated allegations and hearsay are admitted and believed. No evidence, witnesses, or proof positive is necessary for a father’s rights to his children to be stripped from him without any wrongdoing on his part at all. With very few exceptions, a child custody hearing has a predetermined ruling before anyone steps one foot into the courtroom! Phyllis Schlafly, a family rights advocate, attorney and grandmother writes of Title IV-D of The Social Security System. “The federal incentives drive the system. The more divorces, and the higher the child support guidelines are set and enforced (no matter how unreasonable), the more money state bureaucracies collect from the federal government. Follow the money. The less time that no-custodial parents (usually fathers) are permitted to be with their children, the more child support they are required to pay into the state fund, and the higher the federal bonus to the states for collecting the money. States have powerful incentives to separate fathers from their children, and to give near total custody to mothers, to maintain the father’s high-level support obligations even if their income is drastically reduced and to hang onto the fathers’ payments as long as possible before paying them out to the mothers.” Ms. Schlafly has also researched that, in 2002, The General Accounting Office reported that the states were holding $657 million in undistributed child support. Michigan, among others, has enacted laws to enable them to put these dollars into the state general fund with relative ease. James Semerad, chairman of Dad and Moms of Michigan PAC, writes, “The current system promotes conflict between parents. It encourages non-cooperation because it often rewards a non-cooperative parent with primary (child) placement and child support. In many families, it results in pushing one parent of the children’s lives and financially and emotionally devastating both of the parents and the children. It works for the divorce industry but not for many children and families.” Dads and Moms of Michigan is a volunteer support organization comprised of responsible fathers and mothers who want to be equally active participants in the lives of their children. For more information on them, check www.dadsofmichigan.org, or call 1888-892-DADS (3237). In a major undertaking to promote House Bill 4564, two Michigan divorced fathers, Robert Pedersen and Rob MacKenzie, will embark on a 600 mile Bike Trek from Lansing to Washington DC. They will leave August 11, and plan on arriving on August 18 in time for a National Rally for Equal Parenting at our nation’s capitol. They will be accompanied by a dedicated support and media van, expected to be complete with a special website and GPS tracking. This is all being done by volunteers and funded by donations. The Bike Trek is being done by pedal power and the endurance of these two fathers. Check www.achildsright.net for more information on the trek, to donate, and more information on Equal Parenting. Although it is true that Michigan law states that both parties are to be advised of the possibility of joint child custody in a dispute, in reality, both parents must agree for a court to so order. If parents have come to a custody agreement on their own, very often it is thrown out by the judge. At least 75 percent of divorces are initiated and sought by the mother, and all too often a bitter spouse will not agree to joint custody, deciding instead to hurt the other parent by withholding contact with their children. Joint legal custody, intended to balance such major decisions such as a child’s education and health care, between the parents is nothing more than a bone thrown to fathers in an attempt to pacify them. There is no written definition of legal custody in Michigan law, and the Michigan Friend of the Court and the rest of the system has no intention of enforcing such an order in any event. The passage of The Equal Parenting Bill is of extreme importance and necessity to every child and parent in Michigan. Please plan on attending, as we intend to enlightening and educating the general public as to the realities of how the Michigan family law court system treats our children simply because their parents divorce. Denying a child the love, care and guidance of a fit, loving and caring parent is child abuse. Children have the right to equal time with both fit parents. Sincerely, Phillip N. Wurm Hastings Don Johnson vs. Brian Calley To the editor: Don’t you just love Don Johnson’s writing style. This is genuine stream-of-consciousness stuff, the Beat Generation, very late-50s, vaguely reminiscent of the writings of Jack Kerouac and Allan Ginzberg. I’m glad someone still carries that torch. Once in a blue moon, I even find myself agreeing with Don. On those rare occasions I always pause for a moment of self-reflection to review my own thought processes and opinions. Last week, Don got one thing right. Brian Calley is indeed a good man, and a fine State Representative. He has gone way above and beyond to overcome the absentee reputation of his predecessor. I can’t recall any legislator ever who put so much time and effort into constituent contact and services. Don’t let Don’s endorsement of Calley confuse you. While I’m sure Mr. Calley appreciates favorable reviews from constituents, he and Don Johnson have almost nothing in common. Let’s compare and contrast. Don Johnson is a virtual volcano of ill will, gleefully spewing venom and vitriol. Brian Calley is none of that. Brian Calley is thoughtful, compassionate gentleman who truly respects everyone, even people whose party affiliation or political opinion he does not share. Don Johnson is none of that. Brian Reynolds Hastings Impotent state govt. could learn from county As I've watched the State Legislature deal with this budget crisis over the past months, it’s helped me appreciate even more a different brand of leadership in Barry County. Even though the first Charlton Park Day had to be postponed until Sunday due to the weather, extensive plans were made and there was much excitement among the many volunteers that people were actually talking about the park in a positive way and were planning to attend the event. Reports from volunteers said nearly 900 people toured the facilities. This long overdue Charlton Park Day was intended to open the park to all Barry County residents, welcoming them to come out enjoy the day with free food, swimming, boating, having a picnic and touring the facilities. But the larger issue here is that in less than a year, with different leadership, the County Board has managed to turn the park around, add several events to the season and install a new board made of dedicated residents willing to roll up their sleeves and make this project work. The taxpayers last year said loud and clear they were not willing to renew a millage for the park when it appeared it was struggling. Yet throughout the county last month we saw taxpayers approve bond issues for their school districts for new buildings, repair and hosts of maintenance issues. It just shows you, no matter how dire the economy might appear, when you keep people informed and ask local voters to support something they believe in, they will come through. I urge anyone to get out to the park and tour the facilities, and I'm sure you will agree Barry County has a great deal of potential having this asset. The park’s location on Thornapple Lake offers many recreational advantages such as swimming, boating and fishing. It's a great place to have a picnic and hike through the acres of open spaces and scenic views. There also are a museum and historic park, which are available only in a hand full of places throughout the country. We also have a great selection of artifacts at the park. It just shows you what can be accomplished when a small group of people are willing to work hard to get something done. Thanks to county leadership, it looks like we've started to save the park and will in the near future look back and see the fruits of these labors. Meanwhile, school is out for most students and our schools are ending their 2006-2007 academic year. Yet state officials, in their infinite wisdom, are still fooling around with funding and will expect local districts to have their budgets presented by the end of next month. This is no way to run state government. Educating our young people should have a higher priority. I realize the importance of controlling costs and demanding accountability, but not at the expense of our students. Taxpayers who have been reading about what schools are going to do if the state cuts education budgets should be outraged. With the possible reductions, parents will be looking to pay extra for just about everything, from pay-to-play sports, band, art, clubs and any additional activities. Get your checkbooks out, because it's going to cost you. This is no way to run a government. Educating our young people is a responsibility we can not take lightly. I can't imagine why anyone would want to get involved in education right now, for it appears there is little or no support at the state level. Most Michigan taxpayers want accountability in their government and they surely do not want to see taxes increase across the state. But come on now, our elected officials have known about our state's fiscal problems for a long time, yet appear to be clueless on what to do to turn it around. They need to take a cue from Barry County. First, you have to realize you have a problem. Next you have to be ready to make the big and tough decisions even though some might not be comfortable. Then you have to execute. From where I sit, it appears the biggest issue the legislature is trying to satisfy all the lobbyists and special interests camped out in Lansing. I hope by the time you read this column, the problem is behind us. Regardless, Michigan taxpayers need to realize how impotent Maggie Coleman truly has performed ‘Golden Deeds’ On the brighter side, it was great to see the local Exchange Club select one of Barry County's finest for this year's Book of Golden Deeds recipient. Maggie Coleman comes from one of the area's families. She is the daughter of Richard and Ethel Groos, longtime Hastings residents and supporters of just about anything that is important to the community. I've known the Groos family my entire life and I've seen first hand the impact they’ve made on our community. Maggie comes by it naturally, for her family has made a lifetime commitment to Hastings and the county by giving back in many ways. For Maggie, it's in the genes. Her great grandfather was Emil Tyden, who married Minnie H. Johnson. They had one daughter, Florence, who later married Richard A. Groos and had a son, Richard T. Groos who later took over the Tyden Seal and Viking Sprinkler. Emil was considered in his generation as generous to the community and was credited with finding the right people to make his businesses prosper. He gave to local charities and churches and to every worthy local project that came before him. He financed college educations for several young men in the community. He gave a tract of land to the city, which people later named Tyden Park in honor of his long legacy. He also supported Pennock Hospital and contributed to its growth over the years. Emil Tyden’s legacy of generosity became apparent again, nearly 100 years later, when Richard T. Gross presented the first Emil Tyden Scholarship at the Hastings High School Honors Assembly last Thursday night. The scholarship provides the recipient, Margaret Buehl this year, with $6,000 per year toward college. Many years later, Maggie Coleman, daughter of Richard T. Groos, has followed in her father’s, grandmother’s and greatgrandfather’s footsteps in supporting every worthwhile activity in the Hastings area. She's served on many boards and organizations and is always willing to give a hand to help in any way as her grandmother, Florence Tyden, did so many years before. Yes, she is a great selection for this year's Book of Golden Deeds. You could write a book on the generations of giving her family has demonstrated since Emil Tyden came to Hastings more than 100 years ago. I served with Maggie on the Community Foundation Board and have witnessed first hand her special leadership ability and concern for the people of the county. When the Library Board came to the foundation for support for the new library, Maggie took the project on like it was the most important thing in her life. She has given countless hours of herself in bringing the project to where, in just a few days, this community will celebrate the opening of our new beautiful facility in downtown Hastings, bringing a whole new look at East State Street. Thanks to the Exchange Club for their special selection, thanks to Maggie for all she's done, and thanks to the Groos family for their continued support of their and our hometown — Hastings. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics The Hastings Banner Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. their elected state officials really have become. I don't know it you can blame term limits, incompetent elected officials, big business or whatever. I just know this is no way to run a state, especially one that just a few years ago was on top of every list from clean air and water to open spaces, recreational attractions and a strong economic engine the nation admired. It just shows you what a group of people can do if they don't know what they’re doing. What should be done with the State budget? On Friday, May 25, the Michigan Legislature and Governor Jennifer Granholm reached a tentative agreement to balance the 2007 budget. Schools and medical payments will not be cut. There will be $215 million dollars in cuts, and payments to state colleges and community colleges will be delayed. Do you think this will solve the state’s budget problems or what do you think should be done about future budgets? Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Amy Coon, Middleville: “I think that it is good that they didn’t take money from school funding. That would have been very bad, especially since money has already been spent.” Carol Kelly, Middleville: “The legislature did what they had to do. They aren’t going to please everybody when it comes to cuts in the budget.” Donna Stagray, Middleville: “I think that there will be more budget problems down the road. They should have worked together sooner to see what more could have been done to solve the budget problems.” Heather Betit, Grand Rapids: “I think the state should do more to encourage tourism. That would bring in people and money and really help the economy.” Ed Schellinger, Middleville: “The only answer to solving Michigan’s budget problems is to raise the sales tax as soon as possible.” Don Williamson, Middleville: “The legislature always uses school to in some way balance the budget. It is also dangerous to use creative financing with pension funds to move the budget problems to next year.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Let’s reclaim the beauty of Green Street Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Hastings is in many ways a model of a pleasant place to live. It’s fun to be a part of this town – even for us who don’t live there or have a vested interest except enjoyment of the beauty of seeing flourishing families enjoying their yards. We all really gain in the quality of life when good neigborhoods are enhanced and beauty shines. John and Maureen Robinson Middleville P.S. This improvement is worth doing regardless of what happens with the Wal-Mart problem. Hastings should close all businesses To the editor: I agree with William Voigt, let’s not let in that corporate bully Wal-Mart. In fact let’s go ahead and get rid of all the corporate bully’s like K-Mart, McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, Pizza Hut, 5/3 Bank, D.O.C. Eye Doctors, Family Dollars, Ace Hardware, Rent-a-Center, all the video rental stores, Plumb’s, Felpausch, the Chevy dealership, the Dodge dealership, the Pontiac dealership, Citgo, Phillips 66, Admiral, Shell, The Quik Lubes, Fashion Bug, Ponderosa, Big Boy, Hastings Manufacturing, Viking, Tyden Seals, Flex-Fab, MC Supply, Do It Lumber (Barry County Lumber), Pro-Line, the car washes, Applebee’s, Radio Shack and the Money Store. In fact, just run them all out of town because we don’t want any corporate bullies in this town according to the majority. While you are at it, let’s just get rid of all of the cars and start using a horse and buggy to go every where that we need to go. We also won’t need all the police that we have now because there won’t be anybody committing any moving violations when the top speed of the horse is nowhere near 55 mph. That would mean that the police would be able to work more on the other cries. While you are still going, let’s bring back the general stores, the blacksmith and the bakeries. In fact, let’s just revert back to the dark ages. This sounds like a real good idea to me. How about you? I say we start right now! But you better let the rest of the world know that we are doing this so that they know not to visit this town unless they leave their cars and rent a horse to come here. Or better yet, let’s just tear down the whole town and move on! But while you are thinking this over, just remember that all of these businesses started out small, including Wal-Mart. Larry DePriester Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Investing For Kids? Keep These Dates in Mind If you have young children or grandchildren, you may want to start investing for them - and you should. As you invest, however, you'll need to keep a couple of key dates in mind - because they can make a difference in your family's tax situation and your control of your child's or grandchild's assets. One important date to remember is the day your child or grandchild turns 17 - because that's the last year he or she will be affected by the "Kiddie Tax." The Kiddie Tax applies to unearned income - typically from investments held in the child's name - above an annual threshold, which, in 2007, is $1,700. Of that $1,700, the first $850 of earnings is tax free, but the next $850 will be taxed at the child's rate, which is typically 10 percent. Any income above that $1,700 will be taxed at the parents' rate, which could be as high as 35 percent. However, while your child's or grandchild's STOCKS majority - either 18 or 21 in most states. The child owns the account, but you are named as custodian, and you control the account until the child is no longer a minor. At that point, the custodial relationship ends and the child assumes control over the account. In other words, once the child is 18 (or 21), there's no guarantee that he or she will use the money for college, as you may have intended. So, if you really want to put all your child's investment money into a college fund, you might want to consider a 529 College Savings Plan, which gives you significant control over the funds, along with tax advantages. Contributions are tax-deductible in certain states for residents who participate in their own state's plan. You should note that a 529 College Savings Plan could reduce a beneficiary's ability to qualify for financial aid. In any case, if you've got investments earmarked for your children or grandchildren, be aware of the changes that will occur once they turn 17 and 18. Those years can be challenging enough without any financial "surprises." This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones Dear Annie: A year ago, I found out I was pregnant. When I shared the great news with my husband, "Archie," he screamed, "How can you do this? Are you trying to trap me?" I was hurt, but knew he'd been under a lot of stress, so I just thought he was having a bad day. A month later, I got a call from "Megan," one of the athletes that Archie coaches. She said she was sorry Archie and I were getting divorced and that the two of them had been together for six months. I said she was mistaken, that Archie and I were very happy and expecting a baby. She started crying and hung up. When Archie came home, I confronted him about the call, and he denied everything. The next day, he came home with an armload of roses and two baby outfits. Two days later, he moved out while I was at work, and took everything, including my hairbrushes, some jewelry and my diary. He ignored all my phone calls, but on our one-year anniversary, he and Megan left a message on my answering machine, laughing, saying, "Happy anniversary! We are having a great time together!" I cried most of the day, and that evening, I had a miscarriage. When I was released from the hospital, I filed for divorce. I heard that Archie's mother told everyone I'd had an abortion and "threw Archie out for no reason." It's been hard to keep my chin up when I am mourning the loss of my marriage and my baby. I've been in counseling, but it doesn't seem to help. I don't want to grow into a bitter old woman. Friends have told me to start dating again, but I can't imagine doing that when I thought Archie was "the one," and he turned out to be so horrible. What can I do? -- Hurting in Kentucky Dear Hurting: Archie is slime, and you are well rid of him. Still, it's too soon for you to be dating, so don't let well-meaning friends push you into anything. Please contact SHARE (nationalshareoffice.com) at 1-800821-6819 for support in dealing with the loss of your baby, and we hope you will continue with your counseling. Although it may not seem to be helping, it provides a safe harbor where you can express your feelings without being judged. Name changes Dear Annie: Why are all the names in your letters in quotation marks? Does the person who sent the letter do it, or do you replace the name they use with another one? You never print the senders' locations, so why would it hurt to use the real first names of the people they're talking about? Most first names are quite common, and the situations described could apply to anyone. It's been bugging me. -- Unnamed and Unlocated Dear Unnamed: We usually change the names on our end. You'd be surprised how many people think they recognize themselves in a letter. If we use real names, there can be all kinds of trouble for the writer, and we prefer not to put our readers in harm's way. Changing the names allows for plausible deniability. ‘Phat’ chance Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Worried Mom," whose daughter is being called "fat" by kids at school. I want to let you know about the slang term "phat," which sounds like "fat" but really means "hot." I work with middle school students, and when they called my car "phat," I didn't understand. They explained it was a compliment, meaning my car was cool. Maybe these kids are calling the girl "phat," complimenting her. I could be wrong and she is being bullied, ® The but the girl also seems easily influenced by other people's words. -- Concerned Reader Dear Concerned: The word "phat" has been around for several years, and it refers more often to objects than people. But we agree this girl is too easily bothered by what others say, and we hope she can develop a tougher attitude. Cut-off from family Dear Annie: If I move across the country permanently, am I obligated to inform my family of my change of address? They have not contacted me in nearly a decade. I am a single female in my late 50s, never married, no children. I was adopted at birth and never had any desire to find my biological parents. Ten years ago, I was cut off by my adoptive family for reasons that always seemed manufactured. I was falsely accused of something, defended myself and got the charges dismissed, but the family stopped contacting me soon afterward. I sought counseling and was assured that I did nothing wrong. I am in the process of selling my business and closing out my life in the city where I currently live. I have not seen any of my socalled family in nearly a decade, and they have not sought me out. I don't feel I owe them any notice of my leaving, and I prefer they have no way in which to contact me, even to notify me of a death. What are my obligations? -- Left Out in the Cold Dear Left Out: How sad that your family has chosen to treat you this way. No, you do not have to notify them that you have moved, although it will preclude any possible opportunity for someone to try to reconcile in the future. If this is what you want, however, so be it. Perfect, but weighty? Dear Annie: My wife of 25 years is a perfect partner. We have raised two sons and have done everything side by side. She is supportive and a great homemaker. She loves to cook and prepares most of our meals. She works in the yard and exercises regularly. She is an attractive 60ish woman, classy and a good social asset. However, she has a sweet tooth, and it's a problem. She has put on weight, and most of it goes to her belly. I want to find a way to tell her that it is affecting our marriage. Not terribly, but it does. She enjoys sex, and so do I, but intimacy could be better and it's because of her weight. I think it might even be hurting her relationships with her friends, who are mostly younger, and who have cut her out of their golf and other social activities. I want to find a way to tell her that I will support her in any way possible if she would start a diet or consult with a physician. I just can't find the courage to speak up and don't know what is appropriate. Can you help? -The Husband Dear Husband: A woman who is nearly perfect ought to be allowed some leeway about her size. However, if her weight gain is affecting her health, that is worth mentioning. Has she had a recent checkup? If not, suggest it. Then tell her that, as you get older, you worry old eating habits will cause future medical problems for both of you. Enlist her help to keep the family fit and healthy, and make it a joint project. And we hope you are misinterpreting the reason her friends have abandoned her. How cruel if you are right. u t l a atio r g n n o s The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 40.49 +.05 Anheuser Busch 52.23 +1.16 CMS Energy Corp. 17.98 +.86 Coca-Cola Co. 52.18 +.70 DaimlerChrysler 90.34 +2.59 Dow Chemical Co. 45.03 -.74 Exxon Mobil 82.62 -.15 Family Dollar Stores 33.67 +.06 First Financial Bancorp 14.88 -.27 Ford Motor Co. 8.40 -.28 General Motors 30.10 -1.26 Intl. Bus. Machine 105.91 -.79 JCPenney Co. 79.70 +.94 Johnson & Johnson 63.05 -.53 Kellogg Co. 53.78 +.16 McDonald’s Corp. 50.61 -1.89 Pfizer Inc. 27.56 +.19 Semco Energy 7.72 +.03 Sears Holding 180.14 +1.52 Spartan Motors 34.68 +.99 TCF Financial 27.32 -.13 Wal-Mart Stores 46.94 +.40 Gold $663.40 +$3.50 Silver $13.22 +$.23 Dow Jones Average 13,521.34 -18.61 Volume on NYSE 1.4B -100M tax rate may be 10 percent, it doesn't necessarily mean that every investment that generates $850 in earnings will be taxed at that same rate. For example, a child will only have to pay a 5 percent tax rate on income from most types of stock dividends. (At least, that's the case for now; Congress is considering legislation that would subject the $850 - or whatever the future amount may be - to the 10 percent rate, no matter what the source of the income.) On the other hand, if a child invests in growth stocks - those that generally don't pay dividends - he or she won't generate significant unearned income until after the shares are sold. So, if you and your child or grandchild follow a "buy and hold" strategy with these stocks until the child is at least 18, he or she would only have to pay the capital gains tax, which is currently just 5 percent for people in the 10 percent tax bracket. (This rate drops to 0 percent for the years 2008 through 2010, but the proposed legislative changes would deny the 0 percent rate to children.) Once your child or grandchild turns 18, he or she will no longer be affected by the Kiddie Tax. The age of 18 is also important if you've been investing for your children or grandchildren through either the Uniform Gift to Minors Act (UGMA) or the Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA). Essentially, UGMA/UTMA allows you to fund an account for a child, but limit the child's access to the account until he or she reaches the age of Coping with loss C WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? pleasant places to live, part of an area that is a nice place for folks to enjoy a walk with their kids. OK, but isn’t it pretty unreasonable to inconvenience us “hurrying travelers” by abandoning this nice short cut? It’s so nice for us to zip down Green Street and save two minutes. There are probably lots of other objections to the idea. But let’s not dismiss the opportunity to take a good look at what we’ve done to the Green Street folks and ask ourselves how much would it really hurt us to slow down and add a large slice of beauty instead of just saving a couple of minutes of time. by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Congratulations Justin Waters 01545542 On your graduation from the Medical College of Ohio. Good Luck on your residency at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI There will be an OPEN HOUSE June 9th, 2007 from 2-4pm at Johnstown Fire Station on M-37 South. Lots of Love, Aunt Julie, Uncle Al, Grandma & Grandpa, Mom & Dad, Lucas & Meredith 06651174 Brooke Varney Halie Varney Senior at Maple Valley High School from 6th Grade at Maplewood School 77511856 To the editor: Wal-Mart may have one thing right! According to your recent report on “changes in Rutland Ordinance May 24...” by proposing a cul-de-sac to be constructed just west of Pennock Hospital thereby forces all traffic going east of the proposed store to turn north on Cook Road and meet up with West State Street. Traffic traveling west on Green Street would not be able to go past the hospital entrance. What a pleasant idea! Green Street could be returned to the quiet, peaceful community it was before we ruined it with our thoughtless onslaught of traffic. 5,000 cars a day would ruin the enjoyment of any neighborhood. How many of us would choose to live along such a busy road? But thoughtlessly we turned Green Street into a traffic nightmare for our convenience. We do it elsewhere also, but Green Street was once a part of our towns most Annie’s MAILBOX We love you and are proud of you Grandma’s, Grandpa’s, Manning, Varney & Freese, Mom & Dad �Page 6 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Social News 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Merryfields to celebrate silver wedding anniversary QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Katherine Fribley to celebrate 100th birthday GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday 6:30 p.m. Softball Field 3. School officials have mixed reactions to the state’s move to save funding Finneys to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Jerry and Judy (Fetters) Finney were married on June 16, 1957 at Bismarck, Illinois Church of Christ. After serving in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Postal Service they retired in Hastings, their home for the past 30 years. They have three children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family of Jerry and Judy will host an open house on June 3, 2 to 5 p.m., at their home at 33 Mary Lou Drive, Hastings. No gifts, please. Area Obituaries Steven C. Enzian STANHOPE, IOWA - Steven was born in Hastings on September 2, 1956. He moved with his family to Los Alamos, New Mexico and then onto California. Steve attended and graduated in 1974 from Novato High School in Novato, California. After his graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served his country from 1974 to 1978. Steven married in 1977 and had four daughters. Steven is survived by his wife Suszanne and three of his daughters Jennifer, Melissa and Heather; a grandson, Gabriel; his mother-in-law, Jean Wahman. All are from Stanhope, Iowa. His mother, Virginia R. Medelros; brother, Michael; sisters, Gerri and Cheryl Ann Enzian and stepfather Alfred Medeiros; his grandmother, Zoe Conrad of Battle Creek. Steven was preceded in death by daughter, Dawna Lynn Enzian and his father Charles Leslie Enzian. Steven will be laid to rest with a small ceremony at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta on June 8, 2007 at 2 p.m. Any donations in Steven’s memory can be made to cancer research. by J-Ad Graphics News Service After months of wondering about state funding for the current school year, a decision was finally issued in Lansing last Friday and funding is safe, for now. State officials announced that there will not be any reductions in the amount of per student funding for the 2006-2007 school year. The latest projection was that funding would be cut $122 per student. Hastings Area School Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel said this does not have an impact on next year’s budget. “We’re handling next year’s budget assuming that the foundation allowance (amount of state funding) will be the same next year as it is for this year,” he said. Schoessel said the financial projections for next year have not changed, and he hopes the state will resolve the budget issues for next year. Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer said, “The last I heard, it was not finalized yet; but, even if it was that doesn’t affect where we stand. It doesn’t help us for next year; all we were doing was looking at ways to cut this year’s budget, but now that we’re not, we’re back to square one where we still have to cut $900,000 from next year’s budget so consequently we’re not out of the woods yet but we can breathe a little easier because we don’t have to cut more.” Chris Marcy, director of finance and oper- We have the New Keys and you’ll be pleased … Hastings’ New Affordable Family Apartments QUAIL RIDGE APARTMENTS Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date At Quail Ridge Apartments Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Happy 100th birthday to Katherine Fribley on June 4th. Those wishing to help her celebrate may send cards to 2651 Mexinene St., Hastings, MI 49058. 77512689 Kevin Merryfield and Brynda Cobb were married June 4th, 1982, at Central United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa. Kevin is employed at East Jordan Iron Works in Sunfield. Brynda has a Day Care in her home and is known as Aunt “B”. They have two daughters, Elaina and Jessica. Elaina and Nicholas Ludema, live in Copperas Cove, Texas. Nicholas is stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas and is serving in Iraq. Jessica and Jason Mays live in Lake Odessa. Kevin and Brynda have one grandson, Cavin Ludema and one granddaughter, Brooke Mays. Please join their family in wishing Kevin and Brynda a Happy 25th Anniversary with cards and phone calls. Office Hours Daily from 9 to 4, evenings & weekends by appointment ations for the Thornapple Kellogg School District, said she is relieved that the decision was made to not cut school funding for this year. “If the state had gone ahead with the cuts, the TK school district might have had to go into the fund balance for this year,” she said. Marcy and the finance committee of the TK Board of Education are working on the budget for the 2007-2008 school year. She said they are not anticipating any increase in funding the next year and will have to budget carefully in case the state decides to cut school spending for the coming year. 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PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Connie M. Feltner, An Unmarried Woman, A Single Woman and Lawrence R. Feltner, An Unmarried Man, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115139, and rerecorded on September 26, 2005 in instrument 1153343, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Ninety-Nine And 26/100 Dollars ($88,099.26), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing 10 rods 8 1/10 links West of the Northeast corner of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22; thence West 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence South 12 rods 16 2/10 links; thence East 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence North to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #113713F02 77512759 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J Moralez and Kristy L Moralez, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 17, 2004, and recorded on June 7, 2004 in instrument 1128852, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand One Hundred FiftyEight And 67/100 Dollars ($132,158.67), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 Post of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 8 West, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 480 feet for the place of beginning. Thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes West 200 feet thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 150 feet thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes East 200 feet thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West 150 feet to the place of beginning Subject to the Highway Right-of-Way 33 feet in Width along the South side of Premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142271F01 77512401 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Trumpower, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2004, and recorded on October 20, 2004 in instrument 1135784, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seven And 95/100 Dollars ($74,407.95), including interest at 8.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 15 feet of Lot 33 and the East 1/2 of Lot 32, Supervisor's Plat of the First Addition to Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 6, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143417F01 77512655 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Melissa Flikkema ,, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of November, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of November, 2005 in Document No. 1156950 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen & 04/100 ($113,317.04), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of June, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 68, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1 / 4 and Northwest 1 /4, Section 27, T4N,R10W, Village of Middleview, Barry County, Michigan. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 5/16/2007 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 853209 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007, 06/07/2007 77512469 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lisa K. Bunce f/ka Lisa K. Jordan a married woman and Randy J. Bunce, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2002, and recorded on September 9, 2002 in instrument 1087110, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 44/100 Dollars ($74,809.44), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, of Block 3 of Butler Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141982F01 77512346 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gene M. Tobin husband and Wendi J. Tobin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2006, and recorded on January 31, 2006 in instrument 1159530, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Three And 35/100 Dollars ($166,663.35), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9 of Pleasant Valley Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 13 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142289F01 77512430 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John W. Saylor and Terees A. Saylor, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 2, 2005, and recorded on November 9, 2005 in instrument 1155987, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($151,486.74), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning 400 Feet South of the Northeast Corner of Section 24, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thence West 198 Feet, Thence South 220 Feet, Thence East 198 Feet, Thence North 220 Feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512770 File #144864F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charlene J. Everitt, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005, and recorded on September 2, 2005 in Liber 591 on Page 4032, and rerecorded on April 18, 2007 in instrument 1179453, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Nine And 27/100 Dollars ($272,259.27), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Section 11; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 03 seconds West 256.00 feet, along the East line of the Southeast 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 348.99 feet; thence South 00 degrees 34 minutes 45 seconds East 256.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East 349.39 feet along the South line of the Southeast 1/4 to the point of beginning. Subject to highway rights of way for Jordan and Tischer Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #128819F02 77512280 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BARRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE PROPOSED 2007-2008 BUDGET AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BARRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT: The Board of Commissioners of the County of Barry will hold a public hearing on a proposed increase of 0.2866 mills in the operating tax millage rate to be levied on all property in 2007. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Commissioner’s Chamber, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI. The date and location of the meeting to take action on the proposed additional millage will be announced at this public meeting. If adopted, the proposed additional millage will increase operating revenues from ad valorem property taxes 4.16% over such revenues generated by levies permitted without holding a hearing. If the proposed additional millage rate is not approved, the operating revenue will increase by 1.31% over the preceding year’s operating revenue. The taxing unit publishing this notice, and identified below, has complete authority to establish the number of mills to be levied from within its authorized millage rate. This notice is published by: Barry County, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1284. 77512796 DATE OF MEETING JUNE 11, 2007 PLACE OF MEETING BARRY ISD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE HOUR OF MEETING 7:00 P.M. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE (269) 945-9545 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING MINUTES ARE LOCATED AT: BARRY ISD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 535 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE HASTINGS, MI 49058-1038 A COPY OF THE PROPOSED 2007-2008 BUDGET INCLUDING THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE RATE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AT: BARRY ISD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE 535 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE HASTINGS, MI 49058-1038 PURPOSE OF MEETING: 1. Public discussion on the proposed 2007-2008 budget. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. The Board may not adopt its proposed 2007-2008 budget until after the public hearing. Colleen Garber Secretary, Board of Education 77512766 Barry Intermediate School District TK softball falls to Scots in D-2 district Caledonia broke open a close game with six runs in the fourth inning, to secure an 110 victory over the Thornapple Kellogg varsity softball team in a Division 2 predistrict game at South Christian Tuesday. Caledonia advances to take on Wayland in one district semifinal contest Saturday, while Hamilton squares off with Byron Center in the other semifinal at South Christian. The Fighting Scots had all the runs they would need to advance in the second inning, when a passed ball followed by an error scored the game’s first two runs. The Trojans’ Emma Bishop pitched a solid game, striking out eight while giving up three walks. Caledonia’s Alexa Gehrls fanned five batters and allowed two walks. Gehrls allowed only three balls out of the infield, and all three were singles. Emma Bishop was TK’s top hitter with two singles, and senior Ashley Lewis had the other Trojan hit. TK had its opportunities. In the second inning, the Trojans put runners on second and third, but a fine catch by Caledonia shortstop Holly Denton in shallow left field ended the inning. TK got its lead-off batters on base in the fourth and fifth innings, but the rallies came up short. Once the Trojans stranded a base runner on third, and the second time a double-play ended the threat. Caledonia only hit five balls out of the infield, but made the most of them. Denton, Britannia Hormel, and Leann Tuuk each doubled for Caledonia, while Becca Roerig tripled. BCCS ball diamond gets help from grant The Youth Advisory Council of the Barry Community Foundation has awarded a grant in the amount of $4,800 to Barry County Christian School. The grant will be used to install fencing and improve the baseball diamond on school property. BCCS freshman Luke Howell wrote the grant proposal and submitted it in March. Members of YAC awarded grants at their meeting in April. Jennifer Richards of the Youth Advisory Council presented the check to Howell and school administrator Ken Oosterhouse on May 7 before the baseball game, the first hosted by BCCS on their home field. Izzy Young, Matt Howell and Kevin Wood coach the team of fifteen junior high and high school players. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute blooms with events this summer With the soaring cost of gas prices, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute realizes that individuals and families are looking for low-cost events to participate in that are close to home. The Institute, located on the outskirts of Hastings, has scheduled a variety of events this season. In addition to the many programs that are planned, visitors can hike on one of seven nature tails. The Institute is located on more than 600 acres of property with over six miles of nature trails. The trails are open daily from dawn to dusk. A trail guide is available in the Visitor Center, which is open Monday–Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The summer calendar of events includes: • Saturday, June 2 -An Introduction to Geocaching and GPS Use. At some point in our lives we have all wanted to be explorers. Whether it is exploring the backyard or traveling the world, our sense of wonder has always guided us out into our world. Geocaching is an increasingly popular, fun, and healthy pastime for individuals of all ages and incorporates the use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit to locate caches and explore the many wonders that the outdoors has to offer. A typical cache is a small waterproof container that holds a logbook and "treasures," usually toys or trinkets of little monetary value. This workshop will focus on an introduction to GPS use and function. The first part of the workshop will be spent indoors becoming familiar with the principles behind GPS and the use of the units as well as an introduction to geocaching and its value as an outdoor pursuit. Then participants will head outside to put their new skills to the test as they search for the cache located on the grounds of Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Class size and GPS units are limited. Preregistration is required. Use of personal GPS units is encouraged. Time: 1 – 3 p.m. Cost: Members: $5; Non-members: $7. �Page 8 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Eight And 16/100 Dollars ($136,588.16), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141973F01 77512367 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael W. Thomas and Sandra L. Thomas aka Sandra Lee Thomas, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 13, 2004, and recorded on August 23, 2004 in instrument 1132849, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($171,256.88), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the shore of Bristol Lake for the place of beginning; thence Northerly along the Shore of Bristol Lake 148 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence South to said East and West 1/4 line of Section 10; thence West along said East and West 1/4 line to the driveway running on the East side of lots on the shore of Bristol Lake; thence Southerly along said driveway to a point 54 feet South of the East and West 1/4 line; thence West to the Easterly shore of Bristol Lake; thence Northerly 54 feet along the shore to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142524F01 77512480 's m a S Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gerald Wouda, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Wilmington Finance, a Division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2004, and recorded on April 19, 2004 in instrument 1125990, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of New York as Trustee for the CertificateHolders of CWABS 2004-06 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight And 92/100 Dollars ($97,268.92), including interest at 5.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 14 of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 56, and that part of the West 25.00 feet of the South 1371.15 feet of East Parker Drive, as vacated in Barry County Circuit Court File No, 85-118 CH, as lies immediatly adjacent to, and as an Easterly extention of, the North 1/2 of said Lot 14, as platted in the recorded plat of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #071112F03 77512744 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents ($93,558.98) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71448 77512780 Gourmet Food s Now Carrying A Full Line Of 11080 GUN LAKE RD., MIDDLEVILLE, MI 49333 269+795-9491 OPEN 7 DAYS 06651563 Miracle Grow Garden Products 02670487 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 21, 2003 in instrument 1104815, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen And 31/100 Dollars ($90,616.31), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F02 77512631 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Janice Orns, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 7, 2004, and recorded on April 16, 2004 in instrument 1125946, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Opteum Financial Services, LLC as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five And 84/100 Dollars ($138,565.84), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, and running thence South along the Section line 171.5 feet; thence West 303 feet; thence North 171.5 feet; thence East 303 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512286 File #141214F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sharon B. Wyman, a/k/a Sharon Wyman married to Kevin M. Wyman, a/k/a Kevin Wyman, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2004 and recorded October 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135690, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand One Hundred Two and 25/100 Dollars ($153,102.25) including interest at 11.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 36 rods of the South 40 rods of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 2, Town 3 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 17, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77512521 File No. 402.0333 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale E. Roach and Cindy K. Roach, husband and wife, to Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005 and recorded May 13, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146437, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred Forty-One and 85/100 Dollars ($115,141.85) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the North one-half of the Northwest onequarter of Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a metal fence post located at the intersection of Two Lots (roads) at the Southeast Corner of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 8; thence North 150 feet; thence West 233 feet; thence South 150 feet; thence East 233 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1403 77512775 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donna Allerding, original mortgagor(s), to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2006, and recorded on July 7, 2006 in instrument 1166901, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety And 92/100 Dollars ($79,990.92), including interest at 7.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 418 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142084F01 77512362 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 19/100 Dollars ($99,891.19), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144361F01 77512724 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda S. Walker, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163527, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Huntington National Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six And 00/100 Dollars ($119,446.00), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot No. 3, Block 5 Chamberlains Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded plat thereof, be the same more or less, but subject to all legal highways, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512322 File #141928F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dustin Sanders, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Citizens Bank, Mortgagee, dated January 19, 2005, and recorded on January 24, 2005 in instrument 1140553, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Michigan State Housing Development Authority, a public body corporate and politic of the State of Michigan as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($97,045.58), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Ammon Eaton's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of plats, Page 15 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143086F01 77512511 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Joles, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 18, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156656, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty-One And 32/100 Dollars ($86,131.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 9 and 10 of Block 4 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143947F01 77512664 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott A. Perham and Mary A. Perham, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 2, 2003, and recorded on July 30, 2003 in instrument 1109774, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Six Hundred FortyTwo And 65/100 Dollars ($163,642.65), including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 25, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 383.27 feet; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 660.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 11 seconds East 351.80 feet to the centerline of Ryan Road; thence North 65 degrees 08 minutes 36 seconds East along said centerline 277.10 feet; thence North 75 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East along said centerline 92.08 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 seconds West 489.65 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds West 340.00 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #141619F01 77512336 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24766-NC In the matter of Leticia Lidia Perez. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Thursday, June 21, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge Wm. M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: Petition for change of name of Leticia Lidia Perez to Lydia Letecia Dominguez. Date: 5/1/07 Leticia Perez 1633 N. East St. #2 Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-3870 77512692 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher J. Trumpower, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 7, 2006 in instrument 1161008, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight And 78/100 Dollars ($151,138.78), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7 of Prairieville Heights, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 34 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 10, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512274 File #141532F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-275-DO Court Address: 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone: (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff CORY ANNE GONZALES c/o Plaintiff’s Attorney Jeffrey D. Van Leuwen (P29046) 11876 Lakeway Drive Plainwell, MI 49080-9034 (269) 629-9791 v Defendant JOSHUA ANTHONY GONZALES Address Unknown TO: Joshua Anthony Gonzales IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to obtain a Judgment of Divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before July 26, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 5/17/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77512647 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2007/08 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET The City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing for the purpose of hearing written and/or oral comments from the public concerning the annual budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The public hearing will be held at 7:30 PM on Monday, June 11, 2007 in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City Council will consider the budget as proposed by the City Manager and presented to City Council on April 30, 2007. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend and to submit comments. A copy of this information, the entire proposed budget and additional background materials are available for public inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Office of the City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the City Clerk at 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77512685 STATE OF MICHIGAN 56-B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY PROBATE ORDER FOR ALTERNATE SERVICE CASE NO. 07-0690-SP 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 Plaintiff Christianan Bank and Trust Company, as Owner Trustee for Security National Funding Trust Plaintiff’s attorney Trott & Trott, P.C. Gary C. Bengston P57250 30400 Telegraph Road, Suite 200 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 248-642-2515 v Defendant Mark Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Jessica Porritt 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Mr. & Mrs. Occupants 514 S. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 In the matter of Christiana Bank and Trust Company v. Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants THE COURT FINDS: 1. Service of process upon defendant Mark Porritt, Jessica Porritt, and Mr. & Mrs. Occupants cannot reasonably be made as provided in MCR 2.105, and service of process may be made in a manner which is reasonably calculated to give defendant actual notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard. IT IS ORDERED: 2. Service of the summons and complaint and a copy of this order may be made by the following method(s): a. First class mail to 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 b. Tacking or firmly affixing to the door at 514 S. Main St., Nashville, MI 49073 d. Other: Publication in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks. 3. For each method used, proof of service must be filed promptly with the court. Date: 5-4-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 77512485 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jason T. Healy and Abigail Healy, husband and wife as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 5, 2005 in instrument 1153919, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 32/100 Dollars ($170,887.32), including interest at 9.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West 85 rods of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, commencing East 15 rods from the Northwest corner of Section for point of beginning, thence South 36 rods; thence East 19 rods; thence North 36 rods; thence West 19 rods to point of beginning. Subject to easements, reservation, restrictions and limitations of record; if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142573F01 77512516 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Douglas S Beasley, A Single Man to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2001 and recorded January 23, 2001 in Instrument # 1054180 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Household Finance Corp III, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eleven Cents ($97,516.11) including interest 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 7, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 14 and 15, Block C of Pleasant Shores Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on page 59 of Barry County Records Excepting the South 10 feet of Lot 14 of said plat. Commonly known as 1001 Gerke Dr., Hastings MI 40958 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 7, 2007 Household Finance Corp III, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0770219(HSBC) ASAP# 851457 05/10/2007, 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007 77512317 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, by assignment dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 15, 2007 in Instrument # 1176441 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($126,395.16) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 1025 E Mill St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77512669 Our File No: 07-70781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Steven Holtman, a married man and Deborah A. Holtman, his wife, who executes this mortgage for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead rights in the real estate covered, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 5, 2003, and recorded on March 19, 2003 in instrument 1100400, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two And 93/100 Dollars ($216,762.93), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northwest quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, more particularly described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West and running thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds East 1162.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 1313.53 feet to point of beginning of this description; thence South 81 degrees 05 minutes 28 seconds East 890.98 feet to the centerline of a 48 inch oak tree; thence North 85 degrees 25 minutes 52 seconds East 629.50 feet to the North and South quarter line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 49 seconds East 330.56 feet along said quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 08 seconds West 1193.26 feet; thence North 48 degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds West 423.01 feet; thence North 118.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512674 File #143919F01 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: The residents and property owners of the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and any other interested persons: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on motion of the Township Board of the Township of Orangeville, as authorized by P.A. 188 of 1954, as amended, the Township Board proposes to make improvements to Pickerel Cove Road for asphalt paving within the Township, and to create a Special Assessment District for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefitted therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment District within which the foregoing improvements are proposed to be constructed and within which a portion of the costs thereof are proposed to be specially assessed is more particularly described as Pickerel Cove Special Assessment No. 202. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has received engineering plans showing the improvements, together with an estimate of costs in the approximate amount of $15,000.00; has placed the same on file with the Township Clerk; and has passed a Resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the aforementioned Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, estimate of costs and proposed Special Assessment District may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular business days from the date of this Notice, until and including the date of the public hearing, and may further be examined at said hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon said Plans, District and Estimate of Costs will be held at the Township Hall within the Township on June 5, 2007, commencing at 7 p.m. At the hearing, the Township Board will consider any written objections and comments to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with said Board at or prior to the time of the hearing, and any objections or comments raised at the hearing; and the Township Board may at the hearing (or any adjournment of the hearing which may be made without further notice), revise, correct, amend, or change the Plans, Estimate of Costs or Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board, at or before the hearing, signed by record owners of land constituting more than 20% of the area in the proposed Special Assessment District, then the Township Board may not proceed unless Petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more than 50% of the area to be made into the Special Assessment District are filed with the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if the Township Board determines to proceed with the Special Assessment, it will cause a Special Assessment roll to be prepared and another hearing will be held, after notice to record owners of property proposed to be specially assessed, to hear public comments concerning the proposed special assessments. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon four (4) days’ notice to the Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring such aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place in person or by representative and to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77512638 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 �Page 10 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Phillip D. Jones, II and Lorri A. Jones, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded August 1, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167951, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and/or assigns, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtyFive Thousand Two and 45/100 Dollars ($165,002.45) including interest at 9.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence East 330 feet for a Point of Beginning; thence East 990 feet; thence South 440 feet; thence West 990 feet; thence North 440 feet to the Point of Beginning. Also the North 440 feet to the West 330 feet of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3936 77512785 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bert Grimm and Kelly Grimm, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 23, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 in instrument 1116438, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Seven And 25/100 Dollars ($68,577.25), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 39 of Supervisor's plat of the first addition to Eddy's Beach, thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes East 152 feet to Edge of County Road, South along Road 55 feet; thence South 88 degrees West 151.09 feet to the East line of plat; thence North 2 degrees 45 minutes East along plat 50 feet to beginning, being part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 32, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144524F01 77512754 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTYMICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on Wednesday June 20, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Patrick Leet, 10175 Three Mile Rd, Plainwell, MI 49080, for a Special Land Use permit and Site Plan Review for custom woodworking. Subject parcel number is 08-12-021-007-60. The subject district is “A” – Agricultural District. 2. A request by Darrin Loofboro, 8750 Milo Road, Delton, MI 49046, for a Special Land Use permit for a rural home occupation within a detached accessory building. Subject parcel number is 08-12-023005-10. The subject property is located in the “A” – Agricultural District. 3. A request by Jeff Weaver, 24115 Oak Lane, Mattawan, MI 49071, for a Special Land Use permit for temporary occupancy of a recreational vehicle or tent. Subject parcel is Lot 25 of Hyde Away Resort Number One, N. Crooked Lake Drive, Delton, MI 49046, parcel number 08-12-230-007-00. The subject property is located in the “R-2” – Single Family and Two Family, Medium Density, Residential District. 4. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77512764 Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed item to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: 1. Special Use Permit Application to allow a day care center on the property located at 364 South M-37 Hwy, Hastings, Parcel #08-13-014-048-00 and is currently zoned MU, Mixed Use District. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.1703.a requires a Special Use Permit for this request. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission said public hearing. at This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township Clerk by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77512768 Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly M. Parker, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2004, and recorded on March 29, 2004 in instrument 1124342, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Six And 45/100 Dollars ($105,696.45), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 6 and 7 of Jones and Taffee Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 54 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144580F01 77512749 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stan L. Monks, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005 in instrument 1151436, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen And 23/100 Dollars ($213,819.23), including interest at 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, except the South 220 feet of the East 750 feet of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West. Except: beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West distant North 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds West, 1353.00 feet from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 660.00 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 8; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes West, 1228.6 feet along said South line to the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 8; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East 657.2 feet along said North and South line to the center 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East, 1280.4 feet along said East and West 1/4 line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512621 File #143394F01 SYNOPSIS HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting May 15, 2007 Five Board members present, Trustees Smith and Bassett absent; Co. Comm. Gibson; Kathy Sheldon. Received 2006 audit report from Walker, Fluke, and Sheldon. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Appointed Jim Brown, John Lenz and Hilbert Medendorp to joint planning committee. Approved an amount not exceed $96,000 for 2007 Road Program. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77512790 Jim Brown, Supervisor TAPRC SOFTBALL TAPRC Softball Brightside 27 v. Mancino’s 6; Champs 18 v. Bushwhacker 1; Swamp Fox 11 v. Applebee’s 9. NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), dated January 7, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on January 15, 1997, in Liber 683, Page(s) 89, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $42,224.92, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), together with interest at 11.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 28, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LOT 13, PINE HAVEN ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 95. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) By: ____________________________________ DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77512615 Dated: May 17, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Six And 15/100 Dollars ($157,996.15), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #045798F02 77512626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry L. Myers and Kristine K. Myers, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2001, and recorded on June 8, 2001 in instrument 1061050, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Six And 60/100 Dollars ($65,846.60), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 4 and the West 10 feet of Lot 5 of Block 65 of the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recordedin Liber 1 Page 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #096450F02 77512736 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lynda A. Van Keuren and Robert Van Keuren, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on February 27, 2007 in instrument 1122810, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Thirteen And 86/100 Dollars ($112,913.86), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Description of Parcel C: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 30; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along the West line of Section 30, 333.36 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along said West line, 333.36 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East, 370.44 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds West 333.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West, 370.44 feet to the West line of Section 30 and the place of beginning. Together with and subject to right of way for County road across the Westerly 33.00 feet thereof. Also together with and subject to a 68.00 foot wide easement across the Northerly 66.00 feet of the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purposes of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities. Also together with and subject to the following easement: A 66.00 foot wide easement, the Southerly line of which is the Southern edge of the current driveway across the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purpose of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities, it being the intention that the second described easement shall be extinguished upon sale of Parcel C-2 or creation of a roadway on the first described easement. The above described easements shall be for the use and benefit of the following described parcel also. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143442F02 77512730 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24723 DE Estate of THOMAS SCOTT FISH, Deceased. Date of birth: 05/04/1963. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, THOMAS SCOTT FISH, who lived at 5364 Barryville Road, Nashville, Michigan died 11/15/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to STACEY M. FISH, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 05/23/2007 Kenneth R. Struble PLC by: Kenneth R. Struble (P43398) 100 Country Pine Lane Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 979-7525 STACEY M. FISH 5364 Barryville Road Nashville, MI 49073 (517) 852-0233 77512742 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 11 Viking softball ends regular season with 21 victories Lakewood picked up a pair of non-conference victories Wednesday afternoon, over Maple Valley. Melanie Forman pitched 14 innings and earned both wins for the Vikings, limiting the Lions to just four runs total Lakewood won game one 2-1, then took the second game 103. Forman helped herself out, with two hits on the night. She also scored three runs. Lindzy Curry had a big night for Lakewood with two hits, including a double and an RBI. Chelsey Dow had four hits, scored two runs and drove in two runs. Natalie O’Rielly had a double and two RBI’s. Briana Bosworth scored three times for Lakewood. Markie Brumm had two hits for the Lions in the opener, singling to start the second inning and eventually coming around to score the team’s only run. Lakewood scored its two runs in the bottom of the sixth to pull out the win, after Cedie Angus shut them down for most of the contest. Angus finished the game with seven strike outs and just one walk. Katelyn Boss, Page Semrau, and Brumm had hits for the Lions in game two. Bailey Flower scored in the fourth to start the scoring for Maple Valley. The Lions then added two more runs fifth, one on an RBI single from Brumm. Thursday, back in the KVA, the Lions were topped 11-1 by Galesburg-Augusta. Lakewood prepared for the start of the district tournament by scoring a pair of victories at Lansing Eastern on Tuesday afternoon to improve their regular season record to 21-16. Lakewood won game one 9-8, then took the second game 9-3. Forman again picked up the pair of victories. She had 13 strikeouts for the night. Brittnee Barta led the Vikings on the night with four hits and three RBI’s. Dow had three hits, including a double, and scored six times. O’Rielly had three hits. Bosworth had two hits and scored three times. Forman had two hits, scored five times, and had four RBI’s. Rachel Tryon added three hits, including a double, and three RBI’s. The Vikes play Eaton Rapids Saturday at noon in the district semifinals, at Lakewood. POLICE BEAT BEA Motorcyclist injured in accident Hastings City Police responded to a personal injury accident May 23 at the intersection of North Broadway and Woodlawn Avenue. The accident occurred when a northbound vehicle, driven by Maxine Crusan, 89, of Hastings turned left into the path of a southbound motorcycle driven by Kent King, 26, also of Hastings. Lansing Mercy Ambulance transported King to Pennock Hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries are not known at this time. Hastings man arrested for domestic assault Christopher Sides, 25, of Hastings was arrested May 27 and charged with physically assaulting his girlfriend. The assault occurred at a residence in the 300 block of West South Street after a verbal dispute turned physical. Sides was arrested when he returned to the residence about an hour after the assault. He was transported and lodged in the Barry County Jail without further incident. COURT NEWS • Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher May 24 sentenced Tyrone Alfred-Anthony Quick, 32, of Dowling, to serve concurrent prison terms of 12 months to 24 months and 47 days in jail for his May 9 conviction on charges of assault by resisting and obstructing police officers, domestic violence and assault with a dangerous weapon. Judge Fisher also assessed Quick $500 in court costs. A day earlier, in a probation violation sentence, Judge Fisher ruled that Quick was to be unsuccessfully discharged from probation. Quick had been sentenced in August, 2006 to serve 36 months probation for his conviction on two counts of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon. In December, 2006, Quick again appeared in Circuit Court and was continued on probation at that time. • Michael John Penn-Davies, 39, of Middleville, also appeared before Judge Fisher for two separate sentences May 24. Penn-Davies was sentenced to serve concurrent sentences of 48 months probation and 12 months in jail for his May 4 convictions of unlawfully driving away a vehicle (UDAA) in Orangeville Township and for attempted larceny in a building. Penn-Davies was arrested and charged in the UDAA case on Jan. 4, 2007 and for the larceny charge on Jan. 7, three days later. Judge Fisher also ordered Penn-Davies to participate in Day Reporting upon his release from jail and to undergo substance abuse counseling and cognitive behavior therapy while incarcerated. • On May 23, Judge Fisher sentenced Tina Marie Rugg, 39, of Bellevue, to serve 36 months probation and concurrent sentences of 10 months in jail on three counts and 60 days in jail on two counts. Rugg was convicted of charges of assault with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, malicious destruction of property, operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. She was also order to pay court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $360. She must undergo substance abuse counseling and cognitive behavior therapy while in jail and submit to a mental health assessment. Rugg was arrested in Castleton Township in December, 2006. 23 to serve 24 months probation and pay court costs of $250 plus $233 in restitution for his probation violation conviction April 26. Gilmore was arrested in March, 2006 and convicted of writing a no account check in Hope Township. Judge Fisher ruled Gilmore may be discharged from probation upon payment of all court assessments. • Clarence Scanlan, 52, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced May 23 to serve 12 months probation and three months in jail for his May 9 conviction of uttering and publishing. Scanlan was also ordered by Judge Fisher to pay court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $10 per month. Scanlan may be discharged from probation and have the balance of his jail time suspended upon payment of all court assessments. • Robert Wesley Harps, 41, of Benton Harbor, was sentenced May 24 to serve 388 days in jail for his probation violation conviction on a charge of operating under the influence of alcohol (3rd offense). Harps was also ordered to continue probation, a 60 month sentence he received in October, 2004. Judge Fisher ruled, however, that Harps will no longer have to participate in the Day Reporting program. Harps was credited with the entire 388 days previously served in jail. • Larry Dean Shepherd, 47, of Charlotte, was sentenced May 24 to serve 36 months probation and 12 months in jail for his May 9 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (3rd or subsequent offense). Shepherd was ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $360. Judge Fisher noted previous convictions on Shepherd’s record in 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1994 and 1999, all alcohol related convictions. Shepherd was arrested in Hastings Township on April 15. • On May 24, Edward Mark Hannah, 43, of Middleville, was sentenced in Barry County District Court to serve four months in jail for his May 4 conviction on a charge of larceny in a building. 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Morgan custom mattes and frames his own work, often using recycled wood for the frames. Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more info. Through May 2007. • Wood Sculptures by John Taggett will be on display for viewing or purchase at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Taggett encourages you to pick up his work and look at them from all angles, not only to see the 3-D form but also to appreciate the texture of the wood.Hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday through Friday and weekends during scheduled programs. For a schedule of events visit their web site at www.piercecedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190 for more information. Through May 2007. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Tom, Dick and Harry is a wacky new comedy from Ray and Michael Cooney which will open The Barn Theatre’s 62nd season. Tom and his wife want to adopt a baby. So how do his brothers Dick and Harry help out? By getting Tom mixed up with illegal immigrants, the Russian mafia, dead bodies and the local constable. Full of robust laughs and inspired silliness. The dizzying comedy stars Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com. May 29-June 10. MISCELLANEOUS • Festival of the Arts takes place in downtown Grand Rapids. Festival is truly unique: an arts celebration put on totally by volunteers; a feast of culinary arts, with lots and lots of food booths presented as fund-raisers for area churches and non-profit organizations; a community-wide salute to the incredible tal- ent in West Michigan. Enjoy Festival’s community showcase of the arts in all forms: visual, performance, culinary and more. All Festival performances and exhibits are free of charge with lots of live entertainment on several stages throughout the downtown area. For a complete schedule of events and more information, visit their website at www.festivalofthearts.org. June 1-3. • 56th Annual KIA Art Fair will be held in Bronson Park in downtown Kalamazoo. The juried art fair has run continously since a clothesline art fair was held in 1952. Rain or shine the event will be held from 9 am-5 pm. Admission is free. Over 200 artists booths, activities for children and bands performing live on stage make this a great family-friendly way to kick off summer. See kiarts.org for more information. Saturday, June 2. • Dune Buggy Show will be presented by Jim’s Buggy Parts at Charlton Park 9 am-4 pm. Adult admission is $5, children ages 11 & under free. Sunday June 3. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Old School concert planned at Miller Auditorium June 16 NVP Music Group brings legendary Old School groups The Dramatics, The Manhattans and Ray, Goodman & Brown a.k.a. The Moments to Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show, Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 PM The Dramatics brought us such great hits as “In the Rain” and “Get Up and Get Down.” The Manhattans list includes unforgettable “Shining Star” and “Kiss and Say Goodbye.” Ray, Goodman & Brown, better known to many as The Moments, have a long list of top hits which includes “Love On a Two Way Street,” “If I Don’t Care,” “Gotta Find a Way,” “Special Lady” and “After All.” Following the concert, there will be an Old School dance inside the Gilmore Theatre Complex adjacent to Miller Auditorium. Tickets to the dance can be purchased at the door. Tickets for the Battle of the Old School show at Miller Auditorium are $37.50 or $42.50 for VIP seats and are on sale now. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 387-2300 or (800)228-9858. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Bela Fleck w/ Chick Corea June 18 C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE MAY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 31 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Coming in June 1 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services Conference Room. 1 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 2 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 2-3 4-H Open Horse Show at the Barry expo Center. Contact Theresa Ferris at (269) 721-9961 for more information. 3 CCCA Museum “Grand Experience Concourse” at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners. Gates open at 8 am. The featured car will be the Cadillac. Call (269) 721-5089 for more information. 3 Dune Buggy Show will be sponsored by Jim’s Buggy Parts at Charlton Park. Adult admission is $5, children 12 and under free. 5 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 6 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6 pm-9 pm at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & museum grounds open. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 7 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 8 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 9 Hastings Car Club Cruise-In from 6 pm until dark at the Hastings K-Mart parking lot. No charge, all are welcome. 9 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Civic Theatre presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at 7:30 pm Wednesday, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm June 7-23 at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, this artful drama takes you into the world heroic rebel patient McMurphy, as he deals with his fellow mental institution patients and their nemesis Nurse Ratched in his own inimitable way. Powerful, painful, and brilliant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest promises a riveting night of theatre. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. Broadway Theatre Guild presents Riverdance at DeVos Performance Hall June 8-10. Performanced are planned for Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2 & 7:30 pm. Tickets are available for $32-$62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. Antique Show & Antique Car Cruise In at Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10. Classic tractors and motorcycles welcom. Free camping and free admission. 28th Annual Homecoming of the Three Fires Traditional Pow Wow at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids June 9 & 10. Hours are Saturday 11 am to dark, Sunday 11 am-5 pm. The 28th annual gathering celebrates the unity of the three tribes of Michigan, the Ottawa, Chippewa and the Potawatomi. Also featured in this event is traditional dancing, music, craft vendors and food booths. Free admission and free parking is available. The Grand Entries take place Saturday at 1 pm and 6 pm and on Sunday at Noon. Family attendance encouraged at this alcohol-free and drug-free event. For more information call (616) 458-8759 or email grboi3fpw@yahoo.com. Bach's Lunch: Grand Rapids Tour Choir at the St. Cecilia Music Society in downtown Grand Rapids June 12 at Noon. Admission is free. Guests are invited to bring a lunch and enjoy the live music by various performers from throughout the region. For more information call (616) 459-2224 or visit www.scmsonline.org or email scmstick@iserv.net. The Producers is the Broadway phenomenon about two men who create the ultimate scam – raising more money than is needed for a Broadway show – and hope it’s a flop so they can pocket the difference! Based on the Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same name and written by Mel Brooks, The Producers became a Broadway phenomenon earning more Tony Awards than any other show in the history of Broadway! THE PRO- This week’s selections: Spider-Man 3 Running time: 140 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 By the time you read this, “Spider-Man 3” will have made so much money, it would be enough for Angelina Jolie to adopt threefourths of Africa. Which means, even though I say this movie is sloppily written, woodenly acted and a colossal waste of time, it won’t matter. If you wanted to see the movie, you already have; and if you have no intentions of seeing the movie, well ... you wouldn’t be reading a review of it, right? So, how do I review a “critic-proof” film? Same as I always do: By callin’ ‘em as I sees ‘em. There’s a scene near the beginning of the picture where escaped convict Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church) transforms in to the shape-shifting villain, Sandman. At first all we see is a pile of sand. And slowly, painfully it wills itself into becoming a man. It is one of the most poetic and beautiful scenes I’ve witnessed in the past year, and a great piece of acting. Problem is, it was entirely computer-generated. The best acting in the movie was manufactured by a team of computer nerds — not performed by an actor. What does that tell you about the movie? None of the lead actors in “Spider-Man 3” give noteworthy performances. In fact, some of them — Kirsten Dunst in particular — are just painfully annoying to watch. Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/Spider-Man) isn’t much better. When he isn’t doing that googly-eye Froggy Face expression, he’s crying like a whipped Girl Scout. When his character becomes possessed by the Alien Black Suit, he’s supposed to become a Bad Boy. For Toby, that means wearing too much mascara and combing his hair down. I’m paying 10 bucks to see Spider-Man, not Emo Boy, for cryin’ out loud. DUCERS is a witty, tuneful caper with inyour-face humor about life behind the show biz curtain. The Barn Theatre in Augusta will present the comedy June 12-24. Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10:00 am-10:00 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens at 7 pm June 14. Tickets are $52 general admission lawn seating. Over the course of her 10-album recording career to date, Mary Chapin Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and sold well over 12 million records. This repertoire includes twelve top ten singles, including “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” which was nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy in 2006. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org/events/amphitheater.htm West Michigan Gay & Lesbian Pride Festival from 2-10 pm at the John Ball Zoological Garden June 16. Adult admission is $3 per person, children (2-12) free. Outdoors featuring non-stop entertainment such as live bands, comedians, female impersonators, country line and square dancing, kid's & families area, beer tent, vendors, non-profit organization booths, Classic car show, food vendors. For more information call (616) 3226273 or visit www.the-lgbtnetwork.org/wmipride Father’s Day Car Show at Charlton Park Sunday, June 17 is the largest single-day car show in the entire state. All cars must be 1980 or older and driven under their own power. Show hours are are 8 am-5 pm. The event also includes music, food and a swap meet featuring over 200 vendors. Awards ceremony at 3 pm. Chick Corea & Bela Fleck: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens June 18. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $47 each. In what’s sure to be a mind blowing performance, Corea will take command of the keyboard with Fleck, a master of banjo. Together these multiple Grammy winners weave duets out of staggering virtuosity. The Washington Post reviewed a recent performance as “supernatural.” For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Spider-Man 3 will make lots of money whether critics like it or not. The script is also a mess. It’s like director/co-writer Sam Raimi didn’t know whether he was making a comic book movie or a Bgrade chick flick. The film jerks back and forth between mostly-computer-generated action sequences and overwrought, tearyeyed soap opera-esque melodrama. Everyone in the movie cries at some point. And what’s worse is that the soap opera stuff is two-thirds of the movie. And the less said about the musical and dancing sequences (and there are quite a few) the better. I honestly can’t recommend “Spider-Man 3.” If you MUST see it (and you haven’t already), wait for it to hit the dollar movies or rent the DVD. For a film that cost Sony a reported $500 million to release, we should expect a lotta bang for our buck. “Spider-Man 3” just fizzles. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 13 “Tom, Dick and Harry” playing through June 10 BORN THIS WEEK: You have a romantic nature that allows you to find the best in people. You would excel at poetry and drama. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A stubborn refusal to go ahead on a project mystifies colleagues who expected more flexibility. But once you explain your position, they’ll understand and even applaud you. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A relationship seems to be stuck in the same place. Now it’s up to you, dear Bovine, to decide how far you want it to go and how intense you want it to be. Choose well and choose soon. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A relationship progresses more slowly than you would prefer. Best advice: Insist on a frank and open discussion. What is learned could change minds and, maybe, hearts. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) It’s all right to be grateful to a workplace colleague who has done you a good turn. But gratitude shouldn’t be a life-long obligation. The time to break this cycle is now. LEO (July 23 to August 22) It’s going to be especially nice to be the King of the Zodiac at this time. A recent money squeeze eases. Plans start to work out, and new friends enter Your Majesty’s domain. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Before you make a commitment on any level (personal, professional, legal), get all the facts. There might be hidden problems that could cause trouble later on. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Personal relationships improve. Professional prospects also brighten. A job offer could come through by month’s end. An old friend seeks to make contact. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your senses detect that something is not quite right about a matter involving a workplace colleague. Best advice: Follow your keen instincts and don’t get involved. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A prospect offers rewards, but it also demands that you assume a great deal of responsibility. Knowing you, you’re up to the challenge, so go for it, and good luck. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A favor you did a long time ago is repaid, as a trusted colleague steps in to help you with a suddenly expanded workload. A family member has important news. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A new job offer could require moving across the country. But before you let your doubts determine your decision, learn more about the potentials involved. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your sense of fair play doesn’t allow you to rush to judgment about a friend who might have betrayed you. Good! Because all the facts are not yet in. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The Barn Theatre opens its 62nd season with the hilarious new comedy “Tom, Dick and Harry” playing May 29 – June 10. This madcap comedy stars Barn favorites Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell. The comedy centers around Tom (played by Eric Parker) and his wife (played by Emily May Smith) who are adopting a baby and it is the happiest day of their lives or it would be if brothers Dick and Harry (Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell, respectively) would just leave the house before the arrival of Supervisor from the Adoption Agency (played by Mychelle Hopkins). Tom’s cunning is stretched to the limit as the “helpful plans” of Dick and Harry go haywire when two illegal immigrants, a dead body and a van load of contraband cigarettes are found and must be gotten rid of before the Constable also arrives! Also featured in the cast is Barn favorite Roy Brown along with Gregg Rehrig, Lisa Marie Morabito and Jake Stackhouse. Thus begins the newest Barn installment from the comedy collection of Ray Cooney. “Tom, Dick and Harry” was first performed in 2003 at the Theatre Royal, in Windsor, and again at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London, in 2005. Ray Cooney is one of the UK's most successful comedy playwrights as his work his well known by our Barn audiences as well. His many credits include “Out of Order” done here at the Barn on three occasions, “Run for Left to Right: Scott Burkell, Eric Parker, Joe Aiello Your Wife” and “Two Into One” which the Barn has also produced. Michael's theatre credits include Cash on Delivery (Whitehall Theatre) and he is also a well-known film screenwriter having written hits such as Identity, which stars John Cusack. “Tom, Dick and Harry” is directed by Dusty Reeds. Doug Blickle is Scenic Designer and Nettie Fischer has designed Costumes. Garrylee McCormick is Hair/Wig Designer. Properties are designed by James B. Knox and Lights are designed by Frank J. Vela. Tim Crews is Sound Designer. Technical Direction by Fred Gillette. Performances for “Tom, Dick and Harry” run through June 10th and are TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. BOOKS: Who wrote the best-seller “Unsafe at Any Speed” in the mid 1960s? 2. GEMS: What color is lapis lazuli? 3. GEOGRAPHY: The Falkland Islands lie off the coast of which continent? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What does a spelunker do? 5. U.S. STATES: What is the official slogan of the state of Illinois? 6. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin term “semper fidelis” mean? 7. ART: What is chiaroscuro? 8. CARTOONS: What is the name of Porky Pig’s girlfriend? 9. SCIENCE: What kind of gases are neon and helium? 10. MOVIES: Which three comedians starred in the movie “¡Three Amigos!” • Lots of people like to rent a limousine for special events — proms, weddings, reunions, whatever. There’s one that’s not available to the public, though: the world’s longest limo, found (where else?) in California. The Cadillac is 100 feet long, has 26 wheels and comes equipped with a king-size waterbed and a swimming pool with — seriously! — a diving board. I wonder what kind of a special certification you need to drive such a monstrosity. • It was Henry David Thoreau who made the following sage observation: “Men have become the tools of their tools.” • The people who make Guinness beer, in a study of drinking habits, found that men who have mustaches lose a total of 162,000 pints of beer every year in their facial hair. Those with beards, of course, lose even more. • Have you ever been to a tonsorialist? If you’re a man, chances are you have. “Tonsorialist” is just a fancy word for “barber.” • In the early 1960s, the decision-makers at NBC considered Bob Newhart, Jackie Gleason, Joey Bishop and Groucho Marx to replace Jack Paar before finally settling on Johnny Carson as the new host of “The Tonight Show.” • Here’s an interesting tidbit for chocolate lovers: 30 million Hershey kisses are made every single day. • Think a four-leaf clover is lucky? How about an 18-leaf clover? A lucky man named Shigeo Obara found one in Hanamaki, Japan, in 2002 — a Guinness World Record. • According to recent poll of British college students, 80 percent of freshman and sophomore men in the British Isles have never done laundry in their lives. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You’ll realize this as soon as they are born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.” — Ray Romano Answers 1. Ralph Nader 2. Blue 3. South America 4. Explore caves 5. Land of Lincoln 6. Always faithful 7. Use of light and shadow in painting 8. Petunia 9. Noble gases 10. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before, during intermission and after the show. Enjoy a light snack of while being entertained by the free cabaretstyle show in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge after the main stage performance. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10:00 am-10:00 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. Vintage motorcycles roll into Gilmore Car Museum June 10 On Sunday, June 10th, hundreds of motorcycles, from the rare rides of the last century to the newest models driven by spectators, will thunder into the newly-expanded Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. The west-Michigan museum, nestled on 90 landscaped acres near Kalamazoo is wellknown for its world-class collection of nearly 200 extraordinary vehicles spanning more than 100 years of automotive heritage. Yet, on this particular Sunday, the Gilmore Car Museum will again welcome its Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet, the 11th annual, which is considered by many to be the Midwest’s fastest growing event of its kind. The annual show features vintage motorcycles, scooters and customs 20 years old and older, displayed on the show field under the flags of their countries of origin. The several hundred motorcycles driven by spectators of the event receive VIP treatment and are given special parking in a “show field” of their own. “The parking area alone becomes a wonderful bike show itself,” says Gilmore Car Museum Executive Director Michael Spezia. “The Museum hosts 10 to 12 shows each year, and for this one, we completely shift gears. You'll see some of the best examples of original and restored vintage bikes here.” You will also find a “Bike Corral” full of vintage bikes for sale, a huge cycle parts swap meet, and the several new motorcycle dealers offering demo rides. The Gilmore Car Museum’s own vintage motorcycles will be on display, including a very rare 1912 Pierce-Arrow built by the famed auto manufacturer better known for its prestigious luxury cars, and a 1919 Johnson Motor Wheel, which was the predecessor of the Johnson Outboard Motor. The Museum is located in the heart of West-Michigan midway between Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, and Grand Rapids. For the 2007 season the Museum is also featuring the allnew special exhibit, “Michigan Dream Garage – The Ultimate Muscle Cars,” which includes 24 of the rarest and most sought after muscle cars. Check out www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call 269671-5089 for more information. The Gilmore Car Museum is a public, 501(c)3 non-profit educational institution, dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of the American automobile. Super Crossword Solution �Page 14 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Nashville’s Renown Violin Craftsmen By Esther Walton This week’s story is about William Meyers and Anders “Hally” Halvarson who moved their business partnership to Nashville in the 1930s. It was known as the Meyer’s Halvarson Company. Old timers around Barry County recall that they were nationally known violin makers. In 1943, the Grand Rapids Herald ran a story about their business during the WWII era under the heading, “Nashville Firm Takes Over Job That Germany Forgot.” “Believing that music is harmony and harmony spells peace, Messrs. William Meyers and Halvarson of Nashville, makers of the finest type of violins and violas, state that they are forgetting the master violinist to give every stringed instrument player in the country the “bridge” Germany forgot about. “In pre-war Germany, the bridges of stringed instruments, those essential maple supports which span all such instruments were produced exclusively in Germany. When the war took over the direction of the Reich, the painstaking manufacture of the delicate wooden bridges were forgotten. “Meyers and Halvarson are the master artisans who for years in their secluded workshop had fabricated the instruments that the Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York symphony orchestras beat a walkway to their Barry County door to obtain. Musical leaders declare that the famous M&H mark burnt into the interior of the mellow instruments the Nashville firm produced in years past will rival the fabulous marking of Antonio Stradivarius. “The two men who came to Barry County from Chicago, where both had worked with the Chicago Symphony orchestra, established a modest shop at Middleville. The intricate method that goes into the finer instruments plus a carefully guarded and secret lacquer enabled them to produce violins, which challenged the attention of the most prominent musicians of America. “Needing larger quarters as their business expanded, the partners moved in 1935 to Nashville where they took over one of the town’s oldest residences, designated by a weather-beaten violin swinging from an arm before the house. Before the war, members of outstanding symphony orchestras from the newest cities paid tribute to the partners by entertaining music lovers of Barry County at concerts held in the residence. “With the advent of the war, and Germany’s stopping production of violin bridges, Meyer and Halverson cancelled their community concerts and recitals, stored in temperature rooms their unfinished “master violin and violas” together with priceless wood that will give melody to a post war when they once again can mold the outstanding instruments of all symphonies, until then the firm will continue to be busy nine hours every day procuring bridges for the stringed instruments of America.” During World War II, they developed a machine for making bridges for stringed instruments and they continue to be shipped around the world.” William Meyers was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of William and Maria Meyers. He died in Battle Creek on December 5, 1963, at the age of 74. Anders E. Halvarson suffered a stroke at his home [and workshop], 112 N. Queen in Nashville and died on February 21, 1973 at the age of 72. His obituary noted that he was “a nationally renowned violinmaker and repairman and was particularly noted as a maker of excellent bows.” He was born in Malung, Sweden in 1900 and came to the U.S. as a youth in 1924. He worked in the violin repair shop of William Lewis and Son in Chicago where he perfected the art of making and repairing fine instruments. “He moved to Nashville in 1936 with his partner William Meyers. The MeyersHalvarson partnership lasted until 1957 when Mr. Halvarson became the sole owner. It was during the time he was in Nashville he developed the fine skills of bow making. Nashville was often visited by celebrity musicians, who brought their valuable instruments to Halvarson for repair and adjusting. Among Mr. Halverson’s hundreds of friends and customers were faculty members of Michigan State University, University of Michigan, and Western Michigan University, as well as students. “Though he was believed by many to be one of the finest violin craftsman in the middlewest, Halvarson would often accept and repair instruments owned by promising young musicians. Mr. Halvarson is survived by his wife, Astrid (Oleson) of Nashville, and two sisters in Sweden, Mrs. Gubheld Erickson and Mrs. Regine Halvarson.” [Ed. note: Hally Halvarson’s widow, Astrid’s sisters were Agnes and Margaret Lofdahls, the first and second wives of Dr. Stewart Lofdahl. Portland ends Delton soccer season Delton Kellogg had one more shot on goal than the host Raiders did Tuesday at Portland, but that didn’t turn into more goals for the Panthers in the opening round of the Division 3 district tournament. Portland advanced with a 4-1 victory over the Panthers, to Thursday’s district semifinal contest with Otsego. Otsego downed Maple Valley Tuesday 8-0. Hamilton and Lakewood meet in the other semifinal at Portland Thursday. The Raiders got two goals and an assist from Emilee Haik, and a goal and an assist from Paige Vedder in the victory. Portland jumped in front with a goal two minutes into the contest, but Delton tied things up with six minutes left in the first half on a goal by Kelsie Smith. Portland continued to drive down the center of the field to score three more goals, and knock Delton from the tournament. The Panthers end the season with a record of 6-12. Anna Goldsworthy made 11 saves in net for Delton Kellogg. Keeper Brittanie Curns had 15 saves for Portland. Delton fell in its final regular season contest, last Wednesday, to Harper Creek 3-2. The Panthers and Beavers battled evenly for the first half until Harper Creek put in two quick goals at the 15th and 12th minute marks. Delton fought back with more aggressive play and feverishly scored two goals to tie the score in the first half. The Panthers scored with five minutes left before the break, then three minutes before the half. Both teams continued the fight throughout the second half with field domination by the Panthers, who had several scoring opportunities. However, Harper Creek popped in a shot at the with five minutes to play for the win. Delton had 13 shots on goal for the game, with Amber Strick and Lauren Knollenberg scoring for the Panthers. Smith had the lone assist for DK. Goldsworthy made seven saves for Delton in the first half, and Kelsey Deibert came on in the second half and stopped six Beaver shots. Three unearned runs end Lions’ run In the three innings where the Maple Valley varsity softball team’s defense didn’t allow an error, Olivet scored 0 runs. In the four innings where the Lions combined for their seven errors, the Eagles pushed five runs across the plate. That was enough help for Olivet to score a 5-2 victory over the visiting Lions, in Division 3 pre-district action Tuesday afternoon. The Lions finish the year with a record of 15-17, much improved from a year ago. The team looks forward to future improvements, with the loss of only three seniors Katelyn Boss, Chelsey Davis, and Rachel McCaul. The Lions’ Bailey Flower gets her bat on the ball in the bottom of the fourth Tuesday at Olivet, during her team’s 5-2 pre-district loss to the Eagles. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Boss had one of the Lions’ six hits in the game. She singled to start the sixth, and eventually stole home, to shrink the Eagles’ lead to 4-2. Brianna Misiewicz was 2-3 to lead the Lion attack, and scored the team’s first run in the bottom of the third inning. Cedie Angus, Bailey Flower, and Page Semrau had the other Lion hits. Angus, pitching for the Lions, gave up five runs but only two of them were earned. She struck out six, walked four, and allowed six Eagle hits. Olivet got the scoring started in the first inning, with one of its two earned runs. After Angus struck out the lead-off hitter, The Eagles sandwiched two doubles around a single for a 1-0 lead. After the Lions tied things up in the third inning on Angus’ RBI single, the defense began to let them down. The Lions had three errors in the top of the fourth, and saw the Eagles score twice to take the lead back. Two errors in the fifth inning helped the Eagles add an insurance run in the fifth. Olivet then added a final tally in the seventh. Maple Valley third baseman Katelyn Boss races under a botched bunt attempt by the Eagles in the fourth inning at Olivet Tuesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Kayla Durham’s two goals lead Lakewood to victory “Halley” Halverson displays one of his violins. “Halley” Halverson in 1950. Lakewood’s varsity girls’ soccer team added to its school-record victory total, getting win number seven Tuesday afternoon (May 22) against Fowlerville. With less than ten minutes remaining in the second half, the Vikings’ Kayla Durham worked hard to get around the last Gladiator defender and hit a hard shot from the right side across the front of the goal and into the corner of the net. It was her second goal of the game, and gave Lakewood a 2-1 edge that it held for the remainder of the contest. Janie O’Donnell assisted Durham on her second goal. Durham’s first goal gave Lakewood a 1-0 lead, with 13:21 left in the first half. She worked her way around the Gladiator defender on the right side and blasted a shot into the far side of the goal. Fowlerville evened things up a few moments later, placing a shot far out of the reach of Lakewood keeper Lacey Chase from only about 10 yards out. The rest of the night, the Viking defense was solid. “The whole defensive team had a great game,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales, “with Janie O’Donnell , Kristy Piper, and Emily O’Rielly leading the way.” Chase made seven saves on the night. Lakewood outshot the Gladiators 9-8 for the night, with the Gladiators putting six shots on goal in the first half and Lakewood matching that total in the second half. It was the first of two league games on back to back nights for the Vikings last week, that moved the team’s overall record to 7-9-1. Lakewood traveled to Lansing Catholic with revenge on its mind, after falling to the Cougars in overtime on Unity Field earlier in the season. The Cougars were able to score another one-goal victory against the Vikings though, 1-0 last Wednesday. The Cougars lone goal wasn’t a pretty one. With 22:57 left in the second half a scramble ensued in front of the Viking net. Chase wasn’t able to get to the outside in time, as a Cougar won a battle with the Viking defense and tapped a shot that trickled across the goal line. “We had two great chances to put them away early but their goalie made two nice saves,” Gonzales said. “We applied lots more pressure on them and had a final chance late in the game to knot up the score, but again their keeper made a diving stop on Kayla Durham’s rocket shot.” Gonzales said that the first half of action was all that his team expected from the two evenly matched squads. Lakewood actually outshot the Cougars 4-1 in the first half, and 11-4 for the night. “The ball just didn’t bounce our way this night,” added Gonzales. “I would like to commend the effort from my team on a very, very hot night, and for playing two games back to back they battled the whole game. District action begins for the Vikings in Division 3 when they take on either Pennfield or Hamilton at Portland Thursday at 6 p.m. The district finals are planned for Saturday, June 2, at 10 a.m. in Portland. Lakewood baseball outscores the Lions 21-3 in two games It’s a good time of year for a varsity baseball team to get on a roll. Lakewood scored a pair of big victories over Maple Valley last Wednesday, 9-1 and 12-2. Lakewood had ten players with at least one hit in the six-inning second game. “The kids are playing good now, with good team unity,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “Everybody got in yesterday, so we’re moving people around just to keep that team chemistry. That’s the big thing this time of year.” Nic Wieland had a big night for the Vikings, with a home run in each game. He was 2-3 in the night cap with a home run and a double. Matt Schultz, Zach Porter, Corey Herman, Scott Schultz, Isaiah Bosworth, Jordan Richardson, Brian Satterly, Kurtis Powell and Alex Backe had one hit each for Lakewood in game two. Matt Schultz had a triple and scored two runs. Bosworth and Herman both had doubles. Porter and Scott Schultz had one RBI each. Wieland was 2-4 in game one, with a home run and two RBI’s to lead the way. Jesse Martin earned the victory on the mound in game one for the Vikings, allowing just one run in four innings of work. Caleb Yager took over in the fifth and shut out the Lions the rest of the way. Porter had a big game one, going 3-5 with an RBI. Matt Schultz had two hits. Richardson was 1-4 with a double and two RBI’s. Powell was 1-3 with a triple and an RBI. Bosworth and Martin also had RBI’s for Lakewood in game one. Lakewood is hosting a Division 2 district, and drew a bye in the first round. The Vikings will take on either Lansing Waverly or Lansing Eastern in the district semifinals, June 2 at 10 a.m. That game will be followed by Hastings versus Charlotte. The district finals are scheduled to being at 3 p.m. Saturday. 401(k) rollovers made easy 02672313 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 15 Maple Valley boys win KVA meet by 32 points by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley’s varsity boys’ track and field team could have headed home after the field events and still finished in fourth place at Wednesday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) championship meet. Instead, the runners stuck around and the team headed home with a KVA championship in its first season in the eight-team conference. The Lions piled up 147 points, besting second-place Pennfield which finished with 115. “It was nice to come in to a new league and win it. The kids were outstanding tonight,” said Lion head coach Brian Lincoln. “We got 56 points in the field events, which is unheard of for us.” Maple Valley’s girls finished second in the conference meet, behind league champion Parchment, to finish in a second-place tie with Delton Kellogg overall. It had been so long since the Lion ladies didn’t win a league title, head coach Gary Hamilton had a hard time remembering it. “I’m thinking ‘96, but I can’t say for sure,” he said. The Lion boys had multiple scorers in the pole vault, the discus, and the shot put, and won four of the five field events. “We knew we would win three, Nick (Thurlby) pulled one out in the long jump and Chris Eckhoff pulled out second in the pole vault,” said Lincoln. “Jeremy Riley is a senior now in the throws. He’s really stepped up.” “In the pole vault we’ve always been strong. Nick in the long jump he’s been coming along. Jose (Romero) in the high jump, that has been a nice addition to our team.” Thurlby won the long jump at 19 feet 3 inches. Romero was the high jump champion at 6-2. Riley scored in both throws, taking the shot put at 44-4 and placing fourth in the discus at 11-3.5. Riley’s throwing partner in the discus, Dustin Houghton was fifth at 109-9.5. In the shot put, the Lions’ Dustin Cowell was sixth at 39-1. Kaleb Root won the pole vault for Maple Valley, clearing 13-6, and Eckhoff was second at 12-6. The Lions also got a point from the sixth-place finish by Matt Hamilton in the pole vault. 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The Panthers didn’t fare nearly as well as the Lions in the field events, scoring in just two events. Matt Ingle was fourth in the pole vault at 11-6 and Shaun Reigler sixth in the long jump at 18-3. The top finish on the day for the Delton boys came from the 3200-meter relay team of Dan Roberts, Dalton Parmenter, Robbie Wandell and Justin Durbin which avenged an earlier loss to Maple Valley in the event, by finishing in 8:31.99. The Lion team of Kyle Staines, R.J. Raines, Rob Morehouse and Mike Hall was second in 8:44.08. Conference champions on the track for the Lion boys were Thurlby in the 110-meter high hurdles (16.03 seconds) and 300-meter intermediate hurdles (41.12), and Mike Hall in the 800 (2 minutes 1.42 seconds). Maple Valley’s Morehouse and Staines placed fifth and sixth in the 800 too. Dave Roberts and Ingle both scored in the two hurdle races for the Delton boys. Roberts was fifth in the 110 (17.47) and second in the 300 (41.46). Ingle was sixth in both races. Delton’s boys also had multiple scoring performances in the 400 and the 800. Justin Vandermeer was third in the 400 with a time of 52.87, Martel Epperson fifth in 54.83 and Jordan Bourdo sixth in 55.16. In the 800, Dan Roberts was third in 2:03.32, and Dalton Parmenter fourth in 2:06.54. The Lion boys were also second in all four relay races to pile up some points, finishing behind Delton Kellogg in the 3200-meter relay and behind Pennfield in the three sprint relays. Pennfield was led by its sprinters all day, taking the top two places in the 100meter dash and the 200. The Lion team of Champ Bodell, Romero, Thurlby, and Charles Wymer was second in the 800-meter relay in 1:32.50. In the 400meter relay, the Lions’ Tyler Christensen, Romero, Houghton, and Wymer placed second in 45.63. Maple Valley’s 1600-meter relay team of Bodell, Jarrod Brooks, Morehouse and Wymer was second in 3:33.65. Maple Valley’s girls also did well in the field events, and the sprint relays. The Lion 800-meter relay team of Lauren Pierce, Dani Christensen, Lizzy Stewart and Amy Tobias re-set their own school record time in the event, winning their race in 1:47.91. “Early on (this season) they were close, so we kind of figured they’d break it,” said Hamilton. “I don’t know if they can run any better than that or not. I hope they can.” Pierce and Christensen also took one individual championship each. Pierce won the long jump at 16-7.75. Christensen took the 300-meter low hurdles in 48.35. Christensen was second in the 100 hurdles in 16.57, second in the shot put at 33-10.5. Pierce was second in the 200 in 27.48. Delton’s Katie Searles edged Christensen for the 100-meter hurdle title, with a time of 16.54. Searles then finished second in the 300 hurdles with a time of 49.51. The Delton Kellogg girls’ only other title came from the 3200-meter relay team of Heather Millard, Mandy Dye, Katee Hogoboom and Rachael Williams which finished in 10:13.23. The Lions also got a championship from Stacey Fassett in the pole vault, who set a new personal record at 10-0. Teammate Catara Briggs was second at 8-6, and Kayla Shaw was sixth at 7-0. Maple Valley also had three girls score in the discus, with Ashley Gonser second at 1009.25, Jennifer Kent fourth at 97-7.25, and Brittiney Stambaugh fifth at 92-5. Parchment won the girls’ meet with 136 points. The Lions were second with 127, followed by Delton Kellogg 85, Olivet 71, Hackett Catholic Central 34, Kalamazoo Christian 30, Pennfield 24, and GalesburgAugusta 20. The Lion 400-meter relay and 1600-meter relay teams were second to Parchment. The Delton girls were third in the three relays they didn’t win. Maple Valley’s Alisha Felmlee, Mallorie Densmore, Stewart and Pierce finished the 400 in 52.07. The Lion team of Tobias, Leslee Rigelman, Densmore and Stewart finished the 1600 in 4:20.20. Maple Valley got a third-place finish from Stewart in the 400 in 1:01.58, and from Tobias in the 800 with a time of 2:33.64. The Lions’ Lauren Trumble also scored in the 800, placing fifth in 2:38.50. The Delton girls piled up some points in the hurdles behind Searles. Jessica Elliott was sixth in the 100-meter hurdles, and in the 300 hurdles Elliott was fifth and Hogoboom sixth. DK also had two scorers in the 200-meter dash, with Chelsea VanderWoude placing third and Rachael Williams fourth. The Panthers Shelly NeSmith sends her shot flying at the KVA meet Wednesday. She placed sixth in the event. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Justin Vandermeer cruises around the far corner in the 400meter dash at the KVA meet Wednesday at Maple Valley. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood boys’ track team third at CAAC meet A trio of individual state qualifiers scored the only championships for the Lakewood varsity track and field teams at Wednesday’s Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 championship meet, hosted by the Vikings. The Vikings’ Mike Kuras took the discus on the boys’ side with a throw of 153 feet 6 inches. On the girls’ side, Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns was the discus champion with a throw of 126-1.5. Lakewood’s boys’ team also got a championship in the 110-meter high hurdles from Markus Gonzales who hit the finish line in 15.46 seconds. The championships from Gonzales and Kuras helped the Lakewood boys to a thirdplace finish at the conference meet, although they were a distant third. Williamston’s boys won the CAAC-3 meet championship with a final team total of 217 points. DeWitt was second with 149, followed by Lakewood 51, Haslett 43, Lansing Catholic 33, and Fowlerville 33. The Williamston and DeWitt boys’ teams combined to win 13 of the 17 events, splitting the four relay races. The Lakewood boys’ team’s other individual state qualifier, Nate Root, placed third in the pole vault at 13-0. Williamston’s Josh Walters won the event at 14-0 and his teammate Nick Rainey was second at 13-0. The Hornets took four of the top five scoring places in the event. Kuras was second to Williamston’s Bobby Woodman in the shot put. Kuras’ top throw flew 51-8, and Woodman won the event at 532.25. Gonzales placed in all four of his events on the track, also taking fifth in the 300-meter intermediate hurdles with a time of 44.43. He teamed with Miguel Martinez, Jason Sterkenburg, and Matti Waack for the thirdplace 1600-meter relay time of 3 minutes 37.27 seconds. Gonzales, Root, Jared McConkey, and Mike Gregory placed sixth in the 400-meter relay with a time of 51.60. Lakewood was also sixth in the 800-meter relay, as the team of Nate Tischer, Calvin Hoppes, Travis Ackerson and Lucas Porter finished in 1:41.47. Lakewood’s 3200-meter relay team of Martinez, Casey Beglin, Brandon Sterkenburg, and Jason Sterkenburg was fifth in 8:58.09. The Viking boys got a sixth place finish from Root in the 110 hurdles (16.56 seconds) and a fourth place finish from Martinez in the 400 (53.05). It was Williamston and Haslett that ran away from the pack at the top of the standings in the girls meet. The Hornets took the championship with 178 points. Haslett was second with 126, followed by DeWitt 82, Lansing Catholic 61, Lakewood 47, and Fowlerville 32. Lakewood scored in just two field events, with Joostberns leading the way for the team in each. Her teammate Sara Jemison was fifth in the discus with a throw of 98 -6. Joostberns was fourth in the high jump at 5-0, and the Vikings’ Kelly Daniels was fifth at 4-10. On the track, Jacqie Collins and Jessika Blackport had the top finishes for the Viking girls. Collins was third in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.16 seconds and Blackport third in the 1600-meter run in 5:30.83. Blackport also placed fourth in the 3200 in 12:34.91. The Vikings got a fourth-place finish from Amanda Briggs in the 300-meter low hurdles (51.67), and a sixth from Ashley Pifer in the 800-meter run (2:30.55). Lakewood’s ladies were fifth in three relays, and sixth in another. The Viking 3200meter relay team of Brittany Raffler, Blackport, Daniels, and Pifer was fifth in 10:46.67. The team’s 800-meter relay foursome of Alexis Brodbeck, Becca Willison, Briggs and Megan Holaski was fifth in 1:55.91. In the 1600-meter relay, the Viking team of Pifer, Briggs, Raffler, and Brodbeck was also fifth with a time of 4:23.74. The Lakewood 400-meter relay team of Brodbeck, Collins, Holaski, and Cheryl Spitzley placed sixth in 59.77. Delton Kellogg’s Katie Searles (center) and Maple Valley’s Dani Christensen (right) fly over one of the first sets of hurdles in the 100-meter race at the KVA championship meet Wednesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Justin Durbin battles the heat and the competition Wednesday in the 1600-meter run at the KVA championship. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons take two from the Sailors Hastings opens post-season play at Lakewood Saturday, taking on Charlotte in the Division 2 district semifinals against Charlotte at 12:30 p.m. The district championship game is slated for 3 p.m. Saturday. Hastings ended the O-K Gold Conference season with a 7-11 record, and 14-16 overall mark last week, taking two of three games from South Christian. In the series finale Wednesday, the Saxons pulled out a 7-6 victory over the Sailors. The Saxons scored six runs in the first inning to take a commanding lead, then got the final out with the tying run on third base in the bottom of the seventh. Singles from Ricky Mathis, Jon Garrett, Rob Cady and a double from John Feldpausch helped propel the Saxons to their early lead in the first inning. South Christian then began chipping away at the lead with a run in the first and another in the second, before Matt Teunessen settled in on the mound. The Saxons added a single run in their half of the third as Rob Cady flied out to left field, scoring Dylan Cuddahee to put the Saxons up 7-2. South continued to battle and scored twice in the fifth inning to cut the lead to 7-4, then after a scoreless sixth, came to bat in the seventh still trailing by three. Teunessen struck out the lead-off hitter, but the next batter hit a routine ball to second. It was routine until a bad hop at the end put the runner on first and set the stage for another dramatic ending. South then put two runners on board, before a nice defensive play from Garrett to Cady recorded a second out. Another South single made the score 7-5, and a passed ball allowed the Sailors’ sixth run to come home. Now 7-6 with the tying run on third, Teunessen got a South hitter to pop up to catcher A.J. Tassos, who made a fine defensive play to end the game and preserve the win for the Saxons. Teunessen (3-3) went the distance in a gutsy performance, striking out eight along the way to the win. South started the three-game set with the Saxons with a 12-5 win in Hastings on Tuesday (May 22) afternoon. The Sailors scored ten runs in the final three innings to pull away. After falling behind by a run in the first, the Saxons tied the game in their first at-bat. Mathis reached on an error, stole second base and then scored on a base hit from Tassos. The Saxons added two more in the second. A David Kendall double scored Ken Taylor, and a single from Cady scored Kendall. The Saxons added another run in the third when Teunessen hit his second home run of the season, but that would be the end of the offense until a single run in the sixth was scored by John Feldpausch who reached first on a base hit and scored on another double by Kendall. The Saxons tallied nine hits in the opener, with Teunessen and Kendall collecting two each. In the second game, the Saxons battled back from a 4-1 deficit to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth and then went on to win it 5-4 and earn the split. In the last of the seventh, Feldpausch singled and took second on an error. Taylor then reach on an infield single, but it would not score Kyle McNerny, who came in to run for Feldpausch. After a strike out, the Saxons went down to their last out and Cady came through by putting the ball in play and then hustling down to first and beating out the throw as McNerny came across to score the winning run. Singles from Kendall and Justin Carroll, and doubles from Cady and Garrett led the Saxons to three runs to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth. South Christian struck first in the ball game, scoring three runs in the opening frame before Hastings got on the board in the home half of the second. Tassos singled, and then Scott Wilson, running for Tassos, scored on a single from the bat of Kendall. That made it 3-1 in favor of the Sailors. South then add a run in the fifth inning to set the stage for the late game Saxon rally. Dylan Cuddahee (2-3) pitched an outstanding game and dominated from the second inning on ,with his best performance of the season. He struck out nine and walked only two, scattering six hits. �Page 16 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons shut-out in final soccer games The Christians were unkind to the Saxon varsity soccer team at the end of the season. Holland Christian topped Hastings 5-0 in the Division 2 district opener Tuesday evening. South Christian topped the Saxons 7-0 to end the regular season last Wednesday. “We didn't show up to play at all,” said Saxon head coach Sarah Derrico of last Wednesday’s loss. “We were as flat as we possibly could have been. We also lost Natalie Knorp to a bad ankle sprain during that game, which just hurt because then we had to move everyone’s positions around.” The Saxons were pleased with the defensive effort of Elli Devroy, Molly Wallace, Breanne Girrbach, Ashley Eerdmans, Thea Ulhaug and goalkeeper Brittany Howell. “When you have a team like South Christian coming at you as fast and as controlled as they did, they are going to get by you many times,” Derrico said. Dana Shilling also had a fine game for the Saxons, moving from her outside midfield position to the center midfield. “She played phenomenal, and as well as she could have for not playing that position,” Derrico said. The Saxons came out flat, and didn’t appear to their coach as they were ready to play on Tuesday against the Maroons. “Natalie (Knorp) was out because of a bad ankle sprain so we had to switch people’s positions up. When you have everyone playing in mostly the same spots all season and working well there as a team and you change up positions you never know what is going to happen, and it just didn’t happen for us.” The Saxons had a good stretch of about 25 minutes in the first half where they battled the Maroons, but couldn’t connect on any goal scoring opportunities. “Holland Christian played like Holland Christian,” Derrico said, “very well composed and their speed of play was phenomenal, although I must say they are not the team they were last year. I think they were much better last year as a whole than this year.” Holland Christian will now take on either Wayland or Allegan in Friday’s district semifinal at Caledonia, beginning at 5 p.m. As Hastings Dana Shilling (seated left) signs her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Albion College she is joined by (clockwise) her parents Jill and David Shilling, Hastings athletic director Mike Goggins and Hastings varsity girls’ basketball coach Dan Carpenter. Shilling signs on to play basketball at Albion College Saxon defender Ellie Devroy (8) clears the ball from her team’s end of the field as a Maroon attacker comes crashing in. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Health Line by Scott B. Brasseur, M.D. 1005 West Green Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: 269-945-2419 Internal Medicine SECOND OPINIONS My doctor recommended that I take some PHGLFDWLRQ�WKDW�,¶P�QRW�FRQYLQFHG�,�QHHG���+RZ� do I handle this? 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The first doctors¶ opinion usually is never wrong but sometimes just hearing it explained differently helps you to be able to make more comfortable decisions. DRQ¶W�H[SHFW�WKH�VHFRQG�GRFWRU�WR�³JHW�LQYROYHG´�LQ�\RXU�FDUH��� 7KH\�ZLOO�QRW�OLNHO\�FDOO�\RXU�GRFWRU�DQG�³SXW�WKHLU�KHDGV� WRJHWKHU´�DQG�GLVFXVV�\RXU�FDVH���<RX�ZLOO�DOVR�QRW�OLNHO\�JHW� a follow up visit with the second doctor. You have simply asked them for their opinion on a particular issue based on information already known. $OWKRXJK�WKH\�XVXDOO\�ZRQ¶W� order new tests, their opinion may be that you get more tests before making your decisions. Second opinions are certainly not needed for everything. Hopefully you are going to a doctor that you trust. Second opinions are absolutely necessary for decisions that involve a serious medical condition, that seem risky, controversial or radical and you simply are not comfortable with making a decision by yourself. 77512695 Shilling also played four years of varsity soccer at Hastings and two years of varsity volleyball. She was a captain in all three sports her senior year. She was named coMVP of the Saxon volleyball team this winter. She is also a member of the National Honor Society, the Business Professionals of America, Youth in Government, Interact, and was named the Exchange Club Youth of the Month. Prior to graduation, she earned the Hastings schools’ Buzz Youngs Award. Registration for Chamber golf outing due this Friday The 21st annual Barry County Chamber of Commerce Open golf outing will be held June 13, at the Hastings Country Club. The deadline for registration is this Friday, June 1. This is the major fund raising event held by the chamber each year. The cost to play in the 18-hole four-person scramble is $395. There will be prizes for a hole-in-one contest, long drive contest, most accurate contest, and a closest to the pin contest. There will also be door prizes awarded. Beverage carts will be out on the course. Lunch will be served following golf. The cost for individuals wishing to attend only the lunch is $15, RSVP is required. Dinner is set to begin around 2 p.m. sponsored by the Monterey Griller Pub. This year’s grand prize is a four-day cruise vacation getaway, sponsored by Riverbend Travel, ICS Travel, State Farm Insurance, and Manpower. For more information or to sign on as a sponsor of the event, contact the Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454. The 2007 Barry County Chamber of Commerce Open Committee. The Chamber’s annual fund-raising event will be held June 13, at the Hastings Country Club. Even years top the odds in Saxons’ 31st alumni game Outstanding pitching was the feature attraction at the 31st Annual Hastings Alumni Baseball game, Monday at Johnson Field. The even numbered graduating years finally broke the odd years’ winning streak, with a 5-0 victory in the game. Brandon Burke (’02) and Matt Moore (’98) combined to pitch a one-hitter, striking out 11 in the shut-out. Kevin Davis (’05), Aaron Snider (’03), and Josh Storm (’97) turned in equally strong pitching performances for the odd team, fanning ten and allowing only six hits. Caleb Case (’04) was the hitting leader of the day, with two singles. Andrew Courtright (’98), Shawn Davis (’92), Todd Slater (’84), and Shawn Raymond (’94) collected one hit each for the winners. Bobby Cole (’03) had the only hit for the odd year squad. Serving as catchers for the game were Courtright, Bruce Case (’81), and Andy Kelly (’05). Others playing for the even squad were Eric Scheidel (’04), Mike Hubbard (’02), Tom Moore (’96),m and Doug Garrett (’78). Other odd year squad participants were Roger Byykonen (’87), Tyler Jiles (’05), Luke Waters (’01), Ty Greenfield (’99), Mike Davis (’87), Josh Bundy (’99), Andy Griggs (’05), Adam Whitney (’89), Andy Keller (’99), and Luke Warner (’99). Brian Cuddahee (’75) and Jason Sixberry (’84) took part, but did not play. For the 20th season in succession, Dan Wilson (’57), umpired the game. In all, 28 Hastings alumni played and three others were in attendance. Fiber Arts & Animals Festival Saturday, June 9th, 10 am— 5 pm at Side Track Ice Cream, 403 S. Kalamazoo, Marshall, MI (south of the fountain) A Family-Friendly Educational Event *** Free Admission, Free Parking Animals Llamas Alpacas Rare breed sheep Angora rabbits Goats Demonstrations Spinning Triangle loom weaving Wet felting Needle felting Wool combing Knitting Crochet Ply splitting/braiding Lucet braiding And more! Featuring Raw & processed wool Hand-spun yarn Hand-woven shawls Beautiful hand-crafted items Fiber craft supplies Goat milk soap Handbags Hats Enjoy the ice cream, visit the critters, and learn about the fiber arts! Co-Produced by: Queso Cabeza Farm Olivet, Michigan 269-749-9404 www.QuesoCabezaFarm.com 77512792 Scott Brasseur, M.D. is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and practices as an Internist in the Physicians Center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Contact your physician for medical advice before you change anything concerning your health. If you have further questions about this or any other medical problem and would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Brasseur, call (269) 945-2419. The Saxons’ Sam VanDenack settles the ball near midfield late in the second half Tuesday afternoon against Holland Christian, in the district opener at Caledonia. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Hastings high school senior, now alumni, Dana Shilling recently made signed her National Letter of Intent to play college basketball at Albion College beginning next season. Shilling led the Saxons in scoring and rebounding last fall, with 364 points and 123 rebounds. She finished her three-year varsity career with 746 points. In her senior season she was named first-team all-conference in the O-K Gold and first team all-Barry County as well. She was also honorable mention in the Grand Rapids Press’ All-Area team. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — Page 17 Lions win one for little guys at Barry County Meet by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The smallest school in the Barry County Meet came up big once again, Tuesday, as Maple Valley’s varsity boys’ and girls’ track and field teams both won championships on their home field. The Lions defended their titles from 2005, after the 2006 meet was called because of the weather. Each of the five schools, Maple Valley, Hastings, Lakewood, Thornapple Kellogg and Delton Kellogg were allowed to enter one relay team in each race as well as three participants in each individual event. Everyone in each event scored for their team, with 15 points awarded for first place in individual events, 14 points for second, 13 for third and on down. The top relay team scored 30 points, the second 24, third 18, fourth 12, and fifth 6 points. Even with all those points being passed out, Maple Valley’s girls just edged out Thornapple Kellogg by three points for the girls’ championship. Maple Valley finished with 395.5 points. Thornapple Kellogg had 395.5, followed by Lakewood 348, Delton Kellogg 312, and Hastings 295. Maple Valley’s girls and Thornapple Kellogg’s girls won four events each. Delton Kellogg head coach Jim Gibson listed his team’s weaknesses at the beginning of the year as, “Fewer girls out this year. Not a lot of depth in distance.” That hurt the Panthers in the team scoring format. Delton Kellogg actually won more events than either the Lions or Trojans, finishing with five victories. The Panthers even won two of the four relays, and finished second to TK in the other two to pile up some points. Maple Valley’s boys won seven events, with Lakewood and Hastings taking four each. The Lions scored 477 points for their title, ahead of Hastings with 387, Delton Kellogg 373.5, Lakewood 315, and Thornapple Kellogg 216.50. One of the highlights of the meet was Maple Valley exchange student Jose Romero’s school-record setting performance in the high jump. He narrowly slid over the bar at 6 feet 6.5 inches for the championship in the event. Three others, Delton’s Robbie Wandell, and Hastings’ Darrell Slaughter and The Saxons’ Jessica Lee (right) and Jessica Czinder sprint towards the finish line in the 100-meter dash at the county meet hosted by Maple Valley Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 77512581 Matt Donnini cleared 5-8 to finish in second, third and fourth place. Donnini also took the long jump championship with a big leap of 20-4.25. The rest of the field events on the boys’ side were won by Lakewood Vikings’ Division 2 state qualifiers. Mike Kuras won the discus at 151-2 and the shot put at 46-3. Nate Root was the pole vault champion at 13-0. Maple Valley’s Kaleb Root, a state qualifier in Division 3, also cleared 13-0 to place second in the pole vault. Of the 34 championship performances Tuesday, 23 were earned by athletes who have qualified for the MHSAA state finals, which will be held this Saturday. Hastings, Delton Kellogg, Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg athletes will compete in the Division 2 finals at Zeeland, while Maple Valley’s state qualifiers will compete in Division 3 at Comstock Park. Saxon sprinter Ryan Burgdorf was the only two-time individual champion on the boys’ side. He took the 100-meter dash in 11.26 seconds, and the 200 in 22.4888. Burgdorf also teamed with Chase DelCotto, Donnini, and Greg Woodmansee for a first-place finish in the 400-meter relay with a time of 44.74. The other three relays were won by the Maple Valley boys. Kyle Staines, Dustin Houghton, R.J. Raines and Mike Hall combined to win the 3200 in 8:29.07. Champ Bodell, Romero, Nick Thurlby and Charles Wymer won the 800 in 1:32.50. The Lion 1600-meter relay team of Bodell, Jarrod Brooks, Rob Morehouse, and Wymer closed out the meet with a time of 3:34.50. Members of those relay teams took the three other titles for Valley. Hall was the 3200-meter champ in 10:29.69. Bodell won the 400 in 51.83. Thurlby won the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 40.88. Thurlby was second to Lakewood’s Markus Gonzales in the 110-meter high hurdles. Gonzales finished in 15.92. In the middle distance races, Delton Kellogg’s Dan Roberts took the 800 (2:02.51) and Thornapple Kellogg’s Keith Winchester the 1600 (4:46.91). On the girls’ side, both the 800 and 1600 were won by Thornapple Kellogg senior Rebecca Winchester, who will be competing in both those events and two relays at the Division 2 state meet. Winchester took the 800 in 2:32.71 and the 1600 in 5:44.99. Maple Valley’s Lauren Pierce was the only other girl to win two individual events. She took the long jump at 16-8.5 and the 200meter dash in 27.601. Winchester was a part of four championships on the day. The Trojan 1600-meter The Maple Valley varsity boys’ track and field team celebrates its 2007 Barry County Meet championship Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Maple Valley varsity girls’ track and field team celebrates its 2007 Barry County Meet championship Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) relay team of Winchester, Emma Ordway, Kyle Schultz, and Ashley VanderMeer took their event in 4:16.31. TK’s 3200-meter relay team of Winchester, Melanie Truer, Stephanie Betcher and Schultz won in 10:14.29. Delton Kellogg’s girls won the 800-meter relay, as the team of Jessica Elliott, Chelsea VanderWoude, Rachael Williams and Katie Searles took first in 1:49.90. The Panther foursome of Elliott, VanderWoude, Searles and Hannah Williams won the 400-meter relay in 52.42. Searles got in on three victories, as she also took the 100-meter hurdles in 16.61, edging out Maple Valley’s Dani Christensen. Christensen then bested Searles for the top spot in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 48.75. Delton Kellogg had two other individual champs. Jenah Wandell won the high jump at 5-2, and Rachael Williams set a new personal record in taking the 400 with a time of 1:00.80. Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns won the discus at 117-4, just ahead of teammate Sara Jemison at 107-1.5. The Vikings’ Jessika Blackport was the 3200 champ in 12:46.00. Hastings had two victories too, with Nichole Moser winning the shot put at 33-5 and Jessica Lee the 100-meter dash in 13.27. Maple Valley’s Stacey Fassett was the pole vault champion on the girls’ side at 9-6. �Page 18 — Thursday, May 31, 2007 — The Hastings Banner About 1,000 attend Charlton Park Day debut by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Charlton Park Day came about 24 hours behind schedule, but that did not deter a huge crowd who came out to view the park and take part in the many activities organizers presented. “I was counting cars in the parking lot,” said Barry County Commissioner Chairman Michael Callton, who was on site throughout the day, “and I think there were more than 1,000 people who came out today. It was a tremendous turnout, and I give the credit to Keith Murphy and the other volunteers who have worked so hard to make this day a succ e s s . “I think if we had not had to cancel Saturday because of the rain, we would have had even more people come out.” Callton also credited the public with a renewed interest in Charlton Park. “I think there has been a lot of interest in the park generated since we have been working on the project to promote the park and its facilities,” Callton said. “A lot of people have gotten involved and put in a lot of time and effort and it shows today.” Every historic store and building was open for visitors to walk through, and volunteers were on hand at every stop along the way to answer questions and visit with the public. “We have a lot of very special people,” Murphy said. “It has taken a lot of work and it is a work in progress, improving the look and atmosphere at the park, but all that effort has been worth it when we see so many people come out and enjoy this important part of the history of Barry County.” Bryan Leon Smith looks on as Joshua Darnell uses one of the antique drilling tools at Charlton Park Sunday. Darnell was a quick study and had little trouble getting into the fun. This was just one of the many activities families were treated to as part of Charlton Park Day Sunday. Dawn Kilmer manned the Seamstress House at Charlton Park Sunday and provided visitors with information about how things were made in days of old. Keith Ferris, a member of the Barry County Board of Commissioners and a volunteer who gives a great deal of his time to Charlton Park, took visitors on a tour of the park Sunday. Fares was kept busy throughout the day as an estimated crowd of approximately 1,000 people came out to view the park and participate in the festivities. FEHSENFELD CENTER Charlton Park Day drew guests from all over. Rolf Messerschmidt of Germany tries his hand at log cutting while he was at the park Sunday. Messerschmidt is visiting family in Nashville and took time to stop in and participate in all the activities at the park. (Photos by Jon Gambee) One of the more interesting displays at Charlton Park during Charlton Park Day Sunday, were these tractors. They spanned the last few decades and show how much technology and design have changed over the years. 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9500 www.kellogg.edu Last Call For Summer! The 2007 Summer Session at the KCC Fehsenfeld Center is underway with additional classes scheduled to begin soon. Class ART 211 COMM 101 ECE 212 ENGL 120 ENGL 151 MUSI 211 OIT 160 PSYC 201 SOCI 201 Art Appreciation Interper. 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In the back of the building was an antique tub so patrons could add a bath to their visit. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-05-31-Graduation_Edition.pdf 0b9a174532996e03d2519d0777592b4a PDF Text Text 2007 GRADUATION EDITION Saxons 2007 GRADUATION EDITION Hastings High School �The Banner • Page 2B Hastings awards 193 diplomas to Class of 2007 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings High School added 193 students to its list of alumni Friday, May 25 in the 131st commencement ceremony. The ceremony started with the Star Spangled Banner, and Kayleigh DelCotto followed the national anthem by welcoming all those in attendance. “We are here to celebrate an ending many years in the making and behold the beginning of adulthood,” Margaret Buehl, the Hastings High School graduate with the top grade point average, gives her speech, “How Did I Get Here?!” at the graduation ceremony Friday night. said DelCotto. “In life we will be faced with challenges, shortcomings in our dreams, but as Robert Frost wrote in his poem The Road Less Traveled, ‘Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.’” After DelCotto’s welcome, Hastings High School Principal Tim Johnston introduced platform guests, including Hastings Area Schools Board of Education members, Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel, high school teachers and the evening’s speaker Gerri Pyles. The Hastings High School Choir, including senior choir members, sang “Bring on Tomorrow” before student Margaret Buehl’s speech. Buehl holds the top grade point average for the Hastings High School Class of 2007. “Some time ago, I was exposed to this quote, and I believe that it applies to us,” started Buehl. “The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired Emily Benningfield and Rebecca Hill sing “This is the Moment” at the graduation ceremony Friday night. during the first half.” She talked about some of the constants that have been important throughout the graduates’ lives, including involvement, service, leadership and excitement. “As I reflected on all our years at Hastings Area Schools, I wondered how we stayed sane through all of this leadership, service and involvement,” said Buehl. “This line of thought led me to the most important elements of our road to success: Focus, perseverance, enjoyment and friendships.” Following Buehl’s speech to her classmates, senior choir members performed “It’s Hard to Say Good-bye.” Erin Fluke and Alex Kimble then had the honor of introducing the evening’s keynote speaker, high school teacher Gerri Pyles, whose speech was titled, “What I Want to Be When I Grow Up.” “One of the ways that I grew up was finally getting out of eighth grade with the rest of the class of 2007,” Pyles said of her move to the high school with the current senior class. Pyles reminisced some of the times spent with the class of 2007 before moving on to “words of wisdom from Geraldine.” Pyles’ advice included not forgetting their alma mater, never stop learning, learn about finances, read for fun, participate, be your own person, cherish the elderly, get involved, set goals, moderation, never forget the “Golden Rule,” take good care of yourself and “Never lose your honor. You can never get it back. “I hope you understand as I continue to ‘grow up’ that I will be able to add to the list of advice,” she said. After finishing her speech to a standing ovation, Emily Benningfield and Rebecca Hill sang “This is the Moment.” Their song was followed by “Remember When” with Tiffany Edwards and Nikole Meade, during which time the students reflected on some of the things they will miss and not miss about high school. Principal Johnston certified the senior class, and then each student was presented with a diploma. Taylor Casarez followed the presentation with the tassel ceremony. “During the final scenes of C.S. Lewis’ ‘The Last Battle’ in the Chronicles of Narnia, the main characters rest from a long, sometimes difficult journey and ponder, ‘Where do we go from here?,’” said Casarez. “The resounding answer given to them is ‘onward and upward.’ In a like manner, we, the Class of 2007, stand at the conclusion of one amazing journey and the genesis of another.” Amanda Welch gave the closing comments for the ceremony. “Tonight marks the conclusion of 13 years of education,” she said. “But remember, this is not the end, but only the beginning.” Taylor Casarez leads his fellow graduates in the tassel ceremony at the Class of 2007 graduation Friday night. Graduates receive congratulations from Hastings Area Schools Board of Education members and Interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel after receiving their diplomas. Students not pictured: Kevin Douglas Barcroft, Jennifer Marie Bassett, Colton Clifford Bates, Charles Hurcus William Bowden, Nathanael David Burgett, Rodney Canfield, Jerald J. Clark, Tasha Nicole Dull, Richard Lee Edwards, Jesse William Ellwood, Colleen Nicole Fox, Cory James Gardner, Jonathan D. Garrett, Tiffany Ann Gleason, Erica Kathleen Green, Merissa Ann Greenfield, Christopher Raymond Guild, Ashley Lynn Harring, Lauren Adella Hartman, Nolan Gregory Heath, Scott Bernard Homrich, Jacob Arthur Johnson, Bradan Daniel King, Sheena Maree Kling, Natalie Elizabeth Knorp, Jeremy James Ira Lancaster, Roseanne Kaye Laninga, Carman Ann Laskey, Samantha Jo Lemon, Linda Luebcke, Kalee Nacole Lydy, Lewis Edward Madison, Natasha Marie Martinez, Dennis Paul Maynard, Michael Patrick McGandy, John Paul McKelvey, Dustin Charles Meyers, Ryan David Morrison, Kaylee Ann Nelson, Justine Laken Pfeifer, Casey Lynn-Paige Phillips, Ross Robert Poole, Timmy Lee Purdum, Isaak Teague Ramsey, Ashley Lynn Raymond, Gregory James Reynolds, Justine Alexis Robbins, Brandon Tyler Roberts, Benjamin Cole Rutzebeck, Daniel Ray Rybiski, Ashley Jo Smith, Kara Beth Snider, Kyle Claude Snider, Lindsay Noreen Sours, Bryce Cameron Stanhope, Ashley Ann Steeby, Brittney Shae Sutherland, Anna Leigh Symonds, Jordan Lewis Tyrrell, Shawn Michael Valentine, Molly Jean Wallace, Bradley Wayne Wilson, Daven William Winans �Page 3B • The Banner High School teacher Gerri Pyles gives the Class of 2007 her words of wisdom in her speech, “What I Want to be When I Grow Up.” Tiffany Edwards and Nikole Meade “Remember When” with their fellow graduates during graduation. Students listen as speakers give them a few last words of advice before they head out into the world. Hastings High School Principal Tim Johnston introduces platform guests at the 2007 graduation ceremony Friday, May 25. Graduates stand in anticipation of the formal end of their career as high school students. Hastings grads awarded nearly $1 million in scholarships by Shawna Hubbarth Staff Writer Just under one million dollars was given away in scholarship monies to the Hastings High School graduating class of 2007. Proud parents, families, teachers and the community turned out to celebrate the various scholarships and awards given to the class in a ceremony last Thursday. Most scholarships awarded had specific criteria that must be met by the recipient. Some scholarships required admission to a particular university and/or field of study, such as attending Western Michigan University or studying engineering. Most of the scholarships have a grade point average minimum. The majority of the scholarships require that the student complete an application process. Some of the award recipients are chosen by the donor, and others are selected by a committee. Awards and awardees at the ceremony included: George “Buzz” Youngs award, to Jesse Ellwood, and Dana Shilling. L. H. Lamb Scholarships went to Matthew Donnini and Natalie Knorp. The Bob Carlson Memorial Scholarship, Dana Shilling; John L. Clarey Memorial Scholarship to Stephen Case; Eileen A. Higbee Memorial Scholarship (First Presbyterian Church) to Michael McGandy and Kyle White. The Willard H. Curtis Scholarship (First Presbyterian Church) was given to Alexander Kimble. The Danielle Hays Memorial Scholarship (First Presbyterian Church) to Jesse Ellwood. The Exchange Club Youth of the Year/Hastings Exchange Club Scholarship went to Erin Fluke. The Woody Wyngarden Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Taylor Casarez; the Hastings Athletic Boosters Scholarships went to Stephen Case and Dana Shilling. The Hastings Elks Lodge Scholarship was awarded to Alexandria Neil. Hastings Masonic Lodge presented a scholarship to Margaret Buehl. The Charles Baldwin Speakers Club Scholarship went to Jacqualynn Northrup, The A.N.A. Scholarship was awarded to Stephen Case. The Coleman Insurance Agency Scholarship was given to Scott White. The Thomas Girrbach Memorial Award was presented to Amy Kidder. The Paulsen Trust Fund Scholarship was awarded to Kayla Angeletti; the HEA Scholarships went to Emily Benningfield, Stephen Case, J a c q u a l y n Northrup and Leanne Pratt. The Business Professional Women of Hastings Scholarship went to Rebecca Hill. Emil Tyden Scholarship was awarded to Margaret Buehl. The Sam Walton Community Scholarship was presented to Margaret Buehl. GFWC-Hastings Women’s Club Jumpstart Your Future Scholarships were presented to Tiffany Edwards and Shandi Kosbar. The Barry County 4-H Scholarship was presented to Bradley Horton. The Mary Youngs Scholarships were presented to Kristina Dobbin and Molly Wallace. The Mickey Furrow Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Jesse Ellwood. Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation Scholarships included: Hastings Mutual Insurance Company to Kristina Dobbin, Hastings Rotary Club to Kayleigh DelCotto and Jacqualynn Northrup, Hastings Kiwanis Club to Kelly Cuncannan and Dana Burgess. Hastings High School Alumni Association scholarships went to Hannah Case and Erin Fluke. MainStreet Savings Bank scholarship was given to Margaret Buehl; the Helen Mott Scholarship went to Nickole Meade and Kyle White. The Howard and Leona VanDelic scholarship was presented to Kristina Dobbin and Jesse Ellwood. Gladys Cairns Scholarship winners were Alyssa Case, Lindsay Karn and Natalie Knorp. The Robert S. Casey Scholarship was awarded to Amy Ingle. Rosellen E. & Paul E. Siegel scholarships went to Jason Bies and Taylor Casarez. The Hastings Car Club scholarships went to Seth Beduhn and Jerin Voshell. The Kathryn Louise Wren Memorial Scholarship was presented to Kayla Angeletti. The Willard G. Pierce and Jessie M. Pierce Foundation scholarships See AWARDS, page 4 �The Banner • Page 4B AWARDS, continued from page 3 were presented to Ashley DeVries and Rachel Iler. The Carl and Loretta Schoessel Community Service and Leadership scholarships were given to Emily Benningfield and Jesse Ellwood. Recognition of honor cord recipients was also given. They included High Honors (Top 10 students in graduating class - gold cords): Kayla Angeletti, The Emil Tyden scholarship of $6,000 per year is awarded to Maggie Buehl by Richard Groos at the ceremony. Kayleigh DelCotto, Amy Ingle, Jason Bies, Kristina Dobbin, Molly Wallace, Margaret Buehl, Jesse Ellwood, Scott White and Taylor Casarez. Honors (G.P.A. over 3.25 - blue and gold cords): Kayla Angeletti, Jason Bies, Hannah Buckles, Margaret Buehl, Taylor Casarez, Alyssa Case, Hannah Case, Stephen Case, Beth Christiansen, David Cole, Zachary Connor, Jason Cook, Kayleigh DelCotto, Ashley Devries, Kristina Dobbin, Carrie Eagle, Jesse Ellwood, Erin Fluke, Cory Gardner, Gregg Hasman, Rebecca Hill, Bradley Horton, Rachael Iler, Amy Ingle, Lindsay Karn, Amy Kidder, Alexander Kimble, Natalie Knorp, Shandi Kosbar, Carman Laskey, Katee McCarthy, Nikole Meade, Alexandria Neil, Kaylee Nelson, Jacqualynn Northrop, Dana Shilling, Addison Singleterry, Dakota Storey, Erika Swartz, Molly Wallace, Raymond Westfall, Kyle White, Scott White and Daven Winans. Also featured was the recognition of students by community service organizations. These students were recognized: (Rotary Honors) Seth Beduhn, Taylor Casarez, Erin Fluke, Emily Benningfield, Hannah Case, Jacqueline Northrop, Jason Bies, Steve Case, Molly Wallace and Margaret Buehl. Kiwanis K Student of the Year Nominees: Kelly Cuncannan, Alex Kimble, Matt Doninni, Michael McGandy, Jesse Elwood, Alex Neil, Amy Kidder, and Molly Wallace. Exchange Club Student of the Year Nominees: Seth Beduhn, Taylor Casarez, Emily Benningfield Hannah Case, Jason Bies, Stephen Case, Margaret Buehl, and Erin Fluke. Other scholarships reported were: Katie Bomer – Aquinas College St. Thomas Aquinas Scholarship; Margaret Buehl – Michigan Technological University Presidential Excellence Scholarship, 2007 Rosa Parks Scholarship, and Society of Women Engineers’ Certificate of Merit; Taylor Casarez - The University of Michigan Scholar Recognition Award and The University of Michigan Club of Grand Rapids Scholarship; Alyssa Case – Pensacola Christian College Academic Honors Scholarship; Kayleigh DelCotto – Eastern Michigan University Regents Scholarship; Kristina Dobbin – Northwood University Freedom Scholarship and AC Delco Educational Scholarship; Carrie Eagle – Steve Youngs presents the Mary Youngs scholarship to Kristina Dobbin. Mary Wallace was also a recipient. Davenport College Erin Fluke – Northwood Lettinga Charter University Freedom Scholarship; Tiffany Edwards – Alma College See AWARDS, page 7 Tartan Scholars Award; The George “Buzz” Youngs scholarship is awarded to Jesse Ellwood (right) and Dana Shilling. HHS Principal’s Note: Elena Gormley han Mitchell Ga Daughter of Patricia Johns & Michael Gormley & Nephew of Doug ly ea H tte ne Jean n Cody Furmapple orna Graduate of Th hool Kellogg High Sc es Son of Patti Hay Tirk Furman Brian Skedg ell Graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School Graduate of School Hastings High & Andrew Cuddahee Graduate of Hastings High School Son of Brenda Cuddahee 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI Graduate of Hastings High School Son of Steve & Michelle Skedgel l Jeremy Red man Grad uate of Hasting s High School Son of Tammy & Dennis Redman 269-945-9554 Dear Class of 2007: On behalf of the faculty and staff at Hastings High School, I would like to congratulate you on your graduation. The Class of 2007 was the 131st class to graduate from Hastings High School, and you should be very proud to be a class that continues the academic excellence of which we are very proud. On Thursday, May 24, your class was awarded $995,550 in scholarships at the Honors Assembly. These dollars were generated locally from our community, the Hastings Educational Enrichment Foundation and through university and college awards. Many of you will be able to further your educational goals because of this financial support. You are fortunate that so many organizations and individuals care about you and are willing to make contributions toward your future. I would also like to share with you how proud I was to be able to shake your hand as you received your diploma on Friday night. To see the look in your eyes as you walked across the stage was the highlight of the evening for me. I hope you were able to enjoy the moment. As individuals, you are all very different. You have had to deal with difficult situations in your life thus far. My advice to you would be to learn from all of these situations, whether positive or negative, and mold your life into something that you will be happy with and of which you would be proud. Be proud of who you are. I would also advise you to be a person of character, by this I mean be true to your family, your work and to yourself. Congratulations Class of 2007, and good luck to you as you pursue your dreams! Sincerely, Tim Johnston Principal Hastings High School �Page 5B • The Banner Erich Karl Iberle Moritz Bernhard Kramer Markee Michelle McDade Jacqualynn Danielle Northrop Brandy Lee Rancour Mickele Jean-Grendys Scofield Rachael Ann Iler Lacy J Lee Lancaster Nikole Rebecka Meade Sy David Overmyer Sierra Sage Rathbun Dana Mae Shilling Amy Nicole Ingle Tyler Earl Martin Lancaster Derek Richard Miller Jennifer Lynn Palmatier Jeremy Kyle Redman Addison Jerry Singleterry Justin T. 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Michigan, Hastings 948-9696 945-3418 • 945-3419 �a s t i n g s i g h c h o o H lass H S O F C 2 0 07 The Banner • Page 6B C 2 0 07 Kayla Leanne Angeletti Ashley Nichole Boomer Sheila Nicole Carpenter Benjamin Joseph Christie Kelly Jo Cuncannan Kristina Ann Dobbin Aaron Michael Barrus Angela Louise Brown Justin Edward Carroll Amanda Sue Clark Jonathan Wallace Curtiss Matthew David Donnini Seth Jordan Beduhn Gerald Franklin Brown Taylor Reed Casarez Nathan Gregory Cogger Rachel Karen Czajkowski Brandy Ashley Dryer Michael Jason Bekker Hennie Manon Bruggeman Alyssa Morgan Case David Gregory Cole Ceaira Lyn Davis Danielle Nicole Dryer Emily Mayo Benningfield Hannah LouElla Buckles Hannah Elizabeth Case Zachary Aaron-Scott Connor William Howard Taft Davis Eric Lee Duits PERFORMANCE PLUS QUICK LUBE HASTINGS CITY BANK “Safe & Sound Since 1886” BRIAN’S TIRE & SERVICE DREISBACH PONTIAC, OLDS, GMC TRUCK 430 W. State St, Hastings 150 W. Court St, Hastings 235 S. Jefferson, Hastings 328 N. Michigan, Hastings 948-8558 945-2401 945-9549 948-8000 HASTINGS FLOWER SHOP MacLEOD CHIROPRACTIC 402 N. Michigan, Hastings 327 W. Apple St. Hastings 945-3484 948-3170 DEWEY’S AUTO BODY KING’S ELECTRONICS & APPLIANCES 1111 W. Green, Hastings 130 W. State, Hastings 945-4915 945-4284 LARRY NEIL MILLER REAL ESTATE Farm Bureau Insurance 333 W. State St, Hastings 149 W. State St, Hastings 945-4520 945-5182 BROWN’S CARPET ONE & CUSTOM INTERIORS 221 N. Industrial Park, Hastings 945-2479 WBCH “World’s Best Country” 100.1 FM Hastings �Page 7B • The Banner Amy Michelle Kidder Seth Patrick Mansfield Amanda Michelle Mueller Thomas X Peck II Keeton Tyler Rose Erika Marie Swartz Alexander Philip Kimble Katee Marie McCarthy Heather Marie Murphy Amber Virginia Pontius Alexandria Paula Rugg Kenneth Robert Taylor Jason Matthew Bies Margaret Leigh Buehl Stephen Orville Case Leighia Marie Converse Kayleigh Nicole DelCotto Carrie Dawn Eagle Jennifer Ann Bishop Jessica Marie Burch AshleyJo I. Chewning James Edward Cook McKenzie Jean Densmore Kelcey Joynson Edwards Derek Scott Thurman Raymond Eugene Westfall Tara Lynn Totten Kyle Jacob White AWARDS, continued from page 4 Scholarship; Gregg Hasman – Michigan Technological University Presidential Distinction Scholarship; Amy Ingle – Ferris State University Dean’s Scholarship and Ferris State University Athletic Scholarship; Amy Kidder – Kuyper College Achievement Award; Alexander Kimble – Central Michigan University Board of Trustees Honors Scholarship; Natalie Knorp – Hope College Presidential Scholarship; Jacqualynn Northrop – Central Michigan University Board of Trustees Honors Scholarship; Dana Shilling – Albion College Webster Scholarship; Shawn Valentine – Ohio Technical College Entrance Scholarship and Imagine America Scholarship; Katie Morrison, Booker Institute of Cosmetology; and Molly Wallace – University of Findlay. Honors Night also included department awards, and various service and athletic and academic awards. BOSLEY PHARMACY “A Full Service Independent Pharmacy serving Hastings & Barry County” 118 S. Jefferson, Hastings 945-3495 STATE GROUNDS COFFEE HOUSE KCC FEHSENFELD CENTER A great place to meet friends after the game! 108 E. State St. Hastings 948-9500 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. 948-7730 AFFORDABLE ASPHALT 1035 E. State St, Hastings MAINSTREET SAVINGS BANK 945-0900 629 W. State St, Hastings WHITE’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO STATE FARM INSURANCE Paul Peterson 1215 N. Broadway, Hastings COLEMAN AGENCY 312 E. Court, Hastings 945-3412 PROGRESSIVE GRAPHICS 115 S.Jefferson St, Hastings 945-9249 M66 TIRE 7775 Saddlebag Lk Rd, Lake Odessa 616-374-1200 M37 TIRE 948-8001 South M-37 Hwy, Hastings 269-945-6296 GAVIN’S CHEVROLET & BUICK PRECISION AUTO BODY & REPAIR, INC. GIRRBACH FUNERAL HOME 131 W. State St, Hastings 4600 N. M-37 Hwy, Middleville 819 E. Railroad St, Hastings 328 S. Broadway, Hastings 945-3967 795-3318 948-9472 945-3252 948-9561 �c h o o l S S 07 00 The Banner • Page 8B Corey Alan Engle Brittany Taylor Hallifax Ashley Erin Devries Tiffany Nicole Edwards Samantha Lena Gonsalves Lacie LeeAnn Hughes Holly Michele Everly Ashley Chris Hartman Katie Rose Bomer Jordan Scott Carley Beth Ann Christiansen Jason Evan Cook Kristen Alise Falconer Gregg Dayna Hasman Jr. Danielle Marie Schwartz Matthew Charles Teunessen Jamie Lee Wait Erika Kristeen Wood Erin Nicole Fluke Rebecca Ann-Marie Hill Ashley Suzanne Wagner Ashley Jane Wisniewski Shandi Marie Kosbar Christopher Ray Wymer Mitchell Lee Gahan Shane Nazareth Hills Emmy Kling Sean Matthew McConnon Alexandria Catherine Neil Leann Marie Pratt Vanessa Adrianna Garza Jeffrey Peter Holtman Amanda Lynn Thomas Erika Jan Ward Thea Ullhaug Scott Allen White Sheryl Denise Gillhespy Bradley Lloyd Horton Kaylie Autumn Thomas Amanda Sue Welch Jerin Cruise Voshell Katlyn Jo Wilson � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-06-07.pdf 402eada01fd9d1f848f43234ad6b7106 PDF Text Text Delton Kellogg has 132 graduates 911 Board needs a structural change County earns six state medals at Div 2 final See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 21 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 23 NEWS BRIEFS Film on Wal-Mart set for June 14 A public showing of the Robert Greenwald documentary film "WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price" is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Hastings High School Lecture Hall. The purpose of the program is to continue discussion and debate on the possible arrival of a Super Wal-Mart in Hastings and Barry County. All interested citizens in the area are invited to come view this thought-provoking film. There will be follow-up discussion after the showing. There will be no admission charged for this special presentation. The PDWM invites all interested citizens, regardless of their positions, to come to this presention and participate in discussion afterward. City Band starts season June 13 The Hastings City Band season is about to begin again and Director Joe LaJoye is announcing the Summer Concert Series, with rehearsals are Tuesday evenings at the Hastings High School band room and all concerts Wednesday evenings at Fish Hatchery Park in Hastings. Rehearsals and concerts are at 7:30 p.m. To be a member of the band, musicians must be at least high school age or older, and play a band instrument. The only other requirement is to show up for rehearsals and concerts. The Tuesday evening rehearsals will be held June 12, 19 and 26, and July 3 and 10. For all interested patrons, the Wednesday evening concerts will be June 13, 20, 27 and July 4 and 11. Those attending are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to Fish Hatchery Park for a relaxing evening. M-43/89 meeting slated for June 14 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 911 director’s paid leave extended by another 20 days by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Central Dispatch 911 Director Charles Nystrom has had his paid administrative leave extended until the next 911 Administrative Board meeting at 2 p.m. Monday, June 25, at the Dispatch Center. Nystrom is being investigated by the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for misuse of public funds. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans, in a letter to the board dated May 29, charged that Nystrom illegally paid 911 dispatch operators for hours they did not work since at least the year 2000 and that 911 supervisors have received an hour of overtime pay each pay period since 2003. In his letter to the board, Evans alleged that Nystrom specifically paid all 911 employees an additional 10 hours of overtime in the last pay period of November or the first pay period of December each year. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf told the board at its regularly scheduled meeting May 29 that he had forwarded information alleging misuse of public funds to Evans after he was contacted by two employees of the 911 Dispatch Center who said they had received the overtime pay. Leaf said his office was investigating the allegations. Evans, who like Leaf, is a member of the 911 Board of Directors, but is unable to vote, said he wrote the letter because he felt the practice of paying overtime for work not performed must be stopped immediately, even though the investigation is continuing. At that June 1 meeting, the board voted to place Nystrom on paid administrative leave pending the investigation and that leave was extended by another 20 days at the June 5 meeting. During the public comment portion of Tuesday afternoon’s meeting, George Hubka of Johnstown Township told the board he felt they were there for only one expressed purpose, to investigate the charges against Nystrom, and not to be concerned with the criminal investigation. “At least that’s why I hope we are here,” he said. “If you can find one particular pay slip, you must ask the question, did he (Nystrom) authorize the overtime, yes or no. And if you find one particular supervisor’s pay slip, did he (Nystrom) authorize the overtime, yes or no.” 60 years of YMCA leadership A special part of the YMCA’s Dave Storms Camp Fire Circle dedication was having the past executive director and the new one on hand to honor Storms. Here, the three pose for a photo after the ceremony. From left are retiring YMCA Executive Director Dave Storms; Bob King, the local YMCA’s first director; and Tom Wilt, who has just begun his stint as director. Charlie Nystrom Matthew Vicari, an attorney from the law firm of Miller and Johnson, who represents Nystrom, told the board and those in attendance, that his client would not answer questions during the open meeting. At that point, only seven minutes into the meeting, the board went to closed session. When they emerged one hour and 29 minutes later, Vicari released a statement in which he said “First and foremost, Mr. Nystrom denies any wrong doing. We have a system of laws,” Vicari said, “and that system says he is innocent until proven guilty. “Mr. Nystrom at all times acted in the best interest of the citizens of Barry County and at the behest of the 911 Board of Directors.” “Mr. Nystrom has served this county honorably or 17 years,” he said, “and these charges have risen because of the considered actions of a few. “Nothing could be more absurd,” he said, referring to the allegations against Nystrom. See 911, page 5 Jose and Christine Blanco and three other members of Team Gun Lake plan to bike 25 miles around Gun Lake Saturday, June 16, to raise money for the “Tour de Cure” to fight diabetes. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 14 Planning Commission talks about new fire department by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Discussion about a new Hastings Fire Department made the agenda at Monday night’s Planning Commission meeting after architectural firm C2AE did a facility needs study in April of this year. Hastings Fire Chief Roger Caris talked about the need for a new fire department, and then he and Planning Commission members discussed at length possible locations for a facility. Some of the ideas included the current location, the industrial incubator and unspecified locations on Woodlawn Avenue and Broadway. "I would prefer that it [the new fire department] had more room," said Planning Commission Chairman David Jasperse. "I’m not saying that it has to be the incubator site, but it seems to me a different site makes a whole lot more sense." Jasperse said the proposed facility is in its preliminary stages. He said at this point, the study is being circulated and the Planning Commission is looking for ideas and feed- back from the City Council as well as those in the Hastings Fire Department and Baltimore, Irving, Rutland, Carlton and Hastings townships. Commission member James Wiswell quipped that the fire department might be able to go in Tyden Park. When asked about his comment after the meeting, Wiswell only said "I’d like to see it where we could get fast response." The current Hastings Fire Department building is located on Mill Street. The building was constructed in 1955. Caris said the barn has only become crowded in the last five years. The fire department provides services for the city itself as well as the five surrounding townships. The study concluded that the highest ranked site in terms of location is the existing site. Caris said that a fire doubles in size every 60 seconds, and that the current location allows for response time without signifi- See PLAN, page 5 Equal parenting forum shows anger toward Friend of Court The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public and community officials to an informational meeting on the M-43 and M-89 (C Avenue) intersection project from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Richland Township Hall, 7401 N. 32nd St., Richland. M-DOT will be widening the intersection of M-43 and M-89 (C Avenue) in the village of Richland to allow one through lane and one left-turn lane in each direction. In addition, a right-turn lane will be provided on eastbound M-89 and a traffic signal installed at the intersection. The project is planned for this August. M-DOT invites the public to stop by any time during this open-house-style meeting to meet with staff and ask questions about this project. ‘Tour de Cure’ ride slated for June 16 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, June 7, 2007 Summer thunderstorm causes problems The sporadic violent weather in this area last Saturday afternoon toppled the crown of an old maple by the park on Fourth Avenue in Lake Odessa. The tree top was discovered leaning against the neighboring tree which kept it from falling onto the road or on the roof of a nearby house. The Lake Odessa DPW went to work Sunday morning to cut the tree down. One streetlight had to be temporarily removed as a precaution. (Photo by Helen Mudry) by David T. Young Editor The Friend of the Court system took a beating Tuesday night in another misnamed First Friday session in Hastings. About 40 people, among them state legislators and activists, took aim at the continued breakdown of the family and a perceived bias toward maternal custody of children in divorce cases. They expressed near unanimous support for House Bill 4564, a proposal for “equal parenting.” The bill, introduced by State Rep. Glenn Steil Jr. (R-Cascade), essentially would make it much easier for fathers to gain joint custody or equal time after a divorce. Steil himself was on hand briefly to promote his proposed legislation. Noting he is divorced himself and the child of divorce, he said, “Judges are not necessarily doing what’s in the best interests of the kids... I’ve seen some parents struggling to just to see their kids. The issue is equal time and fairness.” Republican State Rep. Rick Jones from Eaton County said he had a lengthy career in law enforcement and saw a lot of domestic cases in which children “didn’t grow up properly because of broken homes... If both parents are fit, I believe we can have success with joint custody.” Jones said he recently shepherded a law to make certain military personnel do not lose custody rights because of their forced absence by serving overseas. State Rep. Fulton Sheen, a Republican from Allegan County, said, “The best environment for a child is a father and mother, but “All of us are products of both a mother and father and it takes both of them to give us a balanced diet... We can’t award children to one parent or another as if they’re prizes at the fair.” — The Rev. Ron Smith the courts have been biased toward the mother. A child needs both parents just as much... Any psychologist will tell you the biggest problem children have is they don’t understand who their father or the husband is. A young person needs stability. That was God’s plan in the beginning, one man and one woman.” See FORUM, page 17 �Page 2 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Camp Fire Circle dedicated in ceremony to retiring YMCA director by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Memories of Dave Storms and his loyalty to YMCA values won’t go up in smoke even though he has retired as Barry County’s YMCA executive director. A permanent testimonial to the man has been carved into a granite rock at a place that’s dear to his heart – YMCA Camp Algonquin. Nestled into a hillside, complete with a picturesque view of Algonquin Lake, a new Camp Fire Circle was dedicated Friday night in recognition of Storms’ 26-plus years of service to the County YMCA. Tributes abounded and the rain clouds stayed away as Jim DeCamp, Bob King, Chris Warren and Joe Edger praised Storms for his talents and dedication to the county’s young people during his YMCA tenure. The speakers also shared some funny memories as well. The $25,000 Dave Storms Camp Fire Circle, donated through funds raised in a Capital Campaign, was a dream come true for Storms who had hoped a number of years ago to provide an enhanced Camp Fire Circle area for the camp because the camp fire, as Dave has said, is “where the magic happens.” A large granite stone on the hillside by the wooden stairs leading down to the Camp Fire Circle has been engraved with words honoring Storms’ YMCA service from 1981-2006. Jim DeCamp, immediate past YMCA Board president who served on the search committee for Storms’ successor, noted appreciation for Storms and that the occasion was extra special because the camp’s first director, Bob King, and the new director Tom Wilt were in attendance to honor Dave. The audience agreed with applause. “I don’t think any of us will ever have too much of Dave,” DeCamp said. DeCamp said he fondly remembers the magical area of the camp fire when he was a youngster at Y-Camp. “In Dave’s own words, ‘so many camp traditions begin and are remembered around the camp fire.’ ...It became clear to us and the (YMCA) board how we could recognize Dave... by making a dream of his come true” because Storms had come to the board with an idea to renovate the camp fire area a few years ago but it couldn’t be done because of budget constraints. “We’re here today to dedicate this Camp Fire Circle, a truly magical place, in his name for all future campers to enjoy,” DeCamp said. “Dave, you are a man with vision. Just look around at his vision – an awesome camp and now a Camp Fire Circle to enhance this beauty.” The camp was first built in 1946, and the camp burned in 1952 and had to be rebuilt, DeCamp said. “Today, look at what Dave’s vision and our community have created. Dave has touched the hearts of thousands of children over the years. His enthusiasm is contagious because he just loves to make a person smile. In our fundraiser to complete this Camp Fire project, we asked for comments from donors, and I want to read a few. Here are some of those written tributes: “Dave has given more of himself to the “Y” than most of us will ever know. He has touched the lives of so many with his fun loving and caring spirit. What a great friend personally and to this community!” Eldon & Pat Cassell said in their written comment. Jeff and Sally Keller said, “Dave has been a super, positive influence in thousands of children’s lives – not just campers but counselors. He has been a gift to our community.” Claire (Sorby) Hoffman said (to Dave in her written comment), “Thank you for giving me the chance to be a camp counselor 20 years ago. That was the beginning of an entire career in public service.” Celeste and Jeff Wolverton said, “I’ve loved the “Y” camp for years and love the traditional, Christian setting it offers. Thank you Dave, for your loyal service to our family & community. Jeff & I are eternally grateful for the impact you’ve made on our children’s lives and grandchildren. The “Y” will miss you, but knowing you, you’ll contribute in other ways. Enjoy your well-earned retirement!” Another person wrote, “When I think of Dave Storms, I think of him as Chief Algonquin shooting a flaming arrow over the lake... I was at Camp Algonquin as a camper Dave’s first year and later served as a counselor, lifeguard and water director. Dave was a great mentor and I always admired his professionalism, integrity and quick-witted humor. Dave’s biggest impact upon my life was his role in introducing me to my wife...” DeCamp noted, “When Dave started with our Y, he was replacing a legend, Bob King. Tonight, we are recognizing Dave for all he has given us and a legend in all of our hearts. I also want to thank (Dave’s wife) Debbie for all of her dedication to this Y. I’m sure it wasn’t easy at times. I’m sure there were many nights with one empty chair at the dinner table because Dave was off running some Yprogram or those summers that they would spend at the camp, touching the hearts of so many children.” Debbie, who was presented with a bouquet of flowers, said, “It’s been a lot of fun.” The couple’s children – Lisa, Mike and Jim – also were in the audience. DeCamp said Dave has “blessed all of our lives. We are most grateful and appreciative of your commitment to this community.” Storms told the crowd that he felt blessed to participate “in the very best YMCA in the country” for the past 26 years. During King’s tenure and his own years of service, Storms said “we never lost our focus on why we’re here, and that’s building strong kids, strong families and a strong community. We’ve always kept that in mind... And I’ve been really blessed to be a part of each one of you who are sitting here...” Storms noted that he met his wife at a YMCA camp, and there was a lot of laughing and joking about others in the audience who An array of hors d’oeuvres, prepared by the County Seat Restaurant in Hastings, were served during a reception to honor Dave Storms before the Camp Fire Circle dedication. A large granite stone on the hillside by the wooden stairs leading down to the Camp Fire Circle has been engraved with words honoring Storms’ YMCA service from 19812006. met each other at the local camp. “What a great ride,” Storms said. “...It (Camp Algonquin) really is a magical place. There’s no other place you can really go and leave the baggage of everyday life way back in the parking lot, and everybody who comes out here is treated the same – It doesn’t matter what you wear... It doesn’t matter what your Mom or Dad does... If you’re talking about the Y in general, we are a blending pot of all skills, races, philosophies into one melting pot. We try to serve the masses, and that’s what the YMCA is all about.” YMCA Program Director Joe Edger, who grew up in Hastings where he attended Ycamp, said the final camp fire for kids after their stay at camp, and for their parents, “is what sticks in their minds and what they take home with them. “Because of Dave and this community’s generosity, we now have a fantastic setting for kids, their families... Dave, there may be a new place here where the magic happens, but this place would never be the same because you were why the magic happened,” he said. Edger said Storms has always had a “great attitude, infectious zest for the YMCA and the goofy, yet caring personality that you all know. “I, like so many other kids, simply knew Dave as the Y-guy. I remember Dave as Stormy, the magician, fooling kids with his humor and magic... “It’s fantastic the community came out to show its appreciation for all of his hard work over these years. While all of this recognition is well deserved, it is not the summit. What really means something is knowing that you devoted your life to something meaningful. You raised a family that will extend well beyond your walls and a family that will forever be this community,” he said to Storms. “Dave is a lucky individual. He can look back on his career and retire in glory for he truly changed lives and gave countless kids the opportunity to experience his magic... You can enjoy the riches that extend far beyond the monetary kind,” Edger told Storms. “If it weren’t for you, Hastings wouldn’t be one of the best small towns in America.” He also gave Dave a few humorous gifts, such as memory pills and a large key chain (because allegedly Storms frequently misplaces his keys). Chris Warren, former Southeastern Elementary principal in Hastings and who now holds the same position at Kettle Lake Elementary School in Caledonia, said, “I have a lot of respect for Dave.” Warren shared some memories that his children have of Storms, such as stealing sausages off of kids’ plates at camp and performing magic tricks. One of his daughters said Storms’ taught her to water ski. He said a huge part of Storms’ job was public relations and because of that Warren described Storms with a variety of words that begin with the letters used to spell public relations. Some of the words he mentioned were that Storms is a people lover, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, motivated to help the United Way campaign, a Rotary member, good at getting kids to laugh and influential. Speaking of influential, Warren said that Storms even got him to kiss a moose – all for the cause of the YMCA. Warren said Storms also exemplifies the camp and YMCA motto, which is” “God first, and Dave definitely exemplified that; others second and then we are third. Dave did show us all of that on a daily basis.” As a principal, Warren said he was always thrilled when Storms would make sure there were scholarships for kids who couldn’t afford to go to camp. “I appreciate you Dave, and I know the community certainly does as well,” Warren said. Bob King, 90, who served as the first local YMCA director, quipped that when he retired the YMCA Board paid him an extra six months salary to be on call because they were “so scared of the ability of Dave Storms.” The audience roared with laughter when King said Dave only called him once during his first six months on the job, and that call was to ask how many feet were between the Quonset hut and the septic tank. See YMCA, page 14 Dave Storms and his wife, Debbie, were thanked and honored for all their contributions to the Barry County YMCA. Cheers erupted as smoke “magically” appeared in the fire pit, followed soon by flames. Jim James, a former local Y-camper and owner of Artisan Outdoor of Hastings, was recognized for designing the Camp Fire Circle in honor of Dave Storms. James is shown here with his son, Samuel. The audience participates in the “magical” lighting of the camp fire at the dedication ceremony. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 3 Delton Kellogg has 132 graduates in commencement by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Delton Kellogg High School awarded 132 diplomas Sunday, June 3, during its 71st commencement ceremony. The ceremony began with graduating senior Jessica Danks singing the national anthem, followed by senior class president Heather Millard’s introduction of members of the Board of Education. After introductions, graduates Dan Roberts, Alicia Farrah, Keely Jacobs, Laura Bortle and Sam Rhoda went through their Class of 2007 Valedictorian Katee Hogoboom delivers her address at the Delton Kellogg graduation ceremony Sunday, June 3. class history. The five students started reminiscing about their elementary school years and moved on through their own graduation. "Many of us don’t remember or tend to forget the memories from elementary school," said one of the students, starting the program. "And most of all, the foundation was set for our future." Another of the students continued the program with, "Then we came to middle school... the lowest on the food chain yet again." The students talked to their classmates about important events in sixth, seventh and eighth grades before moving on to their high school memories. "Ninth grade, we were finally high schoolers who thought we were soo soo cool," said one of the graduates. "Little did we know the upper classmen could barely stand us." The students went on to remember their homecoming courts and exciting events from each high school year before moving on to the senior year. Included in the list of events from their senior year were some funny, embarrassing and touching memories, including students with broken bones, a powderpuff football game, Winterfest and prom. The class history ended with, "Now we’re here today. For the last time all together. Remembering the past while anxiously awaiting the future. Congratulations to the Delton Kellogg Class of 2007.” Following the class history was the class poem, "This Journey," read by graduating senior Kelsey Chapple, and written by Chapple and graduating senior Amanda Strick. Kelsey Deibert followed the class poem with her salutatorian address. "Some people look at graduation as the end of their high school career, but for me and my classmates I know we view it as a new beginning and a chance to show the world who we are and what we will accomplish," she said. "People say that high school is the basis of how you start your life... We all have a strong foundation to stand on." Valedictorian Katee Hogoboom followed with her address, which followed the Albert Einstein quote, "Learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow." "I believe this quote applies not only to the graduating seniors, but everybody here," said Hogoboom. "Seniors, as we move into this next phase of our life let’s share our talents to benefit all, be ambitious, thoughtful and helpful." After Hogoboom’s address, senior class treasurer Amanda Strick presented the class gift. The Class of 2007 donated money to fund the first year of tutoring for an afterschool tutorial program. The program will provide students with one-on-one time with teachers when they need it. Delton Kellogg High School Principal presented the graduating class to Superintendent Cynthia Vujea, who accepted the students. The Board of Education then presented the students with their diplomas, ending the ceremony. The Delton Kellogg High School Class of 2007 stands ready to accept their diplomas and begin the next phase of their lives. The Delton Kellogg School Board members awarded diplomas to 132 graduates, including three foreign exchange students. Delton Kellogg High School graduating senior Jessica Danks sings the national anthem at the June 3 graduation ceremony. The Delton Kellogg High School Class of 2007 members receive their diplomas. Top 10 Delton ’07 students announced Delton Kellogg High School’s top 10 graduating seniors are (front row, from left) Kristyn Norris, Bridgette Leslie, Katee Hogoboom, Kelsey Deibert, Kelsey Chapple, (back row) Samantha Shue, Jordan Haines, Zachary Mueller, Amanda Berry and Amanda Strick. Delton Kellogg High School produced many quality graduates this year, among them the top 10 students in the Class of 2007. Delton Kellogg High School’s graduation was Sunday, June 3. The following is a brief biographical sketch of the top 10 in alphabetical order: • Amanda Berry is the daughter of Michael and Robin Berry of Delton. She has been active with theater, follies, student council, Interact and the paleontology club. She has received Gold Key and honorable mention awards for scholastic arts and writing, Rotary Youth Leadership awards and she received the Gun Lake Women’s Club Art Scholarship. She plans to attend Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University and would like to become a freelance artist/designer. • Kelsey Chapple is the daughter of Drew and Karen Chapple of Delton. She has been involved with student council, Interact, National Honor Society, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), soccer, DK Theatre and the spirit club. She is on the council board and is involved with the youth group at Faith United Methodist Church. She plans to major in business and marketing at Michigan State University. Her goals for the future are to lead by the positive example she has learned through her family and community. Though making a success of herself through her career is one of her aspirations, having a healthy relationship with her community and environment is and will continue to be the main goal for which she strives. • Kelsey Deibert is the daughter of Jim and Darla Deibert of Delton. She has been active in basketball, soccer and volleyball. She has participated in Barnyard Buddies, 4-H, Canned Food Drive for Love Inc., Baby Supplies Drive for Alpha Women’s Center, SADD, and many activities through Faith United Methodist Church. When Deibert is not busy babysitting, she is volunteering for the Delton Women’s Center, Delton District Library and Thornapple Valley Church. She plans to attend Olivet College, majoring in elementary education and minoring in Spanish and learning disabilities. Her longterm goal is to teach kindergarten. • Jordan Haines is the daughter of Brent and Michelle Haines of Delton. She has been involved and earned many awards in basketball, volleyball, track, National Honor Society, Big Brothers Big Sisters, SADD and 4-H. She is planning to attend Kellogg Community College to become a physical therapist assistant or move on to a four-year college to earn a degree in dietetics. She plans to work in a hospital setting and pursue a coaching job in basketball. • Katee Hogoboom is the daughter of Jim and Bonnie Hogoboom of Delton. She has been active in basketball, volleyball, track, SADD and Athletic Leadership Council. She is also a member of the National Honor Society. Hogoboom is involved with the Youth Advisory Council, Big Brothers-Big Sisters and the Orangeville Baptist Church. She will be studying nursing at Grand Valley State University in the fall. Her long term goals are to have a family and become a nurse. • Bridgette Leslie is the daughter of Mike and Julie Leslie of Delton. Her community activities include book cataloging for a church in Kalamazoo. She works at the Richland Animal Hospital and enjoys soccer and snow boarding. She plans to attend Aquinas College and then transfer to Michigan State University. Her long-term goals are to become a veterinarian and have a successful life. • Zachary Mueller is the son of Paul and Sheri Mueller. He has been actively involved in golf, track, hockey, snowboarding and football. He has volunteered every year at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission with his hockey team. He also works as a tree trimmer and electrical panel builder. Mueller will be attending Northern Michigan University to get a degree in mechanical engineering. His future plans are finding a good job, buying a house and raising a family. • Kristyn Norris is the daughter of Greg and Teresa Norris of Delton. She has been active in the National Honor Society, SADD and has received numerous band awards. She also tutors, plays piano, is active with the Cedar Creek Bible Church and is involved with the Word of Life Youth Group. She works parttime at Ace Hardware in Hastings. Norris plans to attend Kellogg Community College to become a physical therapist assistant. Her long-term goals are to grow up from being a high school student to becoming a young adult making wise decisions that will impact her future for the better. • Samantha Shue is the daughter of Tammie Morse of Shelbyville. She has been involved in track and field during her high school career, as well as the National Honor Society. She plans to attend Michigan State University in the fall. • Amanda Strick is the daughter of Ron and Sherri Strick of Delton. She has participated in cross country, soccer, theatre, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, student council, Interact and National Honor Society. Her activities include the Father/Daughter Dance, Arbor Day and tutoring, and over the summer she belonged to a poetry club, the Delton Dead Poets Society. Strick will be majoring in environmental science/biology at Northland College in Wisconsin. She would like to work on conservation of the environment. �Page 4 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Why can’t we use diesel gasoline? IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Eurasian milfoil threatens Carter Lake To the editor: What do you call a lake that is becoming a swamp? Carter! This may be a riddle, but it is no joke. For many years, generations of boaters in Barry County have enjoyed using the public access site on Carter Lake to enjoy a day of fishing as well as a means to enter Lake Algonquin. If you have been in Carter Lake this season, you may have noticed the decreased, almost absent current along the channel to Lake Algonquin. Perhaps your boat motor was sluggish as it became tangled with the weeds thickly blanketing the bottom of the lake. Boats coming from other bodies of water have introduced the invasive plant species, Eurasian milfoil, resulting in the current crisis at Carter Lake. Eurasian milfoil is a highly aggressive aquatic plant that can form dense mats which congest waterways and crowd out native aquatic plants. Thick growth can impair recreational uses of waterways, including boating, swimming and fishing. Dense growth of Eurasian milfoil can alter and degrade the habitat of native fish and other wildlife. Eurasian milfoil may lead to deteriorating water quality and algal blooms on infested lakes and is readily spread by plant frag- ments, which are abundant in infested waterways. Fragments may be carried downstream by water currents or inadvertently picked up by boaters. Milfoil is readily dispersed by boats, motors, trailers, bilges, live wells or bait buckets, and can stay alive for weeks if kept moist. There are ways to control the spread of this and other invasive plants or viruses from lake to lake, simple things like inspecting boats, motors and trailers at the boat ramp before launching and again after hauling them out. Prevent plant material from getting into bait buckets and live wells, and from getting tangled up in anchor ropes or fishing gear. Plants cleaned from boats and gear should be disposed of in a trash receptacle or away from water on dry land. Boaters who have enjoyed the use of the public access site to Carter Lake, should also be willing to help control this invasive plant and save this lake for enjoyment by future generations. Letters to the DNR have not resulted in any supportive activity. As a community, we need to care for this precious natural resource before it is too late. Watch for suggestions on how you can help. Marcia Szumowski, Hastings It’s hard to defend U.S. violence To the editor: During my last two months in Costa Rica, I had the privilege of an hour-long conversation each Saturday morning with two “Tico” intellectuals, one being a psychology professor in the nearby university and the other an owner of a business consulting firm. They are the result of three generations of people in a country that has no military. They asked me to explain why my country is behaving in such an aggressive way around the world, and why we are getting ourselves in such terrible financial condition. I gave them a copy of a recent Banner and showed them a letter written by an unemployed “Christian” who was “born and raised in Barry County” and who baby-sits an infant son while wearing a loaded automatic pistol, and who claims he would kill any trespasser on his property. I explained to them that in our form of “democracy,” 51% of the people who voted in the last presidential election agreed with this letter writer and chose GWBII to continue our arrogant foreign policy and to steal money from the Social Security Trust Fund, education, and social programs, in order to support international corporations with our large global military forces. In Costa Rica, a country where “Resolving Conflicts Without Resorting to Violence” is a mandatory course in the grade-school curriculum, it is difficult for them to understand people whose first reaction to conflicting opinions is to reach for a weapon. I think the racial hatred, requests for execution of criminals, religious intolerance, isolationist paranoia and general fear of the letters in the Banner has gone a long way toward helping these guys understand how a country can shift from peace-loving world leadership to an apathetic, poorly-informed, majority of “American Idleness.” I wasn’t able to explain why a government that regulates everything from toys to farmers markets, puts more citizens in jail than any country except Russia, and subsidizes corn farmers with tax-free gasoline can call countries in the Southern Hemisphere “socialist”. Until the last election, the big issues in Costa Rica centered on the World Cup (soccer) and resolving issues connected with a flood of people arriving from all over the world (including myself). Now, their new president (a former Nobel Peace Prize winner) has sold out to the Bush administration and has endorsed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (TLC, in Spanish) which allows special favors to international corporations like Wal-Mart, and gives them an advantage over locally-owned businesses. Wal-Mart has already bought out the owners of businesses in Costa Rica who employed over 1900 people. Hastings soon will get to taste this bitter pill first hand, when Rutland sells out for a few crumbs. The difference will be that there will not be any anti-Rutland graffiti on the bus stops. This is partly because we don’t have any bus stops. Perhaps when the international petrochemical corporation stockholders demand a retail price over $5 a gallon we will begin buying some nice buses from Brazil (not Detroit), like everybody else. It also has occurred to me that the eventually obsolete Wal-Mart building could be converted into a combination county jail and indoor assault rifle practice range. Sunday mornings in Hastings would be quieter (but not as quiet as the county purchase of the real estate with special revenue fund surplus tax money). Tom Wilkinson Hastings, USA, & Bello Oriente, Costa Rica To the editor: While my vehicle is in line at the transmission repair shop waiting to have a fluid leak fixed, I was discussing vehicle fuel prices on the telephone with an observer in Wayland. The observer reported that gasoline of regular grade was selling at around $3.60 a gallon at the same time diesel fuel was selling at around $2.73. Both vehicle fuel products were sold by the same retailer and the prices included road tax and sales tax. The diesel fuel was priced 24% less than the gasoline, and diesel engines are 12 to 14 percent more efficient at converting fuel energy into load-and-passenger miles per gallon. Diesel fuel is used in numerous types of vehicles, including trucks, tractors and other agricultural equipment, earthmovers, etc., so it is a proven and reliable technology. However, federal law does not allow the use of diesel engines in automobiles to the extent that sellers and buyers of passenger vehicles (automobiles, vans, and utility vehicles) seek. I have always believed that the liberty endowed by the creator, as described in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, included the right to make choices in the marketplace, including the right to decide what kind of engine to have in one’s motor vehicle. Also in the U.S.D.I. is the following: “...when a long train of abuse and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw Jury’s still out on State Rep. Calley To the editor: It’s true that politics makes strange bedfellows, even if within the same party. Recent letters in praise of State Rep. Brian Calley by, no less than the likes of our local social and political misfit, Don Johnson, and Calley’s opponent in the 2006 GOP primary, Brian Reynolds, is proof positive. But, before Johnson and Reynolds join hands and host a love-fest for Calley, I think we should wait a little longer to see how Calley deals with the state’s political crisis. So far, all I’ve seen and heard is partisan blame and few solutions. I’m looking for “ground truth.” That is, Calley working for compromise within his own party, or better still, reaching out across party lines and bringing the legislature to a consensus. We need leadership, even from a freshman representative. Term limits leaves no time for a one or two-year training period. I agree with Reynolds when he says Calley “has gone way above and beyond to overcome the absentee reputation of his predecessor. However, his predecessor, Gary Newell, set the bar so low that it did not take much. Still, despite my public haranguing of Calley during his campaign, he always treated me with respect when we met. And as Reynolds said, Calley was and continues to be present in Barry County. I can attest to that, having seen him in obscure places on the campaign trail at events where only a couple of people would show up. I’ve also seen him since on the highways of Barry County, knowing he was coming or going to a Barry County event. As a new representative, Calley has a clean slate. I do not hold him accountable for the misdeeds of the past GOP leadership. I extend to him the opportunity to reach out across party lines and do what is right for the people of his district and the people of Michigan. If he is able to do that, he will indeed be one of the best representatives we’ve had. If he chooses to put partisan politics over the interests of Michigans citizens, he too will go down in the annals of political obscurity, like his predecessor. Joseph Lukasiewicz, Hastings Public library born from love, sweat To the editor: For the past decade a group of local citizens have poured their hearts and souls into a project that seemed only a dream. In 1998, a local educator, John Fehsenfeld, stepped forward to lead a group of dedicated people interested in working to raise the money needed for a new library building. By the beginning of 2005, the group had raised $2.7 million. Then two years ago, an anonymous donor made a challenge to the local community that ultimately secured the funding necessary to build the new library. From May 18 to Aug. 31, 2005, the donor matched every dollar raised locally with four dollars. That final drive successfully collected the $2.5 million needed to reach the $5.2 million goal. The Christman Company was chosen as construction manager, with Riemenschneider Design Associates as interior designer and C2AE as the architect. The library, built on a Brownfield, was designed and constructed to be a LEED Certified "Green Building." A LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building meets a system of standards developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. "Green" building strategies maximize both economic and environmental performance. Just a few of the LEED highlights featured in the new Hastings Public Library are roof gardens, a rain garden, carpet and tiles made from recycled materials, high energy efficient windows and regionally manufactured recyclable furniture. The new building, which is about twice the size of the former library, for the first time offers special areas for children and teens, a Friends' Store, express check-out stations and Public Opinion: a community room. A ceremonial “Book Brigade” will kick off the grand opening of the Hastings Public Library. The brigade will begin lining up at 9:30 a.m. at the old library across from the courthouse, 121 S Church St. At 10 a.m., the brigade will begin passing 50 books, personto-person, through downtown Hastings, ending at 227 E. State St., the site of the new library. Following the ribbon cutting ceremony, self-guided tours and refreshments will be available until 2:30 p.m. The event will culminate with the drawing of the winning raffle ticket for a brass Literacy Bell, designed by Paolo Soleri of the Arcosanti Project. John Hart, Hastings Econmic Development Director WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Looking forward to new library? The new Hastings Library opens this Saturday, June 9. What about the new library are you looking forward to exploring? off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.” Inasmuch as it is the despotism of Congress that prevents U.S. residents from being able to purchase diesel-engine vehicles and prevents sellers of vehicles from producing enough diesel-engine vehicles to meet customer demand, every gallon of $3.60 per gallon gasoline the vehicle which burns a $2.73 per gallon fuel, is an abuse and usurpation. Since my vehicle is in the shop and I do not purchase enough gallons of gasoline for my lawn mower and chain saw to make a “long train of abuse and usurpations.” I do not have sufficient marketplace participation to overthrow my congressman. However, other individuals who are more victimized by “a long train of abuses and usurpations” at vehicle fuel pumps might consider replacing their congressman, or, at a minimum, requesting of their congressman that the efficient and economical diesel engine vehicle option be legalized for buyers and sellers. Frederick G. Schantz, Hastings Seat belt laws lead to fascism To the editor: The State of Michigan supposedly has no money, yet here we go with another Operation “Click It or Ticket” campaign. According to an article by Charlie Cain, Detroit News Lansing Bureau, Michigan seat belt usage is at 94.3%, second highest in the nation. So just what is it that the State Police are wanting to “crack down” on? Nothing! They’re not allowed to pull you over without just cause, so this is the next best thing. First they got a seat belt law passed in the mid-1980s, but weren’t allowed to pull you over for that violation only. So at some point they got their retired state trooper cronies, who are now state legislators, to pass the “Click It or Ticket” law. What I like even better than the cops stopping the few people on the road who aren’t wearing their seat belt is stopping people who do have it on, but telling them “they couldn’t see their seat belt.” Of course, then they find something to give them a ticket for, such as not having their registration signed. According to Dr. Lawrence Britt, who has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several repressive Latin American regimes, the 12th defining characteristic of fascism is: “Obsession with Crime and Punishment — Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties…” Sound familiar? Central America is looking good these days. Chris Norton, Hastings Correction: The name of Bryan Raak, who was seriously injured in a traffic crash last month, was spelled incorrectly in reports published in the May 17 and 24 edition of the Banner. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Responses to our weekly question. Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Tami Vandefifer, Hastings “My children, Ellie and Timmy, and I are really looking forward to walking to the library and reading together. We missed the library when it was closed.” Leo Hine, Hastings: “I am excited about being able to use the Internet. The new library was long overdue.” Joshua Darnell, Lacey: “I really am looking forward to reading some new books. There is also a new teen’s room I want to explore.” Richard Force, Dowling: “I’m going to bring my nephews, Ashton and Camron, to visit the library. They are really excited about visiting the new library.” Martha Reyff, Hastings: “My children, including my daughter, Zoe, really love going to the library. We can’t wait to explore the new building.” Betty Stetler, Hastings: “I am really looking forward to the new library. I missed being able to stop by and read magazines and find books while it was closed.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 5 911 Board needs a structural change Though most of the focus in last week’s negative publicity about Barry County 911 Central Dispatch was on Director Charlie Nystrom, I think we need to examine a more serious underlying structural problem with the 911 Board. What we have here is a renegade public service without public oversight. I think former Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Ted McKelvey and his colleagues more than 15 years ago had nothing but the best intentions in mind when they created the emergency 911 program and its governance. However, despite their drive to create an essential public safety program free of political interference, what has resulted instead is a tight-knit private social club with a lot of power vested in its CEO. And over the years, the club has been stacked heavily with people beholden to special interests and dependent on the good graces of the director. What I’ve seen until just recently is a powerful CEO surrounded by good buddies and toadies who have talked, thought and acted alike. One of the telltale signs was that until recently this group had met in the basement of the secluded 911 center itself, a building that cannot be entered without identifying oneself to gain permission, thereby violating the Open Meetings Act. The biggest sign is the lack of accountability to and oversight by any other body except itself. The County Board has been allowed to appoint only one of its members and its power rests solely on putting a millage question periodically on the ballot. The current 911 Board is made up of two township representatives, Don Boysen of Thornapple and Jim Brown of Hastings; one village, Lani Forbes of Freeport; Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf; the City of Hastings, Police Chief Jerry Sarver; State Police Commander Kevin McGaffigan; the County Prosecutor, Tom Evans; County Commissioner Mark Englerth, and from the public at large, Ron Neil, who is also the chairman. A couple of things that didn’t smell right were appointments of Neil as public rep, though he is a former state police commander; and the dismissal of longtime township rep Judy Wooer for the bogus reason it was time for a change, though the other longtime township rep, Don Boysen, was retained. Simply connecting these dots arouses my suspicions that the 911 Board is a stacked deck of people loyal to the director. I think I’ve said this here before, but it bears repeating because of what’s happened most recently. Rumblings of trouble at the 911 dispatch center were brought to us almost a decade ago by a former employee and they showed up later on our radar screen with further complaints of employee abuse. We checked them out as best we could, but didn't get very far. But since then we've continued to observe this guy and his organization with a watchful eye. About three years ago we received a call from a 911 employee who made allegations Mr. Nystrom was using 911 operation funds in questionable ways. The employee, fearing retribution, demanded we not reveal the source. We assured the person we were interested in the information and were willing to work together to investigate. There were more than 100 pages of documents covering everything from gas and lunch receipts to motel invoices to cell phone bills for people not even employed at 911. One bit of information contained in the documents concerned overtime pay for employees. What was interesting about it was that not every employee shared in overtime pay. It seemed it was reserved only for a special few. Someone suggested it actually was it "hush money.” If this is true, the 911 director had no right to authorize a special payout to employees, who had a responsibility to come forward and tell the board what was happening. I've worked with employees for nearly 40 years now and I can assure you that if you miss an hour of pay they'll notice it, and if you overpay them for one or 10 hours of overtime they didn't work, they surely will notice it. So when Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans took a letter to the 911 Board meeting concerning the overtime pay issue, he made a couple of important mistakes. I'm no attorney, but I when you’re ready to charge someone with a crime, you'd better have the goods or you wait until you do before announcing it. In a letter to the board Evans ended the letter by saying "I hope that I am wrong about this. If anybody has any proof that I am wrong, please let me know, and I will offer a retraction and my sincerest apologies." This is no way to accuse someone of misusing public funds, and it gave some room for the 911 Board to insist on further investigation. Complaints about how Mr. Nystrom runs the 911 operation are nothing new. It appears this is because he seems to view the operation like a CEO of a company and he can make any decisions he wants without oversight. In a story duly printed on the front page of the Banner last April, the 911 Central Dispatch operation was reported to have been cleared of any wrongdoing after Neil and McGaffigan completed an investigation of allegations. Both were 911 Board members investigating another retired state police officer, prompting my concern about their fairness. I heard they were conducting interviews of employees when this overtime pay question came up because one of the interviewees wasn't getting any of the "special pay" and claimed Nystrom was playing favorites. When Evans submitted his letter suggesting the systematically unauthorized overtime pay, he then went around the table asking the 911 Board members if they knew anything about the overtime pay. Neil and McGaffigan both told the prosecutor they didn't know about the bonus pay problem, but I heard they had received a complaint from an employee during their investigation. This operation sorely needs oversight, probably by the entity that created it, the County Board of Commissioners. It's about time the taxpayers of the county get involved. The 911 program collects up to one mill annually that generates more than $1.6 million annually from Barry County taxpayers, and the County Board of Commissioners is the fiduciary for the funds. The County Board needs to intervene and demand a more complete investigation from someone other than a couple of Mr. Nystrom’s friends. Right now, we are allowing these guys the time they need to dispose of evidence that could be used against them. As reported in last week's Banner article, the board made the decision to allow Nystrom, his lawyer and Ron Neil into the office to get any information that would help the director’s defense. Where do we go from here? The County Board must demand the 911 Board be reorganized, and if not, threaten withholding placement of the 911 millage renewal in the August 2008 election ballot. That may seem harsh, but playing hardball may be the only way this group will respond to a necessary step in reforming governance. I think the County Board should demand Neil step down from his chairman's position and install someone more representative from the general public. It's just too bad it had to come to this, but this is what can happen when you allow a small, tight-knit group running an organization in which most of the board members benefit from the activities they oversee. It's time the County Board of Commissioners step up and handle 911 like they did Charlton Park. We need a change. When your house gets dirty, you clean it. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Don’t be fooled by ‘reforms,’ they’re just window dressing My, those are lovely windows! That’s right; the state government is in the window dressing business these days. I never dreamed I’d get such an education in interior design while serving in the State Legislature. Silly me, I thought we were here to solve problems. Here’s the thing: there are some who believe that an income tax increase is absolutely essential to eliminate the state budget deficit Amazingly, Representative Cushingberry’s proposed 18% increase will not satisfy current spending trends. Therefore, in addition to this income tax increase, there will likely be a push to expand the sales tax base to cover services classified as “luxury” by someone in state government. But there is one huge problem with this movement: Unemployment remains high, personal debt is suffocating the average person, foreclosures are through the roof (Barry and Ionia counties are no exception), and energy prices are diverting most discretionary spending away from domestic stores and instead to the Middle East! Not to mention health care expenses. In other words, our citizens are in no shape to pay more for their state government. Since less than one in five people support a general tax increase, certain legislators are looking for an angle to justify the action. The theory being that if we show that the government has done all it could to reform itself, then people will be more agreeable to taking a pay cut (through a tax increase). What reforms have we done so far? I’m so glad you asked. Let’s start with legislative salary and benefits. We passed a bill that eliminates the retirement health care for state representatives. This is the one that pays 90% of the premium after age 55 if you serve out the maximum of six years in the legislature. Oh, and I almost forgot, it only applies to those elected in 2008 and beyond. Fiscal impact: None for years. My personal favorite is a resolution we passed calling for a 5% cut in legislative pay. It would amount to about $4,000 per year. Not bad, except for the fact that the Michigan Constitution does not allow the legislature to adjust its own pay up or down. Instead, that PLAN, continued from page 1 cant delay anywhere in the city. "The time thing is a big impact," he said. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • There was a public hearing involving an ordinance to amend Article VI, Division 12 of Chapter 90 of the City of Hastings Code of Ordinances by adding Section 90-502 (29) to allow the outdoor display of merchandise as an accessory use in the B-1 zoning district. The outdoor display of merchandise would not be allowed to take up necessary parking spaces, would have to be kept neat and order- ly, and would be subject to day and time approval by the Planning Commission. There also would have to be a site plan submitted to the Planning Commission. Maxi Muffler Plus owner Cody Norton submitted a site plan for unofficial review to receive permission to display merchandise outside at his location if the ordinance is approved by City Council. "I think this would help my business tremendously," he said. • There was an update on Hastings Ponds, a residential construction project on Woodlawn Avenue. The June 30 deadline for the project was extended to July 31. The senior living facility currently has 37 out of 38 units leased, and the family property has all 48 units leased. There will be a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. at the Monday, July 2, Planning Commission meeting to solicit comments regarding a request from Dreisbach Motors Inc. for an amendment dealing with parking to a special land use permit and approved site plan for the parcels located at 328 N. Michigan Ave. 911, continued from page 1 “Mr. Nystrom has never taken a penny for his own purposes. He has not misappropriated or embezzled anything.” Vicari also charged that by releasing the letter intended for the board to the media, Evans has “poisoned any action by a fact finder or a jury pool.” Vicari charged that his client is being denied the right to due process by having the charges made public before all the facts have been revealed. “The prosecutor has severely damaged the rights of my client to receive a fair trial, if in fact, any charges are ever filed.” Vicari concluded by promising his client will “work with the board to resolve the matter completely.” Evans acknowledged that he did indeed write the letter, which bore his office letterhead. “Some might disagree with that decision,” he said, “Some may feel that I should have turned a blind eye. I made a response (to the allegations), that’s all I have done. Anybody who thinks I should have done differently, I am available to answer any and all questions.” During a second opportunity for the public to speak on the subject, a number of people spoke out on behalf of Nystrom, including fellow 911 directors Lloyd Fayling of Genesee County, Pete LeFavour of Newago County and Bill Charon of Ionia County. All spoke of Nystrom’s dedication to his position and the citizens of Barry County. Charon summed up his words by saying the one thing that he remembers Nystrom saying many times in their conversations about the responsibilities of office was, “Do what’s right. “I don’t know the facts of this case, but I do know that is what Charlie has preached to all of us over the years. Do what’s right for the people.” The vote by the board to extend Nystrom’s paid leave of absence was not unanimous, with three members voting not to have the director receive pay during his time off. Those who voted not to allow Nystrom to receive pay during his leave were Mark Englerth, Hastings Police Chief Jerry Sarver and Lani Forbes. Board Chairman Ron Neil had the deciding vote and he chose to allow Nystrom to receive full pay during his administrative leave of absence. Neil also informed the board that while Nystrom remains on paid administrative leave, the day to day operations of the 911 Dispatch Center are being handled by Supervisor Phyllis Fuller. Neil made a point to assure fellow board members and the general public that the operation of the 911 Dispatch Center is continuing without any problems. HHS athletes aid library book sale Athletes from Hastings High School were a big part of the volunteer effort at last week's book sale. They carted hundreds of boxes and thousands of books from the basement of the old library for the sale set up. The Friends of Hastings Public Library reported proceeds of $4,498.51. Shirley Wietnik and Pat Brown were book sale co-chairs and many volunteers participated. Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. task is handled by the State Officers Compensation Commission, which is under no obligation to consider a house resolution. In fact, the commission will not even meet until next year. Fiscal impact: Zilch. And then there are public school superintendent salaries. Legislation was recently passed that limits the salary of a superintendent in Michigan to no more than the governor’s salary ($177,000). Sounds like a good policy, but out of more than 550 districts, this one affects less than 10, and all of them would be grandfathered in. Fiscal impact: Zilch for several years, working its way up to nil over time. Not that I am pessimistic by nature, but I seriously doubt that these, and other “reforms” like them will inspire anyone to accept a $1.8 billion tax increase in 2008. To be taken seriously, the state government must tackle the hard issues of special project funding, “no bid” health care contracts and compensation reform. We need to root out tax cheaters and implement the 1996 federal welfare reform limitations. There is a lot that can be done, but unfortunately, we dress windows instead. The truth is, we won’t really know how much the state actually needs until true structural reform is implemented. Or, we could just raise taxes $1.8 billion and say we gave reforms the old college try. To top it all off, the governor has called for the legislature to stay in session, taking no summer recess until the 2008 budget is passed and balanced. While I agree wholeheartedly, I’ve fallen for this one before. During the normal spring recess earlier this year, it was announced that we would work straight through the break. Being new, I actually thought I was supposed to show up — I was one of 18 (out of 110). So forgive me if this latest call by the governor to cancel summer vacations seemed ironic, but it was made from Mackinac Island. I guess all I can say is: My, those are lovely windows. Ex-Caledonia Supt. to get unemployment by Kelly Lloyd Staff Writer More than a year after being terminated for falsely obtaining about $2,000, pleading “no contest,” serving 45 days of jail time, and being assessed $42,000 in restitution fees, former Caledonia Superintendent Wesley VandenBurg has been awarded unemployment compensation benefits. During the recent unemployment hearing between VandenBurg and the Caledonia School District, Judge Wheaton favored VandenBurg, allowing him to receive 26 weeks of unemployment compensation, totaling nearly $10,000. Tthough the school district’s lawyer argued VandenBurg admitted guilt to the accused crimes, Judge Wheaton explained VandenBurg’s plead of ‘no contest’ does not necessary mean an admittance of guilt and “that there are many reasons a person accepts a plea.” When the plantiff accused VandenBurg of falsifying receipts, Wheaton asked if there was ever a time for VandenBurg to explain his actions. According to Assistant Superintendent Carol Purkey, VandenBurg never had been asked to explain any of the accusations. Judge Wheaton continued by asking for the receipts to examine himself, but the receipts weren’t available for the court. With the lack of evidence against the defendant said, the judge sided with VandenBurg. VandenBurg had received several weeks of unemployment before the school district denied his claim. He was denied the remaining weeks and was told to repay any unemployment money he received. VandenBurg is a Hastings High School graduate and had served as superintendent at Belding before he came to Caledonia. He was dismissed in early 2006 because of the allegations and later pleaded no contest to the charges in Kent County court. �Page 6 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate Donavon (Doc) Kaufman in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Today 6:30 p.m. Softball Cedar Creek Field. Friday- 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Sunday - 6 p.m. Summer Youth Group. Monday - 9 a.m. Noon VBS Begins, runs through Friday. Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Softball Cedar Creek Field. WOODLAND - Sharon Ann Goodemoot, age 63, of Woodland, passed away early Saturday morning, June 2, 2007. She was born in Hastings on March 30, 1944 to Huron and Dora (Day) Healy. Sharon graduated from Lake Odessa High School in 1962, and continued her education, graduating from Lansing Business University. She worked for the Lansing State-Journal for ten years, and retired from the Michigan State Police in 2002 after 30 years of service. She had been a long-time faithful member of the Central United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa where she had recently served as president of the United Methodist Women. Sharon is survived by Alan Goodemoot, her husband of 34 years; son, Dan and Cherith Goodemoot; granddaughters, Mara and Daena; parents, Huron and Dora Healy; sisters, Beverly (Bob) Cusack, Janice (Jack) Brake, Dawn (Mark) Linklater; and the extended Goodemoot family. The funeral service was held at the Central United Methodist Church in Lake Odessa on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the Central United Methodist Church. Margaret Jean Clum DELTON - Margaret Jean Clum, age 81, of Delton, passed away May 29, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. She is survived by her two sons, Donald (Kathy) Clum of Delton and Ronald Clum of Freeport; one daughter, Arlina (William) Knibbs of Lake Odessa; grandchildren; great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, and a very close friend, Joyce Jarman. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Eugene Clum; son, Calvin Clum; and her parents, Floyd and Myrtle Moffitt. She enjoyed traveling, camping, with friends. She was involved with Operation Care, Barry County Walk for Warmth, helping with the Meals for Wheels. She belonged to the Tops Club in Hastings. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the family will be appreciated. Graveside services were held on Friday, June 1, 2007 at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta. Rev. Gerald Gallaway and Rev. Ron Watterly officiating. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Frances Leone Irwin HASTINGS - Frances Leone Irwin, age 99 of Hastings, died on Sunday June 3, 2007 at Hastings Woodlawn Meadows. She was born October 28, 1907 in Yankee Springs, the daughter of Charles E. and Harriott L.(Japhet) Williams. Frances attended both Jackson and Murphy School’s . She was married to Melvin McKibbin in 1926 which ended in divorce. Frances worked for Eatons in Battle Creek and the Hastings Piston Ring before owning and operating her own Dry Cleaning and Laundry business in Hastings and Nashville for 20 years, she retired in 1980. Frances married Fred Irwin May 15, 1948 and he died June 13, 1997. She enjoyed gardening and was a loving and caring mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband Fred; a daughter, Doris Sprague in 1992; a grandson, Thomas Kurr in 1990; two brothers and three sisters. Frances is survived by her daughter, Dorothy Kurr of Hastings; two grandchildren, Kevin (Teresa) Kurr of Hastings, Pam (Stew) Sanders of Hastings; nine greatgrandchildren, Shane Kurr, Shannon (Anne) Kurr, Kelly Kurr, Kevin Kurr II, Katilyn Kurr, Karey (Kevin) Potter, Jessica (Alan) Sanders, Jessie Gaskill, and John Gaskill, 10 great-great-grandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday from 12:00 noon until service time. Funeral services will be held on Thursday May 7, 2007 at 1:00 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Gary Newton officiating. Burial will be at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Hospice of your choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Violet R. Main REMUS - Violet R. Main, age 92, of Remus, passed away at her residence on Saturday, June 2, 2007 with her family by her side. She was born July 5, 1914 in Kent County, the daughter of Charles and Lenora (Kime) Rose. She was preceded in death by her husband Howard; four sons, Jerry, Jack, Jim and Joe; two daughters, Jean and JoAnne and grandson, Jack William. She is survived by her daughter, Judy (Dan) Dennis of Remus; son, John (Helen) Main of Lakeview; 24 grandchildren and several great grandchildren and her other daughter, Donna Walch of Remus and many special friends. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at the Youngman-McCullough Chapel in Lakeview, with Richard Taggart officiating. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Violet to Hospice of MidMichigan. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? 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He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years Vera (Sprague) Kaufman; his loving daughter, Lou Anne (Donavon) Parks; two very special granddaughters, Nicole (Tony) Jados, Jennifer Parks (Carl); five special great grandchildren - grandsons Matthew, Nathan and Zachary and granddaughters Elizabeth and Chelsea; brother and sisters-inlaw, Tom and Sue Sprague, Bill and Fran Wallace, Ken and Evie Sprague and sister-inlaw, Joyce Bowerman. Doc also leaves behind so many special friends and family it would be impossible to name you all. But please know that you were always in his daily thoughts. Doc was preceded in death by his father and mother, Walter and Olive Kaufman; cousin, Greg Shellenbarger; father and mother-in-law, Bill and Thelma Sprague; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Doris Sprague and brother-in-law, Jack Bowerman. Doc was born to Walter and Olive (Shellenbarger) Kaufman on February 25, 1928 in Lake Odessa. There he grew up and graduated from Lakewood High School where he pursued his boyhood passion of basketball. After graduating Doc enlisted into the Army where he spent time overseas. When Doc returned home from the Army he met and married Vera. They lived in Lake Odessa until Doc retired from the E.W. Bliss where he was employed for 30 years. Doc was a life member of the Baldwin VFW. Also a life member of the Vintage motoring club of Mason County, the Travelers Protective Association of America, the Moose Lodge of Hastings and a former member of the Lake Odessa VFW. A few years after Doc retired him and Vera moved to Baldwin. Doc always said there was no place in the world he would rather be than in Northern Michigan. While living in Baldwin Doc and Vera met and made many new friends. They enjoyed their antique cars and their antique car club, which Doc always dreamed of doing someday. Living in the north also allowed Doc to pursue his other passions which were hunting and fishing. Doc was best known for his storytelling. But what Doc was best at was being a loving husband, father (father-in-law) and grandfather. He will be missed often and loved forever. At Doc’s request a graveside service for family members was held at the Hastings Township Cemetery where he was laid to rest. There will be a luncheon held for friends and family at a later date for reminiscing and storytelling, so please watch for announcement. Memorial contributions can be made to The VA Medical Center General Post No. 13 or the American Cancer Society. 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BOY, Seth Andrew Willette, born at Pennock Hospital on May 18, 2007 at 2:25 p.m. to Michelle and Craig Willette of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 12.5 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Gabriel Lee Micheal Aspinall, born at Pennock Hospital on May 18, 2007 at 8:45 p.m. to Rebecca Aspinall of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 19 inches long. Brian Jay Lancaster, age 23 was tragically taken from us and embraced in God’s arms on June 2, 2007. Brian was born in Hastings May 6, 1984 to Dean and Rosemary (Farrell) Lancaster. He is a 2003 graduate of Hastings High School. Brian was employed at the Viking Corporation of Hastings. Brian enjoyed music, going to concerts, playing the drums, playing video games, watching movies, cars, and visiting family and friends. Brian is survived by his parents, Dean and Rosemary Lancaster; his brother, Joseph Lancaster; loving and devoted girlfriend, Mariana Garza; grandmother, Myrna Lancaster, and several aunts,uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Kenneth and Phyllis Farrell, Don Lancaster and Uncle Don Beukema. The family will recieve family and friends on Thursday June 7th from 4:30 to 8:00 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Friday June 8, 2007 at 11:00 am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (www.girrbachfuneralhome.net). BOY, Austin Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on May 19, 2007 at 1:34 p.m. to Holly Shannon of Delton. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Cayden William, born at Pennock Hospital on May 22, 2007 at 2:19 a.m. to Cory and Angie Pettengill of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Madison Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on May 22, 2007 at 10:18 a.m. to Tonya Vickery of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 20 inches long. Proud grandparents are Mike and Rose Vickery of Hastings. GIRL, Donna LeeAnn, born at Pennock Hospital on May 23, 2007 at 12:34 to Karla Mellen and Brandon Carpenter of Nashville. Weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 18 inches long. TWINS, Myles Alan and Molly Anne Rosenberger, born at Spectrum Hospital on May 23, 2007 to Derrick and Jennifer Rosenberger of Middleville. Myles Alan born at 4:18 a.m. and weighing 5 lbs. 2 ozs. and 17 inches long. Molly Anne born at 4:20 a.m. and weighing 5 lbs. and 17 inches long. Marriage Licenses Joshua Alan Maurer, Hastings and Caitlin Ann Russell, Marshall. Fredrick Mathew Brickley, Battle Creek and Jenny Marie LaFountain, Battle Creek. Brandon Keith Wiers, Hastings and Jodi Lynn Walker, Hastings. Austin Clay McKian, Hastings and Jessica Jean Schantz, Hastings. Gary Richard Smith, Middleville and Karen Sue Baughman, Middleville. Gary Paul Martin, Jr., Wayland and Kimberly Sue Smith, Wayland. Jeffrey Alan Rairigh, Freeport and Leona May Shade, Lake Odessa. Matthew Raymond Ulrich Sr., Hastings and Jennifer Lynn Willavize, Hastings. Bruce Anthony Cheshire, Hastings and Regina Marie Woodman, Hastings. Adam Philip Kiteley, Middleville and Beth Anne Owens, Middleville. Bradley Michael Peter, Hastings and Katrina Louise McWhinney, Hastings. Tyson Alan Hillard, Middleville and Keri Lyn Miller, Middleville. Jerome Charles Gardner, Middleville and Leslie Shaun Shoaf, Middleville. Joseph Scott Vann, Hastings and Cheryl Ann Karrar, Hastings. Robert Michael Jordan, Nashville and Carry May-Bell Madry, Nashville. Jeffery Lynne VanStee, Hastings and Lisa Fawn Lancaster, Hastings. Dustin Lawrence Merlau, Plainwell and Alicia Lynn Black, Plainwell. In Loving Memory Of Radants to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Clarks celebrated 25th wedding anniversary Ken and Marge (White) Radant were married on June 15, 1957 at Bath, Michigan. They first lived at Owosso and in August of 1958 moved to Hastings when they became associated with WBCH Radio. They have three children, Karen (Tim) Altoft, Steve (Sue) Radant and Joellyn (Kevin) Schipper and five grandchildren, Stephany Daniel, Jillian Altoft, Jenna Radant, Sara Radant and Phillip Schipper. Dan and Mary Clark celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on May 1, 2007. A surprise weekend getaway to Grand Traverse Resort was given to them by their family. Dan and Mary reside in Hastings with their four children, Linsey, Dustin, Cassie and Bryce. CASA planning 14th annual golf scramble June 16 Clark Levengood and Joyce Wetzel were married June 7, 1947, in Jackson, Michigan. Their children, Pam (Bob) Bertelson, Larry (Gayle) Levengood, Paul Levengood, and Jan (Tom) Miller, will honor them with a celebration dinner at Schuler’s Restaurant in Marshall. Joyce and Clark also have 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Cards may be sent to 1504 Liberty Lane, Hastings, MI 49058. CASA for Kids, Inc., Barry/Eaton County, will have its 14th annual Golf Scramble, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, to benefit the CASA program. The public is invited to make a donation to CASA and enjoy a round of golf. Personal donations are accepted, as well as various levels of sponsorship. Diamond Level sponsors donate $1,000. Their names will be on an embroidered pin flag and tee sign, and they will be identified as a sponsor on all materials. This price also includes four embroidered golf towels and 18 holes of golf for four, including two carts. Pin flag sponsors donate $150, and the sponsors’ names will appear on an embroidered pin flag. Tee Sign sponsors donate $100, and these sponsors’ names appear on a tee of their choice. A foursome golf team includes 18 holes of golf and two carts for $250. There will be door prizes and raffle items at the event as well. For more information or to participate in, sponsor or donate to the golf scramble call CASA at (269) 948-3213. CASA for Kids is a volunteer-based, nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of children who have been removed from their home due to abuse and neglect. During this most traumatic time of their lives, the CASA volunteer is the person whom the child can count on to listen to them and who will bring the child’s best interests to the attention of the Court. Unfortunately, child abuse and neglect is increasing, making the need for CASA volunteers greater, and straining the resources of our program. The 35 volunteers are only able to provide this stabilizing influence to approximately 40 percent of these vulnerable children. The goal is to provide this benefit to 100 percent of the children in these circumstances. Gifts will enable the organization to create public awareness and to recruit, train, and supervise the volunteers who bring hope to these children. Levengoods to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Boops celebrated golden wedding anniversary Ted and Saralee Boop celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 12, 2007. They were united in marriage on May 30, 1957. Their children include Linda and Craig Garvey of Three Rivers, Mich., Lisa and Rick Dumbauld of Grand Rapids, Mich., Jeff Boop of Avon, Ohio. They have three grandchildren. There was a celebration hosted by their children on May 12 in Elyria, Ohio. Blood drives set in Barry County for month of June Three American Red Cross blood drives are planned this month in Barry County. The first will be from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services (TTES) in Middleville. Nashville Mulberry Gardens Restaurant will be host for a drive from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, June 14. On Monday, June 18, a third drive this month will take place at the Hastings First Baptist Church from noon to 5:45 p.m. All presenting donors in June will be entered in a drawing to win travel packages, including a cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Grand Bahamas, a six-day, five-night trip, or a round-trip air fare to Las Vegas for three days and two nights. All are welcome, no appointments are required. Those stopping in are asked to please bring pictured ID or donor card. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information, call Susan L. Clements, American Red Cross Great Lakes Regional Blood Services at 1-800-968-4283, extension 434, 517-449-7328 (cell) or e-mail clementssl@usa.redcross.org A beautiful place to live … Hastings’s newest affordable Senior Living would like to invite you to a Summer Spectacular OPEN HOUSE Friday, June 15 th 12PM-5PM Limited number of apartments left. Call today for availability. 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Your husband and family 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 Call for Move-In Special www.mykmg.net/mallardpond �Page 8 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Family fighting Lakewood schools finished the 2006-07 academic year on Friday, June 1. Morning worship services at Central United Methodist Church are now on the summer schedule, with the service at 9:30 a.m. until the Sunday following Labor Day. There are no disciple Discovery Days until fall, but there will be a Vacation Bible School this summer June 18-21 evenings. At the June 3 service, four new members were added to the church. Laura Foreback came by transfer. Milo Brooks Jr., Robert Cobb III and Melissa Pacola entered by profession of faith. Melissa is the granddaughter of the former Charlotte Manshum and husband of Sand Lake. Melissa's and Milo's children were baptized a week earlier. The second annual Veteran's Honor Roll Induction was held Friday evening a the Freight House with very good attendance. The selection committee had chosen Lewis Jack Lambert as the 2007 inductee. Many members of his family were present and there was a nice display of his medals, photographs and other items pertaining to his military service. The evening opened with salute to the flag, the national anthem, statement of pur- Flag Day disposal ceremony planned The American Legion Post No. 45 plans to have a flag disposal next Thursday, June 14. Hastings area residents can bring their tattered, worn out flags for proper disposal and replace them with new ones at the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion post on M-37 south of Hastings. A supervised team flag disposal ceremony, including the Hastings Fire Department, Hastings City Police and Boy Scouts, will be held at the Post 45 on Flag Day, starting at 6 p.m. Service Officer Bill Roush has available new 3'x5' American flags for $15. Military service flags also will be available, Roush announced. "When a flag has served its useful purpose, it should be destroyed, preferably by burning," Roush said. "For individual citizens, this should be done discreetly so the act of destruction is not perceived as a protest or desecration. The Legion ceremony creates a particularly dignified and solemn occasion for the retirement of unserviceable flags.” In a special observance of the ceremony, the American Patriot restaurant will be serving a short order menu from 4 to 8 p.m., according to a Post Legionnaire. Local residents may drop off flags to the Legion Post, located at 2160 South M-37 Highway, Hastings, any time prior to Flag Day. pose. The large flag hung at the front of the meeting area was in memory of Walter Johnson from 1988. There were exhibit areas from individual military personnel and from time periods with even a few items from the Revolutionary War, list of burials at Lakeside from each of the conflict times and at Woodland. The two buildings were also open for visitors on Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon. The Rev. George Speas officiated Saturday forenoon at the interment service for Mrs. Gladys Dyke, age 105, at Highland Park Cemetery at Ionia. Among those attending were all members of the Robert Reed family, Larry Reed and family of Ludington, Dr. John Lundeen and wife of Ada, nieces and nephews of Mrs. Dyke from Augusta, Mulliken, Grand Ledge and Ionia. Recently released lists from college include the following honors awards: University of Northwestern Ohio dean's list: Glen McDowell and Bryan Tryon of Lake Odessa. Glen is the son of Joel and E. Debbie (Smith) McDowell. Central Michigan University listed the December 2006 graduation of Nathaniel Jarvie, son of Rev. Mark and Mrs. Jarvie of Lake Odessa's First Congregational Church. Elaine Garlock was delighted to find at the Freight House exhibit of military souvenirs the display of Odessa farmer Stanton Strickland, who had entered the service from Barry County into the 35th Division and the 137th Infantry regiment, the very unit in which Elaine's brother had served. She learned from the Strickland material where he had landed in England and where he spent two months of training. Such information was strictly classified and censored in 1944 so her family has never known until now where in England he had been. Her family knew only that it was in southwest England too far away for him to visit his many relatives in the London area. The new lampposts which line the business district held full-size flags on the weekend. They also have new Lake Odessa banners. Next week brings Flag Day. The lamp posts in downtown Lake Odessa are adorned with all new flags in a project begun by the VFW post but with financial help from local business people. The posts also bears new banners proclaiming Lake Odessa to be a port city. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 9, at the freight house. The speaker will be member Lori Fox on “Filling in the Blanks.” This should be of great help to those seeking membership in First Families and to anyone who keeps records on standard forms such as Four Generation charts or Family Record Sheets. The Rev. George Speas will be the guest Members of Grand Rapids, Michigan & National Association of REALTORS ® 305 S. Broadway (M-37) • Hastings Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 am - 5 pm And always available by appointment Realty Inc. “Your Real Estate Connection” Toll Free 1-888-477-6591 • Local 1-269-945-0514 Fax 1-269-945-0524 • www.TradeMarkRealty.com JUST IN TIME TO ENJOY SUMMER AT THE LAKE! 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There is a total of 4 bedrooms, and 2-1/2 baths, including the deluxe master suite with extra large walk-in closet and bath with huge walk-in shower,and private French door access to the covered porch. There is plenty of storage room as well with an extra large finished storage room upstairs and the completely finishedable basement that’s already plumbed for an addition bathroom. Everywhere you look you’ll see quality from the very large 2 stall garage with hot and cold water, as well as central vacuum and heated floors, to the large main floor laundry/mudroom/craftroom, custom cabinetry and GE-Profile Harmony washer and dryer. Take a look at the private back deck with built-in planters and benches, this is a home built for entertaining but also with comfort and class in mind. A 2-10 home buyer warranty is also included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$425,000 speaker at Central UMC Sunday, June 10, while the pastor is on vacation. Residents of this area who attended the annual conference of West Michigan United Methodists included Joy Angel and Barbara Heise. Paul Quigley of Woodland, Judy Huan and Gerald Gilbert of Lake Odessa, a Mr. Simington of Saranac representing Berlin Center and their pastors. The memorial service included Marvin Zimmerman, former pastor of Central UMC, Alice Goodwin who with her late husband, Heath Goodwin served at Ionia, Ethel Litchfield, mother of Carl Litchfield, who served at Woodland. Some representatives met the incoming pastor at Nashville UMC who is coming with her husband. She is just but of seminary. The Rev. Ward Pierce, longtime pastor of Lakewood UMC is always very evident in his role of parliamentarian and keeper of the rules. A soloist at two worship services was the Rev. Charles Manker who had served at Portage UMC. He was the son of the Rev. Lila Manker for 23 years was pastor of Hastings Wesleyan Methodist Church. The conference ran from Thursday to Sunday afternoon. It included ordination, recognition of retiring pastors, a memorial service, and commissioning of a new church at Traverse City. Worship services were led by the Grand Rapids church of all nations, The chancel choir of Central UMC sang an anthem at the memorial service of Sharon Goodemoot on Tuesday forenoon. She was a member of this choir and also the bell choir. Cousins by the dozens attended from the Goodemoot, Curtis and Healy families. ILR announces trips, programs for this summer Kellogg Community College’s Institute for Learning in Retirement has announced the trips and programs planned for this summer. Programs and trips are open to both ILR members and non-members. Two events are scheduled for Friday, June 15, at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. "Butterflies in the Garden" will be the topic of a class conducted from 10 a.m. to noon by Doug Wright at the Institute. Cost is $7. After the class, visitors can climb aboard for a lunch and "train ride" to Hastings as Charlie Conn tells about the railroads that came to Hastings in "Ghosts of the North Woods." The luncheon program is from noon to 2 p.m. The cost is $9. Those interested may register for both the class and luncheon or the class or luncheon only. Phone reservations for the class and luncheon may be made by calling (269) 9489500, extension 2803. "On the Road to Chicago" is scheduled for July 25 and 26. A charter will take passengers to Chicago for an "Untouchables Tour" (also known as the Gangster Tour). Dinner will be at Tommy Gun's Garage. This is an interactive dinner theater, complete with gangsters, cops, flappers and roaring 1920s music. A trip to Eli's Cheesecake World and architectural tour on the river are scheduled for the following day. Rates are $300 and $335 for members; double and single, respectively, and $320 and $350 for non-members; double and single, respectively. "Batter Up!" will be a little history about Tiger Stadium and Comerica Park and then watching the Detroit Tigers vs. the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Aug. 9. A charter will leave Battle Creek KCC at 9:30 a.m. Dinner is on your own on the return trip. Cost is $55 for members; $65 non-members. Registration forms for the Chicago trip and Tiger game are available at the Hastings campus of Kellogg Community College or may be obtained by calling (269) 948-9500, extension 2803. The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) is an affiliate of the Elderhostel Institute Network. ILR is a community-based organization of retirement-age people who share a love of learning. The Kellogg Community College-sponsored Institute offers retirement age men and women classes, activities, programs, and field trips about topics of mutual interest. There are no pre-requisites for membership; only a curiosity and wish to continue learning about a topic. Dear Annie: "Angie" and I dated for four years, and had frank discussions about children. I knew she wanted a large family, and she knew I was almost as apprehensive as I was eager. We married last summer, and everything seemed great -- until she turned 30. Now every conversation turns into her demanding an immediate attempt to have children. Actually, all our conversations are fights. Our tiny house drives her crazy. Her willful refusal to tidy up makes me nuts. She blames me for her financial anxiety, saying she never cared about budgets or credit ratings before I brought them up. She wants to be a world traveler and heavy party-girl until the day she is pregnant, while I want a more domestic lifestyle. I say we need to find ways to face our challenges together, without screaming, sobbing or saying hurtful things. I've begged her to come to counseling with me, and I've offered to pay for financial planning. She considers this stalling, when I should be stepping up and starting a family. Angie is the love of my life and the light in my eyes, but fighting with her eats away at me. I wake up in the middle of the night feeling sick. If the storm is nearly throwing us overboard now, how can we expect smoother sailing when our children need us constantly and we are chronically sleep-deprived? -Trying My Best Dear Trying: You are talking apples and oranges, logic versus emotion. Of course the problems don't get easier when you have children, but if you truly felt the marriage was solid, you might not be so averse to starting a family. Frankly, you and Angie don't seem compatible any more. Insist that she go with you for couples counseling. You need someone to help you sort through all the conflict. One night stand? Dear Annie: I have never dated much, so I could use your help. I met this fine guy on a blind date, and we hit it off great. We spent the night together but did not have sex. The next morning, I gave him my number and told him to call if he ever wanted to hang out. Well, it's been a month, and he has yet to call. I asked the friend who set us up to find out what happened, and she said he is just shy and it takes a lot of effort for him to call someone. She also said he told her he had a good time the night we went out. I can't stop thinking about him. He just blew me away like no one before. He didn't give me his number, so I wrote him a letter and told him I'm not looking for a relationship, but I had a good time and hope he'll call. I sent him my number, and that was it. I have yet to hear from him, but friends say he talks about me. What should I do -- call him or let it go? I don't want to seem lame. -Confused in North Carolina Dear N.C.: He hasn't called in a month? It's time to let it go. Either he expected sex and has moved on to easier pastures, or he's not that interested. If he changes his mind, he knows how to reach you, but any further attempts by you to contact him will be seen as clingy and desperate. Too many refills Dear Annie: This is in reply to the letter from "V," who was angry about having to come in to her doctor's office every month just to get a prescription refill. I showed that letter to my husband, a physician for 27 years, and he said this practice is unethical. His advice is to look for a new doctor. My husband writes prescriptions for longterm medications for one year (the legal limit), and only after that would he require a return visit. "V" should look for a wonderful, caring physician like my dear husband. I'm beginning to think they are hard to find. -Lois Maddening mom Dear Annie: My mother-in-law is an extremely controlling person, especially when it comes to my easygoing husband, her only child. She will cry and throw fits when she doesn't see him or he doesn't call her for a few days. She dominates every conversation, and I dread any time I have to spend with her. I have been with my husband over 10 years, and just when I think her behavior is getting better, it gets worse. For example, she called my husband to help her carry a turkey into her house after grocery shopping. How did the turkey get into her shopping cart and car trunk to begin with? She also relies on him to help care for her elderly mother. She thinks the burden should be split between the two of them. (She has no siblings.) When he doesn't accommodate her, she cries and yells. I have remained calm through this, but I feel as if I am going to explode. My entire family sees how she behaves and agrees with me. Tell me, Annie, is she going to get worse as she gets older? How will she act when we have children? I'm not going to be able to hide my true feelings much longer. I am beginning to despise this woman. Any advice? -- Florida Wife Dear Florida: Some of your complaints are more justified than others. Mom should not be yelling and crying because Sonny Boy doesn't call often enough. However, asking for help with Grandma is perfectly reasonable, and grocery store personnel often help lift heavy items into shopping carts and car trunks. The problem is, you dislike her so much, you aren't inclined to cut her any slack. Try to find one thing about this woman to admire, and focus on it. Yes, it may get worse when you have kids, but as long as your husband is supportive and puts you first, we hope you can find a way to cope with her. Fear of fructose Dear Annie: My 8-year-old granddaughter was just diagnosed with "fructose intolerance," and it's a nightmare trying to figure out what she can eat. A majority of foods have fructose, sucrose or sorbital, and she can't tolerate any of them. She can have some vegetables, white milk and meat. We did find a French bread she can eat, but she can't have a cookie, pancake or piece of fruit. Even ketchup and some yogurts are full of fructose. Recipes and sources for specialty foods are nonexistent. She's a very tiny child and extremely thin. I was hoping maybe one of your readers would know of a support group. -- Michigan Grandmother Dear Michigan: You might find useful ideas in cookbooks for diabetics, and here are two online resources for recipes and support: Boston University Biology Department at www.bu.edu/aldolase and The Food Intolerant Consumer at www.foodintol.com. If our readers have other suggestions, we'll print them. Workaholic woes Dear Annie: My husband is a physician who works very late and often does not arrive home until after midnight. He is praised by patients for the time he spends with them. When he isn't working, he plays golf. If I suggest a movie, he will often fall asleep in the theater. I resent that he is not more attentive to me or our nearly grown children. If I comment that other doctors manage to have a family life as well as give good care to their patients, our daughter becomes irritated and rigorously defends her father. He also becomes angry if I find fault. I know he will not change, and I wonder if he might have a narcissistic personality disorder. -- Lauren in Cambridge, Mass. Dear Lauren: This is a common complaint from people whose spouses keep long hours. We think your husband is a workaholic who defines himself by his job. He understands how to be a good doctor, and it gives him a satisfaction that he isn't sure how to get from his family. Don't criticize him in front of your children. Accept him as he is, and find other worthwhile activities to occupy your time. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, • NOTICE • The property located on Green Street behind Consumers Energy and Family Tree Medical Associates is owned by the Hastings Area School System and is posted with NO TRESPASSING signs, which will be enforced. 77513194 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... A history of the Hastings Library By Esther Walton In 1893, the Hastings Women’s Club decided that one of its goals would be establishing a library. It took several years to implement the program. In 1896, the members selected Annie Powers to found a library for use by their membership. The Hastings Banner offered the group the use of an upstairs room in their building located on the southeast corner of State and Church streets. The women’s club began accumulating funds to purchase books and acquiring the necessary furniture for the project. It wasn’t too long before the collection grew to a point where more room was needed. The Hastings City Council offered the club the use of suitable space in the southeast corner of the City Hall. In 1916, the Hastings School system began construction on a new high school building at the south end of Broadway. [This building is now the middle school.] The prevailing opinion in the community was that it would be a good idea if the Women’s Club Library was merged with the public school library to form a new Hastings Public Library for the use of both students and adults alike. In 1918, the Hastings Public Library was opened in the new high school building. It occupied a large room on the second floor at the east end of the new structure. The Hastings Women’s Club added a collection of 500 books to those owned by the public schools. Helene Fairchild was the first librarian. In 1921, Miss Jean Barnes was appointed head librarian and served in that capacity for the next 31 years. In addition to managing the new library she oversaw smaller libraries in the old First and Second Ward elementary schools. During her tenure the library grew from 16,812 volumes to 42,185, an impressive two and a half times. After Ms. Barnes retired in 1952, Henry C. French served as head librarian until 1958. Following Mr. French, George Early served for one year. Lucille Hecker, who had been an assistant librarian was then appointed head librarian and served in that capacity until 1962. In 1955, during Mr. French’s tenure, a new west wing was added to the high school and the Hastings Public Library was moved to larger facilities. The new library was dedicated to William T. Wallace, a beloved teacher and former principal at Hastings High School. Mr. Wallace began teaching here in 1902 and was appointed principal in 1907. He retired in 1935. In the 1950s, it became increasingly apparent that the joint use of the library facilities both students and the general public was becoming more and more unsatisfactory. Over the years, the school system enrollment steadily increased at the same time that the number of residences in the area was increasing. About this time, the Hastings Banner ran an article commenting that combined use of the library by both adults and students was forcing restraints to be put in place that prevented both adults and students from realizing the full potential of the facility. Adult use of the Hastings Public Library had dwindled to almost nothing. In retrospect this is not surprising when one considers that most hours of each day there were between 30 and 40 children present. The students were well behaved, but of course active and just the presence of so many young people created a difficult atmosphere for many adults. The Banner opined that neither students nor adults were able to utilize the full potential of the system. In a word, joint use of the library by students and adults was no longer working well and establishing separate libraries facilities should be considered. In 1949, it was reported that our combined school and public library was rated by in independent organization to be among the top combined school/public libraries for cities with the population between 5,000 and 10,000. In 1950, a respected library consultant was called on to make recommendations aimed at alleviating the problems that joint use of the facility by adults and students was creating. About this time, a contribution of $100 was received by the city “to start the ball rolling” toward establishing a separate public library. There was also a proposal made in a city council meeting to accept the offer of gift of a vacant lot located at the corner of South Broadway and Center Street to be used as the site for a new library. The proposal was not accepted but interest in creating a separate public library continued to grow. During the next ten years, six different directors were hired. The Library Board (from left) Alice Jacob, Clifford Dolan, John Warren, Kathy Wilber and Ivan Snyder. Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Financial Tips for Newlyweds It's June - a popular month for weddings. If you're getting married this month, you have a lot to think about: a rehearsal, a ceremony, a reception, possibly a honeymoon. But most important of all, you've got the anticipation of starting a new life together. To help make that life a happy one, you and your new spouse will need to communicate with each other on all types of issues - and one of the most important of those issues is your joint financial situation. So, once the wedding festivities are behind you, take some steps that relate to your future financial well being. Here are a few suggestions: * Establish financial goals. You and your spouse can become disciplined money managers if you're both working toward some joint long-term financial objectives, such as a new home. If you eventually have children, your goals may expand to include college. And throughout your working life, you'll want to put money away for retirement. No matter what your goals are, you'll have a better chance of achieving them if you set out a strategy - and stick to it. * Don't put off investing. How much money you have available to invest depends on your income and expenses. When you're just married and establishing a household, you may not feel that you have a lot of cash to spare, but make it a priority to put away NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2007-2008 BUDGET DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOLS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 18, 2007, at 6:30 o’clock p.m., in Room 32 in the Upper Elementary School at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, Michigan, the Board of Education of the Delton Kellogg Schools will hold a public hearing to consider the district’s proposed 2007-2008 budget. The Board may not adopt its proposed 2007-2008 budget until after the public hearing. A copy of the proposed 2007-2008 budget including the proposed property tax millage rate is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Superintendent’s office, 327 N. Grove St., Delton, Michigan. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. This notice is given by order of the Board of Education. Marsha Bassett, Secretary 77512820 something each month, even if it's only a small amount. If you can get into the investment "habit" right away, it will serve you well throughout your married life. * Take advantage of retirement plans. If you and your spouse are both working, you may each have access to a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. Contribute as much as you can afford to each plan - at least enough to earn the employer's match, if one is offered. Also, look closely at how you are each allocating your dollars within your respective plans. Try to avoid duplicating each other's investment choices. By spreading your money around a range of investments, the two of you can potentially reduce the effects of market volatility and give yourselves more chances for success. A financial advisor can help you identify the investment choices that are appropriate for your risk tolerance, goals and time horizon. * Get control of your debts. Your debts, and those of your new spouse, are now of concern to both of you. While some debts - such as a mortgage - may be inevitable, it's generally a good idea to keep your debt load as low as possible. That's because the more money you spend on debts, the less you'll have available to invest for your future. By going over your student loans, car loans, credit cards, etc., you may be able to develop a strategy to reduce your overall debt load. By following these suggestions, you can start married life off on the right foot, at least in regard to your financial situation. As for who gets to write the thank-you notes for the wedding presents - well, that's another matter. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones Friends of the Library Book Sale. In 1954, Mrs. Arloa Lathrop willed $15,000 to the city with the stipulation that it be used to create a public library facility separate from the school. The money was invested in U.S. Government bonds where the interest compounded during the ensuing years. In 1963, Mrs. Ethel Groos was appointed to head a committee to study the suitability of converting the recently vacated post office building the corner of Church and Court streets into a public library facility. After a great deal of research and discussion, the committee presented its findings. The committee found that it was feasible to convert the old post office building to a library. Attached to the committee’s report was a letter from the State of Michigan Librarian, Mrs. Genevieve Casey, which not only approved the committees findings but refuted several objections that had been raised about the site. Among the objections were fears that the new library might duplicate books already in the high school collections and that the old post office was too large for the communit’s needs. The post office building had been constructed in 1924 for $77,000 on land costing $6,000. On Nov. 18, 1963, the City of Hastings acquired from the federal government the former U.S. post office building. The single story brick structure was in a reasonable state of repair and had a full basement. An agreement was signed that it would be used to house a library for the next 20 years. In January 1964, the first library board was appointed. First members of the new board were Mrs. Ethel Groos, the Reverend Don Gury, Mrs. Katherine McIntyre, Mrs. Rose Cook and Clifford Dolan. In April Mrs. Florence Wilson was appointed as head librarian. On July 1, 1964, the old combined high school/city library was dissolved. The next year was spent in raising money to renovate and equip the library. The Upjohn family, which had roots in Hastings, made a $5,000 grant. This was supplemented by a general grant of $10,000 from the Barry County Thornapple Foundation and a $1,500 gift from Tyden and Viking Companies. In 1964, a drive, chaired by Mrs. Reva Godfrey, president of the Friends of the Library, was organized. Their goal was to raise an additional $20,000 to complete the project. The community was intimately involved in raising funds for renovating, furnishing, equipping and expanding the book collection. There were ‘book drives’ during the summer of 1964, which resulted in over 2,500 book donations. This presented a huge task for the librarian, Mrs. Wilson. Each of these books had to be properly identified and prepared for circulation with the help of a crew of loyal, dedicated volunteers, which included Mrs. Edward Grivalds, Mrs. Sadie Mae Brower and Mrs. Mary Panfil. With the help of a loan of books from the State of Michigan Library in Lansing, the local library was ready to open. The Hastings Banner of June 16, 1965 reported on the library open house. By the end of 1964, the Hastings Public Library housed a collection of 11,000 volumes with an annual circulation of 39,000. Early on the library had contracts with the townships of Prairieville, Hope, Barry, Rutland, Hastings and Orangeville. In 1973, the library formed an inter-library loan association with Grand Rapids and in 1974 became a charter member of the Lakeland Library Federation, which included 11 libraries in western Michigan. With the retirement of Florence Wilson in 1974, Eileen Oehler was chosen to be head librarian. By 1977, the collections had grown to 30,000 and subscribed to about 100 periodicals. Large print books had been added to the collection as well as microfilm copies of the Hastings Banner 1856-1908 and 1973-1979. A special fund was established in 1978, with a $5,000 donation from Wallace M. Osborn to construct an addition to the library. In March 1979, the library board considered building a $450,000 addition to the back, which would add an additional 9,000 square feet of floor space. However, beginning in the early 1980’s, the library began to struggle financially. It was operating with the same level of financial resources as it had in the mid-70s. The board had problems meeting the rising costs of services and books, not to mention the utilities. Staffing was reduced and library hours cut. Part of the problem lay in the fact that membership rolls of the Friends of the Library through attrition declined and they had stopped raising money for the library. In 1984, Barbara Schondelmayer began working in the Hastings library under Florence Wilson. Mrs. Schondelmayer had a degree in librarianship. After Mrs. Wilson left the library, Mrs. Schondelmayer worked under Eileen Oehler as a CETA employee. She was hired to call the collections in addition to logging their holdings into the Lakeland Cooperative’s database. In 1984, Ms. Oehler retired and the Library See TIME, page 17 NASCARDIE-CAST SALE SAVE NOW ON ALL IN STOCK DIE-CAST Just in time to get Dad his favorite driver for Father’s Day! Hurry in for the best selection. NEW HOURS! 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 NEW HOURS: Tues. & Wed. 9-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3. 02672952 ANTIQUE MARKET Sat. & Sun., June 9 & 10 9am - 5pm Charlton Park - Hastings, MI Accepting NEW Vendors FREE Vendor Space FREE Public Admission 269-945-3775 www.charltonpark.org UPCOMING EVENTS Fathers Day Car Show June 17th County Wide Yard Sale June 23rd 02672944 �Page 10 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, by assignment dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 15, 2007 in Instrument # 1176441 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($126,395.16) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 1025 E Mill St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77512669 Our File No: 07-70781 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Steven Holtman, a married man and Deborah A. Holtman, his wife, who executes this mortgage for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead rights in the real estate covered, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 5, 2003, and recorded on March 19, 2003 in instrument 1100400, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two And 93/100 Dollars ($216,762.93), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northwest quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, more particularly described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West and running thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds East 1162.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 1313.53 feet to point of beginning of this description; thence South 81 degrees 05 minutes 28 seconds East 890.98 feet to the centerline of a 48 inch oak tree; thence North 85 degrees 25 minutes 52 seconds East 629.50 feet to the North and South quarter line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 49 seconds East 330.56 feet along said quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 08 seconds West 1193.26 feet; thence North 48 degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds West 423.01 feet; thence North 118.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512674 File #143919F01 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed Ordinance #2007-124 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its May 30, 2007 meeting. This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its next regular meeting on June 13, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days' notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-124 ADOPTED: ____________ EFFECTIVE: _____________ An Ordinance to amend Sections 17.02.a, 17.08.a and 17.09.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 48, as amended); and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION I AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.02.a PERTAINING TO PERMITTED USES IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.02.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1702.a as codified), pertaining to the permitted uses in the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to correct a typographical error by revising sub-part b therein to read as follows: “A detached single-family home on an individual lot not less than 8,000 square feet.” (language proposed to be added is shown in italics.) SECTION II AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.08.a PERTAINING TO BUILDING FOOTPRINTS OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.08.a, subsection B.2. of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1708.a as codified), pertaining to building footprints over 10,000 square feet in the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to delete all of sub-part (i) of subsection b. therein (presently requiring commercial/office uses exceeding 10,000 square feet footprint to provide equal or greater residential living floor space within and integrated on the same development site). SECTION III AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.09.a PERTAINING TO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.09.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1709.a as codified), pertaining to architectural standards for the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to correct a typographical error and revise the first sentence of sub-part b. therein to read as follows: “Long interrupted uninterrupted horizontal stretches of exposed facing building fa ade shall not be permitted.” (Language proposed to be added is shown in italics; language to be deleted is lined through.) SECTION IV SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION V REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION VI EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect on the eighth day after publication or on such later date as may be required by law. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland C:\WPDOCS\CAR\CLIENTS TOWNSHIP\RUTLAND\FORMS\6 NOTICE SUBMITTAL 2007-124.DOC 77513098 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lynda A. Van Keuren and Robert Van Keuren, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on February 27, 2004 in instrument 1122810, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Thirteen And 86/100 Dollars ($112,913.86), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Description of Parcel C-1: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 30; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along the West line of Section 30, 333.36 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along said West line, 333.36 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East, 370.44 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds West 333.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West, 370.44 feet to the West line of Section 30 and the place of beginning. Together with and subject to right of way for County road across the Westerly 33.00 feet thereof. Also together with and subject to a 66.00 foot wide easement across the Northerly 66.00 feet of the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purposes of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities. Also together with and subject to the following easement: A 66.00 foot wide easement, the Southerly line of which is the Southern edge of the current driveway across the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purpose of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities, it being the intention that the second described easement shall be extinguished upon sale of Parcel C-2 or creation of a roadway on the first described easement. The above described easements shall be for the use and benefit of the following described parcel also. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #143442F02 77512730 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by WADE BROWN and TRACY BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on October 10, 2005, in Document No. 1154140, and assigned by said mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents ($111,538.88), including interest at 7.100% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on July 5, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of IRVING, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FREEPORT CREAMERY COMPANY LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 13 RODS AND 3 FEET TO THE CORNER OF THE HIGHWAY AND RACE STREET; THENCE EAST TO LOT FORMERLY DEEDED TO HENRY C. KANHER, NOW OWNED BY DELIA YULE; THENCE NORTH TO CENTER OF OLD MILL RACE TO THE CORNER OF FREEPORT CREAMERY LOT; THENCE WEST TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWNSHIP OF IRVING, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CREAMERY LOT; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS 3 FEET; THENCE EAST 7 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS; THENCE WEST 7 RODS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. TAX ID NO. 08-43-350-041-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 1, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77513129 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gene M. Tobin husband and Wendi J. Tobin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2006, and recorded on January 31, 2006 in instrument 1159530, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Three And 35/100 Dollars ($166,663.35), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9 of Pleasant Valley Plat, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 13 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142289F01 77512430 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 19/100 Dollars ($99,891.19), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144361F01 77512724 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sharon B. Wyman, a/k/a Sharon Wyman married to Kevin M. Wyman, a/k/a Kevin Wyman, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2004 and recorded October 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135690, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand One Hundred Two and 25/100 Dollars ($153,102.25) including interest at 11.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 14, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 36 rods of the South 40 rods of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 2, Town 3 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 17, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77512521 File No. 402.0333 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jason T. Healy and Abigail Healy, husband and wife as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 5, 2005 in instrument 1153919, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven And 32/100 Dollars ($170,887.32), including interest at 9.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West 85 rods of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, commencing East 15 rods from the Northwest corner of Section for point of beginning, thence South 36 rods; thence East 19 rods; thence North 36 rods; thence West 19 rods to point of beginning. Subject to easements, reservation, restrictions and limitations of record; if any. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142573F01 77512516 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Trumpower, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2004, and recorded on October 20, 2004 in instrument 1135784, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seven And 95/100 Dollars ($74,407.95), including interest at 8.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 15 feet of Lot 33 and the East 1/2 of Lot 32, Supervisor's Plat of the First Addition to Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 6, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143417F01 77512655 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dustin Sanders, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Citizens Bank, Mortgagee, dated January 19, 2005, and recorded on January 24, 2005 in instrument 1140553, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Michigan State Housing Development Authority, a public body corporate and politic of the State of Michigan as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($97,045.58), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Ammon Eaton's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of plats, Page 15 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143086F01 77512511 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-275-DO Court Address: 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone: (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff CORY ANNE GONZALES c/o Plaintiff’s Attorney Jeffrey D. Van Leuwen (P29046) 11876 Lakeway Drive Plainwell, MI 49080-9034 (269) 629-9791 v Defendant JOSHUA ANTHONY GONZALES Address Unknown TO: Joshua Anthony Gonzales IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to obtain a Judgment of Divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before July 26, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 5/17/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77512647 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 21, 2003 in instrument 1104815, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen And 31/100 Dollars ($90,616.31), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F02 77512631 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Six And 15/100 Dollars ($157,996.15), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #045798F02 77512626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J Moralez and Kristy L Moralez, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 17, 2004, and recorded on June 7, 2004 in instrument 1128852, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand One Hundred FiftyEight And 67/100 Dollars ($132,158.67), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 Post of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 8 West, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 480 feet for the place of beginning. Thence North 00 degrees 32 minutes West 200 feet thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds East 150 feet thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes East 200 feet thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 30 seconds West 150 feet to the place of beginning Subject to the Highway Right-of-Way 33 feet in Width along the South side of Premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142271F01 77512401 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Joles, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 18, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156656, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty-One And 32/100 Dollars ($86,131.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 9 and 10 of Block 4 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143947F01 77512664 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING MAY 9, 2007 - 7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr and approximately 8 guests. Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the April 11, 2007 Regular Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for April accepted. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer’s report for April accepted by voice vote. Approved YMCA Contract for 2007 by roll call vote. Approved Green Gables Contract for 2007 by roll call vote. Approved American Promotional Events Fireworks Permit. Adopted Ordinance #2007-123, Rezoning of 861 Arthur Drive to Mixed Use by roll call vote. Received Traffic Study from Fleis & Vandenbrink. Meeting Adjourned at 9:37 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77512828 www.rutlandtownship.org Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John W. Saylor and Terees A. Saylor, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 2, 2005, and recorded on November 9, 2005 in instrument 1155987, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($151,486.74), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning 400 Feet South of the Northeast Corner of Section 24, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thence West 198 Feet, Thence South 220 Feet, Thence East 198 Feet, Thence North 220 Feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512770 File #144864F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry L. Myers and Kristine K. Myers, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2001, and recorded on June 8, 2001 in instrument 1061050, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Six And 60/100 Dollars ($65,846.60), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 4 and the West 10 feet of Lot 5 of Block 65 of the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recordedin Liber 1 Page 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #096450F02 77512736 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly M. Parker, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2004, and recorded on March 29, 2004 in instrument 1124342, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Six And 45/100 Dollars ($105,696.45), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 6 and 7 of Jones and Taffee Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 54 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144580F01 77512749 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stan L. Monks, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005 in instrument 1151436, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen And 23/100 Dollars ($213,819.23), including interest at 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, except the South 220 feet of the East 750 feet of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West. Except: beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West distant North 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds West, 1353.00 feet from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 660.00 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 8; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes West, 1228.6 feet along said South line to the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 8; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East 657.2 feet along said North and South line to the center 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East, 1280.4 feet along said East and West 1/4 line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512621 File #143394F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Donald Gentry and Susan M. Breitner-Gentry, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for People's Choice Home Loan, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006 and recorded August 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1169064 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty Cents ($119,285.80) including interest 8.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; commencing at the South One-Quarter Post of Section 26; thence West 1452.3 feet; thence North 6 degrees 42 minutes East 523.8 feet; thence West 632.3 feet along the North line of the former New York Central Railroad right-of-way; thence North 13 degrees 25 minutes 42 seconds East (recorded North 10 degrees 50 minutes East) 300 feet; thence due West 12 feet to the point of beginning; thence due West to the center of Cedar Creek; thence Northerly in the center of Cedar Creek to its intersection with Lot 9 of Mcintyre Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence Easterly along the South line of Lot 9 to the Westerly line of River Lane in said Mcintyre Plat; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of River Lane 100 feet; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of River Lane 98 feet; thence South 11 degrees 11 minutes 32 seconds West 136.78 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 3200 River Lane, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 4, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71851 ASAP# 860869 06/07/2007, 06/14/2007, 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007 77513114 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE No Primary Election August 7, 2007 Notice is hereby given that due to the lack of multiple candidates, no primary election will be necessary on August 7, 2007 for City offices (Mayor, members of City Council and the Board of Review.) Any questions regarding this notice may be addressed to the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 or at 269.945.2468. 77512823 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2007/08 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET The City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing for the purpose of hearing written and/or oral comments from the public concerning the annual budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The public hearing will be held at 7:30 PM on Monday, June 11, 2007 in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City Council will consider the budget as proposed by the City Manager and presented to City Council on April 30, 2007. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend and to submit comments. A copy of this information, the entire proposed budget and additional background materials are available for public inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Office of the City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the City Clerk at 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77512685 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), dated January 7, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on January 15, 1997, in Liber 683, Page(s) 89, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $42,224.92, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), together with interest at 11.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 28, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LOT 13, PINE HAVEN ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 95. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) By: ____________________________________ DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77512615 Dated: May 17, 2007 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents ($93,558.98) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71448 77512780 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Connie M. Feltner, An Unmarried Woman, A Single Woman and Lawrence R. Feltner, An Unmarried Man, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115139, and rerecorded on September 26, 2005 in instrument 1153343, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Ninety-Nine And 26/100 Dollars ($88,099.26), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing 10 rods 8 1/10 links West of the Northeast corner of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22; thence West 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence South 12 rods 16 2/10 links; thence East 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence North to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #113713F02 77512759 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gerald Wouda, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Wilmington Finance, a Division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2004, and recorded on April 19, 2004 in instrument 1125990, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of New York as Trustee for the CertificateHolders of CWABS 2004-06 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight And 92/100 Dollars ($97,268.92), including interest at 5.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 14 of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 56, and that part of the West 25.00 feet of the South 1371.15 feet of East Parker Drive, as vacated in Barry County Circuit Court File No, 85-118 CH, as lies immediatly adjacent to, and as an Easterly extention of, the North 1/2 of said Lot 14, as platted in the recorded plat of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #071112F03 77512744 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES The Board of Commissioners of the County of Barry will hold a public hearing on a proposed increase of 0.2866 mills in the operating tax millage rate to be levied on all property in 2007. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Commissioner’s Chamber, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI. The date and location of the meeting to take action on the proposed additional millage will be announced at this public meeting. If adopted, the proposed additional millage will increase operating revenues from ad valorem property taxes 4.16% over such revenues generated by levies permitted without holding a hearing. If the proposed additional millage rate is not approved, the operating revenue will increase by 1.31% over the preceding year’s operating revenue. The taxing unit publishing this notice, and identified below, has complete authority to establish the number of mills to be levied from within its authorized millage rate. This notice is published by: Barry County, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-1284. 77512796 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bert Grimm and Kelly Grimm, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 23, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 in instrument 1116438, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Seven And 25/100 Dollars ($68,577.25), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 39 of Supervisor's plat of the first addition to Eddy's Beach, thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes East 152 feet to Edge of County Road, South along Road 55 feet; thence South 88 degrees West 151.09 feet to the East line of plat; thence North 2 degrees 45 minutes East along plat 50 feet to beginning, being part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 32, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144524F01 77512754 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale E. Roach and Cindy K. Roach, husband and wife, to Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005 and recorded May 13, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146437, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred Forty-One and 85/100 Dollars ($115,141.85) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the North one-half of the Northwest onequarter of Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a metal fence post located at the intersection of Two Lots (roads) at the Southeast Corner of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 8; thence North 150 feet; thence West 233 feet; thence South 150 feet; thence East 233 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1403 77512775 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of Charles W. Lawrence, deceased. Date of Birth: October 25, 1939. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Charles W. Lawrence, deceased, who lived at 12200 North Avenue, Bellevue, Michigan died May 25, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Karen L. Lawrence, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 06/04/2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Karen L. Lawrence 12280 North Avenue Bellevue, MI 49021 77513138 (269) 758-3161 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Katherine G. Gingrich Unmarried Woman, and Thor J. Falstrom, An Unmarried Man to Advent Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 6, 2006 in Instrument # 1172451 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Three Cents ($141,931.03) including interest 10.26% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 14, Block 72 of the amended Plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 48, and also that part of Second Street right of way of the plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan (recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 25), described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Lot 14, which is South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 185.23 feet from the Northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence continuing South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 56.43 feet; thence North 83 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds West 159.93 feet; thence North 08 degrees 51 minutes 51 seconds East 76.17 feet; thence South 75 degrees 31 minutes 40 seconds East 152.17 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 415 Sunset Ridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 5, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71966 77513185 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael W. Thomas and Sandra L. Thomas aka Sandra Lee Thomas, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 13, 2004, and recorded on August 23, 2004 in instrument 1132849, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($171,256.88), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 14, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 post of Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the shore of Bristol Lake for the place of beginning; thence Northerly along the Shore of Bristol Lake 148 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence South to said East and West 1/4 line of Section 10; thence West along said East and West 1/4 line to the driveway running on the East side of lots on the shore of Bristol Lake; thence Southerly along said driveway to a point 54 feet South of the East and West 1/4 line; thence West to the Easterly shore of Bristol Lake; thence Northerly 54 feet along the shore to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 17, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #142524F01 77512480 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Boom, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 10, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138721, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 41/100 Dollars ($106,314.41), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 22; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 443.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds East 360.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 222.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds West 360.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds East 222.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145747F01 77512140 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Wineman and Jessica Wineman, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded August 29, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169244, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Three and 69/100 Dollars ($80,903.69) including interest at 7.725% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lot 10 and the South onehalf of the East 1 rod of Lot 9, both in Block 14, of Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 7, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3228 77513119 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY TRIAL COURT FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF FRIEND OF THE COURT ANNUAL STATUTORY REVIEW PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE RECORD OF THE FRIEND OF THE COURT Under Michigan law, the Chief Family Judge annually reviews the performance record of the Friend of the Court. The review will be conducted on or about July 1, 2007. This review is limited by law to the following criteria: • Whether the Friend of the Court is guilty of misconduct, neglect of statutory duty, or failure to carry out the written orders of the court relative to a statutory duty; • Whether the purpose of the Friend of the Court Act are being met; • Whether the duties of the Friend of the Court are being carried out in a manner that reflects the needs of the community. Members of the public may submit written comments to the Chief Family Judge relating to these criteria. Send your written comments, with your name and address to: Honorable William M. Doherty Barry County Trial Court, Family Division 206 W. Court Street 77512810 Hastings, Michigan 49058 �Page 13 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Allen Mitchell and Debra A. Mitchell, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 6, 2005, as Document Number: 1153972, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 42/100 ($250,947.42) including interest at the rate of 9.800% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point 1945.56 feet West of the North and South 1/4 line and 1280.83 feet South of the North 1/8 line of said Section 15; thence North 87 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 186.50 feet; thence North 69 degrees 46 minutes East 201.80 feet; thence South 02 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West 78 feet to the place of beginning. Also Lots 47 and 48 of Casa-Del-Mar of Acker's Point, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 64, Barry County Records. 3911 S. Shore Drive The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77512814 Our File No. 141.00417 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Phillip D. Jones, II and Lorri A. Jones, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded August 1, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167951, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and/or assigns, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtyFive Thousand Two and 45/100 Dollars ($165,002.45) including interest at 9.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence East 330 feet for a Point of Beginning; thence East 990 feet; thence South 440 feet; thence West 990 feet; thence North 440 feet to the Point of Beginning. Also the North 440 feet to the West 330 feet of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3936 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Melissa Flikkema ,, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 23rd day of November, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of November, 2005 in Document No. 1156950 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Three Hundred Seventeen & 04/100 ($113,317.04), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of June, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 68, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1 / 4 and Northwest 1 /4, Section 27, T4N,R10W, Village of Middleview, Barry County, Michigan. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 5/16/2007 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-3622600 ASAP# 853209 05/17/2007, 05/24/2007, 05/31/2007, 06/07/2007 77512469 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Werner and Barbara Werner, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2004, and recorded on August 25, 2004 in instrument 1133009, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Real Estate Services LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 51/100 Dollars ($89,898.51), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Block 1 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City of Hasting, Barry County, Michigan, formerly Village of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 7. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145002F01 77513124 Hastings Middle School Fourth marking period ending May 25 Eighth-graders *Alexander Auer, Shelby Bagley, *Anna Banister, Brian Baum, Michelle Bebeau, Sydney Blough, *Jared Bosma, *Kevin Bosma, Courtney Brewer, Tyler Bridgman, Mitchell Brisboe, Rebekka Burgdorf, Taylor Carpenter, Alaina Case, *Myrina Clements, Joshua Coenen, Zachariah Comer, Larry Comp, Justin Daniels, *Cody Davis, Thomas Davis, *Anna Densberger, Kelsey Devroy, Tyler Dewitt, *Jeromy Dobbin, Jessi Doxtader, Desirae Dunklee, Gabraelle Eaton, Dakota Elzinga, Chelsea Falconer, Rebecca Fish, Bradley Gagnon, Sarah Ganger, *Patricia Garber, *Brittaney Gray, Zackary Hammond, Matthew Hanson, Tara Harding, Emily Hart, *Veronica Hayden, *Grant Heide, Jeremy Heinrich, *Megan Herbstreith, William Hildreth, *Hannah Hodges, Shauna Hoffman, Devan House, *Micah Huver, Elainne Ingram, Jonathon Kalmink, Nathan Karn, Justin Keeler, *Donna Kees, Dylan Kelmer, *Eric Kendall, Ashlie Kinney, *Jessica Kloosterman, *Stephen Krammin, Corri LaCosse, *Jennifer LaJoye, *Montana Leep, Connor Lomas, Caitlin Main, Matthew Mansfield, Colton Marlette, Casey Martin, Christa Mathis, Kristy Matthews, Kevin Maurer, Steven Maurer, *Nathaniel McComb, Sean MeKeough, Ryan McPhall, Christopher Mennell, Ashlee Mikolajczyk, *Krista Miller, Jennifer Minnich, Pedro Morales, Matthew Mueller, Kevin Osterink, *Corrina Palmer, *Christopher Parker, Jake Charlton Park’s 1st antique sale set for June 9-10 Charlton Park will be host for its first ever antique market at the site Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10. Brian Reynolds, who is events chairman, said he believes the antique market will be a first for the park. “As far as I know, and everyone we have talked to, this is the first time for an antique market to be held at the park. The event is free for vendors so its a great incentive to come and sell.” Reynolds said there are two markets planned for this summer. The first market in June is free for vendors as well as participants coming to look for a good deal on antiques and flea market finds. The antique market will also feature an antique car cruise-in. Hoot Gibson, who is busy organizing that aspect of the day, said he hopes to have antique tractors and motorcycles as well. The event will be a fun, free time for families to come out and enjoy the park and the opportunities it offers for recreation. Reynolds said the committee hopes to show off the park to everyone and increase interest for the activities held there. “We are working hard to promote the show in the hopes that it will draw interest from vendors and participants and if it goes well, we can make it a more regular event,” Reynolds said. ‘This is part of an effort to have an event on every weekend at the park.” The second antique market and car cruisein will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8 and 9. For more information about either event or to reserve booth space, call Charlton Park at 269-945-3775 or visit www.charltonpark.org Seventh-graders Benyamin Aki, *Hannah Alspaugh, Alexis Arens, Nicholas Ashcraft, *Stacey Baker, *Daniel Buehler, Katherine Burns, Maria Cera, Katherine Coenen, Jacob Comer, Alyssa Constantine, *Anna Cooley, Hayden Cousineau, *Kara Cuncannan, Victoria Cybulski, *Jessie DeDecker, Brice DeJong, *Kaylee DeMink, *Megan Denny, *Sara Densberger, Adam Donavan, *Michael Doran, Ivy Edinger, Steven Endsley, Jennifer Feldpausch, *Carl Franson, Craig Gagnon, *Keith Garber, *Kayla Gorodenski, *Brian Graybill, Simion Guenther, *Maicee Herrington, *Alexis Hickey, Megan Hildebrant, Rachel Hunt, Jennifer Jarman, Courtney Jenkins-Bonner, Dylan Johns, Tessa Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Adam Keeler, Alexis Kelly, *Kathryn Kesler, Casey Kidder, *Alice Kinney, *Lauren Kirwin, *Micala Klipfer, Taylor Klotz, *Shelby Kubek, Bret Lawrence, *Morgan Leep, Mackenzie Lewis, *Joseph Longstreet, *Emily Macqueen, Cassidee Martin, Dallas McKay, *Laken Meade, *Rikki Mileski, *Megan Miller, Joshua Moore, *Kimberly Morris, *Ashley Musculus, Amber Myers, *Jenna Nedbalek, Alexzander Nichols, Dominique Nolff, Jason Norman, Ashley Nurenberg, Justine O’Donnell, Halie Owen, John Parker, Janelle Pifer, Rebecca Ponsetto, *Paige Prater, Tristan Rabe, *Evan Ramsey, *Kevin Rice, Erika Rozell, *Hannah Sailar, Joshua Scobey, Rebecca Senard, Olivia Shade, Trevor Shannon, Cory Shaver, *Danielle Sherman, Breonna Sinclair, *Sarah Sleevi, *Hannah Smith, *Kimberly Smith, Nikki Spurgeon, Savannah Storey, *Kali Straube, Kimberly Tebo, *Sarah Thornburgh, Ericka Thornton, Ashley Tissue, *Meg Travis, Anthony Veltre, *Dalten White, Chase Williams, Caitlyn Woodmansee and Zack Zwiernikowski. Sixth-graders Kaitlin Allan, Emma Anderson, *Sarah Banister, Logan Barrett, *Ian Beck, Zane Belson, Morgan Birman, David Born, Kaeleigh Brown, Samual Bruce, John Michael Brunsink, Nicole Burd, Jessi Buschmann, *Taylor Carter, Calvin Case, Alexander Cherry, Maxwell Clark, Chelsey Culp, Leah Czinder, Christian Dawson, Tyler DeCamp, *John Dinges, *Luke Domke, Paige Downs, Christopher Doxtader, Sidney Dudley, Amber Dunkelberger, Michael Eastman, Chelsea Eldred, Kathryn Endsley, Ryan Evans, Jessie Finch, Todd Fox, Jon French, *Victoria Fueri, *Kathryn Garber, Melton Gibson, Melanie Gloetzner, Cassey Glumm, Erin Gray, *Mackenzie Hammond, *Kelsi Harden, *Eric Hart, Desirae Heers, 01546112 LEGAL NOTICES Honor Rolls: Partridge, Nicholas Peterson, *Alexandria Pierce, *Sydney Pierce, *Kayla Pohl, *Jessica Quillen, Alex Randall, Nathaniel Rhoades, Andrew Rodd, Jacob Rogers, Samantha Roofstra, Christopher Rugg, Tauren Schils, *Katie Secord, John Shakespeare, Kara Shaneck, Will Simmons, *Taylor Simpson, Mitchell Singleterry, Amber Slagel, David Soya, William Sprague, Brett Stephens, *Morgan Stowe, Paul Stutzman, Shelby Sweeney, *Jordan Swinkunas, Katherine Taylor, Alexa Tyson, Natalie VanDenack, Meghan VanZyl, Christina VerWys, *Kayla Vogel, Hailey Walsh, Cassandra Watson, *Alicia Wheeler, Aimee Wiker, Denise Woodbury and *Hailey Zalewski. 02670487 Barry County Christian • Third grade — Kayla Neudeck. • Fourth grade — *Johnny DeMaagd, Emily Schuurmans, Katie Shaffer. • Fifth grade — Elizabeth Cason, Jesse Koetje, Brad Neudeck, Andrew Webb. • Sixth grade — Rose O'Grady, Michael Ondersma, Jacob Schuurmans, • Seventh grade — William Ondersma, Orion Webb • Eighth grade — Kathleen Bukoski, Lindsey Grubb, Andrew Ordway, *Tom Rozema, Shelby Webb. • Ninth Grade — Allison DeMaagd, *Luke Howell, Sara Rozema, Ashley Webb, Kristen Woolley. • Tenth grade — *Soo Yeon Cho, Chase DeMaagd, *Andrew Hess, *Ryan Holley. Sam Neudeck Tom Ondersma Naomi Ordway Lisa Schuurmans Elsa Smith Anna Yonkers. • Eleventh grade — *Choung Jae Kim, *YeSeul Lee, Jill Rozema, Austin Wisner. Cedar Creek Christian School (Students must have a 3.3 or higher grade point average for the marking period to qualify.) • Fourth grade: Nathan Beebe, David Warren, • Fifth grade: Andrew Bromley, Casey DeMink, Cody Madsen (all As), Jesse Mishler, Natalie Warren (all As), Cara Wellington. • Sixth grade: Katie Halliwill, Kassy Leonard (all As), Hunter Mauk, Kayla Pennock. • Seventh grade: Samantha Hoolsema, Phillip Mishler, Jacob Pierce. • Eighth grade: Zach Halliwill, Anel Hayward (all As). • Tenth grade: Dustin Dowding, Jeremy Ibbotson, Rebecca Zantjer (all As). • Eleventh grade: Quinn Cook (all As), Jon Cross (all As), Amber Pen (all As). Alex Pierce • Twelfth grade: Anna Ibbotson (all As), Derek Pelt. SWISS STEAK DINNER Friday, June 8, 2007 5:30pm - 7:30pm Adults Adults$7.50 $7.50--Kids Kids55&&under underFREE FREE Gravy, MMashed ashed PoPotatoes tatoes &&Gr avy, VVeggie, eggie, Cole ColeSlaw, Slaw,Home Home Made Made BBread, read, Cake Cake Post Po st45 45American AmericanLegion Legion 2160 S. M-37, Hastings 77512785 77513112 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24792-DE Estate of William Edwin Boniface. Date of birth: 06/25/1925. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, William Edwin Boniface, who lived at 12775 West Pine Lake Rd., Plainwell, Michigan died 09/04/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Robert Lee Boniface and Patricia Ann Tornga, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Ste. 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 06/04/2007 Christopher B. Vreeland P60003 122 South Grand St. Marshall, MI 49068 (269) 789-0787 Robert Lee Boniface and Patricia Ann Tornga 13221 Burchett Rd. 3640 E. Michigan Ave. Plainwell, MI 49080 Jackson, MI 49202 (269) 664-4363 (517) 764-7900 *Luke Heide, Hannah Herbstreith, *Emily Hodges,*Kiersten Hubbert, Chase Huisman, *John James, Mackenzie Keller-Bennett, Danielle King, *Melinda Kloosterman, *Ben Kolanowski, Josephine Koroma, *Edward Kosta, Trisha Krammin, Callan Lenz, *Jordan Mack, *Christine Maurer, Jennah McCoy, Kyle Mikolajczyk, Branden Miller, Cody Newton, Zachary Olson, *Sarajean Osterink, Alexandria Owen, Mitchell Pelfrey, *Stevie Pennepacker, Thomas Peurach, Autumn Phillips, *Amber Pickard, David Pierce, *Robert Pohl, Shelby Price, Josh Randall, Leslie Raymond, Nichole Redman, Bradley Rivett, Corey Robins, Tanner Roderick, *Olivia Rose, Amanda Sarhatt, Cody Schaendorf, Nathaniel Schaendorf, Tori Schoessel, Collyn Shaeffer, *Glenda Shultz, *Joseph Siska, Travis Sixberry, *Isaac Smith, Katrina Smith, Amber Snore, Chase Snore, Samantha Stover, Ashtin Sutherland, *Jacob Swartz, *Zachary Taylor, *Cinthia Tebo, *Jeffrey Todd, Jasen Vorce, Katylynn Wallace, Sadie Walsh, *Hannah Wilgus, Taima Willett, Tyler Williams and Brant Wilson. * indicates 4.0 grade point average. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. City of Hastings City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Urban Area Project Selection Group will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. in the Hastings City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Hastings Urban Area Project Selection Group to hear comments regarding a change to the project limits of the East State Road reconstruction project. Written comments will be received on the subject of the public hearing until 8:30 a.m. on June 11, 2007, to the attention of the City Clerk, Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 1 (800) FED-INFO 77513136 The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting bids for the placement of hot mix asphalt paving in the 400 and 500 blocks of East Bond Street. Specifications are available from the Office of the City Clerk. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 AM, on Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package. – “SEALED BID - HOT MIX ASPHALT PAVING EAST BOND STREET.” Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77513134 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 14 Lion ladies earn six All-State medals NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Joining the Blancos will be Roger Ling, Karen Obrieter and William Baillargeon. The Americqan Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure is a series of cycling events held in more than 80 cities nationwide. The tour is a ride, not a race; it features different route lengths from a leisurely six-mile course to a demanding 100-mile journey. Tax-deductible donations are being accepted to make a difference in the lives of the 20.8 million Americans who suffer from diabetes and the 40 million people in the United States with pre-diabetes. A donation can be made online and those interested in doing even more to help are invited to join the ride. More information on the American Diabetes Association, its programs and diabetes in general can be found at the Association's Web site: www.diabetes.org For more information on the Tour de Cure, please visit www.diabetes.org/tour. Nashville blood drive is June 14 The date for the June Red Cross blood drive in Nashville listed on donor cards and in a recent article in the Maple Valley News was in error. The blood drive will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at Mulberry Gardens, 975 N. Main St. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. Riverbank Music series will start The Middleville Riverbank Music series will begin Friday, June 15, with the Panning Family Band, bluegrass and gospel group, in the kickoff for the weekly series of performers. Participants in the National 24-Hour Challenge bicycling event are invited to come down and get energized from the program. The Riverbank Music concerts are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concerts are held in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. The second concert June 22 will feature Beatles tunes performed by the Nowhere Band. Bike Jamboree set for June 23 Barry County’s fifth annual Pennock/Felpausch Bike Jamboree is scheduled for Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the south parking lot at the Felpausch Food Center, 127 S. Michigan St., Hastings. Helmets and event kits are sponsored in part through a Barry County Sheriff’s Department grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. Free professionally fitted bike helmets for mom, dad and children will be given away, subject to availability. In addition, there will be free bicycle safety training on a Hastings City Police approved course. There will be free refreshments and safety information. There will also be a free identification station including fingerprint, photograph and DNA sample (hair clippings) for each child’s parents, courtesy of the Hastings City Police. This event is sponsored by Ace Hardware, Felpausch, Hastings City Police, MainStreet Savings Bank and the Pennock Foundation. This year bicycles are donated by Hastings Kiwanis, Thornapple Trail Association, MainStreet Savings Bank, Ace Hardware and the Hastings Orthopedic Clinic. For more information, call 269-9483472. Middleville sets election Sept. 11 The deadline to file petitions for the Sept. 11 Village of Middleville election is 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. This election will be only for those residing in Precinct 3, which is the village. The election is for a village president with a two-year team and six trustee positions for four-year terms on a staggered basis. Petitions are available at both the village and township offices. Middleville Village residents vote in Thornapple Township Precinct Three, which covers the entire village. Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Village of Middleville Hall, 100 E. Main St. This will be the first time voters will be using electronic voting devices. Thornapple Township Clerk Susan Vlietstra is the election coordinator, and Village Clerk Jeanne Lamoreaux is working closely with her and will be one of the Sept. 11 election supervisors. Lamoreaux is distributing petitions and reviewing them when they are returned. The petitions then go to Vlietstra to make sure everything is properly signed. Vlietstra will give the village an accounting of the cost of the election following Sept. 11. For more information, call Vlietstra at 795-7202 or Lamoreaux at 795-3385. Art Hop logo contest slated The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a logo contest for the 2007 Art Hops. Three are scheduled, in June, July and September. The logo needs to be created in color and must be able to be reproduced in black and white. All artwork must be original, with no facsimiles or clip art. An Arts Council spokesperson said, “Be as creative as you like, however, we ask that contestants please submit all entries in a commonly used graphics format that is HTML compatible (e.g., GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) or able to be scanned. The winning logo should be simple enough to be reproduced in a number of ways: Small icon, black-and-white image, low resolution, two-color, etc. The logo needs to contain the words "Art Hop." The winner will receive $100 and the artwork will become the property of the Art Hop Committee to be used in all promotional materials created by the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority. The contest will be open for entry submissions from now through June 15. Contestants should state which (if any) other posted logo entries influenced them (e.g., is your logo a "derivative work"?). The entries first will be on display during the June 22 Art Hop. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Dani Christensen reset her own 300-meter hurdle school-record at the Lansing Honor Roll Meet last Wednesday, with a time of 46.08 seconds and was nearly as fast at the Division 3 state finals Saturday. Christensen hit the finish line in 47.09 at Comstock Park Saturday, which earned her seventh place in the event and a state medal. It was one of six All-State medals that returned to Maple Valley with the Lion ladies Saturday. Stacey Fassett finished in a fifthplace tie in the pole vault at 9 feet six inches. The Lions’ 400-meter relay team of Alisha Felmlee, Mallorie Densmore, Lizzy Stewart and Lauren Pierce placed eighth with a time of 51.54. Those were the only three scoring performances by Maple Valley athletes on Saturday at the state finals. The Lion ladies finished 31st overall with 6.5 points. Albion won the girls state championship with 66 points, and Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard edged out Parchment for second place 43 to 40. Williamston was fourth with 36 points, followed by Jackson Lumen Christi 30, Detroit Country Day 30, Grand Rapids West Catholic 30, Flint Hamady 27.5, Frankenmuth 25, and Leroy Pine River 23 rounding out the top ten. Christensen would have needed to shatter the school-record to win the 300 hurdles Saturday. Gabriel Richard’s Amy Myler won the event with a time of 44.82, setting a new Division 3 finals meet record in the process. Second-place finisher Kelsey Beatty, of Clare, with a time of 44.85 also bested the old record of 44.94 set by Hopkins’ Katie Pickette in 2003. That was one of seven Division 3 finals meet records that were either broken or tied on Saturday on the girls’ side. Right after the 300 hurdles, Albion’s Amelia Bannister set a new 800-meter run record with a time of 2 minutes 14.03 seconds. She also set a new Division 3 finals meet record in the 400 with her time of 55.94. Another Albion Wildcat, Juandretta Oliver, tied the Division 3 finals long jump record at 18-1. Oliver and Bannister also helped Albion relay teams set new records. The Wildcat squad of Marcola Ridley, Chartney Blair, Bannister and Joranda Chapman broke their own school’s record in the 800-meter relay with a time of 1:43.49. Albion reset another record previously held by Wildcat runners in the 400-meter relay, as the team of Ridley, Oliver, Alyssa Alvarez and Chapman finished in 49.74. The Lions got to see Parchment’s Mary Ramsey during the Kalamazoo Valley Association season, and saw her again at the state finals on the medal stand a couple times. Ramsey won the 100-meter dash in 12.43, and tied the Division 3 record of 2004 Delton Kellogg graduate Shanna Tamminga in the high jump by clearing 5-5. Detroit County Day’s boys edged Williamston by two-thirds of a point for the boys’ championship, 70 to 69.33. Saginaw Swan Valley was third with 52 points, followed by Albion 45, Vassar 31, Saginaw Nouvel 30, Ovid-Elsie 20, Berrien Springs 18, Manchester 17, and Hillsdale 16.5 in the top ten. A trio of Division 3 finals meet records were set on the boys’ side. Hillsdale’s Nate English won the shot put with a throw of 598.5. Williamston’s David Ash took the 800 in 1:53.86. Vassar’s Kevin Bacon won the 300meter hurdles in 38.28. Bacon was also the high jump champion on the day at 6-7. There were two other athletes on the boys’ side who won multiple individual events. Ovid-Elsie’s Maverick Darling took the 1600 in 4:15.07 and the 3200 in 9:14.27. Detroit Country Day’s Chris Rucker won the 100 in 10.82 and the 400 in 49.02. Rucker was also a part of Detroit Country Day’s victorious relay teams in the 800-meter event and the 1600-meter race. YMCA, continued from page 2 King said four used Army tents, a Quonset hut and two outhouses comprised the first camp. He said Jane Arnold, was a camper during the camp’s first year of operation in 1946, and she was in the audience Friday night. King said Storms has done a wonderful job “and kept the name of the YMCA and the Recreation Program just the way we wanted it. I’m proud of you, and I’m proud you asked me tonight to come over.” DeCamp also congratulated Jim James and his landscape design and installation business, Artisan Outdoor, “for this beautiful Camp Fire Circle they have created for us... Jim came up with the design and we just fell in love with it. It amplifies this beautiful camp that we have.” John Winebrenner handled preparation of the hardwood logs for the Camp Fire Circle. The grand finale of the evening was when Storms and others led the “magical” lighting of the camp fire (with a hidden wire and electronic device). Cheers erupted as smoke appeared in the fire pit, followed soon by flames. “...What a magical place,” Storms said. “Thanks a lot everybody. It’s been a great 26 years. It just could not have been better. “What makes this really a nice ride, and I know Bob will echo this and Tom will enjoy it too, is the community. None of this could have happened without the support of the community, without the support of each and every one of you here. God bless you all,” said Storms, who was honored with a standing ovation. YMCA Program Director Joe Edger told the audience Storms has a great attitude and an infectious zest for the YMCA. Literacy Bell to be raffled The Friends of the Hastings Public Library will be selling raffle tickets through Saturday, June 9, for a Cosanti Literacy Bell, a garden addition. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. They will be available at the library or from the Friends of the Library. The raffle will be part of the opening day celebration June 9 at the new library. All proceeds from the raffle will be used to purchase adaptive reading aids for local readers who are visually or hearing impaired. Examples of adaptive devices are magnifying glasses, ear-phones and computer software for those with visual impairments. The Literacy Bell is a one-of-a-kind brass bell designed by Paolo Soleri. It was anonymously donated to the Friends and features children descending into an open book. Cosanti will use a portion of the donor’s purchase to fund one of several literacy organizations. Paolo Soleri, creator of the bell’s design, is an award-winning Italian architect who has established the educational and ecological foundation, Arcosanti, in the high desert of Arizona, 70 miles north of Phoenix. The foundation creates numerous bronze and ceramic, many of them for special causes. ORV safety class offered Saturday The Barry County Sheriff’s Department again will be offering an off-road vehicle (ORV) safety class 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9. There is no cost, but the class is limited and pre-registration is required. The class is limited to the first 15 individuals (with ORV in tow) ages 10 and above with a parent or guardian required. Enrollees must call to register. Helmets, gloves; boots and goggles are required. There will be an hour lunch break (lunch not provided). Register by calling the sheriff's department between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (269) 9484805. Bob King, the first local YMCA executive director, told the crowd he is proud of Storms because he has done a wonderful job. Chris Warren, a former local principal, said Storms exemplifies the camp and YMCA motto, which is God first, others second and yourself, third. Driver may face charges in fatal crash in Rutland by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A 23-year-old Hastings man was killed Sunday, June 3, when the vehicle in which he was riding went through a stop sign in Rutland Township and struck a tree head on. Brian Jay Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene in the single-car crash. The 35year-old driver of the vehicle and a 13-yearold passenger were transported to Pennock Hospital in Hastings with non-life threatening injuries. No one in the car was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, according to the report from Michigan State Police, Hastings post. Initial investigation revealed the vehicle was traveling west on Upton Road when it failed to stop at the intersection of Whitmore Road. Alcohol and speed are believed to be factors in the accident, as well as the fact no one was protected by a seat belt at the time. Assisting at the scene were the Michigan State Police from the Wayland post, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, Lansing Mercy EMS and members of the Hastings Fire and Rescue squad. The incident is still under investigation and the driver’s name has not been released pending charges, according to a Michigan State Police report. Investigators are still waiting on results of blood alcohol level tests taken on the driver before filing formal charges with the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. ‘Running Dry’ film to be shown The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be hosts for the West Michigan premiere showing of “Running Dry” at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film, which has been shown to select audiences in venues around the world, is acclaimed as one of the most important documentaries of our time. “Running Dry” is full of vivid images that illustrate the magnitude of the problem of maintaining a clean, reliable water supply for the continuation of human existence on the planet. The expose shines a light on a crisis that for so long has lurked in the shadows and profoundly underscores that the time for us to assume responsibility for preserving and conserving our very life force-water is now. Discussion after the film will include insights from Kim Spring of Clean Water Action and will include perspectives on corporate interests in controlling the world‚s supply of fresh water. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the film begins at 7. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-795-4412. Jim DeCamp, immediate past YMCA Board president who served on the search committee for Storms’ successor, said, “We are recognizing Dave for all he has given us and a legend in all of our hearts.” SCMYB SCMYB U10 (Under 10 yrs old) Bosley Pharmacy/Viking Corp . . . .10-0-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . . .9-1-0 Applebees/All Star Pet Grooming . .3-5-0 Hastings Car Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6-0 Olson’s Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7-0 Mid-Michigan Group/Wilder’s Auto 1-8-0 U12 Carpenter Plumbing/Northside Pizza 9-1-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . . .8-1-0 Union Bank/Woodbury Grain . . . . . .7-4-0 First Rehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4-0 Thornapple Financial Center . . . . . . .1-4-0 Pennock Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6-0 Bleam Eavestroughing/Thornapple Valley Family Health . . . . . . . . . . .0-9-0 U14 Hastings Elks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-0-0 Trademark Realty/AIS . . . . . . . . . . .8-3-0 Ed’s Body Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-4-0 Katz Roofing and Siding Inc. . . . . . .4-4-0 Masselink Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-9-0 Hastings Family Dental Care . . . . .1-10-0 �Page 15 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT Post-fire escrow plan to be implemented Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield has announced the city will participate in a plan to use an escrow of fire insurance proceeds to assure timely repair or removal of debris after a major fire. Up to 25 percent of any insurance payment, with a limit of $7,000, will be sent from the insurance company to a city escrow account and held until the burned structure is repaired, replaced or removed, Mansfield said. He also said residents and property owners within the city have 400 days to repair or remove fire damaged property. Juvenile teen facing auto theft charges A 16-year-old juvenile faces charges of stealing his mother's car and crashing it in Johnstown Township on May 16. According to state police trooper Andy Merryweather, the driver fled the scene of the accident and the subsequent investigation revealed the youth had taken the car without his mother's permission. The juvenile rolled the car, causing extensive damage. Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the accident and the matter has been referred to juvenile court for disposition. Tires stolen near Barry County Expo Four tires chained to a power pole in the area of M-37 and Midway Drive, near the Barry County Expo Center, were stolen sometime overnight May 18. State police trooper Kelly Linebaugh noted in his report that the tires, which were mounted on chrome rims, were stolen when the lock was cut. Thieves take items from pole barn Trooper Kelly Linebaugh is investigating a complaint of larceny from a pole barn on Archwood Drive some time between March 1 and May 20. Stolen from the motorhome and two pontoon boats inside the polebarn were a Bose stereo receiver, a DVD player and two stereos from the boats. Motorcycle stolen in Yankee Springs A 2002 Honda CR 125 motorcycle was reported stolen in Yankee Springs Township May 24. MSP trooper Kelly Linebaugh said the motorcycle was chained to a power pole while it was being offered for sale. Neighbors report seeing a pickup truck stopping in the area overnight, shortly before the chain was cut and the motorcycle went missing. Counterfeit check complaints continue Troopers at the Hastings post of the Michigan State Police continue to receive complaints from area residents receiving counterfeit checks in the mail or via Fed Ex/UPS. Police are asking anyone who receives an unsolicited check in the mail to please contact the bank or the post. The most common characteristic of when someone sends a counterfeit check in a request to send money back immediately via Western Union. Man admits to domestic assault charge Hastings police arrested a Hastings man on charges of assault after he physically assaulted a family member without provocation. Police were summoned to a residence in the 700 block of East Mill Street during the afternoon hours of June 2. During the investigation it was learned that Thomas Westbrook, 38, who admittedly had been consuming intoxicants, became enraged at a family member and physically assaulted him. Westbrook told officers that he committed the assault and told them to take him to jail. He was placed under arrest and lodge at the Barry County jail on charges of domestic assault. Bicyclist rams moving car in Hastings Hastings Police responded to a personal injury accident June 4 at the intersection of South Broadway and Court Street. A vehicle being driven by Tama Allerding, 50, of Hastings, was south bound on Broadway at 5:21 p.m., when a 12-year-old Hastings boy rode his bicycle into the side of her vehicle. Witnesses to the accident told police that the youth was west bound on Court Street, and failed to stop or look for traffic when he approached South Broadway. The boy continued his travel out into street, where his bike struck the southbound car. Lansing Mercy Ambulance transported the boy to Pennock Hospital, and he was later transferred to the DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids for treatment of his injuries, which were not life threatening. Mason man held for domestic assault Barry County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Bryan Jones, 26, of Mason, on May 26 and charged him with domestic violence after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend on two separate occasions at Camp Thornapple in Casleton Township. Jones, who was arrested as he attempted to walk away from the camp in the rain, was lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. See POLICE, page 17 COURT NEWS • James Orlando Baker, 36, of Plainwell, was sentenced May 30 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 months probation and four months in jail for his May 14 conviction of failure to pay child support from 1993 until the present time. Judge Fisher ruled Baker may have the balance of his jail time suspended upon payment of $2,000. Baker also was ordered to pay $50 a week in restitution. Charges of desertion, child abandonment and additional non-support payments were dismissed by a plea reached with the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. • Charles Melvin Cook II, 32, of Nashville, was sentenced May 30 to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his May 16 conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Judge Fisher also fined Cook $500, court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. Fisher noted previous OUIL convictions for Cook in 1994 and 1996 when he made his sentencing decision. Charges of altered, forged or falsified license plates and a charge of operating while his license were suspended, revoked or denied were dismissed. • Aaron Michael Roush, 29, of Delton, was sentenced May 31 to serve 36 months probation and 12 months in jail for his May 16 conviction of third degree home invasion. Roush also was ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon completion of cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling and entry into the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. The jail time will not be suspended if Roush does not enter the mission, Fisher ruled. • Gary Allen Grimm, 49, of Delton, was sentenced was sentenced to serve 36 months probation for two counts and 24 months of one count for his May 16 conviction of discharging a firearm in a building, possession of a controlled substance and felonious assault. Grimm also was ordered to enroll in the community mental health program within 14 days and submit to a substance abuse and mental health assessment within 14 days of his release from jail. Dismissed were charges of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder, two counts of felonious firearms violations and a charge of resisting and obstructing and assault pon a police officer. • Domingo Villarreal, Jr., 37, of Hastings, appeared before Judge Fisher twice on May 31. In one case, a probation violation sentence, Villarreal was sentenced to 12 months in jail for third offense domestic violence, stemming from his May 16 conviction for probation violation. Villarreal also was unsuccessfully discharged from probation. In the second case, the judge ruled Villarreal will serve 36 months probation and 12 months in jail for his May 16 conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Judge Fisher fined Villarreal $500, assessed court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. Fisher noted previous OUIL conviction in 1994 and 2001 in making his sentence. A charge of fleeing and eluding a police officer and possession of marijuana were dismissed by the court. Estate Sale For Rent National Ads ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 2028 HUBBLE RD: 2 bedroom/1 bath, porch, basement, 20 acres + pond. $695/mo, Lease & deposit. M-43 to Yeckly or Goodwill to Hubble. View MondayFriday, 10am-3pm, 6/36/15. (269)370-8386 THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. 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(269)948-9018 HUGE POLE BARN Sale: Vintage mini bikes & lawn tractors; tractor fenders & parts; John Deere lawn tractor; 1 seat Pace car; F-350 diesel; horse tack; saddles, buggy, Briggs motors & tons more. Wednesday the 6th at 12pm - Sunday at 4pm. No Early Sales! 2-1/2 miles east of M-66 on Cloverdale, south of Nashville, except for severe weather. Mobile Homes 1974 ACADEMY 3 bedroom, 2 bath trailer located at Thornapple Lake Estates, $4,000. Call for terms (517)852-0497. Household BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $179. (616)949-2683. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. $43,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Community Notices $500 REWARD FOR tools & equipment stole from tool trailer on S. Hanover. Contact Mark Englerth, Englerth Construction, (269)838-1289 MICHIGAN ADVENTURE BUS TRIP. Join us for a day of fun at Michigan’s largest amusement and water park, Sunday, August 12th via luxury motor coach. $45.00 per person (price includes bus seat and admission into park). Motor Coach provided a/c, TV’s/DVD reclining seats, restroom and storage compartments for stroller, wagons, coolers, etc. Stop paying outrageous gas prices and take advantage of this last chance summer adventure, picking up in Hastings, Middleville and Caledonia. Call Travel Time Express for seat reservations, pick up times and locations, advanced payment is required for reservations. Reservation deadline is July 13th. Call Jeff and Heather today! (269)948-9281. SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH garage sale: 9-6, over 1000 books, 100 videos, some DVD’s. Lots of other good used misc items. 212 W. Clinton St. Hastings. YARD SALE: SATURDAY June 9th at 9am. 1135 S. Jefferson. Lots of clothes, books, and household items. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted DRIVERS: TOP PAY + BENEFITS! 5 positions available. Home for weekend Reset. + Several times A week. CDL-A 800-998-5005 PART TIME BINDERY/DELIVERY driver: must have good driving record & excellent attendance history. Apply at Hasting Press, 152 W State St, Hastings. No phone calls please! YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. 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Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND ")'�3#2%%.3 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. 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Fisher ruled Mexico’s sentence will be served concurrently to one he received in Calhoun County and consecutively to a parole violation sentence. Mexico was arrested in Maple Grove Township in December 2006. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher noted previous convictions against Mexico in 1990 for a breaking and entering offense in Branch County, a 1994 conviction of receiving and concealing stolen property in Kent County and a 1998 conviction for receiving and concealing stolen property in Barry County. CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 �Page 16 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Tom, Dick and Harry is a wacky new comedy from Ray and Michael Cooney which will open The Barn Theatre’s 62nd season. Tom and his wife want to adopt a baby. So how do his brothers Dick and Harry help out? By getting Tom mixed up with illegal immigrants, the Russian mafia, dead bodies and the local constable. Full of robust laughs and inspired silliness. The dizzying comedy stars Eric Parker, Joe Aiello and Scott Burkell. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121 or visit www.barntheatre.com. May 29-June 10. • Broadway Theatre Guild presents Riverdance at DeVos Performance Hall. Performanced are planned for Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2 & 7:30 pm. Tickets are available for $32-$62. For more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com/venue/65699. June 810. • Civic Theatre presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at 7:30 pm Wednesday, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, this artful drama takes you into the world heroic rebel patient McMurphy, as he deals with his fellow mental institution patients and their nemesis Nurse Ratched in his own inimitable way. Powerful, painful, and brilliant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest promises a riveting night of theatre. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. June 7-23. • Bach's Lunch: Grand Rapids Tour Choir at the St. Cecilia Music Society in downtown Grand Rapids at Noon. Admission is free. Guests are invited to bring a lunch and enjoy the live music by various performers from throughout the region. For more information call (616) 459-2224 or visit www.scmsonline.org or email scmstick@iserv.net. June 12. • The Producers is the Broadway phenomenon about two men who create the ultimate scam – raising more money than is needed for a Broadway show – and hope it’s a flop so they can pocket the difference. Based on the Academy Award-winning 1968 film of the same name and written by Mel Brooks, The Producers became a Broadway phenomenon earning more Tony Awards than any other show in the history of Broadway. The Producers is a witty, tuneful caper with in-your-face humor about life behind the show biz curtain. The Barn Theatre in Augusta will present the comedy Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Tickets are $29for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Bela Fleck w/ Chick Corea June 18 tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. June 12-24. MISCELLANEOUS • Antique Show & Antique Car Cruise In at Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm. Classic tractors and motorcycles welcom. Free camping and free admission. Saturday, June 9 & Sunday, June 10. • Vintage Motorcycle Show and Swap Meet will feature hundreds of motorcycles at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. The annual show features vintage motorcycles, scooters and customs 20 years old and older, displayed on the show field under the flags of their countries of origin. The several hundred motorcycles driven by spectators of the event receive VIP treatment and are given special parking in a “show field” of their own. Visitors will also find a “Bike Corral” full of vintage bikes for sale, a huge cycle parts swap meet, and the several new motorcycle dealers offering demo rides. The Gilmore Car Museum’s own vintage motorcycles will be on display. For the 2007 season the Museum is also featuring the allnew special exhibit, “Michigan Dream Garage – The Ultimate Muscle Cars,” which includes 24 of the rarest and most sought after muscle cars. Check out www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call 269671-5089 for more information. Sunday, June 10. • 28th Annual Homecoming of the Three Fires Traditional Pow Wow at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids. Hours are Saturday 11 am to dark, Sunday 11 am-5 pm. The 28th annual gathering celebrates the unity of the three tribes of Michigan, the Ottawa, Chippewa and the Potawatomi. Also featured in this event is traditional dancing, music, craft vendors and food booths. Free admission and free parking is available. The Grand Entries take place Saturday at 1 pm and 6 pm and on Sunday at Noon. Family attendance encouraged at this alcohol-free and drug-free event. For more information call (616) 4588759 or email grboi3fpw@yahoo.com. June 9 & 10. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE JUNE BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 7 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 8 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 9 Hastings Car Club Cruise-In from 6 pm until dark at the Hastings K-Mart parking lot. No charge, all are welcome. 9 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 9-10 Antique & Car Show from 9 am-5 pm at Charlton Park. Free admission. 10 12th Annual Vintage Motorcycle Show at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Road, Hickory Corners. Gates open at 8 am. 12 Living & Learning With FASD sponsored by the Michigan Department of Community Health at Pennock Hospital from 9 am-noon. Call Liz Lenz at (269) 945-1387 or Carrie Robinson at (269) 948-8041 for more information. 12 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 13 21st Annual BCCC Golf Outing at the Hastings County Club. 14 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 15 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 15 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 16 MI Shorthorn Association-Jr. Show at the Barry Expo Center. 16 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 16 4-H Point Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens at 7 pm June 14. Tickets are $52 general admission lawn seating. Over the course of her 10-album recording career to date, Mary Chapin Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards and sold well over 12 million records. This repertoire includes twelve top ten singles, including “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” which was nominated for a Record of the Year Grammy in 2006. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org/events/amphitheater.htm Eastown Bizarre Bazaar is held in the streets of East Grand Rapids Saturday, June 16 from 9 am-5 pm. A one day marketplace is a celebration of quality craftsmanship and artisan-made goods; especially quirky, unpredictable, and fresh fare. Over 60 booths will feature high quality arts and crafts as well as fresh produce, flowers, and food. Acoustic musical groups will perform throughout the day offering eclectic sounds of jazz, folk, children’s tunes, rhythm and blues, and more. For more information call (616) 454-1082 or visit www.eastowngr.com West Michigan Gay & Lesbian Pride Festival from 2-10 pm at the John Ball Zoological Garden June 16. Adult admission is $3 per person, children (2-12) free. Outdoors featuring non-stop entertainment such as live bands, comedians, female impersonators, country line and square dancing, kid's & families area, beer tent, vendors, non-profit organization booths, Classic car show, food vendors. For more information call (616) 3226273 or visit www.the-lgbtnetwork.org/wmipride Nashville Classic Car Show from 8 am-2 pm at Riverside Park in downtown Nashville June 16. 26th Annual Father’s Day Car Show will be held Sunday June 17 at Charlton Park from 8 am-5 pm. Adult admission is $5 and $3 for children ages 4-12. Old School Music Concert will feature groups The Dramatics, The Manhattans and Ray, Goodman & Brown - a.k.a. The Moments to Miller Auditorium, on the beautiful campus of Western Michigan University, for one show, Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 pm. Following the concert, there will be an Old School dance inside the Gilmore Theatre Complex adjacent to Miller Auditorium. Tickets to the dance can be purchased at the door. Tickets for the Battle of the Old School show at Miller Auditorium are $37.50 or $42.50 for VIP seats and are on sale now. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit the Miller This week’s selections: 28 Weeks Later Running time: 99 minutes MPAA rating: R I’ve always enjoyed zombie movies because they were so laughable. I mean, come on. Zombies move so slowly they make Frankenstein look like an Olympic sprinter. But then Danny Boyle created “28 Days Later” in 2005 and redefined the zombie genre by making zombies amped up with super strength, speed and savagery. This was not my grampa’s zombie movie. And it scared the hell out of me. Now, here we are, two years and “28 Weeks Later.” And although Boyle has handed over the directing duties to Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the spirit and the intensity of the first movie is maintained. In fact, the sequel is in many ways more terrifying and dark than the original. The film takes place 28 weeks after the end of the first film. Britain is completely unpopulated because of the zombie attacks begun in the first movie. A NATO military force led by the U.S. Army has established a safe zone in London’s Isle of Dogs and has begun allowing civilians to return. Among the returnees are a young brother and sister, Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) and Tammy (Imogen Poots), whose father, Don (Robert Carlyle), is the head custodian with a shameful secret (I’m not gonna spoil it). A sad and tragic chain of events leads to the re-emergence of the Rage Virus and the Auditorium ticket office, www.millerauditorium.com or call (269) 387-2300 or (800)2289858. Father’s Day Car Show at Charlton Park Sunday, June 17 is the largest single-day car show in the entire state. All cars must be 1980 or older and driven under their own power. Show hours are are 8 am-5 pm. The event also includes music, food and a swap meet featuring over 200 vendors. Awards ceremony at 3 pm. Chick Corea & Bela Fleck: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens June 18. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $47 each. In what’s sure to be a mind blowing performance, Corea will take command of the keyboard with Fleck, a master of banjo. Together these multiple Grammy winners weave duets out of staggering virtuosity. The Washington Post reviewed a recent performance as “supernatural.” For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Reptile Day at John Ball Zoo Saturday, June 23 9 am-6 pm. Adults admission is $6, children (4-12) $4, children 3 and under admitted free. Today the Michigan Society of Herpetologists will bring over 100 reptiles and amphibians to the zoo! There will be touchable animals, children's activities, and more. For more information call (616) 3364301 or visit www.johnballzoosociety.org. Cowboy Junkies: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens June 28. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person for general admission lawn seating. Cowboy Junkies, a pop-folk heavyweight that formed in Toronto in 1985, have just released their 11th studio album and have sold nearly 5 million records worldwide. Few bands have lasted as long with their original line-up, and fewer have created as consistently satisfying music. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens July 1. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $60 per person for general admission lawn seating. Lyle Lovett is one of the most revered musicians of his time. With an extremely broad music scope, his songs incorporate everything from folk, swing, blues and jazz to traditional country styling. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith The Rage Virus returns “28 Weeks Later” in the sequel to “28 Days Later.” creation of more Berzerker Zombies. Code Red is declared, and the U.S. Army begins killing everything that moves — whether that person is infected or not. A chase then begins, and the fates of Andy and Tammy (who also harbor a crucial secret) hang in the balance. “28 Weeks Later” is one of the most savage and dark movies I’ve seen. It’s definitely not for everyone. But if you’ve got the stomach for it, I strongly recommend giving it a look. GRADE: A© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 17 FORUM, continued from page 1 Lary Holland, an activist, suggested the biggest reason for reluctance to support equal parenting is that the family court system gets more state and federal money when families are split apart and one parent gains custody over the other and gets child support payments. “The FOC can’t get more money if there’s agreement for joint custody,” Holland said. “If the mom and dad don’t fight it’s for enforcement action.” Calling the Title IV-D program “a money machine,” Holland claimed FOC employees could lose their jobs if there isn’t enough conflict. “They have to keep families apart to bring more money to the state.” The Rev. Ronald Smith was perhaps the most outspoken and impassioned speaker of the evening. He said one of the reason is that last month he had to bury his 21-year-old son who died of liver disease he said was caused by being forced to take Ritalin as a child. “As a non-custodial parent, I was vehemently opposed to it, but my wife had complete control, she administered the drug of death to our child. “All of us are products of both a mother “There is a crisis in Michigan. You can have two fit parents, everyday average parents, but after a divorce, someone is the loser and it’s usually the child.” — Rob Peterson and father and it takes both of them to give us a balanced diet... We can’t award children to one parent or another as if they’re prizes at the fair.” Rev. Smith also said it’s unfair to have one parent see the children for only three days out of the month while the other gets them for 27 or 28. “The worst things we have are divorce Carol Rhodes attorneys, who keep families apart,” Smith said, noting that it’s more profitable for the state to collect child support payments than heal broken families. “Shared parenting should not be a request, but a way of life. We need to create programs to foster relationships.” Smith promoted an equal parenting rally coming up Aug. 18 in Washington D.C. Robert Peterson, co-founder of “A Child’s Right,” talked about his planned bicycle trip from Lansing to Washington D.C. to promote awareness of the issue. “Divorce is a big money-making project. (Friend of the Court employees) are given big bonuses for collecting lots of money in child support... The system profits from adversarial relationships.” — Author Carol Rhodes “I hope this sends a strong message to my children, that I want to be a good father,” he said. “There is a crisis in Michigan,” he continued. “You can have two fit parents, everyday average parents, but after a divorce, someone is the loser and it’s usually the child.” He also insisted the movement is not just a father’s rights issue, it’s about fairness for both mothers and fathers in cases of divorce and separation. He noted there are four million non-custodial mothers in the United States. Peterson said acrimonious custody battles too often result in children losing a sense of their family tree, sometimes not knowing or recognizing aunts, uncles and cousins. Another positive outcome of equal parenting, he said, is that states that have it show reduced rates of divorce. Jay Fedewa, executive director of the Family Rights Coalition, talked about ‘half truths” used to tear apart families. He said, for example, only 7 percent of divorce cases in Oakland have involved domestic violence. He State Rep Fulton Sheen Rob Peterson added that children who have both parents involved in their lives generally are more well adjusted and happier, less likely to get into legal trouble. He added that Asians have been proven to be the most successful ethnic group in academics and said he believes it’s no accident the same group has the highest percentage of intact families, about 75 percent. Carol Rhodes, author of the book “Friend of the Court, Enemy of the Family,” spoke as a case worker for Friend of the Court and suggested the bias toward mothers in custody cases stems from the notion fathers are more likely to be guilty of violent domestic abuse. Though the trend is changing, she said men still are not likely to report abuse by mothers and wives. “Parenting is not ideal,” she said. “My children had the benefit from access to both parents after my divorce.” Jay Fedewa 24-hour challenge deadline June 9 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The final deadline of Saturday, June 9 for the 2007 National 24 Hour Challenge is fast approaching. This event is for riders 18 years old and older. The registration fee is $100. No entries will be accepted after midnight Saturday, June 9. This personal best, on-road bicycle ride tests endurance and determination. Riders set and try to achieve goals. It has been held annually on Father’s Day weekend since 1983. In 2006, riders from 25 states, Canada and New Zealand participated. Riders receive a certificate of validated mileage, T-shirts, a results booklet and high mileage awards. Mileage pins are presented to those who complete 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, and 450 miles during the 24 hours. Once riders accumulate enough miles over several tries they receive a 1,000 Mile Jersey and mileage patches as they accumulate: 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, and 5,000 miles. Door prizes are given out at the awards breakfast. There are many friendly volunteers to assist riders. Riders receive marked route maps, and there is fruit at the check points donated by Family Fare. The Thornapple Kellogg Athletic Boosters provide food concessions at the middle school. There is a bicycle product display, free indoor or outdoor camping , massage and chiropractic services at the TK middle school headquarters site and technical support at checkpoints. On Friday, June 15, riders can pick up their numbers at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School, enjoy a spaghetti dinner and look over product displays. The Village of Middleville also presents a free concert in Stagecoach Park that evening for riders and residents to enjoy. Products will be on display at the middle school that evening. Late number pickup is held on Saturday, June 16 from 6 to 7:30 a.m. There is an optional pancake breakfast available from 6 to 8 a.m. The start of the challenge is at 8 a.m. sharp. The challenge ends 24 hours later at 8 a.m., sharp, on Sunday, June 17. Concessions are available at the middle school from noon Saturday until 3 a.m. Sunday morning. POLICE, continued from page 15 Routine traffic stop results in 2 charges A routine traffic stop June 5 resulted in the arrest of a 39-year-old Hastings man by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. According to information provided by the sheriff’s department, Douglas Dorr Birman was in Woodland when a sheriff’s deputy observed the rear window of his pickup truck was broken out and his exhaust was excessively loud. When Birman pulled into a private drive, the deputy followed and conducted a traffic stop. Birman, who admitted to the officer he did not know the residents of the home where he stopped, then produced a plastic bag containing marijuana and a marijuana pipe. Birman refused to take a breath test at the scene but a test conducted later showed his blood alcohol level to be nearly twice the legal limit. Birman was lodged in the Barry County Jail. The Caledonia McDonald’s restaurant provides breakfast, beginning at 8:15 a.m. followed by the awards ceremony at 9 a.m. The course begins at Thornapple-Kellogg Middle School in Middleville. Bicyclists ride through Barry County on open roads shared with motor vehicle traffic. Loop One is 126.7 miles. It must be ridden first, only once, and in its entirety in order to ride Loop Two. There are four checkpoints on this loop. The second loop is 23.7 miles long. It may be ridden as many times as possible, but any loop attempted must be completed before dark. At least one loop of Loop Two must be ridden in its entirety in order to ride Loop Three. There are two checkpoints on this loop. The third loop is the 7.5 mile night loop. It may be ridden as many times as possible, but only full loops of Loop Three completed by 8 a.m. Sunday morning will be credited. There is one checkpoint on this loop. Detailed information on medals and divisions are available in the event brochure. No pets are allowed. Helmets must be worn. Cyclists can register online at active.com. Confirmation of entry, which is required for number pickup, will be sent within two weeks of organizers’ receipt of entry. Checks should be made payable to the National 24-Hour Challenge and mailed to 2212 College Avenue, Grand Rapids MI 49507-3106. For information or to have a brochure mailed call (616) 241-1969, or (616) 5387497 or e-mail N24HC@aol.com. The website is WWW.N24HC.ORG. Anyone wishing to volunteer can call 616241-1969 or e-mail N24HC@aol.com Rev. Ron Smith But she contended, “Divorce is a big money-making project. (Friend of the Court employees) are given big bonuses for collecting lots of money in child support... The system profits from adversarial relationships.” Rev. Smith then riposted, “So the state is paying itself for being inept.” Holland said too many complaints are verbal and set aside. He suggested written complaints be filed and directed to the FOC office. A man from Monroe County asked why the equal parenting issue seems to be drawn along party lines. State Rep. Sheen answered that he believes Steil’s would reduce or stop the flow of money to certain groups of employees and programs, essentially meaning dollars drive policy. Smith said one huge contributor to the problem is that when divorce is being consid- State Rep. Glenn Steil State Rep. Rick Jones ered, the first thing both parties do is seek an attorney rather than try to find a way to work things out. Attorneys have a vested interest in keeping the two sides apart, Smith said, calling divorce a multi-billion-dollar industry. “The court is a battleground,” Smith said. “We should have couples come to church to get their divorces. That’s the place where their marriages usually was consummated. We should do everything we can to keep families together and focus on repairing the trouble. Holland agreed, “The Friend of the Court should focus more on rewarding positive outcomes.” Among those sitting and listening in the audience at the First Friday session, but making no comments, were Barry County Family Court Administrator Robert Nida, Circuit Judge James Fisher and Prosecutor Thomas Evans. Lary Holland TIME, continued from page 9 Friends of the Library when the Library was first opened. Board hired Barbara Schondelmayer. By 1985, the entire collection had been entered into Lakeland’s database for purposes of interlibrary loans. In 1985 the “Michigan Room” was established at the library. This special room contains historical and genealogical information, Barry County cemetery records, birth, death and marriages and the William Upjohn papers. The Hastings Banner is still donating microfilm copies of it’s publication and the films and now has a full set of Banners from 1856 to 1882 and from 1884 to the present time. The Banners are missing from the years 1882 to 1884 because of the fire. There are also a number of other items of genealogical and historical interest to researchers available in that room. By 1997, the library was bursting at the seams and needed more space. There were discussion about the possibility of establishing a district library. By 2000 the voters in both Rutland and Hastings Charter Townships joined the Hastings Public Library and passed dedicated mileages to support the system. A fund raising campaign for the construction of a new library facility was initiated in November 1999. The estimated cost of the new library building was three and a half million dollars. In March 2004, the building fund was just a little over two million. In May of that year an anonymous donor came and promised that he/she would match all donations four to one between May 12 and August 31, 2005. Many people pitched in to take advantage of this generous offer and the necessary funds were realized. On May 19, 2006, ground was broken for the new library. Construction schedules were met and now we have an impressive, aesthetically beautiful and functional library, a stellar addition to our community. On June 9, 2007, the new library will have an open house. Editor’s Note: Diane Hawkins for her assisted in gathering information for this article. �Page 18 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood headed to DeWitt regional Jason Keller of Portage and Steve Zimmerman of Vicksburg were double winners in the National Bass Anglers Association Championship Week at Houghton Lake. The Saxons’ Matt Teunessen slides safely into third base during Saturday’s Division 2 district semifinal game against Charlotte at Lakewood High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) trict tournament. He earned the save in the championship game, closing out the final two and two-third innings, with three strike outs. The Orioles got just one run off him. He earned the complete game, shut-out win in the semifinal. Lakewood advances now to take on Mount Morris in the regional semifinals Saturday morning at 11:30. North Branch and Fowlerville meet in the other regional semifinal at DeWitt Saturday. Last Saturday’s district championship game between the Vikings and Orioles was postponed due to rain after the second inning, and finished up on Monday afternoon. Scott Schultz picked up the win in the championship game, coming on in relief of starter Brian Satterly. Jordan Richardson led the Lakewood offense against the Orioles with a home run, a double, and two RBI. Kurtis Powell had a double and two RBI, and Schultz added a double and an RBI. Charlotte actually outhit the Vikings, 8-7, Lakewood’s Brian Satterly fires from the mound in the first inning of Saturday’s Division 2 district championship game against Charlotte, at Lakewood High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) but committed four errors to the Vikings’ one. 02672778 Thornapple Lake Estates Saxon second baseman Ken Taylor makes a diving grab in shallow right field during Saturday’s district final game against Charlotte. (Photo by Perry Hardin) REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Spring Has Arrived & Summer Is Close By Thornapple Lake Estates has a BRAND NEW inventory of homes, both Double Wide and Single Wide. We have great “Move In” incentives and offer financing with very low down payments to qualified buyers. Don’t delay... Stop out today and let us show you HOW you can become a Homeowner!! 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Exciting New Menu The National Bass Anglers Association has wrapped up it National Championship week on Houghton Lake in northern Michigan, with more than 475 teams of anglers competing. Over $100,000 in cash and prizes were awarded in this three-day event, including three Skeeter/Yamaha rigs valued at nearly $20,000 each, in the largest ever payout in the history of amateur bass fishing in Michigan. Houghton Lake proved itself to be a great fishery, with over 2,000 pounds of fish brought to the scales in this three day event. Over 99% of the fish were released alive back into Houghton Lake. “Everything came together perfectly — the fishing was spectacular, the weather was great and the anglers came up ready to fish.” said NBAA Executive Director and owner Jim Sprague. “The fishing can be tough this time of year, with most of the bass just done with their spawning season. These anglers are the top semi-pro anglers in the Midwest and they proved it by figuring out patterns that brought an amazing amount of fish to the scales. Anglers were also impressed with the large number of walleye and pike they caught.” Tournament registration was held on Tuesday, May 29, with each team receiving a welcome package from the Houghton Lake Tourism Bureau, a shirt from Bass Pro Shops. Sponsors kicked in dozens of prizes, including Minn Kota trolling motors, Aqua Vu cameras, Solar Bat sunglasses, Minn Kota on board chargers, Powell rods, DJ custom rods, Quantum reels, Auto Value MIS race tickets, Bass Pro gift cards, Combat Fishing packs, Lunch Money Lures, Gamma Line, Humminbird Graphs, Mann’s, Please Release Me, Fish Hedz, Scent-Lok, Snack Daddy Lures, Strike King, Venom, WaveCast, Yamaha and more. For this three-day NBAA National Championship, anglers were required to qualify through any of more than 100 local NBAA divisions scattered throughout nine states. Day one of the event May 30 was the National Weekend Challenge Championship, with 118 teams competing for a first place prize of a new Skeeter/Yamaha boat package and a share of the $10,000 cash prize. The winners of the event were Jason Keller of Portage and Steve Zimmerman of Vicksburg with a catch of five smallmouth bass weighing in at 15.63 pounds. On the second day, 192 teams of qualifiers of the Overtime Challenge National Championship took to the lakes to compete for the top cash prize of $2,500 and a total purse of more than $30,000 in cash and prizes. All competitors also had a shot at a “wild card” drawing for a new Skeeter/Yamaha boat package valued at nearly $20,000. The winners of the top cash prize PLM WEED TREATMENT SCHEDULE GUERNSEY LAKE 77513110 Vikings working their way through the dis- Lakewood jumped ahead early, 3-0 after the first half of the second, but saw the Orioles tie things up in the third. Lakewood then added a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth to pull back in front, and picked up one more for some insurance in the seventh. In the semifinal with Eaton Rapids, Martin went the distance, striking out seven Greyhounds along the way. Powell led the Viking offense again, going 2-3 with an RBI. Alex Backe was 1-3 with the Vikings’ other RBI. Hastings was downed 18-15 by the Orioles in the other semifinal Saturday. Hastings led 12-4 at one point, before pitcher Matt Teunessen was worn down by the heat, the Oriole bats, and a long weather delay. The Saxons didn’t stop fighting after being overtaken by the Orioles. Trailing 18-12, the Saxons added three runs in the seventh inning. Friday-Sunday, June 8-10th Kiddie Pedal Pull 4:00 p.m. Saturday at the Potterville City Park CATERING AVAILABLE Fireworks at Open for Lunch 11 am Tues.-Fri. Open 4 pm Saturdays Dusk on Saturday 77513190 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Heading into the weekend it hadn’t been a great season for the Lakewood varsity baseball program. Monday’s district championship victory over Charlotte made sure it will be remembered as a pretty good season at the very least. The Vikings took the Division 2 district championship on their home field, topping the Orioles 7-5. Charlotte entered the tournament with the best record of any of the teams in the district at 26-5. The Orioles topped Hastings in one semifinal contest Saturday, 18-15. Lakewood beat Eaton Rapids in its first game, 2-0. “I was proud of the kids, the way they stayed focused all year,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “We’ve been banged up and injured and making mistakes and running the circus. I kept telling them to be patient, as well as our coaches, keep it relaxed. Just keep it relaxed. We’ll work through it.” Junior pitcher Jesse Martin was key to the NBAA Championship Week largest bass tournament held in Michigan by Family Fireworks were the team of John McMichael of Fife Lake and Brian Wilson of Buckley with a catch of five bass weighing 14.06 pounds. The winners of the wild card boat drawing were the team of Jack Palmer of Battle Creek and Tom Smith of Battle Creek. A total of 576 fish were brought to the stage, tipping the scales at over 1,100 pounds total. Another highlight of the day was the landing of a Coast Guard helicopter at the event weigh-in. The top 20 qualifiers from day one and the top 30 qualifiers from day two plus two wild card teams were invited to the Ultimate Challenge Championship held June 1. These 52 teams once again had a shot at a Skeeter/Yamaha package and a total prize purse valued at over $25,000. The winners once again were the team of Jason Keller of Portage and Steve Zimmerman of Vicksburg. This time they weighed in a catch of 13.42 pounds enough for their second Skeeter/Yamaha package of the week. For those not qualifying for the Ultimate Championship, the NBAA Lunker Shootout drew nearly 30 teams trying to weigh in the largest fish of the day. Winning this event was the team of Dave Rattay and Andy Lynch with a big smallmouth going 3.96 pounds. “The Houghton Lake businesses also tagged a bass that could have been worth up to $25,000 had it been caught by one of the NBAA anglers,” said Jack Horning, national director for NBAA. “Unfortunately, no angler caught the bass or any of the other tagged fish in the lake. The good news is that if the tagged fish is caught by any angler this season, they can win the prizes. That’s great for anyone looking to make a trip north this summer — great fishing, great accommodations and a chance to win big money.” The NBAA is based out of Hastings and sanctions tournament events in nine states and has a membership base of more than 3500 anglers. Sponsors include Al & Bob’s Sport Shop, Aqua-Vu, Auto Value, Bass-nBag, Combat Fishing, D&R Sports, DJ’s Custom Rods, Eagle Claw, Nitro Bait, Extreme Scents, G3, Gamma Line, Humminbird, Minn Kota Trolling Motors, Dixie Dancer Spinner Baits, Leaders Marine, Mann’s, Minn Kota Batteries, Moose Tracks, Please Release Me, Poor Boys Baits, Powell Rods, Fish Hedz, Scent-Lok, Skeeter Boats, Snack Daddy Lures, Solar Bat Sunglasses, Strike King, Venom, WaveCast Reels and Yamaha Motors. Eaton Rapids edges Vikes in semifinal Eaton Rapids allowed just two runs in two games at Lakewood Saturday, to score the Division 2 district championship and advance to this Saturday’s regional tournament hosted by DeWitt. The Greyhounds took out the host Vikings in the semifinals, 2-1, then topped Charlotte for the championship 4-1. An RBI single off the bat of Chelsea Dow, scored Briana Bosworth, and tied the semifinal between the Vikings and Greyhounds at one in the fourth inning. Eaton Rapids came back to score the winning run in the fifth. The Greyhounds took their original one-run lead on an RBI double from Tiffany Cupp in the third inning. The Vikings managed just three hits, with Natalie O’Rielly and Lindzy Curry contributing the team’s other two singles. Pitching for the Vikings, Melanie Forman allowed seven hits and struck out five. Forman, Dow, Curry and Bosworth were selected to the all-district team for Lakewood. The Vikings’ season ends with an overall record of 21 wins and 17 losses. The team’s season is over, but Curry and Rachel Tryon still have some time left as they have been selected to play in the Lansing AllStar games on Monday, June 25. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 19 Hamilton ends the best Viking girls’ soccer season by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Kayla Durham appeared to take it hardest of all. The Viking senior sat on the field not far from where her team broke its huddle for the final time this season, just in front of the team bench at Portland High School. Her goal scoring days over for the Lakewood varsity girls’ soccer team. Hamilton bounced Lakewood from the Division 3 district tournament Thursday evening, outscoring the Vikings 5-0 in their semifinal contest. The Hawkeyes advanced to take on Otsego in the district championship game Saturday, and were downed by the Bulldogs. Kayla and freshman Ashley Durham created some outstanding opportunities for the Vikings to score in the early stages against Hamilton, but shots seemed to keep trickling just wide of the net. “Kayla had an outstanding career, outstanding,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales. “She ended up with 35 or 36 goals, something like that. She holds the record at the school.” Hamilton took a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the contest, as some fancy foot- work by Hamilton senior Amanda Loudin earned her some space just inside the 18. Her shot from right to left, flew out of the reach of Lakewood senior goal keeper Lacey Chase. Junior Paige Heavlin was credited with an assist on the play. About three minutes later, Gonzales burst away from the bench shouting, “It’s in. It’s in.” Ashley Durham worked her way around the outside of the Hamilton defense and blasted a shot from a tough angle. Hamilton sophomore keeper Ashley Kookyers got a piece of it, then corralled the ball just before it could finish crossing the goal line. The entire ball must be over the line for a goal to be scored, and the officials talked at half-time about just how close it was but not quite all the way over. Near misses piled up for the Vikings, and soon goals started to pile up for the Hawkeyes. Hamilton senior Tasha Rozome beat the right side of the Viking defense and fired another shot from right to left, out of the reach of Chase, that glanced off the far post and in for a 2-0 Hamilton lead midway through the first half. The third Hawkeye goals was just a bad Lakewood senior Kayla Durham is greeted by coaches Paul Gonzales (left) and Carl Harms as she’s introduced prior to Thursday’s Division 3 district semifinal game against Hamilton at Portland High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood’s Jordyn Swartz (6) arrives a moment to late to keep Hamilton’s Kaylee Zwiors from clearing the ball down field during Thursday’s district semifinal. (Photo by Brett Bremer) break for the Vikings, as junior Emily O’Rielly attempted to clear a Hawkeye shot from in front of her own net. The kick deflected off a crashing Hawkeye, Nicole Schippa, and in with 13:22 left in the first half. Lakewood sophomore stopper Christian Main offered as much support as she could on a bum ankle, but the Viking defense wore down. Hamilton’s midfielders and forwards had room to roam from near midfield in towards the Viking penalty box on many occasions, and created many good scoring chances. “They were a good team,” Gonzales said of Hamilton. “We played the teams tougher in our league than we played them.” Hamilton scored its only two goals of the second half in the first three minutes of the period. Loudin worked the ball in close endline near the net, and somehow snuck a shot by Chase who was hugging the near post, for her team’s fourth goal. The Hawkeyes made it 5-0 when Loudin worked her way from right to left across the top of the 18, and dropped a pass back for junior Jade Eyink who riffled a shot into the goal. Hamilton kept pressing for more, but the Vikings were able to turn them away for the remainder of the contest. Chase finished the game with 12 saves, on 17 Hamilton shots on goal. Lakewood fired six shots on the Hamilton net, but had at least that many miss the mark by a yard or less. “The outlook looks good,” said Gonzales. Olivet’s dozen runs plenty in pre-district victory over Valley Erin Fluke makes plans to join Northwood golf team Hastings senior Erin Fluke recently singed her National Letter of Intent to continue her golfing days at Northwood University, in Midland. Fluke was a three-year captain for the Saxons, a two-time all-conference performer, and made her first trip to the state finals last weekend. Joining her for the signing were Northwood coach Dave Turner (clockwise from front left), mother Laura Fluke, father Chris Fluke, and Hastings varsity golf coach Bruce Krueger. Unearned runs doom Delton in district semi loss to Otsego Otsego ended the Delton Kellogg varsity softball season in the Division 2 district semifinals on Saturday. The Bulldogs scored a 7-1 victory over the Panthers, then went on to take the district title and advance to this Saturday’s regional tournament hosted by Unity Christian where they’ll take on Wyoming Park in the semifinals. The Panthers were cruising along, until the sixth inning when three errors led to six unearned runs. All seven of the Bulldogs’ runs on the day were unearned. Delton Kellogg pitcher Tarah Keim threw a fine game. She struck out nine, and allowed just four hits and two walks. Hannah Goy had a single and a triple to lead the Delton Kellogg offensive attack. Justie McCowan had a single and an RBI. The Delton Kellogg girls finish the season with a winning record, at 13-12. The Panthers picked up their 13th win of the season in a district tune-up last Wednesday. Delton downed Hastings 9-2. Keim got the win, striking out 17, while allowing just four hits and three walks. Offensively, she also had a single, a triple, and an RBI. Goy added a single, a double and two RBI. Sara Weimer had a single and an RBI. Amanda Boss, Angie Kennedy and Kelsey Ketola also had hits for the Panthers, and Jessica Wine had an RBI. Post-season awards are beginning to roll in for the Panthers. The team was named Academic All-State this season. Goy was named All-KVA, and Keim and McCowan earned honorable mention All-KVA. Olivet ended the Maple Valley varsity baseball team’s run in the state tournament Tuesday (May 29), in Division 3 pre-district action at the home of the Eagles. The Eagles pounded out a 12-0 victory, to advance to Saturday’s (June 2) district semifinal meeting with Lansing Catholic. “Olivet hit the ball very well and we didn’t,” said Lion head coach Bryan Carpenter. “We played hard and our kids competed, we just didn’t hit. Michael Paisley had the only two hits for Maple Valley. Kyle Fisher took the loss on the mound. The Lions finish the year 10-22 overall, and were 2-12 in the KVA. “It will be tough to see (seniors) Troy Westendorp, Cody Ward and Lucas Ende leave our program,” said Carpenter. “For our underclassmen, we need to learn from this year, and get better for next year. We are going to commit this summer to improving and getting better.” The pre-district loss wasn’t the end of the season for the Lions. Maple Valley split a double header with Lansing Christian Wednesday. Falling in game one 6-5, before taking game two 5-4. In the bottom of the seventh inning of game two, Cody Ward hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game and James Cramer singled in the winning run on the next pitch for the Lions. Lucas Ende started the rally, reaching base on an infield single. After an out, Fisher singled to move Ende to third. Deven Meade followed with a double that scored Ende. The Pilgrims then intentionally walked Westendorp, loading the bases, for Ward and Cramer’s heroics. Meade got the win in game two, helping himself along with three hits and the game winning run. Fisher had two hits, while Kyle Burns, Westendorp, Ende and Cramer had one hit each. Westendorp took the loss in game one. Ward went 2-4, while Chris Caldwell, Meade, Fisher and Cramer each had one hit. “We won more games this year than ever. We played some close games, some overtime games.” On the 21 girl roster, Kayla Durham was one of just four seniors. There were also only four juniors on the team this year. Other Lakewood seniors included Chase, outside midfielder Kelsie Thelen, and Chelsea Hewitt. The Vikings fell 3-2 in overtime in their final regular season contest, last Friday (May 25) at Ionia. “They’ve got our number for some reason,” Gonzales said of the Bulldogs. “They’ve got our number.” Kayla Durham scored both goals for the Vikings, one on a penalty kick. She was assisted by Ashley Durham on the other goal. For the game, Lakewood outshot the Bulldogs 12-8. by Brett Bremer Some of the best wrap up high school days, at finals I’m sure someday I’ll get to see district tournaments in baseball and softball. I just don’t know when. Our recent deadline changes that moved the deadline day for the Reminder, the Lakewood News, the Maple Valley News, and the Sun and News from Mondays to Fridays made the busiest sports weekend of the year event busier. The first week of June is when it all happens. The beginning of the end for the spring sports season. The beginning of the end of another year of high school sports. Saturday across the area, and across the state, there were district baseball and softball championships won and lost, district championship soccer games, the state golf finals, and the state track and field finals. The five school years that I’ve been at the Banner we’ve had so many athletes competing in the state track and field finals, I couldn’t miss them. Usually I get to head to the girls’ golf finals on Friday, but not this year. Congratulations to Hastings’ senior Erin Fluke for making it to the finals, and to Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin for getting her All-State medal. Last year’s story about the Division 2 track and field finals, that were held at Forest Hills Northern High School, wore the headline “TK’s mile-relay championship well worth the wait”. This year, for the second straight year, the Trojan mile-relay team had to sit through a weather delay before getting the chance to run at the state finals. The organizers at the meet did their best to keep the meet from grinding to a halt. They actually allowed 300meter hurdlers to run after some thunder was heard in the distance, then thought twice before stopping a heat midway through its race when the first lightning bolts were spotted. But that was the end, for a little while. The Trojans let me hang out underneath their tent, next to a giant electrical box, during the storm. How kind of them. Things didn’t turn out as well for the Trojans after the storm, but it was still worth the wait. Thornapple Kellogg senior Rebecca Winchester ran in the 3200-meter relay, then scratched the 1600-meter run to be better prepared for the 800. That didn’t go as well as planned. With the times that were run in the 1600, she would have had a good shot at placing. She got stuck in the crowd, after the 800 was changed from two heats to one to move the meet along, and finished back in the pack. It was worth the wait to see Winchester run her final high school race, in the 1600meter relay along with Emma Ordway, Ashley VanderMeer and Kylie Schultz. There were a lot of memorable last performances at the D-2 finals. Byron Center’s Mary Angell had her last throws as a prep. Her best throw of the discus would have placed her third in the boys standings, three feet better than Lakewood senior Mike Kuras who had already won the boys’ shot put for the second straight year. Forest Hills Northern’s Josh Hembrough ran his last races for the Huskies. I’ve never seen a high school athlete flow so effortlessly over the hurdles. That was one of the funny things I noticed at the finals this year. It seemed like in a lot of events most of the athletes could just hope for second place. No one expected to pass Angell in the throws on the girls’ side. None of the boys expected to beat Hembrough in the hurdles. Lakewood senior Nate Root set a school record in the pole vault at 14-5. That’s great, but Marine City’s Joe Wesley cleared 16-0 for the title. That didn’t wipe the smile off Root’s face though. Root did what you’re supposed to do at the state finals. Give your best effort and see how things shake out from there. They shook out all right for the area athletes. Nice work. �Page 20 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Devils down Delton in district final Everything bounced just right for the Delton Kellogg varsity baseball team to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning of Saturday’s district championship game against Gull Lake. From there on out, everything went the fifth ranked Blue Devils’ way. Gull Lake scored the Division 3 district championship at Otsego, with a 5-1 win over the Panthers in a game that started on Saturday afternoon and finished up Monday afternoon. Delton started off quick, in the top of the first. Nick Blacken reached base on an error. Steve Scoby doubled. Kyle Purdum walked to load the base. Devin Desgranges came through with a sacrifice fly that brought home Blacken. Gull Lake tied the game in the bottom of the first, then took a 2-1 lead in the second. The rains came in the third inning, and when play resumed Monday the Blue Devils had runners on first and second and promptly scored two more times. They added their final run in the bottom of the fourth. “We hit the ball hard at times, but it was right at them,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Eric Parsley. “They outplayed us today, no question about it. We had our chances, but we didn’t make the most of them and Gull Lake took advantage every chance they got.” Chuck Stallard took the loss on the mound, closing out his senior season with a great effort. He pitched a complete game with five strikeouts. “Unfortunately, the season had to end with a loss, but the kids have nothing to be ashamed of,” Parsley said. “They fought hard throughout the season and made it to the championship game of districts when no one thought it was possible. “We started to play some of our best baseball down the final stretch of the season, and beating Allegan in districts and competing with Gull Lake in the finals opened some of their eyes. They realized they could play with and even beat some of these teams if they came ready to play. It was a matter of believing in themselves and in their teammates.” Delton Kellogg got three runs in the bottom of the first inning, but kept right on scoring in an 8-2 victory over Allegan in the district semifinals Saturday. Blacken, Brian Diaz and Scoby had three straight singles to load up the bases. That was followed by an RBI walk for Purdum, and a two-run single off the bat of Desgranges. Delton put three more runs up in the bottom of the second to push their lead to 6-2. Quinn Seaver got things started in the second with a walk, then was bunted over by Jordan Smith. Blacken brought in Seaver with an RBI single, then Scoby hit a two-run home run. “All week, I talked to the kids about the importance of starting strong in a game, especially against a team like Allegan,” said Parsley. “The kids were feeding off each other, one would get a hit, then another, it was contagious and it brought the spirit of the team up.” In the bottom of the third, Stallard started the inning with a triple and was brought home by Seaver. Jordan Smith then singled, and came home an a double by Blacken for the Panthers’ final runs. That was plenty of runs to support Blacken, who sent the distance on the mound allowing just two runs while striking out five. “The team knew they were underdogs in everyone else’s minds, except ours. We knew we were capable of playing with everyone and it was time to show everyone the type of baseball we could play,” Parsley said. “It was a great win not only for the team, but for the program.” The program will lose only two seniors this season, Purdum and Stallard. “The team has the chance to compete at a high level next year,” Parsley said. “We will miss Kyle and Chuck very much. They laid a foundation for this team to build up from and hopefully we will do that.” Chamberlin ties for seventh in D-2 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The last chapter of the story of Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin’s varsity golf career started a bit scary, but it did have a very happy ending. Chamberlin hit 39 putts on Forest Akers East’s 18 greens at Michigan State University Friday, and was tied for 15th with an 84 after day one. The top ten scorers over the weekend earn all-state medals. “I just wanted to finish on a high note,” Chamberlin said. “Everyone was telling me it’s such an honor just to make it, but I wanted something more.” Chamberlin had “just” made it to the state finals as a sophomore, when the entire Trojan team qualified for the 2005 Division 2 finals. She got something more in her senior season by putting less. Chamberlin putted 11 fewer times on day two, Saturday, and scored a 74. The two day total of 158 put her in a four-way tie for seventh place individually at the Division 2 finals. “It was sweet,” Chamberlin said. “I was really excited. I’m glad that’s the way my senior year ended.” Hastings’ senior Erin Fluke also saw her varsity golf career end Saturday. She fired a 170 for the weekend, with an 88 Friday and an 82 on Saturday. Chamberlin was a four-year varsity player at Thornapple Kellogg, a two-time captain, and was named the team’s MVP after her junior year. She needed just 12 putts on the front nine Saturday, and 16 on the back nine. Putting had been her Achilles’ heel all season long. “I was talking to my coach before, and he told me to be confident and accelerate through the ball on my putts,” said Chamberlin. It was advice that TK varsity girls’ golf coach Bob Kaminski had given Chamberlin so many times this season that she’d lost count of how many. This time it stuck. Thornapple Kellogg senior Caitlin Chamberlin taps a putt during the weekend’s Division 2 girls’ golf state finals at Forest Akers East on the campus of Michigan State University. “I thought I’d try something different, any- ference of the Trojans and Saxons, the O-K thing had to be better than how I putted on Gold Conference. O-K Gold Conference Friday,” said Chamberlin. champion Caledonia placed third in the team Chamberlin started strong on Saturday and standings, despite not having an individual in just kept going. She birdied the first two holes the top ten. she played, the par-5 number three and the Dexter took the Division 2 title with a team par-3 number four, for her first birdies of the score of 662. Livonia Ladywood was second weekend. Later she added a third birdie on the at 672, and Caledonia third with a 674. par-4 tenth. Senior Carolyn Schaner led the Fighting “Overall, I felt like I struck the ball well,” Scots with a 84-77-161. Britni Gregory added Chamberlin said. “I chipped and putted well a 80-83-163, Sara Leatherman 87-81-168, on Saturday.” Amy Russo 90-95-185, and Brittany Gibbons It was a good weekend for the home con- 103-92-195. DeWitt’s Liz Nagel was the overall individual champion, with a 72-72-144. In Division 3, at Eagle Crest Golf Course on the campus of Eastern Michigan University, the Gold’s runner-up from South Christian took the championship with a score of 714, edging Flint Powers Catholic by one stroke. A pair of Sailors earned state medals, with Jackie Deboer placing sixth with an 87-78165 and Heather Marks seventh with an 8584-169. Thornapple Kellogg’s Sam Reeder heads the ball out of a crowd during the first half of Friday’s Division 2 district semifinal contest against Plainwell at Caledonia. (Photo by Brett Bremer) An early goal the only goal in Trojans’ loss to Plainwell by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Less than two minutes into Friday evening’s Division 2 district semifinal at Caledonia, Plainwell got the goal it needed to knock Thornapple Kellogg from the state tournament. Thornapple Kellogg goal keeper Kate Scheidel had trouble keeping control of the ball, and Plainwell’s Sara Beebe was there to knock it into the open net. Plainwell and TK then battled for the remainder of the game scoreless. Plainwell went on to top Holland Christian 2-0 in the district championship game Saturday. Thornapple Kellogg had a tough time mounting an offensive attack all game long. “Plainwell played really tough defense on (TK leading scorer) Ashleigh Lund, who was smothered by at least three players at a time,” said TK head coach Katie Langridge. An injury forced Lund off the field early in the second half. That was one thing the TK Trojans didn’t need. They already had three starters out of the line-up with injuries. “We had a lot of injuries, so it forced us to switch things up,” Langridge said. “However, I was really proud of the girls because they really stepped it up and really played with some heart.” Scheidel straightened things out after the early miscue and made some great saves. Ellen Phillips did her best to keep Plainwell away from Scheidel and the Trojan net, before eventually pushing up to try and help TK’s attackers late in the game. Thornapple Kellogg held Plainwell to its lowest offensive output of district tournament. Heidi VanderHeide, Val VanBemden, Sam Reeder and Nicole Ybema were solid on the defensive end for the Trojans too. Because of the injuries, Molly Wilson and Ashley Jachim played the entire game in the midfield, and held their own. “I couldn’t have asked for any more out of these girls,” Langridge said. “They played until the very last minute.” It was late in the second half before the TK girls were able to put much of a charge against the Plainwell net, but a few shots by Ellen and Lund flew high of the net. Holland Christian advanced to the district championship game with a 3-0 win over Allegan on Friday afternoon. Kristina Bosch scored all three goals for the Maroons. Plainwell was downed by Portage Northern, 1-0, in the regional semifinals hosted by Vicksburg Tuesday afternoon. I will send you more about season wrap up stuff within the next couple of days. DON’T BE FOOLED BY TAKING YOUR CAR OUT OF TOWN! 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(M-66) – Lake Odessa 616-374-1200 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — Page 21 County earns six state medals at Division 2 finals Lakewood’s Kuras repeat shot put champion by Brett Bremer Sports Editor For a few of the area’s athletes, the 2007 Division 2 state track and field finals looked an awful lot like the 2006 meet. For others, it was much better. Lakewood senior Mike Kuras once again scored the Division 2 shot put championship, for the second year in a row, with a throw of 56 feet 2 inches. He also placed in the discus for a second straight year, finishing third at 156-5. It was a great day for the Lakewood boys’ team, which finished seventh overall with 22 points. Dexter took the Division 2 boys’ title with 48 points, led by who else, its distance runners. East Lansing, led by its sprinters, Delton Kellogg’s Mandy Dye rounds the corner after getting the baton in the 3200-meter relay Saturday at the state finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) was second with 35 points. Forest Hills Northern, led by its All-America hurdler Josh Hembrough, was third with 32 points. “It’s been a long day. I’m tired,” said Kuras. “The sun. The exertion. I’m hungry.” He wasn’t the only athlete with some hunger inside Saturday at Zeeland. His teammate Nate Root was third in the pole vault, to earn this first All-State medal, by clearing 145. It bested his own school record by six inches. On the girls’ side, Lakewood’s Amy Joostberns also earned her first All-State medal, placing fifth in the discus at 124-7. It was the first state finals appearance for Root and the second for Joostberns, both seniors. “My goal was to place, because I choked last year,” Joostberns said. “I threw a lot. I practiced a lot on Thursday. I threw a couple yesterday. I didn’t get so nervous this year. I didn’t get nervous at all actually. I was surprised.” No one was surprised by who the top two throwers in the girls’ discus, or the girls’ shot put were. Byron Center’s Mary Angell won the discus at 159-5 and the shot put at 489.75, both are new state finals records across all divisions. Zeeland East’s Allison Liske was second in each event, throwing the discus 149-2 and the shot put 42-9.5. “I think it was better that they were way out there,” Joostberns said. “There wasn’t any pressure on me to get first or anything. They’re good. Props to those girls.” Angell, Liske, Kuras, and boys’ discus champion Brad Wentzel of Allegan (170-0) all got to finish their throws before storms once again delayed the meet midway through the 300-meter hurdles, just like they had the 2006 finals at Forest Hills Northern. Hastings’ sophomore Ryan Burgdorf had a much better day Saturday, than the one he had a year ago. Burgdorf scored four points, to put Hastings in a tie for 43rd place, with seventh place finishes in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. He finished the 100 in 11.19 seconds and the 200 in 22.76. Burgdorf went to the state finals in the 200 last year, and was looking to get his first AllState medals this season. Root had some tough competition ahead of him in the pole vault. Byron Center’s Matt Fisher didn’t even take his first jump until the bar had reached 13-11. He finished second at 14-11. Marine City’s Joe Wesley won the boys’ pole vault with a new Division 2 finals record of 16-0. It was one of six Division 2 finals records set on the boys’ side. Three were set by relay teams, Detroit Renaissance in the 400 (42.53), East Lansing in the 800 (1:28.42), and Fenton in the 3200 (7:52.31). The Saxons’ Greg Woodmansee (center) takes off for the anchor leg of the 400-meter relay at Saturday’s Division 2 state finals in Zeeland, as teammate Matt Donnini hits the brakes after the hand-off. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Dexter’s Dan Jackson set a new Division 2 finals record in the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:07.38. He was one of five Dexter runners to place in the top eight in the 3200. Jackson also won the 1600 in 4:15.84. Hembrough set a new Division 2 record in the 110-meter hurdles in 13.70, won the 300meter hurdles in 37.99, and helped the Huskies to victory in the 1600-meter relay (3:22.14). Even other competitors were giddy to get their picture taken with Hembrough after his races. Detroit Renaissance handily won the girls’ championship with 76 points. Forest Hills Northern was second with 45, followed by Sparta 37, South Christian 32, Farmington Hills Harrison 30, Battle Creek Lakeview 27, Ypsilanti 26, Lansing Waverly 22, East Grand Rapids 21, and Byron Center 20 to round out the top ten. The only other Division 2 finals record set on the girls’ side also came in the pole vault, where Amy Morrison cleared 12-0 for the title. Detroit Renaissance won both the 800meter relay (1:42.00) and the 1600-meter relay (3:56.48), with individual state champs a part of both teams. Sophomore Ashlee Abraham was part of the 800-meter relay win, and also took the 200 in 25.01. Renaissance junior Ramzee Fondren was part of the 1600meter relay victory, and also won the 1600 in 4:59.85, and the 800 in 2:11.18. Ypsilanti’s Kyra Caldwell won both hurdle events, taking the 100 in 14.65 and the 300 in 44.25. Sparta’s Lindsey McKnight was a twotime champion too, winning the 400 in 57.09 and the high jump at 5-4. Delton Kellogg’s Katie Searles takes off with the baton after getting the hand-off from teammate Jessica Elliott at the Division 2 finals Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TAPRC SOFTBALL TAPRC Softball Scores from June 4 Champ’s 36 vs. Mancino’s 0; Swamp Fox 23 vs. Brightside Church 3; Applebee’s/Brian’s Tire 13 vs. Bushwacker Nursery 6. Lakewood senior Mike Kuras accepts the championship medal for winning the shot put, for the second year in a row, at the Division 2 finals Saturday. 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Wall Lake Rd (M-43) Delton DELTON FLORAL & GIFTS Page 22 — Thursday, June 7, 2007 — The Hastings Banner � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-06-14.pdf b637207e113ebc0cd222a4b2c7b5e15f PDF Text Text City approves parking assessments New library shows community’s pride All-County track stars shine beyond area See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 17 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 24 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, June 14, 2007 A cut worth ‘a loaf of bread ‘ this year? NEWS County Board votes to drop tax rate by 1/10 mill BRIEFS Film on Wal-Mart slated for tonight A public showing of the Robert Greenwald documentary film "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" is planned for 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Hastings High School Lecture Hall. The purpose of the program is to continue discussion and debate on the possible arrival of a Super Wal-Mart super center in Hastings and Barry County. All interested citizens in the area are invited to come view this thought-provoking film. There will be follow-up discussion after the showing. There will be no admission charged for this special presentation. The PDWM invites all interested citizens, regardless of their positions, to come to this presention and participate in discussion afterward. by David T. Young Editor A Barry County homeowner with a house valued at $200,000 will get a tax break of $3.87 a year as a result of action by the County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning. In a Truth in Taxation hearing, commissioners voted 5-2 against a resolution setting the total millage levy this year at 7.1710 mills, opting instead for a lower rate of by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The law firm that investigated the response by Eastern Michigan University to the rape and murder last December of Hastings High School graduate Laura Dickinson has con- Charlton Park’s 26th annual Father’s Day Car Show will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 17. More than 1,300 antique vehicles (1980 or earlier) are expected to be exhibited, along with more than 200 vendors. An awards ceremony wilol take place at 3 p.m. The show, sponsored by the Southern Michigan Street Rod Association, will include door prizes, cash prizes and dash plaques for vehicle entries. Show car registration costs $15, general admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12 and ages 4 and under get in free. Swap meet and and arts and crafts locations are $35 per space. For more information, call Charlton park at 945-3775. Laura Dickinson cluded that the university failed in its initial release of critical information and in subsequent weeks failed to rectify the errors. Butzel Long, P.C. of Detroit was retained in March to conduct an independent investigation into charges the university failed to adequately inform and warn members of its staff and student body that a homicide had occurred on campus and that the suspected murderer, Orange Amir Taylor, remained at large for more than two months. The report, released June 8, stated that in spite of obvious evidence at the scene that indicated a homicide, university officials originally issued a press release that stated, in part, there was “no reason to suspect foul play.” The report contained more than 575 pages of information and concluded the University failed to comply with the Clery Act, including “a lack of appropriate policies, procedures, oversight, awareness and training.” The Clery Act is a federal law that applies to higher education institutions such as Eastern Michigan University that participate in federal Title IV financial aid programs. The law requires institutions to make certain public disclosures related to campus safety and security, including the issuance of timely warnings of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students or employees. Laura Dickinson’s body was discovered in See EMU, page 2 The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) of the Hastings Public Library will be host for a “Teen Grand Opening” Saturday, June 16, for the under 20 crowd. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 construction and uncapping, the increase in county tax revenue this year will be 1.36 percent. However, the rate of inflation was 3.7 percent. The resolution commissioners rejected asked for an additional 1.2% in revenue just to keep pace with inflation. Brown said the maximum authorized levy for county operations was 7.3976 mills last See TAX, page 15 Reading is fun; pass it on! These two girls joined hundreds of other community members early Saturday, June 9, to pass 50 books from the old Hastings Public Library to the new one several blocks away. People lined State Street, part of which was closed for the event, to help pass the books then make their ways into the building for a tour and refreshments. For more information and pictures, look inside toay’s edition of the Banner. Meijer plans to locate store at site in Rutland Township The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be hosts for the West Michigan premiere showing of “Running Dry” at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 21, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film, which has been shown to select audiences in venues around the world, is acclaimed as one of the most important documentaries of our time. “Running Dry” is full of vivid images that illustrate the magnitude of the problem of maintaining a clean, reliable water supply for the continuation of human existence on the planet. The expose shines a light on a crisis that for so long has lurked in the shadows and profoundly underscores that the time for us to assume responsibility for preserving and conserving our very life force-water is now. Discussion after the film will include insights from Kim Spring of Clean Water Action and will include perspectives on corporate interests in controlling the world‚s supply of fresh water. More information about the film can be obtained by going to the web site at www.runningdry.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the film begins at 7. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-795-4412. Grand opening for library teens to where it had been the year before and to factor in inflation, the hearing is necessary and action then had to be taken by the taxing unit. Barry County Equalization Director Karen Scarbrough, in explaining the situation to one of about 20 citizens in attendance, said, “It’s really not a tax increase... the law requires us to have this hearing.” County Administrator Michael Brown told the Board of Commissioners that with new Probe contends EMU violated federal law in Dickinson case Father’s Day Car Show is Sunday ‘Running Dry’ film slated for June 21 7.0863, a difference of less than one-tenth of a mill. The Truth in Taxation hearing was necessary because of a 1982 state law that requires government units to reduce their millage rates annually so they don’t receive any more tax revenue in the coming year than they did in the previous year. Increases not resulting from inflation, such as construction and uncapping, are not subject to the law. In order to raise the millage revenue back Movie on Wal-Mart is tonight A public showing of the Robert Greenwald’s film “Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices,” is planned for 7 p.m. tonight at the Hastings High School lecture hall. There will be no admission charge. A discussion about the issue will be held after the showing. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Representatives from Meijer announced Tuesday night to the Rutland Township Planning Commission the retailer and grocery chain is interested in coming to Hastings. The proposed site for the construction would be on 22 acres, just west of Eye & E.N.T. Specialists on M-43/M-37 in Rutland Township. Dave Dimmers and Doug Vickery currently own the land, but Meijer has an option to buy it. The land for the proposed construction sits on wetlands which, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, need to be replaced if they are destroyed. The Meijer representatives said the store would go on the front part of the land, and the wetlands would be replaced in the back. Rutland Township Planning Commission Chairman Keith Ferris said nobody knew about Meijer’s interest in Hastings before Tuesday night’s meeting. The company’s appearance was not on the meeting agenda. He said the Meijer representatives talked generally about the company’s future plans for the land, but nothing definite was determined. “It was new to everybody in the room,” he said. “It was a different approach [than WalMart] because I don’t think anybody really knew they were on the radar screen. It’s hard to tell how the public’s going to react to it.” Ferris said it is hard to tell the reaction that Meijer will face from the public because so few people knew about it. Vickery said Meijer was well received because the company’s approach in Rutland Township was “totally different — just the opposite” from Wal-Mart’s. Vickery said both Meijer and the property owners neighboring the proposed Meijer site have expressed interest in turning it into a conservation property to avoid construction on too much of the land. The property for the proposed facility is already zoned C-3, a commercial zoning, which would be required for a Meijer. This means that no rezoning is necessary for the facility and ultimately site plan approval will be sought from the Rutland Planning Commission. Ferris said the next step is a series of discussions with Meijer representatives and submission of a site plan to Rutland Township. Vickery said he expects the site plan will be completed by August. “They’ll have a lot of things taken care of when we meet again in August,” he said. Ferris said the store would be about 150,000 square feet, substantially smaller than the average 200,000-square-foot store. One attendee at the meeting said Meijer reps commented that the food and merchandise retailer is beginning to make plans for smaller centers in smaller cities away from urban areas, and Hastings is an excellent choice because of its more than half-hour drive from Grand Rapids, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo and Lansing. The reps for the Michigan-based grocery See MEIJER, page 7 �Page 2 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page As a result of the spacious new library, there is now a separate teen area, something TAB is anxious to display. Local teen bands have been invited to play at the grand opening. At the event will be Crimson Nails, The Hastings Jazz Combo, Tiffani Harrington, Altitude 92, Megan Miller and a local band consisting of Isaak Ramsey, Nick Lancaster, Katy Bomer and Joe Sleevi. The bands will play in 25-minute increments starting at 7 p.m. and stretching until approximately 9:30. Refreshments will be served. All those young adults interested in an evening of music provided by their peers and seeing the new area of the library reserved for them are encouraged to come to the new library, 227 E. State Street, that night. For more information, call Peggy Hemerling at (269) 945-4263. Bike Jamboree slated June 23 Barry County’s fifth annual Pennock/Felpausch Bike Jamboree is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23,in the south parking lot at 127 S. Michigan St. at the Felpausch Food Center in Hastings. Helmets and event kits are sponsored in part through a Barry County Sheriff’s Department grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. Free professionally fitted bike helmets for mom, dad and children will be handed out, subject to availability. In addition there will be free bicycle safety training over a Hastings City Police approved course. There will be free refreshments and safety information. There will also be a free identification station including fingerprint, photograph and DNA sample (hair clippings) for child’s parents, courtesy of the Hastings City Police. This event is sponsored by Ace Hardware, Felpausch, Hastings City Police, MainStreet Savings Bank and the Pennock Foundation. This year bicycles for a drawing are donated by Hastings Kiwanis, Thornapple Trail Association, MainStreet Savings Bank, Ace Hardware and the Hastings Orthopedic Clinic. For more information call 269-9483472. M-43/89 meeting slated for June 14 The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public and community officials to an informational meeting on the M-43 and M-89 (C Avenue) intersection project from 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Richland Township Hall, 7401 N. 32nd St., Richland. M-DOT will be widening the intersection of M-43 and M-89 (C Avenue) in the village of Richland to allow one through lane and one left-turn lane in each direction. In addition, a right-turn lane will be provided on eastbound M-89 and a traffic signal installed at the intersection. The project is planned for this August. M-DOT invites the public to stop by any time during this open-house-style meeting to meet with staff and ask questions about this project. Historical Society will meet June 21 The Barry County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at the Hastings Elks Club Thursday evening, June 21. The evening will start with a potluck supper at 6 p.m., followed by a short business meeting and election of officers. This in turn will be followed by a silent auction. The society is reporting successful indoor yard sale because of the many donors and workers involved. Some of the society members are volunteering at Charlton Park this summer. One member, Brian Reynolds, has been appointed events chairman at the park. The Society's World War II Veteran' Books, along with its Rural School books, are now available at "Beyond The Cover" bookstore in downtown Hastings. Flag disposal event planned The American Legion Post No. 45 plans to have a flag disposal starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 14, which is Flag Day. Hastings area residents can bring their tattered, worn out flags for proper disposal and replace them with new ones at the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion post on M-37 south of Hastings. A supervised team flag disposal ceremony, including the Hastings Fire Department, Hastings City Police and Boy Scouts, will be held at the Post 45. Service Officer Bill Roush has available new 3'x5' American flags for $15. Military service flags also will be available, Roush announced. In a special observance of the ceremony, the American Patriot restaurant will be serving a short order menu from 4 to 8 p.m., according to a Post Legionnaire. Local residents may drop off flags to the Legion Post, located at 2160 South M-37 Highway, Hastings, any time prior to Flag Day. ‘Tour de Cure’ ride slated for June 16 Jose and Christine Blanco and three other members of Team Gun Lake plan to bike 25 miles around Gun Lake Saturday, June 16, to raise money for the “Tour de Cure” to fight diabetes. Joining the Blancos will be Roger Ling, Karen Obrieter and William Baillargeon. The Americqan Diabetes Association’s Tour de Cure is a series of cycling events held in more than 80 cities nationwide. The tour is a ride, not a race; it features different route lengths from a leisurely six-mile course to a demanding 100-mile journey. Tax-deductible donations are being accepted to make a difference in the lives of the 20.8 million Americans who suffer from diabetes and the 40 million people in the United States with pre-diabetes. A donation can be made online and those interested in doing even more to help are invited to join the ride. More information on the American Diabetes Association, its programs and diabetes in general can be found at the Association's Web site: www.diabetes.org For more information on the Tour de Cure, please visit www.diabetes.org/tour. Riverbank Music series will start The Middleville Riverbank Music series will begin Friday, June 15, with the Panning Family Band, bluegrass and gospel group, in the kickoff for the weekly series of performers. Participants in the National 24-Hour Challenge bicycling event are invited to come down and get energized from the program. The Riverbank Music concerts are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concerts are held in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. The second concert June 22 will feature Beatles tunes performed by the Nowhere Band. Art Hop logo contest slated The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a logo contest for the 2007 Art Hops. Three are scheduled, in June, July and September. The logo needs to be created in color and must be able to be reproduced in black and white. All artwork must be original, with no facsimiles or clip art. An Arts Council spokesperson said, “Be as creative as you like, however, we ask that contestants please submit all entries in a commonly used graphics format that is HTML compatible (e.g., GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) or able to be scanned. The winning logo should be simple enough to be reproduced in a number of ways: Small icon, black-and-white image, low resolution, two-color, etc. The logo needs to contain the words "Art Hop." The winner will receive $100 and the artwork will become the property of the Art Hop Committee to be used in all promotional materials created by the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County and the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority. The contest will be open for entry submissions from now through June 15. Contestants should state which (if any) other posted logo entries influenced them (e.g., is your logo a "derivative work"?). The entries first will be on display during the June 22 Art Hop. City approves downtown parking assessments, fields 1 objection by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council Monday night approved the final assessment roll for the 2007 Downtown Parking Special Assessment District. Hastings has had a special assessment district for downtown parking since 1989, when the city did away with parking meters. There was a public hearing before the special assessment district was approved, and local attorney Bob Byington spoke to the council about some problems he had with the way the city determined what amount businesses would pay for the downtown parking. Byington referenced a letter he had sent to the city with three complaints about the special assessment district. He said he questions “the authority of the city to levy a special assessment for the purpose of maintaining the downtown parking.” His next complaint was that the criteria used for determining which properties would be assessed was unclear. He said that if properties with “sufficient parking of their own” should not be assessed, then his property should not be assessed either. His final complaint was that “the formula used to determine the fair share of each property owner is flawed and arbitrary.” City Manager Jeff Mansfield said there are several businesses in the downtown area that provide their own parking but are still being assessed. He said the criteria was established in 1989 when the special assessment district started. City staff plans to look into the matter and try to address any concerns about the issue in Emily Benningfield newest J-Ad intern Emily Benningfield, a 2007 graduate of Hastings High School, joins the staff at J-Ad Graphics as summer intern. Throughout high school, Benningfield was involved in service clubs, the drama program and music. She focused a lot of her time into philanthropy joining the Key Club, Youth Advisory Council, Barry Community Foundation’s board of directors and volunteering at her church. Benningfield was a part of all eight drama productions available to her at Hastings High School with a lead role in "Forty Second Street" and supporting leads in "Wylie and the Hairy Man" and "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." She was active in choir joining the Varsity Singers as a junior and singing with two symphony orchestras this past year. In her senior year, she was honored as a member of the homecoming court, Rotary top ten, and earned "Most Flexible Player" on the varsity tennis team. Though she said she is sad to leave her high school years behind, Benningfield excited about the future. She will be attending Central Michigan University, where she will be a full-time student studying elementary education and music starting this fall. The daughter of Dan and Michelle Benningfield, both Hastings elementary teachers, she is the second member of the family to work at J-Ad. Her older sister, Molly, a spring graduate of Michigan State University, was an intern a couple of years ago. Emily will some writing and coverage of news and features primarily for the Reminder and the Banner. Emily Benningfield the coming months. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Resolution 2007-26 was adopted to enact the general appropriations act for the fiscal year 2007/2008, to approve the operating budgets for the fiscal year, to approve disbursements for capital improvements and to establish the property tax millage rate to support the budget. • The final assessment roll was approved for the North Taffee Drive Street Improvement Special Assessment District. • Resolution 2007-27 was approved to create an industrial development district of parcels 3 and 4 of the Hastings Industrial Park as requested by B & T Group Enterprises. • The first reading was held for ordinances 411 through 415 amending the zoning map. • The first reading was held for Ordinance 417 allowing outdoor display and sale of merchandise in the B-1 zone. • City of Hastings Community Development Director John Hart was appointed to the Barry County Economic Development Alliance Board. • Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield was appointed as zoning administrator. • The city’s membership was renewed in the Michigan Municipal League for the 2007/2008 fiscal year for $4,462. • The mayor and city clerk were authorized to sign an amendment to the city’s contract with Consumers Energy to read water meters through December 2008. • Affordable Asphalt LLC was awarded a bid for 2007/2008 for hot mix asphalt paving and hand patching at the unit price of $85 per ton for Top Course and $85 per ton for base course. • A bid was awarded to Clark Highway Services, Inc. for 2007 street line painting for no more than $19,417.02. • A bid was awarded to Slagel Construction, Inc. for 2007/2008 sidewalk and curb and gutter replacement at the united price of $3.70 per square foot for four-inch sidewalk, $4.20 per square foot for six-inch sidewalk and drive approach, and $13.50 per linear foot for curb and gutter. • A bid was awarded to Halifax Services for a one-year contract for custodial and maintenance services for City Hall and grounds in the amount of $550 per week. • The mayor and city clerk were authorized to sign a lease agreement with Paintbob.com for space in the Incubator effective June 12. • The service agreement with Tetra Tech, Inc. was extended for operation services at the Wastewater Treatment Plant on a month to month basis in the amount of $6,960 per month. EMU, continued from page 1 her Hill Hall residence on the campus of Eastern Michigan University on Dec. 15, 2006. The initial investigation was conducted jointly by members of the EMU Department of Public Safety, Michigan State Police crime lab technicians, the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department. Upon conducting his preliminary investigation, Assistant Medical Examiner Roger Simpson wrote in his investigative report that Dickinson was “found dead in (her) dorm room — foul play suspected.” This report was signed at 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 15. In spite of that official report, the university released its statement the following day, asserting that the incident was being regarded as a simple death investigation, rather than a homicide investigation. The Butzel Long report stated that on Dec. 16, EMU President John A. Fallon III contacted Rhonda DeLong of the university communications staff, who was out of town and unaware even of the death of Laura Dickinson when she was initially contacted. Delong spoke with both Fallon and university communications representative Ward Mullens, who was on the scene the day before while the investigation was initiated. Based on those telephone discussions, DeLong created the official university statement and released it to the press, which stated categorically that “no foul play” was suspected in Dickinson’s death. The report revealed that DeLong sought and obtained the approval of President Fallon prior to releasing the statement to the media. Butzel Long’s report also revealed that an initial EMU Department of Public Safety Incident Draft Report (IDR) was circulated to the Student Affairs office. The IDR contained specific and graphic information about Dickinson’s room and the conditions under which she was found. After several Student Affairs administrators discovered and read the IDR, they brought it to the attention of James F. Vick, vice president of student affairs at EMU. According to the investigation, Vick then directed that the IDR be shredded. Vick has since been placed on administrative leave by the university. As the investigation continued through January and February, there was a growing and substantial volume of information strongly pointing to the possibility of homicide, but no action was taken to retract or revise the “no foul play” statement on EMU’s website or to issue a proper Clery Act warning to the EMU community advising that Dickinson’s death was being investigated as a homicide. Perhaps the most disturbing finding of the report is the fact that as the investigation was continuing, a suspected murderer was likely still roaming free on the campus. On Feb. 23, more than two months after the murder, officials arrested Orange Taylor III and charged him with the rape and murder of Dickinson. Taylor was found to be in possession of some of Dickinson’s personal items. Tayor is currently awaiting trial on those charges. In its conclusion, Butzel Long’s report charged the university “failed in multiple respects to properly comply with the various policy and reporting requirements under the Clery Act.” In detail, the report was critical of the university’s inadequate disclosures of campus security policies, incorrect and inadequate collection, reporting and dissemination of crime scene statistics, failure to issue a timely warning about the possibility of homicide, failure to properly update the daily crime log, and lack of administrative oversight and control of the Clery Act reporting process. The report found that the failure to give adequate and accurate information to the public and the media resulted in members of the university community, including students, staff and faculty, feeling “considerable anxiety” and a sense of having been misled and, finally a feeling of distrust toward the university. The U.S. Department of Education also has conducted an independent investigation and is expected to issue an initial report in the near future. The Department of Education may seek to impose fines in connection with some or all of the Clery Act violations committed by the university. In a statement released June 8 by EMU Board of Regents Chairman Thomas Sidlik, he admitted, “The report reveals a systemic failure to comply with the federal Clery Act, including the failure to warn the campus of potential danger. The findings are clear: This university got it wrong. What happened is unacceptable. “We know that many members in our community felt a breach of trust and deep anxiety because of the university’s failures. On behalf of the board, I apologize and pledge that the safety of our students, and the well-being of the entire campus community, is of paramount importance.” Robert Dickinson of Hastings, Laura’s father, said he was given a copy of the report but said his focus is not on the responsibility of the university after the fact, but before. “This is all after,” he said, “our questions are why was Orange (Taylor) a student at Eastern Michigan University, given his extensive criminal background and the fact that he was known to campus police as a person who had broken into other dorm rooms previously. “He was an immediate suspect, in fact their only suspect, within three days of them finding Laura’s body,” Dickinson said. “He was recognized on a video tape and identified. They knew him when they saw him on the tape.” In fact, a police report compiled by Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division released on Dec. 18 listed Orange Amir Taylor III as the only suspect in the investigation. “Why was he still a student?” Dickinson said. “Why was he even allowed to be on campus?” WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 3 Hastings Library’s grand opening attracts a crowd of thousands by Megan Lavell Staff Writer More than 2,600 people made their way to 227 E. State St. to welcome the Hastings Public Library as the city’s newest addition Saturday, June 9. The grand opening celebration started when hundreds of people lined State Street, part of which was closed for the event, to pass 50 books from the old library to the new during the “Book Brigade” at 10 a.m. Immediately afterward, swarms of people gathered tightly near the new library to hear Library Board of Directors President Brenda Teegardin and 87th District State Representative Brian Calley speak about the accomplishment of constructing such a building as the new library. Teegardin started her speech by thanking all of those who came to the library to help celebrate the occasion. She went on to say, “The passing of the books that we have just witnessed is symbolic of the steps taken to see this day and the dedication of this magnificent building, a reality.” Teegardin went on to talk about the volunteers and donations that made the building possible, as well as the “green” aspects of the new facility. She went on to thank the many people who helped make the building a reality, including library employees and volunteers, community supporters throughout the city and townships, the Library Board of Directors, Friends of the Library, city staff, designers, architects and builders. Following Teegardin’s speech, Calley read his tribute. The tribute, which will hang in the library, said: “Special Tribute to Hastings Public Library on the Dedication of the New Building: “Let it be known, that with elated hearts we communicate this joyous day here in the City of Hastings where a new library has been constructed for the people of this city. We welcome this facility as it is inside these walls that children, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles will come together this day as brothers and sisters with minds open and imagination stirring on the wonders of this world. “We will remember this day in celebration on behalf of those diligent and steadfast individuals who accepted and welcomed the challenges tied to constructing a new home for the Hastings Public Library. Whether donations had been made by coin or in labor; the benefits tied to any gift will multiply and bless many throughout this community. We hold steadfast the trust that the toils and efforts made in these past months will soon be valued, for the investment made by the people of Hastings will be rewarded tenfold in the joy and wisdom that will flow out of this building. “It is evident this day that the people of Hastings have remembered the words of America’s 20th president, James A. Garfield. He said: ‘Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.’ “Surely minds will be molded, intellect will be challenged and enjoyment will simply manifest upon the dedication of this facility. It is the hope of this city and this community that lifelong lessons will be taught here unto the leaders of tomorrow; leaders that will’ permanently maintain’ freedom and justice so cherished from East to West, from the Thornapple to the Gulf. “In special tribute, therefore, we commemorate this day, the ninth day of June, 2007, in celebration of the opening of the new Hastings Public Library. We applaud those individuals who made possible this structure, the vision of the leaders of Hastings and certainly we tribute Almighty God for the gift of this community which so values the welfare of its people.” The tribute was signed by Calley, Governor Jennifer Granholm, State Senator Patricia Birkholz and the 94th Michigan Legislature. Calley went on to say this is the only building he and his colleagues knew of that was built entirely with donations and without the help of government funding. After Calley’s reading, library staff and Barry County Chamber of Commerce ambassadors gathered while Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer cut the ribbon. Following the ribbon cutting, people flooded the building. There were self-tour guides so people could explore the library with an explanation of what they were seeing. Children and teens each enjoyed rooms designed especially for them. Adults sat and read by the fireplace, while everybody traveled to the second floor to enjoy cookies and punch. People who toured the facility got the opportunity to see the Michigan History Room, where genealogy is done, the administrative offices, the rooftop gardens, the community rooms and a room designated for the Literacy Council. The grand opening ended when Dr. Jim Atkinson drew the names of the raffle winner for the Literacy Bell and a library gift basket. Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer, library staff, Barry County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and 87th District State Representative Brian Calley cut the ribbon for the new Hastings Public Library last Saturday at the building’s grand opening. Children enjoy a room designed especially for them at the new Hastings Public Library grand opening June 9. Hundreds of people line State Street early Saturday morning to help with the Book Brigade before the grand opening of the new Hastings Public Library. Taking time to enjoy the nice weather Saturday, these people enjoy cookies and punch on one of the rooftop gardens at the new Hastings Public Library. Library Board President Brenda Teegardin addresses the crowd of hundreds and thanks the many people involved with making the new Hastings Public Library a reality at the grand opening Saturday, June 9. Library volunteers stack books from the Book Brigade on a cart outside the new Hastings Public Library. 50 books were passed from the old library to the new, involving hundreds of people in the process. Dr. Jim Atkinson draws the name of the raffle winner for the Literacy Bell. The winner was Rose Rine. Jim Brown directs book traffic during the Book Brigade Saturday, June 9 before the opening of the new Hastings Public Library. Hundreds of people passed 50 books from the old library to the new before the building’s grand opening. �Page 4 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner County Board must take control of wayward 911 system IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Editorial from June 9 ‘hit nail on the head’ To the editor: I commend Fred Jacobs, who "hit the nail right on the head" about needing changes in his editorial of June 9 in our local newspaper It must be common practice in Barry County to violate the Open Meeting Act in governmental politics. Why do you think Stem cell research bill must be halted The liberal Senate and House passed dangerous legislation permitting the expansion of federally funded research of human embryonic stem cells. President George W. Bush has committed to do the right thing and veto this troubling measure that clears the way for the use of your tax dollars and mine for the destruction of human life. Pro-stem cell leadership in the House and Senate, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are working overtime to undermine our president and drum up enough votes to overturn his veto. While there appears to be a cushion of support in the House to keep the veto in place, Senate Democrats say they are only one vote shy of a veto override. As House Minority Leader John Boehner has courageously pointed out, "The question here is not whether you support stem cell research; the question is whether taxpayers should be forced to fund ethically questionable research." Ashly Werkema, Middleville small communities like Nashville and Vermontville, where Open Meetings Act violations have been brought to the attention of leaders, constantly ignore such complaints? We can count back how many individuals have resigned from Planning, Zoning and other committees in these two communities alone, due to poor practices. Those who violate the Open Meetings Act are breaking the law. I have read articles in the past with names like Justin, Steve, Ron as well as myself, informing heads of power that this law is being broken, but to no avail, because the problem has not been corrected. The proof is in the pudding… it’s when individuals are left on committees, who constantly violate public policies, threaten leaders, disrupt meetings and become an embarrassment to the community. We have to ask, do we live in an era of corruption in small town politics of "the head cliques," who make all the decisions, or is it just them not having the "guts" to stand up for what is right? We want growth, new ideas and respect for new suggestions from individuals, but mostly we want an era of working together for the common welfare of the community, not the common welfare of the few on the community boards and committees. We want a better community reputation to invite prosperous businesses to seek a place to hang their hat so as a community we can strive and survive. Without the work of all, but only those of a few, we will never build. I appreciate Mr. Jacobs for bringing the light to the picture. Pat Warner, Nashville resident To the editor: The Barry County Board of Commissioners have got to roll up their sleeves and take control of and run 911. Get rid of the old setup and think of what 911 was setup to do from start and not be run by an out of control board and director. Those fellow 911 directors from other counties should have been kicked out of the meeting. If I was Charlie Nystrom, I would have been very embarrassed to have to call them in for my buildup of character. Hell, from that, I’d guess he’s guilty of something. He shouldn’t be on paid leave. All these fools think about is money. Scruples! Those nincompoops need to come in out of the rain and take stock of themselves. I was notified that Ward Weiler has a plaque on a rock by flagpoles out at the 911 site. He needs a chair marked for him at every meeting, public or secret, for the benefit of good government. Hastings city and Barry County, take notice. Riverside Cemetery isn’t mentioned but I wish the jail could furnish labor to help keep it clean. There has to be some folks who wouldn’t misuse their freedom to a degree. Rent that house to someone for their labor. That house was always used that way long before this last ownership. I wonder who has my mother’s urn from out there. That was larceny! Maybe the judge or prosecuting attorney should note. But Prosecutor Tom Evans has his hands full with 911. Brian Reynolds told Rep. Brian Calley just what kind of a guy I was. At least I voted for him, sent him a $100 just the other day so he can meet all challengers next election. Reynolds would be the first to tell you that money talks. Look at his county surveyor’s position, it was nothing years back, until he made it into a cash cow. Reynolds’ building on Main Street holds a lot of memories for me. It used to be the Kist store. I worked there my senior year in high school from June to June. I remember working 14 hours straight and it never hurt me. Probably walking in my footprints could confuse a person down there. I just received a card from Barry Community Foundation, big news coming. Share your views, shape Barry County. Barry County is being shaped by this bunch right now. Pablum pukers just want your money to go along with their dictates. It’s almost like Don Drummond running the rest of your lives, all from same frame of mind. Lani Forbes got a vote correctly, at 911 meeting also. Wonder where he would be if it were Joe Lukasiewicz in Lansing instead of Brian Calley. I’ll bet there would be all kinds of wheeling and dealing. Reynolds mentioned me in his letter with the so-called “Beat Generation.” I know nothing about it. I was working for a living and never paid any attention, trying to make up for the three years I gave my country. They called it World War II. I know Brian, if he had been old enough, would have beaten me in the race to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. I can’t help it that his youth still shows today. Allen Ginsberg was mentioned, why I don’t know. Wasn’t he a homosexual, also supported and member of the North American Man/Boy Love Association. I missed out on making some of this poetry rhyme. In fact, there was no rhyme nor reason. When the likes of Brian Reynolds and Joseph Lukasiewicz (the local political whiz) gets done with you, you should really be like a wet noodle. This, I will say, “it’s a badge of honor to be attacked by some of these bozos.” June 6 has gone by. President Ronald Reagan on June 6, 1984, Normandy, France: “we will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.” We could use him today. In the mean time, let’s not let our guard down. We don’t need the invasion from Mexico. Let’s seal the borders and let in who we want. If laborers are needed for any farm activity, get them and keep track. We have them there now. I would fine any company that hired illegal workers and deport them without fanfare! Let’s just hope these open border advocates are defeated. Senators Ted Kennedy and John McCain for sure. Senator Linsey Graham of South Carolina is sure a disgrace. This bill would have cost $2.4 trillion. Some of these anti-Americans should be hung. These mealy mouths don’t understand just how much it costs right now in taxes for welfare programs, Medicaid with 50% rise, and food stamps grow 49%. They are asking for more, sky’s the limit for out of wedlock births. Government benefits are gone. 50% of highschool dropouts are illegal aliens. If you think your kids are getting a balanced education in college, look again. Only 12% of universities require students to take even one course in American history or government. 93% of political donations are from professors, top 25 colleges went to John Kerry in 2004. A North Carolina State University professor Kamau Kambon, told a gathering at Howard U. “We are going to exterminate white people” because that was his conclusion. “We have to exterminate white people off the face of the planet.” Think of all hell breaking loose if a white said that about exterminating blacks. I know what word “rope” will do. At Eastern Michigan University, if a white had killed a black, they would have never covered up. Here are some facts about how blacks fare with immigration influx, from 1980 to 2000: 20-60% decline in wages. 25% decline in employment. 10% rise in incarceration rates of blacks with high school education or less. Lesser effect for low-paid white Americans. On Sept. 17, 1787 Constitutional Convention drew to close. Benjamin Franklin was asked what form of government they had crafted. “Franklin responded.” A republic, if you can keep it! The founding fathers foresaw that complacency drift and intellectual and moral “laziness” would rob us of freedoms and blessings if we let them. I’ve mentioned the cover up of the U.S.S. Liberty different times. On June 8, 1967, Israeli torpedo boats and planes did their damnest to sink her. 821 shell holes, 70% casualties. A Democratic president, Lyndon Johnson, called back all help that was on way to defend. You mention Nixon as a criminal, but President Johnson is way ahead, along with McNamara. I hope they come up with a movie on this incident. They are talking about Israel being attacked this summer, so I would think the world’s favorite sons would be returning to help the homeland get ready. Most never served here. U.S. Senator Carl Levin is a good example, Senator Metzenbaum (Ohio), Cranston (Calif.) from the past and the ACLU, have done their damnest to take the U.S. down. Yes, the Republicans have had their Chafees, (R.I.), Rudman (N.H.), Specter, (Pa.). All are poor examples for America. Donald W. Johnson Middleville Don’t let old library fade into obscurity To the editor: Yesterday my son said to me, "Look Mom, it's the old library." For some reason it made me sad. It was so much more than a building. Its windows were always full of light, the visitors friendly, the shelves full of adventures. The new library is fantastic, but let's not forget our treasured old friend. My hope would be that someday my son will look at the "old library" and announce that it's the "new" something. Tiffany Greenfield Hastings ‘Pedal Power Poluza’ to feature alternative energy bicycle riding Retired Hastings science teacher Robert J. Brown will conduct a”Pedal Power Poluza” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in the parking lot at the new Hastings Public Library. All ages are welcome. For the event, exercise bikes with mounted generators, called “electricycles” by Brown, will be generating low voltage D.C. electricity to power electric drills, which will be used in the assembly of blue bird houses. Music will be provided by Sparticus, an electricycle, which will play the Michigan State University fight song along with the fight songs of the University of Michigan, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, etc. Lionel, another electricycle, will power a Lionel electric train that will go round and round the track as long as someone is pedaling. “Little Bertha” will demonstrate incandescent vs. compact florescent light bulbs. “Sid” and “Gomer” will be in charge of powering the drills that will drill the holes and drive the screws that fasten the bird houses together. Bird houses will be for sale at the event and Robert J. Brown, retired Hastings science teacher, is pictured with his collection of “electricycles,” which are exercise bikes with mounted generators. The bikes have names and are (from left) Lionel, Sparticus, Little Bertha, Gomer and Sid. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) hopefully 20 or more will be constructed, Brown said. The prices will be in the form of donations with all the proceeds going to the new public library. Children in second grade and up will discover how nonpolluting electricity can be produced while getting exercise, he said in a press release. “Adults will find the event both challenging and educational.” In case of inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled. The Hastings Banner Public Opinion: What should be done with 911? In the wake of the investigation of Director Charlie Nystrom for giving overtime pay to certain employees who didn’t work it and criticisms of the Barry County 911 Board’s handling of the program, what do you think should be done? Responses to our weekly question. Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Jodi Wood, Hastings “It’s very dishonest. I agree with rewarding employees, but we have different ways to do that. I think he (Nystrom) should pay back the money.” Rose Beck, Hastings: “He wasn’t putting the money in his own pocket, but I don’t know, I think the board should be reorganized and the director replaced.” Casey Desness, Delton: “Send him (Nystrom) to jail and reorganize the board if they’re not paying attention.” Kristie Matthews, Hastings “I think he (Nystrom) should be fined. On the board, I think they need to replace the ones thay can.” Steve Nelson, Hastings: “I personally think people should mind their own business. It sounds like he was just being generous.” Mica Fulgencio, Lansing: “I think they need to fix the problem. It’s not fair for taxpayers to be misled like that.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 5 Car show set for Saturday in Nashville New library shows community’s pride It was a special day Saturday in downtown Hastings when hundreds of people stood shoulder to shoulder to "pass the books" to the new library just three blocks away. It gave me a great feeling of community pride to see so many people in attendance for the ribbon cutting of the new facility. So many times people remarked how truly beautiful the library had turned out, they just couldn't believe we built it right here in Hastings. You only have to enter the library to realize the facility is state of the art, second to none in its league. A great job certainly was done in planning for the project. It won't take long before it will be the center of attention for activities for young and old alike. The building has many special features for people to enjoy, not to mention all the beautiful windows that bring the out of doors inside, making the building appear even larger than it is. The sparkling new library’s presence is a welcome addition to the east end of main street, boosting many attractions for patrons. There are special rooms for teens and youth readers filled with books and computers, allowing them their own places to sit and discover the pleasures of reading. For adult readers there are plenty of places throughout the library to find a special place to read, relax and enjoy oneself, whether in front of the fireplace, a corner between one of the towering windows, a special reading room or the rooftop garden area. As my wife and I entered the building, I noticed it was lacking that "new smell" that often follows a new building. It appears it's part of the green atmosphere which comes from being green, (what does Kermit the frog say, “it's fun being green?”). Well you might not say it's fun, but it surely is impressive how planners have worked the greenness into the process. For example, two rooftop gardens help heat and insulate the roof because they have plants on the surface. The dirt acts as an insulator, which also absorbs moisture for the plants and actually cools the building and reduces runoff. The rain garden in the front of the building provides some green beauty as well. Under each of the large windows are shelves that reflect sunlight into the building, reducing energy costs, plus giving the room a sense of depth. The building also was designed to accommodate solar energy in the future. It is filled with energy efficient lighting that adds to the softness of the lighting. It's truly a remarkable facility. I would suggest you tour the facility as soon as possible. As you walk through the facility, you'll notice one of the "hometown" assets the library offers. Throughout the building, there are indications of the many people who have contributed to the building from the brick pavers on the outside to rooms and items throughout the library, making it a community project. My family had a reading room set aside in memory of our parents. My dad was an avid reader, and said it didn't matter whether you’re reading for pleasure or business, reading is important if you want to maintain an educated society. Even today one of the most important things I do while on vacation is take the time to sit down and read a good book. Some may ask why build a new library today when so many people are using the Internet? I would respond, the Internet has made an impact on how we communicate, but it will never replace the pleasure we can get when sitting down with a good book. I just don't think most readers will want to open their laptop and turn the pages like a book. Plus, I don't think most people realize what a magnet this new facility will be for downtown Hastings. It won't be long before we are wondering how we got along without it. I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge all the people who dedicated their time and efforts to making this new library possible. From the staff and volunteers, community leaders and all the people who donated to the project -- without them it wouldn't have become a reality. The new library was made possible with community support, not asking for tax support in any way, making it truly a community library. It just goes to show what a small group of citizens can do when they put their minds to something. Nothing is impossible. So in the future as we find things that might add pleasure for many of our citizens, we know from experience they are possible. All we have to do is roll up our sleeves and get to work. Don’t miss Wal-Mart film Don't forget to attend the Wal-Mart film at 7 p.m. this Thursday at the Hastings High School lecture hall. If you really want to know more about the company and what impact it's had on American jobs, the economy and foreign workers don't miss this special showing. There's no charge, and plenty of valuable information. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Middleville annexation hearing July 10 tied to building bridge by David T. Young Editor A public hearing on the Village of Middleville’s request to annex 13 parcels in Thornapple Township will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, by the Barry County Board of Commissioners. The annexation, if approved, would pave the way for construction of a bridge over the Thornapple River to better accommodate truck traffic from the Bradford White Corp. to M-37. A federal highway grant of $3.1 million was secured by the Barry County Road Commission and another $1.1 million is being for a Michigan Governor’s Jobs Today grant. The Village Council in April adopted a resolution to proceed with the annexation procedure and Thornapple Township since then has indicated it has no objection. The next step then is the hearing next month and approval from the County Board. Providing impetus for the project was the Village Local Development Finance Authority, along with the Road Commission. Providing a better and faster route for Bradford White is regarded as a way to make Barry County’s largest employer, a manufac- turer of water heaters, more competitive. The annexation originally included 15 parcels, but the village has agreed to remove two, owned by Chad and Angela Ruger and the John L. Herweyer Trust, from the list because their properties are located north of the bridge. The board heard one note of caution at Tuesday morning’s meeting. Cindy Herweyer urged the board not to act on annexation until the bridge actually has been constructed over Finkbeiner Road. In other business at their meeting Tuesday, the commissioners: • Received the audit for 2006 from Alan Panter of the accounting firm of Abraham & Gaffney. Board members were told the county has a $2.1 million fund balance (savings account), virtually unchanged over the past several years, and it’s 12.8 percent of the total general budget. “Revenues and expenditures essentially have stayed the same in four of the last five years,” Panter said, adding that 70 percent of the revenue comes from property taxes. • Re-appointed Orvin Moore of Nashville to a three-year term on the Zoning Board of Appeals, expiring on March 31, 2010. Commissioner Mark Englerth was the only board member who opposed. • Approved a part-time clerical position in the jail. • Agreed to appoint Brian Reynolds as a voting member of the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board, representing the Barry County Historical Society. Reynolds, the county surveyor, will serve a two-and-a-halfyear term, ending Dec. 31, 2009. • Decided to included master gardeners as stakeholders in the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board. • Learned from Commissioner Jim French that plans for curbside recycling in Thornapple Township have “died out,” but officials continue to work on a recycling program. • Heard from Commissioner Hoot Gibson there were 30 antique cars and 20 vendors the previous weekend at Charlton Park, in its second public event this year. The first was the Charlton Park Day during Memorial Day weekend, which brought in about 1,000 people to check out the park’s new attitude and honor founder Irving Charlton. The seventh annual Nashville and Area Merchants Classic and Antique Car Show, featuring more than 200 classic cars, trucks, tractors and motorcycles, promises fun for the whole family from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 16, at Riverside Park in Nashville. Riverside Park is located behind the businesses on the west side of Main Street. The event is free for spectators and $8 per vehicle who wish to display a classic or antique automobile. "The Nashville Car Club Committee has been working on this show for a year in hopes to bring more people into our community to see the classic and antique cars. The owners put a lot of work into restoring their cars and they like to show them off. We are looking forward to another good year," said committee member Ruth Hickey. Proceeds from the car show benefit several local charities. In the past six years the Nashville Car Club has donated $5,800 to the Wish-Upon-A-Star program and has also made donations to the Barry County Sheriff Department’s K-9 unit, Big Brothers & Big Sisters and needy families in the Nashville area. For those who enter a vehicle the National Street Rod Inspectors will be on site for vehicle inspection, dash plaques will be given to the first 250 cars to sign in, over 75 trophies, sponsored by area merchants will be awarded and hundreds of door prizes, donated by area merchants will be given away. Spectators who wish may purchase tickets to try to win a door prize as well. T-shirts and hats with the car show logo will also be available for purchase throughout the day. In addition to the car show there will be variety of activities including: Communitywide garage sales in Nashville, a DJ will be playing oldies music all day, Melvin Hale and family will provide horse drawn buggy rides, a basketball toss sponsored by the Maple Valley Athletic Boosters, free blood pressure checks by the Nashville Emergency Medical Service, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department will have a booth, and Daniels Funeral Home will have an inflatable bouncer for children. All proceeds from the bouncer will support the Cancer Three-Day Walk fundraiser, represented by Holly Carpenter. Finally, there will be plenty of food and refreshments available. There will be a Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast at the Castleton-Maple Grove-Nashville Fire barn on N. Main Street from 7 to 11 a.m. and vendors will be serving up hot dogs, pizza, barbeque sandwiches, homemade pie, cookies and more. Many classic cars will be on display at the Nashville and Area Merchants Classic and Antique Car Show this Saturday. Indiana woman named new CEO at Pennock The Pennock Hospital Board of Trustees has selected Sheryl Lewis-Blake as chief executive officer of Pennock Health Services, effective July 16. Since 1997, she has been the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Goshen Health System in Goshen, Ind. Lewis-Blake was chosen from more than 300 candidates, according to recruitment firm Witt Keiffer, which conducted the nationwide search. She succeeds Harry Doele, who resigned last August and pleaded guilty to larceny in connection with the theft of more than 100 bottles of the prescription painkiller Phenergan from Pennock Hospital’s pharmacy. Since Doele’s resignation, Carla WilsonNeil, the hospital’s chief operating officer, has served as interim chief executive officer. According to a prepared statement from Wilson-Neil, “The Board of Trustees and Pennock Family, along with the community, wish Ms. Lewis-Blake the very best in leading Pennock Health Services into the future. The Board of Trustees is very appreciative of Ms. Lewis-Blake’s abilities and commitment to continue to lead our organization in our mission. The management team is very much looking forward to working with someone of Sheryl’s caliber.” Lewis-Blake’s credentials include a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Indiana University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of LaVerne, California. She is board certified in healthcare administration and has attained a Fellow status with the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). In addition to her professional experience, Lewis-Blake has actively served her community as past board chairperson of the Goshen Area Chamber of Commerce, the Goshen Downtown Renaissance Committee and 10 Year Plan Taskforce. She is also a past president of the Board of the Maple City Chamber Orchestra. She has served in various community leadership roles as YWCA Board chairperson and division leader of the United Way. Lewis-Blake said she specifically welcomes the opportunity to lead Pennock Health Services as its CEO and elected to join the team because “Pennock is mission-driven, Sheryl Lewis-Blake patient-focused and comprised of a team of committed colleagues, medical staff and board members. “I have been impressed with the organization’s dedication to provide the highest quality health care in a personal, professional and progressive manner in partnership with the community,” she said. Lewis-Blake’s family includes her husband, Jim, and a daughter, Clarissa, who is a junior at Culver Girls Academy in Indiana. The Blakes enjoy sailing and have a sailboat in Holland, Mich. Pennock Health Services, based in Hastings, is an independent health care provider featuring Pennock Hospital, an 88bed, non-profit, accredited facility providing health services to more than 128,000 people per year. Pennock was selected as one of the Solucient 100 Top® National Benchmark Hospitals in 2006. �Page 6 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Beverly E. McMillon Vivian M. Hawks FORT KENT, ME - Beverly E. McMillon, age 84, died peacefully June 8, 2007 at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, ME. She was born in Hastings, December 17, 1922, the daughter of Edwin and Mildred Bross. Beverly is survived by her son, Richard and his wife, Tracy Cyr-McMillon of Raleigh, NC; one daughter, Brenda (Fewless) Mitchell of Zephyrhills, FL. She is also survived by seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her husband, Vern H. McMillon and one son, William McMillon. In her memory those who wish may make donations to the Muscular Dystrophy Assoc., 3300 E. Sunrise Dr., Tucson, AR 85718. Funeral arrangements handled by the Daigle & Nadeau Funeral Home, Fort Kent, ME 04743. CASTLETON TWP. - Vivian M. Hawks, of Castleton Twp. (formerly of Banfield), passed away June 8, 2007. Vivian was born December 4, 1916, in Barry County, the daughter of George and Clara (Willits) Day. On June 30, 1946, she married Edwin C. Hawks and he passed away in 1996. Vivian was a homemaker and mother who enjoyed tatting for her friends and family. She is survived by her son, Cortez E. Hawks of Castleton; sisters, Evelyn Haley of Lansing and Dora Healy of Lake Odessa; four nieces and three nephews. The family held services for Vivian on Monday, June 11, 2007 at Williams-Gores Funeral Home in Delton. Burial took place at Dowling Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the Barry Community Hospice. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Area Obituaries Clinton H. Scobey Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service & Small Groups 6 p.m. Wed. Mid-Week: Adult Sing ‘N Share & Pastors Class for adults. Classes for youth & children 3 years thru 12th grade & nursery provided at 6:30 p.m. Thursday: 9:00 a.m. Senior Bible Study and Fellowship. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Today - 9 a.m.-noon VBS; 6:00 p.m. PW Board Meeting @ Tyden Park; 6:30 p.m. Softball Cheney Field. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship; 9 a.m.-noon VBS. Wednesday Youth Trip to Cedar Point. BATTLE CREEK - Michael G. Moore, age 71, of Battle Creek and formerly of Hastings died Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at South Bass Island, Ohio. Mr. Moore was born on September 26, 1935 in Hastings, the son of Sterling and Eleanor (Sutton) Moore. He was raised in the Hastings area and attended Hastings schools, graduating in 1953 from Hastings High School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 until 1957. Michael was married to Leila J. Bassett on May 25, 1957. His employment included General Motors Corp. in Lansing for over 30 years, retiring from there; for the past three years he worked for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on South Bass Island. Michael was a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling. He was a member of the Ohio American Legion. Mr. Moore is survived by his wife, Leila; sons, Michael (Stephanie) Moore of Hastings, Robert (Jayne) Moore of Douglas, and Ronald Moore of Middleville; daughter, Sandra (Glen) Sebastian of Vermontville; 15 grandchildren; one great grandchild; and brother, Carl (Betty) Moore of Middleville. Preceding him in death were his parents and a sister, Sandra VandenBosh. s Respecting his wishes, there will be no services. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Ass’n. Arrangements made by Wren Funeral Home of Hastings (www.wren-funeralhome.com). PLAINWELL – Doris Johnson of Plainwell (formerly of Prairieville) passed away June 12, 2007. Doris was born on March 10, 1915, in Neeley, Mich., the daughter of George and Mary Edith (Graham) Adrianson. On October 21, 1933 she married Lewis Johnson, Jr., and he preceded her in death in April of 1996. Mrs. Johnson attended Prairieville Methodist Church and Prairieville Bible Church. She enjoyed bowling and crafts, including crocheting and was a member of Tops in Prairieville. Doris is survived by her daughter, Loraine (Robert) Pike of Plainwell; daughter-in-law, Joan Johnson of Bangor; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by a son, Norm, and by nine brothers and sisters. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour prior to service time at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, where funeral services will be conducted on Friday, June 15, 2007 at 1 p.m. Pastor Bernard Blair will officiate. Burial will take place at Prairieville Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions can be made to Prairieville Bible Church or Delton Area Library. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Dorothy “Dot” C. Allen SHELBYVILLE – Dorothy “Dot” C. Allen, age 87, of Shelbyville, passed away on Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Dorothy was born May 18, 1920 in Detroit to Hazen Vernor and Minnie (Rosin) Moore. She grew up in Detroit and graduated from Cooley High School. She married Harold Allen in 1946. Dorothy enjoyed gardening, letter writing, traveling, bingo, and going to casinos. She had been a resident of Thornapple Manor in Hastings for the past three years. Dorothy is survived by her son, Keith (Ann) Allen; stepson, Kenneth Allen; sister, Edna Caster of Missouri; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters; four brothers; two stepchildren and one grandchild. Visitation will take place on Friday, June 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Life Story Funeral Home, RDMG, Plainwell, 120 S. Woodhams. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Oakhill Cemetery in Orangeville. Please visit Dot’s memory page at www.lifestorynet.com, where you can read her life story, archive a favorite memory or photo, sign the guest book, or make a memorial donation to the Barry County Commission on Aging or a charity of your choice. WREN FUNERAL HOME of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 77513211 James D. “Fergie” Ferguson KALAMAZOO - James D. “Fergie” Ferguson, of Kalamazoo, passed away June 11, 2007. James was born July 3, 1956 in Battle Creek, the son of Joseph and Bonnie (Hill) Ferguson and was a 1974 graduate of Delton High School. He worked as a machinist for the Checker Motor Company in Kalamazoo for over 30 years. James is survived by his parents, Joseph and Bonnie Ferguson of Delton; four brothers, Joseph, Jr. (Pat) Ferguson of Battle Creek, Jeffrey Ferguson of Cromwell, IN, Jared (Susie) Ferguson of Kalamazoo and Terrance (Wanda) Ferguson of Kalamazoo. He also loved his many nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 15, 2007, 7:00 PM, at Hickory Corners Bible Church, 13720 Kellogg School Rd., PO Box 187, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to Hickory Corners Bible Church or a charity of your choice. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO 77513223 02670487 PUBLIC NOTICE tion Area 7 a e r c e R ’s k r 0 harlton Paday, June 17, 20. C c i r o t s i H Show n Sun r closed o Day Ca n Park Road, s will be ’ r e h t a arlto outh Chill be closed m, for the F d that S 1:00p dvise oad w blic is a-79 to River R m 5:30am to 1ents and event The pufr o M id fr s e 7 m o , 200 nt traffic. R on this road. e June 17 Sunday,sidential and evorthbound only n re d e to e c t p exce itors may pro vis Open House Notice of Annual Meeting of Barry Intermediate School District Board of Education This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan GRAND RAPIDS - Clinton H. Scobey, age 89, of Grand Rapids formerly of Hastings, passed out of this realm on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at his home with his loving family around him after a long and valiant struggle with cancer. He graduated from the University of Grand Rapids in 1939 and served honorably in the U.S. Army Air Force 369th Fighter Squadron in England during WWII viewing airborne fighter film for confirmation of enemy aircraft destroyed in combat. Clint was owner of the Western Michigan Hearing Service for 36 years when it was located in the Medical Arts Building in downtown Grand Rapids. He was appointed by Governor George Romney and approved by the Michigan Senate for the Hearing Aid Dealers Board in Lansing for two four-year consecutive terms. He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Betty (Davies) Scobey; daughter Sally Scobey-Biggs, son-in-law Phil Biggs and grandson C.J. Biggs of Grand Rapids. Clint was born in Dickey North Dakota and the family moved to Hastings, when Clint was four years old. He was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Jessie Scobey, brothers Harry, John, Spencer and Harlan and sisters Leila, Florence, Jessie, Helen and Ruth, all of Hastings. Clint has one surviving sister, June Kettinger of Columbus, Mississippi and many nieces and nephews. Clint was a lifetime member of the American Businessmen’s Club (AMBUCS) and 25-year member of Blythefield Country Club. His interests ranged from art to sports. He created beautiful, original Chinese and Japanese etchings in brass. He was also an avid athlete, elected captain of his high school football team and joining the semi-pro Grand Rapids Moose hockey team in the 30’s and early 40’s. Clint loved boating and Lake Michigan, and was very active as a lieutenant in the District 9 Power Squadron. Clint Scobey was a kind and gentle man who had an abiding love for his family and deep affection for animals. He will be remembered for quiet nature, wry wit, and the grace with which he accepted his illness. Services Saturday, June 9, 2007 at East Congregational Church, 1005 Giddings St. SE. Grand Rapids, MI 49506. Memorial donations can be made to Hospice of Michigan, East Congregational Church, or the Kent County Humane Society. Arrangements made by Metcalf & Jonkhoff Funeral Service, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. www.metcalfandjonkhoff.com Doris Johnson THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BARRY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education will be held 7:30pm, Monday, July 9, 2007 at the Barry Intermediate School District office, 535 West Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan. All interested persons are invited to attend this meeting. Colleen Garber, Secretary Barry Intermediate School District Board of Education 08733517 Saturday, June 16 • 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 235 W. Nelson St., Hastings, MI • Hostess: Doris J . Peck 02673730 PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. Michael G. Moore FOR YOUR GROWING FAMILY - this home has it all! Beautifully and completely redone inside and out, it is a charmer. 3 season porch, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, M.F.L., central air, chain linked back yard, lots of decking w/vinyl railing, large corner lot. A MUST SEE! Priced to sell at $189,900. Dir: M-37 S to Hastings, S on Broadway to property at corner of S. Broadway & Nelson. (G594712) Call Doris at 945-3225 or ERA Network at 945-5248 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 7 Marriage Licenses Allen LeRoy Burton, Middleville and Deanna Marie VanStee, Middleville. James Thomas Maskill, Rockford and Alexandra Michelle Armour, Hastings. Charles Travis Schmid, Altanta, GA and Lisa Marie Ball, Mableton, GA. Michael John Trumbull, Hastings and Carla Marie Edger, Hastings. Alan Robert Hamilton, Nashville and Eva Kay Edgecomb, Potterville. Terry Alan Zoerman, Nashville and Elena Elizabeth Haviland, Nashville. Jason Randall Richer, Salisbury, NC and Bethany Lee Yattaw, Salisbury, NC. Robert Charles Scofield, Middleville and Angela Starr Scofield, Middleville. Cole William Cramer, Hastings and Kayla Joanne Walker, Hastings. Nicholas Wayne Endsley, Middleville and Sara Marie Ridderikhoff, Middleville. Wayne Leroy Kidder, Charlotte, NC and Jennifer Lynn Beasley, Charlotte, NC. Luke Matthew Rodgers, Hastings and Melinda Jo Powers, Hastings. Steven Beadle, Middleville and Cynthia Ann Herrington, Middleville. Michael Robert Francis, Chicago, IL and Danielle Renee Fleischer, Chicago, IL. Philip Stanley McCaulley, Lexington Park, MD and Brandi Lee Dies, Middleville. Duane Derek Taylor, Hastings and Candis Dawn Sarver, Hastings. Brad Leon Belka, Middleville and Robin Ann Pepper, Middleville. MEIJER, continued from page 1 giant also were reported to have indicated they welcome the competition from a nearby Wal-Mart Superstore, if it is approved at another location within the same township. The projected opening date for the store is 2010. Davises celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Bruce and Phyllis Daniels to celebrate 55th anniversary Bruce and Phyllis (Hughes) Daniels of Delton, Mich. will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on June 20th. They were married in Battle Creek, Mich. on June 20, 1952. They settled in Delton in 1957 and helped take on the family business: “Daniels Used Cars and Wrecker Service”, which Bruce’s father, Carroll Daniels, started in 1954. Bruce and Phyllis still run the business together today, six days a week, which keeps them active, young and busy. There, they raised their four children: Jerry (Denise) Daniels of Hastings, Judy (Charles) Jones Jr. of Abilene, Texas, Daryl (Cheryl) Daniels of Middleville, Mich. and Dean (Lena) Daniels of Battle Creek, Mich. Bruce and Phyllis have 26 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Together, they love to travel, and a trip is in their schedule to travel to their favorite places and to out west to visit family this summer. Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 103, Delton, MI 49046. Friends may congratulate them at their business: 123 Maple Street, Delton. Wisners to celebrate 30th wedding anniversary On June 10, 2007, Craig and Jerri Wisner of Hastings will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. Craig Allen Wisner married Jerri Kay Eadie at the United Methodist Church in Rockford, Michigan in 1977. Craig is employed in Grand Rapids by the Kent County Airport Department of Aeronautics. Jerri is an Emergency Department RN and is employed by Pennock Health Services. They have three children: Taylor is an RN and she lives in the Detroit area, Evan is a junior at Spring Arbor University and Austin is a senior at Barry County Christian School. Senior Citizen of the Year nominations being accepted Nominations are being accepted for the ninth annual Senior Citizen of the Year award, which will be presented Thursday, July 26, at the Barry County Commission on Aging's Summer Picnic. This award highlights contributions made by persons age 60 and older to civic and social life in Barry County. It focuses on the positive benefits of remaining active while growing older. The Senior Citizen of the Year also is also invited to ride as an honored guest In the annual Hastings Summerfest parade in the last weekend of August. "The Commission on Aging honors older adults every year through its Volunteer Recognition Program," said COA Director Tammy Pennington. "This award offers a special chance for the community to single out that one special older person and present a token of their admiration and appreciation. There are other community awards given annually, but this is the oldest award that specifically highlights the achievements and talents of our older citizens." Hastings City Bank and the Barry County Commission on Aging are co-sponsors of the award. Past winners of the honor have included Kensinger Jones, Florence Marble, Joyce Weinbrecht, Don Reid, Nyla Nye, Ruth Newton, Russ Nash, Earl McMullin, and last year's winner, Mabel Boylon. "We are especially proud to once again have Hastings City Bank as our partner in giving this year's award,” said Pennington. "They have been generously co-sponsoring this award since 2000. Many of our senior citizens have been banking with Hastings City Bank for decades. They're a trusted member of the community." Nominees for Barry County's "Senior Citizen of the Year" award should be age 60 or older and residents of Barry County. Consideration should be given to the contribution each nominee has made to the Barry County community. Examples could include the types of activities the nominee has been involved in, how his/her involvement has benefited the community, and the number of people who have been affected by those contributions. Nomination forms for the "Senior Citizen of the Year" award are available at the Commission on Aging office, Hastings City Bank, and WBCH Radio. Nominations can be from individuals or groups. Nominations should be sent to the Commission on Aging, 320 West Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058. All nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17. Ashdons celebrate 50th wedding anniversary On June 16, 1967, Dennis Case and Connie VanSyckle were married at Cedar Creek Bible Church. They have lived and farmed at 2845 Butler Rd., Dowling since 1967. Dennis is a dedicated dairy farmer and Connie is a nurse for Pennock Home Care. They have two sons, Jim (Allison) and Rob (Bonita) Case. Their grandchildren are Chris, Greg, Autumn, Bridgette (Michael) Bouchard, Bobby, David and Liberty; great-grandchildren Matthew and Olivia. Please join their family in wishing Denny and Connie a Happy 40th Anniversary by sending them a card. On June 21, 2007, Bob and Jean (Davis) Ashdon will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary. They were married at the Assyria Center Church by Reverend Eldon Miller on June 21, 1957. In honor of this joyous occasion, their children and grandchildren are having a surprise Open House on June 23, 2007 at Charlton Park in Hastings from 2 to 5 p.m. Please come and celebrate this special day with them. A beautiful place to live … Hastings’s newest affordable Senior Living would like to invite you to a Summer Spectacular The children of Merle and Marlene Martin of Vermontville would like you to join us in the celebration of our parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary. An Open House will be held Saturday, June 23, 2007 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Vermontville Opera House on Main Street in Vermontville, Mich. — youth 13 and under and adult 14 and older. Call Ryan King at 616-366-3982 or e-mail ryanking203@yahoo.com New to the fair this year is a Texas Hold’em poker tournament Wednesday, June 27, in the evening. All card sharks must be 18 years or older. The cost to enter is $40 with the opportunity of two $10 buy back-ins. More than $600 in prizes will be awarded. Call Bill King at 616-374-0250 with questions or entries. There will be livestock judging during the mornings, the midway in the afternoon and grandstand features in the evening. The scramble track is 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 25, the heavy weight horse pull at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 26 and the light weight horse pull 7 p.m., the Super Kicker Rodeo is 7:30 Wednesday June 27, the mud bog at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 28, the truck pull 7 p.m. Friday, June 29, and the demo derby 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 30 followed by fireworks at 10:30. Sarah Christine Derrico and Ryan David Smith will be united in matrimony on November 17, 2007. Joining them in celebrating this long-awaited union will be the future bride’s parents, Dave and Linda Derrico of Canonsburg, PA, and her fiance’s parents, Dave and Laura Smith of Middleville. The couple met at Calvin College, from which Sarah graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and Ryan studied mechanical engineering. OPEN HOUSE Friday, June 15th 12PM-5PM Limited number of apartments left. Call today for availability. Move-In SPECIAL No Security Deposit and $100 Off your first month’s rent. (June only) Come to the facility that offers exceptional service and amenities in … • 1 & 2 bedroom apartment homes • Fully equipped kitchens w/dishwasher • Washer & dryers hook-ups in each unit • On-site washer and dryers available. • And much more www.mykmg.net/quailridge Affordable 2-3 bedroom family apartments 06653634 some teams will not make it to Saturday. Teams are co-ed but a team can have more females than males. The cost will be $60 per team if paid before June 24 and $75 after that date. Call Rachel King at 269-838-0159 or Bill King at 616-291-0245. There will be a talent show 7 p.m. Friday June 29. For those who have participated or attended in the past, this is an event that draws an entertaining variety of individuals. The cost to enter is $5 an act. Prizes of $150, $100 and $50 will be awarded to the top three places as determined by the judges. Anyone with any type of talent can call Rachel King at 616-374-0250 or 269-838-0159. The talent show is also looking for business and corporate sponsors. Contact King if interested. A five-on-five dodgeball tournament will be returning to the fair Tuesday, June 26, with registration beginning at 6 p.m. The cost is $10 a team. There will be two age divisions Derrico-Smith Cases to celebrate 40 years of marriage Martins to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Lake O Fair to start June 25 School is out and that means the Lake Odessa Fair is just around the corner. Opening day is Monday, June 25, with the dog show at 9 a.m. midway at 4, parade at 6 and scramble track at 7:30. New this year is the Super Kicker Rodeo at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday June 27. This professional rodeo will have bull riding for the pros and invites local volunteer wranglers to try their hand at mutton busting and sheep scramble. The fair will be hosting the fifth annual beach volleyball tournament. The youth league teams can be up to eight players with only six players on the court at a time. Their tournament will be Wednesday, June 27, at approximately 1 p.m. The cost is $60 per team if paid before Sunday, June 24, and late entries $75 per team. The adult league will play on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 28, 29 and 30. The tournament will be double elimination, so Aware of the vagaries and uncertainties of life, Gerald and Ann Davis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary two years early with an Alaskan cruise. Accompanying them on the cruise were their daughters and sonsin-law, Carol (Jim) Grafford, Laura (Daniel) Kingma and Julia (Jonathan) Coombs. Gerald and Ann were married on June 21, 1957 in the Coats Grove Christian Church (near Hastings). On the actual date of the anniversary, their daughters are planning a dinner out and a nursery purchase to augment the Davis’ ongoing home landscaping project. Cards and well-wishes may be sent to 818 127th Avenue, Shelbyville, MI 49344. 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 Call for Move-In Special www.mykmg.net/mallardpond �Page 8 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Obscene racing Happy Fathers' Day on Sunday! A new necktie, a golf shirt, a day on his boat, a lazy day in the hammock, take your choice. We note the lengthening days and the times of the sunsets each evening. The longest day is fast approaching. How unusual it is to see the sun shining in our north windows during early morning or in the late afternoon. This week is the time to make reservations for the Ionia County Retired School Personnel picnic at Saranac next week, on Thursday, June 21. Call Karen Merchant. The Ionia County Genealogical Society met Sunday of last week with 25 attending. Vice President Lola Haller presided. Lori Fox brought her program "Filling in the Blanks." She had examples of the application forms for Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Union Veterans, Daughters of Union Veterans to show. Most of them ask for the same information but there are differences regarding authenticity. The DAR is likely the most particular. If a person succeeds in being accepted in one, the same information can generally be used for any of the others, but may require differing proofs. One new feature announced is the Centennial Certificate. This is new project for the society. It involves proving that one's ancestor was in Ionia County at least 100 years ago. The cost is $10 and one need not be a member of the ICGS to qualify, unlike First Families, which requires first membership in ICGS and then the proofs. Hostesses for the day were Suzanne Carpenter of Comstock Park and Donna Rogers. Graduation open houses are still being held. The women's fellowship of First Congregational Church met for a shared meal at noon Wednesday, June 6. The business meeting included making plans for a Fathers' Day breakfast on Sunday, June 17, the lunch to be served on July 7 during Art in the Park and election of 2007-08 officers. Betty Yeiter of Lowell came for a twice delayed program. She reviewed the book “Lord, I Have Sinned, But I Have Several Excellent excuses.” The review was interspersed with many scriptural passages pertinent to the chapter. The local VFW post extends appreciation to the many local citizens, Village Manager Mark Bender, village workers who installed the new flags on the lampposts for the Fourth Avenue decoration program. Forty new flags now grace the business district. Funds for the project carne from Jerry's Tire and Auto, Phil McClelland, Lon Smith, Les's Sanitary Service, Tru Value Hardware; from the VFW Auxiliary #4461, from citizens Kay Smith, Sharon Durkee, Lee Geiger, Judy Chatterson, Heidi Reed, Edna Mitchell, Achsah Blochowiak, Barbara Strong, Patricia Bordner, Melvin McCloud, Roger Eggers, Rev. Ward Pierce, Melody Rohlman and Kay Hartzler. The flags were mounted before Memorial Day and remain in place for the summer. It has been a few years since we saw public notice of any reunion of a military unit from World War II. However one is coming to Grand Rapids. The W.W.II Ninth Infantry Division Association will celebrate its 62nd reunion Aug. 17-19 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Families are welcome. There will be a memorial service and banquet at the Gerald Ford Museum, besides a final banquet. A Lansing contact can be made at (517) 6693696. The Red Cross bloodmobile is coming to Lake Odessa Monday afternoon, June 18. Vacation Bible school at Central United Methodist Church is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. June 18-21. Probably the final step in the streetscape project of 2006 is the planter/bench phase, which is now completed. All the street corners are graced with brown slatted planters which hold large pots filled with colorful foliage plants and a few colorful annuals. In addition, the stretch on Fourth Avenue in front of the village parking lot has a series of benches and planters. This should give a visual signal that there is no longer an exit from the parking lot onto Fourth Avenue. Flyers for the Lake Odessa Fair are now in the stores, ready for free distribution. The events cover five days from June 26 to June 30. No longer does the Fair Board use the motto "Always Over the Fourth." In order to get a reputable carnival company, it was necessary to switch to an earlier date. This year's fair will not conflict in any way with Art in the Park which falls on July 7, the latest possible date since it is always the first Saturday of July. Some people will have to choose this year between two events Saturday, June 30. The big demolition derby falls on June 30, which is also the night of the alumni banquet. Alumni Day at the depot complex also comes on June 30 but that will affect fewer people. The depot complex will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday, July 1, from noon to six. There will be an ice cream social Sunday afternoon/evening. Back to the fair, there will be harness racing Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There are a few new events. The scramble track race will be on Monday evening, dodgeball on Tuesday, Texas Hold'em on Wednesday, followed by Super Kicker rodeo, a volleyball tournament on Thursday and Friday, rabbit show on Thursday, firemen's pork sandwiches and talent show on Friday, more volleyball on Saturday in the morning, with the demolition derby and fireworks Saturday. The opening parade will be at 6 p.m. Monday, June 25. 22nd Anniversary Wilder’s... “The Hometown Boys” BARRY COUNTY’S LARGEST VOLUME AUTO REPAIR AND TIRE FACILITY BRAKES ALIGNMENTS 34 $ 7995 $ OIL CHANGES Up to 5 Quarts. Most cars & light trucks. Expires 7/14/07 1495 $ FREE Computer Diagnostic by Genisys (Check engine codes) 95 GAS CHARGED FRONT STRUTS Includes installation and alignment. Most cars. 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He told me to mind my own business, but I feel responsible, since I introduced Paul into our professional circle. Since I find myself in the middle, even though it's not my business, what should I do? -- Uneasy in California Dear Uneasy: You should tell Sally and Harry that you think Paul's behavior is totally out of bounds and they are welcome to let him know. That will remove any reservations they may have that dealing with Paul will damage their relationship with you. How they then decide to handle it is entirely up to them. Lonesome loser? Dear Annie: Please tell me how a short, bald man with below-average looks can get a date? I am nearly 40 years old and have tried everything from dance lessons to personal ads to Internet dating to speed dating, etc. All the girls I ask out tell me I am the nicest guy, but "not their type." Other than being lonely, I am happy with myself and with my life. I have a great family and lots of money. I am told I am a great dancer. I am athletic, in good shape and don't drink, smoke or take drugs. I also volunteer at a hospice and a soup kitchen. I keep myself neat, clean and well dressed, and I am a good listener. I am out with friends every night to fill the void of being alone. They don't understand why I can't get a date. My faith in God has kept me going, but now I'm ready to give up. Are some people just meant to be single? -Lonely in Connecticut Dear Lonely: You sound like you have a lot going for you. We know plenty of men who don't resemble Adonis, but who do just fine with women. We aren't sure why you are having so much trouble. What kind of woman are you asking? Do you project confidence? Do you have a sense of humor? Ask your closest friends for brutally honest tips for making this better, and listen carefully to what they tell you. Crunches, not situps Dear Annie: In response to your letter to "Tummy Conscious in California," sit-ups have not been used (except as an advanced exercise) for more than 30 years by therapists, as they put too much pressure on the lumbar spine, especially when performed incorrectly. Stomach crunches are the recommended exercise for strengthening the muscles in the middle of the stomach. -- Fitness Therapist in Newbury Park, Calif. Dear Fitness: Most of us lump sit-ups and crunches into the same category. Sit-ups emphasize pulling on the lower back. Crunches, by moving the shoulders, pull the abdominal muscles toward the knees without straining the back. Thanks for your expertise. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Who’s dating whom? For 22 years - serving all your auto needs. • Fuel Tanks • Radiators • Engines • Engine Repair • Transmissions • Trans Flushes w/Filter • All Electrical • All Mechanical • Complete Computer Systems • Complete Fuel Injection Systems • Shock Absorbers • Tune Ups • ABS Brake Systems • Trailer Hitches and Wiring • Steering • Suspension • Alignments • Welding • Exhaust Repair (Mufflers) Dear Annie: Last June, my brother suffered from heatstroke, and he died later that same day. Now that the weather is warming up, I want to let your readers know that when they're at the beach, in the garden doing yard work or whatever they plan to do outside, they should take care out in the heat. If you could print some suggestions on how to keep cool, that would be greatly appreciated. -Anonymous Dear Anonymous: Our deepest condolences. Heatstroke is deadly and can affect anyone, at any age. If you are going to be outside in the heat, it is important to hydrate your body with water or a sports drink on a regular basis, whether or not you feel thirsty. Stay away from drinks containing caffeine or alcohol. Here is more information (source: MayoClinic.com): The main sign of heatstroke is a markedly elevated body temperature -- generally greater than 104 F -- with changes in mental status ranging from personality changes to confusion and coma. Skin may be hot and dry, although in heatstroke caused by exertion, the skin is usually moist. Other signs and symptoms may include rapid heartbeat; rapid and shallow breathing; elevated or lowered blood pressure; cessation of sweating; irritability, confusion or unconsciousness; fainting, which may be the first sign in older adults. If you suspect heatstroke: • Move the person out of the sun and into a shady or air-conditioned space. • Dial 911 or call for emergency medical assistance. • Cool the person by covering him or her with damp sheets or by spraying with cool water. Direct air onto the person with a fan or newspaper. Dear Annie: I was very excited to see Red Skelton's version of the Pledge of Allegiance in your column. But I was disappointed when it came to the end and you didn't print the last few sentences. When quoting someone, I always felt it was necessary to deliver the whole quote, not just what you thought was politically correct. -- Salem, Ore. Dear Salem: We were actually quoting Red Skelton's teacher, Mr. Laswell. Many readers were upset that we did not include Red Skelton's comments, which were not in the original definitions. Part of that is simply that we ran out of space. The rest is because we were trying to be accurate. When Red Skelton was a boy and learned the Pledge, it did not include the words "under God." Those words were added in 1954, in part, some say, to distinguish our citizens from those of communist countries. In 1969, at the height of the protests against the Vietnam War, Red Skelton recited the definitions on his television show, and at the end, said: "Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the Pledge of Allegiance... under God. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools, too?" And now, dear readers, today is Flag Day and the 28th Annual National Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). ALL TIRES, ALL BRANDS -Akuret -Bridgestone/Firestone -B.F. Goodrich -Carlisle -Continental -Cooper -Cordovan -Dean -Denman -Dick Cepek -Double Coin -Dunlop Heatstroke horror Full flag quote Most Cars & Light Trucks. Expires 7/14/07 Most Cars & Light Trucks Front. (Most rotors $20-$30 if necessary.) Expires 7/14/07 Dear Annie: My 30-year-old son is very good at stock car racing. We like to support all of our kids in everything they do. Racing, however, causes a problem in our family. That is because of the obscenities that seem to be a large part of the language of some of the crowd. We find it very offensive and embarrassing. I would like to invite my mother to see her grandson race, but am reluctant to do so because of this. How can I handle the problem? Some of the people with offensive language are seated several rows away, but we are still able to hear them. -- Eagle Mom Dear Eagle Mom: You can't control what other people say in a public venue, no matter how rude or disgusting. Inform your mother of the vulgar language and give her the choice of attending or not. Offer to get her earplugs or headphones. Dear Annie: I have a friend, "Sally," whom I met through her boyfriend, "Harry." The three of us are part of a group of professionally connected people. Sally lives with Harry, although he often spends months at a time overseas. I recently made friends with "Paul," who is nearly 30 years older and in a different profession, and I introduced him to Sally and Harry. While Harry was out of town, Paul asked Sally to accompany him to an event that many of us were attending. Sally found the invitation strange, but since she would have gone anyway, she agreed to be escorted by Paul. Sally didn't consider it a date, but TAPRC SOFTBALL TAPRC Softball From June 11 Champs 18 vs. T.T.E.S. 4; Brightside Church 19 vs. Buschwacker Nursery 17; Swamp Fox 24 vs. Mancino’s 0. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... The trials and tribulations of war time weddings Or, love will always find a way Petie and Ernest Latta were married during WWII. By Esther Walton This week and next week’s history corner features stories involving two couples and their war time weddings. Both marriages occurred during a time of war. The first narration is presented here as it was written by Petie Latta a long time employee of the Hastings Banner. Ernest Latta served ten months in Korea and was discharged on Feb. 14, 1947. The family settled in Nashville and started farming southeast of town. They had a son, John, a daughter, Susan and twin daughters, Sherry and Mary. A son, Edward, died in infancy. Concerning how weddings were handled when the two people were separated on the other side of the county, this is Petie Latta’s story: “In August of 1945 my boyfriend, Ernie Latta, was in the Army, stationed at Camp Fannin, Texas. He was homesick, as all servicemen were, and wanted me to come down so we could be married. We were engaged and I was almost 19, so could see no reason not to be married. When I told my parents, Ona and Merrill Hinckley, they were very much against me going so far away and wanted me to wait. Fabulous Public Youth doesn’t wait. “I got my train ticket to Dallas, packed my bags, and all the while telling my folks, I was going. I don’t think they thought I’d have the nerve to actually leave, and even until the morning I left they were very angry about the whole thing. I went to work that morning at Oldsmobile and after work walked to the train station and took the train to Dallas, then had a hot dusty bus trip to Tyler, Texas. “As soon as I got to the bus depot, I called Ernie and he had already lined up a room for me. It was at 1320 N. Bois D’Arc. Mrs. James T. Blackwell was my landlady. She lived in a big beautiful home and had rented out rooms to many service wives. Her husband was ill in a hospital in Texarkana and so she was away most of the time I was there. “When I arrived in Texas I found that my boyfriend was in the camp hospital with a-typical pneumonia, so our wedding date of Aug. 25 had to be postponed. Meanwhile I had to quit my job at Olds in Michigan and get one in Tyler. Not being an Army wife, I had trouble getting one. I finally went to the Red Cross and they found a job for me at a dime store. I made $12 a week and my room rent was $10. Auction Mr. and Mrs. Bob O’connell has commissioned AppleTree Auctioneering to sell their personal property at public auction. This auction is being moved from Wall Lake in Delton due to size of lake lot. Mr. and Mrs O’connell are moving out of state. Saturday, June 16, 2007 • 10am 6154 Coats Grove Rd., Woodland, MI DIRECTIONS: From Hastings take M-43 Hwy. to Woodlawn Ave. turn right (east). Travel approximately 2.5 miles, stay right as the road curves and turns into Coats Grove Road. Travel approximately 5 miles to auction. • Note • Very Brief Listing Below • Note • AUCTIONEERS’ NOTE: The furniture in this auction is in excellent condition. Most of the furniture is oak and extremely clean and well cared for. We are selling items accumulated over 50 years. This is an extremely brief listing. We will be finding many surprises as pack and move this sale. VEHICLE: 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan SE, dual sliding doors, tow hitch, tires 6 months old. 126,500 miles, white. FURNITURE: Oak gentlemen’s dresser with mirror; two piece dining buffet; oak record cabinet; oak high chair; jelly cupboard; oak commode stand with towel bar; oak rocker; leaded glass picture frame; oak chairs; bentwood ice cream chairs; claw foot organ stool; oak drop leaf table; foot stool; davenport recliner; carved leg table; oak cabinet with drawers; oak night stand; oak dresser with beveled mirror; very nice carved leg end table; oak square post bed; entertainment cabinet with Fisher tower system including CD, Tuner, Turn table and tape deck; green enamel table; painted dresser; cherry dresser; wicker love seat and table; hump back chest; spindle leg cabinet; fainting couch; desk; garden bench; wrought iron chairs. ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES: Crocks; large woven basket; copper laundry tub; 1970 Korr’s beer sample pack; glass bottles with paper tote; glassware. COCA-COLA COLLECTION: 47 years of Coke collection. Coke glass leaded hanging lamp from 1985 distributor; numerous bottles, some full and some empty; bottle top cab table; set of Christmas dishes from Chattanooga Tennessee Bottling Co.; clocks; radios; thermometers; coasters; cards; tin cans and trays; 1995 Super Bowl blanket and others; large Coke bottle machine; two person boat; scooter with hand brakes; wall telephone, lights up when ringing; Christmas ornaments; ice bucket and glasses; coolers; advertising ads from 1900’s; NASCAR bottles and much, much more. • Note • Very Brief Listing Below • Note • 77513333 TERMS & CONDITIONS: Cash or approved check. All items sold as is, where is. This above information is believed to be true and accurate but is furnished as a con• Auctions • Estates • Appraisals • Real Estate • Moving venience only and is not a warranty or Jim Lumbert - Cell #269-953-0044 - Jennifer Hayes - 945-2012 guarantee by the aucProfessional Father/Daughter Auction Team tion company. APPLETREE AUCTIONEERING Office (269) 945-0020 • appletreeauctions@sbcglobal.net • 517 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 of Edward Jones and Co. Smart Financial Moves for College Graduates It's that time of year when students from across the country graduate from college. If you're one of them, you'll be anticipating a new chapter in your life. And that means you'll have to do your homework on a very important topic: your financial situation. It's one subject in which you'll definitely want to earn a passing grade. Of course, if you're like many recent graduates, the financial issue that might weigh heaviest on your mind is your student loans. To help pay for college, about two out of three students take out loans, with the average debt amounting to more than $19,000, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Education. Whatever the amount you have borrowed, you will need to make arrangements to pay for it. If your loans aren't too large, your monthly payments may not be overly burdensome, but, in any case, it's a very good idea to stay current on your payment schedule falling behind can lead to big problems down the line. Apart from paying back your loan, though, you'll have other financial considerations upon graduating college. Unless you're going to graduate school, you might be starting at a full-time job, which means you'll have to quickly learn some money-management skills - and one of the most important of these skills is budgeting. At this stage of your life, you may not have a lot of disposable income especially after paying for rent, which will probably take up a sizable portion of your paycheck - so you'll want to track your expenses carefully and be as thrifty as possible. Still, while you're thinking about today, you'll want to plan for tomorrow. If you want to save for a car, or perhaps later down the line, a house, you'll want to get in the habit of investing something on a regular basis. Even if you can just put away $50 or $75 per month at first, you may see some accumulation after several months. And just as importantly, you'll get in the "savings habit," which, if continued throughout your working life, can pay off for you in many ways. Dollar cost averaging does not guarantee a profit, nor does it protect against a loss in a declining market. You should always consider your financial ability to continue investing through periods of low-price levels. If you don't know how you should invest your money, consult with a financial advisor - and don't be deterred from seeking out professional help because you're "only" a "small" investor. Many highly qualified financial advisors will be more than willing to meet with you and help you out - you just have to find someone who's right for you. You might also get some investing help, in a way, from your employer. If you've landed a job with a company that offers a retirement plan, such as a 401(k), take advantage of it. While retirement may be quite far from your mind at the moment, an employer-sponsored retirement plan offers the chance to invest on a tax-deferred basis, which means your money will grow faster than it would if you invested it on an account in which you paid taxes every year. So, put away what you can afford - at least enough to earn your employer's matching contribution, if one is offered and increase your contributions as your salary rises over time. By following these suggestions, you can start your life in the working world with a solid grasp on your finances - and that's a grip you won't want to relinquish. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones To exist, each morning I ate a package of peanuts. At noon I ate corned beef at a local cafeteria. It was so tough I knew it was horse meat, as meat was rationed at that time. I would ride the bus to camp every night and get a pint of ice cream for six cents. “Some weekends I was allowed to eat with the servicemen. Ernie had a German POW for a ward nurse and he always gave me a juice when he served the patients. This went on for several weeks and then Ernie told his chaplain that we really had to get married. The chaplain thought he meant we were pregnant and so arranged a weekend pass to be married. “The first thing I had to do was get a license. I had papers signed by Ernie’s parents, Dorothy and Ernest Latta, giving permission, as it was required of all servicemen. However, I didn’t even had a birth certificate and looked very young for my age back then. I was really shaking in my boots as I went to the office, thinking they wouldn’t give me my license, but they never asked a question. “I ordered my bouquet and my landlady, who was a very proper southern lady, informed me that it was the groom’s duty to buy my bouquet. How could he in the hospital? I had to go to his old barracks and get his clothes and take them home to press them for the wedding. “Finally the big day arrived, Sept. 15. “I had to borrow money from my matron of honor, Mary Wade. She drove us to the hospital. Her husband had warned her to drive very slowly as the tires were very thin, and with tire rationing, you couldn’t just get new ones. We were so careful we were almost late. Ernie had to dress in the clothes I had brought and in the meantime a young fellow who was very sick was begging to go to the wedding. The nurses finally consented if they would take him in a wheelchair. The guys pushed him so fast he beat us to the chapel. The man who was going to be the best man was unable to come, as a rifle had been stolen from his barracks and they had a shakedown. The only other fellow not wearing pajamas was chosen to be the best man. He was Pvt. Henry Roberts. Mothers and wives of servicemen in the hospital also attended the service (and cried). “The wedding was conducted by Chaplain Greer. The altar had lovely flowers, ready for the Sunday service and a man who was a former concert pianist played the beautiful music. It was all very impressive. “Following the ceremony we all traveled back to Tyler and – yes, had a flat tire. We hitched a ride with an Army lieutenant, which was against the rules. When we all got to Tyler, we walked the 13 blocks to the Blackwell home. Mrs. Blackwell had arranged a reception in our honor. Neighbors attended, as well as other service families who lived in her home. There was a three-tired wedding cake, a gift of several other ladies in the house. Mary Wade made homemade ice cream. There were flowers around the house, probably roses, as Tyler is the rose capital of the world. It was all very nice. “The following morning we went to church with Mrs. Blackwell, and then she served a southern lunch of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and chicken gravy with biscuits. That evening Ernie went back to the hospital and took the rest of the cake to share with his ward mates. The German orderly served it with juice. “The following week the Army officials decided that Ernie survived the weekend out of the hospital and so sent him back to his unit. Now that I was an Army wife, I got a better paying job. I worked at a lunch counter at a dime store. I made $14 a week and got my breakfast and lunch free. Another girl and I would make up sandwiches and hid them under the counter and nibbled at them for our supper. “At the end of October I went back to Nashville. In December, Ernie had a 45-day leave, before being shipped to Korea for a year. All of this uncertainty as to when we were getting married turned out to be an odd coincidence as I was married on my parents’ 22nd wedding anniversary. “Ernie was sent to Korea in January 1946. On July 14, 1946 our son, John, was born. John was eight months old when his dad first saw him! Ernie went back to farming and raising a family. (Another wedding to follow next week) STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 39.08 -1.41 Anheuser Busch 52.91 -.75 CMS Energy Corp. 17.14 -.76 Coca-Cola Co. 51.14 -1.18 DaimlerChrysler 87.84 -2.54 Dow Chemical Co. 44.57 -1.94 Exxon Mobil 82.00 -2.26 Family Dollar Stores 33.71 +.65 First Financial Bancorp 22.29 +7.54 Ford Motor Co. 8.32 +.01 General Motors 31.43 +1.29 Intl. Bus. Machine 102.34 -3.50 JCPenney Co. 76.65 -5.16 GIFTSFORDAD! BIG LAST WEEK TO SAVE ON DIE-CAST! ALL DIE-CAST IN STOCK IS ON SALE. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET ONE FOR DAD. SALE ENDS 6/16/07 Officially Licensed Product Sold Here • Hats • Shirts • Flags • Watches 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 New Hours: Tues. & Wed. 9-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 02673563 02673732 Hodges Jewelry & Gifts June 8-16, 2007 % Come in and pop a balloon during our Anniversary Celebration and % SAVE up to 35% off* your % purchase 10 15 20 % 25 30 % 35 % *Special orders excluded Serving Hastings & Barry County for 76 Years 122 W. State St. Hastings 269-945-2963 & Gifts Monday-Friday 9-6 Saturday ‘til 3 �Page 10 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Steven Holtman, a married man and Deborah A. Holtman, his wife, who executes this mortgage for the sole purpose of subordinating her dower and homestead rights in the real estate covered, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 5, 2003, and recorded on March 19, 2003 in instrument 1100400, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Two And 93/100 Dollars ($216,762.93), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northwest quarter of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, more particularly described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 4, Town 1 North, Range 10 West and running thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 06 seconds East 1162.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 1313.53 feet to point of beginning of this description; thence South 81 degrees 05 minutes 28 seconds East 890.98 feet to the centerline of a 48 inch oak tree; thence North 85 degrees 25 minutes 52 seconds East 629.50 feet to the North and South quarter line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 32 minutes 49 seconds East 330.56 feet along said quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 08 seconds West 1193.26 feet; thence North 48 degrees 42 minutes 17 seconds West 423.01 feet; thence North 118.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512674 File #143919F01 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR PICKEREL COVE ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT To: The Residents and Property Owners of Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Pickerel Cove Special Assessment District No. 202 and any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared by him covering all properties within the Special Assessment District No. 202 benefited by the proposed road paving project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs of the construction as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, Michigan within the Township, which assessment is in the total amount of $22,000 which includes attorney fees and publication costs. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $959.00 per benefited property of land in the district (or approximately $192 a year for five years at 5% interest). For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Orangeville Township Hall on June 25, 2007 at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Orangeville Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Orangeville Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77513371 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 19/100 Dollars ($99,891.19), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144361F01 77512724 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Allen Mitchell and Debra A. Mitchell, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 6, 2005, as Document Number: 1153972, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 42/100 ($250,947.42) including interest at the rate of 9.800% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point 1945.56 feet West of the North and South 1/4 line and 1280.83 feet South of the North 1/8 line of said Section 15; thence North 87 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 186.50 feet; thence North 69 degrees 46 minutes East 201.80 feet; thence South 02 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West 78 feet to the place of beginning. Also Lots 47 and 48 of Casa-Del-Mar of Acker's Point, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 64, Barry County Records. 3911 S. Shore Drive The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77512814 Our File No. 141.00417 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of THE SIXBERRY FAMILY TRUST under Agreement dated December 29, 1994. Date of birth: April 3, 1915. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Mildred O. Sixberry, who lived at 315 E. William Street, Hastings, Michigan died May 18, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “The Sixberry Family Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Barbara J. Adrianson, Successor Trustee, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: June 5, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Barbara J. Adrianson 697 E. Sager Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2083 77513214 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lynda A. Van Keuren and Robert Van Keuren, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on February 27, 2004 in instrument 1122810, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Thirteen And 86/100 Dollars ($112,913.86), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Description of Parcel C-1: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 30; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along the West line of Section 30, 333.36 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along said West line, 333.36 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East, 370.44 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds West 333.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West, 370.44 feet to the West line of Section 30 and the place of beginning. Together with and subject to right of way for County road across the Westerly 33.00 feet thereof. Also together with and subject to a 66.00 foot wide easement across the Northerly 66.00 feet of the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purposes of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities. Also together with and subject to the following easement: A 66.00 foot wide easement, the Southerly line of which is the Southern edge of the current driveway across the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purpose of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities, it being the intention that the second described easement shall be extinguished upon sale of Parcel C-2 or creation of a roadway on the first described easement. The above described easements shall be for the use and benefit of the following described parcel also. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #143442F02 77512730 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY TRIAL COURT FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION AND NOTICE OF FRIEND OF THE COURT ANNUAL STATUTORY REVIEW PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE RECORD OF THE FRIEND OF THE COURT Under Michigan law, the Chief Family Judge annually reviews the performance record of the Friend of the Court. The review will be conducted on or about July 1, 2007. This review is limited by law to the following criteria: • Whether the Friend of the Court is guilty of misconduct, neglect of statutory duty, or failure to carry out the written orders of the court relative to a statutory duty; • Whether the purpose of the Friend of the Court Act are being met; • Whether the duties of the Friend of the Court are being carried out in a manner that reflects the needs of the community. Members of the public may submit written comments to the Chief Family Judge relating to these criteria. Send your written comments, with your name and address to: Honorable William M. Doherty Barry County Trial Court, Family Division 206 W. Court Street 77512810 Hastings, Michigan 49058 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held June 12, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Assyria Township is seeking proposals from licensed/insured builders/contractors for construction of a pole barn construction 10'8" x 34' lean to roof. REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Assyria Township is also seeking proposals from licensed/insured builders/contractors for back fill and construction of ADA approved handicapped access wood or composite ramp at the Assyria Township Hall. Interested qualified builders/contractors should contact Mr. Mike Timmons, Assyria Township Supervisor at 269-963-3538 for a site inspection appointment. Bids must be received by the Assyria Township Clerk, Debbie Massimino, 7475 Cox Road, Bellevue, Michigan 49021 by 5PM on Monday, July 2, 2007. 77513208 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly M. Parker, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2004, and recorded on March 29, 2004 in instrument 1124342, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Six And 45/100 Dollars ($105,696.45), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 6 and 7 of Jones and Taffee Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 54 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144580F01 77512749 02672720 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Southerland and Pamela Southerland, husband and wife to Arbor Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006 and recorded April 18, 2006 in Instrument # 1163337 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, by assignment dated February 9, 2007 and recorded February 15, 2007 in Instrument # 1176441 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($126,395.16) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point of intersection of the line common to Section 16 and 17, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, with the centerline of Mill Street, said point lying North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West, 1027.17 feet from the one-quarter post common to said Sections; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West, 14.48 feet along said centerline to the true place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds West 480.22 feet; thence South 89 degrees 23 minutes 45 seconds East, 114.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 23 seconds East, 573.39 feet to said centerline of Mill Street; thence North 47 degrees 33 minutes 29 seconds West, 135.52 feet to said point of intersection; thence North 78 degrees 20 minutes 36 seconds West 14.48 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 1025 E Mill St, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-OPT5, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-OPT5, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77512669 Our File No: 07-70781 Hastings Public Library requests proposals, including qualifications and experience statements, from qualified applicants interested in performing cleaning services at 227 W. State Street, Hastings, MI. The Library will provide “green” cleaning products and supplies and the cleaning service is expected to supply labor and equipment. Proposals are due at the Library June 15, 2007 by 3:oopm. Proposals should be in a sealed envelope and marked “Cleaning Bid”. For more information, call 269-945-4263 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING JUNE 5, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:40 p.m. All board members present. Also present Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth and 11 guests. Motion Ribble; support Perino to accept minutes from May 1, 2007 regular board meeting and May 14, 2007 Sam’s Landing Special Assessment meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Total May receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$49,636.95 Total May disbursements . . . . . . . . . .$62,457.47 Motion Perino; support Ribble to pay bills for the month of June in the amount of $29,782.96 and any others forthcoming. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Perino to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 9:50 p.m. Unapproved Minutes Jennifer Goy 77513329 Township Clerk THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorney-in-fact it's successors and or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyNine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Four and 92/100 Dollars ($159,764.92) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3023 77513366 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP PICKERAL COVE RD. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT 202 JUNE 5, 2007 Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:00 p.m. All board members present. Also present nine residents from Pickeral Cove. Pledge of Allegiance. Stallard and Sons Asphalt low bidder at $15,000. Not present at board meeting. Total assessment $15,000 plus $5,000 for attorney and publishing. 23 parcels with assessment over 5 years period at 5% interest. 869.56 per parcel. Public Questions and Answer: Supervisor Rook answered questions asked by Twin Birches Association representative concerning pot holes, final elevation, and increase of property value. Objection was voiced. Also voiced was concerns about safety due to possible increased speed of vehicles. Project completed within 2 days. Any question for Stallard Asphalt will be asked at next meeting. Motion Perino, support Ribble to accept resolution to proceed with Pickeral Cove Special Assessment. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Next public hearing will be held on June 25, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. Unapproved Minutes. Jennifer Goy 77513331 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dallas O. Chase and Shirley A. Chase, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2004, and recorded on June 30, 2004 in instrument 1128717, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Two And 40/100 Dollars ($60,332.40), including interest at 7.225% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Part of the West 60 Acres of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, described as Follows: The East 200 Feet of the West 244 Feet of the South 178 Feet of the West 60 Acres of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 12, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145822F01 77513229 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Phillip D. Jones, II and Lorri A. Jones, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded August 1, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167951, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and/or assigns, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtyFive Thousand Two and 45/100 Dollars ($165,002.45) including interest at 9.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence East 330 feet for a Point of Beginning; thence East 990 feet; thence South 440 feet; thence West 990 feet; thence North 440 feet to the Point of Beginning. Also the North 440 feet to the West 330 feet of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3936 77512785 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents ($93,558.98) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71448 77512780 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Trumpower, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2004, and recorded on October 20, 2004 in instrument 1135784, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Four Hundred Seven And 95/100 Dollars ($74,407.95), including interest at 8.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 15 feet of Lot 33 and the East 1/2 of Lot 32, Supervisor's Plat of the First Addition to Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 6, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143417F01 77512655 PINE LAKE • GUERNSEY LAKE • BIG CEDAR LAKE Expect Success Call… 338 N. Grove St. • Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-4058 1-877-244-5520 Web Site: www.chapple-realty.com OPEN HOUSE 1552 N. Michigan Ave. Sunday, June 17 • 2-4pm Directions: Broadway N to Woodlawn, east to N. Michigan turn north to house 3 bedroom home with 1.5 baths, fireplace, new furnace, all new replacement windows, new fireplace doors, and fresh paint throughout. This cute and cozy home even has a fenced in back yard all ready for a new family. $112,900 (2702433) Call Brad Goebel 269-330-1235 • LONG LAKE • GUN LAKE • PLEASANT LAKE • Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry L. Myers and Kristine K. Myers, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2001, and recorded on June 8, 2001 in instrument 1061050, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Six And 60/100 Dollars ($65,846.60), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 4 and the West 10 feet of Lot 5 of Block 65 of the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recordedin Liber 1 Page 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #096450F02 77512736 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly A. Harwood a/k/a Kelly Harwood and Richard D. Harwood, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 28, 2005, and recorded on March 17, 2005 in instrument 1142859, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Three Hundred Ninety And 64/100 Dollars ($94,390.64), including interest at 10.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, for place of beginning; thence East 16 rods 3 feet, thence South 20 rods, thence West 6 rods 3 feet, thence South 40 rods, thence West 10 rods 14 feet 4 inches, thence North 60 rods, thence East 14 feet 4 inches to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146847F01 77513352 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher Joles, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 18, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156656, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand One Hundred Thirty-One And 32/100 Dollars ($86,131.32), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 9 and 10 of Block 4 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #143947F01 77512664 • CLEAR LAKE • CROOKED LAKE • PINE LAKE • THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Wineman and Jessica Wineman, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded August 29, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169244, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Three and 69/100 Dollars ($80,903.69) including interest at 7.725% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lot 10 and the South onehalf of the East 1 rod of Lot 9, both in Block 14, of Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 7, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3228 77513119 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bert Grimm and Kelly Grimm, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 23, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 in instrument 1116438, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Seven And 25/100 Dollars ($68,577.25), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 39 of Supervisor's plat of the first addition to Eddy's Beach, thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes East 152 feet to Edge of County Road, South along Road 55 feet; thence South 88 degrees West 151.09 feet to the East line of plat; thence North 2 degrees 45 minutes East along plat 50 feet to beginning, being part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 32, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144524F01 77512754 77513357 CLOVERDALE LAKE • WALL LAKE • FINE LAKE STATE OF MICHIGAN 56B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-0284-GC Court Address 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1404 Plaintiff Barry’s Resort, Inc. 2875 S. Charlton Park Road Hastings, MI 49058 Plaintiff’s attorney James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9, Hastings, MI 49058-009 (269) 945-8000 v Defendant Kelly Sue Smith 221 James Street Lowell, MI 49331 TO: Kelly Sue Smith. IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to recover damages for trespass and to remove a mobile home from Plaintiff’s property. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before 07/05/2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. 4. A copy of this order shall be sent to Kelly Sue Smith at the last known address by registered mail, return receipt requested, before the date of the last publication, and the affidavit of mailing shall be filed with this court. Date: 06-01-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd E Hebert and Bonghee Hebert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Franklin A Division of Nat. City Bank of IN, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005, and recorded on April 4, 2005 in instrument 1144317, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. As Trustee for National City Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Eight And 00/100 Dollars ($120,788.00), including interest at 6.999% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 32, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 6 of plats on Page 39, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146594F01 77513324 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Werner and Barbara Werner, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2004, and recorded on August 25, 2004 in instrument 1133009, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Real Estate Services LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 51/100 Dollars ($89,898.51), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Block 1 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City of Hasting, Barry County, Michigan, formerly Village of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 7. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145002F01 77513124 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158422, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($116,842.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 5, of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513319 File #146239F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Boom, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 10, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138721, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 41/100 Dollars ($106,314.41), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 22; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 443.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds East 360.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 222.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds West 360.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds East 222.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145747F01 77512140 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven A. Parshall and Karen A. Parshall, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 4, 2004 and recorded June 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1129728, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three and 25/100 Dollars ($225,793.26) including interest at 7.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the North 220 feet of the Northwest one quarter of Section 33, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, lying West of the Centerline of Jenkins Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.5293 77513361 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Connie M. Feltner, An Unmarried Woman, A Single Woman and Lawrence R. Feltner, An Unmarried Man, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115139, and rerecorded on September 26, 2005 in instrument 1153343, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Ninety-Nine And 26/100 Dollars ($88,099.26), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing 10 rods 8 1/10 links West of the Northeast corner of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22; thence West 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence South 12 rods 16 2/10 links; thence East 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence North to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #113713F02 77512759 HOPE TOWNSHIP JOINT BOARD MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SYNOPSIS MAY 17, 2007 All Township Board members 2 guests and PC and ZBA members. Approved previous minutes. Received PC and ZBA reports and discussed New Zoning Ordinances. Adjourned at 8:00 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77513220 Patricia Albert, Supervisor ® Hastings The This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Katherine G. Gingrich Unmarried Woman, and Thor J. Falstrom, An Unmarried Man to Advent Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 6, 2006 in Instrument # 1172451 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Three Cents ($141,931.03) including interest 10.26% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 14, Block 72 of the amended Plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 48, and also that part of Second Street right of way of the plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan (recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 25), described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Lot 14, which is South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 185.23 feet from the Northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence continuing South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 56.43 feet; thence North 83 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds West 159.93 feet; thence North 08 degrees 51 minutes 51 seconds East 76.17 feet; thence South 75 degrees 31 minutes 40 seconds East 152.17 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 415 Sunset Ridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 5, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71966 77513185 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stan L. Monks, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 22, 2005 in instrument 1151436, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Nineteen And 23/100 Dollars ($213,819.23), including interest at 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, except the South 220 feet of the East 750 feet of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West. Except: beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line of Section 8, Town 4 North, Range 9 West distant North 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds West, 1353.00 feet from the East 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 05 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 660.00 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 8; thence North 89 degrees 27 minutes West, 1228.6 feet along said South line to the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 8; thence North 00 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East 657.2 feet along said North and South line to the center 1/4 corner of said Section 8; thence South 89 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East, 1280.4 feet along said East and West 1/4 line to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512621 File #143394F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 4, 2004 in instrument 1131917, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Six Hundred One And 73/100 Dollars ($72,601.73), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 26, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on the East line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 861.96 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on said East 466.70 feet to the South line of Northeast 1/4 of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds West on said South line 466.70 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds East 466.70 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds East 466.70 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146347F01 77513306 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), dated January 7, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on January 15, 1997, in Liber 683, Page(s) 89, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $42,224.92, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), together with interest at 11.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 28, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LOT 13, PINE HAVEN ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 95. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) By: ____________________________________ DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77512615 Dated: May 17, 2007 MOOSE Lodge #628 Saturday, June 16, 2007 401(k) rollovers made easy 07517788 12:00 (noon) - ? 77511856 number: M37457 For more information call 269-945-5284 77513376 The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them Member SIPC 269-945-9554 �Page 13 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale E. Roach and Cindy K. Roach, husband and wife, to Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005 and recorded May 13, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146437, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred Forty-One and 85/100 Dollars ($115,141.85) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the North one-half of the Northwest onequarter of Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a metal fence post located at the intersection of Two Lots (roads) at the Southeast Corner of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 8; thence North 150 feet; thence West 233 feet; thence South 150 feet; thence East 233 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1403 77512775 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John W. Saylor and Terees A. Saylor, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 2, 2005, and recorded on November 9, 2005 in instrument 1155987, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($151,486.74), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning 400 Feet South of the Northeast Corner of Section 24, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thence West 198 Feet, Thence South 220 Feet, Thence East 198 Feet, Thence North 220 Feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512770 File #144864F01 HOPE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING SYNOPSIS MAY 14, 2007 All Board members present, and 4 guests, Township Attorney Ken Sparks and Township Bonding Attorney Jim White. Went into Closed Session with attorney’s Concerning Legal Issues. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Bonding Resolutions Cedar Creek Cemetery Building Repairs 2007 Gravel Road Improvements Signing Easement for Sewer Project Purchase back by Township of Cemetery lots Signing of Easement for Township Park Hiring a Private Investigator concerning a dangerous building. Turned down request to tint cemetery foundations Adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77513217 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nole Demond, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2004, and recorded on December 8, 2004 in instrument 1138323, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine Hundred And 74/100 Dollars ($91,900.74), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 3 rods of Lot 7 of Block 10 of H.J. Kenfield Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #110926F02 77513347 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gerald Wouda, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Wilmington Finance, a Division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2004, and recorded on April 19, 2004 in instrument 1125990, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of New York as Trustee for the CertificateHolders of CWABS 2004-06 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight And 92/100 Dollars ($97,268.92), including interest at 5.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 14 of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 56, and that part of the West 25.00 feet of the South 1371.15 feet of East Parker Drive, as vacated in Barry County Circuit Court File No, 85-118 CH, as lies immediatly adjacent to, and as an Easterly extention of, the North 1/2 of said Lot 14, as platted in the recorded plat of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #071112F03 77512744 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Six And 15/100 Dollars ($157,996.15), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #045798F02 77512626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd Nedbalek and Jennifer Nedbalek, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 15, 2003, and recorded on May 21, 2003 in instrument 1104815, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Six Hundred Sixteen And 31/100 Dollars ($90,616.31), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 21, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of Lots 4 and 5 of Block 25 of the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 24, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #136621F02 77512631 Perfect Touch 945-3115 Women’s Cuts........................................................................$15 Men’s Cuts.............................................................................$12 Children’s Cuts ........................................................................................... $9 Perms ...............................................................................................$45 and up Color.................................................................................................$35 and up Full head of foils .......................................................................$50 and up Partial Foil ....................................................................................$35 and up Also Waxing Moving Sale Our Frank is 50! 1907 NASHVILLE RD. 1/2 mile south of River Rd., Hastings WED., THUR., FRI. & SAT., JUNE 13, 14, 15 & 16 Happy Birthday 02673323 Hundreds of yards sewing material; sewing and quilting magazines; dolls and holiday houses; doll house kit, new in box to be put together, 3story, 24"Dx37"Wx43"H; solid oak kitchen table 42"x59", oval & (2) 12" leaves, from Klingmans; much misc. RAIN OR SHINE • INSIDE 101 W. State Street June 20th Love, Your Family 77513200 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Donald Gentry and Susan M. Breitner-Gentry, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for People's Choice Home Loan, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006 and recorded August 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1169064 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty Cents ($119,285.80) including interest 8.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; commencing at the South One-Quarter Post of Section 26; thence West 1452.3 feet; thence North 6 degrees 42 minutes East 523.8 feet; thence West 632.3 feet along the North line of the former New York Central Railroad right-of-way; thence North 13 degrees 25 minutes 42 seconds East (recorded North 10 degrees 50 minutes East) 300 feet; thence due West 12 feet to the point of beginning; thence due West to the center of Cedar Creek; thence Northerly in the center of Cedar Creek to its intersection with Lot 9 of Mcintyre Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence Easterly along the South line of Lot 9 to the Westerly line of River Lane in said Mcintyre Plat; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of River Lane 100 feet; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of River Lane 98 feet; thence South 11 degrees 11 minutes 32 seconds West 136.78 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 3200 River Lane, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 4, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71851 ASAP# 860869 06/07/2007, 06/14/2007, 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007 77513114 WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO E S TAT E SALE SALE ESTATE JUNE JUNE 1414TH, TH,15TH 15TH&&16TH 16TH 99AM AM TO TO 5PM 5PM 2129 Lower Lake Road, Hastings, MI Directions: From M-43 east on Coats Grove Rd. to Lower Lake Rd. From M-66 to Coats Grove Rd. to Lower Lake Rd. This will be a large SALE with lots of Antiques, Glassware, Toys, Jewelry, Postcards, Prints, Linens, Old Paper, Furniture, Coins, 13 Long Guns, Lots of Smalls, To Many Items to List. Something For Everyone!! Estate of H. Hatherly, Leslie, MI ES. Kesling, P.R. Call Eric for any Details 1-269-948-2307 after 6pm 02673498 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randall Reigler, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2006, and recorded on January 6, 2006 in instrument 1158600, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Seven And 14/100 Dollars ($89,187.14), including interest at 8.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence along the North line of said Section 27; North 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds West 988.71 feet; thence along the West line of South Broadway Street South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 343.47 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West 136.11; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 63.99 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds East, 136.80 feet; thence along said West line South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 62.97 feet along said East line of South Braodway to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146544F01 77513314 02673430 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by WADE BROWN and TRACY BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on October 10, 2005, in Document No. 1154140, and assigned by said mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents ($111,538.88), including interest at 7.100% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on July 5, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of IRVING, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FREEPORT CREAMERY COMPANY LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 13 RODS AND 3 FEET TO THE CORNER OF THE HIGHWAY AND RACE STREET; THENCE EAST TO LOT FORMERLY DEEDED TO HENRY C. KANHER, NOW OWNED BY DELIA YULE; THENCE NORTH TO CENTER OF OLD MILL RACE TO THE CORNER OF FREEPORT CREAMERY LOT; THENCE WEST TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWNSHIP OF IRVING, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CREAMERY LOT; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS 3 FEET; THENCE EAST 7 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS; THENCE WEST 7 RODS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. TAX ID NO. 08-43-350-041-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 1, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77513129 Southfield, MI 48075 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 14 TK team finishes 23rd at OM Worlds Cody Norton stands in front of Maxi Muffler in downtown Hastings. Norton wanted to display tires, utility trailers and snow plows outside of his business but was prevented by a city ordinance. Local business to benefit with new ordinance by Emily Benningfield J-Ad Graphics Intern The Hastings City Council took one step closer to changing a local businessman’s profits Monday evening with the first reading of an ordinance to allow the outdoor display of merchandise in a B-1 zone, which previously has been denied. Cody Norton of Maxi Muffler in Hastings first made his request to the City Council in February, but has been waiting since. Through this ordinance, Norton would be allowed to display items outside his business that he previously hadn’t been allowed to. City Manager Jeff Mansfield said he feels it is important for business owners to be able to sell their product, but it has to be regulated. Mansfield said the council is "all for" outdoors displays, but they need to be properly set up and ultimately have to do with the business selling the items. Mansfield added that the monitoring of such displays would be necessary to assure the safety and maintain the quality appearance of downtown Hastings. The reason businesses haven’t been allowed to sell things outside is because of some of the aforementioned issues. "Some displays might look good to the person setting it up, but could look sloppy to someone else," Mansfield said. Through this ordinance, the interested business would have to make a site plan to be reviewed before puting up a display outside. Norton’s frustrations are apparent, mainly stemming from loss of money and repeated efforts. "It has taken longer than I thought it would, and I know I’ve lost profit for not being able to display some items." The council will have the second reading of this ordinance at its meeting July 2 before it will be considered for adoption. 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Koryn Bennett, Abby Wright, Caryn Hannapel, Braedon Halle, Braxton Kane, Isaac Newhouse and Jeremy Thompson all worked together with their coaches, Melanie Newhouse and Annie Halle, and came in 23rd out of 53 teams from across the United States and the world. Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides children (kindergarten through college) the opportunity to use creative problem solving, teamwork, presentation and organization skills to solve a complex problem. Children participating in Odyssey of the Mind solve their selected problem on their own without the help or input from adults. The Lee Elementary third grade team chose the problem Tag ’Em, which required the children to design and build three small vehicles that run a course and are “tagged” from a remote location. Once “tagged,” the vehicle must travel home. After designing a vehicle powered by a rat trap and developing a tagging system made of PVC pipe, training wheels and a nail, the team had to think of a theme to explain why the vehicles are being tagged. The team created a theme that involved the inside of the human body. The vehicles were white blood cells being tagged by bacteria. The team members were either organs inside the body or “villain germs” who were infecting that same body. Team members have been working on their solution since the beginning of November. According to coach Halle, “This incredible team of third-graders competed against fourth and fifth grade teams and made it to the World Championships at Michigan State University.” This was the 28th year of the World Odyssey of the Mind Competition and the largest ever with over 850 teams competing. The Lee team raised funds to attend worlds last month with a car wash, plant sale and received donations from local organizations and the Thornapple Kellogg School District. The Lee team competed at MSU where they stayed on campus and interacted with teams from all over the country and the world. During the Odyssey of the Mind World Final, the Lee students were also able to participate in the opening ceremony on Entrepreneur Exchange set for June 19 The Entrepreneur Exchange group’s next monthly meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. The meeting is open to all and will be held at MOO-Ville Creamery, 5975 South M-66 Highway, Nashville. The meeting is expected to take up: • Monthly networking and open issues discussion. • Business start-up financing — cash/grants/update. • Marketing ideas. • Finding a support network for your business decisions. For more information, call Dave Sandora at the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-8995 or e-mail bceda@barrychamber.com Lee Elementary students enjoy their time at the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals held at Michigan State University. Wednesday evening, the creativity festival/carnival, a NASA presentation and the closing ceremony. In April at the state competition in Traverse City, teams submitted ideas for a new ice cream flavor. The flavor that won was called Spontaneous Combustion, which consisted of Black Cherry Ice Cream and Pop Rock Candy. The Creamery at MSU made the winning ice cream and it was available during the week for all Odyssey of the Mind teams. Halle says, “We were also fortunate to be accepted as an International Buddy Team for a Polish team the same age and enjoyed learning about their town and culture.” The Lee group hosted their Polish Buddy Team at Lee Elementary School so that all the Lee students could have a chance to meet them. Members of the Polish team visiting Lee were Alexandra Folga, Damian Dobek, Mateusz Falkowski, Tomasz Januszko, Kacper Szmit, Maja Jezak and Karolina Jadanouska. Coaches for the team are Dorota Rogowska and Anna Mrozek. The team from Elementary School #2 in Olsztyn, Poland, was accompanied by interpreter Anna Chyczewska. The Polish students visited classrooms, ate lunch with Lee students and played on the playground during their visit. They were very impressed with the technology available in Lee classrooms. They returned to Poland on June 1. Anyone who would like to learn more about the 2007-2008 Odyssey of the Mind program at TK should call Heidi VanAman at 795-5522. Michigan Democratic Party chair to speak at First Friday June 27 Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party chairman and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, will be the guest speaker at the Barry County Democrats First Friday forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27. The forum will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, 328 South Jefferson in Hastings (corner of Green and Jefferson Street). Mark Brewer is the longest serving Michigan Democratic chair since the 1950s and is the senior Democratic state party chair in the country. Brewer has served as a precinct delegate, has been active in Michigan Young Democrats, has been a delegate to local, state and national conventions, and has been involved in many local, state, congressional, and ballot question campaigns in every role, including campaign manager. Among his accomplishments as chair, Michigan Democrats have carried the state for the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1996, 2000 and 2004 and elected Senator Debbie Stabenow in 2000 and re-elected her in 2006, elected Governor Jennifer Granholm in 2002, and re-elected her in 2006, won nearly 75% of all statewide education board races, worked to elect scores of county and municipal officials, used ballot questions as part of their campaign strategy and developed innovative programs to turn out absentee and young voters. Brewer was also the principal author of the MDP's 1996, 2000 and 2004 delegate selection plans, the latter two of which included an innovative “Vote by Mail” feature which allowed Michigan Democrats to cast votes by mail to select the party's presidential nominee. The 2004 plan also successfully used an Internet voting option. Brewer also has expanded the party's constituencies, improved its fund-raising, revised the MDP's rules, upgraded its technology and has expanded the MDP's communications and research efforts. Brewer has testified on election and campaign finance issues before the Michigan Legislature and Michigan government agencies, in federal court and before the Federal Mark Brewer Election Commission. Brewer also has been a guest lecturer on political parties and political process at Oakland University, University of Michigan and University of Michigan-Dearborn. Brewer will be speaking at the First Friday forum on the presidential caucus, the lack of cooperation between the two political parties, and the budget crisis within the state of Michigan. There will be time for the public to ask questions and be answered by Brewer. Dave Brinkert, vice chairman of the Barry County Democratic Party, will be host for the First Friday forum and he can be contacted at 269-672-5541 [his business] or 269-672-5503 [home]. The Barry County Democratic party will be serving pizza, pop and chips during the program. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency … Freeport Robin Chase Attention Area Contractors – Contact us for a Quote 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50), Lake Odessa, MI 616-374-1680 • Fax: 616-374-1682 Toll Free: 1-800-522-2919 Small Town Friendly, Personal Service Jennie Decker 77513396 All Your Insurance Needs �Page 15 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT One person was killed and another injured June 12 when their car was involved in a one-vehicle accident on 52nd Street, west of Alden Nash Road in Lowell Township. According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, officers responded to the accident only to find the car in flames. When the fire was put out, a passenger was found inside the vehicle. The 16-year-old driver, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a resident of Caledonia. His passenger, an 18-year-old female from Alto, was ejected from the vehicle. She was transported to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids by Rockford EMS. Preliminary investigation indicates the driver was traveling east on 52nd Street from Bancroft when he lost control for unknown reasons. The vehicle slid off the road and struck a tree on the driver’s side, bursting into flames. Local man arrested in 2nd drunk driving Household Garage Sale Estate Sale BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $179. (616)949-2683. 3 FAMILY GARAGE sale. Power tools, household items. June 21-22-23, 9170 Adams Road, Middleville, MI. ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 BED- A BRAND new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $112. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $595. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 Card of Thanks Hastings police arrested a local man on charges of operating while intoxicated (second offense) after he was stopped in the 1600 block of South Hanover Street June 9 during the early morning hours. Jeremy Taggart, 22, from Hastings, was observed driving erratically and was violating the speed limit prior to officers stopping him. During the course of the investigation it became evident that he had been consuming intoxicants, and further investigation revealed a blood alcohol level of .14%. Taggart was placed under arrest for the offense and lodged at the Barry County Jail. THANK YOU I wish to thank my family for hosting my 100th birthday open house. It was a pleasure to greet so many of my friends. Many thanks for the beautiful flowers, cards and the calls from Texas, Florida and Virginia. To my grandchildren and great grandchildren for letting the 100 balloons go from the park and getting a reply from West Virginia, Ohio, Williamston, MI. Thanks and God’s blessings to all. Susie Shriber Stereo stolen from parked vehicle Hastings police are investigating a complaint of larceny from a vehicle that occurred in the parking lot of the Courts and Law building on June 6. The 25-year-old victim from Delton had parked his vehicle in the parking lot and entered the building to take care of some business. He returned to his car 15 minutes later and found that someone had removed his car stereo, valued at $150, from the dashboard. A suspect has been identified and the incident remains under investigation. Passenger injured in 2-vehicle crash Lawn ornament thefts may lead to charges The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a complaint of lawn ornaments being stolen from a residence in Hastings Township on May 27. The owner of the property told deputies she witnessed two people, one male and one female, leaving her property with the ornaments and they refused to stop when she called out to them. The woman admitted the lawn ornaments had little monetary value, but they had been given to her by her father and had sentimental value. She told deputies the two who had taken the ornaments had been at her home earlier in the evening to visit with her granddaughter. When deputies attempted to question the male subject the next day, he told them that the ornaments had been returned. The female suspect was not available to be interviewed before the matter was resolved. The woman told deputies she still wants to press charges and the matter has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Charges may be filed for shooting at car A woman said her vehicle had been shot at June 10 in Yankee Springs Township. The woman said her vehicle had been shot at as she left her boyfriend’s home. In an interview with the boyfriend, he said he had seen the woman only briefly that day and they had barely spoken. He told deputies he was out in the yard later after he thought she had left and he was shooting off bottle rockets, but did not aim at the road. He said he was shooting them over the heads of his horses to see their reaction. Deputies received permission to search the residence and found a 22 cal. rifle, two handguns and a pellet gun. When officers checked the woman’s vehicle they discovered what appeared to be holes consistent with a 22 cal. bullet or possible pellets. In spite of the fact the woman told deputies she did not want to press charges, the matter has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Construction near Delton slowing traffic Barry Township Police Chief Mark Kik has advised that road construction through Delton as reduced traffic speed to 20 miles per hour and warns drivers to be on the lookout for road crews. “Drivers can expect some delays,” Kik said. “There are persons posted along the construction route to help control traffic flow and we are asking drivers to look for them and to obey their signals. The 20 mile per hour speed limit through the construction zone will remain in effect until the construction is completed and the state sets the speed limit back to where it was prior to construction.” TAX, continued from page 1 year, which includes special dedicated millages for emergency 911, Commission on Aging, Barry County Transit and Thornapple Manor. Charlton Park’s quarter of a mill was not included because it expires at the end of this year. The county’s general operating millage maximum levy is 5.87, but now it will be 5.4454. Because of County Board action, the total millage rate went down by .2266 mill from 2006 to 2007. Brown said the board in most recent years has maintained the maximum allowable millage rate, but the Truth in Taxation then was part of overall budget hearings. The people in attendance Tuesday morning almost unanimously called for rejecting the higher rate. Jim Rhodes said he has noticed a huge number of notices of mortgage foreclosures in the Banner over the past several years. “You’re putting a lot of hardship on people,” he told the board. Mark Hewitt, a local real estate broker, said, “I want whatever’s going to decrease (the tax rate). We have less money to spend than we did three years ago . I’d encourage commissioners to keep my taxes down.” John Cove of Prairieville Township said, “I’m upset with routinely raising taxes... It’s time to put the brakes on the tax increases.” Judy Milan, deputy drain commissioner, wrote a letter on behalf of the poor, maintaining the county could forego a $500,000 increase” in taxes. Brown told the board the county would get an extra $153,000 with approval of the 7.1710-mill rate. Sharon Ritchie, Prairieville Township trustee, urged the county to use the lower rate, “if you consider the state of our economy, those living on fixed incomes” and to “use creative ideas and find effective ways” to live with less revenue. Commissioner Mark Englerth noted though property values have gone down in Barry County over the past year, taxes have gone up, regardless. Scarbrough explained that because of provisions of Proposal A passed statewide in 1994, taxable values could only increase by the rate of inflation or 5%, whichever less, thereby artificially holding down tax increases annually. So when property value goes down, the taxable value still could go up because it had artificially depressed previously and needed to catch up. Englerth asked if there really was a need for the county to raise taxes. “I haven’t heard the argument that we need to,” he said, claiming that 878 people have lost their homes because they couldn’t afford to pay their mortgages and taxes. Callton responded that he didn’t like seeing the county acting like state government did in past years by cutting taxes and helping to create the current budget crisis. And because of the state’s economic troubles, “We have to plan for a million dollar shortfall by the year 2011.” Brown pointed out that state revenue sharing reductions and cuts in support are likely to cause some local economic pain perhaps within the next year. He cited support for programs such as adult drug court that could be at risk. “Revenue sharing is always on the chopping block,” he told the board. “Right now we stand to lose $1.1 million... Adult drug court will need funding; the Westras (Jim and Jeff) can’t come up with funding (for the program) every year.” Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said, “We haven’t heard from other taxing authorities. How would this affect their budgets?” Scarbrough said townships the vast majority of the time opt to use the maximum levy in their budgets. Commissioner Keith Ferris said, “Next year at this time we’re going to go through this same process.” Brown and Scarbrough agreed and suggested a cumulative effect will make the shortfall even worse in the future. Commissioner Don Nevins told his colleagues ahead of time he planned to vote against the resolution authorizing the maximum levy, even though it would only cost him about $1.30 a year, or about the cost of a loaf of bread. Commissioner Hoot Gibson said he planned to vote no because several constituents had called him and voiced their opposition. Englerth then commented, “The majority of people have learned to do with a little bit less, and I think this County Board should set an example.” Ferris agreed, saying, “I think this needs to set the tone for the whole county.” Commissioner Jim French said he disagrees, suggesting it will be harder to recover lost revenue in the future, it will be even harder to catch up with inflation. French and Callton cast the only dissenting votes and Wayne Adams was absent. Real Estate 11 ACRES IN quiet, country setting, 2 miles south of Middleville. Rolling terrain, ideal walk out site, in a parklike setting, including 6 acres of mature hard woods and adjoining wetlands. Located with in protective association. Underground electric and phone. Thornapple Kellogg School systems. This is a special property. $87,500. Call (269)908-2784 CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. $43,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA: 5 SECLUDED peaceful wooded acres near Torch Lake, abundant wildlife. County dead end paved road. Ideal camping/recreation spot. Driveway, cleared sit, electric. $33,900, $500 down, $390 month, 11% land contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1-800-968-3118. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Business Services d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 Community Notices MICHIGAN ADVENTURE BUS TRIP. Join us in a day of fun at Michigan’s Adventure Amusement and Water Park, the largest amusement and water park in Michigan. Via luxury motor coach, Sunday, August 12th. $45 per person. Price includes bus seat and admission, drive gas prices down and travel in style. Pick up locations: Hastings, Middleville, Caledonia. Call Travel Time Express today for seat reservations, parking locations, departure times and other details. Reservation deadline, July 13th, call Jeff and Heather, (269)948-9281. Help Wanted PART-TIME HELP WANTED: Medical assistant needed in Hastings office. Please fax resume to 1-248-6743125. Farm YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. STRAWBERRIES PICKED FRESH daily. 4406 E. State Rd., Hastings. (269)818-7555, Mon-Sat., 10am-5pm. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Wanted Home Wanted WANTED: Old motorcycles & parts. No Japanese. Call Mark (586)855-9633 To purchase or short term rental, 1-3 months, professional couple, 1 child. Looking for 2-3 bedroom home to purchase between south Caledonia and north Hastings. Mortgage pre-approved. Working with agent. $100-$150k. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. 989-435-9078 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� +$67,1*6�� 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND ")'�3#2%%.3 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: 77509092 National Ads YARD SALE: DELTON Moose Lodge (on M-43 just north of Wall Lake), Friday, 6/15, 9am-6pm & Saturday, 6/16, 7:30-2pm, (breakfast available 7:30pm-10am). YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. FOR RENT: 1 & 2 bedroom cottages with lake access, $400 & $500/mo. (562)6399398 MOVING/RETIREMENT SALE: COMPLETE physical fitness center equipment, guns and gun cabinet, big screen TV with sound system and entertainment center, beautiful Grandfather clock, tools. Everything in excellent condition and priced to sell. Call for more information. (269)664-3145 Business Services YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. 2028 HUBBLE RD: 2 bedroom/1 bath, porch, basement, 20 acres + pond. $695/mo, Lease & deposit. M-43 to Yeckly or Goodwill to Hubble. View MondayFriday, 10am-3pm, 6/36/15. (269)370-8386 MOVING SALE: BLONDE wood antique china hutch, foosball table, some tools, dishes & glasses. Friday, June 15th, 9am-5pm & Saturday, June 16th, 9am-3pm, 32 Oak Opening, Delton. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 1 BEDROOM COTTAGE for rent on Middle Lake. $450/month, utilities included. Call after 5pm (269)9454348. CIDER MILL VILLAGE Community Garage Sale: Friday & Saturday, June 15th & 16th, 9am-4pm. d Hastings police responded to a personal injury accident on June 6 at the intersection of West State Street and Market Street. The accident occurred after a vehicle being driven by Keith Burger, 18, of Hastings pulled into the path of a vehicle being driven by Chad Ferguson, 25, also of Hastings. Burger, who was north bound on Market Street had stopped for the stop sign at West State Street and pulled into the side of the Ferguson vehicle which was east bound on State Street. Jessica Burch, 18, of Hastings, the front seat passenger in the Ferguson vehicle, was injured during the crash. Burch was transported by Mercy Ambulance to Pennock Hospital for treatment, the extent of her injuries is unknown. For Rent BARN SALE: THURSDAY, 6/14, Friday, 6/15, 9AM-? (Saturday maybe). 1996 vintage soap box derby car, mens tools, antiques, perennials, furniture, Detroit stove, household, Sun Dolphin sportsman fishing boat w/trailer, shower stall, new items added daily. 1990 E. M-43 Highway, Carlton Center. 77513337 Caledonia teen killed in single-car crash CALL... 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That’s when the Barry County Relay for Life Committee is having a barbeque fundraiser and inviting the public to attend. The cost is $20 per person. Doors open at 6 p.m. The meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. and will include jalapeno cornbread, smoked beef brisket, pulled pork, redskin potato salad, coleslaw, peach cobbler, tea, lemonade and coffee. A cash bar will be available. Music will be provided by a DJ, Chad Henry, and those who wish to dance may do so. The Relay for Life will receive approximately half of the proceeds, said Cindy Bigler, who is co-chairperson of the relay with Bonnie Meredith. “Mike (Barnaart, of the Walldorff) has really worked with us on the menu. His signature meal is his barbeque, and it’s very good,” said Hastings Mayor Bob May, a cancer survivor who serves on the Relay for Life Committee as logistics chairman. “We’ll probably do some 50-50 raffles. We’ll have material set out so people can be aware of what cancer is all about and the different types of cancer. It’s going to be a great thing for Hastings. The ultimate goal is we want to beat last year’s (relay) record. We were one of the best in the area, and we want to do it again. We raised $109,000 last year,” he said, noting that last year’s goal had been around $90,000. “We’d like to beat it by at least that much again. Every penny we can make is going to go towards the cure of cancer.” May said this will be his fifth year of participation in the County Relay for Life. A cancer survivor invited him to attend the first time. “I cannot tell you the emotions when I came around the first bend and everybody was clapping,” he said. “It made me feel like I was someone. Sometimes you feel like a second-rate citizen because you have cancer and you pull into yourself and sometimes you don’t express it. What surprised me was all the people who are survivors that I had no idea in this world that they had cancer. It didn’t take much after that to get me involved. “Cancer is a terrible disease and we have to get a hold of it. It has no barriers; it will take the babies and the old and everybody inbetween. It (cancer) doesn’t care what race, what color, what creed or anything – it just takes you,” May said. Bonnie Meredith said she has been involved with the Relay for Life for six years because both of her in-laws died from cancer and she has a best friend who has been diagnosed with cancer and battled it twice. “So it’s very dear to my heart. This is something we need to cure.” Cindy Bigler said her sister-in-law died from lung cancer at the age of 43 eight years ago and Bigler has been involved in the Relay ever since. “I’m just a little angry (over her death from cancer), and this is a positive way to deal with it. I’ve lost a couple of family members... and working at the hospital I see it (cancer). With the Relay, Bigler has walked with a team and worked with the committee during her years of participation. Next Saturday’s dinner may make some people aware of the Relay for Life who normally might not know about it, Meredith said. The event will include videos of what goes on during the 24-hour Relay for Life. “Maybe we will get some new teams from some of the people that come to the fundraiser that normally wouldn’t come down to the park in August. This year’s Relay is set for Aug. 10-11 at Tyden Park in Hastings. “We did receive the All American Relay Award for 2006. A relay has to meet certain criteria in every aspect, number of teams, number of sponsors, number of survivors who walk, etc. Our Relay did (meet those criteria),” said Meredith. “We were one of the only Relays in West Michigan to get that award.” Tickets for the June 16 Barbeque Fundraiser may be purchased from Hastings Mayor Bob May, 838-5850; or from Relay Co-chairpersons Bonnie Meredith, 945-4520; and Cindy Bigler, 948-3125. Barry County to be designated as a Global Important Bird Area A Cerulean warbler is always a delight for bird watchers. Rent, Taxes &H High Rent,Ta xes& igh Mortgage MortgagePPayments ayments Getting YouuDown? GettingYo Down? Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Why not consider the benefits of owning a manufactured home. 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LEGENDS… Jock Clarey, Lew Lang, Jack Hoke, Robert Carlson, Patricia Murphy, Richard Guenther, Bruce McDowell, Bernie Oom, Tony Turkal, Robert VanderVeen, Dr. Jim Atkinson, Carl Schoessel, Larry Melendy, Cynthia Robbe, William Karpinski, Ernest Strong, Dennis Storrs, Earlene and Larry Baum, Dave Furrow and our 2007 Legend: Judy Anderson. Contact Hastings Country Club to sign up (269) 945-2756 1550 North Broadway 07517791 by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Cerulean warblers, small birds who live at the top of the forest, are a rare sight, but they call Barry County home from about mid-May through mid-August. Because the Cerulean warblers live here, that’s a significant reason why Barry County is being designated as a Global Important Bird Area. Special activities are being planned this Friday and Saturday to celebrate. “The Important Bird Area is a global conservation program for conserving birds by designating important habitat,” said Thomas Funke, resident manager of the Michigan Audubon’s Otis Sanctuary in Hastings. “The Cerulean Warbler is one of the most sought after birds by bird watchers since it is so rare and so difficult to find,” he said. “We have enough Cerulean warblers in Barry County to designate this as a Global Important Bird Area. That’s the most prestigious and highest level,” Funke said. “There’s only going to be about 10 (Global Important Bird Areas) in the state of Michigan. Cerulean warblers “need at least 700 acres just to breed. They need at least 4,000 acres to maintain a breeding population. And they need at least 7,000 acres of contiguous, unfragmented forest to have a successful colony that’s producing more birds than are dying every year. That’s a lot of acreage, and we have that in the Barry State Game Area, the Yankee Springs Recreation Area and surrounding private lands.” Festivities to commemorate Barry County’s Global Important Bird Area start with a social hour and dinner from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 15 at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro in Hastings. The dinner is open to the public, and the cost is $20 per person. An RSVP to Funke is required. The price includes food and gratuity but not alcohol, which will be available at an open bar. Checks (made payable to Michigan Audubon Otis Sanctuary) and reservation requests should be sent to Michigan Audubon Otis Sanctuary, 511 W. State St., Hastings, Mich. 49058. No reservations will be accepted on the days of events. At 7:30 Friday, keynote speaker Caleb Putnam, the Important Bird Area coordinator in Michigan, will give a talk and slide presentation entitled, “Celebrating Cerulean Warblers.” The program (without dinner) is free of charge to the public, but since space is limited, RSVPs are necessary. Activities Saturday, June 16 begin with an early morning bird walk from 7 a.m. to 9:45 77513390 a.m., starting at the Boys and Girls Club, located on Erway Road in Rutland Township (Hastings). The cost of $10 per person includes a continental breakfast. RSVP is required. (Take M-43 to Goodwill Road and turn right on Erway. Signs will be posted.) Other activities on Saturday, June 16 are free and no RSVP is required for those events. At 10 a.m., the grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony recognizing the local area as an Important Bird Area also will be held at the Boys and Girls Club on Erway Road. The master of ceremonies will be U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers, who serves Michigan’s Third District. From 10:30 to 2 p.m. tours and lunch will be held. Those who attend will be divided into small groups and be led by an experienced bird watcher to enjoy birding in Barry County. Each group will end at a local restaurant for lunch. An open house at Hastings’ Otis Sanctuary, 3560 Havens Rd., Hastings is set for 2 to 8 p.m. “Visit the Otis Sanctuary for hospitality, tours, and delectable treats,” Funke said. “The Mildred and Robert Otis Sanctuary is one of 19 sanctuaries owned by the Michigan Audubon Society, a private, not for profit organization. Michigan Audubon holds in trust 3,600 acres of land, supports and maintains bird surveys and research, provides educational opportunities, and has 43 local Audubon chapters in Michigan.” Dusk Bird Watching at Otis Sanctuary will be held from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Visitors can look for Henslow sparrows and other dusk birds, such as the common snipe. Star gazing at Otis Sanctuary, from 9:30 to 11 p.m. concludes next Saturday’s events. Funke said visitors can enjoy an unobstructed, 360-degree view of the night sky with minimal light pollution. A telescope will be on hand. For more information about any of the events, contact the Otis Sanctuary Resident Manager Tom Funke at 269/948-5777 or email otissanctuary@mei.net. In the months after being designated as the Barry State Game Area Ecosystem Important Bird Area, the next two steps in the program are to start monitoring and conserving (the bird population) on private and public lands that are involved, Funke said. “The State Park and the Game Area have things they have to do. They can’t focus just on Cerulean warblers. They are going to rely on groups like the Michigan Audubon, the Otis Sanctuary to monitor and work with them and other private landowners...” “A lot of people aren’t bird watchers, I know that. But this (designation) is for conservation. Living in the county that we do and having a lot of beautiful areas, this is a huge deal because it is a global conservation program and because of the economic impact it could have. “...There are 97 birds in North America that are globally at risk of extinction. Of those 97, there are nine in Michigan. Of those nine, seven are found right here in Barry County,” Funke said. “We may be the only county that has so many. The Cerulean warbler has a 10% chance of being extinct in the next 100 years. There are other birds at other levels, like state threatened birds, but these are globally periled.” 201 S. JEFFERSON HASTINGS (corner of S. Jefferson and Court Street) 269-945-0100 fallcreekdining.com NOW OPEN ! Exciting New Menu CATERING AVAILABLE Open for Lunch 11 am Tues.-Fri. Open 4 pm Saturdays 77513359 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — Page 17 All-County track stars shine beyond Barry County It was an outstanding spring for Barry County’s best track and field athletes. The 2007 All-Barry County girls’ track and field team is made up of athletes who took first place at the Barry County Meet, which was held May 29 at Maple Valley High School. A number of them went on to compete with the rest of the top athletes in the state at the Division 2 and Division 3 state finals held the following weekend, June 2. A handful brought home state medals. Here is a list of the 2007 All-Barry County track and field athletes on the girls’ side. Delton Kellogg Jessica Elliott: Elliott was a member of the Panther 800-meter and 400-meter relay teams which took championships at the Barry County Meet. She was also a part of the Delton Kellogg 400-meter relay team at the Division 2 state finals. Katie Searles: Searles was the lone Delton Kellogg girl to qualify for the 2007 Division 2 state finals in an individual event, scoring a spot in the 100-meter hurdles. She also ran in the 400-meter relay at the state meet. She was a part of Barry County championships in both events as well as the 800meter relay. Chelsea VanderWoude: Delton Kellogg’s top sprinter, she was a part of the 400-meter relay and 800-meter relay championships at the county meet. She placed third in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at the KVA meet this year. Jenah Wandell: Wandell took the championship at the Barry County Meet in the high jump, clearing 5 feet 2 inches. She also placed third in that event at the KVA meet this season. Hannah Williams: Williams was a part of the Panthers’ 400-meter relay championship at the Barry County Meet, and also placed third in the pole vault. She joined her teammates at the state meet for the 400-meter relay as well. Rachael Williams: Williams took the championship in the 400-meter run at the Barry County Meet, and was also a part of DK’s victorious team in the 800-meter relay. At the KVA meet, Williams helped the Panthers’ 3200-meter relay team to a victory. Lakewood Jessika Blackport: The Vikings’ top distance runner proved to be the top 3200-meter runner at the Barry County Meet, finishing the race in 12 minutes 46 seconds. She placed fourth in that event, behind three Williamston runners, at the CAAC-3 championship meet. Amy Joostberns: Joostberns was the discus champion at the Barry County Meet with a top throw of 117-4, and went on to earn AllState honors in the event at the Division 2 finals. Joostberns also placed second in the high jump at the Barry County Meet, and event in which she qualified for the state finals a year ago. Hastings Jessica Lee: Lee edged out Maple Valley’s Lauren Pierce and Saxon teammate Jessica Czinder for first place in the 100-meter dash at the Barry County Meet, with a time of 13.27 seconds. She was second in the 100 at the O-K Gold Conference Meet this spring. Nichole Moser: Moser won the shot put at the Barry County Meet, with a top toss of 33 feet 5 inches. She scored in both throwing events at the O-K Gold Conference Meet, and went on to earn a spot in the Division 2 state finals in the discus with a throw of 111 feet 6 inches at regionals. Maple Valley Dani Christensen: Christensen won the 300-meter low hurdles at the Barry County Meet, with a time of 48.75 seconds, after finishing in second in the 100-meter hurdles. She set a school record this year in the 300meter hurdles, and also was a part of a Lion school-record in the 800-meter relay this year along with teammates Lauren Pierce, Amy Tobias and Elizabeth Stewart Stacey Fassett: Fassett handily won the pole vault at the Barry County Meet, clearing 9 feet six inches, finishing 18 inches higher The 2007 All-Barry County girls’ track and field team. Team members are (front from left) Stacey Fassett, Lauren Pierce, Dani Christensen, Amy Joostberns, (center) Jessica Elliott, Jenah Wandell, Rachael Williams, Hannah Williams, Katie Searles, (back) Ashley VanderMeer, Melanie Truer, Rebecca Winchester, Emma Ordway, Kylie Schultz, Stephanie Betcher, Jessika Blackport, and Jessica Lee. Missing from photo are Nichole Moser, and Chelsea VanderWoude. (Photo by Brett Bremer) than teammate Catara Briggs in second place. She tied for fifth in the event at the Division 3 finals, also clearing 9-6 on that day. Lauren Pierce: Pierce bested teammate Stewart by a second and a half to win the 200meter dash at the Barry County Meet. It was one of two championship performances on the day for Pierce, who took the long jump at 16 feet 8.5 inches. She also qualified for the state finals in the long jump, the 400meter relay, and the 800-meter relay for Maple Valley. Thornapple Kellogg Stephanie Betcher: Betcher was a part of the Trojans’ 3200-meter relay team, which took the title at the Barry County Meet with a time of 10 minutes 14.29 seconds. She went to the state finals in the event with TK. Betcher also ran with the Trojan 1600-meter relay team when it placed second at the O-K Gold Conference meet. Emma Ordway: A state champion in the 1600-meter relay with TK a year ago, Ordway helped the Trojans to victory in the race at the Barry County Meet this year. Ordway was also second in the 400-meter dash at the Barry County Meet, and second in that race at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet. Kylie Schultz: Schultz ran on both the Trojans’ champion 3200-meter relay and 1600-meter relay teams at the Barry County Meet. She ran with the Trojans in both races at the Division 2 state finals hosted by Zeeland to end the season too. Melanie Truer: Truer helped Thornapple Kellogg to its 3200-meter relay victory at the Barry County Meet this year, and also ran in the race at the Division 2 state finals. Truer was just off the pace set by Lakewood’s Jessika Blackport in the 3200meter run, placing second in the event at the Barry County Meet. Ashley VanderMeer: VanderMeer was a part of the Trojans’ 1600-meter relay victory at the Barry County Meet, and also ran in the race with the Trojans at the state finals June 2. VanderMeer also had a second place finish in the long jump at the Barry County Meet, flying 15 feet 3 inches on her best jump of the day. Rebecca Winchester: The Trojan senior all-stater was a part of both the TK girls’ relay championships at the Barry County Meet, in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter events. She was also the individual champion in the 800meter run and the 1600-meter run. She qualified for the state finals in all four events in Division 2. Winchester will continue her running career beginning next school year at Grand Valley State University. Dowling youth on Go-Kart circuit by Brett Bremer No-hitter sweetest surprise of this Tigers’ season so far Teachers tell you that there are no stupid questions, but I don’t believe it. Being around sports reporters, I’ve heard a lot of stupid questions asked. I’m sure I’ve asked a stupid question or two, or three. I try hard not to, but every once in a while one slips out. Tuesday night Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander threw the first no-hitter in the history of Comerica Park, and the first by a Tiger since Jack Morris threw one in 1984. In televised interviews after the game, a reporter said to the Tigers’ young pitcher something like this. “You were in the World Series last year. You just threw a no-hitter. Could you have written a better script for the start of your baseball career?” It’ll take me longer to type Verlander’s answer than it did for him to think of it and spit it out. “We could have won the World Series last year.” If there’s any other answer to that question someone let me know. To me that answer was no surprise, and surprises are the best thing in sports. That’s what made the 2006 Tigers such a great story to follow. It was all a surprise. After years of being mediocre at best, the Tigers were suddenly a great team. The 2007 Tiger team is great once again, but it’s not as special because it’s not a surprise anymore. The Tigers are supposed to win now. I heard someone comparing them to the Yankee teams of the 90’s the other day. A no-hitter is always a surprise. They happen once or twice a year on the major league level. I started out watching the game Tuesday night, between the Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. Verlander looked great through the first three innings. Then in between grilling brats and welcoming my wife home from work, I only had the chance to catch glimpses of the contest. The ball game flipped back on somewhere around the bottom of the eighth inning. That’s when I saw the zeros. “0” runs. “0” hits. It’s a long held superstition in baseball not to talk about a no-hitter as its happening. Other players will avoid the pitcher, so there’s no chance of them bringing it up and spoiling it for the pitcher. Sometimes broadcasters talk about it. Sometimes they don’t. I didn’t hear anything about it from the Tiger announces on TV Tuesday. I blame myself for Tiger pitcher Jeremy Bonderman not getting a no-hitter in his team’s series clinching victory over the New York Yankees last fall in the American League Divisional series. I mentioned it. Even though everyone’s thinking about it, you can’t talk about it. My wife sat on the floor next to me Tuesday, a half finished game of Sorry between us, as I shouted at the screen with each pitch Verlander threw in the bottom of the ninth. I wanted to tell her so bad what was happening, but just couldn’t. It was more than a 40 victory for the Tig’s. The only thing in baseball that came close to being as exciting as that last night was that the Indians lost to the Marlins. It doesn’t sound exciting, but now add all this up. “Verlander” + “no-hitter” + “Tigers win” + “Indians lose” = The Detroit Tigers are now tied with the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead. Heading into Wednesday’s action both teams had 37 wins and 26 losses on the season. Getting to the World Series again might not be the surprise it was a year ago, but the Tigers winning it would still be the best surprise of all. Skyler Rogers of Dowling traveled with his parents, Jeff and Dawn, and older brother Cody White who is part of his pit crew, to the Daytona International Speedway in Florida in April. He had a great finish in his Go-Kart race and earned a spot on the awards podium. “Not everyone can say that they took the podium at the Daytona Speedway,” said dad, Jeff. Skyler began racing pro Go-Karts when he was six-years-old. He first started at the track in Ravenna, and took a championship there in 2004. “He was doing so well, and liked it so much,” said Jeff, “that we decided to get a lot more competitive.” Skyler began competing in The Great Lake Sprint Series (GLSS) and The World Karting Association Nationals (WKA). He finished the GLSS season in third place overall in the standings, and was seventh overall in the WKA. “We do a lot more traveling,” said Jeff. We go anywhere, from Michigan to Florida. We have a lot of fun and meet so many people from all over the USA. It is a good family time, and we all work together as a team. The Rogers credited their sponsors with being able to make those trips possible, without help it would be nearly impossible. Skyler just finished up fifth grade in the Delton Kellogg school district. Skyler Rogers shows off his cart, his trailer, and a number of trophies and plaques he’s earned. Skyler Rogers (7) of Dowling had a fine race in his Go-Kart at the Daytona International Speedway in April. Viking girls’ golf team lends Habitat for Humanity a hand by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Soon after dusting off their clubs for the spring golf season, the Lakewood varsity girls’ golf team found something else to dust off. They dusted freshly sanded drywall, and cleaned it, and eventually primed the walls in the entire basement of a Habitat for Humanity project home in the Lake Odessa area. “It helps build the team up, having them work together and do projects,” said Lakewood varsity golf assistant coach Stephanie Stump. Stump, a first grade teacher at West Elementary, just finished her second year teaching in the Lakewood School District. This was her first spring as a varsity assistant coach, and head coach Carl Kutch put her in charge of finding this spring’s service project for the team. “The community is important,” said Stump. “It’s important for us to show that we care, and to help out other people when we can.” Lakewood golfers Sara McKinney, Rebecca McKinney, Mychell Gibbs, Roni Klein, Rachelle Kent, and Megan Gillons all contributed to the project, working in threeperson groups on one of two days. “They really enjoyed it,” said Stump. “In fact, one of the girls suggested that we put a team picture together in a frame and give it to the family.” “We’re working on it.” Next season, they’ll find another community service project to work on too. �Page 18 — Thursday, June 14, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Mount Morris hit it where the Vikings weren’t by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A five-run fifth got the offensive onslaught started for Mt. Morris, which went on to a 93 victory over the Lakewood Vikings in Saturday’s Division 2 regional semifinal at DeWitt. Fowlerville then topped Mt. Morris 8-2 in the regional championship game, to advance to Tuesday’s state quarterfinal where the Gladiators were downed by St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 3-2 in eight innings. The five-run fifth inning by the Mt. Morris Panthers in the regional semifinal Saturday gave their team a 6-3 lead. The Panthers came into the regional tournament with three players hitting better than .450. It wasn’t until the bottom of the sixth that the Panthers really started pounding the ball. Mt. Morris’ rally started in the bottom of the fifth, when senior third baseman Ben Dowland knocked a Jesse Martin pitch into short right field. Viking right fielder Matt Schultz made a diving attempt at the catch, but when he bounced off the ground the ball bounced out of his glove. Giles Hart hit a popup to short center field that fell in, then Braydon Lafranboise added a single to load the bases. From there, came an RBI ground-out and a walk to reload the bases. Then in stepped Panther short stop Jimmy Vessell, with the Viking infield in to try and protect its 3-2 lead. Vessell took a half swing, that blooped the ball just over the head of Lakewood shortstop Jordan Richardson to tie the game. A two-run single by Cody Jaggers and an RBI single off the bat of Ben Dowland followed. “That’s what happens in baseball,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “It’s not always the big hits that do it. Sometimes it’s the freak ones, or the errors that win the big ones for you.” “We were trying to shut down that run, because we knew we couldn’t double up their guy at the plate.” The Panthers added three more runs in the bottom of the sixth, as their big bats got hot. Braydon Lafranboise, who entered the contest with a .491 batting average walked. That was followed by triples off the bats of Luke McClain (.464) and Adam Tabit (.455). Martin gave up the RBI triple to McClain, before being relieved by Scott Schultz. Vessell followed the triples with an RBI double to end the scoring. Martin finished the game with eight earned runs allowed in five and one-third innings of work. He walked five and struck out four. Martin, a junior, was starting the biggest game of his varsity career Saturday after spending most of the 2006 season on the Lakewood junior varsity. “He threw well, but he was not sharp,” Veitch said. “There were some times when he was questioning himself. He didn’t feel right.” “That’s tough when you’re in the regional semifinals.” Mt. Morris starter Lee Cline s also a junior, but in his third season on the varsity. He entered the contest with an ERA of 1.12, and a career record of 25-5. Cline pitched a complete game, allowing five hits and one walk, while striking out five. The biggest hit for the Vikings was a solo home run by Richardson in the top of the second, that tied the game at one. Mt. Morris jumped in front 1-0, with the help of two walks in the bottom of the first. Lakewood didn’t hit the ball hard to take its lead in the game either. In the top of the fifth, Richardson led off with an infield single. Alex Backe followed with a bunt single. Isaiah Viking junior Jesse Martin blasts a single in the top of the fourth inning Saturday against Mt. Morris in the Division 2 regional semifinals at DeWitt. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Bosworth drove them both in with a single past a pulled in second baseman for a 3-1 Viking lead. It was Lakewood’s last hit of the season. Lakewood’s young team matured over the course of the season this spring. “We only had three seniors that were actually starting. Everybody else is juniors,” Veitch said. “We started out and we were making seven or eight errors a game. We weren’t talking, weren’t communicating. We just had to work through it.” “We lost eight games in the bottom of the seventh or the bottom of the eighth there before we started turning the page and win- ning some.” Friday’s Division 2 semifinals are set. Mt. Pleasant (37-1) takes on St Clair Shores Lake Shore (31-4) at 4 p.m. on Nichols Field in Battle Creek. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (27- 11) faces Marshall (20-11) at C.O. Brown Stadium at 5 p.m. The D-2 championship will be played Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. DK Boosters’ fundraising gone to birds You’re invited to... YMCA CAMP ALGONQUIN Open House Saturday, June 16 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free! ACTIVITIES • Pony Rides • Archery and slingshot shooting • Canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boating • Crafts • Tower and Zip lining on Spirit Mountain • Climbing on the Y’s “Track and Trail Ropes Course” • Meet the staff for 2007 Registrations for summer camp are still available For more information, call the YMCA 269-945-4574 02673477 Lakewood catcher Peter Wernet steps forward to tag out Mt. Morris’ Cody Jaggers in front of the plate during the fifth inning of Saturday’s Division 2 regional semifinal contest at DeWitt. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Straley to enter Motorsports Hall The Board of Directors for the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame, whose objective is to promote and preserve Michigan’s extensive racing history, are pleased to announce the 2007 inductees. Among this year’s inductees is Tom Straley, from Hastings. He has raced in many different types of motorsports and was also a successful car and engine builder. The induction ceremony will be held at the University Comfort Inn in Mount Pleasant on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 4. Tickets are available to the general public. Other 2007 inductees include Andy Bozell from Kalamazoo, MI who is being inducted for his driving merits over the years in Enduro and significantly the Super Late Model cars. From Monroe is Ron Drager who owns Flat Rock Speedway (MI), part owner of Toledo (OH) Speedway, is President of the national ARCA race series and is also President of the Michigan Speedway Promoter’s Association. Ron Flinn, from Crystal, made his mark as a speedway promoter and is now the owner and promoter of Crystal Motor Speedway. Bob Hanes, from Clinton County raced in many type cars but acclaimed most of his notoriety as a Mud Bog drag racing champion. Don Holben, from Grand Ledge, raced and won many championships in the NHRA drag racing circuit. Detroit native, Sam Gianino, made his mark in the history books as an IHRA and NHRA champion and record holder, as well as a very successful engine builder for many types of motorsports. The late Rusty Kelly, of Pontiac established himself as a driver of stock cars, modified hardtops and Midget racers. Ken Mackey, from Manitou Beach, is being inducted based on his continuing successful career as a multi-time Sprint Car champion. Artie Sommers, from Harrison Township was a dominant late model racer on the dirt and asphalt, winning Championships in the US and Canada. Brian Tyler, formerly 01546535 Lakewood shortstop Jordan Richardson chases a bouncing ball in the third inning of Saturday’s regional semifinal. (Photo by Brett Bremer) As the Delton Kellogg Athletic Boosters spend the summer preparing or the next school year they are having some fun with pink flamingos. “It's called flocking,” said booster member Michelle Kingsley. “The whole idea behind it is to have fun and generate awareness that the athletic boosters are actively working to raise money in support of our athletic programs at Delton.” With flocking homeowners pay to get flocking insurance, so they don’t get flocked, to have someone flocked, or to have the pink flock removed from their yard. It's all in fun and who wouldn’t want a flock of pink flamingos in their yard this time of year To flock someone, give Kingsley a call at (269) 664-5945 or e-mail her at parkingplace3@yahoo.com. Keep a look out in your front yard for the pink flamingos. You may just get flocked. from Parma, but now from Mt. Pleasant, NC, continues to achieve success as a USAC Sprint Car Champion and also has driven in the IRL Series, NASCAR Busch and NASCAR Truck Series. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-06-21.pdf d3ac98467fad02e3352581c2348df719 PDF Text Text Rotary Red Rose goes to familiar figure EMU guilty of weaving ‘a tangled web’ 24 hour challenge celebrates 25 years See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 25 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, June 21, 2007 NEWS Which is better, Wal-Mart or Meijer? Post-film discussion group favors the Michigan-based company BRIEFS ‘Running Dry’ film slated for tonight The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be hosts for the West Michigan premiere showing of “Running Dry” at 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, June 21) at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., M i d d l e v i l l e . The film, which has been shown to select audiences in venues around the world, is acclaimed as one of the most important documentaries of our time. “Running Dry” is full of images that illustrate the magnitude of the problem of maintaining a clean, reliable water supply for the continuation of human existence on the planet. The expose shines a light on a crisis that for so long has lurked in the shadows and profoundly underscores that the time for us to assume responsibility for preserving and conserving our very life force-water is now. Discussion after the film will include insights from Kim Spring of Clean Water Action and will include perspectives on corporate interests in controlling the world‚s supply of fresh water. More information about the film can be obtained by going to the web site at www.runningdry.org. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., the film begins at 7. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or 269-795-4412. Bike Jamboree slated June 23 Barry County’s fifth annual Pennock/Felpausch Bike Jamboree is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, in the south parking lot at 127 S. Michigan St. at the Felpausch Food Center in Hastings. Helmets and event kits are sponsored in part through a Barry County Sheriff’s Department grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health. Free professionally fitted bike helmets for mom, dad and children will be handed out, subject to availability. In addition there will be free bicycle safety training over a Hastings City Police approved course. There will be free refreshments and safety information. There will also be a free identification station including fingerprint, photograph and DNA sample (hair clippings) for child’s parents, courtesy of the Hastings City Police. This event is sponsored by Ace Hardware, Felpausch, Hastings City Police, MainStreet Savings Bank and the Pennock Foundation. This year bicycles for a drawing are donated by Hastings Kiwanis, Thornapple Trail Association, MainStreet Savings Bank, Ace Hardware and the Hastings Orthopedic Clinic. For more information call 269-9483472. by David T. Young Editor The prospect of a Meijer store joining a Wal-Mart super center added another dimension to a public film viewing and discussion last Thursday night at the Hastings High School lecture hall. Robert Greenwald’s documentary “WalMart: The High Cost of Low Price” drew about 50 people to the lecture hall, but only about a dozen stayed for discussion afterward. Most of the talk focused on the specter of two retail giants, Wal-Mart and Meijer, locating in Rutland Township, just outside the city limits. It was earlier that morning that the Banner carried a front page story about Meijer announcing plans to build a 150,000-squarefoot facility next to Eye & ENT on the south side of M-37/43. This came on the heels of Wal-Mart approaching the Rutland Township Planning Commission about building a 180,000-square-foot supercenter near the corner of Green Street and Cook Road, an upgrade from its retail store at the corner of M-37/43 and Heath Road. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See FILM, page 2 Chris Cooley named principal at Central Elementary School by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Former Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Chris Cooley has been assigned the position of Central Elementary School Principal following John Johnston’s resignation this spring. Cooley currently is an assistant principal at Hastings Middle School, a post he filled after stepping down from his position as superintendent last November after being in that position for three years. Cooley was one of several school employees who was reassigned because of vacancies resulting from teacher layoffs, retirements or resignations. In other business at Monday’s school board meeting: • The annual reorganizational meeting was set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, in the multi- Mike Hubert Felpausch VP takes manager post at L’Anse purpose room of Hastings Middle School. There also will be a special meeting at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 28, regarding employee salaries. • Jeff Guenther, Scott Hodges and Tammy Pennington were appointed to the nominations committee. • Layoffs since the last Board of Education meeting were April Gorman, Southeastern School paraprofessional; Lisa Gibbs, high school paraprofessional; Nancy Jenks, Central School paraprofessional; and Cindy VanBelkum, high school paraprofessional. 17 school employees were transferred or reassigned to new positions, and 24 school employees were appointed to new assignments. Lindsay Fairchild, Amanda Miller and See SCHOOL, page 3 Chris Cooley Charlton Park car show beats 90-degree heat Temperatures above 90 degrees didn’t stop the 26th annual Father’s Day Car Show from happening Sunday at Charlton Park. Though some of the attendees and entries had to improvise a bit by parking, standing and sitting in the shade, more than five thousand spectators checked out the vintage vehicles. Park officials said there were about 700 paid exhibitors and another 400 who preregistered. They added a splendid time was had by nearly everyone. For more photos by Perry Hardin, see Page 3 of today’s edition of the Banner. by David T. Young Editor It didn’t take long for one former Felpausch official to land on his feet. Mike Hubert, former vice president of management information systems for the Hastings-based grocery chain, is moving from the private to the public sector by taking the village manager’s post at L’Anse in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Hubert, who worked at Felpausch for 38 years, officially will begin duties Monday, July 9 at L’Anse, which is located in Baraga County near the southernmost tip of Keweenaw Bay in Lake Superior. He replaces Roy Kemppainen in the position at a salary of $47,500 a year. “He (Hubert) has been in and out of the office, and we originally thought he would start as of July 1, but we don’t expect him (full time) until July 9,” said L’Anse Village Clerk Kay Goodreau. She added that he was appointed at a special meeting of the council on June 9. Hubert, 53, is no stranger to the area. His wife, Robin, is from Houghton, which is about 30 miles away and he earned a bachelor of business administration degree from Michigan Technological University in that town in 1976, four years after his graduation from Hastings High School. The Huberts See HUBERT, page 2 Felpausch food stores reopen under new Spartan ownership Five miles of M-43 under construction The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be reconstructing and resurfacing shoulders on approximately five miles of M-43 from the north city limits of Hastings to Messer Road. The estimated completion date is Friday, Aug. 31 One lane of alternating traffic will be maintained using flag control. This $435,000 project is expected to increase safety. Bridgette Gregory, MDOT Office of Communications, said, “It continues a commitment by MDOT and the Granholm Administration to create jobs, Some of the discussion last Thursday night included the question, “Which would you rather have in Hastings, Meijer or Wal-Mart?” Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics and an unabashed critic of WalMart, said he would prefer a Meijer, but insisted neither would give to the community like the local businesses they might replace. He suggested Meijer has decided to come to Hastings because of Wal-Mart’s plans for Burned building comes down A charred Al Fresco finally is torn down after it was badly damaged by an unexpected fire May 12. General contractors at PR Builders Inc. were on the scene Monday, June 18, to clean up the damage. Co-owners and sisters Terry and Sue Albrecht plan to rebuild and said they hope be running again by the holiday season. Until then, they will share the neighboring Jefferson Gallery starting the week of July 9. Spartan Stores, new owners of the Felpausch grocery chain, reopened the supermarkets last week with the claim customers will see the same Felpausch faces, new shopping carts, new registers for faster checkout, a focus on customers and employees first will. However, there promising to transition stores to new products, promotions and community programs. Felpausch and Spartan Stores temporarily closed the 20 stores in the chain on Wednesday, June 13, at noon, and reopened at normal hours Friday June 15. The temporary closing allowed stores to transition products, equipment and fully prepare for reopening. Felpausch Pharmacies remained open during normal hours on Wednesday, June 13, but were temporarily closed Thursday, June 14, reopening again at their regular time Friday, June 15. Among the many activities completed June 13 and 14 were placing new shelf tags on all products throughout the stores, delivering new shopping carts and kiddy carts, delivering fresh meat, produce, bakery, deli, dairy and frozen and other non perishable grocery products, testing all newly installed cash reg- isters, placing new promotion signs throughout the store, and generally preparing Felpausch Food Centers to re-open for business last Friday. Customers were greeted by the same Felpausch store directors and associates who have served them for years. Associates have been learning about the many new products that will be offered in each store, and training many hours to master the new registers at checkout. More than 300 Spartan Stores team members are providing support and coaching Felpausch associates during the transition process. “We look forward to a smooth transition because both organizations have traditionally worked together as partners to provide customer focused, friendly and knowledgeable service to our customers,” said Mark Feldpausch, chairman and chief executive of Felpausch Food Centers. “We are very excited to bring these two premier Michigan grocery store operators together. We have great confidence in Spartan Stores as a quality leader in the industry and fully expect they See FELPAUSCH, page 2 �Page 2 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page improve quality of life, and provide the highest quality transportation services for Michigan residents and businesses.” Blood drive set in Delton July 5 An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at the St, Ambrose Catholic Church, 11252 Floria Road, Delton. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org The society is reporting successful indoor yard sale because of the many donors and workers involved. Some of the society members are volunteering at Charlton Park this summer. One member, Brian Reynolds, has been appointed events chairman at the park. The Society's World War II Veteran' Books, along with its Rural School books, are now available at "Beyond The Cover" bookstore in downtown Hastings. Next 1st Friday will be June 27 Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party chairman and vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, will be the guest speaker at the Barry County Democrats First Friday forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27. The forum will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, 328 South Jefferson in Hastings (corner of Green and Jefferson Street). Brewer is the longest serving Michigan Democratic chair since the 1950s and is the senior Democratic state party chair in the country. Brewer will be speaking at the First Friday forum on the presidential caucus, the lack of cooperation between the two political parties, and the budget crisis within the state of Michigan. There will be time for the public to ask questions and be answered by Brewer. Dave Brinkert, vice chairman of the Barry County Democratic Party, will be host for the First Friday forum and he can be contacted at 269-672-5541 [his business] or 269-672-5503 [home]. The Barry County Democratic party will be serving pizza, pop and chips during the program. Music festival set at Charlton Park Charlton Park will have a bluegrass and country festival from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 1. Scheduled to perform are the Windy Mountain Boys from Jackson at 3 p.m.; the Thornapple River Boys from the Hastings area at 4:15; Blue Grass Twist at 5:30 and the Northern Blue String Band from Nashville at 6:45. After the music, there will be a fireworks show at dusk that can be seen from the Admission is $5 for adults and # for children ages 5 to 12. Annexation hearing slated for July 10 A public hearing on the Village of Middleville’s request to annex 13 parcels in Thornapple Township will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, by the Barry County Board of Commissioners. The annexation, if approved, would pave the way for construction of a bridge over the Thornapple River to better accommodate truck traffic from the Bradford White Corp. to M-37. A federal highway grant of $3.1 million was secured by the Barry County Road Commission and another $1.1 million is being for a Michigan Governor’s Jobs Today grant. The Village Council in April adopted a resolution to proceed with the annexation procedure and Thornapple Township since then has indicated it has no objection. The next step then is the hearing next month and approval from the County Board. Providing impetus for the project was the Village Local Development Finance Authority, along with the Road Commission. Providing a better and faster route for Bradford White is regarded as a way to make Barry County’s largest employer, a manufacturer of water heaters, more competitive. Historical Society will meet tonight The Barry County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at the Hastings Elks Club Thursday evening, June 21. The evening will start with a potluck supper at 6 p.m., followed by a short business meeting and election of officers. This in turn will be followed by a silent auction. Tom Enslen New asst. supt. selected at TK The Thornapple Kellogg Schools has announced Tom Enslen has been selected as the assistant superintendent for the district Enslen, who succeeds Patricia Koeze, who left to take the superintendent’s post at Holland West Ottawa, has served as principal at Lee Elementary in the Thornapple Kellogg district for the past two years. He previously served as the assistant principal at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School after 20 years of teaching and coaching at the elementary, middle and high School levels. School officials said Enslen was selected from a field of 47 applicants after a careful and thorough process that included two rounds of interviews with a committee made up of parents, teachers, administrators and school board members. In addition, at least a dozen reference calls were made on each of the two finalists in regard to questions about the candidates suggested by committee members. Enslen will officially begin his new position on July 1 and one of his first tasks will be to oversee the search for a new principal at Lee Elementary. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday, June 22, with the Nowhere Band, a local group that specializes in music recorded by the Beatles.. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Senior of the year nominees sought Nominations are being accepted for the ninth annual Senior Citizen of the Year award, which will be presented Thursday, July 26, at the Barry County Commission on Aging's Summer Picnic. This award highlights contributions made by persons age 60 and older to civic and social life in Barry County. The Senior Citizen of the Year also is also invited to ride as an honored guest In the annual Hastings Summerfest parade in the last weekend of August. Hastings City Bank and the Barry County Commission on Aging are co-sponsors of the award. Past winners of the honor have included Kensinger Jones, Florence Marble, Joyce Weinbrecht, Don Reid, Nyla Nye, Ruth Newton, Russ Nash, Earl McMullin, and last year's winner, Mabel Boylon. Nominees for Barry County's "Senior Citizen of the Year" award should be age 60 or older and residents of Barry County. Consideration should be given to the contribution each nominee has made to the Barry County community. Nomination forms are available at the Commission on Aging office, Hastings City Bank, and WBCH Radio. Nominations can be from individuals or groups. Nominations should be sent to the Commission on Aging, 320 West Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058. All nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17. FILM, continued from page 1 superstore and because the more than 70year-old Felpausch family’s supermarket chain has been sold to Spartan Stores. Jacobs said the biggest reason he would prefer Meijer is that it is Michigan-based, and its West Michigan headquarters makes it virtually a neighbor, while Wal-Mart is based in “It’s still another big box store. I have mixed feelings about it. But it (a Meijer) is better than Wal-Mart.” — Jackie Schmitz Bentonville, Arkansas. But he predicted smaller local groceries and retailers will take a big hit when two giants in the business come to town. “When Meijer and Wal-Mart go at it, there’s a gun war,” said. “They can afford to lose $50,000, $60,000, $70,000 a week, until the last guys standing will be those two. They give nothing back to the community, it’s all about them.” Closer to home, Meijer is going head to head against Wal-Mart in neighboring communities such as Charlotte and OtsegoPlainwell. This information prompted George Williston to quip, “Maybe they’ll kill each other off.” Steve Garrett, retired superintendent of Thornapple Kellogg schools, when asked which he would prefer, responded, “If WalMart expands, I’d be in favor of a Meijer.” However, he cautioned that he worries Meijer might be beginning to copy some of “It (the Wal-Mart movie) was about as fair and balanced as Fox News.” — Brian Reynolds Wal-Mart’s cut-throat practices. Barry County Surveyor Brian Reynolds said, “If it’s a horse race between who gets the building permit first, I’d be in favor of Meijer.” Jackie Schmitz, a counselor for TK schools, said, “It’s still another big box store. I have mixed feelings about it. But it (a Meijer) is better than Wal-Mart.” Jacobs agreed, saying “Meijer is a better corporate citizen, and they live around here... Wal-Mart is a cancer on the community.” Greenwald’s film seemed to echo Jacobs’ feelings, telling horrors stories about longtime local small-town businesses being forced to close, about workers in China and Bangladesh being forced to work under sweat shop conditions for pitifully low wages to supply cheap goods to Wal-Mart, about the retail giant polluting lakes, not providing adequate security in parking lots for customers, soaking local taxpayers with infrastructure needs and mistreating workers with low wages without adequate health care benefits. After the film concluded, moderator Aaron Wissner asked the dozen who remained in the discussion group what struck them. Reynolds responded that though he didn’t necessarily disagree with the film’s point of view, he thought “It was about as fair and balanced as Fox News.” Dorotha Cooper, one of the most outspoken local critics of a Wal-Mart supercenter, said she was struck by the terrible working conditions for the Chinese people making goods for the world’s largest and richest retail corporation. She defended Greenwald against criticisms of heavy-handedness by saying, “It isn’t just propaganda, they (the movie’s producers) tried to do the right thing (by informing the public).” Williston said he was struck by the Walton family’s “monumental greed,” being among the 10 richest people in the world, but giving very little to charity. One of the most controversial issues is the contention Wal-Mart sucks communities’ downtown business districts dry. Cooper said, “Just go to downtown Ionia, there are only two jewelry stores, a little specialty shop that sells wine and gourmet food, and an office supply store, and maybe a couple of restaurants. Otherwise, there’s nothing.” Rowena Hale said, “Our downtown looks good. We can be proud of the way it looks and what it offers. We still have a small town atmosphere, but can we buck the trend of malls and big box stores?” Schmitz said, “I’m totally opposed (to a Wal-Mart superstore). I’m concerned about low-paying jobs coming into our communities and replacing the jobs people already have.” Williston said, “If both of these stores move in, the life of the community is going to deteriorate. The standard of living will go down.” Tom Laubaugh said, “Felpausch has been a huge supporter of charities and with its sale we have the loss of a lot of local intellectual capital.” Jacobs said, “There is only so much money in a small town like Hastings. When you bring in a Meijer and a Wal-Mart, it’s a whole different ballgame. Hastings is stagnating in population, we’re tearing down more houses than we’re building and we have fewer manufacturing jobs than we used to. The big box stores want their share of what money’s available and the little guys won’t be able to survive.” Jacobs added, “Felpausch is paying their employees less than they did five years ago. They’ve had to do that to be able to compete. That’s the Wal-Mart effect.” Corrine Turner suggested Hastings reinvent itself and “become a source of renewable energy manufacturing, something viable with good, high paying jobs.” Reynolds said he has a little less pessimistic outlook. “I was here when the Kmart Plaza opened (more than 15 years ago) and I was told this would be the end of Hastings as we know it. Before then you could buy clothes downtown. But the town since then has adjusted (to both Wal-Mart and Kmart)... When Felpausch “Just go to downtown Ionia, there are only two jewelry stores, a little specialty shop that sells wine and gourmet food, and an office supply store, and maybe a couple of restaurants. Otherwise, there’s nothing.” — Dorotha Cooper opened its supermarket, there were butcher shops downtown, a dry goods store and they (Felpausch) absorbed a pharmacy. But the town adjusted.” He added, “I’d just as soon both stay away. There will be some upheaval.” Wal-Mart has a retail store already just outside Hastings, but a superstore, which would include groceries and services for one-stop shopping, would ratchet up the pressure on local businesses a great deal more, some people contend. “Meijer is a better corporate citizen, and they live around here... Wal-Mart is a cancer on the community.” — Fred Jacobs Cooper said, “I’m opposed to the proposed (Wal-Mart superstore) location. It’ll be devastating to Green Street and Pennock Hospital.” Jacobs said Wal-Mart and city officials have been talking about putting a cul-de-sac in just to the west of Pennock to avoid emergency ambulances having to fight the extra traffic the superstore would generate. Wal-Mart officials plan to be in attendance at the Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, to ask for rezoning the parcel it wants to buy to C-3 (heavy commercial and industrial) rather than mixed use zoning. FELPAUSCH, continued from page 1 will provide great service and value to our customers.” After completing the transaction and during its first full year of operation, Spartan Stores expects to invest approximately $5 million for promotions, new marketing programs and re-grand openings, and an additional million dollars in employee training costs. The company will increase the capital expenditures for these stores to improve their physical appearance. The first year expenditures are expected to improve sales volumes at the acquired stores and to strengthen Spartan’s retail market position in south and central Michigan. Felpausch Food Centers entered into a purchase agreement last March for Spartan to acquire 20 retail supermarkets, including two fuel centers, and nine in-store pharmacies from Felpausch, a privately held Hastingsbased retail grocery operator and current distribution customer serving south and central Michigan. Grand Rapids-based Spartan Stores is the nation’s 10th largest grocery distributor, with warehouse facilities in Grand Rapids and Plymouth, Mich. The company distributes more than 40,000 private-label and national brand products to nearly 400 independent grocery stores in Michigan. Spartan Stores also owns and operates 68 retail supermarkets and 19 deep-discount drug stores in Michigan and Ohio, including Family Fare Supermarkets, Glen’s Markets and The Pharm. HUBERT, continued from page 1 have three gown children. While working at Felpausch for all those years, Hubert also was active in the community. He served three, four-year terms on the Hastings Board of Education, at one time as vice president. He also was on the city’s Brownfield Development Commission, was a member of the Kiwanis Club and attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. His move to the Upper Peninsula comes in the wake of the news last March the Felpausch chain has been sold to Spartan Stores. Hubert’s was one of nearly 70 administrative and support jobs eliminated as a result of the transaction. The Banner’s attempts to reach Hubert for comment by phone at his Hastings home were not successful. Fred Jacobs stands with his wife, Patti, after receiving the Red Rose Award from the Hastings Rotary Club Monday, June 18. Fred Jacobs this year’s winner of Hastings Red Rose Award Hastings Rotarian Fred Jacobs thought he was attending just another Monday Rotary lunch when his wife, children and grandchildren walked into the meeting. It didn’t take long for him to figure out that it was more than a regular meeting. Jacobs was chosen as the Red Rose recipient for this year because of his exemplary behavior of putting community before himself. Carl Schoessel introduced Jacobs and began the day’s presentation. He began by explaining the history of the award. The Red Rose Award was started in the Dowagiac Rotary Club in the 1940s, and the Hastings Rotary Club adopted the tradition in 1965. Schoessel said the intent of the award is to honor people while they are still alive instead of waiting until they are deceased to express their feelings. “I have waited for 24 years to tell you what I think of you,” Schoessel told Jacobs. Jacobs’ involvement in Rotary began when he joined the club in 1981. He served as the president during the 1990-1991 year and cur- rently gives members the weekly news. Following Schoessel’s introduction, Randy Teegardin gave some background about Jacobs’ early years, including some of his elementary and middle school entrepreneurial endeavors. Since that time, Jacobs has been married to his wife Patti for 37 years, he has served in the Air National Guard, he was the Hastings High School Alumnus of the Year in 1995 and he was the Barry County Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year in 2002. “It is obvious that Rotary themes and Rotary ideals run throughout Fred’s life,” said Schoessel. Jacobs accepted his award and honored his parents and other entrepreneurs who had an influence on his life. He said he “learned more from the people up and down Main Street” than he did while he was in college. He also said that it was his parents who taught him the most about being a community member and businessman in the “School of Mel and Alice Jacobs.” �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 3 Old-Fashioned 4th celebration slated at Charlton Park The 25th annual Old-fashioned Fourth of July and Veterans' Barbecue this year will take place on a Wednesday at Charlton Park. The celebration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year's festivities will begin with the flag raising ceremony at 11:30 opened by the Veterans Association. The chicken and pork barbecue buffet, sponsored by the 4th of July Veterans Association, will run from noon to 4 p.m. in the Walnut Grove. From 1 p.m. on, old-fashioned family games will be held on the village green. Annual favorites include sack races, pie and watermelon eating and straw bale toss. Everyone is encouraged to bring a homemade pie to be judged by the “expert” panel. Those who don't bring a pie may purchase one at the auction. There will be music by the Dixieland Raggets. In the village, buildings will be open. Hand-cranked ice cream and bottomless mugs of lemonade will be available at the Bristol Inn. Admission to the event is tree. Tickets for the chicken and pork barbecue buffet are $7 for adults and $5 for grade school children and younger. For more information, call Historic Charlton Park at (269) 945-3775. Historic Charlton Park is located at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, just north of M-79 between Hastings and Nashville. The entrance to Charlton Park was well marked with a welcome sign for the annual Father’s Day Car Show. Well, it was a Sunday, so perhaps the backdrop of the historic chapel at Charlton Park was an appropriate part of the Father’s Day Car Show. This red truck was shining brilliantly in the hot sun all afternoon at Charlton Park. An unidentified enthusiast takes a look under the hood of one of the most popular muscle cars ever, the Ford Mustang. This entry added a little fun by adding a stuffed tiger. Was it to represent a tiger in the tank, or a variation off the old Mercury TV ads? What’s a car show without a Corvette? This yellow beauty was one of just many classics at the show. Anyone want to take a stab as to whether this was an entry in the show or a modified truck to haul another entry? SCHOOL, continued from page 1 It would be extremely difficult to be able to guess the correct year for this ancient Ford. Susan Pifer resigned. • The school improvement plan for 20072008 to 2010-2011 was approved. • System-wide areas of emphasis were approved for the 2007-2008 school year. The areas of emphasis are: Use data and research to improve student performance and teacher instruction; provide a safe and secure learning environment through an emphasis on respect and responsibility and various other initiatives; use school-community resources and available data to promote student and family education, and to market schools; Continue a collaborative community approach and shared vision for services for at-risk students and responsible schools from early childhood and throughout each student’s education career. Program planning will use decisions based on data and be tailored to the needs of students who are at-risk for academic, social or health reasons. • The 2007-2008 Tax Levy Resolution was passed, including an operating tax levy of 17.754 mills (on non-homestead property) for general operating expenses, a debt retirement tax rate of 5.75 mills and a State Education Tax of 6 mills as required by state law. • The 2007-2008 General Appropriations Act Resolution was adopted, defining the budget parameters for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. • A $235,000 gift was accepted from an anonymous donor to replace gymnasium bleachers at the middle and high schools. American Furniture Contractors of Grand Rapids will be awarded the bid for the project. • The superintendent was authorized to execute agreements allowing for the use of two classrooms at Southeastern Elementary School by the Head Start program and for the use of one classroom at Star Elementary School and one classroom at Southeastern Elementary School by the Barry Intermediate School District during the 2007-2008 school year. • Mathematics - Course II was approved for use in the eighth grade mathematics program for $55.47 per book, pending the upcoming budget figures. Jackson area mortician Lauer purchases Wren Funeral Home The Wren Funeral Home in Hastings is under new ownership. Steve Lauer, who owns funeral homes in Jackson and Concord, bought the local funeral home and plans to rename it Lauer Family Funeral Homes, Wren Chapel. “We were looking to expand,” said Lauer of his choice to purchase a funeral home in Hastings. Lauer said his son and son-in-law were interested in entering the business, but there was no space for them at the Jackson and Concord facilities, so they decided to expand to Hastings. Lauer’s daughter and son-in-law will be moving to Hastings to run the facility. Lauer said he decided to buy Wren Funeral Home because it was available and “funeral homes are kind of scarce for sale these days.” He also said he likes the small-town atmosphere in Hastings. He said the owners of the funeral home, a corporation and not the Wren family, solicited him and then accepted his bid. Lauer said he does not plan to make many changes about the current operation. He said he sees some unused space in the facility, and his daughter hopes to use some of that space as a community room for fitness and health classes. “It’s going to be more of a family-oriented type of atmosphere,” said Lauer. Lauer said he brings 30 years of experience Sheriff Dar Leaf, Hastings City Police Chief Jerry Sarver, State Trooper Brian Roderick and Kevin Belson of the Hastings Fire Department display their awards for their assistance as public safety organizations. Other organizations honored were the Johnstown Fire Department and Life Care Ambulance. Wren Funeral Home on Broadway in Hastings. with him. He started in the funeral home business near Detroit, but the company got too big, so “I decided if I was going to stay in this profession, we were going with one-on-one personal operations.” He said a family-owned business allows grieving people to get the attention they need at a very difficult time. Lauer also said he plans to be in Hastings for every funeral, and that when the family members have problems, they can talk to him directly instead of having to contact an out-of-state organization. Lauer said he hopes to add more jobs to the Hastings funeral home. Dave McIntyre of WBCH Radio, Gene Gallup of the Grand Rapids Press and Fred Jacobs and Megan Lavell of J-Ad Graphics show off their Media Honor Roll Awards from the Michigan Association of School Boards at Monday’s school board meeting. �Page 4 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Attacks on Christian author were political and personal IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Congress on Easy Street while we suffer To the editor: Whether you are a Republican, a Democrat or an independent, you’ve got to consider the idea that Congress is a real joke and their benefits package is outrageous. The Democrats say we put the power of both chambers to end the war. So what have they have done in the last six months? Pass a bill that the president said he would be veto and weeks later they passed a bill that he wanted. What a waste of money for six months! I believe we sent Congress to Washington to do at least three things. A. Keep our families and us safe from people intent on killing us. B. Resolve issues in the social security system so that our grandchildren and great grandchildren will be able to receive it. C. Resolve the health care system for this country and then we would have more jobs in Michigan and the workers to do them. According to the Kiplinger Letter, the benefits package for members of Congress: A. Annually salary is $165,200 per year. B. If they work 2,070 hours per year, their hourly wage is $79.80 per hour. C. They generally do not work more than 1,000 hours, actually making their hourly wage $165.20 per hour. D. They have the cheapest health insurance plan in the country, and get it when they retire. E. Free outpatient care at any military hospital. F. A pension that is worth three times that of any private plan. Congressman Tom Delay retired with a $ 60,000 pension. G. Free gym, swimming pool. H. Free parking at all airports and in Washington. L Subsided meals. J. Exotic trips that include their wives. K. Free passport service. L. Free income tax preparation service. They make the laws and then have someone make sure they get every deduction. After you read this account, I am sure you will be as outraged as I am, and can understand why their approval rating is at 22 %, and the president’s is at 30%. I recently retired after 22 years of service with benefits of a 401K and pay $600 per month for health insurance, a real difference from Congress. Susan Bustance, Hastings What has happened to our country To the editor: “In response to the June 7 letter by Chris Norton, I again find myself in agreement with her. Grave vandal not appreciated To the editor: Someone is being disrespectful by taking cherished things from Charles Davis' grave and throwing them in the trash cans. The family would like for it to stop! If you didn't put it out there, then you have no right to remove it! Not only is this person or persons hurting his family, but his friends and co-workers as well, who have as much right as anyone to pay their repects to Charles. As for the hook and the plant that was taken, they are just material things, but they were purchased for Charles and no one else. So to whomever took it, it would be greatly appreciated if it was returned to his grave. As for the the glass jar with the angel with his name on it, and the pack of Juicy Fruit gum that was removed and put in the trash, it has been put back out and needs to stay there. As for the angel wagon planter that was trown away, it was also found in the trash can. The local police are aware of it and are watching the grave. If this happens again then names will be named, and charges will be pressed. They know who they are and so does God. So please stop and think before doing such a disrespectful thing again. Charles Davis was a real people person who always went out of his way to help others including helping to save lives. Yet this is what he gets in return. Bonnie Davis, Hastings The State of Michigan can find the money to crack down on the arch criminal the non seatbelt user. Why? It is easier to catch a young person who thinks he is 14 feet tall and bulletproof or the senior citizens who have trouble putting on their seatbelts than it is to catch the speeder, the drunk, the rapists, the robber. The young person or senior citizen allow themselves to be caught. Where did the seatbelt laws come from? Probably the insurance companies and the ambulance drivers who were tired of looking for the bodies. If you think this is a free country, then read “George Orwell’s 1984,” talk to Randy Weaver from Ruby Ridge, Idaho, or if there was anyone left alive, talk to the people from Waco, Texas. People pull your heads out of the sand, look around. This was once a great country, but now, I don’t know. Jobs are leaving, wages are going down, morals are shot. I don’t know how to change it, but it has to change. Now I hear that the government wants a national I.D. because of Sept. 11. People wake up, the terrorists are already here and they have perfect ID’s. There are three ways to control a population. 1. Control money, i.e., direct deposit. 2. Control the guns, i.e., gun control. History has proven a well armed country has never been taken over. 3. Control travel, i.e., gas prices too high. I don’t know where this country is headed, but I don’t think too many of us will like it. I love my country. I spent more than 35 years in uniform. But I am afraid of my government. Steve Toman, Nashville To the editor: I'm writing in response to Tom Wilkinson's letter to the editor of June 7. I'm the "unemployed Christian who was born and raised in Barry County and who babysits my infant son while wearing a loaded automatic pistol, and who claims he would kill any trespasser on his property." Wow! What a mouthful! If all those things were true, I'd have to kick my own butt! But, fortunately for me, Tom Wilkinson's facts are wrong. I usually don't read Tom's letters (I'm too busy as an unemployed babysitter), but when a friend told me I was being attacked in the June 7 issue of the Hastings Banner, I thought I should check it out. I quickly scanned through the letters to the editor, and rather than read them all, I simply looked at the names on the bottom. When I saw "Tom Wilkinson" I knew I'd found the source. Upon reading the article, I laughed out loud. My first thought was "Hmm, this is slanderous, I could sue this guy!" (Actually, if I truly were unemployed, I would need the money.) My second thought was "No, Barry County people are smarter than this, and the people who know me will laugh as well." But for those of you who don't know me, I should set the record straight. Just so I don't miss anything, I'll deal with Tom's statements seriatim. 1. "Unemployed Christian" — Well, at least you were half right on this one. While I am a devout Christian, I am certainly far from unemployed. Two years ago, after working for 20 years at an international Aerospace company, I retired early to focus on my writing career. Since then I have written and published four books: two novels and two works of nonfiction. (See www.skipcoryell.com for details.) So the term "unemployed" is false. I am "self employed," working out of my home. I also work as a personal protection instructor, teaching a class to an average 20 students per month. I've published a book on personal protection called "Blood in the Streets: Concealed Carry and the OK Corral." Next week I'm traveling to Wisconsin for a radio interview and book signing in Menominee, then it’s on to the Upper Peninsula to teach a class and hold another book signing. I routinely travel the Midwest doing interviews and book signings. 2. "Born and Raised in Barry County" — Against this charge, I am guilty and have no defense. I am 100 percent home-grown, rural and Barry county from my head to my toes. In fact, I am proud of my Barry County rural roots, so proud that both my novels were inspired by real-life Barry county residents. I love Barry County, and I miss it immensely since moving out of state five months ago. We may have to move back just to keep guys like Tom honest! 3. "Babysits an infant son while holding an automatic pistol" First off, I'm not a babysitter, I'm a father. I work at home like a lot of people, and I lovingly watch over my son, nurturing him and raising him the way I feel best. I do this because I love him and because I'm able. Contrary to what some people think, it doesn't take a whole village to raise a child, just a mother and father who love each other and work together. My son, Cedar, is 15 months old, cute as the dickens and you can view him at my Web site. Cedar takes two naps a day and during those naps, I work my butt off writing. It's difficult, but I believe in my work, so I tough it out. My next novel, a political thriller called "Church and State," will be published in November of this year. As far as "while holding a loaded automatic pistol," well, that's just not true. Automatic pistols are against the law unless you have a special permit from the federal government. I have a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol which I carry securely in a holster. And when it's not in my holster, it's locked up in my gun safe. There is an entire chapter in my book "Blood in the Streets" titled “Children and Guns.” And as far as the gun being "loaded," all I can say is that an unloaded pistol is just a very expensive club, and I wouldn't waste my hard-earned money that way. 4. "and who claims he would kill any trespasser on his property" - This is probably the most shameful and egregious of all the statements. Let me state from my previous letter to the editor: "I’m a stay-at-home dad and the primary caregiver for our 1-year-old son. Even now, as I type this article, there is a 40 caliber semiautomatic pistol on my right hip. I carry a pistol 24/7, 365 days a year. Sometimes it’s a nuisance, but I will never kneel at the feet of a madman and whimper while he shoots me and the ones I love. Instead, I will take careful aim, and double-tap the center of exposed Judge Nystrom, Neil on facts To the editor: Being a faithful reader every week of the Hastings Banner, I find it very disturbing that Fred Jacobs makes known his obvious dislike and disrespect for Charlie Nystrom and Ron Neil. As I understand it, it is Mr. Jacobs’ job to print facts instead of personal opinions, and attacks on those two gentlemen. By Mr. Jacobs printing his own personal opinion in his own column, he influences other peoples’ views! People should be judged by facts, not by personal opinion. I hope that all readers of the Banner understand how important it is to get the facts before judging someone solely on what they read. All people deserve that right, and respect. But with negative editorials which have been apparent in this paper for some time, people can be easily influenced. Ingrid Wilson-Morgan, Hastings State Legislature already part time To the editor: It is stupid of our lawmakers to propose a part-time legislature and take the light away from balancing our state budget. The State Legislature is already part-time, so let it be part-time pay and get rid of the State Senate. The two chambers do the same duplicate services anyway. I would like to express gratitude to the county commissioners who voted down the tax increase. The two who voted for it ought to be let known they were not thinking about their fellow citizens. The two were Jim French Public Opinion: and Michael Callton. I thought he said, “no new taxes.” On the First Friday Forum about father’s rights, they have been shafted for years by the Friend of the Court and the judges. It’s time to reform the system. They wanted to hear from the fathers, but they aren’t going to say anything because of the fear of retaliation when they appear before the court. Elden Shellenbarger Hastings mass until the murderer falls to the pavement, no longer a threat to the innocent in society. When faced with a weapon-wielding madman, I don’t hide beneath a desk, cowering in the hopes that he’ll shoot someone else and then move on. I don’t roll the dice and hope for the best. Instead, I take responsibility for my own defense, and I attack. That’s what real parents do. They protect those unable to protect themselves, and they do so aggressively and without apology." Tom Wilkinson should be ashamed of himself! Now let me tell the good citizens of Barry County something that he neglected to add. His attack on me was politically and personally motivated. He and I have spoken to each other only once; it was over the phone and at the time he was my county commissioner. He voiced his extreme anti-Second Amendment views to me and I voiced my support. The conversation ended when I promised to campaign against him and have him voted out of office. He lost his next election and now is angry and lashing out. Perhaps he should move to Costa Rica and run for office there? I'm guessing he might get a lot of votes there, and I wish him all the best. Now, if you'll excuse me, this unemployed, redneck, gun totin' babysitter has work to do. I have to change a messy diaper and then finish writing the All-American novel! Have a great day Barry County! I love you and miss you all! Skip Coryell Republicans still control legislation To the editor: Earlier this year, in an unusual mode of efficiency, House Democrats passed their first 100-hour package of reforms in record time, but how many of the bills will actually become law? As I write this, Bush sits, pen poised, ready to veto a proposal to expand embryonic stemcell research even though it promises to offer cures and treatment for many deadly diseases. So much for the “right to life.” Bush also has vowed to veto any proposal which allows the government to negotiate lower drug prices under Medicare, and Congress does not have the votes to over-ride the president’s ink pen. Apparently, rich pharmaceutical lobbies are more important to lawmakers than ordinary senior citizens in need of medication. Why isn’t the Senate interested in implementing the 9/11 Commission recommendations? Probably too much hooey about peace and cooperation to fit the administration’s Middle East empire agenda. Bush also says he opposes both rolling back tax breaks for big oil companies and cutting student-loan interest rates. Of course, those measures would offend his other rich friends, so the American people can’t expect any relief there either. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 5 EMU guilty of weaving ‘a tangled web’ “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!” — Sir Walter Scott, 19th century Scottish author and novelist These famous words, written about two centuries ago, still offer us a lot of wisdom we too often take for granted. The most recent example came almost two weeks ago when a Detroit-area legal firm announced, to almost no one’s surprise, that Eastern Michigan University horribly bungled the tragic story of the death last December of coed Laura Dickinson of Hastings. These findings were the result of an independent investigation into the university’s initial claim that “no foul play” was suspected in connection with Laura’s death, yet two months later it was declared a murder and a fellow EMU student was arrested. Some might wonder why university officials would practice deception once the story broke about a healthy 22-year-old’s death in her dorm room. I can only surmise that the process had a lot to do with the modern world of public relations, spin and damage control that has become part of everyday American life. Damage control itself has evolved into an art for some corporations and public institutions. When some kind of disaster strikes, corporate CEOs and their underlings and public school officials, such as superintendents and university presidents, must find a way to deal with the crisis and minimize the negative publicity. One particular example that strikes me occurred about 25 years ago, when the makers of Tylenol took a major public relations hit after it was learned some of its “Extra Strength” variety had been tampered with and the tainted pills led to the deaths of several people in the Chicago area. This certainly was not the fault of the company, yet sales of its product dropped dramatically as a result. In the public arena almost 35 years ago, former President Richard M. Nixon and his handlers provided us with a terrific example of how not to do damage control. What started as a “third-rate burglary” in the summer of 1972 snowballed into a constitutional crisis for more than two years, culminating in the only resignation of a president in U.S. history. The 1979 movie “The China Syndrome” showed how public relations experts can spin and provide damage control at the expense of the truth and the consequences can be devastating. It was eerie that the movie, though fiction, hit the theaters about the same time as the Three Mile Island nuclear plant shutdown. There are many other examples, and the lesson they have left us is simple: If something awful happens, as it sometimes does, be honest with the press and the people, tell them the truth and your chances are much better that after the firestorm most people will get over it and move on. Yet more than three decades after Nixon resigned, we still have plenty of evidence of use of deception at the start of a crisis. Then there are officials at EMU, whom I suspect were aware of the likelihood Laura Dickinson was murdered at the outset, yet they chose to avoid sounding the panic alarm and to calm fears of students and parents. However, rather than calm fears, they eventually looked foolish a couple of months later when evidence of what really happened surfaced. Angry students responded with a street ceremony protesting not being notified of the presence of a murderer among them on campus. So what you don’t know can hurt you. Furthermore, it has been maintained by the legal firm handling the independent investigation that EMU officials violated the federal Clery Act by not properly informing students about a potential danger. I won’t be surprised at all if some EMU officials lose their jobs over this terribly bungled mess, which now is getting negative national attention, by no less than the Los Angeles Times. Nineteenth century philosopher Georges Santayana once said those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. With that in mind, it is my sincere hope that public and private officials take notice of what happened with EMU’s handling of a tragedy and come to an understanding of what not to do in a crisis. My advice is very simply, “Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics We can’t do any worse than Bush for next president To the editor: I’ve had a couple of bees in my bonnet since my last letter. Guess it ruffled the feathers for a Mr. Robert Johnston of Hickory Corners. He sent me a letter, but neglected to give his address so I couldn’t respond to him. I’d like him to know I am not a Democrat nor a Republican and definitely an independent, party-wise. I follow both sides, listen to their speakers - separate what I agree with and store it and go on until the election. I can agree with both sides on some things, disagree on others. My vote comes from what I’ve heard and from whom. I liked what Bush said back in the 2000 election, so I voted for him. Boy, I was wrong! So next time I compared the two and I guess I wanted to believe Kerry, so I voted Democratic. I figured he couldn’t be any worse, and I lost that one, too. Now Bush will be done soon, thank God! Only 1 1/2 more years! So far, neither party candidate has given me any hope for real change, just lots of ifs and whens but nothing to cement my choice. But then we’ve got a lot of time yet to hopefully hear about real change from the last two elections, unfilled promises and incurred debt, Iraq, border control, Iraq, homeland security, Iraq, health care, Iraq, ah hell even a little bit of honesty from both sides. I’m writing to see, but it’s definitely not a party vote – the man or woman who rings my bell is who I will vote for. I would like to have just one of them quit the don’t do as I do, but do as I say routine. We must conserve – it is up to all of us to cut back on our fuel consumption to rid the country of depending on foreign oil for openers - after getting our troops home. I conserve Dem, GOP affiliation drops, Libertarian numbers surge At a time when Libertarian Party membership continues to rise, a recent Rasmussen Report survey indicates that Republican and Democratic Party affiliations continue to decline. The survey said Republican numbers have been dropping since the November 2004 elections and they continue to decrease with no bottom in sight. For the last four consecutive months, the amount of self-identified Republicans continued to decline — from 31.1 percent to 30.8 percent in a telephone survey of 15,000 adults. The number of self-identified Democrats fell to 36.3 percent, its lowest number in 17 months. Democrats have suffered losses in the last three consecutive months, resulting in a six-month decrease of 4.5 percent. At the same time, Libertarian Party membership numbers have been on an upswing. For the last five months, people willing to pay at least $25 per year for Libertarian Party affiliation have increased at a rate of approximately 2.7 percent per month, which is a 14 percent increase from December's figure. Additionally, Libertarian Party fund-raising is increasing at the same time the GOP dismissed their entire telephone solicitation staff. According to the Washington Times, "declining contributions and a donor backlash" against Republican policy was the cause for their dismissal. "These are certainly encouraging data, but not at all surprising," said Libertarian National Committee Chairman William Redpath. "Despite the electoral barriers thrown our way by the Democrats and Republicans, their numbers are decreasing while ours are simultaneously increasing. Americans desire fiscal responsibility, social tolerance and oppose the continued deaths of our soldiers in Iraq. Unfortunately, neither major party is willing to effectively address these important issues." Current U.S. foreign policy, as well as proposals from the new Democrat-controlled Congress, are significant reasons for the increase in Libertarian Party membership. So far this year, the LP has attracted 14 times the expected national average of active duty serv- ice members. The LP's soldiers, sailors and airmen range in rank from junior enlisted personnel to Vice Admiral (Ret.) Michael Colley, who now serves on the Libertarian National Committee. Based on required Federal Elections Commission reporting data, 7 percent of new LP members have reported their employer as a branch of the Armed Forces. "It is heartening for me to see that the men and women who serve our nation are finding a principled alternative to the Republicans and Democrats," said Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Cory, who first noticed this trend. While noting that Libertarian members of our military have the discipline necessary to accomplish the mission they are handed, Cory noted "the men and women of our fighting forces are intelligent, informed, and, yes, opinionated." Increased support for the Libertarian Party is beginning to translate into election results, too. While significant national media attention highlighted Republican losses in 2006, more than 13.4 million votes were cast for Libertarians in the same elections. "Since the Democrats have taken control of Congress, our numbers continue to improve," said Libertarian Party Political Director Stephen Gordon. "In 2007, we've already won over a quarter of the races where we've fielded candidates. In April's Midwestern contests, we won seven out of eleven of the campaigns we ran. When third party candidates start showing these sorts of returns, it's obvious that the mood of the electorate is changing." "Democrats didn't win the elections in 2006; Republicans lost them," said Redpath. "Since then, Democratic leaders have failed to show leadership on the Iraq War, are talking about tax increases and beginning to have ethical problems of their own. Americans continue to look for a viable alternative to the two-party system — one which better represents the values most Americans find important. To those who are becoming involved with the Libertarian Party, we'd like to say, 'Welcome home.'" energy like many others who care about America. But politicians (all of them) don’t hesitate to climb aboard that jet and fly crisscross the country to kiss babies, shake hands and play public relations games. Too many travel in gas guzzling SUVs, limos and their entourage of backers and police on motorcycles. They say they’re “glad to see you” and then it’s back to the jet to fly back to D.C. sit a day or two in session, doing nothing and then do it all over again. One thing, they (Congress) are consistent with the previous do-nothing seat that they now fill. How much gas do they project they waste each time? It takes 750 gallons to get Air Force One off the ground, so less for their jets, but figure it out: It is untold gallons and multiply it by the number of candidates doing it. Thank God for foreign oil, the politicians need it. Unreal! All the whole the rest of us combine our trips to the doctor, lab, grocery store, etc., all in one trip. My other bee: In three stays in two different hospitals in the last month, I met a lot of people coming and going in and out of my room. I watched the news on all networks and every one would make a comment like ‘What a mess these people got us into in Iraq.” Other one asked, “Does any one in the White House know what the hell they are doing?’ One said, “I apologize – I voted for them.” But the scary one is “I’ve never missed a presidential vote but I won’t waste my time either way this time, there isn’t an honest one in the bunch.” Now that is off the wall! I have voted ever since I turned 21. I’m 83 now and hopefully I’ll make it for 2008. “Come on pacemaker” and to hear highly professional person reply with that, I was speechless. Geez, you gotta try! He was especially burned about Bin Laden. We had him surrounded in Afghanistan and changed course and went to Iraq instead. No one knows where he is now. The surge that was the answer in Iraq has cost more military lives, like in May the most in any month for a long time. With that he threw up his arms and walked out. I will vote and hope everyone does? If you don’t then keep your mouth shut! Yet another bee: Today, on the 6 p.m. news, we were told to check our Colgate toothpaste, there is one on the market that is a “made in Africa” label. I usually get a gift pack at any hospital with a comb, toothbrush and a small 0.06 oz. tube of toothpaste. So I checked the latest (it used to be Colgate) but these are “Tri-Leaf Spearmint.” It’s a relief when I give them to my small grandchildren and then I read “made in China.” I called the company, the hospital, the health department, and all say the FTC and FDA approve it, so it’s safe. Well I know all the alphabet soups but foods from China was flagged, like the dog and cat food in which they made errors and find out too late for a few and law suits abound. Now it’s toothpaste. I will let mom and dad check the toothpaste and hopefully no one gets a bad one. In closing I can only hope that no matter which side wins the White House, they will do better than what we’ve got. Geez, they can’t do any worse, can they? Eva Cox, Woodland SBT replacement scores a win for the home team A few weeks ago, I shared that I was appointed to a tax work group tasked with hammering out a compromise on the new business tax code. The House and the Senate had passed two very different plans that had to be brought together in a bipartisan, bicameral way. In the end, the deal had to be acceptable to the House, Senate and the Governor. If you’ve been paying attention to state government affairs in the past several months, you know that getting all of those people on the same page is no small feat. I was honored to accept this challenge because it is probably the biggest single legislative issue that I will face during my tenure in public service. A total rewrite of the business tax code only comes along once in a generation. Taxes are certainly not the only determining factor in the success of a business, but effective tax policy can yield positive results; especially if it rewards positive behavior. Likewise, ineffectual tax policy (such as the SBT) can reward corporate behavior that hurts our local economy — more on that later. There were ten of us on the work group: four representatives, four senators and two people representing the governor’s office (including the state treasurer). It took a few months of negotiations, and there were some bumps along the way, but this bipartisan, bicameral group hammered out a conceptual agreement that the Governor, Senate Majority Leader and the Speaker of the House have signed on to. A self-imposed deadline of June 30 has been generally accepted for drafting, hearings and ultimately passage. While being associated with any kind of tax can be politically risky, I am proud to be part of the development of this effective tax policy to replace the SBT. For a column like this, I will just hit the highlights so as to not cause drowsiness while you read. Small business treatment is my favorite part of the plan. Companies with less than $350,000 in sales are not subject to the tax and pay nothing. From there, companies are phased into the small business classification which taxes profits at 1.8%. This is one of the lowest profit rates in the country! To qualify as a small business, your sales can be as high as $20 million per year, with officer compensation of up to $180,000. Businesses with more than $20 million in sales will see a business income rate at 5% and a modified gross receipts rate of 0.8%. Modified gross receipts are defined as sales less tangible property purchased. In both big and small business situations, you only pay proportionately to sales in the state of Michigan. While these rates are competitive on their own, it is the credit structure that flips the Single Business Tax (SBT) on its head. Do you want to know why so many of us were bent on elimination of the SBT? It taxed you more for every new employee you hired. It taxed you more if you offered health insurance and a good retirement. Ironically, our existing tax code actually rewarded outsourcing jobs, cutting pay and slashing benefits. This new agreement does exactly the opposite. For both big and small businesses, it offers generous tax credits for all compensation expenses in the state of Michigan. That’s right, when employers give you a raise, or hire a new employee, their taxes will go down. There are other substantial tax credits for research and development that takes place in Michigan and for investments in capital assets placed here in the state. Additionally, this plan offers some personal property tax (PPT) relief. The Commercial PPT will be reduced by 12 mills. Industrial PPT will see a 24-mill reduction, along with another 35% refundable credit on the remaining PPT liability. The point is, this tax code is meant to reward good corporate behavior. The overall plan is “revenue neutral,” which means that it raises the same amount of money as its predecessor did. However, those businesses making serious investments in our state and in our people will see rewards for doing so. Seventy-two percent of Michigan tax paying businesses will see a tax cut under this plan. Overall, Michigan-based businesses will pay about $100 million less than they currently do — financed partly by those companies that just sell stuff here without making any substantial investments. Shortly after we all signed the agreement in the governor’s office, we headed down to the rotunda for a press conference. Governor Jennifer Granholm, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and Speaker of the House Andy Dillon all stood together with the bipartisan work group and announced the deal. It was the first time in a long time that key leaders of our state government stood together on a substantive, long-term solution. By way of commentary on the press conference, I was pleased that when asked, none of our executive or legislative leaders claimed this tax would “create jobs.” Taxes do not create jobs, businesses do. Instead, what we strive for is a tax code that rewards businesses that want to hire people. That much I know we have accomplished. What struck me most is how much better each of the parties looked when working together. Gridlock and bickering makes us all look bad. The Republican and Democratic leadership all came out on top in this case. I just hope they see it that way. I certainly did not get everything I wanted out of this plan, but neither did any of the other players. In politics, too many are obsessed with who wins and who loses in any negotiation. With that attitude, the people of the state of Michigan lose. In this case, it is nice to score a win for the home team! Newborn Babies GIRL, Hailee Awbizhaye, born at Pennock Hospital on May 24, 2007 at 2:42 p.m. to Jessica Lamorandier and Taylor Ellard of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Gretchen Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on May 26, 2007 at 6:20 a.m. to Julie May and Justin Dahms of Woodland. Weighing 6 lbs. 4 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Conner Michael Adam Cosme, born at Pennock Hospital on May 28, 2007 at 2:42 p.m. to Alicia Cosme of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Ademar Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on May 28, 2007 at 5:40 p.m. to Michael and Selena Reid of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 1/2 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Alayna Lynne, born at Pennock Hospital on May 29, 2007 at 8:08 p.m. to Nick and Anna Milligan of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Madelynn Ray, born at Pennock Hospital on May 30, 2007 at 2:28 p.m. to Matthew and Heather Schultz of Hastings. Weighing 10 lbs. 12 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Matthew Avery, born at Pennock Hospital on May 30, 2007 at 11:58 a.m. to Melinda and Steve Shults of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Emmaline Terese, born at Pennock Hospital on May 31, 2007 at 6:51 a.m. to Barb and Jeremy Martin of Sunfield. Weighing 8 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Logan Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on June 1, 2007 at 12:37 p.m. to Erich and Melissa Kyser of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Anastasia Elizabeth, born at Pennock Hospital on June 2, 2007 at 12:29 a.m. to Herb and Staci Seidelman of Lake Odessa. Weighing 5 lbs. 15 ozs. and 18 inches long. BOY, Arthur John, born at Pennock Hospital on June 3, 2007 at 12:35 a.m. to Heather and Michael Nystrom of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Carter Robert, born at Pennock Hospital on June 4, 2007 at 12:02 a.m. to Emily Force and Matt Williamson of Shelbyville. Weighing 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. �Page 6 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. Kate Morgan Kwasny PARCHMENT - Kate Morgan Kwasny, of Parchment (formerly of Delton), passed away Friday, June 15, 2007 in Kalamazoo as the result of an auto accident. Kate was born September 15, 1983, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Michael and Linda (Langren) Kwasny. She was an honor student in the DeltonKellogg Public Schools graduating in 2001 and a former Miss Delton. Kate was also an honors graduate of Western Michigan University earning her teaching degree in business. She was a Comstock High School teacher continuing her graduate education in educational leadership at WMU. Kate was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Delton and was a Gift of Life donor. She is survived by her fianceé, Jeremie Coplin of Shelbyville; parents, Michael and Linda Kwasny of Battle Creek; brother, Kyle (Julianne) Kwasny of Elkhart, IN; grandparents, Verner and Dorothy Landgren of Oak Brook, IL, and by a large extended family. A celebration of life service was held on Monday, June 18, 2007, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Delton. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Kate Kwasny Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Comstock Park Schools Foundation, 3010 Gull Rd., Kalamazoo, MI 49048. Ethel Mae (Brady) Haywood HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Today 6:30 p.m. Softball Cedar Creek Field. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday - Youth Group to Whitecaps Game; 6:30 p.m. Softball at Cedar Creek Field; 7:00 p.m. Session. HASTINGS – Margaret (Peg) Mckenzie Proctor Buerge, age 90, of Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and so much more, passed peacefully on Wednesday June 13, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born on February 24, 1917 and raised in Bushnell, Fla. and Evart, Mich. Peg graduated from High School in 1934. She is survived by her husband of almost 66 years, Harold (Hal) Paul Buerge. Peg was the former administrator of the Barry County Medical Facility, now known as Thornapple Manor. She retired in 1981. She enjoyed a full, happy and joyful life, always putting her family first. She also enjoyed her garden, golf, and her many hobbies until the day of her parting. Peg is survived by her three daughters, Jan Erin (Sonny) Frazier of Grand Haven, Susan Margaret (Deane) Brunson of Lake Wylie, S.C., Beth Ellen (Fran) Lindgren of Shelbyville; one son, Daniel Proctor (Diane) Buerge of Hastings; her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Jason (Kimber) Mahler and son Jack of Washington, D.C.; Lori Eyer and son Chase of Grand Rapids; Erin (Timothy) Albright of Grand Haven, and her three daughters, Jess, Audrey, Emily and son Nicholas; Jennifer (Peter) Manning of Mableton, Ga. and daughter Mackenzie; Jeffrey (Kris) Jacobs of Hastings and his daughter Madison, and two sons, Johnathon Hamish and Kilian; Kris's three children, Josh, Cody and Jordan; Matthew (Amy) Lindgren of Ada and his three daughters, Mackenzie, Brielle, Ciera and son Crue; Brian Martisius of Laramie, Wy.; Justin Martisius of Grand Rapids; Kate Martisius of Hastings and son Nolan; Kevin Martisius of Hastings. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Phyllis, Nan, and a brother, Lee. A memorial service was held on Saturday June 16, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Jeffrey Garrison officiated. Memorials can be made to Pennock Hospital or Hastings Public Library. Arrangements were by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Patricia Ann Newton HASTINGS – Patricia Ann Newton, age 73, of Hastings, died on Thursday June 14, 2007 at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Pat was born December 14, 1933 in Hope Township, Barry County, the daughter of Russell and Crystal (Pease) Watson. She lived most of her young life in the Delton/Gull Lake area. She was married to Laurel Newton August 25, 1951. Pat is survived by her husband, Laurel; children, Dorothy Newton, Beverly Newton, Janet and Scott Gooch, Gary and Candace Newton, JoAnn and Jeff Roberts; her grandchildren, Heather and Larry, Joshua and Ann, Shane, Shannon and Ann, Kelly, Aaron, David, Adam, Emma, Rachel, Arica and Jeff, Jessica, Thomas, Ben, Cody, Beth, AJ; and nine great grandchildren; a brother, Norman Watson and his wife Shirley. Pat was preceded in death by her father, Russell Watson; mother, Crystal Watson; and an infant son. Pat loved Jesus Christ and did her best to love others as well. She enjoyed family, friends, Living Waters Church , travel, the Hendershot Birthday Club, TOPS, Breakfast Club, Adventure and Sports. Pat served for years as a trustee on the Baltimore Township Board and as an election official. Pat and her husband Laurel owned and operated Newton's Well Service for 37 years. She attended Wright's Beauty Academy and operated a beauty salon out of her home. Funeral services were held Monday June 21, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home. Pastor Gary Newton officiated. Burial was at Cedar Creek, Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the Lupus Alliance, 26507 Harper Ave., St. Clair Shores, MI 48081. Arrangements were by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 Holly Court This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan HASTINGS - Ethel M. (Brady) Haywood, age 91, of Hastings, formerly of Middleville, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2007 at Tendercare. She is survived by her son, Robert (Wilma) McMillan of Hastings; and a daughter-inlaw, Kathleen Haywood of Westland; six grandchildren: Debra (Bernd) Gutgsell, Robert (Jackie) McMillan, Larry McMillan, and (Karen) McMillan, all of Hastings, in addition are Harold H. (Cindy) Haywood III of Lake Jackson, Texas, Barbara (Andy) Reully of Westland and Greg (Patty) of Livonia; numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren and nieces and nephews; two brothers, Clare Brady of Climax and Nelson (Bobbie) Brady of Alabama; two sisters, Nellie Stam of Hastings and Opal (Gerald) Sifton of Woodland. Ethel M. (Brady) Haywood, was born April 6, 1916 in Middleville, the daughter of Raymond (Edna Sharp) Brady. She was raised in Middleville and attended Middleville Schools. She was employed at Middleville Engineering 10 plus years. Ethel was a homemaker. She enjoyed the outdoors, spent a lot of time at the cabin at Brethren. She enjoyed her poodle dog “ M i s s y . Respecting her wishes, cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 600 Airport Rd., Hastings. Bishop Bernie Wright officiating. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Margaret (Peg) Buerge 77513398 A memorial service celebrating the life of Holly Court will be held July 1 at 2 p.m. at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Hastings. A reception for family and friends will follow in the church parlors. Her ashes will be interred at 4:30 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery in Lowell. Memorial contributions in her honor can be made to the Margaret Court Memorial Scholarship Fund, 300 High Street, Lowell, MI 49331; Friends of the Hastings Library, Hastings, MI 49058 or the Deacon’s Fund, 1st Presbyterian Church, Hastings, MI 49058. WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? 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From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 7 Honor Roll: Hastings High School Second Semester ending May 25 Seniors High Honors (3.5 grade point average and higher) — Kayla Angeletti, *Jason Bies, Jennifer Bishop, Katie Bomer, Ashley Boomer, Manon Bruggeman, *Margaret Buehl, *Taylor Casarez, Stephen Case, Hannah Case, Alyssa Case, David Cole, Zachary Connor, Kayleigh Delcotto, Ashley Devries, *Kristina Dobbin, Tasha Dull, Carrie Eagle, Erin Fluke, Rebecca Hill, Bradley Horton, Rachael Iler, Amy Ingle, Lindsay Karn, Natalie Knorp, Shandi Kosbar, *Mortiz Kramer, Kaylee Lydy, Michael McGandy, *Nikole Meade, Katelyn Morrison, Amanda Muehller, Brandy Rancour, *Dana Shilling, Dakota Storey, *Matthew Teunessen, Thea Ullhaug, Shawn Valentine, Molly Wallace, *Scott White, Katlyn Wilson and Christopher Wymer. Honors (3.10-3.49) — Seth Beduhn, Emily Benningfield, Beth Christiansen, Matthew Donnini, Tiffany Edwards, Jesse Ellwood, Gregg Hasman, Amy Kidder, Alexander Kimble, Emmy Kling, Sheena Kling, Linda Luebcke, Seth Mansfield, Alexandria Neil, Jacqualynn Northrop, Lindsay Sours, Brittney Sutherland, Derek Thurman, Tara Totten, Area Obituaries Dorothy Bates Parsons Amanda Welch and Kyle White. Honorable Mention (3.0-3.09) — Kevin Barcroft, Kelly Cuncannan, Mckenzie Densmore, Mitchell Gahan, Jeremy Lancaster, Dennis Maynard, Markee McDade, Leanne Pratt, Sierra Rathbun, Jonathon Rogers, Danielle Schwartz, Amanda Thomas, Jerin Voshell, Jamie Wait, Erika Ward, Raymond Westfall, Daven Winans and Erika Wood. Juniors High Honors — Owen Anderson, *Elliot Anderson, Kevin Armstrong, Boon Basler, Ryan Bosma, Melissa Brill, Robert Cady, Ryan Cain, Deanna Carpenter, Rebecca Christensen, Rebecca Davis, Corey Doxtader, Patrick Dreyer, Tyler Eaton, Kevin Edger, Ashley Eerdmans, Matthew Gardner, Patrick Gillespie, Itzel Gomez, Lisa Gorodenski, *Emily Graybill, Eric Haney, Stephen Haynes, *Shane Henry, Joshua Jevicks, Megan Lipstraw, Jonathon Mahmat, Ashley Maurer, Megan McClelland, Alyssa Mills, *Katherine Partridge, Tara Pennepacker, Brad Peterson, Gary Pleyte, Sara Radant, Max Raymond, Mark Scofield, *Zackary Scofield, *Joseph Sleevi, *Chelsey Snyder, *Stephen Tolger, Hayley Tuinstra, Audrey Valentine, Samantha VanDenack, *Ryan Vogel and Jacob Wescott. Honors — Amanda Cappon, Jerica Denman, Ellie Devroy, Meagan Donavan, Sara Dunkelberger, Andrea Eaton, Traci Eggleston, Myles Eldred, Miranda Fay, Jami Franson, Ellen Frey, Haley Girrbach, Brittany Hartman, Raven Hess, Cody Horn, Britttany Howell, Brandi Hurless, David Kendall, Khalen Laubaugh, Ricky Mathis, Derrick McKee, Thomas McKinney, Lindsey McNally, Thomas Newton, Brittney Soya, Samantha Tobias, Eric Treadwell and Travis Wirebaugh. Honorable Mention — Daniel Auer, Jeannette Davis, John Feldpausch, Breanna Girrbach, Amanda Kloostra, Amanda Leask, Brittany Lepard, Nicole Loftus Andrew Payne, Samantha Smedberg, Kevin Taylor and Hannah Wood. Sophmores High Honors — Kacy Anderson, Keith Anderson, Sara Archambeau, Ashley Benton, Barbara Buehler, Marcus Chase, Kendal Darling, *Leanne Dinges, Emily Doherty, Katy Fluke, Nicole Frantz, Brittney Gerber, Bradley Hayden, *Marie Hoffman, *Alisha Howell, Timothy Husiman, Bianca Iberle, Nicole Kloostra, *Chelsea LaJoye, Ashley Lancaster, Timothy Lewis, Carol Matthews, *Justin McComb, Dylan McKay, Kazzi Mikolajczyk, *Tess Nugent, Sarah Phillips, Kris Rutzebeck, Kathryn Sanders, Dane Schils, *Preston Schwartz, Hannah Scofield, Kyleigh Sheldon, *Molly Smith, Ambrie Storey, Alyssa Thorton, *Shelby Winans and *Amy Zwiernikowski. Honors — Sheree Ahrens, Ashly Bignall, Sarah Brandt, Carmen Burlingame, Robert Cathcart, Rachel Clevenger, Matthew Cooley, Katherine Dobbin, Danielle Elzinga, Chris Floyd, Michael Gardiner, Helen Holdaway, Sherry Jager, Autumn Keeler, Kaitlynn Kensington, Osman Koroma, Brenna Leedy, Rachael McFarland, Rebecca Mikolajczyk, Michelle Mills, Julie Pennepacker, Melissa Pennington, Bryce Spurgeon, Adam Wiker and Stephanie Wymer. Honorable Mention — Ethan Angus, Ryan Burgdorf, Rebecca Gahan, Taylor Hammond, Nathan Hedges, Danielle Hobbs, Tyler Kalmink, Zachery Lloyd, Luke Mansfield, Emily Moore, Gabriel Purchase, Katie Romanak, Steven Safie, LouAnne Secord, Tiffany Tassos and Rachael Zalewski. Freshmen High Honors — Jenaleigh Bailey, Zachary Bolthouse, Amanda Buehler, Morgan Burger, Alicia Bush, Heather Cady, Jessica Czinder, Troy Dailey, Alexis Dakin, Allison Danis, Garret Darling, Maeve Dwyer, Robert Endsley, *Matthew Feldpausch, Pamela Franson, *Nicole Gardner, *Katelyn Graybill, Kelsi Herrington, Kaylee Kidder, Nicholas Kovacevich, Kody Laws, Kyle Letot, Dena Letot, Helen Macqueen, Karissa Milleson, Andrew Moore, Zackary Passmore, Emily Phillips, *Katherine Ponsetto, Krystal Pratt, Paige Pumford, Hannah Shumway, Amanda Stenzelbarton, Wendy Todd, Samantha Watson and *Abigail Worm. Honors — Hayley Bishop, Brooke Blair, Holly Bomer, Benjamin Cappon, Matthew Cathcart, Gretchen Christensen, Chase Coughlin, Joshua Dunkelberger, Emily Dunningan, Austin Endsley, Nathan Ford, Jonathon Gieseler, Dustin Glaser, Paul Guenther, Logan Hays, Brittany Hickey, Jessica Howell, Jessica Lee, Pattrick Loew, Riley McLean, James Moray, John Nichols, Eric Pettengill, Samantha Purdum, Bethany Sams, Nicholas Shuster, Darrell Slaughter, Gabriel Sutherland, Nicholas Wallace, Alexandra Wendorf, Jerry Willavize and Lindsey Williams. Honorable Mention — Jessica Barrus, Clinton Brill, Nicholas Burgett, Chase DelCotto, Dylan Downs, Brandy Gorodenski, Kathleen Govert, Seth Haynes, Jason Heinrich, Ashley Higgins, Kayla Huver, Ashley Knight, Seth Parker, Samantha White. * — Indicates a G.P.A. of 4.0 Free well water testing offered at MSU Ag Expo Agricultural producers and other homeowners interested in learning whether their well water contains nitrate or the pesticide atrazine can bring water samples for free screening at Ag Expo 2007, July 17-19 at Michigan State University. The Michigan Groundwater Stewardship Program and the Michigan Department of Agriculturewill screen drinking water samples from private wells during the show. Visitors may obtain sample bottles from the local MSU Extension or Conservation District office or bring samples in any small clean jars to the MGSP booth at lot #482. Water sample collection instructions and the sample information form also are available at the local offices. They also can be obtained at the MDA Web site at http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mda/M DA_AgExpo2007Handout_197897_7.pdf Water screening results will be mailed to participants following Ag Expo, along with instructions on what to do if high concentra- tions of nitrate or atrazine are detected. All results are confidential. The monitoring of drinking water quality from a private well is the responsibility of the homeowner. Private wells should be tested every one to three years to help ensure safe drinking water. Households with infants and individuals with compromised immune systems are especially vulnerable to illness from contaminated drinking water. Ag Expo features commercial farm equipment from throughout the Midwest and several Canadian provinces on the 35-acre main exhibition site and the 40-acre field demonstration area. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 17 and 18, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 19. Admission to the grounds and parking at Farm Lane and Mt. Hope Road are free. For more information about Ag Expo, call 800-366-7055 or visit www.agexpo.msu.edu Ag Expo is sponsored by the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Mary Fisher to turn 94 Margaret O’Laughlin to celebrate 87th birthday Mary Fisher is turning 94 on July 3. Please wish her a happy birthday. Cards may be sent to 348 W. Willetts Road, Hastings, MI 49058. Our mother will be 87 years old on June 26. She loves cards, calls and visits. Margaret O’Laughlin, 315 N. Taffee Dr., Hastings. Social News Haas-Samler Steve Haas and Vanna (Jeff) Huver of Delton are honored to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Beth Haas to Jeffrey Deitch Samler, son of William and Lucinda Samler of Flemington, NJ. The bride-elect is a graduate of Delton Kellogg High School. She is now going to Kalamazoo Valley Community College, and works at Bronson Hospital as a patient care asst./monitor tech. The future groom is a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and Western Michigan University. Jeff works at National City Bank. The couple with their families are planning an Aug. 11, 2007 wedding in Portage. A Beautiful Place to Live! Explore your new apartment living option created to support your lifestyle and designed especially to be your home. Senior Living Call for Move-In Special - Spacious One & Two Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - On-Site Washer & Dryer Available - And Much More! Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date Office Hours Daily from 9 to 4, evenings & weekends by appointment Ivan and Melody King to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Ivan and Melody King will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2007. Their children Tim and Jackie King, Mike and Jeanne King, Curtis King, Dan and Tammi King, Brad King, their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will be having a family dinner for the couple to celebrate the occasion. Since their retirement from King’s, the couple have wintered in Florida and still return to Hastings to spend the summer. Anyone wishing to wish them well may send cards to 4145 Hammond Rd., Hastings. - Spacious Two & Three Bedroom Apartment-Homes - Fully Equipped Kitchen with Dishwasher - Full-Size Washer & Dryer in Each Unit - And Much More! Soya and Ball to celebrate 85th birthdays You are invited to an open house for Thelma Soya and Ruby Ball in celebration of their 85th birthdays on Sunday, June 24, 2007 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Country Chapel Church, Dowling. Call Today To Reserve Your Move-In Date Office Hours Daily from 9 to 4, evenings & weekends by appointment Family Apartments 77513417 GUN LAKE - Dorothy Bates Parsons, of Gun Lake, died at Plainwell Pines Nursing Home on June 17, 2007 at age 93. She died peacefully after several years of treatment for Alzheimers Disease. Dorothy was born in Minnesota but spent most of her early life in Michigan. She graduated from Lansing Eastern High School and Michigan State University, where she met her husband, Roger. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority while in college and served many years as president of the sorority’s alumnae group. Dorothy actively volunteered working fulltime for over 20 years with the March of Dimes in Lansing, receiving several civic awards for her efforts. Also during this time, it is believed she started the first Meals on Wheels program in the state of Michigan and as a volunteer, the first pre-natal clinic in Lansing. She and her family spent summer vacations at Gun Lake for over 60 years where she loved to swim and go sailing. She moved from Lansing to Deming, New Mexico when her husband retired, where she dedicated the next 25 years to the Deming Museum. She was instrumental in acquiring the present facility and in the expansion of the original small museum to the present nationally acclaimed center for ancient New Mexican Indian artifacts. She loved her home in the New Mexico desert and was an active member of the Border Belles of Deming. As an amateur rock hound, Dorothy spent many happy hours on rock hunting expeditions with her family and friends. She was also an avid bridge player throughout her life and made many bridge friends in both Michigan and New Mexico. She continued to vacation at Gun Lake during this period until her husband died and she moved back to Michigan. Dorothy lived three years in Pennock Village in Hastings where she attended the First Presbyterian Church. She then lived for a short time in Woodlawn Meadows in Hastings and then two years at Carveth Village in Middleville before her final move to Plainwell Pines. Dorothy was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Roger, and her older brother, Major General Ronald D. McDonald (National Guard). Dorothy is survived by her younger sister, Betty (Carol) Leiby of Clearwater, Florida; her daughter, Judy (Brian) Akers of Gun Lake; and her sons, Wayne (Carmen) of Chicago and Bruce (May) of Moraga, California plus eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Private memorial services for the family are planned for a later date. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 8 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Summer job blues It’s the summer solstice, the first day of summer, the longest day of the year. Take your pick for a reason to celebrate the greatest number of daylight hours. The Lake Odessa Fair starts next week with the opening parade set for 6 p.m. Monday night. Ross and Janet Thomas are in charge and they are the grand marshals. See the fair book for details. There will be harness racing three afternoons during the fair, a rabbit show, dog show, cattle judging, horse show, a Texas Hold ‘Em. See the local newspaper or the fair book for details. The final evening on Saturday, June 30, will bring the demolition derby and fireworks. Alumni events also come on June 30. The annual banquet will be held at St. Edward’s Family Center. Invitations were mailed weeks ago. The Depot and Freight House will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The graduation photos from the 1890s up to the 1960s will be on exhibit along with other school-related items. There also will be an ice cream social on Sunday afternoon, July 1. Alumni come from other states. Some Of the anniversary classes hold their own events at midday. The honored group this year is the Class of 1957. The Tri River Museum group was to meet on Tuesday of last week at the Oakdale Historical Museum west of Greenville. All member societies have tickets for sale for a ladies luncheon Friday, July 6, which will feature an Ohio lady playing role of Mrs. Crittfield, an ordinary woman in the time of the Civil War and its aftermath. Much has been written about the wealthy genteel lady the South and the slave woman, but little has been told about the role of the woman of very modest means. Such is the story of Mrs. Crittfield. Tickets are $10, the price includes include lunch, the dramatic presentation and information from the speaker on appraisals of antique items. The local historical society has tickets for sale. The event is to be held at Belrockton at Belding. Several members of the Ionia County Genealogical Society converged last Friday on the Lyons Cemetery to begin "reading" the markers and mapping them. Members came from Lansing, Hubbardston and Portland who worked under the direction of Patricia Currigan of Holt. Two hours of work in a very hot sun produced many pages of notes. It will be necessary to work several more days to cover the entire cemetery, which is on very hilly ground. The Alethians of Central United Methodist Church enjoyed their annual picnic at the home of George and Kathy Carpenter on Goddard Road. Members will be selling tickets for the 52nd annual chicken barbecue which comes on July 13 this year. Get well cards were signed for absent members. The Rev. George Speas was the guest pastor at Central UMC Sunday while the resident pastor is on vacation. The Rev. Donald Ferris will be in the pulpit on Sunday, June 24, for the last time. He is moving to his new parish at Battle Creek First UMC. His family resi- Live THE M u s i c ON PATIO! Wednesdays 6-10pm Saturdays 7-11pm Art Hop Friday, June 22- Rush Clemen t Saturday, June 23 - Rush Clement Wednesday, June 27 - Dave Bannister Saturday, June 30 - Grumpy Old Men Party Trays Available Stop in or give us a call to place your order. Perfect for Open Houses and Reunions! Sundays Bike Night on the patio!! 3 to 8pm • Buckets of 5 - Bud, Bud Light or Miller Lite for $11 • Pitcher of Margaritas for $15 • Char Grilled Prime Rib Sandwich for $899 dence is now Kalamazoo. Son Andrew is a student at Grand Valley State University. Mrs. Jill Ferris is now located at a state office in Kalamazoo, where she works with State of Michigan rehab programs. The Rev. Eric Beck with wife, Heather, and two teen-age sons will be moving into the Sixth Avenue parsonage during the next week. Adrian College has announced its dean's list for the spring term and one such listed is Karen Kruisenga, daughter of Robert and Virginia Kruisenga. Karen was also a spring graduate. Heartlands Institute of Technology included in its list of special recognition students Heather Orta, who was in the dental occupations. The Ionia Historical Society is sponsoring a series of fine travel movies at the Ionia Theater Thursday mornings. On June 21 the film will be on Vietnam and Burma. A weekend series of events in Ionia should appeal to rural readers or maybe those who once lived in the countryside. There will be a farm Power Gas Show covering three days. On Friday, June 29, there will be several activities geared to children with garden tractor pulls followed by adult tractor pulling in the evening. On Saturday, there will be more tractor pulling events, a petting zoo, pie auction and pedal pulls, plus entertainment. Sunday will bring more tractor pulling events, a nondenominational church service in the floral building, horse-drawn hayride and events for women tractor drivers. There also will be pony rides, chainsaw sculptures, children's activities, flea market, food and crafts. Breakfast is served each day at 7 a.m. in the 4-H food service building. On a rotating basis, the Lions Club is the host for this year's grand marshal reception and choice of the honorees. Their choice for 2007 was for Ross and Janet Thomas, who have been organizers of the annual fair parade for countless years. They will ride in style in the parade (after first organizing it yet again) and their reception will be held before the parade Sunday afternoon, June 24, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Freight House Museum. Last year's reception was held there due to the street project. The Thomas couple chose to have theirs at the same location. The public is invited to congratulate them and extend their best wishes and thanks for jobs well done along with their other civic duties. Ross is currently a member of the Village Council. Janet is a former member of the Lakewood School Board. Both are active in their church. They are parents of nine children. So the reception is on Sunday afternoon and the parade is at 6 p.m. on Monday. There will not be a fall rummage sale at Fellowship Hall in October. The United Methodist Women have decided to skip this sale. OPEN 7 DAYS! 77513522 Family owned since 1983 Corner of South Jefferson & Court St, Hastings 269-948-4042 Congratulations Barry County Foundation Community Capacity Survey If you lost your survey you can pick one up at J-Ad Graphics or online. HomeTown Partnerships committee is requesting that Barry County Residents contribute their views about our county through this Community Capacity Survey. HomeTown Partnerships is a comprehensive approach to rural community development that embraces four core strategies: leadership, youth, entrepreneurship, and charitable assets. The input you share will shape the future of Barry County. Jeff Tinkler on your May 10th graduation and your job in Physical Therapy with Battle Creek Health Systems. TO FILL OUT YOUR SURVEY Woodland Express Mart in Woodland Delton District Library in Delton Hastings Public Library in Hastings www.barrycf.org or www.barrycs.org 77513535 We are so proud of you for all your hard work and dedication! Your mom, your wife Angela, and children, Pierson, Aubree, and Gavin. 77513575 We need your information Email your survey: Dear Annie: My husband and I have two small boys, ages 2 and 4. We live in a small town close to my parents. Dad is a retired mechanic and has turned his garage into a workshop. He repairs neighbors' cars and small engines. He loves to have my boys "help" him in the garage, but he forgets it's a dangerous place for kids. As Dad gets older, he seems more reckless with the boys. Last summer, he took our oldest son for a ride in his golf cart. He went up a steep hill in their backyard and the cart flipped over. My son suffered a broken arm and numerous bumps and bruises. I thought that would wake Dad up and he would be more careful, but it hasn't changed a thing. When I ask Dad not to do something with the children because it's too dangerous, his feelings get hurt and he sulks. I love my father dearly and want him to be part of my boys' lives. How can I make him understand he needs to think more about their safety? -Baby-Sitting for Grandpa Dear Baby-Sitting: Your children's welfare is more important than Dad's feelings, period. He cannot be trusted in this area, and he may not be able to change. If your mother is not an effective guardian, your father should not be permitted to play with the boys without your supervision. Please don't wait for a tragedy to happen. Dear Annie: I have a suggestion for "Depressed and Disappointed," who discovered her husband had a personal profile on an online dating agency so that he could get free porn. She should tell him she is going to have her own personal profile to see if there are any good-looking guys in their neighborhood. He'd probably call her every name under the sun, none of which you could print. Then, and only then, he might realize how unreasonable his own behavior is. Ladies -- don't get mad, just get even. -- D. Dear D.: We certainly hope he wouldn't find it a turn-on. Or worse, that she finds someone else online. But thanks for the suggestion. Find new friends DON’T FORGET Carl’s Super Market in Nashville Union Bank in Freeport Middleville Market Place in Middleville Danger with Dad Porn profiler www.countyseatrestaurant.com Or drop it off at: Dear Annie: I am an 18-year-old boy who just graduated high school and will be attending a great university in the fall. I expected the freedom of finding a summer job on my own, but I thought wrong. My father told me he still expects me to work at his store this summer. For the past five years, I've spent every summer at my father's building supply store doing menial labor 10 hours a day. The work is hard, especially since I'm outside the entire time, and around here, the heat index exceeds 100 degrees. To say the least, I do not enjoy it, and I'd like never to work there again. My father says he'll pay me more than I could get anywhere else and that the strenuous exercise will do me good. The job also gives me the freedom to take entire weeks off at a time for my church youth camp, family vacation and a concert I am planning to attend with friends. I still can't help but feel my father is controlling me. I don't see why I can't challenge myself to find a job in a different business. Am I being unreasonable, or should my father give me some freedom? I detest this job more than anything. -- Frustrated in Mississippi Dear Frustrated: We understand that this job is unfulfilling, but you do realize it will be nearly impossible to find another paid position that will allow you time off for family vacations, youth camp and concerts. Decide if you want to earn money or not, and if you are willing to give up all that free time -- because that's the trade-off. This also is probably the last summer you will feel forced to work for Dad. Once you are in college, you can make arrangements for a summer job on your own. Dear Annie: I am the mother of a 9-yearold girl, "Tandy." She has been friends with a group of girls almost since birth, but this year (third grade) has been terrible. Tandy attends private school as well as church with these girls. One of them is very mean-spirited and constantly telling the others not to play with my daughter. I have tried talking to the mother of this girl but have gotten nowhere. Her attitude is "kids will be kids." I know it's normal for friendships to change through childhood, but how do I explain this to my sobbing daughter? It breaks my heart to see her get off the bus crying because someone wouldn't play with her or sit next to her on the bus. How do I handle this? -- Kellie Dear Kellie: It's a shame that these girls are so nasty and have parents who refuse to teach them that such behavior is wrong. You cannot turn these girls into better human beings, so you need to work on your daughter's response. Don't sympathize too much, or Tandy will see herself only as a victim. Be as positive and as empowering as you can. Tandy is not too young to understand that those who demean others are on a power trip, and can only build themselves up by dragging someone else down. And worse, they feed off her reaction. Help her see that these immature girls are not worth her time, energy or emotional investment. Teach her to ignore them and to find other, more decent, classmates to befriend. It's a hard road, but in the long run, she will be better off and can hold her head up with pride. Supervisor smells Dear Annie: I just finished reading the letter about the young girl who needed to use deodorant. What do you do when the problem is your 60-year-old supervisor who thinks deodorant causes cancer? Some days, the odor is so strong, you can smell her from another room. We have given "Meg" gift baskets with scented deodorants and lotions, but she doesn't use them. We once spoke to her supervisor, thinking there might be a physical or mental problem that should be addressed. Things got marginally better for a while, but now they are worse than ever. I hate to go running back to her boss, as Meg is already under a lot of pressure. Any suggestions? -- Asphyxiated at Work Dear Asphyxiated: There were some studies done a few years ago that looked for links between cancer and aluminum chlorohydrate in antiperspirants, and parabens in both antiperspirants and deodorants. According to the National Cancer Institute, the results were inconclusive and no concrete evidence was found. We hope you have the courage to take Meg aside, privately, and say she is likely unaware that she has a noticeable body odor. To ease her concerns, inform her that there are natural deodorants (available at healthfood stores and other places) that do not contain either of these suspect chemicals. Sexual surgery Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Disappointed in Louisville, Ky.," whose husband doesn't want a vasectomy. I am 78 and had a vasectomy when I was 31. My late wife, who was an RN, asked me to have one. It greatly increased and improved our sex life, and we were active and intimate until she passed away. I am getting married again very soon, and I can assure you that our sex life will be wonderful. My vasectomy had no effect on my ability to perform. So, Kentuckians, heed the info, and have the man get off his duff and get to the doctor pronto. He will only regret that he didn't get the procedure sooner. -- Florida Dear Florida: Thanks for the testimonial -and congratulations on your upcoming marriage. It sounds like you will make your new wife very happy. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. World War II Wedding Women Must Plan (Extra) Carefully for Retirement of a Local Navy Aviator By Esther Walton Last week we related the interesting details of the wedding of a local couple during the Korean War. This week we will back up a few years and relate the trials and tribulations of another couple who married during World War II. The following article appeared in July 9, 1942, issue of, The Hastings Banner: “DeForrest Walton, Jr. son of Dr. and Mrs. D.D. Walton, Hastings, graduated from the naval aviation training school at Corpus Christi, Texas, July 4, and was commissioned an ensign in the U.S. Navy Air Force. Ensign Walton graduated from Hastings High School in 1937, and, in addition to making an excellent scholastic record, was active on the debate teams, and worked after school hours and during vacations in the J.C. Penny store here. “He entered Western Michigan College of Education (then W.S.T.C.), Kalamazoo in 1937 and graduated in 1941 with a bachelor of science degree. He was elected class president in his junior year; also served as vice-president of the student council. He won his “W” in track (cross country) and was a member of the varsity debate team. “While attending college, he enrolled in one of the civilian aeronautic flying units and qualified for a private flying license. “After graduation, he enlisted in the naval aviation corps and passed the stiff mental and physical exams required for that branch of the service.” The annual Potter/Walton family reunion was held on Sept. 20, 1942, in Potter Park, Lansing, where the “family historian” reported the following: “DeForrest Potter Walton left very soon after the Potter Picnic a year ago and was first sent to Kansas City, Kansas for about five or six weeks training. He was then transferred to the Naval Aviation School at Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was graduated with the commission of ensign on July 4, 1942. “He was home on furlough for about ten days and was then sent to Coronado Island, San Diego, Calif. He is training for work as pilot of pursuit planes to be blown from carrier decks. Word now comes that he may possibly be to Chicago for work on carrier decks of ships on the Great Lakes. “On Aug. 27, he was married to Shirley Shirley (Crane) Walton Crane of Fennville. The wedding took place in the Navy Chapel at San Diego, Calif. Photographs and reports coming in from various sources would indicate the bride is a very attractive and a fine young woman. We are eager to meet her.” An anonymous newspaper clipping in the Potter Family scrapbook: (the writer thinks it is very likely that this little gem was clipped from the “Men in Service” column of the Hastings Banner). “One interesting bit of news which has reached us is about wedding bells, Junior (DeForrest) Walton, and Shirley Crane of Fennville. Junior has been stationed on the west coast since he won his wings, and just like that they decided to get married, so Shirley and her brother drove to California. “The day they went to get the license the courthouse was closed. When they finally obtained a license, they found that they would have to wait three more days before they could be married. Then in the excitement of getting an apartment and settling they forgot about the state law requiring blood tests. So this presented another delay and when Shirley took her test she became a little faint and toppled over and hit her forehead, a whack which quickly revived her but left a big bump, and no bride can be married like that. So several more days elapsed and things were pretty well set when on the day of the wedding Junior remembered he hadn’t had his blood test. “He was living with two Navy medics, which was fortunate at a time like this, because they took over. In fact they had to call an ambulance to rush the blood specimen across the city to the laboratory. The report came back just in time, so these two were finally married in the Naval Airbase Chapel on Coronado Island. “The Sept. 7 issue of the Saturday Evening Post had a story about all of the Navy wives on Coronado Island and that is the same place where Junior and Shirley are now living. So the story ends happily, and let that be a lesson to the rest of you fellows.” Printed announcement: “Mr. and Mrs. H. Blakeslee Crane, Fennville, announce the marriage of their daughter, Shirley Louise to Ensign DeForrest Potter Walton on Thursday, the Twenty-seventh of August, nineteen hundred forty-two, Coronado, Calif. At home: 181 Orange Avenue, Coronado, Calif.” Ensign DeForest Walton, Jr. If you're a woman, you have to be actively involved in your financial preparations for retirement - and that's true whether you're single or married. As a woman, you have at least two special considerations associated with your retirement planning: * You've got a longer life expectancy. Women typically outlive men by about seven years, according to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics - and more years of life mean more expenses. * You may have less money in your retirement plan. Women drop out of the work force for an average of 12 years to care for young children or aging parents, according to the Older Women's League, a research and advocacy group. This time away from the workforce results in women accumulating much less money in their employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k)s. The prospect of a long, underfunded retirement is not a pleasant one. Fortunately, there's much you can do to avoid this fate. For starters, know what's going on in your financial situation. If you are married, share the responsibility of making investment decisions. What are your retirement goals? Are the two of you investing enough to eventually achieve these goals? And where is the money going? You must know the answers to these questions. You'll also need to know what you could expect to receive if your husband dies before you. As a surviving spouse, you will likely inherit all your husband's assets, unless he has specifically named other people - such as grown children from an earlier marriage - as beneficiaries. Nonetheless, you can't just assume that all sources of income that your husband receives will automatically roll over to you. For example, if your husband were to die before you, you wouldn't get his Social Security payments in addition to your own, although you could choose to collect his payments instead of yours. But if you both earned close to the same income, you might not get much of an increase in Social Security benefits. In any case, whether you're married or single, here are some moves that can benefit you: * "Max out" on your 401(k). If you can afford it, invest the maximum amount into your 401(k) and increase your contributions IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV every time your salary goes up. Your 401(k) provides you with tax-deferred earnings and a variety of investment options. * Contribute to an IRA. Even if you have a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan, you might be eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA. A traditional IRA offers the potential for tax-deferred earnings, while a Roth IRA potentially grows tax-free, provided you don't take withdrawals until you're 59-1/2 and you've had your account at least five years. You can fund an IRA with virtually any investment you choose. Do whatever it takes to help ensure a comfortable retirement - and the sooner you start planning, the better. 472 words This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 40.24 +1.16 Anheuser Busch 54.41 +1.50 CMS Energy Corp. 17.36 +.22 Coca-Cola Co. 51.39 +.25 DaimlerChrysler 92.37 +4.53 Dow Chemical Co. 45.51 +.94 Exxon Mobil 85.84 +3.84 Family Dollar Stores 35.11 +1.40 First Financial Bancorp 14.90 -7.39 Ford Motor Co. 8.65 +.33 General Motors 34.52 +3.09 Intl. Bus. Machine 106.50 +4.16 JCPenney Co. 75.45 -1.20 Johnson & Johnson 62.42 +.59 It’s possible for the little guy to ‘stick it to the man’ To the editor: It’s not every day I can spit in the eye of a corporate American giant, “stick to the Man” and get away with it, but last week I took aim, let it fly and made a direct hit. The giant flinched. All right, it was only a very little infinitesimal flinch, but a flinch nonetheless. I have had car insurance for at least three decades from a major insurance company, the first one listed in the phone book. I dutifully paid my monthly premiums. And like everything else, the premiums crept a little higher each year, but I figured they were a big competitive company, and what could I do against the corporate giant except say, “Please sir, may I have some more?” Besides isn’t competition supposed to keep prices down? Well, as fate would have it, I recently had an interview with Robin Chase about her new insurance company in Lake Odessa. After the interview, I switched hats and asked her about my car insurance. My driving record is spotless — my next traffic ticket will be my first and though I have been in a few accidents, none were my fault. The most recent one was a couple years ago with the drunk driver on Christmas Eve. My car was totaled, and I was bruised for a few weeks. Robin gave me a quote for $40 a month less than the big guys. Good enough for me, sign me up. Then I had to break the news to the big guys that our 30-year affair was over. I clocked the attempt to have a phone conversation. It began at 1:45 p.m. You know the routine, you go through the menu “press or say ‘one, two’, etc.” I finally got to a real person. I explained I wanted out and like a good employee she asked why. I told her $40 a month is why. Then the game of phone transfer musical chairs began. To their credit, they played some classical music while I was on hold, not an audio loop of repetitious advertising. At last, a real person came on the line with an apology for the wait. I’m sure the apology was part of the boiler plate routine (”Your call is important to us”). After I explained the situation, the agent came up with new figures. Instead of the $112 a month, the premium would only be $60 a month. “What? You mean I have been paying twice what I needed to and no agent informed me otherwise?” I incredulously gasped. I got some lame excuse about the company’s million customers and too little time. She then asked if I wanted to change my mind and stay with them at the new lower rate. I tried to politely say, “You have %$#& me for how many years, taken my $$ and want to know if I will stay with you?” I did not want to be like the abused wife who returns to the abuser, hoping things somehow will be better. Trying to keep my composure, I bit my tongue and not too politely said, “No.” Before the conservation ended, the agent reminded me I could switch back if things didn’t work out. The conservation ended at 2:15, a half hour later. In the end, after the giant’s “new improved pricing,” the corporate premium is a few bucks cheaper than Robin’s but I figure if I meet a drunk or a deer, I’ll have a local gal to help me, not a faceless agent stationed in who knows where. Helen Mudry, Woodland hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci Contact Rob Ranes ★ ★ 06654119 77513537 �Page 10 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES City of Hastings Position Available: Secretary/Receptionist This full-time position serves the public and City staff by answering the telephone and greeting visitors to City Hall. We also type letters and other documents using Microsoft Word, assemble meeting materials, and provide general office clerical support. Good computer skills, ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, excellent interpersonal skills, high school graduate, and some prior office experience expected. This is full-time position working 8:00am to 5:00pm weekdays with a standard City benefit package including health and dental insurance and pension. Minimum starting wage is $10.99 per hour. An application for employment may be obtained at City Hall, 201 E. State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday or by phone request to Tina Maurer, Deputy Clerk, at 269-945-2468. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Thomas Emery, City Clerk/Treasurer 77513524 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Zoning Board of Appeals on July 5th, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Judith A. Tisch, 12271 Islandview Drive, Plainwell, MI 49080, for a variance from front yard setback requirements of the Prairieville Township Ordinance Section 6.1 to add home and deck additions to the southwest side of a new residence. The subject parcel is 08-12-430-011-00 located at the above address, Barry County, MI. The property in question is zoned “R-2”- Single Family and Two Family, Medium Density, Residential District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five- (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stonerburner, Prairieville Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77513401 Friday, June 22 nd FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Donald Gentry and Susan M. Breitner-Gentry, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for People's Choice Home Loan, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006 and recorded August 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1169064 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty Cents ($119,285.80) including interest 8.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; commencing at the South One-Quarter Post of Section 26; thence West 1452.3 feet; thence North 6 degrees 42 minutes East 523.8 feet; thence West 632.3 feet along the North line of the former New York Central Railroad right-of-way; thence North 13 degrees 25 minutes 42 seconds East (recorded North 10 degrees 50 minutes East) 300 feet; thence due West 12 feet to the point of beginning; thence due West to the center of Cedar Creek; thence Northerly in the center of Cedar Creek to its intersection with Lot 9 of Mcintyre Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence Easterly along the South line of Lot 9 to the Westerly line of River Lane in said Mcintyre Plat; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of River Lane 100 feet; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of River Lane 98 feet; thence South 11 degrees 11 minutes 32 seconds West 136.78 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 3200 River Lane, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 4, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71851 ASAP# 860869 06/07/2007, 06/14/2007, 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007 77513114 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gerald Wouda, unmarried, original mortgagor(s), to Wilmington Finance, a Division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, Mortgagee, dated April 8, 2004, and recorded on April 19, 2004 in instrument 1125990, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of New York as Trustee for the CertificateHolders of CWABS 2004-06 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Eight And 92/100 Dollars ($97,268.92), including interest at 5.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lot 14 of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 56, and that part of the West 25.00 feet of the South 1371.15 feet of East Parker Drive, as vacated in Barry County Circuit Court File No, 85-118 CH, as lies immediatly adjacent to, and as an Easterly extention of, the North 1/2 of said Lot 14, as platted in the recorded plat of Parker's Sandy Beach Plat, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #071112F03 77512744 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bert Grimm and Kelly Grimm, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 23, 2003, and recorded on October 27, 2003 in instrument 1116438, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Seven And 25/100 Dollars ($68,577.25), including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 39 of Supervisor's plat of the first addition to Eddy's Beach, thence North 87 degrees 45 minutes East 152 feet to Edge of County Road, South along Road 55 feet; thence South 88 degrees West 151.09 feet to the East line of plat; thence North 2 degrees 45 minutes East along plat 50 feet to beginning, being part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 32, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144524F01 77512754 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Connie M. Feltner, An Unmarried Woman, A Single Woman and Lawrence R. Feltner, An Unmarried Man, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 26, 2003, and recorded on October 7, 2003 in instrument 1115139, and rerecorded on September 26, 2005 in instrument 1153343, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Ninety-Nine And 26/100 Dollars ($88,099.26), including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as: Commencing 10 rods 8 1/10 links West of the Northeast corner of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22; thence West 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence South 12 rods 16 2/10 links; thence East 10 rods 8 1/10 links; thence North to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #113713F02 77512759 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd E Hebert and Bonghee Hebert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Franklin A Division of Nat. City Bank of IN, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005, and recorded on April 4, 2005 in instrument 1144317, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. As Trustee for National City Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Eight And 00/100 Dollars ($120,788.00), including interest at 6.999% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 32, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 6 of plats on Page 39, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146594F01 77513324 Thanks to your investment in our community... Barry County Over 56,000 times services of Barry County United Way and its Partner Agencies were utilized by our families, friends and relatives. 5-9 pm 77513433 • White’s Photography • Quilting Passions • Barlow’s Florist & Christian Bookstore • Anne’s Health Foods • Hastings Ace Hardware • State Ground Coffee House • Hastings Flower Shop • Beyond the Cover • Gilmore Jewelers • Jefferson Street Gallery • Hastings City Bank • Hastings Antiques Lady Peddler • Jami’s Craft • Alex Walker’s Art Mania Live Entertainment @ the County Seat Restaurant & Lounge Thornapple Arts Council AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Clarence Klinge, Jr ,a single man, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 2nd day of July, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 23rd day of July, 2004 in Liber 1131299 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy One & 94/100 ($108,971.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: That part of the southwest 1/4 Section 14, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Southwest 1/4 which is North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 1078.00 feet from the South 1/4 corner of Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 243.65 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds West 270.00 feet along the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds East 243.61 feet; thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes 37 seconds East 270.00 feet to the place of beginning. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 ASAP# 863461 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007, 07/05/2007, 07/12/2007 77513509 4-H, Alzheimers Association, Barry County Hospice, Barry County Healthy Families, Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry Eaton Health Plan, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Gerald R. Ford Boy Scouts, CASA, Catholic Family Services (The Ark), Child Abuse Prevention Council, Commission on Aging, DARE Barry County Sheriff Department School Liaison Officers, Family & Children Services, Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Glowing Embers Girl Scouts, Green Gables Haven, Habitat for Humanity, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, Victim Services Unit, YMCA, Continuum of Care– Homeless Prevention, Fresh Food Initiative, Information & Referral, Smoke Detector Program, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Residential Funding Company, LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Five and 55/100 Dollars ($201,855.55) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77513539 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John W. Saylor and Terees A. Saylor, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 2, 2005, and recorded on November 9, 2005 in instrument 1155987, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($151,486.74), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning 400 Feet South of the Northeast Corner of Section 24, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thence West 198 Feet, Thence South 220 Feet, Thence East 198 Feet, Thence North 220 Feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 77512770 File #144864F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Allen Mitchell and Debra A. Mitchell, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 6, 2005, as Document Number: 1153972, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 42/100 ($250,947.42) including interest at the rate of 9.800% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point 1945.56 feet West of the North and South 1/4 line and 1280.83 feet South of the North 1/8 line of said Section 15; thence North 87 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 186.50 feet; thence North 69 degrees 46 minutes East 201.80 feet; thence South 02 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West 78 feet to the place of beginning. Also Lots 47 and 48 of Casa-Del-Mar of Acker's Point, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 64, Barry County Records. 3911 S. Shore Drive The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77512814 Our File No. 141.00417 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Katherine G. Gingrich Unmarried Woman, and Thor J. Falstrom, An Unmarried Man to Advent Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 6, 2006 in Instrument # 1172451 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Three Cents ($141,931.03) including interest 10.26% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 14, Block 72 of the amended Plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 48, and also that part of Second Street right of way of the plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan (recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 25), described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Lot 14, which is South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 185.23 feet from the Northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence continuing South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 56.43 feet; thence North 83 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds West 159.93 feet; thence North 08 degrees 51 minutes 51 seconds East 76.17 feet; thence South 75 degrees 31 minutes 40 seconds East 152.17 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 415 Sunset Ridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 5, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71966 77513185 Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John C. Lieb II and Venus S. Lieb, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 21, 2005, and recorded on February 3, 2005 in instrument 1140995, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R2 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of March 1, 2005, Without Recourse as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four And 02/100 Dollars ($131,424.02), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 13 rods East of the Southwest corner of said Section 5; thence East along the center of highway 28 rods 1 1/2 links; thence North 6 rods 10 links; thence West 28 rods 2 1/2 links; thence South 6 rods 10 links to the place of beginning, except a strip 44 feet wide off the West side thereof; including and commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence Easterly 258.50 feet along the South line of Section 15, being also the centerline of Tasker Road; thence Northerly 105.6 feet at right angles for the true place of beginning; thence continuing Northerly 20 feet; thence East 418.99 feet parallel with the line of Section 15; thence Southerly 20 feet at right angles; thence Westerly 418.99 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #086110F02 77513504 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Teddy K. Moore, a married man and Linda L. Moore, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-One and 67/100 Dollars ($181,881.67) including interest at 7.09% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24, Parker's Lakewood Plat, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 34, Barry County Records, together with an easement for ingress and egress to and from lake over and across the South 40 feet of Lot 33, Parker's Lakewood Plat. Being the same property conveyed to Teddy K. Moore and Linda L. Moore, husband and wife by Deed Dated 2/27/95 and Recorded 4/3/95 in Deed Book 627, Page 681, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77513544 File No. 207.7953 77513519 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Spring Has Arrived & Summer Is Close By No better time to think about owning your own home Thornapple Lake Estates has a BRAND NEW inventory of homes, both Double Wide and Single Wide. We have great “Move In” incentives and offer financing with very low down payments to qualified buyers. Don’t delay... Stop out today and let us show you HOW you can become a Homeowner!! Phone 517-852-1514 or stop by. TOWNSHIP OF HOPE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO SEWER CONNECTION, USE AND RATE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF HOPE At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Township of Hope, held on June 11, 2007, the Township Board of the Township adopted an amendment to the Township’s Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Amendment”). A summary of the Amendment is reproduced in this newspaper below. A true and complete copy of each township’s respective Amendment can be inspected or obtained as follows: Township of Hope Ordinance No. 66 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058-9237 (269) 948-2464 Township of Hope Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk ******************** Section 1 of the Amendment amends Section 201(24) of the Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) adopted by the Township of Hope to amend the definition of the term “Indirect Connection” to include references to the Long and Cloverdale Lakes Extension. Section 2 of the Amendment amends Section 201 of the Ordinance to add two new terms and definitions of those terms to the Ordinance, namely “Long and Cloverdale Lakes Extension” and “Long and Cloverdale Lakes Extension Agreement.” Section 3 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment shall be published within 30 days of publication of the Amendment or a summary thereof in the Hastings Banner. Section 4 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment takes effect thirty (30) days after publication of this summary. The publication of this summary was authorized by the Township Board. Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk Township of Hope 77513569 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on July 10, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include: 1. The application of Wade Trim as agent for Wal-Mart, Inc. to rezone certain property at approximately 1505 W. Green Street in land section 13 of the Township, located southeast of the Green Street and M-43/M-37 intersection, just west of Consumers Energy. The property requested to be rezoned consists of two parcels in their entirety with the following property identification numbers: #08-13-013-001-04 and #08-13-013-027-00; and a small portion of a third parcel with property identification number 08-13-013-015. The subject property is currently zoned primarily C-4 Commercial Industrial District, with smaller portions zoned C-1 Office Commercial District and C-2 Community Business District. The applicant is requesting the property be rezoned in its entirety to C-3 General Business District. The applicant has voluntarily offered in writing to agree to certain conditions relating to the use and/or development of the land requested to be rezoned. The Township will therefore be considering the rezoning request pursuant to the conditions offered by the applicant. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map/Land Use Plan, the legal description and a map of the subject property, the use/development conditions offered by the applicant, and the draft of a proposed conditional rezoning agreement, may all be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting. The Township Planning Commission reserves the right to make any lawful recommendation to the Township Board with respect to the rezoning requested by the applicant, including but not limited to a recommendation that only some portion of the subject property be rezoned. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. Robin Hawthorne Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-2194 77513498 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07 24758 DE Estate of Lillian P. Wilkey. Date of Birth: October 14, 1927. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Lillian P. Wilkey, who lived at 10809 Bayne Rd., Nashville, MI 49073 died April 19, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Frank W. Wilkey, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dughie Law Office John V. Dughie P27140 133 West Cedar Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 344-1855 Frank W. Wilkey 10809 Bayne Road Nashville, MI 49073 (517) 852-1508 77513410 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust Estate Estate of FLORENCE PATRICIA BEEBE. Date of birth: 8/26/1928. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, FLORENCE PATRICIA BEEBE, who lived at 10988 LONG POINT ROAD, PLAINWELL, MI 49080, died June 7, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Timothy P. Beebe, named Trustee(s) within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 6/14/2007 Danielle Redmond Streed P45668 480 W. Lovell Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 276-0055 Timothy P. Beebe Trustee(s) 10988 Long Point Road, Plainwell, MI 49080 77513476 (269) 664-4531 City of Hastings Position Available: Superintendent of Streets and Construction The City of Hastings Department of Public Services is accepting applications for one (1) full-time position. Screening of applications will begin Monday, July 16, 2007. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Duties for the Superintendent of Streets and Construction in the Public Services Department include supervisory tasks and assistance in the construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the City of Hastings’ public works facilities. Five (5) years minimum experience in a wide range of projects pertaining to water, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer infrastructure, road construction, and other construction and maintenance work is necessary. A high school diploma or GED and a Commercial Drivers License valid in the State of Michigan with a “B” endorsement and air brakes are required. A Michigan Department of Environmental Quality certification S-2 license in water distribution is required (or ability to attain such license within one (1) year from date of hire). Minimum beginning salary is $41,250 per year, Actual starting salary will depend on the qualifications of the selected applicant. Application and full job description is available upon request at City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Questions regarding this position should be directed to Jeff Mansfield, City Manager/Acting Director of Public Services, at 269-945-2468 Thomas Emery, City Clerk/Treasurer 77513527 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TEXT OF ZONING ORDINANCE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the June 13, 2007 meeting of the Rutland Charter Township Board the following Ordinance No. 2007-124 was adopted. The original ordinance may be inspected or a copy purchased by contacting the Township Clerk, Robin Hawthorne, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058-9725, 269-948-2194, during regular business hours of regular working days, and at such other times as may be arranged. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-124 ADOPTED: JUNE 13, 2007 EFFECTIVE: JUNE 29,2 007 An Ordinance to amend Sections 17.02.a, 17.08.a and 17.09.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 48, as amended); and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION 1 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.02.a PERTAINING TO PERMITTED USES IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.02.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinances (104.1702.a as codified), pertaining to the permitted uses in the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to correct a typographical error by revising sub-part b therein to read as follows: A detached single-family home on an individual lot not less than 8,000 square feet. SECTION II AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.08.a PERTAINING TO BUILDING FOOTPRINTS OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.08.a, subsection B.2. of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1708.a. as codified), pertaining to building footprints over 10,000 square feet in the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to delete all of sub-part (i) of subsection b. therein (presently requiring commercial/office uses exceeding 10,000 square feet footprint to provide equal or greater residential living floor space within and integrated on the same development site). SECTION III AMENDMENT OF SECTION 17.09.a PERTAINING TO ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS IN MIXED USE DISTRICT Section 17.09.a of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1709.a as codified), pertaining to architectural standards for the Mixed Use District, is hereby amended to correct a typographical error and revise the first sentence of sub-part b. therein to read as follows: Long uninterrupted horizontal stretches of exposed building facade shall not be permitted. SECTION IV SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION V REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION VI EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect on the eighth day after publication or on such later date as may be required by law. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland 77513489 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dallas O. Chase and Shirley A. Chase, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2004, and recorded on June 3, 2004 in instrument 1128717, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Two And 40/100 Dollars ($60,332.40), including interest at 7.225% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Part of the West 60 Acres of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, described as Follows: The East 200 Feet of the West 244 Feet of the South 178 Feet of the West 60 Acres of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 12, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145822F01 77513229 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Mutschler, A Single Man, Fee Simple, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 20, 2003, and recorded on December 3, 2003 in instrument 1118612, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 73/100 Dollars ($64,266.73), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 83 and the West 1/2 of Lots 81 and 82 of the plat of Orangeville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 14 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #120060F02 77513404 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Phillip D. Jones, II and Lorri A. Jones, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded August 1, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167951, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender’s successors and/or assigns, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtyFive Thousand Two and 45/100 Dollars ($165,002.45) including interest at 9.425% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence East 330 feet for a Point of Beginning; thence East 990 feet; thence South 440 feet; thence West 990 feet; thence North 440 feet to the Point of Beginning. Also the North 440 feet to the West 330 feet of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 85/100 Dollars ($203,849.85) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for Place of Beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the Place of Beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the Place of Beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the Place of Beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7948 77513564 Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 199.3936 77512785 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate Estate of JESSIE C. VREUGDE, Deceased. Date of birth: 11/12/1928. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Jessie C. Vreugde, who lived at 1203 South Park Street, Hastings, Michigan died 07/01/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to James F. Vreugde, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 06/08/2007 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 West Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9557 James F. Vreugde 538 West Clinton Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 77513385 945-6100 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randall Reigler, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2006, and recorded on January 6, 2006 in instrument 1158600, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Seven And 14/100 Dollars ($89,187.14), including interest at 8.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence along the North line of said Section 27; North 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds West 988.71 feet; thence along the West line of South Broadway Street South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 343.47 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West 136.11; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 63.99 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds East, 136.80 feet; thence along said West line South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 62.97 feet along said East line of South Braodway to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146544F01 77513314 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, husband and wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents ($93,558.98) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: MAY 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71448 77512780 �Page 13 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Boom, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 10, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138721, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 41/100 Dollars ($106,314.41), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 22; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 443.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds East 360.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 222.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds West 360.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds East 222.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145747F01 77512140 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24798 DE Estate of RUTH ANN LIEB, Deceased. Date of birth: 02/23/39. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Ruth Ann Lieb, who lived at 7515 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, died May 16, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Frederick R. Campbell, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, Michigan 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: June 13, 2007 David L. Zebell P-39939 3 Heritage Oak Lane Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 979-3990 Frederick R. Campbell P.O. Box 104, 209 James Street Parma, MI 49269 (517) 531-4738 77513467 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Werner and Barbara Werner, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2004, and recorded on August 25, 2004 in instrument 1133009, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Real Estate Services LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 51/100 Dollars ($89,898.51), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Block 1 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City of Hasting, Barry County, Michigan, formerly Village of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 7. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145002F01 77513124 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Wineman and Jessica Wineman, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded August 29, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169244, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Three and 69/100 Dollars ($80,903.69) including interest at 7.725% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lot 10 and the South onehalf of the East 1 rod of Lot 9, both in Block 14, of Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 7, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3228 77513119 HOPE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HOPE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of an Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 68, which was adopted by the Township Board of Hope Township at its meeting held on June 11, 2007. SECTION I. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4.0. This section amends subsection C of Section 4.0 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance pertaining to the standards for special exception use permit approval. SECTION II. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 13.6. This section amends subsection E of Section 13.6 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance pertaining to construction requirements for fences, walls and screens. SECTION III. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2.1. This section amends Section 2.1 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance so as to add definitions for "Community Service Identification Sign" and "Government Sign". SECTION IV. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 9.1. This section amends Section 9.1 of the Hope Township Zoning Ordinance so as to add new subsections "H" and "I" allowing, respectively, Government Signs as a permitted use in all zoning districts and Community Service Identification Signs as a special exception use in all zoning districts. SECTION V. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION VI. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days following its publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of this Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Hope Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of this Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Hope Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk HOPE TOWNSHIP 5463 South M-43 highway Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2464 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dale E. Roach and Cindy K. Roach, husband and wife, to Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005 and recorded May 13, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146437, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand One Hundred Forty-One and 85/100 Dollars ($115,141.85) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JUNE 28, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the North one-half of the Northwest onequarter of Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a metal fence post located at the intersection of Two Lots (roads) at the Southeast Corner of the North one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 8; thence North 150 feet; thence West 233 feet; thence South 150 feet; thence East 233 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: May 31, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1403 77512775 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JODI L. STILES, a single woman, to HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK, dated March 25, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry, and State of Michigan, on April 1, 2004, in Liber 1124496 of Mortgages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal interest, the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 21/100 ($110,411.21) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover in the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, east door, 220 West State Street, in the City of Hastings, and County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on August 2, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock Eastern Daylight Savings Time in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with 6% interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said section 1104.14 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 88º39’35” West 280.00 feet; thence South 00º41’49” West, parallel with the East section line, 220.00 feet; thence South 88º39’35” East 273.00 feet to the centerline of West Lake Road; thence 86.44 feet along the arc of a curve to the left whose radius measures 954.95 feet and whose chord bears North 5º20’35” East 88.41 feet; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said Section 133.79 feet to the place of beginning. Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are hereby advised that this notice is attempting to collect a debt, and that any information obtained will be used against you. If you dispute this indebtedness within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you will be provided with verification of the amount owning. Date: June 11, 2007 HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee TUCK, GARRISON & MOORE, P.L.L.C. By: Mark W. Garrison (P24068) Attorneys for Mortgagee Business address: 403 South Superior, P.O. Box 660 77513378 Albion, Michigan 49224 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Steve Kauffman and Angie Patterson,, Mortgagors, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of August, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 15th day of September, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1170070 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of January 1, 2007 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2007NC1 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Eighty Nine & 07/100 ($104,089.07), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.20% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 1 of block 9 of the Daniel Striker’s Addition to the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 11. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513530 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by WADE BROWN and TRACY BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on October 10, 2005, in Document No. 1154140, and assigned by said mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents ($111,538.88), including interest at 7.100% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on July 5, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of IRVING, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FREEPORT CREAMERY COMPANY LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 13 RODS AND 3 FEET TO THE CORNER OF THE HIGHWAY AND RACE STREET; THENCE EAST TO LOT FORMERLY DEEDED TO HENRY C. KANHER, NOW OWNED BY DELIA YULE; THENCE NORTH TO CENTER OF OLD MILL RACE TO THE CORNER OF FREEPORT CREAMERY LOT; THENCE WEST TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWNSHIP OF IRVING, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CREAMERY LOT; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS 3 FEET; THENCE EAST 7 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS; THENCE WEST 7 RODS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. TAX ID NO. 08-43-350-041-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 1, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77513129 Southfield, MI 48075 TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR PICKEREL COVE ROAD SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT To: The Residents and Property Owners of Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Pickerel Cove Special Assessment District No. 202 and any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared by him covering all properties within the Special Assessment District No. 202 benefited by the proposed road paving project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs of the construction as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at 7350 Lindsey Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, Michigan within the Township, which assessment is in the total amount of $22,000 which includes attorney fees and publication costs. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $959.00 per benefited property of land in the district (or approximately $192 a year for five years at 5% interest). For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Orangeville Township Hall on June 25, 2007 at 7 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Orangeville Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Orangeville Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to submit comments concerning the foregoing. ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP Jennifer Goy, Clerk 7350 Lindsey Road Plainwell, MI 49080 269-664-4522 77513479 77513371 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), dated January 7, 1997, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on January 15, 1997, in Liber 683, Page(s) 89, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $42,224.92, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Carl E. Reed, Jr. to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.), together with interest at 11.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on June 28, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: LOT 13, PINE HAVEN ESTATES, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 95. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance, Inc.) By: ____________________________________ DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77512615 Dated: May 17, 2007 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brent Karhl Falor, a single man to Michigan Home Finance LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 7, 2005 and recorded April 20, 2005 in Instrument # 1145176 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, by assignment dated January 16, 2006 and recorded January 30, 2006 in Instrument # 1159502 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($102,851.20) including interest 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: North line of the North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 30 and the centerline of Marsh Road: thence East along the said North line 140 feet: thence South 242 feet: thence West 85 feet: thence Northwesterly 175 feet to the center of said Marsh Road: thence Northeasterly along said centerline 168 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 8315 Marsh Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-72667 77513559 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curtis VanMeter ,a married man, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 3rd day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of November, 2004 in Liber Doc# 1137344 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Forty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight & 87/100 ($146,988.87), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 13.87500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Rutland, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 108, Pine Haven Estates No. 4, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Document No. 1122672. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513493 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 4, 2004 in instrument 1131917, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Six Hundred One And 73/100 Dollars ($72,601.73), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 26, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on the East line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 861.96 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on said East 466.70 feet to the South line of Northeast 1/4 of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds West on said South line 466.70 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds East 466.70 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds East 466.70 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146347F01 77513306 02670487 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158422, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($116,842.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 5, of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513319 File #146239F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN 56B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-0284-GC Court Address 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1404 Plaintiff Barry’s Resort, Inc. 2875 S. Charlton Park Road Hastings, MI 49058 Plaintiff’s attorney James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9, Hastings, MI 49058-009 (269) 945-8000 v Defendant Kelly Sue Smith 221 James Street Lowell, MI 49331 TO: Kelly Sue Smith. IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to recover damages for trespass and to remove a mobile home from Plaintiff’s property. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before 07/05/2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. 4. A copy of this order shall be sent to Kelly Sue Smith at the last known address by registered mail, return receipt requested, before the date of the last publication, and the affidavit of mailing shall be filed with this court. Date: 06-01-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry L. Myers and Kristine K. Myers, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2001, and recorded on June 8, 2001 in instrument 1061050, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Six And 60/100 Dollars ($65,846.60), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 4 and the West 10 feet of Lot 5 of Block 65 of the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recordedin Liber 1 Page 27 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #096450F02 77512736 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nole Demond, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2004, and recorded on December 8, 2004 in instrument 1138323, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine Hundred And 74/100 Dollars ($91,900.74), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 3 rods of Lot 7 of Block 10 of H.J. Kenfield Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #110926F02 77513347 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-One And 19/100 Dollars ($99,891.19), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144361F01 77512724 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-10-2007 - Ervin Mullet Location: 6501 Lawrence Rd., in Section 8 of Maple Grove Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (i.e. woodworking business) in the A zoning district. Meeting Date: July 9, 2007. Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.), Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at this meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie S. Smith, 77513573 Barry County Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lynda A. Van Keuren and Robert Van Keuren, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on February 27, 2004 in instrument 1122810, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Nine Hundred Thirteen And 86/100 Dollars ($112,913.86), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Description of Parcel C-1: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 30; thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along the West line of Section 30, 333.36 feet to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds East along said West line, 333.36 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East, 370.44 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 26 seconds West 333.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West, 370.44 feet to the West line of Section 30 and the place of beginning. Together with and subject to right of way for County road across the Westerly 33.00 feet thereof. Also together with and subject to a 66.00 foot wide easement across the Northerly 66.00 feet of the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purposes of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities. Also together with and subject to the following easement: A 66.00 foot wide easement, the Southerly line of which is the Southern edge of the current driveway across the above described property to be used in common by the owners of the above described property, their heirs and assigns forever, for the purpose of ingress and egress and the installation and maintenance of public utilities, it being the intention that the second described easement shall be extinguished upon sale of Parcel C-2 or creation of a roadway on the first described easement. The above described easements shall be for the use and benefit of the following described parcel also. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #143442F02 77512730 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven A. Parshall and Karen A. Parshall, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 4, 2004 and recorded June 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1129728, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three and 25/100 Dollars ($225,793.26) including interest at 7.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the North 220 feet of the Northwest one quarter of Section 33, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, lying West of the Centerline of Jenkins Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.5293 77513361 �Page 15 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton, Hastings schools, BISD pledge to collaborate in efforts LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly A. Harwood a/k/a Kelly Harwood and Richard D. Harwood, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 28, 2005, and recorded on March 17, 2005 in instrument 1142859, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Three Hundred Ninety And 64/100 Dollars ($94,390.64), including interest at 10.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, for place of beginning; thence East 16 rods 3 feet, thence South 20 rods, thence West 6 rods 3 feet, thence South 40 rods, thence West 10 rods 14 feet 4 inches, thence North 60 rods, thence East 14 feet 4 inches to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146847F01 77513352 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Vernon E. Goodman and Kimberly J. Goodman, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 26, 2004 in Instrument # 1136137 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($107,674.23) including interest 10.05% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence North 1848 feet to the place of beginning, thence West 600 feet, thence North 227 feet to the center of Gurd Road, thence Southeasterly along the centerline of Gurd Road to the North and South one-quarter line, thence South 132 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commonly known as 7150 Gurd Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 19, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513554 Our File No: 07-72814 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lori Haywood, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2005 and recorded October 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1154019, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SeventySeven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine and 60/100 Dollars ($77,159.60) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in Section 10 and 11, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 11 and running thence East 713 feet along the South Line of said Section 11; thence North 04 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 510.10 feet along the center of Cobb Road; thence North 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 434 feet along the center of Cobb Road for the True Place of Beginning; thence West 440 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 155 feet; thence West 673 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence North 00 Degrees West 398 feet parallel with the East Line of Section 10 and 433 feet Westerly therefrom; thence East 1114.6 feet to the centerline of Cobb Road; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes East 243 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2422 77513549 201 S. JEFFERSON HASTINGS (corner of S. Jefferson and Court Street) 269-945-0100 fallcreekdining.com NOW OPEN ! Administrators and school board members from Delton Kellogg, Hastings and the Barry Intermediate School District gathered Tuesday morning to discuss collaborative efforts the schools are making to save money and resources in all three districts. Hastings interim Superintendent Carl Schoessel, Hastings Area Schools Board of Education President Pat Endsley, Delton Kellogg Superintendent Cindy Vujea, Delton Kellogg School Board President Sandra Barker and Barry Intermediate School District Superintendent Jim Hund attended the meeting, along with local businessman Fred Jacobs. The three school boards had met in March and in April to discuss collaborative efforts, and the administrative teams from each of the districts also had met twice before Tuesday’s gathering. Governor Jennifer Granholm announced earlier in the year that there would be incentives for school districts that worked together to lower costs and possible penalties for those that did not. Schoessel said the districts started working together even before the governor’s announcement to save money for the schools and possibly the taxpayers. “One way or another, it makes sense to look at it,” said Schoessel. “One way or another, there’s going to be some money involved.” Some collaborative efforts already in place among the three districts are the Barry ISD helping with pupil accounting, special education services, a career technical program and transportation. “We have a series of ways we have collaborated between our school districts and the Intermediate School District,” said Schoessel. Starting during the 2007-2008 school year, students in Delton will find Hastings classes offered in the course books. Hastings course books were printed before the Delton courses could be added, but Schoessel said that high school counselors are advised of the availability of Delton courses to the students. “Why duplicate services? Why not maximize what we’re doing well?” said Vujea. “We began having conversations where strengths were and where challenges were, which we thought was pretty revolutionary for this area.” Jacobs mentioned extending the partnership to Kellogg Community College for advanced placement classes to further offer students opportunities that may not be available in their districts. Vujea added that some of the strengths in Delton are advanced placement classes, building trades and technical preparation, such as metal shop and woodworking. Vujea also said that Delton is looking toward more collaboration in the future. She said that before the recent hire of a food service coordinator in Delton, she made sure ® The Public Land Auction The Barry County Treasurer will be offering tax reverted real estate at Public Auction on July 24, 2007 The Auction will be held at Barry County Courts and Law Building Community Room 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Registration at 11am. Auction at 12pm Visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale listings are available at the Barry County Treasurers Office. COUNTY WIDE Saturday, June 23 9am to 5pm Charlton Park - Hastings, MI FREE Public Admission Accepting NEW Vendors FREE Vendor Space Exciting New Menu www.charltonpark.org Call Deb to reserve your space CATERING AVAILABLE UPCOMING EVENTS Bluegrass Music Show - July 1st 25th Annual Veterans BBG-July 4th 269-945-3775 Open for Lunch 11 am Tues.-Fri. Open 4 pm Saturdays Sign Up Today! AREA TOURNAMENT JUNE 23-24 Entry fee $55.00 Carts (Optional) $15.00 per day Skins (Optional) $10.00 per day (269) 945-2756 02673868 1550 North Broadway • Hastings, Michigan www.hastingscc.org 77513516 01546692 that the coordinator would be able to work in Hastings as well if they lost their coordinator. Schoessel said that all three districts currently are using the same substitute teacher service, which saves Hastings about $25,000 per year. Hund mentioned that one collaboration that is helpful for the Intermediate School District is if all three districts run on the same calendar. Jacobs agreed, saying that the business community has always been in favor of schools throughout the county running on the same calendar because of financial benefits. “I think it would help economically,” he said. Hund reinforced the fact that the districts are not collaborating just for the sake of collaborating, and that if the efforts are not cost effective to the schools, there is no reason to participate in them. “I think we also have to look at the financial aspect of it and decide if that’s going to be beneficial,” he said. One way in which the schools are staying separate is their technological infrastructure. The districts use different computer programs and networks because of what works best in each district. Schoessel said the districts are not trying to be “carbon copies” of each other, and collaborating “isn’t going to be easy in some instances.” Schoessel said it is particularly important to collaborate with courses in the career technology area. He said that employers want students to have good work habits, and that employers have come to the schools to talk to students about what they look for in employees. Jacobs said he believes business owners will look favorably at collaboration among schools for career training, and that they too understand the problems associated with funding. A concerned group of citizens, including representatives from the business community, local schools and KCC, gather occasionally to address the lack of career training available to students today. The group stems from the Barry County Economic Alliance. Jacobs, part of the group, said that it has become a concern that Governor Granholm wants all students to take college preparatory courses, but not all students will go to college. He said that historically, only about 50 percent of Hastings students have gone on to college, and that making non-college bound students take college preparatory classes will likely increase the dropout rate in the long run. 77511856 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda Trumble, a married woman f/k/a Brenda Hofacker and Russell L. Trumble, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated June 24, 2002, and recorded on July 1, 2002 in instrument 1083105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 03/100 Dollars ($55,572.03), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 50 of Country Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 64, Calhoun County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #139274F03 77513445 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorney-in-fact it's successors and or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyNine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Four and 92/100 Dollars ($159,764.92) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3023 77513366 77513482 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly M. Parker, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2004, and recorded on March 29, 2004 in instrument 1124342, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Six And 45/100 Dollars ($105,696.45), including interest at 4.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on June 28, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 6 and 7 of Jones and Taffee Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 54 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: May 31, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 30400 Telegraph Rd Ste 200 Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025-5822 File #144580F01 77512749 �Page 16 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Business Services Real Estate For Sale GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 11 ACRES IN quiet, country setting, 2 miles south of Middleville. Rolling terrain, ideal walk out site, in a parklike setting, including 6 acres of mature hard woods and adjoining wetlands. Located with in protective association. Underground electric and phone. Thornapple Kellogg School systems. This is a special property. $87,500. Call (269)908-2784 FOR SALE: 300 series snowblower; 3 Steelcase book cases, desk, 10ft. flat boat; 5x10 utility trailer. Call (269)9488529 or stop by at 2575 S. M43. Real Estate AQUATIC PLANTS: WATER Lilies, Goldfish & Koi, liners, pumps, filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)6981030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am2pm. Help Wanted BAY POINTE INN- Seeking professional front desk sales agents & housekeepers. 16 hours/week on Saturdays & Sundays. Fill out application 11456 Marsh Rd. ASSISTANT: DENTAL Seeking an experienced Dental Assistant to fill a part time position in our progressive, patient centered dental practice Excellent organizational skills, outgoing personality and the ability to multi task are a must. Please send resume to P.O. Box 171, Caledonia, MI 49316-0171 ESTIMATOR: MANPOWER of Hastings is currently seeking candidates for an Estimator position here in the Hastings area. Qualified applicants must have several years of experience. Will be estimating the cost of manufacturing new parts, reading blueprints and estimating the time it will take to manufacture the part. Pay will be based on experience and will be discussed in an interview. An updated resume is required for consideration. For more information please contact the Hastings Manpower office @ (269)9483000. FLATBED OWNER/OPS: $3,000-$4,000/WEEK. Regional or LH Class A CDL. 800-892-4662 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES needed to help staff evening or night shifts for a young adult in the Wayland area and a young adult in the Middleville area. Recent acute care experience required. Can work one or several shifts. For more information contact Nancy Koelzer at Metron Home Health 800-592-0922 or send resume to 3075 Orchard Vista Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 or nancy.koelzer@metronihs.com PART-TIME HELP WANTED: Medical assistant needed in Hastings office. Please fax resume to 1-248-6743125. YMCA PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Great opportunity in Hastings to develop new and existing recreational programs and activities for children and adults. YMCA is contracted for all county programming. Recreational background a must, camping a plus. Submit resume outlining experience to: tomwilt@gmail.com 40 ACRE, 5 bedroom, Gull Lake, 1305 Hamilton. Must sell! Open Sunday 6/24, 122pm. (269)968-9030 Labrecque & Associates. CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. $43,000, all reasonable offers considered. Call (269)948-2488 or email d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. HOME FOR SALE: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, garage, nice area, $300 to close, $765 per month. 517-402-0262. HOME WANTED: to purchase or short term rental, 13 months, professional couple, 1 child looking for 2-3 bedroom home to purchase between south Caledonia and north Hastings. Mortgage pre-approved. Working with agent, $100-$150k, (989)435-9078. KALKASKA: 5 SECLUDED peaceful wooded acres near Torch Lake, abundant wildlife. County dead end paved road. Ideal camping/recreation spot. Driveway, cleared site, electric. $33,900, $500 down, $390 month, 11% land contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1-800-968-3118. REDUCED MIDDLEVILLE: ONLY $229,900. Immaculate and ready to move in. 4BR, 3BD, maple kitchen, dining area opens to huge 2 level deck. Overlooks 23 acres wooded area, livingroom w/fireplace, large master suite on main floor, walkout lower level & much more. FSBO, David (616)974-9278. Automotive FOR SALE: 1974 Ford F-600, runs, drives, good farm truck. $1,000. Call Rick, (269)838-0663. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� +$67,1*6�� Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden Farm STRAWBERRIES PICKED FRESH daily. 4406 E. State Rd., Hastings. (269)818-7555, Mon-Sat., 10am-5pm. Wanted WANTED: Old motorcycles & parts. No Japanese. Call Mark (586)855-9633 Farm (2) HORSES: 7 year old Palamino, gentle, good trail horse, $1,200 obo. 4 year old Paint, very gentle, green broke, $1,500 obo. (269)9488943 Garage Sale 4 FAMILY GARAGE SALE: 311 Russell St, Middleville, Friday, June 22nd & Saturday, June 23rd, 8am-4pm. Boys & girls name brand clothes, women & mens name brand clothes - various sizes, collectibles, PartyLite, Bratz dolls, video games, furniture and more. BIG YARD SALE: 5093 North Shore Dr., Pleasant Lake, Delton 6/22 & 6/23. GARAGE SALE: rain or shine, Saturday, June 23rd, 8am-4pm, 4622 Thornbird Drive (off Grange Road), Middleville. Hardcover books, mens and womens clothing in various sizes, hand-crocheted items, some furniture, many household and other miscellaneous items. MOVING/RETIREMENT SALE: COMPLETE physical fitness center equipment, guns and gun cabinet, big screen TV with sound system and entertainment center, beautiful Grandfather clock, tools. Everything in excellent condition and priced to sell. Call for more information. (269)664-3145 YARD SALE JUNE 23, 9am3pm. Boat with trailer & motor, lawn chairs, furniture, ceramic tile leftovers plus much more. 4010 River Rd., corner of Charlton Park Rd. YARD SALE; JUNE 23rd 8-4 1939 E. Cloverdale Rd., Hastings. Tools, fishing gear, and misc. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. 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Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��3%04���������������("� Member SIPC 01546664 ��������������������������������������&2)�3!4�,3������ /#%!.�3�4()24%%.��0' �� ������������������������������ 352&�3�50��0' ������ #/50/. �� ��/:�$2).+ �� ��� ����� 77509092 POLICE BEAT Battle Creek man faces robbery charge Brian C. Mann, 25, of Battle Creek, is scheduled to appear before Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher Friday in connection with a charge he took part in an armed robbery of an area gas station and subsequent car jacking and kidnapping of a woman driver. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans said Mann and 16-year-old Gordon Conant were charged with robbing the Nashville Shell gas station at knife point. They crashed their vehicle when they attempted to flee the scene and when a female passerby stopped to help, they forced her to drive them to a location in Pennfield Township. After being released, the woman drove to Charlotte, where she reported the incident to police. Both suspects were apprehended by the Calhoun County Sheriff Deputies and officers from the Battle Creek Police Department. While Mann is still facing trial, Conant was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Fisher to serve five years probation with the first year to be served in the Barry County Jail. Conant, who was sentenced as an adult for his part in the robbery and abduction, pleaded guilty to reduced charges of unarmed robbery and attempted unlawful imprisonment. Before his plea agreement, Conant faced up to 15 years in prison for the robbery and five years for the attempted unlawful imprisonment charge. The balance of his charges were dismissed by the Barry County Prosecutor’s office. Brian C. Mann Ex-Lake O officer convicted of arson Former Lake Odessa police officer Christian Hanson, 41, has been convicted of arson for the fire that destroyed his Plainfield Township Home in November 2005. Hanson, who also served as a firefighter and a police officer in Muskegon Heights, faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for burning down his home in an attempt to collect the insurance. The defense argued during trial that Hanson was the innocent victim of enemies he had made on the job, but the prosecutor charged he burned the home and shot holes in his own car to make it appear he had been the victim of an act of revenge. MCTI bomb threat suspect arrested A former student at the Michigan Career and Technical Institute (MCTI) has been arrested and charged with making a series of bomb threats to the Prairieville Township school. Prairieville Township Police report that Lyle James Monforton, 21, previously had been expelled for making false bomb threats to the institute. He was located in Lincoln, Neb., where he has also been charged with making false 911 calls. Extradition was sought and obtained by Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans on June 15 and Monforton waived extradition on June 18. Kalamazoo man arrested in burglary Jason Joseph Ross, 29, of Kalamazoo has been arrested and charged with the May 28 burglary of a home in Prairieville Township. Ross is also charged with larceny, being a career criminal (4th degree), and parole violations. He is currently lodged in the Barry County Jail. A revolver that was part of the property stolen was recovered by Prairieville Township police, who investigated the burglary. State police seek help in rash of thefts Trooper Brian Roderick of the Michigan State Police Hastings Post is seeking help from the public in solving a series of thefts in the area. Roderick has recovered stolen property and is looking for information to help him return the property to their respective owners and information the public may have in helping him solve the crimes. In one case, Roderick recovered two sets of stolen tires and rims. One set has been returned to its owner but a second set, BF Goodrich all-terrain tires on silver and black rims, were recovered in Irving Township. Roderick said he believes both sets may have been stolen by the same person because they were found together. Anyone with information about the theft or who may have information as to the lawful owner of the tires is asked to call Roderick at 948-8283. In the second case, Roderick is looking for information concerning four plastic gas cans recovered in the Algonquin Lake area. A fifth gas can recovered has already been identified and returned to its owner Roderick still has a pair of two and a half gallon cans and two, five-gallon plastic containers. Anyone who may have information as to the lawful owners or information concerning the theft of the gas containers is asked to call Roderick at 948-8283. Roderick also is seeking information concerning a hit and run property damage accident that occurred June 19 near Pierce Cedar Creek Institute. Sometime in the morning hours between 7 and 8 a.m. a blue 1995 to 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport vehicle left the road and struck at telephone junction box, a 4X4 post and a gate. Evidence at the scene helped identify the vehicle type and it is believed the vehicle sustained substantial damage to the right front fender area, including the headlight and turn signal, as well as damage to the right side of the vehicle. Witnesses reported seeing a white male between the ages of 45 and 55 in the area about that time. Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call Roderick. Bellevue man arrested in hit-and-run Rodney Scott Burger, 24, of Bellevue, was arrested by Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies June 14 after he allegedly was involved in a hit and run property damage accident on Case Road in Assyria Township. Witnesses said Burger’s vehicle left the road and struck a tree. When told the sheriff’s department had been called, Burger allegedly fled the scene. He was later located on the side of the road, attempting to change a tire on his vehicle. When deputies approached Burger, he allegedly resisted their efforts to question him and had to be physically restrained. Burger was arrested and is being charged with third offense operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, resisting and obstructing police officers, fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of a property damage accident and driving on a revoked driver’s license. Burger refused a request for a breathalyzer test at the scene and deputies obtained a search warrant before transporting Burger to Pennock Hospital to have his blood drawn. The sample was forwarded to the Michigan State Police lab in Lansing to be analyzed and when the results are returned they will be given to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Child’s bicycle stolen in Yankee Springs The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the theft of a child’s bicycle in Yankee Springs Township. The theft occurred sometime Saturday, June 2, and when the bike was taken, another bike was left in its place. Reported missing was a blue and sliver Mongoose bike valued at $150 and left in its place was a green Sears 10-speed, which was taken into custody and placed in the department’s property room. Witnesses told deputies that a boy was seen riding a bike matching the description of the missing property and the incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. Teens suspected in rash of vehicle damage Hastings police are investigating several incidents involving damage to vehicles and windows throughout the city that occurred Saturday, June 16. One juvenile from the Hastings area and an 18-year-old from the Nashville area have been identified as suspects. They are also suspects in similar incidents that occurred elsewhere in the county during the same time frame. Hastings officers responded to the complaints during the morning hours as the victims found the damage to their vehicle windows. Officers also came across some of the damaged vehicles during their patrols. Numerous vehicles were damaged at Seif Chevrolet, including the showroom windows to the dealership. The totality of the damage is estimated to be several thousand dollars. The complaint will be forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutors Office for review. Teen suffers minor accident injuries Hastings Police responded to a minor personal injury accident reported June 12 during the early afternoon hours in the 800 block of East Clinton Street. The accident occurred as a delivery truck being driven by Shannon Crooks, 18, from Kendall, Mich., backed out of a driveway into the path of an east bound vehicle driven by Viola Payne, 19, from Hastings, who suffered a minor injury. Payne did not request medical treatment at the time of the accident. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. June 22. • Civic Theatre presents: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at 7:30 pm Wednesday, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey, this artful drama takes you into the world heroic rebel patient McMurphy, as he deals with his fellow mental institution patients and their nemesis Nurse Ratched in his own inimitable way. Powerful, painful, and brilliant, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest promises a riveting night of theatre. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. June 7-23. • The Producers is the Broadway phenomenon about two men who create the ultimate scam – raising more money than is needed for a Broadway show – and hope it’s a flop so they can pocket the difference. The Barn Theatre in Augusta will present the comedy Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Tickets are $29for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. June 12-24. • Nunsense The Mega Musical will be performed at The Barn Theatre. All the fun of the original has been super-sized! The original five nuns are back in this "Mega-Nunsense" and five new (male and female) characters are featured including the never-before-seen infamous convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. June 26 – July 8. MISCELLANEOUS • Thornapple Arts Council Art Hop at various locations in downtown Hastings. See thornappleartscouncil.org for more information. June 22. • Bicycle Safety Event sponsored by Felpausch anmd Pennock Health Services from 10 am-1 pm in the Felpausch Food Center parking lot from 10 am- 1pm. Free bike helmets for the entire family, bicycle obstacle course and goodie bags. June 22. • Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. June 21. • Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. June 22. • County-Wide Yard Sale/Flea Market and Antique Car Show and Cruise In at Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm. Spaces are 15’ x 30’ and are available for $10. Free gate admission. Gates open at 8 am for vendors. Call 945-3775 for more information. June 22. • Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. June 22. • Garage Sale Days in the village of Middleville from 9 am-5 pm Friday and Saturday 9am-3 pm. June 22-23. • 28th Annual Kalamazoo Valley Antique Tractor, Engine & Machinery Show at the Gilmore Car Museum. Gates open at 8 am. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. June 22-24. • Reptile Day at John Ball Zoo 9 am-6 pm. Adults admission is $6, children (4-12) $4, children 3 and under admitted free. Today the Michigan Society of Herpetologists will bring over 100 reptiles and amphibians to the zoo! There will be touchable animals, children's activities, and more. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or visit www.johnballzoosociety.org. Saturday, June 23. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Korean War vets to receive recognition at Ionia Free Fair Michigan Korean War veterans have less than two weeks to register to participate in special ceremonies in which they will be awarded the Korean Defense Service Medal. The medal, only approved for distribution in 2002, will be awarded to eligible Korean War veterans July 25 during Heroes’ Day ceremonies at the Ionia Free Fair. Deadline for registration is July 1. The fair, in conjunction with VFW and American Legion posts throughout West Michigan, is conducting a state-wide search to identify eligible Korean War veterans for this special honor. To be eligible for the Korean Defense Service Medal, veterans must have served in Korea or its territorial waters at least 30 consecutive days after July 28, 1954. More than 40,000 members of the Armed Forces have served in Korea each year since the signing of the cease fire agreement in July 1953, which established the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Fair officials said presentations will also be made to veterans eligible for the Korean Service Medal, first approved by President Harry S. Truman in 1950. Eligible veterans must have served in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Veterans eligible for either the Korean Defense Service Medal or the Korean Service Medal are urged to call the fair office at 616527-1310 or contact Ionia County VFW or American Legion posts. Heroes’ Day activities will begin July 25 at 9 a.m. and include military equipment displays, flyovers, firing demonstrations, a riverside memorial service, military band concert, the Army’s Golden Knights precision parachuting team, reenactments, and other special events. Dates of this year’s Ionia Free Fair are July 19-28. Additional information may be obtained by calling the fair office at 616-5271310 or viewing the fair’s website at www.ioniafreefair.com C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE JUNE BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 21 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 22 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 22 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 22-24 28th Annual Kalamazoo Valley Antique Tractor, Engine & Machinery Show at the Gilmore Car Museum. Gates open at 8 am. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 22 Thornapple Arts Council Art Hop at various locations in downtown Hastings. See thornappleartscouncil.org for more information. 22-23 Garage Sale Days in the village of Middleville from 9 am-5 pm Friday and Saturday 9am-3 pm. 23 Pennock PAL and Felpausch Bicycle Safety Event from 10 am-1 pm in the Felpausch Food Center parking lot from 10 am- 1pm. Free bike helmets for the entire family, bicycle obstacle course and goodie bags. 23 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 23-24 RPM Dog Sports Fly-Ball Tournament at the Barry Expo Center. 23 County-Wide Yard Sale/Flea Market and Antique Car Show and Cruise In at Charlton Park from 9 am5 pm. Spaces are 15’ x 30’ and are available for $10. Free gate admission. Gates open at 8 am for vendors. Call 945-3775 for more information. 25-29 The Wonder of Wetlands is a youth summer science camp at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station. Call (269) 671-2181 for more information. 28 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 29 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 29 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 30 4-H Open Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 30 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 30 Prairieville Farm Days takes place at 79990 Milo Road, Delton. See prairievillefarmdays.com for more information. 30 Arts & Craft Show at Charlton Park. Call 945-3775 for more info. Coming in July 1 4-H Speed Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 1 Bluegrass Music Show from 3-8 pm at Charlton Park. Adults $5, children ages 5-12 $3. Crafts Fairs Cowboy Junkies: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens June 28. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person for general admission lawn seating. Cowboy Junkies, a pop-folk heavyweight that formed in Toronto in 1985, have just released their 11th studio album and have sold nearly 5 million records worldwide. Few bands have lasted as long with their original line-up, and fewer have created as consistently satisfying music. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens July 1. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $60 per person for general admission lawn seating. Lyle Lovett is one of the most revered musicians of his time. With an extremely broad music scope, his songs incorporate everything from folk, swing, blues and jazz to traditional country styling. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. 25th Annual Old Fashioned 4th of July and Veterans’ Barbecue at Historic Charlton Park July 4. A flag-raising ceremony starts the day’s festivities at 11 am. A chicken and pork BBQ buffet runs from noon-4 pm in the Walnut Grove. Beginning at 1 pm, the entire family can take part in old-fashioned fun and game including sack races, watermelon eating and straw bale toss. A pie contest is open to all participants and will be judged by a panel of This week’s selection: Shrek The Third Running time: 93 minutes MPAA rating: PG Just so you where we stand: I adored the first Shrek movie. I own the DVD and have watched it at least a dozen times. The animation, the voice acting, the musical numbers ... magic. "Shrek 2" was pretty good, too. The addition of Antonio Banderas as Puss in Boots was a stroke of comic genius. And while the sequel wasn't as magical as the original, I still thought it had a lot going for it. Which brings us to "Shrek the Third." Gah. What a snoozer. I can't believe that a movie that is so beautifully animated and rendered could be so boring. Even most of the cast sound like they're reading their lines in their sleep (Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, I'm looking in your direction). The jokes are the same tired, rehashed gags we've seen a thousand times. Sure, there were a few times I chuckled, but I didn't have the belly-laughs I got when watching the original. "Shrek the Third" has three plots: 1. Shrek (Mike Myers) dealing with the Mega-Angst of becoming a father; 2. The king is dead, and because Shrek has Mega-Angst about becoming king (because for some reason, the king's Daughter By Blood, Fiona, can't become the monarch), he goes in search of Arthur (Timberlake) to take the crown; and 3. Prince Charming plots to assume the thrown while Shrek is away on his Quest, leaving Fiona Musicals Car Shows experts. Music will be provided by Dixieland Raggets. The village will be open for visitors to tour and hand-cranked ice cream and bottomless mugs of lemoade will be served in the Bristol Inn. Admission at the gate is free. BBQ buffet tickets available for $7 for adults, $5 for children ages grade school and younger. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is adapted from the Ken Kesey novel and will be performed on the stage at The Barn Theatre in Augusta July 10-22. This gripping, poignant and powerful piece of theatre is not to be missed. Within the walls of an asylum for the mentally insane, Randall P. McMurphy manipulates his fellow patients while he finds himself in a struggle of wills with the oppressive Nurse Ratched. For mature audiences. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. 36th Annual Gas & Steam Engine Show at Historic Charlton Park July 13 & 14. Events begin Friday at noon and Saturday at 8 pm with a tractor parade. There will be demonstrations of old machinery as well as blacksmithing and carpentry, a children’s pedal pull, sawdust penny scramble, a Saturday morning flapjack breakfast, Beach Run, hot dog cookout, and more. Admission is $5 per adult and $3 for children ages 5-12, 4 and under free. Ionia Free Fair will take place from July 1928. For more information see ioniafreefair.com Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Shrek and Donkey return for a third film. (Diaz) and a gaggle of princesses to defend the land of Far Far Away. That's a lotta plot -- and it gets in the way of what makes a good Shrek movie. It's the relationship between Shrek and his friends that makes the movies great -- the comedy of diverse personalities, not self-consciously hip pop culture references. I really can't recommend that you pay full price to see "Shrek the Third." Catch it at a matinee if you simply MUST see it. Otherwise wait for it to hit the dollar theater or home video. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Bonus selection: Knocked Up Running time: 129 minutes MPAA rating: R I am a huge fan of writer/director Judd Apatow. I loved “Freaks and Geeks,” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” was the funniest movie of 2005. And his latest effort, “Knocked Up,” is poised to be the sleeper hit of the summer. In the raucously funny romantic comedy for guys, Apatow does what he does best: Make us laugh by creating characters who are human; people who are both ugly and vulgar while (often in the same moment) noble and beautiful. “Knocked Up” stars Seth Rogen as Ben Stone, a young dude who spends most of his time taking hits off a bong and hanging with his buds. Katherine Heigl is Alison Scott, a young, pretty woman who lives with her sister and brother-in-law and who was recently promoted at her job at the E! network. Ben and Alison meet at a local club one night. One drink leads to another, and pretty soon they’re back at her place. Flash-forward three months and Alison discovers she’s pregnant with Ben’s child. She decides to keep the baby and tells Ben about it, thus setting into motion a hilarious and sometimes touching series of events as these two extremely different people try their best to Do The Right Thing. The supporting cast of Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd as Alison’s sister and brother-inlaw also shine in this film. Mann and Rudd do an amazing job. They are just as funny and touching as the leads, and Apatow gives them the screen time needed to become real characters, and not simply foils for Rogen and Heigl. If you’re looking to avoid the bloated, over-hyped and disappointing summer block- Seth Rogen tests our suspension of disbelief by getting Katherine Heigl “Knocked Up.” busters, then I heartily recommend “Knocked Up.” It’s not just a great date movie; it’s simply great. GRADE: A© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 �Page 18 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner First Art Hop this summer in Hastings slated for Friday Fourteen businesses and artists will take part in the fourth season of Art Hops this summer. The first Art Hop this year will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 22, when local and regional artists showcase and sell their creations inside local businesses. The partici- pating businesses showcase their store and market to a new audience and community members can participate in an accessible event Art lovers can stop at the Thornapple Arts Council booth on the corner of Jefferson and State Street to pick up a map and help choose Ramp at local intersection is result of student activism Kayla Kalmink (left) was the force behind her St. Rose classmates’s project to get a ramp put in on the corner of Green Street and Broadway in Hastings. When Kayla’s class went on a field trip to the Barry County Courthouse in April 2005, Kayla’s wheelchair toppled over as she was lifted from the street to the sidewalk. Her classmates in Katie Youngs’ fourth grade class initiated letters to Hastings Mayor Bob May to get a ramp put in on that corner. The project was completed just last week. With Kayla at the site are May, Mrs. Youngs and her son, Tyler, another St. Rose student. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer It is gratifying when citizen involvement can spur action by politicians and it is especially gratifying when those citizens are elementary school students. When Kayla Kalmink of Hastings took part in a St. Rose class project to visit the Barry County Courthouse in April 2005 as part of Law Day to observe a mock trial, students had to cross the intersection of Green Street and Broadway. Kayla, who is in a wheel chair, toppled over as her classmates tried to lift her from the pavement to the sidewalk because there was no ramp on that corner to aid in the process. “This actually happened two years ago,” said Kayla’s mother, Deb Hatfield, “and I think the other students were more traumatized than Kayla.” But the mishap prompted students to write to Hastings Mayor Bob May and he immediately took action. “Virtually everyone in the class wrote to Mayor May,” Hatfield said. “Their letters were very well written and he did not hesitate to contact the state to try to get something done.” “We had to notify the Michigan Department of Transportation,” May said, “because it is a state road right there. We were told it was not a big enough project for them to get involved in and they gave us permission to make the ramp on the corner. “It has taken some time because, as you know, the state doesn’t move that quickly. We have just completed the project,” he said, “and I was happy to notify the students that their efforts to improve conditions for their classmate and others in the community were successful. “It is a great example of how people, especially students, can accomplish something so important by stepping up and being heard. “I am very proud of these young people for their effort to make a difference in their community,” May said. the new logo for the Art Hop. Members of the Thornapple Arts Council Board of Directors will be on hand at the booth to answer questions about the Art Hop, as well as selling tickets for the annual art auction Saturday, Nov. 3. A variety of artists’ work will be on display June 22. Works range from paintings at Hastings City Bank, drawings at Jefferson Street Gallery, tapestry jewelry at Hastings Antiques/Lady Peddler, oil paintings at Beyond the Cover bookstore, quilts at Quilting Passions, photography at White’s Photography, wood carving and baskets at Gilmore Jewelry and a silversmith at Anne’s Health Food Store, pastels at Hastings Flower Shop and a teen artist at State Grounds Coffee House, and other artists at Barlow’s Florist and Christian Book Store, Jami’s Crafts, True Value and Art Mania. For more information on the Art Hops, please call City Hall at 269-945-2468 or the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002. The following is a list of the artists’ exhibits that can be see Friday evening: • Anne’s Health Food Store — Artist: Lauren Stineman, owner of a Brighter Shade of Blue, is a silversmith and creates one of a kind pieces of jewelry. Her studio is in the Park Trades Center in Kalamazoo. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Western Michigan University. • Barlow’s Florist & Christian Book Store — Artist: Richard Jordan, a landscape artist who started painting outdoors "en plein air" ten years ago. He studied Graphic Design and Illustration at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla. He works as a page designer and illustrator at the Kalamazoo Gazette. He finds inspiration from many of the early French and American Impressionists who also painted outside. • Beyond the Cover — Artist: Jerry Lee Morton, writer and photography from East Lansing, has exhibited his photographs in more than 30 juried shows. He was a columnist for the Battle Creek Enquirer (and News) in the 1970s. He earned a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from Northwestern University. • Gilmore Jewelers — Artists: Pete and Barb DeDecker. Pete creates animals and humans from his woodcarvings. Barb makes a variety of baskets. Together, they show their works all over the Midwest. • Hastings Antiques — Artists: Jill Turner and Melissa Powers. Turner learned to tapestry weave in 1980 and fell in love with the crafts. She has taught spinning, weaving and dyeing in nearly every state east of the Mississippi. Melissa Powers will show jewelry and accessories created by her needle weavings to compliment her hand woven, hand knit shawls and scarves created using the fiber from their alpaca farm. • Hastings City Bank — Artist: Jahner Johnson, primarily an experimental process artist, he has resisted the impulse to develop and depend on any one style or technique. His studio is in Kalamazoo and will have a gallery show in September at the Shiawassee Art Center in Owosso. • Hastings Flower Shop — Artist: Dennis O’Mara, a pastel artist who will showcase his work. A Hastings High School art teacher, he is a member of the Great Lakes Pastel Society and lives in Hastings. • Jami’s Crafts — Artist: Logo Contest Entries. Vote for your favorite Art Hop logo. Several artist have submitted logos, we are SCMYB SCMYB U10 (Under 10 yrs old) Bosley Pharmacy/Viking Corp . . . .13-0-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . .13-1-0 Applebees/All Star Pet Grooming . .6-7-0 Hastings Car Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-9-0 Olson’s Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11-0 Mid-Michigan Group/Wilder’s Auto1-12-0 This Australian opal-silver pendant (left) was put together by Lauren Stineman and “Lone Wolf” was carved out of basswood by Pete DeDecker of Hastings. looking for the people’s choice award. The winner will be announced in the Reminder. • Jefferson Street Gallery —Artist: Jeff Furrow, a well-known wild life drawer and painter. His studio, Ravencrest, is located in Hastings. He earned a bachelor’s of fine arts degree from Kendall College where he graduated with honors. He is inspired by the outdoors as he is an avid outdoors man who hunts, fishes, camps and travels • Quilting Passions — Artist: Barb Main, whose love for sewing began when she was in 4-H many years ago. It has continued to grow through the years. She attended several Martha Pullen Schools in Huntsville, Ala. She became a Martha Pullen Licenses Heirloom instructor. • State Grounds Coffee House — Artist: August Cousino, who is showcasing his drawings. This is his first show and he looks forward to continue his learning and exploration of the arts. • White’s Photography — Artist: Steve White, specializes in artistic and traditional portraiture as well as photographic art of a variety of subject matters. He grew up in a black and white darkroom and has a passion for photographic control to an artistic end. Thus he has embraced the digital age for both traditional photography and digitally enhanced artistic techniques. • Hastings Ace Hardware — Artist: Scott Rutherford, a ceramic artist, he owns Rotten Stone Pottery at the Park Trade Center in Kalamazoo. "The Art Hops serve as a cultural economic draw, to that end the DDA and the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County fulfill a core of its individual and united missions," says John Hart, director of community development for the City of Hastings. “The event serves as a great social event to meet friends, have dinner at one of the fine dining establishments while taking in great art and do a bit of shopping.” For more information about the Art Hops, please call City Hall at 269/945-2468 or the Thornapple Arts Council at 269/945-2002. The second Art Hop this summer in downtown Hastings will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 27. BISD writing contest winners named The Barry Intermediate School District writing contest had over 80 entries this year from students in Delton Kellogg and Hastings Schools. The contest winners are (from left) Nicole Thompson, first place “Adoption;” Ryan Mount, second place, “Love;” Layne West, third place, “Austin.” The winners were awarded Barnes and Nobles gift certificates. The contest was open to K-8 students in schools within Barry ISD. Students were asked to write a short story or essay about something that they felt strongly about. U12 Carpenter Plumbing/Northside Pizza 17-1-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . .15-1-0 Union Bank/Woodbury Grain . . . . . .8-7-0 First Rehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-7-0 Thornapple Financial Center . . . . . . .2-9-0 Bleam Eavestroughing/Thornapple Valley Family Health . . . . . . . . . .2-12-0 Pennock Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14-0 YMCA shows appreciation for Kiwanis helping baseball YMCA program director Joe Edger (left) presents Kiwanis president Theron Barlow (center) and Kiwanis youth services chairman Jeff Pratt with a plaque, in thanks for their sponsorship of the YMCA youth baseball league. The Kiwanis helped sponsor 14 teams, that included 205 players, in the divisions from second grade on down this season. Next week will be the league’s final week of games for the summer. (Photo by Brett Bremer) U14 Hastings Elks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-0-0 Trademark Realty/AIS . . . . . . . . . . .11-4-0 Ed’s Body Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-5-0 Katz Roofing and Siding Inc. . . . . . .6-8-0 Hastings Family Dental Care . . . . .2-14-0 Masselink Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-12-0 Co-Ed Slowpitch Friday Night Freeport Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4 Jackson Dirt Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4 Hastings Ortho./Northside . . . . . . . . . .1-4 Bruce’s Frame & Alignment . . . . . . . .4-1 Michigan General Grinding . . . . . . . . .4-1 Pennock Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-4 Varney Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 Blarney Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1 Games 6/22 - North Field, 6:30 p.m. 5 vs. 8; 7:45 p.m., 2 vs. 7; 9:00 p.m., 4 vs. 1. South Field - 3 vs. 6. Exchange donates to Child Abuse Council The Exchange Club of Hastings donated $1,100 to the Barry County Child Abuse Prevention Council using revenues earned from the club’s annual toothbrush sale in the spring. Representing the Exchange Club are (from left) Nancy Bradley, Joan Heffelbower, presenting check to Karen Jousma, BC Child Abuse Prevention director, Barb Schondelmayer, Mike Miller, and Patti Bellgraph, (second row) Tom Hoffman, (behind the lens) John Jacobs. The council plans to use the funds to further parenting education and programs not funded by other grants. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — Page 19 All-Co. boys’ track team earned five state medals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There are 19 members on the All-Barry County boys’ track and field team after this spring’s season, and more than half of them are from Maple Valley. Ten Lions earned spots, for their first-place finishes at the 2007 Barry County Meet, which Maple Valley hosted May 29. That’s a big reason why the Lion team topped Hastings by 90 points for the championship on the day. Maple Valley is the only one of the five Barry County high school which competed in Division 3 this season, while the other four were Division 2 schools. The Division 2 athletes had a little bit more luck as they advanced into the state tournament though. Lakewood had two athletes earn All-State honors, including Mike Kuras who won the shot put in Division 2 for the second straight season. Hastings’ sprinter Ryan Burgdorf was also a two-time medallist at the Division 2 state finals, hosted by Zeeland on June 2. Here is the 2007 All-Barry County boys’ track and field team. Delton Kellogg Dan Roberts: Roberts won the 800-meter run by nearly four seconds at the Barry County Meet, crossing the finish line in 2 minutes 2.51 seconds. In his senior season he was also a Kalamazoo Valley Association champion, as a part of the Panthers’ championship team in the 3200-meter relay. Lakewood Marcus Gonzales: Gonzales won the 110meter high hurdles at the Barry County Meet with a time of 15.92 seconds, and also placed fourth at the meet in the 300-meter hurdles. He was the CAAC-3 champion this spring in the 110-meter hurdles too, and earned a spot in the state finals with his regional performance. Mike Kuras: Kuras won the shot put (46 feet 3 inches) and the discus (151-2) at the Barry County Meet to get an outstanding post-season run started. Kuras finished up the year by scoring his second state championship in the shot put in Division 2, and also earned a medal for his third-place finish in the discus at the state finals. Nate Root: Root, another Lakewood senior this spring, took the pole vault championship at the Barry County Meet by clearing 13 feet. He followed that up with his first appearance in the Division 2 state finals, where he placed third with a new school-record height of 14-5. Hastings Ryan Burgdorf: Burgdorf was the top sprinter, as a sophomore, in Barry County and in the O-K Gold Conference this spring. He won the 100-meter dash at the Barry County Meet in 11.26 seconds and the 200 in 22.488. He scored medals in both events at the Division 2 state finals, hosted by Zeeland June 2, placing seventh in both races. He also ran on the Barry County champion 400-meter relay team, and raced in that event with the Saxons at the state finals. Chase Delcotto: Delcotto was a part of the Saxon 400-meter relay team, which took the Barry County Meet championship with a time of 44.74 seconds. He went on to run that race with the Saxons at the Division 2 state finals too. Delcotto was also a member of the Saxon 800-meter relay team which won the O-K Gold Conference championship in the event. Matt Donnini: Donnini, a senior, exploded for a jump of 20 feet 4.25 inches to win the long jump at the Barry County Meet. He was also a part of the Saxons’ victorious 400-meter relay team on that day, and raced with the team in the 400-meter relay at the Division 2 state finals. Greg Woodmansee: Woodmansee is the fourth member of the Saxons’ 400-meter relay team which won the Barry County Meet championship. He also ran in that race at the Division 2 state finals. Delcotto also was a member of the Saxons’ O-K Gold Championship 800-meter relay team along with Burgdorf, Bradon King and Josh Jevicks. Maple Valley Champ Bodell: A key part of the Lions’ 800-meter and 1600-meter relay victories at the Barry County Meet, he also won the 400meter dash individually with a time of 51.38 seconds. He also ran in both those relay races with his Maple Valley teammates at the Division 3 state finals hosted by Comstock Park High School June 2. Jarrod Brooks: It came down to the final event at the 2007 Barry County Meet hosted by the Lions, but Brooks earned a spot on the All-County team as he helped the Maple Valley 1600-meter relay team to victory with a time of 3 minutes 34.50 seconds. The Lion 1600-meter relay team finished second in its event at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet, and went on to compete in the race at the Division 3 state finals. Mike Hall: The Lions’ top distance runner helped his team to victory in the 3200-meter The 2007 All-Barry County boys’ track and field team. Team members are (front from left) R.J. Raines, Kyle Staines, Dustin Houghton, Nick Thurlby, Jarrod Brooks, Mike Hall, Jose Romero, Champ Bodell, Charles Wymer, (back) Rob Morehouse, Jorge Lopez (not an all-county honoree), Keith Winchester, Nate Root, Mike Kuras, Markus Gonzales, Dan Roberts, Greg Woodmansee, and Ryan Burgdorf. Missing from photo are Matt Donnini and Chase Delcotto. (Photo by Brett Bremer) relay race at the Barry County Meet, then went on to win the 3200-meter run himself with a time of 10 minutes 29.69 seconds. Hall closed his high school running career with a spot in the Division 3 state finals, in the 3200-meter run. He was the 800-meter champion at the KVA championship meet this spring as well. Dustin Houghton: Houghton scored his All-County nod in the very first finals race of the day at the Barry County Meet, helping the Lion 3200-meter relay team to victory with an overall time of 8 minutes 26.42 seconds. He did a little bit of everything for the Lions this year. At the KVA meet he placed fifth in the discus, and also helped the Lion 400-meter relay team to its second-place finish. Rob Morehouse: Morehouse helped the Maple Valley 1600-meter relay team to its victory at the Barry County Meet, and also placed fifth that day in the 800-meter run. He joins teammates Kyle Staines, R.J. Raines, and Mike Hall as school record holders in the 3200-meter relay. R.J. Raines: Raines was a part of the Lions’ championship 3200-meter relay team at the Barry County Meet. He is a part of the school-record holding foursome in that event, and also helped the Lions place second in that race this spring at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet. Jose Romero: A foreign-exchange student from Mexico, Romero had a big day at the Barry County Meet. He set a new Maple Valley school-record in the high jump by clearing 6 feet 6.5 inches. He also placed second in the 100-meter dash, fourth in the 200, and helped the Lion 800-meter relay team to victory. Kyle Staines: One of the four Lions that teamed up to break the 3200-meter relay school record this spring, Staines helped the team to victory in that race at the Barry County Meet. Staines also placed fourth at the Barry County Meet individually in the 3200-meter run. Nick Thurlby: One of Barry County’s top hurdlers, Thurlby won the 300-meter race at the Barry County Meet with a time of 40.88 seconds, and placed second in the 110-meter high hurdles. He was the KVA champion this year in both those events. Thurlby went on to run in the 300 hurdles at the Division 3 state finals. At the Barry County Meet, he also helped the Lions to victory in the 800-meter relay. Charles Wymer: Wymer anchored the Lions’ championship 800-meter and 1600meter relay teams at the Barry County Meet, and went on to compete in the Division 3 state finals with the Lion teams in both events. He placed third in both the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash at the Barry County Meet. Thornapple Kellogg Keith Winchester: A junior, Winchester took the lone championship for the Thornapple Kellogg boys’ team at the Barry County Meet. He won the 1600-meter run in 4 minutes 46.91 seconds. He was second in the 3200-meter run at the Barry County Meet with a time of 10:36.74. GREAT GIFT ! LOST STREAM MAP The SaebyGanten Performers will be in Middleville next month to perform. Danish musicians plan to perform in Middleville, host families sought The SaebyGarden Performers, a Danish concert/big band group) has agreed to perform next month at the Middleville River Bank Gazebo, but host families are needed for the mostly teen-age musicians. Keara S. Hilton, foreign exchange ministry director for the Thornapple Valley Church, said the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, sponsor for the group, asked her to help find a venue for their Danish performing group July 22–26. “I accepted their plea for help because I have a huge passion for intercultural exchange,” Hilton said. “I could tell that they were really in a crunch because their original community that was supposed to sponsor them during that time called and canceled at the last minute, leaving them with very short notice and in a slight state of panic. I am doing this voluntarily and would appreciate any help.”. Hilton said Middleville has offered to allow the SaebyGarden Performers to perform at the Middleville River Bank Gazebo so families willing to host them for the days they will be here are needed. “I was so blessed this year with so many wonderful host families and I know that God put this on my lap for a reason, so I’m hoping that our church and communities could come together to try to assist our Danish friends.” There are 72 members in the group, most of them teen-agers and young people. “I don’t have much time to find hosts, so I’m praying that God will put me in touch with the right people,” Hilton said. “I think that this is a wonderful opportunity to reach out to another country and share our culture with them and also allow them to share themselves with us! It’s a very short commitment and a great opportunity for both our families and the Danish performers. So if anyone can help, I ask them to contact me immediately (269-795-7185) and be sure to spread the word to everyone that you know.” She said Sandy, the person at Blue Lake in charge of the group, told her the performers don’t require their own room and can even sleep on rollout couches and palettes on the floor. “Even if you do have an extra room with just one bed, Sandy said that it is just fine for girls or boys to share a room (same sex per room) so that is not a problem,” Hilton said. “They are even able to share rooms with your children as long as they are the same sex. “All that the performers want is to feel welcome in your home and with your family for the short time that they are here. It’s appreciated for a host to take anywhere from two to four guests, but if you can only take in one, that is very much appreciated as well. The breakdown of the age groups of the performers is as follows: The group consists of a concert band and a big band. About 20 are high school ages, 1318; another eleven are ages 19-20; about 20 are from 21 to 30 years old; there are six married couples and three married couples with a child Hosts will be treated to a private performance in addition to the performance at the Middleville Riverbank. “I am in the works of planning a trip (fee to be determined) to Michigan Adventureland for the hosts and the performers during the time of their stay,” Hilton said. “I am also hoping to put together a potluck dinner for the hosts and performers where they could share some Danish dishes and we could share some American cuisine as well! “This is a very short commitment, but would really make a great impact on so many people! Sandy is mailing me a catalog that has profiles of all of the performers and they will be assigned in accordance with your families personal requests regarding age, sex, etc. The less specific you are in your requests, the easier this will be, but if you have specific requirements regarding age or sex, please let me know.” The STREAM & LAKE MAP OF MICHIGAN resembles another map—known to Pennsylvania anglers as the “Lost Stream Map.” The “Stream Map of Pennsylvania” was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. Professor Higbee succeeded in creating a map of the highest detail possible—a map that shows every stream and lake. He painstakingly plotted by hand, the location of 45,000 miles of streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map. The map sold extremely well— until it was lost several years after it first appeared in print. 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Box 188 Hastings, MI 49058-0188 �Page 20 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner National 24 hour challenge celebrates 25 years by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The National 24 Hour Challenge bicycling event celebrated 25 years on Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 17. This Father’s Day event has spent the last five years in Middleville. This year the volunteers who organize the event had to scramble and change the route, eliminating Lindsey Road and other connecting streets, due to recent tar and gravel paving. Routing the cyclists up Norris Avenue to Gun Lake Road shortened the first loop by 5.1 miles to 121.6 miles. Members of the Kalamazoo Pipe and Drum Corps marched through the tent area at the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School serenading the cyclists. They played before the start of the event and then moved to the Gazebo at Stagecoach Park in Middleville and serenaded the cheering crowd and the group of cyclists going by. This year’s event was both exciting and poignant. The top male rider, Chris Ragsdale, completed more than 502 miles, breaking the record of 493 set by Mark Skarpohl in 1996. Ragsdale is in the 25-29 men’s division. He is from Seattle, Washington and his wife was preparing to give birth over the weekend. His agreement was that he would fly home if she went into labor. Fortunately, he was able to stay for the awards ceremony on Sunday before flying home. On Sunday morning he was completing the 7.5 mile third loop in just over 5 minutes. The crowds cheering him on before the end of the event on Sunday morning were excited to see the milestone passed. The top woman rider was Nancy Guth who rides in the 55-59 division. She completed 332 miles. The Sunday morning awards ceremony was also poignant because the originators of the event, Skip and Diane Obermeyer are retiring after completing 25 years. The hot sunny weather made the event slow for some of the almost 400 cyclists who participated. Some had bicycle trouble, others felt the impact of the heat as well. More than 427 riders had registered for this event. It was both a national and international event with 27 riders from Canada and riders from Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand as well. The local area was well represented Riding from Caledonia were Eric Kimber, Joseph McLaughlin and Jeff White. Riding from Hastings were Randall Bertrand, Adam Miles, Michael O’Donnell and Mark Willis. Willis was the high mileage rider in the men’s 55-59 division. Middleville riders were Duane Gerrits, Mikael Henriksson, Nancy Henriksson, James Ketchum, Jay Muller, Darrin Oliver and Samuel Wilkinson. Wayne Curtis from Nashville was in this event along with Blair Miller from Vermontville. The Thornapple Kellogg High School booster club served a spaghetti dinner on Friday night, cooked almost 2000 pancakes and many gallons of oatmeal on Saturday morning and kept the food coming from the concession stand until 3 a.m. Members of Thornapple Township Emergency Services were on hand to help those riders troubled by the heat or who suffered scrapes and bruises. The Caledonia McDonalds served up an Egg McMuffin and cinnamon roll breakfast. Members of the Barry and Kent counties sheriff posses were out on the roads, as were members of the Barry County Sheriff’s department. More than 100 volunteers also assisted with this year’s challenge. They staffed checkpoints, did registration, clean up and other duties as needed. Volunteers also staffed the amateur radio station and kept an eye on riders. Lew Personaire, the new president of the National 24 Hour Challenge steering committee, assured all the riders filling the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School cafeteria Sunday morning that plans were already being made for the 2008 event. The committee presented the Obermeyers with a silver bowl, similar to the ones given to the top riders, in honor of their unswerving service to the event. The awards ceremony ended with an Irish song and the words, “drive home safely.” Here is a list of the results: Rider; Hometown; Miles Female 18-24 Farris, Stefanie N; Warrenville, IL; 251.5 Rajala, Michelle L; Kingsley, MI; 51.5 Female 25-29 Melendez, Laura; Wyoming, MI; 251.5 Jones, Lindsay; Chicago, IL; 236.5 Livingston, Julianne; Guelph - Ont Can; 197.8 De Vries-Sullivan, Marta M; Woodbridge, VA; 167.8 by Brett Bremer Dads & baseball go together like nachos and helmets More often than not in recent year’s my family has spent Mother’s Day and Father’s Day at Fifth-Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, watching the West Michigan Whitecaps play ball. That’s how me, my wife, my dad, my sisters, and my sister’s fiancé and his parents spent Saturday afternoon. Watching minor league baseball. Despite a shortage of the greatest sports concession of all-time, the nacho helmet (its nachos and a souvenir you can wear on you head, what more could you want), a good time was had by all. Watching games with the family is great, but playing games with the family is even better. I recently found a co-worker sifting through old copies of the Hastings Banner, scanning the photos of baseball teams. She was writing down names, and had planned to hit the phone book in an attempt to find a few more players for her church league softball team. I said I could help her out. I played in the first game. My dad came along for the second game. My dad (Mike) and one of my sisters (Kelly) came along for the third contest, Tuesday afternoon. They helped us score more runs on Tuesday than in the previous two games combined, although the two previous games were wins and our opponents came back to win the game Tuesday in the bottom of the seventh. There are two other father-daughter combos on our team, and at least one other fatherson combo. I know there are hockey families out there, football families, golf families, and so on, but there aren’t many sports that bring a family together like baseball (or in this case slow-pitch softball). Plenty of reporters and columnists at the big newspapers and on TV like to proclaim the NFL as the national sport now days. I don’t buy it yet. Baseball is still the national game in my eyes. Its definitely the family game. My dad, sister, and I haven’t been on the field together in a couple of years, but it was great to have that chance again. I’ve noticed a lot of family around the ball park, this spring and summer. That was one thing I thought was pretty special about the Thornapple Kellogg varsity baseball team’s O-K Gold Conference championship this spring. High school athletes often have a lot of support from friends and family, but the Trojans had the support of the previous two TK head coaches. Former Trojan head coach Tim Penfield was an assistant coach under current Trojan head coach Josh Lown. Another former TK coach, Tom Enslen was there along the baseline most of the time too. They both had sons playing for the Trojans, Penfield’s son Matt and Enslen’s son Tom. The Trojans didn’t have a lot of triumphs (at least in the win column) with Penfield or Enslen leading the team, but their sons helped bring winning back to TK baseball. That had to be special for them. Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Kerner, Stephanie M; Boyne City, MI; 121.6 Kozlik, Rebecca; Ann Arbor, MI; 34.4 Updike, Molly M; Grand Rapids, MI; 34.4 Female 30-34 Shay, Danielle M; Rockford, MI; 304.0 Myszkewicz, Kimberly A; Whitewater, WI; 274.0 Rowlands, Nikki; York, PA; 205.3 Pratt, Melissa; Alexandria, VA; 167.8 Dietrich, Suzanne; Kitchener - Ont Can; 121.6 Female 35-39 Antaya, Tanya; Waterloo - Ont Can; 121.6 Mills, Karen; Carmel, IN; 121.6 Phillips, Erin; Kitchener - Ont Can; 121.6 May, Angela J; Blenhiem, Nzl; 71.5 Female 40-44 Bone, Ellen; Orlando, FL; 319.0 Murphy, Diane J; Lake Hills, IL; 206.5 Rabiah, Susie; Shaker Hts, OH; 190.3 Barstis, Toni; Niles, MI; 160.3 Female 45-49 Du Plessis, Marti; Lyttelton, Rsa; 335.2 Henriksson, Nancy M; Middleville, MI; 319.0 Weingate, Annette G; Dorr, MI; 305.2 Heymann, Nancy; Highland Park, IL; 236.5 Sidol, Debbie; North Olmstead, OH; 220.3 Pierce, Debbie; Plainfield, IN; 220.3 Donnelly, Margaret; Noblesville, IN; 121.6 Female 50-54 Fafrowicz, Joann F; Durham, NC; 326.5 Erickson, Alice M; Madison, WI; 281.5 Weis, Sarah A; Montague, MA; 257.8 Gaudette, Cindy; Lauderhill, FL; 205.3 Peterson, Petra M; Warrenville, IL; 205.3 Germaine, Mary Kay; Toronto - Ont Can; 160.3 Female 55-59 Guth, Nancy D; Stafford, VA; 349.2 Female 70+ Sheardown, Isabelle E; Cookstown - Ont Can; 91.7 Male 18-24 Tran, Thien T; Toronto - Ont Can; 380.2 Bahler, Brogan E; West Lafayette, IN; 302.8 Bruxvoort, Ryan; Chicago, IL; 221.5 Goff, Brian; Farmington Hills, MI; 212.8 Fockler, Joshua; Kalkaska, MI; 212.8 Corrado, David; Brampton - Ont Can; 197.8 Strazanac, Sean; Grand Haven, MI; 175.3 Kuks, Corey; Grand Rapids MI; 175.3 Barker, Adam C; Indianapolis, IN; 121.6 Male 25-29 Ragsdale, Chris; Seattle, Wa; 502.6 Burch, Wade; Lansing, Mi; 405.1 Pouliot, Marc L; Farmington Hills, MI; 342.7 Kulwicki, Steve E; Lakeville, IN; 311.5 Cruzen, Ryan C; Wixom, MI; 304.0 Parr, John; Chicago, IL; 267.7 Winter, Shawn; Richmond, VA; 227.5 Poulin, Robert; Jackson, MI; 206.5 Hill Jr, Ronald; Comstock Park, MI; 205.3 Bartnicki Jr, David P; Wyandotte, MI; 205.3 Minier, Jason F; Belding, MI; 152.8 Fellenz, Benjamin; Madison, WI; 121.6 Slater, Steven P; Chicago, IL; 121.6 Bond, Jesse; Madison, WI; 121.6 Zehr, Gary; Fishers, IN; 34.4 Male 30-34 Popp, Ben; St Paul, MN; 450.1 Bierling, Joel; Kentwood, MI; 442.6 Derdowski, Doug; Williamston, MI; 366.4 Bonga, Roger J; Lowell, MI; 366.4 Rozelle, Paul G; Bexley, OH; 358.9 Lisinicchia, Anthony; Wheaton, IL; 305.2 Madill, Jason; Limehouse - Ont Can; 305.2 Ferguson, Chris; Ionia, MI; 291.4 Myszkewicz, Kenneth J; Whitewater Wi 267.7 Oliver, Darrin M; Middleville, MI 236.5 Spruit Iii, Jake; Dublin, Ire; 221.5 Toffilo, Jonathan; Guelph - Ont Can; 205.3 Winters, Mark; Grand Rapids, MI; 205.3 Walburn, Scott; Rockford, MI; 191.5 Bouwman, Gregory; Muskegon, MI; 182.8 Friesen, Jonathan; Huntington, IN; 160.3 Morton, Chad W; Grand Rapids, MI; 152.8 Updike, Brian W; Grand Rapids, MI; 81.1 Kozlik, Tom H; Evanston, IL; 34.4 Male 35-39 Skip (center) and Diane Obermeyer (right) say good-bye after running the National 24 Hour Challenge for 25 years. (Photos by Patricia Johns) Schofer, Stephen M; Red Hill, PA; 411.4 Walsh, Bryce; Chicago, IL; 410.2 Shealer, Sheldon; Myersville, MD; 388.9 Scott, Thomas J; Belmont, MI; 380.2 Trout, James M; Seattle, WA; 373.9 Johnson, Eric;Worthington, OH; 365.2 Trout, Thomas R; Byron Center, MI; 336.4 De Graaf, David A; Rockford, MI; 327.7 Hayley, Robert D; Taylor, MI; 321.4 Baker, Brian C; Sparta, MI; 280.3 Clayton, Jonathan A; Lebanon, OH; 259.0 Buter, Kevin; Waterloo - Ont Can; 251.5 Ringey, David B; Beverly Hills, MI; 251.5 Kimber, Eric J; Caledonia, MI; 207.7 Weis, Richard C; Conway, MA; 205.3 Mueller, Mark R; Traverse City, MI; 205.3 Stasiuk, Miroslaw Ms; Walker, MI; 205.3 Hull Jr, Ross L; Grand Rapids, MI; 205.3 Ten Brock, Mike; Hudsonville, MI; 205.3 Wilkinson, Samuel F; Middleville, MI; 199.0 Alexander, Mark S; Swartz Creek, MI; 184.0 Boersma, Michael; Kalamazoo, MI; 182.8 Vander Linde, Matthew; Kingsley, MI; 182.8 Bunker, Christopher; Pleasant Ridge, MI; 175.3 Kramer, Scott M; Greenville, MI; 145.3 Morton, Kurt F; Ada, MI; 96.2 Obermeyer, Bryan E; Ada, MI; 96.2 Westfall, Randall; Lancaster, OH; 71.5 Obermeyer, Kevin; Houston, TX; 34.4 Male 40-44 Henriksson, Mikael P; Middleville, MI; 380.2 Rohlf, Lee; St Charles, MO; 380.2 Kucharski, Joe; Portage, MI; 373.9 Lalley, Robert; Holland, MI; 357.7 Muller, Jon T;Grand Rapids, MI; 357.7 Schaller, Robert M; Roselle, IL; 349.0 Mlady Jr, Ralph R; Cleveland, OH; 320.2 Bertrand, Randall M; Hastings, MI; 312.7 Hoffman, Ed; Oak Forest, IL; 311.5 Proce, James; Holland, MI; 304.0 Antrim, Todd M; Traverse City, MI; 292.8 Gilson, Zachary; Aurora, IL; 289.0 Schutter, Tim J; Hudsonville, MI; 289.0 Miller, Troy L; Fowler, MI; 283.9 Mills, Michael; Carmel, IN; 281.5 Hannon, Joe; Muskegon, MI; 274.0 Zapinski, Mike J; Macomb Township, MI; 272.8 Burden, Michael; Wyoming, MI; 266.5 Berube, Thomas A; Chicago, IL; 266.5 Curtis, Brian A; Wyoming, MI; 265.3 White, Jeff; Caledonia, MI; 261.4 Carley, Dale; Alto, MI; 260.2 De Graaf, Ken P; Hudsonville, MI; 257.8 Harrison, Mark A; Naperville, IL; 252.7 Winton, Devin G; Battle Creek, MI; 251.5 Williams, Mark E; Beverly Hills, MI; 250.3 Worden Jr, Peter B; Traverse City, MI 244.0 Jordan, David; Kenosha, WI; 244.0 Pitney, William; Dekalb, IL; 243.0 Beer, Rainard M; Strongsville, OH; 221.5 Shelley, Dirk; Highland Park, IL; 207.7 Wegienka, Mike; Canton, MI; 206.5 Trujillo, Philip A; Northville, MI; 206.5 Bundy, Brian D; Swartz Creek, MI; 205.3 Harris, David B; Grandville, MI; 205.3 Mast, Jeff; Grand Haven, MI; 197.8 Stuk, Jeffrey;Grand Haven, MI; 190.3 Waggoner, Gary E; Elkridge, MD; 169.0 Hutchinson, Troy S; Zeeland, MI; 167.8 Karlovec, James T; Shaker Hts, OH; 167.8 Clark, David W; Wheaton, IL; 145.3 Duffy, Timothy; Glenview, IL; 145.3 Parker, Greg; Kentwood, MI; 145.3 Piper, Scot A; Freeland, MI; 121.6 Obermeyer, Tony; Grand Rapids, MI; 121.6 Grodek, George M; Countryside, IL; 96.2 Bartnicki, Joseph M; Highland, MI; 96.2 Male 45-49 Ide, Larry; Monmouth, IL; 457.6 Sothern, Joel T; Laguna Niguel, CA; 426.4 Carpenter, Paul; Batavia, IL; 418.9 Panepinto, Wayne J; Rochester, NY; 418.9 Overton, Eric;Berea, OH; 403.9 Birmann, Michael; Portage, MI; 373.9 Higgins, Stephen R; Salt Lake City, UT; 357.7 Smith, William H; Frederick, MD; 357.7 Kordenbrock, Richard C; Cincinnati, OH; 357.7 Lehto, Rick E; Auburn Hills, MI; 351.4 Goodman, Todd; Seven Hills, OH; 350.2 Cores, Robert G; Bellefontaine, OH; 350.2 Jensen, Eric; Caledon - Ont Can; 342.7 Weyer Jr, Otto; Garden City, MI; 341.5 Kulwicki, Bill A; Lakeville, IN; 326.5 Childs, Dan J; W. Lafayette, IN; 312.7 Spence, Scott; Holland, MI; 311.5 Gerrits, Duane A; Middleville, MI; 311.5 Becker, Richard E; Madison, WI; 305.2 Salow, Jeff; Manchester, IA; 305.2 Abbate, Alain; Coral Springs, FL; 304.0 Strause, Tom; Elk Grove, CA; 304.0 Freeland, Douglas L; Portage, MI; 304.0 Hansen, Dale R; Swartz Creek, Mi; 304.0 De Maagd, Edward L; Grandville, MI; 304.0 Stowers, Eric G; Kalkaska, MI; 303.0 Burg, Martin; Hudsonville, MI; 295.0 Zych, Tim; Kentwood, MI; 289.0 Donnelly, Patrick; Noblesville, IN; 281.5 Feil, Larry; Waterloo - Ont Can; 259.0 Haveman, Jim; Byron Center, MI; 257.8 Gramke, David;Carmel, IN; 251.5 Hamilton, Mark; Avilla, IN; 251.5 Thome, Dennis L; Birmingham, MI; 236.5 Mc Cool, John A; Salt Lake City, UT; See BIKE, next page Almost 400 cyclists left the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School at exactly 8 a.m. at the start of the 2007 National 24 Hour Challenge. Many achieved their personal best while fighting against hot, humid weather. ��Page 22 — Thursday, June 21, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hole-in-one wins golfer a car at Chamber outing by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Eric Dreisbach handed Gerald Dinges a key Wednesday during the awards presentation at the Hastings Country Club, following the 2007 Barry County Chamber of Commerce Open golf outing. It wasn’t until Friday afternoon that Dinges, and his wife Erma, were able to stop by Dreisbach Pontiac in Hastings and pick up his 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix. Dinges aced a hole-in-one on the par-3 fourth hole at Hastings Country Club Wednesday, the “knock it in and win” hole, to earn his new automobile. “It was quite a thrill. During your life you get maybe half a dozen things. My confirmation was one, getting married, having your first child (and second, and third),” said Dinges. “This has to fall right in there pretty close.” It is the first hole-in-one for the Caledonia resident, who is a year away from retiring from the Viking Corporation in Hastings. “He was the only person that hit the ball straight,” said Kristen Royston, who was the official witness on the hole for the day. “Everybody else was slicing to the left or right. He was so calm. Maybe he didn’t even realize it was a hole-in-one. “He just stood there and I started screaming and hugged him. He said, ‘what did I win?’ and I said, ‘you won a car.’” Dinges, who’s been golfing once or twice a week for 35 years, knew it was a hole-in-one. It was his first hole-in-one, but the fourth one he had been witness to. “I had a golfing partner for 20 years. I saw him hit two. I couldn’t understand why he looked so calm, and why I was so excited.” He figured out why on Wednesday. “I didn’t say anything. I didn’t jump and holler. I was kind of in shock.” “Five minutes later you melt, and it kind of sinks in a little bit.” A total of 31 teams participated in this year’s outing. The Hastings Country Club team of Bruce Fuller, Matt Kirkendall, Scott Long, and Mike Krueger took top honors on the day with a 55. The team donated its $400 prize back to the Chamber of Commerce. The team from Riverbend Golf Course placed sec- Gerald Dinges (center) of Caledonia accepts the key to a new 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix from Eric Dreisbach (right) of Dreisbach Pontiac in Hastings and Pat Buckland from the Buckland Insurance Agency, after Dinges hit a hole-in-one on the par-3 fourth at Hastings Country Club Wednesday during the Barry County Chamber of Commerce Open golf outing. The Hastings Country Club team of Matt Kirkendall, (from left) Bruce Fuller, Scott Long, and Mike Krueger (not pictured) fired a 17-under par 55 to win the 21st annual Barry County Chamber of Commerce golf outing last Wednesday at Hastings Country Club. ond with a 56. The event raised roughly $12,000 for the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, which will be used to aid their community development initiatives. Dinges said that the Riverbend team playing behind him was surprised to learn that he’d used his three-iron on the 160-yard, down hill, tee-shot. “The three is my favorite. I use it quite a bit,” said Dinges. He let his teammates start things off on the next hole, the final hole of the 18-hole scramble, before attempting a ten-foot putt that just missed the cup. Dreisbach Pontiac teamed up with the Buckland Insurance Agency in Hastings to sponsor the contest. “We’ve been a part of several outings here in Barry County for the last nine years, and this is the first time we were able to give a car away, which is very exciting for us,” said Dreisbach. Dinges wasn’t the only prize winner on the day. Hole ten hosted a most accurate drive competition, with Brian VanAmaw winning the men’s prize of a $50 chamber gift certificate, and Emily Stafford won the women’s prize of a $50 chamber gift certificate donated by Affordable Asphalt. On hole 17, there was a long drive compe- tition. Richard Thompson and Stafford both won $50 chamber gift certificates on that hole. The 13th hole hosted the closest to the pin competition. Chris Jacoby won $50 cash sponsored by Girrbach Funeral Home and Stafford won a $50 savings bond from Hastings City Bank. A vacation for two, sponsored by ICF Travel, Riverbend Travel, and State Farm Tal Gearhart Agency, which includes four days and three nights on a Carnival Cruise and airfare for two was won by Jan DeYoung. There were also ten other grand prizes raffled off, donated by local businesses. Teunessen 2-for-3 in All-Star game Matt Teunessen gets a lead off second base during the Jon Bos All-Star game at Fifth-Third Ballpark on Wednesday. Teunessen had two hits in three at bats, and also stole a base for the combined O-K Gold/Silver All-Stars. 06654238 first team O-K Gold once during his varsity career, and twice received honorable mention status. Playing for the O-K Gold/Silver against the O-K Blue, Teunessen went 2-for-3, both singles. Saxon head coach Marsh Evans, who assisted Thornapple Kellogg head coach Josh Lown in leading the Gold/Silver team, said Teunessen’s second at-bat would have gone for extra bases, but the left fielder made a great catch on the ball. Teunessen also had a stolen base in the game and made two outstanding catches in center field. That wasn’t enough to help the Gold/Silver team to victory, as it fell to the O-K Blue allstars 8-1. Also making an appearance for the O-K Gold team was pitcher Mike Berryman from Thornapple Kellogg. Hastings varsity baseball coach Marsh Evans (left) and 2007 Saxon grad Matt Teunessen get together on the field at Fifth-Third Ballpark in Comstock Park before the start of last Wednesday’s Jon Bos All-Star game. 06654166 High School graduation and the Division 2 district baseball tournament were a few weeks behind him, but 2007 Hastings graduate Matt Teunessen got to put on a Saxon uniform one last time. He was invited to take part in the annual Jon Box All-Star game at Fifth-Third Ballpark in Comstock Park last Wednesday. The event pits all-star teams from the O-K Conferences and the Grand Rapids City League against each other at the home of the West Michigan Whitecaps. Teunessen a three-year varsity starter and two-time Saxon MVP, was named to the team having been selected as O-K Gold Honorable Mention as an outfielder. He was named as a � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-06-28.pdf 5f63e0b445d357ae7fd891b675528a10 PDF Text Text County Administrator wins high ratings Is lengthening term limits the answer? Lakewood led county teams with 20+ wins See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 26 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, June 28, 2007 NEWS Nystrom ousted as 911 director; Neil to resign BRIEFS Area blood drives slated for July 2, 5 An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from noon to 5:45 p.m. Monday, July 2, at the Commission on Aging in Hastings and from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at the St, Ambrose Catholic Church, 11252 Floria Road, Delton. The drive this coming Monday is being sponsored by State Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland), who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. SS. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, located at 159-131st Ave., Wayland/Gun Lake, also will have a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m Monday, July 2. Michigan Community Blood Center (MCBC) will be the service provider. For every unit of blood received, three to four people can benefit from that donated unit. The need for blood is so high that MCBC is giving to one lucky winner a $25 gift certificate to Bay Pointe Restaurant and to the second and third place winner a cooler bag. For more information, call the church office at 792-3543 or 795-3290. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Fountain Friday series to return The Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series is slated to begin on July 6 in downtown Hastings. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. For the 2007 series the line-up of performers ranges from steel drum to jazz, pop to classical, and a special community day at the end of the series. The schedule consists of Third Coast Steel, a Michigan-based steel drum ensemble July 6, followed by Mary Rademacker with her special brand of cabaret and jazz July 13. The Celtic folk group Hurry the Jug will appear July 20. Pacific Lite brings pop variety with a jazz flavor July 27. Hastings own Thornapple River Boys return with a bluegrass sound on Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Dispatch 911 Director Charles Nystrom has agreed to step down from the post he has held since 1991, and in a surprising development 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil has tendered his resignation as well. The agreement was made public as part of the June 25 regularly scheduled 911 board meeting. Neil’s resignation is part of the agreement reached between Nystrom, the board and Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. In May, Evans went before the board and charged Nystrom had been paying employees for overtime they had not recorded and said Nystrom’s actions were criminal. The agreement, which is yet to be signed by all parties, means Nystrom will not be prosecuted for what Evans originally called “embezzlement” of public funds and later recanted and said was misuse of public funds. For his part of the agreement, Nystrom will continue on his current status of paid administrative leave until the formal agreement is signed. At that point he will be officially relieved of his duties as 911 director and he will take his retirement on Feb. 17, 2008, one year ahead of his planned retirement. Nystrom, 59, will be paid full salary until Feb. 17, 2008, and will receive all compensation and benefits except that he will not be allowed to accrue additional sick or vacation days. He will also be eligible to receive his full pension benefits upon his retirement. Evans said after the agreement was reached he feels he negotiated the best possible deal under the circumstances. “There is a school of thought that this was not a fair deal,” he said. “There are two sides to that argument. On one side, there are those who feel Charlie (Nystrom) was treated unfairly and the punishment was too harsh. On the other side there are those who feel he should have been fired immediately and suffered the loss of all benefits and his pension. “I felt I did everything I could. These are serious allegations, but based on my investigation of previous such cases, I felt the best we could have hoped for through prosecution of these charges was probation. “I am not completely happy with the resolution, but I do not speak for the board. See 911, page 3 Ron Neil Charles Nystrom County Board adopts TOST septic inspection ordinance by David T. Young Editor Despite some opposition and little boardroom theater, the Barry County Board of Commissioners voted 7-1 Tuesday night to adopt a TOST (Time of Sale Or Transfer) septic system ordinance. The two main goals of the ordinance essentially, according to the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, is “ensuring safe and adequate supply of drinking water for premises served by an on-site water supply” and “ensuring the adequate disposal of sewage from premises served by an on-site sewage disposal system.” The ordinance calls for health department inspections of septic systems whenever prop- erties are sold or changed and outlines remedies if the systems are failing. The problem for some people in opposition is they believe it is government intrusion into private facilities and the inspections will cost homeowners either $80 or $130 for the inspections. County Board Chairman Mike Callton outlined his support for the ordinance in his blog “A Barry Home Companion.” Maintaining that nitrates and waste from failing septic systems and fertilizer use are harming lakes in Barry County, particularly Thornapple Lake and Jordan Lake, Callton posted, “Eutrophocation (an aging process of weed and algae overgrowth) of our beautiful lakes must be addressed and the TOST Ordinance will help. The health department estimates a low number of failing septic systems in Barry County at over 1500... just imagine the environmental damage to our lakes and drinking water. Disbelievers can contact me and I will be glad to provide you with a map of contaminated drinking wells in Barry County... it will blow your mind. “This problem is caused by nutrient loading of nitrates, phosphates and carbon. The sources of these nutrients are farm runoff, lawn fertilizers and failing septic systems that abound on Thornapple lake. The nutrient loading then causes overgrowth of algae and weeds. The overgrowth decays and causes oxygen depletion which has lead to large fish kills in Barry County.” There have been a couple of public hear- ings on the matter, once each in Eaton and Barry counties, and the ordinance was presented at the County Board’s Tuesday night meeting. Providing the political theater was George Hubka from Johnstown Township, who brought along a toilet seat with a sign that read “Leave My Thrown Alone.” He also had another sign that referred to a “toilet tax.” Hubka also produced a petition with 162 signatures opposing the proposed ordinance, noting they came entirely from the southeast quadrant of Barry County, including Johnstown, Assyria and Baltimore townships. See BOARD, page 3 73rd Lake Odessa Fair ride provider backs out by Helen Mudry Staff Writer The 73rd annual Lake Odessa Fair opened Monday with a dog show at 9 a.m. and parade at 6 p.m., but there were no midway rides. Fair President Kary Morris said McDonagh’s Amusement called at about 5 p.m. Sunday and told him they would not be coming. Morris said they offered no explanation, but other members of the fair community said it was because of the high price of gas and Michigan’s sluggish economy in general. It was suggested that McDonagh’s was losing too much money fueling the gas generators used to power the rides and the trucks used to haul the rides across the state. Morris said he was heartbroken when he got the phone call. He spoke with some other concession vendors who gave him some See FAIR, page 3 July 4 events set at Charlton Park The 25th annual Old-fashioned Fourth of July and Veterans' Barbecue this year will take place on a Wednesday at Charlton Park. The celebration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year's festivities will begin with the flag raising ceremony at 11:30 opened by the Veterans Association. The chicken and pork barbecue buffet, sponsored by the 4th of July Veterans Association, will run from noon to 4 p.m. in the Walnut Grove. From 1 p.m. on, old-fashioned family games will be held on the village green. Annual favorites include sack races, pie and watermelon eating and straw bale See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 You can’t play without a helmet Alesha Brown from Hastings gets some safety help from Thornapple Twonship Emergency Services Chief Dave Middleton during the free helmet giveaway last Saturday in Hastings. He reminded her to keep her helmet strap closed. More than 500 children and their parents attended the Felpausch/Pennock bicycle safety event. For more pictures and a story, see the June 30 edition of the Reminder. (Photo by Patricia Johns) The midway rides for the Lake Odessa Fair were set up Tuesday evening. Fair Board President Kary Morris made a few phone calls and was able to rescue the midway after McDonagh’s Amusement canceled at the last minute. �Page 2 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page toss. Everyone is encouraged to bring a home-made pie to be judged by the “expert” panel. Those who don't bring a pie may purchase one at the auction. There will be music by the Dixieland Raggets. In the village, buildings will be open. Hand-cranked ice cream and bottomless mugs of lemonade will be available at the Bristol Inn. Admission to the event is tree. Tickets for the chicken and pork barbecue buffet are $7 for adults and $5 for grade school children and younger. For more information, call Historic Charlton Park at (269) 945-3775. Historic Charlton Park is located at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, just north of M-79 between Hastings and Nashville. Kyomi’s Gift has Pizza Cook-Off Kyomi’s Gift has invited all of the pizza making restaurants in Barry County to compete in the first annual Pizza Cook-Off Saturday, June 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Elks Lodge in Hastings The contest will end at 1:30 p.m. and prizes will be awarded from 1:30 to 2 p.m. Cost is $5 per person, children ages 3 and under free. Kyomi’s Gift is a member of the Barry Community Foundation. To learn more about the foundation, please visit the Web site at www.kyomisgift.org Five miles of M-43 under construction The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be reconstructing and resurfacing shoulders on approximately five miles of M-43 from the north city limits of Hastings to Messer Road. The estimated completion date is Friday, Aug. 31 One lane of alternating traffic will be maintained using flag control. This $435,000 project is expected to increase safety. Bridgette Gregory, MDOT Office of Communications, said, “It continues a commitment by MDOT and the Granholm Administration to create jobs, improve quality of life, and provide the highest quality transportation services for Michigan residents and businesses.” Music festival set at Charlton Park Charlton Park will have a bluegrass and country festival from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 1. Scheduled to perform are the Windy Mountain Boys from Jackson at 3 p.m.; the Thornapple River Boys from the Hastings area at 4:15; Blue Grass Twist at 5:30 and the Northern Blue String Band from Nashville at 6:45. After the music, there will be a fireworks show at dusk that can be seen from the Admission is $5 for adults and # for children ages 5 to 12. Annexation hearing slated for July 10 A public hearing on the Village of Middleville’s request to annex 13 parcels in Thornapple Township will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, by the Barry County Board of Commissioners. The annexation, if approved, would pave the way for construction of a bridge over the Thornapple River to better accommodate truck traffic from the Bradford White Corp. to M-37. A federal highway grant of $3.1 million was secured by the Barry County Road Commission and another $1.1 million is being for a Michigan Governor’s Jobs Today grant. The Village Council in April adopted a resolution to proceed with the annexation procedure and Thornapple Township since County Administrator continues to win high performance ratings The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday, June 29, with the Java Jive, an area group that specializes in jazz and swing music. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. by David T. Young Editor Barry County Administrator Michael Brown continues to earn high marks for his performance, even with new members of the Board of Commissioners. Brown, who makes more than $90,000 a year in his job, less than many area school superintendents, received a grade of 93 percent on his latest report card announced Tuesday night by Commissioner Wayne Adams. He has been given favorable ratings from his eight bosses on the County Board ever since he was hired back in March 1995. He has survived a complete turnover of elected officials in the 12 years he has served, including three newcomers this year, Mark Englerth, Keith Ferris and Jeff VanNortwick. Adams noted that only six of the eight commissioners returned evaulation forms, however. In other business at Tuesday evening’s meeting, the commissioners: • Approved $1 per hour wage increases for for six seaonal Marine Patrol employees, who hadn’t had raises since 1994, according to Sheriff Dar Leaf. Under the pay scale approved, a starting deputy’s pay will be increased from $12.21 to $13.21, six-month deputy from $12.90 to $13.90, two-year deputy from $13.28 to $14.28 and three-year deputy $14.34 to $15.34. Senior of the year nominees sought Hastings dog park proposed then has indicated it has no objection. The next step then is the hearing next month and approval from the County Board. Providing impetus for the project was the Village Local Development Finance Authority, along with the Road Commission. Providing a better and faster route for Bradford White is regarded as a way to make Barry County’s largest employer, a manufacturer of water heaters, more competitive. Riverbank Music series continues Nominations are being accepted for the ninth annual Senior Citizen of the Year award, which will be presented Thursday, July 26, at the Barry County Commission on Aging's Summer Picnic. This award highlights contributions made by persons age 60 and older to civic and social life in Barry County. The Senior Citizen of the Year also is also invited to ride as an honored guest In the annual Hastings Summerfest parade in the last weekend of August. Hastings City Bank and the Barry County Commission on Aging are co-sponsors of the award. Past winners of the honor have included Kensinger Jones, Florence Marble, Joyce Weinbrecht, Don Reid, Nyla Nye, Ruth Newton, Russ Nash, Earl McMullin, and last year's winner, Mabel Boylon. Nominees for Barry County's "Senior Citizen of the Year" award should be age 60 or older and residents of Barry County. Consideration should be given to the contribution each nominee has made to the Barry County community. Nomination forms are available at the Commission on Aging office, Hastings City Bank, and WBCH Radio. Nominations can be from individuals or groups. Nominations should be sent to the Commission on Aging, 320 West Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI 49058. All nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17. Fiddlers to play at Grange July 7 The Michigan Fiddler will be guests at at the Maple Leaf Grange from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 7, in Nashville. Food served by members of the Grange will be served in the basement of the building from 2 to 6 p.m. that day. For more information, call Beverly Wagoner at (517) 852-9178. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings dogs soon may have a new place to pass some recreational time if a dog park proposed for the east side of the city is approved. Karen Morgan made a presentation to the council about the proposed park. She, along with Kathy Wiggins of the Barry County Humane Society, provided the City Council with information about dog parks in other cities, what would be necessary for a dog park in Hastings and the benefits of having such a site set aside. The proposed location for the park is 1035 E. State St., at Riverfront Park, behind the Industrial Incubator. The park would be open to the public and free of charge, and patrolled through an honor system by those using the park. Morgan said park maintenance would be minimal, with a fence enclosing it. She said it would need to be mowed several times a year and the trash cans would need to be emptied. Morgan proposed posting a sign with a list of rules to cover liability for park usage, as has been done in other cities. Some of the rules deal with dog ownership, dog and owner age, and dog and owner action while in the park. Councilman Don Tubbs said he does not believe Morgan’s reasons for the park’s necessity are valid, citing specifically “to promote responsible pet ownership,” “to further enhance the east side of Hastings’ ‘developmental vision,’” and “to draw residents to town for potential boost to local businesses.” Morgan and Wiggins went on to explain that dog parks are important attractions to dog owners in other cities, and that the parks Leaf estimated that the move would cost the county about $4,000. • Learned from County Clerk Deb Smith that the federal government has enacted a law forbidding the clerk’s office from processing passports for citizens they also issued birth certificates. Smith said the feds are attempting to steer people toward post offices because they are more plentiful, but many county officials nationwide suspect it’s about picking up more money. “It appears to me the federal government is trying to keep the money with the federal government,” she told the board. Smith said her office processes passport requests for $10 and the advantages are that it’s fast and cheap for citizens. The federal government insists that because there are more post offices than county clerk’s offices, its idea is more convenient. The County Board plans to have a resolution protesting the move prepared for its next meeting July 10. • Approved the proposed Barry County emergency Action Plan for Animals after hearing a brief presentation from Leaf. Heard a presentation from Karla Fales of the Area Agency on Aging, which takes in Barry, Calhoun and Branch counties. Fales briefly outlined what the AAA does and remarked that she and her agency often allow dogs the opportunity to expend their energy, thus making them tired and less likely to bark. City employees plan to do research about the proposed dog park and return that information to council for discussion. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Resolution 2007-28 was adopted to approve a request from the Barry County Chamber of Commerce for sidewalk sales July 13 and 14. • A recommendation from the joint planning committee was approved to enter into an agreement with Williams & Works/Mainstreet Planning for services related to the Hastings Area Inter-Jurisdictional Community Growth Plan and Joint Zoning Overlay. • Ordinance #417 was adopted allowing the outdoor display and sale of merchandise in the B-1 zone. Councilman Don Tubbs expressed concern that the display of the merchandise would not be equally controlled around the city. • Resolution 2007-29 was adopted to amend the list of approved depositories for the City of Hastings. H & R Block was removed from the list, and Comerica Securities was added. • Mike Bagley’s resignation from the Cable Access Committee was accepted. • The mayor and clerk were authorized to sign a recreational services agreement with the YMCA of Barry County for the period from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. The contract amount increased by 3 percent to $43,235. • A bid for asphalt paving on East Bond Street was awarded to Lakeland Asphalt in the amount of $11,207.50. Blood drive set in Delton July 5 An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, July 5, at the St, Ambrose Catholic Church, 11252 Floria Road, Delton. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org There also will be free public readings by local self-published authors, businesses that relate to all aspects of self-publishing and food vendors. Any area authors or businesses wishing to participate may contact Joe Higdon or Beth Broadhurst for forms as well. Topics will include how to decide if selfpublishing is right for you, types of self-publishing, marketing and business aspects, finding professional services, defining your platform and networking opportunities. simply try to stay out of the way of the fine work being done by the Barry County Commission on Aging and Director Tammy Pennington. • Appointed Brown as officer-delegate for the Municipal Employees Retirement System (MERS) annual meeting Sept. 18-20. Commissioner Adams was appointed alternate officer-delegate. • Agreed to transfer $4,000 from the prosecutor’s budget to the extraditions budget to pay for extradition from Nebraska of a suspect in a telephone harassment case involving State Technical Institute and Rehabilitation Center in Prairieville Township. • Authorized the sheriff’s department to apply for a grant for the off-road vehicle safety education program and two Edward Byrne Memorial Discretionary Grant programs. Calley offers bill to extend term limits State Rep. Brian Calley has introduced a measure to extend term limits to 12 years for those newly elected representatives and senators in 2008 and beyond. Former and current legislators such as Calley would still be subject to the current six- and eight-year limits in the House and Senate, respectively. The purpose of the measure is to help increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legislature while fostering long-term trusting relationships between lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general could serve up to three, four-year terms under Calley’s initiative. Each former and existing executive branch member would be subject to current term limit laws. “Michigan residents need their elected officials to work together to create good public policy, and our current term-limit law has short-circuited the process,” said Calley, RPortland. “Lawmakers don’t have time to develop trusting relationships where the people, not political affiliations, are the priority. “Our term limit law has given too much power to the bureaucracy and the executive branch, upsetting the balance of powers between executive and legislative branches.” Calley’s bill, which requires amending the state constitution, would go before voters in the next general election if approved by the Legislature. USDA 1 percent loans aid home repair projects Self-publishing conference set at Delton District Library Friends of the Delton District Library announce the sponsorship of a self-publishing conference from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at the library. Registration for the event may be done in advance by picking up a form at the Delton District Library or other local libraries.Forms also may be obtained by calling Joe Higdon at 269-623-6675 or Beth Broadhurst at 269251-0172. Cost for attending the four workshops and break-out session is $25. Michael Brown Winner of a free bicycle drawing Hastings Kiwanis President Theron Barlow (left) and member Don Tubbs stand with bike winner Elizabeth Gonsalves, 5, and her mother Sonya. Elizabeth entered her name into a drawing to win a free bike Saturday, June 23, during festivities at Felpausch. Kiwanis was one of several organizations in Hastings donating free bikes. Kiwanian and local artist Bob Brandt offered to custom paint Elizabeth’s name and a butterfly on her helmet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, offers 1% interest loans to homeowners who need to improve or modernize their homes, make their homes decent, safe or sanitary and/or remove health and safety hazards. This program is available to anyone who meets the income requirements, owns his or her home and has an acceptable credit history. The maximum income in Barry County ranges from $21,150 for a single person household to $35,050 for a household of six. The maximum loan amount is $20,000 and can be termed over a 20-year period. The payment on a $10,000 loan at 1% interest for 20 years would be $46 per month. For more information, call Rural Development at (269) 623-3865 or toll-free at (888) 771-6993. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 3 911, continued from page 1 Although I am a member of the board, I am a non-voting member. I felt it was my responsibility to do the best I could for the community and the 911 center. “I love the center,” Evans said. “I felt we needed to get this behind us as quickly as possible. That’s why I brought the May 31 letter outlining these allegations to the board. I “I feel it is inappropriate and unethical for anyone to comment on the agreement until the investigation is concluded and the agreement is signed.” — Ron Neil Local children eagerly volunteer to help with science experiments at the library. Library summer program gets scientific for the kids by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern The new Hastings Public Library was buzzing with excitement last Wednesday when Carrie Carl put on a science show. The program started with a bang — or an egg — as Carl, a seventh grade science teacher at Hastings Middle School, presented the classic egg in a bottle experiment. Though she could have exploded things and lit things on fire, Carl said she wanted to make sure the audience could see science in day-to-day items. “I just want to show the kids that science is everywhere and in everything.” She also showed animal eggs, the different densities of liquids, and even let the kids try on “bug glasses” to show how a fly sees things. Science is all Around Us was the third installment of an eight-week program the library will host this summer. The Summer Reading Club is also still open for registration. Next Wednesday, June 27, at 2 p.m. the library will present Detective Dog Solves the Case. Richelle Spencer and a special police dog will be sharing stories about how the German shepard, Gina, helps with police work. “In all likelihood, the expenses of attorney’s fees in a possible prosecution and civil lawsuits would far exceed the cost of settlement and these lawsuits would further divide the community and the dispatch center.” — Attorney Douglas Van Essen Central Dispatch my responsibility was to deliver efficient and effective service to our citizens. Included in that accountability was to make certain the employees were always treated with dignity and respect, which I trust- Carrie Carl explains how science is everywhere. Carl was part of a science program at the library last Wednesday. secure vehicle that will allow them to expand into other counties. With this, they will be able to bring back things like "Trip Camp" for the 12-to 14-year-olds where they camp out for a few days. With a replacement vehicle, they can easily transport bigger items like soccer nets and canoes. The YMCA is looking for an in kind donation of either a gently used but secure van or truck. Anyone who has a vehicle that to donate and receive a tax break is asked to call the YMCA at (269) 945-4574. Campers from the "Lion" cabin stand in front of the two vehicles the YMCA would like to replace. (From left) YMCA director Tom Wilt, Eli Flood, Adam Shaeffer, Jacob Gardner, Derek High, David Lane, Terry Dull and counselor Dan Rybiski. ‘Blessing of the Animals’ is Sunday at Kalamo UMC A Blessing of the Animals Sunday service will be held at the Kalamo United Methodist Church July 8. During the 9 a.m. and 10:30 worship services, animals will be blessed to remind everyone of the beauty of God's creation and the role humans play in ensuring its care and proper use. Families, singles, and children, are encouraged to bring their dogs, cats, birds, lizards, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, fish, tortoises and turtles and other well behaved pets on Blessing of the Animals Sunday. The blessing will include a prayer for a safe home and a hope to bring delight to those who love, guard, and protect each animal. ment,” Evans said, “and at one point they said, ‘what if Ron (Neil) resigns too?’ I said that would be acceptable,” Evans said. “I felt we needed to get this behind us as quickly as possible. That’s why I brought the May 31 letter outlining these allegations to the board. I wanted the practice of paying people for work they did not perform stopped immediately. And it was.” — Prosecutor Tom Evans “I think this resolution will promote the healing process between factions of the board, with the community and with the dispatch center,” Evans added. “That was one of my main goals. I think it is time we put this behind us and move forward. I hope this resolution accomplishes that goal.” While some agree with Evans that this was the best possible resolution to a controversial “It is and always has been my position that as the Director of Barry Central Dispatch my responsibility was to deliver efficient and effective service to our citizens. Included in that accountability was to make certain the employees were always treated with dignity and respect, which I trusted to include the obligation of being paid for hours worked.” — Charles Nystrom issue, not everyone in attendance at the meeting was in accordance. “I want to go on record as saying this is the biggest disservice to the county,” said George Hubka. “for years the board has known about this practice. How are the taxpayers going to be repaid? Where’s the fairness?” But Bob Dwyer, also in attendance at the meeting, praised the board for its actions. “I want to commend the board for being wise enough to stay out of the controversy and for saving the taxpayers a lot of money,” he said. BOARD, continued from page 1 YMCA seeks new transportation by Emily Benningfield Staff Writer Intern The YMCA of Barry County has provided fun and excitement for children for a long time, and this summer new director Tom Wilt says he wants to make some adjustments. The camp currently has two vehicles that can be used to transport things such as sports equipment, camp out supplies and bikes. They, however, do not use these vehicles. "They’re just not safe," Wilt said about the station wagon and truck. The YMCA is looking for a change, a wanted the practice of paying people for work they did not perform stopped immediately. And it was.” Nystrom was accused of paying employees of the 911 Dispatch Center 10 hours of overtime pay during the pay period of the last week in November and the first week of December since 2003. He also was alleged to have paid supervisors one hour of overtime pay for each pay period since 2005. Nystrom argued that because the facility is a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation, everyone put in a small period of overtime on virtually a daily basis, and his payment of the overtime was to reward them for many more than 10 hours worked and was not a Christmas bonus, as had been alleged. In his letter of resignation presented to the board, Nystrom said, “It is and always has been my position that as the Director of Barry ed to include the obligation of being paid for hours worked.” Douglas Van Essen, attorney for the 911 board, released a statement following the meeting in which he acknowledged the total cost to the Barry County Central Dispatch Authority will be approximately $65,000 before Nystrom officially retires in midFebruary. “This includes all of the Director’s accrued sick pay and vacation, which would be paid even if he was terminated,” Van Essen said. “In all likelihood, the expenses of attorney’s fees in a possible prosecution and civil lawsuits would far exceed the cost of settlement and these lawsuits would further divide the community and the dispatch center. Therefore, all but one member of the Central Dispatch Board (Hastings Post Michigan State Police Commander Kevin McGaffigan) concluded that the agreement is cost effective and results in accountability of the director for the unauthorized nature of the pay practice.” Before the agreement can become official, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf must complete interviews with dispatch employees and that is expected to be done within the next seven to 10 days. Detective Sgt. Dave Oakland is conducting the investigation. Van Essen said if the employee interviews substantiate the allegations of overtime pay for hours not documented, Dar Leaf, as the sheriff; Tom Evans, as the prosecutor; and Ron Neil, as the chairman of the 911 board are expected to sign the agreement, making it official. At that point, Nystrom will be officially relieved of his role as 911 director and Neil will officially resign as chairman of the 911 board. Neil said he felt he could not comment on any portion of the agreement at this time, including his decision to resign as board chairman. “I feel it is inappropriate and unethical for anyone to comment on the agreement until the investigation is concluded and the agreement is signed,” he said. “I will be available for comment after that point and will be more than happy to answer question at that time.” Evans said the stipulation that Neil would resign as board chairman was an intregal part of the agreement. “We were negotiating points in the agree- It is not a coincidence that this special day will occur on the Sunday before the Eaton County Fair. Bring animals for a special blessing before taking them to the fair. Small animals (animals that can be held or are in cages or on leashes) will be blessed in the sanctuary during the second half of the 9:00 AM service. Large animals will be blessed outside in their trucks or trailers during the second half of the 10:30 service. “We hope that many members of the community will join us for this special day,” a churcj spokesperson said. “We are just beginning to recognize the great bond between animals and humans and all creation.” “Having government take care of a private problem is absurd,” he told the board. “How much is this rape of the taxpayers going to cost?” Barbara Cichy, chairwoman of the Barry County Democratic Party, said she doesn’t like unfunded mandates, which she suspects are coming from the state on this issue. She also suggested using septic alarm systems as is done in Wisconsin. Cichy also took issue with Callton’s map showing nitrate levels, insisting the heaviest areas are the result of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). “There are a whole lot of issues that come into play here,” she told the board. “If you’re going to put this in, don’t tax the people.” Elden Shellenbarger said he opposes “the sewer tax,” and added, “Most reasonable citizens keep their systems in working order. We don’t need any government interference.” Chuck Reid said, “Why should we all be charged or penalized for something a few are doing?” Gordon Endsley said, “I’m all for clean water. Maybe 10 percent of the septic systems are out of compliance. Why should the other 90 percent then have to sell their houses (because of the extra burden). It’s too much to put on the individual.” However, there also were voices in support of the proposed TOST ordinance. Jim Oliver said, “I’d like to speak for clean water... We can’t cure the world, but we can do something for our county.” Retired Thornapple Kellogg Schools Superintendent Steve Garrett said, “I’m very supportive of these regulations and controls (in the ordinance)... It’s important our septic drainage is checked. As much water as we have in Barry County, we have to make sure nitrates aren’t getting in.” Bill Stough, a former member of the Barry County Planning Commission, said, “I ask you to continue to be good stewards. The financial aspect is too often overlooked. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” noting that unchecked pollution of lakes and drinking water will have far worse health and economic consequences in the future. “Every person in Barry County depends on a well for drinking water and sometimes they’re abused... There are many reasons to be concerned... There are over 300 lakes and 15 watersheds in Barry County. We have a lot of clay and that’s not good for septic systems. It’s incumbent on you to protect our groundwater.” Hastings Township Supervisor Jim Brown said he was speaking as a private citizen with a septic tank said of the ordinance, “It’s long overdue, to protect our groundwater system and everybody who has a septic system should maintain it.” Patricia Wilson said, “I’m not an expert, but I understand we all need clean water. I think this TOST ordinance is a good first step.” Perhaps the most colorful comment in support was from former County Commissioner Tom Wilkinson, who declared, “A septic tank is like a dog, it needs a license every year.” During the County Board’s deliberations on the matter, Barry-Eaton District Health Department Director Steve Tackitt and technician Regina Young were on hand to answer questions. Tackitt explained that penalties for failed systems are prescribed by state law under violations of the state health code. Those who refused to comply would have to appear in court and it would be up to the local judge what the penalty would be. He also said suggestions the health department makes money on the inspections just aren’t true. “All health departments are precluded from making any profit,” he said. Young was asked about newer wells approved the health department that may be under water. She said they would fall under a three-year exemption. She noted “a surprising number of people do not sample their waters wells,” even when they are asked by authorities to do so. When she was asked about bring down the hammer of enforcement on failed systems, Young said, “Over the last 10 years we’ve always found it better to improve a site rather than condemnation.” Though he eventually voted to support passage of the ordinance, Commissioner Mark Englerth said he favored taking more time to have conversations with the public about the issue. “Maybe this deserves more discussion and needs to be re-tuned,” he said to his colleagues on the board. “I think we need to bring the community along. We’ve had these problems for 30-40-50 years and it’s high time we do the right thing... It’s important to bring the community along instead of dragging them along.” Commissioner Don Nevins said he agreed with Englerth, but Callton said he disagreed with the assessment. “I think this has gone through a good public process. We’re never going to bring 100 percent on board and I don’t see where a delay would be of any help.” Commissioner Keith Ferris agreed, saying, “There’s always something twisted together that’s not the way everybody would like to see.” He added he has studied the proposed ordinance thoroughly for the past 90 days and has tried to talk about it to everyone he sees and knows. When the final roll call vote was taken, only Nevins cast a vote in the negative. FAIR, continued from page 1 names to call. He was able to get nine inflatable climbing structures from Great Lakes Jumps and two carousel rides from A&A Attractions in Battle Creek. The inflatables were in use by Tuesday afternoon and the other rides were ready by Wednesday when the midway opened. Fair Board Secretary/Treasurer Amy Lozo said the actions by McDonagh’s has hurt a lot of people. The food vendors and the people selling fair novelty items didn’t have the usual number of customers for the opening two days. Morris contracted with McDonagh’s Amusement for the rides last January. According to the company’s Web site, it is an ever progressing, quality outdoor amusement company. They claimed to be proud to be known as "Michigan's Cleanest and Brightest Midway." There are still three days of the fair left, with harness racing at 1 p.m. each day, the mud bog at 6 p.m. Thursday and the talent show and truck pulls at 7 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, the draft horse show will be at 10 a.m., children’s games at 1 p.m. and the demolition derby at 7:30 p.m. followed by fireworks. The 4-H barn has sheep and cows, plus a petting zoo. AAA launches ‘green’ Web site The Auto Club Group has launched a Webbased consumer resource on alternative fuels. The “Greenlight Initiative” deals with the need for increased awareness of lessening America’s dependence on foreign oil. “Imagine a time when you no longer go to the gas station to fuel up your car,” said AAA spokesman Jim Rink. “Instead, you plug your car into an electrical outlet, or just fill up the tank with french fry oil. You may not have noticed, but that future is now.” To help build awareness of all the new alternative fuels and vehicles available, AAA Clubs throughout the Midwest have launched the Greenlight Initiative, a new program intended to help motorists make sense of all the new options available and encourage development of transportation choices. The rise of gas prices over the last few years has sparked the interest of people curious about different transportation options, according to AAA. While hybrid cars and other alternatively-fueled vehicles may not be for everyone, the Auto Club believes it's time to start building awareness for what is clearly the next chapter in the history of the automobile. More information about Greenlight and hybrids and alternative fuels, including a downloadable brochure, is available online at AAA.com/Greenlight. The information available online includes frequently asked questions (FAQS) about alternative fuels, flex fuel/bi-fuels, hybrid vehicles, hydrogen cells and buying a “green” car. Besides the online resources now available on the Web, AAA Michigan has begun reporting cost per gallon averages for both biodiesel and ethanol-blended fuels. These averages are made available through the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, issued Mondays on a weekly basis to the media. Fuel price averages are available for public viewing at AAA.com under the “News and Safety” tab. Rink said, “This is a time of tremendous experimentation in the auto industry. Greenlight isn't about recommending one option over the other. It's about getting people excited over reducing our reliance on gasoline-powered engines.” �Page 4 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Wal-Mart, Meijer won’t hurt Hastings IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV No fitness center in funeral home To the editor: I've never written a letter to the Banner before, but I've read some interesting articles, to say the least! This is in response to the story about the purchase of the Wren Funeral Home. I read the new owners want to put in a "community room" and/or "fitness center." Have these people completely lost their minds? I personally can hardly believe this is under consideration. Yes, I understand they think they may have more room than they need, but come on! So if you croak while exercising in their fitness area all they have to do is drag you into the next room, right? Guess that would eliminate any kind of charges for an ambulance ride. To me, it feels creepy. Nobody wants to go to a funeral home in the first place, let alone go exercise at one! Of course, on the other hand, maybe it would give people an incentive to exercise a little harder so they don't wind up like the guy down the hall! Wouldn't you be mortified (no pun intended) if you were going to go work out and walked into the building in middle of a funeral? I've attended funerals at Wren’s and at Girrbach's. I guess I've always kind of thought that the Wren Funeral Home I was nice because of the ample amount of seating space and bigger parking area for larger funerals. At the same time, the people at Girrbach Funeral Home have been extremely nice and caring, but I thought their building was a little small for the bigger funerals. I think the new owners of Wren's may possibly want to re-evaluate their fitness center idea. I personally would not want to be in the middle of grieving for the loss of a loved one with people walking in beside me in a pair of spandex, going to work out. I’ve always believed funeral homes are for funerals. If they decide to go ahead with their fitness center, I would be reluctant to have mine there, if I should happen to have to plan a funeral (God forbid!) If people want to exercise or use a community room, check out the Hastings Community Center building, that's what it's there for! Kelly Wilkins, Hastings Mr. Jacobs demonstrates free speech To the editor: I write this missive in response to last week’s letter to the editor submitted by one Ingrid Wilson-Morgan of Hastings, regarding her feelings about certain editorial opinions expressed by Mr. Fred Jacobs. Apparently she took issue with Mr. Jacobs’ views on the controversy surrounding the public behavior of 911 Director Charlie Nystrom and 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil. I first acknowledge that I do not know nor have meet Mr. Jacobs, nor Mr. Nystrom or Mr. Neil. However, I do have a fundamental understanding of the meaning of a free press and freedom of speech. As Ms. Wilson-Morgan pointed out, “the Birkholz supports animal factories To the editor: It should be brought to the public's attention that State Senator Patty Birkholtz voted last week to weaken Michigan's environmental laws by voting to make animal waste pollution legal in our state. In spite of claiming that she supports protection of our environment, Senator Birkholtz voted against an amendment that would require animal factories in Michigan who dump raw sewage on the ground to monitor water quality to be sure they are not polluting. If you care about Michigan's land and water quality, contact Senator Birkholtz and let her know that you want our senators to protect Michigan's environment — and remember this vote in the next election. Kathleen Oliver, Middleville responsible position of the press is to print facts,” the truth as best discerned (in light of “politics as usual”). However, any newspaper’s editorial page is customarily reserved for expression of the peoples’ and editor’s opinions. The editor of virtually any newspaper of periodical has, as a prominent member of the community, the right — nay, the obligation — to help guide, direct and comment on constituents’ actions and reactions to current events and their environment. The distinguished French philosopher and author Voltaire has often been quoted as saying, “”I may not agree with what a person has to say, but I will defend to the death their right to say it.” During the same century a certain Benjamin Franklin was editor of a Philadelphia, Pa., newspaper, in the latter half of the 1700s. It was his work and words that became instrumental in the process of America gaining her independence from Great Britain. What followed is a way of life we enjoy and take for granted today. The editorial page of any worthy newspaper or periodical is not restricted to “just the facts.” Au contraire. It is, rather, specifically dedicated to a variety of opinions, including those of the editor or publisher. Mr. Jacobs, just like all citizens of Barry County, is entitled to express his opinions. Were it not so, the letter Ms. Wilson-Morgan would have appeared in the Banner as well. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. For those displeased by this freedom of expression, they can go read a different comic book. Scott Smith, Delton To the editor: After reading many articles and editorials about the evils of having a super Wal-Mart and now possibly Meijer come to Hastings, what would those opposing these stores suggest to help bring jobs and outside money into Hastings? I'm in favor of both stores coming to town. I go out of town to shop at both these stores and still patronize Plumb’s and Felpausch. Hastings needs more job opportunities for our young people which these stores will potentially help provide. I keep reading how horrible Wal-Mart is because of working conditions in China and other third world countries. Well, it's not just Wal-Mart selling items made in these countries. Have you looked at the tags in the clothes you buy from Penny's, Sears, etc. Wal-Mart also sells items made in the U.S., I know, because I have bought them there. If you do some reading, you'll find that County Board chair is a ‘yes man’ To the editor: Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Callton voted for the highest possible county-wide millage rate for taxpayers, according to the June 14 edition of the Banner. Mr. Callton stated that he didn’t want to see Barry County act like state government and cut taxes, creating a budget. He didn’t seem concerned about the budget last month when he voted “yes” to give away $450,000 in public tax money for economic development. Six commissioners voted to approve the use of taxpayers’ money to create jobs, but I have yet to read where the board, as a whole, supports the new casino or the Wal-Mart expansion proposal. Is it political suicide to support Wal-Mart and gambling in this county or selective economic development? If Mr. Callton truly is concerned about the loss of $153,000, then he should show some leadership and cut spending. May I suggest starting with his taxpayer-supported health insurance, retirement and salary. How much money would taxpayers save by cutting commissioners’ per diems? All county commissioners need to take a lesson from Hoot Gibson and listen to the people. Hoot votes yea or nay based on what he hears from people in his district. It’s unfortunate Hoot was tossed from the Charlton Park Board, yet he has scheduled more events than the two commissioners who serve on the boards. Maybe Hoot should be the chairman of the County Board of Commissioners. He’s not “a yes man.” David Yonker, Carlton Township years. In the 1950s and 60's households had one car and people shopped locally. Look in the driveways around town — they have more than one car and people love to drive them. Small towns are changing because people are mobile. I welcome these stores and any other business that wants to come to town, which will enable Hastings to grow and profit. Cecilia Wiker, Hastings Middleville shows its patriotic pride To the editor: A lot of people may not know itm but here in beautiful Barry county we have a village that holds true to their past in community pride and patriotism. The Middleville Lions Club sponsored the annual Memorial Day parade working with the entire community, the township, the village, the middle school, the clergy even the general population participated. Not only by watching and participating in the parade but by raising their voices to sing the national anthem in the closing of the service at the cemetery. I think it is great that our young people are learning the reasons for and the meaning of this holiday, that it is not just another day to go shopping and play. But a day to reflect on the sacrifices our fore fathers have made, that we have the liberties and freedoms we enjoy and take for granted. It is my fervent hope and prayer that the example set forth by the community and parents will help our future leaders when their time comes. It is because of these things that I am so proud of my hometown. John J. Loftus, Middleville Corporate media gives ‘junk food news’ by Peter Phillips and Kate Sims “Paris Hilton's Symptoms Said to be from Prescription Drug Withdrawal,” was the headline on Fox News Network on June 13. This was the 56th headline on Paris Hilton covered by Fox in the previous 30 days. Even “The New York Times” got in on the Paris Hilton hoopla with a front-page story June 9 titled “Celebrity Justice Cuts Both Ways for Paris Hilton.” Regular readers of Project Censored are familiar with our annual list of Junk Food News – in which we select a list of the dumbest, least important, most overplayed stories of the year. Almost certainly, the incarceration of Paris Hilton will feature prominently in our next year’s Junk Food edition, but it will have to wait until then to be considered. Meanwhile, here are the Junk Food News stories of Project Censored’s annual April-toApril listing for 2006-07: 1. Britney Spears has a meltdown. 2. Anna Nicole has a baby. 3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a baby and adopt others. 4. Jon Benet “killer” is a fraud. 5. The rise and fall of O.J. Simpson’s book. 6. The feud between The Donald and the O’Donnell. 7. Miss USA “party girl” drinks and takes drugs. 8. Paul McCartney’s divorce. 9. An astronaut wears a diaper to attack her romantic rival. 10. Madonna adopts an African baby. Moving up from No.7 last year to No. 1 on this year’s Junk Food list is none other than Britney Spears herself. On Feb. 17, Ms. Spears was photographed in a Los Angeles Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. when our country started out the working conditions here were deplorable and wages weren't much better; however, bread was a nickel. It's part of industrial growth. The "low/slave" wages that keep being mentioned are helping to feed peoples’ families in these other countries. They are now where we were a hundred years ago. It's also being mentioned that these "big box" stores will cause stores in town to go out of business. Stores are going out of business anyway. I grew up here and have watched two shoe stores go out of business — not because a "big box" store had come to town, Wal-Mart hadn't even moved North yet when that happened. Gambles hardware store went out of business, but did anybody blame True Value? Business closings and openings are consumer driven and the stores we have in Hastings now offer what these "big box" stores don't, yet I believe they will continue to survive just as they have for the past 20-plus salon receiving a buzz cut. The corporate media went into frenzied overdrive, offering incessant speculation on why poor Britney might be coming unglued. While undeniably important to 13-yearolds, adults might have been interested to hear about the newly released analysis of 2005 census figures showing that nearly 16 million Americans are currently living in deep or severe poverty. Mainstream news anchors had enough time to wonder if Ms. Spears was too young and immature for the pressures of motherhood. Yet, they weren’t able to squeeze in the fact that female-headed families with children account for the lion’s share of the severely poor. During the recent Paris Hilton exposition, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act, without a peep from Fox or the “The New York Times." Apparently, the corporate media is too busy entertaining us to cover the most serious civil liberties issue in America. The Military Commissions Act of last October made it legal for the president to suspend Habeas Corpus for any person, citizen or not. While Democrats in the Senate are trying to restore this basic legal right, the corporate media seems more concerned with keeping us up to date on how much phone time Paris gets while in jail. On Sept. 7, 2006, Anna Nicole Smith gave birth to a baby girl and everyone held his or her breath for the ultimate piece of the puzzle: Who was the father? For those of you who missed it, the birth certificate listed none other than Anna Nicole’s personal attorney Howard K. Stern. Now, for those of you who didn’t miss the Anna Nicole goings-on, here’s What do you like at the fair? The Barry County Fair begins Saturday, July 14, with 4-H exhibits and continues through Saturday, July 21. This year’s fair is “family friendly” with Karaoke, a mechanical bull and lots of fun. Are you planning on visiting the Barry County Fair this year? What are you especially looking forward to doing? what you did miss: A September 2006 report found that the Iraq violent death toll for August was three times larger than the preliminary count. The final tally disproved official United States and Iraqi claims that a “security crackdown” had led to a drop in the number of deaths that month. In the early afternoon of Feb. 8, 2006, Anna Nicole Smith was found unresponsive in her hotel room, rushed to the hospital, and pronounced DOA at 2:49 p.m. While this story filled the corporate media in the United States, that same week, the former U.S. Ambassador of Iraq failed to explain what happened to $12 billion in newly printed, shrink-wrapped, $100 bills that he had flown to Baghdad, and had since been misplaced. We are now, in an era, of witnessing corporate media’s complete failure to keep us informed on powerful issues, which concern all Americans. We deserve better and must remedy this situation by building tax-supported independent media and returning investigative reporting to the American people. (Peter Phillips is a professor of sociology at Sonoma State University (SSU). Kate Sims is a staff researcher with Project Censored. SSU students Jocelyn Thomas, Toni Faye Catelani, Jenni Leys, and Christina Carey assisted with research on this op-ed.) — Courtesy Minuteman Media The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Tammy Holzhausen, Middleville: “Yes our family is intending on going to the fair this year. We most enjoy the toys and crafts.” Trina Madison, Freeport: “I haven’t decided yet. I will look at the schedule of events. I hope to go to the fair this year.” Clarissa Miller, Middleville: “Yes, our family goes to the fair each year because we can enjoy the rides as a family. It is affordable fun for us all.” Daisy Hannan, Middleville: “I can’t wait to go to Kids Day at the fair. It is really a lot of fun.” Saige Eggers, Middleville: “Our family is looking forward to going to fair. We enjoy the demolition derby and the rides.” Amanda Paxson, Nashville: “We go to ride the rides, show pigs, and see our 4H friends. It is a really family fun event each year.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �Social News DeChano-Cook Rodgers to celebrate silver wedding anniversary William and Melody (Hart) Rodgers are to celebrate their 25th silver wedding anniversary on June 26. The couple was wed on June 26, 1982 at Nashville Baptist Church by Pastor Lester DeGroot and Pastor Brock Branham in a double ring ceremony. The family is inviting the community to celebrate this special occasion with a card shower in their honor. Cards can be sent to 2501 Ragla Road, Hastings, MI 49058. David and Cynthia DeChano of Clarendon, PA are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Marie DeChano to Gordon Millard Cook, son of Lee and Marian L. Cook of Delton. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Juniata College, University of North Dakota, Ohio University and Texas State University, San Marcos. She is an associate professor of geography at Western Michigan University. The groom-to-be is a graduate of Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Western Michigan University. He is a G.I.S. Analyst for Wolverine Pipe Line Company in Portage. An October 2007 wedding is being planned. The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 5 Is lengthening terms limits the answer? State Representative Brian Calley has introduced legislation that would extend term limits for future elected representatives and senators. Former and current serving legislators such as Calley would still be subject to the current law which limits him to six years in the State House. Calley said in a recent news release, "The purpose of the measure is to help increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Legislature while fostering long-term relationships between lawmakers from both sides of the aisle." When you first read his comments you might think it makes a lot of sense, but when you really digest what he's saying, it really doesn't make any difference how long these elected officials are allowed to serve. It all has to do with the personal determination they possess when they take office. Throughout this recent budget process, citizens throughout the state have witnessed the incompetence of government, and I don't think it had anything to do with how long they've served in the positions. It all had to do with negotiations and compromise, determination to solve a crisis that our state has faced for years. The recent budget crisis didn't become a problem overnight. Legislative leaders have known for years now that the Single Business Tax (SBT), enacted more than 30 years ago, wasn't working and needed to be changed. If Michigan is going to return to the economic powerhouse it once was, we need drastic changes to our tax system and to our outlook on business and industry in the future. Michigan has a rich history in manufacturing. Along with the auto industry, this state led economic charts for years, yet when leaders throughout the state saw the change coming and started the conversations about Michigan's future and the change in industry, our legislative leaders did little but discuss the problems. They never really acted on them, even as the state was experiencing them. What the citizens across Michigan have been looking for is a change in direction, some answers to how our government is going to adjust to the new global marketplace that has been happening whether lawmakers responded or not. Competition for business and industry is at an all-time high, affecting jobs across the state, which in turn directly affects tax income to governments at all levels. The recent budget negotiations don't give Michigan voters a lot of confidence that our legislators have the ability to get the job done, offer suggestions for change and put our state on the road to recovery. All they did was move some money around, reduce some spending and stall the real discussions until next year. We really haven't solved any of the big problems. In fact, just last week experts agreed that Michigan has an $800 million hole in the state budget and next year's outlook is only deteriorating. High unemployment, a poor housing market, sluggish auto sales and continued job losses have continued to hurt the state's economy and tax revenues. Experts maintain next year's budget shortfall will be measured in billions. And in a new twist, last week Epic-MRA, a Lansing-based polling company, released a report that maintains Michigan will lose up to 300,000 residents in the coming years, making a economic turnaround even more difficult. Whether you’re elected to six years or twelve is not the issue. It’s what you accomplish while you’re filling a legislative seat that is. Since the passage of term limits in 1992, we’ve had some time to see how the new terms have affected government. I would have to agree with Calley that legislators need more time to control the bureaucracy. I would favor 12 years or six, two-year terms, for both houses of the legislature. The senate now has two four-year terms, which means, once a senator is re-elected for a second term, he or she has four years as a lame duck. If we were to change both houses to six, two-year terms, we would have more chance to throw them out of office when they become complacent or ineffective. Even better, let's go Unicameral, getting rid of the Senate and putting all the power to make decisions on one legislative body to be more responsive to taxpayers. In today's demanding economy, government needs to be able to make quicker decisions. Getting rid of the Senate would assure taxpayers more responsive government. What Michigan needs now is a new outlook for economic development. We need to change tax policy to offer reductions to new business, industry expansions and job creation. We need to adopt an entrepreneur mentality of running this state, fostering growth at all levels of business and industry. In the short run, we need to raise the income tax, while continuing to look for ways to reduce the cost of government to our citizens. Then we need to adopt a tax system that awards growth and expansion at all levels, and welcomes residents into Michigan to live, work and raise a family. It was only a few years ago that Michigan maintained a rich history of growth and expansion that Lansing took for granted. Legislators didn't look to the future to see how the global marketplace was impacting our state. Today, due to their short sightedness, we all are suffering and will continue to suffer until lawmakers do something meaningful to deal with the economic doldrums that now exist. Michigan has the ability to turn around. All it needs is a new direction with new ideas and a commitment to change through cooperation rather than confrontation. It really doesn't matter whether they maintain their office for six years or twelve. If they aren't effective it just prolongs the agony. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics KCC joins volunteer bureau in offering service learning Norton-Converse Mr. and Mrs. Cody Norton of Hastings wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Hailey Sue, to Donnie Converse, the son of Joberta Converse of Hastings, and Don and Carlene Converse of Middleville. A July 14th wedding is being planned. Moores celebrate 65th anniversary Elizabeth (Betty) and Delbert Moore will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on July 7, 2007 at 3 p.m. at their daughter and son-in-law’s home, 1985 Barger Road, Nashville. They were married in Freeport on July 6, 1942. Their children include Diana (Stew) Gross, Joan Schantz, Sue (Terry) Dryer, Kathy and son Neil Moore, Cindy (Roger) Allen, Delbert Moore, Jr. They have 30 grandchildren, 40(1/2) great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren. Friends and family, please come and celebrate with them. McLeans to celebrate golden wedding anniversary John and Judy (Johnson) McLean will celebrate 50 years of marriage on June 29, 2007. They were married at St. Rose Rectory in Hastings. John was employed by the MDOT for 37 years. Judy was a housewife, teacher, and worked many years for the Hastings Area Schools Food Service. They have four children, Mark, Mary Ann (Randy) Connor, Mike (fiancée Michelle Gonzalez), Brian (Jacquie), and oldest daughter Amy is deceased. They have five grandchildren. They will celebrate with a special family dinner. Please join their family in wishing John and Judy a happy 50th anniversary by sending cards to 415 S. Jefferson, Hastings. Louise Bassett turns 97 Louise Bassett turned 97 on June 29, 2007. She will be celebrating her birthday with her family on June 30th with a picnic. A new three-credit class will begin in the fall at Kellogg Community College to teach students the skills to be mentors and active members of the community. The class, Service 200, will meet Mondays from 1 to 2:15 p.m. beginning Sept. 10. Field experience will be arranged for each student. The particular project connected with the class will be to lead small groups of young people in planning and carrying out their own community service project. The class satisfies KCC’s Global Awareness General Education requirement. Students will have the opportunity to gain skills in community service, leadership, mentoring, problem solving, communication, grant writing and working with youth. The class will be aligned with the Volunteer Bureau’s Avail Project, which is about helping young people find their voices in the community. As mentors, KCC students will be trained to help groups of young people identify issues in their communities and take meaningful action to address those issues. The Avail Project recruits students from Boaters called to help protect the state’s waters The Department of Environmental Quality’s Office of the Great Lakes is reminding boaters they play an important role in protecting Michigan’s waters from invasive species this summer. Aquatic invasive plants and animals threaten Michigan‚s diverse ecosystems, and the confirmation of the existence of a new deadly fish virus, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHS), in the Great Lakes is further cause for concern. Those enjoying Michigan’s lakes and streams should inspect watercrafts and recreational equipment before leaving a lake or other water body, remove any vegetation, drain all live wells, clean areas that may contain water, and dispose of unused bait in the trash. Allowing boating and recreational equipment to dry 4-6 hours in the sun also helps to prevent the spread of VHS as well as zebra mussels and other organisms from one lake to another. See BOATERS, page 7 alternative area schools and engages them in service learning. The program is focused on empowering youth, providing volunteer opportunities and establishing the foundation for lifelong civic responsibility and volunteerism. The youth involved in the program choose the issues they find important in their communities and choose the volunteer activities they feel appropriate to tackle these issues. Students from the KCC class will primarily serve as facilitators for the youth volunteer groups. They will meet on a weekly basis to discuss volunteerism and their volunteer activity choices and then guide the students through the process of discovering community needs and issues, investigating volunteer opportunities, choosing volunteer activities, and carrying out the actual volunteering. Participants in Service 200 will need to be available to dedicate at least two hours per week for meetings with their student groups and may also need to be available for the chosen time of volunteer action. Any questions about the program should be addressed to KCC instructor Glenda Morling at 29-965-3931, extension 2264, or by email at morlingg@kellogg.edu 06654605 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Carlton Time To Move On The Central Dispatch Board made a tough decision last Tuesday. They agreed to a negotiated early retirement of director Charlie Nystrom. According to statements made by a board member, the combination of paid leave and reimbursement of legal fees to Mr. Nystrom total around $65,000.00. Although many are not happy with what they say is a “golden parachute” for the former 9-1-1 director, I think that continuing to ruminate over this issue is counterproductive...it’s time to let it go and move on. We now have an opportunity to let new leadership consider improvements and move the ball forward. In addition to the leadership change, progress is being made to open the service plan that structures the organization of the Central Dispatch Board. During their June meeting, the county township association voted to encourage opening the Central Dispatch Service plan. Townships comprise 16 of the 22 entities that organized to form the Central Dispatch Board. It will take two thirds, or 15 of the 22 entities to open it. Central Dispatch is facing a window of opportunity...let some fresh air in. Tell me what you think? PO Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcalton181@hotmail.com Blog me at www.barryhomecompanion.blogspot.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Carlton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Carlton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. �Page 6 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Bert Marshall Mesecar Jr. Pearl M. Johnston William D. Valiquette 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS - Bert Marshall Mesecar Jr., age 74, of Hastings, died Friday June 22, 2007 at his residence. He was born July 13,1932 in Ionia County, Michigan the son of Bert Marshall Sr. and Mildred J. (Hess) Mesecar. Bert attended Freeport school. He enjoyed fishing and hunting. He worked for Eatons in Battle Creek and retired after 27 years. Burt served in the United States Army from 1962 until 1964. He was preceded in death by his brothers and sisters, Sheldon Mesecar, Margaret Dye, Estella Kauffman, Merton Mesecar, Elwood Mesecar, and Bruce Mesecar. Burt is survived by his son’s, Tim (Petra) Mesecar of Germany, Philip (Emily) Mesecar of Indiana, Richard (Amy) Mesecar of Burlington, Mike (Toni) Mesecar of Battle Creek, Steve (Janet) Mesecar of Bellevue; 14 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren; brother, Leon (Leta) Mesecar of Hastings; sisters, Leona (Don) Thompson of Hastings, Martha (Burdette) Timm of Hastings, Madeline (Ed) Pierce of Fenton, and Wilma (Jim) Sheehan of Alto. Graveside services will be held Friday, June 29, 2007 at 10:00 am at the Freeport Cemetery,with Pastor Brian Auten officiating. A luncheon will be served at Calvary Grace Brethren Church in Alto. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Donald D. Taylor HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Today 6:30 p.m. Softball Cheney Field. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77513716 On June 20, 2007, Pearl M. Johnston, aged 89, formerly of Woodland, left her mortal body behind and joined her Lord and Savior in the realm of heaven. Pearl was born in Rosebush, on December 26, 1917 to Charles and Lettie (Connor) Prout. She graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School, and in 1949, married Everett Johnston. They settled in Woodland in 1951 where they raised their family of four children; Pearl remained in the Woodland and Lake Odessa area the rest of her life. She was a loving mother and grandmother, devoted homemaker, and a faithful member of the Woodland United Methodist Church, where she dedicated much of her life in supporting and leading its women’s and congregational care ministries. Pearl found joy in music, keeping in touch with loved ones, cooking, and delighted in entertaining friends and family, especially around the dinner table. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Lloyd; and in 1988, her husband, Everett. Surviving are her brother, Harold Prout; sister, Dorothy Shinabargar; children, Dale (MaryJo) Johnston, Ruth Ann (Lee) Stuart, Ron (Barb) Johnston, and Allen (Mary) Johnston; grandchildren, Traci (Dwayne) Crocker, Nathan (Jessica) Stuart, Michael (Kari) Stuart, Becky (Jeff) Eckert, Sarah Johnston, David Stuart, Abi Johnston, Elizabeth (Joshua) Dissmore, Andrew Johnston, and Annie Johnston; and great grandchildren, Hailey and Logan Crocker. The funeral service was held on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with Pastor Mary SchippersDeMunter and Pastor Carl Litchfield officiating. Interment followed in Woodland Memorial Park. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the Woodland United Methodist Church, or the Military Ministry of Campus Crusade. Bonnie Sue May Bryant HASTINGS - Donald D. Taylor, age 66 of Hastings, died Thursday June 21, 2007 at his residence. He was born October 12, 1940 in Trufant, Michigan, the son of Oral C. and Grace W. (Bolinger) Taylor. Don attended school in Indiana and Barry County. He worked at Hastings Aluminum Products for 22 years. Don enjoyed fishing, hunting, tinkering with anything mechanical, and riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He was a member of the Hastings Moose Lodge. Don was preceded in death by his wife Betty Joan (Burns) Taylor on July 17, 2004 and his parents. He is survived by his son, Duane Taylor and fiancee, Candi Sarver, of Hastings; step daughters, Karey Becker of Hastings, Darla Navarro of Hull, Ill.; stepson Jeff Smith of Hastings; one granddaughter and three grandsons; adopted daughter, Karnell (Audi) Hicks; one brother, Alfred (Nancy) Taylor of Hastings; one sister, Dorothy (Lewis) Price of Waynesboro,Va. Memorial services were held on Tuesday June 26, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings with Rev. Walter W. Winebrenner officiating. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON - Bonnie Sue May Bryant, of Lynnwood, Washington, daughter of Ernest and Alberta May of Nashville, age 46, went to be with the Lord on June 18, 2007. She was born on May 25, 1961 in Lansing and graduated from Maple Valley Schools. She was preceded in death by her mother, Alberta May and a sister, Daisy Joann May. She is survived by her husband, Mark Bryant; daughter, Marie and husband, Ryan Osborn; daughter, Carolyn Bryant; son, Michael Bryant; her father, Ernest May Sr.; six brothers, Ernest May Jr., John May, Richard May, Roger May, Ed May, and Paul May; her two sisters, Julie Wells and Tina Croff, as well as many nieces and nephews. Memorial services for Bonnie will be held at the Nashville Baptist Church in Nashville on Sunday, July 1, 2007 from 3 to 6 p.m. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Nashville Baptist Church in memory of Bonnie Bryant. DOWLING - William D. “Bill” Valiquette, age 66 of Dowling, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at Select Specialty Hospital. He was born April 8, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio the son of Charles and Helen (Krumholtz) Valiquette. He worked at Hobart Manufacturing in Dayton and graduated from Wright State University in 1969. Bill taught in the Livonia School District for eight years, and then went to work at the Federal Center for 25 years where he retired from in 2002. He enjoyed gardening, model railroading, owning Texas Longhorn’s and his grandchildren who called him “Papa”. On April 14, 1962 in Dayton, he married Eleanor Loyce (Herman), who survives. Also surviving is his daughter, Lisa Valiquette of Dowling; son, Eric (Brenda) Valiquette of Nashville; four grandchildren, Cody Valiquette, Cassie Watson, Logan and Megan Valiquette; two step-grandchildren, Ryan and Tiffany Watson; sister, Edna Brady of Bloomington, MN; two brothers, Kenneth (Carol) Valiquette of Lakeland, FL and James Valiquette of Phoenix, AZ; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two grandchildren, Zachary Valiquette and Elizabeth Watson. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Richard A. Henry Funeral Home with Rev. Steven Olmstead of Pleasantview Family Church officiating. Interment followed at Banfield Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association or American Heart Association. VeraMae Dykstra GUN LAKE - VeraMae Dykstra, age 93, died at Life Care Center of Plainwell on June 25, 2007. She was born on August 17, 1913, in Aurora, Illinois, to Jack and Dorothy (Scherable) Strehle. VeraMae graduated from Godwin Heights High School in 1933 before marrying Russell Dykstra on November 24, 1934. Together they owned and ran the Twin Shores Resort at Gun Lake. Learn more about VeraMae, view her Life Story Film, and visit with her family on Thursday from 5-8 p.m. and Friday 10-11 a.m. at the Life Story Funeral Home, RDMG, Plainwell, 120 S. Woodhams, where her service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. Her family includes her children, Sandy and Hank Veverica of Cobb Lake, Russ Dykstra Jr. of Gun Lake and Carol and Alex Liceaga of Gun Lake; eight grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; 11 step-great grandchildren; and one great great grandson; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband Russell; her brother Ralph Strehle; her sister Emmaline Alger; and her parents and her parents-in-law. Please visit VeraMae’s memory page at www.lifestorynet.com, where you can read her life story, archive a favorite memory or photo, sign her guest book or make a memorial donation to the Tyler and Debi Damron Donation Fund, payable to Huntington Bank, 6065 Lake Michigan Drive, Allendale, MI 49401. Holly Court A memorial service celebrating the life of Holly Court will be held July 1 at 2 p.m. at the 1st Presbyterian Church in Hastings. A reception for family and friends will follow in the church’s Leason Sharpe Hall. Rent, Taxes & High Mortgage Payments Getting You Down? Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Why not consider the benefits of owning a manufactured home. Thornapple Lake Estates offers a new inventory of homes to choose from, both Double Wide and Single Wide Homes. • Less expensive than traditional mortgages • Less expensive than renting • Comparably low Lot Rent to include water, sewer & waste disposal • Free Lot Rent and/or other “Move In” incentives when purchasing a home from Thornapple Lake Estates • Financing available to Qualified Buyers • Low Down Payment Requirements 02674177 Phone Us Today at: 517-852-1514 Or Stop By �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 7 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. The Early “Plain” People of Barry County Why Should You Invest? Here are Five Good Reasons The Dunkers and Quakers We love lists. We want to know the 10 best pizza places in town and the 10 worst dressed celebrities at the Oscars. We long to find the top 10 movies of the year and the 10 most popular songs of the century. We want to know about the richest people in the country and the cheapest brunches in our city. In short, the list of lists could go on for a long time, but there's always room for one more so let's look at the Top Five Reasons to Invest. Here they are, in no particular order of importance: 1. Investing can help you enjoy a comfortable retirement. Most people need at least 80 percent of their pre-retirement income to maintain a similar lifestyle during retirement. You'll get some of your retirement income from Social Security, but it almost certainly won't be enough. To help meet your retirement income needs, you'll need to invest regularly, both through your employer-sponsored plan, such as a 401(k), and through an IRA and other individual investments. 2. Investing can keep you ahead of inflation. Over time, even a low rate of inflation can severely erode your purchasing power. For example, suppose you currently earn $50,000 per year, and you assume a 4.0 percent inflation rate for the next 30 years. At that point, you would need to earn the equivalent of more than $162,000 per year just to keep the standard of living you have today. If you want to stay ahead of inflation, you will unquestionably need to invest. And you'll need to keep in mind that, when it comes to battling inflation, not all investments are created equal. Fixed-income vehicles, such as BOATERS, continued from page 5 “Over 183 invasive species and the diseases they carry now threaten the Great Lakes‚ natural ecosystem,” said Office of the Great Lakes Director Ken DeBeaussaert. “Michigan boasts some of the most pristine lakes and streams anywhere in the world, and they need our help to ensure they stay healthy.” VHS causes internal hemorrhaging and organ failure in fish, and while it does not pose any threat to human health even if infected fish are eaten, the full biological impact might not be clear for years. VHS has been found in twenty species to date including muskellunge, smallmouth bass, northern pike, yellow perch, lake whitefish, walleyes and Chinook salmon. Infected fish have been found in lakes Huron, Michigan, Erie, and St. Clair and one inland lake in Clare County. 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A complete copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Monday through Friday, 8am until 5pm. Thomas E. Emery, City Clerk STOCKS Kathryn M. Russell Mark D. Christensen, AAMS CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 417 sooner you start, the better. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC 02674061 WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? (800) Aquatic Invasive Species not only affect the use of Michigan waters but have negative effects on sport and commercial fishing, industry, municipalities and native fish and wildlife. For more information on VHS and how to prevent its spread to inland waters or for information on new fishing regulations, visit www.michigan.gov/dnrfishing 401(k) rollovers made easy The 1 Certificates of Deposit (CDs) and bonds may be excellent choices for providing you with stability of principal and current income, but, over time, only stocks have significantly outperformed inflation. Consequently, you will need at least some stock holdings in your portfolio if you want to protect your longterm purchasing power. 3. Investing can help you prepare for emergencies. If need a new car, or you face an unexpected - and large - medical bill, where will you get the money? By setting up an emergency fund of six to 12 months' worth of living expenses, and investing the money in a liquid vehicle with strong protection of principal, you can help prepare yourself for life's bumps in the road. 4. Investing can help you realize your dreams. 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An old abandoned cemetery can be found there. In the early days near the cemetery was a Quaker meeting house [church], which no longer exists. The first Quakers in North America came from England with William Penn and established a settlement in the Philadelphia area in the late 1600s. They left England seeking religious freedom. From Pennsylvania the sect fanned out into most of the eastern seaboard colonies. The first Quaker family to settle in Maple Grove was Eli Lapham and his wife and seven children. Eli, his son, Leander, and his daughter, Sophronia, arrived in Maple Grove before his wife and five other children. Pioneer families often relocated in stages; the father along with the older children went ahead of the mother and smaller children to clear a patch of land and erect a log house. Eli chose a site just south of the present Quaker cemetery in 1837. After the Laphams constructed their log house “Brother” Lapham began holding meetings or “gatherings” for worship. The Maple Grove Quaker meetings for worship were “programmed.” Through the years, after a number of schisms, two separate forms of worship evolved in the Religious Society of Friends [Quakers] that exist until this day. One group uses a programmed form of worship, wherein a minister conducts the service is similar to traditional Protestant church services as we know them. The second group feels that an “unprogrammed” meeting for worship where those gathered sit in silence, awaiting the “Holy Spirit” is more meaning for them. Historically speaking, “unprogrammed” meeting for worship is the earlier form. In pursuing the records of the Maple Grove Quaker cemetery it appears that one of the very earliest burials was that of Harriet Smith, who died Feb. 6, 1840. Another interesting burial is that of Sgt. John Quick, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. Sergeant Quick joined Capt. Mackay’s 1st Regiment Suffolk Company when he was but 16 years old. He was with Gen. George Washington at Valley Forge, and crossed the Delaware River with him on Christmas Eve 1776. He was injured by a musket ball to his leg at the Battle of Trenton, and fought in the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey. Quick and his wife had eight children. His son, Abram, was one of the Quakers who settled in Maple Grove Township. When John Quick was 80 years old, he moved from Pennsylvania to live with Abram in Maple Grove and lived to be 90 years old. He died on May 9, 1852. John Quick is one of seven Revolutionary soldiers buried in Barry County cemeteries. Sometimes after the Revolutionary War and before arriving in Maple Grove, he became a Quaker and ultimately one of its ministers. The last person buried in the historic Maple Grove Quaker cemetery was Frank Downs who died in 1938 requesting that he be buried with his ancestors. 77513660 By Esther Walton On the south side of Coats Grove Road between Woodland Road and Moore Road there used to be a one-acre cemetery known as “The Old Dunkers Cemetery.” This cemetery with its relatively small number of graves was abandoned in the 1930s and its approximately 30 graves were removed to the Woodland Memorial Cemetery. The earliest burial on the original site was that of William G Misener, who died October 20, 1875. The latest burial was that of Sarah B. Smith, who died June 28, 1936. Across Coats Grove Road, on the north side sits The Southern Woodland Church of the Brethren that at one time belonged to the people known as the Dunkers. The old brick church still survives, but has been converted to a private residence. The Dunkers, as they were known, were members of the German Baptist Church and came to Woodland in the 1860s, during the Civil War era. There was a doctrinal split in the church in 1881. Some members remained with the “old order,”while others became more progressive. (ed. the above information was found in, “The History of Woodland, Michigan 1837-1987”.) The appellation “Dunkers” is derived from the German word ‘tunken’ which means to dip, to immense or to baptize. The term Dunker is a reference to one of their important practices-baptism. They always performed this important ritual in a river. The German Baptist Church, or the Dunkers, came from Schwartzenau Germany. The original group formed in 1708 under the leadership of Alexander Mack Sr. During the years 1719 to 1733, the Dunkers migrated to the United States, settling in the Germantown area of Pennsylvania. Eventually some of this group came to Ohio and Michigan. Several families of these families in Castleton and Woodland townships in 1873. Members of the community frequently observed “plain” people shopping in Nashville, Woodland and Hastings. The men of the old Order of Dunkers wore full beards without mustaches and part of their hair down the middle or combed it straight back. They wore white shirts, vests, black pants, but no neck ties. The women wore homemade solid colored or simple print dresses of a special cut and prayer veiling (caps made of organdy lace). The dress length was below the knees, usually to calf-level. At the time a young member of a Dunker family decided that he/she wanted to be baptized and become a Christian, the “plain dress” style worn by Old Order Dunkers became their everyday dress. The decision to become a Christian was ordinarily made during adolescence and up until after person married. Dunkers did not practice infant baptism. The German Baptists [Dunkers] believe in non-violence and are one of the historic peace churches. They do not believe in killing, even in self-defense. However, they have willingly serve in the armed forces, as medics, chaplains or in other noncombatant roles during times of war. They believe in “turning the other cheek.” Most Dunkers graduate from high school, at which time they may enter a college or university of higher education. They also believe in being happy with what material things they have and strive to avoid avarice and envy of what others have. They do not argue about theological questions, but instead stress living a practical Christian life. They do not make social or class distinctions and treat others equally. They do not take oaths or engage in lawsuits. They practice “going the second mile” and helping people above and beyond what might ordinarily be expected. They are model citizens and make wonderful neighbors. The Religious Society of Friends [Quakers] A second “plain people” community was centered in Maple Grove Township on Guy Road. This “plain people” settlement was established by Quakers who migrated there �Page 8 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Boorish bullies The Lake Odessa Fair continues. Today's events include the mud bog at 6 p.m. and a rabbit show at the same time elsewhere on the grounds. Tomorrow will bring a continuation of a volleyball tournament, youth horse show in the morning, afternoon bobbin’ lace demonstration at 3 p.m., firemen's pork sandwiches at 5:30, talent show at 7 and truck pulls in front of the grandstand. Saturday will bring more volleyball, a draft horse show at 10 a.m., harness racing at 1 p.m. and children's games. The climax comes with the demolition derby at 7:30 and fireworks at dark. There is also harness racing on Friday afternoon. The depot complex is open this weekend for two days. First, the buildings will be open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. with school exhibits galore. The space in the freight house is lined with graduation photos from the 1890s onward, along with invitations and other school memorabilia. The large room also has vestiges of former exhibits — the military exhibit from the end of May and historic items from Lake Odessa. The rooms also are open Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. At the same time, there is an ice cream social at the freight house. Central United Methodist Church will be host for a welcome reception at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 1, for the Rev. Eric Beck, wife Heather and two sons who are coming from Kalamazoo to serve the local church. They have been at Kalamazoo Westwood UMC for 12 years. Sometime this week a van will bring the family goods to the Sixth Avenue parsonage. However mother and son Tyler will spend much of their time in a rented apartment in Kalamazoo so the son can continue the high school program he has begun and the older son will be a freshman student at Michigan State University. Eric is a Lansing native and Heather is native to Eaton Rapids. On Sunday past, the Rev. Donald Ferris had his last service at Central UMC. He and wife Jill were honored at a farewell reception hosted by the Staff-Parish Committee following the service. They were presented with a set of wind chimes. The moving van last week moved the remainder of their goods to the parsonage of Battle creek First UMC. Most of their goods were moved in December to the family’s newly purchased home in Kalamazoo. Jill has an office there for her position with the State of Michigan. Visitors at Central UMC last Sunday included a vacationing couple, William Tietz IV and wife Katherine of South Carolina. He had never lived here, but three generations of his family were here since the early days of the village when Superintendent Dann and wife Alberta, a teacher, arrived to serve the Lake Odessa public schools. They remained after leaving the school when they purchased the Lake Odessa Wave and that remained the family's chief occupation for decades later. Following the death of Mr. Dann, the paper was managed by his widow and son Stanley. Meantime, the daughter, Frances Dann, married William Tietz and raised their family here. Their son William III graduated in 1941 after which he entered the military service, met and married a local girl in South Carolina. They had son William IV. The father died of a massive coronary attack 18 years later and four months after that the sec- Janet and Ross Thomas await guests at the Lake Odessa Frieght House, where the parade grand marshals’ reception was held Sunday evening. ond child, a daughter was born. The last time the Tietz couple came to Lake Odessa was 35 years ago for the funeral of the grandmother, Frances Dann Tietz. This time, driving their own car, they could be a bit flexible and decided to make a visit to his father's hometown. At the church, they met several people whose parents had been contemporaries of the father and several Goodemoots whose greatgrandfather, Russell Goodemoot, had married the widow Dann. Following this, they made a cemetery visit to leave flowers, a visit to the depot complex where they saw several historical items in the school room, which the father would have seen every day in his school years, met more local people with names familiar to the gentleman, purchased a Lake Odessa history and alumni book, and commented that for being strangers in a small town, they had received a royal welcome. Their next stop was at Toledo on their way home. He reported that his aunt June Hinman is a resident of an assisted living home in Evansville, Ind. Last Sunday’s reception in honor of Grand Marshals Ross and Janet Thomas was attended by scores of people. The lobby was filled with tables of pictures and scrapbooks for the enjoyment of visitors. The Thomas couple received their guests there beside the guest book attended by Manuel Rodriguez from the host Lions club. Mike and Judy Rodriguez and Dawn and Kim Deardorff were in charge of serving refreshments. Guests enjoyed the sneak preview of the alumni exhibits around the room. At the conclusion of the open house, the Thomas family with three generations gathered on the deck of the depot for a family picture. Nobody counted, but there was a great number present with their several children, an equal number of in-laws and countless grandchildren. After a night's rest, they would have to be up and about to organize the annual Lake Odessa Fair parade, with help from their adult children so Ross and Janet could ride in the parade for the first time. Art In The Park is coming next Saturday, July 7, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Doubtless there will be a full day of entertainment on the hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci bandstand stage. People are invited to sit at the picnic tables or bring their own lawn chairs. There is food available from several eat stands. On Saturday Ron and Eva Atwell of rural Clarksville observed their 25th anniversary by re-enacting their marriage vows at Central UMC with the Rev. Don Ferris officiating. He adapted the ceremony to fit the 25-year mark. The "bride" was escorted to the altar by friend" Theodore Armstrong. John and Andrea Gentner were master and mistress of ceremonies. John and Warren Courtney were ushers. Barbara DeLaney was the matron of honor. Eva's sister was another attendant. Ron was supported by friends of the groom. The guests were hosted at a reception in Fellowship Hall later. Many of the guests were co-workers of Eva at a medical billing place in Grand Rapids. Ron is director of Haven of Hope at Battle Creek. A good crowd attended the auction of household goods of Susie Cooley, which had a noon auction of the real estate, the house and carriage house on First Street which had been built for an early doctor in the village. There were several historic items from the estate of the Cooley couple, parents of the Susie's late husband, Edward Cooley. Edward Lane, 104, of Jordan Lake Highway is now a resident of Thornapple Manor following a stroke. The Conway reunion had its 50th reunion recently with 63 attending. Sadly missed was Reine Conway Peacock, who died two years ago. Family members attending came from Grand Rapids, Conklin, Kentwood, Portland, Ionia, Alto, Clarksville, Westphalia, Grand Ledge, Lansing, Charlotte, Otsego, Allegan, Highland, Dearborn, Flint, DeWitt, Lake Odessa, and from Wisconsin, Elkhorn, Hartford and Racine. The children enjoyed swimming while grownups enjoyed catching up on the news. Jack and Patsy Lenz of Hastings enjoy the scrapbooks at the open house Sunday evening for her sister and husband, parade grand marshals. Dear Annie: My 8-year-old son was recently being bullied by a neighbor's daughter. We were good friends with these neighbors, so we talked to them. They were in denial about the bullying and refused to discuss it. Eventually, it became so bad that it affected my son's schoolwork and I had to turn to the school authorities for help. That's when the trouble increased tenfold. Now my son is constantly harassed by this girl and her three siblings. They yell, sometimes profanity, and make noises at him and at me. I can't walk my toddler down the street without them being nasty to me, often blocking my path or nearly running into us. I tried to talk to the father, but he said, "We're done with you," and walked away. We cannot look out the window without being mooned or gestured at. The mother just laughs. We have discussed moving, but it's expensive and may not be an option. Now that summer is here, things are only getting worse. What can I do to protect my children and be able to enjoy the outdoors again? -- Bullied in the 'Burbs Dear Bullied: We are horrified that parents would encourage their children to behave so abysmally, especially toward neighbors and presumed friends. Apparently, immature behavior runs in the family. Don't let them run you out of town. If they are physically harassing you, notify the police. You may need to take out a restraining order. Do not become personally confrontational or angry. Ignore them as best you can, but stand firm and teach your children to do the same. Junk junk e-mails Dear Annie: I have an aunt who often forwards e-mail jokes and other garbage. Usually, I delete them, but "Aunt Sue" is a major link in keeping our family together, so I occasionally open her e-mails because they seem important to her. Among the poems and dumb photographs are sometimes extremely offensive commentaries. After the Virginia Tech murders, she sent me a sarcastic photograph against gun control. I e-mailed back, "You really shouldn't send me political topics unless you want a healthy discussion on it. Here is my opinion on gun control." And I sent her a link to one of my favorite sites. Well, I got back three rapid-fire e-mails about the need to "respect your elders" and some caustic comments that I made her angry. My husband says to ignore her tirade and stop opening her forwarded messages. My sensible side says to apologize in order to keep the family running smoothly, but my emotional side wants to discuss how gun ownership isn't a joke to me and she shouldn't send things if she can't handle my feelings on the subject. What do you think? -- Amanda in Indiana Dear Amanda: There's no point arguing gun control with Aunt Sue. She has no interest in your opinion. If you think it is necessary to apologize, say you are sorry for losing your temper, which is true and will smooth her ruffled feathers. Beyond that, we're with your husband. Stop opening her forwarded messages. Mentally ill mom Dear Annie: Lately, my mother has been all over the place, mood-wise. For starters, she has accused me of stealing from her and hitting her (neither is true). When a family member became seriously ill, Mom accused her of faking it. One of my in-laws was diagnosed with cancer, and Mom rolled her eyes and said, "Big deal." Mom has pretty much cut off all contact with the family. She hasn't talked to any of her relatives for years, yet all she does is complain about how they cheated her and used her. My dad has been dead for two decades, and my mother grows angry with anyone who has anything nice to say about him. I have good memories of Dad and don't appreciate hearing her insults about him and his side of the family. Mom had a feud with a former neighbor and would call the police and drug hotlines constantly, trying to get the woman arrested. I don't know if this woman sold any drugs, but my mother called the police so often, the officers contacted her doctor, and her doctor contacted me. I told the doctor of my concerns, but he offered no advice. Meanwhile, my mother just gets angrier and more paranoid. She remembers conversations we never had, yet insists her memory is perfect and that I'm forgetting on purpose. If I could forget anything, I'd like it to be her behavior and how horrible she makes me feel. I have a sense of obligation to watch out for her, but if she weren't my mother, I'd probably walk away. I see a therapist to vent my frustrations, and it helps, but my relationship with Mom is not improving. Is there anything I can do? -- Sad Daughter Dear Sad: Call Mom's doctor again and suggest that she be evaluated for dementia, and, if that is ruled out, ask the doctor if he would refer Mom to a therapist who can prescribe medication, because she seems mentally ill. You also can contact the Alzheimer's Association (alz.org) at 1-800-272-3900 and ask for assistance. Wallflower widow? Dear Annie: I am a 65-year-old widow who would like to find another husband someday. I am active, attractive and own two small businesses. I'm even a pretty good singer. I joined a seniors' dating site, and in one month received 335 messages from men my age and younger. The problem is, the ones I reply to don't answer me. The few who do respond become invisible after a short time. One man was so pleased with my answers to his questions, he wrote, "Thank you for being you!" He called me twice and then disappeared. I know if they met me, they'd like me, but I can't get them to meet me. Do men think 65 is old even when they are older than that? -Angie Dear Angie: Unfortunately, many of them do, but not all. It might work better for you to meet men in person. You sing? Join a choir or a musical theater group. Take dance lessons, work for a political candidate or travel. Get out there and let your friends know you are interested. Catering to a need Dear Annie: I read your answer to "Wondering in the Northeast," who has gastric reflux and can't eat anything on the menu. I'm a banquet manager, and we handle many special dietary requests. Having advance notice is always great, and our chef can usually accommodate any request. "Wondering" should ask the bride to put her in touch with the caterer, then let the caterer know what her food requirements are. I would rather serve special meals than have guests bring their own food. Also, to all vegetarians eating in a banquet situation, let your host know in advance of your dietary requirements. Our job is to make all guests happy. -- Here to Serve in South Dakota Dear S.D.: Our thanks to you and all the caterers who wrote. Daughters diss dad Dear Annie: I think you were way off base with your answer to "Hurt Father in Indiana." The man worked long hours to provide for his spoiled, unappreciative daughters well past adulthood. You think it's OK for them to treat Mom to dinner to celebrate her retirement, yet expect Dad to pay for his own meal if he comes along. I am 39 and every bit as close to my mom as I am to my dad. If I take Mom out to celebrate anything short of Mother's Day, I invite my father and pick up the tab. My parents are a team. The next time those two ingrate daughters come over with their hands out, "Hurt Dad" should tell them until their attitude changes, the wallet stays closed. -- Loving and Grateful Daughter Dear Loving: Many readers agree with you, but we suspect there may be more going on between Dad and his daughters, so we hope he will talk to them about it. K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Personal & Economical Business Accounting, Planning and Consulting Services NEW Clients Welcome 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 066544454 01546755 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nole Demond, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2004, and recorded on December 8, 2004 in instrument 1138323, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine Hundred And 74/100 Dollars ($91,900.74), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 3 rods of Lot 7 of Block 10 of H.J. Kenfield Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #110926F02 77513347 Synopsis Hope Township Board Meeting June 11, 2007 All board members present and 3 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Emergency/disaster use by Camp Michawana Codification of Township Minutes expense Newsletter printing/folding expense Turning delinquent tax issue over to Credit Bureau. Sewer Authority Expenses on Sewer Expansion. Ordinances #66, 67, 68 Resolutions 2007-8,9,10 Painting of well posts Coffee Talk request by COA Allowing of purchase of additional cemetery lots. Expenses to Zoning meetings. Denial of landscaping at Cemeteries. Adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77513587 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Mutschler, A Single Man, Fee Simple, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 20, 2003, and recorded on December 3, 2003 in instrument 1118612, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 73/100 Dollars ($64,266.73), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 83 and the West 1/2 of Lots 81 and 82 of the plat of Orangeville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 14 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #120060F02 77513404 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24790-DE Estate of David Allen Menck. Date of birth: September 20, 1947. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, David Allen Menck, who lived at 3985 South Shore Drive, Delton, Michigan died October 8, 2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Carol Lynn Menck, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. June 21, 2007 Willis and Willis PLC Michael J. Willis P62567 491 West South Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 492-1040 Carol Lynn Menck 3985 South Shore Drive Delton, MI 49046 77513668 (269) 623-8917 Live THE M u s i c ON PATIO! Wednesdays 6-10pm Saturdays 7-11pm Sunday Features 11-8 Breakfast Taco • County Seat Signature Omelet Our Favorite French Toast • Classic Eggs Benedict & Char Grilled Prime Rib Sandwich Sundays - Bike Night 3 to 8pm Beer & Margarita Specials 77513644 OPEN 7 DAYS! Family owned since 1983 Corner of South Jefferson & Court St, Hastings 269-948-4042 www.countyseatrestaurant.com City of Hastings Position Available: Superintendent of Streets and Construction The City of Hastings Department of Public Services is accepting applications for one (1) full-time position. Screening of applications will begin Monday, July 16, 2007. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Duties for the Superintendent of Streets and Construction in the Public Services Department include supervisory tasks and assistance in the construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the City of Hastings’ public works facilities. Five (5) years minimum experience in a wide range of projects pertaining to water, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer infrastructure, road construction, and other construction and maintenance work is necessary. A high school diploma or GED and a Commercial Drivers License valid in the State of Michigan with a “B” endorsement and air brakes are required. A Michigan Department of Environmental Quality certification S-2 license in water distribution is required (or ability to attain such license within one (1) year from date of hire). Minimum beginning salary is $41,250 per year, Actual starting salary will depend on the qualifications of the selected applicant. Application and full job description is available upon request at City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Questions regarding this position should be directed to Jeff Mansfield, City Manager/Acting Director of Public Services, at 269-945-2468 Thomas Emery, City Clerk/Treasurer 77513527 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda Trumble, a married woman f/k/a Brenda Hofacker and Russell L. Trumble, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated June 24, 2002, and recorded on July 1, 2002 in instrument 1083105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 03/100 Dollars ($55,572.03), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 50 of Country Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 64, Calhoun County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #139274F03 77513445 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING JUNE 13, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne and Greenfield Absent: Carr Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the May 30, 2007 Special Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for May accepted. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for May accepted by voice vote. Adopted Ordinance #2007-124, Mixed Use District Text Amendment by roll call vote. Adopted Resolution #2007-73, Master Plan Amendment by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 8:13 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77513674 www.rutlandtownship.org SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP SPECIAL BOARD MEETING MAY 30, 2007 – 7:30 P.M. Special meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Flint, Lyons, Rogers, Hawthorne, Greenfield & Carr. Approved agenda as corrected by roll call vote. Minutes of the May 9, 2007 Regular Board Meeting approved. Accepted the resignation of Keith Ferris from the Planning Commission effective June 30th, 2007 by roll call vote. Appointed Gary Rogers to the Planning Commission by roll call vote. Tabled the "awarding of the demolition contract" until further information is received. Accepted Ordinance #2007-124 for first reading by roll call vote. Motion to adjourn special meeting at 8:07 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by: Jim L. Carr, Supervisor 77513676 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven A. Parshall and Karen A. Parshall, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 4, 2004 and recorded June 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1129728, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three and 25/100 Dollars ($225,793.26) including interest at 7.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the North 220 feet of the Northwest one quarter of Section 33, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, lying West of the Centerline of Jenkins Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.5293 77513361 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held June 26, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 2007 Medicaid Update 77513727 Furnished by ROBERT LONGSTREET of Gee and Longstreet, L.L.C. Robert Longstreet is a partner with the law firm Gee & Longstreet, LLP, Hastings, where he practices in the areas of estate planning, long term care planning, elder law, nursing home rights, business transactions, real estate and general civil/criminal law. Often, clients come to see elder law attorneys because an elder needs help taking care of him or herself. The family wants to know what their options are for caring for this elder. They are concerned about the legal and financial implications of the elder’s long term care needs. Gee & Longstreet believes that to be an effective elder law attorney, you must be able to understand the system of housing options available to elders who have limitations caring for themselves, including the costs of such situations, and the availability of assistance with those costs through government programs. NEW NUMBERS FOR MEDICAID APPROVAL • As usual, the “countable” asset, or resource, limit for an individual remains $2,000. • The monthly “personal needs” allowance for the nursing home resident remains $60.00 per month. • The new maximum for the Community Spouse Resource Allowance is $101,640. This is the greatest amount of a married couple’s “countable assets” that can be set aside for the community spouse while the couple spend down their assets so as to qualify the nursing home spouse for Medicaid benefits. • The average cost of a nursing home in Michigan is $5,938 per month. As such, the “penalty” or divestment divisor will also be $5,938. That means that if a gift of money is made by the Medicaid applicant within the “lookback period” (see discussion, below) the amount of the gift will be divided by $5,938 to determine how long the Medicaid applicant will be penalized (i.e. prevented from receiving Medicaid benefits and forced to pay for the nursing home out of pocket). MAJOR MEDICAID RULE CHANGE As of July 1, 2007, gifts from a Medicaid applicant will be analyzed using the “new rules” of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (“DRA”). Under the DRA, the Medicaid “lookback” period (the period during which asset transfers must be reported) will be extended from three to five years prior to the date of the application. For instance, if a senior citizen gives away assets (pays for a grandchild’s car or tuition) or even adds the names of children to their investment accounts or real estate—and then, within five years, enters and nursing home and applies for Medicaid—they will face disqualification from Medicaid benefits. As such, extreme caution and forethought should be given to the type of estate gifting / planning individuals undertake. In light of changes in Michigan law, the “Long Term Care Planning” counseling services that Gee & Longstreet, LLP offer appear more important than ever. In our experience, a well-informed client can avoid many of the pitfalls that face seniors today. Gee & Longstreet, LLP has specialized in Medicaid an nursing home issues for over 12 years. Contact our office to see what options are available if you or a loved one is facing a nursing home/long term care issue. This article and other information may be viewed at www.gee longstreet.com. Mr. Longstreet can be reached at 269-945-3495 or rlongstreet@geelongstreet law.com. TOWNSHIP OF BARRY TOWNSHIP OF HOPE TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO SEWER CONNECTION, USE AND RATE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARRY, HOPE, JOHNSTOWN AND PRAIRIEVILLE At regular meetings of the Township Boards of the Township of Barry, held on June 5, 2007; the Township of Hope, held on June 11, 2007; the Township of Johnstown, held on June 13, 2007; and the Township of Prairieville, held on June 13, 2007, the Township Board of each Township adopted an amendment to the respective township’s Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Amendment”). A summary of the Amendment is reproduced in this newspaper below. The Amendment adopted by each Township is substantially identical with the material differences noted in this summary. A true and complete copy of each township’s respective Amendment can be inspected or obtained as follows: Township of Barry Township of Johnstown Ordinance No. 55 Ordinance No. 02-07 155 E. Orchard St. (Twp. Hall location) 13641 S. M-37 Hwy. (Twp. Hall location) P.O. Box 705 (mailing address) Battle Creek, MI 49017 Delton, MI 49046 1815 E. Lacey Rd. (mailing address) (269) 623-5171 Dowling, MI 49050-9732 (269) 721-9905 Township of Barry Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk Township of Johnstown June Doster, Township Clerk Township of Hope Ordinance No. 67 Township of Prairieville 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. Ordinance No. 127 Hastings, MI 49058-9237 10115 S. Norris Rd. (269) 948-2464 Delton, MI 49046-9710 (269) 623-2664 Township of Hope Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk Township of Prairieville Normajean Nichols, Township Clerk ******************** Section 1 of the Amendment amends Section 702(e) of the Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) adopted by the Townships of Barry, Hope, Johnstown and Prairieville to authorize the Southwest Barry County Sewer and Water Authority to enter into installment payment agreements with owners of premises served by the Public Sewer System for the payment of an applicable Connection Fee over a period not to exceed 10 years with accrued interest on the unpaid balance at a rate of interest determined by the Authority Commission. Section 2 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment shall be published within 30 days of publication of the Amendment or a summary thereof in the Hastings Banner. Section 3 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment takes effect thirty (30) days after publication of this summary. The publication of this summary was authorized by the Township Boards. Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk June Doster, Township Clerk Township of Johnstown Township of Barry Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk Township of Hope Normajean Nichols, Township Clerk Township of Prairieville h:\jkw\cln\swbc\summary-ordinance amendment 2007 all twps.doc 77513685 �Page 10 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald Werner and Barbara Werner, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 19, 2004, and recorded on August 25, 2004 in instrument 1133009, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Real Estate Services LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 51/100 Dollars ($89,898.51), including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Block 1 of Chamberlain's Addition to the City of Hasting, Barry County, Michigan, formerly Village of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 7. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145002F01 77513124 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd E Hebert and Bonghee Hebert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Franklin A Division of Nat. City Bank of IN, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005, and recorded on April 4, 2005 in instrument 1144317, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. As Trustee for National City Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Eight And 00/100 Dollars ($120,788.00), including interest at 6.999% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 32, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 6 of plats on Page 39, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146594F01 77513324 NOTICE POSITION OPENING 02674016 Barry County District Court Deputy District Division Clerk. Base pay: $11.34/hr. Send resume to: Kathy Holman, Administrator Barry County District Court 206 W. Court St. Hastings, MI 49058 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the following Cities and Townships who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Monday, July 9, 2007. THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Regular Election to be held on August 7, 2007. REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP CLERK 7475 Cox Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 Phone 269 758-4003 CAROL ERGANG IRVING TOWNSHIP CLERK 3241 Wood School Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 948-8893 PENELOPE YPMA BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP CLERK 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-3228 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 WILMA DANIELS CARLTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-5990 JENNIFER GOY ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 Phone 269 664-4522 LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 ROBIN HAWTHORNE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2194 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 885 River Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-9690 SUSAN VLIETSTRA THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-7202 JANICE C. LIPPERT YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP CLERK 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-9091 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 4, 2007. Please contact your Township or City Clerk for further information. For the purpose of voting on ballot propositions for the following: GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE .56 MILLAGE INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503, telephone (616) 234-3908. MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $4,435,000 Full text of the proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Maple Valley Schools, 11090 Nashville Highway, Vermontville, Michigan 49096, telephone: (517) 852-9699. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk 77513670 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by David Allen Mitchell and Debra A. Mitchell, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated September 27, 2005, and recorded on October 6, 2005, as Document Number: 1153972, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2005, without recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and 42/100 ($250,947.42) including interest at the rate of 9.800% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point 1945.56 feet West of the North and South 1/4 line and 1280.83 feet South of the North 1/8 line of said Section 15; thence North 87 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 186.50 feet; thence North 69 degrees 46 minutes East 201.80 feet; thence South 02 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds West 78 feet to the place of beginning. Also Lots 47 and 48 of Casa-Del-Mar of Acker's Point, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 64, Barry County Records. 3911 S. Shore Drive The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77512814 Our File No. 141.00417 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Residential Funding Company, LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Five and 55/100 Dollars ($201,855.55) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77513539 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Wineman and Jessica Wineman, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2006 and recorded August 29, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169244, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Nine Hundred Three and 69/100 Dollars ($80,903.69) including interest at 7.725% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 5, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lot 10 and the South onehalf of the East 1 rod of Lot 9, both in Block 14, of Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 7, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3228 77513119 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas R. Jennett, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 2, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153051, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Five Hundred Ten And 90/100 Dollars ($101,510.90), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1196 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513696 File #148907F01 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting June 12, 2007 All Board members present; Co. Comm. Gibson. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Approved higher deductibles to gain lower insurance rates. Approved per meeting payment to Joint Planning Committee. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Brown, Supervisor 77513653 City of Hastings Position Available: Secretary/Receptionist This full-time position serves the public and City staff by answering the telephone and greeting visitors to City Hall. We also type letters and other documents using Microsoft Word, assemble meeting materials, and provide general office clerical support. Good computer skills, ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, excellent interpersonal skills, high school graduate, and some prior office experience expected. This is full-time position working 8:00am to 5:00pm weekdays with a standard City benefit package including health and dental insurance and pension. Minimum starting wage is $10.99 per hour. An application for employment may be obtained at City Hall, 201 E. State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday or by phone request to Tina Maurer, Deputy Clerk, at 269-945-2468. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Thomas Emery, City Clerk/Treasurer 77513524 STATE OF MICHIGAN 56B JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-0284-GC Court Address 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1404 Plaintiff Barry’s Resort, Inc. 2875 S. Charlton Park Road Hastings, MI 49058 Plaintiff’s attorney James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9, Hastings, MI 49058-009 (269) 945-8000 v Defendant Kelly Sue Smith 221 James Street Lowell, MI 49331 TO: Kelly Sue Smith. IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to recover damages for trespass and to remove a mobile home from Plaintiff’s property. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before 07/05/2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. 4. A copy of this order shall be sent to Kelly Sue Smith at the last known address by registered mail, return receipt requested, before the date of the last publication, and the affidavit of mailing shall be filed with this court. Date: 06-01-07 Judge Gary R. Holman P15079 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Donald Gentry and Susan M. Breitner-Gentry, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for People's Choice Home Loan, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006 and recorded August 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1169064 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty Cents ($119,285.80) including interest 8.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the Southwest One-Quarter of Section 26, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; commencing at the South One-Quarter Post of Section 26; thence West 1452.3 feet; thence North 6 degrees 42 minutes East 523.8 feet; thence West 632.3 feet along the North line of the former New York Central Railroad right-of-way; thence North 13 degrees 25 minutes 42 seconds East (recorded North 10 degrees 50 minutes East) 300 feet; thence due West 12 feet to the point of beginning; thence due West to the center of Cedar Creek; thence Northerly in the center of Cedar Creek to its intersection with Lot 9 of Mcintyre Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence Easterly along the South line of Lot 9 to the Westerly line of River Lane in said Mcintyre Plat; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of River Lane 100 feet; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of River Lane 98 feet; thence South 11 degrees 11 minutes 32 seconds West 136.78 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 3200 River Lane, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 4, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee on behalf of Ace Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust and for the registered holders of ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-HE2, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71851 ASAP# 860869 06/07/2007, 06/14/2007, 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007 77513114 NOTICE TO ACCEPT BIDS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township Board is now accepting bids on the removal of trees located in the Rutland Charter Township Cemetery on M-37 Hwy. Items to be included: • Large tree presently down and one dead tree along east fence line as well as all low hanging branches. • Trees down along the south fence line as well as all low hanging branches and excess growth along fence line. • All trees to be cut up and removed with all limbs and debris cleaned up and site restored. All bidders must carry their own insurance and have all their own equipment. Bids will be accepted by mail or at the Township Hall, located at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. All bids must be submitted by July 11, 2007, at 12:00 p.m. The Rutland Charter Township Board reserves the right to reject any bids submitted that do not meet the boards approval. Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 77513581 (269) 948-2194 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six And 23/100 Dollars ($161,666.23), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148541F01 77513632 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158422, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($116,842.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 5, of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513319 File #146239F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul R. Baker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 18, 2004, and recorded on March 19, 2004 in instrument 1123925, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Six And 82/100 Dollars ($71,926.82), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 1225 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence East at right angles with said Section line 272.25 feet; thence South 480 feet; thence West 272.25 feet to said West Section line; thence North 480 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148480F01 77513638 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Teddy K. Moore, a married man and Linda L. Moore, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-One and 67/100 Dollars ($181,881.67) including interest at 7.09% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24, Parker's Lakewood Plat, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 34, Barry County Records, together with an easement for ingress and egress to and from lake over and across the South 40 feet of Lot 33, Parker's Lakewood Plat. Being the same property conveyed to Teddy K. Moore and Linda L. Moore, husband and wife by Deed Dated 2/27/95 and Recorded 4/3/95 in Deed Book 627, Page 681, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77513544 File No. 207.7953 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 4, 2004 in instrument 1131917, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Six Hundred One And 73/100 Dollars ($72,601.73), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 26, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on the East line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 861.96 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on said East 466.70 feet to the South line of Northeast 1/4 of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds West on said South line 466.70 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds East 466.70 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds East 466.70 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146347F01 77513306 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24796-DE Estate of Floyd F. Finch, Sr. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Floyd F. Finch, Sr., who lived at 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, MI 49058, died March 28, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Willard C. Finch, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: June 25, 2007 Robert J. Longstreet P53546 607 N. Broadway Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-3495 Willard C. Finch 4990 Shepper Road Stockbridge, MI 49285 77513694 (517) 851-7074 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JODI L. STILES, a single woman, to HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK, dated March 25, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry, and State of Michigan, on April 1, 2004, in Liber 1124496 of Mortgages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal interest, the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 21/100 ($110,411.21) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover in the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, east door, 220 West State Street, in the City of Hastings, and County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on August 2, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock Eastern Daylight Savings Time in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with 6% interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said section 1104.14 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 88º39’35” West 280.00 feet; thence South 00º41’49” West, parallel with the East section line, 220.00 feet; thence South 88º39’35” East 273.00 feet to the centerline of West Lake Road; thence 86.44 feet along the arc of a curve to the left whose radius measures 954.95 feet and whose chord bears North 5º20’35” East 88.41 feet; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said Section 133.79 feet to the place of beginning. Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are hereby advised that this notice is attempting to collect a debt, and that any information obtained will be used against you. If you dispute this indebtedness within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you will be provided with verification of the amount owning. Date: June 11, 2007 HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee TUCK, GARRISON & MOORE, P.L.L.C. By: Mark W. Garrison (P24068) Attorneys for Mortgagee Business address: 403 South Superior, P.O. Box 660 77513378 Albion, Michigan 49224 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randall Reigler, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2006, and recorded on January 6, 2006 in instrument 1158600, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Seven And 14/100 Dollars ($89,187.14), including interest at 8.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence along the North line of said Section 27; North 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds West 988.71 feet; thence along the West line of South Broadway Street South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 343.47 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West 136.11; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 63.99 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds East, 136.80 feet; thence along said West line South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 62.97 feet along said East line of South Braodway to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146544F01 77513314 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracy McDaniel, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006 and recorded July 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167764, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-infact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 61/100 Dollars ($88,648.61) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point in the center of the Highway, 6 Rods West of the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence North 10 Rods; thence West 6 Rods; thence South 10 Rods to the center of Highway; thence East along center of Highway 6 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 28, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3297 77513711 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Katherine G. Gingrich Unmarried Woman, and Thor J. Falstrom, An Unmarried Man to Advent Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 6, 2006 in Instrument # 1172451 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Three Cents ($141,931.03) including interest 10.26% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of Lot 14, Block 72 of the amended Plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 48, and also that part of Second Street right of way of the plat of A. D. Badcock's Addition to the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan (recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 25), described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Lot 14, which is South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 185.23 feet from the Northeast corner of said Lot 14; thence continuing South 00 degrees 18 minutes 10 seconds West 56.43 feet; thence North 83 degrees 06 minutes 21 seconds West 159.93 feet; thence North 08 degrees 51 minutes 51 seconds East 76.17 feet; thence South 75 degrees 31 minutes 40 seconds East 152.17 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 415 Sunset Ridge Dr, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 5, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-71966 77513185 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Baird, a married man aka Michael D. Baird and Rebecca Baird, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 9, 2004, and recorded on January 15, 2004 in instrument 1120818, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Ninety-One And 84/100 Dollars ($164,091.84), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, and the South 1/2 of Lot 2, and the North 1/2 of Lot 6 of the West Gun Lake Resort Plat, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #057904F03 77513626 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Clarence Klinge, Jr ,a single man, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 2nd day of July, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 23rd day of July, 2004 in Liber 1131299 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy One & 94/100 ($108,971.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: That part of the southwest 1/4 Section 14, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Southwest 1/4 which is North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 1078.00 feet from the South 1/4 corner of Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 243.65 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds West 270.00 feet along the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds East 243.61 feet; thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes 37 seconds East 270.00 feet to the place of beginning. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 ASAP# 863461 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007, 07/05/2007, 07/12/2007 77513509 In search of quality, independent representatives who excel in the sale of life and annuity products to women. We offer: 02670487 • An opportunity to engage women who are interested in connecting with other women for friendship, education and community service; • A 115 year old company that is rated A-(Excellent) by A.M. 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PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stephanie Smoczynski and Joseph Smoczynski aka Joe Smoczynski, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2005, and recorded on January 11, 2006 in instrument 1158771, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Four And 83/100 Dollars ($72,204.83), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section Five, Town One North, Range Nine West described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot fifty of J.R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 4 rods, thence South 6 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 8 rods. Thence South 60 feet, thence West 8 rods. thence North 60 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #100837F02 77513718 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly A. Harwood a/k/a Kelly Harwood and Richard D. Harwood, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 28, 2005, and recorded on March 17, 2005 in instrument 1142859, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Three Hundred Ninety And 64/100 Dollars ($94,390.64), including interest at 10.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, for place of beginning; thence East 16 rods 3 feet, thence South 20 rods, thence West 6 rods 3 feet, thence South 40 rods, thence West 10 rods 14 feet 4 inches, thence North 60 rods, thence East 14 feet 4 inches to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146847F01 77513352 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing/regular meeting concerning a proposed amendment to the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map will be held on Wednesday, July 18, 2007, commencing at 7:30p.m., at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the item to be considered includes, in brief, the following: 1. Consideration of an application to rezone approximately 8.4 acres of property within Clearview Lakes Estates off North M-37 Hwy. Property is described as: COMENCING AT THE WEST 1/4 POST SECTION 10 T3N, R9W THENCE N 86 DEG 56' 00" E 1327.69 FT, TO THE NORTH 1/8 POST, SW 1/4, SEC. 10, T3N, R9W THENCE S 47 DEG 30' 46.26" W 296.39 FT, THENCE S 25 DEG 57' 6.00" E 395.98 FT, ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF CLEARVIEW LAKES ESTATES THENCE N 64 DEG 2' 54.00" E 83.57 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17' 22.38" E 96.43 FT, ALONG THE 1/8 SECTION LINE, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE REZONED. THENCE N 86 DEG 24' 54.00" E 699.98 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 5' 54.00" E 397.02 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 50' 53.00" W 406.50 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17' 22.38" E 320.85 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 1' 9.56" W 292.23 FT, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The property is currently zoned "RE", RURAL ESTATES RESIDENTIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to "R-1", RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 2. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-013-007-00, located at 1922 West M-43 Hwy, Hastings. The property is currently zoned “RE” RURAL ESTATES RESIDENTIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to “MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 3. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-011-017-00, located at 2740 Heath Road, Hastings. The property is currently zoned “RE” RURAL ESTATES RESIDENTIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to “MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 4. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-014-019-00, located at 361 N Tanner Lake Road, Hastings. The property is currently zoned "C-1", OFFICE COMMERCIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to "MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 5. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-014-020-00, located just north of 431 N Tanner Lake Road, Hastings. The property is currently zoned "C-3", GENERAL BUSINESS. The applicant seeks rezoning to "MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 6. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-014-020-05, located at 431 N Tanner Lake Road, Hastings. The property is currently zoned "C-3", GENERAL BUSINESS. The applicant seeks rezoning to "MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 7. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-014-022-00, located at 2208 W M-43 Hwy, Hastings. The property is currently zoned "C-3", GENERAL BUSINESS. The applicant seeks rezoning to "MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 8. Consideration of an application to rezone Parcel #08-13-011-018-10, located at 50 North M-37 Hwy, Hastings. The property is currently zoned "C-1", OFFICE COMMERCIAL. The applicant seeks rezoning to "MU" MIXED USE DISTRICT, which will comply with the Township Master Plan. 9. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Land Use Plan, Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance are available and may be examined by the general public at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, during regular business hours and that copies of the Zoning Ordinance and/or Land Use Plan may be examined at said public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission reserves the right to recommend changes in the proposed ordinances and to make its recommendation to the Rutland Charter Township Board accordingly, either at or following the public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the public hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to take part in the discussion on the above proposed amendments. 77513723 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curtis VanMeter ,a married man, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 3rd day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of November, 2004 in Liber Doc# 1137344 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Forty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight & 87/100 ($146,988.87), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 13.87500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Rutland, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 108, Pine Haven Estates No. 4, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Document No. 1122672. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513493 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24797-DE Estate of Izola May Apsey. Date of birth: 04/28/1911. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Izola May Apsey, who lived at 2981 Schultz Road, Hastings, Michigan died 05/23/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Annette Vekre, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, 3rd floor, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 06/19/2007 James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9 Hastings, MI 49058-0009 (269) 945-8000 Annette Vekre 193 Kates Creek Norman, Arkansas 71960 77513825 (870) 334-2115 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by WADE BROWN and TRACY BROWN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2005, and recorded on October 10, 2005, in Document No. 1154140, and assigned by said mortgagee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents ($111,538.88), including interest at 7.100% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on July 5, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of IRVING, Barry County, Michigan and described as: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE FREEPORT CREAMERY COMPANY LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 13 RODS AND 3 FEET TO THE CORNER OF THE HIGHWAY AND RACE STREET; THENCE EAST TO LOT FORMERLY DEEDED TO HENRY C. KANHER, NOW OWNED BY DELIA YULE; THENCE NORTH TO CENTER OF OLD MILL RACE TO THE CORNER OF FREEPORT CREAMERY LOT; THENCE WEST TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWNSHIP OF IRVING, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES ARE ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CREAMERY LOT; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS 3 FEET; THENCE EAST 7 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS; THENCE WEST 7 RODS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. TAX ID NO. 08-43-350-041-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 1, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77513129 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Renee A Bigger, a married person and Randy O. Bigger, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Cendant Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2001, and recorded on September 7, 2001 in instrument 1066108, and modified by agreement dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on April 7, 2004 in instrument 1124889, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine And 31/100 Dollars ($67,789.31), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 of Middleville Downs Addition No. 1 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 4. Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #076305F03 77513706 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John C. Lieb II and Venus S. Lieb, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 21, 2005, and recorded on February 3, 2005 in instrument 1140995, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R2 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of March 1, 2005, Without Recourse as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four And 02/100 Dollars ($131,424.02), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 13 rods East of the Southwest corner of said Section 5; thence East along the center of highway 28 rods 1 1/2 links; thence North 6 rods 10 links; thence West 28 rods 2 1/2 links; thence South 6 rods 10 links to the place of beginning, except a strip 44 feet wide off the West side thereof; including and commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence Easterly 258.50 feet along the South line of Section 15, being also the centerline of Tasker Road; thence Northerly 105.6 feet at right angles for the true place of beginning; thence continuing Northerly 20 feet; thence East 418.99 feet parallel with the line of Section 15; thence Southerly 20 feet at right angles; thence Westerly 418.99 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #086110F02 77513504 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorney-in-fact it's successors and or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyNine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Four and 92/100 Dollars ($159,764.92) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3023 77513366 DENTAL ASSISTANT Patient oriented dental practice seeking energetic and enthusiastic team player who is good with people. Dental experience and computer skills required. Submit resume to: Gole Dental Group 121 W. Woodlawn Avenue Hastings, MI 49058 77513602 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Marcia L Gildea, a single woman to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2004 and recorded June 7, 2004 in Instrument # 1128892 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and Sixty Cents ($129,280.60) including interest 10.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the southwest corner of the north 25 acres of the south one-half of the southwest one-quarter of section 20, town 4 north, range 9 west, for the place of beginning. Thence north 238 feet. Thence east 498 feet, thence south 238 feet, thence west 498 to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 4156 Lewis Johnson, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513701 Our File No: 07-73179 �Page 13 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 85/100 Dollars ($203,849.85) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for Place of Beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the Place of Beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the Place of Beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the Place of Beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7948 77513564 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Vernon E. Goodman and Kimberly J. Goodman, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 26, 2004 in Instrument # 1136137 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($107,674.23) including interest 10.05% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence North 1848 feet to the place of beginning, thence West 600 feet, thence North 227 feet to the center of Gurd Road, thence Southeasterly along the centerline of Gurd Road to the North and South one-quarter line, thence South 132 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commonly known as 7150 Gurd Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 19, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513554 Our File No: 07-72814 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lori Haywood, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2005 and recorded October 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1154019, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SeventySeven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine and 60/100 Dollars ($77,159.60) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in Section 10 and 11, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 11 and running thence East 713 feet along the South Line of said Section 11; thence North 04 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 510.10 feet along the center of Cobb Road; thence North 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 434 feet along the center of Cobb Road for the True Place of Beginning; thence West 440 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 155 feet; thence West 673 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 398 feet parallel with the East Line of Section 10 and 433 feet Westerly therefrom; thence East 1114.6 feet to the centerline of Cobb Road; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 243 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2422 77513549 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Toni M. Farrell, Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 29th day of August, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of August, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1151874 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Eight & 79/100 ($92,687.79), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.4500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The South 225 feet of Lot 18 of Martz Acres, according to the plat thereof of Barry County Records. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/28/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513678 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Steve Kauffman and Angie Patterson,, Mortgagors, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of August, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 15th day of September, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1170070 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of January 1, 2007 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2007NC1 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Eighty Nine & 07/100 ($104,089.07), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.20% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 1 of block 9 of the Daniel Striker’s Addition to the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 11. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513530 Public Land Auction 77513482 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting June 13, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer V. Nottingham, Clerk N. Nichols, Trustees W. Miller and S. Ritchie Absent: None Approximately 8 members of the public Also present, Fred Glomb from CRT and Christine Hiar from Green Gables Approved agenda as amended Approved revised minutes of Regular Board Meeting dated May 9, 2007 Correspondence was received Public comment was asked for and none received Fred Glomb of CRT explained some server training that took place prior to the meeting. Christine Hiar of Green Gables explained the importance of Green Gables. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Approved Firefighter R. Herzog conditional return to work Police Department report received and placed on file Parks report received from Park Board Members, Bill Ritchie and Colleen Dixon Passed Resolution Approving Division of Platted Lot. Approved PA 116 Request from High Lean Pork Inc. Discussed Crooked Lake Weed Project and finances Adopted Ordinance # 127 (Amendment to SWBCSWA Ordinance) Discussed SWBCSWA’s standing FOIA request and FOIA charges Discussed Pine Lake Pump (Special Assessment) Approved Michigan Farmer’s Hall of Fame Fireworks Permit request. Tabled Clerk N Nichols resignation as Township Server Administrator Approved Zach Koon to be paid for training with stipulations. Treasurer Nottingham requested information for July Newsletter by Monday Trustee W. Miller gave an update on Emergency Shelters Trustee S. Ritchie gave input on Barry County Commissioner’s meeting and read a letter of appreciation received from a resident. Supervisor J. Stoneburner gave input on County Allocation Board meeting. Supervisor J. Stoneburner gave input on progress of Zoning Violations Trustee S. Ritchie questioned the township improvement of ceiling, lights and door and thanks to Supervisor J. Stoneburner for the power washing of the township hall. Approval of bills presented in the amount of $32,936.95 Adjourned at 9:20 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, 77513584 Prairieville Township Supervisor The Barry County Treasurer will be offering tax reverted real estate at Public Auction on July 24, 2007 The Auction will be held at Barry County Courts and Law Building Community Room 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Registration at 11am. Auction at 12pm Visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale listings are available at the Barry County Treasurers Office. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Boom, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mercantile Bank Mortgage Company LLC, Mortgagee, dated December 10, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138721, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Fourteen And 41/100 Dollars ($106,314.41), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 5, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 22; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 443.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds East 360.00 feet parallel with the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds West 222.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 33 seconds West 360.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds East 222.00 feet along the West line of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 7, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #145747F01 77512140 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brent Karhl Falor, a single man to Michigan Home Finance LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 7, 2005 and recorded April 20, 2005 in Instrument # 1145176 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, by assignment dated January 16, 2006 and recorded January 30, 2006 in Instrument # 1159502 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($102,851.20) including interest 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: North line of the North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 30 and the centerline of Marsh Road: thence East along the said North line 140 feet: thence South 242 feet: thence West 85 feet: thence Northwesterly 175 feet to the center of said Marsh Road: thence Northeasterly along said centerline 168 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 8315 Marsh Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-72667 77513559 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Arlin F. Dougherty and Judith K. Dougherty, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 1999, and recorded on August 4, 1999 in instrument 1033546, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 77/100 Dollars ($90,357.77), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 13 and 14, Pierson's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 41, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #003915F03 77513689 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eight And 69/100 Dollars ($131,408.69), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #130392F02 77513648 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on July 18, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. Prairieville Township Master Plan. 2. A request by Andrew Wasko, 8210 Delton Road, Delton, MI 49046 for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review for an Accessory Building forward of the residence front building line and with greater square footage than permitted at the above address. Subject parcel number is 08-012-400-004-40. The subject district is R-2, Single and Two Family Residential District. 3. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77513683 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 14 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Cowboy Junkies: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person for general admission lawn seating. Cowboy Junkies, a pop-folk heavyweight that formed in Toronto in 1985, have just released their 11th studio album and have sold nearly 5 million records worldwide. Few bands have lasted as long with their original line-up, and fewer have created as consistently satisfying music. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. June 28. • Lyle Lovett & His Large Band: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Garden. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $60 per person for general admission lawn seating. Lyle Lovett is one of the most revered musicians of his time. With an extremely broad music scope, his songs incorporate everything from folk, swing, blues and jazz to traditional country styling. Tickets are available through Tickets PLUS. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. July 1. • Nunsense The Mega Musical will be performed at The Barn Theatre. All the fun of the original has been super-sized! The original five nuns are back in this "Mega-Nunsense" and five new (male and female) characters are featured including the never-before-seen infamous convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. June 26 – July 8. MISCELLANEOUS • Dancing Cranes Pow Wow will be held in Bellevue. Gates open at 10:30 am Saturday with grand entry at 1 pm and 7 pm. Gates open Sunday at 10:30 am with grand entry at noon. Admission is $3, children under 5 free. No pets or alcohol. July 28 & 29. • 25th Annual Old Fashioned 4th of July and Veterans’ Barbecue at Historic Charlton Park. A flag-raising ceremony starts the day’s festivities at 11 am. A chicken and pork BBQ buffet runs from noon-4 pm in the Walnut Grove. Beginning at 1 pm, the entire family can take part in old-fashioned fun and game including sack races, watermelon eating and straw bale toss. A pie contest is open to all participants and will be judged by a panel of experts. Music will be provided by Dixieland Raggets. The village will be open for visitors to tour and hand-cranked ice cream and bottomless mugs of lemoade will be served in the Bristol Inn. Admission at the gate is free. BBQ buffet tickets available for $7 for adults, $5 for children ages grade school and younger. July 4. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Battle Creek Symphony season features return of Doug LaBrecque The Battle Creek Symphony has programmed a crowd-pleasing selection of classical and pops favorites for its upcoming 2007-08 concert season, highlighted by the return of Broadway star and Battle Creek native Doug LaBrecque. In its 109th season, and fifth under Music Director Anne Harrigan, the orchestra plans to build on last season’s record-breaking attendance and critical acclaim. The new series includes five concerts at recently renovated W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Season subscriptions are now on sale, including a two-for-one offer for first-time subscribers. Subscribers will get first choice of the best seats, before single tickets go on sale September 18. The season opens on Saturday, October 6, with music from Disney’s classic Fantasia movies. All ages will enjoy Mussorgsky’s "Night on Bald Mountain," Respighi’s "Pines of Rome" and Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue," performed by one of the Midwest’s foremost jazz pianists, Rich Ridenour. On Saturday, November 10, Doug LaBrecque will showcase the golden voice and pure star power that have earned him critical and audience acclaim around the world. He will perform music from his leading roles in the Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and other major productions from Hollywood to Broadway. The series continues on Saturday, February 9, 2008, with “Salute to Swing,” featuring Big Band hits by such legends as Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller. On Saturday, March 29, the orchestra will be joined by acclaimed violinist Alexander Kerr for Vivaldi’s popular masterpiece, "The Four Seasons," plus a selection of English classics. The season finale, on Saturday, May 3, will feature the charismatic young pianist Andrew von Oeyen performing Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." A 1999 Gilmore Young Artist, Van Oeyen appears as part of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. All concerts are at 7:30pm. For ticket information, call Music Center Tickets at (269) 565-2199 or visit www.battlecreeksymphony.org. Concert sponsors include Attorneys for the Arts, Health Care Providers for the Arts, Kellogg Community College, LaSalle Bank, National City, and the Friends and Family of Morris Stulberg. The Battle Creek Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Battle Creek Community Foundation and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Call anytime for Hastings Banner ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. Old Fashioned Fourth of July July 4 CHECK OUT THESE JUNE BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 25-29 The Wonder of Wetlands is a youth summer science camp at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station. Call (269) 671-2181 for more information. 28 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 29 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 29 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 30 4-H Open Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 30 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 30 Prairieville Farm Days takes place at 79990 Milo Road, Delton. See prairievillefarmdays.com for more information. 30 Arts & Craft Show at Charlton Park. Call 945-3775 for more info. Coming in July 1 4-H Speed Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 1 Bluegrass Music Show from 3-8 pm at Charlton Park. Adults $5, children ages 5-12 $3. 3 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 3 Gun Lake Fireworks will begin at dusk. Rain date is July 5. 4 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins at the Gilmore Car Museum from 6 -9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 4 Annual Fourth of July, Veterans BBQ and Antique Car Show at Historic Charlton Park from 11:30 am-5 pm. Games at 1 pm on the village green. Bring a pie for judging and auction. BBQ $7 adults, $5 grade school age children and younger. Free admission. 5 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 6 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm the first Friday of every month at the Pennock Health Services conference room. 6 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 7 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 7 7/7/7 Volksmarch 5 K Walk from 9-11 am on the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail in Middleville. 7 AACA Grand National at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 6715089 for more information. Gates open at 8 am. 8 18th Annual Mad Dogs & Englishmen British Car Faire at the Gilmore Car Museum. Call (269) 6715089 for more info. Gates open at 8 am. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is adapted from the Ken Kesey novel and will be performed on the stage at The Barn Theatre in Augusta July 10-22. This gripping, poignant and powerful piece of theatre is not to be missed. Within the walls of an asylum for the mentally insane, Randall P. McMurphy manipulates his fellow patients while he finds himself in a struggle of wills with the oppressive Nurse Ratched. For mature audiences. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. 36th Annual Gas & Steam Engine Show at Historic Charlton Park July 13 & 14. Events begin Friday at noon and Saturday at 8 pm with a tractor parade. There will be demonstrations of old machinery as well as blacksmithing and carpentry, a children’s pedal pull, sawdust penny scramble, a Saturday morning flapjack breakfast, Beach Run, hot dog cookout, and more. Admission is $5 per adult and $3 for children ages 5-12, 4 and This week’s selection: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Running time: 92 minutes MPAA rating: PG under free. Day in the Garden Tour will feature 6 local gardens, music and art July 14. This year’s tour will be part of the 75th anniversary of the Thornapple Garden Club. Once again, the Garden Thyme Market will be open on the Barry County Courthouse lawn in downtown Hastings. Garden tour are from 9 am-5 pm. Tickets are $8 and are available at the Chamber of Commerce office, Arris Matrix, Beyond the Cover, Bosley Pharmacy or the day of the tour at the Garden Thyme Market. Barry County Fair is coming to the Barry Expo Center grounds July 16-21. Ionia Free Fair will take place from July 1928. For more information see ioniafreefair.com Calhoun County Fair will be held August 12-18 at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” doesn’t stink as much as 2005’s “Fantastic Four,” but that’s because the sequel is 20 minutes shorter. Less time. Less stink. I didn’t have time to work out Stink Percentages or Stink Ratios. I’ll leave that to the nerds. Between the bad acting, lousy story, egregious product placement and the fact that it takes nearly two-thirds of the film to get to the action, director Tim Story is guaranteed to enrage comic-book fans and insult the average moviegoer. To give you an idea of the product placement, when the Fantasticar finally makes its appearance, it turns out to be an advertisement for Dodge. The legendary flying car has DODGE stamped over the front grill. The Human Torch actually asks, “Does it have a hemi?” To comic fans, this is the equivalent of the Batmobile being a Toyota Prius. Jessica Alba’s portrayal of Sue Storm (aka Invisible Girl) is positively laughable. I can’t believe anyone takes her seriously as an actress. Whenever she activates her forcefield powers, Alba cocks her head like a confused puppy and strikes a pose like a bad street mime trapped in one of those Invisible Boxes. Alba supplies all comic relief in this movie, albeit unintentionally. The plot of the movie revolves around the impending visit by Galactus, a giant being that eats planets. In the comics, Galactus is an immortal. Gigantic. He’s got a huge head and a bitchin’ cool helmet. Galactus doesn’t even appear in the movie. Instead we get a lamelooking Space Tornado. The Silver Surfer has come to prepare Earth to be dinner for a cosmic cloud known as Galactus in “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” The Silver Surfer, whose job it is to prepare a planet for Galactus, is the best character in the movie. In fact, he’s the hero of the film. HE saves the day. The Fantastic Four don’t have a single victory in the film. How screwed up a filmmaker does Tim Story have to be to make a movie where the heroes aren’t the heroes? If you absolutely must see “Rise of the Silver Surfer,” wait a month or three. It should be on DVD by then and you can Netflix it. Otherwise, avoid this film like you would the Kiss of Life from Stan Lee. GRADE: D © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. J-ad Graphics publishers of • The Reminder • Sun and News • Hastings Banner • Lakewood News • Maple Valley News OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:00AM - 5:30PM PRINTING PLUS HOURS: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 6:00 pm Saturday 8:30 am - 1:00 pm �Page 15 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner ‘Nunsense the Mega Musical’ runs through July 8 at Barn Theatre BORN THIS WEEK: You love to see new places and meet new people. Have you considered working for an airline or cruise-ship company? ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Recently obtained information could open a new opportunity for a career change. But temper that Arian impatience and act on it only when all the facts are made available. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re moving into a more active cycle. So put your ideas back on the table, where they’ll be given the attention they deserve. Expect a favorable change in your love life. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A friend might ask for a favor that you feel would compromise your values. Best advice: Confront him or her and explain why you must say no. A true friend will understand. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A relationship continues to develop along positive lines. Meanwhile, a brewing job situation could create complications for one of your pet projects. Look into it right away. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your interest in a co-worker’s project could lead to a profitable experience for you both. But before you agree to anything, be sure to get all your legal I’s dotted and T’s crossed. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be careful whose counsel you take about a possible longdistance move. Some advice might not necessarily be in your best interest. Stay focused on your goals. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Someone might try to complicate efforts in an attempt to work out that confusing job situation. But don’t let that keep you from sticking with your decision to push for a resolution. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A disagreement on how to handle a family problem could create more trouble for all concerned. Look for ways to cool things down before they boil over. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unexpected change in long-standing workplace procedure and policy could provide a new career target for the Archer to aim at. Start making inquires. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You’re finally able to get back into the swing of things, as those temporary doldrums begin to lift. Expect some surprising disclosures from a new colleague. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Rely on your innate sense of justice to see you through a dilemma involving a family member. Other relatives who’ve stood back will soon come forward as well. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new friend seems to be pushing you into taking risks — financial or otherwise. Best advice: Don’t do it. She or he might have a hidden agenda that hasn’t surfaced yet. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The talented Dan Goggin has done it again!! The Barn Theatre will opens Dan Goggin’s “Nunsense the Mega Musical” June 26. This most recent of the “Nunsense” musicals has been “super-sized” with several additional characters, an updated storyline, new lyrics, and a new song! The original five nuns are joined in their hilarious escapades by none other than the infamous convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, and by other characters of the convent school to guide you through a laugh-a-minute evening of “chatechismic” fun! Scott Burkell will once again portray Sister Mary Regina the Mother Superior, with Penelope Alex as Sister Hubert. Rounding out the cast will be Lisa Marie Morabito as Sister Robert Anne, Emily May Smith as Sister Mary Amnesia, first year apprentice Megan MacPhee as Sister Mary Leo and Mychelle Hopkins as Sister Julia Child of God, as well as several of the Barn’s apprentice company. The Little Sisters of Hoboken’s antics, characters, and music will keep you smiling, laughing, and humming from beginning to end! Dan Goggin, a former seminarian from Alma, Michigan, spent a great deal of his life around nuns. He first created a greeting card series featuring Marilyn Farina portraying Mother Superior which inspired the first “Nunsense”. He then went on to great success and wrote “Messahugganuns”, “Nuncrackers”, Nunsations, “Nunsense II”, From Left to Right: Emily May Smith as Sister Mary Amnesia, Penelope Alex as Sister Hubert, Lisa Marie Morabito as Sister Robert Anne. “Nunsense Ah-Men” and “Nunsense Jamboree” all of which share with us “the humor of the nun”! “Nunsense the Mega Musical” is directed by Eric Petersen and choreographed by Larry Nye. The Musical Director is Micah Young. Doug Blickle is Scenic Designer and Kate Irvine Mills has designed Costumes. Garrylee McCormick is the Hair/Wig Designer. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the scientific name for an ant nest? 2. ASTRONOMY: Titania and Oberon are the two largest satellites circling which planet in our solar system? 3. GAMES: What is the color of the square for St. James Place in the game “Monopoly”? 4. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek word “platypus” mean? 5. MEDICINE: If you have a high level of low-density lipoprotein, medically speaking what do you have? 6. GEOGRAPHY: The island nation of Madagascar lies off the coast of which continent? 7. INVENTIONS: Who invented the modern ballpoint pen? 8. MEASUREMENTS: How many gallons are contained in a firkin, often used to store beer? 9. LEGENDS: Where did the outlaw Robin Hood live? 10. MOVIES: What was the name of the women’s baseball team in “A League of Their Own”? • Do you suffer from ephebophobia? It’s not likely; in today’s youth-obsessed culture, it’s not a common affliction. Ephebophobia is a fear of young people or adolescents. • Summer is upon us, which means it’s time for the quintessentially American tradition of the road trip. (That is, if you can afford to buy gas for the family station wagon.) Well, if you’re heading to Illinois in August, be sure to stop off in Champaign-Urbana during the weekend of the Insect Film Fear Festival, an event the organizers describe as “a celebration of giant rubber bugs, low production budgets, and an underhanded attempt to educate non-entomologists about the joys of insects.” A must-see, to be sure. • It’s been reported that the final words of Conrad N. Hilton, the man who founded the famous chain of hotels (and, incidentally, the great-grandfather of infamous heiress Paris Hilton), were “Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub.” • If you’re a butcher by trade, you might be interested in knowing that your profession, too, has a patron saint: Saint Luke. • Do you dread seeing the black ink turn gray, continuing to print until the text on your documents becomes ghostly? When you leave the office-supply store with a new ink cartridge, does your wallet feel significantly lighter? Well, you’re not imagining things, printer ink really is expensive. In fact, by volume, it costs seven times as much as Dom Perignon champagne. • Think the arts and sciences don’t mix? You may want to think again: All the craters on the planet Mercury are named for artists, writers and musicians, and the moons of Uranus have names from characters and places found in the plays of William Shakespeare. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “I don’t know anything about music. In my line, you don’t have to.” — Elvis Presley Answers 1. Formicary 2. Uranus 3. Orange 4. Flat-footed 5. Too much LDL, or bad cholesterol 6. Africa 7. Laszlo Biro 8. 9 gallons 9. Sherwood Forest 10. Rockford Peaches © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Properties are designed by James B. Knox and Lights are designed by Adam Levine. Tim Crews is the Sound Designer. Technical Direction is by Fred Gillette. Performances for “Nunsense the Mega Musical” run through July 8th and are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM, and Sunday at 5:00 PM. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before the show, during intermission and after the show. Enjoy a light snack while being entertained by the free cabaret-style show in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge after the main stage performance. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29.00 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10:00 am-10:00 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. Super Crossword Solution �Page 16 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale For Rent Automotive FOR SALE: DENIM sectional sofa, 3 pieces with ottoman, semi-attach back cushions, very good condition, $500, (269)945-9747. 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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. POLICE BEAT Boater nabbed for drunk driving, resisting Timothy James Stewart, 36, of Wayland, is being charged with operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol and resisting and obstructing police June 22 on Gun Lake. Stewart was arrested by Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies when the deck boat he was piloting was stopped for not having lights. According to the investigation, Stewart piloted his craft past the Sheriff’s Department Patrol Boat and when they gave chase, he refused to stop until they pulled alongside. He then said he did not know he was being pursued. While deputies conducted a safety check of the craft, they noticed a strong odor of intoxicants. When they asked Stewart to put on a life jacket, he had a problem finding one that fit and finally settled on one that was obviously too small. When they asked him to take a breath test to determine the level of alcohol in his system, he at first refused, but then complied. His preliminary breath test showed his blood alcohol level to be .128. When he was directed to climb aboard the police boat, he refused and became combative. Backup was called and though Stewart eventually complied and did board the police boat, he continued to be verbally assaultive to deputies. When they reached the shore, he lunged at one of the deputies and had to be restrained. He was taken to the Barry County Jail without further incident. Giving false info leaders to boater’s arrest Marine Patrol Deputies stopped a boat June 15 for towing without an observer and during a safety check determined the driver of the boat was without proper registration. A Law Enforcement Information Network check on the driver, Robert David Perone, initially showed he gave a false date of birth to the deputies and when the check came back he admitted his actual date of birth, which was Sept. 30, 1986. Deputies cited Perone for minor in possession of alcohol and failure to provide proof of registration. Graffiti vandals sought in Nashville A man in Nashville reported to Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies June 17 that someone had painted graffiti on both his garage and his camper overnight. Deputies noted the word “Demons” had been painted on both surfaces. They turned the information over to the Nashville Police Department for further investigation. Rash of break-ins reported in Middleville Sgt. Tony Stein of the Middleville office of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a series of vehicle break-ins over the past two weeks. A total of eight vehicles have been broken into and the stolen items include money, CDs, cell phones and cell phone chargers. Anyone with information about the break-ins is asked to call Sgt. Stein at 795-9862. Info about Fish Hatchery vandalism sought Hastings police are investigating several incidents which have occurred over the past three weeks involving damage being done to the Fish Hatchery Park pavilions. Individual(s) are spray painting graffiti and obscenities on the walls of the buildings, specifically the restrooms. The perpetrators have used blue and yellow spray paint during each occurrence. Police are asking anyone with information about the incidents to call the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Woman charged with domestic assault Hastings police arrested a 19-year-old woman from Hastings after she assaulted a family member on June 20. Ashley Jarman was reported to have assaulted the 38-year-old victim when she stopped by her residence to talk to her about some personal matters. Jarman is suspected of striking and scratching the victim before leaving the residence. Officers contacted Jarman a short time later and she was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. She is facing charges of domestic assault. COURT NEWS • Nicholas Ryan Glasgow, 21, of Hastings, was sentenced June 20 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher on a probation violation. Fisher sentenced Glasgow to serve 11 months in jail for violating his probation on a 2005 conviction of operating under the influence of alcohol and fleeing and eluding police in Hastings. Glasgow also was ordered to continue on probation, with the last three months suspended upon payment of $1,000. Glasgow originally was sentenced to serve 36 months probation and two months in jail for each conviction. • Lawrence Edwin Tobias, 55, of Dowling, was sentenced June 20 to serve 36 months probation and 51 days in jail for his May 23 conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Tobias also was ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $250, a probation fee of $350 and a Drug Court fee of $200. Judge Fisher ordered Tobias to attend to Narcotics Anonymous/Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week, observe a curfew and wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail. • Jeremy Michael-John Cathey, 31, of Lansing was ordered to continue his 2006 probation sentence for his conviction on a charge of unlawful use of a motor vehicle. In his 2006 sentence, Cathey was ordered to serve 24 months probation and six months in jail. He was arrested in April 2006 in Rutland Township. • Ernest Lee Hale, 47, of Lake Odessa, was sentenced June 21 to serve 60 months probation and three months in jail for his May conviction on a charge of aggravated stalking. Hale was ordered to pay court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $600. Hale was convicted of stalking his victim over a period of time between March 2005 and May 2007 in Woodland Township. • Travis Michael Williams, 29, of Hastings was sentenced July 20 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 11 months in jail each of two May convictions. Williams was convicted of receiving and concealing stolen property valued between $1,000 and $2,000 and attempted breaking and entering a building in Hastings in January. Williams was also ordered to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $1,614 and a probation fee of $360. He must also participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail and participate in day reporting upon release. • Daniel Bruce Nelson, 59, of Wayland, was sentenced June 21 to serve six months probation and six months in jail for his May conviction on two counts of domestic violence and aggravated assault. Nelson also was ordered to pay court costs of $100 for each count and a probation fee of $300. He was arrested in Yankee Springs Township in January. Thanks to your investment in our community... Barry County Over 56,000 times services of Barry County United Way and its Partner Agencies were utilized by our families, friends and relatives. 4-H, Alzheimers Association, Barry County Hospice, Barry County Healthy Families, Barry County Substance Abuse, Barry Eaton Health Plan, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Gerald R. Ford Boy Scouts, CASA, Catholic Family Services (The Ark), Child Abuse Prevention Council, Commission on Aging, DARE Barry County Sheriff Department School Liaison Officers, Family & Children Services, Food Bank of South Central Michigan, Glowing Embers Girl Scouts, Green Gables Haven, Habitat for Humanity, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, Victim Services Unit, YMCA, Continuum of Care– Homeless Prevention, Fresh Food Initiative, Information & Referral, Smoke Detector Program, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change 77509092 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — Page 17 LHS softball celebrates 8th season in 12 with 20+ wins The Lakewood softball program had 50 players, coaches, and parents meet at coach Rolly Krauss’s house for the awards and a potluck dinner on Tuesday, June 19. For the 12th consecutive year, the Lakewood Vikings were named an Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association (MHSSCA) All-State academic team. The Vikings finished the 2007 season with a record of 21 wins and 17 losses, marking the eighth time in the past 12 years that they have won 20 games or more in a season. Lakewood was also the champion this year at Hastings Barry County Invitational, and finished in fourth place in the CAAC-3 with a record of 5-5. The Vikings’ Lindzy Curry was named AllState honorable mention by the MHSSCA in Division 2. Curry and Briana Bosworth were named MHSSCA All-Region players. Bosworth and Curry along with Melanie Forman and Chelsey Dow were MHSSCA All-District choices. Lakewood had seven players named AllConference in the CAAC-3 this season, Curry, Bosworth, Forman, Rachel Tryon, Mallorie Brodbeck, Sylvia Welch and Natalie O’Rielly. Tryon and Curry were selected to play in the Lansing All-Star games on Monday June 25, at Ranney Park near Frandor beginning at 6 p.m. In team awards, Curry was named the most valuable player. Britnee Barta earned the award for most improved player. Forman was named the hardest worker. Golden Glove awards for the best infielder and outfielder went to Curry and Bosworth. The team spirit award went to Brodbeck. Barta earned the rookie of the year award. Jessica Whitinger won the unsung hero award. Welch was named the team clown. The coaches special award went to O’Rielly. This year’s team captains were Brodbeck, Curry and Forman. Other team members this season included Chelsea Bickford, Danielle Graham and Courtney Thomason. Team managers were Danica and Derrica Desgranges, and Madison King. Varsity coaches were Rolly Krauss, Kristin Heinze and Tammy O’Mara. Valley softball team earns awards The 2007 Maple Valley varsity girls’ softball team was recently named an Academic All State team by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association. The team also handed out some of its own awards. Cassie Knauss was named the team’s most valuable player. Tina Westendorp was the selection as the team’s most improved player. Knauss was first team all-conference this year in the Kalamazoo Valley Association, and was also an all-district performer. She set a new team record with 195 assists as a catcher. Bailey Flower was honorable mention all- KVA, and joined Knauss as an all-district performer along with teammate Terri Hurosky. Katelyn Boss, Chelsea Davis, and Markelle Brumm earned three-year varsity player awards at the end of the season. Brumm set a new team record for assists as a fielder with 56. That wasn’t the only single season record set by the Lions this spring. Pitcher Mercedies Angus set a new record for earned run average, at 2.13 over the course of 154 innings. The Lions’ Rachel McCaul was named academic all-state as an individual as well. by Brett Bremer National pastime could become luxury item in state of Michigan In 2006 Senate bill 1031 was introduced by Sen. Shirley Johnson to impose a five-percent tax on tickets and admission fees. Back when the bill was first brought up, all I ever heard about were movie tickets. It was going to be a tax on movie tickets. If a bill like that is passed, there is only one way to keep that money in your pocket. That’s to not go to the movies. I could already fill my kitchen from floor to ceiling with fresh air popped popcorn, covered in butter from a cow rather than a laboratory, for the price of a popcorn bucket at the theater. Apparently that bill would have covered more than just movie tickets. The michigan.gov website also described the tax as covering “admission fees to zoos, live theater shows, museums, the opera, professional sporting events, collegiate athletic events, concerts, temporary or transient entertainment productions, botanical gardens, amusement parks, and temporary or transient art, music, theatrical, dance, literary, or cultural festivals.” Basically, fun was to be taxed. What a better way for youngsters to spend the summer than to head to the zoo, only to find out that their four dollars wouldn’t get them in to see the monkeys. They needed $4.20. Governor Jennifer Granholm has brought the idea back, with a proposed six-percent tax that is a bit less far reaching. This “luxury tax” as it is being called would affect movie tickets, concert tickets, and tickets for sporting events, as well as a tax on golfing, bowling, and more. I didn’t know the issue had come back until Tuesday night’s Tigers’ radio broadcast, when Jim Price brought up a new website: www.notickettax.com. Apparently Little Caesar himself, Mike Illitch, owner of the Tigers and the Red Wings, as well as Pistons owner Bill Davidson are starting a movement against the proposal. They also own some of the state’s major concert venues. At first I jumped on their band wagon. I already paid sales tax on my Tigers hat. Paid sales tax on my truck. Paid license fees to be able to drive the truck across the state. Paid gas tax on the gasoline it takes to drive to Detroit and back. Then at the game, you pay tax on a Ballpark Frank and on an $8.50 can of Labatt’s. What are all those taxes for anyway? They certainly didn’t pay to build any free parking structures in downtown Detroit close to the ball park. On the way to Detroit, and even around town here, it always seems like they’re fixing roads that don’t need to be fixed. Somebody’s always trying to build a road in the middle of the street. No matter how many taxes we pay, the schools never seem to have enough money. There is a breaking point somewhere. I might pay $39.99 to drive to the DTE Music Theater to see Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers sing “Free Fallin’”, but $42.39 might be the point where I say, “I will back down.” Especially when a band’s website says the ticket costs $28, and that first extra $11.99 is just heading out into cyberspace somewhere. After looking into the issue a littler further I decided why not. They tax everything else already. If Illitch wants to stick it to the government, he can lower all his prices by sixpercent. The government will get that much less money, but the fans will still get to come to the ball game at the same price. I bet the Tigers still could have signed Gary Sheffield if Illitch had pocketed $14.15 from my last ticket purchase instead of $15. The Tigers would still need bullpen help, and they would still be battling with the Indians for first place in the division. Maybe we’ll make two trips to Comerica Park this year instead of three. If the state feels it needs that cash that bad, it can have it. I’ll give up the $.48 or whatever every now and then, so long as it doesn’t turn out just to be pouring water into a bucket with a hole in it. Do something useful with this money. Make something happen. If I need to save some change I’ll just keep renting movies from Netflix, making popcorn at home, listening to the Tigers on the radio, and going to high school football games. After those things are taxed, I guess we can all find something new. We can just go out and enjoy the wilderness, after we buy a State Park sticker. Chamber golf outing champions The photo of the Hastings County Club team which won the championship at the June 13 Barry County Chamber of Commerce golf outing was incorrectly cropped and labeled. Here the winning team of Scott Long (second from left), Matt Kirkendall, and Bruce Fuller are flanked by golf outing committee members Pat Buckland (left) and Tal Gearhart (right). Missing from photo is Hastings Country Club team member Mike Krueger. Racing takes Straley cross country Among this year’s inductees to the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame (MMSHOF) is Hastings’ Tom Straley. Straley was born June 18, 1939, in Lansing Michigan. For as long as he can remember, Straley has been obsessed with cars and going fast. Turning that obsession into a career seemed only natural. Building hot rods and engines started early in high school along with machining and welding skills. Early racing included drag racing and street racing in the late fifties. Moving to Freeport, Michigan, and meeting Wayne & Ruth Landon proved to be the turning point to oval track asphalt racing and the beginning of a lifelong friendship. In 1958, Wayne also secured Straley his first ride in a Super Modified at the old Speedrome in Grand Rapids. Straley built the #82 super modified that won the first heat race in which it was entered at Spartan Speedway and many other events in Michigan and Indiana over the next two years. During this time period, he had become a skilled tool and die maker and attended college at Michigan State for a year. When Straley moved to Florida in 1961, he had no idea that within two weeks he would be working as a field engineer and test driver for the undercover Chevrolet racing program that would be operated out of the Jim Rathmann shop in Melbourne, Florida, and would pass the NASCAR Grand National driving test at Daytona in early 1962 and accumulating many hours and laps around the tri oval. Wayne and Ruth Landon brought his soon-to-be-wife, Mary Jane, to Florida for a 1962 marriage. While operating the NASCAR program at Rathmann Chevrolet, Straley had become acquainted with E.R. Cantrell, who owned the Angels Aviation Racing Team, a sports car team from Zephyrhills, Florida, with a 250 GTO Ferrari, Lotus 23B and the Chevrolet engined Troutman-Barnes car. Moving to this team as Manager and Driver of the Chevrolet powered car was an easy decision especially with new daughter, Debbie, now on the scene. After 18 months of racing all across the USA and Canada as a licensed FIA International driver, Straley bought John Benson’s #21 super mod over the phone and moved back to Michigan, Canada, New York (Oswego and SCMYB SCMYB U10 (Under 10 yrs old) Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . .14-1-0 Bosley Pharmacy/Viking Corp . . . .13-1-0 Applebees/All Star Pet Grooming . .6-7-0 Hastings Car Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9-0 Olson’s Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12-0 Mid-Michigan Group/Wilder’s Auto .1-13-0 U12 Carpenter Plumbing/Northside Pizza 17-1-0 Penny’s Five Star Pizza . . . . . . . . . .16-1-0 Union Bank/Woodbury Grain . . . . .11-8-0 First Rehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-7-0 Bleam Eavestroughing/Thornapple Valley Family Health . . . . . . . . . .4-13-0 Thornapple Financial Center . . . . . .2-15-0 Pennock Pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15-0 U14 Hastings Elks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-0-0 Trademark Realty/AIS . . . . . . . . . .13-5-0 Ed’s Body Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-6-0 Katz Roofing and Siding Inc. . . . . . .8-9-0 Hastings Family Dental Care . . . . .4-15-0 Masselink Dairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-17-0 the Shangri La Speedway in Owego) and Ohio, with his brother, John, as his mechanic. In 1965 Straley purchased the property that would become the SRE Inc. Race Engine Building facility. Straley and his wife, Mary Jane, were blessed with a second child, Anthony James (A.J.) in late 1965. Straley acquired the #64 converted Indy Roadster from Laurence Jewell in 1966 and competed on the same tracks until 1969. During the next several years, he competed in NHRA drag racing events in the “B Gas” and with a 409 cubic inch Chevrolet Impala. By 1975, he had completed his degree in Business and the race engine shop was going well enough to allow and late model Camaro to be constructed and campaigned. In 1978, Straley took over the engine program for Scott Baker and the NTPA “Homewrecker” modified pulling tractor, winning two consecutive championships.1980 was the beginning of a 14 year relationship with NTPA as a multi engine modified tractor driving for the first two years and the next twelve years as the driver of the “Hitman” TWD Camaro funny car. This combination won over 609 events. The “Hitman” Camaro was the only funny car bodied TWD from Michigan to compete on the National Circuit - and was very popular with the crowd. During this time period, Straley also served as an NTPA licensed tech inspector and head Judge at the National events. In 1994, this car was sold to an individual in Maine where it won the State Championship for four years running. The 1990’s brought sadness to the family when A.J. lost his life in an automobile rollover in 1990 and Mary Jane lost a year long battle with cancer in 1993. 1995 brought about a return to open wheel racing in the unfamiliar arena of the “winged spring car” with the SOD Series and the #9S car. After winning the 1995 SOD “Rookie of the Year” with the “half dirt/half asphalt” scenario, Straley chose to go with the asphalt Auto Value Super Spring Series through the 2002 Season. Straley married his Australian-born wife, Denise, in 1995 and now has another daughter, Megan. With Debbie’s children, Amanda and Austin, her husband Michael, A.J.’s daughters, Elizabeth and Samantha, and awaiting Megan’s upcoming marriage and possible contribution, the family is growing. Because of his “nomadic” nature, Straley has never claimed a “track championship” or the total feature wins that many other drivers can be credited with, but the satisfaction of being able to compete and win in all types of racing has been very rewarding. The MMSHOF induction ceremony will be held at the University Comfort Inn in Mount Pleasant on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 4. Tickets are available to the general public. SOFTBALL Freeport Softball Men’s Fast Pitch D&E League Munn Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-0 Hastings Merchants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Hastings Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-4 Thornapple Clean Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 Huskies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3 Area Merchants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-3 Eaton Heating & Cooling . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 Co-Ed Slowpitch Friday Night Freeport Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4 Jackson Dirt Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5 Hastings Ortho./Northside . . . . . . . . . .2-4 Bruce’s Frame & Alignment . . . . . . . .5-1 Michigan General Grinding . . . . . . . . .5-1 Pennock Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5 Varney Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 Blarney Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-2 Games 6/29 - North Field, 6:30 p.m. P1 vs. P2; 7:45 p.m. P3 vs. P4; 9:00 p.m. P5 vs. 6. South Field - P7 vs. P8. Vikings’ senior Schultz is honorable mention All-State Lakewood senior outfielder Matt Schultz has been named honorable mention All-State in Division 2, after his final season with the Viking varsity baseball team. Schultz batted .375 this season, with 11 RBI and an on-base percentage of .439. Lakewood varsity baseball coach Bob Veitch said that Schultz was just short of the honor following his junior season, and then the coach got worried a bit when he started slowly this season because of an injury. “He swings a good bat, and that’s basically what it comes down to said Veitch. Schultz is weighing his options at this point, but his high school coach said he is debating whether to walk on to the baseball team at Concordia University or Grand Rapids Community College. “Defensively, he did a good job,” said Veitch. “He has a deceiving arm. He looks like he’s not throwing it hard, but it gets there. He doesn’t have a cannon or anything. His big thing is he can run the bases and he’s a good hitter.” “His work ethic couldn’t get any better. Discipline and as far as loving the sport, you can’t get any better than him.” Schultz was also second on the Viking team with 15 stolen bases. Matt Schultz �Page 18 — Thursday, June 28, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood led county softball teams with 20+ wins by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A good mix of youngsters and senior stars led the five Barry County varsity softball teams this season. Lakewood senior Lindzy Curry took top honors, scoring an All-State honorable mention nod in Division 2. Her Vikings once again won 20 games, but were bounced from the post-season in the Division 2 district tournament, which they hosted. None of the county’s teams made it past the district round of the post-season, but that didn’t mean that there weren’t some fine performances on the local ball diamonds this spring. First Team Delton Kellogg Hannah Goy: The Panthers’ senior catcher/short stop earned All-Kalamazoo Valley Association honors this spring, and was named Delton Kellogg’s team MVP. Goy batted .440 this season, with 22 RBI and nine extra base hits, including six triples. She also had a sparkling .929 fielding average. Tarah Keim: Only a sophomore, Keim was one of the top pitchers in the area with a fine 1.78 ERA. She struck out 149 batters and walked only 30 in 111 innings of work. When she wasn’t pitching, Keim took over duties at third base. She batted .203 this season, and had eight RBI. Keim was honorable mention All-KVA this season. Hastings Jen Bishop: One of the Saxons’ co-captain’s this season, Bishop was named team MVP and honorable mention in the O-K Gold Conference. Bishop led the Saxons in batting average at .337 and in doubles with seven. She tied for the team lead in RBI’s with 15 and walks with 13. She had a .959 fielding percentage at first base. Erica Swartz: The Saxon senior pitcher/infielder led her team in triples with three, and tied for the team lead in RBI’s with 15. She was also second on the team in doubles and second on the team in defensive fielding percentage. She had 75 strike outs in 106 innings of work from the center of the diamond. Lakewood Brianna Bosworth: An all-region, all-district, and all-conference selection as a junior this spring, she also won her team’s gold glove award as the top outfielder. Bosworth batted .350 this season, and had a .485 on base percentage. Once she was on base she made things tough on opponents, stealing 28 bases in 28 attempts. Lindzy Curry: The Viking senior was named honorable mention all-state in Division 2 by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association, to go along with all-district, all-region, and all-conference honors. The Vikings’ MVP batted .318 this season, had 15 RBI, and was a perfect 11-for-11 in stolen base attempts on the year. Chelsey Dow: A sophomore who manned the left side of the Viking infield with Curry, Dow was also an all-district honoree this year. Dow batted .349 this season, and led the Vikings with a .440 slugging percentage. She had five doubles, a triple, and the Vikings’ only home run of the season. Melanie Forman: An all-district and allconference performer, Forman was named the Vikings’ hardest worker at the end of season awards banquet. Lakewood’s pitching ace also had a good season at the bat, with a .301 batting average, 19 RBI’s, and five doubles. Rachel Tryon: Number three on the Lakewood team this season with a .321 batting average, the senior right fielder also led the team in doubles with seven and was second in RBI’s with 24. Tryon was named all-conference in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3 this season. Maple Valley Bailey Flower: She was honorable mention all-conference in the KVA this spring, and an all-district performer on top of that. Flower was second on the Lion squad with a .267 batting average and first on the team with 13 runs batted in. Among her 23 hits were four doubles and three triples. Cassie Knauss: Knauss was a first-team The Panthers’ Tarah Keim, a sophomore, struck out 149 batters in just 111 innings of work this season. (File photo) All-KVA selection this season, and an all-district performer who was named the team’s MVP. She batted .305, with an on-base percentage of .438, and a slugging percentage of .547. Knauss also set a new Maple Valley record for assists by a catcher with 195. Thornapple Kellogg Meagan Bishop: A sophomore, she had the second lowest ERA in the O-K Gold Conference this season, and led the Trojans in batting average and slugging percentage in conference games./ An arm injury limited her to 57.1 innings pitched, but she still piled up 63 strike outs and an overall season ERA of 2.23. Katie McCarty: The Trojans’ clean-up batter led her team in most offensive categories over the course of the entire season, including extra-base hits (10) and RBI’s (28). She had three triples and a pair of home runs this year, finishing with a slugging percentage of .526. Second Team Delton Kellogg Katie Marshall: A freshman who played on the left side of the Panther infield this season, she finished the season with a fine fielding percentage of .932. Marshall batted .310 in 20 games this season, with seven RBI, and two doubles and two triples. Justie McCowan: The Panthers’ junior first baseman batted .273 this season, and finished the year with 17 RBI. She had a .966 fielding percentage at first base, committing only five errors all season long. Hastings Sara Bolo: A sophomore infielder, Bolo led the Saxons in runs scored with 20 and in stolen bases with 17. She was second on the Saxon team with a .293 batting average, and also had a pair of triples this season. Lakewood Mallorie Brodbeck: The Vikings’ junior left fielder was an all-conference performer in the CAAC-3 this spring. She scored 19 runs this season for the Vikings, and was perfect in two stolen base attempts. Natalie O’Rielly: The Vikings’ senior first baseman batted .260 this spring, with a .369 on-base percentage. She was all-conference in the CAAC-3 this spring, and ended the season with 11 RBI’s and four extra-base hits. Sylvia Welch: Lakewood’s senior second baseman batted .238 for the season, in earning all-conference honors in the CAAC-3. She scored 14 runs and had 14 RBI’s in her final season with the Viking varsity, and was also perfect on all five of her stolen base attempts. Maple Valley Markie Brumm: A three-year varsity player at Maple Valley, Brumm set a Lion record for assists as a fielder this year with 56 assists from second base. Brumm batted .209 this year, with four doubles and a pair of triples. She had a fielding percentage of .895. Mercedies Angus: Just a freshman, Angus set a new Maple Valley record of ERA with a 2.13 mark over the course of 154 innings this season. She struck out 134 batters and walked only 34. On the offensive side of the ball, Angus batted .244, with 1 RBI and 16 stolen bases. Thornapple Kellogg Emma Bishop: Thornapple Kellogg head coach Rich Palmer said, “ Emma hits the ball very hard when she makes contact, and is one of the best athletes on our team. Bishop struggled at the plate this year, but still had one of the team’s highest on-base percentages at .377. As a pitcher, she recorded 67 strike outs in 62 innings of work. Christina Kunde: A solid second baseman with a fielding percentage of .891 in her senior season. She batted .247 this season, and scored 25 run. Kunde led the Trojans on the base paths with 10 steals in 11 attempts. Ashley Lewis: A senior infielder, Lewis led the Trojans with 26 runs scored and only struck out eight times this season. She finished the season with a .312 batting average, and was perfect on the base paths with six steals in six attempts. Adrienne Palmer: From her catcher spot Palmer, a sophomore, recorded the best fielding percentage on the team with the fewest errors. A part-time pitcher, she threw a no-hitter in a shut out of Hamilton. For the season she batted .225 with nine RBI’s. High school sports take a holiday Sophomore Sara Bolo was one of the top offensive producers for the Saxon varsity softball team this spring. (File photo) FREE MENTS H S E R F E R For the first time this summer, all schools in the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s membership must enforce a “dead period,” when school coaches have no contact with students in an athletic setting on or off school premises. The dead period is a minimum of seven consecutive days, with each school deciding when those days will occur. In surveys conducted this spring more than 90 percent of MHSAA member schools indicated that their dead period will include the Fourth of July. “Some of our constituents think a dead period is long overdue, and some don’t think seven days is enough,” said John E. “Jack” Roberts, Executive Director of the MHSAA. “It is what it is, a de-escalation of pressures on kids and coaches out-of-season, one of several coming to school sports in Michigan.” MEET MY FAMILY! The creation of the dead period is one of three actions taken by the Association’s Representative Council a year ago which have been widely publicized and went into effect on June 1. The others are the creation of a preseason down time before each sports season and a ban on curriculum offerings focusing on a single MHSAA post-season tournament sport. The preseason down time prohibits schools from conducting open gyms and other activities for a period of 6 to 14 days prior to the start of each season which could be construed as out-of-season practice or even tryouts for a team. The down times are from August 1 to the first practice date in fall sports, 14 calendar days before the first practice date for each winter sport, and from March 1 until the first practice date in spring sports. In the school curriculum, effective with the 2007-08 school year, if a class offers instruction specific to an MHSAA tournament sport, the class must offer instruction on at least of three topics in equal proportion taught to all students enrolled, and the class must be open 06654445 to all students. “The down time will allow schools to more clearly distinguish the start of each practice and its tryout period,” said Roberts. “There have also been a number of schools conducting classroom offerings which have appeared to their opponents as school-sponsored outof-season practice, especially in football.” TAPRC SOFTBALL TAPRC Softball Scores from June 11 Applebee’s/Brian’s Tire 14 vs. TPES 9; Bushwacker Nursery 12 vs. Mancino’s 11; Champs 18 vs. Brightside Church 4. 06654557 � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-07-05.pdf aa72f22771a6e9d9d7cf8c4db471776b PDF Text Text State Dem Chair previes Election ‘08 Don’t give director ‘golden parachute’ Anonymous donor gives HHS football field turf See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 6 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 27 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, July 5, 2007 Sheriff, prosecutor voice reservations NEWS Prospects good for 911 director agreement BRIEFS Two area blood drives July 17, 19 Two American Red Cross blood drives will be held later this month in Barry County, on Tuesday, July 17, at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Thursday, July 19, at the Hastings Moose Lodge from 1 to 6:45 p.m. All presenting donors in July can enter a drawing to win one of four $500 gas cards. All are welcome, no appointments required! Please bring pictured ID or the Donor Card. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For every unit of blood received, three to four people can benefit from that donated unit. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Fountain Fridays series to return The Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series is slated to begin on July 6 in downtown Hastings. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. For the 2007 series the line-up of performers ranges from steel drum to jazz, pop to classical, and a special community day at the end of the series. The schedule consists of Third Coast Steel, a Michigan-based steel drum ensemble July 6, followed by Mary Rademacker with her special brand of cabaret and jazz July 13. The Celtic folk group Hurry the Jug will appear July 20. Pacific Lite brings pop variety with a jazz flavor July 27. Hastings own Thornapple River Boys return with a bluegrass sound on Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. Middleville plans Volksmarch July 7 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer It now appears the agreement between outgoing Barry County 911 Director Charlie Nystrom; the 911 board; Tom Evans, Barry County Prosecutor; and Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf will be signed by all parties. However, there is speculation that at least two of the parties, Evans and Leaf, are not completely satisfied with the terms of the agreement and both have raised speculation they will not sign it. The agreement, accepted by the 911 board on Monday, June 25, states that Nystrom will officially retire on Feb. 17, 2008. In the mean- Board Chairman Ron Neil also will resign his position at that time. The agreement was a compromise reached by attorneys representing Nystrom, the 911 board and Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. For his part in the agreement, Evans agrees not to prosecute Nystrom further concerning allegations that he paid 911 Dispatch employees for overtime hours not recorded. Sheriff Dar Leaf said this week he has reservations about the agreement and was not happy that the negotiations were conducted over the phone rather than in a meeting of all parties. “I have some questions,” Leaf said, although he admitted he felt he could accept the provisions in the agreement. “For one thing, I did not like that the negotiations were done over the phone and involved only the attorneys. I was contacted by phone when the agreement was reached and told of what it contained. I felt I was pressured to accept the agreement.” One particular section of the agreement that Leaf has a problem with involves his ongoing investigation into the allegation that Nystrom paid employees for hours not See 911, page 4 Should cell phone use by motorists be banned? by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern Cell phones are just about everywhere. Almost everyone of every age owns them and their functions today involve much more than a quick telephone call here and there. However, with features like text messaging, video recording and even the Internet, cell phones can become a distraction in the workplace, schools, social functions and in automobiles. Because of the rising cell phone phenomenon and evidence they play a role in fatal traffic accidents, 40 states have proposed laws to ban their use while driving, however only California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Washington D.C. have passed such laws. Understandably, it has been proven difficult to enforce such laws. Eight states have even prohibited localities from banning cell phone use. So what is Michigan doing about this issue? It is one of 28 states that has absolutely no cell phone legislation. No restrictions are even in place to prevent school bus drivers from using a cell phone while driving. State Senator Buzz Thomas, a Democrat, has proposed legislation to ban motorists in the express lanes or passing lanes from using their cell phone while driving. Thomas said, "Michigan is one of the last states in the nation to address cell phone use and distracted drivers. I’m not advocating an outright ban. I’m advocating a reasonable measure to address this issue." Hastings High School students attended the March conference of Youth in Government this year, where they discussed a bill to prevent cell phone use in motor vehicles. Youth representatives however, quickly shot down the bill because it was "impossible to enforce" and "easily missed." Much discussion was held about cell phones being distractions, but youth repre- sentatives also brought up how the radio could be just as distracting, having passengers in the car and reading billboards along the road all lead to traffic crashes. So while most people see traffic accidents resulting from causes that can be controlled, including drunk drivers, loud music, not paying close enough attention to the road, we should keep in mind that carrying on a conversation while driving is a huge distraction and can be very dangerous. Hastings Police Chief Jerry Sarver had a See PHONE, page 9 Sparty bleeds green and white, can’t donate “Sparty,” the Michigan State University mascot, enlivened the American Red Cross blood drive Monday at the Barry County Commission on Aging. Though he appears to be getting ready to be a donor (above), he had to stick to greeting folks when they arrived because it was determined that the blood in his veins was green and white. The blood drive was sponsored and organized by State Rep. Brian Calley (RPortland), who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District. Calley, a 1998 MSU graduate, arranged for Sparty to make the surprise visit to Hastings. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) Hastings grad an outstanding teacher finalist The Paul Henry Thornapple Trail in Middleville welcomes bicyclists, joggers and walkers Saturday, July 7, to explore the trail by walking in the next Volksmarch. The start of this walk is from 8 to 11 a.m. The start/finish line is at the trailhead gazebo next to 100 East Main St. in Middleville. This is parking available behind village hall. Participants can walk, run, stroll or explore the trail by bicycle. Participants should plan to finish by 2 p.m. Distances available are 5K, 10K or 12K. The Middleville Official Volksport Event Site (MOVES) is a member of the American Volksport Association. AVA event and distance record books will be available at the start of the walk. A beginning walkers kit worth $23 will be available at the registration table for $5. For more information about upcoming walking events, including the Bridge Walk on Sept. 3, call Jean at 269-7953627 or dancealot200vm@yahoo.com See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 time, he will remain on paid administrative leave pending the signing of the agreement. If and when the agreement is signed, it contains provisions which will pay Nystrom his full salary, plus benefits, until his retirement in February and provides he will receive his full pension upon his retirement. It also includes a provision which will have his attorney fees paid by the board. The total package will result in more than $60,000 in pay and benefits for Nystrom between now and his February retirement. As part of the agreement, Nystrom will be replaced as 911 director immediately upon the signed agreement being accepted and 911 Matt Anton Matt Anton, a 1992 graduate of Hastings High School, was recently named one of the finalists in the selection of outstanding teachers of the year by the Wayne County Regional Education Service Agency. He has completed eight years as an English teacher at Belleville North Middle School. During Matt’s tenure, he helped create and maintain Quiz Bowl competition, the annual school variety show and a recycling program. A 1996 graduate of the University of Michigan, with teacher certification from Eastern Michigan University, Matt earned a master’s degree from Marygrove College. He and his wife, Melina Williams, are expecting their first child this month. Currently, they live in Ann Arbor, but will be moving to St. Paul, Minn. after the baby’s birth. Melina, a U-M Law School graduate, will begin a one-year clerkship with a judge on the federal Court of Appeals in Minneapolis in late summer. Anton is the son of the Rev. Michael and Charlotte Anton of Hastings. Fireworks featured for Fourth Fireworks during the Fourth of July have become as American as Independence Day itself. This year, fireworks were on display several places throughout Barry County to celebrate. There was a fireworks show in Caledonia Saturday, June 30, as well as at Gun Lake Tuesday evening, July 3, and Algonquin Lake on Wednesday, July 4. Charlton Park put on a fireworks display Sunday evening over Thornapple Lake after its bluegrass festival. (File photo by Perry Hardiin) �Page 2 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Art in the Park will be July 7 Middleville ballot to have one race Lake Odessa’s 33rd annual Art in the Park is scheduled for Saturday, July 7. The arts and craft booths will be opened from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The entertainment starts at 9 to 11 a.m. with the Professors and 11 to 1 p.m. with the Nowhere Band. From 1 to 2 p.m. will be J-3. Josh Rose will perform from 2 to 3 p.m. and Center Stage dances 4 to 5 p.m. The park will have many groups selling brats, ice cream, elephant ears and other festival favorites. Voters in the Village of Middleville will decide on a village president and elect six members of the Village Council in the election Tuesday, Sept. 11. There are no challengers for the six seats on the council. Running for village president are incumbent Lon Myers and Robert Klinge. This is a two-year position. The three incumbents running for fouryear terms on the council are Michael Lytle, Charles Pullen and Phillip VanNoord. Daniel Parker and Richard Reyff are running for two-year terms. The only member of council not up for election is Dorothy Corson. She still has two years to serve on her four-year term. Work on M-79 to start today The Michigan Department of Transportation (M-DOT) will begin work on approximately five miles of M-79 Thursday, July 5. The project includes intersection upgrades, guardrail upgrades and M-79 resurfacing from M-37 east to Barryville Road in Barry County. One lane of alternating traffic will be maintained using flagging operations. The project is expected to be completed by the end of August. For up-to-date information on this project, go to the list of statewide lane closures on MDOT's Web site at www.michigan.gov/laneclosures. This $2.1 million project continues a commitment by MDOT and the Granholm administration to create jobs, improve quality of life and provide the highest quality transportation services for Michigan residents and businesses. Annexation hearing slated for July 10 A public hearing on the Village of Middleville’s request to annex 13 parcels in Thornapple Township will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, by the Barry County Board of Commissioners. The annexation, if approved, would pave the way for construction of a bridge over the Thornapple River to better accommodate truck traffic from the Bradford White Corp. to M-37. A federal highway grant of $3.1 million was secured by the Barry County Road Commission and another $1.1 million is being for a Michigan Governor’s Jobs Today grant. The Village Council in April adopted a resolution to proceed with the annexation procedure and Thornapple Township since then has indicated it has no objection. The next step then is the hearing next month and approval from the County Board. Providing impetus for the project was the Village Local Development Finance Authority, along with the Road Commission. Providing a better and faster route for Bradford White is regarded as a way to make Barry County’s largest employer, a manufacturer of water heaters, more competitive. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday, July 6, with the Gentlemen of Ragtime an area group that specializes in the genre. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Baby-sitting class series scheduled The American Red Cross and 4-H will sponsor a series of baby-sitting camps this month and next. The sessions will be held at the Thornapple Valley Church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 10 and 11; Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27; Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 7, and Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10. Successful graduates will be certified by the American Red Cross. Cost is $50 for each baby-sitter student. For more information or to register, call (616) 456-8661. Fiddlers to play at Grange July 7 The Michigan Fiddler will be guests at at the Maple Leaf Grange from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 7, in Nashville. Food served by members of the Grange will be served in the basement of the building from 2 to 6 p.m. that day. For more information, call Beverly Wagoner at (517) 852-9178. Animal blessing service planned A Blessing of the Animals Sunday service will be held at the Kalamo United Methodist Church Sunday, July 8, near Vermontville. During the 9 a.m. and 10:30 worship services, animals will be blessed to remind everyone of the beauty of God's creation and the role humans play in ensuring its care and proper use. Families, singles, and children, are encouraged to bring their dogs, cats, birds, lizards, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, fish, tortoises and turtles and other well behaved pets on Blessing of the Animals Sunday. The blessing will include a prayer for a safe home and a hope to bring delight to those who love, guard, and protect each animal. It is not a coincidence that this special day will occur on the Sunday before the Eaton County Fair. Bring animals for a special blessing before taking them to the fair. Small animals (animals that can be held or are in cages or on leashes) will be blessed in the sanctuary during the second half of the 9 a.m. service. Large animals will be blessed outside in their trucks or trailers during the second half of the 10:30 service. HMS spruce up work days slated The Saxon Pride parents group for Hastings Middle School needs volunteers, parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles and basically any adult who can paint to help spruce up the middle school and make it a brighter place for the children. The group will be painting and working on some minor renovations, i.e. trophy cases. Volunteers are needed Monday through Wednesday, July 23, 24 and 25, any time anyone can spare between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday, July 25 and 26, from 8 a.m. to noon. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. Call Cheryl Goggins 945-5290 for more information or just show up one one or more of the work days. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 State Dem chair previews Election ’08 War in Iraq, health care costs expected to be top issues in race by David T. Young Editor The 2008 presidential election is almost a year and a half away, but Michigan’s Democratic and Republican parties already have been making preparations. State Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, also the vice chairman of the National Democratic Party Committee, appeared at the Thomas Jefferson Hall in Hastings last Wednesday night to talk about what we may see next year. Brewer told a First Friday series crowd that Democrats at the state and national levels have made great strides at the ballot box over the last several years. He noted Gov. Jennifer Granholm won last November by a wider margin over Dick DeVos than she did in 2002 against Dick Posthumus, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow cruised to an easy victory this time after winning a squeaker upset in 2000 over Spencer Abraham, the Dems regained control of the Michigan House and they won every race for State Board of Education. Noting Barry County is a Republican stronghold, he said, “In these state-wide races, every vote is important, we don’t count out any county.” For example, DeVos carried Barry County in 2006, but Granholm ran very competitively besides winning handily in other more Democrat-leaning areas. Brewer said Democrats in state-wide races next year hope to unseat incumbent Clifford Taylor, a close friend of former Republican Gov. John Engler who has sided in the vast majority of cases with big business and insurance companies and has used a taxpayerfunded car, even for vacations. “He’s a target,” Brewer said. “We want to replace him with someone more moderate, more reasonable.” Other targets next year will be freshman Congressmen Tim Walberg in the neighboring Seventh District, who unseated incumbent Joe Schwarz. Brewer said the Dems should not take the re-election effort of U.S. Senator Carl Levin for granted. Levin has served in Washington since 1978 and now serves as chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee. Brewer acknowledged the presidential election hype has started earlier this time than almost any other election in recent memory, with Republican and Democratic candidates already having forums and raising a lot of money. Michigan Democrats plan to have their own presidential caucus, they hope as early as Feb. 9, make it one of the first states involved in the process. He said an early selection is important because “They (the early states) get more attention from the candidates.” Iowa and New Hampshire traditionally have been the first two states with caucuses or presidential primaries, but they’re getting competition from Florida, Nevada and South Carolina. “If any other state violates the (traditional) schedule, we’ll move up with them,” Brewer promised. “We’re watching what these other states do, so stay tuned.” The way the caucus will be conducted also is an interesting discussion. Voters will be allowed to show up at any polling center within the county in which they live. Plans call for more than 200 such centers around the state. “No reason” absentee voting also will be permitted, along with some provisions for Internet voting, but applications must be made. He said the voting numbers will affect the number of delegates, but it is hope each of Michigan’s 15 congressional districts will from four to six. The national Democratic Convention will Mark Brewer, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party, talks with constituents David Brinkert, Don Groendyk and an unidentified woman after his presentation last Wednesday evening at the Thomas Jefferson Hall in Hastings. be held in Denver in August of next year. “Unity (on backing the Democratic nominee) is important,” Brewer said. “Don’t think the Republicans will rollover and hand us the White House next year.” He pointed out that though Michigan lately has been dominated in Lansing by the GOP, the state in the last four elections has gone for the Democratic presidential nominee, Clinton twice and Gore and Kerry afterward, the first time that streak has been put together since the era of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. “But we’re still a battleground state,” he said. People attending the presentation asked Brewer about issues such as immigration, “right to work” legislation, parental custody rights, trade agreements and the state budget. Brewer said, I don’t know where immigration is headed. This is very wide open issue that cuts across party lines.” About efforts to make Michigan a “Right to Work” state, he said. “There’s no hope of it passing... It would allow people to have union benefits without paying union dues... It’s an attempt by people who don’t like unions to weaken them.” Don Groendyk asked about the possibility of renegotiating all trade agreements, in the wake of reports of tainted merchandise and food products coming to the U.S. from China. About the state budget, Brewer noted the deficit problem for this year has been resolved, the Single Business Tax replacement revenue plan has been agreed to, and the budget shortfall for the next fiscal year already has been projected to be as high as $1.5 billion. Though some, particularly Republicans, are calling for cuts, he said, “You could cut prisons and education to the bone and still not make up the deficit. A lot of reforms Republicans are talking about don’t save enough money.” He also pointed out the United State has a serious budget shortfall because of the money spent on the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. “President Bush has put this war in Iraq on the national credit card,” he said. “Can you imagine what could have been done for this Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer speaks at the First Friday program. country will the billions of dollars that instead have been spent on Iraq?” Brewer said regardless of positions being taken on a variety of issues, the biggest in the presidential election of 2008 will be the War in Iraq and health care. The latter is interesting in light of the release of the Michael Moore movie “Sicko,” in which it was noted people in other countries live longer and have lower infant mortality. The U.S. health care system was ranked only 37th. Brewer said Congress will have a tough time dealing with this issue because of public pressure and the large amount of campaign contributions politicians get from the health insurance and prescription medication lobbies. “It will take tremendous political will and courage,” he said. When asked about the possibility former Vice President Al Gore will get into the Democratic presidential race, Brewer replied, “He’s got until October to decide, but if I had to bet, I’d have to say no.” The Dem chairman said perhaps too much is made about the differences in the Congress and Legislature between Republicans and Democrats. “About 90 percent of the legislation goes through process and the governor signs it, but it’s when they have fights that it makes the news,” he said. “I’m a partisan, but I expect our legislators to work together to solve problems.” One issue not mentioned until near the end of the session was energy. “I don’t see any short-term answers or relief (from high gasoline prices),” he said. “But the long term is alternative energy.” However, Elden Shellenbarger suggested the price of milk is going up because much of the corn crop now is use to make ethanol. Groendyk then quipped, “How about Detroit changing its product?” Six gardens open for touring July 14 Besides opportunities to stroll through six Hastings area gardens, the Thornapple Garden Club’s 10th annual ‘Day in the Garden’ Tour Saturday, July 14 will include music at several gardens, a watercolor artist at work and a demonstration of dried flower arranging. Garden tour hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the public is invited to visit the gardens any time during that framework. Gardens on tour this year are: Joe and Marge Shaver, 1170 Iroquois Trail; Barry County Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Gardens, located at the County Fairground at 1350 North M-37 Highway, between Hastings and Middleville; Lee and Loretta Satterfield, 102 North M-37 Highway; David and Jean (Freeland) Nelson, 84 North M-37 Highway; Anita and Jerry Lyons, 600 High Street; Barb Pietrangelo and Stuart Keeler, 430 S. Market. A Garden Thyme Market also will be operating, on the day of the tour, on the Barry County Courthouse lawn in Hastings. The market features vendors with garden art, accessories for gardens and gardeners and raffle tickets for a drawing. Tickets for the tour are $6 per person if purchased in advance at the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, Arris Matrix, Beyond the Cover Book Store, Bosley Pharmacy, Hastings Flower Shop or online at a_day_in_the_garden@yahoo.com. Tickets on the day of the tour sell for $8 at the Garden Thyme Market/Thornapple Garden Club booth. Proceeds from the tour are earmarked towards the beautification of the Hastings area. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 3 Irving Township Board decides against construction of new hall by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Irving Township Board voted 3-2 Monday night only to have necessary repairs done to the township hall rather than have a new facility built. The repairs will include making the building more compliant with provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act by altering the front door and creating an ADA approved upstairs bathroom. Included in the motion was adding insulation to the roof to help control heating costs. The board has been grappling for some time with what to do about the old township hall building. There even has been a millage vote to build a new hall, but it failed. Township Supervisor George London invited those on the board and in the audience to discuss whether to leave the current township hall as it is, renovate the existing hall or build a new structure. A special committee set up to look into renovating or building a new structure had given a report at the June 13 Township Board meeting. The committee members said they were in favor of renovating the existing structure without using the basement. They proposed renovating the main floor of the existing structure, adding an ADA compliant bathroom, office cubicles and other enhancements. The cost was estimated to be between $90,000 and $120,000. This was revised to allow for the maintenance of the building to include insulation of the roof and an ADA accessible restroom entrance door. The motion included the need for three estimates before any decision is made. The board accepted the report, but did not vote to act on it. Members of the audience were quite vehement on all sides of this issue. There were disagreements over cost estimates with members of the committee which had looked into renovation compared to a new structure over the past several months. Township trustee Charlie Boulter said he wanted to wait to get more estimates before acting. Several in the audience supported leaving the building as is because of slow growth in the township and home sales. Others supported the full renovation plan. Several trustees were in favor of building a new structure with a look to the future. Resident John Loftus told the board he was in favor of the new structure with a look to the future. Others were just as adamant to do nothing. There was a great deal of discussion from former members of the Irving Township Board in the audience that they liked the way township business was done from home previously rather than from the township building. It was pointed out by several members of the audience that votes failed twice on raising millage to build first a new fire station and township hall facility or just a township hall on the property purchased by the township for $75,000 when Kathee Pierce was township supervisor. There were questions about how revenue sharing is spent. Other questions raised by the audience were on why more roads were not paved and other procedural questions. London told the audience he had received an estimate of $275,000 to pave one mile of gravel road. Theron Carter, a resident of the township for more than 38 years, commented that in his opinion, “we don’t need a new township hall.” Carol Ergang presented a motion to do nothing until the impact of township consolidation legislation was determined. The two voting against the motion, Boulter and Larry Brummel, said they are concerned that just the bathroom and front door will not be enough to satisfy ADA requirements. Boulter said he is also concerned that the township does not have enough information. Following the meeting many people stood in the parking lot to discuss their unhappiness with board action. Some even mentioned the possibility of a recall. Before the vote was taken, 87th District State Representative Brian Calley told the board and audience of more than 40 at the special Irving Township meeting that while he does not believe that House Bill #4780 will pass, the debate over consolidating township responsibilities to counties will not go away. Calley, who represents all of Barry County and part of Ionia in Lansing, said he believes that the time limit set in this bill sponsored by southeastern Michigan area legislators is too tight for the bill to pass. "Unless the changes save money in the long run, I don't see this legislation passing," he said. Calley attributed the recent legislation to an offhand comment by Speaker of the House Andy Dillon, who said at a recent press conference, “Maybe we don’t need townships.” This issue then was taken up by others. Calley also talked about the passage of the new business tax and the need for the governor and both branches of state government to work together. The next regular July Irving Township Board meeting will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. Visitors to the AACA Grand National at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners will see a wide varity of antique cars during the show this Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Gilmore Car Museum) ‘Super Bowl of antique car shows’ to visit Gilmore Museum Saturday The Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners will be the site of one of the most prestigious car shows in the nation, the AACA Grand National, Saturday July 7. Often referred to as the “Super Bowl of antique car shows,” the AACA Grand National is sponsored by the Antique Automobile Club of America in a different city each year. The AACA was the country's first antique car club when it was started in 1935 and today it boasts more than 60,000 members, making it also the largest. Based out of Hershey, Pa., the AACA is host for several shows each year, but there is only one Grand National annually. The event at the Gilmore Car Museum is expected to draw nearly 500 antique cars, trucks and motorcycles from around the country. In order to participate in a Grand National these AACA member cars had to first win a Junior or Senior Award at a previous AACA judged show. Cars & Parts Magazine, a standard in the antique car hobby, has described qualification of a collector vehicle to merely participate at a Grand National as a "badge of honor in and of itself." "The Best-of-the-Best" is how Michael Spezia, Director of the Gilmore Car Museum, describes the vehicles that will be presented during Saturday’s show. It seems fitting that the AACA Grand National will be held on the Museum's 90acre park-like grounds, as the Gilmore has been hailed as one of the "Finest Automotive Museums" in the nation. In fact, Old Cars Weekly magazine recently declared it, "the Best in the Midwest!" Within the museum, visitors will encounter nearly 200 extraordinary vehicles in restored historic barns, spanning more than 100 years of automotive heritage. Included are exhibits ranging from an 1899 Locomobile to the classic Duesenberg, the elusive 1948 Tucker, the Model T and cars of the 1950s. Several historic barns, a 1890s train depot, the 1930s gas station, a working authentic 1940s diner and a vintage Disney movie set are also there to discover. A special, limited-time exhibit, "Michigan Dream Garage - The Ultimate Muscle Cars," showcases some of the world's most sought after muscle cars of the 1960s and ’70s is featured at the Museum through Oct. 31. Special Museum admission for the day this Saturday is $8 with children under 11 admitted free. Those with collector vehicles that have not qualified to participate in this AACA Grand National are still encouraged to display their vehicles in a special non-judged area adjacent to the show field. The Gilmore Car Museum is located midway between Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Battle Creek, on M-43 and Hickory Road, north of Richland. To learn more about the Gilmore Car Museum visit: www.GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call the museum at 269-671-5089. Kid Zone features summertime fun with friends Summer Kid Zone participants are pictured as they celebrate their participation in Kid Zone, a summer program sponsored by Hastings Community Education. Kid Zone met every day for one week and participants discovered "There is no community without Y-O-U" and no ‘I’ in Teamwork.” Ten participants enjoyed the program, which focuses on the importance of friendship, good decision-making, healthy choices, teamwork, and community pride. Kid Zone "Kids" had fun making new friends, doing crafts, working together, playing games, and eating healthy snacks. They are also pictured completing a community service project where they made placemats and bookmarks for the Commission On Aging Senior Meal Sites. Kid Zone is a prevention service of Barry County Substance Abuse Services (BCSAS) and was facilitated by Liz Lenz, Community preventionist, and Therese Maupin Moore, school-based preventionist. Summer classes announced for Community Music School The Community School of Hastings has announced this summer’s schedule for classes. “Summer is a great time to learn music,” said Director Steve Youngs. “Register for fun and convenient music classes for all ages at the Community Music School.” For young children, "KinderKamp" is a fun and enriching sampling of the renowned Kindermusik music and movement program. The classes include five morning sessions from Monday, July 16, to Friday, July 20, at First United Methodist Church, 209 West Green St. For children 18 months to 3 years of age, “Our Time” meets from 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. For 3- to 6-year-olds. “Imagine That!” meets from 11 to 11:45 a.m. The classes are taught by Kindermusik-certified instructor Teresa Pash. Cost is $45. Known for her fun and imaginative approach to music, instructor Melissa Risk will present a variety of enriching summer classes for all ages from Monday, July 23, to Friday, July 27, at the Hastings campus of Kellogg Community College. Young musicians from 6 to 9 years of age can enjoy “Games Galore I.” Open to all instruments, this group class will review theory, explore composers, and enhance performance skills through entertaining games. The class will meet from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost is $60. For musicians 10 to 15 years old, Melissa Risk will present “Games Galore II.” Open to all instruments, this group class will review theory, explore composers and enhance performance skills through entertaining games. The class will meet from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cost is $60. Those who have 7 to 11 years old and are interested in learning piano, but are hesitant to make a semester-long commitment to private lessons, “Kids’ Introduction to Piano” may be the right class. Beginners will be introduced to the keyboard, basic rhythms, note-reading, and other musical concepts. Those who have a portable keyboard should plan to bring it with them. The class will meet from 3 to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. Cost is $60, plus purchase of text. For young pianists ages 8 to 14, “Kids’ Makin’ It By Fakin’ It,” will teach them to chord along with melodies and sound like a pro with their favorite tunes. Students must have basic right hand facility and be comfortable reading treble clef. Those who have a portable keyboard should plan to bring it with them. Materials are provided. The class will meet Monday through Friday from 4 to 4:45 p.m. The cost is $60. For adults (age 16 and up) interested in learning piano (or refreshing musical memory from childhood lessons), but are hesitant to make a semester-long commitment to private lessons, “Adult Introduction to Piano” is a good choice. Adults will be introduced to the keyboard, basic rhythms, note-reading, and other musical concepts. Those who have a portable keyboard should plan to bring it with them. The class will meet Monday through Friday from 5 to 5:45 p.m. The cost is $60, plus purchase of text. For adult pianists (ages 15 and up), “Adult Makin’ It By Fakin’ It, Part 1” will teach people to chord along with melodies and sound like a pro with favorite tunes. Students must have basic right hand facility and be comfortable reading treble clef. Materials are provided. Those who have a portable keyboard should plan to bring it with them. The class will meet Monday through Friday from 6:15 to 7p.m. The cost is $60. Call the Community School-Hastings office for more information and to register at 269 948-9441. The CMS is located at First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. The Community Music School is a program of the Music Center of South Central, and is made possible by contributions from individuals, businesses, and foundations, and by grants from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Barry Community Foundation. Kindermusik teacher Teresa Pash Piano Instructor Melissa Risk Sing for Kids’ Sake contest deadline set Have you always wanted to win a place on “American Idol,” but didn’t think you were good enough? The Child Abuse Prevention Council is offering community members the opportunity to live out their “Idol” dreams right here in Barry County, but only until July 27. The Barry County Idol Contest: Sing for Kids Sake will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The l contest is in collaboration with the B93 Roof-sit for Kids. All funds collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of 150 words or less about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Entries must be received by Friday, July 27. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269)948-3264 or any board member; Sheryl Overmire, Gina McMahon, Terri Boudo, Sharon Barry, Brian Osterink, Jedy Bishop, Teresa Boulter, Nancy Bradley, Carol Dwyer, Stephanie Fekkes, Cliff Morse, Jim Schnackenberg, Brenda Shinabarger-Howe and Denise Walsh. First, second and third place winners will receive trophies and monetary awards. First place also will receive an interview with a B93 radio station celebrity. �Page 4 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Maxi Muffler Plus is granted permission for outdoor dislays by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Planning Commission approved a site plan review from Cody and Lorie Norton for Maxi Muffler Plus at Monday night’s meeting for the outdoor display of merchandise. The Nortons requested permission to sell snow plows, trailers and tires, new or in good condition. The trailers will be displayed throughout the spring and summer months, and snow plows will be displayed throughout the fall and winter. Cody Norton said the items will be left outside at all times. Watermelon contest winner wannabee Jolene Nash spends an afternoon of kids’ games at the Lake Odessa Fair, which concluded just last weekend. She first has her face painted like a little kitty cat with black whiskers and a nose. She then enters the watermelon eating contest. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Community Development Director John Hart said the only concerns or concerns city staff members have with the site plan approval are that Norton currently has tires on display outside the facility without permission, and vehicles are parked in a disorderly manner. Norton said he parks the vehicles in the current manner to prevent people from cutting through his parking lot to avoid waiting at the traffic light on the corner of Broadway and Apple Street. “I need to stop that traffic from going through the lot,” he said, adding that he has almost been hit by people cutting through his parking lot. Planning Commission member Elizabeth Forbes suggested painting arrows in the Maxi Muffler Plus parking lot to create a traffic pattern. Staff recommendations for site plan approval were that materials on display be those limited to what was requested by Norton; materials must be kept two feet away from any sidewalk; no materials more than three feet high should be stored within 20 feet of the intersecting right-of-way lines; all display areas should be well maintained; no signage or illumination should be placed on the displays; and parking spaces should be delineated in front of the establishment. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • A public hearing set for Dreisbach Motors was postponed until the site plan is completed. • The 2007 Planning Commission task list was reviewed, and the following three tasks were added: Consider amending sign ordinance to regulate flashing or moving lights as an attraction or integral to the sign type, also consider reader boards containing moving text or images; Consider regulating the use of storage containers in residential areas; Consider changes to the infrastructure requirements to accommodate denser or more traditional residential development. • Planning Commission members had further discussion about the proposed new fire department. A map was presented detailing where all Hastings firefighters live to illustrate the distance they would have to drive to get to the fire station. Another map was presented detailing the areas covered by the Hastings Fire Department. Farmer’s Market heralds summer The vendors at the Hastings and Middleville Farmer’s Markets are in full swing this summer. The one in Middleville is located next to and behind village hall every Friday from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. Now fresh fruits and vegetables are available. Several craft vendors and a bakery are set up each week as well. In Hastings, the market is located in the parking lot next to Tyden Park. For more information about joining the farmer’s market call the Village of Middleville at 795-33857. Charlton Park’s bluegrass festival sells 476 tickets A group of musicians and members of the audience stayed after the concert and did a little jamming in the parking lot until the start of the fireworks display. Charlton Park was host Sunday for a couple of new events suggested by the public, a bluegrass festival and a fireworks show. Neil Wilder organized the Bluegrass Festival, which ran from 3 to 8:30 p.m. and included four bands, the Northern Blues String Band, the Windy Mountain Boys, the Thornapple River Boys and Blue Grass Twist. Concessions included Chinese food, hot dogs and Rick Moore from Rails to Trails selling ice cream from his bicycle freezer. Paid attendance was 476, but Wilder said he would like to see it grow to thousands as this event is developed. A spontaneous “hootenanny” broke out in the parking lot after the festival which included band members and the audience. The Barry County Sheriff's Posse, Nashville Ambulance Service and the Hastings Fire Department assisted with safety considerations with this event. At sundown another three to four hundred more people showed up for the fireworks show, sponsored by Little's Country Store, the Thornapple Trading Post and the Thornapple Lake Association. “These two events, a one-two punch for Charlton Park, were two slices of American Pie and needless to say...a good time was had by all,” said Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Callton, who played harmonica for the Northern Blues String Band. Corrections: Mark Willis of Hastings was first in the men’s 55-59 age class in the June 16-17 national 24-Hour Challenge bicycle event. He completed 365.2 miles. Barry County Board Chairman Mike Callton was among the musicians who performed Sunday evening at Charlton Park. The Banner incorrectly identified Councilman Don Tubbs as commenting on a proposed dog park at the June 25 City Council meeting. It was Councilman Don Bowers who made comments about the proposed park. 911, continued from page 1 recorded. The agreement says, in part, “...the Barry County Sheriff represents that he will terminate his investigation of the pay practices described in the Prosecuting Attorney’s May 29, 2007, letter, and that as of the date of this agreement, he has no knowledge of any facts regarding the operation of the BCCDA (Barry County Central Dispatch Authority) that would warrant a further investigation and no other investigation is currently open.” The investigation referred to is being conducted by Barry County Sheriff’s Department Detective Dave Oakland and involves interviewing 911 employees. That investigation is still on going, Leaf said Tuesday. Leaf also took issue with the portion of the agreement that stipulates 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil will resign upon the event that the agreement is signed by all parties. “Why was the resignation of Ron Neil made a condition of the agreement?” Leaf asked. “The agreement actually addresses only the issue of Charlie’s payment of 911 employees for overtime hours they did not record.” Leaf said it was his understanding that the provision containing Neil’s resignation was a “chip” thrown in to get Tom Evans to accept the agreement. When asked to comment on that provision, Neil said he felt it was “inappropriate and unethical” for anyone to comment on the Public Opinion: agreement until it is signed. “My position is that I am going to see what the investigation concludes and then make my final decision as to whether or not I will sign the agreement,” Leaf said. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans has taken a similar stance. “I know there is a school of thought that this was not a fair deal,” Evans said Monday. “But I am only one chip and although I sit on the board I am not a voting member. “I felt I did everything I could do and should do,” he said. “I may not be happy with the ultimate resolution, but I think I did all I could to resolve the issue and allow the board and the citizens of Barry County to move forward. “I agree that the price was a little too high and I think the board was trying to insulate themselves from litigation as much as possible.” Evans said he stands firm on one issue, however. “I fully support the sheriff and his authority to conduct this investigation to its conclusion,” he said. “At that point in time I will look at the results of that investigation and decide whether or not I will sign the agreement.” Evans said if any one person who is designated to sign the agreement, refuses to sign it, the agreement is null and void. “It will mean there is no agreement,” he What was so good about ’40s music? Responses to our weekly question. The musical group Java Jive performed Friday, June 29, at the Riverbank Music series in Middleville, bringing a nostalgic look back at the 1940s. The Banner decided to ask some members of the audience why the nostalgia for that time seemed to be growing and whether there was anything from the ’40s they would like to incorporate into modern life. said, “and Charlie will be free to sue, we will be free to sue and we will be free to prosecute on the original allegation of misuse of public funds.” WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Teena Quinn, Rockford:' Ann Koelsch, Orangeville: Norma Wheeler, Caledonia: Fran Maichele, Middleville" Steve Zoet, Middleville: Kay Genther, Caledonia "I would like to see that 'dance til you drop' fun return to modern life. It would be great to get everyone dancing." "I think the music of that era is great. I love the swing and the jazz and I know my parents did as well." "It was a slower, more relaxing time. Now every one is too stressed to enjoy life." "I love the music like Glenn Miller and all the old tunes. It is easy on the ears to listen to and fun to share with today’s young people." "I would like to see the patriotism of the 1940s return to today's young people." "I remember my parents dancing to the music on the radio and even going out to dances. I would like to see that music return to today." Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 5 Don’t give director ‘golden parachute’ Business tax code rewrite may be landmark legislation Outgoing 911 Director Charlie Nystrom is no more deserving of a “golden parachute” than any chief executive officer or public official who leaves his job under a cloud of suspicion. The story in the Banner last week was of Nystrom’s attorney striking a deal in which the director and 911 Board Chairman Ron Neil would step down from their positions if Nystrom was not criminally prosecuted for misappropriating public funds for authorizing overtime not duly noted and if Nystrom could continue to receive pay until next February. It's hard to believe Nystrom has been able to slide by all the complaints, investigations and allegations to come up with a deal that pays him over the next eight months for not working, along with a benefit package and some legal fees to boot. The only real issue that has stuck from investigations thus far are bonus payments to 911 supervisors for not working. The irony is that now the 911 Board has followed up by agreeing to pay this guy for not working. Where's the justice? It just goes to show the taxpayers of Barry County that this board of toadies will stand behind their man no matter how serious the issue, allowing Mr. Nystrom to slither out of a difficult spot and walk off off into the sunset unscathed. It's too bad it had to come to this. The 911 Board should have demanded a serious and independent investigation early on and showed it was determined to get to the bottom of the many allegations instead of protecting Nystrom at all costs. The bogus investigation that was conducted earlier this year seems to have been the work of a couple of Charlie’s friends who didn’t want to find anything. When the latest information came to light during the last month, Nystrom should have been released from his position, with no additional compensation, and a new director put in his place. Then the board should have begun a complete investigation of the department with the intention of changing how the operation is managed in the future. The investigation of 911 operations is not really completed yet, and the sheriff has not signed off on the severance agreement. Now we hear the sheriff is doing some serious thinking about it. If Sheriff Dar Leaf and Prosecutor Tom Evans really believe they have a strong criminal case against Mr. Nystrom, they should drop the agreement and proceed with making charges. If they have serious reservations about the chances of making charges of misappropriation of public funds stick, then they should sign on, give Charlie his golden parachute and begin to lead the process of reforming a public entity that has been out of control for too long and has not been held accountable to the public. This publication has been at odds for 10 years with Mr. Nystrom. It all started with one of our reporters’ tales about his bullying attitude toward 911 employees and his general management style. Then it escalated with his micro-managing the material made available to us from the 911 logs, and it eventually developed into an investigation of questionable expenditures. I’ve taken criticism for speaking out against the 911 Board and Mr. Nystrom. Let me give you several professional reasons why I’ve been so critical. Virginia Dabney, a long-time editor for the Richmond TimesDispatch, wrote back in 1945, "The best editorial writers have a passion, the passion for truth, for freedom, for fairness and equity.” I have the passion to write about 911 because I've looked over the allegations, interviewed many former and present employees and seen first hand just how the wrath of Charlie really works. According to Richard Aregood, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing at the Philadelphia Daily News in 1985, "I have the feeling that many people writing about stuff really don't care about it. Some don't have the passion. The way most journalists think about editorial pages these days, it's kind of a bloodless thing, even a committee thing." Grover Cleveland Hall of the Montgomery Advertiser wrote, "The best editorials are as consistent in their beliefs as they are in their writing. Editorials represent the views, the heritage and the traditions of the newspaper itself. By keeping to the line, they allow the readers to use the editorial as a yardstick for their own beliefs." There has been a cloud hanging over 911 for a long time, with allegations of questionable gas and meal receipts, golf shirt purchases, cell phone sales and bonus payments for some employees, not to mention the director’s over the top “tough guy” management style. Over the years many have asked me, "How does this guy get away with it" and I can only respond that it's his bosses, the board, for which he's stacked the deck. That's why former board member Judy Wooer had to go, she asked too many questions and didn’t accept some questionable decisions on 911 operations. Finally, it took a new county sheriff, prosecuting attorney and a county commissioner representative to stand up and say they wanted some answers to the list of allegations. When Prosecutor Tom Evans accused Nystrom of allowing overtime pay to be authorized for hours not worked, Nystrom responded by saying the board knew about it. Evans then polled the entire board. Each member responded with no knowledge about the practice. Yet the 911 Board went right to work in protecting Nystrom for his special payments, instead of putting him on unpaid leave pending an investigation. The board chose to send Nystrom home with pay and worked on a strategy to protect him from prosecution. This board has failed its fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers of Barry County to oversee the operation and to make sure it always operates in the best interest of its citizens. Its mission has not been to protect the director against his critics. But then the 911 Board added insult to injury by offering Nystrom the same deal — compensation for not working. I thought even though this board supported Nystrom no matter what he did, this time they would tell him he’d gone too far and “be gone.” Instead, they rewarded him with some paid time off. It just shows us how broken down the situation really is and the only way to fix the problem is to remove all the members of the 911 Board, except the three standing up for honesty in government by risking their positions to get to the bottom of the situation. It's time the Barry County Board of Commissioners gets involved. The board authorizes the 911 millage, they pay the bills and they are directly responsible to county taxpayers. The 911 Board has shown lack of responsibility to the taxpayers by not demanding accountability from the 911 director. Instead they orchestrated his protection, making it almost impossible for anyone to find out what the heck is going on out there. The 911 Board was set up originally as an independent board, not really answering to anyone, so if the County Board of Commissioners is not willing to intervene and demand change, then the taxpayers can do so next year when the 911 millage request comes up for renewal. Taxpayers can turn down the renewal and demand structural changes to be made before any levy is approved. It could work similar to the Parks and Recreation Commission when county commissioners disbanded it and replaced it with a new group of interested citizens to oversee Charlton Park. It's already made a difference. Serious reform of the Barry County 911 system is long overdue. It’s time to get rid of boards stacked with toadies and make certain that all public officials are held accountable to the public. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Smoking kills despite “coolness” To the editor: This is my message to all young people: So you have been told try it - it’s cool and you look cool smoking. Not! My husband started smoking at 15 years old, and now at 50 years old he is dying. He was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer in November 2006. He had his left lung removed in hopes of saving his life. Well, it did not work. After five months of chemotherapy and one month of radiation, the cancer has spread to his brain. He now has less than a year to live. Smoking may seem to be cool when you’re young – but keep it up. You will get COPD and cancer. If being cool means a shorter life - I’d rather not be cool. Just be yourself! Don’t smoke! Deb James Hastings Breakthroughs have been in short supply at the state capital in recent times. However, with the passage of the Michigan Business Tax (a total rewrite of the state business tax code), the 94th Legislature can chalk up its first major accomplishment. I described the conceptual agreement in my last column and the final product honored that design. After the agreement was reached and the press conference was held announcing the framework, the daunting task of drafting the legislation began. It was kind of like building a house. After the design is chosen and the floor plan is established, there are hundreds of small decisions to be made: everything from flooring to plumbing fixtures. All those small details really make the house. The same is true in authorship of a tax plan. The words really matter and the details can make or break the final product. Even with hours and hours of debate over those details and several drafts, the plan will still need work over the coming months. There are so many moving parts in a business tax code that I believe it is reasonable to expect that there will be several technical improvements needed between now and Jan. 1, when the bill officially becomes law. Still, it was essential that we get this job done. Work on the 2007-2008 budget is under way and the MBT was a major unanswered question. Now it is answered, and I happen to think it is a good answer. We have barely given Treasury enough time to develop the forms, work with tax programmers and set up audit controls. The CPAs will be hard pressed to learn the tax code and forms in time to help businesses plan for 2008. Once most of the details were worked out, a conference committee was convened to produce a report which would then be sent to both the House and Senate for final passage. The committee was made up of Speaker of the House Andy Dillon, Tax Policy Committee Chair Steve Beida and myself from the House side. From the Senate it was Majority Leader Mike Bishop, Finance Committee Chair Nancy Cassis and Democratic Floor Leader Buzz Thomas. The conference report was passed unanimously. On the day of the vote, things were running along as smoothly as can be expected in Lansing with most business groups pleased, or at least satisfied, with the MBT. That is until the Michigan Chamber of Commerce came out in opposition just before the vote. It seemed that there were some technical objections and a complaint that the revenue projections may be understated. The Small Business Association of Michigan on the other hand, strongly endorsed it. I have great respect for the Michigan Chamber and I personally intend to follow through with serious consideration of each of their concerns. However, this opposition did not change my support of the plan, as I truly believe it is a substantial improvement over the SBT. I felt that it was time to take courage and have faith in the product of this bipartisan team of which I was a part. Votes like this come with risk, but I’m betting that the rewards for small businesses in my district will be well worth it. The Senate passed the MBT 32 to 3. A short while later, the House passed it 75 to 34. It was a great moment for the 94th Legislature. Wide bipartisan support on an issue this big is rare. Governor Jennifer Granholm signed it the very next day and is already planning an international trip to tout the competitiveness of the new Michigan Business Tax; the goal being to solicit foreign business investment. I hope she finds great success in this endeavor. I have learned a lot about the legislative process over the last several months. It is as much about personalities as anything else. I just wish the success here would carry over into other areas. Instead, we seem to have slipped right back into overly dramatic sound bites meant to grab headlines or embarrass the other side. I really don’t understand the purpose of such behavior. I suppose that is why I still feel like an outsider in Lansing. Clearly it has never moved us closer to a real solution on anything. In fact, it seems to accomplish the exact opposite. Being on the outside of some things is not all bad. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV A racer seeking a few corrections To the editor: I appreciate all the people who have called, who have spoken to me in person, and who have stopped by my shop to congratulate me on being chosen to be inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame in November. The people who vote are previous inductees, and it is an honor that is hard to describe to be chosen by your peers. I am very fortunate to have have been involved in racing for such a long period of time, and during the decades of the most profound change in both the cars that we race, and the media attention that has been a benefit to all who race, and the most necessary fans who come to be entertained. I’m also grateful to the Banner for printing the article about me. I feel it necessary to alter some information that needs to be updated, or corrected. It would have been special to win 609 events during my NTPA career, but the number would be much closer to 309. But thanks, anyway. One other correction would be the changing of "spring cars" to sprint cars, however, a “spring car" might well describe an airborne sprint car. The last and most crucial correction would be: neither Deb nor Megan are married, and I think they are happy with their present circumstances. Tom Straley, Hastings Lack of rides ruined the fair To the editor: Well it’s official, the Lake Odessa Fair, if that’s what you want to call it, was the worst one yet. With all the hype, my nephews were actually looking forward to the fair this year, only to be disappointed because there were no rides for them, as they are 10, 11 and 12. Oh, there were some rides that everyone claims to have “saved the midway,” only if you were ages 6 and under. I can remember when I was my nephews’ age and the fair was great! Now all we can tell the kids is “Wait until the Ionia fair” The Lake Odessa fair is supposed to bring people to our community to spend money and enjoy themselves. Lakewood News reporter Helen Mudry said in her “Never at a Loss for Words” Column in last Saturday’s edition, “If you‚re looking for big rides, go to Michigan‚s Adventure.” Have you seen gas prices lately? We, as adults realize the fair is more than just rides, but how do you explain that to the adolescents of our community, the ones who don’t work on the farms, the ones who look forward to the fair for the rides? Not everyone in our community has the money to take the kids to Michigan’s Adventure. Samantha Rodriguez, Lake Odessa �Page 6 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Mary Jane McClelland Jean Garrett Huron Healy 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. HASTINGS - Mary Jane McClelland of Hastings, died Sunday, July 1st, 2007, at Thornapple Manner. She was born July 10th, 1921, the daughter of Alva and Beulah (Spitzer) Kimmel of Roxand Township, Michigan. She moved to Barry County after her marriage to Damon D. McClelland in 1938. The two were married until Damon’s passing in 1995. Mary enjoyed playing Bunco, hunting, and fishing in her spare time. She is survived by a son, David (Ann) McClelland of Lansing; a daughter, Sharon Rysdam of Hastings; seven grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; eight great,great grandchildren; sisters Dawn Cramer of Mulliken, Helen Austin of Cloverdale, and Janet (Max) Haney of Hollywood, Florida. She was preceded in death by her husband Damon McClelland, her daughter, Shirley Troutwine, and a brother Robert Kimmel. A visitation will be held Thursday, July 5, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 6, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home. Chip Curtis GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Sunday 6:45 a.m. Youth leave for Mission Trip. Monday - 6:30 p.m. Softball at Cedar Creek Field; 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Softball at Field 3. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77513740 HASTINGS - Chip Curtis, age 58, of Irving Township, Hastings, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at home. Chip was born October 2, 1948 in Hastings, the son of Orville H. Curtis and Doris Bassett. He was raised in Middleville, attended and graduated from the Middleville Schools. He was married to Joanne A. (Leinaar) Curtis. Chip was employed at Bradford White Corporation as a high-low driver and the last six years was an inspector and retired after 40 years of service. Chip was an outdoor enthusiast with a special fondness for hunting, fishing, racing, badminton, and enjoyed riding his “Harley Davidson.” Chip was a caring, loving husband, father, and grandfather always doing kind deeds for his family and friends and enjoyed the friendship of many. He is survived by his caring, loving wife, Joanne Curtis; his children, Ben and Deb Curtis of Hastings, Theresa and Jim Enz of Hastings, Michelle Sivits and Kenny Greenfield of Grand Rapids, Renee and Rod Snore of Hastings, Kendra and Frank Thompson of Plainwell, Duane and Sara Crum of Plainwell, Carrie and Mark Holderbaum of Belding; 19 grandchildren, and was looking to the future of his great grandson, Jordan; his parents, Orville H. Curtis of Battle Creek and Doris Geib of Hastings; grandparents, Louise Bassett of Middleville; brother, Phil and Cathy Curtis of Freeport; many nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. Funeral services were held on Saturday, June 30, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Pastor Alan Strouse officiating. Interment Irving Cemetery, Hastings. In lieu of flowers those who wish may make memorial contributions to assist the family with expenses. Arrangements by the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Jean Garrett of Midland peacefully passed into eternal life with her children by her side Friday, June 29, 2007 from complications of aortic repair surgery at The Cleveland Clinic. Jean was born in 1930 and was the youngest of three children of Erwin and Julia Rhines of Onondaga, Michigan. She grew up there and graduated from Leslie High School in 1948. She always cherished the memories of her early years at home with her parents, grandparents and siblings. She married Gerald Garrett in 1956 and moved to the Dowling area to make a home for her family on North Avenue Road. Throughout her working life, Jean worked for Hastings Manufacturing, Lakeview General Hospital in Battle Creek and Pennock Hospital in Hastings doing mostly medical records and medical billing work. She devoted herself to making a good home for her family and spent hours canning, sewing, knitting, crocheting and caring for them. She retired from Pennock Hospital in 1989 and moved to Midland in 1991 as her health declined. She was a wonderful, giving and selfless mother and grandmother and will be missed immensely. She is survived by her sister, Doris Bowers of Leslie, her children, Julie (Clif) Johnson of Ann Arbor, Robert (Lynette) Garrett of Bellevue, and Amy (Al) Murley of Midland, her grandchildren, Christopher and Emily Johnson, Robert C. (Kandie) Garrett, Molli (Will) Jones, Andrew and Meri Murley, great grandchildren Sara, Garrett and Tammy Jones and Austin and Amelia Garrett as well as several nieces and nephews. Sassy, her feline companion of 13 years also survives her and will miss her also. She was predeceased by her parents, her brother Robert in 1957 and her husband Gerald in 1982. A time to remember her and celebrate her life will take place Thursday, July 5th at the Dowling Country Chapel with visitation from 10:00 - 11:00, the service at 11:00 and graveside service following a luncheon. The Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel in Hastings is handling the arrangements. Those wishing to make a donation in Jean’s name may consider McRee House for Patients Families c/o Ingham Regional Healthcare Foundation, 401 W. Greenlawn, Lansing, MI 48910. Please sign Jean’s guest book or leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. LAKE ODESSA - Huron Healy, of Lake Odessa, passed away on June 30, 2007 at the age of 87. He was born February 28, 1920 in Barry County to parents, Maurice and Zelah (Decker) Healy. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1938, completed an agricultural short course at Michigan State University, and married Dora Day in 1941. Huron and Dora were lifelong farmers in the Lake Odessa area, and were inducted into the Michigan Farmer's Hall of Fame in 1989. Huron is survived by Dora, his wife of 66 years; three daughters, Beverly (Bob) Cusack of Lake Odessa, Janice (Jack) Brake of Charlotte, and Dawn (Mark) Linklater of Lake Odessa; son-in-law, Alan Goodemoot; 10 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sharon Goodemoot; his parents; sister; and two brothers. During his lifetime, Huron served on the Odessa Township Board of Review, the School Board of Lakewood Schools, the Lake Odessa Co-op Elevator board, and participated in an agricultural pilot program run by the Michigan State Cooperative Extension Agency. Visitation was held at the Koops Funeral Chapel on Monday, July 2. The funeral service was held at Koops Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, with burial following at Lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Anonymous donor gives HHS football field artificial turf An anonymous donor has made a generous contribution of $624,006 to install artificial turf on the Hastings High School football field. ProGrass, a company from Pittsburgh, will begin installing the artificial turf next week. The project should be done by the first home football game against Lakewood Friday, Aug. 24. With the new turf, the field will be more versatile allowing for soccer games, youth football and band practices. Hastings Area Schools Athletic Director Mike Goggins said the artificial turf will allow the facility to be used more because there will be virtually no risk of over-use that is faced with natural grass. The artificial turf also will be less expensive than real grass for the school to maintain. The bid from ProGrass included a machine that will act as a “yard sweeper” to remove materials such as bandages from the turf, said Goggins. “There’s no cost at all to the school,” said Goggins. “We’re very excited to have it.” Goggins said that the same person who donated new bleachers to the middle and high schools, a more than $300,000 donation, has donated the money for the new turf as well. “There are a lot of improvements that are being made that really benefit our kids,” said Goggins. Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 7 ‘Dead Celebrity Bingo’ is July 21 The Thornapple Players stand ready for “Dead Celebrity Bingo” Saturday, July 21, at the Elks Lodge in Hastings. The production will be a dinner theater with pork, salad and desserts. Tickets are $15 each and are available at the Elks Lodge. Some of the celebrities present will be Audrey Hepburn, Babe Ruth, John Wayne, Roy Orbison and Fred Astaire. Renee Elizabeth Holley, Hastings. Jason Michael Cook, Wayland and Nicole Pearl White, Wayland. Simon Phillip Post, Hastings and Roxanne Marie Brzycki, Hastings. Lewis Judson Guernsey, III, Nashville and Kathleen Marie Jones, Nashville. Daniel Gerard Potter, Nashville and Lindsay Ann VanAman, Hastings. Timothy Mark Harmon, Delton and Seriena Ann Cushing, Delton. Michael Sean Kilbourne, Kalamazoo and Ericka Lyn Parkinson, Hickory Corners. Darek Harley Dingman, Hastings and Echo Irene Burbank, Battle Creek. Lane William DenBoer, Shelbyville and Anna Christine Sutton, Grand Rapids. Matthew Jason Ryan, Delton and Amanda Jane Houghlum, Delton. Paul Ray Arnett, Hastings and Brenda Faith Brooks, Hastings. Robert Thomas Coykendall, III, Middleville and Shaun Marie Kramer, Middleville. David Wayne Davis, Caledonia and Connie Jean Porter, Nashville. Errick Lamarr Hutson, Kalamazoo and Amber Lynn Babcock, Delton. Daniel Boyd Bacon, Jr., Plainwell and Amanda Jean Patrick, Plainwell. Eric M. Coleman, Hastings and Krista Colleen Britten, Hastings. Brian Michael Anderson, Hastings and Hailey Sue Norton, Hastings. Savannah Ann Nickerson, Hastings and Donald Wayne Converse Jr., Hastings. David Earl Vickery, Delton and Caroline Marie Hope, Delton. Joshua Wayne Boze, Delton and Peggy Jean Minshall, Springfield. Andrew James Vanderlaan, Middleville and Jennifer Marie Forward, Flint. Markus Norman Irwin, Hastings and Janice Marie Temerowski, Hastings. Jeremiah Philip Longstreet, Middleville and Julie Elaine Vandecar, Middleville. Thomas Edward Kosier, Jr., Hickory Corners and Sharon Lynne Durkee, Hickory Corners. Christopher Steven Yeager, Delton and Cynthia Renee Keiser, Delton. Matthew Torbert Young, Plainwell and Betsy Lynn Waters, Kalamazoo. SATURDAY, JULY 7TH Entertainment … 9AM - 11AM The Professors 11AM - 1PM The Nowhere Band 1PM - 2PM J-3 2PM - 3PM Josh Rose 4PM - 5PM Center Stage Dance From 10AM - 4PM 06654738 Craft & Art Booths Drakes celebrated 60 years of marriage Don and Shirley (Brown) Drake celebrated 60 years of marriage on July 2, 2007. They were married at St. Cyril Church in Nashville. They had two children, Thomas (Patricia) and Debora Drake. Thomas is deceased. Bryce Drake (Tricia) and Dana Drake their grandchildren. They are retired Farmers & Elevator (Farmers Feed) operators. Shirley was also employed by Farm Credit Services 23 years. Please wish them a Happy Anniversary with cards by sending cards to 9938 S. M-37 Hwy., Dowling. Vows of marriage will be spoken and a celebration will take place on August 4, 2007 for the holy union of Cassandra Lynn Meade and Benjamin Joseph Jacobs, both Hastings residents. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Rich and Louanne Meade of Hastings. Cassie is a 2003 graduate of Hastings High School and has also recently earned a bachelor of science degree from Western Michigan University with a major in dietetics. She is employed with Thornapple Manor. The future groom is the son of John and Norine Jacobs of Hastings. Ben is a 2003 Hastings High School graduate also and is employed with J-Ad Graphics. Richard and Agnes Karas of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Marie Karas, to Jared David Nichols, son of David and Sandy Nichols of Hastings. The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of Hastings High School and a 2004 graduate of Western Michigan University with a bachelors of science degree in geography. She is a sales consultant with Trader Media. The groom-to-be is a 1995 graduate of Hastings High School, and a graduate of Grand Rapids Community College with a degree in electricity. He is currently employed with Thornview Electric as a Journeyman Electrician. The couple will exchange vows on August 11, 2007 on Mackinac Island. Moore-Sheler Stephanie J. Moore of Hastings and Larry L. Sheler of Titusville, Florida announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Hastings High School and attended Kellogg Community College. She is a graphic designer at J-Ad Graphics in Hastings. The groom-to-be is a graduate of Kelloggsville High School. He is a press machinist supervisor at the Orlando Sentinel in Orlando, Florida. The couple are planning to be married July 14, 2007 in Hastings. Public Land Auction Shumways celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Sixty years ago on June 21, 1947 at East Grand Boulevard Methodist Church in Detroit, Robert J Shumway and Betty June Stamp exchanged wedding vows. It was Betty’s 20th birthday. They were students at Wayne State University studying pharmacy. Bob had served in the Army Air Corps during WWII, with duty in England, North Africa and Malta, so he had the GI Bill to assist him with expenses. Betty had graduated from Detroit’s Northwestern High School in 1944 and decided on a whim to study pharmacy. In class, Betty shooed the other girls away from Bob, deciding that this one, she liked. Bob’s parents were retired farmers of Lake Odessa and his father had become sextant at Lakeside Cemetery. They also ran the food concession at the Livestock Auction, his mother earning a local reputation for her wonderful pies. Betty’s father had died of TB when she was a baby and the family moved frequently during her childhood as her stepfather took jobs managing farms around the state and beyond. Now living in Detroit, Betty’s mother sewed parachutes during the war, and Betty had packed them as her part of the war effort. Betty became a homemaker after the birth of their first child. Bob graduated and took his first job at a Lansing pharmacy. After a short time he took work with Dick Jacobs at his Rexall Prescription Pharmacy in Hastings in 1952. He stayed: in 1996, at 75 years of age, Bob retired after 44 years as a pharmacist in the Jacobs Pharmacies. They live quietly now in the home on South Broadway in which they have lived for 51 years. Together Bob and Betty raised six children, all of whom graduated from Hastings Public Schools, most of whom live nearby. A fine open house was held Sunday, June 24th at Fish Hatchery Park, neighbors, relatives and acquaintances of Bob and Betty honoring them on their long, loving relationship and Betty’s eightieth birthday. 77513482 Nathan Christopher Bowe, Delton and Faith Belle Trader, Delton. Matthew Allen Milbourn, Nashville and Cindy Lou Sibbersen, Nashville. Kirk Anthony Morgan, Hastings and Angel Anita-May Shoup, Hastings. Thomas James Wolfgang, Hastings and Angela Louanne Smart, Hastings. Adam David Hermenitt, Hastings and Tori Lynn Stern, Hastings. John William Versluys, Freeport and Tonja Kathryn Rempalski, Lowell. Donald Eugene Hueckel, Nashville and Shelly Lynn Burleson, Nashville. Jack Clifford Craft, Plainwell and Connie Sue Caruso, Plainwell. Andrew Lee Lucas, Hastings and Diane Lynn Gorsline, Wayland. Scott Edwin Love, Hastings and Angela Marie Eggers, Hastings. Kyle Scott Timmer, Freeport and Elizabeth Marie Hollars, Freeport. Jimmy Lee Barnes, Middleville and Karen Judith Pouliot, Middleville. Ronald Gene Skinner Jr., Battle Creek and Jodi Lynn Hammond, Battle Creek. Nathan Roy Munro, Hastings and Laura Ashley Price, Hastings. Jason Earl Allwardt, Nashville and Tasha Lynn Morr, Nashville. Peter Damian Bouchard, Hastings and Rachelle Lee Swift, Hastings. Eugene David Sessa, Harrison and Rebekah DeAnne Montgomery, Freeport. Timothy Carl Schoessel, Hastings and Nancy Peterson DelCotto, Hastings. Addam Issac Kadrovach, Middleville and Nicole Alysse Riemersma, Middleville. Ryan Douglas Brown, Wayland and Nicole Danielle Joffrion, Wayland. David Eugene Jeffery, Sr., Middleville and Darlene Jean Jeffery, Middleville. Rolf Edward DePyper, Nashville and Amber Lee Abbott, Nashville. Thomas Michael Hayes, Hastings and Suzanne Marie Lockwood, Hastings. Michael Ray Cohoon, Battle Creek and Tina Marie Pickett, Battle Creek. Russell Dean Drake, Hastings and Stephanie Eulah Woodmansee, Hastings. Ryan Benjamin Atwood, Pierson and Tamara Faith Thompson, Hastings. Daniel Malcom Gresly, Battle Creek and Jacobs-Meade Karas-Nichols The Barry County Treasurer will be offering tax reverted real estate at Public Auction on July 24, 2007 The Auction will be held at Barry County Courts and Law Building Community Room 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Registration at 11am. Auction at 12pm Visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale listings are available at the Barry County Treasurers Office. A Beautiful Place to Live! 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The TriRivers Museum group will have a luncheon Friday at the Belding Belrockton building with an imported speaker relating the typical life of a woman of ordinary means in the post-Civil War era. After the lunch she will give tips on buttons, stamps, beads and more of an antique nature. There will be a few tickets for sale at the door at 10:30 a.m. Art in the Park returns this Saturday with thousands coming to the village park on Fourth Avenue. There will be more than 150 vendors around the park with plenty of food available at lunchtime. Nearby neighbors often host their own garage sales to take advantage of the pedestrian crowd. Across the street, First Congregational Church will have its annual noontime lunch, which provides not only good food, but a cool, comfortable place to eat. The local historical society will have its annual sale of Schwann’s ice cream treats straight from the truck. Each year brings new booths with some remarkable finds. Where else can one buy thick woven white rugs? Where else could one find a wonderful children's book about Michigan done by a northern Michigan couple, a writer and an artist? Where else can one find the newest WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO and latest in craft items? Some vendors return year after year with their finely made furniture items. Tickets are now on sale at Walker Pharmacy, with any Alethian member and at the office of central United Methodist Church for the Friday, July 13, chicken barbecue. This is the 52nd annual barbecue. The meal is served indoors and tickets can be used for take-out meals. Home delivery is also available. Tickets have a price of $7 in advance and $8 at the door. Each year the sale of takeout meals exceeds that of meals eaten inhouse. Many orders go out for entire family groups. This has proved to be an easy way for some people to entertain. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the freight house. The speaker will be Shirley Hodges with “Amazing Ladies of the West.” A month ago, the book chairwoman reported she had the stories of more than 800 veterans of World War II on hand to be used in a new publication which may take a year in the preparation. On the last two days before the June 30 deadline she received 40 more. The book should have more than 900 entries by the time of completion. Some of the stories are thrilling, some filled with pathos, some with great heroism and others with really rare experiences beyond those of actual warfare. The library will be open until 5 p.m. on this day. A member of the society has the room open every Monday from noon to 4 p.m. and on Wednesday evenings besides the last weekend of the month when it is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Anyone is welcome to come for research on these times. The room has a telephone, computer, Internet service and dozens of books for research. Alumni Day last Saturday brought scores of visitors to the depot and freight house as old grads and others came to view the graduation pictures from years past, displays of rural schools, of Sunfield school and more. Visitors bought the alumni books published two years ago with all the photos shown besides an index of all the graduates. The Alumni Banquet in the evening at St. Edward’s Family Center had 260 reservations. The golden anniversary class members had held their own dinner Friday evening at a Portland restaurant, which was well attended. They also had two tablesful at the alumni event on Saturday. Responses were made by representatives of the anniversary classes: Dallas Hunt from 1957, Dean Moltmaker from 1947, and Wilbur Gierman from 1937, whose response was read by Janis Kenyon. Mary Beard gave the invocation. Thelma Curtis was the emcee. The Lake Odessa Fair ended with a bang J-Ad Graphics and the Hastings Athletic Boosters proudly presents THE BUZZ YOUNGS LEGENDS GOLF CLASSIC Saturday, August 4 , 2007 th at Hastings Country Club — fireworks, which lasted almost half an hour. They were spectacular even from a vantage point of two blocks away. There were new varieties with their big bangs and very colorful array. Despite the last minute cancellation of the carnival rides, the board members came through with some kiddie attractions so the young fry could have their usual fun. The youth building had nice exhibits of craft items. The adults had more photography than in past years and some outstanding needlework. The bobbin lace demonstration was interesting. One wonders how anyone can master such a craft with its multiple bobbins and fine thread. The firemen had pork sandwiches on Friday night. The demolition derby brought lots of sound and sights, as did the mud bog on an earlier night. This week has brought many death reports. On Sunday morning early death came to retired Lakewood teacher Norma (Knickerbocker) Decker of Florida. She had grown up in the. area of Pudunk Lake, Hastings. She was the wife of Earl Decker, a grocery store manager, mother of Denise Lazaroff, grandmother of two grandchildren. The Grand Rapids Press also reported the death of the Rev. Richard Cross, who had been pastor of four Baptist churches, including Sebewa Baptist. During his Sebewa pastorate, his three daughters graduated from Lakewood High School and wife Anita was secretary of the first board of directors of the Lake Odessa Community Library. His most recent church was in Portage, Ind. His funeral service was held on Tuesday and another service was set for Wednesday at the Blythfield Baptist Church, Grand Rapids Local deaths included Arteth (Geiger) Spencer of Ionia, Cheryl (Ketchum) Brooks and Huron Healy. This makes the third death in less than a month for his family. First was his daughter Sharon Goodemoot, his sister-inlaw and now this. The annual Rush reunion will be held Sunday at the Carlson home on Rush Street, Morrison Lake. This is one of the pioneer families of Odessa and Woodland townships. The free movies continue at the Ionia Theater at 9:30 each Thursday morning. Today's film is on the Amish. Next week the film is on Ghost Towns USA. July 19 brings the film on Mount Vernon. These are sponsored by the Ionia Historical Society. Many theatergoers then attend the luncheon at the Commission on Aging on the same block, provided they have made reservations for the lunch. The free-standing sign outside St. Edwards' church has the message "Welcome Fr. Peter Schafer." 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The problem is, even after all this time, my mother is still mad at my father and can't stand to be around him. My brother is getting married soon, and my mother (who still believes she has the moral high ground) is hoping my grandmother will seize the opportunity to give my dad a piece of her mind. She told me she was glad someone "loved her enough to take her side." I tried to explain that we all need to move on. Yes, my father did some bad things when they were married, but I love both my parents. Unfortunately, Mom makes me feel like I can't love them both at the same time. I don't know what to do about Mom anymore, and I don't think it's right for my brother to have to deal with her antics on his big day. Any suggestions? -- Enough Already Dear Enough: It's a shame your mother is still so bitter that she will not let go of her anger. It hurts her more than anyone else. You do not have to succumb to this kind of emotional blackmail. Your mother's attempts to guilt you into repudiating your father should be ignored. When she says unpleasant things, smile with kindness and pity, and reply, "I'm sorry you feel that way." Then walk away. When she truly believes you will no longer respond to her rancor, she may stop subjecting you to it. Adolescent antics Dear Annie: I've known "Marie" for 10 years, and most of the time we are good friends. But every few years, she pulls a stunt where she stops speaking to me for no reason. I will e-mail and call her several times and get no response. Then, when I stop trying, she will go to a mutual friend and say I must be angry because I've stopped talking to her. As if I started it. The mutual friend always offers to call me, and then Marie acts relieved that we are still friends. When I confront her about this behavior, she denies she did anything at all. I then decide to be the "bigger" person and let it go. She pulled this again a few months ago. We were at a party at a friend's house, and she completely snubbed me when I said hello. I got upset and decided I wasn't going to play her game anymore. I did not call or e-mail. Within a day, she was going to all of our mutual friends, telling them that I snubbed her! I let the gossip slide and went on with my life. I saw Marie at a wedding last week, and she was friendly. I responded out of politeness. I sense she wants to renew our friendship, but, Annie, we are not teenagers. We are grown women, and I don't have the energy for such nonsense. Should I give her one more chance? -- Tired of It Dear Tired: Marie is a drama queen, and it's unlikely her behavior will change. She thrives on the attention she gets from putting her friends through the wringer. If you think she's worth it, you can maintain a lesser friendship, ignoring her juvenile posturing and waiting until she comes around. You don't need to explain yourself to those mutual friends. They will figure it out soon, if they haven't already. Remarkable remark Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Tallahassee Lassie," whose husband admires attractive women and she points them out for him. I had to applaud the maturity of the relationship. The story reminded me of another that I heard not too long ago: A man and his wife were at the beach when a beautiful bombshell of a woman walked by. After she had passed, the wife remarked sadly, "I'll never have a body like that again." The husband responded wisely, "Neither will she." You gotta love it! -- Happily Married in Grand Terrace, Calif. Dear Happily Married: We do! Fond of the Fourth Dear Readers: Happy Fourth of July. Here's one of our favorite quotes from Erma WANTED Offset Sheetfed Printing Pressman With 2 and 4-color experience for busy print shop in Hastings. Must be a team player, willing to work on various presses, overtime as available, able to adjust to the changing requirements of our customers. Benefits. Send resume to 1351 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058 Attn: Production Manager or E-mail to: tsutton@j-adgraphics.com 77514033 Bombeck: "You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." Sister’s safety Dear Annie: I have a younger sister in her 30s. "Raylie" has been married for three years and has two toddler boys. She recently built a beautiful home and asked my family and me to come and help her move in. Our mother was also there. While we were in the house, Raylie and her husband got into a big argument, and we thought it was going to become physical. This was very upsetting to my mother and my family, and it caused our visit to be cut short. Shortly after, I spoke with my mother and family members, and they all expressed concern for Raylie and the kids. They explained they had witnessed other instances like this in the past. I thought I should talk to Raylie, but when I expressed my concern over the telephone, she hung up on me. The only conversation we have now is when I initiate it. My mother wants me to keep calling her and make her come around. I invited her to my son's high school graduation, but she didn't respond. My heart is torn, and I feel maybe I should have stayed out of it. But then I think about her little boys. Any advice? -- Concerned Sister Dear Sister: You cannot make Raylie "come around" if she is unwilling, and a big argument does not necessarily constitute potential physical abuse. However, we agree with your mother that you should keep in touch with Raylie, not to lecture her, but to keep an eye on the situation, and so she can turn to you if she needs help. Second-class in-law Dear Annie: Every birthday, my in-laws send a $100 check to each of my two boys and my husband. With me, they'll send a $20 check. I feel a little insulted and hurt by this. It's not really about the money. It's the principle. I would talk to my husband, but I know he'll tell me it's nothing to be concerned about. Should I just keep my mouth shut and not look a gift horse in the mouth? Or do I need to speak up? -- Disenchanted Daughter-inLaw Dear Disenchanted: You do realize your inlaws do not owe gifts to any of you, in which case, whatever you get should be appreciated. However, it is not good policy for them to treat you like a second-class relative, because it creates the exact hurt and ill-will you are describing. Tell your husband how this makes you feel, and ask him to explain it to his parents. We hope it helps. Lonely and looking Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Lonely," the 60-something widow who was looking to re-enter the dating scene. I am also a 60-something widow who would appreciate good male company and maybe remarriage. After several years of looking, let me tell you what's out there. Not much. We 60-types are a small part of the population. Most of the really nice guys are already taken. The single ones are usually single for a reason. Not to mention we're competing with lots of younger women. There are some 75and-up guys out there, but they're either too set in their ways or very time-demanding. I've seen some successful and happy friendships and marriages among older folks, but the odds are against us. -- Lonely, Too Dear Lonely, Too: The odds may not be great, but it doesn't mean you should fold up your tent. Let your friends know you're looking, keep active and get involved in community activities. You never know what might happen. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN A look down memory lane... of Edward Jones and Co. Broadway bridges, Hastings: A brief history Put (Financial) Independence Day on Your Calendar James Mason, Hastings photographer An early version of the Broadway Bridge. By Esther Walton Hastings, like the majority of early communities in Michigan developed along rivers and streams. The most obvious reason for this, of course, is that a community needed a power source to run its sawmills, grist mills, flour mills, etc. The first bridge crossing Thornapple River on Broadway Avenue was constructed of wood and was capable of supporting small, relatively light horse drawn loads. So far, we have been unable to pinpoint that exact year it was constructed, but it must have been between 1839 and when the Hastings Banner began publishing in 1847. The Oct. 1, 1857, Hastings Banner ran a short item that made reference to this bridge: “We are informed that the lower bridge across the Thornapple in the village is not safe for the passage of teams for the want of a little repair. Will those having charge of our streets give it a little attention, thereby obliging those who travel over it?” The Banner of Nov. 20, 1913, published a story which mentions a steel bridge; “The Broadway Bridge was the first steel structure to be constructed in Barry County.” It pointed out that in 1913 the iron bridge over the Thornapple on Broadway, “had been in use 40 years.” This implies that this bridge was probably constructed about 1873. When rust and decay had taken its toll on the bridge it was declared unsafe and closed. At this point there was a discussion among local residents on whether to repair the iron old bridge or to build a new cement bridge. Finally, a vote by Hastings residents resolved the issue and it was decided that the old iron bridge should be repaired. The iron bridge was maintained and used until 1921, at which time another civil engineer inspected the bridge. The Banner said, “He (the engineer) reported that its condition would not warrant its further use for traffic, and the city therefore ordered the bridge closed last week.” About this time the State of Michigan began setting standards and building highways and bridges, local governments had to assume a share of the expense, but by this time Hastings residents had already voted the bonds for improving the bridge. A contemporary Banner article reported: “Highway Commissioner Rogers told the council committee when he visited his last week that he expected to have work commenced on a new cement bridge over the Thornapple on Broadway some time this month (June) or at the latest by July 1st. It will be a beautiful structure, as well as an enduring one, and be a credit to the city and state.” The 1921 cement bridge served the area well for over 40 years. During this time traffic had grown and modes of transportation rapidly changed. After 40 years the bridge became too narrow for large vehicles and the cement began cracking and crumbling. On Jan. 17, 1963, plans for a new four- lane bridge was made public. The completion date was set for the following Oct. 31. The new bridge entailed widening Broadway Avenue is the reason the Civil War monument had to be moved from the center of the Broadway and State Street intersection to its present location at the entrance to Tyden Park. A lot of folks were unhappy about moving the monument and many letters protesting its removal appeared in the Banner. Unlike the 1921 bridge, the 1963 bridge was jointly financed by the federal government and the State of Michigan on a 50/50 basis. The federal government used inflexible design criteria when they entered into these joint ventures. Removing traffic impediments was one of these, so the monument had to be relocated. The state also constructed a new pedestrian sidewalk on the east side of Broadway. The sidewalk on the west side of Broadway wasn’t poured until some years later. Construction on the new bridge began on April 11, 1963. The Banner said, “The State Highway crews barricaded north Broadway at the Thornapple River to construct a new bridge got under way. Southbound M-43 traffic entering Hastings east on Woodland where it turns south to Green Street, then west to continue on M-43. Northbound traffic enters Hastings on Green goes to Michigan north to Woodland to Broadway and on out to the truck line.” The article continued: “The new four-lane, 180-foot long structure which is to be completed by Oct. 31.” On Oct. 10, 1963 the Banner announced that the new bridge will be dedicated the following Tuesday. The article said, “Hastings area motorists, who have maneuvered on the North Michigan Avenue battle all summer, will have their dedication of the new bridge carrying North Broadway and M-43 over the Thornapple River.” There are few photographs of either the old iron bridge or the 1921 cement bridge. Recently, a photograph of the 1921 Broadway was brought to me that was embossed with the name of local photographer, James R. Mason’s. I discovered that he had a very interesting life history when I looked up his background. James Mason was born in Hastings in 1878 at his grandparents, J.P. Robert’s, home which is located on the southeast corner of Broadway and Center Street. This well maintained home still stands and is a fine example of the Greek Revival style popular at the time. “Jim” was the only child of Charles C. Mason and Anna Roberts Mason. Jim’s father died when he was 9 years old. He received his education in Hastings public schools and at Howe Hall, Lima, Ind. When 21, he enlisted the U.S. Infantry and fought in the Spanish-American War. His regiment was one of the first to reach Cuba. He took part in the battle of San Juan Hill, which became famous because of Theodore Roosevelt’s involvement. The Americans won the day under heavy fire with heavy loss of life. Jim Mason contracted yellow fever in Cuba and was critically ill for many weeks. He received an honorable discharge from the Army and was awarded a citation for excellence from his commanding officer. After leaving the service he worked in Boston, Mass., ranched in Colorado and worked as a staff photographer for one of the well known studios in Hollywood, Calif. Most of his life however, was spent in Hastings, living in his ancestral home on Broadway Avenue where he maintained a photographic studio. He was an original member of the Hastings Country Club, was a Rotarian and a member of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church. James Mason died in Hastings on July 3, 1951, at the age of 73. He is buried in Riverside Cemetery. His obituary published in the Hastings Banner said that he was survived by his wife, Marjorie Gage Mason, his aunt Sarah Rogers Cook, wife of William R. Cook. Other families were Mr. and Mrs. Roberts Barton Cortright; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walton, Miss Gertrude Bentley at Kalamazoo, Walter Powell, Grand Rapids; Harry Bowser, of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Frank Haugh, of Ionia, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis of Battle Creek. This week, we'll be observing the Fourth of July. But at some point in your life, you'll want to celebrate another type of Independence Day - Financial Independence Day. When will it occur? It's up to you. Here are a few suggestions for speeding it along: * Feed those retirement plans. The most important thing you can do to hasten your Financial Independence Day is to continually save and invest for retirement. Take full advantage of your 401(k) or other employersponsored retirement plan. Your earnings have the potential to grow on a tax-deferred basis and you can create an investment mix that reflects your risk tolerance, time horizon and retirement goals. Also, even if you have a 401(k), you may be eligible to invest in a traditional or Roth IRA. A traditional IRA has the potential to grow tax-deferred, while a Roth IRA has the potential to grow tax free, provided you've had your account at least five years and you don't start taking withdrawals until you are at least 59-1/2. And you can fund your IRA with a wide range of investments, such as stocks, bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs). * Don't let your debts get out of hand. You probably can't avoid all debts, and some of them - such as a mortgage - at least offer the possibility of tax write-offs. But the larger your debt payments, the less money you'll have to invest, so do what you can to live within your means. * Prepare for emergencies. If you face some unexpectedly large medical bills, or if you need a new car or a major appliance, will you have the money available? If not, you may have to dip into your investments - and that can slow your progress toward your eventual financial freedom. To avoid this problem, build an emergency fund containing six to 12 months' worth of living expenses. Put the money in a liquid vehicle - one with a lesser risk of loss of principal. * Be a "tax-smart" investor. Taxes can eat into your investment returns, so you'll want to become a "tax-smart" investor. As we've already mentioned, your 401(k) and IRA offer tax advantages, so you'll want to contribute as much as you can afford to both these vehicles. Beyond that, perhaps the most important step you can take is to follow a "buy-and-hold" strategy. By purchasing stocks, and holding them for many years, you'll put off capital gains taxes until you sell. This technique also can help you hold down commissions and give your stocks a chance to appreciate. Another tax-advantaged move that could benefit you - particularly if you're in one of the higher tax brackets - is to invest in municipal bonds. Your interest payments will be free from federal taxes; if the municipality that issues the bond is in your state, your interest payments also may be exempt from state and local taxes. (However, some municipal bonds are subject to the alternative minimum tax, so do your research before you invest.) By making the right moves, you can someday reach your own personal Financial Independence Day. So put it on your calendar of the future - and then do what it takes to reach that happy date. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones PHONE, continued from page 1 different view from that of Michigan Youth in Government representatives. "It just depends on how the law itself is written," Sarver said. Though it would be difficult to enforce such a law because of hands free devices such as the Bluetooth, he said law enforcement officers would handle this law just as any other they would patrol on active duty. "Officers sometimes sit at intersections to look for seat belt use and cars that run stop signs. You could add monitoring cell phone use into that very easily," Sarver said. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said, "A law like this would definitely benefit our young drivers who don’t have as much experience behind the wheel. With driving, it’s like learning how to walk; it takes time to develop the coordination. If you add a cell phone to that mix, the accident rate will increase." The sheriff also said statistics have shown cell phones are a distraction to experienced drivers almost equal to driving with an .08 blood alcohol content. Leaf agreed the law itself would be difficult to enforce because of the huge number of people who use cell phones. "It would surely be difficult, we wouldn’t lay the hammer down right away because we have to give the public time to learn about the law whether it be through the media or warnings. But once the law was known, we’d do our job. We don’t write the laws, we just enforce them," Leaf said. Leaf also mentioned he would like to see a study done on accidents caused by cell phone use, in addition to those studies focusing on seat belt use and drunk driving. "I’d like to see the statistics," said Leaf. Twenty-four states have adopted a similar policy for a "hands-free" cell phone, which was at first believed to be less of a distraction. This however, was proven false when studies showed that it wasn’t the actual "operating" of the cell phone that was distracting, it was the conversation you had while using the phone. The human brain is able to accomplish more than one task at a time, or to perform "multi-tasking" however, while performing numerous tasks, none of them are done as efficiently as they could be done while performed alone. This is where the argument exempting "hands-free" cell phones from restrictions don’t seem to be gaining favor. Driving a vehicle requires a lot of focus and attention. When you’re performing the task of driving, the littlest things can distract you: the radio, food in the car, other drivers, billboards etc. If you add the risk of carrying on a conversation, you have therefore decreased your focus on the road and driving a motor vehicle. So while most people see traffic accidents due to elements we could control, such as drunk drivers, loud music and not paying close enough attention to the road, we should Lakewood graduate takes 1st in Lake O Fair demolition derby by Helen Mudry Staff Writer There were 16 cars that started the last Saturday’s Lake Odessa Demolition Derby and when the dust had settled, Adam Wrubel’s 1988 Lincoln Towncar was the last engine running. Most drivers put the pedal to the metal but Wrubel’s goal was to put the metal to the metal. Adam, a 2005 Lakewood graduate from Woodland and his cousin Mike Wrubel, a 1999 Lakewood graduate from Clarksville worked together to get two cars ready so they could both compete in the annual “in your face” tribute to Detroit. Mike has competed in the Derby before but Adam said his entry was a last minute spontaneous decision. He had a car he was going to use, but Mike told him it was too rusty. So Adam drove a car Mike had used in previous derbies. They put in an engine from a Chevy Camero 350 and a different transmission. Mike works at Manning Equipment in Lansing and was able to use the tools there. Mike drove a 1997 Lincoln Towncar. His engine blew up four hours before the derby so they put a modified Corvette engine in it. To get the car ready for competition, Adam said you basically have to tear the car down to the frame. The fuel is limited to a five gallon tank in the back seat. Mike and Adam started painting their cars using black paint but ran out before Adam’s was finished. He finished his with school busyellow and since the back end was already smashed in, he called it the “Short Bus.” He chose the racing numbers 260 after the numbers he wore when he played football. “I was nervous at first but got into it when the derby began,” said Adam. “Save the front end” was Mike’s advice. Adam said the other drivers went after Mike trying to knock him out of the competition. They didn’t bother with him as much. “I guess they figured I was new at this and not a real threat,” said Adam. “I really learned a lot from Mike.” Adams shared some of the prize purse with him as a thank you gesture. After the race, some of the drivers relaxed at the beer tent, but Adam was not old enough so he relaxed by watching the fire works. He seems to have suffered no lasting injuries, just a sore back and neck. The cousins had a big cheering section in the grand stand with family and friends. One of Adam’s biggest fans was Grandmother Joyce Wrubel, who cheered from home. “I’m proud of him but I’d be just as happy if he didn’t do it next year,” she said. Adam has other plans though. The junior at Grand Valley is already planning for next year’s derby. Newborn Babies BOY, Hudson James, born at Metro Health on June 5, 2007 at 7:55 a.m. to Brian and Samantha Thomas of Woodland. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Daniel Nathain Adam, born at Pennock Hospital on June 18, 2007 at 8:10 p.m. to Catherine Gillihan of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Aubrie Marie Keeler, born at Pennock Hospital on June 20, 2007 at 7:20 a.m. to Kimberly Keeler and Jason Hall of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Bryce Emerson, born at Pennock Hospital on June 20, 2007 at 10:33 a.m. to Bryan and Jessie Schelter of Woodland. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 1/2 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Zoey Elizabeth, born at Pennock Hospital on June 21, 2007 at 7:00 a.m. to Crystal and Jeramey Shoebridge of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs. 1/2 oz. and 22 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alyssa Renee, born at Pennock Hospital on June 21, 2007 at 1:14 p.m. to Heather and Bryan Main of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Jacob Leon, born at Pennock Hospital on June 4, 2007 at 9:41 p.m. to Staci and Randy Neff of Clarksville. Weighing 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. A bridge fit for the early car. keep in mind that carrying on a conversation while driving, is a big distraction, and can be very dangerous. BOY, Kyle Allen, born at Pennock Hosiptal on June 6, 2007 at 6:24 p.m. to Brad and Audrey Jousma of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Taylor Addison, born at June 7, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. to Chad and Chris Casey of New Bern, NC. Weighing 7 lbs. 1 1/2 oz. and 21 inches long. BOY, Logan Jack, born at Pennock Hospital on June 8, 2007 at 11:26 a.m. to Don and Dawn Kerby of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 inches long. BOY, Isaiah Dean, born at Pennock Hospital on June 8, 2007 at 12:12 p.m. to Joshua and Mandy Lamphere of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Maylee Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on June 8, 2007 at 2:24 p.m. to Michelle and Shawn Olin of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Landin Robert, born at Pennock Hospital on June 10, 2007 at 4:01 a.m. to Amber Laurin and Robert Brown III of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 8 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Aneistain Marcel Xzavyer, born at Pennock Hospital on June 13, 2007 at 8 p.m. to Michelle and Matthew Ramsey of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Blake Dean, born at Pennock Hospital on June 16, 2007 at 1:08 to Dennis and Erin Kordelewski of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. �Page 10 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nathan Ferris and Christine Ferris, husband and wife, and Victor Ferris and Darlene J. Ferris, husband and wife, mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank now known as Chemical bank, a Michigan banking corporation of 2185 - 3 Mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544, mortgagee, by a mortgage dated January 7, 2005, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on January 18, 2005 as document no. 1140306. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $143,409.36, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $139,177.65 at the rate of 4.375% percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legals costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Part of the South Half of the Northwest fractional Quarter of Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West OneQuarter corner of said Section; thence North 0º04’11” West 960.00 feet along the West line of said Section to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North 0º04’11” West 152.05 feet along said West line; thence North 89º27’21” East 193.00; thence South 0º04’11’ East 153.02 feet; thence South 89º44’38” West 193.00 feet along the North line of the South 960.00 feet of said Northwest Quarter to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; Subject to right of way for Patterson Avenue over the West 33.00 feet thereof; and commonly known as 303 S. Patterson Rd., Wayland, MI 49348. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: June 25, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Suite 212 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77513743 (616) 459-6168 To: Basin Oil Company D.B. Shults Mercer Oil Company McClure Oil Company I/we, the undersigned, owners of the following described land situated in Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, to wit: The East 20 rods of the East 40 rods of the Northwest _ of Section 35, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, except that part of the South east _ of the Northwest _ of said Section 35, lying South of Cedar Creek, upon which: 1) a lease dated December 14, 1939 and recorded at Liber 175 page 185 Barry County Records, was given to Basin Oil Company, lessee, 2) a lease dated March 14, 1940 and recorded at Liber 175 page 297 Barry County Records, was given to D. B. Shults, lessee, 3) a lease dated July 25, 1949 and recorded at Liber 220 page 558 Barry County Records, was given to Mercer Oil Company, and a one-half working interest in such lease was assigned by Mercer Oil Company on July 25, 1949 to McClure Oil Company by assignment recorded at Liber 222 page 153 Barry County Records, do hereby notify you that the terms of said lease(s) have been broken by the owner thereof, and that I/we hereby elect to declare and do declare the said lease(s) forfeited and void, and that unless you do within 30 days from this date notify the register of deeds of said Barry County as provided by law, that said lease(s) has/have been forfeited, I/we will file with the said register of deeds an affidavit of forfeiture as provided by law; and I/we hereby demand that you execute or have executed a proper surrender of said lease(s) and that you put the same on record in the office of the register of deeds in said Barry County within 30 days from this date. Dated this _29_______ day of June_______2007. Alfred J. Gemrich 77514006 Jean M. Gemrich 77514012 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JODI L. STILES, a single woman, to HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK, dated March 25, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry, and State of Michigan, on April 1, 2004, in Liber 1124496 of Mortgages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal interest, the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 21/100 ($110,411.21) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover in the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, east door, 220 West State Street, in the City of Hastings, and County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on August 2, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock Eastern Daylight Savings Time in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with 6% interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said section 1104.14 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 88º39’35” West 280.00 feet; thence South 00º41’49” West, parallel with the East section line, 220.00 feet; thence South 88º39’35” East 273.00 feet to the centerline of West Lake Road; thence 86.44 feet along the arc of a curve to the left whose radius measures 954.95 feet and whose chord bears North 5º20’35” East 88.41 feet; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said Section 133.79 feet to the place of beginning. Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are hereby advised that this notice is attempting to collect a debt, and that any information obtained will be used against you. If you dispute this indebtedness within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you will be provided with verification of the amount owning. Date: June 11, 2007 HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee TUCK, GARRISON & MOORE, P.L.L.C. By: Mark W. Garrison (P24068) Attorneys for Mortgagee Business address: 403 South Superior, P.O. Box 660 77513378 Albion, Michigan 49224 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Renee A Bigger, a married person and Randy O. Bigger, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Cendant Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2001, and recorded on September 7, 2001 in instrument 1066108, and modified by agreement dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on April 7, 2004 in instrument 1124889, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine And 31/100 Dollars ($67,789.31), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 of Middleville Downs Addition No. 1 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 4. Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #076305F03 77513706 City of Hastings Wastewater Treatment Plant Department of Public Works Public Notice Significant Noncompliance (SNC) 77514010 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nole Demond, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2004, and recorded on December 8, 2004 in instrument 1138323, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine Hundred And 74/100 Dollars ($91,900.74), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 3 rods of Lot 7 of Block 10 of H.J. Kenfield Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #110926F02 77513347 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Groendyke, and Patricia L. Groendyke, AKA Patricia Groendyke, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on January 12, 2006 in instrument 1158862, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Fifty-Six And 50/100 Dollars ($152,056.50), including interest at 7.69% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said section; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 660.0 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 200.0 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds East 400.0 feet; thence South 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds East 200.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds West 400.0 feet along the North line of the South 660 feet of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. Subject to right of way for Loop Road over the West 33.0 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149473F01 77513971 City of Hastings Wastewater Treatment Plant Department of Public Works Public Notice Significant Noncompliance (SNC) The industry below was in significant noncompliance with the City’s Industrial Pretreatment Program with in the last twelve months. The annual public notification of all industries in significant noncompliance is a requirement of 40 C.F.R. Part 403.8 (f)(2)(viii) of the General Pretreatment Regulations of the Clean Water Act: The industry below was in significant noncompliance with the City’s Industrial Pretreatment Program with in the last twelve months. The annual public notification of all industries in significant noncompliance is a requirement of 40 C.F.R. Part 403.8 (f)(2)(viii) of the General Pretreatment Regulations of the Clean Water Act: Hastings Manufacturing 325 North Hanover Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (Violation) Pollutant: Phosphorus Type: Monthly Quarter: Second 2006 SNC Type: TRC Viking Industries 210 North Industrial Park Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (Violation) Pollutant: Mercury Type: Semi Annual Quarter: Fourth 2006 SNC Type: TRC Compliance Status: Company has returned to compliance by modifying their process wastewater treatment procedures. Company has performed additional monitoring. Compliance Status: Company has returned to compliance by modifying their process wastewater treatment procedures. Company has performed additional monitoring. TRC: 33 percent or more of the samples analyzed in a six month period exceeded Technical Review Criteria. TRC: 33 percent or more of the samples analyzed in a six month period exceeded Technical Review Criteria. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven A. Parshall and Karen A. Parshall, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 4, 2004 and recorded June 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1129728, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Three and 25/100 Dollars ($225,793.26) including interest at 7.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the North 220 feet of the Northwest one quarter of Section 33, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, lying West of the Centerline of Jenkins Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 214.5293 77513361 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randall Reigler, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 3, 2006, and recorded on January 6, 2006 in instrument 1158600, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Seven And 14/100 Dollars ($89,187.14), including interest at 8.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence along the North line of said Section 27; North 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds West 988.71 feet; thence along the West line of South Broadway Street South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 343.47 feet to the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 58 seconds West 136.11; thence North 00 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 63.99 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 30 seconds East, 136.80 feet; thence along said West line South 00 degrees 16 minutes 19 seconds East 62.97 feet along said East line of South Braodway to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146544F01 77513314 Lakewood girls shine in game full of stars Lakewood’s varsity softball team was well represented by Lindzy Curry and Rachel Tryon at the Lansing Area All Star games Monday, June 25. Tryon had three hits, with a triple and scored three runs. Curry had two hits, a sacrifice bunt, scored a run, and had an RBI with a ground-out to second in her fourth at-bat. In the last inning Tryon fielded a ball hit to right field and threw a perfect strike to Curry at third base to tag out a runner. Their South team won the game 7-2. They had the support of about 20 to 25 Lakewood fans. AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curtis VanMeter ,a married man, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 3rd day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of November, 2004 in Liber Doc# 1137344 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Forty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight & 87/100 ($146,988.87), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 13.87500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Rutland, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 108, Pine Haven Estates No. 4, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Document No. 1122672. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513493 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda A. Van Keuren, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 22, 2005, and recorded on March 14, 2005 in instrument 1142693, and rerecorded on March 25, 2005 in instrument 1144369, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Three And 09/100 Dollars ($81,903.09), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land in Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet to the palce of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 749.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 708.31 feet; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 749.99 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 708.31 feet to the place of beginning. Also, together with an easement for ingress and egress; commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrgees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet'; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to said South section line; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet to the Place of beginning. Also, together with and subject to an easement for ingress and egress and, commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 1305.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet; thence South 02 degreed 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148371F01 77513962 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracy McDaniel, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006 and recorded July 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167764, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-infact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 61/100 Dollars ($88,648.61) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point in the center of the Highway, 6 Rods West of the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence North 10 Rods; thence West 6 Rods; thence South 10 Rods to the center of Highway; thence East along center of Highway 6 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 28, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3297 77513711 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Steve Kauffman and Angie Patterson,, Mortgagors, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of August, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 15th day of September, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1170070 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of January 1, 2007 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2007NC1 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Eighty Nine & 07/100 ($104,089.07), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.20% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 1 of block 9 of the Daniel Striker’s Addition to the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 11. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513530 77514016 SYNOPSIS Barry Township Regular Meeting June 5, 2007 Regular meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. Motion approved to appoint J. Wooer as President Pro-Tem. ROLL CALL: 4 members and 4 guests. Pledged allegiance to the flag. Approved minutes and treasurers report for May/07. Accepted Department reports. Motion approved to appoint J. Wooer and D Dewey-Perry as agents to approve and sign all fireworks permits. Motion approved to appoint J. Wooer as board representative on the Delton District Library Board. Motion approved to adopt Ord. #55 which amends the sewer ordinance to allow 10 yrs. to repay the sewer connection fee. Motion approved to accept the bills and check register for June. Meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra Dewey-Perry, Barry Township Clerk Attested to by: Richard Barnum, Supervisor FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Marcia L Gildea, a single woman to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2004 and recorded June 7, 2004 in Instrument # 1128892 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and Sixty Cents ($129,280.60) including interest 10.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the southwest corner of the north 25 acres of the south one-half of the southwest one-quarter of section 20, town 4 north, range 9 west, for the place of beginning. Thence north 238 feet. Thence east 498 feet, thence south 238 feet, thence west 498 to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 4156 Lewis Johnson, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513701 Our File No: 07-73179 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-137-CZ Court Address: 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff STATE TREASURER 3030 W. GRAND BLVD., STE. 10-200 DETROIT, MI 48202 (313) 456-0140 Plaintiff’s attorney Juandisha Harris (P62978) (Same as above) v Defendant James Simons, #190695 Florence Crane Correctional Facility 38 Fourth Street Coldwater, MI 49036 TO: James Simons IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to show cause why an order should not be entered granting Plaintiff up to 90% of your assets as reimbursement for you cost and care in prison. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before August 27, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the compliance filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 6/13/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77513735 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Baird, a married man aka Michael D. Baird and Rebecca Baird, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 9, 2004, and recorded on January 15, 2004 in instrument 1120818, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Ninety-One And 84/100 Dollars ($164,091.84), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, and the South 1/2 of Lot 2, and the North 1/2 of Lot 6 of the West Gun Lake Resort Plat, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #057904F03 77513626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stephanie Smoczynski and Joseph Smoczynski aka Joe Smoczynski, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2005, and recorded on January 11, 2006 in instrument 1158771, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Four And 83/100 Dollars ($72,204.83), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section Five, Town One North, Range Nine West described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot fifty of J.R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 4 rods, thence South 6 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 8 rods. Thence South 60 feet, thence West 8 rods. thence North 60 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #100837F02 77513718 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brent Karhl Falor, a single man to Michigan Home Finance LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 7, 2005 and recorded April 20, 2005 in Instrument # 1145176 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, by assignment dated January 16, 2006 and recorded January 30, 2006 in Instrument # 1159502 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($102,851.20) including interest 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: North line of the North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 30 and the centerline of Marsh Road: thence East along the said North line 140 feet: thence South 242 feet: thence West 85 feet: thence Northwesterly 175 feet to the center of said Marsh Road: thence Northeasterly along said centerline 168 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 8315 Marsh Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-72667 77513559 NOTICE POSITION OPENING Barry County District Court Deputy District Division Clerk. Base pay: $11.34/hr. Send resume to: Kathy Holman, Administrator Barry County District Court 206 W. Court St. Hastings, MI 49058 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lori Haywood, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2005 and recorded October 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1154019, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SeventySeven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine and 60/100 Dollars ($77,159.60) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in Section 10 and 11, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 11 and running thence East 713 feet along the South Line of said Section 11; thence North 04 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 510.10 feet along the center of Cobb Road; thence North 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 434 feet along the center of Cobb Road for the True Place of Beginning; thence West 440 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 155 feet; thence West 673 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 398 feet parallel with the East Line of Section 10 and 433 feet Westerly therefrom; thence East 1114.6 feet to the centerline of Cobb Road; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 243 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2422 77513549 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six And 23/100 Dollars ($161,666.23), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148541F01 77513632 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE No Primary Election August 7, 2007 Notice is hereby given that due to the lack of multiple candidates, no primary election will be necessary on August 7, 2007 for City offices (Mayor, members of City Council and the Board of Review.) Any questions regarding this notice may be addressed to the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 or at 269.945.2468. 02674016 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul R. Baker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 18, 2004, and recorded on March 19, 2004 in instrument 1123925, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Six And 82/100 Dollars ($71,926.82), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 1225 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence East at right angles with said Section line 272.25 feet; thence South 480 feet; thence West 272.25 feet to said West Section line; thence North 480 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148480F01 77513638 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John C. Lieb II and Venus S. Lieb, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 21, 2005, and recorded on February 3, 2005 in instrument 1140995, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R2 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of March 1, 2005, Without Recourse as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four And 02/100 Dollars ($131,424.02), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 13 rods East of the Southwest corner of said Section 5; thence East along the center of highway 28 rods 1 1/2 links; thence North 6 rods 10 links; thence West 28 rods 2 1/2 links; thence South 6 rods 10 links to the place of beginning, except a strip 44 feet wide off the West side thereof; including and commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence Easterly 258.50 feet along the South line of Section 15, being also the centerline of Tasker Road; thence Northerly 105.6 feet at right angles for the true place of beginning; thence continuing Northerly 20 feet; thence East 418.99 feet parallel with the line of Section 15; thence Southerly 20 feet at right angles; thence Westerly 418.99 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #086110F02 77513504 77512823 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by GREG F. STEVENS, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 9, 2005, in Document No. 1150761, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($75,741.11), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST; THENCE EAST 150 FEET; THENCE NORTH 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY TO A POINT 75 FEET NORTH OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-027-006-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514018 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Clarence Klinge, Jr ,a single man, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 2nd day of July, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 23rd day of July, 2004 in Liber 1131299 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy One & 94/100 ($108,971.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: That part of the southwest 1/4 Section 14, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Southwest 1/4 which is North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 1078.00 feet from the South 1/4 corner of Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 243.65 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds West 270.00 feet along the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds East 243.61 feet; thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes 37 seconds East 270.00 feet to the place of beginning. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 ASAP# 863461 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007, 07/05/2007, 07/12/2007 77513509 FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - DEFAULT having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Donald H. Reed and Kathleen J. Reed, husband and wife, who address is 2009 Rundle, Lansing, Michigan 48910, Mortgagor, to KeyBank National Association, Mortgagee, 100 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, dated August 23, 2002, and recorded September 11, 2002, at Document Number 1087244, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal, interest and late fees, the sum of Three Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and 33/100 ($306,280.33). And no suit or proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage, with the interest thereon and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are situated in the Township of Castleton, County of Barry, State of Michigan and described as follows: Lot 5 of Block G of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 59, and Lot 8, of Block H of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 Bruce N. Elliott (P28770) CONLIN, McKENNEY & PHILBRICK, P.C. Attorneys for Mortgagee 350 S. Main Street, Suite 400 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734/761-9000 77514028 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 85/100 Dollars ($203,849.85) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for Place of Beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the Place of Beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the Place of Beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the Place of Beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7948 77513564 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Toni M. Farrell, Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 29th day of August, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of August, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1151874 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Eight & 79/100 ($92,687.79), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.4500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The South 225 feet of Lot 18 of Martz Acres, according to the plat thereof of Barry County Records. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/28/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513678 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158422, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($116,842.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 5, of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513319 File #146239F01 ® The 77513968 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Spring Has Arrived & Summer Is Close By 77511856 No better time to think about owning your own home Thornapple Lake Estates has a BRAND NEW inventory of homes, both Double Wide and Single Wide. We have great “Move In” incentives and offer financing with very low down payments to qualified buyers. Don’t delay... Stop out today and let us show you HOW you can become a Homeowner!! Phone 517-852-1514 or stop by. PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by FRANK DAVIS, AND SPOUSE LAURA DAVIS, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 22, 2005, and recorded on August 30, 2005, in Document No. 1151933, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Nineteen Dollars and FortyFive Cents ($154,019.45), including interest at 7.670% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 40 OF PINE HAVEN ESTATES #2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 9, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 13-196040-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514023 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas R. Jennett, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 2, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153051, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Five Hundred Ten And 90/100 Dollars ($101,510.90), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1196 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513696 File #148907F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Residential Funding Company, LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Five and 55/100 Dollars ($201,855.55) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77513539 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Mutschler, A Single Man, Fee Simple, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 20, 2003, and recorded on December 3, 2003 in instrument 1118612, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 73/100 Dollars ($64,266.73), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 83 and the West 1/2 of Lots 81 and 82 of the plat of Orangeville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 14 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #120060F02 77513404 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda Trumble, a married woman f/k/a Brenda Hofacker and Russell L. Trumble, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated June 24, 2002, and recorded on July 1, 2002 in instrument 1083105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 03/100 Dollars ($55,572.03), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 50 of Country Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 64, Calhoun County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #139274F03 77513445 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STEPHEN L. LANGELAND, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has occurred in a Mortgage made by Dana J. Andrews and Kathleen A. Andrews, husband and wife, to Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union dated November 4, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 at Document Number 1137122, Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt, secured by the mortgage or any part thereof and the amount now claimed to be due on the debt is $131,820.06. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the property at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on August 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the east front door of the Barry County courthouse, in the City of Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, together with interest at 7 percent per annum, legal costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes or insurance or other advances and expenses due under mortgage or permitted under Michigan law. The land is located in the the County of Barry, State of Michigan and is described as: Lot 36 of Fineview Acres According to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 52 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County Michigan. Which has the address of: 102 Sweetheart Lane, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-9228 (a/k/a 102 Sweetheart Lane, Banfield, Michigan 49017). During the six months immediately following the sale the property may be redeemed, unless determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Date: 6-29-07 Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union) by: Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Stephen L. Langeland, P.C. Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) Attorney at Law 350 East Michigan, Suite 130 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77513976 �Page 13 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Mills, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 29, 2005 and recorded July 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149239, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006HE1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Six and 78/100 Dollars ($54,626.78) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 2, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 10 of Daniel Strikers Addition according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2290 77514001 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kelly A. Harwood a/k/a Kelly Harwood and Richard D. Harwood, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated February 28, 2005, and recorded on March 17, 2005 in instrument 1142859, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Three Hundred Ninety And 64/100 Dollars ($94,390.64), including interest at 10.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, for place of beginning; thence East 16 rods 3 feet, thence South 20 rods, thence West 6 rods 3 feet, thence South 40 rods, thence West 10 rods 14 feet 4 inches, thence North 60 rods, thence East 14 feet 4 inches to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146847F01 77513352 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 4, 2004 in instrument 1131917, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Six Hundred One And 73/100 Dollars ($72,601.73), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 26, Town 2 North, Range 9 West; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on the East line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 861.96 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds West on said East 466.70 feet to the South line of Northeast 1/4 of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds West on said South line 466.70 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 54 seconds East 466.70 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 19 seconds East 466.70 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146347F01 77513306 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Teddy K. Moore, a married man and Linda L. Moore, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-One and 67/100 Dollars ($181,881.67) including interest at 7.09% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24, Parker's Lakewood Plat, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 34, Barry County Records, together with an easement for ingress and egress to and from lake over and across the South 40 feet of Lot 33, Parker's Lakewood Plat. Being the same property conveyed to Teddy K. Moore and Linda L. Moore, husband and wife by Deed Dated 2/27/95 and Recorded 4/3/95 in Deed Book 627, Page 681, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77513544 File No. 207.7953 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Arlin F. Dougherty and Judith K. Dougherty, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 1999, and recorded on August 6, 1999 in instrument 1033546, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 77/100 Dollars ($90,357.77), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 13 and 14, Pierson's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 41, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #003915F03 77513689 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eight And 69/100 Dollars ($131,408.69), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #130392F02 77513648 Please Return Our Boy Louie! DENTAL ASSISTANT Patient oriented dental practice seeking energetic and enthusiastic team player who is good with people. Dental experience and computer skills required. Submit resume to: FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Vernon E. Goodman and Kimberly J. Goodman, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 26, 2004 in Instrument # 1136137 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($107,674.23) including interest 10.05% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence North 1848 feet to the place of beginning, thence West 600 feet, thence North 227 feet to the center of Gurd Road, thence Southeasterly along the centerline of Gurd Road to the North and South one-quarter line, thence South 132 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commonly known as 7150 Gurd Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 19, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513554 Our File No: 07-72814 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd E Hebert and Bonghee Hebert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to First Franklin A Division of Nat. City Bank of IN, Mortgagee, dated March 31, 2005, and recorded on April 4, 2005 in instrument 1144317, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. As Trustee for National City Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, Mortgage-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Eight And 00/100 Dollars ($120,788.00), including interest at 6.999% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 12, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 32, Prairie Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 6 of plats on Page 39, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 14, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #146594F01 77513324 Miniature Pincher/Terrier, Brown with black streak down back, cropped tail. Taken from Shaw Road (Yankee Springs). Please return him home, he is our baby!! We Love and Miss Him and He Misses Us Too! Please call 269-623-5932 or return to 4800 Shaw Rd., Hastings. 77514014 Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities EOE/M-F 77513981 Gole Dental Group 121 W. Woodlawn Avenue Hastings, MI 49058 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Philip C. Streeter and Rosemarie L. Streeter, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 31, 2004 and recorded February 17, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122313, and Modification Agreement recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument No. 1151751, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Custodian for EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services Inc. as its attorney-in-fact it's successors and or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyNine Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-Four and 92/100 Dollars ($159,764.92) including interest at 9.3% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 12, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 15, 164, 165, 166, and 167, Lakewood Estates Subdivision as recorded in Liber 4, Page 19 of Plats, Barry County Records. The same being property conveyed by Deed executed by Stephanie Dufford, on 7-14-1992, as recorded on 7-30-1992 at Book/Liber 550, Page/Folio 667, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 14, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3023 77513366 PART-TIME TELLER 77513602 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melinda L Durecka, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Sofin Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 26, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092926, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Flagstar Bank, FSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($62,545.58), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/3 of Lot 6 and the West 1/3 of the North 1/2 of Lot 7 of R.B. Greggs Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 13, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #138626F02 77513956 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William Hayward and Betty J. Hayward, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 25, 2006, and recorded on December 14, 2006 in instrument 1173907, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 45/100 Dollars ($181,740.45), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 33 and the South 25 feet of Lot 34, East Big Gilkey Lake, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 18. Also beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 32 of said Plat; thence North 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds East along the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet; thence South 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513918 File #145889F02 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — Page 14 Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale National Ads Help Wanted FOR SALE: LAKE dock. (269)945-0713 CDL-A DRIVERS: Get the Miles You Deserve! #1 in benefits/equipment. Scheduled Home Time. Avg. $50,000+/yr! Gainey Transportation 800-738-0708. ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Lawn & Garden Household AQUATIC PLANTS: WATER Lilies, Goldfish & Koi, liners, pumps, filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)6981030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am2pm. A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $295. (616)452-8430. TAN AT HOME: Sunquest 24-lamp tanning bed w/stand and pillow, looks new, excellent working condition, sparingly used, $850. (269)948-0991 TELEVISION: Sony Wega, 32” flat screen, surround sound, 2yrs. old. Cost new $600 asking $400 obo. Excellent cond. (269)569-8230 Estate Sale For Rent LIVE ON THE LAKE FOR THE SUMMER: Beautiful Algonquin Lake apartment. 1 bedroom, $450 a month, security deposit required. (269)945-0917 or (616)2933104 Garage Sale GARAGE SALE: FRIDAY and Saturday 9-3, 427 South East St. Automotive 1974 F600 STAKESIDE w/390 motor runs, drives, good body, $1,000 obo or possible trade. Also Simplicity lawn mower, $100. Call Rick, (269)838-0663 ‘98 FORD TAURUS SHO for sale 133K miles. Green w/grey leather interior. Power everything. Asking $4,500. Call (269)948-2913, ask for Dan or Jackie. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 02674474 www.edwardjones.com Jobs Wanted DAYCARE IN MY HOME: Monday-Friday, 6:30am5:30pm, Cloverdale, 1 mile off of M-43 & Guernsey Lk Rd. Negotiable prices. Call Dawn (269)623-2468 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 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For more information contact Nancy Koelzer at Metron Home Health 800-592-0922 or send resume to 3075 Orchard Vista Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 or nancy.koelzer@metronihs.com Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 77509092 3TADIUM�3EATING GROUNDS MAINTENANCE: 2 part-time, flexible hours & days, physical health equal to duties, general knowledge of buildings, ground and equipment maintenance required. Mail resume to CTI, % Sharon, P.O. Box 358, Nashville, MI 49073 or call (517)852-9626. FUTON FRAME: with mattress. Large selection starting at $175 & up. (616)452-8430 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 6 DRIVERS- WE’RE GROWING!! CDL-A with 1 year experience gets great health benefits and home time! Weekly direct deposit! 800239-7133 A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. Member SIPC .O�PASSES DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 �(ASTINGS��������%XP��3%04���������������("� OFFICE WORKER: PARTTIME, approximately 20 hours. Basic clerical, computer, good PR skills, flexible hours & days. Mail resume to CTI, % Sharon, P.O. Box 358, Nashville, MI 49073 or call (517)852-9626. Farm (2) HORSES: 7 year old Palamino, gentle, good trail horse, $1,200 obo. 4 year old Paint, very gentle, green broke, $1,500 obo. (269)9488943 Recreation FOR SALE: LAKE dock. (269)945-0713 Wanted THE DELTON DISTRICT LIBRARY is seeking bids for: (1) hardwood or similar wainscoting 36” up the exposed walls of the meeting room. Wall sections are 257”, 17.75”, 42”, 16.75” and 208.5”; (2) two overstuffed chairs, preferably with attached table for note taking or laptop. Coffee or end table and lamp. Creating a quiet reading/study area in our meeting room; (3) new border in men’s restroom to replace wall paper border. Two ideas would be tile and stainless steel. One art piece for wall above border, perhaps the actual front of an old truck. Please email to info@deltonlib.org, drop off or mail to: P.O. Box 155, Delton, MI 49046. Bids will be opened and discussed at July 12th Library Board Meeting. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 07518020 POLICE BEAT Clarksville man killed in SUV-truck crash Mark Wayne Hochstetler, 28, of Clarksville, was killed Monday when the pickup truck he was driving ran a stop sign at the intersection of Brown Road and Usborne Road near Freeport. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies investigating the crash say Hochstetler’s 1990 GMC pickup was struck on the driver’s side by a 2001 Ford Explorer driven by 31-year-old Jennifer Lou Kidder of Freeport. Hochstetler was pronounced dead at the scene, while Kidder and a passenger in the Hochstetler vehicle, Mike Cristner, 25, of Clarksville, were airlifted to Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids. The accident remains under investigation. Barryville Cemetery vandalism reported Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a vandalism incident that took place at Barryville Cemetery in Castleton Township sometime between Memorial Day and June 23. Officials investigating the complaint say 19 tombstones were pushed over and one was broken in half. The value of the damage has been estimated at $1,000. Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805 of Silent Observer at 1-800-310-9031. Gun Lake boater arrested for drunk driving Ian Weick, 28, of Grand Rapids was arrested June 30 by Barry County Marine Officers patrolling Gun Lake. When deputies stopped Weick’s pontoon boat they found he had no registration and when they observed a strong odor of intoxicants issued Weick at preliminary breath test on site. Weick’s blood alcohol level was measured at .121%. He was arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail and his boat was towed to shore. Domestic arrest covers a lot of ground Timothy Robert Rose, 21, of Bellevue, was arrested June 30 by Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies and faces charges of domestic assault. According to the preliminary investigation, the victim told deputies she was concerned about Rose and tried to contact him by phone. When she tried to ask him about his location and his condition, she said Rose hung up on her. She then called the female Rose was with at the time and was informed that Rose had jumped out of her vehicle and walked away. The alleged victim then borrowed her mother’s car and went searching for Rose. She found him in Calhoun County, just over the Barry County line, sitting in the back seat of a police car. He was released to her custody to be driven home. On the way home, she said, he tried to manually push the gas pedal down and grabbed the wheel. She said she then stopped the car and both exited on the side of the road. After a brief argument, she said Rose took the car and began to drive away, but stopped some 25 feet down the road. She then got back in the car and again drove away. She said he again grabbed the wheel and forced the car off the road and it sideswiped a tree before coming to a stop. As Rose attempted to walk away, she called her mother, who notified 911. When officers arrived they took the report from the female victim and began a search for Rose. When they did not find him home, they went to the nearby home of the woman Rose had been with earlier and she told deputies he was asleep in her car. When awakened, Rose told officers he did not attack the woman, but was instead attacked by her and bitten on the shoulder, producing a bite mark as evidence. Rose was arrested and lodged in the Barry County Jail. The incident has been forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review. More warnings issued on Internet scams Hastings Police say they want to make the public aware of money scams throughout the nation including Hastings. A fraud complaint involving the Internet was reported June 18 and is currently being investigated by the Hastings Police Department. An unsuspecting resident thought he had obtained a legitimate job from a company involved in international trade. The company, "ITP Global Payment Group, USA Wire Service" solicits US residents in handling transactions as a "transaction manager." The company transfers funds directly into the "managers" personal account from sales they make on a fictitious eBay account. The "manager" is then required to transfer or redirect the funds back to the company minus a 10% commission fee. The company indicates in its Internet portfolio that a new law in the European Union requires any company that receives a money transfer from a non-European company must pay an added 20% tax, but if the transfer comes from a person, that tax does not have to be paid. They promise an added income of approximately $2500 to $3000 a month for one to two hours of work a week. The company’s web sight appears authentic and includes and application process. In the Hastings case, a U.S. soldier in Iraq received an e-mail from what he thought was a legitimate eBay account, and bid on a 2003 BMW. He secured the bid for $8,912 and had his mother wire the funds from his Omaha Nebraska bank to the account of the "manager’s" bank in Hastings. The vehicle never arrived at his Nebraska residence. COURT NEWS • Jonathan Galust Mayhanagian, 21, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced May 31 in Barry County Circuit Court on a probation violation sentence stemming from his 2006 conviction of breaking and entering a building with intent to commit larceny. Mayhanagian originally was sentenced to serve 12 months in jail and 24 months probation for breaking into a building in Rutland Township in September, 2006. Judge James Fisher ruled on May 31 that Mayhanagian is to serve from 23 to 120 months in prison for violating his probation and his sentence is to be served concurrently to a sentence he received in March for a B&E in Kent County. He was also ordered to pay court costs of $500 and restitution of $250. • Chadd Michael Ulrich, 34, of Lake Odessa, was sentenced June 28 in a probation violation conviction. Ulrich was convicted in October 2006 for third offense domestic violence and sentenced to 36 months probation and nine months in jail. Judge Fisher ruled Ulrich is to continue on probation and serve eight months in jail but may participate in work release and community mental health counseling. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of $500 in court costs. Judge Fisher noted a previous domestic violence conviction in 2004. • Peter Robert VandenToorn, 20, of Holland, was sentenced June 27 on a probation violation stemming form his November 2006 conviction of stealing a financial transaction device and unlawful imprisonment. VandenToorn was arrested in Yankee Springs Township in August, 2006. Judge Fisher ruled VandenToorn is serve 12 months in jail, to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and continued his probation sentence of 60 months. When originally convicted, VandenToorn was sentenced to participate in Teen Challenge and violated his probation by leaving before the program was completed. Additional charges of armed robbery, unlawfully driving away an automobile, larceny in a building and unlawful imprisonment were dropped by the prosecutor in a plea agreement. • Marcia Lee Gildea, 33, of Middleville, was sentenced June 27 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and three months in jail for her May conviction of delivery and manufacturing a controlled substance. Gildea also had her license suspended for six months, restricted after 30 days. She was also ordered to participate in drug court, observe a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, wear a wrist monitor during sleeptime and to participate in a minimum of two Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week. She will also participate in cognitive behavior thera- py. She was also ordered to pay court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of her jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. Gildea was arrested in Irving Township in April. • Tracy Ann Franklin, 28, of New Era, Mich., was sentenced June 27 to serve 36 months probation and three months in jail for her May conviction of larceny in a building. Franklin was ordered by Judge Fisher to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and drug court and must attend a minimum of two Alcoholics Anonymous and/or Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week. Franklin was also ordered to pay $250 in court costs, $500 in restitution and a probation fee of $360. She was arrested in Castleton Township in March. • Stephen Ray Reed, 29, of Plainwell, was sentenced June 27 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 90 days in jail for his May conviction on a charge of maintaining a drug house in Orangeville Township. Reed was ordered to pay court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of his probationary sentence. Reed also had his driver’s license suspended for six months but it may be returned after 30 days for treatment, employment or counseling. He was also ordered to wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail. • Kendra Ann Shannon, 23, of Hastings, was sentenced in a probation violation hearing June 28 to serve four months in jail for her September, 2005 conviction on larceny of a financial transaction device. Shannon was ordered to continue her 12 month probation sentence she received in 2005 and to participate in the Day Reporting program upon her release from jail. The balance of her jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. • William John-Gregory Fish, 43, of Hastings was sentenced June 28 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and one month in jail for his May conviction on a charge of third offense drunk driving. Fish was ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $500, a probation fee of $720 and a drug court fee of $200. He must observe a midnight to 8 a.m. curfew, wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail and attend a minimum of two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of his probation. Fish was arrested in Hastings in March. ��Page 16 — Thursday, July 5, 2007 — The Hastings Banner The boats take off at 7 a.m. on Gun Lake for the start of the Competitive Division competition at the Dustin Robbins Fishing Tournament June 16. Alex and David Combs show off their trophies after winning the Family Division at the Dustin Robbins Fishing Tournament June 16 at Gun Lake. Robbins’ fishing tourney raises over $1,200 The first annual Dustin Robbins Fishing tournament was an overwhelming success, Saturday June 16 at Gun Lake County Park. A total of 14 boats entered into the competitive division, and six boats participated in the family division. Over $1200 was raised for Advocacy Services for Kids (ASK) with fishing, T-shirt sales, and donations. ASK helps support and train families with children suffering from mental health issue. In the competitive division, Charlie and Travis Terry won first place with a total weight of from five bass of 12.24 lb.. They also had the biggest individual bass of the tournament with a weight of 3.7 lb.. Father and daughter, David and Alex Combs, won the family division with a total weight of 7.14 lb.. Mike LaGrow and grandson, Michael, won second place in the division with a total catch weighing in at 5.31 lb.. One of the highlights of the day included Dustin’s father, brother, and grandfather out fishing together in Dustin’s memory. All Dustin’s friends and family pulled together to offer extra help to make the day a success. Karine Norton brought a van full of MCTI students to lend a hand, and the local student council also purchased T-shirts. Fishermen came from across the Midwest. Larry, Lake Doster resident who took Dustin out fishing on his pontoon when he was young, fished with his son who came from Chicago to be in the tournament. George Williston’s brother, Dick Williston, came with Christa and Emily Williston from the Detroit area to participate in the family division. The team of Travis and Charlie Terry won the Competitive Division and caught the largest single bass at the Dustin Robbins Fishing Tournament. Local hoopsters who took part recently in a Gus macker three-on-three basketball tournament at Ludington were (back row, from left) Kevin Bosma, Jared Bosma, Keith Garber, Tyler Stoliker, Dominique Nolf, Anthony Veltre, (middle row) Grace Mead, Nicole Hunt, Luke Heide, Ean Beck,Maxwell Clark, Mitch Kolanowski, Grace Bosma, Christy Clark, (bottom row) Scott Garber, Drew Engle, Peter Beck, Alec Harden, Cole Harden, Drew Stolicker, Justin Carlson, Caleb Engle. Not pictured, John Dinges Luke Heide, Maxwell Clark, Ean Beck and John Dinges came in fourth place for the 13- and 14-year-old division. Kevin Bosma, Keith Garber and Jared Bosma win the Toliet Bowl award at the Ludington Macker basketball tournament. Local youth hoop it up in Ludington H.Y.A.A. Fall Football & Cheerleading Sign-Up Saturday, July 14, 2007 • 10:00am - Noon Hastings Middle School East Gym A Parent Must Be Present At Sign-Up Sign-up is open to all children who will be in grades 3rd through 8th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Space is limited for both football and cheerleading. Sign up fee: $45, plus participation in fall cookie dough fundraiser, $75 sign-up fee to buy out of the fundraiser. Fee must be paid in full at time of registration. Discounts are available for additional children. (Maximum fee of $120 per family plus fundraiser. Scholarships are availble to qualifying families. If you have any questions regarding the H.Y.A.A. Program, please call: Sally Teunessen at 948-2791 or Val Slaughter at 269-420-1406 06654815 Scott Garber drives in for a lay-up during Gus Macker tournament action in Ludington. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-07-12.pdf 25290725320413f54d04ac1edde50f35 PDF Text Text Janie Bergeron to lead Green Gables Haven This is a good time for reform, not recall Soccer teams set school records in 2007 See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 16 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 28 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, July 12, 2007 NEWS Wal-Mart rezoning plan makes a comeback BRIEFS Rutland Commission votes 3-1 to recommend proposal to Township Board City Bank plans Medicaid seminar Hastings City Bank’s Trust and Investment Group will have a Medicaid seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the community room at the Hastings office located at 150 W. Court St. Local attorney Robert Longstreet will discuss major changes in Medicaid and nursing home care eligibility: what you need to know to avoid losing your assets to a nursing home stay. Topics covered will include: • Changes in Medicaid Eligibility limits for nursing home patient and spouse. • Are homes still exempt? • Is Michigan going to enact an "Estate Recovery" program? • New rules regarding penalties for gifts to family members. • What assets can I keep? • How much income can I keep? • What are the available methods to preserve my estate for my family? There will be an opportunity for questions and comments. This informational seminar is offered at no charge to the community. Please reserve a place by calling Nancy Goodin at 269-948-5579 by David T. Young Editor The same Rutland Township Planning and Zoning Commission that unanimously rejected a Wal-Mart rezoning request last March did an about face Tuesday night and recommended approval to the Township Board on a 3-1 vote. There were a few differences that helped lead to this week’s decision on plans to build a 186,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter near the corner of Green Street and Cook Road. One was that Wal-Mart officials decided to go back to their original request for rezoning from C-4 (commercial and industrial) to C-3 (general business). Late last year the retail giant agreed to a suggestion from Rutland officials to seek a mixed use zoning, but last month, growing weary of delays, July 16 is next Project Fresh Senior Project Fresh, a free program for moderate income senior citizens ages 60 years and older to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables, will be See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 ditions, neither of which is expected to be a problem for the progress of Wal-Mart’s plans. One is that the retailer provide acceptable architecturral design features and the other is that two other parcels at the site, one designated C-1 and other C-2, not be included in the C-3 zoning. The parcel includes wetlands. Rutland Township Attorney Craig Rolfe told the Planning Commission that C-3 is consistent with the township’s master plan for the area in question. Thomas King, an attorney representing Wal-Mart, agreed with Rolfe’s assessment and noted the township’s traffic study ordered last spring came up with essentially the same figures at Wal-Mart’s done last February. King argued that “rezoning from C-4 to C3 is a reduced instensity use because it’s restricted to commercial operations... And C- 3 is the only district that permits a department store. C-3 is the zoning that most closely fits what’s being proposed (by Wal-Mart).” King also noted Wal-Mart has secured state approval from the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Environmental Quality concerning the environment. There were about 40 people in the audience, many of whom spoke, but Haywood permitted all to address the commission without identifying themselves. The following is a sketch of comments in opposition to WalMart’s proposal: • “When was the second traffic study done, while school was no longer in session or while part of Green Street was closed?” It was See WAL-MART, page 7 Middleville Manager Ron Howell resigns by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Ron Howell who has been village manager for four years, gave Village President Lon Myers a letter of resignation July 2. The Middleville Village Council Tuesday night officially accepted his resignation. The separation letter approved by the council has Sept. 28 as Howell's last day, but he can leave earlier with a two-week notice. The council members plan to met with Michigan Municipal League representatives July 17 to begin the process of finding a new manager. The council approved a contract of $6,250 plus expenses with the MML for the search process. In a letter dated July 9, which Howell distributed to the members of council Tuesday evening, he discussed all that has been accomplished during his tenure as manager. "Lately I took a step back and realized that this year's street work will soon be completed and the new well and water tower will be going on line," he wrote. He continued, "I then began to look around at all the good things that are going on in Middleville and it really struck me that the Gas & steam show will be July 13-14 The Charlton Park Gas & Steam Club will have the 36th annual Antique Gas & Steam Engine Show Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14, at Historic Charlton Park. The event will open Friday at noon and at 8 a.m. Saturday with a tractor parade each day. Demonstrations include the 1895 Corley Sawmill, include wheat threshing, stationary bailing and shingle cutting. A rare 1863 Westinghouse steam engine plus many other antique engines will be on display. This year, special features include "Steamboats on the Thornapple," running each day following the tractor parade. Antique trucks, antique motorcycles and vintage garden tractors will display historic innovations in gas technology. Show activities will include a kiddies' pedal pull, a sawdust penny scramble, blacksmith and carpentry demos. A flea market and craft fair as well as food concessions will be open throughout the event. An all-you-can-eat flapjack breakfast is scheduled for Saturday from 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds from the $5 per plate meal support Charlton Park. A "Beach Run" and hot dog cookout is scheduled for exhibitors Friday evening at 7 p.m. On Saturday, all exhibitors, spectators and vendors are welcome to join the annual potluck beginning at 6 p.m. at the saw mill. This year, a special invitation goes out to antique truck owners, vintage motorcycle owners, steamboat captains and vintage garden tractor operators. All are encouraged to join the working steam engines, gas engines and tractors, in the show. Registration for exhibitors and vendors runs Thursday, July 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday, July 13, from 8 a.m. to noon. ft vendor spaces are $10 each. decided to come back to the C-3 designation. A couple more differences between then and now were on the makeup of the Planning and Zoning Commission itself. Chairman Keith Ferris resigned because of his accumulating duties as a county commissioner and his growing commitments to Charlton Park. He has been succeeded by Larry Haywood in the chairman’s seat. Member Dorothy Flint also has resigned and she has been replaced by Gary Rogers. It was Haywood, Rogers and Bev Warren who voted to recommend the rezoning. Owen D. Jones, still citing concerns about the proposed site for the supercenter and what it could do to traffic in the area, cast the dissenting vote. A replacement for Ferris on the board has not yet been selected. The recommendation has a couple of con- Ron Howell See HOWELL, page 3 The light show after the storm Mother Nature proved once again how amazing she is by showcasing this rainbow above Kmart last night after what seemed like a gloomy evening. Hastings received a welcome shot of rain in a brief torrent Tuesday, breaking a brief heat spell of several days over 90 degrees. (Photo by Emily Benningfield) Jan Hartough leaving Extension post Kettering Foundation job beckons after 25 years in Barry County by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Jan Hartough is leaving after 25 years of serving Barry County through the Michigan State University Extension office, to work with the Kettering Foundation of Dayton, Ohio. Hartough came to the MSU Cooperative Extension in Barry County in 1982 after spending 10 years as the home economist at the Calhoun County MSU Extension office. She also spent 10 years as a nutrition instructor at Kellogg Community College, and she worked as a home service advisor for Columbia Gas, Inc. in Toledo. “It’s amazing,” said Hartough. “It’s gone by so fast. It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years. I’ve been with Extension for a long time, but I feel like I’ve had three different careers.” Hartough said when she started working in Barry County, there were few female Extension directors. She said she faced many challenges in her position as a result, but after about five years the community began to get used to her. Hartough will be beginning work on a three-year initiative designed to help Extension educators, Michigan citizens, elected officials and institutional leaders look at the consequences and trade-offs of controversial issues in agriculture, natural resources and issues of concern in communities. The initiative also is designed to help all involved parties make informed decisions about the controversies. Hartough will design and implement curriculum that will allow extension educators, as well as community members, to facilitate public dialogue and deliberation as the best approach to solve problems, using the National Issues Forum process. The curriculum will include issue framing, moderator skills and national issues training. One of the objectives associated with the initiative is to build the capacity of Extension educators and research scientists who use public dialogue and deliberation in their work. The initiative is a partnership among the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, MSU Extension, the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, and the See HARTOUGH, page 15 Jan Hartough sits at her Michigan State University extension office desk, one that she will be leaving soon. �Page 2 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page offered from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, July 16, at the Commission on Aging in Hastings. The Senior Project Fresh program allows senior citizens to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at no cost. Each qualifying senior citizen can receive one coupon booklet, and each coupon booklet is worth $20. Coupons can be used at any participating Farmer’s Market through Oct. 31. Seniors can sign up to receive a coupon book to be used at any participating Michigan Farmers Markets. Income is based on household total. Senior citizens with a monthly income of $1,575 or lower for one household member and $2111 or lower for two household members qualify. Besides Monday’s date at the COA in Hastings, another will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday Aug. 15, at the Delton Faith United Methodist Church. Call MSU Extension at 269-945-1338 or the Commission on Aging at 269-948-4860 with any questions. Two area blood drives July 17, 19 Two American Red Cross blood drives will be held later this month in Barry County, on Tuesday, July 17, at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Thursday, July 19, at the Hastings Moose Lodge from 1 to 6:45 p.m. All presenting donors in July can enter a drawing to win one of four $500 gas cards. All are welcome, no appointments required! Please bring pictured ID or the Donor Card. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For every unit of blood received, three to four people can benefit from that donated unit. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Teens invited to solve crime She was Queen of the Nile until the accident…or was it attempted murder? Detectives in grades 6-12 are invited to help solve the mystery of The Pharaoh’s Curse at the Hastings Public Library from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 13. Careful investigation of the crime scene and examination of all evidence will be required. Refreshments for all CSI participants will be provided. Call 945-4263 for more information. Entrepreneur Exchange to meet Sue Archambeau, the founder/entrepreneur behind the success of Double A Cookie Co., will share her thoughts at the July 17 Entrepreneur Exchange meeting on the success of her company and its recent sale to new owners. “Sue and her family have made quite the positive impact in our community and their success didn’t just happen,” said Dave Sandora, director the Barry County Economic Development Alliance. “Their dedication and focus is an inspiring story.” The monthly exchange will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, at Chemical Bank, 241 W. State St., Hastings. For more information, call Sandora at (269) 945-8995 or e-mail bceda@barrychamber.com or dsandora@sbcglobal.net Fountain Fridays series continues The Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series will continue July 13 in downtown Hastings. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. Mary Rademacker, with her special brand of cabaret and jazz, will perform this Friday. The remainder of the schedule consists the Celtic folk group Hurry the Jug, which will appear July 20; Pacific Lite brings pop variety with a jazz flavor July 27; Hastings own Thornapple River Boys return with a bluegrass sound on Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. Bernard Museum ice cream social Plenty of ice cream, a variety of toppings and cake will be served at the Bernard Museum’s annual Ice Cream Social from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 14. The museum is located at 7135 W. Delton Rd., between Delton and Prairieville, and has more than 25,000 artifacts on display. Visitors also may roam through the museum’s seven buildings during the event. The Happy Tones will entertain with music from 2 to 4 p.m. Miss Delton, Bailey Lester, and her court will be scooping up the ice cream and serving cake during the festivities. New this year is a volunteer service to enhance parking, provided by the Delton Area Rotary Club. To enhance safety along Delton Road, the Rotarians are offering a shuttle service from the Delton Kellogg Middle’s School’s west parking lot to the museum grounds and back to the parking lot again. No fees are charged at the ice cream social, but donations are accepted to benefit the Bernard Historical Society's Bernard Museum. The annual event has been a major fund-raiser for the Bernard Historical Society, which operates the museum. This year’s proceeds will be used for an air conditioning unit for the museum. Garden tour set for this Saturday Besides opportunities to stroll through six Hastings area gardens, the Thornapple Garden Club’s 10th annual ‘Day in the Garden’ Tour Saturday, July 14, will include music at several gardens, a watercolor artist at work and a demonstration of dried flower arranging. Garden tour hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the public is invited to visit the gardens any time during that framework. Gardens on tour this year are: Joe and Marge Shaver, 1170 Iroquois Trail; Barry County Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Gardens, located at the County Fairground at 1350 North M-37 Highway, between Hastings and Middleville; Lee and Loretta Satterfield, 102 North M-37 Highway; David and Jean (Freeland) Nelson, 84 North M-37 Highway; Anita and Jerry Lyons, 600 High Street; Barb Pietrangelo and Stuart Keeler, 430 S. Market. A Garden Thyme Market also will be operating, on the day of the tour, on the Barry County Courthouse lawn in Hastings. The market features vendors with garden art, accessories for gardens and gardeners and raffle tickets for a drawing. Tickets for the tour are $6 per person if purchased in advance at the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, Arris Matrix, Beyond the Cover Book Store, Bosley Pharmacy, Hastings Flower Shop or online at a_day_in_the_garden@yahoo.com. Tickets on the day of the tour sell for $8 at the Garden Thyme Market/Thornapple Garden Club booth. Proceeds from the tour are earmarked toward the beautification of the Hastings area. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday evening, July 13, with the DeKok Brothers band, which specializes in country and folk music. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Baby-sitting class series scheduled The American Red Cross and 4-H will sponsor a series of baby-sitting camps this month and next. The sessions will be held at the Thornapple Valley Church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27; Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 7, and Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10. Successful graduates will be certified by the American Red Cross. Cost is $50 for each baby-sitter student. For more information or to register, call (616) 456-8661. County Board balks at gas tax hike proposal by David T. Young Editor The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning refused to endorse a proposal to raise the state gasoline tax by nine cents to fund Michigan’s roads. Barry County Road Commission EngineerManager and Ed Niola, deputy director of the County Road Association made a presenta- Sidewalk sales are this weekend Hastings businesses will have their annual sidewalk sales next Friday, July 13, and Saturday, July 14, throughout the downtown area. Businesses will have sale and clearance items to make room for the next season’s goods. Some participating stores will be Second Hand Corners, Hodges Jewelry & Gifts, Bob’s Gun and Tackle (on display in front of Miller Real Estate), Al & Pete’s Sport Shop, Bosley Pharmacy, Progressive Graphics, Help Hardware, Heart’s Desire Gift Boutique, Jami’s Crafts and Gilmore Jewelers. Ace Hardware will have its annual tent sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and Second Hand Corners will have a 20 percent off sale throughout the store. Karen Heath is organizing the sidewalk sales this year, as she has for many years, as a sub-committee of the Chamber of Commerce through the Downtown Business team. Merchants will start their sales Friday morning, and Friday night will be the late night for the sales. Sales will begin again Saturday morning around 9 and stay open until around 5. Downtown restaurants will have specials throughout the weekend to also help promote the sales. tion to the board in vain on three bills before the Michigan House of Representatives. They said revenues not just for improvements, but for maintenance, were sorely needed because the expenses to operate have grown tremendously over the 10 years since the last increase was approved. Michigan currently levies a 19-cent gas tax, 15 cents on diesel, which eventually would be brought to an equal amount under the plan. The nine-cent increase would be phased in over three years. “It seems like an awful lot of money,” County Board Chairman Mike Callton said. “We (board members) just voted down something (the maximum allowable county millage rate) that would have cost the owner of a $100,000 home 70 cents a year after a truth in taxation hearing.” Noting that he and his wife would cough up an extra $300 per year in costs of fueling up at his home alone, he asked, “Is this money for roads, or is it highway robbery?” Lamberg insisted the former, saying, “Those roads are there for our use 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.” Callton suggested levying an additional tax at county level for the same amount would cost taxpayers just $96 a year. He also suggested a state-wide tax would be of benefit more to more populous counties such as Oakland and would hurt Barry County. Lamberg disagreed, saying the proposed tax “is very cheap because we all (in Michigan) contribute and it would capture tourism dollars.” Niola said, “This is necessary money to fund your infrastructure. It’s a tax, yes, but it’s really a user fee. You’re paying for the use of the road. “Right now, most road agencies are struggling just to maintain our infrastructure. I don’t think any road commission has any excess revenue to fund improvements. They’re spending what money they have on maintenance.” Janie Bergeron to lead Green Gables Haven The Green Gables Haven Board of Directors appointed Janie Bergeron as executive director, replacing Christine Hiar, who is leaving Green Gables Haven July 13. Bergeron began duties with Green Gables Haven July 6, working part-time and will begin full time July 23. “One of our most important duties as a board is the selection of the organization’s leader,” said Green Gables Haven Board of Directors President Stephanie Fekkes. “Our mission is to provide a temporary, secure, nurturing environment and support to enable victims of domestic violence in Barry County to make appropriate life altering changes. We believe that Janie Bergeron will provide the necessary leadership to continue meeting that mission. I’m delighted that in her we have found a person with the energy, excitement and enthusiasm that Janie has to work with us every day in meeting our mission.” Bergeron said, “I am very excited about this opportunity to help victims of domestic abuse make life altering changes. I realize that with this position there will be challenges which will require a great amount of energy. Thankfully, I am blessed with an incredible board of directors and shelter staff to help show me the way.” Bergeron said some of her goals for Green Gables Haven are to continue to collaborate with other agencies and develop services provided by the shelter. “I hope to continue to provide education to promote awareness of the need for the shelter in the community,” she said. Bergeron will be jumping right in with the Niola added that the federal government has been having discussions about gasoline taxes, but Michigan is a “donor state,” in that it sends more money to Washington D.C. than it brings in. He estimated the state gets only 92 percent of what it puts into the national kitty. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said, “So the average Joe on the street is looking at another 40 cents on the gallon. That seems a little high.” Niola acknowledged, “There is never a good time for a fuel tax increase,” but the need is great. “It’s not a wish list,” Lamberg said. “It’s to maintain the status quo. This is our only funding source.” Despite the pleas, only two commissioners, Jim French and Mark Englerth, voted in support of the resolution to be sent to Lansing. Voting on the negative side were Callton, VanNortwick, Adams, Ferris, Gibson and Nevins. In other business Tuesday morning, the County Board of Commissioners: • Was told by Callton to expect a request for renewal of a quarter of a mill for Charlton Park to go on the November general election ballot. The Charlton Park Village and Museum Board recently voted to recommend the request be put to a vote of the Barry County electorate. Two millage requests for the park were defeated in 2006, but since then the County Board held a couple of public hearings and then voted to dissolve the former Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission, creating two new boards. After Park Director George Shannon resigned, Keith Murphy was hired as interim director and Charlton Park has been very aggressive in bringing in public weekend events and celebrations, particularly on weekends. If the millage renewal is turned down this November, the park will have to be closed at the end of this year. • Agreed to adopt a resolution asking the Michigan Department of State to reconsider its order banning county clerk’s offices from processing passports. The move comes two weeks after County Clerk Deb Smith made the request, protesting the government’s intention to have passports handled more at post offices instead. • Approved the expenditure of $25,000 from the Community Development Block Grant fund to help construct a $110,000 home in Delton in collaboration with the Ferris Family Contractor’s business healed by Rollie Ferris, building trades teacher at Delton High School. It was noted the company name has no relationship with County Commissioner Keith Ferris. • Agreed to renew county participation in the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority for liability motor vehicle physical damage and property and crime insurance coverage. HMS spruce up work days slated Janie Bergeron Green Gables Community Fundraising Blitz, “Walk a Mile in their Shoes,” planned for Saturday, July 28. Monetary collection centers will be located in Hastings, Delton, Middleville, Freeport and Nashville in hopes of raising $75,000. See GABLES, page 7 The Saxon Pride parents group for Hastings Middle School needs volunteers, parents/grandparents/aunts/uncles and basically any adult who can paint to help spruce up the middle school and make it a brighter place for the children. The group will be painting and working on some minor renovations, i.e. trophy cases. Volunteers are needed Monday through Wednesday, July 23, 24 and 25, any time anyone can spare between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday, July 25 and 26, from 8 a.m. to noon. Light snacks and drinks will be provided. Call Cheryl Goggins 945-5290 for more information or just show up one one or more of the work days. Shelter seeks community support Green Gables ‘blitz’ planned by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern A county-wide "Community Blitz" to help the Green Gables domestic violence shelter will be kicked off Saturday, July 28 in Hastings and in the surrounding areas within Barry County. Community members will be invited to "walk a mile in their shoes" as a homeless awareness fund-raising effort from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in Hastings and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the surrounding areas that day. A one-mile walk will start at the courthouse in Hastings and run through the downtown area. The Elks Lodge later that day will be host for a reverse raffle. Tickets for the raffle are available at the Elks Lodge and the Green Gables Haven office located in the upper level of Mainstreet Savings Bank. A social hour will be held at the lodge at 6 p.m. and a candlelight vigil has been planned at the courthouse, beginning at 9:30 p.m. Because of state budget cuts this year, Green Gables Haven lost its $75,000 in funding for the second year in a row. Working together with the community to help raise that $75,000, Christine Hiar, outgoing director of Green Gables, and Janie Bergeron, new director in training, are asking for Barry County’s help. While Hiar is preparing for this event, she is also training Bergeron to take over her position effective Monday, July 16. "It’s been a very smooth transition," said Hiar. The collection process has already begun with canisters in local businesses and donations being sent into the office by community members. Canisters are located all around Barry County, at the Freeport Fire Barn, the Maple Valley Pharmacy, the Lon Lefanty State Farm Agency in Middleville, and the Delton location is pending. Donations also can be sent to the Green Gables office at MainStreet Savings Bank. Local businesses have been helping with the event as well. Buckland Insurance Agency is having a bake sale, Hastings Chrysler will be donating portions of its car sales for the entire month of July, the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings will have a special offering and local families have even had garage sales to benefit the event. All proceeds will go toward meeting the goal of raising $75,000 to keep the shelter going. For more information or any questions, call Hiar or Bergeron at (269) 945-0526. "Walk a mile in their shoes" is the theme for the community blitz to raise $75,000 countywide for Green Gables Haven. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 3 County adopts resolution for Middleville annexation by David T. Young Editor Despite objections from property owners affected, the proposed annexation of 15 parcels by the Village of Middleville was approved on a tight 5-3 vote Tuesday morning by the Barry County Board of Commissioners. The resolution for annexation is conditional, however. If the Crane Road Bridge project does not go through, the properties will remain in Thornapple Township. The biggest reason for the move is to accommodate building the east-west bridge, which will greatly aid the Bradford White Corp., Barry County’s largest employer, with reduced transportation costs. Some of the 15 property owners appeared before the County Board Tuesday morning to express objections, most of them based on the fact their taxes would be increased on an average of about $55 per year. Middleville Village Manager Ron Howell told the County Board the village needs to annex the parcels near the proposed bridge in order for the Local Development Finance Authority to capture local money to help fund the project. State and federal funding are being sought and some “seed money” already has been set aside. Portions of two of the 15 parcels, owned by Chad and Angela Ruger and the John L. Herweyer Trust, will be exempted from annexation because they are located north of the proposed bridge. Howell acknowledged that the taxes for the 15 property owners would go up because they now would have to pay an additional 10 mills to the village for general operations and one mill for local streets and roads. However, he noted, “The village has identified this as an extremely important project (for local economic development)” and he agreed with the condition attached to resolution because, “We don’t want to go through annexation if there won’t be a project.” Barry County Commissioner Howard “Hoot” Gibson asked how many of the property owners affected were in favor of the annexation and a loud response from a woman in the audience was, “None of them!” Cindy Herweyer, who approached the board with an attorney, David Gilbert of Hastings, presented petitions from virtually all owners of the parcels affected. She said most in the group not only oppose the annexation, but also building the new bridge, which would be an east-west artery between M-37 and the U.S.-131 expressway that would save Bradford White trucks from having to travel longer and therefore more expensive routes to do business. Herweyer said of the project, “All it’s going to do is cause everyone in the village to pay higher taxes.” She added that the Thornapple River, over which the Crane Road Bridge would cross, also could be at risk for environmental degradation. “I don’t we’ll be getting any benefits,” she said of the project. “Middleville has other places they could go to have that bridge,” suggesting one of them is very close to Bradford White. Veronica Schofield speaking on behalf of Doris Squire, charged that runoff from the Middleville Marketplace has filled her back yard at a horse farm. “We’ve asked the village to correct it, but nothing happened. I don’t think you should give the village more property when they fail to maintain what they have.” Nancy Cole told the board she has lived in the village for 14 years, and about the runoff on the Squire property, she commented, “I get a river, she gets the pond... I’m in the village, so it doesn’t affect me, but it does affect my neighbors... The village doesn’t adequately services its residents.” She said she has a tax bill of more than $900, but “I don’t they adequately take care of the people they have.” She added, “The (Crane Road) bridge will totally change the village.” Sharon Castine said she bought the Finkbeiner property three years ago and “if we wanted to be the village, we would’ve moved into the village. We don’t want to deal with this because the village doesn’t give anything.” Emmett Campbell said, “We’re paying all the taxes we can take right now on our limited income.” Eric Lannes, plant manager at Bradford White, said, “We (he and the company) understand and respect the comments, but we feel this is very important for our business.” He contended that the bridge project would be good for Bradford White and for jobs. After the public hearing, Commissioner Keith Ferris reiterated that the agreement would be valid only if the bridge project goes through. Village Attorney Mark Middleton agreed, saying, “Essentially, this is a conditional order.” Commissioner Jim French, in explaining that he planned to vote affirmatively to adopting the resolution, said, “When you weigh both sides, you have to look at the overall good for everybody.” Joining French in voting to adopt the resolution were Callton, Ferris, Mark Englerth and Jeff VanNortwick. Opposing were Wayne Adams, Don Nevins and Hoot Gibson. The board, however, agreed unanimously to extend the Middleville LDFA program for another five years, from 2009 to 2013, if the project’s funding is approved. The 4th of July is about Food, Fun and Family. Members of the Hastings American Legion Post took care of the food at Charlton Park’s 4th of July celebration. Shown serving the more than 200 people who ate during the day are, left to right, Ken Miller, Bill Roush, Jess Mueller and Barry Wood. 4TH of July at Charlton Park Anne Cole, one of the many volunteers on hand to help Charlton Park celebrate Independence Day, works hard at the task of making homemade ice cream. The fresh treat was just one of the many special events that took place during the day. Photos by Jon Gambee Chris Shepard of Hastings took the time to admire this specially designed car at Charlton Park on the 4th of July. There were a number of vintage and classic cars on site throughout the day and more than 250 people visited the park to enjoy the music and sights. The big tent was full to overflowing throughout the day at Charlton Park on the 4th of July. Visitors were treated to good food and games for the while family as they celebrated the holiday. The 4th of July celebration is just one of the many activities hosted by Charlton Park throughout the year. Foundation’s Next Generation Fund proposals due Aug. 30 The Next Generation Fund of the Barry Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications for the Aug. 30 grant deadline. Grant dollars for this fund will be awarded in October of the same year. The committee would like to fund grant requests that impact literacy in Barry County. The Next Generation is a charitable fund to promote long-term philanthropy by involving a group of 20-something to 40-something community leaders interested in improving the quality of life for citizens of Barry County. The Community Foundation sponsors this fund and will provide some matching monies initially to help build the fund for larger grant-making capacity. Now in its 12th year, the foundation is a non-profit public charity dedicated to managing charitable endowment funds and making grants to other charitable programs to enhance the quality of life of citizens in the community. The Barry Community Foundation provides staff to assist in the coordination of special events and workshops for the members of the Next Generation Fund. The membership contributions become part of an unrestricted endowment (the Next Generation Fund) and are pooled with other foundation assets. As the fund grows, a portion of investment return will be used for grant making. The principle will be preserved and the fund will grow through investment appreciation. The Community Foundation manages all funds with direction from its Investment Committee and Board of Directors. Pooled assets of the foundation are managed through a diversified mix of high quality stock and bond portfolios, and its investment pool has an excellent track record over its history. A grant making committee of Next Generation Fund participants will make recommendations to the Foundation Board for the distribution of grants based on suggestions and input from the Next Generation Fund members. Fund members will have opportunities to learn about grant making processes through events sponsored by the Foundation. Some people ask when thinking about NGF, “When I join, what is my role with the Next Generation Fund?” Erin Welker from the BCF says, “By joining, your charitable gift makes you eligible for all events associated with the Next Generation Fund. To the extent you wish to commit time and effort, you can become extensively involved by joining one of the committees: Membership Development, Grantmaking or Special Events.” The Next Generation Fund Committee is a new element of the Barry Community Foundation. The group meets quarterly, usually in a casual setting such as the Hastings Country Club or MainStreet Savings Bank’s Community Room. About 30 to 50 people have attended past events. Donations to the community foundation or any of its endowment funds qualify for a Michigan income tax credit on top of the normal federal charitable donation deduction. The community foundation board of trustees has appropriated $10,000 for the Next Generation Fund. That money will be used to match donations given by members of NGF. For more information about Next Generation Fund, call the community foundation at (269) 945-0526. Grant applications may be obtained on the BCF website at www.barrycf.org or by calling the Barry Community Foundation office at (616) 945-0526. BCF Director Bonnie Hildreth says, “It is not true that you have to be old, rich or dead to make a positive impact on your community. You can be part of good things happening now in Barry County.” The Dixieland Raggets were in fine form during Charlton Park’s 4th of July celebration. A number of visitors were content to sit on the lawn and listen to the music throughout the beautiful, sunny day. Jeff VanNortwick was in full costume as Uncle Sam for the Charlton Park 4th of July celebration. VanNortwick, a member of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, is a regular volunteer at Charlton Park and every year he can be counted on to appear as his favorite uncle to great guests and help them celebrate the birth of the nation. HOWELL, continued from page 1 community is moving as a whole in all the right directions." He mentions in his note to the council, street improvements, the Downtown Development Authority facade program, trail system, East Bank developments, good relations with the schools and new master plan. Interestingly, earlier Tuesday he led the village in winning the adoption by the County Board of a resolution to annex of 15 Thornapple Township properties to accommodate the east-west Crane Road bridge to aid Barry County’s largest employer, Bradford White. Howell wrote in his official letter to the council, "It is really a good feeling to know that I had a part in all of this and it occurred to me that with the elections in September it would be a good time for the next manager to step in and do his or her part in keeping all this in motion. It is time for me to move on." While his dream would be to start a sailing school, he said he will probably look for a real job at the end of September. During the discussion accepting the separation agreement, council member Phil VanNoord told Howell he would be missed and he had enjoyed working with him. Howell closed his note with "I want to personally thank Lon Myers and the Village Council for giving me the opportunity to be your village manager and I wish everyone the best." �Page 4 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lack of rides not Fair Board’s fault IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Everyone should see the film ‘SiCKO’ To the editor: Listen up everyone. You owe it to yourself to go and see “SiCKO,” Michael Moore’s new documentary about health care in America. While Americans are being cheated out of decent and affordable health care, being dropped by insurance companies for preexisting conditions, being denied treatment and denied our dignity the rest of the developed and even some of the undeveloped world is enjoying free universal health care provided by their governments. Yes, you read correctly — Free universal health care. We have been lied to, stolen from, refused and abused. The politicians who we elect are on the take. They get so much money from the insurance company lobbyists and drug company lobbyists that they, of course, are all working for them, not for you and me. While we are being fed the biggest lie of all, that we live in the best country in the world the rest of the world has passed us by. It is time to wake up, people. Our taxes continue to be stolen from us. Billions and billions have been stolen from us for Bush and Cheney’s big adventure in Iraq. This is money that we all paid in taxes that has been stolen from each of us. Putting aside the immorality of this escapade, we have been robbed and we simply have to wake up and demand what is ours. Our taxes should be used for our collective good. Wouldn’t it be good to have health care for all? Wouldn’t it be good for business if business did not have to foot the bill for health care in America? When we demand complete universal health care for every American, then these scoundrels will have a lot less money to steal. Perhaps they won't be able to be so freespending and eager to start wars. Perhaps they will have to be cautious with the way they throw our money around. You cannot continue to listen to the spin; that the country will go broke if health care is provided to us. This is a lie. The reason this country is going broke is because of pure unadulterated greed by those who are in control-the corporations and politicians. You cannot believe any of them. Wake up out of your stupors. What we demand will be ours. Nobody is going to give you anything. Go see the movie and it will all be clear, very clear. Patricia Wilson, Thornapple Township 911 director, chairman unfairly maligned To the editor: For the past several months, the Barry County 911 Dispatch Center has been in the media’s eye of the storm. At the center of all this attention has been Director Charlie Nystrom and to a similar extent, Chairman Ron Neil. Board members have also taken their share of criticism and abuse in the media. As the familiar saying goes, "now for the rest of the story." When the 911 millage was first voted in, it passed by only 159 votes, a slim margin for something new in our county. The renewal millage passed by moe than 4500 votes, a healthy vote of confidence in the system. When you dial 911, it "does it all," fire, police, ambulance. No need to know all the separate numbers in a stressful emergency. Our Barry County 911 center is the best of its kind in the state of Michigan. A big reason for this quality operation has been the relentless dedication and management of Director Nystrom. But no amount of management will produce the quality operation of this type without the dispatch center’s employees complete dedication to their job. When life can tragically turn into death, our dispatchers make life-saving decisions instantly. No time to mull it over at their leisure. A long time to make a decision in many cases is 10 seconds or less. This is a very stressful job and no matter how much they are paid, it’s not enough, all things considered. When Director Nystrom was first investigated for misdeeds, it turned up nothing. In the course of this probe, some areas were found to be lacking in definite clarification of procedures. County Commissioner Board member per diems were one of those. This was corrected immediately. As for the latest allegations, two massive mistakes were made. Number one was when Sheriff Dar Leaf started his pay investigation and then abruptly stopped for some unknown reason. At this point, he should have notified the Administrative Board with this informa- tion and the board would have started the open and public process of looking for answers with the full cooperation of Director Nystrom. The correct procedure was also derailed by the sheriff upon giving the limited and preliminary information to Prosecutor Tom Evans who immediately publicly accused Mr. Nystrom of embezzlement. Even worse, this accusation was made public to newspapers and television long before any facts were determined. That was the second and most serious mistake. This action forced the director to hire legal counsel, putting the Administrative Board on the outside looking in, as far as any further fact finding with the director’s full cooperation. At this point, Mr. Nystrom was judged guilty until proven innocent! A good example of an investigation by a prosecutor gone amuck is the North Carolina Duke University mess. We all know the outcome in that case. The settlement with Director Nystrom is not a golden parachute for him, but one for the prosecutor and the sheriff. A lawsuit stemming from the wrongful accusation could cost the county many times more than that. Of course, this cost would ultimately be paid with tax dollars from all of us. It would also cost the accusers loss of trust and respect for their elected offices. The original 911 plan was put together very well, but 15 years later, as the times changed, technology and politics being the biggest, it’s time to re-evaluate some areas. This will be done in a specific and orderly manner. There is no need to throw the baby out with the wash water. It is time to put this unfortunate distraction behind us and get on with the business of making our 911 operation even better. And despite the derogatory name calling, the 911 Administrative Board is committed to make this happen as soon as possible. The taxpayers deserve nothing less. Jim Brown, 911 Board Member, taxpayer, Hastings Township Supervisor To the editor: This is in response to last week’s letter to the editor written by Samantha Rodriguez about the lack of rides at the Lake Odessa Fair. I am a 4-H leader in Ionia County and my 4-H club hosted both the youth dog show and the youth rabbit show at the fair this year. On Sunday, June 24, I was at the fairgrounds setting up for the dog show. The fair board members also were there making preparations for the start of the fair. I spoke with several of them that day, all of whom were excited about the carnival group that they had contracted with for this year's fair. Monday morning came and no carnival — noon and still no carnival. Word quickly spread amongst those of us at the fairgrounds that the carnival had backed out and was not coming. To the Fair Board's credit, within 24 hours of receiving this devastating news, they came with what you saw at the fair this year. Last year was a similar story. The carnival did show up last year, but then half of them decid- ed that more money could be made elsewhere and pulled out. Yes, the Fair Board had a contract with the carnival company. It still didn't result in a carnival. So before anyone is so willing to criticize, they might want to get the facts straight. No one was more disappointed than the members of the Fair Board who worked very hard to have a nice fair this year. Unfortunately, fairs all over the State of Michigan are suffering financially and have been for several years now. Even the Ionia fair can barely make ends meet. Why? Because people choose to go to places like Michigan Adventure for rides rather than come to the local fairs. It is very unfortunate, in my opinion, to see our local fairs in jeopardy, as this is the main event that most 4-H kids look forward to all year because it affords them the opportunity to show off the projects they have been working on so hard all year. I'm sure that the Fair Board would welcome ideas, so why don't people like Operation of 911 program raises questions To the editor: My summer tax for 2007 has increased by 22.6% over the amount I paid in 2006. There were no taxable improvements to my property during that time. It is safe to assume that my winter taxes will increase by a similar Iacocca, Fred Jacobs ask tough questions To the editor: I am just finishing reading Lee lacocca's recent book titled: "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" and at the same time picked up our weekly Hastings Banner. After reading Fred Jacobs’ "In My Opinion "column, we all need to ask the question" Where have all the Barry County leaders gone?" or "Where are our Barry County Leaders?" or better yet, "Does Barry County have any leaders where representing its citizens is their number one priority and God given mission?" Fred’s message is right on, how the 911 director and board chairman can receive golden parachutes when there are so many questions about accountability to be answered about their past and present performances. As you are probably aware, this "giveaway" would not even pass the smell test of any reasonable leader. As you are well aware, cream rises to the top. Do we have any leader that will rise to the top and express the citizens’ outcry in this matter? Thank god we have Fred and the local media to give us the no-spin view and hard honest facts. Ken Kensington, Hastings amount. A portion of my taxes are going to support Barry County Central Dispatch 9-1-1 services. I have heard the cost of this service to Barry County taxpayers is between 1.2 and 1.6 million dollars per year, a substantial sum of public money. Yet my representation as a citizen and a voter in the operation of this service has never been clear to me. It almost feels like taxation without representation. Someone long ago dropped the ball of responsibility on this one. What are the by-laws of the organization? If in need of change, how can the by-laws be changed? By whom? Who is ultimately responsible for the supervision of the manager? The hiring? Does the Barry County administrator have any oversight responsibility? If not, why not? Who should be responsible for the financial operation of the organization? For auditing the organization books? Is the voting base of the organization's governing body as broad as it should be? If not, why not? Are townships and first responders adequately represented? How should these representatives be selected? Does the Barry County Board of Commissioners have a regular oversight and reporting to the public responsibility? If not, why not? What recourse do Barry County Dispatch 9-1-1 employees who may have a grievance or information concerning questionable operations have? The Hastings Banner has raised many questions which cry out for answers, with no subterfuge. As a taxpayer and voting citizen, I would appreciate some answers to the Barry County Central Dispatch 9-1-1 situation. W. William Blackmore, Delton Some are simply out to get 911 director To the editor: It makes me very sorry that I voted for Sheriff Dar Leaf and Prosecutor Tom Evans when I read all the assumptions made and printed about E-911 Director Charles Nystrom. It has always been my premise that a person was never assumed guilty until proven otherwise. Certainly not judged guilty as the editor of the Hastings Banner, Sheriff Dar Leaf and Prosecutor Tom Evans have done. The E-911 Board under the direction of Charles Nystrom has assembled an emergency system that has been copied by other systems in the State of Michigan and beyond. Give him credit. From all I have read and heard, Mr. Nystrom did nothing that benefited himself personally. If he did, as has been said, he approved payment to E-911 personnel who went beyond what was required according to the time they turned in. That, in my opinion, is not even close to being a crime. Public Opinion: As for the allegation he mistreated personnel, I have never yet seen a place of employment that has never had an unhappy individual. There is always going to be some who think they have been or are treated unfairly. If a person needs to be reprimanded, so be it. In the case of E-911, the system needs to be as close to perfect as possible because they are affecting the lives and well being of those from whom the calls are received. It appears to me that the sheriff and prosecutor, with the help of a few others, have an agenda they are working on that could very well not be of as much benefit to Barry County as to themselves. If my memory serves me right this all started when the editor of the paper felt the E-911 Director was withholding information from him. The paper was printing information and names that should not have been published. Justin Cooley, Supervisor, Castleton Township Ban smoking in all public buildings? Responses to our weekly question. The commerce committee of the State House of Representatives will release a bill to be considered soon by the house members. This bill would prohibit smoking in public buildings, including private clubs. Do you think this is a good idea? Samantha Rodriguez become part of the solution and not part of the problem. I appreciate every member of the fair board for all their hard work! Diane Walter, Lake Odessa We can’t reward any wrongdoing To the editor: Reading the article in the July 5 Banner regarding the agreement pending on the 911 director is once again a blatant shafting of the citizens of Hastings. Apparently there is no justice here and the "Good Old Boys" mentality rules — you take care of me and I'll take care of you! Mr. Nystrom is accused of committing theft of funds for years and by letting him stay on paid administrative leave until this so-called agreement is signed is wrong. The provisions in this agreement to pay his full salary and benefits until February 2008, then give him full retirement is wrong, wrong, wrong! To top it off there is also a provision to pay all his attorney fees. I sure would like to get pay and benefits worth $60,000 in the next eight months for doing nothing! This clearly sends a message that one can misapropriate public funds with no consequences, be paid handsomely for it and walk away free and clear. How sad, as this is no compromise for the people and shame on those who have anything to do with signing this agreement. Doesn't anyone have the guts to stand up for the people who pay the taxes and say something is wrong here and it doesn't take a genius to see that? Ordinary citizens who are accused of from the workplace would not have been let off at all and the County Prosecutor would have charged and prosecuted the crime immediately. After this fiasco, will there be more of this type of wheeling ad dealing in Barry County that will cost the taxpayers more money? Think about it! Dorothy Kelley, Hastings Hastings is thriving with summer music To the editor, This summer the Hastings City Band, under the direction of Joe LaJoye, has once again enriched our community and made us appreciative of the art of live music. This volunteer band made up of high school band members and music veterans of Hastings and Barry County greatly adds to our quality of life. In addition, the German Quartet, along with the Fourth of July concert featuring singer Adam Sheldon and storyteller Jenifer Strauss, provided great variety to the summer concert series. The size of the crowd on the Fourth filled the parking lot and demonstrated the community supports live music. The support of the city by sponsoring the City Band as well as the Fridays at the Fountain series attend by over 100 people adds to the greatness of Hastings. The Wednesday night concert series is over, but the transition to the Friday lunchtime series keeps the music alive in Hastings for the whole community to enjoy. John R. Fehsenfeld, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Lucille Wells, Lake Odessa: “Yes this is a very good idea. I am allergic to cigarette smoke and my throat closes and it is difficult for me to breathe if I am around cigarette smoke.” Megan Dennison, Middleville: “This bill is a very good idea. Smoking is bad for your health and this might keep people from starting to smoke.” Patrick Krol, Freeport: “No, this is not a good bill. It is still legal to smoke, so there shouldn’t be prohibitions.” Jean Krol, Hastings: “I don’t think we need a law. People who smoke should just be courteous around those who don’t.” Mile Blair, Middleville: “I don’t smoke, so this bill doesn’t affect me one way or the other.” Stacy Swift, Gaines Township: “No, this law is not a good idea. As long as tobacco is legal, it should be legal to smoke.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV This is a good time for reform, not recall The 911 director ‘left Ugly whispers of recall have been in the air lately because a few disgruntled folks in our county didn’t getting their way on the recent Barry County Board of Commissioners’ 7-1 vote on the TOST ordinance, which insists on septic tank inspections to protect water quality. The ordinance essentially, according to the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, is "ensuring safe and adequate supply of drinking water for premises served by an on-site supply" and "ensuring the adequate disposal of sewage from the premises served by on-site disposal system." The ordinance calls for inspections of septic systems whenever properties are sold or changed and outlines remedies if the systems are failing at a cost of $80 to $130 for the inspections. I think this is a small price to pay for protection of our fresh water system. Property owners might not even know they have a problem, and if they do, they must get the problem fixed prior to selling or changing their system. But word has it that citizen George Hubka has designs on taking out petitions seeking the recall of Seventh District Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, who began serving only six months ago and made the unforgivable mistake of joining six of his colleagues and voting his conscience on an environmental issue. This is the same George Hubka who wrote a scathing letter to this newspaper a year ago, attacking the non-presence record of VanNortwick’s predecessor, Tom Wing. He also was one of the ringleaders of the successful effort to recall the school board president at Maple Valley a little more than 20 years ago. We need to get a solid handle on just what recall should and shouldn’t be in the public process. Recall was one of the gifts we were given about 100 years ago by the Progressive Era under the leadership of one of our greatest presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. Recall then was seen as a way for the people to remove from office public officials who violated the public trust, clearly demonstrated incompetence or committed criminal wrongdoing. However, in more modern times it’s been used too often as a way to punish public officials when they make courageous but unpopular decisions. One of the most spectacular incidences was in 1983 when State Senators Phil Mastin and David Serotkin in Oakland and Macomb counties, respectively, were recalled because they supported a 38 percent state income tax increase proposed by then Gov. James Blanchard to get Michigan out of a huge budget deficit. Both Democrats were replaced by Republicans and the GOP has held a majority in that chamber ever since. Incidentally, since then, the 5.8 percent state income tax has been reduced to 3.9 percent, and the state claims it doesn't have enough money to fund many of the programs and services citizens enjoy. I felt 5.8 percent was a bit excessive, but 3.9 percent has proved to be too low and needs a slight adjustment, which I've called for here before, rather than adding another huge layer of service taxes and fees to Michigan taxpayers. While anti-tax people hailed the electoral action in 1983 as a victory for the people, what’s been created in the 24 years since is a spineless State Legislature unwilling to make tough decisions, fearing the same humiliating fate as Mastin and Serotkin. I don’t really think that’s what Roosevelt and the Progressives had in mind. VanNortwick is guilty of nothing except angering a certain constituency. All they have to do now is get about 750 signatures and they’ll have their necktie party for a sitting commissioner. We urge the public to have nothing to do with this awful prostitution of grass-roots democracy. It’s one thing to disagree with your local legislator, it’s another entirely to have him taken out as a result. That’s when things get personal and ugly. Recall also has been suggested for Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who only last November won election to a second term by a significant and resounding majority. Yet some rabble rousers want to negate the will of the people just six months into her second term for problems and issues that are not entirely her fault. There have been unconfirmed reports of somebody taking out County Board Chairman Mike Callton, who nailed down 76 percent of the vote last year and has been in the forefront, along with colleagues VanNortwick, Mark Englerth and Keith Ferris, in pressing for long overdue reforms in county government. I dare say this new County Board has accomplished more significant change for the good in just six months than any of its predecessors over the past 20 years. This new board took swift and decisive action to resolve the crisis over Charlton Park and institute massive changes so this Barry County treasure now has a fighting chance to survive, a luxury it didn’t have a year ago. I understand a vote is planned for this November, and I think it’s finally time for the voting public to reward them for listening and making the necessary changes by approving a millage renewal. This new board has been willing to listen to concerns about the 911 Dispatch operations and stands ready and willing to make necessary changes to ensure the program’s accountability to the public. I suggest this new board already has accomplished a great deal. I have seen board members concerned about good government for Barry County, its citizens and its future. This is no time to throw away the gains we have witnessed thus far. I want to see this board continue to move forward. A recall would be a huge mistake, a terrible step backward. Don’t be fooled, don’t be hustled, don’t be misled. Reject the politics of assassination. Embrace honest attempts for change. Rookie of the year in Lansing I’ve long held the Michigan Legislature has been plagued by inaction, much of it caused by spineless lawmakers who don’t want to offend anyone, particularly powerful lobbyists. I’m glad to report it appears our local legislator already has indeed rolled up his sleeves and gotten to work in just six months in Lansing. Brian Calley already has been making a name for himself statewide by being the only freshman legislator to serve on the special committee that brokered a deal on the replacement for the Single Business Tax. The result was a very important and needed piece of legislation being passed. Better yet, it looks to me like this plan is a good one that rewards small Michigan businesses and ends the practice of taxing businesses for increasing their work forces and offering health care. Calley also has shown courage by bringing up an issue too many have let slide for too long — term limits. Perhaps now we’ll have a substantive debate on an important topic, and maybe we’ll get to see some reform on this as well. A legislator who takes his or her job seriously enough to apply solution-based performance on issues that genuinely matter is worthy of my support. Calley already is the best and brightest this district has sent to Lansing in a long time. I can only hope he not rest on his already impressive laurels and tackle many other important issues. And I hope his work ethic and “get things done” attitude is a virus that spreads quickly through our state capital. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics The little guy gets stuck again To the editor: I was asked by a Barry County Commissioner why I hadn’t written a letter about the 911 director’s problem. I didn’t think anybody read them. I probably haven’t written before because when I do write and hit a nerve, people take it out on me not the people who did the deed. Yes, I believe the director may have mis appropriated funds and got nothing personally for it. If some Joe Doe or Jane Doe takes money from the cookie jar, coffee fund, we go to jail, we pass go but we don’t get $200. We go straight to jail. Charlie Nystrom gets a paid leave with all his retirement benefits, the whole package. Is it right? No. Is it fair? No. But it shows the fundamental problem in America: “Money Talks.” Just look at the news on Scooter Libby. Until the common person does something about it, then we get what we deserve. Steve Toman Nashville New Northeastern principal selected by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Northeastern Elementary School Interim Principal Steve Hoke was transferred to the middle school to act as assistant principal and Terry Sedlar, former elementary school principal in Mio, was appointed as the new principal at Northeastern. The action was taken in the Hastings Board of Education’s annual reorganizational meeting Monday, July 9. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • Pat Endsley was elected president, Scott Hodges was elected vice president, Jeff Guenther secretary and Gene Haas treasurer. • The executive committee consists of Chairperson Pat Endsley, Scott Hodges, Gene Haas and Jeff Guenther. • The career/curriculum/vocational education committee consists of Chairperson Tammy Pennington, Gene Haas and Scott Hodges. • The legislation/policy committee consists of Chairperson Pat Endsley, Gene Haas and Terry McKinney. • The finance committee consists of Chairperson Gene Haas, Jeff Guenther and Kevin Beck. • The personnel committee consists of Chairperson Pat Endsley, Terry McKinney and Tammy Pennington. • The property/insurance/transportation committee consists of Chairperson Scott Hodges, Jeff Guenther and Kevin Beck. • The negotiations committee consists of Chairperson Scott Hodges, Pat Endsley and Jeff Guenther. • Tammy Pennington is the Hastings Area Schools system planning council representative. • Scott Hodges is the Hastings Area Schools employee benefits committee representative. • Pat Endsley and Jeff Guenther are the Hastings Area School System’s tenure committee representatives. • Kevin Beck is that Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation representative. • Jeff Guenther is the Michigan Association of School Boards liason. • The calendar was set for 2007-2008 Board of Education meetings. • The administration was authorized to charge tuition and/or transportation fees to non-resident students. • A travel study request was approved for a Pleasantview Elementary School fourth and fifth grade field trip to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum Oct. 4 and 5. • Arrangements with First Agency, Inc. of Kalamazoo were approved to provide student accident insurance through Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company for parents and guardians who want to purchase such insurance. • Athletic event admission prices were approved for middle and high school events. Middle school prices will be $3 for adults and $2 for students, except for cross country and track meets, for which there are no charges. Prices for passes for middle and high school activities will be $35 for a student pass that covers admission to all sport events during a season; $110 for a season family pass that covers all immediate family members who are residents to al sports events during a season; and $175 for an all-season family pass that covers admission of all immediate family members who are residents to all sports events during all seasons. • Contracts for supplying products to be used in the food services program were awarded to Cedar Crest of Hudsonville for dairy products and Aunt Millie’s Bakeries of Fort Wayne for bakery products. • Costs established for breakfast and lunch are $1 for a full price breakfast; 30 cents for a reduced-price breakfast; $2 for a full price type A student lunch; 40 cents for a reduced price type A lunch; and $2.50 for an adult lunch. • A resolution was adopted for Hastings to maintain membership in the Michigan High School Athletic Association. • Board members voted to agree with an OK Conference expansion/realignment proposal. Hastings will remain with the O-K Conference Gold Division. • The next Board of Education meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, in the multipurpose room of Hastings Middle School. the meeting grinning’ To the editor: Charles Nystrom, ex-state cop, has finished the final chapter as a Barry County employee. It is certainly interesting that the Michigan State Police seem not to have a very good record here. Ron Neil, ex-state cop and a close buddy of Charlie’s, sure doesn’t look clean. The big moment was when Michigan State Police Commander Kevin McGaffigan was only one against settling with Nystrom. Being on the board and so much going right under his nose; it doesn’t smell right! When you let the state police, police their own, this is the result. McGaffigan was the one who handled the investigation of the drunken driving, allegation and leaving the scene of an accident of former state cop and sheriff of Barry County. You bet they will cover each other’s rear. The pinnacle of the meeting was when I read reporter Theresa McClellan’s article in Grand Rapids Press. Her quote summed up the character of Charles Nystrom right to a tee. “Nystrum left the meeting grinning.” Right on to the bank, Charlie. I suggest we keep all state cops off the 911 board. They are too busy keeping Barry County safe. There will be no quit to all of these big ideas ordinances of County Board Chairman Mike Callton. These bigger than life people are God, not Jesus, but God. I get sick and tired of these damn fools who get elected and just do more harm to the county than good. You like to blame the farmer but just how do these outfits exist that run around greening up the lawns. In fact, most lakes and communities just get along just fine without some know-it-all ramming another cost down our throats. Next election – out with these do-gooders. Hoot Gibson was mentioned for chairman of County Board of Commissioners. I’d vote for him right now. At least I know then we would have a honest person. The day the immigration bill was defeated, Harry Reid, Democrat majority leader of the U.S. Senate, came on telling of his ancestors coming from Russia. So he is part Jew and the greatness of his life was told. He didn’t mention some land deals out there that are crooked. He comes out smelling like a rose. How many have finally come out of the closet and said they are part Jew if they think it will help? John Kerry and Madeleine Albright. Bill Clinton missed there, Hillary might make the grade. I see no benefit as to how much one is Jewish. In fact, I thought one of those lost tribes came out of Sweden. In the June 28 Hastings Banner, page 4, corporate media gives “junk food news,” Peter Phillip and Kate Sims don’t belong in this paper without someone on other side. This article is nothing but a hit on the Fox News Network. I listen to them a lot and that is where I get one hell of a bunch of information. I’m not listening to some of these out of control creeps on the other networks. It would be interesting to learn how the Hastings Banner received that bunch of fodder! I was thinking just how nice it was to have Brian Calley taking care of our business in Lansing. Get rid of term limits or make them longer, at least. He’s done more in his small time there than the ex-state cop, Gary Newell, did in six years. Of course, laying in the weeds and working with all fanfare is County Board Chairman Mike Callton, getting ready to go to Lansing. Heaven forbid, another Robert Bender to do what’s good only for himself. U.S. Senator Carl Levin is a taker not a giver to this country. Israels always a big favorite of his, being Jewish. He voted to give probably $40 million or so Mexicans free citizenship before it was all done. Thank God the bill was defeated. Debbie Stabenow voted correctly that time. Levin voted to flood Michigan with illegals. How many more white crosses around the world will there be to keep people free, and the citizens of the United States a country with borders and one language? English! With George Bush we get immigration issues settled that he was pushing, and now Law of Sea Treaty. If you are in the dark about the treaty, it’s a 202-page Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) entered into force 1994 ratified by 153 countries. LOST created International Seabed Authority (ISA), giving it total control over all oceans and everything in them. The ocean floor has all riches (solid liquid gaseous, mineral resources). It gives the power to regulate 70 percent of the world’s surface. If the United States ratified, we would have the same vote as Cuba, an unprecedented surrender of American sovereignty, independence of wealth. To top it all off, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ends up with the power to levy international taxes. My God, hasn’t the United States been screwed by the United Nations as to one vote and pay through the nose? We’re the laughing stock of the world. To think that our U.S. Navy would need approval from foreign bureaucrats in Jamaica to go through international straits, or to do what Navy is doing, such as moving ships to waters near Iran. It’s damned insulting to all American citizens. President Ronald Reagan rejected this in 1982. President Clinton didn’t act on it. I don’t have a very good word for President Bush and this sneak attack! Senator Joe Biden of Delaware has been asked to push the treaty. You can’t sleep with these one world government asses on the loose. When President Bush gets done, I wonder if there will be any Republicans left. Please don’t say McCain. Maybe Al Gore should slow down his chase of global warming and take stock of what’s going on in his own family. His son was arrested going 100 miles an hour in California, D.U.I., marijuana in the car, along with an assortment of prescription drugs. That’s not a pretty sight. Worst of all, this isn’t the first time. A father’s worst nightmare. I have written before of Israel spies stealing our national secrets. Jonathan Pollard is in prison for life, but Israel would love to free him. He stole one million pages of classified material, enough to fill a room six by ten feet by six-foot high for Israel. He should have been hung from the highest light pole and left right right there for eternity. Donald W. Johnson, Middleville Motorcyclist killed in traffic crash on M-37 Troopers from the Michigan State Police Hastings Post are investigating a fatal traffic accident Monday afternoon. Mark Strow, 46, of Castleton Township, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Barry County Medical Examiner. The crash occurred on M-37 near Yankee Springs Road in Yankee Springs Township. A total of four vehicles were involved, including a dump truck, a motorcycle and two passenger cars. The initial investigation indicates one of the passenger cars failed to yield while entering M-37 causing the south bound dump truck to swerve into the northbound lane. The motorcycle, being driven by Strow, then collided with the truck. Both the truck and the motorcycle caught fire following the collision. The driver of the dump truck, a 35-yearold Dowling man, was not injured. The drivers and occupants of the passenger cars were not injured and their names are being withheld pending further investiga- tion. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf said later that the officers who responded to the accident were forced to work hours in 90 degree temperatures that made their efforts extremely difficult. He praised the many private citizens who came forward with refreshments. “I want to take this time to thank those from our community who came to the aid of our deputies and troopers,” he said. The cold water, Gatorade and pop that our community brought out to them helped them get a very important job done. Our deputies and troopers were standing on hot pavement in the heat and humidity, wearing a vest that air does not circulate through, for almost six continuous hours. Those who brought out the water, Gatorade and pop were wearing halos and golden wings. It’s people like (them) who make our community one we can all be proud of.” �Page 6 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries Gordon D. Rumsey 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Even Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. DELTON - Gordon D. Rumsey, age 63, of Delton, died quietly at home in the care of his wife, family and Hospice. Gordon was born March 14, 1944 in LaJolla, California, the son of Dexter and Mary (Foster) Rumsey. Gordon served in the Air Force and the Army after two tours in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1980. Gordon was an artist known in Cardiff, Ca. as Gordo. He married Pamela Pufpaff August 31, 1985. Some of his favorite pastimes were camping, motorcycling, canoeing and cooking. He moved to Barry County in 1993 from San Marcus. Gordon is survived by his wife Pam; sister, Sandra Kamboor; and nephew Steve Kamboor. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorial services were held on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at the Thornapple Valley Church 2750 S. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Pastor Jay Taylor officiating. Memorial contributions can be made to Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Robert (Bob) Caryl Miller Sr. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday 6:30 p.m. Softball at Field 3. Tuesday - 6:30 p.m. Softball at Cheney Field. Wednesday Middle High Lake Day - off site. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77514038 Leola E. Durrin HASTINGS - Leola E. Durrin, age 89, of Hastings, died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Thornapple Manor where she was a resident. Leola was born May 31, 1918 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of George and Martha (Coon) Wiggins. She graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School and then Bronson School of Nursing. Leola was married to Clayton Durrin who died in 1980. She worked as a registered nurse for Lila Hospital in Battle Creek and Bronson in Kalamazoo. She enjoyed art work, knitting and gardening. Leola attended the Delton United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Clayton; her parents; one brother and two sisters. Leola is survived by a son, Jeffrey (Leann) Baker of Hickory Corners; three grandchildren, Sara Baker, Clayton Baker, Geoffrey Baker; a sister, Ester and several nieces and nephews. Respecting her wishes no services will be held. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials can be made to Thornapple Manor or Barry Community Hospice. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Phyllis Irene Birman ADA - Phyllis Irene Birman, age 76, of Ada, died Thursday, July 5, 2007, at her home in Ada. Phyllis was born on June 16, 1931, in Barry County, the daughter of Charles E. and Helen May (Ashley) Severance. She was a 1949 graduate of Hastings High School, learned teaching at Barry County Normal until 1951, and then received her bachelor’s of science degree from Western Michigan University in 1964. Phyllis taught country school for eight years and then taught for 32 years at Northview Public Schools of Grand Rapids for a total of 42 years of teaching, she retired in 1993. She was a member of the Vergennes United Methodist Church. She enjoyed her flower gardens and meeting with her 1949 classmates once a month. Surviving are brothers and sisters, Lucille Newberry of Bedford, Jacqueline Whidby, Arleta Mack both of Battle Creek, Clarence Severance of Costa Rica, Erma Hensel of Mesick, and Denise Cook of Texas; many nieces and nephews, special grand nephew, Cody Mack of Battle Creek; her many friends in the Lowell and Ada area. She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Winifred Langbridge and Genevieve Crumback; brother, Charles E. Severance. Funeral services were held Monday, July 9, 2007, at the funeral home. Interment was at Banfield Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Mel Trotter Ministries in Grand Rapids or the Vergennes United Methodist Church in Lowell, MI. Elida (DeLosSantos) Ibarra HASTINGS - Robert (Bob) Caryl Miller Sr., age 73, of Hastings died Thursday July 5, 2007 at Hastings Tendercare. He was born October 20, 1933 in Bowne Township, Kent County, the son of Frank and Lela Miller . Bob served in the United States Army and was honorably discharged November 30, 1962. He married Doreen H. Cheney December 22, 1956 and she preceded him in death on June 19, 2002. Bob worked as a manager for the same company from 1956 until he retired in 1995, Laubaugh - Summit Steel then Padnos Scrap Metal and Iron Co. After he retired he worked at the Hastings Country Club and Art Mead Auto Sales. Bob was a former member of the Hastings Kiwanis Club, and the Hastings Country Club. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, NASCAR, and golfing. He especially enjoyed doing things with his family, his children and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife Doreen, parents; brothers, Frank and Don; sisters, Marion, Martha, Helen, and Kathryn. Bob is survived by his children, Bob (Cindy) Miller, Dan (Jaimie) Miller, Suzy (Joe) Debruyn, Eric (Donna) Miller; grandchildren, Nicki, Tiffany, Brendon, Wyatt, Kira, Jason; brother, Herb Miller; sisters, Marion and Ester. Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Carla Smith officiating. Burial was at Rutland Township Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). HASTINGS - Elida (DeLosSantos) Ibarra, age 74 of Hastings, died on Monday July 9, 2007 at her residence. She was born October 27, 1932 in San Perlitas, Texas, the daughter of Fulgencio and Adelaida (Vela) DeLosSantos. Elida enjoyed dancing, crocheting, watching soaps, and going to garage sales. She loved being with family and friends, cooking for them and enjoying their company. She volunteered at Amigos Del Valle from 1980 to 1984 in San Juan, Texas. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters. Elida is survived by her children, Steve and Flo Kill, Aurora Garza and Steve Lancaster, Rita and Paul Garza-Friddle, Susana And David Salazar, Joel and Ester Garza, Jose Garza and Christine Nelson, Irma and Mark Andrews, Diana and Tim Weyhmiller; many grand and great- grandchildren; six brothers, many nieces and nephews; her first husband, Olegario Garza and her second husband, Jesus Ibarra. Visitation will be Thursday from 12:00 noon until 1:00pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Graveside services will be at 1:00pm Thursday July 12, 2007 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Hastings. Pastor James Norman officiating. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice or the American Heart Assiciation. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the Family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Mark L. Strow HASTINGS - The community of Barry County, Hastings and especially the family of Mark L. Strow, age 57, of Hastings, lost a loving husband and father as well as a cherished friend and neighbor when he died as a result of an accident on Monday, July 9, 2007. Born July 27, 1949 the son of Max and Patricia Strow, he graduated from Hastings High School in 1967. He married Susan E. (Wilkins) Strow on November 20, 1971. He is survived by his wife Susan and his daughter, Emily L. Strow. Mark, an avid motorcycle rider and safety advocate, owned and operated a shop where he worked on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. He devoted his time to his two passions: motorcycles and his family. A Vietnam veteran, Mark served there for 14 months before his honorable discharge in 1970. He worked at Bradford White in Middleville as well as Standard Gas Station in Hastings. He was also employed at Hastings Fiberglass and Bob’s Service Shop in Nashville for 11 years followed by a time with M.C. Supply. He later worked at E.W. Bliss for several years, then for 13 years at Hastings Manufacturing. He was currently employed at Metaldyne in Middleville. He was preceded in death by his father, Max, in 1967 and his mother, Patricia, on June 12, 2007. His brother, Mike Strow, passed away in 2005. Mark is also survived by his sister, Gayle Strow of Grand Rapids; his brother, Lennie Strow of Oklahoma and brother-in-law, Don Wilkins of Hastings in addition to a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles. Loyalty to his country, his family and his friends were the hallmarks of his character, and he will be sorely missed. Visitation will be held at Lauer Family Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, with the funeral at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 13, 2007 at the funeral home. Reverend Tim Oyer officiating. Mark will be interred at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville, and the family requests that motorcycles be ridden in the processional. A dinner will follow at the Nashville V.F.W. after the interment service. In lieu of floral gifts, the family requests that memorial contributions be directed to the family, care of Susan Strow, 5200 Center Rd., Hastings, to help with burial costs. Please sign Mark’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Green Gables blitz approved by City Council by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council approved a request from Green Gables Haven to use parking spaces and have a banner installed across State street for fund-raising activities Saturday, July 28. The events will be part of a community blitz to help raise $75,000, the amount cut from Green Gables Haven by the state for the second consecutive year. The theme for the day is “Walk a Mile in Their Shoes.” The day’s events will begin with a one-mile walk around Hastings. There also will be collections throughout downtown from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. A candlelight vigil is being planned for 9:30 p.m. for victims of domestic violence. The Elks Lodge also will hold a reverse raffle, beginning at 6 p.m. Three hundred tickets will be sold for $25 each. There will be 13 winners who will receive between $25 and $2,500. In other news at Monday’s council meeting: • City manager Jeff Mansfield was appointed as officer representative and Dale Boulter as the employee representative at the Michigan Employee Retirement System (MERS) annual conference. • The City of Hastings had to return $141,886 worth housing rehabilitation grant funds to MSHDA because of an inability to use the funds. • Ben Geiger spoke on behalf of State Representative Brian Calley, giving an update on Calley’s Lansing activities. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 7 GABLES, continued from page 2 “The funding cuts of $150,00 over the past two years is an obvious threat to the shelter,” said Bergeron. “However, I am confident that together as a team, the board of directors, the staff and the community can work together to ensure a strong, vital future for our shelter.” The blitz will kick off on the courthouse lawn in Hastings at 11 a.m. with events running throughout the day. The Hastings Elks Lodge has arranged for a reverse raffle start- ing at 6 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are available for purchase at the Green Gables Haven Shelter office and by any member of the Green Gables Board of Directors. Before coming to Green Gables Haven, Bergeron worked fr six years at the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute as the finance director. There she assisted in the development, implementation and monitoring of the annual budget to ensure accurate accounting for the foun- dation. She also was responsible for assisting Executive Director Michelle Skedgell with the budget, coordinating finances and working with community organizations. Before working at Pierce Cedar Creek, Bergeron worked for the law offices of Stephanie S. Fekkes, P.C. as a legal assistant and office manager. Bergeron’s volunteer work includes working with the United States, Michigan and Hastings Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees). She was the political advisor for the national organization, the 75th president for the Michigan organization and the 56th president for the Hastings organization. She was the third woman and first mother president of the Michigan Jaycees. She has been with all three levels of Jaycees since 1990. Bergeron also was involved in the Barry Community Resource Network from 2002 to 2005, during which time she served as the cochairwoman and treasurer. She was a member of the Child Abuse Prevention Council from 2001 to 2003, and she has been involved in Leadership Barry County from 2003 to present. She is a graduate of Leadership Barry County and has served as a board member, the secretary, the vice chairwoman and the chairwoman. She is the treasurer of the Elks Lodge. Bergeron also has been a member of the Hastings Country Club since 2001 during which time she has been co-chair of the annual Mainstreet Savings Bank Bill Porter Memorial Charity Golf Classic. Bergeron said sadly this will be her last year as co-chair of the golf outing. Bergeron and her husband Mike share four children; Greg, 22; Zach, 18; Jenna, 15; and Isobelle, 2. They live in Hastings. Christine Hiar, who took the Green Gables position in early 2006, has accepted a position as a clinician at Barry County Substance Abuse Services, where she begins Aug. 1. WAL-MART, continued from page 1 Dr. Jason Gole new Rotary president Hastings Rotarians swore in new President Dr. Jason Gole for the 2007-2008 year Monday, June 9. Bob Byington said "Jason's leadership of the Rotary Club in 20072008 will both maintain our traditional activities and take us in new and exciting directions." The big project for Rotary this year will be to instill pride into the community with American flags. The "Rotary Shares" theme this year is hoped to bring a fundemental spirit of generosity to the community. Gole said, "I hope that it serves as both a point of pride for all Rotarians in the community as a motivating force in the coming year." Remembering Yesterday is a high energy acoustic rock group based out of Coldwater. Relay For Life Benefit Concert to be held on Friday, July 13 ture. All three members of the band are from Coldwater and truly carry a passion for what they are doing. Twin brothers Aaron and Brian Wood are responsible for starting the band during their senior year of high school. Now, almost three years later, Quinn White has joined the duo on lead electric guitar. They continue to write and perform new, original material all of the time, growing as a band with each new song they create. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the lower parking lot of the church. There is no charge for admission. With all the excitement downtown, taking a break from the walking. Listening to good music is the perfect way to end the day. Fox-Morawski Ms. Anita Fox of Nashville and Mr. Richard Fox of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Ashley Marie Fox to Derek Lloyd Morawski. Derek is the son of Phil and Dale Ann Thompson of Nashville and the late Dennis Morawski of Hanes City, Florida. Ashley is a 2002 Maple Valley graduate. She is employed with Head Start and is currently finishing her associates degree at Kellogg Community College where she is majoring in early childhood education. Derek is a 1992 Maple Valley graduate. He is currently employed at Deming’s Auto Collision and is the owner of Lloyds Custom Auto. A Sept. 22, 2007 wedding is being planned. Searles-Wagner Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Michigan will be the setting for the marriage of Corey Lee Searles and Benjamin David Wagner on Sept. 2, 2007. Corey is the daughter of Paul and Dawn Searles of Delton. Corey graduated from Delton Kellogg High School in 2002 and also Northern Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in outdoor recreation leadership and management in 2007. Ben is the son of Dave and Christy Wagner of Cary, Illinois. He is a graduate of CaryGrove High School in 2001 and also Northern Michigan University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in outdoor recreation leadership and management. He is currently employed by the U.S. Forest Service working as a senior fire fighter on the Gallatin National Forest in Bozeman, Montana. The couple will reside in Bozeman, Montana. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Barry County Agricultural Society June 21 turned down a proposal for market price support from large animal livestock sale superintendent Glenn Stoneburner because of its lateness. 4-H youth assistant Kathy Pennington, licensed, bonded and insured broker Jake Gorr and Stoneburner explained to board members they were recommending that Gorr come to the barns Monday, July 16, after the Chicago market price is announced. The proposal supported by the Livestock Developmental Committee is to allow Gorr after 12:30 p.m. that day to place a value on all market animals except for lambs. The proposal also noted that the price would be listed in the sale catalog for the large animal sale. The broker would pay the agreed price for all animals for resale. The buyer at the large animal sale would only pay the difference in the final bid. One of the attractions of this system, already in use by other fairs, is that the broker pays the day of the sale, hauls all animals purchased to market when released on Sunday morning, July 22. During discussion last month, it was suggested to do the market price by the pound. One of the auctioneers, Leon Casey, told the board, “You do what you have to do.” Some board members said they felt that the closeness of fair was not enough time to implement the new policy this year. After discussion, the board voted on this issue, with Ron Tobias moving to leave the sale as it is this year. Issues discussed before the vote included the short time before the fair, confusion at the sale and whether auctioneers would back out. The voted was six to leave the sale as is, with one abstention. Pennington said, “We were disappointed with the decision on June 21. We are all working together to make this year’s sale successful.” Stoneburner told the Banner he and members of the livestock developmental committee had done a lot of research on this proposal. The developmental committee approved the proposal before it was presented to the board of the Barry County Agricultural Society. The committee will be working with the board to see if the market price support system can be implemented for the 2008 large animal sale. The Banner attempted to contact president of the Agricultural Society, Bill Neal and Ron Tobias, but neither was available for comment. Marriage Licenses Ronald Harrison Wassom, Delton and Jacklyn Lee Slater, Delton. Robert Charles Beller, III, Battle Creek and Casey Ranee May, Battle Creek. Gregory Lawrence Miller, Grand Ledge and Myrna Marie Burd, Hastings. Calvin Arthur Addison, Delton and Sarah Rose Crowell, Delton. Jonathan James Kalkman, Gobles and Amy Marie Schiedel, Hastings. Brad Lee Fenstemaker, Delton and Kaylee Lynn Biggs, Delton. Barry A. Lepper, Dowling and Jennifer Elaine Lepper, Dowling. Hendrik-Jan Keesman, Hastings and Tina Kay Schoessel, Hastings. Steven Patrick Kennedy, Wayland and Bethany Ann Hoogeboom, Wayland. William Christopher Dooley, Hastings and Heidi Eileen Franklin, Hastings. Eric Lee Abbott, Battle Creek and Sarah Ella Bivens, Bellevue. Henney’s House of Gifts BIG Blowout & SIDEWALK SALE THUR., FRI. & SAT., 7/12-13-14 We need to make room for 250 new items coming. All 4ft. and Wall GARDEN FOUNTAINS All GARDEN STATUES All Porcelain VICTORIAN DOLLS 40% OFF 30% OFF 25% OFF -27853-0 The Relay For Life Benefit Concert will be held at Hasting First United Methodist Church on Friday, July 13 at 7 p.m. The Hastings FUMC and the Dome Trotters are proud to announce, after the sidewalk sales on Friday, July 13, music will be flowing through the downtown area. The concert will begin with the church’s house band opening the show and Remembering Yesterday will then be taking the stage. Remembering Yesterday is a high energy acoustic rock group based out of Coldwater. With pop influenced melodies and a rock upbringing, the band showcases their sound proudly. Their live shows are full of contagious energy, leaving everyone wanting more of their painfully true, yet creative song struc- later reported the second study was done in April or May while school was in session and the road was open at the time. • “Wal-Mart entrances are on divided highways in Ionia and Charlotte (while Green Street in Hastings is a narrow, two-lane road with Pennock Hospital nearby).” • “I’m vehemently opposed to a Wal-Mart. We already have one (at the corner of Heath Road and M-43/37). Wal-Mart has a history of wetlands abuse and they’re not a good neighbor.” • “Can’t we limit the size of the building in C-3?” • “I think the majority of the people here are saying this is the wrong site. Why didn’t they use their own property they already have (for a supercenter).” • “Let’s not forget the sins they’re committed elsewhere, with low wages, no health care benefits, they don’t support families... WalMart’s idea of being environmentally friendly is to sell you little fuorescent lightbulbs... They hire undocumented immigrants. How close to the elephant do we have to get?” Rolfe then told this man from the audience that the issue is not Wal-Mart’s alleged track record. “The corporate practices of Wal-Mart are not a factor that this board can deal with tonight. It’s land use.” • “I always thought that zoning is supposed to be for the health, safety and public welfare. “Wal-Mart doesn’t meet that test.” • “We shouldn’t just look at cars and trucks in the traffic study. We should look at ambulances, pedestrians and bicyclists.” • “How is that one large business can be allowed to come along and adversely impact others? I don’t think it’s right. I’m going to lose half of my driveway.” Those speaking in favor Wal-Mart said: • “I don’t see this to be true (charges against Wal-Mart). I think a lot of people see this as the right place to do business.” • “Meijer already is zoned C-3 (at a site on M-37/43). Why can’t Wal-Mart have the same?” Larry Poll accused Haywood of allowing to many anti-Wal-Mart speakers to make comments more than once. Haywood, before the vote was taken, explained, “I do think Wal-Mart is a big business, but it doesn’t matter... this is a land use issue. If it (the site) fits the category of C-3, then that’s what we’ll have to deal with.” Rogers said, “That area (near Cook Road and Green Street next to Consumers Power) out there is going to be developed (regardless), whether it be a Wal-Mart or Walt’s Crawlers.” Warren was the commission member who insisted on preserving the C-1 and C-2 parcels as a condition. Jones said he and his wife often shop at Wal-Mart and he has nothing against the retailer, but he’s not sold on that location, worrying it’s too close to a heavily residential area and Pennock Hospital. “I think it’s a little too intense. I don’t think it’s the right place... Maybe we could have a PUD (planned unit development) so we could have more control over it. “What we do here will affect the city of Hastings, but we have to deal with what we’ve got.” Rolfe, after the vote concluded, told the commission the recommendation could go before the Township Board as early as its meeting Wednesday evening, July 11, but no action will be taken until the board’s next meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 8. Social News Livestock sale market price idea delayed until ’08 PLUS MANY MORE GREAT DEALS! Sale ends when items are gone, but don't worry, we are doing catalog orders. New Catalogs are on the way! 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen) Hastings Mon.-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-4 269-945-5660 DEBIT �Page 8 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Mother in need Tomorrow night, Friday, July 13, is the 52nd annual chicken barbecue hosted by Alethians and Friends of Central United Methodist Church. Again High's Barbecue Service of Indiana will do the actual cooking in their efficient enclosed potable unit. Tickets are on sale at Walker Pharmacy, at the office of Central UMC and from any Alethian member. Advance tickets are $7. Prices are higher at the door. Take out meals are available from a different serving line. Last year the Fourth Avenue street project was a hindrance, but this year we have a beautiful street. Work continues on some storefronts in the facade project, which has matching grants for improvements. Penny's Pizza now has a blackfront with cornice colors of green, cream and maroon. Thompson's Floor Coverings and the Barbery next door have cream and maroon. The antique mall has new cream walls with trim details in maroon and green. Walker Pharmacy has had new paint on wood panels in shades of pale green. Now the pharmacy has new striped awnings on all the windows and doors of the brick building, which once housed Lass Implements before it became grocery for Fates and then for Carl's. In the north end of town, the former Urtel building is getting new vertical brown panels to cover the bricks which once had ornate cornices. The Heirloom Gallery has some unique touches resembling decorations on store fronts a hundred years ago. On Saturday July 14, at 1 p.m., Shirley Hodges of Albion will return for another program. This time her topic will be "Women of the West." Shirley is always an entertaining speaker. The genealogy library will be open until 5 p.m. An attendant is on hand every Monday from noon until 4 p.m. to assist any searchers. There was a nice ceremony Thursday evening at the depot complex to dedicate the foundation of the Hosford House, which was moved from Third Avenue to the complex nearly a year ago. The honored guests were seated in the shade of the building. There were plenty of cameras. There was an opening prayer, a history of the project, starting with the vision years ago to preserve the depot with additional vision ideas toward someday having an antique village. The funds for the foundation came from Robert Morse in honor of Fred and Fran Morris; from Nona Archer in memory of her late husband, Glendon, who built many houses in Lake Odessa; from the Pickens family in memory of Marie Pickens. Robert Morris from California was one of the speakers. At the conclusion, all of the twenty-plus people were invited indoors for refreshments. With the alumni exhibit still in place, this provided one more opportunity to view the extensive school exhibit from the end of June. Local ladies, along with others from Freeport and Hastings, plus all the towns represented in the Tri-River Museum group assembled Friday at Belding Belrockton Museum for a forenoon program, a noon luncheon, tours of the museum and an afternoon address by Barbara Steele, author of a book on antiques. Charlton Park is a new member of the consortium, which now numbers nearly 20 museums clustered along the Grand and Thornapple rivers. The Belrockton is a unique museum, built as a dormitory for young girls from northern Michigan. They were very properly chaperoned in their nonworking hours and made great contributions to the churches of Belding. Their former rooms now house a barber shop, a doctor's office, a lady's boudoir, a typical working girls' room, replica parlors, drug store and undertaking parlor equipment. The latter included a wicker woven basket used to transport bodies from the home to the funeral director's place of business — thus the term "a basket case." The grounds of the Belrockton are beautifully maintained. The building has many open porches with railings even on the third floor. Art in the Park had a beautiful day for its 2007 repeat. The bandstand has been extended by Boy Scouts for a larger performance area to bring the performer nearer to the audience seated at picnic tables. There were the usual vendors with crafty items, towels, novelty plant stands, metal sculptures, fudge aprons, infant wear trimmed with tiny beads and great food. One big sign read, "'Doctor Oster prescribes elephant ears. This is an annual project for the Lakewood Community Choral society. The doctor is none other than Dr. Robert Oster, director of the society since In loving memory of Patty Schondelmayer 77514102 July 11, 1995 As long as there are memories, love lives on forever. its inception. Again, the Schwann’s truck was on the grounds selling ice cream treats with members and friends of the local historical society handing out the tasty treats, using small wicker baskets so the workers did not have skin contact with the frozen treats. There was a small item in Lakewood News last Saturday that there was to be a hymn sing at the farm barn of retired teacher Dana Troub near Sunfield. However, despite the small notice, it drew dozens who lined the roadside and his yard with their cars, along with two vintage Model T cars on display. One belonged to the host and the other was brought by another retired teacher, Ben Merchant of Easton Township beyond Ionia. The crowd came from Portland to Hastings and all points between and from Saranac to Alabama in the other directions. Brechheisen sisters Marilyn Pierce and Martha Yoder were accompanists on piano and reed organ. The barn was full of lawn chairs and about three dozen were seated outside. The day marked the birthday of the host — on the seventh day of the seventh month of 2007. Printed booklets for 50 had been done in advance, but they had to be shared by three or more. The singing went from seven to nine with one intermission and some short breaks for special music by a quintet from Zion Lutheran members, from a quintet of men, from a soprano solo by a DeLand daughter, from a Portland lady who played guitar for accompaniment of her solo. Margaret Brodbeck and others supervised the tables with goodies of many varieties of finger foods and a decorated birthday cake. Phil Brodbeck and family dispensed cold drinks outside. The hymns ranged from gospel songs to sturdy traditional hymns. The song leader had the order prepared in advance. The Rev. Dr. Eric Beck was in the pulpit last Sunday for the first time at Central UMC. He was present on the previous week, but he chose to sit with his family, a rare occasion while others led the service. The education committee had prepared a patriotic presentation with Brian Decker, Jenny Decker, Nate Root and Linsey Hemming in costume taking part. Lori McNeil invited the children to share some of Bible verses they learned at Bible school the previous week during Avalanche Ranch with lots of yahoos. In the recent State Journal poll of track coaches, nominations were made for outstanding performances. Nate Root of Lakewood was nominated for pole vault and Marcus Gonzales was nominated for 100meter hurdles. Amy Joostberns was nominated for discus throw. Kayla Durham was nominated for honors in soccer and Janie O’Donnell was on the honorable mention list. Depot Day is corning Saturday, July 28. This year the local banking industry is to be highlighted. Dianna, Sandy, Susan & Julie 77514157 SCHOOL OF CHOICE Barry ISD Delton Kellogg Schools Hastings Area Schools 77514153 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton 911 and Gas Tax To Clear up a misunderstanding The Central Dispatch/911 Board is a separate autonomous board from the County Board of Commissioners. I received some letters from readers who were taking me to the woodshed for the agreement that they felt rewarded Charlie Nystrom after his alleged misappropriation of funds This was a decision by the Central Dispatch/911 Board, which is separate and independent from the Board of Commissioners. The only connection is that one of the Central Dispatch Board members is a County Commissioner. Although I appreciate your letters of concern, you may want to also send a copy to the Central Dispatch/911 Board. Highway Robbery The County Board of Commissioners rejected a res- olution to support legislation that would increase Michigan’s gas tax by 9 cents per gallon by a vote of 6-2. This legislation would also increase registration fees by 50%. With gas prices well over three dollars a gallon and a single state recession, lawmakers should give up on this one. If both my wife and I fill up our cars once a week (16 gallons each) then this will cost us about $150.00 a year, not including my lawn mower or fishing boat. Increased registration fees add another $130.00. That’s nearly $300... which is more than what I pay for all five Barry County voted millages combined. Tell me what you think? PO Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Blog me at www.barryhomecompanion.blogspot.com Choice Superintendents Office Delton Kellogg Area Schools 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Choice Superintendents Office Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 PART-TIME TELLER Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities EOE/M-F 77513981 Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. Delton and Hastings Schools are participating in Schools of Choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Students who reside within the Barry ISD or an adjoining intermediate school district are eligible to be accepted. Hastings has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Delton has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Send written request to: Dear Annie: I moved away from home when I was 19 because I couldn't live with my mother any more. She was controlling, had double standards for my brother and me, and was just a very unhappy person. As a kid, I always felt I was walking on eggshells around her. I love my mother, but once I left, I never wanted to go back. After a year of not being able to find work, my mother moved in with my family. She had nowhere else to go, so we told her she could stay with us while she looked for a job. She found a temporary position and has kept it for over a year. The problem is that the company won't hire her on a permanent basis. She says she is sending out resumes, but can't get an interview because she is 62 years old. Mom makes good money as a temp, but it is not a secure position. My kids are now suffering the same anxieties I felt as a child. Mom has alienated their friends, and they ask me daily when she is going to move out. I confronted my mother about her negativity and lack of patience, and she's made an effort, but it's not enough. I want my life back, but Mom has no one else. My brother cut off contact and lives in another state. Mom has no friends, because she doesn't accept that people have faults. How long do I have to do this? I don't want to hurt her, but why should my family suffer because Mom can't get along with anyone? -Frustrated in California Dear Frustrated: Your mother is a healthy adult with a decent job, and you are not responsible for her housing. Tell Mom she is welcome to visit often, but it's time she had a place of her own. Help her go through the want ads and online listings, pack her up and get her out of there. If she loses her temp job and can't find another, you can revisit the situation then. Don’t say cheese? Dear Annie: Can you please ask people to stop demanding "Show your teeth" when taking photographs? Not all of us are lucky enough to have a nice smile, and having our photo taken is already a difficult experience. My parents are the worst offenders. I try to put on my "best face," but their admonishments make me want to cry. Happy occasions turn into torments of self-conscious embarrassment. They are trying to tell me my smile is all right, but we all know it isn't, and harassing me isn't going to make it better. Please help them understand how hurtful their remarks can be. -- Shutter Shy Dear Shutter Shy: You can't stop your parents from thinking you are attractive. To them, you are. Since a smile is so important in interpersonal relationships, it would be a shame if you spent the rest of your life in selfconscious avoidance. Is it possible your smile is not nearly as awful as you think? Can you check with your dentist and see if the "flaws" can be fixed? It might be worth saving your money to have a smile that makes you eager to "show your teeth." Fax response Dear Annie: "Not So Grand" found out she hadn't been invited to a birthday party for her son and made an unkind remark to her granddaughter about it. Her daughter-in-law now limits contact and insisted Grandma fax a letter of apology to her son. It was admirable that Grandma did so. I suggest the next time she writes a check for the granddaughter's preschool, she fax it instead of mailing it. -Another Grandparent Dear Grandparent: Cute, but we think a titfor-tat approach, while satisfying, is ultimately counterproductive. Sometimes you just have to swallow your misery for the sake of the relationship -- or what's left of it. Anybody can play Dear Annie: My husband's cousin, "Monica," is a very dear friend, but lately I've left family gatherings with knots in my stomach. Monica has an 18-month-old daughter and insists that all the other children, including my 4-year-old and 6-year-old, limit their activities to accommodate her child. The other day, at Grandpa's, the older children went to play in the basement and the toddler wanted to go as well. Monica took her toddler down and left my 6-year-old in charge. Of course, five minutes later, the child was halfway back up the stairs, which made Monica so furious that she abruptly turned off the lights and ordered all the children upstairs. Throughout the evening, every game was systematically ended if Monica couldn't see the action from where she was sitting. I know having a toddler is exhausting, but I spent the better part of four years following my own kids around when they wanted to participate with the older kids. I don't think it's fair that the other kids must bring their fun down to the toddler level. Am I wrong? How can I approach Monica without causing a fight? -- Advocate for My Kids' Right to Play Dear Advocate: Stop humoring Monica, or she will think this is acceptable behavior. It is the parents' job to supervise their children, not only because there are activities the child should not participate in, but also to prevent injuries and accidents. The next time the family gets together, tell Monica the children will include her child when possible, but it won't be all the time. Sympathize with how draining it is to watch a toddler, and if she has to step away from the "adult table," you might offer to keep her company now and then. Recluse or solitude? Dear Annie: I'm 74 and have been retired for four years from a lifelong nursing career. I enjoy my solitary life. I garden, paint, quilt, read and do many things I never had time for while working and raising a family. My friends and my son think I have become a recluse. They can't understand why I leave home so seldom. I don't like the noisy, hectic city traffic, and we have a high crime rate, which makes me uneasy. Why should I go into the city to shop for things I don't need or want? I keep in weekly phone contact with several school friends. I don't think my lifestyle is unhealthy for me, but I'd like your input. -Watching the Birds in Vermont Dear Vermont: The question is whether you are staying home because you prefer solitude or because you are afraid of going out. Staying in can become so habitual that it increases your fear and becomes isolating. It is better for your mental health to get out once in a while, even if it's just to walk around the block. And we certainly hope you accept the occasional invitation to attend a concert or have dinner with your friends and family members. If so, you have nothing to worry about. Ceremony solution Dear Annie: I am a Catholic priest. I read the letter from "Engaged and Alone," a Baptist who is engaged to a Catholic, and whose parents refuse to attend a Catholic wedding. Catholics do not necessarily have to be married in a Catholic wedding. What the Catholic affianced must do is request a dispensation from the canonical form. The wedding will still be noted in the pertinent records, and it will all be proper according to Church law, even if it takes place in a Baptist church before a Baptist minister. It is also very likely that the couple must still go through the Catholic preparations required by the local diocese. True, the Church hopes that Catholics will be married according to our rites, but we also recognize that some situations, such as that described in the letter, may be answered with another solution. I hope this helps clarify matters. -- Fr. Boniface Muggli, OSB Dear Father: Thanks for your expertise on the subject. We hope the couple can work it out. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Gypsies visit Barry County By Esther Walton As an introduction to this bit of Barry County history, it seems appropriate to review the history of gypsies and their migrations to this country. In the 1880s people from Serbia, Russia and Austria, known as “Gypsies,” began emigrating to the United States. They were groups of nomadic people most of whom originated from the South Eastern area of Europe. There were several distinct groups. Each group had its own cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions which they retained when they moved to this county. During World War I and World War II, a number of these groups entered the United States. Some settled in one area and established roots, while others continued their tradition of wandering, never establishing a permanent residence. Overall, the people were talented and many were tradesmen. Some were noted musicians and singers. Others could repair, mend and restore almost anything. Same were coppersmiths and specialized in the repair and retinned industrial equipment found in bakeries, laundries, confectioneries and the like. Those gypsies who chose to roam were often fortune tellers attaching themselves to circuses or carnivals. Many in this latter group became known as “con artists” and were accused of stealing. During the 1920s, whenever word was received from an neighboring community that a band of gypsies was heading this way citizens were advised to watch their children and the children were told by their parents not to talk to strangers. It was commonly believed that gypsies stole children although documentation for this is difficult to find. During the first half of the 1900s, gypsies occasionally traveled through Barry County, most commonly with circuses or carnivals. The Banner of June 27, 1940, printed this item with the headline, “Gypsy Women stole wallet with $1,500. Wm. Brown, living near City on M-43 was Victim.” Barry County Sheriff Glen Bera, two weeks prior to this incident, ran an advisory in the Hastings Banner stating: “Barry County folk should beware of roving gypsies who prey upon Michigan people each year.” To make the story about Mr. Brown’s encounter with the gypsies short, it seems that a car with two women and one man drove up to his house. Mr. Brown was near his home when the auto stopped. They motioned him to come to the car. As he neared the car, a women who spoke broken English, asked if he had any goats for sale. They had evidently noticed his goats grazing in a nearby field. In replying, Mr. Brown leaned toward the gypsy women, who sat in the car. Mr. Brown was in the habit of carrying his wallet in the buttoned pocket of his bib overalls. 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This story was related to me by Elizabeth [Doster] Nevins. Her father was Leon Doster, the well known, loved and respected sheriff of Barry County in the 1940s and ‘50s. “In the summer of 1948, the annual Barry County Fair was held at the Barry County fairgrounds, which was then located on the site of the present State Street Mall [West State Street, in Hastings]. FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on June 16, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on June 18, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1129530. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Seven and 97/100 Dollars ($82,557.97), including interest at 6.00% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 30, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section; thence N00º37’24”E 542.33 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning; thence N89º22’36”W 309.6 feet; thence N00º18’04”W 265.03 feet; thence S80º22’36”E 313.87 feet; thence S00º37’21”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Containing 1.89 acres. Subject to highway right-of-way for M43 Broadway Road over the Easterly portion thereof described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence N89º22’36”W 54.42 feet; thence N00º22’46”E 265.00 feet; thence SW89º22’36”E 55.55 feet; thence S00º37’24”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-04-030-150-000-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 77514127 WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? 1 (800) FED-INFO “My father [Sheriff Doster] secretly transported her to the jail and then took her to Battle Creek to meet her young lover. Later that afternoon there was quite a commotion in the yard in front of the jail. The “matriarch” of the clan apparently found out what had happened. She began chanting, pacing, screaming threatening, rolling on the ground, banging on a tambourine, speaking in tongues and all the time putting a hex on Sheriff Doster. A crowd began gathering, cars lined up, it was a show of shows. She continued until sundown when the men of the clan came for her. Needless to say they were escorted out of town.” Author’s note: I’d like to express my deep appreciation to Elizabeth Doster Nevins for telling me this wonderful story. LEGAL NOTICE FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on February 5, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on February 12, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1097521. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 46/100 Dollars ($242.575.46), including interest at 6.75% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 199.00 feet along the East line of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.01 feet to the true point of beginning; thence south 01 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East, 482.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds West, 17.00 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence North 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence North 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence North 12 degrees 25 minutes 23 seconds East, 33.78 feet; thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds East 178.42 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West, 349.84 feet; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.51 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, 66 feet in width 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds East, 391.80 feet along the centerline of Howell Trail; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 171.22 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning of the centerline of Madilin Trail; thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 384.45 feet along said centerline; thence South 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence South 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds East, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence north 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds East, 17.00 feet to the end of said centerline and a point hereinafter referred to as Reference Point “A.” Also a circular extension of said easement, a radius of 50 feet centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A.” Subject to a private easement of ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail, 66 feet in width, 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet from the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 391.89 feet along said centerline; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 204.22 feet to the end of said centerline. PP No. 08-13-015-003-60. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514133 616-831-1700 LEGAL NOTICE WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. “During those early years gypsies frequently roamed the county. In those days they were allowed to set up their tent for fortune telling. Many times they were evicted from the grounds because of stealing, picking pockets and generally intimidating people. “A situation arose at this particular fair. It was about one o’clock on a Thursday afternoon when a beautiful young gypsy girl around 20 years of age hurriedly entered the police tent on the grounds. She was sobbing so hard that she was incoherent. Finally, my father [Sheriff Doster] calmed her down and learned that she was running away from her family. The clan had arranged a marriage for her to one of their own. She explained that she had tried many times to run away, but had always been caught. She was desperate because she was in love with a non-gypsy who was waiting for her in Battle Creek. WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on April 1, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on April 2, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1124590. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of FortyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirteen and 51/100 Dollars ($42,913.51), including interest at 10.25% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Parcel A. Commencing S00º24’29” E 712.83 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3, North, Range 9 West for the point of beginning; thence S00º24’29”E 605.71 feet; thence N50º34’10”W 1038.84 feet; thence N89º54’26”W 221.83 feet; thence N00º18’14”W 204.22 feet along the centerline of Howell Lane; thence N24º24’29”W 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence N00º18’14”W 154.27 feet along said centerline; thence S89º54’26”E 241.42 feet; thence N00º24’29”W 38.62 feet; thence S89º54’26”E 78.49 feet; thence S00º24’29”E 428.01 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence S89º54’26”E 92.5 feet along said centerline; thence S65º14’47”E 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence S86º11’09”E 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence S86º04’29”E 220.88 feet to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-13-015-003-20. Parcel B. Commencing the North 1/4 post of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence N88º47’39”W, 425.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence S00º29’34”W, 507.59 feet to the point of beginning; thence S88º47’39”E, 24.49 feet to the centerline of a gravel driveway; thence S29º45’48”W, 103.85 feet along said centerline; thence continuing Southwesterly along said centerline 159.60 feet along the arc of a curve to the right the radius of which is 924.56 feet, and the chord of which bears S34º42’31”W, 159.40 feet; thence continuing along said certificate of a gravel driveway S39º39’14”W, 183.23 feet to the centerline of Highway M-37; thence N38º01’41”W, 647.48 feet along sid centerline of Highway M-37; thence N18º57’47”E, 59.65 feet to the Northeasterly right of way line of Highway M-37; thence S71º39’23”E, 647.13 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southwesterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-37. Also together with and subject to an easement of undetermined width to be used in common with others over said gravel driveway. Also subject to any other easements or restrictions of record. PP No.08-13-014-051-20. Parcel C. Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant S00º24’29”E, 199.00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section; thence S00º24’29”E, 513.83 feet along said East line; thence N86º04’29”W, 220.88 feet; thence N03º48’51”E, 17.00 feet; thence N01º21’31”W, 482.24 feet; thence S89º54’26”E, 227.01 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, described separately, subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail. Described separately. PP No. 08-13-015-003-70. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 LEGAL NOTICE �Page 10 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Baird, a married man aka Michael D. Baird and Rebecca Baird, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 9, 2004, and recorded on January 15, 2004 in instrument 1120818, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Ninety-One And 84/100 Dollars ($164,091.84), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, and the South 1/2 of Lot 2, and the North 1/2 of Lot 6 of the West Gun Lake Resort Plat, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #057904F03 77513626 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Residential Funding Company, LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Five and 55/100 Dollars ($201,855.55) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77513539 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Steve Kauffman and Angie Patterson,, Mortgagors, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of August, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 15th day of September, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1170070 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of January 1, 2007 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2007-NC1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,SERIES 2007NC1 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Eighty Nine & 07/100 ($104,089.07), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.20% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 1 of block 9 of the Daniel Striker’s Addition to the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 11. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513530 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Teddy K. Moore, a married man and Linda L. Moore, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 6, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-One and 67/100 Dollars ($181,881.67) including interest at 7.09% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24, Parker's Lakewood Plat, according to the Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 34, Barry County Records, together with an easement for ingress and egress to and from lake over and across the South 40 feet of Lot 33, Parker's Lakewood Plat. Being the same property conveyed to Teddy K. Moore and Linda L. Moore, husband and wife by Deed Dated 2/27/95 and Recorded 4/3/95 in Deed Book 627, Page 681, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77513544 File No. 207.7953 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Zoning Board of Appeals on August 1, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Nicola Arthur Palumbo, 11594 Alling Road, Plainwell, MI 49080, for variance from rear yard setback requirements of the Prairieville Township Ordinance Section 6.1 for home and detached accessory addition. The subject parcel is 08-12-480018-00 located at the above address, Barry County, MI. The property in question is zoned “R-2”- Single Family and Two Family, Medium Density, Residential District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five- (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stonerburner, Prairieville Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77514108 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas R. Jennett, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 2, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153051, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Five Hundred Ten And 90/100 Dollars ($101,510.90), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1196 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513696 File #148907F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Marcia L Gildea, a single woman to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2004 and recorded June 7, 2004 in Instrument # 1128892 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and Sixty Cents ($129,280.60) including interest 10.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the southwest corner of the north 25 acres of the south one-half of the southwest one-quarter of section 20, town 4 north, range 9 west, for the place of beginning. Thence north 238 feet. Thence east 498 feet, thence south 238 feet, thence west 498 to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 4156 Lewis Johnson, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513701 Our File No: 07-73179 Delton Drinking Water Quality Consumer Confidence Report For 2006 Is Available at: Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority 11191 S M43 Hwy. Delton, MI 49045 02674959 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eight And 69/100 Dollars ($131,408.69), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #130392F02 77513648 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John C. Lieb II and Venus S. Lieb, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 21, 2005, and recorded on February 3, 2005 in instrument 1140995, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-R2 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of March 1, 2005, Without Recourse as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Four And 02/100 Dollars ($131,424.02), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 13 rods East of the Southwest corner of said Section 5; thence East along the center of highway 28 rods 1 1/2 links; thence North 6 rods 10 links; thence West 28 rods 2 1/2 links; thence South 6 rods 10 links to the place of beginning, except a strip 44 feet wide off the West side thereof; including and commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence Easterly 258.50 feet along the South line of Section 15, being also the centerline of Tasker Road; thence Northerly 105.6 feet at right angles for the true place of beginning; thence continuing Northerly 20 feet; thence East 418.99 feet parallel with the line of Section 15; thence Southerly 20 feet at right angles; thence Westerly 418.99 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #086110F02 77513504 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracy McDaniel, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006 and recorded July 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167764, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-infact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 61/100 Dollars ($88,648.61) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point in the center of the Highway, 6 Rods West of the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence North 10 Rods; thence West 6 Rods; thence South 10 Rods to the center of Highway; thence East along center of Highway 6 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 28, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3297 77513711 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Vernon E. Goodman and Kimberly J. Goodman, Husband and Wife to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 26, 2004 in Instrument # 1136137 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($107,674.23) including interest 10.05% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 24, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence North 1848 feet to the place of beginning, thence West 600 feet, thence North 227 feet to the center of Gurd Road, thence Southeasterly along the centerline of Gurd Road to the North and South one-quarter line, thence South 132 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commonly known as 7150 Gurd Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 19, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee under Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2004 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2004 WHQ2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513554 Our File No: 07-72814 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on July 18, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 401(k) rollovers made easy 01547121 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC 1. Prairieville Township Master Plan. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd 77514035 Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-137-CZ Court Address: 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff STATE TREASURER 3030 W. GRAND BLVD., STE. 10-200 DETROIT, MI 48202 (313) 456-0140 Plaintiff’s attorney Juandisha Harris (P62978) (Same as above) v Defendant James Simons, #190695 Florence Crane Correctional Facility 38 Fourth Street Coldwater, MI 49036 TO: James Simons IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to show cause why an order should not be entered granting Plaintiff up to 90% of your assets as reimbursement for you cost and care in prison. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before August 27, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the compliance filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 6/13/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77513735 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul R. Baker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 18, 2004, and recorded on March 19, 2004 in instrument 1123925, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Six And 82/100 Dollars ($71,926.82), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 1225 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence East at right angles with said Section line 272.25 feet; thence South 480 feet; thence West 272.25 feet to said West Section line; thence North 480 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148480F01 77513638 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Three Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Nine and 85/100 Dollars ($203,849.85) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for Place of Beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the Place of Beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the Place of Beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the Place of Beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.7948 77513564 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stephanie Smoczynski and Joseph Smoczynski aka Joe Smoczynski, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2005, and recorded on January 11, 2006 in instrument 1158771, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Four And 83/100 Dollars ($72,204.83), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section Five, Town One North, Range Nine West described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot fifty of J.R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 4 rods, thence South 6 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 8 rods. Thence South 60 feet, thence West 8 rods. thence North 60 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #100837F02 77513718 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Groendyke, and Patricia L. Groendyke, AKA Patricia Groendyke, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on January 12, 2006 in instrument 1158862, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Fifty-Six And 50/100 Dollars ($152,056.50), including interest at 7.69% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said section; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 660.0 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 200.0 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds East 400.0 feet; thence South 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds East 200.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds West 400.0 feet along the North line of the South 660 feet of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. Subject to right of way for Loop Road over the West 33.0 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149473F01 77513971 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JODI L. STILES, a single woman, to HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK, dated March 25, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry, and State of Michigan, on April 1, 2004, in Liber 1124496 of Mortgages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal interest, the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 21/100 ($110,411.21) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover in the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, east door, 220 West State Street, in the City of Hastings, and County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on August 2, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock Eastern Daylight Savings Time in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with 6% interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said section 1104.14 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 88º39’35” West 280.00 feet; thence South 00º41’49” West, parallel with the East section line, 220.00 feet; thence South 88º39’35” East 273.00 feet to the centerline of West Lake Road; thence 86.44 feet along the arc of a curve to the left whose radius measures 954.95 feet and whose chord bears North 5º20’35” East 88.41 feet; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said Section 133.79 feet to the place of beginning. Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are hereby advised that this notice is attempting to collect a debt, and that any information obtained will be used against you. If you dispute this indebtedness within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you will be provided with verification of the amount owning. Date: June 11, 2007 HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee TUCK, GARRISON & MOORE, P.L.L.C. By: Mark W. Garrison (P24068) Attorneys for Mortgagee Business address: 403 South Superior, P.O. Box 660 77513378 Albion, Michigan 49224 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melinda L Durecka, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Sofin Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 26, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092926, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Flagstar Bank, FSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($62,545.58), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/3 of Lot 6 and the West 1/3 of the North 1/2 of Lot 7 of R.B. Greggs Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 13, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #138626F02 77513956 Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BOARD OF REVIEW JULY MEETING The Board of Review of Baltimore Township will convene on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon, at 3100 E. Dowling Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. The Board will convene for the purpose of reviewing and correcting any clerical errors and mutual mistakes of fact. Eligible taxpayers who have not filed their Homestead affidavit may do so at this time. The township will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon notice to the township clerk, Penelope Ypma, at 269-945-3228 or by calling TDD relay services @ 1-800-649-3777. Richard VanSyckle Board of Review Recording Secretary Phone: 269-721-9888 77514096 We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires July 31, 2007) NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STEPHEN L. LANGELAND, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has occurred in a Mortgage made by Dana J. Andrews and Kathleen A. Andrews, husband and wife, to Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union dated November 4, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 at Document Number 1137122, Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt, secured by the mortgage or any part thereof and the amount now claimed to be due on the debt is $131,820.06. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the property at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on August 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the east front door of the Barry County courthouse, in the City of Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, together with interest at 7 percent per annum, legal costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes or insurance or other advances and expenses due under mortgage or permitted under Michigan law. The land is located in the the County of Barry, State of Michigan and is described as: Lot 36 of Fineview Acres According to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 52 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County Michigan. Which has the address of: 102 Sweetheart Lane, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-9228 (a/k/a 102 Sweetheart Lane, Banfield, Michigan 49017). During the six months immediately following the sale the property may be redeemed, unless determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Date: 6-29-07 Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union) by: Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Stephen L. Langeland, P.C. Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) Attorney at Law 350 East Michigan, Suite 130 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77513976 A public accuracy test will be conducted at the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville, MI on Tuesday, July 17 at 10 a.m. This test will be on the tabulating machines that will be used in the August 7, 2007 election. On Thursday, August 2, 2007 a public accuracy test on the AutoMark Voter Assist Terminals for the election on August 7, 2007 will be held at the Irving Township Hall, 3425 Wing Rd., Hastings, MI at 2:00 p.m. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1076 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA-41,72A (2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; there will be a Public Accuracy Test on the Accuvote Equipment, which will be available for use at the August 7, 2007 Regular election. The Public Accuracy Test will be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 10:00a.m. at the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 E Main Street, Middleville. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William Hayward and Betty J. Hayward, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 25, 2006, and recorded on December 14, 2006 in instrument 1173907, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 45/100 Dollars ($181,740.45), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 33 and the South 25 feet of Lot 34, East Big Gilkey Lake, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 18. Also beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 32 of said Plat; thence North 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds East along the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet; thence South 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513918 File #145889F02 NOTICE TO IRVING TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS Kristen E. Hoel 77513660 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gwen Mesler, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005 in instrument 1147733, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dba Americas Servicing Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($71,286.88), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1/2 of Lot 49 and the East 1/2 of the South 1/2 of Lot 48 of the O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 38, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150937F01 77514112 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Renee A Bigger, a married person and Randy O. Bigger, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Cendant Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2001, and recorded on September 7, 2001 in instrument 1066108, and modified by agreement dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on April 7, 2004 in instrument 1124889, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine And 31/100 Dollars ($67,789.31), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 of Middleville Downs Addition No. 1 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 4. Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #076305F03 77513706 77514100 The Irving Township board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities up on seven (7) days notice to the Irving Township Board such as signer for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials to be presented at the public accuracy tests. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the clerk at 3241 Wood School Rd., Middleville, MI 49333. Phone # (269) 948-8893. Submitted by Carol Ergang, Clerk 77504789 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cathy L. Hurley, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 10, 2006, and recorded on August 17, 2006 in instrument 1168708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twelve And 37/100 Dollars ($125,212.37), including interest at 10.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All of Lots 9 and 11; the South 20 feet of Lots 7 and 8; and the North 8 feet of Lot 13, all in Block 9 of Lincoln Park Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55 and said Lots being a part of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of section 18, Town 3 North, Range 8 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149588F01 77514069 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Mutschler, A Single Man, Fee Simple, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 20, 2003, and recorded on December 3, 2003 in instrument 1118612, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 73/100 Dollars ($64,266.73), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 83 and the West 1/2 of Lots 81 and 82 of the plat of Orangeville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 14 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #120060F02 77513404 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kendra Kay Fay, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2005 and recorded January 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158777, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Six and 97/100 Dollars ($64,296.97) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 9, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 6 and running from thence East 8 Rods, thence South 10 Rods, thence West 8 Rods, thence North 10 Rods to the place of beginning, except therefrom a Lot in the Northeast corner 30 Feet East and West 100 feet North and South being situated in the Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.6876 77514122 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Arlin F. Dougherty and Judith K. Dougherty, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 1999, and recorded on August 6, 1999 in instrument 1033546, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 77/100 Dollars ($90,357.77), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 13 and 14, Pierson's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 41, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #003915F03 77513689 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Long Lake/Cloverdale Lake Sewer Extension Hope Township Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority Barry County, Michigan Sealed Bids will be received by Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority 11191 South M-43 Highway, Delton, Michigan 49046 until 10:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Clarence Klinge, Jr ,a single man, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 2nd day of July, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 23rd day of July, 2004 in Liber 1131299 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy One & 94/100 ($108,971.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 10.7500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: That part of the southwest 1/4 Section 14, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Southwest 1/4 which is North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 1078.00 feet from the South 1/4 corner of Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds West 243.65 feet along said South line; thence North 00 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds West 270.00 feet along the West line of the East 1/2 of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 55 seconds East 243.61 feet; thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes 37 seconds East 270.00 feet to the place of beginning. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 ASAP# 863461 06/21/2007, 06/28/2007, 07/05/2007, 07/12/2007 77513509 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kristi S Holm a Married Person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2006, and recorded on October 24, 2006 in instrument 1171822, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2007-EQ1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty And 53/100 Dollars ($139,240.53), including interest at 7.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West for Place of Beginning; Thence East 545 feet; Thence North 500 feet; Thence West 545 feet; Thence South 500 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149719F01 77514041 Items of work include installation of 24 air release or air release/vacuum valve structures, 21 forcemain cleanout structures, 200 - 1 1/2 inch diameter forcemain service laterals, 26 forcemain valve and box assemblies, and all related work. A non-refundable payment of Seventy Five Dollars ($75.00) will be required for each set of Contract Documents. An additional, non-refundable payment of Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) will be required for mailing the Bidding Documents. Bidding Documents may be examined at the following locations on or after Tuesday, July 17, 2007: Flies & VandenBrink Engineering, Inc., 2960 Lucerne Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority, 11191 South M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 Builders and Traders Exchanges: Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo Construction News Service of Michigan: 1773 RW Berends Drive SW, Wyoming, MI 49519-4993. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check or Bid Bond by a recognized surety in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bidder’s maximum Bid price in the name of the Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority. The Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority reserves the right to accept any bid, reject any or all bids, to waive informalities and make the award in any manner deemed in the best interest of the Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority. 77514110 Southwest Barry County Sewer & Water Authority Mark Doster 06655001 Bidding Documents may be obtained at the office of Fleis & VandenBrink Engineering, Inc., 2960 Lucerne Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546: Telephone 616-977-1000. Thornapple Township Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy test of the August 07, 2007 Thornapple Township, Grand Rapids Community College election will be conducted on July 17, 2007 at approximately 10:00 a.m. in the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI The Public Accuracy test is conducted to demonstrate that the computer program used to record and count the voters cast at the election meets the requirements of law. Susan J. Vlietstra Thornapple Township Clerk 200 East Main Street Middleville, MI, 49333 269-795-7202 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda A. Van Keuren, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 22, 2005, and recorded on March 14, 2005 in instrument 1142693, and rerecorded on March 25, 2005 in instrument 1144369, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Three And 09/100 Dollars ($81,903.09), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land in Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet to the palce of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 749.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 708.31 feet; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 749.99 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 708.31 feet to the place of beginning. Also, together with an easement for ingress and egress; commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrgees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet'; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to said South section line; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet to the Place of beginning. Also, together with and subject to an easement for ingress and egress and, commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 1305.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet; thence South 02 degreed 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148371F01 77513962 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on January 29, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on January 31, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1096631. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Nine and 82/100 Dollars ($82,909.82), including interest at 7.65% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Unit 1, Tikeluk Trail Condominiums, a condominium according to master deed recorded in document #1048957, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 18, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said master deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. PP No. 08-040-029-250-100-01 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514145 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158422, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 41/100 Dollars ($116,898.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150928F01 77514117 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nathan Ferris and Christine Ferris, husband and wife, and Victor Ferris and Darlene J. Ferris, husband and wife, mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank now known as Chemical bank, a Michigan banking corporation of 2185 - 3 Mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544, mortgagee, by a mortgage dated January 7, 2005, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on January 18, 2005 as document no. 1140306. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $143,409.36, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $139,177.65 at the rate of 4.375% percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legals costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Part of the South Half of the Northwest fractional Quarter of Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West OneQuarter corner of said Section; thence North 0º04’11” West 960.00 feet along the West line of said Section to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North 0º04’11” West 152.05 feet along said West line; thence North 89º27’21” East 193.00; thence South 0º04’11’ East 153.02 feet; thence South 89º44’38” West 193.00 feet along the North line of the South 960.00 feet of said Northwest Quarter to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; Subject to right of way for Patterson Avenue over the West 33.00 feet thereof; and commonly known as 303 S. Patterson Rd., Wayland, MI 49348. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: June 25, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Suite 212 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77513743 (616) 459-6168 Keep up with your NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held July 10, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 13 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES PICKERAL COVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HEARING June 25, 2007 Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Rook. All board member present with the exception of Ribble. Also present 16 residents from Pickeral Cove. Pledge of Allegiance. Letter read from resident Carolyn Keech objecting to the special assessment. Questions for Stallard and Son Asphalt from residents concerned the proper height of the man hole cover, garbage truck traffic, height of road, width of road, connecting with existing paved roads, additional $5,000 to special assessment for attorney and publishing fees, time of road work coinciding with Fourth of July traffic. All concerns addressed by Stallard and Son Asphalt. Questions for treasurer concerning interest on special assessment and whether payment can be made in full. Final assessment: 23 parcels at approximately $200. per year per parcel with 5% interest. Pickeral Cove Special Assessment District 202 read by Supervisor Rook. Motion Rook; support Goy, to adopt resolution. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Rook to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 7:45 p.m. Unapproved minutes 77514094 Jennifer Goy THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Mills, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 29, 2005 and recorded July 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149239, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006HE1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Six and 78/100 Dollars ($54,626.78) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 2, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 10 of Daniel Strikers Addition according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2290 77514001 NOTICE TO CREDITORS TRUST RALPH A. DUNN, deceased, THE RALPH A. DUNN LIVING TRUST Date of birth: August 5, 1925. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Ralph A. Dunn, who lived at 15905 Waubascon Rd., Battle Creek, Michigan 49017, died May 19, 2007. There is no Probate Estate. Ralph A. Dunn left a Living Trust dated March 21, 2007. The trust is liable for the debts of the decedent. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to James D. Dunn, the current trustee of the trust, whose address is 12333 Bird Rd., Dowling, Michigan 49050, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. This notice is given pursuant to MCL 700.7504. Dated: July 5, 2007 ATTORNEY FOR TRUST: William M. Wright P23110 1605 Pinecone Dr. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-6325 James D. Dunn, Trustee 12333 Bird Rd. Dowling, MI 49050 77514063 (269) 965-7038 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lori Haywood, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 4, 2005 and recorded October 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1154019, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of SeventySeven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine and 60/100 Dollars ($77,159.60) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 19, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in Section 10 and 11, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of Section 11 and running thence East 713 feet along the South Line of said Section 11; thence North 04 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 510.10 feet along the center of Cobb Road; thence North 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds West 434 feet along the center of Cobb Road for the True Place of Beginning; thence West 440 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 155 feet; thence West 673 feet parallel with the South Line of Section 11; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 398 feet parallel with the East Line of Section 10 and 433 feet Westerly therefrom; thence East 1114.6 feet to the centerline of Cobb Road; thence South 00 Degrees 19 Minutes 00 Seconds East 243 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 21, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2422 77513549 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brent Karhl Falor, a single man to Michigan Home Finance LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 7, 2005 and recorded April 20, 2005 in Instrument # 1145176 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, by assignment dated January 16, 2006 and recorded January 30, 2006 in Instrument # 1159502 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Twenty Cents ($102,851.20) including interest 11.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: North line of the North one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 30 and the centerline of Marsh Road: thence East along the said North line 140 feet: thence South 242 feet: thence West 85 feet: thence Northwesterly 175 feet to the center of said Marsh Road: thence Northeasterly along said centerline 168 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 8315 Marsh Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 18, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-72667 77513559 Public Land Auction I/we, the undersigned, owners of the following described land situated in Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, to wit: The East 20 rods of the East 40 rods of the Northwest _ of Section 35, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, except that part of the South east _ of the Northwest _ of said Section 35, lying South of Cedar Creek, upon which: 1) a lease dated December 14, 1939 and recorded at Liber 175 page 185 Barry County Records, was given to Basin Oil Company, lessee, 2) a lease dated March 14, 1940 and recorded at Liber 175 page 297 Barry County Records, was given to D. B. Shults, lessee, 3) a lease dated July 25, 1949 and recorded at Liber 220 page 558 Barry County Records, was given to Mercer Oil Company, and a one-half working interest in such lease was assigned by Mercer Oil Company on July 25, 1949 to McClure Oil Company by assignment recorded at Liber 222 page 153 Barry County Records, do hereby notify you that the terms of said lease(s) have been broken by the owner thereof, and that I/we hereby elect to declare and do declare the said lease(s) forfeited and void, and that unless you do within 30 days from this date notify the register of deeds of said Barry County as provided by law, that said lease(s) has/have been forfeited, I/we will file with the said register of deeds an affidavit of forfeiture as provided by law; and I/we hereby demand that you execute or have executed a proper surrender of said lease(s) and that you put the same on record in the office of the register of deeds in said Barry County within 30 days from this date. Dated this _29_______ day of June_______2007. Alfred J. Gemrich 77514006 Jean M. Gemrich PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by FRANK DAVIS, AND SPOUSE LAURA DAVIS, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 22, 2005, and recorded on August 30, 2005, in Document No. 1151933, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Nineteen Dollars and FortyFive Cents ($154,019.45), including interest at 7.670% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of RUTLAND, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 40 OF PINE HAVEN ESTATES #2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 9, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. TAX ID NO. 13-196040-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514023 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24811-NC In the matter of NICOLE ELIZABETH TALLADY and VERONICA ANNE TALLADY. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Dale Tallady, whose last known address is 13220 Pueblo Road, Apple Valley, California 92308 whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on August 1, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty (P41960) for the following purpose: On the Amended Petition to Change Name filed by Stacey M. Fish requesting the name of Nicole Elizabeth Tallady and Veronica Anne Tallady be changed to Nicole Elizabeth Fish and Veronica Anne Fish. Date: 07/06/2007 Kenneth R. Struble PLC (P43398) 100 Country Pine Lane Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 979-7525 Stacey M. Fish 5364 Barryville Road 77514098 Nashville, MI 49073 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curtis VanMeter ,a married man, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 3rd day of November, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of November, 2004 in Liber Doc# 1137344 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Forty Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Eight & 87/100 ($146,988.87), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 19th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 13.87500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Township of Rutland, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 108, Pine Haven Estates No. 4, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Document No. 1122672. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/21/2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513493 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda Trumble, a married woman f/k/a Brenda Hofacker and Russell L. Trumble, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated June 24, 2002, and recorded on July 1, 2002 in instrument 1083105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 03/100 Dollars ($55,572.03), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 19, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 50 of Country Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 64, Calhoun County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 21, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #139274F03 77513445 ® The DENTAL ASSISTANT Patient oriented dental practice seeking energetic and enthusiastic team player who is good with people. Dental experience a plus but will train the right individual, computer skills required. Submit resume to: Gole Dental Group 121 W. Woodlawn Avenue Hastings, MI 49058 77514081 The Barry County Treasurer will be offering tax reverted real estate at Public Auction on July 24, 2007 The Auction will be held at Barry County Courts and Law Building Community Room 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Registration at 11am. Auction at 12pm Visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale listings are available at the Barry County Treasurers Office. To: Basin Oil Company D.B. Shults Mercer Oil Company McClure Oil Company 77511856 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Toni M. Farrell, Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 29th day of August, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of August, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1151874 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Eight & 79/100 ($92,687.79), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.4500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The South 225 feet of Lot 18 of Martz Acres, according to the plat thereof of Barry County Records. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/28/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513678 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by GREG F. STEVENS, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 9, 2005, in Document No. 1150761, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($75,741.11), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST; THENCE EAST 150 FEET; THENCE NORTH 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY TO A POINT 75 FEET NORTH OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-08-027-006-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514018 77513482 FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - DEFAULT having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Donald H. Reed and Kathleen J. Reed, husband and wife, who address is 2009 Rundle, Lansing, Michigan 48910, Mortgagor, to KeyBank National Association, Mortgagee, 100 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, dated August 23, 2002, and recorded September 11, 2002, at Document Number 1087244, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal, interest and late fees, the sum of Three Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and 33/100 ($306,280.33). And no suit or proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage, with the interest thereon and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are situated in the Township of Castleton, County of Barry, State of Michigan and described as follows: Lot 5 of Block G of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 59, and Lot 8, of Block H of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 Bruce N. Elliott (P28770) CONLIN, McKENNEY & PHILBRICK, P.C. Attorneys for Mortgagee 350 S. Main Street, Suite 400 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734/761-9000 77514028 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 14 Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... 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(269)945-9269 Jobs Wanted BABYSITTER LOOKING FOR full/partime jobs, between 3-8 years old. Must be potty trained. 7:30am5:30pm. Call for rates (269)948-2919 ask for Jackie. Recreation 2005 YAMAHA YZ250: Mint condition tons of extras, $3,500 obo. (269)217-3666 GARAGE SALE: Thursday, July 12th., Friday, July 13th., 9am-? Saturday, July 14th., 9am-2pm. 328 W. State Road, Hastings HICKORY HILLS SUBDIVISIO:Garage/moving sale Fri. 13th, Sat. 14th, 9am-4pm. S. Broadway & Cedar Creek Rd. LAST BABY SALE: Name brand children’s clothing, crib, military clothing and much more. Sat., July 14th only, 8am-4pm, 330 W. Clinton St. MOVING SALE: BRISTOL LAKE- Big sale of household items & adult clothing. Fri. & Sat., July 13 & 14, also Fri. & Sat. July 20 & 21, 9-4. 214 Sunset Drive, Dowling. MULTI-FAMILY SALE, FRIDAY & Saturday, July 13th & 14th, 9am-5pm. Home Interiors, Party Lite, Tupperware, Creative Memories and Stampin’ Up. Dishes, bedding, curtains, household miscellaneous, boys clothes 0-2 years and mens & womens clothes. 601 E. Colfax, Hastings (1 block south of Northeastern School). Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 Heavily wooded secluded acres easy walk to State land. Lots of deer signs. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site, $19,900, $500 down, $250/month, land contract. Northern Land Company 1800-968-3118, www.northernlandco.com PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: Carpenter Needed All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 02675006 Deck, framing. Must have current license, insurance. Approx. 1 weeks work. For more info email: chernyridgec@yahoo.com with your number of years experience. 77509092 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 1999 DODGE 2500: 160,000mi. new tires, V-10, bed liner, aluminum racks. Runs & Drives great. $4,500 obo. (269)217-3666 ‘98 FORD TAURUS SHO for sale 133K miles. Green w/grey leather interior. Power everything. Asking $4,500. Call (269)948-2919, ask for Dan or Jackie. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Household A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $295. (616)452-8430. A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $170. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. Help Wanted CDL-A DRIVERS: Get the Miles You Deserve! #1 in benefits/equipment. Scheduled Home Time. Avg. $50,000+/yr! Gainey Transportation 800-738-0708. APARTMENT MANAGER. Local, part-time for 24-unit apartment building in Sunfield. Needed to start immediately. Paperwork and excellent communication skills needed. Send resume with letters of references to Apt. Manager, PO Box 799, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. DRIVER: additional CDL-B drivers needed. Looking for dependable customer service oriented person with chauffeurs, CDL-B, or CDL-A license. Good working environment. (616)732-9954 DRIVERS- WE’RE GROWING!! CDL-A with 1 year experience gets great health benefits and home time! Weekly direct deposit! 800239-7133 Pets WHITE GERMAN SHEPHERD FEMALE: age 3 spade, shots, MUST HAVE older children, fenced yard. 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The driver of the pickup truck was airlifted to Borgess Hospital, where his condition is unknown. Motorcylist, passenger hurt in crash David Sarachick and a passenger on his motorcycle were both injured when they were struck by a car on Cloverdale Road and Guy Road in Maple Grove Township on July 8. Barry County sheriff’s deputies investigating the accident said the motorcycle hit a deer, ejecting both the driver and his passenger, Janice Marsillett. Both were airlifted to Borgess Hospital with serious injuries. Their condition is not known at this time. Man may face kidnapping charges Barry County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 34-year-old Jason Baldwin of Hastings June 29 when a domestic dispute resulted in Baldwin abducting a child and taking an automobile without permission of its owner. Investigators say Baldwin and a woman argued over custody of the child and when she went into the bathroom, he left the Hope Township residence with the child, driving a car given to the woman by her father. The woman told officers she had not given Baldwin permission to take the vehicle and said where she thought he could be found. When deputies arrived there, Baldwin refused to cooperate. Deputies told Baldwin they were there to check on the condition of the child and to verify custody issues. Baldwin told deputies he was the father and he had joint custody of the child, refusing to tell them where in the house the baby was. Deputies asked Baldwin to produce proof of custody, which the mother had already done, but he could only produce a picture of the child. He told officers he had proof of custody at another residence, but when deputies offered to drive him to that location, he refused. The child was located in the home and returned to the mother. Baldwin was arrested for unauthorized driving away of a vehicle and lodged in the Barry County Jail. Investigators say he could also face charges of kidnapping. The information has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Drunken boater arrested on Gun Lake David Michael Adamski II, 25, of Grand Rapids was arrested on Gun Lake when the boat he was piloting was stopped for being out after dark on the water. Deputies said they could smell a strong odor of intoxicants on Adamski and a preliminary breath test showed his blood alcohol level to be .20 Adamski was arrested on a charge of operating a vessel while intoxicated and lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. Lawn ornament stolen in Hastings Twp. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft of a three-foot tall lawn ornament from a home in Hastings Township sometime on the night of June 30. The owner of the ornament said it was a figure of a black man with his arm extended holding a light which was wired to ground in the home. The ornament weighed approximately 200 pounds and deputies suspect more than one person was involved in the theft. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Fire departments busy during heat wave Area fire departments were busy during the recent heat wave that covered much of the entire state. Fire departments from Wayland, Orangeville and Thornapple Township were called to a house fire on Jackson Road east of Patterson Road Tuesday, July 3. The house, which was undergoing renovation at the time of the fire, was destroyed, but no injuries were reported. On July 7, Thornapple Emergency Services were called to a fire at the home of Dustin and Linda Atkinson on Pinecone Road, just off M-37. Though no one was injured in the fire, damage to the home and contents is estimated to reach nearly $100,000. Night vision training session planned The Kent County Sheriff’s Department will have a multi-agency training course Wednesday evening, July 18, and at the Barry County Conservation Club grounds. There will be four police agencies participating. The training is related to night vision firing for SWAT teams. All weapons used will be bolt action rifles and the number of rounds fired will be limited. The training will take approximately an hour and a half to complete. Orangeville teen arrested in killing Jordan Edward Nink, 15, of Orangeville was stabbed to death in the early morning hours of July 14. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested 17 year old Kyle Wilson, who was described by witnesses as a friend of the victim. Wilson was arraigned Thursday, July 5, on a charge of second degree murder. According to the investigation, the two argued when Nink showed up at the Saddler Road residence to collect an $80 debt that was owed by Wilson to a third party. Kyla Adam, who was visiting with Wilson at the time of the stabbing, said she awoke to the sound of the two young men talking. “They were not arguing,” she said, “they were just talking. I heard Kyle say he was going to punch Jordan ‘in about three seconds’ and the next thing I heard was Jon (Church) saying, ‘You stabbed him! You stabbed him!’ Adam said she then heard Nink ask his uncle what he should do with the knife. “He told him to put it on the table and he did. Then his Uncle, Roy Wilson, called the police.” Adam said she left the house at that time, walking past the body of Nink, who was laying on the floor of the closed in front porch. “He was just laying there on his side,” she said. “I went to a house about three doors down and returned when the police got there.” Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans said the decision to charge Wilson with second degree murder was reached after considering all the evidence. There was some indication that the incident would be ruled self defense early in the investigation. “Certainly the actions (by Nink) showed intent,” Evans said. “If we thought there was legal justification for a self defense ruling, we would have acted on that. “Self defense is a sacred right,” he said, “but based on the evidence gathered, we are charging him with second degree murder. Second degree murder is punishable by life imprisonment or Kyle Wilson any term of years. “And he will be eligible for parole no matter how many years he receives if he is convicted,” Evans said. Evans said there was a quantity of drugs found at the residence during the investigation and a second charge of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute and maintaining a drug house may also be charged. “The amount found in the house precludes it being for personal use,” Evans said. �Page 15 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner HARTOUGH continued from page 1 Focus is on the family this year Public Humanities Collaborative. Hartough will lead the Extension portion of the initiative. “It’s a research initiative whereby we hope to be able to build the capacity of extension educators to be able to do more work with deliberate dialogue,” she said. Hartough said that deliberate dialogue is especially important with contentious issues such as deer overpopulation problems, raw milk production, food systems, corporate farms and water issues. “You’ve got to be able to bring people together and really engage in asking the hard questions,” she said. “And then you move on those things you can agree upon.” Hartough said 80 percent of her time will be spent working with the Kettering Foundation and 20 percent of time will be spent working with Barry County. Her main office will be in the Kellogg Biological Station near Richland, but she also will have offices on the MSU campus and at the Barry County Extension office in downtown Hastings. Hartough has been the recipient of many awards, including the National Public Affairs Award from the Farm Foundation and a Regional State Award for Innovative Land Use Program and Community Economic Development. Adding to her list of accomplishments, Hartough also is the past national vice president of Public Affairs for the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Science. She also has won many state and national awards for her extension work, particularly in public policy, leadership development and, most recently, she has been notified she will be receiving a national award for international work in September. Hartough is known throughout the community as a leader of leaders. “Sometimes I’ve been called tenderly the Mother of Leadership,” she said. She has served on a committee to look at leadership of the 21st century, she is a core member of Leadnet at MSU, she is the founder of Leading the 90s (the current Leadership Barry County program), and she is active in leadership development training Barry County Fair daily schedule announced and programs. Her community service related to leadership are two years of international training through a program sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation and MSU; studies of land use and community development in the Netherlands and Ireland; and acting as a National Faculty Member with the Kettering Foundation. She and the Extension office also have educated the public about land use in recent years. Some of Hartough’s community involvement includes serving as a member on the Barry County United Way Board of Directors, working with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, serving with the Economic Development Alliance, participating in and acting as past president of Hastings Rotary, serving as a founding member of the Barry Community Resource Network, working as one of the charter members of the Barry County Futuring Group, serving as member of the Leadership Barry County Board of Directors, and serving as a founding member and the first female president of the Barry Community Foundation. “I’ve just been very privileged,” she said. “It seems like anything major that’s happened, we’ve [Extension] been a part of it in the county.” Some of Hartough’s most recent work includes working in Ireland as a Bailey Scholar and helping frame the alcohol issue for rural communities in Ireland. She also works with community leaders on tourism, economic development, leadership, land use issues and general consumer issues. Hartough also has helped frame “Sizing up America,” dealing with the growing concern over obesity, for the American Association of Family Consumer Sciences. She also has written a column, “Family Focus,” in the Reminder for 25 years. Hartough graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of science degree in food and business. She earned her master’s degree in community education and public policy from Michigan State University. Dennis Pennington will serve as the interim Extension director after Hartough leaves Aug. 1. Arsenic and new tank The first piece of hardware for the Yankee Springs Township arsenic water treatment plant was installed Wednesday morning. The 30-ton tank is the backwash facility and is the single largest piece of equipment associated with the project. The installation will help meet the new federal Environmental Protection Agency standard for arsenic in drinking water of ten parts per billion. (Photo by Robert Lippert) 36th Annual Antique Gas & Steam Engine Show Friday, July 13th • Noon to dusk Saturday, July 14th • 8am to dusk Charlton Park, Hastings, MI Exhibitor Admission FREE Public Admission Adults....................................$5 Children.................................$3 02674986 Tractor Parades, Operating Steam Sawmill, Steam Boats, Kids Pedal Pull, Sparks Show at Dusk and more..... Pancake Breakfast (all you can eat) Saturday, July 14 • 8am - 11am Adults $5 • Children $3 www.charltonpark.org Upcoming Events Antique Outboard Motor & Flea Market - July 21st MDA Charity Motorcycle Rally - July 28th 269-945-3775 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Even with cutbacks at the state level, the Barry County Fair this year continues “Building strong foundations for future generations.” According to Fair Director Bill Neal, who is organizing his last fair, “We want to stress how family friendly the fair is this year!” This year includes free music in the Union Bank community tent, Karaoke, a bucking bull and lots of fun. Paid admission to the fair will begins Monday, July 16, but this year the fair opens with harness racing in the grandstand at noon Friday, July 13. This is the first day of the four days of harness racing scheduled this year. Observers can have fun Saturday, July 14, beginning at 9 a.m. with youth dog judging in the show arena. Youth non-livestock judging goes on all day in the beef barn. Exhibits will then go into the display areas. The Barry County 4-H Advisory Council will be raising money for scholarships through the annual hot dog lunch from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Harness racing begins in the grandstand at noon. The Style Revue, showcasing young fabric artists and their creations in the Community Tent, will get under way at 1 p.m. The sound of the youth rocket launch will fill the horse arena, beginning at 1 p.m. Cars will fill the area by the barns as young 4-H members check in their rabbits and cavies from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Rabbit Barn. At 6 p.m. the mule pull will be free in the grandstand. Anyone who doesn’t think young people know how to give speeches should stop by the Union Bank Community Tent and check out the 4-H communications competition. Young people will make speeches, give illustrated talks and put together demonstrations for applause and ribbons. The Master Gardener demonstration gardens is one of the stops on the garden tour this year. Judges also will be talking to youth gardeners about their efforts during the day. On Sunday, July 15, the day again will be free and devoted to youth activities and harness racing. Beginning at 9 a.m., there will be youth rabbit and cavy educational activities and meat record judging in the show arena. At 10 a.m. youth poultry judging begins in the show arena. Harness racing will start at noon in the grandstand. Youth rabbit/cavy judging starts at noon in the show arena. Young Clovers will show rabbit/cavy showmanship. Pocket Pets will fill the Union Bank Community Tent at 2 p.m. Homemaker of the Year interviews will begin at 2 p.m. in the picnic pavilion. The livestock judging contest will begin at 5 p.m. in the show arena, followed by the livestock skill-a-thon. The youth talent show will get under way at 6 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. The draft horse pull at 6 p.m. in the grandstand is free for onlookers. Anyone visiting the fairgrounds Sunday needs to remember that all livestock must be on the fairgrounds by 7 p.m. and some of the drives may be crowded with trailers and other vehicles. Admission to the fair will be charged beginning Monday, July 16. Youth goat judging will be held at 9 a.m. in the show barn. At 10 a.m., the youth, Young Clovers horse judging begins in the horse arena. The Expo Building opens at 11 a.m. Monday. Harness racing begins at noon in the grandstand and youth sheep judging begins at 2 p.m. in the show arena. The excitement and elegance of horse ring dressage, jumping and trail competition begins at 4 p.m. in the horse arena. W.G. Wade shows open at 5 p.m. There will be bingo in the bingo tent from 5 to 10 p.m. At 6:30 p.m. the free concert by Ruth and Max Bloomquist, performing folk and bluegrass favorites begins in the Union Bank Community Tent. The figure 8 derby begins in the grandstand at 8 p.m. The cost is $9 per person and does not include admission to the fair. The Expo building closes at 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, is Veteran’s Day. Admission for veterans is $2.50 all day. At 8 a.m. Youth Horse Judging begins in the Horse Arena. At 9 a.m. Youth Swine Judging, begins in the Show Arena. At 10 a.m. Youth Cat Judging begins in the Union Bank Community Tent. The Expo Building opens at 11 a.m. The W.G. Wade shows open at 1 p.m. with a pay one price, of $15. The price is lowered to $12 with the $3 discount coupon. Bingo in the bingo tent is from 5 to 10 p.m. Rabbit Live Meat Judging begins in the rabbit barn at 6 p.m. The semifinals of the Karaoke contest begins at 7 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. This is a free event for anyone who has paid admission to the fair. AutoCross begins at 7 p.m. in the grandstand. Tickets are $9 each. Grandstand tickets do not include admission to the fair. The Expo building closes at 10 p.m. Children’s Day Wednesday, July 19, is a family friendly event. There are 4-H activities, fun on kid’s lane activites, the CN train with tour the fairgrounds and more. Youth horse judging begins at 8 a.m. in the horse arena. Youth beef judging, starts in the show arena at 9 a.m. The clowning display begins at 10 a.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. Also at 10 a.m., the 4-H rabbit skill-a-thon begins in the rabbit barn. The Expo building opens at 11 a.m. The W.G. Wade Shows Children's Day begins at noon with a pay one price of $8 until 6 p.m. Ridegoers can then pay one price of $15 until closing time. Children’s activities in the Master and 4-H Gardens begin at 12:30 p.m. Hastings Community Music School members will display their talents in concert from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. This is a free concert. The bingo tent opens at 5 p.m. The Puff the Dragon-kids pedal pull begins at 5 p.m. behind the Expo building. The youth dog agility class begins in the show arena at 6 p.m. Pete and the Parrot Heads perform music of the ’50s and ’60s in a free concert in the Union Bank Community Tent at 6:30 p.m. The Professional Rodeo begins in the grandstand at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each. The expo building closes at 10 p.m. On Ladies Day, Thursday, July 19, admission is $2.50 until noon. Youth dairy judging begins in the show arena at 8 a.m. and the youth horse judging contest begins at 9 a.m. This is followed by horse games and contests in the horse arena. The Ladies' Day program begins in the Union Bank Community Tent at 10 a.m. Free admission welcomes women of all ages to the light refreshments and program sponsored by Felpausch. The Expo building opens at 11 a.m. The W.G. Wade Shows open at 1 p.m. with a pay one price of $15 or $12 with the discount coupon. The youth Karaoke contest will be in the Union Bank Community from 1 t 5 p.m. Bingo is in the bingo tent from 5 to 10 p.m. The small animal sale begins at 5:30 p.m. in the show arena. Rent, Taxes & High Mortgage Payments Getting You Down? At 6 p.m., team competition begins in the horse arena. The Karaoke finals, begin at 7 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. At dusk, everyone can take the candlelight garden walk in the 4-H and Master Gardens. Pick-up and semi-pulls begin in the grandstand at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9. The Expo building closes at 10 p.m. On Friday, July 20, the horse arena is the place to be for youth draft horse juding and competitions, beginning at 9 a.m. The Expo building opens at 11 a.m. The livestock sale in the show arena begins at noon with registration at 11 a.m. The W.G. Wade shows open at 1 p.m. with a pay one price of $15 for all rides until 6 p.m. with regular prices charged from 6 p.m. until closing. There is bingo in the bingo tent from 5 until 10 p.m. The Smyrna Band with guest Hank Butler performs in a free concert beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. The candlelight garden walk begins at dusk. Motocross begins in the grandstand at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9. The Expo Building closes at 11 p.m. The final day of the fair, Saturday, July 21, will begin with the 8:30 a.m. Show of Champions in the Show Arena. There are free antique tractor pulls in the grandstand at 10 a.m. Water ball fights with local fire departments will get under way at 10 a.m. The Expo building is open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. At noon the the W.G. Wade Shows open with a pay one price of $15 until 6 p.m., with regular prices charged from 6 p.m. until closing. The 2007 Barry County Fair Speed Show will begin at noon in the horse arenas. The Youth Fair Awards Celebration sponsored by J-Ad Graphics begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Union Bank Community Tent. Bingo in the bingo tent is from 5 to 10 p.m. The youth tractor driving contest is at 3 p.m. Livestock fashion show begins in the show arena at 3 p.m. The Taste of Michigan is from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Union BankCommunity Tent. The final grandstand show is the demolition derby, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9 apiece. Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Phone 517-852-1514 Why not consider the benefits of owning a manufactured home. Thornapple Lake Estates offers a new inventory of homes to choose from, both Double Wide and Single Wide Homes. • Less expensive than traditional mortgages • Less expensive than renting • Comparably low Lot Rent to include water, sewer & waste disposal • Free Lot Rent and/or other “Move In” incentives when purchasing a home from Thornapple Lake Estates • Financing available to Qualified Buyers • Low Down Payment Requirements Phone Us Today at: 517-852-1514 Or Stop By 02674177 4th Annual 4 Person Scramble with hole events and great prices! Date: Saturday, July 14th • Cost: $200.00 per team All Proceeds to Benefit Local Charities! • Big Brothers - Big Sisters • Leadership Barry County • Habitat For Humanity • Thornapple Arts Council 2007 Sponsors Signature Sponsor: MainStreet Savings Bank • Coleman Insurance Agency • Grange Insurance Companies • J-Ad Graphics • WBCH Radio • Hastings Fiberglass • Driesbach Motors • Edward Jones (Mark Christensen) • NBT Screen Printing & Embroidery • Progressive Graphics • Priority Collision • Hastings Country Club 02674467 Sign your team up today and support your community while having a great day of fun and golf! Business/organization________________________________________________________________ Contact name ______________________________________________________________________ Day Phone __________________Evening Phone ________________Email __________________ Address __________________________________________________________________________ City ____________________________________State ______________Zip __________________ Team Member 1 Gender - r Male r Female ____________________________________________________ Team Member 2 Gender - r Male r Female ____________________________________________________ Team Member 3 Gender - r Male r Female ____________________________________________________ Team Member 4 Gender - r Male r Female ____________________________________________________ Enclosed is my check/money order for $200.00 per team made payable to the Hastings Country Club Mail this registration and payment to: Hastings Country Club - MSB Charity Golf Outing PO Box 128, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-2756 • www.hastingscc.org Or pick-up registration forms at Hastings Country Club Pro Shop �Page 16 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Soccer teams set some school records in 2007 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There were high’s and low’s for the area’s varsity girls’ soccer teams in the spring. Thornapple Kellogg battled with Caledonia for the runner-up spot in the O-K Gold Conference all season long, behind South Christian, before the Hastings Saxons sur- prised the Trojans late in the season. TK twice tied the Fighting Scots, who finished just ahead of them in the conference standings. The Trojans’ saw two of their top players ever, in Ashleigh Lund and Ellen Phillips finish their senior seasons and make plans to continue playing at the college level. Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley battled each other in the Kalamazoo Valley Association for the first time, with the Panthers getting the best of the Lions. Although Hackett Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian again ran away with the league. Lakewood also saw some of the top competition in the state on a regular basis, facing off against teams like DeWitt and Williamston in the Capital Area Activities Conference Division 3. The Vikings still managed to set a new team record for wins in 2007. Maple Valley was able to celebrate one win this season, knocking off its rivals from Olivet 1-0 in the KVA tournament. Here’s a list of the 2007 All-Barry County varsity girls’ soccer teams. Girls’ Soccer Sam VanDenack by Brett Bremer Johnson Field next to be taken over by artificial turf I’m waiving the white flag. In Mary Schmich’s 1997 Chicago Tribune column, which has since been made famous by e-mail forwards and the tune “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen”) on Baz Luhrmann’s 1999 album “Something for Everybody”, she urged the graduating class of 1997 to... “Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.” That’s right up there with death and taxes. Now apparently there is one more thing to add to that list, artificial turf. Seems like someday soon it will be a fantasy that high school football was played on natural grass, soccer teams had their own stadiums, and bands practiced in the parking lot. Okay, so it is a pretty good step up for the band. While I was off on vacation last week the Banner reported that an anonymous donation of $624,006 will allow the Hastings High School to install artificial turf on Johnson Field. The donation came from the same person who donated $300,000 for new bleachers. Hastings’ athletic director Mike Goggins sent me an e-mail saying that the old bleachers were being torn out on Wednesday by a group 40 or so student athletes, parents and coaches, who’d be back at it again on Thursday. It was tough to miss the artificial turf at big events last year. When Caledonia played East Grand Rapids in the state semifinals in football last fall, they played on the turf at East Kentwood. On the infield at the Division 2 track regional, which Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg, and Delton Kellogg participated in this spring, was the artificial turf at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids. On the infield at the Division 2 track and field state finals, was the Zeeland High School’s fancy new artificial turf. It’s everywhere, well almost. I’d gladly scoop up the natural turf on the football field behind the Maple Valley High School and plant that in my back yard. That must be why the Lions’ have had a tough time with their budget lately, keeping all that real grass in tip-top shape. I tried to make a big stink when Thornapple Kellogg bulldozed under the grass in Bob White Stadium to lay down artificial turf. The Trojans even had to pay for that themselves. I went so far as to compare the event to Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi”, and wrote my own words to the tune about how they “paved paradise and put up a parking lot”. Johnson Field doesn’t feel like paradise to me, and it doesn’t have any of the special memories for me that Bob White Stadium did. Neither does Pierce Field for me, where the Saxons play soccer, as compared to the former Eric C. DeGroote at TK. They named the new scoreboard at TK after DeGroote, and the old field has been all but abandoned by the varsity with the exception øf a practice area. Is Pierce Field just going to be a really fancy junior varsity field now? Maybe Johnson Field will feel like a paradise when this is all done. There’s already the new fieldhouse, the new entry way, there will be new bleachers, and now new artificial turf. It’s going to be a whole new stadium when the Saxons take the field for the first time in the fall. I haven’t heard a complaint about the turf in Middleville yet, except from “old-timers” who believe grass is the way to go. That seems to be the fantasy now, and artificial turf’s the reality. First Team Lacey Chase, Lakewood: The Vikings’ senior goal keeper set a new school record for best goalie percentage at 2.63-percent, and head coach Paul Gonzales said she was a big reason why their team won a record number of games. Chase was voted honorable mention allconference in the CAAC-3 this season, and was an all-district performer as well. Kayla Durham, Lakewood: A four-year starter at Lakewood, Durham earned all-conference first team and all-district first team honors this year, as well as honorable mention all state in Division 3. “This year Kayla became an all around team player as she was asked to play several positions including defense to help the team win games,” said Gonzales. She finished the year with nine goals and two assists. Natalie Knorp, Hastings: The Saxons’ center-midfielder was a team captain for the third time this season, after missing her freshman season with the varsity with an injury, and was named the team MVP and an all-conference performer in each of those three seasons. She had four goals and seven assists this season, and finished her varsity career with 27 goals and 41 assists. Ashleigh Lund, Middleville: Lund holds four scoring records at Thornapple Kellogg, for most career points (171), career assists (51), most goals (60), and the single season assist record (20). She had 16 goals and six assists this spring, in her fourth and final year with the Trojan varsity. Lund earned all-state honors twice during her career, all-region honors twice, all-district honors three times, and all-conference honors in all four seasons. She will continue her soccer, and basketball, playing days at Cornerstone College. Christian Main, Lakewood: Voted the Vikings’ best defensive player this year, as a sophomore, her second season at sweeper for Lakewood’s varsity. She was also honorable mention all-conference in the CAAC-3. “She has great field vision to direct the defense with her verbal skills, and has great speed and toughness to keep offensive minded players out of our defensive end,” said Gonzales. Ellen Phillips, Middleville: Phillips was the backbone of the Thornapple Kellogg defense for four years, and contributed to 35 shut outs during her career as a sweeper. She earned all-state honors this season, was an all-district player three times, and an allconference performer all four seasons. She will continue her soccer playing days at the University of Milwaukee. Katie Searles, Delton Kellogg: Searles had an outstanding season at forward for Delton Kellogg, leading her team with eight goals, and shared the team’s most outstanding offensive player award with Kelsie Smith. Searles was first-team all-conference in the KVA, while also competing in track and field for Delton this spring. She was an all-area performer as named by the Battle Creek Enquirer. Dana Shilling, Hastings: Another threeyear Saxon captain, and three-time all-conference honorable mention performer, Shilling moved from sweeper to an outside midfield spot for her senior year. She had seven goals and four assists on the season, and finished her career with 18 goals and 11 assists. She has plans to attend Albion College, where she will play basketball. Kelsie Smith, Delton Kellogg: Smith was second on the Panther team with seven goals this season from her midfield spot, and was named the team’s offensive player of the year and the team MVP. Smith also received first team all-conference honors in the KVA, was first-team alldistrict, and was an all-area performer as named by the Battle Creek Enquirer. Samantha VanDenack, Hastings: As a junior, VanDenack led the Saxons with nine goals and seven assists, and was named an allconference performer for the second time. She moved back from her usual forward spot at times this spring, to play center midfield. During her career on the Saxon varsity she has compiled 38 goals and 22 assists. Val VanBemden, Middleville: A senior this spring, it was her third year as the starting stopper for the Trojans. VanBemden had one goal and two assists this season. Girls’ Soccer Second Team Kelsey Brownell, Delton Kellogg: Brownell was named Delton Kellogg’s defensive player of the year, and was honorable mention all-conference in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. She had 27 blocks on the season, and 14 steals. Ellie Devroy, Hastings: The Saxons’ junior sweeper, was a team captain in 2007. She had one goal and four assists on the year. Saxon head coach Sara Derrico called Devroy a “very strong, quick, composed player” who was the “backbone of the defense”. Ashley Durham, Lakewood: Durham scored seven goals and had four assists for the Vikings this spring, as a freshman forward/midfielder. She was voted by her team as its best offensive player, and was named the team’s Rookie of the Year by her coach. Durham was also strong when coach Gonzales asked her to play defense in a league contest against Fowlerville. The Gladiator’s top scorer had 16 shots on goal in the first game against the Vikings, then just two with Durham shadowing her. Shelby Rouse, Delton Kellogg: Another piece of Delton Kellogg’s strong offensive attack in 2007, Rouse finished the season with six goals. She was named an all-district performer for her efforts this spring. Janie O’Donnell, Lakewood: Another Ashleigh Lund young defender for the Vikings, just a sophomore who saw time at fullback and sweeper. She also scored two goals and had an assist during at stint at center mid. She was honorable mention all-conference in the CAAC-3 this season, and was a first team all-district performer along with being one of the Vikings’ team captains. Danielle Palmer, Lakewood: One more sophomore defender for the Lakewood varsity, Palmer was all-conference honorable mention this spring and earned the player with heart award from her coach. “Danielle is a non-stop worker on D, as she always gave her all,” said Viking head coach Paul Gonzales. “Her strong points are her ability to fend off an attacker and her defensive headers.” Kate Scheidel, Middleville: A firsts-time goalie with great hands, Scheidel made 85 saves on 120 shots on goal this season guarding the TK net. With Scheidel in goal, the Trojans recorded nine shut-outs. She was named an all-district performer this season. Katie Smith, Delton Kellogg: Smith had a solid year on defense for the Delton Kellogg varsity team. She had 26 blocks and 15 steals. She was named honorable mention all-conference in the KVA. Heidi VanderHeide, Middleville: A threeyear starter at center-midfield for the Trojans, VanderHeide was solid once again as a junior for the Trojans. She had one assist on the season. Molly Wallace, Hastings: A senior defender on the outside for the Saxons, head coach Sara Derrico said that Wallace saved some games for the Saxons this spring. Wallace had one assist as well this season. Molly Wilson, Middleville: A sophomore in her second season with the varsity, Wilson provided Lund with lots of help up front in the Trojan attack. She finished the year with four goals and a pair of assists. Lakewood grad wins Demo Derby by Helen Mudry Staff Writer There were 16 cars that started the last Saturday’s (June 30) Lake Odessa Demolition Derby and when the dust had settled, Adam Wrubel’s 1988 Lincoln Towncar was the last engine running. Most drivers put the pedal to the metal but Wrubel’s goal was to put the metal to the metal. Adam, a 2005 Lakewood graduate from Woodland and his cousin Mike Wrubel, a 1999 Lakewood graduate from Clarksville worked together to get two cars ready so they could both compete in the annual “in your face” tribute to Detroit. Mike has competed in the Derby before but Adam said his entry was a last minute spontaneous decision. He had a car he was going to use, but Mike told him it was too rusty. So Adam drove a car Mike had used in previous derbies. They put in an engine from a Chevy Camero 350 and a different transmission. Mike works at Manning Equipment in Lansing and was able to use the tools there. Mike drove a 1997 Lincoln Towncar. His engine blew up four hours before the derby so they put a modified Corvette engine in it. To get the car ready for competition, Adam said you basically have to tear the car down to the frame. The fuel is limited to a five gallon tank in the back seat. Mike and Adam started painting their cars using black paint but ran out before Adam’s was finished. He finished his with school busyellow and since the back end was already smashed in, he called it the “Short Bus.” He chose the racing numbers 260 after the numbers he wore when he played football. “I was nervous at first but got into it when Adam Wrubel shows off his trophy after winning the demolition derby June 30 at the Lake Odessa Fair. the derby began,” said Adam. “Save the front end” was Mike’s advice. Adam said the other drivers went after Mike trying to knock him out of the competition. They didn’t bother with him as much. “I guess they figured I was new at this and not a real threat,” said Adam. “I really learned a lot from Mike.” Adams shared some of the prize purse with him as a thank you gesture. After the race, some of the drivers relaxed at the beer tent, but Adam was not old enough so he relaxed by watching the fire works. He seems to have suffered no lasting injuries, just a sore back and neck. The cousins had a big cheering section in the grand stand with family and friends. One of Adam’s biggest fans was Grandmother Joyce Wrubel, who cheered from home. “I’m proud of him but I’d be just as happy if he didn’t do it next year,” she said. Adam has other plans though. The junior at Grand Valley is already planning for next year’s derby. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — Page 17 County sent two golfers to the finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There was some rebuilding going on on the Barry County golf courses this spring, and that will continue into the fall as the girls’ varsity golf season gets set to begin again. A couple local golfers finished building their legacies on the area links, as seniors Caitlin Chamberlin of Thornapple Kellogg and Erin Fluke of Hastings finished the year at the Division 2 state finals hosted by Forest Akers East on the campus of Michigan State University. Chamberlin earned all-state honors for the first time in her career. Chamberlin and Fluke also both earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold Conference this spring. A solid group of youngsters emerged behind the senior leaders at TK, Hastings, and Lakewood which should make for an interesting fall season. Here is the (spring) 2007 All-Barry County girls’ golf team. That helped her lower her season nine-hole average in O-K Gold Conference play to 55.6. Another Saxon sophomore, she had an overall nine-hole average for the season of 55.44. Stephanie Axdorff, Lakewood: A Viking senior co-captain along with Kent, Axdorff had the top score by a Viking at the regional tournament with a 104. She also shot a 105 at the conference tournament. Axdorff contributed the team’s second-best score, of a 50, as it shot its best round of the season, a 197 Groesbeck Golf Course. Girls’ Golf Catcher Cassie Knauss shows off the state championship trophy after her Michigan Athletics 14-and-under team took the title in Mount Pleasant the weekend of July 1. Lion catcher helps ASA team to title Maple Valley catcher Cassie Knauss ended her freshman season with the Lion varsity softball this spring by being named first team all-conference in the KVA, as well as an alldistrict and all-county performer. Playing with the Michigan Athletics Fastpitch Softball Club’s 14-and-under team, based out of Kalamazoo, in the Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) this summer she helped her team to a state championship. The Athletics won the ASA 14U “A” State Championship, beating some of the premier established teams in the state including the Oakland Sidewinders (Detroit), Compuware (Canton), and Finesse (Detroit). Knauss is the starting Catcher for the Michigan Athletics, and caught all but one game during the championship weekend of June 28th through July 1 in Mt. Pleasant. The championship earned the team a birth in the USA/ASA National Championships to be held in Bloomington/Normal, IL, July 29 Aug. 5. Over 125 teams from California to Maine will be in Bloomington/Normal to vie for the 14U “A” National Championship. The team is coached by former University of Michigan record-holding kicker Mike Gillette, who also went on to be a catcher in the Detroit Tigers’ organization. Gillette is assisted by Jeff Edgerle, who has been a hitting instructor and trainer in west Michigan for nine years. Knauss was named Maple Valley’s team MVP this spring, and set a new record for assists by a catcher with 195. Hurless earns international tourney invite After an outstanding performance in the USA Junior Nationals all-state high school basketball competition, Brandi Hurless, daughter of Jon and Lori Hurless who will be a senior at Hastings High School this fall has been invited to an international basketball competition. Brandi, based upon her performance, has been invited to participate in the prestigious USA Junior Nationals “International Sports Festival” in Columbus, Ohio from July 2329. Based in Ann Arbor, the USA Junior Nationals provides one of the top amateur competitions in the United States and offers its program to all athletes who have a high talent level in basketball and want to develop their skills and techniques through statewide, national, and international competition. The group passes information about its participating athletes on to educational institutions throughout the U.S. and Canada for possible scholarship opportunities. Athletes who demonstrate advanced skills, team leadership, competitive spirit, and good sportsmanship go on to the next level of play, which is the “International Sports Festival”. Girls’ Golf Second Team Katy Fluke, Hastings: Fluke, a sophomore, had the Saxons’ top score in their O-K Gold Conference jamboree hosted by Wayland at Orchard Hills with a 48. She finished the season with an average of 55.3 strokes per nine holes, and 110 strokes per 18-hole round. Kacy Hooten, Hastings: Broke 50 in league play with a 49 as the Saxons hosted the league at Hastings’ Country Club on May 5. Erin Fluke J-Ad Graphics and the Hastings Athletic Boosters proudly presents THE BUZZ YOUNGS LEGENDS GOLF CLASSIC Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at Hastings Country Club 4-Person Scramble • 8:30 a.m. Shot Gun Start — Cash Prizes — First… $500 • Second… $300 $75.00 per person includes: 2 Blind Draws… $100 each 3 Closest to the pin - 4 Long Drives (2 males/2 females), 50/50 closest to the pin, Skins game (optional), Raffle table. Jock Clarey, Lew Lang, Jack Hoke, Robert Carlson, Patricia Murphy, Richard Guenther, Bruce McDowell, Bernie Oom, Tony Turkal, Robert VanderVeen, Dr. Jim Atkinson, Carl Schoessel, Larry Melendy, Cynthia Robbe, William Karpinski, Ernest Strong, Dennis Storrs, Earlene and Larry Baum, Dave Furrow and our 2007 Legend: Judy Anderson. Contact Hastings Country Club to sign up (269) 945-2756 1550 0 North h Broaddway 86BE HE::9 hedgih��eZg[dgbVcXZ��Zc]VcXZbZci��ZYjXVi^dc��VcY��YZkZadebZci Brandi Hurless The Hometown Boys are raising the roof on their future home located on Star School Road in Hastings! According to Neil Wilder “We will be raising the roof but not our prices.” Wilder’s Tire & Auto Service 269-948-2192 02675165 818 E. Clinton St., Hastings greens fee for 18 holes of golf, lunch and dinner. LEGENDS… hedchdgZY�Wn�=Vhi^c\h�Dgi]deZY^X�8a^c^X News! Flash AUTO CARE CENTER First Team Caitlin Chamberlin, Middleville: The Trojan senior made her second trip to the MHSAA state finals this spring, where she finished in a four-way tie for seventh place with a 158 over the course of the 36-hole tournament at Forest Akers East in East Lansing. She finished second at the O-K Gold Conference tournament at the Meadows, and had the second-best overall nine-hole average in league play at 42.7. Macy Chamberlin, Middleville: In the Trojans’ top three all season long, Chamberlin tied for the team lead with a 45 in the O-K Gold Conference jamboree hosted by Wayland at Orchard Hills. She just missed all-conference honors, placing 16th overall in the league with a ninehole average of 50.7. Erin Fluke, Hastings: Fluke led the Saxons all season long, in her senior campaign. She fired a 39 in the first conference jamboree of the season and went on to take all-conference honors. Her nine-hole average of 45.1 was sixth best in the Gold. She finished her career at the Division 2 state finals where she tied for 24th with a score of 170. Rachelle Kent, Lakewood: One of the Vikings’ senior captains, Kent earned allleague honorable mention in the CAAC II-III this season. She ended with a 53.8 stroke average for 9 holes, and 109 for 18 holes. Her low “nine” was a 44 at Groesbeck, and her low “18” was a 99 at the league tournament at Centennial Acres. Ashley Martin, Middleville: Martin earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold as a junior, finishing with the league’s tenth best nine-hole average at 47.3. Her 37 at the jamboree hosted by South Christian at Railside was the best score in the conference for the day. Paige Pumford, Hastings: A freshman who got better and better as the season went on. In the final four nine-hole matches of the season she was under 50 each time, leading Hastings with a 46 at the final league jamboree hosted by South Christian. She had the second-best score by a Saxon at the O-K Gold conference tournament, a 106. �Page 18 — Thursday, July 12, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Tony Dunkelberger Memorial golf tourney slated for July 14 The seventh annual “Crunch Classic,” in memory of the late Tony Dunkelberger will be teeing off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday July 14, at Mulberry Fore in Nashville. Not only will the men get to tee off from the ladies’ tees if they choose to wear a skirt or dress, they also will get to take a twirl at dinner and dancing at the Nashville VFW. The golfers will receive all this for $45. Beginning at about 6:30 p.m., duffers who strutted their stuff on the links can head to the VFW Hall for free dinner and dancing, with music supplied by disc jockey Kyle Christopher. Others are welcome to attend the dinner and dancing event, at a cost of $5. A host of prizes will be given out from area merchants. All proceeds will be going to raise money for a scholarship in Dunkelberger’s name, to a Maple Valley football player. This year’s recipient was Eric Westendorp. Dunkelberger was known for many things at Maple Valley, such as an athlete, meat cutter and a teacher, but also as a husband, father and friend who is still missed by many. The golf outing will be a four-person bestball scramble, which opens with a shotgun start. Those who have any questions or would like to donate any money toward the scholarship fund should feel free to call LeRoy Starks at 852-9698 or Brian Chaffee at 8520795. Hearing on sports seasons intervention is cancelled SCMYB 10U and 14U champions The Bosley Pharmacy/Viking team from Hastings took the 10-and-under championship this summer in the South Central Michigan Youth Baseball League. Team members are (front from left) Elijah Evans, Austyn Dawe, Keegan Harvath, Matthew Westbrook, Cole Harden, Alec Harden, Drew White, (back) coach Harding, Taylor Harding, Adam Post, Owen Post, Logan Poll, Terrick Smith, and coach Larsen. The Hastings Elks team won the 2007 South Central Michigan Youth Baseball 14-and-under championship this summer. Team members are (front from left) Tyler Dewitt, Alex Auer, Mitchell Brisboe, Justin Keeler, Ryan McPhall, Casey Shaeffer, (back) coach Wilkinson, Kevin Mauer, Garrett Wilkinson, Micah Huver, Tim Hanlon, John Kalmink, Sean McKeough, and coach Brisboe. Missing from photo is Corey Bunge. More information about the SCMYB can be found at the legaue’s website www.scmyb.com. Fastpitch Hall will enshrine new class Sat. The Freeport Fastpitch Hall of Fame will induct its 2007 class on Saturday, at the diamonds in Freeport. An induction ceremony will begin around noon, between games of the annual Hall of Fame tournament. There are five inductees this season, chosen by a group of current Hall of Fame members. This year’s inductees include Mace Thomas, an infielder/outfielder with several teams from Hastings; Dale Johnson, a pitcher A scheduled session of the United States Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Kalamazoo on Thursday (July 12) to hear oral presentations on Motions to Intervene in the sports seasons litigation involving the Michigan High School Athletic Association and its member schools has been cancelled. The session before Judge Richard Enslen, at which parties representing girls’ tennis and Upper Peninsula soccer interests were to appear, has not been rescheduled. A timetable for a decision regarding the Motions to Intervene is not known. The motions sought to modify the District Court’s previously-approved seasons placement switches, which will see tennis for girls and golf for boys in the Lower Peninsula moving to the spring; girls’ golf and boys’ tennis in the Lower Peninsula moving to the fall; girls’ volleyball moving to the fall; girls’ basketball moving to the winter; and the MHSAA offering Upper Peninsula soccer tournaments for girls in the fall and boys in the spring. Fall practices begin on Aug. 9 for Lower Peninsula girls’ golf; and Aug. 13 for girls’ volleyball, Lower Peninsula boys’ tennis and Upper Peninsula soccer. Lake Odessa Fair volleyball winners celebrate victory These are the 16-and-under volleyball champs from this year’s Lake Odessa Fair tournament. They were undefeated for the day. Pictured are Lexie Spetoskey (from left), Ashley Dykhouse, Mariah Hewitt, Bob Leonard, Chelsea Lake, Cameron Rowland and Anthony Spetoskey in front. (Photo provided) • from Lowell; pitcher Bill Wieland; outfielder Merle Martin who played in the outfield for both the Sunfield Lions and Hastings Manufacturing teams; and Rich Kunde who is being honored for meritorious service. LAKEFRONT RELAXATION • Only 30 Minutes south of Grand Rapids Open 7 Days a Week for Lunch & Dinner! Hastings Middle School East Gym ( Prime Time Dinner Specials from $10.95 4-5:30pm Sunday - Thursday ( Summer Room Rates From $85 Visit our website for photos, menu & specials! www.baypointeinn.com 1900024-01 Saturday, July 14, 2007 • 10:00am - Noon ( Sunday Brunch 10am-2pm, $17.95/Adults • $8.95/Kids 5-12 yrs. 06654897 H.Y.A.A. Fall Football & Cheerleading Sign-Up Casual Outdoor Dining Overlooking Beautiful Gun Lake 1-888-GUN-LAKE • 11456 Marsh Rd. Shelbyville A Parent Must Be Present At Sign-Up Sign-up is open to all children who will be in grades 3rd through 8th grade for the 2007-2008 school year. Space is limited for both football and cheerleading. 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Program, please call: Sally Teunessen at 948-2791 or Val Slaughter at 269-420-1406 Small Town Friendly, Personal Service 06654815 Jennie Decker 77514066 All Your Insurance Needs � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-07-19.pdf f6d3fff65a8b6e74196956a3302bcead PDF Text Text Arts Council director leaving post Board members make a difference Hall’s newest five gather for induction ceremony See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 29 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, July 19, 2007 Recall effort seeks to oust NEWS Commissioner VanNortwick BRIEFS Open house set for ‘New Bliss’ BCN Technical Services will have an open house at noon Friday, Aug. 3, celebrating 150 years of press building under the name of "Bliss" in 2007. Mueller Weingarten (a Germanybased, world-leading metal stamping press manufacturer) purchased in last September the assets of BCN Inc. in Hastings and is running the facility now under the name of BCN Technical Services. Since September, the factory building has been remodeled and restructured, focusing on spare parts manufacturing and press services. Business is going well for us, which has allowed us to even increase the number of employees from 60 to 70, a 17 % increase!” said Roland Kuehnel, chief financial officer. “And we are contemplating expanding the facility further over the course of the next months. “We are inviting the families of our employees, retirees, our customers and the local community.” The doors will open at lunchtime; food and drinks as well as entertainment (also for kids) will be provided. This will be an opportunity so see the facilities and the presses; talk to employees and management and see what is happening at the "New Bliss." Musical Festival II at Charlton Park A bluegrass/country music festival will be held Sunday afternoon, July 29, at Historic Charlton Park. The festival is the second such event to be held this summer. The first one several weeks ago was so well attended and received that organizer Neil Wilder promised another one in keeping with the theme of making the park more open and accessible more often to the public. Scheduled to perform are Bluegrass Twist from Kalamazoo at 3 p.m., Roy and Jean Ballinger & Friends from the Kalamazoo area at 4:15, the Windy Mountain Boys from Jackson at 5:30, and the Northern Blue String band from Nashville at 6:45. For more information, call Charlton Park at 945-3775. Golf for Charity event planned The Hastings Elks Lodge #1965 will hold its annual golf outing at Riverbend Golf Course Saturday, Aug. 14, to benefit Green Gables Haven and the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. The cost is $50 per person with a total of $200 per four-person team. For more information, call Green Gables Haven at (269) 945-0526 or the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 945-3264. Senior Saturday set at Pennock A special “Senior Saturday” event is planned for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 21, at the Pennock Hospital Conference Center. Senior citizens can enjoy a free breakfast, tour Pennock Village and the Health and Wellness Center, attend free health seminars, register for free drawings and See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by David T. Young Editor A clarity hearing on a request to recall Seventh District Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick was held Wednesday afternoon at the probate courtroom in downtown Hastings. The initiative has been made by George Hubka of Dowling, Baltimore Township, a constituent who filed his request July 2 with the county clerk’s office. Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith said a minimum of 733 petition signatures are necessary in order for there to be an election. She said once the wording is approved at the clar- See RECALL, page 7 Dragging a dead celebrity contestant Jeff VanNortwick George Hubka Pat(ricia) Sajack, Bob(bie) Barker and a Sherlock Holmes-style detective look on in horror as Babe Ruth and John Wayne drag a “dead” contestant out of the audience during a rehearsal for “Dead Celebrity Bingo.” The Thornapple Players will perform this unusual program Saturday, July 21, at the Elks Lodge in Hastings. The event will begin with a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. with dinner and the two-act performance following. The cost is $15 per person, and tickets are available at the Elks Lodge. The money raised will go toward the Elks scholarship fund. EMU firings have no effect on family by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The father of murdered Eastern Michigan coed Laura Dickinson says the firing Monday of EMU President John Fallon for his role in covering up the initial investigation has no real impact on his feelings in the case. “Their actions were natural,” said Robert Dickinson, owner of State Ground Coffee House in downtown Hastings. “It was just Eastern Michigan University’s response to taking care of what they needed to take care of. “We didn’t ask them to fire the president. This is not something we have any control over. This is their reaction to the mistakes they made in regards to Laura’s death and it is just them trying to clean up and take care of their own house.” Fallon, Vice President of Student Affairs Jim Vick and the Director of EMU Public Safety Cindy Hall all were fired by the university for their respective roles in what has been ruled an attempt by officials at the university to mislead the public about the facts surrounding Laura Dickinson’s murder. Dickinson’s body was found in her dorm room on Dec. 15 and initially the university issued a press release stating no foul play was suspected in her death. This, despite the initial coroner’s report which stated clearly that foul play was suspected in the student’s death. “We didn’t ask them to fire the president. This is not something we have any control over. This is their reaction to the mistakes they made in regards to Laura’s death and it is just them trying to clean up and take care of their own house.” — Robert Dickinson EMU student Orange Taylor III was arrested more than two months later, in late Februrary, and was charged in the rape and murder of Dickinson, and the university admitted publicly for the first time that Dickinson’s death was a homicide. A report of the university’s handling of the case by a private law firm and later by the U. S. Department of Education charged the case was mishandled from the very beginning and critical information was withheld from the public in violation of the federal Clery Act. The university’s faculty association called for Fallon’s dismissal, citing the lack of critical information put students, faculty and staff in danger over that two-month period. “We are hoping that other universities around the state are examining their policies and procedures and fixing what needs to be fixed,” Robert Dickinson said. “EMU did this on their own and now we hope that others follow suit. “There were a lot of bad choices made,” he said, “and we hope that EMU and other universities around the state can learn from this and make changes to insure it doesn’t happen again.” Taylor is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 15 for his trial on charges of rape and first degree murder. New economic development director hired Valerie Byrnes has been chosen new executive director of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce and the Barry County Economic Development Alliance. Byrnes will be leaving her position as economic development specialist at the Newaygo County Economic Development Office to take the Barry County position. “Initially what attracted me to it was some of the similarities of a rural nature to Newaygo County,” said Byrnes of the Barry County job opening. Byrnes said she looks forward to maximizing what she has learned through her previous experience. She has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Davenport University, and she also has experience owning her own business. Byrnes said her strengths will be in maximizing tourism money for the area. She said some of the county’s strengths are its natural resources, such as rivers and lakes, its business growth, and its opportunity to enter into partnerships and keep pace with surrounding areas. After settling into her new position, Byrnes said the first thing she wants to do is become acquainted with the area to understand what has already been done and to see what strategies are in place. “My goal is to make progress with things that have already been done,” she said. She said one of her next plans is to help create a rural model for entrepreneurial development through Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED). Byrnes said she would like to use available grant money to connect the rural community with an urban center, Grand Rapids. “That could be a stepping stone for Barry County to look at other programs as well as look at potential funding for the new program,” she said. Byrnes said that she can see herself making a long-term commitment to Barry County. “I am not here for a short term,” she said. “My goal is to really be in a community that is well-rounded, has a lot to offer.” Byrnes added that if Barry County can attract her, she believes it can attract other people here as well. Byrnes will start her new position Monday, Aug. 13. She currently lives in Holland with her daughters Ashley, 16, and Emily, 9. Valerie Byrnes Waiting with the ‘wings’ Mia Grassman awaits her turn to show her chicken in the showmanship class during the 4-H competition at the Barry County Fair, which continues through this weekend. For more information, see inside today’s edition of the Banner. (Photo by Dan Goggins) �Page 2 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page gifts, get free blood pressure checks and depression screenings. For more information, call 948-5871. City Bank plans Medicaid seminar Hastings City Bank’s Trust and Investment Group will have a Medicaid seminar from 6 to 7 p.m. tonight (Thursday, July 19) in the community room at the Hastings office, 150 W. Court St. Local attorney Robert Longstreet will discuss major changes in Medicaid and nursing home care eligibility: What you need to know to avoid losing your assets to a nursing home stay. Topics covered will include: • Changes in Medicaid Eligibility limits for nursing home patient and spouse. • Are homes still exempt? • Is Michigan going to enact an "Estate Recovery" program? • New rules regarding penalties for gifts to family members. • What assets can I keep? • How much income can I keep? • What are the available methods to preserve my estate for my family? There will be an opportunity for questions and comments. This informational seminar is offered at no charge to the community. Please reserve a place by calling Nancy Goodin at 269948-5579 Dead Celebrity Bingo is Saturday The Thornapple Players will perform Dead Celebrity Bingo Saturday evening, July 21, to raise money for the annual Elks scholarship. The event will be a dinner theater open to the public. Some celebrities who will make appearances at the event are John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Elvis Presley and Judy Garland as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” Tickets cost $15 each and are available at the Elks Lodge. There will be a social hour from 6 to 7 p.m., and dinner will follow. Dinner will include pork, summer salads and desserts appropriate to the evening (devil’s or angel food cake). Fifty cents from each beverage sold and all proceeds will go toward the scholarship fund. Every year, the Elks club gives two $500 scholarships. Fountain Fridays series continues The Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series will continue July 20 in downtown Hastings. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. “Hurry the Jug,” which plays and records around Michigan and can be found every year at the Wheatland Music organization’s traditional folk arts festival and the WMO Wheatland Bluegrass Festival, will perform at the next session. The remainder of the schedule consists of Pacific Lite, which brings pop variety with a jazz flavor July 27; Hastings own Thornapple River Boys return with a bluegrass sound Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 The Child Abuse Prevention Council is offering community members the opportunity to live out their “Idol” dreams in Barry County, but only until Friday, July 27. The Barry County Idol Contest: Sing for Kids Sake will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Entries must be received by July 27. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday evening, July 20, with the popular Grand River Blue Cats, who will bring their blues inspired sound to the Gazebo stage. Then next Wednesday, July 25, a band from Denmark which is park of the Blue Lake Music Festival, will bring its unique sound to the Riverbank, beginning at 7 p.m. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Baby-sitting class series scheduled The American Red Cross and 4-H will sponsor a series of baby-sitting camps this month and next. The sessions will be held at the Thornapple Valley Church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27; Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 7, and Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10. Successful graduates will be certified by the American Red Cross. Cost is $50 for each baby-sitter student. For more information or to register, call (616) 456-8661. Neighborhood pig roast slated Pleasantview Family Church will have a neighborhood pig roast from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 22. Food will be served in the gymnasium with yard games taking place outside. Children and adults alike will be able to enjoy a Noah’s Ark moon walk, along with a sponge throw, ladder golf, bean bag toss and shooting hoops. Pleasantview’s praise band will be playing under one of the tents for approximately a half hour starting around 1:30. All of the church’s neighbors are invited to join them for a fun time of food and fellowship. The church is located at 2601 Lacey Road in Dowling. For more information, please call 7583021. A free-will offering will be taken for the meal. Arts Council director leaving post to seek graduate degree After four years marked by growth in programming and contributions to Barry County’s cultural life, the Thornapple Arts Council is bidding farewell to Executive Director Lizanne Fehsenfeld. At a recent meeting of the Arts Council’s Board of Directors, Fehsenfeld announced her resignation, effective Sept. 1, to pursue a graduate degree in medical humanities. "Lizanne has contributed so much to this organization while postponing her own education and career,” said Carol Jones Dwyer, president of the TAC Board of Directors. “We are all very happy for her, even knowing how much we’re going to miss her.” During Fehsenfeld’s term as director, the Thornapple Arts Council has launched several major programs which have quickly woven their way into the local community fabric. Long time board member and immediate past President Joe LaJoye noted, "Lizanne has been our director during a time of great growth in the organization and has performed admirably in spite of the challenge posed by the Michigan economy. I wish her all the best with her new endeavor, and thank her for the dedication she has brought to the job." "I have gained so much working for the Thornapple Arts Council," said Fehsenfeld. "It has truly been a joy to see the jazz festival come together to support jazz education for students and the whole community of jazz lovers. The Art Hops have proven to be a wonderful way to support visual artists while adding a cultural economic boost to downtown, and the summer Fridays at the Fountain noon concert series becomes more popular every year." Fehsenfeld said she is especially looking forward to this year’s TAC Summer Youth Theater production before leaving her post. "The work the young actors are putting into their production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ or ‘The Night They Missed the Forest for the Tree,’ shows the commitment of the actors.” The Youth Theater founder Mike Humphreys had a dream to create a program to really encourage young people to think outside of the box by moving outside of the box. “The art of theater really encourages all of the senses to be able to project, improve, as well as take on various personas in a safe setting." The Summer Youth Theater’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” will be presented to the public at the Hastings High School Lecture Hall Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 26, 27 and 28. Fehsenfeld said, "It has also been wonderful to watch the Youth Theater ‘veterans’ working with the new participants; it’s amazing to watch how the actors continue to grow, literally and figuratively, each year." Fehsenfeld said, "It has been a wonderful opportunity to work with the board, community members, and youth of Barry County to enact the Arts Council’s mission of enriching Barry County through arts and culture.” She said the TAC has stabilized its finances, thanks to the commitment of the board, increased programming opportunities for young people and artists by creating new partnerships and finding corporate sponsors. “There are so many individuals and businesses to thank for their support of the arts,” she said. “The impact the Thornapple Arts Council has been vast and behind the scenes. For instance, the technical assistance we provide to members of the Middleville DDA and members of the Delton Friends of the Library who asked for guidance to set up their summer musical concert series based on the Fridays at the Fountain Series." Fehsenfeld also mentioned members of the City of Hastings Downtown Development Authority who have seen the synergy of cross-promoting downtown with arts and cultural events; to corporate sponsors, Felpausch with the Jazz festival, and to all of the businesses who open their doors for the jazz festival and Art Hops. She said MainStreet Savings Bank and Edward Jones (Mark Christensen) have been corporate sponsors for the annual art auction and many businesses have purchased corporate tables and advertised in the jazz festival program. Hastings City Bank has opened its doors as a rain location for the Fridays at the Fountain series as well as for the jazz festival performances and the Art Hops. The Barry Community Foundation has been supportive in providing technical assistance and supporting the creation of programs. "We also appreciate the businesses and organizations throughout the county who allow us to hang our event posters to help spread the word of the Thornapple Arts Council; the numerous volunteers who help make every single one of our programs a success; the Art Reach volunteers in every elementary school that wishes to participate; the Jazz Festival Crew; the artists who volunteer their time and work for the Art Hops and the Art Auction; the parents who work behind the scenes to pull off the Summer Youth Theater Productions. The Volunteer Center of Barry County has provided countless volunteers to help in various ways with our facilities, and we have members of the Master Gardeners and Hastings Garden Club who diligently keep the flowers and trees at the Arts Hatchery Facility in check. As resources become scarcer, the ability to work collaboratively and in partnership with volunteers, other organizations and businesses speaks to the strength of this community," said Fehsenfeld. "The most challenging aspect of the position has been to provide our financial backers with a direct benefit statement," said Fehsenfeld. "The arts touch so many people in so many ways that it is hard to quantify because the arts do not fulfill an immediate physical need, but instead fulfill a need of the soul to express itself or to better understand oneself. I recently spoke to a nurse at Pennock Hospital who told me about a patient’s family who found solace in a piece of art while awaiting word from the doctors on a patient’s condition. Or the comment from a student that loves to watch movies, but until he saw the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra perform live last April, he never connected how the images and music create the scene. I have really grown to better understand the interconnection of the arts into our society that we need to reconnect, versus the arts standing alone like a silo. “This insight has made me understand the importance to our society of arts and cultural institutions. I know the Arts Council has an impact, but how to succinctly tell the success stories has been my challenge. It’s like education, sometimes one does not understand what Lizanne Fehsenfeld one has learned until it comes time to apply the knowledge in a real-life situation versus pen to paper. Everything we can do to introduce young people to the arts — visual, performing, multi-media, architectural — is vital to us as humans to better understand ourselves, our society and other cultures." Fehsenfeld also noted that the Sue Drummond Endowment for the Arts, held at the Barry Community Foundation, has been vitally important to TAC’s impact on young people of the Barry County community. The number of students who have received summer scholarship to study outside the county has inspired and enabled many students to go on to study music and the arts at college, or they have stay involved in the arts by participating in the Thornapple Players community theater or the Thornapple Wind Band or Hastings City Band. The board of the Thornapple Arts Council has worked to put together a job description and will be taking applications for the parttime position through Aug. 1. The successful candidate will have experience with fundraising, grant writing and management of community arts programming. BA/MA or an equivalent in arts management, nonprofit administration or a related field and three to five years experience, excellent financial management skills and the ability to represent TAC on local and regional levels. Individuals interested in the executive director position should mail a cover letter and resume to Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County, PO Box 36, Hastings, MI 49058. The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides outstanding concerts, scholarships, showcases local talent, and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. For more information about the TAC 269945-2002. Danish musicians to perform July 25 The Saeby Garden Band from Denmark will perform at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Stagecoach Park in Middleville. Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp contacted Keara Hilton with the Thornapple Valley Church Foreign Exchange Ministry to come together with Middleville to put on this one-time performance. The 70 members of the Danish group are being housed with area residents and many activities are planned for them on them on their free day on July 24. They will leave for Blue Lake on Thursday, July 26. Concert goers may wish to bring chairs and if they live close, walk since near by parking will fill quickly. In case of rain the band will perform at the Middleville United Methodist Church. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Funeral procession honors area biker Approximately 100 Harley-Davidson riders make their way down North Broadway in Hastings as part of the funeral procession for Mark Stow of Hastings, who was interred last Friday afternoon at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville. Stow, an avid HarleyDavidson rider and safety advocate, died as the result of a traffic accident July 9 on M-37 near Middleville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 3 New Nashville ordinances aimed at missing, disrupting meetings by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Nashville Council members who habitually miss meetings without being excused may now face a reprimand, censure, or be asked to resign from the council; while anyone who disrupts a council meeting or workshop, after being warned, can be charged with a civil infraction and subject to a fine. Both of these developments are courtesy of two new ordinances adopted by the Nashville Village Council Thursday evening. Ordinance 7-12-2007-A, which passed 5-2 with trustees Justin Shotts and Jack Holden casting the dissenting votes, states, "It shall be unlawful to disturb, speak out of order, disrupt, fail to be germane, speak longer than permitted, speak vulgarities, or interrupt any regular meetings, special meetings or workshops of the council." Nashville Police Chief Jerry Schray, who attended the meeting noted that disrupting a public meeting is actually a violation of state law and is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail. The ordinance says that anyone who refuses to comply with the ordinance after being given a warning can be charged with a civil infraction and fined no less than $50 but no more than $300 for each offense, and can be ejected from the council room and village hall. Ordinance 7-12-2007-B, which was passed unanimously, states that if a council member, "fails, neglects or refuses to attend," four consecutive meetings (regular, special meetings and workshops) without an excuse, the council may enact a resolution of reprimand. If a council member, ‘fails, neglects or refuses" to attend six consecutive meetings without an excuse the council can enact a resolution of censure, request the council member’s resignation, or both. Green Gables fund-raising ‘blitz’ set Saturday, July 28 by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern A county-wide "Community Blitz" to help the Green Gables domestic violence shelter will be kicked off Saturday, July 28, in Hastings and in the surrounding areas within Barry County. Community members will be invited to "walk a mile in their shoes" as a homeless awareness fund-raising effort from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. in Hastings and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the surrounding areas that day. A one-mile walk will start at the courthouse in Hastings and run through the downtown area. The Elks Lodge later that day will be host for a reverse raffle. Tickets for the raffle are available at the Elks Lodge and the Green Gables Haven office located in the upper level of Mainstreet Savings Bank. A social hour will be held at the lodge at 6 p.m. and a candlelight vigil has been planned at the courthouse, beginning at 9:30 p.m. Because of state budget cuts this year, Green Gables Haven lost its $75,000 in funding for the second year in a row. Working together with the community to help raise that $75,000, Christine Hiar, outgoing director of Green Gables, and Janie Bergeron, new director in training, are asking for Barry County’s help. While Hiar is preparing for this event, she is also training Bergeron to take over her position effective Monday, July 16. "It’s been a very smooth transition," said Hiar. The collection process has already begun with canisters in local businesses and donations being sent into the office by community members. Canisters are located all around Barry County, at the Freeport Fire Barn, the Maple Valley Pharmacy, the Lon Lefanty State Farm Agency in Middleville, and the Delton location is pending. Donations also can be sent to the Green Gables office at MainStreet Savings Bank. Local businesses have been helping with the event as well. Buckland Insurance Agency is having a bake sale, Hastings Chrysler will be donating portions of its car sales for the entire month of July, the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings will have a special offering and local families have even had garage sales to benefit the event. All proceeds will go toward meeting the goal of raising $75,000 to keep the shelter going. For more information or any questions, call Hiar or Bergeron at (269) 945-0526. Front Row (from left) Emily Borden, Sarah Taylor, Lindsay Azevedo, Katie Ponsetto, Evan Ramsey, (second row) Director Christopher Weaver, Sara Pappas, Tess Nugent, Jenny LaJoye, Becky Ponsetto, Cassidee Martin, Student Director Mariah Burd, (third Row) Sarah Phillips, Jessi Doxtader, Aaron Wright, Tom Peck and TJ Taylor. Summer youth theater productions July 26-28 Local young thespians to perform ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern Shakespeare will make an appearance in Hastings later this month, as the Thornapple Arts Council’s Summer Youth Theater Program presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Director Christopher Weaver of Grand Rapids returns for his fourth consecutive summer working with the program. Assisting Weaver this year is student director Mariah Burd, who is a 2006 graduate of Hastings High School, who now attends Kellogg Community College. Before her summer of student directing, Burd participated in the youth theater program for six years. “It’s kind of odd having them (the kids) actually listen to me,” said Burd. The Summer Youth Theater is a comprehensive theatre education program running Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon for six weeks. Participants learn physical movement, stage directons, as well as the technical side of putting on a production. So along with learning lines and stage cues this summer, youth participants have the opportunity to gain skills needed to continue their careers in theater. From laying on the floor doing breathing exercises to enunciation practice with silly phrases like “Unique New York.” Weaver makes sure these young thespians will walk away from this program with a good base knowledge the theater. Funding for the Summer Youth Theatre is based on mulitple factors: tuition, ticket sales and donations from the Sue Drummond Endowment for the Arts Fund at the Barry Community Foundation as well as the Summer Youth Theater creators Mike and Mary Humphrey “This year the participants will paint the drops as well as serve as crew for moving props etc.” says Thornapple Arts Council Director Lizanne Fehsenfeld. Joining the cast this summer will be Aaron Wright as Lysander, Tess Nugent as Hermia, Jessi Doxtader as Helena and Tom Peck as Demetrius. Portraying Robin Goodfellow Puck will be Katie Ponsetto, Oberon will be played by TJ Taylor and Lindsay Azevedo will play Titania. Jenny LaJoye will play Peter Quince and Sarah Phillips will play Nick Bottom the weaver. Rounding up the cast with numerous roles are Sarah Taylor playing Kaytlin/Hippolyta, Peaseblossom and Robin Starveling the Tailor, Sara Pappas as Jessie/Theseus and Becky Ponsetto playing Anna/Egeus. Evan Ramsey will play Francis Flute the Bellows Mender and Moth, Cassidee Martin will fill both parts of Tom Snout the Tinker and Mustardseed and Emily Borden will play Snug the Joiner and Cobweb. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opens Thursday, July 26, and will show Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th in the Hastings High School Lecture Hall, with all performances at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale at State Grounds Coffee House and Bosley Pharmacy in Hastings, as well as the Thornapple Arts Council. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. For more information or tickets, please contact the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 945-2002. Fair Week opens with sunny skies, cooler temps and a little bit of rain by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The 2007 Barry County Fair began with an extra day of harness racing on Friday, July 13. The sun shone brightly, but the temperature was not nearly as oppressive as during the first 4-H competitions last year. This year 4-H members stood on line to have their non-livestock items judged, dog owners were being judged, young gardeners met their judges at the gardens and trailers and tents were being set up in the camping area. In the evening young communicators brought demonstrations of free style dog training, preparing for poultry showing and even karate moves to the communications stage. Others spoke about the importance of funding the arts for economic growth and goats. One young woman illustrated violins for her presentation. Swine were brought into the fair grounds Sunday to be weighed, rabbit and poultry shows were held, there was a skillathon and the talent show filled the Union Bank community tent with an appreciative audience for young pianists, recorder players, dancers, singers, a poem recitation and an actress. The rain on Monday and Tuesday morning deterred no one from enjoying the free concert by Ruth and Max Bloomquist or the Figure 8 Derby at the grandstand. There were lines waiting for the W.G. Wade rides to start. On Tuesday veterans enjoyed a day at the fair. There is even a special 4-H club display honoring those who serve in the military. Karaoke began on Tuesday and the grandstand show was AutoCross. Wednesday, July 18, was Children’s Day. Special events in the Farm Bureau tent, the CN train tour the fairgrounds and the activities in the children’s garden attracted parents, grandparents and children to the fair. Families enjoyed the special prices for the rides as well. As always, the Puff the Dragon tractor pull for kids b behind the Expo building attracted crowds as well. Pete and the Parrot Heads sang 1950s and ’60s music in the Union Bank community tent. The rodeo filled the grandstand. The Ladies Day today, Thursday, July 19, was set to bring in women from throughout Emily Zender, Jacob Miller and Charles Surratt are getting ready to show their rabbits. (Photo by Dan Goggins) the county. The Ladies’ Day program was sponsored by Felpausch Food Centers. Youth Karaoke will be held in the Union Bank community tent from 1 to 5 p.m. followed by the Karaoke finals at 7 p.m. The small animal sale begins at 5:30 p.m. in the show arena. The Master and 4-H gardens will be candlelit, beginning at dusk, weather permitting. The grandstand show will present pickup and semi pulls, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9. The weather is expected to be sunny on Friday and Saturday for the conclusion of the fair. The W.G. Wade shows will have a one price of $15 from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Friday Regular prices will be in effect from 6 until the close of the night. The livestock sale begins at noon in the show arena. The Smyrna Band, with guest artist Hank Butler, will perform country and gospel music beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Bank community tent. The Master and 4-H gardens will be candlelit beginning at dusk, weather permitting. Motocross fills the grandstand, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $9. The Expo building closes at 11 p.m. On Saturday, July 21, the fair will have antique tractor pulls in the grandstand, beginning at 10 a.m. This event is free, as is the Show of Champions in the show arena, which starts at 8:30 a.m. Area fire departments will compete in water ball fights, beginning at 10 a.m. The final day of W.G. Wade shows will have a one price of $15 from 1 until 6 p.m. Regular prices are from 6 until the close of the night. The Barry County Speed Show begins at noon in the horse arenas. There will be a youth tractor driving contest at 3 p.m. and the livestock fashion show will fill the show arena at 3 p.m. Food lovers will enjoy a “Taste of Michigan” in the variety tent from 5 to 7 p.m. The Demolition Derby will begin at 7 p.m. in the grandstand. The tickets are $9. Grandstand show and W.G Wade show prices do not include admission prices. There is no charge for parking. For more information about the 155th Barry County Fair, call 945-2224. Casey Goggins shows his market hog in the 4-H arena. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Project Fresh kickoff dates are announced The Project Fresh kick-off will be held at the Hastings Farmer’s Market on three dates later this month and at Middleville one day. Under Project Fresh, WIC families receive a free coupon book worth $20 for fresh fruits and vegetables. It will be held at the Hastings Farmer’s Market Tuesday, July 24, from 9 a.m. to noon; Thursday July 26, from 1 to 3 p.m., and Tuesday July 31, from 9 a.m. to noon. At the Middleville Farmer’s Market, it will be offered Friday July 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. Please call the Barry-Eaton Health Department at 269-945-9516 for more information. This project is sponsored by the WIC Program, Barry-Eaton District Health Department and MSU Extension. It has been partially funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the food stamp program by way of the Michigan Department of Human Services and the Family Nutrition Program at Michigan State University. The food stamp program can help provide a healthy diet and nutrition assistance to people with low income. To find out more, contact your Local DHS office, check online at www.mfia.state.mi.us/mars/index.asp or call 1-800-481-4989 for the Food and Nutrition Helpline. �Page 4 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Fair Karaoke judging seems unfair IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV President puts party ahead of nation To the editor: Often, citizens of a democratic republic are tasked with ignoring a leader's partisanship. Not that a nation may prosper or achieve, or even lead the world. Citizens are called upon to ignore a leader's partisanship merely to allow their democracy to function. When John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960, John Wayne said "I didn't vote for him, but he's my president, and I hope he does a good job." Essentially, those seventeen words describe an implicit and sacred trust: That the president for whom so many did not vote, can in turn suspend his political self long enough, and for matters imperative enough, to conduct himself solely for the benefit of the Troublesome trio leads witch hunt To the editor: Wouldn’t our county be so blessed if only we could have Tom Evans, Dar Leaf and Fred Jacobs run all of our county affairs? Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics, the newspapers with the editors who continuously cannot catch grammar or spelling mistakes. Imagine if Mr. Jacobs ran something that never closed down or took a day off. Sheriff Dar Leaf, who feels pressured into making decisions — I hope he doesn’t get into to many pressurized situations as our sheriff. And then there’s Tom Evans, the prosecutor. Just meet him some day and you’ll be able to make the call. I’m not even sure what field Tom is standing in. If I could draw a cartoon today, it would show these three men breaking from a huddle and calling out in unison, “Witch Hunt!” Douglas S. Palmer, Freeport Republic. In the horrifying days of 9-11-01, the citizens of this great country did that with which history has tasked us: We came together and enveloped George W. Bush as our president. Those of us who did not believe he should have been elected -- indeed those who did not believe he had been elected -- willingly lowered our voices and assented to the sacred oath of non-partisanship. We did so for the sake of the country and the Republic. George W. Bush took our assent, and reconfigured it into something he could use. He honed it and shaped it to a razor-sharp point and then he stabbed this nation in the back with it. Were there any remaining lingering doubt otherwise, or any remaining lingering hope, it ended a week and a half ago, when Bush commuted the prison sentence of Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, Lewis (Scooter) Libby for perjury and obstruction of justice. In a single second of American history, Bush broke a fundamental compact between himself and the majority of this nation's citizens -- the ones who did not vote for him. In that second, Bush ceased to be the President of these United States. He ceased to be our President. In that moment, he became merely the President of a rabid and irresponsible corner of the Republican Party. George W. Bush has thwarted justice even before it could have been served (or even appealed) with his guarantee that Libby would never see the inside of a prison cell. In so doing, Bush has once again snubbed his nose at the Constitution, the American people, and the Congress. But this time, he has also become an accessory to the obstruction of justice for which the Vice President's Chief of Staff was convicted. This is too important a time to have a Commander In Chief who puts party over nation. Parts of this letter are based on comments of Keith Olberman (MSNBC "Countdown") Larry J. VanZalen, Hope Township Do-nothing Congress wasting time, money To the editor: I sure would hav liked it if all the working people could have watched the all-night session in the Senate called by the Democrats Tuesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reed. The approval rating of the President is 22%, the Congress 13%, of Speaker Nancy Pelosi 10% and Reed 8%. And they think the WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO American people want them to waste money discussing the war in Iraq. I believe not. What they should be doing, in my opinion, my opinion, is spend their time discussing how to save Social Security and Medicare, and resolving the health care system in America. Then we would have more jobs in Michigan than we would have workers. The last bill to fund the war that the President signed also had a $4,500 a year raise, and with the approval rating they have, do you think that any company would give you a raise? Now Congress makes about $170,000 per year. That works out to about $170 per hour. Do you really think any congressman is worth that much money? You may not remember when the Democrats where the minority in the Senate they filibustered every bill. (Filibuster means you need 60 votes in the Senate to end debate). The Democrats have cried like stuck hogs since they do not have the votes to eliminate debate. It hurts to have to pay by the rules that they used against the Republicans for four years. This is why I say they are a do-nothing Congress. Theodore F. Bustance, Hastings To the editor: Twenty-eight area performers tried their best to empress the three judges in the Union Bank Community Tent adult bracket Karaoke competition at the Barry County Fair Tuesday night. One by one, they did their performances in front of a full tent of supporters. Just to get to the stage these people had to go through qual- Which fires big enough for response? To the editor: There was a truck and trailer (with hay) fire on M-179, just west of Yankee Springs Road Sheriff’s concern was misplaced To the editor: I would like to respond to Sheriff DarLeaf and his comments on the article about the motorcyclist killed July 9 in traffic crash on M-37. So his officers were “forced” work in 90degree weather and stand on hot pavement wearing some sort of vest. Everyone should realize that a lot of people do work in 90degree weather standing on pavement. I agree, it was very thoughtful for private citizens to bring refreshments and I would have done that myself. It would be nice if Sheriff Leaf showed more compassion to the victims of the accident. Do you think they were having the best day of their life, especially Mark Strow? If there really was someone there with a halo and wings, it was for Mark Strow and not the sheriff’s officers. Betty Silsbee, Nashville on the afternoon of Monday, July 9. We topped the hill and saw the fire, we parked our vehicle with flashers going and started directing traffic and has three people call 911. It took 25 minutes to get the Orangeville Fire Departmen there and some 30 to 45 minutes later came a tanker from Hastings with no lights or siren on. There were two volunteer firemen who showed up with no lights or sirens either. My husband saw a Hastings firefighter the next day and asked why they didn't respond to the call for M-179. His reply was, "They told us it wasn't bad enough." I would like to know who gave them the right to choose which fire to go to and which one not to go to. Sure it was a vehicle and trailer fire, but it was scorching the trees and if the other men there (before the fire department) hadn't have found a hose and sprayed the ground and some of the hay, the house would have gone up in flames as well. How would the Hastings Fire Department have felt then, because it wasn't a bad enough fire to bother with? There is road damage to the point the Road Commission had to repair the road. If no one would have had the courage to get involved, the situation would have been much worse. There was a big lack of communication. Terry & Kathy Keltsch, Hastings Charlton Park is a disappointment To the editor: Was there a motive behind the appointments of so many stakeholders earlier this year for Charlton Park? I feel there was. It was so they could be used as political pawns for the millage request to be endorsed. There is also a conflict of issues at hand regarding certain stakeholders, voting and non-voting members. They are Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick serving on the Charlton Park Board, plus Commissioner Keith Ferris, a member of the millage committee. Regina Young, a technician with the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, is a non-voting stakeholder and on the millage committee. Mary Walton, a stakeholder, is with the Barry County Sheriff’s Posse and is on the millage committee. Brian Reynolds, our county surveyor and representative of the Historical Society, is a voting stakeholder and a member of the millage committee. I am not and will not ever vote for a millage for Charlton Park. They were supposed to have events every weekend out there, but only have 19. They fell short of what they said they were going to do. So they still haven’t proved themselves. And I doubt they will ever do that. I am voting “no” on the Charlton Park millage this November, and I hope you will do the same. Elden Shellenbarger, Hastings 911 Board is poor steward of money To the editor: After reading the Banner articles on Barry County Central Dispatch 911 Director Charles Nystrom, it was nice to see the "good old boys" were alive and well. I thought after the last election, that the Barry County taxpayers had sent a message to our leaders. What kind of message is being sent to the youth of Barry County? It appears the message is that it's OK to take other people's money as long as you don't keep it for yourself. In fact, if you play your cards right, there's a reward in it for you! I think the people need some answers. Was a crime committed or not? How much money was actually misappropriated? Who is going Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. ifying rounds at three area bars. Then they had to wait to find out if they make it to the Barry County Fair Stage. Once they make it to Tuesday’s semifinals, they performed their hearts out before the judges and the crowd. If the judges liked them, they could move onto the finals on Thursday night. Something happened Tuesday night that to pay it back -- or is it not an issue because it's just taxpayers’ money? It would be nice to see the Banner print the names of the 911 Board members and information about the appointment process so that we know who is taking "such good care" of our money. I encourage you, not only as a taxpayer, but also as a citizen of Barry County, to write a letter or call your county commissioners or other elected officials and let them know what you think about how your money is being spent and the message that is really being sent. Ray Snore, Hastings Are county fairs still important? The Barry County Fair is occurring this week, Some Michigan counties have had to reduce and trim down the involvement in their fairs due to economic conditions and decreased revenues. Some cutbacks came from the reduction in the state budget. Do you think that country fairs still have a strong place in today’s society? made me wonder about the rules at the Top Shelf Co. Karaoke competition. When the competition was done at the end of the night, the judges came back with their list of the names of the 10 winners. I listened to the names and was calm with them until I realized that out of the 10 winners, the judges had only selected one guy. I thought three or four guys stood out from the crowd of performers more than some of the other winners by a long way and should have been moved on. A true representation of talent of this area in my mind will not move onto Thursday night’s finals unless some of the guys are asked back to perform in front of new judges in a separate competition. I feel these judges favored the performances of the women over the men. When it came to the men and their attitudes and their jobs, it was easy to vote them down instead of giving them a even-handed vote. If someone wants a true top talent representation, let it be no holds barred, take the rules off and let the person perform. They have proclaimed 10 winners, plus maybe five more who should be up there. Bring in a new judge with music talent at the last minute. Then they will have a true winner from this area. To compete as a Karaoke singer is supposed to be fun for all people. So let’s make the rules fair for all participants. Stephen Jacobs, Hastings Things changing at Charlton Park To the editor: It’s baaack! The Charlton Park you knew and loved as a child, with warm, friendly staff and dedicated volunteers is back. It’s the place for family reunions, picnics, and all kinds of fun shows. The Antique Gas and Steam Engine Show this past weekend was a huge success. We had more tractors and steam engines than we have had for a number of years. We were happy to have a large number of young people involved in the show activities, as youth are essential to the continuation of any club. The Charlton Park Gas and Steam Club just celebrated the 36th annual Gas and Steam Engine Show, and we now feel confident that we will continue to do so for many years to come. Apparently, word has gotten out that the winds of change have blown away the negative attitudes that pervaded the park and that a new day of cooperation and team work is in the air. Everyone had a good time at the show and there were no complaints. One of the biggest changes was the presence and participation of the director, Keith Murphy (he did not hide out in his office during the show as some previous directors have been known to do). He was everywhere, shaking people’s hands and bidding them welcome. The Charlton Park Gas and Steam Club is helping to sponsor the Lumberjack Show Sept. 29-30. We hope lots of you will come to see this unique show — pole climbing, log rolling, sawing contests and much more. This is the first time a show of this kind has been brought to our area. Come out to see the show and breathe in that fresh air at Charlton Park that says "Yes, this is the park I remember!" Terri Trupiano Barry, Member, Charlton Park Gas and Steam Club The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Scott Dean, Nashville: “County fairs are for rural areas like community basketball programs are in urban areas. Youth in rural areas learn about agriculture, make friends and learn to be productive citizens of their community.’ Jim Fogle, Bellevue: “I hope county fairs continue. These fairs and 4-H are good for kids. It teaches care for animals. We need fairs.” Mark Makarewicz, Wayland: “Of course fairs are important. Fairs give children opportunities and they get to learn about domestic animals, conservation and other areas.” Sandra Courtney, Bellevue: “County fairs are definitely important. Children learn so much in 4-H. They also get to see how the community functions.” Tracy Keller-Bennett, Hastings: “Yes, fairs are important. They provide educational experiences for children and adults. We need to find the budget to support these events.” Wade Poland, Irving Township: “Absolutely, fairs are important. A lot of people don’t realize how important agriculture is to this area. Fairs are fun and 4-H helps teach children about the world around them.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 5 One or 2 board members make a difference Citizens too often take local public boards and commissions for granted, thinking positions can be filled with anyone willing to donate the time. But over the years I've watched many boards of directors representing local non-profits, government bodies and schools making critical decisions that have tremendous impact for many years afterward. These positions need to be filled with people who have a solid understanding of the organization they are managing. We've seen the good and the bad of board management of the people's business recently in Barry County. I’ve tried to bring attention to the issues as I see them, so in the future you might have a better sense of the importance of selecting the best people for the job, reducing mistakes or the negative impact their decisions might have. We need to look beyond just what's happening today and think about how decisions we're making today can affect our community both positively and negatively in the future. You only have to look at the recent decision by the Rutland Township Planning and Zoning Commission to see how changing just two people changed saying “no” to Wal-Mart's request for rezoning to a 3 to 1 “yes” recommendation. It's not just about the zoning. It really comes down to the impact the store will have on the area. It's not just about saying “no” to Wal-Mart, it should be about saying "no, not here." You don't have to be an engineer to understand the location on Green Street just isn't suitable for a big box store of that magnitude. Meijer is looking at property on M-37 just west of the proposed Wal-Mart site, which is far better, on a major highway, built to withstand the increased traffic. Heavily residential Green Street is just not suited to handle the increased traffic, and with our local hospital continuing to expand, leaders with any common sense and ability to look to the future would say, “no, not here, it's just bad policy.” Former commission member Dorothy Flint said it best last March when she expressed concern to the Planning Commission about the impact the store would have on traffic, Green Street and the hospital, for which she felt the commission members had a responsibility. Yet with just the change of two people, Flint and Keith Ferris, the board did a flip-flop from 5-0 three months later and approved the zoning request, 3-1. In another example of how good boardmanship can make a positive difference, last week the Barry County Board of Commissioners took up a controversial request from the Village of Middleville to annex 15 parcels to help this area’s largest employer, Bradford White. The village was requesting annexation to allow construction of a new bridge across the Thornapple River making way for the construction of a new direct east-west route to U.S.-131. The bridge would allow Bradford White's trucks a more direct route to major roads to move their products, making them more competitive in the market. Many affected local landowners expressed opposition to the project during the meeting. With new leadership on the county board, members listened to the public in attendance, debated the issue and eventually determined on a 5-3 vote it was in the best interests of Barry County to move forward with the project. Commissioner Jim French, who represents many if not all of the citizens appearing before the board, made an eloquent explanation of his support for the project. He noted a public servant must look at the overall good for everybody. I applaud him for not just taking the easy way out like others on the commission who listened only to the people in attendance and voted to appease them, regardless of whether or not it was the right thing to do. Leaders throughout history who just just took the popular or easy way, rather than base their decisions on sound information, discussion and maybe some debate, are soon forgotten and eventually reviled. A strong democracy demands debate and the attempt to achieve consensus, but always with an eye on what's best for the citizens. In Rutland Township, I think the best decision wasn't made, but we don't know what discussions are taking place in the back- ground. I've heard the city is already making plans to close Green Street to take the pressure off a city street that is not suitable for such an increase in traffic. And I've heard that Pennock is supporting closure of the street to enable them to build out into the street right away, allowing them to expand to the south. But the decision should be based on sound judgement, taking into account what's best for the community as a whole not just the township or the city. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the 911 Board as an example of bad boardmanship. Regardless of how much information came forward, whether true or not, these board members should have insisted on an independent probe years ago when the criticism first was presented. Instead, they seemed more interested in protecting their director, no matter how many allegations were made. The situation was so bad that when one 911 Board member started asking questions, they replaced her with a toadie who would support their position. Now, because of their lack of responsible leadership and blind loyalty to the director, the taxpayers of the county are faced with additional expenses that could have been avoided if only the 911 Board would have taken a different approach. Stonewalling the investigation made it impossible to get to the bottom of it all, for protecting their turf and director seemed more important to them than managing the department in the best interests of Barry County people. Public service is all about stewardship, not about me or you. It should be about taking the time to study the issues, asking questions, debating the outcome and hopefully in the end finally making a decision that will stand the test of time for all citizens. We need leaders who can look beyond tomorrow, thinking about the impact their actions will have on the future. If you’re on a zoning board, you don't make decisions in a bottle. In most cases you impact a neighborhood, a community and even an entire county, so you must not take your decisions lightly. Over the last six months I can say with confidence I've seen a refreshing new brand of leadership at the county courthouse. For the most part, these elected officials are working hard to make better decisions for the taxpayers. We now have a stronger voice in Lansing with State Representative Brian Calley, where he most recently was chosen the only freshman Republican representative to sit on the tax committee to replace the single business tax. We've seen a more visible, thoughtful brand of leadership, that makes me feel someone cares about representing us in Lansing. No matter the board, whether you’re sitting on a non-profit or governmental unit, whenever you’re doing the people's business you need to understand you must be held accountable. You can see in just these most recent examples how one or two people can make a difference. We can not take these positions for granted. It's time you become more involved, read about the issues, ask some questions, come to the meetings. Because in the end, you will pay, for better or worse. Everything happens for a reason, so when making decisions, you must ask the big questions and take the time to evaluate your actions before calling the vote. I don't know who said it, but a number of years ago when I was attending the county's leadership training program one of our expert speakers said something like, “a great community just doesn't happen, it takes dedicated leaders, determined to make the right decisions in the best interests of all the citizens of your community to make it happen." He was right, and I continue to see the examples years later. I just hope we can continue to promote the best for Barry County so some day we don't awaken to a place we might not want to call "home." — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics J-Ad Graphics buys Sunshine Pack and Ship by Megan Lavell Staff Writer J-Ad Graphics has purchased Sunshine Pack and Ship and moved the company to the Print Plus location on North Broadway. Sunshine Pack and Ship is a national franchise. Daemeon and Jennifer Richards started the business in a West State Street location in Hastings in November 2003. The Richardses sold the business because Union Bank plans to demolish the company’s previous State Street location to construct a bank there. J-Ad Graphics Vice President Fred Jacobs said the purchase was a last-minute decision. The business physically was moved into Print Plus last Sunday. “We’re going to try to be serious about it and offer some additional services,” he said. “We can ship anything from a small package to a car.” Jacobs said no jobs were lost through his purchase of the business because Daemeon staffed it most of the time. Richards will train the Print Plus staff to run the business, and he said he plans to do construction after that. J-Ad Graphics Treasurer Steve Jacobs said he thinks the business “will fall in line with what we do at Print Plus. It should be a very good addition to our business. I hope people will like the new addition, because it will enable them to use it for their packing and shipping needs.” Fred Jacobs said Sunshine Pack and Ship is the only place in Hastings where people can send packages through companies such as Fed Ex and DHL instead of just the United State Postal Service. J-Ad Graphics President John Jacobs agreed, saying, “I feel the addition of the shipping facility offers a nice complement to My difficult new assignment deals with health care issues The past few months have been packed with activity connected to my work on the new business tax code. It pretty much dominated my schedule during that time. Now that the MBT legislation has the governor’s signature, my primary focus will shift to a new assignment, which will be much more demanding and complicated. The Speaker of the House recently asked me to serve on the Retiree Health Care Reforms Committee. This is a new standing committee that starts out with one purpose: address the billions of dollars of unfunded liabilities for retirees’ health care. You see, when the state makes retirement promises, the bill does not come due for decades. Without astute planning and prudent saving to cover these promises, the future can be very bleak. In case you hadn’t noticed, astute planning and prudent saving have not been the state’s strong suit. We’re already behind more than $20 billion on retirement health care alone! To put this in perspective, keep in mind that the annual general fund budget for the state is about $9 billion. So how did we get here? I’m sure there are a lot of reasons, but simply put: we have had a “live for today” attitude for a long time now. The state has moved on from year to year, through Republican and Democratic administrations, acting oblivious to the mounting debt being left for the next generation. I have news for you: The next generation is almost here! While I find this assignment somewhat intimidating, I am anxious to dig right in because this is part of the biggest issue facing our state and our nation today. That is health care. There has been a lot of talk about cuts at the state level, and some of those cuts may have affected a program close to you. But they have not come about because the state is taking in less money. We have more money with which to operate today than we have ever had. We are just cutting other areas of spending to pay for the rising cost of health care. The best case in point would be schools. Given the newspaper headlines lately, you might be surprised to learn that the state school aid fund has not been cut, but rather was increased this past year. Within each school, however, there is a very different story. The cost of health care (among other things, like fuel) has just risen faster than increases in state aid. So as a larger and larger portion of the budget goes to health care, other things (or people) get cut to make up the difference. On top of this, our Medicaid roles are expanding greatly. The cost of health care for retirees and current employees (that would be me) continues to rise. Even in prisons, a big chunk of the increased cost can be traced back to health care delivered to prisoners. Health care costs take up a larger portion of the overall budget every year. The budget pain we feel today is only a portion of the story. This strain has come about just trying to meet the needs of today, without regard for the promises made to future retirees. The needs of tomorrow have largely been ignored until now. So, what is the fix? I really couldn’t give a global answer right now. I suspect this committee will start by investigating the nuts and bolts of the deficit, including retirement age, life expectancy, average cost per person and cost increase factors. We’ll also have to review the delivery system, pooling options, vesting schedules, premiums, deductibles and so forth. Presumably, we will come up with a recommendation that establishes a manageable system going forward, but also identifies ways to reduce the existing pension deficit. It will take a generation to get out of this hole, and that is if we start right now. You know how people are always saying “it’s for the children,” but usually it has nothing to do with children? Well this one really is. And it is way too big an issue to surrender to the partisan fighting and sound bite solutions. Now is the time to put children first — and that would mean we need to stop acting like them. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Some people have a knack for caring Print Plus employees who will be working at the new Sunshine Pack and Ship location in Print Plus are (from left) Pam Katje, John Lawrence, Deb Ruder, Michelle Krebs and Dan Goggins, pictured with former owner Daemeon Richards. To the editor: While shopping at Hastings Wal-Mart, my wife, Dorothy, heard an announcement – “clean up on aisle___.” Dorothy was on a nearby aisle and noticed what needed to be cleaned up – there was a trail of feces on the floor. Dorothy then headed to the ladies’ room. When she entered, she immediately saw an elderly lady in severe distress with the remainder of her “accident” on her garments. Having cared for my mom for seven years, Dorothy knew immediately what she needed to do. First, she helped the lady clean herself up as much as possible with wet towels. Dorothy then asked the lady to remain in the restroom, telling her she would be right back. Dorothy then purchased a pair of ladies’ shorts and some socks and took them to the restroom after telling a clerk that she, Dorothy, had paid for the items. The embarrassed lady was extremely appreciative of Dorothy’s caring assistance and kissed Dorothy on the check to express her gratitude. Dorothy then explained to a Wal-Mart associate what had transpired to include informing her that the lady would be exiting the restroom with a sack of soiled clothing items and that she should be allowed to simply exit the store. Print Plus as a needed service not duplicated in the Hastings community. We feel Hastings has much positive growth potential and will welcome the service.” Fred said that there will be mailbox rentals I asked Dorothy if she knew the lady. She has been helping people most of her life, including caring for our two kids while I spent two years in Vietnam and one in Korea. So when she indicated that she wanted to available with 24-hour access. A building will be constructed soon to house the mailboxes. People will be able to receive parcel post at that location. serve citizens as the Castleton Township treasurer, sincerity was the reason, and not some junk about cronyism. I’m positive there are other ladies similar to Dorothy. I’m one of the lucky guys to be married to one of them for over 47 years. Oh yes, Dorothy was at Wal-Mart while waiting for her mom’s weekly hair dresser to finish so that she could take her mom shopping and to lunch. Bud Semrau Nashville Letter writer “blew” service To the editor: This is in response to the letter suggesting people of Nashville should get involved: It seems to me a person or advisary or planning committees should have knowledge or skill gained from doing a particular thing, which Steve Toman seems to lack on subjects which he has offered his opinions. He also should be able to take constructive criticism without feeling he has been verbally abused. Mr. Toman was given the opportunity to work with two fine councils in a fine village with fine public service departments and good neighbors, and he blew it. Harold Philip, Nashville �Page 6 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Social News 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Mary Ann Landon and Curwood Fleetham were united in marriage on May 5, 2007, at the Free Methodist Church of Hastings. There were 175 guests in attendance. The bride was wearing a floor length dress of garnet red and a white lace veil. Her matron of honor was Pamela Landon, daughter of the bride. The groom’s son, William Fleetham was the best man. The flower girl and ring bearer were Dorothy and Christopher Beane, Mary Ann is their nanna. The bride’s son, Donald Landon, escorted his mother to the alter where he and his brothers and sisters gave her hand in marriage to Curwood. A reception was held in the church dining hall. They left for their honeymoon to Biloxi, Mississippi. They made a few stops before and after their destination, and were gone for three weeks. Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. Mathews-Medina Gregg and Lynae Mathews of Dowling are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Michelle to Joshua James Medina, son of Lupe and Becky Medina of Gregory. The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Maple Valley High School and a 2006 graduate of Chic University of Cosmetology. She is currently employed at JC Penney salon in Okemos. The groom-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Stockbridge High School and is currently employed at Cellular Source in Okemos. An October 6, 2007 wedding is being planned. Area Obituaries Dorothy J. French Landon-Fleetham wed Barry 5th Generation A birthday party at Tyden Park for Kacey Campbell also had a double 5 generations. (Photo 1) Kacey Campbell, her father Jay Campbell, Deborah Barry grandmother, Roy Barry great grandfather, Ruby Barnes great great grandmother and (Photo 2) Angel Ann Whitaker, hr mother Nicole Barry, grandfather Brett Barry, great grandfather Roy Barry and great grandmother Ruby Barnes. Leahy-Allerding With the beautiful Presque Isle Park on the shores of Lake Superior as their backdrop, Elizabeth Leahy accepts the marriage proposal of Scott Allerding. Liz is the daughter of Patrick and Terry Leahy of Marshall. Scott is the son of David and Nancy Allerding of Hastings. After the August 17th, 2007 wedding at the Heritage Dome Center in Battle Creek, Scott and Liz will return to Marquette, where they are both full-time students at Northern Michigan University. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Softball at Cheney Field. Thursday - 6:30 p.m. Softball at Cheney Field. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77514267 HASTINGS - Dorothy J. French, age 85, of Hastings, died Saturday, July 14, 2007 at Pennock Hospital. Mrs. French was born on September 8, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota, the daughter of Levi and Inez (Berkhead) Grandy. She was raised in Bemidji, Minnesota and attended Bemidji schools, graduating in 1939. She then attended the University of North Dakota where she received a bachelor of science degree. She was married to John J. French on February 12, 1946 in Rodondo Beach, California. The couple moved to Minnesota where John went to college, then moved back to California, lived in Oklahoma, then New Jersey where they resided for 29 years. They moved to Hastings in 1982. After receiving her bachelor of science degree she taught business and English classes at a high school in Wyoming. She was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church Women’s Club in California. She also helped with a literacy group, helped with troubled teens, and the humane society. She supported the National Wildlife Foundation, PETA, and the North Shore Animal Welfare League. She was a member of a recovery program and recently celebrated 40 years of sobriety in May. Mrs. French was always willing to help people less fortunate than her and was a mother figure to many people. Mrs. French is survived by five children, John R. (Ann) French of Alamuchy, NJ, Stephen “Danny” (Lynne) French of California, Toni French of Hastings, Jeffrey French of California formerly of Hastings, and Catherine French of Hastings. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren as well as one brother Arthur D. (Ricky) Grandy of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Preceding her in death were her husband, John; son, Kevin French; and daughter, Rebecca French. Services were held Tuesday, July 17 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Burial was at Greenwoods Cemetery in Bemidji, Minnesota. Memorial contributions may be made to The River, 221 S. Broadway St., Hastings. Arrangements were made by Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel in Hastings. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Tibble-McCarty Beverly McCarty of Wenonah, New Jersey, Jay McCarty of Deptford, New Jersey, and Cathy Tibble of Freeport are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Christy Nicole McCarty to Justin Edward Tibble. The bride-to-be is a 2000 graduate of Hastings High School and is currently attending Western Michigan University to obtain her bachelors degree in secondary education, with a major in history and a minor in political science. She is currently employed at Chemical Bank in Hastings. The groom to be is a 2000 graduate of Lakewood High School and is currently employed at Bradford White Corporation in Middleville. After a long engagement the couple will exchange vows in front of family and friends on August 11, 2007 in Hastings. Turkal celebrates 90th birthday Anton (Tony) Turkal will celebrate his 90th birthday on August 1, 2007. He will celebrate with his daughter, Susan (Mike) Ferguson, his son, Steve (Barbara) Turkal and two of his grandchildren, Amy and Jennifer Turkal at his home in Florida. Those wishing to may send cards to: Anton Turkal, Bay Point Village, 7927 St. Rd. 52, Apt. 111, Hudson, FL 34667. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 7 RECALL, continued from page 1 ity hearing, it has a life of 180 days, but the signatures all must be collected within a 90day period and all petitions must be filed at the same time. Smith said the Barry County Election Commission, which consists of herself, Treasurer Sue Vandecar and Probate Judge William Doherty, was to “examine the word- Maple Valley approves 2-year contract with teachers, staff Christopher Ballantyne Hastings Mutual appoints new vice president Hastings Mutual Insurance Company has announced the appointment of Christopher N. Ballantyne to the position of vice president-claims. A native of Philadelphia, Chris began his employment with Hastings Mutual on June 18. He is a graduate of Shippensburg State College in Pennsylvania. Ballantyne brings 21 years of propertycasualty claims experience to his position with Hastings Mutual. He and his wife, Kecia, reside in Caledonia. They have one son, Jacob, age 8. ‘Lakescaping’ focus of KBS session July 24 Area lake residents can learn how to control erosion, enhance wildlife habitat and protect water quality by visiting the Shoreline Management Demonstration Area at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station as part of the Native Landscaping Series from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 24. The workshop, hosted by the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary in Hickory Corners, will showcase a variety of lake friendly landscape designs that residents can use to enhance wildlife, slow erosion and runoff and still be able to use their property for enjoyment. Participants will meet at the Carriage House Fountain, KBS Education Center. Jane Herbert of the MSU Extension Land & Water Program at the Biological Station, will discuss the benefits of lakescaping and lead a tour of four different “lakescapes” designed for water quality protection. Nuisance aquatic plants within Michigan’s inland lakes are a growing concern for many lake residents and users. “Not only are they bothersome, but they also indicate that the water quality is being compromised, most likely from soil erosion and pollutant runoff,” said Herbert. “As the soil erodes into the water, it often carries nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers that result in eutrophication the excessive growth of algae and other aquatic plants. The increased plant growth within the water impairs recreation and can upset the ecological balance of lakes.” Cost of the program is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors 65+ and $6 for sanctuary members. Please call 269-671-2510 to register by July 22 1 by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer After less than an hour in closed session to discuss proposed contracts for teachers and support staff, the Maple Valley Board of Education by a 5-1 vote approved two-year contracts with both the Maple Valley Education Association (MVEA) and the Maple Valley Educational Support Personnel (MVESPA) for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years. Newly-elected trustee Tim Burd cast the sole dissenting vote against each contract, which had been approved by both unions earlier in the day. According to the new contracts with both the MVEA and the MVESPA, employees will get will get a zero percent increase the first year, and a one percent increase the second. However, in the first year of the new contract, employees will receive their scheduled step increases. Teachers at the top of the pay scale who no longer qualify for step increases will receive an increase of $1,200 to their annual longevity payment. Increases to longevity payments for support staff vary according to years of service and hourly pay rates. Both unions will keep their current MESA insurance with a 7 percent employee contribution for the first year of the new contract and the understanding that there will be a study conducted of other insurance options and incentives for the following contract year. The board also held its annual reorganizational meeting during its regular July meeting Monday night, appointing officers, representatives to various boards and committees and approving business arrangements. Incumbent Board of Education President Jerry Sessions was once again unanimously re-elected. Sessions, who has served on the board for 12 years, has served as president since 2003. Sessions is a machine shop supervisor at Allen Pattern in Battle Creek, a life-long resident of Nashville, and 1974 graduate of Maple Valley High School. His two grown children and one of his two stepchildren also Sandra Barker elected president of Delton Kellogg School Board The Delton Kellogg Board of Education met Monday night for their annual organizational meeting for the 2007-2008 school year. Sandra Barker was elected as board president, Sharon Boyle was elected vice president, Marsha Bassett was elected secretary and Andrew Stoneburner treasurer. Jason Hicks and Marsha Bassett were installed as new board members for the term of July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2011. In other news at Monday night’s reorganizational meeting: • The academic spotlight was Class of 2007 graduate Amber Andrews who was one of 35 students who received the Scholastic National Gold Key Award at a June ceremony in New York City. • Board of Education meetings were set for the 2007-2008 school year. Meetings will be held in room 32 in the upper elementary school building beginning at 7 p.m. Meetings will be held the third Monday of every month, except December and February. • The Hastings Banner and the bulletin board outside the superintendent’s office were approved as sites for official postings and publications. • The depository and safe deposit box sites were approved. • Norman & Paulsen, P.C. was approved as Barry Community Foundation takes on a full-time assistant by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern The Barry Community Foundation took on a new full-time assistant starting July 2. Brandi Carroll signed on as the administrative assistant March 26, but only recently agreed to become a full-time employee. Carroll is a 2006 graduate of both Maple Valley Junior-Senior High and Kellogg Community College. She took enough college courses while attending high school that she could graduate with her associate’s degree a month before she even received her high school diploma. Formerly Brandi Walden, Carroll married her husband Dustin in December of 2006. He works at the ethanol plant and they currently live at her parents’ home with their dog, Molly. Before her position on staff with the Community Foundation, Carroll was an active member of the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) for three years holding the position of public relations officer her second year and vice president her last year. She also worked graduated from Maple Valley High School. Other officers elected during the meeting were Wayne Curtis as vice president, Andrea Montgomery secretary and Theresa Allen treasurer. The board also elected Kevin Rost as its legislative representative to the MASB and the District School Improvement Team, Montgomery as its representative on the Maple Valley Memorial Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors, and newly elected trustee Tim Burd as representative to the Eaton County Intermediate School Board Association. The board also unanimously approved the following business arrangements: Hastings City Bank as the bank of deposit; authorized Kim Kramer, Darryl Sydloski, Lorraine Joppie and Debbie Bechtel to sign checks; authorized the IRS mileage rate for the use of personal vehicles (currently 48.5 cents per mile); Yeo & Yeo as the district’s auditors, and Thrun Law Firm P.C. as the district’s legal counsel. The board also set its regular meeting dates for 2007-08 at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of each month, except for April 2008, when it will be held on the third Monday (April 21). All meeting s will be held in the board room of the administrative office unless otherwise noted. The board also approved the following roster of fall sports coaches for 2007 –08: varsity football head coach, Guenther Mittelstaedt; varsity assistant coaches, Brian Lincoln, Don Roscoe, and Joel Mittlestaedt; JV co-head coaches, Bryan Carpenter and Trent Harvey; JV assistant coaches, Brian Hopkins and Britt Leonard; boys varsity soccer, Josh Meersma; varsity cross country, Robb Rosin; junior high cross country, Gary Hamilton; varsity sideline cheer, Kelly Zank; JV sideline cheer, April Wagner; varsity head volleyball coach, Bill Brenton, head JV volleyball coach, Mary Lesage; head freshman volleyball coach, Dawn Yager; eighth grade volleyball, Robert Browne; seventh grade volleyball, Heather Chapman; and equestrian, Amanda Archer. as an intern with the Barry Community Foundation in the summer of 2005. Carroll worked on projects for the YAC during her summer internship and focused a lot of time on Project Green Fund, an ink cartridge-recycling program. As an administrative assistant Carroll said, "It’s kind of like being an intern again, only I don’t work on YAC stuff any more… and I work full time." Since her start at the foundation in late March, Carroll has been doing numerous different projects. She helps with data entries when the foundation receives donations or funds; she also does large mailings and helps plan events such as the Generation E speaker coming at the end of this month. With this job, Carroll has the opportunity to sit as a co-chair of the Youth Pillar with the Hometown Partnership program and takes minutes at the foundation’s board meetings and Project Team-Up meetings. For more information about the Community Foundation, call (269) 945-0526. the auditor, and Thrun, Maatch and Nordberg law firm was approved as the attorney. • Superintendent Cindy Vujea and secretary Sharon Jones were appointed deputy secretaries to assist the board secretary during the fiscal year. • Vujea and Barker were appointed representatives to the Southwest Barry County Development Team. • Finance committee members are Andrew Stoneburner, Sharon Boyle and Sandra Barker. • Negotiations committee members are Andrew Stoneburner, Sharon Boyle and Sandra Barker. • Policy committee members are Jason Hicks, Elizabeth Matteson and Marsha Bassett. • Facilities committee members are Jason Hicks, Elizabeth Matteson and Marsha Bassett. • Personnel committee members are Joseph Noto, Andrew Stoneburner and Sharon Boyle. • District core team member is Joseph Noto. • High school science teacher David Kenyon resigned and middle school computer teacher Mike Wertman retired. • Central office secretary Denise Osborne was granted a medical leave of absence. • A revised 2007-2008 contract was approved for Sharon Jones, Denise Osborne and Jane Wilcockson. • Bob Cogswell and Lisa Torres were recalled from layoff. • The following coaches were approved for the 2007-2008 school year: Vic Haas, head varsity football coach; Bill Roberts, head boys’ soccer coach; Dale Grimes, head varsity boys/girls’ cross country; Dan Phillips, head ninth grade football; Jack Magelssen, varsity volleyball; Katie Smoczynski, junior varsity volleyball; Mike Powell, assistant varsity football; Mike Smith, assistant ninth grade football; Ryan Bates, assistant varsity football; Tim Miller, assistant junior varsity football; and Vaughn Mills, head junior varsity football. • Cedar Crest Dairy was awarded the milk bid. River Ridge ing and our duty was to determine if it was clear” before the matter would go before voters in VanNortwick’s district, which includes Baltimore, Johnstown and Assyria townships. The clerk added that if the required number of signatures is collected, the election then would have to be held on one of four possible dates, in August, November, February or May. Hubka, in the request he officially filed July 2, said: “With this letter I am hereby requesting you to submit the following language to the Barry County Election Commission for a clarity hearing and approval for a recall effort against Barry County Commissioner (District # 7) member Jeffrey L. VanNortwick: “Request removal from office by recall election of Barry County Board of Commission member Jeffrey L. VanNortwick for the reason that on June 26, 2007, he did vote yes on a Board of Commissioner’s motion of approval of Barry-Eaton District Health Department “Regulations Governing On-site Sewage and On-site Water Supply System Evaluation and Maintenance in Barry and Eaton County, Michigan. These regulations require that before a person owning Real Estate in Barry County (having an on-site septic or an on-site well) may sell or transfer ownership of, or change the use of that property. They are required "to have an inspection from registered private inspectors and pay a Lake Odessa Summer is fast fleeting away. Already the days are shorter. According to a Grand Rapids. weatherman, we lose eleven minutes of daylight this week. On an evening walk each day, we can note where the sun sets behind a certain set of trees. Soon it will be behind a certain utility pole. Depot Day is planned for Saturday, July 28. There will be free entertainment on the Depot stage for five hours. Food will be available under a canopy near the caboose. Inside, there will be exhibits. The feature business this year is Union Bank and its predecessors. There will be a presentation at 1 p.m. Also, the Janie Rodriguez award will be given to some unsuspecting person at 2 p.m.. This presentation is by the Village of Lake Odessa. It is named for the late Janie Vargas Rodriguez, who was a very giving, caring person, known for her kind deeds. Each year a person who exemplifies some of Janie's characteristics is chosen for this honor. Past recipients are called on stage just before the award is given. Entertainers will include the Center Stage Dancers, the Thunder Floor Cloggers, vocalist James De Young of Hastings and musical entertainer Larry Pearson. The raffle drawing will be held at 5 p.m. This year's prize is a one day trip behind the engine 1225 and funds for lodgings. The Ionia Free Fair begins this week for a run of several days. One expanded feature is the Antique Village. Publicity in Ionia publications has itemized the expansion, which includes demonstrations such as spinning and tatting. The Ionia County Genealogical Society met Saturday with about 30 present to hear Shirley Hodges of Albion with another of her fine programs. This one dealt with women of the western frontier, including some ladies of the evening who played a role in the development of western civilization. Others were prospectors and soldiers who hid their gender in masculine clothing in order to earn a living in non-traditional roles, often of necessity because of being widowed. Hostesses were Leora Stutes of Lansing and Patricia Currigan of Holt. The Alethian barbecue on Friday evening was a great success. Never in the memory of the workers had there been such a high number of diners in place. Every chair was filled and a few extra were added. Most of the tables were filled twice at least. At the same time there was a steady stream of customers taking boxes of meals out to eat at home. One family took out 18 meals. That should have been quite a family party. The benefit car wash held at Cobb’s on M50, thanks to the generosity of Rachel and Bobby Cobb, had a steady run of customers who got the royal treatment for their vehicles with vacuuming, window washing inside, floor cleaning, trunk vacuuming and then final touches after the cars had their nine minutes with the soft brushes giving their vehicles the once-over. Meantime others were holding a bake sale in front of the business. Funds earned will go toward expenses of the mission work camp to West Virginia for youth and sponsoring adults of Central United Methodist Church in 2008. Marriage Licenses Larry L. Sheler, Titusville, FL and Stephanie Joan Moore, Hastings. Gregory Dean Anderson, Middleville and Erin Leigh Collison, Middleville. Leonard John Krzysik, Jr., Hastings and Alice Marie Fisher, Hastings. Craig Allen McElwee, Allegan and Venus Jane Elkins, Plainwell. Jason Michael Baldwin, Hastings and Melissa Rae Rose, Delton. Jacob Elton Krul, Delton and Dina Mae Simmons, Delton. Devin Allen Hall, Battle Creek and Angela Sue Wilkins, Hastings. Lester Lee Fay II, Hastings and Sally Ann Belson, Hastings. Gary Lee Frost, Delton and Christy Lea LaBathe, Delton. Benjamin Joseph Jacobs, Hastings and Cassandra Lynn Meade, Hastings. DON’T FORGET! 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VanNortwick, who was one of seven commissioners to vote in support of the new ordinance, has contended that failing septic systems are polluting groundwater and lakes in Barry County, and these regulations represent a start in correcting the problems. “It’s unfortunate that people don’t want to be involved in the process,” he said. “Thi is just the first step. This recall is a waste of taxpayers’ time and money. It detracts from the work that needs to be done.” VanNortwick, a Republican, was elected to his first term on the commission in the August 2006 primary, winning by nine votes over incumbent Tom Wing after a highly contentious and bitter campaign. He was elected outright last November. AFFORDABLE CONDOS @ RIVERWALK! This 1 bedroom, 1-1/2 bath condo is available with time to pick colors if you hurry * Master suite * Den/office * Main floor laundry * 2 car garage * Daylight basement * Deck * 1275 +/- sq. ft. with more available in lower level! 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I recently wanted to have a day alone with Mom, but she said no, she was busy with Hayden. Mom has been through two divorces. The current one isn't final yet, and she's already out there. I worry she's going to get hurt again, and I've told her, but she says I shouldn't worry because she can handle herself. I am very stressed and don't know what to do. I know I can be out of the house in a few years, but I need to trust my mom, and most of all, I need to be able to relax. -- Anxious in Arizona Dear Anxious: We think your mom is a little anxious, too. Some women are afraid to be alone and judge their worth by whether or not they have a boyfriend. It would be a good idea for your mother to take some time and work on herself and her choices before embarking on any new relationships. She also should not be neglecting her daughter. However, you cannot force her to behave in a more responsible manner. Is there a trusted adult you can talk to about this -- perhaps your father, or one of your grandparents, aunts, uncles or family friends? You need someone to intercede with your mother and speak up on your behalf. Addiction aid Dear Annie: How can I help a friend who has a sexual addiction? Please give me the name of an agency that will do something. I'm afraid she will end up dead on a country road somewhere. -- Befuddled in Texas Dear Befuddled: You do realize that your friend has to admit she wants help. Most sexual addictions are connected to other underlying problems, such as stress and depression. If your friend is willing to seek help, suggest she contact Sex Addicts Anonymous (saarecovery.org) at 1-800-477-8191. The end is near Dear Annie: I have stayed in a miserable marriage for nearly 30 years. When my youngest child graduates high school, I will leave. My husband is well-known and beloved by our community. When I walk out, everyone will think I am crazy. Everyone, that is, but our children, who have lived this nightmare with me. Their father is an entirely different person at home than the one he presents to his adoring public. He hates his job, has no interests, no hobbies and no friends. He is estranged from his siblings and does not keep in contact with his own parents, who are near 90 and have medical problems. He does not enter into conversation with me or our children, and does not listen when we talk to him. He comes home, sits on the sofa, eats and watches TV. We have been to marriage counseling four times, but he will not follow any of the counselor's suggestions. Each counselor, in fact, has told him he is depressed and needs treatment, but he says they are nuts. I not only don't enjoy his company any more, I can't stand him at all. My heart sinks when I hear his key in the door. I will lose several relationships when I leave, but I'm willing to risk it. No one knows what goes on behind closed doors. I'm asking your readers to please extend grace. -- One More Year Dear One More Year: How sad that your husband won't seek the help he needs. Before throwing in the towel, perhaps you can lay all your cards on the table. He may not realize how close his marriage is to the finish line. Love the sinner Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Dear Annie: I have been dating "Erina" for seven months. She is addicted to heroin and Public Land Auction or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities OPEN 9:00 - 5:30 MONDAY - FRIDAY Mom insecure PART-TIME TELLER EOE/M-F 77513981 www.BrightSkyRealtors.com 317 ARLINGTON (M-37) MIDDLEVILLE (269) 795-3305 77514232 • R E A L T O R S® • another Grand Rapids investment banker and Warren H. Snow of New York City were original members of the company. Ernest F. Parker was chosen as secretary. The company purchased 80 acres of land outright and leased other properties they needed for their project, then made plans for a dam to be constructed across the system’s outlet at Old M-37. Before the dam could be constructed, the entire area had to be inundated completely cleared of brush and plant growth. Two of the highest points in the development were left undisturbed and become the islands that you see there today. The Al-Gon-Quin Realty Company originally had a master plan to develop the new recreational area they had created. Their plans included areas for summer houses, an 18 hole golf course, baseball field, a community clubhouse, tennis courts, and a hotel. Kim Sigler, Barry County’s prosecuting attorney [later governor of Michigan], Peter Schram, a theater owner from Kalamazoo, and Ray Branch, a theater manager from Hastings, initiated plans to build a resort hotel. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929 heralding the onset of the “Great Depression” most people were forced to readjust any plans they may have had regarding their personal finances. Businesses were no exception, so a number of Al-Gon-Quin Realty Company investors were paid in lots rather than in cash. Aben Johnson, president of Hastings Manufacturing, was one of the original investors in the resort project. In the early 1940s he approached other investors and proposed that a YMCA summer camp be built on the shores of Lake Algonquin. Previous to the 1940s, the YMCA summer camp had been held at Camp Barry on Stewart Lake in Orangeville Township. In 1944, donating money that the Hastings Manufacturing had realized from the sale of surplus World War II 20mm shells, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Howard Frost financed the erection of four large tents, a Quonset hut and two outhouses. This is the humble beginning of the YMCA camp at Lake Algonquin. Two years later, Bob King, a former high school coach was hired as the YMCA’s full time director after his discharge from the U.S. Army. In 1947, donations were solicited from ten people who were associated in one way or another with the Hastings Manufacturing Company to build a cabin to house the direc- 77513482 By Esther Walton Algonquin Lake, as we know it, was created in 1928. Prior to this time all that existed where the lake is were a cluster of four or five small lakes and ponds. The entities in this system that had been names were Little Dollar, Kurtz, Dowd and the largest one, Long Lake. This area, located two miles northwest of Hastings along Old M-37, was originally a glacial drainage valley. Before Algonquin Lake was created in the late 1920s, a stream originating from present day Carter Lake fed Long Lake. At the end of Long Lake, other streams connected the other small lakes and ponds in the system that eventually ended where the present day dam is located along Old M-37. Old timers will recall that the Carter Lake area was the home of the legendary “Carter Lake Snake.” In the 1920s a group of investors, calling themselves the Al-Gon-Quin Realty Company, was formed. The group purchased properties from five private landowners who owned property in the area they were interested in developing. President of the company was William Wursburg, of the Wurzburg Dry Goods Company of Grand Rapids, the vice president was George C. Thompson, an investment banker from Grand Rapids. David Annie’s MAILBOX The Barry County Treasurer will be offering tax reverted real estate at Public Auction on July 24, 2007 The Auction will be held at Barry County Courts and Law Building Community Room 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI Registration at 11am. Auction at 12pm Visit our website at www.tax-sale.info or call 1-800-259-7470. Sale listings are available at the Barry County Treasurers Office. crack cocaine. At first, she kept it from me and lied about where she was going or what she was doing. Now it's reached the point where she will ask me for money to purchase her drugs. There are times when Erina disappears for days at a time. She goes off with men two or even three times her age, because she knows they will buy drugs for her. She swears up and down that nothing sexual is going on, but I find that really hard to believe. She must be trading something for that money. Erina has been to detox and was in an outpatient program, but it did nothing for her. Her main priority in life is to get high. She sleeps all day and sometimes doesn't even bathe. Everybody tells me to leave her and then maybe she will realize she's losing a good thing. There is nothing I wouldn't do for her and her family. I love her, and I'm sure if I break up with her, she will totally hit rock bottom and possibly die. I couldn't live with myself if I were responsible for that. I don't know what to do anymore, and I wish this would all go away. -- Hopeless & Hurt Dear Hopeless: You are not responsible for Erina's spiraling addiction or how she deals with it. If she hits rock bottom, it's because she needs to get there before she is willing to be seriously helped. You cannot make this happen. She has to want it for herself, and right now, she loves her drugs more than she loves you. Please contact Families Anonymous (familiesanonymous.org) at 1800-736-9805 or Nar-Anon Family Groups (nar-anon.org) at 1-800-477-6291 for help and information. Don’t interrupt Dear Annie: I have noticed a rather frustrating tendency in women to interrupt conversations. I'm not talking about cocktail party chat, but situations where folks are talking, such as after church services or waiting in line for a concert. A number of times, I (a man) have been in mid-sentence with a woman when another female will approach and step right in between us, greet the other gal with a hug and begin a totally separate conversation. Now, Annie, I am a normal, decent-looking guy with fair social skills. I don't monopolize people, and I am not hitting on these ladies. I don't believe this kind of behavior is socially acceptable. It leaves me feeling rather foolish -- like what I have to say is of no value. How do I graciously let someone know they are being rude? I don't want to be petty, but I'm tired of being disrespected. -- Fed Up in Florida Dear Fed Up: When you see a friend standing in line at a concert or waiting outside the church, it is perfectly natural to come up and greet her. It is certainly not acceptable to stand there and have an entirely separate chat, ignoring the other person. If this happens to you again, turn to your friend and say, "Excuse me. I seem to be interrupting you." Then abruptly leave. Beating the boorish Dear Annie: This is in response to "Frustrated Dad in Mayberry," who bemoaned the behavior of parents at a children's program. Children work very hard to prepare for these programs. They deserve respect. I have come to dread going to my daughter's school programs. Parents shout at their kids on stage during the performance, talk loudly to each other, and stand up to take pictures or videotape. The music director at my church came up with this solution: They now pay someone to film the program, and DVDs are sold for $10. Parents are asked not to use flash photography or film. Some parents were miffed, but most people have been very pleased with the result: the ability to enjoy the program and the moment. Maybe other schools should do the same. -Frustrated Mom from Mayfield Dear Mayfield: Many schools do, and we think it's a great idea. It doesn't solve all the problems, but it helps. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nathan Ferris and Christine Ferris, husband and wife, and Victor Ferris and Darlene J. Ferris, husband and wife, mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank now known as Chemical bank, a Michigan banking corporation of 2185 - 3 Mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544, mortgagee, by a mortgage dated January 7, 2005, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on January 18, 2005 as document no. 1140306. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $143,409.36, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $139,177.65 at the rate of 4.375% percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legals costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Part of the South Half of the Northwest fractional Quarter of Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West OneQuarter corner of said Section; thence North 0º04’11” West 960.00 feet along the West line of said Section to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North 0º04’11” West 152.05 feet along said West line; thence North 89º27’21” East 193.00; thence South 0º04’11’ East 153.02 feet; thence South 89º44’38” West 193.00 feet along the North line of the South 960.00 feet of said Northwest Quarter to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; Subject to right of way for Patterson Avenue over the West 33.00 feet thereof; and commonly known as 303 S. Patterson Rd., Wayland, MI 49348. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: June 25, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Suite 212 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77513743 (616) 459-6168 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas R. Jennett, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 2, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153051, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Five Hundred Ten And 90/100 Dollars ($101,510.90), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1196 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513696 File #148907F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24787-DE Estate of Gerald A. Yarger. Date of birth: 08/23/1945. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Gerald A. Yarger, who lived at 5234 Thornapple Lake Rd., Nashville, Michigan died 03/10/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Roger Yarger, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 07/02/2007 David M. Koons P39300 214 N. Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9407 Roger Yarger 90 Little Long Lake Nashville, MI 49073 77514200 (517) 852-1557 FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - DEFAULT having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Donald H. Reed and Kathleen J. Reed, husband and wife, who address is 2009 Rundle, Lansing, Michigan 48910, Mortgagor, to KeyBank National Association, Mortgagee, 100 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, dated August 23, 2002, and recorded September 11, 2002, at Document Number 1087244, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal, interest and late fees, the sum of Three Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and 33/100 ($306,280.33). And no suit or proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage, with the interest thereon and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are situated in the Township of Castleton, County of Barry, State of Michigan and described as follows: Lot 5 of Block G of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 59, and Lot 8, of Block H of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 Bruce N. Elliott (P28770) CONLIN, McKENNEY & PHILBRICK, P.C. Attorneys for Mortgagee 350 S. Main Street, Suite 400 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734/761-9000 77514028 To: Basin Oil Company D.B. Shults Mercer Oil Company McClure Oil Company I/we, the undersigned, owners of the following described land situated in Hope Township, Barry County, Michigan, to wit: The East 20 rods of the East 40 rods of the Northwest _ of Section 35, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, except that part of the South east _ of the Northwest _ of said Section 35, lying South of Cedar Creek, upon which: 1) a lease dated December 14, 1939 and recorded at Liber 175 page 185 Barry County Records, was given to Basin Oil Company, lessee, 2) a lease dated March 14, 1940 and recorded at Liber 175 page 297 Barry County Records, was given to D. B. Shults, lessee, 3) a lease dated July 25, 1949 and recorded at Liber 220 page 558 Barry County Records, was given to Mercer Oil Company, and a one-half working interest in such lease was assigned by Mercer Oil Company on July 25, 1949 to McClure Oil Company by assignment recorded at Liber 222 page 153 Barry County Records, do hereby notify you that the terms of said lease(s) have been broken by the owner thereof, and that I/we hereby elect to declare and do declare the said lease(s) forfeited and void, and that unless you do within 30 days from this date notify the register of deeds of said Barry County as provided by law, that said lease(s) has/have been forfeited, I/we will file with the said register of deeds an affidavit of forfeiture as provided by law; and I/we hereby demand that you execute or have executed a proper surrender of said lease(s) and that you put the same on record in the office of the register of deeds in said Barry County within 30 days from this date. Dated this _29_______ day of June_______2007. Alfred J. Gemrich 77514006 Jean M. Gemrich NOTICE CASTLETON TOWNSHIP JULY BOARD OF REVIEW will meet on July 17, 2007 at 9:00 A.M. to correct any errors, grant Principal Residence Exemptions not timely filed and any other action allowed by statute. Justin W. Cooley, Supervisor/Assessor 02675254 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING JULY 10, 2007 SYNOPSIS Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:00 p.m. All board members present. Also present: Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth and 6 guests. Motion Perino; support Ritchie to approve June 5, 2007 minutes from regular board meeting and Pickerell Cove Special Assessment and June 25, 2007 minutes from Pickerel Cove Special Assessment. All ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department: Motion Ritchie; support Perino to accept recommendation from Chief Boulter to purchase apparatus in the amount of $119,000 minus $5,000 deposit from the Fire Department Fund. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Chief Boulter to continue applying for grants for purchase of new mini-pumper. Charter Communications Franchise Act: Motion Perino, support Ribbl to pursue and sign contract with Charter Communication. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ribble; support Perino to pay bills for the month of July in the amount of $158,459.02 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Goy to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Unapproved minutes. Jennifer Goy Township Clerk 77514207 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by GREG F. STEVENS, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 9, 2005, in Document No. 1150761, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($75,741.11), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST; THENCE EAST 150 FEET; THENCE NORTH 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY TO A POINT 75 FEET NORTH OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-08-027-006-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514018 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Toni M. Farrell, Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 29th day of August, 2005 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 30th day of August, 2006 in Liber Document No. 1151874 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Ninety Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Eight & 79/100 ($92,687.79), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 26th day of July, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.4500% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: The South 225 feet of Lot 18 of Martz Acres, according to the plat thereof of Barry County Records. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 6/28/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 77513678 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Roderick Meeuwsen and Denette Meeuwsen, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on November 13, 2006 in instrument 1172622, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Six And 06/100 Dollars ($108,976.06), including interest at 9.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 200 feet North and 132 feet West of the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Government Survey thereof, thence West 183 feet; thence North 200 feet; thence East 183 feet; thence South 200 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress and egress over the following: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan; thence West 100 feet for the Place of Beginning; thence West 32 feet; thence North 500 feet; thence East 32 feet; thence South 500 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514193 File #151165F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by JODI L. STILES, a single woman, to HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK, dated March 25, 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry, and State of Michigan, on April 1, 2004, in Liber 1124496 of Mortgages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal interest, the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Eleven and 21/100 ($110,411.21) Dollars, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover in the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse, east door, 220 West State Street, in the City of Hastings, and County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on August 2, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock Eastern Daylight Savings Time in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage, together with 6% interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 7 West; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said section 1104.14 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 88º39’35” West 280.00 feet; thence South 00º41’49” West, parallel with the East section line, 220.00 feet; thence South 88º39’35” East 273.00 feet to the centerline of West Lake Road; thence 86.44 feet along the arc of a curve to the left whose radius measures 954.95 feet and whose chord bears North 5º20’35” East 88.41 feet; thence North 00º41’49” East along the East line of said Section 133.79 feet to the place of beginning. Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are hereby advised that this notice is attempting to collect a debt, and that any information obtained will be used against you. If you dispute this indebtedness within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you will be provided with verification of the amount owning. Date: June 11, 2007 HOMESTEAD SAVINGS BANK Mortgagee TUCK, GARRISON & MOORE, P.L.L.C. By: Mark W. Garrison (P24068) Attorneys for Mortgagee Business address: 403 South Superior, P.O. Box 660 77513378 Albion, Michigan 49224 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of Ordinances, being Ordinance No. 128 and Ordinance No. 129, which were adopted by the Township Board of Prairieville Township at its meeting held on July 11, 2007. ORDINANCE NO. 128 SECTION I. AMENDMENT OF SECTION III. This section amends Section III of the PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PARKS AND RECREATION ORDINANCE (Ordinance No. 44, as amended) pertaining to the setting of park entry fees and the regulation of conduct upon Prairieville Township parks or lake public access areas owned or operated by Prairieville Township. SECTION II. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION III. REPEAL. This section repeals all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance, including but not limited to the Prairieville Township Center Street Lake Access Ordinance (Ordinance No. 67, as amended). SECTION IV. following adoption. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its publication ORDINANCE NO. 129 SECTION I. REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 5. This section amends the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance by the rezoning of certain unplatted land in Land Section 5 in the vicinity of 10175 Lindsey Road in Prairieville Township from the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification to the “R-1” Single Family Low Density Residential District zoning classification. SECTION II. CONDITIONS TO REZONING. This section incorporates by reference and as an amendment to the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance a Statement of Conditions attached to the Ordinance setting forth, as authorized under MCL 125.3405, conditions attached to the rezoning of one of the properties described in Section I of this Ordinance, which property is specifically described in the Statement of Conditions. SECTION III. TIME PERIOD FOR ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT. This section provides that development of the land rezoned hereunder as an Open Space Preservation Development pursuant to building and other required permits must be commenced within 60 months after this Ordinance takes affect and thereafter proceed diligently to completion, unless the 60-month time period is extended by the Township Board of Prairieville Township. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. This Ordinance shall take effect 8 days following publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are repealed. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of each Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of each Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. 77514273 Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township 10115 S. Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 �Page 10 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE/SITE PLAN REVIEW TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing/special meeting on Thursday, August 9, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed item to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: 1. Special Use Permit Application to allow a convenience store/gas station and open air business/garden center and Site Plan Review for a proposed Meijer on the property located on M-43, East of Tanner Lake Road and West of the Barry County Road Commission, Parcel #08-13-013029-00 and is currently zoned C-3, General Business District. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.1603 requires a Special Use Permit for this request. 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use and the Site Plan, along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission at said public hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township Clerk by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 77514275 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed Ordinance #2007-125 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its July 11, 2007 meeting. This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its next regular meeting on August 8, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-125 CONDITIONAL REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 ADOPTED:______________ EFFECTIVE: _______________ An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Zoning Map by the rezoning of certain property in land Section 13 of the Township from the C-4 Commercial Industrial District zoning classification to the C-3 General Business District zoning classification, pursuant to a Statement of Conditions and Conditional Rezoning Agreement; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS SECTION I CONDITIONAL REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 The Zoning Map of Rutland Charter Township as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning the following property in land Section 13 from the “C-4” Commercial Industrial District zoning classification to the “C-3” General Business District zoning classification, pursuant to a Statement Of Conditions And Conditional Rezoning Agreement Between Rutland Charter Township, Barry County, Michigan and Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, Bentonville, Arkansas, Regarding Parcel No. 08-13-013-001-04: PARCEL #08-13-013-001-04 - RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SE COR SEC 13 T3N R9W TH N 00 DEG 00’ 00” E 1959.93 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 1751.52 FT TO A PT ON SWLY ROW LI WEST GREEN ST TH N 66 DEG 47’ 48” W 286.35 FT AL CHORD OF ARC OF SD ROW LI FOR POB TH S 06 DEG 08’ 38” W 224.87 FT TH S 00 DEG 00’ 00” W 109.15 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 205.56 FT TH N 00 DEG 00’ 00” E 62 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 209.44 FT TH N 00 DEG 00’ 07” W 220.13 FT TH N 52 DEG 50’ 52’ E 277.84 FT TO SLY ROW LI WEST GREEN ST TH SELY 247.26 FT AL SD ROW LI & ARC OF CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 2434.27 FT & CHORD BEARING S 61 DEG 41’ 43” E 247.15 FT TO POB SECTION II - SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part of is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION III - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV - EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight days after publication or on such later date as may be required by law; subject to the terms of the attached Statement Of Conditions And Conditional Rezoning Agreement. Robin Hawthorne Charter Township of Rutland 77514269 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT 5th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-137-CZ Court Address: 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 Court Telephone No. (269) 945-1285 Plaintiff STATE TREASURER 3030 W. GRAND BLVD., STE. 10-200 DETROIT, MI 48202 (313) 456-0140 Plaintiff’s attorney Juandisha Harris (P62978) (Same as above) v Defendant James Simons, #190695 Florence Crane Correctional Facility 38 Fourth Street Coldwater, MI 49036 TO: James Simons IT IS ORDERED: 1. You are being sued by plaintiff in this court to show cause why an order should not be entered granting Plaintiff up to 90% of your assets as reimbursement for you cost and care in prison. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before August 27, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the compliance filed in this case. 2. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 6/13/07 Judge James H. Fisher 77513735 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on April 1, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on April 2, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1124590. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of FortyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirteen and 51/100 Dollars ($42,913.51), including interest at 10.25% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Parcel A. Commencing S00º24’29” E 712.83 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3, North, Range 9 West for the point of beginning; thence S00º24’29”E 605.71 feet; thence N50º34’10”W 1038.84 feet; thence N89º54’26”W 221.83 feet; thence N00º18’14”W 204.22 feet along the centerline of Howell Lane; thence N24º24’29”W 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence N00º18’14”W 154.27 feet along said centerline; thence S89º54’26”E 241.42 feet; thence N00º24’29”W 38.62 feet; thence S89º54’26”E 78.49 feet; thence S00º24’29”E 428.01 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence S89º54’26”E 92.5 feet along said centerline; thence S65º14’47”E 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence S86º11’09”E 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence S86º04’29”E 220.88 feet to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-13-015-003-20. Parcel B. Commencing the North 1/4 post of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence N88º47’39”W, 425.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence S00º29’34”W, 507.59 feet to the point of beginning; thence S88º47’39”E, 24.49 feet to the centerline of a gravel driveway; thence S29º45’48”W, 103.85 feet along said centerline; thence continuing Southwesterly along said centerline 159.60 feet along the arc of a curve to the right the radius of which is 924.56 feet, and the chord of which bears S34º42’31”W, 159.40 feet; thence continuing along said certificate of a gravel driveway S39º39’14”W, 183.23 feet to the centerline of Highway M-37; thence N38º01’41”W, 647.48 feet along sid centerline of Highway M-37; thence N18º57’47”E, 59.65 feet to the Northeasterly right of way line of Highway M-37; thence S71º39’23”E, 647.13 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southwesterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-37. Also together with and subject to an easement of undetermined width to be used in common with others over said gravel driveway. Also subject to any other easements or restrictions of record. PP No.08-13-014-051-20. Parcel C. Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant S00º24’29”E, 199.00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section; thence S00º24’29”E, 513.83 feet along said East line; thence N86º04’29”W, 220.88 feet; thence N03º48’51”E, 17.00 feet; thence N01º21’31”W, 482.24 feet; thence S89º54’26”E, 227.01 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, described separately, subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail. Described separately. PP No. 08-13-015-003-70. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158429, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seventy And 25/100 Dollars ($117,070.25), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514173 File #150918F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Tracy McDaniel, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 20, 2006 and recorded July 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167764, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas formerly known as Banker's Trust Company, as Trustee and Custodian for IXIS 2006-HE2 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. f/k/a Meritech Mortgage Services, Inc. as its attorney-infact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Eight and 61/100 Dollars ($88,648.61) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JULY 26, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the point in the center of the Highway, 6 Rods West of the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northwest onequarter of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence North 10 Rods; thence West 6 Rods; thence South 10 Rods to the center of Highway; thence East along center of Highway 6 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: June 28, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 244.3297 77513711 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Renee A Bigger, a married person and Randy O. Bigger, a married person, original mortgagor(s), to Cendant Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2001, and recorded on September 7, 2001 in instrument 1066108, and modified by agreement dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on April 7, 2004 in instrument 1124889, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Nine And 31/100 Dollars ($67,789.31), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 21 of Middleville Downs Addition No. 1 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 4. Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #076305F03 77513706 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Stephanie Smoczynski and Joseph Smoczynski aka Joe Smoczynski, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2005, and recorded on January 11, 2006 in instrument 1158771, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Four And 83/100 Dollars ($72,204.83), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section Five, Town One North, Range Nine West described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot fifty of J.R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 4 rods, thence South 6 feet for the place of beginning, thence East 8 rods. Thence South 60 feet, thence West 8 rods. thence North 60 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #100837F02 77513718 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission of the City of Hastings will hold a Public hearing on Monday, August 6, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on a request by Dreisbach Motors, Inc., 328 North Michigan Avenue, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The applicant has requested an amendment to an existing Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan previously approved by the Hastings Planning Commission on July 2, 2001. Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Request for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269-945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-6493777. 77514265 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William Hayward and Betty J. Hayward, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 25, 2006, and recorded on December 14, 2006 in instrument 1173907, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 45/100 Dollars ($181,740.45), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 33 and the South 25 feet of Lot 34, East Big Gilkey Lake, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 18. Also beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 32 of said Plat; thence North 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds East along the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet; thence South 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513918 File #145889F02 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting July 11, 2007 Meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. Roll Call: Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Treasurer V. Nottingham, Clerk N. Nichols, Trustees W. Miller and S. Ritchie Absent: None Approximately 12 members of the public Also present, State Representative, Brian Calley Approved agenda as amended. Approved corrected revised minutes of Regular Board Meeting dated June 13, 2007. Approved corrected of Barry & Prairieville Township Joint Meeting dated June 21, 2007. Correspondence was received. State Representative, Brian Calley gave a report. County Commissioner, Wayne Adams gave a report. Public comment was received. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Police Department report received and placed on file. No Parks report received. Adopted Ordinance # 128 (Amendment to Prairieville Township Parks and Recreation Ordinance) Passed Resolution Approving Land Use Plan Amendment. Adopted Ordinance # 129 (Conditional Rezoning of Property in Land Section 5) Break Opened Lawn mower bids and accepted top bid. Board Comments were received. Discussed Assessor’s Assistants Approved two roadside mowings. Passed Hardship Resolution. Hired second Deputy Treasurer. Approved bills in the amount of $124,195.33. Adjourned at 10:3320 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner, Prairieville Township Supervisor 77514282 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kristi S Holm a Married Person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2006, and recorded on October 24, 2006 in instrument 1171822, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2007-EQ1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty And 53/100 Dollars ($139,240.53), including interest at 7.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West for Place of Beginning; Thence East 545 feet; Thence North 500 feet; Thence West 545 feet; Thence South 500 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149719F01 77514041 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn Kimbrue and Shannon L. Kimbrue, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160098, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Twenty and 39/100 Dollars ($114,120.39) including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 18 and 19, Supervisor's Plat 1st Addition Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3, of Plats, on Page 6. By Fee Simple Deed from Shannon Kimbrue f/k/a Shannon L. Perry as set forth in Instrument Number 1126831 dated 04/20/2004 and recorded 05/03/2004, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.1591 77514260 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Marcia L Gildea, a single woman to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2004 and recorded June 7, 2004 in Instrument # 1128892 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and Sixty Cents ($129,280.60) including interest 10.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the southwest corner of the north 25 acres of the south one-half of the southwest one-quarter of section 20, town 4 north, range 9 west, for the place of beginning. Thence north 238 feet. Thence east 498 feet, thence south 238 feet, thence west 498 to the place of beginning. Commonly known as 4156 Lewis Johnson, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JUNE 25, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77513701 Our File No: 07-73179 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STEPHEN L. LANGELAND, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has occurred in a Mortgage made by Dana J. Andrews and Kathleen A. Andrews, husband and wife, to Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union dated November 4, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 at Document Number 1137122, Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt, secured by the mortgage or any part thereof and the amount now claimed to be due on the debt is $131,820.06. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the property at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on August 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the east front door of the Barry County courthouse, in the City of Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, together with interest at 7 percent per annum, legal costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes or insurance or other advances and expenses due under mortgage or permitted under Michigan law. The land is located in the the County of Barry, State of Michigan and is described as: Lot 36 of Fineview Acres According to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 52 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County Michigan. Which has the address of: 102 Sweetheart Lane, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-9228 (a/k/a 102 Sweetheart Lane, Banfield, Michigan 49017). During the six months immediately following the sale the property may be redeemed, unless determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Date: 6-29-07 Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union) by: Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Stephen L. Langeland, P.C. Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) Attorney at Law 350 East Michigan, Suite 130 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77513976 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF CALHOUN NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust Estate of Frieda E. Howe. Date of Birth: March 13, 1925. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Frieda E. Howe, who lived at 180 Fair Lake, Delton, Michigan, died May 30, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent, trust and trustee will be forever barred unless presented to the Mary Carrier, Successor Trustee of the Frieda E. Howe Living Trust dated May 16, 2007, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: July 13, 2007 Brian K. Kirkham, P.C. (P35111) 835 Golden Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 963-1545 Mary Carrier 376 Webber Street 77514234 Battle Creek, MI 49015 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on June 16, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on June 18, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1129530. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Seven and 97/100 Dollars ($82,557.97), including interest at 6.00% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 30, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section; thence N00º37’24”E 542.33 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning; thence N89º22’36”W 309.6 feet; thence N00º18’04”W 265.03 feet; thence S80º22’36”E 313.87 feet; thence S00º37’21”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Containing 1.89 acres. Subject to highway right-of-way for M43 Broadway Road over the Easterly portion thereof described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence N89º22’36”W 54.42 feet; thence N00º22’46”E 265.00 feet; thence SW89º22’36”E 55.55 feet; thence S00º37’24”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-04-030-150-000-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 77514127 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventeen And 49/100 Dollars ($373,617.49), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F03 77514250 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Baird, a married man aka Michael D. Baird and Rebecca Baird, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 9, 2004, and recorded on January 15, 2004 in instrument 1120818, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Ninety-One And 84/100 Dollars ($164,091.84), including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, and the South 1/2 of Lot 2, and the North 1/2 of Lot 6 of the West Gun Lake Resort Plat, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #057904F03 77513626 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda A. Van Keuren, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 22, 2005, and recorded on March 14, 2005 in instrument 1142693, and rerecorded on March 25, 2005 in instrument 1144369, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Three And 09/100 Dollars ($81,903.09), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land in Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet to the palce of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 749.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 708.31 feet; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 749.99 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 708.31 feet to the place of beginning. Also, together with an easement for ingress and egress; commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrgees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet'; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to said South section line; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet to the Place of beginning. Also, together with and subject to an easement for ingress and egress and, commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 1305.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet; thence South 02 degreed 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148371F01 77513962 01547383 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” 1/2 off ¥ July 20th & 21st 02675304 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Diane Dallas, A Single Female to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 25, 2002 and recorded November 25, 2002 in Instrument # 1092382 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2003-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($127,223.96) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of section 28, Town 3 north, range 8 west, described as, commencing at the intersection of the north line of said section and the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) which is 1094.5 feet west along the North line of said section from the northeast corner of said section, thence south 23 degrees 45 minutes east 200.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence southeasterly 410.72 feet along said centerline on a 1227.77 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears south 33 degrees 20 minutes East 408.00 feet, thence south 42 degrees 55 minutes east 127.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence south 47 degrees 05 minutes west 834 feet more or less to the east line of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, 1447 feet more or less to the southeast corner of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, thence west along the east and west one-quarter line 313.5 feet more or less to the southwest corner of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the northeast onequarter, thence north along the west line of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the Northeast onequarter 2640 feet more or less to the North line of said section, thence East 532 feet more or less to the place of beginning, subject to the right of way for highway purposes over the north 33 feet and over that part lying northeasterly of a line which is 33 feet southwesterly from and parallel with the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) Commonly known as 1890 Nashville Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 16, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77514277 Our File No: 07-74648 Garage Sale 1907 Nashville Rd., Hastings Sewing Fabric ...........25¢ running yd. Yarn ..................................25¢ skein Lots of Misc. 1/2 off ALL MUST GO - MAKE OFFER Rain or Shine 9 to 6 Spring Has Arrived & Summer Is Close By No better time to think about owning your own home Thornapple Lake Estates has a BRAND NEW inventory of homes, both Double Wide and Single Wide. We have great “Move In” incentives and offer financing with very low down payments to qualified buyers. Don’t delay... Stop out today and let us show you HOW you can become a Homeowner!! Phone 517-852-1514 or stop by. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly A Campbell, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2005, and recorded on April 21, 2005 in instrument 1145219, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 75/100 Dollars ($84,265.75), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of lot 807 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 807; thence West 39 feet; thence South 69 feet; thence East 39 feet; thence North 69 feet to the point of beginning. Together with a right of way of ingress and egress to a strip of land lying directly West of subject property and to be used for a private driveway to be used in common with adjoining owner for right of passage to and from their lots The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #152241F01 77514255 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Mills, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 29, 2005 and recorded July 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149239, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006HE1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Six and 78/100 Dollars ($54,626.78) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 2, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 10 of Daniel Strikers Addition according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2290 77514001 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five And 88/100 Dollars ($86,375.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151389F01 77514183 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on February 5, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on February 12, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1097521. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 46/100 Dollars ($242.575.46), including interest at 6.75% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 199.00 feet along the East line of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.01 feet to the true point of beginning; thence south 01 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East, 482.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds West, 17.00 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence North 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence North 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence North 12 degrees 25 minutes 23 seconds East, 33.78 feet; thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds East 178.42 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West, 349.84 feet; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.51 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, 66 feet in width 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds East, 391.80 feet along the centerline of Howell Trail; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 171.22 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning of the centerline of Madilin Trail; thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 384.45 feet along said centerline; thence South 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence South 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds East, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence north 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds East, 17.00 feet to the end of said centerline and a point hereinafter referred to as Reference Point “A.” Also a circular extension of said easement, a radius of 50 feet centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A.” Subject to a private easement of ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail, 66 feet in width, 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet from the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 391.89 feet along said centerline; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 204.22 feet to the end of said centerline. PP No. 08-13-015-003-60. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514133 616-831-1700 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Bigelow and Terrie Bigelow, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Instrument Number 1171233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage Inc., successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($122,453.13) including interest at 8.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 4 and 5, Block 3, Daniel Striker's Addition, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 241.0037 77514240 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon M. Strader and Robert C. Strader II, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Key Bank USA, National Association, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2002, and recorded on July 23, 2002 in instrument 1084273, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Home Equity Asset Trust 2005-5, Home Equity Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-5 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eight And 69/100 Dollars ($131,408.69), including interest at 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of the West Peterson Park, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 18. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #130392F02 77513648 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Groendyke, and Patricia L. Groendyke, AKA Patricia Groendyke, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on January 12, 2006 in instrument 1158862, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Fifty-Six And 50/100 Dollars ($152,056.50), including interest at 7.69% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said section; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 660.0 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 200.0 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds East 400.0 feet; thence South 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds East 200.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds West 400.0 feet along the North line of the South 660 feet of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. Subject to right of way for Loop Road over the West 33.0 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149473F01 77513971 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24823-DE Estate of BERT MARSHALL MESECAR, JR., Deceased. Date of birth: 07-13-32. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Bert Marshall Mesecar, Jr., who lived at 1146 Charlton Drive, Hastings, Michigan died June 22, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Steven M. Mesecar, named personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: July 10, 2007 David L. Smith P20636 133 South Cochran, P.O. Box 8 Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 543-6401 Steven M. Mesecar 7645 Hall Road Bellevue, MI 49021 77514198 (269) 317-9554 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul R. Baker, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 18, 2004, and recorded on March 19, 2004 in instrument 1123925, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Six And 82/100 Dollars ($71,926.82), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 1225 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence East at right angles with said Section line 272.25 feet; thence South 480 feet; thence West 272.25 feet to said West Section line; thence North 480 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148480F01 77513638 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cathy L. Hurley, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 10, 2006, and recorded on August 17, 2006 in instrument 1168708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twelve And 37/100 Dollars ($125,212.37), including interest at 10.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All of Lots 9 and 11; the South 20 feet of Lots 7 and 8; and the North 8 feet of Lot 13, all in Block 9 of Lincoln Park Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55 and said Lots being a part of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of section 18, Town 3 North, Range 8 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149588F01 77514069 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melinda L Durecka, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Sofin Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 26, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092926, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Flagstar Bank, FSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($62,545.58), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/3 of Lot 6 and the West 1/3 of the North 1/2 of Lot 7 of R.B. Greggs Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 13, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #138626F02 77513956 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by AMBER R. DEKKER, UNMARRIED and PAUL A. EISENHARDT, MARRIED, to HILLSIDE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., Mortgagee, dated September 19, 2003, and recorded on October 30, 2003, in Document No. 1116715, and assigned by said mortgagee to AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($108,654.44), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 16, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of JOHNSTOWN, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 48, INDIAN ISLE RESORT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THERE OF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 13, 2007 AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514245 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Arlin F. Dougherty and Judith K. Dougherty, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 1999, and recorded on August 6, 1999 in instrument 1033546, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 77/100 Dollars ($90,357.77), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on July 26, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 13 and 14, Pierson's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 41, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 28, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #003915F03 77513689 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric Slachter, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 28, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2003 in Liber 6524 on Page 022 in instrument 1098843, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen And 34/100 Dollars ($84,816.34), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 174 Feet of the Following described premises: Commencing 24 rods South of the Northeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence West 40 rods; thence South 16 rods; thence East 40 rods; thence North 16 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151400F01 77514178 �Page 13 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner COURT NEWS LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158424, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 41/100 Dollars ($116,898.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150928F01 77514117 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on January 29, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on January 31, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1096631. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Nine and 82/100 Dollars ($82,909.82), including interest at 7.65% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Unit 1, Tikeluk Trail Condominiums, a condominium according to master deed recorded in document #1048957, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 18, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said master deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. PP No. 08-040-029-250-100-01 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514145 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James P. Caswell and Connie L. Caswell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to TCF Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 7, 2002, and recorded on June 20, 2002 in instrument 1082584, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Four And 33/100 Dollars ($101,294.33), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the Southwest corner of that part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Lying East of the Battle Creek and Assyria Road (Highway M-66), described as follows: running Northerly and Southerly along the center line of said Battle Creek Road (M-66) 250 feet and runing East and West along the Center line of Huff Road, 220 feet. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150537F01 77514188 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gwen Mesler, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005 in instrument 1147733, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dba Americas Servicing Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($71,286.88), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1/2 of Lot 49 and the East 1/2 of the South 1/2 of Lot 48 of the O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 38, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150937F01 77514112 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Musser AKA James A. Musser Sr. and Sharlyn K. Musser, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Creve Coeur Mortgage Associates, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 11, 2001, and recorded on December 28, 2001 in instrument 1072202, and assigned by mesne assignments to Beal Bank SSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Four And 23/100 Dollars ($209,164.23), including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land commencing at the Northeast Corner of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; Thence South 28 Degrees 41 minutes 30 Seconds West 933.45; Feet, Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 937.65 Feet to the place of beginning; Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 134.5 Feet; Thence South 39 Degrees 33 minutes West 190.3 Feet to the Easterly right-of-way of West State Road; Thence North 50 Degrees 27 minutes West 200 Feet; Thence North 39 Degrees 33 minutes East 200 Feet; Thence North 89 Degrees 27 minutes East 148 Feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #085936F03 77514202 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kendra Kay Fay, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2005 and recorded January 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158777, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Six and 97/100 Dollars ($64,296.97) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 9, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 6 and running from thence East 8 Rods, thence South 10 Rods, thence West 8 Rods, thence North 10 Rods to the place of beginning, except therefrom a Lot in the Northeast corner 30 Feet East and West 100 feet North and South being situated in the Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.6876 77514122 • Seventeen-year-old Kyle Wilson of Orangeville appeared in Circuit Court Wednesday and Judge James Fisher heard a motion to sever the charges in the case. Wilson was charged with first-degree murder in the July 14 death of Jordan Edward Nink,15 at Wilson’s home. Wilson also faces charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. “Judge Fisher said the decision to sever the two charges is moot at this point,” said Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. “He said he may reconsider the request at the pre-trial hearing,” set for 1 p.m. Friday, July 27. • Bud Dion McMellon, 19, of Hastings, received two separate probation violation sentences in Barry County Circuit Court July 13. Judge Fisher sentenced McMellon to continue his probation for two earlier convictions, one in 2005 for stealing a car and another in 2006 for criminal sexual conduct. McMellon was convicted on May 23 for violating the terms of his probation by consuming alcohol in two separate occasions and violating his curfew order. • Robert David Hodgkinson, 31, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced by Judge Fisher on July 11 to serve 36 months probation and seven months in jail for his May 30 conviction on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. Hodgkinson was ordered to pay a fine of f$500, court costs of $1,000 and a probation fee of $720. He may participate in the work release program while in jail. A charge of operating a vehicle while his license was suspended was dismissed in a plea agreement. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher cited two previous conviction for driving while impaired, one in 1997 and again in 2004. Hodgkinson was arrested in Prairieville Township on April 7. FREE SEMINAR • Michael Wayne Nygaard, 24, of Hastings, was sentenced July 11 to serve 36 months probation and six months in jail for his June conviction on a charge of unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Nygaard also was ordered to pay court costs of $250, restitution of $1,389.50, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of his probation. He was also ordered to attend a minimum of two Narcotics Anonymous and/or Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week, wear a wrist monitor, to attend drug court and observe a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew upon his release from jail. Nygaard was arrested in Hastings in April. • Brittany Lynn Urbane, 20, of Middleville, was sentenced July 11 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and three months in jail for her June conviction on a charge of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance. Urbane also was ordered to have her license suspended for six months (restricted after 30 days) and to attend a minimum of two Narcotics Anonymous/Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week, and wear a wrist monitor upon her release from jail. Judge Fisher ruled the balance of her jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of jail time. She also was ordered to pay court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $720 and a drug court fee of $200. • Robert Lee Dotson, 36, of Sherwood, Mich., was sentenced July 11 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 months probation and four months in jail for his conviction on a charge of failing to pay child support over a period of nearly four years. • Eric Michael Coleman, 34, of Nashville, was sentenced July 11 to serve 36 months probation, have his license suspended for one year and spend 60 days in jail for his June conviction on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Judge Fisher ruled Coleman’s license may be restricted after 60 days and the balance of his jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of his probation. Coleman also was ordered to pay court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. He was ordered to wear a wrist monitor. Judge Fisher cited a previous conviction WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? 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The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale National Ads Card of Thanks FOR SALE: DENIM sectional sofa, 3 pieces with ottoman, semi-attach back cushions, very good condition, $500, (269)945-9747. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. WE WOULD LIKE TO thank all the folks that came to our 50th Anniversary party. Seeing our family & friends made it a special day. thank you for all the cards gifts, flowers and to all that helped make the party go smooth. A big thank you to our two boys and wives Marty & Kim, Mark & Tam and four wonderful grand kids. True family & friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. And we have them. Merle & Marlene Martin FOR SALE: Washer & electric dryer, both white. Work Great $100. (269)945-5571 Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS: water Lilies & Lotus, Goldfish & Koi, Liners, Pumps, Filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)698-1030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am-2pm. Garage Sale GARAGE SALE: SAT. July 21st. only, 8am-4pm, 230 W. Nelson St. Hastings. Lots of name brand boy’s and girl’s clothing, baby items, changing table. MOVING SALE: BRISTOL LAKE- Big sale of household items & adult clothing. Fri. & Sat., July 13 & 14, also Fri. & Sat. July 20 & 21, 9-4. 214 Sunset Drive, Dowling. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2007 “Annual” Norway/Auburn Garage Sales, 9am-4pm. Automotive 1974 F600 STAKESIDE w/390 motor, body in good shape, runs & drives, $1,000 obo or will trade. Also Simplicity riding lawn mower, $100. Call Rick, (269)8380663 ‘98 FORD TAURUS SHO FOR SALE: 133K miles. Green w/grey leather interior. Power everything. Asking $4,500. Call (269)9482919, ask for Dan or Jackie. BUY ME! DODGE 2000 INTREPID ES - 4 door, automatic, good condition, black exterior, grey interior, 6 cylinder, 2WD, air, CD, cruise control, custom wheels, power locks/seats/windows, $2,799. Well maintained. 28mpg. jproberts@jasnetworks.net (269)948-3992 Lost & Found LOST ON 7/16: 3 legged Jack Russell named Milo, was in car accident near Banfield Party Store maybe hurt or scared. Please call (269)838-5277. LOST: GOLD PEARL ring with 3 small Diamonds. Kmart/Plumbs area. Reward. (269)948-8493 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $295. (616)452-8430. A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $170. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 FUTON FRAME: with mattress. Large selection starting at $175 & up. (616)452-8430 Card of Thanks MY FAMILY AND I wish to thank everyone for the many cards, letters, flowers, and prayers I received while I was at the hospital, rehab and home here in Venice, Florida. All are greatly appreciated. Alice Durbin, Fair Lake. Pets HELP US!!!!!! FREE TO GOOD HOME! WE HAVE SEVEN ADORABLE PUPPIES WHO NEED TO FIND A LOVING HOME! LIVING IN SMALL APARTMENT WITH A BABY ON THE WAY! 4 MALES, 3 FEMALES. MOTHER - LAB MIX, FATHER - BLUE HEELER. READY IN 2 WEEKS!! CALL DANI @ (269)8187541 LEAVE A MESSAGE IF NO ANSWER. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC 77509092 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 02675418 All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Household Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Help Wanted APARTMENT MANAGER. Local, part-time for 24-unit apartment building in Sunfield. Needed to start immediately. Paperwork and excellent communication skills needed. Send resume with letters of references to Apt. Manager, PO Box 799, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. DRIVERS: Top pay plus benefits! 2 positions available. Home for weekends resets + several times a week. CDL-A. 800-998-5005 MECHANIC: Truck, heavy equipment & farm machinery. Pay based on experience. (517)726-1492 Jobs Wanted BABYSITTER LOOKING FOR full/partime jobs, between 3-8 years old. Must be potty trained. 7:30am5:30pm. Call for rates (269)948-2919 ask for Jackie. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 Heavily wooded secluded acres easy walk to State land. Lots of deer signs. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site, $19,900, $500 down, $250/month, land contract. Northern Land Company 1800-968-3118, www.northernlandco.com 07518020 +$67,1*6�� 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND ")'�3#2%%.3 � � � � ADULT�EVENING .O�PASSES ALL�OTHER�TICKETS 6 3TADIUM�3EATING &REE�DRINK�REFILLS�����`�CORN�REFILLS ���3(/74)-%3�6!,)$������ ����� 6 ����������)�./7�02/./5.#%�9/5�#(5#+�!.$�,!229� �0' �� ����������������������� �����(!)2302!9��0' ����������������������������������&2)�3!4�,3������ 6 ����������(!229�0/44%2�!.$�4(%�/2$%2�/&�4(%�0(/%.)8� �0' �� ����������������������� 42!.3&/2-%23��0' �� ������������������������ #/50/. ��/:�$2).+ �� WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �� ��� ����� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��3%04���������������("� POLICE BEAT This fire Monday at a home on Kellogg School Road destroyed the garage and part of the home’s interior. Though no one was hurt, the heat was so intense it melted the headlights on two vehicles parked in the drive. Fire departments from Hickory Corners, Delton, Johnstown Township and Pine Lake responded to the early morning blaze. Hickory Corners fire destroys garage Fire Departments from Hickory Corners, Delton, Johnstown Township and Pine Lake responded to an early morning fire July 16 that partially destroyed a home on Kellogg School Road. The fire broke out shortly after 1 a.m. and Hickory Corners Fire Chief Mark Iles said they were able to get it under control before the home was completely engulfed. “The damage was mostly to the garage area, the kitchen and the dining room,” he said. The heat from the blaze was so intense it melted the headlights on vehicles parked in front of the garage. The cause of the fire has not been determined and the investigation is continuing. Two people who were in the home at the time of the fire were able to get out without injury, Iles said. Woman held for disorderly conduct Hastings police arrested a woman for disorderly conduct after she failed to comply with officers’ attempts to get her to stop disrupting the peace in the 400 block of South Jefferson Street July 13. During the early morning hours, officers responded to a pay phone on Green Street after the woman dialed 9-11 to report that a family member wouldn’t talk to her. She demanded that the police go get the family member and bring him to her. Officers told the woman, who was identified as Linda Hill, 50, from Hastings, that it was not a police matter and that she should not be calling 9-11 for non-emergency purposes. A short time later officers were dispatched to a disturbance on Jefferson Street and upon arrival found Hill in a parking lot yelling. She was warned several times to quiet down and failed to heed officers’ warnings. Hill was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Traffic stop may lead to drug charges Hastings Police arrested two Grand Rapids men during a traffic stop last Friday in the 500 block of West State Street. The vehicle was stopped after the officer observed that the driver was not wearing his seat belt. It was learned that the driver of the vehicle, Tanaka Swain, 31, was wanted on a warrant out of Grand Rapids and his passenger, Dominic Bates, 20, was also arrested after he provided false identification to police. Further investigation produced crack cocaine hidden in the engine compartment which was located by the county’s K-9 deputy, who was requested to assist during the investigation. Both subjects were transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail and are facing additional charges for possession of cocaine. Local man arrested for being disorderly Hastings police were dispatched to the 100 block of South Jefferson Street July 13, shortly after midnight to a suspicious situation complaint. After arriving in the area, officers made contact with an intoxicated man who had been banging on the outside glass of an area business. The subject was at the time challenging another man to fight, yelling obscenities and making threats toward him. Officers cautioned him several times, but he refused to comply with the officers requests to stop. Steven Nelson, 25, of Hastings, was placed under arrest for being a disorderly person. He was transported and lodged at the Barry county Jail without incident. Hastings woman arrested in assault Hastings officers responded to an assault complaint in the 300 block of N. Michigan on July 13. Officers were told by witnesses that the suspect, who was identified as Christina Scobey, 38, of Hastings, had struck another woman in the face. Officers spoke with the 29-year-old victim and other witnesses who substantiated the chain of events leading up to the assault. Scobey was placed under arrest for the assault and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Man held for assault on trestle bridge Hastings Police responded to an assault complaint at a residence in the 600 block of N. Boltwood Street on July 5. The actual assault took place near the trestle bridge south of Mill Street after the 18-year-old victim showed the suspect where the bridge was. The suspect, who was identified as Raymond Lewis, 21, of Hastings, had met the victim for the first time just prior to the assault at the skate park on Hanover Street and asked him to show him where the bridge was. After doing so, Lewis reportedly assaulted him without provocation. Officers located Lewis a short time later and placed him under arrest after admitting his involvement in the assault. He was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. The victim sought treatment on his own at Pennock Hospital. It appears alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the assault. Two arrested in home invasion case Deputies from the Eaton County Sheriff's Office arrested Pamela Jean Stone, 35, of Olivet, and Oliver Dean Bryant, 38, of Eaton Rapids, for home invasion Monday. A resident on Carlisle Highway near Vermontville, arrived home to find an unfamiliar vehicle in her driveway. The female driver of the car provided the homeowner with a fictitious story about looking for a lost dog. The homeowner went to her house to find the door kicked in as the vehicle sped away. The victim provided a license number and vehicle description to police and Deputy Mike Schnepp stopped the suspect's vehicle on M-79 near Charlotte. Deputies recovered items from the victim's home in the suspect's car along with items believed to be from other break-ins. The two suspects were connected with three other home invasions which occurred the same day on Shaytown Road, Moyer Road, and Carlisle Highway. Both suspects were charged in Eaton County District Court with three felony counts of home invasion and three felony counts of conspiracy to commit home invasion. Judge Harvey Hoffman set Bryant's bond at $250,000 and Stone's bond at $100,000. Nearly $9,000 in items reported stolen The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a home invasion July 17. The victim said she was preparing for a trip and had left a number of items on her bed and when she returned home she discovered a sliding glass door had been forced open. She discovered a number of items missing from her bedroom and a computer room. Included were a laptop computer and case, a portable DVD player and six DVD movies, two video cameras, a gold and diamond watch, a diamond ring, a 20-inch flat screen HDTV, a multi-use printer, a hand held police scanner and a fire safe containing $1,000 in cash. The total value of the items has been estimated at $8,618. The investigation is being conducted by the sheriff’s department detective bureau. �Page 15 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is adapted from the Ken Kesey novel and will be performed on the stage at The Barn Theatre in Augusta. This gripping, poignant and powerful piece of theatre is not to be missed. For mature audiences. The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Tickets are $29 for all performances and Visa and MasterCard are accepted. Group prices available. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets or more information please call (269) 731-4121. July 10-22. • Geppetto and Son is a brand new magical musical from Disney to enchant the whole family at The Barn Theatre in Augusta. As in the original story, the wooden puppet dreams of becoming a real boy while learning lessons about telling the truth. The Barn Theatre Located on M-96 one mile west of the village of Augusta. Box Office is open from 10 am-10 pm. Phone (269) 731-4121 for tickets. Performance times Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday offers 2 shows at 6 pm & 9 pm, Sunday 5 pm (8:30 pm added performance, if applicable). Ticket prices $29. July 24-August 5. MISCELLANEOUS • Antique Outboard Motor & Flea Market at Charlton Park from 9 am-2 pm. Saturday July 21. • Barry County Fair is coming to the Barry Expo Center grounds July 16-21. • Ionia Free Fair starts today. For more information see ioniafreefair.com. July 19-28. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. LANGUAGE: Hollywood trade paper Variety coined the term “oater” to describe what kind of entertainment? 2. MATH: What is the Arabic equivalent of the Roman numeral LXXX? 3. STYLE: What is the function of furniture called an étagère? 4. FOOD: What is the chief ingredient in caponata? 5. MEASUREMENTS: What does the Binet-Simon scale measure? 6. GEOGRAPHY: On which continent is the country of Paraguay located? 7. MEDICINE: What is digitalis used to treat? 8. ENTERTAINMENT: Which humorist created the fictional town of Lake Wobegon? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is an aqueduct? • You’re certainly familiar with the word “polygamy” — the form of marriage in which a person has more than one spouse at the same time — but you probably haven’t heard of the word “digamy.” Whether or not you know what it means, though, you could very well be a participant. “Digamy” refers to a person’s second legal marriage, whether the first marriage was ended by death or divorce. • It was 18th-century French writer Nicolas Chamfort who offered the following advice: “Swallow a toad in the morning if you want to encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.” • Have you ever wondered why it’s called a boxing ring even thought it’s square? Well, boxing matches used to take place in a circular arena, and the name stuck even after the shape changed. • George Clooney, Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning actor, tried out for the Major League Baseball team the Cincinnati Reds when he was 16 years old. • Pneumatic tires — tires inflated with air 10. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The Portrait of a Lady”? Answers 1. A film of Western genre 2. 80 3. Display — its open shelves allow small items to be displayed. 4. Eggplant 5. Intelligence 6. South America 7. Heart failure 8. Garrison Keillor 9. An artificial channel to bring water to a town 10. Henry James © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Crafts Fairs © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE Walter Trout August 1 JULY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 16-20 KinderKamp- Community Music School Summer Classes ages 18 months-3 years M-F 10-10:45 $45, ages 3-6 M-F 11-11:45 $45. All materials provided. Community Music School, 209 W. Green Street. Call 948-9441 for more info. 16-20 Fascinating Forest from 8:45 am- 3 pm Mon-Fri at the Biological Station. Call (269) 671-2263 for more information. 16-21 Barry County Fair at Barry Expo Center. 19 Blood Drive at the Hastings Moose Lodge from 1-6:45 pm. 19 Hastings Farmers Market 10 am-6 pm. next to Tyden Park in Hastings. 20 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 20 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Middleville Stage Coach Park. Free music. Bring a blanket or chairs. 21 Hastings Farmers Market 7 am1 pm. next to Tyden Park in Hastings. 21 Antique Outboard Motor & Flea Market from 9 am-2 pm 23-27 Melissa Risk’s Community Music School Class for ages 6 through adult at the Fehsenfeld Center. Call (269) 948-9441 for more information. 23-27 Fun on the Run from 8:45 am-3 pm Mon.-Fri. at the MSU Kellogg Science Station in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-2263 for more information. © Reinhard Naekel Blues on the Mall Presents: Walter Trout at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids August 1 from 6:30-9 pm. Admission is free. Classic Rock 97LAV and the City of Grand Rapids sponsors free outdoor blues concerts every Wednesday in June & July. Features national blues artists, food, and merchandise and is a family friendly event. For more information call (616) 774-8461 or visit www.wlav.com. Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens: Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 2. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person. General admission lawn seating. Steeped in the sacred steel tradition, Randolph’s astonishing pedal steel playing has had a revolutionary impact. Randolph’s string wizardry is the focal point of the Family Band’s legendary live appearances. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Great Lakes Longbow Invitational happens Friday, Saturday & Sunday Aug. 10-12 at Charlton Park. Adult admission is $5, children 16 & under free. Hours are Friday and Saturday 9 am-6 pm and Sunday 9 am-3 pm. Calhoun County Fair will be held August 12-18 at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. County Wide Yard Sale & Flea Market at Historic Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday August 18. Also on tap is an antique car cruise in and classic tractors. Motorcycles welcome. Free admission. Saturday Night Alive at John Ball Zoo from 6-8 pm August 18. Food, jazz, and some very special zoo tours are all part of this unique evening party at the zoo! Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased by calling (616)336-3309. For more info call (616)3363309 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Art Out Loud is a first-time event planned at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids from 5-10 pm August 22. Two bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis, will perform live and two artists will paint in front of the audience and have their work sold in a silent auction. Money raised by the event will help the ArtWorks summer program which helps local youth ages 14-21 gain experience in the business of the arts. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. For more information, call (616) 4547000, extension 26. Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 23. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6, 7, and 8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. This week’s selection: Live Free or Die Hard Running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 — are found on all types of modern vehicles, from cars to airplanes to construction equipment. Considering the importance of these ubiquitous items to contemporary life, you might be surprised to learn that the pneumatic tire owes its existence to a small child and bad roads in Scotland. Scotsman John Boyd Dunlop came up to the idea because his son complained that riding his bicycle on rough roads gave him headaches. • It’s difficult to believe, but the following classic movies never won a single Academy Award: “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Taxi Driver,” “Psycho,” “A Star Is Born,” “The Maltese Falcon,” “Dr. Strangelove” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.” ********************************* Thought for the Day: “It’s been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” — Abraham Lincoln Musicals It’s safe to say that this is the last time Bruce Willis will be playing Detective John McClane, and you can tell that Willis wanted his iconic character to go out with a bang. And another bang. And ... That’s what makes “Live Free or Die Hard” the best action movie of the year. It is wall-to-wall stunts, gunfights and Stuff Blowin’ Up Real Good. And the icing on the cake is that you can tell Willis is having the time of his life and not just phoning it in for a huge payday. Bruce’s enthusiasm for the character is infectious. And for all the online bluster about how a PG13 rating was going to spoil the film, I can tell you honestly that it doesn’t. “Live Free or Die Hard” is a solid action movie — and yes, McClane DOES deliver his signature “Yippy Kai Yay” line. The plot — as if it matters — surrounds an attack on the nation’s computer infrastructure, from power grids to national security systems, financial institutions, even traffic lights. A really evil guy who is too pretty to be a nerd (Timothy Olyphant) is wreaking havoc on the country. Det. John McClane has, in tow, a young hacker (Justin Long) who inadvertently helped develop part of the insidious code. As the country crumbles down around them, McClane and the hacker have to try to stay one step ahead of the bad guys who can track them and then send helicopters, fighter Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Bruce Willis is “not just phoning it in for a huge payday” in “Live Free or Die Hard.” jets and other nasty stuff their way. One of the highlights of the film is a cameo by filmmaker Kevin Smith, who plays an uberhacker with the handle, “Warlock.” It was great to see Smith in the role, but it also made it glaringly obvious how weak Justin Long’s characterization was. It would’ve been better to have Silent Bob himself hang with McClane and whomp some cyber-terrorist booty. Yippy-Kai-Yay, indeed. GRADE: A © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 16 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Harness racing took over the track in front of the grandstand at the Barry County Fair during the day on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. (Photo by Kelly Lloyd) Nick Adams hoists his championship trophy after winning the 4-cylinder class at the autocross Tuesday at the Barry County Fair. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Some drivers were careful to avoid each other, and some weren’t, as they raced through the turns of the figure 8 course in front of the grandstand at the Barry county Fair on Monday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Three nights of grandstand shows left Tom Owen of Lansing had one of the more unique roof ornaments on his #62 car during the Figure 8 Derby at the grandstand on Monday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Aaron Buehler captured the championship in the Fireman’s race at Tuesday’s Autocross event. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The first half of the evening grandstand events at the 2007 Barry County Fair wrapped up Wednesday night with the King Brothers Professional Rodeo. That means three nights of grandstand fun are left to greet crowds at this year’s fair. The action gets back underway tonight with the Pickup & Semi Pulls. Admission for the final three grandstand events is $9, plus gate admission which is $5 for adults, free for children 12 & under, and $3 for senior citizens. All three remaining grandstand events gets started at 7 p.m. Friday night will be the SJO Productions Motocross, and Saturday will be the USA Demolition Derby. Fans of demolition derby are likely to see some leftover cars from the first two events of the week at the grandstand, the Figure 8 Derby and the Autocross. Dave Vandenbrink, of Holland, a threetime USA Figure 8 Derby champion won the event on Monday. He was the 2006 champion on the circuit. Robert White of Pewamo won the front-wheel drive feature event Monday. The drivers started out spraying mud through the air, as the whipped around two heavy equipment tires that made up the turns in the figure eight. As the night went on, things dried out and the drivers began kicking up dust. Some blasted through the center, and were still able to avoid the crossing traffic while others were bit more polite in waiting their turn. At Tuesday’s JLO Autocross event, Nick Adams won the four-cylinder class, Chad Kaizer the six-cylinder class, and Aaron Buehler took the Fireman’s championship. Newborn Babies GIRL, Meya Hughes, born at Metropolitan Hospital, Grand Rapids, on July 7, 2007 at 2:06 p.m. to Timothy T. Hughes and Nicole M. Cameron of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Taevin Raymundo Pena, born at Pennock Hospital on June 19, 2007 at 3:36 p.m. to Kara Mays and Daniel Pena of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Erik Robert Cove, born on July 9, 2007 at 7:37 p.m. to Andrew and Kristen Cove of Middleville. Weighing 5 lbs. 10 ozs. and 18 inches. BOY, Keagan McCoy, born at Bronson Hospital on June 25, 2007 at 9:29 a.m. to Dustin and KaiC Worm. Weighing 7 lbs. 7.2 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Jayden Anthony, born at Pennock Hospital on July 7, 2007 at 7:44 a.m. to Shannon Wonnacott of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 3.5 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Jasmine Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on July 9, 2007 at 7:56 a.m. to Jennifer Purdum and John Benedict of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 10 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Kaytlin Mae, born at Pennock Hospital on July 10, 2007 at 11:40 a.m. to Jennifer Eldred and Richard Scott Koning Jr. of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Madeline Susie, born at Pennock Hospital on July 10, 2007 at 3:48 p.m. to Chantel Jo Gerber and Steven Lee Dinger of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 10.5 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Axel Wilson Dunkelberger, born at Gerber Memorial on June 16, 2007 at 11:58 p.m. to Sage Wilson and David Dunkelberger of Fremont. Weighing 8 lbs. 5 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Travis Valentino, born at Pennock Hospital on July 12, 2007 at 2:53 p.m. to Anastasia and Brian Randolph of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Izak Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on June 28, 2007 at 3:14 to Lisa Garrett and Joe Smith of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Kylie Jo, born at Pennock Hospital on July 12, 2007 at 5 p.m. to Amber Kauffman and Travis Ross of Bellevue. Weighing 7 lbs. 3/4 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Benjamin Scott Leroy, born at Pennock Hospital on June 29, 2007 at 9:03 a.m. to Mandy and Ben Drake of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Natalie Joann, born at Pennock Hospital on July 12, 2007 at 10:11 p.m. to Justin and Lindsey Lambert of Caledonia. Weighing 8 lbs. 8 ozs. and 23 inches long. BOY, Douglas Alden Bassett III, born at Pennock Hospital on July 5, 2007 at 9:36 to Shandy Kloth and Doug Bassett Jr. of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Danielle Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on July 13, 2007 at 4:22 p.m. to Stephanie Miller and Phil Seger of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Rhea-gan Tempreance, born at Pennock Hospital on July 6, 2007 at 9:10 a.m. to Gilbert and Tory Douglas of Potterville. Weighing 5 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Noah Thomas, born at Pennock Hospital on July 13, 2007 at 7:17 p.m. to Michael Gaiski and Renee Bell of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 20 inches long. TIME, continued from page 8 Some cars took the high road, getting big air off the bumps during the autocross event Tuesday in front of the grandstand at the Barry County Fair. (Photo by Perry Hardin) tor. That year also saw the Hastings Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, the Jaycees and the Hastings High School HI-Y clubs donate funds to pour cement floors and erect wooden walls for camp tents. The Lions and Exchange clubs built two cabins and three additional lake lots were purchased. In 1957, the camp’s main lodge burned down. The structure were rebuilt using fire insurance money in addition to $16,000 donated by 100 public spirited citizens. Later the island just off shore from the camp known then as Indian Island was acquired using a $10,000 grant from the Barry County Thornapple Foundation. The island was renamed, “Johnson Island,” in honor of Aben Johnson, who had done so much to establish the camp. David Storms, who succeeded Bob King as camp director, summed up the local service clubs’ involvement in the early days of the camp, by saying that Camp Algonquin’s owes its existence to the “service clubs that donated time and money to the Y camp.” He also commended the Algonquin Lake Association for their efforts in solving the weed problems that once plagued the lake, but lamented that, “the sea weed lady has no longer been seen there.” Evidently, some spooky campfire stories had evolved through the years centered on “the sea weed lady.” In 1986, the Barry County Thornapple Foundation provided $12,000 for the construction of an Adventure Center. The YMCA embarked on a capital campaign in 1990-91 to purchase 40 acres of land just north of the camp. This purchase increased the size of the camp’s property to 52 acres. Before this acquisition the camp owned only six acres on the mainland and an additional six acres on Johnson Island. The new parcel they purchased was the remaining 40 acres once belonging to Mildred Smith grandfather, Warren Calkins. To help acquire this property the Barry County Thornapple Foundation offered to match the capital campaign up to $20,000, dollar for dollar. Thanks to the efforts of Circuit Court Judge Jim Fisher, chairman of the YMCA, Second Century Fund Drive raised more than $80,000. The excess funds were set aside in a Second Century Endowment Fund to provide revenue for upkeep and to invest in future development. (To be continued)-- �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — Page 17 Intervention denied in sports season case The United States Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan in Kalamazoo on Friday (July 13) denied all motions before it in the sports seasons litigation involving the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and its member schools, clearing the way for the changes it approved in 2002 to be implemented. No appeal is anticipated. The Court had received three Motions to Intervene – on behalf of some segments of Lower Peninsula girls’ tennis, Upper Peninsula girls’ soccer and Upper Peninsula boys’ soccer – and a motion for a partial stay filed by those Lower Peninsula girls’ tennis interests. Their petitions reflected a portion of the disagreements that remain over the Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; the options the Court provided defendants for achieving equity in Michigan’s high school sports seasons; and the choices schools made to achieve the Court’s definition of equity. The seasons changes to take effect in 200708 are: tennis for girls and golf for boys in the Lower Peninsula moving to the spring; girls golf and boys tennis in the Lower Peninsula moving to the fall; girls volleyball moving to the fall; girls basketball moving to the winter; and the MHSAA offering Upper Peninsula soccer tournaments for girls in the fall and boys in the spring. Fall practices begin on Aug. 9 for Lower Peninsula girls golf; and Aug. 13 for girls volleyball, Lower Peninsula boys tennis and Upper Peninsula soccer. “This case is now over and the courtordered seasons changes are set to be implemented this fall,” said Neena Chaudhry, National Women’s Law Center senior counsel. “It is past time to move forward and do what’s right for the girls of Michigan.” Penny’s Five Star Pizza are SCMYB U12 champions Penny’s Five Star Pizza won the 2007 South Central Michigan Youth Baseball U12 championship this summer. Team members are (front from left) Kyle Bost, Zach Kilbourn, Kaleb McKinney, Paul Hager, Austin Bronson, (back) coach Rick Forman, Kyle Kneale, Jack Tromp, Jeff Forman, coach Steve Kilbourn, Luke Richmond, Alex Potter, Erik Musbach, and coach Shane Bronson. The Hastings Elks U14 team of the South Central Michigan Youth Baseball league won the National Baseball Congress district tournament held in Charlotte on July 14-15. Team members are (front from left) Micah Huver, Tyler Dewitt, Alex Auer, Justin Keeler, Casey Shaeffer, Mitchell Brisboe, batboy Robert Wilkinson, (back) Coach Brisboe, Coach Shaeffer, Sean McKeough, Tim Hanlon, Garrett Wilkinson, Corey Bunge, Kevin Maurer, and Coach Wilkinson. Missing from photo are Ryan McPhall and John Kalmink. Elks perfect at NBC district tournament The Hastings Elks team, winners of the U14 championship in the South Central Michigan Youth Baseball league (SCMYB) finished off their summer by winning the National Baseball Congress district tournament held in Charlotte on July 14-15. The Elks sandwiched a pair of victories over Charlotte around a 21-0 thumping of the Battle Creek Fox Brothers for the title. In the championship game, against the Charlotte Orioles the Elks came away with an 11-5 victory. Kevin Maurer had a strong pitching performance, allowing one hit over five innings. Tim Hanlon had a great day, smacking a home run, scoring twice, and knocking in three runs. Garret Wilkinson also contributed a three-run homer for the team from Hastings. In the first game of the tournament, Hastings beat Charlotte 9-4. Tyler DeWitt pitched five strong innings for the win, and Wilkinson pitched two perfect innings in relief to preserve the victory. The Elks’ offense was paced by Alex Auer and Maurer who each had singles and two runs scored. Micah Huver reached base three times and scored once, while Mitch Brisboe chipped in with two RBI’s. The game two victory was a 21-0 win over Battle Creek Fox Brothers. Casey Shaeffer and John Kalmink shared pitching duties for the one-hit shut-out. Hanlon had an outstanding day at the plate, hitting two triples, a double, and a single. He scored four times. Auer had three hits and four RBI’s. Wilkinson and Justin Keeler both reached base three times, and Keeler scored twice. Huver pitched in with two hits and two RBI's. The Hastings Elks finished with a regular season record of 19-1 in the SCMYB and with an overall record of 27-9. ‘Tee Off for Trout’ set for August 4 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Most of the fish are back, but there is still plenty of work to do along Tyler Creek. Tyler Creek is a tributary of the Coldwater Creek, which had a major fish kill last July. “It’s an excellent trout stream, and everything was destroyed for about four miles,” said Ron Barch, a member of the board of directors of Schrems West Michigan Trout Unlimited based in Grand Rapids. A hot summer, which created low water levels and low oxygen levels in the water helped contribute to the kill. The west Michigan chapter of Trout Unlimited is teaming up with its chapters from Lansing, Kalamazoo and Oak Brook, Ill. to raise funds to create natural buffer strips along the edge of the creek. “The area has such good fishing that it attracts people from as far away as the Chicago area,” said Barch. Those Trout Unlimited Chapters, which usually raise money through fundraising banquets, are teaming up with Tyler Creek Golf Course and Campground for something new this summer. Tyler Creek Golf Course, just north of Freeport at 13495 92nd Ave. in Alto, will host a “Tee Off for Trout” four-person 18-hole golf scramble on Saturday, Aug. 4. Check-in for the event begins at 1 p.m., and golfing gets started with a 2 p.m. shot gun start. The cost is $75 per golfer, or $300 per four-person team. Golfers are invited to signup as singles, or as a team. It is a BYOB event. A burger buffet dinner will be held once the golfing has been completed. Prizes will be awarded as well. Registration forms can be found on-line at www.wmtu.org, where golfers are asked to please RSVP by July 30. Registration forms are also available at Tyler Creek Golf Course and Campground. So far, more than $10,000 has been raised to help in the restoration efforts along the four miles of Tyler Creek that were affected. Burch said, “the recovery rate was much better than normal,” for the trout in the stream. There were a few key factors in making that possible. When the fish kill occurred, many of the larger trout were in small tributary streams trying to keep cool due to the low and warm water conditions in late July 2006. A mild winter also helped the remaining population survive. The DNR also played a part, stocking the area with more trout this season. Bring your holiday photos to us for quality, professional processing. J-Ad Graphics PRINTING PLUS The Hastings summer high school baseball team won its first annual Summer Wooden Bat Classic Saturday in Hastings. Team members are (front from left) Matt Feldpausch, Nick Wallace, bat boy Elijah Evans, Dylan Downs, Trent Brisboe, batboy Nate Hobert, Ricky Mathis, Rob Cady, Scott Wilson, batboy Isaac Evans, (back) Caleb Cuyler, Riley McLean, Dylan Cuddahee, Brad Hayden, Zach Passmore, Brandon Courtney, Gabe Sutherland, and Trevor Heacock. Hastings wins Summer Wooden Bat event Hastings hosted and won the first annual high school Summer Wooden Bat Classic Saturday. In the championship game, Hastings defeated the PFS Cardinals out of Battle Creek 12-3. Caleb Cuyler, Rob Cady and Gabe Sutherland shared pitching duties for Hastings, and combined to hold the Cardinals to just three hits. The offense was led by Brandon Courtney who had two triples and a single, three RBI and scored twice. Bradley Hayden also helped out with a triple and two singles. Zach Passmore added a triple in each of the two games. In the first game, Hastings beat the Kalamazoo Reds 16-10. Both teams came out strong, scoring five runs each in the first inning. Hastings was able to shut the Reds down for the next three innings, while continuing to score. The Saxon offense was led by Ricky Mathis who had a triple, two singles and scored three times. Riley McLean had two singles and scored four times, and Trent Brisboe also had two singles and scored three times. Trevor Heacock pitched in with a double and two singles. HHS alumni PUBLIC NOTICE soccer game set for Aug. 3 CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! In compliance with Public Act 267 (1967), Barry Intermediate School District Board of Education posts this schedule of regular meetings for the 2007-2008 school year. Meetings of the Barry Intermediate School District Board of Education will be held on the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. Location and dates as follows: Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan DK Elementary, 327 North Grove Street, Delton, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan Barry I.S.D., 535 W. Woodlawn Avenue, Hastings, Michigan 77514230 The Hastings High School boys’ soccer program will host its tenth annual alumni game on Friday, Aug. 3. The event is slated to run from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Pierce Field behind the Hastings High School. All Hastings High School soccer alumni are invited to attend and participate in the festivities. Senior Living 06655119 July 9, 2007 August 13, 2007 September 10, 2007 October 8, 2007 November 12, 2007 December 10, 2007 January 14, 2008 February 11, 2008 March 10, 2008 April 14, 2008 May 12, 2008 June 9, 2008 Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 18 — Thursday, July 19, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hall’s newest five gather for induction ceremony by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Rich Kunde was hoping to start cutting back on some of his meritorious service this summer. He opted not to be a part of the Freeport Recreation Association Fastpitch Softball Hall of Fame selection committee this season. The group of Hall of Fame members who choose the future inductees pulled him back in though, naming Kunde one of the five 2007 inductees to the Fastpitch Hall of Fame. He was joined Saturday at the diamonds in Freeport by the rest of the 2007 class, Dale Johnson, Bill Wieland, Merle Martin, and Mace Thomas at the annual induction ceremony, which took place during a break in the action of the annual Hall of Fame tournament. Kunde was inducted for meritorious service. He has been involved, with some exceptions, with the Freeport Recreation Association since its creation, and was instru- mental in the planning and lay-out of the south field, organizing volunteers for ball field upgrades such as dugouts, fencing, lighting, underground wiring, grading and storm drainage of infield, and infield irrigation. Kunde has been involved in the annual hall of fame tournament and induction ceremony, helped create the Friday night Co-ed league, and the mentor/rookie pitching program. Five years ago, he was appointed MASA District #2 Commissioner at Large. Kunde had a team in the hall of fame tournament Saturday, and isn’t the only member of the class who’s still playing ball. Johnson didn’t hit his first grand slam until he was 76years-old, playing in Galesburg this July 6. He hopes to eventually get into an 80-year-old league in St. Petersburg, Fla. Martin has two new knees, but continues to pay at 72-yearsyoung in a slow pitch league in Lansing. Martin shared some life lessons with the younger ball players, waiting to get their Don Bowers (right) presents Merle Martin (center) with a trophy and plaque after introducing him to the crowd Saturday in Freeport. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Members of the Freeport Fastpitch Hall of Fame induction class of 2007 are (from left) Mace Thomas, Rich Kunde, Dale Johnson, Bill Wieland, and Merle Martin. They were honored Saturday during a break in the action of the annual Hall of Fame tournament in Freeport. (Photo by Brett Bremer) game started Saturday. “If you’re walking down the street looking for girls,” he told the ball players, you’d better make sure they “know what balls and strikes are, or you’re going to have a lot of trouble.” Martin found a woman who knew balls and strikes, her father umpired the first district game he played in as a sophomore. Martin played in the Sunfield League as a freshman, and after graduation in 1953, he played for the Sunfield Lions. He played for the Lions for 20 years, then went on to play for Wertz in Charlotte and for Hastings Manufacturing with his two sons. He’s been in the state finals 15 times. Johnson made the Lowell varsity baseball team as a freshman, and his sophomore and junior seasons the team lost just one game a year. His senior year, Lowell and Godwin met for the Grand Valley Conference title. Both teams were undefeated, and Godwin went ace pitcher Bob Dangl to the mound. Johnson, got one of only two hits off him that day, but stole home with two-out on a bobbled throw back to the pitcher to give Lowell a 1-0 victory. At 16, Johnson played in Freeport and in Lowell. At 22 he played short stop for the Alto Merchants, and later played for the Lowell Moose in Grand Rapids. When he turned 55 he started playing in a slow pitch league in Detroit, and then Grand Rapids. At age 65, Johnson’s team took the gold medal in their age bracket at the National Senior Olympics in St. George Utah. He batted .814 in the run. Wieland started playing softball with the Lowell Hot Point Company in 1941. He wanted to be an outfielder, but the team needed a catcher. Eventually he got to move to third base when he joined the Freeport Merchants, but that was the only time he didn’t catch. Wieland had the chance to face the “King” Eddie Feigner. He played the bulk of his career with the Alto Merchants, who won the Class C Michigan Softball Association Dist. 5 championship in 1947. Now he enjoys watching his three sons and grandson play ball in Freeport. Thomas started playing when he was 13years-old, and went on to play for several teams including K-B Supply among others. He had two major highlights in his career, facing “The King and his Court” and being one of Feigner’s many strike out victims, and watching the girls playing on the old Bliss Field. He asked a fellow player, Al Loftus, who that girl was catching. The girl was Loftus’ sister Helen. Thomas eventually married that catcher. Rich Kunde offers his thanks, after being honored for meritorious service Saturday at the Freeport Fastpitch Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood girls win three games at Manistee tourney by Helen Mudry Staff Writer The Lakewood girls’ basketball team coached by Tal Thompson has recently returned from AYB tour games in Manistee where it earned three wins to two loses. There were 100 teams in the tournament, and 11 in Lakewood’s division. “We improved with every game,” said Thompson. “The weight lifting practice really paid off.” He reported a coaching opponent said, “They out buffed us.” The basketball and volleyball teams have Lakewood basketball and volleyball players work out in the weight room, doing situps while passing volleyballs between their hands and feet. (Photo by Helen Mudry) had summer workouts twice a week in the weight room and twice a week in the gym where they work on agility. The hour agility drills include balancing with on your hands on the floor and with toes on the basket ball and then balancing on the floor with arms outsrtetched and hands on the ball. The Lakewood girls’ basketball team gets together above the Manistee River during a break in the action of their AYB tournament. Team members are (front from left) Courtney Palmer, manager Monica Davis, Anna Lynch, Rachel Lynch, Laurel Mattson, manager Olivia Davis, Lexie Spetoskey, Chelsey Dow, (back) Jessica Hilley, Melanie Forman, coach Tal Thompson, Chelsea Lake, Lauren Shaffer, Ryann Shaffer, Dani Palmer, Ashley Morris, and coach Gregg Davis. 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Some new artists for this Art Hop will be environmental issues artist Shane Koehler at the library, jewelry maker Lisa Stampfler at Hodges, mixed-media painter Greg McChesney at State Grounds and oil painter Barbara Bosworth at the Woodridge Building. Music will be featured at State Grounds and at the County Seat restaurant patio. Youth Theater to open tonight The Thornapple Arts Council’s Summer Youth Theater program will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Thursday, July 26, and will show Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th in the Hastings High School Lecture Hall, with all performances at 7 p.m. Director Christopher Weaver of Grand Rapids returns for his fourth consecutive summer working with the program. Assisting Weaver this year is student director Mariah Burd, who is a 2006 graduate of Hastings High School, who now attends Kellogg Community College. Joining the cast this summer will be Aaron Wright as Lysander, Tess Nugent as Hermia, Jessi Doxtader as Helena and Tom Peck as Demetrius. Portraying Robin Goodfellow Puck will be Katie Ponsetto, Oberon will be played by TJ Taylor and Lindsay Azevedo will play Titania. Jenny LaJoye will play Peter Quince and Sarah Phillips will play Nick Bottom the weaver. Rounding up the cast with numerous roles are Sarah Taylor playing Kaytlin/Hippolyta, Peaseblossom and Robin Starveling the Tailor, Sara Pappas as Jessie/Theseus and Becky Ponsetto playing Anna/Egeus. Evan Ramsey will play Francis Flute the Bellows Mender and Moth, Cassidee Martin will fill both parts of Tom Snout the Tinker and Mustardseed and Emily Borden will play Snug the Joiner and Cobweb. Tickets are on sale at State Grounds Coffee House and Bosley Pharmacy in Hastings, as well as the Thornapple Arts Council. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students and seniors. For more information or tickets, please contact the Thornapple Arts Council at (269) 945-2002. Two blood drives slated Aug. 7, 9 Two American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled in this area early next month Local drives will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Union Hall, 295 Washington, Middleville, and from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Mulberry Gardens Restaurant, 955 Main, Nashville. During the month of August, all presenting donors can enter a drawing to win one of four laptop computers PLUS one of See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by David T. Young Editor Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, just might be DDay for Charlton Park. It could be the day of decision whether Barry County’s biggest single tourist and historical attraction lives on or becomes just a memory. The Barry County Board of Commissioners, over the protests of many of the same people who opposed the TOST ordinance last month, voted 7-1 Tuesday night to ask voters to approve a three-year renewal of 0.226 mill to fund park operations for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. It will be the third time the renewal will be requested. A 10-year proposal for a quarter of a mill was defeated 59 to 41 percent in August 2006 and a five-year proposal for 0.226 mill went down 55 to 45 percent last November. That’s why people like Neil Wilder of Hastings Township asked the board to give the millage question a rest for awhile, maintaining it’s too soon. But County Board Chairman Mike Callton argued that not asking for the millage in November would assure the park would be short about $450,000 for all of 2008 and it could very well be closed permanently as a result. Other opponents of having the millage election suggest the county should fund Charlton Park out of its general budget. Barbara Cichy, chairwoman of the Barry County Democratic Party, said in a prepared statement, “There are other surrounding counties that do not use millage as a source of revenue for the operation of their parks. “There are questions as to how the millage for the last 10 years has been spent on Charlton Park. The public trust has been broken by this board, and it’s time you start doing your jobs instead of spreading your own fairy tales about how good things are in Barry County. In other words, stop patting yourselves on the back and telling us how good a job you’re doing when it’s obvious you have a lot of work to do. “With conditions being what they are in Barry County, how can you as a board even ask the taxpayers for a millage?” Proponents of the Charlton Park millage request point out it is not an increase being asked for. The request would be for the same money Charlton Park has been operating on until the end of this year when it expires. Proponents, including County Board members and new members of the Charlton Park and Village Museum Board acknowledge there were problems in the past, but they’ve turned things around in only about six month. They say the old Parks and Recreation Commission was dissolved, new “stakeholders” have been appointed to two different boards and a new interim director, Keith Murphy, has been hired to oversee day-to-day operations. Most of all, they contend that Charlton Park now has a new, more welcoming attitude that has led to many more weekend festivals and public participation. Callton said avoiding having the millage vote would assure a full year of a severe funding shortfall that could lead to closing the See MILLAGE, page 3 Prospects good for State House resolution for Gun Lake casino by David T. Young Editor The House Regulatory Reform Committee voted 6-0 with two absentions Tuesday on Resolution No. 39 to approve the Gun Lake Casino Class III compact. The resolution was introduced last Thursday in the State House of Representatives. Legislative approval essentially would give the House's blessing to a revenue sharing compact agreed to last March by the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis and Governor Jennifer Granholm. A similar resolution about five years ago failed in the House by just one vote, 52-51. Representatives of many organizations attended the hearing to offer testimony in support of the compact, including the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, West Michigan Building Trades, the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Michigan, the Allegan County Sheriff's Department, Wayland Township, the City of Wayland, and the Friends of Gun Lake Indians. "Every federally recognized tribe in Michigan besides my tribe has a signed and duly approved gaming compact. Weare not asking for any more, or any less, than what every other tribe has. We simply ask for fair treatment," said D.K. Sprague, Tribal Chairman of the Gun lake Band of Potawatomis. Inside sources say at this point there appears to be enough votes this time in the 110- member house to adopt the resolution. State Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland), who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District, said he expects the House of Representatives will adopt the resolution by about a 70-40 tally. He further stated, “I can’t really give a true picture, but I’d be surprised if the resolution doesn’t pass in the Senate.” Calley added that he still intends to support the compact when it comes up for a vote because its appears the casino eventually will win legal approval and the state should make a deal with the tribe to get some of the sorely needed revenue. During his campaign for state representa- See CASINO, page 3 The sun sets on the 2007 fair The Barry County Fair is over. It is estimated that crowds matched those who attended the 2006 fair. The annual post-fair supplement with photographs from the small and large animal sales, the youth celebration and other events is scheduled to be included in the Aug. 2 edition of the Hastings Banner. The 2008 Barry County Fair is scheduled for July 14-19. Nystrom out, Neil remains with new 911 agreement These two pigs, among hundreds of others, continue to be quartered at the Barry County Fair until experts lift the quarantine. Swine flu quarantine follows Barry County Fair by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Biosecurity measures were implemented Sunday to protect the local swine industry following an outbreak of the swine flu at the Barry County Fair. Dennis Pennington, Michigan State University Extension agriculture agent for Barry and Kent counties explained that the voluntary quarantine was requested for the swine barn at the fair. It was suspected that swine influenza was See FLU, page 3 Ron Neil by Jon Gambee Staff Writer It’s official that Charles Nystrom is out as director of the Barry County 911 Dispatch Center, but Ron Neil will remain as chairman of the board. An earlier agreement negotiated by 911 board attorney Douglas Van Essen has been Charlie Nystrom superseded by a new one made Monday. The original agreement called for Nystrom to be removed from his position immediately and included a provision that Neil, long identified as being close to Nystrom, also would resign. See 911, page 18 �Page 2 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Music trivia contest Aug. 18 NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page to raise Green Gables money four $250 gift cards. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org. Thank you for your continued support of the American Red Cross. ‘Generation E’ director to speak An informational session will be held on the Generation E Institute at 9 a.m. Friday, July 27, in the Pennock Conference Center in Hastings. Cheryl Peters, director of Gen E, will be discuss how their program gives students the opportunity to learn how to create and run their own business. Gen E also provides training for teachers to gain the necessary components to teach entrepreneurship to students. In addition to what Gen E offers for the community’s future, it also will benefit many students now. For more information about the July 27 program call the Barry Community Foundation at 945-0526. For more information on Generation E, please visit www.genei.com Auditions Aug. 6 for next local play The Thornapple Players will hold auditions for “Cards on the Table,” adapted from Agatha Christie's novel by Leslie Darbonon, at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Barry County Commission on Aging (COA) building at 320 W. Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings. Carol Satterly will be directing the play and Kim Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Come prepared to read from the script. There are parts for seven men and seven women for this production. Any post-high school age adult is welcome to audition. Stage crew, set builders, lights/sound and prop master also are needed. Show dates are at 7 p.m. Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. All performances will be at Central Elementary School Auditorium in Hastings. If unable to attend the auditions, call Satterly at (517) 852-0773 before Aug. 6. To work any backstage jobs, an audition is not necessary, but please call Kim Butler at (269) 948-7775. Open house set for ‘New Bliss’ BCN Technical Services will have an open house at noon Friday, Aug. 3, celebrating 150 years of press building under the name of "Bliss" in 2007. Mueller Weingarten (a Germany-based, world-leading metal stamping press manufacturer) purchased in last September the assets of BCN Inc. in Hastings and is running the facility now under the name of BCN Technical Services. Since September, the factory building has been remodeled and restructured, focusing on spare parts manufacturing and press services. Business is going well for us, which has allowed us to even increase the number of employees from 60 to 70, a 17 % increase!” said Roland Kuehnel, chief financial officer. “And we are contemplating expanding the facility further over the course of the next months. “We are inviting the families of our employees, retirees, our customers and the local community.” The doors will open at lunchtime; food and drinks as well as entertainment (also for kids) will be provided. This will be an opportunity so see the facilities and the presses; talk to employees and management and see what is happening at the "New Bliss." Musical Festival II at Charlton Park A bluegrass/country music festival will be held Sunday afternoon, July 29, at Historic Charlton Park. The festival is the second such event to be held this summer. The first one several weeks ago was so well attended and received that organizer Neil Wilder promised another one in keeping with the theme of making the park more open and accessible more often to the public. Scheduled to perform are Bluegrass Twist from Kalamazoo at 3 p.m., Roy and Jean Ballinger & Friends from the Kalamazoo area at 4:15, the Windy Mountain Boys from Jackson at 5:30, and the Northern Blue String band from Nashville at 6:45. For more information, call Charlton Park at 945-3775. Golf for Charity event planned The Hastings Elks Lodge #1965 will hold its annual golf outing at Riverbend Golf Course Saturday, Aug. 14, to benefit Green Gables Haven and the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. The cost is $50 per person with a total of $200 per four-person team. For more information, call Green Gables Haven at (269) 945-0526 or the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 9453264. Fountain Fridays series continues The Fridays at the Fountain summer concert series will continue July 27 in downtown Hastings. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. “Pacific Lite,” with retired Hastings High School band director Joe LaJoye and gene Englerth, will perform jazz and pop standards at the next session. The remainder of the schedule consists of Hastings own Thornapple River Boys, who will return with a bluegrass sound Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. The J-Ad Graphics music trivia contest will be back in action Saturday evening, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club. This time the sole beneficiary will be the Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter. The fund-raising contests, based on music from years gone by, are intended to help local worthwhile agencies and programs with finances these days that have become problems because of state budget cutbacks and other factors. In the past, the trivia events have raised money for the new Hastings Public Library, the Community Music School and the Gun Lake Winterfest. Green Gables Haven has run into financial problems lately because it has lost $75,000 in funding support from the State of Michigan over each of the last two fiscal years. The Green Gables Board of Directors is spearheading a fund-raising “blitz” this coming weekend (Saturday, July 28) with a variety of activities in which the Barry County community is being asked to pitch in to save the program that serves women and children, most often the victims of domestic violence troubles. The “Name that Tune” style music contest will get under way at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the country club facility, with food and beverages catered by Bruce Higgins and the Monterey Griller Pub, which is located in the downstairs f the facility. Attendees may come in as early as 5:30 to get a good seat or to order a meal. Once again, four-person teams are encouraged to compete for prizes for the champion and runner-up. Audience members are encouraged to get in on the fun when any of the contestants are stumped and can win Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies for their efforts. An individual competition with a new wrinkle after the team contest also is planned. Emcee David T. Young promises a few new concepts in the evening’s contests. Entry fee for each team member once again is $25, making the cost $100 per team. Each foursome is asked to find a suitable (preferably creative or humorous) name for the quartet and designate a captain, who is the only person allowed to answer the question, with consultation from his or her three other teammates. Colorful music-themed attire for participants and “groupies” is welcome. The cost for anyone who just wants to come to watch the proceedings is $15. There will be a cash bar and food can be ordered as well. The team contest is a tournament. Two squads at a time will go head-to-head in a competition that forgives the first wrong answer, but will be eliminated on the second miss, if the opponent gives the correct answer. The individual contest traditionally has been a spell-down style contest, but Young promises a new idea he hopes to include a major role and challenge for past champions and high-level performers the Icemen, Karl Knack and Brian Reynolds and Steve Youngs. The music will include the years 1955 to 1985, with very few entries from before or after. “The main idea is to raise money for a Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 The Child Abuse Prevention Council is offering community members the opportunity to live out their “Idol” dreams in Barry County, but only until Friday, July 27. The Barry County Idol Contest: Sing for Kids Sake will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Entries must be received by July 27. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday evening, July 27, with Suzanne and Jim, who will bring their “American Roots” sound to the Gazebo stage. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Baby-sitting class series scheduled The American Red Cross and 4-H will sponsor a series of baby-sitting camps this month and next. The sessions will be held at the Thornapple Valley Church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day on Thursday and Friday, July 26 and 27; Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 7, and Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10. Successful graduates will be certified by the American Red Cross. Cost is $50 for each baby-sitter student. For more information or to register, call (616) 456-8661. Karl Knack was individual champion last February in the Winterfest music trivia contest while Brian Reynolds was runner-up. Both are being asked to make a return appearance with a tougher challenge. worthwhile community program and have a lot of fun while we do it,” Young explained. “We really want to stress that anyone who might be shy about being a contestant should just come and watch. They just might have a really good time with an audio trip down Memory Lane.” Linda Boyce once again has agreed to be the “Vanna White” hostess. Alan Klein will pinch hit for the vacationing Mike Gormley as sound engineer. Some of the popular contestants who are being invited to come back to compete include Knack, Reynolds, Youngs, Mike Callton, the Four Icemen (who will appear as “the Heatstrokes”), the Evans brothers and Amy, Joanne Barnard and Ralph Rotten, Mark Englerth, Vivian Connor, Jim McManus, Fred Jacobs, State Rep. Brian Calley, the Vinyl Exam gang, some members of the Nowhere Band, and Green Gables is being asked to field a representative team of triviologists. For more information about tickets, call JAd Graphics at (269) 945-9554 or e-mail david@j-adgraphics.com. Tickets, different colors for team and spectators, will be printed soon. City seeking parking task force members City of Hastings officials are looking for about five downtown business and building owners to participate on a parking task force to deal with parking issues in the downtown area. The PTF will be responsible for addressing issues relevant to downtown parking and monitoring changes in parking use and project future parking needs as businesses and land uses around the downtown change. The PTF also will be responsible for sharing pertinent information with all interested parties and develop strategies to implement the parking plan and present those strategies to the appropriate policy-making boards. The PTF will be composed of five downtown merchants, two Downtown Development Authority members, the Chief of Police, the Director of Public Works, the Community Development Specialist, the Director of Community Development and the City Manager. Some of the tasks include providing lighting, maintenance, signage and enforcement, providing regulations and ticketing policies, working with existing parking, and creating pedestrian amenities throughout the downtown. Barry County commissioners to look at committee system by David T. Young Editor The standing committee system that has been a huge part of county governance for a long time will be critically examined in the next five months. That’s a promise from County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Callton, who engineered a presentation Tuesday night from Ionia County Board Chairman Jim Banks. Callton says the old saying “We’ve always done it this way” may not be the best guiding principle for conducting the public’s business in an ever-changing world. The current standing committee system in Barry County has five four-person panels — Finance, County Development & Planning, Facilities & Property, Personnel & Human Services, and Law Enforcement, Public Safety & Courts — that meet to discuss issues and proposals and then make recommendations to the eight-member County Board. Banks Tuesday night outlined Ionia County’s move several years ago to a system in which the board continues to meet twice a month, the second Monday afternoon and the fourth Monday evening, and then has a Committee of the Whole meeting one Tuesday per month to perform the collective function of standing committees. Banks told the board the move was made because too often issues were discussed over and over again for some members who weren’t in on discussions on standing committees. “We were spending double time on these issues,” Banks said. Callton remarked, “I’ve personally been frustrated by the standing committee system. I’ve sat through three meetings talking about the same things because somebody had to have the issue explained.” In order to change the way County Board business is conducted, a change in by-laws would be necessary. Callton suggested his colleagues do some critical thinking about it and discuss it before perhaps making a decision about what to do by next January for the annual reorganizational meeting. Banks acknowledged to the board that one of the possible drawbacks of Ionia County’s committee of the whole system is that “I’m not sure things are being looked at as carefully as they had been before.” Commissioner Hoot Gibson asked Banks, “How many other counties are doing what you do?” The Ionia County Board Chairman answered that he wasn’t aware of any others. “So maybe it’s not that great an idea,” Gibson commented. In other business at Tuesday night’s meeting, the Barry County commissioners: • Declined, on a deadlocked 4-4 vote, to approve a bid from Customized Cleaning for janitorial services for the Health Department and Courts and Law buildings. The proposal was made to contract with the private business after two unionized county employees resigned their jobs last October and County Administrator Michael Brown saw this as an opportunity to save an estimated $22,000 a year. Since the two employees left, their jobs have been handled by temporary workers. Commissioner Wayne Adams said, “I’m personally opposed to this proposal. I am not favor of eliminating two union positions. I am philosophically opposed to privatization.” Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick, speaking on behalf of the proposal to contract with a private business, said he believes “small business and free enterprise should be given a chance... we should expand our horizons.” Commissioner Mark Englerth proposed sending the proposal back to the Property and Facilities Committee to examine its impact on how the county does business. It failed because of a lack of enough support. The proposal died 4-4, with Englerth, Adams, Gibson and Jim French expressing opposition and Callton, Keith Ferris, VanNortwick and Don Nevins supporting it. • Were introduced to new Green Gables Haven Director Janie Bergeron by Green Gables Board President Stephanie Fekkes, who also urged the board to get involved this weekend in the fund-raising blitz. Green Gables has suffered two consecutive funding cuts of $75,000 by the state, necessitating the fund-raising activities, which mostly will occur Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. • Approved the quote of $10,142.97 from Excel Office Interiors, which Ferris called “the most logical and thorough bid” of four for office equipment, to be paid for by the Building and Rehabilitation Fund. • Agreed to allow up to $50,000 from the Building and Rehabilitation Fund to purchase and install three moveable file storage systems from the Courts and Law building basement. It was noted this move is essentially an “authorization to bid.” • Approved the application with the Michigan Sheriff’s Association for $800 for Victim Service Unit Resources for Aug. 1 this year through July 31, 2008. • Received more complaints about the septic system inspection TOST ordinance adopted last month from Norm Francis, George Hubka, Elden Shellenbarger and Barb Cichy, contending mandatory septic inspections will be too costly for people when they buy or sell properties. • Heard a complaint from Shellenbarger about alleged personal abuse from VanNortwick at the fair, though VanNortwick later stated he never spoke with him at the fair. Shellenbarger also expressed anger that VanNortwick, Callton, Ferris and Surveyor Brian Reynolds attended the Eaton County Commission meeting where the TOST ordinance was adopted on an 8-6 vote. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 3 CASINO, continued from page 1 tive a year ago, Calley said he would not stand in the way of the casino’s progress and he said he still believes that now. “I told the governor I plan to vote ‘yes’ on the resolution,” he said. State Rep. Fulton Sheen, a Republican who represents Allegan County, continues to oppose the casino, as does GOP State Senator Patricia Birkholz, who represents all of Allegan, Barry and Eaton counties. The proposed compact calls for the tribe to pay 8 percent of proceeds from electronic games to the state for its first $150 million in gross revenue. The share goes up to 10 percent if the gross exceeds $150 million and 12 percent if the gross is more than $300 million. In exchange, the tribe receives the exclusive right to operate a casino within a ninecounty region surrounding its location at the old Ampro business in Bradley at the U.S.131 intersection just outside the Barry County line. The legislature’s approval of the compact is regarded as one of the last hurdles that must be cleared before it goes ahead with what could be a $200 million gaming casino. Birkholz (R-Saugatuck) explained Tuesday that she opposed the compact, in part, due to her fears that it will provide economic benefits to Allegan County at the expense of downtown Grand Rapids. Fellow Senator Mark Jansen (R-Grand Rapids) spoke about his fears that the casino will negatively impact people in Allegan County who are "already addicted" to harmful behaviors. He went on to say that "Allegan County is known as the 'meth' capital of Michigan." Tribal leaders who reside in Allegan County took offense to the comment from Sen. Jansen. "Unlike Senator Birkholz, I don't think it's funny to stereotype our county in that way. We want Allegan County to be known for good employment opportunities and a thriving regional economy," said John Shagonaby, Gun Lake Tribe Vice Chairman. Wayland Township Supervisor Roger VanVolkinburg spoke in support of the compact directly following both senators' testimony. The township is the host municipality of the proposed Gun Lake Casino. "We need to get back on track here. This is not a gaming issue. We don't make those Patty Birkholz continues to oppose the casino. Brian Calley says he will support the casino compact. choices, but we do advocate for a way to get needed revenues from this facility, which is why I am here to ask for your support for the compact," he said to the House committee. VanVolkinburg said the tribe currently pays $30,000 in annual property taxes, but after the casino is open it will pay $3 million to local governments under the 2% local revenue sharing provision of the compact. Governor Jennifer Granholm's office was represented by John Wernet, her deputy legal counsel on Native American Affairs. He explained why the Gun Lake Casino compact is a substantial improvement over previous compacts. Wernet told the committee the state revenue share of 8% to 12% in exchange for a limited nine-county exclusivity zone was the most notable improvement. He urged passage of the compact resolution. Larry Orlowski, executive director of the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Michigan, spoke in favor of the gaming compact. He was joined by Frank Baker, an officer who attended in support of the compact on behalf of the Allegan County Sheriff Blaine Koops. "Our organization investigated tribal casinos in Michigan and found no increase in violent crimes, prostitution or narcotics violations. We did find that 2% local revenue sharing payments are adequately funding the needs of local law enforcement in tribal casino areas," said Orlowski. In related news, the Grand Rapids Business Journal reported this week that the Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomi Indians, the Southwest Michigan Building & Construction Trades Council, West Michigan Building Trades, and the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce recently commissioned a new survey research poll in West Michigan to gauge the opinions of registered voters on issues related to the Gun Lake Casino gaming compact. The issues include a continuing lawsuit by MichGO to try to stop or delay the casino’s progress and Grand Rapids businssman Peter Secchia’s defection from the 23 is Enough anti-casino group to pursue his own casino in Grand Rapids and the public’s perceptions of the tribe and prospects of the casino. The poll showed clear majority support for the casino and the tribe and opposition to those working against it. For more information about the poll, call Glen Bolger at (703) 836-7655) or James Nye, tribal spokesperson, at (517) 485-8060 or (269) 598-4248. FLU, continued from page 1 the reason 14 of the animals were running a fever and not eating properly. Eight animals were sent home for treatment and then six more were found running a fever. Pennington said, “We want to ensure the safety and quality of pork coming from Barry County youth.” All 350 animals in the barn had been sold at the large animal auction Friday, July 20. “Swine influenza is specific only to pigs and is not transmittable to humans or other animal species,” Pennington said. “We do not want to risk our local swine industry by ignoring the issue.” He also said the cause of the outbreak in the swine barn cannot be determined and stressed that the quarantine was put in place to protect other pigs from becoming exposed. The quarantine means that no animals can be moved in or out of the barn until the incubation period of 72 hours is over. If, at the end of that time, no new cases are found, the quarantine will be lifted and the animals will be released. Swine Superintendent Jim Vandefifer said the 4-H members whose swine were in the barn are getting a look at what happens in real life. Veterinarian Wendy Osman from the Michigan Department of Agriculture is working with the local representatives on this issue. Vandefifer thanked Middleville farmer Martin Wenger for donating shavings as did the horse developmental committee. The Caledonia Elevator donated three tons of feed as well. Leaders and superintendents are making sure the animals are fed. Vandefifer said, “We know that the animals are feeling better because they are noisier at feeding time.” The livestock committee will be looking at this incident to see what can be done to prevent another outbreak at a future fair. Because the building was closed to visitors, members of the Barry County Sheriff’s Posse were on hand at the building. Anyone who entered the building had to walk through a special foot bath to keep the disease from being spread. Pennington stressed that there is no problem with the meat once the animals are released to the slaughter house. Anyone with questions can contact him at the MSU Extension office at 945-1388. Bliss CFO named to LDFA/BRA for City by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Bliss Clearing Niagara Technical Services Chief Financial Officer Roland Kuehnel was appointed to the Local Development Financial Authority/ Brownfield Redevelopment Authority at Monday night’s Hastings City Council meeting. Community Development Director John Hart said Kuehnel will make a good addition to the LDFA/BRA because he represents local industry. “They are an enthusiastic group who’s come to town and preserved jobs,” said Hart of BCN Technical Services’ management. “Roland will be part of the body that decides what to do with our limited funds.” The LDFA/BRA acts for the industrial sector of the community in a similar capacity of the Downtown Development Authority does for down town businesses. As a member of the board, Kuehnel will help make economic development decisions. In other business at Monday night’s City Council meeting: • Resolution 2007-30 was adopted granting the Friends of the Hastings Public Library permission to hold their annual duck race in Tyden Park Sunday, Aug. 26. The money raised during the duck race will go toward the purchase of solar panels for the new library. • A request from Matthew Thompson of Pennock Health Services was approved for an extension of time for the use of Fish Hatchery Park for employee parking. MILLAGE, continued from page 1 • Michael Forster, representing the Michigan Municipal League Workers Compensation Fund, had his request granted to case a ballot for the Board of Trustees. • Resolution 2007-31 was adopted to amend the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008. The amendment allows $10,000 to find Hastings Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer’s replacement. Schondelmayer will be retiring soon. • Mayor Bob May was granted approval to sign an engagement letter with Rehmann Robson for the audit of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. • The mayor and clerk were granted approval to sign a lease for space in the Industrial Incubator with Suburban Manufacturing/Risner Enterprises, Inc. • The mayor and clerk were granted approval to sign a professional services agreement with Williams & Works for support of the Joint Planning Committee, with the cost being shared by Hastings and Rutland townships and Barry County. • Traffic orders #203 and #204 were approved regarding the placement of stop signs on North Street at East Street and at Bachman Road. • The council voted to move ahead on discussing the proposed dog park. • A joint workshop will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, to review the Hastings Manufacturing project. park. Don Nevins, the one commissioner who dissented in the 7-1 vote, asked colleague Jeff VanNortwick, who served on the Charlton Park, whether he could guarantee the park would have to be shut down if there was no millage election in November. VanNortwick said he doesn’t have a crystal ball, but “We put together a plan and went before the people in a couple of public meetings (in January and February). We tried to get people actively involved. And right now we have more people involved with this park than ever... How could we ask them to serve if we don’t stand behind them (and ask for a millage renewal)?” Commissioner Mark Englerth said he doesn’t agree with the notion the county can absorb the costs of running Charlton Park for a year in the general budget. “There’s no pot of gold there,” he said. “What this board has done is empower the people and ask them to grab ahold of Charlton Park. Now we should allow the people to decide. The destiny of Charlton Park should left up to the public. We’re asking them if we did what we thought they asked us to do.” Harold Root, one of the opponents in the audience said he didn’t think the board should seek a millage renewal. “It’s going to cost the taxpayers a lot for what was going to be a volunteer deal,” he commented. George Hubka, who last month led the unsuccessful charge against the septic system inspection TOST ordinance and now is spearheading a movement to recall VanNortwick, told the board he was talking to fellow customers at a local grocery that day and they all vehemently were opposed. He suggested the board look into using “There are questions as to how the millage for the last 10 years has been spent on Charlton Park. The public trust has been broken by this board, and it’s time you start doing your jobs instead of spreading your own fairy tales about how good things are in Barry County. In other words, stop patting yourselves on the back and telling us how good a job you’re doing when it’s obvious you have a lot of work to do... With conditions being what they are in Barry County, how can you as a board even ask the taxpayers for a millage?” — Barbara Cichy “some of your booty you’ve got stashed away some place.” Kraig Leathers, chairman of the Village and Museum Board, said he was discouraged to hear negative comments from people who haven’t bothered to come to Park Board meetings or volunteer for the many activities already held at the park. He acknowledged that Wilder has been a main cog in getting together a couple of bluegrass festivals, however. “Since starting the new board, we’ve made a lot of progress,” Leathers said, noting the public participation at weekend festivals and even a special Charlton Park Founder’s Day last May that was free to everyone. “If we don’t do this, the park most certainly will shut down because we won’t have any money.” Commissioner Keith Ferris said he doesn’t believe the county will have the money to adequately fund the park for all of 2008 because of the shaky economic condition of “We put together a plan and went before the people in a couple of public meetings (in January and February). We tried to get people actively involved. And right now we have more people involved with this park than ever... How could we ask them to serve if we don’t stand behind them?” — Jeff VanNortwick Michigan that translates too often into budget cuts. Commissioner Wayne Adams agreed, saying he believes the county will have to spend more money in the future on jail remodeling and repairs. “I don’t like going back this soon, but I don’t see a better alternative. Let’s let the people decide.” Englerth chimed in, “Unfortunately, we didn’t have any control over the time. We now have the opportunity for the public to give us the report card.” Nevins, though he voted against putting the millage renewal on the ballot, acknowledged commissioners VanNortwick, Ferris and Gibson and the new board and interim director. “You guys have done a hell of a job,” he said. Though the proposal recommended by the Charlton Park Board was for five years, the County Board decided to whittle it down to three to give the public a chance to evaluate the program sooner. Callton commented, “I don’t want to give voters the same proposal that went down last November.” Besides approving the millage, the board also announced it intends to ask the City of Hastings and Village of Middleville to forgive a total of about $5,000 in captured revenue from downtown development and local development financing authorities. Those requests will go before those government units soon. After that, it will be up to the voters, over whether Charlton Park lives or dies. Carl Schoessel retires again by Megan Lavell Staff Writer With the arrival of new Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Rich Satterlee, Carl Schoessel is stepping down from his position as the school’s leader --- again. Schoessel’s most recent involvement with the school system was as interim superintendent after Chris Cooley left the position late last year. Having served as Hastings superintendent for more than 20 years already, Schoessel fit right in. “There was a need for some help, and the board thought that I could provide it. I was willing to do it,” he said. “The first day was like a big reunion.” Schoessel moved to Hastings in June 1983, and started as the superintendent July 1, of that year. He was working in Grosse Pointe as the assistant superintendent. He said that he and his wife Loretta had planned to stay here about five years, but ended up staying about 20. “We had always talked about going to a small community, but hadn’t done it because we liked Grosse Pointe,” he said. Schoessel said the Grosse Pointe school system never hired superintendents from within the school system, so he knew he had gone as far as he could go there. So the Schoessels moved to Hastings. Schoessel said he faced some challenges as soon as he came to the new community. Economic times were difficult, resulting in 27 teachers on layoffs and school buildings that were in great need of some repairs. “One of the first things that we had to do was try to pass a millage,” he said. “That’s not always the neatest thing for a brand new person to come in and ask for a tax increase.” Schoessel said that Hastings has always been supportive of the school system, and the millage passed. Looking back at his time as superintendent, Schoessel said some of the things he is most proud of are Southeastern Elementary School being named as one of the most improved schools in the state and the new projects that were implemented in the schools, including elementary school science programs. Other programs that were implemented while Schoessel was superintendent were block classes at the high school, turning the junior high school into the middle school and moving the sixth grade to the middle school, and additions and renovations to school buildings. Some of the additions and renovations included adding a gymnasium to Central Elementary School, adding a wing to the middle school, enlarging Northeastern Southeastern and Pleasantview Schools, building Star Elementary School, and adding media centers, art rooms, computer labs and science labs to all of the elementary schools. “I think what really helped us in the community was we paired each school with a business partner,” he said of the school system’s success. Also implemented during Schoessel’s time as superintendent were the Vocational Industry Partnership and the Business Education Partnership. “That was, I think, a significant thing,” he said. Through these programs, representatives from industry and business met with school faculty to provide input and talk about what skills high school graduates should have. There also was a Graduate Guarantee Program that encouraged business and industry partners to hire Hastings graduates. The partners were given a list of graduate names, and they picked the students they would be interested in hiring. The business and industry partners could get information about the students before choosing them. If the company was unsatisfied with their chosen students, the school system would retrain the student. Schoessel said no company ever requested to have a student retrained. Another accomplishment Schoessel said he is proud of is good MEAP performance, resulting in the Golden Apple Award for Pleasantview, Central and Star elementary schools. He said he is proud of the academic improvement Hastings has made, as well as the co-curricular activities, including girls’ sports, band, music and art programs. It was also during Schoessel’s time as superintendent that the Community Education and Recreation Center (CERC) was built and that the Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation was formed. “That is a point of pride too,” he said. The school district named the new pool after him, and he served as the first girls’ high school swim coach. Schoessel said during his time in the Hastings schools, he worked with a great staff and school board. He said that when budgets are tight, every school employee “found some creative ways to get around it. Every staff member in the school system I think really puts out a lot of effort for the community and its young people.” When Schoessel took over as interim superintendent, he was faced with a budget crisis again. “We had to scramble around and try to make the plans to deal with financial cuts,” he said. “Unfortunately, when you don’t have the money, that limits a lot of the things you can Former Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Carl Schoessel do.” Schoessel said he felt fortunate to be a part of such a great group to help the school system and make sure children are taken care of. Even though he has no plans of returning to the superintendent’s office this time around, Schoessel said he will be there if Rich Satterlee should need his help or advice. He said that is what his predecessor did for him, and he wants to do the same. Schoessel currently works part time for an architectural engineering firm in Grand Rapids. He helps with planning and identifying client needs, as well as capital campaigns. Most of the clients he works with are churches, schools and libraries. The firm he works for did several Hastings projects, including the CERC. “That was one of the most fun parts of the job,” said Schoessel of building and renovating the schools. “If I can help some other community, great.” Schoessel plans to stay in Hastings with his wife, Loretta. He coaches girls swimming, and he currently has four grandchildren in the Hastings schools, one of whom he gets to coach this year. Maybe some day, later in his retirement, he’ll actually retire. �Page 4 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Veterans indeed deserve much better than lip service IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Some people seem born to be givers To the editor, I enjoyed reading the letter from the husband proud of his wife for assisting those in need — with two references given as to her outstanding character. It made me think of someone who gives each day of her life from the 1920s on and never gives it a thought that she is doing anything out of the ordinary. My mom has always assisted every family member, friend (and to her a stranger is simply a friend she hasn’t met yet), and creature that has crossed her path. She has worked at the church and Local VFW for every funeral luncheon, Penny Supper (consisting of shopping days before, preparing the meal, baking a pie or two for variety at the dinner and then serving to the members and public), calling bingo every Monday for years and years. In her "spare time" she would assist those less fortunate, and the elderly. She has taken others for their cancer treatments when they were not able to drive, made countless trips to Hudson, Mich., when my uncle was very ill to love and comfort both him and his family. She took in a couple when their Thornapple Lake home was "under water" (and the couple were "peelers" to live with). She invited into her home a young lady who was "thrown out" by her family. Lori was raised as our "sister" and beloved daughter by Mom. The young lady is now a well adjusted homemaker, and Mom herself who keeps in touch with "Gram." (We have referred to my Mom as "Gram" for years people that are related by blood and some simply by love.) People were always welcome (as they are today) to "stop by" and chat. And if she can’t find something in her refrigerator to feed you or at least offer you a beverage of your choice — she feels she has failed in some small way (and the truth: Her just being there is the best gift of all). She calls WBCH several times a year — birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions are always remembered by "Gram" — she may or may not give your age away! Along with that, Mom raised three little girls on her own (as our father died of a heart attack at an early age). She has been both mother and father, provider, teacher, example and best friend to all of us since 1965. She is known by all as a lady of "unconditional love," but also expects her family to follow her example — and is very happy when they do. This is amazing for any human in this day and age — but the thing that makes her unique is that she has also driven herself to the hospital while having a "heart attack" (she thought it was gas), has had heart surgery, knee surgery, and her latest adventure was breaking a leg while shopping with the VFW gals for the Penny Supper (yes they finished the shopping before she would return to Pennock to have her leg looked at – and yes it was broken!) She isn’t as happy with her "getting around" as she used to be, but she still visits those who can’t get out, sends birthday cards to all of her family and friends, visits our cousins at the Wesleyan Camp, taking them her famous "garlic bread," and found homes for three homeless kittens, and that was just this week. I’m sure that for some people doing a good deed or two is fine, but there are very few that can measure up to my mom. I am thankful for her every day of my life. Pamela (Sherman) Patten, Middleville Don’t recall VanNortwick, nor TOST To the editor: Even though I don't live in Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick's district, I would like to urge the residents of Baltimore, Johnstown and Assyria townships to not sign the petition in the recall effort aimed at him. The petitioner(s) are upset that VanNortwick voted for TOST, an ordinance that would require sellers to have a well and/or septic inspection prior to the sale of their property. With more than 10 years of experience as a Harry Potter party provided a great time To the editor: I would like to recognize Dave McQueen of Beyond the Cover Bookstore, his family and friends for the Harry Potter book party held Friday, July 20. It was also fun to have the participation of the other businesses, Cookies & Cream, Anne's Health Foods, State Grounds and the Walldorff, each adding games and contests to make the night a success. Everyone, adults and kids alike joined in and I think the adults were just as excited to get their book as the kids. Once again, the community turned out to enjoy the fun and to show their support for the downtown area businesses. A great night was had by all! Denise Straley & Megan Daniels, Hastings real estate agent, I cannot recall one sale where neither the buyer nor the buyer's mortgage company required a well and septic test in order to make the sale go through. The TOST proposal that VanNortwick voted yes on simply makes such tests mandatory. The advantage of TOST is that sellers would know from the start what inspection and/or repair costs they face. Under the present system, sellers might wait until an offer is made on their property, hoping a well and septic test would not be required. Unfortunately, if tests were required, the sellers might end up having to pay for inspections and repairs they hadn't planned on and might regret having accepted the buyer's offer. With TOST, sellers know before they get an offer how much they have to spend for tests and repairs, if needed. Buyers would know the property they make an offer on passed inspection. The environment would escape contamination from non-working but undetected wells and septic systems. It’s a win-win-win situation. If TOST goes down, we might as well go all the way back and let land owners dispose of old cars (oil included in many cases), machinery and whatever else in wetlands. We could also go back to having farm animals use the middle of streams and the edges of rivers for their drinking fountains. District 7 residents, please don't sign the recall petition. However, if the recall gets on the ballot, please get out and vote "no". Dave Kietzmann, Hastings To the editor: Jon Gambee's “forgotten man” story in the Reminder last Saturday is a forceful effort to report a sad story of veterans denied treatment and compensation for medical problems brought on by the government which poisoned them — our own. I'm happy you published the piece in the Reminder where it will be widely available in the county, but also believe it should be published in the county “newspaper of record.” Just a day or so before Jon's thoughtful story appeared, a U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the government to stop dawdling (37 years too late), and to cough up the coin. This after many thousands died of weird cancers, Volunteerism noble, but exposes flaw To the editor, In the July 14 edition of the Reminder, there was an article, "Parents at middle school demonstrate Saxon Pride." It related the efforts of a group of parents (in cooperation with teachers and administrators) who have planned a "beautification and restoration" program for the Hastings Middle School. It also called on interested individuals to volunteer some of their free time to participate in the five-day program. Interestingly enough, last month a friend who came to Hastings from out-of-state and who had attended the school in the 1960s happened to stop into the middle school "for old time sake." After her visit, she told us she was shocked at its shabby appearance. So it is commendable that those involved in this effort want to restore our public school building to its former good condition. As a past student of the then Hastings High School and as an educator myself, I am also happy to hear that local citizens feel the need to keep the venerable building a welcoming and pleasant place for our young people to attend school. I must admit, however, that I am somewhat troubled by the fact that volunteers are doing this job which, in my opinion, should not be the responsibility of unpaid workers. I have always assumed that my taxes go toward the upkeep of all public institutions, chief amongst them school buildings. Readers may argue that this situation is simply a result of the economic woes of the state of Michigan. The state of Michigan's economy may be a contributing factor, but when volunteers are recruited to save money for school building maintenance and restoration, I think it is symptomatic of a bigger problem and a growing phenomenon in this country. A large portion of our federal tax dollars currently is being spent to continue a senseless war in Iraq, which means that less is allocated for our future generation's education, a quality education which can teach young people to critically examine the right of an administration to illegitimately wage war and drain the country of its resources, both human and financial. Volunteerism is both a noble act and a positive quality but the work done by volunteers must not preclude a key responsibility of the government. Lisa Morgan, Hastings Socialized medicine isn’t the answer To the editor: Re: "Everyone should see the film Sicko" letter in the July 14 edition of the Banner: While I’m not a fan of propagandist films I wanted to address a few things about universal health care. Universal health care or "free health care for everyone" is more appropriately titled “socialized medicine.” For the same reason socialism doesn't work for the people, lowering the bar of health care so all get the same doesn't work well for the patients. Benefits are limited even more than an HMO. Care and procedures have limits based on age (elderly and preemie restrictions and denial of care) and not risk. There are no incentives like in a free market to improve techniques or quality. Doctors get the same whether they do a great job or not and medical outcomes will most likely become poorer. There are cases of patients fleeing the Italian socialized medicine to ours for help (the opposite of “Sicko” examples). If all doctors get lower pay for their services there will be fewer of them, including the good ones. There will be longer lines and the money will still be in the hands of the corrupt politicians who will be given even more money. Taxes will most certainly rise a significant amount. If you've ever seen what the patient is charged without coverage for drugs or medical care you would see why. The "real costs" of health care is not propaganda. But we are missing the most important point here. Why are we so much sicker than our grandparents, even though we have the most advanced health care? We need to put our energy into getting and staying well, not on having more services! Our bodies are crying for help because we Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. or bred mentally and/or physically deficient offspring. Serious problems in the military health care system are not a recent phenomenon, but a very old national disgrace. Over the past 15 years I've helped dozens of 'Nam vets reach the right people in the VA, or steered them to Senator Carl Levin's capable and hard-working staff in the Detroit office. They get results! I urge veterans — old, young or in between — if you're getting a health care run-around, call Levin's Detroit office. Sir Scott Smith is correct about the VA hospital in Battle Creek. While the Bush Administration tries hard to drive older vets are putting sand (processed quickie foods) in our lawnmower (body) gas tank and expecting it to pull a wagon full of hay bales (high stress) without changing the oil ever (enough rest and relaxation) or giving it a tuneup (preventative health care), eventually it will fail and we wonder why. We need to return to the "old ways" and use common sense. Do everything in moderation. Become involved in your community. We've all heard it before from the old time doctors... eat a wide variety of good, whole and natural foods, eat less sugar, drink more clean water, if you must snack, find good foods to snack on, if you can't pronounce it don't eat it, take your cod liver oil, exercise as your doctor recommends, work hard, have fun, don't let things bother you so much, pray for your enemies, be less angry, be more forgiving, learn something new every day, minister to your spirit, play with and hug your children, help a neighbor, do random acts of kindness, and find peace in your soul. Your body is a miraculous thing; it can do a lot of healing on its own if you only give it the building blocks it needs to do its work. For the rest, improving access to and covering more cost effective complimentary therapies such as homeopathy, acupuncture, naturopathy, etc., will help. The bottom line is, though, we have to change the way we live if we are to be healthy, a drug won't make up for the vegetables, and it will only buy you limited time while your body continues to deteriorate. Socialized medicine or lowering the standard of health care is not the answer! Marie Long, Alto Death penalty for cop killers? A Grand Rapids police officer was killed in the line of duty last week. Some people are calling for the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer, paramedic or fire fighter? What do you think? out of the system and into Medicare, VA staffers nationwide (though short-handed and under-funded) continue delivering TlC. The Battle Creek VA facility (most especially my good Dr. Diaz) does terrific work for veterans. And Jon Gambee is not wrong on his suicide statistics related to Vietnam veterans. If you want some more bad news, cogitate on this — we can look for much more of the same from veterans of this conflict in Iraq. It's happening as I write. Suicide, murder, alcoholism, drug addiction, divorce, domestic violence are already rife amongst veterans of Peewee's puzzlepated blundering. And what else should we expect when the best plan their commanders can come up with is continuing to send them out patrolling in their pathetically inadequate vehicles, wearing pathetically inadequate body armor, with pathetically inadequate knowledge of the enemy, and pathetically inadequate plans to destroy him. More and more soldiers are speaking out to the press, and demonstrating clearly their own pathetically inadequate morale. In 'Nam, leaders like these were frequently fragged. Bring 'em on back, Peewee — we don't need the derned oil near as much as we need these soldiers healthy to fight those who attacked us — and who are rebuilding alarmingly quickly. Gambee is becoming an excellent writer/reporter. May I suggest you turn him loose to rake at will. Larry Hamp, Hastings Dems show hypocrisy on firings of attorneys To the editor: Democrats and their media blowhards continue to demand that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resign. Those attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. There is no vested right in those jobs; they can be yanked at any time, for any reason or none. Yet the Democrats pretend such action is somehow politicization. U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein says "We need to assure that this kind of politicization of the U.S. attorneys' offices does not happen again." Senator Chuck Schumer also wants Mr. Gonzales' scalp for the firings. Astonishingly, neither of them protested when President Clinton exercised the same authority and had his attorney general, Janet Reno, summarily fire all 93 U.S. attorneys and even had the attorney investigating Mr. Clinton's Whitewater scandal replaced by one of his own cronies. That's more than eleven times the current politicization - and ethically far worse. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 5 We encourage wishy-washy candidates New, improved Charlton Park deserves ‘yes’ The Barry County Board of Commissioners this week decided to take the Charlton Park millage renewal issue back to the voters in November. This will be the third time the request has been made in the past two years, but things are very different now than they were in August and November of 2006. This time the very future of Charlton Park hangs in the balance. It’s this simple: If the millage fails this fall, the park will have to shut down at the end of the year, perhaps for all time. This is just one of the many reasons I strongly urge voters to approve this request for a renewal of less than a quarter of a mill. There are those who have said another millage renewal proposal should wait for maybe another year, but that’s very simply not possible because the funding from the current millage will run out Dec. 31. For Charlton Park, it’s now or never. There are those who argue the park should be funded by the county’s general fund, but the State of Michigan continues to struggle with budget problems that will impact the county in the next few years. The county’s once proud savings account numbers will have to decrease as a result, and I don’t see how it can absorb an additional $450,000 each year in expenditures and remain fiscally responsible I understand why many voters rejected the millage renewal twice last year. The park had become something of an ornament and it was being grossly under used. It had managed to lose the popular annual Civil War re-enactment and had lost touch with its neighbors, the people of Barry County. But the County Board has done a good job in turning the park around in just over six months. The board, with new leadership and three new members, hired a roll-up-your-sleeves, tireless working new director in Keith Murphy, who seems to be making the people who visit feel welcome again. There’s a pretty solid rumor that the Civil War re-enactment group will be back at the park next summer, that is, if this millage in November is passed. Furthermore, at the behest of the County Board and under Murphy’s hustle and continuing efforts, there have been more weekend activities in the past few months than they've had out there in years. The voters spoke loudly and clearly last year that they were not happy with the way the park was going. The new County Board leadership held a couple of public meetings on the matter last winter and made massive changes to honor the voters’ wishes. The result in just six months is a new and improved Charlton Park that warmly welcomes the public to join in the fun while honoring the historical treasure it still is. Many experts around the state and the country are hailing tourism as the next big industry. If Barry County is going to fit into the mix, its biggest attraction, other than its natural resources, is Charlton Park. And with the casino likely going in to the west of us, we can work to make it a double attraction for people to come here and spend money. One important fact needs to be stressed: This is not an extra millage. It exists today and will continue if approved in November. It fills the requirement of “No New Taxes,” regardless of what you may have heard otherwise. So now the taxpayers, realizing their wishes have been granted, should step up to the plate and support a new and rejuvenated Charlton Park. Vote “yes” in November. Let’s keep Barry County’s jewel going strong. Let’s back Green Gables ‘blitz’ Green Gables is another Barry County program that’s run into some financial difficulties, and the reason is very simple: The State of Michigan has cut its support by $150,000 over the past two years. If Barry County’s shelter for victims of domestic violence doesn’t come up with money on its own, particularly in this weekend’s all-out “blitz,” the consequences will be dire. This is the kind of program that will be gone for all time if it’s not rescued. If we don't support the project and it has to close its doors, it will be very difficult to get it going again. It all comes down to basic responsibility and economics. The people who use the facility need it, and if we don't help them in their hour of need, I promise they will be in the system in some other way, at a much greater cost, whether it’s in public assistance or in the criminal justice system. So we pay now or pay later. We have to look at it as an investment in these families to help them when they need it most. And the actual costs to taxpayers is very low, especially when compared to the alternative. Once again, I strongly urge public support for this weekend’s fund-raising “blitz” activities and others coming up in the next few months. J-Ad Graphics believes in Green Gables so strongly that it’s lending its support with another music trivia contest Saturday evening, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club, with all proceeds going to the program. This is just a supplement to what the Green Gables Board and program friends are already doing. Let’s work together as a caring community to help our friends and neighbors. It’s up to us. It will make you feel good when you think you’re helping a young family in their hour of need. No one wants to be homeless, but when there is trouble at home, sometimes these young mothers make the right decision to leave home with their children and find support in a shelter until they work through their problems. Green Gables got a raw deal from the state on funding. Let’s show Lansing that we care about our most vulnerable citizens, even if they don’t. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics ‘Free to good home’ pets aren’t free To the editor: It’s that time of the year, when no matter where you drive you will see signs in yards for "free kittens." Ads will appear in the newspaper for all sorts of free animals. It seems like a kind way to find a home for those unwanted dogs, cats, puppies and kittens. Sometimes the animal is lucky and actually does end up with a caring, loving family. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Many animals, offered at no cost, are taken by individuals representing themselves as someone looking to adopt a new pet. However, the reality is often these animals are actually taken by "bunchers," persons who look for free dogs and cats to sell to unscrupulous research facilities. These unfortunate dogs and cats end up having lonely, suffering, lives. Or, these free animals may be taken for "training bait" for illegal dog fighting or to become fighting dogs. In this situation, dogs are made vicious by beatings, starvation and other cruel means so that they will fight other dogs, inflicting savage wounds and possible death. This so-called "sport" is done for the purposes of making money by illegal betting. Some people will look for these ads to "rescue" the animals. Unfortunately, not all these well- intentioned individuals can properly care for all the animals they acquire and risk becoming "hoarders," persons who start out with a few animals but before long find themselves overwhelmed and unable to provide a healthy environment for either the animals or themselves. If you are someone thinking about adopting a new pet, please remember that even if an animal is offered "free," there are many costs with being a responsible pet owner. All new pets should be examined by a veterinarian to make sure they are healthy and to receive initial disease preventative shots. With so many unwanted puppies and kittens, the pet should be spayed or neutered when old enough. Good quality pet food and possible veterinarian costs for illness or injury are expenses all responsible pet owners must plan on before taking a new pet into their home. The Barry County Humane Society always recommends, if you have an unwanted pet or pets, that you never advertise the animal/animals for free. Instead, require a fee, unless Youth Theatre’s show a real hoot To the editor, I am writing to invite community members to attend the Thornapple Arts Council's Summer Youth Theatre presentation of “A Midsummer Night's Dream beginning Thursday (tonight) through Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Hastings High School Lecture Hall. Living in Barry County a privilege To the editor: How many letters do you get that express an attitude of gratitude for the privilege of being a Barry County resident? Having just enjoyed a concert of joyous Celtic music during this last Friday at the Fountain, I’m inspired to make an effort. I appreciate Drs. Willdern and Merriman as they try to give me a new hip in place of one damaged during Word War II. Thanks to all the skilled technicians at Pennock Hospital who play a part in the complicated procedures, and to the folks in emergency who respond as needed. Kensinger Jones, Hastings “A Midsummer Night's Dream” is easily Shakespeare's most accessible comedy. It has slapstick, romance, wit, bawdy humor, magic, fantasy, and rumor has it that there might even be a kitchen sink in there somewhere. The adaptation we have chosen to perform takes the play into a high school study hall, where students are learning the play for a class assignment. The playwright, Nancy Linehan Charles, has added three narrators who bridge the gap between the actors and the audience by reiterating plot points, cracking wise on the play's actions, and even encouraging verbal responses from the audience. Be prepared to shout out loud and maybe even dance tonight. If a sprightly little fairy tries to high five you, don't resist. It's all part of the fun. We have many new faces to the program this year, and even one student for whom this is their very first stage experience! There are also several performers who have been with the program for several years now. What a thrill it is for us to share the talents of this bunch with everyone! I sincerely hope you will attend the show. The students have been diligently working for the last six weeks to create this performance. Christopher Weaver, Youth Theatre Director you know the potential adopters and know they will be able to provide a good home. Also, your local veterinarians may know of someone who is seeking a new pet. If the animal is a specific breed, there are pure-breed rescue groups, which the Humane Society has phone numbers for. If you are unsuccessful in finding a good home for the animal, take the animal/animals to the Barry County Animal Control/Shelter. There is no charge to bring an animal into the animal shelter. Kathy Wiggins, Barry County Humane Society Stop complaining and join the fun To the editor: This is in response to Elden Shellenbarger’s letter to the editor last week titled, “Charlton Park is a disappointment.” We, my husband and I, attended the antique gas and steam engine show Saturday, July 14. We had a good time of fun and relaxation. It was good to see the new director, Keith Murphy, participating. I wonder if Mr. Shellenbarger attended the event at all? Maybe he needs to liven things up a bit. Why doesn’t he volunteer to help out instead of complaining? If he tries it, he might like it. Laura Orsborn, Lake Odessa by Donald Kaul Minuteman Media One of the great myths of American politics is that voters like candidates who have the courage of their convictions. It is an incessant whine of the Man on the Street: “These guys, they don’t believe in anything,” he’ll say. “They gotta take a poll before they go to the bathroom. I wanna guy who has the guts to stand up for what he thinks is right.” Which sounds good but it’s not what the American voter really wants. What he wants--what we all want---is a candidate who will stand up for what (begin ital) we (end ital) believe. The only problem with that is that this is a big country and people believe a lot of different things, many of them contradictory. What’s a poor candidate to do? Well, he takes poll to find out what a majority wants, then tries to craft his message to satisfy those desires. That may not be the most noble approach in the world but it’s the way you get elected. And if you’re not elected, what difference does it make what you believe in? I’m sure that Real Conservatives and Real Liberals are shocked---shocked---at this cynical attitude. Which is why so few Real Conservatives or Real Liberals are ever elected to anything. “Push-me-Pull-you” political candidates are the inevitable result of our two-party system. When you only have two major political parties, each of them national in scope, both must appeal to a diverse, national constituency, which results in opposing candidates who cannot afford to be too far apart on the issues. (Indeed, one could argue that the Democrats lost power in the '80s and '90s because they came to focus on too narrow a segment of their political coalition. You could also make the case that Republicans are suffering the same fate right now.) If voters really wanted a candidate who stood up for what he believed in, regardless of the popularity of the conviction, John McCain would be the runaway leader in the polls. As a presidential candidate, McCain is a virtual encyclopedia of unpopular issues. If it weren’t for his unpopular stances, he wouldn’t have any stance at all: • At a time when the war in Iraq is about as popular with voters as diphtheria, he is for staying the course. • He also favors a kinder, gentler immigration policy aimed at helping immigrants become U.S. citizens. This at a time when a good share of the nation---and particularly his part of the nation---has expressed opposition to that approach bordering on the hysterical. It wants a punitive immigration policy; one festooned with fences and border guards and midnight roundups. (I have a theory about immigration. People who cut their own lawns are against letting more immigrants in. People who hire others to cut their lawns are in favor of looser immigration policies. I call it the Lawn Care Theory of Immigration.) • He is perhaps the chief Washington advocate of campaign-finance reform, favoring restrictions on the ability of corporations and special interest groups to influence elections. Voters don’t care much about this one way or the other, but lobbyists, whose job it is to influence elections, hate it. Consequently, money for McCain’s campaign has pretty much dried up and his candidacy is about to disappear beneath the waves, leaving only an oil slick. So much for the rewards of political courage in our electoral system. If you really want candidates with a clear, hard edge who believe as you do, you’d best seek out a multi-party, parliamentary system. Some countries have six or seven parties vying for attention all across the political spectrum. In a system like that, you should be able to find someone who speaks your language. In our system, probably not. In our system we get candidates with outward diversity---black, white, man, woman, Catholic, Protestant---but who underneath are pretty much the same person. So stop complaining about our wishywashy candidates. They’re the kind we demand. Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-losing Washington correspondent who, by his own account, is right more than he's wrong. Email: dkaul1@verizon.net-- A photo of Donald Kaul is available at www.minutemanmedia.org Toilet tax should have been flushed To the editor: Will we, as citizens of Barry County, ever have the chance to elect anyone who understands the basic role of government? County Commissioners have passed huge tax increases onto citizens in the past couple of weeks. One increase to a few individuals was the annexing of private property into the Village of Middleville under the disguise of “the overall good for everyone.” County government should be compensating these folks for “taking” their property, not forcing them to pay a village tax when they chose, not to live in the village. Perhaps the Bradford White Corporation will be a good corporate citizen and pay for these taxes, since they are the main reason for the new bridge. The second huge tax increase was the Septic System Inspection (TOSI) ordinance to protect our groundwater “for the overall good of the people.” Not only will inspections be done at the time of sale or transfer, they will also be inspected when a building permit is issued. It was first reported that these fees would cost between $80 and $130 per inspection. These fees have suddenly ballooned up to $330 to $385 per inspection. Were these fees purposely kept low to make sure this ordinance passed? How can they triple in one week? If 100 homes sell and 100 building permits are issued in a year, that is $80,000 taken out of the local economy. Another $22,000 will be taken annually for alternative high tech systems. These figures do not include how much it’s going to cost taxpayers for the health department to train private inspectors. The worst part of this ordinance is that there is absolutely no proof that septic systems are the sole cause of groundwater pollu- tion. How much is caused by municipalities, businesses, farm runoff, fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, gas spills, oil leaks, lawn sprinkling etc. etc.? Since big brother disguises his strong arm way of government as the “overall good for everybody” may I suggest a county wide ban on tobacco and alcohol, a tax on people who eat at fast food joints, (Health care costs should drop), an annual inspection of every vehicle in the county to check for oil and antifreeze leaks, or an ordinance for how many times you can flush your toilet a day (these would protect groundwater pollution and also save water.) Why does government even bother with holding public discussions? Both of the above situations were met with resistance from the taxpayers, yet passed anyway. Are we not a representative government? We elect people hoping to have a voice in decisions. Unfortunately, in Barry County, it continues to be the government’s way not the people’s way. We should insist our government get to the root of a problem before a solution is reached, or a government that listens and educates before passing ordinances and fees. A couple of years ago we focuses on firing the State Senate. Perhaps we should get rid of county government. After all, less government “would be for the overall good for everyone.” David Yonker, Carlton Township Use the Hastings Clinton fired BANNER more attorneys classifieds Ads Left-wing TV to sell, rent, buy, pundites hire, find work, prompt letter etc. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! To the editor: We’re just wondering how many other letters to the editor by Larry J. VanZalen were taken from left-wing TV commentators. If a Republican sent in a letter taken from a TV appearance by say, Ann Coulter or Bill O’Reilly, the local Bush haters would cry foul. Come on Mr. VanZalen, tell us what you really think. Ed and Emma Swanson, Hickory Corners To the editor: It is funny how people put blinders on when they want to bash President Bush. Former impeached President Clinton actually pardoned a gang of murdering thugs and Larry VanZalen doesn’t even remember that. Lewis Libby was ensnared in a democratic witch-hunt for outing a not undercover CIA agent. As it turned out, she was outed by a Democrat. Mr. Libby should have never even been questioned about this. The Democrats are still wasting taxpayers’ money over the administration’s firing of some eight U.S. attorneys. Democrats want you to forget that former impeached President Clinton fired 99 of them in one day. They have no leg to stand on accusing anyone of partisanship. Mr. VanZalen also needed to let go of the idea that George Bush was not duly elected, or did he ignore the fact that the Democrats finished all the recounts and found that he still won the election? Roger Blain, Middleville �Page 6 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Social News 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Weatherly-Trickett Pamela Maria Weatherly and Scott Brandon Trickett wish to announce their upcoming marriage on Sept. 1, 2007 at Rocky Gap Resort in western Maryland. Pam is the daughter of Tom and Cecilia Weatherly of Hastings. She is a graduate of Frostburg State University in Maryland with degrees in accounting and finance, and is employed as an accountant at Injured Workers Insurance Fund in Towson, MD. Scott is the son of Gary and Judy Trickett of Westminister, Maryland. He is currently pursuing a degree in information technology and is employed at Injured Workers Insurance Fund as a systems engineer. Don and Lois Bowers of Hastings, Mich. will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 5. They were married at Cedar Creek Bible Church on August 4, 1957. They have five daughters, Marcia (Jim) Ruddock, Jan Bowers, Deborah (Marc) Federau, Laura (Mike) Shockley and Amy (Bill) Fringer. Don and Lois have 11 grandchildren, Drew, Erin, Gabrielle, Marshall, Michael, Alexander, Shelby, Parker, Emma, Madison and Chloe’. In honor of this joyous occasion, their daughters and families are having an Open House at Hope Township Hall, 5463 Wall Lake Road, Hastings on August 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. Please come and celebrate this special day with them. No gifts, please. William Barber Jr. HASTINGS - William Barber Jr., age 80, of Hastings, died Tuesday July 24, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Bill was born July 8, 1927 in Hastings, the son of William Sr. and Jessie Mae (Turner) Barber. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1945. Bill served in the United States Army from 1945 until his honorable discharge in 1947. He was employed at the Grand Rapids Book Case in Hastings before working at Consumers Power Company, Bill retired from Consumers Power Company after 34 years of service. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and wild life. another hobby he enjoyed was repairing guns. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association. Bill was preceded in death by his parents and a wife, Joyce (Billington) Barber. Surviving are his children, Bill (Lois) Barber of Middleville, Jeanne (Mike) King of Hastings, LeeAnne Malone and John Kaechele of Hastings, Karen (Bill) Glynn of Hastings, eight grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren, his first wife, Lois (Clark) Holiman of Florida. Visitation will be held Thursday from 6 - 8 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Graveside services will be held on Friday July 27, 2007 at 11:00 am at Fuller Cemetery on Charlton Park Rd. with full military honors. Rev. Carla Smith officiating. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Thornapple Manor. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Melvin Harold Vander Shuur Koutz-Faulkenberg Bill and Sharon Faulkenberg of Clayton, Indiana wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Marie to David James, the son of Ron and Glenda Koutz of Hastings. The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate of Cascade High School, Clayton, Indiana and is currently seeking a degree in the radiation therapy program at Indiana University School of Medicine. The groom-elect is a 1998 graduate of Hastings High School and LeTourneau University in Texas and is a sales engineer for Lincoln Electric in Indianapolis, Indiana. An August 18, 2007 wedding is planned. Cooklin-Ghiardi Earl and Joyce Cooklin of Hastings and Jim and Shirlie Ghiardi of Negaunee Township announce the engagement of their children, Lisa Linn Cooklin of Hastings and James Ryan Ghiardi of Canton. The bride-to-be is a 1998 graduate of Hastings High School, a 2001 graduate of Ball State University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, and a 2005 graduate of Western Michigan University with a master’s degree in geography. She is employed as a contract geographer for the Department of Defense in Battle Creek. Her fiance is a 1995 graduate of Negaunee High School and a 1999 graduate of Western Michigan University with a degree in marketing and advertising. He is employed with Digitas as a marketing manager for General Motors in Detroit. A Sept. 15 wedding is planned. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Thursday 6:30 a.m. Softball at Cheney Field. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowswhip. Monday - 6:30 pm.. Softball at Cheney Field. LEIGHTON TWP. – Melvin Harold Vander Schuur of Leighton Twp., age 86, went to be with his Lord on July 18, 2007. He was a lifetime dairy farmer and longtime member of Leighton United Methodist Church. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Alice (Van Westrienen) of 63 years and eight children: Sharon Doolittle, James (Diane) Vander Schuur, John Vander Schuur, Ruth (Jerry) Gore, Tena Vander Schuur, Sue (Tom) Kingsley, Bob Vander Schuur, Brenda (Mark) Vandefifer; 16 grandchildren (two of which have preceded him in death) and 15 great-grandchildren. Also survived by sister Janet (Bill) Gaines of Conyers, Ga. and many nieces, nephews, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Tena Vander Schuur; sister Ella Hoover; sister Joan McDonald and brother Jake Vander Schuur (in infancy). Rev. David L. McBride officiated. Funeral services were held at Leighton United Methodist Church, July 21, 2007. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Leighton United Methodist Church - Building Fund. Arrangements were by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. 401(k) rollovers made easy 02675659 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS Matthews-Miller This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Don and Lois Bowers to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Area Obituaries 77514315 Jennifer Matthews and Chad Miller is pleased to announce their upcoming marriage on Sept. 1, 2007. Jennifer is the daughter of Ken and Patty Howe of Temperance and Steve and Dawn Horton of Hastings. She is a graduate of Kellogg Community College and will continue her education in the fall. Chad is the son of Charles and Dixie Miller of Hastings. He is employed with Precision Auto Body. Together with their children Andrew and Travis Matthews and Marissa Miller, they will unite their new family in a candlelight ceremony. 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com DALE JR. BUD #8 Products are Going Fast! ATTENTION COLLECTORS: Hurry in to get a piece of Dale Jr. history before it is gone! Member SIPC NASCAR DRIVER T’S Starting at … HATS • SHIRTS • FLAGS • JACKETS $ 99 5 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings • 269-945-4551 Hours: Tues. & Wed. 9-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 02675919 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 7 Reclusive Barry County veteran one of America’s ‘forgotten men’ by Jon Gambee Staff Writer He is the Forgotten Man — one of thousands from the Vietnam War. He lived a nightmare that continues to haunt him every day. To fight his demons he lives in a secluded place, a densely wooded area that resembles the jungle regions where he served from 1967 through 1968. And he lives in a bottle. His name was Stanley Scott Smith until he had it legally changed. The circumstances around the legal maneuver to change his name is just one of the fascinating stories surrounding this suvivor of a form of hell from 40 years ago. “I was in court and the judge kept calling me Stanley,” Smith explained in a recent interview. “I told her my name was Scott and I respectfully requested she call me Scott. “The judge asked me if I could prove my first name was not Stanley and I requested a continuance.” He left the courtroom and went to the Probate Court in Barry County, where he requested to legally change his name to Sir Scott Smith. “The judge asked me why I wanted to make that change and I told him that if the judge would not call me Scott, she could call me Sir.” Understand these quotes have been edited for content because every sentence uttered by Sir Scott Smith is laced with profanity. And we are not talking just your basic four letter words. We are talking compound adjectives, intransient verbs and predicate nominatives. He could embarrass Larry Flint. And the question emerges — how much of what he says is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Probably some, maybe a lot, certainly not all. But does it really matter? Sir Scott Smith is not just one man, a protype of so many returning Vietnam veterans, many of whom have been cast aside by society and who know struggle with the memory of an unpopular war that cost more than 58,000 lives. When he got out of the service, he was given a discharge and a pat on the back. “Have a nice life,” they told him. And then they expected him to fit back into a society where the majority spoke out loud and clear against what he represented. Ask the mothers, the wives and the children of Vietnam veterans whether that transition was easy. Ask the mothers, the wives and the children of the more than 150,000 Vietnam veterans who have committed suicide since the “conflict” ended more than 30 years ago. For too many the “conflict” continues. How does Sir Scott Smith fight the demons? Well, one way is the bottle, a bottle he carries with him constantly. He says he probably hasn’t seen a sober day since “God’s dog was a puppy.” He escapes inside that bottle and inside his isolated location situated along a body of water that resembles the Mekong Delta. His only regular visitor is a friend who drives him for regular visits to the Veterans Hospital in Battle Creek, where, he says, he gets excellent treatment. Court ordered there when he was arrested for marijuana possession, Sir Scott says he has been treated “like a god” by the VA. “I read stories about the treatment of veterans in hospitals like Walter Reed,” he said, “but I can tell you that is not the case in Battle Creek. Even the cops who patrol the grounds stop and say ‘Hello, Sir,” and ‘Have a nice day’ when I go there.” Smith’s argument is not with the VA, it is with an administration that will spend tens of billions of dollars on a war that he says has not more chance of succeeding than Vietnam and less than 1 percent of that total on veterans who have put their lives in the line of fire for their country. “If George Bush would spend 10 percent of the money he is spending on a hopeless war on the veterans who have already served, we would not have the problems veterans are facing today,” he said. “I don’t understand how he can turn his back on us.” His is a struggle he battles every waking moment. It has resulted in his alcoholism and more than four years in prison. The story has been told that he was sent to prison for shooting someone who got too close to his marijuana patch. But a check of the Michigan Offender Tracking Information System reveals four separate sentences for manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance. He was sent to jail for a year in a shooting incident. When asked for the details of his incarceration, he just smiles. He is content to let the listener believe what he wants to believe. And he is content to continue his life of isolation. Away from a society that has turned its back on him and others like him. Away from the questions. Away from the accusations. But never far from the memories. For many people, Vietnam was a generation ago. For Sir Scott Smith and the thousands like him, it was yesterday. Every day when he steps outside, Sir Scott Smith steps back in time to a place where he had to fight to stay alive 24 hours a day, seven days a week. These rocks he has fashioned and which dot the landscape all over his secluded property, are just one of the reminders of a way of life he experienced in Vietnam. “Rocks like these could be found in pagodas and religious temples throughout Vietnam,” he said. Smith’s memories of that time, like the rocks, are there for him every waking moment, he says. ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ offered 3 consecutive nights Sir Scott Smith gets very animated when talking about the current administration, an administration he charges has turned its back on the Vietnam Veterans and their struggle to assimilate back into a society that rejected them and the war they fought so many years ago. Intersection Enforcement Week underway The Thornapple Arts Council’s Summer Youth Theater program will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Thursday, July 26, and will show Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th in the Hastings High School Lecture Hall, with all performances at 7 p.m. In this scene (from left) Sara Pappas, Sarah Taylor and Becky Ponsetto narrate the play often adding humorous remarks and helpful plot explanations while the four lovers, Jessi Doxtader Tom Peck, Aaron Wright and Tess Nugent, wait in the background. by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. tonight on the Youth Summer Theater’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare. The cast members have been rehearsing for six weeks and will showcase their talents tonight as well as Friday and Saturday evenings at the same time in the Hastings High School Lecture Hall. Directed by Christopher Weaver with assistance from Mariah Burd as student director, the cast of 15 takes on the challenge of numerous characters, difficult Shakespearean lines and a minimal set. Veterans to the program include Sara Pappas as Jessie and Theseus, Becky Ponsetto as Anna/Egeus, Tess Nugent as Hermia, Jenny LaJoye as Peter Quince, Evan Ramsey as Francis Flute the Bellows Mender and Moth, Katie Ponsetto as Robin Goodfellow Puck and TJ Taylor as Oberon. Joining the cast for the first time this summer are Sarah Taylor portraying four characters: Kaytlin, Hippolyta, Peaseblossom and Robin Starveling the Tailor; Aaron Wright steps into the character of Lysander while Jessi Doxtader portrays Helena. Tom Peck is Demetrius and Sarah Phillips plays Nick Bottom the Weaver. Cassidee Martin plays Tom Snout the Tinker and Mustardseed, Emily Borden plays Cobweb and Snug the Joiner and Lindsay Azevedo portrays Titania. Along with learning lines and character development, the young thespians have increased their knowledge of theater by developing skills through sometimes unusual techniques taught by Weaver. He has them play theatrical games to help them be comfortable on stage with projection, enunciation and getting into character. Tickets for the performances are available in advance at State Grounds, Bosley’s Pharmacy and the Thornapple Arts Council. They will also be available at the door. Cost is $3 for students or seniors and $5 for adults. For more information, call the Arts Council at (269) 945-2002. Red-light runners beware: law enforcement officers in West Michigan will patrol highcrash intersections in their counties during Intersection Enforcement Week, July 22-28. Intersection enforcement will take place in Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa, St. Joseph and Van Buren counties this week. Overall, more than 100 agencies in 27 counties across Michigan are participating. Agencies also have the option to conduct additional intersection patrols throughout the summer. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) is administering federal traffic safety funds for the overtime intersection enforcement patrols. “In Michigan, crashes at intersections result in more fatalities and injuries than on any other area of the road,” OHSP Director Michael L.Prince said. “Crashes at signalized intersections can be very serious, so enforcing these locations has the potential to save lives and reduce injuries.” Agencies determined the intersections to enforce and the best time of day to set up patrols by analyzing local crash data. In many areas, a spotter will alert other officers when a motorist runs a red light or commits another traffic violation in the intersection. More than 29 percent of crashes in Michigan in 2006 occurred in intersections, according to the Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center. These intersection crashes resulted in 281 fatalities (26 percent of the total) and 2,860 incapacitating injuries (33 percent of the total). From 2003 to 2006, Michigan has experienced a reduction of 25,363 intersection crashes, 81 fatalities and 1,058 serious injuries. A list of planned times, dates and locations of intersection patrols is posted on OHSP’s Web site, www.michigan.gov/ohsp. PIG ROAST, AUCTION AND LIVE MUSIC BENEFIT In honor ofthe Ron Felder Family Ron was in a falling accident and fractured his skull, on Tuesday, June 19th and is currently in the trauma unit at the hospital. The family has no health insurance and would appreciate your kindness. Please help contribute donations of any kind and come join us at: ® The Tara and Lenny’s 800 Drake Rd. July 28th, 2007 Heavenly Hog Pig Roast (Rob & Lynette Garrett) starts at 5:00 - $5.00 food donation Auction by AppleTree Auctioneering (Jim Lumbert & Jenny Hayes) starts at 6:00 Michibilly’s Blue Grass starts at 8:00 Contact Mindy Lumbert, 721-4244 for all donation items and drop off spots 77511856 Trouble makers in the show Oberon and Puck played by TJ Taylor and Katie Ponsetto, make plans to “dust” the eyes of the runaway lovers while they sleep. 77514405 �Page 8 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The biggest event for the coming week is Depot Day, which comes Saturday, July 28, starting at 10 a.m., with the freight house open with its exhibits and the depot open with its gift shop and some permanent displays. Besides the stage attractions in the afternoon, there will be Bill Davis' train exhibit in the freight house, which older children are invited to help run. Bill also plans to be there to hear your railroad stories. Do you know of a story about land acquisition, the razing of a depot or of a spur line? If so, Bill wants to hear about it. The Janie Rodriguez Award and the Union Bank presentation also will be highlights of the afternoon. The raffle this year is for a one date train trip behind the famed Engine 1225, which sat on the Michigan State University campus for years while the engine fans worked on it toward restoration. With one of the university’s expansions, it was necessary to move it to the Owosso area, where restoration was completed. Now it is used for annual excursions. The prize also includes money for lodgings and meals before or after the actual trip. This is truly a piece of history. The following weekend, Aug. 3 and 4 is the time set for the second annual revival of the Peacock-Downing family reunion. The first meeting of the weekend comes on Friday with a gathering from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Ionia County Church of Christ near the 1-96 freeway and the second half is on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with a potluck luncheon at 11:30. Member Lori Fox will present "The Lives and Times of Dr. Samuel Downing, John Joy Peacock and Benjamin Calvin Peacock.” Members are asked to please bring a recipe for a family cookbook. Back in 1865, John Joy Peacock and his nephew, Benjamin Peacock, and their families headed for Michigan. They had married sisters of the Downing family. Both had large families so the reunion entwined both families. They settled in Sebewa Township. There’ll be a hog roast Saturday at Central United Methodist Church with appropriate side dishes along with the good roast pork. Dinners may be eaten on or off the premises with take-out meals. This is to benefit the 2008 summer work camp. In addition to the Depot Day activities Saturday which includes the 2:30 performance by the Jazz Four group, the depot complex will be open Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. with all exhibits still in place with bank souvenirs from Union Bank and its predecessors, Lake Odessa State Savings Bank and the Farmers & Merchants State Bank in Lake Odessa. See coin counters, check sorters, adding machines, early calculators and more. The bank has used a wide variety of novelty advertising pieces. The genealogy rooms also will be open Monday afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m. The Sebewa Center ice cream social was held Saturday. There also were hot sandwiches. Their next public meal will be Sept. 15 with a roast pork dinner. The State Journal Tuesday reported the death of Virginia Starr, 77, of Lansing. Virginia and her late husband Roy were familiar figures in Lake Odessa during their years of living on Meier Drive at the east end of Jordan Lake. Roy was seen every day uptown after his walk from the lake to the business district. He even walked in the CROP Walk part way, wearing his oxygen mask due to severe lung problems in his last spring. They were constituents of Lakewood UMC. Virginia's service was held Wednesday morning at Colonial Village Baptist Church in Lansing. She was survived by her children, Cheryl Makhoul, Greg Shepard, Debbie VanBlaricom. The storefront project continues. The report of Village Council in last week's Lakewood News carried some of the financial news concerning the project, including the Licari building, Thompson Floor Coverings and the Barbery. The 93rd Rush reunion was held July 8 at Morrison Lake. There were marriages of Ken and Heather (Allerdine) Rush, Christina Lind and Joseph Laszier. The 2008 reunion will be held at the park in Lake Odessa. This family first met in reunion in 1915 with families Garvey, Lepard, McDonald, Cooley, Kart and several Rush families. Each family was to pay 25 cents toward expenses. The first reunion was held in Charlotte. The Ionia Free Fair continues this week with exhibits, side shows, carnival rides, livestock sale, exhibits of rabbits, poultry, horses, cattle, sheep, swine, 4-H projects, handiwork, baked goods, candy, flowers and more. Parking is on a large lot off Riverside Drive west of M-66 with a footbridge across the Grand River to reach the fairgrounds. Other lots in town provide parking for a fee. The grandstand performances are mostly music groups. There are fireworks most evenings. The antique village in the northwest part of the grounds draws lots of visitors to this free exhibit. Each of the historical groups within the county was invited to have exhibit material touting the organization. The Grand Rapids Press recently had an engagement announcement of Holly Jean Rose of Howard City and Scot Clouse, who plan to marry in August. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Gary and Debbie Smith of Woodland, of Jerry Smoes of Lake Odessa and the late Debra Smoes. The groom's father and wife live at Sparta and his mother and husband reside at Belding. He is a student at Grand Rapids Community College and she is a graduate of GRCC. 77514367 WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? FRIDAY • JULY 27, 2007 5-9 PM Spend the Night on the Town. Enjoy great music, go out for dinner, do a little shopping and check out the Art at these great locations… • HASTINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY • BARLOW’S FLORIST & • HODGE’S JEWELRY & GIFTS • CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE BEYOND THE COVER • JAMI’S CRAFT SUPPLIES WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. • MILLER REAL ESTATE • DEPOT LAW OFFICE • NU UNION CREDIT UNION • GILMORE JEWELERS • STATE GROUNDS COFFEE HOUSE 1 (800) FED-INFO • HASTINGS ACE HARDWARE • QUILTING PASSIONS • HASTINGS ANTIQUES & LADY PEDDLER • WALLDORFF BREW PUB • HASTINGS CITY BANK • WOODRIDGE BUILDING Dear Annie: I'm a single mother of a wonderful 12-year-old boy. He gets A's in school, plays sports and reads voraciously. I am divorced from my son's father, who lives nearby, and we share custody. My ex thinks our son is unmotivated because he doesn't make extra effort in school and he's losing interest in playing guitar, etc. Recently, my son told me his dad calls him lazy and this does not inspire him to work harder, but, rather, has the opposite effect. I told my ex this was counterproductive and hurtful. His response was, "Well, it's true." I said that regardless, he should not voice that opinion in front of our son. My ex declared, "It's not my problem" and walked out. Now he's not speaking to me. Given that my ex doesn't care what I think, what can I say to my son about his father's insensitive words? -- Concerned Mom Dear Concerned: Children have a tendency to live up -- or down -- to what others think of them. Parents who label their children can do particular damage. Your son does well in school, is involved in athletics and "reads voraciously." We don't know how much more his father expects of a 12-year-old boy. Losing interest in a musical instrument is fairly common and not an indication of laziness. Before your son becomes determined to prove his father right, we strongly urge all of you to get into family counseling. If your ex won't go, go without him. Not neighborly Dear Annie: My husband and I have some really annoying neighbors, "John and Alice." They moved in two years ago. Alice is tolerable, although we don't have much in common, but we don't like John at all. He is really creepy. He stares at me and doesn't talk. When we try to engage him in conversation, he rarely has anything to say, and when he does, it tends to be idiotic. He makes a joke out of everything and he is NOT funny. Other neighbors have met them and feel the same way we do. John and Alice constantly ask us over for dinner or to go to a movie, and I have turned them down at least 20 times. They just don't get that we're not interested. They have no friends, and I have never seen any of their siblings, although I know John has two brothers. I try to avoid them, but every time they see me or my husband doing yard work, they come over to chat and ask us to dinner. What do I do? -- Annoyed Dear Annoyed: These are your neighbors, so it's best to stay on polite terms, but you don't have to socialize. When John and Alice invite you to join them, all you need to say is, "Thanks, but we can't make it." Keep repeating it, no matter how many times they ask. Dogged decision Downtown Hastings • ANNE’S HEALTH FOODS Problem prophecy Dear Annie: So, "Second Fiddle" wants to banish her husband's beloved dogs because one of them nipped her toddler? Kudos to her husband for his loyalty to his other family members. A nip from a female dog is more likely to be a correction to a smaller pack member than aggression. Was the child pulling her fur or her ears or climbing on her? Rather than accept responsibility for teaching a child how to interact properly with a family pet, Second Fiddle simply goes mommy-hysterical, blaming the dog (who was there first), and you back her up. A dog is a lifetime commitment, not a "thing" to be discarded when it's inconvenient. -- Pittsburgh, Pa. Dear Pittsburgh: Since a dog bite is so dangerous to a child, the dogs need to be trained not to bite the baby until the baby is old enough to learn not to annoy the dogs. It doesn't matter that the dogs were there first. When a dog and a baby cannot learn to coexist peacefully, it's the dog -- not the child -that has to find a new home. Fascist freezeout Dear Annie: My husband has a brother, "Cory," who is lazy, foul-mouthed, has been arrested several times on illegal weapons charges and is involved with a white supremacist group. At one point, Cory threatened to rape and Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law Live Entertainment Throughout the Downtown Area! Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires July 31, 2007) 77513660 77514296 Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 kill me, and put a realistic-looking gun to my head. I was scared to death. I spoke to the police about Cory's threats, and they said it will boil down to my word against his. My inlaws do not believe my allegations. They continue to bail their son out of jail whenever he gets into trouble and always take his side. I finally had enough and said I never want to be around Cory, nor do I want my daughters anywhere near him. I have made it clear that if Cory is invited to family gatherings, I will not attend, although my husband may go alone. My in-laws are not happy about this and often "forget" to tell me Cory is coming. Numerous times, we have been assured he will not be present, only to discover otherwise. Since I cannot trust them, I have decided my daughters and I will no longer attend any family gatherings held at my in-laws' home. My husband wants me to put my feelings aside and go there for his father's birthday. My pastor told me my husband should not make this request, since seeing Cory causes me so much emotional anguish. Last year, I attended a family function to please my husband and had difficulty sleeping for days afterward. I am willing to work on alternatives to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday, and am hoping you have a solution. -- Trying to Save My Sanity Dear Trying: There's no reason for you to tolerate the company of anyone who threatens to harm you, and if your in-laws do not respect your concerns, you are right to stay away. Tell your husband you would be happy to celebrate with Mom and Dad and your immediate family at another time and place. If he doesn't like it, too bad. Health hazard Dear Annie: I am married to an obstinate cigar smoker. I have brought him literature on secondhand smoke and warned him that I will leave if he continues to smoke around the kids or me. He has promised to quit twice, only to make excuses. He has no problem closing the doors to the den and lighting up with his 10-year-old son in the room. I have already battled cancer and have no intention of allowing his habit to take me to an early grave. He refuses to smoke outside. He says it's his house and he can do as he pleases. He has a smoker's cough, and his doctors have told him to quit. Why should I stay married to a man who doesn't respect his own health or that of his family? I can't believe smoking is more important than we are. What should I do? -Ready to Walk in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Dear Plattsburgh: Your husband is addicted, but it is unconscionable for him to deliberately endanger the health of his family. Tell him he smokes outside, or you'll make an appointment to see a marriage counselor and maybe a lawyer. Be sure to follow through. Horrors of HIPPA Dear Annie: "In the Dark on the East Coast" was upset because her mother refused to discuss her medical care. I am a nurse, and believe me, there are times the doctors I work for would love to call families to tell them their loved ones are no longer fit to take care of themselves, but we can't because of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations. I am often faced with elderly patients who should not be living alone, but if they tell me I cannot speak to their family members, I am obliged to respect their wishes. -- Frustrated Nurse Dear Frustrated: Some patients have an adversarial relationship with their children and do not trust them with this information. We wish there were a better solution to balance physical needs and privacy requirements. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. A look down memory lane... Algonquin Lake: Barry County’s Protect Yourself from Identity Theft most unique lake (Part 2) Counselor Tim Clarey helps campers learn how to play baseball. By Esther Walton In 2000, a survey of the camp’s present and future needs was made. It was estimated that Camp Algonquin needed $2 million for renovation and to achieve its full potential. With the very generous help of Earl McMullen and the Larry Baum family, the needed funds were made available. The first phase of the renovation included moving the camp chapel, installing a new dock at the water front and building seven new cabins. The new cabins were designed so that two entirely separate cabins units were connected to each other by a common porch. Therefore there were three double cabin units and one single stand alone cabin in the new development. Each of the seven cabin units sleeps 12, which increases the number of available bunks to 84. The second phase of the plan was the construction of a new larger, year around lodge for winter usage. The third phase includes improving the 35 acres across the road, making it more useful to the overall program. In 1942, the State of Michigan acquired several properties in Barry County as a result of tax defaults. Among these was a 39-acre tract on Algonquin Lake. The state offered to give these parcels to the people of Barry County if the board of supervisors would take them. The board of supervisors accepted this offer from the state. When Barry County Agricultural Agent Harold Foster learned that the county had acquired property with frontage on Algonquin Lake, he became very interested and got an idea. Anyone who knew Harold Foster wasn’t at all surprised by this because Harold was known to be a good idea man. He thought that the Algonquin Lake property just might be ideal for use by 4-H clubs. After looking the parcel over he realized its potential value to their program ideals and set things in motion that resulted in the board of supervisors eventually granting 4-H permission to use the property. The County Board retained actual ownership of the Algonquin Lake property, but at the same time encouraged the formation of a consortium of Barry County youth organization to construct and maintain buildings on the site for their use. Since no other Barry County youth organizations expressed an interest in joining the project, 4-H became the sole users of the property. Mr. Foster, because of the nature of his work, knew that the 4-H club had a host of friends and supporters throughout the county and believed that they would help with constructing needed buildings. He was not mistaken. Parent-Teacher Associations [PTA’s] donated needed cash, as did local 4-H clubs and individuals. 4-H clubs through the area worked for three years raising funds to develop their new camp at Lake Algonquin. About $1,000 was donated by the State Fair Grounds in Detroit from fees they charged for use of their race track in the off season. Construction began in April 1950 and by the end of 1951 four buildings, two cabins, a combined dining hall/kitchen and administration building had been constructed, primarily by volunteers. Lyle Ingram was the “resident boss carpenter” and Herman Zerbel oversaw the cement work. Parents, club members, and leaders all turned out for the work camps and numbered from five to 60 per day. Many of the volunteers were the 4-H boys themselves. It was truly a community effort. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek granted $200 for driving a water well and the construction of toilets. They drilled down 153 feet without finding water and had to stop because the money ran out. Additional funds were obtained and they were ultimately successful in tapping into a plentiful water supply. Camping began shortly after the well was installed and tested. Swimming off the beach area was not suitable for several reasons, so in 1959 it was decided to raise funds to construct a swimming pool. Many money-raising projects were undertaken and included candy sales, cake walks, selling Christmas trees, and cookie sales. By 1961, the pool had been installed and dedicated. Swimming classes leading to Red Cross certification began and they even organized a water ballet team. The camp was used a lot during the ensuing years, but during this time the nature of farming changed and lot. There was a great deal of consolidation of small farms into larger farms. Many farmers could not compete with the mega farms and left farming entirely. In 1981, the 4-H camp was closed due to lack of funding. The camp was not used, so in 1985 the county assumed the complete control of the property. About a year later the county board put the camp up for sale. The county board and the 4-H council were jointly involved in the sale since the county owned the land and 4-H had constructed the buildings and made other improvements to the property. The two organizations agreed to split the proceeds of the sale. The Barry County 4-H Council had “first right of refusal” on the sale. The Algonquin Lake Community Association held its first in organizational meeting in 1956. Property owners around the lake had become concerned about water quality relating to the lake so they banded together to deal with these issues. The association was incorporated in 1960 and had an initial membership of about 100. During its existence the association has sought to improve the lakes water quality and fishing. They have renovated the old dam along Old M-37, sponsored roadside cleanups, stump removal, sponsored fireworks displays on the 4th of July, picnics and encouraged other social events. In 1988, The Algonquin Lake Community Association (ALCA) offered to purchase approximately eight acres of the former 4-H camp for $40,000. The association had been mowing the lawn at the former camp for two years and permission had used the grounds for association sponsored activities such as hot dog roasts. The ALCA decided it would be a good move for them if they owned the old 4H lodge to use for association meeting and community activities. A final purchase agreement was signed in 1989. The old 4-H lodge the lake frontage along the small channel became the property of the Algonquin Lake Community Association. Previous to the sale of the lodge of the ALCA the county had bought out the 4-H Council’s interest in the old camp. A small parcel was sold to an adjacent property owner. The in-ground swimming pool was sold by the 4-H Council to a local real estate professional. K.A. Mueller Accounting Frank, The day that you departed Was the day that life stood still. And the empty place you left behind No one can ever fill. Your gentle voice is quiet now Your busy hands are still. But we know you’re watching over us And we know you always will. We love you always, Your Family First, the bad news: There's still plenty of identity theft out there. Now, the better news: There's not as much as in previous years. And now, the best news: You can do a lot to protect yourself from being victimized. If you're not familiar with the concept of identity theft, it basically involves someone getting some pieces of information about you - name, Social Security number, credit card numbers, "pre-approved" credit card offers and using this data to make purchases or withdraw funds from your accounts. In 2006, some 8.4 million Americans were hit by identity fraud - but that's half a million fewer victims than the year before, according to a study conducted by Javelin Strategy & Research. The study also found that, in 2006, the average victim of an existing account fraud paid $587, out of pocket, in consumer costs associated with the fraud, while victims of new accounts opened in their name paid, on average, $617. The overall decline in identity theft may indicate that more people are acting to protect themselves - but the average cost per person shows that fraud victims still can get hurt. How can you reduce the chances of being victimized by identity theft? Here are some suggestions: * Shield your credit card from prying eyes and ears. Thieves can now use camera cell phones to take photos of your credit cards while you're making purchases. Don't pull your credit card out from your wallet or purse until the moment you're going to use it, and put it away after it's used. If you're making a contribution over the phone to a political or non-profit group, don't give out your credit card number unless you're sure the organization is legitimate. * Use secure sites when shopping online. Before giving out your credit card number to make a purchase on the Internet, make sure you're on a secure site - one that begins with https://. (The "s" stands for "secure.") Also, the site should display a small lock or other security seal. * Shred those documents. If you are purging old investment statements, tax returns and bank documents, use a shredder. And while you have the shredder out, use it on preapproved credit card offers. * Go "virtual". Try to replace paper statements - from banks, financial services providers and credit card issuers - with online versions. Many businesses will be quite happy to save the cost and expense of mailing account statements to you. * Check your bank statements. Whether you get your bank statements online or on paper, check them at least a few times a month. If you find a transaction that looks unfamiliar or questionable, call your bank to find out more details. * Get your credit report annually - To request a copy of your credit report, you can call the three main credit bureaus: Equifax (1800-685-1111), Experian (1-888-397-3742) and Trans Union (1-800-888-4213). Check your report closely for "surprises" or unaccounted activity. * Guard your personal information. Don't carry around your Social Security card in your wallet. In fact, unless it's truly necessary, as when you're filing official papers, don't give out your Social Security number. Also, change the PIN number on your cash card once in a while. 77514437 • Professional, Personal & Economical Business Accounting, Planning and Consulting Services NEW Clients Welcome 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 01546755 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 Identity thieves are clever - so do whatever it takes to keep them out of your life. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24820 DE Estate of Ross C. Parr, deceased. Date of birth: 9/5/1925. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Ross C. Parr, deceased, who lived at 11015 Beech Island, Plainwell, Michigan died April 29, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Ross D. Parr & J. Scott Carr, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. William W. Dalm P31685 3018 Oakland Drive, Suite B Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 381-8434 Ross D. Parr & J. Scott Carr 2334 N. Southport Chicago, IL 60614 77514363 (773) 281-4820 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on February 5, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on February 12, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1097521. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 46/100 Dollars ($242.757.46), including interest at 6.75% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 199.00 feet along the East line of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.01 feet to the true point of beginning; thence south 01 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East, 482.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds West, 17.00 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence North 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence North 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence North 12 degrees 25 minutes 23 seconds East, 33.78 feet; thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds East 178.42 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West, 349.84 feet; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.51 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, 66 feet in width 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds East, 391.80 feet along the centerline of Howell Trail; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 171.22 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning of the centerline of Madilin Trail; thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 384.45 feet along said centerline; thence South 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence South 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds East, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence north 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds East, 17.00 feet to the end of said centerline and a point hereinafter referred to as Reference Point “A.” Also a circular extension of said easement, a radius of 50 feet centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A.” Subject to a private easement of ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail, 66 feet in width, 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet from the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 391.89 feet along said centerline; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 204.22 feet to the end of said centerline. PP No. 08-13-015-003-60. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514133 616-831-1700 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting July 10, 2007 Six Board members and Co. Comm. Gibson present, Trustee Bassett absent: five guests. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Adopted resolution to open E-911 Service agreement. Approved expenditure of up to $10,000 for joint planning purposes over 2 years. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77514318 Jim Brown, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Hirt, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successor's and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2007 and recorded March 13, 2007 in Instrument Number 1177428, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fourteen and 79/100 Dollars ($499,814.79) including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 19, Town 33 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2102.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1008.32 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 226.38 feet to Reference Point F; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 39 feet more of less to the waters edge of a pond; thence meandering Southwesterly along said water edge to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point G (Reference Point G is located South 59 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds West, 116.57 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point F); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 36 feet more or less to Reference Point G; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 258.57 feet; thence Northeasterly, 104.09 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 74 degrees 32 minutes 29 seconds East, 103.77 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with rights over an area for common use as described below: That part of the Southeast one quarter, Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2422.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1038.65 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds East, 20.00 feet along said Southerly line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 214.92 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds East; 200.00 feet; thence North 60 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds East, 346.14 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 35 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 54 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds East, 98.14 feet; thence North 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds East, 160.00 feet; thence Southeasterly, 20.66 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 61 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds East, 20.66 feet; thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds, West 599.25 feet to Reference Point C, thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds West, 16 more feet more of less to the waters edge of Gun Lake; thence meandering Southwesterly along said waters edge and Northerly along the waters edge of a channel to Gun Lake to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point A (Reference Point A is located South 72 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West, 200.00 feet and South 52 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 457.91 feet and North 03 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 465.15 feet and North 61 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 29.70 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point C); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 14 feet more of less to reference point A; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 392.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514390 File No. 280.2530 �Page 10 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held July 24, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 NOTICE TO BIDDERS BARRY COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Barry County Road Commission, 1725 West M-43 Highway, P.O. Box 158, Hastings, MI 49058, until 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 7, 2007 for scraper blades. Specifications and additional information may be obtained at the Road Commission Office at the above address. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive irregularities in the best interest of the Commission. BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BARRY Donald Willcutt, Chairman; D. David Dykstra, Member Frank M. Fiala, Member 77514312 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on August 15, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Loyal Perry, 15704 Rich Lane, Hickory Corners, MI 49060 for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review for an Accessory Building with total square footage greater than permitted at 15736 South M43 Hwy, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. Subject parcel number is 08-012-036-021-00. The subject district is R-1, Single Family Residential District. 2. A request by Sam Eyde, 2800 Byron Circle, Lansing, MI 48912 for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review for an Accessory Building with total square footage greater than permitted at 15602 Bunbury Lane, Hickory Corners, MI 49060. Subject parcel number is 08-012-036-035-00. The subject district is R-2, Single and Two Family Residential District. 3. A request by John Bright, 11912 Enzian Rd, Plainwell, MI 49080 for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review for an Accessory Building at the above address. Proposed location is forward of the residence’s front building line on Four Mile Rd. Subject parcel is a corner lot, therefore for purposes of accessory building location, it is considered to have two front yards. Subject parcel number is 08012-009-005-02. The subject district is zoned ‘A’, Agricultural District. 4. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77514378 Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on August 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include: 1. The proposed amendment of Section 19.08 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (codified Section 104.1908), pertaining to landscaping of off-street parking and loading areas in the R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3 and MU zoning districts, to add a provision authorizing the Township Planning Commission to approve site-specific modifications to the generally applicable requirements, pursuant to specified standards. 2. The proposed amendment of Section 20.14 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (codified Section 104.2014), pertaining to general lighting and screening requirements, to add a provision authorizing the Township Planning Commission to approve site-specific modifications to the generally applicable requirements, pursuant to specified standards. 3. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map/Master Plan and the tentative test of the above-referenced proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendments, may all be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting. The Township Planning Commission reserves the right to revise the proposed text amendment language at or following the hearing/meeting and to make any resulting lawful recommendations to the Township Board. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. Robin Hawthorne Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-2194 77514415 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cathy L. Hurley, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 10, 2006, and recorded on August 17, 2006 in instrument 1168708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twelve And 37/100 Dollars ($125,212.37), including interest at 10.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All of Lots 9 and 11; the South 20 feet of Lots 7 and 8; and the North 8 feet of Lot 13, all in Block 9 of Lincoln Park Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55 and said Lots being a part of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of section 18, Town 3 North, Range 8 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149588F01 77514069 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Debra Taylor, a divorced woman, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 29, 2002, and recorded on February 5, 2002 in instrument 1074385, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-One And 81/100 Dollars ($38,491.81), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Cloverdale Plat, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 31, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153055F01 77514353 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158424, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 41/100 Dollars ($116,898.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150928F01 77514117 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24791-DE Estate of MARY T. SHORT, Deceased. Date of birth: 10/20/1942. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Mary T. Short, who lived at 6633 Lammers Road, Delton, Michigan died 12/31/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Sherry Seelhoff, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 07/03/2007 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 West Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9557 Sherry Seelhoff 736 Alton Road East Lansing, Michigan 48823 77514321 (517) 333-8410 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David M Dzwigalski Jr, a Married Man, Mary E Dzwigalski, a Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. West MI, Mortgagee, dated July 5, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167586, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Six And 97/100 Dollars ($85,806.97), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10, Block 11, H.J. Kenfield Addition, Village of Hastings (now City of Hastings), as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. Hastings City, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153393F01 77514380 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kendra Kay Fay, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2005 and recorded January 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158777, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Six and 97/100 Dollars ($64,296.97) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 9, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 6 and running from thence East 8 Rods, thence South 10 Rods, thence West 8 Rods, thence North 10 Rods to the place of beginning, except therefrom a Lot in the Northeast corner 30 Feet East and West 100 feet North and South being situated in the Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.6876 77514122 Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18 Kalamazoo MI, 49009 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by AGUSTIN S. GONZALES and TAMARA B. HANZEN, joint tenants, as original Mortgagors, to US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND F/K/A FIRSTAR BANK, NA, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, whose address is 205 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 as Mortgagee, being a Mortgage dated DECEMBER 26, 2001 and recorded on FEBRUARY 5, 2002 in Instrument No. 1074271, BARRY County Records, State of Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS($92,722.30), plus interest on the mortgage at 8.15% per annum, additional costs, expenses and attorneys fees permitted by the Loan Departments and which are permitted under Michigan law after DECEMBER 26, 2001. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, at public sale to the highest bidder at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HASTINGS, MI, at 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of PRAIRIEVILLE, County of BARRY, Michigan, and are described as: COMMENCING 122.98 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF B-Z BEE ACRES PLAT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LOT 5, 122.98 FEET; THENCE EAST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88.32 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, BEING IN SECTION 31, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. For more information, please call: (269) 372-4318, Kenneth Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. File No.MI-2227 77514395 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nathan Ferris and Christine Ferris, husband and wife, and Victor Ferris and Darlene J. Ferris, husband and wife, mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank now known as Chemical bank, a Michigan banking corporation of 2185 - 3 Mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544, mortgagee, by a mortgage dated January 7, 2005, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on January 18, 2005 as document no. 1140306. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $143,409.36, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $139,177.65 at the rate of 4.375% percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legals costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Part of the South Half of the Northwest fractional Quarter of Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West OneQuarter corner of said Section; thence North 0º04’11” West 960.00 feet along the West line of said Section to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North 0º04’11” West 152.05 feet along said West line; thence North 89º27’21” East 193.00; thence South 0º04’11’ East 153.02 feet; thence South 89º44’38” West 193.00 feet along the North line of the South 960.00 feet of said Northwest Quarter to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; Subject to right of way for Patterson Avenue over the West 33.00 feet thereof; and commonly known as 303 S. Patterson Rd., Wayland, MI 49348. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: June 25, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Suite 212 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77513743 (616) 459-6168 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn Kimbrue and Shannon L. Kimbrue, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160098, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Twenty and 39/100 Dollars ($114,120.39) including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 18 and 19, Supervisor's Plat 1st Addition Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3, of Plats, on Page 6. By Fee Simple Deed from Shannon Kimbrue f/k/a Shannon L. Perry as set forth in Instrument Number 1126831 dated 04/20/2004 and recorded 05/03/2004, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.1591 77514260 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven G. Ehrhardt, a married person, to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 2, 2002 and recorded September 12, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087317, and Re-recorded to add legal description on April 4, 2003 in Document Number 1101481, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred NinetyEight and 66/100 Dollars ($110,298.66) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing the Southeast corner of the East one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 762 feet, thence West 244 feet, thence North 371 feet, thence East 244 feet, thence South 371 feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514330 File No. 326.0371 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Bigelow and Terrie Bigelow, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Instrument Number 1171233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage Inc., successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($122,453.13) including interest at 8.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 4 and 5, Block 3, Daniel Striker's Addition, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 241.0037 77514240 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred FiftySix And 61/100 Dollars ($248,556.61), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #127353F04 77514324 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-13-2007 Kennth & Nancy Lancaster. Location: Lots 59 & 60 of Lower Lake Subdivision, in Section 34 of Carlton Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to divide a zoning parcel creating a lot width of 86-ft (the minimum 220-ft) and a 2nd parcel with a lot width of 120-ft. The parcel will have a building with a side yard setback of 13.2-ft (the minimum is 20-ft) in the AR zoning district. Case Number V-14-2007 John Joseph. Location: 402 Pollard St., in Section 3 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to attach a 12x14-ft roofed patio and a 14x18-ft carport to a single wide mobile home that will result in a front yard setback of 12-ft (the minimum is 30-ft) and a corner yard setback of 13-ft (the minimum is 25-ft) in the RL-2 zoning district. Case Number V-15-2007 David & Constance Arney. Location: 11279 Cobb Rd., in Section 11 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to divide a piece of property using a non-conforming easement with a 45-ft width (the minimum is 66-ft) creating 3 new parcels in the AR & RL-1 zoning districts. Case Number V-16-2007 Michael Dettman. Location: 3096 McCann Rd., in Section 30 of Irving Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to construct a 22x24-ft attached garage that will have a 10-ft side yard setback (the minimum is 20-ft) in the AR zoning district. Case Number V-17-2007 John Bryant. Location: 13858 Fineview Bluff, in Section 19 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to construct a new home with an attached garage that will have a 10-ft side yard setback (the minimum is 20-ft) in the RL-1 zoning district. Case Number V-18-2007 Jeff Spencer. Location: 12747 W. Blue Lagoon, in Section 6 in Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to construct an addition that will connect the home to the existing garage, said garage has a side yard setback of 8-ft, which is less than the required 20-ft in the RL-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: August 14, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77514338 Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Musser AKA James A. Musser Sr. and Sharlyn K. Musser, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Creve Coeur Mortgage Associates, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 11, 2001, and recorded on December 28, 2001 in instrument 1072202, and assigned by mesne assignments to Beal Bank SSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Four And 23/100 Dollars ($209,164.23), including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land commencing at the Northeast Corner of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; Thence South 28 Degrees 41 minutes 30 Seconds West 933.45; Feet, Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 937.65 Feet to the place of beginning; Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 134.5 Feet; Thence South 39 Degrees 33 minutes West 190.3 Feet to the Easterly right-of-way of West State Road; Thence North 50 Degrees 27 minutes West 200 Feet; Thence North 39 Degrees 33 minutes East 200 Feet; Thence North 89 Degrees 27 minutes East 148 Feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #085936F03 77514202 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curt A. Cybulski and Jane M. Cybulski, husband and wife to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2004, and recorded on November 24, 2004, as Document Number: 1137693, said mortgage was re-recorded on December 20, 2004 Instrument Number: 1138891, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R12, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars and 67/100 ($194,829.67) including interest at the rate of 8.350% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 8, T3N, R8W, and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 139.45 feet parallel to the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 66.12 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 198.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 117.55 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following deeded to the City of Hastings: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 51 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; running thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded 89 deg 02' East) parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section, a distance of 205.57 feet to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 66 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 51.43 feet, thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet to the Point of Beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the corner post of Section 8, T3N, R8W; and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of Place of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2 to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded North 89 deg 02' East), 257.0 feet parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 125.0 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 132.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 125 feet; thence North 0 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the Place of Beginning, excepting therefrom any portion taken, used or deeded for road purposes. 602 E Francis Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00534 775143472 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Diane Dallas, A Single Female to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 25, 2002 and recorded November 25, 2002 in Instrument # 1092382 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2003-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($127,223.96) including interest 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of section 28, Town 3 north, range 8 west, described as, commencing at the intersection of the north line of said section and the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) which is 1094.5 feet west along the North line of said section from the northeast corner of said section, thence south 23 degrees 45 minutes east 200.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence southeasterly 410.72 feet along said centerline on a 1227.77 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears south 33 degrees 20 minutes East 408.00 feet, thence south 42 degrees 55 minutes east 127.71 feet along the centerline of said road, thence south 47 degrees 05 minutes west 834 feet more or less to the east line of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, 1447 feet more or less to the southeast corner of the west one-half of the northeast one-quarter, thence west along the east and west one-quarter line 313.5 feet more or less to the southwest corner of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the northeast onequarter, thence north along the west line of the east 19 acres of the west one-half of the Northeast onequarter 2640 feet more or less to the North line of said section, thence East 532 feet more or less to the place of beginning, subject to the right of way for highway purposes over the north 33 feet and over that part lying northeasterly of a line which is 33 feet southwesterly from and parallel with the centerline of Nashville Road (highway M-79) Commonly known as 1890 Nashville Rd, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 16, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77514277 Our File No: 07-74648 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda A. Van Keuren, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 22, 2005, and recorded on March 14, 2005 in instrument 1142693, and rerecorded on March 25, 2005 in instrument 1144369, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Three And 09/100 Dollars ($81,903.09), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land in Section 30, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet to the palce of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 749.99 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 708.31 feet; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 749.99 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 708.31 feet to the place of beginning. Also, together with an easement for ingress and egress; commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrgees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 662.70 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet'; thence South 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to said South section line; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet to the Place of beginning. Also, together with and subject to an easement for ingress and egress and, commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East along the South line of said Section 1305.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds East 66 feet; thence North 02 degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 250 feet; thence North 88 degrees 33 minutes 28 seconds West 66 feet; thence South 02 degreed 01 minute 32 seconds West 250 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #148371F01 77513962 — NOTICE — To the Qualified Electors of BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Voting Precincts - Barry County, Michigan CASTLETON TWP 915 Reed St, Nashville Castleton Twp Hall RUTLAND CHARTER TWP 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings Rutland Charter Township Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 1 209 State St, Freeport Freeport Village Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 1 128 High Street, Middleville Thornapple Twp Emergency Services IRVING TWP PRECINCT 2 3425 Wing Rd, Hastings Irving Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 2 200 E Main, Middleville Thornapple Township Hall MAPLE GROVE TWP 721 Durkee St, Nashville Maple Grove Twp Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 3 100 E Main St, Middleville Middleville Village Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP PRECINCT 1 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville Yankee Springs Twp Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP PRECINCT 2 1425 S Payne Lake Rd Wayland MI 49348 Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the Election by mail may submit an AV application by 2:00 p.m., August 4, 2007. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the election may vote in person in the Township/City Clerk's office up to 4:00 p.m., August 6, 2007. LORNA WILSON Castleton Township Clerk 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER Maple Grove Township Clerk 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-1859 SUSAN VLIETSTRA Thornapple Township Clerk 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-7202 CAROL ERGANG Irving Township Clerk 3241 Woodschool Rd Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 948-8893 ROBIN HAWTHORNE Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-2194 JANICE C. LIPPERT Yankee Springs Twp Clerk 284 N Briggs Rd Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-9091 For the purpose of voting on ballot propositions for the following: GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE .56 MILLAGE INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503, telephone:(616) 234-3908. MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,435,000 Full text of the proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Maple Valley Schools, 11090 Nashville Highway, Vermontville, Michigan 49096, telephone (517) 852-9699. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. 77514349 Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventeen And 49/100 Dollars ($373,617.49), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F03 77514250 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kristi S Holm a Married Person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2006, and recorded on October 24, 2006 in instrument 1171822, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2007-EQ1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty And 53/100 Dollars ($139,240.53), including interest at 7.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West for Place of Beginning; Thence East 545 feet; Thence North 500 feet; Thence West 545 feet; Thence South 500 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149719F01 77514041 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly A Campbell, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2005, and recorded on April 21, 2005 in instrument 1145219, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 75/100 Dollars ($84,265.75), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of lot 807 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 807; thence West 39 feet; thence South 69 feet; thence East 39 feet; thence North 69 feet to the point of beginning. Together with a right of way of ingress and egress to a strip of land lying directly West of subject property and to be used for a private driveway to be used in common with adjoining owner for right of passage to and from their lots The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #152241F01 77514255 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William Hayward and Betty J. Hayward, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 25, 2006, and recorded on December 14, 2006 in instrument 1173907, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Forty And 45/100 Dollars ($181,740.45), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 33 and the South 25 feet of Lot 34, East Big Gilkey Lake, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 18. Also beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 32 of said Plat; thence North 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence North 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds East along the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet; thence South 16 degrees 13 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said Plat, 256.24 feet; thence South 79 degrees 32 minutes 15 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Lot, 170.86 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77513918 File #145889F02 77514157 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” With Summer in Full Swing … Imagine yourself owning your own mobile home in a community with a country setting and lake access to Thornapple Lake! What are some of the advantages to buying a manufactured home? Phone 517-852-1514 02675857 Less expensive than traditional mortgages. Less expensive than renting. You are building equity into your own home. Comparably low rent to include water, sewer and waste disposal. Financing is available with very low to no-down payments. “Move-In Incentives to include free lot rent with the purchase of a home. Call or stop by for more information and allow us to introduce you to affordable and enjoyable country living at Thornapple Lake Estates. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Groendyke, and Patricia L. Groendyke, AKA Patricia Groendyke, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 5, 2006, and recorded on January 12, 2006 in instrument 1158862, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Fifty-Six And 50/100 Dollars ($152,056.50), including interest at 7.69% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of section 25, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said section; thence North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 660.0 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing North 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds West 200.0 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds East 400.0 feet; thence South 0 degrees 02 minutes 36 seconds East 200.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 43 seconds West 400.0 feet along the North line of the South 660 feet of said Southwest 1/4 to the place of beginning. Subject to right of way for Loop Road over the West 33.0 feet thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149473F01 77513971 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on January 29, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on January 31, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1096631. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Nine and 82/100 Dollars ($82,909.82), including interest at 7.65% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Unit 1, Tikeluk Trail Condominiums, a condominium according to master deed recorded in document #1048957, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 18, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said master deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. PP No. 08-040-029-250-100-01 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514145 616-831-1700 SCHOOL OF CHOICE Barry ISD Delton Kellogg Schools Hastings Area Schools Delton and Hastings Schools are participating in Schools of Choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Students who reside within the Barry ISD or an adjoining intermediate school district are eligible to be accepted. Hastings has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Delton has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Send written request to: Choice Superintendents Office Delton Kellogg Area Schools 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Choice Superintendents Office Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric Slachter, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 28, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2003 in Liber 6524 on Page 022 in instrument 1098843, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen And 34/100 Dollars ($84,816.34), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 174 Feet of the Following described premises: Commencing 24 rods South of the Northeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence West 40 rods; thence South 16 rods; thence East 40 rods; thence North 16 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151400F01 77514178 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158429, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seventy And 25/100 Dollars ($117,070.25), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514173 File #150918F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by AMBER R. DEKKER, UNMARRIED and PAUL A. EISENHARDT, MARRIED, to HILLSIDE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., Mortgagee, dated September 19, 2003, and recorded on October 30, 2003, in Document No. 1116715, and assigned by said mortgagee to AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($108,654.44), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 16, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of JOHNSTOWN, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 48, INDIAN ISLE RESORT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THERE OF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 13, 2007 AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514245 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STEPHEN L. LANGELAND, P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has occurred in a Mortgage made by Dana J. Andrews and Kathleen A. Andrews, husband and wife, to Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union dated November 4, 2004, and recorded on November 12, 2004 at Document Number 1137122, Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt, secured by the mortgage or any part thereof and the amount now claimed to be due on the debt is $131,820.06. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the property at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, on August 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the east front door of the Barry County courthouse, in the City of Hastings, Michigan. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, together with interest at 7 percent per annum, legal costs, attorney fees, and also any taxes or insurance or other advances and expenses due under mortgage or permitted under Michigan law. The land is located in the the County of Barry, State of Michigan and is described as: Lot 36 of Fineview Acres According to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 52 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County Michigan. Which has the address of: 102 Sweetheart Lane, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-9228 (a/k/a 102 Sweetheart Lane, Banfield, Michigan 49017). During the six months immediately following the sale the property may be redeemed, unless determined to be abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Date: 6-29-07 Omni Family Credit Union (n/k/a Omni Community Credit Union) by: Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) BUSINESS ADDRESS: Stephen L. Langeland, P.C. Stephen L. Langeland (P32583) Attorney at Law 350 East Michigan, Suite 130 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77513976 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Melinda L Durecka, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Sofin Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 26, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092926, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Flagstar Bank, FSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 58/100 Dollars ($62,545.58), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 2, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/3 of Lot 6 and the West 1/3 of the North 1/2 of Lot 7 of R.B. Greggs Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 13, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #138626F02 77513956 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael R. Bernier and Sandra K. Bernier, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2005, and recorded on July 14, 2005 in instrument 1149498, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Two And 30/100 Dollars ($174,532.30), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Thornapple Bend Estate as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 35. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153028F01 77514358 �Page 13 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars ($154,128.42) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514385 File No. 214.3948 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gwen Mesler, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005 in instrument 1147733, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dba Americas Servicing Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($71,286.88), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1/2 of Lot 49 and the East 1/2 of the South 1/2 of Lot 48 of the O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 38, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150937F01 77514112 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on June 16, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on June 18, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1129530. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Seven and 97/100 Dollars ($82,557.97), including interest at 6.00% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 30, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section; thence N00º37’24”E 542.33 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning; thence N89º22’36”W 309.6 feet; thence N00º18’04”W 265.03 feet; thence S80º22’36”E 313.87 feet; thence S00º37’21”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Containing 1.89 acres. Subject to highway right-of-way for M43 Broadway Road over the Easterly portion thereof described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence N89º22’36”W 54.42 feet; thence N00º22’46”E 265.00 feet; thence SW89º22’36”E 55.55 feet; thence S00º37’24”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-04-030-150-000-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 77514127 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James P. Caswell and Connie L. Caswell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to TCF Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 7, 2002, and recorded on June 20, 2002 in instrument 1082584, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Four And 33/100 Dollars ($101,294.33), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the Southwest corner of that part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Lying East of the Battle Creek and Assyria Road (Highway M-66), described as follows: running Northerly and Southerly along the center line of said Battle Creek Road (M-66) 250 feet and runing East and West along the Center line of Huff Road, 220 feet. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150537F01 77514188 75th Birthday of Maureen Robinson Saturday, August 11th • 4-8 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Mills, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated June 29, 2005 and recorded July 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149239, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2006HE1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Six and 78/100 Dollars ($54,626.78) including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 2, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 10 of Daniel Strikers Addition according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 5, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2290 77514001 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Losiewski, A Single Male, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2005, and recorded on November 21, 2005 in instrument 1156545, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five And 26/100 Dollars ($220,185.26), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 and 18 of Cedar Points Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 51 Also, a parcel of Land in the plat of Cedar Points described as follows: beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 17 and running Southerly, extending present West line of Lot 17 to present Road; thence Easterly along present Road 80 feet; thence Northeast to Southeast corner of Lot 18; thence Westerly to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514373 File #153311F01 PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST PART-TIME TELLER Please join us in celebrating the at the Robinson Farm 6661 W. State Road Given by her children Tom Robinson, Susan Frahm and Sherrie Meyer No Gifts, Please! FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - DEFAULT having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Donald H. Reed and Kathleen J. Reed, husband and wife, who address is 2009 Rundle, Lansing, Michigan 48910, Mortgagor, to KeyBank National Association, Mortgagee, 100 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, dated August 23, 2002, and recorded September 11, 2002, at Document Number 1087244, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal, interest and late fees, the sum of Three Hundred Six Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars and 33/100 ($306,280.33). And no suit or proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage and pursuant to the statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east doors of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage, with the interest thereon and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are situated in the Township of Castleton, County of Barry, State of Michigan and described as follows: Lot 5 of Block G of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 59, and Lot 8, of Block H of Pleasant Shores according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 5, 2007 Bruce N. Elliott (P28770) CONLIN, McKENNEY & PHILBRICK, P.C. Attorneys for Mortgagee 350 S. Main Street, Suite 400 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 734/761-9000 77514028 Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities EOE/M-F 77513981 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by GREG F. STEVENS, A SINGLE MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated July 29, 2005, and recorded on August 9, 2005, in Document No. 1150761, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($75,741.11), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 2, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of HASTINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTH 1 / 2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 27, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST; THENCE EAST 150 FEET; THENCE NORTH 75 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY TO A POINT 75 FEET NORTH OF THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. TAX ID NO. 08-08-027-006-00 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: June 29, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514018 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five And 88/100 Dollars ($86,375.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151389F01 77514183 02675881 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on April 1, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on April 2, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1124590. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of FortyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirteen and 51/100 Dollars ($42,913.51), including interest at 10.25% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Parcel A. Commencing S00º24’29” E 712.83 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3, North, Range 9 West for the point of beginning; thence S00º24’29”E 605.71 feet; thence N50º34’10”W 1038.84 feet; thence N89º54’26”W 221.83 feet; thence N00º18’14”W 204.22 feet along the centerline of Howell Lane; thence N24º24’29”W 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence N00º18’14”W 154.27 feet along said centerline; thence S89º54’26”E 241.42 feet; thence N00º24’29”W 38.62 feet; thence S89º54’26”E 78.49 feet; thence S00º24’29”E 428.01 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence S89º54’26”E 92.5 feet along said centerline; thence S65º14’47”E 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence S86º11’09”E 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence S86º04’29”E 220.88 feet to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-13-015-003-20. Parcel B. Commencing the North 1/4 post of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence N88º47’39”W, 425.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence S00º29’34”W, 507.59 feet to the point of beginning; thence S88º47’39”E, 24.49 feet to the centerline of a gravel driveway; thence S29º45’48”W, 103.85 feet along said centerline; thence continuing Southwesterly along said centerline 159.60 feet along the arc of a curve to the right the radius of which is 924.56 feet, and the chord of which bears S34º42’31”W, 159.40 feet; thence continuing along said certificate of a gravel driveway S39º39’14”W, 183.23 feet to the centerline of Highway M-37; thence N38º01’41”W, 647.48 feet along sid centerline of Highway M-37; thence N18º57’47”E, 59.65 feet to the Northeasterly right of way line of Highway M-37; thence S71º39’23”E, 647.13 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southwesterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-37. Also together with and subject to an easement of undetermined width to be used in common with others over said gravel driveway. Also subject to any other easements or restrictions of record. PP No.08-13-014-051-20. Parcel C. Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant S00º24’29”E, 199.00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section; thence S00º24’29”E, 513.83 feet along said East line; thence N86º04’29”W, 220.88 feet; thence N03º48’51”E, 17.00 feet; thence N01º21’31”W, 482.24 feet; thence S89º54’26”E, 227.01 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, described separately, subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail. Described separately. PP No. 08-13-015-003-70. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 Viking Group, Inc., one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of fire protection systems in the United States, is currently seeking to fill a part-time receptionist position at our Hastings facility. Hours of work will be from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Primary responsibilities include answering the main switchboard and routing phone calls appropriately, greeting visitors, mail distribution, filing, typing. May be required to cover the morning hours as needed. Requirements including a high school degree and minimum two years general office experience. Must have strong communication skills. If you meet the above requirements and are energetic, self-motivated, hard working and a team player, please send your resume and salary requirements to Viking Group, Inc., 210 North Industrial Park Drive, Hastings, MI 49058 or email to dfairbrother@vikingcorp.com 77514424 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 14 Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Automotive Business Services 12” AUDIOBAHN 1,000 watt sub, $160; 12” Jenson sub; Pioneer 6 CD changer, $50 each, (269)818-7849. ‘98 FORD TAURUS SHO FOR SALE: 133K miles. Green w/grey leather interior. Power everything. Asking $4,500. Call (269)9482919, ask for Dan or Jackie. GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 BERBER CARPET: 80YD (12x60), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $1,000, sell $295. (517)204-0600 FOR SALE: QUAD/ UTILITY trailer, 50”x92”, 1 7/8 hitch, 5.7x8 tires, new paint, new bed, 1200lbs. capacity. $375 obo. (616)893-6681 FREE: SMALL 100YR old barn, you take down & haul away. (269)671-5172 Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS: water Lilies & Lotus, Goldfish & Koi, Liners, Pumps, Filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)698-1030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am-2pm. FOR SALE: 1974 Ford F-600 with 390 motor, stake side, runs and drives, good body, $1,000 obo or trade, (269)838-0663. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. d SIMPLICITY RIDING LAWN mower, $100, call Rick (269)838-0663. Child Care COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. Children don’t want to go home! Call Patty. 1st shift openings. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. For Rent HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 Garage Sale GARAGE SALE: NAME brand clothes, antiques, tanning bed, furniture, dryer, CD's, movies, and Home Interior, July 27th, 9-5, four families. 3707 Goodwill Rd. (go past TVC Church, right on Goodwill, 2nd house on left). YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Household A AMISH LOG Headboard & Queen Pillowtop mattress set, new in plastic. Sell all for $295. (616)452-8430. A TEMPERPEDIC STYLE memory foam mattress set as seen on TV. New in original wrapper, with warranty. Cost $1,800, sell $650. (616)452-8430. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $170. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 FOUR POST BED: solid wood, new, king w/pillow top mattress set. Bought, never used. Cost $1,200, sell $195. (517)204-0600 FUTON FRAME: with mattress. Large selection starting at $175 & up. (616)452-8430 Wanted WANTED PERSON TO share driving to Florida, will fly you home, (269)945-4901. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. WILLS & TRUSTS Estate Planning doesn’t have to be expensive. Call Attorney Susan Prentice-Sao. 77509092 (269)694-9000 77514419 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 Pets BABY CORN SNAKES, 2 weeks old for sale: Snow Corns, $40, reg. Corns $30, (269)945-8892. HELP US!!!!!! FREE TO GOOD HOME! WE HAVE SEVEN ADORABLE PUPPIES WHO NEED TO FIND A LOVING HOME! LIVING IN SMALL APARTMENT WITH A BABY ON THE WAY! 4 MALES, 3 FEMALES. MOTHER - LAB MIX, FATHER - BLUE HEELER. READY IN 2 WEEKS!! CALL DANI @ (269)8187541 LEAVE A MESSAGE IF NO ANSWER. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. Help Wanted CDL-A DRIVERS: Get the Miles You Deserve! #1 in benefits/equipment. Scheduled Home Time. Avg. $50,000+/yr! Gainey Transportation 800-738-0708. DRIVERS: Top pay plus benefits! 2 positions available. Home for weekends resets + several times a week. CDL-A. 800-998-5005 EXPERIENCED AUTO PRESS Operators: MANPOWER OF HASTINGS is currently accepting applications - metal stamping, all shifts. Pay based on experience. 90-day probationary period. Middleville Tool and Die is a rapidly growing family owned company located 6-miles east of US-131 ad Wayland. Contact MANPOWER today for more information....(269)948-3000 EOE Recreation 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, paint, lowered, pipes. Must See. $15,000 obo. (616)893-6681 POLICE BEAT Man claims intruders stole pot, killed dog A man complained to the Barry County Sheriff’s Department earlier this month that his home was broken into while he was away and the intruder(s) killed his dog and stole a quantity of marijuana he had growing in his basement. When deputies tried to verify his story, however, he said he had buried the dog and covered the grave with cement and there was no evidence indicating he had been growing marijuana in his basement. He told deputies he had destroyed all the evidence of his marijuana growing operation. Deputies said without any evidence that marijuana had been grown on the premises and, in fact, no evidence that he even owned a dog, they could not continue the investigation. Community service for ornament thieves Two juveniles face a term of community service for their theft of a lawn ornament from a home in Hastings on June 30. The two juveniles came forward and admitted they had taken the lawn ornament as a prank and placed it on the lawn of their soccer coach. The owner of the lawn ornament agreed not to press charges if the two juveniles complete their community service. Three charged in Gun Lake home break-ins Three men are in the Barry County Jail today, charged with breaking and entering homes on Gun Lake. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the area in the early morning hours of July 23 when a homeowner reported suspicious men walking the area. Upon arrival, deputies discovered three men leaving with a carload of stolen property. Arrested were Tomas Akey, Daniel Jeffers and James Beuschel. All were lodged in the Barry County Jail. Individuals from the Yankee Springs area who had property stolen on July 22 or early in the morning of July 23 are asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Three juvenile teens arrested in burglaries Hastings police nabbed three juvenile teens in the 1200 block of David Drive during the early morning hours of July 24, after a homeowner reported some suspicious activity in the neighborhood. Officers responding to the area found that a garage had been entered and items were taken from a vehicle. The suspects also had entered a residence on Bridle Path. While checking the area two suspects were located and they fled on foot. Officers gave chase through the woods and caught both individuals near Sweezy’s Pond. Both suspects are 14-year-old teens from the Hastings area. Officers recovered property that was taken from both residences. The suspects were placed under arrest and are facing charges of burglary, and larceny from a motor vehicle. Both teens were released to the custody of their parents. Hastings man arrested in domestic assault Hastings police responded to a residence in the 200 block of West Marshall Street July 21, after the victim of an assault called for help. Officers responding to the residence were told by the 22-year-old victim that her boyfriend came home intoxicated and began yelling and arguing with her. During the course of the argument she was injured after she was pushed backward into an empty bath tub. The suspect who was identified as Dennis Slaughter, 27, from Hastings, was placed under arrest for domestic assault. Subsequent investigation revealed he was also wanted on an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. Slaughter was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Injuries minor in 2-vehicle traffic accident Hastings Police responded to a minor injury accident July 17 at the intersection of South Hanover and East South streets. The accident occurred on South Hanover, after a south bound vehicle driven by Travis Robinson, 24, of Hastings failed to stop for a vehicle that was waiting to turn east bound onto South Street. The driver of that vehicle, Barbara Bowman, 65, also from Hastings, received minor injuries during the collision. COURT NEWS • The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a decision by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher that imposed a $25,000 fine on a man who was convicted of delivery of less than 50 grams of cocaine. Fisher sentenced Timmy Allen Rosenberg to serve a term of 15 to 30 years in prison as well as the monetary fine. Rosenberg appealed his sentence and on remand Judge Fisher reduced the prison term to 92 months to 20 years, but did not reduce the amount of the fine. Rosenberg applied for leave to appeal to the state supreme court and in lieu of granting leave, the court reversed in part and remanded the case to Fisher’s court for further consideration of the imposed fine. In rejecting Rosenberg’s appeal the Supreme Court ruled that Fisher’s sentence “falls within the range of principled outcomes.” • A former Lake Odessa and Muskegon Heights police officer has been sentenced to serve from five to 20 years in prison for an arson fire that destroyed his home in Kent County’s Plainfield Township. Christian Hanson, 41, was convicted of burning the home at 4879 Grand River Drive NE to collect the insurance. The judge also ordered Hanson to repay the insurance company $39,600 and $9,600 to the Plainfield Township Fire Department. • Arnold Ronney Histed, 59, of Hastings, who is currently serving a term of 99 months to 240 months in prison, had the amount he was ordered to pay in restitution amended by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher July 19. Histed originally was ordered to pay $500 in restitution as part of his sentence for his April 12 conviction of home invasion in Hastings. Judge Fisher increased the amount of restitution to be paid by Histed to $5,798.24. • Douglas Dorr Birman, 39, of Hastings, was sentenced July 18 to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his June 20 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, third offense. Birman also was ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. Judge Fisher also ordered Birman’s vehicle to be immobilized for a period of one year. Birman was arrested in Woodland on June 5. • Herman Franklin, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced July 19 to serve a year of probation and 90 days in jail for his June 20 conviction of uttering and publishing. Franklin also was ordered to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $298.71 and a probation fee of $120. Franklin was arrested in Hastings June 27. • Donald George Cordray, 21, of Hastings, was sentenced July 18 to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his third conviction of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Cordray was ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $720 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of his jail sentence may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. 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Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Bluegrass Music Show at Charlton Park. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 3-12. July 28. • Blues on the Mall Presents: Walter Trout at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids from 6:30-9 pm. Admission is free. Classic Rock 97LAV and the City of Grand Rapids sponsors free outdoor blues concerts every Wednesday in June & July. Features national blues artists, food, and merchandise and is a family friendly event. For more information call (616) 774-8461 or visit www.wlav.com. August 1. • Geppetto and Son is a brand new magical musical from Disney to enchant the whole family at The Barn Theatre in Augusta. As in the original story, the wooden puppet dreams of becoming a real boy while learning lessons about telling the truth. The Barn Theatre Located on M-96 one mile west of the village of Augusta. Box Office is open from 10 am-10 pm. Phone (269) 731-4121 for tickets. Performance times Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday offers 2 shows at 6 pm & 9 pm, Sunday 5 pm (8:30 pm added performance, if applicable). Ticket prices $29. July 24-August 5. MISCELLANEOUS • Art Hop will be held at various location throughout downtown Hastings. Sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council, the monthly summer event features local artists displaying their work at downtown businesses from 5-9 pm. July 27. • Ionia Free Fair starts today. For more information see ioniafreefair.com. July 19-28. • MDA Charity Motorcycle Rally at Charlton Park from 3-8 pm. Adult admission is $5, children ages 5-12 $3. Saturday July 28. • 19th Annual Mopars at the Red Barn will be held once again at the Gilmore Car Museum. Hundreds of classic Chrylser, Dodge and Pontiac cars will be on display. Gates open at 8 am. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. July 28. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Barn hosts second annual Family Fun Day On Sunday, July 29 at 2 pm, the Barn Theatre will be hosting its second annual Family Fun Day prior to the Sunday performance of the new, exciting Disney musical, Geppetto and Son. Parents can join their children’s discovery of this classic Disney tale in an afternoon of fun and entertainment. The Family Fun Day includes a character luncheon at the Blue Fairy Cafe, games, crafts, face painting, souvenir photos, and a tour of the set, followed by the exciting performance of this new instant Disney classic musical. The tickets for the event area available as a Show and Event Combo Package, which costs $40 per person and includes a discounted ticket to see the 5 p.m. performance of Disney’s Geppetto and Son, a meal, and the afternoon’s festivities, and the Event • Those who have the time to study such things claim that the most difficult small object to flush down a toilet is a ping-pong ball. • Here are some facts that might be interesting to inveterate lottery players: A professor of statistics at California State University has determined that you’re three times more likely to be killed by a plane falling out of the sky onto you than you are to win a super lottery. If you bought 50 lottery tickets every week, you would win a super jackpot once every 30,000 years. And if you drove one mile for every lottery ticket you bought, you’d have to make the equivalent of 165 round trips to the moon before you won. • Pioneering French fashion designer Coco Chanel lived in a convent for a period of time when she was a child. • It’s a well-known fact that China is experiencing explosive growth; here’s a statistic that might bring that fact home: In the capital, Beijing, an average of 1,000 new cars are added to the roads every day. Only Package, which costs $15 per person and includes only Family Fun Day the event activities. Space is limited, so call now for Family Fun Day reservations! Performances for Disney’s Geppetto and Son run through August 5 and are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m. The Rehearsal Shed is open before, during intermission, and after the show for refreshments. Also, after the mainstage production, patrons may join us in the Rehearsal Shed for our free cabaret-style show while enjoying the wings and nachos! The Barn Theatre is located on M-96, west of Augusta. Visa and MasterCard are accepted. The box office is open daily from 10 am-10 pm. For tickets to the event or more information please call (269) 731-4121. • Sea slugs have 25,000 teeth. • There are known instances of iguanas being revived through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. • Actor Jason Behr was once a certified ski instructor. • The inventor of the vacuum cleaner reportedly got the idea for the device from watching a railroad car cleaner blowing dust out of boxcars. • There are 30 towns in the United States with the word “Liberty” in their names. • When asked once if he played golf, threetime world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist Muhammad Ali replied, “I am the best. I just haven’t played yet.” ******************************** Thought for the Day: “We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?” — Jean Cocteau © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE JULY BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 23-27 Melissa Risk’s Community Music School Class for ages 6 through adult at the Fehsenfeld Center. Call (269) 948-9441 for more information. 23-27 Fun on the Run from 8:45 am3 pm Mon.-Fri. at the MSU Kellogg Science Station in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-2263 for information. 26 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 27 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm at the Village of Middleville parking lot behind the village offices at 100 E. Main Street. 27 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 27 Art Hop from 5-9 pm at avrious locations in downtown Hastings. Sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council. 28 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 28 19th Annual Mopars at the Red Barns at the Gilmore Car Museum. Gates open at 8 am. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 28 MDA Charity Motorcycle Rally at Charlton Park. Adults $5, children ages 3-12 $3. Call 945-3775 for info. 28 Internet Marketing from A to Z presented by SCORE from 9:30-11:30 am in Portage. Learn how to use the Internet to improve your marketing programs. $35, $50 for two or more from same company. Call (269) 3815382 or see www.scorekazoo.org for more information. 29 Bluegrass Music Show at Charlton Park. Adults $5, children 16 and under free. 31 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Coming in AUGUST 1 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins at the Gilmore Car Museum, 6865 Hickory Rd., Hickory Corners, from 69 pm. Call (269) 671-5089 for info. Los Lobos August 23 Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens: Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 2. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person. General admission lawn seating. Steeped in the sacred steel tradition, Randolph’s astonishing pedal steel playing has had a revolutionary impact. Randolph’s string wizardry is the focal point of the Family Band’s legendary live appearances. For more information call (616) 9571580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Great Lakes Longbow Invitational happens Friday, Saturday & Sunday Aug. 10-12 at Charlton Park. Adult admission is $5, children 16 & under free. Hours are Friday and Saturday 9 am-6 pm and Sunday 9 am-3 pm. Calhoun County Fair will be held August 12-18 at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. County Wide Yard Sale & Flea Market at Historic Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday August 18. Also on tap is an antique car cruise in and classic tractors. Motorcycles welcome. Free admission. Saturday Night Alive at John Ball Zoo from 6-8 pm August 18. Food, jazz, and some very special zoo tours are all part of this unique evening party at the zoo! Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased by calling (616)336-3309. For more info call (616)3363309 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Art Out Loud is a first-time event planned at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids from 5-10 pm August 22. Two bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis, will perform live and two artists will paint in front of the audience and have their work sold in a silent auction. Money raised by the event will help the ArtWorks summer program which helps local youth ages 14-21 gain experience in the business of the arts. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. For more information, call (616) 4547000, extension 26. Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 23. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. This week’s selection: Transformers Running time: 2 hours 24 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 In the ‘80s, “Transformers” was a poorly animated cartoon on TV that was, for all intents and purposes, a 30-minute toy commercial. Twenty years later, “Transformers” is a multimillion-dollar feature film loaded with CGI effects that is, for all intents and purposes, a two-and-a-half hour commercial for General Motors. There isn’t a Toyota in sight, which is ironic when you consider “Transformers” originated in Japan. The premise of “Transformers” is that a group of good-natured alien robots disguise themselves as late-model GM vehicles. There are bad robots who disguise themselves as tanks or jet fighters and other non-brandnamed vehicles. Every 15 minutes, they transform from whatever vehicle they are into a giant robot. Then they fight. After two-and-a-half hours, the good robots win. The action is fast and furious, and for most of the movie I couldn’t keep track of which robots were the good ones or the bad ones. And since each frenzied robot fight looked General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6, 7, and 8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park September 12. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Does a movie with giant robots fighting need character development or plot? Actors capable of acting? None of those things are director Michael Bay’s specialties... just about like the previous robot fight, the movie got real boring real quick. Speaking of boring, Shia LaBeouf is the alleged star of this ludicrous motion picture. He plays a teenager who possesses an artifact crucial to the survival of the planet. Along for the ride is Megan Fox playing the Hot Chick Who Would Be Waaaaay Out of His League in Real Life. We are supposed to care about them because they are Young Pretty People. Maybe if I’d grown up watching the “Transformers” cartoon I’d have some emotional, nostalgic investment in the film. Since I didn’t, I don’t. However there are millions of fanboys out there who did, and I’m sure “Transformers” will make a bajillion dollars at the box office. Bottom line, if you have fond memories of Optimus Prime and Megatron, then this flick is for you. For the average moviegoer, “Transformers” is another loud, stupid summer movie geared toward 12-to-29-year-old boys. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 16 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Fair final days filled with exciting grandstand shows The Barry County Fair’s 2007 grandstand events concluded Saturday evening with the annual USA Demolition Derby. (Photo by Kelly Lloyd) A semi truck works hard to move a load during the pick-up and semi pull Thursday at the Barry County Fair. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Motocross riders battle to break away from the pack during their race Friday evening in front of the grandstand at the Barry County Fair. (Photo by Perry Hardin) A stunt horse came out and walked the balance beam, among other tricks, during a break in the action of Wednesday’s rodeo. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Fantasy football: Lions QB thinks they’ll win 10 games I’m not there yet. A lot of people are ready, or getting ready for football season. Friday night’s around the state, Saturdays in Ann Arbor and East Lansing, Sundays in Detroit. As long as the Tigers are still at or near the top of the standings, I’m not going to get too excited about the Lions’ season. Across newspapers and the Internet I’ve seen and heard a lot of Lions fans. Their quarterback Jon Kitna is predicting double digit wins. Some fans are right on board, thinking that this is the year the Lions finally make a run to the play-offs. Others are expecting the same old, same old Lions. Fans who don’t jump on board with the QB’s predictions have their loyalty to the franchise questioned. Fans who do jump on board with the QB’s predictions have their sanity questioned. ESPN’s Page 2, part of the station’s website filled with off-beat stories, columns, and opinions, the other day had as its top story “It’s Hell to be a Lions Fan” written by a Lions fan about why he continues to root for the team. The writer of the article, Tim Boyd, never did come up with a satisfactory answer, other than that he is originally from Detroit. I suspect that, since we’re from Michigan, is the answer most of us give on why we suffer through Lions season after Lions season. Watching Star Wars the other day on television, there was a moment where I couldn’t help but think of the Lions. As the heroes climb out of the hidden compartments in their spaceship, the Millennium Falcon, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Han Solo that he’ll take care of turning off the tractor beam which pulled their ship into the enemy’s Death Star. Solo calls Kenobi an old fool, then Kenobi turns back with... “Who’s the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?” Who’s more foolish, the Ford family and general manager Matt Millen, who have yet to build a winner in Detroit or all of us Lions fans who year after year come back for more. I suspect it’s us. Some people are turning their attention from the Lions inept managers, and turning the blame squarely on us. If we stop buying shirts and hats, stop buying tickets, and stop watching the TV, the team will be forced to make changes in the right direction. Maybe changes like not paying a defensive lineman entering his first full season at a tackle position like he’s been to the Pro-Bowl ten times. I’m already doing most of those things. I have boxes of hats at home, but none of them are Lions hats. The only pieces of Lions paraphernalia I can even think of are my Joey Harrington Thanksgiving Day throwback jersey, which I pulled off a clearance rack while he was still with the team and a pennant I bought at a yard sale this summer for a quarter. I’ve never bought a Lions ticket, or gone to a regular season game. One Lions ticket is about the same price as three Tigers tickets, or ten Whitecaps tickets. I do still follow the Lions on TV, but what’s the alternative on a Sunday afternoon. I could flip the channel, but most often the other sporting option is a Browns game. Sorry coach Mohn, but one group of unlovable losers is enough to follow and I’ll stick with the one I’ve got. Watching the Lions on Sunday is still better than raking leaves or shoveling the drive way. Of course in Detroit there isn’t much football left to be played once it starts snowing. I guess that’s why I still follow the Lions. It’s better than raking leaves. Everyday pick-up trucks had their turn pulling weights during the pick-up and semi pull on Thursday evening in front of the grandstand at the 2007 Barry County Fair. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saddle bronc riders got the rodeo show started Wednesday in front of the grandstand at the Barry County Fair. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Some riders rolled over the bumps in the road during the Motocross event at the fair Friday, and others took a higher road. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — Page 17 Valley’s season ends in South Bend Area cagers win Macker championship in Greenville Area high school students, Kenneth Quick, (from left) Dustin Houghton, and Chase DeMaagd took first place out of 17 teams in the Greenville Gus Macker, which was held July 14 and 15. Area racer earns spot at national championship Maple Valley’s 12-and-under amateur baseball team ended its season with a weekend trip to Newton Park near South Bend, Ind. to compete in “The Monster of the Midwest Championship” baseball tournament where it competed against 11 other teams from across the Midwest. Maple Valley lost a tight game on Friday night to the Grand Rapids Flames 6-2. Maple Valley had runners on, but couldn’t score them. They came back on Saturday to mercy a Fort Wayne team, which would end up being Maple Valley’s only victory of the tournament. Saturday night Maple Valley played the team from the Kalamazoo area that ended up winning the tournament. Maple Valley fought a hard battle but came up short, losing 4-2. “The boys played hard and never gave up,” said head coach Adam Brumm. “They gave 110-percent all season long. We planned this trip kind of as an end of season reward. Most of these boys have been together for the past three years. They have played a lot of baseball together, including 39 games this year alone. We finished second in our league and actually qualified for the NBC (National Baseball Congress) state tournament, unfortunately that was the same weekend as the South Bend trip. Our overall record ended up 26-13. “It was a fun year and we are already looking forward to next year,” added Brumm. “We are planning to have two teams next year, a 12-and-under and 14-and-under. This will give even more kids from the Maple Valley area an opportunity to play competitive travel baseball.” Brumm said the team couldn’t have had the Members of Maple Valley’s 12-and-under amateur baseball team pose for an end of season photo. Pictured are: (Front row, from left) Cody Sivyer, Garrett Miller, bat boy Chase Shriver, Austin Gonser, Cody Wilmath, and Ryan Mudge, (second row, from left) Beau Johnson, and Kyle Brumm, (third row, from left) Tyler Hickey, Brandon Erwin, Tanner McCarn, Tom Mudge, and head coach Adam Brumm. season it did without the support of the following local businesses: Kent Oil & Propane, Hometown Lumber and Hardware, Maple valley Pharmacy, Hastings Chrysler, MOOville, Precision Tool, Signs by Lenny, Grand River Construction, Erwin Construction, Hickey Electric, Thornapple Valley Chapter NWTF, Mid-state Title, Roush’s Sidewalk Café, JH Photographic, Hastings City Bank, and the Trumble Agency. Anyone interested in information about the baseball program can contact Brumm (517) 852-2551. Fishing for scholarships event Aug. 5 The Second Annual Lakewood Area Chamber of Commerce Fishing Contest, to benefit scholarship programs, will be held Sunday Aug. 5. There will be a pair of contests going on this year, an event for boaters on Jordan Lake and an event geared towards children and people without boats on a pond south of M-43 on Shaytown Road. Registration is from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. at the boat launch on Jordan Lake for the boating contest, and the event will begin promptly at 7 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, or $40 per boat. Cash prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. for the largest bass, as well as first, second, and third prizes for most bass weight. Donuts and hot coffee will be available at registration time. For the no-boaters, signs will be posted on M-50 and Shaytown Road and another one at M-43 and Shaytown road to help participants find the pond. Registration there starts at 8 a.m. and runs until 9 a.m. Fishing begins promptly at 9 a.m. No early fishing will be allowed, and all children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult and a wavier must be signed before fishing. Participants are asked to please bring their own pole and bait. The contest at the pond will end at noon. There will be donuts, chips and water for the attendees. A local DNR officer has been asked to stop Lane Brumm Lane Brumm, of Nashville, has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 26th annual Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., from July 30 until Aug. 4. Brumm will compete against more than 1,300 qualifying racers. “The Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynn’s is the event every motocross racer in the country wants to compete in,” says Tim Cotter, event director. “A win at the Amateur Nationals can serve as a springboard to a lucrative professional motocross career.” Most of America’s top professional motocrossers, including Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana and James Stewart, have won AMA Amateur National Championships at Loretta Lynn’s. Brumm, who works at Olivet College, has been riding since he was five-years-old. Sponsors such as MX Shop, MC Supply, and Olivet College, help in his efforts at the races. He has won many races in the last three years, and competes nearly every weekend at District 14 tracks in Michigan. Brumm is just one of more than 20,000 people who spent the last four months qualifying for the event. The top finishers in area and regional qualifiers earn a birth into the national championship race at Loretta Lynn’s. Racers may enter a wide variety of classes, from minicycle classes for children as young as four, all the way up to a senior division for riders over 45. There are also classes for women, and classes for both stock and modified bikes. HHS alumni soccer game set for Aug. 3 The Hastings High School boys’ soccer program will host its tenth annual alumni game on Friday, Aug. 3. The event is slated to run from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Pierce Field behind the Hastings High School. All Hastings High School soccer alumni are invited to attend and participate in the festivities. 77514365 MV Boosters scramble set “The Hometown Boys” Wilder’s Tire & Auto Service for Aug. 12 AUTOCARE CENTER 818 E. Clinton St., Hastings News te a d p U According to Neil Wilder “We will be moving all our outstanding vehicle services and rock bottom prices with us!” 269-948-2192 The Hometown Boys are moving right along on their future home located on Star School Road in Hastings! The seventh annual Maple Valley Athletic Boosters golf outing will be held at Mulberry Fore in Nashville on Sunday, Aug. 12. The four-person scramble will begin with a shot gun start at 1 p.m. The cost is $50 per person, and includes greens fees for 18 holes and a cart as well as dinner. Teams are invited to get in on a skins competition for $20 per team. All proceeds will go to benefit the studentathletes at Maple Valley Jr./Sr. High School. Other activities will include a putting contest, longest drive and closest to the pin competitions, raffle prizes, a 50/50 drawing, and more. Prize money will be determined by the number of teams involved. Contact Keith Jones with questions at (517) 852-1901, or Mulberry Fore Golf Course at (517) 852-0760. by and answer questions that anyone may have. Fishermen over sixteen are reminded to have their license with them. The cost for the event is as follows; Children 5 to 10-years-old $5 each, 10 to 15years-old, $7 each, all others $10 each. Prizes will be awarded for the largest fish caught, the largest pan fish, the largest bass, the most fish caught, the youngest to catch a fish and for the oldest to catch a fish. Volunteers are being sought to help measure fish and record data as fish are caught. For both contests, half of the money earned will be paid back as prize money, the other half will go toward Lakewood Area Schools Scholarships. Last year the Lakewood Area Chamber provided three $1,000 dollar scholarships to the graduating class. The event will take place rain or shine. Call Randy Hart at (269) 506-7627 with any questions. Registration forms can be picked up at Vern’s Sporting GoodsWoodbury, Diamond Propane-Woodland, Al & Pete’s Sport Shop-Hastings and at Mainstreet Bank-Lake Odessa. THE REVUE at VERMONTVILLE OPERA HOUSE presents Little Women, the Musical 211 S. Main St., Vermontville, MI (across from the fire station • Air Conditioned) SHOW DATES: August 2, 3, 4 at 7PM August 4 & 5 at 3PM For Reservations Call 269-367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com TICKETS: Adults $8, Seniors/students $7, children 12 and under $5 Made possible with support of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural affairs and Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. 06655532 J-Ad Graphics and the Hastings Athletic Boosters proudly presents THE BUZZ YOUNGS LEGENDS GOLF CLASSIC Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at Hastings Country Club 4-Person Scramble • 8:30 a.m. Shot Gun Start — Cash Prizes — First… $500 • Second… $300 $75.00 per person includes: 2 Blind Draws… $100 each 3 Closest to the pin - 4 Long Drives (2 males/2 females), 50/50 closest to the pin, Skins game (optional), Raffle table. greens fee for 18 holes of golf, lunch and dinner. LEGENDS… Jock Clarey, Lew Lang, Jack Hoke, Robert Carlson, Patricia Murphy, Richard Guenther, Bruce McDowell, Bernie Oom, Tony Turkal, Robert VanderVeen, Dr. Jim Atkinson, Carl Schoessel, Larry Melendy, Cynthia Robbe, William Karpinski, Ernest Strong, Dennis Storrs, Earlene and Larry Baum, Dave Furrow and our 2007 Legend: Judy Anderson. Contact Hastings Country Club to sign up (269) 945-2756 1550 North Broadway 07517791 �Page 18 — Thursday, July 26, 2007 — The Hastings Banner 911, continued from page 1 That agreement was proposed in June as a compromise to allow Nystrom and Neil to step away from the board. It also contained a provision that Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf would terminate an investigation of pay practices at the 911 dispatch center that resulted in employees receiving undocumented overtime. Leaf told the board and Van Essen at the July 23 meeting that he would not agree to that provision and would not sign the agreement. Also refusing to sign the agreement at that time was Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans, who told the board he would not make his final decision until the sheriff completed his investigation into the allegation that Nystrom superseded his authority by granting the overtime pay. Leaf said on June 25 that his investigation had not been completed and he still had eight 911 dispatch employees to interview. At the July 23 meeting, he told the board and Van Essen his investigator still has not interviewed three employees. He said at the earlier meeting that he felt he could conclude his investigation in a matter of a week to 10 days. The sheriff said a recent murder in the county and other cases have delayed the investigation. Leaf told the board this week he would not sign any agreement that called for him to stifle an ongoing investigation. “I inherited this,” said Leaf, who is serving his first term as sheriff of Barry County, “and I am doing what I can to take care of it. I have never been involved in any kind of agreement ‘Hurry the Jug’ plays at Fountain that asked me to give up my right to investigate. I have a problem with my name being on the agreement in the first place.” Evans also explained his reasoning for refusing to sign the original agreement. “My die is cast,” he said. “I said I wouldn’t make a move until the investigation is completed.” The new agreement is identical to the original one except for removal of the provision which called for the termination of Leaf’s investigation and a provision that called for Evans to agree that no criminal prosecution would be sought against Nystrom. It passed by a 5-2 vote with Leaf and board member Mark Englerth voting against it. The controversy over Nystrom’s practice of paying 911 employees overtime pay for hours not recorded began when Evans released a letter May 29 exposing the practice. As a result of that letter, Nystrom was placed on paid administrative leave, pending completion of Leaf’s investigation and Evans began a negotiation process between his office, Nystrom’s attorney and Van Essen to have Nystrom immediately step down as the 911 director and officially retire in February 2008. It also called for Nystrom to receive full pay and benefits until that February date, plus $10,000 to cover his attorney’s fees. Besides that, the original agreement called for Nystrom to agree not to sue the 911 board, or any parties involved in the agreement. This new agreement is between Nystrom and the 911 board only and means that Nystrom is only precluded from suing the 911 board. Nystrom, who is now represented by a new law firm, has indicated he may sue over the allegations he was publicly labeled an embezzler even though he personally did not profit from any overtime pay. Michigan law, however, stipulates that any person who knowingly misappropriates funds, whether for personal gain or for the personal gain of any third party, may be charged with embezzlement. Van Essen told the board he has personally interviewed a sample of the employees and was satisfied that Nystrom did not personally profit from the overtime pay practices and he said his own investigation revealed that the practice of paying undocumented overtime was common in other 911 operations in Michigan. Van Essen said when he became convinced neither Leaf nor Evans would be signing the original agreement, he drafted the amended agreement “relative to the conditions this board could control. “I think it is in the board’s best interest to proceed with this agreement,” Van Essen said. “I hope that in the future Charlie Nystrom and the sheriff will be able to work something out.” Van Essen also took up the issue of Neil’s resignation, saying, “What Ron Neil decides to do as we move forward is private between Ron Neil and the board.” When asked if he would still resign in light of the new agreement, Neil said the fact that the original agreement has been superseded meant he is not bound by the provision which called for his resignation. “I am taking myself out of it,” he said. Neil Wilder, who attended the meeting as a private citizen, told the board he has observed the process since the original charge was levied against Nystrom and felt the board has not been forthcoming in its actions. He noted that a millage to fund the 911 operation is upcoming and predicted that at this time there was little hope it could pass. “It is a trust issue,” he said. “I have no problem with the way things are run upstairs (in the 911 Dispatch Center). We have a great 911 system. But I challenge the members of the 911 board to imagine they have a glass window across the front and to step back and consider every thing they say and everything they do from the perspective of the people on this side of the glass. They should ask themselves, ‘What did I just say? What did I just do?’ It is a matter of transparency.” Board member Jim Brown said he felt this new agreement was the “lesser of two evils,” and said it was time to make a decision and move on. “I agree with Mr. VanEssen that we should put this behind us. Then the prosecutor, the sheriff and the director can do what they want. “By the end of this meeting today, this should be resolved,” Brown said. Jerry Sarver, chief of police in Hastings and a member of the board, read a statement he had prepared for the meeting. “It is my opinion that this board has made the decisions, and taken the necessary strategy, to prevent further potential liability. It is also my understanding and opinion that these decisions and steps were necessary as a result of actions taken by, and certain terms used by, certain individuals. I feel that this board has taken the necessary steps that are, and will be, in the best interest of the residents of this community. “It continues to frustrate me, however, that this board be criticized by individuals who have never attended a board meeting, never ask questions of board members, and have little information, if any, about the history and construction of the board or the 911 system. It bothers me that there are individuals who don’t realize that the opinion written in the local paper is just that, and that the individual writing that opinion gives very little thought to his comments, not to mention that he has personally attended one-maybe two- meetings. “Those of you who know me personally and/or professionally know that I do not cow tow to certain individuals, special interests, and personal agendas. I am not a close personal friend of anyone on this board, including Mr. Nystrom. I am, however, a board member chosen by one individual governmental entity, who has worked with this board for many years in the best interest of the people of Hastings and Barry County. “There is responsibility with this board, and to each and every resident of Barry County, regardless of what the local media opinion states. I encourage each of you to contact your representative on this board if you need to know the facts- not the opinionof Barry County Central Dispatch. “In the mean time, when you dial 911, someone will take the call and dispatch the proper police, fire, or emergency medical service to your situation.” Celtic group "Hurry the Jug" plays at a cool Fridays at the Fountain series performance July 20, entertaining the crowd with their classic Irish sound. The quartet is made up of a father and son duo from Charlotte and two others from the Mount Pleasant area. Pacific Lite will play at the fountain on the 27th with a cool mix of pop and jazz. (Photo by Emily Benningfield) Hastings Country Club will host junior tourney Aug. 8 Hastings Country Club will host a junior match-play tournament for golfers from ages 9 to 17 on Wednesday, Aug. 8. The event will be broken up into three divisions. In the 18-hole division, for boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 17, the cost is $15. A nine-hole division for boys and girls ages 12 to 14 will be held which costs $10. Boys and girls ages nine to 11 can compete in a four-hole division, with a cost of $5 to participate. All three age groups will tee off at 8:30 a.m. Trophies will be awarded to first and second place finishers in all divisions. Boys and girls will compete in separate divisions. There will be a ten-stroke limit per hole. For more information, or to register for the event, contact the Hastings Country Club at (269) 945-2756. 77514336 Saxons compete in AABC district The Hastings Saxons U16 team took part in the AABC (American Amateur Baseball Congress) Districts at Bailey Park in Battle Creek which were held July 18-21. The Saxons went 2-2 in the tournament, and had the opportunity to play in C.O. Brown Stadium. Team members are (front from left) batboy Nate Hobert, Matt Feldpausch, Caleb Cuyler, Trent Brisboe, Riley McLean, Ricky Mathis, Eric Pettengill, Dylan Downs, Nick Wallace, (back) Chris DeVries, Adam Timm, Brad Hayden, Devin Meade, Dylan McKay, Gabe Sutherland, Branden Courtney, Trevor Heacock. Missing from photo is Zack Passmore. You’re Invited Date / Time City Place July 30 7:00 pm Kalamazoo, MI Michigan Tech Educ. Ctr. July 31 7:00 pm Ionia, MI Corner Landing July 31 7:00 pm Holland, MI Hope College, Haworth Ctr. Aug 1 7:00 pm Greenville, MI Greenville Area Comm. Ctr. Aug 6 7:00 pm Sidney, MI Montcalm Comm. College Aug 8 7:00 pm Mason, MI Eldorado Golf Course Aug 9 7:00 pm Charlotte, MI Charlotte Country Club W3-B Additional meetings scheduled. Call or visit our website. 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MainStreet Savings Bank and Buckland Appreciate You! � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-08-02.pdf 2e189e8c00630862d197c97e70e497f0 PDF Text Text Hammonds Senior Citizens of the Year Committee of the whole worth considering Fall sports start next week at HHS See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 31 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, August 2, 2007 Less than an inch: The NEWS driest July on record? BRIEFS Founders weekend planned in Delton Downtown Delton will act as host to the 34th annual Delton Area Founders Weekend and 11th annual car show Friday and Saturday, Aug. 10 and 11. This year’s grand marshals will be Dr. James and Penny Hogan, who have lived in and served the Delton area for 35 years. Dr. Hogan is a family practitioner. Jim was the doctor for the Delton sports teams, and Penny was a member of the Delton school board. Jim and Penny raised five children, all of whom graduated from Delton Kellogg High School, and were members of the St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Delton. They currently reside in Suttons Bay. There are several events this year that should make the weekend exciting for those young and old. Included in the program are a library book sale, bingo, a pig roast and bowling on Orchard Street. Saturday begins with a breakfast, a 5k walk/run, a car show, a dunk tank, a sidewalk chalk art contest, children’s games, poker and musical entertainment. This year’s music will be provided by The Trip, Gene Daugherty, the Amaro Solomon Band, Blue Water Rockers and the Northern Blues String Band. The Bernard Historical Society will be open for tours. The weekend’s events will cap off with Las Vegas Night at the Delton VFW. Two blood drives slated Aug. 7, 9 by Megan Lavell and Helen Mudry Staff Writers If July seemed drier than any you remember, it’s because it had the lowest amount of precipitation than any July in recent years. “This is a very, very dry time,” said David McIntyre, who monitors the National Weather Service Climatological Station in Barry County. “This is definitely one of the most dry Julys on record.” Barry County received 0.66 inch of precipitation last month, down from 4.65 inches in 2006, 4.88 inches in 2005 and 2.67 inches in 2004. During March, April, May and June of this year, precipitation levels compared with that of recent years, and levels were higher than last year in March and April. David Beachler, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said “a lot of areas tend to see this happen every year.” Beachler said, however, normally there are more afternoon showers in the Barry County area, and this year’s lack of afternoon precipitation is abnormal. The temperature and the heat index are similar because of low humidity, and Beachler said “having the lack of moisture in the atmosphere makes it a lot more tolerable.” Beachler said that while some people might blame the unusually dry weather on global warming, he cannot say definitively whether or not that is the cause. “Really you want to look at it from a climate change perspective,” he said, adding that the climate continually changes and evolves. “This is part of climate change. That’s something that is fact. We’ve had warm conditions before, we’ve had dry conditions before.” Beachler emphasized that the most unusual aspect of the current weather pattern is the lack of afternoon showers and thunderstorms for so many consecutive days. State Climatologist Jeff Andresen said that so many rainless days have adversely affected the harvest, especially hay and forage crops. “They were probably the first group of crops to be affected, and thus far the worst,” he said, adding that there has not been enough precipitation for a second harvest. “We are See DROUGHT, page 7 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer In the wake of the adoption of a countywide ordinance requiring septic inspections when properties are trasferred or sold, loca health officials say they’re still hearing inaccurate cost figures being bandied about. Eric Pessell of the Barry Eaton Health Department said this week that much of the information that has been released to the public is vague and inaccurate concerning the TOST (Time of Sale or Transfer) ordinance. The new law calls for the health department to inspect septic systems and ground wells whenever properties are sold or changed and it outlines remedies if the septic systems are failing. “This ordinance will affect very few residents in Barry County,” Pessell said. “There are only three instances in which the inspection will take place: • If you have an on-site septic or an on-site well, you are required to have an inspection from a registered private inspector if you seek to sell or transfer your property. • If you change the use of your property by adding outbuildings or an addition to your home that may effect the use of the on-site system, you are required to have a review by the health department. • If you have an “alternative septic system,” you are required to have an annual evaluation with maintenance by a registered private inspector. Examples of alternative systems include packed bed filers, aerobic treatment units, sand filers or lagoons. These types of system are used in areas of high risk conditions such as a high water table, heavy clay soil or small lots with soil water limitations. It is estimated that 99.8 percent of all septic systems in the district are conventional septic systems and do not require an annual inspection. There are only approximately 111 “alternative” septic systems in the two-county area (both Eaton and Barry) which would See TOST, page 15 Leader of recall effort no stranger to process Free prairie fens workshop slated See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Green Gables Haven Board of Directors President Stephanie Fekkes lights David McIntyre’s candle during the candlelight vigil at the court house Saturday night. The vigil was to remember victims and survivors of domestic violence. Community members gathered with their candles to hear Green Gables Haven board member and domestic violence survivor Anna Piscopo speak. The vigil ended a day of fund-raising throughout the county, which raised more than $35,000 for the domestic violence shelter. Health Dept. tries to explain TOST Two American Red Cross blood drives are scheduled in this area early next month Local drives will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, at Union Hall, 295 Washington, Middleville, and from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Mulberry Gardens Restaurant, 955 Main, Nashville. During the month of August, all presenting donors can enter a drawing to win one of four laptop computers PLUS one of four $250 gift cards. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org A free workshop focusing on prairie fens will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Barry State Game Area and Yankee Springs Recreation Area. Prairie fens are an important and increasingly rare habitat type in southwest Michigan. Many harbor endangered species and are fire adapted and full of life. Tyler Bassett of Native Connections will lead a morning of exploration and education about these beautiful and unique sites. The workshop is limited to 20 attendees. To register online for the workshop, go to www.stewardshipnetwork.org/swcc/prair iefens. Register by phone at (734) 9963190 or by e-mail to Brooke Criswell at bcriswell@stewardshipnetwork.org The workshop is sponsored by the Stewardship Network, Southwest Michigan Cluster, a grassroots cooperative organization working to protect, restore and manage Michigan’s natural lands and waters. Bringing domestic violence to light Four portraits from the artist Artist Greg McChesney shows off four of his works at the State Grounds Coffee House in downtown Hastings, one of the four stops in the second Art Hop this summer last Friday evening. The Art Hop series, a chance for local people and visitors to stroll the downtown and check out artists’ work, is sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The man leading the recall effort against Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick is no stranger to the process, as he ran into legal trouble 20 years ago in the successful recall of the Maple Valley Board of Education president. George Hubka was convicted in 1987 of three misdemeanor crimes in connection with the recall of then Maple Valley School Board President Dale Ossenheimer. Hubka was part of a group that successfully recalled Ossenheimer because he burned seven documents pertaining to the evaluation of then Maple Valley Superintendent Carroll Wolff. Hubka was charged and pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted false pretenses under $100 and a third count of molesting of a person in peaceable pursuit of their occupation. Hubka was apprehended after a handwriting expert determined he had falsified applications for a magazine subscription in the name of school board member Loren Lehman and for ordering information and a sample kits concerning management effectiveness systems from a company in the name of school board member David Hawkins. The third charge was making a false and fraudulent application for credit to American Express in the name of Ossenheimer. Barry County District Judge Gary Holman accepted Hubka’s plea in 1987 and ordered him to serve one year probation along with nine days in jail. The jail time was suspended upon successful completion of probation. Hubka also was ordered to write to American Express, the credit bureau and the magazine company explaining that the forged documents were “incorrect, inappropriate and should not be held against the victims.” In addition, Hubka was ordered to partici- George Hubka pate in any mental health screening, counseling or treatment programs as ordered by his probation officer. He was fined $100 on the first two counts and $150 on the third. He was also ordered to pay $540.84 for lawyer’s fees and for the cost of the handwriting analysis. Ron Neil, who at the time was a State Police detective out of the Wayland Post, conducted the investigation and at the time of the conviction said, “Documents had been forged and information falsely put down in the names of Dale Ossenheimer, David Hawkins See RECALL, page 15 �Page 2 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page For more information on the Stewardship Network, call 734/996-3190 or visit www.stewardshipnetwork.org. For information about Native Connections, visit their web site at www.nativeconnections.net or call (269) 580-4766. For information about the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, visit their web site at www.SWMLC.org JAKES Day event set for Aug. 18 The Thornapple Valley chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is sponsoring the annual JAKES Day event for youngsters ages 17 and under from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Barry County Conservation Club. All youngsters must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. JAKES, which stands for Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship, aims to teach safety and conservation measures and to introduce young people to hunting and fishing. Among the events scheduled are nature walks, trap shooting, BB guns, deer stand safety, fishing instruction, a Michigan Trappers display, muzzle loading, .22 caliber rifles, shotgun reloading, and archery. There will also be a laser shooting tent. Raffles and prizes and hats and T-shirts are part of the activities, too. Thornapple Valley is one of the biggest and most active NWTF chapters in the state. The Barry County Conservation Club is located at 1180 Cook Road, Hastings. For more information, call Gaudreau at 269-795-1669. Auditions Aug. 6 for next local play The Thornapple Players will hold auditions for “Cards on the Table,” adapted from Agatha Christie's novel by Leslie Darbonon, at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, at the Barry County Commission on Aging (COA) building at 320 W. Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings. Carol Satterly will be directing the play and Kim Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Come prepared to read from the script. There are parts for seven men and seven women for this production. Any post-high school age adult is welcome to audition. Stage crew, set builders, lights/sound and prop master also are needed. Show dates are at 7 p.m. Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. All performances will be at Central Elementary School Auditorium in Hastings. If unable to attend the auditions, call Satterly at (517) 852-0773 before Aug. 6. To work any backstage jobs, an audition is not necessary, but please call Kim Butler at (269) 948-7775. Open house set for ‘New Bliss’ BCN Technical Services will have an open house at noon Friday, Aug. 3, celebrating 150 years of press building under the name of "Bliss" in 2007. Mueller Weingarten (a Germany-based, world-leading metal stamping press manufacturer) purchased in last September the assets of BCN Inc. in Hastings and is running the facility now under the name of BCN Technical Services. Since September, the factory building has been remodeled and restructured, focusing on spare parts manufacturing and press services. Business is going well for us, which has allowed us to even increase the number of employees from 60 to 70, a 17 % increase!” said Roland Kuehnel, chief financial officer. “And we are contemplating expanding the facility further over the course of the next months. “We are inviting the families of our employees, retirees, our customers and the local community.” The doors will open at lunchtime; food and drinks as well as entertainment (also for kids) will be provided. This will be an opportunity so see the facilities and the presses; talk to employees and management and see what is happening at the "New Bliss." Golf for Charity event planned The Hastings Elks Lodge #1965 will hold its annual golf outing at Riverbend Golf Course Saturday, Aug. 14, to benefit Green Gables Haven and the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. The cost is $50 per person with a total of $200 per four-person team. For more information, call Green Gables Haven at (269) 945-0526 or the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 945-3264. Fountain Fridays series continues The Thornapple River Boys will be back at the Fridays at the Fountain series Aug. 3 with their unique brand of bluegrass music. The popular bluegrass group will kick off their performance at 11:30 a.m. at the Barry County Courthouse lawn.. The free concerts, co-sponsored by the Thornapple Arts Council and the City of Hastings, will take place on six consecutive Fridays on the Barry County courthouse lawn from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. In the event of rain, Hastings City Bank will be host in the community room, which is complete with a fountain. “Pacific Lite,” with retired Hastings High School band director Joe LaJoye and gene Englerth, will perform jazz and pop standards at the next session. The remainder of the schedule consists of Hastings own Thornapple River Boys, who will return with a bluegrass sound Aug. 3, and on Aug. 10 the series will wrap up with local performers filling the bill for Community Day. Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 The Barry County Idol Contest “Sing for Kids Sake” will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Riverbank Music series continues The Middleville Riverbank Music series will continue Friday evening, July 27, with Is You Is, a group that will bring an acoustic jazz sound to the Gazebo stage. The Riverbank Music concerts are each Friday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Baby-sitting class series scheduled The American Red Cross and 4-H will sponsor a series of baby-sitting camps this month and next. The sessions will be held at the Thornapple Valley Church from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 6 and 7, and Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10. Successful graduates will be certified by the American Red Cross. Cost is $50 for each baby-sitter student. For more information or to register, call (616) 456-8661. Hammonds Senior Citizens of the Year by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Russ and Jean Hammond were chosen as the Barry County Senior Citizens of the Year for 2007, and were honored last Thursday at the Commission on Aging’s annual picnic. The Hammonds were nominated by Lynn and Emmalene McConnell and Larry and Jan Neil. Some of the attributes the McConnells and Neils listed in their nomination of the Hammonds were their help with the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, the American Legion, the Thornapple Arts Council and the Thornapple Garden Club. “We feel as though Jean and Russ Hammond are the best candidates for this award,” said their nomination from Larry and Jan Neil. “They are ‘behind the scenes’ types of people and never expect recognition for their good deeds. We care about them both.” The McConnells said, “They are both energetic — like the Energizer Bunny. They are always willing to lend a hand. They may be described as honest, trustworthy, dedicated workers. They use their own time to make a different in the community as part of their natural, every day life.” Jean Hammond said she and her husband had no idea they were going to be the senior citizens of the year, and they may not have gone to the picnic if they did know. Jean said she never thought she and her husband would receive the honor, “until my children began to arrive. I began to wonder what was going on.” Jean said she and Russ volunteer because “we like to give back to our community. We have a good life here in Barry County.” Jean said they volunteer because they are able, and that she and Russ will continue to do what they’re doing. “We’ll try to be good role models,” she said of their new title. The Hammonds were chosen by Russ and Jean Hammond accept the Senior Citizen of the Year Award from Nancy Goodin and Tammy Pennington (right) at the Commission on Aging picnic Thursday, July 26. Commission on Aging Board Chairman Dr. Jim Spindler, COA Board member Don Bowers, Nancy Goodin from Hastings City Bank and Lisa Need from Tendercare Hastings. Russ and Jean received a plaque from the COA, a Barry County Chamber of Commerce Substance Abuse Task Force puts up new anti-drug billboard Motorists on M-37 heading north from Hastings toward Middleville and Grand Rapids may notice the new billboard posted intended to raise awareness of drug endangered children living in Barry County and Michigan. Sadly, the majority of child abuse and neglect is related to parental substance abuse. The billboard serves to heighten awareness of this serious issue and provide concerned citizens with phone numbers they can call to report suspected drug-related child abuse and neglect. The billboard is sponsored by the Barry County Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force (formerly the Barry County Meth Task Force) and is made possible through funding from both the Pennock Foundation and the Barry Community Foundation. With the methamphetamine problem, drugrelated child abuse and neglect gained attention, often for the lack of care children received due to their parents’ meth addiction. However, this also brought broader attention to the fact that much of Michigan’s child abuse is directly related to parental substance abuse behavior in general, often from parental use of alcohol and other controlled substances such as cocaine, marijuana and even the abuse of prescription medication. Feeling a need to dealing with other emerg- A new billboard reminds citizens of Barry County to help in the fight against drugs and child abuse. ing drug trends, the Barry County Meth Task Force voted at the June 2007 meeting to broaden focus to include all local substance abuse issues and concerns. Task force membership also voted to change the name of the Delton Business Association awards two Book scholarships The Delton Area Business Association has awarded two Book Allowance Scholarships for $250 each. This year's recipients are Lacie Harvath and Katlynn McCormick, both recent graduates of Delton Kellogg High School. Lacie is the daughter of Larry and Sandy Harvath of Delton. During high school, she was active in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program as well as Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). She plans to attend Maranatha Baptist Bible College and work toward a degree in elementary education. Katlynn is the daughter of Robert and Lynn McCormick of Delton. During high school, she was active in 4-H, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and was a member of the National Honor Society. She plans to attend Western Michigan University and work toward a degree in special education. Delton Athleic Boosters active The Delton Community Athletic Boosters has been working all summer on various fund-raisers. They kicked off the summer with a golf outing/pig roast at Mullenhurst. It was deemed a success for the first time. They have had concessions at softball/baseball games early summer and have been busy flocking yards with pink flamingos. The flocking has been fun for the boosters, the community and it serves as a way for the newly formed organization to get its name out in the community. Everyone is welcome to attend the monthly meetings held at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at the high school. The next meeting will be Aug. 6. Please contact parkingplace3@yahoo.com for more information. gift certificate and a photo from White’s Photography, courtesy of Hastings City Bank. The Hammonds also are invited to ride in the Summerfest Parade. The Hammonds’ children and grandchildren joined them for the event. Katlynn McCormick Lacie Harvath former Meth Task Force to the Barry County Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force. This “Drug Endangered Child” billboard is the first public awareness activity of the new task force. "This is an exciting opportunity for Barry County to continue the strong partnerships and effective collaboration which we experienced during the run of the Meth Task Force to address drug problems and prevent epidemics," said Liz Lenz, coordinator of the Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force. "Teamwork is the key to surrounding a problem and taking action to make changes and make a difference for all Barry County residents." The successful actions of the Barry County Meth Task Force received statewide and even national attention for events and initiatives which brought attention to the meth issue. This formula, or structure, will be easily adapted and applied to other emerging substance abuse concerns such as underage drinking, alcohol-related traffic crash deaths, prescription drug abuse and addiction, drugendangered children (DEC), and other local concerns as well. The Barry County Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force will be working locally to begin to take up these issues using the strategies of the former Meth Task Force. The Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force will continue to meet on the fourth Monday of each month, except July and December, to develop plans and objectives for promoting community awareness and prevention strategies regarding pertinent local substance abuse concerns. This group will allow for vital community input into the planning process for future substance abuse prevention activities; data will be used to target specific needs in Barry County. Future events for the Substance Abuse Advisory Task Force will include a drug endangered child training in fall 2007, a public awareness campaign focusing on preventing underage drinking and inappropriate use of alcohol, as well as safety tips to prevent prescription drug abuse/addiction. For more information or to make comments or suggestions, please call Liz Lenz, coordinator of the Barry County Substance Abuse Advisory Task force, at (269) 9451387 or eal@iserv.net �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 3 Green Gables almost halfway to goal After a day of fund-raising, supporting, celebrating and remembering, Green Gables Haven raised more than $35,000, including a $10,000 donation from the Hastings Mutual Insurance Company Charitable Foundation. Green Gables Haven held a community blitz throughout the county Saturday, July 28. The day began with two one-mile walks around town so people could “Walk a Mile in their Shoes.” The rest of the day, volunteers across Barry County collected money at various sites to give to Green Gables. The organization’s goal is to raise $75,000 to replace lost state funding. There will be a music trivia contest Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club to raise money for the shelter as well. For more information about that, call David Young at (269) 945-9554, extension 224. Community members gather in support of Green Gables Haven during a candle light vigil on the courthouse lawn Saturday night. During the candle light vigil on the courthouse lawn Saturday night, Anna Piscopo (second from left) reads the names of those killed by domestic violence. Piscopo also shared some thoughts she had about being a domestic violence victim and survivor. Southeastern Elementary School teachers show their support for Green Gables Haven early Saturday, July 28, to “Walk a Mile in their Shoes.” Anxious to keep people informed of the amount of money raised, Stephanie Fekkes, Bob May and Dave and Lois McIntyre display the total donation amount Saturday morning. One young enthusiast is the first to put money into a small house representing Green Gables Haven. Community members start the one-mile walk through Hastings Saturday morning, some carrying T-shirts displaying the statistics of the people helped at Green Gables Haven. Even Shakey the greyhound wore a shirt and brought his family out to show support for Green Gables. �Page 4 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner County commissioners avoid equal parenting resolution IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Every penny is precious in custody fights To the editor: I know a lot of parents have trouble receiving their child support from the other parent, but I don't think most realize just how many people are in their shoes. I have a case through the Barry County Friend of Court that has been open for 12 years. Since then, I have received a total of $2,000, about $1,000 In regular child support and about $1,000 in his bonds, which I only received once 10 years ago. Yet my ex-husband owes me to date a total of $34,342.93 My ex-husband was released from prison in April this year on a felony child support charge, which I had to fight for three years to get. I was told by the prosecuting attorney that this case was unimportant to them. He originally was sentenced to 24 years, but he only served eight months. I was consistent with my letter writing and phone calls. I knew he qualified for the felony according to the State of Michigan, but we all know that counties make their own rules. After my ex-husband received and served his sentence, he did gain employment and then shortly afterward, he quit (as usual). Now he is not paying again. I have talked to my case worker, who told me there was nothing we could do but wait until October this year when he is up for yet another showcause hearing. I have called his parole officer and she tells me she is not concerned at this time. He is not employed and he is not reporting to his weekly appointment. Now give me a break — one of the requirements of parolees is to keep employment and to keep appointments with their parole officers. If he is not doing what he is ordered to do, then why is it not a concern? Are they going to wait until October for that too? I have dealt with his non-payment and his not showing up for court hearings and his not showing up for his parole officer meetings, and I have tried to stress this to them. There is paper documentation to prove this, yet authorities act like this is a new situation and they aren’t sure how to deal with it. They are on parole and they should have to follow the same rules as the other people who are on parole. They are being punished for something they did wrong and sometimes it seems like to be the plaintiff is thee one who is being punished. You fight and fight and then when it seems that they are going to be held accountable, !They just do what they want and get away with it. The state brags about these programs to force these parents to pay their child support and they then they tell you that, “Oh those programs are voluntary for the payers." Voluntary? If they went three to four years with no payments, then I don't think they want to pay. These parents think they’re above the law, and in a way they are right. If they just don't pay then the Friend of the Court does not try to make them. My previous case worker told me that he has never paid and they are so under staffed that they just don't have the manpower to enforce it. So what am I, just out of luck? No. I am going to get what is legally mine and the state is going to have to enforce their orders. I have a beautiful, smart, loving and very confused 14-year-old young man who asks me, "Why bother?” Why bother going to court? Why bother writing letters, the state doesn't care about me? After all, aren’t these child support orders all about supporting the children? I guess I am writing this to let people know that if they persistent, they can make a difference. They can get what is right. You can help. Start and keep writing letters to your case workers and congressmen, to any one who holds a title in the State of Michigan. It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen. Things have to change. These court orders have to be enforced. Don't stop writing. Sherry Bush, Wayland Vietnam veteran portrayal inaccurate To the editor: I sat down with great interest to read the article, “Reclusive local veteran one of America’s forgotten men,” but frankly, I was very disappointed with the contents and the picture it painted of Vietnam veterans. Though I sympathize with all war veterans and the tragedies bestowed on them, I do agree that the Vietnam war had a rare situation. The country was very divided and veterans were indeed not treated very well as a result of service during this war. Though it was difficult at that time as a veteran to understand this, I have not used that as WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO a crutch for the years leading up to the present. Since that time, America has tried to make amends and now appears to me to treat Vietnam veterans with the same respect and admiration of all fellow veterans. I personally have been thanked many times for my service as I strive to remain a loyal, patriotic United States citizen, of which I am very proud. I find it very disappointing that your article tends to paint what I consider a very inaccurate picture of the "Vietnam vet.” I'm sure that there are many, many Vietnam veterans in our county who have truly shown the ability to forgive an unfortunate time in America's history and moved forward in a productive and useful manner. In closing, I am speaking as a Vietnam veteran who served in the Marine Corps Infantry. I have experienced personally the tragedies of war and unfortunately had severe injuries, amputation of my left arm, blindness in one eye, and serious trauma to both legs. Fortunately, I lived to enjoy and be a part of the greatest country on earth. God Bless America. Bruce D. Campbell, U.S.M.C., retired Editor’s Note: Jon Gambee, the author of the story, also is a Vietnam veteran, serving with the U.S. Marine Corps. To the editor: We have a problem of major significance in Barry County. Our County Board of Commissioners as a whole does not seem interested in listening to constituents. I attended the Tuesday, July 24, board meeting, fully expecting action on my second request to the board that they compose and deliver a proper resolution in support of the Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill #4564, in the "various correspondence" portion on the agenda specified and approved at the meeting. Instead, intentionally or otherwise, Chairman Michael Callton passed this portion by. If any commissioner was going to bring up my letter to the entire board of June 29, he would not have been able to do so. I had earlier, on April 15, written to Chairman Callton and Commissioner Keith Ferris with the same request for a resolution, and have yet to receive any reply from Commissioner Ferris — not even an acknowledgment of my letters. Commissioners Ferris and Howard Gibson both were in attendance at the June 5 Barry County Equal Parenting Symposium (First Friday program). Robert Pedersen, cofounder of "A Child's Right," posed a very simple question to the roughly 50 folks in attendance by a show of hands: How many here would support children of a divorced family having equal access to both fit parents as long as the child's school schedule were not interrupted? (Such as The Equal Parenting Bill would allow). For the brief moment the hands were up, I noticed only two in attendance who kept theirs down — Circuit Judge James Fisher and Court Administrator Robert Nida. The public and the constituents of the Barry County Board of Commissioners have spoken. They do indeed want changes to the corrupt and biased family law court system and they want such a bill to become law! Our Board of Commissioners also does not Ehlers must stop following party line To the editor: Now with more than seven in ten Americans in favor of bringing the troops home from Iraq, our representative in Congress, Vern Ehlers is steadfast in his determination to hold the Bush/Cheney line on the occupation. Mr. Ehlers, who representas all of Barry County, seems to want it all ways; he has stated that he is no supporter of war, however, his actions say otherwise. He continues to vote against plan after plan to reduce the number of troops in Iraq . While the Democrats continue to work toward a nonpartisan plan to end the occupation, Vern Ehlers continues to play politics with American lives and stubbornly refuses to break with Republican Party failed strategies. Michigan alone has lost 138 people in this invasion and occupation. The economic costs are astronomical and will continue long after our troops are home. The futures of our children and grandchildren have been sold for the ill-conceived plan of expanding the American Empire. In the meantime, Michigan is suffering our own private economic depression. What we need at this time is a leader — someone who is capable of taking action to get us out of this terrible mess we have created in Iraq. While many of us continue to try to meet with Vern Ehlers to discuss our concerns about Iraq , Mr. Ehlers continues to avoid meeting with us while dismissing us as being uninformed and simplistic. What is it going to take to get Vern Ehlers to break with the Republican Party line on Iraq and actually do the right thing and vote to bring our women and men home? The time to do so is now. We cannot afford to do otherwise. Patricia Wilson, Middleville Millage renewal not much to ask To the editor: I was absolutely appalled to read in the July 26 article in the Banner that so many people opposed the Charlton Park millage renewal request. This community has supported the park for more than 20 years, I don’t understand why anyone is not willing to continue their support by renewing the millage of less than a quarter of a mill. I also don’t understand why these protesters think that the county’s general fund is an open check book for anyone who needs it. The fund balance is there for sound fiscal budgeting and should be recognized as such. The voters of Barry County are supporting Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. seem to be able to accept that the Barry County Friend of the Court commits fraud and theft on what appears to be a regular basis. I wrote the entire board this past January, and provided complete documented proof of how and why the FOC created an artificial arrearage on my personal case after I had requested parenting time child support abatements. Such an abatement is allowed when a child spends six or more overnights with the "non-custodial" parent, and amounts to 50% of the child support withheld for that period. The FOC does not like receiving such requests, as it means that money goes out of the system instead of into it. Most fathers who have been reduced to visitors in the lives of their children do not even know such an abatement is allowed. The FOC and lawyers do not bother letting them know! The attitude of our commissioners reflects that of so many others — one of denial and ignorance. So many seem to want to bury their heads in the sand, as if to exclaim "If we can't see the problem, it does not exist, and we don't have to acknowledge it. If we don't acknowledge it, we don't have to deal with it." The reality of the situation is that everyone knows the problems are real and do indeed exist. The decision that everyone, including the Barry County Board of Commissioners, needs to make is very simple. Are we going to become part of the solution, or are we going to continue to support an outdated, biased and corrupt system that commits fraud and theft from millions of parents on a daily basis in this state and country? Several in attendance at the symposium asked what they could do, as an individual, to change things. Here is an opportunity to write to your county commissioner and request such a resolution, and tell them that "business as usual" when it comes to issues of child custody promoting and funding divorce and the destruction of our families will no longer be tolerated! the Commission On Aging and increased their millage to half a mill. I think it is time for senior citizens to give back to the children of the county by supporting the park. I am a senior citizen and feel that we can afford a continuing millage for the park. Most of us own our homes, take vacations, and know how to budget our money, we can vote absentee and save the gas money to get to the polls, so let’s show our support on this question. John Scarbrough, Hope Township The symposium speakers presented the truth, backed up by facts, of what the family law court system and friend of court offices are doing to our children and families. How much longer are our elected officials going to ignore the truth, and make even a symbolic gesture in support of the Equal Parenting Bill? If they are not willing to look out for the true best interests of our children and families, then what indeed are they doing? Phillip N. Wurm, Hastings Women’s auto cross winners overlooked To the editor: For those Barry County Fairgoers who enjoy the Auto Cross races at our fair, I would like you all to know that us women who have the guts to run with the big dogs should be recognized just as much as the big dogs. It was put in last week’s Banner the names and pictures of the 4 cyl class winner, 6 cyl class winner and the firefighters’ class winner, but nothing was said about the women's class that happened to have nine of us running. This is nothing against the firemen by any means, but they are ordinary people, just like us women in this situation. So why did they get their picture in the paper? I think we all did a very fine job. Yes, I was the winner of the women's class and was told I didn't win anything, but I would have my picture and name in the paper and that sure didn't happen. What a big disappointment! All of us women work just as hard on these cars as the men do. Some of us do all the work on them, we deserve some kind of recognition just as well. I sure hope this doesn't disappoint women from still running with the big dogs. Maybe something will change next year. Katie Sutton, women's auto cross class winner from Hastings Give expense sheet for Charlton Park To the editor: I was going to write a letter about the 911 mess until I read the Banner of July 26. One article on the front page was about Charlton Park and the millage they are going to ask for in November. I don't understand what these people are talking about. It is said by some that this millage is different than what was asked for in the past. The way I see it 0.226 mill is 0.226 mill. This is per year, and this means $450,000 per year for as many years as it is voted in, no matter if it’s one or ten years, it’s still per year. Also, before you ask for money, there should be an expense report published in the paper showing money in and money out and money needed. Remember, you are asking the people for their support, not a few board members. I just don't see asking for something and not showing the people why you need it. I also read about Historical Charlton Park, and when I have been to the park I don't see historical, too many modem items in the park, mostly vehicles. If you want my support at Charlton Park there has to be an expense report published and the park changed to historical. As far as 911 goes, keep up the good work Sheriff Dar Leaf. AI Hackett, Rutland Township The Hastings Banner What about Bonds’ new home run record? SanFrancisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is closing in on Henry Aaron’s Major League record of 755 career home runs. How do you feel abount Bonds breaking this record that has stood for more than 30 years? Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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I hate baseball.” Val McIntyre, Hastings: “I don’t pay attention to baseball that much.” Preston Davis, Nashville: “If he can do it, more power to him.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 5 Committee of the whole worth considering It isn’t difficult these days to get into a discussion about the philosophy of government, cutting spending, the size of government or its role in our lives. The subject came up at last week's County Board of Commissioners meeting when Chairman Mike Callton invited Ionia County Board Chairman Jim Banks to the to discuss Ionia’s committee system. Afterward, Callton stressed that he would like his colleagues on the Barry County board to think about and openly discuss how they do business for the next five months so that in January they can embrace a new and different system or just keep doing what they’ve been doing. Banks told the local board last week that Ionia, like virtually all other county units, had been conducting business via the standing committee system where less than a majority meets to discuss matters and policies and then decides whether or not to bring them to the full board for a vote. However, a few years ago, with a large group of newcomers, they decided to try something different — have their customary two meetings a month, abolish all standing committees and meet once monthly as a committee of the whole to take up matters without voting on them. Barry County, like virtually all other counties, has used the standing committee process with five, four-person panels reviewing issues from Finance, County Development and Planning, Facilities and Property, Personnel and Public Safety and Courts. They meet in daytime hours during the week to take up issues and proposals and then make recommendations to the full, eight-member board at a later time. One advantage of switching to the committee of the whole idea is obvious. It would mean far fewer meetings for commissioners, thereby saving taxpayers plenty of money in the cost of governing. The question has to be asked: Why not just deal with all the issues, ideas, proposals and policies in the first place with all the members present? Another advantage would be streamlining the process and making it more accessible to the public. We at the Banner can’t possibly find the time to attend all the committee meetings, but we’d be present at the two regular meetings and the one committee of the whole session. Therefore, county government, nearly always operating in front of the press as the agent of the public, would be much more open. Another advantage would be that it could better serve the many departments within county government. Barry County has a long history of maintaining strong leaders at the department levels of government. If they are doing their jobs properly, then they should be able to make recommendations to the board and the debate, discussion, or whatever you want to call it, should take place by the entire board. This would give commissioners a chance to ask questions and hear all the discussions on the issues at the same time rather than repeating them to the entire board after a committee has dealt with the matter first. This is how it works in any business and even non-profits I've ever served on. Department heads and/or people with requests come before a board to discuss issues and the board as a whole has open conversations concerning the issue. Not always can you immediately take a vote on the issue. Further information needs to be gathered, experts need to be consulted and other members may ask for more time to look into a concern they may have. The greatest benefit in going to the committee of the whole is that everyone gets in on the conversation, they hear it first hand at the same time and everyone is given a better chance to gain a better understanding on the issues. Furthermore, it would save a lot of time. And the money saved would be on a lot of additional per diems for unnecessary meetings. I would much rather spend more money on fewer meetings with more open discussion on the issues than having a whole bunch of meetings not everyone can attend. In the big scheme of things, I think we would get better representative government when operating as a committee of the whole. To be sure, there have to be drawbacks. Banks acknowledged that it’s likely issues do not get discussed as thoroughly with the committee of the whole as they were with standing committees. Some may hold that having more people attend the meetings make it harder to have open discussions without someone watching. Public officials who don’t wish to be open and honest in front of the people may not be good public officials. It's not that we are trying to spy on the County Board, but they are elected to do the people's business and it's our responsibility to be there to cover and tell the people what their elected officials are doing. You don't have to go back very far in recent history to know that having the local press at these meetings is in the best interests of the taxpayers. The actions they take affect our lives, our pocketbooks and the county's future. It seems everyone is looking for ways to streamline government and reduce costs associated with the process. This idea should be considered seriously as a way not only to reduce the costs of governing, but to open up the process to the public, with fewer meetings and more information when they meet. And another thing — just because Ionia might be the only one doing it doesn’t mean it’s a bad idea. If you wait until everybody else is doing it, your horse and buggy just might get left in the dust. It's in all our best interests that decisions are made only after careful and thoughtful discussion. I think the committee as a whole will bring a higher quality of discussion and conversation on the issues, and will keep all the commissioners in the loop as to what's going on. I know if I were a member, I would wholeheartedly support bringing all the discussion to the full board. It makes for a more open and honest process, plus it makes it easier for the department heads and anyone for that matter to bring issues before the county when all members are present. In this new world of governing we want to think outside the box and find ways to reduce costs to taxpayers. A committee of the whole proposal is a serious and thoughtful one. It should not be brushed aside. As a matter of fact, I’m willing to recommend it. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Hospice volunteer’s journal provides end of life insights To the editor: Through the death of my grandmother I was introduced to hospice and the marvelous services they provide in comfort and caring for the dying. I saw an ad in the local newspaper for hospice volunteers. I jumped at the opportunity and my training was complete in May of 2001. It was suggested from my hospice supervisor that I keep a journal to look back on. I am honored to share this with your readers: A week after my training was complete, my services are requested. I am apprehensive for fear of the unknown because I am being asked to go into a stranger's home for three hours because my client's wife needs to do some shopping. We talk about his family and farm. I learn by this experience not to ask questions that my client will get lost in thought as he tries to remember pieces of his past. I read to him items that I printed off the Internet and he laughs real hard. The gift of sharing humor makes this visit extra special for both of us. We establish an interpersonal relationship instantly. As he drifts off to sleep, I get lost in thought, noticing how peaceful his life is. I start to wonder, we plan our whole life around our future; we live, work and remind ourselves that we are responsible for so many people, but when does it actually stop? It is all about him now. I am scheduled to come back on a weekly basis and I get excited as I look forward to our visit. I wonder if this inner anxiety will ever cease. Feelings of gratitude overwhelm me as I realize I have been sent by God to care for His people. At that instant, I decide to devote my life to care giving. God has provided an advocate for these clients and I am confident He will provide for my family as I seek a career in nursing. This is my true passion. Caring is unconditional and I have come to realize that people need people. I am called to a new client's home. Her diagnosis is liver cancer and I have been informed that her health has been slipping away rather quickly. I assist her to the wheelchair so she can use the commode and she requests help emptying her ostomy bag. I have never experienced that before and she actually teaches me today. God didn't put me in her life; he put her in mine. I realize a trip to the bathroom is quite an ordeal for a hospice client as they strive to maintain independence. A dying patient's biggest fear is fear of abandonment. I feel so good and warm inside to be available to pamper her. I meet a new client today who is 91 years old and has Alzheimer's. This client keeps her caregivers awake most of the night. As a family, they work in shifts. I show my client some pictures as I read to her from a book. Unexpectedly, I notice she turns her hearing aid down and closes her eyes to drift off to find solitude within herself. I had to laugh at my efforts. Again my mind begins to wander; we constantly comment on how small our world is as we run into people we know from different walks of life and in numerous unusual places. For Alzheimer's clients, it really is a small world. They don't realize their world is full of people who love them and clients cannot even recognize their caregivers. Fortunately, my first client was taken off hospice because his health improved. I will miss him. Patients never realize just how much they allow us to reflect on our own lives. Sometimes I feel we are put in people's lives for a reason and when that goal is accomplished, we are to move oni like a season, life force exhausted, experienced phenomenon in its most natural state. We may be an answer to someone's prayer, and when our work is done, we answer the next call. We accept the lessons we learn and put them to use in other areas and relationships we may encounter. In the past four years, I have fulfilled requests of reading Psalms to cancer patients. I have cared for many people who have lost their desire to live when they finally accept that a cure is no longer possible. Silence speaks for itself when death becomes imminent. How many missions has the Lord sent them on? Have they been accomplished? They are all a Godsend in my life. I am confident they will not walk alone. Today is August second and I am visiting my 91-year-old client for the last time. Bedridden from a possible stroke, her breathing is now shallow and her body is warm to the touch. She is detached in many aspects of life. Her spirit is resting for the journey as her body slowly eliminates its mechanics from normal functions. Metabolic declination. Soon her spirit will be her stronghold and her guide. It will also be her family's acceptance of passage. She has not eaten in three days. Eternity is only an arm’s reach away. The angels are already rejoicing. She has paid her dues to God and family; she has earned the authority and confidence to grab onto the light that awaits her passage. I hold her hand as she rests. I ask the Lord to release her of any discomfort. She opens her eyes as I was talking to God and I saw in them the true meaning of giving up on life; like glass eyes. In my eyes, my client saw tears. I pray also for the caregivers, as this is so hard on them. The emo- tional exhaustion of seeing someone you love so dearly and who has been a major part of someone's life, slip away so slowly. She is now so limited that childhood regression has set in. I ask myself what keeps her flame burning so dimly. No sign of movement. What, if anything, is going through her mind? What is her mental capacity? Is she in a state of being that few of us have been privileged to enter? I am honored to have spent time with these families. The more I contemplate on the flame of their lives, the more content I am that the Lord is about to receive another angel. Jesus is the light of the world and these saved souls will be reflected in that light. I think of my clients often through the flame of a burning candle and the security they must finally feel in the shadow of the Lord. Hospice comes from the word hospitality, a resting spot for weary travelers. For me as a volunteer, it has opened my heart and gives back to me more than I could ever give. My heart craves compassion. I have seen death in a new light; a positive transitional journey of opportunity. Tears are the truth of the inner soul and compassion only for the living. It is an accepted part of the grieving process. Hospice continues the bereavement service in support of families for 13 months after the death of their loved one and is available to the community even if their loved one was not a hospice client. Hospice may be the resting spot for the end of life's journey, but as the final breath is exhaled, so is the breath of life transformed. It is a journey for the soul into a world of peace and unbroken promises where the light is no longer directional and the purpose of life revealed. Cate Musselman, Middleville, Hospice Volunteer Why I will support the compact There are many people in my line of work who view truth as somewhat subjective. Issues are seen as political opportunities to score points with certain groups, and socalled facts are molded to achieve favorable political ends. Sorting out fact from fiction can be difficult in such a highly-charged, political environment. The debate over a tribal-state gaming compact between the Match-E-Be-Nash-SheWish Band of the Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan (Gun Lake Band) and the State of Michigan is just such an example. Oh, I could make political hay out of this issue just going along with outright opposition to the state entering into a gaming compact. However, my responsibility to the people of the 87th district leads me to a much different conclusion. In this case, both sides have such wildly different claims that directly contradict each other that I decided to conduct an independent investigation in search of the truth. Keep in mind that my investigation did not try to prove or disprove any of the claims of negative social effects or positive economic benefits of a gaming operation. Rather, I chose to investigate where the state’s authority begins and ends with regard to regulation of the activities of federally recognized Indian tribes. Federal law dictates that Indian tribes have the right to operate gaming as a means of economic development in states where such gaming is allowed for any purpose, by any person, organization or entity. The Gun Lake Band is undisputedly a federally recognized tribe and the State of Michigan has undisputedly authorized Class III gaming by both tribal and non-tribal entities. Class III gaming basically allows for a fullblown casino. The State of Michigan has entered into Class III gaming compacts with 11 of 12 federally recognized tribes (the Gun Lake Band being the 12th). The state has also authorized non-tribal Class III gaming operations (Detroit casinos) under the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act. Orangeville Twp. not called to fire scene To the editor: This is in regards to the letter from our readers that appeared in the July 19 edition titled "Which fires big enough for response?" The information reported was incorrect. We certainly can appreciate the Keltsches’ concern for the response to the truck and trailer with hay fire on M-179 on July 9. However, the Orangeville Township Fire Department was not dispatched and did not respond to this call, as stated in the Keltsches’ letter because it was out of our service area. Even though we provide mutual aid to the surrounding departments in our area, this was not the case July 9 because we were responding to two calls in our own service area at the same time of the fire on M179. The Orangeville Township Fire Department will respond to all calls dispatched that are in the appropriate areas that we cover, and will request assistance from surrounding departments so the most timely response is provided, as determined by the nature of the call, including requests for mutual aid. How the Orangeville Township Fire Department will respond to a call (the use of red lights and sirens) is determined with regards to the safety of our firefighters/first responders and the public, based on the information we receive at the time of dispatch. Danny J Boulter, Fire Chief, Orangeville Twp. Fire Department Rainbow reminder of God’s promise To the editor: In appreciation for the July 12 picture on the front page in the Banner of the Rainbow, and the reference "to Mother Nature." To clarify, it is a reminder from God of the promise to Noah after the great flood. Genesis Chapter nine, verses 11 through 16 that God will not again cover the whole earth with a flood. Verse 11: “And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; nei- ther shall there any more a flood to destroy the earth.” Verse 14: “And it shall come to pass when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud.” Verse 15: “And I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.” Art Mueller, Hastings So that part is pretty clear. If a state allows anyone to have gaming operations, then it must allow federally recognized tribes to do the same. Now what about the recent Michigan Constitutional Amendment that requires both local and state-wide voter approval for new Class III gaming operations? Our Michigan Constitution has no bearing on federally recognized tribes because they are technically sovereign nations. So our constitution would require a vote for a new non-tribal operation, but that is where it ends. Now, to have a casino, a tribe must have land in trust with the U.S. Department of Interior. That is the area of federal government that deals with Indian affairs. The Gun Lake Band has land in a township adjacent to the southwestern part of my legislative district that the Department of Interior has accepted in trust. A local anti-gambling organization has filed a lawsuit challenging the decision of the department to take the land in trust. I am not a lawyer, however, I have read several reports that indicate that the arguments being made are nearly identical to those made in previous unsuccessful attempts to stop gaming operations in Michigan. Still, in order for a tribe to operate a Class III operation, they must have a compact. So, based on that, it would appear as though a full-blown casino could be stopped by the legislature. Not so fast. There are federal procedures in place wherein the Secretary of the Interior could essentially force a Class III compact if the state would not. In this case, we not only risk losing the ability to tax, but also the ability to regulate the minimum gambling age and even tobacco sales. So what are my options as a state legislator? Since I am very confident that the Interior Department’s land trust decision will be upheld like all of those challenges before; the question shifts to a discussion of whether Class II or Class III gaming is allowed. You see, with land in trust, Class II gaming is automatically authorized, with or without a compact. This is not a disputable fact. Class II allows for bingo, but not the bingo you know. Today, bingo is played on slot machines called “bingo slots.” While the games technically work differently than regular slots, you wouldn’t know it by looking at them. In Florida, the Seminole and Miccosukee tribes, who battled that state for years, went ahead with just such an operation. Today, those tribes take in $1.6 billion per year and the State of Florida gets nothing – no taxes, no gaming oversight, no control over the age of gamblers and no control over tobacco sales. That is a disaster I would like to prevent here in Michigan. Here are my options as I see them: I could reject a compact and challenge the right of the U.S. Department of Interior to force one. If the state loses that challenge (and I have every reason to believe we would), we end up with an unregulated, untaxed full service casino. If the state somehow wins, we end up with a “bingo slot” casino that is totally unregulated and untaxed, just as it is in Florida. In other words, no compact equals a nowin situation for Michigan. Or – I could support a strict compact that regulates the gaming, guarantees that those under 18 could not purchase tobacco products and prohibits those under 21 from gambling. Further, the compact requires that taxes (technically called revenue sharing) be paid to both the local and state government. The legislature just completed negotiations on the new business tax code. As a state, we are asking businesses to pay for the state services they consume. It would not fair or equitable to those businesses if we did not require the same of casinos. More importantly, I want all gambling to be regulated, whether it be a Class II or Class III operation. What the legislature is being asked is: Do you want to tax and regulate the casino that the feds are approving? Voting “no” on the compact would be like voting for unregulated gaming. Ironically, the socially conservative thing to do is to vote “yes.” I am a social conservative. �Page 6 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries Dorrance Lynn Hoffman Sr. Merle Robert Payne A memorial service will be held on Monday, August 6, 2007 for Michael R. Thornton at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Michael Thornton Memorial Fund at MainStreet Savings Bank of Hastings. Luncheon immediately following at the church. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Saturday 9 a.m. Trustee Work Day. Monday - 6:30 p.m. 4-H Meeting This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77514551 Michael R Thornton HASTINGS - Dorrance Lynn Hoffman Sr., age 76, of Hastings, died Sunday July 29, 2007 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. He was born February 9, 1931 in Augusta, the son of John M. and Marguerite (Gobles) Hoffman. Dorrance attended school in Battle Creek and graduated from Hastings High School. He went on to Lansing Community College and graduated from there. His employment included, Michigan Shade Tree in Battle Creek for several years before working at Oldsmobile in Lansing, where he retired in 1991 after 30 years of service as a skilled trade painter. He married Dorothy M. Leonard in 1958 and she died in 1990. Dorrance was a professional musician with several recordings. He could play any instrument with strings. He was a member of the Delton Moose Lodge. He was preceded in death by his wifeDorothy; his parents; three brothers and one sister. Dorrance is survived by his sons, Dorrance Jr. (Mary) Hoffman of Plainwell, Charles (Brenda) Hoffman of Nashville, Wes (Tammy) Thompson of Delton; 13 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Graveside services were held on Wednesday August 1, 2007 at Warner/Stony Point Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the family. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). CLOVERDALE - Merle Robert Payne, age 66, of Cloverdale, died Sunday, July 29, 2007 at his residence. He was born September 6, 1940 in Barry County, the son of Clarence and Ina Payne. Merle graduated from Delton Kellogg Schools in 1958 before marrying Patty (Smith) Payne on June 24, 1961. They were married 46 years and resided in Cloverdale. Together, they raised 11 children and were foster parents for 35 years. Merle was cofounder of MRD Industries in 1971. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, NASCAR, and most of all the fire department. Merle served 31 years with the Delton Fire Department, in which 19 years were as Delton Fire Chief. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Ina Payne; brother, Elwyn Payne; sister, Marilyn Haywood; sister-inlaw, Jeannie Payne; niece, Susan Brownell; and nephew, C.W. Payne. Merle is survived by his caring, loving wife, Patty; his children and spouses, Don and Rita Smith, Denise and Jerry Daniels, Dennis Smith, Darlene and Jim Cowham, Douglas Smith, Deanna and Ron Daniels, Danny Payne, Mandy Payne, Kay Payne, Albert Payne, Justin Payne; Charles and Dorothy Deshner along with 33 foster children; 44 grandchildren; 62 great grandchildren; brothers, and sisters, Velm and Jim Brownell, Gerald Payne, Wayne Payne, Diane and Virgil Homister, Dale and Maxine Payne; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Celebration of life memorial service will be held Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 6 p.m. conducted by Pastor Steve Olmstead. Procession will begin at the Delton Fire Department at 5 p.m. and proceed to Pleasant View Family Church, with luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers those who wish to make a memorial contribution may be made to Barry Community Hospice or BPH Fire Department. Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, assisted the family with arrangements. Don and Lois Bowers to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Don and Lois Bowers of Hastings, Mich. will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 5. They were married at Cedar Creek Bible Church on August 4, 1957. They have five daughters, Marcia (Jim) Ruddock, Jan Bowers, Deborah (Marc) Federau, Laura (Mike) Shockley and Amy (Bill) Fringer. Don and Lois have 11 grandchildren, Drew, Erin, Gabrielle, Marshall, Michael, Alexander, Shelby, Parker, Emma, Madison and Chloe’. In honor of this joyous occasion, their daughters and families are having an Open House at Hope Township Hall, 5463 Wall Lake Road, Hastings on August 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. Please come and celebrate this special day with them. No gifts, please. Make guilty pay for their crimes IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV ‘Blame the fox’ gambit irresponsible To the editor: Perhaps one should not attempt to analyze the behavior of the driveby television media, because the behavior is often the result of irrational emotion. However, what I observed on a local TV news provider may be the result of a lawyer’s ploy. The local TV news provider owns two stations, and one of them was of the same network as one of the stations in Phoenix, Ariz., whose helicopter was apparently involved in a mid-air collision with another news helicopter. The events transpired like an English fox hunt. A truck hijacker and the stolen truck were the fox. The pursuing police were the hounds, and the news helicopter were the English gentry on horseback. Apparently, two of the helicopters made “high-five” rotor contact with each other, although the cause of the two helicopter crash is not confirmed. What is known is that both helicopters contained a pilot and a camera operator each. All four were killed in their crash. The local TV news provider, in three sequential newscasts, said the truck hijacker could be legally responsible for the helicopter accident. It sounds like a defense attorney’s pre-emptive propaganda strike from the TV network serving both the local station and the Phoenix affiliate. Otherwise, the evasion of responsibility would be a product of the local TV news provider, which would be, by my observation, extremely inconsistent with their history. Their local coverage has been very precise, rational, and relatively unbiased, when compared with network coverage. The English fox hunt analogy would be two of the English gentry in the fox hunt having a horse collision, and blaming the collision on the fox. English gentry are not that irresponsible, and I have never seen that degree of irrespon- Social News sibility from the local TV news provider. I have seen that degree of irresponsibility from both TV networks whose affiliates were involved in the Phoenix helicopter collision, but no helicopter pilot or camera operator I know or heard about has the irresponsibility it would take to blame the photographed for the activities of pilots or camera operators. Their professions require high levels of personal responsibility. This is what leads me to believe the “blame the fox” gambit was the product of a professional attorney representing a national TV network client. At the risk of sounding like a lawyer, the word “national” does not occur in the names of the networks whose affiliates lost their helicopter and personnel. Frederick G. Schantz, Hastings To the editor: I am writing about your Public Opinion question last week. I feel anyone convicted of murder should be put to death the day after conviction. Why should the taxpayers have to pay for their motel stay? We all pay enough now. Anyone committed of this type of crime should have no rights. Any person or prison should only have a 7’x7’ cell with sink and toilet and bed.; They should be given clean linen, wash cloth, towel and clean clothes every day, but no other activity – like TV, radio, books, etc. They obviously didn’t need them when they committed their crime. Maybe this would make them change their ways. Let them maybe grow their own food. What about chain gangs to help with work on roads in their areas – earn their keep! An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth! Deb James, Hastings Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 7 Charlton Park plans Longbow Invitational Aug.10-12 weekend DROUGHT, continued from page 1 running out of time. We need rain very, very soon to prevent significant losses.” Andresen said that while there are fewer crops than anticipated in this area, crops still have favorable conditions in the Iowa and Illinois “corn belt.” The drought farmers face in Barry County is affecting areas from northern Minnesota, through Michigan, Indiana, northwest Ohio and southern Ontario, causing commodity prices to rise. Wheat prices were up Wednesday, at $5.42 a bushel at Woodbury Grains and $5.15 for red and white wheat at Caledonia Farmers Elevator in Lake Odessa. This compares with last year’s wheat price about $2.63 a bushel. The elevators reported the wheat harvest was good, but not as much wheat had been planted as last year. The yield reports were average and ranged from 45 to 50 bushels an acre. “No one is bragging about big yields,” said one farmer. The elevators reported the dry weather has kept the market fluctuating. Michigan is not a big grain producer and the weather and harvest here has little effect on the nation’s grain market. The corn certainly needs rain. It has a short time for the ears to grow and fill out. Corn that was planted early in the spring is doing better because it had a chance to send out strong roots. “Beans are hanging in there,” reported a farmer. “They can go dormant during the dry spell and then catch up when the rains come.” Because of the sporadic rains, some areas are worse off than others. One farmer said some beans are too far gone to recover, espe- Marco’s Gas Station in Sunfield expresses the weather-related hardships felt by people throughout the region. (Photo by Helen Mudry) cially those in the Delton and Belding areas, where the fields are just about dried up. “One the bright side, if there is a bright side to a drought, people don’t have to spend gas money to power their lawnmowers,” he said. While drought and poor crop production do not seem to have many positive aspects, Andresen said there are fewer plant diseases this year than usual. And mosquitoes have a harder time thriving in dry weather. Central Elementary volunteers, staff spruce up school’s library by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern Central Elementary School’s library got a fresh coat of paint and some new drapery to start off the 2007-08 academic year. With numerous volunteers of Central staff, parents and former employees, the entire library was primed, painted and draped from top to bottom in two days. The reason for such a drastic change in the library came when Hastings Public Library donated the drapes from the old library to Central’s library. “We have a new superintendent who wants to fix up the buildings, and a new principal who wants to get things done. It’s a new day!” said fourth grade teacher Marianne Seidl. The teachers got together with some parents from the PTO and picked out colors for the new scheme of the library from out of the drapery itself. A date was set and the phone tree was enacted to get volunteers. Liz Nevins, who was the librarian at Jeanne Swander, a first grade teacher at Central Elementary, supervises much of the work done while painting up on the scaffolding. IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Central Elementary for ten years, heard about the painting while volunteering at the middle school fixup project. She grabbed her paintbrush again and worked both days in the library. New Central Elementary Principal Christopher Cooley said, “This is a historic building that is worth restoring. It’s good to have parents, teachers and a supporting staff that will do this.” The Michigan Longbow Association will have its fifth annual Great Lakes Longbow Invitational at Historic Charlton Park in Hastings Friday through Sunday, Aug. 10, 11 and 12. The Great Lakes Longbow Invitational, the world's largest longbow event, is in its 23rd year, while the MLA is celebrating its 24th anniversary. Historic Charlton Park is the location for the GLLI, which has previously been held in Marshall, Brighton, Berrien Springs and Grass Lake. The GLLI is a weekend full of longbow shooting, browsing the traditional archery vendors' displays, eating and carousing with other longbow enthusiasts. There will be shooting events for all ages and skill levels. Attendees can participate in the Silver Arrow Shoot — based on the old "Robin Hood" style tournament; the Clout Shoot, a distance and accuracy event; three 3-D courses for fun, or try their luck at the turkey novelty shoots. There is a range set up just for the young longbow shooters. A variety of food vendors will be on hand, and archery vendors will have new and used bows, arrows and all of the traditional archery supplies on hand to get prepared for the upcoming hunting season or just some backyard shooting. The GLLI is an all-weekend event, so people can come out to the park, camp and enjoy the whole experience, or just come for the day to get a taste. Either way, for anyone planning to shoot, this is a longbow and wooden arrow event, so please leave other bows at home. The MLA believes in passing on the tradition of archery and has loaner equipment for kids and allows children to shoot receive bows as well. Plus, children 16 and under shoot for free! Camping is $6 per night before Thursday, and $6 for the weekend. There is a $5 per adult gate fee for the weekend. For more information, the MLA web site is michiganlongbow.org/glli.htm or call MLA Council Member Ken Scollick at (248) 6340845. Historic Charlton Park is located at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, just north of M-79- 79 between Hastings and Nashville. For more information on the park, visit www.charltonpark.org or phone (269)9453775. First Friday to focus on adult drug court The next First Friday forum, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, will focus on the adult drug court program. The program will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Hall located at 328 S Jefferson, Hastings (corner of Green and Jefferson streets). The Barry County Adult Drug Court Outcome and Cost Evaluation Report will be discussed. Circuit Judge James Fisherhas lent his institutional knowledge and understanding of the history and processes of the Barry system to this report. In a typical drug court program, participants are closely supervised by a judge (in this instance, Fisher), who is supported by a team of agency representatives who operate outside of their traditional adversarial roles. The team includes addiction treatment providers, prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement officers and parole and probation officers who work together to provide services to drug court participants. The forum will focus on three key questions: 1. Do drug treatment court programs reduce substance abuse? 2. Do drug treatment court programs reduce recidivism? 3. Do drug treatment court programs produce cost savings (in terms of avoided costs)? The forum will discuss whether drug court is beneficial, both to participants and to Barry County taxpayers. There will be time set aside for the audience to ask questions and have them answered. The First Friday series of forums is sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Executive Committee. Dave Brinkert, vice chairman of the party, will be the host for the evening and can be contacted at 269-6725541 [his business] or 269-672-5503 [his home] if there are any questions. Light refreshments will be served at the hall.1 Hastings Rotary golf outing to aid Life Leadership program The Hastings Rotary Club will have its annual four-person golf scramble Monday, Aug. 6 at the Hastings Country Club. Proceeds from this outing will benefit the Rotary Life Leadership program, which allows students from local school districts to develop leadership and team building skills, and at the same time, develop friendships. Students who have gone through the program note that they have learned a great deal about themselves and how to work with others during this special weekend experIence. A shotgun start will take place at 9:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at noon, with a Rotary meeting to follow. The golf outing wiIl resume afterward. To sign up for the event, an entry fee of $200 per team is required. Individuals who wish to join a team are welcome to sign up as welL The Rotary golf committee will place single participants together. Registration is requested by Thursday, Aug. 2. Besides team registrations, local businesses are asked to consider sponsoring a hole at $50 or donating prizes for the event. For additional information, call Nancy Goodin at 269-945-2401, Fred Jacobs at 269945-9554 or Dan King at 269-945-9911. Be a “SPORTS NUT” and keep informed on all the scores and accomplishments of local athletes. Read The BANNER! Stop criticizing and get to work To the editor: To answer Elden Shellenbarger’s disappointment: in spite of his disappointment, Charlton Park is the best place to go visit. To fish, go for a swim, to have a wedding or family reunion or to visit yesteryear. I’m a former owner and manager of Lady Jane’s Antiques of Benzonia on US-31 E. I’ve always loved antiques and the craftsmanship. My husband and I bought a home last year in Hastings. The home is 115 years old. We hope to restore it back, to the days of yesteryear. People in Barry County are so lucky to have a man like Mr. Charlton to donate this land for the park. Mr. Charlton loved his county and he donated it so we all could enjoy. Then comes someone who’s on the board and has turned against the board. For what reason? Is there a hidden agenda? I’ve seen what the board has done this summer. There have been more shows of various kinds than ever before. We have some new shows coming up, like the timberjack show and the Indian Pow Wow. Why doesn’t Mr. Shellenbarger help instead of criticizing fellow board members? Lona Cribley, Hastings THE REVUE at VERMONTVILLE OPERA HOUSE October 4th • 7pm presents Little Women, the Musical TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM 211 S. Main St., Vermontville, MI Barry County Expo Center (across from the fire station • Air Conditioned) SHOW DATES: August 2, 3, 4 at 7PM August 4 & 5 at 3PM For Reservations Call 269-367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com TICKETS: Adults $8, Seniors/students $7, children 12 and under $5 TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ 75.00 (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 Jennie Yonker Made possible with support of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural affairs and Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. 77514873 06655532 (10x10 Booth Space) �Page 8 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Ionia County Genealogy society will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11 at the freight house. The society held an open house during Depot Day and had several visitors who made good use of the many resources available for research. The ICGS last week mailed the summer newsletter to its more than 200 members and others on the mailing list. It contained excerpts from area newspapers from years past with tidbits of local news. The Antique Village at the Ionia Free fair drew many visitors who delighted in seeing the old-time farm tools and items used in carrying out the daily chores on a typical farm, the dairy corner with its cream separator, early milking machine, milk cans and other tools used in or near the cow shed. There were additional barn stories besides those shown last year. There were several photos from the Wayne Swiler barn with its unique water tank beneath the grade to the barn floor and then its gravity flow to the cow stable for watering the milking cows. The hay lifter was also pictured. Another large barn shown was the Cody barn on Peck Lake Road. Still another was the weathered barn on the former Irwin Hall farm on M-66. This was shown as an example of the tired barn in disrepair, which has long since exhausted its original purpose. The village also included a horse drawn hearse more than 125 years old, several antique trucks and cars. On Wednesday evening, Betty Shetterly demonstrated the art of spinning at the fair. She used white wool she had washed and black wool she had sent to Frankenmuth for processing. It came back to her in one long continuous strip. At the same time, Fran Morris demonstrated her bobbin lace skills with the intricate patterns produced by lifting and twisting the fine thread over dozens of pins on a large pin cushion which has a proper name in lace circles. On Thursday, retired Lakewood educator Ben Merchant and Dana Troub were on hand at the fair with their antique automobiles of Model T and Model A vintage. They gave short rides around the a fairgrounds to those who so desired. Each day there were demonstrators besides the hosts, who were happy to interpret the tools. Many people made use of the corn sheller with its supply of corn on the cob. One man said it was his chore as a young boy to shell two pailsful of corn each day for animal feed. Then the empty cobs could be saved to use as kindling for the kitchen stove. Depot Day was another success. Again the Boy Scouts were on hand to direct traffic to the parking area. A striped tent provided shade for spectators. There the tables and chairs in place for comfort for watching the several acts on stage or for eating the tasty food served from another awning near the caboose. There were hot sandwiches with trimmings and ice cream sundaes, besides lots of cold drinks kept in ice water. The Center Stage Dancers performed first. Then the presentation was made for Union Bank and its predecessors. A printed story of the three banks had been produced in quantity and was ready for distribution. All former employees and bank directors were invited on stage and introduced by Sharon Durkee. Robin Michalski responded with the letter written by bank President Jerry Collison, who could not attend. The framed tribute with its photos of several presidents of the board of directors will be hung in the freight house, along with the tributes from previous years. Village President Karen Banks presided at the Janie Rodriguez award ceremony. She related the purpose of the award and invited all past recipients or their representatives to join her on stage. She then read part of the nomination for the 2007 award. As Ardene Lackey heard the description being read, she came to the realization that it might be her. She had no clue she was to be given the award. She knew that the reason all her children had come home for the day and to the depot as a bonus of their trip home was because this day was her husband's 67th birthday. This was sheer coincidence. The selection committee had no idea of the Lackey family landmark, but it made it easy for the Lackeys to get their mother to the depot on time. Manuel Rodriguez made the presentation of the plaque. There were plenty of cameras ready in the front row of spectators to capture their surprised mother on stage. She was nominated by the library staff for her tireless efforts in the library two days every week since the library opened — cutting , pasting, sorting, labeling, and doing a myriad of other tasks which help the staff. She is known to the dozens of children who frequent the library for her frequent presence. There was a hog roast dinner Saturday evening at Central United Methodist Church, a fund-raiser for the 2006 mission work camp to West Virginia. It was well attended as people enjoyed the roast pork, potato salad, baked beans, rolls and homemade desserts. Ashley Barcroft of Carlton Center returned home last Friday after two months of study in Santander, Spain, with all her classes in Spanish language. She lived with a Spanish couple in their spacious apartment which had once housed them and their four now grown children. This was part of her MSU experience. Cousins of the Curtis family were notified last week that their cousin Norma (Tolles) Burbank had died. Mrs. Burbank had been a resident of Friendship Village for many years. She entered as Norma Lake-Deal, but married Mr. Burbank while living at the retirement residence. She is survived by a grandson who was on a trip at the time of her death, her sister, Margaret Snyder of Hastings, and her local cousins, Marian Klein, Jackie Gilliland, Joan Prentiss, Janis Kenyon, Carlene Lindner and Rosalie McDowell. A memorial service will be held later. Several car loads of Central UMC members with families had the fun of a road rally Sunday afternoon. The directions, hints and clues were crafted by Glen and Kathy Good of Morrison Lake. Many of the clues were toward points in Clarksville and Morrison Lake with some right in Lake Odessa at the start. The rally concluded with a chili supper back at Fellowship Hall, where they learned how they scored for finding the mystery spots. The population figure proved to be the number of hogs on the Larry Curtiss farm. The worm motel was the country store on Morrison Lake. There was a Bible quiz at the start and a coded message half way. An ice cream treat was included in the fun. This fun afternoon was a project of the church's education committee. The village DPW crew, along with prison workers, last week did the preparatory work for a new sidewalk on Emerson Street in front of Lake Manor. Similar work was done last year from Jordan Lake Highway west past Emerson Manor and the depot complex. This extends the walk nearly all the way to Fourth Avenue. This week the workers began laying the concrete This will be an aid to all the pedestrians who traverse Emerson Street. Lakewood graduate’s movie to be shown on teen channel Lakewood High School graduate George Johnson has received word from SkyAngel that his 2004 movie "DREAMER: The Movie" has been approved for air on the KTV teen channel. The movie was filmed in Barry, Eaton and Ionia counties and most of the actors and extras lived in the area. There was a car chase crime scene filmed in Classic Memorial Park in Woodland. One scene was filmed in Nashville’s Putnam Park on the raised cement platform. The Lake Odessa VFW and Lakewood High School and the former Lakewood Youth Center and the Net.Café were in the film. The cast included many area celebrities. George’s brother, Ben Johnson, had the leading role of Kevin. Lakewood 2003 graduate Rob Ray of Sunfield played Kevin’s friend, Hudson. Patti and Steve Ray played Kevin’s mother and father. Lindy Hynes played Kevin’s grandfather. Sunfield United Brethren Pastor Mark Ralph stepped out of character to play a satanic figure. Other actors were Jacob Noorman as Tyler, Trevor Lee as Jeff, Samantha Lee as Maggie, Cloe Rose Fisher as Kevin's friend, Cameron Doane as a young Kevin, Keaton McLaughlin as a young Tyler, Zachary Enz as a young Hudson, Charlie Fox as a young Jeff, Abigail Thompson as a young Maggie and Donald Pierce as a janitor. Nashville (Tenn.) singer Jeni Varnadeau made an appearance, as did Greg Patten, movie producer from Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Chris Paul, a TV reporter formerly WZZM TV-13 News Anchor. The crew included George Johnson as writer/director/producer/editor, Karen Johnson in wardrobe/makeup/props/extras director, Micah Steed was audio technician, Sara Steed was script supervisor/set photographer. At the time of the release in 2004, Norton Rodriguez of Christian Filmmaker reviewed the film and said it was “awesome.” “It is a Christian filmmaker's film. This film will motivate the hearts and minds of Noah’s Ark Preschool ~ a ministry of the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings ~ School year 2007-2008 begins September 10th & 11th! Serving children ages 3-5. Call for information about classroom schedules, openings and tuition rates! 77514557 noahsark@firstchurchhastings.org Dear Annie: I had the misfortune to be born to the two most selfish people known to mankind. I am their only child. When Dad divorced Mom, he divorced me. He's spent the rest of his life being a wonderful husband to his new wife (who doesn't like me) and a father to her son. My mother has spent her life looking for love in all the wrong places. My father and I pretend to have a relationship, and my mother and I run hot and cold. Right now, we're very, very cold. I have been married to the same man for 40 years, and we have two great kids. My parents are now elderly and not in good health. They seem to think I should take care of them, even though when I was young, neither had time to take care of me. I can't turn back the clock and create feelings for them that should have been formed many years ago. Where do I go from here? -Old Enough to Know Better Dear Old Enough: Obviously, you still harbor a great deal of resentment toward your parents. You don't have to be fond of them, but you do have an obligation to see that they are not out on the street. Please check that their finances are in order, that they have insurance and, if necessary, that they are placed in an assisted-living residence or given nursing care. You do not have to do this personally if you (or they) can afford to hire a geriatric care manager (caremanager.org). Otherwise, check with your Area Agency on Aging. ‘Rocky’ romance Dear Annie: Just how long is my husband's middle age crisis supposed to last? At the age of 47, he is in his rock-star phase. For the last two years, everything in our lives has revolved around his music. Our friends avoid us because they are bored to death by this -not to mention their own teenagers are going through the same stage. I don't mind him having a hobby, but it involves getting together with his unemployed musician friends three or four evenings a week to practice, and that is having a very negative effect on our family. Our children miss him, and I find that we are growing apart. I've resisted the urge to get too close to any of the men I meet, but I am very much a single person these days. I want our marriage to work, but it seems I am the only person in it. Please don't suggest counseling. -- Sick of It Dear Sick of It: Your husband has catapulted himself into his adolescence in order to escape the responsibility of being a husband and father. Talk to him about how much the children need both their parents and see if you can wake him up. Otherwise, if you truly want to save your marriage, you will use all the options available -- and that includes counseling, like it or not. No trouble talking Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for nearly four years, and this intimacy topic in your column has really gotten us talking. I'm a nurse and work three 12-hour shifts in a row. I sure don't feel up to sex when I get home. But I don't want my marriage to turn out like many of your readers'. My husband and I openly discuss what we need from each other. I want more hugs and kisses that go nowhere, and he would like more that go somewhere. Talking has deepened our bond and helped us understand each other's needs. This will help our marriage in the long run. Thank you for this topic. I think it may have ensured the success of my marriage. -- Pensacola, Fla. Dear Pensacola: One of the things we try to do is bring up topics that will help our readers communicate. You are smart to recognize this and deal with these sensitive issues before 77514941 Out Here we have everything under the sun INCLUDING GREAT CAREERS! In Memory of TEAM MEMBERS Bryan R. Lee Equine/Farming/Welding background a plus. March 9, 1985 July 28, 1998 Part-time & possible Full-time Celebrating its 12th year of providing a quality early childhood program to Barry County preschoolers! 231 S. Broadway, Hastings 945-4077 those who see it. It's a wakeup call... created for such a time as this. A must see film for anyone interested in making films for the glory of God.” “I saw myself reflected in your film. The drive, the motivation, not looking back, breaking the bondage of the negative people around us, going against the system, and against the current... making films against all odds. We all go through most everything you've included in Dreamer.” According to Johnson, SkyAngel is going to promote “The Dreamer” and run it as a movie of the week. “It's being promoted as the world's first "YouTube" style movie to be released in theaters (shot by up-and-comers, using home video equipment). And here I thought that things had pretty much slowed down for the film. Congratulations to everybody who was in it! They loved it, and it had much to do with all of your hard work.” Caring for parents Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights & weekends. We offer competitive wages & benefits. TSC is the largest operator of retail farm & ranch stores in the U.S., supplying the lifestyle needs of farmers/ranchers, tradesmen & small businesses. As an EOE, TSC values diversity. Apply in person: Tractor Supply Company 2490 West M-43 Hwy. • Hastings, MI 49058 THE JOB YOU NEED! ® www.TractorSupply.jobs So often we think about you, trying to remember all the little details, but after nine years, some things fade. But the love we have for you we will always be as strong as when you were standing on this earth with us. GREAT CAREERS ARE OUT HERE! 77514937 We miss you so much Love you; Mom, Dad, Robb and Amanda they become problems. Thanks for writing. Love in limbo Dear Annie: What happens when it's the husband who has no interest in sex? I am 38. "Marty" is 45. Both of us are attractive and in shape, and we've been married for five years. It has been almost two years without any intimacy, and prior to that, sex would occur only every six to eight months, and it didn't include any affection, kissing, foreplay or romance. Marty refuses to address the problem or see a therapist. We do not have any significant outside stressors. Our finances are fine, there are no family crises, no career concerns, no children in the way. When Marty's father died two years ago, it made the situation worse, but it was hardly good before that. I think Marty had a one-night stand back then, but I don't have any proof other than my intuition. He also has been to business seminars which I am not allowed to attend because I "won't like the women there because of how well they dress." Annie, I may not be a fashion diva, but I certainly take my appearance seriously. This is ruining my self-esteem and selfconfidence. I am seeing a counselor and have a wonderfully supportive women's church group. But I am seriously considering leaving the marriage. Marty refuses to recognize what his behavior is doing to our lives. I have asked what I am doing wrong, and he says he doesn't know. What is the next step? My husband loves me and I love him, but I cannot continue with this kind of loneliness. -- Almost Having It All in New York Dear New York: It's possible Marty is asexual, or gay, or having a series of affairs. Either way, he needs to address the issue so you can decide if you want to stay with him. Tell Marty if he wants to remain married to you, he must come with you for counseling. If he refuses, ask your counselor for specific guidance. If your counselor isn't helping, find another. You need to get out of this limbo. Inappropriate invite Dear Annie: Recently, I found a handwritten invitation to a bridal shower attached to my front door. It was for "Gladys," a girl I've never heard of. The invitation stated that although I might not know Gladys, she lived in the neighborhood with her mother, "Matilda," and attending the shower would allow me to meet both mother and daughter. I am not acquainted with Matilda, either. The invitation included names of two expensive stores where the bride had registered. I tracked down the shower hostess, a woman I know only by sight, and told her I would be unable to attend. I did not purchase a gift. I always thought showers should be limited to friends, family and possibly close co-workers. What is the etiquette for inviting perfect strangers? -- Must Be Living Under a Rock Dear Living: There is no etiquette, because it is not appropriate to invite strangers to showers. If Matilda and Gladys want to get to know their neighbors, they can invite them over for a barbecue. Secret safeguarded Dear Annie: This is for "Losing Sleep," whose husband, a trucker, has a collection of women's lingerie that he says he found on the road. You said he could be cheating, but more likely, he's a cross-dresser. "Losing" should check to see if the lingerie could be his size. I am a cross-dresser, very straight and would never cheat on my wife. I thought my secret was safe until one day my wife handed me a package and said she was going shopping for four hours. Inside was a pink teddy with a note saying she didn't care what I did to relax as long as I did it when she wasn't around. Since that time, our marriage has been a lot better, I'm not hiding anything, I have time to relax and I get great gifts from my wife. -- Happy in New York Dear Happy: You have a loving and understanding wife, and we hope you let her know how much you appreciate her. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... How Hastings got its third MCRR Depot The third depot became the Depot Law Offices. By Esther Walton The first Michigan Central Railroad depot in Hastings was constructed at the eastern end of Green Street where it intersects with State Street. Locating the depot at this site immediately created controversy. According to The Hastings Banner of Sept. 23, 1868; “The depot was being built in second ward, a full half mile from the courthouse and available hotels.” Editor of the Banner Dewey added, “It might as well be in Nashville so far as convenience to the people of Hastings is concerned.” [Ed. Banner editor, George Dewey was the grandfather of Thomas E. Dewey, the governor of New York State and the Republican presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948.] Seventeen years passed before local residents decided to take the matter in hand and rectify the situation. An article in the Jan. 23, 1931, issue of the Hastings Banner authored by one of the Cook brothers [who then owned the Banner] relates how the depot was finally relocated: “It was quite the custom then (in 1869) to have passenger depots just about as far removed from the main street as they could be located, because what clean up-to-date town would want those wood burning locomotives puffing all their columns of smoke, cinders and dirt right near the business center? As a result, people would often had to walk any where up to a mile to catch a train. “That was all right for a while, but gradually businessmen and citizens began to tumble to the fact that it would be much nicer and far more convenient to have a passenger station just as near the main business section as possible. That idea finally struck Hastings and an effort was started to have the passenger depot moved from the present freight depot [at the end of Green Street] to town. An effort was made to have the Michigan Central stand the expense. But the railroad officials couldn’t see it that way at all. The corporation had the only (rail) road running through the city at that time and it was absolutely immaterial to them how far the people had to walk to reach the passenger station. If the people of Hastings wanted to change the location of passenger station, they could do it by providing a site, and building there on at their expense just the kind of a depot they would like to have. The (railroad) corporation very generously agreed to stop their passenger trains in front of (the new) depot. Those were in the good old “public be damned days,” which is in marked contrast to the policies followed by railroads today. In order to bring about this charge the people of Hastings decided to build a brand new passenger depot downtown at the cost of $800. The late Nelson T. Parker, we believe, donated the land for the site.” Research in the Register of Deeds and abstract office uncovered a deed between Parker and the Grand River Railroad Co. dated July 17, 1882. The location of the property was on the northwest corner of Church and Apple streets. Unfortunately, copies of the Banner for the period, July 1880 through December 1883 do not exist. The Banner office had a fire on March 3, 1883, and it wasn’t until December 1883 that the paper began to print again. During this down time, the Banner was able to use a competitor’s press in December until their new press was delivered. Fortunately during this down time period, the Nashville News, carried Hastings news and references to the new Hastings train depot were found there. On Feb. 18, 1882 the Nashville News reported that, “Quite a number of our citizens [e.g. Hastings] are trying to get a depot just north of the Hastings House. The June 30, 1883, issue of the Nashville News under Hastings items reported that, “the officials of the M.C.R.R. were here and decided to build the depot [ed. with the funds raised by Hastings]. It will be done by the first of October.” Another item in the same paper said, “The foundation for the new depot has been completed and Wednesday a gang of carpenters came and began to erect the frame. It is to be nicely furnished on the inside and when completed will be the finest depot on the line.” Finally, the Nov. 3, 1883 Nashville News edition in the Hastings news period that. “The new depot is completed, the grounds nicely graded and the walks are being laid. It is a little beauty, make no mistake.” Another item mentions that, “the ladies have pledged $500 for the railroad and propose to open hospitalities by giving a R.R. ball next Tuesday night. Tickets including supper are $3. Good for the ladies.” The Hastings House [a hotel] was located on the northwest corner of Church and State street. It is evident that the owner, Mr. Parker, sold a part of this land so the railroad depot would be located right behind his hotel. Parker owned a barn on site and the Feb. 25, 1882, issue the Nashville News, reported: “Parker commenced moving his barn and preparing the ground for the new depot.” The original Michigan Central Railroad depot located at the Green and State streets intersection was converted into a freight depot serving the needs of the manufacturing businesses in the area, Spurs connected the Wool Boot factory, the E.W. Bliss Company and the Hirsch Brothers Pickle Company. The freight depot served the community for over 100 years. An announcement appeared in the Banner dated Aug. 25, 1921, stating: “On Sunday the people of Barry County will have an opportunity to see in Hastings, the historic old DeWitt engine, which drew the first train over the New York Central Railroad lines in 1831. This famous old DeWitt Clinton engine, together with three passenger couches, will be on display at the Michigan Central passenger depot on Sunday, Aug. 28 from 3:40 to 4:10 p.m.” The next issue the Banner reported, “It was a very thoughtful thing for the Michigan Central Railroad to have the old DeWitt The second depot was relocated to a more central location. Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Does "IPO" Spell Investment Success? If you've ever spent any time among investors, you're bound to have heard someone say: "If only I had gotten in on the ground floor of Company A (or Company B or Company C)." 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But, over time, these companies are subject to the same economic and market forces as all other businesses. Consequently, their stock prices will go up and down, as is the case with all stocks. So, before you buy shares through an IPO, you'll want to evaluate the company pretty thoroughly. Are its products or services competitive? Does it have a track record of consistent growth? Does it belong to a thriving industry? Is its management team experienced? You can get some of this information from a company's prospectus, but you will also want to do some outside reading, as well as consult with your financial advisor. Obviously, the more you know, the better off you will be. In any case, if you do invest in an IPO, don't go into it thinking that you are going to make a "killing." Instead, look at an IPO as a long-term investment. If it's a stock that fits well into your overall portfolio, getting in on the ground floor may help you build a strong foundation for working towards your longterm goals. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones Clinton train stop in this city last Sunday and at other points along the line, so that people coming from far and near could see this historic old relic.” After praising the NYCRR railroad and describing what the railroad had done for the development of the city the story concluded, “The thousands who viewed the DeWitt Clinton train Sunday noted the wonderful change in railroad transportation since the historic old steam engine made its first run of about 90 years ago, by comparing the old DeWitt with the famous engine 999, which hauls the train around. But let’s all hope that something better will soon be built [depot] at the best paying station between Grand Rapids and Jackson.” This statement seems to be a strong implication that the 1883 passenger station was no longer meeting the needs of the Michigan Central Railroad passengers in Hastings. Information collected by Hubert Cook from secretary William R. Cook’s Hastings Rotary Club minutes describes the clubs agitation and involvement in the eventual construction of a new depot. At the club’s June 21, 1920 meeting it was commented that, “Our old wooden clapboard [depot] certainly did not give a very good impression.” There were many discussions about the problem and what could be done about it. At a November meeting, Marshall Cook tells of going to Detroit and interviewing the vice president of the Michigan Central Railroad. By the following February, the Rotary Club had signed agreements to purchase property upon which to build a new depot. They purchased the Gier property for $7000 and some additional adjacent property from the Parker Hotel for $4000. The city eventually [reimbursed?] the club of the Parker Hotel property. The Gier note, as I recall was not entirely cleared up until shortly before the last passenger train stopped in Hastings. Passenger service to Hastings was discontinued in April of 1959. According to Mr. Cook, the December 1921 Rotary Club’s minutes contained more interesting information: “The minutes of the last meeting of the year [1912] stated that the [MCRR] superintendent of buildings has been in town with plans and specification for the new depot and all that remained to be done was for their board to appropriate the necessary wherewithal. If they fail to do this, it seems almost certain from the sentiment here that they should be shot at sunrise the morning after meeting. At any rate, there is hope that Hastings may be accorded relief from that old antiquated structure that made the DeWitt-Clinton look like a gay springly youngster by comparison when that train visited Hastings a short time ago. If and when we do get the new depot, it will because of the untiring efforts of the members of this club, especially the Public Affairs Committee, consisting of Kellar Stem, Carey Edmunds, and M.L. Cook, who spent their own time and money on several trips to Detroit.” The Banner on April 4, 1922, reported that construction is to be started soon on the new depot. “Yes, we really are going to have a new Michigan Central depot, for on Tuesday workman were here and staked out the grounds, and the excavating will begin as soon as the tools arrive, which they think will be in a few days. The Ehie Construction Company of Battle Creek has been awarded the contract and it is specified therein that the building the completed this season.” Two weeks later, the Banner reports, “Work on the new depot is being pushed.” The article also mentions some good news, “Owing to the decreased cost of material, it is said that the new depot will be even better than was originally planned, and that when the job is finished, Hastings will have one of the neatest and best arranged passenger stations between Grand Rapids and Detroit; and it should have because it is one of the best towns. A new and up-to-date depot will surely be appreciated by the traveling public.” Work on the depot was completed in November and a dedication ceremony set for Nov. 15, 1922. In its report, the Banner printed the names of the relevant Michigan Central officials, as well as the names of local citizens who had contributed a great deal of their time and money to the project. Visiting MCRR officials were honored guests at the Rotary Club’s regularly noon meeting that date. After lunch, they were called on for comments. The minutes of the meeting for that date records that, “all of them expressed their pleasure in being guests of the club and of their appreciation for the cooperation showed by the citizens of Hastings and the Rotary Club in smoothing out the difficulties in the way of securing a new passenger station here. The MCRR Railroad had long wanted to build a new station here, but had been prevented by insurmountable problems getting the needed ground until the Rotary Club stepped in by purchasing the Geer property. This made it The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. 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PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by AGUSTIN S. GONZALES and TAMARA B. HANZEN, joint tenants, as original Mortgagors, to US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND F/K/A FIRSTAR BANK, NA, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, whose address is 205 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 as Mortgagee, being a Mortgage dated DECEMBER 26, 2001 and recorded on FEBRUARY 5, 2002 in Instrument No. 1074271, BARRY County Records, State of Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS($92,722.30), plus interest on the mortgage at 8.15% per annum, additional costs, expenses and attorneys fees permitted by the Loan Departments and which are permitted under Michigan law after DECEMBER 26, 2001. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, at public sale to the highest bidder at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HASTINGS, MI, at 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of PRAIRIEVILLE, County of BARRY, Michigan, and are described as: COMMENCING 122.98 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF B-Z BEE ACRES PLAT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LOT 5, 122.98 FEET; THENCE EAST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88.32 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, BEING IN SECTION 31, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. For more information, please call: (269) 372-4318, Kenneth Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. File No.MI-2227 77514395 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventeen And 49/100 Dollars ($373,617.49), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F03 77514250 �Page 10 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale in the event a 3rd party buys the property and there is a simultaneous resolution with the borrower. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nathan Ferris and Christine Ferris, husband and wife, and Victor Ferris and Darlene J. Ferris, husband and wife, mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank now known as Chemical bank, a Michigan banking corporation of 2185 - 3 Mile Road, N.W., Grand Rapids, MI 49544, mortgagee, by a mortgage dated January 7, 2005, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, on January 18, 2005 as document no. 1140306. Because of said default, the mortgagee has declared the entire unpaid amount secured by said mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this notice, there is claimed to be due, including for principal and interest on said mortgage, the sum of $143,409.36, and interest will continue on the principal balance of $139,177.65 at the rate of 4.375% percent. No suit or proceeding in law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay said amount with interest, as provided in said mortgage, and all legals costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgages premises at public sale to the highest bidder at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The premises covered by said mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as follows: Part of the South Half of the Northwest fractional Quarter of Section 18, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West OneQuarter corner of said Section; thence North 0º04’11” West 960.00 feet along the West line of said Section to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North 0º04’11” West 152.05 feet along said West line; thence North 89º27’21” East 193.00; thence South 0º04’11’ East 153.02 feet; thence South 89º44’38” West 193.00 feet along the North line of the South 960.00 feet of said Northwest Quarter to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; Subject to right of way for Patterson Avenue over the West 33.00 feet thereof; and commonly known as 303 S. Patterson Rd., Wayland, MI 49348. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: June 25, 2007 For more information, please call: TWOHEY MAGGINI, PLC Attorneys for Chemical Bank David Schoolenberg (P30810) Business Address: 161 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., Suite 212 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77513743 (616) 459-6168 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars ($154,128.42) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514385 File No. 214.3948 • NOTICE • To the Qualified Electors of BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Voting Precincts - Barry County, Michigan CASTLETON TWP 915 Reed St, Nashville Castleton Twp Hall MAPLE GROVE TWP 721 Durkee St, Nashville Maple Grove Twp Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 3 100 E Main St, Middleville Middleville Village Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 1 209 State St, Freeport Freeport Village Hall RUTLAND CHARTER TWP 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings Rutland Charter Township Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP PRECINCT 1 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville Yankee Springs Twp Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 2 3425 Wing Rd, Hastings Irving Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 1 128 High Street, Middleville Thornapple Township Emergency Services YANKEE SPRINGS TWP PRECINCT 2 1425 S Payne Lake Rd Wayland MI 49348 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, an Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158424, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Eight And 41/100 Dollars ($116,898.41), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150928F01 77514117 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kendra Kay Fay, a woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2005 and recorded January 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158777, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Six and 97/100 Dollars ($64,296.97) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 9, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said Section 6 and running from thence East 8 Rods, thence South 10 Rods, thence West 8 Rods, thence North 10 Rods to the place of beginning, except therefrom a Lot in the Northeast corner 30 Feet East and West 100 feet North and South being situated in the Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 12, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 201.6876 77514122 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James P. Caswell and Connie L. Caswell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to TCF Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 7, 2002, and recorded on June 20, 2002 in instrument 1082584, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Four And 33/100 Dollars ($101,294.33), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the Southwest corner of that part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Lying East of the Battle Creek and Assyria Road (Highway M-66), described as follows: running Northerly and Southerly along the center line of said Battle Creek Road (M-66) 250 feet and runing East and West along the Center line of Huff Road, 220 feet. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150537F01 77514188 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($58,809.50), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154162F01 77514801 THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 2 200 E Main, Middleville Thornapple Township Hall Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the Election by mail may submit an AV application by 2:00 p.m., August 4, 2007. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the election may vote in person in the Township/City Clerk's office up to 4:00 p.m., August 6, 2007. LORNA WILSON Castleton Township Clerk 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER Maple Grove Township Clerk 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-1859 SUSAN VLIETSTRA Thornapple Township Clerk 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-7202 CAROL ERGANG Irving Township Clerk 3241 Woodschool Rd Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 948-8893 ROBIN HAWTHORNE Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-219 JANICE C. LIPPERT Yankee Springs Twp Clerk 284 N Briggs Rd Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-9091 For the purpose of voting on ballot propositions for the following: CORRECTION TO MILLAGE INCREASE RATE FOR GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE .49 MILLAGE INCREASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL OPERATIONS Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick NE, Grand Rapids MI 49503, telephone:(616) 234-3908. MAPLE VALLEY SCHOOLS GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BOND PROPOSAL FOR BUILDING AND SITE PURPOSES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $4,435,000 Full text of the proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Maple Valley Schools, 11090 Nashville Highway, Vermontville, Michigan 49096, telephone (517) 852-9699. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE BONDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS AT THIS ELECTION, WILL BE GENERAL OBLIGATION UNLIMITED TAX BONDS PAYABLE FROM GENERAL AD VALOREM TAXES. 77514831 Debbie S. Smith Barry County Clerk NOTICE LAST DAY TO REGISTER Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric Slachter, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 28, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2003 in Liber 6524 on Page 022 in instrument 1098843, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen And 34/100 Dollars ($84,816.34), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 174 Feet of the Following described premises: Commencing 24 rods South of the Northeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence West 40 rods; thence South 16 rods; thence East 40 rods; thence North 16 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151400F01 77514178 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on June 16, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on June 18, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1129530. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Seven and 97/100 Dollars ($82,557.97), including interest at 6.00% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 30, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section; thence N00º37’24”E 542.33 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning; thence N89º22’36”W 309.6 feet; thence N00º18’04”W 265.03 feet; thence S80º22’36”E 313.87 feet; thence S00º37’21”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Containing 1.89 acres. Subject to highway right-of-way for M43 Broadway Road over the Easterly portion thereof described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence N89º22’36”W 54.42 feet; thence N00º22’46”E 265.00 feet; thence SW89º22’36”E 55.55 feet; thence S00º37’24”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-04-030-150-000-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 77514127 NOTICE OF LAST DAY OF REGISTRATION OF THE ELECTORS OF VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ALL ELECTORS ARE HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE Village of Middleville Election to be held On Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Electors who wish to vote in the Village of Middleville election must be registered no later than August 13, 2007. To register, visit any Secretary of State branch office, the County Clerk’s office or the Township Clerk’s office. Thornapple Township Office Hours Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (closed noon to 1:00 PM) Friday 9:00 AM - noon 06656188 Susan J. Vlietstra, Township Clerk 200 East Main Street Middleville, MI (269) 795-7202 NOTICE TO BIDDERS BARRY COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Barry County Road Commission, 1725 West M-43 Highway, P.O. Box 158, Hastings, MI 49058, until 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 7, 2007 for scraper blades. Specifications and additional information may be obtained at the Road Commission Office at the above address. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or to waive irregularities in the best interest of the Commission. BOARD OF COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF BARRY Donald Willcutt, Chairman; D. David Dykstra, Member Frank M. Fiala, Member 77514945 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Hunt, a married man, and Bobbi Hunt, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 24, 2006, and recorded on August 29, 2006 in instrument 1169290, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 40/100 Dollars ($139,998.40), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 1, Market Street Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof , as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154087F01 77514826 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gwen Mesler, an Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 7, 2005 in instrument 1147733, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dba Americas Servicing Company as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-One Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six And 88/100 Dollars ($71,286.88), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 1/2 of Lot 49 and the East 1/2 of the South 1/2 of Lot 48 of the O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 38, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150937F01 77514112 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri L. Bourdo, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2005, and recorded on May 17, 2005 in instrument 1146671, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven And 87/100 Dollars ($87,837.87), including interest at 10.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Barrett Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514821 File #153803F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cathy L. Hurley, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 10, 2006, and recorded on August 17, 2006 in instrument 1168708, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twelve And 37/100 Dollars ($125,212.37), including interest at 10.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All of Lots 9 and 11; the South 20 feet of Lots 7 and 8; and the North 8 feet of Lot 13, all in Block 9 of Lincoln Park Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55 and said Lots being a part of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of section 18, Town 3 North, Range 8 West The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149588F01 77514069 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Seven and 54/100 Dollars ($123,307.54) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; West 16 and 2/100; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514927 File No. 214.5168 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of THE JOSEPH A. ZULEWSKI AND GRACE F. ZULEWSKI, REVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 17, 2002. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedents, GRACE F. ZULEWSKI AND JOSEPH ZULEWSKI, who lived at 720 EAST GRANT STREET, HASTINGS, MI 49058 died January 30, 2006 leaving a certain trust under the name of THE JOSEPH A. ZULEWSKI AND GRACE F. ZULEWSKI, REVOCABLE TRUST AGREEMENT DATED JUNE 17, 2002, where in the decedents were the Settlors and KATHY BOWER was named as the trustee to serve as a result of the decedents’ death. Creditors of the decedents and of the trust are notified that all claims against the decedents or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to KATHY BOWER the named trustee at 1397 BARBER ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: July 27, 2007 DAVID H. TRIPP 206 S. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 269/945-9585 KATHY MAE BOWER 1397 BARBER ROAD HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-0180 77514920 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Conkle and Misty Conkle, a married couple, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159725, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred EightyFour and 73/100 Dollars ($110,784.73) including interest at 7.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 462.00 feet along the West line of said Northwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds East 168.39 feet; thence South 00 degrees 28 minutes 48 seconds East 462 feet; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds West 169.17 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514809 File No. 207.8270 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael A. Harper, a married man and Ladonna I. Harper, a married woman, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 8, 1998 in instrument 1017602, and assigned by mesne assignments to HSBC Bank USA, as Trustee in trust for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2003-HE4 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Nine And 80/100 Dollars ($49,839.80), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Described as commencing at a point 8 RODS South of the Southeast Corner of Lot 23 of the Villiage of Delton, according to the recorded Plat thereof, thence South along the West side of Highway 8 RODS, thence West 8 RODS, thence North 8 RODS, thence East 8 RODS to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #042726F03 77514932 SYNOPSIS HOPE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING JULY 9, 2007 4 board members present and 6 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Up to $500.00 for additional 3 Township Area Clean Up. Received Insurance proposal. Adjourned 7:32 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor 77514554 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 11, 2003, by Brenda K. Kellems, a single person, as Mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 2, 2003, in Document No. 1112248 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Two and 19/100 Dollars ($110,452.19), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land located in the Township of HASTINGS, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 944.32 FEET ALONG THE EAST 1/8 LINE TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 28.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 172.80 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHERLY RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 90.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” EAST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 180 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” WEST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST, 775 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT 565 FEET RECTANGULAR MEASURE FROM THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” EAST 912 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 566 OF DEEDS, PAGE 39; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 50’ EAST 138.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE TO A POINT HEREINAFTER TO BE CALLED POINT “A”; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF A 66 FOOT INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT; THENCE WESTERLY 125 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID EASEMENT AND ARC OF CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 400 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 57’ 55” WEST 124.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 242.64 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AFOREMENTIONED RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” WEST 267.96 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS 66 FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL APPURTENANT TO PROPERTY ADJOINING THE EASTERLY SIDE THEREOF, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT AFOREMENTIONED POINT “A”, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT 66 FEET IN WIDTH APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE CENTERLINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167514 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 18, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or POINT ON THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 787.64 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SAID SECTION 27, RUNNING THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 249.57 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 67 DEGREES 10’ 44” EAST 244.78 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” EAST 33.16 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 328.53 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 73 DEGREES 20’ 34” EAST 317.67 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS 27.5 FEET IN WIDTH FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES APPURTENANT THERETO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD, EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF MCKEOWN ROAD TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: A STRIP OF LAND 66 FEET IN WIDTH, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE ABANDONED MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY (100 FEET IN WIDTH) IN THE SOUTHEAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, SAID POINT LYING SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 158.02 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY WITH THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 127.78 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 400.00 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 20’ 22” EAST 127.24 FEET TO POINT OF ENDING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, SAID POINT LYING DISTANT SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 267.80 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND SAID EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27, SHORTENING AND LENGTHENING THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL TO TERMINATE AT THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF SAID RAILROAD. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27 TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” WEST 839.59 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” EAST 90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 59’ 44” EAST 195 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, 201.77 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MCKEOWN ROAD OVER THE WESTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF. Commonly known as 2801 Kellems Drive, Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be one (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548746.1\016594-00003 77514915 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 18, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435828-1 77514893 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Scott Curtiss and Holly Curtiss, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 12, 2006 and recorded June 8, 2006 in Instrument # 1165734 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Three Dollars and Thirty-One Cents ($192,643.31) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 96, Pine Haven Estates Number 4, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Document Number 1122672. Commonly known as 1870 Pine Ridge Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 30, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75470(HSBC) ASAP# 881732 08/02/2007, 08/09/2007, 08/16/2007, 77514888 08/23/2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Losiewski, A Single Male, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2005, and recorded on November 21, 2005 in instrument 1156545, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five And 26/100 Dollars ($220,185.26), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 and 18 of Cedar Points Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 51 Also, a parcel of Land in the plat of Cedar Points described as follows: beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 17 and running Southerly, extending present West line of Lot 17 to present Road; thence Easterly along present Road 80 feet; thence Northeast to Southeast corner of Lot 18; thence Westerly to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514373 File #153311F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five And 88/100 Dollars ($86,375.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151389F01 77514183 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 22, 2003, by Michael T. Willette III, a single man, and Lori J. Vander Loon, a single woman, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on August 26, 2003, in Document No. 1111859 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Thousand One Hundred Forty Nine and 55/100 Dollars ($90,149.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 3, East Town Homes, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document 1074113, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 23, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of l978, as amended. Commonly known as 142-3 Irving Rd., Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548822.1\105064-00019 77514566 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shon Harwood and Kathy Harwood, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to WMC Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2001, and recorded on July 5, 2001 in instrument 1062568, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($66,824.67), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant West 1763.87 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 36; thence South 300 feet; thence West 157.00 feet; thence North 300.00 feet; thence East 157.00 feet along said East-West 1/4 line to the Place of Beginning. Subject to an easement for public Highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154683F01 77514922 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Musser AKA James A. Musser Sr. and Sharlyn K. Musser, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Creve Coeur Mortgage Associates, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 11, 2001, and recorded on December 28, 2001 in instrument 1072202, and assigned by mesne assignments to Beal Bank SSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Four And 23/100 Dollars ($209,164.23), including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land commencing at the Northeast Corner of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; Thence South 28 Degrees 41 minutes 30 Seconds West 933.45; Feet, Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 937.65 Feet to the place of beginning; Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 134.5 Feet; Thence South 39 Degrees 33 minutes West 190.3 Feet to the Easterly right-of-way of West State Road; Thence North 50 Degrees 27 minutes West 200 Feet; Thence North 39 Degrees 33 minutes East 200 Feet; Thence North 89 Degrees 27 minutes East 148 Feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #085936F03 77514202 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Debra Taylor, a divorced woman, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 29, 2002, and recorded on February 5, 2002 in instrument 1074385, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-One And 81/100 Dollars ($38,491.81), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Cloverdale Plat, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 31, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153055F01 77514353 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of DOROTHY J. FRENCH, Trust dated April 26, 1995. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, DOROTHY J. FRENCH, who lived at 1325 Ottawa Trail, Hastings, Michigan died July 14, 2007 leaving a certain trust under the name of DOROTHY J. FRENCH, and dated April 26, 1995, wherein the decedent was the Settlor and Hastings City Bank was named as the trustee serving at the time of or as a result of the decedents death. Creditors of the decedent and of the trust are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to Hastings City Bank the named trustee at 150 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: July 17, 2007 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 W. Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 Hastings City Bank 150 West Court Street Hastings, Michigan 49058 945-2401 77514782 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by AMBER R. DEKKER, UNMARRIED and PAUL A. EISENHARDT, MARRIED, to HILLSIDE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., Mortgagee, dated September 19, 2003, and recorded on October 30, 2003, in Document No. 1116715, and assigned by said mortgagee to AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($108,654.44), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 16, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of JOHNSTOWN, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 48, INDIAN ISLE RESORT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THERE OF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 13, 2007 AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514245 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Bigelow and Terrie Bigelow, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Instrument Number 1171233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage Inc., successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($122,453.13) including interest at 8.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 4 and 5, Block 3, Daniel Striker's Addition, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 241.0037 77514240 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly A Campbell, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2005, and recorded on April 21, 2005 in instrument 1145219, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 75/100 Dollars ($84,265.75), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of lot 807 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 807; thence West 39 feet; thence South 69 feet; thence East 39 feet; thence North 69 feet to the point of beginning. Together with a right of way of ingress and egress to a strip of land lying directly West of subject property and to be used for a private driveway to be used in common with adjoining owner for right of passage to and from their lots The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #152241F01 77514255 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-11-2007 Robert Bender. Location: Barryville Rd., in Section 7 of Maple Grove Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (i.e. buggy building shop), in the A zoning district. MEETING DATE: August 13, 2007. TIME: 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.), Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77514884 Debbie S. Smith, Barry County Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert John Ellis, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Standard Federal Bank, a federal savings bank, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 1996, and recorded on June 10, 1996 in Liber 663 on Page 250, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two And 59/100 Dollars ($15,852.59), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, for a place of beginning; thence East 275 feet; thence South 833 feet; thence West 275 feet; thence North 833 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153068F01 77514572 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred FiftySix And 61/100 Dollars ($248,556.61), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #127353F04 77514324 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING JULY 11, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr Absent: None Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the June 13, 2007 Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for June accepted. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for June accepted by voice vote. Accepted a bid from Hometown Tree Service for Cemetery Tree Removal. Accepted Ordinance #2007-125, Rezoning of Parcel #08-13-013-001-04 from C-4 to C-3 for first reading by roll call vote. Approved funding for a Joint Planning Committee project for an Urban Growth Boundary study by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77514886 www.rutlandtownship.org �Page 13 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167499 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 19, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 20, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435915-1 77514903 Choice Superintendents Office Delton Kellogg Area Schools 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Choice Superintendents Office Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn Kimbrue and Shannon L. Kimbrue, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 13, 2006 in Instrument Number 1160098, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand One Hundred Twenty and 39/100 Dollars ($114,120.39) including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 18 and 19, Supervisor's Plat 1st Addition Eddy's Beach, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 3, of Plats, on Page 6. By Fee Simple Deed from Shannon Kimbrue f/k/a Shannon L. Perry as set forth in Instrument Number 1126831 dated 04/20/2004 and recorded 05/03/2004, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.1591 77514260 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David M Dzwigalski Jr, a Married Man, Mary E Dzwigalski, a Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. West MI, Mortgagee, dated July 5, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167586, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Six And 97/100 Dollars ($85,806.97), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10, Block 11, H.J. Kenfield Addition, Village of Hastings (now City of Hastings), as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. Hastings City, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153393F01 77514380 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael R. Bernier and Sandra K. Bernier, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2005, and recorded on July 14, 2005 in instrument 1149498, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Two And 30/100 Dollars ($174,532.30), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Thornapple Bend Estate as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 35. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153028F01 77514358 NOTICE OF HERBICIDE APPLICATION The Daltons, Inc., the main office at 936 Little Eagle Drive, Warsaw, IN 46580, has been contracted by the Barry County Road Commission to perform chemical brush control maintenance services along roadsides throughout the county. In doing so, they will be applying Dow “Tordon K” (Picloram) during the month of August and/or September. Additional information may be requested by contacting Lex Dalton at 574.267.7511. ® The Now we can offer a schedule for everyone! Part time positions available for 20-30 hours per week. Applicants must have good work history and at least 6 months customer service experience. Excellent hourly pay plus monthly commissions. SCHOOL OF CHOICE Barry ISD Delton Kellogg Schools Hastings Area Schools Delton and Hastings Schools are participating in Schools of Choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Students who reside within the Barry ISD or an adjoining intermediate school district are eligible to be accepted. Hastings has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Delton has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Send written request to: THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven G. Ehrhardt, a married person, to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 2, 2002 and recorded September 12, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087317, and Re-recorded to add legal description on April 4, 2003 in Document Number 1101481, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred NinetyEight and 66/100 Dollars ($110,298.66) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing the Southeast corner of the East one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 762 feet, thence West 244 feet, thence North 371 feet, thence East 244 feet, thence South 371 feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514330 File No. 326.0371 FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WEAR THE BLUE SHIRT! FULL AND PART TIME SALES POSITIONS AVAILABLE Full time candidates will have one year sales experience. Wireless experience a plus. Full time compensation package includes base plus commission. Successful full time reps are making in excess of $40,000 annually! Excellent training provided. 02676196 77514157 77514898 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Hirt, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successor's and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2007 and recorded March 13, 2007 in Instrument Number 1177428, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fourteen and 79/100 Dollars ($499,814.79) including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 19, Town 33 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2102.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1008.32 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 226.38 feet to Reference Point F; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 39 feet more of less to the waters edge of a pond; thence meandering Southwesterly along said water edge to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point G (Reference Point G is located South 59 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds West, 116.57 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point F); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 36 feet more or less to Reference Point G; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 258.57 feet; thence Northeasterly, 104.09 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 74 degrees 32 minutes 29 seconds East, 103.77 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with rights over an area for common use as described below: That part of the Southeast one quarter, Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2422.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1038.65 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds East, 20.00 feet along said Southerly line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 214.92 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds East; 200.00 feet; thence North 60 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds East, 346.14 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 35 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 54 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds East, 98.14 feet; thence North 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds East, 160.00 feet; thence Southeasterly, 20.66 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 61 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds East, 20.66 feet; thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds, West 599.25 feet to Reference Point C, thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds West, 16 more feet more of less to the waters edge of Gun Lake; thence meandering Southwesterly along said waters edge and Northerly along the waters edge of a channel to Gun Lake to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point A (Reference Point A is located South 72 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West, 200.00 feet and South 52 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 457.91 feet and North 03 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 465.15 feet and North 61 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 29.70 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point C); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 14 feet more of less to reference point A; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 392.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514390 File No. 280.2530 77514563 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167505 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 20, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 19, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435897-1 JOIN THE EXCITING WORLD OF WIRELESS! Current Openings in Hastings. Apply on line at: Centennialcareers.com We are an Equal Opportunity Employer 77511856 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167502 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 21, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 21, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435941-1 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158429, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seventy And 25/100 Dollars ($117,070.25), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514173 File #150918F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on January 29, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on January 31, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1096631. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Nine and 82/100 Dollars ($82,909.82), including interest at 7.65% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Unit 1, Tikeluk Trail Condominiums, a condominium according to master deed recorded in document #1048957, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 18, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said master deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. PP No. 08-040-029-250-100-01 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514145 616-831-1700 77514908 PART-TIME TELLER Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communications skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on February 5, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on February 12, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1097521. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 46/100 Dollars ($242.757.46), including interest at 6.75% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 199.00 feet along the East line of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.01 feet to the true point of beginning; thence south 01 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East, 482.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds West, 17.00 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence North 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence North 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence North 12 degrees 25 minutes 23 seconds East, 33.78 feet; thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds East 178.42 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West, 349.84 feet; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.51 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, 66 feet in width 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds East, 391.80 feet along the centerline of Howell Trail; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 171.22 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning of the centerline of Madilin Trail; thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 384.45 feet along said centerline; thence South 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence South 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds East, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence north 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds East, 17.00 feet to the end of said centerline and a point hereinafter referred to as Reference Point “A.” Also a circular extension of said easement, a radius of 50 feet centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A.” Subject to a private easement of ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail, 66 feet in width, 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet from the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 391.89 feet along said centerline; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 204.22 feet to the end of said centerline. PP No. 08-13-015-003-60. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514133 616-831-1700 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY 5TH CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24810-NC In the matter of Susan Kay Vickery. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday 08/22/2007 at 2:45 p.m. at 206 W. Court St. #302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: Petition for change of name from Susan Kay Vickery to Susan Kay Fritz. Date: 07/23/2007 Susan Kay Vickery 7424 S. Crooked Lake Dr. Delton, MI 49046 77517913 For Sale 2 bedroom house on Leach Lake frontage 77513981 02676189 EOE/M-F $125,000 269-945-5314 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curt A. Cybulski and Jane M. Cybulski, husband and wife to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2004, and recorded on November 24, 2004, as Document Number: 1137693, said mortgage was re-recorded on December 20, 2004 Instrument Number: 1138891, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R12, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars and 67/100 ($194,829.67) including interest at the rate of 8.350% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 8, T3N, R8W, and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 139.45 feet parallel to the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 66.12 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 198.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 117.55 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following deeded to the City of Hastings: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 51 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; running thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded 89 deg 02' East) parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section, a distance of 205.57 feet to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 66 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 51.43 feet, thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet to the Point of Beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the corner post of Section 8, T3N, R8W; and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of Place of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2 to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded North 89 deg 02' East), 257.0 feet parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 125.0 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 132.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 125 feet; thence North 0 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the Place of Beginning, excepting therefrom any portion taken, used or deeded for road purposes. 602 E Francis Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00534 775143472 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kristi S Holm a Married Person, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 18, 2006, and recorded on October 24, 2006 in instrument 1171822, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2007-EQ1 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Forty And 53/100 Dollars ($139,240.53), including interest at 7.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 9, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest Corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 Section 12, Town 2 North, Range 8 West for Place of Beginning; Thence East 545 feet; Thence North 500 feet; Thence West 545 feet; Thence South 500 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 12, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149719F01 77514041 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on April 1, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on April 2, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1124590. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of FortyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirteen and 51/100 Dollars ($42,913.51), including interest at 10.25% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Parcel A. Commencing S00º24’29” E 712.83 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3, North, Range 9 West for the point of beginning; thence S00º24’29”E 605.71 feet; thence N50º34’10”W 1038.84 feet; thence N89º54’26”W 221.83 feet; thence N00º18’14”W 204.22 feet along the centerline of Howell Lane; thence N24º24’29”W 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence N00º18’14”W 154.27 feet along said centerline; thence S89º54’26”E 241.42 feet; thence N00º24’29”W 38.62 feet; thence S89º54’26”E 78.49 feet; thence S00º24’29”E 428.01 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence S89º54’26”E 92.5 feet along said centerline; thence S65º14’47”E 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence S86º11’09”E 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence S86º04’29”E 220.88 feet to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-13-015-003-20. Parcel B. Commencing the North 1/4 post of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence N88º47’39”W, 425.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence S00º29’34”W, 507.59 feet to the point of beginning; thence S88º47’39”E, 24.49 feet to the centerline of a gravel driveway; thence S29º45’48”W, 103.85 feet along said centerline; thence continuing Southwesterly along said centerline 159.60 feet along the arc of a curve to the right the radius of which is 924.56 feet, and the chord of which bears S34º42’31”W, 159.40 feet; thence continuing along said certificate of a gravel driveway S39º39’14”W, 183.23 feet to the centerline of Highway M-37; thence N38º01’41”W, 647.48 feet along sid centerline of Highway M-37; thence N18º57’47”E, 59.65 feet to the Northeasterly right of way line of Highway M-37; thence S71º39’23”E, 647.13 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southwesterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-37. Also together with and subject to an easement of undetermined width to be used in common with others over said gravel driveway. Also subject to any other easements or restrictions of record. PP No.08-13-014-051-20. Parcel C. Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant S00º24’29”E, 199.00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section; thence S00º24’29”E, 513.83 feet along said East line; thence N86º04’29”W, 220.88 feet; thence N03º48’51”E, 17.00 feet; thence N01º21’31”W, 482.24 feet; thence S89º54’26”E, 227.01 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, described separately, subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail. Described separately. PP No. 08-13-015-003-70. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth A. Wood and Debbie A. Wood, husband & wife, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded on November 7, 2002 in instrument 1091203, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five And 23/100 Dollars ($113,985.23), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 58 of O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 38 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514795 File #153946F01 �Page 15 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Middleville’s Crane Dance Farm first stop in ‘Daily Special tour TIME, continued from page 9 easy for the company to carry out its wish to give Hastings a suitable station with adequate grounds. It was a very pleasant meeting.” The same article lists the names of the local officials invited to the luncheon, then continues on to describe the new depot: “The interior is finished in oak and the various rooms are decorated in shades of tan. The larger waiting room is the east end of the building, are new comfortable seats, which will be greatly appreciated. The ladies’ room is equipped with a rocker, writing desk, and chair, and the rooms are well lighted. The commodious ticket office is especially fine with its new ticket rates, new tables and splendid indirect lighting fixtures. Ample space had been provided for the baggage room also, with Lee Matthews in charge there. The first ticket purchased in the new station Monday morning was one to Bevier, Mo. by Annus L. Case of Ohio, who had been visiting relatives here.” The article ended with, “work of razing the old depot is being pushed rapidly, and after it is removed the ground will be graded as is the west side, and will be beautiful by shrubs, trees, and flowers, making a pleasing and radical change from what it had been in the past, and will be a real beauty spot instead of an eyesore. Hastings is indeed very fortunate in having this splendid new building, the finest station on the Michigan Central for a city of its size.” The original depot is seen here several decades after its heyday. The account of the meeting between the Rotary Club and the Michigan Central Railroad officials ends with the comment: “The club has the pleasure of entertaining the [MCRR] officials who were here to inspect the new passenger station. As they were all good golfers, most of the inspection was done out at the Hastings Country Club.” The 1922 depot served the traveling com- munity until April 1959 when passenger service was discontinued. All railroad service was ended in Barry County. The first MCRR railroad depot at the State and Green streets was razed in June of 1974. The 1922 depot still stands in pretty much its original condition and now serves as the office of The Depot Law Offices. Schools seeking less than a mill Maple Valley bond election is Tuesday by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Maple Valley school administrators are hoping area voters will take time from their hectic summer schedules to go to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 7, to decide proposed 0.95-mill bond. If passed, the millage would generate $4,435,000 to allow the district to replace antiquated and energy-inefficient boilers in all three schools, energy-inefficient windows in both elementary schools, improve security at all schools and update science, technology and agriculture labs at the high school. Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer said he is concerned that the early August election date may mean low voter turnout at the polls. "I wish the state wouldn’t have put us this position where we have this awkward time to vote," he said. "The school board looked at all the dates available and this August date was the best available… but it’s awkward because school is not in session and so many people are out of town on vacation. If we could have waited even a week later when fall sports practice and band camp starts it would have been better. "I’m afraid if we have low voter turnout, the results of the election won’t reflect what the majority of people in Maple Valley want," he added. Kramer said he isn’t hearing a lot of buzz about the proposed bond in the community, but what he does hear expresses two distinctly different views. "There are those who say this is what we need and we have to do it,” the superintendent said. “It is just the basics and that is what they asked for after they voted down and bond proposal in 2006 (which would have raised the district’s levy to 6 mills). “On the other hand, we have people who are saying that they don’t have the money and they aren’t going to vote for any increases because the economy is bad and times are too tough." According to a flyer distributed by the district, if approved, the 0.95 mill would result in a millage rate of 3.95 mills, which will remain 1.05 mills below the 2005 tax levy. The millage rate would stay the same until 2011 when it is anticipated to decrease. The 0.95-mill increase would mean that the owner of home with a market value of $80,000 and an average taxable value of $40,000 would pay and additional $40 a year or $3.30 per month in taxes. A homeowners whose property has a market value of $100,000 and an average taxable value of $50,000 would pay an additional $50 annually or $4.16 per month in taxes. Fifty-eight percent of the 0.95 mill levy would be used to replace energy-inefficient windows and boilers at the district’s two elementary schools and the boiler at the junior/senior high school. The boiler at Fuller Street Elementary School is 33 years old; the boiler at the junior/senior high school is 43 years old and the boiler at Maplewood Elementary is 53 years old. While state law states that bond funds can only be used for building improvements and cannot be used for teacher, administrator or any staff benefits or salaries, the estimated $30,000, or 27 percent in energy savings, generated by the new boiler systems could be used to meet the district’s educational needs. Thirty-three percent of the millage, if passed would be used to upgrade the agricultural science, technology and science labs at the high school. Sessions said it is important for the district to upgrade the labs if it hopes to meet the State of Michigan’s new mandated graduation requirements. Finally, 9 percent of the millage increase would be used to improve security at all three schools by adding security cameras and reconfiguring the entrances so people would have to go through the office when entering or exiting the buildings. Kramer said the boilers will need to be replaced in the next two or three years and if the bond does not pass the approximately two million dollars need to replace the boilers would need to be taken from the district’s fund equity. "These are things that have to be done, we can’t put them off so we’ll have to take money out of the general fund and look at making budget cuts elsewhere," he said. "We don’t want to do it, but it will mean taking another look at and cutting some of the programs and services we offer our kids." The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7. Voters should plan on voting in the same location where they would normally vote during a general election. However, some townships may consolidate in an effort to save money, so voters should call their township office or check www.michigan.gov/vote to be sure. TOST, continued from page 1 require an annual inspection. There is no annual inspection requirement for water wells. Pessell said the change of use provision will standardize existing reviews that have already been performed for more than 20 years on a voluntary basis between a majority of the county’s Planning and Zoning departments and the health department. He said he has obtained “good faith” estimates from private inspectors, and based on those estimates, he predicted a time of sale inspection would cost between $200 and $350. The health department fee for a review of the inspection at the time of sale is $130. The alternative system inspection and maintenance good faith estimates from private contractors is between $125 and $225. The health department fee for alternative inspections is $25. “Property enhancement reviews are required when a change to the existing structure is proposed,” Poessell said. “Examples would be adding bedrooms, or outbuildings such as pole barns or swimming pools. “The health department does these reviews,” he said, “and when there is a good record on file, the fee is $21. Field reviews are used when there is no current record of on-site septic or well on file if the change appears to affect the on-site sewage system or on-site well. That fee is $89.” According to the Barry/Eaton Health WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS ? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Department Web site (www.barryeatonhealth.org), the two counties combined have a total population of 160,410. There are an estimated 30,347 housing units with on-site septic. In Barry County approximately 17,000 homes use on-site sewage disposal systems, producing approximately 10 million gallons of sewage each day. It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of these systems may be failing or nonexistent at the time of sale. The most common factor in failing septic systems is age, the report states. The average water use per person is 86.3 gallons per day, and 100 percent of the household water use in Barry County is from groundwater sources. According to the information provided on the Web site, there are 53 known groundwater contaminations currently in the Barry/Eaton Health District and 133 known leaking underground (gasoline) storage tanks. There are 456 known water wells in the district that have been tested for nitrates at 5ppm (parts per million) or greater. (10ppm is the maximum recommended drinking water level.) Nitrates (above 10ppm) can lead to what is called “Blue Baby Syndrome” which is actually a condition that is suffocating a baby by not allowing oxygen to freely move through the body. Finally, septic systems and/or wells will only need replacement if they are found to be failing. Failing is defined as sewage that is surfacing on the ground, backing up into the home, connected to a tile, connected to a drainage ditch or waterway or the system is unrecognizable to any standard known to occur in the past. RECALL, continued from page 1 and Loren Lehman. Because of that, they (the three men) were getting notices that credit card applications were being disapproved because of inaccurate information and none of these had applied for anything. “And with the magazine subscriptions,” Neil said, “it was the same scenario. They got billings for magazines they never ordered.” Neil said Barry County Prosecutor Judy Hughes originally considered felony charges of forgery, but the three misdemeanor charges were the result of a plea agreement between Hughes and Hubka’s attorney, David Dimmers of Hastings. Hubka now is seeking to recall VanNortwick because of his “yes” vote on the issue of a proposal that calls for the health department to inspect all wells and septic systems on property for sale in the county. The inspections are to determine whether the well and septic systems are up to code before the sale can be completed. Hubka took out petitions from the Barry County Clerk’s office and a clarity hearing determined he could continue his quest to recall VanNortwick. He must collect 733 signatures in Johnstown, Baltimore and Assyria townships within 90 days of the date of the first signature. Hubka now lives in Johnstown Township and is a farmer and a former teacher in the Hastings Area School System. In 1990, the Hastings Board of Education filed tenure charges against Hubka. In an agreement with the board, Hubka agreed to retire effective Jan. 31, 1991. However, he officially resigned his teaching position at a closed special meeting of the Hastings Board of Education in June of that year. Hubka said at the time he was resigning “for personal reasons.” Hubka had been suspended from his Hastings teaching position following the April 1990 school board meeting. His suspension and the tenure proceedings were the result of charges filed against Hubka by then high school Principal Steven Harbison and Superintendent Carl Schoessel. Hubka was the first Hastings teacher in history to be charged through the tenure process. The details of the charges and the tenure hearing were not made public through an agreement between Hubka and the board. With the growing season in high gear, the 2007 "Daily Special" Farm Tour series sponsored by Farms Without Harm and Marie Catrib's Restaurant kicks off Sunday, Aug. 26, with a visit to Crane Dance Farm in Middleville. Farm owners Jill Johnson and Mary Wills will give visitors a free tour of their 45-acre farm where animals live the old-fashioned way — free range and on pasture most of the year. Kim Casey, the farm and community liaison for Marie Catrib's, will be on hand during the tour to offer samples of dishes on the restaurant's menu that are made with meat products from Crane Dance Farm. The tour will begin at 1:30 p.m. Admission is free, but space is limited. Reservations can be made by calling 616-558-6490. Johnson and Wills raise pigs, sheep, cows, goats, chickens, turkeys and ducks free of hormones, antibiotics and other chemicals commonly used in large-scale industrial farming. Many of the animals are heritage breeds, and most of them are born or hatched right on the farm. "We're just trying to do what is right for the land, animals and people, said Wills of their approach to farming, which includes rotational grazing and grinding their own mineralrich, mostly organic grain for feed. "We go the extra mile for our animals, because we know that it will pay off in terms of the quality of our products as well as our impact on the environment. It means a better life for the animals, for us and, ultimately, for the community." Johnson launched Crane Dance Farm in 1996 when she bought land in Barry County after working in a variety of roles in agriculture, marketing, sales and management after college. She had earned a bachelor's degree in English from Albion College and a bachelor's in agriculture from Western Michigan University in the 1980s. "What I learned in college about industrial agriculture didn't make sense to me, and I realized that I didn't want to promote that type of farming," said Johnson. "I didn't think that confinement farming was humane or healthy for the environment, so I decided to try it a different way." Wills, a former high school English and vocal music teacher, joined forces with Johnson in 2004. The pair, along with Johnson's mother, Lois, can now can be found every Saturday throughout the summer at the Fulton Street Farmers Market in Grand Rapids chatting with the many loyal customers they've developed over the years. Crane Dance Farm is a member of Farms Without Harm, a network of small farms, concerned citizens and organizations that supports sustainable farming in Michigan. The group formed in 2005 as an effort to educate consumers about where food comes from and to offer sustainable, humane alternatives to the industrial food supply. The "Daily Special" Farm Tours series debuted in 2006 with a visit to Steve-n-Sons Grassfields Cheese, a dairy farm in Coopersville, and Trillium Haven Farm, a produce farm in Jenison. Each month from August to October of this year, the "Daily Special" series will spotlight a West Michigan farm that supplies Marie Catrib's with ingredients for its menu items. These are chemical-free, small-scale farms that don't confine animals and that use methods like natural pest control and composting to maintain ecological balance and avoid depletion of natural resources. "All of these farmers are making it in spite of the odds against them, and all of them have interesting stories to tell," said Gail Philbin, Farms Without Harm founder. "We think it's important for folks to have the chance to meet them and get to know the people who grow their food." Other "Daily Special" tours scheduled for 2007 include a Sept. 8 visit to Mud Lake Farm in Hudsonville, a biomass-heated hydroponic greenhouse, and a trip to Creswick Farms, a pastured animal farm in Ravenna, in October. For details about the "Daily Special" Farm Tour series and Farms Without Harm, call 616-558-6490 or visit www.farmswithoutharm.org Tickets on sale for music trivia contest Aug. 18 Tickets are on sale now for the J-Ad Graphics music trivia contest to benefit Green Gables Haven Saturday evening, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club. Green Gables Haven, a domestic violence shelter, has run into financial problems lately because it has lost $75,000 in funding support from the State of Michigan over each of the last two years. The Green Gables Board of Directors spearheaded a fund-raising “blitz” last weekend with a variety of activities that was able to garner almost $24,000. More fund-raising is planned in efforts to save Barry County’s only facility to serves women and children who are victims of domestic violence and abuse. The “Name that Tune” style music contest will get under way at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the country club facility, with food and beverages catered by Bruce Higgins and the Monterey Griller, which is located in the downstairs. Attendees may come in as early as 5:30 to get a good seat or to order a meal. Once again, four-person teams are encouraged to compete for prizes for the champion and runner-up. Audience members are encouraged to get in on the fun when any of the contestants are stumped and can win Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies for their efforts. An individual competition with a new wrinkle after the team contest also is planned. Emcee David T. Young promises a few new concepts in the evening’s contests. One will be that included for the evening will be musical themes from old television shows. Entry fee for each team member is $25, making the cost $100 per team. Each foursome is asked to find a suitable name for the quartet and designate a captain, who is the only person who is allowed to answer the question, with consultation from the three other teammates. The cost for anyone who just wants to come to watch the proceedings is $15. The music will include the years 1955 to 1985. For more information about tickets, call JAd Graphics at (269) 945-9554 or e-mail david@j-adgraphics.com. Tickets, different colors for team and spectator, are available now. Teams or any individuals interested in competing should make their wishes known no later than noon Friday, Aug. 17. Payment is expected before the deadline. Call Young at (269) 945-9554, extension 224, for more information. ‘Project Fresh’ program goes through Oct. 31 The Barry-Eaton District Health Department, MSU Extension and local farmers are coming together to bring “Project Fresh” to the Barry-Eaton District Health Department WIC program. Project Fresh is a program for WIC participants who are pregnant or have children ages 1 to 5 years. A coupon book worth $20 is given to be used at local farmer’s markets from June 1 to Oct. 31 to buy fresh produce. Fresh, unprepared, locally grown, fruits and vegetables may be purchased for consumption. Some of the choices include potatoes, apples, carrots, melons, berries, tomatoes, corn and broccoli. The Barry-Eaton District Health Department encourages the community to eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day for better health. Fruits and vegetables are a good source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. They are naturally rich in nutrients, low in calories and fat, and are able to reduce health risks such as cancer, heart attack, stroke, diabetes and other diseases. Fruits and vegetables are the original fast and easy food. Attend one of the upcoming "kick-off" events to receive a coupon booklet worth $20 to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Project Fresh Farmer’s Market Kick Off will be available in Hastings at the local Farmer’s Market on Tuesday, July 31, from 9 a.m. to noon. Those unable to attend Project Fresh Kick Off for your county are urged to contact the Barry-Eaton District Health Department’s WIC office at 517-541-2630 for the Charlotte Office and 269-945-9516, extension 4, for the Hastings office. 07518020 �Page 16 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Automotive Card of Thanks BERBER CARPET: 80YD (12x60), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $1,000, sell $295. (517)204-0600 FOR SALE: 1974 Ford F-600 with 390 motor, stake side, runs and drives, good body, $1,000 obo or trade, (269)838-0663. CARD OF THANKS The family of Mark L. Strow wish to thank all our relatives, friends and neighbors for the love and support they’ve shown us. We want to thank the American Legion Post 45 for all their assistance, with special appreciation for the efforts of Commander Tom Carpenter. Our gratitude goes to the Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel for the funeral service, Pastor Tim Dyer for his kind words and sympathy, the Honor Guard for Mark’s 21 gun salute, and the VFW of Nashville for the lovely luncheon. To all our friends who rode their motorcycles in the procession to honor Mark’s wishes, and to those who followed in the procession, we are thankful for your visible display of respect for Mark’s life. A very special word of thanks goes to Mark’s eight pallbearers. We’ve been touched and blessed by the support of Metaldyne (Middleville) and its employees. We want to send our heartfelt thanks to all those who made donations, brought food to us, sent flowers and cards, visited, called and let us cry on their shoulders. Without the love and support you have given to us, we don’t think we could have made it through this very difficult time. Susan E. Strow and Emily L. Strow FOR SALE: QUAD/ UTILITY TRAILER, 50”x92”, 1 7/8 hitch, 5.7x8 tires, new paint, new bed, 1200lbs. capacity. $375 obo. (616)893-6681 Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS: water Lilies & Lotus, Goldfish & Koi, Liners, Pumps, Filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)698-1030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am-2pm. SIMPLICITY RIDING LAWN mower, $100, call Rick (269)838-0663. Child Care COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. Children don’t want to go home! Call Patty. 1st shift openings. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. LICENSED DAYCARE HAS full-time openings for 1st shift, ages 0-12 and full or part-time openings for 3rd shift, ages 4-9. Just 5 miles north of Hastings by Airport Rd. & State Rd. Food program, FIA accepted, First Aide & CPR certified. Call (269)945-9612. License# DF080263555. For Rent HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 Garage Sale BIG SALE: 1142 Hammond Rd., Friday & Saturday, 8-5! Original nature photos, paintings, golf clubs, books, dolls, great clothes, more. GARAGE SALE in beautiful in Northridge subdivision. Friday, August 3rd, 9am. Corner of Calgary & Jefferson. Pets JACK RUSSELL PUPPIES, $150 each: 3 young adult Chihuahua’s, $200 each, Delton, (269)986-1125. Farm DAISY NEEDS A HOME! DAISY IS AN 8 YEAR OLD HACKNEY PONY MARE. SHE IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN STARTED. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHE COULD BE RIDDEN ALL OVER. SHE LOADS, LEADS, AND TIES VERY WELL. SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT 4-H PONY WITH A LITTLE TIME. DAISY’S ADOPTION FEE IS $300 TO A QUALIFIED HOME. CALL (269)962-2015 National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Household BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $170. (616)949-2683. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can deliver. (616)949-6525 FOR SALE: LARGE black entertainment center w/39x33x15 opening for TV and plenty of space for everything else, $70. Call Michelle (269)838-0663, leave message if before 6pm. FOUR POST BED: solid wood, new, king w/pillow top mattress set. Bought, never used. Cost $1,200, sell $195. (517)204-0600 Real Estate ALDEN/TORCH LAKE AREA: 5 beautifully wooded secluded acres. Ideal vacation spot. Paved road, driveway, cleared site, electric. $33,900, $500 down, $390/month, 11% land contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1800-968-3118. CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. 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Ind/Rep. CDL-A DRIVERS: Get the Miles You Deserve! #1 in benefits/equipment. Scheduled Home Time. Avg. $50,000+/yr! Gainey Transportation 800-738-0708. DRIVER: REG/OTR! EARN up to $.50cpm! Home weekly! No touch! BC/BS, 401K, holiday/vac pay! Transway, Inc: 800-632-5300 x3538 DRIVERS: TOP PAY/BENEFITS! 2 positions Avail! Home wknds. Paid holidays/Vac./bonuses. 98% No-touch! CDL-A w/Hazmat. 800-998-5005 Howard High Hastings police have arrested Howard High, 18, and Jennalynn Ivy, 19, both of Hastings, on charges of attempted murder after an investigation revealed they were planning to kill two brothers for profit. Officers were investigating an unrelated complaint April 22 when they were told about the murder plot involving suspects, who are boyfriend and girlfriend. They said the pair were planning to kill the two brothers, ages 53 and 49, who live at a residence on North Boltwood Street. The brothers are not related to the suspects. Officers learned the suspects had planned to poison the brothers and then start the house on fire to cover up the crime, after which the two would take money and sell items in the home. The suspects, who rented a room in the house, had made plans to move out of state afterward and start a new life. High and Ivy are accused of serving food to the brothers that they had laced with a variety of prescription medications. The intended victims noted the food had a strange taste and they would not eat it. Officers then learned that the suspects had then planned on committing the murder on July 23 by cutting the victims’ throats while they slept. Investigating officers, by using the help of an unnamed source, confirmed the intentions of the suspects, who were arrested a short time later. Each suspect is currently facing two counts of attempted murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Both are currently lodged at the Barry County Jail. Pair arrested in embezzlement attempt Hastings police arrested two Hastings residents July 20 on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to commit embezzlement. Police began the investigation July 11 after the parents of 36-year-old victim were notified of discrepancies on their daughter’s account by the bank. The investigation revealed that the suspects, Tammi Hook, 43, and Vincent Mazza, 44, took the handicapped victim to an area bank during the late evening hours on July 9 on the pretenses of "borrowing" some money. Hook was observed on a security camera over the course of three minutes, withdrawing a substantial amount of money from the victim’s account, as Mazza waited in a nearby vehicle. The suspects maintained that the money was "borrowed," but admit the victim may have been taken advantage of. Both suspects were arrested and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Rash of vehicle break-ins reported Hastings police are investigating a rash of car break-ins that have occurred in the southeast area of the city. The department received several complaints between July 25 and July 27 about thefts from motor vehicles. The incidents are believed to be occurring during the night time hours and the suspects are taking anything of value, including CDs, radios, cell phones, ipods, sun glasses, small amounts of money and cigarettes. Citizens are urged to lock their vehicles at night and removing items of value, or at the very least placing them out of sight when leaving a vehicle unattended. The incidents remain under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the thefts are asked to contact the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Sheriff’s Dept. handles 4 incidents The Barry County Sheriff’s Department reported only four incidents over the past week. In one, a woman allegedly ran over her neighbor’s bicycle; in the second, a Shelbyville man accused a woman of stealing a money order from his kitchen table; a Battle Creek man was given a citation for throwing trash on the highway; and an 18-year-old, Jacob Banaszewski of Battle Creek, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol when his pickup truck left the road in Johnstown Township and struck a tree. Banaszewski’s blood alcohol level, registered at the scene, was .245, more than three times the legal limit. Swine flu quarantine lifted The quarantine was lifted yesterday after almost two weeks, resulting from an outbreak of swine influenza at the Barry County Fair. The quarantine started Sunday, July 22. Two pigs are dead, but neither death is directly related to the influenza outbreak. The pigs currently are being scheduled to go home. Biosecurity measures were implemented July 22 to protect the local swine industry following the swine flu outbreak at the fair. Dennis Pennington, Michigan State University Extension agriculture agent for Barry and Kent counties explained that the voluntary quarantine was requested for the swine barn at Estate Planning doesn’t have the fair. to be expensive. Call It was suspected that swine influenza Attorney Susan Prentice-Sao. was the reason 14 of the animals were (269)694-9000 running a fever and not eating properly. 77514419 Eight animals were sent home for treatment and then six more were found run❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ning a fever. Pennington said, “We want to ensure ❑ Mutual Funds the safety and quality of pork coming from Barry County youth.” ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs All 350 animals in the barn had been WILLS & TRUSTS Recreation 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, paint, lowered, pipes. Must See! $15,000 obo. (616)893-6681 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com 77509092 Member SIPC sold at the large animal auction Friday, July 20. “Swine influenza is specific only to pigs and is not transmittable to humans or other animal species,” Pennington said. “We do not want to risk our local swine industry by ignoring the issue.” He also said the cause of the outbreak in the swine barn cannot be determined and stressed that the quarantine was put in place to protect other pigs from becoming exposed. The quarantine meant that no animals could be moved in or out of the barn until the incubation period of 72 hours is over. If, at the end of that time, no new cases are found, the quarantine will be lifted and the animals will be released. The livestock committee will be looking at this incident to see what can be done to prevent another outbreak at a future fair. Because the building was closed to visitors, members of the Barry County Sheriff’s Posse were on hand at the building. Anyone who entered the building had to walk through a special foot bath to keep the disease from being spread. Pennington stressed that there is no problem with the meat once the animals are released to the slaughter house. Anyone with questions can contact him at the MSU Extension office at 945-1388. Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Enjoy Mobile Home Living in a Country Setting on Thornapple Lake Thornapple Lake Estates has a brand new inventory of both Single Wide and Double Wide mobile homes for sale at competitive pricing with great “Move In” incentives to include free lot rent. Credit got you down and buying a home seems almost impossible? Let us show you how we can finance your home, and before you know it, you too can be enjoying the benefits of home ownership! Phone today for an appointment: 517-852-1514 02676166 �� �� Jennalynn Ivy Two charged with conspiring to murder 02676060 #/50/. Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 POLICE BEAT �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens: Robert Randolph & The Family Band at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm. Rain or shine. Admission is $39 per person. General admission lawn seating. Steeped in the sacred steel tradition, Randolph’s astonishing pedal steel playing has had a revolutionary impact. Randolph’s string wizardry is the focal point of the Family Band’s legendary live appearances. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. August 2. • Chris Cagle will perform at The Intersection at 8 pm. Tickets are $24 in advance. Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster or in person at Purple East. August 4. • Geppetto and Son is a brand new magical musical from Disney to enchant the whole family at The Barn Theatre in Augusta. As in the original story, the wooden puppet dreams of becoming a real boy while learning lessons about telling the truth. The Barn Theatre Located on M-96 one mile west of the village of Augusta. Box Office is open from 10 am-10 pm. Phone (269) 731-4121 for tickets. Performance times Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday offers 2 shows at 6 pm & 9 pm, Sunday 5 pm (8:30 pm added performance, if applicable). Ticket prices $29. July 24-August 5. MISCELLANEOUS • Red Barns Spectacular will be held once again at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. The 27th annual event will fill the 90-acre museum grounds with an array of vehicles spanning the 20th century on two different show fields. Hours are from 8 am-4 pm. Special admission for the day is $8, with • It’s not easy to make a commitment to a fitness regimen — do you try to motivate yourself to work out at home, or do you shell out the bucks for a gym membership? If you live in Sudbury, Mass., you might want to opt for going it alone; members of the Bosse Sports and Health Club there pay up to $50,000 for an annual membership. • Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, was often referred to as “Silent Cal,” but he did speak up about politics and pets, saying, “Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.” • Talk about unlucky: A woman named Kathleen Caronna suffered from two freakishly unlikely events. In 1997 she went to the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, where unusually strong winds caused the huge Cat in the Hat float to collapse on her, causing some injuries. In 2006, nine years later, it was her apartment on the 41st floor of an Upper Manhattan high-rise that those under 11 admitted free. To learn more about the Gilmore Car Museum visit GilmoreCarMuseum.og or call the Museum at 269-671-5089. August 4. • 70th Annual Abbott Magic Get Together takes place in Colon. Numerous live performances are planned as the city of 1,200 hosts nearly 1,000 magicians and family members. For more info go to www.abbottmagic.com. Through August 4. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Vibe@5 concert series takes place Fridays in Battle Creek In its second year, Vibe@5 again features international music performed by exceptional local and regional musicians. The Vibe@5 concert series runs every Friday through August 27. The concerts are staged from 5-8 pm in downtown Battle Creek’s scenic Friendship Park. UPCOMING CONCERTS: August 3: Roots Rock Society – Reggae/island August 10: Kevin Collins – African drums, jazz August 17: Oktoben – German August 24: Latino Cuatro – Tejano For additional details on each act, visit the “Events” section of downtownbattlecreek.com and click on “View all events” to see the entire summer events calendar. Click on each Vibe@5 dates for detailed information on each musical group. All concerts are held weather permitting. Seating is festival style on the lawn: bring your own chairs and blankets. Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into with the small airplane he was flying. I suppose you could say she had some small bit of luck in that incident, however, considering the fact that she wasn’t home at the time of the crash. • Released in 1947, the first commercially available microwave weighed 750 pounds and was about 6 feet tall. • Edwin E. Robinson was on the other end of the luck spectrum — although it might not have seemed like it at first. Robinson was bald, partially deaf and blind when he was struck by lightning in 1980. For reasons still unknown, after the lightning strike he regained his hearing and vision, and his hair even started to grow back. ******************************* Thought for the Day: “There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.” — Bill Watterson © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE AUGUST BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 2 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 3 Blood Drive Michigan Community Blood Centers & Pennock Health Services 12:30pm6pm. First Friday of every month. Pennock Health Services Conference Room Emily McMullen (616) 2338511 or e-mail: emcmullen@miblood.org. 3 Fridays at the Fountain features the Thornapple River Boys performing bluegrass music free on the Barry County Courthouse lawn next to the fountain from 11:30 am-1 pm. Bring lawn chairs and lunch. Rain location is the Hastings City Bank community room. 4 4-H Open Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 4 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. 4 River Bank Music Series from 6:30-8:30 pm. Free concert along the river at the Stage Coach Park gazebo in downtown Middleville behind the village office. Bring your own chair. Local restaurants will offer picnic suppers. 4 Kalamazoo Antique Auto Restorers Club 27th Annual Red Barns Spectacular at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Gates open at 8 am. Rain date is Aug. 5. 4 Brush Centennial at the Gilmore Car Museum. The anniversary celebration will mark 100 years since the founding of the Brush Motor Car of Detroit (1907-1911). There will be at least 11 of the rare cars on display. Gates open at 8 am. 5 4-H Speed Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. 7 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. For info call April Nicholson (616) 765-3257. Los Lobos August 23 Great Lakes Longbow Invitational happens Friday, Saturday & Sunday Aug. 10-12 at Charlton Park. Adult admission is $5, children 16 & under free. Hours are Friday and Saturday 9 am-6 pm and Sunday 9 am-3 pm. Calhoun County Fair will be held August 12-18 at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. County Wide Yard Sale & Flea Market at Historic Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday August 18. Also on tap is an antique car cruise in and classic tractors. Motorcycles welcome. Free admission. Saturday Night Alive at John Ball Zoo from 6-8 pm August 18. Food, jazz, and some very special zoo tours are all part of this unique evening party at the zoo! Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased by calling (616)336-3309. For more info call (616)3363309 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Art Out Loud is a first-time event planned at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids from 5-10 pm August 22. Two bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis, will perform live and two artists will paint in front of the audience and have their work sold in a silent auction. Money raised by the event will help the ArtWorks summer program which helps local youth ages 14-21 gain experience in the business of the arts. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. For more information, call (616) 4547000, extension 26. Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 23. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks This week’s selection: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Havoc in Hastings will be presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism Saturday September 1 from 10 am-5 pm at Charlton Park. Admission is $6 for adults, children ages 4-12 $4. 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6, 7, and 8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park September 12. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 2 hours, 18 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 Just so you know where I stand, I think “Prisoner of Azkaban” was the best Harry Potter film in the series, with “Goblet of Fire” coming a very close second. The first two films weren’t that great, in my opinion. The latest film, “Order of the Phoenix” falls in the middle. It’s not as weak as the first two, but nowhere as great as “Azkaban” and “Goblet.” There’s a lot to like about “Phoenix.” The special effects are great; and all the performances, from the stars to the supporting cast, are spectacular. Daniel Radcliffe has really grown into a fine actor, and his portrayal of the young wizard in this film is his best yet. Also worth noting is the performance of Imelda Staunton as the smiling, torturing Dolores Umbridge. There is a scene where she punishes Potter that is chilling to watch. It reminded me of Laurence Olivier’s torture scene in “Marathon Man.” It was that intense. The biggest flaw in “Phoenix” can’t be laid completely at the feet of the filmmakers. Some measure of blame rests with the novel- Daniel Radcliffe takes another turn as the young wizard in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” ist J.K. Rowling. The novel was nearly 900 pages long. In order to pack so much into a two-hour film, a lot of the book had to stripped away. The resulting film is a kind of Cliff’s Notes version of the book. It also reveals that the plot of every Harry Potter book/movie is the same: A new year at Hogwarts and a new teacher who will turn out to be evil. Harry and Co. learn a new spell that will come in handy in the final act. Harry fights some version of Voldemort, only to be rescued in the end by someone. There may or may not be a quidditch match. Sound familiar? The choppy, episodic nature of the movie is its greatest flaw. “Phoenix” needed to be at least a half-hour longer so that certain events (like Harry’s first kiss, and the death and aftermath of a major supporting character) could be given enough time for the characters (and us) to feel their emotional impact. Still, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is well worth your time. Despite its flaws, the performances and effects make it worth a trip to the mulitplex. GRADE: C+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 18 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Fall sports start next week at HHS Fall sports practices and try-outs begin next week at Hastings High School. Football has the earliest start date, with practices on Monday, Aug. 6. Girls’ golf begins on Aug. 9, and all other fall sports begin on Monday, Aug. 13. Additional fall sports, which all begin on Monday Aug. 13 are girls’ swimming/diving, girls’ volleyball, boys’ tennis, boys’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ cross country, and the sideline cheer team. Student athletes are reminded that their current physical must be on file in the athletic office and their pay-to-participate paperwork must be taken care of before the start date for their particular sport. Contact the high school athletic office at 269-948-4409 with any questions. Parents of all fall athletes are urged to attend a special meeting in the High School Lecture Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. to meet Athletic Director Mike Goggins and the fall coaches. Registration for middle school girls’ and boys’ cross country and girls’ volleyball will begin on the first day of school. Forms for middle school sports will be available in the middle school office. Varsity football will practice from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning Aug. 6, with a scrimmage on Aug. 16 at Mattawan. JV and freshman football will hold practices the weeks of Aug. 6 and 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and then change to 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the week of Aug. 20. Contact varsity head coach Fred Rademacher 616-9270569; JV coach Pat Coltson at 269-945-5378 and Freshman Coach Marsh Evans at 269795-3973 for more information. Girls’ golf begins on Aug. 9 at Hastings Country Club. The team will practice from 9:30 a.m. until noon. Contact coach Bruce Krueger at 269-948-2383 for more informa- High school girls and boys have swapped seasons in golf and tennis beginning with the 2007-08 school year. Girls’ golf and boys’ tennis will return to action this fall, while girls’ tennis and boys’ golf will be played in the spring. (File photo) tion. Varsity volleyball try-outs begin Aug. 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. JV volleyball will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that week; and freshman volleyball will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., all in the high school gymnasium. Coaches are Krista Sheldon, varsity, at 616890-1142; Kelsey Howell, JV, at 269-9482606; and freshman coach Jamie VanBoven at 616-813-5335. Members of the cross country boys and girls team have an opportunity to attend a non-mandatory camp the week of Aug. 13. Other students who wish to join the team should meet in front of the high school at 8 a.m. on Monday Aug. 20. Coach Jamie Dixon can be reached at 616-656-0136. The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings girls’ swim/dive team also begins on Aug. 13 with practice from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Community Education and Recreation Center, with a special program early that morning. For more information, Coach Carl Schoessel is at 269-948-8658. Boys’ Soccer try-outs will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the week of Aug. 13 on Pierce Field behind the high school. Contact Coach Brian Roderick at 269-838-6959 for more information. The freshman and varsity cheer teams will practice the week of Aug. 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the JV will practice from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the high school gym area. Coach Amy Hubbell can be reached at 269-948-4414. An additional date for athletes calendars is Monday, Aug. 20, for Fall Media Day. White’s Photography will again take individual and team pictures throughout the day. Student athletes will receive an information envelope and a schedule from their coaches. Girls’ volleyball has finally made its move to the fall season. Try-outs begin for the Hastings varsity on Aug. 13. (File photo) Hastings man helps KMA group to title Korean Martial Arts, LLC (KMA), out of Battle Creek sent a team of athletes to South Korea to compete in the Tri-Annual Hap Ki Do International Championships July 17. The competition included 1,800 competitors from 50 different countries. KMA returned to Battle Creek victorious with the first place trophy for group competition, a group that included Hastings resident Jonathan Mahmat. In addition, many other of KMA’s individuals received medals including Eric Hiner, who took the gold medal in the long jump competition in which he jumped over a num- ber of pads resembling people; Shon Nelson and Katie Lee received the silver and bronze medals, respectively, for their kicking expertise; and the two duos - Alex Lee/Jared Burdette and Dean Wainwright/Heather Holmes - took the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the self-defense competition. Another huge victory for KMA was receiving the final bid to host the 2010 International Championships – this will be the first time this event has ever taken place outside South Korea. KMA’s Head Instructor, Master Bob Schreiner, indicated that lots of community support will be required to run an internation- al event of this size, which could potentially generate approximately $3 million in revenue to the community. KMA is currently working with the Calhoun County Visitor and Convention Bureau to iron out the logistical details for this event. As for last week’s competition, Master Schreiner said, “It was an awesome experience… for us to walk away with the gold medal is just outstanding. It was the first time KMA represented the USA and I think we did our country proud.” by Brett Bremer Bonds’ big bomb has little chance or rattling my world The public didn’t seem too opinionated one way or another that San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds is closing in on Hank Aaron’s Major League home run record of 755 for a career. I tagged along with David T. Young as he asked this week’s public opinion question in Hastings, snapping photos of those willing to answer the question. There are getting to be more and more Tigers fans out there, but I don’t know how many baseball fans are really left. The answers ranged from “I don’t’ care about baseball,” to “Barry’s accomplished a great thing.” Those aren’t direct quotes, but something along those lines. I guess I’m not very opinionated on the subject either. If baseball hasn’t caught Barry using the banned substances he’s accused of using, then Major League Baseball deserves to have Barry Bonds as its home run king. I’d rather Barry doesn’t hit another home run for the rest of his career. The chances of that happening are about the same as Hank Aaron putting on a Braves uniform and fighting to stay in front of Bonds. Does Bonds breaking this record take anything away from what Hammerin’ Hank accomplished? I don’t think so. Is Babe Ruth any less of a figure in history since his season and career home run records have fallen? No. My dad taped Ken Burns documentary “Baseball” one year when it was on PBS. I’ve watched the nine-inning documentary two or three times, and even went out and bought the sound track to the film on CD. It comes in handy around the 4th of July, when you might want to hear a rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” by someone other than Jimi Hendrix. Included on the CD is a recording of Milo Hamilton calling Aaron’s record-breaking shot in Atlanta. “He’s sitting on 714. Here’s the pitch by Downing. Swinging. There’s as drive into leftcenter field. That ball is gonna be... outta here. It’s gone! It’s 715! There’s a new home run champion of all time, and it’s Henry Aaron! The fireworks are going. Henry Aaron is coming around third. His teammates are at home plate. And listen to this crowd...” I still get chills every time I hear it. I don’t know why. I never saw Henry Aaron play a baseball game. I don’t know that I ever saw any other play Henry Aaron made on a baseball field. But that moment is special. Hank’s record breaker will be special when Bonds hits 755. It will be special when Bonds hits home run number 756. And it will still be special when Bonds hits number 757. I wanted to put “ifs” in for all those “whens”, but couldn’t get myself to do it. Home run 756 is coming. Will I ever have a CD with Bonds number 756 broadcast? I doubt it. One CD with a baseball theme is probably enough. Will I get chills when I hear, or see, the event broadcast over and over again. I doubt it. Would I take Bonds over Aaron to be on my team. No. Would I take Emmitt Smith (the all-time NFL rushing leader) over Walter Payton or Barry Sanders? No. That’s just personal preference. Smith’s worst crime was that he was a Cowboy. Bonds’ worst crime might be much worse. If Bonds is ever officially convicted of cheating, then he can get his “*” or have his name wiped out of the books completely, but until then he’ll have to be known as the home run king. After Hank passed the Babe one of his most famous quotes was about how he was thankful to God that it was all over. I think I’ll have the same reaction when Barry finally breaks the home run record. This Korean Martial Arts, LLC, USA team out of Battle Creek won gold medals and the first place trophy in the group competition at the Tri-Annual Hap Ki Do International Championships in South Korea. Buzz Youngs scramble is Saturday The annual Buzz Youngs Legends Golf Classic, to benefit the Hastings Athletic Boosters, will be held this Saturday (Aug. 4) at the Hastings Country Club. Action in the four-person scramble will begin with a shot gun start at 8:30 a.m. The cost to participate is $75 per person, and includes greens fee for 18-holes of golf, lunch, and dinner. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! First prize is $500, second prize $300, and there will be two blind draws for $100 each. There will also be three closest to the pin contests, two male and two female long drive contests, a 50/50 closest to the pin competition, an optional skins game, as well as a raffle table. For more information, or to sign-up, contact the Hastings Country Club at (269) 945- 2756. This year’s legend is Judy Anderson. Anderson has been a middle school and high school physical education and health instructor for over 30 years in the Hastings school system. She was a key contributor in bringing girls’ sports to Hastings, where she coached both softball and volleyball for a time. Golf outing to aid Ss. Cyril and Methodius Ss. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, which primarily serves the Gun Lake area, will have its third annual golf outing Saturday, Aug. 18. The outing begins with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. at the Yankee Springs Golf Course. The event will include a hole-in-one contest for a one-year lease on a 2007 Chevy HHR and a 4 p.m. dinner with drawings for more than $10,000 in cash and prizes. The cost for the two-player scramble is $125 per person, which covers 18 holes of golf with cart, a sack lunch, beverages, dinner and raffle ticket. Also available are a limited number of $100 tickets for dinner and drawings only. Proceeds from the golf outing will be used to drive down the building fund debt. For tickets, please call the parish office at (269)792-3543. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — Page 19 Fishing for scholarships event will be held on Aug. 5 Participants knock the ball around during the sand volleyball tournament at the Lake Odessa Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon, as part of the Emily Duits Memorial Scholarship Fundraising weekend. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Duits scholarship fundraiser a success by Helen Mudry Staff Writer The Lakewood community came together last weekend to remember Emily Duits, daughter of Jeffrey and Selena Duits and raise funds for a scholarship in her name. Emily was killed in a car accident in 2005. The events started Saturday with a golf tournament at Centennial Acres. There were 34 teams making the rounds. There was also a sand volleyball tournament held at the Lake Odessa Fairgrounds on Sunday. Duits was an all-conference and all-county performer on the volleyball court for the Lakewood varsity during her sophomore season, and also competed with the Far-Out Volleyball Club. A banquet was held at St. Edward’s Saturday evening, with more than 350 in attendance. A “graduation open house” theme was used, as Emily was a member of the class of 2007. When asked about the turnout for the weekend, Selena said, “Oh my gosh, we were overwhelmed by the support. This was great for remembering Em but great for the community, too. Some of the people who came told me it was almost a spiritual experience for them and they put their problems into perspective.” Besides the many Lakewood friends, Lakewood school staff and family, one of the visitors was Dr. John Winters and his family. He was a physician who cared for Emily during her stay in the hospital. Selena said she knew he was special when she first met him. She was reading scripture over Emily when he came up behind her. She quickly excused herself so Winters could tend to her daughter but he insisted she finish the scripture “knowing how important that was for Em,” said Selena. “I have dealt with a lot of young people in my practice,” Winters said “and I could see there was something special about Em.” There was a silent auction for many smaller items and a drawing for a lap top and big screen TV. The TV was won by Austin Duits, nephew to Emily’s parents Selena and Jeffrey Duits. Selena said Austin had been doing many odd jobs getting ready for the weekend events. “We called him the slave for the day,” said Selena. Jeff tried to pay him $30 for all the work, but he modestly refused. Jeff was persistent and told him he could donate the money back by buying a ticket for the drawings. It proved to be a winning investment. Jesse Chase won the lap top computer. Selena drew the ticket and it was #5, Emily’s jersey number from her high school volleyball days at Lakewood. He hasn’t decided if her wants to keep the computer to replace his “dinosaur” or give it to his sister Lacey who will be starting college this fall. Friends, family, and teammates of Emily Duits gather in front of a display of photos of Emily at the banquet to raise funds for her memorial scholarship fund Saturday. (Photo by Helen Mudry) The Second Annual Lakewood Area Chamber of Commerce Fishing Contest, to benefit scholarship programs, will be held Sunday Aug. 5. There will be a pair of contests going on this year, an event for boaters on Jordan Lake and an event geared towards children and people without boats on a pond south of M-43 on Shaytown Road. Registration is from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. at the boat launch on Jordan Lake for the boating contest, and the event will begin promptly at 7 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, or $40 per boat. Cash prizes will be awarded at 2 p.m. for the largest bass, as well as first, second, and third prizes for most bass weight. Donuts and hot coffee will be available at registration time. For the no-boaters, signs will be posted on M-50 and Shaytown Road and another one at M-43 and Shaytown road to help participants find the pond. Registration there starts at 8 a.m. and runs until 9 a.m. Fishing begins promptly at 9 a.m. No early fishing will be allowed, and all children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult and a wavier must be signed before fishing. Participants are asked to please bring their own pole and bait. The contest at the pond will end at noon. There will be donuts, chips and water for the attendees. A local DNR officer has been asked to stop by and answer questions that anyone may have. Fishermen over sixteen are reminded to have their license with them. The cost for the event is as follows; Children 5 to 10-years-old $5 each, 10 to 15years-old, $7 each, all others $10 each. Prizes will be awarded for the largest fish caught, the largest pan fish, the largest bass, the most fish caught, the youngest to catch a fish and for the oldest to catch a fish. Volunteers are being sought to help measure fish and record data as fish are caught. For both contests, half of the money earned will be paid back as prize money, the other half will go toward Lakewood Area Schools Scholarships. Last year the Lakewood Area Chamber provided three $1,000 dollar scholarships to the graduating class. The event will take place rain or shine. Call Randy Hart at (269) 506-7627 with any questions. Registration forms can be picked up at Vern’s Sporting GoodsWoodbury, Diamond Propane-Woodland, Al & Pete’s Sport Shop-Hastings and at Mainstreet Bank-Lake Odessa. Hastings Summerfest once again filled with sports events Registration is open for all of the 2007 Hastings Summerfest sporting events. Summerfest will be held Aug. 24, 25, and 26 this year. The Hastings Summerfest slow-pitch softball tournament will be held at Fish Hatchery Park Aug. 24, 25, and 26. This year’s events include a men’s slowpitch softball tournament at Fish Hatchery Park, Weight Lifting downtown Hastings, a 4on-4 Co-ed Sand Volleyball tournament and 5-on-5 roller hockey tournament at the First Baptist Church, the Jim Jensen Memorial 3on-3 basketball tournament at Tyden Park, as well as the annual 10K-5K Run and Fun Run. For the softball tournament there is a 12team limit, and teams will be included on a first-come first-served basis. The cost is $150 per team. To register, contact Dennis Redman by phone at (269) 838-5463 or (269) 9452223. Teams will hit their own ball, .44 core or less. Brackets will be drawn by Redman on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. All teams must be registered prior to the bracket draw. First prize for the tournament is $200, as well as championship T-shirts. The secondplace team will earn a $150 prize. The Weight Lifting begins with a weigh-in at 9 a.m. Aug. 25, and competition begins at 10 a.m. There will be five weight classes in both bench press and deadlift events. The event is free, contact Ben Bowman at 8380979 for more information. The cost to enter the sand volleyball tournament is $5 per person, and action starts at 8 a.m. Aug. 25. Entries are due by Aug. 13. Contact Jody Swift for more information at 945-4855. The Jim Jensen Memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament will begin with a check-in period starting at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 25, and games are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $25 for three or four person teams. Entries are due by Aug. 17. Contact Brett Bremer for more information at 945-9554 ext. 227. The 10K-5K run will begin at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 25. The entry fee is $20 by Aug. 18, and $25 after that. Registration is also available on-line at www.classicrace.com. Contact Jamie McMillen for more information at 9483139. The free Fun Run is slated to start at 9:45 a.m. Aug. 25 at the Hastings Middle School parking lot. Hastings Country Club will host junior tourney Aug. 8 Hastings Country Club will host a junior match-play tournament for golfers from ages 9 to 17 on Wednesday, Aug. 8. The event will be broken up into three divisions. In the 18-hole division, for boys and girls between the ages of 15 and 17, the cost is $15. A nine-hole division for boys and girls ages 12 to 14 will be held which costs $10. Boys and girls ages nine to 11 can compete in a four-hole division, with a cost of $5 to participate. All three age groups will tee off at 8:30 a.m. Trophies will be awarded to first and second place finishers in all divisions. Boys and girls will compete in separate divisions. There will be a ten-stroke limit per hole. For more information, or to register for the event, contact the Hastings Country Club at (269) 945-2756. Hot-weather practice info available on MHSAA web site Members of the softball team are Coach Mike Gonser (from left), Brooke Fox, Shyler Younglove, Ashley Jemison, Coach Larry Younglove, Ashley Miller, Tess Nurenberg, Coach Kurt Kemp, Lindsey Gonser (front row), Amanda Kemp, Kelsey Brown and Stacie Noyce. Missing is Jeanna Everett. (Photo provided) Softball squad takes 2nd in tourney Lakewood girls seventh and eighth grade softball team #1, coached by Mike Gonser and assisted by Larry Younglove and Kirt Kemp, placed second in an all-day tournament July 14 in Ionia. Lakewood had two teams that played in the Greater Ionia Youth League this season. Lakewood team #2, coached by Eric VanValkenberg and Jennifer Blaschka, placed third in the tournament. Lakewood #1’s first game was against the undefeated Fowlerville team. Lakewood won 7-6 in a very rainy, cold game. In the second game, Lakewood won 14-6 against Saranac. In the final game, Lakewood lost 13-12 to another Saranac team. Though the girls were disappointed that they lost the tournament, they were excited about winning over Fowlerville, the coaches said. The girls each received runner-up T-shirts and three girls, Amanda Kemp, Ashley Miller and Lindsey Gonser, were chosen by the other teams’ coaches to receive MVP medals. Coach Gonser said he was proud of his team. He has been coaching most of the girls on his team since they were in fourth grade and some even longer. “I’m looking forward to next season,” he said. With the beginning of pre-season practices less than two weeks away for high school sports teams in Michigan, concerns about physical activity in hot and humid conditions rise, and the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) continues its role in providing its member schools educational information to assist them in minimizing the possibility of heat-related catastrophic injuries to student-athletes. The topic of heat-related injuries receives a lot of attention at this time of year, especially when deaths at the professional, collegiate and interscholastic levels of sport occur. In football, data from the National Federation of State High School Associations shows that 19 high school football players have died from heat stroke from 1995 to 2005. Each Spring, the MHSAA has provided information to its member schools to help them prepare for hot weather practice and game conditions in the late summer and early fall. Football practice begins at MHSAA member schools on August 6, followed by boys’ golf on August 9 and all other Fall sports on August 13. “Heat Stress & Athletic Participation” is information from the National Federation of State High School Associations which the MHSAA makes available on its Web site for use by all Fall sports teams. The information points out that student-athletes are subject to a variety of maladies from heat cramps to heat strokes at this time of year. Preventative steps are outlined, including hydration guidelines about what to drink and what not to drink. A copy of the information is available on the MHSAA Web site http://www.mhsaa.com/resources/conditioning.pdf. “If schools and their student-athletes follow these guidelines, then we minimize the risk for heat-related problems.,” said John R. Johnson, communications director for the MHSAA. “The hydration of athletes is essential. It is an absolute necessity that water be available in unlimited quantities at all times during practices. At the same time, coaching staffs need to be tuned into their student-athletes and be sure they are partaking of water. There is no excuse for any number of heat stroke deaths since they are all preventable with the proper precautions.” Johnson added that as student-athletes work out on their own individually or with a group of teammates in informal settings during the summer, they also need to be aware of their hydration. �Page 20 — Thursday, August 2, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Two of county’s top singles players can return this fall by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg senior Corey Humphrey once again shined for Barry County this season, winning the O-K Gold Conference first singles championship in the spring. It was the only conference championship won by the three Barry County boys’ tennis teams, from TK, Hastings, and Lakewood. There were a few others who weren’t too far from capturing a title though. Having tennis stars from Caledonia, South Christian, Lansing Catholic, and DeWitt to deal with year in and year out is never easy though, as the local teams work their way through their respective conferences. While the Trojans will be looking for a new first singles player as they open action this fall, Lakewood and Hastings’ top players who both made this list can return for their senior seasons to give the Saxons and Vikings some Corey Humphrey TYDEN PARK • hope. Here is a list of the 2007 (spring) All-Barry County boys’ tennis teams. Boys’ Tennis First Team Singles Alex Haskin, Lakewood: The Vikings first singles player as a junior this spring, Haskin finished strong with some outstanding play at the regional tournament. That came just after a runner-up finish at first singles in the CAAC-3 championship tournament, where he won one three-set match then bested the number two seed from DeWitt. Corey Humphrey, Middleville: The Trojans’ number one singles player won the O-K Gold Conference championship at his flight for the second straight season, as a senior. Humphrey was dominant in his championship run, not losing a set at the conference tournament. He finished the season with an overall record of 15-5. Andrew Meads, Middleville: The Trojans’ senior second singles player had a solid year for his team, including wins over both his county foes at second singles. He played a strong match, falling to the number four seed at the O-K Gold Conference tournament in two tie-breakers then came back to finish sixth. Eric Treadwell, Hastings: The Saxons’ number one singles player had a big jump to make, after playing fourth singles as a sophomore. Treadwell earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold after his junior season. Jaoa Zunino, Lakewood: The Vikings got some help on the singles side this year from their senior sensation at second singles. Zunio won two matches, including a victory over the number one seed from Williamston at the CAAC-3 championship meet, to finish second at his flight. Doubles Joe O’Brien & Matt Tidball, Lakewood: Tidball and O’Brien made up the county’s top first doubles team this spring, and were the second best team at first doubles in the CAAC-3. They earned the second seed for the conference tournament, then finished second in the tournament to top seeded Lansing Catholic Central. Jeremy Avery & Zack Woodman, SATURDAY AUG. 25TH Lakewood: Another runner-up performance for the Vikings. Woodman and Avery, a pair of juniors at second doubles, also earned a second seed for the CAAC-3 tournament this season. There they finished second to another top seeded duo from Lansing Catholic. Jon Peurach & Eric Haney, Hastings: Peurach and Haney topped Thornapple Kellogg’s top pair during their O-K Gold Conference dual. They then went on to score a three-set victory in the opening round of the O-K Gold Conference tournament over Hamilton, and place third overall at first doubles in the league. Boys’ Tennis Second Team Singles Corey Jewett, Middleville: Jewett was solid in his move up from fourth to third singles this spring. At the O-K Gold Conference tournament he picked up an impressive straight-set win over South Christian’s third singles player to help TK hold on to fifth place in the league. Jared Secor, Lakewood: Lost a tough three-setter to the Trojans’ Corey Jewett in the Vikings’ dual with TKHS, but had an overall solid junior season for the Vikings. Secor placed fifth in his flight at the CAAC-3 championship tournament. Justin von der Hoff, Hastings: Another of the area’s solid third singles players, von der Hoff got the best of Jewett, topping him in three sets in their team’s O-K Gold Conference dual. The two would have met again, but von der Hoff pulled out a three-set victory over Byron Center in the opening round of the conference tournament, then went on to finish third with a win over Hamilton. Scott White, Hastings: White might have made the biggest jump of any of the area players this season, moving from doubles where he played for the Saxons as a sophomore to second singles. Doubles Chris Ball & Kyle Ellsworth, Middleville: The Trojans’ third doubles team of Ball and Ellsworth finished the season with ten wins, including a big one over South Christian in the O-K Gold Conference tourna- Eric Treadwell ment that helped them to a third place finish. Trojan head coach Larry Seger called the pair his most improved doubles team during the season. Zach Smith & Zach Warren, Middleville: It was an up and down year for the Trojans’ top doubles team. A three-set victory over Hamilton in their final match of the O-K Gold Conference tournament helped them to finish on a high note, in their second season as a Trojan doubles duo. Tami Thelen helped Golden Eagles to NAIA tournament Former Lansing Home School Crusader Tami Thelen, from Lake Odessa, went from last off the bench as a freshman to first off the bench as a sophomore for the Cornerstone University Golden Eagles. Thelen averaged 24 minutes and five points per game during the 2006-07 season for the Golden Eagles, who placed third during the season in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference. By winning the season ending conference tournament, the Golden Eagles earned a spot in the NAIA national tournament, held in Sioux City, Iowa, in March. The Golden Eagles were eliminated in the first round of the 32-team national tournament, falling to number three seeded William Jewell (MO) 73-64. For the season, Thelen led the Golden Eagles in three-point shooing percentage (.435) and had the third most blocked shots (20) on the team. Her high point game of 14 came against Davenport University. Thelen plays guard and small forward for the Golden Eagles. Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings New Items Arriving Daily • Lay-Away Plan Gift Certificates and More! COME IN AND CHECK US OUT! 269-945-5660 COST… $ 77514943 Hours: Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM; CLOSED Sundays 25 per team of 3 or 4 players Postmarked to the Chamber by Friday, Aug. 17th CHECK IN… 8:30 AM Make checks payable to Hastings Summerfest 2007 Pick up T-shirts at this time TIP OFF… 9:30 AM Boys & Girls (Ages 12-14) Team Name ____________________ Boys & Girls (Ages 15-17) Men & Women (Ages 18-25) CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! 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State Street Hastings, MI 49058 Senior Living 06655119 Phone # __________________________ Questions ??… Call (269) 948-3025 SATURDAY AUG. 25 TH Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-08-09.pdf 484f058365a199dbb70970191ec0a950 PDF Text Text Ethanol’s benefits best in long run New Bliss provides a positive lesson U of M softball coach to speak at fall kick-off See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 32 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, August 9, 2007 NEWS Charlton Park’s St. Nicholas is back on board BRIEFS Richard Leavitt doing everything he can to promote Nov. 6 millage renewal request Longbow tourney set at Charlton Park The Michigan Longbow Association will have its fifth annual Great Lakes Longbow Invitational at Historic Charlton Park in Hastings Friday through Sunday, Aug. 10, 11 and 12. The invitational, the world's largest longbow event, is in its 23rd year, while the MLA is celebrating its 24th anniversary. Historic Charlton Park is the location for the GLLI, which has previously been held in Marshall, Brighton, Berrien Springs and Grass Lake. The GLLI is a weekend full of longbow shooting, browsing the traditional archery vendors' displays, eating and carousing with other longbow enthusiasts. There will be shooting events for all ages and skill levels. Attendees can participate in the Silver Arrow Shoot — based on the old "Robin Hood" style tournament; the Clout Shoot, a distance and accuracy event; three 3-D courses for fun, or try their luck at the turkey novelty shoots. The GLLI is an all-weekend event, so people can come out to the park, camp and enjoy the whole experience, or just come for the day to get a taste. For anyone planning to shoot, this is a longbow and wooden arrow event, so please leave other bows at home. Camping is $6 per night before Thursday, and $6 for the weekend. There is a $5 per adult gate fee for the weekend. For more information, phone (269)945-3775. Drug court topic of next First Friday The next First Friday forum, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, will focus on the adult drug court program. The program will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Hall located at 328 S Jefferson, Hastings (corner of Green and Jefferson streets). The Barry County Adult Drug Court Outcome and Cost Evaluation Report will be discussed. Circuit Judge James Fisherhas lent his institutional knowledge and understanding of the history and processes of the Barry system to this report. In a typical drug court program, participants are closely supervised by a judge (in this instance, Fisher), who is supported by a team of agency representatives who operate outside of their traditional adversarial roles. The team includes addiction treatment providers, prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, law enforcement officers and parole and probation officers who work together to provide services to drug court participants. There will be time set aside for the audience to ask questions and have them answered. The First Friday series of forums is sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Executive Committee. Dave Brinkert, vice chairman of the party, will be the host for the evening and can be contacted at 269-672-5541 [his business] or 269-672-5503 [his home] if there are any questions. Light refreshments will be served at the hall. GLPA meeting will be Saturday The annual meeting of the Gun Lake Protective Association will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Gun See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer “St. Nicholas” was so upset with Charlton Park a year ago that he resigned his volunteer holiday duties after 18 years, but now he’s pledging to bring back his role and to do everything he can on behalf of a new, improved park. Returning volunteer Richard Leavitt said he is hopeful a sorely needed millage will be passed by voters countywide Nov. 6, but says people need to go to the park and see for themselves why it is such a valuable asset. “I’m not here promoting myself,” Leavitt said. “I’m trying to help with the millage.” He said some people do not support the park or think the county should pay for it, but they have never been there to see what it has to offer. Leavitt has been portraying Saint Nicholas during Charlton Park’s “Of Christmas Past” since 1988. “You’d be surprised how many kids think I’m the real one,” he said. Charlton Park has been a hot-button issue with Barry County residents since August 2006, when two millage requests, one for additional and another for a renewal, were defeated. A renewal also was rejected last November, leaving some to wonder if the park will continue to exist after the end of this year. After making massive changes in the governance and philosophy of Charlton Park, the Barry County Board of Commissioners last month agreed to take one more renewal request for 0.226 mill to the voters Nov. 6. If it fails, the park very well may have to be closed, perhaps for all time. Leavitt said he likes to volunteer at Charlton Park because, “If I can help somebody some way, what the heck.” He also volunteers in the carpenter’s shop at every event throughout the year. He said since he is retired, it gives him something to do. “It’s a place for people like myself to go and make themselves useful,” he said. However, after 18 years of volunteering, Leavitt said he was ready to call it quits last year. “I just had a dispute with the way they were running things,” he said. “Sometimes you’d just rather leave than cause trouble.” Though he decided to return to Charlton Park, Leavitt said there are some volunteers who did not because of the way they had been treated. Leavitt’s love affair with Charlton Park and a new spirit of change pulled him back. “They changed into a new direction, that’s one reason I went back,” he said. Leavitt said the people who come to See ST NICK, page 4 Baum Stadium will be the name at football field Catch the mightiest fish in the stream with... The Great Blue Heron is always an awesome sight, and Nashville photographer Art Frith managed to capture one’s appearance Sunday along the Thornapple River. The bird, known for extraordinary eyesight, most likely was looking for a meal in the water. (Photo by Art Frith) After a special meeting Tuesday night, the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education decided the new high school football stadium should be Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. The Johnson family, associated with Hastings Manufacturing Company, donated the land for the football field in the 1940s. The Baums donated the money for the new stadium earlier this year. Besides donating money for the stadium, over the years the Baums also have donated a new field house, re-done the track, the press box and the entrance to Johnson Field, and sponsored some tailgate parties before football games. There was no public comment on the proposed name at Tuesday’s meeting, but the public will have a chance to comment at both the Aug. 20 and Sept. 17 meetings. The Board of Education will vote on the name Sept. 17 as well. There will be a ceremony during homecoming this year to dedicate the stadium. Banner editorial prompts Rep. Calley to introduce bill Prompted by a recent Hastings Banner editorial, State Rep. Brian Calley has introduced a bill in the State Legislature to eliminate a requirement that at least one county planning and zoning commission member be a representative from a school district. Calley this week introduced HB 4876, which would amend a previous law that insisted, “The county board of commissioners shall appoint to the planning commission one member of a school board or an administrative employee of a school district included, in whole or in part, within the county’s boundaries. The appointment required under this subsection shall be made upon the first vacancy that occurs following the effetive date of the amendatory act that added this subsec- tion.” The previous law took effect in 2006 and Barry County had Tony Crosariol of Delton appointed to the Planning and Zoning Commission as a result. However, Crosariol resigned his position earlier this year and Board Chairman Michael Callton, because he is a member of the Eaton Intermediate School District Board, was named as a temporary replacement. Since then the County Board has not been successful in finding a representative from area schools who is qualified or interested in serving on the Barry County Planning and Zoming Commission. Callton has indicated many inquiries have been made, but no one seems willing to take on the added responsibilities. The Banner editorial published May 10 suggested state government rescind the law because it is unworkable and cumbersome. The editorial read as follows: “My suggestion to Lansing is very simple: Rescind the well-intentioned but stupid rule that at least one member of county planning and zoning commissions be a representative from the education sector. The reasons are several: “1. Too many school boards meet on the same night as planning commissions. “2. There aren’t very many school officials who have the interest or expertise to be effective on such a commission. “3. School board members and school administrators have more than enough problems to deal with, even without adding planning and zoning. “4. Why must we single out educators, why not insist on public safety representatives, Realtors, corporate CEOs, restaurateurs, someone from the media, etc.? “5. Barry County’s experience has not been See CALLEY, page 3 Michigan House approves Gun Lake casino compact by David T. Young Editor The Michigan House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon approved a proposed compact for a gaming casino with the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis. State Rep. Brian Calley, speaking from the House floor, said the vote was 63 yeas, 41 nays, with six absent or not voting. The House took a similar vote about five years ago, when the compact failed by just one vote, 52-51. The action is the latest in a lengthy saga about Chairman D.K. Sprague and the Gun Lake Tribe seeking approval to open to casino gaming facility at the former Ampro Seeds building at the Bradley exit on U.S.-131, just west of Gun Lake. There have been many legal challenges from anti-casino groups over several years, but thus far all court rulings have been in the tribe’s favor. This time the proposed casino compact had a lot more support because of approval last winter from Gov. Jennifer Granholm and the blessing of the U.S. Department of the Interior to move the land the casino would be built on into a federal trust. The anti-casino group MichGo has continued with its legal challenges, despite a federal district judge’s ruling last spring in the proposed casino’s favor. Another group, 23 Is Enough, has been slowed in its efforts because one of its prime financial backers, businessman Peter Secchia, has dropped out and announced he may lead an effort to start a casino in his hometown of Grand Rapids. See CASINO, page 3 State Rep. Brian Calley �Page 2 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Lake Chapel, Patterson Road, for the membership. It will be an opportunity to hear the status of the board’s work in many areas. There will be updates on the progress of the Gun Lake Improvement Board on nuisance aquatic plant control, storm sewer project and the future of the Lake Board. In addition, water quality, fish stocking, fish pond repairs, fireworks and other areas of efforts to protect Gun Lake will be presented. Free prairie fens workshop slated A free workshop focusing on prairie fens will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Barry State Game Area and Yankee Springs Recreation Area. Prairie fens are an important and increasingly rare habitat type in southwest Michigan. Many harbor endangered species and are fire adapted and full of life. Tyler Bassett of Native Connections will lead a morning of exploration and education about these beautiful and unique sites. The workshop is limited to 20 attendees. To register online for the workshop, go to www.stewardshipnetwork.org/swcc/prairie fens. Register by phone at (734) 996-3190 or by e-mail to Brooke Criswell at bcriswell@stewardshipnetwork.org The workshop is sponsored by the Stewardship Network, Southwest Michigan Cluster, a grassroots cooperative organization working to protect, restore and manage Michigan’s natural lands and waters. For more information on the Stewardship Network, call 734/996-3190 or visit www.stewardshipnetwork.org. For information about Native Connections, visit their web site at www.nativeconnections.net or call (269) 580-4766. For information about the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy, visit their web site at www.SWMLC.org Rep. Calley to be available Aug. 13 Barry County residents can visit with State Rep. Brian Calley in Hastings on Monday, Aug. 13. The 87th District lawmaker conducts office hours from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings. For more information, call Calley at (517) 373-0842, or e-mail him at briancalley@house.mi.gov. “I encourage residents throughout Barry County to stop by the courthouse to discuss local and state issues,” said Calley, RPortland. “Having local office hours is a convenient way for people to meet with me in an informal setting.” Calley has scheduled ongoing office hours at the Ionia County Courthouse and Barry County Courthouse. Residents who are unable to attend the office hours also can contact Calley with a question or concern. CPR classes set for Aug. 17, 18 An American Red Cross CPR for Adult, Child and Infant class will be taught from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, and from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and work place OSHA requirements. The newest counts and guidelines will be introduced. The cost is $40, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Renewal or Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. Challenge students must hold a current card about to expire and must own new, updated American Red Cross materials ahead of the test date. These materials alone cost $7 for each skill card (Child/Infant CPR, and Adult CPR and AED) and can be purchased at the church, call 945-9414 for available pick up times. Please call instructor Kim Domke, at 945-9181 or Grace Lutheran at 945-9414 to verify space and discuss readiness for the Challenge Course, or to register. JAKES Day event set for Aug. 18 The Thornapple Valley chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is sponsoring the annual JAKES Day event for youngsters ages 17 and under from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Barry County Conservation Club. All youngsters must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. JAKES, which stands for Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship, aims to teach safety and conservation measures and to introduce young people to hunting and fishing. Among the events scheduled are nature walks, trap shooting, BB guns, deer stand safety, fishing instruction, a Michigan Trappers display, muzzle loading, .22 caliber rifles, shotgun reloading, and archery. There will also be a laser shooting tent. Raffles and prizes and hats and T-shirts are part of the activities, too. Thornapple Valley is one of the biggest and most active NWTF chapters in the state. The Barry County Conservation Club is located at 1180 Cook Road, Hastings. For more information, call Gaudreau at 269-795-1669. Little Miss to be crowned Aug. 16 Gillian Bourdo, Samantha Moore, Kelsee Rouch, Danielle Morse and Brittnee Martin have less than a week in the race to become the first Little Miss Orangeville. Contestants have canisters placed at local businesses around Gun Lake. These canisters are at South Side Store on the South Shore, Movies in Motion, South Side Pizza, Gillette’s, Tanning Cove, Weick’s and Gun River. The community is encouraged to come out and donate money into these canisters to help raise money to update the park in Orangeville. The contestant with the most money in their canister at the end of the contest will be crowned the winner in a program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Bay Pointe Inn. The Little Miss Orangeville is cochaired by Karen Hayward and Bethany Draper. Funds raised by this contest will help make the park in Orangeville a safe and fun place for children. Fountain Fridays series concluding The popular Fridays at the Fountain Concert Series in downtown Hastings will present the final concert Friday, Aug. 10, with a Community Day. The concert will include performances from the Community Music School of Hastings, Thornapple Brass Quintet and the Thornapple Players, who will share the bill for the 11:30 a.m. concert. The Community Music School of Hastings, which is a satellite school for the Music Center of South Central Michigan based in Battle Creek, will be represented by Jonathan, Heidi and Benjamin Olson. All three are students at the school who are studying with Melissa Risk. The Thornapple Brass bring to the concert a mix of music arranged for brass quintet. Members are Tracy Texter on French horn, Forrest Evans and Bill Johnson on trumpet, Mark Hurless on trombone and Mark Haggeman playing tuba. The Thornapple Players are returning to “Fridays” with several members from the company of thespians. This year performers will be singers Doug Acker, July Wills, Rosemary Anger and Peg Hemerling, featuring songs from Broadway musicals. Also appearing will be Terry Dennison and Jane Groendyk, who will dance in the style of Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen in a number they recently performed for the Thornapple Players presentation of Dead Celebrity Bingo. Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 The Barry County Idol Contest “Sing for Kids Sake” will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. 15th annual Relay for Life is this weekend by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Barry County Relay for Life fund-raiser will take place at Tyden Park in Hastings Friday evening and Saturday. The 15th annual activities start at noon Friday, Aug. 10, and last until noon the next day. There will be a “soft start,” meaning the opening ceremony is not until later in the evening. From 4 to 5 p.m., there will be a Miss Relay pageant during which time one participant from each team (man, woman or child) dresses up and competes for the title. At 6 p.m., the Miss Relay winner is announced. Survivor registration will be from 5 to 7 p.m. At 6:30, the opening ceremony and survivor ceremony will take place. During the opening ceremony, a Boy Scout troop will raise the flag and sing. Diamond sponsors, those who donated $1,750 or more, will speak during this time as well. This year’s Diamond Sponsors are Felpausch, Wal-Mart and Hastings Orthopedic. During the survivor ceremony, survivors Jenny Decker and Darlene Goodemoot will speak. Last year, 46 Barry County teams participated in the event, and Barry County Relay for Life co-chairwoman Bonnie Meredith said she expects about the same amount this year. Last year’s event raise $109,129.07. “Every year since then, we’ve increased it,” said American Cancer Society Community Development Director Crystal Parish of the amount raised since she started in 2003. “It has not gone backward.” Nearly 3,000 people came to the event last year to celebrate, remember and honor those who have been devastated by and conquered cancer. Hopes are high that the number of people will be even greater this year. The theme for this year’s event is “Reach for the Stars, Come Together for a Cure.” There will be multi-colored stars displayed around the event to signify the many different kinds of cancer. Purple, the color used to symbolize all kinds of cancer, will be the color of survivor shirts. Parish and Meredith have many reasons that people should participate in the Relay for Life. “A relay is the chance for them to come and celebrate and remember those who have battled cancer and those who were lost,” said Parish. “It touches everybody’s heart to see those people,” said Meredith. Both women have lost loved ones to cancer. Parish lost her father, and Meredith lost both her mother-in-law and father-in-law. Not only does Relay for Life offer people a chance to meet others who have fought the same battles, encourage each other and celebrate, it also is an opportunity for people to gather information about the disease. The survivor lap will take place between 7 and 7:15 p.m. Last year, there were 143 survivors, and more are expected this year. There will be a reception for survivors and their caregivers after the survivor lap. “If they can’t walk and want to participate, there will be a way to wheel them around the track,” said Meredith. “All survivors are invited, even if they have not received an official invitation,” said Parish. The luminary ceremony will start at 9 p.m., and there will be a luminary reading at 10 p.m., when the names on every luminary will be read. Last year there were 3,168 luminaries. New to the event this year will be a dunk tank. Meredith is working on gathering local notables to be dunked. There also will be bouncing toys for children, and pork and hot dogs for sale with all proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Teams will have different activities in their Al Fresco gets plan commission OK to rebuild by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Planning Commission approved the site plan Monday for the rebuilding of Al Fresco, which burned in May of this year. The building will replace the former building, using the same foundation. In addition to approving what City Manager Jeff Mansfield called a “very complete site plan,” the Planning Commission also approved outdoor display and accessory sales, as well as a fence higher than standard fences. Al Fresco currently is operating temporarily at the Jefferson Street Gallery. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • The Dreisbach Motor amendment to special use permit and site plan were approved, pending staff revision and City Council approval. • A status report was given for the Joint Planning Committee updating the council on the professional services agreement with Williams & Works for the Hastings Area Inter-Jurisdictional Community Growth Management Plan and Joint Zoning Overlay. • A staff report was given about B & T Group Enterprise LLC/Tri Clor, located at 1012 Enterprise Drive, for a temporary accessory structure. (From left) Mayor Bob May, Bonnie Meredith, John Anderson and Cindy Bigler hold this year’s Relay for Life banner promoting this weekend’s event in Tyden Park. tents throughout the event, as well as tent decorations. “We’re never sure until we get down there what they’re going to be doing,” said Parish. The busiest time for the event is between 6 and 9 p.m. Friday night. “It’s just unbelievable how many people are on that track. It just feels like Hastings empties out into the park,” said Parish of the Relay for Life event. “If you’re not at the relay, then where are you?” Parish said that the Barry County event is “just so cool to see. It earns high marks in my office in Grand Rapids too.” Those high marks earned the Barry County Relay for Life the All American Award in 2006. 40 other Relays in Michigan and Indiana applied, and only 11 won. One of the criteria for winning the award is team retention. Team numbers range from about 10 to about 100. One team has 24 walkers, so each person can walk one hour of the event. Aspinall and Associates, one Barry County Relay for Life team made up of about 40 people, always has a garage sale for a fund-rais- er. This year they raised more than $600. They also had a motorcycle Ride for Life and raised $2,900. Parking will be available in the Tyden Park parking lot. The Farmer’s Market will take place in the parking lot of the Depot Law Office Saturday, Aug. 11, instead of in its customary location. Parking also will be available at the Farm Bureau Insurance office after 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, and all day Saturday, Aug. 11. Survivors can park in Tyden Park. Parish said the American Cancer Society has “a great business practice.” 60 percent of every dollar raised for the ACS goes to research. Researches apply for grants, and only those with radical new ideas get the money. “We only fund research if they really want to do something that will make a big difference,” said Parish. Of the remaining 40 percent of money raised, 36 percent goes toward programs and services for those with cancer. Only 4 percent goes toward administration. Local Michigan Works! center wins customer service award Emily Gingrich of the Hastings Michigan Works! Service Center/Barry Intermediate School District has been recognized for her achievements in customer service by the Barry/Branch/Calhoun Workforce Development Board. Gingrich was presented with the Excellence in Customer Service award by Dr. Lynne Haley, chairwoman of the Workforce Board, said the awards are based on achieving perfect scores in the "Mystery Shopper" reports issued by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. "The Albion, Battle Creek, Coldwater and Hastings Michigan Works! service centers are evaluated on a quarterly basis by mystery shoppers and are scored in the areas of courtesy, helpfulness, knowledge and professionalism, explained Haley. Each area is scored in a range of 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest score. Overall satisfaction is determined by averaging all four areas. The Workforce Board is extremely pleased to learn of the excellent customer service provided to local employers and job seekers." Gingrich, in her first year of employment with the Hastings Michigan Works! Service Center/Barry Intermediate School District, earned her perfect scores for a mystery on- site job seeker visit. The mystery shopper awarded Gingrich the highest possible scores for being focused and friendly and providing useful information. The interviewer stated that Emily was a good listener and would recommend the Hastings Michigan Works! Service Center to others. The Excellence in Customer Service award was developed and implemented at the suggestion of a local Workforce Board member. The Michigan Works! system is a comprehensive workforce development system composed of federal and state-funded programs to prepare people for jobs and careers so employers have the skilled workers they need to be competitive in the global economy. The governor, through the Michigan Department Labor and Economic Growth, provides administration and oversight of programs at the state level. The system is governed locally by a partnership between the Barry, Branch, Calhoun Workforce Development Board, and the Chief Executive Officer’s Board made up of county commissioners and administered by the Calhoun Intermediate School District. For more information in this or any other Michigan Works! program, call 1-800-285WORKS (9675). The Excellence in Customer Service award was presented at the July 17 Workforce Development meeting. Pictured (from left) are Jack Faulkner, chairman of the WDB Monitoring and Evaluation Committee; Dr. Lynne Haley, chairwoman of the Workforce Development Board, and Emily Gingrich of the Hastings Michigan Works! Service Center/Barry Intermediate School District. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 3 Everyday tips on how to reduce waste, save energy: Barry County people can make a difference by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern Going "green" can be a way to reduce people’s daily impact on the planet. While some think it’s purely an international issue, many things can be done right here in Barry County to decrease waste in the world. Even if you drive a sports utility vehicle (SUV), you can cut down waste without saying good-bye to your car: • Walk more often — Especially for those who live in town, it saves gas and is better for the environment. For those who don’t live in town, car pool. Make sure you are only driving when you absolutely have to. Sit down and make a list for the grocery store so you don’t get home and realize you’ve forgotten something. • Change a light bulb — Anyone can do this one. When you replace one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light, you will save 150 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. • Think hybrid — Though the cost of a hybrid vehicle is high right now, in the long run, investing in a hybrid will save money on gas and obviously, be better for the environment. • Recycle more — If you recycle just half of your household waste, you can save 2,400 The lighting inside the ew Hastings Public Library showcases those newfangled light bulbs that use a lot less energy. CASINO, continued from page 1 The House action means the Michigan Senate will take up the issue. If the Senate follows suit, the only thing standing in the way will be MichGo’s appeal of a federal judge’s most recent ruling. “The compact will be in place if the Senate approves, but the challenge to putting the land into a trust still must be decided,” Calley said. The House Regulatory Reform Committee voted 6-0 with two abstentions last month. Representatives of many organizations attended the hearing to offer testimony in support of the compact, including the Kalamazoo Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council, West Michigan Building Trades, the Deputy Sheriff's Association of Michigan, the Allegan County Sheriff's Department, Wayland Township, the City of Wayland, and the Friends of Gun Lake Indians. As promised Calley voted in support of the compact because it appears the casino eventually will win legal approval and the state should make a deal with the tribe to get some of the sorely needed revenue. “The federal government doesn’t allow the states to make decisions about gaming,” Calley said, “so it’s best to enter into a compact where the state will have some control, GFWC book sale slated for Saturday The General Federation of Women's Club Gun Lake Area will hold a summer book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, at the GFWC Library adjacent to The Water's Edge Floral and Gift Shop on Patterson Road. A large selection of paperback, hardback and children's books will be available for purchase. The Log Star Quilt will be on display with raffle tickets available at $1 each or 6 for $5. The raffle drawing will be held at the October meeting of GFWC Women's Club at the Yankee Sprpings Golf Course. Proceeds from the quilt help to support the library. The GFWC Library is open daily. Entry is through the Water's Edge Floral and Gift Shop with hours corresponding with the shop’s hours. particularly over rules for smoking, gaming and drinking.” The Gun Lake casino would require patrons to be at least 21 years old. State Rep. Fulton Sheen, a Republican who represents Allegan County, continues to oppose the casino, as does GOP State Senator Patricia Birkholz, who represents all of Allegan, Barry and Eaton counties. Calley represents all of Barry County in the 87th House District. The proposed compact calls for the tribe to pay 8 percent of proceeds from electronic games to the state for its first $150 million in gross revenue. The share goes up to 10 percent if the gross exceeds $150 million and 12 percent if the gross is more than $300 million. In exchange, the tribe receives the exclusive right to operate a casino within a ninecounty region surrounding its location at the old Ampro business in Bradley at the U.S.131 intersection just outside the Barry County line. The legislature’s approval of the compact is regarded as one of the last hurdles that must be cleared before it goes ahead with what could be a $200 million gaming casino. James Nye, a spokesman for the tribe, said, “The tribe has been working for seven years toward this vote and today the Michigan House voted for regulation — the most stringent regulation.” Birkholz (R-Saugatuck) explained last month that she opposed the compact, in part, due to her fears that it will provide economic benefits to Allegan County at the expense of downtown Grand Rapids. Fellow Senator Mark Jansen (R-Grand Rapids) spoke about his fears that the casino will negatively impact people in Allegan County who are "already addicted" to harmful behaviors. He went on to say that "Allegan County is known as the 'meth' capital of Michigan." Tribal leaders who reside in Allegan County took offense to the comment from Sen. Jansen. Wayland Township Supervisor Roger VanVolkinburg said the tribe currently pays $30,000 in annual property taxes to the township, but after the casino is open it will pay $3 million to local governments under the 2% local revenue sharing provision of the compact. CALLEY, continued from page 1 a good one. The school rep appointed last year didn’t really want the extra obligations and the county was so hard up finding his replacement it had to appoint a “temp,” Board Chairman Mike Callton, who serves on the Eaton Intermediate District Board. Callton said he’d do it only until a suitable appointment can be made. I’m not going to hold my breath. “6. If Callton didn’t agree to serve temporarily, it would be illegal for the County Planning and Zoning Commission to even hold a meeting. So non-compliance with a silly regulation would grind government to a halt. “The only viable solution here is for the State Legislature admit it came up with a flawed plan and then end it now. And in the future, state lawmakers should be very careful about passing along mandates to local governments, especially the ones that don’t make sense and create problems rather than solve them.” Calley, in announcing the introduction of the bill Monday, said, “As a followup to an issue that was brought to my attention, I have introduced House Bill 4876, which eliminates the need for a school board member to sit on the county planning commission board... “It is my pleasure to have the ability to correct such issues for my constituents...” The bill will be considered in committee before it can go before the entire State House membership. pounds of carbon dioxide per year. • Hang your clothes outside to dry — By not using a dryer when you don’t have to, you cut down your waste about 700 pounds just in six months. • Use less hot water — It takes a lot of energy to heat water. If you can afford to, install a low-flow showerhead (saves 350 pounds of carbon dioxide per year). For a less costly option, take shorter, cooler showers. It doesn’t hurt to turn down the heat a little and shorten your shower time. Seven minutes is plenty of time to get in, get clean and get out. • Turn off electronic devices — Simply turning off your television, DVD player, stereo and computer when you’re not using them will save thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Also, unplug devices you don’t need plugged in. If you aren’t charging your cell phone, unplug the charger. Laptop charged? Unplug it. By leaving things plugged in even when we aren’t using them, we waste a lot of energy. • Take reusable canvas bags to the grocery store — We waste so much when we use plastic bags to carry our groceries home. Bring your own bags from home to alleviate the number of plastic bags wasted or when they ask you "Paper or plastic" ask for paper. If you only have a few items, don’t even bother with a bag. • Plant a tree — A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. • Don’t buy bottled water — First, it’s an elaborate scam. You should not have to pay for water. Second, four out of five bottles end The new Hastings Public Libary in the downtown offers an excellent example of energy efficiency in the local community. up in landfills and just add to the problem of pollution. • Adjust your thermostat — By moving your thermostat down just two degrees in the winter and up two degrees in the summer, you can save about two thousand pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Judging by the examples listed above, everyone can easily reduce their daily impact right here in Barry County. Most people think that if they drive an SUV or drink bottled water all the time, they can’t make a difference, but by taking small steps such as these, they can make contributions to being part of the solution. For more tips, visit ClimateCrisis.net Collectible Jones Soda bottles to have Laura Dickinson photo by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Among the many people who remember Laura Dickinson as an extraordinarily caring person is Gene Mezzo, a national sales representative for Jones Soda Company, who has introduced an idea to make sure her favorite charity is well served. In memory of the Hastings High School graduate who was murdered last December at Eastern Michigan University, the Jones Company is initiating a campaign to raise money for agencies that work in Africa to support the families and children devastated by the HIV virus. “It was Laura’s hope to get involved in this cause,” said her father, Bob Dickinson. “It meant a lot to her.” Dickinson said the level of Laura’s wish to get involved and help was brought home to him and his wife, Deb, when she gave Laura a birthday present some years ago. “Deb made a contribution to a fund to help children left orphaned by AIDS,” he said, “and when she gave Laura the card she broke down and cried. She said it was the best gift she had ever received. Ever.” Dickinson said Mezo stopped in about four years ago at the State Ground Coffee House, which is owned by Dickinson and where Laura worked when she was home from school. “He came in wearing a big orange jump suit,” Dickinson said. “He looked like a used car salesman in a jump suit. Laura took to him right away and he liked Laura. She would kid him and they would talk and laugh together. “Gene works out of Seattle and he came back a few weeks ago. He had read about what happened to Laura and he said he wanted to do something.” Mezo told Dickinson Laura had touched his life, just as she had touched so many others. “Jones had done a similar project before to help the family of the victim of a car accident and he said he wanted to do this for Laura. “We contacted Bill Knott of World Vision Hope Initiative, an organization that works with families devastated by this terrible disease (AIDS).” Dickinson said the Jones Soda Company will be offering a collectible bottle with a picture of Laura on each. The photo was taken by Steve White of Hastings. “All the proceeds from the sale of each bottle will go to World Vision,” Dickinson said. “Each bottle will cost $5 and every penny will go to World Vision.” Dickinson said plans are under way to start the drive in September. “We are hoping to go nationwide with the project,” Dickinson said. “We are now in the process of trying to get other places where Jones Soda is sold to carry the collectible bottles.” Dickinson said he has been asked to speak at the University of Michigan on Sept. 10 and is hoping the exposure will help get Laura’s project more widely known and supported. “This cause was Laura’s passion,” he said. “We want to do everything we can to see it through in her memory.” The Web site can be found at www.sharelaurashope.com Laura Dickinson Benefits of ethanol best in the long, not the short run by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Ethanol. Corn. Gasoline. Rising food prices. Rising gas prices. Better economy? Agriculture officials say the new ethanol plant in Woodbury will have long-term benefits to the local economy, despite the shortterm pain described above. Michigan State University Barry County Extension Interim Director and Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator Dennis Pennington said ethanol is causing food prices to go up and not pushing gas prices down, but that it is going to help Michigan’s economy. “This isn’t going to be a short-term solution,” said Pennington. “This is going to be a long-term solution. It will put Michigan ahead of the game.” Pennington said ethanol is more energy efficient than gasoline, but there are several problems with using ethanol to replace gas. Not all vehicles are flex fuel vehicles, or vehicles capable of using ethanol. In Michigan, 90 percent of gasoline sold has up to 10 percent ethanol in it. Only flex fuel vehicles can handles gas with more than 10 percent ethanol. Another problem with replacing gas with ethanol is vehicle manufacturers. “They have been ingrained in petroleumbased fuel ever since the beginning,” said Pennington of the manufacturers. The third, and perhaps biggest, obstacle to ethanol as gasoline’s replacement is simply the American public. “We tend to want to drive a great big huge vehicle that only gets 14 to 20 miles per gallon,” said Pennington. He said that enough ethanol cannot be produced to meet the American public’s demand for gasoline. “It will not drive down gas. You have to produce a lot of fuel to meet America’s demand for gasoline,” said Pennington. It was not until gasoline prices went up that the Department of Energy showed much interest in bio-based fuels. Even then, the demand for an alternative to gasoline came from the American public and worked its way up. “It’s the people saying, ‘We’re tired of getting nicked at the gas pump the way we are. We want something that’s renewable, something we can produce domestically and some- thing we have some control over,’” said Pennington. “It’s causing people to at least think about that a little bit.” Pennington said that if Americans want relief at the gas pumps, they need to reduce their demands for fuel, not just look to ethanol. One example of this is people taking their vacations closer to home instead of leaving the state. “If we’re going to produce ethanol just from corn, we’re never going to be able to alleviate our dependence on foreign oil because we will never be able to meet the demand,” he said. “I think we need to look at our demand for moving, for one. Everything plays a role in this whole energy thing.” Fortunately, ethanol will not be produced just from corn in the future. At Michigan State University, there currently is research regarding cellulose ethanol, or ethanol made from the cell walls of plants. Currently the process is not efficient enough to make ethanol that way. Pennington said he thinks that after about five more years, researchers may find a more efficient way to See ETHANOL, page 5 �Page 4 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Do we own land, or just rent it? IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Charlton Park offers sense of community To the editor: I am a recent transplant to Barry County — recent to Michigan, for that matter. I moved to Barry County in 1995 and have found that it has much to offer a former "wanderer/explorer," as I might be described. I grew up in what was once the rural outskirts of Washington, D.C. It has long since been engulfed by high-priced housing and shopping districts and, except for one small pocket surrounding the 200-year-old Quaker Meetinghouse, it is unrecognizable to me. In many ways, Barry County reminds me of my childhood home. The countryside here is truly lovely with rolling hills, lakes, woods and open areas, small towns and farms. There is still a sense of collective memory here. It hasn’t yet been paved over or completely transformed to serve as a bedroom community to some other, bigger place. I hope that as it inevitably changes, it will do so without loss of those things that make it a true community. Charlton Park Village and Museum is one of those places that holds much of that collective memory; it is very much part of the tapestry that is uniquely Barry County. What meaning does it hold for the residents — both life-long and newcomer — to Barry County? I suspect that for the life-long residents, it is a place of personal memory and sense of belonging, among other things. For those of us new or relatively new, it is an invitation to become part of the "family," a chance to see and experience in some tangible way the treasure that is the land and the people who have gone before us whom we’ll never know. What a privilege! Wherever I have lived, especially away from my own family, I have sought such affiliations to give me a sense of grounding to the place I have chosen to live (or that has chosen me through the circumstances of life). I would like to see Charlton Park thrive. I would like to see the county’s resident children grow up there and come to cherish it as their own, to be able to add their memories and life experiences to those that live in the history of all those buildings, all those objects and documents, to the land itself. We have a right to expect, and a responsibility to ensure, that our communities provide us with a healthy environment in which to live, economic opportunity; to be a place both a part of and apart from the larger world around us. But without places like Charlton Park, we could be nearly anywhere in the country, with no particular identity; we could be, all too soon, engulfed by a type of "progress" that leaves us all without a sense of community. Our collective memory will fade until we find that people no longer grow up and stay here – they seek, as I have, communities to live where the history of a place is embraced, cherished, and taught. For my part, I have decided to get involved in the life of Charlton Park. I will support the renewal of the millage to keep Charlton Park Village and Museum, a vital part of our community. Elspeth Inglis, Barry Township, Charlton Park Village and Museum Board member Individuals brought events to park To the editor: Let’s take a look at some of the things, some have had to say about Elden Shellenbarger and what he had to say in a letter about Charlton Park and the board. First, as far as I know, the land was donated by Irving Charlton for the Native Americans to hold it in a trust as they had a village there, but so be it. Next, as far as things coming to the park, each mentioned by letter writer Lona Cribley was done by individuals... like the Lumberjack, or the (Indian) Native American, (which Mr. Shellenbarger was appointed to sit on the board) and some that were not talked about like $700,000 that was put in a trust by some well known people so the board can use the interest for the upkeep of the park. But, as some of us would say, in today’s economy, if I were the wife of an employee who just got a two dollar an hour raise, I would know more of the facts before I opened a can of worms. Like the Indians were having pow wows there long before there was a park and that Elden Shellenbarger has been working on the Native American Village (with no pay) only to help the Native Americans in Barry County, and (not) to dig up Native American Indian artifacts like some we could say have done in the near past. What other roads do we pay gas tax on that are closed at 9 p.m.? And why do we pay six people full time when the park is seasonal and it is true that the blacksmith shop at the park is no longer there because the blacksmith could not afford to pay the park what they wanted, and still sell his works, or do some people think he should donate his time and talent to the park? I, for one, would like to hear some of the things that the board has done to bring new shows into the park, or just what is going on, and what about the board not having the check book? Was there mismanagement, someplace in the past?... Some say the upkeep to the buildings, and so on, but then why did the same Indians have to do the work on the said village at the park? Then why did the same Indians have to go do the work on the village and still have to pay to have the pow wow there, or was it a hidden agenda of someone in the past? So before anything is said, maybe some of us should know some of the answers to what is going on, before saying anything. At this time I would like to express my gratitude to all the people who brought some of the new shows to the park. John Bucher To the editor: It’s that time of year — summer tax bills have been delivered. And once again I ponder: Whose land is it we’re paying taxes on and where does the money really go? A friend of mine received a letter recently from David Tonkin, zoning enforcement official for Barry County Planning and Zoning. Her “offense” was having two unlicensed vehicles on her property. Per the letter, Mr. Tonkin was conducting a site inspection and noticed the vehicles. According to the Barry County Zoning Ordinance of 1976, Section 4.33 - “Refuse: The outdoor storing, parking, accumulating, or placing of junk, discarded material, building material, inoperable vehicles, inoperable machinery, metals or solid waste of any kind is hereby prohibited. Inoperable farm machinery is excepted, provided such machinery is kept for parts for the maintenance of operable farm machinery used on the premises, providing such inoperable farm machinery is screened from public view.” The ordinance doesn’t address unlicensed vehicles, just inoperable. Did Mr. Tonkins try to start one of the vehicles to see if it was operable or not? If so, that sounds a bit like attempted grand theft auto. And apparently Mr. Tonkins doesn’t get around the county much or he’s turning a blind-eye to what he doesn’t want to deal with, otherwise he’d be sending these letters out by the dozens! Assuming he took M-37 to get to the “culprit’s” home, he drove by several obviously abandoned vehicles, including a Mercedes Benz. Further down M-37, south of Lacey Road, there’s half a modular home that’s been sitting in the same spot so long, it has brush growing in it, and he’s driving past land that’s no longer being farmed, yet he can’t see the machinery that’s rusted beyond use scattered everywhere within sight? Or is it just easier to go after a poor, single woman? Then there’s the new ordinance the County Commissioners enacted without much fanfare — TOST — and are they proud of this one! Imagine trying to sell your home and having to dig up your septic tank so some bureaucrat can take a peek inside. I told one of the commissioners he really should go after the big farmers spreading manure illegally, the golf course using so many chemicals along the Thornapple River that when you go by in a canoe you can smell them, or the lake owners with the toxic green lawns — since this is where the nitrate pollution is coming from. He replied, “This is a start.” Imagine my surprise when once again the government (a Republican) goes after the little guy whom they can bully around, instead of the true polluters. And if they’re truly concerned about our well being contaminated, why not just do a simple test of the tap water? Finally, there’s the sweetheart deal that was made with former 911 director Charlie Nystrom, using our tax dollars. Someone please “fire” me, but let me keep my retirement, my benefits and not make me pay back money I misappropriated! If there wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute Nystrom, what’s to keep him from suing the county for wrongful dismissal? Never mind telling me where my tax dollars go and whose land it is. I think I’ve answered my own questions: It’s not really our land, the county just lets us use it and the tax dollars are wasted on asinine ordinances and bad decisions. Chris Norton, Hastings New Charlton Park Board overrated To the editor: I attended the Barry County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, July 24, and learned that Charlton Park is asking for 0.226 mill, which would generate about $450,000 each year for three years. About $200,000 each year is used for wages and health insurance for six full-time employees. Charlton Park also has the use of trustees from the Barry County Sheriff’s Dept. at no cost. What is the park doing with the other $250,OOO each year, plus any money they make on the events? And what do the employees do between December and May when there are no events or activities? Charlton Park had eight events last year. The park has 10 new events this year, thanks to the citizens who stepped up and initiated them, Like Jim's Buggy parts from Nashville, Neil Wilder’s two bluegrass shows, and Hoot Gibson's two county-wide garage sales and 2 antique shows. There was also an MDA charity motorcycle rally, and a outboard motor and flea market, and Jerry Ladere’s lumberjack show. So will someone please tell me what all of the new board has done, or are doing? There are also two commissioners on the board, Keith Ferris and Jeff VanNortwick. What are they doing? I applaud the people that came forward with the new events they are the ones that are putting out the efforts to save the park and make it self supporting, Let's give them some recognition. In closing, I have one more issue. How long are you going to let Irving Charlton's house on Charlton Park road sit empty? The rent money could be used to put in some camping sites. But be careful you might make the park self-supporting, then you would not need the millage. I have not been impressed by the new board or the temporary director. I will be voting no on Nov. 6. Harold Root, Hastings Let’s call for custody bill’s passage To the editor: After the June 5 First Friday symposium at the Thomas Jefferson Hall in Hastings, I have been contacted by many Barry County parties regarding HB #4564, which is stalled in committee. The proposed bill would require that the courts award children equal time to parents who are fit and willing in cases of divorce or separation. Joint physical custody is best for children when neither parent has been abusive or otherwise proven unfit. This equitable ideal is what our constitution and laws require; however, because it is so advantageous to the agencies that enforce child support, we put as many children as possible on the rolls as wards of the state. A very large amount of money is awarded to states from the federal government tax "matching funds," based on the number of cases and enforcement costs of implementing the collection of child support, and administering aid to families of dependent children, etc. This system has put our children "up for sale," as it were. The more children in the system, the bigger and hungrier the bureaucracy grows for your tax dollars. If the parents were responsible for the just and equal support and nurturing of the children instead of a calloused government bureaucracy that has grown wildly out of control, the taxpayers of Barry County would have a lot more tax dollars going to causes that promote the interests of the family and do not profit from the breakdown of the family and thus the child. As a former enforcement officer/investiga- Public Opinion: tor for the Friend of the Court, as a former single mother who has seen the system inside and out, and as a psychologist, I can say that the family court system only breeds troubled children who feel that half of their insides have been torn away from them. It would be a worthy gesture if our Board of Commissioners or even our citizens, would send a message to State Representative Brian Calley, State Senator Patricia Birkholz and Governor Jennifer Granholm that the citizens of Barry County want to see HB 4564 passed through the legislative process and signed into law. Carol Rhodes, Delton Schools open after Labor Day? This the second year that public schools will open after Labor Day. Do you think this is a good idea? Responses to our weekly question. IN OTHER NEWS ST NICK, continued from page 1 Richard Leavitt, dressed as Saint Nicholas for Charlton Park’s Of Christmas Past. Charlton Park sometimes prefer it to historic Williamsburg, Va., and Greenfield Village in Dearborn because the people at Charlton Park take time to talk to the visitors. He recalled several older gentlemen who came to the carpenter shop and showed their grandsons how they used to cut wood when they were younger. “They enjoy showing the kids what they used to do,” said Leavitt. When they were done, the men took their “They changed into a new direction, that’s one reason I went back.” — Richard Leavitt pieces of wood to the blacksmith shop to be branded, and were thrilled to take their prizes home and hang them up. Grown-ups are not the only ones who appreciate the park, however, said Leavitt. School groups come to Charlton Park and, “enjoyed what they saw and what they did out there — things nobody would ever see. It’s also to help educate people, kids especially.” While Leavitt emphasized that the educational aspect of the park is valuable, he also said some people like to just come to the park to have somebody to talk to about what life was like when they were younger. “All the way around, everybody benefits,” said Leavitt. “I think the biggest problem personally is too many people have never been out there. They have no idea.” The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. 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It’s good for families.” Randy Teegardin, Hastings: “I think it’s a good thing, good for tourism good for the kids.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 5 Don’t let your child go into journalism New Bliss provides a positive lesson Kudos to Mueller Weingarten, their local staff and all the employees at the Hastings plant. Most of us around Barry County think of the plant as the Bliss, or the E.W. Bliss Company, but the operation today goes by the name of BCN, Bliss Clearing Niagara Technical Services. BCN held an open house last Friday afternoon, celebrating 150 years and still going strong. To attend the festivities you certainly would get the impression that "going strong" isn’t just a public relations expression because there's a genuine new excitement going on at the plant. People were moving around with smiles on their faces, and they seemed ready to tackle the world with their products. It was rewarding to sit and talk to so many former employees and hear the stories about how they used to produce so many machines per day: "I can remember when we shipped three machines a day when I was there," and "We had over a thousand people working here, long hours because we had so much work to do." One person I talked to said, “One time I was working really hard, it was a hot summer and I just wasn't able to meet my tolerances, the boss came by and said, ‘why don't you go and wash up, get a pop and take a break, then come back and see how things go?’” Well, he said once he got away from the job, refreshed himself, he came back and was able to continue the job without any problems. There were hundreds of stories to tell and as I walked around the plant I saw groups of people telling their version of how things were at the Bliss when they worked there. It was great to see so many people, hundreds of former workers, community leaders, business people and just interested citizens to get a chance to walk around this huge plant most of us just drive by. After talking to some of the former workers, I had to ask: Why couldn't this plant, with a product that was marketable, with so many trained and dedicated workers, survive and continue to be a major player in the marketplace? There were many reasons, but the biggest is the plant was sold to companies more interested in making short term gains by selling off some of its assets than continuing to grow the business at the Hastings plant. The competition at the time was heating up from Japanese manufacturers, but rather than dig in their heels and find ways to compete in the marketplace, the new company allowed the competitors to strip their market share out from under them. Now, more than 20 years later, Mueller Weingarten is returning this company to its roots, offering re-manufacturing for their old machines and finding new markets for new machines to be built at the Hastings location. In fact, they are building a new press the company expects to ship in early November of this year. This will be the first new press built in Hastings since 1999. Behind the success of both the company and the event is a new management team from Mueller Weingarten. President Paul Nicholson and Vice President Paul Gleeson from the United Kingdom and Chief Financial Officer Roland Kuehnel from Germany came to Hastings last year to manage BCN. When Mueller Weingarten purchased the company last fall, there were 60 employees, but the number now is up to 70. Furthermore, to raise employee morale, Nicholson, Gleeson and Kuehnel made some upgrades to the facility, including a remodeled lunch room and redone bathrooms. When planning last week's event, the management team specifically invited former Bliss employees to share with them the progress and success the company has experienced. It's a good news story for this year’s “Business and Industry” section in the Banner. But it's an old and sad story about what this nation has allowed our manufacturing sector to become. It seems as though we've allowed this new global marketplace to penetrate the most powerful industrial manufacturing sector in the world. Did it have to come to this? Take a lesson from Barry County manufacturing across the county. Many production facilities have found ways to carve out their niche to compete and grow their markets in spite of the world around them. I believe it's mostly due to local control and management. Look at the recent growth at Hastings Manufacturing Company, where Fred Cook singlehandedly turned around a long-time manufacturing company filled with exceptional employees and a strong product line. Whenever any one asks me why Hastings appears to weather the economic storms, I always reply that it really stems from the strength of our local manufacturers and their ability to grow locally in a world-wide marketplace and because of the work ethic of the workers from the area. You can't be successful just from competent leadership. Companies must have committed workers who make the best products in a highly competitive marketplace. It's a lesson of being able to work together to solve problems, management and labor working side by side for the common good of the company, where everyone eventually wins. On another front, Congress worked late Friday to complete some legislation before leaving Washington for their summer break. And in Lansing the State Legislature plans to leave without completing a budget bill or dealing with so many issues we face in Michigan, like health care, school funding, Medicare and maybe some infrastructure issues we might have, leaving the job until they return from their summer break. And in Iraq, Parliament left their posts for some time off, when our military continues to fight every day for their democracy in spite of calls from our government to stay on the job to help solve its governing issues. Some of the weaknesses we've seen in our corporate board rooms filled with bureaucratic red tape we continue to see in our governments today. Maybe we should think about running our government like small business, doing away with the two-party system and electing leaders from a list of candidates who have the ability to solve problems. With all the problems facing us in this country, this state, and way over in Iraq, it troubles me to think the people in charge, the governing bodies would find time to get away rather than buckle down and solve some of the issues we face every day. That's what governments are really supposed to do: Solve problems. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics by Donald Kaul Minuteman Media The New York Times reports a new and shocking trend at universities: they’re charging extra for courses in lucrative fields, business for example. That’s not the shocking part. Universities have always charged more for graduate courses in fields that promised students higher paychecks when they got out of school. Moving the practice over to undergraduate education is merely an extension of that. The shocking part is that Arizona State University is charging a $250-per-semester premium for courses in journalism. What do they charge for courses in buggy whip manufacture, $500? Journalism, in case you haven’t noticed, is in a state of rapidly accelerating decline. It has become obsolescent, which is the term economists use instead of “Dead Man Walking.” The latest signpost on journalism’s road to oblivion is last week’s sale of the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdock. Rupert Murdock! Is nothing sacred? The Wall Street Journal is one of the crown jewels of American journalism. Despite an editorial page that has yet to enter the 20th century let alone the 21st, it has been a beacon of excellence in a sea of mediocrity. It collects Pulitzer Prizes by the bushel. Rupert Murdock is an Australian who entered the news business through the medium of supermarket tabloids, the kind that interview space aliens. He owns and directs the Fox News franchise. Enough said. A.J. Liebling, one of the great press critics of the post-World War II period, once wrote, “A newspaperman’s life is like the plot of ‘Black Beauty.’ Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mush in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expect him to live on potato peelings.” So too with newspapers, apparently. The Wall St. Journal is the corporate version of Black Beauty. Off his record, Murdock is that mean owner. It’s not as though it’s a new trend of course. When I entered the business some 50 years ago, there were dozens of papers throughout the country with a legitimate claim to distinction. Now there is a meager handful and hardly one of them can honestly claim to be as good as it used to be. Newspapers always had to walk a line between being a successful business and an institution that served its community “without fear or favor.” As ownership has become more corporate, the emphasis has shifted from the journalism function to profits. Then there’s television. Television was a stepsister to print journalism 50 years ago. Television producers used to read newspapers to find out where to send their cameras. By the time I quit full-time writing, it was the ink-stained wretches who were trailing the TV people, although they hated to admit it. And now, God save us all, we have the Internet, which has not merely damaged journalism it has atomized it. It turns on its head the old journalism slogan: “You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own set of facts.” On the Internet there is no distinction between fact and opinion. In that atmosphere, there is no such thing as journalism. And that is the world that Arizona State is charging extra to prepare its graduates to enter. If I were running a big university (and I’m available, by the way), I would forget journalism and institute a premium course in handymanship. You remember handymen, those Jacks (and now Jills) of all trades who could do little jobs around the house? We live in a society where hardly anyone other than a farmer can do those things any more. There is a great need out there for people who can fix toilets, caulk showers, hang doors, repair screens, sharpen knives, change water filters, make sliding doors slide and fix doorbells. For a reasonable price. A person with skills like that could clean up. Are you listening, Arizona State? Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-losing Washington correspondent who, by his own account, is right more than he's wrong. www.minutemanmedia.org ETHANOL, continued from page 3 break down the cell walls and produce ethanol. He said it would have a significant effect. “Imagine what we could do if we could produce half of our fuel needs in the United States,” he said of cellulose ethanol. Pennington said the way American society has evolved has encouraged the high demand for gasoline, and in turn people’s interest in ethanol. “That has equated to vehicles, roads and urban sprawl,” he said. But gas is not the only thing ethanol is affecting. Food prices are going up because of it as well. Since ethanol requires large amounts of Stewardship Day set for Aug. 25 at Carter Lake Carter Lake Preserve will be the site of a stewardship workday, and area residents are invited to attend from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25. Stewardship volunteers from the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) will be out at the preserve to stop the spread of autumn olive and spotted knapweed, two aggressive and non-native plants. Autumn olive grows thick and shades out native wildflowers with its spreading branches. Spotted knapweed leaches toxins into the soil to poison competition. Volunteers are needed to help knock back these alien invaders by cutting, pulling, and using whatever means are necessary. Bring sturdy work gloves and footwear. Wear long sleeves and pants to protect against poison ivy. Depending on rainfall, waterproof boots might be necessary. SWMLC will provide beverages. Carter Lake Preserve is a 57-acre nature preserve with frontage on Carter Lake, just northwest of the City of Hastings. It was donated to SWMLC by Tom and Lisa Groos to protect the sensitive wetlands and preserve the forest as a haven for wildlife. To register for this workday and for directions to meet at the preserve or to carpool, call Nate Fuller at the SWMLC office at (269) 324-1600 by Thursday, Aug. 23. For more information about SWMLC and future events, visit their Web site at www.SWMLC.org. corn, farmers are selling their corn for its production. As corn’s demand goes up, so does its price. Since the price of corn is higher, farmers have to pay more for it to feed their livestock, such as cows and chicken. Since the cost of feeding the animals is up, farmer raise the cost of animal products. This means the public is paying higher prices for meat, milk and cheese, among other things, in the grocery store. “It’s about time,” said Pennington of farmers getting more money for their products. “Agriculture has been the staple of the American way of life. It’s about time they started getting compensated for the hard work and investment they have.” “If we’re going to produce ethanol just from corn, we’re never going to be able to alleviate our dependence on foreign oil because we will never be able to meet the demand. I think we need to look at our demand for moving, for one. Everything plays a role in this whole energy thing.” — Dennis Pennington Pennington said with the current trend, mid-sized farms will not exist much longer. He said large farms that produce for volume will continue to do well. Small farms also will thrive in niche and local markets, such as Dill’s Best Market in Delton and local farmers markets. “I think just a local supply of food is appealing to somebody,” said Pennington of small farms and markets. Pennington said Michigan’s economy is suffering more than most states in the nation because of its dependence on manufacturing, which is rapidly leaving the state. A switch to a bio-economy would help stabilize the faltering economy. Governor Jennifer Granholm has pushed a bio-economy and encouraged a closer look at agricultural products, like pellet stoves, corn burners and bio-diesel. Advocates also are encouraging the use of wind energy to produce electricity. “Electricity is another one of the major energy issues,” said Pennington. “It all really gets back to society and what we need and what we want. It all kind of gets back to what is reasonable by the consumers.” Things might look bleak for Michigan, but Pennington said people just need to look to the future and start making more environmentally-conscious choices now. “In the long run, they’ll [flex fuel and ethanol] support the development of a new industry in Michigan. As long as we invest today for tomorrow, we will develop new technology. But there’s got to be that support today for tomorrow.” Pennington said he thinks the whole community benefits from the new ethanol plant in Woodbury. He said with increase demand, there in increased production. The higher production leads farms to buy more equipment, seeds and fertilizers from their local suppliers. “It’s kind of a snowball effect,” he said. “It helps everybody.” In addition to secondary benefits, the new plant also helped 35 people directly, offering them jobs. “It’s more than just agriculture benefiting from this,” said Pennington. As for rumors that using corn for ethanol will leave a shortage of food, Pennington said people have no reason to worry. “The corn we produce to supply to an ethanol plant is not the corn we consume,” he said. Pennington’s final thought on ethanol was, “I think there’s the opportunity down the road to have an impact on the security of energy in the United States. If we produce our energy in the United States, we can control our energy in the United States. But we’ve got a lot of education to do.” And if you made it to the end of this article, you’re slightly more informed. Riverbank Music series continues The Williams Family Band will perform bluegrass and country songs Friday, Aug. 10, at the next Riverbank Music concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Concerts are held in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. On Aug. 17, Brian Corrall will perform classic rock songs. The series will end on Friday, Aug. 24, with the Thornapple Valley Church Praise Band performing contemporary Christian music. For more information about this concert series, call the Middleville Village hall at 795-3385. The rain location is the Thornapple Township Emergency Services building on High Street in Middleville. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. Fire damages house on Chicago Point This home on Chicago Point, Wildwood Road, Gun Lake, owned by Jim Riehl was struck by fire last Thursday evening (Aug. 2) about 7:45 p.m. Fire departments from Orangeville, Hastings and Thornapple Township Emergency Services responded, with Yankee Springs Township shown here spraying water from a boat on the water. There were no injuries reported, but the house was damaged heavily. (Photo by Linda Boyce) THE REVUE at VERMONTVILLE OPERA HOUSE presents Little Women, the Musical 211 S. Main St., Vermontville, MI (across from the fire station • Air Conditioned) SHOW DATES: August 2, 3, 4 at 7PM August 4 & 5 at 3PM For Reservations Call 269-367-4455 or email therevue1@yahoo.com TICKETS: Adults $8, Seniors/students $7, children 12 and under $5 06655532 Made possible with support of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural affairs and Arts Council of Greater Lansing, Inc. �Page 6 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment in our community... Barry County 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; K4C-T4C second Sunday of each month 5:30-7:30 p.m. October-March. P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. Area Obituaries David C. McNees Nikirra S. Warner HASTINGS - David C. “Pappy” McNees, age 66, of Hastings, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. David was born on May 4, 1941 in Kalamazoo to Homer and Helen (Coleman) McNees Sr. David worked at Menasha and had been a ski lift operator at Bittersweet Ski Resort. David is survived by his son, David; daughter, Kristen; and son, David; five grandchildren; brothers, Homer and Mike; special friends, Mike and Connie, Kevin and Matt, and Janice and Krissy. David enjoyed karate, riding motorcycles, and having a good time. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at Brookside Park in Otsego at 1 p.m. Please come and share stories - bring a dish to pass. Friends may consider the David C. McNees Family, c/o Crandell Funeral HomeWhite Cloud Chapel to assist with funeral expenses for memorial contributions in memory of David. Friends may also send a condolence or share a memory and get further updated information online at www.crandellfh.com <http://www.cradellfh.com/> Arrangements by Crandell Funeral Home. NASHVILLE - Nikirra S. Warner, infant daughter of Michael and Rebokah Warner of Hastings passed away on Monday, August 6, 2007 at Devos Childrens Hospital, Grand Rapids. Nikirra is survived by her parents, Michael (Rebokah) Warner; her sisters, Mikayla and Kassi Warner; grandparents, Judy (Keith) Warner, Robert Nelson, Sandra Nelson; and 11 cousins. A memorial service was held on Friday, August 10, 2007 at the Lakewood United Methodist Church with Pastor John Waite officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hastings Public Library in Nikirra’s name. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Maxine May Killinger GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:30 p.m. Summer Youth Group Meeting. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday and Tuesday - Leadership Training. Wednesday - 12:00 p.m. Newsletter Deadline. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77515015 HASTINGS - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, August 11, 2007, at 11 a.m. in St. Rose Catholic Church for Maxine May Killinger, where she practiced her faith for the past 46 years. She died peacefully at home with her family, of cancer, in the early morning of August 8, 2007. She was 82 years old. Formerly of Owosso, MI, Maxine was the fifth of nine children born May 7, 1925 to Henry James Gurden and Mary Elizabeth Weigel, both whom emigrated from Germany as small children in 1904. She graduated from Owosso High School in 1942. In February of 1951, Maxine married Bernard L. Killinger, also of Owosso. Maxine and Bernie eventually settled in the Hastings area in the fall of 1961. Kathleen Marie Shay of Hastings was the first child born to the couple, followed by Timothy James Killinger of Glen Allen, VA; Thomas Joseph and Jane of Kalamazoo, and Bernard Jr., (Buck) and Cindy of Gloucester, VA. Maxine’s grandchildren are Jeremy and Missy Flanigan of Sheridan, MI; Jennifer Flanigan of Ionia, MI; Jason and Erica Flanigan of Newport News, VA; Ryan and Tonya Shay of Hastings; Joshua Killinger of Glen Allen, VA; Sarah Killinger of Kalamazoo; and Jordan Killinger of Gloucester, VA. Her great grandchildren are Austin Ulrich, Grace Flanigan and Daniel Shay; easily, the apples of Maxine’s eye. Maxine’s surviving siblings are Leston (Polly) Gurden of North Muskegon, MI, Louise Gurden Baker, Joanne Gurden (Don) Crofoot, Phyllis Gurden (John) Forsythe, Betty Gurden and Marilyn Gurden Spencer, all of Owosso, MI. Maxine was God’s faithful servant of St. Rose Parish and a member of the Catholic Daughter’s for more than 30 years and served as an officer in that organization for many of those years. Her hobbies and talents were many, but her most beloved were embroidery, baking bread, reading, working crossword puzzles, watching Tiger baseball and spending time with her grandkids and great grandkids. Maxine was beloved by all and will be sorely missed by the community and her beloved husband Bernie. Visitation will be Friday from 6-8 p.m. with a Rosary at 5:30 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose Parish Children’s School Fund. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Richard H. Greiner HASTINGS - Richard H. Greiner, age 72 of Hastings, died on Saturday August 4, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. He was born in Hastings September 19, 1934 the son of Alfred and Betty (Dolby) Greiner. Richard was married to Bernice Potenski in 1965 and she preceded him in death in 2001. He was also preceded in death by his parents, a brother and step-father. Richard was employed for almost 30 years at Bradford White Corporation in Middleville. He served in the United States Army from 1955-1957. He enjoyed playing cards, playing the lottery, fishing and hunting. He was a member of the Hastings Moose Lodge. Surviving is a step-son, James (Alice) Kubek of Hastings; grandchildren, Dave (Verlyn) Gank of Holly, Debra (Richard) Kinney of Florida, Diane (Gary) Wilson of North Carolina, John (Rita) Kubek, Joe (Sharon) Kubec, Julie Kubek and Don VanZandt all of Hastings; 18 great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren, and sister-in-law, Anita Greiner (special friend, Cleo Buskirk) of Bangor. Funeral services were held Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev. Gary Newton officiating, Burial with full military honors was in Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Local bookstore to be host for Florida author Beyond the Cover Bookstore will be host for critically acclaimed author Susan Carol McCarthy at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24. McCarthy is the author of two books and is currently working on her third. Her last novel, “Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands,” has received rave reviews throughout the country. The book based on actual events deals with racial unrest in Florida during the 1950's. The gripping account has been compared with Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” McCarthy was born and raised in central Florida and is currently a resident of California. A reception will be held at Beyond the Cover on the 24th, beginning at 4:30 p.m., followed by a book talk at 5. Both of these events are open to the public. Maple Valley voters reject school millage by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Voters in the Maple Valley School District Tuesday soundly rejected a proposed 0.95mill increase which would have been used to replace aging boilers and improve safety at district and science and technology labs at the high school. The tally in the special election was 713 to 442 vote. With nearly 62 percent of those who voted casting their ballot against the proposed millage versus the 38 percent who were in favor of the bond, Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer declined to comment on the results Wednesday morning, stating that he would reserve comment until after the next regular meeting of the Maple Valley Board of Education, which is slated for 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, in the board room of the district’s administration office, located at 11090 Nashville Highway, Vermontville. If passed, the millage would have generated $4,435,000, which would have allowed the district to replace energy-inefficient boilers and windows at Fuller and Maplewood elementary school and the junior/senior high school as well as improve security at all three schools by reconfiguring the entrances and the installation of additional security cameras, and the remodeling and updating of science, agriculture and technology labs at the high school. In an earlier statement, Kramer said the school district would still need to replace the antiquated boilers at all three schools within the next three years and if the bond did not pass, the nearly two million dollars needed to make the necessary repairs would have to come from the district’s fund equity. In his column that appeared in last week’s edition of The Maple Valley News, Kramer wrote that during the last two years the district has already pared its operating budget by 1.5 million dollars in an attempt to balance a dwindling budget due to cuts in state funding. Kramer noted, "Sixteen positions have been eliminated and a number of programs have been cut or reduced.” He also added that Maple Valley is the only district in the area to settle a labor contract with a zero percent salary increase for the first year and only a one percent increase in the second with a serious examination of health care costs. In an interview before the election, Kramer said, "These are things that have to be done, we can’t put them off so we’ll have to take money out of the general fund and look at making budget cuts elsewhere. We don’t want to do it, but it will mean taking another look at and cutting some of the services we offer our kids." The Lakewood, Thornapple Kellogg and Caledonia districts approved millage requests last May for bond projects. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED The committee to preserve Charlton Park is seeking interested citizens of Barry County, to work with committee members in obtaining support for the proposed November millage renewal, for the purpose of preserving Historical Charlton Park. All interested citizens should contact: Brian Reynolds – Phone# day: 269-945-3668 evening: 269-948-4163 brianreynolds@cablespeed.com COME JOIN US: Meeting every Thursday 6:00pm at the Main Street Bank 629 W. State Street Hastings, Mi. (downstairs community room). 02676656 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 7 Founders Weekend Aug. 10-11 is Delton’s biggest party of year by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Road construction on M-43 Highway through Delton will come to a temporary halt around noon Friday, Aug. 10 through Saturday, Aug. 11 to pave the way for the 34th annual celebration of Founders Weekend and the 11th annual Car Show. “Make sure you come to Delton Aug. 1011,” said Wes Kahler, president of the Founders Weekend Committee. He doesn’t want folks to think there isn’t going to be an event because of the construction. Some modifications have been made, such as a partially altered parade route, but there is a huge schedule of events ready to unfold on those days. Most of the events take place on the Delton Kellogg Schools’ grounds and the William Smith Memorial Park by the Barry Township Hall/fire and police station. More music has been included for next Saturday’s activities. A tent has been rented to shelter the musicians and the viewing public from the sun, Kahler said, noting the new improvement. The music tent will be set up at the south end of the Delton Kellogg Elementary School, near National City Bank. All of the bands are from the Barry County area and specialize in a variety of styles. Founders Weekend music begins bright and early Saturday at 9 a.m. with The Trip performing blues music. Country and bluegrass legend Gene Daugherty sings at 10 a.m. The Amaro Solomon Band, playing 1970s classic rock music, is set for 11 a.m. The Blue Water Rockers, who specialize in 1950s and ‘60s songs and original music, perform at 2 p.m. The Northern Blues String Band (formerly the Mud Creek Boys) will entertain with bluegrass music at 3 p.m. Four events kick-off Founders Weekend on Friday. The Delton District Library holds a book sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and it continues on Saturday with a special bargain – a bag of books for $1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bingo is back by popular demand. A pig roast is to be served from 5 to 7 p.m. And folks of all ages are invited to bowl in the middle of Orchard Street, starting at 7 p.m. Bingo games, sponsored by the St. Ambrose Church Altar Society, will be played from noon to 6 p.m. Friday. A large tent will be set up for Bingo at the north end of the Elementary School lawn. Bingo resumes at the same place on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rain or shine, the pig roast will be held in the Barry Township Hall. Those who attend also are welcome to dine in the pavilion area at the adjacent William Smith Memorial Park. Take-out also is available. The dinner menu includes roast pig, coleslaw, potato salad, baked beans, a roll and beverage. Cost of the meal is $6 per person and $4 for kids under 12. Children four years old and younger are free. Registration for the “Bowling on Orchard Street” begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday on the lawn of 150 East Orchard. Wes Kahler’s sister, Becky, saw a similar game in northern Michigan and brought the idea to Delton several years ago. Prizes are awarded to winners in various age groups, and he said the event is a lot of fun. About 25 people participated last year and more are encouraged to test their bowling skills this year. The bowling on Orchard Street is expected to be between M43 and Scribner Street. Each participant receives three balls to try to knock down the most number of pins. Roll-offs will be held if there are ties. Age groups are: Five and under; 6 to 9, 10 to 15, and 16 and up. On Saturday, Aug. 11, events start in the Miss Delton 2007 and her Court will reign over Founders Weekend and help with a variety of activities. From left, they are Leah Hook, Stephanie Johnson, Miss Delton Bailey Lester, Melissa Julian and Bethany Draper. early morning and the Las Vegas Night wraps up activities in the evening. From 7 to 11 a.m., the BPH (Barry, Prairieville and Hope townships) Fire Club is serving a huge breakfast, featuring pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy and coffee at the Delton-based fire station. A 5K Run/Walk steps off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Registration begins at 8. Shorter distances are available also. An entry fee includes a T-shirt, water bottle and key chain. Contact Anna Goldsworthy at blondmonkeybutt7710@hotmail.com. An Arts and Crafts Fair on the Elementary School lawn is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibitors from around the state are expected to display and sell their creative crafts. A big Car Show opens at 10 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m. in the William Smith Memorial Park, off Orchard St. Besides vintage and classic vehicles and more, 1950s and ‘60s music and fun for all ages are being planned. Registration for the show begins at 7 a.m. Saturday, on the show site behind the Delton Fire Station. Call Gordon Sheffield at 671-5805 for more information. Concessions, sponsored by the Delton Area Business Association, are available on the Car Show grounds. Fun activities for young people on Saturday include a Moon Walk near the William Wooer Memorial Pathway from M43 to the Smith Park, games, sponsored by Cub Scout Pack 3050, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the school grounds and a Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, sponsored by Miss Delton and her court. The Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest begins at 10 a.m. on the walkway to Smith Park. Contestants must bring their own chalk and register for a square at the Information Booth in the Arts and Crafts area. Judging is at 3:30 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in age groups: Five and under, 6-9, 10-14 and 15-19. A raffle will be held to benefit Delton Founders Weekend events, and the lucky winners will take home three individual $100 gift cards. Two of the cards will be for gasoline and the other a general credit-type card worth $100, Kahler said. Tickets for the raffle are $1 each and are available from 7 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Saturday. The winning tickets will be drawn at 3 p.m. at the Information Booth. It’s not necessary to be present to win. Arts and crafts are always a popular draw at summer festivals, and Delton’s Arts and Crafts Fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Founders Weekend celebrities will be presented during a special ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend as parade grand marshals Dr. James and Penny Hogan are honored for their many years of community service to Delton. It’s also a time to meet Miss Delton 2007 Bailey Lester and court members Leah Hook, Stephanie Johnson, Melissa Julian and Bethany Draper along with Little Miss Delton Dominique Weatherspoon and Court members Riley Scoville and Nicole Thompson. They will reign over Founders Weekend festivities and help with activities. A parade through town begins at 1 p.m. Featured in the line-up will be the local celebrities, many Shriner units and other entries. Because of the M-43 Highway construction, this year’s parade route is different, Wes Kahler said. The parade starts on Delton Road by the schools and then heads south on M-43 and turns left on Orchard Street and then right on Scribner, ending at Faith United Methodist Church’s parking lot (off Bush Street). For more information about the parade or to join the procession, call (269) 623-2020. Adults who want an indoor activity are invited to the Texas Hold-em Tournament from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Delton VFW Post 422, off Delton Road. Plenty of action takes place when area fire departments challenge each other in the 2 p.m. Waterball Tournament in the Middle School parking lot. Firefighters will be vying for a traveling trophy, plaque and bragging rights. Tours of the Bernard Historical Museum, located on Delton Road between Delton and Prairieville, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. The museum and its many buildings feature artifacts of Southwest Barry County and beyond. The final event of the weekend is Las Vegas Night, with Las Vegas-style gambling, beginning at 6 p.m. at Delton VFW Post 422. Cash Payoffs are part of the event, and there is a $500 winnings limit per person. Maximum bets are $5 and minimum bets are $1. Participants must be 18 years or older to play. There is no admission charge. Refreshments will be available. In addition to Kahler, the Delton Founders Weekend Committee includes Cindy Thompson, first vice president; Diane Asakevich, second vice president; Lin Hough, treasurer; Becky Kahler, trustee; Jodi Shepard, trustee; Roger Hough, Bill Asakevich and Edward Elsner. Gordon Sheffield is chairman of the Car Show Committee. Serving with him are Myrna Sheffield and Mary Sheffield-Harvey. Inviting the community and the public in general to this year’s event, Kahler said, “bear with us... Stay on the sidewalks... The regular parade route will be back, and we’re looking at a lot of exciting stuff for next year. We’re working on different ideas and plans.” He also expressed thanks to area businesses for being “very giving” to help make Founders Weekend possible. Handicap parking is available during Founders Weekend in the front row of the Delton District Library parking lot. Restrooms include the Elementary School. Anderson-Hodgson Armour-Norton David and JoEllen Anderson, Hastings, announce the engagement of their daughter, Casey E. Anderson, Grand Rapids, to Timothy A. Hodgson, Grand Rapids, son of Janet and Jim Myers, and Daniel Hodgson, Hillsdale. Casey is a graduate of Hastings High School and Michigan State University. She is a CPA for Deloitte & Touche LLP. Tim is a graduate of Hillsdale High School and Central Michigan University. He is a mechanical installation planner at Dematic Corp. The couple is planning an October 6, 2007 wedding at the First Presbyterian Church in Hastings. Hayden and Izabelle Taylor and Sarah Norton wish to announce the engagement of their parents, Kori D. Armour, the daughterof Bryon and Norine Armour of Nashville, to Robert W. Norton, the son of Claude and Chris Norton of Nashville. The bride-elect is a graduate of Maple Valley Schools and is currently employed with Viking Corp. The groom-elect is a graduate of Maple Valley Schools and is currently employed with Bradford Whites. A September 15, 2007 wedding is being planned. Easeys to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Russel and Marion Easey, Sr. will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 10, 2007. An Open House will be given in their honor on August 11, 2007 at the Hope Township Hall on M-43 Highway from 4 to 7 p.m. Please, no gifts, your presence is all they request. Be a “SPORTS NUT” and keep informed on all the scores and accomplishments of local athletes. Read The BANNER! Benners to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Laurie and Mike McPhillips, and David and Julie Benner, children of Ron and Carol Benner of Hastings, would like you to join us in the celebration of our parents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary. An Open House will be held Saturday, August 18, 2007, in the lodge at YMCA Camp Algonquin from 2 to 5 p.m. No gifts, please. LAKE DOSTER LAND AUCTION 550Lake ACRES IN 63 TRACTS Lots for Homesites & Acreage Up to 139 Acres Allegan & Barry County 77514209 SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ATTENTION RS RS • DEVELOPE O ST VE RS IN TE N U H • S YER HOMESITE BU Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency … Freeport Home & Auto Discounts! 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The speaker will be Jeanne Bewercroff with her topic "Michigan and its Water Trail of the Grand River Valley." The library will be open until 5 p.m. following the meeting. The time is drawing close for applications for the 2007 class of first Families of Ionia County. The deadline for applicants is Sept. 1. The new publication Rural Schools of Ionia County will have its first edition in Gerald Knickerbocker and Tom Frost, Bliss retirees, share their stories of their time working at the company during Friday’s open house. Bliss pleased with open house Bliss Clearing Niagara (BCN) Technical Services was a popular place to be last Friday afternoon for more than 700 employees, retirees and community members. “This place will be the place people want to work,” said BCN Chief Financial Officer Roland Kuehnel. Reports were that management was very happy with the turnout. “We were absolutely amazed at the turnout and the interest,” said Kuehnel. “The old07518020 timers were pleased. It was just a fun day to celebrate what we’re doing and honor history.” The most important aspect of the open house was the opportunity for retirees to reminisce about their time at the Bliss. Gerald Knickerbocker worked at the company for 23 years, Tom Frost worked there for 25 years and Roland Oaster worked there for 25 years. All three men, in addition to many more, came back to see the people they worked with, the company they worked for and the machines they worked on. They talked about their quality supervisors, the hard work they put in and the number of people who worked for the company. Employees were at the event to talk to people and offer them information about BCN and its products. During the company’s hey-day, more than 1,300 people were employed at the Bliss. While the number employed at BCN now is fewer than 100, there is hope that the company will continue to expand and create new jobs. There was a 50/50 raffle at the event, and half of the money goes to Star School with whom BCN has a community partnership. Star School will get $212.50, Chuck Cowham will get $106.25, Jeff Garrison will get $63.75 and Russ Nash will get $42.50. September. Cost is $15 per year. The ICGS has gathered a wealth of material on rural schools and decided to publish it in increments rather than in a book. The Lakewood High School Class of 1967 will gather at the Tom Hazel home Saturday for a meal and lots of conversation. The new pastor at Central United Methodist Church was on vacation last weekend. In his absence, Vanessa Todd Nash gave the sermon and Lori McNeil was worship leader. A week earlier Maria Reiser Matthews was the guest soloist. The facade program in the business district continues with new paint trim being added daily. The Licari building has been finished. The colors used for trim are consistent. The overnight rain Sunday was sufficient to fill a rain barrel. There was a very light rain earlier, which dampened the sidewalks, but left spots under trees still dry. One would hope that the small rain of Sunday would be of benefit to farm crops, which have been hurting badly. In college news, Central Michigan University has listed local students on the honors list: Emily Goodemoot, Kendra Root and Jason Thelen from Lakewood. Columbia College in Chicago listed Nathan Stoner as a graduate in May. His degree was in theater. Montcalm Community College listed parttime student Antoinette Plowman on the honors list. Ferris State listed graduates Jamie Brodbeck with her associate’s degree in graphic design, Cody Deatsman with his bachelor of science degree in construction, management and Taylor Miller with her bachelor’s degree in nursing. The theater program continues at the Ionia Theater. On Aug. 9 the film will be on a trip through the “Rockies by Rail” at 9:30 a.m. Later that day, there will be a Fabulous 50s celebration at the theater at 7 p.m. Participants are invited to come and listen to the music, to dress in costume, if desired. This program will benefit the Blanchard House. The Grand Rapids Press reported the death of Robert Taylor, 73, of Hudsonville on July 27. Among his survivors is son Chris (June) Taylor of Lake Odessa. Chris is a well known carpeter/contractor here. The Press also reported that the sheriff's department has purchased a 17-foot boat with trailer using some federal funds. Three members of the corrections department will assist in marine patrols on Morrison and Jordan lakes and on the Grand River. What to do with a gambrel roofed barn which is losing its usefulness? An enterprising Vestaburg couple advertised theirs on eBay (and in just 10 days had a buyer. A man from Fredericksburg, Texas, bought the structure. He and family members made their second trip to Michigan recently to take apart the barn. They numbered every beam and board, including all the wooden pegs which held it together. This type of construction is very rare in Texas, so they expect it to be quite a showpiece once it is reassembled. The bid for the barn was $650. The cost of shipping it on a semi will be $3,300. Those items plus the cost of his two trips will still be a bargain. The hardest part of tearing it down was the roofing, which did not come off easily. Once in Texas and reassembled, the new owner expects to use it either for storage or for a party barn. The new owner said he could have bought a pole barn for $10,000 but it would not be half as exciting as getting the unique Michigan barn. He is sure to have the only post-and-beam barn in all of Fredericksburg. Barry County is seeking to fill 2 full time 3rd shift custodial positions. Wage is starting at $9.75/hour plus benefits. Prior custodial experience is preferred. Applications can be obtained in the Clerk’s Office or Administration Office, Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 or www.barrycounty.org http://www.barrycounty.org. Deadline for applications is August 17, 2007. 77514967 Thank you Lessened libido Eavesdropping ex Dear Annie: Recently, I let my ex-husband's mother, "Gladys," watch my daughter HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER 212 W. Marshall St., Hastings Specical Thanks to… AppleTree Auctioneering, Lenny & Tara Case, Hillbilly Heavenly Hog, Matt Garrett, Rick Harnish, Matt & Mindy Lumbert and Eric & Olivia McKeever Also, thanks go out to the Michibilly Boys and everyone who provided donations for the family. 77515151 EOE/M-F Dear Annie: I was diagnosed with genital herpes at the age of 20, after dating my boyfriend for over a year. (He cheated on me.) I was a virgin until I met him. At the time, I was scared and depressed and thought my love life was over. I am now 45 and have come to realize that herpes is not the end of the world. I have been married and have healthy children. I've never had a man walk away after telling him I have this virus. I am now divorced and dating again. It is nerve-wracking to think about telling men I have this virus. Can you please inform the public that people don't need to freak out about herpes? In fact, one out of five people is now carrying the virus, and most don't even know it. -- Appleton, Wis., Reader Dear Appleton: Herpes is common enough these days, and treatable, so it should not be a major barrier to a relationship. You don't need to tell a new boyfriend about the virus until you intend to become intimate. For those who want more information on herpes, or on breaking the news to others, contact the American Social Health Association at ashastd.org, or call their hotline at 1-800-2278922. Ron Felder Qualified applicants will have strong communication skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus. or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities Horror of herpes …to everyone who helped with the auction and pig roast for Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for a Part-Time Customer Service Representative to join our team in Hastings. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St. Hastings, MI 49058 Dear Annie: I haven't been able to speak to my parents for many years because my daughter was abused by my father. My father had molested me when I was young. I told my mother, but she didn't believe me and said I was just making it up to hurt her. It went on until I was old enough to put a stop to it on my own. I never allowed my children to be alone with my father. I thought that was enough protection, but when my 9-year-old daughter needed to see a therapist, she told him my father had been touching her. The therapist went to child protective services, and everything came out about what my father had done to me. My daughter and I had to testify in court. Dad initially denied the charges, and my mom and sister stood by him and hated us for what we were doing. Dad eventually pleaded no contest, got probation and now has to register as a sex offender. It has been four years since I have spoken to any of them, although I send cards every Mother's Day because I miss my mom so much. A year ago, my sister contacted me to say I've treated my parents badly and my dad is dying because of me. She said Mom is upset because I never inquire about Dad when I send cards. My husband's family lives in the same city as my parents, and we are thinking of moving back so we can be closer to them. But it scares me to be in the same town as my parents. I have finally got past my crying fits, but there are days I don't do so well. Am I wrong? Should I be doing anything else? -- California Dear California: It is a parent's primary job to protect his or her children. Your mother, when told about the abuse, made no effort to help and still blames you for what your father did. If Dad has expressed remorse, it is OK to inquire about him if you feel it would help you reconcile with Mom. However, because Mom still refuses to take responsibility for abetting the abuse, a better relationship may not be possible. Our hearts go out to you. Dear Annie: May I say something about women with decreased libidos? Sometimes, birth control pills can cause this problem. Although it may take a while to find a pill that works, they should talk to their gynecologist about their concerns and ask that they be switched to a different brand. -- Problem Fixed in Nevada Dear Nevada: Thanks for the warning. If anyone thinks this could be her problem, please see your doctor immediately. • NOTICE • PART-TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Abuse and denial 77515107 3 bedrooms, formal dining room, living room, French doors to sunroom. Natural woodwork. 1 1/2 stall garage, large fenced in yard. Convenient to schools. 02676614 Phone 948-8146 • $95,900 for the weekend. She hasn't been allowed to do this for quite some time due to problems we had with her and her other grandchildren. While here, Gladys grilled my daughter with questions about me, my current husband and other family members. She has a history of backstabbing me. She is very sneaky. While in my home, she and her oldest son hacked into my e-mail account, read all of my mail and changed my password. Luckily, I had my laptop with me and was able to catch it before they did too much damage. Gladys got into my account by calling my mother and innocently asking for her maiden name, which was the "question" my account asked to help me remember my password. Please let your readers know not to use something so simple to discover. I feel I can never trust Gladys again. Is there some law I can mention to scare her so she won't do this again? -- Maine Dear Maine: Discovering your password and opening your e-mail is the equivalent of eavesdropping on your phone calls. It's not nice, but no one is going to arrest her. If Gladys had done real damage -- taken money from your bank account, for example, then she would be breaking the law. First, change your password and make the "clue" more cryptic, so only you will understand it. In fact, you should update your password frequently. Then tell Gladys that she is no longer allowed in your home when you are not present. Period. That bridge is burned. Foods forbidden Dear Annie: My mother-in-law read the column from "Michigan Grandmother," whose granddaughter was diagnosed with fructose intolerance. When our daughter was 3 months old, she had some constipation, and the pediatrician recommended corn syrup be added to her formula to stimulate her system. The corn syrup threw her into liver and kidney failure. The wonderful doctors at the Cleveland Clinic discovered she had Hereditary Fructose Intolerance and saved her life. There is a lot of cooking involved with this type of diet, but it can easily be managed. That grandmother can find a wealth of information regarding recipes, eating out, etc., at www.hfiinfo.proboards42.com. As with any information, you should always check with your own doctor before following any dietary advice. My daughter is now 3 and doing great. She's a beautiful, smart ball of fire. -- K.G. Dear K.G.: Thanks so much for the useful information. Our readers were eager to help "Michigan Grandma" and offered a plethora of websites. Read on: From Iowa: I was diagnosed with Dietary Fructose Intolerance in 2005 and had to learn a new way of eating, but it freed me from being almost house-bound with intestinal problems. There are two types: "Dietary" and "Hereditary" Fructose Intolerance, the latter causing many more problems. The University of Iowa Medical Center (where I was diagnosed) has good information at: www.tiny.cc/fructose. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) has a publication online entitled "Sugar Content in Selected Foods," which is available through the search box at www.fnic.nal.usda.gov. Wisconsin: We have a daughter who is allergic to eggs, and the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (foodallergy.org) has been very helpful. It's $30 for a one-year membership and well worth it. Boston: I found my local natural food stores or boutique markets to be incredibly helpful (the staff is familiar with different dietary needs), and foods marked "natural" at regular grocery stores often do not contain added fructose or sucrose. Illinois: The best website I've found is kidswithfoodallergies.org. The support forums there are filled with information on recipes, negotiating with insurance companies, picking a great doctor, explaining diet restrictions to family members, schools, day care centers and so on. It has been a lifeline for my family. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. A look down memory lane... How the Hastings/Barry Are You Prepared to Help Aging Parents? County Airport Evolved If you have your parents during much of your adult life, consider yourself fortunate. As they age, however, you will need to become increasingly aware of added responsibilities you may have to assume. And by planning ahead, you can help make everyone's lives easier. In dealing with various matters relating to your parents - particularly financial matters the key is open and frequent communication. And that means you'll need to find out everything you can about your parents' assets, debts and estate plans. You can start by finding out if your parents have a simple will drawn up. If they don't, urge them to get one. Your parents have worked hard all their lives and they want their assets distributed according to their wishes instead of a court's decree, which is what would happen if they die "intestate" (without a will). Even if your parents have a simple will, they may still need to take further action. If you think they have a sizable estate or want to give significant gifts to charitable groups, encourage them to consult with an attorney who specializes in estate planning. You'll also need to learn whatever you can about your parents' savings and investments. Which banks and financial service providers hold your parents' assets? Where are the records of these accounts? Do they work with a financial advisor? You'll need to learn these things in case your parents become incapacitated or die unexpectedly. State treasurer's offices regularly advertise "unclaimed" property, including investments - some of which have simply eluded the attention of family members. And, speaking of incapacitation, you may want to encourage your parents to create a durable general power of attorney, which allows them to appoint another person to conduct their business affairs if they are physically or mentally unable to manage them yourself. You can also ease some potential worries by having your parents create a medical power of attorney, which empowers you (or another relative or close friend) to make health care decisions for your parents if they get seriously injured or become ill and cannot make health care decisions on their own. Long-term care is another subject you might want to discuss with your parents. Of course, they may never need to enter a nurs- STOCKS Story from July 4, 1918 Banner. By Esther Walton The first airplane landed in Hastings on July 4, 1918. The Banner covered it with a feature article, which among other things said: “Thursday forenoon around 11 o’clock, word was received that a flying machine was headed toward Hastings.” The report spread like wildfire and in an incredible short time the streets were lined with people gazing heaven ward and no one reached the streets any too soon, because directly overhead was the machine heading westward and flying gracefully as a bird and much more rapidly. Interested spectators watched it until it was out of sight, and within a few minutes it was returning from the west. When near the Consolidated Press Company it made a graceful downward and landed near that factory on account of being nearly out of gasoline. The occupants of the machine were Major Intosh and Lieutenant McConnell of Selfridge Aviation Field near Mt. Clemons, about 30 miles the other side of Detroit. They left Selfridge Field Thursday morning and covered the 168 miles to Hastings in considerably less than two hours. They started on a flight to Chicago, intending to go by the way of Battle Creek, but when they reached Jackson they followed the Grand Rapids division of the Michigan Central, instead of the main line. When they landed in this city they supposed they were in Battle Creek. Passing over Hastings, the aviators must have gone nearly to Middleville when they discovered that the gasoline was running low and decided to return and get a fresh supply. So, they returned and looked for a place to make a landing. The farm of Daniel Manie, just behind the Consolidated plant, looked to be the most inviting, so they landed there. Business was practically suspended and everyone hurried to the landing place. The news spread quickly around the country, and autos loaded with people constantly arrived at the scene, the crowd soon numbering up into the hundreds. After getting gasoline, oil and refreshments, the two officers started their eight cylinder engine about 2 o’clock. With a loud whirring of the propeller they bounced along the ground for a few rods, left the ground and in See TIME, page 20 SCRAPBOOK STORE Scrapaloo 10090 S. M-43 Hwy, Delton, MI 49046 269-623-7310 Celebrate Founders Weekend August 10 & 11 Stop in and check out our IN STORE SPECIALS Founders Day SALE August 11 All In Stock Laser Cuts on Sale Bring this ad and be entered into the door prize drawing total purchase Valid Saturday, Aug. 11, 9am-4pm only Scrapaloo will be closed during the parade 06656391 RECEIVE 10% OFF The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 40.46 +1.30 Anheuser Busch 50.08 +1.31 CMS Energy Corp. 16.39 +.23 Coca-Cola Co. 54.46 +2.35 DaimlerChrysler 88.26 -2.49 Dow Chemical Co. 43.06 -.42 Exxon Mobil 85.70 +.57 Family Dollar Stores 29.32 -.30 First Financial Bancorp 11.43 -.80 Ford Motor Co. 8.30 -.21 General Motors 33.48 +1.08 Intl. Bus. 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Russell Lee Brinks, Middleville and Katherine Marian Blevins, Middleville. Chad Raymond Miller, Hastings and Jennifer Lynn Matthews, Hastings. ing home or require the services of a home health care worker. However, if they do, the expenses can be enormous. For example, the average annual cost of a private room in a nursing home is more than $75,000, according to the 2006 annual MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care. If your parents needed to come up with this type of money, it could wipe out their financial independence - and possibly place a burden on you or your siblings. Currently, Medicaid pays almost half the costs of long- term care, but, to qualify for this government program, your parents would have to "spend down" almost all their assets - an unattractive prospect. Consequently, you may want to talk to your parents about other ways of paying for these costs. Start discussing these types of issues with your parents soon. As you can see, there's a lot of ground to cover, and the sooner you start, the better. This entire site Copyright © 2006 Edward Jones LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Seven and 54/100 Dollars ($123,307.54) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; West 16 and 2/100; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514927 File No. 214.5168 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Conkle and Misty Conkle, a married couple, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159725, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred EightyFour and 73/100 Dollars ($110,784.73) including interest at 7.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 462.00 feet along the West line of said Northwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds East 168.39 feet; thence South 00 degrees 28 minutes 48 seconds East 462 feet; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds West 169.17 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514809 File No. 207.8270 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven Mockeridge Sr., a single man a/k/a Steven Mockerridge Sr., original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded on May 4, 2006 in instrument 1164039, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty And 15/100 Dollars ($132,920.15), including interest at 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, and running thence South 220 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 29 for the true place of beginning; thence South 220 feet along said North and South 1/4 line; thence West 594 feet parallel with the North 1/8 line of said Section 29; thence North 220 feet; thence East 594 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155031F01 77514973 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($58,809.50), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154162F01 77514801 �Page 10 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167514 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 18, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on June 16, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on June 18, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1129530. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Five Hundred Fifty-Seven and 97/100 Dollars ($82,557.97), including interest at 6.00% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 30, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of said Section; thence N00º37’24”E 542.33 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning; thence N89º22’36”W 309.6 feet; thence N00º18’04”W 265.03 feet; thence S80º22’36”E 313.87 feet; thence S00º37’21”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. Containing 1.89 acres. Subject to highway right-of-way for M43 Broadway Road over the Easterly portion thereof described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence N89º22’36”W 54.42 feet; thence N00º22’46”E 265.00 feet; thence SW89º22’36”E 55.55 feet; thence S00º37’24”W 265.00 feet along the East line of said Section to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-04-030-150-000-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 77514127 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 18, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435828-1 77514893 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2005, and recorded on January 3, 2006 in instrument 1158429, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Seventy And 25/100 Dollars ($117,070.25), including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Block 5 of Sandy Beach Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514173 File #150918F01 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” With Summer in Full Swing … Imagine yourself owning your own mobile home in a community with a country setting and lake access to Thornapple Lake! What are some of the advantages to buying a manufactured home? Phone 517-852-1514 02676576 Less expensive than traditional mortgages. Less expensive than renting. You are building equity into your own home. Comparably low rent to include water, sewer and waste disposal. Financing is available with very low to no-down payments. “Move-In Incentives to include free lot rent with the purchase of a home. Call or stop by for more information and allow us to introduce you to affordable and enjoyable country living at Thornapple Lake Estates. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas G. Vandermel and Christine Vandermel, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded October 9, 2003 in Instrument Number 1115233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 76/100 Dollars ($161,757.76) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in the Township of Baltimore, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Parcel A: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of South Bedford Road and the South line of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence Northwesterly 813.64 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the left with radius of 5729.58 feet and chord of which bears North 27 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds West, 812.95 feet: thence North 31 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds West, 241.12 feet along said centerline: thence continuing Northwesterly 201.72 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1909.86 feet and chord of which bears North 28 degrees 24 minutes 37 seconds West, 201.63 feet to the centerline of Whiskey Run Road: thence North 62 degrees 28 minutes 32 seconds West, 330.60 feet along the centerline of Whiskey Run Road; thence continuing 120.23 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with radius of 508.53 feet and chord of which bears North 55 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds West, 119.95 feet to the South ne-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 36 seconds East, 1092.02 feet along said South oneeighth line to the East one-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 1323.31 feet along said East one-eighth line to the South line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds West, 101.50 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the North 264 feet of the East 165 feet thereof. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress appurtenant to said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet; thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet: thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. Parcel B: The North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress thereto, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet: thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet; thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 310.1629 77515143 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Scott Curtiss and Holly Curtiss, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 12, 2006 and recorded June 8, 2006 in Instrument # 1165734 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($195,291.17) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 96, Pine Haven Estates Number 4, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Document Number 1122672. Commonly known as 1870 Pine Ridge Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 30, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75470(HSBC) ASAP# 881732 08/02/2007, 08/09/2007, 08/16/2007, 77514888 08/23/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Hirt, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successor's and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2007 and recorded March 13, 2007 in Instrument Number 1177428, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fourteen and 79/100 Dollars ($499,814.79) including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 19, Town 33 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2102.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1008.32 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 226.38 feet to Reference Point F; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 39 feet more of less to the waters edge of a pond; thence meandering Southwesterly along said water edge to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point G (Reference Point G is located South 59 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds West, 116.57 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point F); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 36 feet more or less to Reference Point G; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 258.57 feet; thence Northeasterly, 104.09 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 74 degrees 32 minutes 29 seconds East, 103.77 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with rights over an area for common use as described below: That part of the Southeast one quarter, Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2422.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1038.65 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds East, 20.00 feet along said Southerly line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 214.92 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds East; 200.00 feet; thence North 60 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds East, 346.14 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 35 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 54 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds East, 98.14 feet; thence North 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds East, 160.00 feet; thence Southeasterly, 20.66 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 61 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds East, 20.66 feet; thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds, West 599.25 feet to Reference Point C, thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds West, 16 more feet more of less to the waters edge of Gun Lake; thence meandering Southwesterly along said waters edge and Northerly along the waters edge of a channel to Gun Lake to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point A (Reference Point A is located South 72 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West, 200.00 feet and South 52 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 457.91 feet and North 03 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 465.15 feet and North 61 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 29.70 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point C); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 14 feet more of less to reference point A; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 392.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514390 File No. 280.2530 NOTICE TO CREDITORS TRUST DOLORES J. SHERIDAN, deceased, THE DELORES J. SHERIDAN FAMILY TRUST. Date of birth: February 21, 1931. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Dolores J. Sheridan, who lived at 2222 Robinwood Drive, Hastings, Michigan 49058, died March 6, 2007. There is no Probate Estate. Dolores J. Sheridan left a Family Trust dated June 25, 1993. The trust is liable for the debts of the decedent. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to Susan M. Smith, the current trustee of the trust, whose address is 1954 Brookfield, Hastings, Michigan 49058, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. This notice is given pursuant to MCL 700.7504. Date: July 5, 2007 Attorney for Trust: William M. Wright P23110 1605 Pinecone Dr. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-6325 Susan M. Smith, Trustee 1954 Brookfield Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-5542 77515003 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on February 5, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on February 12, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1097521. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Two Thousand, Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 46/100 Dollars ($242.757.46), including interest at 6.75% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 199.00 feet along the East line of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.01 feet to the true point of beginning; thence south 01 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East, 482.24 feet; thence South 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds West, 17.00 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence North 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds West, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence North 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds West, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence North 12 degrees 25 minutes 23 seconds East, 33.78 feet; thence North 75 degrees 36 minutes 50 seconds East 178.42 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West, 349.84 feet; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 227.51 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, 66 feet in width 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds East, 391.80 feet along the centerline of Howell Trail; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 171.22 feet along said centerline to the point of beginning of the centerline of Madilin Trail; thence south 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds East, 384.45 feet along said centerline; thence South 65 degrees 14 minutes 47 seconds East, 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence South 86 degrees 11 minutes 09 seconds East, 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence north 03 degrees 48 minutes 51 seconds East, 17.00 feet to the end of said centerline and a point hereinafter referred to as Reference Point “A.” Also a circular extension of said easement, a radius of 50 feet centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A.” Subject to a private easement of ingress, egress and public utility purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail, 66 feet in width, 33 feet each side of a centerline, described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant North 89 degrees 54 minutes 26 seconds West, 1047.01 feet from the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 391.89 feet along said centerline; thence South 24 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds East, 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 18 minutes 14 seconds East, 204.22 feet to the end of said centerline. PP No. 08-13-015-003-60. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514133 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Debra Taylor, a divorced woman, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 29, 2002, and recorded on February 5, 2002 in instrument 1074385, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-One And 81/100 Dollars ($38,491.81), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Cloverdale Plat, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 31, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153055F01 77514353 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by AMBER R. DEKKER, UNMARRIED and PAUL A. EISENHARDT, MARRIED, to HILLSIDE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., Mortgagee, dated September 19, 2003, and recorded on October 30, 2003, in Document No. 1116715, and assigned by said mortgagee to AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eight Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($108,654.44), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on August 16, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of JOHNSTOWN, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 48, INDIAN ISLE RESORT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THERE OF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 13, 2007 AMERIHOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77514245 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Bigelow and Terrie Bigelow, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006 and recorded October 10, 2006 in Instrument Number 1171233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by CitiMortgage Inc., successor by reason of merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($122,453.13) including interest at 8.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 16, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 4 and 5, Block 3, Daniel Striker's Addition, according to the recorded Plat thereof, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 19, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 241.0037 77514240 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred FiftySix And 61/100 Dollars ($248,556.61), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #127353F04 77514324 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167502 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 21, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars ($154,128.42) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514385 File No. 214.3948 thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 21, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435941-1 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Losiewski, A Single Male, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2005, and recorded on November 21, 2005 in instrument 1156545, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five And 26/100 Dollars ($220,185.26), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 and 18 of Cedar Points Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 51 Also, a parcel of Land in the plat of Cedar Points described as follows: beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 17 and running Southerly, extending present West line of Lot 17 to present Road; thence Easterly along present Road 80 feet; thence Northeast to Southeast corner of Lot 18; thence Westerly to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514373 File #153311F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jolena M Fitzsimmons, a married person and Patrick O Fitzsimmons, a married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2002, and recorded on May 28, 2002 in instrument 1081142, and modified by agreement dated August 1, 2004, and recorded on September 9, 2004 in instrument 1133685, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($101,342.61), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence 680 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 216 feet; thence North 200 feet; thence West 216 feet; thence South 200 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to the Highway right-of-way for Dowling Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #055934F02 77515006 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 11, 2003, by Brenda K. Kellems, a single person, as Mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 2, 2003, in Document No. 1112248 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Two and 19/100 Dollars ($110,452.19), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land located in the Township of HASTINGS, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 944.32 FEET ALONG THE EAST 1/8 LINE TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 28.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 172.80 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHERLY RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 90.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” EAST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 180 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” WEST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST, 775 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT 565 FEET RECTANGULAR MEASURE FROM THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” EAST 912 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 566 OF DEEDS, PAGE 39; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 50’ EAST 138.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE TO A POINT HEREINAFTER TO BE CALLED POINT “A”; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF A 66 FOOT INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT; THENCE WESTERLY 125 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID EASEMENT AND ARC OF CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 400 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 57’ 55” WEST 124.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 242.64 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AFOREMENTIONED RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” WEST 267.96 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS 66 FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL APPURTENANT TO PROPERTY ADJOINING THE EASTERLY SIDE THEREOF, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT AFOREMENTIONED POINT “A”, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT 66 FEET IN WIDTH APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE CENTERLINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 787.64 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SAID SECTION 27, RUNNING THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 249.57 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 67 DEGREES 10’ 44” EAST 244.78 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” EAST 33.16 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 328.53 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 73 DEGREES 20’ 34” EAST 317.67 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS 27.5 FEET IN WIDTH FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES APPURTENANT THERETO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD, EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF MCKEOWN ROAD TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: A STRIP OF LAND 66 FEET IN WIDTH, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE ABANDONED MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY (100 FEET IN WIDTH) IN THE SOUTHEAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, SAID POINT LYING SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 158.02 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY WITH THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 127.78 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 400.00 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 20’ 22” EAST 127.24 FEET TO POINT OF ENDING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, SAID POINT LYING DISTANT SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 267.80 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND SAID EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27, SHORTENING AND LENGTHENING THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL TO TERMINATE AT THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF SAID RAILROAD. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27 TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” WEST 839.59 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” EAST 90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 59’ 44” EAST 195 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, 201.77 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MCKEOWN ROAD OVER THE WESTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF. Commonly known as 2801 Kellems Drive, Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be one (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548746.1\016594-00003 77514915 77514908 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curt A. Cybulski and Jane M. Cybulski, husband and wife to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2004, and recorded on November 24, 2004, as Document Number: 1137693, said mortgage was re-recorded on December 20, 2004 Instrument Number: 1138891, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R12, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars and 67/100 ($194,829.67) including interest at the rate of 8.350% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 8, T3N, R8W, and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 139.45 feet parallel to the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 66.12 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 198.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 117.55 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following deeded to the City of Hastings: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 51 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; running thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded 89 deg 02' East) parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section, a distance of 205.57 feet to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 66 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 51.43 feet, thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet to the Point of Beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the corner post of Section 8, T3N, R8W; and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of Place of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2 to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded North 89 deg 02' East), 257.0 feet parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 125.0 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 132.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 125 feet; thence North 0 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the Place of Beginning, excepting therefrom any portion taken, used or deeded for road purposes. 602 E Francis Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00534 775143472 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Eric Slachter, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 28, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2003 in Liber 6524 on Page 022 in instrument 1098843, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixteen And 34/100 Dollars ($84,816.34), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 174 Feet of the Following described premises: Commencing 24 rods South of the Northeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence West 40 rods; thence South 16 rods; thence East 40 rods; thence North 16 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151400F01 77514178 FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on January 29, 2003 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on January 31, 2003 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1096631. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of EightyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Nine and 82/100 Dollars ($82,909.82), including interest at 7.65% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Unit 1, Tikeluk Trail Condominiums, a condominium according to master deed recorded in document #1048957, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 18, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said master deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. PP No. 08-040-029-250-100-01 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 77514145 616-831-1700 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jon D. Pewoski and Michelle E. Pewoski, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 20, 2002, and recorded on June 27, 2002 in instrument 1082894, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Household Finance Corp III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Five And 53/100 Dollars ($159,745.53), including interest at 13.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 8 rods of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149643F01 77515121 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael A. Harper, a married man and Ladonna I. Harper, a married woman, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 8, 1998 in instrument 1017602, and assigned by mesne assignments to HSBC Bank USA, as Trustee in trust for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2003-HE4 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Nine And 80/100 Dollars ($49,839.80), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Described as commencing at a point 8 RODS South of the Southeast Corner of Lot 23 of the Villiage of Delton, according to the recorded Plat thereof, thence South along the West side of Highway 8 RODS, thence West 8 RODS, thence North 8 RODS, thence East 8 RODS to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #042726F03 77514932 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on June 4, 2002, by Glen E. Tobias and Victoria J. Tobias, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 20, 2002, in Document No. 1082573 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety One and 11/100 Dollars ($92,591.11), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL _ OF SECTION 18, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST-WEST _ LINE OF SAID SECTION WHICH IS NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 1830.0 FEET FROM THE WEST _ CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 200.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 500.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 200.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 500.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 12660 Gackler Road, Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515138 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167499 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 19, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Musser AKA James A. Musser Sr. and Sharlyn K. Musser, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Creve Coeur Mortgage Associates, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 11, 2001, and recorded on December 28, 2001 in instrument 1072202, and assigned by mesne assignments to Beal Bank SSB as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Four And 23/100 Dollars ($209,164.23), including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land commencing at the Northeast Corner of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; Thence South 28 Degrees 41 minutes 30 Seconds West 933.45; Feet, Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 937.65 Feet to the place of beginning; Thence South 0 Degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds East 134.5 Feet; Thence South 39 Degrees 33 minutes West 190.3 Feet to the Easterly right-of-way of West State Road; Thence North 50 Degrees 27 minutes West 200 Feet; Thence North 39 Degrees 33 minutes East 200 Feet; Thence North 89 Degrees 27 minutes East 148 Feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #085936F03 77514202 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 19, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435897-1 77514898 ® The 77514157 SCHOOL OF CHOICE Barry ISD Delton Kellogg Schools Hastings Area Schools 77511856 Delton and Hastings Schools are participating in Schools of Choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Students who reside within the Barry ISD or an adjoining intermediate school district are eligible to be accepted. Hastings has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Delton has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Send written request to: Choice Superintendents Office Delton Kellogg Area Schools 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Choice Superintendents Office Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 02676584 1856 Valley Pines, Middleville Traditional crisp white 2 story saltbox with modern green exterior accents. Spacious foyer, custom window coverings, living room/dining room combo with fireplace, dazzling kitchen with snack bar, 9’ ceilings on main floor, 4 generous bedrooms, and 3 1/3 baths. Master bedroom features enormous walk-in split closet and private bath. Roomy 3 car attached garage, underground sprinkling, professional landscaping and over-sized deck. Spacious lower level family room with daylight windows. Close to Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. Electric to garage-not hooked up. Water softener system included. Ask for Sue Kazma 616-724-1500. Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James P. Caswell and Connie L. Caswell, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to TCF Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 7, 2002, and recorded on June 20, 2002 in instrument 1082584, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to US Bank NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Four And 33/100 Dollars ($101,294.33), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the Southwest corner of that part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4, Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Lying East of the Battle Creek and Assyria Road (Highway M-66), described as follows: running Northerly and Southerly along the center line of said Battle Creek Road (M-66) 250 feet and runing East and West along the Center line of Huff Road, 220 feet. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #150537F01 77514188 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael R. Bernier and Sandra K. Bernier, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2005, and recorded on July 14, 2005 in instrument 1149498, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Two And 30/100 Dollars ($174,532.30), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Thornapple Bend Estate as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 35. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153028F01 77514358 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Vicky L. Worden, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 6, 2002 and recorded September 11, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087259, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Sixty-One and 52/100 Dollars ($114,061.52) including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 2 and 22 of the Plat of Northbay, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 32. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1385 77515111 �Page 13 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, by assignment dated May 31, 2007 and recorded June 5, 2007in Instrument # 1181320 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($96,644.15) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 7, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76181 77515167 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of JEFFERSON B. FEILER AND VIVIAN J. FEILER TRUST under Agreement dated November 14, 2006. Date of birth: March 23, 1924 - Vivian J. Feiler. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Vivian J. Feiler, Surviving Trustee, who lived at 8219 S. M37 Highway, Hastings, Michigan died July 25, 2007 leaving the above Trustee entitled “Jefferson B.F Feiler and Vivian J. Feiler Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to ANNABELLE D. RIGG, of 27399 72nd Avenue, Lawton, Michigan 49065, or LAWRENCE G. FEILER III, of 3737 Oakridge Drive, Elkhart, Indiana 46517, Successor Co-Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: August 1, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Annabelle D. Rigg Lawrence G. Feiler III 27399 72nd Avenue 3737 Oakridge Drive Lawton, MI 49065 77514970 Elkhart, IN 46517 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 1, 2005, in Document No. 1144110 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Two and 88/100 Dollars ($149,382.88), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 12, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 192 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515128 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L. Visser, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($93,125.73) including interest 10.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 6, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76104 77515162 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri L. Bourdo, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2005, and recorded on May 17, 2005 in instrument 1146671, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven And 87/100 Dollars ($87,837.87), including interest at 10.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Barrett Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514821 File #153803F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167505 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 20, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jonathan Wright, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Crevecor Mortgage Inc, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006 and recorded January 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1159329 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Forty-Seven Cents ($186,423.47) including interest 7.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds West 555.49 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 255.45 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 243.31 feet; thence North 8939 feet 44 minutes West 251.12 feet; thence North 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds East 363.00 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 66 foot wide strip of land, thence centerline of which is described: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 652.35 feet along the North line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 588.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds West 400.55 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 27.0 feet to the place of ending of said centerline. Also over a 60 foot radius curve, the radius point of which is the above described place of ending of said centerline. Commonly known as 3122 Cedar Brook Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 2, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75873_(HSBC) ASAP# 883675 08/09/2007, 77515116 08/16/2007, 08/23/2007, 08/30/2007 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 20, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435915-1 77514903 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Six Hundred Seventeen And 49/100 Dollars ($373,617.49), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F03 77514250 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd A. Gould, a/k/a Todd Gould, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 11, 2006, and recorded on June 22, 2006 in instrument 1164955, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 03/100 Dollars ($92,535.03), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Block 14 of H. J. Kenfield's addition to the city of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in liber 1 of plats, on Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154913F01 77514997 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda Rogers surviving spouse of Bruce R. Rogers, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on December 1, 2006 in instrument 1173369, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven And 50/100 Dollars ($148,711.50), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of Beginning of this description; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.0 feet along said centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155042F01 77515172 401(k) rollovers made easy 02676522 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com 77515126 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 4, 2005, in Document No. 1144182 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One and 54/100 Dollars ($147,921.54), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 10, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 96 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515133 Member SIPC Happy Birthday GRANDMA �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER LISTED BELOW. Default has occurred in a mortgage made on April 1, 2004 by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, as Mortgagors, to Hastings City Bank, a Michigan banking corporation, as Mortgagee. The Mortgagee was recorded on April 2, 2004 in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, in Instrument No: 1124590. At the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due and unpaid on the Mortgage the sum of FortyTwo Thousand, Nine Hundred Thirteen and 51/100 Dollars ($42,913.51), including interest at 10.25% per annum. No suit or proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale contained in the Mortgage has become operative by reason of such default. On Thursday, August 16, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon at the east steps of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, which is the place for holding mortgage sales for Barry County, Michigan, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal costs and charges of sale, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law, the property located in the Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, and described in the Mortgage as follows: Parcel A. Commencing S00º24’29” E 712.83 feet from the Northeast corner of Section 15, Town 3, North, Range 9 West for the point of beginning; thence S00º24’29”E 605.71 feet; thence N50º34’10”W 1038.84 feet; thence N89º54’26”W 221.83 feet; thence N00º18’14”W 204.22 feet along the centerline of Howell Lane; thence N24º24’29”W 70.21 feet along said centerline; thence N00º18’14”W 154.27 feet along said centerline; thence S89º54’26”E 241.42 feet; thence N00º24’29”W 38.62 feet; thence S89º54’26”E 78.49 feet; thence S00º24’29”E 428.01 feet to the centerline of Madilin Lane; thence S89º54’26”E 92.5 feet along said centerline; thence S65º14’47”E 122.97 feet along said centerline; thence S86º11’09”E 304.27 feet along said centerline; thence S86º04’29”E 220.88 feet to the point of beginning. PP No. 08-13-015-003-20. Parcel B. Commencing the North 1/4 post of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence N88º47’39”W, 425.00 feet along the North line of said Section; thence S00º29’34”W, 507.59 feet to the point of beginning; thence S88º47’39”E, 24.49 feet to the centerline of a gravel driveway; thence S29º45’48”W, 103.85 feet along said centerline; thence continuing Southwesterly along said centerline 159.60 feet along the arc of a curve to the right the radius of which is 924.56 feet, and the chord of which bears S34º42’31”W, 159.40 feet; thence continuing along said certificate of a gravel driveway S39º39’14”W, 183.23 feet to the centerline of Highway M-37; thence N38º01’41”W, 647.48 feet along sid centerline of Highway M-37; thence N18º57’47”E, 59.65 feet to the Northeasterly right of way line of Highway M-37; thence S71º39’23”E, 647.13 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southwesterly 50 feet thereof for Highway M-37. Also together with and subject to an easement of undetermined width to be used in common with others over said gravel driveway. Also subject to any other easements or restrictions of record. PP No.08-13-014-051-20. Parcel C. Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant S00º24’29”E, 199.00 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section; thence S00º24’29”E, 513.83 feet along said East line; thence N86º04’29”W, 220.88 feet; thence N03º48’51”E, 17.00 feet; thence N01º21’31”W, 482.24 feet; thence S89º54’26”E, 227.01 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Madilin Lane, described separately, subject to a private easement for ingress, egress and public utilities purposes appurtenant thereto for Howell Trail. Described separately. PP No. 08-13-015-003-70. The redemption period shall be six months from the date of sale unless the property is determined abandoned under MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty days from the date of sale. Dated: July 10, 2007 MILLER JOHNSON, Attorneys for Mortgagee By: Steven J. Laurent 250 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 800 Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0306 616-831-1700 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven G. Ehrhardt, a married person, to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 2, 2002 and recorded September 12, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087317, and Re-recorded to add legal description on April 4, 2003 in Document Number 1101481, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred NinetyEight and 66/100 Dollars ($110,298.66) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing the Southeast corner of the East one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 762 feet, thence West 244 feet, thence North 371 feet, thence East 244 feet, thence South 371 feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514330 File No. 326.0371 Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18 Kalamazoo MI, 49009 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by AGUSTIN S. GONZALES and TAMARA B. HANZEN, joint tenants, as original Mortgagors, to US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND F/K/A FIRSTAR BANK, NA, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, whose address is 205 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 as Mortgagee, being a Mortgage dated DECEMBER 26, 2001 and recorded on FEBRUARY 5, 2002 in Instrument No. 1074271, BARRY County Records, State of Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS($92,722.30), plus interest on the mortgage at 8.15% per annum, additional costs, expenses and attorneys fees permitted by the Loan Departments and which are permitted under Michigan law after DECEMBER 26, 2001. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, at public sale to the highest bidder at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HASTINGS, MI, at 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of PRAIRIEVILLE, County of BARRY, Michigan, and are described as: COMMENCING 122.98 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF B-Z BEE ACRES PLAT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LOT 5, 122.98 FEET; THENCE EAST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88.32 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, BEING IN SECTION 31, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. For more information, please call: (269) 372-4318, Kenneth Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. File No.MI-2227 77514395 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David M Dzwigalski Jr, a Married Man, Mary E Dzwigalski, a Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. West MI, Mortgagee, dated July 5, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167586, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Six And 97/100 Dollars ($85,806.97), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10, Block 11, H.J. Kenfield Addition, Village of Hastings (now City of Hastings), as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. Hastings City, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153393F01 77514380 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24835 DE Estate of Delores J. Knoll, Deceased. Date of birth: 5/31/1935. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Delores J. Knoll, who lived at 122 W. Francis St., Nashville, Michigan died April 22, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Denise C. Mead, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: August 1, 2007 Vandervoort, Christ & Fisher, P.C. By: Nelson Karre P27639 67 W. Michigan Ave., Suite 312 Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 965-7000 Denise C. Mead 3500 Morgan Road 77515103 Nashville, MI 49073 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shon Harwood and Kathy Harwood, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to WMC Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2001, and recorded on July 5, 2001 in instrument 1062568, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($66,824.67), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant West 1763.87 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 36; thence South 300 feet; thence West 157.00 feet; thence North 300.00 feet; thence East 157.00 feet along said East-West 1/4 line to the Place of Beginning. Subject to an easement for public Highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154683F01 77514922 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Roger Berens, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2003, and recorded on January 5, 2004 in instrument 1120132, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-One Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Three And 08/100 Dollars ($61,173.08), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3 and 4, Sam Bravata Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 68. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155638F01 77515157 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth A. Wood and Debbie A. Wood, husband & wife, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded on November 7, 2002 in instrument 1091203, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five And 23/100 Dollars ($113,985.23), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 58 of O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 38 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514795 File #153946F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert John Ellis, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Standard Federal Bank, a federal savings bank, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 1996, and recorded on June 10, 1996 in Liber 663 on Page 250, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two And 59/100 Dollars ($15,852.59), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, for a place of beginning; thence East 275 feet; thence South 833 feet; thence West 275 feet; thence North 833 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153068F01 77514572 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Five And 88/100 Dollars ($86,375.88), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #151389F01 77514183 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Hunt, a married man, and Bobbi Hunt, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 24, 2006, and recorded on August 29, 2006 in instrument 1169290, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 40/100 Dollars ($139,998.40), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 1, Market Street Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof , as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154087F01 77514826 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 22, 2003, by Michael T. Willette III, a single man, and Lori J. Vander Loon, a single woman, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on August 26, 2003, in Document No. 1111859 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Thousand One Hundred Forty Nine and 55/100 Dollars ($90,149.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 3, East Town Homes, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document 1074113, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 23, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of l978, as amended. Commonly known as 142-3 Irving Rd., Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548822.1\105064-00019 77514566 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kimberly A Campbell, single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2005, and recorded on April 21, 2005 in instrument 1145219, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 75/100 Dollars ($84,265.75), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 16, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of lot 807 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Lot 807; thence West 39 feet; thence South 69 feet; thence East 39 feet; thence North 69 feet to the point of beginning. Together with a right of way of ingress and egress to a strip of land lying directly West of subject property and to be used for a private driveway to be used in common with adjoining owner for right of passage to and from their lots The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 19, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #152241F01 77514255 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24777-DE Estate of Greg A. Southward. Date of birth: 9-151947. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Greg Alan Southward, who lived at 6300 Jordan Road, Woodland, Michigan died February 24, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Brooke L. Cheney, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 8-2-07 Tara L. Velting P67766 300 Ottawa Avenue, N.W., 8th Floor Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 742-5500 Brooke L. Cheney 6300 Jordan Road 77515105 Woodland, MI 48897 �Page 15 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Two teens, infant injured in traffic crash Two people from Woodland and an infant from Lake Odessa were injured in a one vehicle rollover accident in Odessa Township Tuesday, July 31. Michigan State Police from the Ionia Post responded to the accident and reported the driver, 18 year old Bryan Haskins of Woodland, Chelsey Kauffman, 16, of Woodland and Logan Faulkner, nine months, of Lake Odessa were injured in the crash. All three were treated at Butterworth Hospital and released to recover at home. Troopers say Haskins was traveling south on Jordan Lake Road when his pickup left the roadway on the east side and traveled through a ditch and cornfield before striking a utility pole. The vehicle then overturned as it re-entered the roadway and came to rest on its roof. Alcohol and speed are not believed to be factors in the crash and all occupants were wearing safety belts or child restraints. Agencies responding to the scene, in addition to the State Police, were the Lake Odessa Fire Department, the Clarksville Fire Department, Lakewood Ambulance, Aeromed, I-96 Towing and Tri-County Electric. Hastings couple hurt in Idaho accident Russ and Diane Solmes of Hastings were visiting their son, Isaac, in Idaho and left Aug. 3 for Oregon when another vehicle crossed the centerline and hit the Solmes’ Vehicle head on. Russ, former co-owner of Dewey’s Auto Body, is still in the hospital with ankle, kneecap, leg of foot injuries. Diane suffered 13 fractures in her leg, both ribs, a punctured lung, plus multiple other injuries and is still in ICU. Her condition has been updated to stable. Those who wish may send cards or letters to Isaac Solmes, 7365 E. Valco Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401. One man held in Charlton Park break-ins The Barry County Sheriff’s Department, working in conjunction with Eaton County authorities, are investigating a series of break-ins at Charlton Park. The continuing investigation involves three male suspects who have been stealing property in at least the two counties and pawning their ill gotten gains in pawn shops in the Lansing area. One suspect, Jeffrey Allen Purchis, 36, of Nashville has been arrested on an outstanding warrant as a parole absconder. At least one other suspect has been identified and is being sought in connection with the series of break-ins. Did woman threaten man with knife? Sheriff’s deputies have forwarded a felonious assault complaint to the Barry County Prosecutor for review after a man reported he was confronted Aug. 3 by a woman with a knife on Bridge Road in Hastings. The woman and her live-in companion said the man was living in their home and “had overstayed his welcome.” She contended the man is lying as retaliation for her asking him to leave the home. When deputies questioned the woman, they did observe she keeps a knife in a sheath on her hip but they have no physical evidence of an assault and the issue has deteriorated into a “he said/she said” situation. Three juveniles confess to vandalism Three Barry County juveniles have turned themselves into the sheriff’s department in connection with acts of vandalism reported Aug. 1 In the incident, three pickup trucks were vandalized by having oatmeal poured into one gasoline tank, peanut butter smeared inside the cab of another and gasoline poured throughout the cab of a third. Also in one incident, the seats of one of the vehicles were slashed and all three vehicles were “keyed,” with metal objects being slashed along the outside of the vehicle. All three juveniles, whose names are being withheld because of their respective ages, were represented by attorneys when they turned themselves in. Thieves take $1,400 worth of goods A break-in of a garage in Johnstown Township sometime between Aug. 1 and 2 resulted in the loss of property valued at more than $1,400. Included in the theft was a chain saw, a shotgun and various tools, including a cordless drill and a skill saw. The investigation remains open and anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. Guns, ammo taken from Johnstown garage Thieves got away with property valued at more than $2,400 when they broke into a Castleton Township home July 27. The incident, which is being investigated by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, remains open. Taken in the robbery were two handguns, two rifles, a gun case and several loaded magazines of ammunition. Tools, sports equipment reported stolen A break-in of a garage in Johnstown Township sometime between July 28 and July 29 resulted in the theft of several items valued at nearly $7,000. Listed among the items taken were a drill, a sander, a cordless drill, a circular saw, a reciprocating saw, a palm sander, a dremel tool and bits, a five gallon air tank, a storage tote, two sets of sheets from a twin bed, two softball bats and six full tackle boxes. The investigation remains open and the Barry County Sheriff’s Department has no suspects as yet. Homeowner scares off 2 intruders A man returned Aug. 1 to his Yankee Springs Township home after two weeks vacation and was awakened during the night by two intruders. When the man confronted the two men, they ran. They were described as two white or Hispanic males in their 20s or 30s. The investigation remains open with the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Johnstown Twp. pole barn burglarized Thieves broke into a pole barn in Johnstown Township by using a pry bar to open a door and got away with an undetermined amount of property. A neighbor noticed the broken door on June 14 and notified the sheriff’s department. A full list of stolen items cannot be determined until the owner of the pole barn returns from vacation and the investigation remains open. Assyria woman arrested on 3 warrants Wendy Marie Ruthruff, 28, of Assyria Township, was arrested by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department July 31 and transported to Calhoun County, where she was wanted on three outstanding warrants. Deputies were dispatched to the residence on Tasker Road when a 911 call, which originated from that location, was cut off prematurely. When questioned by deputies, Ruthruff said her cordless phone automatically called 911 when its batteries were low and because of the condition of the phone she was unable to contact 911 and explain the problem. A Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) check revealed the warrants on Ruthruff and she was taken into custody and turned over to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department. Thieves may have set fire to shed Thieves who broke into a shed in Johnstown Township Aug. 5 may have returned later to set fire to the shed in an attempt to destroy any evidence of their involvement. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies say two men were removing a boat, its motor and a gas tank from the shed when a neighbor confronted them at approximately 2 p.m. They told the witness they had permission from the owner of the boat to take the items. When the witness told the men he had never heard of the man they mentioned, and he knew the owner of the shed, the two men fled with the items. At approximately 1 a.m. the next morning, firefighters were called to the scene with the shed completely engulfed in flames. The 10 by 12 foot shed was destroyed in the fire. A fireman who lives close by the residence told deputies he noticed a truck leaving the area at about the time the fire was reported and gave a description to authorities. The investigation remains open. Garage Sale For Sale For Rent GARAGE SALE: 8/10, 8/11, 8-4, 1831 N. Briar Hill Drive, Hastings. Kids clothes, baby items, car seats, bouncers, bikes & dishes. BERBER CARPET: 80YD (12x60), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $1,000, sell $295. (517)204-0600 HUGE MOVING SALE: Thursday-Saturday, 8am-? August 16th-18th. Antiques, dressers, Hoosier cabinet, large oak entertainment center, dorm room furnishings, boat & motor, wood chipper, treadmill, sports equipment. 3655 Eckert Road, (Woodschool Rd & Eckert) ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 DELIGHTFUL 2BR BUNGALOW in Hastings, 1 block from Food Center. Kitchen & bath completely remodeled, all new appliances, walk-in shower. New furnace, full basement for storage. Screened in front porch faces mature tree lined street. Caring neighbors. Small yard is groomed at no charge. Has city services & transportation. $550/month + utilities. Call (269)9453954. MULTI FAMILY GARAGE sale: Stage Coach Dr. Bristol Lake. Friday, August 10th, 8am-5pm. Household, toys, books, videos, dive gear, Go Carts, Ford Ranger parts truck, key board, dorm fridge, 2X men’s clothes and kid's clothes. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Household FOR SALE: LARGE black entertainment center w/39x33x15 opening for TV and plenty of space for everything else, $50. Call Michelle (269)838-0663. FOUR POST BED: solid wood, new, king w/pillow top mattress set. Bought, never used. Cost $1,200, sell $195. (517)204-0600 Farm DAISY NEEDS A HOME! DAISY IS AN 8 YEAR OLD HACKNEY PONY MARE. SHE IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN STARTED. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHE COULD BE RIDDEN ALL OVER. SHE LOADS, LEADS, AND TIES VERY WELL. SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT 4-H PONY WITH A LITTLE TIME. DAISY’S ADOPTION FEE IS $300 TO A QUALIFIED HOME. CALL (269)962-2015 Help Wanted $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free kit. 800-551-0172. Ind/Rep. DRIVERS: TOP PAY/BENEFITS! 2 positions Avail! Home wknds. Paid holidays/Vac./bonuses. 98% No-touch! CDL-A w/Hazmat. 800-998-5005 DRIVERS: TOP PAY/BENEFITS! 2 positions Avail! Home wknds. Paid holidays/Vac. 98% No-touch! Sign-on bonus for Hazmat. 800-998-5005 Estate Sale Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS: water Lilies & Lotus, Goldfish & Koi, Liners, Pumps, Filters. Apol’s Landscaping Co., 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia. (616)698-1030. Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm; Saturday, 9am-2pm. Child Care COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. Children don’t want to go home! Call Patty. 1st shift openings. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. LICENSED DAYCARE HAS full-time openings for 1st shift, ages 0-12 and full or part-time openings for 3rd shift, ages 4-9. Just 5 miles north of Hastings by Airport Rd. & State Rd. Food program, FIA accepted, First Aide & CPR certified. Call (269)945-9612. License# DF080263555. Real Estate ALDEN/TORCH LAKE AREA: 5 beautifully wooded secluded acres. Ideal vacation spot. Paved road, driveway, cleared site, electric. $33,900, $500 down, $390/month, 11% land contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1800-968-3118. CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. Recreation 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, pipes. Must See! $15,000 obo. (616)893-6681 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 OFFICE: BAY POINTE Inn is seeking Full-time (SunThurs), & Saturday night 3rd shift Night Auditor with office experience. Also seeking friendly Part-time front desk agents 3-11pm. Please drop off resume at 11456 Marsh Rd., Shelbyville. RENT WITH OPTION: Excective home, beautiful 5BR, 3BA, 8 year old home, 2 outbuildings on 5 acres. Immediate occupancy, 5 miles from Hastings on M43. Please call Leo (616)5608863. Pets MINI PINN PUPS: dew clawed, tails docked, 1st shots, wormed, vet checked, $300. (517)719-1125 WHITE GERMAN SHEPHERD: age 3 spade, shots, $50. (269)623-3182 Lost & Found HAVE YOU SEEN OUR CAT? He is a 12 year old gray/black tiger striped cat with some yellowish fur on his belly. He disappeared on Monday, July 9th in the Ragla Road/Coats Grove Road area. His name is Homer and he is afraid of dogs. He has lived indoors and outdoors, and will hunt for food outside. If you have seen him, please call us anytime at (269)945-4950, Clyde & Betty Carr. Generous reward for return! Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Sporting Goods FOR SALE: MATHEWS Q2XL Bow, 38”, axle to axle stabilizer, fiber optic sights with level, wrist strap & quiver, also has string, leeches and vibration dampeners on limbs. 12xx-79 2312 arrows, 6 fletched with inserts, 6 unfletched, camo finish, $700 invested, asking $500. 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Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Dar Williams & Over The Rhine will perform at the Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $33 for general admission lawn seating. Dar Williams is an ambitious singer/songwriter specializing in folk pop. She frequents folk festivals across the nation and has toured with performers such as Mary Chapin Carpenter. Over the Rhine showcases fantastic songwriters who define contemporary American folk music. Popular artists with real staying power, they have performed with the likes of Bob Dylan. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. August 9. • Brass & Cheer is a fundraising event for the Brass Band of Battle Creek. Binder Park Zoo will host the performance at 5:30 pm which will be catered by Schulers and include beer and wine. Internationally-renowned solo trumpeter Jens Lindemann will join the concert. Tickets are $120 per person with $100 of that being tax refundable. RSVP to (269) 9635900 or visit www.bbbc.net for more information. August 11. MISCELLANEOUS • Great Lakes Longbow Invitational happens Friday, Saturday & Sunday at Charlton Park. Adult admission is $5, children 16 & under free. Hours are Friday and Saturday 9 am-6 pm and Sunday 9 am-3 pm. Aug. 10-12. • Calhoun County Fair will be held at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. August 12-18. • Those who study such things claim that there are roughly 5 million bubbles in a single glass of champagne. That factoid begs the question: How do you count the bubbles in a glass of champagne? • It was Douglas Adams, British author of the “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” series, who made the following sage observation: “Assumptions are the things you don’t know you’re making.” • You don’t often think of sports and classical music as having much in common, but there are times when the two worlds intersect. In 1941, the Brooklyn Dodgers were doing very well, and fans were delighted with their success. One of those fans was American composer Robert Russell Bennett. On Aug. 4, 1941, his “Symphony in D” premiered — and he made a point of letting everyone know that the “D” stood for “Dodgers.” The Dodgers won the pennant that year, but, despite Bennett’s musical tribute, they ended up losing the World Series to the Yankees. • Delton Founders Weekend will be held for the 34th time this weekend. There will be a library book sale, bingo, pig roast, street bowling, 5K walk/run, art, games, poker, music and more. Musical performances include The Trip, Gene Daugherty, the Amaro Solomon Band, Blue Water Rockers and the Northern String Blues Band. August 10-11. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. Vibe@5 concert series takes place Fridays in Battle Creek In its second year, Vibe@5 again features international music performed by exceptional local and regional musicians. The Vibe@5 concert series runs every Friday through August 27. The concerts are staged from 5-8 pm in downtown Battle Creek’s scenic Friendship Park. UPCOMING CONCERTS: August 10: Kevin Collins – African drums, jazz August 17: Oktoben – German August 24: Latino Cuatro – Tejano For additional details on each act, visit the “Events” section of downtownbattlecreek.com and click on “View all events” to see the entire summer events calendar. Click on each Vibe@5 dates for detailed information on each musical group. All concerts are held weather permitting. Seating is festival style on the lawn: bring your own chairs and blankets. • There are 1,600 named features on the surface of the moon. • Have you ever titivated anything? You may not realize it, but unless you’re an inveterate slob, it’s fairly likely that you have. “Titivate” simply means “to make (something) look neat” or “to spruce (something) up.” • Chicago is well-known as “The Windy City,” and most people assume that the city on the shores of Lake Michigan got that moniker because of its gusty weather. The true origin of the nickname, though, is in the residents’ penchant for bragging — as the story goes, citizens of Chicago talked so much about how great their town was that they were deemed “windy.” ******************************** Thought for the Day: “It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.” — T.H. Huxley © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Battle Creek Symphony season features return of Doug LaBrecque The Battle Creek Symphony has programmed a crowd-pleasing selection of classical and pops favorites for its upcoming 2007-08 concert season, highlighted by the return of Broadway star and Battle Creek native Doug LaBrecque. In its 109th season, and fifth under Music Director Anne Harrigan, the orchestra plans to build on last season’s record-breaking attendance and critical acclaim. The new series includes five concerts at recently renovated W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Season subscriptions are now on sale, including a two-for-one offer for first-time subscribers. Subscribers will get first choice of the best seats, before single tickets go on sale September 18. The season opens on Saturday, October 6, with music from Disney’s classic Fantasia movies. All ages will enjoy Mussorgsky’s "Night on Bald Mountain," Respighi’s "Pines of Rome" and Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue," performed by one of the Midwest’s foremost jazz pianists, Rich Ridenour. On Saturday, November 10, Doug LaBrecque will showcase the golden voice and pure star power that have earned him critical and audience acclaim around the world. He will perform music from his leading roles in the Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and other major productions from Hollywood to Broadway. The series continues on Saturday, February 9, 2008, with “Salute to Swing,” featuring Big Band hits by such legends as Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller. On Saturday, March 29, the orchestra will be joined by acclaimed violinist Alexander Kerr for Vivaldi’s popular masterpiece, "The Four Seasons," plus a selection of English classics. The season finale, on Saturday, May 3, will feature the charismatic young pianist Andrew von Oeyen performing Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." A 1999 Gilmore Young Artist, Van Oeyen appears as part of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. All concerts are at 7:30pm. For ticket information, call Music Center Tickets at (269) 565-2199 or visit www.battlecreeksymphony.org. Concert sponsors include Attorneys for the Arts, Health Care Providers for the Arts, Kellogg Community College, LaSalle Bank, National City, and the Friends and Family of Morris Stulberg. The Battle Creek Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Battle Creek Community Foundation and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Los Lobos August 23 County Wide Yard Sale & Flea Market at Historic Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm Saturday August 18. Also on tap is an antique car cruise in and classic tractors. Motorcycles welcome. Free admission. Green Gables Haven Music Trivia Fundraiser will be held at the Hastings Country Club Saturday, August 18. The “name that tune” contest starts at 6:30 pm with teams of four competing for the top prize Entry fee is $100 per team. Tickets are $15 for those not competing. People wishing to eat dinner are encouraged to come at 5:30 pm. For tickets or more information call David Young at 945-9554. Saturday Night Alive at John Ball Zoo from 6-8 pm August 18. Food, jazz, and some very special zoo tours are all part of this unique evening party at the zoo! Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased by calling (616)336-3309. For more info call (616)3363309 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Art Out Loud is a first-time event planned at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids from 5-10 pm August 22. Two bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis, will perform live and two artists will paint in front of the audience and have their work sold in a silent auction. Money raised by the event will help the ArtWorks summer program which helps local youth ages 14-21 gain experience in the business of the arts. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. For more information, call (616) 4547000, extension 26. Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 23. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Havoc in Hastings will be presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism Saturday September 1 from 10 am-5 pm at Charlton Park. Admission is $6 for adults, children ages 4-12 $4. 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6, 7, and 8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park September 12. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. This week’s selection: Critic’s Corner Hairspray by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes MPAA rating: PG “Hairspray” is a movie based on a Broadway musical that was, in turn, based on a 1988 film by the King of Bad Taste, John Waters and which starred the legendary drag diva Divine. All versions share the same plot: A young, overweight girl longs to become a dancer on a local dance show; but this is just a plot device in order to address the issue of racial segregation and interracial relationships in the early ‘60s. There’s a lot to like in this new version. First and foremost is the performance by Nikki Blonsky as the zaftig heroine Tracy Turnblad, who wishes every day were “Negro Day” and longs to be a dancer on a local Baltimore teen dance party. Her bubbly enthusiasm is infectious, and she lights up the screen in every scene she’s in. Also of note is the performance by Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, Tracy’s tall, thin friend who dares to date a young black boy (Elijah Kelley, whose performance is electrifying) in strictly segregated 1962 America. The weakest spots are the songs. The beautiful choreography only accentuates how uninspired the music is. I finished watching the movie a half hour ago and I can’t remember a single tune. And finally, I have to mention John Travolta, who has the unforgiving task of taking on an iconic role made famous by the amazing Divine. I doubt anyone will ever be able to command the screen the way she did. Divine was a force of nature — in capris and cha-cha heels. Travolta is ... well ... Travolta in a fat suit. No sense of camp. No flamboyance. His performance, as earnest as it was, was a disappointment. “Hairspray,” despite its few missteps, is still a delightful little romp and worthy of a John Travolta and newcomer Nikki Blonsky star in “Hairspray,” a film based on a musical which was base on a film. matinee. Check it out. Most of the film is — as Tracy exclaims — “Afro-tastic.” GRADE: B © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 17 BORN THIS WEEK: You love being the brightest light wherever you are, and people love basking in your warmth and charm. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A strong social whirl brings a new round of good times to fun-loving Rams and Ewes. Cupid is also busy aiming arrows at single Lambs hoping for a heart-toheart encounter. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A romantic incident could take a more serious turn if the Divine Bovine considers meeting Cupid’s challenge. Meanwhile, a professional opportunity is also about to turn up. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A bit of hardheaded realism could be just what the Twins need at this emotionally challenged time. Face the facts as they are, not as you want them to be. Good luck. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Many opportunities open up. But you need to be aware of their actual pros and cons. Check them all out and make your choice from those that offer more of what you seek. LEO (July 23 to August 22) A more stable situation begins, allowing you to feel more secure about making important decisions. Meanwhile, be sure to meet your project deadline so you can move on to other things. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Congratulations. A new personal relationship thrives as you learn how to make room in your busy life for this wonderfully warm and exciting emotional experience. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A new contact opens some doors. That’s the good news. But there’s a caution involved: Be sure you protect your rights to your work before showing it to anyone. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A former colleague might seek to resume a working partnership. Ask yourself if you need it. If yes, get more information. If no, respectfully decline the request. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Good times dominate your aspect. So why not have a party to celebrate a loved one’s success? And do invite that special person you want to know better. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The shy side of the Sea Goat soon gives way to your more assertive self. This should help you when it comes time to speak up for yourself and your achievements. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A new period of stability will help you deal with some recently reworked plans. Once you get your current task done, you can devote more time to personal matters. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Things are finally much more stable these days, so you can restart the process of meeting your wellplanned goals with fewer chances of interruption or delay. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. “Art Out Loud” will feature art and live music Aug. 22 The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts will hold the 1st annual “Art Out Loud” benefit concert Aug 22nd, from 5-10 pm. Proceeds from the event will go toward the continuation of UICA’s ArtWorks youth program, which offer students ages 14 to 21 job experience in the arts. Two local bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis will perform in the Monroe Gallery Space, while two local artists will paint on-site and sell their paintings via silent auction. Different art vendors will be set up in the Race St. Gallery, and art demonstrations will occur in the Café Space. Food and drinks will also be available to purchase. Six student participants of the ArtWorks summer program, lead by supervising artist Ms. Diane Niehof, planned the concert, which involved everything from logistics and promotion, name and logo development, decorat- ing the space, and working with members of UICA‚s Board of Directors. The UICA doors will open at 5:00 pm, the Monroe Gallery space will be open at 6:30 pm, and the concert will begin at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $15 if purchased at the day of the event, and $10 if pre-ordered. For more information, and to purchase tickets, contact the UICA at 454-7000, extension 26. Theatre history in the making: Barn Theatre extends season The Barn Theatre season has been extended to include the musical “Old Timer” August 21–September 2. Television and film actor David Naughton will star as the central character in this captivating rock musical. Audiences will undoubtedly recognize Mr. Naughton most notably from the classic thriller “An American Werewolf in London” as well as the late 70’s sitcom “Makin’ It”. His good looks were all over the television as well in the catchy, popular “Dr. Pepper” commercial in which he sang “I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper…” “Old Timer” tells the story of Clay Miller, portrayed by David Naughton, when he is finally released from jail after serving a 30year prison term. The imprisonment is punishment for a crime in which he is wrongfully accused. Now his mission is to find his only living relative, his daughter Juanita. Written by Barn producer, Brendan Ragotzy and Troy Benton, this explosive, moving night of theatre has hits in the making with “Ridin’ the Rails”, “Hollywood”, “Waitin’ for You”, and “What Happens Now”. Having had a highly successful New York City reading, writer Brendan Ragotzy took pen in hand to make a few revisions to the script as well as adding a few new songs. Performances for “Old Timer” will run August 21–September 2 and are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before the show, during intermission and after the show. Enjoy a light snack while being entertained by the free cabaret-style show in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge after the main stage performance. Call the Box Office today and make your reservation at 269-731-4121. Brass Band on Zoofari at Binder Park Zoo August 11 The Brass Band of Battle Creek will have their annual Brass & Cheer fundraising event 2007 on Saturday August 11 at 5:30 PM at Binder Park Zoo. Hosts Greg and Joanne Geise invite you to attend this wonderful evening with dinner catered by Schulers Restaurant and including beer and wine. Trumpeter Jens Lindemann is this year's featured Brass Band musician, who will astound guests with his solos and also perform several pieces with an accompanist. Trumpeter Jens Lindemann is led as one of the most celebrated soloists in his instru- ment’s history. Jens has played in every major concert venue in the world; from the Philharmonics of New York, Los Angeles, London, Manchester, Munich, Hamburg, Lucerne and Berlin to Tokyo's Suntory Hall and even the Great Wall of China. Classically trained at the renowned Juilliard School in New York, Jens' proven ability to perform as a diverse artist places him at the front of a new generation of musicians. As one of the world's most exciting young trumpet soloists, the Los Angeles based Lindemann is internationally endorsed by the Yamaha Corporation TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: Who plays the character of Lynette Scavo on the show “Desperate Housewives”? 2. MUSIC: Which 1970s song featured the line, “Jeremiah was a bullfrog”? 3. LITERATURE: Who had a loyal companion named Sancho Panza? 4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Iowa? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What are omnivores? 6. LANGUAGE: How many letters are in the Greek alphabet? 7. ANATOMY: How many pairs of ribs does a human body have? 8. HISTORY: In which year did the U.S. space shuttle first rocket into orbit? 9. FOOD: What kind of food is mortadella? 11. GAMES: What is the moveable device used in the game Ouija to spell out messages? Answers 1. Felicity Huffman 2. “Joy to the World,” by Three Dog Night 3. Don Quixote 4. Des Moines 5. Animals that eat meat and vegetables 6. 24 7. 12 8. 1981 9. Italian sausage 10. A planchette © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. and performs exclusively on 24K gold plated trumpets. Tickets to attend Brass & Cheer are $120 per person ($100 tax deductible contribution) and RSVP's can be made by calling 963-5900 or visiting www.bbbc.net by August 3. The 31-member Brass Band of Battle Creek has been described as an All-Star band of the brass and percussion world's elite, attracting great musicians from around the United States and Europe to play two annual concerts in Battle Creek, as well as a limited number of other engagements in handpicked locations in the U.S. and abroad. Though rooted in the British brass band tradition the BBBC also weaves in American elements such as jazz improvisation, pops and swing, resulting in a hybrid style that makes the BBBC truly unique among brass bands. Created in 1989 by brothers Jim and Bill Gray, podiatrists and amateur brass players from Battle Creek, MI, the BBBC has grown to cult status in Battle Creek and beyond. Trumpet legend Doc Severinsen, who has twice appeared with the band, says of the BBBC, "This band represents the beginnings of a new music movement in America. It's one of the most accomplished groups I've ever worked with in my entire career." With a mission to bring joy, understanding, and inspiration to others through the power of music, the Brass Band makes their concerts a high point in the Battle Creek musical season. The band has recorded six CDs, will have the annual Christmas Concert on December 8 at Kellogg Auditorium and will be doing concert tours in Florida in spring 2008. Call 269-9635900 or visit www.bbbc.net for ticket orders or for more information. Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner U of M softball coach joins Lakewood’s fall kick-off University of Michigan head softball coach Carol Hutchins will be the featured speaker at the Lakewood High School “Meet the Teams Night”, on Monday Aug. 20. This event is free and all athletes, parents and Lakewood fans are also invited to attend the school’s kick-off event for the fall sports season, which begins at 7 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Hutchins is beginning her 23rd year as the head coach at Michigan. She is the only Division 1 softball coach east of the Mississippi to win a national title. The 2005 Michigan team won the national championship. Also, she has been inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame, and has 900 wins at Michigan which ranks her ninth in the list of most winningest college softball coaches in the nation. Her teams at Michigan have won ten Big Ten Titles and played in eight college world series. The Wolverines have never suffered a losing season under her guidance. Hutchins and Lakewood athletic director Gary Murphy were both assistant coaches, Murphy an assistant baseball coach, at the University of Michigan in the early 1980s. Murphy has brought a number of guest speakers to Lakewood in recent years, including MHSAA executive director Jack Roberts, former Flint Powers High School football coach Bill Tucker, and Duke University sports psychologist Dr. Greg Dale. There is also a Lakewood connection between Hutchins and former Lakewood schools superintendent Gunnard Johnson. Murphy said that Gunnard and his wife Anne were Hutchins’ high school softball coaches. Fine Lake fishing tourney Saturday The Fine Lake Association will host its fifth annual adult-child fishing tournament on Saturday, Aug. 18, on Fine Lake in south central Barry County. The cost is $25 per couple, for a team made up of one adult and one youth 16years-old or younger. All proceeds go towards the Fine Lake Association’s restocking program. The main goal of the restocking program is to rejuvenate the walleye population in the lake, and in recent years hybrid blue gills have been added to the water as well. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., at the east shore landing. The tournament runs from 8 a.m. until noon. Champions names will be put on the trophy, which is awarded for the top total allspecies weight. Trophies will be awarded as well as some fishing pole prizes for the youngsters. A hot dog lunch is also included in the entry fee. For more information contact Mike Gillfillan at (269) 721-3722. The top five finishers in the Men’s Championship flight at the Mullenhurst Club Championship Aug. 4 were Barry Haas, (from left) Wallace Lee, Chase VandenBerg, Josh Newhouse, and Chet VandenBerg. Chase VandenBerg is ‘07 Mullenhurst Club champion After starting his first 18 holes at six-overpar through six, Chase VandenBerg covered the final 30 holes at 12-under-par playing some great golf to win the Mullenhurst Club Championship on Saturday Aug. 4. Chase shot a 71-65-136, to finish ten strokes ahead of second-place finisher Chet VandenBerg in the Championship Flight. Chet fired a 71-75-146. Caitlin Chamberlin topped younger sister Macy Chamberlin by a stroke to win the Ladies Championship flight. Caitlin fired an 84 and Macy an 85. Duane Campbell was the Low Net winner on the men’s side, with a 78-59. Denise Chamberlin won the Low Net women’s championship with a 111-73. Here is a complete list of the results from the Mullenhurst Club Championship: Championship Flight Chase VandenBerg, 71-65-136 Chet VandenBerg, 71-75-146 Josh Newhouse, 74-77-151 Barry Haas, 74-79-153 Wallace Lee, 73-85-158 Josh Enyart 75 Robert VandenBerg 75 Ken Osgood 75 Craig Funk 75 Tom McCormick 76 Men’s Low Net Duane Campbell, 78-59 Robert VandenBerg, 76-65 Josh Enyart, 75-66 Marty Hall, 78-67 Dave Giesbrecht, 81-67 Tom Lake, 89-67 Ladies’ Championship Flight Caitlin Chamberlin, 84 Macy Chamberlin, 85 Lindsey VandenBerg, 86 Gabrielle Shipley, 88 Andrea VandenBerg, 93 Ladies’ Low Net Denise Chamberlin, 111-73 Gabrielle Shipley, 88-75 Elizabeth McGwin, 107-76 by Brett Bremer Sorry we didn’t send you out with a few more wins There haven’t been many of them over the past 39 years, but I was right in the middle of some of the dark days of Thornapple Kellogg tennis. If you could call them that. I don’t know the entire history, but I am fairly certain that before Larry Seger there was not tennis at Thornapple Kellogg High School. I don’t have all the facts yet. It is still technically summer, and it’s not always easy to reach people in the school system. I got a message from the new Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ tennis coach, Jeff Smith, on Wednesday. I attempted to contact Thornapple Kellogg athletic director Brian Balding and former varsity boys’ tennis coach Larry Seger, but was unable to catch them on short notice. There was a chance that this was coming. I know coach Seger has had some health issues, but when I spoke with him earlier this summer he was still hoping to be back for a 40th season of varsity boys’ tennis in Middleville. I was a freshman at Thornapple Kellogg in the spring of 1993, when I had to make the tough choice of giving up either baseball or tennis. I’d played little league baseball in Middleville for as long as I can remember, back when teams were issued real uniforms they had to return at the end of the season instead of T-shirts. Before there was tee-ball. I’d been playing tennis for nearly as long, although I don’t quite go back to the days of wooden rackets. Before high school most of my tennis experience had been at coach Larry Seger’s summer camps and team tennis tournaments around the area. I know we played in Hastings, at Lakewood, and over in Portland. The choice was between being an average baseball player or a maybe slightly above average tennis player. There isn’t much glory in high school tennis. Looking back through old editions of the Sun and News I think I noticed one tennis action shot (not of me) among the four years worth of varsity matches. The choice of tennis certainly wasn’t for the glory. I don’t know how I chose tennis, but I’m sure it had a lot to do with coach Seger running the show. As of today, coach Seger coached 39 years of varsity boys’ tennis as well as 33 years on the girls’ side. I haven’t heard yet if he is going to try and continue on with the girls’ team or not. The end of my freshman year, during which I bounced around between a few doubles flights and may have even played a match or two in the bottom of the singles line-up, marked the 23rd consecutive winning season for Seger and the Trojan varsity boys’ tennis program. I think the program had had only two non-winning seasons up to that point. My sophomore season, playing mostly third singles, we finished sixth in the O-K Blue. Far from a winning record. That was the same year that the “new” tennis courts behind what was then the TK Middle School were named the Larry L. Seger Community Tennis Courts. In 1995, my junior year at first singles, the team again finished sixth in the league this time the O-K Rainbow. I don’t know where we finished my senior year, in 1996. I can’t imagine it was a whole lot better than that. Maybe a little. Sure it was tough sometimes. The thing about tennis is that there are a few ways to find some happiness. An individual or doubles team can win a match, even if the entire team doesn’t take the dual. Also, in tennis more than any other sport I played I could feel good about a loss if I’d played my best. There was never too much hope of topping the boys from Forest Hills Northern or Spring Lake, but it was fun to surprise them with a well placed chip shot now and then, or a forehand volley that skidded off the side of the court just inside the line. Never once did I hear Seger complain about a winning streak snapped. It had to be tough having a string of “rebuilding” years. He never even seemed down about it. It was always about what you could do better in the next match, just to keep on improving. The fact that that attitude came from Seger long before I was ever a varsity tennis player was very important. I still think of his lessons every time I see someone bounce a ball on the court, then knock it over the net to start a rally. That’s not how you do it. You toss it up and hit it out of the air. I don’t even know why that’s the right way to do it anymore, except that’s how Seger taught it. He taught the right way. Mullenhurst Club Championship participants this year on the Ladies’ side were Andrea VandenBerg, (from left) Macy Chamberlin, Phyllis Thompson, Gabrielle Shipley, Lindsey VandenBerg, Caitlin Chamberlin, Denise Chamberlin, and Elizabeth McGwin. Fun Run returns for 20th running at ‘07 Summerfest This years Summerfest Celebration will mark the 20th running of the Summerfest Fun Run, and will include the popular and free “Drug Free Crowd” finisher’s T-shirt. Many community organizations have worked with Barry County Substance Abuse Services to sponsor and make possible the 2007 Summerfest Fun Run. The focus of the Fun Run is to promote healthy attitudes, family fun, and community pride. Everyone is invited to participate in this family–centered, non-competitive “Fun Run” which will take place Saturday morning, Aug. 25 at 9:45 a.m. beginning in the parking lot east of the Hastings Middle School. All participants are asked to gather in the starting area prior to 9:45 am. The participants will be running or walking a one-mile course, which will circle the schools and finish in the football practice field just southeast of the Middle School. Wheelchairs, strollers, and wagons are welcome in the event, but due to safety concerns, roller blades, skate boards, and bikes are not permitted. Each finisher will be awarded the traditional finisher’s T-shirt at the finish line. This is an event for “young people of all ages” and all levels of walkers and runners are encouraged to participate. There is no registration or registration fee for this community sponsored event. Donations are gladly accepted to help with the cost of providing the T-shirts. The Fun Run will take place rain or shine. In the event of sever weather such as thunderstorms, the event will be canceled and WBCH will be contacted. Questions can be directed to Therese Maupin-Moore or Liz Lenz at Barry County Substance Abuse Services, (269) 945-1387. Sponsors of the 2007 Summerfest Fun Run include United Way of Barry County, Bosely’s Pharmacy, Central PTO, Dreisbach Motors, Steve and Julie DeBoer, Edward Jones Investments-Mark Christensen, Felpausch, FlexFab Horizons International, Gole Dental Group, Hastings City Bank, Hastings Exchange Club, Hastings Kiwanis Club, Hastings Lions Club, Hastings McDonald’s, Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, Hastings Pediatrics, Hastings Rotary Club, MacLeod Chiropractic Center, Pennock Hospital, Pennock PALS, Main Street Bank and First Rehab Physical Therapy. In addition, many community volunteers will be helping and providing race safety during the Fun Run. Double Shot Espresso wins MV little league title The Double Shot Espresso team coached by Bob Allen won this year’s Maple Valley Little League baseball intermediate division. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — Page 19 Fall high school rule changes announced Preparations for the 2007-08 fall sports season begin next week when over 120,000 students begin Fall practice in eight sports at member schools of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. A number of rules changes for this season have been put into effect by the MHSAA along with governing athletic institutions. Football rules changes made by the National Federation of State High School address illegal helmet contact, define flagrant fouls, add an enforcement option for penalties occurring on touchdown-scoring plays, and require new field markings to keep sideline personnel at least six feet away from the field. Illegal helmet contact is defined as an act initiating contact with the helmet against an opponent. Such contact includes: butt blocking, an act where contact is initiated against a non ball carrying opponent with the front of the helmet; face tackling, an act by a defensive player initiating contacting with a ball carrier with the front of the helmet; and spearing, an act where contact is initiated with the top of the helmet. All illegal helmet contact intentional or unintentional - shall incur a 15yard penalty. Teams scoring touchdowns on plays where the opponent is called for a penalty will now have an additional enforcement option begin- ning this fall. The offended team can now have the penalty enforced on the kickoff following the extra point attempt. Previously, the only option was to have the penalty enforced on the extra point. The exceptions are penalties called on touchdown scoring plays prior to a change of possession resulting in a touchdown; and on dead ball personal fouls following touchdown scoring plays. If the scoring team has a foul called against its opponent prior to the change of possession, it will have to refuse the penalty to keep the touchdown. Dead ball fouls are always enforced on the succeeding play. To provide for space for officials to work unencumbered outside the sidelines and end lines, and to provide for the safety of sideline personnel, all football fields are required to have a broken restraining line placed at least six feet off the boundary lines around the entire field. Outside the team bench area between the 25-yard lines, this are may not be occupied by coaches, statisticians, trainers, ball people, media or any other non-team personnel. Where possible, line to gain crew personnel should also observe these lines. Such markings, and their restrictions, are common at professional and collegiate venues. Game management shall have the primary responsibility for enforcement of this rule. In soccer, the penalty has been increased for a player, coach or bench member who receives a simultaneous yellow and red card from the officials. The penalty shall now be suspension from the remainder of that game, plus suspension from the next day of competition. The previous penalty for what has been termed a “soft red” card was disqualification only for the remainder of that contest. In swimming and diving, the MHSAA post-season tournament in the Lower Peninsula shall now be conducted in three nearly equal divisions of competition. The tournament had been conducted in two classes or divisions in the Lower Peninsula since the fifth year of girls competition in 1976; and since the fifth year of boys activity in 1929, with the exception of 1935, when the finals returned to a single open class for one year In volleyball, the libero position will now be allowed to serve, providing an opportunity to participate fully while in the back row. The libero position, added two years ago, has generally been a defensive specialist, but often turns out to be one of a team’s better servers. Another new rule also prohibits the use of artificial noisemakers at all times during a match. Harness Racing winners announced The results of the harness racing events held at the 2007 Barry County Fair, July 13 & 14 have been announced. On Friday, July 13, the Barry County Fair Trophy of Hastings was won by a pacer, RISK TAKER, 3BG, owned by D C Pierce and P C Howard of Swartz Creek and driven by Joel Yoder. The Hughes Stables Trophy of Nashville was won by a trotter, K C GOLDEN BOY, 3BG, owned by Archie and Susan Manina of Rose City and driven by Archie Manina. The Hastings Moose Lodge 628 Trophy of Hastings was won by a pace, AZTEK, 3BG, owned by Tom Cole of Kalamazoo and drive by Charles Taylor. The Mills Landing Trophy of Hastings was won by a trotter, CHIP OF NORDIC, 4BG, owned by Carlton Gregory of Fenton and driven by Larry Lake. The Ed Embach Photos Trophy was won by a trotter, S F LIBERTY, 4BG, owned by John Bangert of Homer and driven by Charles Taylor. The Shirley’s Chuckwagon Cafe Trophy of Nashville was won by a pacer, FWF CHEAP TRICK, 4BG, owned by Charyl Whitsell of Swartz Creek and driven by Randy Lake. The Bosley Pharmacy Trophy of Hastings was won by a pacer, TOUGH TALK, 5BG, owned by Mark Pittman of Howell and driven by Darrell Wright. On Saturday, July 14, the Goodtime Pizza Trophy of Nashville was won by a trotter, S F FOXY, 2BF, owned by Steven Duffey of Rives Junction and driven by Kim Pluta. The Gibby’s Foot Long Trophy of Middleville was won by a pacer, KATIE DID IT, 4BrM, owned by Jonas Zehr of Quincy and driven by Rick Harp. The County Seat Lounge Trophy of Hastings was won by a pacer, KID RUCKUS, Middle Villa Inn hosts ‘Strike Out Cancer’ event Julie Bodenmuller (left) and Julie Flook man their table at the Middle Villa Inn on Wednesday evening, during the Barry County Cancer Support Group’s ‘Strike Out Cancer’ event. The event raised money for their team, which will take part in the Relay for Life held at Tyden Park in Hastings Aug. 10 & 11. Bowlers could roll for a minimum donation of $1 a game and the Middle Villa Inn donated all proceeds to the team, to help support the American Cancer Society. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 3BG, owned by Sherri Gilbert of Big Rapids and driven by Matthew Currie. The Kent Oil & Propane Inc. Trophy of Nashville was won by a trotter, KEEPIN HOUSE, 3BF, owned by Lee, Goodwin, Deker of Marshall and driven by Charles Taylor. The Converse and Avery Stables Trophy of Hastings was won by a pacer, WARM SUCCESS, 4BG, owned by Carrie Bamhart of Plainwell and driven by Charles Taylor. The Blarney Stone Bar Trophy of Hastings was won by a trotter, VIVA BELLA D’ORO, 5BG, owned by Andy and Page Trovato of Middleville and driven by Rick Harp. The Varney Stables Trophy of Nashville was won by a trotter, LIGHTNING FLASH, 6RoG, owned by Gail Maki of Mecosta and driven by Rick Harp. Many sports get started on Monday Fall sports which begin practices and tryouts on Monday Aug. 13 at Hastings High School are girls’ swimming/diving, girls’ volleyball, boys’ tennis, boys’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ cross country, and the sideline cheer team. Student athletes are reminded that their current physical must be on file in the athletic office and their pay-to-participate paperwork must be taken care of before the start date for their particular sport. Contact the high school athletic office at 269-948-4409 with any questions. Parents of all fall athletes are urged to attend a special meeting in the High School Lecture Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. to meet Athletic Director Mike Goggins and the fall coaches. Registration for middle school girls’ and boys’ cross country and girls’ volleyball will begin on the first day of school. Forms for middle school sports will be available in the middle school office. Varsity volleyball try-outs begin Aug. 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. JV volleyball will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that week; and freshman volleyball will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., all in the high school gymnasium. Coaches are Krista Sheldon, varsity, at 616890-1142; Kelsey Howell, JV, at 269-9482606; and freshman coach Jamie VanBoven at 616-813-5335. Members of the cross country boys and girls team have an opportunity to attend a non-mandatory camp the week of Aug. 13. Other students who wish to join the team should meet in front of the high school at 8 a.m. on Monday Aug. 20. Coach Jamie Dixon can be reached at 616-656-0136. The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings girls’ swim/dive team also begins on Aug. 13 with practice from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Community Education and Recreation Center, with a special program early that morning. For more information, Coach Carl Schoessel is at 269-948-8658. Boys’ Soccer try-outs will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. the week of Aug. 13 on Pierce Field behind the high school. Contact Coach Brian Roderick at 269-838-6959 for more information. The freshman and varsity cheer teams will practice the week of Aug. 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the JV will practice from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the high school gym area. Coach Amy Hubbell can be reached at 269-948-4414. An additional date for athletes calendars is Monday, Aug. 20, for Fall Media Day. White’s Photography will again take individual and team pictures throughout the day. Student athletes will receive an information envelope and a schedule from their coaches. 77515012 Hastings Summerfest once again filled with sports events Registration is open for all of the 2007 Hastings Summerfest sporting events. Summerfest will be held Aug. 24, 25, and 26 this year. The Hastings Summerfest slow-pitch softball tournament will be held at Fish Hatchery Park Aug. 24, 25, and 26. This year’s events include a men’s slowpitch softball tournament at Fish Hatchery Park, Weight Lifting downtown Hastings, a 4on-4 Co-ed Sand Volleyball tournament and 5-on-5 roller hockey tournament at the First Baptist Church, the Jim Jensen Memorial 3on-3 basketball tournament at Tyden Park, as well as the annual 10K-5K Run and Fun Run. For the softball tournament there is a 12team limit, and teams will be included on a first-come first-served basis. The cost is $150 per team. To register, contact Dennis Redman by phone at (269) 838-5463 or (269) 9452223. Teams will hit their own ball, .44 core or less. Brackets will be drawn by Redman on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. All teams must be registered prior to the bracket draw. First prize for the tournament is $200, as well as championship T-shirts. The secondplace team will earn a $150 prize. The Weight Lifting begins with a weigh-in at 9 a.m. Aug. 25, and competition begins at 10 a.m. There will be five weight classes in both bench press and deadlift events. The event is free, contact Ben Bowman at 8380979 for more information. The cost to enter the sand volleyball tournament is $5 per person, and action starts at 8 a.m. Aug. 25. Entries are due by Aug. 13. Contact Jody Swift for more information at 945-4855. The Jim Jensen Memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament will begin with a check-in period starting at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 25, and games are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $25 for three or four person teams. Entries are due by Aug. 17. Contact Brett Bremer for more information at 945-9554 ext. 227. The 10K-5K run will begin at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 25. The entry fee is $20 by Aug. 18, and $25 after that. Registration is also available on-line at www.classicrace.com. Contact Jamie McMillen for more information at 9483139. The free Fun Run is slated to start at 9:45 a.m. Aug. 25 at the Hastings Middle School parking lot. Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77514873 Food Centers �Page 20 — Thursday, August 9, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Music trivia contest Aug. 18 has new wrinkles TIME, continued from page 9 Themes from TV shows, ‘Mystery’ piece added to the competition The newest wrinkles in the next music trivia contest Saturday evening, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club will be television theme songs, a “Mystery Theme” and a foursome that will be asked to take on everybody in the house. The contest, sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and the Monterey Griller Pub and Country Club, is a fund-raiser for the Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter, which has had the misfortune of losing state funding of $75,000 in each of the last two fiscal years. All proceeds will go to the shelter, which on July 28 was the beneficiary of a special fundraising blitz that collected more than $35,000, or about half of the amount necessary to keep it going for at least another year in Barry County. The J-Ad Graphics music trivia contests have been used in the past to help worthy causes and programs such as the Community Music School of Hastings, Gun Lake Winterfest and the new Hastings Public Library. This competition is adding a few new wrinkles in an attempt to add more interest and more support to Green Gables. The old television themes from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70 and ’80s will be featured for only part of the evening’s festivities. The remainder of the competition, as usual, will focus on popular songs from 1955 to 1985. Team and individual participants will compete for prizes in a “Name That Tune” style event. Cost for each team member will be $25 and anyone who simply wants to come and watch is asked to pay $15. The four-person teams are asked to designate a captain and come up with a catchy team name. Only the captain is permitted to answer the questions during the contest, after consultation with teammates. Emcee David T. Young will provide each team with the artist or artists, the year the song was popular and will play an excerpt from the song. The team captain, after conferring with his or her colleagues, then will be required to “Name That Tune.” Each team is forgiven one incorrect answer, but on the second miss, if the opponent answers correctly, the “two-time offender” will be retired from the tournament-style contest. Whenever a team is assessed its first miss, members of the audience will be given the A special postcard for the airport dedication, August 3, 1945. Fans of Hokey Business, one of the teams in the music trivia contest at the Gun Lake Winterfest, had an enjoyable evening of entertainment last February. opportunity to answer correctly. Those who do will win a Little Debbie snack cake. Young has promised a “Mystery Theme,” in which all who attend can give a written answer (something like “Final Jeopardy”) if they pay a dollar for the chance. Those who answer correctly will be verbally exalted later by the emcee in the evening and will win a modest prize. In the remaining portion of the evening, the three-time defending champion team, this time called “The Four Heatstrokes,” will be asked to compete against the rest of the audience in a special “Impossible Dream” contest. Each person who puts $10 into the hat will go one unit against one unit, but will be allowed to ask anyone in the audience for help with the correct answer. Those who manage to beat the unbeatable foes will be awarded a prize and bragging rights. The Heatstrokes, under the names of All for One, the Four Frostbites and the Icemen, have won three earlier competitions and collectively have not lost yet. They all work at Bradford White in Middleville. TYDEN PARK • Bruce Higgins and the Monterey Griller Pub will be providing the food and beverages for the evening. It will be a cash bar and Higgins has indicated he may have a special on a dinner just before the show. Snacks and munchies also will be available. Tickets are available by calling J-Ad Graphics at (269) 945-9554, by stopping in at 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings, or by paying at the door on the evening of the contest. Those who plan to compete as a team should call Young at 945-9554, extension 224, stop in at J-Ad Graphics or send along the money to the above address in order to get the appropriate tickets. Deadline for entering as a team is noon Friday, Aug. 17, because the team names and brackets must be drawn up before the competition begins. “Even if you don’t think you can compete, come on out to the contest just to listen to old nostalgic music, have fun and support a worthy cause at the same time,” Young said. “We want to emphasize the fun in fund-raising.” wide circles over the heads of the spectators climbed up into the air, headlined southwest toward Chicago, which city they expected to reach in a couple of hours. This is the first time to our knowledge that a flying machine ever flew over the city. In July 31, 1935, the Banner under the headings, “Hastings Should Have An Airport. A State Organization Agrees to Pay Sum of $10,000 on the Expense,” reported on a front page story: “We hope our city council is not overlooking the opportunity, which we understand it now has, of securing a well-equipped airport for Hastings. We understand that with money furnished by the national government for that very purpose, a state organization is now ready to spend upwards of $10,000 in this city for the purpose of putting the ground for the airport in proper condition for its intended uses, also erecting the building, including hangers for the same. All that is asked of our city is to purchase suitable grounds for the airport, which the city must pay for, the tract to contain at least 20 acres. “The council should see to it that the airport is as convenient to the business section of the city as possible, because undoubtedly aircraft cils committee Don Siegel, Roy Thomas, Harry Miller and Forrest Lane. The citizens of Hastings are certainly grateful to the Manufacturing Company for contributing such a generous sum for such a worthwhile purpose. This $20,000 donation will help a lot. There is no rush about completing an airport. It will no doubt be wise to wait and learn from actual air traffic just the type of airport Hastings should have to be in line for the new day. Finally, on March 1, 1945, the Banner announced the good news that Hastings to Have Modern Airport. The story began: “Definite plans are shaping up for the construction of an airport for the city of Hastings in the near future on the land recently given the city by the Hastings Manufacturing Company. This company purchased for the city the farm owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Osborn, located about three and one-half miles west of Hastings, near the Lake Algonquin School on old M-37 and consists of approximately 140 acres - a grant of $1000, has been made to the city by the state board of aeronautics to assist with the cost of the survey and preliminary matters.” [Ed. in addition to the $20,000 gift and the SATURDAY AUG. 25TH An early aeroplane, circa 1900. COST… will have a good deal to do in handling mails in the future. If anybody wished to take a trip in an airplane from Hastings, the more convenient the location of that airport the better. “The press of the country has furnished information concerning the rapid development of aircraft as a means of rapid transit. Trips have been made across the country from New York to Los Angeles, during daylight hours. With the improvement of motors and planes there can be little doubt that this country, in the not distant future, will be spanned in ten hours, and that will be true also of the Atlantic Ocean.” It took a few years before these dreams were realized because of the Depression of the 1930s and the onset of World War II. On Oct. 28, 1943, the Banner reported that a gift to the city for the development of an airport had been made: “The fine gift $20,000 by the Hastings Manufacturing Co. to this city to be used in the purchase and development of an airport for Hastings, comes at an opportune time. Nothing can be done just now to further the project on account of the war, but it seems uncertain that every live city will need an airport soon after the war.” At the city council meeting Friday night, that body proceeded to express its appreciation of the gift and extended its thank you to the donor. The mayor was authorized to select a committee of four to act with a like committee from the Chamber of Commerce in planning for and developing an airport for Hastings. Mayor Leonard named as the coun- $ 25 per team of 3 or 4 players 140 acres the Manufacturing Company donated an additional $5,000.] By June 28, 1945, the airfield was ready for public use and on Aug. 3 the airport work had progressed to remodel the house for the manager, which was also the airport office and they had started laying blocks for T Hangers. They were also offering flying lessons. On Aug. 15, 1946 the Banner said, “The airport will be dedicated in ceremonies Sunday. The skies over Hastings and Barry County will be filled with civilian and Army and Navy aircraft as a full day’s program has been planed during which Barry County’s only will be formally dedicated, with Kim Sigler, G.O.P. nominee for governor, as the main speaker for the occasion. Aircraft are expected to begin arriving about 5 a.m. with the Dawn Patrol. Dedication ceremonies took place about 1 o’clock and a big air show, which will include maneuvers by our Navy and Army planes between 1 and 3 p.m. Over 80 planes were on the field for the dedication. It was said that it was one of the biggest events held at Hastings in quite some time. Thousands of people attended the all day program. The speakers were U.S. Senator Homer Ferguson, Aben Johnson, president of the Hastings Manufacturing Company who contributed so generously to the project, Frank Kelly, manager of the local Consumers Power Company and his son Lt. Commander, Hugh Kelly United States Navy Air Force, and former Hastings resident and avid flier Kim Sigler. Postmarked to the Chamber by Friday, Aug. 17th CHECK IN… 8:30 AM Make checks payable to Hastings Summerfest 2007 Pick up T-shirts at this time TIP OFF… 9:30 AM Boys & Girls (Ages 12-14) Team Name ____________________ Boys & Girls (Ages 15-17) Men & Women (Ages 18-25) Men & Women (Ages 26 & up) Age brackets subject to change based on participation Team Captain____________________________________ Age _______ Send Entries to… Phone # __________________________ 77514546 Team Members Age Age ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Please fill out form completely TYDEN PARK • Barry County Chamber of Commerce 221 W. State Street Hastings, MI 49058 Questions ??… Call (269) 948-3025 SATURDAY AUG. 25TH The first Dawn Patrol. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-08-16.pdf 9e1cc3e29cd89ffad7b9c01f7477976e PDF Text Text Judge asks county to help drug court Say good-bye to the ‘Mother of Leadership’ DK’s Reyna gets D-2 coaching job See Story on Page 22 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 33 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, August 16, 2007 County Board letter of intent makes a promise NEWS BRIEFS Charlton Park will be mothballed if millage fails Oldies music trivia contest Saturday The music trivia contest sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and the Monterey Griller Pub and Country Club will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Hastings Country Club. The contest feature competitions over will be television theme songs, a “Mystery Theme” and od rock ’n roll songs that were popular from 1955 to 1985. The event is a fund-raiser for the Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter, which has had the misfortune of losing state funding of $75,000 in each of the last two fiscal years. All proceeds will go to the shelter, which on July 28 was the beneficiary of a special fund-raising blitz that collected more than $35,000, or about half of the amount necessary to keep it going for at least another year in Barry County. Bruce Higgins and the Monterey Griller Pub will be providing the food and beverages for the evening. It will be a cash bar and Higgins has indicated he may have a special on a dinner just before the show. Snacks and munchies also will be available. Tickets are available by calling J-Ad Graphics at (269) 945-9554, by stopping in at 1351 North M-43 Highway, Hastings, or by paying at the door on the evening of the contest. Those who plan to compete as a team should call Young at 945-9554, extension 224, stop in at J-Ad Graphics or send along the money to the above address in order to get the appropriate tickets. Deadline for entering as a team is noon Friday, Aug. 17. by David T. Young Editor All eight Barry County commissioners Tuesday morning signed a “letter of intent” spelling out what will happen if voters reject a millage renewal for Charlton Park for a third time Nov. 6. The County Board last month agreed to put a 0.226-mill proposal before voters in November after it was twice defeated last year. This time they hope for passage because of massive changes at the park since last February, including dissolving the old parks board and creating two new ones, hiring a new interim director and encouraging more than double the festival weekend activities over last year. County Board Chairman Mike Callton said the letter of intent is an attempt to be up front with the public about what will happen with millage failure because some mistakenly believe the commission will still pick up the tab from other funding sources. “I’ve heard the notion that you can vote ‘no’ on the millage, but the county will fund it somehow... But if the voters turn it down for the third time, we’re going to stand by the public statement. We’ll close the (historic Charlton Park) village and just keep the beach and recreation area open. “We want to clear this matter up because we’ve heard false statements from several different sources... The biggest certainty is that the county is not going to seek the funds from somewhere else.” Commissioner Jim French added, “Voters have to understand we won’t just automatically open up the general fund.” The less than a quarter of a mill, which first was approved in 1986 and renewed in 1996, will generate about $450,000 in each of the next three years. The cost to the owner of a $100,000 home will be roughly $11.33 per year. Estimates to “mothball” the Charlton Park village, a re-creation of a late 19th century village and a museum with historical artifacts, are about $90,000 a year. According the letter of intent, if the millage renewal fails, no events will take place at Charlton Park, but access to the beach and recreation area may remain open. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said, “If there is no funding, we cannot operate Charlton Park. The village and museum and museum would have to be mothballed. The public needs to understand what will happen if the millage doesn’t pass. “The county does not have a pot of gold... The new stakeholders have taken over the park and new events have been made possible. We’ve put a great deal of effort into this. We’re turning Charlton Park into a community center.” Commissioner Wayne Adams said, “I think it’s extremely important we let the public know there is no superfund, no money hidden away to finance Charlton Park.” Commissioner Mark Englerth said if the board used the general fund if the millage failed, “We’d steal from Peter to pay Paul... We must show we’re sincere about moving Charlton Park forward, in a new direction.” One vocal opponent of the Charlton Park millage request, Barbara Cichy, disputed the contention the County Board has led the way M-43 in Barry Twp. getting some work Work on M-43 drainage improvements will begin Monday, Aug. 13, at Gull Lake in Barry Township. Officials from the Michigan Department of Transportation anticipate the work will be completed by Friday, Sept. 7. The MDOT is making drainage improvements on approximately one-half mile of M-43 at Sheffield Road. One lane of alternating traffic will be maintained using traffic regulators. This $32,000 project will provide improved drainage along this section of M-43. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See MILLAGE, page 7 Nine local government units have OK’d 911 by-laws exam by David T. Young Editor A resolution calling for reopening the emergency 911 service plan appears to be headed for approval by the needed two-thirds of government units in Barry County. Master Garden classes planned The Barry County Michigan State University Extension office will hold the 2007 Master Gardener series of classes on Tuesday evenings from Sept. 11 to Nov. 27. The classes include an introduction to plant science, soils, flower gardening, household pests and wildlife, indoor plants, lawns, integrated pest management, growing small and tree fruits, vegetable gardening, woody ornamentals and water quality. Classes will be held at the Barry County Courts and Law Building and the MainStreet Savings Bank. Classes are taught by MSU Extension educators and horticulture industry professionals. The cost of the 12-week course is $275. A $25 non refundable application fee is required and is applied to the total tuition fee. The tuition covers the course fee and an 800-page resource manual. Anyone interested in taking the class can call Dennis Pennington at (269) 945-1388 or e-mail him at pennin34@msu.edu. for new weekend events. She also expressed her dismay about her experience in a meeting last Wednesday night in Middleville with the Progressive Democrats. Cichy, reading from a prepared statement, said, “In my opinion, at a meeting held last Wednesday, misinformation regarding Charlton Park millage was deliberately given out by Brian Reynolds. Dave Young from the Banner and Michael Callton. Reynolds said that the 19 events that are scheduled this year came about from the hard work of the current board. Which is not the Wake up and walk some more A Lakewood team, including a 24-hour walker, wakes up early Saturday, Aug. 11, during the Barry County Relay for Life event in Tyden Park. Forty-five teams and more than 2,000 people participated in this year’s Barry County Relay, raising $116,105. (Photo by Patricia Johns) The Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning unanimously to review the rules for governing the 911 central dispatch service, making it the ninth unit thus far. Needed are 15 of the 22 units to adopt the resolution. The units include the 16 townships within Barry County, four villages, the City of Hastings and the County Board. The 911 Board was established about 16 years ago by local public safety and county officials. It was thought back then it would be wise to keep 911 away from politics, so the 911 Board was allowed to be autonomous. However, the effort to keep 911 free of politics failed, and now there have been widespread criticisms that the board is not accountable enough to the public and political controversy has been raging for the last several years. Director Charlie Nystrom now is on paid leave and is expected to step down next February under a cloud of suspicion he misappropriated public funds. The current 911 Board is made up of a representative from the County Board of Commissioners, Mark Englerth; a representative from villages, Lani Forbes; a representative from the City of Hastings, Police Chief Jerry Sarver; State Police Commander Kevin McGaffigan; Sheriff Dar Leaf, a representative from the public at large, retired State Police Commander Ron Neil, and two township representatives, Jim Brown of Hastings Township and Don Boysen of Thornapple Township. Prosecutor Tom Evans sits in on meetings, but is a non-voting member. At Tuesday morning’s meeting, Englerth was asked by his colleagues how the 911 See 911, page 7 Super Wal-Mart plans clear one more hurdle in Rutland by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Plans for a new Super Wal-Mart cleared one more hurdle last Wednesday night when the Rutland Township Board voted 6-1 with only Dorothy Flint objecting, to change the zoning of the Green Street property from C-4 industrial to C-3 retail. During the public comment period of the meeting, Hastings Banner Publisher Fred Jacobs again raised the issue of increased traffic on Green Street, should the company be allowed to build on the proposed site. “Dorothy (Flint) was the only board member who concurred on the traffic issue,” Jacobs said. “This is going to look like child’s play compared to what traffic there is today. “I think it is the responsibility of this board to help solve problems, not create new problems. “Wal-Mart has admitted it had 13 locations they looked at. I am not necessarily saying ‘no’ to WalMart. I am just saying, ‘no, not there.’ “The hospital alone is more than enough justification to deny this request,” Jacobs continued. “This is a very high concern. “I have dedicated my life to Hastings and I ask you (the board) to do the same thing. This is going to create a major problem with a street that can’t hold that much traffic. It will create a major problem for the city.” Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said the issue is not about Wal-Mart it is about due process. “C-3 is viable there,” Carr said. Board member Gary Rogers said, “It is not about who’s right, it is about what’s right.” Carr said he has been trying to involve as many agencies in the process as he can “trying to figure out what is the best possible course of action” to take. Flint asked Carr if there was anything else the board can do to solve any of the problems presented by increased traffic on Green Street. “Hell,I don’t know,” Carr answered. “We See WAL-MART, page 7 Defending champs ready to ‘rock’ The fabulous foursome of (from left) Rob Swelnis, Dan Carrigan, Smiley Replogle and Jeff Aley is expected to be back in action as the “Four Heatstrokes” Saturday evening at the Hastings Country Club as defending champions in the music trivia contest. They called themselves “The 4 Frostbites” when they won the team title at the Winterfest in February 2006. The quartet has won the contest three times, and this Saturday the group may be asked to do even more to prove their mettle. �Page 2 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page GOP planning annual picnic The Barry County GOP annual picnic will be held Saturday, Aug. 18 at Charlton Park. The picnic will be held from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the large pavilion. CPR classes set for Aug. 17, 18 conservation measures and to introduce young people to hunting and fishing. Among the events scheduled are nature walks, trap shooting, BB guns, deer stand safety, fishing instruction, a Michigan Trappers display, muzzle loading, .22 caliber rifles, shotgun reloading, and archery. There will also be a laser shooting tent. Raffles and prizes and hats and T-shirts are part of the activities, too. Thornapple Valley is one of the biggest and most active NWTF chapters in the state. The Barry County Conservation Club is located at 1180 Cook Road, Hastings. For more information, call Gaudreau at 269-795-1669. An American Red Cross CPR for Adult, Child and Infant class will be taught from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, and from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings. This adult, child and infant CPR course meets State of Michigan requirements for child care providers and work place OSHA requirements. The newest counts and guidelines will be introduced. The cost is $40, which includes useful materials to help retain skills and serve as reference tools in an emergency. The class is limited to the first eight paid participants. Renewal or Challenge students can participate for $25, which does not include new required materials. Challenge students must hold a current card about to expire and must own new, updated American Red Cross materials ahead of the test date. These materials alone cost $7 for each skill card (Child/Infant CPR, and Adult CPR and AED) and can be purchased at the church, call 945-9414 for available pick up times. Please call instructor Kim Domke, at 945-9181 or Grace Lutheran at 945-9414 to verify space and discuss readiness for the Challenge Course, or to register. Gillian Bourdo, Samantha Moore, Kelsee Rouch, Danielle Morse and Brittnee Martin have less than a week in the race to become the first Little Miss Orangeville. Contestants have canisters placed at local businesses around Gun Lake. These canisters are at South Side Store on the South Shore, Movies in Motion, South Side Pizza, Gillette’s, Tanning Cove, Weick’s and Gun River. The community is encouraged to come out and donate money into these canisters to help raise money to update the park in Orangeville. The contestant with the most money in their canister at the end of the contest will be crowned the winner in a program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at Bay Pointe Inn. The Little Miss Orangeville is co-chaired by Karen Hayward and Bethany Draper. Funds raised by this contest will help make the park in Orangeville a safe and fun place for children. Riverbank series plans classic rock Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 This Friday, Aug. 17, Brian Corrall will perform classic rock songs at the Riverbank Music concert. The Riverbank Music concerts are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is announced as needed.. The series for this summer will end Friday, Aug. 24, with the Thornapple Valley Church Praise Band performing contemporary Christian music. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. For more information about this concert series, call the Middleville Village Hall at 795-3385. The Barry County Idol Contest “Sing for Kids Sake” will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Workday planned at Carter Lake Carter Lake Preserve will be the site of a stewardship workday, and area residents are invited to attend from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25. Stewardship volunteers from the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) will be out at the preserve to stop the spread of autumn olive and spotted knapweed, two aggressive and non-native plants. Autumn olive grows thick and shades out native wildflowers with its spreading branches. Spotted knapweed leaches toxins into the soil to poison competition. Volunteers are needed to help knock back these alien invaders by cutting, pulling, and using whatever means are necessary. Bring sturdy work gloves and footwear. Wear long sleeves and pants to protect against poison ivy. Depending on rainfall, waterproof boots might be necessary. SWMLC will provide beverages. Carter Lake Preserve is a 57-acre nature preserve with frontage on Carter Lake, just northwest of the City of Hastings. It was donated to SWMLC by Tom and Lisa Groos to protect the sensitive wetlands and preserve the forest as a haven for wildlife. To register for this workday and for directions to meet at the preserve or to carpool, call Nate Fuller at the SWMLC office at (269) 324-1600 by Thursday, Aug. 23. JAKES Day event set for Aug. 18 The Thornapple Valley chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation is sponsoring the annual JAKES Day event for youngsters ages 17 and under from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Barry County Conservation Club. All youngsters must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. JAKES, which stands for Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship, aims to teach safety and Little Miss to be crowned Aug. 16 Church leading lightbulb drive Hope Church of the Brethren is planning a kickoff for a "Change for a Change" campaign for the environment the weekend of Aug. 25-26. On Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the church youth will have a bake sale and car wash at their church meeting house on Route 50, a mile west of Hastings Road, with all proceeds going toward the Energy Saving Bulb (ESB) Give-Away Project. On Sunday, Aug. 26 (since the fight against global warming is somewhat akin to "marching to the beat of a different drummer"), it is anticipated that Bill Vits, percussionist for the Grand Rapids Symphony, will be at Hope Church of the Brethren at 1 p.m. to give a program of "drumming.” The youth at Hope Church of the Brethren have developed a goal to spread the word about this and encourage people in the community to make this change. Their goal is to raise enough money to purchase 500 energy saving bulbs, which will then be distributed door to door to families in the community. They also will include a flyer with information about global warming and challenge the receivers of the light bulb to change not only one bulb, but all the bulbs in their homes to energy saving light bulbs. It is the youth's mission to spread the word that small changes like this can make a big difference in the world if enough people get involved. For more information about this "Change for a Change"/Energy Saving Bulb Project” or the weekend events, call Amy Tuttle-Hellwig at (616) 868-7326, or call Hope Church at (616) 765-3587. Children’s Trust Fund director to speak Aug. 21 The third Community Breakfast of the year, from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the First United Methodist Church, will feature a speaker from Children’s Trust Fund. Richard Bearup is executive director of the Children’s Trust Fund , a position he has held since January 2006. He oversees the administrative functions of the organization. Bearup and his family reside in Charlotte, and he has been involved in the Michigan government or politics directly or through advocacy since the 1970s. Bearup was the first person to serve as Michigan Children’s Ombudsman under Governor John Engler from 1995 until 1998 and was director of Michigan International Year of the Child in 1994 and 1995. “This is an opportunity to start your day with a great, no-cost breakfast and to listen to a knowledgeable speaker with others who are interested in the protection of children in Barry County,” said Karen Jousma of the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. The breakfast is one in a series sponsored by Strong Families/Safe Children Foster Home Recruitment, Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County, Court Appointed Special Advocate Program and the Department of Human Services Family to Family Program. This event is for school, medical, government, business professionals, as well as local community members. To RSVP, call the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Committee wants symphony’s return to Hastings in ’08 The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County invites community members who want see the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra perform in the county to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 at the Arts Council Building inside Fish Hatchery Park on Green Street in Hastings. “After last year’s successful concert, many attendees requested the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra make an annual appearance in the county,” says Lizanne Fehsenfeld TAC Executive Director. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to perform in Hastings on Thursday, April 24, 2008, pending securing funding. Fehsenfeld says, “We hope that by having the community involved in fund-raising and publicity, the symphony will perform in 2008 and on an annual basis.” Last year, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performance included students of the Hastings High School choral and instrumental music departments. “The opportunity for students to perform with professional musicians is incredible and it also speaks to the love of music education that Patti LaJoye, Joan Bosserd Schroeder and Brian Balch have to making the opportunity become a reality,” Fehsenfeld says. “This year, we hope to open the opportunity to other schools within the county. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra really enjoys performing in Barry County.” Anyone interested in serving on the committee but not able to attend next Tuesday’s meeting should call Rich Moore, Symphony Committee chair, at 269/945-4995. The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides concerts, scholarships, showcases local talent and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. Reception set for Hastings superintendent The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education is hosting a welcome reception for new superintendent, Rich Satterlee, and his wife, Beth. The public and “school family” are invited to the event at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 in the multi-purpose room of the Hastings Middle School. Light refreshments will be served. The reception immediately precedes the school board’s 7:30 p.m. monthly meeting. Satterlee began his duties in Hastings July 1. He succeeds former superintendent Carl Schoessel, who was serving as interim superintendent after Chris Cooley resigned from the superintendent’s post and took another position in the district. Previously the superintendent of Pittsford Area Schools since 2004, Satterlee also was a former high school principal, assistant principal, history teacher and sixth grade teacher. He and his wife have family in the Hastings area. The couple has two children. Katie Youngs practices on the piano under the watchful eye of an instructor. Hastings Community Music School fall lessons start week of Aug. 27 “Back to School” means music lessons for the whole family at the Community Music School in Hastings, starting the week of Monday, Aug. 27. Children and adults at all musical levels can advance their skills and enrich their lives with lessons and classes taught by professional instructors. Private lessons are available for children and adults in most band and orchestra instruments, piano, guitar, hammered dulcimer and voice. Opportunities to perform in formal and informal settings are included. Lessons begin the week of Aug. 27, and registration is open throughout the 15-week semester. Kindermusik classes for ages infant to 6 years begin Sept. 4 and run for 15 weeks. These play-based music and movement classes build important academic and social skills for young children. Hastings Kids Choir, which offers fun learning and performances for children in grades three through five, will run October through April. Call the Community Music School for audition information. “Fiddles ’n Strums,” a folk music class in guitar and violin for third-graders, will run October to April at Fuller Street Elementary in Nashville. The program is offered in partnership with the Michigan Fiddlers’ Association. Green Street Fiddlers offers a monthly jam session for children and adults, featuring country, folk and bluegrass styles. Research has shown that music study helps develop critical thinking and self-discipline. It improves cognitive development, selfesteem, SAT scores, spatial reasoning skills and math and reading abilities. Financial aid, based on household size and income, is available. The Community Music School is located at First United Methodist Church, 209 West Green Street. Call Music School Coordinator Steve Youngs at (269) 949-9441 for information and to register. The Community Music School has provided quality, affordable lessons and classes in Hastings since 2002 and in Battle Creek since Kindermusik afford children many opportunities to bond and develop social skills. 1996. The Community Music School is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by grants from the Barry Community Foundation, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Kindermusik classes at the Community Music School offer learning and bonding opportunities. Instrumental lessons are also available. Call 948-9441 for information. J-Ad Graphics purchases Lowell Ledger and Buyer’s Guide papers by Jon Gambee Staff Writer J-Ad Graphics has purchased the Lowell Ledger and Lowell Buyer’s Guide. The papers were signed Aug. 6 and Jonathon Jacobs, will take over the management of the two publications Aug. 13. “We are very excited to be able to have this opportunity,” Jacobs said. “We plan some changes, more so with the Buyer’s Guide than with the Ledger. We plan to make both papers more community focused. “The Buyers Guide will be much like the Reminder with a front page that focus on one special topic each week,” Jacobs said. “We will change the look of the paper and we are working with members of the community to include more local news and features, much like the Reminder. “The staff there are very much on board and are looking forward to the changes,” he said. “It may take a while for all the changes to take effect because there are contracts in place that we will honor, but we are already planning and working to become more of a community paper. “But we have been in contact with the Chamber of Commerce and the Arts Council and others in the community. They are very excited with the news and we look forward to working with them to make the paper more community focused. “As far as the Ledger goes,” Jacobs said, “we plan to put more emphasis on the community also. There won’t be as much of a change as with the Buyers Guide, but we do have some ideas. We plan to add a sportswriter and we will encourage the readers to become more involved by expanding our Jonathan Jacobs “Letters to the Editor” column. We also plan to work closely with local government and with the schools to help keep our readers informed. “J-Ad Graphics has always emphasized the communities we serve,” he said, “and we look forward to putting the same emphasis on community involvement and community focus into this project.” �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 3 Delton community celebrates Founder’s Weekend Dr. James and Penny Hogan were grand marshals for this year’s Delton Founder’s Weekend parade. Dr. Hogan served as a hometown family practitioner in the Delton area for 35 years and Penny was a member of the Delton School Board. They raised five children, who all graduated from Delton High School, and they were members of the St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Delton. The Delton High School bBand was on hand to provide marching music for parade participants. Clowns are always a big part of every parade, bringing candy and enjoyment to children of all ages. Bailey Lester, Miss Delton 2007, brought a touch of beauty to the festivities during the Founder’s Weekend in Delton this year. Brian Calley and his wife, Julie, were on hand for the Founder’s Weekend parade in Delton Aug. 11. Calley represents all of Barry County in Lansing from the 87th District. Even in these modern times horses are a popular feature of any parade and the organizers of this year’sparade were astute enough to make sure these two steeds brought up the rear of the parade. You can’t have a parade without fire trucks and they were a big part of the 2007 Delton Founder’s Weekend parade. Delton is farm country and tractors are plentiful in the area. Many of them were on hand for the 2007 Founder’s Weekend parade in downtown Delton Aug. 11. Many private booths offering everything from T-shirts to portraits lined the streets of Delton. Many people took advantage of the time waiting for the parade to begin to visit the booths. �Page 4 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Yes, the times, they are a changin’ IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Many share Charlton Park turnaround To the editor: Harold Root and John Bucher are both right to want more recognition for the individuals who make Charlton Park successful. No member of the Charlton Park board would claim individual credit for the reversal of the park’s fortunes. It has taken the focused efforts of dozens (maybe hundreds) of people, most of them unpaid volunteers. Is the Charlton Park board overrated, as Harold Root charges? Maybe so. The park board has had more than it’s share of good publicity lately. And that publicity has been misdirected. Every member of the Charlton Park board would gladly step out of the spotlight so that light could shine directly on the park for everyone to see. Charlton Park is a rising shining star. The park board has made some policy changes, and we are beginning to see those changes bear beautiful fruit. But policy changes alone would have no effect if the paid staff and the hundreds of volunteers did not make them effective. Perhaps the Banner erred in its over-thetop praise of the Charlton Park board. But, Harold Root and John Bucher err in the other direction. They want to single out too few for praise. Yes, to be sure, Jerry Ladere has been most instrumental in bringing the Lumberjack Show to Charlton Park. He is one member of the 13-member committee that meets every week for several hours preparing for the show. And each of these 13 members is putting in several more hours each week working out every last detail. Jerry Ladere himself would be the first to tell you that it takes a big team of dedicated people to put together an event this big. Hoot Gibson had a good idea with the county-wide yard sales. Neil Wilder reminded us all that Charlton Park is an ideal place for outdoor live music. But if you ask them, they will honestly agree that nobody puts together an event alone. There are so very many people to thank. I volunteer my time on the Charlton Park board, and the committee work, and the nuts and bolts work between board and committee meetings. And I volunteer my time working at events. So do the other board members, and so many more. Why? If not for the pay, then do we work for the attaboys? No, not that either. Volunteers give their time, efforts and ideas freely for the sheer joy of seeing the fruits of their labor in the service of something greater than themselves. The joy of volunteerism is contagious. The paradox is that when you share that joy, you double your own. If Harold Root really wants to know what’s going on at the park, it‚s not very hard to find out. Come on out, Harold, visit the park. You’ve been away too long. Volunteer some of your time, and see with your own eyes just how wonderful this place is. Charlton Park will be better for it. So will you. Brian Reynolds, Hastings, Member, Charlton Park Board, Happy Volunteer CAFOs are killing us slowly To the editor, CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) sometimes referred to as "factory farms" are slowly killing us here in Barry County and elsewhere in Michigan. These operations house several thousand animals in huge feeding facilities, whether beef or dairy cattle, hogs, turkeys, chickens and others, This many animals in one confined location produces tons of manure, which often finds its way into our rivers, streams and lakes, and ultimately, our drinking water. These confined animals are fed unnatural food laced with hormones and antibiotics and are never allowed outside to eat nutritious grasses or other natural foods, and never see the light of day. They live confined from birth to the slaughter house and this is simply inhumane. The CAFO people say that these operations must be run on a larger scale in order to save the consumer money in the grocery store. But at what cost, folks? Higher cancer rates? More serious illnesses than ever before? More allergies? There must be a reason for all of this, and I believe these factory farms are one of the big causes and are polluting our water and air. Going, going, gone is the small farmer, as these "factory farms" are putting them out of business, slowly but surely. However, there is a growing number of farmers who are beginning to realize that concerned consumers are worrying more about their health and that of their children and grandchildren, and are willing to pay slightly higher prices for organically raised foods, including meat. Michigan, with its declining economy and growth, is in the process of partially deregulating these huge facilities, bending to the lobbyists and not keeping the health of the people of this state in mind. Some other states have begun to tighten their regulations for these CAFOs, so consequently, these operations are coming to Michigan and other less regulated states. Let's send a message to Lansing, and let our voices be heard. Write or call your state legislators and let them know exactly how you feel on this issue. We just cannot afford to stand around and do nothing and let this happen to our magnificent state. Mary A. Fisher, Hastings No respect for Pine Lake Fire Department To the editor: I was looking at the brief description of the recent Gun Lake fire in the Banner and I noticed you guys forgot to mention that Pine Lake and Martin Township were also there. In addition, Caledonia, Freeport, Delton, Gun Plain Township, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and Hastings Mercy Ambulance were all in service, sitting central for various agencies. I and a lot of good friends are on the Pine Lake Fire Department and it always seems that if they are invoved with something big, you guys always seem to forget them. They are a part of Barry County and should be applauded for their services. I just thought you could fix this huge error of no respect to the other agencies that were represented there. Pine Lake Fire Department had more firefighters there than Hastings or even Orangeville. Thornapple was the only department to have more manpower on the scene. Nancy Gibson, Pine Lake To the editor: Barry County politics can reduce an observer to laughter, a desire to commit murder, the humility to remember that God loves even the clueless, to tears or to be quietly sick to one’s stomach. A continuing belief in the value of the two-party system, especially as it functions in Barry County, may be seen as evidence of irrationality and questionable mental competence on the part of the observer. Reams of paper have been written about how to do effective political leadership. Not much has been written about the price of ineffective, incompetent, clueless political leadership. Budding political scientists, arise! The Barry County Democrats are here, ready and able to present a case study in action, not once but twice. Those wunderkinds of politics, Barbara Cichy, chairwoman, Barry County Democrats, and David Brinkert, vice chairman, who in 2006 managed to nominate a convicted felon, Mike Lewis, for the Third County Commission district, are now sitting on their hands while George Hubka has annoints himself as spokesperson for a recall effort aimed at Jeff Van Nortwick, Commissioner, Seventh District. Readers of the Aug. 3 edition of the Banner can only shake their heads. Granted, Hubka is not a felon, but it is very hard to be a tenured school teacher and be forced to resign. Very few boards of education are willing to take on that battle. The reasons for his termination are sealed as part of the agreement by which he agreed to resign. His disregard and contempt for election laws, also a part of his past brushes with the law, ought to eliminate him from consideration for any role but the most closely supervised of elementary tasks. Translation: activities that do not provide scope for a continuing demonstration of a disregard for election law. Cichy and Brinkert have espoused as spokespersons for the party two characters of questionable integrity whose mission is to go after Van Nortwick, the one person who has had the courage and integrity to not only fight for Charlton Park but to come up with a sensible plan for its governance and its support. It is vital to the survival of the Barry County Democrats that they find competent ethical leadership. Lest the suggestion be made that I write in a spirit of partisanship, allow me the courtesy of describing myself as what I am, a professional. I have followed politics closely for over fifty years in New England and in Michigan and Ohio. The Barry County Republicans, who suffered from the ills created by a long tenure in power, have found new leadership and made tremendous strides in cleaning up the Augean stable known as the Barry County Senate should follow House lead on casino To the editor: The painful, perpetual saga of opposition to the Gun Lake Casino continues. It’s gone on for years and is now beyond ridiculous. As MichGo continues its redundant legal challenges, Peter Secchia, the big financial backer of 23 Is Enough, has abandoned all his moral convictions and announced he’ll pursue a casino of his own in Grand Rapids. Apparently, 23 isn’t enough after all. The outrageous Senator Patty Birkholz, who represents Allegan County, opposes the casino because it might provide economic benefits to Allegan County at the expense of Grand Rapids. Worse yet, Senator Mark Jansen, who represents Grand Rapids, claims he’s afraid the casino will hurt the people of Allegan who are “already addicted to bad behavior.” That isn’t just insulting. It’s stupid. The House finally approved the casino compact, which is great news for Michigan as lawmakers struggle to balance the budget and fund our infrastructure. Now it’s time for the Senate to do the same. We should insist our senator represents her own district and the people who elected her. Local governments and law enforcement support the casino which will bring jobs, business, entertainment and revenue to our communities. Even if you don’t like gaming, or you don’t approve of your neighbors liking it, you will definitely like the economic benefits your schools and communities will receive. It’s time to tell Patty Birkholz if she wants to work for Grand Rapids, she should move there. In the meantime, we expect her to represent the interests of her own constituents in Barry, Eaton and Allegan counties. Karen VanZalen, Hastings Commission. The election of Jeff Van Nortwick to replace a do-nothing Tom Wing, who did not miss many opportunities to enjoy the perks of power, was a victory for the people. The victory of Mark Englerth in the Sixth District was a victory for the people. The addition of Keith Ferris to the board over Mike Lewis to replace the retiring Sandra James was a victory for the people. In fact, the election of those three added to the continued presence of Michael Callton as chairman of the board has sent a message loud and clear — the abuses of the MacKenzie-Tripp era are over. The stable is being swept. That is the difference between effective and ineffective political leadership. May the Barry County Democrats find effective leadership. Frances L. Faverman Yankee Springs, J-Ad Graphics Staff Writer, Sun and News Do a better job raising the kids To the editor: I was just talking to one of my students’ moms about her children, and over my lifetime this conclusion has formed: Now that I'm 66 years of age, I believe a lot different than I did years ago, but it is hard to explain to people. If I had to do it over again, I would get the kids involved in what I was involved in, I would find out what they could do with whatever I was teaching them. Then I would keep them chaperoned by myself or my wife until they were about 20 years of age. I did not do enough work in raising the kids. We all think we know what work is. I think we are all mistaken on how much work it really takes to raise a kid to have a clear head. It is not a matter of disciplining the child. It is a matter of disciplining ourselves as parents. God help this nation's children and grandchildren. I think we have wasted a generation in this country. We have depended on the government and other people to watch our children and the result is found wanting. Robert R. Warner, Lake Odessa Prison really isn’t like living a life of ease To the editor: I wish to express my views on the Public Opinion Aug. 2 and what letter writer Deb James of Hastings had to say about it. She is right on target for the penalty for murder. Anyone who knowingly murders someone should be put to death themselves. There is only one who gives and takes life, and that is God. Before you say, “Then what gives us the right to take life also?” consider this: Romans 13:1-4 says, “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resist the authority resist the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.” With that said, I feel compelled to tell the public and Deb James a little bit about the prison life, since I am here and know first hand what it is like. The picture painted by Public Opinion: Ms. James is far from what a prisoner endures on a daily basis. This experience is no walk in the park. I wish I had a 7x7 room with my own toilet and sink. As it stands, I share a room with six men that is 14x14 on a floor with three other rooms of the same size. Of the 24 men on my floor, we share two toilets, two showers and four sinks. Those with large families understand what an inconvenient time the 6:30 a.m. rush to get ready for your day is like with just a fourth of the people I deal with to get to a sink to brush my teeth in the morning. Ms. James says we should have no activities such as T.V., radio, and books. What do you think would happen if the avenues to entertain and educate the mind were taken away? It is already a madhouse in here, but for those of us who want to become productive citizens again, these privileges are made available to educate ourselves. What good does it do to lock up the criminal and not educate him or her about what was wrong with their behavior? I don’t think anyone wants a criminal back in their neighborhood with the same criminal thoughts they went to prison with.After all, idle minds are the devil’s playground. Without these simple privileges nothing good would be How to reduce teen traffic deaths? Responses to our weekly question. This summer there have been many traffic accidents involving teen drivers. There have been 18 such deaths from traffic accidents. What do you think can be done to help teens become safer drivers? gained from a prison experience. Now let’s talk about the gardens and “chain gangs.” Every prison I have been in throughout the state of Michigan has a garden to help offset the kitchen budget. Also, some of the fresh vegetables are donated to local charities. As for the “chain gangs,” there is such a program in prison. It is called “public works.” Prisoners are screened and if they fit the criteria, they are allowed to work in the communities of the surrounding counties of that particular prison. At the end of August this is no more. Claims of a so-called budget crisis have cancelled this program. You may detect a bit of sarcasm in my letter about the so-called budget crisis. The reason I say this is due to the process of getting out of prison. There are currently close to 17,000 inmates in MDOC, past their minimum outdates. I’m not saying that all 17,000 deserve a parole, because they don’t. There are several See PRISON, next page The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • David T. Young (Editor) Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Sandra Ponsetto Patricia Johns Kelly Lloyd Brett Bremer Jon Gambee Fran Faverman Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Mitch Edwards, Middleville: “I think teens should have to drive with parents more and for longer periods of time. Also teens should not drive with other teens in the car Nate Marklevitz, Irving Township: “Teens feel invincible until they have their first accident. I think perhaps we should find a way to make sure that teens complete at least the 50 hours of driving with a parent and perhaps more night driving hours.” Sheryl Ayriss, Alaska: “I think that the rules about driving should be enforced. This includes class time, driving with parents and other requirements.” Bryan Lilley, Allegan; “I think we need to track teen driving habits. Perhaps parents should have hidden cameras in the car and then parents and teens could watch the video tapes together.” Nathan Lopez, Holland: “I think there has to be a longer period of practice driving time with parents. I have a friend who thinks that teens should watch videos of horrible crashes and rescues, including dead bodies to help them be more cautious.” Charles Collins, Hastings: “I think that teens should have the opportunity to drive farm equipment for several years before taking the driver education course and then driving on the roads. They will get more comfortable with driving.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 5 Say good-bye to the ‘Mother of Leadership’ There's a small brass replica of a turtle on the desk of outgoing Barry County Extension Director Jan Hartough desk that reminds her every day you must stick your neck out, or you'll never get anywhere. And there’s a plaque on her wall that says, "Change of any sort requires courage." Both say a lot about Jan Hartough. Jan came to Barry County 25 years ago from Calhoun County, where she was MSU home economist. And from the minute she arrived she’s proved she's willing to stick her neck out and has the courage to take on the big issues. Jan has spent 25 years promoting a better understanding of change, how we can effect it and what happens if we ignore it. She’s been involved in many groups for better understanding of the future. Jan believes "change is constant." She found it exciting and worked through education and training to find ways of looking at it from many perspectives. "If I can help bring some ideas to this community, it may or may not make a difference, but by gosh you've got to at least try," Jan said. "I figured nothing ventured, nothing gained. You can't be afraid to at least try something and work with it." Speaking of change, she is about to begin work on a three-year initiative designed to help Extension educators, Michigan citizens, elected officials and institutional leaders look at the consequences and trade-offs of controversial issues in agriculture, natural resources and issues of concern in communities. The initiative also is designed to help all involved parties make informed decisions about these controversies. Knowing Jan, this is right up her alley. She has been at the table of many conversations over the years, whether it be land preservation, tourism, leadership training or sustainable agricutural projects. With her training in Extension and her dedication to understanding change, she continues to be a proponent of being proactive and challenging area citizens to do the same, rather than accepting a worn-out reactionary philosophy. This new initiative with the Kettering Foundation, MSU Extension, MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and Public Humanities Collaborative will be representative of everything she's already done. When there was discussion at the state level about who should head the initiative, Jan's name continued to come up. When you think about Extension and what its educators around Barry County, it's like looking along the road where you see plots of crops with signs marking the selection of seeds used. Farmers plant different seeds, then watch the growth in relation to other varieties and MSU experts help them assess the results. Jan, over the last 25 years, has planted several ideas, facilitated training, brought in experts to start the dialogue and exchanged ideas for a better community. The work she will do for MSU and Kettering will continue to promote understanding contentious issues through deliberative dialogue. She has experience. For example, in the late ’80s she helped establish the Barry County Futuring Committee, of which I was a member. When I look back and think about the work we did, it reminds me of what she might be doing in her new position to raise people's awareness of opportunities and possibilities. We said in Futuring our mission was "Preserving the past while planning for a beautiful future." Understanding change is a law of nature where nothing stays the same, and it takes people like Jan to pioneer the process by which we understand how change will affect our community. As we get older, our jobs, families and the people we know change. But the biggest change in our lives can be in the places we live, where, like it or not, change is making an impact every day. What we do, how we understand it, analyze it and direct it can make a huge difference on how we will live with it. Jan has continued to become a leader of leaders and is sometimes even called the "Mother of Leadership." It's my hope that she can continue to have as much impact in her new position as she had on her test plot here in Barry County. Caving in to a monster On another issue that goes to what we've just discussed about change, I noticed a number of zoning issues on the Rutland Township meeting agenda Wednesday night, but the most important was the new Super Wal-Mart development. I reminded the Township Board of problems the store location would bring to the area. I told them I wasn’t just saying no to WalMart, “just not there" at the corner of Green Street and Cook Road, just outside the Hastings city limits. Wal-Mart officials admitted at an earlier meeting they had 13 possible locations to build their new Super Wal-Mart, and this was just their first selection. I'm concerned about the impact the traffic will bring to the area. Green Street is a main artery through Hastings, and it's already busy because it has to handle much of the traffic from the southwest side of the city, the high school and hospital that use Green Street for access. By adding Wal-Mart to the mix, we will make it intolerable to live on, use and drive on Green Street. The only Township Board member to vote against the plan was Dorothy Flint, who also called for a no vote when she was on the Rutland Township Planning Commission a few months earlier. When she brought up her concerns, Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said he had no idea how they were going to deal with the Deputy’s work was appreciated To the editor: The Charlton Park staff and I are grateful to Gary Pearson of our Barry County Sheriff’s Department for this tireless efforts to solve our break-in on July 7. Deputy Pearson did a very thorough job of investigating the breakin and kept us very well informed. He was relentless in his investigation and even when the leads started to dry up, he never quit. The sheriff’s department should be very proud of deputies like Gary. I know I am very proud of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department’s efforts. Keith Murphy, Interim Administrator, Charlton Park issue, yet proceeded to call for the motion to approve the change allowing the store to be built. This is where government continues to fail us, by making decisions that will affect us in the future costing taxpayers thousands of dollars and a lot of pain, but not standing firm and demanding thought and planning into their decisions. Just a few months ago I attended one of their meetings where a businessman was requesting a change in his situation that would allow him to sell cars on his property. His property already was a commercial facility, but needed a change to allow him to sell retail titled vehicles which he obtains in his business dealings. During that meeting there were more questions and concerns about his business and how it would affect the area than took place at last Wednesday night's meeting. Township Board members might say there had been enough discussion on Wal-Mart to the point we were beating a dead horse, but I maintain they were just caving in to the monster that has no concern for the community. Wal-Mart officials just want to expand their operation, regardless of the impact they have on the area. Dorothy Flint was the only person willing to stand up and at least call the question about what impact this store will have on the area. It's just a matter of time now before I will be writing again about the decision the Rutland Township officials made on Aug. 8, 2007, when they approved the Wal-Mart development on Green Street. I'm sure township officials will say they really didn't have any way of avoiding the issue. I maintain that with proper planning through the master planning process, if they didn't have the ability to say no, they've failed in the planning process and should be replaced. That's why taxpayers spend so much of their tax money on planning. It's designed to avoid mistakes that will eventually cost taxpayers money later or cause problems in the future. George Orwell once said, “Freedom is the right to say no.” Governments are supposed to solve problems, not help create them. It will only take a few months after the new Wal-Mart is built to determine that this board didn't solve anything. They just created a monster, costing a lot of money and causing frustration to deal with in the future. Looking out for Grand Rapids Michigan Senator Patty Birkholz and State Rep. Fulton Sheen continue their fight against the casino, even though the House, including our own Rep. Brian Calley, agreed to a compact with the Gun Lake Tribe of Potawatomis. So this means Gov. Jennifer Granholm, The U.S. Department of the Interior, a federal judge handling the case, and the Michigan House of Representatives now have agreed the casino will happen, regardless of what pressure groups like MichGo and 23 Is Enough think. The compact is considered the "best deal" government leaders can get leading to some badly needed revenue for the state. The proposed compact calls for the tribe to pay 8 percent of proceeds from electronic games to the state for its first $150 million. The share goes up to 10 percent if the gross exceeds $150 million and 12 percent if the gross is more than $300 million. In exchange, the tribe receives the exclusive right to operate a casino within a ninecounty region surrounding its location at the old Ampro Seed business in Bradley at the U.S.-131 intersection, just outside Barry County. After a House committee approved the compact last month, Birkholz explained her opposition, in part, is due to her fears a casino will provide economic benefits to Allegan County at the expense of downtown Grand Rapids. She represents Allegan and Barry counties as state senator, not Grand Rapids. The state has been plagued with increasing unemployment, yet Birkholz is worried the downtown entertainment sector of Grand Rapids will find it difficult to compete with the new casino. Sheen, who has ambitions to replace Birkholz as our next State Senator from the 24th District, seems to oppose the casino on religious grounds. He reminds me of a city councilman who opposed the transfer of a liquor license because he’s offended by alcohol use. His “no” vote did absolutely nothing to stop the process, he was just letting his own personal agenda get in the way of a routine public procedure. A group from county government, the Barry Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Alliance visited Mount Pleasant officials with concerns about how their Soaring Eagle casino affected the local economy. We talked about crime, unemployment and family issues. After hours of conversation, we found out that at the time Barry County’s crime figures were in some cases worse than Mount Pleasant’s and for the most part, the casino has had a positive impact on their area. When we reported back to various boards, they all came out in support of the Gun Lake Casino project after reviewing the findings. It just goes to show you how government really works. In one of the recent presidential debates, a question came to Senator Hillary Clinton about listening to special interest groups and the power they have. Her answer was something like, “I use these groups for information, but they don't have a direct effect on how I vote.” I didn't believe her, and I certainly don't put much stock in the notion our state senator isn't affected by the powers that be around Grand Rapids. Who is my state senator working for — the local taxpayers or special interests? — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics PRISON, continued from previous page in the same situation as I am in. When you first come to prison, you are screened and then given minimum requirements to complete by your earliest release date. Doing these classes and good institutional behavior is supposed to allow you a parole. I and several others are past our outdates. Even though we continue to behave well we are told to do another 12 or 24 months before we see the parole board again for another chance at parole. I understand that I can do the maximum on my sentence, but the way it is set up, I should have been home on my first outdate. There are many like me with good behavior and all required classes completed, plus extra. My point is, you’re paying for inmates who have made changes in their lives to sit here and cost tax dollars rather than contributing to the general fund. I am convinced that doing all your classes and behaving does no good as far as being released goes, because that is what I did and here I sit. I will continue to do what is right though because it is the only thing I have now. I have come to terms with my incarceration. There is no one to blame but myself. I do not minimize the severity of my crime. Now that my mind is clear from the drugs, I realize my poor choices were wrong and selfish. For those of you who don’t know, I am here for maintaining and operating a meth lab. For this I would like to apologize to my family, community, the police agencies involved in my bust and Judge James Fisher. I have let all of them down. I make no excuses for my disease of addiction and will subdue it at all cost in the future. William Anders Sr. 393870 Camp Branch, Coldwater, Formerly of Delton A ‘Love Triangle’ project? It’s not Valentine’s Day, but the state certainly has a sweetheart deal in the works. Have you heard of the “Triangle Project”? That’s the street name for a development on a triangle shaped piece of property in downtown Lansing. I have a keen interest in this project because the State Administrative Board just approved a 25-year lease-to-own deal on a 148,000-square-foot building for a new State Police headquarters. The first logical question you might ask is, “Why is the state getting a new headquarters for anything right now?” After all, it was only through a donation to the state from the troopers’ union that layoffs were avoided earlier this year. In the midst of local State Police post closings, reduced road patrol and a miserable overall state budget situation: could this project possibly be justified? In a word: no. The state currently leases a building from MSU in East Lansing for $1 per year. That is not a typo. The lease is really for $1 per year and it runs through 2030. The building is in need of some significant repairs that could run as much as $16 million over the next 10 years, though that estimate is disputed by many. Reports are that two other buildings that would be consolidated onto this project run the state about $2 million per year. So instead, a lease deal has been negotiated that would pay a well connected developer $3.7 million per year for 25 years. In total, the project will cost the developers $45 million. Over the life of the lease, the state will pay them about $92 million. That’s a heck of a way to save $16 million in repairs to the existing building! Proponents are saying the new location will bring 560 jobs to downtown Lansing. That is true, but the problem is that none of them are new jobs. Moving a job from East Lansing to Lansing is not a net positive. They also say there will be more than 500 construction jobs created because of this project. I find this claim fascinating and questionable. Estimates are that the project will take about 21 months to complete. So they would be temporary jobs as best. Beyond that, it’s not like we will go to the money tree to pay the future lease. We’ll have to cut in other areas of an already stressed budget to accommodate the increased state spending. And that means people get laid off. “Creation” of temporary construction jobs is not a net gain. Perhaps the most interesting is that fact that the site itself is so inadequate. It cannot accommodate a helicopter landing pad as the current location does. It cannot act as the state’s Emergency Operations Center nor can it warehouse the vehicles. We would have to take on two other locations just to meet the current needs. My favorite argument in favor of this project is one made by a Department of Management and Budget spokesman saying that it will decrease “urban sprawl.” As though moving the headquarters from Harrison Road in East Lansing to the City of Lansing would reduce sprawl. Must be they plan to change the current location back into farm land. But please do not take this out on your local trooper. I have not yet met one who thinks this is a good idea. Especially in light of the cuts they personally face. In fact, Col. Peter Munoz (the MSP Director) said they could operate out of a tent if need be. Which makes this whole thing that much more peculiar. The Michigan State Police are not even really pushing for this. So who is? Ionia County currently leases a building to the State Police on M-66 for $6 per square foot. That’s about half of market rent in the area. When the county asked the Department of Management and Budget at the state to consider a higher rate, the county was told that the budget could not handle an increase. In Barry County in 2006, 241 families sought assistance from the United Way and affiliated agencies. Four of those supported agencies have lost state funding due to the current budget crunch. But hey, at least we are taking care of politically connected developers. Happy Valentine’s Day. Farmers, consumers getting milked by Joel Greeno Minuteman Media Despite recent media hype, farmers are not getting rich off record prices in the dairy case. The cost of milk has gone up 50-60 cents in the last few months, with consumers paying close to $4 per gallon. But dairy farmers are still getting less than half of that money — about $1.60 per gallon. Rising fuel costs and corn ethanol demands are partly to blame. Intense drought has also meant wilting pastures and hay crops. For the first time ever the creek that normally waters my cows has dried up, and as a result my milk production has dropped 50% this summer. But the real culprit behind the current dairy crisis remains corporate greed. The lion's share of consumer money spent on milk continues to line the pockets of corporations: Kraft, Deans, Walmart. Worse yet, consumers have been convinced to pay almost the same amount for skim and 2% versions of the real thing after the most valuable butterfat has been skimmed off to make other dairy products. There is no free market for fresh milk in the U.S. unless you happen to be buying it directly from a farmer. Consumer prices are calculated by the USDA through a bizarre outdated formula and the federal market order system. This USDA imposed "price" is based on secretive trading of 500-pound cheddar blocks on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. At the request of Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, the General Accounting Office recently concluded an investigation of the CME, which found it prone to market manipulation and price fixing. This rotten system truly becomes rancid with globalization. The U.S. has been a dairy deficit nation for years now, and for corporate agribusiness it is much cheaper to import casein, butter substitutes, and milk protein concentrate (MPC) (a questionable dairy waste byproduct) from New Zealand, China, India, Ukraine, or wherever, than to pay U.S. family farmers a fair price for domestic milk. In April 2007 alone, the U.S. imported 11 million pounds of MPC. Because of this type of abuse, farmers have been stuck with below parity prices for decades. Even the USDA's own numbers indicate that it costs farmers over $30 to produce 100 pounds of milk, yet the floor milk price (like a minimum wage) is set at $19 per 100 pounds. Under our current federal price support system known as MILC (Milk Income Lost Contract), I am expected to lose $8 per 100 pounds to then receive a 33-cent per 100 pounds subsidy because the "free" market won't cover my cost of production. That means on my farm I lose $3,600 per month in income to claim a $148.50 check from the government. And our politicians think they have done family farmers a favor with this subsidy system when they should be demanding that the corporations pay a fair price! Parity pricing is an old idea that needs to be reclaimed as part of the wider fair trade versus free trade debate. Whether it is coffee, oranges, or milk, farmers cannot expect to survive when they do not receive a livable income to cover their costs. It hurts me to see the hillsides that once had soil building pastures and grass-fed cows now taken over by endless eroding rows of biotech corn and soybeans. It hurts even more to know once strong farm families have now been destroyed by unfair market prices. For over a decade now Family Farm Defenders has run a domestic fair trade project with Cedar Grove Cheese that helps consumers get their dairy dollars straight to family farmers. The National Family Farm Coalition has been working hard on the 2007 Farm Bill, demanding mandatory Country of Origin Labeling, calling for anti-trust action against the food giants, halting taxpayer subsidized commodity dumping, defending local control to enact tougher rules than the federal government, and thus insuring fairer prices for farmers and consumers. Farmers want a living wage with dignity just like everyone else. There is more than enough money in the marketplace to provide farmers a decent income and to provide healthy affordable food to consumers. Farmers and consumers need to work together to reclaim our food system. Otherwise we'll just keep getting the dregs. Joel Greeno is a grass-based dairy farmer near Kendall, WI. He also serves as the president of the American Raw Milk Producers Pricing Association (ARMPPA), vice president of Family Farm Defenders, and is on the executive board of the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC). �Page 6 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. Josephine Beardslee Josephine (Hedges) Beardslee, born March 24, 1917, passed away July 13, 2007. Notice: To all, whom knew Josephine Beardslee, “Grandma Jo”: Josephine was born and lived in Hastings for 75 out of her 90 years of her life. “Grandma Jo” retired after working at Hastings Manufacturing Company for 35 years. There will be a memorial service at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings, on August 21, 2007 at 9 a.m. A graveside service in Vermontville at 11 a.m. A reception and luncheon at the VFW in Nashville at 1 p.m. Attending from Houston, Texas will be daughter, Connie Gray; granddaughter, Cindy Gray; great grandson, Donald Gray. Please RSVP by calling Connie Gray at 281-448-1468 or Cindy Gray at cell 281-7014340. Thomas A. Davis QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. 6:30 p.m. Summer Youth Group Meeting. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan HASTINGS - Thomas A. Davis, (“Tad”), age 48, of Hastings, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2007 while in the company of family members at his Hastings home. Tad was born in Battle Creek, on July 21, 1959, the son of Asa Davis and Alice E. (Pennock) Boucher. Tad spent his early years growing up in the Battle Creek and Delton areas until his family moved to the Nashville area in 1970. He attended schools in the Nashville area and graduated from Maple Valley High School in 1977. He continued his education at Kellogg Community College where he received his real estate license and studied business. He was the husband of Sue (Spoelstra) Davis. The couple was married on June 1, 1985 in Hastings. They made their home in the Hastings area where they raised their family together. Tad was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Hastings and especially loved the Praise Band at his church. He was the owner of Mulberry Fore Golf Course in Nashville for 16 years. He was also a licensed real estate agent and was involved in the local real estate market in Barry County for several years. Tad was an excellent athlete who excelled at every sport he played; in high school he was an avid state tennis player, and also loved baseball and football. One of Tad’s summer passions was water skiing; a sport he began at the age of 5. He was also a very gifted athletic coach and spent over 10 years and countless hours coaching youth baseball and basketball in the Hastings area. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sue; his children, Rebecca and Kevin Davis; sisters, Ronna Lewis, Linda (Vince) Bradley, Diane (Ken) Ramsey, and Cara (Mike) McClure; brothers, Asa Davis, Timothy “Ron” (Peggy) Boucher, Ted (Bev) Spoelstra; and his parents, Alice (Tim) Boucher. He is also survived by his father and mother-in-law, Ted (Marie) Spoelstra and several nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive visitors on Thursday, August 16 from 6-8 p.m. at the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at The First United Methodist Church in Hastings at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 2007 with Pastor Kathy Brown officiating. Interment will take place at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville following the funeral service. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Hastings. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Give a memorial that can go on forever This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: 77515177 William Marshall Garrison A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. BLOOMINGTON, IN - William “Bill” Marshall Garrison, age 82, of Bloomington, Indiana, formerly of Jackson, Michigan, died early Saturday morning August 11, 2007, at Bell Trace Nursing Home. Born January 22, 1925, in Battle Creek, he was the son of J.C. “Shorty” and Merle Garrison. Bill graduated from Hastings High School in Hastings in 1943. He was also a graduate of Jackson Business School in Jackson. He was married to, and is survived by his high school sweetheart, Senta Jeanne (Furrow) Garrison. Following graduation he proudly served tours in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War and served onboard the USS Willett DE-354. He retired after 42 years of service from Consumers Power Company in Jackson as a power control superintendent. An avid reader, fisherman, golfer, and cribbage enthusiast; he was a long time and dedicated member of the Jackson YMCA. He is survived by his wife, Senta; two sons, Michael Garrison and his wife, Judy, Portage and Bradley Garrison and his wife, Susan, Ionia; daughter, Senta Kay Baker, Bloomington, Indiana; grandchildren Gregg and Jody Garrison, April and Andy Doezema, Sarah and Justin Rhodes, Senta L. and Matthew Thompson, and Allison Baker; great grandchildren, Bryanna Rhodes, William J. Garrison and Valarie Thompson. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Joanne (Garrison) Wilbur. He was a loving and loyal husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather and friend. In memory of, and in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Bloomington Hospice in thanks for the wonderful support and care given to Bill and his family over the past few weeks; Bloomington Hospice, 619 W. 1st Street, P.O. Box 1149, Bloomington, IN 47402. Nikirra S. Warner HASTINGS - Nikirra S. Warner, infant daughter of Michael and Robekah (Nelson) Warner of Hastings passed away on Monday, August 6, 2007 at Devos Childrens Hospital, Grand Rapids. Nikirra is survived by her parents, Michael and Robekah Warner; her sisters, Mikayla and Kassi Warner; grandparents, Judy and Keith Warner, Robert Nelson, Sandra Nelson; 11 cousins; and several aunts and uncles. A memorial service was held on Friday, August 10, 2007 at the Lakewood United Methodist Church with Pastor John Waite officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hastings Public Library in Nikirra’s name. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Judy Dawn Metzger HASTINGS - Judy Dawn Metzger, age 55, of Hastings, died Thursday August 9, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Battle Creek May 3, 1952, the daughter of Clifford E. and Patricia A. (McCarty) Moody. Judy graduated from Hastings High School in 1970 and attended Kellogg Community College for one year. Judy was married to Gary A. Metzger on June 3, 1973. Her employment included working for Sunset Acres Nursing Home, The former Barry County Medical Care Facility, and for 25 years she worked at Pennock Hospital until her health forced her to retire. Judy had a love for many things, her family, children, cooking, Barbie Dolls, and her church, the Country Chapel where she was very active. Judy was an avid Tiger baseball fan. She was preceded in death by her father, mother and father in-law, two aunts and two cousins. She will be sadly missed by her husband of 34 years, Gary Metzger of Hastings; her children, Chad Metzger (Angie Baker) of Hastings, Christy (Don) Stratton of Middleville; her mother, Patricia Moody of Hastings; brothers, Thomas (Vonda) Moody of Dowling, Eric (Teri) Moody of Harbor Springs; sister, Bonny (Doug) Thurston of Dowling, many nieces and nephews. Funeral Services were held Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Country Chapel in Dowling, Rev. Patricia A. Harpol officiating. Burial will be at Banfield Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Country Chapel in Dowling. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Marcia R. (Haas) Parker DELTON - Maricia R. (Haas) Parker, Delton, formerly of Bristol, IN, passed away August 14, 2007, at Rose Arbor Hospice. Marcia was born on April 21, 1948, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Charles and Betty (Schuster) Haas. Marcia was a 1966 graduate of Delton Kellogg High School. For many years she was in management in the banking industry. An avid reader, she also was a master gardener. Marcia was a board member of the Bristol, Indiana Library. On February 6, 1988, she married, R. Michael Parker, and he preceded her in death on March 21, 2006. Marcia is survived by her son, Benjamin Cutler of Elkhart, IN; her mother, Betty Haas of Kalamazoo; a step daughter, Catherine (Clay) Fague of Elwood, IN; sisters and brothers, Belinda Glassmeyer of Glendale Springs, NC, Charles (Cathy) Haas, of Irons, Stephen Haas of Delton, Victor (JoAnn) Haas of Delton, Barry (Rona) Haas of Delton, Terry (Nancy) Haas of Schoolcraft, and Marguerite (Dan) Dexter of Marshall, NC; mother-in-law, Martha E. Parker of Elwood, IN; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Larry and Anne Parker of New Bern, NC; three step grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Marcia was also preceded in death by her father Charles R. Haas in 1991. A memorial service will be conducted Friday, August 17, 2007, 12:00 PM at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Delton, Sister Constance Fifelski, OP, presiding. A visitation and meal will follow the service. Private inurnment will take place in Cedar Creek Cemetery. For a more lasting memorial, please consider memorial contributions to Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 7 HASTINGS - Judy Ann (Johnson) Pennington, age 51 of Hastings , passed away on Monday, August 13, 2007 at her residence after a long courageous battle with cancer. Judy was born September 19, 1955 in Hastings, the daughter of Donald and Caroline (Hansen) Johnson. She graduated from Thornapple Kellogg High School in 1973. On December 18, 1987 Judy married Stephen L. Pennington. They had three children, Jessica Jo Merrill Pennington, Natalie Pennington and Ryan Pennington. Judy worked for AT&T for 13 years, and was involved in the family business, Pennington Construction Inc. Judy loved life and her number one priority was her family. She enjoyed taking pictures of her family and friends, if someone needed help whether it be a family member or friend she was the first to lend a hand. Judy would always put others before herself. She enjoyed gardening, collecting angels and just being with her family and friends. Judy was preceded in death by her daughter, Jessica on August 25, 2003. She will be sadly missed by her husband of 20 years, Steve Pennington of Hastings; her children, Natalie and Ryan Pennington of Hastings; her parents, Donald and Caroline Johnson of Middleville; mother in-law, Susan Pennington of Hastings; brothers, Bill (Michelle) Johnson of Middleville, Mark (Cathy) Johnson of Hastings, Don (Lisa) Johnson of Middleville; and a sister, Janet Reil of Hastings; brothers and sisters in-law, Mike (Mary) Pennington, Joe Pennington, Sandy (David) Nichols, Teresa (Jay) Beckwith all of Hastings, many nieces, nephews and special friends. Funeral services will be held Thursday August 16, 2007 at 11:00am at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Gary Newton officiating. Burial will be at Irving Township Cemetery. In Lieu of flowers donation to the Natalie and Ryan Pennington Education Trust Fund c/o Mainstreet Savings Bank 629 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058 would be greatly appreciated. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Evelyn Lucille Mason GRAND RAPIDS - Evelyn Lucille Mason, age 99, of Grand Rapids, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at Clark Retirement Community, Grand Rapids. Mrs. Mason was born on March 17, 1908 in Grand Rapids, the daughter of Phillip and Jennie Thomas. She was raised in Hastings and attended Barry County Normal and Hastings High School. After high school, she attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She was married to Harold Lundstrum on June 17, 1932. Harold passed away in March of 1967, and Evelyn married Clifton Mason July 3, 1975. Mrs. Mason was a school teacher for many years in Eaton and Barry counties. She was a member of Nashville Methodist Church since 1932 where she held several church positions and taught Sunday school. She served as the United Methodist Women president for several years. Mrs. Mason is survived by daughters, Marilyn Cooke, of Shelby, NC and Patricia (Larry) Miller, of Mclean, VA; sons, Maynard (Joel) Lundstrum, of Marietta, GA and Kendall Lundstrum, of Hastings; stepdaughters, Virginia (Bob) Curtis, of Nashville and Betty Myers, of Boise, ID; stepson, Lynn (Joni) Mason, of St. Ignatius. She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, several great grandchildren, as well as a number of step grandchildren and step great grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her husbands, Harold Lundstrum and Clifton Mason; sister, Maria Acker; brother, Lloyd thomas; and infant son, Duane Allen Lundstrum. Services were held on Friday, August 10, 2007 at Clark Retirement Community Chapel, Grand Rapids. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery, Nashville. Arrangements were made by Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Francis “ Franks” Burks James Francis “Frank” Burks James, son of John Edward and Jewel Rachel, was born and raised on a small farm near Holton, Kansas. At his mother’s suggestion, he became a veterinarian. He graduated from Kansas State University on June 5, 1960; he married his classmate, Jean Evelyn Swengel, on the same day. Frank and Jean moved to Michigan and ran the James Animal Clinic near Hickory Corners for 40-odd years. Frank passed away at his home on August 7, 2007, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his sister, Gene Dickinson; his son, Dan (Mary) James; his daughters, Judy (Terry) Van Dien and Amy James (John Diggelman); his grandchildren, Ellen James, Naomi Van Dien, and Matilda Diggelman. A service was held at the Hickory Corners Bible Church on Saturday, August 11. In lieu of flowers, donation can be made to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation (2049 Airport Way, Boise, Idaho 83705) or Hospice of Barry County (450 Meadow Run, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). WAL-MART, continued from page 1 are doing everything we can. We are getting everyone involved.” Carr said there have been two studies done on the potential traffic problems, one paid for by the county. “We spent $200 on a study after the Road Commission had already completed a study,” he said. “Both reports say Green Street is capable of withholding the traffic.” Zemira Hubert Zimmerman VERMONTVILLE - Zemira Hubert Zimmerman, age 90, of Vermontville, died Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Carveth Village in Middleville. Mr. Zimmerman was born on February 1, 1917 in Boyne City, the son of Frank and Florence Zimmerman. Mr. Zimmerman moved to Hastings in 1941. He was married to Esther Belle Harter in 1936. Esther passed away on October 21, 1985 and Zemira married Harriet Stoler in Sebring, Florida in 1987. He was employed at the Viking Corporation from 1941 until his retirement in 1982. He also served in the Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Elks, V.F.W. American Legion, and was a governor of the Loyal Order of Moose. Zemira was a devoted golfer whom played 5-6 times a week, an avid snowmobiler, and enjoyed deer hunting and fishing. Mr. Zimmerman is survived by two daughters, Margaret (Joe) Shaver of Hastings and Marilyn (Don) MacKenzie of Vermontville; one sister, Mrs. Percy Crothers of Alden; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; eight great great grandchildren. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wives, Esther in 1985 and Harriet in 2003; four sisters, Ethel Zimmerman in 1918, Dorothy Coleman in 1994, Edna O’Brien in 1990, and Blythe Fitzpatrick in 1987. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, August 17, 2007 at Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel in Hastings. A luncheon will follow at the Moose Lodge in Hastings. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Hastings. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Michigan or the charity of your choice. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Arrangements made by Lauer Family Homes-Wren Chapel. 911, continued from page 1 Board is taking the notion the by-laws of the organization will be re-examined. “”I don’t think the board’s against it,” he said. “Once we open it (the service plan), it will support and encourage people to get involve in the process. It’s an excellent opport u n i t y . ” Among the government entities that already have approved revisiting the by-laws are Hastings, Prairieville, Irving, Carlton and Barry townships and the Village of Woodland. In other business at their meeting Tuesday morning, the commissioners: • Agreed to take bids for razing four houses in the 300 block of Court Street and West State Street, all of which have fallen into a state of disrepair. The county bought the four houses in the late 1990s with an eye toward making way for a new health department facility. However, the new health department eventually was built next to the Commission on Aging center at the corner of North Broadway and West Woodlawn. “In the past, it was decided we didn’t want to put any money into them,” said Commissioner Jim French. “We need to look into all areas about taking them down... It’s about time we do something about those homes.” Commissioner Wayne Adams agreed, saying, “In the seven years and seven months I’ve been a commissioner, those four homes have been a festering blister. It’s time to demolish them.” Commissioner Mark Englerth, however, sounded a note of caution, saying he didn’t want to go too fast because as bad as the houses may be, they could serve as temporary shelters for Green Gables overflow, for example. “If we have no plan in place for the use of those houses, it could be used for Green Gables overflow.” Green Gables is Barry County’s domestic violence shelter. Commissioner Don Nevins objected, saying, “Green Gables can’t use it because it’s not an environment controlled by Green Gables.” Englerth answered, “I think we need to bring several groups to the table to see if it can meet a need... Maybe Habitat or volunteers from the jail could make repairs... I know 885 people have lost their homes in Barry County in the last couple of years. So before we blast them down maybe we need to take a look at this. I think we’ve all got a little bit of homework to do.” Board Chairman Mike Callton noted the current residents at the houses have been removed because of concerns about lead paint. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick said, “We have a responsibility not to have boarded up houses in that neighborhood. I don’t think we’re going to have the wrecking ball swinging as soon as we agree to take bids.” The eventual vote was unanimous to seek at least three bids for the demolition. • Heard a presentation from Green Gables Haven Director Janie Bergeron, who asked the County Board for an increase in its annual support, from $7,500 to $10,000, because of the recent financial difficulties the domestic shelter has had because of severe state cutbacks. “We’ve had an increase in residents of 10 percent in the last several months,” she noted. “We do have a long-term goal of not tapping into local governments’ budgets. We know you have fire, public safety and road issues, but I ask what is more important than people? Sometimes, our shelter can save a life. “We’re not going to depend on the state for money any more. Somebody in the big house doesn’t like us, so we’ll have to take care of our own.” • Heard about plans for work to be at three lakes from Drain Commissioner Tom Doyle, including Barry County’s portion of Jordan Lake, the Cuddy Drain channel on Gun Lake and Upper Crooked Lake. The Jordan Lake project, to raise homes between two and a half and three feet to avoid flooding problems would involve a 75%-25% (the latter figure for residents) matching grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. • Approved bids from Dulyea Construction for $18,579 and from Rose Construction for $28,430 for Homeowner Rehabilitation projects through the Community Development Block Grant program. • Agreed to pay the Michigan Association of Counties $10,642.99 for membership dues through June 30, 2008. • Approved the proposal for contract appraiser with Governmental Assessing Services for $2,000 to provide substitute services while an employee is on leave of absence. • Adopted two resolutions, to honor Barry County Extension Director Jan Hartough, who is leaving to take a new MSU Extension job, and Connie Fast, who is retiring as a substance abuse program counselor. • Approved two agreements with the Michigan Department of Human Services. • Received brochures explaining the local wetlands issues, made up by the Barry Conservation District. • Heard from State Rep. Brian Calley, who said, “No, we don’t have a budget yet,” and noting the Oct. 1 deadline predicted it would happen at about 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30. SWISS STEAK DINNER Saturday, August 18, 2007 5:00pm - 7:00pm Doors open 4:30 02676806 Judy Ann Pennington Adults $8 - Children $4.50 Kids 5 & under EAT FREE County-wide yard sale set Saturday Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Veggie, Beverage and Dessert A county-wide yard sale is planned for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Charlton Park. Public admission is free and new vendors are encouraged to participate. Vendo space costs $10 each. For more information, call 945-3775. Post 45 American Legion 2160 S. M-37, Hastings For information Call 945-4973 MILLAGE, continued from page 1 accountability. With the economy, and number of foreclosures in Barry County why does it surprise Callton that people are fed up with millages. Callton wrote on Aug. 6: "The Charlton Park renewal millage will not raise your taxes... You're already paying for it... it will not raise your taxes and it is not a new tax.’ What kind of mealy mouthed statement is that? “At the meeting last Wednesday, Callton made the statement three times and I quote, ‘If you don't vote three more years of millage, we will shut down the park, lock the gates and put the park in mothballs." According to the deed restrictions, if the park ceases to be a park, the property will revert back to the heirs of Irving Charlton. Keeping that in mind, Callton has been making some very serious and irresponsible statements in the name of the County. To my knowledge this board has made no motion to close the park, and how many of you agree with the statements he has and is making? For one, I will not be intimidated or panic stricken by his type of tactics. “With those types of statements being made, do you wonder if people want to even sign up for events for next year? “The lack of accountability by various boards receiving operating millage has led to abuses of millage monies. Most obvious the recent 911 wastefulness of taxpayers monies. When will the county take its fiduciary responsibilities seriously, and set policy not only for the park, but all of the boards that receive millage monies. This is the time to reform the county! “For Callton's information there has been an interest by individuals to volunteer their time and talents to the park, and in my opinion, these people should have a chance to show what they can do. Also, Callton, for your information just because you repeat propaganda three times does not make it any more of a fact. At the time the other commissioners of this board makes a motion and it passes, only then does it become fact.” Shirley Barnum, another citizen who spoke to the board, had a different take. “That park has been important to me, children and grandchildren,” she said. “I want to make sure the millage is passed becuse it’s very important. Your (the board’s) action today has helped me. I’m more clear now about what’s going to happen.” Expressing support for the letter of intent at the meeting was Charlton Park Village and Museum Board Chairman Kraig Leathers, who told the board, “Now we know what the outcome of the park will be. There will be no funding. We would support this letter, we’re behind it 100 percent.” (Editor’s Note: This reporter indeed did challenge Ms. Cichy’s comments at the previous Wednesday night meeting and expressed support for the Charlton Park millage, but it was as a voting member of the West Michigan chapter of the Progressive Democrats. The Progressive Dems later that night voted unanimously, with two abstentions, to support the millage request). CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! Senior Living 06655119 case. The events came about by carryover events from last year, calls by individuals wanting to use the park, four events courtesy of Commissioner (Hoot) Gibson, two events by Neil Wilder and one from Jerry LaDere. “This misinformation was also echoed by Dave Young of the Hastings Banner, who appears to no longer be reporting the news in Barry County but is now creating the news. Editorial opinions have been written to mislead the public. No data from the new board has indicated that they have accomplished anything including not furnishing the taxpayers with a new business plan for the park. “Charlton Park has been funded for the past 20 years by a millage voted in twice by the generous taxpayers of Barry County. Reading the deed restrictions, Charlton did not intend for the park to be a burden to the taxpayers from millages. There are reasons the last two millages for the Park has been defeated. If only certain commissioners will stop ignoring the situations that exist in this county. “Twenty years of support by the taxpayers has been a long term commitment by the taxpayers to Charlton Park. Where is the forensic audit for the past 20 years? Did it go to upkeep and maintenance? Where are the capital improvements to the park? We are talking about millions and millions of taxpayers dollars. “I am not anti-park, but I am anti-bad business practices that have no controls and no oversight. I do not like politicians who will mislead the public and allow taxpayers’ money to be used in a manner that leads to no Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 8 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in town Monday, Aug. 20, for collection of that vital substance which saves lives. Hours are noon to 5:45 p.m. There is always good food awaiting the donors, which not only rewards the donors, but also replenishes fluids, which the body needs in abundance after donating. The bi-monthly immunization clinic, sponsored by the Ionia County Health Department, will return to Central United Methodist Church next Wednesday in the basement rooms for shots. It’s getting to be time for shots for school. The first high school football games also come also next week, on Friday, Aug. 24. This away game for Lakewood High School is at Hastings. On Saturday and Sunday of next week, the depot complex will be open, with hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Hours on Sunday will be 2 to 5 p.m. There are permanent exhibits always, and some remainders of previous exhibits. The genealogy room also will be open. The Ionia County Genealogy Society met at the freight house with more than 20 present to hear a Portland lady speak on the Grand River Heritage Trail. A group is in the process of documenting the lore of the river, its uses, its history and its possibilities, focusing on boating and riverbank walks. She distributed maps, showing access points for canoes with historical references in Sebewa, Danby and Portland townships. The Tri-River Museum Group met at the Averill Museum at Ada Tuesday, Aug. 14. Among those attending were representatives from Charlton Park, Freeport and Lake Odessa. Each of the 20 representatives reported on current activities of the societies. Social News PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. John and Hildah Rodgers celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Carl Hathaway celebrates 80th birthday Carl Hathaway will be celebrating his 80th birthday. Carl was born Aug. 19, 1927 on the family farm. He will be celebrating with his family at his son’s house in Flushing. Cards are welcome. His address is 626 N. East St., Hastings. 77509092 07518020 77514157 John and Hildah (Crakes) Rodgers were married on August 2, 1957, at Fife Lake, Michigan. John and Hildah have two sons, William (Melody) of Hastings and Wayne (Stacy) of Portage along with five grandchildren, Luke (Melinda), Rachel, Lyndsay, Jordan and Elizabeth and three step-grandchildren, Jessica, Ashley and Megan. Please feel free to send cards to 438 East Center Street, Hastings, 49058, or join us for a 50th Wedding Celebration at Hope Township Hall, 5463 Wall Lake Road, Hastings, on Sunday, August 19, 2007, from 2 to 5 p.m. No gifts, please. SCHOOL OF CHOICE Barry ISD Delton Kellogg Schools Hastings Area Schools Delton and Hastings Schools are participating in Schools of Choice for the 2007-2008 school year. Students who reside within the Barry ISD or an adjoining intermediate school district are eligible to be accepted. Hastings has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Delton has openings in all grades K-12-Application deadline is September 8th Send written request to: Choice Superintendents Office Delton Kellogg Area Schools 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Choice Superintendents Office Hastings Area Schools 232 W. Grand St., Hastings, MI 49058 Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77514873 Food Centers Unfaithfully hers? Dear Annie: I have been married 32 years to the same wonderful man whom I love very much. We have kids and grandkids and are moderately well off. A few months ago, I walked into our home office, and my husband was reading an email. As soon as he saw me, he closed the computer. A few minutes later, I had to walk into his office again, and the same thing happened. When I confronted him, he said the email was from "Sally," his secretary from his previous job (which he left five years ago). He assured me it was nothing. Sally lives 700 miles away and has never married, although she has a 20-year-old son. She bought my husband an expensive birthday gift and had it sent to his office, which he failed to mention until I saw it. A few nights ago, I ran across some e-mails that Sally sent. She called my husband "Sweetie" and said she missed him. She also told him she was going on vacation not far from us and might visit. When I asked my husband if he ever contacted Sally, he said yes, but it was a long time ago, about problems from his previous job. But the next day, I found e-mails he had recently sent her. One said he was heading out of town on business soon and it might be a good time to talk. This whole ordeal has really shaken my marital foundation, and I am a wreck. My husband asked if I wanted him to stop communicating with her, and although the answer is yes, how can I ever be sure it's the truth? I feel like a fool, and he's giving me the runaround. What should I do? -- Emotionally Stressed Dear Stressed: Closing the computer when you walk into the room is a sure sign your husband is hiding something. We don't know how serious a relationship this is (or was), but you are entitled to find out. Insist that your husband come with you for marriage counseling. Your doctor or clergyperson can refer you to someone. Who gets stuck? the years, my husband's behavior has become increasingly bizarre and alarming. When we first married, everything seemed fine. Slowly, he became more and more verbally abusive. Over time, this abuse extended to the kids. He calls us every name in the book, curses, screams, threatens, has tantrums and more. In the past year, he has grabbed my older son around the neck and squeezed, once leaving a handprint. A few years ago, my husband was diagnosed with OCD, and his doctors wanted to speak to him about bipolar disorder, at which point he refused to return for treatment. Annie, our lives are so miserable, and I am afraid to leave my kids alone with their father. I would love to get a divorce and get out, but I am terrified that he will get partial custody and hurt them when no one is there to stop him. He has threatened me with all sorts of repercussions should I attempt a divorce, and so have members of his family. I have no tangible proof of anything except in my journal. I run a small, part-time business, and he has tried many times to destroy it. He goes on massive spending sprees and makes sure I don't have access to "his money." Please don't say he should see a mental health professional. He won't. I already am seeing someone. What else can I do? -- Scared Mom Dear Scared: Your husband may be bipolar, but it's irrelevant, since he refuses to get help. He is abusive and threatening to you and the children, and you have to get out of that house now. Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline (ndvh.org) at 1-800-799-SAFE (1800-799-7233) and ask for help so you can leave safely. House abuse Dear Annie: Several weeks ago, my friend, "Jessica," asked my sister and me out to lunch. Jessica said she would pay. We all understood that she was treating us. After the bill was put on the table, my sister picked it up and paid it. Later (at home), my sister told me I owed her half. I say I do not. I think my sister should have let Jessica pay it, since she issued the invitation and offered to pay. What do you say? -- Virginia Dear Virginia: Jessica should have picked up the tab. If your sister decided to treat everyone, fine, but she should not be billing you after the fact. However, if you want to avoid a sibling fight, you can offer to give her the cost of your meal. Dear Annie: My friend, "Diane," has a second home in my city, and many times, she and her husband go out of town. Their neighbor has a key to pick up mail and water the plants, but sometimes will entertain in their home while they are gone. Occasionally, the neighbor even lets her company sleep in their beds. She does not have permission to do this. This is unbelievable to me. Such nerve! Should I tell Diane what is going on or just let her find out on her own? -- Friend in Need Dear Friend: We're not sure how you know this information, but we'll take you at your word. Yes, tell Diane. Say, "You must have a very close relationship with your neighbors to allow them to use your house for parties and sleepovers when you're away." She'll take it from there. See social singles Only skin deep Dear Annie: This is for "Angie," the 65year-old active, attractive widow who has her own business, sings and couldn't find men through an online dating service. As a retired insurance investigator and friend to two other women who experienced the same problem, I found an answer that was helpful to us. A lot of men our age are not as "alive" as we are. In a nutshell, they like the facade of being "out there," but fear getting into a relationship with someone they cannot keep up with mentally or physically. Annie, you are correct that meeting men personally is a good way to go. My friends and I started up a city-wide singles group with church backing. One of us already found her dream guy, and my other friend and I are still looking, but definitely experiencing. In our singles group, people have found a safe place to have fun, dates and friendship without having to buy into the more threatening aspects of society's expectations for a relationship. -- Mary Dear Mary: We suspect guys your age might disagree that they are not as "alive," but we think starting your own singles group was a great idea. Dear Annie: I have a question for "Lonely in Connecticut," the almost-40 short, bald man with below-average looks who can't get a date. Does he zero-in on the 5-foot-8 slender, model-like blonde with the great body? How about giving the smallish, even pudgy, brown-haired gal with a nice smile and quiet ways a look? When my attractive, personality-plus charismatic son complained that he couldn't find anything but high-maintenance girls, I asked if, when he entered a club, he scanned for the best lookers there. He answered, "Of course!" I suggested that he eliminate all those girls and check out the next level and see if he finds more interesting and lessneedy girls -- those who don't depend on their looks alone to be attractive. Today my son is married to a wonderful gal, average-looking and slightly overweight, but fiercely loyal, supportive and hard-working. They started out as friends, and their friendship "caught fire," as Ann Landers used to say. 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Phone today for an appointment: 517-852-1514 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. A look down memory lane... Miss Anna M. Johnson, Does "IPO" Spell Investment Success? author: aka Hope Daring By Esther Walton Anna Johnson, the author, was born in 1860 in Athens, Pa. Her parents were George T. Johnson and Loretta Van Vechten. Anna was the youngest of four children, a brother and two sisters. In 1867, at the age of 7, she moved with her family to a farm south of Hastings and began to attend the Hendershott School. By the time she was 16, she was teaching there. She deplored the lack of educational advantages in this area at that time. Her mother had the opportunity to attend a private girls’ school in the east, an advantage denied Anna. Their mother taught her daughters many things she had learned in Athens, as she had acquired knowledge of history and geography that opened the door to a wonderful life for her sisters and herself. “In the winter the family read Dickens, in some way we had obtained four of his books. The reading was done aloud in the evening. Usually my mother read, although father occasionally took the book and sometimes my older sister, Eunice did,” Anna said. The Johnsons subscribed to the Detroit Free Press. It contained a children’s department and a household department, this was conducted by a Louisiana woman, and she urged her women readers, to write for it. Anna wrote her life story in 1940, saying, “To me, that opened a new world. The editor encouraged her, urging her to further her education and to consider writing as a possible life work. She was sure I could succeed. And she told me frankly of the need of further study, the study of the English language and of books. “In order to obtain the highest grade of certification for rural school teaching, I had to pass examinations in Algebra and Booking. Of the first, I had little knowledge, but of the second I knew nothing. Entering Albion College, I resolved to add to these studies all the work in English I would be allowed. I had Rhetoric and English Literature. They, with the two subjects I have mentioned gave me all the ‘hours’ the college allowed. “The following summer I wrote my first story to The Michigan Christian Advocate. But it needed a pen name. I reread the story, saying to myself, ‘I hope it will be published, but that is a daring hope, and that is how I got my pen name.’” Though she received no pay for the first stories that were published, she persevered and Dr. Potts wrote to her, “saying that while the Advocate did not pay for stories, he felt that mine were worthy of payment. He advised me to send a trial story to the Sunday School Advocate, then a juvenile publication of the Methodist Publishing House. I took his advice and the story brought a check, my first one, and for the astonishing sum of $2.50. The money did not mean much to me, I was teaching and had a good salary. It was the assurance that I could write stories that were worth publishing and payment.” During the ensuing years she continued to study and write. She completed a story a month for the children’s department of the Detroit Free Press for a number of years. However, most of her work was submitted to the religious press. “The years brought changes in my life. My father’s long illness forced me to give up Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! If you've ever spent any time among investors, you're bound to have heard someone say: "If only I had gotten in on the ground floor of Company A (or Company B or Company C)." In investment terms, "getting in on the ground floor" means buying a company's stock shares when they first go on sale - an initial public offering (IPO), to use the official term. But is it really that desirable to invest in an IPO? Before you can answer that question, you need to be familiar with the "nuts and bolts" of IPOs. In the first place, a company goes public because it wants to raise money to expand its operations. There's certainly nothing wrong with that, but you need to keep in mind that the IPO is being launched for the company's benefit - not yours. Next, you need to be aware that it may not be as easy to "get in" on an IPO as you might imagine. Generally, it's not really possible for Newborn Babies over time, these companies are subject to the same economic and market forces as all other businesses. Consequently, their stock prices will go up and down, as is the case with all stocks. So, before you buy shares through an IPO, you'll want to evaluate the company pretty thoroughly. Are its products or services competitive? Does it have a track record of consistent growth? Does it belong to a thriving industry? Is its management team experienced? You can get some of this information from a company's prospectus, but you will also want to do some outside reading, as well as consult with your financial advisor. Obviously, the more you know, the better off you will be. In any case, if you do invest in an IPO, don't go into it thinking that you are going to make a "killing." Instead, look at an IPO as a long-term investment. If it's a stock that fits well into your overall portfolio, getting in on the ground floor may help you build a strong foundation for working towards your longterm goals. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones 02676929 Cutout from 1912. teaching. The farm was sold and we moved to Hastings. Father’s death came soon. I bought a secondhand typewriter and taught myself to use it. My beloved mother’s death came in 1897. “My first book was published in 1901. This was To the Third Generation.” It has been next to impossible to find all of the books she wrote. So far, 17 of them have been located. They are: Paul Crandal Change, 1902; Anna Grant Education, 1902; Entering Into His Own, 1903; Elisie Holiday, 1903; A Virginian Holiday, 1903; The Furniture People, 1903; An Abundant Harvest, 1904; The Appointed Way, 1905; Madeline Island Girl, 1906; Father John, 1907; Valdere Ranch, 1911; Hope’s Dairy, 1914; Paying the Price, 1914; The Home in the Woods, 1914; Sowing and Reaping, 1922; and The Gordens, 1927. There must be more books from 1915 up to 1927 or even up to the 1940s.” Anna Johnson said, “All but one of my books were published by some of the church publishing houses.” In 1905, Anna built a home in Hastings at 428 S. Church St., saying “Drawing my own plans and rejoicing in a fireplace and all the closets. For many years I was privileged to live across the street (diagonally) from the Methodist Parsonage. One of the richest things those years brought me, was my friendship with my pastors especially with their wives.” “I did some of my work in my church, for many years I had a class of girls in the Hastings Methodist Sunday School. Often we had a Saturday afternoon meeting usually in my house, although sometimes one of the girls would invite us to her home for a meeting.” The girls called themselves the ‘Hope Daring Girls.’ There were 22 members of the class when it was disbanded. Many of the girls keep in contact with Anna Johnson afterwards. When Anna’s health started to deteriorate she moved to the Greenfield Nursing Home, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of South Jefferson and Green streets. This structure is probably the finest example of Queen Anne style architecture in Barry County and was originally built for Daniel Striker. It is said that while there she spent quite a bit of time typing on her typewriter, although she had no idea what she was writing and what she wrote made no sense. She died on May 30, 1945. Appropriately her headstone in Riverside Cemetery is inscribed with both her real name and the penname that brought so many hours of pleasure to generations of girls, Hope Daring. [Ed note: The background information for this article was gathered from the Hastings Banners published during 1945 and other miscellaneous sources.] BOY, Fisher Raymond, born at Pennock Hospital on July 28, 2007 at 2:48 p.m. to Jennifer and Raymond Rathbun of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs. 7 1/2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Spencer Allen, born at Pennock Hospital on July 29, 2007 at 12:13 p.m. to Kathy and Brett Ybema of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Brooklynn Grace, born at Pennock Hospital on July 30, 2007 at 3:41 a.m. to Sheryl Gillhespy and Christian Gonzalez of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Austin Micheal, born at Pennock Hospital on July 30, 2007 at 3 p.m. to Nick and Leslie Galloup of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Joseph Gavin, born at Pennock Hospital on July 31, 2007 at 5:37 p.m. to Randy and Victoria Volosky of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Robert Jordan, born at Pennock Hospital on July 31, 2007 at 9:18 p.m. to Kara Aicken and Brad Jones of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Claire Emma, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 1, 2007 at 1:32 a.m. to Eric and Sarah Seibert of Plainwell. Weighing 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Brooklyn Kay, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 1, 2007 at 6:29 p.m. to Mashell and Kevin Bowen of Wayland. Weighing 8 lbs. 9.5 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Hayley Ann Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 1, 2007 at 9:45 p.m. to Jamie and Dawn Wells of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Elsey Anne Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 1, 2007 at 10:27 p.m. to Joe and Stacy Yeiter of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Austin Oscar, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 3, 2007 at 11:36 a.m. to Amanda Grinage and Chad Moltmaker of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 0 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Mallorie Jane, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 3, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. to Jack and Amy Rosenberg of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Madilynn Paige, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 4, 2007 at 4:40 a.m. to Beth and Matt Peake of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Cayman Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 4, 2007 at 4:44 a.m. to Katrina and Jason Joppie of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Emma May, born at Pennock Hospital on Aug. 6, 2007 at 3:14 a.m. to David Cook and Brittney Gerber of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 13 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. River Ridge Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell everyday investors to truly take part in the "initial" part of IPOs. That's because public offers typically fall into two classes: primary offerings and secondary offerings. Primary offerings are usually only available to institutional and investors who buy big chunks of stock. About six months or so after the IPO, the initial purchasers start to sell their shares, via the stock markets, to individual investors; this is the secondary offering. (The well-publicized Google IPO of 2004 operated differently. Google sold shares via an online auction, which was designed to give individual investors the same opportunity to buy shares as institutional and ultra-wealthy investors.) There's no denying the "wow" factor that exists for many people when they take part in an IPO, even if it's the secondary offering. After all, it can be exciting to be among the first investors in anything. And at first glance, IPOs sound great. You get on that proverbial ground floor, and then, as the business grows, your stock shares are worth more and more, right? Actually, it's not that simple. Initially, you might see a big spike in the stock price of a company that's just gone through an IPO. But, Kristen E. Hoel Assisted Living Care “Enjoying Life With Friends” Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires August 31, 2007) 02676980 Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. 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To borrow from Elvis Presley... “It’s Now or Never”. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Blog me at www.barryhomecompanion.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. LEGAL NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shelly D. Goodenough and Jeffrey A. Goodenough, her husband as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded July 24, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167583, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007FXD1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007FXD1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Four and 16/100 Dollars ($97,634.16) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of M-79 in the Village of Quimby where the Road North intersects the Highway; thence West along the center of Highway 185 feet of the place of beginning; thence North 424 feet more or less, to the right-of-way of the Kent, Barry and Eaton Railroad; thence West 150 feet; thence South 437 feet, more or less, to the centerline of East Quimby Road (M-79); thence East 150 feet to the place of beginning, all being in Section 26, Town 3 North Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515286 File No. 221.5944 LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory Vanderwal, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147121, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred NinetyFive And 65/100 Dollars ($91,295.65), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 17, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line of said Section 17, 363.5 feet East of the North one-quarter post thereof for the Place of Beginning, and running thence South 0 degrees 55 minutes West, 222.2 feet; thence East 310.4 feet, thence North 0 degrees 55 minutes East 222.2 feet; thence West 310.4 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #156895F01 77515281 �Page 10 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a proposed Ordinance #2007-126 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its August 8, 2007 meeting. This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its next regular meeting on September 12, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall. Rutland Charter Township Clerk will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE # 2007-126 (PROPOSED) ADOPTED: __________ EFFECTIVE: _________ An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance by the re-zoning of certain property located in Land Section 10 within the Township from “RE”, Rural Estates Residential to “R-1”, Residential Single Family and properties in Land Section 11, Land Section 13, and Land Section 14 within the Township from the “RE”, Rural Estates Residential, the “C-1”, Office Commercial, and the “C-3” General Business zoning classifications to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. The Charter Township of Rutland Barry County, Michigan ORDAINS SECTION I — Rezoning of Property in Land Section 10 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “RE” Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the “R-1” Residential Single Family zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 10: 1. 8.4 acres of property located within Clearview Lake Estates off North M-37 Hwy. Property is described as: COMENCING AT THE WEST 1/4 POST SECTION 10 T3N, R9W THENCE N 86 DEG 56’ 00” E 1327.69 FT, TO THE NORTH 1/8 POST, SW 1/4, SEC. 10, T3N, R9W THENCE S 47 DEG 30’ 46.26” W 296.39 FT, THENCE S 25 DEG 57’ 6.00” E 395.98 FT, ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF CLEARVIEW LAKES ESTATES THENCE N 64 DEG 2’ 54.00” E 83.57 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17’ 22.38” E 96.43 FT, ALONG THE 1/8 SECTION LINE, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE REZONED. THENCE N 86 DEG 24’ 54.00” E 699.98 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 5’ 54.00” E 397.02 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 50’ 53.00” W 406.50 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17’ 22.38” E 320.85 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 1’ 9.56” W 292.23 FT, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SECTION II — Rezoning of properties in Land Section 11 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “RE” Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 11. 1. The property #08-13-011-017-00, located at 2740 Heath Road described as: RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SW COR SEC 11 T3N R9W TH N 89 DEG 42’ 56” E 1257.59 FT AL S LI SEC 11 TO INTERSECTION WITH CNTRLI HWY S M-37 TH N 89 DEG 42’ 56” E 201.25 FT FOR POB TH N 63 DEG 50’ 16” W 265.61 FT AL NELY CLEAR VISION LI S M-37 HWY TH N 26 DEG 23’ 06” E 145.69 FT TH S 64 DEG 52’ 04” E 250 FT TH S 06 DEG 08’ 04” E 141.92 FT TO S LI SEC 11 TH S 89 DEG 42’ 56” W 67.84 FT TO POB The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “C-1” Office Commercial zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 11. 1. The Property #08-13-011-018-10, located at 50 North M-37 Hwy. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM AT SW COR SEC 11 -3-9 TH N 89 DEG 42’56” E 1257.59 FT AL S LI SEC 11 TO CNTRLI HWY M-37 TH N 89 DEG 42’56” E 201.25 FT AL SD S LI TH N 63 DEG 50’16” W 265.61 FT AL NELY CLEAR VISION LI HWY M-37 TO POB TH N 63 DEG 50’16” W AL CLEAR VISION LI 19.7 FT TH NWLY 225.58 FT AL NELY ROW LI M-37 & ARC OF CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 3324.17 FT & CHORD BEARING N 47 DEG 39’54” W 225.54 FT TH N 55 DEG 14’09” E 145.43 FT TH S 48 DEG 55’54” E 172 FT TH S 26 DEG 23’06” W 145.69 FT TO POB. SECTION III — Rezoning of Property in Land Section 13 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “RE” Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 13. 1. The Property # 08-13-013-007-00, located at 1922 West M-43 Hwy. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM AT W 1/4 POST SEC-13-3-9 FOR POB TH N 878.43 FT, TH S 64 DEG E 696.50 FT, TH N 48 DEG E 207 FT, TH S 50 DEG 28’ E 191.83 FT, TH S 20 DEG 00’ 30” W 197 FT, TH S 73 DEG 19’ W 343.1 FT, TH S 293.17 FT, TH S 88 DEG 16’ 30” W 140.52 FT, TH S 88 DEG 46’ W 391.40 FT TO POB SECTION IV — Rezoning of Properties in Land Section 14 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “C-1” Office Commercial zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification of the following described property in Land Section 14. 1. The Property # 08-13-014-019-00, located at 361 N.Tanner Lake Road described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 50 RDS N OF SW COR OF E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9, TH S 16 RDS, TH E 15 RDS TH N 16 RDS TH W 15 RDS TO POB. The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the “C-3” General Business zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning classification of the following described properties in Land Section 14. 1. The Property #08-13-014-020-00, located just north of 431 N. Tanner Lake Rd. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 34 RDS N OF SW COR E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9 FOR POB TH S 16 RDS E 30 RDS N 16 RDS TH W 30 RDS TO POB EX COM AT SW COR THEREOF TH N 5.5 RDS TH E 12 RDS TH S 5.5 RDS TH W 12 RDS TO POB 2. The Property # 08-13-014-020-05, located at 431 N. Tanner Lake Rd. described as: RUTLAND TWP A PAR IN TH NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9, COM 14 RDS N OF SW COR OF E 1/2 NE 1/4 SAID SEC, TH N 9 1/2 RDS, TH E 12 RDS, TH S 9 1/2 RDS, TH W 12 RDS TO POB. 3. The Property # 08-13-014-022-00, located at 2208 W. M-43 Hwy described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 12 RD E OF SW COR E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9 FOR POB TH N 18 RD TH E 18 RD TH S 18 RD TH W 18 RD POB Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda Rogers surviving spouse of Bruce R. Rogers, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on December 1, 2006 in instrument 1173369, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven And 50/100 Dollars ($148,711.50), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of Beginning of this description; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.0 feet along said centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155042F01 77515172 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 22, 2003, by Michael T. Willette III, a single man, and Lori J. Vander Loon, a single woman, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on August 26, 2003, in Document No. 1111859 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Thousand One Hundred Forty Nine and 55/100 Dollars ($90,149.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 3, East Town Homes, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document 1074113, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 23, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of l978, as amended. Commonly known as 142-3 Irving Rd., Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548822.1\105064-00019 77514566 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Debra Taylor, a divorced woman, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 29, 2002, and recorded on February 5, 2002 in instrument 1074385, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Thirty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-One And 81/100 Dollars ($38,491.81), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Cloverdale Plat, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 31, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153055F01 77514353 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Losiewski, A Single Male, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2005, and recorded on November 21, 2005 in instrument 1156545, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty Thousand One Hundred Eighty-Five And 26/100 Dollars ($220,185.26), including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 and 18 of Cedar Points Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 51 Also, a parcel of Land in the plat of Cedar Points described as follows: beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 17 and running Southerly, extending present West line of Lot 17 to present Road; thence Easterly along present Road 80 feet; thence Northeast to Southeast corner of Lot 18; thence Westerly to place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514373 File #153311F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24756-DE Estate of Thomas L. Voyles, Deceased. Date of birth: 1/29/1926.. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Thomas L. Voyles, Deceased, who lived at 604 E. Thorn Street, Hastings, Michigan died February 18, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Connie Voyles, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 8/7/2007 Robert J. Longstreet P53546 607 N. Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3495 Connie Voyles 604 E. Thorn Street Hastings, MI 49058 77515186 (269) 945-3924 SECTION V — Severability The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part of is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION VI — Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION VII — Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Adoption by the Township Board. 77515260 Robin Hawthorne Charter Township of Rutland Construction Project Manager Barry County is seeking a Professional Building Project Manager on a per project basis for Sheriff’s Department repair projects. Professional construction management experience in: bid process, checking subcontractor references, preparing bids and recommendations for presentation to Managing Committee, and oversight of project preferred. Resumes can be sent to the Barry County Administration Office, 220 W State St., Hastings, MI 49058. Deadline for resumes is 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2007. 77515318 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael R. Bernier and Sandra K. Bernier, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2005, and recorded on July 14, 2005 in instrument 1149498, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Two And 30/100 Dollars ($174,532.30), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Thornapple Bend Estate as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, on Page 35. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153028F01 77514358 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Curt A. Cybulski and Jane M. Cybulski, husband and wife to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2004, and recorded on November 24, 2004, as Document Number: 1137693, said mortgage was re-recorded on December 20, 2004 Instrument Number: 1138891, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R12, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds , on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine Dollars and 67/100 ($194,829.67) including interest at the rate of 8.350% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Commencing at the center post of Section 8, T3N, R8W, and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 139.45 feet parallel to the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 66.12 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet; thence South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 198.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 117.55 feet; thence North 00 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the following deeded to the City of Hastings: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 51 of the Plat of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; running thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded 89 deg 02' East) parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section, a distance of 205.57 feet to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 51.43 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 66 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 51.43 feet, thence North 00 deg 19' East, 66 feet to the Point of Beginning. Parcel 2: Commencing at the corner post of Section 8, T3N, R8W; and running thence South 00 deg 19' West, 343.57 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section to the Northeast corner of Lot 71 of Place of Aben Johnson's Addition No. 2 to the City of Hastings, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 2; thence South 89 deg 02' East (recorded North 89 deg 02' East), 257.0 feet parallel with the East and West 1/4 line of said Section to the True Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 deg 02' East, 125.0 feet; thence South 00 deg 19' West, 132.47 feet; thence North 89 deg 02' West, 125 feet; thence North 0 deg 19' East, 132.47 feet to the Place of Beginning, excepting therefrom any portion taken, used or deeded for road purposes. 602 E Francis Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 Our File No. 141.00534 775143472 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167505 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 20, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167499 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 19, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 20, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435915-1 77514903 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 19, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435897-1 77514898 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held August 14, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167514 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 18, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 18, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435828-1 WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? 77514893 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the August 8, 2007 meeting of the Rutland Charter Township Board the following Ordinance No. 2007-125 was adopted. The original ordinance may be inspected or a copy purchased by contacting the Township Clerk, Robin Hawthorne, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058-9725, 269-948-2194, during regular business hours of regular working days, and at such other times as may be arranged. CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-125 CONDITIONAL REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? ADOPTED: AUGUST 8, 2007 EFFECTIVE: AUGUST 24, 2007 An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Zoning Map by the rezoning of certain property in land Section 13 of the Township from the C-4 Commercial Industrial District zoning classification to the C-3 General Business District zoning classification, pursuant to a Statement of Conditions and Conditional Rezoning Agreement; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS SECTION I — CONDITIONAL REZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 13 The Zoning Map of Rutland Charter Township as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning the following property in land Section 13 from the “C-4” Commercial Industrial District zoning classification to the “C-3” General Business District zoning classification, pursuant to a Statement Of Conditions And Conditional Rezoning Agreement Between Rutland Charter Township, Barry County, Michigan and Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust, Bentonville, Arkansas, Regarding Parcel No. 08-13-013-001-04: WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? PARCEL #08-13-013-001-04 - RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SE COR SEC 13 T3N R9W TH N 00 DEG 00’ 00” E 1959.93 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 1751.52 FT TO A PT ON SWLY ROW LI WEST GREEN ST TH N 66 DEG 47’ 48” W 286.35 FT AL CHORD OF ARC OF SD ROW LI FOR POB TH S 06 DEG 08’ 38” W 224.87 FT TH S 00 DEG 00’ 00” W 109.15 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 205.56 FT TH N 00 DEG 00’ 00” E 62 FT TH N 90 DEG 00’ 00” W 209.44 FT TH N 00 DEG 00’ 07” W 220.13 FT TH N 52 DEG 50’ 52’ E 277.84 FT TO SLY ROW LI WEST GREEN ST TH SELY 247.26 FT AL SD ROW LI & ARC OF CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 2434.27 FT & CHORD BEARING S 61 DEG 41’ 43” E 247.15 FT TO POB SECTION II — SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part of is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. SECTION III — REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION IV — EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect eight days after publication or on such later date as may be required by law; subject to the terms of the attached Statement Of Conditions And Conditional Rezoning Agreement. 77508676 77515233 Robin Hawthorne Charter Township of Rutland 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Conkle and Misty Conkle, a married couple, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159725, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred EightyFour and 73/100 Dollars ($110,784.73) including interest at 7.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 462.00 feet along the West line of said Northwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds East 168.39 feet; thence South 00 degrees 28 minutes 48 seconds East 462 feet; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds West 169.17 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514809 File No. 207.8270 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jolena M Fitzsimmons, a married person and Patrick O Fitzsimmons, a married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2002, and recorded on May 28, 2002 in instrument 1081142, and modified by agreement dated August 1, 2004, and recorded on September 9, 2004 in instrument 1133685, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($101,342.61), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence 680 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 216 feet; thence North 200 feet; thence West 216 feet; thence South 200 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to the Highway right-of-way for Dowling Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #055934F02 77515006 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 11, 2003, by Brenda K. Kellems, a single person, as Mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 2, 2003, in Document No. 1112248 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Two and 19/100 Dollars ($110,452.19), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land located in the Township of HASTINGS, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 944.32 FEET ALONG THE EAST 1/8 LINE TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 28.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 172.80 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHERLY RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 90.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” EAST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 180 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” WEST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST, 775 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT 565 FEET RECTANGULAR MEASURE FROM THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” EAST 912 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 566 OF DEEDS, PAGE 39; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 50’ EAST 138.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE TO A POINT HEREINAFTER TO BE CALLED POINT “A”; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF A 66 FOOT INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT; THENCE WESTERLY 125 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID EASEMENT AND ARC OF CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 400 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 57’ 55” WEST 124.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 242.64 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AFOREMENTIONED RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” WEST 267.96 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS 66 FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL APPURTENANT TO PROPERTY ADJOINING THE EASTERLY SIDE THEREOF, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT AFOREMENTIONED POINT “A”, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT 66 FEET IN WIDTH APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE CENTERLINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 787.64 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SAID SECTION 27, RUNNING THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 249.57 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 67 DEGREES 10’ 44” EAST 244.78 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” EAST 33.16 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 328.53 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 73 DEGREES 20’ 34” EAST 317.67 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS 27.5 FEET IN WIDTH FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES APPURTENANT THERETO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD, EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF MCKEOWN ROAD TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: A STRIP OF LAND 66 FEET IN WIDTH, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE ABANDONED MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY (100 FEET IN WIDTH) IN THE SOUTHEAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, SAID POINT LYING SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 158.02 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY WITH THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 127.78 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 400.00 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 20’ 22” EAST 127.24 FEET TO POINT OF ENDING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, SAID POINT LYING DISTANT SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 267.80 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND SAID EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27, SHORTENING AND LENGTHENING THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL TO TERMINATE AT THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF SAID RAILROAD. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27 TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” WEST 839.59 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” EAST 90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 59’ 44” EAST 195 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, 201.77 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MCKEOWN ROAD OVER THE WESTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF. Commonly known as 2801 Kellems Drive, Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be one (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548746.1\016594-00003 77514915 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah Eaton, a single woman, to Old Kent Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, now by various resolutions duly known as Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 1998 and recorded August 26, 1998 in Instrument Number 1017056, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four and 38/100 Dollars ($62,254.38) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 75 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 34, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, thence East 10 Rods for a Place of Beginning, thence North 16 Rods, thence East 20 Rods, thence South 16 Rods, thence West 20 Rods to the Place of Beginning, subject to Highway right-of-way for Butler Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.2528 77515226 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24814 DE Estate of L. Earl Enness. Date of birth: 10/20/1909. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, L. Earl Enness, who lived at 240 E North St., Hastings, Michigan died 08/11/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Ella Kantner, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 8/09/2007 J. Kinney P57750 P.O. Box 9 Hastings, MI 49058-009 (269) 945-8000 Ella Kantner 194 N. Main St. Woodland, MI 48897 (269) 367-4177 77515239 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167502 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 21, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bobbie Ann Pinckney and Ronald Pinckney, wife and husband, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated August 23, 2005 and recorded September 6, 2005 in Instrument Number 1152255, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, As Trustee of Argent Mortgage Securities, Inc. Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-W3 Under The Pooling And Servicing Agreement Dated As Of October 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Eight and 42/100 Dollars ($154,128.42) including interest at 8.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East 2351.36 feet along the East and West one-quarter line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 833 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West, 96.36 feet along said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds West, 199.40 feet to the Easterly line of Archwood Avenue; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 21 seconds East, 96.36 feet along said Easterly line; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 22 seconds East, 199.36 feet to the point of beginning, subject to all easements, conditions or restrictions of record. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a married woman, as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship by deed dated 02-02-05 and recorded 2-02-05 in deed Book 1140952, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Charlene H. Potter, a single woman and Bobbie Ann Pinckney, a single woman by deed dated 09-24-02 and recorded 10-09-02 in Deed Book 1089106, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514385 File No. 214.3948 thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 21, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435941-1 77514908 STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PO Box 30458 Lansing, Michigan 48909 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE, that the Land and Water Management Division of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing in the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High Street, Middleville, Michigan, at 7 p.m., Tuesday, the 4th day of September, 2007. The purpose of this hearing is to secure the views of interested persons concerning the following application for permit: Application for Permit 07-08-0026-P under , of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 PA 451, as amended, by Barry County Road Commission, 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan 49058, to provide a connecting roadway between Patterson Road and Irving Road (east of M-37) north of the City of Middleville by reconstructing Finkbeiner Road and extending Crane Road across the Thornapple River. Work from the Finkbeiner and Patterson Road intersection easterly, includes: * Remove the existing structure at the Finkbeiner and Patterson Road intersection crossing of an unnamed stream. Install a single, 87 foot long by 3.5 foot diameter precast concrete pipe culvert (Station 10+50). * Install a new, single, 56 foot long by 4 foot diameter precast concrete pipe culvert at the Finkbeiner Road crossing of an unnamed stream (Station 30+00). * Remove the existing structure at the Finkbeiner Road crossing of an unnamed tributary stream to Wilson Drain. Install a single, 44 foot long by 6 foot diameter precast concrete pipe culvert (Station 63+50). * Install a new, single, 56 foot long, 42 foot span by 17 foot rise precast concrete arch structure at the Crane Road crossing of Spring Creek (Station 207+60). * Construct a new, 250 foot twin span by 20.7 foot rise prestressed concrete box beam bridge at the Crane Road crossing of the Thornapple River. Place 4,833 cubic yards of fill in the Thornapple River floodplain. A total of 1.6 acres of wetlands, located at various crossings of separate wetland complexes along the project corridor, is proposed to be mitigated at a ratio of 1:2 at a site located within the City of Middleville adjacent to M-37, north of Adams Road. The project is located in T4N, R10W, Sections 19 and 23, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan. The application is available for review at the DEQ website, www.deq.state.mi.us/CIWPIS, or may be reviewed in the DEQ Land and Water Management Division office, located at, 525 West Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan 48909, during normal office hours. The public hearing record will remain open for 10 days after the public hearing date. Any written comments to be submitted for the public hearing record must be received at this address on or before the close of the record. The hearing will be held pursuant to Section 30105 of the cited statute. The hearing will not be a court-type proceeding; witnesses will not be sworn, and there will be no cross examination. Public hearings are primarily informational and are held to encourage the expression of views and presentation of facts. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will, upon written request, provide a copy of the Department's decision on this application. MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Gerald W. Fulcher, Jr., P.E., Chief Transportation and Flood Hazard Unit Land and Water Management Division 517-335-3183 Date: August 8, 2007 NOTE: Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should call the telephone number listed above one week in advance to request mobility, visual, hearNotice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Hunt, a married man, and Bobbi Hunt, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 24, 2006, and recorded on August 29, 2006 in instrument 1169290, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 40/100 Dollars ($139,998.40), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 1, Market Street Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof , as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154087F01 77514826 �Page 13 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Vicky L. Worden, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 6, 2002 and recorded September 11, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087259, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Sixty-One and 52/100 Dollars ($114,061.52) including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 2 and 22 of the Plat of Northbay, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 32. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1385 77515111 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($58,809.50), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154162F01 77514801 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri L. Bourdo, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2005, and recorded on May 17, 2005 in instrument 1146671, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven And 87/100 Dollars ($87,837.87), including interest at 10.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Barrett Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514821 File #153803F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 1, 2005, in Document No. 1144110 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Two and 88/100 Dollars ($149,382.88), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 12, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 192 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515128 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24842-DE Estate of DOUGLAS EDWARD PITCH. Date of birth: 05-25-43. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Douglas Edward Pitch, who lived at 4526 South M66 Highway, Nashville, Michigan died June 11, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Cynthia Ann Pung, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: August 8, 2007 David L. Smith P20636 133 South Cochran, P.O. Box 8 Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 543-6401 Cynthia Ann Pung 6699 Musgrove Highway Sunfield, MI 48890 77515247 (517) 566-8822 Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18 Kalamazoo MI, 49009 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by AGUSTIN S. GONZALES and TAMARA B. HANZEN, joint tenants, as original Mortgagors, to US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND F/K/A FIRSTAR BANK, NA, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, whose address is 205 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202 as Mortgagee, being a Mortgage dated DECEMBER 26, 2001 and recorded on FEBRUARY 5, 2002 in Instrument No. 1074271, BARRY County Records, State of Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS($92,722.30), plus interest on the mortgage at 8.15% per annum, additional costs, expenses and attorneys fees permitted by the Loan Departments and which are permitted under Michigan law after DECEMBER 26, 2001. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, at public sale to the highest bidder at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN HASTINGS, MI, at 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in the Township of PRAIRIEVILLE, County of BARRY, Michigan, and are described as: COMMENCING 122.98 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 OF B-Z BEE ACRES PLAT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LOT 5, 122.98 FEET; THENCE EAST 200 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88.32 FEET; THENCE IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, BEING IN SECTION 31, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. For more information, please call: (269) 372-4318, Kenneth Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, and Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. File No.MI-2227 77514395 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Barry S. Fay, an unmarried man, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 27, 2006 and recorded April 4, 2006 in Instrument Number 1162129, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Five and 94/100 Dollars ($117,135.94) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of Lots 607 and 608 of the City of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515255 File No. 200.2534 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas G. Vandermel and Christine Vandermel, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded October 9, 2003 in Instrument Number 1115233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 76/100 Dollars ($161,757.76) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in the Township of Baltimore, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Parcel A: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of South Bedford Road and the South line of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence Northwesterly 813.64 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the left with radius of 5729.58 feet and chord of which bears North 27 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds West, 812.95 feet: thence North 31 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds West, 241.12 feet along said centerline: thence continuing Northwesterly 201.72 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1909.86 feet and chord of which bears North 28 degrees 24 minutes 37 seconds West, 201.63 feet to the centerline of Whiskey Run Road: thence North 62 degrees 28 minutes 32 seconds West, 330.60 feet along the centerline of Whiskey Run Road; thence continuing 120.23 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with radius of 508.53 feet and chord of which bears North 55 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds West, 119.95 feet to the South ne-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 36 seconds East, 1092.02 feet along said South oneeighth line to the East one-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 1323.31 feet along said East one-eighth line to the South line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds West, 101.50 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the North 264 feet of the East 165 feet thereof. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress appurtenant to said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet; thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet: thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. Parcel B: The North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress thereto, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet: thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet; thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 310.1629 77515143 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Scott Curtiss and Holly Curtiss, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 12, 2006 and recorded June 8, 2006 in Instrument # 1165734 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($195,291.17) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 96, Pine Haven Estates Number 4, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Document Number 1122672. Commonly known as 1870 Pine Ridge Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 30, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75470(HSBC) ASAP# 881732 08/02/2007, 08/09/2007, 08/16/2007, 77514888 08/23/2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David M Dzwigalski Jr, a Married Man, Mary E Dzwigalski, a Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Independent Mortgage Co. West MI, Mortgagee, dated July 5, 2006, and recorded on July 24, 2006 in instrument 1167586, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Six And 97/100 Dollars ($85,806.97), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10, Block 11, H.J. Kenfield Addition, Village of Hastings (now City of Hastings), as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. Hastings City, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153393F01 77514380 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 4, 2005, in Document No. 1144182 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One and 54/100 Dollars ($147,921.54), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 10, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 96 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515133 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd A. Gould, a/k/a Todd Gould, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 11, 2006, and recorded on June 22, 2006 in instrument 1164955, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 03/100 Dollars ($92,535.03), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Block 14 of H. J. Kenfield's addition to the city of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in liber 1 of plats, on Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154913F01 77514997 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth A. Wood and Debbie A. Wood, husband & wife, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded on November 7, 2002 in instrument 1091203, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five And 23/100 Dollars ($113,985.23), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 58 of O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 38 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514795 File #153946F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jon D. Pewoski and Michelle E. Pewoski, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 20, 2002, and recorded on June 27, 2002 in instrument 1082894, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Household Finance Corp III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Five And 53/100 Dollars ($159,745.53), including interest at 13.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 8 rods of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149643F01 77515121 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James O. Crater and Marilyn A. Crater, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 7, 2005, and recorded on October 11, 2005 in instrument 1154326, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One And 41/100 Dollars ($104,291.41), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northwest fractional 1/4 of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, thence South and center of road 538 feet for place of beginning; thence East 290 feet; thence South 227 feet; thence West 290 feet; thence North and center of road 227 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #099230F02 77515262 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn W. Hawthorne and Catherine A. Hawthorne, husband and wife, tenants by the entireties, to Mortgage Center LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 21, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149795, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred SixtyNine and 36/100 Dollars ($104,269.36) including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the West one-half of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point which lies 408.38 feet North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West and 16.50 feet due North of the center of said Section 12; thence due South 541.03 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 12 to the Northerly line of West State Road; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 159.27 feet along the Northerly line of West State Road for the true place of beginning; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 165 feet along said Northerly line; thence North 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East 265.83 feet; thence South 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East 165 feet, thence South 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 265.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515311 File No. 393.0041 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James W Gross and Maria V Gross, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 26, 2006, and recorded on May 5, 2006 in instrument 1164106, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for CSAB MortgageBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-2 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred FiftySix And 61/100 Dollars ($248,556.61), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 23, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds West 812 feet along the North 1/8 line of Section 16; Thence North 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds East 467 feet; Thence South 89 degrees 02 minutes 56 seconds East 812 feet to the East line of Section 16; Thence South 00 degrees 51 minutes 28 seconds West 467 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: July 26, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #127353F04 77514324 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Seven and 54/100 Dollars ($123,307.54) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; West 16 and 2/100; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514927 File No. 214.5168 MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Notice is hereby given that Default has occurred in a Mortgage given by Loretta J. Comp to the United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture. The Mortgage is dated January 12, 2001 and was recorded on January 16, 2001 in Instrument No. 1053928 of the Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt which is now One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five and 00/100 ($101,825.00) Dollars. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by selling the property described below at a public auction to the highest bidder. The sale will be held on September 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan which is the location of the Barry County Circuit Court. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, including interest at the rate of 6.875% per year, legal costs, attorney fees and any taxes or insurance which may be paid by the mortgagee before the sale. The property to be sold is located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan and is more specifically described in the Mortgage as: Lot 21 of ANDREW'S ADDITION, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Liber 2, Page 5, Barry County Records. The redemption period will expire six (6) months from the date of the sale unless the property is deemed to be abandon pursuant to MCL §600.3241a in which case the redemption period will expire thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or until the time to provide the notice required by MCL §600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later. Dated: August 16, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, F/K/A THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PREPARED BY: JOHN R. TUCKER, P37348 WINEGARDEN, HALEY, LINDHOLM & ROBERTSON, P.L.C. G-9460 S. SAGINAW STREET, SUITE A GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 767-3600 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jonathan Wright, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Crevecor Mortgage Inc, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006 and recorded January 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1159329 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($190,427.38) including interest 7.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds West 555.49 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 255.45 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 243.31 feet; thence North 8939 feet 44 minutes West 251.12 feet; thence North 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds East 363.00 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 66 foot wide strip of land, thence centerline of which is described: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 652.35 feet along the North line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 588.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds West 400.55 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 27.0 feet to the place of ending of said centerline. Also over a 60 foot radius curve, the radius point of which is the above described place of ending of said centerline. Commonly known as 3122 Cedar Brook Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 2, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75873_(HSBC) ASAP# 883675 08/09/2007, 77515116 08/16/2007, 08/23/2007, 08/30/2007 77515296 Open House Sunday, August 19 - 1:00 - 3:00 pm • NOTICE • 77515316 418 E. Charles St. • $139,900 Hostess: Alma Czinder, 945-2211 ERA Network Real Estate 945-5248 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Department of Human Services Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 9451284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2007. 77515267 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert John Ellis, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Standard Federal Bank, a federal savings bank, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 1996, and recorded on June 10, 1996 in Liber 663 on Page 250, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two And 59/100 Dollars ($15,852.59), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, for a place of beginning; thence East 275 feet; thence South 833 feet; thence West 275 feet; thence North 833 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153068F01 77514572 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Thomas Patrick Lyons, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company dated the 27th day of October, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of October, A.D. 2004, in Instrument No. 1136327 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $96,230.74 (ninety six thousand, two hundred thirty dollars and seventy four cents) plus accrued interest at 7.55% (sevent point five five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 13th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Maple Grove, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: COMMENCING 260 FEET SOUTH OF THE 1/8 POST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 31, TOWN 2 NORTH. RANGE 7 WEST. FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE EAST 26 RODS; THENCE NORTH 12 RODS; THENCE WEST 26 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 12 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 9745 North Ave. Tax ID: 10-031-130-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#06202433 77515306 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24761-DE Estate of MICHAEL G. CREEK. Date if birth: 2/14/1944. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, MICHAEL G. CREEK, who lived at 2141 W. DOWLING ROAD, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN died February 12, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to THOMAS J. CREEK, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 8-7-07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-3495 THOMAS J. CREEK 5145 LIMA DRIVE DELTON, MI 49046 77515183 (269) 623-5404 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24795-DE Estate of Delbert F. Minshall. Date of birth: 1/6/29. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Delbert F. Minshall, who lived at 7939 Keller Rd., Delton, Michigan died February 1, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Denice Quick and Rhonda Leinaar, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 2510 Tebo Rd., Hastings and 7911 Keller Rd., Delton and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. April 12, 2007 Denice Quick 7911 Keller Rd. Delton, MI 49046 and Rhonda Leinaar 2510 Tebo Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 623-8880 77515189 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Hirt, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successor's and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2007 and recorded March 13, 2007 in Instrument Number 1177428, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fourteen and 79/100 Dollars ($499,814.79) including interest at 8.49% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 19, Town 33 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2102.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1008.32 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 226.38 feet to Reference Point F; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 39 feet more of less to the waters edge of a pond; thence meandering Southwesterly along said water edge to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point G (Reference Point G is located South 59 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds West, 116.57 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point F); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 36 feet more or less to Reference Point G; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 258.57 feet; thence Northeasterly, 104.09 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 74 degrees 32 minutes 29 seconds East, 103.77 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with rights over an area for common use as described below: That part of the Southeast one quarter, Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 19; thence South 89 degrees 46 minutes 45 seconds West, 2422.00 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 1038.65 feet to the Southerly line of Bay View Drive and the place of beginning of this description; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds East, 20.00 feet along said Southerly line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West, 214.92 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes 50 seconds East; 200.00 feet; thence North 60 degrees 06 minutes 13 seconds East, 346.14 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 35 seconds East, 100.00 feet; thence South 54 degrees 08 minutes 47 seconds East, 98.14 feet; thence North 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds East, 160.00 feet; thence Southeasterly, 20.66 feet along the Southerly line of Bay View Drive on a 383.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 61 degrees 08 minutes 08 seconds East, 20.66 feet; thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds, West 599.25 feet to Reference Point C, thence South 14 degrees 21 minutes 03 seconds West, 16 more feet more of less to the waters edge of Gun Lake; thence meandering Southwesterly along said waters edge and Northerly along the waters edge of a channel to Gun Lake to its intersection with a line which bears South 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds West from Reference Point A (Reference Point A is located South 72 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West, 200.00 feet and South 52 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 457.91 feet and North 03 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 465.15 feet and North 61 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 29.70 feet along an intermediate traverse line from above described Reference Point C); thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 14 feet more of less to reference point A; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes 25 seconds East, 392.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514390 File No. 280.2530 �Page 15 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Hundred FiftyEight And 07/100 Dollars ($141,558.07), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #112456F03 77515192 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry Rowan Jr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006 and recorded September 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169792, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Indy Mac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five and 24/100 Dollars ($106,565.24) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Ammon Easton's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 15. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 225.0299 77515291 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael A. Harper, a married man and Ladonna I. Harper, a married woman, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 8, 1998 in instrument 1017602, and assigned by mesne assignments to HSBC Bank USA, as Trustee in trust for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2003-HE4 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Nine And 80/100 Dollars ($49,839.80), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Described as commencing at a point 8 RODS South of the Southeast Corner of Lot 23 of the Villiage of Delton, according to the recorded Plat thereof, thence South along the West side of Highway 8 RODS, thence West 8 RODS, thence North 8 RODS, thence East 8 RODS to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #042726F03 77514932 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah A. Mckinstry, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2004, and recorded on September 21, 2004 in instrument 1134227, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Eight And 20/100 Dollars ($97,288.20), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as beginning at the Northwest corner of the East 1/2 of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence North 20 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515198 File #156182F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven G. Ehrhardt, a married person, to Wells Fargo Bank N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 2, 2002 and recorded September 12, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087317, and Re-recorded to add legal description on April 4, 2003 in Document Number 1101481, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred NinetyEight and 66/100 Dollars ($110,298.66) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 23, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing the Southeast corner of the East one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 762 feet, thence West 244 feet, thence North 371 feet, thence East 244 feet, thence South 371 feet to the Point of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: July 26, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514330 File No. 326.0371 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, by assignment dated May 31, 2007 and recorded June 5, 2007in Instrument # 1181320 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($96,644.15) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 7, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76181 77515167 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on June 4, 2002, by Glen E. Tobias and Victoria J. Tobias, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 20, 2002, in Document No. 1082573 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety One and 11/100 Dollars ($92,591.11), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL _ OF SECTION 18, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST-WEST _ LINE OF SAID SECTION WHICH IS NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 1830.0 FEET FROM THE WEST _ CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 200.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 500.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 200.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 500.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 12660 Gackler Road, Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515138 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Aldrich and Su Og, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2005 and recorded March 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1142390, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Two and 33/100 Dollars ($99,462.33) including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South three Rods of the Lots 19 and 20 and the East 44 feet of the South three Rods of Lot 21, all of the original Plat of the City, formerly Village of Hastings. By fee simple deed from Marian C. Jacobs, personal representative of the Estate of Gertrude L. Becker, deceased as set forth in Instrument Number 1047981 dated August 9, 2000 and recorded August 10, 2000, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2788 77515301 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shon Harwood and Kathy Harwood, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to WMC Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2001, and recorded on July 5, 2001 in instrument 1062568, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($66,824.67), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant West 1763.87 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 36; thence South 300 feet; thence West 157.00 feet; thence North 300.00 feet; thence East 157.00 feet along said East-West 1/4 line to the Place of Beginning. Subject to an easement for public Highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154683F01 77514922 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven Mockeridge Sr., a single man a/k/a Steven Mockerridge Sr., original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded on May 4, 2006 in instrument 1164039, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty And 15/100 Dollars ($132,920.15), including interest at 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, and running thence South 220 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 29 for the true place of beginning; thence South 220 feet along said North and South 1/4 line; thence West 594 feet parallel with the North 1/8 line of said Section 29; thence North 220 feet; thence East 594 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155031F01 77514973 ® The Vern and Sandy Mosteller Remembering their marriage just forty years ago August 6, 1967 Forty years ago they vowed as one, no longer two. Until the angels came for Vern. Wait for me just beyond the moon like we promised. Thinking of you always Love, Sandy 77515273 77515279 Thornapple Manor is now accepting bids for snowplowing and snow removal for our facility located southeast of Hastings. The closing date for the bids is September 7, 2007 at 4:00 P.M. Bids shall be submitted to Thornapple Manor, 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. To obtain a copy of the invitation to bid, please call (269) 945-2407 or pick one up in person from our Business Office at our address listed above. Specific questions regarding the Invitation to Bid may be directed to Bill Sweet, Plant Engineer at (269) 945-2407. 77511856 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L. Visser, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($93,125.73) including interest 10.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 6, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76104 77515162 �Page 16 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Garage Sale Household BERBER CARPET & PAD: 40YD (12x30), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $600, sell $195. (517)204-0600 DON’T MISS THIS SALE OR YOU WILL MISS OUT... Saturday 18th 8am2pm, 703 W. Madison. Gap & Columbia kids winter coats, Lands End boots, TV stand, white antique rocking chair, womens shoes size 7 & 7-1/2, kids shoes, toys, kids books, boys golf shoes, car seat, dish network dish boxes, antique table, golf cart hub caps, portable car TV case, air conditioner, bike carrier, willow bench, pedal bike, kids clothes- Gap, Old Navy and Gymboree, Silpada jewelry, Playstation 2 games, Barbie Power Wheel jeep and to much more to mention. FOR SALE: LARGE black entertainment center w/39x33x15 opening for TV and plenty of space for everything else, $50. Call Michelle (269)838-0663. PORTABLE WOOD-MIZER LT27 SAWMILL: all hydraulics added, only used 10hrs, like new, $15,000. (269)623-6191 Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS, WATER Lilies, Koi, Pond Supplies, SUMMER SALE. Apol’s Landscaping Co. 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia (616)698-1030. Child Care COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. Children don’t want to go home! Call Patty. 1st shift openings. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. Foster Care HILLSIDE ACRES ADULT FOSTER CARE HOME: has an opening for 1 female resident. (269)948-9433 For Rent COBB LAKE: 2 bedroom, furnished/appliances, remodeled. No Pets. $175/week, (616)291-5012. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 RENT WITH OPTION: Excective home, beautiful 5BR, 3BA, 8 year old home, 2 outbuildings on 5 acres. Immediate occupancy, 5 miles from Hastings on M43. Please call Leo (616)5608863. WANTED ROOMMATE: Nice in town neighborhood, $500/month, first and last. (269)908-2661 Pets 80 GALLON BEVELED glass aquarium with 2 door wooden cabinet, Koi & Comet fish included, full length light, (269)945-1949. Jobs Wanted DAYCARE IN MY HOME: Monday-Friday, 6:30am5:30pm, Cloverdale, 1 mile off of M-43 & Guernsey Lk Rd. Negotiable prices. Call Dawn (269)623-2468 ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 02676778 www.edwardjones.com GARAGE SALE: Women’s and girl’s (3-5) clothing. Children’s toys, baby jogger, men’s Schwinn Mtn. bike and many misc. items. August 23-25, 8am-3pm, 13455 100th St. SE, Alto, 1 mile north of Freeport, 1 mile south of Tyler Creek Golf Course. HUGE MOVING SALE: Everything must go! Fri. & Sat.. Aug. 17-18, 9am-4pm, 6500 Brittany Woods Drive, Delton. 6/10 of a mile north of Hickory Rd. off M43. Craft supplies, household items, tools, professional photography equipment & gadgets galore. HUGE MOVING SALE: Thursday-Saturday, 8am-? August 16th-18th. Antiques, dressers, Hoosier cabinet, large oak entertainment center, dorm room furnishings, boat & motor, wood chipper, treadmill, sports equipment. 3655 Eckert Road, (Woodschool Rd & Eckert) National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Recreation 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, pipes. Must See! $15,000 obo. 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POLICE BEAT Reward offered welding equipment theft The owner of stolen property is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of his property and conviction of suspect(s). The theft, occurring on Aug. 3 on Cobb Road, involved assorted welding equipment (Lincoln SP-177 wire feed welder, wire welder cart, 100' #2 welding cable, 75' #2 welding cable); snap on drive flex head ratchet handle and assorted drive sockets; several portable power tools; assorted brass; stainless steel; black pipe; and galvanized pipe fittings; eight two-inch brass gate valves; and two three-inch brass gate valves. Call the Michigan State Police, Hastings post, with information, at (269) 948-8283. Teen arrested for alcohol, warrant Clarence Briscoe Bolden III, 19, was arrested by sheriff’s deputies after the vehicle in which he was a passenger was involved in an accident July 30 in Johnstown Township. Bolden, who originally fled the scene of the accident, was discovered hiding in a nearby wooded area. A LEIN check revealed Bolden was wanted on a bench warrant out of Portage. Bolden was arrested on the outstanding warrant and when his blood alcohol level was measured at .22, almost three times the legal limit, he was also charged with minor in possession of alcohol. Purse, canvas tote bag reported stolen Hastings Police Department responded to a breaking and entering complaint Aug. 1 in the 600 block of North Boltwood. According to the complainant, someone had entered the house and had stolen a purse and a canvas tote bag from inside the kitchen. The purse was green striped and contained a pink striped wallet and various items. The tote contained a jar of applesauce. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hastings City Police Department at 945-5744. Kalamazoo motorcyclist dies in crash A 55-year-old Kalamazoo man was killed Aug. 12 when the motorcycle he was driving was struck head on by a pickup truck on M-179 in Yankee Springs Township. Barry County Sheriff’s deputies say David Hicks was going westbound on 179 when it appears he crossed the centerline and was hit head on by a Dodge pickup driven by Arthur Moya, 44, of Battle Creek. Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene. Moya was not injured. Outboard motor stolen at Gun Lake Barry County Sheriff Deputies are investigating the theft of an outboard boat motor on Aug. 8. The daughter of the victim said the motor was on a boat docked on Gun Lake in Orangeville Township when it was stolen sometime during the evening hours. The motor was described as being a black Mercury 1970s model with blue and silver striping. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Burglary reported at Freeport business A breaking and entering at Blough Auto Sales July 28 in Freeport resulted in the loss of two pieces of property. Taken in the burglary was a VAG Machine, which is used to conduct diagnostic computer analysis of Volkswagen and Audi engines. The machine was equipped with an LCD monitor. Also taken was a Napa Large Jump box style battery charger. The value of the two missing items has been estimated at approximately $800. Three Caledonia people hurt in crash Three Caledonia residents, Mariano Acosta, 51, Matthew Sevensma, 18, and Brocke Meyers, 16, were injured Aug. 9 when they was involved in a three-vehicle accident on M-37, south of 76th. Street. Acosta was driving a 2001 Toyota Corolla when he collided with a semi-freightliner driven by 56-year-old Chris Snyder of Jenison. All three drivers and Meyers, who was a passenger in the Sevensma vehicle, were hurt and were taken to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids with non-life threatening injuries. All three drivers were wearing seat belts and alcohol was not believed to be a contributing factor in the accident. According to the investigation, one of the vehicles was traveling north on M-37 from 84th Street when the driver lost control of his vehicle and crossed the center line, striking the southbound semi. The semi then lost control, crossed in front of north bound traffic and the third vehicle traveling northbound struck the semi. The Caledonia Fire Department and LifeCare Ambulance assisted at the scene. Shoplifter threatens security guard Hastings police responded to a reported retail fraud complaint at Kmart that which escalated to a felonious assault during the mid morning hours of Aug. 10. Officers were told a man had been observed by store security taking DVDs from the store and placing them outside the fenced area of the lawn and garden. Security personnel confronted the man, who was told that the police would be contacted, at which time he fled the store. The security officer pursued the man toward the parking lot until he turned around and pulled out a set of brass knuckles from his pocket. The security guard then returned to the store and contacted the police as the suspect fled the area in his vehicle. The suspect, Duane Windes II, 20, from Hastings, was easily identified after he dropped his wallet and identification as he fled the store. Windes is facing charges of possession of a dangerous weapon and retail fraud in the third degree. Two women injured in traffic accident Hastings police responded to a three-car personal injury accident Aug. 7 at the intersection of N. Broadway and Apple Street. The accident occurred after a south bound vehicle being driven by Christa A. Green, 33, of Bellevue, failed to stop for a red light, crashing into the side of a west bound vehicle driven by Delores McIntyre, 73, of Hastings. The impact pushed the McIntyre vehicle into a vehicle waiting to turn north bound onto Broadway from Apple Street, which was driven by Beverly Allerding, 74, of Freeport. Both Green and McIntyre were transported by Lansing Mercy Ambulance to Pennock Hospital for treatment of their injuries. Their condition is unknown. See POLICE, next page COURT NEWS • Kevin Edward Basinger, 30, of Gaylord, was sentenced Aug. 1 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve 24 months probation and three days in jail for his July 11 conviction on a charge of failure to pay child support over a period of more than five years. Basinger was also fined court costs of $250 and a probation fee of $240. Judge Fisher also ordered Basinger’s bond to be forfeited to the Friend of the Court. • Robert Bishop McFarland, 21, of Freeport, was sentenced Aug. 3 to continue a probation sentence he received in 2006 for a second conviction of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance. McFarland was also ordered to participate in the day reporting program weekly. • Jeffrey Lee Baker, 59, of Delton, was sentenced Aug. 2 by Judge Fisher to serve six months in jail and have his driver’s license suspended for one year. Baker was convicted May 30 of possession of a controlled substance (second offense). Baker was fined $1,000 and ordered to pay court costs of $2,000. His jail sentence may be suspended upon payment of fines and court costs. • Jason Michael Tucker, 22, of Grand Rapids, was sentenced Aug. 9 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 24 months probation and six months in jail on each of two counts. Tucker was convicted July 11 of attempted larceny of a building and attempted breaking and entering on a coin operated device. Tucker was fined $500 in court costs, $300 restitution and $240 in probation fees. He was also order to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in Jail. Tucker was arrested May 22 in Middleville. • Jeffrey Paul Crawford, 26, of Williamston, was sentenced Aug. 8 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 days in jail for his July 25 conviction on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender. Crawford also was ordered to pay court costs of $500. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of court assessments. • Nathaniel Scott Kinsey, 17, of Delton, was sentenced Aug. 8 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months probation and five months in jail on each of two counts. Kinsey was convicted July 18 of breaking and entering with intent and possession of burglary tools. Kinsey also was ordered by Judge Fisher to pay court costs of $250 and a probation fee of $240. The balance of his jail time may be suspended after Sept. 1. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 17 ‘Elephant-sized’ fun planned for Orangeville Day Aug. 18 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The second annual Orangeville Day is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18. The committee hopes to build on the success of the first festival and has added new events. This is the first year for Little Miss Orangeville, who will be selected at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Bay Pointe Inn. She will be in the parade on Saturday. New this year is a three-on-three basketball tournament. Laura the Elephant will be in Orangeville to give rides and have photos taken. Her visit is provided by Ivory Haven Farms. Other popular events are returning from last year. The fire department will be putting on the pancake breakfast and there will be a baked goods contest. The parade on Marsh Road should bring out the crowds. There will be vendor booths on the midway, a horseshoe contest, helicopter rides, live entertainment from local artists, and old fashioned games for the whole family. Also returning will be the Orangeville Drop, Orangeville Shootout, duck race and trolley rides. This year’s grand marshals are Ken Hermanitt and Bob Boulter. The pancake breakfast will be from 7 to 9:30 a.m., served by the Orangeville Fire Laura, a 25-year-old elephant that lives at Ivory Haven Farms in Newaygo, will be a special guest Saturday at Orangeville Day. She is 9 feet tall and weighs approximately 8,500 pounds. She starred in the 1995 film, “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” with Jim Carey. During her visit to Orangeville she will giving rides from noon until 4 p.m. Department. It will be held in the Orangeville Township Hall at 7350 Lindsey Road. Baked goods for the baked goods contest can be dropped off at the hall from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and from noon until 1:30 p.m. The delicacies will be judged by members of the village council at 2 p.m. The baked goods go on sale at 3 p.m. New this year is a three-on-three basketball tournament. Preregistration is required. Forms are available by contacting the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at 945-9554. Anyone interested in forming teams can also contact Michelle Martin at 269-664-4425, Carmen Bourdo at 269-664-6634 or Katie Dolfman at 269-623-8340. Age groups for the tournament are boys and girls 12-14 and 15-17, men and women 18-25 or men and women 26 and older. Lineup for the parade will start at the Gun Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant at 9:30 a.m. The parade travels from the plant east on Marsh Road to Chateau Court, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The opening ceremony for Orangeville Day will begin at noon from the stage. Rides on Laura the Elephant will be from noon to 4 p.m. Her visit is sponsored by Bourdo Logging and LaFountaine Logging. Free trolley rides will be given by Barry County Transit from noon until 3 p.m. The Midway with food and other booths will open at noon. Entertainment from the stage begins at 12:30 p.m. Performing this year are New Vision, the Fountain of Truth, Chuckie and the Orange Villains and the Mike Key 3. Old-fashioned games for the whole family will begin with the three-legged races at 12:30 p.m. Age groups in this event are 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-14 years and those 15 and older. The sack race starts at 1 p.m. and is divided into the same age groups. The orange eating contest begins at 1:30 p.m. and is for children ages 10-15 and those, including adults, 16 years old and older. The balloon toss begins at 2 p.m. and is for age groups 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-14 years and those 15 and older. The wheelbarrow race at 2:30 p.m. will be for those 12 and younger, 13-15 years of age and 16 and older. The horseshoe contest will begin at 12:30 p.m. Anyone interested in this event should pre-register by Aug. 17 by calling Wayne Bourdo at 269-664-6634. Activities for children will be west of the entertainment stage from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Activities include a treasure hunt, face painting from noon until 2 p.m., a ring toss and an orange tip contest. The Orangeville Drop and Orangeville Shootout will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Weather permitting, there will be helicopter Three local films to make debuts next 2 Saturdays duck race, beginning at the Mill Pond at 5 p.m. Tickets for the race will be on sale during the day. Anyone interested in volunteering can call the Orangeville Township offices at 269-6644522 for more information. POLICE, continued from previous page Woman arrested in reported assault Hastings Police responded to a reported assault at residence in the 400 block of W. Bond Street on August 8. The 43-year-old victim told police she had returned home and as she entered her apartment was attacked by the suspect who had been house sitting for her. The victim displayed obvious injuries and identified the suspect as Angela Raak, 28, of Hastings, who had left the area in a vehicle. Witnesses to the assault gave a description of the vehicle to officers. The vehicle was located on South Church Street near Green Street a short time later, Raak was taken into custody for the alleged assault and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Woman arrested in neighborhood dispute Hastings police responded to the 100 block of West Oliver Street Aug. 13 to investigate an ongoing dispute between neighbors. Officers had responded twice to the area about complaints during the evening regarding trespassing issues and threats being made. Shortly after the second complaint, officers who had remained in the area, observed one of the complainants go onto the other’s property and was acting suspiciously near a vehicles parked in the driveway. Investigating further, officers found that Linda Hill, 50, of Hastings, was holding a plastic container partially filled with sugar near the gas tank opening of one of the vehicles. When asked what she was doing, she told officers she was going to pour the sugar into the gas tank in retaliation for a previous incident. Hill was placed under arrest on charges of trespassing and attempted malicious destruction of property. She was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Stolen moped recovered in Fall Creek Hastings police recovered a moped that had been reported stolen Aug. 7, after the owner found it missing from the 100 block of East State Street. The moped was recovered several hours later after a friend of the victim saw it in the driveway of a residence in the 200 block of E. Clinton Street. He then notified the owner who contacted police. The moped had been found in Fall Creek by two kids who had pulled it out and then pushed it home. Their father was getting ready to call the police just prior to their arrival. 8-year-old boy steals car, hurt in crash State police from the Hastings post said an 8-year-old boy took a neighbor's car, Tuesday, hit a house then crashed down a wooded embankment in Hope Township, causing serious injuries. The boy, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken by helicopter to a Kalamazoo hospital with serious injuries. His name was not released. Troopers said the boy apparently had taken keys from a neighbor's house to steal the car and drive it over his own bicycle and landscaping boulders. He then drove east on Dowling Road and lost control near Gurd Road. Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings New Items Arriving … Thomas Kinkade Bradford Editions, Munro-Angels Around Us Collection COME IN CHECK US OUT! Unique Gifts & Collectibles New Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10AM-8PM; Thur.-Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM AND 269-945-5660 77515343 by Emily Benningfield Staff Intern Local teacher, director and music enthusiast Todd Willard will premiere three films at 9 a.m. Saturday Aug. 18, and again at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at the Hastings Cinema Four Theater. “Alien Registration” involved 30 local students who were actively involved in creating the film, as well as its story. In this film, aliens from another planet land in Hastings to enroll their children in summer. The older students portraying the aliens interact with the 22 elementary and middle school students who portray the students in the class. The aliens are played by Joey Longstreet, Tess Nugent, Rebecca Hill and Jason Bies. Jessica Roper fills the role of the teacher with Seth Beduhn playing the principal and Emily Benningfield as his secretary. Maeve Dwyer rounds out the cast as the custodian. “Uncle Jim’s Puppets” is also set in the summer school atmosphere. In this film, the students helped create the story line, deciding to set the scene with a boy bringing a box of rides from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost is $40 per person or $60 for two. The turtle race registration begins at 2 p.m. Those who want to participate should bring their own turtles. The race will begin at 2:30 p.m. Call 269-743-9248 for more information. The final event of the festival will be the To everyone for your donations to the BUZZ YOUNGS GOLF CLASSIC From the Hastings Athletic Boosters PREMIER SPONSORS: Hastings Mutual Insurance GOLD SPONSORS: These puppets joined a summer school class in the film "Uncle Jim's Puppets," which will premiere in theaters at 9 a.m. Aug. 18 and 25. puppets in for show and tell that were given to him by his uncle. The puppets turn out to be out of the ordinary as they come to life and interact with the child actors throughout the film. Thirty local students star as the students of the class while seven older students fill the other roles in the film. The puppets are portrayed in various scenes by high school students Emily Graybill and Maeve Dwyer, recent graduates Emily Benningfield and Jason Bies and college student Jessica Roper. The teacher is portrayed by Alex Neil and the principal by Kevin Taylor. Tawny Roper helped with costumes and set designs for both films. “Alien Registration” and “Uncle Jim’s Puppets” feature the talents of seventy local students. These 30-minute comedies will show along side Willard’s ‘Best of Show’ winner “Another Visit from Uncle Todd.” Willard used the talents of these Barry County students in the creation of the films by opening discussion on ideas and even giving kids a chance to try out for a speaking part in the movies. Admission for the films is $5 at the door. Riverbend Golf Course Hastings Fiberglass ASG ProGrass SILVER SPONSORS: Hastings Orthopedics Precision Autobody Bosley Pharmacy Tri-Clor Coleman Agency W alker, Fluke & Sheldon, PC State Farm Insurance Union Bank R&B Electric, Inc. TNR Machine LEGEND SPONSORS: Flexfab Horizons International Edward Jones Thornapple Valley Family Health Brian’s Tire Service W alldorff Brewpub & Bistro Gee and Longstreet, Attornys at Law W est Michigan Endodontrist The Mike Brown Family Girrbach Funeral Home Dr.’s Caldwell & Christopherson McDonald’s ICS Travel SA XON SPONSORS: Dr.’s Bloom & Bloom PC The Brisboe Family Hastings City Bank Kings Appliances & Electronics A uto Collission Services MacLeod Chiropractic Center O B GYN - Dr. Dougherty Hastings Pediatrics J-Ad Graphics PRIDE SPONSORS: Coldwell Banker Classic Realty To m D r u m m Steve Youngs Thornapple Valley Credit Union Dorothy Hoke Judy Anderson W eltons Heating & Cooling Cookies and Cream Applebee’s Help Hardware Barlows Florist Pro Auto Sporting Colors Mills Landing Fingers & Toes North Side Pizza Beyond the Cover Hastings Flower Shop V itales Burkeys Autoglass Alfresco Maxi Muffler Plus Geukes Market The Flikkema Family Hastings Country Club Priority Collision Chris Devroy & John Kennsington Mulberry Fore Golf Course Farm Bureau, Neal, Meredith Agency Picture This Photography State Grounds Coffee Shop County Seat Restaurant Back to Life Taxidermy Driesbach Hastings Bowl Arris Matrix Pet world Director Todd Willard films a scene in "Alien Registration," featuring the talents of 30 local students. 77515324 �Page 18 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Swine quarantine over, barn clean by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The quarantine of the almost 300 swine in a barn at the Barry County fairgrounds has ended. The animals have gone on to be processed. Some animals tested positive for swine influenza immediately following the Barry County Fair in July. The barn was quarantined as a precaution. The final animals were picked up at the barn on Friday, Aug. 10. Two animals died but only one was the result of swine influenza. Parents and leaders have cleaned out the barns as well. Bill Neal, director of the Barry County Agricultural Society, praised Dennis Pennington, the agriculture and natural resources agent for Barry and Kent counties, for his efforts to keep the food supply safe. “Shiawassee County is having the same problem and we have offered to tell them what worked here,” Neal said. Leaders and parents worked in teams to keep the animals fed and watered during the quarentine. They also cleaned out the pens each day. The 4-H members could not assist because most were too young to be able to go in the barns. Everyone is happy that the Barry County Fair hogs finally make it to market. The last of the 349 hogs that were quarantined at the Barry County Fair were given a clean bill of health last week. According to Pennington, acting county Michigan State University Extension director, numerous people pitched in to help when the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) Kiwanis selling peanuts at Summerfest State Representative Brian Calley stands with Lieutenant Governor for Division 14 in the Michigan District Dee Hudson, Fund-raising Chairman Gordon Ironside and Mr. Peanut. Calley spoke to the Hastings Kiwanis Club Wednesday about goings-on in Lansing. “This is where I go to really get my batteries charged — come to a place that’s really positive,” said Calley of coming to Hastings. Mr. Peanut was at the meeting to remind Kiwanis members to sign up to sell peanuts at Hastings Summerfest Aug. 24, 25 and 26. put a quarantine on the hog barn at the Barry County fairgrounds in Hastings after an outbreak of swine influenza threatened the animals. “Once we realized we had some sick hogs, we immediately contacted MDA,” Pennington said. “They worked with our local vet to sort out the problem and make sure that all potentially sick hogs were cared for accordingly.” Once the quarantine was issued, biosecurity measures were put in place to limit traffic in and out of the barn to reduce the likelyhood of spreading the virus to other healthy hogs in the county. In addition, Pennington said business and individuals—including Caledonia Farmers Elevator, Bull Creek Vet Clinic, Geukes Market, Electric Motor Service, Greenstone Farm Credit Services, 4-H Horse Developmental Committee, Mart Wenger, Stacy Kelley, Gary Buckland, Masselink Dairy, Middleville Clovers 4-H Club, Theresa Ferris, Suzanne Burns, Marci Robertson, Muller Paint and Paper, Mark and Tina Hubbell, Ironwood Forge LLC, Greg Lydy, John Endres and Don Geukes — donated feed, sawdust and other items important to the care of the hogs during their extended stay. There were 92 hogs that were purchased by area businesses who wanted them to be resold. These resale hogs have been shipped and the buyers will be reimbursed for the market value of the meat. Greenstone Farm Credit Services is handling all of the transactions. “People were worried that the extra stress on the hogs would affect meat quality,” Dennis Pennington said. “But some of the hogs were of such high quality that the packer paid a premium over the current market price. That tells me that we did something right.” The 4-H members are required to complete Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Training to ensure a quality food product is delivered to the consumer. The 4-H members learn about the food supply continuum and that everyone is responsible for the safety of the products they produce. They learn about feeds and following label instructions; medications and how to administer them, what drug withdrawal times are and how to monitor their pigs and keep good records. This year, their PQA lessons came to life. “Parents, livestock superintendents, 4-H The yellow tape and Barry County Posse officers are gone and the Swine Barn has been scrubbed to sparkling by superintendents, 4-H leaders and parents. leaders and others worked together to make sure that all the animals were fed, watered and checked on several times each day.” said Kathy Pennington, Barry County 4-H program associate. “In some respects this was a terrible series of events that caused extra work, costs and stress,” Dennis Pennington said. “But there has been renewed camaraderie and team spirit. This has been a real life learning experience for the kids, parents, leaders, superintendents, MDA and USDA.” Timeline of Barry County fair hog quarantine: • July 21 — MSU Extension educators and swine superintendents noted a few hogs at the Barry County Fair are exhibiting symptoms of swine influenza. • July 22 — Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) veterinarians suspected swine influenza and quarantined 349 hogs at the Barry County Fairgrounds. Once the quarantine was put into place, MSUE and swine superintendents followed all U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines and direc- tives. Volunteers called buyers and alerted them to the status of the hogs. A follow-up letter was mailed July 30. July 22 to Aug. 10 — MSUE, superintendents and parents of 4-Hers who showed hogs at the fair banded together to ensure that all quarantined hogs were fed, watered and checked regularly. MSUE held daily briefings with 4-H leaders, livestock superintendents and other interested parties and provided updates of each day’s activities and quarantine status. July 26 — MDA granted permission to ship healthy hogs to approved meat packing facilities. Aug. 1 — Quarantine is lifted and hogs that were not treated were shipped. 87 hogs remained on the fair grounds because they were treated with an antibiotic and could not be shipped until the drug withdrawal period ended. Aug. 10 — The drug withdrawal period ended and the final 87 hogs were shipped to the appropriate meat packing facilities. Maple Valley school board says it won’t seek another bond vote by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer The Maple Valley Board of Education announced Monday night it has no plans to go back to the voters after the rejection Aug. 7 of an 0.95-mill increase to replace aging boilers and improve safety at district and science and technology labs by a 713 to 442. The district in May 2006 asked to not roll back its current levy to 5 mills and add an additional half mill to the local 6-mill levy approved in 1997. The extra half mill would have been used to establish an early childhood education program, a separate middle school for seventh and eighth grade students and restructuring the high school to better prepare students for post-secondary education and the changing job market. However, voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposal 861 to 212. So after voters have turned down two millage proposals in as many years, members of the Maple Valley Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer say they will not seek another bond unless the community gives solid indication that it will support one. “… I don’t think you, as a board, ought to go back (with a bond proposal), not until the community makes up its mind on what it wants,” said Kramer. “In my opinion the community did not give us their opinion in that vote. Those who voted gave us their opinion, but the community didn’t. The poll watchers informed me that 90 percent of the people who voted did not have children in school. So, what happened to our parents?” “I think when people don’t vote, they’ve pretty much given you their opinion,” said board trustee Tim Burd. Earlier in the discussion, trustee Kevin Rost said the vote reflects the community’s disapproval of the board. “The vote was more a reflection of the budget, than it was the bond, and reflection overall of how we are doing our jobs. A lot of people didn’t get out and vote for the simple fact that, they kinda liked the bond, but they wanted to send us a message. I don’t think they trust us right now,” said Rost, adding, “I think going after another bond is a waste of time.” Trustee April Heinze said she felt the bond failed because people didn’t understand the need for the upgrading the science and technology labs at the high school. “…It’s not the result of trust issues… a lot of people that I spoke to after the fact, said they were not for the technology updates… they just thought the board added that on… to try to get something else passed through instead of something we absolutely needed, that the state has given us a direction (new state mandated graduation requirements) and not the means to do it,” she said. Despite nearly an identical number of voters in both the May 2006 and August 2007 election, trustee Andrea Montgomery said she felt the election date might have caused low voter turnout. “I know a lot of people were on vacation and had last-minute plans. A lot of people were gone on vacation before (high school sports) practice started,” she said, adding, “I know personally, I tried the best I can to work with what we had to work with and what the state requires us to do and what we have at our disposal and if people have ideas other than our ideas, I wish they would step forward. I think we tried very hard to incorporate the public’s suggestions into the budget cuts and coming up with the budget that we did. It was a balancing act and that’s how we spend most of our meetings. I will whole-heartedly listen to everything people come up with… from here I’m not sure what direction we’re going to have to go…” Kramer said that he didn’t believe the community was trying to express its disapproval with last week’s vote. “Maybe I’m out of touch, but I just don’t believe the community is that angry with the school,” said Kramer. “I don’t believe. I think it’s quite the opposite; I think they are quite content, they’re quite happy. But as a result, they are not taking the initiative to go out and be heard… So, to go back to the vote, until the community says they want something, until there is a committee, a community-based committee, that wants to sell something for their kids, then, I don’t think you, as a board, should go back. You as a board, worked your tail off to try to put together what you thought was best for the community; they said, ‘no,’ twice. “We now need to go back and do something to solve our facility problems as best we can with what money we have available to us,” he added, noting that the board would discuss the issue during its goal setting meeting slated for 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27. “We need to discuss the future,” said Kramer. “I’m at a loss as to what this community truly wants as to an education for their children. I really am. I’ve been in the business 30 years and I’ve always had some idea as to where the community wanted to go. I’ve had people come in and say, ‘We want this gifted and talented program,’ ‘We want a good athletic program,’ ‘We want this physical education,’ ‘We want this health,’ but I’m not hearing from the community what it is they want. Until we have some idea what they want, you as a board, you’re going to have to look at the board goals, you’ve some real clear goals, some lofty goals… and we’ve been working at them, but now we’re tearing every one of those goals down and the only ones that are going to lose, unfortunately, are going to be our kids. Kramer said the community needs to understand the changing work place that faces today’s high school graduates. “To say, ‘We don’t need the technology,’ oh, who’s got their heads in the sand? Have they tried to get a job lately? Unless you have an understanding… an education in technology, those jobs are hard to come by. What are our kids going to do?” he asked. “Plus, I’m also confused about what this community, not the school, community wants. I watch and listen to what is going on and I don’t disagree with the cherished idea of hanging on to this, ‘Mayberry USA,’ way of life. The problem is the rest of the world is going on right by us. And we wonder about where we are headed as a community.” Kramer noted that the Barry County Community Foundation put out a two and a half page survey, asking residents about their vision for their community’s future, “They are asking, ‘What’s missing? What needs to be delivered?’ Have we seen anything like that from our communities? Or have we done that as a school? Maybe we need to go back to the idea of a, ‘town hall meeting,’ so you can pull yourself up and stop saying, ‘Oh, woe is us,’ and figure out what we’re going to do, because I don’t know. “I’ve had some pockets of people come in and tell me things, but there doesn’t seem to be a groundswell and unless people join together and join forces, we ended up fighting with each other; that’s what I see more often than not, a lot of fighting,” he said. “Should we as a board be the conduit, set goals and bring the two communities together and say, ‘What’s our future? Where are we heading?’… We’ve got a great community; don’t get me wrong. But, we’ve fallen on hard times and those hard times are hurting us more and more.” Kramer said that he and High School Principal Todd Gonser were concerned that this year’s student count may decrease by as many as 30. And while Maple Valley’s student count doesn’t fluctuate any more than that of surrounding districts, he wonders if the district should do something to retain and attract students. “Should we pursue a niche that will put us on the map?” he asked, suggesting that since Maple Valley is largely an agricultural community it could offer an educational program focused the new agri-science technology and preparing students for work or advanced study in that industry. “…We need to look toward the future. Unless we plan, unless there is movement forward, things may spiral out of control… I don’t mean to preach, but this is my passion. I want to help.” GLPA told it was a quiet year on Gun Lake by Fran Faverman Staff Writer The annual meeting of the Gun Lake Protective Association was held last Saturday at the Gun Lake Chapel. Doyle Smith, president, GLPA, welcomed the crowd. In his remarks, he thanked the membership “for their generous response to the increase in dues from $25 to $40 a year. The additional funds are going toward the $16,000 cost of repairing the fish ponds.” Smith announced the replacement of two members of the board of directors who had resigned. Douglas Smendik and Robert Nelson were nominated and approved by the membership for terms ending in 2009. Three other directors, Chuck Norris, Jim Riehl and Jan Schulling, were re-elected to terms ending in 2010. Smith also expressed condolences to the family of past president and board member Riehl and his family on the loss of their home in a fire last week. Lynn Donovan, secretary-treasurer, presented the financial report for 2006-2007 fiscal year. “Raising the dues was a major consideration, and also extra donations for the fishponds.” On the revenue side, the single largest item, $40,257, comes from member dues; donations and miscellaneous income (fishponds and fireworks) accounted for $9,071, and advertising (the Gun Lake Directory) $8,350. The largest expenditures by category were the printing costs for the directory at $5,600, fireworks ($14,380), and legal and professional expenses ($3,123 and $3,068 respectively) in connection with an application to extend the Sunrise Shore Plat. Smith explained that the bulk of the $16,000 to be spent on the fishpond repairs will occur in fiscal year 2007-2008. The high price of gasoline, according to Sergeant Bill Johnson, Barry County Sheriff department marine patrol, more than anything else is responsible for the fairly quiet year on the lake. The numbers of offenses in all categories are down, especially citations for drunken boating. But one new possible offense might be on the horizon. Jan Schulling, a director of the Gun Lake Protective Association (GLPA), said that she had been stopped by someone on a jet ski while out on the lake in her pontoon boat. Other members of the audience reported similar experiences. Johnson hastened to assure them that the department did not use a jet ski for patrolling the lake and that the report would be checked out. He suggested it could be a prank or a possible Department of Natural Resources officer; however, the DNR officer would have been in uniform and the jet ski would have had markings identifying it as a DNR vessel. He did remind the group that the DNR also does have law enforcement authority on the lake. “Basically, it is a very safe lake,” said Johnson. Wes Dykstra, who supervises the maintenance of the fish ponds, reported that the good news was the repair of the fish ponds was proceeding. The bad news was there were no fish this year. The hope is to have fish next year. The fish eggs will be tested with an iodine process. He said the DNR, unable to guarantee the freedom from VHS disease (viragic hemolytic septicemia) in the eggs it was supplying, decided not to risk introducing the disease into the lake. The transmission of VHS by boats was discussed briefly; Dykstra urged boaters to clean live wells with a solution of bleach and water. Concerns were also expressed about various bass tournaments held on the lake and a possible role for them in the transmission of the disease. The Gun Lake Improvement Board, an agency created to take over the responsibility for weed control efforts on the lake and funded by assessments on property owners, is in the fourth year of a five-year project to control Eurasian milfoil. Tony Groves, director, Progressive A & E, reported the program is pretty successful and has been operating under budget. Three treatments have been done this year and a fourth is scheduled for next week. For the future, GLIB will have to develop a new plan, hold a public hearing, and decide what to do. Monitoring of the lake’s watershed, accomplished with assistance from GLPA volunteers, includes keeping track of possible discharges from sewers, preventing gas and oil from entering the water, and monitoring elevated levels of bacteria in some tributaries. Groves added, “There are low levels of algae in the lake.” Robert Perino, Orangeville Township trustee and its representative on GLIB, asked, “What is a future problem?” Groves responded, “Hydrilla, a non-native plan that spreads by fragmentation, seed, and tubers. It is very difficult to control. Zebra mussels will continue to be with us at a lower level. We are seeing more vegetation because of the low levels of water.” Schulling reported on the fireworks display. “It is the only event uniting the community. Ten to fifteen thousand people enjoy it. Volunteers from GLPA help with the site preparation and the clean-up. We are especially grateful to an anonymous donor who matches the amount raised. The fireworks cost $14,380.” She also thanked the Thornapple Fire Department, the Wayland Area Emergency Medical Services, and the board for their support. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 19 Barn Theatre extends season EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Old Timer will be performed when The Barn Theatre extends its 2007 summer season. David Naughtonm who starred in “An American Werewolf in London,” the late 70’s sitcom “Makin’ It” and was the guy who sang “I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper…” in the old Dr. Pepper commercials) will star as the central character in this captivating rock musical. “Old Timer” tells the story of Clay Miller who is finally released from jail after serving a 30-year prison term for a crime he didn’t commit. Now his mission is to find his only living relative, his daughter Juanita. Written by Barn producer, Brendan Ragotzy and Troy Benton, this explosive, moving night of theatre has hits in the making with “Ridin’ the Rails”, “Hollywood”, “Waitin’ for You”, and “What Happens Now”. Having had a highly successful New York City reading, writer Brendan Ragotzy took pen in hand to make a few revisions to the script as well as adding a few new songs. Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before the show, during intermission and after the show. Call the Box Office today and make your reservation at 269-731-4121. August 21–September 2 • County Wide Yard Sale & Flea Market at Historic Charlton Park from 9 am-5 pm. Also on tap is an antique car cruise in and classic tractors. Motorcycles welcome. Free admission. Saturday August 18. • Green Gables Haven Music Trivia Fundraiser will be held at the Hastings Country Club. The “name that tune” contest starts at 6:30 pm with teams of four competing for the top prize Entry fee is $100 per team. Tickets are $15 for those not competing. People wishing to eat dinner are encouraged to come at 5:30 pm. For tickets or more information call David Young at 9459554. Saturday, August 18. • Saturday Night Alive at John Ball Zoo from 6-8 pm. Food, jazz, and some very special zoo tours are all part of this unique evening party at the zoo! Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased by calling (616)3363309. For more info call (616)336-3309 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. August 18. • Art Out Loud is a first-time event planned at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids from 510 pm. Two bands, Domestic Problems and Mid-Life Crisis, will perform live and two artists will paint in front of the audience and have their work sold in a silent auction. Money raised by the event will help the ArtWorks summer program which helps local youth ages 14-21 gain experience in the business of the arts. Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 when purchased in advance. For more information, call (616) 454-7000, extension 26. August 22. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. MISCELLANEOUS • Calhoun County Fair will be held at the fairgrounds in Marshall. See calhouncountyfair.org for more information. August 12-18. The Barn Theatre season has been extended to include the musical “Old Timer” August 21–September 2. Television and film actor David Naughton will star as the central character in this captivating rock musical. Audiences will undoubtedly recognize Mr. Naughton most notably from the classic thriller “An American Werewolf in London” as well as the late 70’s sitcom “Makin’ It”. His good looks were all over the television as well in the catchy, popular “Dr. Pepper” commercial in which he sang “I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper…” “Old Timer” tells the story of Clay Miller, portrayed by David Naughton, when he is finally released from jail after serving a 30year prison term. The imprisonment is punishment for a crime in which he is wrongfully accused. Now his mission is to find his only living relative, his daughter Juanita. Written by Barn producer, Brendan Ragotzy and Troy Benton, this explosive, moving night of theatre has hits in the making with “Ridin’ the Rails”, “Hollywood”, “Waitin’ for You”, and “What Happens Now”. Having had a highly successful New York City reading, writer Brendan Ragotzy took pen in hand to make a few revisions to the script as well as adding a few new songs. Performances for “Old Timer” will run August 21–September 2 and are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before the show, during intermission and after the show. Enjoy a light snack while being entertained by the free cabaret-style show in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge after the main stage performance. Call the Box Office today and make your reservation at 269-731-4121. Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Fairs Crafts Musicals Car Shows Los Lobos August 23 Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park August 23. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Havoc in Hastings will be presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism Saturday September 1 from 10 am-5 pm at Charlton Park. Admission is $6 for adults, children ages 4-12 $4. 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6, 7, and 8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call This week’s selection: The Simpsons Movie (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park September 12. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 87 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 After 18 years and more than 400 episodes, “The Simpsons” has long ceased to be the cutting-edge, controversial cartoon it was in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Most of my friends and I haven’t watched the show for the past two years because it seemed to have lost some of its energy and creativity. And judging by the trailers for the new film, it didn’t look like the movie was going to be any great shakes. Still, for old times’ sake, I went to the theater to watch “The Simpsons Movie.” I’m glad I did. “The Simpsons Movie,” while not as great as some of the show’s classic episodes from its heyday, is a hilariously funny film and 10 times better than most episodes from the past eight years. The jokes and sight gags come fast and furious. The animation is crisp. Our Favorite Family has never looked better. The story revolves around an environmental theme. Lake Springfield has become so polluted, the town is on the verge of an ecological disaster of biblical proportions. Thanks to Homer, the disaster occurs and the government (with President Schwarzenegger in command) responds by trapping the entire town under a giant glass dome. The Simpsons manage to escape death at the hands of an Homer has to save Springfield in “The Simpons Movie.” D’oh! angry mob and move to Alaska to start life anew. But the fate of the town becomes more dire and it’s up to Homer to save Springfield before the government gets rid of the town for good. (I’m purposely avoiding giving out more details about the movie because I don’t want to spoil your fun.) “The Simpsons Movie” is the funniest movie I’ve seen this summer. I can’t wait to see it again, and I’ll definitely buy the DVD when it comes out. Yeah. It’s that good. Check it out. GRADE: A © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez • In a study conducted by doctors in Oxford, Great Britain, two years ago — before the much-hyped recent release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” obviously — it was found that on weekends when Harry Potter books were released, children had lower rates of accidental injuries. I suppose eyestrain from reading 700-and-something pages in a single weekend doesn’t count as an accident. • It was Aldous Huxley, famed British author of such works as “Brave New World” and “The Doors of Perception,” who made the following sage observation: “Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.” • The United States Supreme Court was founded in 1789, but it didn’t actually get a building of its own until 1935. • You may — then again, depending on how often you go to the movies, perhaps you may not — be surprised to learn that Hollywood employs more ghostwriters than the entire book and newspaper industries combined. • It’s been reported that in 1937, a new suit was introduced to the standard deck of playing cards, but it never caught on. I suppose the four-suit deck was already so widespread that nobody relished the idea of replacing all their packs of cards. • You certainly know what a hologram is — that three-dimensional image you see on “Star Trek” episodes. But unless you’re a lawyer, you probably didn’t know that “holographic” also means “written by oneself” or “written by the signer” and is used primarily when referring to wills. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.” — Calvin Coolidge © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. 1. SYMBOLS: What is the international radio code word for the letter “F”? 2. MATH: How do you find the area of a rectangle? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “somato” mean in English? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Dinner at Homesick Restaurant”? 5. FOOD & DRINK: What are the basic ingredients in the drink called Cuba Libre? 6. GEOGRAPHY: Which Canadian province lies directly east of British Columbia? 7. HISTORY: In more than 100 years of the history of Wimbledon tennis tournaments, there were only two periods in which the singles championships were suspended for a number of years. What were those two periods? 8. THEOLOGY: What is the field of eschatology concerned with? 9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many colors of Crayola Crayons were available when they were introduced in 1903? 10. MUSIC: Who composed the ballet titled “The Firebird”? Answers 1. Foxtrot 2. Multiple length by width 3. Body 4. Anne Tyler 5. Rum, lime juice and cola 6. Alberta 7. World War I (1915-18) and World War II (1940-45) 8. The study of final things such as death, resurrection and immortality. 9. Eight (black, blue, brown, green, orange, red, violet and yellow) 10. Igor Stravinsky © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 20 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Country Club team wins Legends scramble Racer helps promote Dare 2 Dream scholarship outing The Buzz Youngs Legends Golf Classic hosted by the Hastings Athletic Boosters at the Hastings Country Club, Aug. 4, was a successful fundraiser once again for the group. First place in the 18-hole golf scramble this year went to the Hastings Country Club team of Scott Long, Matt Kirkendall, Jack Laubaugh, and Kurt Norris. The team fired a score of 54. Second place, with a score of 55, was the River Bend Golf Course team of Jeff Storrs, Steve Storrs, Ty Greenfield and Luke Warner. The champions weren’t the only ones to receive prizes. There were also blind draws for $100 each, that went to the TNR Machine Team and the Gee and Longstreet Team. Prizes were also awarded to winners of three longest drive, three closest to the pin, and two longest putt competitions. Judy Anderson, who was instrumental in the start of women’s athletics back in the 1970’s at Hastings, along with Cynthia Robbe and Patricia Murphy, was honored as the 2007 legend. Many of the previously honored legends were present, or participated in the tournament. Last year’s legends were Dave Furrow and Larry and Earlene Baum. The Baums had a family vacation planned, and were not able to attend the 2006 event, but were honored at this year’s tournament along with Anderson. The Legends tournament was established in the late 1990’s, after the passing of sports legend Buzz Youngs, whom worked for J-Ad Graphics and was a huge supporter of Hastings athletics. Each year a legend is selected based on their history of support to the Hastings Saxons, in memory of all the dedication Youngs provided to the program. The current list of legends also includes Dr. Jim Atkinson, Robert Carlson, Jock Clarey, Jack Hoke, Richard Guenther, Lewis Lang, Bruce McDowell, Patricia Murphy, Bernie Oom, Tony Turkal, Robert VanderVeen, Larry Melendy, Cynthia Robbe, William Karpinski, Carl Schoessel, Ernie Strong, and Denny Storrs. The Hastings Athletic Boosters have monthly meetings at the Hastings High School choir room, on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. They love to see new faces, hear new ideas, and anyone who would like to help build support all the Saxon athletic programs from the middle school level on up to the varsity level. Travis Carte is reminding everyone about The Keisha MacDonald Dare 2 Dream Foundation Golf Scholarship Outing on Aug. 18 at 2 p.m. Carter races his modified every Friday night at I-96 Speedway. He is trying to help raise money for the Lakewood High School Scholarship in memory of Keisha MacDonald. This is a golfing event with a fun activity at every hole. The outing will be held at Centennial Acres Golf Course in Sunfield. For more information please go to: rememberkeisha.com or call 616-204-2127. You can also see Carter in the pits after the races for registration forms. DK’s Reyna gets D-2 coaching job by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Ruben Reyna thought it would be a tougher climb up the ladder. For the past three seasons Reyna was an assistant coach with the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team. He was on his way to Western Michigan University this fall to pursue a degree in physical education, when he met newly hired Goshen College men’s basketball head coach Gary Chupp at a McCracken basketball camp in Indiana. After meeting Reyna, and going through the interview process, he Chupp recently named Reyna his head assistant coach. Goshen College is a Division 2 college in northern Indiana. The Maple Leafs are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and compete in the Mid-Central College Conference (MCC). “I feel good,” said Reyna. “Everyone’s real nice, very welcoming. It’s a great community, a small town. I’d compare it to Plainwell or Otsego in size.” Reyna graduated from Delton Kellogg High School in 1999, where he’d played two seasons of varsity basketball for head coach Mike Mohn. Reyna was named the team’s most improved player in 1998. He earned a degree from Kalamazoo Valley Community College this spring. “That’s like going five steps in three months,” Reyna said of his move up from a high school assistant to being a head assistant at a Division 2 college. “I’ve been learning a lot from coach Mohn,” Reyna said. “I really never thought about being a coach. Christmas break three years ago he asked me to help, and helped me realize my dream and what I want to do, and to take every thing one day at a time and be real positive and love what you do.” The Panthers did struggle the last two seasons, with Reyna as an assistant. “Through all that, it was still nice to show up for work and to coach everyday. That was pretty special,” said Reyna. “It’s a big deal to me to make sure I give my prop’s to Delton and the community, and the faculty, and especially coach Mohn, and my parents.” Reyna is in charge of strength and conditioning both in and out of season at Goshen. He is also in charge of recruiting, a job he never had to worry about while helping out the high school team. When he’s not dealing with the day to day duties of being an assistant coach, he will be an assistant athletic director at Goshen. The next step up for Reyna would be an assistant spot at a Division 1 school. He expects that would be three to five years down the road. With his plans to return to school and earn his bachelor’s degree, he thinks it might even be five to seven years before he reaches anything that grand. Reyna’s dream job would be to return to Michigan and coach the University of Michigan Wolverines or the Western Michigan University Broncos. “I think that would be awesome,” said Reyna. He not only remembers the lessons he’s learned from coach Mohn, but he lessons the players at Delton Kellogg have taught him over the past three seasons. “Every player I’ve coached, every single player I’ve coached I’ve learned from,” said Reyna. “Everyone is different, but everyone has taught me something.” County baseball teams won a conf. and district title in 2007 The new fall season is upon us, but it is still technically baseball season. The county baseball teams had a solid season last spring, highlighted by Thornapple Kellogg’s sudden upswing under head coach Josh Lown. The Trojans captured an O-K Gold Conference championship, before seeing their season end in the district tournament. Lakewood was the only area team to advance past the district round of the postseason, falling in the regional semifinals at DeWitt. A number of outstanding performances were made on the area’s ball fields by all these student-athletes last spring. Saxon outfielder Matt Teunessen plans on playing ball at Grand Rapids Community College next season, after setting Hastings single season triples record with five. Lakewood outfielder Matt Schultz was named honorable mention all-state in Division 2. Here is a complete list of All-Barry County baseball performers from last spring, as chosen by their coaches. 1st Team Infield Brian Diaz, Delton Kellogg Nick Blacken, Delton Kellogg Nick Nisse, Maple Valley Kyle Bobolts, Thornapple Kellogg Tom Enslen, Thornapple Kellogg 2nd Team Infield Jon Garrett, Hastings Kyle Fisher, Maple Valley Paul Betcher, Thornapple Kellogg Scott Schultz, Lakewood Jordan Richardson, Lakewood 1st Team Outfield Matt Teunessen, Hastings Steve Scoby, Delton Kellogg Andrew Gilbert, Thornapple Kellogg Andrew Ashcraft, Maple Valley Zack Porter, Lakewood Matt Schultz, Lakewood 2nd Team Outfield Jared Smith, Maple Valley Blake Blocher, Lakewood Brent Butgereit, Thornapple Kellogg Ricky Mathis, Hastings 1st Team Catchers Troy Westendorp, Maple Valley A.J. Tassos, Hastings 2nd Team Catchers Peter Wernet, Lakewood Anthony Lukas, Thornapple Kellogg 1st Team Pitchers Jesse Martin, Lakewood Mike Berryman, Thornapple Kellogg 1st Team Utility Jon Garrett, Hastings Paul Betcher, Thornapple Kellogg 2nd Team Utility Brent Butgereit, Thornapple Kellogg Jon Feldpausch, Hastings Judy Anderson Larry and Earlene Baum Maple Valley forced to add participation fee at Jr/Sr high by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley Junior/Senior High School is joining the long list of schools across the state of Michigan that have added a pay-toparticipate program for athletic programs as well as other after school activities and clubs. In a letter being sent to parents by Maple Valley athletic director Duska Brumm, she writes, “due to the lack of adequate funding from the State of Michigan, public schools in Michigan have had to make major reductions to their budgets. Maple Valley is no exception. The Board of Education has adopted a budget for this year that calls for a “Participation Fee” to be assessed for junior high and high school students who participate in extra curricular activities.” Students in grades 9-12 who wish to participate in an extra curricular activity sponsored by the school will pay a $100 annual fee prior to participating in any games or performances. The cost for 7th and 8th grade students will be $50. This is a one-time fee, which covers all activities the student might want to participate in throughout the school year. Brumm stressed that last point. “Basically it’s an activities fee, and you only pay it one time for the year,” she said. Families with more than one student in grades 7-12 will not be required to pay more than $200 in participation fees for students in the family. The Maple Valley Athletic Boosters have a limited number of scholarships available for those in need of assistance. Forms may be picked up in the high school office. “We’re hoping that our numbers stay up. That’s why we have scholarships available,” Brumm said. “We don’t want you not to play because you can’t afford this.” The school has been directed to charge a fee for all activities on Schedule B, although some exceptions may be made for those activities which take up little/no school funds. The list of activities may include, but is not limited to, athletics, equestrian, vocal music, FFA, drama, musical, yearbook, Quiz Bowl, National Honor Society, and the Spanish Club. Band is also included in the list, but the Maple Valley Band Boosters have offered to pay for the group’s expenses, which would waive the fee for those students whose only extracurricular activity is band. Olivet was the only public school in the Kalamazoo Valley Association which Brumm could say for certain does not have a pay-toparticipate program yet. Among schools considered part of Barry County, Maple Valley is the final institution to adopt this type of policy following the lead of Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg, Lakewood, and Delton Kellogg. Brumm gave a list of due dates for fees to be paid to the Jr/Sr high school office for the fall sports season. Those wishing to participate in boys’ and girls’ cross country must submit their fee by Aug. 16; boys’ soccer Aug. 17; football and sideline cheer Aug. 22; high school volleyball Aug. 23; and junior high volleyball Sept. 14. Those interested in more information on the pay-to-participate program, or with ques- tions or concerns may contact Brumm at the high school at (517) 852-9275. Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer will speak more about pay-toparticipate in the context of the Lion athletic program as part of the Meet the Coaches Night in the high school auditorium Aug. 16 beginning at 7 p.m. Hastings girls’ golf team wins its opener at Portland Hastings varsity girls’ golf team hit the links at Portland Country Club to get the 2007 fall sports season underway, topping the Raiders on Tuesday afternoon. Jessica Kloosterman and Kacy Hooten tied for the low round of the day, at 47, to lead the Saxons to an eight-stroke victory. The Saxons bested the Raiders 198-206. Montana Leep and Barbie Buehler both fired 52s for the Saxons number three and four scores. Sydney Klein led Portland with a 48, and the Raiders got a pair of 49s from Erica Higbee and Audrey West. The Saxon girls are back on the course this afternoon, when they head to Bedford Valley for a tournament hosted by Battle Creek Central High School. Hastings then has three more tournaments on the slate for next week, at the Meadows on Monday, Broadmoor in Caledonia on Tuesday, then at Yankee Springs Golf Course next Wednesday. Cedar Creek Bible Church superb in slow-pitch tourney Cedar Creek Bible Church took the Hastings Area Church Softball league championship on Saturday, scoring a victory over Church of the Nazarene in the final game. Team members include Greg Faubert, Jeremy Strouse, Luke Storm, Mitch Kantner, Brian Madsen, Josh Storm, Bill Storm, Pastor Norton, Jacob Pierce, Alex Pierce, Quinn Cook, Fred Staton, Kevin Morgan, and Don Cheney. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — Page 21 Smith replaces Seger as TK boys’ tennis coach by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Things were be a bit different when Thornapple Kellogg High School held its first practice of the boys’ tennis season on Monday. Jeff Smith is taking over the program, from long-time head varsity coach Larry Seger. Seger coached the Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ program for the past 39 seasons. Not only that, this is the first time boys’ tennis will be held during the fall sports season. “I’m real excited,” said Smith. “I’m really looking forward to this year. I’ve heard some pretty good things about the program.” Smith was a varsity tennis assistant at Wayland in 2005, and a varsity hockey assistant coach in 2004 and 2005. “They really don’t,” Smith said of how the two sports mesh together. “I just grew up loving hockey, and just sort of fell into tennis in middle school and just loved it ever since.” Smith played four years of varsity tennis at Wayland, before graduating in 2002. He start- ed his high school playing days at second doubles, then moved up first doubles as a sophomore, second singles as a junior, and finally first singles in his senior season. Those are the types of improvements that he would love to see in his players as he beings his head coaching days. “I think winning’s not everything,” Smith said. “Improvement of players is definitely what defines success in my eyes. Seeing somebody go from third doubles to second singles or first singles is something you can feel proud about.” Seger, who still plans to coach girls’ tennis in the spring, had a meeting planned to give Smith whatever pointers and advice he could, on Friday afternoon. “Coach Smith, he’s really going to be great with his kids,” said Seger. “That’s what’s most important to me, is someone steps in and really takes care of these kids.” In his 39 seasons coaching the Trojan varsity boys’ team Seger guided the program to a Local kids perform well at Belding Gus Macker tourn. Area youths Chase DeMaagd, (from left) Tom Ondersma and Kenneth Quick took the championship in their 16-and-under age bracket at the Aug. 4-5 Gus Macker Tournament in Belding. The team of Alex McMahon, (from left) Adam Post, Owen Post, and Clay Coltson participated in the Gus Macker 3-on-3 tournament in Belding, Aug. 4-5, and split their four games in an 10-and-under bracket. They were chosen to receive Gus Macker All-World Good Sports Awards after their elimination from the tournament. Another group of area players, Conner VonderHoff, Zach McMahon, Caleb Engle, and Drew Engle won the Toilet Bowl Trophey in their 11-12-year-old age bracket. 77515249 COUNTY WIDE Saturday, Aug. 18 9am to 5pm Charlton Park - Hastings, MI FREE Public Admission Accepting NEW Vendors Vendor Space - $10each www.charltonpark.org Call Deb to reserve your space UPCOMING EVENTS Havoc in Hastings - Sept. 1 Antique Show/Antique Car Cruise In Sept. 8 & 9 269-945-3775 record of 358 wins, 176 losses, and 11 ties for a winning percentage of over 68-percent. His teams won eight conference championships, two regional championships, and finished in the top ten in the state four times. His teams had 31 winnings seasons in 39 years, including a string of 23 consecutive winnings seasons from 1971 to 1993. “I wanted to win as bad as anybody,” Seger said, “and maybe more than most. It really is bigger than that though. It really is about teaching kids, trying your best, improving, dedication, and being there for your teammates.” Being their for teammates is an important point for Seger. He was always there for his teams. “In 39 years I missed one practice, to watch a former player playing in the Big Ten Championships,” Seger said, “and I missed one tournament and one practice when my son graduated.” “I expected my players to do the same thing. To be there for their team unless there was some huge event. That carries over to when you get a job too. It’s the effort you put into it. Something as simple as being on time, you talk to employers today, they want people there on time and they want them working.” Seger was inducted into the Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame in 1994, and the tennis courts behind the old Thornapple Kellogg HS/MS have been named for him. An illness slowed Seger at the end of the boys’ season last spring. He was forced to give up his usual position as a drivers’ training instructor this summer, and was unable to host the usual yearly summer tennis camps. He was holding out some hope that he’d be able to return in time for the boys’ season, but finally had to give up on that. “This is the longest spell in my adult life I’ve ever been without kids to teach or coach. Next spring I’ll be chomping at the bit. I am right now a little bit.” Seger taught mainly science in the Thornapple Kellogg Middle School beginning in 1968, and retired from teaching in 2001. He is felling better. Seger is hoping to join his doubles partners for a few sets soon. He’s working on conditioning himself and his horses for a trip to the NBHA barrel racing state championships in Midland the end of this month. He’s competed in the state championships five times, and was half a second off a championship in one run. Conditioning a horse was what he was doing on Monday, the first day boys’ tennis programs were able to practice. “It was quiet and things go through your mind,” said Seger. In the spring, Seger will be starting his 33rd season coaching the Thornapple Kellogg girls’ varsity team. He is the only head coach in the history of the girls’ program. Having some free time while the weather is nice outside is an unfamiliar experience for Lakewood has one in top ten at Mason Invite Alexa Schipper of Middleville competed at the Long Course State Meet August 2-5 at Eastern Michigan University. Schipper, who swims for the East Grand Rapids Waves, qualified for the meet in four individual events and with one of the Waves relay teams in the 11- and 12-year-old division. She will be a seventh grader at Thornapple Kellogg Middle School this fall. To compete in the state meet swimmers must swim qualifying times which reset each year with the goal of only having a maximum of 40-45 swimmers qualify for each event Schipper swam in the 50-meter, 100-, and 200- breaststroke events, in the 50-meter butterfly, and swam the butterfly leg of the Waves’ 400-meter medley relay team. She had personal best times in three of the four individual events she competed in, placing in the top 30 in each. She was 18th in the 50-meter butterfly with a time of 34.73 seconds. In the 50-meter breaststroke she was 25th in 41.43. In the 200-breaststroke she was 24th in 3:15.79. The only individual event where she didn’t set a personal best was the 100 breaststroke, where she finished 29th in 1:31.22. The Waves’ 400-meter medley relay team was 17th overall. During the summer swimming season, all the Waves’ events are held in 50-meter Olympic size pools. High Schools in the state of Michigan use yards as their measuring stick. Some of Schipper’s top times so far could challenge the team records for the Thornapple Lakewood’s varsity girls’ golf team started its first fall season with an eighth place finish at the 12-team Mason Optimist Invitational Monday. Playing the red/white courses at the Eldorado Golf Course the Vikings combined to fire a 434, in the event which included two individual shooters, a best ball team, and a scramble team. Chelsea Erb’s 96 earned her a top ten finish in the individual stroke play, to lead the way for Lakewood. Lansing Catholic’s Mara Kovac had the day’s best individual score, at 82. Kovac’s 82 helped Lansing Catholic to a second place finish. Holt took the day’s championship with a 350. Lansing Catholic finished at 352, followed by Marshall 370, Mason 391, Grand Ledge 392, Okemos 405, Saline 405, Lakewood 434, Jackson Northwest 438. Corunna, Eaton Rapids, and Saginaw Heritage did not field enough players to earn a team score. “This was a very good start for her,” Lakewood head coach Carl Kutch said of Erb’s performance. “She is striking the ball very well. Her summer practice and tournament participation will most positively affect her overall play in competitive matches this fall season.” Erb played in five Mizuno Junior Tour events and the Michigan Girls Junior Amateur this summer. Lauren Erb added a 129 in individual stroke play for Lakewood. Kara Clark and Rebecca McKinney teamed up for the Vikings’ best ball score of 107, and Lydia Kauffman and Charlise Smith fired a 102 in the scramble format. Lakewood will be a part of the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational at Yankee Springs Golf Course on Monday. Seger. At its height the summer programs he ran included 11 leagues and a tournament that lasted longer than a week. Seger’s ability to get youths playing tennis in the summer was a big part of the success of the program. “It was a full-time job for me, but I didn’t make any money at it,” said Seger. He’s hoping that with the help of Smith the summer tennis programs in Middleville will grow once again. Smith knows this is a big step for himself. “Oh yeah, definitely some big shoes,” said Smith. “A guy who can have a job for 30-plus seasons and have a successful record is definitely some big shoes to fill.” If Smith can’t fill the shoes, or decides to look for some new shoes, the old coach might not mind a phone call. “Shoot, two or three years down the road if the job opens up I’ve told them to let me know. I could come back for that 40th year,” Seger said. Seger doesn’t have any reservations about Smith doing a fine job with the boys’ program, especially after their meeting on Friday. He is a bit jealous though that Smith gets to coach the group of young men that he’s got this fall. The Trojan varsity boys’ tennis team opens competition this Friday, at home against Lakewood. Middleville 7th grader part of state swimming meet Alexa Schipper Kellogg varsity girls’ swimming and diving team. She plans to continue swimming with her EGR teammates in the off-season, and is looking forward to joining the TK-Hastings swim team in two years. 77515245 Viking scramble scheduled for Aug. 24 The Lakewood High School golf program will host its fourth annual Viking Golf Scramble Fundraiser, Friday Aug. 24, at Centennial Acres in Sunfield. The four-person 18-hole scramble will begin with a shotgun start at 10 a.m. Check in begins at 9:30 a.m. The cost is $200 per team. “We would really love to see some of our former Lakewood golfers and supporters of this program out there,” said Lakewood varsity head coach Carl Kutch. There is still the opportunity to help sponsor the event, which benefits the Lakewood boys’ and girls’ golf programs. Sponsor signs are available for $50. The cost for a team and sponsor sign is $240. Checks can be made payable to Lakewood Public Schools, and sent to Kutch at 5650 Messer Rd., Freeport, MI 49325. Prizes will be given to the first and second place teams. There will also be raffle prizes, a closest to the pin competition and long drive competition. Those with any questions, interested in donating a raffle prize, or interested in sponsoring a hole can contact Kutch at (269) 9452567 or by e-mail at crkutch@yahoo.com. “...one of the strongest banks in the country.” – Bauer Financial, Inc. Come Bank With Us! 150 W. Court Street. • (269) 945-2401 HastingsCityBank.com Member FDIC Access Bauer Financial at www.bauerfinancial.com �Page 22 — Thursday, August 16, 2007 — The Hastings Banner County to be asked to help fund drug court program Circuit Judge Fisher estimates cost savings to be almost $5,000 per participant per year by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County drug court, considered by some to be the best program of its kind in the state, needs financial help, and Circuit Judge James Fisher is appealing to the County Board of Commissioners to step in with at least a portion of the money needed to keep the program going. The cost of running the program is $218,000 per year, and Fisher is asking the county to fund 43 percent. “We hope to get the remaining 57 percent from the state,” the judge said, “but given the fact that the state does not even have a budget for 2008 yet, it’s anybody’s guess what will happen.” The Barry County Adult Drug Court is a post-conviction program for felons, the judge explained to the sparse audience who attended Tuesday night’s First Friday presentation at Thomas Jefferson Hall in Hastings. The second county in the state (Kalamazoo was the first) to have such a program, Barry County drug court has risen to be a model for other such programs initiated in the interim. “The emergence of these new (drug) courts reflects the growing recognition on the part of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel that the traditional criminal justice methods of incarceration, probation or supervised parole have not stemmed the tide of drug use among criminal and drug-related crimes in America.” — Circuit Judge James Fisher Fisher, who has been a leader in the development and progress of the local program, has spoken to legislative leaders and other agencies to get his point across on the importance of local intervention. “It (the drug court program) grew out of my frustration against traditional ways of handling probation for these types of offenders,” Fisher said. “This is not a criticism of the local probation officers. It is more directed to their superiors at the state level. “The Department of Corrections runs the adult probation department. There is very little drug testing done,” he said, noting that each probation officer handles from 120 to 130 cases at a time. “The only time drug testing is done on traditional probationers is if they are re-arrested. They are ignored for months at a time simply because the case loads are too large. “It was very frustrating to me when someone came before me after being arrested again and saying, ‘I never had treatment.’ “I would say to them, ‘Why? I ordered you to receive treatment.’ “Many times it was because they knew that probation rules were not enforced because of the large caseloads.” That convinced Fisher that a local drug court program was vital. “I would sentence a second time offender to 90 days in jail and upon release they would be ordered into treatment. They would call the state and be asked to answer question to see if they qualified for a treatment program,” Fisher said. “Well, typically, a person will minimize their offense and their need for help,” he said. “When asked when was the last time they had a drink, they could say ‘I haven’t had a drink in three months.’ Of course they haven’t had a drink in three months. They’ve been in jail.” But by putting that same offender into the drug court program, Fisher said his progress can be closely monitored. An exhaustive study of the program completed in 2006 by NPC Research of Portland, Ore., concluded that the program reduced substance abuse, reduced recidivism and saved taxpayers several thousand dollars a year. But the program, which has been primarily funded through grants since its inception in 2001, cannot count on similar funding for 2008. Fisher said the NPC report concluded that drug court showed a cost savings of more than $3,000 per participant over the two-year program the study was conducted, with the average cost savings per participant amounting to approximately $4,800 per year. In explaining the process in which felons can be ordered into the program, Fisher explained the progression a person can take through the system. “Usually a first-time conviction can earn TYDEN PARK COST… • someone up to 90 days in jail. It is a misdemeanor,” he said. “A second conviction is usually a sentence of one year. It is also a misdemeanor. A third conviction is a felony and can earn an offender up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. “If we can get them into the program after that first conviction, we can help a lot of them before they get to that third level and face prison.” Fisher said felony drug or alcohol convictions dominate his docket. “We have few violent offenders in Barry County,” he said. “I think in the 12 1/2 years “Generally speaking, I think Barry County is a pretty safe place to live, but substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, is a major problem here as it is everywhere else. I think about 90 percent of the people who come before me have a serious substance abuse problem.” — Circuit Judge James Fisher I have been on the bench I have seen only about one armed robbery a year. We have had a couple of murder cases this year, but I can remember only one other murder case in the county over my time on the bench. “Generally speaking, I think Barry County is a pretty safe place to live,” he said. “But substance abuse, whether drugs or alcohol, is a major problem here as it is everywhere else. I think about 90 percent of the people who come before me have a serious substance abuse problem.” Fisher said about 16 to 22 percent of the convicted felons he sentences go to prison. “About 78 to 84 percent are placed on probation,” he said. “The judge sets the minimum sentence, which is typically 24 months, and they have to serve that minimum. But the parole board decides when they are released. “By placing convicted offenders in the drug court program, we can monitor them closely. Each probation officer has 20 to 30 cases and there is frequent testing, judicial oversight and mandated treatment. We pro- SATURDAY AUG. 25TH vide support groups and use short jail sentences for those who falter. “We have immediate response to violations,” he said. “The probation agent, the substance abuse officers and myself work very closely to monitor the progress of every participant. We meet every week to go over every case coming up.” One of the best tools to accomplish the monitoring process, Fisher said, is the wrist monitor. “It is very low cost,” he said, “only about $3 a day. It is worn typically for about three months and it is monitored twice weekly. It registers biorhythms and can accurately track the wearer’s blood alcohol level.” Fisher said the program has 10 parts. “We have an integrated treatment program. “It is a non-adversarial experience. We are there to help each person succeed. “There is an easy identification and response time built in. “Participants have access to a continuum of services and counselors. We try to match the right services with the individual, whether they need job training or GED training and testing. “There is very close monitoring throughout the program. “There is a coordinated strategy involving the court and the caseworkers. “There is an ongoing program evaluation. We submit an annual report documenting all the participants. “There is continued interdisciplinary education. “We have established local partnerships with the law enforcement agencies, community mental health services and other agencies to make sure each participant gets the resources he or she needs to be successful. The judge said they are not successful 100 percent of the time, but their success rate is extraordinarily high considering the difficulty a person customarily has in breaking such a difficult dependency. “To be eligible for the program a person has to pass certain criteria,” he said. “They can not be a violent offender, they cannot be a dealer, and the prosecutor has veto power. If the prosecutor feels a particular offender is not right for the program, they are not accepted.” Fisher said they have had 216 participants in the program since its inception in 2001. “We have had 95 graduates,” he said, “and I expect we will have 100 by the end of this year. So far only 11 have been re-arrested. Two-thirds of the participants have successfully completed the program and of those two-thirds, 88 percent have had no additional criminal charges on their record. “Every successful participant saves us all money,” he said. “Typically it costs approximately $32,000 a year to house a person in prison. To house them in jail costs us approximately $18,000 a year. To put a person through the drug court program costs taxpayers only $3,000 to $4,000 a year and I would say that typically it is closer to $3,000.” “Is it worth it?” he asked. “The study showed that participants in the drug court pro- $ 25 per team of 3 or 4 players Postmarked to the Chamber by Friday, Aug. 17th CHECK IN… 8:30 AM Make checks payable to Hastings Summerfest 2007 Pick up T-shirts at this time TIP OFF… 9:30 AM Boys & Girls (Ages 12-14) Team Name ____________________ Boys & Girls (Ages 15-17) Men & Women (Ages 18-25) Men & Women (Ages 26 & up) Age brackets subject to change based on participation Team Captain____________________________________ Age _______ Send Entries to… Phone # __________________________ 77514546 Team Members Age Age ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Please fill out form completely Barry County Chamber of Commerce 221 W. State Street Hastings, MI 49058 Questions ??… Call (269) 948-3025 77515180 TYDEN PARK • SATURDAY AUG. 25 TH Circuit Judge James Fisher gram are re-arrested less than half as often as those who are not in the program. Graduate of the program are re-arrested less than one quarter as often. None of our graduates were re-arrested for crimes against people of property during the time the study was conducted,” he said. “They are working, paying taxes and contributing to society. “It is easy to look at the numbers,” he said, “but look at the individual people. “There are three questions that need to be asked,” Fisher said. “Did the Barry County Adult Drug Court reduce participant drug abuse? Did the Barry County Adult Drug Court reduce recidivism? Are there cost savings (avoided costs) that can be attributed to the Barry County Adult Drug Court program? “In each case the answer is a resounding ‘Yes,’” he said. Fisher said he is now asking the Barry County Commission to help keep the program going. He cited a quote in the NPC study to strengthen his argument. “The emergence of these new (drug) courts reflects the growing recognition on the part of judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel that the traditional criminal justice methods of incarceration, probation or supervised parole have not stemmed the tide of drug use among criminal and drug-related crimes in America.” The report stated that the Barry County Drug Court showed a cost savings per participant of more than $3,000 over a two year period. When that number is multiplied by the 216 participants who have participated in the program since 2001, the total program savings (for outcomes over the period of time they are in the program) amounts to $648,000 to taxpayers. “There are those who say we have to be tough on crime,” Fisher said. “I think we have to be smart on crime.” � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-08-23.pdf 527bab496638c9604dae31c512fa7313 PDF Text Text Three employees of library to retire soon Closing park not a threat, it’s a promise Hastings and Delton fall sports preview See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Pages 18-22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 34 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 30th annual Summerfest party to offer more music, food, fun NEWS BRIEFS by Kelly Lloyd Staff Writer After months of planning, Hastings Summerfest 2007 is just aboy ready to mark its 30th annual presentation. Music, fun, and food will surround the city as the festival begins next Friday and runs through a full weekend. Summerfest Chairman Mike Hallifax said is very pleased to announce two new changes to this year’s Summerfest. First, the Elks refreshment tent has been relocated to the downtown parking lot behind Miller Estate and, second, the addition of two entertainment stages. “We have gone from one entertainment stage to three,” informed Hallifax. “We are closing Jefferson Street to host a stage there as well as a stage in the Elks Refreshment Four Heatstrokes’ title streak ends The Four Heatstrokes, aka the Four Frostbites, aka the Icemen, aka All for One finally had their music trivia championship winning streak ended last Saturday night when they lost in the final round to The Waverunners. The final telling blow was Tommy Tucker’s 1964 hit, “High Heel Sneakers.” The Waverunners included Captain Brian Reynolds, Julie Nakoor Pratt, Jim McManus and Big Jim McManus. The Heatstokes are made up of Jeff Aley, Captain Rob Swelnis, Dwight “Smiley” Replogle and Dan Carrigan. Also making a very strong showing in the semifinals was the Diskfunctional team of Captain Forrest Evans, Kelly Lloyd, Tammy VandenToorn and Mary Chrisman. The music trivia contest, sponsored by J-Ad Graphics, the Hastings Country Club and Monterey Grille Pub, was a fund-raiser for the Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter. Green Gables Director Janie Bergeron reported that about $2,000 was collected. Emcee David T. Young tried out a new twist by having television themes in the mix, but said he learned painfully that most people do not remember old TV themes as well as they do old rock ’n roll. He apologizes for any misunderstandings contestants or audience members may have had. Historical Society wants to ID slides The Barry County Historical Society needs help from the public. In the society archives are several boxes of photographic slides, which appear to date back to the 1940s and 1950s. Unfortunately, nobody knows who donated the slides to the society. For the September meeting, the Historical Society is planning a workshop type of meeting to view and identify as many of these slides as possible. Help from all Barry County residents whose memories extend back into the first half of the 20th century will be needed. “We will also need to locate and borrow two slide projectors” said member and program chairman Brian Reynolds. “Some of the slides are in the small format that is compatible with the carousel type projector. Others are apparently older, and much larger. These older slides do not fit in the newer projectors.” Anyone who has either type of projector that the Historical Society can use for this program is asked to call Reynolds at 269945-3668. Also from the archives, quite a number of photographs will be on display for identification purposes. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The Barry County Historical Society meets the third Thursday of each month at the Elks Lodge building on Woodlawn Avenue just east of Bob King Park. As always, the public is welcome to attend. Tent.” According to Hallifax, the popular Hastings Car Show, food vendors and arts and craft shows are all returning. Also returning are the climbing wall and bungee jump that have been absent for a couple of years. Summerfest’s daily events will include the Bob’s Gun & Tackle open house and 45th anniversary, concessions, arts and crafts show, BCCC Kid’s Inflatable Activities, and the softball tournament. Friday and Saturday only activities include the elks refreshment tent with entertainment, arts and craft show, and entertainment on the Court Street Stage and Jefferson Street Stage. Saturday is filled with a busy schedule of Farmers Market, breakfast “plus” sponsored See SUMMERFEST, page 2 Hastings schools employee groups’ contracts approved Kelly and Nathan Frame both received awards last Monday night from the Hastings Board of Education for their roles in saving a boy’s life in the community pool. Brother and sister lifeguards praised for saving boy’s life A local brother and sister were recognized Monday night by the Hastings Area Schools Board of Education for saving the life of a boy at the Community Education and Recreation Center pool. Nate and Kelly Frame were working as lifeguards Friday, July 27, when Nate discovered one swimmer could not be accounted for. When he cleared the deep end of the pool, he saw the boy at the bottom. He dived to the bottom to get the boy while Kelly cleared the pool and called 911. By the time an ambulance arrived, Nate had performed cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and had the boy breathing on his own. He was then transported to Pennock Hospital before returning home later that evening. “I think we should be very proud of these two young people for their life-saving efforts,” said Hastings High School Assistant Principal Judy Johnson, who also runs the CERC. “I know this is their job, but because of their keen attention to detail, a life was saved.” Johnson introduced Kelly and Nate at the board meeting Monday, as well as their mother Wendy Frame, who teaches at Northeastern Elementary School, and their instructor, Wendy McCausey. In one of his first official acts, Superintendent Rich Satterlee presented an award to Nate and Kelly acknowledging their by David T. Young Editor One-year contracts for three employee groups and wording for a millage renewal on the Nov. 7 election ballot were approved Monday night by the Hastings Board of Education. The three employee groups included bus drivers, the Hastings Education Support Personnel Association and child care employees. The bus drivers and HESPA members will get between 1 and 1 1/2 percent pay increases, depending on whether or not they agree to changes in their insurance benefit plans. They recently reached a tentative agreement on a contract that is good from July 1 of this year to June 30, 2008. School board member Tammy Pennington said, “All three of these employee groups do excellent work for the children of this district. I only regret we cannot offer them more.” In a related matter, agreed to increase compensation for cheer leading coaches at the middle school and high school levels to bring their pay more in line with other coaches. Middle school cheer coaches will get between 4 and 6 percent of their salary step schedules, high school coaches will get between 3 and 6 percent varsity high school will receive between 5 and 9 percent, depending on experience. “This brings it so we’re not blatantly in violation of Title Nine,” Superintendent Richard Satterlee commented. See SCHOOLS, page 16 “I know this is their job, but because of their keen attention to detail, a life was saved.” — Assistant Principal Judy Johnson quick action. He said the Frames followed proper procedures swiftly, ordering all swimmers out of the pool, recovering the boy and administering CPR. Nate is a 2005 Hastings graduate now attending college, and Kelly will be a senior at Hastings High School this fall. Driver charged in fatal crash from June 3 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Juan Armando Villa, 35, of Hastings has been arrested and charged in connection with the June 3 traffic death of Brian Jay Lancaster, 23, of Hastings. Lancaster was the passenger in a car driven by Villa which was involved in a single vehicle accident when it crashed on Upton Road at the intersection of Whitmore Road in Rutland Township. Villa was arrested Tuesday and charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, a 15-year felony; driving while his license was suspended causing death, a 15year felony; manslaughter with a motor vehicle, a 15-year felony, operating while intoxi- Thornapple Players to perform mystery While summer weather lives out its last days, people can look forward to starting school, changing leaves and the Thornapple Players’ fall production of Agatha Christie’s mystery “Cards on the Table.” Christie’s book was adapted for the stage by Leslie Darborn. It will be performed with the usual gusto of the resident See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, August 23, 2007 Juan Armando Villa See CRASH, page 2 Bowling for fun in Orangeville The second annual Orangeville Day celebration last Saturday drew good crowds of people. The activities for children were especially popular. Here, Marley Miller from Delton tries her hand at bowling. See page three inside today’s edition of the Banner for more pictures. There will be even more pictures in Saturday’s Reminder. (Photo by Linda Boyce) �Page 2 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page acting group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will be directing the performance, and Kimberly Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. In addition to preparing for their fall play, the Thornapple Players also are preparing to participate in Hastings Summerfest. They will have a silent auction tent with gift baskets available for bidding. They also will be participating in the Summerfest parade and celebrating Summerfest’s 30th birthday in their march down State Street. involved in fund-raising and publicity, the symphony will perform in 2008 and on an annual basis.” Last year, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performance included students of the Hastings High School choral and instrumental music departments. Anyone interested in serving on the committee but not able to attend next Tuesday’s meeting should call Rich Moore, Symphony Committee chair, at 269/945-4995. Master Garden classes planned Carter Lake Preserve will be the site of a stewardship workday, and area residents are invited to attend from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 25. Stewardship volunteers from the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) will be out at the preserve to stop the spread of autumn olive and spotted knapweed, two aggressive and non-native plants. Autumn olive grows thick and shades out native wildflowers with its spreading branches. Spotted knapweed leaches toxins into the soil to poison competition. Volunteers are needed to help knock back these alien invaders by cutting, pulling, and using whatever means are necessary. Bring sturdy work gloves and footwear. Wear long sleeves and pants to protect against poison ivy. Depending on rainfall, waterproof boots might be necessary. SWMLC will provide beverages. Carter Lake Preserve is a 57-acre nature preserve with frontage on Carter Lake, just northwest of the City of Hastings. It was donated to SWMLC by Tom and Lisa Groos to protect the sensitive wetlands and preserve the forest as a haven for wildlife. To register for this workday and for directions to meet at the preserve or to carpool, call Nate Fuller at the SWMLC office at (269) 324-1600 by Thursday, Aug. 23. The Barry County Michigan State University Extension office will hold the 2007 Master Gardener series of classes on Tuesday evenings from Sept. 11 to Nov. 27. The classes include an introduction to plant science, soils, flower gardening, household pests and wildlife, indoor plants, lawns, integrated pest management, growing small and tree fruits, vegetable gardening, woody ornamentals and water quality. Classes will be held at the Barry County Courts and Law Building and the MainStreet Savings Bank. Classes are taught by MSU Extension educators and horticulture industry professionals. The cost of the 12-week course is $275. A $25 non refundable application fee is required and is applied to the total tuition fee. The tuition covers the course fee and an 800-page resource manual. Anyone interested in taking the class can call Dennis Pennington at (269) 945-1388 or e-mail him at pennin34@msu.edu. Riverbank music series ends Friday The Riverbank music series for this summer will end Friday, Aug. 24, with the Thornapple Valley Church Praise Band performing contemporary Christian music. This Friday, Aug. 17, Brian Corrall will perform classic rock songs at the Riverbank Music concert. The Riverbank Music concerts are from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Gazebo along the Thornapple River in Old Downtown Middleville. The rain location is announced as needed.. The concert series is supported by the Downtown Development Authority and private donations. For more information about this concert series, call the Middleville Village Hall at 795-3385. Arts Council sets multi-media class The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County will offer a multi-media art course designed to provide rich visual arts experiences for students in grades 5-8. The class will run Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon beginning Sept.15 through Nov. 10. Students will be encouraged to have fun while developing skills in sculpture, drawing, watercolor painting, and collage. Michelle Ayres, middle and high school art teacher at Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, will teach the class. Ayres has extensive experience in West Michigan schools and lives in Barry County. Cost of the class is $90. A minimum of five students is required. Class size will be limited and enrollment is on a first-come, firstserved basis. To register please call the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002 or send payment to the Thornapple Arts Council, P.O. Box 36, Hastings, MI 49058, The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides outstanding concerts,scholarships, showcase local talent, and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. Committee wants symphony’s return The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County invites community members who want see the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra perform in the county to attend a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Arts Council Building inside Fish Hatchery Park on Green Street in Hastings. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to perform in Hastings on Thursday, April 24, 2008, pending securing funding. TAC Director Lizanne Fehsenfeld says, “We hope that by having the community Workday planned at Carter Lake Sing for Kids Sake contest is Aug. 24 The Barry County Idol Contest “Sing for Kids Sake” will be at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. All money collected through the contest will help fund Child Abuse Prevention Council programs in Barry County. Those interested in participating in the contest should pick their favorite song and record it on a three- to five-minute VHS or DVD. Participants should include a $25 entry fee and a brief written biography of a maximum of 150 about their musical history. Make the check payable to CAPCBC and mail it to Barry County Idol, P.O. Box 304, Hastings, MI, 49058. Local professional judges will select 10 contestants to perform Aug. 24 at the Barry County Idol contest. Those finalists will be contacted during the first week of August. Finalists should prepare two songs to sing during the performance. For more information or an application, call Karen Jousma the Child Abuse Prevention Council at (269) 948-3264. Church leading lightbulb drive Hope Church of the Brethren is planning a kickoff for a "Change for a Change" campaign for the environment the weekend of Aug. 25-26. On Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the church youth will have a bake sale and car wash at their church meeting house on Route 50, a mile west of Hastings Road, with all proceeds going toward the Energy Saving Bulb (ESB) Give-Away Project. On Sunday, Aug. 26 (since the fight against global warming is somewhat akin to "marching to the beat of a different drummer"), it is anticipated that Bill Vits, percussionist for the Grand Rapids Symphony, will be at Hope Church of the Brethren at 1 p.m. to give a program of "drumming.” The youth at Hope Church of the Brethren have developed a goal to spread the word about this and encourage people in the community to make this change. Their goal is to raise enough money to purchase 500 energy saving bulbs, which will then be distributed door to door to families in the community. They also will include a flyer with information about global warming and challenge the receivers of the light bulb to change not only one bulb, but all the bulbs in their homes to energy saving light bulbs. It is the youth's mission to spread the word that small changes like this can make a big difference in the world if enough people get involved. For more information about this "Change for a Change"/Energy Saving Bulb Project” or the weekend events, call Amy TuttleHellwig at (616) 868-7326, or call Hope Church at (616) 765-3587. Three library employees to retire soon by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings Public Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer announced at Monday night’s City Council meeting that she and library employees Charlotte Anton and Darryl Hawbaker will be retiring in the coming months. Hawbaker plans to retire at the end of September, Schondelmayer at the end of December and Anton in early 2008. There will be a retirement party for Hawbaker in the library community room from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 5. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • Resolution 2007-32 was passed to amend the city’s contract with Consumers Energy for the installation and energy for the five streetlights on North Street and authorize the mayor and clerk to sign the necessary documents. • A request from the Michigan Municipal League was granted designating an official representative and an alternate official representative to cast the vote of the city at the annual MML meeting. • The mayor and clerk were approved to sign parking space lease agreements through March 31, 2008, with Dale Dickinson for one space, Daniel Rice for three spaces, Jack Wilson for one space, FLT Transport (Larry Bennett) for one space, Arden Wilder for one space and Michelle Scaturro for one space. • Barry County Commissioner Don Nevins was absent from the meeting to make a request by the county to waive the tax capture for the Downtown Development Authority and the Local Development Financial Authority for the proposed millage on the November ballot for Charlton Park. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick was present to ask that the request be put on the next City Council agenda. Summerfest’s Fun Run marks its 20th year This weekend’s Summerfest Celebration in Hastings marks not only the 30th anniversary of the annual community celebration and festival, but also the 20th Summerfest Fun Run and the 20th gathering of the “Drug Free Crowd.” The Summerfest Fun Run is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, starting at the Hastings Middle School immediately following the completion of the 5K and 10K racing events. The Summerfest Fun Run began 20 years ago as the “High on Myself Mile,” a youth event in addition to the Summerfest 5K and 10K runs. Barry County Substance Abuse Services, the organization responsible for the event, originally was looking for a way for children and youth to rally and pledge to be “drug free” while also participating in a positive activity such as running or walking. In 1990, the Fun Run introduced the “Drug Free Crowd,” which has been growing in numbers and popularity every year. “The Fun Run has become a non-competitive event for children, youth, families, sports teams, service clubs, and other community members alike, celebrating and encouraging positive, healthy choices and activities,” said Liz Lenz, prevention specialist for Barry County Substance Abuse Services. “Each year, the Fun Run enjoys fantastic community support and is able to award every Summerfest Fun Run participant a free, “Drug Free Crowd” T-shirt made possible through community sponsorship by businesses, organizations and individuals. The Summerfest Fun Run has become a family tradition for many people and event organizers. Lenz and Therese Maupin-Moore, also a preventionist, are planning for more than 450 participants this year to help celebrate the 20th running of the Fun Run. Five hundred brightly colored “Drug Free Crowd” T-shirts are waiting to be handed out as this year’s crowd crosses the finish line of the one-mile course. Runners and walkers of any age or ability are welcome to participate in Saturday’s event and help celebrate safe and positive choices as they join the “Drug Free Crowd.” The Hastings Summerfest is a communitywide event with a multitude of activities, including a parade, sports events, a car show, a craft fair and various other activities. Hastings Public Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer hands Hastings Mayor Bob May the key to the old library building, turning the building back over to the city. SUMMERFEST, continued from page 1 Native American flute music, played by Javier Maigua, attracted Summerfest visitors to the AmericaManta booth last year during the arts and crafts show, which traditionally exhibits a variety of talent and unique items. This weekend’s arts and crafts show will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday on the Barry County Courthouse lawn in downtown Hastings. (photos by Elaine Gilbert) by the Hastings Moose Lodge; Jaycees fishing contest; roller hockey tournament; coed sand volleyball tournament; Jim Jensen Memorial 3x3 basketball tournament; 10K, 5K, run/walk; weight lifting contest, Barry County Substance Abuse Services fun run, free picnic lunch, and the Summerfest Grand Parade. Sunday’s events will include a Service on the Green, the Hastings Car Club Car Show, First Presbyterian Church Services, the Duck Race, and the Children’s Parade. Hallifax credits not only about a dozen Summerfest Committee volunteers for all of the hours and work toward the festival, but also the county and city employees and volunteers for their overtime before and after the festival. “It takes the efforts of over 100 volunteers to make this event happen,” he explained. “We couldn’t offer the festival without the commitment of the county and city for helping prepare the grounds for the festival and then cleaning up afterward.” CRASH, continued from page 1 cated causing serious injury, a five-year felony, driving while license suspended causing serious injury, a five-year felony; and felonious driving, a two-year felony. The initial investigation, conducted by troopers from the Hastings post of the Michigan State Police indicated Villa was driving a 1973 Chevrolet Nova west on Upton Road when he went through the intersection at Whitmore Road and struck a tree head on. Lancaster was pronounced dead at the scene. Villa and a 13-year-old passenger in the vehicle both were transported from the scene by Lansing Mercy EMS to Pennock Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Villa was arraigned in 56-B District Court Tuesday. A big draw to Summerfest is the three-day arts and crafts show, the Grand Parade at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, sporting events and more. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 3 Second annual Orangeville Day clebration includes ducks, elephants The United Bank float was patriotic and full of waves. Mary Travis, 80 years old, fulfilled a lifetime wish and got to ride an elephant on Saturday. She says, “this was my dream come true.” Photos by Linda Boyce The Thornapple Arts Council distributed coloring books during Orangeville Day. Mary Buckmaster (left) from the General Federated Women’s Club in the Gun Lake area sold raffle tickets for the quilt created by members. Tickets are available at the GFWC-Gun Lake area library in The Water’s Edge on Patterson Road. Alvin Warren was presented with an autographed veteran’s T-shirt by Orangeville Township Supervisor Tom Rook in honor of his hard work in planning and making the Orangeville Veterans Memorial a reality. Little Miss Orangeville Samantha Moore got to ride in her first parade last Saturday. Clifford the Big Red Dog rode in the Delton District Library truck during the Orangeville parade. Alvin Warren sets up the waiting area for the helicopter rides at Orangeville Day. The ride was very popular and had long lines. Lynn Hatfield from the Barry County Chamber of Commerce helped sell tickets during Orangeville Day. The chamber worked with the Orangeville Day Committee in planning the events. Hailee Risner smiles as she gets her face painted by Melissa Julian, a member of the Delton court. �Page 4 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner New local corporate business has disability in caring IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Let’s make sure crime doesn’t pay To the editor: Criminals need to be stopped. A recent burglary in which thieves stole several thousand dollars worth of my personal tools and equipment drove home the anger and frustration many other folks experience when this happens. Victimized by people too lazy to work, it has prevented me from being able to work at my job and earn a living, as they stole my means to do so. Using their skewed logic, I suppose I should be allowed in turn to steal from someone else, because... you fill in the blanks. It gets old hearing people say, "Times are hard" as if that is a good reason, it's just an excuse. I've seen plenty of hard times in my life, and I never stole, I just worked harder and longer to try making things better for myself and my family. The tools stolen from me took years to accumulate, and it took a lot of weekly payments to get them. Everyone I talk to speaks about insurance paying for the stolen items as if that lessens the crime, I didn't have insurance on them, it's too expensive, but even if I did, it doesn't make it right to steal. I've also heard the phrase, "Well it wasn't a violent crime and nobody got hurt," but what about when the thieves escalate to home invasions, muggings or car jackings as their desperation level rises? At what point does it become a serious crime instead of a dismissible one? What can be done and who is responsible? It's not just the thieves who are the problem. Ordinary people who see something wrong and don't report it are part of the problem. People who have a friend or family member who they know are involved in crime but keep quiet are part of the problem. Ask yourself if you can really trust this person, after all they are a thief, and if they stole from some- one else, what makes you think they won't do the same to you eventually? I'm sure they could come up with some excuse to do just that. Local law enforcement and news outlets need to inform the community when they know there is a problem, so that people will be more alert. Businesses and individuals that create an outlet for stolen items are a big part of the problem. If thieves couldn't sell their stolen goods, there wouldn't a point in stealing. The "scrap thief" and scrap yards that take anything and everything without question are a more recent development that many don't take seriously, but they should. More pressure needs to be put on scrap yards to monitor what comes through their gates. If you call to inquire about something specific being stolen and turned in for scrap, all you get is a canned response about the huge amounts of this or that they take in each day, "but they'll keep an eye out!" If they want to do business in the community, they need to help by trying harder to make the salvage business an honest one. Last, but certainly not least, are the courts and criminal justice system that let criminals off with a slap on the hand for one reason or another once they are caught. They need to be tougher. What about overcrowding? So what, they are criminals, jail or prison ought to be damn uncomfortable. I don't agree with much about the Muslim religion, and it sounds harsh, but maybe they are onto something with the cutting off the right hand of a thief... it's not like they are contributing anything to society that we can't do without. Don't be part of the problem, be part of the solution. Mark Brandli, Delton Student film project was rewarding To the editor: What kids would uncomplainingly go to school day after day in 90-degree heat for a week during the summer? Kids who love what they are doing! During the last three summers I have worked with students in Barry County to produce films that have won top awards in the Michigan Film & Video Festival. Partication has grown from an original class of 30 students to 69 students this summer. The two films that most of the students helped create this summer will be presented for the final time on screen at the Hastings Cinema 4 this Saturday, Aug. 25, at 9 a.m. along with our film “Another Visit from Uncle Todd,” which won Best of Show out of 388 entries at the 2007 film festival in Detroit. All three twenty-minute films will be shown along with ten minutes of “bloopers" from each film. We had a good turnout for our showing last week. It was a thrill to hear last week's audience fill the theater with laughter throughout the showing of the films and to see the delighted faces of kids and adults (some with tears flowing down their faces!) as they exited the auditorium. I invite you to join us for thIs rare opportunity to see quality films produced here in Hastings, the story and music provided by our own actors/singers. We are grateful for the support of 21 local businesses for their financial support with this project. We would appreciate your support for the students' efforts by attending our final showing. The cost for the general public is $5 at the door. Todd Willard, Hastings Grand marshals appreciate Delton To the editor, We are grateful to the Delton Chamber of Commerce and Founder's Day Committee for being selected as grand marshals for this year's Founder's Weekend parade. It was a fantastic honor. We were so pleased to reunite with so many of our friends from Delton. One of the highlights was being presented with a beautiful plaque which we will treasure. The ride in the 1934 Packard during the parade was enjoyable, as was the barbecue dinner on Friday and the pancake breakfast Saturday morning. We especially appreciate the people of Delton for their hospitality and the honor they bestowed on us. Gary Buckland did a super job as master of ceremonies and we greatly appreciate Vic and Jo Haas for their hospitality and Dick and Kent Enyart for fitting us in for a memorable round of golf on Friday. We appreciate the nice article in the Reminder by Elaine Gilbert. We had a great time. Jim and Penny Hogan To the editor: The basis for this story is to talk about my daughter (29 years old and learning disabled) a former employee who lost her job at the Felpausch store under new management. She lost her job not because of being learning disabled, poor job performance, but because her employer didn't care about some simple and reasonable accommodations due to her recent back surgery that resulted in a restriction imposed on her. Back in April my daughter was diagnosed with a piece of broken vertebrae in the small of her back that was pressing on her spinal column. As a result she had back surgery and was laid up for a couple of months from her job as a bagger for Felpausch. She held this position for seven years with the now defunct Felpausch store under old management. During her tenure she only called in once for being sick. In today's world of high employee absenteeism, I would say that is excellent. To have an employee that you can depend on, show up for work on time and not miss scheduled work days is getting to be a forgotten value in today's society. In fact, many times management would call her to work for other baggers who could not come into work. She was glad to do this because as a bagger you may not have been scheduled many hours for the week. Getting back to my daughter's situation; after rest, rehab and doctor appointments, she was released by her family physician to go back to work with one stipulation. She could go back to work but with a restriction of not lifting more than 25 lbs. I am not a rocket bagger scientist, but I am pretty sure 95 percent or more of grocery bags that are assembled do not weigh 25 lbs. The new Felpausch store had concerns about her condition. Corporate management felt she would not be able to perform normal bagger responsibilities. I do feel my daughter is being short changed. Yes, there are a few products (salt pearls, dog food, and some heavier ice bags) that would prevent her from performing, but again this is not the majority of her position description. I am pretty sure another bagger working during the same time period could load those particular items onto the customer's cart. As for new corporate management, change is not always for the best when it comes to its employees. Past history of Felpausch was to hire students from this town and neighboring communities, giving them an opportunity in which work could be scheduled around school and extra curricular activities that is very hard to come by in these tough times. Felpausch aso was very good about hiring people who had disabilities. There are not many businesses in this world that are willing to commit themselves hiring the mentally or physically handicapped because with it comes red flags. Yes, the new Felpausch management will Vote is all about park, not people To the editor: Since a recent letter writer seems to be confusing the future of Charlton Park with the desire to express his discontent with past board members, a past director and their decisions in the past, I would like to logically point out that a "yes" vote for the millage renewal is a vote for the continuation of entertaining historical and educational public events at the Charlton Park Historic Village and Museum. This is not a political vote either for or against any person or persons. A vote in favor of the continued millage is more important than any one person’s opinion of any past or present board members and should not be perceived as a vote about those who present- Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. succeed as they have shown in the corporate world, but do they really care about their own dedicated employees? I can only say that my daughter in her previous seven years of employment under the old management, the ma and pa store of Hastings, had a positive and rewarding experience. I am very lucky that I, my wife, and two other daughters did not have a disability that would prevent us from getting a job or losing a job. I came to this town back in 1974 with my wife and some expectations. We came because it was a small town, it was not far from where I grew up in Lansing, and we felt this would be a great place to start and raise a family. I would say this has been true to almost every degree. I became a teacher/coach in the Hastings Area Schools right out of college and ended up retiring from this local school system, which in my opinion is second to none. My wife worked for the hospital as a nurse, a family practitioner, became a stay home mom, and then once the children grew up is now working for a very successful medical practice (Family Tree) in Hastings. My youngest and eldest daughters graduated from Hastings Area Schools, went to college, and are now successful in the work force. My middle daughter whom this story is about graduated from Hastings and was fortunate to have some of the best special ed teachers any school system could have prepare her for the future. After my middle daughter graduated from Hastings High, she then started going to the local mental health agency that helps with the disabled in our community. It was through this agency she was able to receive job training at the Meijer grocery store in Grand Rapids as a bagger. From there she was hired by Felpausch (old management). As I stated earlier in this story, my daughter had a positive and rewarding experience working for the old Felpausch gaining confidence and growing as a person during her working tenure. She worked with some great people, enjoyed what she was doing, and came home with a paycheck, something many of us take for granted. At the end of July, my wife and I were in communication with the present management of Felpausch and Spartan Corporate. Human resources from Spartan led us to believe that even if my daughter did not resume her responsibilities as a bagger something could be found for her. After much debate over this issue with Spartan, it was decided by Spartan to have a scientific analysis done on the grocery bagbag and its contents for normal everyday bagging. Spartan said they would call us within one or two business days. One week later, after Spartan Corporate did not call, my wife received a call from Spartan after I had to call them to get an update on my daughter's working status. Spartan didn't even mention anything about the scientific analysis, but only said my daughter could not work ly serve on the Charlton Park Board. Neither should a "no" vote be used to express dissatisfaction with those persons currently volunteering their time and ideas by serving on the board of this County Park. A "yes" vote for the renewal of the millage is an expression of your desire to see this historic village and park still be a functioning facility for our community and for the enjoyment of our children for years to come. If you would like to see changes in how things are run, then step forward, volunteer your time, and by all means, express your opinions to help create change for the betterment of your community. Julie E. Moore, Hastings How do sports changes affect you? This fall is the first time that area high schools are dealing with the changes of when certain sports will be played. For example, girls’ golf and volleyball are now in the fall rather than in the spring or winter. How is this change affecting you and your family? for Felpausch until the 25-lb. lifting restriction was removed. Of course, my wife and I were deeply disturbed and proceeded to call Spartan to find out more details about their decision. The decision made by Spartan only dealt with the fact my daughter had a medical restriction that she couldn't lift more than 25 1bs. When I asked to see the analysis done on the weight of a normal bag of groceries, the person from Spartan did not have an answer. After I asked persistently about this analysis, this person was fumbling for words. I asked for the results and who conducted the analysis to be mailed to me. Later in the day a voice message was left for me informing me no such documentation would be sent. You want what is best for your children and for them to succeed in life. My daughter's education in the Hastings Area Schools properly prepared her to be placed in the work force, even though she has some limitations. She did get to the workplace and was a productive worker in the Hastings community. In my last communication with Spartan Corporate, I told them I wish they had never come into my town. The old Felpausch was a great place for consumers and those people who worked for the store. I am deeply saddened to see this new corporation come here to Hastings and not see the big picture but barely beyond their nose. If only Spartan could open their eyes, they can still have a successful business and at the same time treat people who work for them as if they truly care about them. For the record, as Spartan Felpausch has shown support for my daughter, my family will also show support for them in the same manner. Jeff Simpson, Hastings Foundation can’t bail out the park To the editor: Speculation is that the Charlton Park Village and Museum Foundation has the resources to "rescue" Charlton Park if the proposed operating millage renewal fails Nov. 6. Nothing could be further from the truth. Two facts must be understood. First, the foundation's charter limits the amount that can be contributed to the park each year to a portion of the income that our assets earn. Even then, the foundation’s contributions can only be used for the maintenance, repair and display of the artifacts; not other operating expenses. These restrictions cannot be violated or easily changed. Current earnings enable the foundation to contribute approximately $25,000 per year to the park. The second fact is that even if these restrictions did not exist, distribution of the foundation's total assets would support the park for just a couple of years — not perpetually. We can help the park, we cannot save it. The foundation is not the answer to the challenge of funding the park. To say otherwise is only another attempt to justify not supporting the millage proposal. The foundation's board members are all actively supporting the millage proposal in order to preserve this incredible resource for future generations to enjoy. Wesley D. Robinson, Charlton Park Foundation Chairman The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... 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I am going to have to schedule getting my homework done.” Tonya McCarter, Alto: “I like the change. It means that I can come in from summer activities and start practicing for volleyball without delay. I think it will help me stay more fit.” Ashley Martin, Middleville: “I think the change is difficult because too many events have been put in the fall and there are not enough scheduled in the spring.” Jake Lombardo, Middleville: The changes did not affect me because I play football in the fall and baseball in the spring. We hope that volleyball game dates won’t conflict with football dates.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Closing park not a threat, it’s a promise Some Barry County folks have been reporting they’re uncomfortable with the County Board of Commissioners’ letter of intent saying Charlton Park will be “mothballed” if the Nov. 6 millage renewal is rejected. I have a much different take: Finally, government is leveling with us, telling us the painful truth about what the consequences are if we collectively turn down Charlton Park’s millage renewal request for the third time in two years. We have to face the plain, hard truth that we can’t have our cake and eat it, too. I’ve talked to many of these county officials privately and though the park’s village and museum may have to be shut down, even that will come with a cost: An estimated $100,000 a year for maintenance of the beach and recreation area. The only way to reduce that cost is the unthinkable — to sell off the artifacts and property, which will eliminate the exposure going forward. The electorate in 2006 twice turned down a millage renewal request, once in August and again in November. As a result, the County Board, led by the chairman and three new members, held two public meetings last winter to ask the public why. The messages, loud and clear, were that people didn’t feel welcome at the park, that volunteers had been mistreated and there just weren’t many festival-style weekend events there any more, particularly the popular Civil War re-enactments. So the County Board decided to take bold action by dissolving the old Parks and Recreation Commission and replacing it with two volunteer-based groups of “stakeholders,” by hiring a new hands-on interim director in Keith Murphy, and by brainstorming ways to get people to come back to the park on weekends. In other words, the board tried to listen to the people and oversee changes to make Charlton Park more a part of the community while retaining its unique historical flavor with its 19th century village and museum. Since then the weekend events at the park have more than doubled and it appears the Civil War re-enactors will be back next summer, that is, if the park is still operating. Some naysayers maintain the County Board and the two newly created commissions regarding parks and recreation have had little or nothing to do with creating the new events. That’s simply not true. Without the structural changes made last winter, we’d be looking at essentially the same park situation that existed a year ago. A lot of these stakeholders have rolled up their sleeves this year and worked hard mentally and physically for more events to please more people. So now comes the County Board asking one more time if the people will support the new park with a new attitude. This is not ignoring “What part of ‘no’ don’t you understand?” from the voters twice last year. This is responding to their wishes, making wholesale changes in the product and then asking, “Will you support the new and improved Charlton Park?” Therefore, if the majority of voters on Nov. 6 still say ‘no’ a third time, then there is no other choice than to shut down the operations and mothball it. There is no point in keeping a facility open when the public decides it’s not willing to support it. And if the County Board members should magically come up with a way to fund Charlton Park after a third millage renewal failure, they should refrain from doing so, because they must mean what they say and provide their constituents with honesty and integrity. They claim now they cannot absorb the $450,000 annual cost in the general budget. If they keep the park open after the third millage defeat, they will be guilty of deception and will not deserve the trust of the public again. Some maintain the county can find the money to fund Charlton Park in its budget. However, the state is cutting back revenue sharing support. Programs like adult drug court, according to last week’s Banner story about Judge Jim Fisher’s presentation, will need more county financial support to stay alive. And local fundraising has been taking place all summer to try to save the Green Gables domestic violence shelter, which has been cut severely by the state. This is not to mention many other financial issues the county may face in the next few years as well. Regretfully, the County Board must tell the public that closing the park is not a threat, it’s a promise. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Partisan attacks on local Dems unwarranted To the editor: Last week’s letter by Fran Faverman attacking local Democrats was just more typical right-wing spin where war is peace, lies are truth, bad is good, and wrong is right. Her venomous words were in search for someone to blame for the Republicans’ own failings on local, state and national issues. What better target than the hapless opposing party? Faverman’s letter accuses Barry County Democratic Chair Barb Cichy and Vice Chair David Brinkert of knowingly recruiting a county commissioner candidate who had a felony record. This is nonsense. It was the candidate himself who came forward to run. He was not “recruited,” as Faverman would have one believe. And, while the candidate did not initially disclose his past legal problems to the committee, once they became known, committee members made every effort to dissuade the candidate from running. He chose to ignore their wishes and then without the support of the local Democrats, still ran a very competitive race against his GOP challenger. Faverman continued the rant trying then to align George Hubka with the Barry County Democrats. Hubka was recently disparaged in the Banner because of his stand against the county commissioner’s ill-conceived TOST (Time of Sale or Transfer) ordinance (In essence, TOST is another tax imposed on the owners of rural property triggered during a property transfer or addition to the property, such as a garage or a pool). He is also spearheading a recall of one of the commissioners who voted to approve TOST. Unless George Hubka had a political epiphany, he is no more a Democrat than George Bush. To my knowledge, he has never attended a general meeting of the Democrats, let alone been a member of the Barry County Democratic Party. In fact, Hubka has been a political mouthpiece for the right-leaning Farm Bureau. With his unpredictable antics and jaded past, they can keep him! Please! Faverman disingenuously accuses the Democrats of “sitting on their hands” while Hubka pushes the recall. I’m confused. Is she asking the Dems to support the recall against the Republican commissioner or fight to keep a Republican in office? In either case, why on earth would Democrats get in the middle of Republican infighting? Regardless of the outcome, it’s a win-win for the Democrats! There being other commissioners guilty of the same crime, is Faverman suggesting the Dems get off their hands and recall the other Republican commissioners? She should be honest with the public. If anyone is sitting on their hands, it is the local Republican Party which has yet to publicly endorse or condemn TOST. Aside from the TOST issue, Faverman?s misdirected partisan attacks also stem from differences in opinion she holds with Barb on that sacred cow called Charlton Park. At a number of public meetings, Barb posed challenging questions to the commissioners, which they failed to answer. Perhaps had the commissioners not been so dismissive of Barb, the Democrats would have rallied in support of the commissioners’ decisions. Instead, the commissioners appear to be on their own as they push forward another millage without a plan and have since drawn a line in the sand with an ultimatum: Vote for the millage or the park will be closed! As a taxpayer, I resent being threatened by public officials. I have supported every past millage for the park, possibly against the vote of these same commissioners that are now asking me to support it. I now have serious doubts. If the commissioners have no vision for Charlton Park beyond the millage, why give them a blank check? This is the “clueless” to which Faverman speaks. And again, why has the Republican Party not publicly endorsed or condemned another millage for Charlton Park? Gutless, perhaps? Calling herself a non-partisan “professional,” Faverman?s letter proves quite the opposite. Her letter is a disappointment since I previously held her in high regard and thought she had integrity. Whether she drew the short straw for the GOP and was the anointed one to attack the local Democrats, or she took it upon herself to concoct an argument to smear the reputation of the local democratic leadership, her letter was most certainly partisan and far from professional. As Faverman said, “God loves even the clueless.” She should take comfort in her own words knowing God still loves her. Joseph Lukasiewicz, Hastings Charlton Park also has a storied baseball past To the editor: I read a lot in the Banner about financing to run Charlton Park, which brings back a lot of memories for me, the experiences I had many years ago. It was 1946 when the Indians all around Michigan gathered at Charlton Park for their annual pow wow. Irving Charlton put out the word that he needed a ball team to play the Indians. Somehow about nine or 10 guys showed up to play the Indians. I don’t remember all the players’ names, but I know Jonny Dull, Milton and Keith Buehler, Dale Tobias, two Pennington boys, John Pikes and Ken Tobias and myself were part of the team. We won the game. “Ervey” scheduled more games with four teams out of Battle Creek, on Sundays that summer. Somehow we won all the games and this did not set well with Battle Creek. They rounded up their best players and told Ervey they would be coming with their big guns. Well, we won that game. Ervey was taking up collections at those games, to buy cement for the museum. He had the footing poured and had a stone mason starting the south wall. Ervey asked the players if they would play Hastings, I said hell yes. I beat Hastings twice in my senior year pitching, 1941. Irving Charlton went to Hastings to make plans for the game. The deal he made, was winner take all the collection, and we play at the fairgrounds on West State Street. It seems a coach for Hastings was a man named McMillen. We got the game started, we took the field, we committed a error first thing and Hastings scored a run. All of a sudden we got about ten drops of rain. Hastings got in their cars and left with the collection, we were so upset with them. One day Ervey was very upset because it seems he had gone to Hastings to ask for help in financing on the museum, but he was denied help. This man was making a historical Boy, what a mish-mash! That combination is enough to vote “no” on the park. The Progressive Democrats are just like the rest of the left leaning liberals. They want the United States defeated. I do not know where they come from when they try to get us defeated and lose our freedom, then they will wake up. It will be too late. Little do they know, but they will be in the same boat. Russia was loaded with Communist Jews just like Hollywood, probably the same today, only they like the Yankee dollar. Michael Collton, after bleeding his heart out about his grandparents and Holocaust has to know that. Barry County can do better for County Board Chairman than Collton. It’s too bad Charlton Park has come to this. I’ll probably vote yes, but it burns me that the last board ran wild, and raised hell with some of the best volunteers. The Board of Commissioners has a lot of places for money. Now, Green Gables wants money. They will want more every year. Well, at least Don Drummond and his wife are happy. Get it started and drop it on the county to pay and take care of. Just the way the bus business started. Next for Green gables - a millage? Hastings is eliminating one great big amount of housing around town. Collton bleeding some more about lead paint. Have many people and for how long? He sure is concerned when the publicity is there. Let’s save Charlton Park. Irv was a good guy and worth the care of the county now. I just don’t want to hear about Progressive Democrats and Brian Reynolds. That could get a no from mor than me. Rep. Findley, Rep. McCloskey and Senator Percy all forced out of Congress by the money of Jewish lobby for standing up for right. Rep. Findley says failure to defend the U.S. liberty in 1967 was the day America surrendered sovereignty to Israel. President Lyndon Johnson turned his back on crew of the U. S. Liberty when under fire by Israel’s air and sea forces. Lyndon B. Johnson was one of our worst presidents. He should be dug up and hung right along with McNamara, his defense secretary. Viet Nam and the U.S. Liberty are two disasters they contributed to. The Progressive Dems better look ahead, as there is a squeeze being put on oil. I know these folks think they know best, we can’t drill in ocean or up north. Russia is claiming the north, China is drilling off Cuba. When it gets all done, maybe your signs would have been better used to start a fire. There are fools on both side of issues, but oil is no laughing matter. I see some letters as to Moore and his health movie. Did you folks know after all he says, just what stocks his money is invested in? Then you have Gore and his house, and the private plane he takes all over the world. Very important person, Gore’s benefactor, a communist, Armond Hammer gave Gore a mine in Tennessee and Gore’s dad was bought out by him also. The Pigford lawsuit is considered a dress rehearsal for cash for “reparations” for slavery in United States. Most folks have no idea why Keep up probe of 911 situation To the editor: I would like to express my support for Sheriff Dar Leaf and his continuing investigation of the issues at the 911 office. Some former County Commissioners suggested that there was “nothing wrong” at 911, and there have been suggestions that since the director has resigned, all issues should be dropped. I think otherwise! I believe we voters have a right to a thorough investigation. The “good-old-boy” mentality should play no role here. If there was wrongdoing, misuse funds, or sexual harassment, the public has a right to know. And if, in fact, there was no wrongdoing, then the former director is entitled to have his name cleared publicly as well. Keep up the good work, sheriff. Mary Ann Landon, Hastings Wal-mart: From another perspective To the editor: Goodness gracious, Fred Jacobs! If he gets any more wound up over this Wal-Mart issue, he’ll have a coronary, and we know we can’t have that. Getting him to and from Pennock Hospital will just add to the traffic problem on Green Street! Talk about traffic on Green Street! With Wal-Mart’s proposed new location, traffic may be a valid concern. But let’s not forget good old American ingenuity. We Americans always seem to find a solution to our problems. And speaking about Americans, there is this beautiful thing called “Freedom of Choice.” We don’t have to approach the “monster” Wal-Mart from the direction of the hospital. When we finish shopping downtown, and at Kmart, we can take the short drive down Cook Road, or approach from the west after shopping at the new Meijer store. And by the way, I often see Fred using State Street. Was he ever this vocal about traffic concerns when the Kmart “monster” came to town? Let’s not forget they helped create Hastings’ rendition of 28th Street. (We seem to have a way of adapting to change don’t we.) All state police influence should leave 911 To the editor: Get rid of all State Police influence on 911. Apparently those people don’t realize just what harm they do by just being on the 911 board. State Police Commander Kevin McGoffigun has shown his colors in investigating the ex-state police ex-sheriff of Barry County. Ex-state cop Ron Neil was in deep with ex-state cop Charlie Nystrom. My God, why don’t those people understand they don’t need to be on that board? There’s a state cop phobia around here. Do they ever get any feed-back from the average citizen? I wish the local post was closed. A good example is ex-state cop Gary Newell, who spent three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. His glory was passing a law that said doctors or dentists couldn’t practice while drinking. Boy, it took some real guts to get that one passed. The judge gave a man two years in a fatal accident when the snowmobile driver was at fault. Just to please the parents, the woman prosecuting attorney pushed for two years. To think they wanted to charge the truck driver with murder. Some of the wheels can celebrate in the swill they drank after a socalled victory. One year in jail would have been penalty enough. Ship out and let the wife and kids suffer because of the distance to visit dad in prison. The Banner has mentioned Charlton Park and the Progressive Democrats. How in hell is that to be together? Then you add Commissioner Callton and Brian Reynolds. playground consisting of more than 211 acres for all to enjoy, with a few good volunteers to help him. I ask why can’t some one in local government get a grant for this great park? Another thought some people have talked about is most of these townships have excess money in their treasury such as Irving, money burning their pockets. A good look in the commissioners’ checkbook wouldn’t hurt. If these people can’t dig up the money to support the park, I would not object a bond issue for this great piece of property. To those people who complain all the time about taxes, go to Haiti, they don’t have taxes there. Bob Humphrey Freeport the K.K.K. came into existence. After the Civil War the blacks were freed. Some ran wild, killing, raping, and doing all kinds of foul deeds. I believe it started in Texas. What would all of the pablum pukers have done? The Pigford lawsuit, when finished, started with an estimated 2,500 black farmers who were discriminated against by the Dept. of Agriculture. When finished 100,000 or so got on the gravy train for at least $50,000 each. Whites were out of luck. Outside of Pigford 60 settlements totaled $18.6 million then $5.6 million debt was forgiven. Another 224 borrowers, $13 million, $50,000 cash. 20 million dollars forgiven, most cases uncollectible. Now don’t forget the lawyers get $15 mil. Now you know why the blacks liked Bill Clinton. We have Randall Robinson half brother to Jesse Jackson, demanding money from all who were thought to have made money from slavery. Blood from white population spilled to free them, but all they know is to fleece the population. Better get your thoughts together. It would be hell if they took over. Aug. 14 was my birthday and now you don’t hear V-J day being celebrated. I’ll tell you there are a lot of Japs yet that should be hung for their deeds in World War II. They also cut off heads back then. I contacted State Representative Brian Calley to find out why state of Michigan does not celebrate or recognize. It’s a dam shame. Donald W. Johnson, Middleville One more comment. Dorothy Flint voted her conscience. So did the other board members. That’s the beauty of democracy. Dennis McKelvey, Freeport County let houses rot To the editor: I am writing about the county wanting to demolish the houses on Court Street. I’m really surprised they took this long. I was one of the tenants in the first home they tore down and I’m appalled. Some of those remaining houses were in good shape. But as you see, our commissioners let them go down hill. I just wonder how many of our commissioners have been without a home or had to live with a relative or two. I bet none of them have. I think these Barry County Commissioners are greedy. As long as it benefits them and no one else. I read the statement Mark Englerth made. And it would be further ahead to let Green Gables use one of the houses for over flow. Its a shame that the good houses have to be torn down and someone won’t buy them and have them moved. The rent money from those houses could have fixed them up. Sandi Smith Hastings IN OTHER NEWS Calley to speak at BIE luncheon The annual Business Industry Education (BIE) lunch will be held at noon Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Hastings High School cafeteria. There will be no charge for this year’s BIE luncheon. Brian Calley will be the featured speaker, and new Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance Director Valerie Byrnes also will speak. The event should last about one hour, and all business, industry and education officials are invited, along with service clubs and other community members who are interested in attending the event. For more information, call the Hastings Area Schools Central Office at (269) 9484400. �Page 6 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Gerald W. Davis 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor Daniel Hofmann. 6235400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service outside for Summerfest. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77515340 Gerald W. Davis, aged 74, died unexpectedly Saturday evening, August 18, 2007. Gerald was proud to be the first person in his family to graduate from high school. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Agriculture and Applied Science from MSU in 1956. After working with the MSU Extension Service, he began his career with Farm Bureau Insurance during which he obtained additional degrees of Chartered Life Underwriter (1972) and Chartered Financial Consultant (1983). He retired in 1998 after 35 years of service. Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, John Sharon Davis and Belva Pearl (Lockwood) Davis, and brothers Claude and Richard Davis. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Ann M. (Grashuis); his daughters Carol (James) Grafford, Laura (Daniel) Kingma, and Julia (Jonathan) Coombs; grandchildren Jennifer Olson, Katherine Brogan, Sara Inverso, and Dale Inverso; great-grandchildren Riley Olson and Charlie Brogan; sister Joyce Otten; two sisters-in –law Grace Davis and Aileen Davis, numerous nieces and nephews, many special friends including the family of Vernon Rowe. At his request, Gerald’s body has been donated to the MSU Anatomy Division for medical training purposes. The family is planning a gathering in celebration of Gerald’s life to be held at the family home on Selkirk Lake on Monday, September 3 from 2-4 PM. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Norman C. Hall HASTINGS - Norman C. Hall, age 88, of Hastings, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, August 16, 2007 at his residence with his family at his side. He was born March 24, 1919 in Hastings, the son of Forrest J. and Clara G. (Garrison) Hall. Norman graduated from Hastings High School in 1938. He also attended Central Michigan University. Norman was married on April 30, 1948 to Mildred I. Taggart. He served in the United States Army During World War II and was honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergent on December 5, 1945. Norman was the owner of the Red Arrow Gas Station in Hastings for 20 years. He retired from the EW Bliss Company in 1981. Norman enjoyed golfing, fishing hunting,and spending time with his family. He was a member of the Hope United Methodist Church in Hastings. He was preceded in death by his son, Randy Hall in 1992, his parents, and twobrothers, Darrel and Dale Hall. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 59 years, Mildred Hall of Hastings; a daughter Martha (Dave) Hollister of Hastings; a son, Donald (Deb) Hall of Lowell; six grandchildren, Sarah (Kris) Fox of Lowell, Jennifer (Luke) Bosscher of Lowell, Lauren Azevedo of Hastings, Lindsay Azevedo of Hastings, Jon Hollister of Hastings, Steve Hollister of Hastings; four great-grandchildren, Garret Fox, Quinn Fox, Elyse Bosscher and Leah Bosscher; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Monday from 68pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. A memorial service will be held on Friday August 24, 2007 at 11:00am at the Hope United Methodist Church in Hastings. Rev. Richard D. Moore officiating. Burial with full military honors will be 1:30pm at Irving Township Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the Hope United Methodist Church or Heartland Hospice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). David C. “Pappy” McNees A. Elaine Lewis HASTINGS – David C. McNees, age 66, of Hastings, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2007 at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. David was born on May 4, 1941 in Kalamazoo to Homer and Helen (Coleman) McNees Sr. David worked at Menasha and had been a ski lift operator at Bittersweet Ski Resort. David is survived by his son David; daughter Kristen, and son David; five grandchildren; brothers Homer and Mike; sister Jackie; special friends, Mike and Connie, Kevin and Matt, and Janice and Krissy. David enjoyed karate, riding motorcycles, and having a good time. A celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at Brookside Park in Otsego at 1 p.m. Please come and share stories – bring a dish to pass. Friends may consider the David C. McNees Family, c/o Crandell Funeral HomeWhite Cloud Chapel, to assist with funeral expenses for memorial contributions in memory of David. Friends may also send a condolence or share a memory and get further updated information online at www.crandellfh.com Arrangements by Crandell Funeral Home. DELTON - On October 22, 1932, Elaine Lewis started her life in Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, the youngest child of Roy and Treasia (Barber) Seeber. Elaine attended Algonquin Lake Country School, and graduated from Hastings High School in 1950. She worked for Barry County Credit Bureau, Hastings Manufacturing Co., Clerage Fan, then for Delton Kellogg School, for twenty-seven years, retiring in 1994. Elaine was a charter member of Women of the Moose, Delton #1792, the VFW Auxiliary, Delton Post 422, and a life member of the Bernard Historical Society. She attended Prairieville Bible Church. Elaine married William B. Lewis, on October 20, 1950, and he preceded her in death on August 15, 1992. She was also preceded in death by her parents, brothers: Leo, Lloyd, Floyd and Richard, sisters: Mable Foote, and Irene Cutchall, a grandson C.W. Payne. Elaine passed away August 17, 2007. She is survived by her children: Steve and Liz Lewis, Virginia and Ray Walker, Ken Lewis, Sue and Kevin LaFountain, George and Deb Lewis, nine grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Funeral Services were conducted Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at Prairieville Bible Church, Delton, Pastor Jonathan Weathers, officiating. Burial took place in Prairieville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Prairieville Bible Church or the Delton District Library will be appreciated. Arrangements made by Williams-Gores Funers Home, Delton. Lois A. Moore Lois A. Moore died August 20, 2007 after a long fight with cancer. She was born February 6, 1923 in Hillsdale, daughter of Zoie (Johnson) and H. Raymond Pfeiffer. Lois’ father was a pastor in the United Brethren Church and her childhood was spent moving every few years. Some of the places she lived were Stockbridge, Eden, Holland, Hastings, Woodbury, Baltimore Twp., Sunfield. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1940. She married John December 23, 1941. Lois learned to milk cows and drive the tractor and became a farmer along side of her husband. She and John farmed in the area for many years. In 1967, she and John received the Dairy Award from the Michigan Milk Producers. She enjoyed gardening and reading and was an accomplished seamstress. She supported her husband and children in their endeavors. Her family was her greatest joy. She was always active in church and served as treasurer. Lois is survived by three children, Hugh, Sallea, Orvin; six grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. The funeral service will be held Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Daniels Funeral Home, Nashville. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville after the service. Contributions may be made to Maple Valley Scholarship Fund. Arrangements entrusted to Daniels Funeral Home of Nashville. Marian Lois Pennock NASHVILLE - Marian Lois Pennock, age 80, of Nashville, died Friday, August 17, 2007 at Battle Creek Health System. Marian was born on April 16, 1927 in Hastings, the daughter of Stephen and Clara Cooley. She was raised in Hastings and attended Hastings Public Schools, graduating in 1946. She was married to Wayne A. Pennock on January 24, 1948 in Hastings. She was employed at Farm Bureau as a bookkeeper and also co-owned Mari-Way Centennial Dairy Farm with her husband, where they co-produced maple syrup. Marian was a member of the Nashville United Methodist Church, Thursday Night Farmers Group, Eastern Star, and Men’s Bible Study Group. Her hobbies included playing cards, needlework, and spending time with her grandchildren. Mrs. Pennock is survived by her son, Rodney Pennock of DeWitt, as well as her daughters, Loraine (Charles) Curtiss of Lapeer, and Elaine (Jon) Manby of Battle Creek. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Jacob (Sarah), Aaron (Amanda), Jocelyn, Zachary, Kaitlin; two siblings, sister Imogene Crane of Lansing, brother, Justin Cooley of Nashville; and special extended family members Linda Makela, and Curt and Connie Root. Preceding her in death were her husband Wayne; her son Brian; her brother Orville; and her sisters Margaret Phillips and Virginia Myers. Services were held Monday, August 20, 2007 at Nashville United Methodist Church, Nashville. Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery in Nashville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Nashville United Methodist Church. Arrangements made by Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com James Vandermolen SCRANTON – James Vandermolen, age 51, of North Main Avenue, Scranton, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Hospice Community Care, Dunmore. He was born in Charlotte on June 13, 1956, son of the late Hilbert Vandermolen and Lois Long Vandermolen. James is survived by his mother, Lois Vandermolen, Michigan; son, David Vandermolen; sister, Marilyn Reckline, Michigan; brothers, Edward and David Vandermolen, both of Michigan. Private funeral services were held at the convenience of the family from George A. Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley. Interment was held in Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover Township. There were no calling hours. Wilma “Peg” Morr Wilma “Peg” Morr, age 88, died peacefully in her sleep, Sunday, July 15, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, James W. Morr and a son Charles W. Morr. She is survived by her sons Edward L. Morr (Patricia) of Grand Rapids, James W. Morr (Sheila) of Zephyrhills, Florida, her sister, Lois Olenik of Port Richey, Florida and Eight grandchildren. According to her wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no services or visitation. For the past several years she was a resident of Heritage Park in the Alzheimers unit in Dade City, Florida. IN OTHER NEWS Homecoming prince, princess hopefuls sought The Woodland Labor Day Homecoming Committee is looking for miniature king and queen candidates. To be eligible, the children must be ages 3, 4 or 5 and live in the Woodland area, be willing to have their pictures on the collection canisters placed around the village and be willing to ride on the Homecoming parade float Saturday, Sept. 1. Voting will be done in the same manner as last year, a penny a vote. To register a candidate, contact Shirley Kilmer at 170 West Broadway, Woodland, MI 48897, 269-3674031 or gkilmer@mvc4u.com The candidate will need to submit a recent picture that can be copied and put on the collection canisters. The canisters will be out from Monday, Aug. 27, until 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31. The deadline for entering is Wednesday, Aug. 22. �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 7 Recycling will begin in Thornapple Twp. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The recycling program in Thornapple Township will begin in April 2008. The Township Board approved sending notices out to residents of the township and village about the program. Residents will have to return cards if they do not want to be charged the $25 fee on their December tax bill. Non-residents can purchase a card to use the recycling station for $35. This will not be a street pick-up program but the collection site on Finkbeiner Road is close to the center of the township. It will be staffed and users will have to show their card before being able to drop off recyclable materials. There will be a dropoff bin for paper products and bins for commingled recyclable items. Geoff Moffat assured the members of the board that Republic, the company the township will be using, is well known for recycling 100 percent of materials. The only difference is when people deposit non-recyclable items. Joanne Barnard, director of the Barry County Conservation District, spoke to both the township and village about this new program. The Village Council praised the efforts which have gone into creating the program. Barnard told the Village Council there will be a recycling float in the Heritage Day parade. The board also approved raising the quar- terly fees paid by the 137 members of the Duncan Lake Sewer System Authority. Costs are rising and the township hopes to establish an emergency fund. Quarterly fees will rise from $150 per quarter to $195 per quarter beginning with the October quarter. In other business, the board approved rezoning a parcel on M-37 at the southern boundary of the township owned by Dr. Daniel Hart from rural residential to agricultural residential. This zoning change was recommended by the Thornapple Township Planning Commission. This change means Hart can build a new veterinary clinic at that location. TTES Chief Dave Middleton showed off the new brush truck. The board approved paying $650, half the startup costs, for the East Bank Committee’s “Buy a Brick” program. Supervisor Don Boysen distributed copies of the proposed opening of the 911 guidelines with his comments. He also noted that beginning with the Sept. 10 township meeting public comments will be part of the agenda at the beginning and end of the board meetings. The board set a special meeting for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22. Rep. Calley wants Congress to review China trade policy Phil and Betty (Carnahan) Horning are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary, spending time with their family in Michigan. They were married August 17, 1957 at the First Baptist Church in Jackson, Michigan. Hastings was their home for 30 years where they raised two children; Leslie who has two sons, Dustin and Dylan, and Jack (Beth) and their daughter Allie. Phil was self-employed for several years in the Christmas tree business and both retired from the Hastings Area School District in 1992. They were both active in the local Elks. Phil and Betty are Florida residents and would enjoy hearing from friends at 1009 Hilltop Rd., Tavares, FL 32778. Dorothy McMillan celebrates 90th birthday On Aug. 24, 2007 Dorothy McMillan will turn 90. In celebration, her children, Michael (Barb), Carol Buchanan, and Kay Burghdoff will host an open house on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007 from 2 to 5 p.m. at 520 W. Woodlawn (Hidden Valley Clubhouse). No gifts please. Newborn Babies GIRL, Phoebe Juanita, born at Bixby Hospital on Aug. 4, 2007 at 12:06 a.m. to Andrew Lustey II and Jessica Gonzalez of Adrian. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Clayton Ray, born at Metropolitan Hospital to Sara Bustance and Steven Ruthruff. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 20 inches long. Emily Duits Memorial Weekend Browns to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Ned and Rita (Mahar) Brown will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 18. They were married on Aug. 17, 1957 at First Presbyterian Church in Saginaw, Michigan. They have three children, Stephen (Julie) Brown of Rockford, Mich., Laura (Chris) Fluke and Dan (Lee) Brown, both of Hastings, Mich. Ned and Rita have six grandchildren and one great-grandson. Roushes to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Wayne and Mary Roush will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 24, 2007. They have two children, Robin Roush (Randy Benedict) and Randy (Betty) Roush. They have five granddaughters and one great-grandson. Cards may be sent to 1400 Barber Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. We want to thank everyone that came out and contributed to make Em’s Memorial Weekend a huge success. If only you knew how much your presence and support continues to help our hurting hearts. The care you’ve shown strengthens us to carry on. We are grateful that Em’s life continues to leave a legacy that changes lives. We thank you for being a part of making that happen by the coming together to remEMber her and the things she loved and through the money raised for her scholarship fund. This community and the kindness we’ve received have been a lifeline for us. God knows our need and you’ve been the hands-on care we’ve needed. We’ve appreciated the ways you’ve supported the scholarship fund in Em’s name, participated in the weekend events in any way, your presence at the golf outing, the volleyball tournament or Em’s honorary open house or a hug when we see you in passing. All these things mean more than you’ll ever know! We appreciate each and every one of you! ***Photos from the weekend’s event can be seen on Em’s website: www.emilyduits.com Jeff, Selena and Sarah Duits Hole Sponsors & Contributors Jack and Carol Smith Family Architectural Metals Financial Technology Kilpatrick United Brethren Small Group Greg Davis Family Kent Oil and Propane John and Diane Barnes Tim Spitzley Architects Chase Crest Hill Farms Buche Farms Caledonia Elevator Robin Chase Insurance Agency Jerry and Janet Gilbert Ross and Elisa Jackson Union Bank Signature Trucks Lighthouse Sportswear Haskin Farms Jim’s Service Jerry Lade Tom and Joan Hanson Carl and Shirley Rowland Bill and Helen Bulling JC Printing Prize Donations Kent Oil and Propane Killin’ Time Charters Mapes Furniture Union Bank HSV Redi Mix Bear Lake Manor So Simply Kellie’s Design Team Heirloom Gallery Sunfield IGA Imaging Art County Seat Restaurant Walldorff Restaurant The Ultimate Spa Mike and Michelle Duits Duane and Deana Musbach Performance Volleyball Club of Chicago Ev and Dixie Manshum Art Meade Auto Sales Endless Expression Rick and Kathy Forman Creative Memories - Amy Siler Run of the Mill Harvest Bosworth Mulberry Golf Course Kings Appliance Yankee Springs Golf Course Tyler Creek Golf Course Ace Hardware of Hastings Mullenhurst Golf Course Morrison Lake Golf Course Kevin Stowell Hastings Country Club Double A Cookies 02677543 State Rep. Brian Calley is urging Congress to examine trade policies with China in light of recent reports about the safety and health hazards of Chinese-made products. Calley, who represents all of Barry County in the 87th Legislative District, has introduced a House resolution urging Congress to review current trade policies with the communist country. “The growing number of defective products that are made in China is alarming for everyone, especially families,” said Calley, R-Portland. “The products, which include toys and candy, are threatening children and our overall quality of life. We must to do a better job of safeguarding the public.” Chinese authorities have discovered that many of their food products such as candy, pickles, crackers and seafood have been found to contain formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial wax. U.S. regulators have already ordered a recall of hundreds of thousands of tires imported from China, after it was discovered that the tires could suffer tread separation. Also, Japanese importers recalled Chinese toothpaste that was found to contain a chemical used in antifreeze. “Whether it’s lead-based paint on toys or shoddy tires, we as a country are quickly learning that the old adage is true: You get what you pay for,” Calley said. “Products made in the U.S. are tightly regulated for safety. It’s not too much to ask that products reaching our shores be held to the same high standards.” Products recently recalled or rejected by U.S. authorities include toxic fish, juice containing unsafe color additives and popular toy trains decorated with lead paint. John and Lillian Arnold of Delton, Mich. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a week long family outing, the week of June 15th, at the shore of Lake Michigan in Manistee. The Arnolds have three daughters and six grandchildren. They are Teresa and Ed Carnell, and children Nathan and Andrea of Mesa, Ariz.; Rene and Daniel Formsma and children Derek and Paige of Bristol, Ind.; and Kim and Dan DeVries and children Erin and Matt Sutton of Delton. Both Mr. and Mrs. Arnold retired from the Delton Kellogg School System. Hornings celebrate 50 years together Marriage Licenses Kevin Thomas Alberts, Belding and Taylor Leigh Sensiba, Middleville. Eric Scott Young, Hastings and Julia Marie Rosenow, Middleville. Shawn Michael Jenkins, Hastings and Kori Ann Bronkema, Delton. Bradley Vernon Curtiss, Middleville and Courtney Irene VanEck, Middleville. Steven C. Lester, Middleville and Robin L. Murphy, Middleville. Douglas Raymond Wakley, Middleville and Jacquelyn Ann Schumaker, Middleville. Daniel John Frazer, Lake Odessa and Nicole Samantha Harmer, Lake Odessa. Samuel Lee McQuern, Hastings and Angelica Theresa Simmons, Hastings. Roy James Deaton, Hastings and Latishia Marie Standler, Hastings. Arnolds celebrated their golden wedding anniversary �Page 8 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Lake Odessa Depot Complex will be open Saturday and Sunday, with hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Also, the genealogy rooms will be open then the genealogy room is open again Monday from noon to 4 p.m. There are exhibits in place. The coming exhibit in September will be hunting and fishing equipment. The time is drawing near for the start of school. Lakewood classes begin on Thursday, Sept. 6, but there is plenty of activity before then. The first varsity football game is this week on Friday evening at Hastings. Union Bank's ad says they will host a tailgate party for both sets of fans since their banking locations have expanded to Hastings. Bring on the mustard! The Class of 1967 of Lakewood high school held its 40th anniversary two weeks ago at the home of Shawn and Tom Hazel. They had a shared meal. They had such a good time they decided to meet again next year since they had skipped their 35th. The hope is to locate and invite more of their classmates. Several of them have retired from their first occupation. The United Methodist Women of Central United Methodist Church held their annual salad luncheon Monday, Aug. 13. The speaker was Janie Bergeron of Hastings Green Gables shelter. Election of 2008 officers was held. Co-presidents will be Beverly Corston and Andrea Gentner. Vice president will be Betty Shetterly. Helen Good remains as secretary and Kathy Carpenter will continue as treasurer. Contrary to a previous announcement there will be a fall rummage sale but none in the spring. Dale Brock underwent orthopedic surgery in Lansing last week. Work continues on the facades of the store- fronts downtown. Latest is the Nye/Braden building now owned by Dr. Richard Barnett for his Family Medical Service. The entire building was repainted when he acquired it, but now it is being given new colors in keeping with the color scheme of other storefronts. The ornate details on the cornice are being highlighted, including the International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) detail, which gives the 1904 year for its building. The green bean season has been in full swing since early July. Several times each day one sees the truck hauling bean waste leaving the plant for its dumping site in the country. Also one sees hour after hour the big semitrucks hauling in tons of the green beans. Two shifts work each day to deal with the tons of vegetables. A commodity now seen often on the side track of Caledonia Farmers Elevator’s west side is cotton seed. A loading platform has been built to make it easy to load directly from the freight cars onto trucks. It is used widely now for cattle feed. A skidsteer easily runs up the ramp to the level of the floor of the cars and then scoops out the feed. It can go into the car to load from either end. The sidings also have held carloads of wheat. The siding at Twin City Foods has had several refrigerator cars lady to hold the new frozen goods. A recent bulletin stated that Lake Odessa's Andrew Potter was the latest appointee to the Michigan 10-member Hepatitis C Advisory Task Force. He is vice president of the Michigan Corrections Organization. He was appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to represent labor on the panel through June 2008. The Thursday movie at the Ionia theater next Thursday, Aug. 30, will feature the Great Smokies. This series of travel movies is sponsored by the County Historical Society. This weekend the Saranac depot will be open. This is part of the town's Bridge festival. The depot is now 100 years old. George IV and Kerry Johnson of Indiana are happy over the birth of their second son and fourth child, Michael Sterling Johnson on Aug. 15. He is the 27th great-grandchild of Lester and Virginia Yonkers and the ninth grandchild of George III and Judy Johnson. The Grand Rapids Press has carried local engagement announcements recently. One is for Jaime Lee Koop and William Royal Haskin, who will wed on Sept. 15. He is a resident of Lake Odessa, but he graduated from Lake City school and has his master’s degree from University of Northwestern Ohio. The parents of the bride-to-be are Jerry and Patty Koop of Lake City, as are the other parents Bob and Sandy Haskin. She is a graduate of GVSU and a McBain Christian School. A September wedding is planned by Sarah Riggs and Gregg Palombos. Her parents are Bill and Donna (Williams) Riggs of Sunfield, former Lake Odessa residents where he was on the village council and served as village president. The Palmbos parents reside in Jenison. Sarah graduated from Lakewood High School and Northwood University at Midland. The future groom graduated from Hudsonville Unity Christian High School and GVSU. The latest Ionia Sentinel Weekender carried a railroad story by attorney Bill Davis of Grand Ledge. At the recent Depot Day he had his electric model trains on display and gave the passing crowd a chance to blow the whistles and run the other controls. The Weekender printed many of the train stories he collected from passersby. The stories had been solicited in a mailing and in newspaper publicity in advance. Other stories will run in a future issue. Homecoming schedule unveiled for Woodland The Woodland community is gearing up for the annual Labor Day Homecoming festivities from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. There are a few changes from previous years’ schedule. There will be a talent show from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The kids’ games have been moved to Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be a firemen’s waterball game on Main Street Sunday at 3 p.m. and a bonfire sponsored by the firemen at 6 p.m. The championship softball game is scheduled for Sunday evening. Monday will be reserved for rainout games. The schedule is: Friday, Aug. 31 4:30 to 7 p.m. — Homemade ice cream social with sloppy joes, pie and cake at the Woodland United Methodist Church. 5 to 8 p.m. — Fish fry at the Eagles Lodge. 6 p.m. — Start of the softball tournament. Saturday Sept. 1 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. — Breakfast at the Eagles Lodge, 8 a.m. — Softball tournament. 10 a.m. — Craft show, horseshoe tournament, bake sale. 1 p.m. — Parade featuring grand marshal Ellen Miller. 2:30 to 4:30 — Talent show. 4:30 to 7 p.m. —Woodland Lions’ chicken barbecue and raffle, firemen's 50/50 raffle. 8 p.m. — Special game with Woodland Fire Department vs. Lake Odessa Fire Department. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167502 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 21, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 21, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435941-1 77514908 Karaoke Saturday evening at the Eagles. Sunday Sept. 2 7 to 11 a.m. — Breakfast at Eagles Lodge 9 a.m. — Community church service at the park. 10:30 a.m. — Softball tournament. 1 to 3 p.m. — Free kids’ games at the park with prizes 3 p.m. — Firemen’s waterball game on Main Street. 6 p.m. — Bonfire by firemen. 7 p.m. — Old-fashioned hymn sing, featuring local talent at the Woodland United Methodist Church. Evening softball championship game. Monday Sept. 3 7 a.m. to 11 — Breakfast at the Eagles Lodge. Softball championship rainout games, if necessary LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on June 4, 2002, by Glen E. Tobias and Victoria J. Tobias, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 20, 2002, in Document No. 1082573 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety One and 11/100 Dollars ($92,591.11), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL _ OF SECTION 18, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST-WEST _ LINE OF SAID SECTION WHICH IS NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 1830.0 FEET FROM THE WEST _ CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 200.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 500.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 200.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 500.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 12660 Gackler Road, Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515138 Sensitive son Dear Annie: I am a divorced 45-year-old woman with a 12-year-old son. "Philip" gets straight As and is involved in sports and music, but I don't want Philip to grow up to be a "mama's boy." I've noticed he's very sensitive (which I think he's learned by observing me). It's OK for a girl to be that way, but not so much a boy. I would really like him to become more thick-skinned. A kid pushed him on the baseball field, and when I told him he had a right to defend himself, he stated that the other kids wouldn't let him. He then ran to the car in tears. I'm assuming it was frustration. I contacted his father and informed him that Philip needs a good male influence in his life. My ex, however, is restricted from seeing our son due to a history of violence toward us. And Philip informed me that his father was recently arrested for DUI. Anyway, I told my ex that I'd like him to treat his son with respect -- no verbal, mental, emotional or physical abuse. He said he would. Our current agreement is for Philip to spend one-on-one time with his father for a couple of hours each week during the day (before the drinking starts), so our son has adult male companionship. I have no male friends I can trust to take on this responsibility, nor are there any Big Brother groups in my small town. Family members live six hours away. My church is four states away. I don't want my son to be so sensitive in such a tough world. What other options are out there? -- Perplexed Single Mom Dear Perplexed: Having a sensitive son is not a bad thing, and we wouldn't push Philip too hard to be tough. With a father who has modeled abusive behavior, that approach could backfire. Instead, encourage whatever talents he has. You might be able to find a male mentor for Philip through his school, your job, the local civic organizations or the library. Consider joining a church closer to home. Big Brothers may also be able to help, even if there is no major group in your area. Contact them at Big Brothers Big Sisters (bbbs.org), 230 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. Train trouble Dear Annie: I recently held a birthday party for my son on a local train. The invitation indicated I would pick up the cost of the train ride for the invitees, and although the children's parents were welcome to join, they would have to pay their own way. I requested an RSVP 10 days prior to the party date, as I needed an exact count and had to put up a 50 percent deposit. One family RSVP'd that both their children would be attending, as well as the father. On the day of the party, they did not show up, nor did they bother to call. We held up the train while I phoned to see if they were coming, and was told one son had gotten scared about riding the train and didn't want to go. The train did not allow refunds for no-shows. Is it wrong to ask for my out-of-pocket expense for their tickets? -- Miffed in Michigan Dear Miffed: This was rude, but not intentionally so. The father should offer to reimburse you for the extra expense, but planning extravaganzas for children's parties is always risky, and you must allow for the cost of noshows. Sorry. She’s wigged out Dear Annie: Losing your hair is difficult. Having to wear a wig is a challenge. Having people ask if you are wearing a wig is insulting. I am going through chemotherapy and have chosen to keep it private. I can still do my job and don't want my career to suffer. Losing my hair is a pretty good trade-off for the alternative. Why would anyone feel the need to ask if I am wearing a wig? Please tell your readers that this shows poor manners. -- Wigged One Dear Wigged One: If your wig is quite different in color and style from your natural hair, that may be what is provoking the questions. Still, it doesn't make it less rude, and you are not obligated to respond. Flirting faux pas Dear Annie: I am 36 years old, and my wife, "Lori," is 32. We have two pre-teen children. I love my family and would do anything for them. About a month ago, Lori and I started to have some issues. The phone bill came, and Lori hid part of it from me. When I asked her where the rest was, she said she must have filed it. When the current phone bill came, she did the same thing. I did some looking around and found out Lori is talking, texting and emailing another man at all hours of the day. When I confronted her, she broke down and started to cry, saying they are just friends. But, really, Annie. She talks to him up to five times a day, always when I'm at work or otherwise not around. I say there's more going on. Lori had a previous flirtation, and it took nine months for her to realize that the grass was not greener somewhere else. She says she doesn't want to lose me or hurt the kids with a divorce, but she won't stop talking to this man. She told me he is leaving town at the end of the summer and then she will only be able to e-mail him. That doesn't make it any better for me. I love my wife with all my heart, but I don't know what to do. -- Midwest Dear Midwest: Your wife is fooling around, and whether it's a physical affair or an emotional one, it is still a betrayal of your trust and your marriage vows. Don't be so nice. All communication with this man must stop, and insist that Lori go with you for marriage counseling. She needs to understand what commitment means, and that the consequences of her flirtations can do major damage, not only to you, but to your children. Widow’s woes Dear Annie: I am a recent widow in my mid-30s. I have been dismayed and repulsed by the behavior of some of the husbands of couples we were close friends with. Since my husband's accident, these couples have been very supportive, and although I welcome calls from the wives, the men phone me from work or when their wives and children are out for the evening -- "just to talk." They call me "darling," "sweetheart" and other endearments. If the situation were reversed and my husband made private calls to a young widow, I would be furious. And when I see these men, they always greet me with a big hug. Yuck. Other than moving and leaving no forwarding address, what can I do? I feel forced into a very distasteful situation. Any suggestions? -- L. Dear L.: Some married men mistakenly believe they are doing you a favor by providing the male companionship you are lacking. Assert yourself. When they phone, say, "Thanks for your concern. I'll tell 'Betsy' you called. I'm sure she'll want to know how caring you've been. Bye." And hang up. If they reach out their arms for unwanted hugs, put one hand up and say, "Good to see you," and immediately move on to greet someone else. If they make serious advances, let them know you will inform their wives. That should do it. Curtail correction Dear Annie: I couldn't stop laughing at the letter from "Daniel," and his rant about "beck and call." As a former English teacher (I'm now 64 years old), I got in the habit (in my younger days) of correcting people as they spoke. I lost TONS of friends that way. It wasn't until one kind person told me about this quirk that I didn't even recognize. I fixed it and have never been happier. I even tolerate sentences that end with a preposition. -- A Fan in South Carolina Dear Fan: We are so glad this is something up with which you have learned to put. Thanks for writing. PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held in the Board of Commissioner’s Chambers in the Barry County Court House, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 at 10:00am on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 to receive public comment on Barry County applications to the Michigan State Housing Development Authority for Homebuyer Purchase Rehabilitation (HPR) funding not to exceed $150,000 for the City of Hastings and $100,000 for the Village of Middleville. 77515334 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. The early flights over Barry County Are You Prepared to Help Aging Parents? By Esther Walton The first successful travel above Mother Earth by humans occurred in 1783, when two Frenchmen designed a hot air balloon. Manned glider flights occurred in 1891 and 1896. During 1903, the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur built their first airplane and named it, “The Flyer”. The Flyer was a biplane and the first heavier than aircraft to be powered by a gasoline engine. Most Barry County citizens had never seen any of these newfangled contraptions until Oct. 24, 1907. The Banner that week reported that, a big balloon passed over Southern Barry on Tuesday. Just as the news reached this city that the balloon had been sighted near Delton, the writer received a telephone call from Detroit stating that it had been sighted near South Haven and was heading toward Barry County. The balloon passed directly over Hickory Corners. It was about a mile high and seemed to be a cream red color. Two men could be seen in the balloon basket. Its course was to the west, and it was seen by hundreds of people in the southern half of the country, being in sight for about a half an hour. The balloon was one of nine that were sent up from St. Louis, Mo., at the second International Aeronautic Cup race Monday afternoon beginning at 4 o’clock. Mrs. D.R. Cook (Martha Cook) of this city was one of the fortunate ones to see the balloon. She left Tuesday to visit her brother, R.H. Marshall in Prairieville. They sighted the balloon, which she thought was perhaps a mile above the earth. The balloon passed over Bellevue at 10:45 Tuesday and over Olivet at 11 a.m. A dispatch from Detroit stated that the balloon passed over that city at 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, going in an easterly directory. If it continues in this direction it will probably land somewhere in Canada or in New York. In any event, it looks as if the record of 475 miles would be broken. The southern area of Barry County was not the only place Barry County citizens observed a balloon. On July 8, 1908 the Hastings Banner ran two articles related to flying. One story was about the airship Columbia and the second story reported that Aeroplane meets government test. The Airship Columbia seen at Freeport Ten big airships started in a race from Chicago July 4, about midnight Saturday. One of them, the Columbia, descended within a few feet of the ground at Freeport, the occupants holding a brief conversation with residents of that town who were on their way home from a dance. The balloonists called out from their perch as they slowly sailed along, asking what town this was and what time. They first told the name of their balloon and where they started from. Their questions were promptly answered and then the balloon shot upward and resumed its flight eastward. The airship LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert John Ellis, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to Standard Federal Bank, a federal savings bank, Mortgagee, dated May 2, 1996, and recorded on June 10, 1996 in Liber 663 on Page 250, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two And 59/100 Dollars ($15,852.59), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, for a place of beginning; thence East 275 feet; thence South 833 feet; thence West 275 feet; thence North 833 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #153068F01 77514572 was seen by several parties and it was easy to hear and understand the words of the aeronauts. Some of the Freeporters were quite startled when they heard the calls from above, and thought of various things they wished they had done differently in their past in view of the lusty “Hello there” from the supposed Gabriel. One young man was sitting with his sweetheart on the front porch of her father’s domicile. And when the aforesaid young man heard the call from above, visions of a horrid angry papa floated before his eyes and he seemed to feel the imprint of the toe of dads No. 10. and reflected that it would probably be better, all things considered, to stand than attempt to sit down the day following. It was less startling though very thrilling, when the young man saw the airship and knew the voice above was from the balloonist and was not her daddy’s voice. The balloon tarried not long. The papers reported that Columbia crossed into Canada Sunday and landed near Clinton, Ontario. The occupants, C. H. Leichleiter and Capt. Martin Heterson were bruised and cut by barbed wire fencing and trees in their efforts to land and needed services of a surgeon. The balloon race was under the auspices of the Chicago Aeronautic Club, and desire was to beat the record made by the German balloon Pommern in St. Louis. None of the 10 starters in Saturday’s race succeeded in equaling the Pommern’s record. The same newspaper ran an article on Orville Wright’s airplane. The U.S. government tests required that to be recognized, airplanes must carry two persons, must remain in the air at least 60 minutes, and must attain a speed that averaged 40 miles an hour. The test was a success. The Banner reported, “The world’s airplane record as to both time and distance was broken at Fort Myer, near Washington, last evening when Orville Wright, in the airplane which his brother and himself invented and perfected, in company with Lt. Lahm of the Army Signal Corps, made a beautiful flight of one hour, 12 minutes and 40 seconds. Upwards of 50 miles were covered, an average of 40 miles an hour. The machine made an elegant landing, and not a mishap occurred to mar the pleasure of the trip.” By this time the idea of flying had captured the imagination of many citizens and featuring something related to this new technology sounded like a good promotional event for the annual Barry County Fair. On May 19, 1909, the Banner printed an article on the subject entitled, “Air Ship may be attraction at Barry County Fair.” The secretary of the Barry County Agricultural Society was charged with developing this proposal. The secretary began communicating with Captain James Moore in California about bringing his airship to Michigan. A Banner article on July 14, 1909, reported, “In spite of the fact that Captain James Moore, the aeronaut was recently fatally injured by an accident which happened to his airship at Redding, Calif., the fair officials have not given up hopes of having an airship numbered among the attractions at the next county fair. Captain Moore would have brought his airship to Michigan and given daily flights at Hastings, Allegan and Charlotte for $750 for the three counties.” The fair went on as usual without Captain Moore and his airship. It took almost ten more years before a flying machine actually landed in Hastings. LEGAL NOTICE SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING AUGUST 8, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the July 11, 2007 Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for July accepted. Approved appointment of Andrew Haines to the Planning Commission by voice vote. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for July accepted by voice vote. Approved Ordinance #2007-125, Rezoning of Parcel #08-13-013-001-04 from C-4 to C-3 for second reading and adoption by roll call vote. Approved and authorized the Supervisor and Clerk to sign the Conditional Rezoning Agreement between the township and Wal-Mart by roll call vote. Accepted Ordinance #2007-126, Rezoning of eight parcels, for first reading by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 8:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77515424 www.rutlandtownship.org If you have your parents during much of your adult life, consider yourself fortunate. As they age, however, you will need to become increasingly aware of added responsibilities you may have to assume. And by planning ahead, you can help make everyone's lives easier. In dealing with various matters relating to your parents - particularly financial matters the key is open and frequent communication. And that means you'll need to find out everything you can about your parents' assets, debts and estate plans. You can start by finding out if your parents have a simple will drawn up. If they don't, urge them to get one. Your parents have worked hard all their lives and they want their assets distributed according to their wishes instead of a court's decree, which is what would happen if they die "intestate" (without a will). Even if your parents have a simple will, they may still need to take further action. If you think they have a sizable estate or want to give significant gifts to charitable groups, encourage them to consult with an attorney who specializes in estate planning. You'll also need to learn whatever you can about your parents' savings and investments. Which banks and financial service providers hold your parents' assets? Where are the records of these accounts? Do they work with a financial advisor? You'll need to learn these things in case your parents become incapaci- LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terri L. Bourdo, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 10, 2005, and recorded on May 17, 2005 in instrument 1146671, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven And 87/100 Dollars ($87,837.87), including interest at 10.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Barrett Acres, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514821 File #153803F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry Rowan Jr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006 and recorded September 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169792, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Indy Mac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five and 24/100 Dollars ($106,565.24) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Ammon Eaton's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 15. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 225.0299 77515291 tated or die unexpectedly. State treasurer's offices regularly advertise "unclaimed" property, including investments - some of which have simply eluded the attention of family members. And, speaking of incapacitation, you may want to encourage your parents to create a durable general power of attorney, which allows them to appoint another person to conduct their business affairs if they are physically or mentally unable to manage them yourself. You can also ease some potential worries by having your parents create a medical power of attorney, which empowers you (or another relative or close friend) to make health care decisions for your parents if they get seriously injured or become ill and cannot make health care decisions on their own. Long-term care is another subject you might want to discuss with your parents. Of course, they may never need to enter a nursing home or require the services of a home health care worker. However, if they do, the expenses can be enormous. For example, the average annual cost of a private room in a nursing home is more than $75,000, according to the 2006 annual MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care. If your parents needed to come up with this type of money, it could wipe out their financial independence - and possibly place a burden on you or your siblings. Currently, Medicaid pays almost half the costs of long- term care, but, to qualify for this government program, your parents would have to "spend down" almost all their assets - an unattractive prospect. Consequently, you may want to talk to your parents about other ways of paying for these costs. Start discussing these types of issues with your parents soon. As you can see, there's a lot of ground to cover, and the sooner you start, the better. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 38.75 +.49 Anheuser Busch 47.57 -.47 CMS Energy Corp. 15.77 +.10 Coca-Cola Co. 54.03 -.11 Dow Chemical Co. 41.64 +.66 Exxon Mobil 83.15 +.02 Family Dollar Stores 27.24 +1.93 First Financial Bancorp 13.52 +1.85 Ford Motor Co. 7.92 -.15 General Motors 31.08 -2.24 Intl. Bus. Machine 109.04 -3.01 JCPenney Co. 66.20 +4.08 Johnson & Johnson 61.67 +.54 Kellogg Co. 53.58 +.30 K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Personal & Economical Business Accounting, Planning and Consulting Services NEW Clients Welcome 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 01546755 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 Construction Project Manager Barry County is seeking a Professional Building Project Manager on a per project basis for Sheriff’s Department repair projects. Professional construction management experience in: bid process, checking subcontractor references, preparing bids and recommendations for presentation to Managing Committee, and oversight of project preferred. Resumes can be sent to the Barry County Administration Office, 220 W State St., Hastings, MI 49058. Deadline for resumes is 5:00 p.m. on August 28, 2007. 77515318 TOWNSHIP OF BARRY TOWNSHIP OF HOPE TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO SEWER CONNECTION, USE AND RATE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIPS OF BARRY, HOPE AND JOHNSTOWN At regular meetings of the Township Boards of the Township of Barry, held on August 7, 2007; the Township of Hope, held on August 13, 2007; and the Township of Johnstown, held on August 8, 2007, the Township Board of each Township adopted an amendment to the respective Township’s Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Amendment”). A summary of the Amendment is reproduced in this newspaper below. The Amendment adopted by each Township is substantially identical with the material differences noted in this summary. A true and complete copy of each Township’s respective Amendment can be inspected or obtained as follows: Township of Barry Ordinance No. 56 155 E. Orchard St. (Twp. Hall location) P.O. Box 705 (mailing address) Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-5171 Township of Barry Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk Township of Johnstown Ordinance No. 03-07 13641 S. M-37 Hwy. (Twp. Hall location) Battle Creek, MI 49017 1815 E. Lacey Rd. (mailing address) Dowling, MI 49050-9732 (269) 721-9905 Township of Johnstown June Doster, Township Clerk Township of Hope Ordinance No. 69 5463 S. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058-9237 (269) 948-2464 Township of Hope Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk Section 1 of the Amendment amends Section 702(d) and of the Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) adopted by the Townships of Barry, Hope and Johnstown to clarify that a property owner connecting to the public sewer system is required to pay the Connection Fee and the costs for the acquisition and installation of the Service Connection in cash at the time of connection, unless the owner enters into an installment payment agreement with the Southwest Barry County Sewer and Water Authority under the terms of Section 702(e) of the Ordinance. Section 2 of the Amendment amends Section 702(e) of the Ordinance to authorize the Authority to enter into installment payment agreements with owners of premises served by the Public Sewer System for the payment of an applicable Connection Fee or costs for the acquisition and installation of the Service Connection over a period not to exceed ten years with accrued interest on the unpaid balance at a rate of interest determined by the Authority Commission. The Authority Commission exercises sole discretion in determining whether to enter into an installment payment agreement with a property owner and may elect to not enter into such an agreement for payment of the Service Connection if the Commission determines that the agreement would detrimentally affect the Authority’s cash flow. Section 3 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment shall be published within 30 days of publication of the Amendment or a summary thereof in the Hastings Banner. Section 4 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment takes effect thirty (30) days after publication of this summary. The publication of this summary was authorized by the Township Boards. Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk Township of Barry Linda Eddy-Hough, Township Clerk Township of Hope June Doster, Township Clerk Township of Johnstown 77515418 �Page 10 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167505 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 20, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167499 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 19, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 20, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435915-1 77514903 relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 19, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435897-1 77514898 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” With Summer in Full Swing … Imagine yourself owning your own mobile home in a community with a country setting and lake access to Thornapple Lake! What are some of the advantages to buying a manufactured home? Phone 517-852-1514 01548095 Less expensive than traditional mortgages. Less expensive than renting. You are building equity into your own home. Comparably low rent to include water, sewer and waste disposal. Financing is available with very low to no-down payments. “Move-In Incentives to include free lot rent with the purchase of a home. Call or stop by for more information and allow us to introduce you to affordable and enjoyable country living at Thornapple Lake Estates. NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. Default has occurred in the conditions of a mortgage made by LARAMY CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company (the “Mortgagor”), to CHEMICAL BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 2815 - 3 Mile Road, NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49544 (the “Mortgagee”), dated May 11, 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on July 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1167514 (the “Mortgage”). By reason of such default, the Mortgagee elects to declare and hereby declares the entire unpaid amount of the Mortgage due and payable forthwith. As of the date of this Notice there is claimed to be due for principal and interest on the Mortgage the sum of One Hundred Sixty Three Thousand Five Hundred Seventeen and 59/100 Dollars ($163,517.59). No suit or proceeding at law has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, and to pay the above amount, with interest, as provided in the Mortgage, and all legal costs, charges and expenses, including the attorney fee allowed by law, and all taxes and insurance premiums paid by the undersigned before sale, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises at public vendue to the highest bidder in the east entrance of the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at one o’clock in the afternoon. The premises covered by the Mortgage are situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and are described as follows: Unit 18, Whispering Pines Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Instrument No. 1161320, in the office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Subdivision Plan No. 46, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. Also (a) all privileges, appurtenances, improvements, buildings, tenements, hereditaments, easements, rights of way, licenses, permits, riparian and littoral rights, mineral/oil/gas/water rights, rights to adjoining land, and all other rights belonging to the Premises and which may hereafter attach thereto; (b) all rights to make divisions of the Premises that are exempt from the platting requirements of the Michigan Land Division Act, as it shall be amended; (c) all rents, issues, profits, revenues, proceeds, accounts and general intangibles arising from or NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 11, 2003, by Brenda K. Kellems, a single person, as Mortgagor, to Sand Ridge Bank, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 2, 2003, in Document No. 1112248 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Ten Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Two and 19/100 Dollars ($110,452.19), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land located in the Township of HASTINGS, Barry County, State of Michigan, and described as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 944.32 FEET ALONG THE EAST 1/8 LINE TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 28.80 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 172.80 FEET PARALLEL WITH SAID NORTHERLY RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 90.02 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” EAST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 180 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 52’ 06” WEST 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST, 775 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO A POINT 565 FEET RECTANGULAR MEASURE FROM THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” EAST 912 FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LAND CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN LIBER 566 OF DEEDS, PAGE 39; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 50’ EAST 138.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE TO A POINT HEREINAFTER TO BE CALLED POINT “A”; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF A 66 FOOT INGRESS-EGRESS EASEMENT; THENCE WESTERLY 125 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF SAID EASEMENT AND ARC OF CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH A RADIUS OF 400 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 89 DEGREES 57’ 55” WEST 124.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 242.64 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF AFOREMENTIONED RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” WEST 267.96 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN SAID 66 FOOT EASEMENT AND SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS 66 FEET IN WIDTH ACROSS THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL APPURTENANT TO PROPERTY ADJOINING THE EASTERLY SIDE THEREOF, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS BEGINNING AT AFOREMENTIONED POINT “A”, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” WEST 184.27 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT 66 FEET IN WIDTH APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS, THE CENTERLINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A relating to the Premises or any business conducted thereon by the Mortgagor including, without limitation, all rights, conferred by Act No. 210 of Michigan Public Act of 1953, as amended (collectively the "Rents and Accounts"); (d) all equipment, other goods, and fixtures of every kind and nature whatsoever, now or hereafter located in or upon the Premises or any part thereof and used or useable in connection with an present or future operation of such premises (hereinafter called "Equipment and Fixtures"), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagor, including, without limitation, all heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, incinerating and power equipment, engines, signs, security systems, fences, hoists, cranes, compressors, pipes, pumps, tanks, motors, plumbing, cleaning, fire prevention, fire extinguishing, apparatus, elevators, escalators, shades, awnings, screens, storm doors and windows, appliances, attached cabinets, partitions, carpeting ground maintenance equipment, and similar types of equipment, all of which shall be deemed to be real estate and mortgaged hereby; (e) all "as-extracted collateral" related to the Premises; and (f) all awards or payments, and interest on them, made with respect to the Premises as a result of (i) any eminent domain proceeding, (ii) any street grade alteration, (iii) any loss of or damage to any building or other improvement, (iv) any other injury to or decrease in the value of the Premises, (v) any refund due on account of the payment of real estate taxes, assessments or other charges levied against the Premises or (vi) any refund of utility deposits or right to any tenant deposit. Permanent Parcel No. 08-16-030-028-10 Commonly known as 12747 Whispering Pines Unit 18, Wayland, Michigan. Notice is further given that the length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of sale, unless the premises are abandoned. If the premises are abandoned, the redemption period will be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or upon expiration of fifteen (15) days after the Mortgagor is given notice pursuant to MCLA §600.3241a(b) that the premises are considered abandoned, and Mortgagor, Mortgagor's heirs, executor, or administrator, or a person lawfully claiming from or under one (1) of them has not given the written notice required by MCLA §600.3241a(c) stating that the premises are not abandoned. Dated: August 2, 2007 CHEMICAL BANK Mortgagee Timothy Hillegonds WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP 900 Fifth Third Center 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2489 (616) 752-2000 1435828-1 77514893 POINT ON THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, DISTANT NORTH 00 DEGREES 07’ 54” WEST 787.64 FEET FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SAID SECTION 27, RUNNING THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 249.57 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 67 DEGREES 10’ 44” EAST 244.78 FEET; THENCE NORTH 47 DEGREES 41’ 53” EAST 33.16 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 328.53 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT WITH RADIUS OF 367.0 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 73 DEGREES 20’ 34” EAST 317.67 FEET TO THE POINT OF ENDING. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS 27.5 FEET IN WIDTH FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AND FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UTILITIES APPURTENANT THERETO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SUCH EASEMENT BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE OF THE FORMER MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD, EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF MCKEOWN ROAD TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT APPURTENANT THERETO IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: A STRIP OF LAND 66 FEET IN WIDTH, THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE ABANDONED MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY PROPERTY (100 FEET IN WIDTH) IN THE SOUTHEAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, SAID POINT LYING SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 158.02 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY WITH THE EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY 127.78 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT WITH RADIUS OF 400.00 FEET AND CHORD OF WHICH BEARS NORTH 55 DEGREES 20’ 22” EAST 127.24 FEET TO POINT OF ENDING ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID RAILROAD, SAID POINT LYING DISTANT SOUTH 72 DEGREES 51’ 18” EAST 267.80 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE AND SAID EAST 1/8 LINE OF SAID SECTION 27, SHORTENING AND LENGTHENING THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL TO TERMINATE AT THE NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF SAID RAILROAD. ALSO TOGETHER WITH A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF INGRESS AND EGRESS THERETO OVER PREMISES DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST _ OF THE SOUTHEAST _ OF SECTION 27 TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” WEST 839.59 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY FOR A PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 7’ 54” EAST 90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 80 DEGREES 59’ 44” EAST 195 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY EDGE OF THE PENN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, FORMERLY MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD RIGHT-OFWAY, 201.77 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR MCKEOWN ROAD OVER THE WESTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF. Commonly known as 2801 Kellems Drive, Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be one (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548746.1\016594-00003 77514915 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Conkle and Misty Conkle, a married couple, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159725, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Seven Hundred EightyFour and 73/100 Dollars ($110,784.73) including interest at 7.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 462.00 feet along the West line of said Northwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds East 168.39 feet; thence South 00 degrees 28 minutes 48 seconds East 462 feet; thence North 89 degrees 18 minutes 46 seconds West 169.17 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514809 File No. 207.8270 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jon D. Pewoski and Michelle E. Pewoski, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 20, 2002, and recorded on June 27, 2002 in instrument 1082894, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Household Finance Corp III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Five And 53/100 Dollars ($159,745.53), including interest at 13.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 8 rods of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149643F01 77515121 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd A. Gould, a/k/a Todd Gould, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 11, 2006, and recorded on June 22, 2006 in instrument 1164955, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 03/100 Dollars ($92,535.03), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Block 14 of H. J. Kenfield's addition to the city of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in liber 1 of plats, on Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154913F01 77514997 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L. Visser, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($93,125.73) including interest 10.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 6, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76104 77515162 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Devine and Darlene F. Devine, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Bell Com Credit Union, Mortgagee, dated January 24, 2003, and recorded on February 4, 2003 in instrument 1096926, and assigned by mesne assignments to PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty And 13/100 Dollars ($99,750.13), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 25 and the North 20 feet of Lot 26 of Lapham's Airport Lots, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 100. Also, Lot 71 and the North 20 feet of Lot 70 of Lapham's Airport Lots No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 87. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515328 File #079324F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shon Harwood and Kathy Harwood, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to WMC Mortgage Corp., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2001, and recorded on July 5, 2001 in instrument 1062568, and assigned by said Mortgagee to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($66,824.67), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East-West 1/4 line of Section 36, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant West 1763.87 feet from the East 1/4 post of said Section 36; thence South 300 feet; thence West 157.00 feet; thence North 300.00 feet; thence East 157.00 feet along said East-West 1/4 line to the Place of Beginning. Subject to an easement for public Highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154683F01 77514922 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda Rogers surviving spouse of Bruce R. Rogers, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on December 1, 2006 in instrument 1173369, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven And 50/100 Dollars ($148,711.50), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of Beginning of this description; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.0 feet along said centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155042F01 77515172 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn W. Hawthorne and Catherine A. Hawthorne, husband and wife, tenants by the entireties, to Mortgage Center LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 21, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149795, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred SixtyNine and 36/100 Dollars ($104,269.36) including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the West one-half of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point which lies 408.38 feet North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West and 16.50 feet due North of the center of said Section 12; thence due South 541.03 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 12 to the Northerly line of West State Road; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 159.27 feet along the Northerly line of West State Road for the true place of beginning; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 165 feet along said Northerly line; thence North 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East 265.83 feet; thence South 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East 165 feet, thence South 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 265.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515311 File No. 393.0041 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah A. Mckinstry, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2004, and recorded on September 21, 2004 in instrument 1134227, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Eight And 20/100 Dollars ($97,288.20), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as beginning at the Northwest corner of the East 1/2 of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence North 20 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515198 File #156182F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James O. Crater and Marilyn A. Crater, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 7, 2005, and recorded on October 11, 2005 in instrument 1154326, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One And 41/100 Dollars ($104,291.41), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northwest fractional 1/4 of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, thence South and center of road 538 feet for place of beginning; thence East 290 feet; thence South 227 feet; thence West 290 feet; thence North and center of road 227 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #099230F02 77515262 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory Vanderwal, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147121, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred NinetyFive And 65/100 Dollars ($91,295.65), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 17, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line of said Section 17, 363.5 feet East of the North one-quarter post thereof for the Place of Beginning, and running thence South 0 degrees 55 minutes West, 222.2 feet; thence East 310.4 feet, thence North 0 degrees 55 minutes East 222.2 feet; thence West 310.4 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #156895F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Virginia Walker and Raymon Walker, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 23, 2007 and recorded August 2, 2007 in Instrument Number 200708020000405, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five and 60/100 Dollars ($225,245.60) including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Saggio's Pine Lake Park, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, in Page 79. Except for; Lot 5 and 6, Saggio's Pine Lake Park Plat, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 79, Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Barry County Records. By fee simple deed from the Phoebe E. Rutherford Revocable Trust, U/A/D September 29, 1989 as set forth in Document Number 1068967 dated 10/18/2001 and recorded 10/30/2001, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515402 File No. 280.2571 77515281 Join the Summerfest activities at Barlow Florist and Christian Bookstore Inspirational and Portrait Artwork Custom Framing and Matting Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10-6 • Sat. 10-5 02677400 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Aldrich and Su Og, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2005 and recorded March 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1142390, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Two and 33/100 Dollars ($99,462.33) including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South three Rods of the Lots 19 and 20 and the East 44 feet of the South three Rods of Lot 21, all of the original Plat of the City, formerly Village of Hastings. By fee simple deed from Marian C. Jacobs, personal representative of the Estate of Gertrude L. Becker, deceased as set forth in Instrument Number 1047981 dated August 9, 2000 and recorded August 10, 2000, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2788 77515301 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Barry S. Fay, an unmarried man, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 27, 2006 and recorded April 4, 2006 in Instrument Number 1162129, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Five and 94/100 Dollars ($117,135.94) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of Lots 607 and 608 of the City of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515255 File No. 200.2534 02677568 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah Eaton, a single woman, to Old Kent Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, now by various resolutions duly known as Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 1998 and recorded August 26, 1998 in Instrument Number 1017056, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four and 38/100 Dollars ($62,254.38) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 75 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 34, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, thence East 10 Rods for a Place of Beginning, thence North 16 Rods, thence East 20 Rods, thence South 16 Rods, thence West 20 Rods to the Place of Beginning, subject to Highway right-of-way for Butler Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.2528 77515226 1001 Fourth Ave., Lake Odessa 616-374-7979 • www.heartstogodgallery.com Book signing by local Clarksville author: Michelle Behrenwald FREE face painting for the children FREE flowers FREE balloons Bake sale to help raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas G. Vandermel and Christine Vandermel, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded October 9, 2003 in Instrument Number 1115233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 76/100 Dollars ($161,757.76) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in the Township of Baltimore, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Parcel A: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of South Bedford Road and the South line of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence Northwesterly 813.64 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the left with radius of 5729.58 feet and chord of which bears North 27 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds West, 812.95 feet: thence North 31 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds West, 241.12 feet along said centerline: thence continuing Northwesterly 201.72 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1909.86 feet and chord of which bears North 28 degrees 24 minutes 37 seconds West, 201.63 feet to the centerline of Whiskey Run Road: thence North 62 degrees 28 minutes 32 seconds West, 330.60 feet along the centerline of Whiskey Run Road; thence continuing 120.23 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with radius of 508.53 feet and chord of which bears North 55 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds West, 119.95 feet to the South ne-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 36 seconds East, 1092.02 feet along said South oneeighth line to the East one-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 1323.31 feet along said East one-eighth line to the South line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds West, 101.50 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the North 264 feet of the East 165 feet thereof. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress appurtenant to said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet; thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet: thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. Parcel B: The North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress thereto, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet: thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet; thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 310.1629 77515143 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Beth A. Broadhurst, a single woman, to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank of Indiana, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 25, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149918, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three and 73/100 Dollars ($74,243.73) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 20 Rods East to the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for a place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence 4 Rods to place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also, a parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 24 Rods East of the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for the place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence West 4 Rods to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.8444 77515445 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Hundred FiftyEight And 07/100 Dollars ($141,558.07), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #112456F03 77515192 ® ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING August 14, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:00 p.m. All board members present. Also present: Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth and 11 guests. Motion Perino: support Ribble to approve July 10, 2007 minutes from regular board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department. Fire report read. Motion Ribble; support Perino to accept the recommendation to promote Chastity Patrick to full Fire Fighter status. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Ribble to accept request by Fire Chief Boulter to implement the Cadet Program. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Health Dept. Presentation: Personal Health Service Director Marilyn Dobbs, BSN, RN, presented Orangeville Township with services provided by the Barry Eaton Health Department. Health Family Program. Communicable Diseases. Immunization. Vision/Hearing Screening. Child Special Health Program. Prescription Drug Program. Health Connections Clinic. For more information call Barry Eaton Health Department at 269-945-9516. A report was also given on the rise of bats carrying rabies. Any dead or injured bats should be taken for testing at the health department. Motion Perino; support Ritchie to re-open Barry County 9-11 Central Dispatch, with township vote to go to county. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Goy to purchase Equalizer Special Assessment Program for Treasure in the amount of $1,840. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Paying of Bills: Motion Ribble; support Perino to pay bills for the month of August in the amount of $57,355.15 and any other forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Rook; support by Ritchie to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Unapproved Minutes 77515420 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, by assignment dated May 31, 2007 and recorded June 5, 2007in Instrument # 1181320 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($96,644.15) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 7, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76181 77515167 401(k) rollovers made easy The 02677165 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Tabled Case Number V-14-2007 John Joseph. Location: 402 Pollard St., in Section 3 of Woodland Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to attach a 14x26-ft roofed patio & a 14x16-ft carport & a 14x24-ft garage to a single wide mobile home that will result in a front yard setback of 12-ft (the minimum is 30-ft) and a corner yard setback of 13-ft (the minimum is 25-ft, in the RL-2 zoning district). Tabled Case Number V-16-2007 Michael Dettman. Location: 3096 McCann Rd., in Section 30 of Irving Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to construct a 22x24-ft addition that will have a 69-ft front yard setback (the minimum is 83-ft), in the AR zoning district. Case Number V-19-2007 Mark Butler. Location: 11175 Pennock Lane, in Section 8 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to retain a portion of the existing garage and to attach it to a new home. The existing garage has an existing side yard setback of 1.7-ft and an existing rear yard setback of 6.8-ft which is less than the minimum side yard setback of 6-ft and a rear yard setback of 10-ft in the RL-2 zoning district. Case Number V-20-2007 Donald Barlow. Location: 7307 Thornapple Lake Rd. in Section 28 of Castleton Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to create a lot with 180-ft of lot width (road frontage) which is less than the minimum 220-ft of lot width in the A zoning district. Case Number V-21-2007 Rufus & Shanna Streater. Location: 14479 Frances Ave., in Section 30 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to allow a portion of a second story deck and stairs to have a 2.5 ft and 3.5-ft side yard setbacks which is less than the minimum 6-ft side yard setback in the RL-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: September 11, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings. Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk 77515428 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Hunt, a married man, and Bobbi Hunt, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 24, 2006, and recorded on August 29, 2006 in instrument 1169290, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 40/100 Dollars ($139,998.40), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 1, Market Street Plat, according to the recorded plat thereof , as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154087F01 77514826 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com River Ridge Member SIPC Assisted Living Care “Enjoying Life With Friends” 77511856 315 N Taffee Rd Hastings, MI 49058 tbrown@river-ridge.com www.river-ridge.bic - 24/7 Adult Family Care - Located on Thornapple River - Inquire at 269-948-9842 Be sure you are ready to roll for backto-school 77515251 02677511 M66 TIRE 7775 Saddlebag Lake Road (M66) Lake Odessa 616-374-1200 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by JON D. NORMAN and LYNNE D. NORMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 29, 2004, in Document No. 1139393, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents ($245,291.74), including interest at 5.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on September 20, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of PLAINWELL, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT NO. 59 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 AND LOT NO. 60 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 21, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77515455 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen J. Plank, to Mercantile Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2001 and recorded June 11, 2001 in Instrument Number 1061182, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Five and 25/100 Dollars ($107,205.25) including interest at 10.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 17, Lincoln Park Addition, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 231.6044 77515435 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 4, 2005, in Document No. 1144182 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One and 54/100 Dollars ($147,921.54), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 10, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 96 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515133 �Page 13 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth A. Wood and Debbie A. Wood, husband & wife, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2002, and recorded on November 7, 2002 in instrument 1091203, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five And 23/100 Dollars ($113,985.23), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 58 of O.A. Phillips Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 38 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77514795 File #153946F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Vicky L. Worden, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 6, 2002 and recorded September 11, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087259, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Sixty-One and 52/100 Dollars ($114,061.52) including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 2 and 22 of the Plat of Northbay, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 32. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1385 77515111 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on August 22, 2003, by Michael T. Willette III, a single man, and Lori J. Vander Loon, a single woman, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on August 26, 2003, in Document No. 1111859 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Thousand One Hundred Forty Nine and 55/100 Dollars ($90,149.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, August 30, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 3, East Town Homes, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in Document 1074113, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 23, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of l978, as amended. Commonly known as 142-3 Irving Rd., Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 KZLIB:548822.1\105064-00019 77514566 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jonathan Wright, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Crevecor Mortgage Inc, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006 and recorded January 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1159329 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($190,427.38) including interest 7.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds West 555.49 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 255.45 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 243.31 feet; thence North 8939 feet 44 minutes West 251.12 feet; thence North 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds East 363.00 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 66 foot wide strip of land, thence centerline of which is described: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 652.35 feet along the North line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 588.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds West 400.55 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 27.0 feet to the place of ending of said centerline. Also over a 60 foot radius curve, the radius point of which is the above described place of ending of said centerline. Commonly known as 3122 Cedar Brook Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 2, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75873_(HSBC) ASAP# 883675 08/09/2007, 77515116 08/16/2007, 08/23/2007, 08/30/2007 06656779 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven Mockeridge Sr., a single man a/k/a Steven Mockerridge Sr., original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded on May 4, 2006 in instrument 1164039, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty And 15/100 Dollars ($132,920.15), including interest at 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, and running thence South 220 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 29 for the true place of beginning; thence South 220 feet along said North and South 1/4 line; thence West 594 feet parallel with the North 1/8 line of said Section 29; thence North 220 feet; thence East 594 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155031F01 77514973 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael A. Harper, a married man and Ladonna I. Harper, a married woman, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 1998, and recorded on September 8, 1998 in instrument 1017602, and assigned by mesne assignments to HSBC Bank USA, as Trustee in trust for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Asset Backed Pass Through Certificates Series 2003-HE4 as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Nine And 80/100 Dollars ($49,839.80), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Described as commencing at a point 8 RODS South of the Southeast Corner of Lot 23 of the Villiage of Delton, according to the recorded Plat thereof, thence South along the West side of Highway 8 RODS, thence West 8 RODS, thence North 8 RODS, thence East 8 RODS to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #042726F03 77514932 VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 1, 2005, in Document No. 1144110 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Two and 88/100 Dollars ($149,382.88), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 12, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 192 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515128 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($58,809.50), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 2, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154162F01 77514801 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jolena M Fitzsimmons, a married person and Patrick O Fitzsimmons, a married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2002, and recorded on May 28, 2002 in instrument 1081142, and modified by agreement dated August 1, 2004, and recorded on September 9, 2004 in instrument 1133685, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($101,342.61), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence 680 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 216 feet; thence North 200 feet; thence West 216 feet; thence South 200 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to the Highway right-of-way for Dowling Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #055934F02 77515006 • NOTICE • The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Department of Human Services Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 9451284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2007. 77515267 Thornapple Manor is now accepting bids for snowplowing and snow removal for our facility located southeast of Hastings. The closing date for the bids is September 7, 2007 at 4:00 P.M. Bids shall be submitted to Thornapple Manor, 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. To obtain a copy of the invitation to bid, please call (269) 945-2407 or pick one up in person from our Business Office at our address listed above. Specific questions regarding the Invitation to Bid may be directed to Bill Sweet, Plant Engineer at (269) 945-2407. BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 77515273 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy test of the September 11, 2007 Village of Middleville, Thornapple Township Election will be conducted on August 31, 2007 at approximately 10:00am in the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI The Public Accuracy test is conducted to demonstrate that the computer program used to record and count the votes cast at the election meets the requirements of law. Susan J. Vlietstra, Thornapple Township Clerk 220 East Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-7202 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Seven and 54/100 Dollars ($123,307.54) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on AUGUST 30, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; West 16 and 2/100; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 2, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77514927 File No. 214.5168 77515422 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-12-2007 Charles McCarty. Location: 600 Groat Rd., in Section 8 of Johnstown Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for temporary supplemental housing for an immediate family member(s), in the A zoning district Case Number SP-13-2007 Frank and Sheila Purdy (applicant); Jeff and Susan Butcher (owner). Location: 225 E. Dowling Rd., in Section 29 of Baltimore Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a dog kennel, in the A zoning district. MEETING DATE: September 10, 2007. TIME: 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.) Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77515426 Debbie S. Smith, Barry County Clerk 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting August 8, 2007 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All members present Also present was Barry County Commissioner, Wayne Adams, Delton District Library Edward Elsner and BPH and Hickory Corners Asst’ Fire Chiefs Agenda was approved as amended Minutes of Regular Board Meeting July 11, 2007 approved as corrected. Discussion took place regarding background check on new hire, dust control, outdoor furnaces. Correspondence was received. Received County Commissioner, Wayne Adams report. Received Delton District Library, annual report, Director Edward Elsner. Public comment: None Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Police Department report received and placed on file. Discussion took place regarding the Parks. Approved the list of bills to be paid in the amount of $27,904.29. Add color copies to next month’s agenda. Discussed different payroll schedule options, will be added to next month’s agenda. Discussion took place regarding the proposed Master Land Use Plan and a Statement of Objection will be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Break 8:50 – 9:00 Discussed an Ordinance to Amend the Southwest Barry County Sewage Disposal System Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance with recommendations to be made to the SWBCSWA Board. Passed a Resolution for Deficit Elimination Plan for fiscal year 2006-2007. Approved a commitment up to $500.00 for Southwest Development Team Clean up project. Public Comment: None received. Board Comments were received. Discussion took place regarding: ceiling tiles and lighting and blinds in township hall meeting room, pad for recycling and trash bins and a safe drop box for the Treasurer’s department. Approved an agreement regarding the acceptance of the bid for the lawn tractor. Green Gables contract will be placed on next month’s agenda. Discussion took place regarding the proposed Prairieville Township Maintenance Computer Policy & Procedure. Accepted Clerk N. Nichols resignation as Administrator to the server. Discussion took place regarding the Pine Lake Pump assessment, Crooked Lake Weed Committee, Assessor’s Assistants. Accepted two bids from CRT for memory upgrade and 4 CDRW for computers. Meeting adjourned at 10:50 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner Prairieville Township Supervisor 77515397 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Kenneth E Dunn, A Married Man joined by Elizabeth A. Dunn, His Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Investaid Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded September 19, 2006 in Instrument # 1170273 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortage was subsequently assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($106,665.50) including interest 12.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST ONE HALF OF THE EAST ONE HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 8250 Wolf Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 16, 2007 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76655 77515413 MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Notice is hereby given that Default has occurred in a Mortgage given by Loretta J. Comp to the United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture. The Mortgage is dated January 12, 2001 and was recorded on January 16, 2001 in Instrument No. 1053928 of the Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt which is now One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five and 00/100 ($101,825.00) Dollars. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by selling the property described below at a public auction to the highest bidder. The sale will be held on September 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan which is the location of the Barry County Circuit Court. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, including interest at the rate of 6.875% per year, legal costs, attorney fees and any taxes or insurance which may be paid by the mortgagee before the sale. The property to be sold is located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan and is more specifically described in the Mortgage as: Lot 21 of ANDREW'S ADDITION, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Liber 2, Page 5, Barry County Records. The redemption period will expire six (6) months from the date of the sale unless the property is deemed to be abandon pursuant to MCL §600.3241a in which case the redemption period will expire thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or until the time to provide the notice required by MCL §600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later. Dated: August 16, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, F/K/A THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PREPARED BY: JOHN R. TUCKER, P37348 WINEGARDEN, HALEY, LINDHOLM & ROBERTSON, P.L.C. G-9460 S. SAGINAW STREET, SUITE A GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 767-3600 77515296 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Six and 22/100 Dollars ($74,586.22) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 88.00 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515440 File No. 207.7607 SOCIAL WORKER AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Thomas Patrick Lyons, a single man of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Long Beach Mortgage Company dated the 27th day of October, A.D. 2004, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 29th day of October, A.D. 2004, in Instrument No. 1136327 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-1, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $96,230.74 (ninety six thousand, two hundred thirty dollars and seventy four cents) plus accrued interest at 7.55% (sevent point five five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 13th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Maple Grove, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: COMMENCING 260 FEET SOUTH OF THE 1/8 POST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 31, TOWN 2 NORTH. RANGE 7 WEST. FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE EAST 26 RODS; THENCE NORTH 12 RODS; THENCE WEST 26 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 12 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as: 9745 North Ave. Tax ID: 10-031-130-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich, (P-41938) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 WWR#06202433 77515306 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married, Shawna Allerding, non obligor spouse/owner of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated the 1st day of June, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 12th day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument NO. 1165861 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to LaSalle Bank, National Association as trustee for WMBAS Series 2006-HE4 Trust, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $61,508.53 (sixty one thousand, five hundred eight dollars and fifty three cents) plus accrued interest at 9.62 % (nine point six two) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 20th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Hastings, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIS: LOT 26 OF SUNDAGO PARK ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 71 OF BARRY COUNTY RECORDS Commonly known as: 49 Sundago Park Street Tax ID: 08-06-550-026-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77515430 WWR#06137051 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul Steven Bruxvoort, A Single Man to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2006 and recorded January 17, 2007 in Instrument #1175161 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($155,585.36) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of he Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest one-quarter which is South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1597.88 feet from the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 210.0 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West 237.26 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest onequarter; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 250.50 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 152.75 feet along said centerline; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds East 441.85 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to Highway right of way over the Westerly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 6700 Whitneyville Rd, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 20, 2007 Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse , Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76608 77515450 JOB FAIR FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007 10 AM - 2 PM 50 N. M-37 Highway, Suite A Hastings, MI Williamson Staffing is recruiting for production openings in Middleville. $9/hr. All shifts. Apply with 2 pieces of I.D. If you are unable to make the job fair contact our office for more information 616-575-5627. EOE 77515462 Thornapple Manor, the Barry County Medical Facility in Hastings, is seeking a full-time Social Worker. Work in a team oriented environment with the opportunity to grow professionally & provide quality services to our residents. Our facility is currently undergoing exciting changes with the implementation of the Eden Alternative and a building expansion project. Qualified candidates will be motivated, have long term care experience, and have a bachelor’s degree in social work or human services. Candidates should demonstrate an understanding of medical terminology. Knowledge of MDS and care plan process is preferred. Thornapple Manor offers excellent compensation including benefits package and continuing education opportunities. Wages will be commensurate with experience. Please submit resume to: Thornapple Manor - Attention: Human Resources 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, MI 49085 or fax to: 269-948-0265 77515392 EOE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J. Eveland, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2006 and recorded May 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1164006, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seventy-Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($178,079.94) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: A parcel of land in the Southeast onequarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 36; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said section 631.40 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 436.58 feet to the Point of Beginning of this description; thence continuing North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 235.70 feet; thence North 84 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West 38.49 feet; thence North 07 degrees 41 minutes 26 seconds East 404.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 56 seconds East parallel with the East-West one-quarter line of said section 220.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 54 seconds West 404.25 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1959 77515356 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shelly D. Goodenough and Jeffrey A. Goodenough, her husband as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded July 24, 2006 in Instrument Number 1167583, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007FXD1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007FXD1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Four and 16/100 Dollars ($97,634.16) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of M-79 in the Village of Quimby where the Road North intersects the Highway; thence West along the center of Highway 185 feet of the place of beginning; thence North 424 feet more or less, to the right-of-way of the Kent, Barry and Eaton Railroad; thence West 150 feet; thence South 437 feet, more or less, to the centerline of East Quimby Road (M-79); thence East 150 feet to the place of beginning, all being in Section 26, Town 3 North Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515286 File No. 221.5944 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Lenartz, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2003, and recorded on June 10, 2003 in instrument 1106156, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Nine And 09/100 Dollars ($47,549.09), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 6 Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #095548F02 77515408 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Scott Curtiss and Holly Curtiss, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Hamilton Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 12, 2006 and recorded June 8, 2006 in Instrument # 1165734 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($195,291.17) including interest 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, August 30, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 96, Pine Haven Estates Number 4, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Document Number 1122672. Commonly known as 1870 Pine Ridge Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: JULY 30, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75470(HSBC) ASAP# 881732 08/02/2007, 08/09/2007, 08/16/2007, 77514888 08/23/2007 �Page 15 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Hastings traffic congestion expected The Hastings Police Department reminds citizens the city will be alive with a variety of Summerfest activities on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 25, beginning at 8:30 a.m. with the 10k/5k runs and a 9:45 a.m. Fun Run. The runs and walk will start and finish in the Middle School area, and several of the streets will be closed in that part of town. The Summerfest Grand Parade begins at 12:30 p.m., and will start on East State Street near Hanover Street, proceeding down Apple to Broadway, then south on Broadway to State Street. The parade will then travel through the downtown area. The parade necessitates the closing of several streets on the east side of town, as well as around the downtown area. The Police Department asks that motorists traveling in these areas of town to find an alternate route around the city, and reminds them to be patient should they find themselves stuck in traffic. Two juveniles nabbed in park vandalism Hastings police have identified two juveniles responsible for incicents of malicious destruction of property at area parks over the past several weeks. The damage, which consisted of graffiti to park buildings and tables with paint and markers, had been an ongoing problem. On July 31, a Hastings officer caught one of suspects, a 15-year old Hastings youth, in the act of defacing a picnic table at the skate park near Hastings Manufacturing. While investigating that incident, the graffiti he observed matched that of previous incidents. The officer was able to get the identify of another 15-year-old from the Battle Creek area who also was responsible for damage to the parks. Both teens have been petitioned into the Barry County Juvenile Court and are facing charges of malicious destruction of property valued at between $200 and $1000. Drunken man will face extradition Hastings police arrested a Hastings man Aug. 19, after being summoned to a business in the 200 block of North Michigan Avenue where the man had fallen down and needed assistance. Frederick Radke, 40, had fallen due to his intoxicated state (.40% BAC, five times the legal limit) inside the store. Radke was uncooperative with officers and EMS personnel as they attempted to assist him. It was learned during the investigation that Radke was wanted by authorities in the State of Alabama. He was placed under arrest and transported him to the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of disorderly conduct and will be facing extradition by authorities in Birmingham, Ala. Man held for domestic assault after chase Hastings police responded to a complaint of domestic assault Aug. 19 at a residence in the 100 block of West State Road. The suspect, who was identified as Roydan Howard, 34, of Hastings, had fled the residence on foot when officers arrived. The 39-year-old victim told officers that she was at the residence picking up property when Howard lost control and began physically assaulting her. Officers observed several obvious injuries. A reserve officer and Barry County deputy, located Howard near the Thornapple River at which time he fled. Officers gave chase and took him into custody a short time later. Howard was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of domestic assault and resisting and obstructing a police officer. Local man charged with embezzlement Andrew Robbins, 21, of Hastings, was arrested Aug. 16 by Hastings police investigating an embezzlement complaint at Dreisbach Pontiac-GMC. Police were contacted July 27 when management discovered the discrepancies in work orders that were missing. An employee at the time, Robbins was servicing vehicles, specifically oil changes, and would pocket the money from that service when customers paid cash. He is then suspected of destroying the work orders. A warrant was authorized for embezzlement between $200 and $1000. Johnstown Fire Dept. burglary victim The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a breaking and entering complaint from the Johnstown Township Fire Department sometime between July 13 and July 15. Thieves broke into the storage facility and stole a number of items. Before leaving the building they took the time to slash all four tires on the department’s brush truck. Johnstown Township Assistant Chief Peter Dunn told deputies the department was preparing to conduct controlled burn as part of a training exercise when the theft was discovered. Dunn told investigators he had secured the building on the night of July 13 and because there were indications the building had been broken into before, he reinforced the door. The investigation revealed a pry bar was used to open the door, which was damaged beyond repair. Missing in the burglary was a 300-foot ice rescue tether rope, a Mustang Ice Commander Rescue Suit, diving fins, a wet suit and a water storage helmet. Total estimated damage, including the stolen property, the slashed tires and the damaged door were set at approximately $3,300. Juvenile, 14, assaults mother, sister A 14-year-old Middleville juvenile has been arrested by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and charged with felonious assault in connection with an attack against her mother and her sister Aug. 20. The juvenile was placed in the Allegan County Juvenile Home to await disposition. Car parked at access site burglarized A woman who parked her parents’ vehicle at the Duncan Lake Access in Thornapple Township returned to the car to find the passenger window broken in and her purse missing. In addition to all her identification and social security cards on her children, the woman reported a loss of $10 to $15 in cash. Local man flees gas station, but arrested An off duty Michigan State Police trooper from the Hastings post was on his way home when he observed an individual urinating next to his van while he filled up the gas tank at the Shell Station in Middleville on Aug. 9. The officer approached the man and identified himself as a police officer and ordered the man to turn and place his hands on the side of the van while he called for an on-duty officer to come to the scene. Instead of complying with the order, the man jumped in his van and sped away without paying for his gas.. The trooper called for backup and followed the van west on Main Street and south on Bender Road. When the van finally stopped in the driveway of the resident, a Barry County Sheriff’s deputy who had responded to the call arrested John William Gummo, 27 of Hastings. See POLICE, next page Farm Community Notices DAISY NEEDS A HOME! DAISY IS AN 8 YEAR OLD HACKNEY PONY MARE. SHE IS VERY EASY TO HANDLE, BUT HAS NOT BEEN STARTED. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SHE COULD BE RIDDEN ALL OVER. SHE LOADS, LEADS, AND TIES VERY WELL. SHE WOULD MAKE A GREAT 4-H PONY WITH A LITTLE TIME. DAISY’S ADOPTION FEE IS $300 TO A QUALIFIED HOME. CALL (269)962-2015 FALL TREE AND BULB SALE: Bare root seedling and transplant trees and a variety of spring flowering bulbs available. Order by Sept. 21 at Barry Conservation District, 1611 S. Hanover, Hastings (Secretary of State building). (269)9488056 ext. 3 www.barrycd.org. 07518020 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 TOMATOES, POTATOES AND peppers, 269-818-7555. Recreation 1997 PROCRAFT, 205 Pro bass boat, mint condition, 225hp EFI Mercury, tournament ready, many new extras. $14,000. Cell# 269-2147807, work# 269-665-9714. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Card of Thanks For Sale Help Wanted THANK YOU! Thanks for all the cards and phone calls from everyone that helped me celebrate my 80th Birthday. Carl Hathaway BERBER CARPET & PAD: 40YD (12x30), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $600, sell $195. (517)204-0600 $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free kit. 800-551-0172. Ind/Rep. PORTABLE WOOD-MIZER LT27 SAWMILL: all hydraulics added, only used 10hrs, like new, $15,000. (269)623-6191 FLOOR TECHNICIAN WANTED: We restore existing tile & grout surfaces. Hard rewarding work. Must be in good physical condition and be a problem solver. Some travel involved. Floor care experience desired, although will train. Transportation & phone are mandatory. Background checks required. A good work ethic is what we’re looking for. (269)945-2600, 1800-400-8947 toll free. In Memoriam IN MEMORY OF Caroline M. Furlong August 1928-August 2002 Its hard to be apart from you when all I want to do is feel your touch and see your loving smile... But just knowing we’ll be together soon, if only in a little while, helps make the distance between us seem somehow less and reminds us that it won’t always be like this. One day we’ll be able to hold each other and know that it’s not just a dream that always end too soon. Until that day comes, I’ll keep missing you and counting the days until we’re in each other’s arms again. Then we’ll cherish the times we shared, and it will be as though we we’re never apart. Your Loving Husband, Richard & Family. VASES: large quantity, used once, some never used. One style 26” clear cylinder, sold with or without silk flowers and gemstones, another style 6-5/8” fluted green glass vases, never used. (269)9488744. Ideal for receptions, weddings, special occasions. REASONABLY PRICED. Estate Sale Household ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS, WATER Lilies, Koi, Pond Supplies, SUMMER SALE. Apol’s Landscaping Co. 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia (616)698-1030. Business Services GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 heavily wooded secluded acres adjoining state land. Lots of deer signs. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site, well and electric. $23,900, $500 down, 11% land contract. Northern Land Company, 1800-968-3118, www.northernlandco.com. Help Wanted Child Care COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Only 3 full time openings left! Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. children don’t want to go home! Call Patty, 15 years experience. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. OPEN HOUSE: come and see Miss Patty’s Daycare! 3 openings left. Open House, Wednesday from 5:007:00PM. License #DG080071781. Home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. For Rent (2) 1 BEDROOM small cottages on fish pond with island and Jordan Lake access. Perfect for single person. Includes Basketball court, Shuffle board, horseshoe pits on premises, $450/month. Call (562)639-9398 No dogs! COBB LAKE: 2 bedroom, furnished/appliances, remodeled. No Pets. $175/week, (616)291-5012. FOR RENT 2 bedroom home in Hastings, $600/month + utilities, garbage paid for. Call (269)9454228. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 RENT WITH OPTION: Excective home, beautiful 5BR, 3BA, 8 year old home, 2 outbuildings on 5 acres. Immediate occupancy, 5 miles from Hastings on M43. Please call Leo (616)5608863. ROOMMATE WANTED: large house in Hastings near downtown, $250 per month. Share utilities. For more details, call (269)838-9136. CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS...PARTNER TO develop mentoring programs...Recruit and enroll volunteers and children...Plan fundraising events. Do these activities describe your skills? Big Brothers Big Sisters is seeking a part-time Barry County Community Developer. The position could be combined with other duties to attain full-time status. Send resume, FT/PT preference, and salary requirements by August 29 to: Peter Tripp at petertripp@bbbscommunity.org or to Big Brothers Big Sisters, 3501 Covington Road, Kalamazoo, MI 49001. DRIVERS CDL-A: HOME EVERY WEEKEND .34¢/mile all miles-(hub), plus hourly, stop, and pick up pay, paid holidays, and vacations, company supported health plan. Call Mike at 1-800-878-2546 DRIVERS: TOP PAY/BENEFITS! 2 positions Avail! Home wknds. CDL-A required. 98% No-touch! Signon bonus for Hazmat. 800998-5005 BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $110. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can separate, can deliver. (616)949-6525 FOUR POST BED: solid wood, new, king w/pillow top mattress set. Bought, never used. Cost $1,000, sell $175. (517)204-0600 National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Household BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $175. Also fullsize $95. (616)949-2683. Garage Sale GARAGE SALE ON 8/24 & 8/25, Friday & Saturday. Selling: couches, snowblower attachment, toys (2-3 years), movies, weedwhacker, 40” big screen TV and lots more. 221 W. South Street. GARAGE SALE: 212 EAST CLINTON STREET, HASTINGS. AUGUST 23RD, 24TH, & 25TH (THURSDAY 8-5, FRIDAY 8-5, & SATURDAY 8-12). LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. CAN’T MISS THIS ONE!!!!! 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The school board also agreed to the wording on the next ballot issue for renewal of the non-homestead property tax levy, put together by the legal firm of Thrun, Maatch & Nordberg. The schools intend to restore the original 18-mill levy, which because of the Headlee Amendment has been rolled back to 17.75 mills. The non-homestead levy includes all commercial and industrial properties, but not residential, for which a maximum of six mills is allowed. In other business Monday night, the school board: • Heard a report on the driver education program from instructor John Zawierucha, who said about 140 students enrolled this year, though some have dropped out because of grades. “They have to be academically the same as for athletes,” he noted. Though Zawierucha said private schools now account for about 80 percent of driver education, the local program’s “number show our program is viable, that there is a demand.” He added that despite fluctuating gas prices, he doesn’t expect costs to enroll in the program next year will increase. He also had high praise for local automobile dealers Dreisbach and Seif for use of vehicles. “Without these dealers, we wouldn’t have a program,” Zawierucha said. • Accepted the resignations of high school paraprofessional Lori Leonard, Southeastern Elementary kindergarten teacher Kelly Peterson and bus driver Tammi Sanders. • Praised the combined efforts of a group of parents and local community-minded businesses and industries for remodeling and sprucing up the aging middle school building over the summer. Recognized for providing funding were Hastings City Bank and Pennock Hospital. Providing employees to help with the work were Hastings Manufacturing, the Viking Corp. and Precision Auto Body (for removal of old bleachers at both the middle school and high school). Providing equipment and services were Terry McKinney and his dump truck and J.O. Galloup for Oasis brand drinking fountains, sinks and toilets. • Also recognized gifts of a stage/trailer from the Band Boosters worth $6,000 and a Kimball piano valued at $1,000 from former high school principal and grounds supervisor Steve Harbison. POLICE, continued from previous page Quad, trailer found in state game area Michigan State Police from the Hastings post are investigating the theft of a four-wheel quad and a trailer found by a DNR official in the state game area Aug. 7. When the troopers told the owner of the quad it had been found along with the trailer it was sitting on, he expressed surprise it was missing. While troopers were gathering information about the incident, they discovered other equipment, including another quad, a motorcycle, reported stolen by the Wayland State Police post, near the man’s property. The incident remains under investigation and no charges have been filed yet. Drunken driver caught driving again While Trooper Scott Sharrar was conducting a traffic stop Aug. 9 in Orangeville Township, he observed a vehicle driven by Matilda Arthur Rodarte, a man he had arrested July 15 for driving while under the influence of alcohol. The trooper knew Rodarte had had his license suspended and was not supposed to be driving. Sharrar pulled over Rodarte and arrested him for operating while being intoxicated again. Rodarte was lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. Madison, daughter of new Supt. Richard Satterlee, appears to be making the acquaintance of assistant Supt. Mary Viek during Monday evening’s meet and greet time before the Hastings Board of Education meeting. Board of Education President Anne Endsley, noting all the support, commented, “That’s over $19,000 in assigned dollar value. It continues to amaze me, the support we get from this community.” • Asked for but received no comment on a proposal to name the Johnson Field football complex Baum Stadium. • Agreed to the slate of fall sports coaching assignments: Carl Schoessel, girls’ swimming; Krista Sheldon, head varsity volleyball; Jamie VanBoven, freshman volleyball; Brenda Baker, seventh grade volleyball; Steve Collins, middle school cross country; Pat Coltson, head jayvee football; Benjamin Conklin, jayvee boys’ soccer; Jeff Denny, assistant varsity football; Jamie Dixon, varsi- ty boys’ and girls’ cross country; Brian Donnini, assistant jayvee football; Traci Downs, freshman cheerleading; Marshall Evans, head freshman football; Jack Hobart, assistant varsity football; Stephanie Hokanson, eighth grade volleyball; Kelsey Howell, jayvee volleyball; Amy Hubbell, varsity competitive cheer; Diane Jager, jayvee cheerleading; Jeff Keller, freshman football; Stan Kirkendall, girls’ jayvee golf; Bruce Krueger, girls’ varsity golf; Wendi McGillicuddy, assistant girls’ swimming; Rich Pohja, boys’ tennis; Fred Rademacher, head varsity football, and Brian Roderick, boys’ varsity soccer. YMCA director speaks to Kiwanis Barry County YMCA Director Tom Wilt speaks to the Hastings Kiwanis Club Wednesday about the history and programs of the Y. Wilt started his presentation with a quiz about the YMCA’s history, and then informed the club members about his personal history. “I grew up in the YMCA,” he said. “I have a huge love for the Y.” Before coming to Barry County, Wilt also worked at YMCAs in North Carolina, Ohio and Kentucky. “This is a great place,” he said of Barry County. “You need to be proud of what you have in this particular community.” Wilt talked about expanding YMCA programs and camp uses in future years as well. Lake Odessa Chamber’s second annual fishing contest a success On Aug. 5, the Lakewood Area Chamber of Commerce held its second annual fishing contest on Jordan Lake. The boaters met at the boat ramp between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. The contest began promptly at 7. After the boats left the dock Robert Johnson, President and Randy Hart, Vice President loaded up and headed over to a pond located just south of Sunfield on Shaytown road where another contest was planned to start at 8 a.m. for people without boats. The pond fishing contest ended at noon. Winners were George Johnson, biggest pan fish; Conner Eberly, Biggest Bass; Chad Johnson, Most Fish Caught; Hallie McNett, Youngest to catch a fish; and Clarence Battice, oldest to catch a fish. Prizes were awarded, and the group packed up and headed back to Jordan Lake to welcome the anglers back for weigh-in at 2 p.m. The winner on Jordan Lake for Biggest Bass was Sandra Marple, 4.4 lbs. First place for most weight went to Cameron Marple and n i a g A e m Ho th 30 Annual Summerfest in his wife Sandra. Second place went to Jeff McCausey. Third place went to Mark Aguirre and his partner Bob. After the event, Johnson and Hart stayed and visited with the anglers to hear many of their stories about the fishing experience. Hart, who heads this money making event for the chamber, has plans to include a steak and potato dinner following the event next year. All proceeds go toward the Greater Lakewood Scholarship Programs. Lake Odessa Shell, Lake Odessa Mobile, Diamond Propane, Main Street Bank, Richards Appliance, MIDMI.net, Imaging Art Portrait Studio, United Bank, and Lenny Brown helped sponsor the event. Cameron Marple and his wife Sandra show off their prize winning fish, after taking the championship in the contest on Jordan Lake Aug. 5. Downtown Hastings Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience Join us: Brats, Dogs, Pop, H20, Adult Refreshments Live Music, at the corner of Apple St. and Church St. 77515460 October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: Hours: Friday, 4pm-12am Saturday, 12pm-12am FREE... Transit ride home in City limits 11:30pm-12:30am both nights $ 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77514873 Food Centers �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Los Lobos with the Lee Boys: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. General admission lawn seating tickets are $40. Los Lobos uses musical molds built on rock, blues, jazz and Latin to subtly challenge listeners with conscience-raising songs and thought-provoking lyrics. Since their start in 1973, they’ve evolved into a respected artistic entity searching for themes and topics that are an interpretive pulse of our times. Over their career they’ve contributed to the soundtracks of well-known films such as La Bamba and Desperado. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. August 23. • Old Timer will be performed when The Barn Theatre extends its 2007 summer season. David Naughtonm who starred in “An American Werewolf in London,” the late 70’s sitcom “Makin’ It” and was the guy who sang “I’m a Pepper, you’re a Pepper…” in the old Dr. Pepper commercials) will star as the central character in this captivating rock musical. “Old Timer” tells the story of Clay Miller who is finally released from jail after serving a 30-year prison term for a crime he didn’t commit. Now his mission is to find his only living relative, his daughter Juanita. Written by Barn producer, Brendan Ragotzy and Troy Benton, this explosive, moving night of theatre has hits in the making with “Ridin’ the Rails”, “Hollywood”, “Waitin’ for You”, and “What Happens Now”. Having had a highly successful New York City reading, writer Brendan Ragotzy took pen in hand to make a few revisions to the script as well as adding a few new songs. Performances are Tuesday through Friday at 8:30 pm, Saturday at 6 pm and 9 pm, and Sunday at 5 pm. Enjoy refreshments in the Rehearsal Shed Lounge with friends before the show, during intermission and after the show. Call the Box Office today and make your reservation at 269-731-4121. August 21–September 2 The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE AUGUST • Hastings Summerfest takes places throughout downtown Hastings August 2426. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 23 Hastings Farmers' Market 10am6pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway @ Tyden Park N. Broadway @ Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 24 Middleville Farmers' Market 7am-2pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts. Village Parking Lot--100 E. Main St. Village of Middleville (269) 795-3385 24-26 Hastings Summerfest 25 Hastings Farmers' Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway @ Tyden Park. N. Broadway @ Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 25 Summerfest Children's Fun Run Pennock Health Services 9:30am. Hastings Middle School Pennock Health Services (269) 945-1760 25 Summerfest Adult Run Pennock Health Services Hastings Middle School Pennock Health Services (269) 945-1760 26 Hastings Summerfest Car Show Hastings Summerfest Committee & Hastings Car Club 10am-4pm. $10.00 entrance fee for Show Cars. Spectators free. All proceeds donated to local kids programs. Kids parade at 1pm. Downtown Hastings between Broadway & Boltwood (269) 948-8789 or www.HastingsCarClub.com 26 4-H Speed Horse Show Barry Expo Center 1350 N. M-37 Hwy Theresa Ferris (269) 721-9961 26 4th Annual "Pierce-Arrow Gathering at Gilmore" Gilmore Car Museum 10am-3pm. Admission charged. 6865 Hickory Rd. (269) 6715089 © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Musicals Car Shows The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house for three days?” — William Shakespeare Fairs C A L E N D A R 28 Hastings Farmers' Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway @ Tyden Park. N. Broadway @ Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 • You might be surprised to learn that there are no distilleries in the town of Bourbon, Kentucky. • Bausch & Lomb, a company best known for its eye-care products, was originally known as Vulcanite Optical Instrument Company. • Celine Dion and Gladys Knight both made their public singing debuts when they were only 5 years old. • Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of the seventh, and final, installment in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” It’s now become the fastest-selling book in history, with 11 million copies being purchased in the first 24 hours alone. The series has been so successful that the author, J.K. Rowling, is the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. According to Forbes, she is the second richest female entertainer in the world (after Oprah Winfrey, of course), and the magazine also ranked her as the 48th most powerful celebrity for 2007. With all her fame and money, it’s interesting to note that Rowling was once fired for writing on the job. • It was libertarian author and lecturer James Bovard who, in 1994, made the following sage observation: “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” • Those who study first families of the United States say that first lady Pat Nixon ironed her own dresses, first lady Rosalynn Carter mended the family’s clothes, and President Harry Truman washed his own undergarments. • The last state to officially abolish slavery was Mississippi — and it wasn’t until 1995 that it happened. Crafts 29 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6pm-9pm. George & Sally's Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. 6865 Hickory Rd. (269) 671-5089 30 Hastings Farmers' Market 10am6pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway @ Tyden Park N. Broadway @ Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 31 Middleville Farmers' Market 7am-2pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts. Village Parking Lot--100 E. Main St. Village of Middleville (269) 795-3385 31- Sept. 2 Woodland Homecoming Village of Woodland Lots of fun for the whole family, softball tournaments, ice socials, fish dinner, chicken BBQ, craft show, parade, talent show. Los Lobos August 23 Havoc in Hastings will be presented by the Society for Creative Anachronism Saturday September 1 from 10 am-5 pm at Charlton Park. Admission is $6 for adults, children ages 4-12 $4. 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids September 6-8. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org Grand Rapids Hispanic Festival at Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids September 7-9. Hours are Friday 11:30 am-11:30 pm, Saturday noon-11:30 pm , Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission is free. Hosted by the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan downtown Grand Rapids on Calder Plaza. Cultural event highlighting the music, art and food of Latin America. Come down to enjoy live performances, food booths, beer tent and mercado. Website: www.hispanic-center.org/festival. For more information call (616) 742-0200. Allegan County Fair will be held Sept. 7-15. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park September 12. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org Civic Theatre presents: Dreamgirls at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre September 1329th. Hours are Wednesday 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm matinee. Ticket prices range from $14-$30. This award-winning fabulous musical comes to the Civic stage to kick off our 2007-08 season in style. Enjoy some of Motown's greatest music from the sixties and seventies, combined with great dancing and the behind-thescenes drama of Motown's phenomenal impact on America's music culture. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. This week’s selection: The Bourne Ultimatum Grand Rapids Symphony Blockbuster Opening Night at DeVos Performance Hall September 14 and 15 at 8 pm. Tickets start at $16. Come hear your own Grand Rapids Symphony as they mark the beginning of the Richard and Helen DeVos Classical concert series. You will be treated to the works of Bach, Stravinsky, and more. For more information call (616) 454-9451, Ext. 115 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Eastown Street Fair takes place September 22 from 9 am-10 pm on Wealthy Street in the heart of Eastown in East Grand Rapids. Admission is free. A party for all ages with musical entertainment by local bands, handson children’s activities, art booths, great food, and a beer tent. This year’s event will feature diverse musical offerings on two stages ranging from hip-hop to jazz, rhythm and blues to rock. A complete schedule will be published soon. Families will want to check out the expanded children’s activities in the designated children’s area. For more information call (616) 454-1082 or visit www.eastowngr.com. Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall September 25-30. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. Actors' at Spectrum Theater Presents: Seven Passages at Spectrum Theatre September 27-October 6. Hours are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm. Admission is $22. Special offer on Thursdays: The first ticket is full price and the second ticket is $10. Based on the research of Stephanie Sandberg, this theatre piece tells of the daily struggles faced by those who attempt to maintain a relationship with their religious communities while striving to live authentic lives as gay and lesbian people. For more information call (616) 234-3947 or visit www.actorsatspectrum.org. Cuban Salsa Festival at San Chez A Tapas Bistro and Mezze Cafe & Cabaret in downtown Grand Rapids September 28 from 7 pm1 am on the new third floor. Admission is $35 and includes a five course authentic Cuban dinner and entertainment. $15.00 for entertainment only after 9 pm. Mezze Café’s Cuban Salsa Festival for a second time this year. Eleven-piece live Cuban salsa band “Ritmo” Also featuring Cecilia Cofino and Sergio Kurquis leading the dancing with Cuban salsa, merengues, bachata, regeton and more. For more information call (616) 7748272 or visit www.sanchezbistro.com. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 1 hour 51 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 Matt Damon once again stars as Jason Bourne, the amnesiac CIA hitman trying to piece together his past and reclaim his true identity in “The Bourne Ultimatum,” the final chapter of the Bourne trilogy. The performances by Damon and the supporting cast are great. The photography and pace of the film are top shelf. For all intents and purposes, I should have loved this movie. And yet ... I was bored stiff. I guess it was the repetitiveness. “Ultimatum” is essentially one long chase movie. The formula goes something like this: Bourne travels to a city to meet with someone who can supply another piece of the puzzle concerning his past. The CIA discovers his whereabouts and sends a person or persons to kill Bourne. A chase and fight ensues. Bad guy is killed by Bourne. Something may or not explode. Bourne then heads to another exotic locale for the next clue. Lather, Rinse, Repeat. Now I accept the fact that every summer blockbuster action film is formulaic. But when a film’s formula becomes so self-evident that it distracts from my enjoyment of the movie, then we have a problem. Of course, all this is moot. “The Bourne Matt Damon starts in yet another third part of a trilogy in a summer box office dominated by them. Ultimatum” has already grossed a bajillion dollars and is a box-office success. If you’ve seen the first two, you’ve probably already seen this one. But for those who haven’t seen the film and are on the fence, I suggest catching it at a matinee or waiting for it to come out as a rental. “The Bourne Ultimatum” isn’t a bad flick; it’s still a pretty good action picture. Not as good as “Casino Royale” or “Live Free or Die Hard,” but worth a look. GRADE: C © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 18 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner DK football returns ten starters from last season by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Schoolcraft head coach Terry Haas and his Golden Eagles got the best of Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas and his Panthers to open the 2006 season. Entering his second season leading the Panthers, Vic should have more hope for a good showing against his brother’s strong program when the season opens this Friday at DKHS. Delton Kellogg returns ten starters from the team that went 1-8, with little experience, a year ago. Of those ten, three are seniors who are entering their third season with the Panther varsity. Back are quarterback Brian Diaz, running back Steve Scoby, and tackle Octavio Romero. Scoby rushed for nearly 600 yards and scored five touchdowns last season, and was also an all-KVA selection for his punting prowess. Diaz threw for over 600 yards and five TD’s last season. With Romero on one side and returning senior tackle Chris Miller on the other end the Panthers have a couple strong performers to lead the offensive line. Miller was all-KVA a season ago as well. Other returnees include linebackers Chase Mills, Kevin VanHoose, and Brennan Smith, linemen John Hess, Ricky Ramsey, and Mitch Duquesnel, end Martell Epperson, and running back Kirk Wolschleger. “We also get a good group of kids from a JV team that was 6-3 last year,” said coach Haas. The newcomers aren’t all underclassmen, senior end Tony Reeves and senior defensive lineman Jordan Stewart will look to add something to the squad. Juniors stepping up to the varsity for the first time include DB Quinn Seaver, QB/RB Conrad Drum, DB Taylor Kingsley, DL Jason Wolthuis, LB/G Danny McIntyre, DL Brandon Malone, LB Ray Lindsey, RB/LB Steven Romero, G Ron McConahay, DB Jeffery Town, and P/E Robbie Wandell. “We have to learn to play four quarters,” said Haas. “This year we have the experience and need to play that way.” The Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) is once again a solid football conference, and Kalamazoo Christian is expected to lead the way once again. The Comets aren’t the only ones in the league looking forward to the sea- son. There is still Pennfield, Olivet, Maple Valley and co. for the Delton boys to deal with. “The KVA is a good football conference,” said Haas. “I think it is very balanced this year. We can be right in the middle of it if we step up and play well.” Delton Kellogg is home for its first, and only, two non-conference contests. The Panthers take on Bellevue next Thursday. The KVA season begins for Delton Kellogg at the home of the Comets Sept. 9. Delton looks to be best of the rest by Brett Bremer Sports Editor With Kalamazoo Christian and Hackett Catholic Central expected to be the class of the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) boys’ soccer competition once again, Delton Kellogg has its sights set on taking care of business against the rest of the league. Someday the Panthers may be ready to challenge the Irish and Comets for a league title, but that day likely isn’t here quite yet. The Panthers finished fifth in the conference a year ago, their first season under head coach Bill Roberts. The 2006 team was 8-9-1 overall, and 5-5 in the KVA. “We will improve on last year’s the fifth place finish in the KVA conference,” said Roberts “With a lot of hard work, determination and confidence DK should finish in third place behind the top conference teams.” But Delton isn’t taking anything for granted. Galesburg-Augusta, Pennfield, and Parchment will all be pushing for that third place spot. “Each of these teams will test our ability to perform at an exceptional level of play,” Roberts said. Delton is senior heavy this fall, with nine of them on the roster. Only four of them are returnees from last year’s team however. That See DK SOCCER, next page Chris Miller (76) attempts to give Steve Scoby some help after hauling in a screen pass during the 2006 season. (File photo) Girls’ team has group of hard workers by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ and girls’ cross country teams had a great time at their intense three-day running camp up north this summer, according to head coach Dale Grimes. If there’s one thing he learned about his girls, it’s that they’re not afraid of hard work. “I have been very impressed with their work ethic thus far,” said Grimes. “We have a large group of veteran runners who should make great contributions to the team this season.” The list of returnees is headed by junior Mandy Dye, who earned all-KVA honors a year ago in her first season with the Panther varsity. Also back for her second year with the Panthers is senior Caitlin Champion. Threeyear runners returning include junior Lauren Knollenberg, and seniors Jill Newton and Shawn Schut. That group helped the team to a third place finish in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) in 2006. The team placed second at the Barry County Meet, and fifth in their Division 3 regional meet. The camp wasn’t only successful because of the hard work the girls put in, to help out with conditioning during the season. “With so many rookies, much was gained in terms of confidence and knowledge of the sport,” said Grimes. Senior Sam VandenBerg, junior Melissa Julian and freshman Taylor Hennessey have shown coach Grimes much promise, as has senior Rachael Williams. Williams is a track stand-out at Delton Kellogg, who is racing cross country for the first time. The team does have to deal with a handful of minor injuries coming into the season, but the Panthers believe if they get healthy and stay healthy they can begin shooting for some lofty goals. “This team will be exciting to watch develop as they progress through the season,” said Grimes. The team would like to catch Kalamazoo Christian and Hackett Catholic Central, and get back at the top of the KVA standings. Beyond that, a few years away from the state finals has been too much for coach Grimes. 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M-43 Suite 14, Delton 623-4775 623-3300 110 Maple St. 623-5250 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — Page 19 DK goes for 3rd straight winning year by Brett Bremer Sports Editor In its third year under head coach Jack Magelssen, the Delton Kellogg varsity volleyball program is looking to mark some “firsts”. Last winter’s Delton Kellogg team finished the season with a record of 29-23-6, and placed fourth in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA). This year the team is shooting for the first 30-win season in the history of the program. Accomplishing the feat of 30 wins would most likely mean the Panthers had managed another goal, earning a winning record for the third consecutive season. That would also be a program first. Delton had a number of freshman contributing to the varsity team last season, and they’re back with one year of experience under their belts. Sophomore outside hitters Hannah Williams, Katie Searles, and McKenzie Lester return along with sophomore setter Terin Norris and libero/defensive specialist (ds) Katie Marshall. Norris moves into the setter role after leading the Panthers in kills and blocks per game a season ago. The youngsters do still have some upperclassmen to look up to and learn from, in senior middle Chelsea VanderWoude and senior libero/ds Kelsie Smith. Coach Magelssen will once again rely upon some freshmen to help out the team. That group of returnees is being joined by freshmen middles Carly Boehn and Kaleigh Robinson, and setter/ds Taylor Blacken. With Blacken and Norris passing the ball, the Panthers like the group they have at setter. Quickness and a competitive attitude should make Delton Kellogg a tough defensive team. “If we can play top notch defense and not make to many attacking errors we could surprise some teams this year,” said Magelssen. “Our goal is to be in every match up to the end and see what happens.” Delton has to be solid on defense and crisp on offense to make up for a lack of size up front. VanderWoude will need the new middles on the team to help her out up front for Delton to contend for a top spot in the KVA. Kalamazoo Christian, Galesburg-Augusta, and Pennfield are all expected to field solid line-ups in the league this season. DK opens KVA play at Galesburg-Augusta on Wednesday, Sept. 5. The season starts for Delton Kellogg this Saturday, when they travel to take part in the very competitive Gull Lake Invitational. On Thursday next week, the Panthers will host their own DK Invitational. DK SOCCER, continued from previous page list is led by forward David Roberts, outside midfielder Matt Julian, and defender Mike Broadhurst. Coach Roberts is also expecting strong contributions from first-year soccer seniors Nick Blacken (center midfield) and Quinn DeBolt (defender). “This will give us a big presence on the field,” said coach Roberts. “This in combination with the junior and sophomore players will provide the team with great depth and allow for varied game tactics.” Sophomore midfielders Nick Smith and James Deibert will be looking to add their talents to the varsity this spring, along with junior goal keeper Scott Hoekstra. “Quickly integrating so many new players into the team chemistry has proven a challenging task,” said Roberts. Delton opened its season Monday at home against Lawton, and will be back on its home field tonight to take on Three Rivers. Saturday, the Panthers will be a part of the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational. Delton then has two more home, non-conference games next week, hosting Bellevue Monday and Saranac Wednesday. The KVA season opens Wednesday, Sept. 5, with a big game between the GalesburgAugusta Rams and the Panthers in Galesburg. DK boosters plan tailgate parties The Delton Community Athletic Boosters are kicking off a new season, as the 2007-08 school year gets underway. The boosters will be sponsoring tailgate parties before every home varsity football game this season. The parties will be held in the parking lot behind the home stands on the east side of the stadium. At the first tailgate party of the season, Friday Aug. 24 when the Panthers host Schoolcraft, the boosters will be offering burgers, brats, and pork bbq. Tailgate time is 5 p.m. Any questions or concerns can be directed to the boosters on-line at parkingplace3@yahoo.com. Terin Norris Lakewood sweeps TK tennis in season’s first dual Michael DeWaters DK CROSS, continued from previous page Kellogg varsity. He has already run some great 5K races this summer in preparation for the upcoming season. Runners entering their third varsity season are senior Michael DeWaters, and juniors Josh Marzic and Darrin Pursley. Also returning are second year runners, junior Tommy Muma and sophomore Nick Renden. Renden missed all-KVA by one place last year, and is intent upon earning that honor this season. “The team lost it’s top two runners to graduation, but we have many veteran runners on the team that can establish themselves as leaders, as well as some talent in the underclassmen. We should have a strong pack of runners showing up at the finish line.” Looking to join that pack for the first time this season are juniors Mark Loveland and Adam Keys, and sophomores Brandon Humphreys and Jon Kelley. “Each of these (runners) has already show consistent hard work and great attitude,” said Grimes. “It should be fun to watch this group improve over the next couple months and hopefully develop into a contender for the league championship.” That’s a tough task. The race for the league championship should be a tight one. Kalamazoo Christian, Parchment, and Hackett Catholic Central return solid teams. Maple Valley and Olivet also have some solid runners. The Panthers have one advantage. They will host the KVA championship meet at Gilmore Car Museum once again this season. The season gets started for Delton Kellogg at the Wayland Invitational Friday. Next Wednesday, the Panthers head to the Kalamazoo Central Invitational. The KVA season starts Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Kalamazoo Christian. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood varsity boys’ tennis coach Dean Wieber is one of the few boys’ tennis coaches around who could say that the season switch helped him out. He picked up a player or two that he would not have had on his team during the 2007-08 season if boys played their tennis in the spring. New Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ coach Jeff Smith is in the majority. Thornapple Kellogg does not have a junior varsity boys’ team for the first time in years. With low numbers already and a few players unable to participate Friday, including Trojan first singles player Cory Jewett, TK had to forfeit two flights to the visiting Vikings. Lakewood scored an 8-0 win in non-conference action to open the season. “That’s what the boys have been saying,” said Smith. “That we lost a couple to soccer and football. To be fair Lakewood wasn’t at full strength Thornapple Kellogg second doubles player Seth VanKuiken returns a Lakewood serve during their match Friday afternoon in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood’s Jared Secor waits to return a shot with his forehand during his two set victory over Thornapple Kellogg’s Ken Hoag on Friday afternoon in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) either on Friday. The Vikings were without Levi Phelps, who should play second singles for Lakewood this fall. At the top of the line-up, Lakewood’s Alex Haskin knocked off TK’s Cade Dammen 6-2, 6-0. Lakewood was lucky enough not to lose its top player this season, as Haskin has plans to play both tennis and soccer. At second singles, Cameron Rowland edged out Kyle Ellsworth 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Jared Secor defeated Ken Hoag 6-3, 6-1 at third singles. Tim Nagi won by default at fourth singles for Lakewood. “Singles stepped up a little bit, with Levi out,” said Wieber. “It was good for a freshman (Rowland) to step up and win in three sets.” “For the first match of the year it was all right. We were definitely tight to begin with.” On the doubles side, Lakewood’s number one team of Jeremy Avery and Zack Woodman topped Colin Texter and Tyler Postma 6-3, 6-2. At number two doubles, Riley Nisbet and Caleb Yager downed John Yates and Seth VanKuiken 6-3, 6-3. In the third doubles match, Alex Fox and Cody Rowe knocked off Rocky VanZegeren and Bob Kelly 6-2, 6-1. Kyle McMillen and Colin Pennington won by default for Lakewood at fourth doubles. “I challenged them, especially the doubles. Last year we had problems in the second set, closing it out in the second set. We did that today,” said Wieber. There was no last year for Smith, who was just finishing up his first week of practice as a varsity head coach on Friday afternoon. “It’s been good,” said Smith. “I’m happy with they kids. They’re eager to learn and they’re ready to work. Even though we got swept, it was good to see them out there. Lakewood’s good. They’re a tough opponent.” �Page 20 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Season switch hurts Saxon tennis by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Varsity boys’ tennis coaches who were helped by the new Michigan High School Athletic Association season switch are few and far between this fall. Hastings head coach Rich Pohja is no exception. The Saxons didn’t have a single senior in their line-up last spring, when the Saxons finished at the bottom of the O-K Gold Conference standings. That should have been the rebuilding season, while the Saxons went to work putting that experience into practice during the 2007-08 campaign. “I’d have my whole line-up back if there wasn’t the season change. Not that we’d be sensational, but we’d be more competitive,” said Pohja. Instead, the Saxons are filling the bottom of their line-up with inexperienced players. “I have a big chasm,” said Pohja. “I’ve got like six seniors, then it drops to sophomores and freshmen who haven’t played much. I hope this will right itself, but it could take four years.” Saxons finish ahead of two Gold foes at TK Invitational The Hastings varsity girls’ golf team had a strong showing this week, which should give them some hope for the upcoming O-K Gold Conference season. The Saxons placed fourth at Wednesday’s Thornapple Kellogg Invitational, at Yankee Springs Golf Course. In the process they finished ahead of a pair of O-K Gold Conference foes. Defending Division 3 state champion, and O-K Gold member South Christian was edged out for the top spot by DeWitt. The Panthers fired a 342 to the Sailors’ 346. NorthPointe Christian was third at 389, followed by Hastings 391, Thornapple Kellogg 407, and Wayland 479. Barbie Buehler led the Saxons with a 92, the tenth best individual score of the day. Kacy Hooten added a 98, Montana Leep 99, and Jessica Kloosterman 102 for the Saxons. On Tuesday, the Saxons placed seventh at the Caledonia Invitational, hosted by last spring’s O-K Gold Conference champions who are now a part of the O-K White. At Broadmoor Country Club, East Kentwood took the title with a 344. South Christian was second with 358, followed by Forest Hills Central 366, Holt 388, Forest Hills Eastern 397, Mona Shores 402, Hastings 402, Grand Rapids Christian 404, Lowell 407, East Grand Rapids 413, Catholic Central 420, Hamilton 437, Caledonia 438, Traverse City Central 467, and West Catholic 486. Hooten and Kloosterman tied for the Saxon lead with scores of 100. Buehler and Leep both fired a 101 for the Saxons. Hastings will be a part of the NorthPointe Invitational at Railside Golf Course on Monday. The experience the Saxons do have is at the top. Senior Eric Treadwell played first singles a year ago, and senior Scott White was at second singles. Those two are battling it out for the top spot during the preseason. Seniors Jon Peurach and Tom Newton, who played first and second doubles respectively a year ago, are moving up to fill the third and fourth singles spots. Patrick Gillespie and Kyle Pierce played at the bottom of the doubles line-up last year, and are expected to team up at the number one doubles position. First year varsity players senior Dylan Bowman and sophomore Patrick Mead will take up the number two doubles spot, while junior Jordan Stenzelbarton and freshmen Jeremy Heinrich, Steven Krammin, Casey Mead, and Casey Martin will round out the doubles flights. There is no Saxon JV team this season, and Pohja is still hoping to pick up one or two players to fill out his team. Experience for his youngsters won’t be easy to come by early in the season. Right now, the Saxons are signed up for just two. They’ll take part in the Creston Invitational this Thursday, and play in the Allegan invitational Sept. 22. Pohja likes to get his team into as many tournaments as possible, because players get to take part in three matches on those days. Duals begin next Monday for the Saxons, when they host West Catholic. The O-K Gold Conference season begins Sept. 5, when the Saxons host league newcomer Forest Hills Northern. FHN is a traditional power and should contend with South Christian at the top of the conference, since defending champion Caledonia moved into the O-K White. Saxon soccer squad filled with ten seniors this season by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings varsity boys’ soccer coach Brian Roderick has had an “all or nothing” sampling of experience the past couple seasons. Last year the Saxons didn’t have a senior contributing regularly to the team. This year the Saxons have ten seniors on the roster. “I’ve got a lot of experience and also a lot more speed this year, ‘case we’ve got a lot less injuries,” said Roderick. Some of that speed comes from senior Stephen Tolger, who’s returning to the midfield at full strength. Senior midfielder Justin von der Hoff is also back, but will miss a couple games at the beginning of the season with an injury. The defense is loaded with returnees for the Saxons. Senior goal keeper Josh Bare is back, although Roderick said that Bare will also see time in the field allowing senior Andy Matthews to spend some time in the net. Senior defenders Ryan Vogel and Steven Lambert return, along side junior Matt Lewis. Also back are seniors David Kendall and Jon Feldpausch, and sophomore forward Mike Purchase. See SAXON SOCCER, next page Jon Peurach Saxon boys return three of top eight from last season by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A group of five seniors, who were all a part of the Saxons’ top eight runners last season, graduated in the spring. The group helped bring the Saxons back to respectability in the O-K Gold Conference, and the team finished third in the league with a 3-3 record last fall. Third-year head coach Jamie Dixon has 15 boys out for the varsity boys’ cross country team at Hastings this fall. And he does still have a few key contributors returning. Leading the way is senior Ryan Bosma, who qualified for the Division 2 state finals for the first time last season. Also back are junior Dane Schils, sophomore Troy Dailey, and senior Travis Moore. “It’s the cliché rebuilding year,” said Dixon. “Losing five out of the top eight leaves some pretty big holes. I’ve got a top three that can put pressure on other teams though.” He also has a few newcomers who will look to fill those holes left by graduation. Senior Kevin Armstrong is out for the team for the first time, moving over from soccer. Junior Ethan Angus put lots of miles in over the summer. Freshman Mitch Singleterry, brother of 2006 Hastings grad A.J. Singleterry, should also help strengthen the line-up. “Hopefully he’ll follow in his brother’s footsteps, without too many comparisons driving him nuts,” said Dixon of Singleterry. “We’re just hoping to come together as a group and be competitive, just grow together and push each other and remain a competitive team in the conference,” said Dixon. The conference will be tough once again. Thornapple Kellogg has some experience, Wayland always seems to find new runners. South Christian always races well. Conference newcomer Forest Hills Northern should also pose some challenges for its O-K Gold rivals. 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Perennial O-K Gold power Caledonia moves into the O-K White this fall, while the Huskies move into the O-K Gold. Last year was the first year since 1998 that Forest Hills Northern failed to qualify for the state finals in Division 2. Hastings finished fourth in the O-K Gold a year ago, and head coach Bruce Krueger hopes that his team can finish that high, or better, in the league this season. It won’t be easy. The summer was unkind to the Saxons. Their number one from last year graduated in the spring. Their number two player from a year ago is going to be home schooled this year. Their number three player from a year ago is going to be swimming while the golf team is out on the links. The Saxons do still have some experience Saxon girls will be challenged by tough O-K Gold once again by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings has a solid group of girls returning to the varsity cross country team this fall, but the Saxons are still a young team. Sophomores Lauren Anderson and Katie Ponsetto return with juniors Alyssa Thornton, Molly Smith, and Leanne Dinges. Senior Ashleigh Holley also returns. Third-year Saxon head coach Jamie Dixon said he sees their strength as being, “their camaraderie. They’re a good group that cares about each other.” But even before finishing that thought, he started thinking about what they have to face. “Boy, they’re in a tough conference. Our youth, we’re still young, but boy the O-K Gold that’s something.” The O-K Gold lost three of its top four female runners to graduation in the spring, Wayland’s Jessica Armstrong who is now running at the University of Missouri, Thornapple Kellogg’s Rebecca Winchester who’s now at Grand Valley State University, and Caledonia’s Stephanie Rossman who moved into the O-K White with the Fighting Scots. The fourth member of that crew, South Christian’s Kelsey Burgess, returns to lead the Sailors. “I would never bet against South Christian. Wayland seems to keep pulling in people, and you can never bet against Middleville. (Tammy Benjamin) does a good job... and Hamilton. I’m getting to where I’m almost saying the whole O-K Gold,” said Dixon as he thought about who the top teams in the league could be this season. For the Saxons to crack that group some youngsters will have to step up. Dixon is looking for solid performances this fall from freshmen Alaina Case and Jenny LaJoie. “The girls are pretty competitive. I’m hoping they’ll earn themselves a varsity spot and fill some holes,” said Dixon of the two freshmen. The Saxons are expecting to have around 14 athletes out for the girls’ squad this spring, and had 11 girls attend their team camp near Glen Arbor at the Leelanau Outdoor Center. “That’s a hard week,” said Dixon. “We get from a year ago, in the form of juniors Kacy Hooten and Barbie Buehler. Freshmen Montana Leep, Jessica Kloosterman and junior Kourtney Meredith will also contribute to team scores this season. Krueger said that this team has a positive attitude, a good work ethic, and a desire to improve and to compete. Beyond Caledonia leaving the O-K Gold and Forest Hills Northern entering, the defending Division 3 state champions from South Christian are also back with their entire group from a year ago. The conference season begins Sept. 6, when the league meets at Orchard Hills in Wayland for the first of seven jamborees. Hastings competed in its first invitational of the season last Thursday, at Bedford Valley. The Saxons placed seventh out of 14 teams at the Battle Creek Invitational, with a team score of 400. The team score included three individual 18-hole totals, and one score from a scramble team. Leep and Hannah Hodges combined to fire a 95 in the scramble for the Saxons, which was the fifth best scramble score of the day. Individually, Hooten shot a 96, Kloosterman 99, and Buehler 110. Hackett Catholic Central won the event with a team score of 337. Battle Creek Lakeview was second at 354, followed by Grand Ledge 377, Coldwater 381, Portage Northern 388, Mattawan 390, Hastings 400, Marshall 402, Kalamazoo Central 440, and Jenison 464 rounding out the top ten. Barbie Buehler Hastings volleyball has just 3 returning varsity athletes by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Saxon varsity volleyball head coach Krista Sheldon, in her second year, has a goal every year to improve on the previous season’s record. Last winter, the Saxons went 16-31-1. Getting more wins than that will be tough as the Saxons look to rebuild. Hastings has just three returning varsity players from a year ago, senior outside hitter Ashley Eerdmans, senior setter Hannah Wood, and sophomore middle hitter Brittany Hickey. “We have a young team this year, with two seniors and only three returning varsity players, so experience is going to be our weakness,” said Sheldon. The Saxons do have some talent coming up to the varsity for the first time this fall. Junior outside hitter Stacy Slaughter joins the varsity, along with junior middle hitter Kaitlyn Semler, junior defensive specialist Jen Ratliff, and sophomore defensive specialist Jenna Bailey. “I have a quick team this year, and we should play some excellent defense,” said Sheldon. That may be enough for the Saxons to be competitive at times, but that won’t be enough to contend for an O-K Gold Conference title. South Christian is the defending conference champion, and the defending Class B state champion. League newcomer Forest Hills Northern traditionally puts together very strong teams, as does Hamilton. Those three teams mark the first three opponents the Saxons will face in the O-K Gold Conference this season. The Saxons visit FHN Sept. 4, host South Christian Sept. 11, and visit Hamilton Sept. 13. The Saxons will be a part of the Grand Rapids Northview invitational next Wednesday to get the season started. Their first home matches will be played Sept. 8 when they host the Hastings Invitational. Lauren Anderson and run hard until we wear ourselves out.” The Saxons will scrimmage Lakewood this Friday, prior to the start of the football game between the two schools in Hastings. The Saxons will then see the Vikings again next Wednesday at the Lakewood Invitational. The O-K Gold Conference season begins with a jamboree hosted by Thornapple Kellogg on Sept. 5. SAXON SOCCER, continued from previous page Roderick said that he also expects senior foreign-exchange student Stefan Jenssen, who’s played on teams for ten years in Norway, to contribute in goal and at the forward position. Jenssen and Purchase will be big parts of accomplishing one of Roderick’s major team goals for the season. He wants his team to double their goal scoring output from a year ago, and get back close to the 56 goals they scored two years ago. That would play a big part in the team improving upon its record of 4-13-4 from a season ago. Roderick said he expects his team to be battling South Christian and Hamilton for a conference championship in the O-K Gold this fall. “I want to play as well as we can, and win against TK and at South Christian at the end of the year,” said Roderick. “We haven’t beaten them in my four years here. I want to beat South Christian.” The Saxons have a lot of time to tune-up for those two rivals. Those are the final two games of the conference season, then the Saxons end the regular season with a tough match-up at Portage Northern. Hastings will be home this Thursday, taking on Lakewood. Saturday, the Saxons head to the Forest Hills Eastern Invitational. The conference season doesn’t start until Sept. 11, when the Saxons visit Hamilton. BRIAN’S TIRE & SERVICE DREISBACH PONTIAC, OLDS, GMC TRUCK 235 S. Jefferson, Hastings 328 N. 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State St, Hastings �Page 22 — Thursday, August 23, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings football shooting for a winning season Garrett Harris Hutchins offers advice to Lakewood’s young athletes by Helen Mudry Staff Writer University of Michigan softball coach Carol Hutchins was the guest speaker Monday at Lakewood’s Meet the Team night. The evening began with a reception for the coaches. Anne Johnson, wife of retired Lakewood Superintendent Gunnard Johnson was Hutchins’ high school coach in Lansing and the two women caught up on old times. Hutchins began her talk saying a good athlete is first a good person. She talked at length about a young man she knew from Lansing Everett, describing the many ways he contributed to the community. “Ever hear of Magic?” she asked. The man was her friend Irving “Magic” Johnson. She told the athletes the program is bigger than the individual and they should embrace it as one mind and one heart, build trust and work together. “No body is bigger than the team.” “As athletes, you are a cut above and need to uphold a higher standard. Being in the athletic program is a privilege. Expect to work hard and focus on the task.” She does not allow for distractions, no cell phones and no excuses. “The score board says home and guest, there is no place for excuses. You need to find a way to contribute to the team.” When athletes feel they are not getting enough playing time, they should think first University of Michigan Women’s Softball coach Carol Hutchins poses with Lakewood varsity softball coach Rolly Krauss during Monday’s Meet the Team night at Lakewood High School. (Photo by Helen Mudry) what more they can contribute, then talk to the coach before complaining to parents. Hutchins recommended high school students take advantage of all the sports that are offered and not specialize in one sport. When they get to the college level is the time to specialize. The coach is in charge. “If you can’t abide by the rules, there’s the door.” Hutchins is beginning her 23rd year as the head coach at Michigan. She is the only Division 1 softball coach east of the Mississippi to win a national title. The 2005 Michigan team won the national championship. Also, she has been inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame, and has 900 wins at Michigan which ranks her ninth in the list of most winningest college softball coaches in the nation. Her teams at Michigan have won ten Big Ten Titles and played in eight college world series. The Wolverines have never suffered a losing season under her guidance. LHS football games will start at 7:00 77515383 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor In two seasons under head coach Fred Rademacher the Saxon varsity football team went from 1-8 in 2005 to 4-5 in 2006, just missing out on a winning record. A number of key components return from last year’s squad, but a couple of key offensive stars are gone. The Saxons lost quarterback Matt Teunessen and running back Matt Donnini to graduation in the spring. Teunessen rushed for over 500 yards last fall, and Donnini for over 1,200. That doesn’t mean that the Saxons’ Wing T offense is hurting for ball carriers though. Senior Garrett Harris returns to a running back spot. He was an all-conference performer at linebacker last fall, and honorable mention all-conference the season before that. All Harris did last year was rush for over 500 yards and eight touchdowns, while also leading the team in tackles with 107. Also back are senior running back Greg Woodmansee and junior running back Ryan Burgdorf. Burgdorf was on the sidelines last season, and should be able to make up for some of the big play ability that was lost to graduation. Burgdorf earned state medals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash at June’s Division 2 state track and field finals, and was also the O-K Gold Conference champion in each of those events. The bigger issue is at quarterback, where The Lakewood High School athletic department would like to let all Viking varsity football fans know that games will begin at 7 p.m. this season, instead of the 7:30 p.m. start times they’ve had in recent seasons. The Vikings’ home opener will be on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. Before each home event the Lakewood Pigskin Club will be hosting tailgate parties, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Pigskin Club parking lot. Also at the season opener, the Vikings will be hosting an Alumni night for all former Lakewood football players that graduated in even years. All Alumni will be called out on the field before the game. Teunessen and Donnini were the only two players listed as “QB” on the roster a season ago. Brad Hayden and Trent Brisboe have been battling to earn the starting nod at the position in the preseason, after moving up from the junior varsity where Hayden played the position a year ago. Senior guard Nick Peck returns to anchor the offensive line along with T.J. Hoffman, and ends Josh Jevicks and Josh Morehouse. With the improved weightlifting and conditioning program put into effect as Rademacher took over the Saxon program Hastings should continue to see themselves making strides forward. On the other side of the ball Justin Jevicks leads the defensive front, after starting for the Saxons in his junior campaign. Behind their large tackle, Jevicks, Harris is joined in the linebacking corp. by Josh Jevicks and Brian McKinney. With that kind of returning nucleus, to go along with some talented newcomers, the Saxons have a good shot at a winning season this year and should be hoping for more than that. Wayland, South Christian, and Hamilton will be the Saxons’ top competition in the OK Gold Conference, with defending champion Caledonia heading to the O-K White this season and being replaced in the Gold by Forest Hills Northern. Mindy Warner Swimmers hope to continue improving by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team is still in its infancy. It’s only in its fourth year. That does mean that the program is still growing. The program has 41 swimmers and divers out this season, who head coach Carl Schoessel says are “enthusiastic and working very hard.” He adds that the team should be competitive in every event. A strong group of seniors is spread throughout the events to lead the team. Chanda Archambeau returns in the butterfly. Lee Christensen and Terra Nassif are back in the distance races. Mindy Warner returns in the springs. Tara Schoessel is back in the breaststroke. Diver Kelly Frame also returns for her senior season. Warner earned the Trojans’ first swimming conference championship last fall as she took the 100-yard freestyle race at the league championship meet hosted by TK-Hastings at the Community Education and Recreation Center pool in Hastings. Coach Schoessel’s goal for the season is just to see every girl continue to improve her abilities. That includes senior Emily Mattoon, who’ll be competing in the breaststroke in her first year with the Trojan varsity. The season gets started next Tuesday, when the Trojans head to Fremont for a dual. The team’s first home competition is against Ottawa Hills on Sept. 11. The O-K Rainbow Tier II conference season begins on Thursday, Sept. 13, when the TK-Hastings girls travel to Unity Christian in Hudsonville. Coach Schoessel said he expects Hamilton and Byron Center to once again be at the top of the league standings. Hamilton ran away with the conference meet championship last fall, and the Bulldogs stood strong in second place. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, AUGUST 23: 9:00 am Boys Varsity 1:30 pm Girls JV 4:00 pm Boys JV 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. 5:30 pm Boys Varsity 6:30 pm Boys JV FRIDAY, AUGUST 24: 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis Golf Soccer Football Soccer Football GR Creston@Belknap Cts Hastings JV Invite Lakewood HS Lakewood HS Lakewood HS Lakewood HS A H H A H A Cross Co. Lkwd. Scrimmage H before football game 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. Lkwd. Scrimmage H before football game 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Lakewood HS H SATURDAY, AUGUST 25: 8:30 am Girls JV Volleyball Bellevue Invit. A 9:00 am Boys Varsity Soccer Forest Hills Eastern A - varsity only MONDAY, AUGUST 27: 9:00 am Girls Varsity Golf North Pt. Inv. at Railside A 9:15 am Media Day (make up from 8/20) (9:15 am-5 pm) 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf FHN@Cascade CANCELLED A 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis West Catholic H TUESDAY, AUGUST 28: 8:00 am Girls Varsity Volleyball GR Northview Invit. A 11:00 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball Belding Inv. A 4:00 pm Boys JV Soccer Northpointe Christ. A 5:30 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Northpointe Christ. A 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Fremont HS A WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29: 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf 4:00 pm Boys JV Soccer 4:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:00 pm Boys Varsity Cross Co. 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. 5:45 pm Boys Varsity Soccer 6:30 pm Boys JV Football THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 8:30 am Girls Varsity Volleyball 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Hamilton at HCC West Catholic Comstock Pk. Invit. Belding HS Lakewood Invit. Lakewood Invit. West Catholic Belding HS H H A H A A H H Delton Invitational Belding HS A A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 819 E. Railroad, Hastings (269) 948-9472 HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-08-30.pdf 2c1811aa4e6e8081fd21517089589f9a PDF Text Text Antique appraisal show Sept. 15 Let’s save historic old library building Non-conference clashes continue Thursday night See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 21 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 35 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, August 30, 2007 Judge Fisher pleads for saving adult drug court NEWS BRIEFS County Board hears of more economic woes Hastings ‘Havoc’ set for Saturday Charlton Park will be host for the annual “Havoc in Hastings” medieval festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The sponsors, members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, re-create activities and dress of the Middle Ages, including knights in shining armor, jousting, fencing, archery, period costumes. There also will be artisans showing off their trades and products, children’s games, and classes on medieval art and science. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for children. For more information, call 945-3775. by David T. Young Editor The Barry County Board of Commissioners fielded two reports of bad economic news Tuesday night, but few were surprised. Circuit Judge James Fisher told the board state and federal funding for four programs has been cut back for a total of $291,000 and he is asking the county to pick up the difference. Later in the evening, Barry County United Way Executive Director Lani Forbes said though she wasn’t asking for any financial support, the agencies funded by the United Way are seeing disturbing indicators about the severity of the number of local families in economic distress. Fisher appealed to the County Board with contentions the four programs are not only important, but in some cases they save the county money in the long run. The four programs that suffered funding cuts were the Child Care Fund, the Friend of the Court, Juvenile Drug Court and Adult Drug Court. He plans to ask the county for an increase of $83,000 in Child Care Fund support because of “dramatic increases in state charges, primarily for state wards.” Fisher is requesting an additional $60,000 for Friend of the Court because of “anticipated shortfalls in the Cooperative Reimbursement Program.” Thornapple River cleanup Sept. 22 The Thornapple River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to help with the 12th annual cleanup at Tyden Park in Hastings, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Teams will be assigned to on-river cleanup and bank cleanup duties. Each team spends about three to four hours on task, including transportation time. Lunch and free T-shirts are provided to all who help out. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s cleanup is asked to call the Barry Conservation District at (269) 948-8056, extension 3, to sign up by Monday, Sept.17. This will allow for organization of teams, river section assignments and canoe and kayak arrangements.nt. Any individual or business interested in sponsoring the Thornapple River cleanup, may call the number above. Donors pledging over $100 in donations by Sept. 10 will have their names included on this year’s T-shirts. Last year’s cleanup involved more than 130 volunteers who helped to clean over 70 miles of river between Nashville and Ada. More than 20 cubic yards of trash and 37 tires were removed from the river and its banks. To make this possible, more than $3,000 in cash, goods and services were donated to the event by area businesses. The top of a huge beech tree broke off and toppled on the Wall Lake area home of John and Lillian Arnold in Delton during last Thursday evening’s storm. The Arnolds, who were in the living room at the time the storm hit, were not injured. (photo by Elaine Gilbert) The adult drug court program will need the most among the four, $94,000, because its grant has run out as well. Fisher singled out the importance of adult See BOARD, page 15 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer More than 200,000 Consumers Energy customers statewide were affected by the high winds and thunderstorms that ripped through the state August 24 and 25. In the Hastings, Barry County area, some 4,200 homes were without power during the storm. Utility, line clearing and contract crews worked through the weekend to restore power, using additional crews from Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The company said the majority of customers had been restored by Sunday evening, but some customers in the hardest hit and rural areas, including, Allegan, Calhoun, Genesee and Kalamazoo counties did not receive service until Monday. Locally, a number of uprooted trees and a dangerous combination of fallen limbs and live electrical lines made driving hazardous throughout the area as crews worked to clean up and restore power. The storms’ greatest impact was felt on Thursday evening and again late Friday afternoon. Because most of the Delton area was without power Friday night, the high school football opener there was postponed until Saturday and it had to be moved to Schoolcraft. Maple Valley’s high school football opener was called off Friday evening in Morenci and was played Saturday afternoon. Consumers Energy officials have issued warnings to people who may be affected by future power outages and damaging winds. They caution residents to avoid touching any downed wires and to report them immediately by calling 1-800477-5050 or local law enforcement agencies. The Consumers See STORM, page 15 U.S. Court of Appeals to hear case Oct. 19 Casino opponent soliciting area businesses by David T. Young Editor The organization MichGo is soliciting support from area businesses and taking aim at the Michigan Senate in a last-ditch attempt to stop a casino proposed for the Gun Lake area. At the same time, a court date for the anticasino group’s appeal of a ruling last winter in favor of the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis has been scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in Washington D.C. The panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals will hear MichGo’s arguments to overturn a federal district judge’s decision to allow land at the corner of U.S.-131 and M-179 to be placed into a federal trust, clearing the way for the gaming facility to be built. The Moline-based pressure group headed by Todd Boorsma has sent a letter to J-Ad Graphics and presumably many other West Michigan businesses asking for financial contributions “to help prevent the expansion of casinos in Michigan.” MichGo, which includes such prominent area figures as State Senator Mark Jansen, State Representative Fulton Sheen and Dr. Rex Rogers, president of Cornerstone University, on its Board of Reference, has initiated legal battles against the Gun Lake Band of Potawatomis’ plans to build a casino in Bradley at the U.S.-131 expressway, just west of the Allegan-Barry County line. The Gun Lake Tribe in the last two years has won approval from U.S. Department of the Interior to take the old Ampro Seeds building and property into a federal trust to clear the way for establishing a casino. MichGo legally challenged the decision, but a federal judge last winter ruled in favor of the tribe. Since then MichGo has appealed the ruling, effectively tieing up the issue in the courts until October. See CASINO, page 4 Public hearing on Crane Road bridge Sept. 4 Charlton Park has expanded plans for its antique show Saturday, Sept. 8, with another county-wide yard sale, with nonprofit organizations welcome. Barry County Surveyor and Charlton Park Board Member Brian Reynolds said the sheriff’s posse also will be on hand to do fingerprinting for children The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will have a public hearing on the bridge proposed for the Crane Road crossing the Thornapple River at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The Barry County Road Commission is planning to connect a roadway between Patterson and Whitneyville Roads (east of M37) north of the Village of Middleville by reconstructing Finkbeiner Road and extending Crane Road across the Thornapple River. Work from the Finkbeiner and Patterson Road intersection easterly includes removing the existing structure at the Finkbeiner and Patterson Road intersection crossing of an unnamed stream. The new construction would include installing a single, 87-foot long by 3.5-foot diameter precast concrete See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See BRIDGE, page 4 Antique show to be expanded “Adult drug court helps take the pressure off the local jail system. It reduces recidivism, it reduces costs and it reduces drug abuse.” — Circuit Judge James Fisher drug court because in the long run it saves money by eliminating the need to incarcerate so many in prison or jail. “Adult drug court helps take the pressure off the local jail system,” Fisher said. “It reduces recidivism, it reduces costs and it reduces drug abuse.” He noted the adult drug court program, with its accent on treatment rather than incarceration, was implemented about five years ago and until now the county hasn’t been required to pay for it because of state and federal funding that now has dried up. The judge pointed out that the Barry More than 4,000 lose power in rain, wind, thunderstorms Hazardous waste collection planned The next Barry County Household Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the county fairgrounds on M-37 between Middleville and Hastings. Items that can be collected for safe disposal include paint solvent, medicines, automotive oil, scrap or junk tires, pesticides, batteries, liquid cleaners, heavy metal solutions and articles containing mercury. Items that cannot be accepted include latex paint, commercially generated waste, explosives, radioactive materials, electronic waste and propane tanks. An increase of $44,000 in county funding is sought for the juvenile drug court program because the grant for it has run out. Summerfest parade has ‘horse of a different color’ This “horse of a different color” was one of many participants at Saturday’s 30th annual Hastings Summerfest parade. Though the weather was rainy Saturday morning, parade participants and observers made their way out into the afternoon sunshine to see this horse and many other entries in the Summerfest parade. �Page 2 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page and animal shelter personnel who will bring pets to encourage their adoption. Progressive Dems to meet Sept. 12 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have their next general membership meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Thornapple Township Hall in Middleville. Featured will be the DVD "National Health Care," produced by America's Dialogue, a group dedicated to promoting conversations among Americans about important and current issues. All are invited to attend this meeting. Calley will speak at BIE luncheon The annual Business Industry Education (BIE) lunch will be held at noon Tuesday, Sept. 4, in the Hastings High School cafeteria. There will be no charge for this year’s BIE luncheon. Brian Calley will be the featured speaker, and new Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance Director Valerie Byrnes also will speak. The event should last about one hour, and all business, industry and education officials are invited, along with service clubs and other community members who are interested in attending the event. For more information, call the Hastings Area Schools Central Office at (269) 9484400. City starts yard debris pickup City of Hastings clean-up crews will be making their ways around town to pick up yard debris after last week’s storm. The crews are scheduled to start fall pickup in two weeks, so they will begin now and continue through the fall season. ‘Cider Time’ series kicks off Sept. 29 Historic Bowens Mills will kickoff off its fall “It’s Cider Time” weekend series from noon to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, with a steam and gasoline engine show, co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines and farm machinery and special events, including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days and an Appalachian Big Ring Square Dance Sunday. This marks the 29th year of the Bowens Mills fall series in Yankee Springs Township. Historical Society wants to ID slides The Barry County Historical Society needs help from the public. In the society archives are several boxes of photographic slides, which appear to date back to the 1940s and 1950s. Unfortunately, nobody knows who donated the slides to the society. For the September meeting, the Historical Society is planning a workshop type of meeting to view and identify as many of these slides as possible. Help from all Barry County residents whose memories extend back into the first half of the 20th century will be needed. “We will also need to locate and borrow two slide projectors” said member and program chairman Brian Reynolds. “Some of the slides are in the small format that is compatible with the carousel type projector. Others are apparently older, and much larger. These older slides do not fit in the newer projectors.” Anyone who has either type of projector that the Historical Society can use for this program is asked to call Reynolds at 269945-3668. Also from the archives, quite a number of photographs will be on display for identification purposes. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Thursday, Sept. 20. The Barry County Historical Society meets the third Thursday of each month at the Elks Lodge building on Woodlawn Avenue just east of Bob King Park. As always, the public is welcome to attend. Thornapple Players to perform mystery While summer weather lives out its last days, people can look forward to starting school, changing leaves and the Thornapple Players’ fall production of Agatha Christie’s mystery “Cards on the Table.” Christie’s book was adapted for the stage by Leslie Darborn. It will be performed with the usual gusto of the resident acting group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will be directing the performance, and Kimberly Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. In addition to preparing for their fall play, the Thornapple Players also are preparing to participate in Hastings Summerfest. They will have a silent auction tent with gift baskets available for bidding. They also will be participating in the Summerfest parade and celebrating Summerfest’s 30th birthday in their march down State Street. Master Garden classes planned The Barry County Michigan State University Extension office will hold the 2007 Master Gardener series of classes on Tuesday evenings from Sept. 11 to Nov. 27. The classes include an introduction to plant science, soils, flower gardening, household pests and wildlife, indoor plants, lawns, integrated pest management, growing small and tree fruits, vegetable gardening, woody ornamentals and water quality. Classes will be held at the Barry County Courts and Law Building and the MainStreet Savings Bank. Classes are taught by MSU Extension educators and horticulture industry professionals. The cost of the 12-week course is $275. A $25 non refundable application fee is required and is applied to the total tuition fee. The tuition covers the course fee and an 800-page resource manual. Anyone interested in taking the class can call Dennis Pennington at (269) 945-1388 or e-mail him at pennin34@msu.edu. Arts Council sets multi-media class The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County will offer a multi-media art course designed to provide rich visual arts experiences for students in grades 5-8. The class will run Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon beginning Sept.15 through Nov. 10. Students will be encouraged to have fun while developing skills in sculpture, drawing, watercolor painting, and collage. Michelle Ayres, middle and high school art teacher at Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, will teach the class. Ayres has extensive experience in West Michigan schools and lives in Barry County. Cost of the class is $90. A minimum of five students is required. Class size will be limited and enrollment is on a firstcome, first-served basis. To register please call the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002 or send payment to the Thornapple Arts Council, P.O. Box 36, Hastings, MI 49058, The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides outstanding concerts,scholarships, showcase local talent, and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. TAEF dinner ticket deadline Sept. 10 The annual Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation dinner is planned for Thursday, Sept. 20, at the MiddleVilla Inn. The TAEF will honor Dave and Barb Dykstra. Tickets are still available. The deadline for ticket purchase is Monday, Sept. 10. The dinner cost is $25 for individuals and $40 for a couple. For more information contact Krissta Hannapel at 795-8887 or Cheryl Peters at 795-0051. Reservations can be called into the MiddleVilla after 4 p.m. at 795-3640. The dinner choices are chicken, scrod or sizzler steak. Recruiting, hiring workshop slated for Sept. 21 The Leadership Barry County Professional Development Series will present “Recruiting and Hiring – A Manager’s Guide to Staying Out of Court!” Friday, Sept. 21. Speaker Gary Hall earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Davenport University. He has more than 20 years of management experience working in the banking industry and served as management services manager for the Battle Creek Police Department until his retirement in 2006. Besides teaching as an adjunct instructor for Kellogg Community College, Hall volunteers time in the classrooms of area high schools sharing his business background within the curriculum of Junior Achievement. Recruiting and hiring can be a legal minefield for managers. This workshop will equip participants with skills they may need to avoid legal pitfalls in finding and hiring the right people. They will learn the most common stumbling blocks involving job description, job advertising, interviewing and equal opportunity concerns. Using straightforward language and realworld examples, this program deals with the most common and dangerous potholes managers face — and presents specific actions managers can implement today to keep themselves and their organizations out of trouble. After completing the “Recruiting & Hiring” workshop, participants will know: • How to verbally describe a job position and avoid omitting, exaggerating, or implying. • How to advertise a position and avoid illegal or discriminatory language. • How and what to prepare for interviews and avoid illegal questions. • How to avoid reverse discrimination. • How to provide equal opportunity in recruiting and hiring. The cost of this workshop is $45 per person. The cost is $40 each for two or more participants from the same company. Leadership alumni also will pay $40 per person for this workshop. Graduation from the Leadership Barry County “Linking Leaders” program would qualify participants for the alumni discount. Call Leadership Barry County Director Jennifer Richards for more information. Call (269) 945-0526 for information about the Linking Leaders series or the upcoming Leadership Barry County classes. Antique appraisal show Sept. 15 to aid Charlton Park Those who wonder what a family heirloom or old flea-market bargain is really worth are invited to find out from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Antiques Avenue Show (aka Oldstuff Road - Show) in downtown Hastings. All are encouraged to bring their treasures to the third-floor ballroom of the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro that evening. Several experts will be there to verbally evaluate the items. The early part of the evening will be time to speak with the specialists to have items evaluated. Then, if the owners would like, they and the expert will have a chance to tell the group about the treasure. The experts later in the evening will have a few minutes to speak to the group about their specialties. For those who choose not to bring any items in for evaluation, it promises be an entertaining and informative evening. State Representative Brian Calley will be the master of ceremonies for the evening. The list of volunteer experts who plan to be in attendance: • Julie E. Moore has 33 years of experience in the antiquarian and collectible book business. She will be there to help evaluate old books and to speak on the subject. • Shari Pierce will evaluate old quilts, including dating and care tips. She also will have a brief presentation for the audience about the care and storage of old quilts. • Deb Wisniewski (The Button Bug) has published two books on the subject of antique and collectible buttons. She is past president of the Michigan Button Club. She is also knowledgable about postcards and jewelry. • Jill Turner (Hastings Antiques – Lady Peddler) will offer her expertise on collectible and antique glassware and jewelry. • Gordon Barlow has 38 years in the auction business. He has a broad knowledge of the antiques market. He will serve as a sort of “general practioner” among all these specialists. Experts who are expected to be there but have not yet confirmed will be announced later. For items too big to be transported to Walldorff's third floor, bring along photos, and the experts will do their best to guess the value. This event is a fund-raiser for the See ANTIQUE, page 4 Rotary ‘s Lt. Gov. visits Hastings Hastings Rotary Club President Jason Gole welcomes Rotary Lt. Gov. Dick Sammis (left) to Monday’s Hastings Rotary meeting. Sammis talked about some of the many projects of Rotary clubs around the world, including the eradication of polio and the installation of water purifying systems in third world countries, something the Hastings Rotary Club currently is working on. “It makes you an instant convert for world-wide clean water,” said Sammis of his visit to Africa. “I think saving one child is enough, but now 100,000 people are drinking clean water.” Hastings Rotary Club members currently are selling raffle tickets to raise money for the water filter systems. 29th Prairieville Old Fashioned Farm Days are Aug. 29-Sept. 3 The Prairieville Farm, located at 7650 Milo Road in Delton, will be host again for the 29th annual Prairieville Old Fashioned Farm Days through Sept. 3. This year’s attractions include Stella Parton, Dolly Parton impressionist Ruth Lagrow, Hank Sasaki and special guest Narval Felts. Felts was one of the original Rockabilly artists in the 1970s and went on to be one of the top country artists in the country. Some of his hits include “Reconsider me,” “Lonely Teardrops,” and “Funny, How Time Slips Away.” Bill and Maggie Aukerman started the Prairieville Farm Days 29 years ago in 1979 and it has expanded every year since. New buildings have been periodically added, including a barber shop, an ice cream parlor, a coffee and doughnut shop, a recreation room, a play ground, a horse barn, and the Cowatorium Dance Hall. The County Music Building #1 holds more than 900 people and is equipped with theater seats. Prairieville Farm has become home to the Michigan Farmer’s Hall of Fame and Museum and Michigan’s Country Music Hall of Fame. Events scheduled during this year’s Farm Days include camping, horse events, an antique tractor event, country music every day in three auditoriums, a golf cart rodeo, horse pulls, tractor pulls, semi truck pulls, pickup truck pulls and garden tractor pulls. There are also a number of events scheduled just for kids, including pedal pull, a blindfold garden tractor contest and other garden tractor events. The country theme will also include hay rides, flea markets, crafts and more, all designed to provide fun for the whole family. There are more than 400 campsites with electric available for guests at $10 a day. There are also 800 primitive campsites available at $5 a day. Gate admission is $5 per person with kids under 16 getting in free. Admission allows every one to all events free, with the exception of special events like the semi-truck pull, pickup pull and tractor pull contests. There will be a $10 admission fee to the grandstand for these events. Other special events include a baking contest at the Farmers Hall of Fame, where contestants can enter pies, cakes and cookies, with $50 going to the winner in each category. There will also be a Miss Prairieville Pageant in which the winner will receive $50, the first runner-up $25 and all others $10 each. It is open to children 5 through 12 years of age. For more information about Prairieville Farm Days, call 623-2485. Another event being planned in the coming months is the Michigan Bluegrass Gospel Fest Oct. 5-7. On hand will be the Sullivan Family and the Balos Family. The Sullivan Family is one of America’s premier families of bluegrass gospel music. They got their start from Enoch’s father, Arthur Sullivan, and after Arthur passed away, Enoch and his family continued on with the music. The Sullivan Family was the first gospel group to be inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The Balos Family is considered on of Bluegrass Gospel Music’s newest family band to make a big impression on the public. The family consists of Mike, Ramona and six children ranging from 3 to 19 years old. Members of the Bluegrass Gospel Music Association, they have opened for several legendary groups and have played many venues, including Reno, Fro Valley and Nashville, Tenn. Prairieville Farm will be host for a country breakfast at 7 a.m.Saturday, Oct.6, with country fried steak, potatoes, eggs and gravy. At 10 a.m. the Don Loomis Gospel Show will begin and at 11 a.m. there will be an antique tractor pull. There will be a country dinner at 12:30 p.m. and at 2:30 there will be the Wasappi Blue Gras Gospel show. The day will end with the Big Bluegrass Gospel Show at 7 p.m., including the Sullivan Family and the Balos Family. On Oct. 7, the farm will feature a country breakfast, including pancakes, eggs and sausage. A country gospel service will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and church service will be held from 10 until 10:30. At 10:30, the Sullivan Family and Balos Family will host a love offering and at 11 a.m. there will be an antique tractor pull. The Thurston Family Old Tyme Southern Gospel Show will be held at the farm at 7 p.m. and on Oct. 19, Tim Riley and his Ten Mile Circle Band will be featured for a 7 p.m. show. Cinema dropoff lane approved by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council approved the creation of a dropoff lane in front of the Hastings Cinema at Monday night’s Council meeting. Steve Moray of the Hastings Cinema presented the request to the council. To create the dropoff zone, one parking space in front of the theater will be lost. Moray said the drop off lane will be for parents to more safely drop off and pick up their children from the theater and to make the area more handicap accessible. Councilman Curt Cybulski said he has dropped of his children at the theater, and he thinks the dropoff lane is a good idea. The approximate cost of the project will be $2,800. City workers will complete the project and Hastings Cinema officials will reimburse the city for the costs. In other business at Monday night’s meeting: • A request from Bosely Pharmacy was approved to place two benches on the sidewalk on South Jefferson Street. • The council approved a request from the Barry Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council for their annual Roof Sit in front of Secondhand Corners. • Hastings City/Barry County Airport Manager Jason Blair made an informational presentation to the council. • Ordinances 411, 412, 413, 414 and 415 regarding Hastings Manufacturing Company were tabled until some internal issues could be worked out. The ordinances deal with the current site’s re-zoning. • A bid under the State of Michigan purchasing program for road salt for the 2007/2008 winter season was awarded to Detroit Salt Company (300 ton early fill) for $10,215 and Morton Salt Company (900 ton early fill) for $33,579. • The city clerk/treasurer was authorized to enter into contract negotiations with Civic Systems, Inc. for provision of a new financial software package. • The mayor and clerk were authorized to sign a parking space lease agreement through March 31, 2008, with Tom and Ann Ford. • The council received two applications from Viking Corporation for tax abatements of personal property under Act 328. The abatements were put on hold until the city staff can review the information. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 3 Summerfest survives rainy Friday, enjoys Saturday sunshine Hastings 30th Annual Summerfest was a popular attraction for many people last weekend with arts and crafts, parades, games, and carnival food. Parade participant winners for band/marching were Hastings High School band in first place, Hastings City Bank in second place and Expressions Dance Center in third place. Winners for parade floats were Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) at Thornapple Valley Church in first place, Hastings Community Child Care and Preschool in second place and the Exchange Club in third place. Mobile parade participant winners were Gym Dandy Survey - Madison Ellsworth in first place, MER’s Mini Majorettes in second place and Young Champions in third place. Animal participant parade winners were Bridles and Bits 4-H Club in first place, Society of Creative Anachronism in second place and Barry County Sheriff Posse in third place. Members of the Hastings High School band color guard entertain the audience during the Summerfest parade Saturday. The color guard was followed by the high school band. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) Rod Newton drives Hastings Summerfest grand marshal Maggie Coleman and her husband Dave in his 1970 Chevelle SS in the 30th annual Summerfest parade Saturday. This was one of hundreds of cars on display at the car show capping off Summerfest Sunday, Aug. 26. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) The Barry County Chamber of Commerce inflatable activities were popular again this year, and this enthusiastic young Summerfest-goer was anxious to jump in this one. This bungee game was one of many children’s activities available at Summerfest this year. Dennis Hinklin stands in front of his lake art, three-dimensional topographical wood presentations, in his booth at Summerfest. Hinklin had one of many arts and crafts booths on the courthouse lawn Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hastings Public Library employees, volunteers and Friends march in the Hastings Summerfest parade Saturday, Aug. 25. This year library employees got to celebrate their new building and raise money for solar panels with Sunday’s duck race. A lot of merriment punctuated the Children’s parade on Sunday afternoon during the Summerfest celebration in Hastings. (photo by Rose Hendershot) Senior citizens of the year Russ and Jean Hammond enjoy their ride in the Hastings Summerfest parade Saturday, Aug. 25. �Page 4 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner CASINO, continued from page 1 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Family Preservation Day dishonored To the editor: On Saturday, Aug. 18, a national rally was held in Washington D.C. in honor of Family Preservation Day. To commemorate this special day, a resolution was introduced in the State House of Representatives Aug. 8 by Rep. Glenn Steil. The resolution, HR 162, had bi-partisan support, with 10 Democrats joining 19 Republicans as co-sponsors. HR 162 failed, because it was passed to Rep. Brenda Clack's Family and Children’s' Services Committee, and she declined to respond to requests to take up the resolution. House Democrat Majority Leader Steve Tobocman refused requests that HR 162 be "discharged to the floor," which would free it from the committee process, and free it up for immediate discussion and a vote. Majority Leader Tobocman's office repeatedly stated the resolution was only about joint custody (in a divorce/separation matter), and would not discharge it on the floor. Tobocman's largest problem was that the date of the rally was put in the resolution, so to pass the resolution would be to endorse the rally. Following is the wording for House Resolution 162: “A resolution commemorating August 18, 2007, as Family Preservation Day in the State of Michigan. “Whereas, We recognize that the interconnected relationships fostered in families are essential to our state's stability, growth and quality of life; and “Whereas, The strength of our nation today is dependent on the strength of the family structure; and “Whereas, The preservation of the family unit will bring about the benefits of ongoing parental relationships, which include, but are not limited to, a declining rate of juvenile crime and childhood poverty and an increased rate of childhood self esteem and family value awareness; and “Whereas, Family Preservation Day is an opportunity for government to join forces with parents, children, community organiza- tions and local agencies to advocate on behalf of our children, and to take action together against the destruction of the family structure; now therefore, be it: “Resolved by the House of Representatives that the members of this legislative body commemorate August 18, 2007, as Family Preservation Day in the state of Michigan.” You can read for yourself that HR 162 makes no mention of joint child custody. Naturally, the date of the DC rally was in the resolution, they were the same date! The DC rally and HR 162 were just two segments of the Family Preservation Day celebration. Not only did HR 162 fail, so too did a request to Governor Jennifer Granholm to issue a special proclamation to recognize and honor Aug. 18 as Family Preservation Day. Not even a simple acknowledgment was received on the proclamation requests. Here are three serious and very clear examples of how the state's Democratic leaders feel about the families of our state. For them not to be able or willing to set aside one single day with a small bit of fanfare to honor Michigan families and to encourage their preservation speaks volumes. There is yet another serious example of this leadership arrogance and complete disregard toward Michigan families and their children. Rep. Brenda Clack also is refusing to allow House Bill 4564, the Equal Parenting Bill, up in "her" committee for discussion, hearings and vote. There are eight other committee members — four Republicans and four Democrats. Why is such an important bill being "held hostage"? The Equal Parenting Bill would finally begin to form Michigan's laws into being what is truly "in the best interests of the child." Far too many of our elected officials, and all of their leadership, so it seems, are busy playing politics with us — the families of Michigan, instead of doing what is in our best interests! Phillip N. Wurm, West Michigan Regional Director, “A Child's Right" Hastings Yard sales, antique show are successful To the editor: I have been the events chairman for the yard sales and an antique show at Charlton Park this past summer. Obviously, events such as these require considerable organizing and planning. Music for the events was organized by Harland and Nyla Nye. It included accordion, brass quintet, vocal music, a German band, the Happy Tones, and a country jam session that lasted several hours. The office staff, Shirley Barnum, Jack Miner, the Historical Society and many others helped to make these events successful. I must also mention the more than 30 vendors, some of them coming from as far away as Alto, Wayland, Middleville and Caledonia. Nearly 500 shoppers supported these events, most from Barry County, but there were many folks from surrounding communities who have enjoyed the park as well. I will be talking to the Charlton Park Events Committee in the near future to see if we can possibly have five county-wide yard sales next year, starting in May 2008 and have one each month. There will be another antique show Sept. 8 and 9, and we hope to have another great turnout. Howard “Hoot” Gibson, Hastings Township Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 Meanwhile, Gov. Jennifer Granholm has agreed so sign a gaming compact with the Gun Lake tribe that will enable the State of Michigan to share in revenue. The Michigan House of Representatives earlier this summer agreed to the proposed compact, in which the state will pick up between 8 and 12 percent of the revenues for Class II gaming at the proposed Gun Lake casino. The Gun Lake tribe has won every legal and political battle up to this point. The only two hurdles that remain are a vote of the Michigan Senate and the appeal by MichGo of the federal judge’s decision last February. MichGo’s letterhead describes itself as “Informing communities about the effects of casino gambling.” Senator Jansen, before the House voted on the compact, said he is concerned a casino at Gun Lake would negatively impact people in Allegan and Barry counties who are “already addicted” to harmful behaviors, calling Allegan County the “meth capital of Michigan.” Senator Patricia Birkholz, a longtime opponent of the casino, earlier this summer said she opposed the compact because it would have a negative economic impact on downtown Grand Rapids businesses. Birkholz represents Allegan, Barry and Eaton counties in the 24th State Senate district. The Allegan County News & Gazette conducted an informal poll that showed the public overwhelmingly disapproved of Birkholz’s position. Birkholz, in a letter to the News & Gazette, maintained her comments have been taken out of context. “Despite the misrepresentation of my comments in press releases and press accounts, and despite lengthy personal columns criticizing me for a stance taken since my first days in the House of Representatives, I will continue to oppose the Gun Lake Casino,” she wrote. “This is not a popular stance in some circles, but I believe it is correct for Allegan County, the greater west Michigan community and our future.” Another poll conducted in Grand Rapids maintained that more than 70 percent of the people favor the Michigan Senate approving the compact, despite persistent claims by MichGo of strong public opposition. State Rep. Brian Calley, who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District, voted in support of the casino, reasoning that the casino seems inevitable and the state therefore should pick up revenue from a compact and the ability to have some oversight. The resolution to approve the compact was passed in the House by about a 60 to 40 percent ratio. Other prominent anti-casino figures have included Congressmen Vern Ehlers and Peter Hoekstra. The latter worked with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to try to stop the U.S. Department of the Interior from taking the old Ampro Seeds land into a federal trust. Among those expressing support for the casino are the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, the Wayland Township Board, where the facility would be located, and various other local officials, business organizations and government units. Boorsma’s letter, dated, Aug. 15, but which arrived last weekend at J-Ad Graphics, read as follows: “I am writing to ask you to take action to protect your business, in fact all businesses in our community from the negative effects of casinos. For seven years we have been telling our elected officials, friends and family that if the Gun Lake Band is granted approval for a casino, our community’s livelihood and the vitality of the entire business community, whether large or small business, employer or employee, could be at stake. That time has come — this week, the Michigan House of Representatives approved a compact for the Gun Lake Band. Now it is time to make our voices heard again. “Your business is important to your community. I urge you to please write, call and email your state senators to make this clear to them — casinos hurt communities and suppress local businesses. Casinos do not create jobs; they simply take employees from local businesses. Casinos do not bring money into a community; they take money from hardworking families and "donate" money that doesn't even cover the damage they cause. “We've talked to countless other communities with casinos in Michigan and all around the United States and the stories are all the same: Casinos devastate small businesses. Casinos compete with retail, food service, hospitality and entertainment industries and for their hard earned dollars. They siphon off money from the respectable business community and create enormous wealth for a few select investors at the expense of taxpaying families, small businesses, manufacturing jobs and state and local governments. In fact no money even goes to the state government to help in their budget crisis. “As a matter of fact, a study conducted by our own Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce forecasts that the proposed Gun Lake Band casino would result in an economic loss of more than $317 million to the state of Michigan over the next decade. Clearly, the costs outweigh the benefits. “In your own words, tell your elected officials that we cannot continue to let casinos take control of our state and devastate the businesses that you and so many others worked so hard to build. We have enclosed a convenient contact list for your use. Thank you in advance for all of your help and support. If you would like more information please contact Jim Stringham at stringhami@aol.com” The Gun Lake tribe has painted a very different picture of the impact of casinos, maintaining they create jobs, provide revenue to state and local governments, are well regulated and serve as good corporate citizens. The future of another group opposed to the casino, 23 Is Enough, appears to be in trouble because one of its biggest financial backers, Grand Rapids area businessman Peter Secchia, has resigned his membership and is seeking to have a casino built in Grand Rapids. Secchia’s action led some tribe supporters to suggest that much of the opposition to the Gun Lake casino has been based on money rather than moral considerations. Furthermore, the spokesperson for 23 Is Enough, John Helmholdt, has left to take a $95,000-a-year job as public relations person for the Grand Rapids Public Schools The Michigan Senate is expected to take up the casino issue this fall. BRIDGE, continued from page 1 pipe culvert. Work also would include installing a new, single, 56-foot long by four-foot diameter precast concrete pipe culvert at the Finkbeiner Road crossing of an unnamed stream. The project has been proposed as a way to enable Barry County’s largest employer, the Bradford White Corp. of Middleville, a more direct route to ship its products via truck, gaining much easier access to the U.S.-131 expressway. This project also would remove the existing structure at the Finkbeiner Road crossing of an unnamed tributary stream to the Wilson Drain. Workers would install a single, 44-foot long by six-foot diameter precast concrete pipe culvert. The construction would also install a new, single, 56-foot long, 42-foot span by 17-foot rise precast concrete arch structure at the Crane Road crossing of Spring Creek. Plans include constructing a new, 250-foot twin span by 20.7-foot rise pre-stressed concrete box beam bridge at the Crane Road crossing of the Thornapple River. Construction would place 4,833 cubic yards of fill in the Thornapple River flood plain. A total of 1.6 acres of wetlands, located at various crossings of separate wetland complexes along the project corridor, is proposed to be mitigated at a ratio of 1:2 at a site located south of the Village of Middleville adjacent to M-37, north of Adams Road. The project is located in T Sections 19 and 23, Thornapple Township, in Barry County. The Village of Middleville received Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. approval from the Barry County Commission to annex 15 parcels with the provision that the parcels will only be annexed if the bridge project becomes a reality. Some of the owners of the 15 parcels have expressed objections to the Barry County Board of Commissioners, which approved the project earlier this summer. The application is available for review at the DEQ website, www.deq.state.mi.us/CIWPIS, or may be reviewed in the DEQ Land and Water Management Division office, 525 West Allegan St., Lansing, Mich. 48909, during normal office hours. The public hearing record will remain open for 10 days after the public hearing date. Any written comments to be submitted for the public hearing record must be received at this address on or before the close of the record. The hearing will be held pursuant to Section 30105 of the cited statute. The hearing will not be a court-type proceeding; witnesses will not be sworn, and there will be no cross examination. Public hearings are primarily informational and are held to encourage the expression of views and presentation of facts. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will, upon written request, provide a copy of the Department's decision on this application. For more information contact Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Gerald W. Fulcher, Jr., P.E., Chief, Transportation and Flood Hazard Unit, Land and Water Management Division at 517-335-3183. ANTIQUE, continued from page 2 Committee to Preserve Charlton Park. Money raised will be used to advocate for the Charlton Park millage renewal on Nov. 6. The admission fee will be a free-will offering. “The committee knows just how generous this community can be,” said co-chair Brian Reynolds. There will be no set fee for the verbal evaluations, either. Funds generated from evaluation fees will also benefit the millage campaign committee. Full meals will be available downstairs in the Bistro and Brewpub. Chef Mike Barnhart Do you still buy imported goods? Area residents will observe the Labor Day holiday Monday, traditionally a time to recognize the contributions of the American worker to the economy and society. There has been news about toys covered in lead paint and poisonous toothpaste imported from China. As Labor Day approaches are you looking more carefully at labels and are you trying to buy American? will be supplying a variety of appetizers, finger-foods and munchies up in the ballroom. A cash bar will also be available. “This promises to be a fun and informative evening, not to mention very important for the future of Charlton Park,” said Reynolds. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 5 Let’s save historic old library building With all the additional traffic and hundreds of vehicles in Hastings’ downtown during last weekend’s Summerfest celebration, I thought it might be impossible to find a place to park. Thankfully it never was a big problem. Yes, I had to walk a couple of blocks, but every time I went downtown, I was always able to find a spot. However, it seems the City of Hastings and the Downtown Development Authority still believe the city should have have more parking spaces. They appear to be focused on tearing down the old public library building just to add a few more spaces in the city lot. I’m not willing to sacrifice a local building with some historical significance at the altar of more parking. After walking around downtown The old library once was the post office in Hastings and was built in the 1920’s. over Summerfest weekend, I was struck by the value the old library building adds to the ambiance of the courthouse square. People come to town for a destination, they don't come just to look for a place to park. There's no question parking is important in any downtown business district, but not at a price of tearing down a historic building like the old library site. The tents are down, the stages have been put away, the grounds The city not long ago spent thousands of dollars on outside have been cleaned up and Summerfest 2007 is but a memory. experts who told them about the value of creating “walkable com- Despite the rainy weather Friday and early Saturday, most people munities,” a good part of which involves having pleasant things to I talked to considered it a great success. look at, such as historic buildings, not parking lots. Attractive The annual event offers something for just about everyone, buildings create atmosphere. Parking lots are necessary, but they young and old alike. The weekend was filled with entertainment, need to be stragetically located, constantly taking into considera- games, food of all kinds, plenty of fun-filled events and the return tion how they impact the character of the community. of the Elks refreshment tent in downtown Hastings. Saturday's I can think of many uses for the old building. In fact, the Barry parade was one of the biggest in recent memories, and the car Community Foundation, of which until recently I was a board show Sunday was one of the best in Summerfest history. The member, commissioned a study to see what the condition of the weather cooperated, offering a beautiful day for all who came to building was and whether it’s worth saving. The study, in a nut- town. shell, said the building was structurally sound, it just needs some It was great to see the town filled with so many people having repair. The Library Board just didn't have the money to put into a good time. Even after the showers, the streets seemed to fill up the old building, especially when they planned to move to a new again with festival goers. location. It was 30 years ago this year when a small group of Hastings All you need to do is travel to any of the four metropolitan Chamber of Commerce members spearheaded the annual celebraareas that surround us to get a good look at a different attitude tion as a community "thank you for your support" for area resitoward saving older buildings. Developers are remodeling the dents to come down and enjoy the small town atmosphere and all older structures, adding today's technology, efficient windows, the doings held on the courthouse square. and new air and heating systems, but saving beautiful architecture One lady I talked to said it best: “This is why Hastings is so that is hard to replace with today's prices. This isn't rocket sci- special. The town is filled with people mulling around, enjoying ence. Hundreds of cities across the nation have realized the a variety of entertainment, great food and all kinds of activities importance of maintaining these unique structures, which add offered during the weekend.” character to communities. It was typical small town America, where you found the streets It's my hope area citizens will realize the value of the old struc- filled with people stopping to talk with one another, discussing ture, which once served as the city’s post office, and get involved everything from their kids to what's going on in their lives. The in saving the old library building by finding its appropriate use. Summerfest celebration also offers local non-profit organizations Otherwise, you might wake up some morning tohear the sounds a great chance to make some money for their groups by selling of a wrecking ball demolishing history and character in our beau- food, holding raffles and raising funds with whatever great ideas tiful downtown. they could come up with. For those who think the downtown area is really short of parkI appreciate all who volunteered, made contributions or helped ing spaces, think again. The Hastings City Council commissioned in any way to make this event so special. It's Hastings’ premier a parking study revealing there were only a few times a day when event many people look forward to all year long, marking the end parking was a problem. Furthermore, the study was done before of summer and the beginning of another school year. the library moved to its new location, and before Wal-Mart and — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Meijer announced plans to add two big box stores to our shopping mix. If Hastings officials really care about the vitality of the downtown area, they will find a tenant willing to maintain the old library building and add new employment to the area. By adding jobs you increase the potential for new shoppers willing to purchase something from our local merchants, eat at one of our great restaurants or do business with one of our banks. It's a serious issue deserving some serious discussion. I hope the residents of Hastings and the surrounding area are willing to fight for the old structure. It will be worth the effort and will bring new life to the courthouse square. If you are as concerned about this as I am, please let your city manager, the City Council and mayor know. Summerfest sizzles again As the old library fades away and changes the view of the streetscape, do you like what you see? Several sad short stories: There are several interesting things happening in Lansing these days – but I’d be hard pressed to say much progress is being made. Still, with the budget debate raging on and a slew of other issues bubbling to the surface, I have several short stories to report on. Budget shenanigans The first draft of a few budgets passed the House recently, even though everyone knows they are not realistic. I’m still fairly new here, but I’ll tell you what I think is happening. Last week, the House passed the 20072008 budgets for Higher Education, Community Colleges and K-12. The increases were so large they couldn’t be met even with the proposed tax hikes currently on the table. So why would budgets be passed that we know we can’t meet? Simple – it’s called “politics.” You see, if the House passes substantial increases, all of those who vote in favor can take political cover later when the amounts are reduced. They can say something like: “Hey, don’t blame me, I voted for large increases in that budget.” They are then free to point a blaming finger at someone else. I know the politically smart thing to do was vote “yes,” but I didn’t. It just seemed dishonest to me. I believe that we can increase the K-12 foundation allowance by about $100 to $125 per student this year, assuming sales tax collections at least match last year. That is a realistic goal and we should have just done that in the first place. College tuition help sidestepped I don’t do a lot of amendments on bills that are before the House, but recently, I felt compelled to do one. During a very crazy all-night session (we literally went till 6 a.m.), I offered an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have lowered college tuition rates. You may recall that earlier this year, the Legislature and the Governor delayed the fourth quarter payment to state universities. This was done in order to balance the 2006-2007 budget after a midyear Revenue Estimating Conference showed smaller than expected tax collections. We saw headline after headline about substantial tuition rate increases by every state university – all of which cited the delayed state payment as the primary reason. Frankly, I don’t blame them for taking that action. It is not like the state’s promise of restored funding can be taken to the bank. However, the budget that was up for consideration restored that delayed payment and provided an increase over the previous year. In order for a university to receive the restored funding, my amendment would have required that the tuition rates be lowered to no more than a 3% increase over the previous year. For what it’s worth, I think it would have passed, had it been given a fair hearing. There were several amendments offered that night which some representatives were apparently afraid to go on record either supporting or opposing. Therefore, a procedural maneuver was used to deny the House members the opportunity to vote on any of the amendments. It is my hope that state universities will do the right thing anyway and drop the rates back down on their own. Revive 911 bills At the end of this year, the legislation that authorizes the funding of local 911 operations expires. Senate Bills 410 and 411 would reauthorize (with changes) local funding options. The bills passed the Senate with swift, bipartisan support last May. However, they been collecting dust in the House Appropriations Committee ever since. Currently, counties that opt to fund 911 operations with a voter approved telephone surcharge can only assess that charge to land lines. So in counties like Ionia there is a big disparity between land line and cell phone surcharges. Ionia County citizens pay $3.90 per line per month to the county. Cell phone owners only pay 29 cents per month to the state, which takes a cut and then remits the rest to the county. Senate Bills 410 and 411 would allow the locals to establish parity between the land lines and cell phones. And the best part is that the money goes directly to the locals. Also, the surcharge is limited to the actual costs of the operation, which are required to be audited annually. Rate increase requests would be subject to approval by the Public Service Commission. This is a big improvement, and I support these bills. But if SB 410 and 411 are such a good idea, why have they not seen action in the House? It is because the chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee (where these bills are assigned) has another telephone surcharge proposal (House Bill 4852). This one is not a reauthorization of an existing charge – it’s a new telephone surcharge that would provide the state with a net $200 million increase. It is far past time to release Senate bills 410 and 411 from appropriations and allow a vote. There is not a logical reason to informally tie it to House Bill 4852 and the continued insistence to do so jeopardizes the viability to local operations across the state. Past time for action For as interesting as this job is, I am somewhat saddened by what I’ve seen so far. I went in wanting to believe that things worked better than they appeared from the outside. That is not the case. But I still have a lot of that “save the world” attitude in me and I’ve got a ton of energy for the debate. It’s time for the 148 policy makers of state government to take courage and get the job done. Now we’ll have toilet tissue allocations by Jim Hightower Minuteman Media It has taken years of secret research, consultations with focus groups, and trial-anderror engineering work — but, at last, the corporate scientists have come up with the answer we've all been anxiously awaiting: five sheets. That's the amount of toilet paper that Kimberly-Clark Corporation has determined that its new product — the world's first-ever, hands-off, fully-automatic, wonderama, electronic tissue dispenser — should dole out. Wave a hand in front of one of the device's motion sensors and — zzzt — out zips your five-sheet allocation. A Kimberly-Clark spokesman excitedly says that this gizmo will help the corporation capture the $1 billion a year "away-fromhome toilet paper market." Pointing out that washrooms in restaurants, offices, airports, and other places already have automatic faucets, flushers, and towel dispensers, he notes, "the one part of the room where there's not an automatic option is toilet tissue." Oh, great — as anyone knows who's been to washrooms in those places, the machinery constantly goes on the fritz, and now they're going to extend this same electronic "convenience" to toilet paper. I think the CEO of Kimberly-Clark should have to list his personal cell phone number on each machine, so we know whom to call when it refuses to give us our five sheets. By the way, what if you want six sheets? Oh, said the enthusiastic corporate spokesman, "People generally in life will take what you give them." So, Kimberly-Clark is betting that America has devolved from the rebellious spirits of the Boston Tea Party and the Declaration of Independence to a people so compliant that we'll meekly accept whatever amount of toilet tissue our corporate providers allow. I think that Kimberly-Clark's honchos are in for a surprise. My guess is that this corporation is going to find quite a few of its electronic dispensers ripped from the walls of washroom stalls all across America. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �Page 6 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults & Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. Kids For Christ; ages 4 thru 4th grade are dismissed after announcements. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Nursery & Toddler care provided (birth thru age 3 yrs.). Sunday Evening Service. Small Groups, Wed. Mid-Week, and Senior Bible Study will begin again in September. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian. blogspot.com/ . Friday 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Presbyterian Women’s Fall Gathering. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings James Arthur Gonzales MIDDLEVILLE – James Arthur Gonzales, age 66, of Middleville, passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Mr. Gonzales was born in Freeport and was the son of Alfredo and Mary (Clinton) Gonzales who preceded him in death. Besides his parents, he was also preceded in death by his infant brother Harold Moore and brother Eugene Gonzales. He was raised in the Freeport area and attended Freeport Public Schools where he graduated in 1959. He was married to Carolyn Jean Miller on December 26, 1963 in Hastings. He was a lifelong herdsman on several area dairy farms and dedicated his life to teaching people about cattle and loved helping people. He was known for his kind-hearted nature and his gift of gab. Mr. Gonzales is survived by his wife, Carolyn; sons, Jim (Kathy) Gonzales and Joshua Gonzales; daughter, Angela Gonzales; grandsons who were his pride and joy, James and Nick; three beloved sisters, Helen (Rigo) Rendon, Ruth Ann (David) Reigler and Elena Martinez; very special nephews and nieces both in Michigan and Texas; as well as many friends. A celebration of James’ life will be held at a graveside service at Freeport Cemetery, Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 2 p.m. Steve Diamond officiated. It is suggested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions should be directed to his son Jim Gonzales, for a memorial to be placed in Lincoln Meadows Retirement Community in James’ honor. Please sign James’ guest book or leave condolences at lauerfh.com. Services were entrusted to Lauer Family Funeral Home – Wren Chapel, Hastings. Helen (Frandsen) Monroe HASTINGS – On August 27, 2007, Helen (Frandsen) Monroe passed suddenly at her home in Hastings. Helen was the daughter of the late Einar and Gertrude Frandsen of Hastings, and the sister of the late Philip (Esther) Frandsen of Spring Lake. She is survived by her loving husband, Eugene Monroe and her children Steven (Janice) Leonhardt of West Bloomfield, Philip (Sandra) Leonhardt of McAllen, Texas, Catherine (Thomas) Weir of Honolulu, Hawaii, Mark (Kimberly) Leonhardt of Highland, and Elizabeth (Gary) Suydam of Dundee. She is also survived by her stepchildren Catherine Bergum of Grayling, Jeffery (Becky) Monroe of Spruce, and Laura (Roger) Denhart of St. Joseph, Illinois. Helen was the proud grandmother of 24 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Helen was born December 18, 1934 in Ionia, and was raised in Hastings. She graduated in 1952 from Hastings High School with high honors. As a resident of Walled Lake, she continued her education at Oakland Community College, earning her nursing degree. Her registered nursing career began in Oakland County, and continued until her retirement in 1998 from the Barry County Community Hospice. With family and friends, Helen enjoyed her summers at Oakwood and winters in Fort Meade, Florida. She celebrated her life by caring and cooking for her loved ones. In Hastings, she enjoyed being a member of the Pennock Hospital Guild #39. Helen worshiped her Lord with her family at the Hastings Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Thornapple Valley Church of Hastings. Services for Helen will be held Saturday, September 1, 2007, at the Thornapple Valley Church at 2750 S. M-43 Highway in Hastings, Michigan 49058-0188, (269)9482549. The family will receive visitors at the church from 11 a.m., with a service celebrating her life at noon. The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made in her name to the Barry Community Hospice, 450 Meadow Run Drive, Hastings, Michigan, 49058-0188. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). James Brian Rush Clair Green KENTWOOD AND HASTINGS – James Brian Rush, age 49, of Kentwood and Hastings, died at his residence. Jim was born July 2, 1958 in Hastings, the son of Roger Max and Betty May (Makley) Rush. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1976. He then went on to graduate from Central Michigan University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts. Jim married his high school sweetheart, Connie Jean Wilson, on September 30, 1978. He was employed at Morrison Industrial Equipment in Grand Rapids from 1981 until 2005. Jim had a love for his family and friends, he would do anything to help them. His other loves were animals, especially his dog Sawyer, restoring muscle cars, he was proud of the 1971 440 Limited GTX he had recently restored. His other hobbies and interest were competitive Karate, playing the drums, watching James Bond movies, baseball, and his gun collection. Jim was a member of the International Management Council starting in 1985, and served as president of the Grand Rapids Chapter for two years, among other board positions. He was preceded in death by his father, Roger Rush. Jim is survived by his wife Connie Rush; his mother, Betty Rush of Hastings; sisters, Kitty (Richard) Stanley of Charlotte, Betsy (Dan) Spindlow of Belding; a brother, Roger (Vicki) Rush of Leroy; several nieces and nephews; mother- and father-in-law, Clarence and Bonnie Wilson of Hastings; other in-laws, Debbie (Craig) Murphy of Bradenton Fla., Ron Wilson of Knoxville, Tenn.; a godson, Christopher Rush; and many other family members and friends. Visitation will be Thursday, August 30 from 6 to 8 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Rick Blunt will officiate. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, followed by a luncheon at Ever After Banquet Facilities. Memorials can be made to Alcoholic Anonymous. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). LAKE ODESSA – Clair Green, age 88, of Lake Odessa, passed away on Sunday afternoon, August 26, 2007. He is survived by his daughter, Brenda (David) Chase; grandchildren, Regan (Alice) Chase, Michelle (A.J.) Predum, Beth Chase, Nancy (David) Bulling, and Amy (Patrick) Jemison; as well as many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Clair is also survived by two brothers, Lyle Green and Tom Green; sister, Betty Segur; and son-in-law, Robert (Kathy) Chase. Clair was preceded in death by his first wife, June Green; daughter, Sandra Chase; and wife, Frances (Rairigh/Catt) Green, with whom he had numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren. Also preceding Clair in death were five brothers, Russell, Richard, Paul, Wayne and Howard Green; as well as two sisters, Velma VanSickle and Esther Allen. Clair spent time serving in the military in his earlier years with the U.S. Army Air Force, and was stationed at Bryan, Texas. During the final stretch of WW II, Clair and seven of his brothers were all serving in various branches of the military at the same time. Only one other family in the United States had more family members serving at the same time than the Green family. Following his military service, Clair went to work at Lake Odessa Machine Products, and later worked at Keeler Brass in Lake Odessa until the time of his retirement. Clair enjoyed spending most of his years living on Jordan Lake where he spent many hours fishing. He also enjoyed bowling and was a league member in Lake Odessa for many, many years. The funeral service was held at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa on Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Burial with military honors followed at Lakeside Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Hospice. Lori Darselle Whipple BYRON CENTER – Lori Darselle Whipple, age 22, of Byron Center, tragically passed away Thursday, August 16, 2007. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Don F. Sewell and aunt, Donette Menezes. Beloved daughter and sister Lori will be greatly missed by her parents, Dennis and Darselle Whipple; her sister, Amy (Gordon) Shaw; her nephew, Porter Shaw; her nana, Dean Sewell; grandparents, Paul and Allegra Whipple; aunts, uncles and many cousins. Lori was an accomplished artist and recent graduate of Pensacola Christian College with a B.A. in Art. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at the Cook Funeral Home, Byron Center, 2067 84th St. The family received relatives and friends Monday, August 20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Cook Funeral Home, Byron Center. If you were unable to attend the visitation or service, please sign the family’s Memory Book at www.cookfuneralservices.com. Memorial contributions may be made in Lori’s name to the Humane Society. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Area Obituaries • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77515470 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 7 Marion Elizabeth Wolfe HASTINGS – Marion Elizabeth Wolfe, age 93, of Hastings, died Monday August 27, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born August 3, 1914 in North Adam, Massachusetts, the daughter of Fred and Ella (Beckwith) Skiffington. Marion moved to Battle Creek in 1948. She married Andrew E, Wolfe in 1937 and he died in 1968. She was employed at Post in Battle Creek for 30 years and retired in 1977. Marion was a member of the Loyal Order Eagles #299 in Battle Creek, and the First Baptist Church in Battle Creek. She enjoyed playing bingo, going on Vegas trips with her family and friends, hunting, fishing, and camping. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Carl Wolf; her parents; son-in-law, Floyd Etts; granddaughter, Lorri Tyler; and brother, Bill Skiffington. Marion is survived by her daughter, Carol Etts of Hastings; five grandchildren, Andrew Etts, (Joyce Kinsey),Terri (Steve) DeWitt, Tina (Steve) Case, Penney (Jeff) Wheeler, Floyd P. (Paula) Etts; 16 great-grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Floral Lawn Cemetery in Battle Creek. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice or The American Lung Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). Paul Bernard Lancaster Lee Owen Taggart HOPE TOWNSHIP – Mr. Paul Bernard Lancaster, age 83, of 1639 W. Sager Rd., Hope Township, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Tendercare in Hastings. Mr. Lancaster was born on April 2, 1924, the son of James and Flossie Lancaster. He was raised in Hope Township and attended Hines Schools through the eighth grade. He was married to Betty Louise Dillman in 1946 at Battle Creek. Betty passed away in 1975 and Mr. Lancaster married Patsy Ann Cook on June 19, 1985 in Hastings. He was employed at A.W. Bliss as an electrician, retiring in 1985. He was a member of VFW in Nashville; Grace Wesleyan Church; and was a highly decorated veteran of World War II. Mr. Lancaster was a heavy machine gunner in the 3nd “Red Arrow” Infantry Division during World War II. He fought in the New Guinea Campaign and partook in the beach landings and battles of: Saidor, Aitape, Morotai, Hollandia, and Leyte. He also fought in the Battle of Luzon, and was stationed in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan. Mr. Lancaster was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the Asiatic and Pacific Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars, the Philippine Liberation Medal with a bronze battle star, five Overseas Service Bars, one Service Stripe, and the Good Conduct Medal. Mr. Lancaster is survived by his wife, Patsy; daughters, Paula (Craig) Schaffer of Hudsonville and Diane Lynn Lancaster (special friend W.M. Anders) of Hastings; son, John (Teddy) Lancaster of Hastings; grandchildren, Jennifer (Gary) Storm, Jani (Doug) Drake, Sean Lancaster - following his grandfather by serving in Iraq, Lacy Lancaster, and Ashley Lancaster. Preceding him in death were his parents; his first wife, Betty Louise; three sons, Larry Allen Lancaster, Bernard Charles Lancaster, and Clarence Allen Lancaster; eight brothers; and two sisters. Services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, September 1, 2007 at Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, August 31 from 5 to 8 p.m., also at Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel. Burial will be at Barryville Cemetery in Hastings. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry County Council on Aging. Arrangements are being made by Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed High Games: A. Walden 181; D. Walden 187; C. O’Keefe 224; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 191; T. Neymeijer 235; J. Markley 213; S. Beebe 202; K. Beebe 203; C. Wanland 217; P. Scobey 202; G. Hause 213. High Series: D. Walden 529; T. Neymeiyer 593; S. Anger 653; G. Hause 567. Team Standings: Goodtime Pizza 4; J-Ad 3; Hastings Bowl 3; Hastings City Bank 2; Boyce Milk Hauling 2; TVCCU 1; Terminators 1; Yankee Zephyr 0. WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? Social News HASTINGS – Lee Owen Taggart, age 79, of Hastings, went to be with his Lord Friday, August 24, 2007, at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Lee was born January 23, 1928 in Hastings, the son of Glenn E. and Mae (Johnson) Taggart. After graduating from Hastings High School, Lee entered the United States Navy. He served from 1947 until his honorable discharge in 1952. Lee married Jean Anderson August 24, 1950. He was an avid golfer, and University of Michigan football fan. He worked for the University of Michigan Athletic Department for 20 years and retired in 1994. He was a member of the Hastings First Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, and 13 brothers and sisters. Lee is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jean Taggart of Hastings; his sons, Brad (Stacie) Taggart of Colorado, Tim (Lenie) Taggart of Minnesota; a daughter, Pam (Jim) Frazier of Hastings; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mildred Hall of Hastings; many nieces and nephews. Memorial services were held on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Pastor Jeff Garrison and James Spindler officiated. Burial was at Irving Township Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Lung Association. Arrangements were by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? Belson-Russell united in marriage WANT TO FIND GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS? Lori Belson and Brian Russell were united in marriage on July 11, 2007 at the Couples Resort in Ocho, Rios, Jamaica. The couple exchanged vows and rings oceanside with the mother of the groom present. The groom’s parents are Chuck and Sheryll Russell from Hesperia, Mich. The bride’s parents are Lois Steele of Freeport, Mich. and Chuck and Jo Lindsay of Delton, Mich. The couple are both employed at Bradford White Corp. and currently reside in Freeport. 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Williston Kelly Williston Bill Williston Dana Wilcox Barbara Toshalis Gerald Toshalis Bonnie Slayton Jeffrey A. Wolfson, M.D. Tammy R. Pennington Corally O’Dell Hans W. VanKuilenburg Progressive Democrats of West Michigan Jennifer Smith Peter Rynders Bernice Rynders Cathy Albro Rick Albro Bill Gill Janis Gill Joanne Swann Diane K. Pryor Mark J. Anderson Christine Anderson Lois White Barbara Bowler Edward Bowler Brian B. Whalen Jan Koopman David Perkins Nancy Perkins Jackie Schmitz Kathleen Oliver James Oliver Catherine Deyo Young Charles Deyo Evelyn Bowers Ethel Ackerson �Page 8 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The biggest excitement around for this weekend will be at Woodland. The schedule includes a parade with floats, recognition of grand marshal Ellen Miller RN, a sing-a-long, ball games, contests, barbecued chicken on Saturday evening and more. After the fact, we learned that last Saturday's Bridge Festival at Saranac had as Grand Marshals Roger and Doris Cochrun. Roger is a graduate of Lake Odessa High School, coming from the Berlin Center district. Roger has served on the Saranac Village Council. Doris is a longtime community volunteer. Retired teacher Margaret Breckon is Citizen of the Year. She is well known to many Lakewood school retirees here from her years as an officer in Ionia County chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel (MARSP). Her daughter is Sally, who works at Walker Pharmacy. Part of the celebration was centered on the depot at Saranac, which is observing its centennial. The Lansing State Journal recently had an item about the 60th wedding anniversary of Galen and Maxine Wortley, who were married at the Woodland EUB church (now Lakewood UMC) on Aug. 8 1947. Maxine, known as “Mick,” was a daughter of the Gates family. Galen retired from the forestry department at Michigan State University. Maxine was a teacher in the preschool a Pennway Church of God for 27 years. They have five children, Kathy Anderson of St. Johns, Jay of Haslett, Greg of Lansing, Karen Leinert of Port Huron and Dana Hughes of DeWitt. They have 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. They enjoyed a family dinner at Corner Landing south of Ionia. Former resident Don vanPolen and wife Fran of Washington state were to have an early golden anniversary observance on Sept. 8 in Grand Rapids to commemorate their December 1947 wedding. Don is a Lake Odessa High School graduate from the Class of 1953. The event will be an open house at a home on 2114 Lake Drive SE from 1 to 4 p.m. No gifts, please. Monday is the day to observe Labor Day. With very few unions active in Lake Odessa, it will likely be simply a day off work. Certainly the labor unions will not be having a parade on Fourth Avenue. One family discussion on the weekend had stories of married men getting $12 per week with an increase of a dollar after the family had a new baby. Another told of getting 25 cents per hour for 48 hours which netted $11.88 — one percent had been deducted for social security. A later story was of getting $1 per hour for 40 hours work. Thanks to organized labor, wages and working conditions have been improved. Another benefit was to be paid time and a half for overtime. One factor worker said he had received triple time wage for overtime which was cheaper for his big company than to hire another worker. Michael and Karen Morse of rural Richland hosted several members of the Garlock and Hill family on Saturday afternoon with cousins coming from Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Kalamazoo, Saginaw, Stanton, Hastings, Woodland and Lake Odessa. A Kohler cousin has moved back to Michigan after several years in Florida so she had not seen some of her cousins in years. There was a lot of reminiscing about years ago visiting the grandparents' farm near Carson City. Some of the assembled kinfolks were about to leave for college classes. Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeffrey Smyth has retired from the USAF after 20 years of service. He was a 1987 graduate of Lakewood High School. He is the son of Nancy Haeck and the brother of Brett Eckhart both of East Lansing. He has held positions in aircraft maintenance career field at locations which included Marquette, Arizona and South Korea. He also served in Guam and Turkey. A death reported in the State Journal was of Alden "Ed" Harrington of Lansing who was born in Cloverdale Aug. 29, 1920. Death came on Aug. 21, 2007. His funeral was in Lansing the dean’s list at Central Michigan Community Day 77515794 Yard Sale & Antiques Saturday, Sept. 8 9am to 5pm Charlton Park - Hastings, MI FREE Finger FREE Public Admission g Printin Accepting Vendors • Booths - $10 • s Concession * Non-Profit Free Space * www.charltonpark.org UPCOMING EVENTS Pow Pow - Sept. 15 Lumber Jack Show Sept. 29 & 30 R.S.V.P. Call Deb to reserve your space 269-945-3775 CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! 06655119 Senior Living Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 University included Kendra Root and Jason Thelen of Lake Odessa, Scott Setchfield of Vermontville, Emily Goodemoot of Ionia. Ferris State University had Brian Stowell on its dean's list. Saginaw Valley State University had Erica Enz of Lake Odessa. Following the heavy winds and heavy rain, there was much damage reported in this area in the Lakewood News. Besides the stories there, Johnson Street had its excitement with fire trucks coming to the alley behind the 1400 numbered houses where a power pole was issuing smoke and tree limbs were touching the pole. In the 1300 block, a large limb fell on the line to a house and took down the wires. There were many limbs down and the lawns and street were littered with branches and twigs. However, we had no power outages and the clocks did not even blink. Michael and Alicia Bouwens of rural Clarksville are the parents of a third daughter born Aug. 27 at 8 pounds and 20 inches long. She joins at home sisters Brooke and Natalia. Mary Jane (Rush) Carlson is the maternal grandmother. After several rainstorms last week, the grass has turned back to green and homeowners are again mowing their lawns. The heavy rains were welcome, but we could have used half that much rain earlier in the month. LEGAL NOTICE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen J. Plank, to Mercantile Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2001 and recorded June 11, 2001 in Instrument Number 1061182, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Five and 25/100 Dollars ($107,205.25) including interest at 10.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 17, Lincoln Park Addition, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 231.6044 77515435 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon L. Gilman and Wendy S. Gilman, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 14, 2005 in instrument 1148043, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($137,034.67), including interest at 8.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 2; thence West 912 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 1435 feet; thence West 408 feet; thence North 1435 feet; thence East 408 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515641) File #158749F01 ‘Cassie’s’ curse Dear Annie: I am a 26-year-old man, and my life is a mess. Two years ago, I had a great job and a beautiful fiancee. I was completely crazy about "Cassie," who was then a junior in college. When she told me she wanted to live on campus because it was closer and would give her a real college experience, I agreed it would make her life easier. To make a long story short, her communication became infrequent, and then she broke off our engagement, the only explanation being that "she didn't love me anymore." She refused to take my calls or respond to e-mails. I was devastated. Two months later, I lost my job when the company went bankrupt. I worked at several lower-paying jobs and finally found one I liked, but was canned after several months. They said it was downsizing, but I later discovered the boss didn't like me. I have no idea why. That was three months ago, and I have been unable to find work. I had to move in with my father and his wife, and Dad has made it his daily ritual to belittle my education (I have a bachelor's degree in history) and berate me for not having studied "something useful." My life has completely fallen apart, and it started the day Cassie left. I still think about her every day and mourn my old life. I'm sure none of this would have happened if I had found a way to keep Cassie from moving. I'm sick of crying myself to sleep over things I can't change. Please help. -- Lost in New England Dear New England: Cassie moved because she was already planning to leave you and was looking for a way out. Trust us, better it happened before you married and not after. Your depression is not a permanent condition. This is a transitional period between your old life and a new, more solid one. Take a temp job that will pay enough to move out of Dad's house. Get some exercise. Talk to your clergyperson or get some free or low-cost shortterm counseling through your local hospital or the nearest university psychology department. We'll be rooting for you. Fickle friends Dear Annie: I am a 40ish single woman with a busy job. I don't have a lot of free time, but I enjoy an evening out occasionally. What I am struggling with is that all my friends are either married or have steady boyfriends and now exclude me from their activities. I've had many relationships since my divorce and never ignored my friends. In fact, I fixed up three of these women with the guys they are currently seeing. While these same women called constantly when they were single, they haven't thought once to invite me out in the last five years. I am not a needy person, but I am amazed these women don't seem to remember what it was like to be alone. Please remind people that true friends are hard to find and friendships need nurturing. -- Anywhere, Any Town Dear Anywhere: A lot of attached women find their single women friends to be a threat or loose end that doesn't fit in the "couples" category. You will have to make the effort to maintain these friendships, but meanwhile, branch out and cultivate some new friends. And if you are one of those people who has been neglecting a single friend, please pick up the phone today. Manly odds Dear Annie: This is for "Lonely," the 60year-old who wrote about poor odds in the man department. I was recently in Skagway, Alaska. Our guide said the ratio of men to women in Skagway was 8 to 1. She also said, "The odds are good, ladies, but the goods are odd!" -- Regular Reader Dear Reader: We doubt the men in Skagway will appreciate the sentiment, but thanks for the laugh. Romance robbed and 5. I was happily married to the most wonderful man, but my husband died from complications following surgery. He was 44 and a terrific father and a loving husband. Since my husband's death, my children and I feel robbed of having such a loving person in our lives. I work full time, teach catechism once a week and take care of the children. Every day is such a struggle for me. I'm extremely tired. I have thyroid disease and don't get enough rest. I do get some help from my family -- without them, I would be lost. I also take the children to a local grief support program called SandCastles (www.aboutsandcastles.org). Even though I try to stay strong, especially for the kids, I'm getting burned out. I'm very lonely. My husband was my soul mate. People have tried to tell me to get counseling, but why bother? It won't change anything. It's hard knowing I'm still young and will have to live the rest of my life without my loving companion. Please tell me there is something to look forward to in life, because right now, I'm really hurting. -- Robbed in Michigan Dear Michigan: We know the pain seems insurmountable and unending, but life is not static, and things do change and can even get better over time. If grief support is helping your children, why can't it help you? Talking can facilitate healing, especially within a group that understands your loss. Your children deserve a mother who is emotionally whole, so we hope you will make every effort to get the help you need. Please talk to someone at your church about a referral. Spittle spoils Dear Annie: I work in retail. Please tell your readers that it is not OK to lick their fingers and count out money. I've seen both men and women do this. Why would they think someone would want to touch money that has their spit on it? Is there a polite way to bring up this nasty habit? Or should I just refuse the money? -- I Don't Want It in Kentucky Dear Kentucky: We don't recommend telling people you don't want their money. They might assume their purchases are free. But we certainly understand why you don't want to handle currency that has someone's saliva on it. Keep a damp sponge handy, and offer it to any customer who starts licking his or her fingers in preparation for touching their cash. And for those customers who think this is the best way to separate your money, please think again. Legal log-ins Dear Annie: As a public school teacher, I regularly encounter families like the neighbors in the letter from "Bullied in the 'Burbs." While you correctly suggested the family contact the police, it's not enough. With each demonstration of crude harassment, the family needs to smile, wave and document, document, document! If possible, they should have a video of every instance of the neighbors behaving poorly. A written log detailing the time and place of the harassment alongside photographs and video will provide documentation that will stand up in court. In the meantime, that young family being bullied has to be extremely careful not to provide an opening for the harassment. They should go about their daily business as usual, making sure to be extremely polite to the neighbors at all times while going for the legal jugular. -- Western Teacher Dear Teacher: Thanks for the excellent suggestions. Documenting instances of harassment can be very useful when you need to take legal action, and the ubiquitousness of video and cell phone cameras makes it easier to do. Annie's Snippet for the Day (credit President Woodrow Wilson): "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow." Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. A look down memory lane... School Daze ‘n Stuff Part I "Maxed Out" on IRA and 401(k)? that inventing a credible bearded lady and “a tallest man in the world” must have taxed her ingenuity. I was selected to be the south half of an elephant headed north probably because of my magnetic personality, natural talent, enthusiasm and big butt. My old Second Ward neighborhood chum LaRae elected to be the north half of this beast. I was elated to have landed this role because when I was 5- years-old my grandpa Walton took me to the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus in Kalamazoo. There my imagination was captivated by the dozen or so elephants staked out in the elephant tent. As it turned out, I was the only one in my class who had ever actually seen a real live elephant up close, which qualified me to become the resident elephant authority, or so I thought. My father, who was an ardent Democrat, didn’t think highly of the idea but Mom, who was a strong Republican, was delighted. My mom and LaRae’s mom, Gladys, tried without success to locate an elephant costume pattern to guide them so they were obliged to set about designing a costume on their own. They decided that it was to have a front and a back section joined around the middle with a few strategically placed buttons. The gray muslim material they used for this project was purchased at J.C. Penny’s downtown. As I recall it, our dear mothers ran into a few minor technical snags such as how to build rigidity into the trunk and ears. One detail they completely overlooked in this morass of technical detail was ventilation. Believe me when I say that two bodies encapsulated inside that outfit created conditions mimicking tropical rain forests in about five minutes. At our first dress rehearsal I discovered that not only couldn’t I see where I was going, but that the bent over posture I had to assume quickly became unbearable. This especially bothered me when at our public performance See TIME, page 16 Consider Insurance, Annuities Many people rely on their IRAs and 401(k) plans to help them pay for their retirement years - and for good reason, because IRAs and 401(k)s are excellent retirement-savings vehicles. But once you reach the point where you are contributing the maximum amount to your IRA and 401(k) each year, what else can you do to build resources for retirement? You might want to consider annuities and cash value insurance. Fixed and Variable Annuities When you buy a fixed annuity, the insurance company puts your funds into fixed income investments, such as bonds. Your principal is guaranteed, and the insurance company pays you an interest rate that is also guaranteed for a certain period of time. At the end of the guarantee period, the insurer adjusts the guaranteed interest rate upward or downward. These guarantees are backed by the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance companies. If you'd like the potential to earn more than you can receive from a fixed annuity, you might want to consider a variable annuity. When you purchase a variable annuity, you place your money in various accounts that can be made up of stocks, bonds and other securities. You choose how to allocate your investment dollars, based on your risk tolerance and time horizon. (Keep in mind, though, that this investment is called "variable" for a reason; your account balance will fluctuate along with the financial markets, and there's no guarantee you will get back all your principal. Furthermore, fees are associated with each variable annuity benefit. With either a fixed or variable annuity, you won't pay taxes on your earnings until you begin taking withdrawals. Be aware though, that if you are younger than 59-1/2 when you start taking withdrawals, you will have to pay a 10 percent tax penalty in addition to ordinary income tax on the amount withdrawn. Apart from tax deferral, annuities offer at least one other key benefit: flexibility in taking your payments. You can accept distributions as a lump sum, spread them out over a certain number of years or create an income stream for the rest of your life - or even your life and that of your spouse. Cash Value Insurance When you buy permanent insurance, also known as "cash value" insurance, part of your premium pays for the death benefit (the amount that goes to your beneficiary), but some of the payment goes to help build cash value - and this money grows on a taxdeferred basis, similar to annuities, your traditional IRA and your 401(k). You can choose from a variety of cashvalue insurance policies. In building cash value, some of these policies rely on variable investments, such as stocks. Consequently, your cash value will fluctuate over time, and, as is the case with variable annuities, you could lose some or all of your principal. However, you can also choose varieties of cash-value insurance, such as whole life or universal life, that typically pay guaranteed rates of return. The guarantees of these products are also backed only by the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company. To access your cash value, you can cancel or surrender your policy (although, if you surrender it within a few years of purchasing it, you may have to pay surrender charges) or you can borrow from your policy and either let the remaining cash value pay the interest or pay it back yourself . Ultimately, you can provide a significant boost to your retirement savings by investing in annuities and cash value insurance. So, give them some consideration once you've hit the "ceiling" on your 401(k) and IRA. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 38.79 +.04 Anheuser Busch 47.68 +.11 CMS Energy Corp. 15.75 -.02 Coca-Cola Co. 53.26 -.77 Dow Chemical Co. 41.70 +.06 Exxon Mobil 83.00 -.15 Family Dollar Stores 26.94 -.30 First Financial Bancorp 12.91 -.61 Ford Motor Co. 7.51 -.41 General Motors 29.18 -1.90 Intl. Bus. 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Don’t waste your time driving to out-of-town hospitals when the nation’s best care is so close to home!” Find out how Pennock Health Services can be your family’s partner for personal, professional and progressive care. To learn more or find a Pennock affiliated physician, call us at (269) 945-1749. It’s Our Mission. William Snyder, Middleville Pennock Partner, Douglas Smendik, M.D. Family Practitioner 06657033 By John Walton In 1932, during the early years of the Great Depression, I entered kindergarten, attending school in the newly constructed Central School located on south Broadway. This beautiful new facility had been opened for classes in 1931. At that time, the numerous one-room rural schools scattered about the immediate vicinity hadn’t consolidated with the Hastings school system, so there was not much need for school buses. Students above kindergarten level were expected to walk to school. Kindergartners, as we were called, living in the Second Ward, gathered at the red brick Ward School located southeast corner in the 700 block of Bond Street, where the park is now. From this point we were picked up by Ernie Hayes in his personal car (such as it was) and driven across town by way of Grand Street to Central School. Since it was believed that children in this age group were too physically and mentally immature to benefit from a full day at school, we attended half days. Ernie Hayes was a local hero who wore many hats around town. He was the head custodian and responsible for the safe operation of the coal fire boilers that provided steam heat for both Central School and the high school across the street. What impressed we kids most about Mr. Hayes was that in addition to being the head custodian at school and the city fire chief, he was the truant officer. The older kids had to explain to us what a truant officer’s duties were, which gave us an inkling of what was expected of us when we got older. Mr. Hayes wa a “no nonsense” kind of guy, but fair and even handed in his dealings with everyone, especially little folks. We all respected and admired him. Arriving at Central School, Ernie let us off on Walnut Street at the foot of the long winding cement steps that lead to the northeast entrance near the kindergarten room. Ernie performed this same service for the first warders. The third and fourth warders walked to school. Our teacher, Miss Florence McCarn taught one kindergarten section in the morning and a different section in the afternoon. Like most 6-year-olds, I fell in love with Miss McCarn my first day of school. I can still remember her quite clearly. I’d like to share several recollections I have relating to society’s futile attempt to “sprinkle salt on my tail.” For example, in about the middle of each session Miss McCarn clapped her hands as loudly as she could to gain our attention. When the noise subsided to about the level of an outbound SST she directed us to fetch our personal 4’x2 1/2’ rag rugs, spread them out on the floor, remove our shoes, lie down and observe quiet time. I personally thought that this segment of our routine was primarily designed for the teacher’s benefit and to be accurate it should have referred to it as teacher’s “sanity check in time.” Quiet time was painful for me because it seemed to last an eternity. My muscles always seemed to twitch involuntarily, which worsened whenever I thought Miss McCarn was watching me. The whole experience resembled what I imagined solitary confinement at Jackson State Prison or death row at SingSing must be like. Another memory I have of my kindergarten years is of a colorful tiled five feet square sunken goldfish pond, five inches deep, enclosed by a two inch high tiled rim. This attractive amenity was located next to the sandbox under the windows on the east side of the room. Walking along the rim of the fish pond was a big no-no for obvious reasons. The architects who designed the room obviously didn’t know that kindergartners love water, sometimes have short memories and have a rough time resisting temptation. Occasionally, one of our classmates suffered a memory lapse and fell into the pond. This catastrophic event always created instant panic among the gold fish sending them frantically darting hither and yon looking for a safe haven. Not to be outdone, Miss McCarn rose to the occasion by darting about hither and yon too. Without question the most prestigious and coveted assignment in kindergarten was feeding the goldfish. Miss McCarn awarded this honor only to good do-bees. I don’t remember that I ever got to feed the fish. I never held this against her though, because I knew in my heart of hearts that I was really one of her favorites and concluded that she was only trying to insulate my sensitive feelings from being hurt by the slings and arrows of my jealous peers. Undoubtedly the grandest and most colorful event that occurred that year was our circus project. Just a few weeks into the school year, Miss McCarn perceived that as a class project creating a real live circus would be a natural. She astutely realized that in most cases only slight behavior modification would be necessary to enable myself and most of my classmates to pass for one of the higher primates. Contortionists, clowns, midgets and wild men from Borneo presented no particular problem for Miss McCarn’s circus project but I’m sure 1009 W. Green Street, Hastings • www.pennockhealth.com �Page 10 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, Citizen At Large Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. 77515668 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held August 28, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on September 19, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Carol M. Kauss, 11957 Oakridge Rd, Plainwell, MI 49080, for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review to construct a boat house at the above address. Subject parcel number is 08-012-190-023-00. The subject parcel is zoned ‘R-2’, Single and Two Family Residential District. 2. A request by Linda Goplen, 11014 Boniface Point, Plainwell, MI 49080, for a Special Land Use Permit and Site Plan Review to construct an accessory building with total square footage greater than permitted at the above address. Subject parcel number is 08-012-120-003-00. The subject parcel is zoned ‘R-2’, Single and Two Family Residential District. 3. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77515716 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on September 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include: Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven Mockeridge Sr., a single man a/k/a Steven Mockerridge Sr., original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 24, 2006, and recorded on May 4, 2006 in instrument 1164039, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty And 15/100 Dollars ($132,920.15), including interest at 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the North 1/2 of the South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, and running thence South 220 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 29 for the true place of beginning; thence South 220 feet along said North and South 1/4 line; thence West 594 feet parallel with the North 1/8 line of said Section 29; thence North 220 feet; thence East 594 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155031F01 77514973 1. The application of Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust for special land use (special exception) permit approval for Open Air Business aspects of the retail store proposed for certain property at approximately 1505 W. Green Street in land section 13 of the Township, located southeast of the Green Street and M-43/M-37 intersection, just west of Consumers Energy (Parcel No. 08-13-013-001-04). This application is submitted pursuant to codified Section 104.1603.H of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance. The applicant is also requesting pursuant to codified Section 104.1603.I of the Zoning Ordinance special land use (special exception) permit approval for such other uses, if any, associated with the proposed retail store and similar in character, nature and intensity to designed permitted uses or special exception uses in the C-3 General Business District, as may be determined by the Zoning Administrator. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. The application for special exception/land use permit approval, the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map/Land Use Plan, and the legal description and a map of the subject property may all be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. 77515732 Robin Hawthorne Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-2194 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James O. Crater and Marilyn A. Crater, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 7, 2005, and recorded on October 11, 2005 in instrument 1154326, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One And 41/100 Dollars ($104,291.41), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northwest fractional 1/4 of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, thence South and center of road 538 feet for place of beginning; thence East 290 feet; thence South 227 feet; thence West 290 feet; thence North and center of road 227 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #099230F02 77515262 ELECTION NOTICE NOTICE OF VILLAGE OF MIDDLEVILLE ELECTION THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS of Village of Middleville, Thornapple Township, notice is hereby given that an election will be held on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 for the purpose of: Electing Candidates to the Following Offices: • One Village Council President (2-year term) • Three Village Council Trustees (4-year term) • Two Village Council Trustees (2-year term) POLLS OPEN AT 7:00AM AND CLOSE AT 8:00PM POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS: Precinct 3 For residents of the Village of Middleville Village of Middleville Hall, 100 East Main Street, Middleville Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the September 11, 2007 Election by mail, or in person, may submit an AV application by 2:00 PM, September 08, 2007. Our office will be open on September 08, 2007 from Noon -2:00PM. Please be advised if you wish to vote absentee on Saturday, September 08, 2007, you must do so at the Thornapple Township Office (200 East Main Street) and follow signage for travel and parking due to road closures for Heritage Day. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the September 11, 2007 Election may vote in person at the Township Clerk’s office from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10, 2007. 06657176 Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Vicky L. Worden, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 6, 2002 and recorded September 11, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087259, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Sixty-One and 52/100 Dollars ($114,061.52) including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 2 and 22 of the Plat of Northbay, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 32. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1385 77515111 Susan J. Vlietstra, Thornapple Township Clerk 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333 (269) 795-7202 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jamie J. Schaecher and Amber Schaecher, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage-MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 3, 2004 and recorded March 9, 2004 in Instrument Number 1123362, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine and 69/100 Dollars ($111,879.69) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 Middleville Downs Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.1588 (77515516) FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jonathan Wright, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Crevecor Mortgage Inc, Mortgagee, dated January 10, 2006 and recorded January 25, 2006 in Instrument # 1159329 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($190,427.38) including interest 7.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 4: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds West 555.49 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 255.45 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 06 degrees 07 minutes 35 seconds West 60.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 243.31 feet; thence North 8939 feet 44 minutes West 251.12 feet; thence North 00 degrees 25 minutes 54 seconds East 363.00 feet along the West line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 66 foot wide strip of land, thence centerline of which is described: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds East 652.35 feet along the North line of said Northeast one-quarter to the place of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 17 seconds West 588.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 44 seconds West 400.55 feet; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 16 seconds West 27.0 feet to the place of ending of said centerline. Also over a 60 foot radius curve, the radius point of which is the above described place of ending of said centerline. Commonly known as 3122 Cedar Brook Drive, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 2, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-75873_(HSBC) ASAP# 883675 08/09/2007, 77515116 08/16/2007, 08/23/2007, 08/30/2007 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Commission on Aging Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. 77515671 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 77515467 NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Hundred FiftyEight And 07/100 Dollars ($141,558.07), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #112456F03 77515192 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jon D. Pewoski and Michelle E. Pewoski, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to EquiFirst Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 20, 2002, and recorded on June 27, 2002 in instrument 1082894, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Household Finance Corp III as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Five And 53/100 Dollars ($159,745.53), including interest at 13.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 8 rods of the North 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149643F01 77515121 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry Rowan Jr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006 and recorded September 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169792, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Indy Mac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five and 24/100 Dollars ($106,565.24) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Ammon Eaton's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 15. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 225.0299 77515291 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah Eaton, a single woman, to Old Kent Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, now by various resolutions duly known as Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 1998 and recorded August 26, 1998 in Instrument Number 1017056, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four and 38/100 Dollars ($62,254.38) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 75 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 34, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, thence East 10 Rods for a Place of Beginning, thence North 16 Rods, thence East 20 Rods, thence South 16 Rods, thence West 20 Rods to the Place of Beginning, subject to Highway right-of-way for Butler Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.2528 77515226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jolena M Fitzsimmons, a married person and Patrick O Fitzsimmons, a married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2002, and recorded on May 28, 2002 in instrument 1081142, and modified by agreement dated August 1, 2004, and recorded on September 9, 2004 in instrument 1133685, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($101,342.61), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 29, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence 680 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 216 feet; thence North 200 feet; thence West 216 feet; thence South 200 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to the Highway right-of-way for Dowling Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #055934F02 77515006 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dennis D. Zerbel, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 24, 2005, and recorded on November 4, 2005 in instrument 1155761, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Ninety-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($190,099.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1318.58 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the true point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 350.00 feet along said East line; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 290.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 350.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds East 290.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Tanner Lake Road. Together with a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes to be used in common with others, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14; Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1668.38 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 33.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 246.60 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds East 66.00 feet to the Easterly right of way line of Tanner Lake Road; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 245.93 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 (77515629) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd A. Gould, a/k/a Todd Gould, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 11, 2006, and recorded on June 22, 2006 in instrument 1164955, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Two Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 03/100 Dollars ($92,535.03), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Block 14 of H. J. Kenfield's addition to the city of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in liber 1 of plats, on Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #154913F01 77514997 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Barry S. Fay, an unmarried man, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 27, 2006 and recorded April 4, 2006 in Instrument Number 1162129, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Five and 94/100 Dollars ($117,135.94) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of Lots 607 and 608 of the City of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515255 File No. 200.2534 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 4, 2005, in Document No. 1144182 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty One and 54/100 Dollars ($147,921.54), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 10, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 96 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515133 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2005-24372 DE Estate of Randall R. Moyer. Date of birth: 11-2-50. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Randall Roy Moyer, who lived at 475 Briggs Rd., Middleville, Michigan died 8-3-05. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Cassie Moyer-Campbell, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 8-23-07 Cassie Moyer-Campbell 339 E. Charles Hastings, MI 49058 (77515666) STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24860-NC In the matter of Tyler Thomas Shaw, adult. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on September 14, 2007 at 3:15 p.m. at 206 W. Court St. #302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty for the following purpose: Petition for change of name of Tyler Thomas Shaw to Tyler Thomas Muniz. 08/23/2007 Tyler Thomas Shaw 12811 Cressey Rd. Plainwell, MI 49080 77515696 TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FINE LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, has determined to make certain public improvements to Fine Lake consisting of the application of herbicide treatments for the eradication or control of aquatic weeds and plants the Fine Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 2 described below, to proceed pursuant to Act 188 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1954, as amended, to make said Improvements in the Township. The Township Board has tentatively determined that the cost of said Improvements shall be specially assessed against each of the following described lots and parcels of land which are benefitted by the Improvements and which together comprise the following special assessment district: ),1(�/$.(�$48$7,&�3/$17�&21752/ 63(&,$/�$66(660(17�',675,&7�12��� 7KH�ORWV�LQFOXGHG�ZLWKLQ�WKH�SURSRVHG�VSHFLDO�DVVHVVPHQW�GLVWULFW�DUH�GHSLFWHG�RQ�WKH�PDS DSSHDULQJ�EHORZ�WKH�ORWV�DQG�SDUFHO�QXPEHUV� /RWV�DQG�3DUFHOV�1XPEHUHG� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������ �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown will hold a public hearing on September 12, 2007, at 7:00 pm, at the Township Hall, 13641 S. M-37 Highway, Battle Creek, Michigan, to hear and consider any objections to the petitions filed, the proposed Improvements, the proposed special assessment district, and all other matters relating to said Improvements. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that preliminary plans and estimates of cost for the Improvements are on file with the Township Clerk for public examination. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board may proceed to carry out an improvement unless written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing provided for. The petition must be signed by the record owners of land for more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land are ain the Fine Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 2. PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF COST SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY MORE THAN TEN (10%) PERCENT WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING. This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown. Dated: August 8, 2007 77515712 ______________________________ June Doster Johnstown Township Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda Rogers surviving spouse of Bruce R. Rogers, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006, and recorded on December 1, 2006 in instrument 1173369, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven And 50/100 Dollars ($148,711.50), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the North 1/4 corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of Beginning of this description; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.0 feet along said centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #155042F01 77515172 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24860-DE Estate of Kenneth D. Kenney. Date of birth: 12/21/1931. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Kenneth D. Kenney, who lived at 1821 North East Street, Hastings, Michigan died July 4, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Donald K. Hector, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 8/22/07 Byron P. Gallagher, Jr. (P42996) 2408 Lake Lansing Road Lansing, Michigan 48912 (517) 853-1515 Donald K. Hector 10296 Maines Road Parma, Michigan 49269 (517) 857-4366 (77515647) FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L. Visser, A Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($93,125.73) including interest 10.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 6, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76104 77515162 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William P. Hosmer and Angela M. Hosmer, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 26, 2006 and recorded August 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168070, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by South Point, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven and 59/100 Dollars ($107,297.59) including interest at 10.15% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Village Lot No. 48 of the Village of Nashville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. Being the same property conveyed to William P. Hosmer, a married man by Deed Dated 3-18-93 and Recorded 3-25-93 in Deed Book 567, Page 942, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2466 77515723 City of Hastings 77515730 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the city of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 7:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Zoning Board of Appeals to hear comments and make a determination on the variance request by owner Robert Ellsworth, 1505 South Jefferson Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The applicant has requested a variance from Section 90-831 (D)(1) of the city of Hastings Code of Ordinances, that if granted, will allow the construction of an accessory building with a building peak greater than 14 feet. Legal description of said property is: PART OF LOT 34 SUPERVISOR GLASGOW’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF HASTINGS DESC AS: BEG AT A PT ON THE E LN OF JEFFERSON ST WHICH LIES S 00 DEG 11’W 281 FT FROM THE INTERSECTION OF THE N LN NELSON ST EXTENDED E TO THE E LN OF JEFFERSON ST; TH N 00 DEG 11’ E 132 FT TH S 89 DEG 30’ E 152 FT, TH N 00 DEG 11’ E 56’, TH S 89 DEG 30’E TO CENTERLINE OF FALL CREEK, TH NW’LY ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO POINT ON SAID EXT OF THE N LINE OF NELSON ST, TH E’LY ALONG SAID EXT TO THE E LINE OF SAID LOT 34, TH SW’LY ALONG SAID E LINE TO A POINT S 89 DEG 30’ E OF THE POB, TH N 89DEG 30’ W TO THE POB. NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on June 4, 2002, by Glen E. Tobias and Victoria J. Tobias, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to SBC Mortgage, LLC, now known as Chemical Bank, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 20, 2002, in Document No. 1082573 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety One and 11/100 Dollars ($92,591.11), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL _ OF SECTION 18, TOWN 4 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST-WEST _ LINE OF SAID SECTION WHICH IS NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 1830.0 FEET FROM THE WEST _ CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 200.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 500.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 200.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 500.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 12660 Gackler Road, Middleville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Chemical Bank By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515138 Synopsis Hope Township Board Meeting August 13, 2007 All board members present and 1 guest. Accepted: Standing Reports Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Special Assessment Delinquencies Allowing Sexton Helper to fill in at Township Hall when necessary Flags used for BPH Memorial Service Ordinance 69 Sending Park violation notice Additional signs for Recycle Bin Assessor Classes and Renewal Received: Auditors gave the township an “excellent” audit report for 2006 Fiscal Year Annual Library report Adjourned 8:25 pm. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by (77515664) Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah A. Mckinstry, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2004, and recorded on September 21, 2004 in instrument 1134227, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Eight And 20/100 Dollars ($97,288.20), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as beginning at the Northwest corner of the East 1/2 of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence North 20 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515198 File #156182F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory Vanderwal, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147121, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred NinetyFive And 65/100 Dollars ($91,295.65), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 17, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line of said Section 17, 363.5 feet East of the North one-quarter post thereof for the Place of Beginning, and running thence South 0 degrees 55 minutes West, 222.2 feet; thence East 310.4 feet, thence North 0 degrees 55 minutes East 222.2 feet; thence West 310.4 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #156895F01 77515281 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 05-23427-DE Estate of HELEN CURRIER. Date of Birth: April 14, 1933. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, HELEN CURRIER, who lived at 10875 E M79 HIGHWAY, NASHVILLE, Michigan died November 24, 2003. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to BECKY WHEELER, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 8/21/07 DAVID H. TRIPP (P29290) 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 BECKY WHEELER 10875 E M79 HIGHWAY NASHVILLE, MI 49073 (517) 749-6958 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J. Eveland, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2006 and recorded May 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1164006, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seventy-Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($178,079.94) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: A parcel of land in the Southeast onequarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 36; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said section 631.40 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 436.58 feet to the Point of Beginning of this description; thence continuing North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 235.70 feet; thence North 84 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West 38.49 feet; thence North 07 degrees 41 minutes 26 seconds East 404.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 56 seconds East parallel with the East-West one-quarter line of said section 220.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 54 seconds West 404.25 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1959 77515356 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn W. Hawthorne and Catherine A. Hawthorne, husband and wife, tenants by the entireties, to Mortgage Center LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 21, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149795, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred SixtyNine and 36/100 Dollars ($104,269.36) including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the West one-half of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point which lies 408.38 feet North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West and 16.50 feet due North of the center of said Section 12; thence due South 541.03 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 12 to the Northerly line of West State Road; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 159.27 feet along the Northerly line of West State Road for the true place of beginning; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 165 feet along said Northerly line; thence North 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East 265.83 feet; thence South 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East 165 feet, thence South 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 265.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515311 File No. 393.0041 ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com 77515473 Member SIPC 06656824 Written comments will be received on the above request at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State St., Hastings Michigan, 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269-945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. Thomas E. Emery, City Clerk FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Rex Bryan and Sally Bryan, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005 and recorded August 29, 2005 in Instrument # 1151808 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, by assignment dated May 31, 2007 and recorded June 5, 2007in Instrument # 1181320 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Six Thousand Six Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($96,644.15) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof. Also commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot 13 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, according to the recorded plat thereof, for place of beginning, thence South 45 feet, thence West 33 feet, thence North 45 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 13 of said Plat, thence East 33 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 1213 Clear Lake Rd, Dowling MI 49050 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 7, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2005-OPT3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76181 77515167 �Page 13 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Goggins and Melissa H. Goggins, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2003 and recorded April 24, 2003 in Instrument Number 1102727, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Five and 63/100 Dollars ($102,465.63) including interest at 12% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1225 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings; also those parts of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek; also the North 21 feet of Lot 3 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek, all according to the recorded plat thereof, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.3843 77515718 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gabriel J. VanHorn and Susan E. VanHorn, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005 in instrument 1143015, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One And 13/100 Dollars ($98,921.13), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 91 and the East 27 feet of Lot 92 of the Hastings Heights Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 41. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159289F01 77515707 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Aldrich and Su Og, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2005 and recorded March 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1142390, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Two and 33/100 Dollars ($99,462.33) including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South three Rods of the Lots 19 and 20 and the East 44 feet of the South three Rods of Lot 21, all of the original Plat of the City, formerly Village of Hastings. By fee simple deed from Marian C. Jacobs, personal representative of the Estate of Gertrude L. Becker, deceased as set forth in Instrument Number 1047981 dated August 9, 2000 and recorded August 10, 2000, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2788 77515301 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of WAYNE ARTHUR PENNOCK AND MARIAN LOIS PENNOCK TRUST under Agreement dated February 4, 1988. Date of Birth: April 16, 1927 – MARIAN LOIS PENNOCK. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, MARIAN LOIS PENNOCK, Surviving Trustee, who lived at 10401 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, Michigan died August 17, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “WAYNE ARTHUR PENNOCK and MARIAN LOIS PENNOCK Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Elaine L. Manby, 2654 Hickory Ridge, Galesburg, MI 49053, Rodney W. Pennock, 11950 Francis Road, DeWitt, MI 48820, or Loraine E. Curtiss, 1300 Hadley Road, Lapeer, MI 48446, Successor Co-Trustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. August 28, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson (P15220) 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Elaine L. Manby 2654 Hickory Ridge Galesburg, MI 49053 Rodney W. Pennock 11950 Francis Road DeWitt, MI 48820 Loraine E. Curtiss 1300 Hadley Road Lapeer, MI 48446 77515728 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Lenartz, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2003, and recorded on June 10, 2003 in instrument 1106156, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Nine And 09/100 Dollars ($47,549.09), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 6 Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #095548F02 77515408 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on March 30, 2005, by Madison D. Howell and Linda L. Howell, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to MainStreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on April. 1, 2005, in Document No. 1144110 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Forty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Two and 88/100 Dollars ($149,382.88), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, September 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: UNIT NO. 12, RED OAK ESTATES CONDOMINIUM ACCORDING TO THE MASTER DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 1136354, AS AMENDED, AND DESIGNATED AS BARRY COUNTY CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION PLAN NO. 41, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS IN THE GENERAL COMMON ELEMENTS AND THE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS AS SHOWN ON THE MASTER DEED AND AS DESCRIBED IN ACT 59 OF THE PUBLIC ACTS OF 1978, AS AMENDED, CARLTON TOWNSHIP. Commonly known as 192 Jambrial Dr., Hastings, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 9, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77515128 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas G. Vandermel and Christine Vandermel, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 25, 2003 and recorded October 9, 2003 in Instrument Number 1115233, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven and 76/100 Dollars ($161,757.76) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Land situated in the Township of Baltimore, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Parcel A: Beginning at the intersection of the centerline of South Bedford Road and the South line of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence Northwesterly 813.64 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the left with radius of 5729.58 feet and chord of which bears North 27 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds West, 812.95 feet: thence North 31 degrees 26 minutes 10 seconds West, 241.12 feet along said centerline: thence continuing Northwesterly 201.72 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with a radius of 1909.86 feet and chord of which bears North 28 degrees 24 minutes 37 seconds West, 201.63 feet to the centerline of Whiskey Run Road: thence North 62 degrees 28 minutes 32 seconds West, 330.60 feet along the centerline of Whiskey Run Road; thence continuing 120.23 feet along said centerline and arc of a curve to the right with radius of 508.53 feet and chord of which bears North 55 degrees 42 minutes 13 seconds West, 119.95 feet to the South ne-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 36 seconds East, 1092.02 feet along said South oneeighth line to the East one-eighth line of Section 16: thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 1323.31 feet along said East one-eighth line to the South line of Section 16: thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 35 seconds West, 101.50 feet to the place of beginning, excepting therefrom the North 264 feet of the East 165 feet thereof. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress appurtenant to said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet; thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet: thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. Parcel B: The North 264 feet of the East 165 feet of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, Baltimore Township, Barry County, Michigan. Together with an easement, 66 feet in width, for ingress and egress thereto, the centerline of which is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line of said North 264 feet of the East 165 feet, distant South 00 degrees 07 minutes 24 seconds West, 100 feet from the Northwest corner thereof; thence South 65 degrees 06 minutes 24 seconds West, 258 feet: thence South 12 degrees 18 minutes 41 seconds West, 191.30 feet; thence South 58 degrees 33 minutes 50 seconds West, 140 feet to the centerline of South M·-37 and point of ending. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 9, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 310.1629 77515143 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE OF CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24834-DE Estate of Michael R. Thornton. Date of birth: 07/31/1962. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Michael R. Thornton, who lived at 3215 Baldwin Rd., Hastings, Michigan died 07/14/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Tamara Thornton, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of notice. 8/27/07 C. Marcel Stoetzel, III (P61912) 501 West State Street Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-8321 Tamara Thornton 3215 Baldwin Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-8520 77515694 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married, Shawna Allerding, non obligor spouse/owner of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated the 1st day of June, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 12th day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument NO. 1165861 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to LaSalle Bank, National Association as trustee for WMBAS Series 2006-HE4 Trust, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $61,508.53 (sixty one thousand, five hundred eight dollars and fifty three cents) plus accrued interest at 9.62 % (nine point six two) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 20th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Hastings, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIS: LOT 26 OF SUNDAGO PARK ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 71 OF BARRY COUNTY RECORDS Commonly known as: 49 Sundago Park Street Tax ID: 08-06-550-026-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77515430 WWR#06137051 MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Notice is hereby given that Default has occurred in a Mortgage given by Loretta J. Comp to the United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture. The Mortgage is dated January 12, 2001 and was recorded on January 16, 2001 in Instrument No. 1053928 of the Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt which is now One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five and 00/100 ($101,825.00) Dollars. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by selling the property described below at a public auction to the highest bidder. The sale will be held on September 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan which is the location of the Barry County Circuit Court. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, including interest at the rate of 6.875% per year, legal costs, attorney fees and any taxes or insurance which may be paid by the mortgagee before the sale. The property to be sold is located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan and is more specifically described in the Mortgage as: Lot 21 of ANDREW'S ADDITION, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Liber 2, Page 5, Barry County Records. The redemption period will expire six (6) months from the date of the sale unless the property is deemed to be abandon pursuant to MCL §600.3241a in which case the redemption period will expire thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or until the time to provide the notice required by MCL §600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later. Dated: August 16, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, F/K/A THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PREPARED BY: JOHN R. TUCKER, P37348 WINEGARDEN, HALEY, LINDHOLM & ROBERTSON, P.L.C. G-9460 S. SAGINAW STREET, SUITE A GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 767-3600 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six And 93/100 Dollars ($145,686.93), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159178F01 (77515689) FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul Steven Bruxvoort, A Single Man to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2006 and recorded January 17, 2007 in Instrument #1175161 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($155,585.36) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of he Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest one-quarter which is South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1597.88 feet from the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 210.0 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West 237.26 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest onequarter; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 250.50 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 152.75 feet along said centerline; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds East 441.85 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to Highway right of way over the Westerly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 6700 Whitneyville Rd, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 20, 2007 Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse , Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76608 77515450 77515296 River Ridge Assisted Living Care “Enjoying Life With Friends” 315 N Taffee Rd Hastings, MI 49058 tbrown@river-ridge.com www.river-ridge.bic - 24/7 Adult Family Care - Located on Thornapple River - Inquire at 269-948-9842 77515251 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Kenneth E Dunn, A Married Man joined by Elizabeth A. Dunn, His Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Investaid Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded September 19, 2006 in Instrument # 1170273 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortage was subsequently assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($106,665.50) including interest 12.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST ONE HALF OF THE EAST ONE HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 8250 Wolf Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 16, 2007 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76655 77515413 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Virginia Walker and Raymon Walker, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 23, 2007 and recorded August 2, 2007 in Instrument Number 200708020000405, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five and 60/100 Dollars ($225,245.60) including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Saggio's Pine Lake Park, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, in Page 79. Except for; Lot 5 and 6, Saggio's Pine Lake Park Plat, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 79, Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Barry County Records. By fee simple deed from the Phoebe E. Rutherford Revocable Trust, U/A/D September 29, 1989 as set forth in Document Number 1068967 dated 10/18/2001 and recorded 10/30/2001, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515402 File No. 280.2571 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Six and 22/100 Dollars ($74,586.22) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 88.00 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515440 File No. 207.7607 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Devine and Darlene F. Devine, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Bell Com Credit Union, Mortgagee, dated January 24, 2003, and recorded on February 4, 2003 in instrument 1096926, and assigned by mesne assignments to PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty And 13/100 Dollars ($99,750.13), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 25 and the North 20 feet of Lot 26 of Lapham's Airport Lots, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 100. Also, Lot 71 and the North 20 feet of Lot 70 of Lapham's Airport Lots No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 87. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515328 File #079324F02 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard H. Edwards JR., a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2004, and recorded on July 8, 2004, as Document Number: 1130557, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and 77/100 ($61,366.77) including interest at the rate of 11.550% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, thence West along the South line of said Section 9, a distance of 220.00 feet; thence North parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 9, a distance of 198.00 feet; thence East parallel with said South Section line 220.00 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 198.00 feet to the point of beginning. 4622 Heath Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: August 30, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 (77515510) Our File No. 141.00597 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert D Pratt and Amy L Pratt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 15, 2005, and recorded on August 11, 2005 in instrument 1150947, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Four And 30/100 Dollars ($122,504.30), including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 581.44 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 643.56 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 272.25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 643.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 272.25 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515659) File #159076F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan Shafer aka Susan M. Shafer, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2005, and recorded on October 4, 2005 in instrument 1153878, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety And 81/100 Dollars ($122,690.81), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 16 of Bay Meadows Condominium, a condominium Established by Master Deed recorded in document no. 1052228, Barry County Records, and being designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 19, as amended, with rights in the general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515702 File #159698F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Valerie A. Slaughter and Darrell R. Slaughter, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated June 9, 2005, and recorded on June 30, 2005 in instrument 1148780, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2005-OP2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OP2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($169,392.61), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant due East 605.02 feet from the North 1/4 post 66 section 28; thence due East 250.00 feet along said North section line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes East 295.51 feet; thence due West 250.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes West, 295.51 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158766F01 (77515654) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Vaneerden and Allison Vaneerden, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 2004, and recorded on September 7, 2004 in instrument 1133578, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One And 92/100 Dollars ($115,221.92), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Rolling Oaks Estates, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof, As Recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 52 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #087322F03 (77515649) ® Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas W. Rivers, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092940, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($209,359.12), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 3, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 0 degrees 34 minutes 56 seconds East on the North and South 1/4 line, 970.24 feet; thence North 87 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East on a fence right of way, 660.38 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds West, 987.21 feet to the South Section line, thence South 89 degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds West on said South Section line, 658.38 feet to the Point of Beg ginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. 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Box 1804, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-1804 EOE 77515687 Apply in person to Steve Titmus 77515736 77511856 Join an experienced team in a friendly, professional company with a great family benefit package, outstanding safety record, local routes and good equipment. �Page 15 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BOARD, continued from page 1 County court system has been running efficiently and cost effectively in recent years. In his overall report for 2006, he estimated that it ran about $400,000 under budget, or 9 percent. However, the state’s economic troubles in recent years has shifted more of the costs of public safety services to local units of government. He added the State Legislature now is considering privatizing some elements of the juvenile justice system, particularly in foster care, which also would take away from state revenue. “October 1 will start the state’s fiscal year, and we don’t know yet what the state will pay for,” Fisher told the board. He acknowledged that only on of the four programs, the Child Care Fund, is mandated, but if funding is not secured to save adult drug court, “you will need additional jail beds,” which also means more expense in the criminal justice system. “If you don’t have a drug court, you’ll have to have a larger jail,” the judge said. “Drug court saves money.” He concluded his presentation by asking, “Why are we (the people of Michigan) spend- STORM, continued from page 1 Energy number provides restoration information for each substation and circuit. If using a generator, the caution advises, contact a licensed electrician to ensure it is properly connected and, for the safety of line workers, make certain it is isolated from the utility’s electric distribution system. Never use a generator in an enclosed area and never fuel a generator when it is running. In some cases, the mast which holds the electric service wires to homes or businesses may become damaged or torn away from the structure. Utility crews will reconnect the wires, but only a licensed electrician can repair or replace a mast or a cable. Consumers Energy will trim or removed trees interfering with electric restoration activities. Clean up of debris from tree trimming or removal during a storm emergency is the responsibility of the individual property owner. This tree, in front of Walker, Fluke and Sheldon on Apple Street, tipped over during the storm last Thursday night. ing $2 billion a year to warehouse prisoners, but not willing to spend two million dollars to help them help themselves?” Forbes gave the County Board an outline of the United Way, the agencies it funds and the people it serves. The annual fund-raising campaign kickoff is planned for Thursday, Sept. 13. She said United Way provides financial support to 23 agencies and 38 programs. Forbes said the needs are increasing at an alarming rate because of poor economic conditions for families. For example, she noted there is an average of 562 people served by the Fresh Food Initiative each week and the number of mortgage foreclosures has skyrocketed from 188 in 2005 to 266 all last year to 220 already this year. Furthermore, she said the number of families requesting assistance this year already is approaching 200. She said 75 percent are families that have never asked for assistance before and 41 percent include someone who is employed. She noted just over 10 percent of households are receiving state food assistance. Making matters worse, funding for programs designed to help families, such as substance abuse, Green Gables domestic violence shelter, family mentoring and anti-child abuse have been cut back by $160,000 over the past year. “The number of families in crisis is unbelievable,” she concluded, noting that about 200 people in Hastings and another 100 in Nashville line up for food under the Free Food Initiative every week. The County Board took no action after either of the presentations, but absorbed the information in preparation for budget work expected later. In other business at their meeting Tuesday evening, the commissioners: • Accepted the resignation of Delton Kellogg Elementary School Principal Brenda Pickett from the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board. Anne Bush was chosen to replace her on the board. • Approved the agreement to provide professional consulting services with Maximus Inc. for Barry County Circuit Trial Court to develop a cost allocation plan for the Child Care Fund for fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009 at a cost of $5,000 per year. • Approved a secondary road patrol and traffic accident prevention program state grant of about $85,000, which includes wages for one sheriff’s deputy and operating expenses. • Authorized the application for a $15,540 highway safety grant to enforce safety belt and drunk driving laws. • Learned from Barry County Surveyor and Charlton Park Board Member Brian Reynolds that the park will expand plans for its antique show Saturday, Sept. 8, with another countywide yard sale, with non-profit organizations welcome. Also on hand will be the sheriff’s posse to do fingerprinting for children and animal shelter personnel who will bring pets to encourage their adoption. Traffic crash includes 4 vehicles Four vehicles were involved in a traffic accident at the intersection of West State Road and North Broadway on Monday, Aug. 27. Hastings police said a vehicle driven by Stephen Baldwin, 58, of Hastings, was southbound on North Broadway when he crossed the center line at the intersection of West State Road and collided with a northbound vehicle being driven by Christine Bebeau, 43, of Freeport. The impact caused a chain reaction of events that pushed the Bebeau vehicle into another north bound vehicle which was in the outside lane being driven by Cynthia Shade, 48, from Hastings. The Baldwin vehicle continued southbound in the northbound lane and collided head on into a car being driven by Marion Hutchinson, 41, from Middleville. The Hastings Fire Department and Lansing Mercy Ambulance responded to the scene to assist. Baldwin and Shade were transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment of their injuries. Their condition is unknown. Hastings Fire Department and Lansing Mercy Ambulance personnel help a crash victim from their vehicle. The crash occurred on North Broadway at the State Road intersection, Monday, August 27. LEGAL NOTICE Going a bit too fast for the weather, this car hydroplaned after the rain last week and hit an electric pole. Saxon boys eke out win in scrimmage Alyssa Bauer by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Although Lakewood’s Dan Schasser was the first to cross the finish line, the Hastings Saxons’ boys’ cross country team managed to squeak out a one-point victory over the Vikings in a preseason scrimmage before the Saxon-Viking football game Friday, with a score of 27 to 28. The course which looped across the baseball diamond and football practice field before circling through Sweezy’s Pond and finishing with one lap around the track at the newly renamed Baum Field just under three miles, just shy of the 3.1 mile sin a regular season 5K race. Dan Schasser finished the course in 16:33 followed by Ryan Bosma of Hastings, 16:40; Dane Schils of Hastings, 17:30; and Troy Dailey of Hastings, 17:47. Blake Blocher and Miguel Martinez, and Billy Quint of Lakewood took fifth, sixth, and seventh place finishing in 17:58, 18:00 and 18:25 respectively. Kevin Armstrong of Hastings was 8th over all with a finish of 18:37 followed by Lakewood’s Richie Noyce, 18:40 and Hastings’ Travis Moore, 18:51 rounding out the top 10. The Saxon girls narrowly missed a victory losing to Lakewood 31 –24. Jessica Blackport and Ashley Pifer of Lakewood finished first and second in 20:34 and 20:46. Followed by Lauren Anderson and Nicole Frantz of Hastings who finished third and fourth with times of 21:40 and 21:48. Natalie Blackmer of Lakewood was fifth, in 22:13, followed by Molly Smith of Hastings, 22:13, in sixth, Brittney Raffler of Lakewood, 22;18, in seventh; Katie Ponsetto of Hastings, 22:20, in eighth, Carolyn Martinez of Lakewood, 22:24, in ninth, and Hastings’ Leanne Dinges, 23:35, in tenth. LEGAL NOTICE Ryan Bosma Non-homestead millage renewal sought Nov. 6 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area School System will ask voters Nov. 6 for approval of a 10-year renewal of an 18-mill non-homestead property tax. Superintendent Richard Satterlee said renewal of the levy will lock in funding for the 2008-2009 academic year. The non-homestead renewal affects only businesses and non-primary residences. This means people who only own one home, their primary residence, will not be affected by the millage renewal. The customary non-homestead millage rate is 18 mills, or $18 per $1,000 of the property’s taxable value. The homestead millage rate is six mills, or $6 per $1,000 of the prop- erty’s taxable value. The non-homestead millage was approved 10 years ago and expires at the end of this year. The rate since 1997 has decreased to 17.754 mills as a result of provisions of the Headlee Amendment. As property values in the area have increased, the money generated by the millage has increased slightly above the rate of inflation. “We are going to the public and asking for a renewal of our non-homestead tax,” said Satterlee. “It’s pretty critical to our operations.” In 1994 when Proposal A went into effect at the state level, affecting tax collection for school systems, it was determined that homestead properties would be taxed at six mills and non-homestead properties at 18 mills. That amount is figured into the foundation allowance, the amount of money the school district gets from the state each year. If the non-homestead millage fails, Hastings Area Schools will lose $3 million of its $25 million budget for next year. Satterlee said, “A $3 million hole in our budget is critical to us. It means we can’t operate at the current level we’re operating at.” For a non-homestead property valued at $150,000, at 18 mills the property would be taxed $1,350 next year. Satterlee said it is important to remember this non-homestead renewal does not affect taxes for people who live in their primary residence, their homestead. The homestead tax rate will remain at six mills. PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by JON D. NORMAN and LYNNE D. NORMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 29, 2004, in Document No. 1139393, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents ($245,291.74), including interest at 5.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on September 20, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of PLAINWELL, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT NO. 59 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 AND LOT NO. 60 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 21, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77515455 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Beth A. Broadhurst, a single woman, to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank of Indiana, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 25, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149918, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three and 73/100 Dollars ($74,243.73) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 20 Rods East to the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for a place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence 4 Rods to place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also, a parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 24 Rods East of the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for the place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence West 4 Rods to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.8444 77515445 �Page 16 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Three local couples to be inducted into Michigan Farmers Hall of Fame Three local tillers of the soil will be among the honorees at this year’s Michigan Farmer’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29. Robert Osborne and his wife, Iva, will be joined by Frank Roush and his wife Maxine and by Norman O’Meara, Sr. and his wife Maxine for the induction ceremonies. Bob and Iva Osborne were married in September 1948 and later purchased the Osborne Family Farm on Osborne Road from his parents. The road they live on, Osborne Road, was named after Bob’s grandfather, Clark Osborne, who originally purchased the farm in 1926. Bob grew up on the farm, milking cows and raising crops with his father. A veteran of World War II, Osborne and Iva have raised three sons and one daughter. They have 12 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Sons Ken and Don currently operate the family farms. Larry works at Kellogg and Diana is a retired teacher. Iva retired from the Delton-Kellogg Public School and also taught Sunday School, BlueBirds and Cub Scouts. She also found time to help on the farm by feeding calves and keeping the books, in addition to her extensive family duties. Bob retired from the Kellogg Company and also worked at Delton-Kellogg Schools as a bus driver. Bob and Iva were honored as the Delton Founders Day Grand Marshals in 2002. Osborne Farms received a Livestock Development Committee Award from the Barry County Fair in 2006 for their contributions to the livestock program. Bob and Iva volunteer countless hours each year at the Bernard Historical Museum, where Bob serves on the Board of Directors. The Osborne Farms currently feeds out 500 steers annually and farms 1,250 acres, raising corn, wheat, soybeans and hay. They raised Registered Herefords for many years and have used the no-till method on their soybean and wheat crops. When Bob and his father first farmed together the farm consisted of a red barn, a small silo and a chicken coop. Bob remembers driving a team of horses. Many buildings and additional land were added over the years and Bob now drives a large John Deere tractors. Frank Roush worked with his father on the family farm and he married Maxine in 1946. They both continued to work for his father and the original farm of 80 acres has been expanded over the years to 340 acres. They have had a beef operation of 200 to 300 head of cattle for more than 30 years. Frank and Maxine raised three daughters, Shelby, Gayanne, and Denise. For many years while the children were growing up, Maxine was a 4-H leader. While farming, Frank worked at the Kellogg Company in Battle Creek and retired in 1993 after 41 years on the job. He has also worked for Habitat for Humanity and has been involved with the Prairieville Old Fashioned Farm Days since its inception 30 years ago. Frank was born May 7, 1928, in Milo, Michigan and graduated from Delton High School in 1946. That is where he met Maxine A. Bagley and they were married on December 26 of that year. Their farm is located on Noonan Road in Hickory Corners. Norman O’Meara was raised on a farm between Kalamazoo and Richland and began farming after graduating from Richland High School in 1935. He began by renting a 160 acre farm near Richland and milking cows by hand. He has seen many technology changes Robert and Iva Osborne since beginning farming with horses in the 1930’s and has always valued new technology. He bought his first tractor, a steel wheeled International 1020 in 1938. In 1942 he purchased a Farmall M and began doing custom work plowing, baling and corn picking in addition to continuing to work his own land. “We would annually custom bale 40,000 bales with one of the fist string tie balers in Kalamazoo County,” he said. “As the custom work increased we sold the cows and began feeding beef cattle and hogs.” In 1957 he bought a 160 acre farm in Prairieville and began feeding more cattle and hogs. With his wife Maxine by his side, they began increasing their work, feeding 150 steers and 400 hogs per year. During the early 60’s they added 500 laying hens to the farm Norman and Maxine O’Meara and Maxine managed the egg laying operation. Maxine processed and sold the eggs fresh from the farm and developed a weekly delivery route of egg customers in Kalamazoo. Together they have raised four sons on the farm with all the boys working daily doing chores and field work. Through the years, Norman has belonged to the Michigan Feeder Cattle Association, the Michigan Cattlemen’s Association and he has been a member of the Michigan Farm Bureau for 60 years. The farming tradition is kept alive today by their two sons, Norm, Jr. and Michael. “I continue to be involved with their operation as needed,” he said, “usually providing the “go-fer” position. It is exciting to see the Frank & Maxine Roush third and fourth generations of O’Mearas beginning to take an active part in the family farming tradition.” The Michigan Farmer’s Hall of Fame was started by Willis and Marguerite Aukerman. Chartered in 1982, it has inducted farmers annually who have demonstrated excellence and innovation in agriculture. The ceremony is held in the Michigan Farmers’ Hall of Fame Building, located at Prairieville Farms in Delton. To be nominated for induction one must have reached 60 years of age and have farmed for at lest 20 years. Community involvement is also given large consideration. TIME, continued from page 9 Dowling teen hurt in traffic crash Blaec Anderson, 16, of Dowling was critically injured in this three-car accident on M43 in Kalamazoo County Aug. 28. According to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department, Anderson was traveling on Gull Road when he attempted to go around a car waiting to turn. Anderson apparently sideswiped a box truck and then hit an oncoming vehicle head on. All the injured were transported to Bronson Hospital and this morning Anderson’s condition was listed as upgraded to critical. (Photo by Jon Gambee) GREAT GIFT ! LOST STREAM MAP The STREAM & LAKE MAP OF MICHIGAN resembles another map—known to Pennsylvania anglers as the “Lost Stream Map.” The “Stream Map of Pennsylvania” was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. Professor Higbee succeeded in creating a map of the highest detail possible—a map that shows every stream and lake. He painstakingly plotted by hand, the location of 45,000 miles of streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map. The map sold extremely well— until it was lost several years after it first appeared in print. Incredibly, the printer entrusted with the original drawing and printing plates, declared bankruptcy, then carelessly hauled Higbee’s 30 years of work to a landfill. The few remaining dog-eared copies became a prized fisherman’s possession. Professor Higbee was offered $400 for one of his last maps. And state agencies were forced to keep their copies under lock and key. Experts told Professor Higbee that reprints were impossible, because the maps were printed in non-photographic blue. Then, in 1991, at the age of 91, Howard Higbee’s dream came true. Computers made it possible to reprint the map. Holding an updated map, Howard said, “I never thought I’d live to see this day.” Then, by combining Professor Higbee’s knowledge with computer technology—the STREAM & LAKE MAP OF MICHIGAN was created. Locate More and Bigger Fish with the Stream & Lake Map of Michigan as an encore LaRae and I were obliged to repeat our popular “Pachyderm Polka” routine. You can bet your family fortune cookies that I prayed a lot that LaRae hadn’t eaten beans recently or that wasn’t given to a nervous stomach when performing in public. Our unique admission tickets and programs were handcrafted by a consortium of our classes most talented artisans. These were the kids that could “stay in the lines” most of the time when they colored and could be trusted with scissors. Besides designing the tickets and programs, Miss McCarn appointed other committees to manage such important details as the peanut, popcorn and lemonade concessions. The overflow crowd clamoring to buy tickets when the box office opened on the day of our premier performance exceeded our fondest expectations. As gratifying as this was, we hadn’t really anticipated quite so many brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents and grandparents. Even after they brought extra chairs in from the “all purpose” room upstairs there were still some patrons who were standing as our performance began. Some things didn’t go exactly as we had expected, either. There were some unanticipated interruptions, like when John Coleman, our token tiger, got into deep trouble for spitting on the floor in protest over being confined in such a small cage. In John’s defense it should be said that present day animal rights groups would undoubtedly have agreed that the basic premise of his protest was justified and likely taken up his cause. This incident proves that at least one of our classmates were born 50 years too soon. All in all, our circus was a smashing success. 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Check or money order enclosed $ ___________ EACH ROLLED AND LAMINATED MAP SHIPPED IN A STURDY STORAGE TUBE Name_______________________________________________________________________________ Address_____________________________________________________________________________ City_____________________________________________________State________ Zip_____________ Mail To: J-AD GRAPHICS 1351 N. M-43 Hwy. P.O. Box 188 Hastings, MI 49058-0188 School children take full advantage of the time outside to enjoy the playground back in the 1930’s. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 17 Bellevue motorist sought in hit and run Hastings police are investigating a hit and run accident Aug. 25 in the 200 block of West Grant Street. Officers were summoned to the early afternoon complaint after being contacted by a Consumers Energy employee whose company vehicle was run into while parked on Grant Street when he was cutting downed trees in the city. There were witnesses who observed a red and white early ’90s pickup truck back into the Consumers van and then fled the area. The driver was described as a female with blonde hair and thin build. Officers later found the damaged vehicle abandoned off Railroad Street. The registered owner and suspect is from the Bellevue area. The vehicle was impounded and the incident remain under investigation. Domestic violence leads to obstruction Hastings police responded to a domestic violence complaint at a residence in the 300 block of South Michigan Avenue during the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 23. Officers said they observed a man choking a woman on the top landing of some stairs leading into an apartment. Police confronted the man and freed the victim from his grasp. The suspect, who was identified as Curtis Emmons, 47, of Hastings, then attempted to push an officer down the stairs, authorities said. Emmons was subdued and taken into custody by officers. He was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail and faces charges of domestic assault, and resisting and obstructing a police officer. Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Drunken motorist nabbed after fleeing CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Garage Sale Garage Sale For Sale MOVING SALE (after 34 years!) 8/31-9/2/07, Friday, 9AM-6PM, Saturday, 9AM4PM, Sunday, reduced prices, 9AM-2PM. Antiques, dishes, clothes, toys, cement lawn border, wood stove suitable for workshop and much, much more. Also, 1992 Ford F-250 4x4 extended cab, w/snowplow, $3,500; 1954 Case VAC tractor w/2 bottom plow, 5ft. bush hog and 3 point blade, $2,000; 14ft. fishing boat, 15hp motor, electric trolling motor, fish finder, trailer, $1,200. Located six miles southeast of Hastings. From M-79, turn south on McKeown Road, east on Sager, south to 4205 Davidson. AUGUST 31ST & SEPT 1ST: garage sale, rain or shine 9am-6pm. Collectibles, old books, mens stuff. 11785 Willow Cove Dr., Dowling. Off Bristol Rd. East of M-37. Follow signs. BERBER CARPET & PAD: 40YD (12x30), new, beige. Bought, never used. Cost $600, sell $195. (517)204-0600 Household Hastings police arrested a Hastings man on charges of fleeing and eluding and for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, after he failed to stop for a speeding violation on West Green Street during the early morning hours of Aug. 22. An officer near Pennock Hospital observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to stop him for the violation. The suspect, who was later identified as Kody Knickerbocker, 21, accelerated his vehicle in an attempt to flee the officer, and lost control as he attempted to make a right turn from Green Street onto M-37/M-43. The vehicle slid into the shoulder of the road and rolled over. Knickerbocker was the lone occupant of the vehicle and was not injured. During the investigation it was apparent that he had been consuming intoxicants and a preliminary breath test registered a .21% blood alcohol content. Knickerbocker was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Two suspected of altering prescription Two people who suspected of trying to alter their prescription order at Bosley Pharmacy were stifled by the alert attention of Pharmacist Michael Smith July 9. According to the investigation conducted by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, the man and woman had a prescription given by a physician at Pennock Hospital and allegedly altered the information on the prescription slip to indicate additional refills. Smith, who immediately recognized the alteration, called the hospital to report the discrepancy. The couple denied any involvement in the alteration and said it may have occurred when they stopped between the hospital and the pharmacy. The subsequent investigation revealed, however, that the time lapse between when they left the hospital and when they arrived at the pharmacy with the prescription order left very little time for any stop in between. Smith said he knew as soon as he examined the scrip that it was the type of medication that by law could not be refilled without another doctor’s order. The incident has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review and the names of the suspects are being withheld pending that review. Landscape supplies, plants stolen Someone stole a number of plants and landscape supplies from Delton Floral on June 30, according to a report filed with the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Store personnel indicated it was the second such incident in a two-week span. No physical evidence was discovered at the scene and the incident remains under investigation. The value of the plants and supplies was estimated at approximately $300. Stereo stolen from Barry Twp. vehicle The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating an incident in which a stereo component was stolen from a vehicle in Barry Township Aug. 12. A woman said she got up in the morning to discover a window had been broken out and her stereo had been taken. She reported she had not heard any disturbance during the night. The value of the stolen merchandise was estimated at approximately $120. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $175. Also fullsize $95. (616)949-2683. BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $110. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can separate, can deliver. (616)949-6525 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A Vermontville couple are in the Barry County Jail awaiting charges filed in both Hastings and Marshall. Kenneth Brandenburg, 49, and Anna Olmstead, 39, got away from Marshall Hardware Aug. 20, with a $402 Dewalt mitre saw and radio charger by writing a bad check, according to a report by the Marshall Police Department. Police put out a “be on the lookout” (BOLO) broadcast for the couple last seen driving a ’90s blue van with license plate number BEN6464. They were apprehended and transported to Hastings, where outstanding warrants were pending at the time of the Marshall incident. Olmstead was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant out of Hastings for receiving and concealing stolen property while Brandenburg was wanted by Hastings authorities on a felony arrest warrant for burglary with a statewide pickup and no bond, according to a report by the Marshall Police Department. Marshall police were called to Marshall Hardware at about 12:30 p.m. when the owner, Paul Herman, reported that the man entered the store and was looking over some Dewalt merchandise. The man then told him he needed his wife’s approval before he purchases the merchandise. The man returned with a female companion and wrote a check upon which the woman wrote her mother’s phone number for verification. “Mr. Herman said the subjects took the merchandise and ran to their van,” reported Officer Adam Ottjepka. “Mr. Herman thought that was odd and took the license plate to the van down.” When Herman called the bank the check was drawn on, he was informed that the account was closed and that when he called the phone number left on the check, the woman's mother said she had written her daughter off, according to Ottjepka’s report. Recreation Community Notices Real Estate Help Wanted 1997 PROCRAFT, 205 Pro bass boat, mint condition, 225hp EFI Mercury, tournament ready, many new extras. $14,000. Cell# 269-2147807, work# 269-665-9714. FALL TREE AND BULB SALE: Bare root seedling and transplant trees and a variety of spring flowering bulbs available. Order by Sept. 21 at Barry Conservation District, 1611 S. Hanover, Hastings (Secretary of State building). (269)9488056 ext. 3 www.barrycd.org. CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 heavily wooded secluded acres adjoining state land. Lots of deer signs. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site, well and electric. $23,900, $500 down, 11% land contract. Northern Land Company, 1800-968-3118, www.northernlandco.com. $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free kit. 800-551-0172. Ind/Rep. 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 Sporting Goods Farm FOR SALE: MATHEWS Q2XL Bow, 38”, axle to axle stabilizer, fiber optic sights with level, wrist strap & quiver, also has string, leeches and vibration dampeners on limbs. 12xx-79 2312 arrows, 6 fletched with inserts, 6 unfletched, camo finish, $700 invested, asking $500. Call (269)623-8784 E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 Bring your film to J-Ad Graphics PRINT PLUS for quality film processing. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. DRIVERS: TOP PAY/BENEFITS! 2 positions Avail! Home wknds. CDL-A required. 98% No-touch! Signon bonus for Hazmat. 800998-5005 POSITION OPEN: CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Organizes and oversees all aspects of circulation of library materials, maintains patron records, assists readers, orders supplies, and supervises and trains library assistants and volunteers. Qualifications: Library experience required, college graduate preferred, concern of details, good interpersonal skills, computer experience. 40 hours/week plus benefits. Salary range $11-$13/hour. Apply: Hastings Public Library, 227 E. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, email: hastings@llcoop.org by September 8, 2007. MULTI-FAMILY SALE. FRIDAY, August 31st, 8am7pm. 114 West High Street, Hastings. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1ST: Dryer, couches, baby clothes & toys. 317 W. Clinton, Hastings 9am-4pm FOUR POST BED: solid wood, new, king w/pillow top mattress set. Bought, never used. Cost $1,000, sell $175. (517)204-0600 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Lawn & Garden AQUATIC PLANTS, WATER Lilies, Koi, Pond Supplies, SUMMER SALE. Apol’s Landscaping Co. 9340 Kalamazoo, Caledonia (616)698-1030. 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE: 110,000 miles, good shape, $6,000. (616)233-6027 days, (269)948-3196 evenings . COME AND SEE Miss Patty’s Daycare. Only 3 full time openings left! Your child will love it! The basement is for daycare only. children don’t want to go home! Call Patty, 15 years experience. License #DG080071781, home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Card of Thanks THANK YOU We wish to thank you all for the many cards sent to us for our 50th Anniversary. We want to thank our sons, William and Melody and girls, Wayne and Stacie and family for the wonderful Open House they had for our 50th Anniversary. We like to thank each and everyone who came to our Open House. Stop in and visit us. God bless, John Wesley & Hildah Rodgers OPEN HOUSE: come and see Miss Patty’s Daycare! 3 openings left. Open House, Wednesday from 5:007:00PM. License #DG080071781. Home (269)945-3584, cell (269)9080840. For Rent (2) 1 BEDROOM small cottages on fish pond with island and Jordan Lake access. Perfect for single person. Includes basketball court, shuffle board, horseshoe pits on premises, $450/month. Call (562)639-9398 No dogs! COBB LAKE: 2 bedroom, furnished/appliances, remodeled. No Pets. $175/week, (616)291-5012. FOR RENT 2 bedroom upstairs apartment in Lake Odessa, $450 security, $125/week rent. No animals. Call (616)374-7574. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 HOME FOR RENT on Algonquin Lake: 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, house will be listed for sale. Rent $750 plus security deposit. (517)676-5256 early evenings. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. ROOMMATE WANTED: large house in Hastings near downtown, $250 per month. Share utilities. For more details, call (269)838-9136. H O W OLD?? 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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. FOR SALE: Rascal Power Chair, reasonable, (269)9482521. Automotive d FOR SALE: LARGE black entertainment center withplenty of space for storage, $50. Call Michelle (269)8380663, leave message. Business Services Vermontville couple jailed for bad check HUGE BASEMENT SALE: Friday-Saturday, 8/31-9/1, 10152 Bird in Dowling between Lacey & Dowling Roads. 9:00-5:00 no earlier! 77515698 POLICE BEAT BEA Banner CLASSIFIEDS �(ASTINGS��������%XP��$%#���������������("� �Page 18 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner YMCA NEWS 39 teams competed in four divisions at 3-on-3 tourney The “R.A.D.E.” team of Andre Carter (from left), Elijah Townsand, Richie Diaz, and Derrick Vanderlaan took the championship in the 15-17-year-old bracket at the 2007 Jim Jensen Memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament during the Hastings Summerfest Saturday at Tyden Park. The “And 4” team of Sammy Esterley, Murphy Esterley, and Michael Ruddock took the championship in the 12-14-year-old bracket at the 2007 Jim Jensen Memorial 3on-3 basketball tournament during the Hastings Summerfest Saturday at Tyden Park. Women’s Fall Volleyball On Monday, Sept. 17, at 6:30 p.m. there will be an organizational meeting for all teams interested in playing in the YMCA’s women’s fall volleyball league. The meeting will be held at Camp Algonquin, on Iroquois Trail. Any team wishing to play must attend or send a representative to the meeting. Those unable to attend must call the YMCA at (269) 9454574, before the meeting. League games will begin the week of Sept. 24. Teams may register by completing the team roster, available at the YMCA, and sending a check to the YMCA, P.O. Box 252, Hastings, MI, 49058. The cost to enter a team is $200. Teams will be accepted on a first come first served basis. For more information contact the YMCA at (269) 945-4574. Co-ed Fall Volleyball On Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 6:30 p.m. there will be an organizational meeting for all teams interested in playing in the YMCA’s Co-ed fall volleyball league. The meeting will be held at Camp Algonquin, on Iroquois Trail. Any team wishing to play must attend or send a representative to the meeting. Those unable to attend must call the YMCA at (269) 9454574, before the meeting. League games will begin the week of Sept. 27. Teams may register by completing the team roster, available at the YMCA, and sending a check to the YMCA, P.O. Box 252, Hastings, MI, 49058. The cost to enter a team is $200. Teams will be accepted on a first come first served basis. For more information contact the YMCA at (269) 945-4574. HHS JV girls third at their own tourney by Brett Bremer Switch creates some twoand three-sport athletes Yesterday I watched it happen for the first time. Nate Donker, a senior at Caledonia, teamed up with classmate Josh DeBlaay at number one doubles to earn straight-set victory with the Fighting Scot varsity boys’ tennis team. When coach Mike Wilson gathered his players up after the match, for a quick talk about what was ahead over the Labor Day weekend he noticed he was a player short. “Nate left for soccer,” someone said out of the huddle. After a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Wayland, Donker headed off and took part in the Fighting Scots’ 5-0 win over Kalamazoo Central on Caledonia’s home soccer field, Scotland Yard. Donker made it through. He did look a little tired during the soccer game. It was the first Caledonia soccer game I’ve seen this fall, so I don’t have anything to gauge it on. Playing a singles match takes a whole other level of conditioning than a doubles match does, but it still can’t be easy especially on a day like yesterday with high humidity, high temperatures, and a high hot sun. At tennis tournaments you play three matches in a day, so playing one tennis match and then one soccer game shouldn’t be too bad if it’s a rare occurrence. Tennis is having a hard time with this switch. Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings don’t have junior varsity boys’ teams for the first time in I don’t know how long. Lakewood’s Dean Wieber is still the only varsity boy’s tennis coach who has told me that his team was helped by the switch. On a side note, Lakewood just picked up a foreign exchange student who’s going to take over the first singles position. The rich get richer. He is taking the place of senior Alex Haskin, who’ll move down to second singles. Levi Phelps moves down to third singles, and so on. Wieber said during the preseason that Haskin had a shot at becoming the school’s season and/or career wins leader at first singles. Not much chance of that happening now. I don’t know how I feel about that. It seems to me that when I played soccer at Middleville the goal scoring records were held by an exchange-student. Getting into that is a whole different column. I let my list of tennis players moving down in the line-up at Lakewood go on, because both Haskin and Phelps are not only members of the varsity boys’ tennis team. They are also both members of the varsity boys’ soccer team. Phelps was already doing two sports in the fall, playing soccer and kicking on the varsity football team. So, he’s up to three now. On Sept. 20, the Lakewood varsity boys’ soccer team is at Saranac. The varsity tennis team is home against Ionia. How do you choose where to go. Do Levi and Alex take turns. Sept. 17, the tennis team is at Jackson Northwest and the soccer team is home against Lansing Catholic. One could be at tennis for one and soccer for the other, then flip flop? I’m sure they have a plan worked out. I’d hope they’re at the Lansing Catholic soccer game. That one is a conference game. Boys aren’t the only ones. Macy Chamberlin at Thornapple Kellogg is playing golf and volleyball. When I was at Thornapple Kellogg they wouldn’t let a player from the soccer team be the kicker on the football team. I’ll be interested to keep on eye on the future. In four or five years will there be so many guys playing both tennis and soccer? Will there still be girls playing golf and volleyball? Or are these special exceptions during the transition? How come I’ve never noticed a wrestler/basketball player. I know when I was in middle school there were kids who were wrestlers and basketball players. There have to be a few of them now. Are those kids going to get to play two sports too? The “Game Time” team of Nick Champagne, (from left) Tom DeMaagd, James Radle, and Jeremy Frye took the championship in the 26-and-up bracket at the 2007 Jim Jensen Memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament during the Hastings Summerfest Saturday at Tyden Park. The Hastings junior varsity girls’ golf team opened its season with a third place finish at its own Hastings Invitational Tournament last week. East Lansing took the championship with a team score of 210, Portage Northern was second at 218. The Saxons finished with a 258, for third in the nine-team tournament. Chelsea Snyder led Hastings with a 59, which earned her a ninth place medal. Dana Letot shot a 62 for Hastings, Stephanie Glass 65, and Megan DelCotto 72. East Lansing’s Steph Chavez had the top individual score of the day, a 46. Lakewood loses dual, gains a new first singles player The “4 For 7” team of Anton Sieplinga (from left), Andre Shepard, Randall Reed, and Jack Shepard took the championship in the 18-25-year-old bracket at the 2007 Jim Jensen Memorial 3-on-3 basketball tournament during the Hastings Summerfest Saturday at Tyden Park. Lakewood’s varsity boys’ tennis team saw its fortunes change back and forth this week. After opening the season with an 8-0 win over Thornapple Kellogg, the Vikings suffered their first loss of the season 8-0 against Lowell. There were some close matches, especially at the bottom of the doubles line-up. Lakewood seniors Alex Fox and Cody Rowe went three sets against the Lowell duo of Clayton Stedman and Sean Greenhoe at third doubles before falling 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. At fourth doubles, the Lakewood team of Kyle McMillen and Tim Nagi fell to Evan Wilterink and Dylan Dues 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. “Being rained out all last week really hurt us,” said Lakewood head coach Dean Wieber. “You could tell that missing two tournaments, with the five or six matches that they would have had, hurt us experience wise.” The Vikings gained some experience this week as well, that should make them a much tougher team as the season goes one. Foreign exchange student Pedro Vieira topped Lakewood’s current number one singles player Alex Haskin in a challenge match. That allows the Vikings to put Haskin at second singles, Levi Phelps at number three, and freshman Cameron Rowland at fourth singles. Senior Jared Secor will be moving down to strengthen the Viking doubles line-up. Lakewood is scheduled to travel to Lansing Everett today, then will be back in action next Tuesday at Fowlerville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — Page 19 Saxons win one of their first five Hastings’ Gabe Purchase moves the ball up the sideline in the first half, pursued by Lakewood’s Cody Brown. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The first part of the season has been a tough one on the Saxons so far, and none of the team’s five games has been tougher than Tuesday’s. The Saxons were knocked off at North Pointe Christian Tuesday, 6-2. Jake Kuipers scored four goals and had one assist for the host Mustangs, while Andy Johnson and Nick Fikkert added one goal each. “Stephen Lambert, my fastest kid, he could keep up with him, but he couldn’t get ahead of him,” Saxon head coach Brian Roderick said of Kuipers. The Mustangs built a 3-0 lead in the first half. It wasn’t until Stephen Tolger booted a cross from David Kendal into the net early in the second half that the Saxons got on the scoreboard. North Pointe added two more goals, before the Saxons struck again. John Feldpausch had Hastings’ second goal, breaking along the right side before firing a shot over the head of the Mustang keeper. Hastings is 1-3-1 overall this season. The Saxons split their two games Saturday at the Forest Hills Eastern Invitational. Otsego got the best of Hastings in the opener, 2-0. With goal keeper Josh Bare out sick, back-up Andy Matthews started in his place. On the Bulldogs first goal, Matthews and an Otsego attacker collided. Matthews came away from the collision with a broken tibia, and the Bulldogs came away with their first goal of the game. In the consolation game, the Saxons knocked off O-K Gold rival Byron Center 10. Tolger headed in a crossing pass from Steven Safie for the lone goal. Last week Thursday, the Saxons finished in a 1-1 tie with Lakewood. That game was called early in the second half as storms ripped through the state. The Saxons took a 1-0 lead on a free kick from Tolger, from about 20 yards out, with 18:38 left to play in the opening half. The Saxons had a couple more opportunities to score in the first half. In the second half, the Vikings directed the action. Lakewood’s Levi Phelps and Alex Haskin both fired shots just wide of the net in the opening minutes, then finally with 36:56 remaining on the block Haskin broke around the right side of the Saxon goal box and fired a shot past the keeper Bare. The Saxons return to action next Tuesday when they travel to face Battle Creek Central. The O-K Gold Conference season begins next Thursday when Hastings plays host to Forest Hills Northern on the new turf in Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. The Saxons’ John Feldpausch settles the ball in the offensive end of the field during the first half last Thursday against Lakewood. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton soccer starts off with two wins Delton Kellogg’s Andrew Ordway (right) and Bellevue’s David Kidder meet at the ball during Monday night’s contest between the two teams in Delton. Top five flights win for Hastings in opening dual The top of the line-up got the job done for the Saxons on Monday, as the varsity boys’ tennis team scored a 5-3 victory over West Catholic to start the season. Hastings scored points at all four singles flights and at first doubles to top the Falcons. At first singles, Eric Treadwell sealed the victory for the Saxons. His match with the Falcons number one lasted two and a half hours, even though the two played just two sets. Treadwell came out on top 6-3, 6-4. Chris White didn’t need that kind of time to dispatch his opponent at second singles, scoring a 6-1, 6-2 victory. At third singles, Jon Peurach also had a strong showing, scoring a 6-2, 6-0 victory. Tom Newton, playing his first varsity match, at four singles won a 6-4, 6-3 decision. Hastings’ first doubles team of Kyle Pierce and Patrick Gillespie won 7-5, 6-4. “The singles carried the burden for the win, but we have to get a stronger showing from our doubles line-up,” said Saxon head coach Rich Pohja. Things get tougher in a hurry for Hastings. The Saxons open the O-K Gold Conference season at home against Forest Hills Northern next Wednesday. HHS golf ends preseason 3rd at North Pointe Invite Hastings had the third-place individual finisher and finished third as a team Monday at the North Pointe Christian Invitational. At Railside Country Club, Kacy Hooten fired an 87 to lead the Saxons. Hackett Catholic Central led the field with a 349, followed by the host Mustangs at 393, and the Saxons just four strokes behind at 397. Kenowa Hills was fourth a 399, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 424, Spring Lake 426, Northview 429, West Catholic 443, Wayland 456, Byron Center 490, Jenison 509, Webberville 566. Jessica Kloosterman added a 97 for the Saxons, Montana Leep 105, and Kourtney Meredith 108. That was the final non-conference contest on the slate for the Saxons this season. The Saxons and the rest of the O-K Gold Conference will get together at Orchard Hills Golf Course next Thursday for the first of seven league jamborees. All three Hastings football games will be held today The Hastings junior varsity and freshmen football games have been moved to Thursday this week. The Saxon freshmen will take on Belding today, at home, at 1:30 p.m. That game will be followed by the junior varsity contest beginning about 3:30 p.m. The varsity contest between the Saxons and the Redskins, in Belding, has seen its start time moved from 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to help accommodate those wishing to view the junior varsity and varsity games. Due to some unusual circumstances at Belding last week, bad weather and a power outage, the Redskins were unable to play their first freshman and JV football games on Thursday Aug. 23, and had to play them on Saturday, Aug. 25. MHSAA rules state there must be five full days between the start of each football game played. Therefore Belding could not play this Wednesday, Aug. 29, as scheduled. 06657023 Delton saw its first action of the season on Saturday, at the Thornapple Kellogg I n v i t a t i o n a l . Plainwell got the best of the Panthers in a scrimmage, 1-0. Delton was solid when it counted though. The Panthers topped Greenville in their other game Saturday, 2-1. Greenville struck first on a direct kick, before Delton battled back to tie the game on a spiraling corner kick from Jimmy Deibert. Smith then knocked in the go-ahead goal on a long chip shot that floated in just under the cross bar. Hoekstra made five saves in net for the Panthers in the win over the Yellow Jackets. Delton was slated to host Saranac Wednesday, and is off until after the holiday weekend when the Panthers start the KVA season at Galesburg-Augusta (Sept. 5). Then when Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires August 31, 2007) 02676980 Wet weather and the soggy fields and dark light bulbs it brought kept the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team from getting started this season. Now that the Panthers’ season is underway, things are looking sunny. The Panthers are 2-0 after knocking off Bellevue 4-0 Monday night. Matt Julian headed the ball into the net midway through the first half to give Delton Kellogg the only goal it would need against the Broncos. David Roberts tallied Delton’s second score late in the first half, then the two teams remained scoreless until late in the second half. Delton would score its second goal off a head with five minutes left in the game. Nick Smith put it in off a pass from Andrew Ordway. Joe Koopman added a goal on an assist from Martin Workman with three minutes to play. The two Delton Kellogg goal keepers, Scott Hoekstra and Jansen Fluty combined to stop all three Bellevue shots. �Page 20 — Thursday, August 30, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Summerfest’s annual run draws 270 participants The Summerfest annual 5K/10K runs once again drew a crowd to downtown Hastings. A total of 189 runners finished the 5K run, 62 in the 10K run, and another 19 in the 5K walk for a total number of racers reaching 270. Dan Dixon of Jackson was the first runner across the finish line in the 10K race, finishing in 35 minutes 47 seconds. Janet Becker from Grand Rapids was the first female 10K finisher, hitting the line in 44:29. The male 5K champion was Caledonia’s Ben Thompson with a time of 16:22. Stephanie Bird from Rockledge, Florida, won the women’s 5K in 21:12. Here is a list of the finishers from the 5K and 10K races. Division Place, Hometown, Time Overall, Name, 5K Run Females 1-13 1, 43, Morehouse, Alicia, Hastings, 25:11 2, 45, Manett, Taylor, Rockford, 25:15 3, 59, Musculus, Ashley, Hastings, 26:34 4, 69, Sailar, Hannah, Hastings, 27:13 5, 75, Travis, Meg, Hastings, 27:31 6, 114, Grassmid, Dana, Middleville 30:48 7, 126, Harden, Kelsi, Hastings, 32:03 8, 128, Mueller, Calli, Hastings, 32:09 9, 146, Laubaugh, Abby, Hastings, 34:24 10, 148, Meade, Grace, Hastings, 34:33 11, 154, Demott, Autumn, Hastings, 35:50 12, 161, Wilgus, Amanda, Hastings, 38:01 13, 162, Wilgus, Hannah, Hastings, MI, 38:21 14, 176, Tebo, Hannah, Hastings, 42:31 15, 184, Roy, Ashley, Middleville, 47:26 Females 14-19 1, 12, Bird, Stephanie, Rockledge, FL, 21:12 2, 14, Pifer, Ashley, Hastings, 21:26 3, 54, Lajoye, Jennifer, Hastings, 26:12 4, 103, Lincoln, Ruth, Ceresco, 29:51 Females 20-24 1, 47, Dewitt, Carolyn, Chicago, IL, 25:31 2, 74, Becktel, Amanda, Cloverdale, 27:30 3, 131, Hoke, Amanda, Hastings, 32:23 4, 149, Hoke, Emily, Hastings, 34:33 Females 25-29 1, 35, Matteson, Heidi, Dowling, 24:24 2, 40, Raffler, Hollie, Woodland, 24:48 3, 58, Matthews, Nicole, Hastings, 26:26 4, 71, Noble, Allison, Battle Creek, 27:15 5, 72, Vangessel, Gina, Grand Rapids, 27:21 6, 82, Dean, Charissa, Portage, 28:20 7, 92, Bender, Stephanie, Belding, 29:23 8, 95, Reynolds, Shanna, Comstock Park, 29:38 9, 98, Ringerberg, Lisa, Grandville, 29:42 10, 99, Winteringham, Carla, Grand Rapids, 29:43 11, 110, Konstantopoulos, Heather, Livonia, 30:45 12, 112, Baker, Stephanie, Bath, 30:46 13, 119, Scharping, Hayley, Hastings, 31:16 14, 138, Finney, Jean, Portage, 33:26 15, 139, Martinorich, Marisa, Battle Creek, 33:27 16, 140, Kent, Megan, Portage, 33:27 17, 143, Heffelbower, Valerie, Muskegon, 34:03 18, 144, James, Stacy, Hastings, 34:05 19, 147, Jenkins, Ananda, Hastings, 34:29 20, 159, Grace, Nichole, Novi, 37:27 21, 180, Murphy, Meghann, Hastings, 43:45 22, 181, Haney, Lydia, Vermontville, 44:36 Females 30-34 1, 39, Smalley, Melinda, Hastings, 24:42 2, 77, Newberry, Kelli, Hastings, 27:39 3, 84, McKeever, Jenny, Hastings, 28:28 4, 113, Bolo, Teresta, Hastings, 30:47 5, 118, Formsma, Molly, Byron Center, 31:15 6, 130, Hanson, Holly, Delton, 32:23 7, 132, Turkal, Amy, Germantown, MD, 32:25 8, 133, Turkal, Jennifer, Chicago, IL, 32:26 9, 145, Slaughter, Valerie, Hastings, 34:15 10, 160, Hawthorne, Katie, Hastings, 37:37 11, 164, Resh, Kari, Kalamazoo, 39:02 12, 179, Murphy, Amy, Hastings, 43:45 Females 35-39 1, 30, Rybarczyk, Dawn, Caledonia, 24:07 2, 55, Degrove, Jill, Middleville, 26:17 3, 62, Arnold, Barb, Hastings, 26:52 4, 70, Bosma, Debbie, Kalamazoo, 27:14 5, 80, Moss, Beth, Alto, 27:59 6, 96, Zylstra, Liesl, Grand Rapids, 29:38 7, 165, Platte, Holly, Kalamazoo, 39:03 8, 166, Wilgus, Carrie, Hastings, 39:11 9, 187, Lindemolder, Tina, Mulliken, 52:56 10, 188, Patrick, Jenny, Mulliken, 52:58 Females 40-44 1, 19, Bolthouse, Carole, Bellevue, 21:58 2, 29, Austin, Heidi, Caledonia, 23:59 3, 56, Schelter, Barb, Woodland, 26:19 4, 81, Meyer, Anne, Kalamazoo, 28:01 5, 87, Brisboe, Laura, Hastings, 28:50 6, 93, Draft, Cari, Spring Lake, 29:29 7, 105, Hunt, Barbara, Hastings, 30:01 8, 108, Beck, Amy, Hastings, 30:31 9, 137, Grassmid, Denise, 33:26 Females 45-49 1, 83, Redder, Linda, Zeeland, 28:24 2, 156, Seese, Kim, Clarksville, 36:44 3, 169, Kirchinger, Sandy, 41:28 4, 170, Markaity, Joyce, Jenison, 41:47 Females 50-54 1, 44, Wilcox, Ellen, Caledonia 25:13 2, 127, Hoke, Kitty, Hastings 32:04 3, 152, Parrish, Sandi, Kentwood, 35:11 4, 153, Johncock, Sue, South Branch, 35:39 5, 157, Kosters, Katherine, Caledonia, 37:22 6, 175, Shaff, Catherine, Freeport, 42:27 7, 186, Post, Kim, Caledonia, 49:05 Females 55-59 1, 52, Jones, Nancy, Hastings, 25:56 2, 158, Anderson, Judy, Hastings, 37:23 3, 174, Miller, Dixie, Middleville, 42:24 Females 70-99 1, 78, Lancaster, Liz, Hastings, 27:55 Males 1-13 1, 22, M 1-13, Adams, Nick, Hastings, 22:34 2, 33, M 1-13, Sinclair, Ben, Middleville, 24:22 3, 36, M 1-13, Reedy, Chad, Hastings, 24:38 4, 41, M 1-13, Haffman, ???, Plainwell, 24:50 5, 63, M 1-13, Beck, Ian, Hastings, 26:55 6, 64, M 1-13, Harden, Cole, Hastings, 26:56 7, 67, M 1-13, Slaughter, Jason, Hastings, 27:06 8, 86, M 1-13, McKeever, William, Hastings, 28:30 9, 90, M 1-13, Bosma, Alex, Kalamazoo, 29:01 10, 102, M 1-13, Roy, Alex, Middleville, 29:48 11, 109, M 1-13, Mueller, Kendrew, Hastings, 30:42 12, 124, M 1-13, Beck, Peter, Hastings, 32:00 13, 125, M 1-13, Harden, Alec, Hastings, 32:01 14, 136, M 1-13, Bosma, Greg, Kalamazoo, 33:10 15, 142, M 1-13, Wilgus, Jacob, Hastings, 33:43 16, 155, M 1-13, Lajcak, Austin, Middleville, 36:03 17, 163, M 1-13, Gahan, Cole, Middleville, 38:24 18, 167, M 1-13, Wilgus, Nick, Hastings, 39:12 19, 183, M 1-13, Gahan, Logan, Middleville, 47:11 20, 185, M 1-13, Roy, Austin, Middleville 47:31 Males 14-19 1, 2, M 14-19, Schasser, Daniel, Lake Odessa, 17:40 2, 4, M 14-19, Durbin, Justin, Delton, 18:10 3, 8, M 14-19, Pifer, Michael, Hastings, 20:19 4, 11, M 14-19, Bird, Kevin, Rockledge, FL, 21:11 5, 15, M 14-19, Seese, Tyrel, Clarksville, 21:45 6, 18, M 14-19, Bolthouse, Alec, Bellevue, 21:58 7, 24, M 14-19, Johnson, Jordan, Caledonia, 22:38 8, 34, M 14-19, Brisboe, Mitchell, Hastings, 24:22 9, 89, M 14-19, Austin, Ryan, Caledonia, 28:59 10, 104, M 14-19, Kirchinger, Ben, Hastings, 29:52 SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, AUGUST 30: 8:30 am Girls Varsity Volleyball 1:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 3:30 pm Boys JV Football 7:30 pm Boys Varsity Football TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: 5:00 pm Boys JV Soccer 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 6:15 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Delton Invitational at Netz, Richland Belding (rescheduled from 8/29) Belding (rescheduled from 8/29) Belding High School A H H A THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:45 pm Boys JV Soccer 6:30 pm Boys JV Football 7:15 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Jamboree at Orchard Hills A Forest Hills Northern HS A Forest Hills Northern H on Johnson Field Forest Hills NorthernHS A Forest Hills Northern H on Johnson Field Times and dates subject to change. BC Central@MathCent., Upton Ave. Forest Hills North. HS Forest Hills North. HS BC Central@MathCent., Upton Ave. Forest Hills North. HS A A A A HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY TRENT (#32) Good Luck Saxon Football! Beat Belding! HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 10K Females 20-24 1, 42 Shaff, Megan, Freeport, 56:28 Females 25-29 1, 34, Sebright, Kathy, Dorr, 53:27 2, 44, Thrun, Marin, Freeport, 57:53 3, 56, Woods, Christine, Grand Rapids, 1:05:22 4, 57, Hoopingarner, Heidi, Indianapolis, IN, 1:05:22 Females 30-34 1, 13, Becker, Janet, Grand Rapids, 44:29 2, 30, Carroll, Sarah, Hastings, 51:33 3, 35, Shaw, Jennifer, Middleville, 53:49 4, 49, Boersma, Vikki, Middleville, 1:00:37 Females 35-39 1, 15, Sabin, Stephanie, Plainwell, 47:40 2, 21, James-Nickels, Lin, Hastings, 48:46 3, 27, Wilkinson, Maggie, Middleville, 51:04 4, 31, Harris, Trina, Grand Rapids, 52:13 5, 33, Vanderkooi, Kari, Byron Center, 52:34 6, 39, Davis, Denise, Lowell, 55:53 7, 45, Nitengale, Michelle, Greenville, 58:25 8, 59, Rusco, Jeanie, Fremont, 1:09:33 9, 60, Saum, Kristine, Grant, 1:15:53 10, 61, Stevens, Kimberly, Hastings, 1:17:42 Females 40-44 1, 32, Stowell, Jeri, Lansing, 52:27 2, 37, Benedict, Kristi, Hale 55:10 3, 38, Strombergen, Connie, Middleville, 55:37 4, 46, Pickard, Becky, Freeport, 58:35 5, 50, Bosco, Tammy, Middleville, 1:00:37 6, 58, Woods, Sherri, Grand Rapids, 1:07:53 Females 45-49 1, 41, Brandt, Laura, Hastings, 56:26 Females 50-54 1, 40, Ebaugh, Diane, Hastings, 55:57 Females 55-59 1, 18, Borck, Linda, Walker, 48:10 Males 1-13 1, 20, Sinclair, Adam, Middleville, 48:38 Males 14-19 1, 6, Bosma, Ryan, Hastings, 40:23 2, 9, Armstrong, Kevin, Hastings, 43:38 Males 20-24 1, 48, Katje, Chris, Wyoming, 1:00:32 Males 25-29 1, 3, Sicilia, Matt, Grand Rapids, 38:05 2, 4, Paiz, Andy, Lowell, 38:15 3, 22, Crane, Justian, Battle Creek, 48:55 4, 53, Zylstra, Aaron, Grand Rapids, 1:01:29 Males 30-34 1, 19, Brandt, Barry, Charlotte, 48:22 Males 35-39 1, 2, Lathrop, Mark C, Eaton Rapids, 36:50 2, 5, Omerovic, Denis, Grand Rapids, 39:07 3, 12, Craft, Dale, Bellevue, MI, 44:23 4, 28, Nickels, Mike, Hastings, 51:07 5, 51, Halliwill, James, Delton, 1:01:17 6, 54, Wiswell, Tim, Hastings, 1:03:54 Males 40-44 1, 1, Dixon, Dan, Jackson, 35:47 2, 7, Vanloo, Randy, Holland, 42:17 3, 23, Adrianson, Pete, Hastings, 48:55 4, 24, Collins, Steve, Hastings, 49:47 5, 43, Seifert, Nick, Middleville, 57:13 Males 45-49 1, 8, Bond, Tim, Mattawan, 43:28 2, 14, Duits, Keven, Woodland, 46:42 3, 16, Himebaugh, David, Lowell, 47:42 4, 47, Ogden, Ron, Hastings, 1:00:03 Males 50-54 1, 11, Lyons, Mike, Hinsdale, IL, 44:18 2, 62, Zylstra, Gary, Grand Rapids, 1:22:22 Males 55-59 1, 17, Shaffer, Bob, Grand Rapids, 48:06 2, 29, Oesch, Kenneth, Wyoming, 51:13 3, 36, Bartlett, Parick, Lake Odessa, 54:48 4, 52, Wynn, David, Tipp City, OH, 1:01:19 5, 55, Borck, David, Walker, 1:05:13 Males 60-64 1, 10, Yehia, Said, Kalamazoo, 43:44 2, 26, Fisher, Jim, Muskegon, 50:20 Males 65-69 1, 25, Kushinka, Tom, Hilltown, PA, 50:01 Weightlifting champions crowned at ‘07 Summerfest Champions in the Bench Press from the 2007 Hastings Summerfest Weightlifting Competition were Eric Reed, Marc Jarvis, Josh Boulter, Joel Strickland, and Tyler Dempsey. 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Hastings didn’t look like it had too many creases in its game as it opened with a big win over Lakewood on Friday. Hastings heads to Belding Thursday night, for a 7:30 p.m. start. Belding showed its no push over this seasons, as it defeated Greenville on opening night last week 18-15. Delton Kellogg and Lakewood both felt like they could have had a happier opening night if they’d just executed a little better, especially deep in opponents territory. Their opponents this Thursday are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Delton Kellogg hosts Bellevue, who was downed by Colon last week 41-7. Lakewood travels to face its old CAAC-3 foes from Fowlerville. The Gladiators opened with a 510 victory over Detroit Old Redford. After two trips to Morenci last weekend, the Maple Valley Lions should be happy to be home this Thursday night. The Lions take on Sand Creek, a team that fell to Blissfield 2019 last week. Thornapple Kellogg is at home against Muskegon Heights. The Heights topped Grand Rapids Central 18-0 in week one. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Hastings 38, Lakewood 20 Hastings tried to quell some excitement before Friday night’s season opener, and in the end Lakewood was struggling t create some. Hastings knocked off the Vikings on night number one, 38-20, in the newly remodeled Baum Stadium at Johnson Field in Hastings. The Saxons were excited from the start, playing on their newly installed artificial turf for the first time. Players were still helping a work crew install the turf on Thursday afternoon, before practice. “We got our pre-game run through in for an hour and 45 minutes (Thursday),” said Hastings head coach Fred Rademacher. “It was good to be able to let the kids get the awe of everything out of the way.” The Saxons got the first score of the season out of the way early too, as Garrett Harris busted out of a group of tacklers at the Lakewood 30-yard line, and finished off a 35yard run in the end zone. Harris’ two-point conversion run was good for an 8-0 Hastings lead with 8:29 left in the opening quarter. Hastings never let the lead get away. It wasn’t quite how the Vikings had hoped to start the 2007 football season. “We beat ourselves,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “We didn’t finish twice on the two-yard-line, we fumbled on the 20. Those are three scores for us, and I think five times we had them at fourth-and-short distance and didn’t stop it. To win big games against a good team you can’t do that.” He attributed those let downs to an overall lack of intensity. “I felt our conditioning was good,” Veitch said. “The only thing that was bad was at the scrimmage the kids got hyped, and they didn’t get into it tonight. At practice, at the scrimmage there’s been excitement. We’ve got it. Then, we come here tonight and there’s no excitement.” Harris provided plenty of excitement for the Saxon fans, as he scored again on a twoyard run, on fourth down, with 11:16 left in the second quarter. This time Saxon quarterback Brad Hayden carried in the two-point conversion. Harris rushed 14 times for 120 yards on the night. Speedster Ryan Burgdorf led the Saxon rushing attack overall, carrying the ball 23 times for 189 yards. Hastings tallied 376 rushing yards total on the night. “Obviously he’s an incredible athlete,” Rademacher said of Burgdorf and his 189yard rushing performance. “He ran the ball exceptionally hard tonight. The offensive line is a pretty good group. They got a push for him all night long.” Lakewood carried the ball for 134 yards total, led by Kurtis Powell’s eight carries for 65 yards. Markus Gonzales managed just over 20 yards on the ground, but gave the Vikings their first big play of the season following Harris’ second touch down. Gonzales took the ensuing kick-off 77 yards for a score. The two-point try was no good, and Hastings led 16-6. Harris’ third touchdown came with 1:03 left in the first half, from five yards out, capping a 96-yard drive. The two-point pass from Hayden to Tom McKinney was good to give the Saxons a 24-6 lead. Lakewood raced down the field in the final minute of the first half. On third-and-ten, Viking quarterback Jesse Martin connected with Calvin Hoppes on a 20-yard pass. The play was helped out by a personal foul from the Saxons that moved Lakewood to the Hastings 29. Soon after, Martin connected with Justin Walters on a 15-yard scoring strike. Martin completed 9-of-14 passes for 17 yards on the night. “I thought Jesse did a good job with decisions. He put great touch on his passes. Our receivers did well, even on a couple of bullets that he threw. I thought our line, offensively in the passing, was blocking well,” Veitch said. Lakewood had to pass a bit more in the second half. Harris scored again with 11:54 to play, on a six-yard run. Burgdorf ran in the two-point conversion. Hastings’ final TD came with 8:13 left in the game. Burgdorf blew through the Viking line which started at the Hastings 39. There were still a couple defenders in front of him when he hit the Viking 45, but they had no chance of catching the all-state sprinter. Martin connected with Powell on a 15-yard pass play with 2:19 left to complete the scoring. “We came back. I was proud of the kids,” Veitch said. Logan Lake and Cody Orszula led the Viking defense with 15 tackles each, and Gonzales added 14. Schoolcraft 28, Delton Kellogg 10 A trip to Schoolcraft for the second consecutive season turned out much better than the first for the Delton Kellogg varsity football team, but it still wasn’t all it could have been. Last week’s storms knocked out power in the Delton area, and forced the team to move its season opening contest to the home of the Golden Eagles. “Which wasn’t really what we wanted to do,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. The Panthers were strong when they arrived in Schoolcraft, taking a 7-0 first quar- ter lead then holding on to a 10-7 edge at the half. The Eagles came back with three second half touchdowns to score a 28-10 victory however. “We just didn’t execute the way we needed to,” Haas said. “We dropped a pass one time right over the 40-yard-line that would have given us a first down inside the 30. We had a 25-yard run taken away on a holding call, that I thought was a terrible call. We just didn’t execute.” Steven Romero gave the Panthers the early lead on a two-yard run in the first quarter. Steve Scoby’s extra-point kick made it 7-0. Schoolcraft came right back in the second quarter with a 24-yard TD pass from Kyle Scott to Dean Krumm. Brent Kotecki’s kick tied the contest. On the final drive of the first half, the Panthers earned themselves a first-and-goal just inside the Eagle ten-yard-line. They got the ball inside the five-yard-line before being forced to settle for a 20-yard Scoby field goal. That was part of the execution Haas would like to see improved. “We ran more plays. We had more yards. We were just inside the 20 four times and didn’t score,” Haas said. Schoolcraft only scored from inside the 20 once all night. The Eagles added a 12-yard run by Tanner Summerfield to take the lead in the third quarter, 14-10, after Kotecki’s kick. The Eagles final two scores of the game came on a 68-yard pass from Scott to Summerfield and a 22-yard run by Matt Goes. The Panthers had chances to make tackles on the couple second half TD runs by the Eagles, but just couldn’t bring the ball carriers down. The 68-yard TD pass came on a third-and-22 play for the Eagles, and Summerfield was wide open after a Delton defender fell down. For the night, Delton rushed the ball for 299 yards. Scoby led the way with 16 carries for 148 yards, and Romero added 138 yards on 13 carries. Brian Diaz completed just one of eight pass attempts. Schoolcraft had just 122 yards rushing and 142 through the air. The Delton defense was led by the interior of its defensive line, Anthony Riley and Mitch Duquesnel. Duquesnel had four tackles. Romero and Chase Mills had five tackles each to lead Delton in that category. It was a big night for Mills, who also had two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. Pennfield 32, Thornapple Kellogg 25 Pennfield erased a couple of early Thornapple Kellogg leads in the first half, and eventually hung on for a 32-25 victory in the season opener on Friday night in Battle Creek. A 70-yard run and a two-point conversion pass pushed Pennfield past the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans in the second quarter, and the host Panthers never trailed again. TK took a 6-0 lead early in the first half on a 53-yard run by running back Joey Sanford. Pennfield answered to tie the game at six, before running back James Smith pulled his team back in front on a three-yard run before the end of the quarter. Andrew Gilbert’s extrapoint kick following Smith’s TD gave TK a 13-6 lead. After Pennfield took its first lead on its big play, and ensuing two-point conversion, Gilbert had an answer for the Trojans. He returned a punt 58 yards for a score, which pulled TK to within a point. That was the last time the Trojans would get into the end zone before Smith carried the ball across the goal line in the fourth quarter for the game’s final tally. “It was a very competitive football game, a heartbreaking loss for our guys,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. Pennfield added a 15-yard scoring run in the third quarter, and then a 41-yard run in the fourth to break things open. The Panthers biggest lead was 32-19. Sanford led the Trojan offensive attack on the night, rushing 12 times for 112 yards. In all the Trojans rushed 31 times for 209 yards. New Trojan quarterback Paul Betcher had a tough time completing passes, hitting on just 6 of 22 attempts. Blake Johnson was on the receiving end of two of those passes, for 23 yards. Besides rushing for two touchdowns, Smith helped carry the Trojan load defensively tying for the team lead with eight tackles. Travis Farris and Steve Crawford also had two tackles each. “Our guys were very competitive,” Penfield said. “We obviously have a tremen- Thornapple Kellogg quarterback Paul Betcher tries to break free for some yards in the second half against Pennfield Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) dous amount to build on. A heartbreaking loss, but it’s just a great group of kids.” Morenci 20, Maple Valley 18 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Morenci? What, Cincinnati Central was already booked? Forced by scheduling conflicts, Maple Valley had to travel 120 miles to play so close to the state line that as you leave town there are two signs. One says, “Thanks See FOOTBALL, next page Maple Valley’s Michael Paisley drags Morenci lineman Kyle Pilbeam down the field during Saturday’s contest between the Lions and Bulldogs in Morenci. 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When the game was finally concluded, a 20-18 victory for Morenci, it was 22 hours and 35 minutes after the opening whistle. Maple Valley Coach Guenther Mittelstaedt did every thing he could to convince Morenci officials and game officials to wait longer Friday night, perhaps because he knew the Bulldogs relied heavily on the talented arm of quarterback Jacob Bovee and the weather conditions on Friday night definitely helped negate the senior’s ability to throw the football. In fact, when the game was stopped Friday night, the Lions had a 6-0 lead and the rainy conditions and wet field were more conducive to Maple Valley’s patented running game than Morenci’s passing fancy. “We tried to get them to wait longer last night,” Mittelstaedt said after the game was finally concluded Saturday. “But it was their home field, their coach, their administration and their officials.” Not that it would have made much difference, for shortly after the Lions left the area that night another round of thunderstorms moved through. Saturday, however, was a different story. Michael Paisley had given the Lions a lead to sleep on with his 51-yard touchdown run but they were awakened in a hurry when the game resumed. Kyle McClain scored the Bulldog’s first points less than two and a half minutes after the scoreboard was turned back on and Josiah Fallot’s extra points gave Morenci a lead they would never relinquish. With 1:06 left in the quarter, Bovee hit Trey Tompkins with a nine yard touchdown and Fallot’s extra points put the Bulldogs up 14-6. Maple Valley game back to score on a 82 yard pass from quarterback Deven Meade to Jeff Burd at the 4:28 mark of the second period but Morenci took a 20-12 lead into halftime thanks to a 25 yard touchdown run by Chas Frey with less than a minute to play in the half. Bovee picked apart the Maple Valley defense for 120 yards passing in the first half, completing nine of 13 passes and helped his team to an 11-4 advantage in first downs. The second half was a different story, however, at least defensively for the Lions. They effectively shut down the Morenci passing game, limiting Bovee to only nine additional yards through the air. “We made some adjustments at half-time,” Mittelstaedt said, “and I’m proud of the way our kids responded.” Mittelstaedt said his team’s inability to move the ball effectively on all but one drive The Saxons’ Tom McKinney (2) hauls in a two-point conversion pass in the second quarter as Lakewood defender Gabe Shellenbarger (5) is late getting over. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Hastings varsity football team rushes onto its new turf for the first time before a home game. The Saxons celebrated the opening of the new Baum Stadium at Johnson Field by knocking off the Lakewood Vikings in the annual season opener between the two rivals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) in the second half was the difference in the game. “We had opportunities to take control of the game, but they are a very good football team, very quick,” he said. Asked if he blamed the weather delay and the different conditions Saturday for the loss, Mittelstaedt refused to make excuses. “We just needed more points,” he said. Maple Valley scored the game’s final points in the third quarter when Anthony Corwin burst into the end zone from three yards out. Neither team was able to move the ball effectively in the fourth quarter, but Morenci held on to it enough to run out the clock when they took over with just over four minutes left to play. Bovee finished the game with 11 completions in 17 attempts and one interception and that one touchdown. Frey was the team’s leading rusher with 113 yards on 16 carries. Paisley led Maple Valley with 138 yards on 15 carries. Morenci finished with 373 total yards on the night and Maple Valley finished with 316. Morenci Coach Bill Kohn, who like Mittelstaedt is a member of the Michigan High School Coaches Football Hall of Fame, said after the game, he did think the weather made a difference. “They are a very good football team,” he said. “We knew they would be physical and although they are not that big in size, they hit hard on every play. “I think if we had to play the whole game in the rain, it might have made a difference because we depend on our passing game so much. “But this was a well played game between two pretty good football teams and I’m proud of our team. They pretty much shut down our passing game in the second half but we played tough to the end. “That, I think, was the difference.” Thornapple Kellogg’s Levi Funk reaches high between a pair of Pennfield defenders in an attempt to haul in a pass in the end zone Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) 06656881 Lion ladies win first cross contest led the way in 28th place with a time of 24:20. She was followed by Trumble (63rd in 24:50), Vinson (36th in 25:05), Erwin (45th in 26:05), and Erin Shoemaker (57th in 27:29). Albion’s Tre Washington took the individual title at Laingsburg, finishing in 21:02. The Maple Valley boys did not earn a team score at Bellevue, with only three runners participating. Joe Benedict had the team’s top finish, placing eighth overall in 11 minutes 36 seconds. The race only covered two miles. Hamilton was 25th in 12:15. At Laingsburg on Thursday, the boys were 13th in the 13-team meet. Benedict led the way in 29th place with a time of 19:59. He was just ahead of Matt Hamilton, who was 30th in 20:01. Kaleb Root was 40th in 20:30, Adam Cook 55th in 21:16, and Austin French 88th in 29:51. Pewamo-Westphalia won the title Thursday with 90 points, led by second place finisher Ryan Pohl (17:13). DeWitt was second with 103 points, and Albion third with 147. Durand’s David Maddog was the top individual finisher, with a time of 17:07. 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The only problem was that when the race ended, the official scorers had the Lions down for 115 points, which put them in fifth place. “When we got the results that day they told us we were in fifth place, so we left and went home,” said Lion head coach Robb Rosin. The Lion coach was sure his girls had done better than that. A check through the final standings showed a mistake the bumped the Lions into first place. It was too late, Saranac had already taken the championship trophy home. The Lions weren’t recognized in front of the other teams. A trophy is “in the mail”. The Lions did take home a handful of medals. Kaytlin Furlong led the Lions with an eighth place time of 14 minutes 11 seconds. Lauren Trumble was 15th in 14:42, Kayla Shaw 17th in 14:53, and Erin Shoemaker 23rd in 15:33. Megan Shoemaker was the fifth scorer for the Lions, placing 29th in 15:57. Megan Shoemaker, a freshman, is the only newcomer to the team this fall. Randi Vinson, is the team’s only senior, and she returns along with junior Erin Shoemaker, as well as sophomores Furlong, Trumble, Shaw, and Amanda Erwin. “They’re pretty experienced,” said Rosin. “It’s a mostly young team, but they’re pretty experienced.” The Lions followed up their championship at Bellevue by placing eighth at the 11-team Laingsburg Invitational Aug. 23. The meet was made up of some much bigger schools than the previous one. Owosso took the title with 72 points, followed by DeWitt 73, and Leslie 81. The Lions finished with 201 points. Shaw � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-09-06.pdf 57d9003aac522edab03433dd39d228fe PDF Text Text Pow Wow planned at Charlton Park Let’s recommit to educational excellence Panthers perfect as they head into KVA play See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 36 NEWS BRIEFS Hazardous waste collection planned The next Barry County Household Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the county fairgrounds on M-37 between Middleville and Hastings. Items that can be collected for safe disposal include paint solvent, medicines, automotive oil, scrap or junk tires, pesticides, batteries, liquid cleaners, heavy metal solutions and articles containing mercury. Items that cannot be accepted include latex paint, commercially generated waste, explosives, radioactive materials, electronic waste and propane tanks. ILR open house set for Sept. 11 The Kellogg Community Collegesponsored Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) invites citizens of Barry County ages 50 and over to come to an open house Tuesday, Sept. 11 at the Hastings campus of Kellogg Community College on west M-179 (Gun Lake Road). Visitors may walk in any time between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. to enjoy refreshments and learn about opportunities for low-cost learning programs and educational field trips that are available through the ILR as well as through the Elderhostel network. ILR members will be on hand to share their experiences with ILR activities, answer questions, and tell about upcoming events for fall and winter. Visitors will also have the opportunity to be included in a drawing for free tuition to an ILR class. The Barry County Board of Commissioners has declared the week of Sept. 10 “ILR Week in Barry County” in recognition of the opportunities available to county residents through the ILR. The ILR open house is a way to acquaint residents with those opportunities. Blood drive set at Moose Lodge An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Moose Lodge, 128 North Michigan Ave., Hastings. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Thornapple River cleanup Sept. 22 The Thornapple River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to help with the 12th annual cleanup at Tyden Park in Hastings, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Teams will be assigned to on-river cleanup and bank cleanup duties. Each team spends about three to four hours on task, including transportation time. Lunch and free T-shirts are provided to all who help out. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s cleanup is asked to call the Barry Conservation District at (269) 9488056, extension 3, to sign up by Monday, See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Dreisbach closing Local woman to testify to subcommittee in Washington by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Kim Townsend of Hastings is headed is headed to Washington D.C. to testify before a congressional subcommittee about corporate abuses of bankruptcy laws. Townsend, a union official and employee at Hastings Manufacturing and a member of the Hastings City Council, will be one of several people from different unions across the country who will speak at the hearing. Townsend said, "To me, it’s a very high honor to be able to go to something like this.” She has the opportunity to give a fiveminute speech before the committee has the opportunity to ask her questions. Understandably, she said she is nervous. "I don’t have a clue what those questions are, and that makes me nervous," she said. Townsend is past president and current chairwoman of United Auto Workers Local 138 at Hastings Manufacturing. Her regional director contacted her, asking to speak in front of the subcommittee after he was contacted by Alan Ruether, their legislative lobbyist. Townsend’s testimony will be about relations between Local 138 and the Anderson Group, which bought Hastings Manufacturing when the business declared bankruptcy in late 2005. She said what she hopes comes of the hearing is "We want more clout when we’re sitting at the [bargaining] table." PRICE 50¢ Thursday, September 6, 2007 Economy, GM policy biggest reasons by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Another victim of Michigan’s slumping economy and changes in the auto industry, Eric Dreisbach has been forced to close the doors of Dreisbach Pontiac GMC in Hastings after nine years of business. “With the hard economic times here in Michigan, we’ve had to close our doors,” Dreisbach said Wednesday morning. Dreisbach made the announcement to his 19 employees Tuesday afternoon. He said this was one of the hardest parts about the decision to close. “I was pleased to hear that they’re going to go on to bigger and better things,” he said of his employees. Dreisbach said he has been looking at options other than closing for about two years, but he could not find a buyer and no other options became available. “It was time to cut the losses,” he said. “There were always big stumbling blocks every step of the way that we just couldn’t overcome. I wish it was a better outcome, but I’m optimistic about the future.” See DREISBACH, page 2 Kim Townsend She said when the Anderson Group bought Hastings Manufacturing, the contracts between Hastings Manufacturing and the employees were nullified because Hastings Manufacturing was no longer the employer. Because the Anderson Group was the new owner of the company, Local 138 had to bargain with the new owner. However, the Anderson Group had the power to close the business and terminate all of the employees’ jobs. Because of that, the union had little bargaining power. Townsend said this is the type of practice she hopes changes in the future. "We should have some power when we’re sitting at the bargaining table," she said. Townsend will be the first and only representative from Local 138 to speak in front of the congressional subcommittee. She said she hopes some reform will be a result. Eric Dreisbach stands with some vehicles at his Michigan Avenue dealership in Hastings. Dreisbach announced Tuesday evening that he will be closing the business. Baltimore assessments under state probe by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Baltimore Township Assessor Dennis McKelvey and Supervisor Richard VenSyckle will appear before before the Michigan State Tax Commission Tuesday, Oct. 2, following a recent review of a complaint filed by a local resident. The complainant, who was not named, believes two parcels, one owned by Baltimore Township Clerk Penelope Ypma and the other by Treasurer Jennifer McKeever, were assessed at less than true cash value (TCV). Staff members of the State Tax Commission reviewed the complaint and found that the assessed value for the two parcels were much lower than 50 percent, which is the standard assessment rate. The parcel owned by Ypma was assessed at 33% of TCV and the parcel owned by McKeever was assessed at 37% of TCV. Staff also checked neighboring parcels of each of these two parcels for uniformity. Parcels near Ypma’s parcel were assessed at 50% of TCV, with the exception of one parcel that was assessed at 26%. Parcels near the treasurers’ parcel were also assessed at 50% of the TCV, with the exception of four parcels that were assessed from 33% to 43%. Staff also reviewed McKelvey’s 2007 database to determine if there were other such instances where the assessed value was not 50% of the TCV. The State Tax Commission staff discovered 333 parcels where the calculated assessed value was overridden to show less than 50% of the TCV. 636 parcels were at 50% of the TCV and 14 parcels were assessed at greater than 50%. The staff also determined that of the 1,031 parcels listed on the 2007 assessment roll in Baltimore Township, 1,007 parcels, or 97.7%, were overridden. Barry County Equalization Director Karen Scarborough said the practice of overriding is a tool used by many assessors. “The override function is used to fix a mistake or, for example, if a property is split,” she said. “It is a tool to use when you don’t have another solution.” McKelvey, who is also the assessor for Rutland and Assyria townships in Barry County and one township in Kent County, said, “I don’t know of any law that prohibits any assessor from using that (override) function. It just means there is more than one route to a conclusion. “It has been by practice since I have been using the computer program to look at each parcel individually and compute its cash value and divide by two,” he said. McKelvey said 67% of the parcels in Baltimore Township are at 50% of TCV. McKelvey said the State Tax Commission rules allow the assessor to round off the TCV to the nearest $100. “The 14 parcels mentioned in the notice sent by the tax commission are ones that were rounded off to the nearest $100,” He said. “It is funny that the tax commission seems to be critical of the override function but acknowledges that two-thirds of the parcels are at 50%.” McKelvey said it has always been his objective to get all the parcels he assesses to 50%. “The Township Board has been made aware of that number of occurrences where parcels are not at 50%,” he said. “Their objective is to get to 50% on those parcels without the other two-thirds being affected. “We are dealing with a very complex system,” McKelvey said. “The state tax commission through its own policies and procedures has its own two-year sales study in which it compares sale prices to the assessed value. That’s what drives assessment changes in the residential class. “If the sales study indicates a need for a 5% increase for the next year in the adjustment of assessed value, then that characterization is placed on the assessed value (of all parcels). Anything over that 5% would be viewed as over assessing. “So all parcels with that class (residential) would be reduced by a factor. The only accepted way of getting that additional value on the roll without factoring is a reappraisal of every parcel. That is very costly to a unit of government and ultimately to each taxpayer. “That is part of what the township is trying to avoid.” McKelvey said the state tax commission often changes the rules. “They never allow an assessor to use a one year sales study to reflect additional value that the assessor sees,” he said, “but they do Dennis McKelvey allow the assessor to present a one year study to reflect declining values.” McKelvey said another problem is that the sales study for this tax year was cut off in March and does not reflect the current decline in the housing market. He also said it has been his practice to divide the township, which is comprised of 36 sections, into blocks and to assess them one row of “blocks” each year. “After three years, I am working on a different block and the first block I assessed would not have had a reassessment in that three-year period.” McKelvey said he has had talks with the township and will not continue that practice, but assess each section each year. He also maintained that the two parcels in question, those of the clerk and the treasurer, were not assessed individually, but as part of the sections in which they are located. “I also want to say that bringing these 333 parcels to 50% will have no effect on any other individual. The township has to be assured that bringing those 333 up to 50% will not have an adverse effect on the tax value of parcels that are already at 50%,” he said. McKelvey said, for instance, if the total state equalized value (SEV) of all parcels in a township was determined to be $60,000,000, and the sales study said the value should be computed at $63,000,000 to be at 50%, the computed value reached by the assessor could be as much as $67,000,000. To arrive at a factor to be used to assess every parcel in the township, the computer would divide $63,000,000 by $67,000,000 and the factor used to calculate the assessed value of every parcel in that township would be .9402. “That means each individual parcel’s assessed value must be factored by .9402 to bring it down to 50%,” McKelvey said. “For example, if the tax value of a parcel was determined to be $81,715 and the assessed value was determined to be $83,300, that figure ($83,300) would be multiplied by .9402, making the assessed value $78,318. Because the tax value cannot exceed the assessed value, the tax value also drops to $78,318. “This loss in tax value is permanent because the tax value is controlled by the rate of inflation. All units, such as schools, county government, 911, even Thornapple Manor, would experience a loss of revenue,” he said. David Soya, a member of the Baltimore Township Board, said, however, there is a problem with the assessments. “The problem is the assessor didn’t keep the tax rolls in line with state mandates,” Soya said. “We have had two meetings on this. We are consulting with other assessors in the area to see what we can do about this.” McKelvey and most other assessors in Michigan use a computer program called BS&A to compute tax assessments. It is a software program provided by a company out of Bath, Michigan, he said. “It is a very good program.” McKelvey and VanSyckle will appear before the state tax commission on Oct. 2 with a plan of action. McKelvey said. “They may either refuse to accept that plan of action or dictate a different See PROBE, page 2 �Page 2 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Sept.17. This will allow for organization of teams, river section assignments and canoe and kayak arrangements.nt. Any individual or business interested in sponsoring the Thornapple River cleanup, may call the number above. Donors pledging over $100 in donations by Sept. 10 will have their names included on this year’s Tshirts. Last year’s cleanup involved more than 130 volunteers who helped to clean over 70 miles of river between Nashville and Ada. More than 20 cubic yards of trash and 37 tires were removed from the river and its banks. To make this possible, more than $3,000 in cash, goods and services were donated to the event by area businesses. Antique show plans expanded Charlton Park has expanded plans for its antique show Saturday, Sept. 8, with another county-wide yard sale, with non-profit organizations welcome. Barry County Surveyor and Charlton Park Board Member Brian Reynolds said the sheriff’s posse also will be on hand to do fingerprinting for children and animal shelter personnel who will bring pets to encourage their adoption. Progressive Dems to meet Sept. 12 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will have their next general membership meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Thornapple Township Hall in Middleville. Featured will be the DVD "National Health Care," produced by America's Dialogue, a group dedicated to promoting conversations among Americans about important and current issues. All are invited to attend this meeting. ‘Cider Time’ series kicks off Sept. 29 Historic Bowens Mills will kickoff off its fall “It’s Cider Time” weekend series from noon to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, with a steam and gasoline engine show, co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines and farm machinery and special events, including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days and an Appalachian Big Ring Square Dance Sunday. This marks the 29th year of the Bowens Mills fall series in Yankee Springs Township. Thornapple Players to perform mystery While summer weather lives out its last days, people can look forward to starting school, changing leaves and the Thornapple Players’ fall production of Agatha Christie’s mystery “Cards on the Table.” Christie’s book was adapted for the stage by Leslie Darborn. It will be performed with the usual gusto of the resident acting group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will be directing the performance, and Kimberly Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. In addition to preparing for their fall play, the Thornapple Players also are preparing to participate in Hastings Summerfest. They will have a silent auction tent with gift baskets available for bidding. They also will be participating in the Summerfest parade and celebrating Summerfest’s 30th birthday in their march down State Street. Master Garden classes planned The Barry County Michigan State University Extension office will hold the 2007 Master Gardener series of classes on Tuesday evenings from Sept. 11 to Nov. 27. The classes include an introduction to plant science, soils, flower gardening, household pests and wildlife, indoor plants, lawns, integrated pest management, growing small and tree fruits, vegetable gardening, woody ornamentals and water quality. Classes will be held at the Barry County Courts and Law Building and the MainStreet Savings Bank. Classes are taught by MSU Extension educators and horticulture industry professionals. The cost of the 12-week course is $275. A $25 non refundable application fee is required and is applied to the total tuition fee. The tuition covers the course fee and an 800-page resource manual. Anyone interested in taking the class can call Dennis Pennington at (269) 945-1388 or e-mail him at pennin34@msu.edu. Arts Council sets multi-media class The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County will offer a multi-media art course designed to provide rich visual arts experiences for students in grades 5-8. The class will run Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon beginning Sept.15 through Nov. 10. Students will be encouraged to have fun while developing skills in sculpture, drawing, watercolor painting, and collage. Michelle Ayres, middle and high school art teacher at Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, will teach the class. Ayres has extensive experience in West Michigan schools and lives in Barry County. Cost of the class is $90. A minimum of five students is required. Class size will be limited and enrollment is on a firstcome, first-served basis. To register please call the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002 or send payment to the Thornapple Arts Council, P.O. Box 36, Hastings, MI 49058, The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides outstanding concerts,scholarships, showcase local talent, and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. DREISBACH, continued from page 1 He said that according to General Motors, Dreisbach had effective sales for his market. “Unfortunately for us, that just wasn’t enough to keep us going. I’m proud of the last several years that we’ve had great customer service ratings,” he said, adding he appreciates all of his customers who have “helped me feed my family over the last nine years.” Dreisbach said the dealership still will be providing service work through the end of the week, but “unfortunately, we’re not going to be able to provide that superior level of service that customers are used to” when the dealership closes. Dreisbach said he will be merchandising his used cars this week, selling them at wholesale as a thank you to his customers. The new cars will be sent back to GM and sold to other dealers. “Fortunately for me, I’ve got a lot of friends in the business who are willing to step forward,” he said. Dreisbach said that his is not the only dealership that has been forced to close. “I’m not the first domino to fall, and I don’t think I’ll be the last,” he said. He said the edict has come down from GM that the company is over-dealered and has been encouraging dealers to consolidate. Dreisbach said GM officials wanted Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Chevrolet run as one dealership in Hastings. Dreisbach added that this Pow Wow planned at Charlton Park The Frank Bush Memorial Walk in the Spirit Pow Wow will be held at Historic Charlton Park Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16. The public is invited to experience Native American culture through a traditional pow wow including authentic dancing and drumming, arts and crafts and native foods. The Pow Wow honors Frank Bush, Naswa Wua Quet (Eagle Weather), of the Pokagon, Huron and Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi, Eagle Clan. When the federal government allowed Indians to have Pow Wows again, the first one in lower Michigan was held at Charlton Park, where Frank attended as a drummer on the first drum to return to this area. Frank was "Head Veteran," respected elder and pipe carrier in this area. He was also a combat veteran, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1940 to 1951. He left with the rank of gunnery sergeant and was award- ed the Purple Heart for injuries received during World War II. The public is invited. Gates open at 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Grand entries are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday. Flags will be retired at sundown on Saturday, followed by open dancing until dark. On Sunday, following the dances, gifts will be presented to the participants. Authentic food vendors will be open throughout the event, so visitors can enjoy fry bread and other special treats. Native artisans offer beadwork, baskets, leather goods, ceramics, carvings, blankets, statuary and jewelry. The Pow Wow’s current Head Veteran is Sam Bush, Nanibwe Mukwa (Standing Bear). Sam is the carrier of many Sacred Pipes as well as a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served during the Vietnam era. Emcee Derek Bailey will explain the significance of Historical Society wants to ID slides The Barry County Historical Society is seeking the public’s help with its archives of several boxes of photographic slides. These slides appear to date back to the 1940s and 1950s. “Unfortunately, nobody knows who donated the slides to the society,” a spokesperson said. “For the September 20 meeting of the Historical Society, we would like to have a workshop type of meeting, to view and identify as many of these slides as possible. We will need the help of all Barry County residents whose memories extend back into the first half of the 20th century.” Since last week, society members have located two projectors that will accommodate the small format slides, thanks to the generosity of two residents of Barry County who answered the call for help. Carolyn Shields of rural Delton has donated a slide projector, the older type that views one slide at a time. Elenor Havens of Hastings has given a Kodak Carousel projector, a small viewing screen, and several boxes of historic slides. Anyone who has an older type of projector that the Historical Society can use for this program is asked to call program chairman Brian Reynolds at 269-945-3668. Also from the archives, quite a number of photographs will be on display for identification purposes. The society’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, will be at the Elks Lodge building on Woodlawn Avenue just east of Bob King Park. the dances and dancers' regalia to the public. Head Vet is Dan Bissell, Head Male is Tim Loonsfoot, Head Female is Wilma Kelly. Head Jr. Male is Chi Nodin and Head Jr. Female is Jamie Dayson. The Arena Director is Odel Chalifaux, and host drum is Manido Noden. Members of the intertribal public are invited to participate in dancing. Participants will be available before and after dancing for photos, discussion and to answer questions. Admission to the Pow Wow is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12. Spectators should bring their own lawn chairs to view the event. Participants may enter free of charge. For more information, call Charlton Park at (269) 945-3775 or visit the web site at ww.charltonpark.org PROBE, continued from page 1 approach. We won’t know what will happen before we appear before the commission.” Penelope Ypma said the township boards’ plan of action is to have the entire township re-assessed. They are also proposing to post bids for another assessor to perform the assessments. “For one thing, Dennis is only a part-time assessor and we don’t feel he would have the time to do the entire re-assessment,” Ypma said. “Also, we feel Lansing might be more willing to accept our plan of action of we were to use a different assessor.” EARTH planning pet rescue event The Educated Animal Rescue and Teen Haven (EARTH) will have an event Saturday, Sept. 8, to help people find a new pet companion, get services for their current pet companions and perhaps help other pets find happy lives as well. There will be pet adoptions, a nameyour-price garage sale, micro chipping and nail clipping, paw readings, face painting, and food and drinks. There also will be a veterinarian on site. EARTH will be accepting donations, and all proceeds go toward helping animals. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Jenkins Road off Huff Road. Follow signs from M-66. For more information, call (269) 962-2015. Mike and Amanda Terpening run EARTH with the help of their staff. Not only does EARTH rescue, find foster homes and permanently place pets, the organization’s staff also provides assistance to young people through “A New Leash on Life.” is a national trend, causing many other dealerships to close their doors. Dreisbach said another problem has been lost car lines as a result of consolidation. “That really was the turning point for us — the loss of Oldsmobile was a bigger bite in our business than I initially saw,” he said. Dreisbach said he and his wife Marie and their two children plan to stay in the area. They moved here when they bought the dealership in April 1998 from Blankenstein. The Dreisbachs have been active in the community with the United Way and the public and St. Rose schools. Roof-sit to help fight child abuse Middleville has Labor Day bridge walk Christopher and Callie Delancy cut the ribbon as the first walkers began walking the eight bridges they could cross on the second Middleville Labor Day bridge walk on Monday, Sept. 3. More than 40 people signed in and received certificates while others simply enjoyed a sunny morning on the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail in Middleville. Local health clinic for uninsured welcomes new medical director The Barry-Eaton District Health Department’s Health Connections Clinic has announced the appointment of Christina Helms, M.D., as its new primary care medical director. Dr. Helms will work full time for the clinic, providing primary care for uninsured adults in Barry and Eaton Counties. Health Connections Clinic is a clinic for uninsured residents of Barry and Eaton counties who are members of the Barry-Eaton Health Plan, a coverage program for lowincome, uninsured adults ages 19 to 64. Health Connections provides primary medical care and health education services for its patients. Those without any form of health insurance and interested in becoming a patient at the clinic should call Health Connections at 1-800-553-2565 to see if they qualify. The Barry-Eaton District Health Department opened the clinic in 2004 to provide primary care for low-income, uninsured residents. The Barry-Eaton District Health Department and the Barry-Eaton Health Plan evaluated the needs of the clinic patients and the existing services provided and made the decision to fund a physician to deliver care at the clinic this past spring. Dr. Helms will provide services that better meet the needs of the many medically complex patients at the clinic. Additionally, a physician housed at the clinic will allow it to become better integrated with other health care providers in the community, such as local hospitals, specialists and other primary care practices. The main goals of the Health Connections Clinic are to increase access to medical services for the uninsured, to decrease inappropriate use of health care resources, and to improve the health of its patients. Health Connections Clinic was awarded a competitive grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health in October 2006 to conduct quality improvement activities in cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention. This project has resulted in a number of innovations, including providing individual health education for each patient with hypertension. Though cardiovascular patient care improvement activities occurred prior to Dr. Helms’ arrival, her addition will help staff to refine patient care, and start a new ‘group visit’ format for people with high blood pressure. Dr. Helms will be the primary care medical director at the Health Department, allowing her to manage a variety of patient care activities. It is Dr. Helms’ belief that "health is not simply the absence of sickness," and that a many-layered approach to patient care is necessary to improve individual patient health. Dr. Helms, graduated with a medical doctorate degree from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine in 1998. In 2001, she became board certified in internal medicine. Since then she has worked in a variety of primary care, urgent care and emergency room settings in the MidMichigan area, which prepared her to deal with the complexity of many of the Health Connections patients as well as the many psychological aspects of illness and chronic disease. Dr. Helms is originally from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and spent most of her childhood in rural Escanaba. When she was a teenager, her family moved to the Detroit area. She said she feels that growing up in two such different places gives her an understanding of people who live in rural and urban areas. Dr. Helms enjoys playing soccer, and has played with the Lansing Area Women’s Soccer club for 15 years. She also enjoys gardening and volleyball. She said she feels that her activities outside of work help her to manage stress and relax. The B-93 Roof-sit for Kids will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6, 7 and 8 on the roof of Kmart in Hastings to help prevent child abuse. Join the Child Abuse Prevention Council Sept. 6, at 4 p.m. in front of K-Mart and meet the Care-A-Van with Reese Richard from B-93. He will be collecting the money from the canisters and local fund-raisers. Local contributions will help fund child abuse prevention programs in Barry County through the Child Abuse Prevention Council. Barry County folks will be manning the radio-thon phones Friday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. until noon. Be sure to call and make a pledge. Listen to 93.7 on Friday, Sept. 7, for the number to call. Third QDMA banquet slated The Barry County branch of the Quality Deer Management Association will have its third annual Sportsmen’s Extravaganza Banquet Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Barry Expo Center. Social hour will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by a prime rib or chicken dinner served by the Hastings Elks Lodge. Afterward, there will be a live auction, a silent auction, games, raffles, wildlife art and a ladies and kids table. For more information or to buy tickets, call (269) 838-2474. ‘Happy Hour’ back at State Grounds State Grounds Coffee House willwelcome back “Happy Hour” at 8 p.m. Friday. Hailing from Grand Rapids, Happy Hour can safely be described as an indie/altrock/folk mixture with a 1960s influence. However, their collective sound is not afraid to tackle any genre, including arrangements incorporating electric and acoustic guitars, xylophone, organ, piano, drums and several percussive instruments to create melodic tunes. Happy Hour currently does their own booking and promotion, and has set up five independent tours spanning the entire eastern United States and Canada. Highlights include the famed CBGB's, Knitting Factory and Boston's Middle East Club. The band gigs relentlessly around West Michigan and is quickly expanding to other Midwest states and Eastern seaboard. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 3 Middleville woman lobbies Ehlers on ending Iraq war Third District Congressman Vern Ehlers was in Barry County last Thursday to visit the Freeport Fire Barn, Pennock Hospital, Hastings City Bank and the new Ethanol plant in Woodbury. One day before his visit here, he had a meeting in his Grand Rapids office with nine constituents from all over the congressional district, among them political activist Patricia Wilson of Middleville. She said the meeting was an effort to put pressure on the congressman to change his stance on the U.S. occupation of Iraq. More than 1,000 signed letters of conscience and petitions were presented to Ehlers and described by attendees of the meeting as representing tens of thousands of people from the district who are also against the occupation of Iraq. Wilson took notes of the session, and forwarded a synopsis of the proceedings: “Jane Jarvis of Grand Rapids began the discussion by stating that the American people are against the war in Iraq and they want Representative Ehlers to help get us out. She commended Mr. Ehlers for his service to the community, saying that he is a smart man and is well regarded for his work on scientific and environmental issues. She also stated she believed him to be a man of good moral conscience. However, she stated she sees a disconnect with his stance on environmental and pro-life issues and the continuation of the killing and maiming that is taking place daily in Iraq. “Elaine Rios of Grand Rapids talked about her brother who is in Iraq at this time, hired by one of the contracting firms fighting and providing many of the services to the military Linking Leaders series to begin Friday, Sept. 21 The Leadership Barry County Professional Development Series will present “Recruiting and Hiring – A Manager’s Guide to Staying Out of Court!” Friday, Sept. 21. Space is still available for this Linking Leaders workshop. Speaker Gary Hall earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Davenport University. He has more than 20 years of management experience working in the banking industry and served as management services manager for the Battle Creek Police Department until his retirement in 2006. Besides his teaching as an adjunct instructor for Kellogg Community College, Hall See LEADERS, page 5 that they used to provide for themselves. She told Mr. Ehlers that she holds him personally responsible for the killing going on because he could choose to end the war and he has not. She appealed to his sense of morals to correct a mistake that he made when he voted to invade and occupy Iraq. “Mr. Ehlers admitted that the United States is in Iraq because of a mistake and that he regrets the mistake that led the U.S. to invade and while he blames faulty intelligence for the mistake, others in the room blame Bush administration officials who misconstrued intelligence and deliberately lied in an effort to fool the public into supporting the invasion and occupation of Iraq. In describing his thought process in making his decision, Mr. Ehlers stated that he would have voted no to invade for chemical weapons of mass destruction, that he may have voted yes to invade for biological weapons of mass destruction and that he did vote yes to invade for the claimed nuclear weapons that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, before the United Nations, testified that Saddam Hussein had. “One member of the group stated that some in congress did not make that mistake; that they were able to discern the false statements coming from the administration and that it is indeed Mr. Ehler’s fault along with many others in congress that we are in this mess. “Members of the group meeting with Mr. Ehlers expressed that none of them in the room and very few in the nation by now believe a word that the president of the United States says and many of them turn off the radio and television whenever the president speaks. For this group the president has lost all credibility and they told Mr. Ehlers so. One member of the group asked Mr. Ehlers why he continues to listen to and believe what the administration puts out when there is so much proof that they are habitual liars. “Glen Freeman of Grand Rapids talked about his belief in God and asked Mr. Ehlers if he believes that he himself should try to fix his mistake or will he leave it for God to fix? A short while later he threw up his hands and left the room in frustration. “Steve Kaufman of Grandville told Mr. Ehlers that he wished that he would just vote his conscience and stop voting in lock-step with the Republican Party. He then showed Ehlers a copy of a portion of an article describing how the White House is lobbying Republican legislators in an effort to control the upcoming vote for additional war funding in September. “Christine Fong of Grand Rapids asked Mr. Ehlers how staying in Iraq and continuing the killing could ever be justified. ‘So we stay another two years or five years and more and more people die, what have we accomplished?’ she asked. “Others at the table talked about the inhumanity of what the United States is doing to the children, women and men (all civilians) in Iraq with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis dead. The astronomical sums of money being spent on the occupation were discussed as well. Those at the table expressed the belief that communities and individuals here at home are going without because so much of our tax money is being used in Iraq. Surprisingly Mr. Ehlers disagreed and said that the sums of federal money distributed to Michigan are hardly down at all from years past. “Patricia Wilson of Middleville spoke about the similarities of this occupation with that of Vietnam. She stated this a civil war and as such is unwinnable and that even though there has been some reported improvement in security issues in Iraq since the so-called surge, that it was her belief that as soon as our troops leave, those improvements in security will disappear as well. “‘We cannot provide security forever,’ she said. She also stated that it was her belief that Americans are not in favor of endless war. She quoted that seven out of 10 Americans want to bring the troops home and that it was her hope that Mr. Ehlers would stop voting along Republican Party lines and have the moral fiber to vote his conscience. She stated that some thoughtful Republicans have voted with Democrats on various bills to end the war and that she hoped that he would soon join them. “Nancy Davis of Rockford expressed the desire to have the United Nations actively involved in future negotiations with other nations who have offered to be involved as the United States withdraws troops from Iraq. Printed materials were left with Mr. Ehlers, at his request, regarding this issue, as well as other materials left concerning a recent article written by seven U.S. soldiers describing their experiences and views of the existing situation in Iraq. “Members of the group of nine told of a professor who spoke in Grand Rapids the previous night about several permanent military bases that have been built in Iraq. These were described as small fortified cities within the country of Iraq complete with their own swimming pools, restaurants and movie theaters, built with the intention of being occupied for decades to come. When asked about his knowledge of these military bases, Mr. Ehlers offered no comment. “Finally, the group appealed to Mr. Ehlers’ pride and asked him if he wanted to be remembered for his mistake in Iraq or for admitting his mistake and changing his stance on the war and trying to do the right thing now? "People are forgiving. You would be showered with praise and admiration if you simply admitted that this is all a huge mistake and then started working at making it right" said one member of the group.” Ehlers, or Grand Rapids, represents all of Barry County in the Third District. He has served in Washington since 1994. Rep. Calley talks about 3As at BIE luncheon by Megan Lavell Staff Writer State Representative Brian Calley (RPortland) spoke at the 25th annual Business Industry Education luncheon Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Hastings High School. Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Rich Satterlee introduced Calley after high school band and color guard performances. Calley, who represents all of Barry County in the 87th District, started his presentation by talking about some of his experiences as a representative. “There’s a new adventure it seems like every day,” he said, going on to recount his adventure driving a tractor in a Prairieville parade last weekend. “In what other profession can you have an adventure like that?” he asked. Calley went on to say, “This concept — Business, Industry, Education — that link, obviously you recognize how important that is.” Calley went on to talk about the future of Michigan and the change the economy needs to make. “I think if we’re really going to pull out of the economic funk Michigan is in today, it’s going to take these kinds of partnerships,” he said. Calley said it is important for people in Michigan to learn to cope with change and not try to stop it. He said people need to start thinking about Michigan’s economy in a more “right brain” manner. “In the past, it’s been good enough,” he said of “right brain” thinking and manufacturing. “In the future, it’s really not. The ‘right brain’ avenue is really the future of Michigan.” Calley’s speech focused around three ideas: Abundance, Asia and Automation. He said Americans have more than any other previous generation, including more cars than licensed drivers in the United States. “We have smaller families in bigger houses,” he said. “It revolves around our extra stuff. What do we do in a world where everybody has so much already?” Calley used the example of a toilet brush to explain that toilet brush competitors can only produce limited toilet brush technology at competitively low prices before there is no competition. He said it is at that time that toilet brush producers start making aesthetically pleasing toilet brushes. “It this idea that meeting non-material type needs is where the future of this industry State Representative Brian Calley speaks at the Business, Industry, Education lunch Tuesday. lies,” said Calley. Calley went on to say that though gross domestic product has risen 300 percent in the last 50 years, personal satisfaction has remained the same. “We have maybe been liberated by prosperity, but certainly not fulfilled by it,” he said. Calley’s next topic was Asia. He talked about India specifically, saying that if only 15 percent of India’s population became educated, it would surpass Japan and rival the United States in productivity. This would necessitate each of 146 million working Americans to produce 700 percent of their current productivity. Calley said the future of Michigan lies in the creation of jobs that cannot be outsourced. “Any function that can be reduced to a spreadsheet... by a simple recipe can be done anywhere in the world,” he said. Calley said that even occupations that people once saw as “safe” employment, such as lawyers and doctors, are in danger. That comment led Calley to his third topic: Automation. “A lot of careers I see parents directing their kids into can become routine,” he said. Calley talked about how bank documents that were once done by hand and test results that were once diagnosed by humans are now done on computers. He said people can even get divorces on the Internet now. “The threat of automation to the way that we do business today is something we really need to pay attention to,” he said. Calley talked about how Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers, wants employees with social skills and imagination. “I think the brightest future in this area is a design economy,” he said. “The types of nonmaterial advancements that our economy is capable of producing can keep us the top economy in the world.” Calley said people need to start working together to help the future of Michigan, saying “it’s a symphony, not a solo. It’s seeing the big picture and what’s that next step that has to be taken. “I think we need to start thinking about less seriousness and more play,” he said talking about organizations that have tried to change their images, including the United States Army and the United Nations, to attract people to their causes. Calley concluded by saying, “you can reduce this whole message down to providing meaning instead of just accumulation. Creativity, innovation -- that’s what our economy is going to need in the future.” At the conclusion of Calley’s speech, Satterlee introduced Valerie Byrnes, the new executive director of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance. “It doesn’t always happen easily and I appreciate that,” she said of the relationship between business, industry and education in the area. Congressman Vern Ehlers chats with Nancy Goodin of Hastings City Bank about a school backpack program during his visit last Thursday. Ehlers got an earful from nine constituents, including Patricia Wilson of Middleville, the day before, urging him to break with the Bush Administration on the war and U.S. occupation in Iraq. Legionnaires’ Disease takes life of local leukemia patient by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The disease that put Hastings truck driver Scott Miller into St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids may have been a crontributing factor in the 37-year-old’s death last week, but it wasn’t the leukemia that killed him. Miller’s cancer was in remission after a stay of nearly a month and a series of chemotherapy treatments. But a shower he took while in the hospital is believed to have contained the organism officially named Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 1 subtype Benidorm. It is better known as Legionnaire’s Disease, which gained public attention in the summer of 1976 when conventioneers attending a meeting of the Pennsylvania Division of the American legion in Philadelphia became ill. Legionnaires’ Disease is caused by a type of bacteria called Legionella. Each year between 8,000 and 18,000 people are hospitalized with Legionnaires’ Disease in the United States. Many infections go undiagnosed, however, as the symptoms very closely resemble other forms of pneumonia, which makes it difficult to recognize in the early stages. Symptoms may include high fever, chills and a cough. Some may also suffer from muscle aches and headaches. Chest X-rays are required to find the pneumonia caused by the bacteria and other tests can be done on sputum, blood or urine to find the bacteria present in the body. These symptoms usually begin two to 14 days after being exposed to the bacteria. Victims are exposed to the disease when they breath in a mist or vapor that has been contaminated with the bacteria. The bacteria grows best in warm water. It is believed Miller may have contracted the disease when he showered at the hospital. Other potential sites for the bacteria are hot tubs, hot water tanks, even air conditioning units, especially in large buildings. They are not believed to grow in vehicle or window air conditioners. Hospital building have complex water systems and many people who are already in the hospital for other ailments are particularly suceptable to the infection. Once the bacteria invades the body in affects the immune system. A person with cancer already has a damaged immune system as both white and red blood cells are reduced by the chemotherapy treatment. According to a study by the American Medical Association people who have weak immune systems from such diseases as cancer, disabetes or kidney failure are particulary suseptable to the Legionella bacteria. Also, people who take drugs to supress or weakend the immune systejm Isuch as afer a transplant operation or chemotherapy) have a very high risk of contracting the disease. Other contributing factors include age, smoking, and other conditions which may reduce the body’s immune system and thus its ability to fight the infection. The study also said, however, that while many people are exposed to the disease, most do not become ill if their immune system is strong and if they are in generally good health. The earliest case of Legionnaires’ Disease on record occurred in a soldier who had pneumonia in 1947 while stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C.. The earliest outbreak (three or more cases from the same source) appears to have occurred in a meat packing plant in 1957. While approximately 1,400 cases are reported annually to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga., only about 500 are confirmed each year. Julie DeBoer new sales manager at WBCH radio Julie DeBoer has been named sales manager at WBCH AM-FM, beginning Monday, Sept. 10. The announcement was made by Ken Radant, president and general manager, who said the station is delighted to have Julie back in Hastings. She had worked for the past year as a contract employee with the Michigan Department of Community Health in Lansing. DeBoer is perhaps best known as former executive direrctor of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce from 2003 to 2006. During her tenure, she built the chamber into a county-wide organization and assisted community leaders in all parts of the county in promoting their hometowns while partnering with each other in promoting the Barry County area. A resident of the Hastings area, she received a bachelor of business administration degree in management from Northwood University. Prior to her chamber position, DeBoer developed the county’s first victims’ advocate services program, trained volunteers and served as its coordinator. Over the years, she also has served in law enforcement, business, emergency services, and substance abuse services. She has been very active in community projects including Animal Shelter 2000, Green Gables Haven and Victim Services. “Julie’s expertise in marketing and promo- Julie DeBoer tion will benefit businesses throughout Barry County,” Radant said. �Page 4 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Let’s help Charlton Park bloom again IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Many helped give middle school a facelift To the editor, I can hardly begin the school year without speaking up to recognize the members of our community who came forward to donate time, energy, manpower and supplies to give Hastings Middle School a wonderful facelift. The building is energized! It began with a few volunteers as a painting project for the entryway to the building that moved across all three floors; painting walls, doors, banisters and spindles that eventually spread into the bathrooms, giving them new sinks and toilets. I say, "Hats off to you businesses and community members for making it our reality." At a time when we have found it necessary to dig yet deeper into our school budget, the town stepped up and said, "We can help." It would not have been feasible to begin such a project on our own to find the dollars to aid our tired building. Thanks to help and donations, our doors will open to a building that has a fresh new look, and one the children and staff can be proud of. It also wouldn't be fair to overlook Cheryl Goggins for "being in the right place at the right time" to bring her area of expertise of a top notch coordinator to the front lines and see the project from the beginning to its fruition. Her energy is inspirational. I am proud to be a colleague and a member of such a fine community and staff. It's a great day to be a Saxon! Lynn Gibson, teacher Hastings Middle School It’s hard to trust our own government To the editor: What has happened? Have we the people of the USA and the world been witness to an immaculate conception of sorts? I ask this to clear the air, at least for me, as to how in the name of the Almighty could supposed intellectuals on our country’s payroll, namely CIA agents, inspectors and all the other people who scoured Iraq for years to try to find weapons of mass destruction the esteemed personnel in D.C. “knew” were there, but never found? Now, all of a sudden, they’ve been found by a cleaning crew at the United Nations headquarters right here in the U.S. Someone, sometime knew and participated in this episode of moving them here, but no one felt it was their duty to make it known. But then we, as per Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, etc., would not have had a reason to invade Iraq. That was supposed to be the basis for going in wasn’t it? When we add up the thousands of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, Americans, our allies and Iraqis alike, it puts a hell of a steep price on stupidity of the people who were supposed to be protecting us. After this airing of our classic inability to find WMDs right under D.C’s nose, it isn’t hard to see why the truckloads of American currency is nowhere to be found or why our WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO “broken borders” are in chaos. Many are shown on TV taken from bunkers in Iraq. Border guards don’t dare do their jobs for fear they will end up in prison and the bad guy gets amnesty and paid living expenses by the American taxpayers so he could come back again to drugs, but it never comes up in trial. Something is rotten for sure. Any terrorist who wants to get into the U.S. only has to take the long road to Mexico or Canada. It is happening every day. We are supposedly saving Iraqis while deserting our own, like the Katrina and tornado victims. What a fiasco — trailers rotting in a nearby field, tons of meals dumped for lack of delivery and storage space, and tons of ice also dumped! Homeland security, my foot! People are losing their homes after losing their jobs to outsourcing. Big companies are moving outside the U.S. to get cheaper labor. And don’t forget the lack of a sensible immigration policy, and, of course, NAFTA, which was signed before Bush arrived, which allows trucks that do not adhere to inspections of our American trucks and drivers who can’t read English road signs and use their brother-inlaw’s license. Next we will have to pay for and replace the road signs in Spanish, too. Did these governing idiots ever learn that charity begins at home? Compassion is good, but it won’t save a sinking ship like what’s happening in the White House right now. Most of Bush’s buddies who came with him to D.C. have read the writing on the wall and left like rats deserting a sinking ship. Oh my God, in yet another episode of federal lack of intelligence, CNN has just reported that FEMA paid thousands and thousands of dollars to the storm victims who didn’t qualify and now they want the money back ASAP or sooner. Can’t anyone read or complete an application? I don’t hate our president, just the crap he is party to, and I do not oppose people coming into this country, as long as they do it legally. I have six Mexican-American grandchildren, all descendants of great-grandparents who came here legally and became American citizens. They never went on welfare or any kind. They worked in the fields and raised their families. All six of these grandkids are high school graduates, three of them have college degrees and one was in the Air Force and now is a doctor. So I won’t apologize for anything I’ve said. Eve Cox, Woodland To the editor: I recently visited Hastings to visit my mother and attend my 50th high school reunion. I must say I had a wonderful time visiting with my former classmates and I want to express my gratitude to the all the locals who worked so hard on all the activities during the reunion weekend. On Friday morning, I went to see the new library and picked up a copy of "The Banner." I read, among other things, about the Charlton Park issue. That afternoon I took two of my classmates out to the park and we toured the buildings and the first floor of the museum. One of my classmates (a professor at Kansas State University) had never seen the park before. The other had not been there for many years, but recounted that her family had given items to the park many years ago. I do not know much about the politics and other issues regarding the park's past 10 years, but I do know a little about the park's beginnings and the efforts of the many volunteers who have worked at the park in the past. My own father spent many hours working on projects at the park and my family gave an old Park is not perfect, but making progress To the editor: Babe Ruth... a name nearly everyone recognizes. The "Sultan of Swat," home run king! More home runs than any other major league player, a record that lasted fpr many years. He also held another record; a less enviable one. He struck out more than any other major league player. This record stood until it was broken by none other than Mickey Mantle. Consider these men: Tops in their sport? Absolutely. Fabulous hitters? Yes! Hall of Fame quality? Absolutely. Perfect in their chosen endeavors? Well, apparently not quite. Which brings me to Charlton Park. We've had a change in management. New events this year? Certainly. More visibility? Yes. Renewed excitement? Obviously. Volunteers? You bet, and the number is growing, and so is the enthusiasm. So... as a park, have we "arrived" yet? Certainly not. But we're making progress. Plans are already under way for even more events next year, if Barry County voters permit the progress to continue. Please join me to keep the progress growing by voting “yes” on the Charlton Park millage on Nov. 6. Harland Nye, Hastings Let’s stop Charlton Park’s good old boys To the editor: When will be the good old boy system at Charlton Park quit? Because it lives on, I, for one, am sick and tired of the same old politics as before at the park. I called Barry County Administrator Michael Brown and asked who the chairman of the millage committee was. They didn’t know and they didn’t have that information yet from July, and it’s September. Are they snowballing the public again? If they are a millage committee, why are they not registered with Deb Smith’s county clerk’s office. They are in violation of campaign law. I am also tired of the harassment, threatening and intimidating tactics. If you don’t agree to their point of view, they want to kick off the board or force you off somehow. No wonder they can’t get many people to help. Keith Murphy and Jeff VanNortwick asked me to get off the board. I will not. They will have to learn to deal with all people, whether they agree with them or not, without an attitude. If these guys can’t stand the heat, they should get out of the kitchen. I am not anti-park, but I’m anti-millage. Mr. VanNortwick still owes me an apology, which I will never see nor hear. When we we learn government will always be a problem instead of the solution, and not for the good of the people? I am not mad at the park, only at the politics. That’s why I’m voting “no” and promoting a “no” vote on Nov. 6. Elden Shellenbarger, Hastings Riverside deserves better entrance sign To the editor: Riverside Cemetery — We know it’s an old cemetery, dating way back into the 1800s, but it’s still beautiful with its many trees along winding roads and rolling hills. The month opf September has already approached, and when it nears its end, the leaves will keep changing into varied fall colors, and again we will be awed by the spectacular sight before us. However, something important is missing! It’s a new entrance sign. We now see a wooden board that’s been painted with white cursive letters that spell out “Riverside.” This board is above another long board on which a numbered set of rules for maintenance are listed. By now we should all be acquainted with these rules. It saddens me every time I enter the ceme- Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. tractor and a gas engine, as well as several other items to the park over the years that it has been in existence. When I was about 12 years old, I went with my grandfather, father and brother in our stock rack truck to Irving Charlton's house, (I think it was on Center Road) and helped him haul several loads of stuff from there to the park. He was in the process of building a house and the museum in the park at the time. I especially remember an old parlor pump organ that we put on the truck and on the way to the park. I pumped and sang while my brother played. I remember Irving Charlton, with his glasses down on his nose and wearing bib overalls, being so grateful for the help to move his treasures to a place where everyone in Barry County and far and near could enjoy these things as much as he did. I remember seeing these and other things piled in his house so that there was hardly any room to get through. He said he wanted generations to come to see these things in a working environment and be able to appreciate how things work and how things were used. tery. It makes me wonder how many funeral processions have passed through that entrance, many bearing out of town or out of state relatives and friends. What has been their impression? After all these many years, couldn’t there have been a more fitting entrance sign erected? On each Memorial Day, the veterans who are part of the annual parade, stop near the entrance to pay homage to the many of their comrades buried there. Don’t you think they deserve more than just “Riverside?” It needn’t be an elaborate sign, just something neat and attractive and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. What do you think? Laura Schroeder, Hastings How to improve traffic safety? School has started and children waiting at bus stops sometimes run between cars. The law says to slow down or move over when drivers see flashing lights, but some emergency personnel are injured by vehicles driving by. What do you think can be done in this area to improve traffic safety? The people of Barry County have a real treasure in Charlton Park. Like everything that is worthwhile, the park is not free. It takes money to keep the roads in good shape, to buy the electricity needed, to do the maintenance on the buildings, eetc. Whatever happened in the past may not have been wise use of money, may not have been good for the publicity of the park, may have been just plain stupid, but what is done is done! It is past! The future is what is important and the future of Charlton Park depends on the citizens of Barry County. Please don't let Mr.. Charlton down. You have resources in the park that are priceless, one-of-a kind. You have the means to teach present and future generations about many ways of life, things that may not be found anywhere else on this planet, things of nature with the river and the woods surrounding the grounds, a means of entertainment that is close to home and a way to instill pride in the past and present in Barry County. Unfortunately, I can not vote on this issue, but I think it would be a horrible tragedy if you do not support this treasure. Mr. Charlton provided the seeds, planted the seeds and worked the ground as long as he was alive. Now it is up to you to fertilize the ground, pull the weeds and make the park bloom again for now and the future. Maxine (Coats) Nicholas Lovingston, Va. Drug court stats just don’t add up To the editor: Does anyone really know if the drug court saves $4,800, $5,000 or whatever numbers the judge comes up with to justify asking the county for more money? After reading the article in the Aug. 16 Banner, "County to be asked to help fund drug court program,” I'm not sure how much the cost savings is. Circuit Judge Jim Fisher said the "NPC report concluded that drug court showed a cost savings of more than $3,000 per participant over the two-year program. When I went to school that was $1,500 per year, not $4,800 or $5,000 per year. The numbers just don't add up. It is all about more money. Don't get me wrong, I think drug court may be a good program, and might save money. I just don't trust someone who can make it look like they need more money, just by using numbers provided by himself. Look at the Barry County Friend of the Court. Remember when they needed more room and wanted (and got) the old City Hall building? They did need more room, and that is a nice FOC office. Do you remember the big numbers they came up with, when asking for that building? The caseworkers had thousands of cases per caseworker, handled thousands of complaints "resolved by staff." They know how to make it look like they are trying to do their job, when really the main goal is to drag the problem out and have court date after court date. They get money from the government to collect child support, whether they collect or not. They too, know how to work the numbers. I hope the equal parenting bill passes. Do you think the judge and FOC would support something that would eventually cut back on expanding the FOC.? 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 5 Supporters, opponents, speak on Crane Road Bridge project Let’s re-commit to educational excellence The Labor Day weekend is over for another year, and what a beautiful weekend it was. Throughout Michigan the weather seemed almost historic with great temperatures, low humidity and clear skies. Whether you took some time off to go somewhere, golfed or headed to the beach, I'm sure you'll remember this holiday as one for the record books. The celebration of Labor Day is to acknowledge the workers in this country who give so much to the companies they work for. I think about it often when I go to purchase something and find it harder to find products made in America. This country grew, and the economy right along with it, because our citizens found good jobs that made it possible for them to experience the American dream of home ownership, a new car and the ability to purchase the goods they need in raising and caring for their families. These days the Labor Day holiday announces the end of summer and the beginning of another school year. In Michigan, due to some recent legislation, public schools now must start the new year after Labor Day to gain whatever tourism dollars are left in the market. The Hastings community celebrated the 25th annual BIE (Business, Industry and Education) luncheon Tuesday, hosted by the Hastings Area Schools and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. The event was started a quarter of a century ago to celebrate the opening of another school year and to welcome local business people, industrialists and educators together to bring attention to our local schools and the importance of education in our lives. There's been a lot of discussion about education recently and its importance when our young people compete in the new global marketplace. I've been out of school now for nearly 40 years, and I can honestly say we've been debating education and all its problems for most, if not all, of those years. It's another one of those issues we can't seem to resolve. We seem to be looking for a way to blame somebody, whether it is teachers, administrators or funding, you name it, rather than dig in to solve the real problems that exist. Our young students are tomorrow’s leaders, workers, scientists and community volunteers. If we are to remain the world's superpower, its strongest economy and a leader in many different ways, we must demand our students are the best educated. There are some basic issues, such as school funding, we need to deal with. Michigan's schools are required by law to submit a budget to the state by the end of June, yet state government doesn't tell local schools what they can expect in funding for the new school year until early October. Furthermore, the state sometimes holds cutback threats over schools’ heads during the entire school year. Then there are growing dropout numbers, and with new curriculum requirements imposed by state government, I believe the rate will continue to increase as some 16-year-old students find it difficult to continue. The first thing we must do is raise the dropout age to at least 18. I mentioned earlier this year about making it mandatory for anyone applying for their driver's license to have a high school diploma or be working to complete their GED. This might keep more students in school. Plus, if they drop out, what kind of job will they be able to get? We've lost many high paying jobs that don't demand any or little education. To get a good job today you must have at least a high school education, and in the coming years it will be harder and harder to stay employed without some kind of continuing education. The facts are what they are. We must respond with legislation that keeps pace with market demands. Throughout the state, employment growth will be in high tech positions. Just 30 miles north of us in downtown Grand Rapids the market is preparing for expansion in the life sciences, not offering a future to dropouts at any price. You can't have any discussion about education without talking about the responsibility parents have to their kids. How well students do in school is generally a direct result of the importance their parents, or parent, place on their children's education. It has to be about discipline and parental involvement for us to see any real successes. You can't just look to government to solve your child's education issues. It's your responsibility. Accept it and demand of your state government to place a high priority on funding K through 12 education while making sure your student is prepared to get the best education possible. It’s not just the money, it's about priorities and commitment. During this school year, turn off the TV and computer games and set aside some study time each day. Remember, these young people only have a few years to prepare them for the rest of their lives, and how they prepare today will determine what kind of worker, community member and local volunteer they will be later in life. There's an ancient oriental teaching that says "Problems are sent to us as gifts," to test our willingness, our determination, our values. If we are to survive in this global world marketplace we've talked about for so many years, it's imperative we prepare our young people to work in it or they will be left on the sidelines. We seem to have a number of serious problems facing us every day. This is just one of them, but the problem of educating our youth is one that must be solved if we are to ever tackle any of the other issues that face this country as we go forward. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics LEADERS, continued from page 3 volunteers time in the classrooms of area high schools sharing his business background within the curriculum of Junior Achievement. Recruiting and hiring can be a legal minefield for managers. This workshop will equip employers with skills needed to avoid legal pitfalls in finding and hiring the right people. Area business people will learn the most common stumbling blocks involving job description, job advertising, interviewing, and equal opportunity concerns. Using straightforward language and realworld examples, this program addresses the most common and dangerous potholes man- agers face — and presents specific actions managers can implement today to keep themselves and their organizations out of trouble. After completing the “Recruiting and Hiring” workshop, participants will know: • How to verbally describe a job position and avoid omitting, exaggerating, or implying. • How to advertise a position and avoid illegal or discriminatory language. • How and what to prepare for interviews and how to avoid illegal questions. • How to avoid reverse discrimination. • How to provide equal opportunity in recruiting and hiring. The cost of this workshop is $45 per person. The cost is $40 each for two or more participants from the same company. Leadership alumni also will pay $40 per person for this workshop. Graduation from the Leadership Barry County “Linking Leaders” program would qualify participants for the Alumni discount. Call Leadership Barry County Director Jennifer Richards for more information. Call (269) 945-0526 for information about the Linking Leaders series or the upcoming Leadership Barry County classes. Community Music School sessions start in Hastings later this month Hammered dulcimer and Kindermusik classes are among the many learning opportunities available this fall season at the Community Music School in Hastings. Registration is now open for these and other lessons and classes located at First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. The dulcimer class will be taught by Thelma Fassett and her assistant, JoAnne Mix, both members of the Thornapple Valley Dulcimer Society. Open to children ages 10 through 16, the 45-minute class will meet weekly. Dulcimers will be available for rent from the society for class participants. Kindermusik classes, for ages infant to 5 years, run from September to December. These play-based music and movement classes build important academic and social skills for young children. The classes are taught by Teresa Pash, a certified and experienced Kindermusik instructor dedicated to sharing the joy and enrichment of music with children and adults alike. For registration information, please call the Community Music School at 948-9441. Private lessons are available for children and adults in most band and orchestra instruments, piano, guitar, hammered dulcimer and voice. Opportunities to perform in formal and informal settings are included. Registration is open throughout the 15week semester. Hastings Kids Choir, which offers fun learning and performances for children in grades 3 through 5, will run October through April. Call the Community Music School for audition information. “Fiddles n’ Strums,” a folk music class in guitar and violin for third- and fourth-graders, will run from October to April at Fuller Street Elementary in Nashville. The program is offered in partnership with the Michigan Fiddlers’ Association. Green Street Fiddlers offer a monthly jam session for children and adults, featuring Heather Smith from the Barry County Road Commission gave an overview of the Finkbeiner/Crane Road bridge project before the public hearing Tuesday evening. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer A public hearing Tuesday night at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services Building in Middleville brought supporters of building a new bridge over the Thornapple River as well as those opposed to the project. The hearing was called by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to hear comments on the impact on the wetlands of the Finkbeiner Crane project. Holly Vickers of the Land and Water Management Division of the DEQ moderated the hearing. Vickers reminded the more than 50 in audience that the DEQ would not make a decision based on the number of those for or against the project. The DEQ only looks at the impact on the wetlands. The DEQ will accept comments on this project until Sept. 14 and then will make a decision to deny, approve or approve with conditions by Nov. 4. There is also an appeals process which can take place after Nov. 4. The hearing began with engineer Heather Smith from the Barry County Road Commission giving an overview of the project. After her presentation showing how the Finkbeiner/Crane Road location for the bridge was selected, she answered some questions about the project. These included the location of the wetland that will be used to mitigate filling the wetland in the area of the bridge, the right of way for the new roadway and whether Allegan County would really complete the last mile of connection in 2012. Smith explained that while it is estimated 23,858 cubic yards and about 1.6 acres would be filled, the mitigation is allowed by law. The mitigation area would be east of Adams Road and would be at a 2 to 1 volume. This means that a 3-acre wetland would be created. Mitigation of the impact has been discussed with the DEQ and is currently under review. Jim Swanson from Wilcox Engineering said that most of the right of way on Finkbeiner Road would stay at 66 feet, but others would be widened either temporarily for construction or permanently to provide additional turn lanes. Smith noted that Allegan County representatives have told the Barry County Road Commission the final mile of 142nd Avenue would be completed in 2012 when the county has the funds to do the work. In response to a question about a traffic light on M-37 Smith said the Michigan Department of Transportation would make a decision about a light. There were also questions about whether it would be possible to refurbish the existing bridge and whether truck traffic on Main Street is really a hazard to pedestrians. The present bridge is on the critical bridge list. No one at the meeting had safety statistics. Then Vickers opened the hearing to comments on the impact of the bridge project on wetlands. Fred Rock who owns 120 acres in the area proposed for the bridge said, “I am totally opposed to this project. It is a detriment to the whole community. It will bring a vast increase in population. It is a detriment to the wetlands. We don’t want to be another Grand Rapids subdivision.” Another speaker told the DEQ that Bradford White did not need another bridge. Another asked about whether the Fish and Wildlife Division had reported on the impact of the project. There were also questions about whether there would be a report from the Department of Natural Resources. Vickers and Smith told the audience there would be a second public hearing on general environmental impact. Dorothy Corson, a Middleville Village Council member spoke on behalf of the new bridge. “I am 85 years old and for almost that entire time a second bridge has been talked about. I would like to see the wildlife preserved, but we do need another bridge,” she said. Veronica Scofield told the DEQ that while Middleville needs another bridge it should not be in the Finkbeiner Crane corridor. She suggested that people visit Portland and see how the two bridges work in that area, which now attracts tourism and business. She noted the impact on pasture land if the project becomes a reality. She said there would be significant impact on wildlife and it is “destruction of beautiful land.” She also reported she showed two Barry County Commissioners the area that would be affected and that they told her that they had been “snowballed” into voting for the annexation. Mike Bremer told the DEQ, “Bradford White does need a second bridge. This is a way to prepare for the future when this will not be a rural area.” Others spoke against the project, saying that it would undermine the environment and have a negative impact on people, not just wildlife. Others commented on traffic, increased speeds, more salt impacting the area and even that the wood ducks won’t be seen in the area any more if the bridge is built. Anyone who was not able to attend the public hearing can send their comments by Sept. 14 to Michigan DEQ, Land and Water Management Division, Md. Holly Vickers, Transportation and Flood Hazard Unit, PO Box 30458, Lansing, Mi. 48909-7756. Kindermusik sessions are aimed at the youngest among us. country, folk and bluegrass styles. Financial aid, based on household size and income, is available. Call CMS Coordinator Steve Youngs at 269 949-9441 for information and to register. The Community Music School is a pro- gram of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by grants from the Barry Community Foundation, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thelma Fassett and her assistant, JoAnne Mix, both members of the Thornapple Valley Dulcimer Society will lead the dulcimer classes. �Page 6 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Helen (Frandsen) Monroe Dorothy Ann Fronczak Karl DeCair Larsen 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) provided for all Sunday a.m. services and Wednesday Mid-Week. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children (Kidz Praize, age 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6-12), and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday Mid-Week: 6:30 p.m. Kids’ Club (age 4 through 5th grade), Youth (grades 6-12), Adult Discipleship Training and Bible Study. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. 7 p.m. Women’s Ministry Sept. 20. FAMILY FUN DAY, Celebrating Faith, Family and Friends! SEPT. 15 - 11 AM-3 PM. You are invited and welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service. 10:00 a.m. Rally Sunday Brunch! 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:30 p.m. Sing-along and Sundaes. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday NAPS Visiting Day. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Monday First Day of Noah’s Ark! 7 p.m. Ministry Night. Tuesday - 7 p.m. Deacons. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77515470 HASTINGS – On August 27, 2007, Helen (Frandsen) Monroe passed suddenly at her home in Hastings. Helen was the daughter of the late Einar and Gertrude Frandsen of Hastings, and the sister of the late Philip (Esther) Frandsen of Spring Lake. She is survived by her loving husband, Eugene Monroe and her children Steven (Janice) Leonhardt of West Bloomfield, Philip (Sandra) Leonhardt of McAllen, Texas, Catherine (Thomas) Weir of Honolulu, Hawaii, Mark (Kimberly) Leonhardt of Highland, and Elizabeth (Gary) Suydam of Dundee. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Harry P. Leonhardt of Pontiac. Also surviving are her stepchildren Catherine Bergum of Grayling, Jeffery (Becky) Monroe of Spruce, and Laura (Roger) Denhart of St. Joseph, Illinois. Helen was the proud grandmother of 24 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Helen was born December 18, 1934 in Ionia, and was raised in Hastings. She graduated in 1952 from Hastings High School with high honors. As a resident of Walled Lake, she continued her education at Oakland Community College, earning her nursing degree. Her registered nursing career began in Oakland County, and continued until her retirement in 1998 from the Barry County Community Hospice. With family and friends, Helen enjoyed her summers at Oakwood and winters in Fort Meade, Florida. She celebrated her life by caring and cooking for her loved ones. In Hastings, she enjoyed being a member of the Pennock Hospital Guild #39. Helen worshiped her Lord with her family at the Hastings Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the Thornapple Valley Church of Hastings. Services for Helen will be held Saturday, September 1, 2007, at the Thornapple Valley Church at 2750 S. M-43 Highway in Hastings, Michigan 49058-0188, (269)9482549. The family will receive visitors at the church from 11 a.m., with a service celebrating her life at noon. The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made in her name to the Barry Community Hospice, 450 Meadow Run Drive, Hastings, Michigan, 49058-0188. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). Evelyn G. Levitt Evelyn G. Levitt, age 86, who lived in Delton part-time and spent winters in Arizona, died August 5, 2007 in Arizona. Born September 5, 1920 and raised in Detroit, she also lived in Garden City, Mich. for many years. She and her husband, Carl, who survives, were married 66 years. Evelyn is remembered as a wonderful Christian woman, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School classes at First Baptist Church in Garden City where she also was secretarytreasurer of the Molly Bartlett Missionary Circle and was involved in many other church activities. She was a Girl Scout co-leader for more than 13 years and was secretary of a Parent Teacher Association group at the former Number One School in Garden City. Evelyn also was a volunteer in an Arizona nursing home for about 10 years. She treasured family and friends and enjoyed flowers, animals, camping, music, cooking, baking, Detroit Tigers’ baseball games, walking, square dancing and traveling to all 50 states. Other survivors include daughters: Elaine Gilbert, of Delton; Eloise Kavich, of Garden City; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, James (Barbie) Cisco, of Ypsilanti; a sister-in-law, Nesta Cisco, of Garden City; and nieces and nephews. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Katherine Cisco; and brothers Herbert Cisco and Stuart Cisco. Cremation has taken place. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Faith United Methodist Church, 503 S. M-43 Highway (S. Grove St.), Delton. A luncheon in Evelyn’s honor will be held at 1 p.m. that day at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the missions program at Faith United Methodist Church; Samaritan’s Purse (Franklin Graham’s ministry), P.O. Box 3000, Boone, N.C. 28607; or to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 8th Ave. 7th Fl., New York, N.Y. 10001. WAYLAND – Heaven acquired an exceptional angel when Dorothy Ann Fronczak (nee Pagorski) passed away peacefully in Wayland, August 31, 2007, at the age of 91. Born in Chicago, Ill. on January 22, 1916, Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Carl, in 1993, and is survived by her four children, Clement (Nancy) of Henderson, Nev., Constance (Ronald) Witzel of Hastings, Daniel of Irving,Texas, and Diane of Mesa, Ariz.. Dorothy attended Bowen High School in Chicago, Ill. and raised her family in suburban Chicago (Glenwood, Ill.) before she and her husband moved to Hastings to retire in 1981. While residing in Glenwood, Dorothy was an active member in the Cook County Homemaker’s Extension Association, and her kitchen was often filled with delectable aromas of homemade bread, old-fashioned rice pudding, Polish cabbage rolls (Golabki) and chicken soup with dumplings. A gregarious, multi-lingual optimist, Dorothy loved sharing her experiences with new and old friends, and always sought to find the good in others. Quick-witted, Dorothy found humor in life’s events and often included quips and clever remarks in the course of her conversations. She taught her children a strong work ethic and the importance of charitable contributions to those less fortunate. Growing up during economic hard times, Dorothy appreciated the dire circumstance of others and often contributed to the welfare of the local poor, as well as her relatives in Poland. Loving grandmother to Carla (Brent) Tracy, Robert (Meredith) Witzel both of Holland, Mich., Amy (Jason) Jordan of Hastings, Michael (Annette) Fronczak and Susan (Ed) Kane both of Henderson, Nev. and Derek of New Lenox, Ill. Dorothy often sought comfort in Catholicism and her strong religious beliefs. She made pilgrimage to the Vatican in the late 1980s and was extremely proud of Pope Karol Wojtyla’s Polish ethnicity and humanitarian efforts. She was also a member of the Polish National Alliance. Later in life, Dorothy cultivated an interest in country music, attending several Vince Gill concerts, and enjoyed listening and singing along to her favorite CDs. As an avid fan of the game show, Jeopardy, she once wrote to Alex Trebek to correct him on an historical fact, and treasured his humble reply. Dorothy’s other ‘brush with fame’ was a 1993 telephone call to the Oprah Winfrey show to speak with guest, Steven Spielberg, during the promotion of his film ‘Schindler’s List’. They conversed on-air regarding her uncle’s ordeal and ultimate survival in a Polish concentration camp, and what she gleaned from her visit to the site. Dorothy’s gentle, loving nature and generosity will be greatly missed by all who knew her, but especially by her four children, six grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. The world is a better place for Dorothy having been here. Funeral arrangements handled by Lauer Funeral Home – Wren Chapel, Hastings, with interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Dorothy’s name to Meals on Wheels for Homebound Seniors, 320 W. Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058. Electronic Guestbook is available at: http://www.lauerfh.com/ HASTINGS – Karl DeCair Larsen, age 75, of Hastings, passed away on September 1, 2007 after a courageous battle with leukemia. The son of William and Mary Larsen, Karl was born in Big Rapids where he graduated from Big Rapids High School. Karl married Dollie Hubbard of Evart on May 22, 1954. Karl will be remembered as a kind and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dollie, along with their children Cindy (Dave) Beckwith, Tim (Cindy) Larsen, Mark (Kelli) Larsen; and grandchildren Kristen Beckwith, Jason (Krista) Tietz, Matt (Sarah) Larsen, Scott Larsen, Courtney Larsen, Alyssa Larsen, Dylan McKay, Drew White; and new great-grandson, Hunter Tietz. Karl is survived by one brother, Dean (Doris) Larsen of Big Rapids. Preceding him in death were brothers Jerry and Ken Larsen, as well as sisters Ruth Borstler and Florence Classon. Karl worked for Rapid Furniture in Big Rapids before moving to Hastings in 1960 to join furniture manufacturer Medallion Limited/Hastings Corporation as office manager. After they ceased operations in Hastings, he was employed as shipping supervisor at Viking Corporation until his retirement. An avid hunter and fisherman, Karl was also a devoted sports fan, spending countless hours on the sidelines of his children’s and grandchildren’s athletic events. He especially enjoyed the Canadian fishing trips with his sons and grandsons. Karl was also a huge fan of the Detroit Pistons, Tigers and Lions, as well as the Spartans and Wolverines. A memorial service for Karl will be held on Friday, September 7, 2007 at Grace Lutheran Church, 239 E. North Street in Hastings. Pastor Michael Anton will officiate. Visitation will begin at the church at 11 a.m., with the memorial service following at noon. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Barry Community Hospice, Grace Lutheran Church or the Hastings Athletic Boosters. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). WANT TO APPLY FOR STUDENT LOANS ? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. 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"Multi-Media Art" is designed to provide rich visual arts experiences. Students will be encouraged to have fun while developing skills in sculpture, drawing, watercolor painting, and collage. Instructor Michelle Ayres is a middle and high school art teacher at Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming. Cost of this class is $90. "Elementary Clay" and "Teen Clay" will cover a variety of hand building and glazing techniques as well as potter's wheel for older students. The cost for each of these classes is $70. Clay instructor Heidi Fahrenbacher holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from Kalamazoo College and has taught at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. Her work can be viewed at www.bellajoypottery.com. Fahrenbacher, O'Mara, and Slayton also will teach adult classes and workshops this fall. "Adult Clay" runs Monday evenings, Sept.17-Nov.12, 7:15-8:45 p.m. The cost is Newborn Babies GIRL, Harleigh Jo, born at Carson City Hospital on August 17, 2007 at 9 p.m. to Amanda Spitzley and Travis Kruger of Muir. Weighing 6 lbs., 13 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Christian Julian Thomas, born at Pennock Hospital on July 30, 2007 at 7:58 a.m. to Sara Joppie and Thomas Gieseler of Vermontville and Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs., 2.5 ozs and 19.5 inches long. GIRL, Lainey Roxanne, born at Pennock Hospital on August 8, 2007 at 3:56 a.m. to Ellie Fitzgerald and Tony Westworth of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs., 3 ozs. and 19.5 inches long. BOY, born at Pennock Hospital on August 8, 2007 at 1:09 p.m. to Rebecca Cobb and Zachary Wieringa of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs., 2 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Devin J., born at Pennock Hospital on August 9, 2007 at 9:39 p.m. to Matthew Rose and Tina Nelson of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs., 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Cayden Nathan, born at Pennock Hospital on August 13, 2007 at 1:33 p.m. to Nate and Nicole Aseltine of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs., 4 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Madison Louise, born at Pennock Hospital on August 14, 2007 at 6:42 p.m. to Heather Patrick of Lake Odessa. Weighing 8 lbs., 1 oz. and 20.5 inches long. GIRL, Makayla Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on August 15, 2007 at 2:24 p.m. to Christina and Donny Thomson of Woodland. Weighing 9 lbs., 8.5 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Preston Lane, born at Pennock Hospital on August 15, 2007 at 6:37 p.m. to Raschelle Rutledge of Lake Odessa. Weighing 5 lbs., 7 ozs. and 18 inches long. BOY, Keagan Lawrence, born at Pennock Hospital on August 17, 2007 at 3:30 a.m. to Tammy Cotton and Dorian Milligan of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs., 1 oz. and 20.5 inches long. BOY, Balian Clinton, born at Pennock Hospital on August 17, 2007 at 7:47 a.m. to Brandon and Ashley Marlette of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs., 9.2 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Brian R., born at Pennock Hospital on August 17, 2007 at 9:27 a.m. to Deborah and Brian Thomason of Hastings. Weighing 9 lbs., 6.5 ozs. and 23 inches long. GIRL, Ellie Otella, born at Pennock Hospital on August 18, 2007 at 8:22 a.m. to Maggie and Jim Benham of Mulliken. Weighing 9 lbs., 11.5 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Jacey Cynthia, born at Pennock Hospital on August 20, 2007 at 12:27 p.m. to Jody and Kirk Ziegler of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs., 9 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Noah Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on August 22, 2007 at 4:21 p.m. to Chris and Angie Musser of Vermontville. Weighing 6 lbs., 15 oz. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Olivia Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on August 24, 2007 at 8:03 a.m. to Jacob and Lisa Friddle of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs., 5 ozs. and 18.5 inches long. BOY, Joshua Brandon, born at Pennock Hospital on August 24, 2007 to Ken and Amanda Stoel of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs., 7 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Kyle David, born at Pennock Hospital on August 26, 2007 at 5:05 p.m. to Jennifer and Dave Gutchess of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs., 3 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL: August 14, 2007. 6 lbs., 11 ozs. Parents: Richard and Celeste Cook Kirsch, Dowling. Welcomed home by Griffith, Marshall, and Everett. Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt & Ron Mudgett A Winning Team! Can you take 4 Million website hits a day? We Can! HASTINGS – 3 beds, 2.5 baths, finished base- HASTINGS – 1.7 country acres near city, 3 ment w/family room, theatre, storage. 4 acres, bed, 2 bath daylight ranch, center island professionally landscaped & pool. $184,900 kitchen with snack bar, appliances. $189,500 HASTINGS - Immaculate! 3 beds, 3.5 baths on MIDDLEVILLE – Large master suite, hardwood ½ acre with stream! 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CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: „ Twenty Two Years in Building, Finance and Real Estate. Let my experience work for you! „ Two Multiple Listing Services (MLS) - I am a member of the Kalamazoo and the Grand Rapids MLS: that translates into more REALTORS® and buyers seeing your home! „ Your home on 9 different websites to Get It Sold! $70. Adult clay also includes a $10 supplies fee. Slayton will teach "Freeing the Creative Spirit," an Artsong Expressive Arts Workshop, on Saturday, Oct. 20, 1:30 to 3:30 for adults. The Expressive Arts employ a variety of the arts in different sequences for well being, empowerment, understanding and insight. No experience in the qarts is necessary. Participants are encouraged to explore, imagine, and create! Please bring a journal, pillow or blanket to sit on, and wear comfortable clothing. The cost of this workshop is $10. O'Mara will teach "Introduction to Pastel" on Oct.13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This workshop is for adults interested in learning about pastel painting and who have beginning or intermediate skills in this area. All basic techniques will be covered and the instructor will demonsrtate how to make you own pastel paper (ground). Students should bring a portable easel, a set of Nupastels, and some type of backing board. The instructor will have paper on hand which can be purchased during the workshop. Cost of this workshop is $50. Slayton and Fahrenbacher will be exhibiting their work at the Sept. 28 Apple Street Art Hop from 5 to 9 p.m. O'Mara and Slayton are previous participants at the Art Hops. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis, there is a minimum of five students needed to run the classes. To register, students should call the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002 or send payment to the Thornapple Arts Council, P.O. Box 36, Hastings, MI, 49058. Paszek-Holston Margaret Cook turns 90 Margaret turns 90 on September 6, 2007. Please honor Margaret with a card shower. Send cards to: 520 E. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058. She would love to hear from you. Donald and Mary Paszek of Grand Rapids wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Beth to Zakh David, the son of Dave and Shirlee Holston of Hastings. The bride-elect is a graduate of City High School and Grand Valley State University. The groom-elect is a graduate of Hastings High School and IUP Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney, Penn. An October 13, 2007 wedding is being planned. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 6; Terminators 5; HCB 5; Boyce Milk Hauling 5; J-Ad 4; Goodtime Pizza 4; TVCCU 2; Yankee Zephyr 1. Men’s High Games - C. Steeby 237; D. Walden 228; D. Clements 226; G. Heard 225; K. Beebe 212; M. Hall 190. Men’s High Series: C. Steeby 563; D. Clements 562; K. Beebe 556; D. Walden 543. Women’s High Games - D. Service 178; B. Smith 191. Women’s High Series - B. Smith 510; D. Service 474. Marriage Licenses Bobby Joe Wagner, Hastings and Delores Ileen Visser, Hastings. Raul Sanchez Mercado, Middleville and Ma Angelina Vega Padron, Grand Rapids. James I. McCullough, Grand Rapids and Jane Jonasue Taylor, Middleville. Brian Ray Smith, Freeport and Coroling Rose Beck, Freeport. David Conrad Wooten, Plainwell and Tracy Lea Risner, Plainwell. Christopher Carl Jozwik, Dowling and Theresa Lynn Phalen, Dowling. James Ryan Ghiardi, Canton and Lisa Linn Cooklin, Hastings. Brian Verne Lancaster, Hastings and Tonia Ann Kingsbury, Hastings. Robert Gene Barton, Middleville and Amber Gail Williams, Middleville. Timothy Ray Kienutske, Middleville and Rebecca Robin Knoll, Middleville. Derek Lloyd Morawski, Hastings and Ashley Marie Fox, Hastings. James Calvin Curtis, Hastings and Stephanie Rolene McNally, Hastings. John R. Jacobs, II, Delton and Sara Elizabeth Main, Delton. Donald Leroy Bever, Jr., Delton and Melissa Lynne Tanner, Lansing. Nicholas John Vandenberg, Middleville and Jessica Elizabeth Fischer, Middleville. Michael John Kridler, Hastings and Amy Marie Jesiek, Hastings. Brandon Dwayne Barcroft, Hastings and Sadie Danielle Blodgett, Hastings. Nicholas Eugene Mowry, Middleville and Laura Elizabeth Ayotte, Middleville. Clint Jason Hoppes, Woodland and Sara Ann Arnold, Woodland. Andrew James Edwards, Freeport and Kendra Lynn Demond, Freeport. Michael David Warnez, Plainwell and Jackie Lynn Merriman, Shelbyville. Jason Alan Preslar, Middleville and Lindsay Nicole Reifinger, Middleville. Ethel (Van) VanNocker (seated) enjoys her 100th birthday at Tendercare Hastings Wednesday, Aug. 29. Tendercare resident marks 100th birthday Many people look forward to their 13th, 16th, 18th and 21st birthdays, but not everybody can count down the days to their 100th. Ethel (Van) VanNocker, a Tendercare Hastings resident, was fortunate enough to be able to do just that. "She’s outlived everybody on both sides of her family," said VanNocker’s daughter, Barbara Poyer. VanNocker, originally from Battle Creek, and her late husband, Donald, had three chil- dren. Today VanNocker also is a grandmother to six, a great grandmother to eight and a great-great grandmother to eight. Her family traveled from Florida, Utah, Nebraska and close-to-home Hastings to celebrate their matriarch’s birthday. VanNocker has lived in Tendercare Hastings for three years and told her family that she enjoys living there. She also said she plans to celebrate with 101 candles next year ® The 77511856 The Thornapple Arts Council has announced art classes offered for youth and adults this fall, with four classes for youth, two workshops for adults and one adult class. All classes and workshops will take place at Fish Hatchery Park. Dennis O'Mara will teach "Beginning Charcoal and Pastel" Tuesdays, Sept. 18 to Nov. 6, from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. for ages 12-18. Bonnie Slayton will teach "Color, Composition, Create-Oh My!" a combination of visual art and writing, Thursdays, Sept. 13 to Oct. 25 (exception Oct. 11), from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. for ages 12-18. Michelle Ayres will teach "Multi-Media Art", Saturdays, Sept. 15 to Nov. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon for ages 10-13. Clay Classes will run Mondays, Sept. 17 through Nov. 12, and will include "Elementary Clay" for ages 8-12 from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m. and "Teen Clay" for ages 13-18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Heidi Fahrenbacher is the instructor. "Beginning Charcoal/Pastel" will cover the basic skills associated with these mediums. Subjects will be the beauty of Fish Hatchery Park or a conventional still life. Materials will be provided. Instructor Dennis O'Mara is a former Hastings High art teacher and member of the Great Lakes Pastel Society. A variety of media and techniques will be �Page 8 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Tri- River Museum group will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Depot complex on Emerson Street. The previous meeting in August was held in Ada. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, for a potluck meal at the Depot complex. There will be a pertinent program. Since the previous summer activities, the August Bugle was mailed to more than 200. This includes several libraries and fellow historical groups. There will be an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, at the Clarksville Experimental Station of Michigan State University. The two topics will be the Americorp/Michigan Groundwater Stewardship program on water quality and the source of our drinking water. Then Jan Ransom from the Ionia County MSU Extension Service will speak on how to control fall insects such as ladybugs and boxelder bugs. Certified Master Gardeners will be on hand to talk about their volunteer program and what the classes offer. LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Kenneth E Dunn, A Married Man joined by Elizabeth A. Dunn, His Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Investaid Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded September 19, 2006 in Instrument # 1170273 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortage was subsequently assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($106,665.50) including interest 12.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST ONE HALF OF THE EAST ONE HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 8250 Wolf Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 16, 2007 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76655 77515413 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Bourdo and Pamala K. Bourdo AKA Pam Bourdo, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2007, and recorded on February 2, 2007 in instrument 1175956, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-A, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-A under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated Mar 1, 2007 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen And 31/100 Dollars ($173,319.31), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Shady Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515958 File #160177F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Beth A. Broadhurst, a single woman, to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank of Indiana, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 25, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149918, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three and 73/100 Dollars ($74,243.73) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 20 Rods East to the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for a place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence 4 Rods to place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also, a parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 24 Rods East of the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for the place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence West 4 Rods to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.8444 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Angela Smith ,a single woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 21st day of April, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 5th day of October, 2006 in Doc# 1171012 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wachovia Mortgage Corporation on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Eighty Two Thousand Sixty One & 60/100 ($82061.6), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of October, at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.45% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 32, Charleson Heights Additions No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 62. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 9/6/2007 Wachovia Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee 77515445 FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 7515953 Two new situations now exist in the Ionia area. On Kelsey Highway at David Highway, beside Levalley Church, there is now a fourway stop. Until now only the east/west traffic had stop signs. Too many fatal accidents have happened at this corner. The new signage is expected to help. A traffic study showed that an average of 1800 vehicles use this intersection daily. Also at Ionia, the Secretary of State office on South Steel Street has been closed. The new location with double the floor space is on Adams Street, which runs parallel to Main Street a block south. It also has several county offices such as sheriff/health, the jail and sheriff's office. The Lansing State Journal had an obituary for Ether Hicke of Tavares, Fla., who was born near Woodland to Carl and Glenna England. She had lived in East Lansing and Okemos for years. She was an amateur sports car racer, winning a number of trophies. She was also a golfer with three times getting a hole-in-one at Mt. Dora, Fla. She is survived by husband, Roy, a son at Westphalia, grandsons, nieces at Hillsdale. The State Journal also had several stories about the deaths of five women, victims of a serial killer who had been released on parole in June. In the next five weeks he committed these and an assault. The latest in the string was Sandra Eichorn, 64, of Lansing, who had been born at Lake Odessa to Harry and Dorothy Jorgensen. She was retired from 31 years at General Motors. Her nephew, Donald, (wife Rene) Jorgensen lived on Musgrove Highway many years alongside Tupper Creek. Their house was reached by a bridge over the creek. Later the creek was rerouted to run behind the house. Mrs. Eichorn was survived by her brother, Donald Sr. (Mary), children and grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Friday in Delta Township. Memorial services were held last week for Doris Kimmel, 80, of Arizona, who had died in March. She had lived at Eaton Rapids and Lake Odessa before she lived in Arizona. The West Berlin Wesleyan Church is holding its annual hog roast Saturday, Sept. 8, with potato salad, baked beans, cole slaw and desserts to enjoy along with the pork. Homer Jones will be singing. Hours are 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children. A family price is $25. A week later the Sebewa Center United Methodist Church also is holding a roast pork dinner. Theirs will have mashed potatoes and gravy instead of the salad. The newsletter for Ionia County chapter of the Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel (MARSP) has been mailed. Reservations are due by Sept. 14 for the Sept. 20 first fall meeting, which will be held at the Ionia County Intermediate school District office on Harwood Road. LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Stephens, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2004, and recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123262, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen And 76/100 Dollars ($132,719.76), including interest at 8.97% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line 440.00 feet North of the Center of Section 9, thence continuing North on the 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence West parallel to the East and West 1/4 line 990.00 feet; thence South parallel to the North and South 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence East 990.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158360F01 77515989 Rescuing relative Dear Annie: My brother, "Rex," lives out of state. Two years ago, we invited him and his daughter, a pre-teen, to stay with us for a week. During their visit, we noticed that Rex drank all day and tried to disguise it by putting the booze in a coffee cup. Also, at bedtime, I asked if he wanted a cot for his daughter to sleep on instead of sharing the bed. He said, "No, we're just fine." I shot him a look of concern but didn't say anything more. After that visit, my wife decided she doesn't want Rex in our home again. Recently, he's called a few times indicating he's coming our way. I'm sure he wants to stay with us (with his "coffee cup," no doubt). So far, I have let the answering machine record his calls and have not responded. What can I do to make this situation palatable? -- Rock and Hard Place Dear Rock: A lot can happen in two years, and you have no idea what condition Rex is in now, and more importantly, how his daughter is doing. You may be the only ones in a position to make a difference in her life. Give Rex another chance. He owes it to his child to be sober and responsible. If he is drinking to excess, don't be afraid to tell him he needs help. Alcoholics Anonymous is in the phone book. Set up a separate bed in a private area for his daughter without asking if he wants one. (If you suspect abuse, report him to the authorities.) Instead of making Rex an adversary, enlist your wife's help to create a positive environment for his child. She needs you in her life. Cruise too costly Dear Annie: I was recently asked to be in the wedding party for a close relative. The engaged couple has since decided to hold the reception on a cruise ship. The cost for me to participate now would be far beyond my means. While I respect their right to have the reception they choose, I think it's unfair to expect that kind of financial commitment. I'm considering declining the invitation. How do I do this? -- Sunken Bridesmaid Dear Bridesmaid: Many bridal couples do not realize they have an obligation to provide their out-of-state attendants with accommodations, whether that means a spare bed at a neighbor's or a cabin on a cruise ship. While your clothing and transportation are your responsibility, lodging is not. If your relative is unwilling to help you, it is perfectly OK to say, "I'm so sorry I cannot be part of your wedding. It is over my budget. I hope you have time to find someone else." Obese and obscure Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Floundering in Florida," who thought she had a right to pursue an affair with a married man because his wife is obese. My husband is thin, handsome and a physician, and I am obese. Yet we have a satisfying marriage. I also am very accomplished, having been president of several charities, and was named Citizen of the Year in our city. Recently, we moved to a small town. I can see women look at my husband and then at me. In my presence, they have openly flirted with him so outrageously, it was embarrassing for him. I am treated as if I am blind or stupid, and worse, I am ignored. Being obese does not mean you are not valued. It doesn't mean you aren't active or that no one loves you. It does not mean you have no feelings. "Floundering" should realize that when the man wished he had his wife's companionship when running, it didn't mean he'd prefer the bimbo who wants to ruin other people's lives. -- Married in a Small Town Dear Married: We were dismayed by the number of overweight women who wrote to tell us how often they are treated as if they are invisible. For shame. Annie's Snippet for upcoming Grandparents Day (an old Welsh proverb): Perfect love sometimes does not come till the first grandchild. It’s all about mom Dear Annie: My 88-year-old mother is living with my son and his wife. Mom's mind is good and she is very healthy, although she has used a walker since her partial hip replacement last year. The problem is, Mom has to have everyone's attention on her all the time. She thinks she is the most important person in the family and we have to accommodate her. But she's impossible to please. She bumped her back a while ago and did nothing but complain. When she was alone in a room, she was absolutely fine, but as soon as anyone walked in, she would start to moan and groan. Mom complains endlessly about my daughter-in-law but takes full advantage of her hospitality. The other day, my daughter- in-law went to check on her and saw through the crack of the door that Mom was sitting up in her bed reading. As soon as my daughterin-law knocked, Mom stashed the book and pretended to be asleep. I have tried to talk to my mother about her demanding behavior, but there is no getting through her thick head. My son doesn't know what to do with her anymore, and no one else wants her to live with them. What do you suggest? -- Burned Out in California Dear Burned Out: If Mom is financially solvent and can get around with a walker, she does not need to be living with her grandson. It's time for the family to get together and talk with Mom about an apartment, retirement home or assisted-living facility. She could be much happier where she has friends and activities -- and a whole new audience to impress. Send thank yous Dear Annie: Please settle a dispute between my husband and me. Several weeks ago, I surprised him with a 50th birthday party. It was very low key and in our backyard. Several of his friends gave him gifts. I handed him the addresses and thank-you notes for him to write out. He stated that since he is now 50, he doesn't need to write thankyou notes, and furthermore, he didn't ask for any of the gifts. He said it was enough that he thanked everyone in person for coming. I believe that you are never too old to write a thank-you note, and since he didn't open the gifts in front of anyone, thanking them for coming isn't sufficient. I feel bad about this since I initiated the party, but I have no intention of writing his notes myself. Please advise. -- Wife of Stubborn 50-Year-Old Dear Wife: Being gracious has no age limit, and being 50 does not entitle your husband to be rude. Of course he should write notes to every person who was thoughtful enough to bring him a present, but your husband is lazy and doesn't want to bother. He's not 6 years old, even if he acts like it, so say nothing more. His friends will think he is lacking in manners, and they will be right. Don’t cease. Persist Dear Annie: I am writing in response to "Torn in Michigan," who couldn't deal with her husband's children after her own child had died. She was considering divorce. Your answer -- to stay put and seek help -- was right, but could have been stronger. Depression is an elusive enemy. Remind your readers that the first therapist and the first medications may not be the right ones. Keep looking. Otherwise, that grief can turn to poison, wounding all who are close to you. I suffer from recurring depression. The first time, I worked for two years in therapy, rearranging the mixed-up furniture of my life. The second time, anti-depressants were available, but even five years later, my daughter remembers how hard it was to be mothered by a woman who was so distant from grief. I am grateful I knew where to find help so I could get back to her -- and myself. -- Been There in Cambridge, Mass. Dear Cambridge: Thank goodness you recognized your illness and didn't give up. We hope "Torn" is listening. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. School Daze ‘n Stuff Part 2 Save Early, Often - and Wisely - for College By John Walton The next four years I attended the old Second Ward school located in the 700 block of East Bond Street. This school, which was three blocks from our house, was a two-story red brick structure. There were two rooms on the ground floor. The second floor had two rooms and a small library. On the south side of the structure was an ugly, but substantial wrought iron fire escape. In the basement there was a community room and the girls’ toilets. The boys’ toilets were located in separate part of the basement apart from the girls’ side and wasn’t accessible from the inside. If a boy had to use the john, he had to exit the main building and re-enter the basement through a side door where the furnace room was located. This arrangement was not very convenient, especially on cold winter days. Our playground was equipped with a teetertotter, slide, swings and a base ball diamond that abutted Chief of Police Zip Thompson’s property on the south side. Once some practical joker set free a garter snake behind a row of books in the library. For a few weeks following, all of the girls and several boys wouldn’t go near the place. Speculation had it that if you removed a book from the shelf you might find yourself eyeball to eyeball with this slimy reptile, he’d be laying there coiled up, hissing and ready to strike. It was three or four weeks before this creature was captured and returned to Mother Nature.The perpetrator of this dastardly deed was never apprehended, but the girls and our teachers all seemed to agree that it had to have been one of the boys. This was my first experience with sex discrimination. [Dear readers, now some 65 years later the truth can be told! In April, 2002 I received the following confession from my chum, Tom Waters:] “The garter snake in the library: After all these years, I must admit my transgression. Yes, I was responsible for the snake in the library! It was not quite the way you describe, however. I had been in the habit of carrying around a small garter snake in my pocket. For no apparent reason except I considered it a sort of a pet, and of course, it was great with which to scare the girls. One day I lost it. I searched everywhere, but no luck. I decided to just stay quiet. When I heard that some little old lady had pulled a book down from a shelf and was confronted by the snake, I knew it was mine. I vowed never to let on.” The school’s fire alarm system consisted of a simple bell mounted on the wall high above the landing in the stairwell. A rapid, high pitched staccato like ding-ding-ding was made by jerking a metal chain dangling temptingly down the wall. In my peer group, the ultimate show of bravado would have been to give that chain a surreptitious yank when passing by, but alas the penalty for this infraction was so severe that no one ever quite dared to do it. Nevertheless, a lot of us boys dreamed about jerking that chain particularly on days we felt depressed and were fantasizing about become famous and idolized by our friends. For first grade I had Elizabeth Finch and for second grade I had Louise Buchner. For third and fourth grades I had Grace Edmonds. All of these teachers were wonderful and I owe them a great debt. One incident I shall always remember, was the time when Miss Finch stood at the blackboard, arm out stretched carefully printing our weekly quota of spelling words when without warning the elastic band on her bloomers broke and her pink unmentionables slithered down around her ankles. she nonchalantly stepped out of them, picked them up and retreated momentarily to the cloakroom. She was so matter of fact about the whole thing you’d thought it was something that happened to her about every day. I doubt Superintendent Van Buskirk ever heard about this incident because being of the Victorian persuasion there was no way anyone could have found the proper sequence of words to relate the event without embarrassing him. The only person in the school system who didn’t teach in the classroom was Superintendent David Van Buskirk. All five principals taught classes, usually about full time. Ed Taylor, the high school principal taught only one subject, which was Latin. This schedule gave him sufficient extra time to attend to his administrative duties. I sometimes think that all administrators would be better administrators if they were permitted to teach in the classroom an hour or two each week. Starting at about the age of 10 and continuing for a few years beyond, boys generally go through a “gang phase.” The boys in Second Ward were no exception. Gangs were espe- cially active in the summer time when there wasn’t much else to do except reinforce forts, map out strategies and fine tune our arsenal. We became experts at making super duper slingshots, which along with AK-47s, should be outlawed. Honk Keeler had a reputation as being the premier slingshot maker in second ward and the best frog slugger for miles around. The advent of tubeless tires undoubtedly set back the art of slingshot making at least a hundred years. Of course slingshots, bean shooters and rubber bands for shooting paper wads were confiscated if we were foolish enough to bring them to school. One year we spent a lot of time fashioning crude arrow heads out of pieces of slate salvaged from a re-roofing job at Eva Heacock’s house on the corner of Jefferson and Grand Street. We made spears and crude bows and arrows, none of which worked very well. We discovered that metal garbage and ash can lids make excellent shields. However, these heavy lids seemed unwieldy compared to the shields we saw the Christians use in the movies when they stormed infidel citadels during the crusades. In summary, you might say that during these years we worked our way through the stone age step by step; sort of an ontological recapitulation I think anthropologists might call it. Challenges between rival gangs were exchanged and ultimatums issued two or three times each week. Once in a great while, usually to save face, we got into an armed skirmish with a rival gang. Generally though most of the saber rattling was just a lot of one-upman-ship propaganda designed to fake the other guy out. This fakery always reminded me of a motley herd of blow snakes intimidating an intruder. Most of these gang activities took place along Fall Creek, which in those days was a beautiful pristine stream paralleling the C.K.&S. railroad tracks, all the way downtown where it melted into the Thornapple. The area for a half block or more each side of Fall Creek was overgrown and wild making it ideal for cowboys and Indians, cops and robbers and gang warfare. Kids for several blocks on either side of the creek spent many happy hours there exercising their imaginations. We knew every twist, turn and islet in the creek from Shriner Street to Thornapple River. We knew every trail and each crossover point where we could hop from stone to stone without getting our feet wet if we had shoes on. We knew where to find pussy willows and polliwogs in the spring and where we could catch turtles, frogs, crayfish and water snakes in the summer. One year our gang was certain that it had discovered gold along the banks of Fall Creek. We immediately swore each other to secrecy to keep news of this stunning find from spreading. There could be no doubt about it, there on the side of a steep bank that had been exposed by spring flooding were stones laced with flecks of gold that gleamed in the sunlight. We knew that our parents would be enormously proud of us and grateful that we had found a means to soften the harsh reality of the depression we heard them discuss sometimes. It was a very sad day when our dreams of wealth and glory were dashed after learning that what we had found was pyrite, otherwise known as “fool’s gold.” My friend, Tom, who lived in the 900 block of Hanover Street, and I organized several day long fishing expeditions up Fall Creek. Our favorite spot was upstream from the C.K.&S. railroad bridge that was located about a city block south of Shriner Street. Since neither of us relished the blood and gore of removing hooks from squirming fish, we took the logical precaution of borrowing a box of extra hooks we found in his dad’s tackle box and a pair of scissors. We packed these items along with our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When we returned home with our bucket of chubs, Tom’s dad acted like it was about the nicest mess of prize winning fish he’d ever seen. He dutifully removed the hooks and cleaned every one of them while at the same time instructing us how it was done. Mr. Waters assured us that the next time we brought home a fine mess of fish like that we would now know how to clean them all by ourselves. [In April, 2002 I received the following wonderful addition to these recollections from Tom Waters:] “Extracting the hook off of chubs and shiners did not bother me, but from bullheads I did cut the line. The pectoral finds have a sharp spine on their end which can cause a painful See TIME, page 12 It's that time of year when college students across the country reach for their backpacks and head back to campus - while their parents reach for their checkbooks and head for the Tylenol. If your children are still quite young, though, you can take steps now to reduce the headaches that may come from those big college bills. Just how expensive is it to send a child through college these days? It's pretty expensive. In fact, it costs more than $16,000 for one year at a four-year public college or university, according to the College Board. 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Three Brothers Pizza on M-37 will have its annual customer appreciation pig roast, beginning at 11 a.m. Three Brothers also will sponsor a pizza eating contest sponsored downtown on the stage at 3 p.m. for all to see and cheer for their favorites. Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation Department will have several events, including the addition of enhanced scoring by use of computer chips for the five-kilometer race, thanks to a donation from the Bradford White Corp. The Thornapple Trail 5K Run/Walk will start at 8 a.m. with registration on the day of the event, starting at 6:30 a.m. at the Gazebo. Runners will be transported to the starting line near Loop Road and will head back to the finish line in Stagecoach Park. There will be flag football at 1 p.m. at the McFall practice field. The day’s events start with the men of the Middleville United Methodist Church serving up breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. There also will be breads and spreads for sale and quilts on display. There will be a yard sale in the parking lot of the church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as well. The tractor pull will take place at 8 a.m. on Bender Road near the bus garage. The folks from County Line Antique Tractor Club, Bill Seif Chevrolet Buick of Hastings, and Carveth Village welcome everyone to come down and cheer the tractors on. A tractor show will be at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church following the pull. The parade is being handled by the Middleville Rotarians and does not require any pre-registration this year. The parade lineup is at Lee, beginning at 10 a.m. All members of the Middleville Rotary Club will be seen throughout the day selling Duck Race tickets. The race will be at 2 p.m. near the bridge. The parade lineup is at 10 a.m. at Lee Elementary School and the parade will start at 10:30. This year's route will be the same as last year’s, heading east on Main Street through “Old Downtown” and ending at Church Street. The crafters and car show participants will be on Main Street this year until late afternoon. The Heritage Days Committee hopes everyone will stop and pay them a visit. The crafters will be located in the area between Village Hall and Champs. Local groups, including the GFWC-Gun Lake Area Women’s Club and Beacon Society Friends of the Thornapple Kellogg School and Community Library will have items for sale. The committee still is accepting new vendors. Call 795-9414. This includes businesses and non-profit as well. Heritage day organizer Fran French said the Heritage Day car show, sponsored by Seif-Caledonia, has received several national sponsor gifts to use as door prizes this year, as well as the goodie bags to give away. There will be 11 classes this year, including trucks and imports. Registration will occur once the cars are parked and the entrance fee is $10. Call (269) 509-7134 or (269) 795-9414 for more information There will be a Spectators Choice award in the car show. Everyone can stop by the Information booth to cast a vote. The new car show sponsor, Seif Buick-Chevrolet-Pontiac of Caledonia, will be on hand with some of the newest vehicles available, and will be awarding a Sponsors Choice award, in addition to several others that chosen by participants. The car show is going to be on Main Street and will be lined up just after the parade finishes and the road is closed. French said, “We urge anyone coming downtown to view the parade to not park on the street if they are planning to stay downtown. There will be some posted no parking.” All vehicles will need to be moved from these areas. All parking lots will be open all day downtown. The High Street exit to the parking lot behind Village Hall and merchants will be closed with Main Street closure but the St. James Circle exit will not. High Street will be closed for the food vendors from Main Street to Dibble Street as well. The stage will be located at High and Main. The Downtown Development Authority is sponsoring a dunk tank, which will benefit the downtown East Bank Committee project. While the parade moves from Lee to Church Street, traffic will be stopped on M37. Drivers also are reminded that Main Street will be closed from about 10:15 to about 6 p.m. right in the downtown area with detours posted. Any last-minute Heritage Day questions should go to George and Fran French at (269) 795-9414. Motorists urged to obey school bus safety rules The first day of school marks a significant milestone in the life of a child. It's an exciting time for making new friends, learning new things, and for some, riding the school bus. Every day more than 20 million students use school buses as transportation to get to and from school. Though school buses represent the safest form of highway transportation, there are a number of safety factors both students and drivers should be aware of. Hoping to ensure that the school year gets off to a safe and happy start, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department encourages caution whenever school buses are present. "Children are often eager to get off the school bus because they are excited to tell their parents about all of the fun they had at school that day," said Sheriff Dar Leaf. "It is crucial that parents re-enforce the school bus safety rules children learn at school.” Leaf also suggests that parents drive their child's bus route with them and practice the proper safety precautions. Throughout a child's life, there are a number of situations where parents will be unable to exercise control. However, there are numerous precautions they can take to help ensure their child enjoys a safe ride to and from school. The Barry County Sheriff’s Department has some safety measures they encourage all parents to discuss with their children. Students o Always arrive at the bus stop early. o Prior to boarding, wait until the bus has come to a complete stop, the door opens, and the bus driver says that it's OK to board. o Always walk on the sidewalk when preparing to cross the street near a bus. Make eye contact with the driver so that you are sure he or she sees you. o Never walk behind the bus. o If you are walking beside the bus, walk at least three giant steps away. o Take extra precaution to make sure that clothing with drawstrings and book bags do not get caught in the hand rail or door. o Never stop in the road to pick something up that you have dropped without the bus driver’s approval. Motorists o Remember that children are unpredictable in their actions. Take extreme caution when traveling in a school zone. o If there are no sidewalks, drive cautiously. Be more alert to the possibility of children walking in the road. o Be more aware of children playing near school bus stops. o Slow down and prepare to stop whenever you see yellow school bus lights flashing. o Stop. Never pass a school bus when there are flashing red lights. �Page 10 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul Steven Bruxvoort, A Single Man to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2006 and recorded January 17, 2007 in Instrument #1175161 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($155,585.36) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of he Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest one-quarter which is South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1597.88 feet from the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 210.0 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West 237.26 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest onequarter; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 250.50 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 152.75 feet along said centerline; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds East 441.85 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to Highway right of way over the Westerly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 6700 Whitneyville Rd, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 20, 2007 Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse , Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76608 77515450 synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting August 14, 2007 Six board members and Co. Comm. Gibson present, Trustee Bassett absent. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Adopted resolution to open E-911 Service agreement. Paid outstanding bills. Appointed Owen Smith Assessor of Record. Adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: Jim Brown, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dennis D. Zerbel, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 24, 2005, and recorded on November 4, 2005 in instrument 1155761, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Ninety-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($190,099.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1318.58 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the true point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 350.00 feet along said East line; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 290.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 350.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds East 290.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Tanner Lake Road. Together with a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes to be used in common with others, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14; Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1668.38 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 33.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 246.60 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds East 66.00 feet to the Easterly right of way line of Tanner Lake Road; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 245.93 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer (77515629) 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Williams Jr. and Kimberly Williams, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Instrument # 1134223 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, by assignment dated September 11, 2006 and recorded October 2, 2006in Instrument # 1170803 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Seven Cents ($146,688.07) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East One-Quarter Post of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North along East line of said Section 1884 feet to the place of beginning; thence Continuing North along said East line 756 feet more or less to the Northeast corner of said Section; thence West along the North line of said Section 330 feet; thence South 455 feet to the center of Little Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along said river to a point 663 feet West of the East line of said Section; thence South 112 feet; thence East 663 feet to the place of beginning. Also Except: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 757.35 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 18; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Section 18, 663.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds East 122.30 feet; thence North 64 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East 748.14 feet along an intermediate traverseline of the bank of the Little Thornapple River to the East line of said Section 18; thence South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 450.01 feet along said East line to the place of beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the bank of the Little Thornapple River as bounded by said East line and the Northerly extension of the West boundaryline, subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 5980 Jordan Road, Woodland MI 48897 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 31, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-77647 ASAP# 896126 09/06/2007, 09/13/2007, 77515968 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married, Shawna Allerding, non obligor spouse/owner of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated the 1st day of June, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 12th day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument NO. 1165861 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to LaSalle Bank, National Association as trustee for WMBAS Series 2006-HE4 Trust, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $61,508.53 (sixty one thousand, five hundred eight dollars and fifty three cents) plus accrued interest at 9.62 % (nine point six two) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 20th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Hastings, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIS: LOT 26 OF SUNDAGO PARK ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 71 OF BARRY COUNTY RECORDS Commonly known as: 49 Sundago Park Street Tax ID: 08-06-550-026-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77515430 WWR#06137051 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J. Eveland, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2006 and recorded May 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1164006, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seventy-Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($178,079.94) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: A parcel of land in the Southeast onequarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 36; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said section 631.40 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 436.58 feet to the Point of Beginning of this description; thence continuing North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 235.70 feet; thence North 84 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West 38.49 feet; thence North 07 degrees 41 minutes 26 seconds East 404.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 56 seconds East parallel with the East-West one-quarter line of said section 220.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 54 seconds West 404.25 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1959 77515356 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, Citizen At Large Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. 77515668 77515743 Do not pour paint, solvent, medicine, automotive oil, or chemicals down the drain or dump them in the trash where they may end up in our drinking water! Do not hold on to scrap or junk tires. Bring them to the Barry County Household Hazardous Waste and Tire Collection! 01548345 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Six and 22/100 Dollars ($74,586.22) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 88.00 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515440 File No. 207.7607 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shawn W. Hawthorne and Catherine A. Hawthorne, husband and wife, tenants by the entireties, to Mortgage Center LLC, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 21, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149795, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred SixtyNine and 36/100 Dollars ($104,269.36) including interest at 5.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the West one-half of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point which lies 408.38 feet North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West and 16.50 feet due North of the center of said Section 12; thence due South 541.03 feet parallel with the North and South one-quarter line of Section 12 to the Northerly line of West State Road; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 159.27 feet along the Northerly line of West State Road for the true place of beginning; thence North 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds West 165 feet along said Northerly line; thence North 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds East 265.83 feet; thence South 79 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East 165 feet, thence South 10 degrees 05 minutes 00 seconds West 265.83 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515311 File No. 393.0041 MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Notice is hereby given that Default has occurred in a Mortgage given by Loretta J. Comp to the United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture. The Mortgage is dated January 12, 2001 and was recorded on January 16, 2001 in Instrument No. 1053928 of the Barry County Records. No proceedings have been instituted to recover any part of the debt which is now One Hundred One Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Five and 00/100 ($101,825.00) Dollars. The Mortgage will be foreclosed by selling the property described below at a public auction to the highest bidder. The sale will be held on September 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., local time, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan which is the location of the Barry County Circuit Court. The property will be sold to pay the amount then due on the Mortgage, including interest at the rate of 6.875% per year, legal costs, attorney fees and any taxes or insurance which may be paid by the mortgagee before the sale. The property to be sold is located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan and is more specifically described in the Mortgage as: Lot 21 of ANDREW'S ADDITION, according to the plat thereof as recorded in Plat Liber 2, Page 5, Barry County Records. The redemption period will expire six (6) months from the date of the sale unless the property is deemed to be abandon pursuant to MCL §600.3241a in which case the redemption period will expire thirty (30) days from the date of the sale or until the time to provide the notice required by MCL §600.3241a(c) expires, whichever is later. Dated: August 16, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ACTING THROUGH THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, F/K/A THE RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PREPARED BY: JOHN R. TUCKER, P37348 WINEGARDEN, HALEY, LINDHOLM & ROBERTSON, P.L.C. G-9460 S. SAGINAW STREET, SUITE A GRAND BLANC, MI 48439 (810) 767-3600 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon L. Gilman and Wendy S. Gilman, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 14, 2005 in instrument 1148043, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($137,034.67), including interest at 8.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 2; thence West 912 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 1435 feet; thence West 408 feet; thence North 1435 feet; thence East 408 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515641) File #158749F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Bassett and Sarah E. Bassett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2003, and recorded on June 28, 2003 in instrument 1105331, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a Division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($85,129.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Except 10 Feet Off the West Side and the West 10 Feet of Lot 6, All in Block Number 12 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159975F01 77515963 77515296 ACCEPTING BIDS Baltimore Township (Barry Co.) with $72,301,900 SEV, 1004 parcels, rural area, seeks a level II, prefers a level III Assessor with experience in BS&A software. include expected start date and completion time, and any additional expenses that may occur. All bids will be opened at the September 25th Special Board Meeting at 7:00pm. Please submit all bids by Friday, September 21, 2007 to: Penelope Ypma, Clerk Baltimore Township 6200 Henry Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 Please indicate on outside of envelope “Sealed Bid” Any questions, please contact me at 269-945-3228. The township reserves the right to reject any and all bids. 77515982 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David L. Aldrich and Su Og, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2005 and recorded March 8, 2005 in Instrument Number 1142390, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Two and 33/100 Dollars ($99,462.33) including interest at 6.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South three Rods of the Lots 19 and 20 and the East 44 feet of the South three Rods of Lot 21, all of the original Plat of the City, formerly Village of Hastings. By fee simple deed from Marian C. Jacobs, personal representative of the Estate of Gertrude L. Becker, deceased as set forth in Instrument Number 1047981 dated August 9, 2000 and recorded August 10, 2000, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2788 77515301 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen J. Plank, to Mercantile Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2001 and recorded June 11, 2001 in Instrument Number 1061182, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Five and 25/100 Dollars ($107,205.25) including interest at 10.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 17, Lincoln Park Addition, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 231.6044 77515435 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139814, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Thousand Three Hundred Seventy and 94/100 Dollars ($70,370.94) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 4, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South onequarter line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant South 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at a right angles to said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said North and South one-quarter line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2054 77515984 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah Eaton, a single woman, to Old Kent Mortgage Company, a Michigan Corporation, now by various resolutions duly known as Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 1998 and recorded August 26, 1998 in Instrument Number 1017056, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Four and 38/100 Dollars ($62,254.38) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the East 75 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 34, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, thence East 10 Rods for a Place of Beginning, thence North 16 Rods, thence East 20 Rods, thence South 16 Rods, thence West 20 Rods to the Place of Beginning, subject to Highway right-of-way for Butler Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.2528 77515226 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Lenartz, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2003, and recorded on June 10, 2003 in instrument 1106156, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Nine And 09/100 Dollars ($47,549.09), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 6 Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #095548F02 77515408 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory Vanderwal, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147121, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred NinetyFive And 65/100 Dollars ($91,295.65), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the West one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 17, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, described as follows: Beginning at a point in the North line of said Section 17, 363.5 feet East of the North one-quarter post thereof for the Place of Beginning, and running thence South 0 degrees 55 minutes West, 222.2 feet; thence East 310.4 feet, thence North 0 degrees 55 minutes East 222.2 feet; thence West 310.4 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #156895F01 77515281 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jamie J. Schaecher and Amber Schaecher, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage-MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 3, 2004 and recorded March 9, 2004 in Instrument Number 1123362, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine and 69/100 Dollars ($111,879.69) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 Middleville Downs Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.1588 (77515516) NOTICE Thursday, September 20th, 2007 from 9:00 o’clock in the forenoon until 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon the Apportionment of Benefits and land comprised within the: Little Thornapple River & Extension Intercounty Drainage Special Assessment District in the Townships of Woodland, Carlton and Irving, and the Villages of Woodlawn and Freeport: Gibson/Triskett Intercounty Drainage Special Assessment District in the Township of Assyria; and Clear Lake Drainage Special Assessment District in the Townships of Baltimore and Johnstown will be open for review at the Barry County Drain Commissioners Office on the 3rd Floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan. At said review the computation of costs for said Drains will also be open for inspection by any parties interested. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the meeting should contact the Batty County Drain Commission Office (269945-1385) at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance. You are further advised that, pursuant of Section 155 of the Michigan Drain Code of 1956, as amended, any owner of land within the Drainage District or any City, Village, Township, District or County feeling aggrieved by the Apportionment of Benefits made by the Drain Commissioner may appeal the apportionment within ten (10) days after the Day of Review of Apportionment by making an application to the Barry County Probate Court for the appointment of a Board of Review. Thomas C. Doyle Barry County Drain Commissioner 77515973 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 12 TIME, continued from page 9 wound (mild poison). So I would take my dad’s creel, some extra hooks, and a pair of scissors, as you relate. You know the rest. One day I was fishing alone from the CK&S bridge south of Shriner street, catching a bunch of bullheads about 5-6 inches long, cutting each hook off while holding the fish over the creel. Along came a hobo and sat down beside me, unrolling a line which he attached to a short stick. We exchanged a few words, as I remember, but I don’t remember which. He started to catch bullheads, too. When he observed me cutting off the hooks, he asked why I was doing that. I explained the poisonous spines. He reached over to take my next fish (I thought he was going to steal it from me), and extracted the hook, placed the bullhead in my creel, and handed back my line and hook. He was placing his fish into a small basket. Once I peered into his basket and saw a dead sparrow. Apparently he was going to make a meal from the sparrow and his bullheads. I think many hoboes traveled down the railroad tracks in those depression days. Some would come up to our house occasionally and ask for food. My mother always gave them something.” Almost every year in the early summer time we spent several days trying to dam up Fall Creek with big rocks in an effort to create our own private swimming hole. We were never very successful because we could never seem to engineer enough depth. We really weren’t highly motivated anyway because there were several perfectly good swimming holes at “Country Boy” on the Thornapple River east of town and Sweezey’s Pond. These swimming holes tended to be segregated probably because we boys seldom bothered with swim suits. Girls evidently found this custom intimidating and gave us the impression that they didn’t feel welcome. Our summer swimming habits were an open secret among the sisterhood, however, and we were well aware that we sometimes had an audience. (To be continued) TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FINE LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, has determined to make certain public improvements to Fine Lake consisting of the application of herbicide treatments for the eradication or control of aquatic weeds and plants the Fine Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 2 described below, to proceed pursuant to Act 188 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1954, as amended, to make said Improvements in the Township. The Township Board has tentatively determined that the cost of said Improvements shall be specially assessed against each of the following described lots and parcels of land which are benefitted by the Improvements and which together comprise the following special assessment district: ),1(�/$.(�$48$7,&�3/$17�&21752/ 63(&,$/�$66(660(17�',675,&7�12��� 7KH�ORWV�LQFOXGHG�ZLWKLQ�WKH�SURSRVHG�VSHFLDO�DVVHVVPHQW�GLVWULFW�DUH�GHSLFWHG�RQ�WKH�PDS DSSHDULQJ�EHORZ�WKH�ORWV�DQG�SDUFHO�QXPEHUV� /RWV�DQG�3DUFHOV�1XPEHUHG� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������ �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown will hold a public hearing on September 12, 2007, at 7:00 pm, at the Township Hall, 13641 S. M-37 Highway, Battle Creek, Michigan, to hear and consider any objections to the petitions filed, the proposed Improvements, the proposed special assessment district, and all other matters relating to said Improvements. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that preliminary plans and estimates of cost for the Improvements are on file with the Township Clerk for public examination. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board may proceed to carry out an improvement unless written objections to the improvement are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing provided for. The petition must be signed by the record owners of land for more than twenty percent (20%) of the total land are ain the Fine Lake Aquatic Plant Control Special Assessment District No. 2. PROPERTY SHALL NOT BE ADDED TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AND THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF COST SHALL NOT BE INCREASED BY MORE THAN TEN (10%) PERCENT WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING. This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown. Dated: August 8, 2007 77515712 ______________________________ June Doster Johnstown Township Clerk LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six And 93/100 Dollars ($145,686.93), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515689) File #159178F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by JON D. NORMAN and LYNNE D. NORMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 29, 2004, in Document No. 1139393, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents ($245,291.74), including interest at 5.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on September 20, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of PLAINWELL, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT NO. 59 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 AND LOT NO. 60 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 21, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77515455 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Vaneerden and Allison Vaneerden, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 2004, and recorded on September 7, 2004 in instrument 1133578, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One And 92/100 Dollars ($115,221.92), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Rolling Oaks Estates, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof, As Recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 52 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #087322F03 (77515649) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gabriel J. VanHorn and Susan E. VanHorn, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005 in instrument 1143015, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One And 13/100 Dollars ($98,921.13), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 91 and the East 27 feet of Lot 92 of the Hastings Heights Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 41. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159289F01 77515707 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry Rowan Jr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006 and recorded September 11, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169792, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Indy Mac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Five and 24/100 Dollars ($106,565.24) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 6 of Ammon Eaton's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 15. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 225.0299 77515291 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lanette L. Dove and David Dove, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated April 25, 2005, and recorded on May 2, 2005 in instrument 1145763, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Hundred FiftyEight And 07/100 Dollars ($141,558.07), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Oakridge Shores, as Recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 89, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #112456F03 77515192 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard H. Edwards JR., a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2004, and recorded on July 8, 2004, as Document Number: 1130557, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and 77/100 ($61,366.77) including interest at the rate of 11.550% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, thence West along the South line of said Section 9, a distance of 220.00 feet; thence North parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 9, a distance of 198.00 feet; thence East parallel with said South Section line 220.00 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 198.00 feet to the point of beginning. 4622 Heath Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: August 30, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 (77515510) Our File No. 141.00597 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Valerie A. Slaughter and Darrell R. Slaughter, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated June 9, 2005, and recorded on June 30, 2005 in instrument 1148780, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2005-OP2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OP2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($169,392.61), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant due East 605.02 feet from the North 1/4 post 66 section 28; thence due East 250.00 feet along said North section line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes East 295.51 feet; thence due West 250.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes West, 295.51 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158766F01 (77515654) STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24813-DE Estate of Kathryn Herringer. Date of birth: 12/27/1914. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Kathryn Theresa Herringer, who lived at 14560 S. Kellogg School Road, Hickory Corners, Michigan died 06/25/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Sandra Aronstein, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 14560 S. Kellogg School Road, PO Box 121, Hickory Corners, MI and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Jill Humphreys Steele (P53335) 10125 South M43 Highway, Ste 14 Delton, Michigan 49046 (269) 623-4775 Sandra Aronstein 14560 S. Kellogg School Rd., PO Box 121 Hickory Corners, MI 49060 (269) 671-4222 77515980 �Page 13 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Goggins and Melissa H. Goggins, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2003 and recorded April 24, 2003 in Instrument Number 1102727, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Five and 63/100 Dollars ($102,465.63) including interest at 12% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1225 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings; also those parts of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek; also the North 21 feet of Lot 3 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek, all according to the recorded plat thereof, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.3843 77515718 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Barry S. Fay, an unmarried man, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 27, 2006 and recorded April 4, 2006 in Instrument Number 1162129, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Five and 94/100 Dollars ($117,135.94) including interest at 6.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of Lots 607 and 608 of the City of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 16, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515255 File No. 200.2534 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sally Muskat, a married woman, as her sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 30, 2004, and recorded on May 11, 2004 in instrument 1127392, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred EightyThree And 81/100 Dollars ($115,783.81), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at North 1/4 post Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along North and South 1/4 line 1172.5 feet, Thence West 990 5 feet from centerline (old) M-43, Thence South 635.2 feet for beginning, Thence South 215 feet, Thence East 264 feet, Thence North 215 feet Thence West 264 feet to beginning, also including right of ingress and ingress to (old) M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159785F01 77515746 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas W. Rivers, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092940, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($209,359.12), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 3, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 0 degrees 34 minutes 56 seconds East on the North and South 1/4 line, 970.24 feet; thence North 87 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East on a fence right of way, 660.38 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds West, 987.21 feet to the South Section line, thence South 89 degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds West on said South Section line, 658.38 feet to the Point of Beg ginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515635) File #158570F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William P. Hosmer and Angela M. Hosmer, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 26, 2006 and recorded August 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168070, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by South Point, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven and 59/100 Dollars ($107,297.59) including interest at 10.15% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Village Lot No. 48 of the Village of Nashville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. Being the same property conveyed to William P. Hosmer, a married man by Deed Dated 3-18-93 and Recorded 3-25-93 in Deed Book 567, Page 942, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2466 77515723 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan Shafer aka Susan M. Shafer, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2005, and recorded on October 4, 2005 in instrument 1153878, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety And 81/100 Dollars ($122,690.81), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 16 of Bay Meadows Condominium, a condominium Established by Master Deed recorded in document no. 1052228, Barry County Records, and being designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 19, as amended, with rights in the general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515702 File #159698F01 401(k) rollovers made easy Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Deborah A. Mckinstry, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 9, 2004, and recorded on September 21, 2004 in instrument 1134227, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Eight And 20/100 Dollars ($97,288.20), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 22, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as beginning at the Northwest corner of the East 1/2 of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 22, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence North 20 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515198 File #156182F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James O. Crater and Marilyn A. Crater, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 7, 2005, and recorded on October 11, 2005 in instrument 1154326, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One And 41/100 Dollars ($104,291.41), including interest at 7.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northwest fractional 1/4 of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, thence South and center of road 538 feet for place of beginning; thence East 290 feet; thence South 227 feet; thence West 290 feet; thence North and center of road 227 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 16, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #099230F02 77515262 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Virginia Walker and Raymon Walker, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 23, 2007 and recorded August 2, 2007 in Instrument Number 200708020000405, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five and 60/100 Dollars ($225,245.60) including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Saggio's Pine Lake Park, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, in Page 79. Except for; Lot 5 and 6, Saggio's Pine Lake Park Plat, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 79, Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Barry County Records. By fee simple deed from the Phoebe E. Rutherford Revocable Trust, U/A/D September 29, 1989 as set forth in Document Number 1068967 dated 10/18/2001 and recorded 10/30/2001, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515402 File No. 280.2571 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Devine and Darlene F. Devine, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Bell Com Credit Union, Mortgagee, dated January 24, 2003, and recorded on February 4, 2003 in instrument 1096926, and assigned by mesne assignments to PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty And 13/100 Dollars ($99,750.13), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 25 and the North 20 feet of Lot 26 of Lapham's Airport Lots, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 100. Also, Lot 71 and the North 20 feet of Lot 70 of Lapham's Airport Lots No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 87. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515328 File #079324F02 Community Day Yard Sale & Antiques 02677965 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 77515794 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert D Pratt and Amy L Pratt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 15, 2005, and recorded on August 11, 2005 in instrument 1150947, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Four And 30/100 Dollars ($122,504.30), including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 581.44 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 643.56 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 272.25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 643.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 272.25 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159076F01 (77515659) 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Commission on Aging Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. 77515671 Saturday, Sept. 8 9am to 5pm Charlton Park - Hastings, MI FREE Finger FREE Public Admission g Printin Accepting Vendors • Booths - $10 • s Concession * Non-Profit Free Space * www.charltonpark.org UPCOMING EVENTS Pow Pow - Sept. 15 Lumber Jack Show Sept. 29 & 30 R.S.V.P. Call Deb to reserve your space 269-945-3775 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 14 Battle Creek Symphony season features return of Doug LaBrecque BORN THIS WEEK: You are a delightful paradox. You like things neat and tidy. But you’re also a wonderful host who can throw a really great party. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This week could offer more opportunities for ambitious Lambs eager to get ahead. But don’t rush into making decisions until you’ve checked for possible hidden problems. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Some light begins to shine on professional and/or personal situations that have long eluded explanation. Best advice: Don’t rush things. All will be made clear in time. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Although you might want to protest what seems to be an unfair situation, it’s best to keep your tongue and temper in check for now. The full story hasn’t yet come out. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Work prospects are back on track. But watch what you say. A thoughtless comment to the wrong person — even if it’s said in jest — could delay or even derail your progress. LEO (July 23 to August 22) A colleague might try to goad you into saying or doing the wrong thing. It’s best to ignore the troublemaker, even if he or she riles your royal self. Your supporters stand with you. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be careful not to let your onthe-job zealousness create resentment with co-workers who might feel you shut them out. Prove them wrong by including them in your project. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Although it’s not quite what you hoped for, use your good business sense to make the most of what you’re being offered at this time. Things will improve down the line. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A more positive picture of what lies ahead is beginning to take shape. But there are still too many gaps that need to be filled in before you make definitive plans. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Continue to keep a tight hold on the reins so that you don’t charge willynilly into a situation that might appear attractive on the surface but lack substance. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You still need to demand those answers to your questions. Remember, your wise counseling earns you respect, but it’s your search for truth that gives you wisdom. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You’ll find people are happy to help you deal with some difficult situations. And, of course, knowing you, you’ll be happy to return those favors anytime. Won’t you? PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Give that special someone in your personal life a large, loving dollop of reassurance. That will go a long way toward restoring the well-being of your ailing relationship. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Andrew von Oeyen Doug LaBrecque Rich Ridenour The Battle Creek Symphony has programmed a crowd-pleasing selection of classical and pops favorites for its upcoming 2007-08 concert season, highlighted by the return of Broadway star and Battle Creek native Doug LaBrecque. In its 109th season, and fifth under Music Director Anne Harrigan, the orchestra plans to build on last season’s record-breaking attendance and critical acclaim. The new series includes five concerts at recently renovated W. K. Kellogg Auditorium. Season subscriptions are now on sale, including a two-for-one offer for first-time subscribers. Subscribers will get first choice of the best seats, before single tickets go on sale September 18. The season opens on Saturday, October 6, with music from Disney’s classic Fantasia movies. All ages will enjoy Mussorgsky’s "Night on Bald Mountain," Respighi’s "Pines of Rome" and Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue," performed by one of the Midwest’s foremost jazz pianists, Rich Ridenour. On Saturday, November 10, Doug LaBrecque will showcase the golden voice and pure star power that have earned him critical and audience acclaim around the world. He will perform music from his leading roles in the Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and other major productions from Hollywood to Broadway. The series continues on Saturday, February 9, 2008, with “Salute to Swing,” featuring Big Band hits by such legends as Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller. On Saturday, March 29, the orchestra will be joined by acclaimed violinist Alexander Kerr for Vivaldi’s popular masterpiece, "The Four Seasons," plus a selection of English classics. The season finale, on Saturday, May 3, will feature the charismatic young pianist Andrew von Oeyen performing Rachmaninoff’s "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." A 1999 Gilmore Young Artist, Van Oeyen appears as part of the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival. All concerts are at 7:30pm. For ticket information, call Music Center Tickets at (269) 565-2199 or visit www.battlecreeksymphony.org. Concert sponsors include Attorneys for the Arts, Health Care Providers for the Arts, Kellogg Community College, LaSalle Bank, National City, and the Friends and Family of Morris Stulberg. The Battle Creek Symphony is a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan, funded in part by the Battle Creek Community Foundation and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. TELEVISION: What was the setting of the TV sitcom “Wings”? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Where are the summer Olympics going to be held in 2012? 3. MYTHOLOGY: What is the name of the Roman goddess of wisdom? 4. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Yucatan Channel? 5. THEATER: Who wrote the Pulitzer prize-winning play “The Time of Your Life”? 6. TOYS: What famous toy did George Lerner invent in 1952? 7. MEASUREMENTS: An olympiad emcompasses how many years? 8. MUSIC: What baseball player is mentioned in the Simon & Garfunkel song “Mrs. Robinson”? 9. MEDICAL: A lack of Vitamin B-12 results in what illness? 10. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Who once said, “Without fools the rest of us could not succeed”? Answers 1. Nantucket, Mass. 2. London 3. Minerva 4. Between Mexico and Cuba 5. William Saroyan 6. Mr. Potato Head 7. Four years 8. Joe DiMaggio 9. Pernicious anemia 10. Mark Twain © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Kingman Museum plans Sept. planetarium shows Bring your family to visit Kingman Museum and view a planetarium show free with your paid museum admission. On September 8, the museum’s planetarium will feature “Sky Tellers” at 2 pm. Learn what causes our seasons and hear a Native American storyteller share legends that relate to the stars in the night sky. The museum offers public planetarium shows the second Saturday of each month. Tuesday, September 11, participate in the museum’ s “Tuesday with the Stars” planetarium program at 6 pm. This month’s show is “Bear Tales.” Come sing along with this family-friendly planetarium show as we learn to identify some constellations and hear the stories that accompany them. The museum is open until 8 pm. Kingman Museum is a not for profit 501(C) (3) organization. The mission of Kingman Museum is to promote an understanding and appreciation of our natural world, the universe, and human cultures. Kingman Museum and its gift shop are open Tuesday through Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm, on Saturday from 1-5 pm, and from 9 am to 8 pm on the second Tuesday of each month. It is located in Battle Creek on West Michigan Avenue near 20th Street in Leila Arboretum. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for students age 3-18, and $15 for a family of six. Children age 2 and under and members are always free. For more information, call (269) 965-5117, or check the website at www.kingmanmuseum.org. Super Crossword Solution �Page 15 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner EXHIBITS Lakewood’s Cody Brown (7) slides to the turf after tapping the ball just out of the reach of the Ionia goal keeper in the second half Tuesday. Teammate Patrick Walker came swooping in to make sure the ball crossed the goal line for Lakewood’s seventh goal of the game. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikes score second straight 8-0 win by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood’s varsity boys’ soccer team hasn’t really been tested yet. They put on a charge early in the second half of the season opener at Hastings, to tie the game at one before storms moved through the area and ended things early. Since then, the Vikings have scored a pair of 8-0 mercy victories, over Maple Valley last week and against Ionia Tuesday night. “I’m waiting ‘til we see somebody in the league to see what we look like,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales after Tuesday’s win over the visiting Bulldogs of Ionia. Capital Area Activities Conference White Division action doesn’t start for the Vikings until Sept. 17, when they play host to the Lansing Catholic Cougars. In the new conference, each of the conference’s six teams will meet once during the regular season. A conference tournament will be held in October. The Vikings have a trip to Olivet planned for Thursday, then take on two more non-conference foes next week at Fowlerville Monday and at home against Charlotte Wednesday. The match-up following those contests against Lansing Catholic is a big one in the league. “I think they’re going to be one, two, or three (in the league),” Gonzales said of the Cougars. “I think Williamston will be one, two, or three, and I think we’ll be one, two, or three.” Topping Ionia on Unity Field Tuesday night turned out to be almost as easy as “one, two, three” for the Vikings. Three second-half goals brought the game to an end with 10:05 still showing on the clock. DeWayne Lynd crashed the net and knocked in the Vikings’ final tally to finish things against the Bulldogs. Pedro Vieira chipped a pass in front of the Bulldog net, and Genaro Salgado collided with the last Ionia defender and the Bulldog’s keeper to knock the ball free for Lynd. It wasn’t the first time the Vikings’ crashed the net in the second half. Lakewood’s second goal was put in by Patrick Walker. Vieira again made a nice pass, this time to Cody Brown in the middle of the field. Brown tapped a shot that rolled softly towards the goal mouth past the Ionia keeper. Walker came flying in to give it one last tap, and make sure the ball crossed the line, before getting tangled up in the net. It was a big second half for Vieira. He also scored the Vikings’ sixth goal, less than a minute in to the final half. Levi Phelps had two first-half goals for the Vikings, one on a penalty kick. Alex Haskin, Brown, and Adam Dow also scored for the Vikings in the first half. Dow and Lynd added first -half assists. Goaltender Levi Seese earned the shut out in net, but was rarely tested. The Bulldog keeper made a few nice saves, but couldn’t turn them all away. Lakewood had lots of luck sending long through balls over the heads of the Ionia defense, and chasing them down before the Bulldogs could get back. Phelps was flanked on each side by a teammate as the three of them moved in unimpeded against the Bulldog keeper before he put in a shot for his team’s fifth and final goal of the first half. The STREAM & LAKE MAP OF MICHIGAN resembles another map—known to Pennsylvania anglers as the “Lost Stream Map.” The “Stream Map of Pennsylvania” was completed in 1965 after a thirty-year effort by Howard Higbee, a former Penn State Professor. Professor Higbee succeeded in creating a map of the highest detail possible—a map that shows every stream and lake. He painstakingly plotted by hand, the location of 45,000 miles of streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map. The map sold extremely well— until it was lost several years after it first appeared in print. Incredibly, the printer entrusted with the original drawing and printing plates, declared bankruptcy, then carelessly hauled Higbee’s 30 years of work to a landfill. The few remaining dog-eared copies became a prized fisherman’s possession. Professor Higbee was offered $400 for one of his last maps. And state agencies were forced to keep their copies under lock and key. Experts told Professor Higbee that reprints were impossible, because the maps were printed in non-photographic blue. Then, in 1991, at the age of 91, Howard Higbee’s dream came true. Computers made it possible to reprint the map. Holding an updated map, Howard said, “I never thought I’d live to see this day.” Then, by combining Professor Higbee’s knowledge with computer technology—the STREAM & LAKE MAP OF MICHIGAN was created. MUSIC/THEATRE • Circle Theatre Presents: “Pippin” at the Aquinas College Performing Arts Center. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm with a 5 pm Sunday matinee. Admission is $22. This hip, tonguein-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale about Pippin, the young prince who longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. For more information call (616) 456-6656 or visit www.circletheatre.org. September 6-22. • Riders In The Sky: Summer Concert Series at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Gates open at 6 pm, concert begins at 7 pm rain or shine. Admission is $40 for general admission lawn seating. This Western group is one of the hardest working musical acts in showbiz. These engaging entertainers have a combination of gentle parody and true respect for the genre. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. September 12. MISCELLANEOUS GREAT GIFT ! LOST STREAM MAP • Stingrays, Sharks, and "Far Side Of The World Trail" come to John Ball Zoo every day from 9 am-6 pm. Admission is $6 adults, $4 kids 12 and under, kids 3 and under free and $1 extra for touching experiences. Stingray Lagoon opens with both touchable stingrays and their distant cousins, sharks. Also opening Far Side of the World Trail with walk-thru wallabies. For more information call (616) 336-4301 or go to www.johnballzoosociety.org. Through September 7 • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. Locate More and Bigger Fish with the Stream & Lake Map of Michigan • 28th Annual Celebration on the Grand at Ah-Nab-Awen-Park and Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids. Hours are Thursday 5-10:30 pm, Friday 5-10:30 pm, Saturday 3-11 pm. Free admission. A community festival celebrating life in Grand Rapids. Entertainment and fireworks Friday evening. Saturday afternoon and evening features live entertainment. For more information call (616) 752-8257 or visit www.celebrationonthegrand.org. September 6-8. • Grand Rapids Hispanic Festival at Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids. Hours are Friday 11:30 am-11:30 pm, Saturday noon-11:30 pm , Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission is free. Hosted by the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan downtown Grand Rapids on Calder Plaza. Cultural event highlighting the music, art and food of Latin America. Come down to enjoy live performances, food booths, beer tent and mercado. Website: www.hispaniccenter.org/festival. For more information call (616) 742-0200. September 7-9. • Allegan County Fair will once gain feature name acts. Concert schedule includes a show featuring TobyMac with special guest Skillet, a night with Toby Keith, and a September 8 show featuring Hinder, Papa Roach and Buck Cherry. See allegancountyfair.net for more information. September 7-15. • KCC Faculty Free Recital at 3 pm at the Binda Performing Arts Center at KCC. A wide variety of musical genres will be covered. The concert is free and open to the public. Sept. 9. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. 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(Photo by Brett Bremer) Woman killed in single-car traffic crash A 50-year-old Grand Rapids woman was killed in a traffic crash Wednesday on M-37 near Pifer Road. Troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Hastings said Christina Wallace was traveling north on M-37 in Barry County's Johnstown Township when it left the roadway onto the right hand shoulder. she attempted to re-enter the roadway, and over corrected, causing her to lose control of her vehicle, which then struck an embankment and overturned. The driver was ejected and pinned under the vehicle. Wallace was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the driver was not wearing a seat, and drug and alcohol use are unknown at this time. The crash remains under investigation. Troopers were assisted by Barry Township Police Department, Life Care EMS and Johnstown Township Fire Department. • In 2002, the owners of a coin-operated car wash in Maryland couldn’t figure out why they were losing hundreds of dollars every week when there was no evidence of anyone breaking into the coin machines. After careful observation, it was finally discovered that small birds were getting into the machines through the coin returns and flying off with the shiny quarters. • It was way back in 1990 when baseball player Pete Incaviglia reportedly made the following statement about pro baseball players’ salaries: “People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don’t realize that most of us only make $500,000.” Only $500,000? • In Shanghai, China, it’s become something of a trend for affluent people to wear pajamas in the street and even to work. • You’re almost certainly familiar with the word “kleptomania,” denoting a persistent neurotic impulse to steal. However, you may not be aware of another word that is derived from the same Greek root: A kleptocracy is a government by thieves. • A porcupine is able to walk just two minutes after it’s born. • There are only two states in which it is illegal for you to pump your own fuel at a gas station. Do you know which states they are? New Jersey and Oregon. • The current king of Spain was actually born in Rome. • Researchers at Glasgow University (in Scotland, of course) have discovered a singularly unsurprising fact: People who have had a moderate amount of alcohol to drink find potential partners 25 percent more attractive than they do when they are sober. I’d really like to know how they conducted that study! ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.” — Calvin Coolidge © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 16 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Household Business Services FOR SALE: LARGE black entertainment center, $50. Must Sell! Call Michelle (269)838-0663. BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $175. Also fullsize $95. (616)949-2683. Estate Sale BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. GLEN’S LANDSCAPING: TOP SOIL, SCREENED, UN-SCREENED, RETAINING WALLS, TREATED TIES, BOULDERS & SEA WALLS. NEW LAWNS PUT IN, OLD LAWNS REPAIRED. TREES, PINE TREES, SHRUBS, CHIPS, BARK. TREES CUT OR REMOVED. PAVER, BLOCK, WALK WAYS, POURED CEMENT, FLAT WORK, LAND CLEARING & LEVELING, SEEDING & SODDING. “WE’RE EASY TO GET A LAWN WITH”. OWNER SINCE 1967. (616)891-1843 ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 BED - NASA developed Memory foam mattress set. Brand new with warranty, must sell. $420. Call 616-9496525. Can deliver. For Rent HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $110. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. HOME FOR RENT on Algonquin Lake: 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, house will be listed for sale. Rent $750 plus security deposit. (517)676-5256 early evenings. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can separate, can deliver. (616)949-6525 d Garage Sale GARAGE SALE, SEPTEMBER 7th-8th-9th. 2000 Polaris snowmobile, 2001 Honda 400EX, rebuilt Suzuki quad racer, tools, clothes, some furniture, lots of miscellaneous items. 10932 North Avenue, Dowling. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Automotive ‘93 CHRYSLER LEBARON: looks good, runs good, $850. (269)908-1963 Help Wanted Farm E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 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Community Notices FALL TREE AND BULB SALE: Bare root seedling and transplant trees and a variety of spring flowering bulbs available. Order by Sept. 21 at Barry Conservation District, 1611 S. Hanover, Hastings (Secretary of State building). (269)9488056 ext. 3 www.barrycd.org. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Recreation 1997 PROCRAFT, 205 Pro bass boat, mint condition, 225hp EFI Mercury, tournament ready, many new extras. $14,000. Cell# 269-2147807, work# 269-665-9714. 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 Sporting Goods FOR SALE: MATHEWS Q2XL Bow, 38”, axle to axle stabilizer, fiber optic sights with level, wrist strap & quiver, also has string, leeches and vibration dampeners on limbs. 12xx-79 2312 arrows, 6 fletched with inserts, 6 unfletched, camo finish, $700 invested, asking $500. Call (269)623-8784. 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After they had gone, she discovered a number of items, including the a rifle and a derringer, were missing. When deputies went to the new location of the mother and son, she initially denied having any property belonging to her former landlord. However, the rifle and the pistol were found in the residence. Deputies later contacted a former husband of the woman who said he had gone to a storage facility, paid the back rent, and found a number of items reported taken from the home his estranged wife and son had been living in. The woman initially insisted she did not know her son had stolen the weapons and that he told her they belonged to her estranged husband. Her son, however, said she knew the rifle did not belong to her estranged husband and she told him to say that because as a juvenile she insisted he would not get into serious trouble. She also told him she planned to sell the rifle. Items recovered included a propane gas grill, bedding for a waterbed, towels, a DVD player, a number of tools and a Nextel phone. The value of all the items missing was listed as $2,640.28. Deputies recovered approximately $1,760 worth of items. The case has been forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review. Six people detained for meth possession Barry County Sheriff’s deputies received a call about an apparent meth lab in Nashville last July. Deputies teamed up with Nashville Police to observe the location and noticed a large amount of activity in and around the residence. Although a meth lab was not discovered on the property, a number of people there were found to have various amounts of methamphetamine on their possession. Six suspects were detained and warrants for their arrest are being sought for possession of a controlled substance and three of the suspects are having warrants sought for dealing. One woman, Anna Marie Olmstead was arrested on the spot on an outstanding warrant out of Eaton County. She was lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. Boater arrested for too much to drink Grant Michael Droste, 23, of Pewamo was arrested by Barry County Marine Patrol Deputies on Sept. 1 when his 1989 Thompson 18-foot fiberglass inboard pleasure boat was pulled over for being on the water after dark with no lights. Upon boarding the vessel, deputies noticed a strong odor of intoxicants and observed a number of empty beer cans. Droste failed a series of sobriety tests and his blood alcohol level was measured at .162 percent. Deputies arrested Droste and towed the boat to shore as the passengers in the vessel were also too intoxicated to pilot the craft. Caledonia man arrested after accident A 55-year-old Shelbyville man was seriously injured in an accident, which occurred in front of 5255 92nd Street in Caledonia Township Sept. 1. According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, a westbound vehicle driven by a 20-year-old Caledonia man crashed head on into an eastbound vehicle being driven by the Shelbyville resident, who was delivering newspapers for the Grand Rapids Press. Both men were transported to Spectrum Downtown where the 20-year-old was treated and released. The 55-year-old driver was admitted to the hospital with serious injuries. After being treated and released from the hospital, the Caledonia man was lodged in the Kent County Jail with charges pending for operating while intoxicated. The accident remains under investigation. Driver located after leaving accident d 77509092 +$67,1*6�� POLICE BEAT Gerald Scott Stevens, 24, of Wyoming, Mich., was involved in a one-car accident Sept. 1 on 68th Street in Caledonia Township. Stevens was driving a 1994 Ford Explorer that witnesses observed traveling erratically. When Kent County Sheriff Deputies arrived at the scene, Stevens had fled from the area. A short time after deputies had been on the scene, dispatch received a call of a suspicious person on Thornapple Hills Drive, which is in the immediate area of the accident. Upon checking off the side of the private drive, Stevens was located passed out in the grass behind a tree, bleeding from the head. Stevens was moved from that location back to the scene of the accident where medical personnel could treat him. He was then transported to St. Mary’s Hospital with serious head and other bodily injuries. Alcohol was believed to have contributed to the accident. Probation violated by drinking, assault Hastings Police responded to a domestic assault complaint in the 400 block of South Jefferson Street Sept. 3 after the incident was called into 911. A witness who had observed the suspect, identified as John Jarmen, 27, of Hastings, hit the 39-year-old victim in the face during an argument. Jarmen, who was not at the residence when police arrived, returned a short time later. When officers confronted him about the assault he denied striking the victim. Jarmen was taken into custody on charges of domestic assault, and for violating a probation order for no alcohol consumption after registering a .17% blood alcohol content. Jarmen was transported and lodged at the Barry county Jail. Woman arrested for assaulting teen Hastings Police arrested a Hastings woman on charges of assault and battery after she lost her temper over some unsuspecting news and then punched a 17-year-old teen in the eye. Police were called to a residence in the 500 Block of East Green Street Aug. 29 after the assault occurred. During the investigation the suspect, Kelly Mickinkle, 27, of Hastings, admitted to punching the victim after she learned she was dating her former boyfriend. Mickinkle was placed under arrest and transported to the Barry County Jail. Satellite television scam reported Hastings Police are investigating a possible scam Aug. 14 at a residence in the 700 block of Redwood Drive. A man who identified himself as an employee of "American Satellite" told the homeowner he was there to update his Direct TV to the Dish Network system, he was told that the two companies had merged. Afterward, he was charged a fee of $49.99 and payment was requested. The homeowner initially wrote the man a check but became suspicious. He contacted Dish Network and was told that no merging had occurred with the companies. He immediately canceled the check and notified the police. The incident remains under investigation. Motorcycle stolen from M-43 residence Michigan State Police from the Hastings post are investigating the theft of a motorcycle reportedly stolen sometime between Aug. 21 and Aug. 25 from a residence on M-43 in Hastings. The 85cc Suzuki racing bike was chained and locked to a boulder. The thief stole the bike, the chain and the lock. The bike is decorated with special racing stickers and is valued at approximately $2,000. Anyone with information about the theft or the location of the motorcycle is requested to contact Trooper Brian Roderick at 948-8283. Goldsworthy gasoline thief sought Trooper Brian Roderick is investigating a complaint of a person who has driven away from Goldsworthy Marathon on M37 in Dowling on three occasions without paying. Roderick said the man appears to be driving a new 2007 Dodge Avenger, red in color. The first time the driver drove away without paying a $32 gas bill July 4. On July 29 he returned and left without paying for $40 worth of gas. On July 31, he returned once again and left without paying for $32 worth of gas. Roderick has been trying to trace the vehicle and has checked with dealerships in Hastings, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo with no luck. He has also checked with the state to see of any such vehicle is registered to anyone in this area, again with no results. “The man comes in each time from the south, so he may live south of Barry County,” Roderick said. “We are looking for help in identifying the man or the car.” Anyone with information can call Roderick at 948-8283. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 17 Saxon pace less than a goal a game Saxons set to dedicate new entrance to their old coach This Friday night, at 6:15 p.m., prior to the start of the Hastings varsity football contest against Forest Hills Northern the Hastings Athletic Department will hold a brief dedication ceremony honoring former Hastings Saxon football coach and athletic director Bill Karpinski. The new entrance to Baum Stadium at Johnson Field will be dedicated in his honor. Former players, friends and the public are invited to attend and then visit with coach Karpinski at the tailgate party sponsored by the Hastings Athletic Boosters. Good Stewards golf outing will be held September 14 Good Stewards Inc. will hold its second annual golf outing on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Hastings Country Club. Registration for the outing starts at 9 a.m., and is followed by a shot gun start at 10. The public is invited, and encouraged, to join in the fun day of golf and to help the area’s at risk population. The event with be an 18-hole four-person scramble. Prizes will be awarded for first and second places, as well as prizes for the longest drive, closest to the pin contests, and a $10,000 hole-in-one prize. There are sponsorship opportunities available, which will include golf for a team of four. Contributors will receive special recognition at the event. Good Stewards provides guardianship, conservatorship and financial payee services assisting the vulnerable adult and children population in the area. In doing so, Good Stewards provides qualified people to manage the client’s affairs. Good Stewards will help clients find a way to make it better. All donations and part of the golf costs are tax deductible. There are team and individual openings available. Those interested may contact Bob Meppelink at the Hastings office by phone at (269) 945-8860 for more information. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings varsity boys’ soccer coach Brian Roderick had a message for his team following last Wednesday’s 5-1 non-conference loss at home against West Catholic. “Don’t give up on yourselves,” he told his players. “Don’t give up on this team, because there’s a lot more soccer to be played.” The loss dropped the Saxons record to 1-41, and the team is now 1-5-1 after a 2-1 loss at Battle Creek Central on Tuesday night. Getting just one goal in each of those games was nothing new for the Saxons. They’ve scored just six goals total in their seven regular season games thus far. “We can’t put the ball in the net,” said Roderick. “That is our enemy. We just can not put the ball in the opposing team’s net enough.” also tallied a goal for the visitors from Grand Rapids. “We’ve played some teams from West Catholic and Battle Creek Central that you wouldn’t expect to do real great, but they aren’t bad programs,” said Roderick. Next up for the Saxons is a program they know isn’t bad, Forest Hills Northern. The Huskies come to Hastings to start the O-K Gold Conference season on Thursday this week. The game will be played in Baum Stadium at Johnson Field, the Saxons’ first game on their school’s new artificial turf. After that, the Saxons head to Hamilton for another Gold match next Tuesday. “If we play the way we’ve been playing, we’re going to get killed,” Roderick said. “If we play up to our potential we can turn this season around. I’m hoping for the latter.” Area teams’ youth shows at DK Invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor All three coaches from Barry County schools, who’s teams made the trek to the Netz facility in Richland for Thursday’s Delton Kellogg Invitational talked about the youth movement their teams are going through at the moment. Combined on the courts Thursday the three schools, Maple Valley, Delton Kellogg, and Hastings, had six seniors among them. Each team had two. The Lions featured setter Lauren Pierce and middle Rachel Mater. Maple Valley was without another pair of seniors on their roster, outside hitter Dani Christensen and utility player Ashley Gonser. Christensen would have been one of the strongest hitters at the tournament if she had been able to play. That pair is expected to return to the court for the Lions in mid September. Delton Kellogg, the Lions Kalamazoo Valley Association rivals, have just eight players on their varsity roster. The Panthers sport two seniors, one freshman, and five sophomores. Delton’s sophomores did contribute a lot to the team a year ago though. Hastings had a freshman, who was just called up to the varsity this week, playing her first match as a middle. Both Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg by Brett Bremer Everyone felt Earth move somehow after U of M loss It’s not often you get to see history made on the athletic field. Oh wait, we didn’t get to see history. Michigan’s historic 34-32 loss to Appalachian State Saturday wasn’t on regular TV. It wasn’t even on standard cable. Thanks Big Ten Network. Anyway, I had an eye on the scores rolling along the bottom of the television set during the afternoon on Saturday. When the Mountaineers from the Championship Subdivision were still ahead of the Wolverines from the Bowl Subdivision in the final minutes, it was time to turn on the radio. There were a lot of reactions to what happened in those final minutes, that included two blocked Michigan field goals, a hail-mary type pass that put the Wolverines in position for the second one, Appalachian State kicking a field goal on first down with time left on the clock. I’m something of a Michigan football fan, a little less since attending Central Michigan University, and after not having the chance to go to a game at the Big House in the past few years, but still a Michigan football fan. Not even for a second after the game did I feel bad for the Wolverines. All I thought about was how great it was for those Mountaineers must be feeling. It was like a little piece or March Madness in September. Then I started to hear the fall out. Patricia Johns, our Middleville reporter in the office here, wondered why so many people were treating this as more than just a game, as if Michigan football was life or more than life. Helen Mudry, our Lakewood reporter, thought about her mother. Her mother is a diehard Michigan fan, who just happens to live in North Carolina the home state of the Mountaineers. Mudry’s mom, Helen Gurley, already was a little perturbed about how people in North Carolina don’t have a great respect for Michigan football. One would think that people in North Carolina would think about Michigan football the same way people in Michigan think about North Carolina basketball. Apparently Gurley feels that people in North Carolina don’t think about Michigan football at all. Imagine what they think now. Probably even less. Jay Leno is making jokes at the Wolverines expense. My wife said, “so, it’s like Cass City (her high school) beating the Detroit Tigers.” Not quite, but Dan Burge here in the office came a little closer when he said, “It’s like Hope beating Grand Valley.” I guess we could jump on that and say it’s like Grand Valley beating Appalachian State. The Mountaineers aren’t just some patsy on their level. They’ve won two national championships in a row. My brother-in-law was getting constant updates on his cell phone. He was out to dinner with the family, on break from his freshman year of college. When he got the final score he packed up his dinner, and said he was headed home and didn’t talk to anyone for a day. The most entertaining and/or insightful quip I’ve seen or head about the whole thing was in Sunday’s Grand Rapids Press. Next to a bullet it said that in the media guide this season, one of Appalachian state’s most memorable gridiron victories was a 16-15 victory over Furman in 2002. I guess I’ll have to ask someone back in the plant what it costs to print a college football media guide. Appalachian State should get an update out before its next game. Stephen Tolger scored the Saxons lone goal in the loss to Battle Creek Central. He collected a corner kick from teammate Jon Feldpausch and fired a low shot into the far corner of the net that tied the game at one in the second half. Mike Carroll had converted on a 1-on-1 with the Saxon goaltender earlier in the half to open the scoring. In the final 15 minutes Carroll had two chances to put his team back on top with penalty kicks. The first shot was fired high and right. His second hit its mark with 5:35 left to play, giving his team the 2-1 victory. Tolger assisted teammate Mike Purchase to tie last week’s match with West Catholic at one in the first half, but that was the final time the Saxons would find the net. Matt Karas and Ethan Kruppe had two goals each for the Falcons, and Gabe Aurdu Delton Kellogg sophomore Hannah Williams tips the ball over the arms of a Parma Western blocker during power pool play at the DK Invitational Thursday at the Netz in Richland. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon senior Ashley Eerdmans leaps up to fire an attack over the block of a pair of Potterville players during Thursday’s Delton Kellogg Invitational at Netz in Richland. (Photo by Brett Bremer) advanced to the seven-team championship bracket, in the 11-team tournament. And both teams fell in their first tournament contest. The Lions were downed by DeWitt 25-3, 2510. Delton Kellogg fell to Potterville 25-21, 20-25, and 16-14. Maple Valley was 2-2 in pool play. The Lions fell to the eventual champions from Coldwater to start the day, 25-9, 25-13. The Lions then got the best of Parma-Western 2517, 25-22. In power pool action, the Lions split again. They knocked off East Jackson in their first match 23-25, 25-12, 15-13. In match number two, the Lions fell to Potterville 25-19, 27-26. Maple Valley head coach Bill Brenton missed his seniors, but said maybe this isn’t such a bad point in the season for some of the underclassmen to get some work in. Delton Kellogg was 3-2 heading into tournament play. The Panthers topped Hastings 25-13, then fell to DeWitt 25-17, 25-22 in pool play. In the power pool, The Panthers defeated Kelloggsville 25-15, 25-18, then downed Parma-Western 25-16, 25-20. After opening the day 0-3, the Saxons won their final two matches of the tournament. In the end of the power pool, the Saxons knocked off East Jackson 25-19, 25-23. In consolation action, the Saxons defeated Kelloggsville 25-16, 25-22. Ashley Eerdmans led the Saxons with 21 kills and seven digs on the day, and setter Hannah Wood dished out 41 assists. Kayla Vogel contributed four kills and six aces. Brittany Hickey had five kills, four aces, and seven blocks. Jen Ratliff tallied ten kills, 11 digs, and four aces for the Saxons. “Ashley Eerdmans played well,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. “Her all around game, she was aggressive. Her hits were probably the best part of her game. She struggled with passing though. “Hannah Wood had good sets, when the passes were there.” Improving the team’s overall passing ability is the key thing for the Saxons to focus on as the season progresses. “We got kills, when we passed well,” Sheldon said. The Saxon passing wasn’t quite up to speed yet as they opened the O-K Gold Conference season at Forest Hills Northern Tuesday night. The Huskies downed Hastings 25-14, 25-11, 25-18. Wood had just six assists for the night, to go along with one ace. Eerdmans led the team in digs with four. Hickey had three kills and two blocks up front for the Saxons. Panthers in middle of pack at invites Delton Kellogg’s girls finished in a tie for fourth place at the Edwardsburg Invitational Saturday. The event was broken up into freshman/sophomore and junior/senior races. The Panthers finished with 56 points, to tie Sturgis in fourth place. Vicksburg, led by senior individual champion Molly Waterhouse (19 minutes 48 seconds), took the girls’ championship with 29 points. Laporte was second with 31, and Niles third with 33 points. Junior Mandy Dye and senior Rachael Williams had the best two times for the Panther team as a whole. Dye was seventh in the jr/sr race with a time of 22:09. Williams was ninth in 22:19. Freshmen Taylor Hennessey and Renee McConahay led the young Panthers. Hennessey was 14th in 23:24, and McConahay 29th in 25:51. Sturgis’ upperclassmen weren’t quite strong enough to vault their team past Delton Kellogg, but the Trojans’ youngsters were dominant. Sturgis freshman Ann Arseneau had the best time by any girl at the meet, finishing in 19:21. Her team had the top three runners in the fr/so race. Alex Keyser was second in 19:59 and Mary Boyde third in 20:24. Behind those top five in the team standings, Edwardsburg and Plainwell tied in fifth place with 80 points. Bangor, Lawton, and Mendon tied in sixth place with 97. The Delton Kellogg boys were 11th out of 15 teams Saturday. Their Kalamazoo Valley Association rivals from Hackett Catholic Central took the boys’ championship with just 19 points. Laporte was second with 22, followed by Bangor 30, Vicksburg 50, Berrien Springs 62, Coldwater 73, Plainwell 74, Sturgis 90, Mendon 99, Paw Paw 103, Delton Kellogg 118, Niles 134, Brandywine 194, Lawton 199, and Dowagiac 236. Morgan Hennessey led the Delton boys’ on the day. He was 21st in the jr/sr race with a time of 17:57, but was the only Panther to finish in the top 40 in that race. Nick Rendon, a sophomore, paced the Delton youngsters. He was tenth in 18:05. Brandon Humphreys was next across the finish line in the fr/so race for DK, placing 36th in 20:28. Laporte had four of the top five runners in the jr/sr boys’ race, led by champion Matt Miller who hit the line in 16:02. His teammate Mike Fout was second in 16:03. Hackett’s Andrew Breyer placed third in 16:13. The top boys’ fr/so time of 16:59 by Sturgis’ Jay Marshall would have placed him ninth in the jr/sr boys’ race. Last Wednesday, the Delton Kellogg boys were fifth and the girls sixth, out of ten teams, at the Kalamazoo Central Invitational. The Delton Kellogg boys tallied 148 points, and finished ahead of two KVA rivals in Parchment and Pennfield. Morgan Hennessey led the team again, hitting the line in 18:55. He was followed in by teammates Nick Rendon (14th in 19:12), Michael DeWaters (39th, 20:50), Mark Loveland (41st, 21:00), and Humphreys (43rd, 21:08). West Ottawa had the next three runners, behind individual champion Chris Ryan of Vicksburg (17:16), and took the championship with 34 points. Vicksburg was second with 75, followed by Kalamazoo Central 93, Plainwell 94, DK 148, Gull Lake 150, Harper Creek 174, Parchment 186, Pennfield 214, and Battle Creek Central NTS. Vicksburg had two individual champions on the day. Waterhouse won the girls’ race in 20:40, and her team took the girls’ title with 50 points. West Ottawa was second with 59 points, followed by Gull Lake 69, Kalamazoo Central 90, Harper Creek 109, Delton 159, Plainwell 166, Pennfield 207, Battle Creek Central 264, and Parchment NTS. Williams led the Panther girls’ pack with a 17th-place time of 23:20. Dye was right behind her, in 19th, with a time of 23:29. Taylor Hennessey was a bit behind the top two Panthers, finishing 40th overall in 26:01. Lauren Knollenberg was 46th in 26:52, and JoAnna Hoeberling 48th in 28:06 for DK. Delton will take part in another invitational this Saturday, at Lawton, then another hosted by Thornapple Kellogg at Yankee Springs next Monday. The KVA season begins next week Wednesday when Kalamazoo Christian hosts the league’s first jamboree. �Page 18 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner HHS area’s only undefeated as conf. play opens by Brett Bremer Sports Editor All five of the local varsity football teams open the conference season this week. Hastings is the lone team from the area to enter league play with an unblemished record. The Saxons are 2-0 after topping Belding last week, and will face Forest Hills Northern to start the O-K Gold Conference season. The Huskies have geared up for conference play with a couple tough non-conference battles against play-off teams from a year ago, Sparta and DeWitt. The Huskies haven’t fared very well, being outscored 54-3 in the two contests, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be ready for the Saxons. “They’re a pretty good football team,” Hastings’ head coach Fred Rademacher said of the Huskies. “They’re huge and they’re physical.” While the Huskies have had trouble scoring points another O-K Gold Conference team that comes to the county this Friday has not. Thornapple Kellogg (0-2) will host Byron Center (2-0). The Bulldogs new Wing-T offense put up 52 points in a thriller against Northview in the opener, then trounced Grand Rapids Union last week, putting 42 more points up on the scoreboard. In the first Capital Area Activities Conference White Division game of the season, Lakewood hosts Lansing Catholic Friday yards. Redskin quarterback Kyle Brechting connected on just one-of-five pass attempts for four yards. Delton Kellogg 46, Bellevue 0 In the first 13 minutes Thursday night the right side of the Delton Kellogg offensive line, center Johnathon Hess, right guard Chase Mills, right tackle Octavio Romero, and right end Anthony Reeves, got all the glory. Four times in the first 13 minutes Delton Kellogg ball carriers raced around or through the left side of the Bellevue offense for touchdowns helping the host Panthers build a 27-0 lead 59 seconds into the second quarter. In the end, it didn’t really matter which direction the Panthers ran, as they scored a 46-0 victory over the Broncos. It was 33-0 at the half. Quarterback Brian Diaz and running back Steven Scoby had two touchdowns each in the first half for Delton Kellogg. Diaz scored Delton’s only two touchdowns of the second quarter, racing in from 64-yards out the first time around the right side then picking the left side of the line on his 14-yard scoring run. Scoby scored on runs of 15 and 44 yards. DK also got a first-half touchdown run from Kirk Wolschleger on a 40-yard run in the first quarter. That was the first of two touchdowns for Wolschleger, who also scored on a nine-yard run in the third quarter. Raymond Lindsey scored the Panthers’ final touchdown, on a five-yard run in the fourth quarter. Delton Kellogg racked up 444 yards of total offense on the night. Scoby ran seven times for 131 yards. Wolschleger had 65 yards on the ground, Anthony Riley 64, and Steven Romero 45. Diaz rushed for 81 yards and passed for another 43 yards passing. The Delton Kellogg passing game connected on two-of-six attempts. There were some things for the Panthers work on. A number of times Diaz had two, or night. The Vikings have beaten the Cougars in their last nine meetings, but Lansing Catholic brings a much improved squad to Unity Field. Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch and his players have been pointing to this game since the start of the preseason, thinking that the winner has a great chance to go on to a conference championship. The Cougars are 2-0 coming in with wins over Jackson Northwest and Eaton Rapids. In the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) the Delton Kellogg Panthers and Maple Valley Lions both take on undefeated squads that have blown out their opposition thus far. Delton Kellogg heads to Kalamazoo to take on the Christian Comets. The Comets have yet to be scored upon this season, with a 42-0 win over Berrien Springs and a 48-0 victory over Edwardsburg. The Lions look for their first win this week on the road at Galesburg-Augusta. The Rams have downed Bloomingdale 24-0 and Redford Covenant 49-7 this season. Maple Valley avoided an 0-4 start with a one-point win over the Rams last season, and will be looking to avoid an 0-3 start this year. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 1-1 2-0 0-2 1-1 0-2 Here’s a round-up of last Thursday’s local gridiron action. Maple Valley running back Michael Paisley tries to break around the right side as the Sand Creek defense closes in. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Panthers perfect as they head into conference action The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team continued building some confidence, heading into this Wednesday’s scheduled Kalamazoo Valley Association opener at Galesburg-Augusta. The Panthers entered league play last night with a 3-0 non-conference mark. Delton ousted Saranac last week Wednesday, 8-0. The Panthers started the scoring early with two goals in the first two minutes of play. The Redskins played defensively the remainder of the half, and kept Delton out of the net until after the break. Delton continued its strong play in the second half, with six more goals that ended the match in a mercy with three minutes remaining. The Panthers had 26 shots on goal for the night. David Roberts tallied four goals for the Panthers. Matt Julian, Scott Hoekstra, Joe Koopman and Chris Leinaar combined to match Roberts’ output with one goal each. Nick Smith and Nick Blacken both had assists for DK. Delton Kellogg goal keepers Scott Hoekstra and Jansen Fluty combined for the shut out. Fluty was able to corral the lone Saranac shot on goal. Redskin keepers Michael Brock and Zach Wheelock had eight and ten saves respectively. Delton has a non-conference game scheduled for Thursday at Allegan this week, then continues the KVA season at home against Parchment on Monday and at Kalamazoo Christian next Wednesday. Celebrate the S A XON SPIRIT with a Hastings 20, Belding 14 A 13-yard touchdown run by Garrett Harris was the only scoring play of the second half for either team, as Hastings improved to 2-0 on the season with a 20-14 victory at Belding Thursday night. Drew Gross’ second touchdown run of the first half for Belding, and the ensuing extrapoint kick, tied the game at 14 heading into the half. Hastings got a three-yard touchdown run from Greg Woodmansee, and a two-point run by quarterback Brad Hayden, to take a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter. Hayden connected with Luke Mansfield on a 78-yard pass to get the scoring started for Hastings in the first quarter. That pulled the Saxons to within a point at 7-6. “My defensive coordinator Mike Dubois made some nice adjustments and the kids just played tough physical football,” said Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher. “In the second half, we didn’t allow a first down.” The Saxons shifted some of their positioning to help take away some of the success the Redskins were experiencing running off tackle. Saxon tackles Troy Burch and Casey Goodenough were already doing an outstanding job taking the trap away from the Redskins’ repertoire. There weren’t many surprises on either side. The Saxons’ Wing-T offense came with Rademacher from East Kentwood. It came to East Kentwood from Belding. “We can simulate (Belding’s offense) in a practice better than what our opponents are going to be able to do,” said Rademacher. Belding could simulate what the Saxons were planning as well, but it didn’t slow Hastings down too much. Running back Ryan Burgdorf had his second big game of the season. He rushed 27 times for 175 yards. Hastings had 272 total yards on the ground for the night, compared with 191 for Belding. Hayden also completed three-of-five pass attempts for 92 yards. “I’m pretty happy with our performance,” Rademacher said. “Our kids played a tough physical football game for four quarters.” Belding’s offensive attack was led by Christian Bach, who rushed 12 times for 63 three, receivers open behind the Bellevue defense but couldn’t quite make the connection. The Delton defense was strong, creating three turnovers. Quinn Seaver picked off two Bellevue passes. Brennan Smith forced a fumble, and Romero picked it up. Mills led the Panthers with eight tackles. Smith had six, and Romero and Mitch Duquesnel had five each. Bellevue had just 77 yards of total offense for the evening, with 51 of that coming on the ground. Fullback Josh Brandon led the Bronco attack, with 13 carries for 28 yards. Linebacker Anthony Hayes led the Bronco defense with nine tackles, and fellow linebacker Jacob Coltson had seven. Muskegon Heights 34, Middleville 33 by David T. Young Editor If it works, you’re a genius. If it doesn’t, you’re the goat. But Middleville head football coach Tim Penfield decided to go for the win with a twopoint conversion rather than settle for a tie and overtime. His gamble with 1:34 left in the ball game was foiled when senior lineman Steve Winston wrapped his arms around TK running back James Smith about a yard short of the goal line to preserve a 34-33 victory for visiting Muskegon Heights. It was a dramatic finish to a wild ball game Thursday night, a contest loaded with costly fumbles, touchdown passes, critical penalties, offensive fireworks, and worst of all, the homestanding Trojans letting a 21-0 lead over most of the first two quarters evaporate. In the thrilling conclusion, Middleville, after the Tigers had just scored a touchdown go ahead 34-27 with 5:05 left, gamely took the football 55 yards in eight plays to creep to within one point with a minute and a half left See FOOTBALL, page 20 Muskegon Heights quarterback Anthony Moore (2) is about to cough up the football into the waiting hands of Middleville linebacker Jeff Dickerson (18), who picked it off and ran 60 yards to the end zone for the game’s first score Thursday. (Photo by David T. Young) PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, the Hastings Athletic Boosters are sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Forest Hills Northern, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field. October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Honoring former Saxon football coach and athletic director ... BILL KARPINSKI Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77515949 77514873 Food Centers �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — Page 19 Keith first, Allyson second at Lakewood Invitational by Brett Bremer Sports Editor No surprise, a pair of Winchesters led the way for the Thornapple Kellogg varsity cross country teams at the Lakewood Invitational Wednesday afternoon. Senior Keith Winchester took the individual championship on the boys’ side, hitting the finish line in 17 minutes 17 seconds. As important as winning, he finished ahead of Dane Schils placed 25th overall in the boys’ race at last Wednesday’s Lakewood Invitational. The Saxon boys were fourth as a team behind Wayland, Ionia, and Saranac. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Doubles sweep helps Vikes down Lansing Everett tennis Some line-up changes helped the Lakewood Vikings to a 6-2 victory over Lansing Everett last Thursday. With their new line-up in tact, former fourth singles player Jared Secor teamed up with Caleb Yager at second doubles, where the Vikings scored a 6-0, 6-4 victory. “Number one and number two doubles played solid,” said Lakewood head coach Dean Wieber said. “I expect to see them play that way all year.” Lakewood swept the doubles. Jeremy Avery and Zack Woodman won 6-2, 6-1 at first doubles. Alex Fox and Cody Rowe won 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 at third doubles. In the fourth doubles match, Kyle McMillen and Riley Nisbet won 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. “Today the team struggled a bit, but showed its maturity in the three set matches,” said Wieber. “Cody Rowe served awesome all day and especially at 5-4 (in the third set) to close out the match.” “Kyle McMillen played the best I’ve seen him play in his third set with Riley Nisbet, who stepped up as well.” On the singles side, foreign exchange student and new number one Pedro Vieira and former number one Alex Haskin scored wins for the Vikings. At first singles, Vieira topped Matt VanDyke 6-3, 6-1. Haskin defeated Garrison Thompson 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2. “Alex Haskin kept scraping after the first set, until he found his game,” Wieber said. “Pedro Vieira won easily at number one singles and has already shown how good he is and how much he will add to the team.” In their only two losses, Levi Phelps was downed 6-2, 6-1 at third singles and Cameron Rowland suffered a 7-6(9), 6-3 defeat at number four. Thursday the Vikings host Charlotte, then Saturday they will host their own Lakewood Invite. Saxon Sports Shorts JV Football The Hastings junior varsity football team improved their record to 2-0 with a 41-6 win over Belding last week. Luke Hubbell reached the end zone twice, running behind the blocking of Chase Coughlin and Robert Endsley. Also scoring touchdowns for the Saxons were Jake Stockham, Gage Pederson, Chase DelCotto, and Jason Eckley. Matt Schild converted six p.a.t. kicks. The Saxon defense, led by Jon Giesler and Kyle Griffith, was strong after giving up a first play score by limiting Belding to only one first down the rest of the game and not allowing the Redskins past the 50-yard-line. Freshmen Football The freshmen Saxons improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 41-0 victory at home against Belding last week. The Saxons scored twice in each of the first two quarters to go into half-time with a 27-0 lead. Hastings then added a pair of third quarter scores to close out the scoring. The coaching staff highlighted the offensive line play of Kevin Maurer, David Soya, Collin Ferguson, Matt Mansfield, Tom Davis, C.J. Marlette, Kevin Osterink and Zack Nurenburg. The backfield was lead by Casey Shaeffer, Josh Endsley, Sean McKeough, Micah Huver, Alex Randall and Josh Coenen. In their season opener, Aug. 23, the Saxons topped Lakewood 27-0. Hastings began the new season with a scoring drive on its first possession and then added a second score before the half to lead 14-0. Two more scoring drives in the third quarter put the game out of reach before the storms came. JV Girls’ Golf The Hastings’ junior varsity girls’ golf team opened their dual meet season with a 245-320 victory over Hamilton last Wednesday at Hastings Country Club. Taylor Hammond led the Saxons with a 58. She was followed on the Saxon scorecard by Stephanie Glass with a 61, Dena Letot 62, and Chelsea Snyder 64. Wayland’s top runner Eddie Seymour. Seymour was second in 17:21. The two will see a lot of each other this season when the O-K Gold Conference jamborees get started. Seymour’s Wildcats however got the best of Winchester’s Trojans overall on the day. Wayland took the boys’ championship with just 48 points. TK was sixth overall. The boys’ meet featured 14 teams. Ionia was second with 65 points, followed by Saranac 76, Hastings 103, Lakewood 111, TK 116, East Grand Rapids 202, Maple Valley 207, Bellevue 229, and Portland 271. Wayland had three of the top five runners, with Rafael Nelson fourth and Neal White fifth. TK’s number two, senior Ethan Fuller, was just over a minute behind Winchester. Fuller placed 13th in 18:19. Rounding out the top five for TK were Tim Etter (20th in 19:11), Eric Buchanan (40th in 20:13), and Nathan LaVire (55th in 20:55). Hastings’ was paced by Ryan Bosma, who finished tenth in 18:07. Behind Bosma for the Saxons, Troy Dailey was 12th in 18:13, Dane Schils 25th in 19:28, and Kevin Armstrong 32nd in 19:53. Dan Schasser paced the Lakewood Vikings with a seventh place finish in 17:55.2. Next came Blake Blocher and Miguel Martinez, who were 21st and 22nd in 19:12.1 and 19:18.7. Billy Quint was the fourth Lakewood runner across the finish line, 24th in 19:25. He was followed by freshman Tucker Seese, who was 49th in 20:34. Joe Benedict turned in a 23rd place finish in 19:23 to lead Maple Valley. Matt Hamilton was the second runner in for Maple Valley, placing 39th in 20:04. Adam Cook was right behind him in 46th with a time of 20:28, and Kaleb Root right behind him in 50th at 20:38. Austin French closed out the scoring for the Lions with an 80th place finish in 27:51. Winchester’s younger sister, freshman Allyson Winchester, had a time that would have been good enough for fifth place on the Trojan boys’ team. Her time of 20:36 was good for first on the Trojan girls’ team, and second overall individually in the girls’ race. Saranac sophomore Melinda Palinkas bested Winchester by more than a minute, finish- ing in 19:31. Allyson’s Trojans did fare much better than Palinkas’ Saranac team did though. TK was second only to East Grand Rapids in the girls’ meet. The Pioneers finished with 47 points, followed by TK 76, Lakewood 98, Ionia 104, Wayland 131, Hastings 191, Saranac 195, Maple Valley 198, Portland 238, Olivet 245, Bellevue 265, and Coloma 311. East Grand Rapids had its top six runners finish in the top 16 in the race. Katie Samuelson was fourth for the Pioneers in 20:48, and Maddie Vaughn fifth in 20:50. Both are sophomores. The Pioneers also had runners place 11th, 12th, 15th, and 16th. Breaking up that pack of Pioneers were TK’s Melanie Truer and Kylie Schultz. Truer was 13th in 22:37, and Schultz 14th in 22:41. Behind the top three for TK, freshman Jessica Crawford was 22nd in 23:21, and junior Emma Ordway 26th in 23:39. Hastings’ girls’ team was paced by Nicole Frantz, who was 19th in 23:15. Lauren Anderson was next in for the Saxons, 34th in 23:57. Those two were followed by Molly Smith (37th in 24:32), Alaina Case (53rd, 25:49), and Jennifer LaJoye (54th, 25:53). The Wayland girls were led by sophomore Alex Forsythe and junior Kelsey Sterkenburg. Forsythe was sixth in 20:52, and Sterkenburg seventh in 21:01. There were 15 teams in the girls’ race. Jessika Blackport placed eighth in 21:34.2 to lead Lakewood. Ashley Pifer was ninth in 22:20.5. Behind the top two for Lakewood, Natalie Blackmer was 25th in 23:30, Carolina Martinez 27th in 23:40, and Brittany Raffler 32nd in 23:52. Kaytlin Furlong and Randi Vinson crossed the finish line together to lead the Lion ladies’ pack. Furlong was 35th in 24:17 and Vinson 36th in 24:23. Maple Valley’s top five runners all finished within a minute of each other, and all six finished within two minutes of each other. Kayla Shaw was next, placing 39th in 24:40. Erin Shoemaker was 46th in 25:06, and Lauren Trumble 49th in 25:13 to round out the scoring places. Saxon freshman Jennifer LaJoye sprints towards the finish line, where she was the fifth runner for her team at the Lakewood Invitational Wednesday. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) We invite you to experience Hastings BPW Hastings BPW has been an active community organization for over 50 years in Hastings and Barry County. Mission: To achieve equality for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Hastings BPW Supports Educational scholarships for both traditional and non-traditional students The local shelter Green Gables The Barry County Victims Services Project Vision To be the leading advocate for working women SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Hastings BPW Supports Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org Economic Equity Equal access to health care needs Equal Rights 6:30 pm Boys JV Football 7:15 PM Boys Varsity Soccer Jamboree@Orch. Hills Forest Hills North. HS Forest Hills Northern on Johnson Field Forest Hills North. HS Forest Hills Northern on Johnson Field A A H A H FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7: 5:30 pm Tailgate Party sponsored by Athletic Boosters 6:15 pm Bill Karpinski Dedication at Stadium Entrance 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Forest Hills North. HS H SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8: 9:00 am Girls Varsity Volleyball Hastings Invitational H MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf Wayland at HCC 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Cross Co. T-K Invitational (Yankee Springs) 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. T-K Invitational (Yankee Springs) 4:00 pm Boys JV Soccer Comstock HS 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis Hamilton HS 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis Hamilton HS-CANCELLED 5:45 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Comstock HS H A H H TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf 4:00 pm Boys JV Soccer 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 5:30 pm Boys Varsity Soccer 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball A A H A H H H Jamboree@Dia. Spr. Hamilton HS South Christian HS Hamilton HS Ottawa Hills HS South Christian HS South Christian HS H A WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12: 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis 6:30 pm High School Open House THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf 4:00 pm Boys JV Soccer 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 5:30 pm Boys Varsity Soccer 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming 6:30 pm Boys JV Football TK@Yankee Springs A Byron Center HS H Byron Center-CANCELLED A Jamboree@Yank. Spr. Wyoming Park HS Byron Center HS Portland HS Portland-CANCELLED Hamilton HS Hamilton Quad Quad@Wyom. Rog. Quad@Wyom. Pk. Byron Center HS Unity Christian HS Hamilton HS Hastings BPW will be hosting an OPEN MEETING for anyone interested in finding out more about the organization on A H H H A H A A A H A H Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at the Hastings Public Library. We are pleased to host the Michigan BPW State Federation President as she shares her experiences with BPW and the difference it has made in her life and community. Times and dates subject to change. A The meeting will be at 6:00 pm. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, P.C. Light refreshments will be served. “Quality Care with Compassion” 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269-945-9520 Toll Free: 800-596-1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule Please join us to find out more about HASTINGS/BPW For questions or to RSVP please call 269-945-8832 77515919 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: 3:45 PM Girls Varsity Golf 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:45 pm Boys JV Soccer 01548631 �Page 20 — Thursday, September 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner FOOTBALL, continued from page 18 on the clock. Smith took the pigskin straight up the middle nine yards to pay dirt behind blocks by linemen Travis Farris, Ian Sloan and Bobby Wilson. Just two plays earlier Smith had bailed the Trojans out of a nasty second-and-16 situation with an 11-yard burst. It looked like TK was going to kick the extra point to knot the count and perhaps send the game into overtime, but Penfield called for his last time out, group his offensive legions together with instructions for one big play that would make or break his team. Penfield had good reason to go for two. Overtime might not be very pleasant judging by the lackluster performance of the Trojans’ defense, which was able to stop Muskegon Heights only once in the second half, and that on a fumble. Furthermore, after looking good on his first three kicks, Andrew Gilbert’s fourth attempt went wide to the left, raining the possibility a kicked PAT may not be as sure a thing as one might expect. So Penfield elected to go for broke. He once again tried the up-the-gut play that had been successful all night with Smith, but this time, the opposing defense was up to the challenge. It was a frustrating ending to a frustrating evening for Middleville, which is riding a tough luck losing streak because of injuries, and already this season has absorbed two losses by less than six points. Prospects for ending the nightmarish streak looked good in the early going. Though the Tigers drove down the field in impressive style in their opening possession, with a first down and 10 at the Middleville 30, quarterback Anthony Moore lost the handle on the ball while running and it somehow dropped into the hands of pursuing linebacker Jeff Dickerson, who raced down the sidelines 60 yards to score the first TD of the contest. Gilbert’s first of three kicked extra points split the uprights and it was 7-0. Not long afterward, linebacker Steve Crawford pounced on a loose football deep in Muskegon Heights territory and just two plays later quarterback Paul Betcher tossed a 17-yard scoring strike to end Trevor Reidsma. With not quite five minutes left in the first quarter, the Trojans were up 14-0. Betcher and Reidsma struck again in the second quarter, this one a 62-yarder. Reidsma was virtually all alone when Betcher lofted the aerial to him, and he raced down the right sideline untouched by a baffled Heights defense. The Tigers had flashes of brilliance in the first half, but were thwarted by the two fumbles and some clutch defensive stops by Crawford, Joey Sanford and Cam VanSpronsen. With 4:12 remaining in the second period, the Trojans were up 21-0 and hopes were high for scoring the first victory of the season and the first one since 2005. However, Muskegon Heights then proved its ability to strike as quickly as a cobra. Moore hooked up with wide receiver Marquis Brewer for a 31-yard TD pass with just 27 seconds left before intermission. What looked like merely the Tigers’ entrance onto the scoreboard was a harbinger of things to come. The Muskegon outfit wasted no time asserting its offense in the second half, taking the ball from its own 38 and marching down the field to the Trojans’ one, where yet another fumble doomed a sure scoring drive. Dickerson came up with the loose ball, and on third down Levi Funk surprised just about everybody by quick kicking the ball past midfield. But once again, the Tigers struck quickly, helped by a nifty 25-yard pass from Moore to Mark Parker, and the quarterback scrambled to score on third down from 12 yards out. Moore passed to Parker for the two-point conversion and it was a 21-14 ball game. Between five minutes left in the half to five minutes left in the third quarter, the visitors held on the football for all but two plays and scored two touch touchdowns, just missing a third by a yard and a fumble. Middleville got another break not long afterward by recovering a fumble at the Muskegon Heights 41 and Gilbert broke loose for 32 yards to the 9, but it was called back by a penalty. That set the stage for Laquante Walker’s interception and he returned the ball to the Trojans’ 38. Edward Carter then broke loose for a 26yard TD romp, and though the two-point conversion failed because of a nice stop by VanSpronsen and Sloan, Middleville was up only 21-20 with six seconds left in the third quarter. It was time for the Trojans to get their act together, and sparked by a nice kickoff return by Gilbert to midfield, they did just that. Blocks by Sloan and Kevin Lukas on the left side of the line sprang Gilbert and Smith loose on counters and Betcher contributed a nice quarterback scramble. On the eighth play of the drive, Smith burst into the end zone from two yards out, but Gilbert was wide left on his PAT kick, setting the stage for the game-ending drama. It took the Heights less than a minute to respond. Bobby White returned the ensuing kickoff 55 yards to Middleville’s 30 and Jarvis Briggs broke loose into the end zone from 27 yards out, but once again, the Tigers failed on their two-point conversion attempt. Sanford and Ferris combined efforts to stop Moore short of the goal line, and it was 27-26 with 8:36 to go in the contest. The Trojans stalled offensively at their own 44 and a short 21-yard punt gave Muskegon the ball at its own 35. This was a bit strange because punter Kyle Bobolts had been booming them between 35 and 50 yards all night and forcing the visitors to earn their yardage. Briggs, who had been quiet until the fourth period, broke loose again, this time for 42 yards to Middleville’s 23. Torrey Walls took the pigskin 16 yards down to the 3 two plays later and then Moore hooked up with Parker again for a 7-yard touchdown pass with 5:05 left put Muskegon on top for the first time all night. Making things even worse, Moore tossed the two-point conversion to White and it was 34-27. Perhaps some had an inkling that would set the table for Penfield’s agonizing decision. Fowlerville 28, Lakewood 22 A dropped pass here and there. A touchdown called back on a procedure penalty in the second quarter. Those were the small details that prevented the Vikings from pulling off the big upset in week two of the football season. Fowlerville held on for a 28-22 victory over the visiting Vikings Thursday night. Lakewood kicker Levi Phelps booted a 31yard field goal with 5:55 left to play in the ball game, that pulled his team within a touch down of the Gladiators. “We were on the 25 or 24 and we needed a touchdown and a field goal, so we went for the field goal there,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “Basically, we just ran out of time.” Lakewood had more first downs than the Gladiators on the night, 20 to 15. The Vikings rushed for more yards, 225 to 222. The Vikings passed for more yards, 75 to 49. In the end, the Vikings had a couple too many penalties, and a few too many points. The Vikings were penalized five times, for 40 yards, on the night. “All in all it was a heartbreaker tonight. I can’t tell you how much of a heart breaker it was,” Veitch said. “The kids just played their hearts out. Like I told them, I was proud of them. We went four quarters. “The kids played their stinkin’ hearts out, and we fell short. I think they understand that. They received this loss well. They knew they played a great game and we just fell short on points. I think the pages are turning.” The Vikings were playing catch up all night. Dan Weeker rushed for just 25 yards, but had touchdown runs of seven, two, and three yards for Fowlerville. Adam Powell led his team’s ground game with 21 carries for 166 yards. Lakewood spread out its offense. Kurtis Powell rushed 19 times for 64 yards. Justin Keller ran the ball 12 times for 61 yards. Zach Porter rushed nine times for 60 yards. Quarterback Jesse Martin rushed seven times for 38 yards. Weeker scored his first TD on a seven-yard run with 4:36 to play in the opening quarter. Martin answered that a few minutes into the second with a seven-yard scoring run of his own. Phelps’ kick put the Vikings ahead 7-6, the team’s lone lead of the ball game. It only took the Gladiators four minutes to answer. Adam Powell found the end zone on a 15-yard run, and the two-point try was good for a 14-7 Gladiator advantage. Martin made it a one-point game again, when he connected with Gabe Shellenbarger on a 25-yard TD pass with 7:08 left in the third quarter. The third quarter saw three more touchdowns scored in the final 3:40 of action, two by Weeker on short runs. They were sandwiched around a 38-yard scoring run by Porter. Cody Orszula had 12 tackles to lead the Viking defense, and Markus Gonzales chipped in with ten. Sand Creek 20, Maple Valley 6 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer It was a tale of two halves Thursday as the Maple Valley Lions came out strong but could not maintain the momentum and ended up on the short end of a 20-6 non-conference score to visiting Sand Creek. The loss dropped Maple Valley’s record to 0-2 going into their game at Galesburg-Augusta to open the Kalamazoo Valley Association schedule next week. The Lions had 149 yards of offense, all on the ground, in the first half with 102 of them coming in the first 12 minutes. The second half was all Sand Creek, as the Lions managed only 30 yards total the final 24 minutes, while the Aggies piled up 229 yards of offense and the two deciding touchdowns. The Lions scored first when Anthony Corwin bulled in from a yard out with just 19 seconds left to play in the first period, but that was to be the extent of their scoring for the night. Maple Valley looked as if it was going to set the stage early as they moved the ball well against the Aggies behind the running of Kyle Burns (42 yards) and Michael Paisley (34 yards) in that first period. They slowed down a little in the second quarter, gaining only 47 total yards, all on the ground, but then they hit a wall in the second half, managing only 30 total yards of offense in the final 24 minutes. Meanwhile, Sand Creek tied the game with a nine yard touchdown by Josh Conklin midway through the second quarter and added two second half scores to secure the victory. The Aggies put the game away in the second half behind the strong right arm of quar- Delton Kellogg running back Kirk Wolschleger grips the ball tightly as he bursts through a hole during the second half Thursday night against Bellevue. (Photo by Brett Bremer) terback David Hillard, who hit Conklin with an 11 yard touchdown pass with 6:52 left in the third quarter and a 12 yard touchdown toss to Jared Adams in the fourth. Donnie Liscomb of Sand Creek, led all rushers in the game with 122 yards. Burns led Maple Valley with 66 rushing yards. “We knew they were a good team coming in,” Mittelstaedt said after the game, “but I thought we played them tough the first half. “I still think we have a good team here,” he said, “we just have to put two good halves together. I still think we can win football games with this team.” Mittelstaedt said it was two big plays that made the difference in the game. “We had them stopped on fourth down in the third quarter,” he said, “but they fumbled the ball and it rolled ahead and out of bounds. That gave them a first down and they went on to score on that drive. Then later, in the fourth, we tipped a pass and it stayed up in the air for about five seconds. Finally they came down with it.” But as lucky as those plays seemed to be in favor of Sand Creek, past Maple Valley teams have prided themselves on making their own luck. Loose balls didn’t belong to the lucky, they belonged to Maple Valley. Maple Valley players didn’t wait for someone else to step up and make the big play, each player looked for the opportunity to make the big play. So far this season, that has seemed to be the one element that is lacking for the Lions. But, as in the past with Guenther Mittelstaedt coached teams, you can expect a big improvement in that department as the season progresses. For Guenther Mittelstaedt doesn’t depend on luck to win games, he depends on aggressive, hard nosed football players. And he always seems to find them. Count on it. Delton Kellogg defensive lineman Octavio Romero (right) and linebacker Jeremy Reigler (left) close in on Bellevue ball carrier Brandon Smith in the second half of Thursday’s 46-0 victory over the Broncos. 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Picnic tables are available outside in our pavilion, or eat inside in our air conditioned fellowship hall. Advance tickets are available at the church or from members of the congregation. Take time to visit with the grillers. Take time to visit with your neighbors. Take time to visit with God. Information is available at the Country Chapel office at 721-8077 06657578 � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-09-13.pdf 3200a884f15f822e5f19f7de7999b225 PDF Text Text Antique appraisal to aid Charlton Park United Way meeting needs more than ever Saxons honor Karpinski with new entrance See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 37 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, September 13, 2007 NEWS By-laws for 911 system to be re-examined BRIEFS More than two-thirds of local government units have voted to reopen the service plan Taste of Home show is Oct. 4 J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch Food Centers are making final plans for the Taste of Home Cooking Schools presentation of Great Gatherings Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Barry Expo Center. Tickets are on sale currently for $15 each at the Hastings, Delton, Grand Ledge and Battle Creek Felpausch locations. “The show promises to be a great fall asssortment of yummie recipes and treats,” a spokesperson said. The shopping starts at 2 p.m. and goes until the show starts at 7 p.m. There will be a wide assortment of local and inhome businesses that will feature there items to sample and purchase that evening. The shopping is at no charge to the public. In conjuction with the show, the library will be doing a cookbook swap. Participants can bring a book and exchange it for a new one. For more information, call Jennie Yonker at J-Ad Graphics, 269-945-9554, extension 242. Pow wow planned at Charlton Park The Frank Bush Memorial Walk in the Spirit Pow Wow will be held at Historic Charlton Park Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16. The public is invited to experience Native American culture through a traditional pow wow, including authentic dancing and drumming, arts and crafts and native foods. The Pow Wow honors Frank Bush, Naswa Wua Quet (Eagle Weather), of the Pokagon, Huron and Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi, Eagle Clan. When the federal government allowed Indians to have pow wows again, the first one in lower Michigan was held at Charlton Park, where Frank attended as a drummer on the first drum to return to this area. Frank was "Head Veteran," respected elder and pipe carrier in this area. The public is invited. Gates open at 10 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. Grand entries are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday. Flags will be retired at sundown on Saturday, followed by open dancing until dark. On Sunday, following the dances, gifts will be presented to the participants. Authentic food vendors will be open throughout the event, so visitors can enjoy fry bread and other special treats. Native artisans offer beadwork, baskets, leather goods, ceramics, carvings, blankets, statuary and jewelry. Admission to the pow wow is $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 5 to 12. Spectators should bring their own lawn chairs to view the event. Participants may enter free of charge. by David T. Young Editor The by-laws for the Barry County emergency 911 service plan will be re-examined, the Barry County Board of Commissioners learned Tuesday morning. Board Chairman Michael Callton told his colleagues the most recent tally of local government entities agreeing to open the service plan and consider changes shows 18 now approving the move. At least 15 were needed, or two-thirds of the 22 local government units, which includes 16 townships, four villages, the City of Hastings and the County Board of Commissioners itself. Callton said only Hope Township has voted thus far against opening the by-laws. As of Tuesday morning, decisions had yet to be made in Rutland Township and the Village of Nashville. There has been no word yet of a decision from Assyria Township. Callton told his fellow board members, “My prediction is a tally of 20-2,” anticipating a “no” vote from Rutland Township. Now that the window has been opened for reforming the rules that govern Barry County’s emergency 911 system, it is not clear what will happen next. Commissioner Keith Ferris said he has studied closely the 911 by-laws that were established back in 1991 when the system first came into being and there are no explicit provisions for the process of taking a second look at the rules. Callton already has said he wants to have a representative of each of the 22 governmental units meet as a special or ad hoc, committee to begin deliberations. He has said he does not favor any current members of the 911 Board being part of the ad hoc committee, but instead would like to have 22 people from 22 entities at the table. Barry County’s emergency 911 program See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 program 16 years ago contended they wanted to keep the program free of politics. The 911 Board has been meeting in the basement of the 911 dispatch facility east of Hastings. However, Barry County Commissioner Mark Englerth, a member of the 911 Board, complained of a possible violation of the Open Meetings Act by not allowing immediate unrestricted access. Some also have suggested a public body such as the 911 Board should hold its meetings at a more accessible location. The current 911 Board is made up of Hastings Police Chief Jerry Sarver; State Police Lt. Kevin McGaffigan, commander of the Michigan State Police, Hastings post; Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf; Hastings Township Supervisor Jim Brown; Thornapple See 911, page 5 What about comprehensive ban on smoking in Hastings? by Jon Gambee Staff Writer How much government intervention in our private lives is too much? Balance that question with the question of the greatest good for the greatest number of people, an individual’s rights over his neighbor’s rights. Did Ronald Regan have it right when he said we need less, not more government? One of the latest issues in this debate is the subject of smoking in public places. The Calhoun County Board of Commissioners has just passed an ordinance banning smoking in all businesses, excluding restaurants and bars. Similar legislation is in the works at the state level, though it still passes several challenges before it can become a state law. Would such an ordinance be needed in Barry County? Some say, yes; some say, no. Tim King, of King’s Appliance said he feels passing such an ordinance would be a waste of the county commissioners’ time. See SMOKING, page 15 June Dankert at Tendercare, and her newest grandchild, Alyssa Smith. Tendercare denies wrongdoing in local woman’s death in May Freeport Fun Day set for Sept. 22 The Freeport Historical Society is gearing up for the Sept. 22 Fun Day, which this year promises to be a look back and forward at the Freeport community. The Historical Society museum will have displays. New this year are wheelchair races through an obstacle course. The parade will step off at 10 a.m. Other events around town during the day will include the firemen’s breakfast in the morning and the “buck a duck” race recently has been in the news because of a controversy involving Director Charlie Nystrom. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans publicly charged in May that Nystrom had misappropriated public funds by giving bonus pay to dispatch personnel for hours they had not officially been authorized to work. Nystrom since then has been placed on paid leave until next February, when he plans to retire, and Phyllis Fuller has been serving as interim director. Nystrom, a retired State Police trooper, had been director of the program since it was started. Critics of the emergency 911 program, including this newspaper, have contended there is a serious flaw in the system in that there is no public oversight by the County Board, that the 911 Board exists entirely separately, which has led to some of its recent problems. Those who helped establish the Hastings goes for win four at Hamilton Friday night Hastings’ running back Ryan Burgdorf breaks free in Friday night’s 37-16 victory over Forest Hills Northern. The Saxons will look to run their record to 4-0 overall, and 2-0 in the O-K Gold Conference, when they head to Hamilton on Friday night. With a win Friday, the Saxons would match last year’s win total and be off to their best start since 2001. (Photo by Dan Goggins) by Megan Lavell Staff Writer June Dankert, 87, died May 10 from what Pennock Hospital doctors said was congestive heart failure and pneumonia, but two days after Dankert’s funeral, her daughter, Kay Trantham, learned that was not the case. “I thought it a little odd that she went into a coma all of a sudden,” said Trantham. Trantham received an anonymous call at her home from a Tendercare employee two days after her mother’s funeral. “When I pulled in the driveway, he (Trantham’s husband, Gene) said there’s a phone call about your mom. It’s really bad news,” said Trantham. “The person said, ‘I can’t sleep at night, you need to know how your mother really died.’” The anonymous caller told Trantham her mother mistakenly had received her roommate’s medication the morning of May 9. It was not until the nurses’ shift change that same afternoon that Dankert was taken to the hospital when the new nurse noticed the resident did not look well. The nurse called Trantham and told her they were sending her mother to the emergency room for evaluation. “She’d been lying there all day long,” said Trantham of her sick mother. Dankert was taken to the hospital at 3:30 p.m. May 9. Neither the hospital staff nor Trantham were informed Dankert had been given the wrong pills earlier in the day. “Pennock had to administer lots and lots of diagnostic testing because they didn’t know what was wrong with her,” said Trantham. “They didn’t know and I didn’t know and nobody ever did tell us.” After receiving the phone call, Trantham filed a complaint with the state’s attorney general, the second complaint that had been filed about the incident. The Attorney General Health Care Division then started conducting the still on-going investigation. “I don’t want to make assumptions,” said Trantham. “I don’t think it’s a routine investigation.” Trantham said she also believes the Attorney General’s Criminal Division made its way to Hastings Tendercare last week. Trantham has her mother’s medical records and said, “I have seen the medical records, so I can say there are inconsistencies there. It is documented what happened in the morning.” “I honestly think that nobody thought anybody would notice there were inconsistent efforts made,” she said. “Honestly, it takes one arrogant nurse who refuses to acknowledge an error.” See TENDERCARE, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page down the Thornapple/Coldwater rivers. There will be games for children and an arts and crafts display. Registration for the car show can take place up until Saturday, Sept. 22. Call Judy Jackson at 616-765-3100 for more information. ‘War Made Easy’ film to be shown The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for the West Michigan premiere showing of the film, “War Made Easy” Thursday evening, Sept. 20, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film is an insightful analysis of how governments bent on war making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad. Looking closely at the spin strategies employed by today’s pundits and public officials to build support for the invasion of Iraq, the film finds striking parallels to the information wars waged by earlier administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Shattering the myth that a free press is immune to propaganda, “War Made Easy” provides ample evidence of the media’s complicity in promoting government agendas for war. The film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points. The film starts at 7 p.m. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@att.net or call 269-7954412. ‘Cider Time’ series kicks off Sept. 29 Historic Bowens Mills will kickoff off its fall “It’s Cider Time” weekend series from noon to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, with a steam and gasoline engine show, co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines and farm machinery and special events, including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days and an Appalachian Big Ring Square Dance Sunday. This marks the 29th year of the Bowens Mills fall series in Yankee Springs Township. Thornapple Players to perform mystery The Thornapple Players is planning a fall production of Agatha Christie’s mystery “Cards on the Table.” Christie’s book was adapted for the stage by Leslie Darborn. It will be performed with the usual gusto of the resident acting group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will be directing the performance, and Kimberly Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. In addition to preparing for their fall play, the Thornapple Players also are preparing to participate in Hastings Summerfest. They will have a silent auction tent with gift baskets available for bidding. They also will be participating in the Summerfest parade and celebrating Summerfest’s 30th birthday in their march down State Street. Arts Council sets multi-media class The Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County will offer a multi-media art course designed to provide rich visual arts experiences for students in grades 5-8. The class will run Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon beginning Sept.15 through Nov. 10. Students will be encouraged to have fun while developing skills in sculpture, drawing, watercolor painting, and collage. Michelle Ayres, middle and high school art teacher at Godfrey Lee Public Schools in Wyoming, will teach the class. Ayres has extensive experience in West Michigan schools and lives in Barry County. Cost of the class is $90. A minimum of five students is required. Class size will be limited and enrollment is on a firstcome, first-served basis. To register please call the Thornapple Arts Council at 269-945-2002 or send payment to the Thornapple Arts Council, P.O. Box 36, Hastings, MI 49058, The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides outstanding concerts,scholarships, show- case local talent, and networks with other institutions to make the arts come alive in Barry County. It has been carrying out its mission since 1985. Historical Society wants to ID slides The Barry County Historical Society is seeking the public’s help with its archives of several boxes of photographic slides. These slides appear to date back to the 1940s and 1950s. “Unfortunately, nobody knows who donated the slides to the society,” a spokesperson said. “For the September 20 meeting of the Historical Society, we would like to have a workshop type of meeting, to view and identify as many of these slides as possible. We will need the help of all Barry County residents whose memories extend back into the first half of the 20th century.” Since last week, society members have located two projectors that will accommodate the small format slides, thanks to the generosity of two residents of Barry County who answered the call for help. Carolyn Shields of rural Delton has donated a slide projector, the older type that views one slide at a time. Elenor Havens of Hastings has given a Kodak Carousel projector, a small viewing screen, and several boxes of historic slides. Anyone who has an older type of projector that the Historical Society can use for this program is asked to call program chairman Brian Reynolds at 269-945-3668. Also from the archives, quite a number of photographs will be on display for identification purposes. The society’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, will be at the Elks Lodge building on Woodlawn Avenue just east of Bob King Park. Kellogg Biological Station to build ‘field-to-fork’ dairy A “field-to-fork” approach to farming ultimately may offer consumers greater access to environmentally friendly food choices while enhancing the vitality of rural communities. With the aid of a three-year $3.5 million development grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Michigan State University (MSU) will establish a pasture-based dairy facility at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) in Hickory Corners and develop supply chains and markets for pasturebased dairy products. The dairy facility will be a focal point for research, education and outreach programs that provide farmers with information on dairy management options for moderate to small operations that focus on sustainability from production through consumption. The Kellogg Foundation funds, granted through its Food Systems and Rural Development programming area, will be used to establish a pasture-based dairy facility and composting program at KBS that will be a key component of the MSU initiative in sustainable agriculture and food systems. The grant will provide partial funding to hire two new faculty members in animal grazing ecology and human ecology in rural development. The Kellogg grant will also provide seed funding for research, outreach and education programs focused on ecological and environmental aspects of animal production, rural community development, and the processing, distribution and marketing of pasture-based dairy products. The program will support sustainable and productive food and farming systems by engaging diverse food system participants — from those who produce, process and market foods to those who consume them. The initiative will help determine best practices for raising animals on pasture and also work to develop an improved supply chain — processing, distribution and marketing programs — for pasture-raised animals. “To ensure the vitality of rural communities, it is important that we create better market opportunities for small and mid-sized farms,” said Mike Hamm, C.S. Mott Chair for Sustainable Food Systems. “These farms are the backbone of communities — as food providers, purchasers of local goods and services, employers, taxpayers and stewards of the landscape. Expanding production options that improve the viability of these farms will help strengthen healthy rural economies and communities.” The project team hopes to strengthen distribution networks and demand for locally grown animal products raised on pasture. Developing markets based on the place and method of production will help small and medium-scale farms in Michigan to maintain an added-value advantage for which consumers are willing to pay a premium. “This program will provide a unique opportunity to evaluate how an animal production system operates in the context of other aspects of the landscape — agricultural, managed and natural,” said Kay Gross, direc- CROP Walk slated in Delton Sunday The annual CROP Walk against hunger in Delton is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, . Twenty-five percent of the money raised will go to local food programs at the St. Ambrose Church Community Food Pantry and the Emergency Food Cupboard at Faith United methodist Church. Church World Service is the sponsor of CROP walk fund-raisers in communities all over the world. Local coordinators are DeDee Fields and Elaine Gilbert. Registration will be at 1:15 and musician Mike Madill will entertain. Refreshments will be available after the walk. The walkers will have a choice of traversing a short route or two miles. For more information, call 623-8763 or 721-3646. Thornapple River cleanup Sept. 22 The Thornapple River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to help with the 12th annual cleanup at Tyden Park in Hastings, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Teams will be assigned to on-river cleanup and bank cleanup duties. Each team spends about three to four hours on task, including transportation time. Lunch and free T-shirts are provided to all who help out. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s cleanup is asked to call the Barry Conservation District at (269) 948-8056, extension 3, to sign up by Monday, Sept.17. This will allow for organization of teams, river section assignments and canoe and kayak arrangements.nt. Any individual or business interested in sponsoring the Thornapple River cleanup, may call the number above. Donors pledging over $100 in donations by Sept. 10 will have their names included on this year’s Tshirts. Last year’s cleanup involved more than 130 volunteers who helped to clean over 70 miles of river between Nashville and Ada. More than 20 cubic yards of trash and 37 tires were removed from the river and its banks. To make this possible, more than $3,000 in cash, goods and services were donated to the event by area businesses. Cedar Creek sets solar panel session The Pierce Cedar Creek Institute will sponsor a renewable energy workshop, “Building a Solar Panel System,” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The goal of the workshop is to help anyone interested in solar design build a small solar panel system. All supplies will be provided at a cost of $295. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. Call (269) 721-4190 for more information or to register. These flags blowing in the wind Tuesday, Sept. 11, on Woodlawn Avenue are some of many local Rotary Club members put up in honor of patriotic flag-raising holidays. Rotary takes up flag project The Hastings Rotary Club is making it easy for people to raise and lower Old Glory for patriotic flag-raising holidays. People may purchase a subscription for a flag for $40 per year. That subscription includes a Rotary member putting up and taking down the flag for Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Patriot Day (Sept. 11), Columbus Day, Veterans Day and Armed Forces Day. Flags may be purchased for businesses and personal residences. The flags made their first appearance in the Hastings area on Labor Day, and were put up again earlier this week for Patriot Day. Seventy-two flags were put out for those two holidays. The money raised with the flag program will go toward local and world-wide Rotary programs. Hastings Rotary treasurer and Flag Project Coordinator David Solmes said the club will continue to sell flag subscriptions “until everybody gets sick of it.” He said he hopes club members can continue to sell more flags. For more information about the project, call Solmes at (269) 945-4915, extension 301, or Fred Jacobs at (269) 945-9554. The information is also available online at www.hastingsrotary.com Barry County United Way sets $575,000 drive goal 2007 Agents of Change Campaign Agents Pat Buckland and Bob Nicolai are asking everyone to join them as they kick off the 72nd Barry County United Way campaign at 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Barry Expo Center. This year’s campaign committee recognizes the needs in the community and has based the 2007-2008 goal of $575,000, is a 5 percent increase over last year. “State budget cuts of over $160,000 to our partner agencies, the change in the economy and the number of residents that need assistance also helped us to set our goal for this year,” said Buckland. “To hit our goal we are looking to gain employee participation in some of the businesses that have not had United Way campaigns in the last several years. We also are working to get the message out to those residents that don’t work in Barry County to designate back to where they live during their United Way campaigns in other counties,” said Nicolai. The “007 Agents of Change” kickoff will include a continental breakfast, the Delton Kellogg High School band, businesses that have already completed their campaigns and speaker Rob Neil, who was awarded an Everyday Hero award earlier this year. Residents of the community accessed services of United Way and their partner agencies more than 51,000 times last year. “The people of Barry County care about their community,” said Barry County United Way Executive Director Lani Forbes. “They rise to the challenge of making sure that drug prevention programs, meals to seniors, shelter for domestic violence victims, leadership programs for youth and emergency assistance is available through their contributions.” The Barry Community Foundation once again has worked with United Way for Extreme Community Make Over and Day of Caring projects. More than 290 volunteers will fan out to projects throughout Barry County, replacing windows, planting trees, landscaping baseball fields, building walkways and cleaning the banks of the Thornapple River. Many of these projects are being partially funded through the Barry Community Foundation’s Extreme Community Makeover grants. Bonnie Hildreth, president of the Barry Community Foundation, said, “Our partnership with the Barry County United Way Volunteer Center continues to grow through the generosity and caring nature of our residents.” The projects will get started right after the kickoff and continue throughout the day in various locations throughout Barry County. Nicolai said, “Your mission, should you choose, ‘007 Agents of Change,’ is to take action.” Those who join the United Way and its many loyal volunteers at the kickoff will receive information on how the Barry County United Way and its partner agencies are working together to change lives throughout the community. For more information, call the Barry County United Way office at (269) 945-4010. tor of the Kellogg Biological Station. “KBS is well suited for this type of work because of the strong programs in ecology and sustainable row-crop agriculture that we have here.” The Kellogg Biological Station, administered by the MSU colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Natural Science, is uniquely suited to be the focal point for this initiative because of its long history of integrated research in agriculture, natural resource conservation and ecology. The station began from a series of donations to the university by W.K. Kellogg in 1927 and 1928 for use as a model farm and bird sanctuary. Today, KBS houses 11 resident faculty members, who work in modern research laboratories and conduct field research on the more than 4,000 acres of land that are used for research, teaching and outreach. The station supports both graduate and undergraduate teaching programs and extensive community outreach programming. KBS houses long-established research programs focused on cropping systems, including KBS Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) in row crop agriculture, established in 1988 as one of a national network of National Science Foundation LTER sites. The ecological and systems expertise associated with the LTER program will be a key component for developing a broad perspective of sustainable animal production strategies, as well. The conventional dairy operation currently operated at KBS will be converted to a pasture-based program over the next two years. A 120-cow milking herd will be maintained on an intensively managed rotational grazing system and on a replicated plot-based pasture system. A portion of the milk produced at KBS will be used for production of cheese at the MSU Dairy Plant. The pasture-based dairy facility at KBS will connect Department of Animal Science and College of Veterinary Medicine faculty members with faculty and staff members with expertise and interests in agricultural and cropping system ecology, animal health and welfare, and community development. “The development of a pasture-based dairy at KBS allows us to expand our portfolio of production alternatives for farmers and to develop new research and outreach programs that fit with interests and needs of diverse farm stakeholders,” said Karen Plaut, chair of the MSU Department of Animal Science. In addition to the development of a pasturing program at KBS, the initiative will support connections to farm-based and high school-based satellite sites across Michigan focusing on sustainable crop and animal production. Education and outreach programs will extend to MSU undergraduate and veterinary medicine curricula, as well as to primary and secondary school programs, farmers, consumers and public officials. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 “to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." To achieve the greatest impact, the foundation targets its grants toward specific areas: health, food systems and rural development, youth and education, and philanthropy and volunteerism. Within these areas, attention is given to exploring learning opportunities in leadership, information and communication technology, capitalizing on diversity, and social and economic community development. Grants are concentrated in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the southern African countries of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. For further information, please visit the foundation's Web site at www.wkkf.org The site offers: in-depth information about the foundation's programming interests, information on the foundation's grant application process, a database of current grant recipients and access to publications that report on foundation-funded projects. Wal-Mart reps. to seek approval for more plans Wal-Mart will make a site plan presentation on its plans for a super center at the next meeting of the Rutland Township Planning Commission at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Representatives from the retail giant will ask for approval for selling products in an open air outdoor garden center. Wal-Mart earlier this summer was granted a request by the Planning Commission and Rutland Township Board for rezoning property near the intersection of West Green Street and Cook Road to accommodate construction of a new supercenter. A Wal-Mart store currently is operating at the corner of M-43/M-37 and Heath Road, but the company wants to build a larger facility. There has been some opposition to the supercenter, most of it focusing on potential traffic problems on a narrow residential street to the west of the proposed site. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 3 Middle Villa Restaurant to close; bowling center to remain open New officers this year for the Barry County Historical Society are (from left) Trasurer Harland Nye, President Nyla Nye, Vice President Brian Reynolds and Secretary Priscilla Beaven. Historical Society officers elected The Barry County Historical Society kicks off its new season with the first meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday evening, Sept. 20, at the Hastings Elks Club. New officers for the year are Nyla Nye, president; Brian Reynolds, vice president: Priscilla Beavan, secretary, and Harland Nye, treasurer. Board members include past President Jerry Morton, as well as John Barany, Mel Goebel, Doris Greenfield, Mary Hesterly, Lester Lord, Leona McKelvey and Nellie Richards. A large quantity of pictures and slides had been donated to the society, and this month’s meeting will be used to try to identify people and places. Many of these slides are of Charlton Park, and are intended to create considerable discussion and reminiscing. The program chairman is making plans for a trip to Lansing to visit some museums in October and after lunch a short ride out to Bath to visit the museum there. Over the summer, several society members have been volunteering at Charlton Park. The society also had a display in the window of "Beyond the Cover" bookstore in Hastings. Members are continuing to save Spartan proof of purchase labels. The Joyce Weinbrecht Memorial Sholarship fund continues to grow and plans are to make it available in a few short years. The Historical Society’s newest member is Julia Chandler. New members are always welcome as a way to keep an organization viable. Call 948-4127 for more information. As always, the public is welcome at the organization’s monthly meetings. Antique appraisal show Sat. to aid Charlton Park Those who wonder what a family heirloom or old flea-market bargain is really worth are invited to find out from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Antiques Avenue Show (aka Oldstuff Road - Show) in downtown Hastings. All are encouraged to bring their treasures to the third-floor ballroom of the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro that evening. Several experts will be there to verbally evaluate the items. The early part of the evening will be time to speak with the specialists to have items evaluated. Then, if the owners would like, they and the expert will have a chance to tell the group about the treasure. The experts later in the evening will have a few minutes to speak to the group about their specialties. For those who choose not to bring any items in for evaluation, it promises be an entertaining and informative evening. State Representative Brian Calley will be the master of ceremonies for the evening. The list of volunteer experts who plan to be in attendance: • Julie E. Moore has 33 years of experience in the antiquarian and collectible book business. She will be there to help evaluate old books and to speak on the subject. • Shari Pierce will evaluate old quilts, including dating and care tips. She also will have a brief presentation for the audience about the care and storage of old quilts. • Deb Wisniewski (The Button Bug) has published two books on the subject of antique and collectible buttons. She is past president of the Michigan Button Club. She is also knowledgable about postcards and jewelry. • Jill Turner (Hastings Antiques – Lady Peddler) will offer her expertise on collectible and antique glassware and jewelry. • Gordon Barlow has 38 years in the auction business. He has a broad knowledge of the antiques market. He will serve as a sort of “general practioner” among all these specialists. Experts who are expected to be there but have not yet confirmed will be announced later. For items too big to be transported to Walldorff's third floor, bring along photos, and the experts will do their best to guess the value. Those who are taking items to the show for appraisal are urged to use the Jefferson Street entrance and take the elevator to the third floor without going through the restaurant and bar. This event is a fund-raiser for the Committee to Preserve Charlton Park. Money raised will be used to advocate for the Charlton Park millage renewal on Nov. 6. The admission fee will be a free-will offering. “The committee knows just how generous this community can be,” said co-chair Brian Reynolds. There will be no set fee for the verbal evaluations, either. Funds generated from evaluation fees will also benefit the millage campaign committee. Full meals will be available downstairs in the Bistro and Brewpub. Chef Mike Barnhart will be supplying a variety of appetizers, finger-foods and munchies up in the ballroom. A cash bar will also be available. “This promises to be a fun and informative evening, not to mention very important for the future of Charlton Park,” said Reynolds. Harvest Festival will be Oct. 5 by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council approved a request to hold Harvest Festival in downtown Hastings from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. After some discussion, the council approved the closure of State Street between Broadway and Church streets from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a tractor show down State Street from 10 to 5 that day, with a tractor parade at 2 p.m. Other events will include vendors, an entertainment stage, a farmers market, a scarecrow contest, sidewalk demonstrations, steam engine displays and hay rides. The council passed Resolution 2007-33 to stay the necessary ordinance for the event. In other business at Monday’s meeting: • A request was approved from Executive Director of the YMCA of Barry County Thomas Wilt for the use of Fish Hatchery Park baseball field for an adult kickball league. • A request from Ronald Neil was approved to re-open the Barry County Central Dispatch 911 operating plan. • A request from Hastings High School Student Council Advisor Mike Engle was approved to hold the annual homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. • The council approved Mayor Bob May’s appointment of Michael Tomko from Hastings Manufacturing to the Local Development Finance Authority/Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (LDFA/BRA) for a term ending Dec. 31, 2010. • The council approved extending an option to purchase Parcel 5 of the Hastings Industrial Park for Wood Properties, Ltd. LLC and authorized the mayor and clerk to sign the addendum. • The mayor and clerk were authorized to sign a parking space lease agreement through March 31, 2008, with FLT Transport (Larry Bennett) for one additional space. • Reports were given on the development of a policy and agreement for Public Act 328 tax abatements and a draft Interjurisdictional Urban Services agreement. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Steve Wiersum got a little catch in his throat last Thursday when he talked about the almost 39-year-old-tradition in Middleville that will come to an end Sunday, Oct. 7, the last day the MiddleVilla Restaurant will be open to serve patrons. Meanwhile, Wiersum is trying to assure everyone the MiddleVilla is not closing entirely and thatthere are many changes planned for the bowling center, the banquet facilities and even the restaurant space. “Sue and I had hoped that perhaps our children would want to take over the business,” Wiersum said. “But while Jessica helps out with the business end, she and our other children have other goals.” Wiersum just returned from Wisconsin, where his daughter, Christina, is in graduate school. Son Ken is finishing his criminal justice degree at Grand Valley State University and daughter Amy works in Washington D.C. He spoke honestly about trying to find another family interested in purchasing a successful family business, but none was found willing to take on the whole Middle Villa property, including the bowling center, banquet facility, micro-brewery and restaurant. “This economy is not a good time for selling a business,” he said. “Some people were interested in one part of the property, but not the whole thing.” “We’ve had a few sleepless nights trying to decide what was best for us. We love our customers, but we needed to find what was best for us,” he said. After much consideration including an honest assessment of his back condition and the goals of the family it was decided to close the restaurant. But there are more changes in store for the MiddleVilla. Wiersum noted plans to renovate the bowling center, create a horseshoe bar, a small dining area, a kitchen that will serve a limited menu, which may include the famous Middle Villa cookies and ice cream and a video arcade. Some of the pool tables will be removed and the video arcade will have 14 arcade-style video games. He also hopes to build on the interest of younger bowlers, including the teams which compete against each other during the school year athletic seasons. “I am amazed at how talented this young bowlers are,” he said. The banquet rooms are still available for special events. Wiersum is now looking into the possibility of other licensed caterers being able to use the facilities in the future. “I know that some people who want to rent the space here have good friends who are caterers. We are looking into this possibility,” Steve Wiersum gets a little choked up talking about the changes in store for the Middle Villa Inn which include closing the restaurant after more than 38 years. “We used to be the place where you came when you wanted to see a fight, then where you came for Sunday dinner, now we hope everyone will come for fun in the bowling center or to a special event in the banquet areas,” he said. he said. There are plans for the restaurant space as well. Wiersum has been contacted by a local representative for the “Texas Hold’Em” fundraising parties interested in renting the restaurant space beginning in November. “This might be an exciting opportunity for non-profit groups to raise money,” Wiersum said. Anyone interested in learning more about this can call him at 795-3640. Wiersum said he is happy that the Village Players of Middleville have already rented the banquet space for their annual dinner theater. “I will still have a place to tell jokes,” he said. “I just want all our customers to know how much we appreciate them,” he said. Some regular diners have gone home with gifts of some of the restaurant decorations. The bowling center will remain open while renovations take place. For more information, call the Middle Villa at 795-7640. GFWC-Gun Lake home tour set; tickets on sale The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Gun Lake Area’s annual Home Tour is on Sunday, September 30 from 1-5 p.m. Cost will be $12 per person. The Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant, owned by Mike and Patty Powers, will serve as the 2007 Hospitality Center where beverages will be provided. Six area homes are on the tour, five on Gun Lake and one on Payne Lake. Homeowners are Mike Rabe at 3913 TENDERCARE, continued from page 1 Trantham said she thinks Tendercare employees are edgy and nervous about the whole situation and that they know it does not reflect well on them. Tendercare Vice President of Marketing and Communications Paul Stavros said both the state and medical director are conducting investigations about the incident. “They’re both saying they don’t think we did anything wrong,” he said. Stavros said there are a lot of safeguards against residents receiving other residents’ medication. “The entire process of delivering medication is one that we take very, very seriously,” he said. Trantham said that Dankert was given the medication her roommate, a Hospice patient, should have received. According to Stavros, “normal” patients receive medication designed to help them regain their highest level of functioning, while Hospice medication is designed for the highest possible comfort level. “The focus will be to make them as comfortable as possible as opposed to making them as healthy as possible,” said Stavros of the differences in administered medications. Stavros emphasized the care used in delivering medication, but also said Hospice residents’ medication is not kept in a separate area from that of the other patients. Stavros also said that even though the company is the subject of an Attorney General’s investigation, the investigation is routine and there is no chance of Tendercare being decertified, as has been reported. “Tendercare Hastings is under full compliance with all state and federal regulations,” he said. “There is no possibility (of decertification). That is a complete misrepresentation of what is happening.” England Drive.; Jay and Sharon DeKleine, 3555 Lisa Lane; Kebbie Brush, 12701 Valley Drive.; Mike and Diane Gaertner, 10771 Gun Lake Road.; Steve and Hilary Edema, 3125 Elmwood Beach Road.,and Chad and Rebeka Neff, 11941 Lakeridge Road., Payne Lake. Marjory Richards, event chair, said “Without the generosity of the homeowners, Bay Pointe Inn and the other businesses that will have pre-event tickets available, this event would not be possible. We appreciate them for opening their homes and businesses to this special event.” Home tour tickets may be purchased in advance at Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant, 11456 Marsh Road, Shelbyville; Weick’s Pharmacy at 71 124th Ave., Shelbyville; The Water’s Edge at 2606 Patterson Road at Gun Lake; The Sea Shanty, 11332 W. M-179 Highway, Gun Lake, and at any of the six homes and Bay Pointe on Sept. 30, the day of the event. “You can contact any club member as well” said Richards, “you can call me (269-7953969) or Fran Leonard at (269 795-8731) for more information.” Uncicyclists join Heritage Day parade This Unicyclist from the Middleville Baptist Church and his fellow unicyclists including one wearing a cowboy hat over his helmet earned cheers as they rolled down the Main Street parade route on Heritage Day in Middleville last Saturday. The sun shown, the classic cars glistened and the day attracted many visitors. For more pictures and a story see the Sept. 15 Sun & News. (Photo by Patricia Johns) �Page 4 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Friend of the Court more interested in money than justice IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV No harm meant in sales of T-shirts To the editor: Some organizers on the Orangeville Day Committee are upset that T-shirts with the Orangeville Veterans Memorial pictured on it were being sold at Orangeville Day this past August. I had no intentions of infringing on the Orangeville Day profits when I suggested a booth be set up to sell pictures, hats and Tshirts of the Veterans Memorial. I had heard the Veterans Memorial was low on funds and thought this would be a great opportunity to raise funds to continue the support and for future upkeep. Even though I am not a veteran, this was a project I felt deeply proud to be a part of and it has turned out to be a very special part of our community. Since the dedication more than 275 people have signed the guest book, many of these have been service men and women and other visitors from as far away as Texas and Arizonia. We can all be proud of this memorial and I will continue to assist in any way possible. An individual close to the Veterans Memorial chose to pay the Orangeville Day Committee $100 from his own pocket for the booth space after hearing the comment made that selling these shirts were taking potential profits from the Orangeville Day organization and their T-shirt sales. I am grateful to Alvin Warren for the vision he has had to make this project a reality from the first drawings on paper to the military flyover to the last flag being raised this past Memorial Day weekend. Art Ribble, Shelbyville/Gun Lake Better fact check needed for letters To the editor: I know that you have a policy to publish whatever letter-to-the-editor is sent to you, including those from the furthest fringes of reality. That’s a good thing. The first amendment gives everyone the right to speak and write his or her opinion. And I realize that you have no way to chase down and fact-check every bizarre allegation made in those letters. But, please. When Eldon Shellenbarger falsely alleged that the Preserve Charlton Park millage renewal campaign had not filed the required papers with the county clerk, that allegation could have been checked with a five-minute phone call. Is that too much to ask? Brian Reynolds, Hastings I love my country, fear government To the editor: I read with great interest last week’s letter from Eve Cox of Woodland about not being able to trust our government. Someone once said, “The government that fears its people is a democracy. The people who fear their government are living in a dic- Prosecutor wasted how much money? To the editor: District Attorney Mike Nifong paid a small price in North carolina for his malicious prosecution of the Duke soccer players and one would expect that the taxpayers will be paying for the ultimate lawsuits. Not long ago, ex-Barry County Prosecutor Gordon Shane McNeill dodged the bullet regarding some of his questionable charges and then went into the pharmacy business. I often wonder how much of our tax monies he wasted? Jim Erwin, Nashville tatorship.” I love my country, but I fear my government. As for the idea our government is untrue, just look at what was done during the 1950s with above ground nuclear testing in the open in the presence of our troops. Then there was Vietnam, Waco, Ruby Ridge, showing our government lies to us, and as long as people have their cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles and other toys, not much will happen. But the day will come when those items will have to be sold in order to survive, and then maybe, just maybe, the public will wake up. But I doubt it. And now there is talk of a sales tax increase or an income tax increase. Yet you never hear about elected officials turning down their pay raises or returning part of their salaries to the state treasury. The rest of us have to deal with plant closings, downsizing, wage cuts and freezes, etc. It’s not fair, but that’s just the way it is. Wake up, America, but it may already be too late! Steve Toman, Nashville Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! To the editor: What is Friend of the Court for? I see many letters in the Banner asking that question and there is never a response given by anyone who works there or has had a pleasant experience with them. And this letter is from someone frustrated by the system the FOC offers. Parents who want to be actively involved in a child's life seem to be the ones who get treated the worst. I personally do not have a case with the FOC, but I know many people who do, including my husband. He has a 14year-old daughter from a previous relationship. His ex has full physical custody and they have joint legal custody. He is also ordered to pay child support. For the 13 years we've been together, I have never heard him say or seen anything beneficial from the office. There have been many court dates and conferences with his ex and their case worker. He has never left feeling that anything has been settled or changed to benefit their daughter. When he has been denied his parenting time, the FOC says to write a letter of complaint, papers will be filed, then if nothing is settled a court date will be set. Then at the court date, nothing comes out of it and no makeup time is given, just a warning to the ex not to deny parenting time again. Guess what... it does happen again, everything is repeated and still there is no change. What does joint legal custody mean? No one at the FOC office can seem to define it. We assume that it means anything regarding the child's well being, schooling, going out of state, physical body, etc., should be made as a joint parental decision. Well, I can say we were surprised to find out that's not the meaning. We are never told of school conferences, pictures or parents’ nights. My stepdaughter wanted to go to Florida with some friends during spring break. My husband didn't think this was a good idea and expressed this to his ex, who in retum said that it was fine with her if the child wanted to go. He contacted his case worker who in retum said that as long as the mom was OK with it, the daughter could go. There was nothing he could do to stop her. Now the ex has let their child get her tongue pierced without checking with my husband first. He was and still is upset, contacted his case worker who said that it's fine ment and have paid $1,500 total on them. My husband is working part time and can't help with this bill any more. Now she is taking him back to court over the last $750.. There was no written agreement nor the FOC involved. Now the FOC is saying he has to pay 57% of the bill. If they are to split the dental bill, then why did they not have to split the $10,000 hospital bill (during which the ex was on Medicaid) for the birth of their daughter? My husband was ordered to pay it all back on his own, which took us 10 years to do. This bill should also have been split. Why was she not ordered to pay half that bill when it takes two to make a baby. If the FOC is all about being fair, where is the justice in ordering one parent to pay all of one bill then ordering both parents to split and pay another bill? The FOC needs to start taking more interest iin the children involved in the cases and stop looking for another way to bring in the almighty dollar. The feelings of love, stability and family, not love, make a person complete. The case workers should have to take parenting classes and child psychology classes to better enable them to work with, offer advice, and understand each individual case. They should also make sure that both parents spend and equal amount of time in the child's life. It is time that the government does something to change and improve the FOC rules and guidelines for the better. The parents need to start working together as a parental unit in raising their child in the best way given the situation, not my way or no way. The parents need to start thinking about what the constant fighting is doing to their child and start trying to work together to give them the best life possible. The children should feel like they are loved by both parents and not just a pawn to be fought over or an object to collect money on. They should know and feel that just because dad and mom are no longer together that they still loved to. the fullest extent by both and an important part of each parents life and family. In closing, I'd like to state that my husband and myself hope that the equal parenting bill passes. Both parents are an important part in a child's life and should receive equal time with their child. Jaime Adams, Delton Adult drug court program proving its worth to taxpayers To the editor: Alan Endsley Sr. isn’t entirely to blame for his confusing letter in the Sept. 6 Banner. The adult drug court issue is complex enough for anybody to understand, difficult to summarize for an article at deadline time, and required a person to be part of the sparse audience that watched the PowerPoint presentation and listened to Judge Fisher speak Aug. 14 for an hour on the subject. Even a careless reading of the Banner article, however, would not make any connection between the adult drug court and Friend of the Court. It would be excusable for most typical people to not know that the funding and administration of these two services are not connected. That would be a different subject. On the matter of money, the math is simple. It costs about $18,000 a year to warehouse a person in the county jail. When they graduate from the Jail experience they return to society too often to repeat their criminal activities most of the time, and then they go to prison and cost us about $32,000 a year to learn more tricks, and go in and out for most of the rest of their lives. Those citizens who are willing to change their lives and follow the strict rules of the adult drug court program cost us about $3,000 a year per person. You do the math. It ain’t rocket science! It gets more complicated than simple math, however. The important fact is that people who get arrested and get thrown in jail get Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. as long as mom said it was. There's nothing he can do. It seems to us, and to many others too, that all the FOC wants is that child support money and any other money they can get coming in, not in the safety or well being of the child involved. If he wants to attempt to modify the court order, that is a $20 fee to the county clerk’s office to file the papers that you have to find yourself at the public library. When asking for a copy of the court order, the FOC told us they didn't give those away, but we could purchase one from the clerk’s office. My husband pays child support and fees, so why should he have to pay for something that should be free when asked for? Speaking of child support, my husband fell behind a few months when he wasn't working, and now has to go to see the judge about it every three months to report how he's coming along in getting caught up. He was never behind for 12 1/2 years and when he falls on some hard times he gets put on FOC probation. When he asked his case worker about lowering support for a time being until he gets caught up and starts working more, he was told it would cost $60 to file paper work to request a review of support. If we had the extra money, we would put it on the back support and not into filing papers that don't give you a guarantee in lowering support. The support order should be reviewed every year, not every two years. The support guidelines are also set too high. Not only does the payer have to pay the ex, but also feed, clothe and shelter the child when they are with them. The FOC doesn't take into account the payer’s rent/house payment, utilities or other children in the home when setting the support amount. I have seen time and again where the support is set too high and the payer can't pay both his bills and child support in full every month. Why do they think there are so many people behind in paying their support? My step daughter needed and got braces two and a half years ago. The ex spoke with my husband about this before because she has Medicaid and that doesn't cover braces. She said the bill would be $4,200 He told her he felt this was too much and to get a second opinion. When she refused, he told her we would not split the cost, but would help when we could. We gave half the $1,000 down pay- out! What do jails do to improve the behavior of these people? How has that been working for you, so far? Judge Fisher and all the many people who help the graduates of adult drug court to change their lives are justifiably proud that those people have changed their direction and have not followed the usual revolving door that provides job security for our corrections institutions. Very few graduates have been arrested again. (The technical term is “recidivism”) This year we will celebrate the graduation of our 100th successful participant. Put a dollar value on that! Most criminal behavior is associated with drug abuse. Yes, alcohol is a drug. Most people who get arrested have used bad judgment while under the influence of some substance. What Judge Fisher and Barry County service providers have recognized, that seems to be a mystery elsewhere, is that it is rare for people to be dealing with only one problem in their lives. Consequently, the team of adult drug court people apply their many special skills and knowledge to assist in this change of behavior. The most credit is due to the individuals themselves. They are the only people who can change their behavior. All the adult drug court can do is prop them up for a while. The program began at no direct cost to the Barry County taxpayers. The experiment began with state tax dollars. By now, you What’s best athletes’ punishment? Just before the start of the school year, two groups of Wayland athletes, football players, got into trouble. This raises the question of what to do when young people make mistakes and how to help them learn from them. How do you think we should treat high school athletes who break school rules and the law? should recognize that the state is having a difficult time. It costs about $200,000 a year to fund this excellent program with proven suc- See LETTER, page 7 Corrections: In a letter to the editor in the Sept. 6 edition of the Banner, writer Elden Shellenbarger incorrectly charged that the Charlton Park millage committee had not registered with County Clerk Deb Smith, in violation of capaign law. The clerk’s office has confirmed that the millage committee registered on Aug. Last week’s Banner article “Local woman to testify to subcommittee in Washington” said the Anderson Group bought Hastings Manufacturing with the power to close the business and terminate the employees’ jobs. The Anderson Group actually bought the plant to keep it open and hired Hastings Manufacturing employees. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 5 United Way meeting needs more than ever The Barry County United Way’s annual campaign gets under way this morning with the traditional kick-off breakfast at the Barry Expo Center. The campaign slogan "Agents of Change" might seem fun and a bit trite, but it just serves as a form of marketing, a vehicle to get volunteers involved. The marketing is not intended to take away from the serious need of citizens all over the county, and for that matter all over the state. At least 23 agencies and nearly 40 area programs will be impacted with United Way contributions this year. Just looking at some of the recent stats I’ve received should convince you there are many people needing your help. Just over 10 percent of households throughout the county are receiving state food assistance. There were at least 260 families applying for assistance earlier this year, and 23 were approved. Early July reports show more than 220 foreclosures in the county, putting these families immediately on the list for possible assistance. What's going on? Is it just a sign of the times? Just last week this newspaper led with a story on the front page of a Hastings businessman and community leader finding it necessary to say, “I've tried everything I can think of and I'm left with no choice but to close my business.” Not only will Hastings lose a business employing nearly 20 people, it loses a valuable community leader in Eric Dreisbach, owner of the dealership. It seems every week the Banner is filled with more and more home foreclosures. These homeowners are not necessarily bad people, they just got caught up in an uncontrolled financial market where the industry allowed sales to be made to anyone they could sell a home just to get the sales commission. Many mortgage companies attracted customers with special offers that eventually went sour. It wasn't that way when I applied for my first mortgage. The local banker had a lot of questions, he was concerned about whether you were living within your means and he explained the loan in plain and simple terms that were easy to understand. Local bankers also wanted to make sure you had the ability to make the monthly payments and that you understood your obligation not to add additional debt, jeopardizing your ability to pay. You might ask what this situation has to do with the United Way. Well, it has everything to do with the county campaign that gets under way today. Foreclosures, job losses, high gas prices and the general economy all have negative impacts on families, so they look for places to turn for help, and in Barry County the United Way continues to be there for many people. It goes back to the forerunner of the United Way, which was called the Community Chest. Local leaders in the community felt the need to come up with a organization that would be available to help people in need, keeping their dignity intact, yet meeting some immediate needs. Whether it’s helping keep the lights on, providing heating assistance or filling food needs, the United Way has programs to help people. They're also ready with drug prevention programs, meals to seniors, a shelter for domestic violence and all kinds of emergency needs. The Barry County United Way also supports youth programs such as 4-H, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, scouting, youth sports, Y programs and the list continues. And we can't forget the hundreds of meals they support for senior citizens each week and the victims of tragic events served throughout the county. You might ask where the government is in all this. They also support many programs throughout the county, but there are many needs not met through traditional government activities. So it becomes necessary for communities all over the state to provide for themselves, and in Barry County the best way to get it done is through the local United Way. They watch over the programs, investigate the people in need and make sure all the money they receive from their donors is distributed properly so you can be assured the money you contribute is spent wisely. When you’re thinking of giving to the program this year, don't think about the campaign itself. These are local volunteers getting involved with a local project they really believe in. You need to separate the campaign from the need which might be a young family evicted from their home and now in desperate need of some food or a roof over their heads. Or think about the local senior citizens waiting for the hot meal they get each week, or the young couple receiving a turnoff notice from their energy company because of a bill they find themselves unable to pay. It's easy to say it's not my problem, but think about it. These are people in need and if all the residents of the county can come up with a little support for the United Way, we can make a huge impact on so many of our neighbors. It's great to receive, but it's really special to give to someone in need, making a difference in their lives, even if you don't actually know who the recipient might be. Working together through the United Way we can make a difference in many lives. Give what you can, and enjoy the feeling you'll get from knowing you helped someone when they needed it most. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics 911, continued from page 1 Township Supervisor Donald Boysen; Englerth; Freeport EMT Lani Forbes; Chairman Ron Neil, retired State Police commander; and in a non-voting capacity, Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. Leaf, Evans and Englerth have been calling for 911 system reforms for more than six months. The other members have been somewhat less than enthusiastic. In other business at its meeting Tuesday morning, the County Board: • Was officially introduced to Valerie Byrnes, new Barry County economic development director and executive director of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. “Some people may think the two organizations overlap, but that is not the case,” Byrnes said. “We try to support small and local businesses, but we d that in different ways.” She told board members about her more than 30 years of experience in economic development, including as director of The Right Place, which served 17 counties in the northern region of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. She added she is a certified SCORE business counselor and a trained innovation counselor and implementer for the hometown competitiveness program. Already accomplished in Hastings and Barry County is a Small Business Resource Center at the most recent chamber meeting. “Economic development is a fuzzy beast,” Byrnes said. “We are challenged to attract new businesses, but we need to promote our way of life. Barry County is easily accessible to so many great places.” With that in mind, she stressed the need to use tourism as an economic development strategy. She said she visited and toured Charlton Park recently and was impressed. “Charlton Park is a diamond in the rough,” she said. “It is a gold mine other rural communities would give their right arm to have.” Callton asked her if there is any tangible way to measure success or failure of the county’s investment of $89,000 into economic development. “It’s hard to set a measurable way to evaluate economic development,” Byrnes replied. “There are some benchmarks, but I’d have to look at the community and county before I can give you an answer to that.” Concluding her remarks, she commented, “I don’t have all the answers, I’m not coming here and telling you I’m the expert,” suggesting she sees herself as more of a coordinator or facilitator. • Held a brief discussion about Charlton Park, which will be the subject of a crucial county-wide millage renewal request on Nov. 6. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick noted the millage committee’s sponsorship of a special antiques show at the Walldorff Brewpub Saturday evening. Callton asked interim Director Keith Murphy if the numbers showing up at Charlton Park have been increasing as a result of the changes being made to make the facility more accessible to the public. Murphy said it’s difficult to tell because the park doesn’t charge for admittance on weekdays and therefore has no ticket takers Monday through Friday. “We were taking in less money than we were getting (for entrance fees),” he said, noting it wasn’t cost effective to hire someone even at minimum wage to take tickets and record how many were coming. However, there are some numbers for weekend and festival events and he said he hoped to have them available by the end of this month. • Received no comments in a public hearing on the Homebuyer Purchase Rehabilitation program and decided to continue it as has been under the leadership of Marilyn Smith. The public hearing is a requirement of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. In a related matter, Mueller Construction was granted a bid for $4,060 for emergency roof repairs under the community development block grant fund. • Approved an application from Stephen C. DeGroote of Carlton Township for a Farmland and Open Space Preservation program agreement, also known as Public Act 116. State’s dysfunctional family needs to build relationships So we’re eight months into this legislative session, and you must be wondering, “What in the world is going on with those bozos in Lansing?” I am sure there is plenty of blame to go around, but if your public servants spent as much time working toward solutions as they do pointing the finger at others, we’d have a budget passed by now. The part that bothers me most is that regardless of who is to blame, the Governor, 38 Senators and 110 Representatives (including me) all have ownership in the spectacle that has become your state government. Before I was elected, I figured that the process could not be as ugly as it looked from the outside. I wanted to believe that much of the fighting was for show and that the fate of the state was really the primary consideration. Well, I was wrong. At the risk of sounding naive, it is far past time to put political considerations aside. The options are really not that complicated: when government is faced with a budget deficit, you either have to raise taxes or reduce spending (or both). The answers are just a few votes away. But we don’t do much voting these days. It did not take long to see a pattern emerge in the Legislature with regard to an unwritten policy on voting procedures. It’s pretty simple, really — a bill is not put up for a vote unless it is pre-greased. That’s right; if it is not going to pass, it does not get a vote. Doesn’t it seem odd that talk of income tax and sales tax increases have dominated the news coverage of state politics and yet neither have received a vote? Well now you know why. It is because neither would pass today. For the last eight months, the strategy has been to hold off on the votes in order to change the outcome. So how does one “change the outcome”? This is where old-fashioned deal making generally comes in. The problem is that this is not the “good old days.” It is 2007 post-term limits Lansing politics (herein after referred to as “smash mouth politics”). You see, it’s kind of hard to make deals with people you don’t trust. No matter how reasonable the agreement is, someone always has to go first. This is where the breakdown typically occurs. After all, in this era of term limits, people don’t really know each other that well. To make matters worse, top political brass apparently does not even speak the same language. On several occasions we have seen a flurry of activity leading up to a big vote, only to have the effort disintegrate with each side describing a very different “deal” that the other side broke. Like I said, lots of finger pointing. Frankly, even with all talk about tax increases, I’m surprised the citizens are not asking for their money back! But it has not been all bad news in Lansing. You may recall that the biggest business tax code rewrite in a generation was completed and signed into law earlier this year. What was different then? It’s all about relationships. I was part of the group of ten that spent a few months holed up in a conference room negotiating a compromise between the House, Senate and Governor. During that time, I had no choice but to get to know the others around the table. Some were Democrats and some were Republicans. As I grew more familiar these people, it became easier to trust them. And then a funny thing happened. I started spending time with them outside of the negotiating room. We’d grab lunch or have conversations on the House floor. We’d talk about non-legislative things, like family or what we did over the weekend. In other words, we became friends. In a recent interview, I spoke of Representative Steve Beida (D-Warren) as the best example of this. Because of the experience I have with him, I can say that he has integrity. I trust him and I consider him a friend. There are just a few others that I have that kind of experience with. And in 16 months, he will be forced from office due to term limits. That is a shame. Of course I can’t make people trust each other and I certainly can’t force people to form friendships across the aisle. But one thing I can say with confidence is that it would help. Perhaps the Speaker, Senate Majority Leader and the Governor should task that same group of ten with producing a budget compromise. Just a thought… Woodland’s Homecoming is last hurrah for summer by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Lakewood had its last summer hurrah with last week’s Woodland Labor Day Homecoming. It was nearly perfect weather for the annual four-day festivities. Things got going Friday evening with a sloppy joe/ice cream social at the Woodland Methodist Church. A kitchen crew of women made the custard mix using a “secret” recipe with pasteurized eggs, whole milk, half and half and whole milk. The men had the job of running the ice cream mixers. They plugged in the nine mixers at 2 p.m. Thursday and by 7:30 p.m., there were 40 gallons of the frozen confection. The Mobil station in Woodland made room in its freezer to keep the ice cream cold until Friday’s serving time. The social part of the ice cream social lived up to its name. The room was packed with folks young and old from the Lakewood community. The meal provided a chance for oldsters and youngsters to share a dinner, see friends they hadn’t seen for months and catch up on family news. Saturday’s events started with breakfast at the Eagles Lodge. Crafters had booths on the park lawn. Zion Lutheran sold cookies and ice tea, Kilpatrick United Brethren sold snow cones and the Woodland Athletic Association had burgers and walking tacos to raise money for their causes. The sound of metal hitting metal was heard in the corner of the park at 10 a.m. as the horseshoe tournament got under way. At 1 p.m., the parade marched north on Main Street with Ellen Miller as grand marshal. The parade had all the essentials of a small town community parade. The VFW proudly marched with flags flying. They were given respectful and appreciative applause as they march by. Other marchers included the Lakewood High School band, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Lakewood Educational Foundation and the Lakewood cheer team. State Rep. Brian Calley was there to “press the flesh” and remind people he would be seeking re-election next year. The royal float carried Preston Makley, son of Tony and Teresa Makley and Aubree Belle Donaldson, daughter of Bent and Beth Donaldson as the miniature king and queen. The penny a vote collection cans raised $1,300 for Woodland community projects. There were emergency crews from Woodland and area communities, antique cars and restored tractors. The Makley family won first prize for their personal float. It was a farm scene with a cut out of a cow, sunflowers, chicken water can, flowers and the farm hands riding on bales of straw. In the organization float division, Central United Methodist Church won first place with the “Nothing But Nets” anti-malaria campaign, the Woodland Eagles were second and Woodland Elementary third. In the decorated children’s bikes, Hannah Slater was first, Cidney Chrzan was second and Alexis Roscam third. In the horse riding division first place went to Sam VenDenDriessche, second to Christine Dickerson and third Angie Stowell. See WOODLAND, page 9 HHS Choir Boosters Board elected Another school year has started the 2007-2008 Hastings High School Choir Boosters Board of Directors has been selected. The group is planning a year of learning and culture for local music students. (From left) Sandy Taylor, Cheryl Swinkounis, Patti LaJoye (seated), music teacher, Sandy Mikolajczyk and Joe LaJoye. Missing from picture are Fred Swinkounis and Matt Mikolajczyk. Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings Made in the USA Items...Sioux Pottery, Soy Wax Candles, United States Flags with Pole New Items Arriving … Thomas Kinkade, Bradford Editions Unique Gifts & Collectibles Quilted Throws, Handbags, Tree Skirts, Fairies, Angels, Dragons, Chess Sets, Harley-Davidson Items and more! COME IN AND CHECK US OUT! New Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10AM-8PM; Thur.-Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM Visa, MasterCard, Debit & Layaway 269-945-5660 77515951 �Page 6 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Velma (Hoffman) Cotterill 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) provided for all Sunday a.m. services and Wednesday Mid-Week. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children (Kidz Praize, age 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6-12), and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday Mid-Week: 6:30 p.m. Kids’ Club (age 4 through 5th grade), Youth (grades 6-12), Adult Discipleship Training and Bible Study. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. 7 p.m. Women’s Ministry Sept. 20. FAMILY FUN DAY, Celebrating Faith, Family and Friends! SEPT. 15 - 11 AM-3 PM. You are invited and welcome! JACKSON – Velma (Hoffman) Cotterill of Jackson, formerly of Nashville, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2007, in Jackson, at the age of 97. She was a 1929 Education graduate of WMU and enjoyed a long and dedicated career as an elementary schoolteacher. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Cotterill (Sr.) of Oakland City, Ind., after 57 years of marriage. She is survived by one son, Harry Jr. (Mary Ellen) of Kalamazoo; and two grandchildren, Karen Cotterill (husband Brian Bankston) of Dowling and Brian Cotterill (wife Katy Chabot) of Montpelier, Vermont; and a niece, Marilyn Hoffman (husband Robert Hood) of Salt Lake City, Utah. Memorial services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2007 at the First Presbyterian Church, Jackson. The Rev. Dr. James D. Hegedus will officiate. The family will greet friends at the church from 10:30 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will take place at Lakeview Cemetery, Nashville. Friends may view Velma’s obituary and send condolences to the family at www.wetherby funeralhome.com. Rosa L. King GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH 239 E. North Street, Hastings. Phone 269-945-9414 or 945-2645. Fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. www.discovergrace.org. Call the office for worship times. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Sunday - 5 p.m. New Member/Information Class. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings Clara Eleanor (Comstock) Mutch Naomi I. Nichols DELTON – Clara E. (Comstock) Mutch, age 47, of Delton, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2007 at Tendercare of Hastings. She was born April 15, 1960, the daughter of Joseph, Sr. and Barbara (Gilsinger) Comstock in Elkhart, Ind. She attended Vicksburg Community Schools, from where she graduated with the class of 1978. Clara earned her cosmetology license a year later. Her brother Joe, Jr. brought home his Air Force friend, Michael Mutch, to meet his sister, Clara, after he was smitten by her graduation picture. Clara and Mike were married March 22, 1980. Clara worked several years at Asmo Manufacturing in Battle Creek, then she and Mike settled in the Delton countryside to raise their family. Clara loved motherhood, and opted to stay home full-time after her second daughter was born. Once the last of her four children started preschool, she donated her time to and later became a beloved para-professional at Delton Elementary. They became members at Cedar Creek Bible Church where she was baptized and later taught the program and planned several social events. In addition to her children, she was passionate about her weekly bowling league, watching Sunday race days with her family and trying out what she learned from Martha Stewart Living. When she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in July of 2005, she vowed a fight and enlisted the help of U of M Cancer Center. Her extended family and community rallied to get her to treatments and to care for her children. She lost the battle but won her place in heaven in the early morning hours of September 9, 2007. Clara leaves behind her beloved family – husband, Michael, age 52; their children Heather Marie (15), Kyla May (13), Casey Owen (10) and Maggie Victoria (8) of Delton; her devoted mother, Barbara of Scotts; brother Joseph, Jr. (Amy) of Shelbyville and daughter Laura (Dave) Burtis and great-nieces Paige and Gretchen Burger; brother Jonathan of Gun Lake and children Erin, Leigh and Danielle; sister Mariana (Pete) Poggione of Mattawan and children Kelly, Sophia and Ava; several aunts, uncles, cousins and many loving inlaws. Clara was preceded in death by her father, Joseph, Sr. in 2004 and an infant brother, Jeffrey Ray in 1966. A celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. at Cedar Creek Bible Church, 9213 Cedar Creek Road, Delton, MI 49046 on Saturday, September 15, 2007. Pastor Brent Branham will officiate and a luncheon will follow in the church hall. A memorial has been established in her name to benefit her children. Checks may be made to Cedar Creek Bible Church and mailed in care of 9213 Cedar Creek Road, Delton, MI 49046. HASTINGS - Mrs. Naomi I. Nichols, age 65, of Hastings, died at 2:15 a.m. Friday, September 7, 2007 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. Graveside services were held on September 10, 2007 at the Irving Township Cemetery. Mrs. Nichols was born on March 11, 1942 at Freeport, the daughter of Warren D. and Myrtle May Kidder. She was raised in Freeport, Middleville, Hastings, and Woodland areas, and attended schools in each respective district. She was married to Charles Barnes, Clyde Nichols, James Byars, and John Parker. During her life, she worked for several factories and restaurants in the Middleville and Hastings area. In 1965, she appeared on the television show “Gun Smoke”, playing the part of an Indian. Mrs. Nichols is survived by sons Joseph C. Barnes, Ernest W. Barnes, Jamie C. Barnes; a brother, Warren A. Kidder; her sisters, Joyce Morgan and Joan Taggert; and five grandchildren. Preceding her in death were husbands, Charles Barnes, Clyde Nichols, James Byars, and John Parker; her brothers, Richard Lee Kidder and Johnny Carl Kidder; and sister, Vivian Sturtz. Arrangements were made by Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel in Hastings. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com. Domonic Jerome Cody HASTINGS – Rosa L. King passed away on Monday afternoon, September 10, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was 84 years old. Born in Waco, Texas on July 27, 1923, she was the daughter of Johnie T. Lawrey and Hulda Hughes who preceded her in death. She was raised in Waco and attended school in that area. In 1941, she married Charlie T. King in Waco and then moved to Hastings in 1945 to start her family. He also precedes her in death. She was employed as a press operator at Keeler Brass Co. until her retirement. She was a great sewer and knitter and loved handicrafts and ceramics. So it was quite natural that in her retirement she opened Unique Ceramics and Gifts in Middleville which she owned and operated for many years. She is survived by her longtime companion, Robert M. Allen; children, Samuel T. King of Grand Rapids, Charlie L. King of Iron Mountain, Jerry W. (Denise) King of Paw Paw, Sandra E. (Walter) Hall , Melba J. (Ed) Strouse, Richard L. King, Phyllis K. (Russell III) Snyder, all of Hastings; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her infant brother, Raymond Zettler; grandchildren, Virginia Spicer and Darrell King; greatgrandchildren, Jasmin Sedelmaier, Leeah Tonkin and Leana Burdick. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings. Interment will be at Rutland Township Cemetery. Domonic Jerome Cody, infant son of Angela McClurkin and Ryan Cody, passed away September 5, 2007 at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. Proud grandparents are Bill McClurkin of Hastings, Laurie Armour of Hastings, and Kerri and Jan Dickman of Grand Rapids. Also survived by several aunts, uncles and cousins. He will be in our hearts forever and our thoughts always. Arrangements made by Stegenga Funeral Home, Grand Rapids. PLAINWELL – Lyle S. Champion, age 86, of Plainwell, passed away September 10, 2007. Lyle was born March 25, 1921, in Kendall, the son of Claude and Etlie (Burns) Champion. A 1938 Plainwell High School graduate, Lyle also was a student at Michigan State University. In 1940, Lyle worked at a dude ranch in Jackson, Wyoming; a job he loved and often reminisced about. On October 27, 1945, he married Marie Garrett who survives. A farmer in the Doster area at Colonial Estate farm for 22 years, Lyle worked at Doster Lumber for 28 years and also raised registered Brown Swiss Cattle and registered Corriedale Sheep. Lyle was a member of the Delton Kellogg School Board where he was very proud to award his children their diplomas. He was also Master of Silver Creek Grange, President of the MSU Ag short course for three years, a member of the Bernard Historical Society and an elder in the Doster Community Reformed Church. Lyle also enjoyed traveling, Warner Lake, fishing and most importantly his family. He is also survived by sons, Keith (Judy) Champion of Onowantonna, Minn. and Brett (Teresa) Champion of Delton; daughters, Kathleen (Alan) Handy of Gardendale, Ala. and Brenda (Andy) Short of Plainwell; sisters-in-law, Alta Champion of Kalamazoo and Berle Reiter of East Lansing; 14 grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; a granddaughter, Heather Short; a brother, Gordon Champion; and a sister Marian Day. The family will receive friends Friday, September 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. A funeral service will be conducted Saturday, September 15, 2007, 1 p.m., at Doster Community Reformed Church, 121415 Doster Rd., Plainwell. Rev. Steve Slater will officiate. Memorial contributions to Bernard Historical Society or Doster Community Reformed Church will be appreciated. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan Lyle S. Champion • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77515470 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 7 The Family to Family program will have a meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Middleville United Methodist Church, 111 Church St., to seek community help with child abuse and neglect issues. “We need to make partnerships with community organizations to create an environment that supports families and children, especially those involved with the child welfare system,” said Child Abuse Prevention Council Executive Director Karen Jousma. “You may ask, ‘What can I do?’ Please attend this very important meeting where the focus on children’s safety will be discussed with representatives from the Family to Family Program, Kinship Care Program, Foster Home Recruitment and the Child Abuse Prevention Council.” Jousma said in 2001, 841 referrals were made regarding child abuse and neglect. From October 2006 to June 2007, there were 742 referrals made. Ways to work with the schools, families and agencies, trying to keep children in their neighborhoods and providing stability will be some of the answers provided. The Child Abuse Prevention Council will provide information about child abuse and neglect while providing mandated reporter training with a certificate of participation. Family to Family program will take up the importance and some of the ways the community working together can keep children/sibling groups within their school system. Kinship Care program will provide information about how grandparents, aunts, uncles or other adults caring full-time for a relative’s child is providing kinship care; how drugs, divorce, desertion and death lead to this type of caring for children; and how this impacts a caring community. The final presentation will be dedicated to dealing with the need for more foster care homes and clarification about the licensing requirements and the process involved in becoming a foster parent. A time for questions will conclude the evening. For more information or to RSVP, call (269)948-3264 or e-mail capcbc@yahoo.com Barry County Sheriff to speak on identity theft Social News Pierces to celebrate 40th wedding anniversary Cooley celebrates 101st birthday Hughes-Kellogg united in marriage Andrea Jean Hughes and Heath Raymond Kellogg were united in marriage by Pastor Daniel Hofmann on May 19, 2007 at Faith United Methodist Church in Delton. The bride is the daughter of Tom and Karen Hughes and is attending Kellogg Community College. The groom is the son of Edward and Peggy Kellogg and is employed at Stryker in Kalamazoo. Maid of Honor was the sister of the bride, Stacey Hughes. Bridesmaids were Jessica Gruber, sister of the groom; Nicole Babcock, Courtney Chapple, Jillian Roberts and Tiffany VanderKlay, all friends of the bride as was her personal attendant, Sabrina Sabin. Flower girl Abby Norris and Ringbearer Lincoln Norris are relatives of the bride. Best man was Cory Bourdo, friend of the groom. Groomsmen were Paul Gruber, brother-inlaw of the groom; Todd Champion, Dustin Morgan, Rodney Dye and James Rose, all friends of the groom. Andrea and Heath are currently residing in Delton. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf will be guest speaker for the next First Friday forum at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, corner of Green and Jefferson streets, Hastings. Leaf is expected to talk about identity theft, which has been a growing problem everywhere, particularly on the Internet. It has been called the fastest growing crime in the United States. The sheriff will present suggestions on how people can protect themselves and what they can do once they learn their identities have been compromised. Leaf also will be available to answer questions about the sheriff’s department’s K-9 program, substance abuse and other issues of interest. The First Friday program is sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Committee. The host is Democratic Party Vice Chairman David Brinkert. Light refreshments will be served. Sheriff Dar Leaf Middleville Village president re-elected by just 25 votes Lon Myers was re-elected village president in Middleville Tuesday by a vote of 96 to 71 over challenger Bob Klinge. The Village of Middleville’s election Sept. 11 had only 167 voters cast ballots, and village president was the only contested seat. Elected to council were for four-year terms were incumbents Michael Lytle, Charles Pullen and Phillip VanNoord. Elected for two-year terms were Dan Parker and Richard Reyff. The only council member not on the ballot this year was Dorothy Corson who has two more years on the council. Lon Myers Progressive Dems to show ‘War Made Easy’ Sept. 20 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for the West Michigan premiere showing of the film, “War Made Easy” Thursday evening, Sept. 20, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film is an insightful analysis of how governments bent on war making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad. Looking closely at the spin strategies employed by today’s pundits and public officials to build support for the invasion of Iraq, the film finds striking parallels to the information wars waged by earlier administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Shattering the myth that a free press is immune to propaganda, “War Made Easy” provides ample evidence of the media’s complicity in promoting government agendas for war. The film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points. The film starts at 7 p.m. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@yahoo.com or call 269795-4412. Country Chapel United Methodist Church is hosting its ANNUAL CHICKEN BARBEQUE on Saturday, Sept. 15th at Country Chapel - 9275 S. M-37, in Dowling. The men’s group fires up the grills early in the morning, we plan to begin serving about noon, and will hopefully sell out by 5:00 pm The menu includes: 1/2 chicken, homemade macaroni or potato salad, roll, veggies, dessert and drink for $7.00. Picnic tables are available outside in our pavilion, or eat inside in our air conditioned fellowship hall. Advance tickets are available at the church or from members of the congregation. Take time to visit with the grillers. Take time to visit with your neighbors. Take time to visit with God. Information is available at the Country Chapel office at 721-8077 06657578 Marriage Licenses Glen Leroy Guernsey, Hastings and Cheryl Jean Pierson, Grand Rapids. Benjamin James Hull, Hastings and Michelle Renee Kipp, Hastings. Michael Scott O’Brien, Plainwell and Marcie Ann Pritchard, Plainwell. Ryan Timothy Shay, Hastings and Tonya Marie Ulrich, Hastings. Michael Steven Gaiski, Nashville and Roaxanne Renee Bell, Nashville. Joshua Paul Bundy, Hastings and Ann Elizabeth Parker, Hastings. Michael Anthony Woody, Dowling and Robin Lynne Brinkman, Dowling. Robert Graham Roush, III, Middleville and Mary Elaine Foster, Middleville. Robert Wayne Norton, Nashville and Kori Devon Armour, Nashville. Keith Donald Schultz, Hastings and Denise Evelyn Keller, Hastings. Gary Allen Asher, Battle Creek and Melody Carol VanderMeer, Delton. Ryan Thomas Johnson, Delton and Martina Conuelo Mullaney, Delton. David Scott Kloet, Grand Rapids and Carmen Angelica Solano, Middleville. Todd Anthony Cook, Bellevue and Judy Kay Bidinger, Nashville. Jeffrey Paul Gauthier, Grand Rapids and Melinda Kay Redmond, Nashville. Lawrence Cooley will celebrate his 101st birthday Monday, September 17, 2007. Visits and cards would be greatly appreciated at Tendercare Hastings, 240 E. North St., Room D1, Bed 2, Hastings, MI 49058. Winebrenner-Speckman wed Kimberly Winebrenner and Steven Speckman were united in marriage on April 14, 2007 at First Baptist, Hastings. Parents of the couple are John and Cindy Winebrenner and Sandy Growden and Bill Speckman. Maid of honor was Angela Winebrenner, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Becky Rasey, sister of the bride; Sarah Van Aman, friend of the bride, and Natalie Klauser, sister of the groom. Best man was Justin Scherer, friend of the groom. Groomsmen were Nate Klauser, brother-in-law of the groom; Jared Currie, friend of the groom, and Matt Rasey, brother-in-law of the bride. Pastors Dan Currie and Ryan White officiated. The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic and now reside in Hastings. Blood drive set at Moose Lodge An American Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Moose Lodge, 128 North Michigan Ave., Hastings. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org Mary and Gary Pierce invite all of their friends and acquaintances to their home for their 40th wedding anniversary open house and reception on September 16th. Please join Gary and Mary at 670 W. Dowling Road, P.O. Box 8, Dowling, MI, 49050 from 2:00 until 8:00 pm. Call 269-721-8976 for directions. No gifts, please; if you visit or not, please acknowledge this day with cards only. The Pierces, son and daughter-in-law of Bill and Jessie Pierce, were married in Madison Wisconsin, in 1967, and after 31 years returned to Gary’s hometown. Gary owns and runs Froghome Environmental, a wetland education and consulting firm, for which he travels the United States to participate in and teach the construction of wetlands. Mary, a writer and editor, often accompanies and assists Gary. Mary and Gary met while they were both undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin. In 1969, they moved to Kalamazoo to begin Gary’s graduate studies. Mary earned her Bachelor’s degree in biology from Western Michigan University. Next came a Ph.D. in botany for Gary from the University of Wyoming. Dr. Pierce was first an assistant professor, then an associate professor at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY, where Mary earned her Master’s degree in biology and began publishing her own poetry in diverse western New York literary venues. Gary left academia in 1981 to found and direct Southern Tier Consulting, based in southwestern New York, as president and chief scientist. While there, Mary facilitated a writers’ workshop and founded “Perceptions,” an innovative literary Magazine, editing the first three issues. In 1997, Gary promised his father that they would return to Hastings and together they would build and direct an ecological education institution. A year and a half later, following his parents’ deaths, Mary and Gary moved to Barry County to fulfill that promise and begin their new lives. Gary was Executive Director of Pierce Cedar Creek Institute and Vice President of the Willard G. Pierce and Jessie M. Pierce Foundation. Mary was a frequent volunteer and Gary’s chief supporter. At the same time, she co sponsored a new artists’ group in Kalamazoo called CAPS. When Mary earned a grant to publish a new anthology of poetry and art, “Stepping Out”, Gary became typist and chief proofreader. Of all their co ventured and multifarious projects, their marriage is their favorite. Mary and Gary have a daughter and sonin-law in Austin, TX, Angela and Tommy Holt, with two granddaughters, Casey and Shannon; a son and daughter-in-law in Toronto, Ontario, David Pierce and Morgan MacLeod; and a granddaughter, Wilhelmina, who lives in Olean, NY with her mother Sadie Jay Edwards. LETTER, continued from page 4 cess. How the county spends its dollars is not a matter of the number of dollars in the treasury. Spending is a matter of priority. Out of the over $14 million the county will spend in 2008, how much is it worth to have 100 people among us who are no longer headed back to jail or prison because they are no longer a threat to us? If somebody tells you that the county can’t afford to pay for the drug courts, and other important programs, remind them that we only had $10 million to spend in 1999, and we somehow managed to get by. In my book, a $4 million raise buys a lot of groceries. Tom Wilkinson, Hastings, Bello Oriente, Costa Rica, C.A. CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! Senior Living 06655119 Family to Family meeting planned at Middleville UMC Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 8 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meets tonight (Thursday, Sept. 13) with a potluck supper at 6:30. There will be reports on summer activities and projects. Work has been done on the caboose which includes new paint. The Sebewa Center United Methodist Church will have a roast pork dinner on Saturday, Sept. 15, with serving from 4 to 7 p.m. The pork dinner at West Berlin Wesleyan church was served in their new Ebenezer Center, which was a few years in the construction stage. More than one summer they had help from groups of caravaners who spend their summers helping churches with construction, staying in their own camping units. They did much of the interior work. This now gives the church three buildings. Their church is on the northwest corner of Bliss and Portland roads. The Henderleiter school on the northeast corner has been their kitchen/dining hall for many years. Now the new building in use is farther north on the same corner with a paved parking lot between. Their spread also includes a softball field and a playground with plenty of lawn around all of it. The parsonage is next west of the church. If you watch carefully, you can see the church steeple from the I-96 freeway. The movie at the Ionia theater, sponsored by the county historical society, will be on the topic “Canadian Rockies” from the viewpoint of a train trip. This film will be shown at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 20. The Sept. 27 presentation will be on Mount Rainier, a 60-minute film. Another enterprise of the ICHS is a duck race on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Bertha Brock Park west of Ionia on M-21. This is just one feature of the annual fall festival which runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lions win first KVA match in four Things got tight late, but the Lions were able to avoid a fifth game in their Kalamazoo Valley Association opener at Parchment last Wednesday night. The Lion varsity volleyball team improved to 6-3-2 overall this season and 1-0 in the KVA with a four-game victory over the host Panthers. The Lions won by the scores of 2510, 25-19, 17-25, 26-24. Setter Lauren Pierce had a big night for Maple Valley, with 32 assists. She also was a perfect 30-for-30 serving the ball. Jen Kent had 15 kills for Maple Valley, and also was strong from the service line with eight aces. Defensively, Bailey Flower had seven blocks for Maple Valley and Karlee Mater 14 digs. The Lions will be home for the first time this season when they host their own Maple Valley Invitational on Saturday (Sept. 15). The latest issue of This Old House magazine had a story about the transformation of a federal post office into a dwelling for a Kentucky doctor and her husband. The illustration shows a building of the same era and style as the old Hastings post office-library, which is now vacant. The Kentucky post office had a secret passage from which the postmaster could observe the clerks while they were on duty. Twice the Grand Rapids Press had a large ad from McDonald's fast food locations featuring employees for Hispanic month. Twice Juanita Richmond was pictured. However, she was given the wrong name — Richards. Congratulations to Juanita for being chosen! Her Galaviz parents would be proud of her. Likely husband Ron is. Mrs. Paul (Shirley) Reed of Arizona has now relocated to Grand Rapids. This brings her much closer to her children. Several of the Yonkers families gathered last Friday night to bid farewell to Ben Johnson, son of Judy and George, who is leaving to teach in Taiwan during the coming school year. Previously he has been in Missouri. The Ionia County Genealogical Society met Saturday with 32 present to hear James Moses speaking on "It's All in the DNA." The registrar for the day was Lola Haller. Janis Kenyon and Elaine Garlock provided refreshments. The next meeting will be on Oct. 13. Twenty members have submitted their applications for First Families of Ionia County for the Class of 2007. The Tri River Museum group met Tuesday morning at the Lake Odessa Freight House with 17 present representing 12 or more locations. 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Some of the guests took a quick tour took a quick tour of the building and the genealogy room. The group’s last fall meeting will be in October. LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William P. Hosmer and Angela M. Hosmer, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 26, 2006 and recorded August 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168070, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by South Point, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven and 59/100 Dollars ($107,297.59) including interest at 10.15% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Village Lot No. 48 of the Village of Nashville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. Being the same property conveyed to William P. Hosmer, a married man by Deed Dated 3-18-93 and Recorded 3-25-93 in Deed Book 567, Page 942, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2466 77515723 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139814, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Thousand Three Hundred Seventy and 94/100 Dollars ($70,370.94) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 4, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South onequarter line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant South 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at a right angles to said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said North and South one-quarter line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2054 77515984 OPEN HOUSE • Saturday, Sept. 15, 1-4 pm 1589 Pinedale Dr. TK Schools, 3 BR, 2 BA, Manufactured Home on 1 acre parcel. Paved drive to large 2 stall garage. $94,900 Call Ruth 269-838-8834 New Listing OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Sept. 16, 2-4 pm Looking for energetic person for upbeat dental practice, team player who is excellent with people. Dental experience and computer skills helpful. Long Lake Access 5 bedroom, 3 bath walkout ranch that is absolutly beautiful. Covered front porch, rear deck and screen in porch with a beautiful and peaceful view that overlooks Long Lake. Deeded access for property owner across the street. The walkout basement is fully finished and is a must see. $219,900 Call Pat 269-838-1469 OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Sept. 16, 2-4 pm $148,900 02678467 5117 Head Rd. Call Ruth 269-838-8834 Dear Annie: My husband and I have been together almost four years and have a very strong bond with my side of the family. But my husband drinks quite frequently, and when he does, he becomes loud and obnoxious and could care less about the world around him. This past weekend, we were at a family picnic and my husband was drinking. He also was driving a four-wheeled ATV on my family's land, back and forth. Once, he rode off and didn't return. Of course, I was scared. As my father and I went looking for him, my husband popped up over the hill like nothing had happened. He said he wasn't able to get the ATV into reverse and that's what took him so long. We asked him to get off the ATV before someone got hurt. My dad was furious, and my husband insisted on leaving because he "refuses to be spoken to like that." While I was getting our children ready to leave, my father and husband were talking to each other, but Dad became a little aggressive and told my husband that he needs to slow down his drinking because he has responsibilities. Later, when they both came to their senses, my father apologized for his temper and told my husband he loved him. They then shook hands and hugged. Well, when we got home, my husband said Dad insinuated he was worthless and that Dad doesn't care about him, which is not true. Now my husband refuses to speak to my dad or return his calls. How can I mend family ties? -- Heartbroken in Louisiana Dear Louisiana: Your husband has a drinking problem, and the real reason he is avoiding your father is because Dad called him on it. He prefers denial. Before your husband kills himself or someone else while riding drunk, please contact Al-Anon (al-anon.alateen.org) at 1-888-4AL-ANON (1-888-4252666). Hostility hurtful Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 23 years and have four children. He is a good husband and father in every way except one. When we are with company, he will say hurtful things at my expense, under the guise of being a joke. For instance, when we were first married, I made dinner for his family. His sister commented on a small picture of me. My husband piped up with, "Oh, that was taken when she was still young and good-looking." Yesterday was his birthday. When he walked into the room, our children and friends sang "Happy Birthday." I told him to "make a wish," and when he blew out the candles, he looked at me and said, "It didn't work. You're still here." When I call him out on these comments, he always says he is just joking. He never did this before we were married. Why does he do it? -- Joanna Dear Joanna: Either this is how your husband expresses hostility, or he truly thinks he has to entertain an audience and you are his easiest target. If there is other evidence of hostility, you need to work on that, possibly with professional help. If he's just making jokes at your expense, let him know it is hurtful and embarrassing and he needs to knock it off. Beyond that, all you can do is ignore him. Committed casualty Dear Annie: Sing a chorus of hearts and flowers for "Bill in Memphis." In 13 years, he enjoyed "Joyce's" company without making a commitment, so she was free to run off with another guy. I believe Bill thought he had it made and found out he wasn't in control after all. I'm an 85-year-old male who believes you need to put your money (or, in this case, a ring) where your mouth is. -- Jack in Louisville Dear Jack: A lot of readers thought Joyce left because Bill hadn't proposed in the 13 years they'd been together, but it's also possible he proposed many times and Joyce turned him down because she was looking for something better. You are right, however, that no man should assume his girlfriend is going to stick around indefinitely without a firm commitment. D ENTAL O FFICE R ECEPTIONIST 1825 Woodland Dr., Delton This immaculate 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home is situated on 2+ acres wtih walkout basement & is on a hill overlooking the beautiful rolling countryside. Gorgeous views from every window. Drunken denial Submit resume to Ad# 123 C/O Hastings Reminder Box 188 Hastings, Michigan 49058 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held September 11, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 There are no rules Dear Annie: I am dating "Scott," a wonderful man. We are both divorced and have children from our previous marriages. Scott's two adolescent children live with him. My only child is on her own. Scott and I want to marry, and his two children approve. But I sometimes spend weekends at his place and have become concerned. He seems to have no rules. Scott's bedroom is next to the family room, and his kids stay there way past 11 p.m. most nights. Scott periodically tells them they ought to go to bed, but they ignore him, keep the TV blaring and trash the area with food and paper cups. Scott also leaves the door to his room open until they decide to go to bed. Many times, we have to get up early for work, yet he says nothing to them about the noise. By the time they go to sleep, I'm too exhausted for intimacy. This entire arrangement makes me angry. I have told Scott if we marry, there will have to be some changes, but he accuses me of picking on his kids, saying I don't love them. I really like his kids, but I won't consider moving in permanently, knowing this would be a source of contention. Scott wants me to cook and clean, but I have no say in how the house is run. When his teenage son brings his girlfriends over, I have to go into another room. I feel like a total outsider. I understand his children are accustomed to having the entire house to themselves, but I don't want to live this way. Any suggestions? -- Not Sure in the Midwest Dear Not Sure: Issues with stepchildren can be difficult and, without Scott's cooperation, can wreck the relationship. Scott must understand that a lack of discipline is a disservice to his children, and the two of you must present a united front, with Scott taking the lead. If he won't do this, you can try family counseling or you can wait until the children are out of the house before you marry. Or, of course, you can just walk away. Porn problems? Dear Annie: My heart is aching. I have been married for 40 years to a man most people think is a saint. He is good to me, provides well, helps around the house, and is kind and considerate. His children and grandchildren love him. So what is my problem? He looks at porn on the computer on a regular basis. I suspect he is gratifying himself watching these computer sluts. This ties my stomach in a knot. I can't eat. I can't sleep. I cry myself to sleep. If I bring it up, he will deny it and just be more devious. Is it adultery when a man watches porn? I feel like he is cheating on me. Am I overreacting? -- Depressed Dear Depressed: A little. Like it or not, most men look at porn. It has nothing to do with you. It is cheating if he is contacting these women or engaging in cyber sex. It's a problem if it becomes an addiction or porn replaces intimacy with you. Some women actually watch porn with their husbands and find it stimulating. Only you can decide how much of a problem this is, and after 40 years, how tolerant you are going to be. Visionary cleaning Dear Annie: I'd like to respond to "A Friend," who said "Irma" had a filthy kitchen and bathroom. It was only when I visited my mother's home and found the same thing that I realized Mom's vision was worse than we realized. She could not see the details of what needed to be cleaned. We got a cleaning lady and took Mom to the ophthalmologist. Subsequent cataract surgery corrected the vision problem, but Mom loved the cleaning lady and kept her! -- G. Dear G.: You may be right about Irma's vision, and we hope her friend is willing to find out if this could be the cause of the problem. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. School Daze ‘n Stuff Part 3 Lump Sum vs. Annuity: The Choice is Yours By John Walton Often times in the spring, my brother George and I looked up Mr. Davis, who owned a farm at the very end of south East Street near where the present Second Ward elementary school is located. Mr. Davis and his horse, Buster, plowed gardens around Second Ward each spring. As I remember it, he would plough an average sized garden for a 25 cents or 50 cents. I rather suspect that he plowed some gardens without charge if he thought the family couldn’t afford it. Fifty cents was a lot of money during the 1930s. Mr. Davis was always good to us kids and sometimes we were able to show our appreciation by helping him all day. During the winter months, farmers hired out to the city to plow sidewalks. For several seasons all of the sidewalks in the city were kept free of snow. The small one horse V-shaped plows they used for this purpose were stored in sheds the city maintained along the Michigan Central Railroad tracks on property owned by the Tru-Value hardware store downtown. Another interesting attraction in our neighborhood was a blacksmith shop located not far from our house in Second Ward. It was situated in the middle of the block on Dibble Street, just around the corner from where the Keeler family lived. We were never permitted to enter the shop itself because of the danger but they did permit us to sit on the ground to one side of the big door and watch. The smells, odors, and noises of a working blacksmith shop is unique, an experience that my children and grandkids can never know unless they are fortunate enough to find a living historical park somewhere that actually shoes horses instead of just talking about it. In early December as soon as it began freezing, the city fathers ordered Fall Creek dammed up at the Walnut Street underpass. It took a week or so before the entire block between Grand and Walnut Streets to flood over completely. On the way to and from school each day we anxiously checked the water level. Once the pond was filled we then began torturing ourselves by testing the thickness each day. It was a cause for celebration around our end of town when the ice was declared safe for skating. Roush’s Pond, as the pond became known, was a popular gathering place for young people, especially those living in the second and third wards. The city eventually installed street lights through the middle of the block over the pond. In addition they removed the snow, and re-flooded our pond to make new ice whenever the old surface became too rough for skating. We spent many happy hours playing hockey, tag and crack the whip at Roush’s Pond. We usually used tin cans for pucks. The kids who didn’t have hockey sticks found tree limbs that had something resembling an elbow at one end. On weekends and during vacations it was not unusual for us to skate from mid morning until after dark. Sometimes we didn’t bother showing up home for lunch. Our excuse always was that we didn’t know what time it was because we didn’t have a watch. Besides, we were having fun. My first ice skates were genuine antiques, family heirlooms right out of the 1890s. These skates were the kind that clamped on over the soles of your shoes and were tightened up with a roller skate key. They never worked very well because the clamps loosened up so fast that one skate or the other was always coming off. One of my happiest Christmases was when I got a pair of genuine professional steel-toed hockey skates. Alongside Roush’s store on the west was a fairly steep hill for kids who preferred sliding to ice skating. When the snow pack was ideal you could zoom down that hill like sixty, shoot out onto the pond, and if the ice was good reach the far side. In the 1930s, “like sixty” was a term used to express great speed akin to breaking the sound barrier. Professional sledders swore that waxing their runners with paraffin increased their speed to the point where they were certain that they actually could exceed the speed of sound if only the sledders climbing back up the hill would just stay out of the way. In latter years I’ve come to question these claims and strongly suspect they were exaggerated. On cold days, Mr. Roush permitted us to change our skates in a unheated storage area behind the store. He was exceedingly kind and even permitted us to enter the store to get warm and to buy candy with our pennies. However, rule number one was that we take off our skates before crossing the threshold. Warren Roush was a wonderful friend. He often mediated disputes, kept bullies in line, administered first aid and telephoned parents if the need arose; a sort of one man winter sports recreational director. Several years ago I received a letter from Jim Moses, one of my long time Second Ward buddies. He asked me if I remembered an incident that occurred one winter along Fall Creek at the Grand Street underpass. In those days school was recessed an hour at noon and almost everyone walked home for lunch. Sometimes after lunch, on our way back to school, we had time to slither down the steep bank on the south side of Grand Street to watch the impressive whirlpool that was created when Fall Creek was dammed up to create Roush’s Pond. Damming Fall Creek caused the creek upstream to rise about four feet. Eventually the water level became high enough to reach the level of the top edge of the cut-stone tunnel running under Grand Street. The whirlpool created there was always frothy with thick black scum. Usually there was a tin can or two, some dead grass and sticks swirling helplessly around in the vortex. Eventually this debris was swallowed up by the malevolent whirlpool never to be seen again. The rushing water made a gasping sound as if it were in pain as it was sucked into the tunnel. One noon hour when walking back to school, Jim and I heard frantic screams for help. We ran across the road and when we looked down the embankment we saw Norma, one of our school-mates, in the water helplessly caught up in the swirling whirlpool. Several of her girlfriends were trying desperately to grab her outstretched hand. Several times she almost disappeared from sight. Someone finally managed to get a hold on her and we were able to drag her out. Norma was terrified and numb from hypothermia. We helped her up the steep embankment and over to Roush’s store where our good friend Warren Roush took over. We kids were then obliged to run all the way to school and just got inside the door as the tardy bell was ringing. I asked Norma about this incident many years later and she told me that after that near death experience she could never bring herself to walk out on docks or go for boat rides. In addition to providing us with an excellent place to ice skate Chief of Police Zip Thompson sometimes ordered Grand Street between Hanover and Railroad Street blocked off for sledding on Saturday afternoons. Usually we used Wallace’s hill, Scott’s hill, the “sign boards” hill at the end of Bond Street, the Hastings Country Club or if we felt real adventurous, Mount Baldy near the city limits on South Broadway. If the snow wasn’t too deep, the shortest route to “Mount Baldy” was by way of the C.K.and S. railroad tracks. From fifth grade through eighth grades, I attended Central School, which is now an elementary school. I had some excellent teachers during those years. It is difficult and really unfair to recognize one without mentioning them all. During my early grades the accepted most modern-up-to-date teaching philosophy was called “progressive education.” This philosophy was touted and promoted by the University of Chicago and supported locally by the Kellogg Foundation. It was believed that all students had an inborn desire to learn and that it was a teacher’s primary duty to find the triggering mechanism in each child that opened the floodgates of creativity and intellectual curiosity. A basic tenet of progressive education was the idea you should never push or lean on a student to learn anything. If the teacher provided the proper and stimulating learning experience their students would become motivated to learn because they wanted to learn and not because they had to. It was believed that when a student was ready to learn to read, for example, he would learn to read. It was believed that each student learned at a different pace at different times at different stages of maturity. Punishment and pressure would stifle a students’ creativity, motivation and cripple self-confidence and what was worst, dent egos. Punishment for not completing work was a no-no. There was no such thing as being “held back.” Let me tell you here and how that a lot of us kids were outrageously lazy and would never become self motivated no matter how many years we were kept in school waiting for academic enlightenment. I hadn’t felt any particular calling to bother learning arithmetic my first eight years in school. Most of the math I knew I learned from managing my paper route and my 15 cents weekly allowance for doing extra chores around the house. I learned addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and even fractions this way. Ideally eighth- graders were expected to have completed a series of 12 basic Washburn arithmetic books plus the “Stone Book” before entering high school. Parents, of course, were never informed by the teachers about how their kid was doing academically relative to the expected norms. They never knew if their young’uns were working up to snuff or not because everyone felt that marks weren’t important. My mom, having taught country school the “old fashioned way” was always skeptical and suspicious of these constantly shifting avantgarde theories of learning and teaching. Does your employer offer a pension? If so, you'll want to be familiar with your payout options before it's time to start taking money out - because your choice can have a big impact on your retirement income. If you participate in a pension (also known as a "defined benefit" plan), you'll receive, upon retirement, a specific amount of money based on your salary history and years of service. But how you take that money is up to you. You have two basic options: You can accept the pension as a series of annuity payments, spread out over your lifetime or a certain number of years, or you can take the money as a lump sum. (Not all pension plans offer the lump-sum option, however.) Which option is better? There's no one "right" answer for everyone. But at some point before you retire, you should go over some possible arguments for both choices. Here are a few to consider: Choosing a lump sum • Can help you avoid effects of inflation In many cases, annuity payments are not indexed to inflation. Consequently, you're getting paid with dollars that are essentially worth less and less each year, while some costs - such as health care - may be rising at a rate faster than the Consumer Price Index, a common "yardstick" used to measure inflation. But if you take your pension as a lump sum, you're getting all the money in today's dollars. • Can help you leave more to loved ones Once you and your spouse die, annuity payments from a pension may stop. However, if you take a lump sum and then reinvest the proceeds into other securities, you may have more assets available to leave to family members. • Can help you control when you pay taxes - Your annuity payments will be taxable. Of course, so will your lump sum, but if you roll it over into an IRA, you'll have more control over when you take funds and pay income taxes provided you are over the age of 59 1/2. your life and that of your spouse. Or, you may be able to choose a "level income" option, which provides you with larger payments before you start receiving Social Security and smaller payments after. Another option may be a "period certain" payout; under this arrangement, you would receive a reduced annuity over your lifetime, but if you were to die during a specified period, such as ten years, monthly payments would be made to your beneficiary for the remainder of the tenyear period. • May give you more money over the course of your lifetime - If you end up living a few decades past your retirement date, you might end up with more money, in total, if you accepted an annuity instead of a lump sum. Choosing an annuity • Can give you greater flexibility in managing retirement income - If you choose to accept your defined benefit payments as an annuity, you may be able to structure your payments to match your needs and goals. Your options may include a "straight-life" annuity that provides a monthly payment for your lifetime or a "joint and survivor" annuity that covers As you near retirement, consult with your financial advisor and tax professional to determine which option - lump sum or annuity - is right for you. You worked hard for your pension - so make sure it works hard for you. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones WOODLAND, continued from page 5 The tractor winners were Ron Erickson first, Oliver Boulter second and Jim Hostetler third. In the old car division, Hoot Gibson was first, Ken Makley second and Mike Cary third. After the parade, there was a punch and cake reception for the grand marshal. Nell Stannard read tribute citing Ellen Miller’s service as an Army nurse in World War II in England and France and her dedication to Woodland United Methodist Church. Miller was accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law, John and Julie Miller. The afternoon events included a talent show in the park after the parade. First place went to Madison Neustifter dancing to “My Red High Heels.” The second place went to the four-person act of Laurie Brodbeck, Kerissa Geiger, Bailey Livermore and Dani Shapley singing and dancing to “Lothing.” Third place went to Austin Makley and Kaitlyn Baker singing and dancing to “Awesome God.” When the talent show ended, it was nearly meal time and the 1,000 chicken halves for the Woodland Lions barbecue were ready. The meal included potato salad, beans and ice cream. The appetizing aroma of the barbecue lured folks from all over the park for the feast. The evening ended with more softball. The Woodland fire department and the Lake Odessa fire department had their annual battle at the diamond. The Woodland team won 14 to 13. Sunday started with breakfast at the Eagles. Rev. Mary Schippers from Woodland United Methodist and Rev. Jonathan Reid led the community church service in the park. The theme of the service was “Holy” and one of the first hymns was “Holy, Holy, Holy.” Reid called the children to the front for a children’s sermon. He said the children are holy because they are part of what God has created. He told them to strive to be perfect. He prayed for the Lakewood Communities that share so much “more than the same zip code.” There were prayers offered by the congregation for those displaced by war, hurricane, flood and earthquake. There was a prayer for Manna’s Market that serves 350 people a month. Schippers delivered the sermon asking “Are you holy?” She said we are called to be holy, but too often we just want to blend in. She invited the congregation to look at their hands. “These are holy hand that milk the cow and change the diapers. The power that saved Jesus Christ is in us....You are a holy people with holy hands and holy feet.” Sunday afternoon while the big boys of summer continued their ball games on the diamond, the little ones had a variety of games to play in the park under the trees. There was a putting green, duck pond and bean bag toss. Each child got a token prize for the efforts. On Sunday afternoon, the firefighters had another competition called waterball. A hollow metal ball was suspended on a tight wire over the middle of Main Street strung between two posts and anchored by big farm tractors. The firefighters used the high pressure spray from their hoses to try to move the ball into the opponents’ territory. The hoses propelled the water at 150 psi and 90 to 100 gallons a minute. Area departments competed and when the mist had settled, Delton won the competition, Nashville came in second and Woodland third. Also rans were Sunfield and Lake Odessa. The audience had an occasional cooling mist from the heated competition. Some of the kids took full advantage of the water and stood at a safe distance, but still close enough for a full dousing and splashed in the puddles on Main Street. Sunday evening was the community hymn sing at Woodland United Methodist. Betty Curtis played the piano for the singing. Schippers called roll of area churches and most had some members there. The sing began with “Because He Lives I’ll See Tomorrow.” Using the Methodist Hymnal, people requested favorite hymns “I Come to the Garden Alone” “Tell Me the Stories of Jesus,” “Let Peace Like a River.” Schippers asked the congregation to remember the songs they sang way back when they were in Sunday School “This Little Light of Mine” “The B-I-B-L-E”...She challenged them to sing all the verses of “Jesus Love Me.” There was no problem with the first verse but voices tapered off as they sang the second and third. Schippers and student Alexis Heise signed the first verse. Alice Kidder sang and accompanied herself on the piano with “Some One Who Cares for You.” The duet of Bob Huyck and Rev. Mark Jarvie from First Congregational sang “Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul.” The sing continued with “Shall We Gather at the River”, “God will Take Care of You.” The Woodland Methodist Church choir sang “In My Heart There Is a Melody.” A collection was taken for the Community Council. As the singing ended, there was still action on the ball diamond. The tournament ended Monday with the Rebels of Lansing winning the first place trophy, Brodbeck Farms second and Art Meade’s Simmental Corral came in third. The three teams got trophies and players were given Tshirts. Organizer Kevin Duits was pleased with the tournament There were 16 teams signed up and no problems. “Weather was great and folks had a good time.” When mom discovered how far behind I was in mathematics she was not at all pleased and engaged Beatrice Knapp, a junior high school math teacher, to tutor me during the summer months. Even with this extra tutoring I was only in my tenth Washburn book by the end of the eighth grade. Dad, who served on the school board at the time got a real earful from Mom. There were, however, several older teachers in junior high school who booked no truck with progressive education. One memorable example was “Left” Clark. She was one of those no-nonsense teachers that all kinds knew about by reputation from the fourth grade on. We knew if we drew Mrs. Clark we would have to behave like ladies and gentlemen or else. As a consequence of the long shadow of her reputation she rarely had any discipline problems. Miss Clark’s nickname presumably evolved from her pugilistic skill. It seemed that when disciplining an errant student she would fake with her right and as they dodged the blow she’d catch them with her left. However, I never ever saw her do this and suspect much of what we heard was pure propaganda. I always liked and respected Catherine Clark. She was an excellent teacher. Another behavioral modifier was our junior high school principal “Perky” Perkins. In addition to being principal Walter Perkins was a great science teacher. He was liked and respected by everyone. Beginning in the early grades we kids heard rumors that when we entered seventh grade they sometimes used corporal punishment on truants, kids who damaged school property, potty mouths and sassers. It was common knowledge that “Perky’s” board of education was a paddle with holes drilled through it! The purpose of the holes was to raise blisters on your behind. I personally knew of only one case that Mr. Perkins used his infamous paddle and that was when two close friends of mine got caught skipping school. Jim and Stu both told me that when the lecture part was over and they were sentenced to receive the ultimate punishment, Mr. Perkins called another adult in to witness their “execution.” They said that up to the moment they were instructed to assume the position there was no sign of the paddle anywhere. However, to their surprise they did receive two smart whacks on the rear from a paddle they later surmised had been concealed up Mr. Perkin’s shirt sleeve. According to my friends what really hurt the most was the humiliation of the experience. Upon questioning by we awed peers Jim and Stu were of the opinion that the paddle didn’t really have holes drilled through it. This bit of intelligence eased my mind to such a point that my nightmares moderated considerably. You can bet your genes that from this point forward I tread the straight and narrow. I was told that if I ever got punished for misbehaving at school I could count on being punished when I got home. Evidently, the United States Supreme Court decision making double jeopardy illegal wasn’t handed down until sometime after 1937. Yes-sir-re-bob, I learned at a very tender age that crime does not pay. After relating the above I must pay tribute to Walter Perkins. I consider him to have been one of the finest and most dedicated teachers I ever knew. He was even handed, reasonable and fair. He was an exceptional teacher/administrator who believed in all the latest teaching techniques. I consider it a great privilege to have known him. (To be continued) Alexis Heise signs “Jesus Love Me”. �Page 10 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24,851-DE Estate of BEATRICE CORINNE KELLEY. Date of Birth: August 15, 1919. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, BEATRICE CORINNE KELLEY, who lived at 1021 SOUTH HANOVER, HASTINGS, Michigan died May 7, 2004. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to M. CLARE TRIPP, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 9/6/07 DAVID H. TRIPP (P29290) 206 SOUTH BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 M. CLARE TRIPP 11991 LAKE RIDGE DRIVE WAYLAND, MI 49348 (269) 795-1215 77516064 Beth Abraham 172 Division P.O. Box 203 Freeport, MI 49325 v Roberto Abraham 244 Corinne St. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49507. IT IS ORDERED: You are being sued by plaintiff in this court for divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before October 15, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 9/3/07 W. M. Doherty (P41960) 77516045 (3) consents and agrees to be the Debtor on a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC Filing Office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in item “(3)” is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this security agreement and described above in item “(2)”, until User’s contractual obligation thereonto incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of UCC Financing Statement, as described above in items “(3)” and “(4)”, as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described in item “(2)”, in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office. (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filing’s described in items “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered bogus, and that the User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms” and “Default Terms”, granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate and User further consents and agree that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional items of Self-executing contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use. Payment terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User receives Secured Party’s invoice (herein after “invoice”), itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date of invoice is received, User shall be deemed in default and: (A) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above item “(2)”, immediately becomes property of Secured Party; (B) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in item “(8)”; (C) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in item “(2)”, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now and property of Secured Party, in respect of this “SelfExecuting Contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use”, that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms of Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms”, irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in item “(2)”, in the possession of, as well disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms”, User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoiced within said Twenty (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms of Curing Default”, authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty (20) day default curing period. Ownership subject to common law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Thomas Wayne Clark®, Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981. Unauthorized use of “Thomas Wayne Clark®” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-Executing Contract / Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use”. Record Owner: Secured Party- Creditor name Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981 by Thomas Wayne Clark®, All Rights Reserved. This Copyright Notice is dated Nunc pro tunc, this 2nd day of July, 2007. Without Prejudice Authorized Representative, Attorney-In-fact Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party in behalf of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, Ens legis The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on July 2nd, 2007 by Thomas Wayne Clark Notary Public Debra Lee Clark My Commission Expires 7/6/2013 77516084 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Thomas, a married man and Cheri Thomas, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 8, 2006 and recorded June 15, 2006 in Instrument Number 1166004, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Six and 22/100 Dollars ($74,586.22) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 21, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Assyria Township, Barry County, Michigan, distant 660 feet East the Northwest corner of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter; thence East along said North line, of the Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 220 feet; thence South parallel with the West line of said Southeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter, 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 88.00 feet; thence South parallel with the West line 495 feet; thence West parallel with said North line 220.00 feet; thence North 495 feet; thence East 88 feet; thence North 495 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515440 File No. 207.7607 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Lenartz, An Unmarried Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2003, and recorded on June 10, 2003 in instrument 1106156, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Nine And 09/100 Dollars ($47,549.09), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Block 6 Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #095548F02 77515408 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married, Shawna Allerding, non obligor spouse/owner of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated the 1st day of June, A.D. 2006, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 12th day of June, A.D. 2006, in Instrument NO. 1165861 of Barry Records, which said mortgage was assigned to LaSalle Bank, National Association as trustee for WMBAS Series 2006-HE4 Trust, thru mesne assignments, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $61,508.53 (sixty one thousand, five hundred eight dollars and fifty three cents) plus accrued interest at 9.62 % (nine point six two) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 20th day of September, A.D., 2007, at 1:00 o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Hastings, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HASTINGS, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, VIS: LOT 26 OF SUNDAGO PARK ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 71 OF BARRY COUNTY RECORDS Commonly known as: 49 Sundago Park Street Tax ID: 08-06-550-026-00 The redemption period shall be six months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Daniel E. Best, (P-58501) Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive, Suite 200-S Troy, Michigan 48084 77515430 WWR#06137051 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Stephens, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2004, and recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123262, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen And 76/100 Dollars ($132,719.76), including interest at 8.97% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line 440.00 feet North of the Center of Section 9, thence continuing North on the 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence West parallel to the East and West 1/4 line 990.00 feet; thence South parallel to the North and South 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence East 990.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158360F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Vaneerden and Allison Vaneerden, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 2004, and recorded on September 7, 2004 in instrument 1133578, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One And 92/100 Dollars ($115,221.92), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Rolling Oaks Estates, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof, As Recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 52 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #087322F03 (77515649) FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Kenneth E Dunn, A Married Man joined by Elizabeth A. Dunn, His Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Investaid Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 21, 2006 and recorded September 19, 2006 in Instrument # 1170273 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortage was subsequently assigned to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars and Fifty Cents ($106,665.50) including interest 12.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 27, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT 330 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST ONE HALF OF THE EAST ONE HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 27, THENCE WEST 330 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 660 FEET, THENCE EAST 330 FEET, THENCE NORTH 660 FEEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 8250 Wolf Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 16, 2007 Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76655 77515413 77515989 City of Hastings Big Thank You A to all who sent cards for our 50th! Seeing your names brought back many happy memories of times past. 02678298 FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT That Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party Creditor has filed with the Michigan Department of State, Uniform Commercial Code Section, that Thomas Wayne Clark® is the Secured Party creditor for the Debtor THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, and that the following documents and agreements are Certified True and Correct by the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, through the UCC-1 and UCC-1 addendum Financing Statement file No. 2007116746-5 and UCC-3 Financing Statement file No. 2007130351-6. The following documents are on file at the Secretary of State and at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR PUBLIC RECORD, Commercial Security Agreement No. SA07254419-TWC, Hold Harmless Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, Power of Attorney POA07254419-TWC, and Common Law Copyright Notice No. CLC-07254419-TWC (Tradename). The Common Law Copyright Notice CLC-07254419TWC is Advertised for Public Notice as follows, Without Prejudice, Nunc pro tunc,: Thomas Wayne Clark® Secured Party/Creditor c/o 235 N. Wellman Rd. Woodland, Michigan (48897) Dated 09-13-2007 COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT NOTICE No. CLC-07254419-TWC NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO THE AGENT NOTICE TO THE AGENT IS NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL Common Law Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re; common law copyright of tradename/trademark, THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade-name/trademark, Copyright® July 25, 1981, nunc pro tunc, by Thomas Wayne Clark®. 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Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 10, 2007. 77515671 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 1, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on a Comprehensive Community Plan (CCP). If adopted, the CCP will update the 2002 Master Plan. The Plan contains goals, objectives, policies, and action strategies pertaining to open space, transportation, neighborhood character, utilities, and recommendations on future land uses. A copy of the plan can be viewed in the Community Development office at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Written comments will be received until 5:00 PM, Monday, October 1, 2007 at the above address. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk. Contact City Hall at 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77516043 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Hause and Katie J. Hause a/k/a Katie Hause, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded on December 29, 2005 in instrument 1158306, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($176,492.41), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 21 and 22 of Cappon's Country Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 52. Together with a parcel of land described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 21; thence North 07 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds West 622.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds East 352.34 feet; thence South 03 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds East 619.13 feet to a point on the North line of Lot 23 of said Plat; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 315.00 feet along the North line of Lots 23, 22 and 21 of said Plat to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161104F01 77516094 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by JON D. NORMAN and LYNNE D. NORMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 29, 2004, in Document No. 1139393, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-One Dollars and Seventy-Four Cents ($245,291.74), including interest at 5.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on September 20, 2007 Said premises are situated in City of PLAINWELL, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT NO. 59 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 AND LOT NO. 60 OF SUPERVISOR'S PLAT OF LON POINT, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 2 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 21, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002 and recorded January 10, 2002 in Instrument Number 1072814, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Thirty and 17/100 Dollars ($58,430.17) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 11, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 2 and 3 of Block 20, lying West of Fall Creek, except the West 78 feet of said Lots, being in the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly the Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1877 77516089 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Beth A. Broadhurst, a single woman, to National City Mortgage a division of National City Bank of Indiana, Mortgagee, dated July 13, 2005 and recorded July 25, 2005 in Instrument Number 1149918, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three and 73/100 Dollars ($74,243.73) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 20 Rods East to the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for a place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence 4 Rods to place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also, a parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing in the middle of the highway 24 Rods East of the Northwest corner of said Southwest one-quarter for the place of beginning, thence South 18 Rods thence East 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods, thence West 4 Rods to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.8444 77515445 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David A. Huffman and Christy L. Huffman, husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2005 and recorded June 15, 2005 in Instrument Number 1148093, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty and 28/100 Dollars ($122,830.28) including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 11, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 75.9 feet of Lot 8 of Upson's Resort, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 58. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 207.8602 77516079 MORTGAGE SALE *THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: THE SALE MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE FORECLOSING MORTGAGEE. IN THAT EVENT, YOUR DAMAGES, IF ANY, WILL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE RETURN OF THE BID AMOUNT TENDERED AT SALE PLUS INTEREST. Default having occurred of a certain Mortgage made by FRANK W. URIAS and PAULA J. URIAS, husband and wife, to Macatawa Bank Mortgage Company of 10763 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on June 19, 2006 in Instrument No. 1166179, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of $93,040.41 and an attorneys fee as provided for in said Mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the money as secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof and the entire sum claimed due is, as of the date hereof, fully due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on OCTOBER 18, 2007at 1:00 p.m., local time, the undersigned will, immediately inside the east door of the Courthouse located at 220 West 8th Street, Hastings, Michigan, (that being the place for the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the premises described in said Mortgage for so much thereof which may be necessary to pay the amount due on said Mortgage, with interest at the rate of $16.53 per day and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, together with said attorneys fee, and also any sum or sums which may be paid and are by Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises, which premises are situated in the County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as following, to-wit: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. commonly known as: 704 E. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed except in the event the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA §600.3241(a), in which case the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. Date: September 10, 2007 MACATAWA BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, MORTGAGEE BY: RHOADES LAW OFFICE PC Peter D. Rhoades, Esq. P O Box 2271 Holland MI 49422 77516068 616-355-7318 77515455 CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Fall is the Perfect Time.... Don’t wait until the snow flies to purchase the home you’ve been dreaming of/ Thornapple Lake Estates Manufactured Housing Community on beautiful Thornapple Lake, has both single wide and double wide homes for sale. Competitive pricing with low to no down payments for qualified buyers. Don’t let the high cost of home ownership discourage you any longer! Let us show you how owning a manufactured home can be very affordable. 02678402 Phone 517-852-1514 OR stop by our community. The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting bids for the provision of trees to be planted in the street rights-of-way throughout the City. Specifications are available from the Office of the City Clerk. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in any bid proposal, and to award the bid deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 10:00am, Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at which time they will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bids must be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package - “SEALED BID 2007 STREET TREES”. Thomas Emery, City Clerk/Treasurer 77516112 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas W. Rivers, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092940, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($209,359.12), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 3, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 0 degrees 34 minutes 56 seconds East on the North and South 1/4 line, 970.24 feet; thence North 87 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East on a fence right of way, 660.38 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds West, 987.21 feet to the South Section line, thence South 89 degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds West on said South Section line, 658.38 feet to the Point of Beg ginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158570F01 77515635 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard H. Edwards JR., a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2004, and recorded on July 8, 2004, as Document Number: 1130557, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and 77/100 ($61,366.77) including interest at the rate of 11.550% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, thence West along the South line of said Section 9, a distance of 220.00 feet; thence North parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 9, a distance of 198.00 feet; thence East parallel with said South Section line 220.00 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 198.00 feet to the point of beginning. 4622 Heath Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: August 30, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 (77515510) Our File No. 141.00597 CARLTON TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SEWER PROJECT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HEARING To: The Residents and Property Owners of the Township of Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, and Any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that as a result of Petitions of property owners within the Township signed by the record owners of land whose footage constitutes more than fifty (50%) percent of the total footage of the hereinafter described proposed special assessment district, and upon motion of the Township Board of the Township of Carlton, the Township Board proposes to make sewer improvements and to create a special assessment district for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefited therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the District within which the above-mentioned improvements are proposed to be made and within which the cost thereof is proposed to be assessed is more particularly described as follows: For all those properties abutting, and in the immediate vicinity of Middle Lake and Leach Lake. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will conduct the special assessment in two phases. The first phase will be the pre-bid engineering, planning and legal costs which are estimated to be approximately $650,000.00 over a three year period. The second phase of the project will be the actual cost of the improvements and construction of the sewer system which is estimated at $4,900,000.00 including engineering and legal. The plans and locations and estimate of the construction have been placed on the file with the Township Clerk and the Township has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the afore-described Special Assessment District and has further tentatively found the Petitions for the improvements to be in compliance with statutory requirements. (Please note that this first hearing is on the pre-bid engineering, planning and legal costs of $650,000.00 only.) PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, cost estimate, special assessment district and Petitions may be examined at the Office of the Township Clerk from the date of this Notice until and including the date of the public hearing thereon and may further be examined at such public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, in accordance with Act 162 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended, appearance and protest at the hearing in the special assessment proceedings is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file at or before the hearing his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in the event that written objections to the improvements are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing described herein, signed by the record owners of land constituting more than twenty (20%) percent of the total area within the hereinbefore described proposed special assessment district, the project to be funded by that special assessment district cannot be instituted unless a valid petition has been or is filed with the Township Board signed by the record owners of land constituting more than fifty (50%) percent of the total land area in that special assessment district as finally established by the Township Board. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon such petitions, plans, special assessment district and estimate of costs will be held at the Everafter Conference Center located at 1230 N. Michigan Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on September 24, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m. At such hearing, the Board will consider any written objections to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with the Board at or prior to the time of the hearing as well as any revisions, corrections, amendments, or changes to the plans, estimate of costs, or to the aforementioned proposed Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Carlton Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Carlton Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present and express their views at the public hearing. CARLTON TOWNSHIP Wilma Daniels, Clerk 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5990 77516054 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan Shafer aka Susan M. Shafer, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2005, and recorded on October 4, 2005 in instrument 1153878, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety And 81/100 Dollars ($122,690.81), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 16 of Bay Meadows Condominium, a condominium Established by Master Deed recorded in document no. 1052228, Barry County Records, and being designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 19, as amended, with rights in the general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515702 File #159698F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert D Pratt and Amy L Pratt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 15, 2005, and recorded on August 11, 2005 in instrument 1150947, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Four And 30/100 Dollars ($122,504.30), including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 581.44 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 643.56 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 272.25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 643.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 272.25 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515659) File #159076F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Valerie A. Slaughter and Darrell R. Slaughter, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated June 9, 2005, and recorded on June 30, 2005 in instrument 1148780, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2005-OP2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OP2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($169,392.61), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant due East 605.02 feet from the North 1/4 post 66 section 28; thence due East 250.00 feet along said North section line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes East 295.51 feet; thence due West 250.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes West, 295.51 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158766F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gabriel J. VanHorn and Susan E. VanHorn, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005 in instrument 1143015, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One And 13/100 Dollars ($98,921.13), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 91 and the East 27 feet of Lot 92 of the Hastings Heights Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 41. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159289F01 77515707 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sally Muskat, a married woman, as her sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 30, 2004, and recorded on May 11, 2004 in instrument 1127392, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred EightyThree And 81/100 Dollars ($115,783.81), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at North 1/4 post Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along North and South 1/4 line 1172.5 feet, Thence West 990 5 feet from centerline (old) M-43, Thence South 635.2 feet for beginning, Thence South 215 feet, Thence East 264 feet, Thence North 215 feet Thence West 264 feet to beginning, also including right of ingress and ingress to (old) M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159785F01 77515746 (77515654) 77516025 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Virginia Walker and Raymon Walker, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 23, 2007 and recorded August 2, 2007 in Instrument Number 200708020000405, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five and 60/100 Dollars ($225,245.60) including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Saggio's Pine Lake Park, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, in Page 79. Except for; Lot 5 and 6, Saggio's Pine Lake Park Plat, according to the Plat thereof recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 79, Section 8, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Barry County Records. By fee simple deed from the Phoebe E. Rutherford Revocable Trust, U/A/D September 29, 1989 as set forth in Document Number 1068967 dated 10/18/2001 and recorded 10/30/2001, Barry County Records, State of Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77515402 File No. 280.2571 Public Auction HOUSE FOR SALE Thursday, September 27, 2007 Property is located at 712 Ferris Street, Hastings, MI 49058 The sale will be held at 1:00 pm at the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan Minimum bid is $30,361.00 S.E.V. is $39,900 Property Sells “AS IS” NOTICE This is a ranch with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on a partial basement, with a one car attached garage. The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, Citizen At Large Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2007. 77516099 This foreclosure sale is subject to six month redemption rights Terms - Certified funds delivered to the Sheriff at the sale For more details contact Rural Development at (888) 771-6993 Rural Development is An Equal Opportunity Lender Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon L. Gilman and Wendy S. Gilman, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 14, 2005 in instrument 1148043, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($137,034.67), including interest at 8.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 2; thence West 912 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 1435 feet; thence West 408 feet; thence North 1435 feet; thence East 408 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515641) File #158749F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian J. Eveland, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2006 and recorded May 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1164006, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seventy-Nine and 94/100 Dollars ($178,079.94) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel C: A parcel of land in the Southeast onequarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, the surveyed boundary of said parcel described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 36; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 00 seconds East along the East line of said section 631.40 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 436.58 feet to the Point of Beginning of this description; thence continuing North 89 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 235.70 feet; thence North 84 degrees 08 minutes 00 seconds West 38.49 feet; thence North 07 degrees 41 minutes 26 seconds East 404.19 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 56 seconds East parallel with the East-West one-quarter line of said section 220.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 54 seconds West 404.25 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.1959 77515356 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24789-DE Estate of JEWELL AMELIA FILLION. Date of birth: 11/29/1920. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Jewell Amelia Fillion, who lived at 872 Beech Street, Lake Odessa, Michigan died 05/14/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to David C. Fillion, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at Barry County Probate Court, Ste. 302, 206 W. Court, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 09/04/2007 Bruce A. Lincoln (P32416) 932 Fourth Avenue Lake Odessa, MI 48849 (616) 374-8816 David C. Fillion 869 Beech Street Lake Odessa, MI 48849 (269) 367-4382 77516035 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Bassett and Sarah E. Bassett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2003, and recorded on June 28, 2003 in instrument 1105331, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a Division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($85,129.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Except 10 Feet Off the West Side and the West 10 Feet of Lot 6, All in Block Number 12 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159975F01 77515963 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Goggins and Melissa H. Goggins, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2003 and recorded April 24, 2003 in Instrument Number 1102727, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Five and 63/100 Dollars ($102,465.63) including interest at 12% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1225 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings; also those parts of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek; also the North 21 feet of Lot 3 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek, all according to the recorded plat thereof, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.3843 77515718 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six And 93/100 Dollars ($145,686.93), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515689) File #159178F01 �Page 13 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joseph W Stambolija, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Eighty-Three And 55/100 Dollars ($376,083.55), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 1, Sunrise Shores, a condominium according to the Master Deed and recorded as Document No. 1041594, Barry County Records, and all amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 16, together with rights In general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161604F01 77516074 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen J. Plank, to Mercantile Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2001 and recorded June 11, 2001 in Instrument Number 1061182, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York, as trustee for the holders of the EQCC Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2001-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Five and 25/100 Dollars ($107,205.25) including interest at 10.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 17, Lincoln Park Addition, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 23, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 231.6044 77515435 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Williams Jr. and Kimberly Williams, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Instrument # 1134223 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, by assignment dated September 11, 2006 and recorded October 2, 2006in Instrument # 1170803 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Seven Cents ($146,688.07) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East One-Quarter Post of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North along East line of said Section 1884 feet to the place of beginning; thence Continuing North along said East line 756 feet more or less to the Northeast corner of said Section; thence West along the North line of said Section 330 feet; thence South 455 feet to the center of Little Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along said river to a point 663 feet West of the East line of said Section; thence South 112 feet; thence East 663 feet to the place of beginning. Also Except: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 757.35 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 18; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Section 18, 663.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds East 122.30 feet; thence North 64 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East 748.14 feet along an intermediate traverseline of the bank of the Little Thornapple River to the East line of said Section 18; thence South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 450.01 feet along said East line to the place of beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the bank of the Little Thornapple River as bounded by said East line and the Northerly extension of the West boundaryline, subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 5980 Jordan Road, Woodland MI 48897 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 31, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-77647 ASAP# 896126 09/06/2007, 09/13/2007, 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007 77515968 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dennis D. Zerbel, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 24, 2005, and recorded on November 4, 2005 in instrument 1155761, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Ninety-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($190,099.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1318.58 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the true point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 350.00 feet along said East line; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 290.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 350.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds East 290.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Tanner Lake Road. Together with a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes to be used in common with others, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14; Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1668.38 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 33.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 246.60 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds East 66.00 feet to the Easterly right of way line of Tanner Lake Road; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 245.93 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 (77515629) AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Angela Smith ,a single woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 21st day of April, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 5th day of October, 2006 in Doc# 1171012 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wachovia Mortgage Corporation on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Eighty Two Thousand Sixty One & 60/100 ($82061.6), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of October, at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.45% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 32, Charleson Heights Additions No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 62. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 9/6/2007 Wachovia Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Bourdo and Pamala K. Bourdo AKA Pam Bourdo, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2007, and recorded on February 2, 2007 in instrument 1175956, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-A, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-A under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated Mar 1, 2007 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen And 31/100 Dollars ($173,319.31), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Shady Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #160177F01 77515958 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Paul Steven Bruxvoort, A Single Man to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 22, 2006 and recorded January 17, 2007 in Instrument #1175161 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned through mesne assignments to: Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Six Cents ($155,585.36) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of he Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East line of said Northwest one-quarter which is South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1597.88 feet from the North one-quarter corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 210.0 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West 237.26 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest onequarter; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 250.50 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 152.75 feet along said centerline; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds East 441.85 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to Highway right of way over the Westerly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 6700 Whitneyville Rd, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 20, 2007 Ameriquest Mortgage Company as the Company and Servicer in trust for the Purchaser and various Mortgagors, Fixed and Adjusted Rate Mortgage Loans, Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp., without recourse , Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-76608 77515450 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($263,112.65), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Lying North of the Consumer right of way. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149909F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002, and recorded on January 10, 2002 in instrument 1072816, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven And 59/100 Dollars ($46,947.59), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 20 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except the East 96 feet thereof and except the West 78 feet thereof, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161725F01 77516107 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Thomas Devine and Darlene F. Devine, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Bell Com Credit Union, Mortgagee, dated January 24, 2003, and recorded on February 4, 2003 in instrument 1096926, and assigned by mesne assignments to PHH Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty And 13/100 Dollars ($99,750.13), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 25 and the North 20 feet of Lot 26 of Lapham's Airport Lots, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 100. Also, Lot 71 and the North 20 feet of Lot 70 of Lapham's Airport Lots No. 2, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, Page 87. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 23, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515328 File #079324F02 77516059 ® The FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 7515953 77511856 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jamie J. Schaecher and Amber Schaecher, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage-MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 3, 2004 and recorded March 9, 2004 in Instrument Number 1123362, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine and 69/100 Dollars ($111,879.69) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 Middleville Downs Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.1588 (77515516) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 14 Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale National Ads Business Services HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. 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E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 �� �� ��/:�$2).+ Hastings police responded to a personal injury accident Monday, Sept. 10, involving a bicyclist in the 500 Block of North Michigan Avenue. The accident occurred when a north-bound pick up truck being driven by Max Haney, 44, of Hastings, turned into the path of a bicyclist being ridden by Christine Vanderemel, 43, also of Hastings. Haney was attempting to turn left onto East State Road and did not see the bicyclist. Lansing Mercy Ambulance responded to the scene and transported Vandermel to Pennock Hospital for treatment of her injuries, the extent of which were not known. Teen arrested for shoplifting at Kmart Hastings police arrested a Hastings teen after he was observed putting items in his pockets while inside Kmart. Authorities from the store contacted police Sept. 4 after a loss prevention officer said he witnessed the crime. Alexander Potter, 17, from Hastings was taken into custody after he was found to be in possession of several trading cards valued at approximately $25. He was transported to the Barry County Jail, and is facing charges of Retail Fraud in the third degree. Hastings man assaulted downtown Hastings police are continuing their investigation into an assault reported to have occurred in the 100 block of South Jefferson Street during the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 8. Officers located a 22-year-old man from Hastings who said he had been kicked in the face numerous times. The victim and witnesses told police several men got out of a blue colored vehicle and attacked the man as he walked down the sidewalk. The men then fled the area when friends of the victim came to his aid. The victim refused medical assistance and told officers he would seek his own treatment. Anyone with information is asked to contact officer Dale Boulter at the Hastings Police Department at 945-5744. Man held for breaking and entering Barry County Sheriff’s deputies apprehended a man accused of breaking and entering an unoccupied residence Aug. 22 in Hope Township. Wade Lee Jordan, 29, of Delton, was arrested when a witness called the owner of the home and reported there was a suspicious vehicle and trailer parked in his front yard. The caller and the homeowner then went to the residence and confronted a man by blocking his exit from the drive. When deputies arrived, the man said he was only there to see if the owner of the home had any scrap metal around he could have to sell. When asked why he backed into the property instead of parking on the road, the suspect told deputies he did not think there was enough room on the road for his vehicle and the trailer. Because deputies themselves had parked two vehicles on the road, they dismissed this explanation. While walking past his vehicle, one of the deputies observed a number of small items and the homeowner identified them as being taken from her home. Jordan was lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. Phone scam noted in Maple Grove A resident of Maple Grove Township called the sheriff’s department Aug. 28 to report a phone scam he believed he had discovered. He told authorities he received a phone call from a woman who identified herself as a representative of Sprint/Nextel and was told he had an overdue bill for $86 and that he should make arrangements to pay the bill over the phone. She asked him for credit card information. He refused and hung up. When he called Sprint/Nextel, he was told his bill was not overdue and, in fact, it had just been mailed that day. Later in the evening, he said, he received a second phone call from the same woman, saying he had a past due bill for $148 and if he did not make arrangements to pay it over the phone by revealing his credit card number, the bill would be turned over to collections. Again, he refused to reveal any personal information and hung up on her. He notified the sheriff’s department in order for them to be aware of the attempted scam and to warn others if they receive similar phone calls. Items stolen from farm building A number of items were stolen Sept. 2 from a building on a farm in Johnstown Township, according to an ongoing investigation by the sheriff’s department. Items taken in the theft included a chainsaw, an extension cord and a rifle with scope. Anyone with information about the theft of these items is asked to call the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. Ten-speed bike stolen in Rutland A 24-inch, 10-speed bicycle was reported stolen from a residence in Rutland Township Aug. 31. Witnesses said they observed a the driver of a gray SUV load the bicycle into the back and leave the area traveling west on Airport Road. Anyone with information about the theft of the bicycle is asked to call the Barry County Sheriff’s Department at 948-4805. COURT NEWS WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN • Edwarde Junior Terry, 39, currently serving a term in Jackson State Prison, was convicted Aug. 15 of larceny of a building in Rutland Township and was ordered by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve from 23 months to 48 months in prison concurrent to the Otsego County sentence is is currently serving. Terry also was fined $500. • Sammy Daniel Cooke, 48, of Delton, was sentenced Aug. 29 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in the Barry County Jail for his Aug. 8 conviction on a charge of operating a motor vehilce while intoxicated (third offense). Cooke also was fined $500 and ordered to pay court costs of $1,000. The balance of his jail sentence may be suspended upon successful completion of his probation. Cooke also was ordered to participate in drug court, wear a wrist monitor and attend two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings a week. • Jordan Levi Haman, 21, of Middleville, was sentenced Aug. 8 to serve 36 months probation and six months in jail for his July 29 conviction on a charge of drivng under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Haman also was sentenced by Judge Fisher to participate in adult drug court and undergo a complete assessment upon his release from jail. He was also ordered to wear a wrist monitor upon release and participate in substance abuse counseling and cognitive behavior therapy while in jail. He will attend two Alcohol Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week while on probation. He was also ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. • Jeffrey Allen Purchis, 36, of Nashville, was sentenced in a probation hearing Aug. 9 in Judge Fisher’s courtroom. Purchis was discharged unsuccesfully from probation. His original sentence in 2006 called for him to serve 48 months probation and 12 months in jail on each of two counts of possession of a controlled substance. At that time, he was fined court costs of $500, a probation fee of $480 and a drug court fee of $200. He was also ordered to participate in substance abuse counseling and cognitive behavior therapy. Purchis was arrested in Woodland Township in November 2006 and found to be in possession of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone. Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��$%#���������������("� 02678339 3ATURDAY���3UNDAY���������!4(%�,!34�-)-:9��0' Bicyclist injured in traffic accident Community Notices FALL TREE AND BULB SALE: Bare root seedling and transplant trees and a variety of spring flowering bulbs available. Order by Sept. 21 at Barry Conservation District, 1611 S. Hanover, Hastings (Secretary of State building). (269)9488056 ext. 3 www.barrycd.org. www.edwardjones.com ���&!,,�-!4).%%3 POLICE BEAT BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Member SIPC �Page 15 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner SMOKING, continued from page 1 “I can’t see taking the time to pass a law that is really a non issue,” he said. “There are more important issues facing the county.” He said though he does not smoke and like most employers in Hastings, his employees and Mary Lou got a city ordinance passed banning smoking in City Hall. At that time, City Hall was located at the corner of Broadway and State Street. Mike always smoked in his office and when the ordinance was passed, he found himself spending more and more time out of the office, in his car. Then Mary Lou got an ordinance passed banning smoking in city vehicles and Mike said he had had enough. He retired.” Fred Cook, CEO of Hastings Manufacturing, said he disallowed smoking in the building within 90 days of taking over the local company. “I can tell you I have had a very positive reaction from the employees,” he said. “I have had people some up to me and thank me for taking this action. They say it was the thing that helped them make the decision to quit smoking. One person said he sees a savings of about $35 a week. He is using the from getting on a motorcycle without a helmet? I don’t think so. I think at that point it become an infringement on that individual’s rights.” Bob Dickinson, of State Grounds Coffeehouse, said to him it is a matter of common sense. “I don’t allow smoking here because the bulk of our clients are underage,” he said. “I don’t encourage young people to do it, especially among young people. “Both my parents smoked and died early as a result of it.” Dave McQueen of Beyond the Cover Bookstore in Hastings said he agrees with King in that it is not something that is an issue locally. “People don’t smoke in bookstores,” he said. “They just don’t. “We have a number of kids who stand outside on the street and smoke,” McQueen said. How about a ban of 1960s-style ties on a newspaper editor that look like he won it when they couldn’t guess his weight at the fair? If this ordinance is enacted, banning smok- Mike Barnhart Tim King go outside to smoke, he feels such an ordinance would be an infringement on an individual’s rights. “I think this is an individual rights issue. Some laws have been passed that have become infringements on individual rights already,” King said. “For instance, I would never get on a motorcycle without a helmet. But do I think we need a law that prevents you Dave McQueen Bob Dickinson “I have a vent that forces out hot air and brings in cool air, but it also brings in the smoke. “But, they are not doing anything illegal,” he said. “I’m pulling it in.” As far as allowing smoking in bars and restaurants, McQueen said he thinks the ordinance allowing it is “asinine.” “If I am in a restaurant and the smoke bothers me, I just leave,” he said. “The individual restaurants and bars have to make their own decision on that issue. “But I think we may be making a big deal about something that really has not affected local business locally. I agree with Tim King on that.” Like Dickinson, however, McQueen said he is particularly bothered by what he sees as an increase in young people smoking. “I don’t like to see young kids smoking. Both my wife’s parents and my grandfather smoked and died too young as a result. “Cancer is a terrible way to die, rotting from the inside. “And why do young people smoke? Because they can.” Mike Barnaart of the Walldorff Brew Pub said though he does not smoke himself, he does allow smoking in his establishment. “But only at the bar,” he said. “We restrict the area where smokers can sit. The majority of our seating, including our entire restaurant section, is smoke free. “I have studied this issue at length,” he said. “I have looked at what is being done in other cities and other states. “We tried a non-smoking day here,” Barnhart said, “and we got what I would say was a mixed reaction. There was definitely a downside from a financial standpoint. “If there is a state-wide initiative that bans smoking across the board, and everyone was on a level playing field, I would have no problem with it. “But, as Tim King said, it is a double-edged sword. There is the issue of freedom of choice to consider.” Julie Bodenmuller, a supervisor at Hastings Big Boy, said she does not see it as a major issue but thinks some people may not stay as long if others are smoking. “I think it is more of a non-smokers’ problem,” she said. “There are health issues to consider. What public situation are you going to put yourself into. You have the freedom of choice.” Brian Reynolds, of Reynolds Surveying in Hastings, said such an ordinance would have little or no effect on his business. “We do not allow smoking inside the building and our employees who want to smoke go outside. “But I’ll tell you a story,” he said, “of where such an ordinance did have a major effect locally. “We had a mayor, Mary Lou Gray, and the city engineer was Mike Klovanich. There was sort of a power play going on between them Fred Cook ing in all businesses, can a person smoke in his or her own home if they have a homebased business? Can a person going through a car wash smoke? Can a traveling salesman smoke in his or her car as they travel through the county? All are questions to consider, if and when the county commissioners take up the issue. Julie Bodenmuller extra money to buy a boat. “I made this decision when I went to a Rotary Club meeting,” Cook said, “and I learned that the per capita use of oxygen devices in Barry County is much higher than the national average. “There are three major health issues everyone shares,” he said. “Cancer, diabetes and lung disease. I felt I could help and I am proud of the reaction I have seen by our employees. “We allow them to go outside to smoke and they do a great job of policing the area, plus we send a maintenance crew out there to clean up on a daily basis. “Our employees have responded very positively to the move. I’m glad I did it.” But where do we draw the line? If this ordinance is passed, what’s next? A countywide dress code? Like George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees, shall we ban all facial hair? Personally there are those who might welcome a ban on women’s ugly hats. Brian Reynolds Heritage Day 5K attracts more than 50 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Heritage Day 5 K run and walk on Saturday, Sept. 8 attracted more than 50 participants on a clear but cool morning. The overall winner was Brett Schroder of Caledonia who finished in 18:30 for a pace of 5:57. Laura Knapp of Middleville was the first woman to finish with a time of 20:32 for a pace of 6:37. In the Male 14 and Under Division Caleb Yonker of Alto finished in 21:40 with a pace of 6:59. Eric Jachim of Middleville finished in 26:13 with a pace of 8:27. Mason Mathis of Middleville finished in 27:55 and a pace of 8:59. Seven girls participated in the Female 14 and Under Division. Jordan Bronkema of Middleville had times of 24:22 , 7:51. Hannah Schroder of Caledonia finished in 24:38, 7:56 . Oiliva Schroder of Caledonia finished in 27:00, 8:42. Dana Grassmid of Middleville finished in 30:25, 9:48. Tori Veldkamp of Portage finished with times of 30:26, 9:48. Katherine Pino of Middleville completed the 5K in 32:49. 10:34. Whitney Hermmes of Middleville finished in 43:34, 14:02. Nicole Hill of Wyoming finished with times 21:41, 6:59 in the female 15-19 division. In the Female 20 - 24 Division Jennifer Verkerke of Middleville finished in 20:39, 6:39. Heather Whiteley of Grand Rapids finished in 21:03, 6:47. Holly Parks of Middleville finished in 26:32, 8:33 in the 25-29 divixion. In the Male 30 - 34 Division Jim Fikkema of Middleville finished in 29:55, 9:38. In the Female 30 - 34 Division Jen Mann ofCaledonia finished in 26:49, 8:38. Ineze Berzina-Pitcher of Middleville finished in 28:40, 9:14. And they’re off. The 5K participants were raring to go at the start of the race during Middleville’s Heritage Days on Saturday morning. (Photo by Patricia Johns) Tara McLaughlin of Middleville finished in 31:27, 10:08. Meagan Thompson of Middleville finished in 40:04, 12:54. In the Male 35 - 39 Division Mike Nickels of Hastings finished in 25:16, 8:08. Craig Tuokkola of Middleville finished in 26:35, 8:34. In the Female 35 - 39 Division Lin Nickels of Hastings finished in 21:44, 7:00. Janette Dean of Middleville finished in 30:09, 9:43. Jamie Nanzer, of Middleville finished in 30:26, 9:48. Julie Nagel of Hastings finished in 40:05, 12:54. Lara Fredbuyer of Grand Rapids finished in 50:31, 16:16. In the Male 40 - 44 Division Steve Collins of Hastings finished in 21:51, 7:02. Jeff McAlary of Middleville finished in 23:40, 7:37. Steve Yonker of Alto finished in 25:21, 8:10. Mike Grassmid of Middleville finished in 27:09, 8:45. In the Female 40 - 44 Division Denise Richards of Caledonia finished in 30:02 , 9:40 . Oenise Grassmid, of Middleville finished in 32:02, 10:19. Marcia Cisler of Middleville finished in 43:35, 14:02. In the Male 45 - 49 Division Tom Kramer of Ada finished in 20:52, 6:43. Laurens Teukate of Wyoming finished in 21:41, 6:59. Ralph Noffke of Middleville finished in 21:56, 7:04 . In the Female 45 - 49 Division Kathleen Broekhiuzen of Grand Rapids finished in 23:57, 7:43 . Sandy Kirchinger of Hastings finished in 36:58, 11:54. Sue Porter of Middleville finished in 43:35, 14:02. In the Female 50 - 54 Division Ellen Wilcox of Caledonia finished in 24:14, 7:48. Cindy Zientarski of Alto finished in 30:53, 9:57. Cathe Delaney of Kentwood finished in 42:46, 13:46. Male 55 - 59 Division Mike Bremer of Middleville finished in 22:03, 7:06 . Tom Ackerman of Middleville finished in 25:42, 8:17. Alex Decess of Kentwood finished in 42:46, 13:46. In the Female 55 - 59 Division Nancy Jones of Hastings finished in 25:31, 8:13. The oldest runnre was Bruce Hunt of Hastings competing in the 60 and older division. He was 13th overall and finished with a time of 22:54 for a pace of 7:23. Event organizer Catherin Beyer is pleased that there were more participants this year. This year’s raced was timed with a computer chip system which was made possible through a grant from Bradford White. �Page 16 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood and TK still looking for their first wins Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 1-2 3-0 0-3 1-2 0-3 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Hastings 37, Forest Hills Northern 16 For the second consecutive week, the Saxon defense shut its opponents down in the second half. And for the third consecutive week, the Saxons earned a victory. Hastings varsity football team improved to 3-0 on the season and scored its first O-K Gold Conference victory of the year with a 37-16 triumph over Forest Hills Northern in Hastings Friday night. The Saxons clung to a three-point lead at the half, but allowed just a fourth quarter field goal to the Huskies in the final 24 minutes to seal the win. Garrett Harris and Darrell Slaughter scored two touchdowns each for Hastings, but the game was back and forth in the first half. The Saxons fell behind 7-0 on a 28-yard scoring pass from Julian Nelson to Corey Anderson in the opening quarter, but quickly answered with the first TD run by Harris. He scampered into the end zone from 27 yards out. Greg Woodmansee’s two-point run gave Hastings an 8-0 edge. Anderson scored again for the Huskies, on a one-yard run in the second quarter. This time, a two-point conversion try was no good. Luke Mansfield gave the Saxons the lead, which they would hold for the rest of the night, on a 35-yard run. Harris tacked on the two-point run for a 16-12 Hastings’ lead. Slaughter scored on a seven-yard run for the Saxons in the third quarter. He and Harris Thornapple Kellogg quarterback Paul Betcher puts the ball into the belly of running back James Smith during Friday night’s 22-21 overtime loss to Byron Center in Middleville. 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The Lions fell behind early as the Rams moved the ball 65 yards in only nine plays. Galesburg scored on a three yard touchdown run by Mike Dolph and Paul Lewis’ extra point put the Lions in the hole 7-0. But the resilient Lions battled back and finally got on the board with 3:49 left to play in the half when Jeff Burd intercepted a pass and returned it 70 yards for the touchdown. Michael Paisley’s run for the two point conversion made it 8-7 Maple Valley going into the locker room. The Lions made it 16-6 in the third period when they moved 69 yards in only six plays. The big play of the drive was a 36 yard scamper by Kyle Burns down to the Ram 20 yard line and on the very next play Anthony Corwin broke free on the left side and raced to the end zone. Paisley again ran in the two point conversion. 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The Husky quarterback, Anderson, rushed 21 times for 121 yards and also completed 12of-23 pass attempts for 158 yards. He was intercepted once by the Saxons. K-zoo Christian 47, Delton Kellogg 0 Delton Kellogg was the third victim of Kalamazoo Christian this season. The Comets still have yet to surrender a point, following their 47-0 triumph over the Panthers in Kalamazoo Friday night. Matt Postmus scored on runs of 34, 32, and eight yards for the Comets, and Mark Onderlinde added nine-yard and 17-yard scoring runs. Postmus scored twice in the first half as the Comets built a 34-0 lead in the opening 24 minutes. “They are the best football team we play all year on our schedule,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. A year ago, the Comets downed the Panthers 35-0. Both ball clubs are better since then. Christian has five returning all-league players on their roster. “I don’t think anyone’s stopped their first unit and made them punt all year,” Haas said of the Comet offense. Kalamazoo Christian tallied 428 yards of offense on the night, with 333 coming on the ground. The Comets first score came through the air, as Cory Scheffers connected with John Buursma on an eight-yard TD pass. Delton Kellogg did move the ball a bit against the Comet defense. More than once they worked their way inside the Comet 20yard-line, but each time came away with no points to show for it. The Panthers had 198 yards rushing for the night. Kirk Wolschleger led the attack with seven carries for 94 yards. Brian Diaz was 3of-13 on pass attempts, for 33 yards, and didn’t have a lot of time to throw the ball. Brennan Smith led the Delton Kellogg defense with eight tackles. Quinn Seaver added four tackles for the Panthers. 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 PUBLIC NOTICE The proposed budget of the Barry Conservation District for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2007 will be presented to the District Board for final approval at the regular monthly meeting on Friday, September 21, 2007 at 7:30am at the Woods View Room of Pennock Hospital, Hastings. The public is invited to comment on the proposed budget at this time. Copies of the proposed budget are available at the District office located at 1611 S. Hanover, Suite 105, Hastings (Secretary of State Building). 77516029 Hastings’ Trent Brisboe drags down a Forest Hills Northern ball carrier during the Saxons’ victory over the Huskies on Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) the two point conversion failed and Maple Valley was able to get the ball back and control the final 10 minutes of the game. It took two big plays, however, for the Lions to hold on to the victory. With Galesburg facing a fourth and one on their own 48 yard line with 5:32 left to play, the defense swarmed all over Dolph and gang tackled him for a loss. Later in the quarter, facing fourth and two on the Galesburg 40 yard line, John Snyder placed a punt to the Ram four yard line and the result was too far to go and too little time to get there for Galesburg. Dunithan made it interesting, however, when the fleet back rambled 50 yards on a draw play with 33:26 left in the game to give the Rams a first down and a glimmer of hope good teams. They came in undefeated and we knew we had our work cut out for us. They had a real good back in Dunithan. I think this is his first game back from an injury and he was very good. But we made the big plays when we had to. That was the difference.” Byron Center 22, Middleville 21 At this point one can only say that the Trojans need to learn how to win. After going winless a year ago, Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity football team is off to an 03 start this season. What the Trojans have learned about this season is heartbreaking losses. Byron Center stole a 22-21 overtime victory over the Trojans in Middleville Friday night. The Trojans scored first in the overtime Maple Valley’s Jeff Burd (33) and Jared Smith (21) team up to bring down Galesburg-Augusta’s Josh Bowers during Friday night's win over the Rams. (Photo by Art Frith) on the Maple Valley 45 yard line. But with just two minutes left to play, the defense stepped up once again, stopping the Rams on fourth down. The Lions took over and ran out the clock. Maple Valley finished the night with 214 yards on the ground and six yards passing. Galesburg Augusta finished with 165 rushing yards and 107 through the air. Dunithan was the game’s leading rusher with 132 yards rushing on 28 carries. Kyle Burns led all Maple Valley rushers with 106 yards on 12 carries. Kyle Fisher and Burns each had 11 tackles for Maple Valley and Nicholas Thurlby added nine. After the game, Maple Valley Coach Guenther Mittelstaedt gave much of the credit to his defense, but pointed out how big Snyder’s punt, which died on the Ran four yard line in the fourth quarter, was to the victory. “It was a huge play,” he said. “It put them in a hole they couldn’t get out of. “The defense came up big all night long,” he said. “Especially with those two big stops late in the game. We also had two interceptions and a fumble recovery (Thurlby). “This was a good game between two pretty 2-DAY OPEN HOUSE Saturday, September 15 • 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Sunday, September 16 • 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. 77516116 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood varsity football coach Bob Veitch wanted to make sure his players knew that their dreams weren’t dead yet, following last week’s loss to Lansing Catholic in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division opener. At 0-3 the play-offs are still technically a possibility. A league championship is still technically a possibility as well. At 0-4 and 02 in conference both those dreams would slowly start to turn into nightmares. It won’t be easy for either of the area’s 0-3 teams, Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg, to get that first win this week. The Vikings have an hour and a half bus ride ahead of them Friday afternoon, and then must face a 3-0 team in Corunna. The Trojans travel to take on their O-K Gold Conference rivals from Wayland, who are off to a 2-1 start. In the preseason, TK head coach Tim Penfield looked at Wayland as the class of the conference. Hastings and South Christian will likely have some say in who the class of the O-K Gold Conference is. Both teams are 1-0 in the conference, after picking up wins last week. The Sailors knocked off Hamilton 32-7 on Friday night, and this week the Hastings Saxons head to take on those same Hawkeyes. 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(G595277) Directions: M-37 3.5 miles south of Middleville, right on Quail Run Dr. (Old Farm Village) session, on an eight-yard run by Andrew Gilbert. Gilbert’s extra-point kick gave TK a brief 21-14 edge. Byron Center took over on offense and scored on a one-yard touchdown plunge by quarterback Tyler Clow. After a time out, Byron Center fullback Travis Grit plunged into the end zone for the two-point conversion that that gave the Bulldogs the victory. “We have been snake bit with some tough losses,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. “We have three losses by a total, I think, of nine points. Very, very tough to stomach, and something that we’re just going to have to get after at practice on Monday, and punch the clock and get to work.” Thornapple Kellogg got two short touchdown runs from running back James Smith in the third quarter, which tied the game each time. Byron Center opened the scoring on a twoyard run by Grit in the second quarter. Kevin Gorman hit the extra-point for a 7-0 edge. The Trojans started the second half on a mission. They marched 65 yards on 13 plays, ending in a one-yard TD run by Smith. Gilbert hit the extra-point to tie things up at 7. Byron Center answered right back with a 65-yard TD pass from Clow to Clayton Cross. Gorman added the e.p. once again. This time the Trojans came back with a 62yard scoring drive, ending on a two-yard TD run by Smith and Gilbert’s second e.p. of the night. Smith and backfield running mate Joey Sanford both totaled 113 yards on the ground for the Trojans, Smith on 23 carries and Sanford on 19. Trojan quarterback Paul Betcher was 5-of9 passing with one interception. Jeff Dickerson and Travis Farris led the TK defense with six tackles each. “We believe in our heart of hearts that we’re a darn good football team,” Penfield said, “and that we’re progressing week in and week out.” See FOOTBALL, page 18 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 17 Second behind South not bad by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Finishing right behind the defending Division 3 state champions isn’t a bad day. The Thornapple Kellogg Trojans did just that at the first O-K Gold Conference varsity girls’ golf jamboree of the season Thursday afternoon, at Orchard Hills Golf Course in Wayland. It was Hastings turn Tuesday when the league met again for jamboree number two, hosted by Hamilton at Diamond Springs. Hastings’ top four golfers were all in the 40s on Tuesday, to finish with a team score of 188. South Christian took the title with a 171. Kacy Hooten fired a 45 for the Saxons, Montana Leep 48, Jessica Kloosterman 46, and Barbie Buehler 49. Behind those top two teams Tuesday, Thornapple Kellogg fell to fifth. Forest Hills Northern was third at 208, followed by Hamilton 212, TK 217, Wayland 227, and Byron Center 237. South Christian fired a 175 to take the championship last Thursday, while the Trojans fired a 192 that earned them second place to get them started in the seven-team league. “They’re just a deep team, a good quality team that’s going to be tough,” TK head coach Bob Kaminski said of South Christian. “Anything can happen, but they are a very good team.” Hastings was third in the standings, with a 200, followed by Forest Hills Northern 206, Hamilton 221, Wayland 230, and Byron Center 232. “I am thrilled with second, truly,” Kaminski said. “Hastings is a really good team, so for us to come out ahead of them is great. And Forest Hills Northern too.” The Trojans hadn’t finished ahead of the Saxons yet this fall. They met in two 18-hole tournaments earlier in the season, the North Pointe Christian Invitational and the Trojans’ Hastings’ Barbie Buehler sends her drive flying off the number seven tee at Orchard Hills Golf Course on Thursday afternoon during the first O-K Gold Conference dual of the season. (Photo by Brett Bremer) own TK Invitational. “So, coming here I was kind of hoping for third,” Kaminski said. “I just didn’t quite know what Forest Hills Northern would be like and what Hamilton would be like too.” Hastings got a great day from Buehler, who fired a 46. Hooten chipped in a 50 for the Saxons, and Leep and Kloosterman both fired 52. Thornapple Kellogg was led by Ashley Martin, who fired a 41, and Macy Chamberlin with a 42. “I think they played pretty well,” Kaminski said of his top two players. “I think both of them will look back and think they could have shot a little better.” With only a couple holes left to play, a rain storm swept over the course. A single blast of thunder drove the girls off the course for a half hour. Kaminski said that the break slowed Chamberlin and Martin’s momentum a bit. Hillary Klunder followed those two for the Trojans with a 53. Nicole Todd shot a 56. The only score better than Martin’s 41 came from South Christian’s number one Jackie DeBoer. DeBoer fired a 38 to lead her team. Her teammate Heather Marks shot a 42. Other golfers in the 40s on Thursday were Forest Hills Northern’s Holly Devemo (45) and South Christian’s Kalee Andringa (47). The league meets at Yankee Springs Golf Course today, for another jamboree, then at Railside Golf Course next Tuesday. In a dual last Wednesday, the Saxons scored a 198-217 win over Ludington at Hastings Country Club. Kloosterman led the Saxons with a 46, while Hooten fired a 50, and Leep and Buehler 51s. Laura Thiele led Ludington with a 44. The Saxons’ Montana Leep lines up her putt on the number seven green during last Thursday's O-K Gold Conference jamboree hosted by Wayland at Orchard Hills. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons fall in first two Gold games Delton thanks the Scoby family for gift of goal posts Delton Kellogg athletic director Ben Farkas (right) presents a certificate of thanks to Karen and Lanny Scoby, for their gift of new goal posts to the Delton Kellogg football field during half-time of the Panthers win over Bellevue Aug. 30. “It just needed to be done,” said Karen. “Plus, our son kicks.” (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hawkeyes and Huskies handle Saxon boys’ tennis A couple singles victories were all the Saxon varsity boys’ tennis team was able to manage in its opening O-K Gold Conference duals. Hamilton knocked off the Saxons on Monday, 6-2. Jon Peurach and Tom Newton at third and fourth singles picked up the Saxons’ two points. Peurach downed his opponent at number three 6-2, 6-1. Newton won 6-3, 6-3. The Saxons had chances to tie the overall team score. At first singles, Hastings’ Eric Treadwell lost a close two-set match in two tiebreakers 7-6(1), 7-6(6). The Saxons’ number one doubles team of Kyle Pierce and Patrick Gillespie lost a tight three-setter. They were downed 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3. Viking spikers beating up on CAAC foes so far this season The Lakewood varsity volleyball team swept a pair of Capital Area Activities Conference quads in the last two weeks to improve their record on the season to 10-5. Last Wednesday at Lansing Eastern, Lakewood defeated Fowlerville and Jackson Lumen Christi in three games each. “We had a slow start, but we finished well,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “The new players are still getting used to each other. I think that’s the biggest thing.” With time the Viking coach expects her team’s communication to improve and then the game will flow just that much easier. Anna Lynch led the Lakewood attack with 23 kills in the two matches at Lansing Eastern. Ashley Morris added 14 kills. Setter Melanie Forman had 52 assists total. Jennie Hastings dropped a pair of 3-1 decisions to the Huskies and Hawkeyes to get the O-K Gold Conference season underway in the past week. Hamilton took a 2-0 lead in the first half Tuesday, then held on for a 3-1 win. David Kendall headed a pass from teammate Steven Safie into the net to pull his team to within one of the Hawkeyes, seven minutes into the second half. That was the only tally Hastings is now 0-2 in league action. Forest Hills Northern topped the Saxons 80 last Wednesday in Hastings. “The Huskies showed us why the were ranked high in the state and area,” said Saxon head coach Rich Pohja. Treadwell was downed 6-1, 6-2 at first singles. Chris White, the Saxons’ second singles player, fell 6-0, 6-2. At fourth singles, Pierce tried his hand at singles for the first time and was downed 6-1, 6-1. The Saxons were slated to host Byron Center on Wednesday, and return to action today at home against Portland. Next Monday the Saxons travel to Wayland, then on Wednesday they will play host to Thornapple Kellogg. Carr led the Vikings in aces with five, and Laurel Mattson topped the team in digs with 32. The previous Wednesday (Aug. 29), the Vikings scored victories over Mason and Grand Ledge at a CAAC quad hosted by the Bulldogs. Lakewood also won both those matches in three games. Lakewood opened the season Aug. 25, placing third at the Grand Haven Invitational. They fell to the host team in three games in the semifinals. “We played well, but we made some errors that cost us in the match,” Grunewald said. The Vikings followed that up with a tough day at the tough Northview Invitational. Lakewood’s three losses on the day were to the teams that finished first, second, and third overall in the final standings. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org The Saxons’ Josh Bare leaps up to head the ball away from trouble during Thursday evening's contest with Forest Hills Northern. (Photo by Perry Hardin) the Saxons could manage. Saxon head coach Brian Roderick was happy with his team’s play against the Hawkeyes in the second half. “We’re playing well,” Roderick said. “I think the best game of the season we played was against Forest Hills Northern. The score didn’t reflect it. If we play the way we did against them, and against Hamilton in the second half, I think we can do better than what we’ve done so far.” Forest Hills Northern spoiled the Saxons’ first game on the new turf at Baum Stadium in Johnson Field, with a 3-1 victory. Sophomore Matt Feldpausch, a recent junior varsity callup, scored the lone goal for the Saxons. Forest Hills Northern built a 2-0 lead in the first half, on a penalty kick and a breakaway goal. The game wasn’t the only thing the Saxons lost Thursday. Captain Stephen Tolger will miss a couple weeks with a severely sprained ankle. The Saxons’ back-up goalie Mike Purchase was hit by a Husky attacker, and suffered a bruised kidney that will keep him out of the line-up for the time being. In between those two conference losses, the Saxons found their scoring touch. Hastings knocked off Comstock Monday night, 6-1. Kendall scored twice to lead the Hastings attack against the Colts. Justin von der Hoff, Stefan Jennssen, and Cameron Womack also scored for Hastings. Hastings will look for its first conference win when it hosts Byron Center Thursday. Saturday the Saxons travel to take on Grand Rapids Central. Conference play then continues at Wayland next Tuesday. Jamboree@Yank. Spr. Wyoming Park HS Byron Center HS Portland HS Portland-CANCELLED Hamilton HS Hamilton Quad Quad@Wyom. Rog. Quad@Wyom. Pk. 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Volleyball 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball �Page 18 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner FOOTBALL, continued from page 16 A plaque on a stone just outside the new gate acknowledges the dedication to Bill Karpinski “for his many years of service in Hastings Area Schools as Football coach, Athletic Director, and Mentor.” (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons honor Karpinski by naming new gate after him by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings Area Schools dedicated the new gate, at the southeast corner of Baum Stadium at Johnson Field, to former head football coach and athletic director Bill Karpinski in a ceremony before the start of Friday night’s home football game against Forest Hills Northern. “This has been a great honor for us,” Karpinski said, motioning to his wife Marlene after being introduced by Hastings High School athletic director Mike Goggins and Hastings High School principal Tim Johnston. The new gate is just a part of a face lift to the entire Hastings football complex. A new fieldhouse was finished in time for last season. The new artificial turf was installed just in time for the Saxons’ first home game this season, against Lakewood. “I just wish I was about 30 years younger, and coaching or playing on that field and in those locker rooms,” Karpinski said. The Hastings’ varsity track and field team’s Hastings’ Relays last spring marked the first official use of the gate, which was originally supposed to be finished before the end of the 2006 football season. The new entryway includes four ticket booths, which echo the design of the new Saxon field house, surrounded by blue fencing and gates. Goggins reminded everyone what used to be in its place. “That old pole barn that sat here before wasn’t that pretty,” he said. “It served its purpose and it’s gone to a better place now.” The gate was paid for thanks to a donation from Larry and Earlene Baum, who also supplied funds for the new fieldhouse and turf. Karpinski started teaching at Hastings in 1959, and was an assistant football coach under Jock Clarey. He also started the wrestling program at Hastings. He spent some time at other schools, but eventually returned to Hastings where he took Bill Karpinski addresses the crowd Friday as the new gate on the southeast corner of Baum Stadium at Johnson Field is dedicated in his name prior to the start of the Saxons' football game against Forest Hills Northern. (Photo by Brett Bremer) over as an assistant principal, athletic director, and head football coach. During his time leading the Saxon varsity football team, Hastings won four Tri-Valley Conference titles and had undefeated regular seasons in 1979 and 1990. Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience! Lakewood’s Cody Orszula (50) sets himself to slow down Lansing Catholic running back Nick Rambat (45) in the second half of the Vikings’ 21-0 loss at home to the Cougars. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lansing Catholic 21, Lakewood 0 Both the Cougars and Vikings combined to do in the Lakewood varsity football team in its home opener on Unity Field Friday night. Lansing Catholic snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Vikings with a 21-0 victory in the Capital Area Activities Conference (CAAC) White Division opener for both teams. Lansing Catholic is now 3-0 on the season, while the Vikings fall to 0-3. “I don’t know. Like I told them, our dream is still not over,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “With as good as Corunna is, and Portland, and Williamston, (Lansing Catholic) is going to drop one. We can still win a league championship. But LCC is a much better team than everyone gives them credit for. I knew that. We talked about it nine months ago.” Lakewood’s defense was not bad Friday night. Lakewood’s offense was not good. The Viking defense forced the Cougars’ spread offense into a punt on its first series of the game, but Lakewood fumbled the ball on its opening play and it was picked up by Lansing Catholic defensive back Mike Fata. Two plays later, the Cougars were in the end zone. Lansing Catholic quarterback Justin Garmyn plunged into the end zone from a yard out for a 6-0 Cougar lead. Garmyn scored all three Lansing Catholic touchdowns on the night, adding two-yard scoring runs later in the first quarter and midway through the third. The extra-point tries by the Cougars were no good on all three occasions, and they led 18-0 with 7:27 to play in the third. Lansing Catholic’s Sal Durso added a 35yard field goal with 3:19 to play for the game’s final score. “Defensively I thought we did a nice job,” Veitch said. “Offensively, they just beat us up. They were bigger than us and we just couldn’t get anything established.” Lakewood’s offense managed just five first downs, and 84 yards total. Of those 84 yards, 77 came on the ground. Kurtis Powell led the Lakewood rushing attack with six carries for 30 yards. No one else had more than 16 total yards rushing for the Vikings. Quarterback Jesse Martin completed just 1-of-9 pass attempts for seven yards. On the other side of the ball, Garmyn was 7-of-16 passing for 78 yards, and rushed 18 times for 60 yards himself. Nick Rambat was the Cougars’ workhorse. He rushed 19 times for 83 yards. The Cougars had 18 first downs, and 177 total rushing yards. The Viking defense gave up some extended drives, but stiffened often enough to keep the team in the game for a while. Lakewood was penalized four times for 88 yards. Twice after kick-offs the Vikings were forced to start inside their own five-yard-line because of miscues. Unfortunately for Lakewood one of the brightest spots of the night for the Vikings was the punting of senior Tony Edwards. He averaged 36 yards per punt, and got Lakewood out of trouble a couple times in the first half with punts of 45 and 47 yards. following the Cougars’ third touchdown 33yards to the Viking 46. The drive stalled after picking up just five yards. The Vikings knew the first three games of their season would likely be the toughest three they’d face all season. Now they have to go to work and get ready for a trip to Corunna next Friday. “In the first two games I felt our defense was flat and our offense was excited,” Veitch said. “I challenged our defense this week to try to get excited, and to try to get something The Saxons’ Garrett Harris is swarmed by Huskies as he bursts through a hole in the first half of Friday night’s O-K Gold Conference contest in Hastings. (Photo by Dan Goggins) The only time Lakewood got past the Lansing Catholic 49-yard-line was on the final drive of the game, with reserves running the show. The closest Lakewood got to Cougar territory in the first half was on the final drive of the half, which ended after the Vikings picked up their own fumble and advanced it to their 47. Markus Gonzales gave the home fans something of a thrill, returning the kick-off going.” The Viking defense was led by defensive back Justin Keller, who saw limited action on offense this week. He finished with 13 tackles and an interception. The Vikings did force two Lansing Catholic turnovers. Cody Orszula had ten tackles for Lakewood, and Alex Backe eight. Jacob Clark led Lansing Catholic with eight tackles. Reserve Your Business Space S oon Spots are Limited ! and Filling Up Fast! October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77514873 Food Centers The Lions' Michael Paisley leaps over a pair of Galesburg defenders during the Lions’ victory against the Rams Friday night. (Photo by Art Frith) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — Page 19 BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 9; Hastings City Bank 8; Goodtime Pizza 7; Terminators 7; J-Ad 6; Boyce Milk Hauling 6; TVCCU 3; Yankee Zephyr 2. Men’s High Games - S. Anger 238; D. Blakely 233; L. Porter 223; G. Heard 219; J. Markley 216; J. Dale 214; T. Neymeiyer Sr. 214; N. Blakely 214; D. Clements 211; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 204; C. Wanland 203; C. Steeby 201; S. Wilkins 190. Men’s High Series - D. Blakely 610; J. Dale 598; G. Heard 593; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 556; C. Stteby 542; D. Walden 516; S. Wilkins 511. Women’s High Games - A. Walden 188; A. Hall 179; J. Steeby 154; B. Norris 135. Women’s High Series - A. Walden 507; J. Steeby 418; B. Norris 370. Wednesday PM At Home Real Estate 4; Shamrock Tavern 3; The River 3; Seebers 3; Hair Care Center 1; Eye and ENT 1; Nothin But Truck 1. Women’s Good Games and Series - L. Elliston 204-532; T. Christopher 184-528; K. Becker 172-510; N. Bechtel 184-502; S. Beebe 181-499; S. Drake 193-481; G. Scobey 170-471; B. High 189-453; G. Otis 174; N. Varney 166; B. Smith 164; D. Seeber 161; B. Hathaway 157; J. Pettengill 140. Friday Night Mixed Spare Time 4; A n’ D Signs 4; Just Cuz 3; Ten Pins 3; UMSU 3; Oldies But Goodies 1; Michigan Outlaws 1; All But One 1; Greasy Balls 1; Whatever 0; Liquid Courage 0; 9-NA-Wiggle 0; Bush/West 0. Women’s Good Games & Series - K. Becker 211-595; D. Rhodes 197-534; D. James 206-512; M. Sears 189-493; G. Meaney 198-488; B. Barlow 212-476; M. Vanier 146-405; L. Poter 189; N. Taylor 142; C. Etts 132. Men’s Good Games & Series - B. Taylor 234-609; M. Kasinsky 214-594; A. Rhodes 201-564; M. Kidder 196-542; T. Barlow 187517; R. Chaffee 171-471; A. Taylor 198; B. Dennison 156; K. Matthews 137. Sunday Night Mixed Karey’s Crew 3; Michigan Outlaws 3; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 3; Sandbaggers 3; Sunday Snoozers 1; Bounty Hunters 1; Funky Bowlers 1; R & N 1; Wright Zone 0; Straight Liners 0. Women’s Good Games & Series - A. Barton 190-494; M. Mroz 171-463; M. Heath 189; J. Rice 185; T. Robbe 179; A. Norton 152; L. Wright 116. Men’s Good Games & Series - B. Hubbell 211-601; T. Barlow 203-553; M. Kidder 191540; B. Allen 187-529; J. Mroz 236; M. Eaton 203; B. Churchill 195; J. Shoebridge 195; R. Barton 191; E. Rice 158. TK scores six in final 15 minutes by Brett Bremer Sports Editor At half-time things looked bad for the Trojans. With 26:32 left in the second half, things looked a little better. Over the course of the final 15 minutes Tuesday night, the Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team’s offense couldn’t have looked any better. The Trojans scored six goals in the final 15 minutes of play to score a 7-2 victory over the Wildcats in Wayland, and improve their O-K Gold Conference record to 2-0. Wayland outhustled the Trojans throughout the first half, and got two goals from junior forward Kyle Hendricks. Thornapple Kellogg came out fired up in the second half, but all its best scoring attempts whistled wide of the net or were thwarted by the Wildcats keeper. Matt Penfield finally hit the back of the net for TK. Matt Bouchard made things tough for Thornapple Kellogg’s Luke Bremer pushes the ball ahead, as Wayland’s Kyle Farmer tries to cut him off, in the second half of the Trojan’s 7-2 victory on Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Ex-TK ace helps GVSU in C-C debut by David T. Young Editor Former Middleville Thornapple Kellogg High School cross-country ace Rebecca Winchester got her collegiate career off to a strong start last Friday afternoon for Grand Valley State University. Winchester checked in sixth overall in the Aquinas Invitational and was fifth on the triumphant GVSU team that scored 20 points in the meet. She checked in with a time of 19:01 over the five-kilometer course at Riverside Park Grand Rapids. She was three seconds behind teammate Lori Burgess, a South Christian High School graduate and former rival in prep races. Winchester almost a year ago finished seventh in the Division II state cross-country meet, on the same day GVSU was winning another in a long string of Great Lakes regional championships. Jerry Baltes, head coach of the Lakers’ nationally-ranked program, is counting on Burgess and Winchester to help his team continue its dominance of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and compete for the top spot nationally. GVSU is ranked fourth in NCAA Division II and took third last year in the national championships in Pensacola, Fla. Besides holding virtually all individual distance running records for Middleville, Winchester joined Chaney Robinson, Emma Ordway and Kersta Gustafson in the spring of 2006 to win the Division II state championship in the 1600-meter relay. Robinson, incidentally, was one of the runners for host Aquinas in the Sept. 7 meet. She was one of the Saints’ four runners who went to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national meet in 1600meter run last spring. Another of the runners at the Aquinas Invitational was Caledonia High School graduate Kendra Ross, a sophomore who paced Cornerstone University with a 15th-place finish in 19:52. Another Caledonia High School grad, Becca (Busfield) Wright, a senior, was 25th in 20:07. The GVSU men’s team, also ranked fourth in NCAA Division II, also cruised to victory with 19 points. Robby Young, a Wayland High School graduate and a senior at GVSU, was fifth overall in the 8K race in 26:16. The Laker men and women will get a stern test Friday against NCAA Division I teams at the Spartan Invitational at Michigan State University in East Lansing. the night on Bouchard’s final tally with 2:44 to play. TK had scored six goals in 11 minutes and 47 seconds. Goals came often for TK last Thursday when it opened the O-K Gold Conference season at home against Byron Center. They came a bit earlier too, in the Trojans’ 5-0 win over the Bulldogs. Luke Bremer got TK on the board with a goal less than four minutes into the game. Welz added the next three tallies for TK, then Bouchard added one of his own in the final minutes. Bouchard and Kevin Roberts both had assists for the Trojans. “We played very well and our depth of talent became very challenging for Byron Center,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. The Trojans had 18 shots on goal for the night, to seven for the Bulldogs. TK keeper Imants Gerrits made six saves. TK visits Zeeland East for a non-conference contest next Monday, then has an important O-K Gold Conference contest with South Christian planned for Tuesday in Middleville. Delton rebounds from first defeats Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ soccer team bounced back from its first two losses of the season to score a 5-1 victory at home over Parchment on Monday evening. On a chilly night with threatening skies, David Roberts scored two goals for Delton Kellogg to lead the way. He got the scoring started with a drive up the right side that found him open for a shot just two minutes into the game. Roberts added the final tally late in the second half. Between those two goals by Roberts, Delton got goals from Matt Julian, exchangestudent Joaquim Barros, and Nick Smith. Julian was assisted on the second, and final, goal of the first half by Nick Blacken. Delton had a 2-0 lead at the half. Barros’ goal was his first for the DK Panthers. Nick Zocher tallied Parchment’s only goal, on a second-half penalty kick. Delton outshot Parchment 18-8 on the evening. Scott Hoekstra made eight saves for Delton, while keeper Kane Smith had 13 for Parchment. The win improved Delton’s Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) record to 1-1 on the season, and the team’s overall record to 42. Allegan topped the Panthers 1-0 in a nonconference contest last Thursday. Hal Truax put in a shot from the far right side with four minutes left in the game, to give the Tigers the victory. Hoekstra had eight saves for Delton. Galesburg-Augusta handed Delton Kellogg its first loss of the season last Wednesday, in the KVA opener. The Rams jumped ahead 2-0, and held on for a 3-1 victory. The Panthers played the Rams to a draw for the first 20 minutes of play, until a defensive error on behalf of Delton gave the Rams their first score off a misdirected header own-goal. GA continued to press DK with several drives, eventually resulting in a long shot from Zach Faust that found the net, off an assist by Shawn Groetsema. Delton battled back, and at the 19th minute mark of the second half, Chris Leinaar scored off an assist from Julian. Jon Puente added a PK for the Rams to conclude the scoring. Delton Kellogg managed just four shots on goal on the night. The Rams had 14. Hoekstra made 12 saves. The Panthers were scheduled to visit Kalamazoo Christian Wednesday, and will step back on the field when they travel to Hackett for a game on Monday. Next Wednesday, Delton will be at home against Pennfield. Viking golfers see drop in their average The Lakewood Vikings picked up win number one on Thursday as they downed Ionia at Shadow Ridge 209 to 223. Chelsea Erb had the low round for the day, with a 48. Char Smith added a 51, Kara Clark 54, and Lauren Erb 56 for the Vikings. “I am very pleased with the start of the sea- son,” said Lakewood head coach Carl Kutch. “We hit the ground running from where we left off last spring. We averaged 234 for 9 holes last season, so we are already averaging 15 strokes better from last year.” “We are off to a very good start putting and this is one of the main improvements from last year.” At the Haslett Scramble Invitational, Aug. 30 at Merridian Sun, Lakewood fired a 276. Chelsea Erb and Rebecca McKinney fired an 86, Kara Clark and Lydia Kauffman 94, and Sara McKinney and Smith a 96. Rebecca Winchester Saxon Sports Shorts Soccer Youth Night Kids Night will be held Thursday Sept. 20, when the Hastings’ soccer program hosts Thornapple Kellogg in Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. All local AYSO and YMCA soccer players and coaches are invited to attend. Players will get in free if they wear their jersey to the game, and teams will be introduced at halftime of the varsity contest. The Tailgate Bus will be in attendance beginning around 5 p.m. until the start of the varsity contest, providing free hot dogs, chips, and lemonade. Spectators from both Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg are invited to attend. The junior varsity games beings at 5:45 p.m., and the varsity contest is slated to start at 7:15. Freshmen Football The Saxon freshmen football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 34-0 win at Forest Hills Northern last Thursday. Thornapple Kellogg’s Matt Penfield steps in to take the ball away from Wayland's Cody Ratering late in the first half of Tuesday’s O-K Gold Conference contest. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the Wildcats in their own goal mouth. A clearing attempt by the Wildcats found Penfield all alone at the top of the 18. He blasted in a shot with 26:32 left to play, that made the score 21 in Wayland’s favor. Bouchard wasn’t done giving the Wildcats a tough time. He’d finish with four goals of his own. TK continued to push at the Wildcat’s net. A trio of Wildcats, including a pair of defenders, went down with injuries and then the Trojans struck. Bouchard was knocked down in the box by the Wildcat goalie, and awarded a penalty kick which he converted to tie the game with 14:31 left. TK took the lead with 13:01 to play as Sven Welz sent a centering pass to Bouchard in the Wildcat goal box once again. He blasted a hard shot off the Wayland keeper, then waited for the rebound to fall out of the air and knocked it home with his knee to give TK the lead. Welz and Bouchard would each add a pair of goals the rest of the way, thanks to some fine work pushing the ball forward by Fabian Suarez and Jorge Lopez. Suarez and Lopez each earned an assist on the Trojans’ final four goals, and Welz had his second assist of The Saxons opened the game with a long scoring drive and continued to move the ball throughout the first half to take a 28-0 lead at the break. Offensively, Josh Endsley, Zac Nurenburg, Casey Shaeffer and Alex Randall had big games for Hastings, while on defense Tom Davis, Kevin Osterink, Beau Reaser, Josh Coenen and Sean McKeough stood out in the game. JV Girls’ Golf On Monday afternoon the Saxon junior varsity girls’ golf team ran its record to 3-0 with a 241-284 win over Wayland. Stephanie Glass led Hastings with a 51, and the Saxons also received a 61 from Chelsea Snyder, a 64 from Taylor Hammond, and a 65 from Dena Letot. Last Wednesday, the Saxons topped Byron Center 229 to 231. Glass led Hastings with a 53, Snyder fired a 54, Letot 57, and Kacy Anderson 65. Saxon Football Tailgate Party It’s a grea t day to be a Saxon Saxon Spirit Let it Show Friday Night at Hamilton Sept.14th FREE Hot Dogs 5:30 - 6:30 www.saxonspiritbus.com 77516066 �Page 20 — Thursday, September 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Trojan girls find they’re still chasing the Pioneers by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ cross country coach Tammy Benjamin knows what’s ahead in the O-K Gold Conference duals, but she’s also keeping an eye on the future. Her Trojan girls bested the four other O-K Gold Conference opponents who took part in the Thornapple Division race at Monday’s Thornapple Kellogg Invitational at Gun Lake, but were second overall a few points behind East Grand Rapids. East Grand Rapids won the Thornapple Division girls’ championship with 36 points, and TK was second with 55. Caledonia topped Wayland at the to of the standings in the Thornapple Division boys’ standings. In the Kellogg Division, made up of the smaller schools at the meet, South Christian’s boys and Hamilton’s girls took titles. “They keep getting faster,” Benjamin said of her girls, “and so does East Grand Rapids. We’re getting a little closer each time. Hopefully by October, we’ll catch them.” In October, the Trojans and Pioneers will meet in a Division 2 regional. The Trojans also finished behind East Grand Rapids at the Lakewood Invitational earlier this year. Behind the top two teams in the Thornapple Division for girls, Caledonia was third with 76 points, followed by Lakewood 120, Byron Center 150, Hastings 190, Wayland 195, Rogers 206, and Lowell 248. Kelsey Webster 15th in 21:08, and Molly Wilson 16th in 21:08. It was a tough day for the Hastings’ girls, although they did edge out their conference rivals from Wayland by five points. Eight Trojans had crossed the finish line before the Saxons’ number one, Lauren Anderson, finished 31st in the scoring with a time of 22:11. Anderson was followed for Hastings by Nicole Frantz (34th in 22:34), Katie Ponsetto (37th, 22:40), Molly Smith (38th, 22:43), and Jenny LaJoye (49th, 23:30). Lakewood’s Jessika Blackport had a strong showing, placing fifth in 20:26. Ashley Pifer was 18th overall in 21:14. That top two was followed by Brittany Raffler (30th, 22:04), Natalie Blackmer (32nd, 22:19), and Cat Martinez (36th, 22:37). In the Thornapple Division boys’ race, the Caledonia boys’ dominated. The Scots first seven runners were among the first 21 finishers. Caledonia finished with just 40 points. Their leader, Luke Taylor, was second in 16:29, behind Byron Center’s David VandeBunte. Thornapple Kellogg’s Keith Winchester was third overall in 16:31. Wayland was second in the boys’ standings with 67 points, followed by Lowell 105, Lakewood 121, Hastings 122, Byron Center 133, TK 139, East Grand Rapids 220, and Rogers 248. Ryan Bosma led Hastings in 17:01. He was trailed by Troy Dailey (17th 17:32), Dane Hastings’ Lauren Anderson (left) and Katie Ponsetto race side by side through the first mile of the Thornapple Kellogg Invitational Monday afternoon at Yankee Springs State Park. (Photo by Brett Bremer) A pack of Panthers that includes (from left) Lauren Knollenberg, JoAnna Hoeberling, Caitlin Champion, and Jill Newton cruises along the edge of Gun Lake during Monday afternoon's Thornapple Kellogg Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Behind Winchester for the TK boys came Ethan Fuller (13th, 17:03), Tim Olson (40th, 19:09), J.R. LaVire (41st, 19:09), and Tim Etter (42nd, 19:10). Kellogg Division Just because the Kellogg Division was made up of smaller schools didn’t mean it was any easier. Saranac’s Melinda Palinkas won the girls’ race with a time of 19:22, just one second slower than Allyson Winchester’s time in the Thornapple Division race. Hamilton and South Christian dominated the field in the Kellogg girls’ race. The Hawkeye’s top five runners finished within 37 seconds of each other, all in the top ten, to total just 38 points for their team. South Christian was second with 48 points, as the Sailors’ Kelsey Burgess placed second in 20:12. North Pointe Christian took third with 72 points, followed by Delton Kellogg 109, Saranac 127, Maple Valley 164, and Comstock Park 213. Delton Kellogg’s Rachael Williams and Mandy Dye were neck and neck for most of the race, and came together. Williams was 11th in 21:32 and Dye 12th in 21:34. “Rachael said ‘today is going to be a great day coach,’” said Delton Kellogg head coach Dale Grimes. “She trimmed 45 seconds (off her PR).” Williams is a senior, but hasn’t run cross country since her middle school days. Taylor Hennessey was a strong number three for the Panthers, placing 23rd in 22:38. She was followed in by Lauren Knollenberg (31st, 23:53) and Jill Newton (32nd, 24:04). Maple Valley’s top five girls all finished within 1:09 of each other. Erin Shoemaker led the way in 25th place with a time of 22:56. Kaytlin Furlong was 26th in 23:05, and Lauren Trumble 27th in 23:12. Randi Vinson (30th, 23:30) followed that pack, along with teammate Kayla Shaw (33rd, 24:05). “As a team, everybody ran extremely well,” Lion head coach Robb Rosin said of both his boys’ and girls’ teams. “Everybody’s really happy. They’re happy. I’m happy.” South Christian was too much for the other squads in the Kellogg Division boys’ race, even with Saranac’s Lance Beaudry (17:05) and Kent Jones (17:11) placing first and second. The Sailors finished with just 33 points. Saranac was second with 61, followed by West Catholic 83, Delton Kellogg 129, Maple Valley 156, Freedom Baptist 165, Hamilton 177, North Pointe Christian 213, and Wyoming Park 259. Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey kept up with the pack at the front for quite a while, and wasn’t too far behind in the end. He placed fifth in 17:27. “He hasn’t gone out that fast before, but he kept himself in position to do well,” Grimes said of Morgan. “I know he must have had to fight through some kind of a big wall on the way there.” Nick Rendon followed Hennessey for the Delton boys, placing 17th in 18:11. Mark Loveland was 34th in 19:25, Josh Marzic 36th in 19:44, and Michael DeWaters 37th in 19:46 for the Panthers. Maple Valley’s boys were led by Joe Benedict’s 15th-place time of 18:06. Matt Hamilton was next in for the Lions in 26th with a time of 18:52, followed by Adam Cook (32nd, 19:15), Josh Perkins (41st, 19:58), and Kaleb Root (42nd, 20:00). ATTENTION DREISBACH CUSTOMERS! TK-Hastings spreads points Times were strong thanks to the combination of a flat track and a cool day. Trojan freshman Allyson Winchester took the individual championship in the race, with a time of 19 minutes 21.56 seconds. Kylie Schultz was next in for TK, placing ninth in 20:45. Emma Ordway was 14th in 21:07, Schils (24th, 17:39), Kevin Armstrong (27th, 18:02), and Travis Moore (43rd, 19:13). Dan Schasser raced to a sixth place finish for Lakewood, in 16:45. He was followed in by Blake Blocher (19th, 17:44), Miguel Martinez (28th, 18:09), Billy Quint (30th, 18:12), and Tucker Seese (38th, 19:05). The Trojans overwhelmed Ottawa Hills on Tuesday night, scoring a 145-34 victory in the Community Education and Recreation Center pool in Hastings. Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ girls won SEIF CHEVROLET BUICK & PONTIAC in Caledonia welcomes you to our EXCELLENT SALES and SERVICE DEPARTMENT. We service all makes and models, and provide courtesy transportation vehicles for overnight warranty repairs. 5.00 $ ON YOUR FIRST SERVICE VISIT Expires December 31, 2007 • Seif Chevrolet-Buick-Pontiac Caledonia 632 E. Main St., Caledonia www.seifchevy.com 06657827 888-994-2826 every event but two against the Bengals. Natalie VanDenack set a new team record for TK-Hastings in the 100-yard butterfly, touching the wall in 1 minute 6.05 seconds. Despite the Trojans’ dominance, the only Saxon varsity volleyball was held winless last week BRING IN THIS COUPON AND CALEDONIA Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey strains as he reaches the finish line in fifth place during the Kellogg Division race at Monday's Thornapple Kellogg Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) around in win over Bengals DON’T FEEL LIKE AN ORPHAN, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT! SAVE The Saxons’ Kevin Armstrong closes in on the finish line in the Thornapple Division race Monday during the TK Invite. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The defending Class B and O-K Gold Conference champions knocked off the Saxon varsity volleyball team in three games in Hastings Tuesday night. South Christian scored a 25-8, 25-10, 2512 victory. Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon wasn’t too disappointed by the scores though. “We played much better last night against South Christian than we played all day on Saturday,” Sheldon said. Veronica Hayden had three kills for the Saxons against the Sailors. Brittany Hickey had one kill and four blocks. Hannah Wood had six assists and one ace for Hastings. The Saxons were 0-6 at their own Hastings Invitational on Saturday. Hastings had a few tight contests, but couldn’t pull out a game in any of them. The closest contest of the day was a 25-23, 25-20 loss to Grand Rapids West Catholic. Other scores from the day were Wyoming Park 2515, 25-5; Union City 25-13, 28-26; Alma 2516, 25-22; Coldwater 25-17, 25-21; and Portland St. Pat’s 25-18, 25-17. Wood had 46 assists on the day for the Saxons, to go along with two kills and two aces. Jen Ratliff led the Saxons with 14 kills. Ashley Eerdmans had 12 kills and nine digs. Hickey had ten kills and two blocks. Kayla Vogel chipped in two kills, four blocks, and five aces for Hastings. The Saxons travel to Hamilton for a quad on Thursday, then Saturday will be a part of the Cereal City tournament hosted by Battle Creek Central. Next Monday, the Saxons will be home for a dual with Portland. Hastings is currently 0-2 in the O-K Gold Conference, and will get back to league play next Tuesday with a trip to Byron Center. swimmer to win multiple individual events was Ottawa Hills’ Claire Fields, who took the 50-yard free style in 26.91 and the 100-yard freestyle in 58.80. TK-Hastings’ six other individual victories were won by six different individuals. Alecia Strumberger won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:19.99. Katie Romanak won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:52.87. Beth Fuller took the 500-yard freestyle in 6:29.91. Audrey Hoag won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:10.05. Emily Mattoon was first in the 100yard breaststroke in 1:19.17. Kelly Frame was the diving champion with a score of 176.15. The Trojans’ depth was even more evident in the relays. TK-Hastings took first and second in the first two relays, and also won the third. TK-Hastings’ 400-yard freestyle relay team of Strumberger, Romanak, Elizabeth Chappelow and Mindy Warner closed out the victory with a time of 4:11.86. The team of Michelle Howard, Tara Schoessel, Chanda Archambeau, and Lee Christensen won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:21.57. Archambeau, Katy Fluke, Gretchen Christensen, and Terra Nassif teamed up to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in 2:06.79. The Trojans are 2-0 now, having downed Fremont in their season opening dual. The Trojans begin conference action, at Unity Christian on Thursday. Saturday, TK-Hastings will host its own relay invitational in the CERC pool beginning at 2 p.m. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-09-20.pdf 725298c262248a1032d27d1578c09719 PDF Text Text Pennock receives two new honors for care No room for arrogance in quality leadership Saxon boy’s cross earns trophy at Lakeview See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 38 NEWS BRIEFS Freeport Fun Day is Saturday The Freeport Historical Society is gearing up for the Saturday, Sept. 22 Fun Day, which this year promises to be a look back and forward at the Freeport community. The Historical Society museum will have displays. New this year are wheelchair races through an obstacle course. The parade will step off at 10 a.m. Other events around town during the day will include the firemen’s breakfast in the morning and the “buck a duck” race down the Thornapple/Coldwater rivers. There will be games for children and an arts and crafts display. Registration for the car show can take place up until Saturday, Sept. 22. Call Judy Jackson at 616-765-3100 for more information. Thornapple River cleanup Sept. 22 The Thornapple River Watershed Council is seeking volunteers to help with the 12th annual cleanup at Tyden Park in Hastings, starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Teams will be assigned to on-river cleanup and bank cleanup duties. Each team spends about three to four hours on task, including transportation time. Lunch and free T-shirts are provided to all who help out. Anyone interested in participating in this year’s cleanup is asked to call the Barry Conservation District at (269) 9488056, extension 3, to sign up by Monday, Sept.17. This will allow for organization of teams, river section assignments and canoe and kayak arrangements.nt. Any individual or business interested in sponsoring the Thornapple River cleanup, may call the number above. Donors pledging over $100 in donations by Sept. 10 will have their names included on this year’s T-shirts. Last year’s cleanup involved more than 130 volunteers who helped to clean over 70 miles of river between Nashville and Ada. More than 20 cubic yards of trash and 37 tires were removed from the river and its banks. To make this possible, more than $3,000 in cash, goods and services were donated to the event by area businesses. BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Baum Stadium is new name for Hastings gridiron by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education voted Monday night to officially rename the Hastings High School football field Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. Larry and Earlene Baum donated the funds for the stadium earlier this year. Although it started as an anonymous donation, word soon spread that it was the Baums who were generously donating the new facility. Further adding to the grandeur of the new field and stadium, new turf was donated as well. In other news, at Monday’s meeting, the board: • Approved a travel study for Pleasantview Elementary School fifth grade students to go to Greenfield Village Oct. 4-5. Board members also approved, in principle, for Hastings High School singers to go to Chicago April 25- 26; and for the Hastings High School band to go to New York City in April 2009. • Accepted six gifts: $15,000 from Larry and Earlene Baum to assist with the Theater Arts programs of the Hastings High School drama, operetta and summer film making programs; window replacements from Burkey Glass and Window in Hastings Middle School restrooms, valued at $1,085.56; athletic equipment in the amount of $6,550 from the Hastings Athletic Boosters Club members for the 2007-2008 school year; $500 from Keith and Connie Tolger for the purchase of promo- tional items distributed at home basketball games; $300 from Hastings Pediatrics for the purchase of several items needed for a middle school project; and $540 from an anonymous donor for the purchase of a five-map set of world regions for use in the Language Arts Department of Hastings High School. • Discussed, in closed session, a possible land purchase. • Heard that all buildings and the district met adequate yearly progress for Michigan Merit and ACT results. More information will be provided to the Board of Education. • Learned the Barry County Planning and Zoning Commission is seeking a school board representative to serve on the zoning committee. • Accepted the resignations of food service worker Christina May, paraprofessional Shani Monroe and paraprofessional Jennifer Storm. • Granted Northeastern Elementary School custodian Teresa Decker an extended leave of absence. • Reassigned Angela Stanton to half time in the Young 5s class and half-time Title I teacher at Northeastern Elementary School. • Appointed Melissa Barber as early childhood specialist in the child care center; Danielle Dryer and Daniel Mikolajczyk to the CERC cardio/weight room; Lydia Parr, Jeanne Schreck and Rebecca Smith to early childhood specialists in the child care center. The next Board of Education meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, at Pleasantview Elementary School. The Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) has informed LifeCare Ambulance Service that it has been awarded a full three year re-accreditation for its continued compliance with national standards of excellence, according to Ron Slagell, chief executive officer of LifeCare. LifeCare Ambulance Service is a not-forprofit, regional advanced life support company that serves parts of Barry, Cass, Eaton, and Kalamazoo counties, the greater Battle Creek area, Branch County and most of St. Joseph County. LifeCare’s service area is 1,400 square miles. Other than oversight by local Medical Control Authority in each county, CAAS is the only external organization that assures high quality patient care and operations are provided. Robert DeVries, chairman of LifeCare’s Board of Directors, said, "Accreditation is the most important external method of monitoring the quality of LifeCare’s total operations and assures the nearly 200,000 residents of LifeCare’s service area that they are receiving high quality care. Over 90 skilled and compassionate paramedics and EMTs deliver prehospital care to those who need services in the communities we serve." Ron Slagell, chief executive officer, said, "Ambulance service is something many citizens take for granted. Until a medical emergency touches their lives, most people don’t think about the quality of ambulance care in their community. Being accredited is one way LifeCare Ambulance can provide assurance that the best care is available when answering your call to 9-1-1 to transferring a patient from one hospital to another." With more than 12,000 organizations in the country providing ambulance services, LifeCare Ambulance Service is one of 137 ambulance services in the nation to be accredited. Accreditation is a voluntary review process that includes completion of a comprehensive application and on-site review by a See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 physician and paramedic/administrator in emergency medical services (EMS). The process includes a comprehensive self-assessment and an independent outside review of the EMS organization. This independent process provides verification to LifeCare’s Board of Directors, city and county councils, the medical community and others that high quality pre-hospital care is provided to the community, according to Slagell. LifeCare has been fully accredited since 1998. CAAS was formed in 1990 as a not-forprofit agency to encourage and promote quality patient care in America’s medical transportation system. This goal is accomplished by establishing national standards which not only address the delivery of patient care, but also the ambulance services’ total operation and its relationship with other agencies, the general public, and the medical community. The Commission’s standards substantially exceed Michigan’s state licensing require- ments. Representatives from the American Ambulance Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Association of State EMS Directors, the Emergency Nurses Association, the National Association of EMTs, and the International Association of Fire Chiefs comprise the CAAS Board of Directors. CAAS accreditation is open to all private, public, fire-based, inter-facility, volunteer, or hospital-based agencies. Accreditation signifies that ambulance services have met the "gold standard" determined by the ambulance industry to be essential in a modern emergency medical services provider. LifeCare’s 12-member Board of Directors includes residents from Battle Creek, Dowling, Hickory Corners, Augusta, Coldwater and Three Rivers. Sheriff completes 911 investigation by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf has completed his investigation of 911 Director Charles Nystrom and turned over his findings to the county prosecutor for review. Nystrom was accused of paying overtime to workers who did not document their hours, and in an agreement reached with the 911 Board was placed on administrative leave. He will continue to receive his salary until Feb. 18, at which time he will officially retire as Historic Bowens Mills will kickoff off its fall “It’s Cider Time” weekend series from noon to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, with a steam and gasoline engine show, co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines and farm machinery and special events, including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days and an Appalachian Big Ring Square Dance Sunday. This marks the 29th year of the Bowens Mills fall series in Yankee Springs Township. J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch Food Centers are making final plans for the Larry and Earlene Baum donated the new Hastings High School football stadium, complimenting the new turf nicely. LifeCare Ambulance receives three year re-accreditation ‘Cider Time’ series kicks off Sept. 29 Taste of Home show is Oct. 4 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, September 20, 2007 the director of the 911 Dispatch Center. The original agreement called for Leaf and Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans to sign the agreement in which there was a stipulation that no further investigation would be undertaken. Leaf and Evans, however, refused to sign and Leaf continued his investigation until its conclusion last week. Evans, who was out of the office this week, was not available for comment on the next step in the process. Tendercare found to be in noncompliance after death ‘Sneaking’ up to the Pow Wow dance Jerry Dutcher performs a sneak up dance at the annual Frank Bush Memorial Walk in the Spirit Pow Wow, held at Historic Charlton Park. The Native American men hide behind feathers or branches trying to surprise a foe. See inside this issue for the story and more photos. (Photo by Helen Mudry) After June Dankert’s death, resulting from administration of the wrong medication in May, the Attorney General’s Health Care Division found that Tendercare Hastings is violating state regulations. Last week’s Banner reported Tendercare Vice President of Marketing and Communications Paul Stavros as saying, “Tendercare Hastings is under full compliance with all state and federal regulations. There is no possibility [of decertification]. That is a complete misrepresentation of what is happening.” Dankert’s daughter Kay Trantham filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s office after she received an anonymous phone call from a Tendercare staff member telling her how her mother died. According to the Attorney General’s office, “It was alleged facility staffs failed to notify the resident’s family or the hospital emergency department that the resident had been given the wrong medication when the resident was transported for treatment.” The findings said, “Based on interviews and record review, the complainant’s (Trantham’s) allegation was substantiated.” Trantham said, “It is imperative that the errors, which caused her death, not happen to your Mom, Dad or other loved ones. Those who care will see to it that the truth regarding her death will be made known. Those responsible for her death need to be held accountable for their part.” The investigation still is ongoing in the Attorney General’s Criminal Division. �Page 2 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Taste of Home Cooking Schools’ presentation of Great Gatherings Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Barry Expo Center. Tickets are on sale for $15 each at the Hastings, Delton, Grand Ledge and Battle Creek Felpausch locations. “The show promises to be a great fall asssortment of yummie recipes and treats,” a spokesperson said. The shopping starts at 2 p.m. and goes until the show starts at 7 p.m. There will be a wide assortment of local and in-home businesses that will feature items to sample and purchase that evening. The shopping is at no charge to the public. In conjuction with the show, the library will be doing a cookbook swap. Participants can bring a book and exchange it for a new one. For more information, call Jennie Yonker at J-Ad Graphics, 269-945-9554, ext. 242. ‘War Made Easy’ film set tonight The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will be host for the West Michigan premiere showing of the film, “War Made Easy” Thursday evening, Sept. 20, at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. The film is an insightful analysis of how governments bent on war making have relied on a vast arsenal of propaganda techniques to overcome resistance at home and disapproval abroad. Looking closely at the spin strategies employed by today’s pundits and public officials to build support for the invasion of Iraq, the film finds striking parallels to the information wars waged by earlier administrations, both Democratic and Republican. Shattering the myth that a free press is immune to propaganda, “War Made Easy” provides ample evidence of the media’s complicity in promoting government agendas for war. The film examines how news reports have become nearly indistinguishable from White House and Pentagon talking points. The film starts at 7 p.m. Contact Patricia Wilson at wilough@att.net or call 269795-4412. Thornapple Players to perform mystery The Thornapple Players is planning a fall production of Agatha Christie’s mystery “Cards on the Table.” Christie’s book was adapted for the stage by Leslie Darborn. It will be performed with the usual gusto of the resident acting group at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27, 28 and 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will be directing the performance, and Kimberly Butler will be the assistant director and producer. Tickets will be $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. In addition to preparing for their fall play, the Thornapple Players also are preparing to participate in Hastings Summerfest. They will have a silent auction tent with gift baskets available for bidding. They also will be participating in the Summerfest parade and celebrating Summerfest’s 30th birthday in their march down State Street. Historical Society wants to ID slides The Barry County Historical Society is seeking the public’s help with its archives of several boxes of photographic slides. These slides appear to date back to the 1940s and 1950s. “Unfortunately, nobody knows who donated the slides to the society,” a spokesperson said. “For the September 20 meeting of the Historical Society, we would like to have a workshop type of meeting, to view and identify as many of these slides as possible. We will need the help of all Barry County residents whose memories extend back into the first half of the 20th century.” Since last week, society members have located two projectors that will accommodate the small format slides, thanks to the generosity of two residents of Barry County who answered the call for help. Carolyn Shields of rural Delton has donated a slide projector, the older type that views one slide at a time. Elenor Havens of Hastings has given a Kodak Carousel projector, a small viewing screen, and several boxes of historic slides. Anyone who has an older type of projector that the Historical Society can use for this program is asked to call program chairman Brian Reynolds at 269-9453668. Also from the archives, quite a number of photographs will be on display for iden- tification purposes. The society’s meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, will be at the Elks Lodge building on Woodlawn Avenue just east of Bob King Park. Red Cross blood drives next month Supplies of O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor, have been regularly less than a day’s supply, according to the American Red Cross. Two blood drives are set in Barry County next month: • Oct. 2 from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at Thornapple Township Emergency Services, 128 High St., Middleville. • Oct. 11 from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Lakewood High School, #3 Velte Rd., Lake Odessa. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org. Habitat’s Restore needs volunteers The Restore, operated in Hastings by Habitat for Humanity Barry County, is always looking for more volunteers to supplement its existing core group of volunteers. If more volunteers participate, the affiliate’s work (picking up items, cleaning items after pick up and helping our customers with their purchases) can be spread over a larger pool of volunteers, and it would reduce the commitment for each volunteer from month to month. The income generated from volunteer activities in the Restore is used to help build affordable housing for families residing in Barry County. Unfortunately, the need for affordable housing is greater than our funding capacity, said a spokesperson. “Join with us and help families obtain affordable housing and realize the joy that comes from helping others,” the spokesperson said. People interested in volunteering are asked to call Adrianne Pluchinsky at 269948-9937 or visit the Restore for a cook’s tour (Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The Restore is located at 1220 W. State St., across from McDonald’s in Hastings. CROP Walk slated in Delton Sunday The annual CROP Walk against hunger in Delton is planned for 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, . Twenty-five percent of the money raised will go to local food programs at the St. Ambrose Church Community Food Pantry and the Emergency Food Cupboard at Faith United methodist Church. Church World Service is the sponsor of CROP walk fund-raisers in communities all over the world. Local coordinators are DeDee Fields and Elaine Gilbert. Registration will be at 1:15 and musician Mike Madill will entertain. Refreshments will be available after the walk. The walkers will have a choice of traversing a short route or two miles. For more information, call 623-8763 or 721-3646. GFWC-Gun Lake plans home tour The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Gun Lake Area’s annual Home Tour is Sunday, Sept. 30 from 1-5 p.m. Cost is $12 per person. The Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant, owned by Mike and Patty Powers, will serve as the 2007 Hospitality Center where beverages will be provided. Six area homes are on the tour, five on Gun Lake and one on Payne Lake. Homeowners are Mike Rabe at 3913 England Drive.; Jay and Sharon DeKleine, 3555 Lisa Lane; Kebbie Brush, 12701 Valley Drive.; Mike and Diane Gaertner, 10771 Gun Lake Road.; Steve and Hilary Edema, 3125 Elmwood Beach Road.,and Chad and Rebeka Neff, 11941 Lakeridge Road., Payne Lake. Home tour tickets may be purchased in advance at Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant, 11456 Marsh Road, Shelbyville; Weick’s Pharmacy at 71 124th Ave., Shelbyville; The Water’s Edge at 2606 Patterson Road at Gun Lake; The Sea Shanty, 11332 W. M179 Highway, Gun Lake, and at any of the six homes and Bay Pointe on Sept. 30, the day of the event. Pennock Health Services receives two new honors for quality care In addition to recently receiving the coveted Solucient 100 Top Hospitals National Benchmark Award last March, Pennock Health Services has received two new honors. Both were the direct result of ongoing efforts by the entire organization and its medical staff to meet and exceed state and national quality standards for health care. Pennock’s first new award came during a ceremony Sept. 10 when Pennock was honored with the Michigan Peer Review Organization (MPRO) 2006 Governor’s Award for Improving Patient Safety and Quality of Care in the Hospital Setting. The MPRO quality award has been given out since 2003 and honors extraordinary hospitals that are active in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives for adult patient care. "Award recipients are committed to providing Michigan citizens with high quality health care," said Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Putting Pennock into position to win the Governor’s Award was a major team effort at Pennock which focused on specific clinical areas that used evidence-based medicine to improve outcomes. "We used nationally recognized standards to assure that consistent medical care for all patients was carried out," said Sherri Thrasher, director of Risk and Quality Improvement. "We are proud of the advancements being made at Pennock. Together our team is realizing direct benefits as patients’ Family nurse practitioner to speak tonight Kathy Carlson will present, “With balance, life need not end at 40” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Hastings Free Methodist Church. Kathy Carlson of Family Tree Medical Associates in Hastings will be presenting, “With balance, life need not end at 40” at 7 p.m. tonight at the Hastings Free Methodist Church, 2635 N. M-43 Highway. Kathy and her husband, Dr. R. Troy Carlson, have been married for 15 years and have three children. They have been living in the Hastings community for the past 13 years. Carlson earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Michigan State University in 1990. She then developed her foundation for nursing while working at Ingham Hospital in a medical respiratory intensive care unit. She returned to MSU to earn a master’s degree in nursing and certification as a family nurse practitioner in 1994. Carlson’s interest in women’s health began early in her career as she investigated the relationship between women’s knowledge of menopause and satisfaction with their health care provider in her master’s thesis. Since beginning at Family Tree Medical Associates, Carlson has come to appreciate the balance of the mind, body and soul. She also has incorporated the concept in each patient contact she has. “Kathy is a charming and delightful speaker,” said Joan Ruder. “We believe that ladies of all ages will feel better about themselves and what the future can hold for them after hearing Kathy’s presentation.” Refreshments and fellowship time will follow the presentation. For more information, call the Hastings Free Methodist Church at (269) 945-9121. Showing the trio of recent awards are some of Pennock Health Services representatives (front row, from left): RoseAnne Woodliff, director of nursing; and Sherri Thrasher, director of Risk/Compliance/Quality (holding Pennock’s 2006 Governor’s Award. In the back are James Weatherhead, M.D., Carla Wilson-Neil, chief operating officer (holding 2006 Solucient Top 100 Trophy); Amy Poholski, D.O., chief of medical staff; and David Parker, M.D., holding his 2006 Governor’s Award for Diabetes Management. health improves and lives are saved." This is not the first time that the area’s medical community has received state recognition for its high quality of patient care. In May of this year, Pennock affiliated physician Dr. David Parker and the staff of Hastings Internal Medicine accepted the prestigious 2006 Governor’s Award of Excellence. The practice was recognized for its methods of delivering quality diabetes care, which are also being used in the office to provide highquality management of cardiovascular disease, lung disease, diseases of aging and preventative services. Pennock’s second award came from the national Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Pennock Health Services was one of just 20 hospitals in the country to be recently selected to conduct a study designed to improve patient safety through better communication. Pennock’s participation in the study is expected to result in a practical training tool that will create safer work environments and improve patient safety in hospitals all over America. For its inclusion in the national patient communication study, Pennock Health Services was among 500 organizations and hospitals that volunteered to take part in the research. The project is funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is being coordinated by the Joint Commission Resources (JCR), an affiliate of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The goal of the study is to develop materials by fall of 2008 for nurses, physicians and other clinicians to significantly reduce medical errors. A JCAHO database shows that communication breakdowns are the most frequently cited causes of errors in healthcare and the root cause in nearly 70 percent of reported patient safety events. Cindy Bigler, Pennock’s education manager, is coordinating Pennock’s participation in this national project which will include participation of staff from the hospital’s Emergency Department, Surgery, Outpatient, Intensive Care and Medical/Surgical units. Pennock Health Services includes Pennock Hospital, an 88-bed, non-profit, JCAHOaccredited facility. The hospital provides personalized health services with state-of-the-art technology to more than 130,000 people per year. Pennock offers a wide range of other services. For additional information, call the Pennock Physician Referral line at (269) 9451PHY (1749) or go online at www.pennockhealth.com. Chili cook-off to be part of Hastings Harvest Fest The Hastings Harvest Festival committee is looking for chili cook-off entrants and scarecrow contest participants for the third annual Hastings Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 6. Hastings Harvest Festival will be featuring a chili cook-off at The County Seat Restaurant and Lounge in downtown Hastings. Registration will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and judging will be held at 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place finalists. Prizes include an overnight stay at the Adrounie House Bed and Breakfast and gift certificates to The County Seat Restaurant and Lounge, the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, Fall Creek and the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. Registration forms and rules are available at the Chamber, 221 W. State St. or at The County Seat Restaurant and Lounge, 128 S. Jefferson St. in downtown Hastings. For more information, please call Carla at (269) 948-4042. The Chamber is going to hold its annual Hastings Harvest Festival Scarecrow Contest. The contest is an opportunity for a business, organization or individual to show off fall spirit by displaying a scarecrow. Anyone interested in participating will need to pre-register with the Chamber of Commerce by Friday, Oct. 5, to be considered for judging. Judging will be courtesy of the Thornapple Arts Council and will take place Saturday, Oct. 6, during the Hastings Harvest Festival. Chamber gift certificates will be awarded to first, second and third place finalists. Registration forms and rules can be picked up at the chamber office at 221 W. State Street. For more information, call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at (269) 9452454. Teen shelter sets open house Barnabas Ministries is hosting an open house at its newly renovated teen shelter from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29. The shelter is at 2625 N. Airport Rd., corner of Airport and State roads. In 2006, Barnabas Ministries was given a home and property in Hastings to be used to provide a safe, caring and nurturing environment for teens who are homeless and vulnerable in Barry County. Flowers bloom in the fall This autumn clematis growing on a fence in Irving Township demonstrates that flowers bloom in the fall. Local gardens are filled with the bright colors of chrysanthemums, asters and other flowers. Other gardeners are already thinking about spring blooms and are busy planting spring flowering bulbs. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 3 Pow Wow beat goes on at Historic Charlton Park by Helen Mudry Staff Writer It was “Naswa Wua Quet” or eagle weather (a clear bright day) last Saturday and Sunday at Historic Charlton Park for the annual Frank Bush Memorial Walk in the Spirit Pow Wow. Native Americans from many tribes gathered for the reunion at Charlton Park, once the home of the Anishnabe tribe. The Pow Wow gave the native people a chance to catch up on the news and tell the old stories. For many, it was a place of prayer. An open structure called the “Cedar Lodge” was the center of the activities. It was a round simple shelter covered with cedar boughs and served as a shaded area for the drummers, singers, elders and Larry Plamondon, the master of ceremonies. The boughs were “recycled” having been brought from an earlier pow wow of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi in Dowagic. The Cedar Lodge was surrounded by an outer circle of twine which delineated the spectators from the dancers. There were four breaks in the rope circle forming four “doors” or “gates” for the four directions - north, south, east and west. This inner circle was where the dancing took place. The dancers could enter the circle from different gates, but the spectators were asked not to sit in front of the gates and keep them open so the spirits could enter and exit the inner circle. A sacred fire was burning off to the side. Sam Bush, of Dowagic, was keeper of this sacred fire and watched over it as it burned for four days. People visiting the sacred fire were asked to walk clockwise around it as they offered their prayer. There were four bowls with shkodawabuk (sage), weengush (sweet grass) keezhik (cedar) and semah (tobacco) for the prayer giver to sprinkle on the fire. There was also a bowl of water. The prayer giver could take a sip of the water and then sprinkle a few drops on the fire. Four stones were set around the sacred fire, marking the four cardinal directions. The fire kept the good spirits close by, according to the native people. At the end of the Pow Wow, the stones were returned to the earth. Before the dancers’ grand entry, the dance arena was purified or underwent a smudging of smoke from a bundle of lit sage. The smoking sage also purified the dancers’ feet. For the grand entry, native people entered the inner circle carrying staffs lined with eagle feathers, representing different tribes and flags for the United States, Canada and military encounters. The flags were posted and an anthem sung for the Native American nations. The military veterans were the first dancers. Dan Bissell, of Ludington, was the head veteran. Nate Racine, of Vermontville, was honored as a new veteran having just enlisted in the National Guard. The veterans were asked to face the spectators. Plamondon asked the spectators to applaud the veterans. As the dancing began, the native people entered the dance arena wearing their regalia. The clothing is not a costume because a costume is to present yourself as something you are not. The host drum was Manido Noodin, of Osceola, Ind. At a pow wow, the “drum” is the center of the gathering and the heartbeat of the people and Mother Earth. Some of the drums are Mishomas of grandfather drums. A spirit called “Manito” lives in the drum, according to the native people. This drum is never unattended or allowed to touch the ground The head male dancer Tim Loonsfoot, of Belmont, and head woman dancer Wilma Kelly, of Grand Rapids, led the dance. The traditional dancer uses a subtle bending at the knee. One foot is always touching the ground, symbolizing a close tie with Mother Earth. There were several dances honoring different people and different occasions. During intertribal dances, anyone, even the Chimokemon, could dance. Some dances were reserved for the women. Men were asked to stand and remove their hats. One dance for the women was called the “jingle cone.” The ladies wore dresses on which were hung conical shaped bells. The bells were made from snuff or soup can lids. Some dresses had 365 bells and weighed 35 pounds. The soft ringing of the bells sounded like rain pelting the ground. This was considered a medicinal dance by the Ojibwa. Some of the younger dancers did a grass dance. This was traditionally done to mat down the tall prairie grass since they would not mow it down or consider cutting their Mother’s hair. The men did a “sneak up dance,” which represented a native person sneaking up on someone or something. The dancers moved about the inner circle and hid behind a feather fan or a turtle-shell shield. Some of the native people wore traditional regalia made of buckskin and decorated with feathers. Others wore very contemporary garb, and many wore a combination. The dancers had many different hair styles. Many men and women wore their hair in braids. Some had very contemporary styles. Some of the regalia had eagle feathers. If a feather were to have fallen, all action would have stopped as the native people performed an Eagle recovery ceremony. The master of ceremonies explained the fallen feather represented a fallen warrior, and all stood silently as the ceremony was performed. No pictures were allowed at this time. The pow wow was held in the public area at the park between the saw mill and the Upjohn barn. The scene was a mixture of modern technology and traditional native people lifestyles. The camping area was filled with state-of-the-art campers and trailers and more traditional tents. Food vendors sold Native American foods and crafts. The seven teachings of the Anishnabe are love (zaa-gi-wiin), respect (mi-naa-dend-mo- win), bravery (aak-de-he-win), honesty (gweya-kwaad-zi-win), humility (dbaa-dem-dizwin) wisdom (nbwaa-ka-win) and truth (debwe-win). Plamondon said the native people’s culture is not dead or dying. It is an experiential culture. It must be experienced. Trusilla Woody of Kalamazoo braids her daughter Lelandra Platero’s hair to get ready for the grand entrance. (Photo by Helen Mudry) This youngster wears colorful regalia as he dances with the elders. (Photo by Rose Heaton) The jingle dress dancer wears cones made from snuff or soup can lids. The dance is derived from an Ojibwa woman’s healing dream. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Nate Racine (center) from Vermontville is a new military recruit. He is honored in the grand entrance with his father Paul Racine (left). (Photo by Helen Mudry) The head dancers for the Pow Wow are Wilma Kelly of Grand Rapids and Tim Loonsfoot of Belmont. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Maria Myers leads the line of women into the dance circle. (Photo by Helen Mudry) The veterans with their eagle staffs are first in the grand entry. They enter the dance circle from the eastern gate to ensure it is safe for the women and children. (Photo by Helen Mudry) �Page 4 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Three generations have enjoyed Charlton Park To the editor: I had the extreme pleasure of visiting Historic Charlton Park in August. As a child I had visited the park with my grandparents, Howard and Kathryn Ferris. I wanted my children to experience history as we had been talking about how life used to be all summer. My seven year old, five year old and one of their friends loaded into the car and we drove to the park. Upon arrival, we were graciously greeted by Keith and Carolyn Murphy. They gave us an introduction to the park, and then we were on our way. We picnicked in Walnut Grove, enjoyed the beautiful view of Thornapple River and Lake and chose to tour each of the buildings on our own. The girls loved being able to “see” history. What an amazing resource Barry County offers. It is well kept, clean, interesting and allows one to have a real sense of life and community so many years ago. We anticipated spending an hour at the park; however, we spent four enjoyable hours because we were having so much fun. We all look forward to visiting again. Thank you to the community who has given money, volunteers and those who have donated items or buildings. It made an impact that will not be forgotten on three young girls and a mother one August day. Liz Morehouse Zeeland Response to vindictive statements To the editor: This is in response to Don Johnson’s recent tirade - a long and violent oration against people of color, possibly all religions, beliefs and our fine state police troopers past to present. It seems that the only way to justify his vindictive statements would be to allow him to enter an insanity plea. Harold Philp Nashville Friend of the Court does good job To the editor: This is my voice, my opinion in regards to the step parent whining and complaining about the Friend of the Court. I think they do their job. I suppose the person who wrote receives something from the state. If your husband only has a part time job, why don’t you get out into the real world and find a job? This is not the ’50’s where the man took care of the household. See how it is to work everyday. Maybe you could help out with his support payments. Don’t knock down someone else for your husband’s mistakes. Paula Sooy, Orangeville There’s no room for arrogance in quality leadership As country journalists, it’s our job to write all the news from our communities every week in a journal we call a newspaper. A scrapbook of our community family, it contains some positive and some negative stories about the community we call home. Every week as I ponder what to write, I know of the responsibility of putting in print the feelings or opinions I have on a subject. I understand when putting ideas in print, not only do I represent myself, I also represent this newspaper and this company that has a long tradition of community support. The real danger comes when you get caught up in the power of thinking, “it’s all about me and what I have to say,” rather than understanding the relationship the newspaper has with its readers and the confidence they have for the printed word. A couple of years ago, I wrote an opinion column and used a quote from William Allen White, publisher of the Emporia Gazette. I’m repeating the quote again because I think it has some importance to what I want to write about this week. White has said, “What we want, and what we shall have, is the royal American privilege of living and dying in a country town, running a country newspaper, saying what we please, when we please, how we please and to whom we please.” Over the years, I’ve come across many people in positions where their arrogance got the best of them, to the point they forgot the important lesson of responsibility to their profession. This company experienced such a situation when a former employee decided to go out on his own to tell “the rest of the story,” not considering the rules of professional journalism and quality newspapering. As news professionals, we don’t measure our worth by a few disgruntled readers, but by the impact we have on the community and the issues we cover each week. We take the job of community journalism very seriously. We understand the responsibility and accept it, never allowing anyone to take the relationship with our readers for granted. We operate differently than Publisher White in that we don’t say what we want, the way we want and to whom we want. We take great care in researching the facts, interviewing as many people as we feel necessary to get the best story possible. By using this opinion column, we’ve tried to “connect the dots,” making it easier for our readers to understand the issues presented to them. We don’t write out of spite or malice. We do it to inform our community residents on the issues that affect them in their daily lives. Over the years, we’ve covered some tough issues, as we will in the future. Rest assured, we will never take for granted the relationship we have with our readers and community as a whole. If you’re looking for a good example of arrogance in leadership, just look at our legislative leaders in Lansing. For months now they’ve been arguing about the state budget with no resolve. Now they are down to the wire, meeting through the weekend taking pot shots at one another, using politics as a divider rather than working together as professionals finding common ground to seek solutions to the crisis we face in Michigan. Citizens feel the frustration with lost jobs, high gas prices and higher tuition payments, yet taxpayers don’t expect state government to be shut down allowing emotion to play a role in the decision process. Good grief, settle the budget crisis now and let’s get on with returning this state to the strong position it once held. Barry County communities get a “makeover” Last Thursday’s Day of Caring and Extreme Community Makeover marked the beginning of this year’s United Way campaign. The day started off with a kick-off event held at the Barry Expo Center where hundreds of volunteers gathered for breakfast and some informative messages before heading off to their community project locations. With the support of the Barry Community Foundation’s Extreme Community Makeover program, area organizations sent funding requests for projects in their respective communities. Projects included landscaping at the Commission on Aging, tree trimming at the Gilmore Car Museum, flower box building at Tendercare, food distribution at the Food Bank of South Central Michigan, camp beautification at YMCA Camp Algonquin, painting at the fair grounds, construction of an Indian Village at Charlton Park and many other projects throughout the county. In Middleville, volunteers were weeding and planting trees. In Freeport, volunteers replaced windows on the community center, hoping to reduce heating costs this winter. In Nashville, volunteers cleaned up along the Thornapple River, and in Woodland they worked on a special park project. Throughout the county, volunteers were busy helping with projects that just required additional help to make them possible. It turned out to be a beautiful day, and we should say thanks to the many volunteers and companies that donated food, employees and financial support. And thanks to the Community Foundation for making this annual event possible. — Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Social News Marriage Licenses Franciscos celebrated golden wedding anniversary James and Lilah Francisco of Delton, Mich. recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a week long family pleasure time at the shore of Lake Michigan in Union Pier, Mich. James Francisco and Lilah Shiffler were married August 24, 1957 in Frontier, Mich. Their children and spouses are Jackie and Randy Wahl and children, Natalie and Nick of Kalamazoo, Gwen and Ted Boyle and children, Staci and Brendan of Delton, Carol and Bill Shuler and sons, Billy and Wyatt of Bridgman, Mich., Ken and Mary Francisco and sons, Jacob, Caden, and Clay of Middleville. Keeler-Erskine In 1994, James retired from James River Paper Company and Lilah retired from teaching at Delton Kellogg Elementary School. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Rebecca Shay Keeler and Joshua Martin Erskine will be pronounced husband and wife on October 20, 2007. Parents of the couple are Shirley Keeler and Stuart and Barb Keeler of Hastings and Martin and Carrie Erskine of Battle Creek. The bride, of Hastings, graduated from Hastings High School and Grand Valley State University. Her fiance, of Battle Creek, graduated from Pennfield High School and Albion College. Should teachers carry guns? It has been proposed by a Michigan state legislator that school employees be allowed to carry concealed weapons in school. This would be for additional security if a problem arises. Do you think this is a good idea? Mark Daniel Sherman, Plainwell and Malissa Kay Zosso, Plainwell. Gordon Millard Cook, Delton and Lisa Marie Dechano, Delton. David Lee Falconer, Hastings and Kimberly Lee Larsen, Hastings. Kevin Michael Korstange, Dimondale and Melissa Lynn Armstrong, Hastings. Paul Robert Bivens, Bellevue and Shannon Ann Odette, Bellevue. Matthew Scott McDonald, Hastings and Heather Marie Miedema. Philip Michael Ayers, Hastings and Korin Noel Rabley, Hastings. Andrew Russell Price, Middleville and Denise Marie Weeks, Middleville. Brent Charles Dietiker, Middleville and Michelle Renea Hielkema, Middleville. Brian James Strickland, Middleville and Sabrina Ann Bunn, Middleville. Caleb Jonathan Mason, Middleville and Krystle January Belk, Middleville. Joshua James Medina, Lansing and Heather Michelle Mathews, Dowling. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 5 Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... Area Obituaries Jack H. Perry Arlo L. Nicholson MIDDLEVILLE - Jack H. Perry, age 92, of Middleville, was born into eternal life early Friday morning, September 14, 2007. Jack was the son of John M. and Bessie P. Perry. He attended Thornapple Kellogg High School where he excelled in athletics, graduating in 1932. Preceding him in death was his beloved wife of 65 years, Madeline. He is survived by three children, Jack F. (Peg), David E. (Vicki), and Patricia A. (John) Summits; five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and one niece, Betsy Randall of Reed City. Graveside services were held Tuesday morning, September 18, 2007 at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Margaret J. “Jo” Dingledine HOPE TOWNSHIP - Margaret J. “Jo” Dingledine, age 61, of Hope Twp., passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at the Eaton Community Hospice Residence. Jo was born March 8, 1946, in Battle Creek, the daughter of Leo Simon and Dora Mary (Babcock) Van Denberg. She was employed as a clerk at the Shell Gas Station in Hastings and was also employed and volunteered at the Salvation Army in Battle Creek. Jo enjoyed fishing and camping. She married Vaughn Robert Dingledine on June 15, 1963. He survives her. She is also survived by her son Vaughn (Maria) Digledine Jr. and daughter Tonya (Eric) Shaeffer both of Delton and seven grandchildren. She also leaves her sisters Frances Curtis, Mary (Jack) Gothard, and Jackie (Larry) Fulcher all of Battle Creek and brothers Samuel (Veronica) Van Denberg of Shawnee, OK, William (Marcella) Van Denberg of Hastings, Ronald (Lola) Van Denberg and Donald (Anna) Van Denberg both of Battle Creek. Visitation will be from 12:00pm to 2:00pm Thursday and 9:00am to 2:00pm Friday at Royal Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, Friday, September 21, 2007 at Royal Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be given to the Salvation Army or Eaton Community Hospice. HASTINGS - Arlo L. Nicholson, age 71, of Hastings, passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2007 at The Lodge of Maple Creek in Grand Rapids. Funeral services were held Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at The Hastings Free Methodist Church. Born on March 15, 1936 in Woodland, Arlo Nicholson is the son of Leon D. and Phoebe (Austin) Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson graduated from Cedar Springs High School in Cedar Springs, in 1954. He married Orpha (Joslin) on June 16, 1956. He was employed by Consumers Energy in 1956 as a meter reader in the Hastings area and in 1964 he became an Industrial Gas Serviceman, retiring in 1998. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, archery, woodworking, softball, and bicycling and was very active in the Hastings Free Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Orpha; his children, June (Doug) Gillespie of Hastings, Carl (Michele) Nicholson of Fennville, Lois (Michael) Pierson of Dowling, Larry (Janet) Nicholson of Hastings, and Stanley (Heidi) Nicholson of Fort Fairfield, Maine; his brothers, Leon Nicholson, Maynard (Velma) Nicholson, Donald (Garnet) Nicholson, all of Hastings, and Loren Nicholson of Dimondale; his sister Lucille Blakely, and a sister-in-law Marilyn Nicholson of Battle Creek; his grandchildren Eric and Patrick Gillespie of Hastings, April and Maggie Nicholson-Marsh of Hastings, Michael (Diana) Pierson and Peter Pierson of Nashville, Amanda and Andrew Pierson of Dowling, Shane, Dominick , Rebecca, and Ashley Nicholson of Fennville; his stepgrandchildren David and Jason Miller of Hastings,and Ryan Rackliffe and Justin Johnston of Fort Fairfield, Maine. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents Leon and Phoebe; his sisters Evelyn Aldrich, Waneita Nicholson and Betty Arlene Nicholson; and his brother Gerald Nicholson. Mr. Nicholson’s family is comforted to know that Arlo is free of the suffering caused by Lewy Body Disease. Interment at the Rutland Township Cemetery followed the funeral service. Memorials may be made to the Hastings Free Methodist Church or to the Lewy Body Dementia Association. Please sign the family’s virtual register book at www.lauerfh.com” 17,383 youth were able to participate Naomi Joan Shoen KALAMAZOO - Naomi Joan (Jo) Shoen, Kalamazoo, formerly of Battle Creek, and Las Vegas, age 74, passed away September 17, 2007, at Rose Arbor Hospice in Kalamazoo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Shoen in 1995, her father Alexander Hartman, her mother R. Marie Hartman and brother David Hartman. Naomi is survived by her daughter Linda (Larry) Maupin of Delton, MI, a son James (Angela) Shoen of New Vienna, OH, a sister LaVon Patterson of Lansing, MI, a brother Gary (Irene) Hartman of Battle Creek, granddaughters Theresa (Travis) Maupin-Moore of Hastings, MI, Cherise Greenfield of Delton, MI, Kayleigh Shoen of Boston, MA, Natalie Shoen of Kalamazoo, two step grandchildren: Jeff (Jo) Van Nortwick of Battle Creek, and Erica Van Nortwick of Ann Arbor, four great grandchildren, a sister in law, Doris Shoen of Portland, MI, a brother in law, G. William (Irene) Shoen and many nieces and nephews. In addition she is survived by special friend Benito Biancaniello and family Carmine Biancaniello, Benito (Dana) Biancaniello, Jr., and Pasqualina (Scott) Ellison all from the Las Vegas, NV area. Jo Shoen was born in July 4, 1933, in Butternut, MI, the first born of a German immigrant and a northern Michigan women. She grew up in the Lansing, Michigan area and married Robert (Bob) Shoen on June 21, 1952. They had two children and subsequently moved to Battle Creek, Michigan where she pursued her career at multiple businesses in the Battle Creek area. Jo owned her own real estate company in the 1970s and enjoyed the interaction with the public. She joined the Kellogg Company in 1976 and then pursued her Bachelor in Business Administration. She graduated from Nazareth College, the first college graduate in her family, at the age of fifty. She retired with her husband Bob from the Kellogg Company where she had many friends and fond memories. Jo Shoen was a member of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) and attended the Lutheran Church of the Savior in Parchment, MI. She spent winters in Las Vegas where she made many friends and enjoyed assisting senior citizens with errands, appointments, and reading. She made friends easily wherever she went and enjoyed writing letters to stay in touch. She had a great appetite for education and learning and was an avid reader. Her hobbies included sewing, crocheting, free form ceramic painting, crossword puzzles, gambling and travel. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 21, 2007, 11:00 AM, at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Pastor Mike Kemper, officiating. Interment will take place in East Hickory Corners Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Rose Arbor Hospice, 5473 Croyten Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49009-1091, Green Gables Haven, PO BOX 388, Hastings, the American Cancer Society, 5110 Sprinkle Road, Portage, MI 49002, or Lutheran Church of the Savior, 3616 East G. Ave. Kalamazoo, MI 49004, will be appreciated. Robert E. Nicholson Delton school board recalls and hires new staff members by Megan Lavell Staff Writer While the financial outlook is bleak for schools in Michigan, Delton Kellogg Schools recalled and hired new staff members at Monday night’s school board meeting. The school board was able to recall Title I Reading Specialist Jennifer Ferguson and hire Alisa Garner as a middle school special education teacher. Superintendent Cindy Vujea said the school district is able to do this because it has lost fewer students than originally expected, and some Title I funds have carried over from last year. Current enrollment is 1,750. In other business, at Monday’s meeting, the board: • Received communication that parent Amy Roush-Tack wrote a letter of appreciation for Delton Kellogg Schools. • Recognized “nice job notes” sent to Harold Minor, Cindy Matousek and Alan Walker from Superintendent Cindy Vujea. • Heard a thanks from Leah Minshall for helping her reach her educational goals. • Heard a presentation by Tim Byrum regarding the fourth grade Mackinac trip scheduled for May 2008. • Listened to a monthly update from Connie High about Delton Kellogg Education Association activities, as well as provided a handout with tips for parents to help their students be successful. • Approved Karmin Bourdo as the Middle School games manager for the fall season. • Approved Farnood Farmand as a math chairman and Bob Cogswell as the counseling chairman on the District K-12 Curriculum Committee for the 2007-08 school year. • Approved the following positions for the non-athletic schedule C positions for the 2007-08 school year: Janine Smith and Lisa Strang as junior class sponsors, and Sara Knight as middle and high school band director. • Accepted the resignation of Elementary School paraprofessional Tina Cole. • Approved an unpaid leave of absence for the 2007-08 school year to Angela Hoffman. • Granted medical leaves of absence for fifth grade teacher Jill Methvin, middle school custodian Cindy Iles, Teresa Delaphiano and high school business/middle school foreign language teacher Jennifer Delaphiano. • Chose Bette Matteson as the Delton Kellogg Schools representative for the Michigan Association of School Boards 2007 Delegate Assembly. • Approved Leah Minshall’s request to graduate early from Delton Kellogg High School, pending successful completion of all requirements. • Granted reinstatement to an elementary school student after discussing the matter in closed session. HASTINGS - Robert E. Nicholson, age 62, of Hastings, passed away Thursday, September 13, 2007 at Pennock Hospital, Hastings. He was the son of John Nicholson and Leona (Belson) Nicholson Zimmerman. Robert was born and raised in Hastings. Attending Hastings area schools, he enjoyed listening and watching Hastings High School sports. He worked at Tendercare Hastings for over 38 years and loved taking care of the elderly. He will be greatly missed by all. Robert married Karen (Schantz) Nicholson in 1989, and made their home in Hastings. Robert is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Karen Nicholson; sister, Rebecca Zimmerman of Hastings; aunt and uncle Margaret and Richard Carlin of Richland and uncle Kenny Kuempel of Hastings; in-laws, Ralph and Mary Lou Schantz of Middleville, Cindy (Greg) Wieck of Kentwood, Dawn (Lloyd) Kilmer of Hastings, John and Doris Schantz of Plano, Texas, Randy Schantz of Detroit; nieces and nephews, great niece and nephew, cousins and friends and his beloved pets, Jack, Corky and Casey. He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Richard; mother, Leona (Belson) Nicholson Zimmerman; infant daughter, Mary Catherine Elizabeth; aunts, Florence Kuempel, aunt and uncle Alberta, Jule Turner; great aunt Francis Irwin. Funeral services were held Monday, September 17 at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Those who wish may make memorial contributions to assist the family with expenses. Rev. Mary Curtis officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) provided for all Sunday a.m. services and Wednesday Mid-Week. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children (Kidz Praize, age 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6-12), and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday Mid-Week: 6:30 p.m. Kids’ Club (age 4 through 5th grade), Youth (grades 6-12), Adult Discipleship Training and Bible Study. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. 7 p.m. Women’s Ministry Sept. 20. FAMILY FUN DAY, Celebrating Faith, Family and Friends! SEPT. 15 - 11 AM-3 PM. You are invited and welcome! GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover Gracee! Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. www.discovergrace.org. <http://www.discovergrace.org> 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. Michael Anton, Pastor. Coming: Sept. 305th Sunday - Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Worship outdoors 10:00 a.m. Followed by a Pig Roast. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Saturday Youth Group Service Project Dock Removal. Sunday - 5 p.m. New Member/Information Class; Poster Making Party; Youth Group. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday - 7 a.m. - See You at the Pole; Praise Team. FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77516118 �Page 6 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Friday night’s football game is at home against Perry. Game time is 7 p.m. Concessions are available with hot sandwiches and cold drinks. The calendar says that next Sunday is the first day of fall. We can expect rain storms, which usually come at the fall equinox. On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30, the depot complex will have exhibits of old and new hunting and fishing gear. This is a first time for such an exhibit. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 30. Kim and Dawn Deardorff are chairpersons of the exhibits. If you have items to display, give them a call. The genealogy room will be open at the same hours and also on Monday, Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are new directional signs for Twin City Foods on Emerson at Fourth Avenue and on Fourth near Lincoln. The signs point toward the office and loading docks for frozen foods. Traffic on Emerson goes to the production area where all the tons of green beans are unloaded. The 2007 season is wind- Two arrested in Dutton bank robbery by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Two men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of the Chemical Bank in Dutton. Chad Allen Notenbaum, 31, of Hudsonville, and James David Shirely, 20, of Kentwood, were arraigned in Federal Court Monday on formal charges of bank robbery. According to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, an individual suspect obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and fled from the scene in a mini-van. A witness observed the subject enter the van and provided police with a direction of travel and a description of the suspect. A Kentwood Police detective heard the broadcast and observed a mini-van with a subject inside matching the description of the man who had run from the bank. The detective first saw the vehicle near Broadmoor and M-6 and immediately called for backup units. Additional police units assisted the Kentwood officer by effecting a traffic stop on the vehicle. Notenbaum and Shirely were arrested at the scene and lodged in the Kent County Jail on suspicion of robbery. They were later arraigned in Federal Court and remain in the Kent County Jail awaiting trial. High speed chase nets two suspects by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Two men, one from Wyoming and the other from Kentwood, were arrested Wednesday after a high speed chase that led police officers from four area departments on a pursuit that spread over two counties. Sgt. Tony Stein, of the Middleville Unit of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, observed a vehicle that had been reported to be involved in a retail fraud complaint at the Hastings Wal-Mart and was listed as a possible stolen vehicle. The sergeant attempted to stop the 1996 Jeep in Middleville, but the vehicle failed to heed his directive and sped north on M-37, traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph. The vehicle crossed over into Kent County and traveled west on 100th Street until the vehicle’s tires were deflated by stop sticks deployed by the Kent County Sheriff’s Department at 100th Street and Kalamazoo Avenue. The vehicle then proceeded west until it ran off the road near Pease Road. Deputies and officers from the Michigan State Police apprehended both subjects after a brief foot chase. The two individuals, who have not been identified pending arraignment, face charges of fleeing and eluding, retail fraud, and possession of a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was reported stolen from the Wyoming area. In addition to the above charges, both individuals had outstanding warrants pending at area law enforcement agencies. Both men were lodged in the Barry County Jail. The Barry County Sheriff’s Department was aided by officers from the Kent County Sheriff’s Department, and the Wayland and Hastings State Police posts. LEGAL NOTICE ing down with intermittent days of harvest. On Sunday, Arthur Raffler was honored at a birthday open house at the Congregational Church dining room in honor of his 80th birthday. Several church family members, Masonic brothers and Raffler family members attended. He was one of the several sons of Lucille and Vernice Raffler, who lived near Woodland. His cousin Jerilee (Euper) Mazurek was one of his cousins who came. The Sebewa Center UMC held its annual pork dinner on Saturday. Diners noted a new look in the church’s dining area with the absence of two windows. One former window space has a built-in bookcase and display area. The other window has turned into a door, which leads in to a new storage area built onto the west side of the building. The exterior has siding and a roof-line which appears seamless with the original extension made when restrooms were added years ago. The interior walls now have white texture, replacing beige walls. The local Historical Society’s first fall meeting of year number 40 had a good attendance and a fine meal. President John Waite had prepared an interesting program on the rural schools, which annexed to Sunfield, Clarksville, Lake Odessa and Woodland schools before the Lakewood merger. There were pictures aplenty and stories about old time school practices. Punishment methods were extreme, according to today’s standards. Virginia Yonkers was a patient at Pennock for two days last week after a fall at home. She had a cut, but no broken bones. For weeks the north parking lot of APEC was graced with a series of eight colorful metal stairways leaded for industrial use with bright yellow and blue paint. In time, other industrial components were added to the mix. At the end of last week, they disappeared, obviously at the end of the production project. The colors alone would add to the safety features. Several members of United Methodist Women of Central UMC planned to attend the District Annual at the Portland UMC for an afternoon/evening meeting of Lansing District, which covers five counties in midMichigan. On Sept. 10, Allen and Kathy Decker, of Carlton Township, and daughter April, of Grand Rapids, flew to Arizona for the upcoming wedding of daughter Sarah. Later in the week, April’s husband, Brian and Jennie Decker with daughter Chelsea Bickford and Mrs. Orville Decker flew to join the others for the Thursday evening wedding of Sarah to a Mesa policeman. Also, James and Terri Decker, of Carlton Township, attended the wedding. They flew west on four flights. The latest building to undergo changes to conform to the new standards of color is the Nye/Braden building, which now houses the Family Medical Center of Dr. Richard Barnett. The cornice details are now highlighted. BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 77516025 77516038 “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” Public Auction HOUSE FOR SALE Thursday, September 27, 2007 Property is located at 712 Ferris Street, Hastings, MI 49058 The sale will be held at 1:00 pm at the Barry County Courthouse located in Hastings, Michigan Minimum bid is $30,361.00 S.E.V. is $39,900 Property Sells “AS IS” This is a ranch with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on a partial basement, with a one car attached garage. This foreclosure sale is subject to six month redemption rights Terms - Certified funds delivered to the Sheriff at the sale For more details contact Rural Development at (888) 771-6993 Rural Development is An Equal Opportunity Lender 77516146 Ignore gossip Dear Annie: I am a 20-something female living in a tiny Midwestern town, working as a receptionist at a place that has a constant stream of people coming in. I say "Hi, how are you?" to everyone and enjoy talking to the customers. About a year ago, some nasty women started accusing me of sleeping with several married men in my town, because I was "seen talking" to them at my job. I was horrified when I was confronted by one woman whose husband was supposedly sleeping with me. My boyfriend is the only person I have ever been with, and it makes me so mad that people believe this garbage. I go to work and come home. I never go out unless my boyfriend is with me. Fortunately, he doesn't believe any of these rumors. I am so upset by the whole thing that it sometimes consumes my every thought. I've tried talking to the lady who confronted me, but she won't speak to me. I want her to know this is an absolute lie, but how can I get that across when other people believe the spiteful women who started these rumors? How do I get people to stop talking about me? -Horrified in the Midwest Dear Horrified: You need to hold your head up and behave in a friendly but professional manner with everyone at work. Then let your friends and family know these vicious lies are undoubtedly being spread by women who are jealous or worried about their own marriages, and ask them to get the word out. Other than that, ignore what others may think and concentrate on your own relationships. Husband won’t ‘change’ Dear Annie: My husband, who is almost 60, has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. He says it's all poppycock. He doesn't believe in psychologists or psychiatrists. The psychologist who made the diagnosis said it could be treated with behavioral changes. My husband refuses to "change." He says he's fine the way he is and if others don't like it, it's their problem. Annie, it's been my problem for 37 years. I just didn't have a name for it. My husband won't go to a therapist, and I'm already seeing one. Is there an Asperger's support organization? It's usually diagnosed in childhood, but there have to be adults out there who are coping with it. I need help. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and simple daily activities are difficult for me. Dealing with someone who won't do anything about an illness takes what little energy I have. If there are any organizations that could offer some support, I'd appreciate knowing how to contact them. -- Running on Empty in Vermont Dear Vermont: Asperger's is one of the pervasive developmental disorders and generally manifests itself through impaired communication and social skills. There are organizations that can help you, even if your husband refuses to modify his behavior. Try Families of Adults Affected by Asperger's Syndrome (www.faaas.org), P.O. Box 514, Centerville, MA 02632 and the Autism Society of America (www.autism-society.org) at 1-8003-AUTISM (1-800-328-8476). Smiling changes life Dear Annie: Until recently, I was in the same situation as "Shutter Shy," who dreaded having her picture taken because people were always telling her to show her teeth. I finally bit the bullet and went to the dentist with the intention of fixing everything. It cost me a few thousand dollars – the best investment I ever made. My smile is now perfect. I can laugh and smile anytime I want and don't have to worry about what people might think when I'm talking. A benefit I didn't anticipate – I am now much more outgoing, and my friends have even noticed the personality change. "Shutter Shy" should make an appointment right now, discuss payment options with her dentist, then get the work done. It will change her life. -- Wisconsin Dear Wisconsin: What a great testimonial. Being able to smile with confidence can make a huge difference, and yes, it costs money, but the rewards can be well worth it. Lots of ideas for retirees Dear Annie: This is in response to "Bill's Busy Wife," whose husband has retired. I'm a member of the Rotary Club. Our latest projects included raising funds for our local health care initiatives and high school's new track as well as international projects in Belarus, Africa and South America. We are immunizing kids in India and helping farmers in Nicaragua. Tell Bill to join a service club and help the members lift the weight of poverty off the poor in this world. -- President of the Brockville Rotary Club, Ontario, Canada Dear Ontario: We were flooded with wonderful suggestions. Keep reading: Dear Annie: Tell Bill to play golf or go fishing. Second: Join The Lions, Rotary, Kiwanians or Elks. We are looking for members to do things that will help out the community, and we don't take a cent. -- Bill Brown, Member, LIONS International, Orange Blossom Gardens Lions Club From Chicago: Many universities have discounted programs for retired people. Go to concerts and the theater. Have lunch with your wife. Join a hiking group. Volunteer at nursing homes or visit shut-ins. Become a girly man. I take beading classes and also do Tai Chi with 30 women. I took a writing course and then started a group with others, and now we meet each month. I wake up each morning and try to be a better husband than the day before. Iowa: He should volunteer at Junior Achievement (www.ja.org). We need volunteers to go into the classroom and teach a variety of topics. Carson Valley, Nev.: Two years ago, I moved from a big city to a small town. I dragged out my old ukulele and found an informal "jam" group of guitar, banjo and mandolin players. I now am involved with a men's barbershop chorus, teach beginning ukulele to a group of eight-year-olds and have found six other "Ukers" who meet twice a month. I don't know how I used to find time to go to work every day. California: Bill should play bridge or chess with a club, volunteer for jury duty or attend an interesting trial as an observer. He can write his life story or get involved in family genealogy. My retired husband fishes and also makes lures. His other hobby is building birdhouses, which he sells at our local flea market. Colorado: Bill should try activities like ham radio, wood carving, extension classes at a local school, ceramics, painting or typically "female" hobbies such as needlepoint (if Rosey Greer can do it, any man can), knitting (my father-in-law did this when hospitalized during WWII) and quilting. Florida: I am a Hospice volunteer, and I have requested that they call me for a particular area where other volunteers don't want to go. I sit with the patient while the caregiver gets away for a bit. How about reading to the blind? If his back isn't too bad to drive, they are always looking for people to deliver Meals on Wheels. Nebraska: Don't know what to do as a retiree? Improve your A.I.M. -- Attitude, Imagination, Motivation. Visit your local library and find out if they have a Friends organization. Be a volunteer docent, take tickets or usher at the nearest museum, zoo or small theater house. Ask the local elementary school about programs to read with firstgraders or mentor at-risk youth. Contact a veterans group and ask about the need for drivers to get disabled vets to doctor appointments. Illinois: I am a youth sponsor at church, email pen pals around the world and am in the process of restoring two old cars for the local parade. Bill can find things at yard sales and list them on eBay. That will keep him busy and bring in extra cash. Ohio: I just spent all weekend at a historical gaming convention. There were many retired gentlemen, playing everything from WWII aircraft games to Napoleonic Naval battle games. A lot of them had built the model airplanes and boats as young men, and now have a way to meet with other people and strategize, plot, ally with and battle against. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 7 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. School Daze ‘n Stuff Part 4 Long-term Financial Moves in a Short-term World for Chester Hodges in his jewelry store on State Street. The store was open for business six days a week. During the school week I walked to work from our house on Bond Street and was supposed to arrive at the store on Main Street by 7 a.m. I got myself out of bed with the aid of an alarm clock, but I occasionally over slept. My job description included sweeping the floors, wiping fingerprints off the showcases, and washing the front windows when the weather was warm. On Saturdays, I was responsible for removing the trays of gold watches and diamond rings from the safe and arrange them for display in the front window. I remember several times we received shipments of wooden barrels of Fiesta tableware packed in excelsior. We unpacked and washed these sets of dishes in the basement then brought them upstairs where they were put on display. Fiestaware was very popular in the ‘40s and I understand has become collectible now and can be found in many antique shops. I learned the names of the contemporary sterling silver patterns, crystal, and formal tableware patterns. I learned to appreciate and love fine crystals and china. Probably the most important lesson I learned about myself at Hodges was that I was not a natural born salesman and had little aptitude in this area. Chet Hodges was a talented “master” salesman and I realized that if I couldn’t learn salesmanship from him, I couldn’t learn it from anyone. I obtained my Social Security card in 1942 when I began working at the store. I contributed to this program every year for the next 50 years. If I remember correctly, Mr. Hodges paid me 15 cents an hour, which was thought to be a fair wage for kids in those days, minimum wage as we know it today was unheard of. I was grateful to have a job and an opportunity to earn some money and at the same time learn something of retail business. Fifteen cents an hour was considerably more than the five cents a week per customer I had been making delivering papers seven days a week. When I delivered the Battle Creek Enquirer and News, I usually had 28 to 30 customers at any given time, which translated into a net income of about $1.40 a week. I can still remember the time I had saved enough money to own my very first $5 bill. I was very proud and thought I’d hit the big time. At the age of 16 I began working in the bookkeeping department of the Hastings City Bank, which at that time was located on the southeast corner of State and Jefferson streets. With this new job my pay was increased to 25 cents an hour, an increase of more than 60 percent! During the school year my duties at the bank primarily consisted of the posting customer checking account ledger. I did this work after school hours on a specially designed posting machine. During the summer months I worked full time and learned among other things like how to compute interest and payments on land contracts, cash checks, prove bank deposits and balance out a teller’s cage at the end of the day. This was a wonderful job and I learned a great deal about money and practical banking. During the 1940s, Mr. Fred Stebbins was president of the Hastings City Bank, Maurice Lambie was cashier and Roy Chandler the first teller. Mr. Lambie had worked at the bank his entire life and told me that when he was hired in as a young man it was his primary job to post all of the savings and checking account transactions that had occurred that day. He did all of this by himself by hand! There were no armored cars servicing Hastings in the 1940s. In the summer time, when I worked full time, we would occasionally get a shipment of bills from the Illinois Continental Bank of Chicago. These shipments were sent by registered mail through the post office. No one even knew exactly when these shipments were going to be made. We used to get a phone call about mid morning stating that they had a registered package they’d like to have picked up. We knew when we got this message that it was a shipment of money even though they didn’t mention the word. Several times it became my duty to pick up the registered package. I walked with no escort from the post office, which was located on the northeast corner of Church and Court streets, down State Street swinging a bag containing $20,000 or whatever in new $20 bills. I suppose that in today’s dollar it would be the equivalent of something in the neighborhood of of eight or ten times that amount in real value. Stamped on the outside of the bag in big black letters were, “The Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago.” Can you imagine anyone doing that in this day and age? One thing that fascinated me about the Hastings City Bank was the security precautions they had in place to thwart bank robbers. It should be kept in mind that in the 1930s a number of notorious bank robbers were roaming about the country; Dillinger, Ma Baker, Pretty Boy Floyd to name but a few. The bank had loaded hand guns hidden As a society, we have grown accustomed to instant gratification. You can lose 20 pounds in two months, learn a language in six weeks and download your favorite songs in seconds. The idea of waiting for what we want, it seems, has become a quaint relic of bygone days. Of course, in many walks of life, there's probably nothing wrong with having your desires fulfilled quickly - but the "get it now" attitude can actually have some negative consequences when it comes to spending, saving and investing. Want proof? Consider the following: * In the fourth quarter of 2006, families spent 14.5 percent of their disposable income to service their debt - the largest share since 1980, according to the Center for American Progress. * The first quarter of 2007 marked the eighth quarter in a row with a negative personal savings rate, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. * Almost half of workers who are saving for retirement say that their total savings and investments (excluding the value of their primary residence and any pension plan) is less than $25,000, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2007 Retirement Confidence Survey. What can you do to avoid some of the financial problems that may arise from short-term behavior? Here are a few suggestions: * Delay purchases. Try to think about all purchases overnight and calculate how long you'd have to work to pay for them. You might be surprised at how many items you can actually do without. * Limit your borrowing. It's easier said than done, of course, but the fewer debts you have, the more you'll have available to save and invest. While it may not be possible for you to pay "cash" for everything you buy, it's nonetheless a worthy goal, and the closer you can come to achieving it, the better off you'll be. * Pay yourself first. If you wait until you've paid all your bills and other expenses each month before you save and invest for the future, you're probably going to make very slow progress toward your goals. If you can "pay yourself first" by putting money in a savings or investment account every time you get paid - even if it's just a nominal amount at first - you'll help yourself greatly over time. * Be patient - and buy quality. From 1926 through 2006, large-company stocks provided an average annual return of more than 10 percent, while small-company stocks returned, on average, more than 12 percent, according to Ibbotson Associates, an investment research firm. Of course, past performance is not an indication of future results and you can't assume that, for a given year, your stocks or other growth-oriented investments will return 10 percent, 12 percent - or anything at all. In the short term, all growth vehicles fluctuate in price so you shouldn't be shocked at losing principal over a single year, or perhaps a couple of years in a row. But if you buy an array of quality investments and hold them for the long term - at least five to 10 years - you can help increase your chances to achieve some growth. In all likelihood, our tendency to want things quicker is only going to accelerate. But when it comes to making smart financial moves, you'll want to take a "slow and steady" approach. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones everywhere, probably 10 or 12 that I knew about. There were also two 30/30 deer rifles, one in the closet in the board of directors room and one in the stairwell landing, which led to the upstairs old storage vault. Since to my knowledge no one had ever been checked out on the use of any of these weapons, it would probably have been a bloody massacre had we actually been held up. There were a number of places scattered throughout the bank where the outside burglar alarm could be tripped and once in a while one got tripped accidentally, but the police never showed up to my knowledge, so I don’t know what good they would have been. Surveillance cameras and technology like dye packets hadn’t been invented yet. Working most of my high school years limited my participation in sports, for which I had little aptitude and not great deal of motivation. The sports I think would have really enjoyed and believe I could have done well in were soccer, swimming and wrestling. None of these sports were included in our local sports programs. The primary emphasis nation wide was on football, basketball and baseball, pretty much as it is today. Because of very strict gas rationing, cars were not much of a part of the high school experience during WWII. Most students in high school didn’t have a driver’s license since there wasn’t much point in bothering. If you lived in the country though and needed to drive in order to attend school, you could get a “to and from school only” license when you were 14. I don’t remember that any high school student was ever killed in a car accident during the war years. This does not mean that we kids didn’t experience our full share and more of sorrow and grief. We were deeply scared time and again when one of “our” local boys was reported missing or K.I.A. (“killed in action”). All told, some 30 Hastings High School alumni made the supreme sacrifice during World War II. Some of these young men I knew in school and others because they lived in our neighborhood. Everyone knew the families around town that displayed a gold star in a window signifying that a member of their family had been killed while in the service of our country. Tempered by the Great Depression years of the 1930s and scarred by war, the graduating classes of Hastings High School from 1941 through 1946, were forced to face the sobering realities of the world much younger than most generations. Now, almost 60 years later, when I look around and see what my generation has accomplished and what they have contributed to our society, our culture and our country, I feel very proud and honored to have been a small part of it. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. 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Hause 202; M. Hall 198; D. Benner 188; M. Yost 183. Men’s High Series - M. Hall 532. Friday Night Mixed UMSU 7; Ten Pins 7; Spare Time 7; A N’D Signs 6; Just Cuz 5; Greasy Balls 4; We’re a Mess 4; Oldies But Goodies 3; 9-N-A-Wiggle 2; Michgan Outlaws 1; Whatever 1; All But One 1; Liquid Courage 0. Women’s Good Games and Series - K. Becker 199-566; J. Madden 213-553; R. Murrah 183-518; G. Meaney 174-476; O. Gillons 178-459; B. Barlow 199-457; M. Vanier 156-381; N. Taylor 131-341; D.Rhodes 188; L. Potter 184; D. James 178; S. Ripley 168; L. Smith 165; S. Carlson 164. Men’s Good Games and Series - R. Guild 245-629; M. Kasinsy 214-572; K. Meaney 201-558; B. Taylor 211-556; B. Ripley 211556; M. Vugteveen 188-476; D. Sears 183463; M. Albert 170-429; M. Eaton 214; J. Bush 203; L. Porter 195; K. Matthews 132. Wednesday P.M. The River 6; Shamrock Tavern 6; At Home Real Estate 5; Hair Care Center 5; Seebers 4; Nothin But Truck 4; Eye and Ent. 2. Women’s Good Games and Series - K. Becker 203-567; T. Christopher 195-549; P. Freeman 179-488; D. Seeber 184-469; R. Murrah 169-463; A. Tasker 168-451; J. Pitch 157-410; D. Burns 155-405; L. Friend 93254; G. Potter 169; B. Smith 163. Sandbaggers 7; Michigan Outlaws 6; 2 Bags and 4 Balls 6; Karey’s Crew 4; Wright Zone 3; Misfits 3; Bounty Hunters 2; R&N 2; Sunday Snoozers 1; Funky Bowlers 1; Straight Liners 1. Women’s Good Games and Series - T. Robbe 218-535; N. Mroz 204-517; M. Simpson 221-504; V. Wright 173-424; K. Friddle 179-373; L. Wright 110-296; K. Photos of people and pets to benefit Animal Control Rose Hendershot of Photographic Memory will be at Barry County Animal Control from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 to take photos of people and their pets. All of the profits from the event will go to Animal Control. The photo products are expected to be received by the customers within three weeks of the event. Hendershot will have several products available for sale, including two 4 x 5 photos for $10, two photo buttons for $15, a 5 x 7 and four wallets for $15, a magnet calendar for $15, a 10 x 13 photo for $25, and 25 holiday cards for $42. People will be able to include whatever verse they want in the greeting card. Hendershot said she and her family always had pets, and she hopes to make this a yearly event. For more information, call Hendershot at Photographic Memory at (269) 948-7710. Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings Made in the USA Items...Sioux Pottery, Soy Wax Candles, United States Flags with Pole, Greeting Cards, Kinderhaven Soaps & More! Unique Gifts & Collectibles New Items Arriving … Thomas Kinkade, Bradford Editions, Quilted Throws, Handbags, Tree Skirts, Fairies, Angels, Dragons, Chess Sets, Harley-Davidson Items and more! COME IN AND CHECK US OUT! New Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10AM-8PM; Thur.-Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM 269-945-5660 Debit & Layaway Sunday Night Mixed Becker 192; A. Barton 182; A. Hubbell 180; F. Ames 155. Men’s Good Games and Series - M. Eaton 253-641; B. Hubbell 209-561; E. Caraway 233; C. Alexander 204; J. Wright 199; A. Robins 188; N. Robbe 176; E. Rice 156; T. Hannan 155. 50% OFF SALE! THIS WEEK ONLY 77516255 By John Walton When I was 12 years old I bought Priscilla Harrington’s paper route and began earning my own money. Donna Harrington, who was the local agent for the Battle Creek Enquirer News, was a wonderful person. She had been widowed in the early years of the Great Depression and was raising six daughters single handedly. She was always cheerful and maintained a firm but gentle discipline with her girls as her motley crew of paper delivery persons. I say “paper delivery persons” instead of paper boys because several of her daughters had routes. You might say that the Harrington sisters broke the gender barriers in the local male paper peddling monopoly. Donna Harrington always referred to my brother George and I as the “Walton brats” and herself as the “old battle ax.” She always followed her incantations of “those Walton brats” and “the old battle ax” with gales of infectious laughter. Even when she was retired and up in her 80s she always addressed me as, “one of those Walton brats.” She especially enjoyed doing this in public when she thought she could embarrass me. We all adored Donna Harrington. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, just a few months after I entered my sophomore year. After that fateful day every aspect of every American’s life was affected by the war. Just about everything you can think of was rationed. Butter, meat, sugar, coffee, canned goods, gasoline and tires were among the necessities strictly controlled. Nonessential items that weren’t rationed were seldom available or non-existent. Students collected newspapers, scrap metal and cooking fats. Cooking fats we learned were converted into nitroglycerin for explosives. We used to fill the northeast corner room of the “White Building” from floor to as high as we could reach with the bundles of newspapers students brought in every Friday. (Note: The “White Building has been known as “The Annex” for many years now.) Periodically, a semi-truck was backed up to the front door of the White Building, where the scrap paper we had collected was loaded in and carted it away for recycling. The WWII war memorial at Johnson Field was paid for in part, if not totally, by the proceeds from our war time scrap paper drives. Many students invested most of the dimes, quarters and half-dollars that came their way in War Savings Bonds. We bought war bond stamps with these coins. The stamps, which were green and featured the statute of a Minute Man, could be pasted in little booklets the government supplied. When we filled a booklet, we took it to the post office or one of the banks where they issued a genuine United States Government War Savings Bond with our name and address typed on it.. A $25 war bond cost $18.75 and matured in 10 years from the date of issue. At maturity you received back the stated face value of the bond. I think the real rate of return on war bonds was 4 1/2 percent. Unfortunately, the horrendous post war inflation eroded any real financial return by war bond purchasers. Several years in the late summer students took to the fields and gathered milk weed pods whose fluffy contents were substituted for the kapok or cork normally used in manufacturing life jackets. During the summer months young people of all ages also assisted in cultivating, watering, weeding and harvesting the family Victory Garden. Victory Gardens were important to the war effort because food was in short supply in many of the war torn areas around the world. In the fall, young people helped short handed farmers get the crops in. All rubber for fabricating tires in the United States was imported and because synthetic substitutes hadn’t been developed, new tires became almost non-existent for civilians. Only if the local ration board ruled that your travel was vital to the war effort could you get permission to buy a new tire. If your application was approved you were required to turn in your old tire when you picked up the new one. So called “new” tires were retreads. Our primary source of hemp for making rope was the Philippines. Our hemp supply was completely was cut off when the Japanese invaded the islands in the early months of the war. Believe it or not, during the war, a variety of marijuana was grown commercially in several places around Michigan and used as a substitute for hemp in making rope. School kids joined the civilian air patrol, helped Civilian Defense during air raid drills; and yes, we did have air raid drills and black out practice in Hastings during WWII. Students did Red Cross work and participated in the activities of the U.S.O. center located on the north side of State Street across from the County Court House. A group of local volunteers banded together to organize the U.S.O. They collected funds and found volunteer staffing for this center, which catered for the most part to the Coast Guard trainees in basic training at the Kellogg camps at Clear Lake and Pine Lake. In my sophomore year, I got a job working �Page 8 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24872-DE Estate of Lillian May Schripsema. Date of birth: 5/31/1915. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Lillian May Schripsema, who lived at 12832 Cobb Lake Road, Wayland, Michigan died July 17, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Barbara A. Holcomb, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Thomas R. Vander Hulst P43165 3996 Chicago Drive SW Grandville, Michigan 49418 (616) 531-7711 Barbara A. Holcomb 12832 Cobb Lake Road Wayland, Michigan 49348-8837 77516165 (616) 813-0624 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING September 4, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:00 p.m. All board members present. Also present Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth, County Prosecutor Tom Evans and 7 guests. Motion Ribble; support Perino to accept minutes from August 14, 2007 regular board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department. Fire report read. Motion Perino; support Ribble to approve request to hire Jonathan Morris and start his one year probation and evaluation period. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Ribble to pay bills for the month of September in the amount of $125,620.04 and any others forthcoming. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Rook to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Unapproved minutes Jennifer Goy 77516133 Township Clerk RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the September 12, 2007 meeting of the Rutland Charter Township Board the following Ordinance No. 2007-126 was adopted. The original ordinance may be inspected or a copy purchased by contacting the Township Clerk, Robin Hawthorne, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, 269-948-2194, during regular business hours of regular working days, and at such other times as may be arranged. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-126 ADOPTED: SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 EFFECTIVE: SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 An Ordinance to amend the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance by the re-zoning of certain property located in Land Section 10 within the Township from "RE", Rural Estates Residential to "R-1", Residential Single Family and properties in Land Section 11, Land Section 13, and Land Section 14 within the Township from the "RE", Rural Estates Residential, the "C-1", Office Commercial, and the "C-3" General Business zoning classifications to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. The Charter Township of Rutland Barry County, Michigan ORDAINS SECTION I Rezoning of Property in Land Section 10 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "RE" Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the "R-1" Residential Single Family zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 10: 1. 8.4 acres of property located within Clearview Lake Estates off North M-37 Hwy. Property is described as: COMENCING AT THE WEST 1/4 POST SECTION 10 T3N, R9W THENCE N 86 DEG 56' 00" E 1327.69 FT, TO THE NORTH 1/8 POST, SW 1/4, SEC. 10, T3N, R9W THENCE S 47 DEG 30' 46.26" W 296.39 FT, THENCE S 25 DEG 57' 6.00" E 395.98 FT, ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF CLEARVIEW LAKES ESTATES THENCE N 64 DEG 2' 54.00" E 83.57 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17' 22.38" E 96.43 FT, ALONG THE 1/8 SECTION LINE, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE REZONED. THENCE N 86 DEG 24' 54.00" E 699.98 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 5' 54.00" E 397.02 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 50' 53.00" W 406.50 FT, THENCE S 3 DEG 17' 22.38" E 320.85 FT, THENCE S 87 DEG 1' 9.56" W 292.23 FT, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SECTION II Rezoning of properties in Land Section 11 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "RE" Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 11. 1. The property #08-13-011-017-00, located at 2740 Heath Road described as: RUTLAND TOWNSHIP COM AT SW COR SEC 11 T3N R9W TH N 89 DEG 42' 56" E 1257.59 FT AL S LI SEC 11 TO INTERSECTION WITH CNTRLI HWY S M-37 TH N 89 DEG 42' 56" E 201.25 FT FOR POB TH N 63 DEG 50' 16" W 265.61 FT AL NELY CLEAR VISION LI S M-37 HWY TH N 26 DEG 23' 06" E 145.69 FT TH S 64 DEG 52' 04" E 250 FT TH S 06 DEG 08' 04" E 141.92 FT TO S LI SEC 11 TH S 89 DEG 42' 56" W 67.84 FT TO POB The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "C-1" Office Commercial zoning classification to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 11. 1. The Property #08-13-011-018-10, located at 50 North M-37 Hwy. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM AT SW COR SEC 11 -3-9 TH N 89 DEG 42'56" E 1257.59 FT AL S LI SEC 11 TO CNTRLI HWY M-37 TH N 89 DEG 42'56" E 201.25 FT AL SD S LI TH N 63 DEG 50'16" W 265.61 FT AL NELY CLEAR VISION LI HWY M-37 TO POB TH N 63 DEG 50'16" W AL CLEAR VISION LI 19.7 FT TH NWLY 225.58 FT AL NELY ROW LI M-37 & ARC OF CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 3324.17 FT & CHORD BEARING N 47 DEG 39'54" W 225.54 FT TH N 55 DEG 14'09" E 145.43 FT TH S 48 DEG 55'54" E 172 FT TH S 26 DEG 23'06" W 145.69 FT TO POB. SECTION III Rezoning of Property in Land Section 13 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "RE" Rural Estates Residential zoning classification to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification the following described property in Land Section 13. 1. The Property # 08-13-013-007-00, located at 1922 West M-43 Hwy. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM AT W 1/4 POST SEC-13-3-9 FOR POB TH N 878.43 FT, TH S 64 DEG E 696.50 FT, TH N 48 DEG E 207 FT, TH S 50 DEG 28' E 191.83 FT, TH S 20 DEG 00' 30" W 197 FT, TH S 73 DEG 19' W 343.1 FT, TH S 293.17 FT, TH S 88 DEG 16' 30" W 140.52 FT, TH S 88 DEG 46' W 391.40 FT TO POB SECTION IV Rezoning of Properties in Land Section 14 The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "C-1" Office Commercial zoning classification to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification of the following described property in Land Section 14. 1. The Property # 08-13-014-019-00, located at 361 N.Tanner Lake Road described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 50 RDS N OF SW COR OF E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9, TH S 16 RDS, TH E 15 RDS TH N 16 RDS TH W 15 RDS TO POB. The Zoning Map as incorporated by reference in the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by rezoning from the "C-3" General Business zoning classification to the "MU" Mixed Use District zoning classification of the following described properties in Land Section 14. 1. The Property #08-13-014-020-00, located just north of 431 N. Tanner Lake Rd. described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 34 RDS N OF SW COR E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9 FOR POB TH S 16 RDS E 30 RDS N 16 RDS TH W 30 RDS TO POB EX COM AT SW COR THEREOF TH N 5.5 RDS TH E 12 RDS TH S 5.5 RDS TH W 12 RDS TO POB 2. The Property # 08-13-014-020-05, located at 431 N. Tanner Lake Rd. described as: RUTLAND TWP A PAR IN TH NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9, COM 14 RDS N OF SW COR OF E 1/2 NE 1/4 SAID SEC, TH N 9 1/2 RDS, TH E 12 RDS, TH S 9 1/2 RDS, TH W 12 RDS TO POB. 3. The Property # 08-13-014-022-00, located at 2208 W. M-43 Hwy described as: RUTLAND TWP COM 12 RD E OF SW COR E 1/2 NE 1/4 SEC 14-3-9 FOR POB TH N 18 RD TH E 18 RD TH S 18 RD TH W 18 RD POB SECTION V Severability The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part of is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION VI Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION VII Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect eight (8) days after publication of the Notice of Adoption by the Township Board. 77516151 Robin Hawthorne Charter Township of Rutland THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Justin David Shotts and Samantha Shotts, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 4, 2004 and recorded March 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124082, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($90,223.44) including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 179 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West along said River 53 feet; thence South to the Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2987 77516222 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen Jewett and Richard Jewett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2007 and recorded April 23, 2007 in Instrument Number 1179652, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Five and 31/100 Dollars ($226,835.31) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: Part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section and the point of beginning; thence continuing along said line South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 523.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 268.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 Seconds West 523.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 268.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with and easement of record. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities as described in Schedule X. Schedule X: Description of easement for ingress, egress and utilities: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section to the point of beginning of the centerline of a 66.00 foot wide strip of land; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 478.00 feet to reference point "A" and the point of ending of said 66.00 feet wide strip of land. Also, included in the above Easement, a 66.00 feet radius cul-de-sac the center point of which is at herein above reference point "A". Description of easement for drainage purposes: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 538.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 06 degrees 37 minutes 03 seconds East 10.04 Feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 163.34 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds West 140.98 feet: thence South 45 degrees 38 minutes 37 seconds West 183.00 feet; thence North 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds West 198.18 feet; thence North 79 degrees 10 minutes 34 seconds West 114.53 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds West 36.78, feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 314.00 feet; thence South 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds East 88.16 feet; thence North 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds East 142.50 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 169.03 feet; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 02 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds West 10.04 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2205 77516179 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lorraine Browand and Edward Browand, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165974, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Forty-Three and 23/100 Dollars ($241,043.23) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The land referred to in this Commitment, situated in the County of Barry, Township of Johnstown, State of Michigan is described as follows: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast onequarter, Section 9, and the west fractional one-half of the Northwest one-quarter, section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 1311.26 feet along the North line, Northeast onequarter of said Section to the West line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West 660 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 526.39 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 06 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds East, 121.73 feet; thence South 09 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds West 100.61 feet; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 785.04 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds East 1200 feet parallel with the North line, Northwest fractional one-quarter of Section 10; thence North 21 degrees 06 minutes 29 seconds West 236.30 feet along an intermediate traverse line; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds West 1113.32 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter, Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 394.52 feet; thence South 01 degrees 17 minutes 35 seconds West 12.59 feet; thence North 88 degrees 42 minutes 25 seconds West 355 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 33.17 feet to the place of beginning. Including or excluding all land East or West of the intermediate traverse line to the West shore of Bristol Lake on extension of the property lines. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 77516184 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2944 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Homecomings Financial LLC fka Homecomings Financial Network, Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Eleven and 11/100 Dollars ($209,011.11) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77516212 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James R. Johnson and Marion L. Johnson, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 13, 2006 and recorded November 30, 2006 in Instrument Number 1173285, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred EightyEight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Seven and 37/100 Dollars ($288,377.37) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northeast onequarter and the Northwest one-quarter of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1969.00 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 1; thence North 02 degrees 45 minutes 03 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 1 a distance of 483.15 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line 673.28 feet to the North and South one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds West along said North and South one-quarter line 42.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line of Section 1 a distance of 658.47 feet to the East line of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast fraction one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds West along said East line 441.00 feet to said East and West one-quarter line; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 658.79 feet to the center of said Section 1; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 676.32 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516201 File No. 231.6112 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Dave M. Haigh, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Delta Funding Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 27, 2006 and recorded February 15, 2006 in Instrument # 200602150001894 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Two Dollars and Ninety Cents ($137,032.90) including interest 8.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East, 1325.42 feet along the South Line of said Section 4 to the centerline of Irving Road; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 629.82 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West, 668.66 feet along said centerline of Irving Road to the centerline of State Highway M-37 (Middleville Road); thence South 49 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds East, 776.06 feet along said centerline of M-37, thence South 03 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds East, 116.04 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 540.36 feet to the place of beginning Subject to easement for Public Highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Irving Road. Also Subject to an easement for State Highway purposes as recorded in Liber 151, Page 311 for M-37 Commonly known as 1509 Irving Road, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78568 ASAP# 903370 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 10/11/2007 77516191 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, Citizen At Large Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2007. 77516099 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan Shafer aka Susan M. Shafer, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2005, and recorded on October 4, 2005 in instrument 1153878, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety And 81/100 Dollars ($122,690.81), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 16 of Bay Meadows Condominium, a condominium Established by Master Deed recorded in document no. 1052228, Barry County Records, and being designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 19, as amended, with rights in the general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in the Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515702 File #159698F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Vaneerden and Allison Vaneerden, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 20, 2004, and recorded on September 7, 2004 in instrument 1133578, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-One And 92/100 Dollars ($115,221.92), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5 of Rolling Oaks Estates, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof, As Recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 52 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #087322F03 (77515649) THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by William P. Hosmer and Angela M. Hosmer, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 26, 2006 and recorded August 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168070, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by South Point, Inc. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven and 59/100 Dollars ($107,297.59) including interest at 10.15% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Village Lot No. 48 of the Village of Nashville, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. Being the same property conveyed to William P. Hosmer, a married man by Deed Dated 3-18-93 and Recorded 3-25-93 in Deed Book 567, Page 942, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2466 77515723 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sally Muskat, a married woman, as her sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 30, 2004, and recorded on May 11, 2004 in instrument 1127392, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred EightyThree And 81/100 Dollars ($115,783.81), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at North 1/4 post Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along North and South 1/4 line 1172.5 feet, Thence West 990 5 feet from centerline (old) M-43, Thence South 635.2 feet for beginning, Thence South 215 feet, Thence East 264 feet, Thence North 215 feet Thence West 264 feet to beginning, also including right of ingress and ingress to (old) M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515746 File #159785F01 Coldwell Banker AJS-Schmidt & Ron Mudgett A Winning Team! 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Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Amended budget in Leach Lake SAD category. Amended budget in Planning Category. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77516237 Jim Brown, Supervisor STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24870 DE Estate of Betty Jane Bedecs, Deceased. Date of birth: 10/07/1921. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Betty Jane Bedecs, who lived at 14841 Lockshore Road, Hickory Corners, Michigan died 08/31/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Nancy Jane Devine, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 202, Hastings, MI 49058. Date: 09/12/2007 Joseph W. Vander Horst P48079 5144 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 383-6300 Nancy Jane Devine 20835 Wheelock Drive North Fort Myers, FL 33917 77516136 (239) 573-9984 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Goggins and Melissa H. Goggins, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 19, 2003 and recorded April 24, 2003 in Instrument Number 1102727, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association as trustee by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Five and 63/100 Dollars ($102,465.63) including interest at 12% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1225 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings; also those parts of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek; also the North 21 feet of Lot 3 of Block 28 of the Eastern Addition to the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, lying West of Fall Creek, all according to the recorded plat thereof, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.3843 77515718 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert D Pratt and Amy L Pratt, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 15, 2005, and recorded on August 11, 2005 in instrument 1150947, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Four And 30/100 Dollars ($122,504.30), including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 6, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 581.44 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 6; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 643.56 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 272.25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 643.56 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 272.25 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515659) File #159076F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF ALLEGAN NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-54997-DE Estate of William Edward Baker, Deceased. Date of Birth: 10/31/1943. NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS: The decedent, William Edward Baker, who lived at 690 W. Main St., Apt. 202, Middleville, MI 49333, died May 8, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Dr. Dennis August Baker, named personal representative, or to both the probate court at 2243 - 33rd Street, Allegan, MI 49010 and the named personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: 9-13-07 Orton, Tooman, Hale, McKown & Kiel, P.C. Gregory D. Hale (P23826) 314 Trowbridge Street, P.O. Box 239 Allegan, MI 49010-0239 (269) 673-2136 Dr. Dennis August Baker 6442 Indian Head Trail Indianhead Park, IL 60525 77516154 (708) 246-8742 FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT That Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party Creditor has filed with the Michigan Department of State, Uniform Commercial Code Section, that Thomas Wayne Clark® is the Secured Party creditor for the Debtor THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, and that the following documents and agreements are Certified True and Correct by the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, through the UCC-1 and UCC-1 addendum Financing Statement file No. 2007116746-5 and UCC-3 Financing Statement file No. 2007130351-6. The following documents are on file at the Secretary of State and at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR PUBLIC RECORD, Commercial Security Agreement No. SA07254419-TWC, Hold Harmless Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, Power of Attorney POA07254419-TWC, and Common Law Copyright Notice No. CLC-07254419-TWC (Tradename). The Common Law Copyright Notice CLC-07254419TWC is Advertised for Public Notice as follows, Without Prejudice, Nunc pro tunc,: Thomas Wayne Clark® Secured Party/Creditor c/o 235 N. Wellman Rd. Woodland, Michigan (48897) Dated 09-13-2007 COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT NOTICE No. CLC-07254419-TWC NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO THE AGENT NOTICE TO THE AGENT IS NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL Common Law Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re; common law copyright of tradename/trademark, THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade-name/trademark, Copyright® July 25, 1981, nunc pro tunc, by Thomas Wayne Clark®. Said trade-names/trademarks®, THOMAS WAYNE CLARK® is copyrighted property and may neither be displayed or used, nor reproduced in whole or part, nor in any manner whatsoever, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of the copyright holder Thomas Wayne Clark® as signified by the Common Law Copyright holder’s bona fide, blue-ink signature of Thomas Wayne Clark®, hereinafter “Secured Party”. With the intent of being contractually bound, any juristic person, as well as the agent of said juristic person, consents and agrees by this Copyright Notice that neither said juristic person, nor any agent or principal of said juristic person, shall display or otherwise use in any manner for commercial/financial gain, the trade-name/trademark THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, nor the common law copyright described herein, nor any derivative of, nor any variation in the spelling of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK® without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of Secured Party, as signified by Secured Party’s bona fide blue ink signature. Secured Party neither grants, nor implies nor otherwise gives consent for any unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, and all such unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, a surety, nor a fiduciary for the proposed Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of said name, nor for any other juristic person, and is so indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, in the Hold-Harmless and Indemnity Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, dated July 2nd, 2007, against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgements, demands, liabilities, losses, depositions, summons, law suits, costs, fines, liens, penalties, damages, interests and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/ Security agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic person and the agent of said juristic person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User”, consent and agree that any use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, other than authorized use as set forth above, constitutes unauthorized use, counterfeiting, of Secured Party’s common-law copyrighted property, contractually binds user, and renders this Copyright Notice a Security Agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and signifies User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land and personal property, and all of User’s interests in assets, land and personal property, in the sum of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common-law copyrighted Tradename/Trademark THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) Authenticates this Security agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, including but not limited to land, buildings, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, motor vehicles, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter of credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common-law copyright property; STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICES BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-289-DM Beth Abraham 172 Division P.O. Box 203 Freeport, MI 49325 v Roberto Abraham 244 Corinne St. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49507. IT IS ORDERED: You are being sued by plaintiff in this court for divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before October 15, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 9/3/07 W. M. Doherty (P41960) 77516045 (3) consents and agrees to be the Debtor on a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC Filing Office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in item “(3)” is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this security agreement and described above in item “(2)”, until User’s contractual obligation thereonto incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of UCC Financing Statement, as described above in items “(3)” and “(4)”, as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described in item “(2)”, in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office. (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filing’s described in items “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered bogus, and that the User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms” and “Default Terms”, granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate and User further consents and agree that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional items of Self-executing contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use. Payment terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User receives Secured Party’s invoice (herein after “invoice”), itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date of invoice is received, User shall be deemed in default and: (A) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above item “(2)”, immediately becomes property of Secured Party; (B) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in item “(8)”; (C) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in item “(2)”, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now and property of Secured Party, in respect of this “SelfExecuting Contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use”, that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms of Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms”, irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in item “(2)”, in the possession of, as well disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms”, User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoiced within said Twenty (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms of Curing Default”, authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty (20) day default curing period. Ownership subject to common law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Thomas Wayne Clark®, Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981. Unauthorized use of “Thomas Wayne Clark®” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-Executing Contract / Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use”. Record Owner: Secured Party- Creditor name Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981 by Thomas Wayne Clark®, All Rights Reserved. This Copyright Notice is dated Nunc pro tunc, this 2nd day of July, 2007. Without Prejudice Authorized Representative, Attorney-In-fact Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party in behalf of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, Ens legis The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on July 2nd, 2007 by Thomas Wayne Clark Notary Public Debra Lee Clark My Commission Expires 7/6/2013 77516084 �Page 10 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES 77515989 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Katherine K. Kittelton, A Single Woman and William D. Momenee, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 6, 2006, and recorded on February 8, 2006 in instrument 1159966, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Three And 07/100 Dollars ($95,163.07), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 7 of Guernsey Highlands, A Condominium according to the master deed recorded in Liber 636, Page 592 and the First Amendment recorded in Liber 568, Page 222, Together with rights in Common Elements and in Limited common Elements as set forth in Said master deed and described in Act 59 of the public acts of 1978, as ameneded. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161879F01 77516174 CARLTON TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF SEWER PROJECT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT HEARING To: The Residents and Property Owners of the Township of Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, and Any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that as a result of Petitions of property owners within the Township signed by the record owners of land whose footage constitutes more than fifty (50%) percent of the total footage of the hereinafter described proposed special assessment district, and upon motion of the Township Board of the Township of Carlton, the Township Board proposes to make sewer improvements and to create a special assessment district for the recovery of the costs thereof by special assessment against the properties benefited therein. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the District within which the above-mentioned improvements are proposed to be made and within which the cost thereof is proposed to be assessed is more particularly described as follows: For all those properties abutting, and in the immediate vicinity of Middle Lake and Leach Lake. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township will conduct the special assessment in two phases. The first phase will be the pre-bid engineering, planning and legal costs which are estimated to be approximately $650,000.00 over a three year period. The second phase of the project will be the actual cost of the improvements and construction of the sewer system which is estimated at $4,900,000.00 including engineering and legal. The plans and locations and estimate of the construction have been placed on the file with the Township Clerk and the Township has passed a resolution tentatively declaring its intention to make such improvement and to create the afore-described Special Assessment District and has further tentatively found the Petitions for the improvements to be in compliance with statutory requirements. (Please note that this first hearing is on the pre-bid engineering, planning and legal costs of $650,000.00 only.) PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said plans, cost estimate, special assessment district and Petitions may be examined at the Office of the Township Clerk from the date of this Notice until and including the date of the public hearing thereon and may further be examined at such public hearing. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, in accordance with Act 162 of the Public Acts of 1962, as amended, appearance and protest at the hearing in the special assessment proceedings is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, may appear in person at the hearing to protest the special assessment, or shall be permitted to file at or before the hearing his or her appearance or protest by letter and his or her personal appearance shall not be required. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that in the event that written objections to the improvements are filed with the Township Board at or before the hearing described herein, signed by the record owners of land constituting more than twenty (20%) percent of the total area within the hereinbefore described proposed special assessment district, the project to be funded by that special assessment district cannot be instituted unless a valid petition has been or is filed with the Township Board signed by the record owners of land constituting more than fifty (50%) percent of the total land area in that special assessment district as finally established by the Township Board. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing upon such petitions, plans, special assessment district and estimate of costs will be held at the Everafter Conference Center located at 1230 N. Michigan Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on September 24, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m. At such hearing, the Board will consider any written objections to any of the foregoing matters which might be filed with the Board at or prior to the time of the hearing as well as any revisions, corrections, amendments, or changes to the plans, estimate of costs, or to the aforementioned proposed Special Assessment District. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Carlton Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Carlton Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present and express their views at the public hearing. CARLTON TOWNSHIP Wilma Daniels, Clerk 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5990 77516054 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott N. Daining and jayne Daining, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for NovaStar Mortgage, Inc, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Instrument Number 1119449, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Forty-Six and 92/100 Dollars ($148,046.92) including interest at 11.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 484 feet of the South 270 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. Subject to the easement over the Easterly 33 feet and the Southerly 33 feet for public highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 402.0593 77516241 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139814, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Thousand Three Hundred Seventy and 94/100 Dollars ($70,370.94) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 4, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South onequarter line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant South 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at a right angles to said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said North and South one-quarter line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2054 77515984 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six And 93/100 Dollars ($145,686.93), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515689) File #159178F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Bassett and Sarah E. Bassett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2003, and recorded on June 28, 2003 in instrument 1105331, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a Division of American National Bank as assignee by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($85,129.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Except 10 Feet Off the West Side and the West 10 Feet of Lot 6, All in Block Number 12 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159975F01 77515963 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald A. Kani and Jorja R. Kani, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005 and recorded December 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1157083, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee to Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Sixty-Nine and 59/100 Dollars ($117,069.59) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2, Block 22 Lincoln Park Addition, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County. Being the same property conveyed to Jorja R. HowlandDuron and her successors, as trustee for Jorja R. Howland-Duron Revocable Trust Agreement, dated November 13, 1997, as amended by Deed dated 324-04 and recorded 4-2-04 in Document Number 1124617, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to David Duron and Jorja R. Howland-Duron, husband and wife by Deed dated 06-08-90 and recorded 6-8-90 in Deed Book 500, Page 336, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516196 File No. 214.6436 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Hause and Katie J. Hause a/k/a Katie Hause, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded on December 29, 2005 in instrument 1158306, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($176,492.41), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 21 and 22 of Cappon's Country Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 52. Together with a parcel of land described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 21; thence North 07 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds West 622.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds East 352.34 feet; thence South 03 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds East 619.13 feet to a point on the North line of Lot 23 of said Plat; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 315.00 feet along the North line of Lots 23, 22 and 21 of said Plat to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161104F01 77516094 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Douglas W. Rivers, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc, Mortgagee, dated November 8, 2002, and recorded on December 4, 2002 in instrument 1092940, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Nine And 12/100 Dollars ($209,359.12), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 3, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 0 degrees 34 minutes 56 seconds East on the North and South 1/4 line, 970.24 feet; thence North 87 degrees 44 minutes 37 seconds East on a fence right of way, 660.38 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 10 seconds West, 987.21 feet to the South Section line, thence South 89 degrees 12 minutes 45 seconds West on said South Section line, 658.38 feet to the Point of Beg ginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158570F01 77515635 ® The 77511856 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Stephens, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2004, and recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123262, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen And 76/100 Dollars ($132,719.76), including interest at 8.97% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line 440.00 feet North of the Center of Section 9, thence continuing North on the 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence West parallel to the East and West 1/4 line 990.00 feet; thence South parallel to the North and South 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence East 990.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158360F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Williams Jr. and Kimberly Williams, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Instrument # 1134223 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, by assignment dated September 11, 2006 and recorded October 2, 2006in Instrument # 1170803 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Seven Cents ($146,688.07) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East One-Quarter Post of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North along East line of said Section 1884 feet to the place of beginning; thence Continuing North along said East line 756 feet more or less to the Northeast corner of said Section; thence West along the North line of said Section 330 feet; thence South 455 feet to the center of Little Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along said river to a point 663 feet West of the East line of said Section; thence South 112 feet; thence East 663 feet to the place of beginning. Also Except: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 757.35 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 18; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Section 18, 663.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds East 122.30 feet; thence North 64 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East 748.14 feet along an intermediate traverseline of the bank of the Little Thornapple River to the East line of said Section 18; thence South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 450.01 feet along said East line to the place of beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the bank of the Little Thornapple River as bounded by said East line and the Northerly extension of the West boundaryline, subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 5980 Jordan Road, Woodland MI 48897 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 31, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-77647 ASAP# 896126 09/06/2007, 09/13/2007, 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007 77515968 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Valerie A. Slaughter and Darrell R. Slaughter, wife and husband, original mortgagor(s), to Access Mortgage and Financial, Mortgagee, dated June 9, 2005, and recorded on June 30, 2005 in instrument 1148780, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC 2005-OP2 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OP2 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Two And 61/100 Dollars ($169,392.61), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant due East 605.02 feet from the North 1/4 post 66 section 28; thence due East 250.00 feet along said North section line; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes East 295.51 feet; thence due West 250.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 01 minutes West, 295.51 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158766F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy L. Blankenship and Cindy L. Blankenship, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005 and recorded July 29, 2005 in Instrument Number 1150237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine and 80/100 Dollars ($132,429.80) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is North 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 33 Seconds East 407 feet from the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence continuing East 494.92 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 48 Seconds East 398.00 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 03 Seconds West 363.00 feet to a stake; thence continuing at the same angle West 112 feet; thence North by Northwest to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2055 77516227 (77515654) AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Angela Smith ,a single woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 21st day of April, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 5th day of October, 2006 in Doc# 1171012 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wachovia Mortgage Corporation on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Eighty Two Thousand Sixty One & 60/100 ($82061.6), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of October, at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.45% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 32, Charleson Heights Additions No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 62. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 9/6/2007 Wachovia Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dennis D. Zerbel, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 24, 2005, and recorded on November 4, 2005 in instrument 1155761, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety Thousand Ninety-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($190,099.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1318.58 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the true point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 350.00 feet along said East line; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 290.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 350.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds East 290.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Tanner Lake Road. Together with a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress, and public utility purposes to be used in common with others, described as: Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 14; Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 24 minutes 29 seconds West 1303.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 1668.38 feet along the East line of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 14; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 33.00 feet to the true point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 22 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds East 246.60 feet; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds East 66.00 feet to the Easterly right of way line of Tanner Lake Road; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West 245.93 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 (77515629) FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry L. Walter, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 14, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1127778, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four and 84/100 Dollars ($133,274.84) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing in the center of the highway in the Southwest corner of the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods to the place of beginning. Also: A parcel of Land in the South 27 acres of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516206 File No. 362.1903 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Bourdo and Pamala K. Bourdo AKA Pam Bourdo, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2007, and recorded on February 2, 2007 in instrument 1175956, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-A, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-A under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated Mar 1, 2007 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen And 31/100 Dollars ($173,319.31), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Shady Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #160177F01 77515958 7515953 Thornapple Lake Estates “A Country Setting on Thornapple Lake” Fall is the Perfect Time.... Don’t wait until the snow flies to purchase the home you’ve been dreaming of/ Thornapple Lake Estates Manufactured Housing Community on beautiful Thornapple Lake, has both single wide and double wide homes for sale. Competitive pricing with low to no down payments for qualified buyers. Don’t let the high cost of home ownership discourage you any longer! Let us show you how owning a manufactured home can be very affordable. 02678402 Phone 517-852-1514 OR stop by our community. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth C. Adgate, a single man, to Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded February 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1121614, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wachovia Bank, N.A.a National Banking Association by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and 36/100 Dollars ($132,770.36) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter, Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 14 minutes 57 seconds West 1315.36 feet along the East line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 654.87 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 660.0 feet; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet along the West line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds East 660.0 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Moe Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.4825 77516217 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Shannon L. Gilman and Wendy S. Gilman, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 24, 2005, and recorded on June 14, 2005 in instrument 1148043, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Four And 67/100 Dollars ($137,034.67), including interest at 8.675% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 2, Township 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 2; thence West 912 feet for the point of beginning; thence South 1435 feet; thence West 408 feet; thence North 1435 feet; thence East 408 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 (77515641) File #158749F01 GUN RIDGE GOLF COURSE Fall Special! Two With Cart Weekdays $20 • Weekends $22 02678926 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-22-2007 Michael Powers (owner); Bay Pointe Inn (applicant). Location: 11456 Marsh Rd., in Section 5 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 35x75-ft gazebo too close to the front yard (lake) setback (zero ft), the minimum is 50-ft, and too close to the side yard setback (5-ft), the minimum is 20-ft, in the C-1 zoning district. Case Number V-23-2007 Roger Turner. Location: 15865 Woodlawn Beach, in Section 31 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 21.2ftx27-ft & 6x17.6-ft addition onto an existing home that is too close to the side yard setback (1.67-ft), the minimum is 13-ft, in the RL-1 zoning district. Case Number V-24-2007 J Wayne Goss (owner); William Mosher (applicant). Location: Huff Rd., in Section 32 of Assyria Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to create a parcel with less road frontage than required (158.09-ft), the minimum is 220 ft, in the AR zoning district. Meeting Date: October 9, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 7751246 Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk 2008 MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL: Sign up now for next year. Play the rest of this year FREE! The Most Beautiful 9 Holes in Barry County! Only 10 Minutes from Gun Lake & 4 Minutes from Hastings 4460 Gun Lake Road • 948-8366 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott N. Daining and Jayne Daining, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Instrument Number 1119449, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Forty-Six and 92/100 Dollars ($148,046.92) including interest at 11.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 484 feet of the South 270 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. Subject to an easement over the Easterly 33 feet and the Southerly 33 feet for public highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 402.0589 77516232 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert L Robinson, Jr and Sandra L Robinson, husband and Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 12, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166196, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($121,245.38), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 60 acres of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 lying East of Highway M-66 being in Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #162145F01 77516167 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Richard H. Edwards JR., a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2004, and recorded on July 8, 2004, as Document Number: 1130557, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-R8, Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of August 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty One Thousand Three Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and 77/100 ($61,366.77) including interest at the rate of 11.550% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the South 1/4 post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, thence West along the South line of said Section 9, a distance of 220.00 feet; thence North parallel with the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 9, a distance of 198.00 feet; thence East parallel with said South Section line 220.00 feet to said North and South 1/4 line; thence South 198.00 feet to the point of beginning. 4622 Heath Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: August 30, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 (77515510) Our File No. 141.00597 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002, and recorded on January 10, 2002 in instrument 1072816, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven And 59/100 Dollars ($46,947.59), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 20 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except the East 96 feet thereof and except the West 78 feet thereof, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161725F01 77516107 MORTGAGE SALE *THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: THE SALE MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE FORECLOSING MORTGAGEE. IN THAT EVENT, YOUR DAMAGES, IF ANY, WILL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE RETURN OF THE BID AMOUNT TENDERED AT SALE PLUS INTEREST. Default having occurred of a certain Mortgage made by FRANK W. URIAS and PAULA J. URIAS, husband and wife, to Macatawa Bank Mortgage Company of 10763 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on June 19, 2006 in Instrument No. 1166179, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of $93,040.41 and an attorneys fee as provided for in said Mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the money as secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof and the entire sum claimed due is, as of the date hereof, fully due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on OCTOBER 18, 2007at 1:00 p.m., local time, the undersigned will, immediately inside the east door of the Courthouse located at 220 West 8th Street, Hastings, Michigan, (that being the place for the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the premises described in said Mortgage for so much thereof which may be necessary to pay the amount due on said Mortgage, with interest at the rate of $16.53 per day and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, together with said attorneys fee, and also any sum or sums which may be paid and are by Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises, which premises are situated in the County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as following, to-wit: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. commonly known as: 704 E. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed except in the event the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA §600.3241(a), in which case the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. Date: September 10, 2007 MACATAWA BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, MORTGAGEE BY: RHOADES LAW OFFICE PC Peter D. Rhoades, Esq. P O Box 2271 Holland MI 49422 77516068 616-355-7318 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002 and recorded January 10, 2002 in Instrument Number 1072814, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Thirty and 17/100 Dollars ($58,430.17) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 11, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 2 and 3 of Block 20, lying West of Fall Creek, except the West 78 feet of said Lots, being in the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly the Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1877 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joseph W Stambolija, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Eighty-Three And 55/100 Dollars ($376,083.55), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 1, Sunrise Shores, a condominium according to the Master Deed and recorded as Document No. 1041594, Barry County Records, and all amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 16, together with rights In general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516074 File #161604F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($263,112.65), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Lying North of the Consumer right of way. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149909F01 77516059 77516089 SEPT 20, 21, 22 9 TO 5 Barry County Fairg rounds Hastings, MI Spaces Available 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 2129 Lower Lake Rd. Hastings, MI 01546755 Directions: from M-43 east on Coats Grove to Lower Lake Rd. From M-66 W. on Coats Grove to Lower Lake Rd. This will be a large sale with lots of antiques, glassware, toys, jewelry, post cards, prints, linens, old paper, furniture, coins, 12 long guns, lots of smalls. To many items to list. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 Congratulations to Ron and Connie Witzel Celebrating 45 years of marriage September 15th. Wishing you continued blessings, health, and happiness! FREE Admission 989-874-4774 or 810-639-5388 Log Home on 19 acres 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen, living and dining rooms. Front porch, back deck. Has woods, fields & pond. Private yet close to town For an appointment to view Your loving children and grandchildren. 02678823 Sponsored by Poormans Promotion. 77516160 Estate of H. Hatherly Leslie Mi E.S. Kesling P.R. Call Eric for any details 1-269-948-2307 after 6pm September 29 • 10am - 5pm • Professional, Personal & Economical Business Accounting, Planning and Consulting Services NEW Clients Welcome 77516172 Call 269-948-2339 See ForSaleByOwner.com #21137708 77516248 ESTATE SALE K.A. Mueller Accounting Craft Show Coming!!! NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-14-2007 Raymond Wengerd Location: 8705 S. Broadway, in Section 29 of Baltimore Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a sawmill, in the A zoning district. Case Number SP-15-2007 Steve & Carrie Hopkins. Location: 538 E Casgrove, in Section 1 of Maple Grove Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a daycare, in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-16-2007 James Gielarowski. Location: M-43 Hwy., in Section 21 of Carlton Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a contractors yard (wood drying kiln), in the A zoning district. MEETING DATE: October 8, 2007. TIME: 7:00 p.m. PLACE: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.), Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contract the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie S. Smith, Barry County Clerk 77516189 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jamie J. Schaecher and Amber Schaecher, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage-MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated March 3, 2004 and recorded March 9, 2004 in Instrument Number 1123362, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine and 69/100 Dollars ($111,879.69) including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on SEPTEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 55 Middleville Downs Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: August 30, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 200.1588 (77515516) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gabriel J. VanHorn and Susan E. VanHorn, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 17, 2005, and recorded on March 22, 2005 in instrument 1143015, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One And 13/100 Dollars ($98,921.13), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on September 27, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 91 and the East 27 feet of Lot 92 of the Hastings Heights Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 41. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: August 30, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #159289F01 77515707 �Page 13 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Circle Theatre Presents: “Pippin” at the Aquinas College Performing Arts Center. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pm with a 5 pm Sunday matinee. Admission is $22. This hip, tonguein-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale about Pippin, the young prince who longed to discover the secret of true happiness and fulfillment captivated Broadway audiences and continues to appeal to the young at heart everywhere. For more information call (616) 456-6656 or visit www.circletheatre.org. Through September 22. • Civic Theatre presents: Dreamgirls at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Hours are Wednesday 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm matinee. Ticket prices range from $14-$30. This award-winning fabulous musical comes to the Civic stage to kick off our 2007-08 season in style. Enjoy some of Motown's greatest music from the sixties and seventies, combined with great dancing and the behind-the-scenes drama of Motown's phenomenal impact on America's music culture. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. September 1329. • Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. September 25-30. MISCELLANEOUS • Freeport Fun Day will feature historical exhibits, games and activities, arts and crafts, car show, and more. September 22. • Women in the Outdoors will be presented by the Turkeyville Toms Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation event from 8 am to 5 pm at Centerline Gun Club, 23100 13 Mile Road in Bellevue. This event gives women from all walks of life the chance to experience outdoors activities and to develop a greater understanding of wildlife • If you’re like the average American, you are exposed to 237 ads — in newspapers and magazines, on television and radio and billboards — every single day. • Those flying discs you see people tossing around in parks on sunny summer days are, of course, Frisbees — but did you ever stop to wonder where that decidedly odd name came from? In the 1920s, the Frisbie Baking Company sold pies to many colleges in New England. After the pies were consumed, students realized that the empty pie tins soared beautifully when they were tossed. The craze spread, and a variety of companies began manufacturing discs specifically for the new sport. Eventually, Wham-O was looking for a catchy name to use in marketing, and it trademarked the name Frisbee as a tribute to the baking company that started it all. • It was Bertrand Russell, a Welsh philosopher, mathematician, pacifist and Nobel prizewinner (how’s that for a career description?), who made the following sage observation: “No one gossips about other people’s secret conservation, as well as meeting others who share their enthusiasm. Course offered at this event include a Gun Safety class for all attendees, trap and skeet shooting, sporting clays, archery, turkey hunting, rock wall climbing, Dutch oven cooking, handgun handling, self defense, orienteering, feather crafting and how to make a bat house are available. The cost of attending this event is $50. Register by September 11 and get a $5 Early Bird discount. Bring a friend and get 2 for $80. To register contact Angie Gresley at angie_gresley@yahoo.com or call Ronda Giese at 269-968-0066. Saturday, September 22. • Eastown Street Fair takes place from 9 am-10 pm on Wealthy Street in the heart of Eastown in East Grand Rapids. Admission is free. A party for all ages with musical entertainment by local bands, hands-on children’s activities, art booths, great food, and a beer tent. This year’s event will feature diverse musical offerings on two stages ranging from hip-hop to jazz, rhythm and blues to rock. A complete schedule will be published soon. Families will want to check out the expanded children’s activities in the designated children’s area. For more information call (616) 454-1082 or visit www.eastowngr.com. September 22. • Fifth Annual Southwest Community Harvest Day is a celebration of local food, entertainment and crafts which brings together growers, restaurants, artisans, musicians and others. Harvest Fest takes place at Tiller International which is located just south of I-94 between Battle Crek and Kalamazoo at 10515 OP Avenue in Scotts. Event runs from 11:30 am-6:30 pm. Admission is $10 per carload, bicyclists are free. There will be hands-on family activities, fun and informative presentations on biodiesel, weaving, rop making, fermented foods and much more, even a survival camp. For more information, visit www.swmiharvestfest.org. Sunday, Sept. 23. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. virtues.” • The news service Reuters recently reported that an Australian couple, Pat and Sheena Wheaton, named their newborn son Superman. That may seem odd, but it was actually their second choice for a name; they wanted to call him 4Real, but the government registry rejected the name because it contained a numeral. • According to CTIA, the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, 79 percent of U.S. residents own at least one cell phone. • The inventor of television, Philo T. Farnsworth, came up with the idea in 1921, when he was just 15 years old. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” — Albert Einstein © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE SEPTEMBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 20 Hastings Farmers’ Market 10 am6 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park N. Broadway at Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 21 Middleville Farmers’ Market 7am-2pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts. Village Parking Lot--100 E. Main St. Village of Middleville (269) 795-3385 22 Freeport Fun Day Village of Freeport Car show, parade, bale rolling, crafters, kids games Downtown Freeport Judy Jackson (616) 765-3100 22 Hastings Farmers’ Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. N. Broadway at Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 22 MI International Horse Assoc.* Barry Expo Center 1350 N. M-37 Hwy Barry Expo Center (269) 945-2224 25 Hastings Farmers’ Market 8am1pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park. N. Broadway at Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 26 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6pm-9pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. 6865 Hickory Rd. (269) 671-5089 27 Hastings Farmers’ Market 10am6pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park N. Broadway at Tyden Park April Nicholson (616) 765-3677 28 Middleville Farmers’ Market 7am-2pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts. Village Parking Lot--100 E. Main St. Village of Middleville (269) 795-3385 Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Actors' at Spectrum Theater Presents: Seven Passages at Spectrum Theatre September 27-October 6. Hours are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm. Admission is $22. Special offer on Thursdays: The first ticket is full price and the second ticket is $10. Based on the research of Stephanie Sandberg, this theatre piece tells of the daily struggles faced by those who attempt to maintain a relationship with their religious communities while striving to live authentic lives as gay and lesbian people. For more information call (616) 234-3947 or visit www.actorsatspectrum.org. Cuban Salsa Festival at San Chez A Tapas Bistro and Mezze Cafe & Cabaret in downtown Grand Rapids September 28 from 7 pm1 am on the new third floor. Admission is $35 and includes a five course authentic Cuban dinner and entertainment. $15.00 for entertainment only after 9 pm. Mezze Café’s Cuban Salsa Festival for a second time this year. Eleven-piece live Cuban salsa band “Ritmo” Also featuring Cecilia Cofino and Sergio Kurquis leading the dancing with Cuban salsa, merengues, bachata, regeton and more. For more information call (616) 7748272 or visit www.sanchezbistro.com. Lumber Jack Show will be held at Charlton Park Saturday & Sunday, September 29-30. "It’s Cider Time” Festivals return this fall to Historic Bowens Mills. September 29th & 30 will feature the Steam & Gasoline Engine Show co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines, and farm machinery. There will be also be special events including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 7957530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. 39th Annual Fallasburg Fall Festival at Fallasburg Park September 29 & 30. Hours are Saturday and Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Admission is free. West Michigan's Favorite Fall 'Arts Event' sponsored by Lowell Area Arts Council. The Festival offers an appealing combination of juried fine arts, traditional craft demonstrations, musical entertainment and food, all in a historical park setting. For more information call (616) 897-8545 or visit www.lowellartscouncil.org. The World of Edward Elgar will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Sept. 30 at 3 pm in the Light Fine Arts Center at Kalamazoo College. Call 1-800228-9858 for tickets. Historic Bowens Mills Mountain Men Encampment & Colonial Fiber Weekend is part of the annual "It’s Cider Time” series of fall weekend festival at Historic Bowens Mills October 6th & 7th. Co-sponsored by the Fork River Free Trappers with a mountain men & trapper living history encampment. Colonial costumed craftsmen demonstrating and selling their works, Old fashion barnyard pull Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm, horse drawn wagon rides, fleece spinning demonstrations both days. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 795-7530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more info. This week’s selection: Critic’s Corner The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 79 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 If you were between the ages of 12 and 25 in the early 1980s, you probably spent hundreds of hours — and quarters — in arcades playing video games. One of the most difficult and frustrating of all arcade games of that era was “Donkey Kong.” The game was so hard to master that, in my town, if you could get to the third screen you were considered a god. To read about guys who’d beat the game and made it all the way to the Kill Screen seemed like a feat that could only be accomplished via a pact with Beelzebub himself. In fact, if you know what a Kill Screen is, then you will love “The King of Kong.” This documentary is right up your alley. If you’ve never played an arcade game and really have no interest in the subculture of classic gamers, then this film may still entertain you in parts, but it just won’t be the great cinematic experience you were hoping for. The film revolves around two men vying for the world-record score for “Donkey Kong.” The first guy is Billy Mitchell, an obnoxious, self-absorbed jackass with a feathered mullet who has held the record for 25 years. In other words, a loser in his 40s who is still trying to hang on to a minor achievement from his teens. The second guy is Steve Weibe, a middleschool science teacher, family man and allround nice guy who takes up the challenge on a whim to see if it’s possible to break the score. What Weibe doesn’t realize is that there is a small cottage industry built around Mitchell’s 25-year-old success, and a lot of get-a-lifers who’d rather Weibe didn’t attempt to break the record. Director Seth Gordon does a great job of shedding light on this goofy and obsessive subculture; and he especially does great work in keeping the tone lighthearted and not so serious. The only problem I had with the film was that there are a few too many scenes that are padded out. At 79 minutes, “Kong” would’ve been a much better film if it had been trimmed to about an hour. GRADE: A- if you’re a nerd; C+ for Just Plain Folks © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Mr. Bean’s Holiday Running time: 90 minutes MPAA rating: G I am a huge fan of Rowan Atkinson’s television work. His “Blackadder” series ranks as one of the most original and funny television shows of all time. “Mr. Bean” is also one of my all-time favorite shows. In “Bean,” Atkinson has created a truly international comedy icon: a mostly-silent, petulant 6-year-old kid trapped in the body of an adult. Many critics have compared Bean to Jacques Tati’s Monsieur Hulot, but I disagree. Sure, both characters rarely speak and the comedy is visual and often slapstick, but the similarities end there. Tati never went to the physical extremes for a gag as Atkinson has through the years. Bean is more Buster Keaton than Tati, in my opinion, and that in and of itself speaks volumes. Bean’s latest adventure (and second feature film) is a departure from the television persona we’re accustomed to. In “Mr. Bean’s Holiday,” Atkinson has made Bean a little softer, a little less naughty, and a lot more Kid Friendly. In the film, Bean has won an all-expensepaid holiday to Cannes, France in a church raffle. In addition, he’s given a video camera, which he uses with reckless abandon. Of course, being a Mr. Bean adventure, getting to Cannes isn’t as easy as it seems. Through a series of mishaps, Bean causes a man to miss his train to Cannes, leaving his son onboard alone. Bean decides to help the boy reunite with his father. Unfortunately, Bean is mistakenly accused of kidnapping the boy. Bean and the boy endure their fair share of Rowan Atkinson returns in the familyfriendly film, “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” mishaps on the road to Cannes, but they become good friends and are eventually aided by a beautiful French actress named Sabine (Emma De Caunes), who drives a Mini Cooper that is the spitting image of Bean’s. They make it to Cannes just in time for the film festival. A hilarious sequence involving a pretentious art film and Bean’s apprehension by the police ensues. I won’t spoil it for you. “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” is a fun little film for young people; and it has a few jokes for the older crowd. I’m not sure if I like Mr. Bean as a children’s film character, but the changes Atkinson has made to the bumbling Mr. Bean don’t detract so much from the original incarnation for it to be a distraction. That said, I think “Mr. Bean’s Holiday” is a decent enough matinee, or if you want to wait — a rental. GRADE: C+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 14 “Annie” returns to Miller Auditorium October 2-4 BORN THIS WEEK: You have a talent for being able to perceive possibilities where others see only problems. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your ideas earn you the respect of your colleagues. But you’ll have to present some hard facts and figures if you hope to persuade those who make the big decisions to support you. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep those bright Bull’s eyes focused on the project at hand. Avoid distractions. There’ll be lots of time for fun and games later. Expect to get welcome news this weekend. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You soon might have to decide about moving a relationship from its current status to another level. Don’t let anyone influence your decision. It must be yours and yours alone. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You finally can get off that emotional roller coaster and get back to focusing on your goals without interruptions through the rest of the week. A nice change is due by the weekend. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Trying to make an impression on some people runs into a bit of a snag at first, but it all works out. An old and almost forgotten personal matter once again needs attention. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A rise in your energy level helps you finish an especially demanding task. Take some time now to spend with family and friends before starting a new project. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) This is a good time to re-establish contact with trusted former associates who might be able to offer good advice regarding that career change you’ve been contemplating. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your resourcefulness combined with a calm, cool approach help you work your way out of a knotty situation and avoid a potentially serious misunderstanding. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A calm, quiet period allows you to recharge your energies. But you’ll soon be ready to saddle up and gallop off in pursuit of your goals. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Family matters need your attention. Check things out carefully. There might still be unresolved tensions that could hinder your efforts to repair damaged relationships. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) It’s a good time to take a stand and show as much passion on your own behalf as you do when arguing for the rights of others. You might be happily surprised by the reaction. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You bring sense and sensitivity to a confusing situation. Things soon settle down, leaving you free to enjoy a weekend of fun and relaxation with friends and family. Leapin’ Lizards! America’s most beloved musical, “Annie,” is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope. The timeless tale of Little Orphan “Annie” will be coming to Miller Auditorium, on the campus of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, October 2–4. “Annie” is an elating piece of family theater,” says the New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune says, “This is one of the best family musicals ever penned.” Miller Auditorium to kick off season with improved sound When Miller Auditorium kicks off its 2007-2008 season, it will unveil a new acoustic enhancement system, custom designed specifically for the auditorium by Yamaha. Shortly after the first of the year, acoustical engineers from Yamaha started visiting Miller, analyzing, designing and installing the components for this state-of-the-art system known as the Yamaha Active Field Control, or AFC. Final installation took place in July, while the auditorium was “dark” for the summer. Yamaha Engineers from Japan spent several weeks fine tuning the system to Miller’s performance space, ensuring the most precise acoustical quality possible. Nearly forty years ago, Miller was recognized for its fine acoustics from the first performance in 1968, however, with the changes in the types of shows programmed at Miller, including the number of Symphony performances, it became evident that the original acoustics needed upgrading. “Miller was designed around 1960 acoustic standards,” says Auditorium Director Elaine Williams. “The Yamaha AFC system advances Miller to the peak of 21st-century sound technology without the need to make expensive architectural changes to the building.” The Yamaha system does not change the acoustic structure of the hall; instead, it enhances and optimizes the building’s inherent acoustic properties. Through a sophisticated, complex analysis of the hall, the program adjusts the sound an audience hears to compensate for conditions that cause dead spots, spots that are too “live,” echoes, unwanted reverberations and more. With the assistance of the AFC system, Miller Auditorium can be “tuned” to exhibit ideal acoustic properties which are suitable for everything from Broadway to Rock to Symphonies. Audiences aren’t the only ones to benefit. Musicians and other performers appreciate the Yamaha AFC system because it helps deliver nuances of sound to them while performing, allowing both the performer and the audience to hear exactly what composer’s intended them to hear. “This new acoustical enhancement is especially suited to musical programs,” says Williams, “where listeners will hear a brighter, more ‘alive’ sound.” The first test to the new system came this summer at Western Michigan University’s Music Seminar’s final performance. When the University’s Director of Bands, Dr. Robert Spradling, arrived for dress rehearsal something different caught his attention. “A single flute player was already on stage warming up and I was struck immediately that there was a resonance in the auditorium that I had never heard before,” says Dr. Spradling. “This system does not amplify what the ensemble is doing but rather clarifies it by overcoming some of the natural acoustical handicaps of the building.” Audiences can hear the difference for themselves throughout Miller Auditorium’s upcoming full season of performances. For more information on shows coming to Miller, visit www.millerauditorium.com. Funding for the new AFC system was provided, in part, by the Gilmore Foundation. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Kentucky? 2. GAMES: What was the name of the victim in the board game “Clue”? 3. BUSINESS: Which fast-food restaurant chain once had a motto “We do it all for you”? 4. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Cousin Bette”? 5. MATH: What is another name for integers? 6. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “ecce homo” mean? 7. MOVIES: Ingrid Bergman won her first Oscar for her role in which movie? 8. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek myth, what kind of creature was the Echidna? 9. ART: Which Renaissance artist was often called “Il Divino,” the divine one? 10. HISTORY: Who introduced the “Reign of Terror” during the French Revolution? Answers 1. Frankfort 2. Mr. Boddy 3. McDonald’s 4. Honoré de Balzac 5. Whole numbers 6. Behold the man 7. “Gaslight” 8. Half woman, half snake 9. Michelangelo 10. Robespierre © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. “Annie,” with music by Charles Strouse and book by Thomas Meehan, is again directed by its lyricist, Martin Charnin, who brought the original production of “Annie” to Broadway in 1977. The original Broadway production of “Annie” won seven 1977 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Book and Score. It ran for 2,377 performances, and has subsequently been produced all over the world. The original production is one of the top 20 longest running shows in Broadway history, and “Annie” continues to be one of the most successful musicals ever. Boasting one of Broadway’s most memorable scores, including “It’s the Hard-Knock Life,” “Easy Street,” “N.Y.C.” and the ever optimistic “Tomorrow,” you can bet your bottom dollar that “Annie” will bring a smile to your face. In addition to Charnin, Meehan and Strouse, Annie’s creative team includes original Broadway musical staging by Peter Gennaro, choreography by Liza Gennaro, lighting design by Ken Billington, costume design by Theoni Aldridge and sound design by Peter Hylenski. “Annie” is being produced by Networks Presentations, LLC. For more information visit millerauditorium.com or annieontour.com. Tickets will be available starting Friday, August 17 by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office. Ticket prices range from $25-50. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 3872312 for special discounts. Super Crossword Solution �Page 15 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Sheriff’s Department investigating rash of break-ins The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a series of break-ins in Thornapple Township Sept. 17. The first victim reported her wallet missing from her vehicle. She discovered the theft when she went to her car, which was parked in her unlocked garage. She found the contents of her purse scattered in the vehicle and her wallet missing. The purse contained a debit card, credit cards, her social security card and driver’s license. Her wallet was later found by the victim of a similar break- in, which occurred in the same relative vicinity. In the second reported break-in, the victim said his vehicle was also parked in a garage. He reported the theft of his wallet, a palm pilot, credit cards and an insurance card. In the third similar incident, deputies reported a third vehicle was broken into with a bank card and a dental card missing. Deputies are continuing to investigate all three thefts, but to date no suspects have been identified. Woman reports cash stolen from vehicle Sheriff’s deputies are also investigating a theft in Castleton Township in which a woman reported she had cashed her husband’s payroll check before picking her daughter up from school. When they arrived home, she left her purse and the envelope containing the cash from her husband’s payroll check on the rear seat of the vehicle. The next morning, after her husband asked her for money, she went to the vehicle and discovered her purse had been ransacked and the envelope containing her husband’s payroll money empty except for some loose change. In addition to the money in the pay envelope, the woman reported her wallet, a debit card, credit cards, her Social Security Card and drivers’ license missing. She also reported her husband’s truck had been broken into and ransacked. Thieves, in addition to going through the truck’s cab, broke into a tool box he kept in the truck. This incident also remains open and under investigation. Sheriff investigating report of child abuse The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report of child abuse in Orangeville Township. The initial report involves a seven year old child. The investigation remains open at this time. Victim of scam reports marijuana sighting Sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence in Castleton Township when a witness reported he had called a man, who represented himself as a mortgage broker and was trying to help the man sell his house. The witness said he had tried to reach the man, but was informed the number had been disconnected. When he went to that location, he discovered the man no longer lived there and saw what he believed to be marijuana growing under a deck of the home. He called the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and subsequent investigation revealed the man had a past history in Texas, Florida, Kentucky and Georgia. While the investigation remains open, authorities believe the man may have left the state. Drivers warned to use caution as deer season approaches Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf is warning motorists that this is the time of year when deer are moving more than ever. “The number of incidents involving car/vehicle accidents did not drop appreciably during the summer, as we might have expected,” said Undersheriff Bob Baker. “We want people to be aware that we are getting into that time of year when the deer will be moving much more. We want to urge motorists to use caution, especially when driving at night.” Police Police recover two pieces of property Trooper Brian Roderick, of the Michigan State Police Hastings Post, has reported the recovery of two pieces of property. “We have recovered a BMX bicycle located near a cemetery in the northeast section of the county,” Roderick said. “Anyone who wishes to claim the bike, should contact me at 948-8283 and identify it.” The second item recovered was a black handset to a cordless GE phone. It was located on Ravine Road in Thornapple Township. Anyone with information or who wants to claim the item is asked to contact Roderick at 948-8283. State Police seek information on gas thief Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Help Wanted For Sale Automotive $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free gift. 800-5510172. Ind/Rep. HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. 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Email resume to mikep@baypointeinn.com Farm ALFALFA HAY: small squares, fresh rabbit, farm fresh eggs, Cobb corn, potatoes & tomatoes. Schaefer Shack Farms. (269)818-7555 E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 Community Notices FALL TREE AND BULB SALE: Bare root seedling and transplant trees and a variety of spring flowering bulbs available. Order by Sept. 21 at Barry Conservation District, 1611 S. Hanover, Hastings (Secretary of State building). (269)9488056 ext. 3 www.barrycd.org. Recreation ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 HUGE ESTATE SALE: furniture, antiques & household. September 20-21-22, 9am-6pm, 7155 W. 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Woodard was ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy and substance abuse counseling while in jail and attend Drug Court upon his release. d News Editor Rocking Seats • Kendra Ann Shannon, 24, of Hastings, appeared before Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher on Sept. 13 to answer charges of her conviction of probation violation on two separate cases. In one case, Shannon was convicted in 2005 for larceny under $200 and sentenced to serve 93 days in jail and 12 months probation. In a separate case, she was convicted in 2006 of larceny of between $200 and $1,000 and sentenced to serve 24 months probation. She was sentenced to serve four months in jail and to continue on probation in May, 2007. Shannon was also order to pay restitution of $6,078.91 and court costs of $250. At this court appearance, Shannon was unsuccessfully discharged from probation. 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Sandnes led the Delton Kellogg girls in each of their first two Kalamazoo Valley Association jamborees of the season, and her help was enough to get the Panthers on the heels of the Kalamazoo Christian Comets. One more runner in the top ten wouldn’t quite be enough to put the Panther boys’ on the heels of Hackett Catholic Central, who dominated the first two jamborees, although it would help. The Panthers were second to the Comet girls in the league at Maple Valley High School on Tuesday afternoon, at third last Wednesday behind the Comets and Olivet Eagles last Wednesday at the Gilmore Car Museum. Delton Kellogg had three runners finish in the top ten in both races, Sandnes, Mandy Dye, and Rachael Williams. Tuesday, Sandnes was fourth overall in 21 minutes 48 seconds. Dye sixth in 22:05, and Williams ninth in 22:17. The Panthers finished with just 70 points, only three points behind the champion Comets. Kalamazoo Christian had just 67 points, led by individual champion Kristine Clay, who finished in 20:36. Parchment’s Leila Bouabdellaoi was the only other girl to break 21 minutes Tuesday, finishing in 20:39. Hackett Catholic Central was third with 81 points, followed by Olivet 97, Parchment 111, Maple Valley 121, Pennfield 144, and Galesburg-Augusta 186. Trailing the top three for Delton Kellogg, Taylor Hennessey was 23rd in 24:20 and Lauren Knollenberg 28th in 24:34. Maple Valley was led by Kaytlin Furlong with a 19th-place time of 23:51. Behind her for the Lions, Randi Vinson was 2st in 23:58, Erin Shoemaker 25th in 24:26, Lauren Trumble 27th in 24:30, and Kayla Shaw 29th in 24:41. Last Wednesday at Gilmore, Kalamazoo Christian’s girls finished with 64 points, followed by Olivet 69, Delton Kellogg 70, Hackett Catholic Central 72, Maple Valley 120, Pennfield 173, Galesburg-Augusta 207, and Parchment NTS. Olivet jumped ahead of the Panthers at the first league jamboree thanks to fine performances from Milie Funk-Harpstead, who was third overall in 20:49, and Katie Barkley who was fourth in 21:06. Barkley was eighth and Funk-Harpstead 14th when the league got together again at Maple Valley. Clay once again was the top runner, at Gilmore, crossing the finish line with a time of 20:21. Bouabdellaoi was second in 20:40. Sandnes led Delton Kellogg with a sixthplace time of 21:24. Dye was seventh in 21:37, and Williams eighth in 21:48. Hennessey was 21st overall for Delton Kellogg in 23:08, and Lauren Knollenberg 29th in 24:14. Furlong again led Maple Valley, placing 16th in 22:44. She was followed by Vinson (23rd in 23:13), Trumble (26th, 23:34), Shaw (27th, 23:36), and Shoemaker (28th, 24:03). The lowest place a Hackett Catholic Central boy has contributed to a team score through two jamborees is eight points. That came from Peter Robinson who was eighth last Wednesday, the fifth Fighting Irish runner to finish. The Irish have had six of the top ten runners in each league jamboree. That helped the team to finish with just 22 points at the Gilmore Car Museum. Delton Kellogg was second with 81 points, followed by Maple Valley 96, Parchment 117, Kalamazoo Christian 123, Pennfield 176, and Olivet NTS. Hackett’s Michael O’Brien was the top runner on the day, hitting the finish line in 17:10. Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey was Delton Kellogg’s Michael DeWaters (left) keeps a step in front of Maple Valley’s Adam Cook during Tuesday afternoon’s KVA jamboree at Maple Valley Jr/Sr High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Delton Kellogg’s Shawn Schut (left) and Renee McConahay (center) try and chase down Pennfield’s Amanda Jacobs before the finish line at Maple Valley on Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxon Sports Shorts JV Football The Saxon junior varsity football team improved its record to 4-0 with a 49-33 victory over Hamilton last Thursday. The Saxons started out strong, jumping to an early 27-7 lead. That lead was cut to 27-21 at half-time. The Saxons then pulled away in the second half by scoring three touchdowns early in the third quarter. Scoring touchdowns for the Saxons were Chase Delcotto, Luke Hubbell, Gage Pederson, and Jason Eackley. Matt Schild converted on three extra point attempts. Jon Gieseler, Caz Mix and Dustin Glaser led the Saxon defense. JV Girls’ Golf The Saxon junior varsity girls’ golf team ran its record to 6-0 with a 259 to 261 victory over South Christian on Monday afternoon. Stephanie Glass led Hastings with a 55. Dena Letot added a 65, Megan DelCotto 67, and Kacy Anderson 72. The Saxon girls also picked up a win last Wednesday at Yankee Springs Golf Course, topping Thornapple Kellogg 238 to 251. Glass, Chelsea Snyder, and Taylor Hammond each shot a 58 to lead the Saxons. DelCotto added a 64. Alexa Tyson and Letot also had fine rounds for Hastings. JV Volleyball Hastings junior varsity girls’ volleyball team won its own Hastings Invitational on Saturday. The Saxons defeated Lowell for the championship 25-18, 28-26. In the semifinals the Saxons faced Delton Kellogg and scored a 25-20, 25-14 victory. The Panthers and Saxons had split their two games in pool play, marking the only game the Saxons dropped all day. Sarah Frame had a big day for Hastings. She finished with 16 aces, 26 kills and four blocks. Steph Warren had 11 digs. Sam Watson had 43 assists. Sydney Blough also chipped in four blocks. The team is now 15-2-1 overall on the season. It was the Saxons’ second tournament win of the season. They also took the championship at the Bellevue Invitational (Aug. 25). There they knocked off Concord in the championship game 25-17, 25-12. Kayla Vogel, now on varsity, had 21 kills over the course of the tournament for the Saxons. Krystal Pratt had 20 aces and 23 assists. Warren had 21 digs. Beth Sams contributed six blocks. The Saxon junior varsity girls’ volleyball team celebrates its championship at Saturday’s Hastings Invitational. Team members are (front from left) Gabby Eaton, Sydney Blough, Nicole Gardner, Sam Watson, Steph Warren, (back) Amelia Travis, Alli Danis, Sarah Frame, coach Kelsey Howell, Beth Sams, and Krystal Pratt. Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey placed fourth overall at Tuesday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association jamboree. (Photo by Perry Hardin) the sixth and final runner to break the 18minute barrier on the day, finishing in 17:45. Nick Rendon was tenth for Delton Kellogg in 18:20 followed by teammates Michael DeWaters (20th, 19:51), Mark Loveland (22nd, 20:02), and Josh Marzic (23rd, 20:06). Joe Benedict paced Maple Valley with a 13th-place time of 18:44. Matt Hamilton was next for the Lions, 15th in 18:51. Also scoring for Maple Valley were Adam Cook (17th, 19:39), Kaleb Root (21st, 20:00), and Josh Perkins (30th, 20:24). The team standings were the same on Tuesday when the league got together again at Maple Valley. Hackett Catholic Central shaved a point, finishing with just 21 points for the title. Delton Kellogg was second with 67 points, followed by Maple Valley 90, Parchment 95, Kalamazoo Christian 106, Olivet 149, and Pennfield NTS. Andrew Breyer caught teammate O’Brien for the championship this time individually. Breyer finished in 17:21 and O’Brien in 17:22. Delton Kellogg’s first finisher, Morgan Hennessey, was fourth in 17:47, just a second behind Parchment’s Stewart Crowell for third place. Behind Hennessey for the Panthers, Rendon was eighth in 18:31, Loveland 16th in 19:30, Marzic 20th in 19:56, and DeWaters 22nd in 20:04. Benedict again led the Lions, placing 13th in 19:14. Hamilton was 15th in 19:38, Perkins 19th in 19:55, Cook 21st in 19:57, and Root 31st in 21:07. The league takes a break now until Oct. 2, when the Panthers host the conference at the Gilmore Car Museum. TK-Hastings still hasn’t been beaten Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ varsity girls’ swimming and diving team is still undefeated on the season. That includes duals and tournaments. The Trojans won their own Thornapple KelloggHastings Relays on Saturday, finishing more than 100 points ahead of second-place Wayland. The Trojans finished with 346 points, Wayland with 242, and Spring Lake with 180. Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings swimmers won nine of the ten events on the day. Things started well for the Trojans, as the team of Audrey Hoag, Emily Mattoon, Natalie VanDenack and Mindy Warner took one of the traditional events, the 200-yard medley relay, with a time of 2 minutes 1.73 seconds. That was followed by Katie Romanak, Terra Nassif, Mandy Buehler, and Alecia Strumberger winning the 800-yard freestyle relay in 9:33.01. The Wayland girls took the championship in the 400-yard medley individual relay, but after that it was all Trojans. Kelly Frame and Kyleigh Sheldon combined to win the diving competition for TKHastings with a score of 194.40. Buehler, Chanda Archambeau, Danielle Rosenberg and VanDenack took the 200-yard butterfly relay in 2:06.17. Archambeau, Warner, Nassif, and Romanak won the 500yard freestyle (50-100-150-200) relay in 5:35.78. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the team of Nassif, Romanak, Rosenberg and Warner won in 1:54.41. Strumberger, VanDenack, Michelle Howard, and Hoag combined to win the 200yard backstroke relay in 2:08.27. Alex deGoa, Patricia Garber, Tara Schoessel, and Mattoon took the 200-yard breaststroke relay in 2:27.68. TK-Hastings’ team of Strumberger, Elizabeth Chappelow, Romanak and Warner won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 4:06.49. The Trojans are 3-0 in duals after topping Unity Christian last Thursday 113-72. deGoa set a new team record for TKHastings in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:18.33. The event was one where the Trojans showed off their depth against the Crusaders. Mattoon was second in the event and Schoessel fourth. The Trojan girls really dominated the 100yard butterfly, taking the first three scoring spots. VanDenack won the race in 1:07.40, followed by Rosenberg and Buehler. TK-Hastings showed its depth right from the start. The team of Strumberger, Mattoon, Rosenberg and Warner won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:06.19, and the Trojan team of Hoag, deGoa, VanDenack, and Chappelow was second in 2:07.02. In the 200-yard individual medley, Hoag took first with a time of 2:39.61 and VanDenack was second in 2:39.97. The only events the Trojans didn’t dominate were the freestyle races, although they did outscore the Crusaders in a couple of the races despite not having the individual champ. Hoag did take the 500-yard freestyle for TK-Hastings, finishing in 6:10.72. The Trojans’ other victories came from Strumberger in the 100-yard backstroke (1:13.25) and Frame in the diving (177.75 points). Sheldon was just back of Frame in the diving competition, with a score of 175.85. TK-Hastings will host Wyoming United this Thursday, then swim in the GRCC Raider Invitational Saturday in Grand Rapids. Next Tuesday, the Trojans are home again to take on Calvin Christian. Munn Manufacturing wins Wednesday Night league The Munn Manufacturing Fastpitch Team won the Wednesday Night Freeport Fastpitch League Championship for 2007. Team members are (front from left) Rich Kunde, Bruce Case, Caleb Case, Tim Tape, Brian Bowman, (back) Scott Larsen, Justin Pratt, Josh Storm, Tim Larsen, Jared Osborn, and Matt Larsen. (Missing from photo are Adam Case and Nathan Swift) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 17 Vikings scored the county’s lone victory last week by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood was the only Barry County football team to escape week number four of the season with a win, and the Vikings needed a touchdown in the final seconds to do it. After an 0-3 start, things are looking up for the Vikings as they play host to Perry this Friday night. The Ramblers are 0-4 and are giving up more than 40 points per game so far this season. Lakewood still has its sights set on a Capital Area Activities Conference White Division championship. The only other Barry County team that can realistically keep its eye on a conference crown is Hastings. The Saxons suffered their first loss of the season, last Friday at Hamilton. The Saxons are 1-0 though in the O-K Gold Conference, and will host Byron Center this Friday night. Byron Center picked up the Wing-T offense a season ago, and the offense is starting to click for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs have scored more points than any other O-K Gold Conference team this season in building a 3-1 overall record. The Bulldogs have also given up more points than any team in the league other than winless Thornapple Kellogg and Forest Hills Northern. South Christian edged the Bulldogs in O-K Gold action last week, and the three teams Byron Center has beaten this season have a combined record of 1-11. One of those wins for the Bulldogs came against Thornapple Kellogg, which fell to 0-4 with a loss last week at Wayland. The Trojans Josh Snyder defends Lions quarterback Deven Meade from being sacked by the Panthers’ Jacob Kendall during Friday night’s game in Pennfield. (Photo by Art Frith) are home this week to take on the Forest Hills Central Rangers. Delton Kellogg makes the trip across Barry County to take on Maple Valley Friday night in Kalamazoo Valley Association action. The Panthers are still looking for their first league victory of the season. Both teams are 1-3 on the season. After a tough loss against Parchment last week, Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas said he is going to make some changes this week. Although one must wait ‘til Friday night to see what those changes are. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley 1-3 3-1 1-3 1-3 Middleville 0-4 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Hamilton 34, Hastings 12 The Saxons were victims of “Murphy’s Law” in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s non-conference contest at Hamilton. Everything that went wrong for the Saxons, was something going right for the Hawkeyes who scored a 34-12 victory with 28 points in the fourth quarter. “Everything that could go wrong did,” said Hastings head coach Fred Rademacher. “We fumbled a kick-off. They scored a touchdown off it. We ran an offensive play, we fumbled and they scored off it.” The game was tied 6-6 entering the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes jumped back in front on the second of three touchdown passes from quarterback David Ptacek. Ptacek connected with Bryan Zoet for a 48-yard score. Dakota Sale’s kick made it 13-7 in favor of the Hawkeyes. The Hawkeyes then added a TD on a 12yard run by Ptacek, to go ahead 20-7. Hastings fumbled the ensuing kick-off, and on the next play from scrimmage Ptacek connected with Alex Kronemeyer on a 24-yard TD pass. The Saxons then fumbled on their first offensive play when they got the ball back, and Kronemeyer returned it 20 yards for a score. Mason Trumbull tightened things up a bit on the scoreboard with a late 62-yard run for a score. The game had been tight for three quarters. Hamilton took a 6-0 lead on a 16-yard pass from Ptacek in the second quarter. Hastings then tied things up in the third on a four-yard scoring run from Darrell Slaughter. “Offensively we struggled all night long,” Rademacher said, “but defensively, really we played a solid football game.” Josh Morehouse from his defensive end position and linebacker Garrett Harris led the Saxon defense for the night. Slaughter led the Saxon rushing attack with 16 carries for 76 yards on the night. The Saxons managed just 136 yards on the ground total, in 36 rushing attempts. Hamilton piled up 216 yards on 45 carries, led by Reuben Salinas’s 16 carries for 69 yards. “We just didn’t execute, and are they tough. They were more physical than us,” Rademacher said. That’s the first time this season he’s been able to say that after a game. Parchment 24, Delton Kellogg 21 One got away from the Delton Kellogg Panthers against Parchment on Friday night. Delton Kellogg quarterback Brian Diaz was intercepted twice. Parchment returned the first one to gain a 12-0 lead in the opening quarter. The last interception sealed Parchment’s 24-21 victory in the fourth. “We played a good ball game,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. “We were in it right to the end, and just didn’t make as many plays as they did.” Parchment’s running back tandem of DeOntate Phillips and Danny Houser made just enough plays for the visitors to earn a Kalamazoo Valley Association victory. Phillips rushed 20 times for 104 yards, while Houser carried the ball 20 times for 109 yards. Houser scored the first touchdown of the game, on a six-yard run in the opening quarter. The Panthers then took a 12-0 lead on the 20-yard interception return by Kevin McAfee. Delton Kellogg did come back, and take the lead for a bit. Kirk Wolschleger got Delton Kellogg on the scoreboard with a 12-yard run in the opening quarter. Steven Scoby added the extrapoint, one of three he converted on the night. Parchment was unsuccessful in all four of its point-after attempts. Wolschleger then plunged into the end zone from a yard out in the third quarter, and Delton Kellogg quarterback Brian Diaz directs traffic as he looks for room to run around the left side of the Parchment defense on Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Scoby’s kick put Delton in front 14-12. That lead didn’t last long. Parchment marched down the field and scored on a oneyard run by quarterback Seth DeHaan to get back in front. Parchment then added an insurance touchdown on a three-yard pass from DeHaan to Matt Machinski in the fourth quarter. Scoby ran into the end zone from six yards out for Delton Kellogg’s final tally in the fourth quarter. The Delton Kellogg defense came up big after Scoby’s TD run, getting the ball back for the offense. The Panthers then moved the ball to near midfield, before Diaz was intercepted in the final minute. Delton Kellogg had a tough time moving the football all night. Scoby led the running game with 44 yards on ten carries. Wolschleger rushed 13 times for 31 yards. Haas said that Parchment did a good job of taking away Delton’s up the middle running game, forcing the Panthers to try and get yards by going around the ends. Diaz completed 3-of-12 pass attempts for 56 yards. Brennan Smith led the Delton Kellogg defense with 15 tackles. Lakewood 21, Corunna 14 Levi Phelps is a good kicker, but his teammates decided that a trio of extra-point kicks were enough to put to his foot Friday night. Lakewood varsity head coach Bob Veitch felt good about his team’s chances heading into overtime. Corunna scored on a nine-yard pass with 1:12 left in the fourth quarter, and converted on the ensuing two-point conversion try, to tie their Capital Area Activities Conference White Division showdown with Lakewood at 14 points each. Veitch thought that if the defense held up in overtime, the Vikings had a strong advantage with their kicking game as the teams would go back and forth taking turns on offense for as long as it took to decide things. “A couple of them made the comment on the field that we don’t want overtime. We want to win it,” said Veitch. That’s just what they did. Lakewood scored its first victory of the 2007 football season on a four-yard touchdown run by Markus Gonzales with 56 seconds left at Corunna. That 21-14 victory coupled with Williamston’s 29-0 victory over Lansing Catholic Friday night gives the Vikings new life in the league race. Lakewood is now 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the CAAC. They host Perry this coming Friday, then host Williamston the following week for homecoming. Their destiny is once again in their own hands. Portland topped Perry 39-0 in the other CAAC-White game played Friday night. Lakewood took over after Corunna’s game tying touchdown in the fourth quarter and promptly got a 60-yard run from Zach Porter that put the ball on the Cavaliers four-yardline. Porter finished with seven carries for 74 yards. Kurtis Powell led the Viking rushing attack with 19 carries for 81 yards. Peter Wernet added eight carries for 57 yards. In all, the Vikings gained 271 yards on the ground, and got 33 passing yards from quarterback Jesse Martin. Martin got the scoring started. He connected with Justin Keller on a 19-yard TD pitch and catch with 7:56 remaining in the first half. Phelps added the extra-point kick, just as he did following all three Lakewood touchdowns. With 49 seconds left before the half Corunna’s tailback tied the game on a twoyard touchdown plunge. The Cavaliers went for two, and came up short, so the Vikings carried a 7-6 lead into the half. Gonzales put the Vikings back in front with 4:05 left in the game, on a five-yard touchdown run. The Vikings felt good at that point, but not too good. “That’s our old song and dance,” said Veitch. “We get so close and have it taken away in the final minutes.” Not this time though. Lakewood was confident all night long. Veitch noticed that confidence and gambled a little bit more than normal. He let offense decide things a couple times, leaving it out on the field in fourth-andshort situations. A fourth down conversion helped the Vikings finish their first scoring drive. Their motto coming into the game was “finish”. That’s just what they did. Trent Ohren and Wade O’Mara had big sacks for the Vikings over the course of the night. Cody Orszula and Keller both had ten tackles to lead the Lakewood defense, and Logan Lake added nine. Pennfield 33, Maple Valley 16 by Jon Gamee Staff Writer William Hampton rushed for 134 yards, only one less than the entire Maple Valley team, and scored four touchdowns as Battle Creek Pennfield handed the Lions their third loss in four games 33-16. Hampton scored on runs of 66, 4, 2, and 4 yards. The final Panther touchdown was scored on an 11-yard keeper by quarterback Josh Baggerly. Maple Valley scored on a seven-yard pass from Deven Meade to Kyle Fisher in the closing seconds of the first half and on a five-yard touchdown run by Jeff Burd in the third. Maple Valley fell behind early, 20-0 and though they never caught up, there was a time in the fourth quarter when it looked like momentum was switching to their side with perhaps enough time left to stage a dramatic comeback. Down 26-16 with just over 11 minutes to Thornapple Kellogg’s Steve Crawford (right) pulls down Wayland running back Mike Martin during the Wildcat’s big win over the Trojans on Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) play in the game, Maple Valley recovered a Panther fumble and began to move down the field. But they Lions then fumbled away their only chance two minutes later and Pennfield took advantage of the miscue to move 58 yards in 11 plays, scoring the game’s final points and using up the time Maple Valley needed to get back into it. “That fumble was big,” said Maple Valley Guenther Mittelstaedt after the game. “If we go down and score, who knows what can happen. It might have been just the spark we needed to come back all the way. “But that is the breaks of the game. “I thought out kids played real hard. If we can just get our offense geared up a little more, we can still put together some wins,” he said. “Our defense played well, considering how much they were on the field. Penalties and that turnover, put them in a hole too much tonight. They did everything we asked of them and played their hearts out. A coach can’t ask for more than that.” The loss drops Maple Valley season record to 1-3 and they are 1-1 in the Kalamazoo Valley Athletic Association. “The KVA is tough,” Mittelstaedt said. “You have to come prepared to play every down. “We gave up some key points early and fell too far behind. This Pennfield team is good. They have a number of outstanding running backs and they showed them off tonight.” In addition to Hampton, Keegan Clark had 56 yards and Baggerly picked up another 54 running the option. Burd led Maple Valley with 43 yards on the night. Pennfield finished the night with 406 yards of total offense, with 388 coming on the ground. Maple Valley had 197 total yards, 135 rushing. “This team might not win as many games as last year,” Mittelstaedt said, “but they are more fun to coach. They work so hard and they never give up. That is what I am most proud of with these kids.” Wayland 34, Middleville 7 Thornapple Kellogg head coach Tim Penfield had high praise for the Wayland Wildcats and their star running back Mike Martin, after they handed his Trojans a 34-7 defeat Friday night in Wayland. Wildcat senior running back Mike Martin rushed 17 times for 192 yards, and scored three touchdowns. It was the O-K Gold Conference opener for the Wildcats, who came into the game with a 2-1 non-conference record. Thornapple Kellogg drops to 0-2 in the league, and 0-4 overall. “That’s a great football team. Very solid,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. “They have a special tail back, and very physical offensive and defensive lines. They’re very well coached.” Martin found much of his running room taking tosses from quarterback Jack Weick and racing around the corners of the Trojan defense. He was held to less than four yards on a carry only four times during the ball game. On one of his final carries of the game, on the second play of the fourth quarter, he only had one yard to go. He raced around the left end for the final score of the ball game. “We schemed it up to try to stop him,” Penfield said. “You can contain him, contain him, contain him, and he then he can bust a big one on you.” Martin also scored on a 78-yard run early in the second quarter. Anthony Castaneda’s extra-point kick that followed gave Wayland a 20-0 lead. The Trojans marched from their own 37yard-line on the ensuing possession. James Smith snuck into the end zone from a yard out for TK’s lone score with six minutes remaining in the opening half. Kyle Bobolts added the extra point kick, to pull his team within 20-7. Wayland answered with its own 60-yard scoring drive, which ended in Martin’s second TD run of the night, from seven yards out. The Wildcats went up 21 points before the half on a two-point conversion pass from See FOOTBALL, next page Thornapple Kellogg running back Joey Sanford puts his shoulders down as the Wayland defense closes in during the second quarter of Friday night’s O-K Gold Conference contest at the home of the Wildcats. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �Page 18 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Vikes fall on good day, win on tough day Lakewood’s Lauren Erb tallies up her strokes as she walks off the number 9 green on Tuesday afternoon at Centennial Acres. (Photo by Brett Bremer) enough to get the Vikings by Lansing Catholic at Groesbeck Golf Course in Lansing on Thursday. Chelsea Erb fired a 44 and Charlise Smith a 49 to lead the Vikings. Kara Clark, Lauren Erb, and Sara McKinney each totaled 61 for Lakewood’s third and fourth scores. The Vikings finished with a 215, to the Cougars’ 166. Lakewood wasn’t quite on pace for a top team score when it hosted Charlotte at Centennial Acres on Tuesday afternoon. The Vikings did hold on for a 230 to 231 victory over the Orioles, but the day was kind of summed up in the round of Lakewood’s number three Lauren Erb. She likes to pull out her seven-iron at least once per hold. It’s her favorite club, or rather it was. On her second shot on the par-4 number eight, on the Sunrise nine, the head of her club went sailing off along with her ball and was lost. “I hit the ball perfectly, and the club went phoot, phoot, phoot,” Lauren said, trying to describe the sound. “I guess my new favorite club is my eightiron now.” Lauren’s score on the day wasn’t quite good enough to the team scoring, but her teammates did enough to get past the Orioles. Chelsea Erb and Char Smith each fired 52, the lowest score of the day by either team. McKinney chipped in a 60 for the Vikings, and Clark a 66. Stacey Jackson led Charlotte with a 54. Alycia Mosher added a 55, Lyndsey Berger 59, and Abby Paul 63. Lakewood heads to Eaton Rapids this Thursday, then has a trip planned to East Lansing for Monday afternoon. Next The Vikings’ Chelsea Erb sets up a putt on the Sunrise number 9 green at Centennial Acres Tuesday, during Lakewood’s one-stroke victory over Charlotte. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Tuesday, the Vikings are home again to take on Corunna. Lakewood is currently 2-3 in duals on the season. Lakewood scores sweeps against Mounties and Cav’s Lakewood blanked its last two tennis foes to improve to 6-2 on the season. Tuesday the Jackson Northwest Mounties were the Vikings victims, as Lakewood scored an 8-0 victory on the road. Pedro Vieria scored a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Nick Ellis at first singles. There was only one tight set all afternoon. Tim Nagi stepped into the fourth singles spot and topped Kal Abberegg 7-5 in the opening set, before finding his groove and scoring a 6-1 win in the second set. Alex Haskin won 6- 0, 6-2 for the Vikings at second singles, and Cameron Rowland bumped up into the third singles spot for a 62, 3-0 victory as Brad Bachma defaulted due to an injury in the second set. Lakewood’s first doubles team of Jeremy Avery and Zack Woodman downed Will Howell and Dan Bailey. At second doubles, Caleb Yager and Jared Secor topped Travoun Edgerson and Randy Glover 6-2, 6-2. In the third doubles match, Alex Fox and Cody Rowe topped Wes Knauf and Tad Harmon 6-0, 6-1. Riley Nisbet and Kyle McMillen won 6-1, 6-1 at fourth doubles over Dustin Bergeron and Nick Dunham. Last Thursday, Lakewood evened its Capital Area Activities Conference White Division at 1-1 with an 8-0 victory over Corunna. Lakewood gave up just four games on the singles side. Vieria at first singles and Levi Phelps at third singles both double-bagled (60, 6-0) their opponents. At second singles, Haskin topped Zac Rasmussen 6-1, 6-0. At fourth singles, Rowland scored a 6-2, 6-1 win over Trevor Banta. Avery and Woodman won 6-1, 6-1 at first doubles against Nate Cameron and Luke Edington. At second doubles, Yager and Secor scored a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Taylor Ballou and Kody Hetfield. Fox and Rowe at third doubles and Nisbet and McMillen at fourth doubles both earned straight set victories over their Cavalier opponents. Lakewood will host Ionia Thursday this week, then heads to the Pennfield Invitational on Saturday. 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South Christian still scored a 6-2 victory in Middleville, to drop the Trojans’ league record to 0-3. Cory Jewett, the Trojans number one singles player, proved to be the top player on the courts Monday. He scored a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Dave Krieger. The Trojans’ other victory also came on the singles side, where Cade Dammen topped Vlad Wiltjer 6-0, 6-3. The Trojans weren’t too far from securing a tie in the match the Trojans lost a pair of heartbreakers in the bottom of the doubles line-up. At fourth doubles, the Trojan duo of Cirk Barger and Rocky VanZegeren fell in three sets, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. In the third doubles match, TK’s team of Jon Yates and Seth VanKuiken fell 7-6(4), 6-3. TK’s Chris Ball was downed 6-3, 6-3 in a close match at second singles with Michael Jadrich. The O-K Gold Conference regular season is nearing an end. TK was slated to visit Hastings on Wednesday afternoon, and will play its final league duals next week at home against Forest Hills Northern Monday then at Hamilton Wednesday. East Kentwood defends its home turf against LW Lakewood faced some of the toughest teams in the state, many of them Class A squads, at Saturday’s East Kentwood Classic. Lakewood was 3-3 on the day, with two of its three losses coming to the host Falcons in three-game matches. It was the Falcons who ended the Vikings’ tournament run with a 2514, 22-25, 15-12. In pool play, the Falcons topped the Vikings 15-13 in the third game. The Vikings’ other loss was to Holland Christian, who went on to take on East Kentwood in the finals. EK scored a 25-15, 25-9 victory over the Maroons to take the championship. Lakewood reached the semifinals by getting a small bit of revenge against South Christian, who topped the Vikings in the state semifinals a year ago. See LAKEWOOD, next page Delton Kellogg’s Chase Mills works to bring down a Parchment ball carrier in the second half of Friday night’s KVA contest at DKHS. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Sawyer Stevens to Tom Tobolic. The Wildcats made sure things were in their favor from the very start. Casey Sattler returned the opening kick-off for Wayland, taking it on the left side, moving through the middle, then bursting back down the sideline in front of the Trojan bench and down into the end zone for a 7-0 lead. When the Wildcat offense finally did get the ball for the first time, after the first of two interceptions thrown by TK quarterback Paul Betcher, it moved 67 yards in eight plays with Sattler scoring on a two-yard run that made it 13-0. The Wildcats finished with 336 yards of total offense for the night. All of it came on the ground. Sattler rushed 13 times for 55 yards, to compliment Martin’s big night. Anthony Lukas played only the final series of the game at tail back for the Trojans, and led the team in rushing with four carries for 60 yards. Smith got the bulk of the work for TK, rushing 15 times for 53 yards. Joey Sanford carried the ball nine times for 42 yards. TK had 237 total yards on the ground, but just 21 through the passing game. Wayland’s tacklers set the tone early, swarming the football. The first time TK touched the ball, on the kick return following Sattler’s TD return, no less than eight Wildcats had a finger on the Trojans’ Shane Moore as he was taken down at the 20-yardline. Penfield said after the game that he still hasn’t seen anything to suggest that Wayland isn’t the favorite to win an O-K Gold Conference crown this season. Saxons and TK exchange second place finishes in Gold Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity girls’ golf teams continue to battle back and forth for second-place in the O-K Gold Conference standings behind South Christian. Monday afternoon at Railside the Trojans edged the Saxons by a single stroke, to finish in second place behind the Sailors. South Christian fired a 172, TK a 196, and Hastings a 167. Kacy Hooten had one of the best scores, not by a Sailor, to lead the Saxons. She fired a 46. Montana Leep added a 47 for Hastings, which also received a 51 from Barbie Buehler and a 53 from Jessica Kloosterman. Thornapple Kellogg got a pair of 47s from Macy Chamberlin and Ashley Martin. Nicole Todd added a 48 for TK and Hillary Klunder a 54. The Sailors top five golfers all fired 45 or better. Emily Atsma led the way with a 41. Heather Marks shot a 42, Sam Duthler 44, and Jackie DeBoer and Kalee Andringa both shot 45s. Byron Center was third in the standings, with a 213, followed by Wayland 222, Forest Hills Northern 229, and Hamilton 235. Last Thursday, at Yankee Springs Golf Course, Hastings finished ten strokes ahead of Thornapple Kellogg on the Trojans’ home course. South Christian shot a 166, Hastings 198, and TK 208 to finish as the top three teams. Kloosterman led Hastings with a 47, and the Saxons also go a pair of 49s from Hooten and Leep. Buehler contributed the Saxons’ fourth score, a 53. Martin had a 47 to lead Thornapple Kellogg. Chamberlin fired a 51, Todd 52, and Klunder 58. Behind those top three teams once again came Byron Center with a 216, Forest Hills Northern 222, Wayland 226, and Hamilton with a 228. Marks had the low round of the day, a 38, to lead South Christian. It was Hastings’ turn to host the league on Wednesday, as the league was slated to make the trip to Hastings Country Club. The final two jamborees of the season will be held next week, Tuesday at Railside and Wednesday at Egypt Valley. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree@HCC (Was 9/27) H 4:00 pm Boys Middle Cross Co. Jamboree@Wayland A 4:00 pm Girls Middle Cross Co. Jamboree@Wayland A 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football Byron Center A 5:45 pm Boys JV Soccer TK-Mid. Johnson Field H 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Wyoming United H 6:30 pm Boys JV Football Byron Center A 7:15 pm Boys Varsity Soccer TK-Mid. Johnson Field H FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Byron Center H SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22: 8:00 am Boys Varsity Tennis Allegan Invitational A 8:00 am Girls Varsity Volleyball Battle Creek Lkvw. Inv. A 8:00 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball Hastings Fresh. Inv. H 9:00 am Boys Varsity Cross Co. Bangor Inv. A 9:00 am Girls Varsity Cross Co. Bangor Inv. A 9:00 am Girls Varsity Swimming Raider Spring@GRCC A 2:00 pm Band Festival at Home (Hastings performs at 7:45 pm) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24: 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis South Christian HS A 4:00 pm Boys JV Tennis S. Christian-CANCELLED H 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball Wayland MS A 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball Wayland MS A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree@Railside A 4:00 pm Boys MS Cross Co. Tri w/Wayland/Delton H 4:00 pm Girls MS Cross Co. Tri w/Wayland/Delton H 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Tennis Otsego HS H 5:00 pm Boys JV Soccer S. Christian HS A 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball Wayland Union HS A 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Calvin Christ. (was 9/27) H 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball Wayland Union HS A 6:30 pm Boys Varsity Soccer S. Christian HS A 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Wayland Union HS A WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf 3:45 pm Girls JV Golf 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball 4:30 pm Boys Varsity Cross Co. 4:30 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27: 3:45 pm Girls Varsity Golf Jamboree@Egypt Valley(FHN) Conf.@Country Club Thorn. Kellogg Middle Thorn. Kellogg Middle Thorn. Kellogg Middle Thorn. Kellogg Middle Jamboree@Wayland HS Jamboree@Wayland A H H H H H A A Jamboree@Hastings H Country Club (changed to 9/20) 4:00 pm Boys Middle Cross Co. Caledonia A 4:00 pm Girls Middle Cross Co. Caledonia A 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football Wayland Union HS H 5:00 pm Boys JV Soccer Portage Northern HS A 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Calvin Christian H (changed to 9/25) 6:30 pm Boys JV Football 6:45 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Wayland Union HS Portage Northern HS H A Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, P.C. “Quality Care with Compassion” 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269-945-9520 Toll Free: 800-596-1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77516130 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A pair of personal bests weren’t quite FOOTBALL, continued from previous page �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — Page 19 Saxon boys’ cross country captures second Division II trophy at Lakeview by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer For the second year in a row the Saxon boys cross country team has returned from the Lakeview Invitational at Riverside in Battle Creek with a Division II trophy and a handful of medals. Hastings won the division with 32 points followed by Harper Creek with 38, Lakeview 81, and Charlotte 85. Ryan Bosma led the Saxon assault placing second in 16 minutes 54.8 seconds, behind Battle Creek Lakeview’s Tommy VanOosten who was first in 16:47.1. Troy Dailey was the second Saxon to cross the finish line placing fourth in 17:09.4 followed by Dane Schils in fifth (17:31.4) with Kevin Armstrong tenth (18:22.0) and Travis Moore 12th (18:38.9) also scoring. Bosma, Dailey, Schils and Armstrong also took home medals for placing in the top 30 overall against the runners from the total of 14 teams in both divisions. “The guys were pleased with how they ran,” said Saxon coach Jamie Dixon. “The results were a lot closer last year. The Saxon boys improved their score over last year when they scored 43 in Division II. Saxon girls Molly Smith and Leanne Dinges run togther in the middle of the race. However, a lower score than last year’s did not help the Saxon girls. While the girls scored 55 points last year and walked away with the runner-up trophy to Lakeview’s 26 first place finish in a field that included Charlotte, Harper Creek and Benton Harbor, this year the Saxon girls finished third out of a field of three with a score of 46 in a field of three schools that included first place Harper Creek 38 and Charlotte 44. Dixon said he hoped the Saxon girls would not let the fact they did not bring home a trophy influence the way they felt about the way they raced on Saturday. “I’m pleased with the way both teams ran,” he said. “A lot of times we want to relate success to hardware and trophies, but when I look back at the numbers and look at how they ran as a team I am pleased, there were just a couple of teams that ran better that day.” Ashley Hamilton of Charlotte was first in the Division II girls race finishing in 20:18.7 followed by teammate Alexandra Birkle (21:00.9), Amanda Weidner of Harper Creek (21:02.3), Jamie Rubel of Charlotte (21:17.2, and Krysta Haver of Harper Creek (21:17.2) Lauren Anderson led the Saxon girls finishing sixth in 21:41.3 followed by teammates Nicole Frantz (21:47.1) and Katie Ponsetto (22:13.2). Also scoring for the Saxon girls were Alaina Case in 12th (22:49.8) and Leanne Dinges 13th (22:52.7). Anderson, Frantz and Ponsetto also brought home medals for placing in the top 30 overall in a field of 13 teams. Dixon added that if he scored this years Saxon boys’ and girls’ cross country teams directly against last year’s teams this year’s teams would have beaten them, but that doesn’t change the outcome of Saturday’s races. “I think they ran well and it’s good to be as fast as you can be but you want to get faster later in the season and we will continue to improve so we’ll be where we want to be in the end,” said Dixon. Saxons start to find their touch The Saxon varsity volleyball team is still searching for its first O-K Gold Conference win of the season, but showed signs of getting things turned around in the last week. Conference competition has still been tough on the Saxons, who fell to 0-3 in the league with a 2-0 loss at Byron Center Tuesday. The Bulldogs scored the win by the scores of 25-21, 25-15, 25-19. Ashley Eerdmans led the Saxons with five kills and 15 digs. Brittany Hickey had three kills and four blocks. Jen Ratliff added two kills and two aces. Hannah Wood led Hastings with nine assists. That was the second game in two nights for the Saxons, who scored a five-game victory over Portland at home on Monday night. The Saxons rebounded after dropping the Lion ranks will be reinforced moving forward in the KVA by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hackett Catholic Central handed the Maple Valley varsity volleyball team its first defeat of the conference season on Wednesday night in Kalamazoo. The Fighting Irish won in three games, 2514, 25-22, 25-19. As much as the Irish did to take the win themselves, the Lions did a little too much to help them. “We made too many mistakes,” said Lion head coach Bill Brenton. “We served poorly. We just made a lot of youthful mistakes.” Maple Valley picked up its enthusiasm and intensity as the match wore on, and the Lion coach was happy with how his girls competed in the final two games. If there hadn’t been four serving errors in game two, things might have turned in the Lions’ favor. Maple Valley usually serves around 97-percent. Bailey Flower had six kills and four blocks up front for the Lions. Jen Kent had four blocks as well. Tina Westendorp chipped in six digs. Lauren Pierce had ten assists. “The sophomore hitters, our freshman Libero, our junior middles, they really played well,” Brenton said. “It was just we put all our mistakes together at once.” A new junior hitter, Sam Newton, stepped up and gave a good effort in the position for the first time. She is normally a middle for the Lions, but had to move outside after sophomore Lizzy Stewart went down with an injury. The injury to Stewart, plus the absence of seniors Ashley Gonser and Dani Christensen combined to leave the Lions a little short handed. “Until we get stabilized a little more, it’s going to be like a roller coaster,” Brenton said. That stabilization process should start sometime soon. Christensen and Gonser are expected to return to the line-up this week. Brenton knows that the time to improve is getting shorter and shorter with each passing day. Although a big portion of the Lions’ game action remains, the season is about half over. Maple Valley is now 3-7-2 overall on the year, and 1-1 in Kalamazoo Valley Association action. The Lions were scheduled to be at home for a league dual for the first time on Wednesday to host Olivet. Next Wednesday, Maple Valley will host Kalamazoo Christian. Next Saturday, the Lions are slated to be a part of the Battle Creek Central tournament. Tigers Jerseys and Tee’s NOW 10% off NASCAR 1/64 Die-Cast SALE g rtin Sta at $ 4 NASCAR Driver Tee’s On Sale Now $ Or L ess! 15ea Sale price good thru September 29th first game, to win 16-25, 25-17, 25-19, 18-25, 15-13. “The entire team played a part in the win against Portland,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. Ratliff had a team high 13 kills. Hickey added 11 kills and Eerdmans eight. Wood had 32 assists against the Raiders. “We have been playing a lot the last week and I can see improvement in the girls every game,” Sheldon said. “We still need to work on passing and once we start passing more consistently we should see more wins.” Hastings earned a single win at Saturday’s Cereal City Classic hosted by Battle Creek Central. In pool play, the Saxons topped Parma Western 25-18, 16-25, 16-14. The Saxons were 1-2 in pool play, falling to Harper Creek 25-6, 25-19 and CarmenAinsworth 25-22, 25-16. In bracket play, the Saxons fell 25-22, 2515 to North Muskegon. For the day, Wood had 47 assists and Eerdmans 14 kills to lead the team in those categories. Hickey had a solid all-around game with five aces, 11 kills and seven blocks. Kayla Vogel chipped in six aces and three kills. Ratliff had seven kills on the day. Last Thursday, the Saxons went 1-1 at the Hamilton Quad. Hastings fell in three games, 18-256, 25-15, 15-7 to Wyoming Park, then downed Rogers 25-16, 25-12. Eerdmans led the Saxons with ten kills. Wood had 24 assists. Hickey had five kills and Vogel four kills, while each added a pair of aces. The Saxons had some time to practice some this week, and will be in action Saturday at the Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational. Next Tuesday league play continues with a trip to Wayland. Hours: Tues. & Wed. 9-6 • Thurs. & Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 77516253 Kalamazoo schools top DK in conference soccer action Heading into Wednesday’s home Kalamazoo Valley Association contest with Pennfield, the Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team still had an excellent shot to finish with winning records in both the KVA and overall schedule this season. Heading into next week the Panthers have two KVA regular season games on the slate, at Maple Valley Monday and at home against Olivet Wednesday. After facing the toughest competition the KVA has to offer, the Panthers are 1-3 in the league and 5-4 overall. The Delton Kellogg boys hung right with Hackett Catholic Central Monday night, before falling 3-1. After falling behind 2-0 in the second half, Delton Kellogg got a goal by Dan Ordway with 11 minutes left to pull back within a score of the Fighting Irish. Hackett dashed any hopes of a Delton comeback, as Nick Kosko scored the Irish’s third goal of the game soon after. Andrew Lee and Stephen Coles scored the first two goals of the game, for Hackett. The Fighting Irish limited Delton Kellogg to just five shots on goal for the night, while the Irish offense fired 16 at the Delton net. DK keeper Scott Hoekstra made 13 saves. Things didn’t go so well for the Panthers at Kalamazoo Christian last Wednesday, as the Comets scored an 8-0 victory. Delton managed to hold the Comets to just two goals through much of the first half, but Kalamazoo Christian went on a tear in the final three minutes of the half scoring three more quick goals. Three quick goals by the Comets in the second half gave the Panthers their first mercy shut-out loss of the season. The Comets needed just 18 shots on goal to tally their eight goals. Mike VanderPloeg, David Meinema, Jared Scripture, and Andrew Dykhuis each scored twice for the Comets. Hoekstra had 10 saves for Delton. In between those two KVA losses the Panthers pulled out a 4-2 victory over Three Rivers on Saturday. Dan Ordway sent a pass that teammate David Roberts headed into the net for Delton Kellogg’s first goal just three minutes into the contest. Both teams battled to the middle of the first half, until a goal by Matt Julian off a cross by Roberts, gave Delton a 2-0 lead. The Wildcats got their first goal two minutes later off a close in shot by Zeke Bell. Delton continued the attack and got a goal from Roberts seven minutes before the break to close out the first half with Delton leading 3-1. Three Rivers continued to put pressure on the Panthers, and Collin Conrad scored for the Wildcats just two minutes into the second half. The score stayed 3-2 until Roberts scored with four minutes remaining, notching a hattrick. Three Rivers had just three shots on goal for the game, while Delton fired 14 at the Wildcat net. LAKEWOOD, continued from previous page The Vikings were 21-8 on the season heading into the start of the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division season on Wednesday night at home against Lansing Catholic. Lakewood went to Fowlerville last Wednesday, and earned a three-game sweep against the Gladiators. All three Lakewood teams, including the freshmen and junior varsity won on the night. Melanie Forman had 28 assists to get the varsity team’s offense going. Ashley Morris had 13 kills and 17 digs. Lexie Spetoskey was the team’s ace leader with four. Saturday, the Vikings head to Caledonia for the Elite Tournament. 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Presented by: J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch �Page 20 — Thursday, September 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons gaining momentum as season winds down The Saxons’ David Kendall gets high off the ground to head the ball away from a Wayland defender during the first half of Hastings’ win over the Wildcats Tuesday. (Photo by Dan Goggins) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings will have a hard time keeping its current roll going. The Saxon varsity boys’ soccer team is 3-11 in its past five games, after starting the season 1-6-1. Hastings scored an O-K Gold Conference victory at home against Byron Center on Thursday, and won again in the league Tuesday night at Wayland. Sandwiched in between was a tie at Grand Rapids Central on Saturday. Next up for the Saxons are a couple of O-K Gold Conference favorites. Thornapple Kellogg comes to Hastings on Thursday, and then the Saxons travel to South Christian on Tuesday to end the conference season. The Saxons are currently 2-2 in the league. The regular season concludes for the Saxons next Thursday, at Portage Northern. “As long as we continue to play hard and as well as we have in the last week and a half, I’ll be happy,” said Saxon head coach Brian Roderick. “It would be the end of a perfect story if we could come out with three wins, or two wins and a tie.” A sudden burst of goal scoring helped the Saxons in their current surge. The Saxons jumped in front 3-0 in the first half at Wayland on Tuesday night, and held on for a 4-2 victory. Stephen Tolger returned to the line-up for the Saxons and had a goal and an assist in the first half. He also was the player fouled in the box in the second half, that set up a penalty kick goal by Justin von der Hoff. It was von der Hoff’s second goal of the game, and made the score 4-1 at that point. Tolger assisted teammate David Kendall on the opening goal of the game, just 18 seconds in. The Saxons then took a 2-0 lead on Tolger’s goal, off an assist from von der Hoff. von der Hoff made it 3-0 before the half, taking a pass from teammate Jon Feldpausch and putting it into the back of the net. Chase Burgess scored both Wayland goals in the second half, the final one on a penalty kick. The Saxons trailed Grand Rapids Central 2-0 at the half, and battled back to earn a 4-4 tie against the Rams. “Just to come back and score that many goals was incredible,” Roderick said. Hastings actually pulled ahead 4-2 in the second half. Josh Bare, Gabe Purchase, von der Hoff, and Kendall scored for the Saxons, with assists coming from von der Hoff, Feldpausch, and Purchase. Roderick called Purchase’s goal, a perfect volley, the Saxons’ prettiest goal of the season thus far. “After Grand Rapids Central got its third all, then all craziness broke loose,” Roderick said. A Ram earned a red card, and the Saxons found themselves just trying to run the clock out and head home with a one-goal victory. The Rams were able to tie things up in the final minute however. The Saxons won 2-0 at home against Byron Center last Thursday. Spencer Gillons scored in the first half, thanks to an assist from von der Hoff, then Mike Purchase added a second half tally for Hastings. “I’m very proud of my team right now,” Roderick said. Hastings is now 4-7-2 overall on the season. The Saxon junior varsity boys’ soccer team is still undefeated on the season, with a pair of ties the only blemishes on its record. The Saxons’ Spencer Rhodes-Gillons races the ball out of trouble during Hastings’ victory over the Wildcats in Wayland on Tuesday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Hastings’ Kyle Pierce stretches wide to his forehand side to try and return a shot in the second set of his victory at Wayland on Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) HHS netters drop two more in Gold Kyle Pierce at fourth singles picked up the only victories for the Saxon varsity boys’ tennis team in its last week of action. The team saw its O-K Gold Conference record fall to 0-4, and its overall record drop to 1-5, with a 7-1 loss at Wayland on Tuesday afternoon. Pierce scored a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the Wildcat’s Joel Hooker. It was the only match of the afternoon that was close. Hastings failed to score more than a single game in any set in the other seven flights. Celebrate the S A XON SPIRIT with a The Saxons’ other three singles players, Eric Treadwell at number one, Chris White at number two, and Jon Peurach at number three were all downed 6-1, 6-1. Last Wednesday in league action, at home against Byron Center, the Saxons were once again downed 7-1. Pierce got the lone win with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. Treadwell was downed 6-3, 6-0 at number one singles. White fell 6-2, 6-1 at second singles. At third singles, Peurach was topped 62, 6-1. In a non-conference match with Portland in Hastings last Thursday, the Saxons were defeated 8-0. Peurach played a close match, but came up on the short end of a 6-4, 6-2 score at second singles. Treadwell was downed 6-0, 6-0 at Hastings’ Jon Peurach winds up to blast a return back toward Wayland’s Jake Bowman during their third singles match Monday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) number one. The best performance on the doubles side for Hastings against the Raiders came at number three where the Saxon duo of Nick Slagstad and Stephen Krammin was defeated 6-3, 6-0 Hastings will be at the Allegan Invitational Saturday, then closes out the conference duals on the road at South Christian next Monday. PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY Great place for your business to show their products and services to a special audience! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, the Hastings Area Schools Administrators are sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Byron Center, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field. Reserve Your Business Space S oon Spots are Limited ! and Filling Up Fast! October 4th • 7pm TRADE SHOW SHOPPING STARTS AT 2 PM Barry Expo Center TAKING RESERVATIONS for TRADE SHOW SPACE: $ SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! 75.00 (10x10 Booth Space) (269) 945-9554, ext. 242 - Jennie Yonker Sponsored by J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch - Spartan Stores 77516269 77514873 Food Centers � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-09-27.pdf 826e2c47d4a6a77679073e7fb8c0de11 PDF Text Text Autumn sun shines on Delton CROP Walk Off-year election actually is important Saxons and Vikings face conference leaders See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 39 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, September 27, 2007 NEWS 911 board will levy 3/4 mil for 2008 BRIEFS Wind Band rehearsals begin Oct. 4 The Thornapple Wind Band, a nonprofit volunteer group of musicians from throughout Barry County, will hold its first rehearsal Thursday, Oct. 4, at Hastings High School. Performance dates will be Oct. 28, Dec. 2, Feb. 10, and March 9. No auditions are necessary. The wind band invites any post-high-school musician to share in this musical experience, including those who play string instruments. The band is especially in need of percussion and clarinet players. The wind band is under the direction of many former high school band directors. Those conducting this year will include: Duane Thatcher (Thornapple Kellogg and Maple Valley), Dave Macqueen (Lakewood), Harland Nye (Lake Fenton), and new to the group, Dan Braker. Dan and his family live in the Lakewood area and come from the Upper Peninsula. Low-cost baby-sitting will be available. For more information, contact Macqueen at 945-8832 or 945-5377. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Central Dispatch 911 Administrative Board voted Sept. 24 to levy .75 mill of the .9845 mill allocated for the operation of the center for 2008. Board member Donald Boysen made a motion to allocate the nearly 1 mill, but he was met with opposition from fellow board member Mark Englerth. “I just felt that because the board used only 3/4 of a mill this past year, and we have a fund balance of $1 million, there was no need to allocate the entire amount,” Englerth said. “This is not a negative comment on my part (regarding) the center. I fully support the center and the great job they do there. But we have not had a need to use the entire amount in the past, and we have a fund balance of $1 million.” The board heard arguments on both sides and eventually decided to allocate the .75 mill figure on a vote of 4 to 2. Boysen said his original motion to levy the one mill died for lack of support, and he voted in favor of the motion to levy 3/4 mil. He said, however, that Englerth’s contention that the board has a $1 million fund Taste of Home show is Thursday The Taste of Home Cooking School will present “Great Gatherings” Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Barry Expo Center, sponsored by Felpausch Food Centers and J-Ad Graphics. Tickets are on sale for $15 each at the Hastings Felpausch store. Entrance to the trade show is free of charge to the public. A wide array of local and in-home businesses will feature items to sample and purchase, beginning at 2 p.m, and continuing until 7 p.m. The Friends of the Hastings Public Library also will hold a cookbook swap. The “Taste of Home Cookbook” will be available for purchase at the show, as a fund-raiser for the Community Music School. The cookbooks are $29.95. For more information, call Jennie Yonker at J-Ad Graphics, (269) 9459554, ext. 242. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 have a fund balance of $334,000 at the end of next year,” Boysen said. Sue Rose, 911 administrative assistant, said the entire budget question is complicated. “We have committed to a fire upgrade which will cost nearly $1 million, and we don’t know yet if we will pay that over one, two or three years. That is still to be determined. “That will have a great effect on the fund balance,” she said. Rose added that the board also set its budget for 2008 with $2,096,400 for operations and $147,500 to cover wireless accounts. Commissioners hear about economic development program by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Bonnie Hildreth, CEO and President of the Barry Community Foundation, was invited to give an informational presentation to the Barry County Board of Commissioners at its bi-monthly meeting Tuesday. Hildreth announced that the Foundation would begin participation in the HomeTown Competitiveness Program. New to Barry County, this national program is run locally in various communities, Lumberjack show at Charlton Park Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show, a unique blend of sports, history and comedy, is coming to Historic Charlton Park Saturday, Sept. 29, and Sunday, Sept. 30, with three shows daily at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Combining the romantic image of Paul Bunyan and the modern real-life fleshand-blood lumberjack athletes, each 30to 45-minute show features worldrenowned athletes in checkered shirts and steel-toed boots. The show includes such events as axe throwing, underhand chopping, log rolling, cross cut sawing, hot sawing and chainsaw carving. As part of the day-long activities at Charlton Park, other events will include the opportunity to observe a working steam sawmill, two teams of workhorse demonstrations, an arts and crafts market on the Village Green, many displays and demonstrations, and concessions. The event is co-sponsored by the Charlton Park Gas and Steam Engine Club, which is celebrating 37 years in Barry County. Admission for the event is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 4 to 12. Gates will open at 9 a.m., and all rides are free with the admission fee. Parking for the event will also be free. balance is misleading. “On paper that’s what it does say,” noted Boysen. “But when you count the money for projects we have pledged to go forward with, that money gets dried up in a hurry.” Boysen said if the all of the nearly 1 mill were to be levied, the board would have had $1,740,000 coming in. “If we proceed with the projects we have pledged to complete, we would have a balance of $749,000 next year. “If we levy 3/4 mil, we would get $1,325,000, and if we proceed with the projects we have pledged to complete, we would Thornapple Players perform tonight The Thornapple Players will be performing “Cards on the Table” adapted from Agatha Christie's novel by Leslie Darbonon at 7 p.m. Sept. 27, 28, 29, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in Hastings Central Auditorium. Carol Satterly will direct the play, and Kim Butler will serve as assistant director and producer. which acquire their own funding and run their own programs. “The goal is to build diverse business opportunities for residents,” Hildreth said, adding that Barry County is joining with Branch, Calhoun and Hillsdale counties in the project. Nine people will attend training in Mount Pleasant and about 150 people already attended a planning session held in Barry County. Hildreth noted that the program includes four strategies, known as the Four Pillars: Entrepreneurship, charitable assets, youth and leadership. “It is designed to create businesses and jobs for people, build endowments to support people in their communities, give young people an opportunity to come home and raise their families and to help people become community leaders,” she said. She added that each pillar has a specific objective. The Entrepreneurship Pillar focuses on planned ownership succession, identifying business opportunities and encouraging “growth entrepreneurs.” The Charitable-Assets Pillar targets capturing 5 percent of the inter-generational wealth for endowing local dollars to reinvest in the community. The Youth Pillar is a proactive effort to bring back local youths and attract new young families by offering career opportunities. The Leadership Pillar is an intentional focus on getting all elements of the community, especially youths, involved in leadership positions to strengthen the capacity of residents to improve and sustain their community. Hildreth reported that chairpersons have been elected for all four pillars. The Youth Pillar is bringing in Cheryl Peters, executive director for Generation E Institute, on Oct. 4 to meet with leaders of the school districts. “Jack Schultz, author of BoomTown USA, will be the guest speaker at the Barry Community Foundation annual dinner on Oct. 20 at the MiddleVilla Inn. “Hastings is one of the communities he recognized in his book,” she said. “A grant has been submitted to the Kellogg Foundation to work regionally on this economic-development model, which we have renamed “Hometown Partnerships” in conjunction with Branch, Calhoun and Hillsdale counties. Six community foundations—Barry, Branch, Athens, Battle Creek, Marshall and Hillsdale—as well as Consumers Energy and Rural Partners of Michigan have partnered together to hold a second academy, she said. “In Nebraska, the Kellogg Foundation funded this program with more than $2 million and they are changing the economic environment in that state,” reported Hildreth. Hildreth also informed the board that the Barry Community Foundation has received a $3.3 million gift from a local donor, bringing its total assets to $16 million. She pointed out that the Foundation uses only the interest portion of its assets, or about 4 percent, to fund programs. “That allows us to continue to promote the economic development in Barry County,” said Hildreth. In other action by the board Tuesday, the See BOARD, page 8 Ex-911 head files suit against prosecutor, sheriff, J-Ad Graphics by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Charles Nystrom, currently on paid administrative leave from his position as director of the Barry County 911 Central Dispatch, has filed suit against Barry County Prosecutor Thomas Evans, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf, and J-Ad Graphics, publishers of the Hastings Banner. Nystrom filed his suit Friday, Sept. 21, in Barry County Circuit Court. Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics, said he has not yet received a copy of the suit and would have no comment until then. “I do not think it would be appropriate for us to comment on the suit until we have received a copy,” Jacobs said. Nystrom was named in a letter from Evans to the 911 Administrative Board dated May 29, 2007, as authorizing all 911 employees to receive an additional 10 hours of overtime pay in the last pay period of November or the first pay period of December. In his letter, Evans also said supervisors were paid an additional hour of overtime pay for each pay period, beginning in January of 2003. Evans wrote that he could not ignore the “misappropriation of previous funds.” “Most importantly,” the letter said, “this is just unacceptable behavior. You just can’t take what does not belong to you and give it to someone else. More specifically, misappropriation of public funds, even if they are ultimately given to someone else is not generosity it is indeed embezzlement.” Schoessel must swim as TK-Hastings’ girls win again Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings teammates Kelly Frame (from left), Alex de Goa, and Beth Fuller pull head coach Carl Schoessel towards the pool after the Trojans’ 117-69 victory over the Calvin Christian Squires at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings Tuesday night. The TK-Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team is now 5-0 in duals on the season and has won both invitationals it has participated in. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �Page 2 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Freeport fun day provides lots of, well, fun This patriotic car was an award winner at Freeport Fun Day on Saturday, Sept. 22. For the complete results of the car show see Saturday’s Reminder. (photo by Patricia Johns) Local schools’ pupil numbers vary These logs traveled through Freeport during the Fun Day parade. This year’s Fun Day focused on the historic sawmills in Freeport. (photo by Patricia Johns) Art Hop in downtown Hastings Friday night Downtown Hastings will host the third Art Hop of the season from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28. This regular program, organized by the Thornapple Arts Council, will include several new artists, along with some from the past. Artists and locations for this Friday’s Art Hop will include Bonnie Slayton and her paintings at the Barry Community Foundation; Beth Ann Broadhurst at Buckland Insurance with her fabric art; Charisse Halstad and her jewelry work at Law, Weathers and Richardson; Mandy Watson and her photography at MacLeod Chiropractic Center; Heidi Fahrenbacher with ceramic work at MainStreet Financial Services; Sara Strong with painting and Shauna Swantek with mixed media at MainStreet Savings Bank; Corrie Tameling with her painting at Manpower; Kathy Tomandl and her photography at the office of Dr. Paul Sweetland, DDS; Rita Walters with her Fiber Art at Union Bank; and Rose Hendershot and her photography at Walker, Fluke and Sheldon, PLC. Hastings will host a holiday Art Hop from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. According to Barry County school officials, this year’s official Count Day numbers have seen both increases and decreases. According to the Michigan Department of Education, “a local or intermediate school district’s state aid is based on membership counts of eligible pupils legally enrolled on or before the specified count day,” which was Wednesday. Thornapple Kellogg Schools’ enrollment increased by 20 students, bringing its count to 3,041. That is five students more than officials’ projected increase of 15 students. Delton Kellogg Schools declined from 1,821 students to 1,742. School officials projected a loss of 100 students, so they were pleased when they lost only 79. Hastings Area Schools decreased from 3,160 students to 3,094. School officials said they believe the declining number is due to Michigan’s poor economy, causing people to leave the state for jobs. Arts council appoints new executive director by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Board of the Thornapple Arts Council of Barry County (TAC) has appointed Kathleen M. Buday as the organization’s new executive director. Buday replaces Lizanne Fehsenfeld, who left Sept. 1 to continue her education at Drew University in Madison, N.J. Fehsenfeld had been TAC director for four years and had served previously as a board member and volunteer. Carol Jones Dwyer, president of the TAC board of directors, says about Buday, "Her enthusiasm and fresh outlook have already inspired our Board with a new confidence in the role we can play in this community." Buday, who accepted the position in early September, brings to the TAC nearly 15 years of experience in the field of arts administration, including gallery management and a range of museum-related positions. She has worked at Wayne State University’s Museum of Anthropology, Northwestern Michigan College’s Dennos Museum Center, and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Buday credits her exceptional liberal arts education at Kalamazoo College as setting the stage for her diverse qualifications. Buday also received a masters degree in art therapy from Wayne State University. As an art therapist, she worked within numerous settings where she initiated creative arts programs designed to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families. Additionally, for six years as curator of education and interpre- tation at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, she managed, coordinated and implemented educational and curatorial activities. During her tenure in Traverse City, Buday served on the boards of directors for the Boys and Girls Clubs, HIV/AIDS Wellness Networks, VSA Arts of Michigan, and The Center for Creativity, Arts and Therapy. She is married to Richard Buday, a member of the Kalamazoo College faculty. Currently she is commuting to Hastings. "In addition to Kathleen's strong administrative background, she brings a passion for the arts which is so important to our organization" notes Vice President of the TAC Board of Directors Tom Wiswell. Buday emphasizes, "I’m thrilled to be part of the Thornapple Arts Council and have the opportunity to work with the Board in planning and developing its future. The community is fortunate to have the TAC which has been doing a wonderful job of presenting performing and visual arts experiences in Barry County since 1985." Buday says she is looking forward to meeting with local business and the arts community to discuss what they desire and expect from the arts council. "It is essential for the health of the arts that we garner support from the business community, and fortunately, there are many businesses that already give support to the TAC…and are eager to continue helping in the future," states Buday. In addition to connecting with people in the NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Red Cross to hold two blood drives Two blood drives are set to be held in Barry County next month: • Tuesday, Oct. 2, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at Thornapple Township Emergency Services building, 128 High St., Middleville. • Thursday, Oct. 11, from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at Lakewood High School, Velte Road, Lake Odessa. Blood donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good general health. Supplies of O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor, have been regularly less than a day’s supply, according to the American Red Cross. For information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call 1-800-GIVE LIFE or visit www.givelife.org. October renewals may want to act now Area citizens with state driver’s licenses or other forms of state identification due to expire in October may want to make early renewals. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has advised Michigan residents that a possible state-wide shutdown could close the state offices Oct. 1, if a budget agreement is not reached in Lansing. Land stressed that many of these services are available online at www.Michigan.gov/sos. Bowens Mills cider festival season begins Historic Bowens Mills will kick off its fall “It’s Cider Time” festival series from noon to 5 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30. The weekend’s celebration will feature a steam and gasoline engine show, co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. On display will be antique tractors, engines and farm machinery. Special events will include old-fashioned antique tractor pulls, threshing demonstrations and a tractor parade. Cloggers will perform both days, and an Appalachian big-ring square dance will be held Sunday. This will mark the 29th year of the Bowens Mills fall series. The Mill is located off of Briggs Road, north of M-179, in Yankee Springs Township. community, Buday is planning to develop partnerships and to think innovatively when it comes to future programming and funding. "I realize that funding for the arts has been cut drastically by the State,” says Buday, “so I will be looking to other areas of financial support, including corporate foundation and governmental grants, membership development, sponsorships, and fundraising events, to name a few." Wiswell adds that "Kathleen’s enthusiasm and fresh ideas are exciting… With her on board, we are positioned well to present enhanced programming in the future." Buday says she has been impressed with the commitment and “passionate involvement” of board members, program coordinator Kathy Crane, and community members. She adds that she is excited to facilitate and implement strategic planning for the TAC’s future. “There is so much potential." says Buday "I see this as an exciting opportunity to be a part of a community that appreciates arts and culture." She says she is looking forward to participating in her first TAC event, the Friday, Sept. 28, Art Hop. While money for the arts is an issue, Buday says she is confident in the community’s desire to support the arts financially. She comments that with successful programs such as the Jazz Festival, Art Hops, Youth Theatre Program, Art Auction, Spring Symphony, combine with the Sue Drummond Endowment for the Arts through the Barry Community Foundation which provides scholarships to youth, "the foundation has been set...now we grow and expand from our current state. As far as I’m concerned the TAC has all the right ingredients for a successful and prosperous future. It’s my job to help lead us there." Jones Dwyer seems to agree; "Kathleen, with her experience and skills, is a perfect fit as executive director of the Thornapple Arts Council. We welcome her leadership as we reach to collaborate more with other organizations, bring new money and opportunities into the county, and enrich the people and businesses of the community with all that the arts have to offer….her professionalism, organizational skills and love of the arts is just what we need to lift us to the next level of service." Anyone interested in becoming involved by volunteering at the Thornapple Arts Council or having questions or concerns should contact Buday at (26) 945-2002 or Email her at tacbc@wmis.net. The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides concerts, scholarships, showcases local talent, and networks with other organizations to make the arts come alive in Barry County. Library hosting video game challenge Saturday The Hastings Public Library invites videogame enthusiasts to an afternoon of fun this Saturday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 4 p.m. Games will be played on PS2, GameCube and Wii systems. Participants are encouraged to bring friends and challenge each other to combat, racing and sports. This is a time to try new games and improve skills on old favorites. Refreshments will be served. City Councilman Don Tubbs (right) gives a merit award to Hastings Mayor Bob May. Hastings City Council changes business tax abatements by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council voted Monday evening to make some changes to tax abatements granted to local businesses. The Council’s first act was to pass a resolution revoking the tax abatement granted to Tyden Seal under Public Act (PA) 198. Tyden Seal was granted a tax abatement in 2002, but Crimson bought Tyden and moved it to China 2005. In 2006, Viking bought the former Tyden Seal facility (the real property), but very little of the personal property formerly owned by Tyden. The tax abatement accompanying the building was transferred to Viking, and the Council only revoked the abatement for the personal property Viking did not purchase. The Council’s second change to tax abatements dealt directly with PA 198, which grants companies 50 percent tax abatements for 12 years for minor projects. The companies must tell city officials how much they plan to spend on their improvements, meet the amount named within two years, inform the city of the number of jobs to be created and report money invested and the number of jobs annually. A public hearing will be held at the Oct. 8, City Council meeting to receive public comments about B & T Group Enterprises LLC’s receipt of the PA 198 tax abatement. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Council: • Presented a Michigan Municipal League Award of Merit to Mayor Bob May “for devotion to the cause of municipal government and the advancement of municipal affairs in Michigan.” • Accepted the resignation of Roland Kuehnel from the Local Development Finance Authority and the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, effective immediately. • Approved an amendment to the wording in the city’s investment policy and approved the city’s administrative investment procedure and internal controls. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 3 Autumn sun shines on Delton CROP Hunger Walk A group of about 50 people of varying ages spent part of the first day of autumn walking to help improve the lives of people who need food, shelter, clean water and safety and to promote local and worldwide hunger awareness in the Delton community. The walkers collected about $5,000 in pledges for the 16th annual Delton Area CROP Hunger Walk, held last Sunday. Walkers included some who could not attend the event, but will still be collecting funds for CROP and walking in their neighborhoods at a convenient time. “It was a gorgeous day,” said Walk Cocoordinator Dee DeFields, who noted that walkers hiked in the rain the two previous years. “We had a great time while doing something worthwhile to help others. We had a large group of faithful, repeat walkers and some new ones. It was wonderful to be surrounded by such positive energy. They (the walkers) are people who believe it’s better to give than receive. We are proud to have so many dedicated walkers... It’s truly like family.” Prizes, however, were bestowed upon those who raised the most funds for the CROP Walk, sponsored by Church World Service (CWS). Veteran CROP Walker Anne Humphrey captured the title as the top walker of the event by raising $1,000 for CROP. Her prize was a digital camera. Other top fundraisers were Lois Baylor, who received a gift certificate to Blackhawk Restaurant; Jim Slater, who was given a gift certificate to Dynasty Buffet; Nelly Shephard, a gift certificate to Beverly’s Hair Company; and Jane Herbert, a gift certificate to Sajo’s Pizza. Door prizes were awarded to some of the other walkers, too. CWS will be giving special pins to walkers who raised $150 or more: Lilah Francisco, Nancy Anderson, Marianne Struckmeyer, Top walkers who raised the most funds for the Delton Area CROP Hunger Walk include (from left) Anne Humphrey, who collected $1,000; Jim Slater and Lois Baylor. Other top walkers, who weren’t available for the photo, are Nelly Shephard, and Jane Herbert. (photos by Elaine Gilbert) Dee DeFields and Elaine Gilbert. Struckmeyer raised nearly all of her $234 contribution for CROP by selling tomatoes she raised in her garden. She wasn’t able to attend the walk, but arranged for a substitute “walker” – Koko, the Delton District Library’s stuffed gorilla – to take her place. “Koko added a humorous touch as some of the CROP walkers made sure she wasn’t bored,” said Walk Co-coordinator Elaine Gilbert. “Nancy Anderson and Jane Herbert were among the walkers who helped haul Koko, strapped to a dolly, along the route. Pat Morgan got a big gorilla hug from Koko, and 13-year-old Kim Roberts had fun carrying Koko on her back after the walk.” On a serious note, Steve Reid, executive director of Love Inc. of Barry County, told walkers of the increasing number of local people who are seeking help with food, including folks in the Delton area. DeFields and Gilbert expressed appreciation for the generous donations for CROP from individuals, families, businesses and organizations. Donations are still being accepted. They also are thankful for the donations of gift certificates for prizes. “Our walk does make a difference,” Gilbert said. “During the walk’s first 15 years, our tiny community has united to raise more than $106,000.” The CROP Walk Committee is grateful for the volunteers who helped make the event possible. “Wonderful guitar music and singing by Mike Madill and Tim Tilbury entertained walkers before the event started. Songs included “Walk to Feed the World,” which Madill wrote especially for the Delton CROP Walk many years ago,” Gilbert said. Lois Baylor, a long-time CROP walker, said a prayer before the walk began. Tilbury performed lively songs during the celebration after the walk. “Barry and Janice Beamish bring their popcorn machine every year, and their freshly popped corn (as well as the aroma) is always a big hit during refreshment time. Thanks also go to all the people who donated other refreshments and helped in other ways,” Gilbert said. Staffing the registration table were Mary Finn, Judy Baurs, and Wainetta Holmes, who also helped other volunteers with other tasks, such as refreshments and cleanup. Bob Kyle drove the ‘CROPmobile’ along the route in case anyone needed help during the walk or a ride back to Faith United Methodist Church where the walk began and ended. Balloons, donated by Delton Floral, were carried by some of the walkers to add a festive flair along the route. Twenty-five percent of the CROP proceeds stay in Delton to help area neighbors in need through the St. Ambrose Community Food Bank and the Faith United Methodist Church’s Emergency Food Cupboard. The other CROP funds go to the work of Church World Service to assist with humanitarian needs, including natural disasters, in more than 80 countries, including the U.S. Thirteen-year-old Kim Roberts had fun carrying Koko on her back after the walk. Koko is the Delton District Library’s stuffed gorilla and a celebrity in her own right, often appearing in parades and at local events. Family groups also help raise funds for CROP. Mike Madill (right) and Tim Tilbury entertained with music during the event. Riley Scoville (foreground), 7, and Sarah Bassett, 8, enjoy some refreshments after the event. Tim Warren (left) and Jim Slater are among the many who walked to help people in need. Six-year-old Anna Bassett was the youngest walker at the event. Mary Sager, a dedicated walker, and granddaughter Kaitlin Quick were among the CROP participants. Pat Morgan didn’t seem to mind a hug from a friendly gorilla, Koko, who lives at the Delton District Library. �Page 4 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV A final resting place should reflect the community’s pride To the editor: Laura Schroeder’s comments about the poor quality of the sign marking by Riverside Cemetery are true, and the condition of the sign is indicative of the condition of the cemetery grounds. In 2004, my husband and I visited friends in Hastings and went to the cemetery in respect to my parents. Our friend had warned us about the general neglect of the entire cemetery, but we were still shocked at the lack of care for the grounds. The condition of the grounds, roads, and graves was horrible. I wrote a letter to Frank Campbell, whom the Hastings website listed as mayor and told him how distressed we were at the neglect of the cemetery. Robert May, who actually was the mayor wrote a response to my letter and said the cemetery is privately owned by the Riverside Cemetery Authority and is run by a board of directors. He said the president of the board is Rod Newton, and he gave his address and phone numbers. A copy of my letter was sent to Mr. Newton, but there was no response. Mr. May said the citizens of Hastings were given a chance to vote on whether they would like to take over responsibility for the Riverside Cemetery, and they voted against the proposal. It is privately owned. I realize dead people don’t pay taxes, but they did, and they supported the community. Now, the community should support them with dignity. When I was young, the cemetery was green, mowed, weeded, and watered, and the graves were in good condition. Through the years, this area has been neglected, and it shows disrespect for the loved ones who are buried there. In Mr. May’s letter, he said he agreed with me that the people who supported the community and are buried there should be given the respect they are due. However, my husband and I returned to Hastings to June 2007 and there were no improvements. We didn’t notice the cemetery sign because we were looking at the weeds, ruts, sunken headstones, and other signs of neglect. A family-oriented community like Hastings, the county seat, and a community that prides itself on family values needs to fix the problems at the final resting place of many loved ones. Sincerely, Mary Jane Banfield Sun City, West, Arizona Girl Scouts 95 and going strong To the editor: I would like to take the time to encourage parents, families, businesses, and others to give a look at the Girl Scouts and its programs. I’m a new junior leader with the Glowing Embers Girl Scout Council District 5 and very proud to be back into girl scouting, this time as a leader/advisor. Since beginning again in the Girl Scouts organization, I’m seeing the lack of coverage and exposure due to the Girl Scouts. Let me point out that Girl Scouts is not just any “organization.” It’s a place to be for girls and by girls. It’s a place where we provide an environment for girls to grow and adapt to the many changes in their lives. The Girl Scouts Mission is “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.” The girls do similar things as Boy Scouts but in a different way. The fall product sale and the cookie sale projects provide the means for girls to learn about fundraising and organization. Plus, they have fun and interact with many people from all walks of life. Girl Scouts is not limited to those with financial means. It’s open to all girls, regardless of any background. Because not much is put out in the media about girl scouting, we are still here and 95 years strong. In Kalamazoo, Glowing Embers Council just unveiled their brand-new Programs and Training Center (PATC). It’s all about girls and their growing up into fine young women. Girl Scouting provides the avenue(s) to help them and guide them as they grow into their college years. We would like to invite all to invest in this new building and the girls to help build a stronger tomorrow for them. The PATC needs furniture. We have a paver (buy a brick) fundraiser going on now. It’s a phenomenal program and a beautiful way to raise funds not only for the building but also for the girl scout camp Camp Merrie Woode. You can contact Sandra Krouse or myself for the fundraising forms. All in all, lets support the Girl Scouts and the fine programs we have for them. Community support is vital and it shows the girls what it is all about. Also to add, we do have girls that like to do summer camping and we do seek support there as well. We all support 4-H and Boy Scouts, let’s support the Girl Scouts too. The United Way campaign is getting underway. Indicate on your sign-up sheets your support for the Girl Scouts, too. We do appreciate it tremendously! In closing, we will be having a Girl Scout Roundup for the Hastings area soon for all girls who’d like to become members. Keep your eyes peeled for the ads to follow since I will be distributing flyers all over. If your girl cannot wait to sign up then, it’s always open registration any time. Contact Sandra Krouse, our District 5 Member Service Executive at (269) 664-4165 or stop in to see her at the office complex where the United Way office is on M-37 Wednesdays from 1 until 4 p.m. We welcome all girls. Hope to see you there! Sandra Brimmer Jr. Troop #523 Leader Hastings Reader wants Charlton Park antiques appraised, cataloged To the editor: Representatives of Charlton Park have been going to different organizations in Barry County to ask for support of a three-year millage the Park Board says it needs in order to operate and maintain the park at its current operating level. Some of these people are well meaning. However, there are others who are just out and out misleading the taxpayers for their own interests and purposes. A Freedom of Information request was filed with County Administrator Michael Brown for documents relating to Charlton Park. The request asked for a complete list of all antiques (or artifacts) that are held in trust by the Barry County Commission. A request (was also made) for the appraisal of the artifacts at Charlton Park and a copy of the insurance policy insuring the antiques or artifacts at the park. The response has been very disturbing. Brown has reported that after 20 years of millage amounting to more than $5 million of taxpayers funds, they have a small partial list of antiques. There has never been an appraisal. How can county commissioners state they have several millions of dollars of antiques when they have never bothered to have them appraised, and the county has approximately $1 million insurance for the antiques and artifacts. As an excuse, Brown stated, “if there was a fire, the antiques could not be replaced.” If someone had a painting of value in his/her own home, he/she would have it insured – not that it could be replaced – but to be compensated for any loss. The county administrator is saying the antiques have been donated- and because the county didn’t purchase them, it wouldn’t incur a loss. That’s nonsense. County residents are the ones who will incur the loss, and, yes, they should be compensated by at least trying to replace them. This is Support state legislator To the editor: This letter is in response to the Sept. 20 Banner public opinion roll concerning the subject of a state legislator proposing that teachers or school employees be allowed to carry concealed weapons in school. I was actually at the number of negative responses you received to the possibility of allowing legislation of this nature to happen. I wholeheartedly support the action of this legislator. I truly believe that if we should ever be faced with another “Columbine” or “Virginia Tech” type situation, that the only way to perhaps minimize the potential loss of life and suffering is to allow the lawful arming of our school staff, and at colleges, the staff and students. Are we truly complacent and ignorant enough to believe that the police can protect each and every one of us, an unarmed society? I don’t think so! They can’t protect us. The police simply cannot be everywhere every minute. Paper to “fall into obscurity?” To the editor: The Jacobs family will have a hard time finding anyone to fill the shoes left by Editor Dave Young. David’s smart and fair-minded approach to editing will surely be missed by this entire community. Sure Dave made all of the folks mad some of the time and some of the folks mad all of the time, but everyone will feel the loss of this trail blazer. Unfortunately, now I fear that the Hastings Banner will fall into obscurity like so many other small community news outlets. More and more people are going to the Internet to get their information. It is much easier and free, too. Unless a paper is willing to set itself apart by printing both controversial and centrist opinions and news stories there is no real reason to subscribe to a paper. Good bye David Young, we will surely miss you! The question remains, will we soon be saying goodbye to the Hastings Banner as well? Many of us will. Patricia Wilson Thornapple Township Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. another example of the lack of business policies in Barry County, and at the same time politicians are coming to the taxpayers with their hands out for funding. Let us know when you get your act together. Mr. Irving Charlton made provisions in the deed as to how the park was to be funded. However, the Park Commission and the County Board of Commissioners have not shared that information with the paying public. In the deed, Charlton stated, “It is further understood that said premises shall at all times continue as a game reserve, subject to the rules and regulations of the State Conservation Department.” Charlton gave this gift of the park for the use and enjoyment of the people of Barry County. However, he also made it clear that it “shall at all times continue as a game reserve.” In the Park, there is an oak tree with a sign stating, “State, Wildlife Sanctuary, Closed to Hunting, Department of Conservation.” There are pictures showing the tree, the deer blinds, the deer trails in comparison to the blinds, the log cabin with a new tarpaper roof and new stove top pipe, and how clean it is inside with a wood burning stove. Everything is ready for hunting season, including the forced closing of the park at 5 p.m. Most parks are closed at dusk. Fishermen have been told they could not use the new docks because they are private even though the docks were paid for by taxpayers’ funds. Mowed areas have been set aside where bait piles have been established for the feeding of deer. Only yesterday a doe was spotted with an arrow in her, so hunting has already been occurring out of season. I wonder if the board has any concerns regarding the health and welfare of the children and general public who may take a walk in their Park? Again, I am not anti-park. The park is an extremely generous gift from Irving Charlton. Unfortunately, this is a hard, true, and indisputable fact. I for one am of the belief that each of us has an inherent responsibility to protect ourselves. Why should school staff be excluded from “ourselves.” Legally and properly trained armed citizens, school staff included, are not the terror threat to society! The threat comes from criminals and people who have absolutely no regard for the law. If we continue on with our current pistol-free zones and disallow our school staff the right and opportunity to train and legally arm themselves, we are inviting tragedy. Why? Because we have essentially hung up a big sign and shouted to the criminals and those with evil in their hearts that our schools are an open door to do harm. Should any of us be happy with the situation that our society is in, wondering what might happen next, or when? Absolutely no. But why should we be forced, or why should we force others to just sit back and wait, wait for evil things to happen to us? It is too often easy to think that terror, violence, or gang activity could never happen here in good old Hastings or Barry County. But it can. We already know that the communities that have had to deal with tragedy had thought the same innocent things. I wish to encourage everyone to search their hearts, review their morals and standards, and support this legislators idea, or offer a reasonable alternative to this situation, other than the old “ban all guns” or “more gun control” lines of thought! I am steadfast in my belief of the old saying that goes something like, “if you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have guns.” Michael F. Smith, Hastings What are your memories of Charlton Park? I am anti-bad business practices that have no oversight or accountability. If there is no record of what has been donated to the park and no value has been assigned to the antiques, how are the taxpayers of Barry County going to know what valuable antiques may have already been stolen? Answer that question. These antiques should be cataloged, appraised and placed on display where the county residents can enjoy them. Instead, antiques are scattered and hid all over the park. After reviewing these concerns and other concerns, I would like you to consider turning the custody of the park over to the Sheriff’s Department until such time as the county can administrate the park as a highly valuable piece of property. Stop the excuses and give us the accountability that we deserve. Barb Cichy, Delton Editor’s Note: According to Charlton Park officials, the park still is a game reserve, but hunting is not allowed on the property. Park officials also said fishing is allowed and encouraged at the park. Also, artifact curation always has been the responsibility of the current curator, and there has been an on-going cataloguing of all artifacts. Dog Park will benefit canines and people To the editor: We are calling all dog lovers! Great news from the Hastings City Council: Provisional approval has been granted for the construction of a dog park at the Riverwalk Park at 1035 East State Street. This is a beautiful location which will be a great spot to take your dog for some off-leash fun time. The agreement with the City is that of the funds required (primarily for fencing of the two-acre site) one-third will be donated by the Barry County Humane Society, one-third with grants obtained by the city, and one-third raised in the community. The addition of a dog park is a really good thing for the Hastings area. The parks have been increasing in popularity across the country as more and more people have dogs but not the wide-open space to exercise and play with them. Other cities that have built dog parks feel they have had a positive impact on the community. Are you a dedicated dog person that would be willing to step up to the plate for this project? There is a need for a Dog Park Committee from the community to lead the fundraising for the fence, and to oversee operations of the park. This committee needs to be separate from the Humane Society, but we will help get things started with you. If you have a little time to volunteer for this exciting new project, please give us a call at (269) 9450602. Be a hero to your dog! Diane LaBin, President Barry County Humane Society The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 The upcoming November election will again focus attention on Charlton Park. What is your favorite memory of a visit to the park? Do you visit the park? Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Marcia Bossenbroek, Freeport: “I visited Charlton Park as a child and I am looking forward to bringing my children to visit the park.” Diana VanRhee, Irving Township: “I really enjoyed going to Charlton Park during the sheep-shearing demonstrations. It was a lot of fun, and my children really had fun, too.” Bud McMellen, Hastings: “I enjoy going to the car show. I have been there seven or eight times.” Michele Service, Hastings: “I always enjoy going to the special events at Charlton Park. Old-fashioned days, the Halloween celebration, and the car shows are always fun.” Herbert Burpee, Dowling: “I think the park is doing better, and I might go visit again. I always enjoyed going to shows there.” Bud Knuppenburg, Hope Township: “I think more is going on there. I think they are on the right track now.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 5 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Off-year election actually is important Charlton Park millage is not a tax increase Nov. 6, 2007, quite literally will be a big day for an off-year election in Hastings and Barry County. Although the ballot will have only one county-wide issue, that issue is extremely crucial. In addition, city residents will be asked to choose members of the Hastings City Council, and those living within the Hastings Area School System will be asked to approve the renewal of an 18-mill non-homestead property tax. So, voters within the city of Hastings will have three tasks to complete, even though it’s "only an off-year election." Renewals customarily go by without much attention, serving simply as rituals in which voters put their stamps of approval on keeping things the way they’ve been. But this election, just weeks away, will include some controversy that suggests an election unlike many in the past. The request for Charlton Park’s survival will be for .0226 mill, less than the quarter of a mill it has been authorized to levy over the past 20 years. If voters approve the renewal request Nov. 6, they essentially will be paying what they pay now. Yet somehow opponents have been successful in framing this issue as a tax increase, which it emphatically is not. Granted, if voters say "no," they will pay less in taxes than if they approve the renewal. But that’s true in any millage-renewal election, and voters customarily have granted public agencies, institutions or programs what they have been given in the past. Plus, if voters turn down the Charlton Park request, the county still will be faced with many obvious park expenses. The 210acre, riverfront park includes the historic village and a museum filled with artifacts that will continue to need care. Even with full-time employees, security always has been an important issue. Without on-site caretakers, policing of the facility would need to be increased significantly. Charlton Park’s collection is considered one of the best of its type, so county officials still would have the responsibility of maintaining the buildings and collections, regardless of the election result. Voters usually vote down renewals when they are unhappy about the way things have been going, which seemed to be the case in recent elections held in August and November of 2006. These two negative verdicts handed down to Charlton Park prompted the County Board of Commissioners to make sweeping changes in the administration of the park, leading the charge to increase programs and make it more accessible for public use. Now the vote is not about paying more tax dollars; it’s about whether the people of Barry County believe Charlton Park is worth preserving. You, the taxpayers of Barry County, sent the message: We want changes made at the park. The commissioners responded with a new board, a new attitude and a new direction. A full calendar of activities have been added. These events are drawing more crowds. Volunteers are returning. All of these changes are making the park an attraction again for Barry County. I will be voting to support Charlton Park. In doing so, I will be showing my approval of the recent changes and supporting the push to once again make this Barry County’s greatest attraction. Meanwhile, Hastings schools will ask for a renewal of the 18mill non-homestead property tax that is applied to businesses, industries and people who have second homes. Most folks pay the schools 6 mills for residential property each year, while businesses pay a much higher portion of the district’s income. In the interest of full disclosure, it must be pointed out that the current non-homestead property tax levy has been "rolled back" to 17.75 mills because of provisions of the complicated Headlee Amendment. So the schools will be asking to restore the original 18-mill levy that was approved by voters more than a few years ago. It is interesting to note a lot of people will be voting Nov. 6 on a school tax they don’t have to pay. But that’s one of the provisions of Proposal A of 1994, which was overwhelmingly approved statewide in a special election in March of that year. As the Banner front-page headline suggested earlier this summer, Nov. 6 indeed will be "D-Day" for Charlton Park because the County reports that the park will have to be shut it down if the millage renewal is voted down for the third time. As well, the Hastings school system faces a serious revenue loss of over $3 million dollars in local funding if its renewal fails to pass. Though both of these renewals will be showcase issues, the day also will include other voting opportunities in the Hastings area. Despite the absence of a presidential or gubernatorial race at the top of the ticket, Election Day 2007 should be important to those of us who live here. In the words of Will Rogers, "People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument." If you haven’t been to Charlton Park lately—and even if you have—I suggest you attend the lumberjack show, a unique blend of history and entertainment, this weekend at the park. As you are enjoying the festivities, take a look around and determine for yourself if this precious treasure is worth preserving with a simple “yes” vote. —Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Dick Reyff leaves a legacy of community service by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Richard “Dick” Lee Reyff died suddenly Thursday, Sept. 20 on his way to a meeting at Middleville Village Hall. He had been a resident of Middleville for more than 44 years, and he and his wife, Sue, had recently celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. Reyff was a well-known educator at Thornapple Kellogg schools. Current Superintendent Gary Rider at the September 24 meeting told school board members that Reyff “was one of the first people to welcome me to this community. He cared about education and this area.” Born in Bowling Green, Ohio, July 6, 1931, Reyff graduated from Tallmadge High School in Tallmadge, Ohio and attended Grand Rapids Junior College and Western Michigan University. He completed graduate studies at both Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. Reyff was a teacher and librarian at Thornapple Kellogg High School for more than 20 years. Some former students have told his wife this week, “Mr. Reyff made a big difference in my life. He helped me decide on college and a career.” He was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Middleville Village Council and recently was elected in his own right in the Sept. 11 election. Reyff was a member of the Thornapple Township Planning Commission. He served on the Thornapple Kellogg Library Advisory Board and on the Barry County Parks Commission. Reyff also had been a member of the MSU Extension Board. He had acted with the Village Players of Middleville and served with the group. He was past chairman of the Barry County Democratic Party and a member of the Order of Masons. Sue Reyff describes his love of family and friends. He would visit with former students, and he and his neighbors, including his children shared many activities and their swimming pools. He was active in both the Middleville United Methodist Church and the Parmalee Correction The Banner reported last week that Tendercare Hastings was found in noncompliance by the Attorney General’s Office for June Dankert’s death in May. The facility actually was found to be in noncompliance by the Michigan Bureau of Health Services at a level D, meaning there was a potential for harm for one or two people, but that no harm was proven. Richard “Dick” Lee Reyff Methodist Church. In fact, both pastors Scott Manning, from MUMC, and Lee Zachman, from Parmalee, will officiate at the memorial service at noon Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Middleville United Methodist Church. Sue Reyff says one reason they moved to the Middleville area was because Reyff loved to hunt and walk in the woods. Afflicted with asthma, he couldn’t mow the lawn, but really loved spending time outdoors. Reyff shared this love of the out-of-doors as a Boy Scout leader in Middleville. She praises her family and neighbors for the assistance given to her following Dick’s death. “They have been so wonderful,” she says. In fact, as Dick was suffering from various ailments this past year, neighbors and friends rallied around, providing unasked help. Sue also praised the professionalism of the staff at Thornapple Township Emergency Services. “They have been so helpful and caring. They never made Dick feel badly that he needed assistance,” she says. Reyff is survived by his son, Eric Lee Reyff, and wife, Beverly, of Cadillac. Their children are Kortney, Niki and Chelsea Lewis. He is also survived by his daughter, Martha Reyff-Banash, her husband, Chris, John Lloyd and children Alex, Madison, Sidney and Zoey Reyff of Hastings. Reyff’s youngest daughter, Sara Pellegrini, and her husband, John, live in East Grand Rapids with their children Olivia and Nathan. Reyff was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys Reyff, father Howard E. Reyff, his brother Howard and grandsons Eric “Lee” Reyff and Jack Pellegrini. Sue says, “one of the pleasures of his life was helping his grandchildren with their homework. He really believed in education.” Residents of the area also remember when Reyff fought the removal of Catcher in the Rye from the Thornapple Kellogg School and Community Library. He was a lifelong opponent of censorship. This fight was even mentioned in Playboy. Sue says, “his friends have called and visited. All have told me how important he was to their lives.” Although Reyff was cremated, a visitation will be held at the United Methodist Church in Middleville at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, followed by services at noon. Sue invites everyone to stay for lunch, which will precede interment and a graveside service at Mount Hope Cemetery in Middleville. Memorial donations can be sent to the Richard and Eric Lee Reyff Scholarship Fund, Barry Community Foundation, Suite 201, 629 W. State Street, Hastings 49058. This fund will provide scholarships for students who have been in special educaition classes. Donations to Thornapple Township Emergency Services can be sent to Thornapple Township, PO box 459, Middleville 49333 with a note that the donation is for TTES in Reyff’s memory. Sue says, “Dick was involved in so many organizations. I welcome anyone giving in his memory in any way.” Teen events at Hastings Library Anime and manga fans are invited to become a part of the Hastings Public Library’s new Anime Club. Anime is a style of Japanese computerassisted animation techniques, and manga, the Japanese word for “comics,” is drawn in a similar style. Any teens sixth grade and up can join the fun. At each meeting, members will watch anime, discuss and recommend favorite anime and manga, and share original artwork. Snacks will be provided at every meeting. The club will be supported by Funimation, a large anime distribution company, which will send a new anime DVD and other freebies to the library each month for members to enjoy. The only request is for members to fill out a survey on how they liked the selection. The first meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. in the library’s second-floor community room. Vote yes on Charlton Park millage To the editor: Does anyone get tired of the Democrat’s side; they are always attacked. They never say a bad word about anyone else, say nothing of a Republican, those poor souls are to be sorry for. They try to silence anyone who would not have a good word for the Democrats. The local Progressive Dems demonstrate with signs, letters, etc. to get out of Iraq. If Iran gets the bomb they will take over all of the Middle East. You won’t have to worry about the price, you will be begging for what oil you can get. Yes, I can see you sad Democrats screaming that the government let you down by not drilling off coasts, drilling in Alaska or putting windmills for power off Ted Kennedy’s property in Massachussets, which has been pushed, but he says no. By the way, if World War II hadn’t come along, Roosevelt would never have had the country come out of recession under his leadership. In fact, after two terms, 1932 to 1940, I don’t believe you see any great turn around. Today National Education Association the nations largest teachers union is demanding a tax supported health care plan (socialized medicine) for all residents (includes illegal aliens). You teachers don’t have to let a union speak for you! We have a few troubles in our midst. Millage for Charlton Park should be approved. Eighty percent should vote yes for sure. Let’s not let Irv. Charlton down. He donated a lot of his life collecting for the future to be shown at the park. Vote Yes. 911 should run without a lot of fuss if people are honest. Get some of these know it alls out of there! Cut their millage down. We need Ward Weiler sitting at all these meetings. Put his name on an empty chair. It might help. It seems like everyone is after money. The Board of Commissioners should cut off the cash bar. You give some here, some there. You have to quit. Cut everything 10 percent and you will have enough to get by with before it’s too late. We have millage for 911, C.O.A. and busing. These don’t need cash. In fact, 911 could be cut back. Also is every one contributing fairly at the C.O.A.? I never forgot the words of one who told me he would never take a meal as long as he could grub up something at home. Judge Fisher wrote a blistering letter condemning me on my article. Seems he is an expert on who and what should be written. I fought for the First Amendment and don’t appreciate remarks made. I don’t remember the judge bringing exBarry County Prosecuting Attorney Gordon Shane McNeil back to earth from some of his out of this world charges. Oh hell, we all have faults. Maybe the judge could get a feather in his hat if he would send community service workers out to help keep the cemetery clean. Move on org owns the Democratic party. In New York Times they had General Patrueus, below it, General Betrayus. What a disgrace. Hillary Clinton and Dodd voted not to condemn. Barack Obama was hiding. While they are campaigning, they are not running the nation’s business. You see where Hillary gets her millions to run on. Congress wants a major increase in gas taxes. Look out! That’s what your ruling party wants. Hillary Clinton’s health care plan is nothing but socialized medicine. You bet it’s great stuff, until you need something major. Try to find it, if you do, how long a wait will it be? Just like 1996 questionable donations from Chinese American Businessman Norman Hsu, a native of Hong Kong has invested heavy into Clinton and Barack Obama’s campaign. Hillary says not like 1996. Do you Progressive Dems realize just what secrets were given to China by Bill Clinton. They wouldn’t be threatening us like they are, without Bill giving knowledge about missiles. The front page Banner of Sept. 20 was about the new Baum Stadium. What a glorious day for Hastings. The Hastings school system should turn out all the players Coach Rademacker can use to make Hastings a powerhouse in football. Grandville has a hall of fame. Did you know Ed Taylor, Hastings High School principal from 1936-1951 is in there? Tiger Benny McCoy is there also. Hastings never came up with anything like that and it is too bad. Harmon Wilcox has a record in one of the dashes that has lasted since 1943, for an example. I thought at one time I could have gotten in, but the folks are gone from that era (that was the leather helmet or no helmet era; cauliflower ear I can relate to). The Baum’s, Aben Johnson and others should go in on first draft. Hastings has been lucky to have donations by the likes of Baum’s, the Groos’s (library) plus other endeavors, Doug DeCamp (Flexfab) and there are others. I hope Hastings Manufacturing doesn’t forget Hastings when healthy. Don Johnson “Letters” section serves as a forum for individuals To the editor: In 1776 an English fighter for American independence named Tom Paine coined the phrase, “these are the times that try men’s souls.” He answered the anxiety of the times with a stirring pamphlet named Common Sense that caught the imagination of Americans fighting for their freedom. Words of truth were important in the American cause then, and such words, as however unpopular, are still important. This Bush II Administration is again trying men’s (and women’s) souls with the third or fourth unnecessary American war in a row. The seven years of the Bush II grab for ultimate presidential power has radicalized many people almost as during the unnecessary Vietnam war -except for the draft which did and would turn people out in droves. Don’t be consoled that everyone is not excited by Bush II - only about 1/3 of Americans wanted to get away from King George III. This newspaper has been growing as a forum for Barry County people to vent their concerns with the way things are going in these trying times. All sorts of local, state and national issues have been kicked around in the letters and editorials with the aid of Dave Young, the editor; and Fred Jacobs of the Jacobs owning family. The owners have shown their mettle by encouraging opinion however raw and untamed. Unlike most local papers, Banner has become an important force in local political issues. Quite unlike most of the national corporate media, truth has found its way into the pages of the Banner. Truth is scarce today, and getting more scarce all the time through our corporate media. The Banner has been smart to stick mostly to local news, and done a very good job with it. Still so much is wrong with and under discussion in our state and national life a whole lot of that discussion is spilling out into the internet. People who care deeply about our country are frustrated as to what to do to make a difference. Our democracy as we knew it is going down the drain. The Banner and its owners, editors and writers have delivered important opinions on some of current issues. This paper has become important. While the owners have a ‘bully pulpit,’ truth comes in mysterious places and ugly packages. Dave Young has helped make the Banner important. It is unfortunate that the family of ownership have terminated his services. Perhaps, like Thomas Paine and many people after him, Dave has become upset by where this country is going especially under the Bush II power grab for American Empire. [I am not in the confidence of Dave Young]. Thomas Paine in 1776 went on to say “tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered: yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” ...So we must go on against what some of us see as tyranny upon us again in the form of a Presidential power grab of previously unknown proportions... It has become popular to shoot the messenger rather than deal with the facts. Truth, like self-government, is messy. Truth when we find it is not always packaged in ways we want it or like it. Truth and self-government are both going down the drain, and we only hope the Banner does not shrink in importance along with it. George C. Williston WANT WEATHER FORECASTS? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �Page 6 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Arthur Rolland Smith 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Pastor of Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) provided for all Sunday a.m. services and Wednesday Mid-Week. Sunday: Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children (Kidz Praize, age 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6-12), and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday Mid-Week: 6:30 p.m. Kids’ Club (age 4 through 5th grade), Youth (grades 6-12), Adult Discipleship Training and Bible Study. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. 7 p.m. Women’s Ministry Sept. 20. FAMILY FUN DAY, Celebrating Faith, Family and Friends! SEPT. 15 - 11 AM-3 PM. You are invited and welcome! Harold Haines GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover Grace! Sunday, Sept. 30: Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. outdoors. Pig roast after worship. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan DELTON - Arthur Rolland Smith, age 78, passed away September 25, 2007. Arthur was born July 31, 1929, in Barry County, the son of Rolland and Edith (Vandenbausch) Smith. Arthur attended Kingsley and Delton schools. A veteran of the US Army, Arthur served in Greenland and Korea. Arthur was self employed in the auto body repair business for 40 years. A member of the Hickory Corners American Legion, Post 484, the Eagles Aires 299 of Battle Creek, and the National Rifle Association, he enjoyed fishing and many outdoor activities. He is survived by daughters, Jenny (Edward) Worthington of Battle Creek, Janet Middaugh of San Diego, CA; special long time best friend Bess Hall of Delton; grandchildren, Angie, Kieth, Chad and Nicki Worthington, all of Battle Creek; brothers Clyde Smith and Harold (Lois) Smith, all of Battle Creek; sisters Margaret Bailey of Delton, and Helen (Ronald) Skidmore of Battle Creek, and several nieces, nephews and friends. Arthur was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Bob and a sister Mary. The family will receive friends Friday 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday, September 29, 2007, 11:00 AM, at East Hickory Corners Cemetery, Pastor Jeff Worden, officiating. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Parkinson Foundation will be appreciated. 77516297 DELTON - Haines, Harold “Tom” of Delton, age 70, passed away Friday evening at his residence, with his family at his bedside. Tom was born February 6, 1937, in Battle Creek, the son of Lester and June (Darling) Haines. Tom retired from Kellogg’s in 1992. Fall was his favorite time of the year, with natures natural beauty. Tom loved his farm and the animals on his farm, but most importantly he loved his family. He collected antique farm equipment, hand tools and milk bottles. An avid sports enthusiast, he loved college sports, especially Michigan State University. On July 12, 1955, he married Winnifred (Winnie) Spaw who survives. Other members of his family include sons: Kenneth (Fran) Haines, Brent (Michele) Haines, Rick (Heather) Haines, all of Delton, a brother Chip (Kim) Haines of Byron Center, sisters Pat Whipple, Sandy Lopez, both of Hastings, and Cheryl Moore of Battle Creek, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A private graveside service will be conducted at Cedar Creek Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to Borgess Visiting Nurse and Hospice, Barry County Humane Society or Hickory Corners Bible Church will be appreciated. Novella Whited Dorotha Alice Cummings LAKE ODESSA - Novella Whited, age 82, of Lake Odessa passed away September 24, 2007 in Hastings. She was born April 29, 1925 the daughter of Ralph and Mary Ellen (Hatmaker) Elkins. Novella was a member of the Kilpatrick Church. She loved music, quilting, and spending time with her family. Novella is survived by her children, Larry and Anita Miller of Missouri and Phyllis and John Spurgis of Lake Odessa; a sister, Juanita and Earl Paul of Tennessee; grandchildren, Rob and Aubrey Spurgis of Rockford, Ron and Lisa Spurgis of Lake Odessa, Donna, Scott and Craig Miller; six great grandchildren; three step great grandchildren, Robert Dawson and Bailee. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clyde Miller in 1972 and husband, Marv Waited 1982. Private services to be held at a later date. Arrangements by Lake Funeral Home in Ionia. Online condolences may be made at www.lakefuneralhomes.com. Carol Harbin Freeport - Carol Vivian Miller Higbee Harbin passed away peacefully at home with her family on Monday September 24, 2007 at the age of 85. She was born at the family farm in Lacey, to Floyd Theodore and Lovelle Vivian (Helvie) Miller who have preceded her in death. She was a lifelong resident of the Hastings area, graduating from Hastings schools and continuing her education at Argubright College where she learned the many aspects to becoming a Legal Secretary, a profession she practiced at several Law firms for many years in Hastings and Battle Creek. She married Howard E. Higbee in Lacy in August of 1943 and was happily married until his passing. She then met Vernon A. Harbin and married in September 1966 just outside of Hastings. He also precedes her in death. Carol is survived by a daughter, Lorraine (John) Herbert of Freeport; sons, Donald Higbee of Clare, and Philip (Jean Swander) Higbee of Nashville; step-daughter, Cathie (Buz) Marrison; grandchildren, Seth Higbee, Lisa Dolby, Timothy Herbert and Tiffany Blackwell, Steve Gerald, Kelly Rodriguez, Jeff Harbin and Kristie Ingraham; numerous great-grandchildren; step daughter-in-law, Linda Harbin; her special friend, Max Wellfare and Her beloved cat Nosey. She is also preceded in death by a stepson, James Harbin. Between her work and raising her family, Carol found time for quilting and crocheting, both of which she loved. She also loved going to breakfast every morning at Big Boy. Her family will receive friends on Thursday September 27, 2007 from 11:00 AM until the time of services at 1:00 PM at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway in Hastings. Pastor Daniel Currie officiating. According to her wishes cremation will then follow. For those who wish, memorial contributions should be directed to the One Another Ministries International, P.O. Box 2430, Orange California 92859 Please sign Carol’s register book or send condolences at www.lauerfh.com. HASTINGS - Dorotha Alice Cummings, age 96, of Hastings, died Monday, September 24, 2007 at Oak View Adult Foster Care. She was born May 26, 1911 in Freeport, the daughter of Leo and Gladys (Yarger) Cummings. Dorothy worked 12 years at Feldpaush Food Center and 10 years at the Hastings Area Schools. She retired in 1976. Dorothy was an animal lover who had dogs and cats as her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Ruth Zerbel. Dorotha is survived by a niece, Marlene Swan of Indianapolis, her great-niece’s, Becky Kligerman, Julie Benson, Katie Swan, and Jennie, her cousins, Iris Yoder and Grechen Myers, her dear friends and neighbor, Dick and Mert Clark, who faithfully helped her for more than 50 years. Visitation will be held Thursday from 10:00 - 10:45 am at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, followed by Graveside services at Fuller Cemetery on Charlton Park Rd. with Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Memorials can be made to the Barry County Animal Shelter. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). James P. Adcock ENGLEWOOD, FL - James P. Adcock, age 80, of Englewood, Florida, and formerly a lifelong resident of Hastings died September 9, 2007. Mr. Adcock graduated from Hastings High School and served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater of World War II aboard the S.S. Seminole. He received the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon. He was a member of the VFW, Moose, Elks and Eagles Lodges. Before his retirement recognizing 30 years of employment with the E.W. Bliss Company, he enjoyed boating and the many community activities on Algonquin Lake. After is retirement he resided in Englewood Florida. He was preceded in death by his parents, the Rev. Benjamin and Ogda Adcock, and his five brothers, Walter, Benjamin, Arthur, John and Paul. His father was a long time minister for the First Baptist Church in Hastings. Jim Adcock is survived by his niece, Carolyn Adcock Eagen, and his nephew Edward Eagen of Englewood, Florida; his grandniece and goddaughter, Cassandra Eagen; as well as grandniece Wendy Carchio; sister-in-law Gerri Adcock of Battle Creek; four nieces and two nephews living in Michigan and New Jersey; and a special friend Betty Torgerson of Englewood. A celebration of life will be held in Englewood, Florida later this fall. Lemon Bay Funeral Homes, Englewood is in charge of cremation arrangements. Donations may be made in Jim’s honor to Mental Health Community Centers, Beacon House, 1680-C, S. Tamiami Trail, Venice, FL 34293, or a charity of your choice. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 7 Area Obituaries Richard Lee Reyff Clifford and Dorothy Byers celebrated 60th anniversary MIDDLEVILLE - Richard (Dick) Lee Reyff, passed away unexpectedly at home September 20, 2007, a loving caring 44 year resident of Middleville. He was born in Bowling Green, Ohio July 6, 1931. He graduated from Talmege High School, Talmege, Ohio, GRJC, Western Michigan University. He was a graduate of MSU and U of M. He was an educator and librarian at Thornapple Kellogg Schools in Middleville for 20 years. Richard was very active in village and township service organizations, Middleville Village Council, Township Planning Commission, TK Library Board, Barry County Park Commission, MSU Extension Board, Village Players and past chairman of the Barry County Democratic Party and member of the Order of Mason’s. He was married to Susan (Williams) Reyff for 49 years. Dick loved to be involved with the community and grandchildren’s lives. He had many special friendships with colleagues, students throughout the community. He is survived by his son, Eric Lee Reyff (Beverly) of Cadillac; grandchildren, Kortney, Niki, and Chelsea (Rob) Lewis, Martha Reyff-Banash (Chris), John Lloyd of Hastings; grandchildren, Alex, Madison, Sidney, Zoey Reyff, Sarah Pellegrini (John); grandchildren, Olivia and Nathan. He was preceded in death by his mother, Gladys Reyff; father, Howard E. Reyff; brother, Howard E. Reyff; grandson’s, Eric “Lee’ Reyff and Jack Pellegrini. Visitation will be held at the United Methodist Church in Middleville September 29, 2007 at 11 a.m. for family and friends. Services to be held at noon and luncheon after the service. Interment and graveside service to be held at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Middleville. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Barry Community Foundation or Thornapple EMT. Arrangements being made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Clifford and Dorothy Byers celebrated their 60th anniversary on September 8, 2007 with a party at the home of their daughter. They were united in marriage on January 25, 1947 at Battle Creek, Mich. Their children include Julie (Chuck) Wickham of Delton, Ron (Marsha) Byers of Bellevue, Norm (Patty) Byers of Bellevue, Paul (Nancy) Byers of Bellevue and Robin (Craig) Vaughan of Caledonia. They have 15 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Their celebration was hosted by their children on September 8 at their daughter Julie’s home. George Cogswell will celebrate 90th birthday George Cogswell will celebrate his 90th birthday on Thursday, September 27, 2007. Visits and a card shower would be greatly appreciated at 5791 Center Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. Clawson-Minier The family of Bonnie Bonn Jackson invites you to help her celebrate her 70th birthday at a cake and punch reception held on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the West Berlin Wesleyan Church, 5110 West Portland Road, in the new Ebenzer Center. Cards would be welcomed at 4775 Portland Road, Saranac, MI 48881. The pleasure of your company and the sharing of memories is the only gift needed. Mark and Joanne Keeler of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Lynn Keeler to Mark Carl Peake, the son of Tom Peake of Hastings and Allison Kendall of New York. Ashley is a 2002 graduate of Hastings High School and has an associates degree in business administration. She currently works for Hastings Orthopedic Clinic. Mark is also a 2002 graduate of Hastings High School. He is currently employed with Burdock Hill Dairy. The couple will be married on October 20, 2007. Flo Kane to celebrate 100th birthday Rasmussen-Sistek Please join Gladys Kolb from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, at Thornapple Manor to celebrate her 99th birthday. Cards should be sent to Gladys Kolb, 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, MI 49058. No gifts please. Jackson will turn 70 Paul and Chris Clawson of Hastings and Dale and Bobbie Minier of Lowell are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Mindy Clawson and Mike Minier. Mike is a 1997 graduate of Lowell High School. Mindy is a 1997 graduate of Hastings High School. They currently reside in Lowell. They are planning an August 30, 2008 wedding. Flo Kane will be 100 years old Oct. 4. She will be celebrating her birthday with over 75 of her family members with her. Flo lives with her youngest daughter at 12811 Pine Lake Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080. Gladys Kolb will turn 99 Keeler-Peake to be united We are pleased to announce that Sarah Rasmussen of Coeur D’Alene and Chet Sistek of Spokane, Washington were engaged on December 26, 2006. Sarah is the daughter of Lynn and Myrna Rasmussen of Coeur D’Alene. She graduated from Coeur D’Alene High School in 1992. Chet is the son of Andy and Ellen Scarbourgh of Rochester, Washington. He graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1986. Chet and Sarah are planning a New Year’s Eve wedding at the Coeur D’Alene Resort. The couple plans to reside in Hayden. Kenyons to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Arnol and Joan Kenyon of Delton, Michigan will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner and a trip out west. Arnol and the former Joan Ballard were married September 28, 1957 in Hastings, Michigan. They have one daughter, Michelle (Brent) Haines of Delton. They are proud grandparents of Kal Haines of Austin, Texas, and Jordan Haines of Delton. Arnol retired from the Upjohn Co. in Kalamazoo and Joan retired from Felpausch Food Center. Kings to celebrate silver wedding anniversary Jeff and Melinda King of Gun Lake will be celebrating their 25th anniversary on October 1, 2007. They were united in marriage on October 1, 1982 at Middleville, Michigan. Their children include Anthony King of Gun Lake and Nicklaus King of Plainwell. 02679294 Lewis-Maurer to be united CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! Senior Living 06655119 Kristen Lewis and Douglas Maurer of Grand Rapids announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Parents of the couple are Sherlyn and Doug Lewis of St. John’s and Sharon and Thomas Maurer of Hastings. Kristen is a graduate of St. John’s High School and Western Michigan University with a degree in accounting and works as a financial analyst in Grand Rapids. Doug graduated in 1989 from Hastings High School and from Western Michigan University in 1994 with a BS degree in computer science, mathematics, and education and a MS degree from Central Michigan University in information technology. Doug works as a Director of Information Technology for Glass Corner Greenhouses, Inc. in Grand Rapids. An October 20, 2007 wedding is being planned in Grand Rapids. Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 8 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Depot complex will be open this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. the exhibit will focus on fishing and hunting items including guns, knives, bows and other archery equipment. Maybe there will be some camping items. If you have items to loan for the weekend, call Kim Deardorff. The genealogy room will be open at the same time, and again on Monday, Oct. 1. The downtown streetscape project continues with painters at work nearly every day. The Barbery building is now complete, with earthy tones in front and on the expanse of the wall fronting First Street. Across the street the Barnett building housing the Family Medical Center, is being done in pastel colors, compatible with their faux-stone frontage. Theirs has pink and pale blue with cream. News is that the Doane building will be ready for occupancy in November. This will make vacant a large portion of the Licari building which houses Dr. Jerald Licari’s dental practice. The new Doane building is on the southwest corner of M-50 and Willowbrook. It has additional space to lease beyond the current needs of Doane Insurance. Ten members of United Methodist Women of Central UMC attended the district annual meeting in Portland last Wednesday. This was the second largest group from any church. Annual reports were given and officers elected for the coming year. Sue Balderson and Arlene Stanton of Hastings were elected to the district team for 2008. Leland and Ruth Turner, formerly of Hastings, came for the day. They drove from Ohio. The late Sharon Goodemoot was given the Woman With Heart award, posthumously. The evening meal was served by men from Portland. The evening speaker was Kyung Za Yim, president of Women’s Division. Yim a native of Korea, now resides in North Carolina. She is a registered nurse who served on the 2005 tsunami relief effort in Indonesia. She was to speak at each of the six district events in September. Several conference officers attended, as well as two retired missionaries. Lakewood schools had 15 retirees in attendance at the Sept. 20 meeting at the intermediate school district offices near Ionia. The speaker was Bonnie Carpenter, executive director of MARSP. Two Hastings officers in Area 15 MARSP attended also. The lunch was catered by Class Act which is part of the vocational education program of the county, centered at Ionia High School. Ann Ruder Roth won a prize in the 50/50 drawing and also a door prize. Letters from the county drain commissioner arrived in local mailboxes recently. The proposal and the list of assessments was to be available at the drain office on Thursday. The total project cost about $50,000, and the work has been done to clear the Little Thornapple River in Woodland Township to better drain Jordan Lake. The assessments on the December tax roll will be minimal, with the common amount for houses in town only $5. Even the state of Michigan will be assessed the amount of space occupied by state roads in the drain district. Tychele Turner of Westphalia, daughter of Brenda and Bryce, granddaughter of Paul and JoAnn Casarez of Woodland, is a recent MSU graduate doing some prestigious research projects in genetics. BOARD, continued from page 1 Townsend-Service The children of Jeannine Townsend and Don Service are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their parents. The wedding will be held on October 27 at 2 p.m. at Grace Wesleyan Church in Hastings. All of their friends are invited to help celebrate this joyous occasion. No gifts please. commissioners approved a request for a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $17,039. CDBG representative Marilyn Smith told the board the money will be used to make improvements to a home located on Valley Drive, in Yankee Springs Township. She explained that all labor would be voluntary and the money would be used for materials and supplies. The board also approved a bid, to exceed $6455, from Hurless Machine for the purchase and installation of miscellaneous safety items inside the Barry County Jail. The money will be paid from the Building Rehabilitation Fund. Commissioners also approved a bid from HBC Contracting in the amount of $3,600 for the removal of asbestos at the Sheriff’s Department and also approved spending up to an additional $1,500 for oversight fees to be paid from the Building Rehabilitation Fund. The board set the date of Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the commission chambers to hold a public hearing on the county’s 2008 budget. During the Facilities and Property Committee Report, the commissioners approved a contract between the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Hastings City and Barry County Airport Commission to acquire two parcels of land, with the local funds to be paid from the Airport Fund. The board approved a lease agreement between Barry County and the Barry County Community Mental Health Services Board for the acquisition of a building on Algonquin Lake. The lease will run through Sept. 30, 2015. 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The board also approved a change in the pay grade for Pam Palmer, Circuit Court Chief clerk, from Grade 06 to Grade 07, retroactive to Jan. 1, and approved Palmer’s appointment to serve as a magistrate for the county. Commissioners also approved the renewal of the administrative services agreement between Barry County and Professional Benefits Services, Inc., effective Sept. 1. The board also approved the proposal from Gabriel Roeder Smith and Co. to perform an actuarial valuation of the retiree health-care benefits for Barry County. The board approved the appointment of Dr. Phillip Crofts as a deputy medical examiner for the county. In the Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Courts Committee Report, the board approved the 2007-2008 child-care budget. The board approved an amendment to the Comprehensive Corrections Plans between Barry County and the Michigan Department of Corrections for the 2007 fiscal year. Finally, commissioners approved spending up to $12,000 for the purchase of a K-9 dog to be paid for from the Drug Forfeiture Fund. Barb Cichy, a resident of Delton, addressed the board about concerns with Charlton Park. She was advised by County Board Chairman Michael Callton that she should take her concerns to the Charlton Park Board before coming before the county commission. “You are bypassing the first step on the ladder,” Callton told Cichy. “You are trig to go right to the top and it would be more appropriate for you to take your concerns to the Charlton Park Board first.” Nicholas James Courtney, Nashville and Ashley Sue Visger, Nashville. Andrew Martin Budreau, Hastings and Emily Rae Pierce, Hastings. Warren Charles Beard, Dowling and Kay Thi Hlaing, Dowling. Jerrod Roy William Cousins, Nashville and Carrie Ellen Hardin, Nashville. David Scott Knapp, Middleville and Elizabeth Helen Bottorff, Middleville. Jeremiah Paul West, Middleville and Darice Charlene Shumway, Hastings. Robert Paul Joseph Jr., Nashville and Stephanie Lynn McCaul, Nashville. Steven Mark Abbott, Jr., Nashville and Nialla Rene Warner Castelein, Nashville. William Flloyd Lane, Delton and Heather Marie Overbeek, Delton. Richard Gay, Grayling and Judith Chandler, Hastings. Kurt Rabley, Middleville and Reghan Knight, Middleville. Timothy Braden, Nashville and Kari Matson, Nashville. Joseph Eitel, Middleville and Karin Young, Middleville. Upstaging friend downsizing friendship Dear Annie: Last year, "Karen" and I became very good friends during a summer theatre production. We had much in common and remained close the entire year. This summer, we both received speaking parts, and though they are equal roles, Karen seems to be doing whatever she can to pull herself ahead of me. At first, I thought she was just excited and I accepted her bragging. But she never stopped. If I was given a direction to do something, she would quickly remind me of everything she was doing and how insignificant my role was. If she had a scene I wasn't in, she expected me to congratulate her. But if I was in the scene, she either ignored me or reminded me that her part is better. Summer is over, but things aren't the same. If I tell her how I feel, she will instantly take offense and deny it, and our friendship would be over. I'm about ready for that, except I remember what a great friend I used to have. Should I give up, or is there some way to regain our bond? -- Holding my Breath in Baltimore Dear Baltimore: Karen may like you, but you also are her rival, and she's ambitious enough to step over you to get what she wants. Only you can decide if that's a trait you are willing to tolerate in a friend. If you still think she's worth it, we strongly recommend you connect with her outside of those activities where you might be competing against each other. Poo-poo the "PopPop?" Dear Annie: Shortly after my husband and I had a baby, my mother and I had a falling out. After a couple of years of not speaking, we reconciled. We are not close, but we stay in touch. However, her longtime boyfriend still won't speak to me or my husband. Here's the problem: My husband's father passed away just before we met. All of the other grandchildren called him "Pop-Pop" and still refer to him that way. My mother has just told our son to call her boyfriend "PopPop." It upsets my husband because this is his father's name, and it makes me angry because my mother's boyfriend is not my child's grandfather and hasn't even spoken to me for two years. My mother is notorious for acting juvenile when she doesn't get her way. I'd rather not have another nasty argument, so how should I handle this? -- Stuck in the Middle Dear Stuck: Your son spends more time with you than with your mother. If you tell him, "Grandma and 'Joe' this, and Grandma and 'Joe' that," your son will connect the name with your mother's boyfriend and her preferences are less likely to stick. Not to mention, kids tend to find their own nicknames for relatives, and maybe your son will call the guy "Poop-Poop" and solve the problem for you. Advice may show gender bias Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Almost Having It All in New York." Have you lost your minds? You have printed hundreds of letters from men complaining that their wives don't want sex and you never suggest that the wife might be "asexual, gay or having a series of affairs." Yet, when a woman complains of the same thing in her spouse, you question his sexuality. What happened to seeking medical attention, as you suggest for women with this problem? Perhaps he has a hormonal, vascular or neurological disorder. Or maybe, dare I suggest, he just doesn't like sex. I hear (from your column) that lots of women are that way. So why not a man, too? -- Completely Dumbfounded in Florida Dear Florida: If a man told us his 40-something wife has never wanted affection, let alone sex, and that she frequently goes to business seminars that he is "not allowed to attend," we would think exactly the same thing -- that she's hiding something about her sexual needs. But you're right. On the offchance that it's a medical problem, it is a good idea for him to be checked. Thanks for suggesting it. New job vs. old friends Dear Annie: My fiance and I are trying to decide where to live after we get married. When we were engaged, "Gil" moved into my apartment. I lived in a nice town five hours away from my family and nine hours from his. I had a good job, and his company allowed him to transfer to my area. After six months, I could tell he was not happy. Gil missed his family and friends. After a long talk, I agreed to move where his family is, even though it meant being far away from my best friend and 12 hours from my parents. I miss them, but I love my new job and can easily see myself working here forever. We are close to Gil's family and spend lots of time with them. However, Gil's best friends -- the ones he moved back home to be near -have all moved away. The other day, Gil mentioned that he might like to move back. He says he'd like to hang out with my old friends since he really doesn't have anyone here anymore. Annie, the company I now work for has no other offices, so a transfer is out of the question. I would have to find another job. My previous job was good, but not as satisfying as this one. Still, I'd consider it, but I'm afraid if we move back, Gil will miss his family and we will end up moving again. What should we do? -- U.S. Dear U.S.: Stay put. Gil suffers from instant gratification-itis. He needs time to find new friends and acclimate himself to his environment -- wherever it is. Since he has no particular attachment to either place, but you do, we say you get to make the decision this time. Mother-in-law is her own type of "over-bearing" Dear Annie: My mother-in-law has a heart of gold. The problem is, she gives too much and never asks when we actually need something. Any time Mom comes over, she brings crates of bottled water, frozen food, bags of clothes, baby things, closet organizers, cleaning products, gift cards -- you name it. If we tell her not to bring anything, she does it anyway. When we visit her, she takes my husband "shopping" in the basement pantry, and we end up with bags of food and a bunch of other things. We always accept her presents because we don't want to appear ungrateful, but it's insulting to be given this overflow of stuff we don't want or need. We have enough money to buy whatever we require. My husband says she'd be hurt if we refused her generosity. I feel I'm being treated like a kid who needs a handout. Am I making too much of this? -- Frustrated Daughter-in-Law Dear Frustrated: Yes. Your mother-in-law doesn't do this because she thinks you need a handout. It simply makes her deliriously happy to give things to those she loves. Keep accepting these items graciously, and donate what you don't need to a women's shelter, where it will be much appreciated. Self-worth tied to hubby’s issues Dear Annie: I am one of those wives who "let herself go." Why? Over 20 years, my husband has wasted thousands of dollars on porn. The more he craved the airbrushed, implanted women in his movies, the less desirable I felt to myself until it became a physical reality. We have been to counselors, but he always went back to his addiction. Last night, I caught him again. His doctor says he's depressed, and he takes medication, but it doesn't help. The porn contributes to his depression because it distorts his view of love and can't give him what he really wants -intimacy. I need to see myself as desirable again, and sadly, it won't be through the eyes of my husband. -- Losing Myself in Louisiana Dear Louisiana: Your letter is a heartbreaker. You need to stop connecting your desirability to your husband's response. Please see a counselor without him so you can rediscover a healthy sense of your own worth. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Hotels of Hastings, Part I The Right "Papers" - at the Right Time - Can Protect Your Family Tourist cabins, 1940’s. By: Esther M. Walton Many people remember Hotel Hastings, located on the northwest corner of State and Church streets, but how many can recall any of the other hotels that once served Hastings? Two hotel sites in Hastings have older and longer histories than the others. To make my story easier to follow, I’m going to discuss the hotels that stood on these two sites first and then talk about the others. Slocum H. Bunker, originally a native of Bellevue in Eaton County and his construction crew were the first Europeans to settle in what is now the city of Hastings. Their purpose in settling in Hastings was to construct a sawmill on Fall Creek. In 1837, Slocum Bunker’s house, which had also doubled as a boarding house for the millhands as well as an occasional traveler, became the first place in Hastings to offer overnight accommodations with board. The Bunker residence was located on the northeast corner of State Street and what was called Hastings experienced the worst fire in its history. This fire wiped out a large part of the downtown area, including the nearly completed Newton House. The Hastings Banner, in reporting the fire said, “The Newton House, which was annotated to the end of State Street is no more, and charred ruins alone mark the site of the hotel and opera house.” Ironically, Mr. Ford, the purchaser of Newton House arrived in town the evening of the fire to take possession of his new purchase. Mr. Ford had the hotel rebuilt, at first calling it the Hotel Midge and after a while renamed it the Ford Hotel. On May 1st, 1902, the hotel which was now owned by P.T. Colgrove, a prominent Hastings attorney, became known as “The Hotel Barry.” It was managed by William J. Allen of Grand Rapids. Finally, the Hastings Banner on April 23, 1903, mentions that Mrs. Jennie Stebbins had completed negotiations for the control of Hotel Barry and reopened it May 1. [TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK]. To protect your family, you need more than the best intentions - you need the right "paperwork." And you're going to need it during two distinct phases of your life - your working years and your retirement. Let's take a look at these time periods, along with some of the key documents you may need. Working Years While you're working, your most valuable asset is your income. Without it, your family might not be able to pay off the mortgage or send the kids to college - and that's why you need to put the appropriate insurance and protection policies to work. You can typically purchase a surprising amount of term insurance - which, as the name suggests, covers you for a specified number of years - for relatively modest premiums. In fact, due to longer life expectancies and other factors, term insurance premiums, in general, have actually gone down in recent years. Most term insurance policies offer only a death benefit with no cash value. So, if you don't die before your policy expires, you will get nothing back from the premiums you paid in.. However, when you buy "permanent" insurance - such as whole life, universal life or variable universal life - your premiums pay for both a death benefit and an investment component, and any earnings have the poten- tial to grow on a tax-deferred basis. Apart from life insurance, you may need another important document - a disability insurance policy. An injury or illness that prevents you from working can seriously erode your savings and investments, so you'll want to protect your income. Your employer may offer some type of group disability plan. But if this plan doesn't pay at least 60 percent of your income, doesn't pay benefits to age 65 and has a waiting period longer than your savings can last, you may need to look at supplemental private disability insurance. Retirement Years When you retire, you'll still need to protect your family, but at this stage of your life, your focus may be on leaving a legacy. Toward that goal, you will have some estate planning considerations. And estate plans can be complex, so you will need to work with an attorney. Of course, everyone's situation is unique, but here are two of the most common documents associated with estate planning: * Will - If you don't have a will, your wishes may never be fully honored, because state law will dictate how your assets are divided. And if you have no living relatives, and you die intestate (without a will), your estate will go to the state. * Living Trust - If you only have a will, your assets may have to pass through probate - which can be time-consuming and expen- sive. But with a properly established living trust, your assets can pass directly to your beneficiaries, without court interference, legal fees, lengthy delays and public disclosure. Also, a living trust can give you more precise control over how - and when - you want your assets distributed. You could, for example, have money distributed to your children or grandchildren in installments, over a period of years. As you can see, you need to have your "papers" in order to properly take care of your family - no matter where you are on life's journey. * Edward Jones, its employees and Financial Advisors are not Estate Planners and cannot provide tax or legal advice. 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For Sale October 2, 2007 8pm United Center Chicago Genesis Tickets Call 269-948-2238 or 269-908-0259 401(k) rollovers made easy The Barry Hotel. 02679069 77516393 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 MEN’S 40 AN D OV E R B A S KE T B ALL LEA G U E Tuesday Nights at First Baptist Church - Oct. 9 - Nov. 13 www.edwardjones.com Teams will be selected from registrations sent in by October 5, 2007 Call and ask for registration form! Open Gym on Tuesday October 2 from 6:30-8:30pm Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Member SIPC what do you think? Come and use the gym and get some exercise 77516397 Cost - $10/person Contact Person - Pastor Dan Currie First Baptist Churc h 309 E. Woodland, Hastings • 948-8004 The a C.P.A. .... ASKAsk AN ACCOUNTANT…… (Frequently asked questions about taxes) Q. What is the Michigan Business Tax? A. The Michigan Business Tax (MBT) is a new tax on businesses in Michigan. It replaces the old Michigan Single Business Tax (SBT). with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton Q. When does the new MBT take effect? The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Fall Politics Millages and Taxes Due to the poor state of the Michigan economy, folks are in no mood for any new millages or taxes. The Maple Valley and Grand Rapids Community College millages flopped harder than a wet bellysmacker. However, I’m in favor of maintaining our present support for Charlton Park and our Schools. I support the Charlton Park Renewal Millage and the Hastings Schools Operating Millage Renewal on non-homestead properties. Central Dispatch/911 Service Plan Review The townships and villages have overwhelmingly voted to open ® Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA Michigan Business Tax A New Tax for Michigan Businesses 77516389 the 911 Service Plan. This is a good thing that should improve the organization. Recall Petition A petition is being circulated in Baltimore, Assyria and Johnston Townships to recall their commissioner, Jeff Van Nortwick. This is the bad and ugly of politics. A special election to recall Van Nortwick for his support of a controversial issue will cost the taxpayers of these townships money. I would not sign this petition. If the circulator of this petition wants to unseat Van Nortwick, then he should do it fair and square by running against him in the August 2008 primary election. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Blog me at www.barryhomecompanion.com 77511856 Creek Street, is now Michigan Avenue. [Ed. note: That early location, now occupied by Hastings City Hall, is commemorated by a plaque on a large boulder near the corner. The site was and still is near Fall Creek, although the waterway is diverted on the east side of Court Street, flowing west beneath the Felpausch parking lot and Apple Street until it re-emerges when it enters the Thornapple River.] Stagecoach service between Battle Creek and Grand Rapids began July 1, 1846. These stagecoaches stopped in Hastings, which was approximately the halfway point between the two cities. Some of these travelers elected to stay overnight at Slocum Bunker’s rather than make the entire 21-hour trip all at once. There is evidence that by 1840, George Fuller had acquired Slocum Bunker’s old property and had named it the Globe Hotel. He had a tavern on the first floor and sleeping accomdations on the second floor. I found an insurance record dated 1860 which stated that a Mr. Perrin had a mortgage on a two-story wooden hotel built in 1849 located on the northeast corner of State and Creek streets. This is the site of the first permanent residence in Hastings; that of Slocum Bunker. The next hotel located on the old Bunker site was the National Hotel. The Hastings Banner mentioned in 1871 that the National Hotel was “being bought George Robinson.” Only a year later a Mr. Mead purchased the hotel. In 1873 an item in the Banner mentions that, “Neil Parker had leased the National Hotel for several years”. By 1878, a Mr. Newton had bought the old Bunker property and who had the building “raised up and entirely overhauled.” Apparently these repairs were insufficient to save the building because it was reported that in January 1886 it was razed. Mr. Newton then built a new substantial brick hotel on his property and added an opera house. He named the new hotel The Newton House. Just as it was being finished, the city of Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. A. The MBT is effective beginning January 1, 2008 and the SBT will sunset on December 31, 2007. Q. How is the new tax calculated? A. The MBT. First businesses will pay .8% in tax on their “Adjusted Gross Receipts”. In addition, a tax of 4.95% is assessed on “Adjusted Business Net Income”. Q. I am a small business and was not subject to the old Single Business Tax. Will I be subject to the new Michigan Business Tax? A. Just like the old SBT, the new MBT will exempt businesses whose gross receipts are less than $350,000. Q. Is the new MBT simpler than the old SBT? A. No. With the new MBT there are two calculations (gross receipts and net income) to arrive at the total tax. In addition the old SBT had 15 credits that businesses could qualify for. The new MBT has added 11 more credits, bringing the total to 26 possible credits that a business must look at to complete their return. Q. Will I pay more or less? A. It depends. While many businesses will see a reduction in their MBT liability, certain business and industries will pay more under the new tax. If you have questions regarding the new Michigan Business Tax, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 �Page 10 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Beth Abraham 172 Division P.O. Box 203 Freeport, MI 49325 v Roberto Abraham 244 Corinne St. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49507. IT IS ORDERED: You are being sued by plaintiff in this court for divorce. You must file your answer or take other action permitted by law in this court at the court address above on or before October 15, 2007. If you fail to do so, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint filed in this case. A copy of this order shall be published once each week in The Hastings Banner for three consecutive weeks, and proof of publication shall be filed in this court. Date: 9/3/07 W. M. 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Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, a surety, nor a fiduciary for the proposed Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of said name, nor for any other juristic person, and is so indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, in the Hold-Harmless and Indemnity Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, dated July 2nd, 2007, against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgements, demands, liabilities, losses, depositions, summons, law suits, costs, fines, liens, penalties, damages, interests and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/ Security agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic person and the agent of said juristic person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User”, consent and agree that any use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, other than authorized use as set forth above, constitutes unauthorized use, counterfeiting, of Secured Party’s common-law copyrighted property, contractually binds user, and renders this Copyright Notice a Security Agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and signifies User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land and personal property, and all of User’s interests in assets, land and personal property, in the sum of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common-law copyrighted Tradename/Trademark THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) Authenticates this Security agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, including but not limited to land, buildings, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, motor vehicles, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter of credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common-law copyright property; STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24881-DE Estate of Mark Lynn Strow. Date of birth: 7/27/1949. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Mark Lynn Strow, who lived at 5200 E. Center Rd., Hastings, Michigan died July 9, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Susan E. Strow, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 9/24/07 Stephen J. DeHaan 35955 800 Monroe Ave. NW, Ste. 314 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 (616) 454-3300 Susan E. Strow 5200 E. Center Rd. Hastings, Michigan 49058 77516364 (269) 948-2070 (3) consents and agrees to be the Debtor on a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC Filing Office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in item “(3)” is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this security agreement and described above in item “(2)”, until User’s contractual obligation thereonto incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of UCC Financing Statement, as described above in items “(3)” and “(4)”, as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described in item “(2)”, in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office. (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filing’s described in items “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered bogus, and that the User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms” and “Default Terms”, granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate and User further consents and agree that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional items of Self-executing contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use. Payment terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User receives Secured Party’s invoice (herein after “invoice”), itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date of invoice is received, User shall be deemed in default and: (A) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above item “(2)”, immediately becomes property of Secured Party; (B) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in item “(8)”; (C) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in item “(2)”, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now and property of Secured Party, in respect of this “SelfExecuting Contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use”, that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms of Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms”, irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in item “(2)”, in the possession of, as well disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms”, User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoiced within said Twenty (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms of Curing Default”, authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty (20) day default curing period. Ownership subject to common law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Thomas Wayne Clark®, Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981. Unauthorized use of “Thomas Wayne Clark®” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-Executing Contract / Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use”. Record Owner: Secured Party- Creditor name Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981 by Thomas Wayne Clark®, All Rights Reserved. This Copyright Notice is dated Nunc pro tunc, this 2nd day of July, 2007. Without Prejudice Authorized Representative, Attorney-In-fact Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party in behalf of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, Ens legis The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on July 2nd, 2007 by Thomas Wayne Clark Notary Public Debra Lee Clark My Commission Expires 7/6/2013 77516084 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24866-DE Estate of MARCIA R. PARKER. Date of birth: April 21, 1948. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, MARCIA R. PARKER, who lived at 7525 WALTERS ROAD, DELTON, Michigan died August 14, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to STEPHEN HAAS, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 WEST COURT, SUITE 302, HASTINGS, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: September 21, 2007 David H. Tripp P29290 206 South Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-9585 Stephen Haas 7525 Walters Road Delton, MI 49046 77516350 (269) 623-3060 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen Jewett and Richard Jewett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2007 and recorded April 23, 2007 in Instrument Number 1179652, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Five and 31/100 Dollars ($226,835.31) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: Part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section and the point of beginning; thence continuing along said line South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 523.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 268.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 Seconds West 523.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 268.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with and easement of record. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities as described in Schedule X. Schedule X: Description of easement for ingress, egress and utilities: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section to the point of beginning of the centerline of a 66.00 foot wide strip of land; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 478.00 feet to reference point "A" and the point of ending of said 66.00 feet wide strip of land. Also, included in the above Easement, a 66.00 feet radius cul-de-sac the center point of which is at herein above reference point "A". Description of easement for drainage purposes: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 538.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 06 degrees 37 minutes 03 seconds East 10.04 Feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 163.34 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds West 140.98 feet: thence South 45 degrees 38 minutes 37 seconds West 183.00 feet; thence North 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds West 198.18 feet; thence North 79 degrees 10 minutes 34 seconds West 114.53 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds West 36.78, feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 314.00 feet; thence South 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds East 88.16 feet; thence North 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds East 142.50 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 169.03 feet; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 02 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds West 10.04 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2205 77516179 Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Special Board Meeting Sept. 18, 2007 All board members present. 2 guests. Discussed Liability insurance. Approved: Additional Flowers for Hall. Meeting adjourned 7:35 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremiah Longstreet, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 30, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139814, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Thousand Three Hundred Seventy and 94/100 Dollars ($70,370.94) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 4, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South onequarter line of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 8 West, distant South 693 feet from the center post of said Section 23; thence East 260 feet at a right angles to said North and South one-quarter line; thence South 335 feet; thence West 260 feet to said North and South one-quarter line; thence North 335 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2054 77515984 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sally Muskat, a married woman, as her sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 30, 2004, and recorded on May 11, 2004 in instrument 1127392, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Seven Hundred EightyThree And 81/100 Dollars ($115,783.81), including interest at 5.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at North 1/4 post Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Thence South Along North and South 1/4 line 1172.5 feet, Thence West 990 5 feet from centerline (old) M-43, Thence South 635.2 feet for beginning, Thence South 215 feet, Thence East 264 feet, Thence North 215 feet Thence West 264 feet to beginning, also including right of ingress and ingress to (old) M-43 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515746 File #159785F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Stephens, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated March 2, 2004, and recorded on March 5, 2004 in instrument 1123262, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen And 76/100 Dollars ($132,719.76), including interest at 8.97% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the North and South 1/4 line 440.00 feet North of the Center of Section 9, thence continuing North on the 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence West parallel to the East and West 1/4 line 990.00 feet; thence South parallel to the North and South 1/4 line 220.00 feet; thence East 990.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. Subject to easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #158360F01 77515989 MORTGAGE SALE *THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: THE SALE MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE FORECLOSING MORTGAGEE. IN THAT EVENT, YOUR DAMAGES, IF ANY, WILL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE RETURN OF THE BID AMOUNT TENDERED AT SALE PLUS INTEREST. Default having occurred of a certain Mortgage made by FRANK W. URIAS and PAULA J. URIAS, husband and wife, to Macatawa Bank Mortgage Company of 10763 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on June 19, 2006 in Instrument No. 1166179, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of $93,040.41 and an attorneys fee as provided for in said Mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the money as secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof and the entire sum claimed due is, as of the date hereof, fully due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on OCTOBER 18, 2007at 1:00 p.m., local time, the undersigned will, immediately inside the east door of the Courthouse located at 220 West 8th Street, Hastings, Michigan, (that being the place for the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the premises described in said Mortgage for so much thereof which may be necessary to pay the amount due on said Mortgage, with interest at the rate of $16.53 per day and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, together with said attorneys fee, and also any sum or sums which may be paid and are by Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises, which premises are situated in the County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as following, to-wit: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. commonly known as: 704 E. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed except in the event the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA §600.3241(a), in which case the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. Date: September 10, 2007 MACATAWA BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, MORTGAGEE BY: RHOADES LAW OFFICE PC Peter D. Rhoades, Esq. P O Box 2271 Holland MI 49422 77516068 616-355-7318 GUN RIDGE GOLF COURSE Fall Special! Two With Cart Weekdays $20 • Weekends $22 02678926 STATE OF MICHIGAN JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ORDER FOR SERVICES BY PUBLICATION/POSTING AND NOTICE OF ACTION CASE NO. 07-289-DM 2008 MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL: Sign up now for next year. Play the rest of this year FREE! 77516382 The Most Beautiful 9 Holes in Barry County! Only 10 Minutes from Gun Lake & 4 Minutes from Hastings 4460 Gun Lake Road • 948-8366 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joseph W Stambolija, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Eighty-Three And 55/100 Dollars ($376,083.55), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 1, Sunrise Shores, a condominium according to the Master Deed and recorded as Document No. 1041594, Barry County Records, and all amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 16, together with rights In general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516074 File #161604F01 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Angela Smith ,a single woman, Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc (MERS), Mortgagee, dated the 21st day of April, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 5th day of October, 2006 in Doc# 1171012 of Barry County Records, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wachovia Mortgage Corporation on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Eighty Two Thousand Sixty One & 60/100 ($82061.6), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 4th day of October, at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 8.45% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the Village of Middleville, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 32, Charleson Heights Additions No. 2 to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 62. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 9/6/2007 Wachovia Mortgage Corporation Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wachovia Mortgage Corporation 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 7515953 77516059 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002, and recorded on January 10, 2002 in instrument 1072816, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven And 59/100 Dollars ($46,947.59), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 20 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except the East 96 feet thereof and except the West 78 feet thereof, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161725F01 77516107 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert L Robinson, Jr and Sandra L Robinson, husband and Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 12, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166196, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($121,245.38), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 60 acres of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 lying East of Highway M-66 being in Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #162145F01 77516167 Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Board Meeting Sept. 10, 2007 All board members present and 2 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Second Chloride Application Expenses to MTA Fall District Meeting Expenses to MTA Conference Expenses to Planning Conference Expenses for Long Lake Weed treatment Planting of an additional tree at Brush Ridge Snow Removal Contract Certified Sewer Delinquencies Adjourned 7:54 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77516380 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J. Bourdo and Pamala K. Bourdo AKA Pam Bourdo, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 22, 2007, and recorded on February 2, 2007 in instrument 1175956, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of the Home Equity Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Trust Series INABS 2007-A, Home Equity Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series INABS 2007-A under the Pooling and Servicing agreement dated Mar 1, 2007 as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Three Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen And 31/100 Dollars ($173,319.31), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Shady Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515958 File #160177F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth C. Adgate, a single man, to Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded February 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1121614, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wachovia Bank, N.A.a National Banking Association by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and 36/100 Dollars ($132,770.36) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter, Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 14 minutes 57 seconds West 1315.36 feet along the East line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 654.87 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 660.0 feet; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet along the West line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds East 660.0 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Moe Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.4825 77516217 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald A. Kani and Jorja R. Kani, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005 and recorded December 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1157083, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee to Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Sixty-Nine and 59/100 Dollars ($117,069.59) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2, Block 22 Lincoln Park Addition, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County. Being the same property conveyed to Jorja R. HowlandDuron and her successors, as trustee for Jorja R. Howland-Duron Revocable Trust Agreement, dated November 13, 1997, as amended by Deed dated 324-04 and recorded 4-2-04 in Document Number 1124617, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to David Duron and Jorja R. Howland-Duron, husband and wife by Deed dated 06-08-90 and recorded 6-8-90 in Deed Book 500, Page 336, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516196 File No. 214.6436 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Hause and Katie J. Hause a/k/a Katie Hause, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded on December 29, 2005 in instrument 1158306, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($176,492.41), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 21 and 22 of Cappon's Country Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 52. Together with a parcel of land described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 21; thence North 07 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds West 622.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds East 352.34 feet; thence South 03 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds East 619.13 feet to a point on the North line of Lot 23 of said Plat; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 315.00 feet along the North line of Lots 23, 22 and 21 of said Plat to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516094 File #161104F01 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held September 25, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 You Can’t be Hip Without the Hop! Friday, Sept. 28TH 5-9 pm WEST APPLE STREET Barry Community Foundation Buckland Insurance Agency Law, Weathers & Richardson PC MacLeod Chiropractic Center MainStreet Financial Services MainStreet Savings Bank Manpower Dr. Paul Sweetland DDS Union Bank Walker, Fluke & Sheldon PLC Thornapple Arts Council 06658560 Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-945-9554 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($263,112.65), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Lying North of the Consumer right of way. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149909F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES 77516275 Positions open for new medical office in Caledonia. Full time, part time, and flexible hours available., Competitive wages and benefits. Medical office setting experience required, prefer eye care experience. Positions Include: Reception and Scheduling Staff Opticians Ophthalmology Technicians Optometry Assistants Send resume to: Administrator, Eye & ENT Specialists 1761 W. M-43 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the August 8, 2007 Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for August accepted. Approved in concept the Urban Services Agreement w/ the City of Hastings by roll call vote. Vouchers approved for payment. Approved a budget amendment by voice vote. Treasurer's report for August accepted by voice vote. Adopted Ordinance #2007-126 by roll call vote. Approved the Clearview Lakes Estates No. 2 site condominium plan for preliminary approval by voice vote. Accepted Ordinance #2007-127, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments, for first reading by roll call vote. Board voted to not open the Central Dispatch 911 Operations Plan by roll call vote. Meeting Adjourned at 9:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77516362 www.rutlandtownship.org RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed Ordinance #2007-127 appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland Charter Township Board at its September 12, 2007 meeting. This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption by the Township Board at its next regular meeting on October 10, 2007 commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days' notice to Rutland Charter Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township. RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD Rutland Charter Township Hall 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NO. 2007-127 ADOPTED: ___________ EFFECTIVE: __________ An Ordinance to amend Sections 19.08 and 20.14 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 48, as amended); and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith. THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDAINS: SECTION I AMENDMENT OF SECTION 19.08 PERTAINING TO LANDSCAPING OF OFFSTREET PARKING AND LOADING AREAS Section 19.08 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.1908 as codified), pertaining to the landscaping of off-street parking and loading areas in the R-4, C-1, C-2, C-3 and MU Zoning Districts, is here amended by adding a new subsection D authorizing the Planning Commission to approve site-specific modifications to the generally applicable requirements, reading as follows: D. The Planning Commission may modify the off-street parking and loading area landscaping requirements specified in subsection C above, upon a site-specific determination that compliance with the generally applicable requirements will not be necessary or effective to satisfy the intent of the requirements as applied to the specific site. In making this determination, and determining the resulting modified requirements applicable to the parking and/or loading area(s) for a specific development on a specific site, the Planning Commission shall consider the following standards: i. Parking, vehicular circulation, or existing or planned land uses are such that compliance with the generally applicable requirements will not achieve the desired effect, or such effect will be achieved by a landscaping plan that includes modifications from the generally applicable requirements. ii. The public benefit intended by the generally applicable requirements can be better achieved by a landscaping plan that includes modifications from the generally applicable requirements. iii. Greater efficiency of the site design will be accomplished by a landscaping plan that includes modifications of the generally applicable requirements. iv. The modified requirements will facilitate compliance with the standards for approval of a site plan specified in Section 20.22.D. of the Zoning Ordinance.” SECTION II AMENDMENT OF SECTION 20.14 PERTAINING TO GENERAL LIGHTING AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS Section 20.14 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.2014 as codified), pertaining to general lighting and screening requirements, is hereby amended by adding a new subsection D authorizing the Planning Commission to approve site-specific modifications to the generally applicable requirements, reading as follows: D. The Planning Commission may modify the general lighting requirements specified in subsection A above, upon a site-specific determination that compliance with the generally applicable requirements will not be necessary or effective to satisfy the intent of the requirements as applied to the specific site. In making this determination, and determining the resulting modified requirements applicable to the lighting for a specific development on a specific site, the Planning Commission shall consider the following standards: i. Parking, vehicular circulation, or existing or planned land uses are such that compliance with the generally applicable requirements will not achieve the desired effect, or such effect will be achieved by a lighting plan that includes modifications from the generally applicable requirements. ii. The public benefit intended by the generally applicable requirements can be better achieved by a lighting plan that includes modifications from the generally applicable requirements. iii. Greater efficiency of the site design will be accomplished by a lighting plan that includes modifications of the generally applicable requirements. iv. The modified requirements will facilitate compliance with the standards for approval of a site plan specified in Section 20.22.D. of the Zoning Ordinance.” SECTION III SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION IV REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION V EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect on the eighth day after publication or on such later date as may be required by law. 77516384 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($86,986.01), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516375 File #151389F02 Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner Prairieville Township Supervisor Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell 77516391 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Larry Williams Jr. and Kimberly Williams, Husband and Wife to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2004 and recorded September 21, 2004 in Instrument # 1134223 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, by assignment dated September 11, 2006 and recorded October 2, 2006in Instrument # 1170803 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Eight Dollars and Seven Cents ($146,688.07) including interest 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the East One-Quarter Post of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, Woodland Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North along East line of said Section 1884 feet to the place of beginning; thence Continuing North along said East line 756 feet more or less to the Northeast corner of said Section; thence West along the North line of said Section 330 feet; thence South 455 feet to the center of Little Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along said river to a point 663 feet West of the East line of said Section; thence South 112 feet; thence East 663 feet to the place of beginning. Also Except: Beginning at a point on the East line of Section 18, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, distant South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 757.35 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 18; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 56 seconds West parallel with the North line of said Section 18, 663.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds East 122.30 feet; thence North 64 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds East 748.14 feet along an intermediate traverseline of the bank of the Little Thornapple River to the East line of said Section 18; thence South 02 degrees 31 minutes 02 seconds West 450.01 feet along said East line to the place of beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the bank of the Little Thornapple River as bounded by said East line and the Northerly extension of the West boundaryline, subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Commonly known as 5980 Jordan Road, Woodland MI 48897 The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: AUGUST 31, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of GSAMP Trust 2005-SD2, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005-SD2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-77647 ASAP# 896126 09/06/2007, 09/13/2007, 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007 77515968 Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires August 31, 2007) 02678430 Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott N. Daining and Jayne Daining, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Instrument Number 1119449, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Forty-Six and 92/100 Dollars ($148,046.92) including interest at 11.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 484 feet of the South 270 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. Subject to an easement over the Easterly 33 feet and the Southerly 33 feet for public highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 402.0589 77516232 SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting September 12, 2007 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All members present Also present were approximately 12 members of the public. Agenda was approved as amended Minutes of Regular Board Meeting August 8, 2007 were approved as corrected. Correspondence was read Received County Commissioner, Wayne Adams report. Public comment: Jack Miner/Charlton Park millage to be placed on next month’s agenda. Kenny Ritchie 11693 Breezy Point, present to write a paper on board meeting for class at KVCC. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Accepted resignation of Prairieville Township Pine Lake Firefighter, Travis Taylor Police Department report received and placed on file. Discussion took place regarding the Parks. Approved the list of bills to be paid in the amount of $37,511.73. Discussion took place regarding Revenue & Expenditures Report Discussion took place regarding Crooked Lake Weed Project Tabled Electric bids will do next month with ceiling bids. Approved blinds bid for meeting room. Break 8:25 – 8:32 Discussed an Ordinance to Amend the Southwest Barry County Sewage Disposal System Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance with recommendations to be made to the SWBCSWA Board. Discussed Statement of Objections to the P& Z Commission for proposed Master Land Use Plan Approved for Delton School to make new signage boards for Prairieville Township Hall. Discussed a parcel of land Public Comment: None received. Approved SWBCSWA Delinquent Tax Roll Board Comments were received. Discussed updating Hall rental policy, Pine Lake pump, and Assessor’s Assistants. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002 and recorded January 10, 2002 in Instrument Number 1072814, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Thirty and 17/100 Dollars ($58,430.17) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 11, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 2 and 3 of Block 20, lying West of Fall Creek, except the West 78 feet of said Lots, being in the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly the Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1877 77516089 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon M. Marlette, A Married Man and Ashley A. Marlette, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 6, 2005 in instrument 1146097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Two And 49/100 Dollars ($89,122.49), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lot 12 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as: Commencing 88 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 12, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 77 feet, Thence West 4 Rods, Thence South 77 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516352 File #163923F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Faith Guyott, a Single Woman to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2004 and recorded October 14, 2004 in Instrument #1135443 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE8, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE8, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred Four Dollars and Seventy-Nine Cents ($102,304.79) including interest 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Commonly known as 12925 Cleland Avenue, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE8, Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-HE8, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78972 ASAP# 907213 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 77516345 10/11/2007, 10/18/2007 �Page 13 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES 77516191 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy L. Blankenship and Cindy L. Blankenship, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005 and recorded July 29, 2005 in Instrument Number 1150237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine and 80/100 Dollars ($132,429.80) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is North 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 33 Seconds East 407 feet from the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence continuing East 494.92 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 48 Seconds East 398.00 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 03 Seconds West 363.00 feet to a stake; thence continuing at the same angle West 112 feet; thence North by Northwest to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2055 77516227 Bring your special event photos to us for quality, professional processing . J-Ad Graphics PRINTING PLUS North of Hastings on M-43 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sammy D Cooke and Sheree A Cooke, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Financial America, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on October 12, 2006 in instrument 1171311, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Seven And 02/100 Dollars ($57,547.02), including interest at 10.63% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 1319.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16 to the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 337.70 feet along the South line of said North 1/2; thence North 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, 199.81 feet, thence North 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds East, 103.37 feet; thence North 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West, 1031.17 feet to the North line of Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 09 seconds East, 250 feet along said North Section line to the point of beginning. Together with an easement over the following described property: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 804.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 129.43 feet; thence South 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds West, 359.69 feet; for the point of beginning of said easement, and then an easement 20 feet wide, the center line of which is described as follows: thence South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds West, 199.81 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516340 File #163283F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 18, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Two And 55/100 Dollars ($62,672.55), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516357 File #154162F03 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dana E. Jacobs, a Single Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for First Franklin, a Division of National City Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006, as Document Number: 1170551, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF17, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF17 by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Four Dollars and 88/100 ($78,334.88) including interest at the rate of 7.900% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 63 feet of Lots 870 and 871 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except therefrom the North 50.40 feet thereof, also the South 69 feet of Lot 871 and the South 69 feet of the East 20 feet of Lot 870 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. 328 S. Park Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: September 27, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77516321 Our File No. 194.00116 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert E. Jones, a single man, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 11, 2004 and recorded March 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124128, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Fifteen and 77/100 Dollars ($207,115.77) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 25, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; 659 feet to the point of beginning; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence West, 287 feet; thence South, 353 feet to the point of beginning. Including all of the land between the South 109 feet thereof and East of the centerline of the North Branch of the Thornapple River. Parcel 2: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; thence North, 659 feet; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet to the point of beginning; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River; thence in a Southwesterly Direction along the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River to a point directly East of the point of beginning; thence West, to the point of beginning; also, a parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 6 West, and being more particularly described as that part of the West 30 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16, lying East of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River. Parcel 3: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16; thence North, 1012 feet to the point of beginning; thence North, 125 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along the centerline of said river to a point due East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning; Also, that part of the Northwest onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter lying South and East of the Centerline of the North Branch of Thornapple River. The same being the Property Conveyed by Deed executed by Harley J. Hinckley and Sandra L. Hinkley, husband and wife, on 9/1/1989, as recorded on 9/1/1989 at Book/Liber 487, Page/Folio 588, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 27, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516370 File No. 213.2190 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 77516038 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Dave M. Haigh, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Delta Funding Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 27, 2006 and recorded February 15, 2006 in Instrument #1160201 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Two Dollars and Ninety Cents ($137,032.90) including interest 8.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East, 1325.42 feet along the South Line of said Section 4 to the centerline of Irving Road; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 629.82 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West, 668.66 feet along said centerline of Irving Road to the centerline of State Highway M-37 (Middleville Road); thence South 49 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds East, 776.06 feet along said centerline of M-37, thence South 03 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds East, 116.04 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 540.36 feet to the place of beginning Subject to easement for Public Highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Irving Road. Also Subject to an easement for State Highway purposes as recorded in Liber 151, Page 311 for M-37 Commonly known as 1509 Irving Road, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78568 ASAP# 903370 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 10/11/2007 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FILING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FINE LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, having resolved its intention to proceed to make certain public improvements consisting of the applicatoin of herbicide treatments for the eradication or control of aquatic weeds and plants in Fine lake (the “improvements”) in the Township, has made its final determination of a special assessment district which consists of the following described lots and parcels of land which are benefitted by the improvements and against which all or a portion of the cost of the improvements shall be specially assessed: ),1(�/$.(�$48$7,&�3/$17�&21752/ 63(&,$/�$66(660(17�',675,&7�12��� 7KH�ORWV�LQFOXGHG�ZLWKLQ�WKH�SURSRVHG�VSHFLDO�DVVHVVPHQW�GLVWULFW�DUH�GHSLFWHG�RQ�WKH�PDS DSSHDULQJ�EHORZ�WKH�ORWV�DQG�SDUFHO�QXPEHUV� /RWV�DQG�3DUFHOV�1XPEHUHG� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������ �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT the Township Supervisor of the township of Johnstown has made and certified a Special Assessment Roll for the Special Assessment District, which roll sets forth the relative portion of the cost of said Improvements which is to be levied in the form of a Special Assessment against each benefitted lot and parcel of land in the Special Assessment District. Pursuant to the Resolution of the Township Board adopeted on September 12, 2007, the costs fo the Improvements are to be periodically redetermined on a yearly basis in accordance with the Resolution. TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Township Hall, 13641 S. M-37 Hwy., Battle Creek, Michigan, to review the Special Assessment Roll and to hear and consider any objections thereto. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment Roll as prepared has been reported to the Township Board and is on file with the Township Clerk at the Township Hall for public cxamination. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT AN OWNER OR A PARTY IN INTEREST IN A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SUBJECT TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MAY FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL, BUT ONLY IF SAID OWNER OR PARTY IN INTEREST APPEARS AND PROTESTS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AT THIS HEARING. An appearance may be made by an owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, in person, or in the alternative, an appearance or protest can be filed with the Township by letter prior to the hearing, in chich case a personal appearance at the hearing is not required. This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown. Dated: September 12, 2007 ______________________________ June Doster Johnstown Township Clerk 77516306 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES Craft Show Coming!!! Barry County Fairg rounds Hastings, MI Spaces Available 77516248 September 29 • 10am - 5pm Sponsored by Poormans Promotion. FREE Admission 989-874-4774 or 810-639-5388 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the following Cities and Townships who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Regular Election to be held on November 6, 2007 REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BYAPPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO CAROL ERGANG ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP CLERK IRVING TOWNSHIP CLERK 7475 Cox Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 3241 Wood School Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 758-4003 Phone 269 948-8893 PENELOPE YPMA BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP CLERK 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-3228 JUNE P. DOSTER JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP CLERK 1815 Lacey Rd, Dowling MI 49050 Phone 269 721-9905 DEBRA DEWEY-PERRY BARRY TOWNSHIP CLERK 155 E Orchard St, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-5171 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 WILMA DANIELS CARLTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-5990 JENNIFER GOY ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 Phone 269 664-4522 LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 NORMAJEAN CAMPBELL-NICHOLS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 10115 S Norris Rd, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-2664 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 885 River Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-9690 ROBIN HAWTHORNE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2194 THOMAS EMERY HASTINGS CITY CLERK 201 E State St, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-2468 SUSAN VLIETSTRA THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-7202 LINDA EDDY-HOUGH HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK 5463 S M 43 Hwy, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2464 CHERYL ALLEN WOODLAND TOWNSHIP CLERK 156 S Main, Woodland MI 48897 Phone 269 367-4915 JANICE C. LIPPERT YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP CLERK 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-9091 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2007. Please contact your Township or City Clerk for further information. For the purpose of electing the following: City of Hastings Mayor, Board of Review, 1st Ward Councilmember, 2nd Ward Councilmember, 3rd Ward Councilmember, and 4th Ward Councilmember. Also for the purpose of voting on the following proposals: Barry County Millage Renewal Proposition .2266 Mill for Operation and Maintenance of Charlton Park Village and Museum; Yankee Springs Township Proposal to Renew Millage for Fire Protection; Bellevue Community Schools Bonding Proposal; Hastings Area School System Operating Millage Renewal Proposal Exempting Principal Residence and Other Property Exempted by Law 18 mills for 10 years. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Hastings Area School System, 232 West Grand Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, telephone: (269) 948-4400; and Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bond Proposal for Building and Site Purposes in the Amount of Not to Exceed $25,350,000. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, 1819 E. Milham Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49002, telephone: (269) 385-1500. 77516300 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael D. Bassett and Sarah E. Bassett, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 2003, and recorded on May 28, 2003 in instrument 1105331, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Leader Financial Services, a Division of American National Bank as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Nine And 58/100 Dollars ($85,129.58), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 4, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Except 10 Feet Off the West Side and the West 10 Feet of Lot 6, All in Block Number 12 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, According to the Recorded Plat thereof The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77515963 File #159975F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Justin David Shotts and Samantha Shotts, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 4, 2004 and recorded March 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124082, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($90,223.44) including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 179 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67 of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West along said River 53 feet; thence South to the Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2987 77516222 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Homecomings Financial LLC fka Homecomings Financial Network, Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Eleven and 11/100 Dollars ($209,011.11) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77516212 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lorraine Browand and Edward Browand, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165974, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Forty-Three and 23/100 Dollars ($241,043.23) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The land referred to in this Commitment, situated in the County of Barry, Township of Johnstown, State of Michigan is described as follows: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast onequarter, Section 9, and the west fractional one-half of the Northwest one-quarter, section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 1311.26 feet along the North line, Northeast onequarter of said Section to the West line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West 660 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 526.39 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 06 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds East, 121.73 feet; thence South 09 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds West 100.61 feet; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 785.04 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds East 1200 feet parallel with the North line, Northwest fractional one-quarter of Section 10; thence North 21 degrees 06 minutes 29 seconds West 236.30 feet along an intermediate traverse line; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds West 1113.32 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter, Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 394.52 feet; thence South 01 degrees 17 minutes 35 seconds West 12.59 feet; thence North 88 degrees 42 minutes 25 seconds West 355 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 33.17 feet to the place of beginning. Including or excluding all land East or West of the intermediate traverse line to the West shore of Bristol Lake on extension of the property lines. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 77516184 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2944 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Katherine K. Kittelton, A Single Woman and William D. Momenee, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 6, 2006, and recorded on February 8, 2006 in instrument 1159966, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Three And 07/100 Dollars ($95,163.07), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 7 of Guernsey Highlands, A Condominium according to the master deed recorded in Liber 636, Page 592 and the First Amendment recorded in Liber 568, Page 222, Together with rights in Common Elements and in Limited common Elements as set forth in Said master deed and described in Act 59 of the public acts of 1978, as ameneded. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161879F01 77516174 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James R. Johnson and Marion L. Johnson, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 13, 2006 and recorded November 30, 2006 in Instrument Number 1173285, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred EightyEight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Seven and 37/100 Dollars ($288,377.37) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northeast onequarter and the Northwest one-quarter of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1969.00 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 1; thence North 02 degrees 45 minutes 03 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 1 a distance of 483.15 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line 673.28 feet to the North and South one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds West along said North and South one-quarter line 42.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line of Section 1 a distance of 658.47 feet to the East line of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast fraction one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds West along said East line 441.00 feet to said East and West one-quarter line; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 658.79 feet to the center of said Section 1; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 676.32 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516201 File No. 231.6112 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry L. Walter, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 14, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1127778, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four and 84/100 Dollars ($133,274.84) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing in the center of the highway in the Southwest corner of the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods to the place of beginning. Also: A parcel of Land in the South 27 acres of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516206 File No. 362.1903 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Barry County Parks & Recreation Board, Citizen At Large Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 1, 2007. 77516099 �Page 15 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Joint investigation nets B & E suspect The Barry County Sheriff’s Department has been working with area law enforcement agencies to identify and arrest individuals responsible for a series of breaking and enterings of convenience stores and gas stations through this part of the state. The investigation has resulted in the arrest of two persons. One has been identified as William Woodson Brown II, 40, of Galesburg. Brown confessed to three breaking and enterings in Calhoun County and also is linked to one in Kalamazoo County and another in Barry County. Brown has admitted to stealing cigarettes and selling them to local Battle Creek businesses. He is being held in the Calhoun County Correctional Facility. A female passenger who was with Brown when he was stopped by Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputies Sept. 24 was arrested on an outstanding warrant. A search of her residence in Battle Creek turned up evidence linking Brown to the B&E’s. Her name was not released. Investigators from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department worked in conjunction with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department, Springfield Department of Public Safety, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department, and the Michigan State Police. The investigation continues for a second suspect. Off-duty officer foils robbery near Woodland An off-duty police officer, hunting with his son during the statewide Youth Hunt Sept. 22, surprised a robbery in progress near Woodland. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Deputy said as he approached a cabin, he observed a truck pulling away. Thinking it was other hunters, the officer varied his approach and stopped by the vehicle to talk. When he approached the pickup truck, the officer observed property he believed had been stolen from the cabin and, after identifying himself as a police officer, asked the occupants of the vehicle to provide identification. After he checked the IDs, the officer asked both occupants stay until Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies arrived. The passenger, against the advice of the driver, complied, but the driver walked away on foot. Because he had the driver’s identification and address, the deputy did not attempt to detain him. The passenger told the deputy he did not know the driver was going to break into the cabin. He said he had only accompanied the individual to receive a driving lesson on how to drive a standard transmission. The driver, who was identified as James DavidPaul Stephens, 19, of Woodland, was later located at his mother’s home and admitted he broke into the cabin and stole a number of items. He said his passenger had no knowledge of his intentions. Stephens was lodged in the Barry County Jail and his passenger was taken home. Stephens is being charged with breaking and entering with intent, malicious destruction of property, possession of alcohol by a minor, obstruction of justice, and driving while his license was suspended or revoked. Hastings Police identify robbery suspect Local woman arrested for disorderly conduct Hastings Police arrested a Hastings woman on charges of being a disorderly person after she refused to stop taunting and threatening a neighbor in the 200 block of W. Nelson Street. Police were called to the area Sept. 18 during the early evening, See POLICE, next page COURT NEWS •Alevando Alvarte Williams, aka Alevando Lavante Williams, Alevando Lavatate Williams, Alavando Lavorite Williams, Alevandro Lavtate Williams, Alevandro Lavorite Williams, Alvondro Williams and William Bey, 44, of Grand Rapids was sentenced Sept. 19 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months of probation and one month in jail for his Aug. 8 conviction of uttering and publishing in Hastings in April. Williams was sentenced to serve his time consecutive to a parole violation sentence for which he is currently imprisoned in Jackson Prison. Judge Fisher noted that Williams had previous convictions of breaking and entering in 2000 in Kent County, possession of a controlled substance in 1996 in Kent County, criminal sexual conduct in Kent County in 1980, and breaking and entering of an occupied dwelling in Kent County in 1992. Judge Fisher also ordered Williams to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $289.41 and a probation fee of $360. In the parole violation sentence, Judge Fisher ruled that the balance of William’s jail time may be suspended and that he may be discharged from probation upon payment of assessments. •Tanaka Deondre Swain, 31, of Ionia, was sentenced Sept. 19 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months of probation and six months in jail for his Aug. 1 conviction of possession of a controlled substance (third offense). Swain also will have his license suspended for six months, restricted after 30 days. Additionally, Swain was ordered to pay court costs of $750 and a probation fee of $120. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher noted previous conviction for felonious assault in Calhoun County in 1999 and for felonious assault in Kent County in 2000. •Justin Raymond Thayer, 25, of Battle Creek, was sentenced by Judge Fisher to serve nine months in jail (with credit for eight months’ time served) in a probation violation hearing Sept. 20. Thayer was ordered to continue probation, a 36-month sentence he received in August 2006 for operating a vehicle under the influence, (third offense). •Tammi Lynn Block, 43, of Hastings, was sentenced Sept. 20 to serve 24 months of probation and nine months in jail for her Aug. 22 conviction of attempted larceny of a building in Hastings in July. Block was ordered to pay court costs of $500 and restitution of $876.69. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher noted previous felony convictions in Calhoun County. Block also was ordered to participate in cognitive-behavior therapy and substance-abuse counseling while in jail and to participate in day reporting upon her release. She is also ordered to have no con- CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Child Care Estate Sale ANTIQUE CURTAIN STRETCHER: $50. (269)9488744 MISS PATTY’S CHILDCARE has first shift openings, 15 years experience. License #DG080071781. Call (269)945-3584 or Cell (269)908-0840. ESTATE MOVING SALE: living room furniture, Queen Anne, end tables, chairs, sofa, writing desk, bookcase/hutch & lamps, queen & twin mattress set & headboard, computer cabinet and miscellaneous. 425 W. Center Street. Friday & Saturday, September 28th29th, 8am. ENJOY MICHIGANS FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER IN THE COMFORT OF A LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED WHITE CEDAR ADIRONDACK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. tact with the victims of her crime. •Robert Samuel Busick III, 26, of Battle Creek, was sentenced Sept. 20 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and 10 months in jail for his Aug. 31 conviction of unlawful driving away of a vehicle in Hastings in August. Busick was also ordered to pay court costs of $500, participate in cognitivebehavior therapy and substance-abuse counseling while in jail, to complete his General Education Diploma while in jail, and to participate in day reporting upon his release. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon completion of CBT and SA counseling. •Donald Anthony Lawson, 44, of Delton, was sentenced Sept. 20 to serve 24 months of probation and three months in jail for each of two convictions in August. Lawson was ordered to pay $500 in court costs on each count, restitution of $450 and a probation fee of $240. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of the court assessments by March 31, 2008. Lawson was convicted of domestic violence and attempted malicious destruction of police property when he kicked out a rear window in the sheriff’s police cruiser at the time of his arrest. •Jack Lavern DeCamp, 44, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced Sept. 20 to serve 60 months of probation and 12 months in jail for his Sept. 5 conviction of failure to pay child support between October 2006 and March 2007. Judge Fisher also ordered DeCamp to pay court costs of $250. DeCamp may have his jail time suspended three months if he pays $1,000 toward his child support, six to nine months suspended if he pays $2,000, three to six months suspended if he pays $3,000, nine months suspended if he pays $4,000 and the balance of his jail time suspended if he pays $10,000. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 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Hastings Police were contacted by the Springfield Police Department after it was learned that money was taken from the victim’s account at a credit union located in Hastings. The suspect, a 32-year-old woman from Battle Creek, was a former employee of the assisted-living center and knew the victim. She convinced the victim that he had to pay a past-due medical bill and brought him to Hastings under the guise of helping him take care of the matter. The victim attempted to withdraw a large amount of cash, which the credit union would not authorize. The vicitim then withdrew a lesser amount. The suspect actually entered the credit union at one point and acted as if she were talking to the doctor’s office on her cell phone. She indicated that the representative of the doctor’s office was allegedly refusing to accept a cashier’s check from the credit union. An alert credit union employee contacted a relative of the victim who then contacted law enforcement. The suspect then returned the victim to his residence, keeping the money, and told him she would take care of the doctor’s bill. Charges are being sought through the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for the suspect’s arrest. •Brian Christopher Mann, 26, of Battle Creek, was sentenced Sept. 19 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve from 171 months to 480 months for an armed robbery in Nashville in April and from 120 months to 180 months in prison for unlawful imprisonment of an individual on that same date. Judge Fisher ruled that Mann will serve his time concurrently and consecutively to a parole violation sentence already adjudicated. Mann was sentenced as a habitual offender, having previously been convicted of home invasion in Roscommon in 1998 and for escaping from a juvenile facility in Calhoun County in 1999. Banner CLASSIFIEDS $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free gift. 800-5510172. Ind/Rep. ATHOME AMERICA is hiring in your area! 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HUGE GARAGE SALE: Sept. 27, 28, 29, 9-5 rain or shine, 1705 River Rd. Hastings. Air Hockey table, 2001 Suzuki 80 quad, SkiDoo 670 twin snowmobile, Ping-Pong table, storm doors, screen doors, stand up shower unit, dryer, Shop Vac, table saw, roll top desk, lots of X-mas decor, home decor, pictures, clothes- girls sizes 8-12, designer labels, some mobile home parts. To many to list. Automotive 2005 CHEVY 3/4-TON, 42,500 miles, front/rear blades, call for details, (616)299-4977. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. 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Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: Miscellaneous DILL’S BEST MARKET IN Delton is looking for selected local crafters for Halloween items to sell on consignment. Beginning November 1st accepting holiday decorations and gifts. Call (269)623-5777 Sundays Only. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 07518020 •Kenneth Dee Brandenburg Sr., 49, of Vermontville, was sentenced Sept. 21 to serve 36 months of probation and 10 months in jail for his Sept. 5 conviction on a charge of breaking and entering at Charlton Park between July and September. Brandenburg was ordered to pay $500 in court costs, $956.76 in joint and several restitution, a probation fee of $360 and a Drug Court fee of $200. He was ordered to participate in cognitivebehavior therapy, substance-abuse counseling and Drug Court, to wear a wrist monitor upon his release, and to observe a curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while on probation. Judge Fisher, in making his ruling, sentenced Brandenburg as a habitual offender, citing previous convictions for receiving and concealing stolen property in Eaton County in 1992, larceny in Barry County in 1997, absconding from an imposed bond in Eaton County in 1997, and receiving and concealing stolen property in Barry County in 1999. •John William Gummo, 27, of Middleville, was sentenced Sept. 19 to serve 36 months of probation and 30 days in jail for his Aug. 15 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Gummo was also ordered to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $1,000, a probation fee of $360 and a Drug Court fee of $200. 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Officers confronted the woman, who was identified as Linda Hill, 50, of Hastings. Hill was cautioned by officers regarding her actions. As officers started to leave the area she returned to the street and continued to badger the complainant at which point she was placed under arrest. Hill was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol does appear to have been a contributing factor during the incident. Man arrested for interfering with police Hastings Police, responding to a neighbor dispute in the 100 block of East Center Street, arrested one the parties after he interfered with officers who were trying to investigate the incident. Police were initially called to the area Sept. 18 to investigate a malicious destruction of property complaint. While attempting to talk with the alleged suspect in the case, the complainant lost his temper and interfered with the officers. Donald Schweder, 50, of Hastings was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of being a disorderly person. Argument gets violent, arresting development ensues A Hastings man is facing assault charges after a verbal argument became physical at a residence in the 100 block of W. Oliver Street. Police were called to the residence after witness to the assault called 911. Officers met with the 26-year-old victim who told them that the suspect, who was identified as Aric Foster, 31, of Middleville, became upset when the victim would not give him keys to the car. During the course of the argument, Foster allegedly struck her and pulled her hair, then left after taking the car keys from her. Foster was located in the vehicle a short time later by a Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy on West Green Street near Market Street. It was then learned that that his driver’s license had been suspended. Foster was taken into custody and is facing charges of operating a vehicle on a suspended driver’s license and for domestic assault. Woman charged with assault Hastings Police were called to a residence in the 700 block of Howard Lane on Sept. 18 after neighbors reported a woman screaming and yelling obscenities. Responding officers arriving at the residence located a lawn mower that was running in the front yard and noted that a vehicle in the driveway had the windshield smashed in. During the investigation, officers observed a woman in the backyard who became notably angry and combative with them. The officers were able to ascertain that an assault had taken place and located a 61year-old victim inside the house. It was evident to officers that the victim had been assaulted and was visibly shaken. The assault occurred after a wheel fell off the lawn mower. The incident then escalated when the victim refused to give car keys to the suspect. During the course of the dispute, the suspect, who was identified as Margaret Pyne, 62, of Hastings, damaged the windshield of the car. Pyne was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. She is facing charges of domestic assault. Hastings dog park project in need of volunteers Barry County Humane Society volunteer Karen Morgan spends time with friend Emme at the future location of the Hastings dog park. The park will be located behind the Industrial Incubator along the Riverwalk on the east side of town. The Humane Society needs volunteers to help maintain the park and is seeking donations to buy about $5,000 worth of fence for the facility. For more information, call the Humane Society at (269) 945-0602. Donations can be sent to the Humane Society, a non-profit organization, at P.O. Box 386, Hastings, MI 49058. Mental Health Authority to meet The regular monthly board meeting of Barry County Community Mental Health Authority will be held Thursday, Oct. 4, at 8 a.m. in the conference room. Necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services can be provided, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon ten days notice to Barry County Community Mental Health Authority by contacting Jan McLean at 948-8041. BOWLING SCORES Government Shutdowns is Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 15; Boyce Milk Hauling 13; HCB 11; Terminators 10; Goodtime Pizza 10; TVCCU 8; J-Ad 8; Yankee Zephyr 6. Women’s High Games - C. O’Keefe 213; D. Service 191; T. Blakely 178; B. Ramey 165; L. Whiteman 162. Women’s High Series - C. O’Keefe 561; D. Service 476. Men’s High Games - K. Beebe 217; D. Benner 192. Sunday Night Mixed Sandbaggers 11; Michigan Outlaws 10; Karey’s Crew 8; Wright Zone 7; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 6; Bounty Hunters 5; Funky Bowlers 4; Misfits 4; R&N 3; Sunday Snoozers 1; Straight Liners 1. Women’s Good Games and Series - K. Becker 237-587; N. Mroz 173-488; A. Barton 158-471; K. Friddle 129-358; L. Wright 126335; T. Robbe 186; A. Hubbell 173; V. Wright 164; K. Carr 158; F. Ames 152; J. Nina 126. Men’s Good Games and Series - R. Guild 257-696; B. Hubbell 245-621; B. Churchill 234-586; T. Barlow 225-565; R. Barton 207552; D. Wright 214-518; N. Robbe 172-504; J. Wright 192-498; T. Hannan 177-455; E. Caraway 246; M. Eaton 202; C. Alexander 201; G. Snyder 189. Friday Night Mixed Spare Time 11; We’re a Mess 10; Greasy Balls 10; Just Cuz 9; A N’D Signs 9; Ten Pins 9; UMSU 8; 9-N-A-Wiggle 6; Oldies But Goodies 4; All But One 3; Michigan Outlaws 2; Whatever 1; Liquid Courage 1. Women’s Good Games and Series - D. James 208-595; J. Madden 205-548; G. Meaney 177-481; R. Murrah 159-461; K. Matthews 144-417; S. Ripley 144-410; B. Barlow 137-388; M. Vanier 135-381; C. Etts 130-363; N. Taylor 131-344; T. Pennington 202; M. Sears 200; D. Rhodes 188; O. Gillons 181; M. Mathis 171; B. West 171; T. Bush 170; B. Vugteveen 166. Men’s Good Games and Series - J. Bush 213-614; H. Pennington 225-611; M. Kasinsky 222-604; K. Phenix 235-597; B. Taylor 225-593; B. West 222-592; B. Madden 202-579; M. Eaton 201-567; R. Chaffee 201513; M. Vugteveen 191-481; R. Guild 216; T. Barlow 215; D. Sears 208; J. Smith 198; T. Ramey 181. Wednesday P.M. Hair Care Center 9; Seebers 8; At Home Real Estate 7; The River 6; Eye and Ent 6; Shamrock Tavern 6; Nothin But Truck 6. Women’s Good Games and Series - L. Elliston 212-573; D. Seeber 218-554; J. Shurlow 134-368; B. Norris 135-347; K. Moore 138-346; K. Becker 215; S. Pennington 185; W. Barker 180; B. Smith 171; E. Ulrich 170; J. Pettengill 132; L. Friend 102. a Worst-Case scenario The state’s budget debate rages on and changes dramatically day by day. Rather than provide a summary of potential “deals” which would be out-of-date by the time this column goes to print, I’ll just share my perspective about the experience and the situation. The best analogy I can come up with is a game of chicken. Both sides are adamant, and so far, neither has blinked. The notion of working together seems to have been lost long ago, but now time is quickly running out, and a government shut down is looming. Here is my concern: The Executive Branch (i.e. the Governor) cannot spend money unless that money is appropriated. The Legislature can only appropriate money from a budget. The current budget runs out Sept. 30. This means that no state funds can be spent after Sept. 30 unless a budget compromise is reached. Now you may be saying “So, what’s the big deal about a government shut down? I mean essential services will continue, right?” No, that’s the problem with having no budget; it all stops. The Michigan constitution does not give the governor the ability to fund essential services, nor does it give the legislature the ability to deficit-spend beyond limited shortterm borrowing. Let’s go over a few of the ramifications. How about prisons? A shutdown means you have no paid prison staff. How do you operate a prison without staff? We have about 55,000 prisoners in this state. And bond payments? The state has bond payments due Oct. 1. Failure to pay means that the state is in default of its loan agreements. Defaulting on the state’s loan obligations would destroy the bond ratings and significantly increase future borrowing costs. Do you have a driver’s license due for renewal in early October? If the Secretary of State is closed, you won’t be able to get it renewed and therefore you will not be able to drive legally. And schools. Many districts borrow to open their doors in September, with the expectation that the first state check comes in October. If it does not come, some Michigan schools operating on small fund balances will close until the state’s budget is settled. The court system would halt, the lack of DEQ permits would idle construction sites, and state parks would be closed until further notice. That is not to mention the sudden disruption to the economy (and families) when 53,000 people are laid off overnight. Folks, I have not even begun to scratch the surface. This is not about defending anything that the government is involved in or even rating its performance. This is just to say that if the government shuts down, it will affect you in some way. The sad thing is that there is no legitimate reason why it should even be on the table. Many options and several courses of action could be taken. But life at the Capitol lately kinds of reminds me of the movie “Groundhog’s Day”. We go to the Capitol and check in. The income tax increase bill is put up for a vote. The board stays open for hours until the day ends at midnight. We adjourn and immediately reconvene at 12:01 a.m. and put the same measure up for a vote until the sun rises. The board is cleared for lack of support. Repeat daily. So why has been so little support when the Governor has made it crystal clear since last February that she believed a roughly $2 billion tax increase was necessary to fund state government at the level she prefers? The problem is that she had a very difficult time convincing many Democrats in the House of Representatives. This is kind of awkward. Have you and your spouse ever been out with another couple and they get in a fight right in front of you? Yeah, that’s what it’s been like at the Capitol. After four long years of fighting with Republicans in the House and Senate, the Governor’s party finally has control of one of the legislative chambers (House of Representatives). The problem is that there have been few areas of agreement on this issue. So where does that leave us now? The endless posturing and political wrangling, both between and within the major parties, has brought the state perilously close to worstcase scenario: a government shutdown. It is dangerous, irresponsible and unnecessary. The State House has held many marathon sessions in the recent past, trying to gain sufficient support to increase the personal income tax by 18 percent average of $350 per family). Many of these sessions have not ended until the sun rose the next morning – and then continued. But the results have not been fruitful. While it is not a pretty solution, the Senate has passed a 30-day continuation budget. Under this measure, the 2006-07 budget amounts would be extended for 30 days. At this point, with or without a global budget solution, a continuation budget will probably be required to insure an orderly transition into the next fiscal year. Therefore, I call upon the House to immediately pass this continuation budget and send it to the Governor. She has indicated that she will veto the measure because she wants to keep the heat on for the income tax increase. I would implore her to sign it before it is too late. The time for Chicken is over. With S CD BONU473 of es! Recip The Taste of Home Cookbook HERE IT IS, absolutely our biggest cookbook ever! Beginning cooks and experienced veterans will love over 1,000 recipes including family-favorites like “Seasoned Rib Roast”, “Ham and Swiss Stromboli” and “Super Strawberry Shortcake.” Our greatest how-to cookbook features step-by-step photos, hundreds of tips and four reference sections. The Cookbooks will be available for purchase for $29.95 at The Taste of Home Cooking School Show October 4 • 2 to 7 p.m. 06658333 Sponsored by the Community Music School National Alpaca Day this weekend These alpacas are among the 22 at Mike Sullivan’s Hickory Corners farm. Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30, are National Alpaca Days, and Sullivan is opening his farm to visitors to help people learn about alpacas. For more information, contact Sullivan at (734) 368-6460 or visit www.alpacafarmday.com. Sullivan’s farm is located at 13202 Gilkey Lake Road, and he is welcoming visitors from noon to 5 p.m. both days. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 17 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Cuban Salsa Festival at San Chez A Tapas Bistro and Mezze Cafe & Cabaret in downtown Grand Rapids from 7 pm-1 am on the new third floor. Admission is $35 and includes a five course authentic Cuban dinner and entertainment. $15.00 for entertainment only after 9 pm. For more information call (616) 774-8272 or visit www.sanchezbistro.com. September 28. • Civic Theatre presents: Dreamgirls at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Hours are Wednesday 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm matinee. Ticket prices range from $14-$30. This award-winning fabulous musical comes to the Civic stage to kick off our 2007-08 season in style. Enjoy some of Motown's greatest music from the sixties and seventies, combined with great dancing and the behind-the-scenes drama of Motown's phenomenal impact on America's music culture. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. September 1329. • Broadway Theatre Guild presents Gypsy at DeVos Performance Hall. The big, brassy, funny and unforgettable show - with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Arthur Laurents packs a powerful wallop. For more info go to www.bwaygr.org/gypsy.html. For tickets call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com. September 25-30. • Cards on the Table is an adaption of an Agatha Christie murder mystery and will be performed by the Thornapple Players. Performances will take place at 7 pm with Sunday matinee performance at 2 pm. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children, students and senior citizens. September 27-30. • The World of Edward Elgar will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra at 3 pm in the Light Fine Arts Center at Kalamazoo College. Call 1-800-2289858 for tickets. September 30. • Actors' at Spectrum Theater Presents: Seven Passages at Spectrum Theatre. Hours are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm. Admission is $22. Special offer on Thursdays: The first ticket is full price and the second ticket is $10. Based on the research of Stephanie Sandberg, this theatre piece tells of the daily struggles faced by those who attempt to maintain a relationship with their religious communities • A typical newspaper contains just 30 percent editorial content — 70 percent of the paper you buy is taken up by advertising. • It was Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of such famed works as “Crime and Punishment” and “The Brothers Karamozov,” who made the following observation: “That’s man’s one privilege over all creation. Through error you come to the truth! I am a man because I err! You never reach any truth without making fourteen mistakes and very likely a hundred and fourteen.” • Ever had to make a large claim to your insurance company? If you thought it was a pain to fill out all the paperwork and explain what happened, consider the plight of the poor soul who had to handle the claim in 2006 when a guard dog mauled a teddy bear that once belonged to Elvis Presley — the stuffed animal was valued at $80,000. • People don’t usually think of fish as being especially long-lived, but that’s only because they don’t realize that Beluga stur- while striving to live authentic lives as gay and lesbian people. For more information call (616) 234-3947 or visit www.actorsatspectrum.org. September 27-October 6. MISCELLANEOUS C A L E N D A R • Lumber Jack Show will be held at Charlton Park. There will be three shows daily at noon, 2 pm and 4 pm. Admission is $8 for adults, $4 children 4-12. Gates open at 9 am. Rides and parking free. Saturday & Sunday, September 29-30. • "It’s Cider Time” Festivals returns to Historic Bowens Mills. The first weekly fall festival will feature the Steam & Gasoline Engine Show co-sponsored by the Barry County Steam, Gas and Antique Machinery Association. There will be a display of antique tractors, engines, and farm machinery. There will be also be special events including old fashioned antique tractor pull, threshing demonstrations, a tractor parade and there will be clogging both days. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 7957530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. September 29th & 30. • 39th Annual Fallasburg Fall Festival at Fallasburg Park. Hours are Saturday and Sunday 10 am-5 pm. Admission is free. West Michigan's Favorite Fall 'Arts Event' sponsored by Lowell Area Arts Council. The Festival offers an appealing combination of juried fine arts, traditional craft demonstrations, musical entertainment and food, all in a historical park setting. For more information call (616) 897-8545 or visit www.lowellartscouncil.org. September 29 & 30. • GFWC Gun Lake Area Home Tour takes place from 5 pm. Cost is $12 per person. Tickets are avialable at Sea Shanty, Weick’s Pharmacy, The Water’s Edge or at Bay Pointe Inn which will host a hospitality center where beverages will be provided. Sunday, September 30. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com geon can live up to 150 years. • If you’re upset by the vagaries of the stock market, consider how unhappy Mario Budo must have been. In 1920, he detonated an entire horse-drawn wagon full of explosives on Wall Street. • Every schoolchild knows that Francis Scott Key’s enduring legacy is our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Not many realize, however, that it was written to the tune of a British drinking song. • Have you ever been so enamored of someone that you’ve purchased a bibelot? You may not realize it, but you probably have; a “bibelot” is simply a trinket. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” — Winston Churchill © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE SEPTEMBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 27 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 28 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 29 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 29-30 Lumberjack Show at Historic Charlton Park. 30 4-H Speed Horse Show at the Barry Expo Center. Coming in October 2 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 3 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6 pm-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 4 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 5 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services the first Friday of every month. 5 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 5 Hastings Farmers Market Scarecrow Contest starts October 5th and runs through October 19 in Hastings. 6 MCLA Sheep Show at the Barry Expo Center. 6 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 7 Share the Harvest open houses at Kellogg Manor House, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Kellogg Dairy Center & Farming System Center from 1-5 pm in Hickory Corners. 9 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 10 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6 pm-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 11 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 12 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 12-14 Snow Show & Grass Drags at the Barry Expo Center. 14 Barry County CROP Walk at the First United Methodist Church. Registration begins at 1 pm. 5 mile walk begins at 2 pm. 13 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park in Hastings. Crafts Fairs Cellistic Crosscurrents will be presented by the BachFesival of Kalamazoo Thursday, October 4 at 7:30 pm in the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College. Tickets are $15 per adult, $5 for students. Traversing the boundaries between music and dance, from Baroque through contemporary will be cellist Anthony Elliott, pianist Polina Khatsko, and dancer Christie Jenuwine. For tickets and more information go to www.kzoo.edu/bach or call (269) 337-7407. Taste of Home Cooking School is a presentation of Great Gatherings and will be held October 4 at the Barry Expo Center. Tickets are $15 and are available at area Felpausch location. There will be many local vendors on hand beginning at 2 pm. The show starts at 7 pm. The library will also host a cookbook swap. Dvorak's New World Symphony will be performed at DeVos Performance Hall October 5 & 6 at 8 pm. Tickets start at $11. Come hear your own Grand Rapids Symphony play the works of Dvorak and more with guest Dylana Jenson on violin. For more information call 616-454-9451, Ext. 115 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Organ Concert: Dave Wickerham at Public Museum, Van Andel Museum Center October 5 & 6. Performances are planned for Friday at 7 pm & Saturday at 2 pm. Adult tickets are $10, children $5. Dave Wickerham's professional career is lengthy and includes time at Organ Stop Pizza Restaurants in Arizona; Pipes and Pizza in Illinois; Piper Music Palace and Milhous Museum in Florida. He recently released his fourth CD, "Sounds of Music." Dave will perform two concerts at the Public Museum. For more information call (616) 4563977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Fall Family Day & Herb Festival will be held at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park October 6 & 7. Hours are Saturday 9 am5 pm, Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission: Adults $12, students $9, seniors $9, children $4-$6. The Midwest Michigan Herb Association will display a variety of herbs and provide demonstrations and lectures on growing and using herbs. Held in Michigan's Farm Garden, this fun filled weekend will include a variety of herb products on sale and activities including, exploring aromatherapy, make-your-own herbal tea and soaps and how to preserve herbs for winter use. For more information go to www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 9571580. 3rd Annual Hastings Harvest Festival will take place Saturday, October 6 in Downtown Hastings. Activities include a farmers’ market with fresh local produce and crafts, concessions, entertainment stage with live music, tractor show, tractor parade, sidewalk displays and demonstrations, chili cook-off, scarecrow contest and more. Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454 for a complete schedule of events. Historic Bowens Mills Mountain Men Encampment & Colonial Fiber Weekend is part of the annual "It’s Cider Time” series of fall weekend festival at Historic Bowens Mills October 6th & 7th. Co-sponsored by the Fork River Free Trappers with a mountain men & trapper living history encampment. Colonial costumed craftsmen demonstrating and selling their works, Old fashion barnyard pull Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm, horse drawn wagon rides, fleece spinning demonstrations both days. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 795-7530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more info. This week’s selection: Balls of Fury Musicals Car Shows 3 Days Grace & Breaking Benjamin will perform at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center October 11 at 6:30 pm. Doors open 5:30 pm. Tickets are $30.50 general admission $30.50 with an extra $5 parking fee through in just because they can. For tickets and more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.deltaplex.com. Boléro will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Friday, October 12 at 8 pm in WMU’s Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo. Twenty-two year old organist Felix Hell will be featured soloist on Joseph Songen’s “Symphonie Concertante.” The program will also include “Overture to Rob Roy” by Berlioz and Darius Milhaud’s “Suite provencale.” Concert tickets range from $19$49, hald price for students and seniors with balcony seats available for $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Call 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. The Wizard of Oz will be shown on a big creeen with with live orchestral accompaniment October 12 beginning at 8 pm at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets start at $19. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. "It’s Cider Time” Festival: Civil War Days at at Historic Bowens Mills featuring a large Living History Encampment October 13th & 14th. There will be a battle at 3 pm with a full schedule of special events, including artillery demonstrations both days. Special displays will include a variety of Civil War exhibits and live dulcimer music. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 7957530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. Entrance to the park at 55 Briggs Rd., Middleville, MI 49333 Watch for the huge mill stone marker. Call (269) 795-7530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. The Fall Bonsai Show is set for October 13 and 14 at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, seniors (65+) $9, children ages 5-13 $6, children 3- $4. West Michigan Bonsai Club members will display a variety of bonsai – many in full fall color. Guests can observe club members demonstrate the art of bonsai. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Switchfoot with Relient K and Ruth will perform at the The DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center October 18 at 7 pm. Doors open 6 pm. Tickets are $24 with parking $10 an extra. For tickets or more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.deltaplex.com. Can-Can will be presented by the The Grand Rapids Ballet Company October 19, 20, and 21 in the DeVos Performance Hall with performances planned Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Debuted in 2005, this glimpse into turn-ofthe-century Paris left the audience wanting more. The raucously engaging world of life in the theater, including that illustrious line of high kicking Can-Can girls, will have you on the edge of your seat while the story of the artists involved will inspire. The glittering music of Offenbach, Debussy, and more is performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony. Ticket prices range from $17 to $52. For more information call 616-454-4771 ext.10. All Hallows Evening is always the Saturday before Halloween at Historic Charlton Park and features trick or treating in the village and old fashioned fun and games. This year’s event will be held Saturday Oct. 27 from 3-6 pm. Admission is $3 per person. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 90 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 If you see just one ping-pong kung-fu movie this year, let it be “Balls of Fury.” Well, actually it’s the only ping-pong kung-fu movie this year. Or ever, I think. Dan Fogler stars as Randy Daytona, who competed in the 1988 Olympics when he was just a boy. He gets his clock cleaned by a German player (Thomas Lennon), which ends Daytona’s career even before he reaches puberty. Flash-forward to the present, and Daytona is a Las Vegas novelty lounge act. He is recruited by the FBI to infiltrate an invitationonly underground ping-pong tournament held by weapons dealer Mr. Feng (Christopher Walken). In order to get in shape for the tournament, Daytona is placed in the hands of a blind table-tennis master named Blind Master Wong and his niece Maggie (Maggie Q). The film pretty much follows the Bruce Lee classic “Enter the Dragon,” with a few nods to the old “Kung Fu” TV series. With a title like “Balls of Fury,” you know what kind of humor you’re in for, and it ain’t Oscar Wilde. Fogler does a great job with his character. He really understands the type of comedy that writers Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant were going for, and he delivers. Christopher Walken hams it up in “Balls of Fury.” The standout performance of the film goes to Maggie Q. In the few scenes where she’s allowed to show off her martial-arts skills, she truly electrifies the screen and leaves you wishing the film were more about her than ping pong. Christopher Walken is also a hoot. Yes, I said hoot. You could tell he was having the time of his life playing the ridiculous Mr. Feng. In fact, what saves “Balls of Fury” from being just another tedious doofus comedy is the feeling that everyone in the cast is just having a great time being silly. GRADE: C+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 18 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings 15-year-old Ryan Christie bagged his first buck during the youth hunt Sept. 23, hunting on his grandmother’s farm in Barry County. Aubrey May Beeler, a freshman at Delton Kellogg from Shelbyville, bagged her first deer Saturday durig the youth hunt. The deer was a five-point buck. Youth get first shots at bucks around Barry County Tim Steele of Middleville took his first buck, a four-point, on Saturday during the youth hunt on Saturday. He only had to track his one and a half-year-old, 150-pound buck 60 yards to claim the trophy. Logan Bleam shot this eight-point buck with a 16-inch spread during the youth hunt, in his first year out hunting. Jacob Overholt of Mulliken had a successful first youth hunt. Overhold, 12years-old, took the eight-point buck with one shot from his 12-gauge while huting with his grandpa. Ashley Herich, went hunting with her father Sunday morning during the youth hunt and shot this four-point buck. by Brett Bremer Saxon Sports Shorts Not all schools have to win district to receive a trophy The Michigan High School Athletic Association, with some help, has been compiling a list of all the trophy games played across the state on the gridiron. Each week at the newspaper office we get updates on this week’s trophy games. This week according to an MHSAA release, Escanaba takes on Menominee in the Hinker Bell Game (although the trophy has been lost of many years). Big Rapids and Reed City do battle for the Pioneer Trophy. A three week battle for the M-88 Trophy between Bellaire, Central Lake and Mancelona begins this week with Central Lake and Mancelona facing off. Caledonia and Wayland played for the Cowbell on the first Friday of the football season. As far as I know though, there isn’t a trophy game involving any of the Barry County varsity football teams. It might be time for that to change. Many of the trophies passed between football teams throughout the state have storied histories, but many of their beginnings aren’t historic. There isn’t always the kind of story that accompanies them, like the story about the Little Brown Jug passed between the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. Most often in the high school ranks it seems that two schools just decided that they should have a trophy to fight over. That got me to thinking what kind of trophies could be passed around the county. Maple Valley and Delton Kellogg could fight over something, if they’re going to stick around in the Kalamazoo Valley Association for a while. Hastings and Lakewood have a long tradition of meeting in the first game of the season, why don’t they have a special trophy? How about Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings? Every game shouldn’t be a trophy game, but feel like every team should have one trophy game. Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg meet next week, so there isn’t much time to get a trophy together. It is something to think about though. What could the Saxons and Trojans fight over. A few things popped into my head. They could do battle over a sword, or helmet, or shield or something like that. A Saxon fan in the office suggested I get one of my hats or sandals bronzed and put on a plaque. I don’t think I’ve held this job long enough for that. Who would want an old shoe? I mean, besides Holland and Grand Haven who play for an old wooden shoe. I thought an M-37 sign might be kind of cool for the Trojans and Saxons to trade back and forth. The score of each season’s name could be engraved on the back. Of course, I’m sure MDOT wouldn’t appreciate what it would take to get that started. Maybe a golden Thornapple. The Thornapple River flows from one to the other. What is a Thornapple? That’s the first time I’ve ever really thought about that. Webster’s says it’s, “a poisonous tall annual weed (Datura stramonium) of the nightshade family with rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers, and roundish prickly fruits.” It’s also called jimsonweed. I suppose that could be kind of cool, all made up in bronze. I’m still thinking about it, but my favorite idea so far isn’t nearly as fancy as that would be. I wouldn’t mind a terra-cotta pot, with a layer of grass growing out of the top. The two schools in the middle of the country with artificial turf fields could fight over a small pot of real grass. The school’s could have to keep it alive growing in the library or something until the next season. If the grass died before the next football game, that would be bad luck. The scores could be painted or engraved on the terra-cotta pot. Levi Shriber got this 11-point buck with a 12-gauge during the youth hunt this weekend in Barry County. It is the fourth deer he’s taken in two years of hunting. Freshmen Football The Hastings’ freshmen football team picked up its fifth win of the season with a 2312 win at Byron Center last Thursday. The game featured two teams with 4-0 records coming in. The Saxons built a 16-0 half-time lead on the strength of a safety and a pair of touchdowns. Byron Center then came out with a pair of second half scores to close the gap to 16-12. Then for the second straight week, the Saxon offense put together a fourth quarter drive to seal the win. JV Football The Hastings’ junior varsity football team improved its record to 5-0 with a victory over Byron Center last Thursday night. The Saxons jumped out to a 14-0 lead at the half after a 42-yard touchdown run by Luke Hubbell and a 54-yard touchdown pass from Gage Pederson to Hubbell. Jason Eckley intercepted a pass in the end zone to stop a Byron Center drive in the first half. Pederson threw another touchdown pass to Kyle Griffith to start the scoring in the second half, and Matt Schild scored from 56 yards out behind the blocking of Jacob Bailey and Robert Endsley to secure the win. JV Girls’ Golf Hastings’ junior varsity girls’ golf team ended a perfect dual meet season with a 236306 win over Mona Shores last Wednesday at Hastings Country Club. That gives the team a 7-0 record for the season. Dena Letot and Stephanie Glass teamed up to lead the Saxons with a pair of 57s. Chelsea Snyder added a 60 and Taylor Hammond a 62. Emma Pennington and Alexa Tyson also had solid rounds for the Saxons. Don’t Miss the w o h S l l a F t s Bigge in Town! TH 2007 , 4 R E B O T C O TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE • $15.00 each Available at... Hastings, Delton, Grand Ledge, Zucca’s, Urbandale, Pennfield, Highland Felpausch Locations The public is welcome to attend the Pre-Show Shopping from 2 to 7 p.m. A great variety of local and in-home businesses. Lots of food, fun and shopping ideas for fall and the holidays! 06658079 Presented by: J-Ad Graphics and Felpausch �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 19 Saxons and Vikings face conference leaders Friday Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 2-3 4-1 2-3 1-4 0-5 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Lakewood’s Ben McKinney has only open space in front of him on his way to a 27-yard touchdown reception for the Vikings’ third score of the first quarter against Perry Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Hastings 37, Byron Center 0 The Saxons found a new weapon Friday night in their 37-0 rout of Byron Center. They found the foot of Trent Brisboe. Brisboe not only kicked two extra-points, but also added a 23-yard field goal in the second quarter. Extra-point kicks have become an uncommon occurrence during the era of head coach Fred Rademacher at Hastings, enough so that athletic director Mike Goggins joked before the start of the season that as long as the new turf was in Baum Stadium before the first game it would be okay for the Saxons if the goal posts weren’t ready yet. Brisboe used his hands a bit too, hauling in a two-point conversion pass in the fourth quarter. Darrell Slaughter set up the two-extra point kicks. The first kick gave Hastings a 7-0 lead in the opening quarter, after a 56-yard scoring run by Slaughter. The second of Brisboe’s extra-point kicks followed a 16-yard TD run by Slaughter in the fourth quarter, that gave the Saxons their final 37-0 advantage. Slaughter, Brisboe, and Luke Mansfield accounted for all the Saxon points. Slaughter Panther defensive lineman Anthony Reeves tackles the Lions’ Michael Paisley during Friday night’s game between Delton and Maple Valley. (Photo by Art Frith) Henney’s House of Gifts 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings www.henneyshouseofgifts.com Unique Gifts & Collectibles COME IN AND CHECK US OUT! New Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10AM-8PM; Thur.-Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM Debit & Layaway 269-945-5660 77516395 HOLIDAYS ARE APPROACHING • LET’S SHOP IN BARRY COUNTY had three touchdown runs on the night, including a seven-yarder in the third quarter. Mansfield scored on a 12-yard run in the second quarter, and an eight-yard run in the fourth. Greg Woodmansee never found the end zone, but was a major part of the Saxons’ 410 rushing yards on the night. He led the team on the ground with 12 carries for 155 yards. Slaughter finished up with 11 carries for 115 yards. Saxon starting quarterback Brad Hayden had to attempt just two passes, and completed one for 20 yards to A.J. Tassos. Byron Center struggled to move the ball against the Saxon defense. The Bulldogs rushed the ball only four less times than the Saxons did on the night, but finished with 265 fewer yards. Clayton Clow led the Bulldog rushing attack with seven carries for 35 yards. Delton Kellogg 36, Maple Valley 30 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Heartbreak, thy name is football. For the second consecutive year, the Maple Valley Lions begin the season 1-4 as they dropped a heartbreaking 36-30 decision to visiting Delton Kellogg Friday. Two big plays spelled the Lions’ doom, a 42-yard touchdown pass by Panther quarterback Brian Diaz on the final play of the first half and a dazzling 77-yard touchdown run on the opening kickoff of the second half by Taylor Kingsley. “We just didn’t get enough possessions in the end,” said Maple Valley Coach Guenther Mittelstaedt. “We needed the ball one more time.” Maple Valley trailed at one point 36-14 and staged a brilliant comeback attempt that fell just short. “At the end, they knew we had to pass because time was running out and they just came at our quarterback (Deven Meade) with everybody. He just didn’t get enough time to throw. “Give them credit,” Mittelstaedt said, “they made big plays when they had to.” Maple Valley scored first, controlling the ball through most of the first quarter, putting together an 18 play, 72-yard drive. Anthony Corwin scored the first of his four touchdowns and Jeff Burd ran in the two point conversion. The drive used up almost nine and a half minutes and it looked like the Maple Valley was going to be able to control the line of scrimmage. But they couldn’t control Panther running back Steven Scoby. On the ensuing drive, Scoby carried the ball five times for 39 yards, including an elusive 27-yard gain on one play. His final five yards put Delton on the board and Martell Epperson’s two point conversion tied the game at eight with just under 10 minutes left to play in the half. Scoby had some help moving the ball down field. “We made a couple of changes in the offensive line,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. “We moved a couple guys around and worked real hard all week in practice on staying low.” Octavio Romero moved into the center position for Delton Kellogg, and Mitch Duquesnel took over in Romero’s old spot at right tackle. It looked like it was going to stay tied at eight going into the half-time break, but Diaz upset the applecart with a Hail Mary ball down the left sideline, which was hauled in by Martell Epperson as the clock hit 0:00. Scoby, a versatile athlete, kicked the extra point and instead of going into the half-time tied, Maple Valley found itself on the short end of a 15-8 score. The Lions would never completely recover, and things only got better for the Panthers when the Lions kicked off to start the second half, Kingsley hauled in the kick at his own 23 and raced 77 yards to the end zone. Scoby’s kick made it 22-8 and the Lions had to play catch-up the rest of the way. Delton Kellogg had two touchdowns in 12 seconds of playing time. “That was really, I think, a big turning point,” Haas said. Corwin’s second touchdown of the night made it 22-14 four minutes later but the Panthers came right back to score on a 24 yard touchdown run by Scoby. Delton’s final touchdown came on a seven-yard keeper by Diaz and two more touchdowns by Corwin could not make up the difference. The late touchdowns did worry Haas about his team’s defense a bit. A couple turnovers by the offense late didn’t help the Panther defense either, but the D did enough to hold on for the win. Brennan Smith had nine tackles to lead the Delton Kellogg defense, and Anthony Riley added eight. Kingsley and Jeremy Reigler had fumble recoveries. Reigler and Smith were also a part of the improved offensive line play for the Panthers, along with Tony Reeves, Chase Mills, and Chris Miller. For the night, Scoby finished with 179 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 20 carries. Diaz ran for one score and passed for another. Corwin had his greatest game as a Lion, scoring four times on runs of three yards, seven yards, seven yards and one-yard. Jeff Burd was Maple Valley’s leading rusher for the game with 93 yards on 17 carries. Jared Smith and Kyle Fisher led Maple Valley with seven tackles each, while Nicholas Thurlby added six. Lakewood 41, Perry 0 Lakewood varsity football coach Bob Veitch had three lofty goals for his team head- Forest Hills Central’s Cole White (55) closes in as Thornapple Kellogg running back James Smith breaks past the line of scrimmage in the second half of Friday night’s non-conference contest in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ing into Friday night’s home football game against Perry. He wanted 300 yards of offense. He wanted no turnovers. He wanted a shut-out. Two out of three isn’t bad, and two out of three was enough to earn the Vikings their second win of the season. Lakewood downed Perry 41-0 in Capital Area Activities Conference White Division action Friday night on Unity Field, to improve to 2-3 overall and 2-1 in the conference. Only a momentary loss of footing by quarterback Jesse Martin, which led to an interception, cost the Vikings from accomplishing their three big goals. A victory will take some of the sting away from that interception, as will the two long touchdown passes Martin connected on as the Vikings built their lead in the first half. “It’s been a while,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch when asked about the last time scored an overwhelming victory like this. It didn’t take long to get things started for Lakewood Friday night. Justin Keller took a See FOOTBALL, next page HYAA Football 5th & 6th Grade Gold The Hastings fifth and sixth grade Gold team lost to a very experienced Lakeview team last week 47-20. Players of the game for Hastings were team captains Mike Mansfield and Brody Madden. Mansfield carried the ball 22 times for 85 hard-fought yards. Madden returned a kickoff for a touchdown and had another 45-yard kickoff return. Madden rushed for 79 yards and completed a 15-yard pass to Jason Slaughter. Slaughter had two rushing TDs and seven tackles on defense. Other players with tackles were Evan Hart and Madden with three each, Michael Johnston and Trevor Zimmerman with two apiece, and Cole Harden, Draven Pederson, Mansfield and Travis Hoffman with one each. 3rd & 4th Grade Gold The third and fourth grade Gold team defeated Pennfield Team 2 by a score of 25-6. The Saxons played outstanding defense with several tackles made by Carter Carpenter, Lucas Fox, Gage Pearson, Ethan Hart, and Robbie Davis. Other Saxons contributing exceptional play including two goal-line stands were David Rivett, Thomas Furrow, Justin Voshell, Dillon Heath and Adam Shaeffer. Offensively, the Saxons’ touchdowns were set up by exceptional runs of 52 and 64 yards by Jacob Vorce, who finished with three touchdowns. Alex McMahon also scored a touchdown on a quarterback sweep. The Saxon offensive line, anchored by Calvin Cappon, created huge running lanes and was led by Caden Rine, Kaleb Heath, Gabe Ulrich, Jacob Baldry and Chase Reaser. “The Hometown Boys” Wilder’s Tire & Auto Service AUTOCARE CENTER 818 E. Clinton St., Hastings 269-948-2192 77516338 Those are the only two Barry County teams that haven’t suffered two conference losses yet. Lakewood isn’t hosting the only homecoming in Barry County this week. The Thornapple Kellogg Trojans host South Christian Friday night for homecoming. Thornapple Kellogg’s losing streak hit 15 games when the Trojans were downed by Forest Hills Central last Friday night. The Trojans also still have not scored a victory over the Sailors since the two teams began meeting in O-K Gold Conference action in 2003. Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley are tied in fifth place in the Kalamazoo Valley Association at the moment, after the Panthers’ win at Maple Valley last Friday night. The teams will cross the conference for away games this week, against the two teams tied for third in the league. Delton Kellogg heads to Olivet, while the Lions go to Parchment. Kalamazoo Christian and Pennfield are tied a top the KVA standings, although Pennfield does have a non-conference loss while the Comets are a perfect 5-0. Those two teams, who are the only two teams in the KVA that have outscored their opponents so far this season, meet this weekend as well. Christian gave up its first points of the season last week, in a 55-7 victory over Galesburg-Augusta. It won’t be long now! The Hometown Boys will be working in their new Starr School Rd. location soon. Come to...”Where the Past Lives” presents... VILLAGE, MUSEUM & RECREATION AREA 2345 S. Charlton Park Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 First Time in Barry County! 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There won’t be any that are bigger than the ones coming up this Friday night. Hastings hits the road to take on the Wayland Wildcats. Wayland is 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the league, the league’s only undefeated squad. Hastings is currently tied in secondplace in the conference with 2-1 South Christian and Hamilton. Lakewood is also 2-1 in the CAAC-White, tied in second-place with Portland, behind league leading Williamston. Friday night is homecoming at Lakewood, and the Williamston Hornets come to town with a perfect 5-0 record and a 3-0 league mark. Both Hastings and Lakewood need a win to remain in the hunt for at least a share of the league championships in their respective leagues. �Page 20 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner FOOTBALL, continued from previous page half, for 73 yards. “I thought he did a real good job spreading around the football in the first half,” Penfield said of Betcher. “He’s come a long way.” In the second half, the Rangers caught as many of his passes as the Trojans did though. Ross Heneveld had two interceptions for the Rangers in the second half, and Hans Ott had the other. Betcher was 8-of-14 for the night, for 143 yards. Forest Hills Central quarterback Alex Chopp was also picked off once, by the Trojans’ Shane Moore. That interception came in the second half, with the Rangers already up 27-17. Chopp completed 12-of-14 passes for 180 yards and four touchdowns. Chopp got some help from his receivers as well, especially big number 15 Cam White who had two touchdown receptions. White hauled in a pass from Chopp and busted tackle after tackle as he covered the final 25 yards on a 37-yard scoring play with 2:57 left in the first half. The ensuing extrapoint kick tied the game at 14. On the first play of the fourth quarter, White made a diving catch at the goal-line that put his team up 33-17. Chopp also threw two touchdown passes to Joey Saladino, an 11-yarder in the third quarter and a 35-yarder in the third. Things were going well for the Trojans in the first half. They took a 7-0 lead on a oneyard TD run by James Smith and Bobolts ensuing extra-point kick with 6:36 left in the opening quarter. The Rangers answered with their first TD connection between Chopp and Saladino, but their extra-point was no good. The Trojans then jumped in front 14-6 on a one-yard TD run by Joey Sanford. Sanford carried much of the load for TK on the night, rushing 15 times for 93 yards. But Sanford was dinged up in the second half and missed some playing time. Smith also missed much of the second half with an injury. Early in the game the Trojans lost one of their leaders on defense, and along the offensive line, when Kyle Farris was hurt. Those injuries contributed to the Trojans’ second half troubles. The Rangers took their first lead of the ball game on the first drive of the second half. Nick Adado scored on a six-yard touchdown run just over two minutes into the third quarter. The extra-point kick was blocked, and the Rangers led 20-17. Nate Jazwinski, who did recover one Ranger fumble on the night, shook his head on the sideline after the FHC score. An interception slipped through his fingers on the Rangers’ second play of the half. By the time the Trojans were able to finish a drive in the second half, Forest Hills Central had built a 33-17 lead. Lions get second KVA win Maple Valley’s Jared Smith (21) and Justin Kennedy (6) try to stop Delton’s Martell Epperson from running the ball into the end zone during Friday’s game between the Lions and Panthers. (Photo by Art Frith) Saxon spikers win once at Lakeview The Saxons picked up a win to finish third in their pool at Saturday’s Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational, but that was the only win they would manage on the day. Hastings started things off with a 25-15, 25-23 win over Comstock, but was then downed 25-21, 25-12 by Hackett Catholic Central, and 25-16, 26-13 by the hosts from Lakeview. That moved the Saxons into the bronze pool, for all the third-place pool teams, where best of five-game matches were played. There the Saxons were downed 25-15, 25-20, 25-20 by Harper Creek and 25-13, 25-17, 15-25, 2517 by Galesburg-Augusta. “I moved some players to different positions on Saturday and they did pretty good,” said Hastings’ head coach Krista Sheldon. “The more they get used to the new spots the better we will be.” Ashley Eerdmans led Hastings in kills for the day with 25, to go along with eight aces. Kayla Vogel finished the day with 11 kills, nine aces, and three blocks. Hannah Wood had 52 assists during the tournament run, and Brittany Hickey contributed 24 kills, seven blocks and three aces. Hastings also got seven assists and five aces from Jen Ratliff. In O-K Gold Conference action, the Saxons were downed by Wayland 25-21, 2521, 25-8. Wood led Hastings in assists with six. Hickey had two kills, one block, and one ace. Ratliff had four kills. The Saxons are now 0-4 in conference action, and are off now until facing Hamilton in a conference dual at home next Tuesday. Hastings’ mistake helps TK jump ahead in Gold golf race by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans would have preferred to pass Hastings on the greens at Hastings Country Club Thursday rather than on the practice green. Heading into Wednesday’s jamboree at Egypt Valley the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ golf team held a slim lead over Hastings for second-place in the O-K Gold Conference standings after the Saxons were disqualified from the jamboree on their own course. South Christian took the jamboree, for the fifth time in five tries, with a low round of 177. Forest Hills Northern was second with a 213. Thornapple Kellogg placed third in the jamboree, with a team score of 225. The Saxons played their round, and would have finished second if their 196 would have counted. “Because we have a small putting green and there were 40 girls trying to use it, four of my team members went down to the green on the ninth hole and practiced putting,” said Hastings head coach Bruce Krueger, “which is a violation of the prohibition against practicing on the competition course, which results in disqualification.” The Saxon coach took the blame, but he wasn’t the only coach disappointed that the rule had to be enforced the way it was. “It is my responsibility for not making them clearly aware of the rule,” Krueger said. “They did not attempt to gain a competitive advantage which is what the rule is designed to prevent, but they did violate the rule.” Instead of placing second, the Saxons were put in seventh place in the standings, behind fourth-place Hamilton which fired a 229, Wayland 243, and Byron Center 250. Thornapple Kellogg’s best nine of the day was played by Ashley Martin, who scored a 49. Macy Chamberlin added a 53, Nicole Todd 61, and Erin King 62 for the Trojans. South Christian had the four best scores that counted on Thursday. Jackie DeBoer and Emily Atsma both shot 42s, while Heather Marks added a 44 and Kalee Andringa a 49. Hastings was strong on its home course, although it won’t show in the record books. Jessica Kloosterman shot a 46, Montana Leep 49, Barbie Buehler 50, and Kacy Hooten 51. The league jamboree that was slated to be hosted by South Christian at Railside on Tuesday was postponned because of thunder, and will be made up Oct. 2. TK girls win two to start Gold season Maple Valley’s Jennifer Kent hits a serve during her team’s victory over Olivet last Wednesday in KVA action. (Photo by Perry Hardin) THORNAPPLE PLAYERS presents Agatha Christie’s Cards On The Table Adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon Thursday - Friday - Saturday September 27 - 28 - 29 • 7:00pm Sunday, September 30 • 2:00pm CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TICKETS: Adults $7.00 Children, Students, Senior Citizens: $5.00 02678847 There were only three undefeated teams left in the O-K Gold Conference in either the boys’ or girls’ standings, after one day of racing at Riverbend Golf Course in Hastings last Wednesday. The Thornapple Kellogg girls’ were one of those three teams on the girls’ side, after scoring wins over South Christian and Wayland. Forest Hills Northern and Thornapple Kellogg both got off to a 2-0 league start, while the Hamilton girls were still 0-0 heading into the second league meet this Wednesday after not being a part of the competition last week. Thornapple Kellogg’s boys fell to 0-2 to start things off. The Trojan girls handled South Christian and Wayland without too much trouble. TK topped the Wildcats 22-39 and the Sailors 2336. In the match-up between the Sailors and Wildcats, South Christian scored a 23-34 victory. The teams took turns having runners cross the finish line in their tri. Allyson Winchester led the way for TK, placing first in 19 minutes 31 seconds. She was followed by South Christian’s Kelsey Burgess in 20:08 and Wayland’s Kelsey Sterkenburg in 20:54. The next three in were a Trojan, a Sailor, and a Wildcat as well. TK’s Kylie Schultz led that pack, placing fourth in 20:59. Thornapple Kellogg also had Melanie Truer finish seventh in 21:19, Kelsey Webster eighth in 21:46, and Jessica Crawford tenth in 21:58. Forest Hills Northern scored wins over Hastings and Byron Center in the other girls’ race Wednesday, while the Bulldogs picked up one victory by finishing better than the Saxons. Keith Winchester won the boys’ race, for TK, on Wednesday with a time of 16:40, but Wayland had three of the next four finishers to score a 22-38 win over the Trojans and a 22-33 victory over South Christian. South Christian also picked up a 24-37 victory over TK. Eddie Seymour led the Wayland boys, with a second-place time of 17:00. He was followed for the Wildcats by Rafael Nelson (third in 17:15) and Neal White (fifth in 17:23). Ethan Fuller was the second Trojan to finish, placing sixth in 17:30. Eric Buchanan was 19th in 19:25, Tim Olsen 26th in 19:58, and Tim Etter 27th in 20:08. South Christian was led by the fourth-place performance of Michael Demann, who hit the line in 17:21. Hastings matched Wayland’s 2-0 start in the league with wins over Byron Center and Forest Hills Northern Wednesday, while the Bulldogs scored the win in their dual with the Huskies. Winchester’s time in the boys’ race was the top overall time of the day, three seconds better than the time of Byron Center leader David VandeBunte. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency …Freeport Home & Auto Discounts! 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50), Lake Odessa, MI Robin Chase 616-374-1680 • Fax: 616-374-1682 Toll Free: 1-800-522-2919 Small Town Friendly, Personal Service All Your Insurance Needs 06658467 Three of the four games were decided by five points or less, but Maple Valley’s varsity volleyball team pulled out a 3-1 win over Olivet at home last Wednesday evening. The Lions improved to 2-1 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association and 5-8-4 overall with the win. Maple Valley took game one 25-21, only to see Olivet battle back to take game two 2520. The Lions picked up their play in the third game for a 25-12 victory, then closed things out with an extended 27-25 win in game four. Dani Christensen had a smooth transition back into the line-up for the Lions, tying for the team lead with nine kills. Jen Kent added nine kills for Maple Valley to go along with nine blocks. Bailey Flower led the Lions with ten blocks. Lauren Pierce had 20 assists. Tina Westendorp contributed a great serving night for Maple Valley, connecting on 20-of-21 attempts with four aces. The Lions had a big conference match against Kalamazoo Christian on Wednesday this week, and next week in the KVA head to Galesburg-Augusta on Wednesday. The Lions will be at the Portage Northern Invitational this Saturday. Betcher connected with teammate Blake Johnson on a 58-yard scoring pass two minutes into the fourth quarter, to pull their team to within ten points at 33-23. The next two Trojan drives ended in interceptions, and Forest Hills put the game away in the final minutes on a two-yard TD run by Adado. Adado was a load all night long, rushing 18 times for 120 yards. 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Phelps would get to kick four more extra-points over the course of the first 25 minutes of football. Martin connected with Keller on a 48-yard pass for a touchdown with 6:03 left in the opening quarter. It was Ben McKinney’s chance to get into the end zone next, as he hauled in a 27-yard pass from Martin with 1:21 still left on the first-quarter clock. Martin took the ball in himself for the Vikings’ lone score in the second quarter, from six yards out with 1:51 left before the break. Veitch was proud of the way his team kept in the game after taking the big early lead. “We stayed totally focused the whole game, which was a good job by the kids to do that,” he said. Lakewood added a one-yard scoring run by Casey Beglin in the first minute of the third quarter, taking a 35-0 lead. Just over a minute into the fourth quarter, Andrew Doane added the Vikings’ final score, on a six-yard run. Checking off one of the goals, the Viking offense was well over 300 yards for the night. The Vikings had 496 yards of offense, 421 on the ground. Kurtis Powell led the Viking rushing attack with seven carries for 107 yards. Keller had just the one carry, for 82 yards. Korey Smith rushed three times for 77 yards. Beglin, Brennan Simon and Doane all had over 30 yards rushing. As for the goal of the shut-out, that one was in doubt at the end. Lakewood’s defense had to stuff the Ramblers at the one-yard-line on fourth-and-goal to go in the final seconds to preserve the zero on the right side of the Unity Field scoreboard. Lakewood now has a huge homecoming game ahead, against Williamston on Unity Field this Friday night. The Hornets improved to 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the CAAC-White with a 20-19 win over Corunna Friday night. Forest Hills Central 40, Middleville 23 Unfortunately for the Trojans, there were two halves of football played Friday night in Middleville. Kyle Bobolts kicked a 29-yard field goal as the clock ran out in the first half to give the Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team a 17-14 lead heading into the break. Forest Hills Central outscored the Trojans 26-6 in the second half to score a 40-23 non-conference victory. “We were in great position at half-time,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. “We had a couple big turnovers in the second half.” “That’s a pretty good football team.” Thornapple Kellogg quarterback Paul Betcher completed 5-of-7 passes in the first �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — Page 21 Saxon guys get O-K Gold wins, girls get trophy by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Last week during the Hastings Jamboree it was, “a great day to be Saxon,” for the Nicole Frantz sprints toward the finish at the Hastings Jamboree. Hastings boys’ cross country team which defeated both Byron Center (25 -31) and Forest Hills Northern (21 - 34) to start its league season 2 -0, but not so for the Saxon girls’ team which lost to Byron Center (44 19) and Forest Hills Northern (47-16), starting its league season 0 –2. While Byron Center junior David VandeBunte won the boys race in 16:43.0, Hastings runner Ryan Bosma second (17:32.0), while teammates Troy Dailey was third (17:58.6) and Dane Schils was fourth (18:15.8). Byron Center runner Zach Bigelow took fifth (18:25.3) and teammate Jess Sattler took sixth (19:00.0) Hastings’ Kevin Armstrong was seventh (19:03.0) followed by Byron Center freshmen Daniel VandeBunte (19:17.6) and Hastings Travis Moore, eighth (19:26.9). Bosma was first in the race against Forest Hills Northern followed by Dailey in second. Schils was fourth behind Forest Hills’ Matt McSween. Matt LaFave from Forest Hills was fifth followed by Hastings’ Armstrong and Moore was eighth behind Forest Hills’ Jordan Bennett. Hastings’ Nicole Frantz was the first runner The Hastings Saxon varsity girls’ cross country team display the second place trophy they earned at the Bangor Viking Cross Country Invitational Saturday. Pictured are: (seated, front) Leanne Dinges, (first row, from left) Molly Smith, Nicole Frantz, Lauren Anderson and Katie Ponsetto, (back row, from left) Jenny LaJoye, coach Jamie Dixon, and Alaina Case. for Hastings in the dual against Forest Hills fifth (22:14.7) behind Forest Hills’ Kelcie Daniels, in first (21:15.4) followed by teammates Lauren Calhoun (21:16.3), Nicolette Keller ( 21:16.9) and Emily Byl (21:42.7). Forest Hills’ Jace Mitcham was sixth (22:15.3) followed by Saxons Molly Smith, ninth (24:00.5): Katie Ponsetto, 10th ((24:34.9); Alaina Case 11th (24:36.1); and Jenny LaJoye 12th (24:38.8). The Saxon girls fared only slightly better in their dual against Byron Center with Frantz second to Byron Center’s Alex Bigelow (22:06.4). Bryon Center’s Julie Oosterhouse, Cassandra Peterson, Maggie McKinley, and Mary Nickels took third through sixth places while Hastings’ Smith, Ponsetto, Case and LaJoye had to settle for places nine through twelve. After suffering resounding defeats in their first league duals of the seasons the Saxon girls cross country team rallied on Saturday to place second in a field of 14 schools from across Southwest Michigan to earn a trophy at the Bangor Viking Cross County Invitational. With a score of 100 the Saxon girls were second only to St. Joseph, which took first with 86 points. The rest of the Division I teams and their scores were: Buchanan, 112; Hopkins, 117; Parchment, 144; Niles, 149; Plainwell, 181; Allegan 196; Bangor, 198; Berrien Springs, 211; Coloma, 284; Paw Paw, 305; and Dowagiac, 343; Grand Rapids Union did not field a full girls team. Madie Rodts a sophomore from Niles took first place in the girls’ race in 20:15. Aisha Hodge of Bangor was second (20:30) and Torria Eger of Buchanan was third (20:33). Saxon front-runner sophomore Lauren Anderson was leading the pack early in the race but dropped back finished 11th overall with a time of 21:44 Also scoring for Hastings were Frantz, 14th (21:49); Ponsetto 24th (22:51); Smith 26th (23:01); and freshmen Case 28th (23:07). Meanwhile the Saxon boys team finished fourth overall out of 14 teams with a score of 103. First place went to the team from Bangor, which scored 33 points, second place went to St. Joseph, 62; and third to Plainwell, 89. The other teams competing in the Division I at Bangor were: Grand Rapids Union, 200; Berrien Springs, 204: Allegan, 208; Paw Paw, 214; Buchanan, 254; Hopkins, 263; Parchment, 269; Constantine, 305; Coloma, 334; and Dowagiac, 406. Despite an early lead Bosma was overtaken on corners in the middle of the race by Andrew Fuentes a senior from Bangor who ended up finishing first (16:34) and James Kirschner a junior from St. Joseph, who finished second (16:51). Bosma finished third in 16:59. Also scoring for the Saxon were Dailey, 9th overall (17:24), Schils, 16th (17:51); Armstrong, 34th (18:42 and Moore 41st (19:04). Ryan Bosma of Hastings leads the pack in the early potion of the race at Bangor Saturday. Travis Moore passes a runner from Byron Center on the hill at Riverbend Golf Course during the Hastings Jamboree. (Photos by Sandra Ponsetto) TK-Hastings tops Calvin Christian for the first time by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team just keeps winning. The Trojans are now 5-0 in duals, after Tuesday’s conference victory over Calvin Christian. They are also a perfect 2-for-2 in taking invitational championships, after winning last Saturday’s Raider Sprints at Grand Rapids Community College. Tuesday’s 117-69 win over the Squires was the biggest victory of the season so far, and TK-Hastings athletes Kelly Frame, Alex de Goa, and Beth Fuller saw the opportunity to give their head coach, Carl Schoessel, a chance to swim with them after the meet. They grabbed their coach after the final score was announced and pulled him into the pool. It was the first time they’ve pulled their coach into the water this season to celebrate a victory, and Frame said she doesn’t expect it to be the last. This was the Trojans’ first ever victory over the Squires, and TK-Hastings is now 3-0 in the O-K Rainbow Tier II. “It’s exciting. It’s amazing,” de Goa said. “It’s a great feeling, especially when they hold most of the records on our pool board and we beat them.” Former Squires hold pool records at the Community Education and Recreation Center in three of the 12 events. Only Hamilton, with four, has more. Former Squires also hold five conference records, more than any other school in the league. Schoessel said that getting past the Squires this season wasn’t something he was expecting before the season started. “In fairness, we have a very good team. They lost quite a few seniors this year,” Schoessel said. A few of this year’s Trojans added their names to the record board at the south end of the CERC pool on Tuesday night. Mindy Warner broke her own team records in winning the 50-yard freestyle (26.26 seconds) and the 100-yard freestyle (57.63). Natalie VanDenack set a new team record with her second-place time of 2 minutes 7.36 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle. de Goa also set a team record with a second-place time, finishing the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:17.45. Warner, VanDenack, Alecia Strumberger and Elizabeth Chappelow set a new TK-Hastings team record in the final event of the night, the 400-yard freestyle relay, with their first place time of 4:02.76. Audrey Hoag took a pair of individual victories for TK-Hastings, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 2:37.74, and the 100- yard backstroke in 1:09.10. VanDenack won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:07.72. Trojan teams won all three relay races, and the Trojans took the top spot in the diving competition too. Kyleigh Sheldon won the diving with 203.25 points. The team of Hoag, Emily Mattoon, Danielle Rosenberg, and Warner got the Trojans’ night started right with a first place time of 2:03.66 in the 200yard medley relay. Katie Romanak, Rosenberg, Chappelow, and VanDenack won the 200-yard freestyle relay for the Trojans in 1:51.32. Rebecca Veldkamp had two of the Squires’ three wins on the night, taking the 200 freestyle in 2:06.70 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:38.09. Brianna VanHalm won the 100 breaststroke for Calvin Christian in 1:17.23. Meets will continue to get tougher for the Trojans, especially in the league. TKHastings still has conference duals remaining with Byron Center (Oct. 11), Wayland (Oct. 18), and Hamilton (Oct. 25). Hamilton and Byron Center finished first and second in the conference a year ago, and both return a number of talented swimmers. “Those are going to be our two toughest meets for sure,” Schoessel said of the duals at Byron Center and at home against Hamilton. The TK-Hastings coach won’t let his girls Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings freshman Natalie VanDenack won the 100-yard butterfly during Tuesday evening’s O-K Rainbow dual with Calvin Christian. The top three finishers in the event were Trojans. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TK-Hastings junior Alex de Goa was second in the 100-yard breaststroke on Tuesday, but set a new team record with her time of 1 minute 17.45 seconds in the event. (Photo by Brett Bremer) get big heads because of their strong start to the season. “We’ve been swimming very hard throughout the season,” Schoessel said. A few Trojan swimmers were hoping that the distances they’ve been swimming in practice would have been cut down, as they tried to save some energy for the dual with the Squires. Schoessel didn’t ease things up at all, and things turned out well. Things turned out well last Saturday too, when the Trojans took the championship at the Raider Sprints with a team score of 378. Wayland was second with 178 points, followed by Mona Shores 165, Bridgman 161, Hackett Catholic Central 142, Reeths-Puffer 134, Union 122, Otsego 85, Grand Rapids Central/Creston 80, Ionia 41, Muskegon Catholic Central 32, and Ottawa Hills 19. TK-Hastings girls won seven of the 11 events, and the diving relay team of Sheldon and Frame set a new team record in the event with a score of 188.70. The Trojans had four other relay victories on the day, and two individual titles. TK-Hastings girls were first and second in both the 50 butterfly and the 50 breaststroke. VanDenack won the 50 butterfly in 33.15, and Rosenberg was second in 33.60. de Goa was the 50 breaststroke champion in 40.10, and Mattoon was second in 40.14. The 200 medley relay team of Hoag, Mattoon, VanDenack, and Warner won in 2:17.74. Mandy Buehler, Warner, Rosenberg, and VanDenack teamed to win the 200 butterfly relay in 2:17.12. In the 200 backstroke relay, Strumberger, Michelle Howard, VanDenack, and Hoag combined for a first place time of 2:26.79. TK-Hastings’ 200 breaststroke relay team of de Goa, Romanak, Tara Schoessel, and Mattoon won in 2:46.16. The Trojans’ had another relay team finish second, as Strumberger, Romanak, Chappelow, and Warner finished the 200 freestyle relay in 2:05.23. Hoag was second in the 50 backstroke with a time of 35.50, and third in the 100 individual medley in 1:22.46. Warner was third in the 50 freestyle in 30.03. The Trojans have some time before their next meet, the Oct. 6 Ottawa Hills Invitational. �Page 22 — Thursday, September 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner TK stays on Sailors’ heels with win over Saxons by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans’ goal right now is to get another shot at South Christian. In a battle of O-K Gold Conference unbeatens last Tuesday night (Sept. 18) in Middleville, the Sailors scored a 2-0 victory over the Trojans. Both teams have an excellent chance at sweeping through the remainder of the league schedule, and heading into October’s O-K Gold conference tournament as the top two seeds. The Trojans got a good start on that goal on Thursday night in Hastings. Thornapple Kellogg came out firing, and finished things off with a 6-1 win over the Saxons in Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. Hastings was supposed to face South Christian Tuesday night this week, but thunderstorms moved that match to Wednesday. Thornapple Kellogg looked right at home on the Saxons’ new turf, scoring four firsthalf goals to set the tone for the night. “Awesome,” Thornapple Kellogg head Saxon defender Ryan Vogel rises above Thornapple Kellogg’s Sven Welz to get his head on a ball in the first half Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) coach Larry Jachim said of the strong start by his team. “It proved to me that the boys accepted the loss (to South Christian), they’re going to move on, and they’re really looking forward to the next opportunity against them.” “To get there though, we’ve got to win the last couple conference games.” Hastings head coach Brian Roderick said he knew who his team had to contain to keep it a tight game with the Trojans, Sven Welz, Matt Bouchard, and Fabian Suarez. The Saxons didn’t contain them. “They basically scored all six of their goals tonight,” Roderick said. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to shut down those passing lanes.” Members of that trio contributed to the first five Trojan goals. Bouchard sent a crossing pass from deep in the right corner to Welz who blasted the bouncing ball into the net for TK’s first goal less than ten minutes into the contest. Welz finished with three goals and an assist. Suarez had a goal and two assists. They weren’t the only ones getting the job done for TK though. Trojan defender Jorge Lopez made an excellent play on the Trojans’ second goal. He raced the ball up the left sideline, and sent a pass ahead to the corner for Suarez. Instead of falling back into a defensive position, Lopez kept up his run. He raced to the center of the field and took a centering pass from Suarez and poked it back to his left and into the net as the Saxon keeper was coming across following the pass. Welz and Suarez swapped turns assisting each other on goals before the break. Hastings found some life early in the second half, and got on the scoreboard with a goal by Spencer Rhodes-Gillons. Welz quickly notched his third goal of the game to get that one back. With time winding down in the second half, Joshua Thaler sent a corner kick sailing past the Saxon net that teammate Brad Steffen The Saxons’ Stefan Jenssen is surrounded by defenders including Jorge Lopez (right) Curtis Bouchard (left) as he attempts to move the ball forward during Thursday night’s O-K Gold Conference contest in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) headed in for the Trojans’ final goal. Both teams’ goalkeepers, Imants Gerrits for TK and the Saxon duo of Josh Bare and Mike Purchase, made some outstanding saves throughout the night, both on hard shots and on heavy collisions with opposing attackers. Thornapple Kellogg is now 3-1 in the O-K Gold Conference, with games at home against Forest Hills Northern (Sept. 25) and at Hamilton (Sept. 27) next week. The Trojans are 8-5 overall. “I truly believe that the two teams are very equally balanced,” Jachim said of his squad, and the South Christian team they’re chasing for the conference title. Roderick went a bit farther, saying that based on what he’s seen from each squad he thinks that TK “is better as a whole team than South.” The Saxons close the regular season with a trip to Portage Northern tonight. Vikes’ run stops in semi’s at Caledonia Saxon second singles player Chris White held an edge over his opponent from Otsego on Tuesday afternoon, before the match was called because of severe weather in the area. Saxon tennis team peaking at the right time of the year Hastings scored its first victory of the O-K Gold Conference tennis season last Wednesday, knocking off the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans 5-3. Hastings swept the four singles matches, and sealed the win with a three-set victory by the first doubles team of Kyle Pierce and Patrick Gillespie. Gillespie and Pierce scored a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win. The four Saxon singles players all won in straight sets, but for the most par they were tight two set matches. Eric Treadwell topped TK’s Corey Jewett at first singles, 7-6(5), 76(5). Jon Peurach also won in a pair of tiebreakers at third singles, 7-6(3), 7-6(5). Chris White won easily at second singles for the Saxons 6-2, 6-2, and at fourth singles Tom Newton played an excellent match earning a 6-3, 6-1 win. Thornapple Kellogg scored three doubles victories. Colin Texter and Tyler Postma won at second doubles 6-, 6-0. Yates and Barbour won 6-1, 6-3 at third doubles. At fourth doubles, VanKuiken and VanZegeren won 6-0, 60. The Saxon Netters record now stands at 26 and 1-5 in conference play The league regular-season ended Monday afternoon when the Saxons fell at South Christian 6-2. The Saxons were stronger at the top than the Sailors. Treadwell won 6-4, 6-0 at number one. White played his best match of the season to this point in a 6-2, 6-0 victory at second singles. Newton also played another solid singles match for the Saxons, but was downed in three sets 4-6, 6-1, 6-1. South Christian will host the O-K Gold Conference tournament a week from Saturday. A couple of strong Class A squads were the only ones to get the best of the Lakewood varsity volleyball team at Saturday’s Caledonia Invitational. The eventual tournament champions from Jenison ended the Vikings’ day, with a 25-19, 21-25, 15-10 victory in the semifinals. Lakewood’s only other loss was to the host Fighting Scots, in pool play. Caledonia also ended up falling in the semifinals, to Forest Hills Northern. Jenison then topped the Huskies for the championship, 25-14, 25-15. “Untimely errors in defense and serving cost us our two loses,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. Lakewood was 3-1 in pool play. The Vikings’ first loss of the day also came in a tough three-setter, as Caledonia scored a 2125, 25-22, 15-12 victory. From then on The Vikings were solid in the pool. They knocked off Portage Central 25-19, 25-15, beat West Catholic 25-22, 25-13, and downed their old CAAC foes from DeWitt 25-11, 25-22. Ashley Morris had a big tournament for the Vikings, leading the team with 50 kills and six blocks. Laurel Mattson paced the team with 65 digs for the day, to go along with nine aces. Melanie Forman had 112 assists. Chelsea Lake tied Morris for the team lead in blocks with six. Overall, Grunewald called it a good showing for her Vikings. The Vikings also had a good showing last Wednesday, when they opened the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division with a three games to none victory over Lansing Catholic. Lakewood won 25-9, 25-6, 25-10. The Vikings were scheduled to make a trip to Corunna last night, for a league dual. They will be back in action in the league next Wednesday, at home against Perry. Lakewood’s Anna Lynch tips a shot over the block of West Catholic’s Jamie Nelson, as Nelson’s Falcon teammate Olivia Greening looks on, during the Caledonia Invitational on Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon Football Tailgate Party It’s a grea t day to be a Saxon Saxon Spirit Let it Show Friday Night at Wayland Sept.28th FREE Hot Dogs 5:30 - 6:30 www.saxonspiritbus.com 77516403 Historic sports and hunting show coming to Lake O The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will be hosting an historic Sports and Hunting Show on Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30. The event will be held at the Lake Odessa Museum Complex at 1117 Emerson Street. The hours for Saturday will run from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On Sunday the show will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited to be a part of this first time presentation. Kim and Dawn Deardorff are organizing the event which will feature hunting, fishing, camping and many other outdoor sports. This promises to include something of interest for everyone with many local historic items to be showcased. Photographs, memorabilia, deer and other animal mounts, equipment and any other items related to sports or hunting are being sought for display. For more information or to share items for display please contact Kim Deardorff at 3747183. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-10-04.pdf e28598d4ad299158f8e6c7de117e6323 PDF Text Text Homecoming grand marshals chosen State gov. debates “down to the wire” Saxon golfers second only to Sailors See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 19 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 40 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, October 4, 2007 NEWS Hastings students celebrate homecoming BRIEFS Arts council seeks auction pieces The Thornapple Arts Council is seeking artwork for possible inclusion in the Thornapple Arts Council Annual Art Auction fund-raising event at the Ever After Banquet Hall in Hastings on Saturday, Nov. 3. For additional information, call (269) 945-2002. Cooking school set for tonight The Taste of Home Cooking School will present “Great Gatherings” tonight at 7 p.m. at the Barry Expo Center, on M37 between Hastings and Middleville. A limited number of tickets are still available and may be purchased for $15 at the show on a first-come, first-served basis. This afternoon, many local and inhome business owners will feature items to sample and purchase, between 2 and 7 p.m. at a free trade show. Those bringing in cookbooks in good condition can trade them in at the Hastings Friends of the Library cookbook swap. The Community Music School also will be selling the “Taste of Home Cookbook” for $29.95 as a fund-raising project. The cooking school is being sponsored by Felpausch Food Centers and J-Ad Graphics. For more information, call Jennie Yonker at J-Ad Graphics, (269) 945-9554, ext. 242. Local wind band rehearsals begin Members of the Thornapple Wind Band will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at Hastings High School to begin the band’s 12th season. All adult musicians are invited to join the group, which involves residents from many area communities. The band, under the direction of former area high school band directors, is especially in need musicians who play clarinet or percussion. Currently, four concerts have been scheduled: Oct. 28, Dec. 2, Feb. 10, and March 9. For further information or to borrow an instrument, contact Kim Domke at (269) 945-9181 or Dave Macqueen at (269) 945-8832 or (269) 945-5377. Barry CROP Walk to observe 25th The Barry County CROP Hunger Walk will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, beginning and ending at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. Registration will start at 1 p.m., and walkers will gather for a prayer and sendoff at 1:45 p.m. Walkers of all ages and faiths are welcome. Organizers have set a goal of $17,000 and 150 walkers. The year marks the 25th anniversary of the Barry County CROP Walk, led by co-coordinators Nolan and Joan Hudson. As a one-time gesture, 200 free red Tshirts will be given to walkers to celebrate the 25th milestone. The cost of the T-shirts was provided by donations from local churches. Four local food programs will benefit form the Barry County CROP Walk because 25 percent of the funds collected are used to support Love Inc. of Barry County, Good Food for Freeport, Maple Valley Community Pantry Shelf and the Middleville Food Pantry. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 The Hastings community is getting all decked out in blue and gold, planning tailgates and building floats for tomorrow’s homecoming activities, highlighted by a game against Thornapple Kellogg High School. The community is encouraged to attend a tailgate party at Hastings High School beginning at 5:30 p.m. behind the school before watching the homecoming parade. The parade will begin at 6 p.m. starting at the back parking lot of the high school, traveling east on South Street, north on Church Street then west on Clinton Street to the football field, which is located at the corner of Clinton and Young streets. This year’s senior homecoming court includes the following students: Garrett Harris participated in freshman football for one year, varsity football for three years, varsity track for one year, freshman and junior varsity basketball for two years, and varsity tennis for one year. Harris also volunteered for Hastings Youth Athletic Association football for two years and participated in the Relay for Life for two years. He plans to attend Ferris State University. Ryan Cain participated in football for one year, basketball for three years and Student Council for four years. He has been in the National Honor Society for two years, the Interact Club for one year, Business Professionals of America for one year and the Pride Club for one year. Cain plans to attend Members of this year’s Hastings High School Homecoming Court are (front row, from left) Sara Dunkelberger, Ellie Devroy, Brittany Lepard, Ashley Maurer, Sam VanDenack, (back row) Ryan Cain, Dylan Bowman, Jordan Rambin, Stephen Tolger and Garrett Harris. Planning Commission launches a new long-term city plan by Megan Lavell Staff Writer After more than two years of meetings, research and collaborating among hundreds of people, the Hastings Planning Commission approved the city’s Comprehensive Community Plan (CCP) at Monday night’s commission meeting. The plan is designed to consider such community factors as employment, housing, infrastructure and the school system when planning for the future of Hastings’ development. City Manager Jeff Mansfield said a “broad range” of aspects of the community were taken into consideration. “Because we’re at a critical time in Hastings’ development, it’s necessary (for the plan) to be broader than the traditional landuse plan,” he said. Mansfield explained that cities are encouraged to update their land-use master plans every five years. When the five-year update See PLANNING, page 5 Michigan State University. Jordan Rambin has participated in football for one year, basketball for four years and tennis for three years. He also was on Student Council for one year, the Key Club for one year and a Saxon summer basketball camp coach for one year. Rambin plans to attend Western Michigan University. Stephen Tolger has participated in tennis for one year, varsity soccer for four years and basketball for four years. He has been in the National Honor Society for two years, the Interact Club for four years, the Pride Club for four years, Business Professionals of America for two years, Youth in Government for three years and the Youth Advisory Council for three years. Tolger was a Saxon summer camp coach in golf, soccer and basketball. He plans to attend Michigan State University. Dylan Bowman has participated in basketball for three years, varsity soccer for one year and varsity tennis for one year. He was on Student Council for four years, the Key Club for four years, varsity choir for two years, television productions for two years and one musical. Bowman plans to attend Central Michigan University. Samantha VanDenack participated in soccer for four years, volleyball for three years and tennis for three years. She was in the Interact Club for three years, the Key Club for three years and the Youth Advisory Council for three years. She plans to attend Trinity Christian College in Illinois. Ellie Devroy participated in Student Council for four years, the Interact Club for three years, Pride Club for one year and soccer for four years. She also was a Saxon summer camp coach for youth soccer for four years. Devroy plans to attend Hope College. Brittany Lepard participated in the Interact Club for one year, the Pride Club for one year, Student Council for three years and one musical. She was in the varsity choir for three years, was the President of Choirs for two years, was in cheerleading for four years and junior varsity soccer for one year. Lepard plans to attend North Central University in Minnesota. Ashley Maurer participated in volleyball for two years, soccer for four years and choir for four years. She was in Student Council for three years, the Interact Club for three years, the National Honor Society for two years, Students Against Destructive Decisions for one year, the Pride Club for one year and one musical. Maurer plans to attend Michigan State University. Sara Dunkelberger participated in soccer for three years, Hastings football club soccer for one year, was the boys basketball manager for four years, was a Saxon summer camp coach for youth soccer for one year. She was on Student Council for three years, the Pride Club for one year and the Interact Club for two years. Dunkelberger plans to attend Grand Valley State University. This year, the homecoming dress up days for the high school were “Color Day” Monday, “Pirate Day” Tuesday, “Hunter/Fisherman Day” Wednesday, “Personal Floatation Device Day” Thursday and “Blue and Gold Day” Friday. Tom Groos earns prestigious American Sprinkler Association award Thomas T. Groos, a Hastings native who is chairman of the Viking Group Board of Trustees, has received the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s prestigious Henry S. Parmelee Award. The award recognizes commitment, achievement and excellence in the fire sprinkler industry and is the highest honor the AFSA bestows upon an individual. Groos accepted the award last week at the AFSA’s annual convention and exhibition in Phoenix, Az. In recognition of his accomplishments, his photo is on the cover of the September issue of SprinklerAge magazine. An article, by Nicole Duvall, about Groos in the magazine says he is “always humble” and has dedicated most of his life to the sprinkler industry. “I am so overwhelmed and honored by this award,” Groos said in the article. “To be recognized like this by mostly people who are our customers – and not only that but good friends – is something that I’m never going to forget. I am deeply touched...” Leaders in the sprinkler industry say Gross’ award is well deserved, and he has earned their respect. AFSA President Steve Muncy told SprinklerAge, “Tom Groos has been an enormous help in expanding training in the fire sprinkler industry... In addition, Tom played a very important role in setting the direction of AFSA as a member of the first Long-Range Planning Committee. His thoughtful approach to solving industry problems without a hidden agenda has earned him respect throughout the fire sprinkler industry.” James Toups, of East Coast Fire Protection, told the magazine that “Tom Groos has been an outstanding representative for the fire sprinkler industry. In his dealings personally and professionally, he has been fair, conscientious and forward thinking...” Tom Groos’ great-grandfather, Emil Tyden, founded the Viking Corp. in Hastings and developed a line of fire sprinkler products. The company, established in 1921, is now a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative fire-protection solutions. Viking Group is comprised of four companies: Viking Corp., Viking SupplyNet, Viking Fabrication Services and Viking Electronic Services. Now headquartered in Grand Rapids, Viking also has offices and a manufacturing facility in Hastings. “Everything that Viking Group does is focused on the independent fire sprinkler contractor,” Tom Groos said in the article. “...Our employees are the best. If you ever go to Hastings, Mich., you will find the ‘the sprinkler geek’ capital of the world. Our people have a passion for fire protection. But I also really enjoy our customers. Most of them are entrepreneurs and independent business people... It’s that combination of owning your own business and doing good things for others, which is what the fire sprinkler industry is all about, and that combination seems to bring out the best in people. Everybody’s in business to make a profit and be successful, but we have this great added bonus of helping people. “...When a sprinkler puts out a fire in a wastebasket, Groos says it usually does not make the news, but when a survivor of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon said that a (Viking) sprinkler activated inside a closet and saved his life, Good Morning America and 60 Minutes broadcast the story as nationwide news. Sprinkler saves like the one on 9/11 are exactly what Groos loves this industry, recalling, ‘That broadcast really got our people fired up,’” the SprinklerAge magazine article said. Tom Groos is the fourth generation of his See GROOS page 5 Hastings native Tom Groos is on the September cover of the SprinklerAge magazine for receiving the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s prestigious Henry S. Parmelee Award. �Page 2 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Harvest Festival this weekend Hastings High School 2007 Homecoming Grand Marshals Leesa and Terry McKinney stand in front of the Hastings “spirit bus.” Terry and Leesa McKinney are this year’s grand marshals The Hastings High School Student Council has chosen Terry and Leesa McKinney to be 2007 Homecoming grand marshals for their many years of volunteering within the Hastings Area School System. As is tradition for homecoming grand marshals, the McKinneys will be in this year’s homecoming parade. Terry said when the students asked him and Leesa to be the grand marshals, the students said McKinneys “had always been there for them,” said Terry, adding that the students weren’t just speaking of recent tailgate parties the McKinneys have sponsored. “We were there for the class,” said Leesa. Terry said he was overwhelmed when the students asked them to serve as grand marshals. He said the honor makes them fully feel like a part of the community, adding that since he and Leesa did not attend school in Hastings, they have worked hard to try to be part of the community. “We finally feel like we belong,” said Leesa. Leesa and Terry McKinney married and moved to Hastings in 1979 after graduating from Coopersville as “high school sweethearts.” Upon moving to Hastings, Terry began working at McKinney Poured Wall, a company his father owned and operated. The McKinneys first began volunteering in the school system in the mid-1980s when Leesa was an active member of Southeastern Elementary School’s parent-teacher organization. “I believe in some way, when the kids were little in elementary school, Leesa’s involvement with them helped us get involved with this particular class when they were young,” said Terry. “When it came time for float (building), we got to spend time with the kids,” said Leesa, adding that she enjoyed getting to know the students. The McKinneys first became involved in homecoming activities when they volunteered to host float-building activities at their house for their son Dan’s class. The McKinneys enjoyed the experience so much they have since hosted 12 more years of floatbuilding while their next three children moved through Hastings High School. During each of those years, students painted a mural that adorned the back of the floats. After homecoming ended each year, the McKinneys saved the murals and hung them in their pole barn. Today, their barn is a small museum of homecoming memories from many past classes. Terry and Leesa have helped the Class of 2008 with their floats the past four years. They also have been involved with football, wrestling, tennis and track because of their children. Leesa said, “because our son is in athletics, [we’re involved with] anything that has to do with sporting events.” In addition to helping with homecoming, three years ago the McKinneys bought a See MCKINNEY, page 5 NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Seventy-five percent of the CROP funds go to Church World Service, sponsor of the walk, to help people in more than 80 countries (including the U.S.) who are victims of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and wars. For more information, please call (517) 852-1821. Bernard Historical Society to meet Laura Osborne, granddaughter of Delton residents Bob and Iva Osborne, will speak about two mission trips she has taken to Ecuador when the Bernard Historical Society meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at the Delton Kellogg Middle School. “Ecuador’s Poverty through the Eyes of Laura” is the title of the presentation. The public is welcome. The Society’s Board of Directors will meet at 6:15 p.m. that same evening. Township, two miles north of the state park at Gun Lake. Call (269) 795-7530 for more information. Hospice volunteers hold furniture sale Local Hospice volunteers will be selling gently used furniture Friday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 120 Calgary Street in Hastings. The featured items will include many large pieces, such as a dining table, chairs, sofa, entertainment center, beds, end tables and much more. Proceeds from the sale will be used to help the volunteers furnish items needed by Hospice patients. Call Sandra Burr, volunteer coordinator at (269) 948-8452 or (800) 254-5939 ext. 3720 for further information. Film, discussion to Mountain Men camp focus on local food at Bowens Mills The idea of shopping locally has “Mountain Men and Colonial Weekend" is the theme of the second of three Cider Time Festival weekends at Historic Bowens Mills southwest of Middleville. Activities from noon to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday will include cider making and water-powered cornmeal grinding demonstrations, Fork River Free Trappers living history encampment, barnyard horse pull, as well as farm and fiber events. Free horse-drawn wagon rides and a variety of food also will be part of the weekend. The Fork River Free Trappers are part of the Michigan Brigade of the American Mountain Men, a 1,200-member national group dedicated to preserving the history of the American fur-trading era. Gate fee for adults will be $5; children 12 years and under, $2. Bowens Mills is located at 55 Briggs Rd., Middleville, in Yankee Springs Although temperatures are expected to be more like that of summer, downtown Hastings will take on a fall theme Saturday at the third annual Hastings Harvest Festival, with entertainment and food throughout the day for the whole family to enjoy. From 9 a.m. to noon, the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro will have an alfresco farmer’s omelet cookout and demonstration in front of the building, using local produce to benefit the Hastings Farmers’ Market. Children’s pumpkin painting will also take place in front of the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro from noon to 3 p.m. The Hastings Farmers’ Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the courthouse lawn. In addition to locally grown produce, crafts, decoration, games, activities and vendor booths will be available. Sidewalk demonstrations will be given throughout the downtown area from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The demonstrations will include an 1864 Westinghouse Steam Engine from Charlton Park, a Jack Woodmansee Steamer, historic Charlton Park demonstrators, Thornapple Players street entertainment, peanut butter making, chain-saw carving, jewelry weaving, spinning, granite etching and basket weaving. Music will fill the air throughout the day. All entertainment will take place on Church Street, next to the courthouse, in the following order: • Hank Butler - 10 a.m. • Dulcimer Friends - 11 a.m. • The Memories - noon, • Nashville Five - 1 p.m. • Leo Hine - 2:30 • Terri Pennepacker - 3 p.m. • Northern Blue String Band - 3:45. Antique tractors will be displayed throughout the day on State Street in front of the courthouse, with a tractor parade at 2 p.m. “I’ve just always thought they were cool,” Kathy Conklin, tractor show organizer. “We just always wanted to do tractors, and this just kind of came together last year.” While tractors may attract the grown-ups in the crowd, there will be other entertainment received increasing attention as people understand the value of keeping wealth within their local communities. On Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 6:45 p.m., the Hastings Public Library will show a filmed lecture by journalist and author Michael Pollan from the 2006 Bioneers Satellite Conference in Traverse City. The New York Times and the Washington Post named Pollan’s most recent book The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals one of the ten best books of 2006. Tom and Kat VanHammen, camp directors at Circle Pines Center, will be on hand to introduce the video and lead a discussion afterward. The event will be held in the library’s Community Room, 227 E. State St, Hastings. For further information Email the library at mevans@HastingsPublicLibrary.org or call (269) 945-4263. The County Seat’s scarecrow was one of many to line the downtown streets during last year’s Harvest Festival. The annual tractor parade is sure to please again this year during the Hastings Harvest Festival. Tractors will be displayed on State Street throughout the day Saturday. available for children. The free movie “Are We Done Yet?” will play at the Hastings 4 theater at 10 and 11 a.m. Critters Pet and Supply will host a free petting zoo from noon to 4 p.m., so local children can pet farm animals. Face painting will be available at the pet store, and Gilly the Gecko will make an appearance as well. “We just want everybody to have a lot of fun—fun for the kids especially,” said Critters owner Larissa Tolan. “It’s to say ‘thank you’ to my customers who’ve given me an awesome three years. I just want the kids to come and have a blast.” Entertainment for the whole family will include hay rides from noon to 4 p.m. throughout downtown Hastings on horsedrawn wagons. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Hastings Harvest Festival Scarecrow Contest. Scarecrows will be on display throughout downtown from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a contest judging courtesy of the Thornapple Arts Council at 1 p.m. Anyone interested in participating will need to preregister at the Chamber of Commerce by Friday, Oct. 5, to be considered for judging. Chamber gift certificates will be awarded to first, second and third place finalists. Registration forms and rules can be picked up at the chamber office at 221 W. State Street. A chili cook-off will take place at the County Seat, with registration from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and the judging at 1 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers. The first-place prize is a one-night stay at the Adrounie House Bed and Breakfast, a $100 gift certificate at the County Seat and a $100 Barry County Chamber of Commerce gift certificate for shopping in downtown Hastings. The second-place prize is a $50 gift certificate for the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro and a $50 Barry County Chamber of Commerce gift certificate for shopping in downtown Hastings. The third-place prize is a $25 gift certificate for Fall Creek and a $25 Barry County Chamber of Commerce gift certificate for shopping in downtown Hastings. Sponsors for the Chamber gift cer- tificates are Bosley Pharmacy, Brian’s Tire and Service, King’s Electronics and Appliances, K.A. Mueller Accounting, Progressive Graphics, Brian Reynolds Surveying and WBCH. Registration is required. Forms and rules are available at the Chamber office or at The County Seat Restaurant and Lounge at 128 S. Jefferson Street in downtown Hastings. The County Seat also will have a special menu from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., showcasing farmer’s market produce. To end the day, musical entertainment will be provided at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, beginning at 7:45 p.m. For more information, call the Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454. Gilly the Gecko will be at the Hastings Harvest Festival this weekend to entertain children. County planning commission learns about nuisance-abatement program by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Residents of Crooked Lake, frustrated with a neighbor who allegedly has allowed his property to deteriorate into disrepair, brought in outside help to address the Barry County Development and Planning Committee Tuesday. Michael Russell and Joseph Rogalski are corporate counsel members from Wayne County who are part of that entity’s Nuisance Abatement Program. They talked about the impact the program has had in their area. Russell prefaced his talk by advising the committee that the Wayne County program was completely discretionary. “This program was initially started in 1999 to deal with drug houses,” Russell said. “It was expanded to include vacant and blighted properties.” Russell explained that the goal of the program was to bring in property owners who have let their property deteriorate to meet and discuss ways they can improve the conditions. If the property owners do not show up or if they ignore repeated requests to clean up their property, the houses may be seized and sold at auction. “That is a last resort because, quite frankly, we don’t want the property,” Russell said. “We just want the nuisance abated.” Russell explained that the program assigns a Nuisance Abatement Team to go to the address and conduct an investigation. The property must be abandoned and suffer “blighting influence.” The investigators complete a Visual Inspection Form, which details the property’s location, condition and construction and identifies any other activity on the property. After determining ownership through a title search and by investigating public records, the Nuisance Abatement Team files a nuisance abatement lawsuit against the last identifiable owner(s), requesting renovation or demolition of the property. Michael Russell, left, and Joseph Rogalski of Wayne County spoke before the Barry County Development and Planning Committee Tuesday to explain their county’s Nuisance Abatement Program. The program addresses blighted and deteriorated buildings in an aggressive effort to remove unsightly properties that negatively impact the value of neighborhoods. “This is not just for uncut grass,” Rogalski said. “It is for problems that are a lot more visible. This process brings people to the table, and it has been an effective tool to address the problem. “We give every opportunity for the owners of the property to improve conditions,” Rogalski said. “We are not asking them to build a Taj Mahal. We are just asking them to make the minimal improvements. If they are unwilling or unable, we are asking them to sell the property to someone who will.” Russell said that approximately 70 percent of all owners filed against enter into legal agreements with the county to rehabilitate their properties. But if a property owner does not respond to the lawsuit or if a defendant unsuccessfully challenges the lawsuit, the county asks the court for title to the property as a remedy to “abate the nuisance.” The property is then be sold “as is,” and the purchaser is required by contract to redevelop the site within established time constraints. Purchasers are responsible for payment of outstanding city and county taxes and water bills. Mike Callton, a member of the Barry County Planning Committee, said after the See PROGRAM, page 5 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 3 Lumberjack shows draws Charlton Park’s largest crowd of the season by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show, regarded by some to be one of the most exciting and entertaining adventure performances in the United States, came to Historic Charlton Park Sept. 29 and 30 to amaze more than 5,000 visitors in one of the final events of the season. Co-sponsored by the Charlton Park Gas and Steam Engine Club, the event featured period craft vendors, heavy-equipment suppliers and plenty of food for everyone. “It was a tremendous weekend,” said Jeff VanNortwick, one of the organizers of the event. “We had an excellent turnout, and it added a nice touch to what has been a tremendous surge of activity through the summer at the park.” VanNortwick said the park is not finished for the year, however, noting that “All Hallow’s Evening” later this month and “Of Christmas Past” in December will close out the park’s schedule for this calendar year. The lumberjack show, however, brought in the largest two-day crowd of the summer and gave those who are trying to revive interest in the historic Barry County landmark reason to celebrate. “We had a great response,” said Interim Park Director Keith Murphy. “A lot of people put in a lot of time to help organize it—too many to mention individually—but they all know how much we appreciate their efforts. “The Steam and Gas Club has been at the forefront of helping with activities, not just this year, but throughout the history of the park. They deserve a lot of credit for how smoothly everything went.” In November, voters in Barry County will be asked to renew a millage request to keep Charlton Park open and if the lumberjack show is any indication, interest in supporting the park is growing. Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show has attracted audiences at more than 45 venues across America for more than 25 years, drawing more than a million viewers. The 45-minute show features top lumberjacks competing in such events as pole climbing, underhand chopping, log rolling, crosscut sawing, hot sawing and chainsaw carving. The competitors are not only athletes, they know how to please the crowd. The show’s announcer, Dan McDonough, kept the audience entertained and involved throughout the six competitions over the weekend. “We enjoy traveling throughout the country and bringing a taste of old-time lumberjack skills to people,” McDonough said after the first presentation Saturday. “People enjoy the show, and I think they enjoy seeing a little of what it was like back before the turn of the century when lumberjacks played such an important part of American history.” These two draft horses won the horse-pull competition at Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show at Charlton Park Saturday. The horses pulled a total of 10,000 lbs. a distance of 23 feet, 10 inches to capture the top honors. The horses are owned by Dave Tonkel of Reading and Scott Fisher of Jonesville. Dave Weatherhead, of Canada, lets fly with an ax while his competitor Cassidy Scheer, of Wisconsin, looks on. The ax-throwing competition was just one of the events the two lumberjacks competed in during the shows, which were held both Sept. 29 and 30 at Charlton Park. Dave Weatherhead, of Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show, proves that in addition to being a rough, tough logger, he has a light touch with a chainsaw. Here he carves an animal which was put on display throughout the two-day event at Charlton Park. Dave Weatherhead falls back into the water, giving the log-rolling championship to fellow competitor Cassidy Scheer during the first lumberjack show Saturday at Charlton Park. While the two members of Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show are good friends away from the competition, they still gave their best, putting on a great show for the more than 2,000 spectators. Cassidy Scheer shows off his skill with a chain saw in the lumberjack show held at Charlton Park over the weekend. Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show featured three presentations each day. Charlton Park officials estimated more than 5,000 people attended the two-day event. Ron Kane of Wood-N-Creations of Jackson shows off his skills with a chain saw. Kane had many innovative creations on display at Charlton Park over the weekend and entertained visitors with his amazing ability throughout the two-day lumberjack show. Dave Weatherhead makes it to the top of the 60-foot pole set up as part of the lumberjack competition at Charlton Park over the weekend. Weatherhead, who competed against Cassidy Scheer, the 2007 Ironjack Speed Climbing Champion, finished less than a second behind his rival. Members of the Charlton Park Gas and Steam Engine Club provided both the thrill of showing off their equipment and were on hand to volunteer their time and efforts for the Charlton Park events held over the weekend as part of Fred Scheer’s Lumberjack Show. Three lumberjack competitions were held each day. Crafters demonstrated and sold their wares on the village green, and area equipment vendors, as well as logging and lumber companies, were on hand throughout the two- day event. �Page 4 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Historical Society supports Charlton Park millage To the editor: At the regular meeting in September, the Board of Directors of the Barry County Historical Society voted in support of the coming millage renewal for Charlton Park in November. The Society has a long history with the park; in fact it was one of the major reasons for the formation of the Society over 40 years ago. Also, the Society at one time held the title to the Upjohn House, which now houses offices and the gift shop at the park. There is not another historical village such as ours within a hundred miles, and the Society believes it would be a tragedy for it to be closed, denying future generations the opportunity to look at life as it was over a century ago. We encourage a “yes” vote on the renewal in November. Nyla Endsley-Nye, President Barry County Historical Society Hastings Park’s native roots important, too To the editor: I live in Eaton County, so I can’t vote in November on the Charlton Park millage. You ask what do I have to do with this? Well if you were there Sept. 15 and 16 for the Frank Bush Memorial Walk-in the Spirit Pow Wow, you would have seen me. I carried in an eagle Time will tell To the editor: The motto of the Hastings Banner is stated as, “Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856.” We have subscribed to the Banner for that very reason and have found the Hastings Banner to be an excellent source of unbiased information. Will it continue to be? Only time will tell. We do not know what led to the dismissal of Editor David Young, and we may never know. We know that the Banner is a familyowned business and can employ and direct the work force as they see fit. However, in keeping with the motto, is that action “in the best interest of Barry County?” As we all know, today is not a good time and Michigan is not a good place to be unemployed. Losing your job seems very harsh to me. Short of dismissal, could there have been any other remedy to the problem or misunderstanding? This would have kept Mr. Young in his position and the paper a vital voice in Hastings and Barry County. When David Young was editor we used to look forward to Thursday’s mail, the Banner was in the box. Will Thursday become just another day? Sincerely, Stephen Garrett Deanna Garrett Middleville staff, with my son next to me. I put up the arbor for our drums and the circle so the dancers could dance. A lot of people ask if it (the park) will close, will we still be there? I tell them I don’t know. They say I thought it was native land. I tell them yes, it will always be native land. But the white man says no to us. A Pow Wow is good teaching for our young. It would be like us telling your school that they can’t teach your kids any more. I know you have to do what you have to do, but maybe there is some other way. Some feel the energy there. When I helped in the village, it had a heavy feeling back there. Well we fixed it. The good spirits move when I camped out there before the Pow Wow. I feel safe with my people, my ancestors; they watch over us. In the sacred fire there, we ask our grandfathers and grandmothers and our great spirits to help our prayer. If the park comes to an end, our native culture and teachings will too. That’s why we need the park to keep our culture alive on that land – our land and your land. Help us keep it so we can share our teachings with our kids and all of you. I know a lot of you had fun there, seeing our dancers – our women’s traditional, men’s single dress dance, grass dancers, and fancy dancers and the great food. Seeing the young kids out there is what it is all about. This is our way to teach. And it is all about Charlton Park, what was and still is native land. I had a lot of fun out there. It will be sad to say goodbye to that land out there. Thank you Charlton Park for the great times. Paul Racine Vermontville Lumberjack show “buzzes” To the editor: I just left Charlton Park after the Lumberjack Thrills. The park was filled with about 800 people, not counting kids. The program was very entertaining and exciting. The audience, was woven into the program, which made it all the more fun. There was axe throwing, underhand chopping, log rolling, cross cut and other kinds of sawing. The arts and crafts alone were very interesting. Snorkel rides up to the sky were a bit too much for the older folk, but the young folks thought it was wonderful. Several people from outside of Barry County made their first visit to the village and were impressed by it, saying they would come again and had a wonderful day. There were many other things going around the park. About 30 sponsors who donated many things including money, were there. The staff, the Board, volunteers and others, must have worked over several months to put the whole two-days’ program together. It was one of the finest programs I have seen at Charlton Park. Esther Walton Hastings State government debates ‘down to the wire’ State lawmakers racing to avoid a possible shutdown of state government worked through several nights and weekends debating tax increases and budget cuts, finally coming to a head on Sunday evening, by putting a plan together just a few hours after midnight. For some, it may look as though these elected leaders are doing their job, but in my opinion, they lacked what real leaders are made of: The ability to solve problems, find solutions and create an action plan, knowing changes can be made as they proceed into the new budget year. A leader is defined as "one who leads or guides;” “one who has influence or power, or who guides action or opinion;” or to lead is “to direct performances or activities.” Thinking back over the performances of the state legislative process, I don’t believe I saw behavior matching any of these definitions. Really, what we’ve experienced over the past several months has been that which we detest most about politics. This process wasn’t about the budget and how it could be molded to meet the state’s needs in the coming months; it was all about politics. The Democrats against the Republicans, and vice versa, each side drawing a line in the sand, forcing the citizens of Michigan to come out the losers. State leaders were wrangling over an agreement on proposals to raise the income tax from 3.9 to 4.35 percent, broaden the sales tax on selective services (likely organizations without lobby interests in Lansing) and to change the way public school teacher health benefits are structured. The state’s budget had a projected $1.75 billion dollar budget deficit for this fiscal year, which officially started on Monday. Vacationers camping at state parks Sunday were asked to leave their campsites so park officials could close down the facilities by midnight. Some draw bridges were left in the “up” position, because personal who oversee the bridges are state employees who were sent home due to the budget crisis. State rest stops were closed at midnight. These are some of the actions that took place—in a state that relies on its tourism, no less—just because our state legislators ran the bargaining down to the last hours, before finalizing the budget. It has been reported that just the few hours that the state was “closed” will cost Michigan tax payers well over $1 million. Would early penalties settle budget dispute? To the editor: I am angered at having been held hostage to the intransigence of the politicians in this state. There is no reason for a budget solution not to have been determined earlier. The damage done to the credibility of our state and to the security of our residents is unconscionable. As a result, I propose the following penalties, with all monies to be paid to the county treasurer in which the offending politician resides. The politicians so affected would be all state senators, state representatives and the County citizens have important decision To the editor: I hope Barry County citizens who are voting age and are registered, voters have their calendars marked to vote on Nov. 6. The citizens of Barry County have an important decision to make, and this decision can affect our communities now and for many years to come. The decision I am referring to is for Charlton Park. The choice is for each of us to make, with the knowledge of what will happen depending on the outcome. This park was donated to the county for those of all ages and is an asset for all to enjoy. Tuesday, Oct. 9 is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming election. Sincerely, Beth Weedall Hastings Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. This is no way to run a government. Citizens across this state have lost jobs; thousands are losing their homes. We continue to deal with an economy that is sluggish, at best, while costs continue to rise. Citizens should be able to look to the best leaders to help get through these trying times. Late last week, I sent an E-mail to Sen. Patty Birkholz, reminding her of the Unicameral Campaign to “Fire the Senate.” The message was all about cutting the cost of state government and putting together a more responsive management style. I think after what we’ve witnessed over the past six or so months in the state legislature, many more taxpayers are ready for something different. It’s time we send a message loud and clear to our legislative leaders: You can’t solve Michigan’s bigger issues with the same old cut-and-spend response. We need a clear vision for this state, a new road map guided by leaders willing to take risks, set the agenda and lead us in a new direction. Let’s start by changing the state’s fiscal year to match that of schools. Presently, public school boards across the state have to have balanced budgets by June 30, for the following year, based on state budget “projections.” If school boards and the state had the same deadline, the schools would know their per-pupil allotment and would be able to build their budgets around solid figures, not hunches. Now, school boards are forced to play guessing games and some must borrow enough money to carry them through to the next budget year, costing the districts thousands of dollars. For the past several years, a number Hastings teachers have been laid off at the end of the school year, only to be hired back at the beginning of the next, totally packing up and then unpacking their classrooms in between. And how about cuts? The legislature should put everything on the table—no sacred cows—and look for ways to cut spending where it would hurt the least. Then, they must put together, for new or expanding businesses, a tax package that is competitive with any other state, sending a message to the nation that Michigan is serious about business and is ready to compete for new business like never before. Serious times demand serious leadership, and from where I sit, this legislature just wasn’t up to the task. —Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics governor. The outline of these penalties to be assessed if the budget is not adopted by September 1 is as follows: 1. Starting Sept. 1, each of the above-mentioned politicians would be fined $100 per day. 2. If no budget by Sept. 8, the fine would increase to $300 per day. 3. If no budget by Sept. 15, the fine would increase to $500 per day and would remain at that level until a budget is adopted. 4. If not adopted by Sept. 21, any and all benefits accrued by the legislator from the state would be cancelled until the budget is adopted. All fines would not be tax deductible, nonrefundable, not reimbursable and must be paid by the affected legislator. I don’t know how to get this accomplished, but something needs to be done. Larry Blair Hastings Why no Saxon football pictures? To the editor: For the second week in a row, the hometown paper has had no photos of the Hastings Saxon football team. Every year the team gets better, at home games the home bleachers are packed, the support for the team and Coach Rademacher is awesome. In the Sept. 20 Banner - one picture of Maple Valley Lions by Art Frith, two of Delton by Perry Hardin and two of Thornapple-Kellogg by Brett Bremer, who writes a sports column for the Banner. Where is the sports photographer for Hastings? I see some at the games with professional cameras. Who are they and why are none of the pictures I see them on the field sidelines taken, in the Banner? The Banner Sept. 27 had two of Maple Valley, one of Lakewood, and again Brett Bremer one of Thornapple-Kellogg! Maybe when we play T.K. Brett will put pictures in Are anymore late night budget crunches in our future? the Banner. Maple Valley has its own paper the News, two pictures of their football team in the paper; Lakewood News three football pictures and a big write-up about their game, Sun and News of Middleville, three football pictures and a big write-up by Brett Bremer! Is he from Middleville? I even called him at JAd last year about the lack of pictures. I saw him on the new field this year and asked him in person about lack of pictures. It didn’t do any good. What is the problem? A Saxon Fan Irene Heath Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Do you think the state legislature has learned an important lesson from its down-to-the-wire budget negotiations? Do you think we will see such activities repeated in the future? Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Pat Myers, Wayland: “I doubt if the legislature members have thought ahead in this budget process. I think there will be problems by the end of the month.” Greg Norman, Grandville: No, I don’t think the legislature has learned anything from this process. I expect that we will face state shutdown again by the end of the month.” Fritz Juhnke, Nashville: “The state is so far in debt that I expect that coming to an agreement will be difficult. I would like to see all legislators give up 30 percent of their salaries to help satisfy the budget.” Susan VanRiper, Middleville: “I don’t think that lowincome people are important to the legislature. They don’t care how budget changes affect us.” Ben Henry, Hastings: “Voters should have had the right to decide on the rise in the income tax. The governor and the legislature should not have been able to decide on that issue.” Harriet Willbrandt, Hastings: “I think this whole budget delay was just a scare tactic. The delay made it seem that cuts were necessary to keep the state functioning.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 5 County residents can visit with Rep. Calley PLANNING, continued from page 1 was due for Hastings, city officials decided to expand their planning beyond traditional land use. Work on the CCP began with the late Community Development Director Daryle Benjamin-Forbes. John Hart took over the responsibility when he filled the position vacated by the death of Benjamin-Forbes. About 300 people have been involved in the CCP since the planning began, said Mansfield. In addition to Forbes, Hart and the Planning Commission, a 20-person CCP Planning Committee was created, made up of representatives from groups that have an interest in the city’s development. Additionally, 37 mobile meetings were held in which CCP Planning Committee members presented the project to different groups and gathered feedback. “We thought that was important and a fair thing to do,” said Mansfield, noting that only about one half of the 300 participants are city residents. “The impact of the city does not stop at our jurisdictional boundaries.” The CCP is designed for the next 20 years of development. The plan includes implementation strategies that will begin immediately, as well as some what will be carried out in years to come. “It’s a living, dynamic plan,” said Mansfield. “It will be re-visited periodically.” An important part of the plan, he noted, is to make sure it goes into action and is not just a formality that sits on a shelf. “There are well-defined steps to make sure that the plan is ultimately implemented,” said Mansfield. The first step in the plan is to find “issue champions” throughout the community. Mansfield said people in many different groups throughout the area are needed to help plan and implement parts of the CCP. In other news at Monday’s meeting, the Planning Commission: • Reviewed the 2007 Planning Commission task list. • Continued the discussion of mixed-use zoning classification for the City of Hastings. • Reviewed a proposed draft ordinance amendment for satellite dish regulation. An ordinance will be prepared for the next meeting, Nov. 5. The discussion began when Commission members expressed concern about satellite dishes being located in front yards. Hastings City Council member Don Bowers said he is against city officials charging people if permits are required to have a satellite dish installed. Mansfield said that the city doesn’t “envision a fee for this.” A public hearing was set for the November Planning Commission meeting. • Reviewed model ordinances for a flashing/moving lights sign regulation. A draft ordinance will be written and presented at the November meeting. • Reviewed a proposed draft ordinance for storage container regulation in residential districts. The Commission addressed this issue because of the popularity of “pods” as accessory storage facilities. A public hearing was set for the November meeting. • Reviewed a proposed draft ordinance amendment for infrastructure and street specifications regulation changes to accommodate Traditional Neighborhood Design. The information has been sent to the City Council. • Received an update about the use of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Hall. Community Development Director John Hart reported there have been no more sales at the site, and he has had limited communication with Barb Cichy. The topic was brought before the Planning Commission in September when Cichy asked the group to allow rummage sales at the hall, even though this is not permitted through the hall’s zoning. Barry County residents can visit with state Rep. Brian Calley in Hastings Monday, Oct. 8. The 87th District lawmaker will conduct office hours from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Barry County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings. “Local residents who want to talk about anything from the budget process to a local concern are encouraged to stop by,” said Calley, a Republican from Portland. “My reg- ular office hours are a great way to help me best represent people’s needs.” Calley has scheduled ongoing office hours at both the Ionia and Barry county courthouses. Residents who are unable to visit during the scheduled office hours also may contact Calley at his office. For more information, call (517) 373-0842 or E-mail Calley at briancalley@house. mi.gov. Pierce Institute hosting hike, solar tour Saturday Pierce Cedar Creek Institute will be host to several attractions Saturday, Oct. 6. A two-hour tree-identification hike will begin at 10 a.m. to identify trees in their fall grandeur. This slow-paced hike is ideal for those wishing to brush up on their tree-identification skills or for beginners who want to learn new identification skills. This also is a great opportunity for Hastings Middle School students to learn about trees for their leaf-collection project. Participants may want to consider bringing a notebook or journal to take notes and a bag to collect leaf samples. Reservations are required. The hike is $5 for non-members and $3 for members and K-12 students. From 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., the Institute will be participating in a solar home tour. Solar homeowners, business owners and public institutions across the United States invite the public to participate in the 10th annual National Solar Tour to experience the pleasures of solar living and to learn more about the benefits of renewable energy. The annual one-day free event demonstrates how solar energy technologies can be adapted to nearly any climate and architectural style. This year, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute and local homeowners will open their doors to visitors for a first-hand look at the many practical uses of renewable energy. Visit www.cedarcreekinstitute.org for a list of local homes on the tour. A list of homes and tour map will be available at the Institute. Families that have had a baby born at Pennock Hospital since Oct. 6, 2006, are invited to pick up a commemorative oak tree seedling as part of the Institute’s Trees for Life program. Trees may be picked up between noon and 3 p.m. or the following week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., while supplies last. For more information or directions visit www.cedarcreekinstitute.org or call (269) 721-4190. State Rep. Brian Calley, second from right, recently participated in the second annual Sportmen’s Day at the state capitol where dozens of groups representing Michigan sportsmen and women came together to showcase their contribution to the state’s outdoor heritage, traditions and economy. Pictured with Calley, from left, are Barry County resident and former Michigan House Speaker Chuck Perricone of the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners, Tom Antor of Michigan United Deer Hunters, and Darin Goens of the National Rifle Association. PROGRAM, continued from page 2 talk that the committee did not ask Russell or Rogalski to come before them and the commission’s role was only to listen to the presentation. “At this time, we are not considering such a program for Barry County,” he said. “Right now it is just food for thought.” Committee member Keith Ferris said he thought this was a program that might be right for Wayne County, but he would have to MCKINNEY, continued from page 2 Hikers enjoy Pierce Cedar Creek’s tree-identification hike. A hike will take place this Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon. Prairieville Creek to be protected through $500,000 grant A tract of land in Prairieville Township will be protected from future development, thanks to a $500,000 matching grant from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The DEQ awarded the grant to the Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy (SWMLC) to purchase development rights from willing landowners on environmentally sensitive property in the Prairieville Creek Watershed in Prairieville Township. Prairieville Creek feeds into Gull Lake, contributing about 20 percent of the lake’s water. By protecting the creek’s watershed from development, the DEQ grant should allow for the protection of the water quality and fisheries in Gull Lake. “The township is very supportive of this project,” said SWMLC Executive Director Peter TerLouw. “The township will be involved. It’s an important little stream in Prairieville Township.” Prairieville Township Supervisor Jim Stoneburner said the township board members plan to work with the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board on the project. “It’s still new to us. We’ll need some communication with one another to find out what we want to do next,” said Stoneburner. “The Prairieville Creek area is an important part of the water distribution in Gull Lake, and that’s an area we want to try to protect.” The grant is the largest ever awarded to the Land Conservancy, which serves Barry County and eight other southwest Michigan counties. Because this is a matching grant, the SWMLC also must raise $500,000 or protect additional land of equal value within the Prairieville Creek watershed. Preserving the creek through land protection and landowner education is expected to reduce the impact from pollution runoff, invasive species and residential development, said TerLouw. Currently, SWMLC is finalizing a site-conservation plan with the Four Townships Water Resources Council, Kellogg Biological Station and the Gull Lake Quality Organization that will provide guidance protecting the two-mile stream. The site-conservation plan project is funded by a grant that SWMLC received from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. GROOS, continued from page 1 family to head Viking. His father, Richard T. Groos, of Hastings, received the distinguished Parmelee Award in 1988, making them the first father-son recipients of the award since it was established in 1983. Tom Groos credits his father for building a successful business foundation at Viking, and he is quoted in SprinklerAge as saying his father has been “the best father and boss anyone could ever have.” After earning a degree in economics from Cornell University and a master’s degree in finance and accounting from Columbia University, Tom Groos started his career as a financial analyst with WR Grace on the East coast. In 1983, wanting to work for a smaller company, he accepted the position of manager of sales at Viking. Tom Groos succeeded his father as president in 1988 and became Viking’s chief executive officer in 1994. In February of this year, he became chairman of the Viking Group Board and has “strategic oversight” of Viking’s operations in 17 countries. Kevin Ortyl was named CEO to succeed Groos, and the move marked the first time in give it considerable study before he would vote to recommend such a program to the board of commissioners here. “They talk about having as many as 60,000 lawsuits in Wayne County,” Ferris said. “I think that is a much greater problem than what we face here. You have to take into account that Barry County is a rural county and Wayne County is an urban county.” Viking’s 86-year history that the company’s CEO is someone other than a Tyden-Groos family member. “Viking, under Tom’s leadership, has grown to employ over 900 dedicated people worldwide and serves customers in more than 45 countries,” Ortyl told SprinklerAge. At the time he became chairman, Groos said he would be able to spend more time outside of Viking on other ventures. "With over 25 years with the company, I now look forward to devoting more time to the charitable organizations I have worked with over the years, and of course, to my family,” he has said. Groos also plans to increase his involvement as a partner of City Light Capital LLC, a small New York-based investment firm. “Groos hopes that he will be remembered for helping to create a strong independent company that can serve its customers without any hidden agenda that runs contrary to their interests,” the magazine article said. “(Tom) Groos’ allegiance is clearly to people – whether his customers, employees, family, or community at-large. But his work is not just a product of his position; it draws on economics, philosophy, and most importantly, a need to give back – to his community and to the fire sprinkler industry,” the SprinklerAge article said. In addition to being an industrial leader at Viking, the magazine article said Tom Groos is “a friend of the underprivileged,” citing his work as chairman of the Salvation Army Advisory Board of West Michigan; “an educator, an enthused tennis buff and an involved civic volunteer.” He is involved with the non-profit Manufacturer’s Council at the Right Place of Grand Rapids and serves on the Deming Center for Productivity Board at the Columbia Business School where Groos also is a guest lecturer. He also is a guest lecturer at the Graduate School of Business at Grand Valley State University. Tom Groos and his wife, Lisa, who formerly lived in Hastings, now reside in Ada. Their children, Julie and Nicholas, are college students. school bus and began hosting tailgate parties before Hastings home football games, where they typically served about 200 hot dogs and drinks. As the popularity of the tailgate parties has grown, so has the number of hot dogs served. This football season, the McKinneys have typically served about 500 hot dogs at each home game. Additionally, the tailgate bus is now attending a broader range of events, including band festivals, soccer games, swim meets, Relay for Life, staff socials and the middle schoolto-high school transition day. “The tailgate party just touches so much more than one class,” said Leesa. “Tailgate parties at all the different events help us see the kids,” said Terry. “The bus might have started out as our idea, but it has been the community tailgate bus. The idea of the bus was our brain child to show pride and spirit, not just in the school system but in our community. We believe the Hastings community is a great place to live and raise a family.” Terry said he and Leesa get a lot of help from family and friends, as well as support for the tailgate parties, from local people and businesses. “The spirit of the bus is for every child that walks through the front door of Hastings Public Schools, not just for athletes,” said Terry. When asked what has provided the motivation to commit so much time to the schools, Terry, who has been a school board member for 11 years, responded, “I have always believed that family comes first, and as a school board member, Hastings Area Schools is my school family.” The McKinneys have four children, all of whom reside in Hastings. Their oldest daughter Laura Jiles and husband Fred have one child, McKinney. Their son Dan currently works for Terry McKinney Poured Wall and is engaged to Janna Jackson from Hastings. Their daughter Katie lives at home while working at Seidl Veterinary Hospital and attending Lansing Community College where she is studying to be a veterinary technician. Their youngest son, Tom, is a senior at Hastings High School and plays on the varsity football team. Terry and Leesa said even though their youngest child is graduating next year, they will still be involved in the schools. “We’re not done running the bus yet,” said Terry. The bus will be at the tailgate party, as well as in the homecoming parade this Friday night. Hastings teachers are sponsoring this week’s tailgate party. “It’s a pretty busy bus,” said Leesa. Hastings City Bank to host estate planning seminars The Hastings City Bank Trust and Investment Group will host two informational seminars on Estate Planning. Neil L. Kimball, attorney with Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones PLC, will present "Why a Simple Will is not Enough and Other Estate Planning Issues" at the Caledonia Branch of Hastings City Bank, located at 9265 Cherry Valley S.E. This seminar will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11. Richard J. Hudson, of the Hudson Law Office, will make a presentation Thursday, Oct. 18 at the Hastings Branch of Hastings City Bank, located at 150 W. Court St. This seminar will take place in the community room from 6 to 7 p.m. Topics covered at both seminars will include: • Passage on death of typical family assets. • What happens if there is no will. • Estate planning considerations. • Estate planning documents. • Types of Trusts. • Estate and Gift Taxes These seminars are presented to the community at no charge. RSVPs are requested to Nancy Goodin at 269-948-5579 to reserve a seat. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 6 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Mary Lou Roth Sharon Lee Cross Gregory Scott McGandy HASTINGS - Sharon Lee Cross, age 61, of Hastings died Saturday, September, 29, 2007 at her residence. Sharon was born September 12, 1946 in Hastings, the daughter of Harold L. and Margaret M. (Kurr) Helsel. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1965. She continued her education and graduated from beauty college and also taking classes for adult foster care. She married Michael W. Cross on July 9, 1966. Sharon was a beautician for three years and has spent more than 30 years in adult foster care. She is a member of the Community of Christ Church and the State Foster Care Association. Things Sharon loved most was her family, going to her grandchildren’s sporting events, crafts, camping, Texas Hold-em, bowling, and being a Detroit Tiger fan. Sharon is survived by her husband Mike Cross of Hastings; her children, Michelle (Dan) McClurkin, Melissa (Scott) Evans, Mike Jr. (Tia) Cross, Elmer Gates, and Albert Lusty; grandchildren, Jason and Brandon McClurkin, Ryan, Amanda, and Kaylee Evans, Taylor, Terryn, Tristen and Tealy Cross, Sam and Chelsea Buckley; brothers and sisters, Sheila (Gene) Hayes of Clarksville, Sonny Helsel, Danny Helsel, Sandy (Tom) Pacyna all of Jackson, Doug Helsel of Hastings, Eddie Welch of Battle Creek, David (Tammy) Welch of Delton, inlaws, Jack and Brenda Cross, Bob and Nadia Cross, Edwin and Janet Cross; several nieces and nephews; her friend, Colleen Frisby. Sharon was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Charles Gates and mother and father-in-law, Charles and Edith Cross; and her friends, Ruth Tagg, Bulah Piper, and George Boyle. Special thanks to Sarah Vancampen, Barry Community Hospice, Pennock Hospital, and Ed and Cindy Ford. Funeral services were held Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Ed Ford officiated and burial was at Fuller Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Community of Christ Church in Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Hastings - Gregory Scott McGandy, age 51 of Hastings died Thursday September 20, 2007 at Pennock Hospital surrounded by his family. Greg was born March 10, 1956 in Phoenix, AZ, graduated Hastings High School in 1974 and received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Aquinas College. He was currently employed at Chemical Bank in Hastings where he was Vice-president of the Mortgage Department. During his banking career he also worked at Hastings City Bank and State Bank of Caledonia. His father, Raymond E. McGandy and sister, Cynthia D. Royal, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Debra whom he married July 25, 1981; daughter, Megan; son, Michael; mother, Connie Pierce; sister, Cheryl (Kevin) Allerding; brother, Willard (Paula) Pierce; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Douglas A. and Margaret E. DeCamp; brothers-in-law, Jim (Judy) DeCamp, Kenneth (Val) DeCamp and Matthew (Katie) DeCamp all of Hastings; sister-in-law, Beverly (Chuck) Osterink of Orlando, FL; many nieces nephews and friends. Greg loved golfing, fishing woodworking and NASCAR. All who knew and loved him will dearly miss him. Services were held on Sunday, September 23 at the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings, 231 S. Broadway. Please sign Greg’s register book or send condolences at www.lauerfh.com. Memorials may be sent to the First Presbyterian Church of Hastings Building Fund. Arrangements are entrusted to Lauer Family Funeral Homes - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor, Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. Donald R. Berg GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover Grace! Sunday, Sept. 30: Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. outdoors. Pig roast after worship. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan HASTINGS - On Monday October 1, 2007, Mary Lou Roth, age 80, peacefully died at her home and went to be with her Heavenly Father following a lengthy illness. She is survived by her son, Wesley (Luciana) of Austin, TX; daughter Mary Jo Smith of Dallas, TX; grandchildren, Nichole and Jason of Dallas, TX; special friend, Lanie Partridge; caregiver of four years, Ross and Mitzi Carroll; as well as nieces and nephews, Rick Roth, Mike Roth, Bryan Roth, Bry Roth, Jake and Lisa Callier, Greg and Lori Bowers, Rick and Mary Onan, Ricky and Mindy Olmstead, Loretta Smith, Robin Smith, Randy and Hazel Smith, Lori Norris, Joe Hess, Mary “Mike” Gallagher and Jan Hess. Mary Lou was preceded in death by her husband, Don; her father, Edward Smith; mother and step father, Pearl and Dean Potter; sister, Virginia Harris; and brothers, David and Bob. She was a long-time member of the Elks and served as president of the local American Cancer Society for several years. Visitation will be held on Friday October 5, 2007 from 12:00 noon until the time of services at 1:00 PM with Pastor Dan Currie officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society of First Baptist Church of Hastings in Mary Lou’s name. Please sign Mary Lou’s guest book or leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. 77516405 Alverna M. Cichanski GRAND RAPIDS - Donald R. Berg, age 79, of Grand Rapids, passed away early Sunday morning, September 30, 2007. Mr. Berg was a 1945 graduate of South High School. He joined the U.S. Marine Corp after graduation, where he achieved the status of “Gunnery Expert” and was scheduled for immediate shipment to the Pacific. However, prior to his scheduled departure, Iwo Jima occurred. After receiving an honorable discharge from the Marines, Mr. Berg returned to Grand Rapids where he met his future wife, Sally Ann Sheridan while she was attending Aquinas College. Don and Sally were married on January 26, 1952 in Caro, at Sacred Heart Church. Sally’s father brought Don into the family business, the W.A. Forbes Lumber Company, and Don and Sally began their family life in Fairgrove, where he managed a branch of the lumber company. Within the next five years, they moved to Caro so Don could assist his father-in-law. They spent many happy years raising their children closely with Sally’s parents and grandmother, and expanding the family business. They made lifetime friendships, belonged to many service organizations, had card playing nights, and walked different paths, be it political or other, but always together. During the summer of 1963, Don and Sally gave up the lumber business and moved to Saginaw. Don had a dream, to build a unique bar/restaurant with a “keg” theme inside and out which had the full support of Sally and See BERG, next page HASTINGS - Alverna M. (Diller) Cichanski, age 73, of Hastings and a long time resident of Bay City, died on Monday October 1, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Alverna was born on August 5, 1934 in Bay Port, the daughter of Gotfred and Lydia (Vincent) Diller. Alverna served in the United States Air Force for 31/2 years. She was a parishioner at St. Joseph’s Church in Bay City. She was a life long collector of antiques and teddy bears. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren. Alverna was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Cichanski. Alverna is survived by her daughter, Anne (Andrew) Jevicks of Hastings, and grandchildren, Nicole, Joshua, and Justin Jevicks; her son, Patrick (Margaret) Cichanski of Chicago, Il.; and grandchildren, Shannon and Grace Cichanski; a sister in-law, Barbara (the late George) Cichanski. A memorial mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Church in Bay City, on Saturday, November 10, 2007. Internment will be at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Bay City. For those who wish, memorial contributions can be made to St. Joseph’s Church or charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Glenn M. Slocum HASTINGS - Glenn M. Slocum, age 89, of Hastings passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 at Pennock Hospital Mr. Slocum was born in Hastings, on February 1, 1918, the son of the late Elwood and Lulu (Garrison) Slocum. He was raised the Nashville area and attended area schools there. He was the husband of Lucille (Wilcox) Slocum. The couple was married in Bryan, Ohio in 1941. They moved to the Hastings area where they raised their family together. Glenn was employed as a welder at Clark Equipment for 12 years until retiring in 1981. Glenn loved to “tinker”, and would apply his hobby to just about anything. He had a natural ability to fix just about anything; in fact Glenn often prefered to fix the “old” rather than buy something “new”. After retiring, Glenn converted his van into a camper so he and Lucille could travel and camp together. The couple especially enjoyed camping and sight seeing in Northern Michigan. Glenn is survived by his daughter, Linda (Jerry) Miller; his sons, Micheal (Marianne) Slocum, and Doug (Vurlene) Slocum. Also surviving is his sister, Avis Simless; seven grandchildren, several great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. He was preceeded in death by his siblings Marvin Slocum, Lawrence Slocum, Kenneth Slocum Helen Burr, Doris Naylor, Anna Rainwater, Gaylord Slocum, Elwood “Mike” Slocum, and Bill Slocum. The family will receive visitors on Thursday October 4, 2007 from 6-8pm at The Daniels Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be held at The Daniels Funeral Home, at 1pm on Friday, October 5, with Pastor Cathy Christman officiating. Interment will take place immediately following the funeral service at Hastings Township, Hastings. Family requests donations to the American Cancer Society. Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 7 Newborn Babies BOY, Ross Hamilton, born at Pennock Hospital, on September 5, 2007 at 5:36 a.m. to Elizabeth and Eric Pessell of Delton. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19.5 inches long. GIRL, Brianna Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on September 11, 2007 at 7:54 a.m. to David and Heather Wright of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 11 ozs. and 21 inches long. Kiwanis installs new officers; marks 67th year Supporting officers of the Hastings Kiwanis for the 2007-08 fiscal year are (from left) Jeff Pratt, vice president; Nathan Tagg, president elect; Dee Hudson, lieutenant governor of Division 14; Mark Hewitt, president; Beth Rowse, secretary; Stacey Garrison, incoming director; Gordon Ironside, treasurer; and Theron Barlow, immediate past president. Not pictured are Ray Girrbach, retiring secretary; and Bill Barry and Rod Bowman, directors. Ironside was re-elected to his 40th term as treasurer, and Girrbach served the club for 28 years. Barlow was the youngest president in the club’s history. Other members of the board include Gordon Worth, Steve Jacobs, Frank Campbell, Don Tubbs, Tim Kelly, Bob Brandt and Nancy Cuncannan. Mark Kolanowski served two terms on the board but did not seek re-election. BOY, John Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on September 12, 2007 at 8:58 p.m. to Melissa and Sam Flynn of Vermontville. Weighing 7 lbs. 2 ozs. and 20.5 inches long. GIRL, Linda Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on September 12, 2007 at 9:30 p.m. to Jonathan and Megan Wright of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 13 ozs. and 18 inches long. GIRL, Tealy Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on September 12, 2007 at 4:22 p.m. to Tia and Michael Cross of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 3/4 inches long. GIRL, Karlee, born at Pennock Hospital on September 13, 2007 at 6:56 a.m. to Sarah Wenger and Rodney Rutledge of Vermontville. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Bronson Heath, born at Pennock Hospital on September 14, 2007 at 6:48 p.m. to Jacob and Emily Elliott of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Justin DeWayne, born at Pennock Hospital on September 15, 2007 at 1:50 p.m. to Justin Coulson and Kayla Mutch of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Jackson Taylor, born at Pennock Hospital on September 15, 2007 at 5:02 p.m. to Jennifer and Larry Hayes of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Avayla Michele, born at Pennock Hospital on September 17, 2007 at 1:44 p.m. to Shannan and Robert Rybiski of Wayland. Weighing 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Sophia Elizabeth, born at Pennock Hospital on September 18, 2007 at 5:11 a.m. to Rachel and Eric Greenfield of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19.5 inches long. BOY, Andrew Micheal, born at Pennock Hospital on September 18, 2007 at 11:16 a.m. to Amber and Billy Holtrust of Ionia. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alivia Rae, born at Pennock Hospital on September 19, 2007 at 11:04 a.m. to Courtney Williams, Paul Hawkins of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Austyn Wesley, born at Pennock Hospital on September 20, 2007 at 7:18 p.m. to Amanda Cheney and Wes Thompson of Delton. Weighing 9 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20.5 inches long. GIRL, Kyree Kay, born at Pennock Hospital on September 21, 2007 at 8:35 p.m. to Alexis Mennell and Kyle Snider of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Taleah Franklin Mae Lynn, born at Pennock Hospital on September 21, 2007 at 12:29 a.m. to Jessica Gilton and Christopher Ockert of Mulliken. Weighing 7 lbs. 8 os. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Emma Faith, born at Pennock Hospital on September 21, 2007 at 8:25 a.m. to Zack and Kellie Norton of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Kyle Chase Echtinaw, born at Pennock Hospital on September 23, 2007 at 3:52 p.m. to Casey Echtinaw and Danielle Goggins of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alina Yuliana, born at Pennock Hospital on September 25, 2007 at 12:24 a.m. to Jorge Balver and Jessica Smith of Greenville. Weighing 7 lbs. 3 1/2 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Erika Rae, born at Pennock Hospital on September 26, 2007 at 3:55 a.m. to Monica and Jason Wolowicz of Wayland. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. GREAT GIFT ! Dee Hudson, lieutenant governor of Division14 of the Michigan Kiwanis, hands the gavel to Mark Hewitt (left) new president of the Hastings Kiwanis Club, while immediate past president, Theron Barlow, looks on. The installation took place Wednesday, Sept. 26, and marked the beginning of the Hastings club’s 67th year. All meetings have been held at the Episcopal Church Parish House, home to the club since being chartered in 1941. BERG, continued from previous page her family. Although this dream was not meant to be, the opportunity presented to purchase The Corner Bar in Rockford, and the rest is history. Mr. Berg created more than just the “Legend of The Corner Bar”. Fondly remembered will be the “round table” reserved for special friends and patrons, an opened/expanded “take out” window and menu, cribbage, pool leagues, and sponsorships of many sporting teams and events. One of the most infamous and integral pieces of Don Berg’s legacy is the “Hot Dog Hall of Fame” that came out of an unexpected Detroit Lions visit. Thanks to Dave Rozema, Eugene and Charlene Berg’s son, the home plate from the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers, signed by all the players and coaches, as well as their individually autographed pictures, still hang at The Corner Bar. His charitable works as a businessman were many. His “Hot Dog Eat Off” for Paws for a Cause was a standout, yearly event. Mr. Berg was more than generous in his charitable gifts and giving, both locally and afar. The American Cancer Society and Alzheimer’s Research became two of personal importance. Mr. Berg was known as a “great” boss. He paid minimum wage for servers, holiday and vacation pay, retirement benefits, and health insurance – all unusual in his type of business at that time. In return, Mr. Berg was rewarded with loyal and long term employees. He was a man ahead of his time in many, many ways. Mr. Berg partnered or assisted many other businesses and their creation such as “Cheers”, “Rocky Muldoon’s”, “Bud & Stanley’s”, “Get-Em-N-Go’s”, and “Splash” the water theme park. Most were more than just business partner’s and quality control for his products, they were his friends. Del Parrott’s, meat cutting and packing business, Paul Krupp with their fallow deer operation (The Corner Bar Venison Burger), and Larry Amusements, Inc. that supplied businesses with gaming and amusement devices and the outdoor amusements at Dome World. This was a deep and withstanding friendship with his best friend and partner Larry DeSantis, Sr. Don loved fishing trips to Canada, wind jammer cruises with his wife and friends, bird hunting trips to South Dakota and deer hunting with his family at Mid Forest Lodge and later with his daughter and family in Hastings. He thoroughly enjoyed euchre, cribbage, cards of all kinds, but nothing as much as U of M football - watching the Wolverines. Go Blue! He belonged to the Humanist Society, the Michigan Licensed Beverage Assn, the Table Toppers, American Legion, Mid Forest Lodge, The Rockford Sportsman’s Club, and many other organizations and groups too numerous to mention. He is survived by his wife Sally; his children Janett Berg McKeough of Hastings, D. Scott Berg of Grand Rapids, and Suzanne Berg of New York City, NY; grand children, Jennifer McMullin McKeough, Sarah (Suzanne) and her husband Rick Reed, Kara Ann McKeough, and Sean Thomas McKeough; great-grandson, Thomas Patrick Hollars; brothers, Dr. Jerry (Barb) VanLeeuwen of Ada, Jim (Mary) VanLeeuwen of Arizona; sister-in-law, Mrs. Eugene (Charlene) Berg; other siblings, John Berg, Robert (Joan) Berg, Rosemary (Ken) McClurken, Pat Schatner, Kenneth (Angeline) Berg; nieces and nephews, Ronald (Carolyn) Berg, Gary (Mary) Berg, Larry (Shirley) Berg, Donna Berg Richard, Lesley (Lazzaro) Vega, Elizabeth (John) Ferin, Jamie VanLeeuwen, and Janene VanLeeuwen; and many great and great-great nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother and best friend Eugene W. Berg; his parents Lucille and (Sam) VanLeeuwen, Cal and Leona (Lee) Berg, John and Esther Sheridan; other brothers, Cal Lee Berg and Michael A. Berg; sister-in-law, Shirley (Berg) Crosby; son-in laws Earl W. McMullin and Thomas S. McKeough; and great-grandson Tanner Reed. Mr. Berg was a great University of Michigan friend and supporter of their athletic and research programs. For Mr. Berg, there was only one college football team – the Michigan Wolverines. Honoring his commitment, those planning an expression of sympathy in lieu of flowers, may make a donation to the Donald R. and Sally A. Berg Fund for Research in Alzheimer’s Disease – University of Michigan Office of Medical Development, at 301 East Liberty Street, Suite 400, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104. The Family wishes to extend their deep appreciation for the loving care provided by Colleen Petersen, her daughter Chelsea, and the special staff of H.O.M.E. Senior Care Management, for Don Berg during these last months. Visitation will be Friday from 2 – 6 p.m., with a celebration and sharing of Mr. Berg’s life beginning at 6 p.m. at Pederson’s Funeral Home, at 127 North Monroe Street, Rockford, Michigan. 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Box 188 Hastings, MI 49058-0188 �Page 8 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The semiannual sale at Central UMC will be held this Friday and Saturday at 912 Fourth Avenue, from 9 to 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday. Saturday is also “Bag Day” during which one can fill a tall grocery bag for a mere pittance. There will also be a sale of baked goods in another area. The weekly movie at the Ionia Theater on Oct. 12 will be on “The Wonders of Appalachians” at 9:30 a.m. Looking ahead, the Ionia film on Oct. 18, will be “Sights and Sounds of Yellowstone Park.” The Oct. 25 film will be ‘Three Men and Tenor.” The flea market is returning to the VFW Hall in Lake Odessa on the second weekend of the month – Oct. 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tables available for rent and lunch will be available. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet on Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. to hear Don Jandernoa’s story of survival in the Pacific. Don is a brother of Harriet Haskin and Rita Perry. The supper held at the VFW Hall on Saturday was well attended. They had ample food to the end except for coleslaw for late comers. The Carson City Invitational cross country meet was Saturday. With about 6,000 runners, one wonders how many spectators were on hand. Most of the course is through a tree farm. Before one race finished, another had begun so the starting gun banged often. In Class A B teams included three Grand Ledge, two Caledonia, 10 Ionia and 17 Gull Lake. Class B teams included one Fremont, Alma and Portland. In Class C Vermontville’s score was 426 and Saranac 195. Class CD included Potterville, St. Philip, and Bellevue. A senior Lakewood schools lose power, students enjoy the day off Lakewood middle school and high school students received what seemed like a day of summer vacation yesterday when a transformer problem on Ainsworth Road, near Lake Odessa, caused a power outage. The middle school lost power at 7:30 a.m. To make repairs, the power to the high school was shut off at 8:30 a.m. Lakewood’s school day begins at about 8 a.m.; many students were on their way to school at the time of the initial outage. Superintendent Mike O’Mara said that officials from Tri-County Electric Co. reported that the repairs would be done by 11:30 a.m. Workers finished sooner than expected, and power was back on by 10:20 a.m. But the school-closing process for the two schools was already in progress; cafeteria staff had been sent home and busses were en route to the schools for the trip home. Local radio and television stations had been notified and had already broadcast that the students were being sent home. Parents were making arrangements for their children. So the students were able to spend the afternoon soaking up the unseasonably warm weather. While the power was off, generators kept the phones working at the schools. from Ovid-Elsie ran the best time for the 3.1 Battle Creek run at 15 minutes 11 seconds. A Montcalm weekly paper had a front-page article about the apprehension and arrest of three young men who will spend up to 20 years in prison for more than 60 robberies in eight counties. One of the robberies was at Lakeview Lanes in Lake Odessa. There was one other bowling alley on the list, which includes VFW posts in Greenville, Lakeview and Sheridan; American Legion posts in Carson City, Greenville, Hubbardston, and Newaygo; restaurants in Carson City, Howard City, Ionia, McBride and Sidney, plus other small businesses. Twenty-two police agencies assisted the Michigan State Police in the search for the culprits. The severe thunderstorm on Tuesday of last week brought down more branches on lawns and streetsides. A trip to Ionia reveals some more changes. On the east side of M-66 near Sprague Road is a huge gray store being built behind the strip mall. It will be a new Menard’s store. Farther south on M-66, at the intersection of Nicholas Road, are new earth berms running parallel to the highway to form the west sight barrier for the new Alice Springs Campground. This former Harwood property was used in recent years as a sales space for modular homes. Both these new developments are in Orange Township. Congratulations go to Laurel Garlinger for winning the Ionia contest to name the December decorating program. Her winning entry was “The Old Lamplighter Decorates the Town.” She will receive $100 worth of garlands, compliments of Sid’s Flower Shop of Ionia. The orange fencing has been removed and the final strip of new sidewalk on Emerson Street finished to make it ready for use. This is the last step in a two-year project to connect Jordan Lake Highway and Fourth Avenue. This strip includes Lake Manor, Emerson Manor and the Depot Complex. Hastings grad earns doctorate Philip M. Anton, a 1988 graduate of Hastings High School, recently received a doctorate in sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Col. His dissertation topic was “Activities of Daily Living Performance in Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment.” Anton did his undergraduate work at Alma College and received his master’s of science degree from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Col. He and his wife, Julie Partridge, who also received a doctorate from UNC, live in Carbondale, Ill., where they both teach on the faculty of Southern Illinois University. Philip Anton is the son of Michael and Charlotte Anton, of Hastings. Yankee Springs Township Planning Commission Notice of Public Hearing TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS, RESIDENTS OF YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THURSDAY, OCTOVER 18, 2007 AT 7:00PM AT THE TOWNSHIP HALL LOCATED AT 284 N. BRIGGS ROAD, MIDDLEVILLE, MI - BARRY COUNTY, CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING: 77516658 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINANCE AND PROPOSED CHANGES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND AT THE TIME OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, SIGNED, WRITTERN LETTERS OF COMMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE START OF THE MEETING. 1. An amendment to the Zoning Ordinace of Yankee Springs Townshil (15.3.9) concering the uses and standards of the Resort and Recreation Zoning District. The Planning and Zoning Commission will conside related amendments in Articles II, IV and IX (definitions, Special Exceptions and P.U.D.’s). AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES NOTICE The Township will provide necessary and reasonable services to indibiduals with disabilities at this public meeting upon 6 days notice to the Township Clerk. All persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to participate in the discussion of the above proposal(s). Fank Fiala, Secretary Yankkee Springs Township Planning Commission Next week on Oct. 10 there will be a harvest supper at the First Congregational Church. Then on Oct. 17, the women’s fellowship will be taking its annual fall tour. This time they will head north and hope to see some colored leaves. A stop at Maxfield’s at Wyman is part of the plan. On Oct. 11, the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet at the Freight House for a program on local history. The open house last weekend drew many visitors to the hunting and fishing exhibit. Among the exhibits was a table full of duck decoys, a framed set of hunting and fishing licenses, the old-style red plaid hunting coat and pants, plenty of hunting camp pictures of family groups and a set of enlarged photos from 1906 hunting camps with all the men identified. In those days there was no limit of one buck per hunter. The hunters would take the train north, cross the Straits of Mackinaw on the ferry and proceed to the Upper Peninsula camps of choice. One family used a large wooden box they dubbed “The Coffin” to hold much of the gear they shipped in advance by rail. They then picked it up once they reached their UP destination. Among the visitors was Tom Senters and wife from California. Meantime the genealogy room was very busy with visitors. The first to appear were a man and wife from the Pittsburgh area, here to do genealogy research. Lori Fox was very busy helping the many visitors. Many local residents attended the Saturday afternoon birthday open house for Bonnie Jackson of Portland Road. It was held in the new Ebenezer Center at the West Berlin Wesleyan Church. Many of the guests were “Red Hat Ladies,” wearing their purple dresses. A welcoming open house was held at the Livermore home on Henderson Road for the newlyweds Scott Livermore and wife from Portland. Robert Lippert Yankkee Springs Township Zoning Administartor Mom doesn't need son's "help" Dear Annie: I am a 65-year-old widow. My husband passed away last year, and I am still grieving. The problem is my 45-year-old son from a previous marriage. "Gordon" never married and is planning to move in with me. He is an abusive drunk, has problems managing his money and doesn't like to work. At the moment, he lives in an RV and is renting a parking place from a friend. His vehicles are not registered or insured. Gordon has been telling people he is moving here to help me. I don't need his help. I have earned the right to a quiet retirement. I supported my son and daughter until I was in my 40s. My daughter is married and on her own. I live 600 miles away and can see them when I want. I do not want to live any closer. What would you suggest I do about Gordon? I've thought about leaving the country, but I can't afford it. I love my son, but I don't like him very much. -- Mom Dear Mom: Tell Gordon right now that you do not want him moving in with you. Period. If he threatens or hurts you in any way, call the police and Adult Protective Services. Meanwhile, if your home is large enough to accommodate Gordon, you might consider selling it and moving into a smaller place in a retirement community where you will have nearby friends and there will be less incentive for Gordon to hang around and take advantage of your vulnerability. sick. I have this trust issue, and it drives me nuts. My suspicions started when I found out Duke had a MySpace page but never told me about it. He shares a lot with me, so that seemed strange. He finally let me see it, and I realized he has pictures of himself with his ex still posted there, and he states that his status is "single." I understand that he and his ex are still friends, and that doesn't bother me, but he told me once that he'd like to forget about her. So why does he keep the pictures up? He also has told me that his ex calls him every so often. I don't want him to think he has to hide stuff from me. Am I just over-thinking the whole situation? Should I worry? -- Stressed and Frustrated Dear Stressed: If your instincts are telling you that Duke is hiding things, he probably is. It's possible Duke hadn't updated his MySpace page and knew you'd be upset to see the pictures of the ex, so he postponed showing them to you. Has he since removed them and changed his status? If not, he is giving you information about his level of commitment -- and you may indeed have something to worry about. She's "found someone else" Invitations becoming overwhelming, costly Dear Annie: "Jasper" has been my hairdresser for the last seven years. I've always been happy with the job he's done and have recommended him to many people who are now his regulars. I feel loyal to him, but I have found someone else. I won a gift certificate to have my hair cut at another salon, and I have never had a better haircut in my life. I thought it would be a one-time visit, but now, nothing else measures up. I would like to leave Jasper, but I don't want to hurt his feelings. I'm sure if I just stop going to his salon, he'd eventually figure it out, but don't I owe him an explanation? -- In a Hairy Situation Dear Hairy: First, you might want to go back to the new salon once or twice to make sure the cut is consistently better than Jasper's. Still, we can't imagine any nice way to tell him you're leaving because his technique doesn't measure up. You can simply stop going to him (such things happen to hairdressers more often than you think), or you can let Jasper know you've enjoyed his services, but you're ready for a change. It's up to you. Dear Annie: My wife and I are both in our 80s and have been married for 60 years. Between us, we have 11 siblings, 22 nieces and nephews, 28 grandnieces and grandnephews and three great-grandnieces. And the family is still growing. We wish to inform them that we will not feel slighted if they don't send us invitations to their birthdays, graduations, weddings, etc. We are retired with fixed incomes, on strict diets and don't drive at night. When we receive invitations, we feel compelled to decline and send a gift. There also are funerals. We were recently asked why we didn't attend the service for the sibling of a nephew's spouse, whom we barely knew. That's because we have to narrow our attendance to services for numerous close friends and relatives. Otherwise, we would be constantly attending funerals with requests for donations. To spare our elderly friends and relatives, my wife and I have decided not to have any service when our time comes. Thank you for letting us use your column to convey our message. -- Not So Grateful Uncle in Honolulu Dear Honolulu: We understand your position, but perhaps you could think of these invitations in a different light. Your extended family is trying to stay in touch and keep you informed of family events. You are not obligated to send a gift, but perhaps you can manage a card or note with your best wishes. Buying laptop computer was the first sign Philip M. Anton Fall Creek and Kyomi’s Gift present The Harvest Gathering Saturday, October 6 • 9:30 to close Fall Creek Restaurant will be hosting a fundraiser for Kyomi’s Gift. We’ll be collecting donations at the door. Please join us for music, dancing and lots of fun! DJ Must be 21 to enter. To learn more about our foundation, please visit our website at www.kyomisgift.org DOOR PRIZES Giving a Helping Hand 77516737 “Milk Shaker” Contest Dear Annie: I had to respond to "Mother of a Former Honor Student in Indiana," whose two sons are addicted to Internet games. Now Mom is terrified the younger boy will turn violent if they try to take away his laptop. The time to have dealt with this was when their son bought the laptop without their approval. He should have been told to return it to the store immediately. And why have they allowed him a cell phone with an Internet connection? As for the older son who's still at home mooching off the parents, if he's over 18, it's time to put the parental foot down and set a deadline for the bum to move out and start paying for his own addiction. Let this be a cautionary tale to those parents who are the enablers of a "child-centered" household and afraid to set and enforce rules for the minors they brought into this world and are now supporting. I'm willing to bet these boys have been ruling the roost since they were in pull-up pants. -- L.G. Dear L.G.: You are right that parents need to set rules and enforce them, but it's a little late to change what has already happened. Parents who have allowed their children to get the upper hand will need some help regaining their authority, and we hope they will contact a counselor who can provide it. Is Web page truthful or just out-of-date? Dear Annie: I've been in a long-distance relationship for a few months. I love being with "Duke," but when he's back in his hometown, my mind goes crazy. I think about the worst possible situation and worry myself Pastor recommends a husband swap Dear Annie: I, too, have a husband who starts projects he never finishes. I think a "Husband Swap" is in order. Not for sex, just for household repairs. My husband is more than happy to work on someone else's home projects, but not ours. A few weeks ago a co-worker needed some help with plumbing and moving his washer and dryer. As usual, my husband was eager to help and really enjoyed himself. When I suggested the "swap" to the co-worker, he thought it was a great idea. So how about it, ladies (and gentlemen)? Get together with some of your friends and start a household projects co-op. It works for baby-sitting, why not painting and hammering? -- Blessings From Pastor Diane Dear Pastor Diane: You may be onto something here -- as long as no one is held liable for damages or injuries that may result. But this could catch on. Thanks. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Hotels of Hastings, Part 2 Take This Retirement Planning "Quiz" Hotel Hastings where the mvoie theater now stands. At the time, Parker operated a hotel for longer than anyone else in the town’s young history. In early January 1892, N.T, Parker suffered a stroke. He died in July of 1902. In its Oct. 23, 1902, issue the Banner said:“The new management of the Hastings House continues to make improvements.” In 1913, the hotel closed temporarily after which N.T. Parker’s son Fred became manager. The next January, Nelson T. Parker’s estate sold the building. By 1916, the hotel had been renamed the Parker House. In May 1931 the Banner announced that the“ Parker House was opening its dining room to the public. By January 1935, the Parker House had become a victim of the Great Depression and the Banner reported: “Well known Hotel closes doors for the first time in many years.” In Feb. 8, 1937, George Green purchased the Parker House and changed the name to, The Hotel Hastings. Green later sold the hotel to Ray and Ann Branch who owned the Strand Theater next door. In 1947, the hotel was found to be out of compliance with fire code and was closed down. By 1948, the hotel had been completely renovated and brought up to code. Upon completion of the remodeling, the owners held a grand opening with former Hastings resident governor of the State of Michigan Kim Sigler as the honored guest. The hotel not only offered overnight accommodations but served meals in its spacious dining room. Several local service organizations held regular noon luncheon meetings there for a number of years. Sadly the Hotel Hastings was razed in the 1990s. SMALL HOTELS Through the years, there were several smaller hotels in Hastings. One of the earliest propietors was Adam Scupper who advertised his combination grocery store-saloon in the 1867 Hastings Banners. His ad also noted that he had “quiet and orderly rooms” available. Another small hotel was named The American Hotel, located on the northeast corner of State and Church streets, across the street from the Parker Hotel. The American operated from about 1891 until it was demolished in 1904. Among other small, early hotels was the Upjohn Hotel on the corner of State and Broadway. In 1870, it was leased to E.C. Huntley and Edward Beebe. At the end of the Civil War in 1865, Norman Bailey operated a hotel at the south corner of Church and Court streets. Records indicate that in 1884, a hotel called the Central Hotel was situated at 122 State Street and by 1915 the Hastings City Directory states that the owners of that property were druggists Carveth and Stebbins. The building is still standing. BOARDING HOUSES In 1878, the first advertising for boarding houses appeared in the Hastings City Directory. Among those listed were the Kelly House at 202 W. Court St. and the Cottage at 22 W. Court which is now numbered 202. The Curtis House was used until about 1990. There also was a Barker house whose location I could not find. The Adrounie House Bed and Breakfast on the corner of Broadway and Court streets is the one facility in Hastings that could come close to matching the old boarding houses of old. There undoubtedly were more of these types of businesses located in the area that did not advertise and whose existence I do not know about. Motels or tourist homes began appearing in the 1920s, when cars became more practical to own and major highway systems were improved. The year 1931 was the earliest I found tourist cabins advertised locally. The Banner in July 1931 ran a notice advertising Winn and Fay Green’s tourist cabins at 1512 S Hanover Street. According to the 2007 telephone book, The Parkview Motel, 429 North Broadway and the Brookside Motel Inn on M-37 highway are the only motels currently serving Hastings. Your school days may be behind you, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't test yourself on various subjects from time to time. And one of the most important topics you can study is Retirement Planning. So, take a couple of minutes to take this "quiz." The answers - and even the questions - may prove valuable to you as you save and invest for retirement. Have you put a "price tag" on your retirement lifestyle? All of us have different ideas of the "ideal" retirement. Your brother may plan to travel the world, your sister may want to open her own small business and you may choose to volunteer. Once you know how you want to spend your retirement years, you can calculate about how much your retirement will cost. A financial advisor can help you arrive at a good estimate of how much you'll need to spend per year. Do you contribute to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan? If you have a 401(k) or similar plan where you work, you'll receive several key benefits by contributing. First, your money has the potential to grow on a tax-deferred basis, which means it can potentially grow faster than if it were placed in an investment on which you paid taxes every year. Second, you typically invest pre-tax dollars, which means your contributions can actually help lower your annual taxable income. And third, you can spread your dollars among a range of various investment choices. Do you boost your 401(k) contributions every time your salary increases? If you don't, you should. Your annual 401(k) contribution limits are pretty high: $15,500 in 2007, or $20,500 if you're 50 or older. Obviously, the more you contribute, the greater your chances of achieving your retirement savings goals. Do you also contribute to an IRA? Even if you contribute to a 401(k), you can put money in an IRA. A traditional IRA has the potential to grows tax-deferred, while a Roth IRA offers tax-free earnings potential, provided you've had your account at least five years and you don't start taking withdrawals until you're 59-1/2. (Income limits apply to the Roth IRA, however.) In 2007, you can put in $4,000 to an IRA, or $5,000 if you're 50 or older. And you can fund your IRA with a variety of different investments. If you're self-employed, have you set up a retirement plan? If you work for yourself, or run your own small business, you'll need to set up a retirement plan. Fortunately, you've got many attractive options, all of which offer tax deferral and a range of investment choices. Depending on your situation, you can establish an "owner-only" 401(k), a SEP-IRA, a SIMPLE IRA or a Keogh plan. Your tax advisor can help you select the plan that's right for you. Have you explored other retirement savings vehicles? If you've "maxed out" on your IRA and your 401(k) or self-employed plan, and you can still afford to put away more for retirement, you'll want to explore other investments, such as annuities, which offer tax-deferred growth potential and have very high contribution limits. There's no passing or failing grade to this quiz - but if you've answered "yes" to all the questions, then you're probably putting yourself in a good position to ultimately work Marriage Licenses Richard Gay, Grayling and Judith Chandler, Hastings. Kurt Rabley, Middleville and Reghan Knight, Middleville. Timothy Braden, Nashville and Kari Matson, Nashville. Joseph Eitel, Middleville and Karin Young, Middleville. Amon Duane Smith, Bellevue and Rachelle Lea Heacock, Bellevue. Martyn Nelse Olsen, Hastings and Jennie Lynn Allerding, Hastings. Scott Miles Foy, Nashville and Elesha Raelle Wiese, Nashville. Joel David Barnhill, Hastings and Kileen Sue Thomas, Middleville. Andrew Robert Davis, Hastings and Terri Ann-Marie Wilkins, Hastings. Timothy H. Chandler, Wayland and Chari L. Simons, East Grand Rapids. Donald Andrew Service, Hastings and Jeannine Marion Townsend, Clarksville. Richard Lee Edwards, Bellevue and Samantha Jo Lemon, Bellevue. Matthew Irwin Wallach, Middleville and Stacy Michelle Papes, Middleville. James Richard Pickett, Hastings and Laura Estella Hendrick, Hastings. The Ford Hotel was located on the northeast corner of Michigan and State in Hastings. 5469 W. M-179 HIGHWAY Home has 4 large bedrooms & 3-1/2 baths, a whirlpool tub, 3500 sq. ft. of living space set on 3.77 acres, cathedral ceilings, includes all appliances. Family room & den/craft room in lower walkout, laundry hook-ups on both levels. 2 car attached garage. 52’x70’ partially finished pole barn w/concrete floor, 2 heated bays (also has A/C), large storage loft accessed by stairs. Barn has furnace, hot water, toilet, sink & telephone. Back yard has 2 story playhouse w/slide & screened in sandbox below - swing set included. Perfect set-up for home based business. $250,000. (G592959) Call Alma 269-945-2211 ERA Network Real Estate 945-5248 Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Christopher J. Fluke, CPA H a rvest Festival Menu Saturday, October 6 11:00am to 10:30pm W e are proud to feature Michigan grown produce from our local Hastings Farmers Market Soup du Jour Entrees Harvest Vegetable Meatloaf Stuffed Acorn Squash Egg Plant Lasagna Appetizers Special Dessert Baked Apple ASK A C.P.A. …… Use Tax Q. What is “Use Tax”? 77516730 OPEN 7 DAYS! Family owned since 1983 Corner of South Jefferson & Court St, Hastings 269-948-4042 www.countyseatrestaurant.com Use Tax is a companion tax to the Michigan sales tax. Use tax of 6% is due on all out-of-state purchases where no Michigan sales tax is collected. Mail-order purchases and items brought into the State of Michigan are subject to use tax. Q. Who is liable for use tax? A. Both businesses and individuals are liable for use tax. Q. How is use tax paid? A. Individuals pay their use tax with their Michigan Individual Income Tax Return (Form MI-1040). Businesses pay their use tax with the Sales, Use and Withholding Return (Form 160). Q. What if I paid sales tax on my out-of-state purchases? A. Many companies now collect Michigan sales tax on mail-order purchases. In this case, no use tax is due. If you paid another states sales tax, credit is given against your use tax liability. Q. Are all out-of-state purchases subject to use tax? A. No. For businesses certain purchases are exempt from use tax. Chili Cook Off Judging at 1:00pm Call for details! Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA (Frequently asked questions about taxes) A. 77516732 Fried Green Tomatoes Grilled Stuffed Banana Peppers Back in 1884 a second floor hotel was housed in this building. towards your retirement goals. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones 77516441 By Esther M. Walton [Continued from last week] The July 10, 1935 Hastings Banner ran a historical review of the Hotel Barry: “There never was any real demand for such a building here as Duane D. Ford concocted the idea that Hastings needed a second hotel. His wife’s father, a well-to-do gentleman of New York State, furnished the money for the construction. For a considerable time, Mr. Ford operated it as a hotel, but it did not pay. Other landlords tried too with no better results. For a while a part of the hotel was used as an opera house, although it was much too small. After a time, the hotel was abandoned and the building was put to various uses. It was used by a group of local thespians to put on a number of plays, and the Hastings Women’s club used it when it sponsored lectures by Dr. Russell Connell. These Lectures became very popular.” Later on the hotel was converted to an automobile garage. A while after that, a gas station was constructed on one corner of the property. In 1935, during the midst of the Great Depression, the owners of the original hotel property found that they could no longer continue to pay the taxes on the abandoned structure and had it razed. Although other buildings have stood on this site since 1935, today [2007] the city hall and our new public library stand on the property. The second old hotel and hotel site I’d like to discuss is the Barlow House. In 1846, a new large hotel was built by Nathan Barlow on the northwest corner of Church and State streets. This was the first structure in Hastings especially designed for use as a hotel. Shortly after, Nathan Barlow changed the name to Hastings House. In 1852, the hotel withstood a fire that originated in the bar room. After the fire damage had been repaired, two new additional 22-by-30 foot wings were added, making it the largest building in town for a few years. Records indicate that by 1857, Hiram Kenfield owned the Hastings House. Mr. Kenfield’s hotel insurance policy notes that the hotel had 250 beds. Insurance records show that in 1864, Mrs. Margaret Keith paid the insurance premium on a “frame hotel known as Hastings House.” The Jan. 6, 1869, Hastings Banner reported that, George Keith (Margaret’s husband) has sold the “Hastings House.”. Just one year later in the Feb. 23, 1870, Banner reported that the Hastings House had again changed hands. The Aug. 3, 1870, the paper says, “The Hastings House is having repairs for the bar and office.” In summing up, the Hastings House changed hands about three times in two years. This rapid turnover was probably due to economic conditions in the country. Ultimately, J. H. Taylor “of Plainwell” became the sole proprietor of Hastings House. Two years later, Taylor sold The Hastings House to Robert Mitchell, who in turn resold it in 1875 to A. W. Bailey. By 1885, T. Parker owned Hastings House and redid the front of the building in brick. The Banner of Feb. 17, 1887, reported; “N. T. Parker has built here one of the finest hotels to be found in a city of this size like Hastings.” In his regular history column in 1940, M. L. Cook described the hotel as he remembered it in 1885: “The brick building fronted on Church Street. West of the brick building was a frame building of ancient vintage [that was probably the first Court House]. From there another two-story wooden building extended north, fronting on State street, the lower part rented as a store, the upper consisting of rooms for hotel guests. South of the brick office building, also a part of the frame building and east of the store was a vacant space on Church St. and State St.” (Which Mr. Cook thoughthad been used by the stage coaches.) In 1890, N. T. Parker tore down the rest of the old wooden section of Hastings House. He then constructed a large addition. This is the building that many of today’s citizens are familiar with and would remember as the If you have questions regarding Use Tax, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 �Page 10 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Thursday Jr. Bowling Sign up Thursday, October 4 at Hastings Bowl 3:30pm to 5:00 full Grades 1-5 and Middle School 6-8 Sign up fee is $8.00 Cost to bowl each week is $4.25 Questions call Diane Haines @ 948-2044 Bowling starts October 11 at 3:30pm 77516710 TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FILING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FINE LAKE AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, having resolved its intention to proceed to make certain public improvements consisting of the applicatoin of herbicide treatments for the eradication or control of aquatic weeds and plants in Fine lake (the “improvements”) in the Township, has made its final determination of a special assessment district which consists of the following described lots and parcels of land which are benefitted by the improvements and against which all or a portion of the cost of the improvements shall be specially assessed: ),1(�/$.(�$48$7,&�3/$17�&21752/ 63(&,$/�$66(660(17�',675,&7�12��� 7KH�ORWV�LQFOXGHG�ZLWKLQ�WKH�SURSRVHG�VSHFLDO�DVVHVVPHQW�GLVWULFW�DUH�GHSLFWHG�RQ�WKH�PDS DSSHDULQJ�EHORZ�WKH�ORWV�DQG�SDUFHO�QXPEHUV� /RWV�DQG�3DUFHOV�1XPEHUHG� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������ �������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ���������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ������������������������������������������������������ FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Dave M. Haigh, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Delta Funding Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 27, 2006 and recorded February 15, 2006 in Instrument #1160201 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Two Dollars and Ninety Cents ($137,032.90) including interest 8.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East, 1325.42 feet along the South Line of said Section 4 to the centerline of Irving Road; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 629.82 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West, 668.66 feet along said centerline of Irving Road to the centerline of State Highway M-37 (Middleville Road); thence South 49 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds East, 776.06 feet along said centerline of M-37, thence South 03 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds East, 116.04 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 540.36 feet to the place of beginning Subject to easement for Public Highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Irving Road. Also Subject to an easement for State Highway purposes as recorded in Liber 151, Page 311 for M-37 Commonly known as 1509 Irving Road, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78568 ASAP# 903370 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 10/11/2007 77516191 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy L. Blankenship and Cindy L. Blankenship, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005 and recorded July 29, 2005 in Instrument Number 1150237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine and 80/100 Dollars ($132,429.80) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is North 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 33 Seconds East 407 feet from the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence continuing East 494.92 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 48 Seconds East 398.00 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 03 Seconds West 363.00 feet to a stake; thence continuing at the same angle West 112 feet; thence North by Northwest to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2055 77516227 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert L Robinson, Jr and Sandra L Robinson, husband and Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 12, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166196, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($121,245.38), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 60 acres of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 lying East of Highway M-66 being in Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #162145F01 77516167 MORTGAGE SALE *THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: THE SALE MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE FORECLOSING MORTGAGEE. IN THAT EVENT, YOUR DAMAGES, IF ANY, WILL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE RETURN OF THE BID AMOUNT TENDERED AT SALE PLUS INTEREST. Default having occurred of a certain Mortgage made by FRANK W. URIAS and PAULA J. URIAS, husband and wife, to Macatawa Bank Mortgage Company of 10763 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on June 19, 2006 in Instrument No. 1166179, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of $93,040.41 and an attorneys fee as provided for in said Mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the money as secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof and the entire sum claimed due is, as of the date hereof, fully due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on OCTOBER 18, 2007at 1:00 p.m., local time, the undersigned will, immediately inside the east door of the Courthouse located at 220 West 8th Street, Hastings, Michigan, (that being the place for the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the premises described in said Mortgage for so much thereof which may be necessary to pay the amount due on said Mortgage, with interest at the rate of $16.53 per day and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, together with said attorneys fee, and also any sum or sums which may be paid and are by Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises, which premises are situated in the County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as following, to-wit: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. commonly known as: 704 E. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed except in the event the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA §600.3241(a), in which case the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. Date: September 10, 2007 MACATAWA BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, MORTGAGEE BY: RHOADES LAW OFFICE PC Peter D. Rhoades, Esq. P O Box 2271 Holland MI 49422 77516068 616-355-7318 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Emmons, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 29, 2005 and recorded January 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159105, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Thirty-One and 27/100 Dollars ($123,031.27) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Delton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 84 and 85 of Lakewood Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516712 File No. 207.8773 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth C. Adgate, a single man, to Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded February 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1121614, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wachovia Bank, N.A.a National Banking Association by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and 36/100 Dollars ($132,770.36) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter, Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 14 minutes 57 seconds West 1315.36 feet along the East line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 654.87 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 660.0 feet; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet along the West line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds East 660.0 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Moe Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.4825 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Joint City/Township Library Board NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT the Township Supervisor of the township of Johnstown has made and certified a Special Assessment Roll for the Special Assessment District, which roll sets forth the relative portion of the cost of said Improvements which is to be levied in the form of a Special Assessment against each benefitted lot and parcel of land in the Special Assessment District. Pursuant to the Resolution of the Township Board adopeted on September 12, 2007, the costs fo the Improvements are to be periodically redetermined on a yearly basis in accordance with the Resolution. TAKE NOTICE that the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 7:00pm at the Township Hall, 13641 S. M-37 Hwy., Battle Creek, Michigan, to review the Special Assessment Roll and to hear and consider any objections thereto. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Special Assessment Roll as prepared has been reported to the Township Board and is on file with the Township Clerk at the Township Hall for public cxamination. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT AN OWNER OR A PARTY IN INTEREST IN A LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND SUBJECT TO A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT MAY FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WITH THE MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL, BUT ONLY IF SAID OWNER OR PARTY IN INTEREST APPEARS AND PROTESTS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AT THIS HEARING. An appearance may be made by an owner or party in interest, or his or her agent, in person, or in the alternative, an appearance or protest can be filed with the Township by letter prior to the hearing, in chich case a personal appearance at the hearing is not required. This Notice was authorized by the Township Board of the Township of Johnstown. Dated: September 12, 2007 ______________________________ June Doster Johnstown Township Clerk 77516306 Applications will be taken to fill a 3-year term on the Library Board. They can be obtained by calling or writing the Township Hall Deadline for return is 4:00pm, November 2, 2007 Hastings Charter Township 885 River Road, Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 77516764 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Substance Abuse Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. 77516746 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 7:30pm in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination on the application of B & T Group Enterprises, LLC for an industrial facilities tax abatement as permitted by Public Act 198 of 1974, as amended. For additional information about the application contact the City Assessor at 269945-2468 or at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269-945-2468 or TDD call relay services at 800-649-3777. Thomas E. Emery, City Clerk 77516697 77516217 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick M. Diskin and Ladonna J. Diskin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2001, and recorded on November 21, 2001 in instrument 1070105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy And 72/100 Dollars ($122,670.72), including interest at 9.196% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one quarter of Section 2, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing 257.5 feet North of the intersection of the West line of Cobb Road and the South line of said Section 2, thence West 330 feet, thence North 132 feet, thence East 330 feet, thence South 132 feet to point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516666 File #163088F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon M. Marlette, A Married Man and Ashley A. Marlette, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 6, 2005 in instrument 1146097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Two And 49/100 Dollars ($89,122.49), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lot 12 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as: Commencing 88 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 12, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 77 feet, Thence West 4 Rods, Thence South 77 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516352 File #163923F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS William F Heine Trust dated March 25, 2002 State of Michigan In Re: William F. Heine. Date of birth: May 31, 1922 NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS: The decedent, William F. Heine, who lived at 8597 W. Silver Lake Road, Mears, MI 49436, died August 5, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against William F. Heine or his Trust dated March 25, 2002, will be forever barred unless presented in writing to Christine M. Klepper and Jerry L. Klepper, Trustees of the William F. Heine Trust dated March 25, 2002, at 8595 W. Silver Lake Road, Mears, MI 49436, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. No probate proceedings will be initiated. September 20, 2007 Anna Urick Duggins (P57402) P.O. Box 786 Muskegon, MI 49443 Phone: (231) 722-1621 Christine M. Klepper, Trustee Jerry L. Klepper, Trustee 8595 W. Silver Lake Road 77516408 Mears, MI 49436 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sammy D Cooke and Sheree A Cooke, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Financial America, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on October 12, 2006 in instrument 1171311, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Seven And 02/100 Dollars ($57,547.02), including interest at 10.63% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 1319.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16 to the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 337.70 feet along the South line of said North 1/2; thence North 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, 199.81 feet, thence North 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds East, 103.37 feet; thence North 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West, 1031.17 feet to the North line of Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 09 seconds East, 250 feet along said North Section line to the point of beginning. Together with an easement over the following described property: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 804.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 129.43 feet; thence South 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds West, 359.69 feet; for the point of beginning of said easement, and then an easement 20 feet wide, the center line of which is described as follows: thence South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds West, 199.81 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516340 File #163283F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott N. Daining and Jayne Daining, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Instrument Number 1119449, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Forty-Six and 92/100 Dollars ($148,046.92) including interest at 11.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 484 feet of the South 270 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. Subject to an easement over the Easterly 33 feet and the Southerly 33 feet for public highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 402.0589 77516232 NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Building Authority. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. 77516749 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry L. Walter, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 14, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1127778, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four and 84/100 Dollars ($133,274.84) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing in the center of the highway in the Southwest corner of the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods to the place of beginning. Also: A parcel of Land in the South 27 acres of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516206 File No. 362.1903 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert E. Jones, a single man, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 11, 2004 and recorded March 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124128, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Fifteen and 77/100 Dollars ($207,115.77) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 25, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; 659 feet to the point of beginning; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence West, 287 feet; thence South, 353 feet to the point of beginning. Including all of the land between the South 109 feet thereof and East of the centerline of the North Branch of the Thornapple River. Parcel 2: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; thence North, 659 feet; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet to the point of beginning; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River; thence in a Southwesterly Direction along the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River to a point directly East of the point of beginning; thence West, to the point of beginning; also, a parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 6 West, and being more particularly described as that part of the West 30 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16, lying East of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River. Parcel 3: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16; thence North, 1012 feet to the point of beginning; thence North, 125 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along the centerline of said river to a point due East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning; Also, that part of the Northwest onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter lying South and East of the Centerline of the North Branch of Thornapple River. The same being the Property Conveyed by Deed executed by Harley J. Hinckley and Sandra L. Hinkley, husband and wife, on 9/1/1989, as recorded on 9/1/1989 at Book/Liber 487, Page/Folio 588, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 27, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516370 File No. 213.2190 Die-Cast SALE Officially licensed product sold here Apparel, Gifts & Collectibles SPORTING COLORS 214 N. Jefferson St. • Downtown Hastings 269-945-4551 Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9-7 • Sat. 9-3 06658949 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF HEARING ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a hearing on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings. • To act upon a request for a variance on property located along West M-43 Hwy, (East of Tanner Lake Road and West of Barry County Road Commission), Hastings, Michigan to allow a larger wall sign and monument sign than permitted. The proposed sign(s) currently do not meet requirements of the Sign Ordinance, #2006-116, Section 104.2026 F. 2. b. (1)(a) and (3). Property is described as: RUTLAND CHARTER TWP COM S 00 DEG 19' 08" E 45.23 FT FR W 1/4 POST SEC 13-3-9 FOR POB TH ELY AL S LI OF HWY M-37/M-43 THE FOLLOWING FIVE COURSES: ELY 241.35 FT AL ARC OF A CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 22968.31 FT & CHORD BEARING N 88 DEG 39'12" E 241.35 FT TH S 01 DEG 38' 51" E 25 FT TH ELY 139.52 FT AL ARC OF CURVE TO THE LEFT RADIUS BEING 22993.31 FT & CHORD BEARING N 88 DEG 10'42" E 139.52 FT TH N 88 DEG 00'17" E 287.16 FT TH ELY 352.81 FT AL THE LAST COURSE OF HWY ROW LI & AL ARC OF A CURVE TO LEFT RADIUS BEING 7714.44 FT & CHORD BEARING N 86 DEG 41'41" E 352.78 FT TH S 00 DEG 26'53" E 957.86 FT TH S 87 DEG 53'57" W 1023.35 FT TO W LI SEC 13 TH N 00 DEG 19'08" W 979.90 FT TO POB. • To act upon a request for a variance on property located at 1377 Nissaki Street, Hastings, Michigan to allow new construction on irregular lot closer to front and rear property lines than zoning setbacks allow. Property is described as: RUTLAND TWP LOT 8 UNIT 1 ALGONQUIN LAKE RESORT PROPERTIES UNIT #1. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Zoning Board of Appeals at said public hearing. The application for the above request is available for inspection at the Rutland Charter Township Hall during regular business hours. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk, the Township will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77516735 ROBIN HAWTHORNE, CLERK RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP 2461 HEATH ROAD, HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 CARLTON TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR SEWER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT To: The Residents and Property Owners of Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Special Assessment District No. 1 and any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared covering all properties within the Special Assessment District No. 1 benefited by the proposed engineering costs of a sewer project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs of the engineering costs of proposed Leach and Middle Lake Sewer Project Special Assessment District as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Township Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, Michigan within the Township, which assessment is in the total amount of $650,000.00 for Phase I. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $2,731.00 per benefited property or $910.00 per year for three years. For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Everafter Conference Center located at 1230 N. Michigan Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Carlton Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Carlton Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77516682 CARLTON TOWNSHIP Wilma Daniels, Clerk 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5990 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24893-DE Estate of Marie D. Moerman, a/k/a Marie Doris Moerman, Deceased. Date of birth: 05/18/1918. NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS: The decedent, Marie D. Moerman, who lived at 10892 Wildwood, Shelbyville, MI 49344, died August 31, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Kenneth Lee Moerman, named personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: 10/2/07 Orton, Tooman, Hale, McKown & Kiel, P.C. Stephen B. McKown (P25675) 314 Trowbridge Street, P.O. Box 239 Allegan, MI 49010-0239 (269) 673-2136 Kenneth Lee Moerman 10908 Anchor Cove Drive Shelbyville, MI 49344 77516723 (269) 672-5001 FOR PUBLIC NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT That Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party Creditor has filed with the Michigan Department of State, Uniform Commercial Code Section, that Thomas Wayne Clark® is the Secured Party creditor for the Debtor THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, and that the following documents and agreements are Certified True and Correct by the Secretary of State of the State of Michigan, through the UCC-1 and UCC-1 addendum Financing Statement file No. 2007116746-5 and UCC-3 Financing Statement file No. 2007130351-6. The following documents are on file at the Secretary of State and at the BARRY COUNTY COURTHOUSE FOR PUBLIC RECORD, Commercial Security Agreement No. SA07254419-TWC, Hold Harmless Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, Power of Attorney POA07254419-TWC, and Common Law Copyright Notice No. CLC-07254419-TWC (Tradename). The Common Law Copyright Notice CLC-07254419TWC is Advertised for Public Notice as follows, Without Prejudice, Nunc pro tunc,: Thomas Wayne Clark® Secured Party/Creditor c/o 235 N. Wellman Rd. Woodland, Michigan (48897) Dated 09-13-2007 COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT NOTICE No. CLC-07254419-TWC NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL IS NOTICE TO THE AGENT NOTICE TO THE AGENT IS NOTICE TO THE PRINCIPAL Common Law Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re; common law copyright of tradename/trademark, THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade-name/trademark, Copyright® July 25, 1981, nunc pro tunc, by Thomas Wayne Clark®. Said trade-names/trademarks®, THOMAS WAYNE CLARK® is copyrighted property and may neither be displayed or used, nor reproduced in whole or part, nor in any manner whatsoever, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of the copyright holder Thomas Wayne Clark® as signified by the Common Law Copyright holder’s bona fide, blue-ink signature of Thomas Wayne Clark®, hereinafter “Secured Party”. With the intent of being contractually bound, any juristic person, as well as the agent of said juristic person, consents and agrees by this Copyright Notice that neither said juristic person, nor any agent or principal of said juristic person, shall display or otherwise use in any manner for commercial/financial gain, the trade-name/trademark THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, nor the common law copyright described herein, nor any derivative of, nor any variation in the spelling of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK® without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgment of Secured Party, as signified by Secured Party’s bona fide blue ink signature. Secured Party neither grants, nor implies nor otherwise gives consent for any unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, and all such unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Secured Party is not now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, a surety, nor a fiduciary for the proposed Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of said name, nor for any other juristic person, and is so indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e., THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, in the Hold-Harmless and Indemnity Agreement No. HHA-07254419-TWC, dated July 2nd, 2007, against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgements, demands, liabilities, losses, depositions, summons, law suits, costs, fines, liens, penalties, damages, interests and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now existing and as might hereafter arise, as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/ Security agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic person and the agent of said juristic person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User”, consent and agree that any use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, other than authorized use as set forth above, constitutes unauthorized use, counterfeiting, of Secured Party’s common-law copyrighted property, contractually binds user, and renders this Copyright Notice a Security Agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and signifies User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land and personal property, and all of User’s interests in assets, land and personal property, in the sum of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common-law copyrighted Tradename/Trademark THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) Authenticates this Security agreement wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, including but not limited to land, buildings, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, motor vehicles, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter of credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common-law copyright property; STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24885-DE Estate of Marquita L. Meisenbach. Date of birth: 06-11-1937. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Marquita L. Meisenbach, who lived at 1200 Iroquis Trail, Hastings, MI 49058, died 3-3-2004. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Stephen J. Meisenbach, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 9/27/07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-3495 STEPHEN J. MEISENBACH 926 S. JEFFERSON HASTINGS, MI 49058 77516671 269-908-1496 (3) consents and agrees to be the Debtor on a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC Filing Office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is Debtor and Thomas Wayne Clark® is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in item “(3)” is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this security agreement and described above in item “(2)”, until User’s contractual obligation thereonto incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of UCC Financing Statement, as described above in items “(3)” and “(4)”, as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described in item “(2)”, in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office. (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filing’s described in items “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered bogus, and that the User will not claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms” and “Default Terms”, granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but not limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate and User further consents and agree that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional items of Self-executing contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use. Payment terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User receives Secured Party’s invoice (herein after “invoice”), itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date of invoice is received, User shall be deemed in default and: (A) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above item “(2)”, immediately becomes property of Secured Party; (B) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in item “(8)”; (C) User consents and agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as well as otherwise dispose of in any manner that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in item “(2)”, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now and property of Secured Party, in respect of this “SelfExecuting Contract / Security Agreement in event of unauthorized use”, that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms of Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms”, irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in item “(2)”, in the possession of, as well disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms”, User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoiced within said Twenty (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms of Curing Default”, authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty (20) day default curing period. Ownership subject to common law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Thomas Wayne Clark®, Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981. Unauthorized use of “Thomas Wayne Clark®” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-Executing Contract / Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use”. Record Owner: Secured Party- Creditor name Autograph Common Law Copyright® 1981 by Thomas Wayne Clark®, All Rights Reserved. This Copyright Notice is dated Nunc pro tunc, this 2nd day of July, 2007. Without Prejudice Authorized Representative, Attorney-In-fact Thomas Wayne Clark®, Secured Party in behalf of THOMAS WAYNE CLARK®, Ens legis The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on July 2nd, 2007 by Thomas Wayne Clark Notary Public Debra Lee Clark My Commission Expires 7/6/2013 77516084 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Michael H. Hannan, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 19, 2004, and recorded on April 5, 2004, as Document Number: 1124730, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of May 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and 82/100 ($73,964.82) including interest at the rate of 11.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Block D of Pleasant Shores, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59 1065 Brooks Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: October 4, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 7756411 Our File No. 141.00665 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the afor mentioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated July 20, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on July 26, 2000, in Document Number 1047300, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $100,381.22, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), together with interest at 9.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on November 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN THE EAST 300 FEET OF THE SOUTH 342 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 40 FEET THEREOF. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may have in the 2000 Skyline Mobile Home, Serial NumberAC17380317NAB. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77516463 Dated: October 2, 2007 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24886-DE Estate of Edwin Meisenbach. Date of birth: 5-181922. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Edwin Meisenbach, who lived at 1200 Iroquis Trail, Hastings, MI 49058, died 7-24-1989. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Stephen J. Meisenbach, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 9/27/07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MI 49058 (269) 945-3495 STEPHEN J. MEISENBACH 926 S. JEFFERSON HASTINGS, MI 49058 77516673 269-908-1496 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006 and recorded June 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165487, and Loan Modification Agreement dated 4/1/07 recorded 5/6/07 in Instrument Number 1181397, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 20066 c/o Washington Mutual by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($126,208.00) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8 of Block 13 of Samuel Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517444 File No. 362.1999 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 19/100 Dollars ($146,998.19), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516417 File #159178F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE-Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Faith Guyott, a Single Woman to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 29, 2004 and recorded October 14, 2004 in Instrument #1135443 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE8, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE8, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred Four Dollars and Seventy-Nine Cents ($102,304.79) including interest 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 7, Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Commonly known as 12925 Cleland Avenue, Wayland MI 49348 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 24, 2007 U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Asset Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity Loan Trust 2004-HE8, Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2004-HE8, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78972 ASAP# 907213 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 77516345 10/11/2007, 10/18/2007 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dana E. Jacobs, a Single Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for First Franklin, a Division of National City Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006, as Document Number: 1170551, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF17, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF17 by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Four Dollars and 88/100 ($78,334.88) including interest at the rate of 7.900% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 63 feet of Lots 870 and 871 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except therefrom the North 50.40 feet thereof, also the South 69 feet of Lot 871 and the South 69 feet of the East 20 feet of Lot 870 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. 328 S. Park Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: September 27, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77516321 Our File No. 194.00116 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Homecomings Financial LLC fka Homecomings Financial Network, Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Eleven and 11/100 Dollars ($209,011.11) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77516212 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Justin David Shotts and Samantha Shotts, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 4, 2004 and recorded March 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124082, and re-recorded to correct legal description on September 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1170377, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($90,223.44) including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 179 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67, of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West along said River 53 feet; thence South to the beginning, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 77516222 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2987 �Page 13 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 18, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Two And 55/100 Dollars ($62,672.55), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516357 File #154162F03 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($86,986.01), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516375 File #151389F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James R. Johnson and Marion L. Johnson, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 13, 2006 and recorded November 30, 2006 in Instrument Number 1173285, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred EightyEight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Seven and 37/100 Dollars ($288,377.37) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northeast onequarter and the Northwest one-quarter of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1969.00 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 1; thence North 02 degrees 45 minutes 03 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 1 a distance of 483.15 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line 673.28 feet to the North and South one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds West along said North and South one-quarter line 42.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line of Section 1 a distance of 658.47 feet to the East line of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast fraction one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds West along said East line 441.00 feet to said East and West one-quarter line; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 658.79 feet to the center of said Section 1; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 676.32 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516201 File No. 231.6112 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald A. Kani and Jorja R. Kani, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005 and recorded December 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1157083, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee to Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Sixty-Nine and 59/100 Dollars ($117,069.59) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2, Block 22 Lincoln Park Addition, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County. Being the same property conveyed to Jorja R. HowlandDuron and her successors, as trustee for Jorja R. Howland-Duron Revocable Trust Agreement, dated November 13, 1997, as amended by Deed dated 324-04 and recorded 4-2-04 in Document Number 1124617, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to David Duron and Jorja R. Howland-Duron, husband and wife by Deed dated 06-08-90 and recorded 6-8-90 in Deed Book 500, Page 336, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516196 File No. 214.6436 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 28, 2003, by Jeffrey T. Otto and Susan M. Otto, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 2, 2003, in Document No. 1105515 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty and 75/100 Dollars ($117,920.75), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Commencing at the West _ corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89°51’22” East 2351.36 feet along the East and West _ line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00°00’00” West 733.00 feet along the North and South _ line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00°00’00” West 100.00 feet; thence South 89°51’22” West 199.39 feet; thence North 00°00’21” East 100.00 feet; thence North 89°51’22” East 199.38 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 1637 Archwood Dr., Wayland, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77516687 KZLIB:555121.1\105064-00159 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen Jewett and Richard Jewett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2007 and recorded April 23, 2007 in Instrument Number 1179652, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Five and 31/100 Dollars ($226,835.31) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: Part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section and the point of beginning; thence continuing along said line South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 523.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 268.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 Seconds West 523.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 268.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with and easement of record. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities as described in Schedule X. Schedule X: Description of easement for ingress, egress and utilities: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section to the point of beginning of the centerline of a 66.00 foot wide strip of land; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 478.00 feet to reference point "A" and the point of ending of said 66.00 feet wide strip of land. Also, included in the above Easement, a 66.00 feet radius cul-de-sac the center point of which is at herein above reference point "A". Description of easement for drainage purposes: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 538.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 06 degrees 37 minutes 03 seconds East 10.04 Feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 163.34 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds West 140.98 feet: thence South 45 degrees 38 minutes 37 seconds West 183.00 feet; thence North 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds West 198.18 feet; thence North 79 degrees 10 minutes 34 seconds West 114.53 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds West 36.78, feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 314.00 feet; thence South 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds East 88.16 feet; thence North 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds East 142.50 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 169.03 feet; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 02 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds West 10.04 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2205 77516179 PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 Open House, Sunday, Oct. 14th • 2-4pm NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. 77516752 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 Log Home on 19 acres 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large kitchen, living and dining rooms. Front porch, back deck. Has woods, fields & pond. Private yet close to town 77516742 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Hause and Katie J. Hause a/k/a Katie Hause, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 20, 2005, and recorded on December 29, 2005 in instrument 1158306, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Two And 41/100 Dollars ($176,492.41), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Baltimore, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 21 and 22 of Cappon's Country Acres, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 52. Together with a parcel of land described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 21; thence North 07 degrees 20 minutes 55 seconds West 622.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds East 352.34 feet; thence South 03 degrees 54 minutes 58 seconds East 619.13 feet to a point on the North line of Lot 23 of said Plat; thence South 89 degrees 32 minutes 30 seconds West 315.00 feet along the North line of Lots 23, 22 and 21 of said Plat to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516094 File #161104F01 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer, husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Three Hundred Sixty one & 94/100 ($135,361.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of November, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield’s Addition to the Village, now, City of Hastings according to the recorded pat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 10/4/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 77516423 248-362-2600 77516038 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda K. Marquard, a single woman and Sheila P. Standish, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 31, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2006 in instrument 1164961, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred FortySix And 15/100 Dollars ($107,646.15), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: That part of the Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 628.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.4 feet; tehnce South 89 degrees 56 minutes 13 seconds East 157.00 feet along the South line of Bernice Avenue; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 173.25 feet; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds West 157.0 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress and egress and utility purposes over a 30 foot wide strip of land, the South line of which is described as: Beginning South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section from said West 1/4 corner; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 785.00 feet to the place of beginning of said easement. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 20 foot wide strip of land the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel B; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.25 feet to the South line of Bernice Avenue and the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516470 File #164364F01 For an appointment to view Call 269-948-2339 Pick up flyer @ 1301 Barber Rd., Hastings �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joseph W Stambolija, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 18, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Eighty-Three And 55/100 Dollars ($376,083.55), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 1, Sunrise Shores, a condominium according to the Master Deed and recorded as Document No. 1041594, Barry County Records, and all amendments thereto, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 16, together with rights In general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516074 File #161604F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Katherine K. Kittelton, A Single Woman and William D. Momenee, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 6, 2006, and recorded on February 8, 2006 in instrument 1159966, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Three And 07/100 Dollars ($95,163.07), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 7 of Guernsey Highlands, A Condominium according to the master deed recorded in Liber 636, Page 592 and the First Amendment recorded in Liber 568, Page 222, Together with rights in Common Elements and in Limited common Elements as set forth in Said master deed and described in Act 59 of the public acts of 1978, as ameneded. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161879F01 77516174 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dan Jones and Kimberly Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003, and recorded on June 27, 2003 in instrument 1107341, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand One Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($263,112.65), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in Hickory Corners, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28 Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Lying North of the Consumer right of way. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #149909F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six And 49/100 Dollars ($136,966.49), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-of-way commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516677 File #132045F02 77516059 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24887-DE Estate of Scott Eric Miller, deceased. Date of birth: 04/27/1970. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Scott Eric Miller, who lived at 806 South Park Street, Hastings, Michigan died 07/29/07. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Julie Lynn Miller c/o Dale Sprik & Associates, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 09/27/07 Dale R. Sprik P20860 933 Four Mile Road, NW Grand Rapids, MI 49544 (616) 785-3300 Julie Lynn Miller 525 Lincoln Street, Apt. 205 Middleville, MI 49333 77516675 (616) 536-0770 77516655 City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE Fire Hydrant Flushing City of Hastings Department of Public Services work crews will be flushing fire hydrants on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 and Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Tim Girrbach, Director of Public Services THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lorraine Browand and Edward Browand, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165974, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Forty-Three and 23/100 Dollars ($241,043.23) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The land referred to in this Commitment, situated in the County of Barry, Township of Johnstown, State of Michigan is described as follows: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast onequarter, Section 9, and the west fractional one-half of the Northwest one-quarter, section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 1311.26 feet along the North line, Northeast onequarter of said Section to the West line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West 660 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 526.39 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 06 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds East, 121.73 feet; thence South 09 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds West 100.61 feet; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 785.04 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds East 1200 feet parallel with the North line, Northwest fractional one-quarter of Section 10; thence North 21 degrees 06 minutes 29 seconds West 236.30 feet along an intermediate traverse line; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds West 1113.32 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter, Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 394.52 feet; thence South 01 degrees 17 minutes 35 seconds West 12.59 feet; thence North 88 degrees 42 minutes 25 seconds West 355 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 33.17 feet to the place of beginning. Including or excluding all land East or West of the intermediate traverse line to the West shore of Bristol Lake on extension of the property lines. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 77516184 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2944 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nenita Junglas, married to Norman Junglas, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139864, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers- Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust- SAIL 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Nine and 08/100 Dollars ($129,449.08) including interest at 9.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 396 feet East of the Northeast corner of Russell Street and Market Street; thence East 66 feet; thence North 189.75 feet; thence West 66 feet; thence South 189.75 feet to the place of beginning, begin part of Lot 13 of Block 62 of Village of Middleville in Section 26. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita Junglas, a married woman by deed dated 6-18-04 and recorded 7-2104 in Document Number 1131154, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita P. Glass, a single woman by deed dated 7-23-99 and recorded 728-99 in Instrument Number 1033068, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516692 File No. 209.4855 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002, and recorded on January 10, 2002 in instrument 1072816, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee by an assignment, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven And 59/100 Dollars ($46,947.59), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 11, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 of Block 20 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except the East 96 feet thereof and except the West 78 feet thereof, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161725F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Clarence E. Service, a single man, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 8, 2002 and recorded January 10, 2002 in Instrument Number 1072814, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Thirty and 17/100 Dollars ($58,430.17) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 11, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: All that part of Lots 2 and 3 of Block 20, lying West of Fall Creek, except the West 78 feet of said Lots, being in the Eastern Addition to the City, formerly the Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.1877 77516089 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married and Shawna Allerding, non-obligor spouse/owner, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006 and recorded June 12, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165861, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven and 73/100 Dollars ($68,357.73) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 26 of Sundago Park according to the Plat thereof Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 71 of Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.2040 77516701 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy A Hannan, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Sand Ridge Bank, Mortgagee, dated February 19, 2003, and recorded on March 7, 2003 in instrument 1099006, and assigned by said Mortgagee to PHH Mortgage Corporation as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($55,545.38), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Malcolm's Acres, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 8 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516660 File #164217F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Dykstra and Barbara Dykstra, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on April 23, 2004 in instrument 1126298, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 96/100 Dollars ($121,910.96), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Hidden Hollow No. 1, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516718 File #165387F01 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-25-2007 Nancy Meiron (owner); John May (applicant). Location: 11463 Snowshoe Drive, in Section 20 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 44x46-ft addition and a 24x36-ft attached garage onto an existing home that is too close to the road right of way(17.2-ft), the minimum is 50-ft. in the AR zoning district. Meeting Date: October 22, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, 77516699 Barry County Clerk 77516107 �Page 15 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings to take part in International Life Chain Hastings will be connected to the International Life Chain from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. During that time, people who believe in life will be lining the streets of Hastings with prolife signs, while praying for the end to abortion in America. “Since abortion was legalized in America, more than 48 million pre-born U.S. citizens have been murdered,” said a spokesperson for the Michigan Right to Life Association. “Today, we are accountable to God for the legalization and con- tinuance of abortion on demand – yet we are also, inescapably, the prevailing hope for ending government-sanctioned killing of our youngest fellow citizens.” Those who want to participate in the Hastings Life Chain, sponsored by Barry County Right to Life, are asked to meet at the corner of Broadway and State streets on Oct. 7. For more information, please call 269/948-8834. Will host festival Tuesday Hastings band winning awards The Hastings High School Marching Band is earning quite a name for itself in local competitions. Last Saturday the band competed at both Kenowa Hills and Otsego high schools. The band took fourth place by 1/10 of a point at Kenowa Hills (less than three points behind first place), and second place at Otsego. The band also received the award for best color guard at Kenowa Hills and Otsego and the award for best percussion at Otsego. The Band is getting ready for homecoming tomorrow evening with a parade and full performance before the football game starts, as well as playing for the homecoming court during halftime of the game. On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Hastings High School will host the Michigan Schools Band and Orchestra Association District 10 Marching Band Festival. Ten bands from all over West Michigan will travel to Hastings for this prestigious event. The bands will be judged in the areas of music, marching and general effect. The first band will begin performing at 6:30 p.m., and the final ratings will be announced at 9 p.m. The bands will play according to the following schedule: Delton-Kellogg at 6:30, Maple Valley at 6:45, Ionia at 7, Wayland at 7:15, Lakewood at 7:30, Godwin Heights at 7:45, Otsego at 8, Hastings at 8:15, Caledonia at 8:30 and Forest Hills Central at 8:45. Admissions is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors, and children 5 and under get in free. POLICE BEAT BEA Custody meeting results in arrest Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Estate Sale Child Care ANTIQUE CURTAIN STRETCHER: $50. (269)9488744 ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 ENJOY MICHIGANS FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER IN THE COMFORT OF A LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED WHITE CEDAR ADIRONDACK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. ULTIMATE MULTI-FAMILY ESTATE sale,: clean, hugh uality items from 6 households, antiques and collectibles, glassware, hosuewares, books, and circa 1910 furniture. ...ALSO appliances, hand tools, J. D. M, 430 dozer, IHC tractor with mower, extensive teacher’s collection of elementary educational materials, old 2” thick soapstone top workbench, boats, signed & numbered wildlife prints, exercise equipment and so much more. Event will run from Thursday, October 11th through Saturday, october 13th, 9am FIRM-6:30pm address, 12970 S. Cobb Road, 49046, Hickory Corners/Delton area. MISS PATTY’S CHILDCARE has first shift openings, 15 years experience. License #DG080071781. Call (269)945-3584 or Cell (269)908-0840. HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. VASES: 26” clear blossom cylinder, 4” opening used once. Wrapped & in boxes. Perfect for various arrangements, can be seen thru, great buy if planning a wedding or special event. Also have clear gemstones. EXCEPTIONAL PRICE. (269)948-8744 WHITE ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINE: early model in cabinet. Collectors piece. (269)948-8744 Help Wanted Deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man Sept. 30 on an outstanding warrant. Deputies said they were called to a location in Hastings to supervise a child-custody meeting and were informed that one of the parties was wanted for failure to appear on a misdemeanor charge in the county. John Chmura 36, of Freeport, was arrested and lodged in the Barry County Jail without incident. DRIVERS: Great Benefits! Local, Regional & OTR. 2yrs. exp., CDL-A. O/O’s Welcome! 877-885-8814 x1. Breaking and entering of Gun Lake garage reported $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free gift. 800-5510172. Ind/Rep. Barry County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a report of a break-in at a garage near Gun Lake on Sept. 26. Included in the list of stolen items were a number of tools, sporting equipment, hunting gear and shotgun shells. Sleeping man arrested in Woodland Township David Edward Music, 29, of Grand Rapids was arrested by Barry County Sheriff Deputies Sept. 30 when he was found sleeping in a vehicle in Woodland Township. Witnesses had called 911 to report they had talked to Music earlier, and he had asked for directions to Grand Rapids. The witnesses said Music did not seem to understand their directions and appeared intoxicated. They followed him to where he parked his vehicle and they then called 911. Deputies found Music sleeping in the back seat of the vehicle, with the motor running. When questioned, Music agreed to submit to a blood-alcohol breath test, in which he tested a .166 blood alcohol level. The state’s limit is .08. Music was taken into custody and a report was forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Minors cited for possession of alcohol Sheriff Deputies were called to a residence in Rutland Township on Sept. 27 to investigate a report of a domestic assault. While at the location, the deputies interviewed two juveniles who were eventually cited for possession of alcohol by consumption. Both were turned over to their parents. DRIVER: REG/OTR! EARN up to $.50cpm! Home weekly! No touch! BC/BS, 401K, holiday/vac pay! Transway, Inc: 800-632-5300 x3538 JANITORIAL CLEANERS, PART time, evenings, Monday-Friday, Hastings. Phone (517)629-0599. OEO, M-F-DV. SERVERS & HOSTESSES: Bay Pointe Inn & Restaurant on Gun Lake “One of Michigan’s top resorts” seeks experienced Servers & Hostesses. Impeccable references a must. Email resume to mikep@baypointeinn.com Farm Passenger gets ride to Barry County Jail E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 A passenger who was sitting in a vehicle in Rutland Township Sept. 22 was arrested by Barry County Sheriff Deputies after a Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) check revealed she was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant. Daniella Josephine Torrez, 19, of Freeport, was taken into custody and transported to the Barry County Jail without incident. Hastings man faces OWI and DWLS charges Floyd Leeroy Totten, 43, of Hastings was arrested Sept. 21 by sheriff deputies when he was stopped in Thornapple Township. Totten was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated (third offense) and driving on a suspended license (second offense). Totten was also found to have a blood alcohol level of .190 when he was questioned. Hastings Police investigated a stolen-vehicle complaint that occurred on Sept. 22. The vehicle, a red 1992 Jeep Cherokee, taken from City Lot No. 3, between Apple and Mill streets, was reported stolen by the owner of the car. The vehicle was entered into the LEIN network and listed as a stolen vehicle. Hastings Police were contacted by the Manatee County, Florida, sheriff’s office Sept. 28. Florida officials said the vehicle had been located with two suspects from the Hastings area who had been taken into custody. Arrested in Florida on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle were Sabrina Elwen, 19, of Hastings, and Peter VandenTorn, 20, also of Hastings. The two are facing additional charges of stealing the vehicle as well as being habitual offenders. Both are currently lodged in the Manatee County Jail. Mo-ped driver injured in Hastings accident Hastings police responded to a personal injury accident involving a mo-ped during the early evening hours of Sept. 26. The accident occurred at the intersection of Green and Park Streets when a vehicle being driven north on Park Street by Patricia Pohl, 41, of Middleville, pulled into the path of a mo-ped heading west on Green Street. The driver of the moped, James Dawson, 20, of Plainwell, was injured as a result of the crash. He was transported to Pennock Hospital by Lansing Mercy Ambulance for treatment, and his condition was unknown. Hastings Police urge caution along parade route Hastings High School will be holding its annual homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 5. Parade line-up will begin at 5:30 p.m. with the parade commencing at 6 p.m. The parade will proceed east on West South Street from the school, to South Church Street, then north on Church to West Clinton Street and west on Clinton to Young Street. The parade will then turn south on Young Street and disperse by the football field. Motorists are urged to find an alternative route in and around this area during this time frame. The parade is expected to last approximately a half hour. Fatal crash Sunday on M-43 in Barry Township Jon Gambee Staff Writer Troopers from the Michigan State Police Hastings Post are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred Sunday, Sept. 30, at approximately 10:40 a.m. on M-43 Highway near Osborne Road in Barry Township. Initial investigation has revealed that an 88-year-old Kalamazoo man, heading south, turned left into the driveway of the Prairieville Bible Church and crossed the path of a northbound vehicle driven by a 49-year-old man from Battle Creek. The passenger in the southbound vehicle, Corra Hunt, 88, of Delton, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was transported via Aero-Med to Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus, where he is listed in critical condition. His name has not been released since authorities have been unable to contact family members. The northbound vehicle also was occupied by a 41-year-old Battle Creek woman and her 6-year-old daughter. All three occupants of that vehicle were transported by ambulance to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo. Their injuries were not believed to be life threatening. Troopers were assisted at the scene by deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s department, the Hickory Corners Fire Department, Delton Fire, Pine Lake Fire and Rescue, Aero-Med and Lifecare Ambulance. Community Notices DAVIDSON EXPRESS FALL Bike Show & Ride, October 5th & 6th, call (269)694-9579 or visit www.davidson-express.com DILL’S BEST MARKET in Delton is looking for selected local crafters for Halloween items to sell on consignment. Beginning November 1st accepting holiday decorations and gifts. Call (269)623-5777 Sundays Only. WE WISH TO THANK our children, friends and family who joined us to celebrate our 60th Wedding Anniversary. A special thank to Chuck & Julie Wickham for the use of their campground and to our other children who helped and hosted the event. Ron & Marcia Byers, Norm & Patty Byers, Paul & Nancy Byers, & Craig & Robin Vaughen Thank you all for a most enjoyable afternoon. Clifford & Dorothy Byers Business Services HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Pets LOST DOG: 7 year old, apricot colored mix. Lost 9/29, W. Muriel St. area, (269)945-5963. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. KALKASKA COUNTY: 4.9 secluded wooded acres short walk to state land. Lots of deer signs. Ideal hunting and camping. Driveway, cleared site. $19,900, $500 down, $250 month, 11% land contract. Northern Land Company, 1-800-968-3118, www.northernlandco.com. Recreation ‘01 SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500: v-twin, black & chrome, 22K miles. $4,250, (616)516-3030. 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com 02679604 Florida police nab local car thieves Miscellaneous DILL’S BEST MARKET IN Delton is looking for selected local crafters for Halloween items to sell on consignment. Beginning November 1st accepting holiday decorations and gifts. Call (269)623-5777 Sundays Only. Card of Thanks 77516435 Member SIPC For Rent FOR RENT: UPPER STUDIO APARTMENT. Security deposit & monthly rent. (616)693-2769 HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 Garage Sale MOVING SALE: 10/4 to 10/6, 9-? hide-a-bed couch, fishing, tools, new Pampered Chef items, dishes, mens & womens clothes, boys newborn to 3T, dvd’s, beads, fabric, antique furniture & collectibles, saddle & bridle & breast strap set, Oak table, chairs, ladies mountain bike, antique baby buggy, computer desk, dressers, Hitachi stereo, leather recliner, electrical, plumbing, 1990 Lincoln Continental, sale at Prairieville Farm Days grounds 7880 Milo Rd., Delton. Follow signs & no early sales. Automotive 2005 CHEVY 3/4-TON, 42,500 miles, front/rear blades, call for details, (616)299-4977. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 07518020 �Page 16 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" is on loan to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park from the Detroit Institute of Arts while the DIA undergoes renovations. Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. May 23 through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Cellistic Crosscurrents will be presented by the BachFesival of Kalamazoo at 7:30 pm in the Light Fine Arts Building at Kalamazoo College. Tickets are $15 per adult, $5 for students. Traversing the boundaries between music and dance, from Baroque through contemporary will be cellist Anthony Elliott, pianist Polina Khatsko, and dancer Christie Jenuwine. For tickets and more information go to www.kzoo.edu/bach or call (269) 337-7407. Thursday, October 4. • Actors' at Spectrum Theater Presents: Seven Passages at Spectrum Theatre. Hours are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm. Admission is $22. Special offer on Thursdays: The first ticket is full price and the second ticket is $10. Based on the research of Stephanie Sandberg, this theatre piece tells of the daily struggles faced by those who attempt to maintain a relationship with their religious communities while striving to live authentic lives as gay and lesbian people. For more information call (616) 234-3947 or visit www.actorsatspectrum.org. September 27October 6. • Dvorak's New World Symphony will be performed at DeVos Performance Hall at 8 pm. Tickets start at $11. Come hear your own Grand Rapids Symphony play the works of Dvorak and more with guest Dylana Jenson on violin. For more information call 616-4549451, Ext. 115 or visit www.grsymphony.org. October 5 & 6. • Organ Concert: Dave Wickerham at Public Museum, Van Andel Museum Center. Performances are planned for Friday at 7 pm & Saturday at 2 pm. Adult tickets are $10, children $5. Dave Wickerham's professional career is lengthy and includes time at Organ Stop Pizza Restaurants in Arizona; Pipes and Pizza in Illinois; Piper Music Palace and Milhous Museum in Florida. He recently released his fourth CD, "Sounds of Music." Dave will perform two concerts at the Public Museum. For more information call (616) 4563977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. October 5 & 6. MISCELLANEOUS • Taste of Home Cooking School is a presentation of Great Gatherings and will be held at the Barry Expo Center. Tickets are $15 and are available at area Felpausch location. • Are you annoyed by the inability to get that last little bit of toothpaste out of the tube? You’re certainly not alone. On average, 10 percent of all toothpaste is unused. • Those who study such things say that in the United States, $64,000 is spent in vending machines — every single minute. • Love your pet? Think you’ve got the best dog in the world? A Maryland woman named Debbie Parkhurst might disagree with you. Earlier this year her golden retriever, Toby, performed a sort of Heimlich maneuver on her. Seriously — as she was on the floor, he pounced on her chest, dislodging the material that was choking her. Experts say the pooch likely saved his owner’s life. • In Italy, it’s illegal for schools to give non-organic foods to children under the age of 10. • With election rhetoric heating up earlier than ever, you might want to keep in mind this sage observation made by Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States: “I sometimes wish that people would There will be many local vendors on hand beginning at 2 pm. The show starts at 7 pm. The library will also host a cookbook swap. October 4. • Fall Family Day & Herb Festival will be held at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am- 5 pm, Sunday noon-5 pm. Admission: Adults $12, students $9, seniors $9, children $4-$6. The Midwest Michigan Herb Association will display a variety of herbs and provide demonstrations and lectures on growing and using herbs. Held in Michigan's Farm Garden, this fun filled weekend will include a variety of herb products on sale and activities including, exploring aromatherapy, make-your-own herbal tea and soaps and how to preserve herbs for winter use. For more information go to www.meijergardens.org or call (616) 9571580. October 6 & 7. • 3rd Annual Hastings Harvest Festival will take place in Downtown Hastings. Activities include a farmers’ market with fresh local produce and crafts, concessions, entertainment stage with live music, tractor show, tractor parade, sidewalk displays and demonstrations, chili cook-off, scarecrow contest and more. Contact the Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454 for a complete schedule of events. Saturday, October 6. • Historic Bowens Mills Mountain Men Encampment & Colonial Fiber Weekend is part of the annual "It’s Cider Time” series of fall weekend festival at Historic Bowens Mills. Co-sponsored by the Fork River Free Trappers with a mountain men & trapper living history encampment. Colonial costumed craftsmen demonstrating and selling their works, Old fashion barnyard pull Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm, horse drawn wagon rides, fleece spinning demonstrations both days. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 795-7530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more info. October 6th & 7th. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 3172197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” • It will probably come as no surprise that Kikkoman soy sauce was first used in Japan. You might be surprised, though, by how long it’s been around: since 1630. • If you’re a member of the working world, you probably know someone who passes assignments off on co-workers, tries to skip out on meetings, spends lots of time surfing the Net and generally avoids doing any sort of work at all. Well, next time you’re commiserating with colleagues over this do-nothing, here’s the word to use to describe the bum: otiose. It means lazy and unproductive. ********************************* Thought for the Day: “Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.” — Albert Einstein © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE OCTOBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 4 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 5 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services the first Friday of every month. 5 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 5 Hastings Farmers Market Scarecrow Contest starts October 5th and runs through October 19 in Hastings. 6 MCLA Sheep Show at the Barry Expo Center. 6 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 7 Share the Harvest open houses at Kellogg Manor House, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Kellogg Dairy Center & Farming System Center from 1-5 pm in Hickory Corners. 9 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 10 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6 pm-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 11 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 12 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. 12-14 Snow Show & Grass Drags at the Barry Expo Center. 13 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot on N. Broadway at Tyden Park in Hastings. 14 Barry County CROP Walk at the First United Methodist Church. Registration begins at 1 pm. 5 mile walk begins at 2 pm. 15 Barry Expo Center Annual Meeting at the Expo Center. 16 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 16 K-12 County Wide Art Show & Reception presented by the Thornapple Arts Council. 17 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 6 pm-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & Museum grounds open. The museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. 18 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 19 Middleville Farmers’ Market from 7 am-2 pm. Local vendors with fresh produce & creative crafts at the Village Parking Lot, 100 E. Main St., Middleville. Call (269) 795-3385 for more information. Crafts Fairs 3 Days Grace & Breaking Benjamin will perform at the DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center October 11 at 6:30 pm. Doors open 5:30 pm. Tickets are $30.50 general admission $30.50 with an extra $5 parking fee through in just because they can. For tickets and more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.deltaplex.com. Boléro will be performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Friday, October 12 at 8 pm in WMU’s Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo. Twenty-two year old organist Felix Hell will be featured soloist on Joseph Songen’s “Symphonie Concertante.” The program will also include “Overture to Rob Roy” by Berlioz and Darius Milhaud’s “Suite provencale.” Concert tickets range from $19$49, hald price for students and seniors with balcony seats available for $5 in advance or $7 at the door. Call 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and more information. The Wizard of Oz will be shown on a big creeen with with live orchestral accompaniment October 12 beginning at 8 pm at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets start at $19. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. "It’s Cider Time” Festival: Civil War Days at at Historic Bowens Mills featuring a large Living History Encampment October 13th & 14th. There will be a battle at 3 pm with a full schedule of special events, including artillery demonstrations both days. Special displays will include a variety of Civil War exhibits and live dulcimer music. The fun starts at noon and lasts until 5 pm. Adult admission is $5, children 5 to 12 years old $2. Call (269) 7957530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. Entrance to the park at 55 Briggs Rd., Middleville, MI 49333 Watch for the huge mill stone marker. Call (269) 795-7530 or visit www.BowensMills.com for more information. The Fall Bonsai Show is set for October 13 and 14 at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Musicals Car Shows Sculpture Park. Hours are Saturday 9 am-5 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. Adult admission is $12, seniors (65+) $9, children ages 5-13 $6, children 3- $4. West Michigan Bonsai Club members will display a variety of bonsai – many in full fall color. Guests can observe club members demonstrate the art of bonsai. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Switchfoot with Relient K and Ruth will perform at the The DeltaPlex Entertainment & Expo Center October 18 at 7 pm. Doors open 6 pm. Tickets are $24 with parking $10 an extra. For tickets or more information call (616) 364-9000 or visit www.deltaplex.com. Can-Can will be presented by the The Grand Rapids Ballet Company October 19, 20, and 21 in the DeVos Performance Hall with performances planned Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm. Debuted in 2005, this glimpse into turn-ofthe-century Paris left the audience wanting more. The raucously engaging world of life in the theater, including that illustrious line of high kicking Can-Can girls, will have you on the edge of your seat while the story of the artists involved will inspire. The glittering music of Offenbach, Debussy, and more is performed by the Grand Rapids Symphony. Ticket prices range from $17 to $52. For more information call 616-454-4771 ext.10. 31st Annual Fall Bird Fair & Expo will be presented from 10 am-4 pm October 20 by the Great Lake Avicultural Society at the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids. The show will feature vendors, educational information and demonstrations. Call (616) 361-0140 for more information. All Hallows Evening is always the Saturday before Halloween at Historic Charlton Park and features trick or treating in the village and old fashioned fun and games. This year’s event will be held Saturday Oct. 27 from 3-6 pm. Admission is $3 per person. Marshall ‘living history’ cemetery tour offers glimpse into past Oct. 6 Scandal, courage, wanderlust, and magic! Find it all and more at the Oakridge Cemetery on Saturday, October 6 at 7 p.m. during the 7th annual “If These Stones Could Talk...” Living History Portrayal. Enjoy a one-of-akind evening of theatrical presentations from the dearly departed of Marshall’s rich historic past. Reenacted by members of Marshall’s theatre community, seven different characters will “materialize” at their grave sites. The drama will be enhanced as you are guided on this walking tour through the beautifully illuminated, historic Oakridge Cemetery. During the October guided walking tour, participants will meet Nathan Benedict (1809-1905), builder of the National House Inn and Trinity Episcopal Church; William H. Brown (1812-1895), county and U.S. prosecuting attorney and owner of the Herndon Hotel; George Emery Church (1871-1961), successful farmer and teamster; Dulcenia Church Daily (1820-1894), U.S. Interior Department employee who funded the Dulcenia Home for Aged and Indigent Females; Mary Edgerton (1899-1984), coowner of Corlett Lumber, active volunteer and avid Tiger baseball fan; Augustus Hyde (1816-1903), owner of A.O. Hyde Drug Store and accused of embezzling funds from the Dulcenia Home for Aged and Indigent Females; and Thomas Sullivan (1924-1990), Santa, magician, owner of Sullivan Insurance This week’s selection: Shoot ‘Em Up Agency, scoutmaster, and veteran. The “If These Stones Could Talk...” committee hopes to not only offer a uniquely entertaining evening of theater but to also give a real voice to Marshall’s impressive, diverse history. The actors who will be breathing life into this year’s event are Donna Daines, Alex deFina, John Hendler, Eric Sullivan, Jacob Washburn, Seth Weeldreyer, and Mary Tinsley Young. “If These Stones Could Talk...” is a guided, walking tour. Groups of approximately 30 will travel through the cemetery on an established route led by trained guides. Since the tour is at twilight and some of the roads are not paved, provisions have been made, through the generous loan of golf carts by Alwyn Downs, to transport anyone who feels uncomfortable walking. Advanced reservations for this motorized transportation can be made by calling the Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce by October 5 at 781-5163. Tickets are available through the Chamber of Commerce, Darling Variety Store, and Eve’s Hallmark. Tickets can be purchased for $8.00 before October 5 or for $10 at the event. Marshall Civic Players 2007 season ticket holders may purchase tickets for $5 at the Franke Center for the Arts. For more information, please contact the Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce, 424 E. Michigan, Marshall, Michigan 1-800-877-5163. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 90 minutes MPAA rating: R Y’know, there just aren’t enough movies featuring babies used as bone-marrow farms, a lactating Italian prostitute, gun-control laws and a mysterious anti-hero who can dispatch an adversary by ramming a carrot through the back of his enemy’s skull. Thankfully, “Shoot ‘Em Up” covers all those bases — and more. As an action flick, its style would’ve fit in well in this year’s “Grindhouse” double-feature. The action is fast and furious, and the pace never lets up. Each sequence is well edited and photographed, with a limited amount of that Shaky-Cam effect that seems to invade most movies in this genre nowadays. The film stars Clive Owen as Smith, a man with a mysterious past, who is sitting on a bench at the beginning of the film when a pregnant woman runs past him, followed by a gang of armed thugs. Smith goes after the woman, and while blasting away at the armed thugs trying to kill the woman, he delivers her baby (shooting off the umbilical cord, for good measure). The baby lives, but Mama gets a bullet in her beezer and dies. Smith takes the baby to Donna (Monica Bellucci), a lactating hooker, for safekeeping while he tries to discover the identity of the dead mother. On Smith’s (and Donna’s and the baby’s) trail is Hertz (Paul Giamatti), a wise-cracking homicidal maniac who wants the baby dead. Clive Owen stars as a mysterious antihero in “Shoot ‘Em Up.” Smith’s mission now is to find out who Hertz is working for. The trail leads Smith into a conspiracy involving a presidential candidate, an arms dealer and an underground baby mill, where newborns’ bone marrow are harvested. As I said earlier, “Shoot ‘Em Up” is loaded with great action. Its major flaw is the lousy dialogue, courtesy of director Michael Davis. Davis has a great visual style, but he’s no Tarantino when it comes to writing snappy dialogue. Still, I recommend “Shoot ‘Em Up” — but as either a matinee or a rental. GRADE: C © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 17 KSO launches Epic Evenings series with ‘Fall Evening’ October 5 & 6 BORN THIS WEEK: People of all ages look to you for advice and encouragement. You would make an excellent counselor. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although you love being the focus of attention, it’s a good idea to take a few steps back right now to just watch the action. What you see can help with an upcoming decision. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) “Caution” continues to be your watchword this week, as a former colleague tries to reconnect old links. There are still some dark places that need to be illuminated. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Making a good first impression is important. Revealing your often hidden sense of humor can help you get through some of the more awkward situations. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Taking that Cancer Crab image too seriously? Lighten up. Instead of complaining about your problems, start resolving them. A friend would be happy to help. LEO (July 23 to August 22) A widening distance between you and that special person needs to be handled with honesty and sensitivity. Don’t let jealousy create an even greater gap between you two. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Congratulations. Your handling of a delicate family matter rates kudos. But no resting on your laurels just yet. You still have to resolve that on-the-job problem. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You might surprise everyone by being unusually impulsive this week. But even level-headed Libras need to do the unexpected now and then. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A period of turmoil gives way to a calmer, more settled environment. Use this quieter time to patch up neglected personal and/or professional relationships. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A new relationship could create resentment among family and friends who feel left out of your life. Show them you care by making more time for them. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Concentrate on completing all your unfinished tasks before deadline. You’ll then be able to use this freed-up time to research new career opportunities. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You’re right to try to help colleagues resolve their heated differences. But keep your objectivity and avoid showing any favoritism ‘twixt the two sides. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your personal life continues to show positive changes. Enjoy this happy turn of events, by all means. But be careful not to neglect your workplace obligations. © 2007 King Features Syndicate, Inc. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra begins the third season if its “Epic Evenings” series with “Fall Evening” on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6. Both concerts are at 8 p.m. in the Epic Theatre. Schubert’s “Octet in Major, D. 803,” will be the featured work of this chamber music program. Musicians for the performance include members of the Burdick-Thorne String Quartet (BTSQ) along with Benjamin Seltzer on clarinet, William Wheeler on Bassoon, and Michael Wood on French Horn. The BTSQ is comprised of violinists Julia Neckermann and Lisa Williams, violist Grace Byrd, and cellist David Peshlakai. They will be joined by bassist Charles Ingrassia. The six movement octet was written in 1824 and commissioned by clarinetist Ferdinand Troyer. It was modeled after Beethoven’s “Septet, Op. 20” with the addi- Dracula descends on WMU The faint of heart should steer clear of Western when the Prince of Darkness comes to Kalamazoo just in time for Halloween in the University Theatre’s production of “Dracula,” running from October 11th through October 21st in the D. Terry Williams Theatre at the Gilmore Theatre Complex. Acclaimed WMU alumnus and Emmy nominee Robert D. Maverick returns to his roots to design special effects makeup and teeth, making this adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel even more chilling. Maverick’s Hollywood credits include Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Steven Dietz’s “Dracula” blends Victorian melodrama and contemporary horror into a gripping and sensuous brew of intrigue and terror. Suspenseful and seductive, “Dracula” presents the audience with only fragments of the story and allows them to play detective. A wicked, clever, and exhilarating thriller emerges. Due to strong adult content and violence, this production is not suitable for young audiences. Faculty member Mark Liermann directs the cast, which includes WMU students Brooks Applegate, Tori Blade, Madison Comerzan, Jenna D’Angelo, Kim Krane, Paul Luoma, Zach Martens, Shannon Elizabeth McPhee, Patrick Newton, Topher Nuccio, Danielle Price, John Scranton, and Sean Wilson. The creative team includes WMU students Monica L. Carr (Scenic Designer), Rachel Engstrom (Costume Designer), Daniel Warneke (Sound Designer), Mary Katherine Burnett (Properties Designer), Jillian Kurtz (Makeup Designer), and Samantha Soska (Stage Manager), as well as WMU faculty/staff members Matthew A. Knewtson (Lighting Designer), Micha Espinosa (Vocal Coach), Garylee McCormick (Hair Designer), and special guest artist Robert D. Maverick (Makeup Design). Performances will run October 11th through October 13th at 8pm, October 18th through October 20th at 8pm, with a special midnight showing October 20th, and October 21st at 2pm in the Gilmore Theatre Complex's D. Terry Williams Theatre (formerly known as the Multiform Theatre). Seating is general admission. An opening night reception will be sponsored by Millennium Restaurant Group will take place after the performance on October 11th. Tickets for University Theatre productions can be purchased by calling (269) 387-6222 or by visiting the Box Office between 12pm and 5pm, Monday through Friday. Admission for the general public is $17, $12 for seniors and WMU faculty/staff, and $5 for students at the door. Group discounts are available. The box offices at Miller Auditorium and the Epic Center also sell tickets to University Theatre productions. Tickets and additional information are available online at www.wmich.edu/theatre. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. ENTERTAINMENT: Which actress was married to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra? 2. INVENTIONS: When was the first coinoperated pinball machine invented? 3. QUOTATIONS: Who said, “It’s not that I’m afraid to die. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” 4. U.S. STATES: What does the name of Hawaii’s capital — Honolulu — mean? 5. LITERATURE: Which one of Shakespeare’s plays contains the line, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” 6. PETS: What was the name of cowboy star Roy Rogers’ dog? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is a gherkin? 8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How many eyes does a bee have? 9. TELEVISION: What was the name of the estate in the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows”? 10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Where was the first large, free municipal library established in the United States? Answers 1. Ava Gardner 2. 1931 3. Woody Allen 4. “Sheltered harbor” 5. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” 6. Bullet 7. A variety of cucumber used to make pickles 8. Five 9. Collinwood 10. Boston, in 1848 © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. tion of a second violin. “Epic Evenings” provides a new twist to the common classical chamber music concert. With the Epic Theatre as its venue, the KSO provides audience members with bistro table seating. Coffee will be served by staff from Heilman’s Nuts & Confections prior to the concert, and musicians will introduce the piece from the stage. The informal, coffeehouse atmosphere is designed to offer audience members a relaxed, intimate feel. Dessert is provided by the Epic Bistro following the concert. The “Epic Evenings” series was created by KSO Music Director Raymond Harvey. Two other pairs of concerts complete the series: “Winter Evening” on February 1 and 2, 2008 and “Spring Evening” on March 14 and 15, 2008. Each concert is at 8 p.m. Concert tickets are $18 for adults ($5 for students/children) and may be purchased at all Miller Auditorium Ticket Office locations: phone 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858 or the Web at www.Kalama zooSymphony.com Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton sees overtime games go each way in KVA by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Back and forth the teams of Panthers went on a soggy field Monday night in Delton. It was the Parchment Panthers who struck last, knocking Delton Kellogg from the championship side of the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) tournament bracket with a 3-2 overtime victory in the first round of the tourney. Ryan Henderson put in the game winner for Parchment, with seven minutes left in the first overtime session. Delton Kellogg was seeded fourth and Parchment fifth heading into the league tournament. The Panthers moved on to take on Maple Valley Wednesday night in the consolation bracket. The final game of the conference tournament for the Panthers is scheduled for Monday. It was a 0-0 draw between Parchment and Delton Kellogg until Parchment’s Nick Zocher converted on a penalty kick with four minutes to go in the first half. Only two minutes were off the clock in the second half when David Roberts found the equalizer for Delton Kellogg. The two teams then battled through most of the second half, still tied at 1-1. Parchment netted its second goal off the foot of Argenas Medina with 11 minutes left to play. This time it was Dan Ordway who tied things up with a shot from the left side, with only three minutes left in the second half. Delton Kellogg outshot Parchment on the night 16 to 10. DK keeper Scott Hoekstra made seven saves. The Delton Kellogg boys were 9-5 overall this season heading into Wednesday’s match with Maple Valley, who they defeated 5-0 in the KVA regular season meeting. Delton picked up a non-conference victory last Thursday, knocking off Lawton 5-3. The two teams didn’t even get to finish the game, and still eight goals were scored. Roberts scored four times for the Panthers, including the only goal of the second half before thunderstorms brought the contest to an early end. Nick Smith and Daniel Ordway both had assists on the night, and Ordway added a goal on a penalty kick in the first half that gave his team a 3-2 lead with 18 minutes before the break. It only took 12 shots for the two teams to compile their eight goals. Delton Kellogg had eight and Lawton four. The KVA regular season ended last Wednesday at Delton Kellogg, with the Panthers scoring a 1-0 overtime victory over Olivet. “I had done some scouting of Olivet and I knew they had progressed and gotten better during the season,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Bill Roberts. “I expected them to play well, but maybe not this well.” The Panthers’ lone goal came on a penalty kick with 7:26 remaining in the first overtime session. Ordway was tripped up as he carried the ball into the Eagle goal box, and Matthew Julian stepped to the line and knocked the PK into the net. The two teams were as tightly matched as a 1-0 overtime victory would indicate. Hoekstra made 13 saves in net to preserve the win for the Panthers, while Olivet goalie Dylan McGuire turned away eight of the nine Delton shots. “That’s the way games should be played,” said coach Roberts. “Right down to the end.” It didn’t help the Panthers that they were without leading scorer David Roberts, and senior Dakota Healey for the contest. Both received red cards in the Lions’ victory over Maple Valley the previous Monday. The Panthers don’t only have the KVA tournament to worry about this week, they also host Lakewood for a non-conference match Thursday evening. Delton Kellogg senior Michael Broadhurst clears the ball away just as an Olivet attacker comes crashing in during the first half of last Wednesday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association contest in Delton. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Officials have to be ready for anything that happens The Michigan High School Athletic Association sent out a “Make The Call!” press release recently, with a sampling of questions that football officials faced in a test that goes to help the tournament officials selection committee chose post-season officials. There’s so much to know. I did a quick run through and felt pretty good after I got the first two questions right. After I completed the ten questions and tallied up the answers, I had five right. Fifty-fifty isn’t bad right? They were multiple choice questions, not true and false questions. Fifty-fifty is about how often professional refs get the calls right, right? The half they call against my team are awful interpretations of the rules, and they half they call against the other team are outstanding decisions. Starting this year the MHSAA is offering this type of test to officials in the following sports, baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, volleyball and wrestling. It’s a 30-question on-line test, and officials aren’t required to take it. I couldn’t fit the whole list in the paper, so here are the five questions that I got wrong. If a referee ever asks you if you’d like to come down out of the stands and take his/her whistle, say no unless you’ve done a lot of studying. Good Luck. 3. One second left in the fourth quarter with the score tied at 7-7 in a driving rainstorm. Team A lines up for a 50-yard field goal attempt with Team B putting a return man (B2) back near the goal line. The kick is well short, and the ball has nearly rolled to a stop at the 7-yard line. B2 attempts to recover the ball, but because it is so wet, the ball is never possessed and it squirts back to the 4-yard line. Now players from both teams unsuccessfully attempt to the recover the ball, and the ball is muffed back into the end zone where A1, the kicker, finally possesses the ball as he falls on it in the end zone. The correct ruling on this play is... a. Game over; Team A wins 13-7. b. Since the ball was never possessed, the status of the ball is still a kick. When a kick crosses the goal line, the ball becomes dead immediately. Touchback and game goes into overtime. c. The ball became dead as soon as it was apparent that the field goal was unsuccessful; the game goes into overtime. d. None of the above 5. On a field goal attempt, the snap is muffed and the ball is rolling near the 10-yard line. The kicker, who also plays soccer, kicks the rolling ball off the ground and through the uprights. The correct ruling on the play is... a. Successful field goal; score 3 points. b. Foul for an illegal kick; if the penalty is accepted, penalize 15 yards from the previous spot and replay the down. If the penalty is declined, the field goal is good, score 3 points. c. Foul for an illegal kick; if the penalty is accepted, penalize 15 yards from the previous spot and replay the down. If the penalty is declined, the result of the play is a touchback by virtue of the illegal kick. d. None of the above. 8. The game is tied and on the last play of the fourth quarter, defender B50 is flagged for a late hit. Team A wins the toss in overtime and elects to go on defense first. Team B will begin overtime... a. First and 10 from the 10 yard line; fouls can never carry over from regulation to overtime. b. First and 10 from the 25 yard line; dead ball fouls can carry over from regulation to overtime. c. The officials made an error; Team A should have been given one untimed down in regulation due to Team B's foul. d. None of the above. 9. Team A attempts a field goal into a very strong wind. The ball passes between the uprights and over the cross bar, but the wind blows the ball back through the goal posts, landing in the end zone. The correct ruling on this play is... a. The field goal is no good; the ball must pass through and remain beyond the goal posts. b. The field goal is good only if the ball was blown back through the uprights and over the cross bar. c. The field goal is good as the ball only needs to break the plane of the goal posts. d. None of the above. 10. MHSAA playoff game. The visiting team runs a play, which is followed immediately by the home team's band playing the school fight song. The band must stop playing... a. Whenever it feels like it; there is no regulation that deals with bands. b. When the visiting team breaks the offensive huddle or when the ball is marked ready for play if the visitors are using a "no huddle offense." c. The home team band may play as long as the visiting team band is playing at the same time. d. None of the above. The answers are (With my incorrect answer in parenthesis): 3.-b (a); 5.-c(a); 8.-d(c); 9.c(a); 10.-b(d). Hackett passes DK girls at jamboree The Delton Kellogg girls were nipped at the wire by Hackett Catholic Central at Tuesday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) jamboree. At the Gilmore Car Museum Hackett scored a second place finish, behind Kalamazoo Christian (50 points), with a score of 79. Delton Kellogg was third with 81. Delton Kellogg’s boys held onto their second place position, behind Hackett Catholic Central, in the boys’ standings. Hackett had five runners in the top eight Tuesday during the boys’ meet, including individual champion Michael O’Brien (16 minutes 53 seconds) and second-place finisher Andrew Breyer (17:01). The Fighting Irish finished with just 21 points. Delton Kellogg was second with 67, followed by Parchment 86, Maple Valley 92, Kalamazoo Christian 108, and Olivet 151. Morgan Hennessey was fifth overall to lead Delton Kellogg, finishing in 17:46. His teammate Nick Rendon placed ninth in 18:20. Joe Benedict led Maple Valley with an 11th-place time of 18:47.9. The rest of the Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley boys finished in a pack. From 18th to 27th all the runners but one were Lions and Panthers. “We have been training hard recently, and it is showing with some of the recent per- formances, particularly some of the kids in the middle of the pack like Renee McConahay, Jill Newton, Mark Loveland, Brandon Humphreys, Darrin Pursley, and Cory MacBeth,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Dale Grimes. Delton Kellogg had Loveland finish 19th in 19:16, Humphreys 20th in 19:24, and Michael DeWaters 22nd in 19:42. Maple Valley’s Matt Hamilton was 18th in 19:07, Kaleb Root 21st in 19:38, Adam Cook 24th in 20:03, and Josh Perkins 27th in 20:16. The Delton Kellogg girls’ team had a pack near the front, but not quite near enough the front to get the Panthers past Hackett. Mandy Dye led Delton Kellogg in seventh place with a time of 21:35. Mari Sandnes was eighth in 21:41. Rachael Williams placed ninth in 21:42. The Panthers’ next finisher was Taylor Hennessey, placing 26th in 23:20. DK’s fifth score came from McConahay, who was 31st in 23:47. Olivet was fourth in the girls’ standings, with 96 points. Parchment was fifth with 105 points, followed by Maple Valley 133, Pennfield 163, and Galesburg-Augusta 171. Randi Vinson led Maple Valley, placing 18th in 22:35. Erin Shoemaker was 23rd overall, for the Lions, with a time of 23:07, closely followed by Lauren Trumble in 24th place with a time of 23:13. Kaytlin Furlong was 33rd in 23:55 and Kayla Shaw 35th in 24:00 to close the scoring for Maple Valley. Parchment’s Leila Bouabdellaoui won the girls’ race with a time of 20:12. Delton Kellogg’s boys were eighth out of 12 teams, and the girls tenth out of 14 at Saturday’s Otsego Invitational. The top finish for either team came from Dye, who finished her race in 26th place with a time of 20:56. Behind her for the Delton Kellogg girls Williams was 35th in 21:20, Taylor Hennessey 54th in 22:36, McConahay 66th in 23:31, and Newton 70th in 23:53. Morgan Hennessey led the Delton boys with a 38th-place time of 18:16. He was one of three Panthers to finish in under 19 minutes. Rendon was 43rd in 18:36 and Loveland 45th in 18:42. Humphreys was 53rd in 19:04, and DeWaters 64th in 19:32. Vicksburg edged Mattawan for the boys’ title on the day, 46 to 51. Mattawan’s Jeff MacMillan was the winner individually in the boys’ race with a time of 16:19. Vicksburg’s Molly Waterhouse won the girls’ race in 18:42, and the next three finishers in the race were all from Grandville. Grandville won the girls’ meet with a score of 54 points. Marshall was second with 81 and Vicksburg third with 96 points. Home is not sweet for TK volleyball The Trojans’ Ashley Martin fires an attack back towards the Wildcats during her team’s 3-0 loss Tuesday night in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor South Christian brought out the best of the Thornapple Kellogg varsity volleyball team in the first O-K Gold Conference dual of the season, but since then the Trojans have had a hard time during the week. Wayland knocked the Trojans’ record to 04 in the league, with a 3-0 victory in Middleville Tuesday night. The Wildcats won 25-14, 25-8, 25-16. It was just the Trojans’ second home contest of the season, and they are now 0-2 on their home court. “We play at home so infrequently, and when we do we play like,” Trojan head coach Jaime Nelson paused there. “I don’t know if it’s nerves. I don’t know what it is, maybe higher expectations.” “I think volleyball is such a mental game that you can really get to yourself. I think that happens to us.” Both teams struggled at the opening of the match. A single ace on the opening serve, by Wildcat senior Megan Ary, was the only serve by either team in the first four that landed in the court. Game one was tied 6-6 before the Wildcats went on a 7-1 run, with the help of two more aces by Ary. The Trojans struggled to pass the ball, partly because of communication problems. “Everything broke down. We’ve had weekends where we’ve played really well. We just have not performed yet at a single dual match. We haven’t shown that we have that,” Nelson said. Teammates crashed into Trojan setter Kate Scheidel a couple times as she attempted to set the ball. She finished with eight assists on the night. Jessica Pitsch had one ace for the Trojans in game one. For the night, none of the Trojans had more than two kills. “I’m glad they came out to a strong game Thornapple Kellogg’s Nicole Tinker dives down to try and pass a Wayland serve during game one Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) in the third game,” Nelson said of her team, “because they could have given up and called it quits.” TK jumped to a 5-1 edge in game three, and still led at one point 8-7 before the Wildcats started their comeback. “Hopefully, we can get them at the conference tournament. We do perform well on Saturdays,” Nelson said. The conference tournament isn’t until Oct. 27, in Hastings. The Trojans have a dual with the Saxons, in Hastings, scheduled for this Monday. The final league dual for TK is at home against Byron Center Oct. 16. TK heads to a quad at Belding today, then will be at the Comstock Park Invitational this Saturday. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 19 Only Sailors finish ahead of Saxons in the league Vikes fire low round of year at Portland A three match winning streak came to an end Thursday for the Lakewood varsity girls’ golf team, but not because of anything the Vikings did or did not do. Lakewood shot its lowest nine-hole round of the season at Portland Country Club, a 203, but finished behind the host Raiders who scored a 193. The low round for Lakewood was posted by Chelsea Erb, who fired a 44. She was followed by personal bests from Lauren Erb and Kara Clark. Lauren Erb shot a 51, and Clark a 53. Charlese Smith added a 55. Lakewood was 4-4 overall on the season heading into this week’s action. The regular season comes to an end this week as the Viking golfers are home against Haslett Thursday afternoon. Viking spikers sweep another CAAC opponent Lakewood has yet to be challenged in the new Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. The Viking varsity volleyball team scored its second 3-0 win of the conference season, and is now 2-0 in league duals, after traveling to Corunna last Wednesday and topping the Cavaliers 25-11, 25-7, 25-11. Ashley Morris had 13 kills to lead the Viking attack, and also added a team high 11 digs. Melanie Forman had 33 assists on the night. Amber VandeCar was the Vikings’ ace leader with four. Lakewood tried to get to 3-0 in the league when it played host to Perry last night. The Vikings aren’t in action again until next Wednesday, when they host Williamston for another league dual. The Vikings will be at home for most of the remainder of the season. Their only road matches will come at the Byron Center Invitational on Oct. 13. Once the regular season is over the Vikings will still be playing on their home court, as they host league and district tournaments this season. mate Kacy Hooten in earning all-conference honors, was the only golfer in the top four who wasn’t a Sailor on Monday at the Meadows. The Saxon freshman Leep tied South’s Emily Atsma for the third best score of the day, a 94. “I played okay,” Leep said. “Some not so well, some okay.” Her 94 on Monday matched the 94 she shot at the Meadows last Friday at the Jenison Invitational. DeBoer led the league with a 78 Monday, and her teammate Heather Marks fired an 84. “I’ve been getting a lot better, so I’ve been trying to catch up with them, but they are real good,” Leep said of her chase to catch the Sailors’ top performers. The Sailors fired a 352 as a team. Hastings shot a 395, followed by Forest Hills Northern 426, Thornapple Kellogg 427, Hamilton 441, Byron Center 456, and Wayland NTS. Hooten tied South Christian’s Kalee Andringa and Thornapple Kellogg’s Macy Chamberlin for fifth place. All three fired 96s. The Saxons’ Barbie Buehler and Jessica Kloosterman both earned honorable mention all-conference honors this season. They had the Saxons’ third and fourth best scores Hastings Kacy Hooten watches a long putt from the edge of the number eight green roll towards the flag stick during Monday’s O-K Gold Conference meet at the Meadows on the campus of Grand Valley State University. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Monday. Kloosterman fired a 102 and Buehler 103. Hastings has something to look forward to on the links. All six varsity scorers can return next fall. “Three our of the six were freshmen, so it was hard to know preseason what to expect from them,” Krueger said. “For young kids, they did not let bad shots, or bad holes, turn into disasters. They showed a lot of maturity.” Leep, Kloosterman and Hannah Hodges are all freshmen this year, while Buehler, Hooten, and Kourtney Meredith are juniors. There are also a couple eighth graders that Krueger has his eye on, as well as some key contributors from the Saxons’ undefeated junior varsity team. Chamberlin was all-conference honorable mention for TK, and her teammate Ashley Martin was first-team all-conference. Martin wasn’t too happy with her 100, but it put her in a tie for ninth place with South Christian’s Sam Duthler and Hamilton’s Nancy Lubbers. The other score in the top ten was a 97 shot by Forest Hills Northern’s Holly Deremo. Behind Martin and Chamberlin for Thornapple Kellogg Trojans, who edged Forest Hills Northern for third place in the league overall, Hillary Klunder shot a 111 and Nicole Todd a 120. The Trojans were two strokes better than Forest Hills Northern to hold onto third place in the league on Tuesday, at Railside. Hamilton made a big jump, tying Hastings on the day. The Sailors finished off a perfect league season with a 179. Hastings and Hamilton both shot 195, with the Saxons taking second place on Kourtney Meredith’s number five score of 52. TK was fourth at 214, followed by Forest Hills Northern 216, Byron Center 220, and Wayland 238. Leep fired a 45 Monday to lead the Saxons. Kloosterman shot a 49, Hooten 50, and Buehler 51. “We’re always thinking about it,” Krueger said of next year. “South only played one of their seniors last night, and if they had not played that senior we would have been within three shots of them.” Martin shot a 47 to lead TK at Railside. Klunder shot a 53, Chamberlin 54, and Erin King a 60. Last Wednesday at Egypt Valley, Hastings was second to South Christian once again. The Sailors shot a 174, to Hastings’ 204. Hamilton was third at 221, followed by Forest Hills Northern 222, TK 224, Byron Center 225, and Wayland 245. Leep had a 46 for Hastings. Hooten added a 51, Kloosterman 53, and Buehler a 54. Martin led TK with a 49. Chamberlin and Klunder both shot 56, and Todd added a 63. It was a busy week for Hastings, which also took part in the Jenison Invitational Friday at the Meadows. Behind Leep for the Saxons, Buehler shot a 97, Hooten 100, and Meredith a 108. That earned the Saxons a sixth place finish, with a 399. East Kentwood won the event with a 352, and Forest Hills Central was sec- TK pulls out tight dual with Hamilton for its first victory The Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ tennis team picked up a victory last Wednesday which should provide the team some momentum heading into this Saturday’s O-K Gold Conference tournament hosted by South Christian. TK knocked off the Hawkeyes in Hamilton 5-3, to score their first conference victory of the season. The Trojans picked up a pair of singles wins against the Hawkeyes. Cory Jewett won at number one for TK, coming from behind. He fell 1-6 in the opening set, and came back for a 7-5, 6-4 victory in the next two over Austin Breuker. Cade Dammen also scored a win, at fourth singles, topping Austin Essenbrug 6-0, 6-1. Jewett wasn’t the only Trojan singles player to go three sets. Ken Hoag lost a tough 67(4), 6-4, 6-2 decision against Ryan Lubbers at third singles. TK’s number one doubles team took an extremely close victory to help the team seal its overall win. Kyle Ellsworth and Josh Steensma topped the Hawkeye pair of Casey Brewer and Ryan Overhiser 5-7, 6-4, 7-5. It was also a tight victory for the Trojan four doubles team of Seth VanKuiken and Rocky VanZegeren, which won 6-4, 7-5. The Trojans’ Colin Texter and Tyler Postma at second doubles had a little bit easier of a time, winning 6-1, 6-2. TK ends the conference regular season with a record of 1-5. The Saxons picked up a win to finish third in their pool at Saturday’s Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational, but that was the only win they would manage on the day. Hastings started things off with a 25-15, 25-23 win over Comstock, but was then downed 25-21, 25-12 by Hackett Catholic Central, and 25-16, 26-13 by the hosts from Lakeview. That moved the Saxons into the bronze pool, for all the third-place pool teams, where best of five-game matches were played. There the Saxons were downed 25-15, 25-20, Some uncommon errors cost the Maple Valley varsity volleyball team in their dual with the league leading Kalamazoo Christian Comets Wednesday night. The Lions came out and stole game one 2522, but then saw the Comets come back to win the next three games 25-13, 25-15, 25-21. Lion head coach Bill Brenton could point to four errors in game two, uncharacteristic errors that led the Comets start their comeback. If those four points come off the Comets’ score and land on the Lions’, it’s a much different ball game. “Our kids played really well,” said Brenton. “That’s the best team in the conference, and we know we can beat them.” “We’ve only played together for two weeks, and we’re making some mistakes that we’ll iron out.” At times the Lions did a great job of working together, especially up front with the duo of Bailey Flower and Jen Kent blocking the Comet attack. Flower led the team with six blocks on the night. Kent played a big part in Flower getting many of those blocks, as the Comets tried to avoid her and went after Flower. Flower and Kent weren’t just big blockers for the Lions, they joined Dani Christensen to make up a solid attacking trio. Kent led the team with 14 kills, and Flower had 12. “Bailey Flower is just coming into her own. She’s an offensive threat,” Brenton said. “We didn’t expect that out of her. We expect her to be a blocking machine, and she is.” The Lions once again struggled with their service game a bit, but that didn’t have anything to do with Lauren Pierce. Pierce was a perfect 20-for-20 from the service line, with a pair of aces. She also had 25 assists against Kalamazoo Christian. Ashley Gonser led Maple Valley with 17 digs. The Comets improved to 4-0 in the league with the win, while the Lions are now 2-2 in the KVA. Maple Valley has another big conference dual scheduled for this Wednesday, at Galesburg-Augusta. Saturday they’ll be a part of the Harper Creek tournament. “Our schedule is going to be good for us,” Brenton said. “It’s going to get us in the mood to play good teams.” 25-20 by Harper Creek and 25-13, 25-17, 1525, 25-17 by Galesburg-Augusta. “I moved some players to different positions on Saturday and they did pretty good,” said Hastings’ head coach Krista Sheldon. “The more they get used to the new spots the better we will be.” Ashley Eerdmans led Hastings in kills for the day with 25, to go along with eight aces. Kayla Vogel finished the day with 11 kills, nine aces, and three blocks. Hannah Wood had 52 assists during the tournament run, and Brittany Hickey contributed 24 kills, seven blocks and three aces. Hastings also got seven assists and five aces from Jen Ratliff. In O-K Gold Conference action, the Saxons were downed by Wayland 25-21, 2521, 25-8. Wood led Hastings in assists with six. Hickey had two kills, one block, and one ace. Ratliff had four kills. 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South Christian had the top four individual averages over the course of the conference season, led by Jackie DeBoer’s nine-hole average of 40.4, and had five all-conference performers. Hastings had two all-conference golfers and two all-conference honorable mention scorers. The league wrapped up its season Monday and Tuesday. The league’s 18-hole tournament at the Meadows was Monday, and the conference season ended with a rescheduled jamboree at Railside Tuesday afternoon. The Saxons were second to the Sailors at each, earning their second-place finish in the league. “I’m very happy with second place,” said Saxon head coach Bruce Krueger. “It’s better than I expected pre-season. We met their goals for continuous improvement, and always having four competitive scores.” Montana Leep, who was joined by team- �Page 20 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons have lone team left in the playoff chase by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Last week was a rough one for the five Barry County varsity football teams. All five schools suffered conference losses. Hastings and Lakewood fell to league leaders, greatly dimming their chances of chasing down a conference championship this season. Without a five-win play-off point miracle for Delton Kellogg or Lakewood, Hastings is the only country team that can truly say that its play-off hopes are still alive. Wayland showed the Saxons last week that it is clearly the favorite in the O-K Gold Conference, and now Hastings must find a way to win two in three tries the rest of the way to get to three wins. Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher said that his team is trying to be more focused on Thornapple Kellogg than any of its post-season hopes. “We try to keep it to a minimum,” Rademacher said of talk about a play-off appearance. “If we don’t get this one this week, it’s going to make the next two weeks that much harder.” Friday night the Saxons host Thornapple Maple Valley’s Tory Roberts defends quarterback Deven Meade from oncoming Panther defensive lineman Cody Roberts during the Lions loss Friday night at Parchment. (Photo by Art Frith) well coached football team.” Lakewood heads down the road for its first league battle with Portland in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. It will be another tough league battle for the Vikings. The Raiders knocked off Lansing Catholic in their meeting, and held the Williamston offense which scored 40 points against Lakewood to just seven in a one-point loss to the Hornets early in the conference season. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 2-4 4-2 2-4 1-5 0-6 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Wayland 34, Hastings 21 It wasn’t the end of the game. It was only the beginning of the end for the Saxons at Wayland Wednesday night when Wayland running back Mike Martin raced 66 yards on the final play of the first half to score a gohead touchdown. His scamper put his team up 20-15 at the half, and the Wildcats kept their O-K Gold Conference record perfect with a 34-21 victory. The Saxon engine had been building steam throughout the first half. Darrell Slaughter scored on a one-yard run with 22 seconds left in the first half. The extra-point put Hastings up 15-14 at that point. After the ensuing kick-off, Hastings even pushed the Wildcats backward. “On the second to last play we sacked their quarterback,” said Hastings head coach Fred Rademacher. But the Wildcats didn’t let the half end there. “With two seconds left Martin ran a draw. We had him boxed in, and he beat all 11 of our guys pretty much all on his own,” Rademacher said. Martin finished the night with four touchdown runs. He had a 45-yarder for the first score of the game, in the first quarter then added a 12-yard TD run before the end of the period. In the fourth quarter, Martin tacked on the Wildcats’ final points on a 13-yard run. He had 248 yards rushing in the game, on 20 carries. Still, Rademacher was pleased with his defense for the most part. “They just got some big plays on us,” he said. “Martin is as good a high school back as you’re going to see.” Josh Jevicks made a couple big plays for the Saxon defense, intercepting two passes. The first set the Saxons up in position to go The Saxons’ Trent Brisboe fights to hold on to Wayland running back Mike Martin as he leaps into the end zone during the first quarter of the Wildcats’ 34-21 victory. (Photo by Dan Goggins) 04537564 Kellogg for homecoming. The Trojans are one of two O-K Gold Conference teams who are still winless on the season. Forest Hills Northern is the other. The Saxons close the season against South Christian and Holland Christian. Friday’s game in Hastings is one of two homecoming games on the slate for this week. Maple Valley will host Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central for homecoming too. “Homecoming is always an important game for us,” Maple Valley head coach Guenther Mittelstaedt said. “We expect to have a good crowd and we want to put forth our best effort. “I still believe we can do it.” Hackett and Maple Valley are both 1-3 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) so far this season, but the Fighting Irish have a pair of non-conference wins as well. Delton Kellogg is another team with a 1-3 KVA record. The Panthers will look for win number two in the league this Friday night when they play host to the green and gold Panthers from Pennfield. Pennfield is 4-2 overall, with its only two losses to Kalamazoo Christian and Constantine who are a combined 11-1 on the year and both ranked in the top ten in the state in Division 6. “Pennfield’s always tough,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. “They’ve got 50 kids on the team, as usual. They’re just a for their first score, which came on a one-yard run by Garrett Harris. The two-point conversion tied the game at eight early on. Slaughter would add a second touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter, for the Saxons’ final score of the night. He rushed 25 times in the game for 134 yards to lead the Hastings attack. “We were able to run the ball between the tackles. We had productivity out of, really, four running backs,” Rademacher said. Those backs were helped out by the fine play of left tackle T.J. Hoffman and right guard Nick Peck who both had a strong night up front for the Saxons. The Saxon offense just didn’t get enough chances to catch up in the second half. Wayland whittled down the clock with its ground game, getting big plays when it needed them. Casey Satler finished off a Wildcat drive early in the fourth quarter with a two-yard TD run that put his team in front by two scores at 27-15. The Saxons had a pass picked off by the Wildcats in the end zone late, as they tried to battle back from that deficit. Olivet 32, Delton Kellogg 14 Steven Scoby had the biggest play of the night, a 66-yard touchdown run that pulled the Delton Kellogg varsity football team to within six points of Olivet at the half Friday night. But the Eagles didn’t need long plays like that to score a 32-14 victory over the Panthers. A steady offensive attack led the way for the Eagles. Kevin Boehmer had three short touchdown runs for Olivet, and Richard Halstead had two, to propel the Eagles to victory. The Delton Kellogg defense didn’t give up any big plays, but didn’t make any big plays of its own that would have ended Eagle scoring drives. “We just struggled stopping them all night,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas. “They didn’t have any big plays.” “We just had trouble stopping the run off tackle. It’s been a struggle for us all year.” Halstead scored the only touchdown of the opening quarter, on a 14-yard run. That scoring drive didn’t cover much more than 20 yards after the Panthers fumbled the opening kickoff. Kirk Wolschleger tied things up at seven for the Panthers with a 14-yard scoring run early in the second quarter, with the help of Scoby’s extra-point kick. Boehmer added a nine-yard scoring run and Halstead a one-yard scoring run, in the second quarter as Olivet built a 20-7 lead before Scoby’s long scoring run. Boehmer added a two-yard TD run in the third quarter to up his team’s lead to 26-14, then Halstead closed out the scoring with a three-yard run in the fourth quarter. The Eagle defense on the other hand was able to stall Delton Kellogg drives, and the Panthers did move the ball. Delton Kellogg outrushed the Eagles 232 to 202 on the night, and the Panthers had 54 passing yards to the Eagles’ 50. The Panthers ran 53 offensive plays to the Eagles’ 42. Scoby paced the Delton Kellogg offense with 13 rushes for 113 yards. Scoby also had eight tackles. Brennan Smith led the DK defense with 14 tackles. Parchment 29, Maple Valley 8 For one of the few times in his coaching career, Maple Valley football coach Guenther Mittelstaedt saw his Lions dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage in a 29-8 loss to Parchment. Statistics tell the story as Maple Valley had only 98 yards of total offense, 38 on the ground. Parchment finished with a total of 351 total yards with 229 coming on the ground. DeOntat’e Phillips did the bulk of the damage for the Panthers, finishing with 137 yards on 28 carries and scored on runs of 41 yards and two yards. Danny Houser finished with 92 yards on 19 carries and scored once. He also kicked a 23 yard field goal and two extra points. The leading rusher for Maple Valley was Michael Paisley, who finished with 22 yards on eight carries. The loss drops Maple Valley’s record to 15 overall and 1-3 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. “We have to get better and we have to start playing smarter,” Mittelstaedt said. “I don’t remember ever being dominated like this on offense and defense. Parchment scored first, a five play 37-yard drive, capped off with a one yard touchdown by Houser. But the Lions came right back, with Jared Smith taking the ensuing kickoff 88 yards to score and when Deven Meade hit Kyle Fisher with a short pass in the end zone, Maple Valley actually led 8-6. But those would be the only points the Lions would score all night. When the Panthers got the ball back, it took them only four plays to recapture the lead, with Phillips breaking loose for a 41 yard touchdown. With only 32 seconds left in the first half, Parchment made it 19-8 on a 26-yard scoring pass from quarterback Seth DeHaan to Brysen Beals and a Houser extra point. Phillips made it a 26-8 game with a two yard touchdown in the third period after Houser’s extra point and Houser capped the scoring with his 23-yard field goal with just over nine minutes left in the game. “We have a lot of work to do to try to turn things around, but I have confidence in our kids. They know what we have to do. “We do have time left to turn this around but it is going to take a lot of hard work and effort to accomplish that. “I believe we have the kind of kids who are willing to put out that extra effort we need.” Williamston 40, Lakewood 14 Williamston spoiled Lakewood’s homecoming Friday night, with a 40-14 victory on Unity Field. In the first half, the Hornets acted like the end zone was their home. And they were coming. All six Williamston possessions in the first half ended in the Viking end zone, and only one had a happy ending for the Vikings. Lakewood’s Gabe Shellenbarger intercepted a pass from Williamston quarterback John Vogl in the end zone as the clock ran out in the first half. The first five Hornet drives had ended in touchdowns as they built a 34-14 half-time lead. The Vikings moved the ball a bit at times, mostly with the passing game. Williamston’s big front line prevented the Viking rushing game from really ever getting going. Kurtis Powell carried the ball 11 times for 41 yards. Many of the Vikings’ gains were wiped out by sacks. Quarterback Jesse Martin was brought down in the backfield six times on pass attempts, and three other times as he Lakewood’s Greg Forman (57) ends a punt return by Williamston’s Kyle McIntyre in the first quarter Friday night by dragging him down to the turf. (Photo by Brett Bremer) tried to run with the ball. Back-up quarterback Andrew Doane was even sacked once, and he only dropped back to pass twice late in the game. The passing game looked like it might get the job done early. The Vikings took the opening kick-off, and Martin dropped back to pass on four of his team’s first five plays. He completed two pass attempts, and ran for a first down another time, getting the Vikings to the Williamston 45-yard-line. A big run by Powell followed for a first down, but then came a pair of sacks and an incomplete pass. The Vikings wound up punting from the 50, and Williamston’s offense took over. The Hornet offense didn’t only take over possession of the football, it took over the game. Vogl threw two touchdown passes in the first half, one a 40-yard completion to Kyle McIntyre and another on a 22-yard toss to Jeremiah Johns. That second TD pass gave the Hornets a 28-0 lead with 3:25 left before the half. Vogl also had a 12-yard run for a score on the first play of the second quarter. Big senior fullback Donny Stiffler got the scoring started for the Hornets, finishing their first drive on a three-yard run. A couple big plays gave the Vikings some hope heading into the half. Martin ran a play-action pass out of the shot gun and found Justin Keller wide open in the middle of the field for a 43-yard touchdown pass with 3:06 left in the first half. Down 28-7 the Vikings’ attempted an onside kick, but it backfired. Williamston started in good field position and Vogl added a second TD run, of eight yards, with 1:41 left before the break. Keller had six catches for 115 yards on the night. Another big pass from Martin to Keller put the Vikings’ in position to get their second TD before the half. Martin took it in himself this time from eight yards out behind a solid lead block from Powell. That was the last time the Vikings would see the end zone. With the sacks added in, the Vikings had just 38 rushing yards on 35 attempts, although Powell had more going forward than that himself. Martin connected on 9-of-21 pass attempts for 141 yards. The Hornets clinched a play-off spot with the win, improving to 6-0 on the season. South Christian 35, Middleville 9 It didn’t take long for South Christian to put a damper on the Trojans’ homecoming Friday night. The Sailors scored three quick touchdowns in the opening quarter, and went on to a 35-9 victory to stay a game back of league leading Wayland in the O-K Gold Conference. The Trojans fall to 0-6 on the season, while South Christian is now 4-2 overall. Thornapple Kellogg responded well to the Sailors early onslaught, and put up nine unanswered points in the second quarter on a 23yard field goal by Kyle Bobolts and a threeyard touchdown run by James Smith. A twopoint attempt after Smith’s short touchdown run failed, and TK trailed 21-9 at the half. Turnovers again cost the Trojans. Quarterback Paul Betcher tossed two interceptions, and the Sailors also picked up a Trojan fumble in the opening quarter that helped them build their lead. South Christian scored on its opening drive, covering 60 yards, as quarterback Austin Tompkins finished the drive off with a nine-yard TD run. After a Trojan fumble, the Sailors took over near midfield, and finished off a drive with a two-yard scoring run by back Mark Heidmann. Tompkins would later toss a 30yard TD pass that put his team up 21-0 with two minutes remaining in the quarter. The Sailors weren’t perfect though. TK safety Tom Enslen made his first appearance of the season, picking off two Tompkins passes. The first one came with his team down 213, and started the Trojans on a 71-yard scoring drive that ended in their only touchdown See FOOTBALL next page The Saxons’ Darrell Slaughter runs over Wayland’s Santino DiCesare, as the Wildcat’s Kevin Farmer (88) rushes over to help out on the play Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — Page 21 Tuesday Trios Luanne’s Team 14-2; MacLeod Chiropractic 11-5; Bad Girls 11-5; SuperCrisps 11-5; Coleman Agency 10-6; Trouble 9-7; Quality Roofing 8-8; Lynn Denton Agency 4-12; CB’s 1.5-14.5; Critters 0.515.5. High Game and Series - C. Etts 150; O. Gillons 147; T. Thompson 136; T. Trumble 174; P. Cogswell 153; J. Conger 181; N. Clow 167; S. Smith 133; M. Heath 179-515; S. Vandenburg 191; A. Mack 190-537; T. Daniels 214-594; A. Norton 142; T. Franklin 151; J. Rice 144; K. Carpenter 163; L. Potter 178; S. Bernheisel 129; C. Gates 99; S. Snider 176; B. Innes 161; A. Keillor 158; L. MacLeod 139; J. White 212-515; K. Farlee 159; A. Churchill 133; M. Sears 152; R. Brummel 130; P. Ramey 165. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 11; Seebers 11; Hair Care Center 10; Nothing But Truck 9; The River 8; Eye and Ent 8; Shamrock Tavern 6. Womens Good Games and Series - L. Elliston 244-588; T. Christopher 232-585; S. Beebe 200-539; R. Murrah 180-483; P. Freeman 180-451; J. Shurlow 128-377; B. Moore 158-365; L. Friend 120-302; S. Merrill 179; D. Seeber 176; W. Barker 173; N. Potter 172; G. Otis 170; L. Yoder 160; G. Potter 156. Friday Night Mixed A N’D Signs 12; Spare Time 12; UMSU 11; We’re A Mess 11; Greasy Balls 10; Ten Pins 10; 9-N-A-Wiggle 9; Just Cuz 9; All But One 6; Oldies But Goodies 5; Michigan Outlaws 5; Whatever 5; Liquid Courage 5. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Mathis 176-503; O. Gillons 178-499; T. Phenix 163-476; S. Carlson 158-422; R. Hammontree 162-341; J. Sherman 111-287; R. Murrah 188; L. Smith 168; S. Ripley 151. Mens GooD Games and Series - K. Phenix 243-596; B. Ripley 191-542; A. Taylor 193-528; L. Porter 192-514; DJ James 211; M. Kidder 204; B. Madden 201; J. Smith 189; D. Carlson 173; T. Ramey 171; K. Matthews 155. Sunday Night Mixed FOOTBALL, continued from previous page Sandbaggers 14; Karey’s Crew 11; Michigan Outlaws 11; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 9; Wright Zone 8; Funky Bowlers 7; R&N 7; Bounty Hunters 6; Misfits 5; Sunday Snoozers 4; Straight Liners 1; Late Comers 1. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Gray 190-515; J. Rice 188-491; A. Hubbell 177-480; L. Wright 123-343; S. Vandenburg 214; K. Becker 211; A. Barton 180; V. Wright 156; K. Carr 152; J. Sevigny 147; J. Nino 134. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Kidder 192-560; N. Robbe 188-505; J. Wright 182-489; D. Wright 170-474; E. Rice 164453; C. Alexander 248; B. Hubbell 243; E. Caraway 224; J. Shoebridge 188; D. Thomas 170; N. Rich 140. Thursday Angels Allure 14-2; Fall Creek 11-5; Moore Apts. 11-5; H.C.B. 9-3; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 8-8; Hast. Bowl 7-9; Maude’s Team 5-11; Miller Farm Repair 4-12; Walldorf’s 4-8; Varney’s Const. 3-13. High Games and Series - D. McMacken 149; A. Sutton 143; D. Staines 183; D. Bartimus 208; A. Bartimus 191-546; J. Baker 138; J. Power 159; S. Day 132; D. Franks 182; N. Taylor 127; L. Kendall 132; W. Barker 155; C. Hurless 166; D. McCollum 203; L. Nichols 149; J. Moore 169; C. Nichols 195; R. Shapley 181; L. Perry 158; M. Martin 157; E. Hammontree 183; K. Covey 168; J. Wyant 159; T. Phenix 172; M. Chase 194; T. Loftus 197. Senior Citizens Team #5 14-2; Lucky Strike 12-4; Team #12 11-5; 4-B’s 9-7; King Pins 9-3*; #1 Senior 9-7; Sun Risers 9-7; Early Risers 8-8; M&M’s 6-2*; Butterfingers 5-11; Friends 511; Ward’s Friends 4-4*; Kuempel 2-14. *Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - L. Friend 122-321; J. Allen 166-443; E. Vanasse 173; B. Maker 196-481; B. Benedict 158; C. Stuart 176; R. Pitts 170-437; J. Kasinsky 119-341; E. Dunham 178-464. Good Games and Series Men - D. Edwards 179-492; D. Kiersey 191-486; R. Hart 199-524; R. Adgate 158; K. Schantz 195-493; G. Forbey 177; G. Yoder 214-538. Panthers defensive back Dillon Lepert tries to stop the Lions’ Jeff Burd from running all the way to the end zone during Friday night’s game at Parchment. (Photo by Art Frith) of the night. “We had a rough first quarter, obviously,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield, “but our guys played really strong in that second quarter. (South) came out and ran the call and capitalized on a couple key interceptions in the third quarter to kind of take the momentum.” Heidmann punched the ball into the end zone two more times for the Sailors in the third quarter to complete the game’s scoring. He rushed 18 times on the night for 115 yards. The Sailors put up 197 yards rushing as a team. That was only ten more yards than the Trojans rushed for all night. TK ran 47 times for 187 yards. Smith led the way with 19 carries for 79 yards. Betcher completed 12-of-18 pass attempts, for 136 yards. His favorite target, Andrew Gilbert, caught seven balls for 56 yards. Tompkins completed just 9-of-15 pass attempts, for 133 yards. “From a coaching standpoint, our guys really competed tonight very well,” Penfield said. Nate Jazwinski, who was named the homecoming king at half-time, was also the tackle king for the Trojans on the night with eight. Mixerettes James Process Service 13-3; NBT 10-6; Dewey’s Auto Body 9.5-6.5; Double A Cookie 8-8; Hinkles Body Shop 8-8; Kent Oil & Propane 7.5-8.5; Dean’s Dolls 7-9; Sassy Babes 7-9; Finishing Touch 6.5-9.5; Hallifax Services 3.5-12.5. Good Games and Series - V. Carr 180475; B. Hathaway 170-477; N. Goggins 178; J. Schwartz 196-534; S. Smith 155; J. Rice 187-481; N. Potter 167; K. Fowler 172-495; N. Bechtel 164; L. Hallifax-Greer 179-483; M. Rodgers 148; T. Christopher 203-546; D. James 191-488; L. Potter 190-540; A. Hamp 196-483; A. Smith 162. Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 19; Boyce Milk Hauling 14; HCB 13; TVCCU 11; Yankee Zephyr 10; JAd 10; Goodtime Pizza 10; Terminators 10. Mens High Game - J. Dale 231; D. Walden 229; G. Hause 224; L. Porter 222; D. Blakely 202; C. Steeby 201; R. O’Keefe 188; S. Wilkins 176; M. Christianson 164. Mens High Series - J. Dale 602; G. Hause 590; L. Porter 566. Womens High Game - C. O’Keefe 201; A. Walden 198. Hastings opens Gold tourney at TK today Lakewood quarterback Jesse Martin (11) gets rid of the football as he’s pulled to the ground by Williamston’s Dillon Young during Friday night’s CAAC-White Division contest. (Photo by Brett Bremer) When the Saxons take the field this afternoon in Middleville, it will have been two weeks since they scored their last goal. That last goal though did come against the team they’ll face in the first round of the OK Gold Conference boys’ soccer tournament. Hastings heads to Thornapple Kellogg to take on the Trojans, the old Trojan soccer field at 4 p.m. TK topped the Saxons in the first meeting, 6-1 at Hastings. “We’ll play better, obviously,” said Hastings head coach Brian Roderick. “The second time around is a lot easier because you learn some things the first time.” “We need to be a little more decisive on defense, and keep everybody healthy.” The Saxons are 4-10-2 overall this season so far. Hastings was downed 5-0 at Portage Northern last Thursday. “They’re just a very good team on a very small field, which they’re obviously used to,” Roderick said. Last Wednesday, the Saxons closed the conference season with a 4-0 loss at South Christian. The Sailors scored four goals in the second half to finish off the league season with a perfect 6-0 record and head into the conference tournament with a bye in the opening round as the top seed. The Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ team has set a fine pace for itself in the O-K Gold Conference so far this season, and the Trojan boys’ team picked up the pace a little as well on the second night of league duals last Wednesday. At Wayland, both Trojan teams were a perfect 2-0 on the night. Thornapple Kellogg’s girls are now the only undefeated team in the league, after scoring a 22-34 win over Hamilton and a 2729 victory over Forest Hills Northern. League duals with Byron Center and Hastings are all that remain before the league meet for the TK girls, who are now 4-0 in the conference. TK’s boys are now 2-2 in the league after topping Hamilton 23-34 and Forest Hills Northern 26-29. The Trojan boys had the top two runners in their race, with Keith Winchester taking first in 16 minutes 54 seconds and Ethan Fuller placing second in 17:41. The rest of the Trojans did just enough to keep ahead of the Huskies. Tim Etter was eighth in 19:42, J.R. LaVire 11th in 20:00, and Eric Buchanan 12th in 20:01. The Huskies had three runners in the top ten, led by Matt McSween’s third-place time of 18:03. Taylor Compton led Hamilton, with a fourth-place finish in 18:38. Wayland has the only undefeated boys’ team left in the Gold. The Wildcats scored a win over Hastings, 20-38, to get to 3-0 in the league. The undefeated Trojan girls were once again led by Allyson Winchester, who won the girls’ race between TK, the Huskies and the Hawkeyes with a time of 19:31. She was more than a minute ahead of the second-place finisher, Hamilton’s Meg Thompson (20:44). Kylie Schultz was the next runner to finish for TK, placing fourth in 20:52. She was followed by Molly Wilson (10th in 21:33), Melanie Truer (11th in 21:42), and Kelsey Webster (14th, 21:50). Forest Hills Northern’s team was paced by Nikki Keller, who was third in 20:51. In other league action Wednesday, South Christian’s girls downed Byron Center 18-43, Wayland’s girls beat Hastings 22-34, and South Christian’s boys topped Byron Center 24-31. Byron Center was slated to host the O-K Gold for another set of duals yesterday. After that, the Trojans head to the Portage Invitational next Saturday. The final set of league duals will be run at Johnson Park next Wednesday. The Trojan girls won last Saturday’s (Sept. 22) Oakridge Invitational, finishing seven points ahead of second place Whitehall. The Trojans, led by individual champ Allyson Winchester who finished in 19:14, ended up with just 46 points. Whitehall was second with 53, followed by Reeths-Puffer 73, Unity Christian 82, Mona Shores 155, Grant 166, and Muskegon 234. Truer was eighth overall for TK, finishing in 20:52. Schultz was ninth in 21:23. Webster finished 13th in 21:46, and Emma Ordway was 15th in 21:52. Allyson Winchester finished more than a minute ahead of her closest competition during the Trojans’ dual with Hamilton and Forest Hills Northern last Wednesday at Wayland. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Teen rolls his first 300 game Cody Mack, 16, rolled his first 300 game at M-66 Bowl in the M-66 Major league on Sept. 29. He finished with a 696 series with games of 300, 190 and 206. Along with his first 300 game, he also set another first with 15 strikes in a row. Mack, who attends Hastings schools, started bowling when he was 7 and previously had a 299 game in 2004. Saxon Sports Shorts JV Boys’ Soccer The Saxon junior varsity boys’ soccer team has had a fine season so far, and doing it against some tough competition. Hastings was downed by East Kentwood on Monday afternoon, 1-0. The Falcons headed in a corner kick for the lone goal of the game. The team is now 11-2-1 overall this season. JV Girls’ Golf The Hastings’ junior varsity girls’ golf team followed up its undefeated dual sched- ule with a first place finish at the O-K Gold Conference junior varsity meet winning by 18 strokes over second place Byron Center. The Saxons fired a 243 to the Bulldogs’ 261. South Christian was third with a 262, followed by Wayland 281, Hamilton 285, and Thornapple Kellogg 309. Hastings had the top two scorers on the day at Hastings Country Club. Dena Letot fired a 55, and Stephanie Glass a 56. The Saxons also got a seventh place 65 from Taylor Hammond. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4: TBA Boys Varsity TBA Boys JV 4:00 pm Boys Middle 4:00 pm Girls Middle 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. 6:30 pm Boys JV Soccer Soccer Cross Co. Cross Co. Football Football Conf. Tourn. Conf. Tourn. T-K Middle at HS T-K Middle at HS T-K HS T-K HS A A H H A A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5: 1:30pm Pep Assembly-Gym/Johnson Field (til 3:15) 5:30pm Tailgate Party sponsored by HEA 6:00pm Homecoming Parade @HHS H 6:40pm Re-naming of Johnson Field H Thornapple-Kellogg HS H 7:00pm Boys Varsity Football SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6: 8:00am Boys Varsity 9:00am Boys Varsity 9:00am Boys Middle 9:00am Girls Varsity 9:00am Girls Middle 9:00am Girls Varsity Tennis C.C. C.C. C.C. C.C. Swim Conference @ South Chr. A Portage Invitational A Allegan Invitational A Portage Invitational A Portage Invitational A Ottawa Hills Invitaional A (Changed from 10/13) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10: 4:15pm Girls 8th “A” Volley Allegan Middle H 4:15pm Girls 7th “A” Volley Allegan Middle H 4:15pm Girls 7th “B” Volley Allegan Middle H 4:15pm Girls 8th “B” Volley Allegan Middle H Jamboree at Johnson Park A 4:30pm Boys Varsity C.C. 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A A TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9: TBA TBA Jamboree at Wayland A Jamboree at Wayland A Otsego HS H Times and dates subject to change. 8:30am Homecoming Dance (8:30-11:30pm) CERC MONDAY, OCTOBER 8: 4:15pm Girls 8th “A” 4:15pm Girls 7th “A” 4:15pm Girls 7th “B” 4:15pm Girls 8th “B” 5:00pm Girls Fresh 6:00pm Girls JV 7:00pm Girls Varsity 4:00pm Boys Middle C.C. 4:00pm Girls Middle C.C. 6:00pm Girls Varsity Swim Boys Varsity Soccer Boys JV Soccer 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269-945-9520 Toll Free: 800-596-1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77516438 BOWLING SCORES TK girls take big strides toward perfect Gold record �Page 22 — Thursday, October 4, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Outside the KVA, Lion girls finish ahead of DK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It was a fine first for the Maple Valley varsity girls’ cross country team on Thursday at the Lakewood Invitational. The Lions ladies didn’t finish first, that honor went to the DeWitt girls and the DeWitt boys, but they did finish ahead of the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) rivals from Delton Kellogg for the first time this season. “This is the kind of race we want to take to the KVA next week and se if we can move up a little bit,” said Lion head coach Robb Rosin. Maple Valley’s girls were third overall, in a seven-team field, behind the champions from DeWitt and the hosts from Lakewood. Delton Kellogg was fifth, although the Panthers were without exchange-student Mari Sandnes who was their number one runner at each of the first two league jamborees and without junior Lauren Knollenberg. “We weren’t at 100-percent, but the kids still ran well,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Dale Grimes. “The ones that were here.” DeWitt finished the girls’ race with just 37 points. Lakewood was second with 69, followed by Maple Valley 84, Charlotte 89, Delton Kellogg 104, and Hart 132. Muskegon was also a part of the meet, but did not earn a team score on the girls’ side. “With the competition here, I figured fifth,” said Rosin. “We had six girls PR, but not just PRs we’re talking by about a minute.” Kaytlin Furlong led the way for Maple Valley with a 13th-place time of 22 minutes 10 seconds. The Lions had two medallists (top 15). Randi Vinson was 14th in 22:14. Behind those two for Maple Valley, Kayla Shaw was 18th in 22:52, Lauren Trumble 19th in 23:00, and Erin Shoemaker 20th in 23:19. Every Lion runner but Erin Shoemaker, including Megan Shoemaker and Amanda Erwin, had PRs. “Everybody that knows this course says this is not traditionally a fast course, and our kids today even said that they don’t normally do well here,” Rosin said. Delton Kellogg also had two medallists, with Mandy Dye finishing 11th in 21:58 and Rachael Williams 12th in 22:00. Behind the Panthers’ top two, Taylor Hennessey was 21st in 23:20, Shawn Schut 30th in 24:20, and Jill Newton 32nd in 24:26. Charlotte had three girls finish in the top six, but the Orioles fourth and fifth runners The Panthers’ Mandy Dye makes her way down the home stretch at Thursday’s Lakewood Invitational, just ahead of teammate Rachael Williams. (Photo by Brett Bremer) finished in the 40s. Ashley Hamilton led the Orioles with her second-place time of 20:28. The host Vikings’ Jessika Blackport cruised to victory in the girl’s race, finishing the course in 20:18.9. It was her best time of the year so far. DeWitt’s Sarah Murdoch was third, and then a crowd of Panthers came across the finish line in seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth places. Behind Blackport for the second-place Vikings, Ashley Pifer was fifth in 21:21, Brittany Raffler 16th in 22:30, Britnee Barta 22nd in 23:20, and Alyssa Bauer 26th in 24:09. Lakewood’s boys quickly gathered around the scorer’s table after their race, looking to see if they were able to finish ahead of the DeWitt Panthers. After their run, they weren’t quite ready for the math yet, but they knew it was close. “I was kind of surprised when I looked at the board up here and it looked like we may have done it,” said Viking head coach Jim Hassett, who was busy doing all the behind the scenes things it takes to put an invitational together for much of the afternoon. The Viking boys were close, but not close enough to their old conference rivals. DeWitt finished with 36 points, and Lakewood 44. Hart was third in the meet with 95 points, followed by Delton Kellogg 98, Maple Valley 131, Charlotte 141, and Muskegon 160. All five of DeWitt’s top boys finished in the medals, led by Alec Womboldt who won the race in 16:45. The Vikings’ number one, Dan Schasser, was half a minute back in second place with a final time of 17:16. Lakewood’s top five runners on the boys’ side matched DeWitt, by taking five medals. Billy Quint was eighth in 18:15. Tucker Seese was 13th in 18:40. Miguel Martinez finished 15th in 18:51. There were big gaps between the first three boys across the finish line. Hart’s Corey DuMonte was third in 17:51. Maple Valley’s boys’ team had three PRs Thursday, by Adam Cook, Matt Hamilton, and Kaleb Root. The Lions were without their top runner, Joe Benedict. Hamilton led the way, placing 11th in 18:34. Cook was 19th in 19:23, Root 25th in 19:30, Josh Perkins 33rd in 20:09, and Austin French 43rd in 22:50. Delton Kellogg had two medallists. Morgan Hennessey was ninth in 18:17 and Nick Rendon was 12th in 18:39. Behind them for Delton Kellogg, Mark Loveland was 21st in 19:25, Brandon Humphreys 24th in 19:30, and Michael DeWaters 32nd in 20:07. Lakewood’s Jessika Blackport leads a pair of Orioles through the woods Thursday. Blackport won the girls’ race with a time of 20 minutes 18.9 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Wildcats outrun Saxons at Wayland Delton Kellogg’s Mark Loveland (right) and Brandon Humphreys work their way up a small hill during last Thursday’s Lakewood Invitational. The Delton Kellogg boys placed fourth in a seven-team field. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Celebrate the SAXON SPIRIT with a PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5TH by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer The Hastings Saxon boys’ and girls’ cross country teams both fell behind the Wayland Wildcats during the Wayland jamboree last week. Hastings’ boys lost to Wayland 38 – 20 giving them with a 2-1 win-loss record for the league season thus far. Hastings’ girls were defeated 34- 22 leaving them with 0-3 for the season. Saxon senior Ryan Bosma was an early leader in the race but dropped behind Wayland’s Eddie Seymour about half way through the race. Seymour was first across the finish line in 17:13. Bosma held off Neal White of Wayland until the last 50 meters of the race of when White surged forward and took second in 17:20 leaving him to finish third in 17:21. Wayland’s Rafael Nelson was fourth in 17:35 followed by Hastings’ Troy Dailey in 17:51. Chase Burgess (18:02) and Dusty Prescott (18:14) of Wayland finished sixth and seventh followed by Dane Schils of Hastings in eighth in (18:30). Also scoring for Hastings were Kevin Armstrong finishing 10th in 19:14 and Travis Moore 12th in 19:18. In the girls’ race Saxon front-runner Lauren Anderson was pulled out of the race after the first mile by Hastings’ coach Jamie Dixon when it became apparent that Anderson was in pain after aggravating a knee problem. Saxon rookie Nicole Frantz took the lead for Hastings but finished fourth in 22:24 behind Kelsey Sterkenberg of Wayland in first place in 20:58, Alex Forsyth of Wayland, second in 21:20, and Melissa Russo of Wayland, third in 21:32. Stephanie DeYoung of Wayland slipped into fifth place in 22:51 followed by a pack of Saxons Molly Smith, sixth in 23:34, Alaina Case, seventh in 23:40, Katie Ponsetto, eighth in 23:51 and Leanne Dinges, ninth in 23:58. Jenny LaJoye, Hastings sixth runner finished tenth in 24:23 ahead of Wayland’s fifth runner Sheena White who finished 11th in 24:56. While Dixon said the scores weren’t exactly what he wanted to see last week, he did see some things he liked. “It was nice to see our teams ‘racing’ and not just going through the motions,” he said. “The girls were in a nice tight pack, I just need to get that pack running a little faster so that are splitting teams up better. “I believe Wayland knew they were in a race (last week). We did not roll over for them because they started the season out running fast,” he added. Wayland’s Neal White (right) begins to overtake the Saxons’ Ryan Bosma as they near the finish line during last Wednesday’s jamboree hosted by the Wildcats. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, the HEA (your Hastings Area School Teachers) are sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Middleville, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field. SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! 77516706 A pack of Saxons sticks together for a bit during last Wednesday’s O-K Gold Conference duals at Wayland Union High School. From left are Leanne Dinges, Alaina Case (in back almost hidden) Jenny LaJoye, Molly Smith, and Katie Ponsetto. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-10-11.pdf 5a92ea78c484bd9c451ba657f1e79533 PDF Text Text Taste of Home attracts 600 attendants Travel Michigan and help plan our future Hastings High School celebrates Homecoming See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 41 NEWS BRIEFS Training Bytes to begin tomorrow “Training Bytes,” a trademarked program designed to help participants achieve communication excellence, will hold its first session tomorrow, Oct. 12. This year’s workshops will be held in the Hastings City Bank community room, in the lower level of the bank at 150 W. Court St. in Hastings. This three-part lunch-and-learn series of Leadership Barry County is sponsored by Hastings City Bank and Kellogg Community College. Sessions will be held on the second Friday of October, November and December from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sessions 2 and 3 will follow in 2008. Leadership Barry County Professional Development series presents these programs to help participants increase learn effective communication. Tomorrow’s program, “Listen Up!” will focus on listening for effectiveness. For ticket availability, call Jennifer Richards at 945-0526. The cost is $25 per session. The Nov. 9 session, “Speak Up,” will stress developing effective communication skills. And the final session for 2007 on Dec. 14 will be titled “So, How am I Doing?” This session assists participants in giving and taking feedback. Groups join to offer color tour Two local groups are joining efforts to bring a one-of-a-kind color tour to the area. The Charlton Park Gas and Steam Engine Club and the Barry County Steam, Gas, and Antique Machinery Association will jointly host a fall color tour, beginning at Charlton Park Saturday, Oct. 13, at 9:30 a.m. Tractors pulling the park’s tram carts will take sightseers from Charlton Park to Nashville’s Good Time Pizza for lunch, and then return to the park as part of an old-fashioned slow-paced rural entourage. The 20-mile trip will take about four hours and is free. Guests must pay for their own lunch. Reservations to take part in this special seonal ride are open to the first 40 people who call. To reserve a spot or to learn more about the tour, call the Park at (269) 945-3775. Whitetails Unlimited tickets available The Thornapple Valley chapter of Whitetails Unlimited, a national nonprofit conservation organization, will hold a fundraising banquet Saturday, Oct. 27, at the MiddleVilla Inn in Middleville. Social hour will begin at 5 p.m.; dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The evening’s events also will include an auction, door prizes, sporting equipment displays, and limited-edition wildlife and outdoor art sales. Half of the proceeds will go toward local projects involving whitetail deer and their habitat. Tickets must be purchased by Oct. 23 and are available by calling Mike Bagley at (269) 948-7566, the national headquarters at (800) 274-5471 or online at www.whitetailsunlimited.com. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Halloween event at Charlton Park The annual “All Hallows Eve” celebration will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Historic Charlton See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, October 11, 2007 Hubka pushing for recall over well, septic inspections by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Efforts by Johnstown Township resident George Hubka to recall Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick are proceeding through the county clerk’s office. Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith said that petitions containing approximately 850 signatures were turned in to her office Oct. 4. “We have about 50 pages of signatures,” she said. “Now we will proceed with the job of verifying enough signatures to warrant a recall election.” Smith said Hubka must have 733 valid signatures in order for the county to schedule a recall election. “If enough signatures are verified, the next step in the process will be for Mr. VanNortwick to have an opportunity to challenge any of the signatures,” she said. If Hubka survives the challenge, a recall election would be scheduled for Jan. 15, Smith said. VanNortwick said last week that he has been told by several people who were approached by Hubka that Hubka misrepre- sented the facts in his attempts to get them to sign the petition. “I have talked to a number of people who said that Mr. Hubka told them a recall election would not cost them anything,” VanNortwick said. “Well, that is just ridiculous. Of course a recall election would be costly.” Michigan, however, has moved up the date for its primary election and the recall election likely would be held as part of that Jan. 15 election. “I am up for re-election next year, and it would seem to me that the logical thing for Mr. Hubka to do would be to wait for the general election and either run against me or support a candidate to run against me.” Smith said she has been in contact with the state bureau of elections and was told if VanNortwick wishes to challenge the signatures on the basis of misrepresentation of information he must do so through the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office. In the last general election, VanNortwick ran a successful campaign against thenJeff VanNortwick George Hubka See RECALL, page 6 County hires manager to oversee jail renovation by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Board of Commissioners voted to offer the position of project manager for the sheriff’s department renovation project to Scott Hull. In this position, Hull will be responsible for overseeing the project, which is expected to take at least a year, according to Commissioner Mark Englerth. “The jail is approximately 35 years old,” Englerth said, “although there are sections which may be newer. There are a lot of problem areas which need to be addressed immediately.” Englerth said such issues as asbestos, defective pipes, and holes in the ceiling precipitated the decision to begin the project. “There is a laundry list of things which need immediate attention,” he said. “We have beds which are not anchored securely and other safety-related problems which affect not only the men and women who are secured in the facility, but the staff as well.” Hull will be paid a monthly fee of $2,500 at a rate of $40 per hour, with an average of 15 hours per week over a 50-week period of time. As part of the agreement, Hull will be expected to obtain all necessary permits and provide detailed written or verbal progress reports on a bi-weekly basis for all phases of the project. In other action taken by the board during its regularly scheduled meeting, commissioners: • Approved spending up to $2,000 from the Data Processing Fund to send four employees of the sheriff’s department to Dodge City, Kansas, to conduct a site visit for the potential purchase of record-management software. Michael Brown, county administrator, told the commissioners the proposed software would enable deputies to write and compile reports in a more timely manner and would help manage the entire facility in a more efficient way. • Voted to approve the budget amendment for the Hastings City/Barry County Airport. The original 2007 budget proposed a total expense amount of $116,900. The amendment will increase that expense budget to $187,020. At the same time, total revenue is expected to surpass the original budget amount of $119,850. The total revenue by year’s end is projected to be $166,340. • Approved the Agreement for Economic Development Services with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce for five years, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, and expiring Dec. 31, 2012. As part of the agreement, the county will pay $89,000 annually to the Chamber. • Approved the Housing Resource Fund Application, which will allocate $150,000 for target areas of the City of Hastings and $100,000 for target areas in the Village of Middleville. Money from the Housing Resource Fund is used to help provide affordable housing for low- to moderate-income residents and to assist in rehabilitation projects in the areas specified. • Set a public hearing for the proposed 2008 county budget during the regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. City approves tax abatement by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council approved a policy at Monday night’s meeting that sets the standard for tax abatement agreements for Hastings businesses. Two public hearings also were scheduled for abatement requests. The approved policy, officially PA 328, offers companies 100 percent tax abatement for six years on personal property for major projects. At the Sept. 24, meeting, City Council members addressed tax abatements under, PA 198, which grants companies 50 percent tax abatements for real and personal property for 12 years for minor projects. For major projects, companies can get tax abatements under both 198 and 328. Major projects, by definition, are those that create more than 20 jobs. Manufacturing companies are eligible for these tax abatements, whether they own or lease a facility. Community Development Director John Hart said he expects only one or two companies a year to apply for the abatements. After a request was made by Viking Corporation President Mike Bosma, the Council scheduled a public hearing during the Oct. 22 City Council meeting, regarding a tax abatement on new equipment under PA 328. A second public hearing was set for the Oct. 22 meeting regarding Tri-Clor Inc.’s application for tax abatements under PA 198. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the See COUNCIL, page 2 Contractor charges that license rumors are bordering on slander by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Rob Lee, owner of Craig Electric, has come under fire in recent months amid charges that he is working without a license. Lee, who is currently the construction superintendent overseeing work at the Barry County Jail, said this week that he has heard the charges and has contacted an attorney to see if he has any basis for a slander suit. “I have heard these charges for a while,” Lee said, “and they are absolutely ridiculous. When you live in a relatively small community like this, there are other contractors who resent the fact that we will do work for less cost.” Lee said that two master electricians are working at the job site and that everyone on the job meets state requirements. “In fact, we exceed the state minimum requirements,” Lee said. “I think this is the result of a little bit of jealousy. When you are busy, you tend to draw attention. We are not doing one thing wrong.” Lee added that the licensing question has been looked into and addressed by Barry County Administrator Michael Brown. “When I first heard these rumors, I wanted to know if I was doing anything wrong,” Lee said. “If I was doing something wrong, I wanted to know. I was assured that everything is above-board and legal. “That is the way I conduct my business, and that is the way I live my life. I am a public official (Rutland Township Trustee) and that sort of puts me in the spotlight. So I am very careful to make sure I am doing everything right. “If I had been doing something wrong, do you think I would have been able to pull licenses on a regular basis for so many years?” Lee asked. “I thought this issue had been resolved months ago, and it is coming up again. I have been in contact with my attorney because I think it is now bordering on slander.” Hastings crowns its 2007 Homecoming royalty Hastings High School named Ellie Devroy and Ryan Cain its 2007 Homecoming King and Queen during a ceremony at Friday night’s home football contest. The Saxons knocked off the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans on the gridiron, 40-14. More photos of the 2007 Hastings Homecoming celebration can be found on the back page of this edition of the Hastings Banner. (Photo by Dan Goggins) �Page 2 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Park. The fright-free event, designed for visitors of all ages, will include trick-ortreating through the village, where guests can sample old-fashioned candies and treats, enjoy a glass of fresh cider, take a hayride, and children can paint a tiny pumpkin. Judges will be on hand to view costumes and choose winners in a variety of categories and to determine winners in the jacko-lanter contest. Tickets may be purchased in advance or at the gate on Oct. 27, for $3 each. For further information, call the park at (269) 945-3775 or visit the Web site at www.charltonpark.org. The park is located at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, just north of M-79, between Hastings and Nashville. N.J., and with London’s Royal Academy of Music. She majored in music at Central Michigan University and is active in the choir at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hastings. In late June and early July, the Lakewood Area Choral society cruised through Canada’s Maritime Provinces, singing both aboard ship and on land. For this cruise, participating members learned the Canadian national anthem, as well as other pieces geared to Canadian and ship-board audiences. The Society will perform some of the same works for the hometown audience at its Oct. 14 concert, along with old favorites, such as “It is Well With My Soul” and “He Never Failed Me Yet.” Robbe will be the featured soloist in Schubert’s “The Omnipotence.” Barry CROP Walk celebrates 25th Band hosting craft show in Middleville The Barry County CROP Hunger Walk will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, beginning and ending at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. Registration will start at 1 p.m., and walkers will gather for a prayer and send-off at 1:45 p.m. Walkers of all ages and faiths are welcome. Organizers have set a goal of $17,000 and 150 walkers. The year marks the 25th anniversary of the Barry County CROP Walk, led by cocoordinators Nolan and Joan Hudson. As a one-time gesture, 200 free red T-shirts will be given to walkers to celebrate the 25th milestone. The cost of the T-shirts was provided by donations from local churches. Four local food programs will benefit form the Barry County CROP Walk because 25 percent of the funds collected are used to support Love Inc. of Barry County, Good Food for Freeport, Maple Valley Community Pantry Shelf and the Middleville Food Pantry. Seventy-five percent of the CROP funds go to Church World Service, sponsor of the walk, to help people in more than 80 countries (including the U.S.) who are victims of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and wars. For more information, please call (517) 852-1821. The annual Thornapple Kellogg High School band will hold its annual fall craft show at the high school this Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s sale will feature crafts, bake sale and concessions. Vendors are still needed. Anyone interested in hosting a booth or in need of further information about the show should call Wendy Taylor at (269) 945-5392 or e-mail tkbandbooster@hotmail.com Admission to the show is free. Everyone should enter through the athletic lobby at the high school, which is located west of Middleville, at the intersection of Bender and Green Lake roads (West Main Street). Signs will be posted. Hastings soloist to be featured Hastings resident Deborah Robbe will be one of six featured soloists to in a seasonending concert by the Lakewood Area Choral Society Sunday, Oct. 14. The concert will close out the choral society’s 22nd season and will feature pieces performed in various venues this past year. Robbe trained at Flushing High School and participated in summer pograms at Westminster choir college in Princeton, Charlton Park topic of ILR luncheon Local historian Esther Walton will be the featured speaker for the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) luncheon Friday, Oct. 19, at noon in Charlton Park’s Upjohn House. Walton has a master’s degree in the History of Houses and is associated with the National Register of Buildings in Michigan. She will conduct a tour of the buildings in the Village and will tell their stories. Walton has some 40 years of research in Barry County history and will share her extensive knowledge. ILR representatives say this is a beautiful time of year to visit the park, and the tour will be made easier by use of the park’s tram. The buffet-style luncheon will be catered by Heart's Desire of Hastings at a cost of $8.50 per person. For further information, call RJ at (269) 795-2042 or Mary at (269) 945-9479. Oct. 18 County Forum addresses consumer protection, state taxes The next County Forum will address the lack of legislation protecting consumers and the outcry regarding Michigan taxes. The forum, formerly the First Friday Forum series, will be at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, 328 South Jefferson, at the corner of Green and Jefferson streets, in Hastings, Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. Many state residents are unaware that protections created for them as consumers by the legislature were taken away by the Michigan Supreme Court, said David Brinkert, vicechairman of the Barry County Democratic Executive Committee. He also said he hears “loud and persistent cries” that Michigan is overtaxed, that spending needs to be cut, and that government “must learn to live within its means.” Attorney Steve Lehto and former legislator Lynn Jondahl will address these issues and talk about the current budget crisis within the State. Lehto is a practicing consumer protection attorney in Royal Oak. He is a past chair of the consumer law section of the state bar and an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law where he teaches, among other things, consumer protection. Jondahl currently serves as executive director of the Michigan Prospect for Renewed Citizenship. He served 22 years as a state representative from East Lansing. For 12 years, he chaired the House Taxation Committee and played a key role in many taxation issues, especially those focused on education-finance reform. Guests are encouraged to bring questions regarding consumer protection and concerns about the state budget crisis. Light refreshments will be served at the hall. The forum, hosted by Brinkert, will be sponsored by the Barry County Democratic Executive Committee. For questions regarding the County Forum, call Brinkert at the at (269) 672-5541 or (269) 672-5503. Strand accepts position as Middleville village manager by Patricia Johns Staff Writer After narrowing the search and interviewing four candidates, the Middleville Village Council decided Saturday, Oct. 6, to offer George Strand the position of village manager. Once the background, reference and credit checks are completed and Strand has cleared the required medical exam, his starting date will be set. His annual salary will be $55,000. Working on the budget for 2008 and negotiating a contract will be among his first tasks. Strand has 23 years of experience as a manager with communities having populations between 1,851 and 53,364. Most recently he was manager of the Village of Homer, where he assisted in the approval of a $1.3 million downtown and linear park project. He also worked with an architectural firm on renovation of the village hall and has experience with budget creation and negotiating union contracts. Before going to Homer in 2004, Strand was city manager for Battle Creek from December 2001 to June 2003. There he worked on a strategic-planning process and other studies. He served as city manager of Lapeer from 1989 to December 2001. His proudest accomplishment while there, he said, was the construction of the award-winning City of Lapeer Community Center. Previous to Lapeer he was city manager for Otsego from January 1982 to February 1989. At the time of his interview Saturday, he also was being considered for a manager’s position in Cassapolis. Strand graduated from Western Michigan University with a bachelor of science degree in public administration in 1979. He received his master’s of public administration degree from WMU in 1981. He has taken classes with the Institute for Executive Leadership and at the University of Michigan. He has two children who live in Battle Creek. Also interviewed on Saturday were Julius Suchy, Jill Eyer and John McCurtain. Eileen Wilson-Benson from Findlay, Ohio, also had been scheduled for an interview but did not appear. George Strand All four candidates answered 24 questions presented by consultant Robert Hamilton. These questions touched on issues deemed important to the Village of Middleville from why the job in Middleville was attractive to the applicant’s proudest accomplishment and worst mistake. Suchy was praised for his enthusiasm and excellent credentials and references. Unfortunately, he is finishing a master’s program at Grand Valley State University and would not have been able to start full time until December. In addition, he had no budget experience, which was deemed one of the current pressing needs for the village. Council president Lon Myers asked Hamilton be sure to tell Suchy that council members were very impressed by him and that Myers anticipates Suchy has a bright future. Eyer had been manager in Douglas and had worked in communities on the East Coast before returning to Michigan to be closer to her parents. Council member Phil VanNoord said he was impressed with her past experience and calm management style. McCurtain was considered by several of the council members to be capable of bringing necessary qualities to the position. He had been manager in Speedway, the aptly named community where the Indianapolis Speedway is located. McCurtain said he was drawn to the position in Middleville because of its “Cool Cities” designation, walkable community, and other attractions. He said he would look to plan future growth and that he saw working with the schools as a positive relationship. He told the council that his 12-year-old adopted daughter loved animals and wanted to raise a goat. The village does not permit the keeping of farm animals within its boundaries. Because of this, if hired, he said he would look for a home within the Middleville ZIP code, but not within the village. During his interview, Strand told the council that he would find lodging within the village. He rents an apartment in Battle Creek because he has two children live there with their mother. He has visitation every other weekend and two days during the week. One reason he was interested in the position in Middleville, he said, was that it is closer to Battle Creek than Cassapolis is. The commute from Middleville to see his children thus would be shorter. The village cannot require that employees live within the village limits. Myers explained to all the candidates it was helpful for the village manager to participate in village events and to live nearby, in case of emergencies. In comparing McCurtain and Strand, council members said they were impressed with McCurtain’s forthright responses but were concerned that his answers were not as expansive as those given by Strand. Also, Strand’s experience working with other downtown development authorities and his grant-writing successes were both considered advantageous. Following discussion, members of the council authorized Hamilton to offer the position to Stand, contingent upon his passing the aforementioned screenings. COUNCIL, continued from page 1 Hastings Harvest Festival brings an interesting mix of animals to town Gilly the Gecko, AKA Larissa Tolan of Critters Pet and Supply in Hastings, met Leigh Ann Curtis’s llama at Saturday’s Hastings Harvest Festival. The llama and other farm friends were part of a 4-H petting zoo set up at the pet store. The city was filled with tractors, pumpkins, scarecrows and horse-drawn wagons. The courthouse lawn was filled with produce, apples and crafts. (Photo by Helen Mudry) Council: • Heard a proclamation from Mayor Robert May declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Hastings, recognizing the work of Green Gables Haven and those it has helped. “Spanning centuries, cultures, and continents, domestic violence is a tragic epidemic that has devastating effects on countless men, women and children,” said May. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2005 Uniform Crime Report indicated that of the 1,342 known intimate partner homicides in the U.S. approximately 78 percent were female victims, he added. The Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center, in 2005, identified 58 intimate-partner homicides and 70,665 domestic violence offenses. Since its opening in April 2004 until this past Aug. 31, Green Gables had served 598 women and children. The City of Hastings is committed to taking a firm position against domestic violence and will remain focused on ensuring that men, women and children are safe in their homes and abusers are held accountable for their crimes, said May. “Domestic Violence Month,” he added, “provides an excellent opportunity for citizens to learn more about domestic violence issues and to show support for the numerous organizations and individuals who are providing advocacy efforts, services and assistance to domestic violence victims, specifically, Green Gables Haven.” • Received a report from City Manager Jeff Mansfield regarding the old water works building. • Considered a request for Right of First Refusal from Lauren Stienman to purchase the old water works building. • Approved an expenditure of $7,125 by the Airport Board for land acquisition as requested by the Airport Commission. The new land would allow for maintenance and safety of the area. The cost of the land, totaling about 30 acres, will be about $80,000. • Adopted a resolution to amend the 2007/2008 budget for the library project as recommended by the Library Board. The amendment was needed because construction of the new library came in under budget. Hastings Mayor Bob May gives a proclamation declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month to Green Gables Haven Executive Director Janie Bergeron. • Approved and adopted the Comprehensive Community Plan as recommended by the Planning Commission at its Oct. 1, meeting. • Heard the first reading of an ordinance, reducing required street width under certain conditions. The more narrow streets would allow “residential development within the City that more closely matches development styles used in the past. Such development typically allowed smaller, denser lots, and houses that were closer to each other and to the street.” • Adopted a resolution adding the cities of Lowell and Belding to the Articles of Incorporation of the Grand Valley Metropolitan Council. • Approved the Mayor’s appointment of Jack Raffett to the Charlton Park Village and Museum Board. • Approved and authorized the Mayor and Clerk to sign a parking space lease agreement, through March 31, 2008, with Allan Bannerman and Richard Jousma for one space each. • Awarded a bid for street trees to Blair Landscaping, not to exceed $11,815. • Scheduled a special workshop meeting to hear the annual audit report at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in City Hall. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 3 Taste of Home attracts 600 attendants The unusually hot October weather wasn’t a deterrent for the more than 600 people who packed the Barry Expo Center during the Taste of Home Cooking School presentation with Dana Elliott. Vicky Jiles (left) and Sallie Moriarty prepare their Pampered Chef table for the Taste of Home show last Thursday. A Taste of Home Cooking School culinary specialist makes an almond crumble twist while two lucky show attendants watch from a front-row seat they won through a prize drawing. Elaine Benner prepares food for one of 11 recipes used during the Taste of Home Cooking School demonstration. More than 600 people crowded into the Barry Expo Center Thursday, Oct. 4, to see Taste of Home Cooking School Culinary Specialist Dana Elliott make 11 recipes from a Taste of Home cookbook. Dozens of vendors set up booths in one half of the Expo Center. Hundreds of people made their way around the booths, seeing what the vendors had to offer and sampling the many choices of free food. Vendors included cosmetic specialists, jewelry sales, local food stores, area clothing and houseware stores, and restaurants. After making the rounds and collecting free goodies, guests made themselves comfortable for the two-hour cooking school demonstration. Some of the recipes Elliott demonstrated were almond crumble twist, tropical bran muffins, smoky sweet pepper shrimp and chocolate-dipped brownie bites. Elisa Jackson of So Simply in Lake Odessa displays her homewares for the show preceding the Taste of Home Cooking School Thursday, Oct. 4. One audience member receives a bag of groceries from volunteer Tracey Harris. More than 90 prizes from local vendors were given out at the show. These ladies were among more than 600 people who attended the Taste of Home Cooking School at the Barry Expo Center Thursday, Oct. 4. A Taste of Home cookbook was among many items in the gift bag they received for the show. �Page 4 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner “Blood money” is collected by local Friend of the Court IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV One place is good, two is even better To the Editor: This letter is in response to the letter of last week, “Historical Society Supports Charlton Park Millage.” I hope people will support the millage and that Charlton Park will be able to stay also. I would like to add some important information to this letter. I, and others felt it necessary to let the people of Barry County, know that Historic Bowens Mills is still here, alive and well, preserving history for future generations to learn from and enjoy. You are encouraged to visit bowensmills.com for more information. In last week’s letter it stated “There is not another historical village such as ours within a hundred miles.” This is not true. Bowens Mills is just 19.6 miles from Charlton Park and has the following for your pleasure and education for the children: 1. The Bowens Mills state historic site is the only existing water-powered grist and cider mill in Michigan. The mill and Bowens House are both on their original sites and are fully restored. “The Moe School” is Barry County’s oldest one-room school, along with the “Plank House,” built in the 1840’s, which is no doubt Barry County’s oldest surviving home. Both buildings have been moved to Historic Bowens Mills’ ground and fully restored also. Ten other buildings have also been brought in or reconstructed. 2. The re-creation of the “Village Lattice Covered Bridge,” which crossed the Thornapple River in Middleville, is also enjoyed by all. 3. A post-and-beam barn home to Belgian draft horses. 4. A 17-foot water wheel supplies the water power to run the mill. 5. “Ye Ole Craft Shoppe” an artisans woodworking and coopers shop. 6. “The Gathering Place” a huge gambrel roof building for social events, meetings, performances, and beautiful weddings. 7. You will also see the “Fork River Trading Post” and the “Cabin Trading Post.” 8. A great time for the children and all camera fans, horses, sheep, a lama, chickens, and a pure white peacock. 9. Horse drawn wagon rides for all. Yes, let’s all vote to keep Charlton Park in the November election. I was always taught that if one wonderful place to visit is good, then two wonderful places is better. Take advantage of both places. You’ll learn more, enjoy more and return to both more. Virginia Alles, Middleville Tell the whole story To the Editor: Far as I can see the Banner isn’t telling the whole story by not reporting Barb Cichy’s complete response to board chair Michael Callton? Why wasn’t it. Why is the paper only covering part of the story? Second, why would a newspaper reporter toto local establishment and have some beverages after a commissioners meeting. This goes to public perception or transparency. I personally called Fred Jacobs to complain. He said he didn’t have a problem with it, because it has been that way for 150 years and he checked the information before it goes to the paper. Maybe Fred needs to go to hear the whole story. As to the park, the county has had 20 years to prove itself. The county must think the taxpayers have deep pockets and never run out of money as the economy gets worse and people lose their homes and people lose their jobs and things only getting worse day by day and the state is going to shut down and the federal government don’t have a budget yet either. It tells me no more taxes or new taxes we can’t stand anymore and we have had enough of politicians making a lot of money and doing nothing only looking out for themselves. Vote no on any new millage or taxes and throw the bums out. Elden Shellenbarger Hastings Local women installed as club officers Three area women were installed as district officers at a recent meeting of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC). Members gathered for the Southwestern District’s 92nd annual convention in Kalamazoo. Sworn into district office were Fran Leonard of Gun Lake, president; Donna Brown of Hastings, first vice-president; and Marjory Richards of Gun Lake, treasurer. The remaining three district officers were from Grand Ledge, Charlotte and Eaton Rapids. Also attending from the Gun Lake chapter, besides Leonard and Richards, were Linda Molitor, president; Amy Smendik, vice president; Frances Mlynarchek, corresponding secretary; Jose Vogel, president of the GFWC Allegan County Federation; and general members Lola Sager, Gloria Cunningham, Judy Smith, Linda Rough, Helen Gambee, Mary Lee Shirk, Marilyn Finkbeiner, and Ruth Perino. Several members of the Hastings club also joined Brown in attendance. Also taking part in the installation were outgoing district president, Jo Ann Nehmer of Vermontville and Renee Collins of Hastings, a district Girlstown representative. The evening’s featured speaker was Dr. Diether Haenicke, president emeritus at Western Michigan University. His topic “Curious Correspondence: Letters to and from the President” was both hilarious and entertaining. Dr. Haenicke was born in Germany and has spent many years as an educator abroad and in the United States. His latest tenure was at Western, and before that at Ohio State University. He has published many letters, essays and books. A special feature during the afternoon session was the installation of the 2008-2010 officers. Members were offered breakout sessions that included networking and programming, led by Brown, brainstorming fundraising; led by Leonard, and a “Make It and Take It Craft,” led by Ruth Hokanson, of the See GFWC, page 8 To the Editor: I am writing in response to Ms. Paula Sooy’s letter of Sept. 20 entitled “Friend of the Court Does Good Job”. Ms. Sooy had written in reply to Ms. Jamie Adam’s very accurate portrayal of the Barry County Friend of the Court in her Sept. 13 letter. Ms. Sooy is correct that “they (the FOC) do their job.” The FOC’s job is, 1) to strip a child of one of their parents simply because their parents divorce; and, 2) to collect as much money from the “non-custodial” parent as they possibly can, in the form of child support, fees, created arrearages, court costs, and filing costs, plus anything else they can do to strip a parent’s income from them. Every dollar the FOC gets from a non-custodial parent is reimbursed by the federal government’s “incentive program” at a ratio of 2 to 1. That is, for every dollar collected, two are reimbursed as their “reward.” The first thing a judge does in a divorce/custody matter is to schedule a FOC conciliation meeting. The first thing a FOC conciliator does is to determine which parent is to be “custodial” and which is to be “noncustodial.” If this is not done, no federal dollars come in from that case, and the county/state will not profit from that divorce. The divorce industry in Michigan is a multibillion dollar industry. The Barry County FOC has, by state statues, many duties and obligations. Among In the very near future, due to federal budget legislation changes, cuts are finally going to be made to the FOC offices. The system that is paid to deny a child the love, care and guidance of a fit, willing and able parent, and is funded by every single taxpayer in this county and state. Circuit Court Judge James Fisher’s answer to this loss of federal revenue? As reported on the front page of the August 30 edition of the Hastings Banner, he has made a request of the Barry County Board of Commissioners for an additional $60,000 for the FOC because of “anticipated shortfalls in the Cooperative Reimbursement Program.” That program is the “blood money” that is collected by our FOC to forcibly remove a parent from the lives of their child(ren). If the Barry County Board of Commissioners is truly looking out for “the best interests” of the families and children of their constituency, they will not only deny this request, they will also remove additional funding from the FOC and require its downsizing to limit the damage the FOC can do to an already devastated family! The only way to stop this county-and-statesponsored child abuse is for The Equal Parenting Bill, House Bill 4564, to be swiftly passed by our state legislature. Phillip N. Wurm Hastings Miss America speaks in Lake Odessa by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Kaye Lani Raye Rafko-Wilson, Miss Michigan 1987 and Miss America in 1988, served as keynote speaker last week at the Ionia County Right to Life dinner held at the Ionia County Church of Christ near Lake Odessa. The first registered nurse to reign as Miss America, Rafko-Wilson has used her celebrity to focus national attention on the nursing profession, AIDS, hospice progams and critical health-care issues. She has traveled to 49 states and six countries, speaking to nurses and health-care workers. She continues to be a motivational speaker and an active hospice professional. She also serves as preident of Gabby’s Ladder, a bereavement program for children and their families. Rafko-Wilson began her talk Oct. 4, telling about a note she was given shortly after she had been crowned Miss America. The note said “God has given you a gift” and told her to give thanks every day. “Be thankful you have ears, eyes and feet because there are many who are blind, deaf and can’t walk.” Rafko-Wilson told the Lake Odessa audience that she now thinks her winning was part of a greater plan, enabling her to use her celebrity status as Miss America and experience as a registered nurse to promote life-sustaining causes and to reach youngsters and adults in their last stages of life. Throughout the year of her reign, RafkoWilson said she had encounters that weren’t on the official agenda but happened, she believes, as part of “God’s plan.” During one of her first speeches, she said she spoke of her faith and consequently received some negative comments. At the next talk, she apologized in advance if she might offend anyone when she spoke of her faith. After that speech, she again received a negative comment, not because she was speaking of her faith but for apologizing for it. After that, she said, she gave no more apologies. “God gave me the words to say to reach lost people,” she said. During her reign, Rafko-Wilson’s mother served as secretary, sorting and prioritizing all of the incoming mail. Some people just wanted an autograph, some wanted a picture, and some wanted a word of encouragement during a terminal illness. “What is heaven like?” Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. them is to investigate all relevant facts of each case, and to also inform the parties, concerning the title IV-D child support program, that “they may choose not to have the office of the friend of the court administer and enforce obligations that may be imposed in the domestic relations matter,” unless one of the parties is “required” to. The FOC has no interest in investigating all the relevant facts. Investigating takes time and effort and brings in no money. The waiver for title IV-D child support services is buried. I have never heard of a single individual in a divorce/custody matter who has been informed of the option to decline the IV-D services. That is why the FOC exists in the first place! The FOC has been correctly called by many I have spoken with as nothing more than a “money-collection agency.” The term “joint legal custody” is nothing more than a bone thrown to the non-custodial parent in an attempt to pacify him or her. Joint legal custody is not defined in Michigan law, and the FOC has no interest in enforcing it in any event. Doing so would take time and effort, and would bring in no money. The Barry County FOC has no interest in “the best interests of the child,” as they like to claim. Their interest is in keeping their own jobs, as many collection-enforcement officers are rated by how much they bring in to the system. Their only goal is to maximize the dollars brought in to the system. asked one cancer patient. She told a story of visiting a terminally ill girl who was hospitalized. A visit to the hospital was not part of her busy schedule but Rafko-Wilson insisted the visit was something she had to do. She said she brightened that young girl’s day and was able to visit other children in the oncology ward, too. “We need to prioritize. Life is about changing others’ lives. We need to not be afraid and stand up for what is right,” said Rafko-Wilson who now lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband and three children. “We need to stand up for those who can’t speak for themselves.” She refered to the 25,000 abortions in Michigan last year. “People have a right to life, from babies to natural death,” she said, adding that abortions for younger women are declining, but increasing in women 30 and older. “We’re concerned about the war in Iraq but this is the worst war in the country’s history.” Rafko-Wilson said life is a tapestry—an endless net—and the threads of lives are See AMERICA, page 8 Is the new tax a good idea? The most controversial measure in the new state budget is an expansion of sales tax on certain services such as carpet cleaning, consulting, landscaping, dating services and home sitting. Do you think taxing these services will generate the $750 million expected by the legislators or will people refrain from using those services to avoid paying the 6 percent sales tax? Pam Brown from Portland Right to Life (left) welcomes former Miss America Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson to the Ionia County Right to Life dinner. Correction: Last week’s Banner incorrectly reported that Prairieville Township Supervisor Jim Stoneburner plans to work with the Barry County Parks and Recreation Board regarding a grant to preserve land along Prairieville Creek. He actually will be working with the Prairieville Township Parks Board. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Dorothy McDonald, Middleville: “If the state really needs the money, then I think we should pay them. If we don’t raise the taxes, how will pay for what the state needs?” Darlene Jeffery, Middleville: “No, I don’t think it is necessary to have to pay taxes on services that we didn’t have to pay taxes on before.” Lyle Siegrist, Middleville: “These taxes are important because the state has got to have money to pay the bills.” Dan Kane, Middleville: “I’m not sure what services will be taxed. Will the state raise enough money through these additional taxes?” Ward Freeman, Middleville: “I don’t have a problem with the state expanding the sales tax to services as long as they don’t tax food at the supermarket.” Donna Kenyon, Middleville: “I think that this expansion of sales tax was not a good idea because the legislators were too selective. I don’t think they will raise the funds expected.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 5 Travel Michigan, experience all it has to offer, and help plan our future My wife Patti and I traveled north over the weekend to get away and hopefully view Michigan’s fall colors. Heading north up US-131, we enjoyed the beautiful summer-like temperatures in the mid-80s and the splashes of color along both highways and back roads. As we drove north, touring small towns along the way, we noticed many communities celebrating their annual harvest festivals. In fact, when we left Hastings early Saturday morning, volunteers were setting up for our own harvest event downtown. Driving through these small towns, we repeatedly noticed the number of vehicles lining the streets. These festivals seemed to serve as magnets for travelers and area citizens visiting town to enjoy the food, shopping and entertainment these events offered their communities. We stopped in town after town to take in the local flavor. In many towns we surely didn’t get the impression that the economy was impacting the community. A closer look, however, showed the true impact of Michigan’s sluggish economy. Looking down Main Street in the various towns, we saw signs reading “for rent,” “store closing,” “huge inventory reduction,” “closing after 50 years of business” and “going out for business” dotting the landscape. Michigan has so much to offer, with its beautiful lakes and streams and large tracts of state land for all its citizens and visitors to enjoy. And judging from the amount of traffic, we weren’t the only people who had planned a weekend color tour. We found most roads busy, bringing the additional traffic into these burgs to visit their, stores, restaurants and festival events. As we traveled through several communities, we weren’t looking for the crisis some towns were experiencing. We were looking for the features that set them apart from their neighbors—the small shops, restaurants, history, architecture or general location. It really helps to have a business located in the bay area right off Lake Michigan or in a town surrounded by top-quality golf courses or ski resorts. But, no matter where your town is located, you need to find what sets your community apart from others and then build on that. On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Barry Community Foundation will host its annual 400 Club Dinner at the MidleVilla in Middleville. This year’s speaker will be Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA. Schultz in his book writes about “The 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns.” As a CEO of a company whose mission, in part, is to develop business in small towns across the Midwest, Schultz is coming to Hastings to help us better understand how we can impact our success going forward. Schultz discusses in his book the clues to small-town health and prosperity; what separates the thriving towns from the struggling ones. Do the residents within a prosperous town approach their lives differently than those in a struggling town? Can struggling communities rebound, and if so, how? Questions like these have drawn me to small communities throughout Michigan and neighboring states, in an attempt to determine what makes small towns successful. Many communities seem to understand what makes them thrive, yet some of the towns are dying right before their eyes. Returning home Monday morning, we stopped in Ionia to meet with a customer. The heart of town recently underwent a downtown renovation project, putting in new streetlights, sidewalks and decorative brick pavers on main street. The only problem was that the community waited too long to spruce up its downtown, losing much of its new business to the south side of town, along M-66, among all the new “big-box” stores. Fortunately, Hastings didn’t wait for a great migration from downtown. Not too many years ago, several storefronts along State Street bore the empty, ominous look of a dying downtown. But the city stepped in, re-designing street corners and sidewalks. Existing business owners took advantage of facade-improvement Embarrassing Performance programs. New business owners took chances, signing leases and opening doors. Building on that, the city and businesses turned the corner, literally, bringing those same improvements to other businesses and streets that are vital to the heart of our town. South Jefferson Street—with the undying support of business owner Dave Jasperse—has always seemed to have a greater immunity to empty-storefront syndrome. But with recent improvements to nearly every business along it, the street has become one to show off to visitors, especially those who saw Hastings about a decade ago. Would a store like Al Fresco, completely destroyed by fire earlier this year, go forward with a plan to rebuild if our downtown had not the vitality it has now? Today, our downtown bustles; finding an empty parking spot even can be a challenge. Neighboring towns have been through similar projects. In fact, Delton is in the final weeks of its renovation. Nashville, Vermontville, Lake Odessa and Middleville have completed recent makeovers and already appear to be benefiting from the work. These physical improvements are just part of the prescription for healthy small towns. Anyone interested in small-town opportunities or who wants to learn more about how we can impact our county should attend this special meeting Oct. 20. For further information, call the Barry Community Foundation at (269) 9450526. "Some communities see things as they are and don’t see anything wrong, We need to dream of the possibilities and ask why not". —Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Northeastern Elementary students visit Saugatuck State Park I have these shirts in my closet that say "State Representative" on them. Yeah, I don’t think they’ll be seeing the light of day anytime soon. Whatever dignity was left in holding state office was squandered in the month of September. The performance of the political arm of state government is both disappointing and embarrassing. The end compromise was a hastily assembled group of half-baked ideas that had more to do with managing specialinterest groups than managing the State of Michigan. With bad process comes bad policy. And folks, the process we just went through was very, very bad. I sit on the Tax Policy Committee. Think that was a busy committee over the past several months? Nope. Neither the Income Tax Increase nor the Sales Tax Expansion received hearings. Not even one. I had figured that by virtue of being elected to the office of state representative, I’d have significant say in the policy direction of state government, especially if I sat on the relevant committees. Not exactly; and certainly not immediately. I have just two guarantees in this job. The first is the ability to introduce any law I see fit—not to get that law voted on or even a be the subject of a public hearing—just the ability to introduce it. The second guarantee is the right to vote on any law that the speaker of the house decides to allow a vote on. My rights as a state representative end there. Beyond that limited scope of authority, everything else is privilege. The leaders of the three key areas—governor’s office, house of representatives and senate—dole out that privilege as they see fit. The other 146 legislators are basically reduced to voting on the one option that those three people agree on. Earlier this year, I was part of the biggest tax code rewrite in a generation (Michigan Business Tax or MBT). It was much more consequential to the future of Michigan than the personal income tax debate. But the politics were far easier to manage. It was a highly charged political environment, but nothing like the personal tax debate. It was not my right as a state representative to have any say whatsoever in the formation of that policy. Remember, I only have the right to vote on the one option that those three key people allow to come to a vote. I was chosen by the political leadership to participate. In other words, I was given that privilege. Being a tax policy geek came in handy, for once. The difference was that the business tax code rewrite was a policy debate for the most part. There were some politics involved toward the end, but framing the main structure of the code was a legitimate policyfocused debate. Unfortunately, the income and sales tax increases were viewed as too toxic to subject to a deliberate process. The worst in government comes out when light does not penetrate the decision-making. I offer the 2007-2008 budget debate as "Exhibit A." Regardless of Lansing’s refusal to give the public a forum to register an opinion, the press gave the income tax question a significant amount of coverage. The public did use the information to send messages to Lansing. There was constant polling, tons of email/letters and even a huge fiberglass pig parked on the capitol grounds. In other words, the income tax was in play and the public knew it. That much cannot be said about the sales tax expansion to services. Originally, it was billed as a tax on discretionary services only. The final list was an eclectic group of services (many essential) whose providers had no real lobbying presence in Lansing. That’s right; I just came out and said it. If fortune tellers had had a lobbyist, they probably would have been left off the list. But I guess they should have seen it coming anyway. The most disappointing part is that the news coverage has gone for the bait. Who can resist leading the article with the newly taxed activities of palm reading, balloon-ograms and escort services. These were left in as a distraction from the real policy implications. I see three main problems with this new expansion of the sales tax. First is the practice of taxing business-tobusiness transactions. I don’t know how much a sales tax on astrology services will rake in, but I’ll bet it is not much. However, taxing security systems, janitorial services, technical and scientific consulting, office administration, warehousing and storage, refrigerated storage, packaging and document preparation will bring in hundreds of millions. In one fell swoop, the state has wiped out much of the benefit derived from the business tax code rewrite. The MBT was a needed shot in the arm for the domestic auto industry. Ironically, that industry will be among the hardest hit by the sales tax on services. The second issue is the excessive vagueness of the wording in the sales tax bill. To this day, there is a haze of confusion over precisely which services are taxed. To its credit, the Treasury Department has posted a detailed listing on the Internet, revealing its interpretation of the bill. But the bill itself should have made it clear. When I submitted a question before the vote regarding a service that was not clearly described, I was told that there would be hundreds of such situations to be answered over the coming years. Those decisions will be made by the bureaucracy and the courts. Had a public vetting process been followed, the questions would have been answered in statute. The third issue is the inconsistency of the new policy. Skiing, but not golf. Hair coloring, but not hair cuts. Investment advice, but not investment commissions. Such is the content of a hastily assembled, eclectic series of services that bear no comprehensive rationale. Now that the state has $1.4 billion more in revenue than previously expected, you’d think the appropriations process would be a lot easier. So far, I am not encouraged by what I have seen. It takes about week just to input the data of a new budget in the state computer system. And yet posturing continues as though we have all the time in the world. Well, come next November, maybe some will have all the time in the world. Small-town specialist to speak at Foundation dinner During their visit to Saugatuck State Park last week, students took from time out of their studies to enjoy the weather and some of the last days of summer. Students in Beth Stevens and Cathy Magill’s fourth grade classes inspect the sand for various plant and insect life that live on Michigan’s beaches during their trip to Saugatuck State Park last week. As part of their fourth grade Michigan Social Studies Curriculum, students in Beth Stevens and Cathy Magill’s fourth grade classes study the plant life at Saugatuck State Park. Renown author and consultant Jack Schultz will be the keynote speaker at the Barry Community Foundation’s 400 Club dinner Saturday, Oct. 20, at the MiddleVilla in Middleville. Schultz’ book, Boomtown USA: The 7 1/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns, is a guide for those looking to boost the economic health of their rural communities. CEO of a rural-development firm, Schultz says that at first, he felt like a “detective looking for clues” to answer questions regarding hometown health and prosperity. He said his feelings about what distinguishes successful towns from average communities first was a theory, then a conviction. He saw the same characteristics, none of which he would call “earth-shattering,” in the towns that were thriving. He will bring his ideas and his work to the Oct. 20 dinner. Seating is limited. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the Foundation office at (269) 9450526. Jack Schultz �Page 6 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Ruth A. Dahlman 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. Robert VanSpronsen GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Discover Grace! Sunday, Sept. 30: Sunday School 8:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. outdoors. Pig roast after worship. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Potluck and Bible Study. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday - 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Saturday PW Lake Michigan Gathering. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan HASTINGS - Ruth A. Dahlman, age 76, of Hastings, passed away October 6, 2007 at Butterworth Hospital, surrounded by her loved ones. Ruth was born October 13, 1930 in Marshall, to Carl Thomas and Gladys Wright Thomas. She attended Marshall Schools graduating in 1948. Ruth married Albert Dahlman on November 27, 1965. They resided in Hastings where Albert had a chiropractic business. Ruth worked for Hastings Public Schools for 16 years retiring in 1991. Ruth was a very active member of Grace Lutheran Church for the past 40 years where she was loved by all and the treasurer from 1970-2004. Ruth is survived by her daughter Beth (Dan Patterson) Dennie; the love of her life her grandson Dylan; sister, Betty Tucker; brothers, Jack Thomas and David Thomas both of Marshall; brother-in-law, Roger Dahlman of Spring Lake; special friend, Don Dennie and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Ruth is preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Gladys Thomas; husband, Dr. Albert Dahlman; brother, Carl Thomas Jr.; sister, Harriette Shreve; brothers-in-law Roger Bolling, Lyle Shreve, and John Tucker; sisters-in-law, Vivian Bolling and Deloris Dahlman. Ruth will be sadly missed by all that knew and loved her. She was a wonderful woman who gave everything and took little. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Michael Anton officiating. Interment Spring Lake Cemetery. Please sign the Ruth’s register book of leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com 77516881 MIDDLEVILLE - Robert “Chad” VanSpronsen, age 24, of Middleville, passed away October 6, 2007 of accidental injuries. VanSpronsen was born May 8, 1983 in Grand Rapids, the son of Bob and Mary VanSpronsen. He was raised in Middleville and attended Thornapple Kellogg Schools, graduating in 2001. He was employed at ABS Auto Action as a fleet lease lot coordinator and as a granite fabricator. He enjoyed hunting and sports. He is survived by his parents, Bob and Mary VanSpronsen; brothers, Justin, Phillip, Joseph and Camron; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil VanSpronsen and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smuker; many aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at the First Baptist Church of Middleville. Pastor Mike Stowell officiating. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to Muscular Dystrophy Association or a scholarship at Thornapple Kellogg High School. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Susan Hurless Timothy Michael Steeby HASTINGS- Susan “Jane” Hurless of Hastings passed away Monday, October 9, 2007 at Pennock Hospital at the age of 76. Daughter of John and Fern Wedmore, Susan was born on August 11, 1931 in Muncie, IN. She moved to Hastings to marry Keith Hurless on August 26, 1950. She was a good Christian woman who always went to church and was always willing to help when needed. She was hard-working, taking her first jobs at a very young age in Muncie and continued on after moving to Hastings where she worked at the area schools for many years in addition to raising her family. She also raised two of her granddaughters when her daughter Karen passed away. Music was Susan’s life. She loved to sing and play the organ, as well as, going to Lakeland, FL every year. She will be greatly missed by all of her family and friends. She is survived by her husband, Keith Hurless of Hastings; daughter, Rebecca Ann (Donald) Richardson of Canada; son, Lee J. Hurless of Dowling; grandchildren, Vanessa Hurless, Christopher Hurless, Valerie Womelsdorf, Mary Jane Moore and Annette Richardson; five great grandchildren; sisters, Rose Rutherford, Mary Vandelene and Betty Wolf; brothers, LaMont Hutchins, Johnny Wedmore, Ernest Wedmore, Henry Wedmore and Danny Wedmore. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Karen Rae Hurless; sisters, Martha Burke, Faye Tufts, Ruth Wedmore and Ruhie Wedmore; brother, Tommy Wedmore. She is at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings, where her family will receive friends on Friday October 12, 2007 from 12:00 noon until the time of service at 1:00 PM. Rev. Al Yates from Grace Wesleyan Church will officiate. Private interment will take place in Rutland Township Cemetery. For those who wish, it is suggested that memorial contributions be directed to the American Heart Association or the charity of your choice. Please sign Susan’s guest book of leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. Give a memorial that can go on forever Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. GRAND RAPIDS AND HASTINGS Timothy Michael Steeby, age 20, of Grand Rapids and Hastings, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 in Grand Rapids. He was born in Hastings November 6, 1986, the son of Michael Steeby and Kimberly (Wilkins) Erb. Tim graduated from Hastings High School in 2005. He then attended Grand Rapids Community College. Tim was an avid snowboarder in school and his passion was Art. He received his varsity letter in both golf and tennis. Tim will be sadly missed by his father, Michael (Julie) Steeby of Hastings, mother, Kimberly (Paul) Erb of Holland; brothers, Travis, Dylan, Tyler; a sister, Ashley; grandparents, Michael and Patricia Snyder of Caledonia, David and Anona Steeby of Wayland, Virginia and John Kowal of Hastings, Jill and Jack Brondyk of Grand Rapids; aunts and uncles, Carol and John Bolthouse, Donna Blue, Kathy Steeby, Lori and Bill Haselden, Bill and Stacey Aman, Colin Mead; many cousins and friends. Although we miss Tim very much, we pray that family and friends will remember the good times and learn from the bad times. Visitation will be held on Friday from 6 8pm at the Hastings First Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held Saturday October 13, 2007 at 11:00am at the Hastings First Baptist Church. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). RECALL, continued from page 1 incumbent commissioner Tom Wing. VanNortwick won by a margin of eight votes. He represents voters in Johnstown, Assyria and Baltimore townships. Hubka began his recall effort following the county commissioner’s approval of a regulation requiring an inspection of water well and septic systems before the sale of a property can be completed. VanNortwick was one of seven county commissioners who voted in favor of the regulation. Efforts to reach Hubka by phone were unsuccessful, and he did not respond to messages left on his home phone or cell phone. However, Hubka did drop off a prepared statement to the Banner. In his statement, Hubka said, “In response to an earlier phone request by a reporter from the Hastings Banner regarding the recall effort against Comm. Jeff VanNortwick of District 7, I will provide the following in writing: “In view of Fred Jacobs and the J-Ad Graphics/HastingsBanner apparent disdain/dislike of the citizens exercising the right of recall of their elected public official(s) for reasons not approved by the above parties, and the possibility of any verbal statements being misconstrued/misquoted by your reporter, I will say only that I believe the petition language requesting the recall speaks for itself and the fact that three circulators obtained in excess of the required 733 signatures in a 23-day period requires no further explanation.” At this week’s Barry County Board of Commissioners meeting, Michael Callton, chairman of the board, said Hubka’s campaign to recall VanNortwick would have no impact on the regulation. “It is a done deal,” Callton said. “The regulation is now in place, and the Barry-Eaton Health Department will be responsible for enforcement. If Mr. Hubka recalls all the members of the board, it will not change that fact.” The board voted in favor of the regulation amid the rising problem of contaminated rivers and lakes throughout Barry County and the state. This past summer, a number of Michigan beaches were forced to close because of high levels of E. coli contamination and excessive levels of arsenic in the water. According to the Michigan Department of Public Health, beaches will be closed when there is a level of 300 or more colony-forming units of E. coli per 100 milliliters. Many area lakes and streams have recorded levels more than 20 times that amount, and some Kent County lakes have shown levels of more than 27,000 colonies per 100 milliliters. While the problem of water contamination also is attributed to such sources as wildlife and farm animals, the state health department cites poorly maintained septic systems as one of the main sources. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 7 Five HHS graduates are named AP scholar winners Five graduates of Hastings High School have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program offers students the opportunity to take challenging college-level courses while still in high school, and to receive college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.4 million high school students in 16,000 secondary schools worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to merit the recognition of AP Scholar. Students took AP Exams in May 2007 after completing college-level courses at their high schools. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on student’s performance on AP exams. Two students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3.0 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students were Jason Bies and Margaret Buehl. Marriage Licenses James Willington Hutchins, Lebanon, TN and Gail Delphene Vaughn, Lebanon, TN. Jeremy Alan Billings, Hastings and Ashlee Marie Jacobs, Hastings. David Earl Perry, Middleville and Kristina Ann Neal, Middleville. Mark Gregory Smith, Bellevue and Luz Norvey Monica Hurtado-Will, Bellevue. John Joseph Reimer, Plainwell and Jane Elizabeth Scobey, Plainwell. Jose Dejesus Macias, Holland and Veronica Marie Anaya, Shelbyville. Jeremy James Brower, Hastings and Holly Michele Everly, Hastings. Jack Lee Reffett, Hastings and Audrey Kandy May Wittmeyer, Hastings. Brett Adam Williams, Nashville and Brooke Lynn Barlond, Nashville. James Philip Garnaat, Dowling and Carol Helene Rutherford, Dowling. Corey Lee Jackson, Nashville and Tiffany Renee Sparks, Nashville. Jacob Bruce Pollaski, Chase and Andrea Loran Moma, Middleville. Three students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of 3.0 or higher. The AP Scholars are Jesse Ellwood, Lindsay Karn, and Natalie Knorp. These three along with Bies and Buehl, are 2007 graduates of Hastings High School. Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP Exams. More than 1,400 institutions award a full year’s credit (sophomore standing) to students presenting a sufficient number of qualifying grades. In 2007, 37 AP Exams were offered in a wide variety of subject areas, each consisting of multiple-choice and free-response (essay or problem-solving or oral responses) questions. The College Board is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900, the association is composed of more than 5,200 schools, colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. Each year, the College Board serves 7 million students and their parents, 23,000 high schools, and 3,500 colleges through major programs and services in college admission, guidance, assessment, financial aid, enrollment, and teaching and learning. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSA/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program. Betty Fisher turns 90 Elizabeth (Betty) Fisher, formerly of Hastings, will turn 90 on November 1st. Family and friends will gather at her home in Green Valley, Arizona to help her celebrate this milestone. Betty would love to hear from her friends back in Michigan, so if you wish, please send your birthday wishes to: Betty Fisher, c/o Casa Colina, 3100 Calle Dos, Green Valley, AZ 85614. Fred Geiger to Patricia June Greenfield 85th birthday celebrate 80th celebrates Patricia June Greenfield will celebrate her 85th birthday on October 11, 2007. Happy birthday birthday to my wife, our mother, my grandFred Geiger will celebrate his 80th birthday on Oct. 16. Visits and a card shower would be appreciated at Thornapple Manor, 2700 Nashville Rd., Hastings, MI 49058, c/o Fred Geiger Rm.#1090. ma, great grandma, and our friend. We love you. Bessie Weavers will be turning 90 Come help us celebrate Bessie Weavers 90th birthday on Sunday, October 14, 12:30 p.m. following church service at the Prairieville Bible Church, M-43, Delton. Keep your friends and relatives Sellecks to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary INFORMED! Donald Mackenzie to turn 90 Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Thomas-Barnhill Edwina and Donald Thomas of Middleville are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kileen Thomas to Joel Barnhill, the son of Gerald and Linda Barnhill of Spring Lake. Kileen is a 1998 graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School and has a bachelor of science degree from Central Michigan University. She currently works for Foremost Insurance Company. Joel is a 1996 graduate of Thornapple Kellogg High School. He is currently employed with S.A. Morman & Co. The couple will be married on October 20, 2007. 50 N. M37 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-3550 Halls celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Ronald and Juanita (Medd) Hall celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on September 20, 2007. They were married on September 20, 1957 by Reverend O.P. Baugh at the Orange Methodist Church in Orange, Indiana and have since lived at their home in Hastings, Michigan for the past 50 years. They have three children: Greg (Debbie) Hall of Mattawan, Michigan, Jeff Hall (Melody) of Fishers, Indiana, and Time (Dana) Hall of Gaylord, Michigan. The Hall’s also have six grandchildren, Jennifer Luske and Stephanie Hall of Mattawan, Michigan, Ashley and Molly Hall of Fishers, Indiana, and Katie and Teague Hall of Gaylord, Michigan. Ron and Juanita recently celebrated the occasion with a long weekend vacation in South Haven, Michigan hosted by their children and grandchildren. Donald Mackenzie will be celebrating his 90th birthday Oct. 19, 2007 with family and friends on Oct. 20, 1-3 p.m. at the Free Methodist Church on N-M43. All friends and family are invited to attend this event from 13 Oct. 20, 2007. It is a surprise party. No gifts please. Dean and Mable Selleck will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on October 20, 2007. Dean and Mable (Moore) Selleck were married October 20, 1947. They have three sons, Larry (Priscilla) and Ronnie (Jean) and Randy (Robin) Selleck of Hastings. To send a card, please mail to 5400 S. M-37 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058. 77516909 OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Oct. 14 • 2 - 4 p.m. 3 BR, 1.5 BA home between Hastings and Middleville. Over 2000 sq. ft. of living space and a huge fenced back yard. Property backs up to over 150 acres of state land. A must see. $138,000 • Call Stacy 269-655-5484 OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Oct. 14 • 2 - 4 p.m. 36 Ironside Dr. City of Hastings, 3,000 sq ft brick ranch w/4 BR, 3.5 BA, 2 fireplaces, full walkout basement, 3 car garage and too much more to list. $255,000 • Lori 269-945-5334 OPEN HOUSE • Wednesday, Oct. 17 • 5 - 7 p.m. 2725 Fawn Cove 4 new homes located just west of Hastings. Priced from $139,900 to $155,900. Call Lori 269-945-5334 or the office for more information. CALL FOR MOVE-IN SPECIALS! BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Luke & Jenni Bosscher of Lowell are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter on August 2, 2007. She is welcomed home by her big sister Elyse. Leah is the granddaughter of Roger & Barb Bosscher of Lowell & Don & Deb Hall, formerly of Hastings. Great-grandparents are Mildred Hall & the late Norman Hall & Robert & Patricia Newell, all of Hastings. 77516840 Senior Living 06655119 8015 Shaw Lake Rd. Family Apartments 611 Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI Located one mile east of M-43 on Woodlawn Ave. 269-948-9363 �Page 8 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet tonight, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Freight House. The program topic will be Lakeside Cemetery, using slides/pictures of the old, the odd and the unique tombstones. The Friday night football game will be at home against Charlotte. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. at the Freight House. Don Jandernoa will be the speaker. He will recount his dramatic Pacific rescue during World War II. Don was the prime mover in the project to restore Greenview Point to its former glory and to even surpass its original blueprint. The library will be open until 5 p.m. The banquet for new inductees into the First Families of Ionia County program will be held the following week. The Tri-River Museum group will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Old Mill at Portland with Ann Rademacher as the hostess. The group will have a recess in November and December. Many of the museums are listed in the new history travel book published by the Historical Society of Michigan, underwritten by Fred Meijer with 10,000 copies for sale or for distribution to HSM members and others. They were included if they were already members of HSM. The movie at the Ionia Theater on Thursday, Oct. 18, will be “The Wonders of the Appalachians.” The following week, Oct. 25, the feature will be “Three Men and a Tenor.” These films are sponsored by the Historical Society of Ionia County, based at the Blanchard House of Ionia. The monthly flea market at the VFW Hall in Lake Odessa is coming on Oct. 12 and 13. The Home Tour, sponsored by the Woodland Women’s Study Club, is to be held on Saturday, Oct. 20. The annual bazaar and baked goods sale at the Woodland United Methodist Church will be held Saturday, Oct. 27. Hours are from 1 to 5 p.m. The Sebewa Center United Methodist Church will hold its monthly dinner Saturday, Oct. 20. The featured entree will be baked chicken. The following evening, the church will host a Half-A-Ton of Praise, a vocal quartet from Ionia. Three of the members are from the Sible family, sons of a Sible sister of the late Laura Cobb. New decorations are lining the streets of downtown Lake Odessa. For the first time, the new lamp posts are decorated with shocks of corn tied around each post, giving a nice seasonal touch. The summer plantings are still beautiful with their shades of lime-green foliage, tall spikes, tufts of tall grasses, and flowering purple petunias. The green bean season came to an end last week at Twin City Foods. The scales for weighing long trucks and semi-trailers at Caledonia Farmers Elevator, Lake Odessa branch, are back in use after being dismantled for servicing and repair. Many tractors come in every day loaded with soy beans. The beans are unloaded at the west location on the corner of Fourth Avenue and First Street. Fifth Avenue gets lots of farm-tomarket traffic these days. New at the depot complex is a patio between the Freight House and the depot. A brick border is filled with the engraved bricks that have been on display for a few months within the Freight House. Each brick represents a gift of money toward the project. Many bricks were given in memory; others are in honor of certain classes of alumni or given by a couple’s children. Many blank bricks remain in the arrangement that still can be replaced with new engraved blocks. The 13th annual Cranefest will be at Baker Sanctuary, near Bellevue, Oct. 13 and 14. The sanctuary is located on 15-Mile Road in northern Calhoun County, between T Drive North and Junction Road. Viewing is best between 4 p.m. and dusk, but the festival hours start at noon. Admission is free; parking costs $2. Programs will include Birds of Prey, BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. AMERICA, continued from page 4 77516038 “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” interwoven. “Who are we to define God’s miracles?” she asked when speaking about a quadriplegic’s quality of life. She ended her talk by reciting Robert Frost’s poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep.” Bill Kean, of Right to Life of Michigan, spoke about embryonic stem-cell research and a fear that there will be enough signatures collected to put a proposal on the ballot in 2008 to allow harvesting stem cells from cloned embryos. He urged people to make contributions to organizations running television ads opposing such proposals. Pastor Fred Lab from Ionia County Church of Christ give the opening prayer. Sen. Alan Cropsey of the 33rd District served as the emcee. Rob Pearson sang three gospel hymns in an Elvis style “Swing Down Sweet Chariot” “How Great Thou Art” and the Right to Life theme song “I Believe.” Floral arrangement door prizes were provided by Ionia Floral, Sid’s Flower Shop, Country Cupboard Floral in Portland, and Distinctive Occasions in Portland. Catering services were donated by Sue Kreiner from Taste of Heaven Catering. 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Birding for Beginners and the Benefit of Bats. The Michigan Hawking Club is one of the sponsors. Saranac’s Herbruck Poultry Ranch is said to be expanding its laying hen operation and organic egg production by adding 300,000 hens. A cracked egg is a lost egg, so the Herbrucks applied to the state for improvement of Grand River Avenue from the plant south of Saranac to Jordan Lake Road where it has direct access to the I-96 highway. The expansion would require hiring 40 additional workers. In order for eggs to be deemed organic the hens must have free-range foraging and not be confined. Additional egg processors will be needed. The price of organic eggs is higher, but stores are waiting to offer the organic eggs to customers. The direct benefit of all this is to Lake Odessa residents will be an improved road to Saranac and points west. A letter from former resident Fran (Sebastian) Bera states that at age 82 she is still flying her own plane. Next month she is to be inducted into the International Aviation Hall of Fame. An enclosed newspaper articles states that her first flying experience was at age 12 when she had a ride at the Lake Odessa Fair. For four years she saved nickels (by skipping lunch) until she had funds for her first flying lesson. She kept this secret from her parents until at age 16, she needed their written consent for her solo flight. She continued training until she had qualified for single and multi-engine aircraft, singleengine sea craft, helicopters and hot air balloons. She now holds her airline transport license. Bera writes that now, with some arthritis, the hardest part is getting into the plane! During WWII she joined a women’s parachute troop. She competed in and won the Power Puff Derby several times. This race went from coast to coast and covered four days. One of her most exciting races was from London to Victoria, British Columbia, in 1971. She still takes an exam every two years to keep her license current and has a medical exam. She still enjoys flying, even after 65 years. She has lived in San Diego for many years. She is married to Ted McLin but she retains her previous married name since she is best known in aviation circles by that name. She retired from Beechcraft in 1985. Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 October is Spinal Health Month: Yes, it’s time for a chiropractor! GFWC, continued from page 4 It’s not whether you win or lose; it’s how well you bounce back after the game. Doctors of chiropractic do more than focus on where you hurt. Their specialty is finding out why you hurt, and applying hands-on effective care that will get to the root of the problem and correct it. Maybe that’s why chiropractic care will help over 30 million people get back in the game this year. Yes, it’s time for a chiropractor. Call for your appointment today or schedule online. MACLEOD CHIROPRACTIC CENTER (269) 948-3170 www.macleodchiropracticcenter.com 77516798 327 W. Apple Street, Hastings, MI 49058 Hastings chapter. District club presidents reported on their club activities, as well as reports on Girlstown, the Michigan Education Foundation, and Bay Cliff Health Camp. Raffles were held to raise money for the GFWC Great Lakes Conference in 2009 which will be hosted by the Michigan chapter and held in Grand Rapids. Door prizes were provided by the GFWC Education Foundation. Members were shown how to access and use the online GFWC Michigan Web site, and a special memorial was held for deceased district members For information about GFWC Gun Lake Area and the GFWC Southwestern District, contact Molitor at (269) 795-3028 or Leonard at (269) 795-8731. Wife is adding to rehab challenge Dear Annie: My wife, "Alice," and I are moving to Kentucky. Alice has invited "Dottie," a close female friend, to come along for company and share the driving. When I asked what the hotel arrangements would be, Alice said we could all share a room—two double beds, of course. Here's the problem: A year ago, I entered a very costly rehab clinic to address longtime addictions to alcohol and pornography. During the month I was gone, Dottie told my wife I had made sexual advances toward her, which is completely untrue. That fact was substantiated during a polygraph disclosure to my wife at the conclusion of my stint in rehab. I have been clean and committed to recovery for over a year now, and proud of it. Alice's continued friendship with Dottie bothers me, and I choose not to have any contact with the woman. Alice's decision to invite her on our trip is confusing and irritating since she knows how I feel. It belittles my recovery and shows scant respect for me or our marriage. Recovery is challenging enough without such unnecessary hurdles. I intend to follow in our second vehicle and drive straight through to Kentucky so that I won't have to be in the car with Dottie or share a hotel room with her. Am I wrong? -Hurt in Houston Dear Houston: No, you are absolutely right. We're surprised your wife has chosen to maintain such a close relationship with Dottie, but she apparently doesn't see her as a threat to the health of her marriage. The entire situation sounds bizarre to us. You are wise not to put yourself in a compromising position. Hubby says no to the big house Dear Annie: My husband and I are having our worst argument in 43 years. My late father's last sibling recently died, leaving me a lakeside home worth millions. The home has been in the family for over 90 years, and I have wonderful memories of vacationing there as a child. I want to keep the estate and the traditions and pass them on to our children. My husband says "over his dead body." We cannot afford the upkeep on two houses. My husband wants to sell the estate, fix up our current home and generally live it up. He says we're too old to move and he never liked my extended family or their house anyway. I suggested we rent our house for the summer and stay in the big house just to see how we like it. He flatly refuses. He doesn't want the relatives, or even our own kids, to "invade" us. No one in the family can afford to buy this house from me. Selling means it would be lost forever, and I can't live with that. On the other hand, my husband says if I make him move, he'll resent me to his dying day. Can you help? -- Tormented in the Suburbs Dear Tormented: Instead of renting your current house, how about renting the family estate? Charge enough to cover the upkeep and a little more. Or, you can use the estate as collateral to borrow money to maintain it. You'll get to hang onto the house until you can make a firm decision about it, and in the meantime, you won't have relatives barging in, and your husband won't have to move. Annie’s constitutional apology Dear Annie: As you are undoubtedly about to be bombarded with thousands of letters making the following observation, I thought I should be the first in line. "Eydie in Louisville, Ky.," asked about the grammar of the phrase, "All men are created equal." In your response, you said the phrase was best known from the Constitution. No, it's not. It's from the Declaration of Independence. Good marks for grammar, but none for history. -- Patrick in Kansas Dear Patrick: We're planning to crawl into a hole. Of course it's from the Declaration of Independence, and we know this because we had to memorize it in school. We apologize to history teachers everywhere—especially ours. The beginning of dementia Dear Annie: I am a 62-year-old male who has lately noticed something, and I'm wondering if it's the start of a disease of some kind. I've become aware that I often walk down the street holding conversations with imaginary people or those from my past. On a few occasions, I've been caught red-handed by others. It's really embarrassing. What really scares me is it seems to start involuntarily. When I notice other people doing this, my first reaction is, "Who's that wacko?" I don't want to be that person. Is this the beginning of dementia? — Worried in Connecticut Dear Worried: When this happens, are you daydreaming? Are you working through a problem? Do you do this at home? Do your imaginary friends answer you? It's not unusual to talk to yourself, especially when your thoughts need sorting through, and if you do it often, it can become habitual — which is why it seems involuntary. Although this behavior might be perfectly harmless, we think you should talk to your doctor about this. You obviously are having difficulty controlling this behavior. There are tests for mental acuity that can determine whether you are having a problem that needs addressing. Feeling un-neighborly Dear Annie: Recently, a good friend of my husband moved into our neighborhood. I strongly dislike this man's wife due to several past personal affronts. My husband tells me she is eager to come by for some decorating ideas (their home is very similar to ours). I absolutely do not want that woman in my house, and I certainly don't want her copying my style. Last night, she and her husband "dropped in." I begged off with a migraine, but that's not going to work every time. I don't want to ruin my husband's friendship with the man, so how do I handle this? — Need A Way Out Dear Need Out: You don't need to be chummy with this couple, but there's no reason you cannot be civil once in a while for your husband's sake. Don't issue any invitations, but if they should suggest getting together, you might say "yes" every third time or so, and set up a date a week or two later at a restaurant or theater. You can plausibly say that your schedule is too packed to enjoy their company more often. Also suggest to your husband that he and his friend spend time together on their own. He shouldn't feel their friendship must be arranged by their wives. HIPPA has some in-roads Dear Annie: You printed a letter from a nurse who complained that HIPAA regulations barred her from speaking to family members when an elderly patient asked them not to. HIPAA is greatly misunderstood. When any person is a danger to themselves or others, family members listed as next-of-kin can be contacted to rectify such a situation. In the case of the elderly, one could also call the state program for Eldercare, usually under the auspices of the state Dept. of Health and Human Services. Someone will visit the elderly person and determine whether or not it is safe for him or her to live alone. For more information, your readers can contact the local Area Agency on Aging or Eldercare Locator (eldercare.gov) at 1-800677-1116, as well as the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (www.healthinaging.org) at 1-800-563-4916. — S.D. Schutze, RN Dear S.D. Schutze: Thanks for the clarification and resources. The problem with disclosing the medical information of older patients is not necessarily because they require help, but because they don't always want their children involved in their healthcare decisions. When the parents are of sound mind, this is annoying, but not life-threatening. It's in that gray area, where parents are beginning to show signs of slipping but are not doing anything dangerous, where problems arise. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 9 Financial FOCUS From TIME to TIME Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. About bygone deer seasons Strike a Balance Between Saving for Retirement, College A look down memory lane... by Esther M. Walton Deer hunting season is approaching again and the hunters are busy constructing their blinds and readying their equipment. Barry County, which is now known for its high population of deer, once had so few deer that hunting was not allowed. When the white settler first moved into Barry County, stories were told about going out and getting a deer any day of the week. In the Banner of 1910, Charles Wissert interviewed John Wickham, a pioneer of Barry County. Wickham told about early hunting in Barry County, first with the Indians as a boy, then as an adult. “Wickham said, “By 1861 the deer population was scarce (in Barry County) that he and his wife and their little girl provided themselves with a few sacks of flour, buckwheat flour, and pork and went into the woods at Pierson, in Mecosta County (to hunt). The people there told Mr. Wickham when he arrived that they would have to sell him a deer to take home...Mr. Wickham astonished them. During the month of November, he hunted every day but two, had 28 deer to show for the month’s work. “On Sunday afternoon, the pastor of Pierson came to visit them. During the afternoon Mr. Wickham heard a deer near the lake and seized his gun rushed out and shot it. The deer was only wounded and swam the lake. The minister hurried into a boat, overtook the animal, and cut its throat with a a jackknife, when he returned to shore, he suddenly stopped and, with a feeling of consternation, exclaimed, “Why, I killed that deer on Sunday.” As the population increased, and more farms were established and cultivated and less wooded area was available for the deer. It was reported that no deer were left in Barry County by the Civil War. In 1926, deer were so scarce in the Lower Peninsula, hunting season was closed to hunters below the Muskegon/Saginaw line. In fact, between 1926 and 1950 most Barry County residents rarely saw deer. When a successful hunter returned from hunting in the Upper Peninsula, he would drive up and down the main street or park his automobile in downtown Hastings, so everyone could see his deer. When the hunting was closed in the lower part of the peninsula, the Straits of Mackinaw was already known as a recreational area. The closing of hunting in the lower part of the state brought hunters to join the tourists in the upper parts of Michigan. Deer hunting across the Straits before the bridge was built was an epic adventure, almost as big as going abroad. And a whole new generation of hunters, who zip across the “Big Mac” bridge with hardly a passing thought to the engineering that made this possible, don’t even know how it used to be. The automobile ferry service started in 1923 with one small ship. The Ariel built in 1881, was bought by the highway department as its first ferry. This ship had a capacity of 16 to 20 vehicles and made its first trip across the Straits on Aug. 2, 1923. It took the ship about an hour to make the one-way trip, and only four round trips were made each day. This same schedule was maintained until 1928, when the Straits of Mackinac was added to the fleet, allowing hourly service during the summer months. In 1928, the ferries made a stop each trip at British Landing, Mackinac Island. The crossing time for the ferries was gradually reduced through the years. When larger boats came into the picture between 1937 and 1940, they were able to make the crossing in 45 minutes. During deer season, traffic would be so heavy that large lineups would occur because the ferries could not accommodate the sudden traffic jams. Under such condi- tions, the ferries would operate a free schedule by loading and moving across as fast as possible. The three days before the Michigan deer season began were always the days of the greatest traffic lineups, because the Upper Peninsula had become noted for its wooded area and its plentiful deer. Even with a capacity on the Mackinaw City dock allowing about 1,100 waiting vehicles, the line would extend seven or more miles along the highway, resulting in waits of six to 12 hours for a ferry. The Banner reported that 32,000 hunters at the Straits had set two new highways records in 1946. This bumper to bumper line of cars crawling to Mackinaw City backed up as far as Cheyboygan and beyond. Cars used to run out of gas in these long line and gas stations in Mackinac City installed gas line hoses long enough to reach the highway so a hunter would not lose his place in line. Locals used to walk up and down the lines selling smoked whitefish, sandwiches, hot coffee, newspapers and other such necessities to the occupants of these cars as they crawled through Mackinaw City. Automobile traffic across the Straits increased each year, forcing the highway department to expand its service until there were five ships and a total capital investment of over $15 million by 1953. By then, 9,000 cars could be transported in a 24-hour period. The Michigan State Ferry program did not operate with the intention of making a profit but rather as a service to connect the highways of Michigan. It was the decision of the highway department to keep the rates low so it would not deter people from crossing. The tolls were fixed on the basis of cost, interest and depreciation. Using this method of financing, the ferries did not pay for themselves and ran into debt each year. The toll charge for the ferries was first determined by a vehicle’s wheel-base length. When the Ariel first started, the charge, one find grants, scholarships and work-study opportunities. Many students can earn a decent amount of money at summer jobs, too. Nonetheless, you still may feel obligated to pay something toward your children's college education. But if you're going to help pay for college, be smart about it. For example, think twice before borrowing from your 401(k). Such a move will slow the growth potential of your retirement funds and it could prove costly in other ways, too. For one thing, if you leave your job, voluntarily or involuntarily, you'll need to repay your 401(k) loan completely, usually within 60 days. If you can't, the balance will be considered a taxable distribution - and you may even have to pay a 10 percent penalty on it. Instead of tapping into your 401(k), IRA or other accounts you've designated for retirement, look for other ways to help build your children's college funds. You might decide to open a Section 529 plan, which offers tax-free earnings potential, provided the money is used to pay for higher education costs. You can put whatever you can afford into a Section 529 plan, along with gifts from grandparents or other relatives. Contributions are tax-deductible in certain states for residents who participate in their own state's plan. Please note that a 529 College Savings Plan could reduce a beneficiary's ability to qualify for financial aid. You might also want to consider a Coverdell Education Savings Account, which offers another tax-advantaged way to save for college. As you already know, much of your life involves balancing acts of one type or another, so you should be able to handle one more - college for your kids against a comfortable retirement for you. By making the right moves, though, you may be able to reach an "equilibrium" that works for everyone. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones way, was $2.50 per car and up. In 1926, the fees were lowered to $2 a car and up. During the Depression, rates dropped to $1.25. In June 1953, the ferry rates were increased and passenger cars were $2, trailers $1.75. These rates included a driver; additional adult passengers were charged 35 cents, and children 10 cents. The year 1944 showed that the conservation department, which had been buying land in the Lower Peninsula during the 1930s and converting it to game area had achieved a modest success. The Banner of June 29, 1944, declared that there were 100 deer counted in Livingston County and wondered “will this happen in Barry County?” The article stated that Barry County “now has about 13,000 acres of state owned land...which is to be used for the benefits of the hunters.” Citing problems farmers were having with deer eating the crops in Allegan County, the article continued “The large increase in acreage of state-owned lands in Barry County is more than likely to bring deer into this area, and it may be that farmers will not be happy to see them.” In 1948, Barry, along with other southern Michigan counties, was open to deer hunting for the first time since 1926. The reason given was the deer herds had increased to such an extent that a problem could explode with damaging effects. It was estimated that 500 deer were in herd in Yankee Springs, Orangeville, Hope and Rutland townships. The same report cited that crop damage from the whitetails that year had been heavy. The report continued. “If the normal deer population continued to increase (by not hunting) 40 percent a year, in seven years a herd of over 6,200 could develop in the four townships. The open season was set from Nov. 15 to 30. This opening of the deer season locally, brought hunters in from afar, especially the ones who remember the waiting and long lines in Mackinaw City. Now Barry County, thanks to the lands set aside by the Department of Natural Resources, is noted for its deer population and it is possible to see deer any night at dusk in Barry County. The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 41.98 -.43 Anheuser Busch 51.57 +.87 CMS Energy Corp. 16.80 -.06 Coca-Cola Co. 57.88 -.04 Dow Chemical Co. 45.00 +.69 Exxon Mobil 92.67 +.43 Family Dollar Stores 27.31 +.42 First Financial Bancorp 13.89 +.25 Ford Motor Co. 8.32 -.25 General Motors 38.33 +1.28 Intl. Bus. Machine 118.30 -.06 JCPenney Co. 67.02 +1.13 Johnson & Johnson 66.25 +.20 Kellogg Co. 55.35 -.20 McDonald’s Corp. 57.38 +1.43 Pfizer Inc. 25.54 +.60 Semco Energy 8.00 +.09 Sears Holding 145.88 +9.91 Spartan Motors 17.14 -.51 TCF Financial 27.34 +.04 Wal-Mart Stores 45.21 +.34 Gold $743.10 +$6.80 Silver $13.58 +$.13 Dow Jones Average 14,164.53 +117.22 Volume on NYSE 1.1B -200M Area students will travel to Lansing to be “lawmakers for a day” Twenty-three youngsters from across Barry and Ionia counties will take part in special “Lawmaker for a Day” events later this month after winning the first-ever Calley Summer Reading Contest, sponsored by State Rep. Brian Calley. Area winners included: •Jessica, Alex and Daniel Fountain of Ionia • Isabella, Elenora and Mary Haskin of Lake Odessa • Heidi, Benjamin and Zechariah Olsen of Hastings • Hannah and Adriana Rood of Saranac • Jacob, Rebecca, Dan and Catherine Allessio of Nashville • Jackie Pittman of Middleville • Anna, Mike and Sarah Bassett of Delton • Anela Binkowski of Woodland • Carisa Kramer of Lyons • Ryan and Bethany Clarke of Bellevue “I want to congratulate the students for their hard work and tremendous dedication this summer,” said Calley, R-Portland. “It was so good to see such an overwhelming response to the contest. We have put together a day of fun-filled activities at the state Capitol in recognition of their accomplishments.” The winners combined to read 881 books over the summer. NOTICE NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Building Authority. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. 77516752 77516749 City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, November 5, 2007 at 7:30pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on an Ordinance regarding private communication antennas. Written comments will be received on the above at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address, The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269-945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777. Thomas E. Emery, City Clerk Notice is hereby given that the Hastings Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, November 5, 2007 at 7:30pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The purpose of the Public Hearing is for the Planning Commission to hear comments and make a determination on an Ordinance regarding storage containers in residential areas. Written comments will be received on the above at Hastings City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Requests for information and/or minutes of said hearing should be directed to the Hastings City Clerk at the same address, The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to Hastings City Clerk (telephone number 269-945-2468) or TDD call relay services 1800-649-3777. Thomas E. Emery, City Clerk 77516814 STOCKS 77516811 On Tuesday, Oct. 30, the winners will meet with Rep. Calley, take part in a mock committee hearing, get their pictures taken in the Michigan House of Representatives chambers, watch an actual session from the House gallery and get a special tour of the Capitol. Calley sponsored the contest to help retain and improve upon students’ reading skills. Elementary school students in Barry and Ionia counties picked up special contest bookmarks at all local libraries and kept track of the books they read over the summer. Another summer reading contest is planned for next year, said Calley. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2008 BARRY COUNTY BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 23, 2007 the Barry County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the 2008 County budget during the regular Board of Commissioners meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the County Courthouse at 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058. A copy of the proposed 2008 budget is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor, Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058. Debbie S. Smith, Clerk Barry County Board of Commissioners 77516821 PUBLIC NOTICE OF ACCURACY TEST Notice is hereby given that the Public Accuracy Test for the November 6, 2007 Election is scheduled for October 16 beginning at 8:15am. The test will be conducted at Hastings Charter Township Hall, 885 River Road, Hastings, MI. The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to determine the accuarcy of the program and the computer being used to tabulate the results of the election. All tabulators used for each precinct will be tested individually. The following Townships will participate in the Test: Assryia - Deb Massimino, Clerk Baltimore - Penelope Ypma, Clerk Barry - Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk Carlton - Wilma Daniels, Clerk Castleton - Lorna Wilson, Clerk Hastings Charter - Bonnie Cruttenden, Clerk Hope - Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Irving - Carol Ergang, Clerk Johnstown - June Doster, Clerk Maple Grove - Susan Butler, Clerk Orangeville - Jennifer Goy, Clerk Prairieville - Normajean Campbell-Nichols, Clerk Rutland Charter - Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Yankee Springs - Janice Lippert, Clerk 77516866 This 1915 photo of Mrs. John Crus of Hastings, shown in Northern Michigan, was used to promote hunting in the state. If you have young children, you may want them to attend college someday - and you may want to help them pay for it. At the same time, you also need to save for a comfortable retirement lifestyle. Are the two goals compatible? There's no easy answer to this question. But one thing seems clear: For many parents, saving and investing for their children's future is every bit as important - and maybe more so than saving and investing for their own. In fact, two-thirds of parents said they would postpone retirement if necessary to help pay for their children's college education, according to a survey by Alliance Bernstein Investments, Inc. Parents have good reason to believe that investing in a college education will pay off for their children: Over the course of their lifetimes, college graduates will earn, on average, about $1 million more than high school graduates, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. So, since a college education appears to be quite valuable, shouldn't you do everything you can to help pay for it? Ultimately, you'll have to weigh your potential college contributions against your need to save for your own retirement. On one hand, you'd like to help your children as much as possible; as a parent, you don't want your children saddled with enormous debts when they leave college. But on the other hand, that type of reluctance may be based more on emotion than on a sound financial strategy. After all, college graduates seem to find a way to eventually pay off their loans. Furthermore, your children may be able to The Public is invited to attend. Individuals with disabilities requireing aids or services should contact their township clerk at least five (5) days in advance of the test. �Page 10 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rodney A. Stewart, individually and as successor Trustee of the Christy D. Stewart Trust dated April 12, 1995 and Christy D. Stewart, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 6, 2005, and recorded on July 11, 2005 in instrument 1149244, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Two And 94/100 Dollars ($852,732.94), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 9: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as. Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 660.00 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 660.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 662.50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds West 1044.59 feet; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds East 337.99 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds West 946.65 feet to the North line of Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 11 seconds East 987.62 feet along the North line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 44 degrees 08 minutes 55 seconds West 1326.36 feet; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds West 58.42 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with easements and restrictions of record. Also together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities, being that part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thronapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 563.99 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 33.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 514.67 feet; thence 122.29 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet, thence North 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 291.44 feet; thence 167.33 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds East 164.90 feet; thence 97.06 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds East 96.25 feet; thence North 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East 399.33 feet; thence 334.11 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds East 315.04 feet; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 458.03 feet; thence 219.93 feet along a 50 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds East 81.24 feet, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 505.40 feet; thence 256.19 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds West 241.57 feet; thence South 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds West 399.33 feet; thence 126.57 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds West 125.52 feet; thence 128.30 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West 126.44 feet; thence South 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 00 minutes 24 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds West 73.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 651.19 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 96.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516801 File #165533F01 CARLTON TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR SEWER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT To: The Residents and Property Owners of Carlton Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Owners of Land Within the Special Assessment District No. 1 and any Other Interested Persons: PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has reported to the Township Board and filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared covering all properties within the Special Assessment District No. 1 benefited by the proposed engineering costs of a sewer project. Said assessment roll has been prepared for the purpose of assessing a portion of the costs of the engineering costs of proposed Leach and Middle Lake Sewer Project Special Assessment District as more particularly shown on the plans and estimates of costs of the Township Engineer on file with the Township Clerk at 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, Michigan within the Township, which assessment is in the total amount of $650,000.00 for Phase I. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Supervisor has further reported that the assessment against each parcel of land within said district is such relative portion of the whole sum levied against all parcels of land in said district as the benefit to such parcels bears to the total benefit to all parcels of land in said district. The proposed special assessment as shown on the roll is $2,731.00 per benefited property or $910.00 per year for three years. For further information you are invited to examine the Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board will meet at the Everafter Conference Center located at 1230 N. Michigan Avenue, Hastings, Michigan on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of reviewing said Special Assessment Roll, hearing any objections thereto, and thereafter confirming said Roll as submitted or revised or amended. Said roll may be examined at the office of the Township Clerk (at the Township Hall) during regular business hours of regular business days until the time of said hearing and may further be examined at said hearing. Appearance and protest at this hearing is required in order to appeal the amount of the special assessment to the State Tax Tribunal. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an owner, or party in interest, or his or her agent may appear in person at the hearing to protest the Special Assessment, or may file his or her appearance or protest by letter at or before the hearing, and in that event, personal appearance shall not be required. The owner or any person having an interest in the real property who protests in person or in writing at the hearing may file a written appeal of the special assessment with the State Tax Tribunal within 30 days after the confirmation of the Special Assessment Roll. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Carlton Township Board will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon reasonable notice to the Carlton Township Clerk of the need for the same at least five days prior to the aforesaid hearing. All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place to submit comments concerning the foregoing. 77516682 CARLTON TOWNSHIP Wilma Daniels, Clerk 85 Welcome Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-5990 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott N. Daining and Jayne Daining, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Novastar Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded December 17, 2003 in Instrument Number 1119449, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Forty-Six and 92/100 Dollars ($148,046.92) including interest at 11.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East 484 feet of the South 270 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West. Subject to an easement over the Easterly 33 feet and the Southerly 33 feet for public highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 402.0589 77516232 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick M. Diskin and Ladonna J. Diskin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2001, and recorded on November 21, 2001 in instrument 1070105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy And 72/100 Dollars ($122,670.72), including interest at 9.196% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one quarter of Section 2, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing 257.5 feet North of the intersection of the West line of Cobb Road and the South line of said Section 2, thence West 330 feet, thence North 132 feet, thence East 330 feet, thence South 132 feet to point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516666 File #163088F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Justin David Shotts and Samantha Shotts, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 4, 2004 and recorded March 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124082, and re-recorded to correct legal description on September 21, 2006 in Instrument No. 1170377, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three and 44/100 Dollars ($90,223.44) including interest at 5.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Nashville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 179 feet East of the Southwest corner of Lot 67, of O.A. Phillips Addition to the Village of Nashville, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence East 53 feet; thence North to Thornapple River; thence West along said River 53 feet; thence South to the beginning, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 77516222 (248) 457-1000 File No. 280.2987 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 18, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Two And 55/100 Dollars ($62,672.55), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516357 File #154162F03 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dana E. Jacobs, a Single Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for First Franklin, a Division of National City Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006, as Document Number: 1170551, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF17, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF17 by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Four Dollars and 88/100 ($78,334.88) including interest at the rate of 7.900% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 63 feet of Lots 870 and 871 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except therefrom the North 50.40 feet thereof, also the South 69 feet of Lot 871 and the South 69 feet of the East 20 feet of Lot 870 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. 328 S. Park Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: September 27, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77516321 Our File No. 194.00116 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24889-DE Estate of Rhoda Richie, Deceased. Date of birth: 12/04/1912. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Rhoda Richie, who lived at 6166 Rook Rd., Plainwell, Michigan 49080 died March 26, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against estate will be forever barred unless presented to Kenneth Ritchie, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: October 5, 2007 Stephen L. Haslett P14725 141 East Bridge Street Plainwell, MI 49080 (269) 685-9877 Kenneth Ritchie 6130 Rook Rd. Plainwell, MI 49080 77516887 (269) 672-7491 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($86,986.01), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516375 File #151389F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six And 49/100 Dollars ($136,966.49), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-of-way commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516677 File #132045F02 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24892-NC In the matter of Riley Thomas Payne, minor. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, 10/31/2007 at 10:00 a.m. at 206 W. Court St., #302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty for the following purpose: Petition for change of name. Riley Thomas Payne to Riley Thomas Schippers. Date: 09/25/2007 Jamie Nicole Schippers 14105 Healy Dr. Delton, MI 49046 77516850 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Emmons, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 29, 2005 and recorded January 19, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159105, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Thirty-One and 27/100 Dollars ($123,031.27) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Delton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 84 and 85 of Lakewood Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, on Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516712 File No. 207.8773 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen Jewett and Richard Jewett, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2007 and recorded April 23, 2007 in Instrument Number 1179652, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Five and 31/100 Dollars ($226,835.31) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: Part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section and the point of beginning; thence continuing along said line South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 523.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 268.00 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 Seconds West 523.00 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 268.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to and together with and easement of record. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities as described in Schedule X. Schedule X: Description of easement for ingress, egress and utilities: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section to the point of beginning of the centerline of a 66.00 foot wide strip of land; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 478.00 feet to reference point "A" and the point of ending of said 66.00 feet wide strip of land. Also, included in the above Easement, a 66.00 feet radius cul-de-sac the center point of which is at herein above reference point "A". Description of easement for drainage purposes: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the East one-quarter corner of said Section 29; thence South 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds East 1179.60 feet along the East Line of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 538.00 feet to the point of beginning; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 06 degrees 37 minutes 03 seconds East 10.04 Feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds West 163.34 feet; thence South 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds West 140.98 feet: thence South 45 degrees 38 minutes 37 seconds West 183.00 feet; thence North 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds West 198.18 feet; thence North 79 degrees 10 minutes 34 seconds West 114.53 feet; thence North 01 degrees 49 minutes 13 seconds West 36.78, feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 314.00 feet; thence South 44 degrees 21 minutes 23 seconds East 88.16 feet; thence North 56 degrees 26 minutes 29 seconds East 142.50 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 47 seconds East 169.03 feet; thence 10.05 feet along a 60.00 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 02 degrees 58 minutes 36 seconds West 10.04 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2205 77516179 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy L. Schoonard and Connie L. Schoonard, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 17, 2006 and recorded November 3, 2006 in Instrument Number 1172312, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Homecomings Financial LLC fka Homecomings Financial Network, Inc by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Eleven and 11/100 Dollars ($209,011.11) including interest at 9.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 544.5 feet of the East 400 feet of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 15, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof Cox Road, and over the Easterly 33 feet thereof for Guy Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 269.2246 77516212 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three And 61/100 Dollars ($136,883.61), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516842 File #141973F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd D. Young, a married man, and Jane E. Young, as to her dower rights only, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 5, 2006 and recorded September 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169707, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtySeven Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($167,273.13) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 73 of Pine Haven Estates Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 29. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516852 File No. 362.2037 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James R. Johnson and Marion L. Johnson, Husband and Wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 13, 2006 and recorded November 30, 2006 in Instrument Number 1173285, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred EightyEight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Seven and 37/100 Dollars ($288,377.37) including interest at 9.4% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land situated in the Northeast onequarter and the Northwest one-quarter of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 1, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, distant North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1969.00 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section 1; thence North 02 degrees 45 minutes 03 seconds East parallel with the West line of said Section 1 a distance of 483.15 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line 673.28 feet to the North and South one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds West along said North and South one-quarter line 42.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds East parallel with said East and West one-quarter line of Section 1 a distance of 658.47 feet to the East line of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast fraction one-quarter of said Section 1; thence South 02 degrees 20 minutes 56 seconds West along said East line 441.00 feet to said East and West one-quarter line; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 12 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 658.79 feet to the center of said Section 1; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along said East and West one-quarter line 676.32 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516201 File No. 231.6112 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICHARD T. DUMOUCHEL and RACHEL L. DUMOUCHEL, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., Mortgagee, dated October 6, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155360, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand One Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($88,001.45), including interest at 10.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 103 AND 104, BLACKMAN AND BUSH ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ALSO BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 103; THENCE WEST 5 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS; THENCE EAST 5 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 9, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77516899 Southfield, MI 48075 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24888-DE Estate of MELVIN L. BOLTON. Date of birth: 12/04/1929. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Melvin L. Bolton, who lived at 8225 S. M66, Nashville, Michigan 49073, died 02/04/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Virginia L. Bolton, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street #302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10/2/07 JUDITH C. SINGLETON P65134 117 E. MAIN ST., P.O. BOX 205 MIDDLEVILLE, MI 49333 (269) 795-9422 VIRGINIA L. BOLTON 8225 S. M66 77516848 NASHVILLE, MI 49073 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paula Delorm, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153084, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety And 43/100 Dollars ($211,890.43), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 10 of Oak Cove, a Residential Site Condominium, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in document #1035911, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516904 File #166151F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nenita Junglas, married to Norman Junglas, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139864, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers- Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust- SAIL 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Nine and 08/100 Dollars ($129,449.08) including interest at 9.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 396 feet East of the Northeast corner of Russell Street and Market Street; thence East 66 feet; thence North 189.75 feet; thence West 66 feet; thence South 189.75 feet to the place of beginning, begin part of Lot 13 of Block 62 of Village of Middleville in Section 26. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita Junglas, a married woman by deed dated 6-18-04 and recorded 7-2104 in Document Number 1131154, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita P. Glass, a single woman by deed dated 7-23-99 and recorded 728-99 in Instrument Number 1033068, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516692 File No. 209.4855 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Larry L. Walter, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 14, 2004 and recorded May 18, 2004 in Instrument Number 1127778, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four and 84/100 Dollars ($133,274.84) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of Land in the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing in the center of the highway in the Southwest corner of the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence West 8 rods to the place of beginning. Also: A parcel of Land in the South 27 acres of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the West one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 11, thence North 20 rods, thence West 8 rods, thence South 20 rods, thence East 8 rods, to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516206 File No. 362.1903 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer, husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Three Hundred Sixty one & 94/100 ($135,361.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of November, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield’s Addition to the Village, now, City of Hastings according to the recorded pat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 10/4/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 77516423 248-362-2600 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24903-DE Estate of Eileen R. Gillespie. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Eileen R. Gillespie, who lived at 3624 Elmwood Beach, Middleville, MI 49333, died January 19, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Sandra Lee Bograkos, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: October 8, 2007 John N. Pavlis (P18724) 110 W. Court St. Flint, MI 48502 (810) 238-0780 Sandra Lee Bograkos 1009 Woodside Flint, MI 48503 77516862 (810) 767-5287 Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Dave M. Haigh, a Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Delta Funding Corporation, Mortgagee, dated January 27, 2006 and recorded February 15, 2006 in Instrument #1160201 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Thirty-Two Dollars and Ninety Cents ($137,032.90) including interest 8.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East, 1325.42 feet along the South Line of said Section 4 to the centerline of Irving Road; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 629.82 feet along said centerline to the place of beginning; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West, 668.66 feet along said centerline of Irving Road to the centerline of State Highway M-37 (Middleville Road); thence South 49 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds East, 776.06 feet along said centerline of M-37, thence South 03 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds East, 116.04 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 540.36 feet to the place of beginning Subject to easement for Public Highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Irving Road. Also Subject to an easement for State Highway purposes as recorded in Liber 151, Page 311 for M-37 Commonly known as 1509 Irving Road, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the registered holders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-1, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-78568 ASAP# 903370 09/20/2007, 09/27/2007, 10/04/2007, 10/11/2007 77516191 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dawson Thurman, husband of and Toni Thurman, wife, as joint tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 9, 2004, and recorded on November 23, 2004 in instrument 1137663, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Three And 02/100 Dollars ($138,553.02), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land located in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as: Beginning at a point in the center of Leinaar Road on the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 20, which lies 1212.00 feet due East of the West 1/4 post of said Section 20; thence due East 161.62 feet to the East of the center of Banfield Road; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds East 478.00 feet; thence South 86 degrees 42 minutes 30 seconds West 450.68 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds West 407.40 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516857 File #165543F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy L. Blankenship and Cindy L. Blankenship, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 22, 2005 and recorded July 29, 2005 in Instrument Number 1150237, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Nine and 80/100 Dollars ($132,429.80) including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning at a point which is North 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 33 Seconds East 407 feet from the West one-quarter corner of said Section; thence continuing East 494.92 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 48 Seconds East 398.00 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 03 Seconds West 363.00 feet to a stake; thence continuing at the same angle West 112 feet; thence North by Northwest to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 285.2055 77516227 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda K. Marquard, a single woman and Sheila P. Standish, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 31, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2006 in instrument 1164961, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred FortySix And 15/100 Dollars ($107,646.15), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: That part of the Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 628.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.4 feet; tehnce South 89 degrees 56 minutes 13 seconds East 157.00 feet along the South line of Bernice Avenue; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 173.25 feet; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds West 157.0 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress and egress and utility purposes over a 30 foot wide strip of land, the South line of which is described as: Beginning South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section from said West 1/4 corner; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 785.00 feet to the place of beginning of said easement. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 20 foot wide strip of land the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel B; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.25 feet to the South line of Bernice Avenue and the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516470 File #164364F01 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Joint City/Township Library Board Applications will be taken to fill a 3-year term on the Library Board. They can be obtained by calling or writing the Township Hall Deadline for return is 4:00pm, November 2, 2007 Hastings Charter Township 885 River Road, Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 77516764 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Michael H. Hannan, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 19, 2004, and recorded on April 5, 2004, as Document Number: 1124730, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of May 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and 82/100 ($73,964.82) including interest at the rate of 11.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Block D of Pleasant Shores, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59 1065 Brooks Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: October 4, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 7756411 Our File No. 141.00665 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by NORMAN L. LONG, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 14, 2006, and recorded on June 29, 2006, in Document No. 1166610, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($126,925.00), including interest at 9.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of YANKEE SPRINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 8, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77516894 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 19/100 Dollars ($146,998.19), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516417 File #159178F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth C. Adgate, a single man, to Chase Home Finance LLC, successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003 and recorded February 2, 2004 in Instrument Number 1121614, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wachovia Bank, N.A.a National Banking Association by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy and 36/100 Dollars ($132,770.36) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter, Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 14 minutes 57 seconds West 1315.36 feet along the East line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 654.87 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning; thence South 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West 660.0 feet; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East 264.0 feet along the West line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter; thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds East 660.0 feet along the North line of said Southeast one-quarter, Southwest one-quarter to the Place of Beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Moe Road. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 209.4825 77516217 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24882-DE Estate of Dorothy Ward. Date of birth: 09/06/1932. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Dorothy Ward, who lived at 7645 Wolf Road, Bellevue, Michigan died 03/12/2006. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Dennis Ward, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10/4/2007 Sarah L. Reed P57130 109 W. Lovett St., P.O. Box 724 Charlotte, MI 48813 (517) 541-9883 Dennis Ward 3230 Hager Road Nashville, MI 49073 77516864 (517) 391-2830 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006 and recorded June 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165487, and Loan Modification Agreement dated 4/1/07 recorded 5/6/07 in Instrument Number 1181397, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 20066 c/o Washington Mutual by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($126,208.00) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8 of Block 13 of Samuel Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517444 File No. 362.1999 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon M. Marlette, A Married Man and Ashley A. Marlette, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 6, 2005 in instrument 1146097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Two And 49/100 Dollars ($89,122.49), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lot 12 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as: Commencing 88 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 12, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 77 feet, Thence West 4 Rods, Thence South 77 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516352 File #163923F01 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the afor mentioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated July 20, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on July 26, 2000, in Document Number 1047300, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $100,381.22, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), together with interest at 9.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on November 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN THE EAST 300 FEET OF THE SOUTH 342 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 40 FEET THEREOF. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may have in the 2000 Skyline Mobile Home, Serial NumberAC17380317NAB. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77516463 Dated: October 2, 2007 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24867-DE Estate of Donald D. Taylor. Date of birth: 10/12/1940. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Donald D. Taylor, who lived at 3910 N. M43 Hwy., Hastings, Michigan died 06/21/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Duane Taylor, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publications of this notice. Date: 10/08/2007 James M. Kinney P57750 607 N. Broadway, P.O. Box 9 Hastings, MI 49058-009 (269) 945-8000 Duane Taylor 322 W. Mill Street Hastings, MI 49058 77516879 (269) 945-5663 �Page 13 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Llyod H. Greer, a single man, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 23, 2005 and recorded April 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144663, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Six and 43/100 Dollars ($251,736.43) including interest at 9.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Spring, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit Number 6, of the Boardwalk at Gun Lake Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed thereof recorded in Instruments Number 1093588, Barry County Records, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 25, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516889 File No. 222.1081 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sammy D Cooke and Sheree A Cooke, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Financial America, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on October 12, 2006 in instrument 1171311, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Seven And 02/100 Dollars ($57,547.02), including interest at 10.63% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 1319.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16 to the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 337.70 feet along the South line of said North 1/2; thence North 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, 199.81 feet, thence North 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds East, 103.37 feet; thence North 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West, 1031.17 feet to the North line of Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 09 seconds East, 250 feet along said North Section line to the point of beginning. Together with an easement over the following described property: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 804.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 129.43 feet; thence South 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds West, 359.69 feet; for the point of beginning of said easement, and then an easement 20 feet wide, the center line of which is described as follows: thence South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds West, 199.81 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516340 File #163283F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jim Schaub, by Thelma Deloris Schaub, his attorney-in-fact, and Thelma Deloris Schaub, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2003 and recorded April 1, 2003 in Instrument # 1101307 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated May 11, 2007 and recorded June 18, 2007 in Instrument # 1181838 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred ThirtySeven Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($151,937.23) including interest 14.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West One-Half of the Northwest fractional One-Quarter of the Northeast fractional One-Quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence West 313 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 01 degrees East 495 feet; thence West 187 feet; thence North 01 degrees West 495 feet; thence East 187 feet along the North line of said Section to the place of beginning Commonly known as 5377 Brickyard Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 8, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-79871 ASAP# 914473 10/11/2007, 77516868 10/18/2007, 10/25/2007, 11/01/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert E. Jones, a single man, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 11, 2004 and recorded March 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124128, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Fifteen and 77/100 Dollars ($207,115.77) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 25, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; 659 feet to the point of beginning; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence West, 287 feet; thence South, 353 feet to the point of beginning. Including all of the land between the South 109 feet thereof and East of the centerline of the North Branch of the Thornapple River. Parcel 2: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; thence North, 659 feet; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet to the point of beginning; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River; thence in a Southwesterly Direction along the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River to a point directly East of the point of beginning; thence West, to the point of beginning; also, a parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 6 West, and being more particularly described as that part of the West 30 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16, lying East of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River. Parcel 3: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16; thence North, 1012 feet to the point of beginning; thence North, 125 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along the centerline of said river to a point due East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning; Also, that part of the Northwest onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter lying South and East of the Centerline of the North Branch of Thornapple River. The same being the Property Conveyed by Deed executed by Harley J. Hinckley and Sandra L. Hinkley, husband and wife, on 9/1/1989, as recorded on 9/1/1989 at Book/Liber 487, Page/Folio 588, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 27, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516370 File No. 213.2190 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy A Hannan, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Sand Ridge Bank, Mortgagee, dated February 19, 2003, and recorded on March 7, 2003 in instrument 1099006, and assigned by said Mortgagee to PHH Mortgage Corporation as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($55,545.38), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Malcolm's Acres, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 8 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516660 File #164217F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert L Robinson, Jr and Sandra L Robinson, husband and Wife, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 12, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166196, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($121,245.38), including interest at 7.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 60 acres of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 lying East of Highway M-66 being in Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 7 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #162145F01 77516167 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 28, 2003, by Jeffrey T. Otto and Susan M. Otto, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 2, 2003, in Document No. 1105515 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty and 75/100 Dollars ($117,920.75), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Commencing at the West _ corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89°51’22” East 2351.36 feet along the East and West _ line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00°00’00” West 733.00 feet along the North and South _ line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00°00’00” West 100.00 feet; thence South 89°51’22” West 199.39 feet; thence North 00°00’21” East 100.00 feet; thence North 89°51’22” East 199.38 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 1637 Archwood Dr., Wayland, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77516687 KZLIB:555121.1\105064-00159 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married and Shawna Allerding, non-obligor spouse/owner, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006 and recorded June 12, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165861, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven and 73/100 Dollars ($68,357.73) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 26 of Sundago Park according to the Plat thereof Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 71 of Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.2040 77516701 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Katherine K. Kittelton, A Single Woman and William D. Momenee, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 6, 2006, and recorded on February 8, 2006 in instrument 1159966, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Three And 07/100 Dollars ($95,163.07), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 18, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 7 of Guernsey Highlands, A Condominium according to the master deed recorded in Liber 636, Page 592 and the First Amendment recorded in Liber 568, Page 222, Together with rights in Common Elements and in Limited common Elements as set forth in Said master deed and described in Act 59 of the public acts of 1978, as ameneded. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #161879F01 77516174 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Dykstra and Barbara Dykstra, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on April 23, 2004 in instrument 1126298, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 96/100 Dollars ($121,910.96), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Hidden Hollow No. 1, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516718 File #165387F01 NOTICE NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Substance Abuse Board. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2007. 77516746 Thornapple Township Barry County, Michigan PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy test of the November 6, 2007 Barry County election will be conducted on October 16, 2007 at approximately 2pm in the Thornapple Township Hall, 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI. The Public Accuracy test is conducted to demonstrate that the computer program used to record and count the votes cast at the election meets the requirements of law. Susan J. Vlietstra, Thornapple Township Clerk 200 East Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333 269-795-7202 06659072 The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held October 9, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy Test for the November, 6, 2007 Election will be conducted on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00pm in the Woodland Township Hall located at 156 South Main, Woodland, Michigan. The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and the computer that will be used to tabulate the results of the election have been prepared in accordance with law. Cheryl Allen, Woodland Township Clerk 156 S. Main, Woodland, MI 48897 269-367-4915 77516883 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 14 BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 20; Boyce Milk Hauling 17; HCB 16; TVCCU 15; Goodtime Pizza 14; Yankee Zephyr 11; J-Ad 10; Terminators 10. Women’s High Games - A. Walden 193; L. Whitemon 138; B. Norris 137. Women’s High Series - A. Walden 528; B. Norris 353. Men’s High Games - S. Anger 237; K. Beebe 232; G. Hause 230; P. Scobey 214; C. Steeby 209; D. Benner 199; M. Yost 184; P. Ware 154. Men’s High Series - S. Anger 633; C. Steeby 570; P. Ware 381. Thurs. Angels Allure 15-5; Fall Creek 14-6; Moore Apts. 12-8; Hastings Bowl 11-9; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 11-9; H.C.B. 10-10; Miller Farm Repair 8-12; Maude’s Team 8-12; Walldorf’s 7-13; Varney’s Const. 4-16. High Games and Series - M. Chase 170; C. McCrackin 142; L. Nichols 131; J. Moore 159; L. Watson 191; J. Wyant 165; C. Kuhlman 169; P. Thomas 159; R. White 146; A. Varney 122; C. Shellenbarger 206-513; L. Perry 161; M. Martin 143; E. Hammontree 175; N. Taylor 168; L. Kendall 142; W. Barker 143; C. Nurenberg 189; C. Hurless 156; J. Gasper 225-627; D. Staines 193-507; D. Bartimus 204-539; A. Bartimus 182-509; J. Power 182; S. Sunken 142; B. Franks 184; M. Weiler 142; C. Cooper 179. Tuesday Trios Bad Girls 15-5; Super-Crips 14.5-5.5; Luanne’s Team 14-6; Coleman Agency 12-8; MacLeod Chiropractic 11-9; Trouble 11-9; Quality Roofing 10-10; Lynn Denton Agency 8-12; Critters 2.5-17.5; CB’s 2-18. High Game and Series - J. White 156; K. Farlee 152; A. Churchill 193; M. Kill 155; K. Carpenter 170; L. Potter 147; B. Innes 115; A. Keillor 154; L. MacLeod 145; M. Sears 195; S. Lake 115; P. Ramey 183-536; S. Bernheisel 123; C. Gates 148; S. Snider 134; S. Vandenburg 199-569; C. Mack 183-515; A. Norton 144; T. Franklin 146; J. Rice 168; L. Trumble 177; P. Cogswell 155; L. Trumble 117; D. James 159; S. Smith 140; C. Etts 125; O. Gillons 146; T. Thompson 145. Sunday Night Mixed Sandbaggers 16; Karey’s Crew 13; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 13; Michigan Outlaws 13; R&N 11; Funky Bowlers 10; Wright Zone 9; Misfits 9; Bounty Hunters 8; Sunday Snoozers 5; Straight Liners 4; Pin Chasers 3; Late Comers 1. Women’s Good Games and Series - A. MDOT seeking final comments on road-improvement program The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is giving the public a final opportunity to comment on a draft proposal that will serve as a four-year planning document for the state. After announcing a list of projects in July, MDOT is now posting the draft 2008-2011 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to the Internet and asking for final public comment until Nov. 15. Containing proposed road, bridge and transit projects for rural areas, the STIP is required under federal authorizing legislation. Most of the projects on the list are on state highways (roads with I, US and M designations). "In July, we shared our list of projects with the public and asked for comments," said Marsha Small, MDOT Statewide Planning girlfriends Unlimited Costume Party, October 12th • 7-10pm Just grab your friends, find a costume and come join us for this fun and free event. We will have lots of laughter, food, games and prizes. Contact us for more info. Country Chapel UMC 9275 S. M-37, Dowling, MI 49050 269-721-8077 email: girlfriends.ccumc@sbcglobal.net Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 14; Nothin But Truck 13; Hair Care Center 13; Seebers 12; Eye and Ent 9; The River 9; Shamrock Tavern 9. Women’s Good Games and Series - K. Becker 215-577; S. Beebe 192-538; G. Otis 180-497; B. Hathaway 179-470; L. Friend 111-289; D. Seeber 201; B. Smith 181; R. Murrah 174; L. Yoder 146; J. Pettengill 142. Friday Night Mixed A N’D Signs 15; UMSU 14; Ten Pins 13; Just Cuz 13; Spare Time 12; We’re a Mess 11; 9-N-a-Wiggle 10; Greasy Balls 10; Oldies But Goodies 9; Michigan Outlaws 9; Whatever 9; Liquid Courage 6; All But One 6. Women’s Good Games and Series - S. Vandenburg 231-641; P. Ramey 175-492; M. Mathis 179-485; S. Carlson 172-474; R. Hammontree 164-423; N. Taylor 140-371; J. Sherman 113-296; T. Bush 167; B. West 166; B. Vugteveen 149. Men’s Good Games and Series - K. Phenix 247-626; B. Taylor 211-600; M. Eaton 214-590; A. Taylor 202-584; L. Porter 196565; J. SMith 185-535; M. Albert 182-485; T. Ramey 172-484; B. Dennison 157-412; H. Pennington 223; A. Rhodes 219; B. Ripley 201; M. Kidder 199. Senior Citizens Team #5 16-4; Lucky Strike 15-5; King Pins 13-3*; Three Gals & a Guy 13-7; 4-B’s 12-8; Early Risers 11-9; Sun Risers 11-9; #1 Senior 10-10; Butterfingers 8-12; Ward’s Friends 7-9*; M&M’s 7-5*; Friends 5-15; Kuempel 3-17. Lakewood class of 1982 to celebrate 25th class reunion The Lakewood Class of 1982 will celebrate its 25th Class Reunion on Saturday, November 3 at St. Edward’s Family Center in Lake Odessa. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with appetizers and beverages followed by a dinner buffet at 7:30. A disc jockey will provide music for the evening. Invitations with additional information will be mailed out soon. If you have updated address information for a friend or family member from the class of 1982 please contact Deanna at 616-374-8825 or Sheryl at 517-566-8461. 77516877 Ladies, Do you need a Night Out? Do you like to have fun? Then come join us for Girls Night Out. manager. "What's new is that the draft document available on the Web now includes information on the transportation planning process and costs for the 2008-2011 program." The STIP is developed by MDOT, working in cooperation with local transportation agencies. Proposed projects will be funded with a combination of federal, state and local funds. The STIP has been submitted for approval to two federal agencies. Review by the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration is done concurrently during this final public review period and MDOT expects to hear from the federal agencies no later than Nov. 30. To view the proposal, go to MDOT’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/mdot. Barton 181-521; A. Hubbell 192-519; N. Mroz 189-508; J. Rice 171-475; A. Norton 144-412; K. Farlee 161-409; K. Friddle 142374; C. Demott 139-350; H. Jordan 185; A. Churchill 165. Men’s Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 257-658; E. Bartlett 221-615; J. Smith 224-582; R. Barton 205-561; M. Kidder 224-554; R. Miner 187-511; M. Norton 156-448; E. Rice 157-446; M. Eaton 226; R. Guild 220; B. Hubbell 211; J. Shoebridge 209; S. Farlee 194; B. Churchill 190; T. Hannan 182. 77516725 PART-TIME TELLER Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA ASK A C.P.A. …… (Frequently asked questions about taxes) Independent Contractor or Employee Q. Can I save money by treating my workers as independent contractors verses employees? A. If an individual truly is an independent contractor, an employer can save payroll taxes ( FICA and Unemployment Taxes), workers compensation insurance, retirement contributions and employee benefits (health, life and disability insurance). These savings can be significant. Q. How do I qualify? A. The general rule is do “you” the payer, have the right to control or direct only the result of the work done by an independent contractor, and not the means and methods of accomplishing the result. Q. This sounds pretty easy to qualify; can’t I reclassify all my employees as independent contractors? A. While controlling only the result sounds easy, it is not as easy as it may sound. The IRS uses a 20 question test to look at the facts and circumstances in each case. They will look at items such as who provides the tools or supplies, does the individual hold himself out to the general public for services or only work for you, does the individual run the risk of loss, can the individual hire their own workers to complete the job. These are just a few of the questions used to determine if the individual is an independent contractor or employee in the eyes of the IRS. Q. I think I have someone who is on the border, what can I do to be certain I am treating the individual correctly? A. You can file form SS-8 with the IRS, and based on the answers to the questions, they will make a determination regarding independent contractor or employee. Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Hastings & Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communication skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities. EOE/M-F ® The Independent contractors verses employees are a hot and complicated issue today. Penalties for incorrectly classifying an individual can be severe. If you have questions regarding Independent Contractors, contact our office at 77516783 77511856 (269) 945-9452 *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series Ladies - S. Merrill 215-601; P. Freeman 173; Gasper 188: J. Talsma 116-329; M. Wieland 190-518; M. Kingsley 123. Good Games and Series Men - R. Boniface 177; W. Talsma 182-480; W. Birman 170-487; L. Brandt 200-568; N. Thaler 203; Saldivar 202; C. Baker 223; R. Adgate 160; W. Mallekoote 182. Mixerettes James Process Service 16-4; Double A Cookie Factory 12-8; Hinkles Body Shop 128; Kent Oil 11.5-8.5; NBT 10-10; Sassy Babes 10-10; Dewey’s Auto Body 9.5-10.5; Dean’s Dolls 8-12; The Finishing Touch 6.513.5; Hallifax Services 4.5-15.5. Good Games and Series - L. Trumble 195490; P. Fowler 170; K. Eberly 166-452; D. Snyder 183; N. Bechtel 160; S. Drake 166; S. Smith 145; D. Worm 160-451; M. Kill 180; N. Clow 213-528; E. Ulrich 172-471; L. Elliston 194; B. Hathaway 162; S. Merrill 232-553; V. Kuhtic 165-469; J. Alflen 214531; S. Nash 153. LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Lorraine Browand and Edward Browand, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded June 14, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165974, and An Affidavit of Scrivener's Error to correct the legal description was submitted for recording, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Forty-Three and 23/100 Dollars ($241,043.23) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter, Section 9, and the West fractional one-half of the Northwest one-quarter, Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of said Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 1311.26 feet along the North line, Northeast one-quarter of said Section to the West line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West 660 feet along said West line; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 526.39 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 06 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds East, 121.73 feet; thence South 09 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds West 100.61 feet; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds East 785.04 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds East 1200 feet parallel with the North line, Northwest fractional onequarter of Section 10; thence North 21 degrees 06 minutes 29 seconds West 236.30 feet along an intermediate traverse line; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 06 seconds West 1113.32 feet to the East line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast onequarter, Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 394.52 feet; thence South 01 degrees 17 minutes 35 seconds West 12.59 feet; thence North 88 degrees 42 minutes 25 seconds West 355 feet; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 33.17 feet to the place of beginning. Including or excluding all land East or West of the intermediate traverse line to the West shore of Bristol Lake on extension of the property lines. SUBJECT TO AND TOGETHER WITH a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes as described below: That part of the Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter, Section 9, and the West fractional onehalf, Northwest one-quarter, Section 10, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 9; thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes 45 seconds West 1311.28 feet along the North line, Northeast one-quarter of said Section to the West line, Northeast one-quarter Northeast one-quarter of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 14 minutes 33 seconds West 1350.92 feet along said West line to the South line, Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quar- 77516184 ter of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 55 seconds East 472.56 feet along said South line to the place of beginning and centerline of a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 04 seconds East 166.81 feet along said centerline; thence North 09 degrees 58 minutes 59 seconds East 402.33 feet; thence North 06 degrees 28 minutes 35 seconds West 413.80 feet to reference point "A"; thence North 06 degrees 26 minutes 35 seconds West 150.08 feet to the South line of the North 220 feet of said Northeast one-quarter, Northeast one-quarter and the point of ending of said 66 foot easement, ALSO over a 50 foot radius circle, the radius point being the above described reference point A. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516184 File No. 280.294 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald A. Kani and Jorja R. Kani, husband and wife, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005 and recorded December 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1157083, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee to Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Sixty-Nine and 59/100 Dollars ($117,069.59) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 18, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2, Block 22 Lincoln Park Addition, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 55, Barry County. Being the same property conveyed to Jorja R. HowlandDuron and her successors, as trustee for Jorja R. Howland-Duron Revocable Trust Agreement, dated November 13, 1997, as amended by Deed dated 324-04 and recorded 4-2-04 in Document Number 1124617, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to David Duron and Jorja R. Howland-Duron, husband and wife by Deed dated 06-08-90 and recorded 6-8-90 in Deed Book 500, Page 336, in the Office of Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516196 File No. 214.6436 MORTGAGE SALE *THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ALL INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN THE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY. NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: THE SALE MAY BE RESCINDED BY THE FORECLOSING MORTGAGEE. IN THAT EVENT, YOUR DAMAGES, IF ANY, WILL BE LIMITED SOLELY TO THE RETURN OF THE BID AMOUNT TENDERED AT SALE PLUS INTEREST. Default having occurred of a certain Mortgage made by FRANK W. URIAS and PAULA J. URIAS, husband and wife, to Macatawa Bank Mortgage Company of 10763 Macatawa Drive, Holland, Michigan 49424, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2006 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on June 19, 2006 in Instrument No. 1166179, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of $93,040.41 and an attorneys fee as provided for in said Mortgage, and no suit or proceedings at law or in equity have been instituted to recover the money as secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof and the entire sum claimed due is, as of the date hereof, fully due and payable. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on OCTOBER 18, 2007at 1:00 p.m., local time, the undersigned will, immediately inside the east door of the Courthouse located at 220 West 8th Street, Hastings, Michigan, (that being the place for the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, the premises described in said Mortgage for so much thereof which may be necessary to pay the amount due on said Mortgage, with interest at the rate of $16.53 per day and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, together with said attorneys fee, and also any sum or sums which may be paid and are by Mortgagee necessary to protect its interest in the premises, which premises are situated in the County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as following, to-wit: The North 77 feet of Lot 4, Block 6 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 9. commonly known as: 704 E. Walnut Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed except in the event the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA §600.3241(a), in which case the property may be redeemed during the thirty (30) days immediately following the sale. Date: September 10, 2007 MACATAWA BANK MORTGAGE COMPANY, MORTGAGEE BY: RHOADES LAW OFFICE PC Peter D. Rhoades, Esq. P O Box 2271 Holland MI 49422 77516068 616-355-7318 �Page 15 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Noise complaint evolves into multiple charges Deputies from the Barry County Sheriff Department, investigating a noise complaint, ended up arresting a suspect on a multitude of charges, ranging from resisting and obstructing a police officer in the performance of his duties, driving while intoxicated, driving without a valid driver’s license, and having open intoxicants in his vehicle. Deputies were called to the scene in Hastings on Oct. 3 when witnesses notified authorities someone was driving through their neighborhood yelling and making excessively loud noise. When deputies stopped Roger Alan Davis, 36, of Grand Rapids, he told the officers he had left a party after two of the other people present became argumentative. While a deputy was interviewing Davis, a woman pulled up behind the patrol car and walked up to talk to the suspect. The deputy asked the woman to return to her car and wait until he could interview her separately. As she walked her back to her car, Davis followed. When the deputy asked Davis to return to the front of the patrol car, the officer said Davis ran from the scene. The deputy then called Barry County Central Dispatch and gave a description of Davis, and a K-9 team was dispatched to the scene. Davis was located a short time later, hiding behind a nearby residence. When asked if he had been drinking, Davis told the officers he had consumed some alcohol earlier in the evening and had discovered more near where he was hiding from the officers. A search of the area, however, did not turn up more alcohol. Davis was placed in custody and lodged in the Barry County Jail. Loud party in Hastings nets marijuana arrest Hastings police responded to an early morning loud-party complaint in the 300 block of West Mill Street on Oct. 5. While officers were investigating the incident, one of the party-goers came out of the house and sat in a chair on the porch. While officers were speaking with the tenants, the man seated in the chair, identified as Carl Shackley, 24, of Wayland, began smoking marijuana while the officer’s were mere feet away. Shackley was placed under arrest and taken into custody for possession of marijuana. He was transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Hastings man arrested for assault on October 3 Hastings Police responded to an assault complaint that occurred at a residence in 100 block of West State Road on Oct. 3. The 22-year-old victim from Grand Rapids told officers that the suspect, who was identified as Kelly Keith, 39, of Hastings punched him in the face without provocation. Keith told officers the incident occurred over some personal matters but denied striking the victim, who had been staying at the residence. However, officers reported that a witnesses account of the assault, and the obvious injuries inflicted upon the victim, showed differently. Keith was taken into custody on assault charges and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the assault. Police investigating reported larceny at Fish Hatchery Hastings Police are investigating a reported larceny that occurred at Fish Hatchery Park on Oct. 2 during the afternoon hours. The victim, who is from Clarksville, parked her car and left the windows down before entering the park area. A backpack containing personal belongings were left inside the car. After spending some time in the park she returned to find that her car had been entered and the backpack was missing. The backpack contained a purse, cell phone, keys, personal information and money. The incident remains under investigation. Woman charged with larceny by conversion Hastings Police have made an arrest in connection with an incident reported on Sept. 18, involving a woman who allegedly took money from a victim living at an assisted-living complex. The 65-year-old victim withdrew funds from a Hastings credit union under the pretext of paying an outstanding doctor bill that the suspect led him to believe he owed. Lorretta Boyd, 32, of Battle Creek, was arrested on Oct. 3, by Detective Sgt. Tom Pennock, on charges of larceny by conversion, a five-year felony. Boyd is lodged at the Barry County Jail. Computer with obscene material nets additional charges Hastings Police arrested an area man on additional charges resulting from a previous incident reported in February 2007. Robert Lampert, 51, of Hastings, was originally arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of minors and providing alcohol to minors, which occurred at a residence in the 500 block of South Dibble Street. Lampert was arrested April 13 and pleaded guilty to the offenses on May 15. During the original investigation, Lampert’s personal computer was seized and was sent in for a forensic examination by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office. The examination revealed evidence of illegal materials on the hard drive of the computer. Additional felony warrants were authorized for possessing and manufacturing obscene materials. Lampert was arrested by Hastings officers Sept. 27 and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Hastings man arrested for sexual assault Officers from the Hastings Police Department arrested a man on charges of sexual assault after the incident was reported to police by the victim. The assault occurred at a residence in the 400 block of East Bond Street on Aug. 9. The victim was assaulted while she was sleeping. She said she had just met the suspect earlier in the evening. Andrew Scott Hall, 19, of Hastings was arrested by Detective Sgt. Tom Pennock on Oct. 9 and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. Middleville man killed in one car accident On Oct. 6, the Kent County Sheriff’s Department responded to a personal injury accident on Whitneyville Avenue, north of 100th Street in Caledonia. The driver, 24-year-old Chad VanSpronsen, of Middleville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary investigation showed VanSpronsen, driver and only occupant, was traveling north on Whitneyville Road and appeared to have lost control while exiting a curve. The vehicle crossed the center line and struck a tree on the west side of the roadway. No other vehicles appeared to have been involved. It is unknown at this time if alcohol was a factor, but speed appears to have contributed. An autopsy was scheduled but had not completed at the time of publication. Second person dies as a result of Sept. 30 crash Jacob Lipsky, 88, of Kalamazoo, has died from injuries sustained in a crash that occurred on Sept. 30 near Delton. Lipsky was the driver of a vehicle that was struck broadside as it turned into the path of another vehicle in front of the Prairieville Bible Church on M-43 south of Delton. Corra Hunt, 88, of Delton, was a passenger in Lipsky’s vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 In Memoriam For Rent For Sale IN LOVING MEMORY Lewis O. Bolton 1-7-1924 - 10-2-2006 One year ago you left us to go home to be with God. Knowing that you are no longer in pain and that we will meet again some day helps us to continue on. Our memories of you bring us peace and joy. We love you and miss you. Your wife, children and grandchildren FOR RENT: UPPER STUDIO APARTMENT. Security deposit & monthly rent. (616)693-2769 ANTIQUE CURTAIN STRETCHER: $50. 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APPLEBEE’S IS NOW accepting applications for servers. Apply in person Monday-Friday from 2PM5PM at 638 W. State St. EOE. CRYSTAL FLASH ENERGY has a full time opening for an experienced Customer Service Rep at our Lowell Bulk Plant. Candidates must have a high school or equivalent education, a minimum of two years previous customer service experience, and a minimum of one year experience in customer service in the fuels industry. Crystal Flash is a family owned, family-friendly company that offers Medical/Dental/Vision insurance, company paid Life and Long Term Disability Insurance, a 401k with company match, and Medical/Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts. Email cover letter and resume to: CFHR@crystalflash.com or apply online at www.crystalflash.com or apply by mail to Crystal Flash Energy, Human Resources, P.O. Box 1804, Grand Rapids, MI. 49501. EOE DRIVERS: Great Benefits & Hometime!! OTR-$.40/mile, Reg-$.42/mile. Plus Stop Pay! CDL-A req. Will Train. 800-387-0088 EXPERIENCED CNC OPERATORS for Komatsu Plaz, Pullman, Press break and CNC saw. Only very experienced need apply. Mensch Manufacturing, 2499 S. M-37 Highway, Hastings. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 LAKE HOUSE: 2 bedroom, good fishing, storage shed, deadend road $600 (269)7218521 or (269)945-8814 STORAGE IN MY barn for $300/season, call (269)9459353. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Business Services HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Pets ENGLISH BULL DOG puppies for sale, males only, (269)948-8830. Business Services DARREN’S TREE SERVICE. Call for estimates. Serving Barry County area in a great way. Emergency services available. (269)623-2518. ENJOY MICHIGANS FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER IN THE COMFORT OF A LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED WHITE CEDAR ADIRONDACK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. 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Cobb Road, 49046, Hickory Corners/Delton area. Card of Thanks Farm E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 Recreation ‘01 SUZUKI INTRUDER 1500: v-twin, black & chrome, 22K miles. $4,250, (616)516-3030. 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 FOR SALE: DEER cart, $85, call (269)945-9353. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. CARD OF THANKS George Cogswell would like to thank those who helped celebrate his 90th birthday with lovely cards, telephone calls and visits. You made my special day memorable and very enjoyable. Special thanks to my family and friends to make it an exceptional day. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 07518020 COURT NEWS • Tyler Lynn Robino, 27, of Nashville, was sentenced Oct. 23 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve from 24 months to 180 months in prison for his June conviction of probation violation on a 2005 conviction of operating a methamphetamine lab in Castleton Township. In the probation violation sentence, Judge Fisher ordered Robino to pay all previously imposed court assessments. • Marshall Jay VanStee, 65, of Middleville, was sentenced Oct. 3 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and 12 months in jail on each of three counts of indecent exposure. VanStee was convicted Sept. 12. Judge Fisher also ordered VanStee to pay $500 in court costs and a $500 fine for each of the three counts and a probation fee of $960. Judge Fisher ruled the last 10 months of VanStee’s jail sentence may be suspended upon payment of all court assessments and ruled that VanStee will not be eligible for the county’s work-release program. VanStee was originally charged with seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, all felony charges, which could have seen him sentenced to up to life in prison. But through a plea agreement with Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans, VanStee was allowed to plead to three misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure and to serve his sentences concurrently. 77516780 �Page 16 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings is one win away from a spot in play-offs by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The old saying is to not put off until tomorrow what you can do today. That’s the attitude Hastings and South Christian will take into their O-K Gold Conference clash, in Byron Center, on Friday night. Both teams are 5-2, with two games to play, meaning they need just one more victory to clinch a spot in the state post-season tournament. South Christian fell on opening night against Grand Rapids Christian, and has since only been beaten by the league leading Wayland Wildcats. Hastings only two losses so far are to Wayland, and Hamilton. For what it’s worth, South Christian defeated Hamilton 32-7 in week three. The Hastings versus South Christian match-up isn’t the only big one for a Barry County team this week. There aren’t play-off implications for anyone else though. Thornapple Kellogg plays host to Forest Hills Northern Friday night. Both teams are 04 in the O-K Gold Conference, and both teams are 0-7 overall. The Trojan offense has been much more productive so far this season than the Huskies, scoring more than twice as many points. Two more teams with identical overall records meet in Delton on Friday night. The Panthers host Galesburg-Augusta for homecoming. Both teams are 2-5 overall on the season, but the Delton boys are a step up in the Kalamazoo Valley Association with one league win so far. The Ram offense is averaging just over 14 points per game, while the Panthers have given up roughly twice that many a game. One of them is likely to break their string of struggles. The 1-6 Maple Valley Lions face the team on the top of the KVA standings, Kalamazoo Christian. The Comets are 7-0 after beating Olivet 42-7 last week, and are the number one ranked team in the state in Division 6. Lakewood is on the road for the final time this season when the Vikings travel to Charlotte Friday. Charlotte comes into the game 2-5, with wins over Ionia and Eaton Rapids. The Vikings’ dreams of a conference title are gone, Williamston leads the CAAC-White with a perfect 7-0 record, but Lakewood can salvage some pride late in the season against a pair of old rivals. Lakewood ends the year next week at home against Ionia. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 2-5 5-2 2-5 1-6 0-7 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. Hastings 40, Middleville 14 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Hastings defense stepped up big time against Thornapple Kellogg Friday as the Saxons posted their fifth win in seven tries, a convincing 40-14 victory. The win, in front of a standing room only Homecoming crowd, puts Hastings one victory away from qualifying for the state playoffs. by Brett Bremer Cross country teams and soccer squads get slighted Looking out the window on Wednesday afternoon now I see why the Thornapple Kellogg Trojans and Wayland Wildcats weren’t at the 10th annual Portage Invitational cross country meet on Saturday. It was hot Saturday. Not the kind of weather for a cross country meet. That’s the kind of weather you train in to get ready for the season, not the kind of weather to run in. From what I hear, the Chicago Marathon had the same problem. It was cold, and a little rainy on Wednesday afternoon. I know Thornapple Kellogg cross country coach Tammy Benjamin would call that cross country weather. That of course is not the real reason the Trojan runners didn’t compete at Portage. That wasn’t the reason the Wayland Wildcats weren’t there either. I knew Wayland wasn’t going to be there. I’d heard some of their runners bemoaning the fact that their entry didn’t get sent in on time. I think the same thing happened to Thornapple Kellogg. It’s too bad. The Wayland boys and Thornapple Kellogg girls are the top two teams in the O-K Gold Conference this season. I was looking forward to seeing how they’d fare against many of the state’s best runners, especially the Winchesters. Keith Winchester went to the state finals last year, and Allyson is trying to follow in her big sister Rebecca’s footsteps. The Trojans did get to run Saturday, at the Allegan Invitational. We’ll have to wait for regionals now to see how they do against some of the very best in the state. Once again the regional that TK, Wayland, and Hastings have to compete in will be one of the toughest around, if not the toughest. Our former editor would have included cross country in his list of “orphan sports”. Basically, the sports that aren’t football or basketball. It was a tough week for a few of the area’s “orphan sports”. I don’t remember this problem in the past, but the O-K Gold Conference had a tough time working its varsity boys’ soccer conference tournament around its football schedule. Hastings has to go and play at Forest Hills Northern Friday night, because the Huskies are hosting Thornapple Kellogg for freshmen and junior varsity football games Thursday. Forest Hills Northern didn’t want to come to Hastings to play on Thursday, and I don’t blame the Huskies for that. The same thing happened last week in Middleville. Thornapple Kellogg took on Hastings in the opening round of the conference soccer tournament, and played on the old high school soccer field to the west of Bob White Stadium. It’s not a bad field. I played high school ball on it. It was better than some fields at the time, not as good as others. The problem is that the Trojans lost a lot of their home field advantage when they were pushed off the artificial turf in Bob White Stadium onto the grass. Hastings certainly played better the second time around, but on the turf at Hastings during the regular season TK won 6-1. The Trojans won 2-1 on the grass in Middleville. While the varsity conference soccer tournament game was going on, the Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg freshmen and junior varsity football teams were playing in the big stadium. I don’t understand why the freshmen and junior varsity football teams don’t take a back seat to the varsity conference tournament soccer contests. The Trojan and Saxon freshmen and junior varsity could have played on Friday afternoon in Middleville, or played in Hastings Thursday right? Same thing this week. Couldn’t the TK and Forest Hills Northern freshmen and JV play Friday (or heck even Wednesday) at FHN, or even Thursday in Middleville. I know the freshmen and junior varsity football schedules are set long in advance and the soccer conference tournament games are up in the air until two days before hand most times, but why do the varsity soccer players have to be the flexible ones? There are only two reasons I’ve ever heard of a football game being moved, those are because of a power outage and because of poor field conditions. Unfortunately for the Panthers, both those problems hit the Delton Kellogg football program. Hopefully the “orphan sports” don’t feel too slighted. They’ve got some big meets coming up. It’s already tournament time. Varsity boys’ tennis teams and varsity girls’ golf teams will compete in regionals this weekend. Soccer districts start next week. Good luck everybody. “Our defense was outstanding,” said Saxon Coach Fred Rademacher. “We had a huge stop late in the first half which I think turned the game around.” With Thornapple Kellogg facing a fourth down and one yard to go on the Hastings 30, Luke Mansfield stopped Trojan running back James Smith cold and the Saxons took control of the ball and the game. Both teams traded early touchdowns, with the Saxons scoring in a 80-yard, 13-play drive following the opening kickoff. Garret Harris scored from 20 yards out to put Hastings in a lead they would never give up. TK did tie the score, with a 63-yard, 10play drive, capped off by a six yard scoring scamper by Smith. Hastings made it 14-7 when Carson King broke free for a 35-yard touchdown and Trent Brisboe’s extra point sealed the deal. Smith’s one yard plunge and the extra point tied the score with 8:38 left to play in the first half. Harris would put the Saxons ahead to stay when with 3:11 left in the half, he broke free from eight yards out capping an 83-yard drive. That set the stage for Mansfield’s huge hit on Smith. Quarterback Brad Hayden scored on a one yard keeper in the third quarter and the Saxons added touchdowns by Darrell Slaughter (24 yards) and sophomore Luke Hubbell (74 yards) in the fourth and final frame. Slaughter led all rushers in the game with 138 yards on 24 carries and Hastings had over 200 yards rushing in the first half alone and finished with 438 yards on the ground. Rademacher is credited with turning around the fortunes of Saxon football team and bringing Hastings to a level of play the Hastings teams were once noted for. “I think the kids have bought into our program and into our coaching staff,” Rademacher said. “We have asked a lot of them and they have responded. I am proud of what we have done, but we know we are not done yet.” This week Hastings will travel to South Christian. Pennfield 41, Delton Kellogg 14 The defense continues to have a tough time for the Delton Kellogg varsity football team. Pennfield put up three touchdowns in the opening quarter, and went on to a 41-14 victory over Delton on Friday night, at DKHS. Vic Haas said that the team he’s got on the varsity right now has always struggled with defense, even at the junior varsity level. “We struggled stopping the run,” Haas said. “It was our biggest issue. It’s been our biggest issue all year.” Pennfield rushed for 283 yards on the night. Keegan Clark led the way with 108 yards on just six carries. He also had a pair of touchdowns, a 12-yard TD run that opened the scoring in the first quarter and a 23-yard scoring run that put his team up 34-0 in the third. Brandon Case also had a pair of touchdown runs for Pennfield, both in the opening quarter, first from ten yards out and then from 20. “We knew Pennfield was one of the toughest teams in the league,” Haas said. “We’ve got a couple of games coming up that we feel are winnable.” The Panthers take on Galesburg-Augusta this Friday, for homecoming, then finish the season at Hackett Catholic Central next Friday. Hackett won’t be much easier to stop on the ground than the Pennfield Panthers were. Delton Kellogg did find some room to run against Pennfield though. Steven Scoby finished with 104 yards on 14 carries. He had Delton Kellogg’s first touchdown, on a fouryard run early in the fourth quarter. “They shut down our Wing-T quite a bit at times,” Haas said. “We were moving the ball, and we’d get a drive going, but then we’d get a penalty and not be able to get a first down.” The teams then traded touchdowns as they closed out the game. Preston Fishnick scored on a three-yard run for Pennfield, and Jeffery Town raced one into the end zone from a yard out for Delton. Pennfield also got a ten-yard touchdown pass from Josh Baggerly to Will Hampton to close out the scoring in the first half, with the green and gold Panthers holding a 28-0 edge. Anthony Riley led Delton Kellogg’s defense with eight tackles, and Raymond Lindsey had seven. Portland 22, Lakewood 14 Lakewood held Portland’s star running backs in check. The Vikings moved the football. They blocked well. They tackled well. They just couldn’t punch the ball in the end zone enough times in Portland Friday night. The Raiders held on for a 22-14 victory, getting the go-ahead touchdown with 11:36 left in the fourth quarter on a 40-yard run. It was a big play late in the first half, rather than late in the game, that really turned the tied in favor of the Raiders. Portland turned a slant pass near midfield into a big gain, and running back Travis Smith who had just 54 yards rushing on the night plunged into the end zone from a yard out with 19 seconds to go in the first half. That TD gave Portland a 14-7 lead at the break. The Vikings rallied to tie the game on a nine-yard scoring run by Kurtis Powell, but couldn’t finish another drive after that. Powell had both Viking TDs on the night. He hauled in a 10-yard pass from Jesse Martin late in the first quarter, and Levi Phelps’ first extra-point kick made it 7-0 Lakewood. Portland scored on its next drive to tie the Maple Valley’s Jeff Burd is pursued down the sideline by Kalamazoo Hackett’s Thomas Waurio during the Lions homecoming loss Friday night against the visiting Irish. (Photo by Art Frith) game, on a four-yard TD catch by Alex Dalman-Moore. The Vikings are now 2-3 in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division, and 2-5 overall. “Our offensive line did an outstanding job tonight,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch. “Last week we had some problems pass blocking. We took care of that tonight. We could run the ball tonight. We were running the ball and we had some kids come up with big plays when we went for third-andwhatever or a couple of times on fourth the hands of a Viking receiver and was picked off around the Portland ten-yard-line with less than two minutes to play. Martin completed eight passes for 118 yards and a touchdown in the game. He also led the Viking rushing attack with 85 yards on 13 attempts. More than once he found room to run on a designed pass play. Powell had 14 carries for 44 yards on the night, and had some help carrying the rushing load from Markus Gonzales and Peter Wernet. Wernet rushed seven times for 36 yards, while Gonzales carried the ball 14 It takes three members of the Irish defense, Andrew Deleeuw (5), Jayson Yelton (50), and Taylor Braman to take stop the Lions’ Jared Smith from going all the way for a touchdown in Friday night’s homecoming game. (Photo by Art Frith) down.” Lakewood actually had more offensive yards on the night than Portland. The Vikings rushed for 207 and had 118 through the air for a total of 325 yards. Portland had 240 on the ground, 81 in the air, for a total of 322. Both teams had just one turnover. The Vikings’ turnover hurt a bit more than the Raiders’ did though. Portland fumbled in the fourth quarter, and it was picked up by Lakewood’s Andrew Doane in Viking territory. That fumble recovery gave Lakewood some life, down eight points late in the game. Lakewood drove down the field, deep into Raider territory, before a pass slipped through times for 31 yards. Gonzales also had three receptions for 56 yards. “Defensively we shut down their two best backs, and offensively we moved the ball up and down the field,” Veitch said. The interception late in the fourth quarter wasn’t the first time a Viking drive stalled deep in the Raiders’ end of the field. Lakewood was inside the 20-yard-line one other time in the first half, and once in the second, and failed to come away with points. Dalman-Moore finished the night with 50 yards rushing for Portland. Thomas Stalter led See FOOTBALL, next page Delton Kellogg’s Steven Scoby tries to turn on a dime as Pennfield’s Tony Gancer closes in Friday night in Delton. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 17 Delton closes conference tourney with two wins Delton Kellogg goalkeeper Janson Fluty guides a ball over the net in the first half against Maple Valley Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A little bit of good karma wasn’t quite enough to get the Maple Valley varsity boys’ soccer team its second win of the season, in the Kalamazoo Valley Association tournament at Delton Wednesday, but it may have played a part in the Lions avoiding the shut out. Delton Kellogg advanced to the game for fifth place in the KVA tournament with a 4-1 win over the Lions. The host Panthers held a 1-0 advantage after an evenly matched first half Wednesday night, but came to life scoring three goals in the first 27 minutes of the second half to seal the victory. Maple Valley, which did have a handful of solid scoring chances on the night, continued pressing until the end. Victor Montenegro headed in a corner kick from teammate Jed Wieland for the Lions’ lone goal with 5:33 left to play. Before sending the kick from the corner, Wieland turned to the ball girl who’d been running up and down the west sideline all night long and said, “thank you ball girl. You’re doing a great job.” “They’re doing as much hard work as we are, so you’ve got to give them props for what they’re doing,” Wieland, a former ball boy himself, said after the game. “It’s just one of those things. You’re going down there and you see that kid and it takes you back.” The momentary display of good will was a bit more impressive with what was going on on the field. It was the second very physical contest of the season between the two teams. Delton Kellogg won the regular-season KVA meeting, at Maple Valley, 5-0. “Maple Valley always gives us a tough game,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Bill Roberts. “It’s turning into a KVA rivalry between us and them.” “I was glad to see that both teams calmed down a little bit (since the first meeting), and played some soccer and it wasn’t a slug-fest. The previous one was pretty rough.” The Panthers made sure the start of the second half was rough on the Lions. David Roberts, who opened the scoring for the Panthers in the first half, added his second goal of the game with 28:04 left to play firing a free kick off of Lion keeper Josh Sams. The third and fourth goals for the Panthers came on well placed shots by Daniel Ordway and Nick Blacken, who maneuvered their way through the center of the Lion defense to get good looks. “Our marking in the midfield was lax in the second half,” said Lion head coach Josh Meersma, “and once you go lax, we gave up a point. Emotionally and mentally, that takes you down. Their players just had too much time to decide what to do.” Sams had a couple excellent saves among the eight he made on the night. On the other end, Delton Kellogg keeper Janson Fluty had three saves on four Lion shots. “Our team is extremely young, and to see them play at the level they did, despite their inexperience and youth. They played hard,” Meersma said. “They were looking to pass the ball and be aggressive. I’m proud of that.” Delton Kellogg’s second meeting of the season with Olivet went the opposite way. The Panthers topped the Eagles 1-0 in overtime in their regular season match. In their conference tournament game Monday, the Panthers scored a 6-1 win. It looked every bit as tight in the early going. Delton Kellogg opened the scoring on a quick goal by David Roberts, but the Eagles quickly found the equalizer on a shot by Brandon Maurer. The two teams continued to battle through the first half, tied 1-1. The Delton offense exploded in the second half. David Roberts added two more goals, to be Delton Kellogg’s Quinn DeBolt (20) stretches in to poke the ball away from Maple Valley’s James Brown in the first half Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) come Delton Kellogg’s single season record holder with 22 goals. He has since added three more goals to up his season total to 25. Matt Julian, Chris Leinaar and Thad Calkins also added goals for Delton in the second half, with assists coming from Roberts, Nick Smith, and Ordway. The Panthers end the KVA season with a record of 6-4 against league foes. The Panthers are 11-5-1 overall after tying Gobles Tuesday night, 4-4. Jeremiah Moore of Gobles and David Roberts of Delton Kellogg both scored three times for their teams. Joaquim Barros added the Panthers’ other goals, while Konstantin Ewer added a tally for Gobles. Barros, Ewer, and Roberts each scored once in the first eight minutes of the second half, only to see the two teams’ offenses held in check the rest of the night. Gobles keeper Matiaas Thomsen was continually peppered with shots. The Panthers forced him to make 13 saves. DK keeper Janson Fluty stopped four Gobles’ shots. FOOTBALL, continued from previous page The Saxons’ Josh Jevicks wraps up Thornapple Kellogg’s Andrew Gilbert during Friday night’s O-K Gold Conference clash in Hastings. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Hastings’ Trent Brisboe leaps high in the air to get the ball away from Thornapple Kellogg receiver Blake Johnson during the Saxons’ 40-14 win Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) the Raider offense with 90 yards rushing. Hackett Catholic Central 39, Maple Valley 28 Maple Valley’s Jeff Burd ran outside with great success. Maple Valley’s Kyle Burns ran inside with great success. Hackett Catholic Central’s Jezrel White ran inside, outside, over, and through with great success and that was enough to get the Fighting Irish past the Lions Friday night. White rushed 47 times for 309 yards and five touchdowns as the Fighting Irish spoiled Maple Valley’s homecoming with a 39-28 victory. Homecoming brought out the best in the Lions at the start, but the intensity didn’t last throughout the entire game on the defensive side of the ball. White had just three yards on his first two rushes, and the Fighting Irish were forced to punt the ball without a first down on their first drive of the game. Maple Valley’s offense ate up most of the first quarter on a 74-yard scoring drive that ended in a 26-yard TD run by Burns with 3:26 left in the period. Burns then ran in the twopoint try for an 8-0 Lion lead. White though would finish the first quarter with 54 yards rushing, and on the third play of the second quarter found his way to the end zone from eight yards out. The Irish’s twopoint try was no good, and the Lions still led 8-6. In the beginning the Lion defenders were going low to bring down White, but slowly they started to try and wrap up the torso of the Irish’s 5-11, 205-pound running back. It didn’t work. White added a 23-yard touchdown run with 8:22 left in the first half, and ran in the twopoint try himself too to put his team up 14-8. The Lions got their lead right back on the next drive, with Michael Paisley running the ball in from two yards out. Jeff Burd added the extra-point run on a sweep around the left side of the Lion line. Maple Valley led again, 16-14. That sweep with Burd racing around the end was big for the Lions. Burd finished the night with nine carries for 95 yards including a 50-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. The sweep also helped set up Burns running the trap. “We ran a nice trap, and our center, both our centers, John Currier and Arron Root, and our guard Tory Roberts did a great job opening that trap,” said Lion head coach Guenther Mittelstaedt. The threat of Burd outside, and the solid play of the Lion offensive line, helped Burns to 167 yards on 16 carries. Offense wasn’t the Lions’ problem though. Hackett moved quickly down the field, after Paisley’s TD run. It looked like the Lion defense had come up with a big play as they emerged from a pile at their own 15-yard-line with the ball that White had started with. The officials decided that the play had been whistled dead before the Lion defense pulled the ball away from White. Coach Mittelstaedt had to be reminded to not be out on the playing field after that decision. Hackett went on to finish the drive with 26 seconds left in the half, on a two-yard scoring run by White. The extra point was no good and Valley trailed 20-16 at the half. The Lions would never get the lead back. Irish quarterback Taylor Braman scored on a two-yard run a couple plays into the fourth quarter to put his team up 27-16, and from there the two teams traded touchdowns. “That’s us in six out of seven games this year,” said Mittelstaedt. “We keep on battling back. We just couldn’t stop them on defense.” White scored on runs of one-yard and 48 yards in the fourth quarter for the Irish. White’s 48-yarder came on fourth-and-five with 45 seconds left to play. Maple Valley had just attempted an on-side kick, that the Irish smothered. After three rushes by White into the middle of the line netted just five yards, and were quickly followed by the three Maple Valley time-outs of the half, White took a pitch around the left side to seal the win for his team. The Lions got Burd’s big TD run, and a one-yard TD plunge by quarterback Deven Meade in the fourth to keep things interesting until the end. A couple more pass completions could have helped the Lion offense keep the Irish offense off the field. Meade was 3-of-12 passing for the game, for 52 yards and one inter- ception. Kyle Fisher, who played one series in the second half at QB, was 0-of-2 with an interception. Passes often either went through the hands of Lion receivers, or floated just too far over the sideline for them to be caught in bounds. Braman only attempted two passes, and didn’t complete any. He didn’t need to. The Irish had 366 yards rushing on the night. Braman had nine carries for 47 yards himself, and made good use of his legs on the quarterback sweep, with his fullback and White making a wall out front. Fisher did lead the Lion defense with nine tackles, and Nick Thurlby added seven. Maple Valley is now 1-6 overall and 1-4 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. The Lions got into the KVA at a tough time. White is one of, if not the, best Hackett Catholic Central running back ever. Kalamazoo Christian is having its best season ever, and improved to 7-0 on the year with a 42-7 win over Olivet Friday night. Delton Kellogg’s Steven Romero (42) makes a diving attempt to bring down Pennfield’s Josh Baggerly during Friday night’s Kalamazoo Valley Association contest. (Photo by Perry Hardin) �Page 18 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Warner smashes 500 free record in Trojans’ win by Brett Bremer Sports Editor One meet a season Thornapple KelloggHastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving coach Carl Schoessel lets his seniors choose which events they want to participate in. This year’s seniors chose wisely, and it helped the team improve to 6-0 on the season with a 130-51 victory over Otsego in the Hastings Community Education and Recreation Center pool Tuesday night. The Trojans set four new team records. Senior Mindy Warner was a part of two of those record-setting performances. She anchored the 400-yard freestyle relay team, that included teammates Alecia Strumberger, Katie Romanak, and Natalie VanDenack, which set a new team record in 4 minutes 2.48 seconds. Warner also smashed the old team record in the 500-yard freestyle relay, coming up just short of pool and conference records as well. “It’s the first time since my freshman year in an intersquad meet,” Warner said of the last time she swam the 500. “Since then I’ve been a sprinter.” It was one of the races she chose to be a part of. “I wanted to see if I could still do it. Still do it strongly,” Warner said. Warner finished the 500 in 5:37.37. The old team record of 5:59.72, was set by Brandi Sutfin in 2005. The pool and conference record of 5:37.18 was set by Byron Center’s Rachel Burkhart in 2005. Warner isn’t sure if she’ll race in the 500 again. “Maybe, we’ll see,” she said. But when a spectator shouted down that she’d have to swim the 500 more often she replied, “I hope not.” Warner also lost a record Tuesday night, as VanDenack broke her team record mark in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.40 seconds. Warner set the mark earlier this season at 57.63. The other team record setting performance for TK-Hastings came in the 100-yard breaststroke, where Alex de Goa improved upon her previous record by touching the wall in 1:17.22. Teammate Emily Mattoon was right there in de Goa’s wake, with a time of 1:17.87, in what was the closest finish of the evening. “The other thing that’s kind of nice about this is that it gives me a chance to experiment a bit,” said coach Schoessel. Now is when things start to get really tough for the Trojans. They travel to take on Byron Center in a conference dual this Thursday. In another senior choice Tuesday night, Kelly Frame swam the first leg of the 200yard freestyle relay for the Trojans. She was followed by teammates Tara Schoessel, Chanda Archambeau, and Romanak. Romanak, the anchor, was able to erase a Bulldog lead and help the team to victory in 2:03.62. Audrey Hoag was just half a second from breaking her own team record in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing Tuesday in 1:08.65. Hoag teamed up with Schoessel, Mindy Warner set a new TK-Hastings team record in the 500-yard freestyle race Tuesday night during the Trojans’ dual with Otsego in the CERC pool. Warner finished the race in 5 minutes 37.37 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Archambeau, and Danielle Rosenberg to get the Trojans a victory in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:12.02. Terra Nassif won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:24.30, Romanak won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:40.82, and Strumberger took the 100-yard butterfly in 1:10.33. TK-Hastings had the only divers participating in the meet. Kyleigh Sheldon took top honors with a score of 192.20. Frame was second at 182.10, and Courtney DeWent third with a total of 134.85. Vikes even record with win over Corunna Lakewood has one league tournament game left on the schedule, and a win would be big for the Vikings. A wins would give them a winning record for the regular season. They currently are 6-63 overall after taking a 3-1 victory over Corunna in the second round of the Capital Area Activities Conference tournament on Friday night. Cody Brown, Michael Barbour, and Alex Haskin all scored goals in the Viking win Friday night. Lakewood built a 3-0 lead. With 15:40 left to play in the first half Jose Haigh made a nice pass in front of the Cavalier net to teammate Brown who put it in for the first goal of the game. The Vikings then added a second first half goal minutes later as stopper Barbour acted like a forward pushing ball out of his teams end past Cavalier after Cavalier. As he closed in on the net he fired a shot to the right side just out of the reach of the Corunna keeper. Both teams had fired ten shots at the other team’s net in the opening half. “I knew Corunna was not giving up and warned the guys as I always do to stay focused,” said Lakewood head coach Paul Gonzales. That advice hasn’t always gotten through his season, but it did Friday. Haskin got around the Corunna defense and fired in a shot for his team’s third and final goal. “They continued to fight,” Gonzales said of Corunna. “Their team is a lot like our team. They never quit.” Corunna was able to hit a ball on a direct kick just to the side of a Viking wall for its only goal late in the second half. The Cavaliers ended up outshooting the Vikings 25-17 for the night. Levi Seese was tough again, making save after save and collecting 24 for the night. “Levi has been a big surprise this year and from last year being on the JV team he has really stepped it up,” Gonzales said. Otsego’s lone victory came in the event Warner gave up to participate in the 500 freestyle, the 50-yard freestyle. The Bulldogs’ Jessica Schreuder won that race in 28.27, with teammate Kathy DeYoung second in 29.33. A sweep of the relay races helped the TKHastings girls stay perfect on the season last Saturday at the Ottawa Hills Invitational. The Trojans took their third invitational championship with a final tally of 204 points. West Catholic was second on the day with 155 points, followed by Union 74, Godwin Heights 72, Ottawa Hills 43, and Muskegon Catholic Central 16. Hoag, Mattoon, VanDenack, and Elizabeth Chappelow won the 200 medley relay for TK- Hastings in 2:05.38. The team of Romanak, Rosenberg, Mandy Buehler, and Warner won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:51.91. Strumberger, VanDenack, Warner, and Chappelow took the 400 freestyle relay in 4:05.04. Other champions on the day for TKHastings were VanDenack in the 200 freestyle (2:11.92) and the 100 butterfly (1:10.46), Strumberger in the 500 freestyle (6:15.58), Hoag in the 100 backstroke (1:09.55), and Sheldon in the diving (288.35 points). The Trojans top swimmer finished no lower than third in any event. The Vikings opened the conference tournament at Charlotte last Thursday, where they suffered a 1-0 loss. This time a defensive lapse early in the second half cost the Vikings, as the Orioles scored with 35:05 still on the clock. “Overall we played hard and never stopped trying to score ‘til the ref blew his whistle,” Gonzales said. “We have had so many of these kinds of games this year, on one hand it’s great to see the improvement Lakewood soccer has made, but now the bar is raised higher so even the close ones seem like you’re kissing your sister. The whole team played well and I am very proud of my team.” Lakewood fired 13 shots at the Charlotte net in the second half alone, but just couldn’t break through. The Vikings had chances that went high and wide as well. Lakewood closed the conference regular season with a 5-3 win over Portland last week Monday (Oct. 1). GREAT GIFT ! 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Box 188 Hastings, MI 49058-0188 77516930 LOST STREAM MAP Locate More and Bigger Fish with the Stream & Lake Map of Michigan Visit the Park!! Have A Look Around!! A n d P l e a s e Vo t e “ Y E S ” o n November 6! Paid for by Charlton Park Preservation Committee 936 W. Walnut, Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 19 Not everyone can stand the heat at Portage Invite by Brett Bremer Sports Editor With the Saxon girls catching their breath and trying to cool off just beyond the finish line at the Portage Invitational Saturday afternoon, Hastings head coach Jamie Dixon talked with a few of his runners’ parents. Dixon excused himself after a couple minutes saying, “I’m going to go talk to the boys. Let them know it’s hot.” The high on Saturday neared 90 degrees, and it was humid. Not typical October weather. Not typical Portage Invitational weather. Not the type of weather most runners typically enjoy running in. If the Saxon boys didn’t know it was hot already, which would have been impossible, they had the time to learn it as they waited near the start line for about 45 minutes. The Portage Invitational normally runs like clockwork, but Saturday even officials called a Lakewood’s Ashley Pifer was the second Viking runner to finish in the Division 2 girls’ race at Portage Saturday afternoon, placing 128th overall. (Photo by Brett Bremer) meeting of all the Division 1 and 2 coaches after the girls’ races in the afternoon. Kalamazoo area EMT’s were starting to have a hard time keeping up with all the runners who came up either injured or ill because of the heat. Dixon couldn’t remember ever seeing so many wobbly legs and ambulance lights at a meet. The reserve races for Division 1 and 2 were canceled, but eventually the Division 1 and 2 boys did run. There were 275 runners that completed the first mile in the Division 2 boys’ race. Only 272 completed the second mile, and seven of them didn’t make it to the end of the race. One who did was Hastings’ Ryan Bosma, who earned a medal in 27th place finishing with a time of 17 minutes 2 seconds. “I think he was a little disappointed with the way he finished,” Dixon said of Bosma. “I think he was glad to medal, but it was a little bit of a show down with the kid from St. Joe who he battled with at Bangor. The guy from St. Joe got him in the end.” Dixon was speaking of St. Joseph’s James Kirschner, who finished 19th in 16:55. Bosma would have finished fifth, and Kirschner fourth, for the Fremont team which took the Division 2 boys’ championship. The Packers’ senior James Lanciaux won the race in 15:25. His teammate Erik Westbrook was seventh in 16:07, followed by Mike Morgan (12th in 16:32), Davis Lindsay (18th, 16:53), and Nick Butcher (23rd, 17:57). Dexter had three of the top five runners, in Jason Bishop (2nd 15:36), Bobby Aprill (3rd, 15:42), and Ben Steavenson (5th, 16:00), but didn’t have the fourth and fifth runners to keep up with Fremont. Hastings’ Katie Ponsetto makes her way along the course Saturday at the Portage Invitational. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Fremont finished with just 61 points. Dexter was second with 105. The next three teams in the standings were ones who the Saxons will see at their Division 2 regional race, Forest Hills Eastern (173), Grand Rapids Christian (176), and Caledonia (207). A couple other teams the Saxons will see at regionals, South Christian and Ionia finished eighth and 12th respectively. The Saxons were 24th overall in the team standings, with 628 points. Behind Bosma, Troy Dailey was 104th in 18:13, Dane Schils 120th in 18:24, Travis Moore 186th in 19:28, and Kevin Armstrong 191st in 19:32. Lakewood was just behind the Saxons, placing 26th with 644 points. Dan Schasser led Hastings with a 59th-place time of 17:34. He was followed by Blake Blocher (108th, 18:15), Billy Quint (119th, 18:23), Tucker Seese (176th, 19:12), and Richie Noyce (182nd, 19:20). Lakewood’s Jessika Blackport had the best finish by an area runner in the girls’ race, placing 38th in 20:39. That was just over two minutes behind the number one girls’ runner Saturday, Gaylord’s Sloan Secord, who won the Division 2 girls’ race in 18:36. With Secord leading the way, Gaylord took the girls’ championship with 108 points. Forest Hills Eastern was just behind with 169 points, led by individual runner-up Alyssa Dyer (18:44). Grand Rapids Christian was third with 186 points. Hastings’ girls were at the opposite end of the standings, finishing 38th out of 38 teams. Nicole Frantz led the Saxons, finishing 159th in 22:56. Alaina Case was 169th in 23:06, Molly Smith 195th in 23:41, Katie Ponsetto 203rd in 23:59, and Jenny LaJoye 220th in 24:43. Lakewood was 30th in the girls’ standings, with 746 points. Ashley Pifer was the second Viking runner to finish, placing 128th in 22:28. Brittany Raffler was 155th in 22:53, Britnee Barta 202nd in 23:57, and Carolina Martinez 223rd in 24:49. The Hastings and Lakewood girls also saw what kind of competition they’ll face at their Division 2 regional meet. Not only were Forest Hills Eastern and Grand Rapids Christian right there at the top, East Grand Rapids was ninth with 322 points, Ionia 14th with 401, and South Christian 17th with 417. Those list of tough teams from the regionals don’t even include the two teams that are currently leading the O-K Gold Conference, the Thornapple Kellogg girls and Wayland boys. Both schools were unable to get registered for the meet, which they normally attend. Division 3 Delton Kellogg’s girls had the best day of any area team at the Portage Invitational Saturday. The Panthers placed tenth overall in the Division 3 girls’ race. Mandy Dye led Delton Kellogg, placing 38th in 21:04. Rachael Williams was 46th in 21:19, and Mari Sandnes 50th in 21:25. Taylor Hennessey was fourth for Delton, placing 97th overall in 23:09, followed by Renee McConahay 101st in 23:15. The Kalamazoo Valley Association leaders from Kalamazoo Christian were sixth overall, with 235 points, led by Kristine Clay’s 20thplace time of 20:32. Ahead of the Comets were the champions from Schoolcraft with 71 points, Jackson Lumen Christi 95, Allendale 133, Whitehall 156, and West Catholic 192. Allendale’s Devan John won the Division 3 girls’ race in 19:16, beating out Lumen Christi’s Cara Cremeans who was second in 19:28. The top boys’ team in the KVA, Hackett Catholic Central, placed third in their race with 157 points. West Catholic took the boys’ championship with 98 points and Bangor was second with 114. The Irish had two runners in the top ten, Michael O’Brien (sixth, 16:22) and Andrew Breyer (ninth, 16:36). The top runner in the race was Lumen Christi’s Josh McAlary, who hit the finish line in 15:44. Delton Kellogg’s boys were 20th with 510 points. Nick Rendon led the Panthers, placing 66th in 18:19. Morgan Hennessey was 98th in 18:49, Mark Loveland 107th in 18:59, Brandon Humphreys 115th in 19:17, and Michael DeWaters 124th in 19:27. The rest of the KVA was right behind Delton. Parchment was 22nd as a team with 556 points, and Kalamazoo Christian 23rd in 614. Pennfield was 27th with 734 points. The Saxons’ Mitch Singleterry (center) took the left track and teammate Dustin Bateson (left) took the right as they made their way down a step hill at the Portage Invitational Saturday afternoon. Bateson and Singleterry were the sixth and seventh runners for the Hastings boys on the day. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings and Delton Kellogg JV football teams both 7-0 A pair of area junior varsity football teams are now 7-0 on the season. Hastings improved to 7-0 with a win over Thornapple Kellogg last Thursday. Delton Kellogg is also 7-0 after topping Pennfield last week. The Saxons host South Christian tonight, and Delton Kellogg travels to GalesburgAugusta. The Saxons defeated Thornapple Kellogg 25-12 last week. Chase Delcotto opened the scoring with a 46-yard run behind the blocking of Zach Jarman. Matt Schild added the extra-point to make the score 7-0 at the half. Schild, Jake Stocham, and Colby Wilcox, all added touchdowns in the second half, running behind the blocking of Jacob Bailey, Chris Campbell, and Jason Eckley. Kyle Griffith and Claude Trumbell led the Saxon defense in limiting the Trojan offense to only three first downs. Gabe Sutherland came up with his fourth interception of the season and Schild recovered a Trojan fumble to aid the defense. SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org A H A H FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12: 5:00 pm Boys JV Soccer 6:45 pm Boys Varsity Soccer 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Conf. Tourn. @ FHN Conf. Tourn. @ FHN South Christian HS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13: 8:30 am Girls Varsity Volleyball 8:30 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball Byron Center Invit. A Battle Creek Lakeview A MONDAY, OCTOBER 15: 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle Duncan Lake Middle Duncan Lake Middle Duncan Lake Middle Potterville/Bellevue @ Bellevue 6:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball Potterville/Bellevue @ Bellevue 7:00 pm Girls Golf Awards Banquet - Cafeteria A A A A A A A A Girls Girls Girls Girls Boys 8th “A” 7th “A” 7th “B” 8th “B” Varsity Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Cross Co. Wayland Middle Schl. Wayland Middle Schl. Delton Kellogg Middle Delton Kellogg Middle Conference Meet @ Johnson Park 4:30 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. Conference Meet @ Johnson Park 6:30 pm College Night - HHS Gym 6:30-8:30 pm THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18: TBA Girls Fresh. Volleyball 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming 6:30 pm Boys JV Football Quad @ FH Eastern Holland Christian HS Cross-over Quad Quad @ Sparta Wayland Union HS Holland Christian HS H H H H A Hastings’ Dane Schils (left) and Lakewood’s Billy Quint run shoulder to shoulder during the early stages of the Division 2 boys’ race at the Portage Invitational Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) A A A H A H A Correction: Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: A TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16: 6:30 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Grand Rapids Union A 6:45 pm Boys Varsity Soccer Districts vs. Byron Ctr. A @ Caledonia WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17: 4:00 pm Boys Middle Cros Co. 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:00 pm 4:30 pm Hastings Invitational H @ Riverbend Golf Course 4:00 pm Girls Middle Cross Co. Hastings Invitational H @ Riverbend Golf Course Saxons Go! Fight! Win! Proud Supporters of our Community and its Youth! HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77516786 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11: 9:00am Girls Varsity Golf Regionals at Mason Eldorado Golf Course 4:30pm Boys Fresh Football South Christian HS 6:00pm Girls Varsity Swim Byron Center HS 6:30pm Boys JV Football South Christian HS There were a couple errors in last week’s story about the final O-K Gold Conference girls’ golf rounds of the season. Thornapple Kellogg’s Macy Chamberlin was an all-conference award winner, not an honorable mention award winner as reported last week. A couple of Trojan scores were also mismatched from their final league jamboree at Railside. Chamberlin shot a 47 and Ashley Martin a 54, not the other way around. Maple Valley Implement, Inc. 735 E. Sherman Street, Nashville 517-852-1910 Visit our web site at: www.maplevalleyeq.com 77516825 �Page 20 — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons much better in second meeting with TK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Neighborhood rivals Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings always want to beat each other, but there was someone else the two teams want to beat even more in the O-K Gold Conference this season. Heading into Thursday’s conference tournament opener, in Middleville, both teams really wanted a win so they would get the chance to play South Christian one more time. The Trojans earned the right to see the Sailors in the semifinals, with a 2-1 victory over the Saxons, and suffered a 1-0 defeat Tuesday night at South Christian. Matt Bouchard scored both goals for the Trojans last Thursday, the first off an assist from Luke Bremer and the second time with the help of Jorge Lopez. Bouchard put TK up 1-0 with a goal midway through the opening half. Hastings tied the game at one with a goal by Stephen Tolger in the second half, who Hastings midfielder Gabe Purchase settles the ball with his head as he pushes up field in the first half Thursday afternoon in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) moved through four Trojan defenders and poked the ball around TK keeper Imants Gerrits who was coming out to cut down the angle. Just minutes later, Bouchard notched the game winner getting a chip from Lopez and floating a shot over the Saxon net minder Mike Purchase. Bouchard was down on the play for a while, after colliding with Purchase while the ball sailed towards the net. It was a tough day for the goalies, and the forwards who crashed into them time and again. Gerrits made seven saves, and Purchase six, some of them spectacular by each keeper. Thursday’s contest wasn’t as tough on the Saxon goalie as the first meeting between the two teams during the regular season. TK beat Hastings 6-1 on that night, on the new artificial turf in Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. “It never feels good to lose, but it’s nothing like last time,” said Hastings senior captain Stephen Tolger. “The last time was just a fluke. Today really showed what we can play like.” TK head coach Larry Jachim, who’s team would have preferred to play on the artificial turf inside Bob White stadium rather than the grass field to the west, agreed. “It was a different Hastings team, and a different TK team,” said Jachim. “I think Hastings definitely picked up, and we did not.” In the first game the Trojans had a number of break away opportunities, those never reappeared Thursday afternoon. “They played that flat defense, and were tough,” Jachim said. “Our team didn’t capitalize on it. There wasn’t any movement at the top. We stayed flat with them.” Hastings had a bye in the second round of the tournament, and will visit Forest Hills Northern this Friday for the final conference tournament game starting at 6:45 p.m. “We had our opportunities,” said Hastings head coach Brian Roderick. “It’s obvious TK would rather play on the turf than on grass. That was a great game.” “I love this, and I think that aside from losing, I think the guys gained a little bit of that confidence back.” The game was moved to an early start and onto the old field because of the junior varsity and freshmen football games between the Saxons and Trojans being played in Bob White Stadium. That took away some of the Trojans’ usual speed, but a few players picked things up. “Derrick Jackson became very aggressive for us, and helped us out tremendously,” said Jachim. He also praised the efforts of Brad Steffen and Nick McNee. Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings will both be a part of the Division 2 district tournament hosted by Caledonia next week. The draw couldn’t have gone any better for the two teams. Both play games next Tuesday. The Trojans face Wayland at 5 p.m. That game will be followed by the Saxons against Byron Center at 6:45 p.m. Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg could meet again in the district semifinals, which will be played next Thursday. The top half of the district bracket plays Monday evening, with Holland Christian taking on Unity Christian in the first game and Caledonia facing Zeeland East in the night cap. Lakewood setter Melanie Forman puts the ball up as teammate Tori King prepares for the attack during last Wednesday’s 3-0 victory over Perry. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Thornapple Kellogg goalkeeper Imants Gerrits comes flying out of his net to deflect a Saxon shot, as Hastings’ Steven Safie (left) and Steven Lambert follow the play in the first half of Thursday night’s O-K Gold Conference tournament opener. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxons fall in battle of winless Gold teams by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Having a setter flip the ball over the net isn’t the ideal offense in a volleyball contest, but it got the Trojans started on their way to their first O-K Gold Conference victory of the season Tuesday night. In a battle of previously winless Gold foes, Thornapple Kellogg scored a 3-2 victory over the Saxons in Hastings, winning by the scores of 28-26, 21-25, 25-20, 24-26, 15-12. “Passing still hurt us,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon, who’s team finished the O-K Gold Conference regular season at 06. “The first two games we got hurt by their setter dumping the ball, but after that we picked it up.” Trojan junior setter Kate Scheidel tries to surprise the opposition as often as possible. She finished the evening with a team high 12 kills to go along with 26 assists and seven aces. “She finally figured out that it’s her job to lead everybody on the floor,” TK head coach Jaime Nelson said of Scheidel. “If things need changing, she will change them. Sometimes she looks to me like ‘now what’ and I say figure it out. And she does.” Scheidel’s first big tip of the night game with game one tied at 23. An illegal substitution cost the Trojans the next point, but they eventually pulled out the first game. “We haven’t had a lot of experience play- The Trojans’ Ashley Martin passes the ball during her team’s victory in Hastings on Monday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ing in close matches,” Nelson said. Brittany Hickey and Ashley Eerdmans led the offensive attack for the Saxons on the night. Hickey had 11 kills and Eerdmans 10. Eerdmans, a senior, came on especially strong in game five helping lead the Saxons back from an 11-8 deficit to tie the game at 12-12 before the Trojans finished off the hosts “We just seemed to hit right at their defense. They didn’t have to move,” said Krista Sheldon. Hannah Wood finished with 24 assists on the night for Hastings. Kayla Vogel led the team with three aces. Jen Ratliff chipped in seven kills, and Vogel six. Behind Scheidel for the Trojans, Jessica Pitsch and Ashley Martin had nine kills each. Alyssa Bowerman and Amanda Nicholas had seven kills apiece. Martin also led her team with four aces. Nicole Ybema had 14 digs for TK. “That was a huge hurdle,” said Nelson, who’s team is now 1-4 in the league. “We finally played well in a dual. Hopefully, this will give us confidence going into our last home match with Byron Center.” Thornapple Kellogg is at the Plainwell Invitational Saturday, then hosts the Byron Center Bulldogs next Tuesday. The Saxons head to Byron Center for an Invitational this Saturday. The Saxons’ Brittany Hickey tips the ball over the block of Thornapple Kellogg’s Kate Scheidel and Amanda Nicholas during game one Monday night in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood sweeps a third CAAC White Division foe by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It took a little time for Lakewood varsity volleyball coach Christine Grunewald to find the politically correct way to talk about her team’s competition in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division so far this season. Her Vikings topped Perry on Wednesday night 25-2, 25-11, 25-5, to improve to 3-0 in the league and 29-10 overall. “No matter who you play on the other side of the court, you need to do what you need to do. Whatever they send over you need to make sure you play it out and keep improving,” said Grunewald. The Vikings have won all nine games they’ve played against their three conference foes so far. “Perry dug some balls out and every time they did, we dug them back and transitioned well,” Grunewald said. Laurel Mattson led the Vikings in digs on the day with 21. Melanie Forman collected most of those, and turned them into 30 assists. Anna Lynch had ten kills to lead the Vikings, who got offense from a lot of places. Ashley Morris had seven kills, and Chelsea Lake, Tori King, and Rachel Lynch had five kills each. “The girls were transitioning well,” Grunewald said. “They served tough, and they ran a pretty quick offense.” Morris led the Viking serves on the night with six aces. Lakewood heads to the Byron Center Invitational next Saturday. The Saxons’ Kaitlyn Semler (front) collides with teammate Ashley Eerdmans as they both attempt to dig a Trojan serve during Monday evening’s O-K Gold Conference contest in Hastings, which the Trojans won 3-2. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 11, 2007 — Page 21 Lions lose focus in loss to Rams by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley didn’t have its best performance at Galesburg-Augusta on Wednesday night. The Lion varsity volleyball team fell to 2-3 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association as the Rams downed them in four games, 3-1. Galesburg-Augusta won by the scores of 2519, 21-25, 25-23, 25-14. “Our kids just didn’t show up to play. We could have won it in three, and we wound up losing it in four,” said Maple Valley head coach Bill Brenton. Maple Valley had a small lead in game one, and a big lead in game three, and both got away. The Rams then handled the Lions easily in the fourth game to take the victory. The Lions are now 8-15-5 overall this year. They were up and down Saturday as well, at the Portage Northern Invitational, where they finished with a 1-2-1 record. The scores in the Lions’ best game of the day didn’t reflect how well they played. East Kentwood topped Maple Valley 25-14, 25-11 to start the day. The Falcons entered this week with a 39-2 record, as the number three ranked team in the state in Class A. “We played well,” Brenton said. Maple Valley was a little off after that, but the Lion head coach took some of the blame for that himself. He moved some players Saxon tennis nets 3 wins at Gold tourney Hastings’ Travis Moore rounds a corner onto the final straight away during Wednesday’s O-K Gold Conference meet at Johnson Park. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) TK girls get perfect score against Saxons It doesn’t get any better for a cross country team than finishing with 15 points. That’s what the Thornapple Kellogg girls did on Wednesday afternoon at Johnson Park. The Trojan girls outscored Hastings 15-50 to improve to 5-0 in the O-K Gold Conference so far this season, with one dual remaining. The first seven runners across the finish line were Trojans. Leading the way for TK was Allyson Winchester, in 19 minutes 45 seconds. Melanie Truer was second in 21:35, Kylie Schultz third in 21:47, Emma Ordway fourth in 21:58, and Kelsey Webster fifth in 22:02. Hastings’ first runner to finish was Nicole Frantz, who placed eighth in 22:53. She was followed by Lauren Anderson (23:01), Alaina Case (23:34), Katie Ponsetto (24:18), and Jenny LaJoye (24:26). The Saxon girls are now 0-4 in the league. The final conference jamborees were slated to be held at Johnson Park yesterday. The league championship meet is at Wayland next Wednesday. Hastings’ boys edged Thornapple Kellogg, 26-31. TK’s Keith Winchester won the boys’ race in 16:57. He was more than half a minute ahead of the second place finisher, Hastings’ Ryan Bosma who hit the line in 17:28. Behind Bosma for the Saxons, Troy Dailey was fourth in 17:57, Dane Schils fifth in 18:22, Travis Moore seventh in 19:18, and Kevin Armstrong eighth in 19:24. Behind Keith for TK, Ethan Fuller was third in 17:34, Tim Olsen sixth in 19:12, J.R. LaVire tenth in 20:30, and Tim Etter 11th in 20:05. The Saxon boys are now 2-2 in the O-K Gold Conference, while TK’s boys are now 2-3 in the league. The new kid on the block took over the OK Gold Conference this fall. Forest Hills Northern dominated the competition at Saturday’s league championship meet. The Huskies reached the championship finals in each flight, falling only at first singles where Wayland’s Keith Sikkema took a 6-2, 6-3 win over Cullen Malloy. The Huskies finished the day with 55 points. Byron Center was second with 43, followed by Wayland 39, South Christian 31, Hamilton 25, Thornapple Kellogg 21, and around, and tried some new looks. “They played good from time to time. They just weren’t consistent,” Brenton said. “A lot of it was my fault.” Comstock downed the Lions 25-21, 25-21. Maple Valley then picked up its lone win of the day, knocking off Battle Creek Central 2519, 25-19. In their final match, the Lions split with Eau Claire 25-16, 15-25. Dani Christensen led Maple Valley Saturday with 22 kills and six aces. Bailey Flower had nine blocks. Ashley Gonser finished with 28 digs. Lauren Pierce had 41 assists in the four matches. Tina Westendorp contributed a great serving day, hitting on all 23 of her attempts. Maple Valley will be at Saranac on Monday, then plays host to Pennfield Wednesday night. Hastings 12. The Saxons had three victories on the day. At first singles, Eric Treadwell knocked off South Christian’s top player 1-6, 6-0, 6-4. At second singles, Chris White topped the Sailors’ number two 6-3, 6-2. Hastings’ lone win on the doubles side came from the number two team of Dylan Bowman and Stephen Krammin which topped Hamilton 6-3, 6-2. Treadwell was selected as an AllConference performer after the tournament. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! 77516807 Your Medicare Advantage Plan Should Give You… Trust. Security. Peace of Mind. Get that and more with a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Medicare Advantage plan. 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Juniors bring Scooby Doo back to life with their float for the Oct. 5, homecoming parade. The Hastings High School band marches through town during the homecoming parade. The Hastings High School Band and Color Guard play for a packed house Friday, Oct. 5, during the 2007 Hastings High School homecoming. The Hastings Youth Athletic Association football players marching in the homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 5. Decked out in Spiderman gear for the homecoming parade, the freshman class makes its way through Hastings. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-10-18.pdf bd3deb35ab1084e13ed01ef380cd9a8a PDF Text Text Union Bank continues expansion process Recall: The latest outrage Saxon soccer season ends in shoot-out See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 17 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 42 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, October 18, 2007 NEWS Trial begins in death of Hastings woman BRIEFS Habitat dinner is Oct. 26 Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Barry County will be serving Swiss steak and baked chicken for a fundraising dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. in Hastings. In addition to the two meats, the menu includes mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, a vegetable, homemade desserts and beverages. The meal is available for a free will offering. Proceeds will help build another Habitat home for a local family in need of decent housing. An ecumenical Christian housing ministry, Habitat works with people from all walks of life, desiring that every person can experience God’s love and can live and grow into all that God intends, the Habitat mission statement says. For more information about the local Habitat, please call the Habitat office at 269-948-9939. People who would like to make a taxdeductible donation to Habitat and can't attend the upcoming dinner, may send a check to Barry County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 234; Hastings, Mich. 49058. Charlton Park focus of luncheon Local historian Esther Walton will be the featured speaker for the Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) luncheon tomorrow at noon in Charlton Park’s Upjohn House. Walton has a master’s degree in the history of houses and is associated with the National Register of Buildings in Michigan. She will conduct a tour of the buildings in the Village and will tell their stories. Walton has some 40 years of research in Barry County history and will share her extensive knowledge. ILR representatives say this is a beautiful time of year to visit the park, and the tour will be made easier by use of the park’s tram. The buffet-style luncheon will be catered by Heart's Desire of Hastings at a cost of $8.50 per person. For further information, call RJ at (269) 795-2042 or Mary at (269) 945-9479. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The trial of the man accused of murdering 2002 Hastings graduate Laura Dickinson got underway in Washtenaw County this week. Orange Amir Taylor III has been charged in the Dec. 13, 2006, slaying of Dickinson in her Eastern Michigan University dorm room. The attorney for Taylor, Alvin Keel, said during opening statements Monday that while Taylor admits to entering Dickinson’s room on the night in question, he said he found her partially clothed body on the floor with a pillow covering her face. Taylor admitted to becoming aroused at the time, but denied he had any connection with her death. Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth countered that DNA evidence will prove Taylor, 21, raped or attempted to rape Dickinson before killing her. A supervisor of the Northville state police post biology laboratory testified that DNA samples taken from the body matched Taylor’s. In addition, Guy Nutter, Michigan State Police trace evidence analyst, said Taylor’s sweatshirt was made of material that was consistent with fibers found on the body. Nutter testified that the sweatshirt was “unique in nature,” and a search for similar sweatshirts in local stores did not turn up any of the same fabric. Taylor was identified on a video taken near the entrance to the dorm. He was seen following another student into the dorm and later identified as the person leaving the dorm with property taken from Dickinson’s room. The case received national attention earlier this year when it was determined the university tried to cover up the incident, initially releasing information that the death was “not suspicious.” In a news release dated Dec. 16, the university said the department of public safety “is working closely with the medical examiner’s officer to determine the cause and circumstances of death. At this point, there is no reason to suspect foul play.” Taylor, who was also an EMU student, was arrested two months later. Not until the arrest was made was information revealed that the preliminary investigation by the medical examiner initially was judged as suspicious and that “foul play was suspected.” Eastern Michigan University President John Fallon, along with other EMU officials, was fired for his part in the alleged cover-up. Fallon is now suing the university for wrongful discharge. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer On Monday, 143 members of the Barry County Agricultural Society voted to elect three members to the board, choosing from a slate of seven candidtes. Dan Pickard, Dennis Redman and John D. Mater were elected to three-year terms, with vote totals of 92, 82 and 76, respectively. Also running for what many refer to as the “Fair Board,” were Dale Augustine (9), Darl Lester (31), Joyce Snow (35) and Stacy Vandefifer (44). There were also three writein votes. Terms expiring in 2008 are those of Duane Warner, Marcie Robertson and Ron Tobias. The terms of Don Geukes, Steve Converse and Tom Bolo will expire in 2009. After many collecive years on the board, Bill Neal, Betty Bryans and Marilyn Higgins decided not to run again. They and other members spoke at a meeting held after the See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Red-shirt brigade brightens CROP Walk See FAIR, page 2 Bright red T-shirts, in celebration of the 25th anniversary Barry County CROP Walk, were worn by nearly all the 165 walkers during the Sunday, Oct. 14 event in Hastings. The T-shirts were given away free to all the walkers as a gift from participating churches. Colorful umbrellas were plentiful along the route too as an autum rainfall dampened the journey but not walkers’ enthusiasm. See page three for more photos and the story of the successful walk to fight hunger. (photo by Elaine Gilbert) Parents challenge Pleasantview Elementary’s split-class policy The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Monday, Oct. 22., at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St., Hastings, from noon to 5:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. Red Cross officials say they have been averaging less than a day’s supply of O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543 The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan will host guest speaker George C. Williston and his program, “Wartime Power of the President Under the Constitution,” tonight, at 7 p.m. at the Thornapple Emergency Services Building, 128 High St., Middleville. both the coffee shop and at neighboring Anne’s Health Foods when she was home. Friends remember the young woman as having a terrific sense of humor and positive outlook on life. Said to be outgoing and athletic, Dickinson was a member of the Thornapple Arts Players, a local theater group, and belonged to the crew team at EMU. The fact that she was fit enough to make the crew team, coupled with her active, healthy lifestyle, were pointed out when her death had originally been attributed to natural causes. The trial is expected to last up to two weeks, and if convicted, state guidelines call for Taylor to receive a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Pickard, Redman and Mater are elected to Fair Board Blood drive in Hastings Monday Progressive Dems host speaker Taylor was arrested Feb. 23 and charged with homicide, two counts of criminal sexual conduct, home invasion and larceny. The news of the murder shocked the small community of Hastings, where Laura Dickinson is remembered as being a caring person and active in the community. “She was the kind of person whom if she only met you once would stop you on the street and ask how you were doing,” longtime friend Cloe Oliver said at the time of Dickinson’s death. “And she would expect an answer. She really wanted to know.” Dickinson, 22, was the only daughter of Robert and Deb Dickinson. Her father owns and operates State Grounds Coffee House in Hastings, where friends took over and ran the shop just after her death. Laura worked at Delton Kellogg crowns its 2007 Homecoming king and queen Delton Kellogg High School named Kelsie Smith and Octavio Romero its 2007 Homecoming Queen and King during a ceremony at Friday night’s home football game. Delton beat Galesburg-Augusta 42-0. More photos of the 2007 Delton homecoming celebration can be found on the back page of this edition of the Banner. (Photo by Linda Boyce) by Megan Lavell Staff Writer At Monday night’s school board meeting, The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education heard parent complaints stemming from district policies adopted due to statefunding shortages. Two parents voiced concern over the split classes at Pleasantview Elementary School. Instead of having one class each for third, fourth and fifth grades, the fourth grade there has been split between the third and fifth grade classrooms. Hastings Superintendent Richard Satterlee said that while split classes are not the “optimal learning environment,” they have been used in other instances in Hastings. Pleasantview is the only building in the district currently with a split class. “That’s not a reflection on the building at all,” said Satterlee. “Splits aren’t uncommon. They’re a little heavy on size. It is an enrollment issue. ” Satterlee said the only reason the split classroom works at Pleasantview is that the individual third, fourth and fifth grade classes are small. With the splits, the third/fourth grade class has 28 students and the fourth/fifth grade class has 31 students. Former Pleasantview Elementary School fourth grade teacher Sue Kelly now teaches kindergarten for both Pleasantview and Southeastern elementary schools. Former Pleasantview kindergarten teacher Becky Parker is now teaching sixth and seventh grade science at Hastings Middle School. The Board directed Satterlee to look at alternatives for the split classes. Satterlee said he and Assistant Superintendent Mary Vliek have each received one parent phone call voicing concern about the issue. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Board of Education: • Heard a presentation from Hastings High School Student Council member Dylan Bowman about student council activities. • Viewed a presentation by Pleasantview teachers Trisha Kietzman and Michelle Auten about the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop, a program they are implementing in their classrooms to help students become better writers. • Approved in principle a travel study request for the Hastings High School Business Professionals of America to go to the State Leadership Conference in Grand Rapids March 13 to 16, 2008, and the National Conference in Reno, Nev., May 7 to 11, 2008. • Approved in principle a travel study request for the Hastings Middle School 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. and Gettysburg Battlefield June 4 to 8, 2008. • Accepted the personnel report. The following changes were made to school personnel: Kristine Hanford retired from her position as a paraprofessional at Northeastern Elementary School; middle school counselor Patricia Bellgraph, elementary counselor Nancy Bradley, child-care center early childhood specialist Katy Loughry, and high school language arts teacher Carrie Roe were granted leaves of absence; elementary counselor Nancy Bradley and Star Elementary School special education teacher Rori Hornacek returned from leaves of absence; paraprofessionals April Gorman, Lisa Gibbs, Nancy Jenks and Cindy VanBelkum returned from layoff. • Appointed the following people to assignments indicated: Patricia Durling, Pleasantview Elementary School paraprofessional; Shani Friend, middle school food See SCHOOL, page 14 �Page 2 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Williston says he is concerned with the power of the U.S. presidents to take the country into wars of their own choice and that the constitutional power of Congress to declare war has been abdicated by Congress, thereby nullifying the system of checks and balances envisioned by the founders of the Constitution. Williston will briefly discuss the stretching of power by presidents, both past and present. He will perform live music. New works of poetry will be presented by Barry County poet David Campbell. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Contact Patricia Wilson at (269) 7954412 or wilough@att.net for further information. Fiddlers to fill COA Saturday The Michigan Fiddlers Association will return to the Barry County Commission on Aging Saturday, Oct. 20, for a day of music, food and dancing. Fiddlers will be showing their stuff from 2 to 5 p.m., with an open microphone from 5 to 6 p.m., and dancing beginning at 6 p.m. Plenty of music will be played between 6 to 9 p.m., including fiddles, guitars, steel guitars, dulcimers, bass fiddles, piano, and much more. A dinner of home-style soup, sandwiches, assorted pies and beverages will be available from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at a charge of $6 per person. All proceeds from the dinner will go toward COA services for homebound seniors. Admission to the jamboree is free of charge, but freewill offerings will be appreciated. Proceeds at the door will be split 50/50 by the Fiddlers Association and the COA. The Commission on Aging is located at 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., in Hastings. For more information, call Nellie at (517) 6282108 or Bob at (269) 945-2500. The COA is a member of the Barry County United Way. Protection topic of County Forum Tonight’s County Forum will address the lack of legislation protecting consumers and the outcry regarding Michigan taxes. The forum, formerly the First Friday Forum series, will be at the Thomas Jefferson Hall, 328 S. Jefferson St., Hastings, at 7 p.m. Attorney Steve Lehto and former legislator Lynn Jondahl will address these issues and talk about the current budget crisis within the state. Lehto is a practicing consumer protection attorney in Royal Oak. Jondahl currently serves as executive director of the Michigan Prospect for Renewed Citizenship. He served 22 years as a state representative from East Lansing. Guests are encouraged to bring questions regarding consumer protection and concerns about the state budget crisis. Light refreshments will be served at the hall. Hastings Kids Choir seeking singers The Hastings Kids Choir is accepting new members for its 2007-08 season. After-school rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays, October through April at the Hastings Middle School. A program of the Community Music School, the choir presents fall and spring concerts, as well as a performing tour to Hastings area elementary schools each spring. Cindy Olson serves as Kids Choir director, assisted by Steve Youngs, with accompaniment by Holly Bolthouse. Through the choir, youngsters learn to follow vocal lines, develop their voices wisely, and maintain correct singing posture and stage presence, while making the experience enjoyable and fun for all involved. Scholarships are available. For information, call the CMS at (269) 948-9441 or visit www.musiccenters cmi. com. Volunteers sought for acts of kindness Area residents willing to commit “random acts of kindness” for others in Barry County Oct. 19 and 20 are being sought by Rep. Brian Calley, sponsor of this first-time event. People with paint brushes, strong backs and a willingness to do something nice for someone else are especially encouraged to volunteer, said Calley, noting that jobs may include house painting, yard work or similar duties. “Residents who are willing to volunteer for five minutes for five hours are encouraged to join us during this two-day event,” said Calley, R-Portland. “Random Acts of Kindness will be powered by people. The more volunteers we get, the more we can accomplish.” Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Calley by phone at (517) 373-0842 or e-mail briandcalley@house.mi.gov. FAIR, continued from page 1 polls closed at 8 p.m. and before the election results were announced. Looking back over the past year, Neal praised the ability of everyone to work together to produce a successful fair. He told the audience of about 50 members that attendance at the 2007 fair was down but that income was up, likely due to more people attending shows at the grandstand. Neal has served on the board for 22 years, since before the fairgrounds moved from a 31-acre site in the city of Hastings to its current 160 acres northwest of town. In looking back over her past five years of service, Bryans said, “I have enjoyed every single moment. I need to take a break, but I look forward to volunteering.” She also served for six years, from 1990 to1996. Higgins, who served two three-year terms, said her time on the board has been a learning experience. “There are so many good volunteers from 4-H, the Agricultural Society and others working for our success,” sad Higgins. Dale DeHaan, representing the accounting firm of Walker Fluke and Sheldon in Hastings, gave a summary of the society’s financial accounts. The most recent fair saw profits of about $5,000, he said, bringing the society’s present cash balance to $124,481. Copies of the financial statements are available for review at the Expo Center office. Member John Loftus thanked board and predicted “even bigger and better things” in the future. Bryans also mentioned the creation of the 501(c)3 Barry County Agriculture Fair Improvement Fund, which took two years to finalize. “This will be a real benefit for us because people will be able to make tax-deductible contributions,” she said. Following the annual meeting, the board met to select officers. Elected to president was Ron Tobias, with Don Geukes as vice president, Marcie Robertson as treasurer and Steve Converse serving as secretary. The board will meet tonight in a regular meeting. Meetings are held bi-monthly, on the first and third Thursdays, at 7:30 p.m. at the Barry Expo Center. One item the board will discuss tonight is the suggestion to amend the bylaws and require those running for a position on the board attend at least three board meetings the year prior to the election. For more information about the Barry County Agricultural Society call (269) 9452224. The annual meeting of the Barry County Agricultural Society was a time for outgoing members Bill Neal, Betty Bryans (center) and Marilyn Higgins to say thanks for all the help they have received from volunteers during their years of service. From left, John Mater, Dan Pickard and Dennis Redman attended their first meeting as members of the Barry County Agricultural Society board immediately following their election on Oct. 15. Pickard lives in rural Freeport, Redman resides in rural Hastings, and Mater hails from the Nashville area. Canadian poet to read work Two local libraries will hold poetry readings that will focus on the impact of war. Canadian poet David Campbell will read selections from his newly published book, People of Stone, at the Delton District Library tomorrow, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. A repeat performance will take place Thursday, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hastings Public Library. Inspired by time spent in the U.S. and a recent trip to the former Soviet Union country of Belarus, Campbell centers much of his new work on the senselessness of both past and present wars. A visual presentation will support the poetry reading. These presentation are free and open to the public. For additional information call the Delton District Library at (269) 6238040 or the Hastings Public Library at (269) 945-4263. Water heaters get ready for Halloween This year many Middleville businesses are decorating for Halloween, and the Downtown Development Authority has added seasonal decorations as well. These Halloween monsters and scarecrow, created by Bradford White employees, were made with water heater parts from the local manufacturer. Halloween on the Riverbank will be celebrated in Middleville at Stagecoach Park from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27. (photo by Patricia Johns) Union Bank takes another step in expansion process by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Observant motorists driving on West State Street in Hastings lately, have likely noticed a large vacant lot on the north side of the highway. The site won’t be vacant for long; it’s the future site of the Hastings branch of Union Bank. The current Union Bank office is on the south side of State Street near Chicago Title. “We’ve quickly outgrown the facility,” said Union Bank Vice President of Sales and Marketing Todd Willoughby, of the facility. “We’re really pleased with our growth over here.” Union Bank came to Hastings about a year ago. Willoughby said that when the bank opened, the current site was designated as a This artist sketch shows what the new Union Bank in Hastings will look like after its completion next year. temporary location. “There was a lot of opportunity in the area,” Willoughby said of Hastings. “It’s a growing market. We wanted to expand service to another community.” To accommodate the new office, two buildings were demolished earlier this month. The old Manpower building and the former Sunshine Pack and Ship store had been on adjoining lots between State and Apple streets. Before it was used by Sunshine Pack and Ship, the light-blue Victorian house also was home to the Hastings branch of Buckland Insurance Agency and before that, the Hastings House, a gift boutique. Willoughby said he expects the new building to be finished by next summer. The bank will offer all of the services it does now, as well as a night drop box, drive-through banking and an automatic teller machine. The Hastings branch of Union Bank currently employs five people, and Willoughby said he hopes the branch will be able to hire one or two more. Union Bank Vice President and Business Development Officer Daniel King and Office Manager and Loan Assistant Debbie Behler stand in front of the future Union Bank site on State Street in Hastings. The new facility should be complete next summer. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 3 County CROP Walk exceeds goals for 25th anniversary trek by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Barry County CROP Walk organizers and walkers are still celebrating last Sunday’s event when they surpassed their 2007 goals for helping people around the world as well as locally. The afternoon’s gray clouds had a silver lining for the 25th anniversary walk. One hundred sixty-five walkers collected more than $18,000 to benefit local food pantries and walk sponsor Church World Service, which provides help and hope in more than 80 countries. Walk Co-coordinators Nolan and Joan Hudson are overjoyed with the results because the CROP Walk Team had set goals to recruit 150 walkers and raise $17,000. “The credit does not go to Joan and I, but it goes to the 16 recruiters (from area churches),” Nolan said. “They’ve done a fantastic job. They deserve a pat on the back... We’re celebrating. “The community rallied behind us, and the business support we received is invaluable.” Even though rain fell during the walk and temperatures were in the chilly 50s, walkers’ enthusiasm was not dampened, he said. The walk started and ended at First United Methodist Church in Hastings. He is especially pleased to have 16 churches participating, an increase of four churches over last year, and praised the cooperation of working together, crossing denominational lines to help feed hungry people. New churches to join the walk were the Kalamo United Methodist Church, Hastings Seventh Day Adventist Church, Thornapple Valley Church and Grace Community Church in Nashville. Having two youth groups involved from Grace Lutheran and Hastings Seventh Day Adventist churches was noteworthy, Nolan said. He said other youth groups may have participated, but those are the only two identifying themselves at the walk. All the young people in attendance were appreciated. George Ulrich emerged as the top walker at the event, raising $1,718.50 for CROP. Other top walkers were Avis Geren, $708; Nolan and Joan Hudson, $675; Suzan Foster, $508; Mickey Cousino, $505.50; Roland Oaster, $505; Margaret Hollenbeck, $450; Doris M. Brogan, $360; Mike Bremer, $360; Harriet Willbrandt, $355; Grace Lutheran High School Youth, $339; Trudy Tobias, $310; Candace and Ron Holsted, $300; Seth Trowbridge, $277; Gary Platte, $270; Chris Schad, $257; Jack A. Brown, $250; Erin and Jameson Merritt, $235; Jon, Elisabeth and Lauren Arnold, $220; and Mary and John Kleinbrink, $200. Middleville United Methodist Church raised more than any other participating church with a total of $2,538, followed closely by Grace Lutheran Church at $2,485.50. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is supplementing the funds walkers from Grace Lutheran Church in Hastings raised for the One-hundred and sixty-five walkers participated in the 25th annual Barry County Crop Walk. See CROP, page 4 Stan Graham, a day time custodian at Maplewood Elementary School in Vermontville for the past 34 years, received donations for the walk from all 30 full time employees at Maplewood. Nolan Hudson, current walk coordinator, introduced two former coordinators – Larry Hollenbeck (center), who was the first coordinator, and Roger Trowbridge. All ages participated in the event to help raise funds to assist people in more than 80 countries, including the U.S. Four food pantries in Barry County benefit from CROP funds. The band from Country Chapel United Methodist Church in Dowling provided music for walkers after their trek. Joe “Papa” Zurad pulled his grandchildren, Lauren Zurad and Zoey Zurad, in a wagon along the route. Trudy Tobias) was one of the participants who has been active in the Barry County CROP Walk for all 25 years. Deb Cleveland (left), Barry County CROP Walk treasurer, hands a 25th anniversary T-shirt to a walker. All walkers received a free T-shirt, compliments of participating churches. (photos by Elaine Gilbert) Walkers’ enthusiasm was not dampened by the rain and chilly temperature during the trek around downtown Hastings and to Grace Lutheran Church and back to the First United Methodist Church. The registration table was a busy place before the walk started. �Page 4 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Commissioner should not be recalled IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Medicine abuse climbing among teens and others To the editor: In a time when every month on the calendar has been designated as the "awareness" month for any number of causes, October may just be the month to pay attention to. Two of the most critical issues facing women and families receive nationwide attention during the month of October: breast cancer and domestic violence. Chances are you have heard a message on the radio or seen something pink in the stores as you shop. But awareness shouldn’t stop there. My guess is that many or most Barry County residents have no idea that October is also designated as Talk About Prescription Drug Abuse Month. I hope you will take a minute and finish reading this brief letter. It just might make a huge difference in your life and the lives of those you care about. Medicine abuse is a real and growing concern. It is estimated 4 million Americans are addicted to prescription drugs. Teen use of prescription drugs is on the rise nationally, and Michigan ranks as one of the top states with increased teen abuse of medications. Theft or taking of other people’s medications is common, often times by family members or guests in the home. Medicine abuse is especially a concern for youths, females, and older adult populations. Perhaps most alarming is the misperception that taking prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications to get high is a “safe high.” The truth is the abuse of medicine can lead to life-threatening situations and can and does cause harm. Here are a few ways you can do your part to become more aware of medicine abuse: • Lock up all medications, both prescription and over-the-counter, which could be abused. These include, but are not limited to, all narcotics and prescription pain-killers such as Vicodin, Darvocet, or Oxycontin, Tylenol with codeine, over-the-counter cough syrups and cold medications and prescription medications, such as Ritalin or Xanax. • Talk with your physicians and pharmacist about prescriptions and your use of over-thecounter medications. Seek their advice on taking medications properly and ask if you are on any medication which may be habitforming. Make sure your doctors know what medicines you take. • Go online to learn more about medicine abuse. Both www.theantidrug.com and www.drugfree.org are excellent sites offering accurate information, parenting tips, and other resources. • Talk to your children about the risks of taking any medication for reasons other than prescribed or indicated. Research shows that kids whose parents talk to them about not using drugs will be less likely to use drugs in the future. Talking does work. • Talk to all family members, especially older adults who may not realize the risks. • Seek treatment if you or a family member is in trouble. Call your physician for a referral, or simply call Barry County Substance Abuse Services at (269) 945-1387 or toll-free at 1-877-489-9084. Help is available. As Ben Franklin said many years ago, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Simply put, prevention is protection. As with all awareness campaigns, whether it’s breast cancer awareness, domestic violence awareness or the awareness of medicine abuse, we can all do our part to bring action and change to our community. Thank you for doing your part this October to make Barry County a safer, healthier place. Liz Lenz Community preventionist Barry County Substance Abuse Services coordinator Barry County Substance Abuse Task Force Fond memories of Charlton Park To the editor: When we moved to Hastings in 1947, I remember going to Charlton Park and listening while Mr. Charlton explained and demonstrated some of his antique treasures. Then when our children were small, we enjoyed IN OTHER NEWS Benefit dinner tomorrow at TVC Thornapple Valley Church is donating its facilities to benefit gunshot victim Curt Pavlik at a pig roast tomorrow, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Pavlik was shot in the face at close range in April 2006 and has endured many reconstructive surgeries since. The University of Michigan Medical Center is requiring a downpayment of $18,000 before the next surgery can be scheduled. Money from the dinner will go toward this surgery, Pavlik’s sixth. Tomorrow’s event also will include a silent auction, door prizes and live entertainment. The church is located south of Hastings, on M-43 highway. visiting the Park where they could explore and wonder at the immensity of the huge steam engines. As they grew older, we experienced the special holidays in an old-fashioned way. In my retirement years, I’ve spent many hours as a volunteer showing and explaining early travel in Barry County with typical stops at the Bristol Inn. Many surrounding county tourists and out-of-state visitors were amazed with the unique quality of Charlton Park. I also worked sometimes in the Town Hall. The most rewarding volunteer experiences for me were “teaching” in the Lee School and reliving with today’s children to help them understand the values (and challenges) of attending a country school. The old-fashioned Halloween and Christmas events are helpful for children to appreciate the more simple and less commercial pleasures of the holidays. Our Barry County history is rich and should be preserved. I can think of no better way to learn than on-site experiences in the actual environment. Please, exercise your “voting privilege” by attending the polls on Nov. 6, and voting ‘yes” on the Charlton Park millage renewal. Do your part to preserve one of Barry County’s greatest assets. Thank you. Meredith Gilbert Hastings To the editor: I wish the Barry County Farm Bureau would keep its guilt-ridden hands out of our local politics and instead spend time convincing its members to be better stewards of God’s earth. Recently, the Barry County Farm Bureau took a stand against a county ordinance which reduces pollution of surface and ground water caused by faulty septic systems. I suspect their objection had more to do with a fear that the ordinance might be the first step toward some of its members finally being held accountable for polluting our drinking water. After all, one need only look at groundwater contamination maps to see an obvious correlation between intensive farming activity and dangerous nitrate levels in ground water. A similar correlation exists between farms with concentrated livestock numbers and E. coli pollution of surface water. E. coli can cause intestinal distress, which may be fatal in humans. The local Farm Bureau political spokesperson and attack dog, George Hubka, leads the organization’s crusade to recall County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick. Jeff was one of seven county commissioners voting in favor of the ordinance. He has also been publicly critical of large corporate farms, which have, under the shield of Farm Bureau’s political clout, continued to snub their noses at our environmental laws. Might this be the reason Farm Bureau’s attention is focused solely on problems caused by some of their members and correct them, not repeating the mistake they made years ago when they ignored the PBB contamination of milk to the detriment of an unsuspecting public. If you’ve signed the recall petition, demand Hubka remove your name. If you believe, as some have stated to me, that the facts behind the recall were misrepresented to you in order to obtain a signature, inform the Barry County Prosecutor’s office immediately. Such misrepresentation is a violation of state law. Voters, do not let Farm Bureau win this proxy war being fought through George Hubka against our commissioner. Jeff VanNortwick deserves our praise, not a recall. Joseph Lukasiewicz Hastings Editor’s note: Barry County Farm Bureau President Rick Lawrence said the local Farm Bureau is “not in favor of recalling any county commissioner, and we are not taking a stand one way or the other” on the current recall effort against County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick. The County Farm Bureau in September did adopt a resolution to ask county commissioners to immediately rescind and repeal the (TOST) regulations, concerning private property septic and well inspection fees. Lawrence said “that ordinance needs to be revisited.” Custodial parent law should be changed To the editor: Thousands of children are being harmed for no other reason than money. Judges, lawyers and people in the Friend of the Court system are making their decisions for no other reason than money, with no concern for the childrens well being. A child is created by two people, and needs for both parents are no greater from one than the other. The court system chooses one parent with almost no knowledge of the family, and encourages separation of families. A father misses his children just as much as a mother does, and has just as much to teach them, sometimes even more. When one parent bashes the other to the children it is so harmful. Children are damaged so badly they pass their problems to their own children and the biggest reason is child-support fights. If each parent had joint custody, each would have the same expense and the same responsibility, thus resolving almost all the reason for argument. The reason the jails are so full is a direct result of this kind of decisions. Please vote for change in the custodial parent law and give fathers a chance to make life better for their children. Bring back family values. Don’t make a money business of these children. Evelyn Hayes Hastings Listen to parents’ concerns To the editor: I can not agree or disagree with Mr. Wurm (in his letter in the Oct. 11 Banner), as I, myself, have never been through the Barry County Friend of the Court (FOC). My children have with my grandchildren. The problem I see is that the FOC should investigate each parent and give joint legal and joint physical custody if they check out as good people. Caseworkers, also need to stop generalizing cases and treat each case individually. They also need to listen to both parents’ concerns, not just custodial parent. All concerns should be investigated. The laws need to change. Mom’s got custody years ago as it was only the dad who worked. If both parents are involved maybe this world could get less troubled kids out there. Also, the caseworkers need to return all calls not just ones to custodial parent. I do have to compliment Jennifer Dailey and Mike Alspaugh for not generalizing cases and looking at all info in file. Deb James, Hastings CROP, continued from page 3 CROP Walk. When promoting the walk, Nolan Hudson said the local CROP Walk Team emphasized the global efforts of Church World Service (CWS), which receives 75 percent of the walk proceeds for disaster relief, food, medical care and self-help development efforts throughout the world. As an example, he said, CWS “tries to make a difference in the lives of children caught up in war, which is just as much a disaster as a hurricane.” Without the help of Christians and others to feed and care for these children, he said “insurgents will feed them and hand them a gun.” In Barry County, four local food programs will benefit form the County CROP Walk because 25% of the funds collected are split between Love Inc. of Barry County for the Hastings pantry, Good Food for Freeport, Maple Valley Community Pantry Shelf and the Middleville Food Pantry. During the opening ceremony before the walk, Nolan named representatives from each of the pantries: Lee Yoder, representing Donna Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. VanNortwick and not the other six commissioners who also cast an affirmative vote? A recall of Commissioner VanNortwick will impose a cost on those of us in his district. That is money which otherwise could be spent on roads or other township needs, or better still, reduce our taxes. A recall also diverts Jeff’s attention away from county issues such as Charlton Park operations or the 911 fiasco, both made critical by his predecessor, Tom Wing. Wing, who was absent or tardy for a third of all county meetings, not so coincidentally, also happens to be a Farm Bureau member. The voters of Baltimore, Johnstown and Assyria Townships were wise in the last election to remove incumbent Wing, who showed up 66 percent of the time yet took 100 percent of the pay, and replace him with Jeff VanNortwick. Since being elected, Jeff has put in endless hours on county business, working cooperatively with the other commissioners to clean up the mess left by Wing and the previous board. He has been visibly active at the many Charlton Park activities this year, doing his best to salvage our county legacy, which was all but left to fail by his predecessor. Those in Baltimore, Johnstown and Assyria Townships should be outraged at Farm Bureau’s interference in the governance of our townships and the additional costs and inconvenience now imposed upon us. Farm Bureau should admit to the environmental Tagg, of the Freeport pantry; Joan Keech, of the Nashville pantry; Margaret Eavey, of the Middleville pantry; and Barb Turkel, of the Hastings pantry. Stan Graham, a day time custodian at Maplewood Elementary School in Vermontville for the past 34 years, was one of the dedicated walkers. Nolan Hudson said it was noteworthy that Graham received donations for the walk from all 30 full time employees at Maplewood. Graham, who raised $191, said he and his co-workers wanted to help feed local families who are struggling financially and Vermontville area residents have been grateful for the help received at the Maple Valley Community Pantry Shelf. Bright red 25th anniversary T-shirts were worn by most of the walkers, many of whom were also garbed in rain gear and carried umbrellas. The T-shirts were given away free to all walkers as a gift from participating churches. “People will probably wear them for years to come,” Nolan said. Two former County CROP Walk coordina- Why is there more violence in high schools today? People across the nation are becoming increasingly alarmed and concerned about school violence. What are the causes? What is the solution? Violence in schools and violent attacks on young people seem to be recurrent headline themes, such as the recent shooting in Cleveland, Ohio, trouble in Grand Rapids, bullets in Battle Creek and horror in many other communities. tors – Larry Hollenbeck and Roger Trowbridge – were recognized for participating in last weekend’s event. Hollenbeck was the first coordinator. State Rep. Brian Calley, R-Portland, also participated in the 25th milestone walk. Pastor Rich Moore, of Hope United Methodist Church, sent walkers off with a prayer just before the event started. Sanctified, a band from Country Chapel United Methodist Church in Dowling, entertained walkers with music after the trek. The Barry County CROP Walk Team plans to evaluate the event at a Nov. 6 meeting. Usually the County CROP Walk is held in mid-September, but the later date of Oct. 14 this year “paid off for us” because it avoided the many activities of September, Nolan said. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Justin Hicks, Hastings: “I don’t think there is more violence today. According to the stories my dad has told me there were a lot more fights when he was in high school but teachers didn’t know about it.” Tori Cole, Middleville: “I don’t think there is more violence in high schools today because the rules are much stricter than they were previously.” Karissa Land, Middleville: “I think the reason there is more violence today is that security isn’t more visible. I think schools need police officers to keep there from being problems with guns or drugs in school.” Tammy Hansen, Hastings: “I don’t think the problem is with the schools. It is a problem because more students are coming to schools with issues and problems that may lead to violence.” Don Metz, Nashville: “The problem is that students are not coming to school with good values or an understanding of discipline. They are bringing their poor upbringing to school.” Claudia Hoaglin, Nashville: “I think the problem is with the parents. They are not checking backpacks and making sure children are not bringing guns to school.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 5 Lakewood superintendent bans birthday treats in school district Recall: The latest outrage So, what is the latest outrage? It’s all about a group of citizens putting together a recall campaign of selected legislators and possibly the governor. The process will take time and money at a time when we don’t have either. State government must keep its focus on the budget crisis and find ways to put the state’s economy back on track. For months now, citizens across Michigan have waited for the state government to find a solution to the budget crisis. Elected leaders debated, discussed and argued for months about raising taxes and cutting services, or a combination of the two. The continued loss of Michigan industries, jobs and taxpayers seems not to have appeared on their radar screens. If Michigan continues to lose jobs, the effect could be larger than any additional taxes or cuts legislators might have considered. The problem here is that we need to put more people to work, since industry and the jobs it brings are the backbone of our state’s economy. A study, commissioned by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and referenced in the book BoomTown USA on "what 100 new jobs means to a community," shows that 100 new manufacturing jobs in a community leads to: • 415 additional jobs elsewhere in the community • Over $12 million more in personal income per year • More than $5 million in bank deposits locally • At least seven additional retailers locally • Over $7 million dollars in retail sales • More than half a million dollars in increased tax revenues • More than $2 million in service receipts. If Michigan legislators really are adamant about solving this economic crisis, they must get serious about the industrial losses to the state. If they don’t stop the decline, so many people and jobs will have left this state, that legislators won’t be able to cut expenses or raise enough taxes to cover the loss. We need to shake off the ideas of an old "rust-belt" state and give voice to all that is right about Michigan. We need to respond to the new economy with the determination that we can once again be one of the economic leaders in the nation. Yet, we seem to be playing the blame game, resorting to backlash and threatening recalls for state legislators and even the governor for their support of increased taxes. This response solves nothing. In fact it just slows down the process of turning around this economy, putting the debate off for another time. There is no question state legislators and the governor did a poor job over the past six months; it was politics at its worst. Both sides were more concerned about tallying a win for themselves— as individuals and as political parties—than scoring a win for the state. So where do we go from here? We need to stop the political grandstanding and put pressure on these highly paid representatives to come up with solutions to a problem that was evident back when they ran for office in the first place. Can we find cuts in spending? Absolutely. Do we have to raise some taxes? Probably in the short term; there just doesn’t seem to be any way to avoid it. But that doesn’t mean an increase in taxes has to become law. It just allows the additional time needed to put together an economic plan that would return Michigan to the leading economic role it had just a few years ago. If you look at the list of services selected for sales tax, you can see that state legislators chose those with the least political power, those with no lobbyists in Lansing to protect them. Just last week the recall movement found its way to Barry County. Johnstown Township resident George Hubka announced his campaign to remove County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick. Hubka appears upset that VanNortwick supported a measure requested by the Barry-Eaton County Health Department. The new ordinance requires that a septic and well inspection be conducted when a property is sold. County commissioners said it was good for Barry County residents in that it gave them more control over possible groundwater contamination. Van Nortwick’s action shouldn’t give the voters of Johnstown, Baltimore and Assyria townships the feeling he was out of line in supporting the ordinance—all but one county commissioner supported the new ordinance. Does this mean the rest of the commissioners will be future targets of Hubka’s vengeance? Is Hubka acting alone or is he just carrying the torch for Farm Bureau, of which he is a member? At a recent Farm Bureau meeting, Hubka called for county commissioners to rescind their action on the inspections ordinance. Or is it just because he is a landlord, with several properties, that may not meet the new standards? There is a place for recall, and when used properly, it can be in the best interest of taxpayers. But I don’t believe that holding a view or casting a vote with which a few constituents do not agree warrants a recall. This process should be used only when an elected official abuses his or her position in office, behaves unethically, or commits a crime—not for a single vote on a single issue. Plus, when you look at the local issue, it is imperative that local officials be concerned about protecting our groundwater. How private citizens interact with local government can determine the fate of a community. It’s acceptable—and normal—to have differing opinions on any given issue, but to start legal action against a representatives due to a single issue is sending the wrong message to future candidates. Local taxpayers must demand civility in governing and not let a few renegades take over the process. We have many important issues at hand, and we can’t let our attention veer from these. Whether here in Barry County or in the state of Michigan as a whole, we must uphold our priorities as we deal with challenges that face the entire community. 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The concert will be free of charge, although donations will be taken to promote and support the continuance of future concerts. The Thornapple Wind Band is a non-profit group designed to enrich the lives of its members and the surrounding community. More than 50 people from several area communities volunteer their time to the group. Adult musicians are encouraged to join the band for concerts in December, February and March. For more information or to borrow an instrument, call Kim Domke at (269) 9459181 or Dave Macqueen, (269) 945-8832 or (269) 945-5377. with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 50 N. M37 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 Thornapple Wind Band presents kids concert what do you think? BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation 269-945-3512 such items as cookie dough, sweetened popcorn, chocolate-covered pretzels and candy. Students who sell these goods are rewarded with prizes, she noted, questioning the equity for students who sell little or nothing. Further, Hansbarger noted, the top-selling classes are rewarded with parties, but the menu at these parties does not include “fruit, vegetables and crackers that are nutritional.” Hansbarger pointed out that “at football games they allow junk food to be sold because it sells. They don’t sell fruit, vegetables and crackers of a nutritional value...” She wrote that she was not against such sales or promotions but suggested that the district was being “hypocritical” in its policy and feels that parents should still make decisions in how to train children in their eating habits. In the cafeterias, French fries no longer will be part of a “Type A “meal. They are now sold ala carte for $1 and are cooked in an oil that has no trans fats. Candy and “Little Debbie” items have been removed from the high school and middle school. 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But in searching for stocks In what he called an effort to protect children who have food allergies and make birthdays more equitable for grade school children, Lakewood Superintendent Mike O’Mara has announced that birthdays will no longer be celebrated with treats brought from home, whether packaged or home-made. O’Mara informed the school board of the new policy at its Oct. 8 meeting and sent a letter home with students Oct. 12. In the letter to parents, O’Mara stated: “You may already be aware the Michigan Department of Education and the State of Michigan have launched initiatives to promote the health and wellness of our children. Lakewood Public Schools will continue to make changes in our food service department to comply with state guidelines in promoting these initiatives. In addition, more and more of our children are acquiring food allergies. It is for these reasons we have decided to recognize your child’s birthday’s without edible treats. It will no longer be allowed for students to bring in treats and/or gifts to the classroom. However, the schools will be acknowledging your child’s birthday by recognizing them in one or more of the following ways: During the morning announcements, providing a birthday prize, and/or displaying birthdays on school’s bulletin boards, newsletters, etc. If parents would like, they may (on a strictly volunteer basis) donate a book, etc., to their child’s classroom in recognition of a birthday. It is also our recommendation that classroom celebrations and snacks brought to school are of a healthy nature. We suggest fruits, vegetables, and crackers that are nutritional. We hope you will join us in addressing the growing concern of “Sweets in Schools” and the negative impact they have on our most valuable resource….your child. For more information on the Healthy Kids Coalition refer to www.actionforhealthykids.org on the Internet. As the year progresses, we will be sending home more information. At the school board meeting, O’Mara said the “no birthday treat” decision is also an equity issue, since not all parents can send birthday treats to school. “It will be more of a parent issue than a kid issue,” anticipated O’Mara. O’Mara further explained that some children have food allergies, which puts the teacher “in a serious situation” where he or she has to read labels of packaged food or trust that a homemade treat has no allergens. The equity issue arises when parents send elaborate treats to the school as a birthday surprise, which can create bad feelings for children who receive no such parental birthday acknowledgment at school. This is not to say that the classroom can’t wish “happy birthday,” O’Mara told board members, but often the treats are not conducive to education in a class with 25-plus children. At least one resident has taken up the issue, writing a letter to the editor of the Lakewood News, (which is owned by the Banner’s parent company, J-Ad Graphics). Lariza Hansbarger, of Lake Odessa, cited inconsistencies with the banning, mainly that the district still pushes fundraisers that feature Thomas E. Emery City Clerk Reduced 911 Levy Saves Taxpayers Money After some debate and compromise, the 911/Central Dispatch Board decided to levy only .75 mills. This will save county taxpayers $414,587 in 2008, or about $11.73 for a $100,000 home. Hats off to Commissioner Mark Englerth and the rest of the board for working together to lower the tax levy. TOST Critics Must Come To The Table Voters unhappy with the TOST Septic Ordinance will accomplish nothing by attempting to recall county commissioners. The BarryEaton Health Department is the only organization that can modify the ordinance. I’ve talked with Steve Tackitt, Director of the Health Department, about citizen concerns regarding the TOST Ordinance. He has agreed to a public review after one year to evaluate the performance of the TOST Ordinance. At that time modifications may be considered. If critics of the TOST Septic Ordinance want to actually effect the issue, they need to come to the table and engage in constructive dialogue. Charlton Park Receives Key Endorsements The effort to renew the Charlton Park Millage has received several key endorsements. The Barry County Republican Party, The Progressive Democrats of West Michigan, The Barry County Chamber of Commerce and the Barry County Farm Bureau have all endorsed renewing support for Charlton Park. The election is Nov. 6, although absentee voters are receiving their ballots this week. Possible Irregularities in Van Nortwick Recall Although about 850 signatures were collected to recall County Commissioner Jeff Van Nortwick, there are concerns that signers of the petition may have been mislead into thinking that they were signing a petition against the TOST Septic Ordinance. Residents of Baltimore, Assyria and Johnstown Twp. who feel that there were irregularities regarding the circulation of the recall petition should contact County Clerk Deb Smith at 517-945-1285. Tell me what you think? P.O. Box 676 Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. �Page 6 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Dorothy Fay Brundage 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Fr. Charles P. McCabe III, Rector. Father Paul Downie Supply Prist. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Worship - 9:30 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Oct. 21 Holy Communion/Service of Healing 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Potluck and Bible Study. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday - 77 p.m. Advance Commitment Traiing; 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Saturday - 7 a.m. Men’s Breakfast; 5 p.m. Wedding. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits; 7 p.m. Session. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team; 7:30 p.m. Prayer Team. 77516920 HASTINGS - Dorothy Fay Brundage, age 77, of Hastings, died October 15, 2007; born August 22, 1930 in Lansing. Dorothy taught Sunday school at Maple Grove Baptist Church and also Liberty Baptist Church in Florida. She was also a dear wife to Bob for 61 years. Dorothy enjoyed visiting family and friends. She will always be remembered as a great Christian lady who loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Shirley Billsen, infant baby brother, and grandson, Thomas James Brundage. Surviving are her husband, Robert; daughter, Mary (Mark) Van Keulen; son, Thomas (Louise) Brundage; six grandchildren, Tammy Klop, Lori (Mike) Meinke, Shannon Genda, Robert Genda, Michelle McIntyre and Jodie Conley; seven great-grandchildren, Lindsey, Heidi, Cole M., Travis, Ashley, Cole T., and Jayden; four brothers and five sisters. Funeral services will be held Friday, October 19, 2:00 p.m. at the GorslineRunciman Funeral Homes, 900 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing with Pastor Ralph Tingley of Maple Grove Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Deepdale Memorial Gardens, Lansing. The family will receive friends at the Chapel Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Those desiring may make contributions to the Barry County Hospice in memory of Mrs. Brundage. Marvin Drake DEER, ARKANSAS - Marvin Drake, age 77, a residence of Deer, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2007 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Homer, Arkansas. Marvin was born on October 24, 1929 in Greenville, the son of Earl and Jennie (Park) Drake. He graduated from Hastings High School in 1948 and later received a degree from Michigan Tech (College) University in Houghton. A geophysicist by trade, Marvin lived most of working life overseas, in Venezuela, and then in France and Algeria and 20 years in Bermuda and then Florida. Marvin made his final home in Newton County, Arkansas and fell in love with the Ozark National Forest and the people who live there especially his neighbors. Marvin loved to travel and explore different parts of the world. He once took a year from work and traveled ‘around the world.’ He had an interest in computers and a passion to read. He loved his animals, especially Dennis the Menace, his Papillon. Marvin was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Albert Drake and Robert Drake. He is survived by his sistersin-law, Corinne Drake of Michigan and Margaret Drake of Florida and 12 nieces and nephews. A private interment in Chubbock Cemetery, Kent County, will follow with immediate family. In lieu of flowers, a memoriam donation to the Red Cloud Indian School, 100 Mission Dr., Pine Ridge, SD 57770 would be most acceptable. http/redcloudschool/org. Norman E. Stanton Etta (Roe) Pennington LACEY - Norman E. Stanton 94, of Assyria Township, Lacey passed away peacefully October 16, 2007 in the farm home bedroom in which he was born on June 30, 1913. Norman was the son of Walter E. and Nellie (Norman) Stanton. He attended Briggs School and graduated from Hastings High School in 1932. Norman married Doris Cole and worked the family farm. In 1946 he accepted a position with Michigan Farm Bureau, Allegan Farmers CoOp and Farmers Co-Op in Hudsonville. In 1958 he purchased the family farm and in 1959 Norman took a position as territory manager with Clay Equipment Corp. of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Norman married Barbara Barcroft and that marriage ended in divorce. His marriage to Lillian Haywood ended in her death. Norman is survived by his wife of 30 years, the former Nyla Pierce; his four children, daughter Marlene (Richard) Wilhiem of Allegan, son Ronald L. Stanton of Freeland, son Philip (Jody) Stanton of Houston TX and son Daniel (Dora) Stanton of Lacey. A stepdaughter Judy (Cliff) Converse of Hastings and a step-daughter-in-law Catherine Abendroth of Hastings. Surviving are eight grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, five step grandchildren and nine step- great grandchildren. Norman is preceded in death by a step-son Robert P. Abendroth and a step-grandson Eric Cronk. Norman is at Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings where the family will receive friends Thursday October 18, 2007 from 68pm. Services for Norman will be held Friday October 19, 2007 at 1pm at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel with Rev. Cathy Chrestman officiating, with interment following in the Union Cemetery in Maple Grove Township. For those who wish, memorials may be made to the Barry Community Hospice or Nashville United Methodist church. Please sign Norman’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com Marian M. Carlson GUN LAKE - Marian M. Carlson , age 88 of Gun Lake, died Monday October 16, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. Marian was born in Beeker Fox, South Dakota on March 29, 1919. Her parents were both from Germany and settled in Spooner, Wisconsin where they raised 10 children. She married Oscar Carlson and they raised their family in Caro, Michigan. Her children are Bonnie Hites of Bloomington, IN., Sandy Cook of Gun Lake, Ozzie Carlson of Ramsey, NJ., and Chris Little of Kentwood; they have nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Marian’s husband, Oscar, who preceded her in death, was an educator, and she was a homemaker, running a small business of asparagus, chicken and egg farm to assist family. They had a golf driving range, where many hours of fun were had by friends and family. Oscar being Brooklyn bred and Marian a country girl were a pair to draw to, and there were few dull moments. Marian was an avid reader, and in her declining years spent her time at home, looking over beautiful Gun Lake, under the care of those she had nurtured and loved. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Family suggest memorialscan be made to the Barry County Commission on Aging. Arrangements are bythe Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). HASTINGS - Etta Pennington passed away at Pennock Hospital, in Hastings on Saturday, October 13, 2007. She was born on April 12, 1931 to Grace (Bailey) and Fred D. Roe. Etta married James Tallent on November 28, 1948 and had three children before their divorce. She later married Kenneth Pennington on September 3, 1977 in Hastings. She was employed at Hastings Manufacturing until she retired in 1978 to be with her husband. She was a member of the Thornapple Valley Church until she moved to Florida in 2002. Etta is survived by a beloved friend, Joseph Malandrino of Ocala, FL; three children, James (Winifred) Tallent Jr. of Battle Creek, MI, Robin Tallent of El Paso, TX, Vicki (Rodney) Thomas of Hastings; five step-children, Rick Pennington, Reatha Pennington, Robin Snow, Becky Bass all of Hastings, and Ron Pennington of Freeport; five grandchildren, Shannon Neil, Teshia Walford, Shawn Tallent, J J Tallent and Amanda Thomas; two dear sisters, Bertha Harris of Chester, VA and Anna Lee Ogletree of Delton. Preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Pennington; sister, Irene Smith; and parents, Fred Roe and Grace Chamberlin. She is at the Lauer Family Funeral HomesWren Chapel where her services were held on Wednesday. Rev. Carla Smith officiated. Cremation followed. Please sign Etta’s guest book or leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. Town Hall meeting will focus on predatory lending State Rep. Brian Calley will host a town hall meeting Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the Commission on Aging in Hastings to discuss the local impact of predatory lending. Sitting on a guest panel will be David Hatfield, from MainStreet Savings Bank; Mark Kolanowski, representing Hastings City Bank; Robert Byington; from Depot Law Offices; County Commissioner Mark Englerth; and Calley. Panelists will discuss causes of the problem, current availability of mortgage financing, the application and qualification process, and what residents should do if faced with foreclosure proceedings. A question-and-answer session will conclude the meeting. The Commission on Aging is located at 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, just off of M-43 on the north side of town. For additional information on the meeting, call Englerth at (269) 838-1289. 77516725 PART-TIME TELLER Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Hastings & Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communication skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities. EOE/M-F �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 7 A Community of Caring is recognized for its successes Big Brothers Big Sisters, A Community of Caring, has been honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America for being among the top 8 percent nationwide. The local organization is ranked in the top 35 out of 423 Big Brothers Big Sisters organizations in the country. The Agency, which serves Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties, is also the highest rated Big Brothers Big Sisters agency in Michigan. “The recognition by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America demonstrates that our agency meets stringent national standards while reaching out to greater numbers of children with quality mentoring services that make a positive difference,” says Kathy LaVictor, Barry County Community developer. Big Brothers Big Sisters, A Community of Caring, saw the number of children it matches with adult mentors grow by 15 percent. The agency served 1,182 children last year. Additionally, the community continued its financial support of the agency. Revenue generated locally from grants, donations, and fundraisers grew by 23 percent. LaVictor explains the reasons behind BBBS, a Community of Caring’s, strong ranking. “Our success is based on a combination of a strong infrastructure and committed board and staff,” LaVictor states as the reason for the local organizations success. ‘They work diligently to raise critical revenue, recruit quality volunteers, and to provide outstanding customer service to our youth, their families, and their mentors. The generosity of our donors and especially our volunteer mentors allows us to help significant numbers of children reach their full potential.” Mack Koonce, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Chief Operating Officer commented, “The public should view this as our internal measures on how each BBBS agency performs in a given year against the set of metrics that represent in total our goal of sustainable, quality growth. That’s what your community would want. Serve more kids in a quality way and develop resources so that the service is sustainable.” The best all-around performer in 2006 was Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tucson, Ariz. Goblins to invade Charlton Park The annual “All Hallows Eve” celebration will take place Saturday, Oct. 27, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Historic Charlton Park. This family-oriented event will begin with trick-or-treating through the Historic Village The Alzheimer’s Association hosting program Oct. 27 The Alzheimer’s Association will present “Understanding Alzheimer’s” on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Hastings Public Library, 227 E. State St., Hastings. The program will provide an introduction to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and will include information on possible signs of Alzheimer’s disease, how the disease is diagnosed, the effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain, and how to gain access to resources and services. The program is free; advance registration is required. To register, call (517) 999-3004 or (800) 272-3900 or visit www.alz.org. for old-fashioned candies and treats. Guests may also enjoy a glass of fresh cider, take a hayride, and kids can paint a tiny pumpkin. The annual costume parade will be followed by costume judging and awards. This year’s categories for the costume contest will include most frightening, most creative, most unique, most historically accurate, most adorable, best of the animal kingdom, best entourage, and best kid at heart (for those 18 and older). Everyone is encouraged to bring a carved or decorated pumpkin for the jack-olantern contest. Other vegetables are also welcome - be creative. All entries can be taken home at the end of the day. Tickets for the event may be purchased in advance at Historic Charlton Park and also will be available at the gate on Oct. 27. Admission is $3 per person, with children two years and under admitted free. All children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, contact Historic Charlton Park at (269) 945-3775 or visit the Web site at ww.charltonpark.org. Historic Charlton Park is located at 2545 S. Charlton Park Road, just north of M-79 between Hastings and Nashville. BOWLING SCORES Thursday Angels Allure 17-7; Fall Creek 16-8; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 15-9; Hastings Bowl 14-10; H.C.B. 12-12; Moore Apts. 12-12; Walldorff’s 11-13; Maude’s Team 9-15; Miller’s Farm Repair 816; Varney’s Const. 6-18. High Games and Series - S. Suntken 140; L. Perry 160; E. Hammontree 191; C. Nurenberg 214-542; G. Otis 186-502; D. Curtis 179; C. Hurless 168; J. Gasper 214532; K. Ward 169-416; M. Chase 203; C. McCrackin 138; N. Clow 180; D. McCollum 207-519; J. Moore 165; T. VanBelkun 161443; C. Shellenbarger 212-546; P. Thomas 164; C. Kuhlman 163; M. Weiler 134; K. Lancaster 145; C. Cooper 222-542; J. Madden 185-520; A. Sutton 179; D. Staines 171; D. Bartimus 187; A. Bartimus 183-516; M. Moore 159. Friday Night Mixed A N ‘D Signs 18; Ten Pins 16; Spare Time 16; Just Cuz 14; Greasy Balls 14; UMSU 14; We’re a Mess 14; Michigan Outlaws 12; Oldies But Goodies 10; Whatever 10; 9-N-AWiggle 10; Liquid Courage 10; All But One 7. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 221-581; B. Vugteveen 172-489; T. Bush 173-488; L. Smith 173-473; N. Taylor 139-376; J. Sherman 109-306; D. Rhodes 185; P. Ramey 183; B. West 173; G. Meaney 171; S. Carlson 169; B. Barlow 161; K. Matthews 147. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Kidder 202-551; A. Taylor 192-547; T. Ramey 171-499; D. Carlson 178-482; R. Chaffee 179-479; D. Lake 154-426; R. Guild 244; M. Eaton 232; A. Rhodes 230; M. Kasinsky 226; B. Taylor 223; K. Phennix 220; D. Sears 195; K. Matthews 147. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 18; Seebers 16; Shamrock Tavern 13; Nothing But Truck 13; Hair Care Center 13; The River 11; Eye and Ent 9. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 216-575; S. Drake 192-549; B. Hathaway 179-484; Y. Cheeseman 172-478; B. Smith 158-465; N. Varney 164-449; B. High 160-438; B. Moore 137-368; L. Friend 121-310; G. Otis 205; N. Potter 180; A. Tasker 159; R. Pitts 136. Senior Citizens Lucky Strike 19-5; Team #5 18-6; Early Risers 15-9; King Pins 15-5*; Three Gals & A Guy 15-9; 4-B’s 12-12; #1 Senior 11-13; Sun Risers 11-13; Ward’s Friends 11-9*; Butterfingers 10-14; M&M’s 10-6*; Kuempel 6-18; Friends 6-18. * Games to be made up. Good Games and Series Ladies - E. Ulrich 184; G. Otis 177; Y. Cheeseman 180491; J. Gasper 186; Y. Markley 172; R. Murphy 168; A. Tasker 165; R. Pitts 151; E. Dunham 189-511; E. Moore 132; B. Maker 171; R. Hill 182-466; B. Benedict 154; J. Talsma 119. Good Games and Series Men - D. Edwards 185; L. Markley 166-427; D. Murphy 178; C. Baker 237-609; R. Boniface 199-540; D. Kiersey 183; R. Adgate 157; M. Schondelmayer 153; J. Heney 139. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 16-8; James Process Service 16-8; Kent Oil 15.5-8.5; Double A. Cookie Factory 15-9; NBT 14-10; Dean’s Dolls 12-12; Dewey’s Auto Body 10.5-13.5; Sassy Babes 10-14; The Finishing Touch 6.517.5; Hallifax Services 4.5-19.5. Good Games and Series - V. Kuhtic 189; P. Hinkle 140; J. Schwartz 206; J. Alflen 220540; N. Bechtel 171; L. Barlow 152; J. Rice 183-492; P. Fowler 169-471; N. Potter 162; S. Dunham 176-452; K. Fowler 181; M. Rodgers 171-445; S. Huver 160; D. Snyder 184; T. Christopher 192; B. Anders 157; D. Kelley 159; T. Redman 167-439; S. Merrill 212-536; M. Kill 176. George B. and Eloise Doster will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary October 21, 2007 at 1 o’clock. The Doster Reformed Community Church will be holding an Open House in their honor at the church. NO GIFTS. The Dosters are charter members of the Doster Reformed Church. They have lived in Doster all their married life. George is a farmer and father and Eloise is a farmer’s wife and a mother. They have six children, 14 grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Bedford Lioness club hosting shopping trip The Bedford Lioness Club is organizing a shopping trip to Great Lakes Crossing Mall in Auburn Hills, slated for Saturday, Nov. 3. Funds raised will help support community projects in Barry and Calhoun counties. The cost of the trip is $30. A bus will leave the Meijer store on Columbia Avenue in Battle Creek promptly at 8 a.m. and will return between 7:30 and 8 p.m. that evening. Free refreshments will be provided, along with gifts and drawings. For ticket information, call Kay Gray at (269) 721-8787 or Patsy Voelker at (269) 758-3470. Joe and Marge McWilliams to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Joe and Marge (Hamilton) McWilliams will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on October 20, 2007. Their daughter, Teresa (Richard) Mee and grandchildren, Jessie Elliott and Stephanie (Joel) Norris invite friends and family to join them at the Local 138 Union Hall on Apple Street in Hastings on Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 4 to 6 p.m. to celebrate. Joe is a retiree from Bradford White and Marge is a retiree from Hastings Manufacturing. Newborn Babies Young-Furrow Linda Young of Grand Rapids, and Dave and Launa Furrow of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Dawn Young and Chad Furrow. Dawn graduated from Covenant Christian High School and completed an associates degree in business management from Davenport University. She is employed at Eastside Christian School in Grand Rapids. Chad graduated from Hastings High School and completed the John Deere Ag Tech Program at Owens Community College. He is employed at Bader and Sons in Portland. A December 1, 2007 wedding is being planned. BOY - William “Liam” Randolph Cook III was born at Metropolitian Hospital on June 7, 2007 at 11:09 p.m., weighing 9 lbs., 4 ounces and 21 inches long. Proud parents are Michael and Melissa Cook of Caledonia and Grandparents are Bill and Irene Cook of Wall Lake. County Republican Party supports Kaherl-Shafer Charlton Park millage renewal The Barry County Republican Party’s Executive Committee voted 15-3 Monday to “strongly and proudly” endorse the Charlton Park millage renewal on the Nov. 6 election ballot. The millage renewal request is for .0226 mill, less than the quarter of a mill it has been authorized to levy over the past 20 years. “The millage proposal before the voters is a renewal of a voted millage that has been levied for 20 years, and does not represent a tax increase...,” the Committee’s resolution says. “The cost to support Charlton Park is quite modest, averaging less than $12 per year, per household.” Charlton Park’s “board and administration have shown a willingness to try new ideas, to add new events and revive old ones, to make Charlton Park more accessible, more relevant and more valuable to the people of Barry Marriage Licenses Travis Lee Suver, Hickory Corners and Jolie Alise Ellis, Hickory Corners. May Rick Whitney, Plainwell and Hellan Annette Barton, Plainwell. Kevin Scott Fox, Hastings and Charity Ann Schantz, Lake Odessa. Mark Carl Peake, Hastings and Ashley Lynn Keeler, Hastings. Randy Loyal Bennett, Delton and Cari Lynne Clarke, Delton. Paul Richard Edwards, Greenville and Arloa Kimberly Raffler, Hastings. Joshua Martin Erskine, Battle Creek and Rebecca Shay Keeler, Hastings. NEW CLEANING SERVICE County... The Charlton Park Board and administration are committed to working toward greater self-sufficiency through new sources of revenue, additional events, greater efficiencies and improved and enhanced marketing...,” the Executive Committee’s resolution says. Since Charlton Park is owned and operated by the county, “all residents of Barry County can take pride as part owners of this beautiful park” and consequently share responsibility for its care, maintenance and preservation, the statement says, noting the county’s general fund can’t support the expense. The resolution also includes some background about the historic park: “Charlton Park is a gift to the people of Barry County from Irving Charlton, a gift of land rich in the legend and lore of the original Native American inhabitants, a gift of implements and artifacts of a bygone pioneer era, a gift of love for the generations of people... past, present, and as yet unborn. Charlton Park provides the recreational facilities common to county parks everywhere, a swimming beach, a boat launch for fishing or recreational boating, plenty of picnicking possibilities, crosscountry skiing, hiking and much more... “Charlton Park is unique among county parks, providing so much more than recreation, being the site of a museum and a 19th century village that greatly enriches the educational, historical and cultural quality of life for the people of Barry County... “Charlton Park and the village provide the ideal setting for a wide variety of popular family-oriented activities and events, including the Father’s Day Car Show, the Gas and Steam Show, the Civil War Muster, the Lumberjack Show, music shows and sales events, and so much more. “Charlton Park, with its village and events, brings visitors and tourists to Barry County, enhancing and enriching our local economy...,” the resolution says. Barry County Area Dave and Kathy Kaherl of Burlington, Connecticut and Robert and Janet Shafer of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Julia Kaherl and Robert Shafer II. Julia is a 2002 graduate of Lewis S. Mills High School, Burlington, CT and 2007 graduate of Cornerstone University. Rob is a 2000 graduate of Hastings High School and currently attending Cornerstone University. An October 27, 2007 wedding is being held at First Baptist, Hastings. The couple will reside in Grand Rapids. 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Robbe 184; A. Barton 178; J. Shoebridge 147. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 226-643; N. Robbe 192-521; N. Rich 171- 431; M. Eaton 234; C. Alexander 214; G. Snyder 212; M. Kidder 210; B. Allen 203; J. Shoebridge 193; J. Smith 183; S. Farlee 180. Dosters to celebrate 65th wedding anniversary �Page 8 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Friday night’s football game will be at home against Ionia High School. On Saturday the Sebewa Center UMC will hold a baked chicken dinner with a good menu along with the entree. The Woodland Women’s Study Club annual homes tour comes on Saturday. Tickets are available at the door of any of the featured homes but the price is a bit more. Next week on Wednesday, the Ionia County Health Department will hold its bi-monthly immunization clinic in the basement of Central UMC on Fourth Avenue. Hours are 9:30 to 11 a.m. Next week the depot complex will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. There are exhibits in place from past events. On Saturday, October 27 the Woodland UMC will hold its fall festival with coffee and donuts ready at 9 a.m.and baked goods, lunch being served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Habitat dinner served by Zion Lutheran Church on Saturday had a very good attendance. As the dinner guests arrived, they could see dozens of quilts spread over the backs of all the pews in the sanctuary. These are patchwork quilts made mostly in squares and tied. They are used for emergency relief elsewhere. A group of ladies works around the calendar to complete this massive effort each year. Funds from the dinner will benefit Lakewood Habitat for Humanity which has built several homes in Clarksville, Sunfield and Lake Odessa. The latest were one built on Church Street in the Bonanza plat and another late model house which was moved to the same street, a gift from Sunny Fresh Foods. It has been adapted for a larger family, with two additional sleeping rooms and a bath added on the lower level. It is nearly ready for occupancy. Habitat is always on the look for a lookout for a gift of land on which to build, somewhere in Lakewood school district, preferably in one of the villages where water and sewer are available. The Ionia County Genealogical Society had a very interesting speaker on Saturday when Don Jandernoa of Grand Rapids, a Pewamo native, spoke on his experience as a pilot, during World War II. He was shot down over the Adriatic Sea and miraculously rescued by Yogoslovian old men and a young boy who were setting out in their boat to gather firewood and chanced to see him bail out of his plane after his entire crew was safely descending to land. He was over water and landed with his parachute still intact. In the years since Jandernoa has been in contact with his crew and has visited these Serbian people who rescued him. He, in turn, has been able to help them. Their parting gift to him in that wartime experience was the only one in the whole village – a can of spam. They were hungry all the time but gave him this precious gift. More than 40 attended on Saturday. Ford and Evelyn Wright of Lansing registered members and guests. Betty Carey and also Genny Read of Palo served refreshments. The banquet for First Family members and inductees will be Saturday, Oct. 20. Barry County Soil Conservation had its distribution of trees and bulbs on Friday at Charlon Park. They sold related items also. The Lake Odessa area Historical Society met on Thursday of last week with 18 present. One of the members regaled them with stories of the people whose markers in Lakeside cemetery are unusual or outstanding. Including unusual markers and markers of the earliest settlers in the township, such as Russell, Rush, Brisbin, Anway, Haskins, Johnson and Miner. Alethians of Centralia UMC met at the Max Decker home on Oct. 9, with Bernice Hamp assisting the hostess. Erica Enz was named to the Dean’s List at Saginaw Valley State University. Former L.O. businessman Leoen Stearns who had been in a Caledonia residence and then a Dutton nursing facility in recent years had died. Here, he was the bulk dealer for Standard Oil products with the big tanks at the corner of Tupper Lake Street and Johnson Street. At one point the tanks were moved to an acreage on Bonanza Road at the north end of Fourth Avenue. Stearns was very active in Lions’ Club and had been district governor in 1949. He was also a life member of the Masonic Lodge, a fireman, member of Central UMC along with wife Betty and his three daughters. He is survived by daughter, Pat Allen, of Arkansas and Susan Schnicke of Caledonia. He was predeceased by wife Betty and daughter Peg of St. Johns. He is also survived by son-in-law Roger (Carolyn) Feeman of St. Johns and six grandchildren. His memorial service was to be held on Tuesday at Stroo Funeral Home with interment in the Dutton Cemetery. The Tri-River Museum group met Tuesday in Portland. The intended meeting place was the Red Mill. However, the hostess did not appear and the building was locked so the group of 20 adjourned to a downtown restaurant where they monopolized the space and had their second breakfast and their business meeting. The next meeting will be at Charlton Park on Nov. 13. Joining the group were new members from the Bernard Museum and from the Alton community group, north of Lowell on Lincoln Lake Road, in Vergennes Township. Details of the 2008 brochure are to be submitted before the next meeting. This will be a colorful distribution piece. Members came from Ada, Lowell, Greenville, Hastings, Freeport and points between. The Freeport report is that they had 400 visitors on Freeport Fun Day, a record attendance. At lunchtime and also in evening Rev. Dennis Buwalda of the Lansing area, met with members of Central UMC in preparation for Miracle Sunday which is to be Nov. 16. From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Origin of the Barry County Historical Society By Esther M. Walton Several historical societies have existed at various times throughout Barry Count’s history. The present Barry County Historical Society was formed shortly after Irving Charlton died June 12, 1963. The previous society had been dissolved some years before. Mr. Charlton donated his unique collections of primarily pioneer artifacts along with his real property, known as Indian Landing, to the people of Barry County. For some years prior to his death Mr. Charlton and the Barry County Board of Supervisors had an understanding regarding the supervision, maintenance, and development of what is now Charlton Park. Upon Mr. Charlton’s death, the board delegated responsibility for the park and the museum to the Barry County Road Commission. The County Board closed the museum building because of its internal disarray and lack of security safeguards. However, they continued most of the programs and activities that Mr. Charlton had in place at the time of his death. They continued to permit camping in the form of tents and trailers during the summer months. The activities of his beloved steam engine organization were encouraged. These events, along with monies realized from land contracts he held on Thornapple Lake property, provided a modest income which was included in the Park’s yearly balance sheet. In their summary report for 1963 to the Supervisors, the Road Commission stated: Michigan’s logging history draws some interest back in the 1960’s “Since Mr. Charlton’s death in the middle of the year, we have been able to do very little at Charlton Park. We have maintained a watchman there 24 hours a day, but it is not a very economical arrangement. We hope to have a full-time park custodian and the contract for the new building underway in 1964, if the financial arrangements can be made.” Shortly after Irving Charlton died, Robert B. Jones, then manager of the Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce, wrote a knowledgeable personal friend and requested that he supply names of several museum experts in Michigan who could help in making an assessment of the importance of Mr. Charlton’s at the Shamrock Tavern with Wally Barbie Saturday, Oct. 20th 9 pm to 1 am cumulations and suggest ways to organize the tens of thousands of artifacts stored there. One important contact was with Dr. Solan Weeks, a consultant with the Michigan Historical Commission in Lansing. In a letter dated Nov. 14, 1963, Weeks said that he would help and mentioned he was already somewhat familiar with the museum, having spent “considerable time there one day last spring.” It became apparent that some time prior to his death, Mr. Charlton had invited various museum directors around Michigan to visit and help him organize the museum. On Nov. 26, 1963, the Road Commission unlocked the museum so that Dr. Weeks, along with a group of interested local citizens, could appraise the holdings. Among the names I can recall were Mr. Jones, representing the Chamber of Commerce; Orville Cutshall, the Barry County Road engineer; and Jean Gould, of the Barry County Tourist Association. It is safe to say that we were overwhelmed by what we saw. Following the tour, I invited Dr. Weeks over to my house where my husband and I had a chance to chat with him and exchange ideas. Among other things, we asked him what he thought should be done to protect the integrity of the collections and where we could find information about cataloging artifacts. Dr. Weeks noted that we did not have a county historical society and strongly advised that one be organized. In addition to preserving and promoting interest in local history, he stressed that an active historical society could 77516873 See TIME, page 13 Workplace crush a curse Dear Annie: I am a happily married man, with a beautiful and loving spouse. The problem is, I find myself extremely attracted to a co-worker. Although "Connie" and I work in different departments, we often work together on various projects, so I see her frequently. I try to limit contact as much as possible, but occasionally I'm forced to interact with her. This is very difficult because, after talking with her, I find it impossible to get her out of my mind for days on end. I have never laid a hand on Connie, nor do I intend to, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't have the slightest clue about my attraction. I had hoped these feelings would go away over time, but it's been almost three years. I fear they will never subside as long as I keep seeing her. I don't like feeling this way. Short of finding another job, how do I deal with this situation? -- Worried at Work Dear Worried: Workplace crushes are not uncommon, and we're glad you understand the importance of keeping your impulses under control. Remember that you are seeing Connie at her best, and this skews your opinion of her. (It might help to imagine her with odd things growing out of her head.) Still, if your infatuation undermines your marriage, it may be in your best interest to look for another job or transfer to a department where contact with Connie is minimal. Much riding on piece of paper Dear Annie: I have been dating "Lewis" for 10 years. Recently, we have discussed marriage, sort of. He doesn't come right out and tell me he wants to get married, but he hints at it. He says, "You could start planning the details of how you want it to be." But when I say something about preferences and ask what he thinks, the tune changes and the subject is closed. I know Lewis loves me. We have two beautiful children together. But this teasing conversation is making me insane. Lewis says a piece of paper won't change a thing because it's like we're already married. We live together, have children, pay bills, stuff like that. So why do I long for that legal commitment? Why am I considering ending the relationship if he won't marry me? -- Confused and Sad in Virginia Dear Virginia: You have been waiting for marriage and are unhappy that it's not happening. It makes you question Lewis' love and commitment. In many states, living together constitutes common-law marriage, but not in Virginia. That "piece of paper" can protect you and your children in case of separation or death, and offer benefits available only to legally married couples. You ask why you want that piece of paper. We ask why he doesn't. If Lewis is willing to let you plan a wedding, we think you should stop asking for his opinion on the details and just make the arrangements. He may be more willing than you think. Figures too revealing? Dear Annie: I am surprised at the amount of personal information we give to others without knowing it. I am talking about people who have those cute figures on their cars—a dad, mom, kids and pets, with "The Smiths" underneath, along with the names of each figure. This strikes me as unsafe. We've been told not to put our child's name on his backpack because a stranger might approach and appear to know him, but we park our cars in our driveways with even more personal information. What would stop a pedophile from approaching your child and saying, "Hi, Mary! How is your sister Sally?" Please alert your readers not to put any personal information out for all to view. -- Lake Arrowhead, Calif. Dear Lake Arrowhead: It's truly a shame that such drastic restrictions are necessary, but with small children so vulnerable, parents need to be vigilant. Thanks for the alert. Fancying fresh furniture Dear Annie: I've been married two years, and we are moving into our first home next month. Since our wedding, we have not bought a single piece of furniture. Everything we own is either something I already had, something handed down, or my husband somehow got it for free. I tolerated this while living in our apartment, but I always dreamed of finally having furniture that we picked out ourselves, that matches and that I actually like. I know we won't be able to purchase everything we need right away, and that's okay. I'd rather sit on the floor for a few months than move our hideous couches and mismatched lamps into the new home. My husband is perfectly fine with all we own, especially since we didn't spend any money on it, and he doesn't see the need to replace it. Can I tell my husband that I will not permit anything other than our bed to be moved into the new place? He isn't attached to our furniture. He just thinks I'm being unreasonable. Am I? -- Want Stuff To Call My Own in North Carolina Dear N.C.: Not at all. Many men are content with whatever they can sit on and don't care whether things match or reflect taste of any kind. If you can afford to purchase new furniture, you should do so. But move a few old pieces into your new home—enough so that your husband doesn't feel uncomfortable and your guests don't have to sit on the floor—and as you replace them with new ones, donate any still-usable items to charity. Dad’s infidelity poses challenge Dear Annie: I am a 14-year-old high school freshman, and I recently discovered evidence that my father is having an affair. My parents have been married for 15 years, and though things are a bit rocky, they seem to get along. The problem is, my father has cheated on my mom before. I know I shouldn't have snooped into his private e-mails, but I couldn't help it. So, what should I do? -- Curiosity Killed the Cat Dear Cat: Talk to your father about what you found. Apologize for snooping, but tell him that his behavior affects you and you don't want to stress over the possibility that your parents' marriage is in trouble. You also can discuss this with your school counselor. And please stop snooping. Sometimes you find things you don't want to know. Online relationship may be harmless Dear Annie: In the past several months, you have printed several letters from readers who "caught" their spouses corresponding with others on the Internet and fear their partners are being unfaithful. My wife goes to bed much earlier than I do, and since there is rarely anything decent on TV, I started logging on to the computer. At first I played solitaire and checked my emails, but then I discovered chat rooms. I don't go to any pornographic or sexually oriented rooms, but I found that I really enjoyed interacting with others online. One evening, my wife woke up while I was in a political chat room. She immediately became suspicious, and even though I assured her nothing prurient was going on, she became upset and demanded, "Who is that? Is that a woman? Have you met her?" Annie, I never exchange individual e-mails with any of these folks. Most of the time, I have no idea whether they are male or female. I have never given my wife a reason to think I might cheat, yet I realize she must be terribly insecure. Since we have an otherwise happy and loving relationship, I've simply given up the computer after she goes to bed. As for other couples, I would please ask them to recognize most chat rooms are perfectly innocent. -- Chatterbox Dear Chatterbox: There are a lot of decent and educational chat rooms, and as long as your wife is welcome to look at anything on your computer at any time, she should not have cause to worry. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jim Schaub, by Thelma Deloris Schaub, his attorney-in-fact, and Thelma Deloris Schaub, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2003 and recorded April 1, 2003 in Instrument # 1101307 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated May 11, 2007 and recorded June 18, 2007 in Instrument # 1181838 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred ThirtySeven Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($151,937.23) including interest 14.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West One-Half of the Northwest fractional One-Quarter of the Northeast fractional One-Quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence West 313 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 01 degrees East 495 feet; thence West 187 feet; thence North 01 degrees West 495 feet; thence East 187 feet along the North line of said Section to the place of beginning Commonly known as 5377 Brickyard Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 8, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-79871 ASAP# 914473 10/11/2007, 77516868 10/18/2007, 10/25/2007, 11/01/2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 20, 2004 in instrument 1132770, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen And 96/100 Dollars ($67,315.96), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/8 post on the South side of Section 22, thence North 29 rods for the place of beginning, thence North to the West 1/8 line 22 rods to the center of Highway M-37, thence Easterly and Southerly along the center of said highway to a point directly East of the point of beginning, thence West to the point of beginning, Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #166591F01 77516944 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2008 BARRY COUNTY BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 23, 2007 the Barry County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the 2008 County budget during the regular Board of Commissioners meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers of the County Courthouse at 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058. A copy of the proposed 2008 budget is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor, Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI 49058. Debbie S. Smith, Clerk Barry County Board of Commissioners 77516821 Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA ASK A C.P.A. …… (Frequently asked questions about taxes) Dependents & Exemptions Q. If I claim my daughter as a dependent because she is a fulltime college student, can she claim herself as a dependent when she files her return? A. No, she cannot claim herself on her income tax return. A person can only be claimed as a dependent on one return. Q. My child is in college, has changed majors 3 times and is enjoying the full college experience. She will be 24 years old on December 1, 2007 and will earn $4,000 this year. Can I claim her as a dependent again in 2007? A. No. If her gross income is over $3,400 in 2007, she can not be claimed as a dependent because she will be 24 in 2007. Even if you provide over _ of her support, once she turns 24, and has income over $3,400, she can not be claimed on your return. Q. A. We are divorced, how do you claim a child if I agree with my ex-spouse to claim him 6 months and he claims him the other 6 months of the year? The dependency exemption can not be split. Generally, the child is treated as the qualifying child of the custodial parent. However, the child may be treated as the qualifying child of the non-custodial parent if certain conditions are met. The custodial parent must sign, Release of Claim to Exemption for Child of Divorced or Separated Parents. Please beware that if the custodial parent releases the exception, the custodial parent may not claim the Child Tax Credit. Q. A. My wife and I are married filing separately. We have one son and we meet all of the dependency exemption tests. We contributed an equal amount to our son's support and want to know if we both can claim him on our separate returns? No. A dependency exemption may only be claimed on one return. Since your son is a qualifying child for both of you, you and your wife can decide who will claim the child. If you cannot agree on who will claim him, the IRS has a “tie breaker rule”. Q, If I pay child support, can I deduct anything on my taxes or claim the child as an exemption? A. No. Nothing can be deducted for the child support payments. Child support payments are neither deductible by the payer nor taxable income to the payee. You may be able to claim the child as a dependent. The parent who the child lived with for the greater part of the year is the custodial parent. If you have questions regarding Dependents & Exemptions, contact our office at 77517031 (269) 945-9452 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald T. Hatcher and Theresa L. Hatcher, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 16, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147145, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Quest Trust Series 2006-X1 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2006, Without Recourse as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-One And 13/100 Dollars ($95,191.13), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel G: That part of the South 60 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of section 10, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Described as; beginning at the West 1/4 corner of said section; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 05 seconds West along the West line of said Northwest 1/4, 1002.71 feet to the North line of the South 60 acres of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds East along said North line 120.60 feet; thence South 35 degrees 28 minutes 26 second East 691.89 feet; thence South 17 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East 461.90 feet to the South line of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds West along said South line 649.79 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Loftus road, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #167202F01 77516963 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 10521 E M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 490739139, to Independent Bank (f/k/a Independent Bank - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141706, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE AND 77/100 ($5,489.77) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 7.74 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Bank, does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8 Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 3, 2007 Independent Bank Mortgagee FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. William G. Jackson Attorneys for Mortgagee 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77516923 St. Johns, MI 48879 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006 and recorded June 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165487, and Loan Modification Agreement dated 4/1/07 recorded 5/6/07 in Instrument Number 1181397, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 20066 c/o Washington Mutual by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($126,208.00) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8 of Block 13 of Samuel Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517444 File No. 362.1999 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 19/100 Dollars ($146,998.19), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516417 File #159178F01 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Zoning Board of Appeals on November 7, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request for Zoning Board of Appeals interpretation of the Zoning Ordinance for establishing the front yard setback on Marvin & Teresa Watson property, 11007 Long Point Dr, Plainwell, MI 49080. Ordinance Sections to be considered are 6.17-Nonconforming Lots of Record, Subsection C; 4.24 - Lots Having Water Frontage; and “R-2”, Single and Two Family, Medium Density, Residential District, Subsection C – Area Regulations. What is the proper setback for the proposed residence? The subject parcel is 08-12-310-003-00, Supervisor’s Plat No. 1 on Pine Lake, Lot 105 and south half of Lot 106. The property in question is zoned “R-2” – Single Family and Two Family, Medium Density, Residential District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77516991 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ZONING PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on November 13, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutland Charter Township Hall located at 2461 Heath Road, within the Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan. The items to be considered at this public hearing include: 1. The proposed amendment of Section 20.26 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (codified Section 104.2026), pertaining to signs in the various zoning districts, by adding certain clarifying language, renumbering/re-lettering certain existing provisions, and by combining and otherwise revising the provisions applicable to signs in the Mixed Use and C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4 Commercial zoning districts. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. Written comments concerning the above matters may be mailed to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Rutland Charter Township Hall at any time prior to this public hearing/meeting, and may further be submitted to the Planning Commission at the public hearing/meeting. The Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance/Map/Master Plan and the tentative text of the above-referenced proposed Zoning Ordinance text amendments, may all be examined by contacting the Rutland Charter Township Clerk at the Township Hall during regular business hours on regular business days maintained by the Township offices from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of the hearing/meeting, and further may be examined at the hearing/meeting. The Township Planning Commission reserves the right to revise the proposed text amendment language at or following the hearing/meeting and to make any resulting lawful recommendations to the Township Board. Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the meeting/hearing to individuals with disabilities, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered, upon reasonable notice to the Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Township Clerk as designated below. Robin Hawthorne Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-2194 77516996 �Page 10 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rodney A. Stewart, individually and as successor Trustee of the Christy D. Stewart Trust dated April 12, 1995 and Christy D. Stewart, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 6, 2005, and recorded on July 11, 2005 in instrument 1149244, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Two And 94/100 Dollars ($852,732.94), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 9: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as. Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 660.00 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 660.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 662.50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds West 1044.59 feet; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds East 337.99 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds West 946.65 feet to the North line of Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 11 seconds East 987.62 feet along the North line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 44 degrees 08 minutes 55 seconds West 1326.36 feet; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds West 58.42 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with easements and restrictions of record. Also together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities, being that part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thronapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 563.99 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 33.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 514.67 feet; thence 122.29 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet, thence North 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 291.44 feet; thence 167.33 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds East 164.90 feet; thence 97.06 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds East 96.25 feet; thence North 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East 399.33 feet; thence 334.11 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds East 315.04 feet; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 458.03 feet; thence 219.93 feet along a 50 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds East 81.24 feet, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 505.40 feet; thence 256.19 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds West 241.57 feet; thence South 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds West 399.33 feet; thence 126.57 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds West 125.52 feet; thence 128.30 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West 126.44 feet; thence South 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 00 minutes 24 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds West 73.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 651.19 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 96.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516801 File #165533F01 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an ACCURACY TEST will be conducted on October 26, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. in the office of the Hastings City Clerk, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan, for the purpose of testing the tabulating equipment and programs which will be used to tabulate the voted ballots for the November 6, 2007 City General Election. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings. (telephone number 269-945-2468 or TDD call relay services 1-800-649-3777) Thomas Emery City Clerk 77516987 TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT TO SEWER CONNECTION, USE AND RATE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Township of Prairieville, held on October 10, 2007; the Township Board adopted an amendment to the Township’s Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Amendment”). A summary of the Amendment is reproduced in this newspaper below. A true and complete copy of the Township’s Amendment can be inspected or obtained as follows: Township of Prairieville Ordinance No. 130 10115 S. Norris Rd. Delton, MI 49046-9710 (269) 623-2664 Township of Prairieville Normajean Nichols, Township Clerk ******************** Section 1 of the Amendment amends Section 702(d) of the Sewer Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) adopted by the Township of Prairieville to clarify that a property owner connecting to the public sewer system is required to pay the Connection Fee and the costs for the acquisition and installation of the Service Connection in cash at the time of connection, unless the owner enters into an installment payment agreement with the Southwest Barry County Sewer and Water Authority under the terms of Section 702(e) of the Ordinance. Section 2 of the Amendment amends Section 702(e) of the Ordinance to authorize the Authority to enter into installment payment agreements with owners of premises served by the Public Sewer System for the payment of an applicable Connection Fee or costs for the acquisition and installation of the Service Connection over a period not to exceed ten years with accrued interest on the unpaid balance at a rate of interest determined by the Authority Commission. The Authority Commission exercises sole discretion in determining whether to enter into an installment payment agreement with a property owner and may elect to not enter into such an agreement for payment of the Service Connection if the Commission determines that the agreement would detrimentally affect the Authority’s cash flow. Section 3 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment shall be published within 30 days of publication of the Amendment or a summary thereof in the Hastings Banner. Section 4 of the Amendment provides that the Amendment takes effect thirty (30) days after publication of this summary. The publication of this summary was authorized by the Township Board. Normajean Nichols, Township Clerk Township of Prairieville Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three And 61/100 Dollars ($136,883.61), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516842 File #141973F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Therral E. Schoonard and Anne L. Schoonard, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated June 18, 2004, and recorded on July 9, 2004 in instrument 1130624, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Two And 55/100 Dollars ($62,672.55), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point of the West line of Section 18, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, Distant North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes West, 1319.15 Feet from the Southwest corner of said section, Thence continuming North 00 Degrees 06 Minutes along said West section line, 165 Feet, Thence South 88 Degrees 28 Minutes East, 264 Feet, Thence South 00 Degrees 06 Minutes East, 165 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 26 Minutes West, 264 Feet to the Place of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516357 File #154162F03 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24901-DE Estate of FRANCIS B. JAMES (a/k/a Frank B. James), deceased. Date of birth: 11/06/1933. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Frank B. James, who lived at 1350 West Hickory Road, Hickory Corners, Michigan died 08/08/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Judy James Van Dien, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, Michigan and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. 10/11/2007 Michael A. Shields (P39438) 136 East Michigan Avenue, Suite 800 Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 Judy James Van Dien 3196 Black Hills Drive Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 948-0816 77516969 77517004 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise Jordan, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2003, and recorded on August 4, 2003 in instrument 1110032, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Six And 01/100 Dollars ($86,986.01), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 22 and 23, The Andrew's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 5 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516375 File #151389F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda K. Marquard, a single woman and Sheila P. Standish, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 31, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2006 in instrument 1164961, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred FortySix And 15/100 Dollars ($107,646.15), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: That part of the Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 628.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.4 feet; tehnce South 89 degrees 56 minutes 13 seconds East 157.00 feet along the South line of Bernice Avenue; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 173.25 feet; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds West 157.0 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress and egress and utility purposes over a 30 foot wide strip of land, the South line of which is described as: Beginning South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section from said West 1/4 corner; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 785.00 feet to the place of beginning of said easement. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 20 foot wide strip of land the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel B; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.25 feet to the South line of Bernice Avenue and the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516470 File #164364F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF KENT NOTICE TO CREDITORS FILE NO. 07-183798DE Decedent’s Estate Estate of Hattie Lee Thorne. Date of death: April 5, 2007. Date of birth: January 29, 1937. TO ALL CREDITORS: The decedent, Hattie Lee Thorne, who lived at 1916 Madison Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-2504 died April 5, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will forever be barred unless presented to Rev. Mrs. Dorothy A. Prins, 5949 Bancroft Ave. SE, Alto, MI 49302, named personal representative by Kent County Probate Court. The claims must be presented within 4 months of the date of this publication of notice. Rev. Mrs. Dorothy A. Prins 5949 Bancroft Ave. SE Alto, MI 49302 77516972 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd D. Young, a married man, and Jane E. Young, as to her dower rights only, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 5, 2006 and recorded September 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169707, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtySeven Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($167,273.13) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 73 of Pine Haven Estates Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 29. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516852 File No. 362.2037 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Michael H. Hannan, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 19, 2004, and recorded on April 5, 2004, as Document Number: 1124730, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of May 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and 82/100 ($73,964.82) including interest at the rate of 11.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Block D of Pleasant Shores, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59 1065 Brooks Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: October 4, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 7756411 Our File No. 141.00665 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Dykstra and Barbara Dykstra, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on April 23, 2004 in instrument 1126298, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 96/100 Dollars ($121,910.96), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Hidden Hollow No. 1, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516718 File #165387F01 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six And 49/100 Dollars ($136,966.49), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-of-way commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516677 File #132045F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandon M. Marlette, A Married Man and Ashley A. Marlette, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 6, 2005 in instrument 1146097, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Two And 49/100 Dollars ($89,122.49), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of Lot 12 of the City, Formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as: Commencing 88 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 12, thence East 4 Rods, thence North 77 feet, Thence West 4 Rods, Thence South 77 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516352 File #163923F01 Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 8, 2007 All board members present and 3 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports Approved: Previous Minutes Bills 2008 proposed weed Treatments for Wall Lake and Guernsey Lake Resolution 2007-12 Resolution 2007-13 Workshop Expenses for ZBA members Purchase of Plat Book Discussed: Zoning Compliance letter fee Park fence repair Painting hall doors Tree planting at Brush Ridge Adjourned at 7:42 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by Patricia Albert, Supervisor 77517000 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Becki Salazar and Paul Salazar, her husband, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 26, 2006 and recorded September 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1170611, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Two and 67/100 Dollars ($79,702.67) including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 19 Rods and 9.50 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence West 40 feet, thence North 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence East 40 feet to the place of beginning, in Town 4 North, Range 7 West, also commencing 18 Rods 12 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 13 Rods, thence West 8 feet, thence South 5 Rods, 13.5 feet, thence West 6 feet, thence North 18 rods 13.50 feet, thence East 14 feet to place of beginning. Also, the East 4 feet of the following described premises: commencing 22 Rods West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, thence South 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence West 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence East 4 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517016 File No. 221.6188 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by NORMAN L. LONG, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 14, 2006, and recorded on June 29, 2006, in Document No. 1166610, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($126,925.00), including interest at 9.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of YANKEE SPRINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. More correctly described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 8, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77516894 STATE OF MICHIGAN COUNTY OF BARRY PUBLICATION OF NOTICE TO CREDITORS REVOCABLE TRUST In the Matter of: THE ALLEN C. COOPER REVOCABLE TRUST TAKE NOTICE: The Allen C. Cooper Revocable Trust was established November 26, 2002. The Grantor was: Allen C. Cooper, who lived at 11009 Long Point Dr., Plainwell, Michigan 49080, and who died September 8, 2007. NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Creditors of the decedent, Allen C. Cooper, are notified that all claims against the Allen C. Cooper Revocable Trust will be forever barred unless presented to: Cynthia J. Cooper, Successor Trustee, at 11009 Long Point Dr., Plainwell, Michigan 49080, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Dated: October 9, 2007 By: Stephen B. McKown (P25675) ORTON, TOOMAN, HALE, MCKOWN & KIEL, P.C. 314 Trowbridge St., P.O. Box 239 Allegan, MI 49010 (269) 673-2136 Cynthia J. Cooper, Successor Trustee 11009 Long Point Drive Plainwell, MI 49080 (269) 217-7409 77516985 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sammy D Cooke and Sheree A Cooke, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Financial America, Inc., Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on October 12, 2006 in instrument 1171311, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Seven And 02/100 Dollars ($57,547.02), including interest at 10.63% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 1319.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16 to the Southeast corner of the North 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 337.70 feet along the South line of said North 1/2; thence North 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds East, 199.81 feet, thence North 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds East, 103.37 feet; thence North 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West, 1031.17 feet to the North line of Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 09 seconds East, 250 feet along said North Section line to the point of beginning. Together with an easement over the following described property: Beginning at the North 1/4 corner of Section 16, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence South 00 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds East, 804.05 feet along the North and South 1/4 line of said Section 16; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 25 seconds West, 129.43 feet; thence South 27 degrees 24 minutes 57 seconds West, 359.69 feet; for the point of beginning of said easement, and then an easement 20 feet wide, the center line of which is described as follows: thence South 10 degrees 37 minutes 54 seconds West, 199.81 feet to the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 16. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: September 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516340 File #163283F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICHARD T. DUMOUCHEL and RACHEL L. DUMOUCHEL, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., Mortgagee, dated October 6, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155360, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand One Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($88,001.45), including interest at 10.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 103 AND 104, BLACKMAN AND BUSH ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ALSO BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 103; THENCE WEST 5 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS; THENCE EAST 5 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 9, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77516899 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Cutler and Cheryl Cutler, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163542, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-BC2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five And 62/100 Dollars ($247,925.62), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 corner of Section 15; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds East 1650.17 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of Section 15; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds West 825.05 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds East 135.51 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 264.58 feet to the center line of a 66 foot wide roadway; thence South 03 degrees 02 minutes 18 seconds East 195.00 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 773.87 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds West 332.62 feet; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds East 500.35 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516989 File #167151F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nenita Junglas, married to Norman Junglas, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139864, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers- Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust- SAIL 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Nine and 08/100 Dollars ($129,449.08) including interest at 9.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 396 feet East of the Northeast corner of Russell Street and Market Street; thence East 66 feet; thence North 189.75 feet; thence West 66 feet; thence South 189.75 feet to the place of beginning, begin part of Lot 13 of Block 62 of Village of Middleville in Section 26. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita Junglas, a married woman by deed dated 6-18-04 and recorded 7-2104 in Document Number 1131154, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita P. Glass, a single woman by deed dated 7-23-99 and recorded 728-99 in Instrument Number 1033068, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516692 File No. 209.4855 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paula Delorm, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153084, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety And 43/100 Dollars ($211,890.43), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 10 of Oak Cove, a Residential Site Condominium, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in document #1035911, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516904 File #166151F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Llyod H. Greer, a single man, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 23, 2005 and recorded April 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144663, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Six and 43/100 Dollars ($251,736.43) including interest at 9.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Spring, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit Number 6, of the Boardwalk at Gun Lake Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed thereof recorded in Instruments Number 1093588, Barry County Records, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 25, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516889 File No. 222.1081 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP IS ACCEPTING BIDS Joint City/Township Library Board For Snowplowing at the Township Hall and the Orangeville Fire Department for the 2007 - 2008 Season Applications will be taken to fill a 3-year term on the Library Board. They can be obtained by calling or writing the Township Hall Deadline for return is 4:00pm, November 2, 2007 Bids accepted thru Oct. 31, 2007 at the Orangeville Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 or by fax to 269-664-7189 attention Supervisor. Call for list of requirements. 269-672-7479. 77516993 Hastings Charter Township 885 River Road, Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 77516764 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy A Hannan, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Sand Ridge Bank, Mortgagee, dated February 19, 2003, and recorded on March 7, 2003 in instrument 1099006, and assigned by said Mortgagee to PHH Mortgage Corporation as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($55,545.38), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Malcolm's Acres, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 8 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516660 File #164217F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick M. Diskin and Ladonna J. Diskin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2001, and recorded on November 21, 2001 in instrument 1070105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy And 72/100 Dollars ($122,670.72), including interest at 9.196% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one quarter of Section 2, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing 257.5 feet North of the intersection of the West line of Cobb Road and the South line of said Section 2, thence West 330 feet, thence North 132 feet, thence East 330 feet, thence South 132 feet to point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516666 File #163088F01 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 22, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers, second floor of City Hall, for the purpose of receiving public comment and making a determination of the applications of Viking Corporation for an industrial facilities tax abatement as permitted by Public Act 328 of 1974, as amended. For additional information about the application contact the City Assessor at 269.945.2468 or at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The City will provide reasonable and necessary aids and services for persons with disabilities upon five days notice to the City Clerk by calling 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services at 800.649.3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77517027 TOWNSHIP OF BARRY COUNTY OF BARRY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE AND SUMMARY OF THE REGULATORY EFFECT THEREOF At a regular meeting of the Township Board of the Township of Barry, held on October 10, 2007, the Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 57, an Ordinance to Establish Charges for Emergency Response Services and to Provide Methods for Collection Thereof and Exemptions Therefrom (the “Ordinance”). A summary of the Ordinance is reproduced in this newspaper below. A true and complete copy of the Township’s Ordinance can be inspected or obtained as follows: Township of Barry Ordinance No. 57 155 E. Orchard St. (Twp. Hall location) P.O. Box 705 (mailing address) Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-5171 Township of Barry Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk ******************** 1. Purpose. The Ordinance authorizes the collection of fees from those directly benefiting from Emergency Response Services for the purpose of providing financial assistance to Barry Township for the operation of the departments providing the Emergency Response Services. 2. Definitions. Six terms used throughout the Ordinance are defined. 3. Charges for Emergency Response Services; Payment Terms. The Ordinance allows Barry Township to charge the beneficiary of emergency services for all costs related to the Emergency Response Services provided by the departments. The Ordinance defines the types of services for which a beneficiary may be charged. In addition, when Emergency Response Services are required to clean up hazardous material spills, the Ordinance provides for an hourly charge above the actual cost of such clean-up, as permitted by law. 4. Billing Procedures. The Ordinance requires that the costs and expenses incurred to provide Emergency Response Services be itemized and provided to the Barry Township Clerk by the department responding to the emergency. 5. Collection of Charges. Emergency Response Service charges must be paid within 60 days of receiving the bill, and the Township may charge a 1% late fee for any amount unpaid 60 days after the billing date. The Ordinance allows the Township to collect unpaid bills through an action in district court or from a beneficiary’s insurance company. 6. Non-Exclusive Charges. The Ordinance does not prevent the Township from establishing other charges, taxes, or special assessments or general fund appropriations to cover costs of providing Emergency Response Services. 7. Multiple Property Protection. When there are multiple beneficiaries of Emergency Response Services, each beneficiary is responsible for the payment of the full charges incurred as a result of those services. 8. Additional Remedies. The charges set forth in the Ordinance are in addition to any applicable penal fines imposed on a beneficiary pursuant to state law or local ordinance. The Township may also pursue any and all other remedies for payment of Emergency Response Service charges. 9. Right to Appeal. The Ordinance allows a beneficiary to appeal a statement of costs to the Township Board within 21 days of the mailing of the statement of costs, and sets forth the procedure and effects of an appeal. 10. Repeal. The Ordinance repeals Ordinance No. 44, adopted February 7, 1995, in its entirety. 11. Effective Date. The Ordinance is effective on October 18, 2007. Debra Dewey-Perry, Township Clerk Township of Barry 77517008 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 28, 2003, by Jeffrey T. Otto and Susan M. Otto, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 2, 2003, in Document No. 1105515 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty and 75/100 Dollars ($117,920.75), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Commencing at the West _ corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89°51’22” East 2351.36 feet along the East and West _ line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00°00’00” West 733.00 feet along the North and South _ line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00°00’00” West 100.00 feet; thence South 89°51’22” West 199.39 feet; thence North 00°00’21” East 100.00 feet; thence North 89°51’22” East 199.38 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 1637 Archwood Dr., Wayland, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77516687 KZLIB:555121.1\105064-00159 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Scott R. Wolcott and Heather R. Wolcott, husband and wife, Mortgagors, to TMS Mortgage Inc., DBA The Money Store, Mortgagee, dated the 31st day of December, 1998 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 11th day of January, 1999 in Liber Document No. 1023541 of Barry County Records, page , said Mortgage having been assigned to Wachovia Bank, NA on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of Fifty Nine Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Two & 47/100 ($59,692.47), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of November, 2007 at 1:00 o'clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 11.850% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: A parcel of land located in the North 1/2 of Section 29, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, described as follows: beginning at a point which lies south 258.08 feet and west 22.08 feet from the north 1/4 post of said section 29; thence south 2 degrees 47' 30" west 134.67 feet; thence north 87 degrees 12' 30" west 138 feet; thence north 4 degrees 39' 30" east 128.75 feet; thence south 89 degrees 45' 30" east 134 feet to the point of beginning. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 10/18/2007 Wachovia Bank, NA Mortgagee FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wachovia Bank, NA 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 248-362-2600 ASAP# 916259 10/18/2007, 10/25/2007, 11/01/2007, 11/08/2007 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE FILE NO. 07-248-DM In the matter of Sandra June Chaffee v Tyler Torrance Trout. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Tyler Torrance Trout whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A Summons and Complaint for Divorce were filed on May 2, 2007 in the Barry County Circuit Court, Family Division, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 before Judge James H. Fisher. Defendant has 28 days to file an answer with the court and serve a copy on the other party or to take other lawful action. If an answer is not file or other action taken within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Stephanie S. Fekkes P43549 Law, Weathers & Richardson, P.C. 800 Bridgewater Place 333 Bridge Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5320 77516983 (616) 459-1171 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the afor mentioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated July 20, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on July 26, 2000, in Document Number 1047300, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $100,381.22, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), together with interest at 9.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on November 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN THE EAST 300 FEET OF THE SOUTH 342 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 40 FEET THEREOF. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may have in the 2000 Skyline Mobile Home, Serial NumberAC17380317NAB. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77516463 Dated: October 2, 2007 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer, husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Three Hundred Sixty one & 94/100 ($135,361.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of November, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield’s Addition to the Village, now, City of Hastings according to the recorded pat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 10/4/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 77516423 248-362-2600 Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Special Board Meeting October 1, 2007 5 Board Members present, and 5 guests. Approved: Previous Minutes Doctor Release Employee Requirement Payroll Time Sheet Requirement Renewal of Insurance Coverage Discussed and approved rejection of Sewer Extension Construction Bid and Authorized Negotiation of Agreement Adjourned 7:39 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77517002 Patricia Albert, Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert E. Jones, a single man, to American Equity Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated March 11, 2004 and recorded March 24, 2004 in Instrument Number 1124128, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-3, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2004-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Fifteen and 77/100 Dollars ($207,115.77) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on OCTOBER 25, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as beginning at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; 659 feet to the point of beginning; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence West, 287 feet; thence South, 353 feet to the point of beginning. Including all of the land between the South 109 feet thereof and East of the centerline of the North Branch of the Thornapple River. Parcel 2: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of said Northeast one-quarter; thence North, 659 feet; thence East, 614 feet; thence North, 109 feet to the point of beginning; thence West, 327 feet; thence North, 244 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River; thence in a Southwesterly Direction along the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River to a point directly East of the point of beginning; thence West, to the point of beginning; also, a parcel of land in the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 6 West, and being more particularly described as that part of the West 30 acres of the Southwest one-quarter of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16, lying East of the North Branch of the Little Thornapple River. Parcel 3: Part of the Northeast one-quarter of Section 16, Town 4 North, Range 8 West and being more particularly described as commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section 16; thence North, 1012 feet to the point of beginning; thence North, 125 feet; thence East, to the center of the North Branch of the Thornapple River; thence Southwesterly along the centerline of said river to a point due East of the point of beginning; thence West to the point of beginning; Also, that part of the Northwest onequarter of the Northeast one-quarter lying South and East of the Centerline of the North Branch of Thornapple River. The same being the Property Conveyed by Deed executed by Harley J. Hinckley and Sandra L. Hinkley, husband and wife, on 9/1/1989, as recorded on 9/1/1989 at Book/Liber 487, Page/Folio 588, in the Land Records of Barry County. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: September 27, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516370 File No. 213.2190 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Dana E. Jacobs, a Single Woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for First Franklin, a Division of National City Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006, as Document Number: 1170551, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF17, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF17 by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Four Dollars and 88/100 ($78,334.88) including interest at the rate of 7.900% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on October 25, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 63 feet of Lots 870 and 871 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, except therefrom the North 50.40 feet thereof, also the South 69 feet of Lot 871 and the South 69 feet of the East 20 feet of Lot 870 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County Records. 328 S. Park Street The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: September 27, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 77516321 Our File No. 194.00116 �Page 13 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Barry County Sheriff deputies answered a complaint of a domestic dispute which resulted in injuries to a man in Hope Township on Oct. 7. The victim told deputies he had been in a relationship with a woman for approximately three weeks, even though he had been warned that she suffered from a mental disorder and could become violent. The man said the woman was obsessively jealous and called him several times a day, even while he was at work, because she suspected he was cheating on her. The man said he eventually decided to end the relationship, and the woman became enraged when he tried to leave. She allegedly head-butted the man and attacked him with a knife. He alleged that she also struck him with the handle of a mop. When deputies questioned the woman, she indicated it was the man who was jealous of her and that he had initiated the assault. She said she only acted in self defense. The woman, Charity Long, was arrested on a separate charge, a misdemeanor warrant out of Hastings for reckless driving. On the way to the county jail, the woman complained of feeling dizzy and asked to be taken to the hospital. When they reached the jail, she was booked and lodged. A short time later, she was observed by deputies standing on her hands in her cell. Officials have forwarded the results of their domestic-assault investigation to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Battery-operated alarm scares off intruders The Barry County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the break-in of a business in Nashville that occurred Oct. 14. Deputies discovered a window in which an intruder had entered the building after disabling the power supply. Thinking that these actions had disabled the alarm system, the intruder or intruders did not realize that the alarm system was on a separately operated battery system. They apparently fled as they heard approaching police vehicles, and an inspection of the building did not turn up any missing items. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 ANTIQUE CURTAIN STRETCHER: $50. (269)9488744 Pets AKC ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL PUPPIES, black/white tri-color, black/white; liver/white tricolor. Both parents on site, ready 11-10-2007. (269)9484307, accepting deposits now. Family feud turns violent in Hastings Hastings Police were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of South East Street on a reported assault in progress during the afternoon hours of Oct. 10. Responding officers spoke with the 21-year-old victim who identified the suspect as her sister, Kathy Weinert, 37, of Hastings. The assault transpired from a verbal argument to a physical assault over personal matters. Weinert, who was still at the residence, was placed under arrest for domestic assault and lodged at the Barry County Jail. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Hastings man arrested for domestic assault Hastings Police arrested a 30-year-old Hastings man Oct. 13 on charges of domestic assault after an officer was dispatched to a residence in the 200 block of East High Street. The suspect, who was identified as Ryan Nevins, apparently was upset that the victim had contacted police the previous day for an unrelated assault. During the course of the argument, Nevins assaulted the victim again. Nevins was taken into custody for the assault and on an outstanding warrant for a traffic offense. He was lodged at the Barry County Jail on charges of domestic assault. Alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the assault. Farm E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 Boyfriend pushes, threatens local woman Hastings Police responded to a residence in the 600 block of South Jefferson Street Oct. 11 on a reported assault. Responding officers met with the 51-year-old victim who told officers that her boyfriend had come home allegedly intoxicated and began pushing her around, threw a lit cigarette at her, and then later struck her in the head with a cell phone. The victim claimed that the boyfriend had threatened to kill her and any cops who showed up at the house. A family member who had been talking with the victim on the phone, called police when the assault occurred. David Shellenbarger, 53, of Hastings was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Shellenbarger is facing charges of domestic assault. TIME, continued from page 8 *OUFSFTUFE�JO�MFBSOJOH� NPSF�BCPVU�NFNPSZ� MPTT�BOE�TJHOT�PG� "M[IFJNFS�T�EJTFBTF � +PJO�VT�GPS�UIJT� JOUSPEVDUPSZ�QSPHSBN� PO�"M[IFJNFS�T� For Sale HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Sheriff deputies were called to Orangeville Township on Oct. 15 after residents there detained a man they suspected of being a “peeping tom.” Deputies questioned the man, who initially told them he had only been walking in the early morning hours before going to work. When deputies calculated the time frame, they informed him that if he was going to report to work at the time he told them he was required to report, he would not have had time to get there on schedule. Upon further inquiry, the man admitted he had been looking into the window of a nearby residence and admitted to approximately five previous incidents. The information was forwarded to the prosecutor’s office for review, and no arrest was made at the scene. 92()678%2(-2+�%0>,)-1)6‘7 Estate Sale Business Services Peeping-tom investigation nets suspect be very helpful in promoting Charlton Park. With his advice in mind, I set about contacting people in the community who thought might be interested in forming such an organization. By May 21, 1964, a newly formed Barry County Historical Society had adopted by-laws and elected officers. I was elected to serve as president. One of the first things I did was to attend a meeting of the Barry County Board Supervisors and inquire how our newly formed society could help Charlton Park. I was somewhat discouraged, because several members of the board took me aside and told me privately that in their opinion, Barry County citizens were not interested in history or history museums. I did not think their assessments were right. I knew that a number of influential citizens in the county had expressed their conviction that they saw Mr. Charlton’s legacy as a potentially marvelous opportunity to develop a unique tourist attraction and a powerful teaching tool while preserving our heritage all at the same time. During regular monthly meetings, enthusiastic members of the historical society discussed tangible ways to determine how much interest in history there was in Barry County. On one of his visits, Dr. Weeks told us that the State Historical Commission had designed a “Historymobile,” a 10-foot wide, 54foot long mobile museum with professionally designed exhibits featuring important historical events in Michigan’s rich history. The Historymobile had visited many locations throughout Michigan and had received high praise from everyone who had National Ads had an opportunity to visit it. The Barry County History Society, partnering with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce, decided to sponsor what they called, “Heritage Days,” which came to fruition Oct. 18 to 20, 1964. We obtained permission to park the Historymobile on Broadway Avenue, along the courthouse Square. We thought it was a good idea to show doubters that the citizens of Barry County were indeed interested in history. Twenty stores and businesses permitted us to use their windows for displays of historical interest. We sent letters to Barry County schools, informing them of the Historymobile’s visit during the upcoming Heritage Days. We requested that they call us if they were interested in availing their students of this opportunity, so we could schedule a visit. During its brief stay, the Historymobile was visited by many adults as well as students. In total, 3,886 people visited the Historymobile while it was in Hastings. The Camp Fire Girls, and Boy Scouts volunteered to assist in crowd management and proved to be of great help. The Consumers Power Company generously supplied electric power to the Historymobile. When ‘visitors census’ had been compiled for the year, it was determined that Hastings had the most visitors of any other location in the state of Michigan, including visits to Lansing and Detroit. The Historymobile’s visit to Barry County was so successful that we were able to schedule a return visit in 1966. 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THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. For Rent 77517012 Woman in domestic dispute arrested on unrelated charge EVAN ALMIGHTY (PG) 20OZ.DRINK with $2.50 purchase of 46oz. bag of buttery popcorn one per ad @ Hastings 4 Exp. DEC. 31, 2007 "HB" �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 14 Trojan golf misses out on tie-breakers by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There were an awful lot of tight scores at the top of the standings at Thursday’s Division 2 regional tournament hosted by Gull Lake at Stonehedge North. Unfortunately for the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ golf team, it wasn’t apart of those. The Trojan girls finished sixth in the team standings, and TK’s top scorer was ten strokes back of the final individual qualifier for the state finals. Thornapple Kellogg got a 92 from Macy Chamberlin, a 106 from Hillary Klunder, a 107 from Ashley Martin, and a 117 from Erin King. The Trojans old, and future, conference rivals from Caledonia were in the competition for a team state berth. One tie worked out and one didn’t for the Fighting Scots. On a cold, windy day, which was the first of its kind of the 2007 fall girls’ golf season, Thornapple Kellogg’s Ashley Martin sends her drive flying off the number five tee at Stonehedge North Thursday afternoon during the Division 2 regional tournament. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon golfers finish seventh at regional The Saxon varsity girls’ golf team finished off a fine season at a tough Division 2 regional tournament against mostly Lansing area schools last Thursday at the Eldorado Golf Course in Mason. The Saxons were seventh in the team standings, 50 strokes behind the third place team from Dexter that earned the final team berth in the Division 2 state finals which will be held this weekend at Forest Akers West in East Lansing. Kacy Hooten led the way for Hastings with a 93. Montana Leep added a 102, Jessica Kloosterman 106, and Barbie Buehler 109. DeWitt took the championship on the day with a score of 345. East Lansing shot a 359 and Dexter 360 to earn the three spots in the finals. Okemos wasn’t far behind Dexter, placing fourth with a 364. Chelsea was fifth with a 395, followed by Tecumseh 407, Hastings 410. Waverly 419, Mason 437, Jackson Northwest 453, Parma-Western 479, Charlotte 480, and Ionia 501. Celebrate the S A XON SPIRIT with a PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, Hastings City Bank is sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Holland Christian, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field. SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! many scores weren’t where they have been. As the scores started coming in, Caledonia head coach Gus Wagner started thinking to himself that maybe his team could finish fifth or even fourth. That wouldn’t have been bad for a team that placed 13th out of 15 teams at an invitational on its home course to start the season, and fifth out of seven teams in the O-K White Conference. The Scots didn’t finish fifth. The only reason they finished fourth was because Portage Northern’s fifth score earned it a tie-breaking victory for the third and final spot from the regional in the Division 2 state finals. Both teams’ top four scorers tallied a 395. The Scots’ fifth score, a 116 from Katie Demeuse, was only two strokes back of the Huskies’ fifth score of 114. “We almost went to state, which was unbelievable,” said Wagner. “We lost a lot from last year’s team.” The Scots had some talent back too. Senior Amy Russo fired a 99, and junior Britni Gregory who was an all-stater a year ago took medallist honors on the day with an 80. Gregory earned the medallist honors by winning a tie-breaker with Vicksburg’s Brooke Hovenkamp. The two entered the clubhouse with 80s, and they headed back out to play a long par-five starting off the tiebreaker. Gregory moved through the fairway fairly well and finished off with a par. Hovenkamp’s fourth shot, a chip, hit the lip of the cup before rolling about four feet long of the hole. She two-putted and Gregory took top honors. “That was really exciting,” Wagner said. “I talked to Britni a lot about match play before they went out, but one thing I didn’t tell her is that when people get around the green you have to expect them to make everything. You don’t want them to drop a bomb on you, and now you’re in shock trying to finish the hole.” He didn’t tell her that, but he didn’t really need to. Gregory is rarely rattled on the course, and now she’ll get to go out one more time this season. The Division 2 state finals will be held at Forest Akers West Golf Course next weekend in East Lansing. “She’s one of the most mature people you’ll see on a golf course,” said Wagner. She’ll be joined there by Hovenkamp, and Gull Lake’s Jessica Capron who fired an 82 for the three individual spots in the finals. Battle Creek Lakeview qualified with its regional championship performance, firing a 362. Coldwater was second at 386, ahead of the Scots and Huskies. “You just don’t think that one stroke is going to make that big of a difference,” Wagner said. “We had three matches this year that came down to one stroke, and I think it came out in our favor once.” Gull Lake was fifth with a 402, followed by Thornapple Kellogg 422, St. Joseph 423, Sturgis 429, Mattawan 430, Niles 444, Holland 452, Plainwell 454, Vicksburg 464, Byron Center 476, and Loy Norrix 495. Lakewood’s Michael Barbour leaps between a pair of Fowlerville defenders, Dan Netherton (left) and Corey Barron, in an attempt to keep up with the ball during the first half of Monday’s Division 2 district opener at DeWitt. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Gladiators use pass to get past Vikings by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood is not at Fowlerville’s level yet. The Vikings work on passing constantly at practice, according to head coach Paul Gonzales. The kind of ball movement the Gladiators showed in their 2-0 Division 2 district opening victory over the Vikings though isn’t built at the varsity level. It isn’t even built on the junior varsity level. It’s built with years of soccer playing. Fowlerville’s Anthony Lee tapped a slow rolling pass into the middle of the field just inside the Viking penalty box, and Logan Karns raced in and blasted it off the post and in for the Gladiator’s first goal midway through the first half. A couple minutes later the Gladiators added their second score, on a penalty kick by Patrick Ward. “There weren’t many more than six quality shots,” Gonzales said of his team’s offensive attack. “The better team won. Their whole team was really aggressive the whole time, just move, move, move, move.” The Gladiators had the Vikings moving all over the field, chasing the ball. Fowlerville players kept moving to open spots, and giving their teammates help whenever it was needed. Even the passes that the Gladiators didn’t completely control tended to end up on a Gladiators’ foot eventually. The Vikings were a bit too passive going See SOCCER, next page SCHOOL, continued from page 1 service worker; Charles Garvey, bus driver; Anna Tietz, child-care center early childhood specialist; Tammy Whitmore, Northeastern Elementary School paraprofessional; Jeff Denny, high school girls junior varsity basketball coach; Brian Balch and Joan BosserdSchroeder, middle and high school assistant band directors; Martin Buehler, high school Science Olympiad advisor; Carrie Carl, high school FFA advisor; Jodi Darland, high school in-class yearbook advisor; Michael Engle, high school student council advisor; Tracy George, high school Business Professionals of America advisor; Lynn Gibson and Cheryl Goggins, middle school student council co-advisors; Teresa Heide, middle school Science Olympiad advisor; Jason Hoefler, high school TV production advisor; Patricia LaJoye, middle and high school choral director and high school operetta co-director; Todd Willard, high school operetta co-director and high school drama director; Kristen Laubaugh, middle school yearbook and newspaper advisor; and John Zawierucha, high school director of driver’s education. • Accepted the following gifts: -$2,500 from Hastings Manufacturing to cover the cost of the graphics that were painted in Hastings Middle School’s west gym; -Robert Wendorf’s labor in painting the graphics in the middle school’s west gym - 268 books from Michigan Friends of Education valued at $2,484.52; -Wood chips valued at $500 from Boles Tree Service of Battle Creek to Pleasantview Elementary School for the playground; -Two day’s labor and use of a bobcat from Tim Terpening of TNT Poured Concrete Walls for the Pleasantview playground project; -Additional labor for Pleasantview’s playground project from the Gray and Terpening families; -Carpet installation at the middle school from Jack Hobert; -$8,462 from the Hastings Education Enrichment Foundation to help defray costs of programs and activities. • Accepted certificates of adoption for the 2007-2008 school year. School board members were adopted by the following schools: Kevin Beck, Southeastern; Patricia Endsley, middle school; Jeffrey Guenther, Pleasantview; Eugene Haas, high school; Scott Hodges, Central; Terry McKinney, Northeastern; and Tammy Pennington, Star. • Received information regarding the Michigan North Central Association state committee awarding Northeastern Elementary School for Performance Recognition. • Heard an update on district-owned property, located on West Green Street, which Wal-Mart is interested in purchasing. WalMart officials paid to extend their interest on the property, meaning the company is still interested in the land and has the option to buy it, but has made no final purchase decisions. This will be Wal-Mart’s fourth extension, and they have one remaining. For each extension granted, Wal-Mart officials pay the school district $15,000. If the company purchases the property, the extension fees are applied to the purchase price; if the company decides not to buy the property, the school district gets to keep the money. • Heard a report on the high school’s homecoming game attendance. About 4,000 people entered the gate, generating $10,000 in admission. • Expelled a student during a closed-session discipline hearing. The student, a Hastings High School sophomore, was STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 41.82 -.16 Anheuser Busch 52.19 +.62 CMS Energy Corp. 16.19 -.61 Coca-Cola Co. 57.76 -.12 Dow Chemical Co. 45.08 +.08 Exxon Mobil 94.74 +2.07 Family Dollar Stores 26.37 -.94 First Financial Bancorp 12.31 -1.58 Ford Motor Co. 8.78 +.46 General Motors 39.41 +1.08 Intl. Bus. 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MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married and Shawna Allerding, non-obligor spouse/owner, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006 and recorded June 12, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165861, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven and 73/100 Dollars ($68,357.73) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 26 of Sundago Park according to the Plat thereof Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 71 of Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.2040 77516701 �Page 15 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons last shot at 6th win comes tomorrow night by Brett Bremer Sports Editor While Delton Kellogg, Maple Valley, Thornapple Kellogg, and Lakewood are playing for pride this Friday night the Hastings Saxons will be playing for their play-off lives. The Saxons were put down the Sailors of South Christian last Friday night, and now much find a way to get past the high powered offense of Holland Christian this week to earn their sixth win of the season. South Christian became the second O-K Gold Conference team to secure a play-off spot last week. Holland Christian also punched its ticket to the play-offs last week with a 38-30 win over Holland. The Maroons are averaging over 30 points a game this season, and finished second in the O-K Green Conference to undefeated Zeeland West. The 8-0 Dux and 7-1 Cedar Springs Red Hawks are the only two squads to top the Maroons so far. Rivalry games are ahead for the Lakewood Vikings and Maple Valley Lions. Lakewood will see Ionia head across I-96 for their annual season ending showdown. The Viking offense should be able to find the end zone as the Bulldogs have given up an average of 36 points per game this season. Olivet visits Maple Valley Friday night. Neither team has play-off aspirations, but the Eagles weren’t far off with a ranking of 4-4 coming into the week. All four Olivet victories have come in the KVA this season, and a runs for the Sailors in the third quarter, as they took control. It was the second TD run of the night for Heidmann, who scored the Sailors’ opening points as well. A safety and a five-yard scoring run by John Newhof accounted for the Sailors’ nine fourth quarter points. Delton 42, Galesburg-Augusta 0 The Rams played right into the Panthers hands, or claws, Friday night. Galesburg-Augusta’s spread it out and throw it style attempted to attack the Panthers’ strength and the Delton Kellogg varsity football team scored its second victory of the season, 43-7, over GalesburgAugusta on homecoming night in Delton. The Panther secondary, which has been solid all season, limited the Rams to just 46 yards passing. In all against the Delton defense, the Rams managed just 97 yards of total offense. Quinn Seaver led the Delton Kellogg secondary with nine tackles. Delton’s defensive backfield also got key contributions from Brian Diaz and Robbie Wandell. Seaver tied for the team lead in tackles from his cornerback position. Brennan Smith added nine tackles and Mitch Duquesnel nine as well. That trio took care of most of the Galesburg-Augusta ball carriers. Only one other player on the Delton defense had to make more than two tackles. “It was just a good all-around game for us, from start to finish,” said Delton Kellogg Thornapple Kellogg running back Marcus McKeough tries to outrun Forest Hills Northern’s Brian Gordan in the second half of TK’s victory Friday night in Middleville. (Photo by Perry Hardin) win would clinch at least a share of third place in the league for the Eagles. Fifth place in the KVA is up for grabs as Delton Kellogg travels to take on Hackett Catholic Central. Few teams have found a way to stop Fighting Irish tailback Jezrel White, and that’s the task the Lions face this week. Getting stops has been a struggle much of the year for the Lion offense, and White has a way of falling forward for first downs if he falls at all. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 3-5 5-3 2-6 1-7 1-7 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. South Christian 43, Hastings 7 A couple of big pass plays helped South Christian jump in front in the first half, and then the Sailors shut out the Hastings varsity football team in the second half to score a 437 victory. The Sailors’ Brent Geers connected with Jake Mulder on a 40-yard scoring play to put his team up 13-0 in the first quarter, then Austin Tompkins added a 30-yard TD pass to Jeff Talsma before the break to move the Sailor lead back to 13 points at 20-7. Darrell Slaughter scored on a one-yard run in the second quarter, and Trent Brisboe added the extra-point kick. That was the final time the Saxons would land in the end zone at the other end of the field. Geers and Mark Heidmann added scoring head coach Vic Haas. It didn’t help the Ram offense that it fell behind early and had to pass even more in an attempt to catch up. The usual suspects led the Delton Kellogg offense, with Kirk Wolschleger rushing 14 times for 132 yards and a touchdown and Steven Scoby adding 89 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns. The Panthers also got a boost on offense from junior back Taylor Kingsley, who rushed 13 times for 100 yards and two more scores. Kingsley put the Panthers on the scoreboard first, with a 23-yard scoring run in the opening quarter. Scoby added a five-yard TD run before the end of the first quarter. Scoby converted the extra-point kick after all six Panther touchdowns. Delton made it 28-0 at the half as Wolschleger added a two-yard TD run and Scoby a three-yard TD run in the second quarter. Kingsley tacked on a four-yard TD run in the third, then Conrad Drum finished off the Rams with a one-yard TD run late in the game. “He’s a junior who’s played a lot of defense for us,” Haas said of Kingsley. “We’ve moved him back into the offense the last couple of weeks.” “He finally picked up the idea that you have to be able to block to run the ball. In the Wing-T having the backs block is very important. He picked up that part of the game, he picked up his blocking, so he got more into the offense.” The Delton offense piled up 427 yards on the night, with 355 coming on the ground. Delton had five different backs who were able to carry the ball. Middleville 35, Forest Hills Northern 7 It’s over, or it’s just beginning. Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity football team snapped its 17-game losing streak Friday night with a 35-7 victory over the visiting Forest Hills Northern Huskies. Trojan head coach Tim Penfield said after Friday night’s victory that his players are already getting excited to try and start a winning streak this coming Friday at Hamilton in the last game of the season. The Trojans are now 1-7 on the season, and Forest Hills Northern falls to 0-8. “It was an exciting night,” Penfield said. “Our guys played great and it was really fitting to have the guys celebrating on the Trojan head after the last home game.” “Our student section kind of stormed the field as if we won the Super Bowl. It was very special.” The first quarter was special for the Trojans against the Huskies. TK led 22-0 after the first quarter On the Trojans’ second offensive play, Andrew Gilbert took off on a 55-yard scoring run. James Smith added the two-point conversion run. After a three-and-out by the Huskies, Gilbert capped a 58-yard Trojan drive by taking a reverse the final five yards into the end zone. Kyle Bobolts added the extra-point kick. Joey Sanford completed the trio of first quarter touchdowns with a five-yard run, and Bobolts again added the extra-point. “We blocked well and ran the ball well,” said Penfield. “It was certainly a well executed game plan by the kids.” Smith added a second quarter touchdown, on a 34-yard run, and Bobolts followed with his third extra-point for a 29-0 half-time lead. Smith led TK’s ground attack on the evening, rushing 17 times for 102 yards. Sanford rushed 11 times for 89 yards. In all, TK had 242 yards on the ground. Sanford would add his second touchdown on a three-yard run in the third quarter. That run came after quarterback Paul Betcher completed a big 20-yard pass to Gilbert on a fourth down play to keep the drive alive. Betcher completed 4-of-6 pass attempts, for 39 yards. The Forest Hills Northern quarterback faced a stiff rush from the Trojan front and strong coverage by the Trojan secondary. The Huskies completed just 8-of-31 pass attempts for 150 yards. The Huskies managed just 44 yards on the ground. “The defense was stellar tonight,” Penfield said. Cam VanSpronsen was the top Trojan tackler with five. Gilbert had a pair of interceptions. Tom Enslen had one interception. Defensive tackle Ian Sloan picked up a Husky fumble in the opening quarter. While the Huskies turned the ball over four times, the Trojans protected the football all night long. Wayland clinched at least a share of the OK Gold Conference championship with a 1712 win over the Trojans’ next opponent, Hamilton, on Friday. Charlotte 16, Lakewood 7 The Vikings’ special teams weren’t very special Friday night. Charlotte scored a 16-7 victory over the Viking varsity football team, scoring the final 16 points of the game. “Our defense did an exceptional job holding them to 194 yards,” said Veitch. “We recovered a fumble. We had two interceptions. We blocked a field goal.” “We really played a good game. Our special teams is what broke down tonight.” The two teams were tied at 7-7 at the half. Viking quarterback Jesse Martin scored on a five-yard touchdown run midway through the opening quarter, and Tony Edwards kicked the extra-point. Charlotte tied the game up on a three-yard run by Tyler Wright early in the second. Late in the third quarter though, things got a way from the Vikings. It started with a sack, that left Lakewood with a fourth-and-long just beyond its own ten-yard-line. Edwards set up on the goal-line for a punt, but the snap got away sailing over his head and out of bounds for a safety. The punt that ended the Vikings’ next drive didn’t find the sideline like it was supposed to, and the Orioles ripped off a 50-yard return that put them in position for their final touchdown. C.J. May connected on a 15-yard pass to Taylor Farr, and the extra-point made it 167. Early in the fourth quarter, the Vikings missed a field goal attempt that would have pulled them within one score of the Orioles. “We played a good game, but we’re back to the same old things,” Veitch said. “We’d get a drive going, and we just couldn’t finish. That’s been our problem all year. We just can’t finish. It was a great game. The kids played a great game. “We just can’t sustain that. When we need big plays we don’t make them at the right time. We do make a lot of big plays though.” Lakewood had 215 yards to offense. Justin Keller rushed ten times for 44 yards, and Kurtis Powell carried the ball ten times for 33 yards. Martin ran nine times for 31 yards. Martin was 6-of-17 passing, for 64 yards and two interceptions. Gabe Shellenbarger caught four Martin passes, for 46 yards. Markus Gonzales led the Lakewood defense with ten tackles. Shellenbarger and Keller both had interceptions for the Vikings. Kalamazoo Christian 39, Maple Valley 0 Maple Valley saw its season record fall to 1-7 as they were shutout by the state’s top Division 6 football team, Kalamazoo Christian, 39-0 Friday. “We were just never really able to move the ball at all,” said Maple Valley Coach Guenther Mittelstaedt. “They completely controlled the line of scrimmage.” The statistics tell the story. Maple Valley finished the night with a minus 18 yards rushing. Their only positive yards came through the air, as quarterback Deven Meade finished the night with four completions in nine attempts for a total of 29 yards. But 23 came on one pass, a screen to Jeff Burd. The Lions actually started out fired up, pushing the Comets back on their first possession. Three plays netted Christian a minus 15 yards with Nicholas Thurlby setting the tone on the very first play from scrimmage when he sacked quarterback Corey Scheffers for a 12-yard loss. “I felt out defense played very well tonight,” Mittelstaedt said. “The scoreboard doesn’t show it, but we did play well on defense. The problem was the defense had to be on the field for most of the game because the offense couldn’t sustain a drive.” Mittelstaedt was particularly proud of the effort Thurlby put forth. “He played an excellent game on defense,” Mittelstaedt said, “but I think everyone on defense played outstanding.” The Comets scored once in the first quarter and then four times before the end of the half. Scheffers hit Josh Buursma with an eight yard touchdown pass with 1:56 left to play in the opening period. In the second quarter, Kalamazoo Christian got a two yard touchdown from Mark Onderlinde and two scores from his partner in the backfield, Matt Postmus. Postmus scored on a 51-yard run and a 15-yard draw play. Scheffers ended the second quarter onslaught with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Buursma with just one second remaining in Kalamazoo Christian tight end Josh Buursma leaps skyward between the Lions’ Anthony Corwin (20) and Jeff Burd (33) to complete a pass from quarterback Corey Scheffers. (Photo by Art Frith) the half. Christian scored only once more, a three yard touchdown run by Ryan Vandonselaar with 9:20 left to play and the running clock spared the Lions any further embarrassment. For the night, the Comets had 203 yards on the ground, but more than half, 133 yards, came in that big second quarter. Hastings’ Tom McKinney returns a kick against the Sailors Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) SOCCER, continued from previous page after the ball in the opening half. Lakewood players too often stepped back and let Gladiators try to control fifty-fifty balls. “I think we got a few more in the second half actually,” Gonzales said. “The first half 99-percent of the time they won the fifty-fifty balls and they controlled the game that way.” The Viking defense did do a solid job of limiting good scoring chances in the second half, but on the other end of the field Lakewood couldn’t put together much of an attack at all despite the efforts of Alex Haskin and Pedro Vieira pushing the ball forward. Lakewood ends the season with a record of 6-9-3, while Fowlerville advanced to last night’s district semifinal contest in DeWitt.BB The Panthers and Rams come up from the pile during Delton Kellogg’s 42-0 homecoming victory over Galesburg-Augusta Friday. (Photo by Linda Boyce) The Saxons’ Brad Hayden looks for room to run as teammate Greg Woodmansee carries out a fake in front of him during Friday night’s loss to South Christian. (Photo by Dan Goggins) �Page 16 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Panthers take pride in second place KVA finish by Brett Bremer Sports Editor For most of the season Kalamazoo Christian’s girls and Hackett Catholic Central’s boys held big leads in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) cross country race. The two teams closed out conference championships Tuesday afternoon at Gilmore Car Museum. The Comet girls finished 42 points ahead of second-place Delton Kellogg. The Fighting Irish boys were 57 points better than second-place Delton Kellogg. With that kind of competition at the top, the Delton teams weren’t too disappointed with being the runners-up. “Second place, that’s pretty much what’s been going on all season with the boys,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Dale Grimes. “With the girls, it’s been up in the air all season. “To reestablish I guess today is nice. If we’re not going to win it, we’d better get back into second place and reestablish that position.” Hackett, Olivet, and Delton Kellogg’s girls all finished second to the Comets in a KVA jamboree at one point or another during the season. That honor went to the Delton Kellogg Panthers Tuesday, as all three of those teams finished within 11 points of each other. The Comets finished with 39 points, Delton Kellogg with 81, Hackett 87, Olivet 92, Parchment 108, Maple Valley 137, Pennfield 163, and Galesburg-Augusta 171. Mandy Dye led Delton Kellogg, with a sixth place finish in 21 minutes 8.9 seconds. As was the norm throughout the season, teammate Rachael Williams was right there with her near the top placing seventh in 21:10.1. Taylor Hennessey had a big move up in the standings to help Delton to its second place finish. She was 17th overall in 22:11.3. Behind her for DK, Mari Sandnes was 23rd in 22:43.5, and Renee McConahay 28th in 23:04.9. Parchment junior Leila Bouabdellaoui won the girls’ race in 19:51.4. A pair of Comets came in behind her. Kristine Clay was second in 20:26.5 and Courtney Mulder third in 20:51.6. Maple Valley was led by a trio of sophomores. Kaytlin Furlong was 16th in 22:08, Lauren Trumble 19th in 22:28, and Kayla Shaw 26th in 22:51. Lion senior Randi Vinson was 36th in 23:47 and freshman Megan Shoemaker 40th in 24:17. Grimes said that a number of Delton Kellogg boys and girls both had personal records on the day, meaning that his team is peaking at the right time of year. “A majority of the kids did,” Grimes said. “It surprised me, with the course being soft, wet, and wit a lot of humidity in the air.” The top 14 runners in both the boys’ and girls’ races earned all-KVA honors. Delton had two athletes on each team take spots, Dye and Williams on the girls’ side and Morgan Hennessey and Nick Rendon on the boys’ side. Morgan placed seventh in 17:57.3 and Rendon tenth in 18:11.6. “It’s good to see Nick Rendon get all-KVA this year, because he missed it by two spots last year,” Grimes said. Morgan and Rendon helped the Panthers finish four points ahead of third-place Parchment. Hackett Catholic Central won the meet with just 22 points. Delton Kellogg had 79 and Parchment 83. Maple Valley was fourth with 105 points, followed by Kalamazoo Christian 121, Pennfield 142, and Olivet 164. Hackett had six runners finish in the top nine overall. Andrew Breyer took the boys’ championship in 16:35.6 and teammate Michael O’Brien was second in 16:45.4. Behind the top two for Delton Kellogg, Mark Loveland was 18th in 18:45.2, Brandon Humphreys 20th in 18:53.7, and Michael DeWaters 24th in 19:25.5. Maple Valley freshman Joe Benedict just missed a spot on the all-KVA team, placing 15th in 18:27.2. He was less than a second behind the 14th-place finisher. Matt Hamilton was 17th for the Lions in 18:37, Adam Cook 22nd in 19:11, Kaleb Root 25th in 19:27, and Josh Perkins 26th in 19:34. The Panthers’ Josh Marzic cruises through the final mile at the KVA championship meet Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) DK needs only three games to top Lions The Lions didn’t have their best game at Delton Kellogg on Wednesday night and the Panthers made the most of it. Delton Kellogg’s varsity volleyball team scored a 3-0 victory over the Lions. Delton won by the scores of 25-19, 25-22, 25-20. “We just made little mistakes,” said Maple Valley head coach Bill Brenton. “Our serving didn’t hold up. We missed seven, Delton missed four.” “We made just enough errors to get beat.” Delton Kellogg was slated to finish off the Kalamazoo Valley Association duals last night at home against Olivet. The Panthers and Lions, or Panthers and Eagles, could meet again when the KVA gets together this Saturday at Olivet for the league championship tournament. Last Saturday at the Harper Creek Invitational, the Lions were up and down. They were 1-1-2 in pool play, losing out in a tie-breaker with Eau Claire to advance in the next round. One of the Lions’ ties was with Eau Claire, but they lost out to the team on a points tie-breaker. The Lions’ lone victory on the day was over Battle Creek Central. The Delton Kellogg girls break out of their starting box at Gilmore Car Museum Tuesday afternoon. From left are Mandy Dye, Jill Newton, Lauren Knollenberg, Rachael Williams, Taylor Hennessey, and Mari Sandnes. (Photo by Brett Bremer) TK advances to district semi with another win over Wayland by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity boys’ soccer team picked up its third win of the season over it’s O-K Gold Conference rivals from Wayland on Tuesday night in the Division 2 district opener at Caledonia. The Trojans peppered the Wayland goalkeeper with 20 shots, outscoring the Wildcats 5-1 on the night. “Their poor keeper was just diving all over the place,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. Fabian Suarez scored two goals in the first half to get things started for the Trojans, then assisted teammate Brad Steffen on the Trojans’ third goal. Matt Penfield also had a goal and two assists. Penfield’s score made it 4-0 at the half. Sven Welz, who assisted Suarez on his first goal, added TK’s lone second half tally. “It was a game I felt where Wayland was flat and fortunately we came out pretty strong and dominated the whole way,” said Jachim. The Trojans headed out of last week’s conference tournament with a plan to work on making the most of their shots. They didn’t quite convert on all they attempts they felt they could of though Tuesday. Jachim counted at least five breakaway attempts for Matt Bouchard that ended up with shots just missing the back of the goal. Tuesday marked the second straight meeting between the Trojans and Wayland Wildcats, after the two teams met in Middleville on Thursday night in the game for third-place in the O-K Gold Conference tournament. Suarez headed a ball out of a crowd in front of the Wayland net with 9:29 left in the first overtime session to give the Trojans a 2-1 win in that one. “The amazing thing is that there were some pretty tall guys in there, and Fabian is 5-foot or 5-2 and he was the one able to get a header on it,” Jachim said. Wayland actually scored first in the contest, midway through the first half. Then with 14:09 left before the break, Kevin Roberts found the equalizer for TK off an assist from Welz. The Trojans outshot the Wildcats 21-6 on the night. “It’s just we weren’t hitting the corners,” Jachim said. “We were hitting the keeper. The ones to the corners that were good shots just hit the cross bar or just hit the posts. We had four or five hit the cross bar or the posts.” The TK defense, and keeper Gerrits allowed just three goals in three conference tournament games. “They came on strong towards the end of the season here,” Jachim said of his defense. “The one shot that was scored with Wayland was on a dump in as I would call it. Their player made a clever header to redirect it then took a volley at the top of the 18. 99-percent of the time you’re going to miss that shot. He hit it.” SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18: 4:30 pm Boys Fresh. Football 5:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming 6:30 pm Boys JV Football Holland Christian HS Cross-over Quad Quad @ Sparta Quad @ FH Eastern Wayland Union HS Holland Christian HS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19: Parent Night for Football Cheer Teams; Band 5:30 pm Tailgate Party hosted by Hastings City Bank 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football Holland Christian HS A H A A H A H SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20: 8:30 am Girls JV Volleyball 8:30 am Girls Fresh. Volleyball JV Conf.@S. Christian A Conf. at Wayland A MONDAY, OCTOBER 22: 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” 5:00 pm Girls JV T-K Middle A T-K Middle A T-K Middle A T-K Middle A Barry Co. Invite@Delton A WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24: 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball Kraft Meadow 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball Kraft Meadow 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball Kraft Meadow 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball Kraft Meadow 6:00 pm Tennis awards banquet - CERC A/B 6-8 p.m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25: 4:00 pm Boys Middle Cross Co. Holland Christian Middle School 4:00 pm Girls Middle Cross Co. Holland Christian Middle School 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball Crossover w/White 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball Crossover w/Blue 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Hamilton HS 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Crossover w/Green A A A A A A A A H A Times and dates subject to change. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23: Seminar: Senior Class Picture for Yearbook 6:00 pm Cheer Awards Banquet - HS Cafeteria HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: Hastings Orthopedic Clinic, P.C. “Quality Care with Compassion” 840 Cook Rd. Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: 269-945-9520 Toll Free: 800-596-1005 Contact us on the web @ www.hoc-mi.com 77517033 Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Volleyball Delton Kellogg setter Terin Norris puts the ball up for a teammate in her team’s 3-0 Kalamazoo Valley Association victory over Maple Valley Wednesday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Saxon Sports Shorts JV Football The Hastings junior varsity football improved its record to 8-0 with a convincing win over South Christian last Thursday 4214. The Saxons jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead. Jon Gieslier was able to find the end zone twice, and Gage Pederson ran for one score and passed for another. Kyle Griffith, Jason Eckley, and Dylan Horning all scored a touchdown for Hastings. Matt Schild was 5-for-5 on his PAT attempts, and Clint Brill converted the last PAT for the final score. Caz Mix and Dustin Glazer anchored the defensive line and held the host Sailors to zero first downs in the first half. The JV team will finish out its season at Holland Christian tonight. TK and Hastings have tough time in tournament At Friday’s Division 2 regional tournament hosted by Holland Christian the Trojans picked up a single victory, as the fourth doubles team of Kirk Barber and Seth VanKuiken defeated Hastings in the opening round 6-1, 6-1. They were then downed by Zeeland West 6-0, 6-0. “What I did see of Cory Jewett, Chris Ball, and the first doubles team of Josh Steensma and Kyle Ellsworth, they all played well, but they had to fall,” said TK head coach Jeff Smith. Hastings was held without a victory on the day. Holland Christian took the championship with 30 points, followed by Zeeland West 22, Allegan 16, Plainwell 11, Zeeland East 8, South Haven 7, Wayland 7, Otsego 5, Hamilton 3, Thornapple Kellogg 1, and Hastings 0. Delton Kellogg’s Chelsea VanderWoude blasts an attack through the Maple Valley blockers on Wednesday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) A new Winchester holds the Trojan freshmen girls’ record Thornapple Kellogg’s girls finished off a perfect O-K Gold Conference regular season Wednesday afternoon at Johnson Park. The Trojans scored a tight 21-29 victory over Byron Center. Allyson Winchester once again led the way for TK, finishing first overall in 18 minutes 45 seconds. A time under 19 minutes for girl at Johnson Park is outstanding. The 18:45 was so outstanding in fact that it set a new freshmen record for Thornapple Kellogg. Allyson topped the time her older sister Rebecca, now a runner at Grand Valley State University, ran in her freshmen trip to the state finals at Michigan International Speedway where many runners often run their best times of the season. Melanie Truer was third overall in 21:02, Kylie Schultz fourth in 21:16, Kelsey Webster sixth in 21:20, and Emma Ordway seventh in 21:32. Alex Bigelow took the top spot for the Bulldogs, placing second in 21:01. Zac Bigelow and David VandeBunte led the Bulldog boys to a 26-30 victory over the Trojans. VandeBunte won the boys’ race in 16:42, and Zac was third overall in 17:23. Keith Winchester and Ethan Fuller were the top two for TK. Keith was second in 17:06 and Fuller fourth in 17:34. They were followed for TK by Tim Olsen in seventh place with a time of 19:45, Tim Etter eighth in 20:20, and J.R. LaVire ninth in 20:02. TK’s boys finish the league season with a record of 3-3. Thornapple Kellogg’s Allyson Winchester set a new TK freshman record with her time at last Wednesday’s jamboree at Johnson Park. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — Page 17 Vikes win it all, Saxons not at all at Byron Center by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hamilton was the only team all day that was able to steal a game from the Lakewood varsity volleyball team as it marched its way to a championship at Saturday’s Cristi Curtis Memorial Tournament hosted by Byron Center. That one bump came in the semifinals. Lakewood then went on to finish off the Rockford Rams 25-22, 25-19 for the championship. “We made a lot of errors, and they did a good job of moving the ball around,” Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald said of the one game in which her team fell to the Hamilton Hawkeyes. That was about the only way the Vikings would have been defeated Saturday, by their own mistakes. “They adjusted well on defense in the second game,” Grunewald said of her team in the match with Rockford. “We might have missed one serve (in the second game), where we had too many errors in the first game.” Lakewood missed six serves in the opening game against Rockford, but still held on and closed out the victory. In game two the Vikings missed just the one serve. “Obviously we’ll have a game or two here and there, but for the most part our team is really good (serving the ball),” said Grunewald. “Good consistent servers, and they can all serve areas very well.” Ashley Morris had nine kills, and a pair of aces in the championship match for Lakewood. Rachel Lynch added six kills. Melanie Forman led the team with 20 aces. Defensively, Tori King and Chelsea Lake both had a pair of blocks. Laurel Mattson had ten digs, and Forman and Autumn Cussen seven each. Cussen also chipped in a pair of aces. Hastings didn’t have as much luck limiting its own errors Saturday. The Saxons were 0-5 on the day. In pool play the Saxons fell to Forest Hills Eastern 25-10, 25-10, Fremont 25-9, 25-22, and Grand Rapids Christian 25-10, 25-16. In bracket play, Grandville topped the Saxons 25-13, 25-23 and Coopersville scored a 2517, 25-11 win. Brittany Hickey had 14 kills, five blocks, and five aces on the day. Veronica Hayden added ten kills, two blocks and four aces. Kayla Vogel was the Saxons’ kill leader with 19. Hannah Wood had 43 assists to go along with four kills and three aces. “Our struggle continues to be passing off serve receive this season,” said Hastings head coach Krista Sheldon. “We have great hitters, but we can’t get the pass to the setter to run an aggressive offense. Our setter, Hannah Wood, does a great job of giving our hitters the best sets possible from the passes she receives.” Saturday marked the third tournament championship of the season for the Vikings, in six tries. Lakewood is now 41-10 on the season. Lakewood defeated Grand Rapids Christian 25-19, 25-23 in the quarterfinals, and Hamilton in the semi’s 25-10, 23-25, 154. In pool play, Lakewood defeated Byron Center 25-16, 25-10, and Loy Norrix 25-16, 25-9. In the games leading up to the championship Forman had 72 assists for the Vikings. Mattson had 43 digs and eight aces. Morris and Forman both had 32 digs. Morris led the team in kills with 26, while Anna Lynch added 20 and Rachel Lynch 17. Lakewood was looking to close out a perfect Capital Area Activities Conference White Division season last night when it played host to Portland. Hastings turned right around from Saturday and headed to Bellevue for a pair of matches Monday night. The Saxons won their opener against the hosts from Bellevue, 25-22, 25-15, then were downed by Potterville 25-16, 2618. Vogel led Hastings with 11 kills on the night, and also added three aces. Ashley Eerdmans had five kills and two aces. Jen Ratliff chipped in six kills. Hickey had seven kills, three blocks, and an ace. Wood had 27 assists and three aces in the two matches. Saxon freshman Roni Hayden hits a shot over the block of Coopersville’s Becky Baird during their Silver Bracket meeting at Saturday’s Cristi Curtis Memorial Tournament hosted by Byron Center. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon season ends in shoot-out The Saxons’ Travis Moore (front left) and Kevin Armstrong (front right) stay step for step with one another during their teams dual with South Christian and Hamilton at Johnson Park Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Saxon boys in the middle of pack, but girls at the back The Saxon varsity boys’ cross country team finished in the middle of the pack during the O-K Gold Conference duals this season. Hastings was 2-2 in the league heading into the final league duals, last Wednesday at Johnson Park. The Saxons once again won one and lost one, falling to South Christian 23-35 while defeating Hamilton 18-41. Ryan Bosma was well ahead of the middle of the pack. He led the Saxons with a firstplace time of 17:19. The Saxons’ Troy Dailey was fourth overall in 17:47, Dane Schils eighth in 18:04, Travis Moore 15th in 19:20, and Kevin Armstrong 18th in 19:29. South Christian runners finished second, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh. Michael Demann led the Sailors with a time of 17:29. South also scored a 15-49 victory over the Hawkeyes. On the girls’ side it was a hard night for Hastings. The Saxons fell to 0-6 in the league with a 15-50 loss to Hamilton and a 15-50 loss to South Christian. All seven scorers were in for Hamilton and South Christian before the Saxons’ first runner, Nicole Frantz, finished 16th in 22:42. Alaina Case was next for Hastings, 18th in 22:48. She was followed by Jenny LaJoye 24th in 23:27, Katie Ponsetto 25th in 23:27, and Molly Smith 30th in 24:46. Kelsey Burgess had the top girls’ time among the three teams, finishing in 19:53 to lead the Sailors. In the dual between the Sailors and Hawkeyes, South Christian beat Hamilton 24-31. Bulldogs beat TKHastings swimmers including the three relays. The Trojans got some help from deep in the line-up in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay. TKHastings’ team of Lauren Borrink, Mari Meyering, Erin Humphrey and Beth Fuller scored the win finishing in 4:55.30, just over a second ahead of Union’s top team. In the 200-yard medley relay, Hoag, Emily Mattoon, VanDenack and Warner teamed up to win for TK-Hastings in 2:05.59. Six different swimmers earned the Trojans’ six individual wins. Terra Nassif won the 200-yard freestyle in 2:27.20. Romanak took the 200-yard individual medley in 2:38.90. VanDenack won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.45. The 100-yard butterfly champion was Alecia Strumberger, in 1:13.37. Hoag took first in the 500 freestyle with a time of 6:02.21. The 100-yard breaststroke champion was Mattoon in 1:18.40. The Trojans end the regular season with a pair of conference duals at home. Tonight Wayland comes to town, and next Thursday Hastings is visited by the Hamilton swimmers. TK-Hastings is now 7-1 overall in duals this season. by Michael Ball. Bare and teammate John Feldpausch were both successful in getting shots past Byington, and Hastings had a 2-0 edge with three shooters left for each team. “I was confident, especially after those two phenomenal stops by Josh Bare,” said Roderick. “Unfortunately, I feel the worst for Justin Wanland who was our last kid to shoot, and he fails.” Wanland wasn’t the only one though, from either team, just the last. “We practice (shoot-outs),” Roderick said. “Not as often as you’d like to, in various different formats just for that purpose. It’s never as nerve-wracking mentally as that was though.” The Saxons end the season with a record of 4-13-2. “We made some tactical errors on defense and I attribute part of the difficulty last night to the field conditions. It was awful,” Roderick said. Bare got a piece of the ball on the final two Bulldog goals that were scored in regulation, but the light rain falling didn’t help him at all to reel them in. “The kids did pretty much 95-percent of what they were supposed to do,” Roderick said. The Saxons were a little short of that in their 3-0 loss at Forest Hills Northern which ended the O-K Gold Conference tournament last Thursday. The Saxons’ David Kendall (right) tries to get through Byron Center’s Erik Wright as the fog settles over the field in Caledonia Tuesday during the Division 2 district opener. (Photo by Brett Bremer) M66 Tire We Fill Propane $ 20 LBS. 14 (Good thru 10/31/07) Tanks WINTER FREE INSPECTIONS Here. (Belts, Coolant Test, Scan) OCTOBER OIL CHANGE SPECIALS 2200 2700 MOBIL FULL SERVICE $ OIL CHANGE VALVOLINE FULL $ SERVICE OIL CHANGE TIRE DEALS Hastings’ head coach Brian Roderick looks on from near midfield as the Saxons participate in a shoot-out against Byron Center Tuesday night. 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The Byron Center Bulldogs used a sweep of the relay events, along with a a number of individual victories, and scored a 108-78 victory over the Trojans. Natalie VanDenack set a team record in the 200-yard freestyle for TK-Hastings, finishing with a first-place time of 2:06.5. Mindy Warner did try the 500 freestyle one more time, and won again in 5:55.66, but wasn’t as near a conference record as she was in her previous attempt. Audrey Hoag won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:24.51. Kelly Frame took the diving with a score of 186.6. The Trojans got back on track Tuesday night, scoring a 122 to 60 victory over Grand Rapids Union. VanDenack and Warner teamed up with Katie Romanak and Danielle Rosenberg to help the TK-Hastings 200-yard freestyle relay team set a new team record with a first-place time of 1:49.25. The Trojans won all but three events, by Brett Bremer Sports Editor As the Byron Center Bulldogs rushed from midfield toward the north goal at Scotland Yard in Caledonia and their goalie Richard Byington, Saxon senior captains Justin von der Hoff, Stephen Tolger, and Josh Bare sought out teammate Justin Wanland. “They ran to him to tell him it was okay,” said Saxon head coach Brian Roderick. Wanland’s shot, the 20th of the shoot-out between the Saxons and Bulldogs, bounded wide left finishing off the Division 2 district opening victory Tuesday for Byron Center which had already suffered two losses to the Saxons during O-K Gold Conference play. The two teams were tied a 3-3 after regulation, and after the first five players chosen from each team completed their penalty kicks both had made three. The Bulldogs converted three shots and the Saxons two in the second round of penalty kicks to score the victory and advance to tonight’s semifinal contest against Thornapple Kellogg. “Horrible,” was the best word Brian Roderick could find to describe his feelings after the contest. “My boys should have won that game twice, and for it to end the way it did...” The Saxons looked to be in position to take the game more than once. A goal by David Kendall and another on a penalty kick by von der Hoff gave Hastings a 2-0 half-time lead over the Bulldogs. A goal by Spencer Rhodes-Gillons just over ten minutes into the second half made it 3-1 in favor of the Saxons, after the Bulldogs benefited from an own-goal by the Saxons in the opening minutes of the second half. Matt Bekken and Luke Hasselbring scored the final two goals for the Bulldogs in the middle of the second half. The two teams then played the final 15 minutes of regulation, and two 15 minute overtime periods without another ball hitting the back of the net. In the first round of the shoot-out Saxon keeper Josh Bare dove to his left to stop a roller by the Bulldogs’ Happy Nguyen and went flying to his right to punch away a shot �Page 18 — Thursday, October 18, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Delton Kellogg High School celebrates ‘07 Homecoming Senior class representatives Bailey Lester and Quinn Debolt make their way through the Delton Kellogg High School homecoming parade. Lester, the daughter of Wade and Kristy Lester, is involved in track, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Student Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters, 4-H and the Faith United Methodist Church Youth Group. She also is the 2007 Miss Delton. Debolt is the son of Mark Debolt and Linda Miller. He is involved in wrestling, baseball, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Student Council, and he is a cheer boy at Delton football games. Freshman representatives Jeff Bissett and Krista Holtman make their way through the Delton homecoming parade. Bissett, the son of Mark and Karen Bissett, is involved in football, baseball and wrestling at DKHS. Holtman, the daughter of Steve and Debbie Holtman, is involved in soccer, softball and Student Council at Delton Kellogg. The Delton Kellogg High School freshman float was decorated as Peanuts for the homecoming parade. This year’s float theme was cartoons. Stephanie Ross rides in the Delton Kellogg High School homecoming parade as one of the senior class representatives. She is the daughter of Scott and Barb Ross. She is involved in track at DKHS. Ross’ escort Koty Watson is the son of Ron and Angela Watson. Watson enjoys riding his dirt bike and received the Panther Pride Award. Senior representatives Kelsie Smith (left) and Chelsea Vanderwoude make their way through the Delton Kellogg High School homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 12. Smith is the daughter of Todd and Dawn Smith. She is involved in volleyball, soccer, Student Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the National Honor Society and Students Against Destructive Decisions. Vanderwoude is the daughter of Keith and Joy Vanderwoude. She is involved in volleyball, track, Interact, Student Council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, the Breakfast Bible Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Smith’s escort Chase Mills and Vanderwoude’s escort Octavio Romero are football players and were unable to be in the parade. Mills is the son of Vaughn and Delora Mills. He is involved in football, Student Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Students Against Destructive Decisions. Romero is the son Octavio and Elizabeth Romero. He is involved in football and wrestling. This Batman float won the Delton Kellogg High School juniors the float competition for 2007 homecoming. Here they show off their work in the Friday, Oct. 12 homecoming parade. (photos by Linda Boyce) The sophomore class decided to bring the Pink Panther back to life with their homecoming float this year. Seniors show off their Scooby Doo float during the Delton Kellogg High School homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 12. Delton Kellogg preschool students were not going to let the high schoolers have all the fun. They threw candy during the Oct. 12 homecoming parade. Libby Warren and Peter Duquesnel were chosen as the junior class representatives for 2007. Warren is the daughter of Tim and Kathy Warren. She is involved with the marching and symphonic bands, the National Honor Society, her church youth group, and the Calvin College Honors Band. Duquesnel, the son of George and Adoree Duquesnel, is involved in the Delton Kellogg Theater Arts Company, Student Council and Students Against Destructive Decisions. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-10-25.pdf b5b630bb1c8f4226c0aa84eb7cf9fbe1 PDF Text Text Jacoby leaves Pennock to form new firm Education is changing, but is it for the best? Something’s gotta give in tomorrow’s game See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 21 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 43 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, October 25, 2007 Judge declares mistrial NEWS BRIEFS Jury “hopelessly deadlocked” in Dickinson trial Old-time card party to aid Charlton Those who enjoy old-time card games can help the Charlton Park millage renewal campaign by attending an oldtime card party Oct. 27, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Commission on Aging building in Hastings. Players will be able to show off their skills—or luck—in Canasta, Whist, Euchre, Hearts, and Cribbage. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category of play. For those who may have forgotten how to play these oldtime favorites, the Hoyle book of rules will be available to guide the cardplayers. Prizes and refreshments have been donated by several local businesses. Colonial, pioneer or frontier costumes are encouraged at the party, but not required. A donation of $20 per person or $30 per couple will go toward the millage renewal campaign of the Committee to Preserve Charlton Park. The Commission on Aging, which is smoke- and alcohol-free, is located at 320 W. Woodlawn Ave. in Hastings, on the north side of town, just off M-43. Halloween Movie Night for Teens Teens won’t want to miss Halloween Movie Night at Hastings Public Library. Join the library staff Friday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 9:15 p.m. All sixth through twelfth grade students are invited to attend. Costumes aren’t required, but prizes will be given for anyone in costume. The featured movie stars Michael Keaton, who has been in movies such as Batman and Beetlejuice. Plenty of refreshments will be on hand. Habitat dinner set for Friday Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Barry County will be serving Swiss steak and baked chicken for a fundraising dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. Green St. in Hastings. In addition to the two meats, the menu includes mashed potatoes and gravy, salad, a vegetable, homemade desserts and beverages. The meal is available for a free will offering. Proceeds will help build another Habitat home for a local family in need of decent housing. An ecumenical Christian housing ministry, Habitat works with people from all walks of life, desiring that every person can experience God’s love and can live and grow into all that God intends, the Habitat mission statement says. For more information about the local Habitat, please call the Habitat office at 269-948-9939. People who would like to make a taxdeductible donation to Habitat and can't attend the upcoming dinner, may send a check to Barry County Habitat for Humanity, P.O. Box 234; Hastings, Mich. 49058. HHS seniors to host harvest dance Parents of Hastings High School seniors, together with the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, are sponsoring a harvest dance for adults only Friday, See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Despite what many people considered to be overwhelming circumstantial evidence, the accused killer of Hastings High School graduate Laura Dickinson will face a second trial. The trial of Orange Amir Taylor III ended in a mistrial Wednesday, and Judge Archie Brown set Jan. 28, 2008, as a new trial date. Brown made his decision based on informa- tion that the jury was “hopelessly deadlocked” and unable to reach a verdict. Taylor was on trial for the murder of Dickinson, an Eastern Michigan University student. Dickinson’s partially clothed body was found in her dorm room on the campus of EMU on Dec. 15, 2006. Prosecutors charged that Taylor raped or attempted to rape Dickinson and then either suffocated or strangled her on Dec. 13. That inability of the Washtenaw County Coroner to determine the exact cause of Dickinson’s death played a part in the jury’s decision. After more than two days of deliberation, the jury foreman reported to Judge Brown that two jurors were not convinced of Taylor’s guilt. Assistant Prosecutor Blaine Longsworth presented evidence that Taylor had been in the room and his DNA was found on the body. It was the only DNA, other than Dickinson’s, discovered in the room. Also, Taylor was identified in a surveillance camera leaving the dorm with property allegedly belonging to Dickinson. Other evidence for the prosecution included fibers from a sweatshirt belonging to Taylor. Taylor’s attorney, Alvin Keel, said Taylor did enter the room but that Dickinson was already dead. City may demolish old library building Former Hastings Public Library building in downtown Hastings. Viking to expand local plant, add training facility Viking Corporation, a leading manufacturer of fire sprinkler equipment, is expanding its manufacturing capacity at the "east campus" facility in Hastings. The company will invest approximately $5 million in the project which will result in the creation of at least 20 new jobs. Viking currently employs 359 people out of the Hastings facility. “This expansion positions Viking to meet anticipated future demand in the growing fire sprinkler industry,” said Viking President Mike Bosma. In addition to the manufacturing expansion, Viking will construct a state-of-the-art training facility and relocate an assembly operation from its Atlanta, Ga., facility to Hastings, representing additional job growth for the area. “While many Michigan-based companies have moved manufacturing jobs out of the state, Viking has continued to invest in a consolidation of its manufacturing in Hastings,” noted Bosma. "We are pleased to be able to expand our production capabilities here in Hastings. The tax assistance from both the State of Michigan and the City of Hastings made the expansion possible.” That tax abatement, approved at Monday’s Hastings City Council meeting, will grant Viking 100 percent tax abatement for six years on major projects. The new manufacturing equipment and training facility will allow the company to better promote its capabilities to its customer base and rapidly growing distribution network, Bosma added. Viking previously expanded its manufacturing capacity in Hastings in April 2006. Additionally, the company’s research and development center was expanded at the site in 2004. Viking Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Viking Group, Inc., of Grand Rapids. The Viking Group, which is privately held, is a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative fire protection equipment. The company employs over 900 people and distributes fire protection products and services in more than 70 countries. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council received a unanimous recommendation at Monday night’s meeting from the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to tear down the old Hastings Public Library and use the space for parking. DDA Chairman Mark Feldpausch presented the recommendation, including a petition signed by 39 business owners and a letter from Bosley Pharmacy owners, Dave and Emily Jasperse, and Gary and Carla Rizor, owners of the County Seat Restaurant. The DDA is a city board composed of nine people, namely Feldpausch, Vice Chair Marjorie Radant, Secretary Patty Woods, Jim Brown, Deb Button, Mary Lou Gray-Hart, Don Tubbs, Tim King and Mayor Bob May. The DDA is funded through tax increment financing, or tax money capture, in the downtown area. Those on the DDA have either requested consideration by the city were appointed by the mayor if there was a vacancy. In the letter, the Jasperses and Rizors said that since the city currently owns the property, turning the space into a parking lot would eliminate the cost of buying property for parking in the future. More parking is needed in the downtown area, they said, and the need for parking will grow as second and third stories of buildings are developed. Further, downtown businesses have to compete with “big box” stores and strip malls, and new merchants may consider “the strip” more attractive because of parking needs. Lastly, they said stores built outside the city contribute little to the city’s tax base, and hundreds of people depend on downtown for their livelihood. “We believe that in order to continue to help the downtown central business district . . “We believe that in order to continue to help the downtown central business district... we need convenient parking.” – Mark Feldpausch, DDA Chair . we need convenient parking,” said Feldpausch. Business owners who signed the petition to demolish the library represented the following businesses: Advantage Title, Al and Pete’s Sport Shop, Arris Matrix, Back Door Deli, Back-to-Life Taxidermy, Barlow Christian Bookstore, Barlow Florist, Basic Communications, Bell Cleaners, Brian’s Tire See COUNCIL, page 7 911 board sets January re-organization meeting by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Members of the Barry County Central Dispatch Board met at Hastings Township Hall Oct. 22 and drafted a letter to be sent to the 21 governing units throughout the county represented by the board. The letter will request that one representative from each of the 21 boards, plus a member of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, meet after Jan. 1, 2008, to decide if the 911 dispatch’s governing plan should be amended. The committee will be charged with the responsibility of reviewing all aspects of the present plan and to make suggestions for any changes they deem necessary. Members of the board were in agreement that no current board member should sit on the committee and that the board should not attempt to exert any influence on the committee. “This is a hot potato,” said board member Mark Englerth, who suggested that a facilitator be brought in to help organize the committee’s actions. Jim Brown disagreed with Englerth’s assessment. “This is not as hot a potato as we may think it is,” Brown said. “I think it is more important that they do this correctly this time. I really trust these 22 people to do the right thing.” Englerth said after the meeting he felt this See 911, page 5 Hastings headed to play-offs for the first time since ‘01 Saxon senior lineman Nick Peck douses Hastings varsity football coach Fred Rademacher in the final moments of their team’s 34-23 victory over Holland Christian Friday night. The win, Hastings’ sixth of the season, earned them a spot in the state play-offs. Hastings (6-3) heads to Richland tomorrow night to take on Gull Lake (8-1) in a Division 3 pre-district contest. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the gate, or during regular school hours in the Hastings High School office until 4 p.m. on Friday. The cost is $5. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �Page 2 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Nov. 2. Tickets are $30 each and will include an appetizer buffet. A cash bar also will be available. The dance will be held in the upstairs ballroom at the Walldorff from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event is open to all parents and members of the community who would like to enjoy a night out and help the seniors celebrate their graduation safely. Tickets can be purchased at the Walldorff or at the student window at Hastings High School office. Tickets and information also are available by calling Jennifer Miller at (269) 9482818. Chamber annual dinner Oct. 27 Las Vegas is coming to Hastings for the Barry County Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner Saturday, Oct. 27, beginning at 5 p.m. at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro. The event is open to the public. Dinner will last from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and then Las Vegas Night will begin, lasting from until 11:30 p.m. Games at the event will include blackjack, “Dirty Queens,” poker and a money wheel, among others. To add excitement to the evening, “celebrity dealers” will lead some games, including Thornapple Manor Administrator Jim DeYoung, MainStreet Savings Bank President Dave Hatfield, Community Development Specialist for the City of Hastings Deb Hatfield, and Jan DeYoung, of Michigan Chief Sales. A Chamber raffle, with a grand prize of a trip to Las Vegas, and a 50/50 drawing will both create suspense for the night. The cost for the dinner is $35 per person, including $5 worth of chips. The cost for just the Las Vegas Night is $5 per person. Anybody who attends the dinner will get into Las Vegas Night free. Half of the proceeds will go to Barry County United Way. For more information or to make reservations, call the Chamber at (269) 9452454. Girl Scouts having fund-raiser today Local Girl Scouts are gathering for a fundraiser and to enroll new scouts at a round-up being held today, from 4:30 to 7:30 at Arby’s restaurant in Hastings. Troops are forming, and girls from 5 to 17 years old are encouraged to join. Leaders are also seeking volunteers and sponsors. For more information, call Sandra Krouse at (269) 664-4165 or (800) 7884919. Red Cross holding local blood drives Officials from the American Red Cross recently announced that the supply of blood for hospitals is at a “critical” shortage. To increase the supply, the local branch has set up blood drives for the next several weeks. Area blood drives include: •Monday, Oct. 29, Central United Methodist Church, 912 Fourth Ave., Lake Odessa, from noon until 5:45 p.m. •Monday, Nov. 15, St. Ambrose Church, 11252 Floria Rd., Delton, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. •Thursday, Nov. 15, Hastings Moose Lodge, 128 N. Michigan, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. •Saturday, Nov. 24, Peace Church, 6950 Cherry Valley Rd., Middleville,from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. Red Cross officials say they have been averaging less than a day’s supply on six of eight blood types, including O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor. Typically, they have a three-day supply on hand. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. Donate a sweater for a veteran A Barry County clothing campaign aims to collect hundreds of sweaters for local war veterans. Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel and the American Legion Post 45 will host Operation Sweaters for Veterans Nov. 1 to 15 and will offer their premises as drop-off points for new or gently used men and women’s sweaters for the “heroes” in Veterans Administration hospitals and veterans homes. Drop-off boxes will be available every weekday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel will have used sweaters cleaned and boxed along with new donated sweaters, which will then be delivered to designated sites by the Legion. For information, please call the funeral home at (269) 945-2471 or the Post Service Officer Jenelle Voss at (231) 250-8325 (cell) or the Legion at (269) 945-4973. Meeting to answer questions about trail Portions of the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail course through both Barry and Kent counties. In Barry County, the former-railway trail meanders along the Thornapple River, from Middleville to Nashville. About 3.1 miles of the trail in the Middleville area are paved. For years, cyclists and walkers have wondered if and when sections of the trail in Kent County also would be paved. Some, too, have asked if portions of the trail would be connected so that cyclists or walkers could move easily between the two sections. An informational meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 5, at Caledonia High School, 9050 Kraft Ave., at 7 p.m. to address these and other issues. The meeting has been titled “They’re paving the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail, aren’t they?” Scheduled to speak at the meeting are Roger Sabin, Kent County Parks director; Rick Moore, chair of the Barry County Parks Commission; and David Heyboer, interim director of the West Michigan Trails and Greenways Coalition. Members of the Thornapple Trail Association also will attend the meeting and provide information about joining the association. Refreshments will be available. For more information about the Thornapple Trail Association or the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail, visit the website at www.thornappletrail.com. Elvis tribute artist returning to town The local Americn Legion post will again host an entertainer said to be the “world’s best Elvis impersonator” Nov. 3 in Hastings. Doug Church, will be at Central School Auditorium next Saturday for the 7 p.m. concert. The fund-raising event is being sponsored by the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post 45 in Hastings. Tickets are $10 each and will be available the night of the show. Half of the money raised will go to Post activities to help area veterans and half will go to local scout troops and to Operation Military Kids. Operation Military Kids helps support families of service men and women who have been called to active duty. For more information and tickets, call Bob May at (269) 945-2468. Pierce ‘Owl Prowl’ is tomorrow night Tickets are still available for Pierce Cedar Creek Institute’s Annual Owl Prowl. This educational, family-oriented program about owls and other nocturnal animals will be held at the Institute Friday, Oct. 26. at 7 p.m. Joe Rogers from the Wildlife Recovery Association (WRA) will give participants a chance to see owls up close during a live animal presentation. Participants will see how an owl can rotate its head three-quarters of the way around and learn about the animal’s habitat and hunting skills. The indoor presentation will be followed by a night hike where participants will trek to preferred owl habitat at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute to try to lure in screech, barred or great horned owls by mimicking their calls. The slow-paced hike is approximately one mile in length. Please come prepared with comfortable, sturdy shoes (athletic shoes or hiking boots) and warm clothing (preferably clothing that is not noisy while walking). The WRA is based in Shepard and was established in 1974. Specializing in rehabilitation, the WRA is one of the oldest organizations in Michigan caring for injured and orphaned birds of prey. The cost of this program for non-members is $8 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. The cost for members is $6 for adults and $4 for children. Pre-registration is recommended and may be done by calling (269) 721-4190. To purchase tickets at the door, Pierce staff recommends arriving 15 to 20 minutes prior to the start of the program. The Institute is located 11 miles south of Hastings on Cloverdale Road, 2.5 miles west of M-37 and 4.5 miles east of M-43. For more information and directions, visit the Web site, www.cedarcreekinstitute.org. Three local women newest graduates from Drug Court by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Think about the hardest thing you ever had to do in your entire life. Think about the struggle when it seemed you were climbing a rugged mountain when everyone around you was skating downhill. Then remember the sense of accomplishment when you reached the summit. Now multiply that times 100. That is the sense of accomplishment being experienced by three women, Candice George, Heather Worm and Angel Morgan, the most recent graduates of the Barry County Drug Court. All three of these women stood before Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher Oct. 17 to receive their graduation certificates, and all three expressed to the judge and to the overflow crowd of family and supporters how much the program meant to their success in overcoming addiction. Morgan was the 100th person to graduate from the program. In each case, Judge Fisher and others spoke to their success and praised them for the commitment to change their lives. Judge Fisher is recognized throughout the state as a leader helping people with addiction. And although the Barry County Drug Court program was not the first of its kind in the state (it was the second), Barry County is regarded as the role model for other counties in the continual struggle against drugs and alcohol. Fisher recognized early on the correlation between addiction and crime. At the First Friday Forum in August, Judge Fisher stated that the vast majority of the cases which come before him involve the abuse of drugs and/or alcohol. The graduation ceremony coincided with Fisher’s regular Drug Court docket. Prior to the graduation ceremony, the judge reviewed the cases of a number of people currently enrolled in the program. In each case, it was immediately clear to the judge that he take a personal interest in each and every case. Through his words of encouragement and his questions to each par- Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher stands with the three most recent graduates of the Barry County Drug Court program at graduation ceremonies held Oct. 18. Candice George, Angel Morgan and Heather Worm all spoke of how the program helped them reconnect with their respective families and how supportive Judge Fisher had been during the process. Morgan was the 100th person to graduate from the program. ticipant it was evident that he regards them as son ordered to take part in Drug Court is more than statistics or numbers on a written assessed a $200 fee which goes directly page. toward the administration of the program. At the meeting, Judge Fisher also “It is very gratifying to our Drug Court announced that the program will receive a Program to have our 100th graduate,” said $100,000 grant from the Michigan Supreme Judge Fisher. “This program allows those Court. That, however, represents less than with addictions to reclaim their lives and their half the amount needed to continue the pro- families. The Michigan Supreme Court comgram. At the graduation ceremony, the judge missioned a study of our program last year called on the Barry County Board of which concluded that it reduces substance Commissioners to supply the program with abuse and recidivism while saving taxpayer the remaining money needed to keep the pro- money. gram going. “We appreciate the support we have The program provides continual monitor- received from the supreme court and the ing and support services for those who are county commissioners to continue this procourt-ordered to participate, and their partici- gram in the future,” he said. pation also helps fund the program. Each per- Jacoby leaves Pennock to form new marketing firm Chris Jacoby, director of marketing, customer service and family medicine offices at Pennock Health Services in Hastings since 2001, has resigned his position to form his own new consulting company. His resignation from Pennock is effective Friday. The new Hastings firm, Jacoby Marketing Services, will provide advertising, marketing and public relations services to local, regional and national accounts. Among those new accounts will be Arbor Associates, Inc. and his soon-to-be former employer, Pennock Health Services. “Chris has provided quality marketing services for Pennock in the past, and we are delighted to have him continue to help Pennock as we plan for the future,” said Pennock Chief Executive Officer Sheryl Lewis Blake. “His impact on Pennock has been impressive, ranging from TV advertising campaigns, logo development and community relations.” Jacoby, 56, has been in the advertising and marketing business for 35 years, ever since his graduation from Western Michigan University with a major in advertising and marketing. Following a steady progression from copywriter to account executive to account planner, media buyer and account supervisor at several agencies in Michigan and Florida, Jacoby started his own advertising agency, Jacoby, O’Connor & Matthews in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in 1980. His accounts included a variety of industries, such as consumer packaged goods, restaurant chains, retail specialty chains, business to business advertisers and healthcare. Jacoby’s agency won national recognition and acclaim for its creative work for Columbia Health System, North Broward Hospital District, South Miami Hospital, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami Baptist Health System and Shannon Health System in Texas. “Over the years, I learned much about the healthcare industry, why patients choose their doctor and their hospital,” Jacoby said. “I bring this wealth of experience to bear on all of my healthcare assignments and am happy to continue that service for my many associates at Pennock.” From 1996 to 1998, he was president of Jacoby Marketing Services in Garden, Mich. Jacoby said it was a unique consulting firm offering a complete range of capabilities from strategic planning and research to creative services for both advertising agencies and client companies. He served as vice president of Creative Media in Lansing from 1999-2001. One of his achievements there was developing an agency strategic marketing plan, differentiating the agency from its competition. Jacoby said he “built agency value” there, and helped facilitate a successful merger with a larger firm. Since joining Pennock in August 2001, he helped direct the development of its current marketing and customer service programs. The highly recognized new Pennock logo was introduced in 2002 and has been seen on many forms of media, from ads in Barry County’s Reminder and Banner, to TV, billboards and the Internet on Pennock’s Web site. The Pennock Web site, also developed under Jacoby’s tenure, has grown from 150 visitors per day to 750 per day at last measure. Most recently, he worked with Pennock to develop some innovative physician recruitment tools: A DVD, custom brochure and packaging to target prospective physicians. Jacoby also is credited with developing a brochure, “Six Secret Steps to Success,” which has been his guide to successful marketing of a variety of products and services. “I have found this process to be effective See JACOBY, page 5 Vivid foliage dots pastoral scene While the leaves on many of Barry County’s trees still remain green or have shifted to yellow foliage, this rural scene on Cloverdale Road, near Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, is dotted with some of the brilliancy of autumn. (photo by Elaine Gilbert) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 3 BCF dinner honors the past and looks to the future by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Author Jack Schultz toggled between two ends of human history in his keynote speech to the Barry Community Foundation’s 400 Club dinner Oct. 20 at the MiddleVilla Inn. He mentioned cavemen and the need for technology. But the cavemen to which he was referring, he pointed out, were not the CroMagnon type. He was referring to “Citizens Against Virtually Everything,” or CAVE. This definition of “CAVEmen,” or women, brought laughter and recognition. These very CAVEmen can keep communities from growing, he said. “If you think you are beaten, you are,” Schultz told the group of more than 100. Schultz, author of Boomtown USA: The 71/2 Keys to Big Success in Small Towns, runs a professional consulting firm, Agracel, based out of Illinois. Prior to writing his book, Schultz said he found similarities among thriving small towns. Conversely, he found that dwindling or struggling communities shared likenesses with one another. His book highlights the positive factors and is designed as a guide for small-town leaders. Schultz described how he trademarked the term “agurban” to represent that coalition between agricultural areas and culture with urban needs and sensibilities. He shared examples of communities that demonstrate his “71/2 keys to success.” He told those at the dinner that one of the challenges facing Barry County is access to broadband and other high-tech resources. He identified the many lakes and recreational areas as valuable opportunities. During the bus tour earlier in the day, Schultz had been to Nashville and the Mooville Creamery, Lake Odessa and the ethanol plant, across the rolling agricultural land of rural Freeport, to Middleville and Gun Lake, to the veterans memorial in Orangeville, and back to Hastings. Schultz said he was encouraged by what he learned on the bus tour. He inspired the group to build on what was available and not to let the “curmudgeons” keep them from looking forward and moving into the “agurban” future. Schultz stressed that one of the detriments in Barry County is that more that 59 percent of residents here must commute out of the county to work, highlighting the opportunities to develop business here, he said. Once people are drawn out of town for work, he said, they tend to stay there for entertainment and shopping. More job opportunities here would lead to more time and dollars spent here. He also noted the need to encourage inhome businesses. “This is where developing broadband access is really important,” he said In conclusion, Schultz told the audience that it was important to work together, build on and nurture the passions of young people, support projects in the community that would attract outside businesses, and create jobs here. Schultz’s 71/2 keys are: 1. Adopt a “can-do” attitude 2. Shape your vision 3. Leverage your resources 4. Raise up strong leaders 5. Encourage an entrepreneurial approach 6. Maintain local control 7. Build your brand 7.5 Embrace the teeter-totter factor. This last key is a reminder that a small change can have a big impact—positively or negatively—on the community. The annual 400 Club dinner of the Barry Community Foundation is a time for the Foundation to point out the accomplishments of the past year and look to the future. This year, BCF Board President Dr. Kim Norris stressed the power of partnership. Norris pointed out five specific projects: the new Orangeville Township Veterans Memorial project spearheaded by Alvin Warren; the Delton Education Endowment Fund and the Delton Area Community Fund, established by Bud and Doris Leonard; the Viking Group scholarship program; the Longstreet family and their donations; and the Hometown Partnership. Norris explained that the Hometown Partnership is a comprehensive approach to rural development based on entrepreneurship, charitable giving, youth and leaderships. She celebrated the more than $16 million in assets held at the foundation, in more than 130 funds, 54 of which are scholarship funds. Norris praised the hard work of the Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation which has entered into a geographic alliance with BCF. She sees the new partnership as a way to support the work the TAEF has done in Middleville and in the Thornapple Kellogg School District. Norris touched briefly on the challenges and opportunities the BCF has faced this year, including the development of an online application process developed in response to new federal regulations. The BCF still faces the challenge of finding additional storage space, she said. Outgoing Charter Board members Fred Jacobs, Jan Hartough and Maggie Coleman were thanked for their service to the community. Jacobs, in fact, had been part of the bus tour earlier that day. BCF Director Bonnie Hildreth then talked about the impact of the BCF on the community. She showed some paperwork submitted by a first grade class at McFall Elementary School in Middleville as part of a grant application. Tina Thompson’s first graders surveyed their classmates, created spreadsheets and then decided what to ask for in the grant. After looking at the data from the survey of 161 first graders, the class decided to seek a grant for a playhouse/fort for the playground. They submitted the application and will learn the results after the Youth Advisory Council meets in November. Hildreth noted the skills and lessons the students learned through this process. She also talked about how important the foundation is to the life of the entire community. For more information about the Barry Community Foundation and Hometown Partnership contact director Bonnie Hildreth at (269) 945-0526. Prior to his Oct. 20 speech to the Barry Community Foundation and its supporters, took Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA, on a guided tour of Barry County to see its possibilities and challenges. Pictured (front row, from left) are Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics; Bonnie Hildreth, executive director of the BCF; Karen Heath, Youth Advisory Council advisor; John Hart, community development director for the City of Hastings; Robert Perino, Orangeville Township trustee; Jack Schultz; (back row) Valerie Byrnes, Chamber of Commerce and Economic Alliance director; Diane Weatherhead, Thornapple Area Enrichment Foundation director; Carla Wilson-Neil, Pennock Hospital chief operating officer; and David Hatfield, Chamber of Commerce president. Barry Community Foundation President Kim Norris and Director Bonnie Hildreth said thanks and presented gifts to outgoing directors Jan Hartough and Fred Jacobs. Author and speaker Jack Schultz signed copies of his book Boomtown USA at the BCF 400 dinner on Oct. 20 at the MiddleVilla Inn. Shultz was the featured speaker at the BCF’s annual 400 dinner, given in support of donors who contribute $400 or more to the foundation. Bonnie Hildreth, director of the Barry Community Foundation, shared this application for a Youth Advisory Council grant written by first graders at McFall Elementary School in Middleville with those attending the 400 Dinner. Jack Schultz shared examples of small-town vitality during the BCF dinner on Oct. 20. Jack Schultz told Youth Advisory Council members Andi Vanderwoude, Lauren Matthews, and Jon Peurach how important young people are to the future of communities. �Page 4 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Life Line protection is a godsend for elderly IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Clarify points on opinion To the editor: I wrote a letter last month about the Barry County Friend of the Court (FOC) system and a few problems my husband and I had with it. This is in response to a letter written last week by Paula Sooy. I feel that I need to clarify a few things. First, I did not “knock down” anyone for my husbands mistakes in the letter I wrote. He takes full responsibility for his actions, both past and present. I did not put the blame on either of my stepdaughter’s parents or any one person at the FOC. I stated that I felt there were problems with the system the FOC offers. Second, I don’t go out into the “real world” and get a job for a number of reasons. I’ll name a few, not that it’s anyone’s business. When we decided to start a family, we agreed that he would be the breadwinner and I would be the homemaker, just as our parents did when we grew up. (We do have some oldfashioned values). Also, we have three kids together, so instead of paying for daycare, I stay home and take care of them and save a few dollars in the process. I do work every day and just because it’s at home, doesn’t mean it’s not a job. I do laundry, cooking, cleaning, run errands, etc. every day. I’m sure that there are many homemakers who would agree that it is a full-time job. I’m not embarrassed to admit that I do receive something from the state. My children are on Medicaid. As are many other children in the U.S. who are from low-income families or whose parents don’t receive insurance at work. I don’t receive SSI from the state as many do and have done. I guess that I missed the purpose of Mrs. Sooy’s letter because other than the one-line reference to the FOC, it made no sense and seemed that all she wanted to do was slander me for my beliefs, which is fine if it makes her feel better about herself. In closing, I’d like to say that I’m not sure when stating one’s opinion was considered “whinning and complaining.” Jaime Adams Delton Time for people to take back To the editor: This is in response to Joe Lukasiewiez letter. First of all I’m going to disagree with him, because Mr. Hubka had petitions with over 166 names opposing to (TOST). They didn’t even know what it all meant before they voted on it. Also there are certain ones like, VanNortwick, Ferris and Callton, commissioners who showed up in Eaton County to help push it over there. Their elected officials who voted for it over there should be recalled also. People have a right to be heard and speak. Remember, Joe, when you were spokesperson for Fire the Senate or Unicameral of Mich., and Fred Jacobs said that the idea was a good one. So Joe it would sound like you are speaking out of both sides of your mouth, and this could be considered the same thing. It’s time for the people to take back their government, as we are trying to take back our neighborhoods, and to do as the people ask, and not what you or the government wants things to be, or is this showing your true colors and some on the Board? And if we don’t agree at the meetings it does not get printed. Now as far as Jeff and his recall goes, who else can or has had their taxes on their land lowered, because of a dairy farmer, then He! tells us we need to pay more taxes to pay for Charlton Park. And is it true that they are thinking about opening the park to hunting, and if so how safe will the other people be that use the park? If there are any doubts check at the county treasurer’s office under Freedom of Information Act. John Bucher Hastings Playground equipment really condemned? To the editor: First we’d like to thank the United Way for coming to the Woodland Elementary School and helping clean it up by painting a lot of it. But wait a minute - was it really condemned and if so, by whom? After checking it out, we found the head of all the custodians did it and if it was really condemned why was it taken two blocks away and given to the village park. Won’t the same kids be playing on it down there? Now they have a fund to raise $50,000 for new equipment. If it was taken better care of all these years it certainly would have made a big difference. You keep asking for money. We listened and voted in a bond issue. Then we gave to the playground fund, then the walk-a-thon, on the same day money for school pictures, book fair money was needed and soon you’ll be putting out those huge piggy banks for everyone to put coins in. Is there no end? Do you realize these kids are out begging the same people, parents, grandparents, neighbors, church friends, etc. Sure they can say no but it hurts us to do that. We’d like to say to all of you to say NO to the playground fund. The truth was not given to us about being condemned. By the way, check out the village park like we did and see what a can of sealer, bolts and nuts and tender loving care did for our little train. Cindae Livingston, Woodland To the editor: It can happen to you! Hey, you are right - It’s that old lady that finds fault with the morons in D.C. but this is different. I cannot find enough adjectives to urge people, especially those living alone to get enrolled in the Life Line protection. I’m 83 and it has been there for me three times, but it is not just a God send for us elderly but for those younger that live alone. I say this as a man - 25+ years younger than I laid two to three days on the floor in his home before he was found. He had suffered a stroke. As he was visually a hale and healthy being, no one gave serious thought to not seeing him, but when his daughter did not get a phone reply (she lives in Battle Creek) she drove up here and found her father. He finally has so far, survived some problems to follow, but he’s made it so I can only say again - $37 a month - best money you can spend. You know the old adage “An ounce of prevention - with a pound of cure.” Think about it. Just to illustrate it’s use, I followed instructions I’ve heard over and over in case tornado. The warning siren blew so I took pillows and a blanket and get in the bath tub! As soon as my butt hit the pillow - duh - I said “ok dumb ass how you going to get out?” I’m physically handicapped, to a point. The all clear sounded. I tried everything to get rolled over. - Zip - tried to raise up using my elbows to push - Zip using blood thinner my elbow was damaged and blood all over the wall and side of the tub. Even though I detest cell phones, I sure wished I had one. Too far from the E.R. line over by the toilet. I resigned myself to a long night til my friend Sandy to call early next day. When she doesn’t get an answer she comes down. Finally I remembered the “Help - I can’t get up” and my Life Line. Thanks to Gail K, Blackwater responsible for innocent deaths To the editor: Nearly two years ago, complaining about the horrible hash the Bush thugs had already created in Iraq (and the other developing in Afghanistan after a promising, but abandoned, beginning), I wrote in a letter for these pages, “Private (corporate) security forces run around Iraq in SUV’s with automatic weapons pointing out windows, spraying bullets pretty much indiscriminately.” “People there,” I continued, “hate and fear them, take revenge on any westerners they have a chance to harm or kill.” I commented on the salaries the misfits are paid (upward of 20K per month) as opposed to about the same figure earned by the average soldier in a year. I described the mercenary killers as being primarily, “former Navy SEALS, Recon Marines, Army Green Berets and Rangers,” plus a smatter of Europeans trained in Britain’s SAS, French Foreign Legion, among others. “There are, most likely” I observed, “a good number of low-lives in this bunch (guys military services didn’t want to keep).” Even then U.S. military leaders were complaining of problems these goons were making for our military forces and the (misguided) effort in general. At that time I wrote, Halliburton subsidiary KBR (Kellogg, Brown, and Root) appeared to be the primary malefactor, along with an Australian outfit, the name of which now escapes me, though they still operate in-country. Blackwater Security had been mentioned in few, if any, news accounts. Blackwater is run by a fellow from Holland, named Prince. He’s a former SEAL, and married his way into the family (fortune) of former GOP gubernatorial candidate, Dick DeVos. This man, despite his name, youthful good looks, and American military service, is not a prince. And as I mentioned in several letters over the last few years, Prince’s company, and others like it, are responsible for thousands maybe tens of thousands – of innocent Iraqi civilian deaths. Many observers (as I also stated two years back) believe them responsible for targeting a number of the many western news reporters killed and wounded in Iraq. I’d like to see a list of Blackwater stockholders. It’s most likely an encyclopedia of Imperalist/Militarist oil-prospecting supporters of incompetents similar to those who left 58,000 American dead, 500,000 wounded in Viet Nam, while killing 2 million innocent indigenous people. Those soldiers suffered, and paid in blood, for a “light at the end of the tunnel” which proved but a tiny white dot painted on a huge (and otherwise empty) black canvas. Deja vu. Larry Hamp Hastings 1.8 percent could save the state To the editor: In April 2007, I wrote Sen. Patricia Birkholz and Rep. Brian Calley a letter concerning cuts to the state’s libraries. I included a suggestion to balance the state budget by a straight 1 to 2 percent cut across the board of all state departments budgets, programs, salaries, expenditures of any kind. I felt this was a perfect solution to allow our state legislature to lead us out of our budget crisis. By making this very positive, proactive move, all favoritism, bipartisan politics, porkbarrel spending, lobbying pressures, and petty political maneuvering would be by-passed. Each department would then figure out how to responsibly work within these budget con- straints. This is what all individuals do when money is tight! Rep. Calley’s office was the only office that responded. Indeed, Brian Calley actually talked with me at length that the figure of a 1.8 percent cut would balance the budget. I then wrote to Gov. Granholm with this proposal. I followed up with phone calls to be sure all the offices had received the letter and made it known to their leaders. I even contacted Tim Skubic (Michigan Capitol News Correspondent) to attempt to get a media groundswell started to support this proposal. Again, no response has been forthcoming. It seems simple to me. 1.8 percent could save the state. That is minimal belt tightening. Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Correction: Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. An incorrect first name was published in a recent letter to the editor from Debra James when she wrote to acknowledge the efforts of an employee at Barry County Friend of the Court. The correct name is Vicki Alspaugh. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Chaplin at Pennock Hospital. I pushed the button - immediately they were saying “Eve, what is the problem.” Embarrassed I replied, “I’m not burt or sick but I’m in my bath tub and can’t get out! No rush, I’m not going any where.” Reply - “We will be right there.” Problem solved! The echo died away and help was here! Everything fine. I often say - once I get my butt even to my knees I can navigate myself. What I’m trying to say is “You don’t have to be hospital material. When you are in ‘trouble,” Life Line is there. No age limit. No discrimination to race, color or creed. It is a life line. Don’t be without it. Self-preservation! It works. Even 500 ft. from the receiver in the house, they can’t hear you but they know where your house is! Concerned Eve Cox P.S. $45 a year gives you Lakewood Ambulance service from Woodland area. Do texting and driving mix? What is the best way to control text messaging while driving? Research by traffic safety organizations and insurance companies shows that teenagers are distracted by such phone use—whether by the driver or companions in their car—and this distraction is leading to more accidents. How do you think that text messaging by young drivers should be controlled? I hope it will be considered seriously, indeed enacted, by the end of this month. Jim Atkinson Hastings Saxon football player makes honest move To the editor: I was making a deposit in a local bank about 10:30 last Saturday morning, when a young man wearing a Saxon football jacket with the date ‘08 on it stepped up to a teller’s window. It seems he had cashed a check, but because of unclear penmanship on the check, he had been given $50 too much. He was returning the money, explaining why he thought this might have happened. The parents of A.J. Tassos can be proud of their son. Many of us would have been tempted to simply to consider it our lucky day and keep the money. Yes, there are good people in Hastings. Harland Nye, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Teri Hildebrant, Hastings “No one should use cell phones to talk or text message at all while driving. It is dangerous and it causes accidents.” John Bucher, Nashville: “No one who is driving should use cell phones to talk into or text message. This includes police officers. If they are driving, they should pull over to the side to talk or text.” Gaylen Hayward, Middleville: Michigan should be like other states and establish laws prohibiting the use of cell phones and other devices while driving. This would be a lot safer for everyone.” Clara Ainslie, Delton: “Anyone who needs to use their cell phone to talk or to send messages should pull over. This would prevent accidents.” Sarah Kilmer, Hastings: “No driver, teen or adult, should be allowed to do things like text messaging that are hazardous to others. Other states like New York prohibit the use of phones while driving.” Shannon Neill, Gun Lake: “Cell phone manufacturers and providers should make it possible for parents to put a lock on cell phones so that teens cannot text while in a car.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 5 Education is changing, but is it for the best? I got a hint of what’s going on with education the other night when my grandson Nick was over. He looked tired and frustrated so I had to ask what was wrong. Nick replied that his class had just finished the MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) tests, and he was glad it was done. Nick is in the third grade and seemed to feel the pressure of our new early age testing system. I didn’t say much at the time to Nick, but as I thought about it over the weekend, it really bothered me to think about the amount of stress we are putting on our young people at such an early age, not to mention the pressure teachers feel to get those test scores up. From my memories of the third grade, I don’t recall coming home with the strain of a big test so early in the school year. I can remember working on math problems, learning to write in cursive, and starting to read short stories. Those years were fun and important, for it was all about learning the basics. Today, we seem to be caught up with measuring students and where they are in a certain place in time. We need to encourage our teachers to instill the excitement of learning, getting along with one another and finding the enjoyment of attending school. I was reading a letter to the editor in one of our publications, The Lakewood News, about the new zero-tolerance homework policy for students who don’t complete their homework assignments and are unprepared for class any given day. In talking to Lakewood school officials, they tell me when a student comes to class and is unprepared, then the teacher is supposed to send the student out of class to a homework room, where they can complete their work. Not only does this policy have the potential of humiliating students, it takes the student from the class, and away from the day’s instruction. In talking to school officials they feel it puts more pressure on students do their assignments in a timely manner. And in last week’s Banner and the Lakewood News, Lakewood Superintendent Mike O’Mara introduced his new policy concerning elementary birthday party treats. At first glance, you would think it makes a lot of sense, in an effort to protect children who have food allergies. But schools have been holding parties since the time of the one-room schoolhouse, and from all reports that I’ve seen, read or remember, it doesn’t seem like it was that big of an issue. Most schools accommodate the policy, by putting some guidelines in place as to what parents can bring. The superintendent stressed equity as another reason for the new policy, saying some kids may be upset when other parents bring fancy treats. That’s why it’s important for the school to set guidelines, so students aren’t put into these difficult situations. I’m not pick- ing on the Lakewood Schools, I’m just concerned about the impact such policies have on our students. Education is a process, a journey of sorts in developing the mind, not just stuffing the memory with facts. In a book I recently read called, "Teach Like Your Hair is on Fire," the author, Rafe Esquith, talks about how students respond in his classroom. In the book, Esquith offers parents and teachers the vision that has made him one of the most celebrated teachers in the world. Instead of ruling with an iron fist, Esquith simply asks his students to “be nice and work hard." He encourages the youngsters to embrace personal codes of behavior. In his classroom, all students are treated with respect and encouraged to engage in the world of ideas. Esquith says, "I am sad to see so many good teachers and parents surrender to forces that sap their potential excellence. The demons are everywhere. Those who care deeply are often outgunned by apathetic or incompetent administrators and politicians. Expectations for our students are generally low. We must remind each student of their responsibility and instill in them a determination to achieve all they can, and to enjoy their accomplishments." Looking back and thinking about my formative school years, I surely wouldn’t want to do it all over again. But, knowing what I know today, I would go through school with a stronger determination to make the best of the short time I would spend in school. As we say, hindsight is 20-20. A suggestion to area educators: We don’t need additional rules and regulations to better educate our kids. We must find a way, as Rafe Esquith has, by insisting that mediocrity has no place in the classroom and that students constantly work to defy society’s expectations. In our haste to measure our students’ education, we’ve lost the most important value of the ‘human spirit’ and what it can achieve when put to the test. For as Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s restaurant chain, once said, "The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." And speaking of mediocrity, our state legislature is at it again. The threat of shutting down state government is looming and it doesn’t look like our legislative leaders have the ability to work together to solve this ‘one state’ crisis after so many months of negotiation. If Michigan is to return to the powerhouse the state once was, it will only get there with new leaders who understand their responsibility and accept it with the determination to get the job done, regardless of party affiliation. 911, continued from page 1 is a critical time for the 911 board, in view of its recent decision to place former director Charles Nystrom on administrative leave until his February 2008 retirement. Nystrom was at the center of a controversy over employees being paid for hours that were not recorded. The board agreed in total that the committee should act completely independent of the 911 board members. “Maybe this letter should be more in the form of an invitation,” said board member Tom Evans, Barry County prosecutor. “It should be up to these folks to decide. We should encourage them and make ourselves available.” Brown said he felt the board should not even “suggest who they should or should not have on the committee. But I don’t think this board is doing anything improper by getting them started and letting them go from there.” In other action at the meeting, the board set Nov. 9 for an open house to celebrate the 15 years the center has been in operation and will recognize six employees who have been there the entire time: Administrative Assistant Sue Rose, Supervisor Ron McCord, Internet Technical Supervisor Don Glasgow, Supervisor Sue Chase, and telecommunicators Dale Morey and Sandie Vandenberg. Acting Director Phyllis Fuller suggested that the board recognize the continued commitment of those six with either a plaque or a certificate. Members of the board and several members of the audience stepped up and offered to contribute money to the recognition ceremony. One audience member, Neil Wilder, said although he was contributing the money, it was coming from all the people he represents as a member of the Hastings Township Board of Trustees. “I’m just putting out the money, but it is coming from all the people in my district,” Wilder said. The Nov. 9 open house will be held at the 911 Dispatch Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will be open to the public. JACOBY, continued from page 2 on everything from taco chips to microchips, because it is based on getting the best information from the marketplace and creating a differentiating brand message that resonates with the targeted prospect,” Jacoby said. “I will be sharing this same strategy with all of my new clients.” Jacoby Marketing Services has been selected to help develop new marketing programs for Arbor Associates, Inc. in Petoskey. Arbor surveys patients of both hospitals (like Pennock) and physician practices to measure patient satisfaction in more than 50 locations across the country. “We are delighted to have Chris Jacoby’s firm join forces with us to help market our services to more hospitals and private practices across the country,” said Arbor President Don Cohen. “Chris Jacoby’s contacts with hospitals throughout the United States will help us grow in areas we never could before.” For his new firm, Jacoby said he has enlisted the talents of top area designers, photographers, copywriters, broadcast production and Web programmers to add multiple skill sets to his own. “We have over 150 years of combined experience to offer firms,” Jacoby said. “We can select the right sized force for each client and each project, so we can bring the highest level of capabilities and professionalism to every client at every budget.” Jacoby has been active with the Barry County Chamber of Commerce as a representative of Pennock Health Services and was named Chamber Volunteer of the Year in 2005. Because of his dedication to the Chamber and its programs, he said he plans to join the Chamber on his own accord in 2008. Jacoby also has been a board member of the Hastings Rotary Club, which he also has enjoyed. As a musician hobbyist, Jacoby is a drummer for the Nowhere Band, specializing in performing music made famous by the Beatles. The Nowhere Band has performed in concerts in Lansing, at the Balloon Festival in Battle Creek, at Art in the Park in Lake Odessa and at many other local events. He said he will miss the daily contacts with associates at Pennock, but “will look forward to staying in touch with my friends here (at Pennock), just not on a daily basis.” For more information about Jacoby Marketing Services, please contact Chris Jacoby at 269- 945-5285 or e-mail: jacobymarketing@yahoo.com. Pleasantview Elementary School Monday, Nov. 5, 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. Elementary conferences are scheduled between parents and teachers and are held in the child’s classroom. Hastings Middle School and Hastings The nonsense that ruled state government in the month of September was mislabeled as a budget debate. Actually, it was a tax debate. The real budget negotiations did not start until October—after the tax questions had been answered. Let’s put the emotions about the tax increases aside for a moment and talk about where we are today. Prior to the start of the tax showdown, both the House and the Senate passed what are known as "zero budgets." This is where the budget bills are passed with all zeros in them. They go from there into conference committees where the real numbers are filled in. This was a procedural maneuver that allows for swift passage once an agreement is reached. The process of filling in the line items has basically gone underground. Leadership and ranking appropriation members are supposedly negotiating behind closed doors. I thought this part would be much easier (and faster) given that the tax increases allow for overall spending that is roughly equivalent to last year’s amounts. I have a sinking feeling about the closed-door process. It did not serve us well last month. The remaining deficit of $450 million described in the news is comprised mostly of projected increases over and above last year’s spending. So what’s the problem? Both sides are saying the other has reneged on deals made during the tax debate. It’s déjà vu all over again. Ultimately, I do not expect the same level of drama as last month, but I fear that some are still itching for a fight. Still, after all the dust settles and the finger pointing has ceased, I expect a budget to be in place prior to a shutdown. The best of intentions has not quite turned out like many had hoped. You may not realize this, but open presidential primaries rarely happen in Michigan. Michigan Democrats typically use a caucus system, and Michigan Republicans use the convention method. Both are poor ways to pick a president. The chairman of each state party agreed to have an early, "semi-open" primary, and the Michigan Legislature/Governor went along (I personally voted "no"). This is the first time in a long time that the race on both sides is wide open. Why does that matter? Republicans and Democrats both point to primary races in the past where they felt the other side hijacked the election and messed up the results. A competitive presidential primary from both sides, held on the same day, is thought to keep everybody from switching sides for the purpose of manipulating the results. I don’t buy that argument at all. What they consider manipulation of the results, I consider increased participation. Nevertheless, the primary rules and date of Jan. 15 were set earlier this year. Going before Feb. 7 is a violation of the rules of both the National Republican Committee and the National Democratic Committee (more on that later). The reasoning went something like this: Michigan has unique problems and we need the presidential candidates to come here to see for themselves the plight of our state. The problem was that Michigan was previously in the middle of the pack of primary states and was not going to receive the kind of attention many craved. The touted solution: Move the primary date up to Jan. 15 and make Michigan relevant to the candidates. Make them come here and get to know our unique issues and hopefully get a few campaign promises out of them. Also, their campaigns would likely spend millions here in the state on travel, meals, commercials, campaign staff, etc. After all, our economy needs all the help it can get. It is often said that the road to the White House goes through New Hampshire and Iowa. Well, this primary proposal was meant to pave that road through Michigan, too. All this is well and good, but the details of the proposal were what led to my "no" vote. Notice I labeled the upcoming primary as a "semi-open" contest. This is because when you walk into the polling place, you’ll essentially be asked to make a party declaration. This will be done through a request for either a Republican or a Democratic ballot. Your selection will be recorded and transmitted to the state party organizations. We were told that these procedures had to be in place in order to comply with national party rules. Supposedly, our state’s delegates could be rejected at the conventions later in the summer if the rules were not followed. That argument didn’t hold water with me because the date itself (Jan. 15) is a clear violation of those same rules. I advocated instead for an early primary wherein no party declaration would be required and a voter’s party preference remained private. I felt compelled to vote "no" on the final product. For some reason, which has never been effectively explained to me, New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and New Mexico have permanent early status by both national party organizations. Early status is important because candidates often do make state-specific promises, and the results in those states typically thin out the field of candidates. In other words, voters in New Hampshire eliminate some of your choices before you ever cast a vote. In fact, in New Hampshire they are so serious about this first-in-the-nation status that they have given their secretary of state the ability to determine the date on his own—a power granted by their constitution. He has already said he’ll do it before Christmas if he has to in order to remain first. The four early states (who consider that status a birthright) were not about to allow Michigan to steal their thunder. The Democratic committees in each of those states asked that each of the Democrats sign a pledge saying that they would not campaign in Michigan. The only thing more offensive than that pledge request is the fact that every single one of them signed it. But that’s not all. Edwards, Obama, Biden, Richardson and Kucinich all took the extraordinary step of requesting that their names be removed from the primary ballot in Michigan. They would rather not participate at all here than risk offending people in Iowa. Hillary Clinton decided to remain on the ballot, which probably has something to do with the fact that Governor Granholm recently endorsed her. Dennis Kucinich got his paper work wrong and missed the deadline to withdraw. So he will be on there, too. Sorry Dennis, but that does not sound like much of a contest to me. As for the Republican candidates, all eight are in. They even held a national debate in Dearborn a few weeks ago. But the lack of a real contest on the Democratic side has some talking about scrapping the whole thing and going back to the caucus and convention systems. Either party can do that under the current legislation. The price tag for this primary: about 10 million bucks. Chris Jacoby Hastings fall parent-teacher conference schedule is set Hastings Area Schools staff members are looking forward to meeting with parents during the fall parent-teacher conference times as listed below: Central, Northeastern, Southeastern, Star elementary schools Monday, Nov. 5, 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. The Budget and the Presidential Primary High School conferences will be: Monday, Nov. 5, 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 1 to 4 p.m. Middle school conferences will be held in the west gymnasium and the multi-purpose room. High school conferences will be held in the high school gym. MDOT to hold ribbon-cutting for M-43 project in Delton The public is invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark completion of the M43 Highway project in Delton from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 1 at the Barry Township Hall in Delton. Representatives from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and community officials are expected to attend. MDOT is nearing completion of a reconstruction of M-43 from Bush Street to Delton Road in Barry Township. This project included constructing a center left-turn lane from Bush Street to Delton Road, streetscape enhancements, drainage improvements and installing curbs and gutters. In addition, MDOT partnered with the Barry County Drain Commission to design a new drainage system that allows for future expansion. This system also incorporates environmentally-friendly components that will help clean storm-water runoff before it outlets into Crooked Lake. The project “will improve the operation of M-43 through Delton, improve safety, and enhance the character of the downtown area,” said an MDOT spokesperson. �Page 6 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate Larry A. Gunter John D. Beach Margaret E. Glover in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Oct. 28 Reformation Sunday. Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Potluck and Bible Study. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday - 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Friday - 9 a.m. Golf Fellowship. Saturday Youth Group Hayride/Corn Maze. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77517074 Larry A. Gunter, 74, died on October 21, 2007, succumbing to a long struggle with cancer. He was the son of Troy and Hazel (Barhite) Gunter from Lyons, Ohio. Born in Adrian, April 11, 1933, he moved at an early age with his family to Sand Creek. He graduated from Sand Creek High School in 1951. In 1952 he married Rosemary Hough of Fairfield. The marriage ended in divorce, but produced three sons. Larry enlisted in the United States Air Force, in June of 1951, during the Korean War. He was trained as a crew member of a B-29 bomber in the position of gunner operating a radio controlled 50-caliber turret machine gun. After discharge from the Air Force, Larry attended Adrian College and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree. He taught high school English and political science at Madison; Chesterfield, Ohio; and in Adrian. He also served as a basketball and baseball coach and referee. He then competed for and won a position at Wayne State University in a special program to become an employment counselor for unemployed youth in Detroit. He later transferred to Adrian and then to Jackson as a rehabilitation counselor. He worked with persons with disabilities and helped them become physically and mentally able to engage in training and employment opportunities. During this time he completed his masters degree in guidance and counseling from Siena Heights University, taking many of his classes at U of M. In 1968, he was appointed district manager of the newly opened three-county district office of Michigan Rehabilitation Services in Battle Creek. While serving as District Manager, he lived in Battle Creek, Bellevue and Hastings. Larry retired in 1992 and returned to Battle Creek in 1997. Larry’s hobbies and interest included golfing, gardening, reading, league bowling and caring for his numerous cats. He was an avid U of M fan and sports enthusiast and enjoyed traveling widely throughout the southern states and Upper Peninsula. Larry married the love of his life, Mary Therese O’Connor, of Jackson, in 1974. She survives him. He is also survived by his beloved sons and daughter Steve A. (Vicki), Dan A. (Shelly), Bruce A. (Anita) and Juli Hashiguchi. He also leaves his grandchildren Courtney, Nikki, Ben (Kayce), Tim, Nicholas, Christopher, Connie, Kieran, and Morgan, and great granddaughter Alexa as well as his brother and siste and Mrs Stanley (Alma), Phyllis (Louie) Vehmeier and Evelyn (Wilbur) Reitz, several nieces and nephews and special friends Dick and Carol Noid and Vicki Rafferty. Larry’s family wishes to express a special thanks to the Good Samaritan Hospice Care and BCHS Staff. Funeral services were held 12:00pm, Thursday, October 25, 2007 at Royal Funeral Home with Pastor David Boedecker officiating. Interment with military honors will be held 2:00pm Friday. Memorial contributions may be given to the animal shelter of your choice, Fraternal Order of Police, American Cancer Society or American Legion Post #298. DELTON - John D. Beach, age 66, of Delton, passed away October 22, 2007, at Bronson Methodist Hospital, with his family at his bedside. John was born July 4, 1941, in Bedford, the son of Henry and Harriett (Harvath) Beach. He was an employee of Viking Manufacturing for many years. John enjoyed woodworking, making china cabinets, hope chests, which will be treasured by his nieces, and toy boxes for his grandsons. He collected antique model cars and enjoyed fishing. On September 6, 1969, he married Sandra “Sandie” Davis, who survives. Other members of his family include a son, Wade Beach of Delton; a daughter and sonin-law, Wendy and Mike Diljak of Hastings; brothers, Melvo “Mel” (Sue) Beach of Hastings, Sam (Judy) Beach of Banfield, and Tom (Linda) Beach of Kalamazoo; his mother-in-law, Valborg Davis of Otsego; grandsons, Alex and Ryan Diljak; several sisters and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. John was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Charles and David Beach; and a sister, JoAnn Beach. A memorial service will be conducted Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton. Pastor Jeff Worden officiating. Private interment in Bedford Cemetery. Memorial contributions in memory of John may be to a charity of ones choice, will be appreciated. Frances M. Streeter HASTINGS - Margaret Eliza Glover, of Hastings, formerly of Saginaw, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Thornapple Manor in Hastings. She was born in Saginaw, daughter of the late Raymond L. and Alma (Greul) Glover on August 24, 1921. Age 86 years. Margaret graduated form Saginaw High School in 1939, attended U of M - Flint, graduated from Delta College, and was a registered nurse devoted to her profession. She worked in doctors’ offices for many years and spent the last 16 years of nursing at the Aleda E. Lutz Veterans Hospital, retiring in 1985. Margaret was a member of the Michigan and American Nurses Association, a member of Peace Lutheran Church and a charter member of the Jolly 8 Bridge Club. She is survived by her brother, Russell Glover, Middleville; beloved nieces, Gloria (Wade), Nitz, Hastings; Sally (Martin) Palmer, Holland; many dear great nieces and nephews and many special friends. Honoring Margaret’s wishes cremation has taken place and no memorial service will be held. Private entombment will take place in Oakwood Mausoleum. Those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to Peace Lutheran Church, Saginaw, First Presbyterian Church, Hastings, or Hospice. Please share your thoughts and memories with Margaret’s family at www.deislerfuneralhome.com. Give a memorial that can go on forever GUN LAKE - Frances M. Streeter, age 96, of Gun Lake, passed away Friday, October 19, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Murl E. Streeter in 1990. She will be lovingly remembered by her son, Edward (Marianne) Streeter of Hersey and her daughter, Sharon (Ralph) Neely of Elmhurst, Illinois; nine grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Wayne E. Kiel officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Arrangements are being made by Beeler Funeral Home in Middleville. A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77502807 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 7 John Dryer Jr. Donald Sothard COUNCIL, continued from page 1 and Service, Canine Creations, Chemical Bank, Cookies ‘n’ Cream, County Seat Lounge, David A. Kuzava, PLC, Fall Creek Restaurant, Gemar Properties, Hastings 4, Hastings Ace Hardware, Hastings Flower Shop, Heart’s Desire Gifts, Hodges Jewelry, ICS Travel, K.A. Mueller Accounting, Kathy’s Kitchen, Mexican Connexion, NAPA, Olde Towne Tavern, Perfect Touch, Pet World, Quilting Passions, Richie’s Koffee Shop, Secondhand Corners, Trump Law Office, Vitale’s, WBCH, White’s Photo The DDA hired C2AE, an architecture, engineering and planning firm from Grand Costume party set at Delton library HASTINGS - John Jr. Dryer, age 80 of Hastings, died Thursday October 18, 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. He was born February 10, 1927 in Hastings,the son of John and Hazel (Mead) Dryer. John graduated from Hastings High School in 1945. He was employed for 35 years at Carl & Betty’s Appliance, it then became Farrell Gas, he retired in 1987. John served in the United States Army during World War II. He had many hobbies including, farming, hunting, fishing, watching NASCAR and boxing on TV, relaxing in his chair in the front yard. John was a good husband, father and grandfather. He will be dearly missed by his wife of 54 years, Geneva (Archer) Dryer; his children, Johnny (Sue) Dryer, Bonnie (Randy) Waite, Jim Dryer, Terry (Sue) Dryer, Willie Dryer, Paul Dryer; grandchildren, Danielle Dryer, Tammy Dryer, Brandy Dryer, and Terry Sue Dryer. A private family service will be held, burial will be at Hastings Township Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Irma Mae Swarthout ALBION - Irma Mae (Waters) Swarthout, 90, of Albion, passed away on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at Oaklawn Hospital. She was born August 5, 1917 in Rutland Township, Barry County, to Harry G. and Ida Evelyn (Kellogg) Waters. Growing up in Hastings she graduated from Hastings High School in 1935. She attended Barry County Normal, graduating in 1936. Irma moved to Albion in 1948. She was married to Lewis Fields Swarthout who died on January 4, 1988. Irma taught rural schools in Michigan. She also worked for Albion Public Library, Albion College, Stuart and Stuart Attorneys in Marshall and Starr Commonwealth. A very active member of First Presbyterian Church in Albion, she served the church in many capacities. She was a volunteer with the Albion Ambulance Service and Harrington School Library for several years. As a retiree, she was Program Coordinator for Albion Senior Center. She was also a personal chauffeur for Floyd Starr for a short time. She is survived by three daughters, Janet (Douglas) Richardson of Lake, Rosalie Corliss of Kalamazoo and Raelle (Kim) Jorae of Hammond, Wisconsin; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; two step-sons, Roger (Kathleen) Swarthout of Novi and Dr. Glenn (Nan) Corliss of Bloomington, Minnesota; several step-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were one sister, Metha M. Gray, a brother, Miles M. “Bud” Waters, her parents, and step-father, Ray Waters, all of Hastings. Funeral services were held Monday, October 22, 2007 at J. Kevin Tidd Funeral Home, 811 Finley Drive, Albion, with Pastor John Sterner officiating. Interment was at Riverside Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials are suggested to First Presbyterian Church of Albion. MIDDLEVILLE - Donald Sothard passed away Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Carveth Village in Middleville. He was born on March 8, 1919 in Hastings, to Henry and Lida (Brady) Sothard. Donald attended Hastings Schools, graduating in 1938. On March 24, 1940 Don married Norma Biggs of Nashville. During their marriage, Don and Norma lived in Nashville, Vermontville, and Hastings, raising four children along the way. Don took great pride in his family, always ready with words of encouragement. Upon retirement Don and Norma spent 16 winters in Pharr, Texas making new friendships, some which remain today. Don was a member of the Armed Forces during World War II serving in the Navy until November 1945. Because of the war this third child was nine months old before Don ever saw him. Don held various jobs during his work career that included driving a milk delivery truck, farming, being a school bus driver, installing furnaces for Kaecheles Heating, and constructing houses as an employee of Ed McPharlin. The job he loved the most, however, was being part of the Hastings Fire Department. He began his fire department career by becoming a driver in 1962. In, 1971, Don was appointed Fire Chief, thus becoming the second full-time chief in the history of the department. He held the position until 1981 when he retired. Many meals were interrupted because Don was called to a fire. He loved the Fire Department and never once complained, instead being happy to provide assistance to folks in their time of need. Don was a member of the Kiwanis for 10 years, serving as President from 1980-81. He was also a member of the Western Michigan Fire Chiefs Association as well as the Michigan Fire Chiefs Association. He was also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Hastings. For 15 years, Don and Norma belonged to the Ringo-Swingo Square Dance Club of which they made numerous friends and have many wonderful memories. Don was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He loved life, was full of fun, and always had a ready smile. He is survived by Norma, his wife of 67 years; two sons, David Sothard of Buckeye, AZ and Thomas (Cheryl) Sothard of East Jordan, MI; two daughters, Donna (Eldon) Mathews of Hastings and Martha (Frank) Misak of Hastings; nine grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; four nieces and one nephew. Don was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Maurice (1917) and Gordon (2003). In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Hastings Volunteer Fire Department. Per his wishes, Don has been cremated. There will be a memorial service on Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Hastings with Rev. Kathy Brown officiating. Arrangements are being handled by Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings. Please sign Don’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com. The District Library will be hosting a costume party that is being billed as “fun for the entire family” from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29. “We'll have a spooky time as there will be games and prizes as well as snacks and scary music,” said Assistant Librarian Cheryl Bower. “This year, storyteller Jenifer Ivinskas Strauss will join in the excitement with a ghostly story or two.” Each family attending should bring a bag of candy or other treat to share with about 60 kids. Children and their parents are encouraged to wear costumes and bring cameras. Please call the library if you have questions, 269-623-8040. Rapids, to conduct a study of the site, with and without the existing structure. C2AE representatives determined there currently are 47 parking spaces for the downtown area south of State Street, and the removal of the old library would add 29 more spaces. A public hearing on the issue will be held Monday, Nov. 26, during the regularly scheduled city council meeting. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the council: • Held a public hearing and adopted a resolution to approve Tri-Clor Inc.’s application for a tax abatement. Tri-Clor will receive a 50 percent tax abatement for real and personal property for 12 years on minor projects. • Held a public hearing and adopted a resolution to approve Viking Corporation’s tax abatement for 321 North Industrial Park Dr. This resolution grants companies 100 percent tax abatement for six years on personal property on major projects. • Waived the fee for the DDA to hang a banner across West State Street. • Cast a ballot for members of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Municipal League’s Liability and Property Pool. • Adopted and ordinance to change the daily maximum amount of Cadmium in water from .041 to .41. The change was made at the request of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to correct a typographical error. • Adopted an ordinance to reduce the required street width from 36 to 28 feet under certain conditions and subject to the approval Delton District Library plans 10th Anniversary celebration The Delton District Library has been located in its current building for 10 years and staff want everyone to join them for cookies, punch, and surprises from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday (tonight), Oct. 25. The celebration will include “guests from the past, raffles for bricks from the original library, children’s books and more. Author Joseph Heywood will be a special guest and will hold a book signing with books for sale, including his new novel Strike Dog. Soon after the library moved from a small cubby hole on Orchard Street to its second location in the former Delton Bank building (where a credit union is currently located) on Grove Street, Dorothy Texter became the librarian. Texter “would go on to spearhead an amazing building program, starting in 1989,” said current Library Director Edward Elsner. “The current library opened in 1997, the same week Dorothy passed away from cancer. The children's section is named Dorothy's Corner in her honor. The library is currently located at 330 N. Grove St. (M-43) next to a soccer field and across from the Delton Kellogg Elementary School. Newborn Babies BOY, Blythe Lee, born Oct. 9, 2007 to Brandi VanBoven of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Kylee Anne, born at Pennock Hospital on Sept. 24, 2007 at 7:36 p.m. to Camerin Clinton and Scott Sinclair of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Ryeleigh, born at Pennock Hospital on Sept. 26, 2007 at 5:19 p.m. to Tony and Janie Schelter of Freeport. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Lilyan Kaye, born at Pennock Hospital on Sept. 28, 2007 at 5:26 p.m. to Alison and Nick Batchelder of Sunfield. Weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Alexia Rosa, born at Pennock Hospital on Sept. 28, 2007 at 7:57 p.m. to Darcie and Darrick Owen of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 1/2 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Carson Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Sept. 28, 2007 at 9:20 p.m. to Shyanne Mays and Cody Ward of Nashville. Weighing 10 lbs. 8 ozs. and 23 inches long. BOY, Reece Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 2, 2007 at 5:46 a.m. to Ann BOY, Scott William, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 3, 2007 at 3:19 a.m. to Brandon and Amber Sanders of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Ethan John, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 3, 2007 at 3:40 p.m. to Darold and Renae Cheeseman of Nashville. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Iziah John, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 4, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. to Danielle and Matthew Hall of Delton. Weighing 8 lbs. 0 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Gabriel Jason, born at Pennock Hospital Oct. 6, 2007 at 10:52 a.m. to Jason and Mary Flohr of Woodland. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 1/2 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Madison Avery, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 8, 2007 at 7:50 a.m. to Scott and Martha Chipman of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. )BTUJOHT�1VCMJD�-JCSBSZ� ����&��4UBUF�4USFFU� )BTUJOHT �.JDIJHBO in your local newspaper, 4BUVSEBZ �0DUPCFS��� ������ ������B�N��o�OPPO � The Hastings "EWBODF�SFHJTUSBUJPO�JT�SFRVJSFE�� 'PS�NPSF�JOGPSNBUJPO�PS�UP�SFHJTUFS �DBMM� ���������������PS�WJTJU�XXX�BM[�PSH� BANNER! Saladin Shine is announcing a “no cost to family” screening clinic for children up to the age of 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The no-cost screening clinic will be held to identify children with orthopedic deformities, orthopedic injuries and diseases of the bones, joints and muscles. Also children with severe burn scarring, resulting in contractures or interference with proper movement of the limbs; children needing reconstructive surgery as a result of healed burns or patients with scarring and deformities of the face. All care and transportation provide at the Shriners’ Hospital is absolutely free of charge. The Chicago hospital handles all orthopedic conditions; the Cincinnati hospital handles all burn cases. The mission of the Shriners’ Hospitals for Children is to provide the highest quality care for children within a family-centered and collaborative care environment. For directions or more information, call 1800-331-7709, ext. 110 or 111. Social News GIRL, Reese Allysah, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 2, 2007 at 10:55 a.m. to Heidi George of Shelbyville. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. *OUFSFTUFE�JO�MFBSOJOH� NPSF�BCPVU�NFNPSZ� MPTT�BOE�TJHOT�PG� "M[IFJNFS�T�EJTFBTF � +PJO�VT�GPS�UIJT� JOUSPEVDUPSZ�QSPHSBN� PO�"M[IFJNFS�T� your local team Free medical care offered to children and Tal Thompson of Lake Odessa. Weighing 8 lbs. 3 ozs. and 22 inches long. 92()678%2(-2+�%0>,)-1)6‘7 Keep up with of the Planning Commission. • Accepted the resignation of Gregg Miller from the Hastings Cable Committee effective Oct. 1. Miller resigned because he said he does not have enough time for the committee due to business obligations. • Authorized the mayor and clerk to sign a contract for finance software and associated services with Civic Systems, LLC. • Authorized the mayor and clerk to sign an agreement with Hastings Area Schools regarding the school liason officer. • Authorized the mayor and clerk to sign a parking space lease agreement through March 31, 2008, with Lisa Russo, LAS Leasing, Inc. • Adopted a resolution declaring the City of Hastings to be compliant at the federal level with the National Incident Management System, making the city eligible for federal grant money in the future. The next regular city council meeting will be Monday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. Young-Furrow to marry Linda Young of Grand Rapids, and Dave and Luana Furrow of Hastings are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Dawn Young and Chad Furrow. Dawn graduated from Covenant Christian High School and completed an associates degree in business management from Davenport University. She is employed at Eastside Christian School in Grand Rapids. Chad graduated from Hastings High School and completed the John Deere Ag Tech Program at Owens Community College. He is employed at Bader and Sons in Portland. A December 1, 2007 wedding is being planned. 2nd Annual Deer Hunter’s Ball Open to the Public You don’t have to be a hunter to have fun! Where: Hastings Elk Lodge 102 E. Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058 When: Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Cocktails at 5:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. $5.00 per plate gets you a heaping helping of “Jim and Doug’s Famous Pork Feast.” Music By: Grumpy Old Men begins at 8:00 pm PRIZES: Mossburg 535 Combo, Muzzle-loader, NEF Pardner Pump Youth 20 ga., Hand-made Quilt, Ultimate Spa Tanning Packages, Gift Certificates, Fish and Hunting Related Accessories, Women’s Gifts, plus many more! Raffle tickets are a bargain at only $10.00 a piece. ONLY 400 TICKETS PRINTED BUY 3 TICKETS GET 1 FREE MEAL NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN 77517110 77517024 Bring all of your friends �Page 8 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Depot Complex will be open this weekend. Hours are Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. The genealogy room will be open at the same time as well as on Monday until 4 p.m. A Red Cross blood drive will be in town on Monday, Oct. 29, from noon to 5:45. Donors are always needed. This is the final collection time before the holidays. On Saturday, Oct. 27, the Woodland UMW will hold its annual bazaar with coffee and baked goods. Come and enjoy. Halloween comes next week. Likely trickor-treat time will be on Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. Watch for the goblins on the street as you drive. Goblins, watch for cars as you walk from house to house. The annual dinner to honor newly inducted members of First Families of Ionia County was held Saturday evening at the Ionia County Church of Christ near the freeway. The photographer was on hand to snap all the incoming guests for the record. Name tags were waiting for each. A table of books and maps was on display with sale items. Following the meal, Dana Traub was introduced. He had prepared several tables of displays of phonographs, music boxes and radios for viewing before the meal. He demonstrated cylinder records produced by the Edison company and even had a recording of the voice of Thomas Alva Edison. Traub played samples of patriotic music and even a comic record of Uncle Josh relating the troubles he encountered with buying his first automobile. Following Traub’s presentation, Lori Fox introduced the incoming members. Most of the inductees were from two major family groups. Local inductees included Mary (Williams) Copeland and her sister Carmen Curtiss, Carmen’s husband Larry Sr. and other family members, Larry Jr., his children, Deborah and Larry Ryan, Dawn Curtiss Phillips who lives in New York. Another family group was from the Lozo family. First introduced was mother Patricia Fedewa who resides in the home of her ancestors, her children Monya Wortley and David Lozo and her grandchildren Trulana and Audra Wortley, Kristin, Dallas and Annalise Lozo. They were descended from the Hartwell and Benedict families. Other locals were Karen Martin Anway, Wayne Sherwood, Darwin Bennett who stems from the Bower and Barker families. Another pair was composed of Richard Oberson and his daughter Sonja McCarty. The Curtiss members had 22 ancestors besides their Joles ancestors from whom Carmen and Mary (Williams) descend. Another nearly local lady was Verlene Rhoades who is from the Steele and Smith families. 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Other members attended from Lansing, Comstock Park, Ionia, and Saranac. Last Thursday was marked by a tornado warning with sirens blaring for several minutes to warn the populace to take shelter. The first warning came on TV with the announcement that Barry County and Lake Odessa would be in the path within 15 minutes. Contrary to most storms, the lights did not even flicker, so we did not need our candles and kerosene lamps. Minutes later the sky was clear, and the bright moon was showing. A week ago Sunday the Lakewood Community Chorus held its final concert of the 2007 season at Lakewood UMC with a full house on hand. The 85-voice group entertained their audience for more than an hour with a mini hymn sing held during intermission to delight the audience. The accompanist is from Jenison, recently retired from Jenison schools for which Dr. Robert Oster is vocal instructor. Her husband led the singing. Dr. Oster announced that starting in January the 2008 practices will be held at the Sunfield UB Church a few miles east. He reported that their summer trip was a cruise on the St. Lawrence Seaway with concerts in some Canadian cities so the national anthem “O Canada” was added to their repertoire. Onboard ship was a karoake contest. Naturally the local singers wanted to enter. They were provided props and costumes to imitate some well-known singers. Four Lakewood members won the competition. Farmers are working hard to take advantage of the great weather. They are harvesting soybeans and immediately fertilizing and planting wheat on the same fields. Now the corn crop is coming in to the elevator, even on Sunday. The C&R cafe is now under new ownership. The former Sarah Vipond and husband are the new owners. They moved into their home purchased from the estate of the late Marie Pickens earlier this year. They had resided on Second Street at Fifth Avenue earlier. They have two young daughters. The fall meeting of Retired School Personnel will take place on Nov. 15 in Lake Odessa. Details later. The Rev. Dr. Stacy Minger was the guest speaker at Central UMC on Sunday. She is associate professor on Preaching at Asbury seminary. Both her parents are pastors in the Grand Traverse District. She is a long-time friend of the Rev. Eric and Heather Back. Also Central has in its congregational the Rev. Peggy Wilkins, retired chaplain in the USAF. She is living in the house she purchased on MacArthur Street where her grandmother Helen Sidnam lived. Peggy’s father Robert Carter had built the house for Mrs. Sidnam. She is a member of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. ® The Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA Husband is fighting the will Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 17 years, and we have a blended family. For a long time, I have suggested we make out legal wills to provide for each other. He always has a reason not to do it. I even bought will kits for both of us in order to make it easy. His is still sitting on his desk, right where I put it. My stepchildren are all adults now. Not long ago, they told me (they didn't ask) what they want from our house when their dad dies. Some of those items are my family heirlooms, intended for my daughter. This made me nervous. Consequently, I asked my husband to make out a will so I would be protected legally. He insists we don't have to waste money on attorneys fees because we live in Oregon, a community property state, and all we have to do is write our wishes down on a piece of paper and sign it. Is that true? I support us because my husband is disabled, though his Social Security supplements our income. We have little savings and no real property. We have a few financial investments, but they don't amount to much. Our personal possessions make up most of the estate. I feel insecure without a legal will, especially when his children are already acting like they are entitled to whatever they want. I don't trust them. The last time I asked him about this, we got into an argument and I told him if he wouldn't protect me, I wanted a divorce. I'll happily eat a plate of crow if it is legally binding to write down your wishes on a piece of paper and sign it. — Insecure in Oregon Dear Oregon: No crow for you. Your husband is wrong. According to the Oregon Attorney General's Office, Oregon is NOT a community property state. And although your husband can write a will on a napkin, it must be signed, witnessed and notarized in order to be legal. Please contact an estate attorney immediately to be sure both of you are protected. Can son be a matchmaker for Dad? Dear Annie: My mom and dad were married for 46 years and divorced two years ago. My parents mostly avoid each other. Dad never badmouths my mom, nor does he date. Mom has gone out a few times, but she doesn't like any of the men she's met. Her favorite saying is, "Who needs them?" She is a bitter person. I'd like to fix up my dad with a woman I work with. She's his age and had an emotionally abusive marriage. My dad loves to have a good time and has a great personality. What do you think? — Sam Dear Sam: It's sweet that you want Dad to be happy, but you run a real risk of infuriating your mother. It's also possible that if things don't work out, your co-worker will be less than cordial to you. But if you think neither woman will mind (or you don't care that she does), by all means set Dad up and hope for the best. ASK A C.P.A. …… (Frequently asked questions about taxes) Reverse phone service is perverse Q. My employer allows me to contribute to a 401(k). What are the benefits of my contribution? A. First of all, your contribution is deducted from your W-2 taxable income, so you will not pay federal or state income tax on the money that you put into the 401(k). You will still pay social security tax on the contribution. In many cases your employer will match a portion of your contribution. This gives you an immediate return on your dollars, the day the match is made. Q. How much can I contribute to my 401(k)? A. In 2007 the maximum employee contribution is $15,500. In addition if you are 50 years old or older there is a special “catch up” provision that allows an additional $5,000 contribution. 77511856 401(k) Plans 77516725 Q. When can I draw money out of my 401(k)? A. You may begin withdrawing money from the 401(k), without any penalty, after age 59 1/2. Q. Is there any way to get money from my 401(k) before 59 _ without penalty? PART-TIME TELLER A. There are certain hardship distribution rules that would allow a person to take money from their 401(k) without the 10% penalty. Hastings City Bank, a community bank established in 1886, is dedicated to providing outstanding customer service. We are currently looking for Part-Time Tellers to join our team in Hastings & Caledonia. Qualified applicants will have strong communication skills, be detail oriented, and possess excellent computer, customer relations and sales skills. Q. What if I change jobs, can I take my money with me? A. If you are fully vested, you can roll the money over into your own IRA or possibly your new employers 401(k). In some cases you may be able to leave the money invested with your prior employers 401(k). 77517114 There are many unique rules regarding 401(k)’s. If you have questions, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 Apply at the Human Resources Department Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities. EOE/M-F Dear Annie: I discovered that the "reverse phone directory" feature allows anyone to put your phone number in the computer and get your complete name and address, including a map to your home. All someone has to do is stand in line behind you at a store and remember your phone number. Would you want some pervert doing this to gain access to your family? Another thing that bothers me is when newspapers run pictures of kids and print the child's full name. All newspapers should stop this practice immediately for the kid's safety. A Concerned Parent and Grandpa Dear Parent: How unfortunate that our world has become such a frightening place. Store personnel often request a phone number, but you are not obligated to provide it. And we agree that printing the full names of children in the newspaper can create unanticipated problems. How sad. Is using drugs for stress relief ok? Dear Annie: I am a married man and the father of two wonderful children. I have a past of drug dependency, but have been clean and sober for more than a decade. However, in the last few years, my stress level has gone through the roof. My doctor gave me an antidepressant and things got worse. Here's my question. During my drug years, among much other substance abuse, I smoked pot. In an effort to feel better about my current stress, I tried pot again, and, in very low doses, it helps tremendously. I have been unable to get a doctor to prescribe it. I am not interested in getting high. I just want to keep my anxiety under control, and the pot also seems to help me with anger issues. Of course, pot is illegal and I do NOT want to take risky chances purchasing it. So, Annie, am I merely a druggie who went back to the pipe, or could this be an acceptable form of controlling stress? Should I tell my wife and see what she says and risk my entire marriage and family? She has noticed a positive change in me since I started using. If she finds out and wants me to quit, I certainly will. — Stressed in Georgia Dear Georgia: Your pot smoking is drug use, period. Not only is it illegal, but it feeds your prior habit. Antidepressants sometimes take a bit of trial-and-error before finding one that works, although those, too, are drugs, albeit legal ones. You obviously have a dependency problem, and it would be better if you could find a way to control your stress and anger through behavioral therapy. But yes, please discuss this with your wife. She should know what's going on and what is being risked. Wife wants to curtail outside gift giving Dear Annie: My husband and I have skyrocketing credit card bills and our financial situation is a little shaky. We have a mortgage to pay off, and our children need clothes and school supplies. My sister is having a baby, and I am giving her a shower. How do I politely tell people that I don't have the extra money to buy Christmas presents for everyone? I especially do not want people stopping by with gifts when I can't reciprocate. — Financially Depressed Dear Depressed: First of all, you do not need to reciprocate with people who drop by with unexpected presents. As for the others, call or e-mail and let them know that holiday gift giving has become so unwieldy that you have decided to buy only for your immediate family. Or you can say that instead of gifts, you will be making a donation to charity and you hope they will do the same. How much you give is entirely up to you. Hurting from past to healing today Dear Annie: Once upon a time, my wife could have written the letter from "Robbed in Michigan," whose husband died. She also lost her husband at the young age of 32. He also had been her soulmate. We met at a mutual friend's party (which she had to be talked into attending). Over time, she was able to cope and even learned to love again. After we married, her 3-year-old became "our" daughter. She now calls me "Dad," and her biological father is "Angel Daddy." My wife still has bad times on the anniversary of her husband's death, but I have learned to support her through these periods. I want "Robbed" to know that time will heal her pain and eventually she will also be able to love again. Her past and future are separate moments in time, and both should be cherished. Please print this so she can have some hope beyond today. — S. Dear S.: You sound like a real gem, and your letter is sure to make a difference. Thank you so much for taking the time to write. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. The Barry County Historical Society and Charlton Park Match financial goals with the right investments The year 1963 was the first time I had an opportunity to see the inside of the museum at Charlton Park. A young couple’s club we belonged to decided to have a picnic at the park. Orville Cutshaw, the Barry County Road Engineer, was a member of the club and graciously opened the museum for us. The museum was literally stuffed full of artifacts from floor to ceiling. Originally, there appeared to have been some order to the museum. However, there didn’t appear to be much if any identification or interpretation of the artifacts. On the first level were several alcoves. One was filled with blacksmithing tools. In another, sundry wooden tools were displayed on the wall and lay on the floor. In the next alcove were early carpentry tools along with a collection of cast iron pots. In the middle of the room were several large iron safes, a gun turret salvaged from a World War II aircraft, a collection of vintage sewing machines in addition to boxes upon boxes whose contents were unidentified. In the first floor alone there were enough artifacts to furnish a complete cooper’s shop, an early pioneer farm kitchen as well as enough antiques to demonstrate sheep shearing, wood dying, spinning, and looms for weaving. We even noticed one cupboard filled with nothing but steam-powered whistles. The second floor was filled with old store display cases and counters. The main room contained pottery, old clocks of various ages, Indian artifacts, many, many guns, and other war related items. In the third floor we saw dusty old Victorian picture frames, maps, and miscellaneous items stored in cupboards. Behind the museum building stood a roofed pole barn containing Mr. Charlton’s collection of pioneer farm implements and machines, including threshing machines, hay wagons, carts and carriages, Mr. Charlton’s beloved old Westinghouse steam engine, and early outboard boat motors. A number of old Indian dugout canoes retrieved from the Thornapple River were suspended from the ceiling. There was so much stored there that it was next to impossible to walk through most areas. The November following the death of Mr. Charlton, Robert Jones, manager of the local Chamber of Commerce and a history buff, contacted a close friend of his who was knowledgeable about history museums and asked him for advice. His friend recommended that he get in touch with Dr. Solon Weeks, director of the Michigan Historical Commission in Lansing. Jones wrote Dr. Weeks and Weeks visited Barry County the following week. For several years following Mr. Weeks’ visit, the Chamber of Commerce and the Barry County Historical Society worked together to get the museum opened. At the suggestion of Dr. Weeks we contacted the State Historical Commission about possibly scheduling the State of Michigan’s Historymobile for a visit to Barry County. The Historymobile was a widely acclaimed traveling museum housed in a 10 foot by 54 foot long trailer. It contained 19 professionally designed exhibits focusing on Michigan history. There was to be no admission charge. Our request was approved. We decided to call the Historymobile’s three-day visit, Heritage Days. We sent letters to all the schools in the county. Twenty-two stores permitted us to place history themed displays in their windows. We organized it so that schoolage children visited the exhibit from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Other citizens had the Historymobile to themselves from 3:30 to 8 p.m. The total number of visitors was 3,886. After the Over the course of your life, you'll almost certainly have many different financial goals - and to help achieve them, you'll need to use many different investments. How might you target specific investments for specific goals? Here are a few suggestions: * Saving for a home - When saving for a down payment on their first house, many people set up an account exclusively for that purpose, keeping the money separate from other investment accounts. To save for a home, you might want to use certificates of deposit (CDs) or short-term, investment-grade bonds, both of which can help preserve your principal. * Saving for retirement -To enjoy a long and comfortable retirement, you'll need to build a substantial amount of financial resources. And you'll help yourself if you can accumulate those savings in tax-advantaged vehicles. If your employer offers a 401(k) or similar retirement plan, take full advantage of it. Your contributions are generally made with pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower your annual taxable income. Plus, your earnings can potentially grow on a taxdeferred basis, which means your money may Historymobile was stored that winter it was determined that their Barry County visit registered the largest number of visitors of any place they visited that year. Between 1965 and 1967 Jean Gould and I gave over 100 speeches to any group in Barry County who invited us to speak. Gould was the president of the Barry County Tourist and Resort Association and geared her speeches toward how Charlton Park could boost tourism in Barry County. I had a background in education, archives and museums. My talks emphasized the value of museums in reinforcing an understanding of social heritage and cultural enhancement, especially for school children. After the museum was reopened, Keith Mead a close friend and confidant of Mr. Charlton’s, noted that a major glass collection was missing. In January 1967, Keith Mead wrote a letter to the Hastings Banner reporting that 14 to 16 walnut trees had been cut down and removed from the park grounds. The Barry County Road Commission’s initial response was that they were culled elm trees that had died from the Dutch Elm disease, which was rampant at that time. Mrs. Florabelle Stowell, a member of the historical society inspected the stumps of the supposedly dead elms then immediately contacted Floyd R. Cogswell, a registered forester residing in Lansing. Mr. Cogswell was a former Barry County resident. Mr. Cogswell came over from Lansing and in a written opinion stated that in his professional opinion the trees were healthy walnut trees when harvested and had a market value of about $2,500. The Road Commission’s records indicated that the county had received only $250 for the logs. Another questionable circumstance revolved about Mr. Charlton’s old coin collection. After the original Charlton Park board had been established, it had the coin collection appraised by a recognized expert. His conclu- — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2007. 77517052 accumulate faster than it would if placed in an investment on which you paid taxes every year. And your 401(k) or other plan may have a dozen or more investment options. Even if you have a 401(k) or other employer-sponsored plan, you can usually contribute to an IRA as well. A traditional IRA offers tax-deferred earnings, while a Roth IRA can potentially grow tax-free, provided you don't begin taking withdrawals until you're 59 - 1/2 and you've had your account at least five years. And you can fund an IRA with virtually any type of investment - stocks, bonds, CDs, etc. * Saving for college - You can save for college with a Coverdell Education Savings Account or a Section 529 savings plan, both of which can provide tax-free earnings, as long as the money is used for higher education expenses. (Your earnings will be taxable if you use withdrawals for other purposes.) And if you invest in your own state's Section 529 plan, your contributions may be tax deductible. However, Section 529 plan distributions could reduce your child's ability to qualify for financial aid. Another possibility to consider is a zero-coupon bond, typically issued by the Treasury under the name of STRIPS. You buy a zero-coupon bond at a deep discount; when the bond matures (which, if you've planned carefully, will occur when your child is ready to enter college), you collect the full face value. However, you may have to pay taxes on each year's interest payments, even though you don't actually receive them until the bond matures. * Generating income during retirement You could spend two or three decades in retirement, so you'll need a consistent income stream, which you may be able to receive from investment-grade bonds. But to fight the effects of inflation, you'll also need the potential for rising income, which you may be able to receive from dividend-producing stocks. (Keep in mind, though, that even stocks that have consistently paid dividends can decrease or eliminate them at any time without notice.) Of course, these investments are certainly not the only ones available to you. But they do help point out the importance of identifying your various goals - and choosing the right investments to help meet them. sion was that the collection had been culled since there was not one item of any real value in the entire collection. It was reported that there was even one coin in the accumulation that was dated several years after Mr. Charlton died. In May of 1967, after nearly four years of being tied up in court by challenges, Mr. Charlton’s estate was finally settled, and following his wishes, his entire estate was turned over to the “people of Barry County.” The following month, the County Board of Supervisors created the County Parks and Recreation Commission. The board was charged with overseeing, maintaining and developing Charlton Park. Members of the first board were Jack O’Conner, Juanita Slocum, Rose Cook, Walter Soya, Keith Mead, Archie McDonald and myself. The first few board meetings were primarily concerned with organization and resolving problems of an immediate nature such as the failed septic system, calling on engineers to submit recommendations about the floors in the museum that were sagging because of the weight; addressing a severe problem with powder post beetles that had infested a great many of the wooden artifacts stored on OPEN the first floor; compiling a list and prioritizing maintenance of the buildings and grounds, and last but not least, initiating a system for identifying and cataloging the tens of thousands of artifacts in the collections. By 1968, a master plan for the park had been developed by a professional planner. Today, Charlton Park Village consists of 27 buildings, each designed to demonstrate some aspect of pioneer life. It is a unique facility for not only preserving our heritage but for teaching everyone living in western Michigan about the area’s rich culture and social history. You can’t truly understand the present if you don’t understand your roots. As a historian, I heartily endorse the upcoming renewal of Charlton Park’s millage on Nov. 6. Please keep in mind that you are NOT voting for a tax increase. Next week’s column will discuss the establishment of the first Charlton Park board, expansion of it s educational programs and the early development of Charlton Park Village. FINANCING AVAILABLE SOUTH EAST 269-795-7609 MI HEATING & COOLING Middleville, 25 years experience RHEEM High-Efficiency Heat Source 1 STAINLESS STEEL WOOD FURNACE Forced Air Draft • Double-Door Design 77517156 HOUSE • Sunday, Oct. 28 • 2 - 4 p.m. 838 W. Green St. Great home on an extra large corner lot. Within walking distance to hospital, schools, downtown and Fish Hatchery Park. This home boasts 3 (possibly 4) BR and 1 1/2 BA with MFL Back yard is fenced and the 2 stall garage has a loft, electric and heat. Many updates have been done. $114,900. Call Stacy 269-655-5484 Price Reduced to $114,900 CITY OF HASTINGS CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE POSITION AVAILABLE UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT “TO AMEND SECTION 82-302 OF THE HASTINGS CODE OF 1970, AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE TABLE INSET SPECIFYING THE DAILY MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS DISCHARGED TO THE POTW” Andy, Julie & Ryan Eltzroth; Dan, Sue & Randy Lake 269-945-3550 2807 Fawn Cove The undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Hastings, Michigan, does hereby certify that Ordinance No. 418: 02/24/85 - 10/30/01 It’s not fair, you died so young, like a story that had just begun. Sometimes we wonder who you’d be today. All our love, til we meet again someday… 50 N. M37 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 This new home is located just west of Hastings in the Thornapple Kellogg School District and features 3 bedrooms, paved drive and a walkout basement ready to be finished. Basement is plumbed for a 2nd bath and studded for a family room and additional bedroom. $139,900.00. Three other new homes available $149,900 - $159,900. Call Lori. #269-945-5334. ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 418 David Kennith Eltzroth 11/06/84 - 10/30/01 Adam John Lake Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Oct. 28 • 2 - 4 p.m. Gas Furnace with 10-year Extended Warranty 77517160 By Esther M. Walton Irving Charlton, the benefactor who donated his life’s work and material possessions to the citizens of Barry County, toiled ceaselessly for over 10 years to build the stone museum we see today at Charlton Park. In 1950, the museum was declared, “finished,” by some. However, so much time had elapsed between the time it was designed and when it was constructed that it was already too small to house his expanding collections. To have considered the museum building finished was really a misnomer since it had no electricity, heat or security system. To make a long story short, funds had run out. In the summer months, during his active years, Mr. Charlton organized and promoted several special events for the enjoyment and entertainment of local citizens. The first community picnic was held May 27, 1937. Other events were Pioneer Days, an Indian Home Coming, and an Old Settlers Picnic, which became known as, the Charlton Park Home Coming. From the late 1800s to the 1940s, baseball was a very popular form of entertainment all over this part of Michigan and probably the entire country. There were a number of local baseball teams involving many local young men, and the competition and enthusiasm was great. Over the years many games were played at Charlton Park and elsewhere in Barry County. In the 1950s, Mr. Charlton began allowing camping on the grounds. Camping in those days was primitive by today’s standards. Campsites had electrical services of sorts, no running water and a single bathroom facility to service the entire park. In 1964, the Barry County Road Commission, which by this time was managing the park, expanded the number of campsites from 20 to 100. As might be expected the septic tank system and drain field were totally inadequate and after several seasons began to overflow and run off directly into Thornapple River. In 1967, the Barry County Health Department stepped in and banned further camping until such time as an adequate sewerage system could be installed. About the year 1960, Mr. Charlton invited a few well-known and highly respected professional museum directors from around Michigan to visit his museum and to give him the benefit of their expertise. A number of them accepted his invitation. It was their opinion that Mr. Charlton had the third largest and one of the best collections in the state of Michigan. Mr. Charlton’s real estate holdings were comparable in area to Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Representatives from the Michigan Historical Commission in Lansing, the Kalamazoo Museum, Michigan State University, the University of Michigan, and the Grand Rapids Museum were among Mr. Charlton’s visitors. Just before Mr. Charlton died in June 1963, realizing his collections had outgrown the available museum space, he began working on plans to construct an addition. In its report to the county board dated, July 28, 1963, the Barry County Road Commission said it was interested in developing an addition to the museum as Mr. Charlton had witnessed. However, plans to expand the museum were held up because of legal challenges to the will mounted by several distant relatives of Mr. Charltons. Shortly after Irving Charlton died, the Road Commission made a report to the Barry County Board of Supervisors. In the report they said that, “We hope to have a full time park custodian.” A few months later they reported that, “they had one person to guard the park during and around the 24 hours.” In December of 1963, it was reported that three guns were stolen from the museum. [An earlier newspaper article reported that Mr. Charlton had about 230 guns in his collection.] When the collection was assessed in 1968 his collection had shrunk to 210. was adopted by the City Council of the City of Hastings, at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of October 2007. A complete copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. 77517212 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk The Utility Superintendent oversees the operation and maintenance of the City’s wastewater treatment plant and sewage collection system and the water filtration treatment plant and water distribution system. An associate’s degree in a relevant field and at least five years experience are required. License by MDEQ as a Class B wastewater operator is required and additional licensing is expected before or after employment. Additional education, experience, and licensing are preferred. Excellent computer skills, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing, and commitment to a team approach are required. Salary range $41,250 to $55,000. Complete job description available on request from City of Hastings, 201 E. State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, 269.945.2468. To apply submit letter of interest and resume by 4:00 pm, November 20, 2007. 77517216 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �Page 10 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Joint City/Township Library Board ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP IS ACCEPTING BIDS Applications will be taken to fill a 3-year term on the Library Board. They can be obtained by calling or writing the Township Hall Deadline for return is 4:00pm, November 2, 2007 For Snowplowing at the Township Hall and the Orangeville Fire Department for the 2007 - 2008 Season Hastings Charter Township 885 River Road, Hastings, MI 49058 269-948-9690 Bids accepted thru Oct. 31, 2007 at the Orangeville Township Hall, 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell, MI 49080 or by fax to 269-664-7189 attention Supervisor. Call for list of requirements. 269-672-7479. 77516993 77516764 77517060 — NOTICE — To the Qualified Electors of BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE HASTINGS CITY GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Voting Precincts - Barry County, Michigan ASSYRIA TWP 8094 Tasker Rd, Bellevue Assyria Township Hall HASTINGS CHARTER TWP 885 River Rd, Hastings Hastings Charter Twp Hall ORANGEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 1A & 1B 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell Orangeville Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 3 100 E Main St, Middleville Middleville Village Hall BALTIMORE TWP 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings Baltimore Township Hall HOPE TWP 5463 S M-43 Hwy, Hastings Hope Township Hall PRAIRIEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 1 10155 S Norris Rd, Delton Prairieville Township Hall WOODLAND TWP 156 S Main St, Woodland Woodland Township Hall BARRY TWP PRECINCT 1 Kellogg School Rd, Hickory Corners Fire Station IRVING TWP PRECINCT 1 209 State St, Freeport Freeport Village Hall PRAIRIEVILLE TWP PRECINCT 2 11351 Lindsay Rd, Plainwell Pine Lake Fire Department BARRY TWP PRECINCT 2 155 E Orchard St, Delton Barry Township Hall IRVING TWP PRECINCT 2 3425 Wing Rd, Hastings Irving Township Hall RUTLAND CHARTER TWP 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings Rutland Charter Township Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP. PRECINCT 1 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville Yankee Springs Twp Hall CARLTON TWP 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings Carlton Township Hall JOHNSTOWN TWP 13641 S M-37 Hwy, Dowling Johnstown Township Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 1 128 High Street, Middleville Thornapple Twp Emergency Services CASTLETON TWP 915 Reed St, Nashville Castleton Twp Hall MAPLE GROVE TWP 721 Durkee St, Nashville Maple Grove Twp Hall THORNAPPLE TWP PRECINCT 2 200 E Main, Middleville Thornapple Township Hall YANKEE SPRINGS TWP. PRECINCT 2 1425 S Payne Lake Rd Wayland MI 49348 CITY OF HASTINGS WARDS 1, 2, 3 & 4 232 W Grand St, Hastings Hastings Middle School Electors who wish to receive an Absentee Voter ballot for the General Election by mail may submit an AV application by 2:00 p.m., November 3, 2007. Electors qualified to obtain an Absentee Voter ballot for the Hastings City General Election or the Special Election may vote in person in the Township/City Clerk's office up to 4:00 p.m., November 5, 2007. DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO Assyria Township Clerk 7475 Cox Rd., Bellevue MI 49021 Phone (269) 758-4003 PENELOPE YPMA Baltimore Township Clerk 3100 E Dowling Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-3228 LORNA WILSON Castleton Township Clerk 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-9479 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN Hastings Charter Twp Clerk 885 River Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-9690 Office DEBRA DEWEY-PERRY Barry Township Clerk 155 E Orchard St, PO Box 705, Delton MI 49046 Phone (269) 623-5171 SUSAN VLIETSTRA Thornapple Township Clerk 200 E Main St., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-7202 SUSAN K. BUTLER Maple Grove Township Clerk 9752 Evart Rd., Nashville MI 49073 Phone (517) 852-1859 CHERYL ALLEN Woodland Township Clerk 156 S Main, Woodland MI 48897 Phone (269) 367-4915 Office Phone (269) 367-4094 Home JENNIFER GOY Orangeville Township Clerk 7350 Lindsey Rd., Plainwell MI 49080 Phone (269) 664-4522 LINDA EDDY-HOUGH Hope Township Clerk 5463 S M-43 Hwy., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-2464 WILMA DANIELS Carlton Township Clerk 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-5990 JUNE DOSTER Johnstown Township Clerk 1815 Lacey Rd., Dowling MI 49050 Phone (269) 721-9905 NORMAJEAN NICHOLS Prairieville Township Clerk 10115 S Norris Rd., Delton MI 49046 Phone (269) 623-2664 CAROL ERGANG Irving Township Clerk 3241 Woodschool Rd., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 948-8893 ROBIN HAWTHORNE Rutland Charter Township Clerk 2461 Heath Rd., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 948-2194 JANICE C. LIPPERT Yankee Springs Twp Clerk 284 N Briggs Rd., Middleville MI 49333 Phone (269) 795-9091 THOMAS EMERY Hastings City Clerk 201 E State St., Hastings MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-2468 For the purpose of electing candidates for the following: City of Hastings Mayor, 1st Ward Councilmember, 2nd Ward Councilmember, 3rd Ward Councilmember, 4th Ward Councilmember, and Board of Review. For the purpose of voting on the following proposals: Barry County Millage Renewal Proposition .2266 Mill for Operation and Maintenance of Charlton Park Village and Museum. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the Barry County Clerk's Office, 220 W State St, Hastings, Michigan 49058, telephone (269) 945-1285. Yankee Springs Township Proposal to Renew Millage for Fire Protection. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the Barry County Clerk's Office, 220 W State St, Hastings, Michigan 49058, telephone (269) 945-1285. Bellevue Community Schools Bonding Proposal. Hastings Area School System Operating Millage Renewal Proposal Exempting Principal Residence and Other Property Exempted by Law 18 mills for 10 years. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Hastings Area School System, 232 West Grand Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, telephone (269) 948-4400. Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bond Proposal for Building and Site Purposes in the Amount of Not to Exceed $25,350,000. Full text of the ballot proposal may be obtained at the administrative offices of Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency, 1819 E. Milham Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49002, telephone (269) 385-1500. I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of October 1, 2007 the reecord of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in County of Barry is as follows: By Barry County: By Yankee Springs Township: Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 NONE Extra Rd. 2.00 mills 2007-2009 By the City of Hastings: Date: September 21, 2007 Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of September 21, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Gull Lake Community Schools, within Barry County, Michigan is as follows: Date: October 1, 2007 Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of September 21, 2007 the record of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Hastings Area Schools, within Barry County, Michigan is as follows: By Barry County: Comm On Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit By Assyria Township: NONE By Baltimore Township NONE By Carlton Township: Fire Library By Castleton Township: Library Fire Equipment Amb Equipment By Hastings Charter Twp: .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 milles 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 2007-2008 2007-2016 .50 mills .75 mills .75 mills 2007 2007-2008 2007-2008 Library 1.60 mills 2007-2009 By Hope Township: Road Fire/Cem 1.00 mills 1.00 mills 2007 2007 By Irving Township: Fire Library 1.50 mills .50 mills 2007-2008 2007-2016 By Johnstown Township: Fire Road 1.00 mills .50 mills 2007-2009 2007-2009 Road Fire/Amb Library 1.00 mills 1.00 mills .50 mills 2007 2007 2007 Fire Library 1.50 mills 1.60 mills 2007-2010 2007-2009 Road 2.00 mills 2007-2008 By Rutland Charter Twp: By Woodland Township: Comm On Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 milles 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 By Barry Township: Fire Police 2.00 mills 2.00 mills 2007 2007 By Johnstown Township: Fire Roads 1.00 mills .50 mills 2007-2009 2007-2009 By Prairieville Township: Roads Police Fire Additional Fire .9087 mills .8174 mills .8174 mills .5 mills 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2008 2007-2009 Date: September 21, 2007 1.50 mills .50 mills By Maple Grove Township: By Barry County: Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County I, Susan VandeCar, Treasurer of Barry County, Michigan, hereby certify that as of September 21, 2007 the reecord of this office indicate that the total of all voted increases over and above the tax limitation established by the Constitution of Michigan, in any local units of government affecting the taxable property located in Bellevue Community Schools, with Barry, Eaton and Calhoun Counties, Michigan is as follows: By Barry County: Comm on Aging 911 Thornapple Manor Transit .50 mills 1.00 mills .21 mills .25 mills 2007-2014 2007-2009 2007-2025 2007-2014 By Assyria Township: NONE By Maple Grove Township: Road Library Fire/Ambulance 1.00 mills .50 mills 1.00 mills 2007 2007 2007 By the School District: 18 mills (exemption principal residence and qualified agricultural property), 2007 to 2014, inclusive. Date: September 21, 2007 Susan VandeCar Treasurer, Barry County Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark L Seybert and Caroline A Seybert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Gecko Mortgage, Inc, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2005, and recorded on June 23, 2005 in instrument 1148490, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine And 98/100 Dollars ($183,569.98), including interest at 6.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Following Described Premises Situated In The Township Of Hope, County Of Barry And State Of Michigan, To-Wit: Commencing At The East 1/4 Post Of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Township Of Hope, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 1664.30 Feet Along The East-West 1/4 line of said section 33 to the point of beginning; Thence Continuing North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 330 Feet Along Said East-West 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds East 1321.00 Feet Parallel With The North-South 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 330 Feet Parallel With Said East-West 1/4 Line; Thence North 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds West 1321 Feet Parallel With Said NorthSouth 1/4 Line Of Said Section To The Point Of Beginning, Except The West 130 Feet Thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517046 File #168241F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd D. Young, a married man, and Jane E. Young, as to her dower rights only, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 5, 2006 and recorded September 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169707, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtySeven Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($167,273.13) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 73 of Pine Haven Estates Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 29. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516852 File No. 362.2037 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BARRY Case No. 07-455-CH The Hon. James H. Fisher DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS an Officer of the United States of America Plaintiff, v. CHRISTINA DERUITER, Defendant. IT IS ORDERED: An action has been commenced by the plaintiff, Department of Veterans Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America (“Veterans Affairs”), against the defendant, Christina DeRuiter (“DeRuiter”) in the Barry County Circuit Court for the State of Michigan, seeking a judgment determining that Veterans Affairs holds full legal and equitable title to the Property known as 719 E. Clinton Street, Hastings, Michigan, in fee simple absolute, free and clear of any and all claims of DeRuiter, quieting title to the Property forever in Veterans Affairs, and granting such other relief as is equitable, and the defendant must answer or take other action permitted by law within 28 days after the last date of publication. If the defendant does not answer or take other action within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Gary R. Holman Barry County Circuit Court Judge Prepared by: BAKER & DANIELS LLP Wendy K. Walker-Dyes (P64806) 205 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 250 South Bend, IN 46601 (574) 234-4149 77517105 Attorney for Plaintiff Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three And 61/100 Dollars ($136,883.61), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516842 File #141973F02 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY US AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Terry Neymeiyer and Denise Neymeiyer and Esther M. Neymeiyer, husband and wife, and a single woman, Mortgagors, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated the 24th day of May, 2004 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for The County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 17th day of June, 2004 in Liber Instrument No. 1129427 of Barry County Records, page, said Mortgage having been assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Three Hundred Sixty one & 94/100 ($135,361.94), and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to statute of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of November, 2007 at 1:00 o’clock pm Local Time, said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI (that being the building where the Circuit Court for the County of Barry is held), of the premises described in said mortgage, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the amount due, as aforesaid on said mortgage, with interest thereon at 7.5% per annum and all legal costs, charges, and expenses, including the attorney fees allowed by law, and also any sum or sums which may be paid by the undersigned, necessary to protect its interest in the premises. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land, including any and all structures, and homes, manufactured or otherwise, located thereon, situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, and described as follows, to wit: Lot 4, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield’s Addition to the Village, now, City of Hastings according to the recorded pat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1, of Plats, Page 9. During the six (6) months immediately following the sale, the property may be redeemed, except that in the event that the property is determined to be abandoned pursuant to MCLA 600.3241a, the property may be redeemed during 30 days immediately following the sale. Dated: 10/4/2007 Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee Mortgagee ____________________________________ FABRIZIO & BROOK, P.C. Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank, NA as Trustee 888 W. Big Beaver, Suite 1470 Troy, Ml 48084 77516423 248-362-2600 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE FILE NO. 07-248-DM In the matter of Sandra June Chaffee v Tyler Torrance Trout. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Tyler Torrance Trout whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A Summons and Complaint for Divorce were filed on May 2, 2007 in the Barry County Circuit Court, Family Division, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 before Judge James H. Fisher. Defendant has 28 days to file an answer with the court and serve a copy on the other party or to take other lawful action. If an answer is not file or other action taken within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Stephanie S. Fekkes P43549 Law, Weathers & Richardson, P.C. 800 Bridgewater Place 333 Bridge Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5320 77516983 (616) 459-1171 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rodney A. Stewart, individually and as successor Trustee of the Christy D. Stewart Trust dated April 12, 1995 and Christy D. Stewart, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 6, 2005, and recorded on July 11, 2005 in instrument 1149244, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Two And 94/100 Dollars ($852,732.94), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 9: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as. Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 660.00 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 660.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 662.50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds West 1044.59 feet; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds East 337.99 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds West 946.65 feet to the North line of Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 11 seconds East 987.62 feet along the North line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 44 degrees 08 minutes 55 seconds West 1326.36 feet; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds West 58.42 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with easements and restrictions of record. Also together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities, being that part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thronapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paula Delorm, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153084, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety And 43/100 Dollars ($211,890.43), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 10 of Oak Cove, a Residential Site Condominium, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in document #1035911, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516904 File #166151F01 Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 563.99 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 33.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 514.67 feet; thence 122.29 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet, thence North 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 291.44 feet; thence 167.33 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds East 164.90 feet; thence 97.06 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds East 96.25 feet; thence North 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East 399.33 feet; thence 334.11 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds East 315.04 feet; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 458.03 feet; thence 219.93 feet along a 50 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds East 81.24 feet, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 505.40 feet; thence 256.19 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds West 241.57 feet; thence South 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds West 399.33 feet; thence 126.57 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds West 125.52 feet; thence 128.30 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West 126.44 feet; thence South 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 00 minutes 24 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds West 73.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 651.19 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 96.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516801 File #165533F01 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 77516038 “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Beck and Paula Beck, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender, Mortgagee, dated January 23, 2003, and recorded on January 27, 2003 in instrument 1096298, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Fifty And 14/100 Dollars ($170,050.14), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 2620.06 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 to the central 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 596.23 feet along East line of said Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 725.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds West 574.00 feet along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds East 833.51 feet; thence Southeasterly 206.83 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 26 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds and a chord bearing South 58 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East 205.05 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 400.00 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive 66.00 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of said easement being described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 1310.03 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds West 466.86 feet along the West line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this easement description; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 587.67 feet; thence Southeasterly 356.65 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds and a chord bearing South 67 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 347.55 feet to a radius point of 60.00 foot radius turn-around and the point of ending of this easement centerline description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517128 File #063692F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Becki Salazar and Paul Salazar, her husband, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 26, 2006 and recorded September 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1170611, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Two and 67/100 Dollars ($79,702.67) including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 19 Rods and 9.50 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence West 40 feet, thence North 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence East 40 feet to the place of beginning, in Town 4 North, Range 7 West, also commencing 18 Rods 12 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 13 Rods, thence West 8 feet, thence South 5 Rods, 13.5 feet, thence West 6 feet, thence North 18 rods 13.50 feet, thence East 14 feet to place of beginning. Also, the East 4 feet of the following described premises: commencing 22 Rods West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, thence South 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence West 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence East 4 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517016 File No. 221.6188 Happy 50th Birthday Timothy R. Madill 01549486 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Llyod H. Greer, a single man, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 23, 2005 and recorded April 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144663, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Six and 43/100 Dollars ($251,736.43) including interest at 9.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Spring, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit Number 6, of the Boardwalk at Gun Lake Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed thereof recorded in Instruments Number 1093588, Barry County Records, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 25, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516889 File No. 222.1081 10-23-57 We wish you were here to celebrate your birthday, but the Lord called you home. One day we will all be together to celebrate. Until that day, you will always be in our hearts and in our memories. Love, The entire Madill Family ATTENTION BARRY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS!!! 77517125 Barry Township is seeking township resident involvement. We would like to form an advisory committee to study the possible expansion of Barry Township offices. We would like your input. Applications can be obtained at the office on any Wednesday. Deadline for applications will be October 31, 2007, @ P.O. Box 705, Barry Township Hall, Delton, MI 49046 Thank you Debra Dewey-Perry, Barry Township Clerk RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed item to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: 1. Special Exception/Land Use Permit Application to allow a day care center, with building footprint over 10,000 sq.ft., on the North side of M-43/M-37 just West of the Chrysler Dealership, Hastings, Parcel #08-13-013-001-35 the property is currently zoned MU, Mixed Use District. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.1703.a and Section 104.1708.a (B) (2) requires a Special Exception/Land Use Permit for this request. Property is described as: RUTLAND CHARTER TWP ALL THAT PART NE 1/4 SEC 13-3-9 LYING S & E OF TRAVERSE LI OF THORNAPPLE RIVER & N OF CNTRLI HWY M-43/M-37 EX THAT PART W OF A LI DESCRIBED AS COM AT CNTR SEC 13 TH N 61.2 FT TH W 92.8 FT TH S 47 DEG 52’ E 310.3 FT TH N 40 DEG 46’ E 1073.4 FT TO S LI RR ROW FOR POB TH N OO DEG 12’ E TO THORNAPPLE RIVER. SAID LI TO ALSO EXTEND SLY TO CNTRLI HWY M-43/M-37 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission at said public hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township Clerk by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77517210 Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brenda K. Marquard, a single woman and Sheila P. Standish, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 31, 2003, and recorded on May 22, 2006 in instrument 1164961, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred FortySix And 15/100 Dollars ($107,646.15), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel B: That part of the Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 628.00 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.4 feet; tehnce South 89 degrees 56 minutes 13 seconds East 157.00 feet along the South line of Bernice Avenue; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 173.25 feet; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds West 157.0 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress and egress and utility purposes over a 30 foot wide strip of land, the South line of which is described as: Beginning South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 1051.5 feet along the West line of said Section from said West 1/4 corner; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 30 seconds East 785.00 feet to the place of beginning of said easement. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes over a 20 foot wide strip of land the centerline of which is described as: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel B; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 173.25 feet to the South line of Bernice Avenue and the place of ending of said easement. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516470 File #164364F01 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Tabled Case Number V-22-2007 Bay Pointe Inn, Michael Powers (owner). Location: 11456 Marsh Rd., in Section 5 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 35.3ftx91.3-ft gazebo & deck too close to the front yard setback (zero ft), the minimum is 50-ft, and too close to the sideyard setback (5-ft), the minimum is 20-ft, in the C-1 zoning district. Case Number V-26-2007 Betty Jo Noorman & Richard Clark. Location: 12050 W 9 Mile Rd., in Section 18 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to create two nonconforming parcels with less lot frontage, one being 216.11-ft and the other being 219.95-ft, the minimum is 220-ft, and on the corner lot 219.47-ft. Also requesting a variance on a detached accessory building sideyard setback of 19-ft, the minimum is 20 ft, in the R-LS zoning district. Case Number V-27-2007 Robert Lepper. Location: 11688 Willow Cove Dr, in Section 10 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 24x28-ft addition, a 13x13-ft enclosed porch, and a 5x15-ft & 18x20-ft & 5x23-ft surrounding deck onto an existing home that is too close to the side lot line (6.5-ft), the minimum is 20 ft, in the RL-1 zoning district. Case Number V-28-2007 Larry Peake, Banfield General Store. Location: 13027 Banfield Rd, in Section 20 of Johnstown Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect a 10’3”x36-ft x 6x14-ft onto an existing commercial building that is too close to the road right of way (10.2-ft), which leaves a zero ft setback, the minimum is 50-ft, in the C-2 zoning district. Meeting Date: November 13, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed at (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77517135 Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the afor mentioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated July 20, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on July 26, 2000, in Document Number 1047300, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $100,381.22, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), together with interest at 9.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on November 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN THE EAST 300 FEET OF THE SOUTH 342 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 40 FEET THEREOF. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may have in the 2000 Skyline Mobile Home, Serial NumberAC17380317NAB. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77516463 Dated: October 2, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel Dykstra and Barbara Dykstra, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on April 23, 2004 in instrument 1126298, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 96/100 Dollars ($121,910.96), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Hidden Hollow No. 1, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 19. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516718 File #165387F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24909-DE Estate of Virginia M. Squires. Date of Birth: May 1, 1919. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Virginia M. Squires, who lived at 9950 S. Clark Road, Maple Grove Township, Michigan died July 24, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Bonnie Hodges, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Ste. 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10/17/07 Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices, PLLC Douglas G. Chalgian P54757 139 W. Lake Lansing Road, Suite 200 East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 332-3800 Bonnie Hodges 1428 E. 60th Street #110 Anderson, IN 46013 77517097 (765) 642-5710 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John M. Christensen and Laura K. Christensen, husband and wife, to Oak Street Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2003 and recorded August 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107318, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee c/o Residential Funding Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-One and 13/100 Dollars ($131,761.13) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 20, Hilltop Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 74. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517168 File No. 207.8912 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by NORMAN L. LONG, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 14, 2006, and recorded on June 29, 2006, in Document No. 1166610, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($126,925.00), including interest at 9.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of YANKEE SPRINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. More correctly described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 8, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77516894 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Nicholson and April Nicholson, husband and wife, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 25, 2006 and recorded June 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165487, and Loan Modification Agreement dated 4/1/07 recorded 5/6/07 in Instrument Number 1181397, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 20066 c/o Washington Mutual by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Eight and 00/100 Dollars ($126,208.00) including interest at 5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 7 and 8 of Block 13 of Samuel Roush's Addition to the Village of Freeport. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517444 File No. 362.1999 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jim Schaub, by Thelma Deloris Schaub, his attorney-in-fact, and Thelma Deloris Schaub, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2003 and recorded April 1, 2003 in Instrument # 1101307 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated May 11, 2007 and recorded June 18, 2007 in Instrument # 1181838 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred ThirtySeven Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($151,937.23) including interest 14.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West One-Half of the Northwest fractional One-Quarter of the Northeast fractional One-Quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence West 313 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 01 degrees East 495 feet; thence West 187 feet; thence North 01 degrees West 495 feet; thence East 187 feet along the North line of said Section to the place of beginning Commonly known as 5377 Brickyard Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 8, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-79871 ASAP# 914473 10/11/2007, 77516868 10/18/2007, 10/25/2007, 11/01/2007 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICHARD T. DUMOUCHEL and RACHEL L. DUMOUCHEL, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., Mortgagee, dated October 6, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155360, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand One Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($88,001.45), including interest at 10.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 103 AND 104, BLACKMAN AND BUSH ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ALSO BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 103; THENCE WEST 5 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS; THENCE EAST 5 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 9, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77516899 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua Allerding, married and Shawna Allerding, non-obligor spouse/owner, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006 and recorded June 12, 2006 in Instrument Number 1165861, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven and 73/100 Dollars ($68,357.73) including interest at 9.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 26 of Sundago Park according to the Plat thereof Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 71 of Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 362.2040 77516701 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald T. Hatcher and Theresa L. Hatcher, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 16, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147145, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Quest Trust Series 2006-X1 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2006, Without Recourse as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-One And 13/100 Dollars ($95,191.13), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel G: That part of the South 60 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of section 10, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Described as; beginning at the West 1/4 corner of said section; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 05 seconds West along the West line of said Northwest 1/4, 1002.71 feet to the North line of the South 60 acres of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds East along said North line 120.60 feet; thence South 35 degrees 28 minutes 26 second East 691.89 feet; thence South 17 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East 461.90 feet to the South line of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds West along said South line 649.79 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Loftus road, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #167202F01 77516963 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Schilthroat and Teresa A. Schilthroat, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to AmerUs Home Lending, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 23, 2003, and recorded on May 1, 2003 in instrument 1103286, and assigned by said Mortgagee to M&I Bank FSB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Six Hundred One And 31/100 Dollars ($120,601.31), including interest at 6.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 5 and 8 of Block 17 of In Keelers Addition to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats on Page 12, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517040 File #168263F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24861-DE Estate of Mark Edward Lloyd, deceased. Date of birth: January 8, 1965. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Mark Edward Lloyd, who lived at 12910 Barry Lane, Yankee Springs, Michigan died June 15, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Brian W. Lloyd, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: October 15, 2007 R. Ryan McNally P58973 171 Monroe Ave., NW, Suite 900B Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616/254-8400 Brian W. Lloyd 5090 Round Tree Middleville, MI 49333 77517071 616/437-0070 �Page 13 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Pamela K. Jiles, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 17, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156698, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine And 07/100 Dollars ($99,899.07), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 9 of Kenfields Second Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517183 File #155322F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy A Hannan, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Sand Ridge Bank, Mortgagee, dated February 19, 2003, and recorded on March 7, 2003 in instrument 1099006, and assigned by said Mortgagee to PHH Mortgage Corporation as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five And 38/100 Dollars ($55,545.38), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 2 of Malcolm's Acres, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 5 of Plats on Page 8 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516660 File #164217F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Nielsen, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 22, 2006, and recorded on August 30, 2006 in instrument 1169315, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight And 19/100 Dollars ($146,998.19), including interest at 9.8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 24 of Valley Park Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, page 24 Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516417 File #159178F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Herbert R. Rutzebeck Jr., married to Vickie Rutzebeck, to Washington Mutual Bank F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 11, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140287, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight and 5/100 Dollars ($101,668.05) including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 14 of the Daniel Strikers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517173 File No. 362.2210 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick M. Diskin and Ladonna J. Diskin, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Household Finance Corporation III, Mortgagee, dated November 16, 2001, and recorded on November 21, 2001 in instrument 1070105, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Seventy And 72/100 Dollars ($122,670.72), including interest at 9.196% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one quarter of Section 2, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing 257.5 feet North of the intersection of the West line of Cobb Road and the South line of said Section 2, thence West 330 feet, thence North 132 feet, thence East 330 feet, thence South 132 feet to point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516666 File #163088F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Mortgage Sale - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Michael H. Hannan, a Single Man to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 19, 2004, and recorded on April 5, 2004, as Document Number: 1124730, Barry County Records, said mortgage was assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R4 Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Dated as of May 1, 2004, Without Recourse by an Assignment of Mortgage which was submitted to the Barry County Register of Deeds, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty Four Dollars and 82/100 ($73,964.82) including interest at the rate of 11.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan at 1:00 PM on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 19, Block D of Pleasant Shores, According to the Recorded Plat Thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 59 1065 Brooks Road The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or 15 days after statutory notice, whichever is later. Dated: October 4, 2007 Randall S. Miller & Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Assignee 43252 Woodward Ave., Suite 180 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 (248) 335-9200 7756411 Our File No. 141.00665 Synopsis PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting October 10, 2007 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Clerk N. Nichols,and Trustees S. Ritchie and W. Miller. Also present were approximately 12 members of the public. Agenda was approved as amended. Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting September 12, 2007 Revised Draft 10-05-07 were approved. Correspondence was read. Discussion took place regarding Barry County reimbursing the townships for the upcoming election. Received County Commissioner, Wayne Adams report. Jack Miner, Charlton Park Representative spoke in support of the Charlton Park millage. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Placed 2 Pine Lake Firefighters on medical lease of absence. Police Department report received and placed on file. Accepted with regret, Prairieville Township Police Officer Rich Frazer’s resignation. Discussion took place regarding the payment of sick and vacation time. Hired Steve Lehman as full time Prairieville Township Police Officer. Discussion took place regarding the Parks. Discussion took place regarding the Four Township Watershed $500,000.00 Conservancy Grant. Discussion took place with Drain Commissioner, Tom Doyle regarding the Pine Lake Pump Assessment. Break: 9:07-9:20. Discussed renewal of generator contract with Norm’s Electric. Discussed Audit and setting up meeting with Auditor for the Board. Approved the list of bills to be paid in the amount of $44,349.84. Discussion took place regarding Revenue & Expenditures Report. Approved Class “C” & SDM Liquor State License Application requested for 10484 S. Norris Road. Discussed Gun Plains Water connection to Doster Road properties. Sent Proposed Master Land Use Plan back to Planning and Zoning Commission for corrections. Public comment was received from Commissioner Wayne Adams. Approved for Supervisor J. Stoneburner to apply for 2007-2008 Scrap Tire Grant. Supervisor J. Stoneburner commented on property. Trustee W. Miller updated the Board on the Township Signs. Supervisor J. Stoneburner will have Green Gables Contract next month. Discussion took place regarding Computer Policy. Tabled meeting room bids will do next month and will advertise for ceiling bids. Adopted Ordinance #130 to Amend the Southwest Barry County Sewage Disposal System Connection, Use and Rate Ordinance. Meeting adjourned at 11:36 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner 77517035 Prairieville Township Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 20, 2004 in instrument 1132770, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen And 96/100 Dollars ($67,315.96), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/8 post on the South side of Section 22, thence North 29 rods for the place of beginning, thence North to the West 1/8 line 22 rods to the center of Highway M-37, thence Easterly and Southerly along the center of said highway to a point directly East of the point of beginning, thence West to the point of beginning, Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #166591F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 28, 2003, by Jeffrey T. Otto and Susan M. Otto, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 2, 2003, in Document No. 1105515 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty and 75/100 Dollars ($117,920.75), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Yankee Springs, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Commencing at the West _ corner of Section 19, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89°51’22” East 2351.36 feet along the East and West _ line to the center of said Section 19; thence South 00°00’00” West 733.00 feet along the North and South _ line of said Section 19 to the point of beginning; thence South 00°00’00” West 100.00 feet; thence South 89°51’22” West 199.39 feet; thence North 00°00’21” East 100.00 feet; thence North 89°51’22” East 199.38 feet to the point of beginning. Commonly known as 1637 Archwood Dr., Wayland, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77516687 KZLIB:555121.1\105064-00159 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Nenita Junglas, married to Norman Junglas, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 28, 2004 and recorded January 7, 2005 in Instrument Number 1139864, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers- Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust- SAIL 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Nine and 08/100 Dollars ($129,449.08) including interest at 9.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on November 1, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 396 feet East of the Northeast corner of Russell Street and Market Street; thence East 66 feet; thence North 189.75 feet; thence West 66 feet; thence South 189.75 feet to the place of beginning, begin part of Lot 13 of Block 62 of Village of Middleville in Section 26. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita Junglas, a married woman by deed dated 6-18-04 and recorded 7-2104 in Document Number 1131154, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. Being the same property conveyed to Nenita P. Glass, a single woman by deed dated 7-23-99 and recorded 728-99 in Instrument Number 1033068, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 4, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516692 File No. 209.4855 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Daniels and Debra J. Daniels, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2004, and recorded on October 27, 2004 in instrument 1136226, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-One And 30/100 Dollars ($214,261.30), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 330.00 feet along the South line of said Section 12; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 660.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 165.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 665.05 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 26 seconds East 495.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds West 1323.67 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 12 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517188 File #169209F01 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING October 2, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order by Supervisor Rook at 7:00 p.m. Board members present Rook, Ritchie, Perino and Ribble. Absent Goy. Also present Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Englerth and 12 guests. Motion Perino, support Ritchie to accept the minutes from the September 4, 2007 regular board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Fire Department: Fire report read. Motion Perino, support Ritchie to purchase commercial washing machine to clean fire department turnout gear. Roll call vote - all ayes. Maintenance upkeep discussion, motion by Perino, support by Ritchie to proceed with development of a maintenance/supervisor program/position for the township. Roll call vote-all ayes. Motion approved. Fawn Lake Wastewater - RJT still working with Rawkoski for road repairs billing presented at recent board meeting. Motion Perino, support Ribble to make construction payment progress order #5 for $16,616.94 and change order #3 for $1092.00. Roll call vote-all ayes. This is not a final payment. Snow plow contract from Todd Ketchum - this will be temporary until advertisement for bids can be publicized. Motion Perino, support by Ribble to continue current contract on a temporary basis for 10/1/2007 to 10/31/2007. Roll call vote-all ayes. Discussed the need to write up a description for snow removal bids for the remainder of the season. Paying of Bills: Motion Ribble, support Perino to pay bills for October in the amount $10,799.84 and all others that come before the board. All yes votes. Motion carried. In the clerks absence Ribble mentioned in the upcoming November election picture ID’s are required or signing an affidavit to his or her identity in order to vote. Motion Ritchie, support Perino to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 9:30 p.m. Unapproved minute Linda Ribble 77517133 Township Trustee CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 419 The undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Hastings, Michigan, does hereby certify that Ordinance No. 419: 77516944 — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking bids for the demolition of four houses and three garages located in the City of Hastings. Specifications can be obtained by contacting the County Administrator’s Office, County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI, 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77517144 “TO AMEND CHAPTER 46 OF THE HASTINGS CODE OF 1970, AS AMENDED, TO ALLOW FOR REDUCED WIDTH STREETS IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS” was adopted by the City Council of the City of Hastings, at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 22nd day of October 2007. A complete copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. 77517214 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Redman, a single person and Casey Bell, a single person, original mortgagor(s), to 'Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns', Mortgagee, dated December 18, 2004, and recorded on December 28, 2004 in instrument 1139283, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six And 49/100 Dollars ($136,966.49), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 1, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, distant South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2349.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section 33; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 220 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 195 feet along North section line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving a right-of-way commencing at a point on the North line of Section 33 South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 2179.1 feet from the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 660 feet; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 10 seconds West 50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 24 seconds East 330 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 06 seconds East 25 feet along North Section line to the place of beginning. Redman Homes 1987 Seriel # 112X3351 Model MDNG4J3EDR VIN 3PFS148870 and PFS148871 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 4, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516677 File #132045F02 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 07-24918-NC In the matter of Dakota Lee Hall. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on 11/14/2007 at 10:30 a.m. at 206 W. Court st., Ste. 302, Hastings, Michigan 49058 before Judge Hon. William M. Doherty 41960 for the following purpose: Petition to change name from Debra K. Meyers to: Dakota Sky Meyers. Date: 10-18-07 Debra K. Meyers P.O. Box 455 77517102 Delton, MI 49046 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing for the following Special Use Permits: Case Number SP-17-2007 Jeff & Robin Lambert. Location: 2050 Coburn Rd., in Section 34 of Hastings Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a home occupation (metal grinding business), in the AR zoning district. Case Number SP-18-2007 Curtis & Debi Reed. Location: 6194 Tischer Rd., in Section 12 of Carlton Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a dog kennel, in the A zoning district. Case Number SP-19-2007 Christopher & Rebecca Ewing. Location: 5715 S M-66 Hwy., in Section 12 of Maple Grove Township. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a nursery, in the A zoning district. Case Number SP-20-2007 Paul Wengerd. Location: 8717 S. Broadway, in Section 29 of Baltimore Twp. Purpose: Requesting a special use permit for a sawmill, in the A zoning district. Meeting Date: November 5, 2007. Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court St., Hastings, Michigan. Site inspections of the above described properties will be completed by the Planning Commission members before the day of the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The special use application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12-1 p.m.), Monday thru Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 9451290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown, County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77517137 Debbie S. Smith, Barry County Clerk THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Browne and Dena Browne, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2005 and recorded November 3, 2005 in Instrument Number 1155680, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Twelve and 93/100 Dollars ($188,612.93) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, and 6, Laphams Airport Lots according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3, Page 100, Barry County Records. Parcel 2: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Laphams Airport Lots Number 2 according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5, Page 37, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517203 File No. 199.4339 — NOTICE — The AL-GON-QUIN ESTATES Island Court Association general meeting will be held on Wednesday 11/07/2007, 7pm at the Rutland Township Hall. 77517112 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held October 23, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77508676 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy A. Seaver and Penny Seaver, husband and wife, to Ross Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2005 and recorded May 23, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146953, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20053 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One and 74/100 Dollars ($78,531.74) including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the West one-half of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point 379.23 feet North and 1058.43 feet East of the West one-quarter post of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, and said point also being South 88 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds West 41.66 feet from the Southeast corner of Lot 1 of Poplar Beach Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 14; thence South 49 degrees 01 minutes 29 seconds East 79.58 feet; thence South 40 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 166.00 feet; thence North 49 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence North 46 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East, along the Southerly line of Kline Street 135.50 feet; thence North 50 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds East, along said Southerly line, 33.01 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517178 File No. 221.6197 SYNOPSIS RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP REGULAR BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 10, 2007 -7:30 P.M. Regular meeting called to order and Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Lee, Lyons, Rogers, Flint, Hawthorne, Greenfield and Carr Approved the agenda as presented. Minutes of the September 12, 2007 Board Meeting approved. Building/Zoning Report for September accepted. Approved an increase to the ZBA application fees. Accepted a bid from Kline Excavating for demolition of property owned by the Township. Vouchers approved for payment. Treasurer's report for September accepted by voice vote. Adopted Ordinance #2007-127, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments. Meeting Adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Attested to by, Jim Carr, Supervisor 77517208 www.rutlandtownship.org Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Hause, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2006, and recorded on April 12, 2006 in instrument 1163003, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Four And 85/100 Dollars ($72,264.85), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 09 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds West along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 26, a distance of 538.56 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1642.52 feet to the East line of the West 5/8 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence South 00 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds East along said East line 537.58 feet to the South line of said Section 26; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds West along said South Section line 1643.99 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517139 File #169117F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Cutler and Cheryl Cutler, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163542, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-BC2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five And 62/100 Dollars ($247,925.62), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 corner of Section 15; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds East 1650.17 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of Section 15; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds West 825.05 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds East 135.51 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 264.58 feet to the center line of a 66 foot wide roadway; thence South 03 degrees 02 minutes 18 seconds East 195.00 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 773.87 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds West 332.62 feet; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds East 500.35 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516989 File #167151F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($123,685.20), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517193 File #125416F02 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24897-DE Estate of EARL E FENDER. Date of birth: 11/17/1913. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, EARL E. FENDER, who lived at 9950 S. Clark Road, Nashville, MI 49073, died April 13, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Kathryn N. Schutte, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10/17/07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MICHIGAN 49058 (269) 945-3495 Kathryn N. Schutte 11197 S. M-37 Hwy. Dowling, Michigan 49050-9731 77517067 (269) 721-9970 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, of 10521 East M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 49073-9139, respectively, to Independent Mortgage Company (f/k/a Independent Mortgage Company - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141705, 20 pages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY and 59/100 ($56,190.59) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.00 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Mortgage Company; does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8. Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 23, 2007 Independent Mortgage Company Mortgagee. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Roberta R. Ballard Attorneys for Mortgage 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77517150 St. Johns, MI 48879 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brian Scott Peake, A Single Man to Amera Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 in Instrument # 1115851 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned thru mesne assignments to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($63,951.16) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 2263.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section; thence North 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds East, 280.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 388.89 feet; thence South 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds West, 280.00 feet to the East and West one-quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West along said one-quarter line, 388.89 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 7489 E M 79 Hwy, Castleton Twp MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 22, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517198 Our File No: 07-80825 �Page 15 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area communities host fun Halloween events This house on South Broadway was torn down Tuesday afternoon for the expansion of the Girrbach Funeral Home parking lot. Girrbach gets more parking Clients at Girrbach Funeral Home will no longer have to worry about where to park, thanks to the new parking lot being built adjacent to the facility. “We’ve been in business here for over 40 years, and we’re just trying to accommodate the community,” said funeral home owner Ray Girrbach. To accommodate the new parking lot, Girrbach bought the house adjacent to the funeral home in July. The house, most recently consisting of four housing units, was torn down Tuesday. Girrbach said he salvaged everything he could from the building before it was destroyed, including siding and doors. Girrbach said he took some of the materials to Habitat for Humanity. The new parking lot should provide 40 additional spaces, adding to the current 60 spots. Girrbach said the parking lot will probably not be completed until spring, but they may be able to use it before then once the gravel is down. Delton board sets graduation date by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Delton Kellogg High School seniors can officially start the count down to graduation, thanks to the Oct. 15, Delton Kellogg Schools Board of Education meeting. The Board set the graduation date as Sunday, June 1, 2008, for the next graduating class. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Board of Education: • Approved the maintenance/mechanics contract. • Received letters of appreciation from Brian Makowski, Amie Geeseman, Anne Minshall, Dena and Steve Smith and Leah Minshall. • Had a presentation of “nice-job notes” from Superintendent Cindy Vujea to Noah Lumbert, Jenny Wandell, Donny Osborne, Tommy Conrad, Troy Taylor, Tom Hughes and Glenn Tobias. • Heard an update and thanks from Leah Minshall for allowing her to graduate early. • Approved a 4th grade trip to Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island in May 2008. • Approved “senior mystery trip” fund-raising activities. • Reviewed and had the first reading of the Coaches Handbook. • Heard a presentation from High School Principal Rick Arnett regarding the proposed purchase of textbooks for high school physical science. • Heard a presentation from middle school teachers Elizabeth Knoll, Rhonda Sturgeon and Heidi Tyner, along with Principal Diane Talo, about classroom strategies learned this year at the Professional Learning Communities training. The educators also shared successes they are seeing with their students. • Heard reports from Assistant Superintendent Paul Blacken regarding custodial, maintenance and transportation activities; Superintendent Vujea regarding districtwide activities; and board member Andrew Stoneburner regarding the finance committee. • Appointed Lisa Kellam and Nikki Massanari as elementary co-chairs on the curriculum committee for the 2007-2008 school year. • Appointed Trevor Zuidema as the high school yearbook advisor and Amanda Kanaziz as the middle school yearbook advisor for the 2007-2008 school year. • Approved hiring Sharon Lynd as the Northwest Education Association Testing Proctor. • Approved a medical leave of absence for elementary school paraprofessional Pat Lazarus until Oct. 31. • Approved the following winter coaches: Rob Heethuis for varsity wrestling; Dan Phillips and Tim Miller for assistant varsity wrestling; Jim Gibson and Michelle Martin for 7th grade girls basketball; Jim Hogoboom and Karmin Bourdo for 8th grade girls basketball; Kelly Yoder for junior varsity girls basketball; Rick Williams for varsity girls basketball; Paul Krajacic and Chris Madill for 7th grade boys basketball; Jim Hogoboom and Jim Sprague for 8th grade boys basketball; Kevin Lillibridge for 9th grade boys basketball; Norm O’Meara for junior varsity boys basketball; and Mike Mohn for varsity boys basketball. • Approved the Schools of Choice Resolution to participate in the Schools of Choice Section 105 and Section 105c for all grades. The resolution allows Delton to participate in Schools of Choice. The next regular meeting of the Delton school board will be Monday, Nov. 19. Barry County communities will be host to “trick-or-treaters” on Halloween. All the activities listed below will take place Wednesday, Oct. 31. Hastings trick-or-treating will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Hastings High School Key Club members will begin trick-or-treating to raise money for UNICEF at 6 p.m. Thornapple Valley Church in Hastings will host its 21st annual Fall Carnival from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for children from preschool age through sixth grade. Parents or an adult have to accompany the children. Lots of candy, close to 100 games and fun are part of the free event. Rooms will be decorated in motifs of the four different seasons to coordinate with this year’s theme of “Seasons of Light.” Children are being invited to go ‘trick or treating’ at Tendercare nursing home in Hastings from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tendercare residents will be distributing candy to visiting children during that time, and a spokesperson said the residents enjoy seeing the kids in their costumes. Kids can walk through the building and receive candy at the Young musicians from the Community Music School (CMS) in Hastings performed its Fall Festival of music Saturday at the First United Methodist Church. The instruments included piano, voice, electrical and acoustical guitar and violin. Selections ranged from classic to contemporary and one original composition, interspersed with duets of student and instructor. Three instructors even played a few ensembles. They demonstrated their mastery of the instruments—and also their fallibility. During one piece, the three had to stop playing momentarily because they had lost their place. They continued on measure 34. Featured student musicians included Ian Davis, Alex Kenfield, Alison Brown, Lydia Parker, Naomi VanDien, Tyler Youngs, Marissa Carol, Joshua Haywood, Carley Laubaugh, Abby Laubaugh, Trevor Ryan and Matt Johnson. Besides learning the basics of the instrument, the children are learning musical etiquette such as how to bow as they accept applause and how to acknowledge the accompanist. CMS has been in Battle Creek since 1996 and now offers lessons in Hastings According to its Web site “Research has shown that the study of music promotes wholesome social interaction, correlates positively with increased math and science aptitudes, verbal memory, and SAT scores, trains and promotes discipline and perseverance. Music is enjoyable. It can be a career, and enriches our families and communities. CMS provides private instruction and performance opportunities to students of all ages and abilities. Students and families enrolled in Music First and Kindermusik classes explore music and movement in a creative and caring setting. Call (269) 963-1911 for more information. Furnished by ROBERT LONGSTREET of Gee and Longstreet, L.L.C. Often, clients come to see elder law attorneys because an elder needs help taking care of him or herself. The family wants to know what their options are for caring for this elder. They are concerned about the legal and financial implications of the elder’s long term care needs. Gee & Longstreet believes that to be an effective elder law attorney, you must be able to understand the system of housing options available to elders who have limitations caring for themselves, including the costs of such situations, and the availability of assistance with those costs through government programs. Did you know the average cost in Michigan for one month in a nursing home is $5,937.00? Misunderstanding the Medicaid system can often cost elderly clients thousands of dollars of their estate, unnecessarily. For over 12 years, Mr. Longstreet has provided sound, current advice to clients around the State of Michigan regarding their Medicaid and Long Term Care questions. Our clients are first educated as to the current Medicaid/Nursing Home laws. Next, we will create a plan that best fits your loved one’s nursing home needs within the Medicaid laws. Before you make any decisions regarding a loved one’s nursing home stay, be sure to contact us and review all of your options. Alex Kenfield sings and plays “Kansas City” on the electric guitar. Gee & Longstreet, LLP has specialized in Medicaid and nursing home issues for over 12 years. Contact our office to see what options are available if you or a loved one is facing a nursing home/long term care issue. This article and other information may be viewed at www.geelongstreet.com. Mr. Longstreet can be reached at 269-945-3495 or rlongstreet@ geelongstreetlaw.com. 77517226 Candy Check, with a Middleville police officer, will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the U.A.W. Hall on Washington Street. The candy-check station will stay open until all treats have been checked. In addition to traditional trick-or-treating, the Middleville First Baptist Church is holding a Halloween Fall Fest, beginning at 6:45 p.m. The church is located on M-37 just north of Middleville. This event is planned for the Willis Recreation Center. Peace Church, located on M-37 at Cherry Valley Road between Middleville and Caledonia, is again hosting its “trunk or treat” event, beginning at 7 p.m. Vermontville trick-or-treating will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The Vermontville Lions Club will host a “trunk-or-treat” event at the same time as trick-or-treating. Nashville trick-or-treating will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Also in Nashville, Grace Community Church will host its annual Trunk ‘O’ Treat in the Hastings City Bank parking lot from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Music school presents fall concert 2007 Medicaid Update Robert Longstreet is a partner with the law firm Gee & Longstreet, LLP, Hastings, where he practices in the areas of estate planning, long term care planning, elder law, nursing home rights, business transactions, real estate and general civil/criminal law. nurses’ station, too, and then exit through a designated wing. The event is hosted by the facility, staff and residents. Tendercare is located at 240 E. North St., Hastings. Woodland will host trick-or-treaters from 5 to 7 p.m. The Woodland Lions will hold a party at Classic Park, with costume judging at 7 p.m. on the baseball field. Zion Lutheran Church on Velte Road in Woodland will hold a “trunk-or-treat” from 5 to 7 p.m. Kids are invited to come in costume and visit each trunk. Church members will have treats available in the parking lot. All kids are welcome. Lake Odessa’s official trick-or-treat hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Police officers will have a metal detector at the Page Building for a safety check of the night’s bounty. Sunfield’s official treat-seeking will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Clarksville’s official hours are 5 to 7 p.m. with the traditional party at the fire barn at 7 p.m. Official hours for trick-or-treating in Middleville are from 5 to 8:30 p.m. The Naomi VanDien tries to play a clarinet before concert. Tyler Youngs and his teacher Kate Mix play a duet of Star Wars music. �Page 16 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner MRSA significant but not quite as bad as the media paints it by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, commonly known as MRSA, has made an appearance in the national media lately, but local school officials say there is nothing serious to worry about here. MRSA is a type of infection which is resistant to antibiotics including methicillin, penicillin and amoxicillin. Schools have been closed in Virginia as a result of this infection, and several districts on the southeast side of Michigan have embarked on major cleansing campaigns in their athletic facilities and locker rooms to combat it. The skin infection has recently been reported in East Grand Rapids, Byron Center, Comstock Park and Battle Creek. Kent Intermediate School District Assistant Superintendent Ronald Koehler recently informed superintendents about MRSA health risk. Thornapple Kellogg and Caledonia schools both belong to the Kent intermediate district. Koehler represents schools on the Kent County Community Health Advisory Committee, which met Oct. 18 to discuss the issue. Kent County Medical Director Mark Hall told the committee, “this is not a new issue, but instead one that has gained media attention because of a recent study released to the media indicating 19,000 deaths per year to staph infections. That, combined with the incident in Bedford, Va. has created a certain amount of hysteria.” Hall encouraged superintendents and principals to inform parents about this issue. He suggested information from the Federal Centers for Disease Control, which advises: • Keep hands clean by washing thoroughly with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand cleaner. • Keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered with a bandage until healed. • Avoid contact with other people's wounds or bandages. • Avoid sharing personal items such as towels or razors. Other suggestions include keeping doorknobs and other surfaces clean. The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has educational brochures on prevention of MRSA and can be located at its Web site, www.michigan.gov/documents. Barry-Eaton District Health Department Director Dr. Robert Schirmer said the office has received some calls about MRSA since it has been in the news. About 30 percent of the population of the United States has staphylococcus bacteria growing on their skin, he said, while 1 percent has MRSA. Schirmer said he recommends the MDCH pamphlet, and the Hastings branch of the health department has copies available. The Former fire chief dies Donald Sothard, a 20-year veteran of the Hastings Fire Department, died Saturday, Oct. 20, at Carveth Village in Middleville, at the age of 88. Sothard, shown here with a then-new fire engine, began his career with the fire department as a driver in 1962. In 1971, he was appointed Fire Chief, the second full-time chief in the department’s history. He served in that capacity until his retirement in 1981. Sothard also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Hastings Volunteer Fire Department. (Photo supplied.) local office also has provided area schools with information regarding MRSA. TK Athletic Director Brian Balding said his district has been aware of MRSA concerns since the beginning of the 2006-07 school year. Balding said the emphasis at TK is educating student athletes, parents and coaches about how to identify and prevent problems. The high school uses OSHA-approved sanitizers. Plans also are in place to communicate with parents and the greater school community should an incident occur. “Our focus is to communicate with parents and students,” Balding said. School employees have attended MRSA seminars, and Balding said he believes the district is well prepared. “Education is the key and we will piggyback on the current awareness of this problem to stress good sanitary practices,” Balding said. Michigan High School Athletic Association Assistant Director Mark Uyl, formerly of Middleville, said “sharing” can be a contributing factor. “Cleanliness starts with not sharing anything—especially towels—and always wearing clean uniforms, practice gear and equipment.” Uyl said he believes the habit of wearing undergarments under football shoulder pads is one that athletes should follow. Athletes with sores should cover them with bandages and see a physician. TK officials sent a letter to parents Wednesday, Oct. 24, detailing actions being taken at the district. Parents who have concerns about individual school plans can contact their own school’s athletic department or administration. Delton Kellogg also is sending letters home to parents to inform them of precautionary steps school officials are taking. “Our buildings are clean already, but we are going to be more vigilant about certain things,” said Delton Kellogg Superintendent Cindy Vujea. Vujea noted one thing school officials are being more adamant about is cleaning athletic facilities and keyboards after students are done using them. Cleaning wipes have been placed in athletic facilities and near keyboards for that purpose. All of the classrooms have hand sanitizers and administrators recently walked through all of the buildings to make sure each has enough soap dispensers. Teachers also are using an environmentally safe and child-friendly spray to clean desk tops and chairs daily. “We’re just kind of beefing up the cleanliness,” said Vujea. Vujea said if a student in the district does contract MRSA, the incident would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Rich Satterlee also is sending a letter home to parents, along with information about MRSA and how to prevent it. Hastings has had no reported cases of MRSA. Satterlee said all buildings are being washed down with bleach and anti-bacterial disinfectant. Teachers are encouraging frequent hand washing, and most teachers have hand sanitizer in their classrooms. Staff writer Megan Lavell also contributed to this article. Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis to honor former Hastings principal Mary Youngs For the second consecutive year, the Arthritis Foundation is celebrating the remarkable life of the late Mary Youngs, a Hastings principal by dedicating the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis to her memory. The 2007 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis is a 5K run or walk, and the mile Snowman Shuffle is a fun run/walk for children 12 years old and under. Both events will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeArcadia Commons Campus, 202 North Rose St. in the central city district of Kalamazoo. Mary Youngs was a Hastings elementary school principal and teacher who lived with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) for 25 years. RA is one of the more common forms of arthritis. It is a systemic disease that affects the entire body and is characterized by the inflammation of the membrane that lines the joint, the synovium. The inflamed synovium can invade and damage bone and cartilage. Inflammatory cells release enzymes that may digest bone and cartilage. The affected joint can lose its shape and alignment, resulting in pain, swelling and loss of movement. The disease often begins in middle age, but can also start much younger, sometimes as early as infancy. It affects two to three times more women than men and can affect babies as young as 6 months old. Mary Youngs was just one of the 2.4 million adults and 7,000 children in Michigan who live with some form of arthritis. Mary spent her professional life as an educator of young children, a vocation that required a high amount of stamina, flexibility and mobility – the very qualities that RA took from her life. Although some close friends and co-workers knew that Mary had RA, she handled it in a very dignified and gracious way, never using it as a crutch or an excuse not to do something physically demanding. Mary was often seen walking down school hallways carrying a chair or boxes, yet, she could not turn a door knob or tie a child’s shoes because of the deterioration in her hand joints. Mary went through multiple surgeries throughout her 25 years with RA. She had her ankles, feet, neck and cervical column fused to improve her mobility and lessen her pain. Mary suffered from a sudden coronary arrest in February 2006 and passed away prematurely in her sleep at age 56. Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. People with rheumatoid arthritis have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than the general population, and they also have more silent, unrecognizable heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths. Mary’s passing was a shock to her family, colleagues, staff and the community at large. In an effort to find a way to celebrate her life, her friends contacted the Arthritis Foundation and as a result, the annual Kalamazoo Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis is dedicated to Mary Youngs. The event will raise much needed funds for arthritis research and educational programs that will help people better control and manage their arthritis. Runners and walkers of all ages and abili- ties are invited to participate in the Jingle Bell Run/Walk. The Arthritis Foundation provides jingle bells for the runners and walkers to tie to their shoes, and they are encouraged to show their holiday spirit by dressing in festive attire. “Bring the family out to run or walk through the festive streets of Downtown Kalamazoo,” a spokesperson said. There will be a hearty chili party after the run/walk provided by the Soup Kettle along with rolls compliments of Great Harvest Bread Company, and fruit from Irving’s Deli & Market. Everyone who is registered will receive a long sleeved T-shirt and goodie bag. The run will be professionally timed and medals will be given out in 13 age categories. The pre-registration fee is $25 and $35 on race day. Children 12 years old and under can register for the Snowman Shuffle anytime for $10. Flexfab is one of the major sponsors of the event. For more information or to register go to www.jbrkalamazoo2007.kintera.org or call Heather Luka at 1-800-968-3030, ext. 232. The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases. The Arthritis Foundation is the only voluntary non-profit organization that addresses all forms of arthritis and related conditions. Visit the foundation’s Web site at www.arthritis.org. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed TVCCU 23, Hastings Bowl 23; HCB 20; Terminators 18; Boyce Milk Hauling 18; Yankee Zephyr 15; Goodtime Pizza 15; JAd 13. Women’s High Games - R. Miller 216; C. O’Keefe 200; D. Ware 161; L. Whiteman 145. Women’s High Series - R. Miller 570; L. Whiteman 388. Men’s High Games - R. O’Keefe 222; J. Markley 215; K. Beebe 210; C. Steeby 210; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 206; S. Hause 203; L. Porter 201; M. Hall 200; N. Blakely 193; D. Benner 191; D. Risher 189. Men’s High Series - R. O’Keefe 606; K. Beebe 581; M. Hall 576; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 552; D. Benner 524; D. Risher 516. Thurs. Angels Fall Creek 19-9; Allure 19-9; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 18-10; H.C.B. 14-14; Hast. Bowl 1414; Moore Apts. 13-15; Miller Farm Repair 12-16; Walldorf’s 12-16; Maude’s Team 1018; Varney’s 9-19. High Games and Series - J. Wyant 180494; C. Kuhlman 174; D. McCollum 196522; L. Nichols 128; C. Nichols 188-515; M. Weiler 180; C. Cooper 188-520; J. Madden 184-530; D. Bartimus 192-532; A. Bartimus 197-566; J. Baker 146; J. Power 158; S. Day 161; S. Suntken 161; K. Ward 132; C. McCrackin 130; N. Clow 171; N. Taylor 128; M. Moore 159; L. Apsey 172; L. Kendall 139; B. Cuddahee 190; R. White 160-455; T. VanBelkum 148; T. Loftus 189; C. Shellenbarger 198-538; R. Shaply 181; L. Perry 171; E. Hammontree 179; K. Covey 176. Senior Citizens Lucky Strike 20-8; Team #5 19-9; Three Gals & A Guy 18-10; Early Risers 18-10; King Pins 17-11; #1 Senior 15-13; 4-B’s 1513; Sun Risers 15-13; Ward’s Friends 15-9*; M&M’s 14-10*; Butterfingers 11-17; Kuempel 8-20; Friends 6-22. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series Ladies - S. Patch 157; S. Merrill 209-549; Y. Markley 178-457; R. Murphy 185-517; E. Moore 130; K. Moore 126; E. Dunham 183; C. Stuart 192; M. Wieland 187; N. Bechtel 203-477; J. Allen 150; G. Otis 172-511; L. Yoder 161-419; Y. Cheeseman 182; G. Scobey 190-457; J. Gasper 186-503. Mens Good Games and Series - L. Markley 166; R. Walker 212; M. saldivar 203-547; B. Akers 183-532; C. Baker 256637; D. Edwards 184. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 19-9; James Process Service 19-9; Double A Cookie Factory 1810; Kent Oil 16.5-11.5; NBT 15-13; Dewey’s Auto Body 13.5-14.5; Dean’s Dolls 13-15; Sassy Babes 11-17; The Finishing Touch 9.518.5; Hallifax Services 5.5-22.5. Good Games and Series - K. Eberly 178465; P. Freeman 148; L. Elliston 201; N. Potter 185-442; S. Nash 154-436; V. Kuhtic 192-488; J. Schwartz 189-553; J. Alflen 198; C. Hurless 156; L. Potter 196-526; S. Smith 145; A. Hamp 169-453. Tuesday Trios Chris Taylor Builders 23-5; Luanne’s Team 21-7; Super-Crips 17.5-10.5; Macleod Chiropractic 15-13; Coleman Agency 15-13; Trouble 13-15; Quality Roofing 12-16; Lynn Denton Agency 11-17; Critters 6.5-21.5; CB’s 6-22. High Game and Series - B. Innes 132; A. Keillor 117; L. Macleod 149; A. Norton 128; T. Franklin 146; J. Rice 168; M. Kill 187; K. Carpenter 171; L. Potter 185; C. Etts 125; O. Gillons 136; T. Thompson 145; L. Trumble 159; P. Cogswell 140; J. Conger 194; D. James 151; S. Smith 133; M. Heath 180-529; J. White 155; K. Farlee 183; A. Churchill 149; S. Vandenburg 171; C. Mack 159; T. Daniels 207-508; M. Sears 150; R. Brummel 174; P. Ramey 188; C. Gates 139; S. Snider 188. Sunday Night Mixed Sandbaggers 20; 2 Bags and 4 Balls Michigan Outlaws 17; Funky Bowlers Karey’s Crew 15; R&N 15; Wright Zone Bounty Hunters 13; Sunday Snoozers 17; 17; 13; 11; Misfits 10; Straight Liners 10; Pin Chasers 7; Late Comers 6. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Daniels 187-474; A. Churchill 195-467; A. Norton 154-427; F. Ames 167-409; C. Demott 164-406; J. Shoebridge 139-392; T. Hilley 136-351; K. Becker 217; M. Heath 192; D. Gray 176; J. Rice 169; L. Wright 134. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 247-627; E. Caraway 215-619; J. Smith 225584; E. Bartlett 200-559; B. Allen 215-555; S. Farlee 218-550; M. Arnold 202-530; J. Wright 197-525; E. Rice 180-452; N. Rich 161-397; B. Hubbell 246; C. Alexander 216; M. Eaton 215; J. Shoebridge 205; T. Barlow 202; N. Robbe 192; D. Wright 171; T. Hannan 160; T. Demott 144. Friday Night Mixed AN D’ Signs 20; Ten Pins 18; Spare Time 18; Michigan Outlaws 16; Greasy Balls 16; UMSU 16; We’re a Mess 16; Just Cuz 16; Liquid Courage 14; 9-n-a-Wiggle 12; Oldies But Goodies 12; Whatever 10; All But One 9. Womens Good Games and Series - T. Pennington 202-561; M. Sears 186-474; T. Bush 192-474; S. Ripley 151-430; J. Sherman 127-336; J. Madden 195; D. Rhodes 194; B. Barlow 191; P. Ramey 182; M. Mathis 180; T. Phenix 178; M. Vanier 149. Mens Good Games and Series - H. Pennington 223-625; K. Phenix 224-617; K. Meaney 218-602; A. Taylor 227-600; T. Ramey 213-558; B. West 213-556; M. Kidder 187-544; B. Madden 183-506; M. Vugteveen 169-485; R. Chaffee 172-458; M. Eaton 234; R. Guild 221; J. Smith 192; T. Barlow 185; B. Dennison 169; M. Albert 161; D. Lake 145. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 20; Seebers 18; Hair Care Center 17; The River 15; Shamrock Tavern 15; Nothing But Truck 13; Eye and Ent 9. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Seebers 189-541; N. Potter 175-468; R. Murrah 177; S. Merrill 171; E. Ulrich 168; B. High 90. Thornapple Arts Council Auction Nov. 3 brings out beautiful work Thornapple Arts Council director Kathleen Buday accepts this water color, painted by Hastings artist Kathleen Crane, of a scene at a nature preserve. This is one of the largest watercolors Crane has painted and it will go up for bid during the art auction. Tickets are still available to the Saturday, Nov. 3, event. Tickets are $35 each. The auction will begin at 6 p.m. at the Ever After banquet hall in Hastings. To reserve tickets, call (269) 945-2002. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 17 POLICE BEAT BEA Can you hear me now? I’m in the hospital Hastings Police were dispatched to a single-vehicle accident on West Mill Street near the intersection of North Broadway during the early morning hours of Oct. 22. The driver of the vehicle, Heather Koning, 28, of Hastings, was westbound on Mill Street when she veered to the right and struck a utility pole. During the preliminary investigation it appears that the driver had been trying to use her cell phone prior to the crash. Lansing Mercy Ambulance responded to the scene and transported Koning to Pennock Hospital for treatment. The accident remains under investigation. Domestic assailant facing additional charges Hastings Police responded to a residence in the 300 block of South Park Street on Oct. 21 after the victim of a domestic assault called 911 shortly after midnight. Officers met with the victim who told officers her husband came home intoxicated, became angry over some personal matters, and began pulling her hair and pushed her face-down onto the floor. He then grabbed her by the hair and slammed her face onto the floor. Officers confronted the suspect, who was identified as Simon Hill, 27, of Hastings. Hill, who was uncooperative with police, was placed under arrest for domestic assault, and was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Police chase down domestic assault suspect Hastings Police arrested a Hastings man on charges of domestic assault after responding to a residence in the 100 block of East High Street on Oct. 20. The 19-year-old victim called police for assistance after she was assaulted in the eye while attempting to get some belongings from her residence. The suspect, who was identified as Jarred Thompson, 36, of Hastings, was advised by officers that he was under arrest for domestic assault and fled the residence when officers attempted to take him into custody. After a short foot chase, Thompson was placed under arrest and is facing charges of domestic assault and resisting and obstructing police. Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Breaking and Entering suspect sought Hastings Police are investigating a breaking and entering complaint that occurred in the 1500 block of North East Street on Oct. 19. It is believed that the incident occurred during the storms that hit Hastings that evening. The victim had left her residence in search of her son, leaving the door unsecured. After returning, she found that someone had entered her apartment and took some prescription medication needed by her 14-year-old son. Police have identified a possible suspect, and the incident remains under investigation. Suspect’s admission caught on tape Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a home invasion in Bellevue on Oct. 18. The victim said he was sleeping when he awoke to a bright light shinning in his eyes. He then heard the suspect leave the room. When the victim got up from the bed, he observed a man he knew walk out and get into a black pickup truck. The man was carrying an object in his hand. A check of the premises turned up a missing video camera. The man then called the suspect on his cell phone and accused him of taking the camera. The man admitted he had taken the camera, supposedly in lieu of a debt the victim owed him. The suspect promised to return the camera if the police were not called. The homeowner later discovered that the camera had been returned and had been placed on his porch. The victim, however, had recorded the conversation and played it back for the deputies. When the suspect was initially contacted, he denied any involvement in the theft of the camera but when confronted with the tape, he admitted taking the property. The deputy’s report was turned over to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office for review of formal charges. Basset hound found near Pierce Institute Trooper Roderick of the Michigan State Police Hastings Post reported a found dog in the area of the Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, south of Hastings. The dog resembles a basset hound, larger in size, and tan and white in color. Roderick said he believed that the dog was a family pet and hoped it would be claimed before it had to be “put down.” Anyone wishing to claim the dog should call Roderick at (269) 948-8283 or the Barry County Animal Shelter. COURT NEWS Kenneth Martin Howard, 52, of Plainwell, was sentenced by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher Oct. 19 to serve from 36 to 180 months in prison for his September conviction on two counts of criminal sexual conduct, second degree. Howard was arrested in Orangeville Township and convicted on two counts, one stemming from incidents ranging from May 1996 to December 1999 and the second from January 2002 through December 2005. Howard was also assessed court costs of $500 for each conviction. Jason Joseph Ross, 29, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced Oct. 19 by Judge Fisher to serve from 20 to 120 months in prison for his September conviction on a charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. Judge Fisher ruled that Ross will serve his sentence concurrently and consecutively to convictions in Kalamazoo County. Judge Fisher noted three previous convictions, one in 1996 for breaking and entering in Kalamazoo, one in 2001 for uttering and publishing in Kalamazoo and one in 2006 for attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer in Portage. Ross was also ordered to pay court costs of $500. Tonya Lee Jahnke, 29, of Hastings was sentenced Oct. 22 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for her September conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Judge Fisher ordered Jahnke to pay a fine of $500, court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360, and a Drug Court fee of $200. He ruled the balance of her jail sentence may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. She was also ordered to attend Drug Court and wear a wrist monitor upon her release from jail. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher noted a previous conviction for the same offense in 2004. Michael Douglas Hall, 41, of Hastings, was sentenced Oct. 19 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months probation and two days in jail for his September conviction on a charge of attempted delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance. Hall was also ordered to pay courts costs of $500. He was arrested in Hastings in January. The judge also suspended Hall’s driver’s license for six months. Robin Lynn Link, 49, of Plainwell, was sentenced Oct. 19 on a probation violation charge stemming from his 2003 conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol. Judge Fisher ruled that Link will continue on probation, report weekly to Barry County Adult Probation, and submit to weekly breath tests. Link must attend a minimum of two Alcoholics Anonymous meetings per week. Link’s original sentence called for him to spend 36 months on probation and serve 12 months in jail. Know Your Legislators: Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Household For Sale Garage Sale BED - King pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver. $170. (616)949-2683. ENJOY MICHIGANS FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER IN THE COMFORT OF A LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED WHITE CEDAR ADIRONDACK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. GARAGE SALE - Oct. 25 & 26, (10-5) 1705 River Rd. Hastings. Furniture, roll top desk, lots of Barbie items, (dolls, clothes, accessories) snowmobile, home decor (pictures, pots, flowers, etc) girls clothes size 8-12 (like new) condition. Mobile home parts (trim, plumbing items etc) lots of misc. BED- A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver. (616)318-6998. BEDROOM SET - New 6/pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell, $550. Can separate, can deliver. (616)949-6525 Business Services HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 Pets AKC ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL PUPPIES, black/white tri-color, black/white; liver/white tricolor. Both parents on site, ready 11-10-2007. (269)9484307, accepting deposits now. AMERICAN BULL DOGS: Johnson type, bully look. UKC registered, champion bloodline. Dewormed, vaccinated, health guaranteed. Ready to go, $700, (269)6238068. Help Wanted $$$AVON- EARN CASH. No door-to-door. Flexible hours. Free gift. 800-5510172. Ind/Rep. CHEERLEADING COACHING POSITIONS: youth activities organization is looking for responsible energetic individuals with cheerleading experience. Must enjoy working with children and have excellent communication skills. Part time evenings. Call 1-800-940-7469, ext. 204. DRIVERS: Great Benefits & Hometime!! OTR-$.40/mile, Reg-$.42/mile. Plus Stop Pay! CDL-A req. Will Train. 800-387-0088 TURN DRIVER: CDL-A. Consistent Wkly Income. Great Benefits! No-touch. Home every other day. 800998-5005 PREPAID LEGAL SERVICES: Representatives needed, part time, (800)394-6919 tells how, then call Mr. Renwick for an interview, (866)794-PLAN. Community Notices ANTIQUE SHOW: OCTOBER 27th, Barry County Fairgrounds, north of Hastings right on M-37. 60 exhibitors, a great variety. Saturday, 9am-5pm, $3.00 admission. Recreation 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 miles, Chrome, new paint, lowered, new pipes. Must See! $14,500 obo. (616)893-6681 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 For Rent FOR RENT Long Lake-Cloverdale: Lakefront home, 1200sq. ft., 2BD, 1BA, 110ft. of lake frontage, all on all sports Long Lake. $850/month + deposit, (269)623-3708. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. MIDDLEVILLE, 6350 W. Irving Rd. Remodeled 2 bedroom/1 bath house on very large lot with 270ft. of river frontage. Open floor plan with large kitchen, dining room & big bedrooms. Must get inside to appreciate. House includes Whirlpool appliances, Pergo flooring, ceramic tile, newer carpet, new vinyl siding, windows & roof, central air & garage. $155,000. Call for more info. (269)795-5234. PAR 6 BOOT LAKE RIDGE: Wow! 3.8 acres of wooded private acreage in Wayland Township. Land Contract terms possible. $65,000. Last lot available on this secluded street. Deb DeBruyn (616)437-4521 Five Star Real Estate. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Reader are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Real Estate 2014 ISLAND DRIVE: Now is the time to get a great deal on a lake house! 3 bed, 1.5 bath on Gun Lake channel. 2 stall garage, full basement, main floor laundry, fireplace, 4 sliders, huge deck. Reduced to $185,000 or make an offer. Stick built! Deb DeBruyn (616)437-4521 Five Star Real Estate. ALDEN/TORCH LAKE AREA: 5 wooded acres, short drive to Torch Lake and trails, Ideal vacation spot. Paved road, driveway, cleared site, electric. $38,900, $500 down, $440/month, 11% land contract. www.northernlandco.com, Northern Land Company, 1800-968-3118. Farm E.A.R.T.H. = EDUCATED ANIMAL Rescue and Teen Haven is in urgent need of HAY DONATIONS. We will come pick it up, clean out your barn of old hay (Any type of hay that isn’t moldy). E.A.R.T.H. 501(c)3 is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible. PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 SAFE QUIET TRAIL HORSE: Gaits, doesn’t spook. Very healthy, great hooves, easy to load & care for. Would be good for camping or occasional ride, 16yrs. Will consider all offers including trade for firewood. 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The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� 07518020 U.S. Senate Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, 702 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-4822. Carl Levin, Democrat, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-6221. District office: 110 Michigan Ave., Federal Building, Room 134, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 456-2531. Rick Tormela, regional representative. U.S. Congress Vernon Ehlers, Republican, 3rd District (All of Barry County), 1714 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-2203, phone (202) 225-3831, fax (202) 225-5144. District office: Room 166, Federal Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 451-8383. President’s comment line: 1-202-456-1111. Capitol Information line for Congress and the Senate: 1-202-224-3121. Michigan Legislature Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Democrat, P.O. 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Meijer Gardens is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 am-5 pm., Tuesdays 9 am-9 pm and Sundays noon-5 pm. Adult admission is $12, students and seniors $9, children $6, 2 and under free. Meijer Gardens currently has two additional pieces by Rodin in its permanent collection: Eve in the Sculpture Park and The Kiss in the Victorian Conservatory. This is the first time this piece has moved since its placement in 1922. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org or email rjensen@meijergardens.org. Through October 31. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Northern Lights at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8 pm. Ticket prices start at $16.00 per person. Enjoy a classical concert featuring the beautiful music of Arvo Part, Elgar, Sibelius and featuring cellist Nancy Steltmann. For more information call (616) 454-9451. October 26 and 27. • My Name is Rumpelstiltskin will be performed by the Caledonia Community Players at 7 pm in the Dunance Lake Middle School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $4 for all seats. October 27. MISCELLANEOUS • Mike Irwin will perform along with Dean Mink at 8 $10:30 pm at Gary Fields Comedy Club Theatre, 51 W. Columbia Ave., Battle Creek. Tickets are $10. 8 pm shows are smoke free. October 26 & 27. • Oktoberfest Craft and Home Party Show at the Hastings Elks Lodge, 102 S. Woodlawn from 10 am-5 pm. Bake sale and lunch available. October 27. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 317-2197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. • Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins from 6-9 pm weekly May through October at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners. Grounds open free. All vehicles welcome. Show off your “Pride & Joy,” enjoy oldies music, snap a photo in front of the 1930s gas station or authentic 1941 “George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner” – now serving frozen custard and limited menu. Every Wednesday through October. required. $10 per person after 9 pm. October 27. • Binder Park Zoo Boo features lots of merry-not-scary fun for the kids. Through October 30. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE OCTOBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: A guide to the some of the spooks and thrills to be had in the area this weekend: • Halloween Teen Movie Night at the Hastings Public Library from 7-9:15 pm. All 6th-12th grade students welcome. prizes for costumes. Free refreshments. October 26. • Pleasantview Family Church Trunk or Treat from 6:30-8:30 pm in the church parking lot on Lacey Road in Dowling. Up to 50 cars will open their trunks so kids can trick or treat in a safe setting. Evening begins with a puppet shows and features games, cider, prizes, candy and more. October 27. • All Hallows Evening is always the Saturday before Halloween at Historic Charlton Park and features trick or treating in the village and old fashioned fun and games. This year’s event will be held from 3-6 pm. Admission is $3 per person. Saturday Oct. 27. • Halloween Party with Blue Tung Virus at the Olde Towne Tavern on South Jefferson Street in Hastings. Saturday, October 27. • Monster Mash at the Woodland Townhouse includes a costume contest open to all monsters and monsterettes. Saturday, October 27. • Halloween Costume Party will be held at the Walldorff Brewpub & Bistro beginning at 9 pm. Featuring live music from Is You Is. Free munchies and door prizes, drink specials, pumpkin pie eating contest, horror movie trivia and more. $5 cover. Saturday, October 27. • Halloween Bash x 2 at Daisy Mae’s with $250 to best costume and $100 to runner up on two nights. Music by Typo and Vertical Smile. Octover 27 & November 3. • Halloween Costume Contest Monster Ball at Bay Pointe Inn. Win a night’s stay at Bay Pointe by wearing the most creative, scariest or funniest costume. Dinner buffet from 6:30-9 and dessert buffet from 9-midnight. $27 per person plus tax and tip. Reservation 25 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 26 A Murder Mystery Dinner at the W.K. Kellogg Manor House. 27 Allegan Antique Show at the Barry Expo Center. 27 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 27 River Bank Halloween Happening from 4-8 pm in Middleville. Come and visit the booths with goodies and show off your costume. 27 All Hallows Evening from 3-6 pm at Historic Charlton Park. Trick or treat through the village. Costume judging and awards. $3 admission. Children must be with an adult. 27 Annual Chamber Dinner & Las Vegas Night at the Walldorff. Dinner at 5:30 pm. Games (open to the public) at 7:30. $5 admission. 30 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 30 History and Mystery at the MSU Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners. Emerging Diseases in Africa will be discussed by Dr. Pamela Rasmussen. Call for info or reservation. 30 Dinner & Discussion at the W.K. Kellogg Educational Center Auditorium. Hors d oeuvres at 5:30 pm, dinner 6:15 pm. $35 per person. Reservations required. 31 Wednesday Night Cruise-Ins at the Gilmore Car Museum from 6 pm-9 pm. George & Sally’s Blue Moon Diner & museum grounds open. The Gilmore Car Museum is located at 6865 Hickory Rd. in Hickory Corners. Call (269) 671-5089 for more information. Coming in NOVEMBER Crafts 1 Paul Henry Thornapple Trail Closes during hunting season to minimize risk to those using the trail. • Have you ever noticed that men’s garments have buttons on the right side, while women’s clothes have buttons on the left? Considering the fact that 90 percent of all people — men and woman both — are righthanded, it seems strange, doesn’t it? As it turns out, there is a reason for the difference. Buttons were first used in Europe in the 13th century, and at that time, only the wealthy could afford them. Since most men dressed themselves, their buttons were placed on the right; since most women were dressed by their servants, their buttons were placed on the left. • You might think that the inventor of the ubiquitous safety pin might have made a tidy profit. You’d be wrong, though; he sold the patent on the device for a paltry $400. • Before he achieved fame as an actor, Danny DeVito worked as a hairdresser. It’s been reported, though, that he only took the job in order to meet girls. • You hear a lot in the news about recent dry seasons in the American Southwest, and everyone knows that the Sahara Desert is rather lacking in water, but these places seem like oases when compared to the Atacama Desert, located in Chile, on the west coast of South America. It holds the dubious distinction of being the world’s driest place; some parts of this desert haven’t had a single drop of rain in hundreds of years. Perhaps unsurprisingly considering the harshness of this terrain, early versions of the Mars rover were tested there. • It took 200 years to build Italy’s famed Leaning Tower of Pisa, while India’s main tourist attraction, the Taj Mahal, was built in only 22 years. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” — Pericles © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services. First Friday of every month. 3 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 6 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 8 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 10 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. Musicals Car Shows Opera Grand Rapids presents: Carmen at DeVos Performance Hall November 2 and 3. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm. From the depths of the Spanish heat comes a seductress no man can resist: the gypsy, Carmen. Swayed by her charms a young soldier, Don José is swept into her colorful world of dance and excitement. Their affair leads José into the throws of jealousy as blood spills and passions erupt in one of operas most memorable and tragic moments. Music by Georges Bizet, Conducted by Robert Lyall, featuring the Grammy Nominated Grand Rapids Symphony & the Grand Rapids Ballet. For more info call (616) 451-2741 or visit www.operagr.com. Friday Nights at GRAM: Blue Dahlia will perform live music November 2 at the Grand Rapids Art Museum from 5-9 pm. All areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition will be open to guests. Tickets are $4 after 5 pm. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum feature the finest blues and jazz bands playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Gourmet buffet is $10 per person. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Thornapple Arts Council Auction will help raise money for the Arts Council as well as Thornapple Manor. The 13th annual event will take place at Ever After banquet hall Nov. 3 starting at 6 pm. There will be food and music, as well as live and silent auctions on art and various gift packages. A special auction of Steve White photography will see donors bidding on art to hang in the renovated Thornapple Manor while receiving a tax credit and a plaque recognizing their generous donation. There will also be a raffle limited to 300 tickets (cost is $10 each) for a round trip for 2 to Seattle (or any other destination in the contiguous 48 states). Tickets to the banquet and auction are $35 each. Call 945-2002 for more information. Reservations accepted through Oct. 29. Bravo! with Pinchas Zukerman is a special evening honoring Helen DeVos with a lifetime achievement award at 7:30 pm November 7 at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets start at $12. Concert features violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, performing Brahms Double Concerto. Program also includes Alexander Miller's Tribute, Copland's Our Town, and selections from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. For Ella: With Patti Austin Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm at DeVos Performance Hall November 9-11. Tickets start at $11. For Ella is a loving tribute to one of America’s great singers -- Ella Fitzgerald. Grammy-nominated Patti Austin performs a night of standards including Love Is Here To Stay, Satin Doll, A Tisket, A Tasket and more. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Taste of Italy will be presented Friday, Nov. 16 by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra with Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medal winner Benjamin Beilman as features soloist on violin. The program will include “Violin Concerto in D minor” by Sibelius, Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony” as well as Verdi’s “Overture to ‘I Vespri Siciliano’” and “Dance of the Hours” by Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda which was used in Disney’s Fantasia. Concert begins at 8 pm in Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium. A pre-concert lecture, which will present an in-depth look at the music, composers and historical lore behind the night’s performed pieces, will begin at 7 pm and is open to all ticket holders at no additional charge.Tickets are $19-$49 for adults with half price tickets available for students and senior citizens and general admission balcony seatings available for $5 in advance or $7 the day of the show.Call 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and information. This week’s selection: Critic’s Corner Resident Evil: Extinction by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 95 minutes MPAA rating: R First, let’s get this out of the way for the “R.E.” fans out there: “Extinction” isn’t as good as the original, but it’s a ton better than “Apocalypse.” Also: Return of the Zombie Dogs! (Yesss!) Definitely check it out. OK, now that that’s over with, let’s get down to the review for those of you unfamiliar with the movie or video-game series. “Extinction” is the third and supposedly final installment in the series (but the ending does leave open the possibility of a fourth flick). The T-virus, which turns all living things into flesh-eating zombies, has spread globally, with a few tiny pockets of uninfected humanity living a post-apocalyptic “Road Warrior” kind of existence. And, for some reason, all the survivors are excruciatingly beautiful, pouty supermodel-types who have a hard time finding gasoline, but have no trouble stocking up on hair gel. The T-virus is the brainchild of The Umbrella Corporation, which has a few underground research labs around the world. They are feverishly trying to save humanity by trying to create “domesticated” zombies and synthesizing a vaccine from the blood of Alice (Milla Jovovich), who escaped the evil corporation and for years has been battling the zombies single-handedly using her super zombie-fu fighting powers and pouty gaze. Ali Larter (who single-handedly made her story arc in the TV show “Heroes” the most boring moments in television) plays “Claire,” the leader of the uber-hair-gelled Road Bonus selection: 1 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. Fairs Excruciatingly beautiful, pouty supermodel-type Milla Jovovich is once again in search of gasoline and more hair gel in a post-apocalyptic world infested by zombies in the third “Resident Evil” film. Warrior Survivors. Thankfully her Black Hole of Talent doesn’t suck all the excitement out of the film, because there is simply too much awesome zombie-fu going on for her to get enough screen time to weigh the picture down. And speaking of zombie-fu, there are some awesome scenes featuring the return of the Zombie Dogs from the first film and an enormous swarm of zombified crows. If you’re a fan of the films, video games (especially RE-4, which rocks!) or zombie flicks in general, you need to check out “Extinction.” It’s definitely worth the price of admission. GRADE: B© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Michael Clayton Running time: 120 minutes MPAA rating: R When I saw the poster and previews for “Michael Clayton,” I had no idea what this movie was supposed to be about. In fact, it looked kind of dull. But, I’m a fan of George Clooney, so I took a chance. I’m glad I did. “Michael Clayton” is one of the better dramas I’ve seen this year. It’s wellwritten, the performances are great and the direction is top-notch. Clooney stars as Michael Clayton, a “janitor” for a prestigious New York law firm. Whenever a high-profile client gets in trouble, Clayton is called in to clean up the mess by whatever means necessary. Clayton gets a call because another “janitor” in his firm who has been representing a major chemical company has gone crazy and stripped naked during a deposition. It turns out that the chemical company is fighting a class-action lawsuit because it has been selling a farming chemical that it knows causes cancer. The crazy lawyer has in his possession a confidential internal memo confirming this, and if made public, it could destroy the company. Tilda Swinton plays an executive for the chemical company. She doesn’t have faith in Clayton’s firm to adequately represent her company, so she hires a couple “janitors” of her own. Serious men. Men who have no George Clooney stars as a “janitor” a prestigious law firm who cleans up messes in “Michael Clayton.” reservations about taking a life (or lives) if it means their clients get off squeaky clean. “Michael Clayton” was written and directed by Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of the Bourne films. Gilroy knows how to build a taut thriller, and for his first time in the director’s chair he does a great job in keeping the story moving. If you were like me and confused by the film’s marketing of this movie, do yourself a favor and check out “Michael Clayton.” I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how good it is. GRADE: B+ © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 19 Tough conference season ends for Lakewood harriers Friday’s final Capital Area Activities Conference White Division jamboree did not got the way the Viking girls’ team would have liked. Lakewood’s ladies finished sixth in the jamboree, to wind up in fifth place overall in the conference standings. Viking head coach Jim Hassett said the course at Portland Country Club was tough, it may have been a bit too long, and that many of the girls went the wrong way at one point and added close to 100 meters onto their run. “Even so, the boys ran a good race to place second in the jamboree, but finished third overall,” Hassett added. Williamston’s boys and girls avoided all the pitfalls Friday, closing out conference championships by winning jamborees for the third time this season. The Hornet boys’ team had the top five runners as far as league points in the final standings, and had the top five overall on Friday. Lakewood senior Dan Schasser was the first runner not in Williamston’s green and white to cross the finish line. He was sixth in 17 minutes 52.4 seconds. Williamston had the best junior varsity boys’ team in the conference too, but the Hornets will have a hard time dominating in the future the way they did this year. The first four runners to finish the boys’ race were sen- Saxons host league tourney The Saxon varsity volleyball team has one final tune-up before hosting this Saturday’s O-K Gold Conference tournament. Hastings heads to Reeths-Puffer for a cross-over quad this afternoon. Hastings hosted a quad last Thursday, but was able to get only a single match in before teams were sent home because of the weather. Sparta topped the Saxons in four games by the scores of 25-17, 23-25, 25-12, 25-19. “Again, passing is what hurt us this match,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. Kayla Vogel had a good night for Hastings, with ten kills and six aces. Brittany Hickey added nine kills and three aces. Ashley Eerdmans had eight kills and one ace. Jen Ratliff chipped in four kills and an ace. Setter Hannah Wood finished the contest with 27 assists. ior Hornets. Five of Williamston’s top seven Friday were seniors. Dan Nix won Friday, finishing in 17:07.2. Matt Lutzke was second in 17:07.7. Nix still wound up finishing one point behind Lutzke for the top overall individual honors in the league. The Hornets’ Travis Barczak was third in 17:19.8, John Person fourth in 17:25.1, and John Risch fifth in 17:39.9. That meant Williamston finished with just 15 points. Lakewood was second with 75, followed by Lansing Catholic 87, Perry 96, Corunna 99, and Portland 177. Behind Schasser for Lakewood, Billy Quint was 13th in 18:25, Blake Blocher 15th in 18:31, Tucker Seese 17th in 18:37, and Miguel Martinez 24th in 19:16. Schasser earned all-conference honors this season, and Quint, Blocher, Martinez and Seese were all all-conference honorable mention. Jessika Blackport was the Viking girls’ lone all-conference performer, while Ashley Pifer and Brittany Raffler were honorable mention in the league. Lakewood’s girls entered the season hoping for a second or third place finish in the league. Williamston won the jamboree Friday with 33 points. Portland was second with 57 points, and Perry third with 73. Behind those three teams, Corunna finished with 106 points, Lansing Catholic 107, and Lakewood 109. “The girls had another bad day,” Hassett said. Blackport was ninth in 21:25.6. That was her lowest place in a league jamboree this season. Pifer was the next finisher for the Vikings, placing 18th in 22:36. Behind them for Lakewood, Brittany Raffler was 24th in 23:06, Natalie Blackmer 27th in 23:20, and Britnee Barta 31st in 23:48. Perry wound up finishing second to the Hornets in the final league standings. Williamston’s Emma Drenth, Lauran Halm, and Kate Nelson were the top three individual performers over the course of the season in the CAAC-White on the girls’ side, although only Drenth performed at that level Friday. The Hornet sophomore Drenth won the girls’ race in 19:58.1 Corunna’s Danielle Partain was second in 20:11.6, and Portland’s Nikki May third in 20:20.3. Lakewood will be a part of the tough Division 2 regional tournament hosted by Grand Rapids Christian at the Grand Rapids Christian Reform Recreation Center. Division 2 races begin at 2 p.m. Equestrian Club wins district title The Hastings High School Equestrian Club finished its season as the District 19B Champions.The club competed against 16 school districts, including five club teams, in the B division. The Saxons’ final score after three meets was 474 points, beating out the second place team by over 250 points. Team members are (front from left) Karissa Milleson, Breanna Girrbach, Anna Densberger, Coach Libby Teunessen, Autumn Malmquist, (on horse back from left) Terri Dull, Rachael McFarlnd, and Jessica Quillen. Missing from photo are Kayla DesVoignes, grooms Kaitlynn Kensington and Julie Pennepacker, and assistant coach Shannon Teunessen. Area youth show off hunting trophies Lakewood 12-year-old Ken Heifner shot his first dear, a four-point, after out for only 20 minutes on the opening day of the youth hunt. Ryan Irwin got his first buck, a seven-point, during the youth hunt Sept. 22 while out with his step-father in Freeport. by Brett Bremer Saxon strength is going for win instead of avoiding defeat I couldn’t help it. It slipped out. I asked Saxon varsity football coach Fred Rademacher about how he likes to go for it on fourth down and throw in the occasional on-side kick, after the Saxons 34-23 win over Holland Christian. I wasn’t questioning his methods. How could I? The Saxons are going to the play-offs. It’s the first time since I’ve been the sports editor in Hastings. Friday actually was a great day to be a Saxon. I suppose that I understood him testing out some of those kinds of maneuvers when the Saxons were struggling to win. We had an employee here who once called him a “Riverboat Gambler”. I just didn’t know if the Saxons would keep doing the same kinds of things when they were in play-off contention. Lots of teams it seems are trying not to lose harder than they are trying to win. Not this bunch of Saxons. There is an outstanding columnist on the ESPN Page 2 website, Gregg Easterbrook, who writes a weekly “Tuesday Morning Quarterback” column. I recommend it to everyone I talk sports with. One of his big theories is that most of the time NFL coaches are coaching to keep their job rather than coaching to win. He has in-depth research done about how going for it on fourth down, not punting to return men, rushing the ball, etc... will improve teams’ chances of winning. I became a convert a while ago, but hadn’t seen quite enough Saxon football yet to realize that the Saxons are doing many of the things Easterbrook preaches. Sophomore running back Darrell Slaughter averaged 6.5 yards per carry Friday night against the Maroons. A couple other runners were over four yards per carry. Why not go for it on fourth and three near midfield. Slaughter could have been held for half his average rush and still gotten a first down on that type of play. Another one of my favorite Easterbrook ideas is about how when a team has a lead in the second half it would have been better for them to run into the middle for no gain than to throw an incomplete pass. That one really stood out to me at the Caledonia versus East Grand Rapids game a couple of weeks ago. Leading 20-7 in the fourth quarter the Pioneers faced a secondand-21 at their own 42-yard-line. The Pioneers followed with a long pass down the right side that was incomplete and a screen pass that fell incomplete. I wanted to turn around and yell at somebody. What are they doing. The Pioneers punted and Caledonia eventually scored two touchdowns in the final 1 minute 19 seconds and took a 21-20 victory. If East Grand Rapids had rushed on two plays the Scots might not have had time for their miracle comeback. Anyway, congratulations to the Saxons. Keep doing what you’re doing, and keep getting better at it. Don’t be satisfied with making the play-offs. It’s more fun the colder it gets. Matt Turner, a 16-year-old from Nashville, got himself an eight-point buck during the youth hunt Sept. 22. Holley Brooke of Vermontville went out with her brother Ryan on the opening day of the youth hunt and bagged this, her first, buck. Derrick Wilkinson shot his first buck, a six-point, with his 20-gauge during the youth hunt Sept. 23. Wyatt Hall got his first buck, a five-point during the youth hunt Sept. 22, and his cousin Lars Pyrzynski got his second buck, an eight-point, on the same day. �Page 20 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thornapple Kellogg girls return to top of the Gold by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Winning conference championships is nothing new for the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ cross country program, but for the 2007 group it is. South Christian came into the O-K Gold Conference, and for the last three seasons finished at the top. The Trojans won a title four years ago, meaning the championship they won Wednesday at Johnson Park is the first for any of the runners on the team. “It was a great year in the Gold. It was so nice to be back up on top. The kids deserve it,” said Thornapple Kellogg head coach Tammy Benjamin. It wasn’t a great day for the Saxons. Hastings girls placed seventh and the boys’ fourth. There’s a chance it could be the first of many great years upcoming in the Gold for TK. Kylie Schultz is the lone senior among the regular scorers for the Trojans. TK was led by a freshman all season long. Allyson Winchester took the girls’ individual championship with a time of 19:30.4. She’s only been beaten once all season long, and never was in conference action. “Freshman year is supposed to be the easiest year,” Benjamin said. “Allyson is enjoying all of her success like she should. We’re really trying to let her be a freshman. She’s just a very talented kid.” Allyson’s brother, senior Keith Winchester, won the individual boys’ title Wednesday hitting the finish line in 16:52.0. After going 6-0 in the conference duals the Trojan girls won the league championship meet by 14 points over second place Hamilton. TK finished with 56 points and Hamilton 70. South Christian was a close third with 73 points, followed by Forest Hills Northern 87, Wayland 101, Byron Center 125, and Hastings 199. The Trojan pack behind Winchester provided the strength the girls’ team needed to get the job done. Sophomore Kelsey Webster, junior Melanie Truer, and Schultz came in one right after the other in 12th, 13th, and 14th places. Webster finished in 21:26, Truer in 21:28, and Schultz in 21:31. Junior Molly Wilson provided the Trojans’ The Saxon varsity girls’ cross country team breaks out of its box at the start of the O-K Gold Conference championship meet Wednesday afternoon at Johnson Park. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) fifth score, just behind that pack in 16th place with a time of 21:40. Junior Emma Ordway and freshman Jessica Crawford were Thornapple Kellogg’s sixth and seventh runners, placing 23rd and 27th. Crawford would Thornapple Kellogg senior Ethan Fuller placed fifth overall in the boys’ meet at Wednesday’s O-K Gold Conference championship. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) Thornapple Kellogg’s Emma Ordway (center) makes her way along the course among a pack of South Christian Sailors Wednesday at Johnson Park. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) The Saxons’ Dane Schils makes his way around the course at the O-K Gold Conference meet Wednesday afternoon. (Photo by Sandra Ponsetto) have been in the top five for Forest Hills Northern, Wayland, Byron Center, or Hastings. The Saxon girls’ team is also young, without a senior in the top seven. Junior Nicole Frantz paced the Saxon pack with a 33rd place time of 22:27. Lauren Anderson was 37th in 22:59, Alaina Case 40th in 23:20, Leanne Dinges 44th in 24:21, and Jennifer LaJoye 45th in 24:35. While Allyson was the only girl to break 19 minutes, South Christian junior Kelsey Burgess wasn’t far off finishing second in 20:01.4. Forest Hills Northern seniors Lauren Calhoun and Kelcie Daniels were third and fourth in 20:37 and 20:46 respectively. Wayland’s boys matched what the Trojan girls did in the league this season, sweeping through the conference duals then taking the championship Wednesday. The Wildcat boys finished with just 37 points. South Christian was second with 62, followed by Byron Center 90, Hastings 103, Thornapple Kellogg 110, Forest Hills Northern 123, and Hamilton 168. The Trojans’ senior leaders had a fine day, with Winchester taking the individual title and Ethan Fuller placing fifth overall in 17:22.. TK’s Tim Olson was 32nd overall in 19:24, Tim Etter 34th in 19:35, and Matt Williamson 38th in 20:02. Keith beat out South Christian’s Ben Bosch for the title, without too much trouble. Bosch was second in 17:03. Wayland’s Eddie Seymour was third in 17:04, and Byron Center’s David VandeBunte fourth in 17:13. Wayland’s top five runners all finished in the top ten. Neal White was seventh, Chase Burgess eighth, Paul Prescott ninth, and Rafael Nelson tenth. The other runner in the top ten was Hastings’ Ryan Bosma, who placed sixth in 17:25. Bosma was followed by teammates Troy Dailey (14th in 18:01), Dane Schils (19th, 18:33), Travis Moore (31st, 19:18), and Kevin Armstrong (33rd, 19:24). Both conference championship teams will be part of the Division 2 regional race hosted by Grand Rapids Christian Saturday (Oct. 27). “All we can do is smile and run hard,” said Benjamin. Division 2 is broken up into nine different regional meets, which will take place around the state next weekend. Three of the top ten ranked teams in the state on the boys’ side and three from the girls’ side will be a part of the regional that includes the Trojans, which isn’t all that different from years past. Those three top ranked teams on the girls’ side don’t even included the Trojans. The three are Forest Hills Eastern, Grand Rapids Christian, and East Grand Rapids. The boys’ side features top teams from Wayland, Caledonia, Forest Hills Eastern, as well as Grand Rapids Christian. Division 2’s top team takes district Thornapple Kellogg’s Jorge Lopez (right) leaps in front of a clearing attempt by the Crusaders’ Scott VanWylen in the second half of Saturday’s district championship contest at Caledonia. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org A A H A FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26: 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football A Playoff Game at Gull Lake, Richland SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: 2:00 pm Boys Varsity Cross Co. Regionals at Chr. Ref. Rec. Ctr. 2:00 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. Regionals at Chr. Ref. Rec. Ctr. 3:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Conference Finals A A A WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31: 3:30 pm Girls Basketball Mtg. w/coaches CERC A/B 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball Duncan Lake Middle H H H H THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1: 4:30 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Districts at Lakewood A 6:00 pm Soccer Awards Banquet - HHS Cafeteria 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Conference Meet at A Byron Center Times and dates subject to change. A Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: H 2008 Hastings Athletic Booster’s Extravaganza! Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at Ramada Inn in Montpelier, Ohio MONDAY, OCTOBER 29: 4:00 pm Boys Varsity Cross Co. Barry County Meet A at T-K 4:00 pm Girls Varsity Cross Co. Barry County Meet at A T-K HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule Many prizes including a grand prize of $7,000! Your $100 ticket includes entrance to the raffle, dinner, and beverages during the event ($70 is tax deductible). Discount hotel rooms are available. Tickets are limited so call soon!! 948-4679 or 948-0506. 775177077 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25: 4:00 pm Boys Middle Cross Co. Holland Christian Middle School 4:00 pm Girls Middle Cross Co. Holland Christian Middle School 5:00 pm Girls JV Volleyball Crossover w/White 5:00 pm Girls Fresh. Volleyball Crossover w/Blue 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Hamilton HS 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Crossover w/Green by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Unity Christian’s final two district opponents held the Crusaders in check for a while, but in the end the number one ranked team in the state in Division 2 was too talented to be denied. The Crusaders topped Thornapple Kellogg 5-1 in Caledonia on Saturday to earn the district championship, and the right to move on in the state tournament. Robby Schrier chased down a chip shot over the Trojan defense and put it by Thornapple Kellogg keeper Imants Gerrits with 15:17 to play in the first half. It wasn’t the first one that really hurt though. It was the second one. Thornapple Kellogg’s defense, led by Jorge Lopez, Matt Bouchard and Curtis Bouchard, and Joshua Thaler held the Crusaders off the scoreboard for the remainder of the first half. In the first few minutes of the second half, a punt from Gerrits was lined low right to the feet of the Crusaders’ Zach Willis. It didn’t take him more than a moment to float a shot over Gerrits head and into the Trojan net for a 2-0 advantage. After a goal by Nate Nienhuis with just over 15 minutes to play the Trojans got on the scoreboard as Matt Bouchard sent a pass over the Unity Christian defense that Sven Welz chased down and carried inside the 18 before putting it past the Crusader net minder. Unity quickly tacked on another pair of goals, one by Nienhuis and one by Scott VanWylen, to create the final margin. Things happened much the same way in the Crusaders’ semifinal win over Caledonia, as the Scots kept the Crusaders off the scoreboard for more than 34 minutes to start the game only to see Nienhuis add two quick tallies before the break in a 5-0 win. The Trojans were supposed to play their semifinal after that game on Thursday afternoon, but the storms that moved through the area forced the Trojans semifinal with Byron Center to be moved to Friday evening. The Trojans scored a 4-0 victory in the contest, scoring all four of their goals in the second half against the Bulldogs. Welz, a senior, played a part in all of them. He scored the Trojans’ first and last goals of the game and assisted teammates Matt Bouchard and Luke Bremer on the other two. After outshooting the Bulldogs just 7-4 in the opening half, the Trojans pushed those numbers to 11-2 after the break. Sophomore Max Kiel made three saves to earn the shut out in net for TK. Thornapple Kellogg’s Sven Welz (left) races ahead of Unity Christian’s Derek Stuyvesant, on his way to scoring the Trojans’ lone goal in the district championship game at Caledonia on Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 21 DK spikers finally come out on top in tight matches by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Panthers looked like a different team and Hamilton looked like the Panthers at the Delton Kellogg Quad Tuesday night. Delton Kellogg’s varsity volleyball team scored a 3-0 record on the night, to improve to 23-20 on the season, with 2-1 wins over White Pigeon and Harper Creek and a 2-0 victory over Hamilton. Panther head coach Jack Magelssen saw a mirror image of his team across the net in the final match of the night, against the The Panthers’ Katie Searles rises to try and get an attack over a Harper Creek blocker in Delton’s 2-1 victory Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hawkeyes. Hamilton struggled to get into its system, moving the ball from the defense, to the setter, and up to the hitters. Delton won the two games 25-19, 25-13. During a stretch of 13 straight attempts from the middle of game one to the middle of game two, the Hawkeyes failed to win a single point on their serve. “If we can keep them out of system, and push their passers around, directing the ball away from their setter we can handle their outsides,” was what Magelssen thought to Delton Kellogg freshman Taylor Blacken spins around to pass the ball during her team’s win over Harper Creek Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) himself before the match with Hamilton. It turned out that the Panthers just needed to get the ball back to the Hawkeyes and watch them make mistakes. There were some positives for Delton, other than the wins. They managed the victories with a couple key players out of the lineup. Senior defensive specialist Kelsie Smith moved into an outside hitter role and performed admirably. Magelssen said that senior middle Chelsea VanderWoude had one of her best matches in a long time. DK setter Terin Norris had four kills and eight assists against the Hawkeyes. DK’s Hannah Williams also had a good final match against Hamilton, putting down five kills. “For us, just winning is good,” Magelssen said. “It doesn’t make much difference how we do it, except to me.” Delton Kellogg won its first match against White Pigeon, 22-25, 25-23, 15-10. The Panthers then took match number two against Harper Creek, 20-25, 25-18, 15-9. Those kind of come from behind victories have been few and far between for the Panthers this season. In 25 decisive games this season, Delton has won just four. In the Kalamazoo Valley Association this year the Panthers went five games in three duals and lost all five. That made Tuesday somewhat encouraging as the Panthers prepare for the Class B district tournament at Lakewood next week. Delton faces Maple Valley in the opening round Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Panthers have one final tune-up before that, Saturday at the Grand Blanc tournament. Delton Kellogg downed the Maple Valley Lions in both KVA meetings this season, the final one was last Saturday in Olivet at the league tournament. That was one of the other tight wins for the Panthers, as they won by the scores of 9-25, 25-16, 15-8. That left Delton Kellogg in fifth place Saturday, and sixth overall in the final conference standings. Hackett Catholic Central beat Delton in five games to start the day. Delton then responded to take a 25-19, 25-16 victory against Parchment. Delton Kellogg’s Kelsie Smith races underneath a Harper Creek serve as teammates Hannah Williams (left) and Katie Marshall (right) back her up on the play Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon junior varsity ends campaign 9-0 The Hastings junior varsity football team finished its season last Friday night with a 34-26 win over visiting Holland Christian. The Saxons finished with a perfect 9 - 0 record. Holland Christian got on the board first after a Saxon turnover, to lead 6-0. That was only the second time all season that the Hastings junior varsity team had been behind in a game. The Saxons then scored on the following possesion on a 14-play, 78-yard drive capped by a Jacob Stockham TD and a Matt Schild PAT to put the Saxons ahead 7-6. Stockham and Chase Delcotto scored in the second quarter to push the Saxon lead to 21-6 at half time. The Maroons pulled to 21-12 before Jason Eckley found the end zone in the third quarter and Gabe Sutherland returned his third interception for a touchdown this season to push the score to 34-12. The Saxon defense was led by Zack Jarman, Brandon Bower and Kyle Griffith who put relentless pressure on the Holland Christian quarterback to hold on for the win. Something’s gotta give, Blue Devil D or Saxon O by Brett Bremer Sports Editor “Never been better. Never been better.” That’s what Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher said on his way to the locker room when asked about the icy bath he received near the conclusion of his team’s 3423 victory over the Holland Christian Maroons Friday night, which was the sixth victory of the season for the Saxons. From 2002-2006 the Saxon varsity football team accumulated six wins. The number of wins a football team needs to have in a single season to guarantee itself a spot in the state play-offs. That after reaching the post-season in 2001. The Saxons are back, and looking to start a post-season run when they take the field at Gull Lake Friday night. Game time is set for 7 p.m. between the Saxons and the host Blue Devils. Gull Lake finished off the season with an 81 record, as champions in the Wolverine “B” Conference. This is the first non-conference game of the season for the Blue Devils, who are part of a ten-team league. The Blue Devils’ lone loss came in week four, 9-7 at the hands of a Three Rivers team which is going through a rebuilding phase this season. While the Saxons likely picked up their biggest win of the season on Friday night, Gull Lake’s most important victory so far was a 29-7 triumph over South Haven in week three. The Blue Devils and Rams both ended the regular season at 8-1. The Blue Devil defense has been dominant this season, allowing just over eight points per game. The Saxon offense has averaged over 27 points per game this season. The Gull Lake offense is led by sophomore quarterback Taylor Schultz. He did it all on both sides of the ball, he also plays defensive back, for Gull Lake last week in a win over Allegan. He threw three touchdown passes, Trojans face league leading Hamilton swimmers tonight Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ varsity girls’ swimming and diving team had a 35 points lead, 79-44 over Wayland when last Thursday’s meet in the CERC pool was brought to a halt because of the storms that passed through the area. The Trojans have one big dual ahead of them before the end of the regular season. They host Hamilton tonight. Byron Center and Hamilton had their battle for the league lead Tuesday night, and the Hawkeyes came out on top 109-77. Byron Center is the team that handed the Trojans their lone loss of the season so far. The Trojans won seven of the eight events that were completed last Thursday to score their eighth victory in nine duals this season. It was as though they knew the storm was coming and they had to get off to a fast start. The Trojans 200-yard medley relay team of Audrey Hoag, Emily Mattoon, Natalie VanDenack, and Mindy Warner got the night started with a victory, finishing their race in 2 minutes 2.36 seconds. VanDenack followed that up with a win in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:07.22. She was less than half a second ahead of the Wildcats’ Shanda Edsall in that race. Wayland then scored its lone victory in the 200-yard individual medley, where Caitlyn Batjes finished in 2:32.39. Trojans took the next three places in the event though, with Hoag second, Katie Romanak third, and Mandy Buehler fourth. VanDenack and Warner both had two victories in individual events for TK-Hastings on the night. VanDenack also won the 100-yard freestyle in 57.79 seconds. Warner took the shortest event and the longest event. She won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.42 and the 500- yard freestyle in 5:43.00. Alecia Strumberger won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:11.76 for TK-Hastings. All three scorers in the diving competition were Trojans. Kelly Frame won the event with 177.10 points. Courtney DeWent was second and Tracy Hodges third. ran for a score, and also intercepted three passes. In the other half of the district tournament, Harper Creek heads to Lansing Sexton Friday night. Both teams ended the regular season with 6-3 records. The season is done for Delton Kellogg, Lakewood, Maple Valley, and Thornapple Kellogg. The conferences those teams represent are going strong in the postseason though. Hastings is joined in the play-offs by fellow O-K Gold Conference members Wayland and South Christian. Wayland hosts StevensvilleLakeshore in a division 3 pre-district Friday. South Christian travels to Holland Christian in Division 4. From the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division, Lansing Catholic visits Alma in Division 4, Williamston hosts Belding in Division 4, and Portland hosts Allendale in Division 5. The Kalamazoo Valley Association’s top two teams will host play-off games Friday. Pennfield is home against Buchanan in Division 5, and Kalamazoo Christian hosts Union City in Division 6 action. Current Records Delton Hastings Lakewood Maple Valley Middleville 4-5 6-3 3-6 2-7 1-8 Here’s a round-up of last Friday’s local gridiron action. It takes Delton four days to play two district soccer games The Panthers should have saved a couple goals. Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ soccer team routed its Kalamazoo Valley Association rivals from Pennfield 7-3 to open last week’s Division 3 district tournament, but then were downed by the district hosts from Williamston Friday night 2-0. Things didn’t go smoothly for the Panthers for the most part. They were supposed to open district play Oct. 16 against Pennfield. That game was moved to Oct. 17. Delton was then scheduled to play the following night against Williamston in the semifinals. That game started on Thursday, then finished off on Friday. Peter Schall had one goal Thursday for the Williamston Hornets and one more on Friday, to earn his team a spot in the district finals. Delton Kellogg managed just six shots on goal against the Hornet defense, and keeper James Clark turned them all away to end the Panthers’ season with a record of 12-6-1. Delton fired three times that many shots at the Pennfield net Thursday, on the way to a 73 victory. Dan Ordway had four goals to lead Delton Kellogg. Joaquim Barros, David Roberts and Joe Koopman also found the net for the host Panthers. Roberts chipped in a pair of assists as well. Pennfield actually led 2-1 in the opening half, until Ordway started finding the back of the net. The green and gold Panthers got goals from Adam Palmgren and Ryan Stemplewski in the first half to take the lead. Palmgren added a second goal with five minutes left in the game, to pull his team to within 6-3. Ordway answered the first two Pennfield goals with two of his own before the half. Roberts opened the scoring in the second half for Delton Kellogg by dribbling through the right side of the Pennfield defense and blasting a hard shot, then Ordway scored two more times to give his team a comfortable lead. Goalkeeper Scott Hoekstra made six saves in net for Delton. Pennfield’s Cam Bortell stopped 11 Delton shots. Hastings 34, Holland Christian 23 Hastings varsity football coach Fred Rademacher had a blueprint in mind when he took over the Saxon program, and its construction reached a milestone Friday as Hastings qualified for the state play-offs for the first time since 2001. After the program won just two games from 2002-2005, it reached four wins a season ago. With Friday night’s 34-23 victory over Holland Christian the Saxons earned their sixth victory of this season. “The kids bought into everything and they’ve been awesome,” said Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher, not long after getting a cold bath on the sideline before his quarterback kneeled down to run the final seconds off the clock. “They were in the weight room in the offseason. They work hard in practice.” The Saxons head to Gull Lake this Friday to take on the 8-1 Blue Devils in a Division 3 pre-district contest. Sophomore running back Darrell Slaughter rushed 26 times for 169 yards and two touchdowns, and junior back Luke Mansfield added 100 yards on the ground and two more scores in the triumph over the Maroons. “We kind of approached this week as if it was a play-off week because we knew if we won we’d be playing more football,” Rademacher said. “Now it’s the real thing though, and we’re ready.” See FOOTBALL, next page Celebrate the SAXON SPIRIT with a PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, the Freshman, J.V. and Varsity Coaches are sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Gull Lake, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! 77517164 �Page 22 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner FOOTBALL, continued from previous page Hastings’ Luke Mansfield finds room to run through the middle of the line Friday night. He rushed for 100 yards on the night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) AG-FIL3x101025HB-4c 01549437 The two offenses dominated the early part of the game, with the Saxons running the Wing-T formation Rademacher learned in years at East Kentwood and the Maroons running their spread offense out of the shotgun for most of the evening. Hastings rushed for 349 yards as a team. Holland Christian passed for 274 yards. All five possessions in the first half ended in scores, and the two teams were knotted at 15 going into the locker room. Hastings took the lead for good on a 49yard touchdown run by Slaughter with 10:37 to play in the fourth quarter. Slaughter also scored on a five-yard run early in the fourth. Quarterback Brad Hayden finally iced the victory with a 12-yard scoring run with 1:41 left to play. The Saxon defense came up huge in the second half. The Maroons were stopped three-and-out on their first possession, and trotted a punter out onto the field for the first time. Saxon junior Marcus Chase busted through the line and blocked the punt. It was picked up by senior Casey Goodenough at the four-yard-line. That set up Slaughter’s first TD run, and put his team up 22-15 following Trent Brisboe’s extra-point kick. The Saxons followed with an on-side kick attempt, but Holland Christian took over with the ball at midfield. Seven plays later the Maroons had a first-and-goal at the Saxon ten. On fourth down from the one-yard-line Maroon quarterback A.J. Westendorp ran an option play to the right and was wrapped up by Chase before he flung a pass incomplete into the end zone. “We’re pretty aggressive about that kind of 77517162 stuff,” Rademacher said. “I’ve got faith, if we need one yard (on fourth down) we’re going to get it. I have faith, if we kick an onside kick and don’t get it our defense will make the plays.” Westendorp completed a 36-yard touchdown pass to Phil Bell less than a minute into the fourth quarter, then connected with Eric Slenk on a two-point pass to put his team in front 23-22. Westendorp completed 19-of-35 pass attempts on the night for 274 yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions. Slaughter and Scott Wilson picked off passes for Hastings. Slaughter covered 66 yards on two carries on the ensuing Saxon drive to put his team back in front. “We felt we’d be able to run it on them,” Rademacher said. It was a 32-yard run by Mansfield that got the Saxons on the scoreboard first in the opening quarter, but the extra-point try was no good. Holland Christian answered with a 17-yard TD pass from Westendorp to Elias Kos. The Saxons then marched 77 yards on 18 plays, pulling ahead 12-7 on a four-yard run by Mansfield. Hastings converted on three fourth downs on the drive. Matt Hochhalter scored on a five-yard run with 4:04 left in the second quarter, and Westendorp tacked on a two-point pass to Slenk for a 15-12 Maroon lead. The first drive of the first half that didn’t end in a touchdown was the final one. Brisboe hit a 25-yard field goal attempt as the clock expired to send the game into the second half knotted at 15-15. Delton 41, Hackett Catholic Central 15 Delton Kellogg senior Steven Scoby needed 192 yards rushing Friday night against Hackett Catholic Central to get to 1,000 yards total for the third consecutive season. Scoby blew past that mark early in the contest, finishing with 22 carries for 337 yards. He added five touchdowns and three extrapoint kicks in Delton Kellogg’s 41-15 victory. “They couldn’t stop the inside trap,” Delton Kellogg head coach Vic Haas said of the Hackett Catholic Central defenders. Scoby carrying the ball wasn’t the only key to the trap for the Panthers. The middle of the offensive line, Brennan Smith, Octavio Romero, and Chase Mills were outstanding all night long. Scoby wasn’t touched on his first carry of the ball game, and maneuvered 85 yards for a touchdown. “They just never were able to adjust to it,” Haas said. Scoby’s 85-yard TD run was Delton Kellogg’s only offensive play of the entire first quarter. Hackett drove the length of the field to the Delton Kellogg 15-yard-line on the opening possession before losing a fumble to the Panthers. When the Fighting Irish got the ball back after Scoby’s long run they marched down the field again, finally scoring on the final play of the quarter as Taylor Braman connected with Cody Morton on a Eagle linebacker Eric Critchlow (54) looks to tackle the Lions’ quarterback Deven Meade (10) Friday night during the Olivet-Maple Valley season finale. (Photo by Art Frith) four-yard scoring pass to tie the game at 7-7. Delton Kellogg’s defense stiffened after that, but Hackett’s didn’t. As a team Delton rushed for 446 yards on the night, finishing with 502 yards of total offense. Hackett had 246 yards on the ground and 30 more through the air. Scoby added a 35-yard TD run in the second quarter, a one-yard scoring run in the third quarter, and 20-yard and 18-yard TD runs in the fourth to put his team ahead 34-7. He even outshined Irish star running back Jezrel White, who ended the night with 139 yards on 33 carries. White added Hackett’s final TD on a 40-yard run in the fourth quarter, and a two-point conversion pass followed. “We kind of played the same defense we played against Galesburg,” said Haas, “and took away his running lanes a little bit.” Smith had a big night on defense as well as up front on offense. He finished with 20 tackles and a sack. Tony Reeves came up big from his defensive end position, adding 15 tackles. Defensive tackle Mitch Duquesnel had 11 tackles for DK. Martell Epperson added Delton Kellogg’s final touchdown on a six-yard run late in the fourth quarter. “It was just a great all around effort by the kids,” Haas said. “The first time where they really stepped up on both sides of the ball.” Lakewood 36, Ionia 24 Lakewood’s Justin Keller (12) tries to set a block for teammate Calvin Hoppes (88) as he returns a fumble in the first half of the Vikings’ victory over Ionia Friday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) A week ago a snap on a punt got away from the Vikings, costing them a safety and two points. It happened again Friday night in the fourth quarter against Ionia. The two points from the safety pulled Ionia to within six points of the host Vikings. Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch turned to the guys on his bench and said, “Hey, we’re all right.” They all shook their heads in agreement. Korey Smith put the cap on a 36-24 Lakewood victory Friday night, racing 40 yards to the end zone with 20 seconds left against the rival Bulldogs. “It’s tough in the last game, when you’re not in play-off contention,” Veitch said. “They showed a lot tonight. They did not want to go down. That was the key.” Smith’s six points were the first points in more than a quarter for the Vikings. Senior quarterback Jesse Martin finished a 14-yard run in the end zone to put Lakewood up 30-15 late in the third. It was Martin’s second rushing touchdown of the night. He scored on a two-yard run with 5:06 left in the opening quarter. He also tossed a nine-yard TD pass to teammate Justin Walters with 9:54 to play in the second quarter. In his final game for Lakewood, Martin rushed 23 times for 134 yards, and completed 5-of-6 pass attempts for 67 more yards. Those two first half scores put Lakewood up 14-7, after senior Levi Phelps followed each with an extra-point kick. Ionia had jumped on the board first with a 41-yard scoring run by CJ Markwart. “We lost four games that were tight ball games that we could have won, but we didn’t,” Veitch said. “This was just one we needed to have to finish our seniors off. This wasn’t the season we planned on.” Another senior, Peter Wernet, pushed the Vikings in front 21-7 with a 12-yard scoring run with four minuets left before the half. The final minutes of the first half were filled with excitement. Ionia answered Wernet’s TD with a drive that ended in a fouryard scoring run by Mitch Chubb. A twopoint conversion made it 21-15 in favor of the Vikes. Then with just six second left in the second quarter, Phelps booted a 27-yard field goal to put his team back up by two scores. Ionia battled back in the beginning of the fourth quarter. Markwart scored on a sevenyard run two minutes into the final period to cut Lakewood’s lead to 30-22, then the safety made things even tighter. Lakewood held on in the end though. Kurtis Powell had a big night out of the backfield for Lakewood. He rushed 13 times for 61 yards. Justin Keller carried the ball eight times for 56 yards, and Wernet contributed six carries for 46 yards. Keller also had three receptions for 45 yards. “We ran the ball well and some of the fakes you always like to see, all of them right down the line were doing things correctly as far as in the backfield,” Veitch said. Logan Lake paced the Viking defense with 11 tackles. Keller and Cody Orszula had ten each. Lakewood linebacker Calvin Hoppes made a play that will go down as a forced fumble and a recovery, but really he just ripped the ball out of the arms of an Ionia back and started running the other way with it. The Ionia backs did manage to have a decent night, but they didn’t have any help from the passing game. All 225 yards of offense for Ionia came on the ground. Joe Wharry rushed ten times for 74 yards. Chubb carried it 11 times for 68 yards, and Markwart 15 times for 58 yards. Lakewood finishes the season with a record of 3-6. The Vikings did manage to take their traveling trophy from the Bulldogs for the 19th time in the last 31 tries, and also got to see their seniors sing the school fight song to the home fans one last time. “We start tomorrow,” Veitch said, thinking about the 2008 campaign already. See FOOTBALL, next page �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — Page 23 FOOTBALL, continued from previous page Maple Valley 10, Olivet 6 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer With nothing left to play for but pride, the Maple Valley Lions came up big in that department Friday, putting together an awesome defensive display to defeat their long time rival Olivet 10-6 in the final game of the season for both squads. “I thought our defense really stepped up,” said Maple Valley Coach Guenther Mittelstaedt, “but for this one game we put it all together. Our offense, defense and special teams all deserve credit.” But the defense, led by Nicholas Thurlby and Chris Loveall, should receive the game ball for this one. Thurlby kept Olivet’s top running back, Richard Halstead, at bay most of the night all by himself and when he needed help it was there, led by Loveall. Halstead finished with 65 yards on 18 carries but on crucial third downs, he could not seem to slip the grasp of Thurlby. He broke free for only one run of any significant distance, a 12 yard first down in the fourth quarter. He was stopped for no gain on two crucial downs, both in the first half, and Thurlby was in on both key tackles. Maple Valley was led by junior halfback Jeff Burd who finished with 45 yards on 12 carries. Late in the game Burd came up with two big first downs on sweeps around the left end during a drive that propelled the Lions to the game’s final score and the difference in the ballgame. “Our two offensive tackles, Donnie Jensen and Chris Loveall, did a great job on that drive,” Mittelstaedt said. “They threw the key blocks that gave Jeff the little opening he needed and he was quick enough to respond.” Maple Valley finished the night with 156 punched it in from a yard out. But the Lions roared back, going 65 yards in a 16 play drive that was reminiscent of the Lions of old when controlling the line of scrimmage was what they were best at. Anthony Corwin put the finishing touches on the drive with a three yard touchdown with 8:17 left in the game. Burd ran in the two point conversion and then it became a game of field position and time the rest of the way. Maple Valley played well enough to control both. The victory gives Maple Valley a 2-7 record for the season, while Olivet finishes up 4-5. But like a Michigan victory over Ohio State or a Michigan State victory over Michigan, when two rivals compete, victory can change the taste of an overall losing season, and Maple Valley beating Olivet ranks up with the best rivalries in the state. “They are a very good team,” Mittelstaedt said, “and anytime we can beat them it gives our season a boost. And the fact that it was the final game of the year, allows us to go out with our heads up.” Hamilton 34, Thornapple Kellogg 15 The Hawkeyes never let the Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team’s offense take off on Friday night in the regular season finale. Hamilton handed TK its eighth defeat of the season, 34-15. Senior Andrew Gilbert was the Trojans’ leading rusher, and he gained 42 of his 47 yards on one big carry that set up Thornapple Kellogg’s first touchdown of the night. Hamilton already had a 13-0 lead at that point. Gilbert’s big run put the Trojans into scor- The Saxons’ Tom McKinney (left) and Josh Jevicks (right) smother Maroon wide receiver Eric Slenk as he hauls in a pass during Hastings’ 34-23 victory Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ing position, then quarterback Paul Betcher tightened up on a four-yard scoring run. Kyle Bobolts followed with the extra-point kick that pulled TK within six points. In the second half Hamilton quickly put the game out of reach with a pair of touchdowns that made the score 28-7. The Trojans tacked on a touchdown in the fourth quarter on a blocked punt. Senior Nate Jazwinski knocked it down, and junior Steve Crawford recovered it in the end zone for the TD. Betcher then completed a two-point pass to junior tight end James Tobin for TK’s final points of the season. For the night Betcher completed 4-of-9 pass attempts for 42 yards on the night. The TK rushing attack managed just 129 yards on 41 carries. Hamilton ends the season with an overall record of 5-4, placing third in the O-K Gold Conference behind the league champs from Wayland and the runners-up from South Christian. Wayland closed out its conference championship season with a 33-21 victory over Byron Center Friday night. South Christian topped Forest Hills Northern 37-0 Friday. Both Wayland and South Christian are headed to the play-offs along with a third team from the Gold, Hastings. 77516807 Your Medicare Advantage Plan Should Give You… Trust. Security. Peace of Mind. The Lions’ Jeff Burd prepares to take on an oncoming Eagle during Maple Valley’s victory Friday night against visiting Olivet. (Photo by Art Frith) yards on the ground but 74 of them came in the fourth quarter when the Lions were able to control the ball and the clock down the stretch. Mittelstaedt also praised his punter, John Snyder. I thought we got some very good kicks at key times throughout the game,” Mittelstaedt said. “He kept them from getting good field position most of the night.” The kicking game proved key, as the first half ended with the Lions holding on to a slim 2-0 lead after Olivet failed to get a punt off deep in their own territory. With the ball on their own 10 yard line, facing a fourth down and seven situation, the ball sailed past punter Zach Campbell and out of the end zone. Olivet scored its only points of the night in the third quarter when Kevin Boehmer Get that and more with a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Medicare Advantage plan. Medicare Plus Blue • Low premiums • Nationwide coverage • Comprehensive benefits • Generics in the coverage gap Prescription Blue • Zero-deductible plan available Choose the company you’ve known for years — the nonprofit that’s been here since 1939. Call now for more information, 1-800-485-4415, (TTY 1-800-481-8704), 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. 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Providers can find the plan’s terms and conditions on our website at bcbsm.com/ma. �Page 24 — Thursday, October 25, 2007 — The Hastings Banner HANG THIS POSTER IN YOUR WINDOW! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SAXONS! HASTINGS SAXONS MAKE STATE PLAY-OFFS! Attend the Division 3 Pre-District Game Friday night at 7:00 pm at Richland High School on M-89 where the Saxons take on the Gull Lake Blue Devils BRIAN’S TIRE & SERVICE DEWEY’S AUTO BODY & AUTO SALES 312 E. Court, Hastings PERFORMANCE PLUS QUICK LUBE 948-8558 COLEMAN AGENCY 945-4915 945-3495 945-3412 430 W. State St, Hastings 945-9549 AFFORDABLE ASPHALT 948-2061 MacLEOD CHIROPRACTIC PRECISION AUTO BODY REPAIR NEIL / MEREDITH AGENCY 948-3170 819 E. Railroad St. Hastings UNION BANK HASTINGS 948-9472 Lake Odessa • Freeport • Dimondale Mulliken • Pewamo • Westphalia STATE FARM INSURANCE KING’S ELECTRONICS & APPLIANCES STATE FARM INSURANCE PROGRESSIVE GRAPHICS 945-4284 948-8001 945-9249 WELTON’S HEATING & COOLING AT HOME REAL ESTATE GIRRBACH FUNERAL HOME 235 S. Jefferson, Hastings Tal Gearhart Agency 825 S, Hanover St, Hastings 948-1284 TRADEMARK REALTY, INC. 1975 Ole Cutters Pass, Hastings 945-0514 1111 W. Green, Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY Full Service Independent Pharmacy 118 S. Jefferson, Hastings 327 W. Apple St. Hastings 130 W. State, Hastings 135 E. State St, Hastings 115 S.Jefferson St, Hastings 945-4520 GEE & LONGSTREET LLP Attorneys at Law 607 N. Broadway, Hastings 945-3495 PRIORITY COLLISION 412 Haynes Loop, Hastings (behind Daval’s) 945-5352 945-3550 328 S. Broadway, Hastings 945-3252 269-945-7777 HASTINGS CITY BANK GOLE DENTAL GROUP 1009 W. Green St, Hastings “Safe & Sound Since 1886” 150 W. Court St, Hastings Dr. Daniel Gole ~ Dr. Jason D. Gole Dr. Philip D. Gole ALLSTATE TOM SALINGUE AGENCY CREEKSIDE PROFESSIONAL CENTER 945-1749 121 W. Woodlawn, Hastings 136 E. State St, Hastings 1761 W. M-37 Hwy, Hastings 945-2401 948-2244 945-4030 945-3888 www.TradeMarkRealty.com WHITE’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 131 W. State St, Hastings 945-3967 BROWN’S CARPET ONE & CUSTOM INTERIORS 221 N. Industrial Park, Hastings 401 N. Broadway, Hastings Paul Peterson 1215 N. Broadway, Hastings Farm Bureau Insurance 333 W. State St, Hastings MILLER REAL ESTATE 149 W. State St, Hastings 945-5182 WBCH “World’s Best Country” HASTINGS NAPA BUCKLAND AGENCY Delton 623-5115 Hastings 948-3720 122 N. Jefferson Rd. Hastings 948-9696 KEVIN’S DRAPERIS & FINE FURNITURE HODGES JEWELRY BARRY COUNTY LUMBER 122 W. State St, Hastings 225 N. Industrial Park, Hastings 945-2963 945-3431 620 tanner Lake Rd. Hastings TERRY McKINNEY POURED WALLS 945-2554 945-2479 100.1 FM Hastings KCC FEHSENFELD CENTER THE HASTINGS BANNER J-AD GRAPHICS 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. 1351 N. M-43 Hwy, Hastings 1351 N. M-43 Hwy, Hastings 948-9500 945-9554 945-9554 945-4177 THIS SPECIAL POSTER AND MESSAGE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THESE FINE BUSINESSES � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-11-01.pdf 6f10b2fab0e40f236021ddf06c9e1ef2 PDF Text Text Barry County Chamber presents awards Charlton Park deserves our support Saxons football earns first play-off win See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 21 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 44 NEWS BRIEFS Set clocks, change batteries for DST Don’t forget to set clocks back one hour Saturday night for the start of daylight-saving time. The official time change will take place at 2 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 4. As a safety measure, residents should also take this time to replace batteries in smoke alarms or install smoke alarms, if necessary. HHS seniors sponsor dance Parents of Hastings High School seniors, together with the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, are sponsoring a harvest dance for adults only Friday, Nov. 2. Tickets are $30 each and will include an appetizer buffet. A cash bar also will be available. The dance will be held in the upstairs ballroom at the Walldorff from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event is open to all parents and members of the community who would like to enjoy a night out and help the seniors safely celebrate their upcoming graduation. Tickets can be purchased at the Walldorff or at the student window at Hastings High School office. Tickets and information also are available by calling Jennifer Miller at (269) 948-2818. Elvis tribute artist returning to town The local American Legion post will again host an entertainer said to be the “world’s best Elvis impersonator” Saturday, Nov. 3, in Hastings. Doug Church will put on the concert at Central School Auditorium at 7 p.m. This fundraising event is being sponsored by the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post 45 in Hastings. Tickets are $10 each and will be available the night of the show. Half of the money raised will go to Post activities to help area veterans and half will go to local scout troops and to Operation Military Kids, which supports families of servicemen and women who have been called to active duty. For more information and tickets, call Bob May at (269) 945-2468. BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 County to ‘close the village’ if millage fails by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County voters will have the opportunity to decide the future of Charlton Park at the Nov. 6 election. Barry County Commissioners have officially released a “letter of intent” saying that if the millage renewal request fails, the park will be closed and only the beach and recreation area will remain open. “I’ve heard the notion that you can vote ‘no’ on the millage, but the county will fund it somehow...” Michael Callton, County Board chairman, said in a statement released Aug. 16. “But if the voters turn it down for a third time, we’re going to stand by the public statement. We’ll close the village and just keep the beach and recreation area open.” In July, the county board agreed to put a 0.226-mill proposal before the voters Nov. 6. The millage request was defeated in two attempts in 2006. Board members have said they hope this millage request will pass because of recent increase in activity in the park, including the lumberjack show in September, which drew more than 3,000 visitors. Interim Director Keith Murphy has been very busy adding activities to the park’s schedule in hopes of refueling interest in the historic Barry County landmark. Events more than doubled at the park in 2007. Currently the park operates on less than one-quarter of a mill, first approved in 1986 and renewed in 1996. That original millage designation means a home owner in Barry County has paid roughly $11.33 per year on a home valued at $100,000. The current millage request is for less than that original one-quarter mill amount and represents a decrease in the operating millage. This is a renewal, so homeowners will not have an increase in their taxes. “We want to clear this matter up because we’ve heard false statements from several different sources,” Callton said. “The biggest certainty is that the county is not going to seek the funds from somewhere else.” County officials to get 3 percent pay increase by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A three percent pay increase for Barry County administrative personnel was approved by the County Board of Commissioners last week. The salary hikes begin in 2008. Those positions include County Administrator Michael Brown, County Clerk Debbie Smith, Drain Commissioner Thomas C. Doyle, Register of Deeds Darla Burghdoff, Sheriff Dar Leaf, Treasurer Susan VandeCar and Surveyor Brian Reynolds. Administrator Brown’s current salary is $93,592, and his three percent increase will boost his pay to $96,400 in 2008. His contract was extended through 2010, and any future increases will be considered as appropriate. Clerk Smith is currently making $56,002.27, and her pay will increase to $57,682.34. Drain Commissioner Doyle is currently paid $51,802.10, and his new salary will be $53,356.16. Register of Deeds Burghdoff is currently making $51,802.10, and she will also be paid $53,356.16 next year. Sheriff Dar Leaf currently is paid $67,258.73, and his salary will be increased to $69,276.49. Treasurer VandeCar is currently paid $52,642.13, and her salary will go to $54,221.39. Surveyor Reynolds is currently paid $7,280.30 and his new salary will be $7,498.71. The Revue in Vermontville will hold auditions for its 39th production, Guys and Dolls, at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, in the Vermontville Opera House, 211 S. Main St. The Revue is looking for 25 men and 15 women for the musical. Music will be provided. Rehearsals will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Nov. 12. Show dates will be Jan. 18 to 27, 2008. Bill Reynolds will produce the show, with Jeremy Schneider as the director and Amanda Wells as musical director. For more information, call Reynolds (269) 367-4455 or e-mail therevue1@yahoo.com. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute is offering the “Leopold Education Striving for a Land Ethic” workshop at its facility See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Hastings High School cheerleaders (from left) Brittany Morgan, Megan Herbstreitch and Cassi Lydy paint the front of King’s Appliances in downtown Hastings to support the varsity football team in the district game against Lansing Sexton this Friday. Hastings cheerleaders painting cars today Hastings High School cheerleaders will be painting cars for $1 each from 4 to 6:30 p.m. this afternoon in the high school parking lot. “It’s just to support the Saxons,” said freshman coach Traci Downs. The cheerleaders will paint any phrases people want in celebration of the Saxon varsity football team’s appearance in the district championship game at Lansing Sexton this Friday night. In celebration of the team’s victory at the pre-district game against Gull Lake this past Friday night, the cheerleaders also painted store fronts in Hastings Tuesday afternoon. There will be a “Saxon victory march” the last 10 minutes of school Friday for the cheerleaders and football players to walk the halls lined with students and teachers. There will be a student bus and an adult/family bus people can ride to Friday’s game. The busses will leave the high school at 5:15 and return following the game. Signup is in the high school office. The bus ride is free, but it is recommended people buy their tickets for $5 at the high school office ahead of time. County commissioners adopt the 2008 budget Revue to hold auditions Nov. 5 Pierce hosting free class for teachers PRICE 50¢ Thursday, November 1, 2007 Carving up some fun at Pennock Hospital Pennock Hospital’s Retail Pharmacy emerged as the best overall winner of the hospital’s annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Showing off the winning entry of a pumpkin cleverly transformed into a pirate ship are Amanda Risner (left), who created the ship, and Nate Fisk, dressed in a Spiderman outfit. See page 15 for other contest winners. (photo by Elaine Gilbert) by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Board of Commissioners last week adopted the 2008 county budget with total general fund revenue for the upcoming year calculated at $14,729,672. Of that total revenue, 69 percent will come from taxes, 10 percent from charges for services, nine percent from federal and state funds, two percent from rents and interest and one percent from licenses and permits. Property taxes for 2008 are projected to be $9,931,245. The 2007 budget totaled $14,353,649, making the 2008 figure an increase of $376,023, or 2.5 percent over last year. The projected general fund for the upcoming year total of $14,729.672 includes 62 percent for law enforcement, public safety and courts ($9,147,719); 14 percent to personnel and human services ($1,993,308); 12 percent to finance ($1,777,050); eight percent to county development and planning ($1,151,446); and four percent to facilities and property ($654,150). The budget is the financial plan for the provision for prioritized services for the county’s more than 59,000 citizens. Items under Personnel and Human Services include $210,350 to the county commissioners, $269,982 to administration and $479,055 to the country clerk’s office. The board also approved the revised construction project management agreement with Scott Hull for the Barry County Sherif’f’s Department renovation and approved the appointment of Diana Dietrick as construction project assistant. Janie Bergeron, director of Green Gables Haven domestic violence shelter, appeared before the County Board, and commissioners approved a resolution proclaiming October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In other action, the board made a number of appointments to county boards. Warren Wheeler was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Board’s citizen-at-large position to fill the remainder of a three-year term that began April 1 and will expire Dec. 31, 2010. Phil VanNoord was appointed to the remainder of a three-and-a-half year term on the Parks and Recreation Board that began April 19 and will expire Dec. 31, 2010. Valerie Byrnes will fill the remainder of a one-and-a-half-year term on the Parks and Recreation Board that began April 19 and will expire Dec. 31, 2008. Shirley Rugg was appointed to the Department of Human Services Board for a three-year term, beginning Nov. 1 and expiring Oct. 31, 2010. Walt Herwarth was appointed to the Canvassing Board for a four-year term that will begin Nov. 1 and expire Oct. 31, 2011. Yvonne Markley was appointed to the Canvassing Board for a four-year term that also begins Nov. 1 and expires Oct. 31, 2011. Dr. James Spindler was re-appointed to the Commission on Aging Board for a three-year term that begins Jan. 1 and expires Dec. 31, 2010. Terry Dennison, Dave Arnold and Sandra Kozan were appointed to the Commission on Aging Board for three-year terms, with terms set to begin Jan. 1 and expire Dec. 31, 2010. Carole Wiggs was appointed to the Commission on Aging Board to fill a position that began on Jan. 1, 2006, and will expire Dec. 31, 2008. �Page 2 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Benefit walk in memory of Mary Youngs NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The project is based on Aldo Leopold’s classic writings in his book A Sand County Almanac. The free workshop, correlated to Michigan state benchmarks, will cover identification of plants, birds, and animal tracks, habitat studies, ecological relationships and more, along with offering new ways of teaching the natural sciences. Fifth through twelfth grade teachers and non-formal educators are encouraged to participate. Each participant will receive lunch, the “Leopold Education Project Teacher’s Guide,” a copy of A Sand County Almanac, and many additional useful materials. To register or receive more information, contact Wendy Cheek at (616) 688-5172 or e-mail at wcheek@allcom.net. Band, choir at Waldorff Nov. 9 The Hastings High School Choir Boosters will host an evening of music and fun at the Waldorff Brewpub and Bistro Friday, Nov. 9. The HHS Varsity Singers will perform from 7 to 9 p.m., followed by Les Jazz, from 9 to 11 p.m. The cover price of $16 includes dinner, dancing and a silent auction. Tickets are available at the door, or in advance at Beyond the Cover Bookstore, downtown. Seating is limited. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the high school’s music programs. For further information, call Sandy Taylor at (269) 945-0775. Sweater drive to benefit veterans A Barry County clothing campaign aims to collect hundreds of sweaters for local war veterans. Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel and the American Legion Post 45 will host Operation Sweaters for Veterans Nov. 1 to 15 and will offer their premises as drop-off points for new or gently used men and women’s sweaters for the ‘heroes’ in Veterans Administration hospitals and veterans homes. Drop-off boxes will be available every weekday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lauer Family Funeral Homes-Wren Chapel will have used sweaters cleaned and boxed along with new donated sweaters, which will then be delivered to designated sites by the Legion. For information, please call the funeral home at (269) 945-2471 or the Post Service Officer Jenelle Voss at (231) 250-8325 (cell) or the Legion at (269) 945-4973. Hospice holding holiday workshop Barry Community Hospice will host a workshop Thursday, Nov. 8, designed to help the bereaved handle upcoming holidays. “Getting Through the Holidays” is an educational grief workshop designed to help the bereaved anticipate, navigate and cope with the upcoming holiday season. The workshop is for anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. Participants will learn how to plan an effective strategy for managing the holiday season, exploring alternative ways to observe the activities of the holidays in order to reduce the stress and difficult feelings that may arise. This free workshop will be held at the Barry Community Hospice office, 450 Meadow Run, Suite 200, Hastings, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. To register or for more information, call (269) 948-8452. HMS seeking area veterans Hastings Middle School will honor area veterans with a Veterans Day observance at the school Monday, Nov. 12, beginning with lunch at 11:30 a.m. in the multi-purpose room. Saxon Pride Club members will host the event, serving salad, bread, lasagna, coffee, milk and dessert. Following lunch, veterans will be invited to an assembly. This year’s guest speaker will be Hastings Middle School teacher and veteran Steve Kogge. All veterans in attendance will be recognized individually. Veterans are invited to bring mementos, medals, uniforms and other items from the time spent serving their country. The memorabilia will be displayed during the ceremony. Look for more information and a registration form in Saturday’s Reminder. For more information, call the Hastings Middle School at (269) 948-4404. HHS choir selling Value Cards The Hastings High School choir is again selling Value Cards. The wallet-sized plastic cards and accompanying discount coupon book sell for $15 each. Local merchants who have chosen to participate by offering discounts include Pizza Hut, Burger King, Hungry Howie’s, Subway, Double A Cookie Factory, State Grounds, Mancino’s, Maxi Muffler, Vitale’s, Cookies and Cream, Bell Cleaners, and Dynasty Buffet. Hundreds of other establishments, both independents and franchises, also are offering deals that run through Oct. 31, 2008. For more information, contact any HHS choir member or call Sandy Taylor at (269) 945-0775. Delton church holds blood drive Monday St. Ambrose Church in Delton will host the next local blood drive, Monday, Nov. 5, at 11252 Floria Rd., Delton, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. American Red Cross officials say blood supplies are low, and they are in need of all types of blood. Upcoming blood drives will be held at the Hastings Moose Lodge Thursday, Nov. 15, and at the Peace Church in Middleville on Saturday, Nov. 24. For more information on blood drives in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. Birkholz introduces bill to allow for increased methane generation Sen. Patty Birkholz, R-Saugatuck Township, this week introduced legislation that would encourage increased methane generation by lifting the current yard waste ban at selective state landfills. “There is a great opportunity to use yard waste to generate methane,” said Birkholz, chair of the Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee. “Some Michigan landfills are producing methane as a source of renewable energy. Selectively lifting the yard waste ban will certainly add to the amount of methane generated and create more energy for the state.” To lift a yard waste ban at a landfill, the facility would have to certify that it is using approved methane-generation procedures.Such facilities would be eligible for state tax credit. Additionally, the legislation will specify that the ban would be lifted only at landfills that do not accept out-of-state waste. “The current ban on yard waste was implemented to help save landfill space and to increase composting,” Birkholz said. “We now know that yard waste in landfills can aid in decomposition and generate significant amounts of methane as a viable renewable energy option.” Allowing yard waste to be placed in landfills could hike methane generation by approximately 26 percent. If additional landfills begin producing methane, production could increase by more than 40 percent. The bill, which is part of the Senate Republican “Green Michigan Initiative” announced last week, has been sent to the Senate Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee for consideration. Michigan Attorney General officials will visit Hastings area schools Officials from the Michigan Attorney General’s office will be visiting Hastings Area Schools the week of Nov. 12 to talk to students and parents about “cyber” predators. Officials will be talking to students from first through eighth grades about the predatory practices and tactics used by some people online. The students will also watch videos. Parents will have an opportunity to learn about the topic at 6:30 p.m. that evening in Central Auditorium. This program is being presented in schools around Michigan to teach young people about the dangers of online predators. Going all out for Halloween... When trick or treaters arrived Wednesday night at the Beede home on South Broadway in Hastings, they were welcomed by a lot of outdoor decorations, including a festive arch and bales of hay lining the sidewalk entrance and spooky ghosts and pumpkins on the lawn. Setting up the decorations earlier in the day are (from left) Faith Beede, Chelsea Beede and Michelle Beede. Michelle said she has enjoyed going all out with the exterior decorating for the past three years, adding something different each year. (photo by Elaine Gilbert) Economic development summit today at Pierce Cedar Creek The Barry County Economic Development Alliance will present the Fifth Annual Barry County Economic Development Summit today, Nov. 1, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, south of Hastings. This annual program is designed to bring information and attention to the issues affecting growth and prosperity in Barry County. The keynote speaker will be George Erickcek, senior regional analyst with the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, and will focus on the growing importance of human capital (talent) versus physical capital (machines). Other speakers will include State Rep. Brian Calley and Bonnie Ballinger Hildreth, president of the Barry Community Foundation. Hildreth will share information on a recent county-wide initiative, HomeTown Partnerships, which emphasizes four pillar areas—leadership, entrepreneurship, charitable giving and youth—as the foundation of a solid community development strategy. In addition, John Hart, economic development director for the City of Hastings, and Valerie Byrnes, executive director for the Barry County Economic Development Alliance, will discuss the value of countywide collaboration in economic development. Cindy Dill, local entrepreneur and business owner of Dill’s Best Market in Delton, will share her success story in starting a new business. Dill’s business model focuses on a "buy-local" strategy to sustain and grow local farms and communities and to stimulate economic activity. This event is offered free of charge to attendees through sponsorship from local businesses including the Barry County Telephone Company, J-Ad Graphics, Pennock Health Services, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Firstbank, NuUnion, Union Bank, and MainStreet Savings Bank. This event is also supported by the Barry County Chamber of Commerce. Call Amy Wierenga at the Barry County Economic Development Alliance at (269) 945-2454 or e-mail amy@barrychamber.com with any questions or to register for the event. Reservations are encouraged, but walk-in registrations will be accepted at the door between 3:30 and 4 p.m. For the second consecutive year, the Arthritis Foundation is celebrating the life of the late Mary Youngs, a Hastings principal and teacher, by dedicating the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis in her memory. The 2007 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis is a 5K run or walk for all ages, and the mile Snowman Shuffle is a fun run/walk for children 12 years old and under. Both events will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Arcadia Commons Campus, 202 North Rose St., in the central city district of Kalamazoo. Youngs lived with rheumatoid arthritis for 25 years. She suffered from a sudden coronary arrest in February 2006 and passed away in her sleep at age 56. The event will raise funds for arthritis research and educational programs that will help people better control and manage their arthritis. The Arthritis Foundation will provide jingle bells for runners and walkers to tie to their shoes, and participants are encouraged to show their holiday spirit by dressing in festive attire. Following the run/walk, a hearty chili party will be provided by the Soup Kettle along with rolls, compliments of Great Harvest Bread Company, and fruit from Irving’s Deli and Market. Everyone who is registered will receive a long-sleeved T-shirt and goodie bag. The run will be professionally timed, and medals will be given out in 13 age categories. The pre-registration fee is $25, and $35 on race day. Children 12 years old and under can register for the Snowman Shuffle anytime for $10. For more information or to register go to www.jbrkalamazoo2007.kintera.org or call Heather Luka at 1-800-968-3030, Ext. 232. Yankee Springs voters to decide on fire millage by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Voters in Yankee Springs Township will be deciding on the renewal of the fire millage Nov. 6. The millage is used to pay the contract with Thornapple Township Emergency Services for providing fire and ambulance coverage in the township. Due to the Headlee Amendment, the millage had been reduced to .471 mills. An approval of the renewal would bring the tax levy back to .5 mill. This is a renewal of the .5 mill per $1,000 of taxable value. It is not an increase. The millage would be for four years, from 2007 through 2010. The township estimates that the millage would raise $105,345 in its first year. Penn-Nook Gift Shop plans three-day Christmas Presentation by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Penn-Nook Gift Shop is having its 41st annual Christmas Presentation Nov. 7-9 in the conference center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings, and volunteers are busy preparing for the special event. Gift Shop buyers have a reputation for selecting a wide variety of distinctive gift items for men, women and children plus unique decorations, books and toys. The event on Wednesday, Nov. 7 takes place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and includes a special ‘one day only’ exceptional array of Gold Standard Jewelry by Bobbi O’Brien. “The nice things Bobbi brings to the show are pieces never seen before,” said a Gift Shop spokesperson. “She is also able to help each person select a perfect item.” Hours of the Christmas Presentation on Thursday, Nov. 8 are also 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday, Nov. 9 are 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Among the many plush items this year are the latest mother’s helpers Sleep Sheep that comfort baby and turtles to help softly light a youngster’s room. Lumps of coal candy will be offered too. Some of the other gift items are Christmas sweaters and suits, magnetic picture frames, women’s wallets, purse-sized lighted magnifying glasses, rings, book lights, boxed Christmas cards, acrylic plates, flower arrangements, slippers, rugs, Christmas dolls, puzzles, throws, table squares, mug coasters, plates, bowls, packaged dips, soups, dessert mixes and cider mulling mixes; cookbooks, snow-covered moose, snow-covered penguin, purses, scarves, dancing, whistling penguins, stockings, polar fleece children’s hats, cloth gift bags, snowflake ornaments, fishing ornaments, planners, holly angels, snowman muffin pan, gingerbread muffin pan, electric pepper mill, Christmas tree skirts, Native American dolls, a wreath with snowpeople, nesting Santas, personalized ornaments, cutting boards, ponchos, stacking suitcases, pens and more. Proceeds from the Christmas Presentation, which generates between $10,000 to $15,000, and the year-round Penn-Nook Gift Shop sales are given to the Pennock Foundation, a non-profit organization to support Pennock Hospital. Funds given to the Pennock Foundation are used to buy new equipment and special items for Pennock Health Services. The Pennock Foundation also supports scholarships to local health career-oriented students and safety and lifesaving equipment to area emergency crews. Penn-Nook Gift Shop volunteers Anna McKeough (left) and Marian Swift show some of the unique children’s toys, books, parkas and other items to be featured at the shop’s Christmas Presentation Nov. 7-9. They are wearing ponchos that will be offered for sale. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 3 Barry County Chamber holds annual dinner The Barry County Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro, celebrating another year of Chamber success and raising money for Barry County United Way. The evening began with a welcome by Deb Button and Jennie Olsen, followed by an invocation from Fred Jacobs. Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance Valerie Byrnes introduced the Board of Directors, followed by Board President David Hatfield’s remarks. Byrnes recognized the new Chamber members for 2007, including A n’ D Signs, Artmania, All Star Child Care Services, Arby’s, Battle Creek Bombers, Bruce’s Frame and Alignment, Christopher A. Tomczyk, DDS, Craig A. Jenkins, Jr., Diamond Propane, E. Michele Photography, Hastings Pro Auto Service, Henney’s House of Gifts, Middle Lake Market, Old Station Antiques, Quilting Passions, RT Stitchcrafts, and Small Business Consultant Services. Byrnes also recognized the many Chamber committees, especially the membership committee which planned the annual dinner. Hatfield and Deb Button recognized the annual award winners. Brenda Teegardin accepted the Brick Award on behalf of the Hastings Public Library, Bob Byington won the Chamber Volunteer of the Year Award, and Pennock Health Services received the Chamber Business or Organization of the Year. “I’m really looking forward to community collaboration,” Byrnes said in her closing remarks, also commenting on the hard work of Chamber staff making the organization successful. Three large prizes were raffled at the event. Don Snyder of Hastings won the first-place prize, a trip for two to Las Vegas, round trip airfare and cash. Michael Callton of Nashville won the second place prize, $200 in gas cards. The third-place prize, one-night’s stay at the Bay Pointe Inn, went to Leah Fudor of Wyoming. Hastings Public Library Board President Brenda Teegardin accepts the Brick Award on behalf of the library from Deb Button and David Hatfield at the annual Barry County Chamber of Commerce dinner Saturday, Oct. 27. Carol Jones Dwyer deals Black Jack at the Barry County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner Saturday night. (From left) Ben Geiger, Jeff VanNortwick and Alan Klein lose their chips to Carol Jones Dwyer playing Black Jack during “casino night” at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Jeff Mansfield (left) and Bob Nicolai spin the money wheel during “casino night” following the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner. Bob Byington (center) accepts the Chamber Volunteer of the Year Award from Deb Button and David Hatfield at Saturday’s annual dinner. Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance Director Valerie Byrnes introduces the Chamber Board of Directors at Saturday’s annual dinner. Pennock Health Services CEO Cheryl Lewis Blake accepts the Chamber Business or Organization of the Year Award at Saturday’s dinner. Charlton Park FAQs provide more information for the public by Terri Trupiano Barry Charlton Park is renewal of an requesting operating millage. The information in this article comes from public sources of information, gathered to provide the voters of Barry County with accurate information on Charlton Park and its history. For further information go to http://www.barrycounty.org/parks-and-services/charlton-park/. How did Charlton Park originate? Charlton Park began as the life-long dream of Irving Delos Charlton. After years of collecting the old and unusual, in December 1936, Mr. Charlton donated 210 acres to Barry County for the purpose of establishing a museum and park; it was named in honor of his parents, E. Frank and Roseanna (Althouse) Charlton. Who was Irving Charlton? Irving Delos Charlton, the only child of E. Frank and Roseanna Charlton, was born in Hastings on August 28, 1882. He attended the one-room school house at Martin Corners, in Castleton Township. Fascinated with mechanical objects, he drew many pictures of mechanical equipment, many of which are preserved in the museum collections. Young Charlton attended Hastings High School, completing the 11th grade, but he had an insatiable thirst for knowledge in mechanics, and in 1902, entered Michigan Agricultural College (MAC), forerunner of Michigan State University. After graduation from MAC, Mr. Charlton taught mechanics and agricultural engineering at colleges in Canada and the United States. In August 1918, he left teaching "to enter war work." When he was discharged from the service, he returned to farming in Barry County. Why did Mr. Charlton donate so much to Barry County? Even as a boy, Irving Charlton dreamed of having a museum. Old coins and currency became one of his first collections. Another primary collecting interest was agricultural equipment. As gas and steam power replaced hand-operated tools, farmers not only discarded them, but often destroyed the old tools. Realizing that these tools might only become a memory, Mr. Charlton began actively collecting them so that future generations might understand the arduous tasks pioneers performed without the benefits of powered equipment. During his lifetime, Mr. Charlton collected thousands of artifacts, forming the core of the collection now owned by the museum. Many of these were simple objects which reflect the lives of those who lived in the small communities of this region. Although many people over the years have donated artifacts, most of the collections were acquired through money out of Mr. Charlton’s own pocket. In a speech in about 1939, Mr. Charlton stated that the purpose of the museum collections was "to show some of the everyday things [early settlers] used … in meeting the everyday task of living." He added that "the museum when completed was to be used for school purposes." Mr. Charlton remained director of the museum, until his death, June 12, 1963. He left his estate to the people of Barry County to carry on the project so near and dear to his heart. and Steam Barn, which displays mechanical equipment owned by the park and some club members. What happened after Mr. Charlton’s death? After Mr. Charlton’s death, the park had a number of caretakers, while the county decided how to administer the park and museum. During this time, a few buildings were acquired to provide more space to display the artifacts. A major acquisition in 1969 was the Ossenheimer house north of the park, as well as 112 acres adjacent to Charlton Park, increasing the park to 322 acres and providing living quarters near the museum for the park director. The Blacksmith Shop and the Carpenter-Cooper shop were donated by Tom Niethamer and became the first buildings open to the public. The Bristol Inn was acquired in 1970. Finally, in 1972, Frank Walsh was hired as the museum’s first professional administrator. Under Walsh’s leadership, the village concept flourished, and most of the rest of the main village buildings were moved to the park during his tenure. These buildings are from locations in Barry County. For example, the Lee School is from Woodland Township, and when the Hastings Township Hall was moved to Charlton Park, it continued to serving as the official voting place for Hastings Township residents until the new Hastings Township Hall was completed. With Walsh’s encouragement, the Charlton Park Gas and Steam Club began to take a more active role in the park’s development and donated half the funds and all the labor to build the Gas Where are all the collections kept? One of the purposes of the village buildings was to provide space where collections could be not only stored, but on display for visitors. The village buildings hold much of the vast collections, but some artifacts are safely See PARK, page 14 More than park issue to be addressed in Nov. 6 election Although the Nov. 6, election might not be one of great importance to some, it holds several important issues in Barry County. All Barry County residents will have the opportunity to vote on the renewal of the Charlton Park millage. Residents who live within the Hastings Area Schools district will vote on a nonhomestead millage renewal, affecting only properties that are not primary residences. The homestead renewal allows the school district to collect taxes worth 18 mills on the properties. Without the renewal, the school will face several million dollars in deficit. City of Hastings residents will vote on City Council members and the mayor. Current Mayor Robert May is running unopposed. In the 1st Ward of the city, Joseph Huebner and Frank Campbell are running for one open position. For the Board of Review, Melissa Winnick and Laurie Sunior are running for two open positions. Dave Tossava is running unopposed in the 2nd Ward, Don Bowers is running unopposed in the 3rd Ward and Don Tubbs is running unopposed in the 4th Ward. Residents in Assyria and Maple Grove townships will face a Bellevue Community Schools bond proposal worth $23.4 million for facility updates. Residents in Barry, Prairieville and Johnstown townships will see a Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services issue on the ballot. The bond issue is for $25.3 million for building a new special-education facility. Yankee Springs Township residents will see a proposal to renew the millage for fire protection. The proposal is for .5 mill. �Page 4 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Kudos to Lakewood Schools for nutritional efforts IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Park’s millage is a renewal, not a new tax To the editor: To many of us who have lived in Barry County most of our lives, Charlton Park is a place we have always taken for granted to be there when we wanted to enjoy taking a trip back in time. When I saw signs about a millage for Charlton Park popping up in yards around the county, I consulted our county commissioner Mike Callton to find out what was going on. I was concerned to learn that if the millage renewal does not pass when people vote on Nov. 6, Charlton Park historic village will be closing. This is a millage renewal (not a new tax) of .2266 mills, which would cost the owner of a $100,000 market value home about $11.33 per year. It is necessary to pay the curator and other staff needed to run such a facility. It seems a small price to pay to keep this unique facility open for the people of our area, as well as others who visit the area, to enjoy. My husband's parents took our two youngest kids there for a very memorable and educational bonding time together at "A Christmas Past" a number of years ago. That experience would not have happened if they had had to drive to Detroit to Greenfield Village to do it. Charlton Park is a place where families and extended families can spend enjoyable times together close to home. Many school kids have been enriched by their trips into the past there as well. I am aware that there has been some controversy over the management of the facility in the past. Talking to Dr. Callton has convinced me that the current board of commissioners has made an honest effort to address the issues, as well as bringing in more events there this past year. When you vote on Nov. 6, I would urge you to put the past behind and address the issue of today: Should Charlton Park be closed? Should this treasure that our county has invested in for so many years now be packed away and not enjoyed by our own county's people or those who travel to Barry County to visit it? My opinion is that we should renew the millage and preserve this treasure for this generation and those yet to come. If you have questions, please call Dr. Callton at (517) 852-2070 or e-mail him at michaelcallton181@hotmail.com and get the facts you need to make an informed choice on Nov. 6. Ruth Ann Stuart, Lake Odessa Is park worth $20 a year? To the editor: Have you ever accepted a compliment for something you didn’t do? Like serve a meal that you didn’t prepare and received good words on its quality? I live in Middleville and people have mentioned to me how nice our town looks with all the fall decorations in place. I just say “thank you” and know we are blessed by a group of people who took the time and expended the energy to make it so. Well, I’ve been volunteering at Charlton Park for nearly 20 years – Diane Smith was director at that time. Through the many changes in administrators and education directors (they’re the ones who are our ‘bosses’), Charlton Park has remained for me a place to “dress up and go play with the kids.” It’s fun. It’s also a place where we hear comments from people of other communities, sometimes other states, who compliment us on this “unique,” “quaint,” “wonderful” little piece of history that we all share. We hear such great stories of people remembering when “we used to go to Grandma’s and her kitchen was just like this!” It really makes us proud. What doesn’t make me proud is to hear/read this infernal bickering. I know it’s not about taxes because it isn’t that much money. I am a senior citizen on a very fixed income, and the tax I pay annually for Charlton Park would (maybe) take two people out to lunch at fast food. Even double what I pay – and probably what is close to average – could be enough to take two people to the show and have popcorn. It’s an amount we already pay and have been paying. Give me a break! What great things will happen in your life if you have $25 or $30 more a year in your pocket? It’s a sad commentary on our normal getalong-with-everyone attitude that we smalltowners are showing the world this other side. My advice to those of you who keep knocking away at Charlton Park is to get out there and invest some of your valuable time – find out what happens when you give of yourself. You’ll soon be saying, “Wow, what a great place. Why haven’t I done this before?” I also have the privilege of being an election worker and know that in some places, the Charlton Park millage is the only item on the ballot. Please get yourselves out to vote next Tuesday and make us ear our pay. Lois Bremer, Middleville To the editor: The policy in the Lakewood Schools banning birthday treats and incorporating healthy lunch alternatives is an effort to be commended and followed by all area schools, as well as nation-wide cafeterias and restaurants. Though accused of being hypocritical, the school is mainstream in its efforts, and parents should rally around even the simplest of changes, because the ripple effect can be profound. If we could rely on parents alone to chose healthy foods for our children we would not have a crisis epidemic of obese children and children on focus/attention medications. Nutrition standards in our country changed in 1988 when the FDA decided to alter the food pyramid, at that time, our nation only had six states in the Union with 35 percent obese adults. By 1992, 17 states had 35 percent obese adults, by 1996 28 states had the 35 percent rate of obesity, and by the year 2000 (just 12 years since the change) the entire nation had 35 percent obese adults. Now, 20 years after, we have 70 percent obese adults throughout our 50 states. What happened? Major movement toward "low-fat" foods often found to be high in sugar, increased convenience foods that are high in carbohydrates, highly processed and super-sized, as well as increased consumption of trans fats that are only recently being defined for the danger they are. Even more harvest. During the winter they only ate what they killed. In the spring carbohydrates came in the form of berries and seeds, only again to eat what they killed or grew during the summer months. Our grandparents lived strong, lengthy lives because of this eating pattern designed by natural available means. Now when someone has heart disease at 40 we are not surprised because "they're so old." Life expectancy continues to drop rapidly; our children are now expected to die before us, their parents. Seriously consider low-carbohydrate eating plans. Atkins knew what he was talking about. Studies show that high-protein diets are not detrimental to the kidneys. They also prove that the more protein you eat, the higher your bone density is over time. And yes, proteins not loaded with chemicals can be found, but you have to look. Health food stores, libraries and the Internet have incredible resources, studies and eating plans. Really look for carbohydrates, hydrogenated oils, and artificial ingredients on food and drink labels. You and your children can live medication-free with proper nutrition and supplements. It's never too late to start but it does take commitment and effort. Joanna Haddix, Hastings Charlton Park is priceless Barry County treasure To the editor: Urgent! Vote “Yes” Nov. 6 on the millage renewal for Charlton Park. Come with me as I show you what your dollars have done, what is in progress, and why they are needed: As we enter the park, note the blacktopped road as it winds through the woods. (Your dollars at work.) We’re here today for the ILR lecture by Esther Walton and the tour by tram. As Esther speaks of the Bristol Inn and other buildings, I remember trying to raise the money to move them to the park and how they sat for years with no money to restore them. The buildings are now rebuilt and well painted, but the upkeep on exhibits and furnishings is ongoing. I knew Mr. Charlton. He collected everything – hundreds of thousands of articles, farm tools and implements. He stacked them into every room of his house, barn, and out-buildings, floor to ceiling; you couldn’t even get in the doors. Pictures confirm this, but I saw it. Let’s take the four-car tram ride. Lane Cooper got Amway to donate it to the park (it holds 30 people - half a bus load). It’s raining and we’re glad of the tram roof. The interim director, Keith Murphy, is driving an antique tractor pulling the tram. We note right away, that most of the roads in the park are dirt and have puddles to go around. We follow the shoreline and he points out a large pavilion, the boat ramp, ball fields and where the beach and two more pavilions were. Then we drive – whoops – he’s shifting the tractor down, we’re bumping along toward the large sawmill and lumber storage building. That’s been built since I was here last. These roads sure need improving. What’s that? A huge exhibition hall. The door is open and we’re driving in. This is great, even a cement floor. Oh look, all this antique machinery from days when they used horses and manual labor. As we get out to look around, we notice that much of it was grouped in the area where they were planning that type of exhibit. People are asking questions such as “What is this?” “What’s that?” My husband used to farm with horses when he was a kid.” “Imagine, that’s a corn sheller; put one ear of corn in that hole and turn the crank by hand.” “That? That’s a been puller. It pulls two rows of plants and puts them in one window to dry.” “A separator, similar to the huge thing over there, would later ‘thrash’ Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. disguised than trans-fats are the "partiallyhydrogenated oils" and "hydrogenated oils" that are showing to be more responsible for ADD and ADHD than any other food additive on the market. Soda (pop) consumption in the United States is equivalent to 55 gallons per person per year. We are filled with toxic preservatives, man-made chemically enhanced alternative sugars, food coloring (the equivalent of eating markers and crayons), poisonous pesticides, growth hormones and antibiotics with our government’s FDA approval stamp all over them. America is facing an epidemic, expected to exceed the costs of AIDS, bankrupting our nation. We are the fattest nation in the world, the only nation that allows food preservatives and BHT, trans fats and hydrogenated fats on such a grand scale. And to whose benefit is this? Not ours, obviously. Pharmaceuticals and the American Medical Association are making out quite well though. Excessive carbohydrate consumption has created not just obesity but heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, syndrome X, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Cholesterol is driven up by excessive carbohydrates, not by fat. Unused carbs turn to sugar. Stored sugar turns into fat, and therein lies the problem. Even the "Good Carbs" are bad in excess. Look to your ancestors, the only carbohydrates they consumed in excess was during the beans. They also used it to ‘thrash’ grain – wheat, oats and rye.” “How did they run that separator?” “With a big steam engine like that one over there.” There’s evidence that someone who knows their stuff has been working in this building because there are several pedestals with professional writings about some of the things we are seeing – but only a tiny fraction of artifacts have been done. Mr. Murphy told us they’ve been working in this building for over a year. To save money, the staff makes their own pedestals. It’s slow going but will be wonderful when done and a big asset. Dare we dream of someday pushing a button and hearing someone tell us about what we are seeing? What do they do in the winter? Clair Johnston is the education curator who works up classes for school children, plans exhibits, writes about artifacts and spends hours on research. Staff sorts, numbers, cleans, preserves, helps research each artifact and writes its story. Then there’s all the work making repairs, cleaning, painting, and maintaining. It’s time consuming moving artifacts from storage to where they will be exhibited. Keith Murphy is doing a great job and supervises Tom Campbell and Billy Cribley on maintenance. Charlton Park is unique – it really was an Indian landing. As a child I remember a canoe on the Thornapple River that was made of a hollowed-out tree. In the new exhibition hall, they have parts of five or six such canoes, and one of them looks like the one I remember. The new Indian Village shows through the trees and is a great attraction to tourists and Barry County residents. I walk on rough ground with a walker so I won’t walk, up there in the rain. Italy has artists who painted ceilings but Charlton Park Village has the Carlton Center Methodist Church which has a wood-veneer ceiling cut and arranged in a mosaic pattern. Go in and look up at the ceiling. It’s priceless. This is only one such treasure – irreplaceable. The one-room rural school, the carpenter shop and barrel-stave maker, the blacksmith shop, Hastings Township Hall, doctor’s office, Bristol Inn stagecoach stop, Hall House, carriage barn, wheel museum building, Windstorm Insurance Co., print shop, dentist, bank, general store, stone museum, etc. – all together 28 buildings on 330 acres. What is needed to make a decision about Charlton Park? On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Barry County voters will be asked to approve a .2266 renewal millage for Charlton Park. Do you have enough information to make a decision? If not, what information would you like to have to help you make your decision? When I was a child, there were only outhouses in the park. Now there are 14 flush toilets in the village and nine are in the recreation area with all the septic systems to go with them. Look over there – port-a-potties. Yes they have to rent them for special events that bring more people to the park. It’s great the events are doing well. The volunteers are local spark plugs. The events bring in money, but they also require more liability insurance, maintenance getting ready for the event, and cleaning up after the crowds. They cannot alone fund the park completely. I see tax dollars have been spent wisely, and I’m proud of our park. Don’t let tax renewal millage fail because you stayed home and didn’t vote, thinking it would pass anyway. It would be devastating to close the village. We have momentum now. Bus loads are coming from other Michigan towns and from out of state, schools are bringing groups, families are awakening to come to the village and park to spend the day – the potential is here. on Nov. 6 – vote for the renewal millage. Marge Barcroft, Freeport Saxon sportsmanship noticed, appreciated To the editor: My compliments to the Saxon tailgate bus Friday night at Gull Lake. They welcomed all football fans with free hot dogs, chips, cookies, and lemonade. There was great sportsmanship and friendly talk about football and sports. I played football in high school and college. I coached it for over 35 years. The Saxon bus was all the good things that high school football should be. My thanks for a great night of Friday night football. Sincerely, Rob Heethuis Delton The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Clarence Hunter, Irving Township: “I have enough information. I think that the park should be supported by admissions to special events and by the county. We don’t need more taxes.” Pearl Lewis, Hastings: “I would like to know more about the millage. What exactly are they going to use the money for and how will it work for the park?” Eugene Kidder, Baltimore Township: “My wife and I are definitely for it. We really support the park and hope everyone votes for it.” Elmer Winey, Hastings: “I am all for the park. We’ve got to keep it going. It is important for Barry County and old Mr. Charlton would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what was going on.” Carol Schmidt, Hastings: “I don’t need any more information because I know I am going to vote to approve the millage renewal.” Larry Elliston, Nashville: “I have enough information to make my decision on Tuesday.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 5 Library structure one of few such buildings Charlton Park donor had dreams; county park deserves our support To the editor: Once again, I am horrified at what our city fathers are considering doing, which is to tear down a beautiful old building for the sake of a few, (29, to be exact) parking places for our downtown businessmen to use. Imagine 29 parking spots, which is a pittance to begin with, and which we don’t really need. I am sure there are very few times that even half of the parking spots are full, and I feel less are going to be needed when Wal-Mart builds its superstore, and perhaps Meijer builds also. So just to satisfy the present downtown businesses are we going to tear down a building that is a part of the history of Hastings?” Just think about the history of the building. It was built in 1925 after a ten-year wait because of World War I, as a result of President Taft passing legislation in 1913 to set aside $85,000 for a post office building. The money accumulated, so in 1924 construction began on what is quite a unique building. Today there are only three old federal post offices in the county still in use, which until the library moved out this summer, made our building pretty special. I think of the thousands upon thousands of feet that have climbed those wide stone steps, when I used to go there I noticed how worn down they were. It’s such a graceful structure, built of first-class brick on a cement and stone foundation. It was so safe it was a designated government bomb shelter in World War II, and also a designated atomic bomb shelter in the cold war with Russia. We try our best to preserve Charlton Park because of the history depicted there, but right in the middle of our county seat we have a building that deserves to be saved just as much. Why do we not care about preserving our old buildings as they do in other countries, but seem so unconcerned to let them go? People travel every day to see old buildings in Italy, England, you name it, but here it seems we’d rather have atrocious new buildings which won’t be around very long, and just demolish the old, graceful structures that we still have. I do not know what use can be made of this old post office building. I am not in the business of figuring out these things. We have a city council whose job it is to do that. I only know I would like to save all the history of the city that we can, so that our children can remember sometimes how it used to be. Let’s make ourselves heard, it’s all we can do. Jeanne Floria, Hastings Ladybug carcass is more than a dead bug Civil War items are on display at Charlton Park. The musuem back in the mid 1990’s. Students learn what school was like in the olden days. After two failed attempts to renew the millage for Charlton Park, the County Board of Commissioners decided to put the millage renewal back on the ballot in a proposal that will be put before all Barry county voters on Tuesday. This time however, the decision may determine the future of the park. If the millage renewal fails, the county will probably shut down the park until commissioners can determine its fate, since the current millage will run out Dec. 31. Some citizens feel that the county board should continue to fund the park from county funds, but with state revenue sharing at risk, that’s not likely to happen. As I write this column, the state is in the process of finalizing the budget, still debating cuts at all levels of government. And it’s important to remember, if voters turn down the renewal millage, the county will still be on the hook for some continuing costs pertaining to the park, such as security, heating the museum, insurance and some staff. I think the reason voters rejected the two previous votes was to send a message to county and park officials: “We’re not happy with what’s going on out there.” Charlton Park has enjoyed more than a decade of county-wide financial support , which didn’t pay all the bills, but put the park on a solid financial foundation from which to grow. In recent years, the Parks and Recreation Commission and park officials let the citizens of Barry County down. Under their watch, the park lost many of its popular events, and turned away many of the volunteers who gave their time to support the park. It took a dramatic shift in County Board leadership to realize major change was necessary to win back the voters’ support for our valuable asset. Taking the responsibility of Charlton Park away from the County Parks and Recreation Committee and forming a new Charlton Park Board of interested citizens as ‘share holders’ to oversee park operations has made all the difference. The new committee didn’t waste any time, hiring a new interim manager Keith Murphy who’s worked tirelessly since taking over to bring back park events, add new venues and welcome the volunteers and visitors back to enjoy all the park has to offer. You, the voters of the county spoke ‘loud and clear,’ and county government listened and responded quickly. Now, it’s time we give the park the financial support we promised once the changes we requested were acted on, putting the park on new path not seen in years. My family has a special interest in the park; the property was once owned by my grandfather Charles Jacobs who after years of trying to farm there, sold it to Irving Charlton and moved into Hastings. Reading an old article printed in the Banner printed sometime in the late 1930s, Charlton expressed his dream for the park: “A few miles east of Hastings lies a tract of some 200 acres of tree-shaded, river- bordered woodland owned by Barry County and known as Charlton Park. Situated at the ancient site of the camping ground of the Potawatomi nation, its historical significance enhances its great natural charm.” Charlton said about the park, "Fishermen from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and a half dozen other states return every summer with their families to the pleasant camping area to spend their vacations and lure the bass from the broad river or fish for bluegills or even muskie in Thornapple Lake which bounds the east end of the park." Irving devoted his life to build a historical museum within the park that bears his name, housing the finest collection of pioneer and Native American relics and early Americana found anywhere in the state. He spent most of his life and his income gathering thousands of articles that expert curators and appraisers have pronounced comparable to the contents of the State Museum in Lansing and of priceless value to the schools of Barry and surrounding counties. Always interested in the historical background of the valley that was his front yard, Charlton began his collection of Native American and early settler relics in 1902, when as a young man, purchased a quaint iron candle-lantern for 60 cents. The 1930s article stated that "his collection of Indian basketry, both aboriginal and modern, is most complete, exhibiting every size, type, color and period of this ancient American art. His arsenal of firearms consists of hundreds of muskets, shot-guns and rifles and hundreds of pistols, revolvers, powder-horns and bullet molds.” A single man, Charlton was able to devote his life to his collection and the dream of a museum for Barry County citizens. According to the original records of the Board of Commissioners, a deed stated that Charlton would leave all the land and artifacts to the County of Barry, and that he officially would be named the park’s custodian and superintendent until his natural death. In the late 1930s Charlton said, "I didn’t expect the county to use my name when they accepted the park. I was glad to give it and I’m proud it has become so popular. I don’t know of anything finer or more generally interesting to the people of a community than the really valuable museum pieces I have been successful in collecting. I hope I will be allowed to handle the block and tackle the day the museum’s corner stone is dedicated to Barry County people." With your vote to support the park’s financial stability, you not only guarantee continuation of its operation, you determine the fate of Mr. Charlton’s fine collection and the dream he had so many years ago to give the park and all its artifacts to the citizens of Barry County. Make sure you take the time Nov. 6 to support Charlton Park, for in the years to come I think it will continue to grow as one of Barry County’s greatest assets. The Saxons. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the great game played by our Hastings High School football squad. It just shows you how important the coaching staff can be to a team. In coach Fred Rademacher’s short tenure, he has taken the Saxons from the bottom to play in the state finals, where they won the first game. Friday’s win over Gull Lake was the school’s first playoff victory. Great game guys, now go on and play your best Friday night at Lansing Sexton. You’ve got the ability and determination to do it again! Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. Vince Lombardi — Fred Jacobs, vice-president , J-ad Graphics To the editor: There is a creature which I call the concinellidae cockroach which is present in considerable numbers this time of the year. It is usually called a ladybug, a ladybird beetle, or a lady beetle, the last applied to recent immigrant species. In the wild, it eats aphis, scale insects, and other plant pests and their eggs. In the house, it contaminates food, triggers asthma attacks (especially among individuals allergic to soybeans), and plugs the plumbing of automatic coffemakers. It is the latter that I find most problematic. I do not have a soybean allergy, therefore, this soybean aphis-eating insect cannot kill me. Large quantities of the concinellidae cockroach indoors do cause an upper respiratory irriation, but I can clean them up with a vacuum cleaner and or application of dichlorous insecticide around doors, windows, and other exterior paths of entry. In the past, when the concinellidae cockroach left its dead carcass in the automatic coffeemaker, a Phillip’s head or flat-blade screwdriver allowed me to remove the steamcooked carcass from the ball valve, and the coffeemaker was restored. Now, the coffeemakers are equipped with special screws, or some other shyster-driven obstruction to access-for-maintenance; therefore, one has to weigh the cost of the new exotic tools against the screw, and the landfill technology of discarding and replacing the coffeemaker. The new technology is understandable if not tolerable. If the old coffeemaker shut down due to a blown thermal fuse, those of reasonable intelligence and limited income could bypass the fuse and restore the function of the coffeemaker, the house they risked burning down was their own. Now, in an age of condominiums and multi-family dwellings, shysters and underwriters do not allow higher-risk maintenance for function on home appliances. If the condominium burns down, it is a health and property hazard for the neighbors, some of whom may survive to sue. The result is a rain of concinellidae cockroach-plugged coffeemakers, along with a large number of other exotic-fastener equipped appliances, filling junk yards and landfills. In the days when people possessed personal responsibility, competence, and rights, these things would have been repaired and made serviceable by their owners. There also was a time where the owner could pay to have some of these appliances repaired. Now, with every productive person’s money being extorted to Lansing, all they can do is send the old appliance to the landfill and buy a Chinese-made appliance to replace it. The productive Michigan resident cannot afford to “Buy American,” that is, buy products that are made in the United States (a competent shyster will remind you that “American” includes Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America). Even the concinelliade cockroach known as the “lady beetle” is from Japan. Frederick G. Schantz, Hastings P.S.- The purpose of this letter is to entertain the reader, not to depress the reader. I own a Chinese-made LG3280 cellular phone. I believe it is licensed for Chinese manufacture by the makers of Apple® computers, and it uses U.S. technology. It is a useful appliance, inexpensive and affordably replaceable if it malfunctions. I could not have afforded this useful tool in the past. Library demise shows “mob mentality” To the editor: I was deeply saddened to read of the City of Hastings’ desire to tear down the old library building on the courthouse square. Brick buildings are not put up to be torn down for parking lots. It always amazes me at the mob mentality which often becomes present whenever another historical monument bites the dust. For some reason, people often seem to think that they are so powerful when they destroy something beautiful; even more powerful than those who created the beauty to begin with. It only takes one person to remove the keystone to collapse a pyramid that took millions to build. Where is the respect for those who toiled and planed and raised money to build this building, let alone all those who inhabited it for these many years? Do you think that they ever dreamed that their endeavors would be considered less important than a vacant lot? Few things in this world are uglier and less productive to society than a parking lot, just ask Joni Mitchell (as in, “don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot”). Surely our overweight and overindulgent society could well afford walking an extra distance to get to where they are going. I have been a public defender in Hastings for 13 years and regularly park in the courthouse square. I have never once been denied parking. Brick buildings were not intended to be torn down, (and this goes for the Presbyterian Church as well) that is why they are so expensive to build. As I recall, few joined me to try to save the Hastings Hotel from the wrecking ball. There were also plans to tear down the old City Hall and the old jail (Annex) on the courthouse grounds for parking. Both barely survived. In Prairieville, the old brick schoolhouse on the park was torn down, instead of trying to keep a roof on it. These buildings were gifts from the past that the future was supposed to build on and improve, not destroy. Architects for the new Courts and Law Building and the new Hastings City Bank both designed brick buildings with compatible styles to the old library and courthouse. But who cares about beauty, functionality, and design, when we can have a vacant lot which pays no taxes, brings in no revenue, is unpleasant to look at, causes traffic congestion, is anti-pedestrian, needs maintaining, and does absolutely nothing to preserve our heritage or provide a space for anything more positive to society than providing another good spot to transact a drug deal? Please save this monument to our Americana. Mark Doster, Doster Help from ‘Friend of the Court’ The “only authentic full scale wigwam in Michigan” can now be found at Charlton Park. To the editor: This is in response to Mrs. Adams, complaining and whining to the Friend of the Court. I don’t think Mrs. Sooy has to clarify points concerning the Friend of the Court. I myself was a homemaker, raised four children of my own and had a job, also. I agree with Paula Sooy 100 percent. The single parent needs that child support coming in to help pay to raise the child or children. When I raised my children, the help of “support” was hard to get. Mr. Wurm called it “blood money” which I don’t agree. The Friend of the Court does not get any money when they pick up a “dead beat” parent after years of not paying on their children. The F.O.C. spends money to locate these absent parents, Jaime Adams says F.O.C. is not fair, what is fair? As for “SSI” there are people out there that really needs it and deserves it. Who’s business are you minding, surely not your own. I don’t think you should knock someone that needs “SSI” it helps people pay their bills, etc. Pat Ellis, Plainwell �Page 6 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Robert V. Healey Eleaze Ridderikhoff Lynn Steward MIDDLEVILLE - Robert V. Healey, age 80, of Middleville, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, October 24, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Isabell J. Healey; two daughters, Yvonne R. Wolf of Middleville and Robbin J. (Don) Hilten Jr. of Middleville; three grandchildren, Sarah, Don III and Josh; one sister, Merla (Leon) Williams of Grand Rapids; one brother-in-law, Frank Simion of Standale; several nieces, nephews and a host of friends. For 13 years he managed several parking lots in Grand Rapids, then he operated his own business in TV and radio repair, then worked at Briarwood and Broadmoor Golf Courses. He truly loved sports and spending time with his family. Funeral and committal services were held Saturday at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Art Taylor officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. MIDDLEVILLE - Eleaze Ridderikhoff, age 83, of Middleville, passed away October 24, 2007 at Tendercare, Hastings. Eleaze Ridderikhoff was born on March 12, 1924 at Casnovia, the daughter of Bartiemuo and Dorothy Gibbs. She was raised in White Cloud, attended and graduated from White Cloud schools. She graduated from Michigan State University. She was employed as an accountant for many years for family run businesses. She was married to Gerald Ridderikhoff on November 15, 1944 at Long Beach, California. She was a caring, loving, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. Eleaze enjoyed baseball, NASCAR, reading, and open spending time with her family and doing yard work. Preceding her in death were her husband, Gerald Ridderikhoff; son, David (Tucker) Ridderikhoff; parents and sister. She is survived by her son, Richard (Lori Ellen) Ridderikhoff; granddaughters, Sara (Nick) Endsley, Kristy Ridderikhoff, Brooke Ridderikhoff, Shane Ridderikhoff; three great grandsons, Jayden, Christopher, Zachary, all of Middleville. Burial will be at Big Prairie Cemetery, White Cloud. Rev. Lee F. Zachman officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. MIDDLEVILLE - Lynn Steward, age 70, of Middleville, went to be with his Lord Wednesday, October 24, 2007 after a long illness. He was born November 18, 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the youngest of four children, born to Robert and Charlotte Steward. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Gwen; his children, daughters, VaLynn of Caledonia and Lori of Middleville; son, Kirk (Nikki) of Middleville; his sister, Silvia Terry of St. George, Utah; nieces and nephews; the Steward family and many friends. He moved with his family to Middleville in 1970. He was a truck driver for Simpson Industries (Metaldyne) for over 20 years. Upon retirement, he joined the Middleville Village Planning and Zoning where he served until his illness forced him to retire. An Air Force veteran, he spent time on the Salt Lake City K-9 Corp. enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor recreation, and was also a Black Belt in Karate. Services will be held on Saturday, October 27 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers please consider donations to the Barry Community Hospice, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Oct. 28 Reformation Sunday. Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. w w w. d i s c o v e r - g r a c e . o r g <http://www.discover-grace.org> Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 11:00 a.m. Special Service at EverAfter; 12:00 p.m. Building Fellowship Event. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Monday 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. James (Al) Rice RAPID RIVER - James Allen Rice, age 75, of Rapid River, MI died late Sunday afternoon at Marquette General Hospital. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lee and three sons, James (Alicia), Jeffery and Scott; three grandchildren, Scot, Matthew, and Samantha and five great grandchildren; brothers, Paul of Bellevue, Richard of Athens and sister, Marjorie Millard. Jim graduated from Bellevue High School in 1951. He served in the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division from 1952-1954. He attended Michigan State University, Argubright Business College and Kellogg Community College. Jim retired from Ralston Purina Company in 1991, with 35 years service and was the financial secretary of Local 66 for 25 years. He was active in the Republican Party and was a delegate for the Republican National Convention in 1988. He organized the taxpayers of Barry County to stem the fast rising property taxes. This led to a statewide organization which became the Taxpayers Federation of Michigan and he was instrumental in writing the Headlee Amendment. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marquette General Hospital Intensive Care Unit or to a charity of one’s choice. Visitation will be Thursday6 to 8 p.m. at Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Daniels. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Daniel’s Funeral Home. Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings director for more THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings information on the BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 BCF or call (269) 945- HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 0526. 77517230 Bertha E. Philmon PLAINWELL - Philmon, Bertha E. of Plainwell, formerly of Delton, passed away October 29, 2007. Bertha was born March 23, 1905, in Athens; the daughter of Jay and Mary (Crowell) Hubbard. A 1923 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School, Bertha was also a bookkeeper at the Post Tavern and Hotel. On December 3, 1930, in Battle Creek, she married Rancy Philmon who preceded her in death on April 27, 1978. A former member and treasurer of Milo Church and Milo School, Bertha was a hard working farmers wife and active in the Milo Extension Group and Farm Bureau. A member of Faith United Methodist Church, Bertha also enjoyed the Lunch Bunch. She and Rancy enjoyed wintering in Bradenton Florida for many years. She enjoyed knitting, sewing, crocheting, and embroidery, but will always be remembered for her wonderful Sunday dinners. She is survived by her son: Dale (Betty) Philmon of Otsego; grandchildren, Mary Ann (Phil) Stratton of Allegan, Russell (Donna) Philmon of White Hall AR, Linda (Greg) Powell of Otsego, Dottie (Carl) Flickinger of Plainwell, and Edie (David Garcia) Burklow of Holland; 18 great grandchildren, 11 great great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was also preceded in death by her parents, a sister Ruth Ferver, and a brother Dale J. Crowell. The family will receive friends Thursday 12:00 - 1:00 at Faith United Methodist Church, 503 S. Grove (M-43), Delton, where a funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Pastor David Hills officiating. Interment Prairieville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Faith United Methodist Church or Commission for the Blind, 1541 Oakland Dr, Kalamazoo, 49008, will be appreciated. Pearl McKeown GRAND RAPIDS - Pearl McKeown, age 88, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Middleville, passed away October 26, 2007, at Emerald Meadows, Grand Rapids. She is survived by her daughter, Rosann (Steven) Hayes of Ada; son, Andrew (Julie) McKeown of Hastings; five grandchildren, Karen (Kevin), Keith (Kate) Katie, Laura, Victoria; two great grandchildren; Marylee Rose and Hannah Elizabeth; many nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, David A. McKeown; a son, Samuel McKeown; and her parents and sister in Italy. A memorial service will be held Friday, November 2, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Middleville United Methodist Church. Visitation one hour prior to the service. Rev. Gary Haller officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Duane William Cooley CHESAPEAKE, VA - Duane William Cooley, age 79, passed away suddenly on Tuesday October 30, 2007. Born on November 30, 1927, the son of Merle and Hilda Woodruff Cooley. Duane served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was awarded the Victory and Good Conduct medal’s. Upon returning home he made his career as an auto and body mechanic for many years. He was an avid fisherman, and enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Duane was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Club,Woodland, the Moose Lodge of Hastings, and The Veterans of Foreign Wars. Duane is survived by his son, Dennis and his wife Gloria of Chesapeake; daughter, Darlene Ignacio and her husband Rudy of Sinajana, Guam, stepson, Jerry Duane Newton and wife Kathy of Gun Lake, and stepdaughter, Sandra K. Newton of Hastings;, a brother, Richard Cooley of Victoria, Texas. Duane was predeceased by two brothers, Robert and Donald Cooley; two sisters, Marcella Kraft and Norma Foote. The memorial service to be held on Friday November 2, 2007 at 7:00 PM at the Unity Free Will Baptist Church, 360 East Hickory Rd. Chesapeake, VA. Arrangements are being handled by Oman Funeral Home & Crematory, 653 Cedar Road, Chesapeake, VA. Friends are invited to send condolences and sign the online guestbook at www.omanfh.com. �Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 7 IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV More parking not answer to business woes To the editor: This is an open letter to the many shopkeepers who want to destroy the old city library, in the hopes of revitalizing and restoring “Them Good Old Days.” I’m having difficulty understanding how 29 additional parking spaces translates into a most magnificently-powerful-magicalweapon sufficient to take on multinationals, turn back the hands of time, and restore the safe, cocooning, nesting lairds to what was quickly becoming an obsolete and dysfunctional business community. “Do not go gently into that goodnight.” (Dylan Thomas) Yes! By all means fight and rage against the machinery of multinationalisms; I’m all for that. But shouldn’t you also be asking yourselves how to change to meet these new threats first, rather than asking for more parking spaces, at the expense of the community? But why stop there? How about lower taxes or grants? Grants would surely do it. Maybe you could even force people at gun point to shop your business. If you’re thinking this is crazy, you’re right. But they started it first when voting for the destruction of an architectural space in favor of black tar with white lines. The old courthouse and library are two distinct buildings that complement one another, yet the 39 shop- keepers are willing to destroy this symmetry in some absurd plan that would have us believe parking is the criterion used by shoppers. I humbly submit that price, service and community spirit are what keep a downtown core alive. Maybe instead you should try building a better product or establishing, better services, even adding competitive pricing. Or try taking a page out of the Waldorff Bistro’s marketing plan, the one that says, “Give the people what they want and they’ll beat a pathway to your door.” Funny isn’t it, they’re the one new business in town not struggling in a death grip or striking out at everything and everyone. You did notice that’s one business in town not part of the 29 destructive shopkeepers. So perhaps now is the time to accept the fact those glorious days are gone forever and are never coming back; that only through improving what you offer the public will you keep your competitive edge and retain client loyalty. In the end we (the citizens of Hastings) are left with these choices: 1) Let the delusional dictate the destruction of culture for the sake of a few parking spaces that could only accomplish at the very least... nothing, or 2) fight to preserve something of historical sig- nificance and value, infusing it with newer life, perhaps a theater, or a live performance center. Allow it to pay for its continued existence in a way we all benefit. But don’t ever tear it down. Once it’s gone forever. For the 39 shopkeepers, fear not, all is not lost. You could always go after the old courthouse; it’s got all those green spaces and parking... a hundred or so additional parking spaces. “Cool, let ‘em try stealing our business now. We got the courthouse. Or, at least what was once the courthouse.” (I wonder how many cars can fit on the mayor’s front lawn. You know, if we tore his house down, too.) Final thought: Try attacking the community through the rape of its culture and architectural symmetry for a little more profit and shame. You’ll find yourselves going the way of the dinosaurs and dodo birds. Let’s face it, no one wants to shop in a quaint little downtown core with a few dried up businesses and lots and lots of open parking spaces. As a community we should be looking to the newer, successful businesses for direction, not the old and tired ones. David K. Campbello, Hastings Robinsons celebrate 65 years Kelleys to celebrate 65th wedding anniversary Frank Kelley married LaPreal Rankin in the Assyria Church parsonage on October 31, 1942. LaPreal was a homemaker, Frank retired from Clark Equipment in Battle Creek. Their children are Ed and Joni of Richland and Scott and Patti of Dowling. Grandchildren Brent, Sheena, Megyn and Brody. We would like to hear from our friends and neighbors. Send cards to 13525 North Ave., Bellevue, MI 49021. Tom and Sally Johnson Robinson will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary November 8, 2007. They are former owners of Robinson Superette and Tom’s Market in Hastings, Mich. The Robinsons have three sons, Steve of Gun Lake, Middleville, Mich., David of Ft. Myers, Fla., Tom Jr. of Hamilton, Montana; a daughter, Mrs. Doug (Diane) Thompson of Missoula, Montana; eight grandsons; one granddaughter; and four greatgrandsons. All their children will be flying into Florida to celebrate this special occasion. Tom and Sally would love to hear from their friends or stop by at their home in Florida for 20 years: 1015 E. Gondola Dr., Venice, FL 34293. Telephone number: 941-497-4882. “Monkey business’ was government as model To the editor: I would be interested in applying for any and all county, state and federal tax grants that would allow me to continue to live and build on my property at the lake. I know that we are all interested in creating jobs and generating income for the county, state and federal governments (to waste). With the war and all, I would like to do my part to get on the band wagon and create some tax relief for myself, just as other company’s are doing. See my business is what you would call a monkey business. I have listened and I have learned first hand from my government leaders (local, state and federal) what this is all about. First I must generate income but I also promise to live beyond my means by spending more than I take in. I promise to squander money on unnecessary items and projects without being held accountable for my actions. Oh and by the way, if I happen to pollute my property, I will always have the option of closing down my business and moving elsewhere, leaving the clean up to someone else. You can’t beat that with a stick. See how quickly one picks up on the trends. Does this sound familiar? Am I a quick learner or what? I promise to strive to create at least as many new jobs as I can. Captain, rower, lineman, baiter (you get the idea). If this promise is good enough for me to qualify for all of the grants that are possibly available and any future ones, please put me on the list as soon as possible. Oh, and by the way I would also like to place my lake lot in a lake land trust so that it could never be used for anything other than boating, fishing and other water-related activities. See I really, really want to preserve the quality of life that we have here at the lake Looking beyond mainstream candidates To the editor: I am writing regarding Ron Paul, congressman from Texas. I really hadn’t noticed who was running for president, other than the candidates who are “in the news,” who are flamboyant and are more into one-upmanship than focusing on what is best for the citizens and the country as a whole. Then I saw Ron Paul speak, and I did some research on the Internet at www.ronpaul2008.com and I have found who I will vote for to be the next president of the United States. Dr. Ron Paul believes in the constitution and isn’t trying to second-guess the founders of this country. He doesn’t want to take away more of our rights; he is in favor of giving the ones we have already lost back to us. Area Obituaries Geraldine M. Walldorff DELTON - Geraldine M. Walldorff, of Delton, formerly of Hastings, passed away October 28, 2007. Mrs. Walldorff was born in Hastings, on April 19, 1916, the daughter of Otto and Verlan (Wolfe) Isenhath. On June 12, 1938, she married Robert Walldorff, and he preceded her in death on June 4, 1980. She and her husband owned and operated the Walldorff Funeral Home, and Walldorff Furniture Store in Hastings, for many years. Mrs. Walldorff is survived by: a son, Phillip K. (Sharon Zimmerman) Walldorff, of Delton; a daughter, Sally (Leon) Vander Loon of Hastings; a brother, John Isenhath of Parma Heights, Ohio; grandchildren, Tara Walldorff and Neil Katsul of Hastings, Dan Walldorff of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Hollis Vander Loon of Vicksburg, Aaron Vander Loon of Tampa, Florida, and four great grandchildren. A private family service will be conducted. For a more lasting memorial, please consider memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice, 450 Meadow Run, Suite 2, Hastings, MI 49058. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, in Delton. He wants to set this country back on the right track, and I support him in that endeavor. It’s time people in this country stop looking at the government as our babysitters. I quit needing a babysitter long ago. I am responsible for my own actions, good or bad, and the rest of us need to start realizing that also. Check out Ron Paul’s website, look at his congressional voting record, “Google” him. Don’t let mainstream media elect our next president. Make your own decision on who is the best candidate. Sincerely, Cecilia Wiker, Hastings for future generations. Sounds like a winner to me. I can just keep doing what I would do anyway and not have to worry about increased taxation and all those other nuisances (responsibilities) that go along with a business venture. Oh, yea, I almost forgot. I also will need a tax relief on my fishing boat, pontoon, dock and other related equipment. What you would call depreciation allowance and any other tax breaks for my equipment. You know, like farm equipment and other business equipment. This is a monkey business you know, and we all know how much monkey business goes on in the good old USA. Lastly I have a lot of weeds in some areas of the lake. I know weeds aren’t worth much. But if I can find a way to process them, just think, I can create WeeDanol and boy oh boy would the price of weeds soar then! Just think I could take a product that is not worth much now and turn it into a real money maker. The state and federal governments could tax the heck out of it. Just think, it would be another win win for all. Oh except the little guy. I forgot about him for a minute. I would get another deduction, oops, I mean tax incentive. Win win for all. Don’t you agree. So let’s all get on the band wagon and push for WeeDanol the next great salvation for the good old USA. Oh I forgot again and me too! Can’t forget about me can I. It would be un-American wouldn’t it? Well I must go now and start drumming up support for this new government giveaway. Oops, I mean energy-saving program (now that sounds better doesn’t it?) would this not benefit our country so much! Money for all. Well almost all of us! Sounds too good to be true? But you better believe that I have all of our best interest in mind. Robert C. Taylor Hastings Elaine Joan Hewitt to celebrate 80th birthday Elaine Joan Hewitt will celebrate her 80th birthday on Thursday, November 1st. She has three children and nine grandchildren and husband, Bill. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 Eleanor Ostroth to celebrate 80th birthday Happy 80th birthday to Eleanor Ostroth on November 9, 2007. If you would like to send a card to help her celebrate you may send it to: 1606 Calvin Circle, Kissimmee, FL 34746. Norma Jean Rodriguez HASTINGS - Norma Jean Rodriguez of Hastings passed away Friday October 26, 2007 at Pennock Hospital at the age of 73, the daughter of James K. and Nellie (Lester) Crawley. Norma was born on November 26, 1933 in Dowling. She attended Dowling Country School through the eighth grade and then graduated from Hastings High School in 1951. She met Pasqual “Rick” Rodriguez and they were married in Angola, IN in 1952. Norma worked for Michigan Bell Telephone for 10 years then she worked for Hastings Manufacturing for 36 years retiring in 1999. She was a member of Star Grange for over 40 years, was a 4-H leader for many years, She loved country music and was a member of the Don King Fan Club and loved to do all kinds of crafting. She was also a member of Peace United Methodist Church. Norma is survived by her husband Pasqual “Rick” Rodriguez; children, Vanessa (Dennis) Hunter of Rockaway, NJ, Ricardo “Dusty” (Kim) Rodriguez of Hastings, Denise (David) Case of Hastings, Lori (Doug) Geiger of Woodland and Rita (Art) Wilson of White Cloud; sister Bonny (David) Roush of Hastings; 17 grandchildren; 29 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents, James and Nellie Crawley. She was at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes - Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings, where funeral services were held on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. Rev. Susan Trowbridge officiated. Interment took place in Dowling Cemetery. Please sign Norma’s guest book or leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. DK Homecoming sophomores Sophomores Cody Warner and Terin Norris were chosen as the 2007 homecoming representatives for their class. Warner is the son of David and Marcia Leinaar. He is involved in football, baseball and the National Honor Society in Delton. Norris is the daughter or Troy and Dawn Norris. She is involved in varsity volleyball at DKHS, and she also plays on a national traveling volleyball team. �Page 8 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Election Day is coming on Tuesday, Nov. 6. The congregations of Central UMC and Woodland UMC will meet with their district superintendent on Tuesday in Lake Odessa for the annual fall charge conference when certain business matters are voted on. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet next Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Freight House. The Historical Society is gearing up for Christmas ‘Round the Town which is coming on Nov. 23 and 24 with several crafters occupying all the space in the Freight House, as well as in the Depot. The society will have a baked goods sale at the same time. Also next week, the Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet at the Freight House at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10. The speaker will be Bernard Russell with his topic “Findings at the Union Cemetery.” This meeting is free to all. Visitors are always welcome. The library will be open until 5 p.m. that day. The TriRiver Museum group will meet Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Charlton Park in the Upjohn House. This is travel week for many people who head south for the winter. David and Jan Rozell of Lake Odessa are surviving son and daughter-in-law of Helene Rozell, age 92, of Caledonia, who died Oct. 25. Robert Denslow, of Ovid, a brother of Jola (Dan) Royer of Hastings died last month. Nephew Rev. Todd Royer was the officiant of Tuesday’s funeral in Lansing. Friends in the genealogy society have been notified of the death of Louise Cook of Muir, an ardent society member. Her funeral was set for Wednesday of this week. A German chop suey dinner will be served at the St. John Lutheran Church of Ionia on Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The monthly flea market at the VFW Hall is to be on Nov. 9 and 10. There is to be a pipe organ festival at Ionia’s First United Methodist Church Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. Guest organist will be Christopher Kekker. It is time to make reservations for the MARSP luncheon Nov. 15 by calling Karen Merchant within the next week. Over the weekend, Agricenter farm at Carlton Center was host to more than 40 youths and parents from Woodland and Central UM churches. Football, other games, pumpkin carving, roasting hot dogs and s’mores, square dancing on a beautiful late afternoon-early evening occupied their time. There were even door prizes. Norm Nash was the tallest and Raini Osborn was the shortest. Others had prizes for bringing the most guests and being the youngest or oldest. The barn was decorated for the occasion and the food was enjoyed. A Japanese exchange student was among the guests. Her prize was for coming the farthest. The Red Cross Bloodmobile on Monday netted 62 good pints. There were 66 who presented. There were four first-time donors. The Women’s Fellowship of First Congregational Church will meet Nov. 14 with Betty Yeitel the speaker. On Thursday 11 4th graders at West Elementary had their walking tour to see historical spots downtown. They then walked to the depot where they were met by John Waite and Lynda Cobb who briefed them on the history of Bonanza and Lake Odessa. They had a quiz afterward. Newborn Babies BOY, Trevor John Heany, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 11, 2007 at 6:47 p.m. to Michael Heany and Kathryn D. Matteo of Hastings. Weighing 10 lbs. 6 ozs. and 21.5 inches long. BOY, Ka’eo Martin, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 11, 2007 at 9:01 p.m. to Keasha Kotrba and Daniel Briones of Hastings. Weighing 5 lbs. 15 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Corbin Dwayne, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 12, 2007 at 4:08 p.m. to Brandon and Sadie Barcroft of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 1/2 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Joshua Owen, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 15, 2007 at 5:45 p.m. to Ashley Harring and James Bennett of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. and 19 inches long. Commission on Aging celebrates Halloween It was just a little spooky and shivery at the COA Halloween party Oct. 31. Some staff members and guests came in costume and everyone enjoyed treats and fun. (photo by Patricia Johns) Henney’s House of Gifts HOLIDAYS ARE APPROACHING • LET’S SHOP IN BARRY COUNTY New Hours: Mon.-Wed. 10AM-8PM; Thur.-Fri. 10AM-6PM; Sat. 10AM-4PM Debit & Layaway 269-945-5660 77517658 *SALE* 20% OFF ALL ITEMS TODAY ONLY GIRL, Zoey June, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 17, 2007 at 11:38 a.m. to Alexandra and Dick Ring Jr. of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 15 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Patrick David, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 18, 2007 at 2:27 p.m. to Natalie and David Goran of Kentwood. Weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and 21 inches long. 1117 W. Green Street (Across from Dairy Queen), Hastings Unique Gifts & Collectibles BOY, Elexis La’shaun Achilles, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 16, 2007 at 2:30 a.m. to Ashlee Groen of Middleville. Weighing 9 lbs. 7.2 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Madison Paige, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 19, 2007 at 12:27 p.m. to Kimberly and Brian Weatherly of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, Trapper Jeffrey, born at Pennock Hospital on Oct. 19, 2007 at 10:03 p.m. to Chuck Reigler and Amanda Zalewski of Hastings. Weighing 11 lbs. 2 ozs. and 22 inches long. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 41.41 -.61 Anheuser Busch 51.43 -.12 CMS Energy Corp. 16.63 +.42 Coca-Cola Co. 61.73 +1.98 Dow Chemical Co. 44.50 +.37 Exxon Mobil 91.14 -.21 Family Dollar Stores 25.82 +1.03 First Financial Bancorp 11.39 -.07 Ford Motor Co. 8.80 +.15 General Motors 38.22 -.13 Intl. Bus. 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Neither of us is going to leave our marriages, and I'd be too guilt-ridden to have an affair, even if she'd agree. Do we just ride it out? I'm in knots when I think about her.—Confused Dad Dear Confused: It's fairly common to develop crushes on other people, and it may happen many times over the years, but if you are married and have a family, you don't act on those impulses. Don't flirt. Don't daydream in anticipation of seeing Rosa. Remind yourself of your great wife and adorable daughter, and do nothing that will jeopardize your marriage. This infatuation will pass if you keep all conversation with Rosa superficial, spend as little time as possible in her vicinity and put the extra energy into your relationship with your wife. No age limit on organ donation Dear Annie: I am 67 and have done the paperwork to be an organ donor. My children approve of this. However, we were all under the impression that after age 70, they no longer took any organs other than corneas. When I mentioned the possibility of volunteering my body as a medical cadaver should I live beyond age 70, my oldest child expressed extreme disapproval. I will make whatever arrangements I wish, but it would be nice if the strain of disagreement on this subject could be avoided. It would be nicer-than-nice if I could allow my current arrangement to stand, regardless of how long I live. Can you tell me if there is currently a cap on the upper age for organ donation or whom to contact to get accurate information?—N. Dear N.: There is no age limit on being an organ donor, nor does it cost anything to be a donor. (The recipient families pay the cost of organ donation.) All potential donors are evaluated at the time of donation to be sure the organs are healthy enough for transplantation. For more information, you can contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (unos.org), PO Box 2484, Richmond, VA 23218, the National Kidney Foundation (kidney.org) at 1-800-622-9010 and Living Bank (livingbank.org) at 1-800-528-2971. LEAGUE points toward awards for the class, school and students—and recognition in the media. It's a friendly "co-opetition"—with the community and all those participating as the real winners. The LEAGUE is a Web-based, all-inclusive system for students K-12, engaging them in doing good for their community, nation and the world. One hundred sixty-seven schools are now piloting The LEAGUE in New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia, Texas, New York and California, and as far away as Zambia and India. I have seen how students respond, not only to various LEAGUE events during the year (from King Day to Earth Day), but especially to the Learning to Give Curriculum and Learning Links included with each event. They connect what they learn in the classroom with the good they do for others. It makes learning come alive. Parents can help by clipping this column and sending it to their child's teacher with a personal note of support. Obviously, school is about academics first, but do you think we can one day make "doing good" as much a part of school as sports?— Sincerely, "Mr. C" Joe Czaszynski Dear Mr. C.: We have a great deal of faith in today's students and hope they and their teachers will log on to your Web site and check out the available activities, especially the upcoming Thanksgiving Drive. The more schools that participate, the better for our communities and those worldwide. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to let our readers know. Late eaters need time alone Dear Annie: My husband and I eat supper around 8 p.m. Some of our friends like to drop in around 6 p.m. and stay for three hours or more. Of course, then it's too late to eat. Is there a polite way to let our visitors know we haven't eaten and that we'd like to do so by ourselves?—Hungry in Iowa Dear Hungry: Your friends may assume you eat a lot earlier, so it's okay for you to politely assert yourself when people drop by unexpectedly. At 7:00, you should stand up, turn to your visitors and say, "It's been wonderful visiting, but Jim and I haven't had dinner yet. We hope you don't mind," and escort them to the door. Exercise proving Grandpa overreacted worth to reader Dear Annie: I'll put up a crisp Ben Franklin that the grandpa who yelled about the wet towel on the wood floor is a total and absolute jackass in every aspect of his life. A hardwood floor is only that. A relationship with a granddaughter is something to cherish. You are correct that she should write him a letter. However, instead of groveling to the materially obsessed old grump, she should give him a bit of his own medicine and tell him to fold his hardwood floor five ways and sit on it.— Wilmington, N.C. Dear N.C.: We agree that Grandpa overreacted (and you could be right about his personality), but a 17-year-old girl should not be disrespectful toward other people's property simply because the relationship is valued. That kind of message says that when people love you, you can treat them poorly. She is old enough to take responsibility for her actions, even (and especially) when they involve her grandparents. Program teaches sharing, caring Dear Annie: As a teacher of 35 years, I feel invigorated. Recently, I've helped pilot a program that reminded me why I got into teaching in the first place—to develop not just good students, but also great young people. Can you help me pass on an invitation to every teacher, parent, school and student? The LEAGUE is launching its first event, called simply "The Drive," to see how much food and clothing we can all collect for those in need. We invite every classroom and student group to join in. It's free and simple. Any teacher or teachercertified student group (like a student council or club) can log on to www.theleague.org and then collect as much food or clothing for any agency they choose by Thanksgiving. Each class reports its total online, which contributes to a record attempt and earns Dear Annie: I have been struggling with depression for almost five years and have had several different issues arise from it—weight gain, loss of sex drive, etc. After reading the letter from "Feeling Better Now" regarding exercise, I have a newfound hope for myself. I have joined a gym, and I actually go. I am eating better, and as far as that sex drive, slowly but surely it will return. I want to thank that writer. Her letter was the kick in the butt I needed. And thank you, Annie, for printing it.—Hope Has Arrived in Van Nuys, Calif. Dear Van Nuys: Studies show that regular exercise can lift depression as well as make you feel better and stronger in every way. We hope your letter will serve as a needed "kick" for someone else. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, PO Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Charlton Park and Recreation Avoid these frightening investment moves Commission Part II days). In the next several years a public boat launch, playground, a baseball diamond were installed using grant monies. The Hastings Mutual Insurance Company, a long-time community-orientated organization, was interested in preserving their original office building which stood on the northeast corner of Center and Jefferson streets, where currently Brian’s Tire and Service is located. At the expense of Hastings Mutual, this beautiful brick building was disassembled and reconstructed at the park. The top floor contains artifacts from the law office of former Hastings lawyer Kim Sigler who was elected governor of the State of Michigan in November 1946. After the reconstruction of the 1908 Hastings Mutual Insurance Company original office building in 1975, adjacent stores were added. These included an old fashioned general store, hardware store and a vintage print shop, assembled from buildings and equipment throughout the county. The year 1977 saw the pristine Greek revival style 1860 Sixberry House moved to the park to house the village seamstress, an important member of the community in the days of yore. The completion of the revised recreational plan and the swimming beach were both completed in 1977. The following year saw two additional recreation parking lots added, and a large, much-needed group picnic shelter was constructed. In 1980, the Sixberry carriage house was reconstructed, and the north park entrance road was hard surfaced. The family of Florabelle Stowell, as a memorial, donated funds to construct a 1882 era spring house behind the Hall House. Spring houses were about the only form of refrigeration available in rural areas in the early days. Florabelle Stowell worked tirelessly on behalf of Charlton Park during its formative years. In addition to the Hall House, the park acquired the vintage Hastings Township Hall. Under Frank Welsh’s guidance, the park was the recipient of many grants of all types. I recall that one summer he had 40 people working at the park on various projects. During his 12-year stint as director, he oversaw the construction on reconstruction of 13 additions to the village and the development of six large picnic and recreational areas. Charlton Park enjoyed widespread community support during those years. Each summer season, Frank organized special events such as a Street Rod Auto Show, the Thornapple Music Festival, an Old Fashioned 4th of July, Antique Gas and Steam Engine Show, Antique Fire Fighting and Muster, ‘Christmas Past,’ and the popular Folk Life Festival. After Frank Walsh resigned in 1982 to accept a new position at Muskegon, the park board installed John Patterson as its third director. Mr. Patterson resigned after only a year and a half, stating for his reasons, “lack of financial support for museum programs.” He continued by saying that, “Charlton Park stands today as a nationally significant institution, one of only a couple of hundred with similar size and scope.” It was Patterson’s thought that, “A considerable increase in county funding will have to be forthcoming for the next several years or this major tourist site will not become a tourism attraction and countywide tourism will be negatively affected.” About this time the Charlton Gas and Steam Company which had always been very supportive of the park, began construction of a new building to house its collections. Using members own funds and volunteer labor, the building was completed in 1985. It houses the park’s gas and steam-powered engines as well as historical machinery on loan to the park from its members. The building and its equipment has become an important addition to the park complex. In March 1985, Diane Szenczyk (Smith) was hired to become the fourth Charlton Park director. By 1987, the village barber shop, the building to house Mr. Charlton’s considerable historic Dr. Upjohn House and a working collection of early agricultural tools and sawmill were acquired. Sad to say that many machines. Murphy has acted as an interim of the special events sponsored by the park director since Dr. Shannon’s resignation and had ceased to exist by this time. has brought back a number of special events In 1996, Dr. Peter Forsberg, an alumnus, of for the enjoyment of the public. This increase Hastings High School, became the parks fifth in public interest and participation would director. Peter held a PhD in history. He over- please Irving Charlton very much. saw the stabilization, repair and complete renKeith Mead is head of the Park board and is ovation of the Upjohn House, which has now caring for the museum, special events, become the park’s office and a convention and the staff. center of sorts. With volunteer assistance of local Boy Scouts, he oversaw setting up a typical pioneer log cabin. Joann Barnard, a park employee, stepped in and kept things going in 2001 until 2003 when Dr. George Shannon was appointed director and worked in that capacity Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA until early 2007. While he ASK A C.P.A. …… was director he conducted (Frequently asked questions about taxes) an archeological dig on the site of an original Indian village located on the park grounds researched the Q. What is a 529 college savings plan? reconstruction of the A. Introduced in 1996, the 529 plan is a program that lets parents/grandauthentic village which parents invest dollars for higher education expenses. The federal law that established 529 college savings plans called for them to be stands on this site. In addiadministered at the state level. States have partnered with investtion, Dr. Shannon oversaw ment managers to create their own plans. Michigan’s plan, called the the construction of new Michigan Education Savings Plan is administered by TIAA-CREF. Law Offices of Russell & Hoel, PC Kathryn M. Russell Attorneys at Law 1-800-348-2660 ext. 111 We are a Debt Relief Agency.We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code Want to represent yourself in Court? We can help with the paperwork! 128 W. Center St., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone (269) 945-4243 Patricia Anne Coykendall 10-14-43 - 10-31-06 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation Someday there will be no tears, for they will be wiped away. We will hold on to that promise, as we live each and everyday. Someday we will meet again, though heaven keeps us apart. For you will always be with us, we shall carry you in our hearts! Someday we will share joy again, when we join you in eternity. But for now you will always be to us, a precious memory. Love, Your Family Q. What is the advantage to investing in a 529 plan? A. The earnings on the investment used to pay for higher education expenses will be tax free from federal and Michigan income tax. In addition if you are a Michigan resident and contribute to the Michigan plan, you can deduct up to $10,000 per year on your Michigan Income Tax Return. Q. Can I invest in another states 529 plan because I like their investment manger? A. Yes, however you will not be eligible for the deduction on your Michigan Income Tax Return. As with all investments, you should investigate any loads and fees that you would pay. Q. What types of expenses can the investment and earnings be used for? A. The funds can be used tax free for tuition, room and board, books, required fees, and certain supplies (not football tickets). Tuition can be at a public or private college or university and it can be an in-state or out-of-state institution. Q. What if the child does not need or use the funds? A. First you could name another eligible beneficiary, who is a member of the previous beneficiary’s family (this is a broad definition). You could leave the money in the account until the child has their own children, and then change the beneficiary to the next generation. You could also liquidate the account and pay tax on the earnings plus a 10% federal penalty. Remember you, the person who setup the account and became the trustee, controls the dollars, so the beneficiary can not use the funds to travel Europe and “find themselves” before attending college if you do not want them to. McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. If you have questions regarding 529 College Savings Plans, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 77517257 77517593 529 College Savings Plan 02680858 Divorce • Custody • Parenting Time Criminal • Bankruptcy • Wills Free Consultation with this Ad. (Expires November 10, 2007) Hikers on the Otis Lake Audubon Preserve trail can still see and hear birds and other wildlife. Hiking will be replaced by cross country skiing once the snow flies. No hunting is allowed in the area, so the 1.2 mile trail is safe for hikers. (photo by Patricia Johns) has pediatric positions available in the Hastings and Charlotte and surrounding areas. Please call... Kristen E. Hoel Unfortunately, no one can really predict when market highs and lows will occur - and you can rack up a lot of expenses buying and selling your investments in a vain attempt to "time" the market. You're much better off by buying quality investments and holding them for the long term, or at least until your needs change. There's no trick to avoiding all these investment mistakes - and if you do, you may just find your investment statement is not so spooky to read. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones There is still time to hike RN/LPN’S Lakeshore Home Health Care 02680241 By Esther M. Walton The Barry County Road Commission was responsible for the administration of Charlton Park from 1963 until 1967. On June 13, 1967, in accordance with Act 261 of the Public Acts of Michigan, 1965, the Barry County Board of Supervisors established the Barry County Parks and Recreation Commission and charged that commission with the responsibility of administering the park. The first few meetings of the newly created commission were primarily concerned with organizing itself and resolving problems needing immediate attention, such as the failed septic system and the deterioration in the museum building. Engineers were called in to submit recommendations for stabilizing sagging floors; addressing an acute problem with powder post beetles that infested many of the wooden artifacts on the first floor; compiling a list and prioritizing maintenance of the building and grounds; initiating a program to identify and catalog the thousands of artifacts in the collection, and last but not least searching for a professional park director. By December 1967, a preliminary survey of the park’s potential had been completed by the firm of Frank and Stein Inc., headquartered in Lansing, and Harvey Versteeg had been hired as the first director. The park was closed in March 1968, and recreational camping was forbidden until such time as money could be found to bring the sanitary facilities up to code. In November 1968, $60,000 was turned over to the parks commission by the Charlton estate, and the top-priority repairs and maintenance problems were addressed. Tom Neitheimer of Woodland offered to donate a small old barn on his property was an appropriate size and vintage that to be used to create an authentic period blacksmith shop. Since Mr. Charlton’s collection of blacksmith tools was complete, the board decided to accept this donation. It was felt that this would make an excellent educational tool and at the same time had the added advantage of relieving a little of the overcrowding in the museum. In November 1968, the barn was disassembled and reconstructed at the park, thus being the first structure in what became known as ‘the village.’ In 1969, a 130-acre parcel adjoining Charlton Park came up for sale. A State of Michigan grant was applied for, approved, and helped pay for this property. At this point, Charlton Park consisted of 330 acres. One of the reasons the board sought this acreage was their idea of eventually constructed an up-tocode camping site for recreational vehicles and tents. The per-site cost of constructing this facility was far in excess of the board’s resources at that time. The relatively new reconstructed authentic Indian Village is located on a part of this acreage. In 1970, Harvey Versteeg left Charlton Park, and Frank Walsh was appointed to the directorship. During this year, the Barry County Recreation Plan was completed; the blacksmith shop was opened to the public, and the 1850s historic Bristol Inn was acquired and moved to the park. During Mr. Walsh’s tenure, many changes and additions were made at the park. In 1971, the carpenter-cooper shop opened. The old machine shed was enclosed with wire so the public could view its many interesting items even though there was no identification or interpretation of the artifacts. A beach and picnic area fronting on Thornapple Lake was developed. An educational program especially designed for school children was initiated. The 1885 Carlton Center Church was moved to the pak. The year 1913 saw the Lee School added to the village. The 1885 school was authentically equipped with period desks, books and maps and early elementary teachers frequently use this room to teach their kids ‘the old fashioned way’ (except of couse for the “capital punishment” often meted out in the old indication of future results. Consequently, if you are saving and investing for retirement, you will certainly need an appropriate amount of stocks in your portfolio. * Chasing "hot" stocks - If you follow a tip on a "hot" stock, you could get burned. Why? For one thing, by the time you buy the stock, it may already be cooling down. Even more importantly, it simply may not be appropriate for your individual risk tolerance and longterm goals. * "Timing" the market - If you could always "buy low and sell high," you'd unquestionably make a fortune as an investor. 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 77517237 The newest building at Charlton Park. Once again, it's Halloween. If you're an adult, you're probably more amused than frightened by the variety of ghouls, ghosts and goblins you'll see running around this week. However, although Halloween itself may not be particularly alarming, you can find some things in life that are truly scary such as making bad investment moves. Here are a few of these alarming errors to avoid: * Investing too little in your 401(k) - If you have a 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored plan, you owe it to yourself to take full advantage of it. Your contributions are generally made with pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in each year, the lower your taxable income. Plus, your earnings have the potential to grow on a tax-deferred basis. Furthermore, you may have a dozen or more investment options within your 401(k), so you can spread your dollars around in a way that reflects your risk tolerance and retirement goals. At the very least, contribute enough to earn your employer's match, if one is offered. And try to increase your annual contributions every time your salary goes up. * Ignoring your IRA - Even if you have a 401(k), you can still open an IRA. Many people do this - but then forget about it. For 2007, you can put $4,000 into an IRA, or $5,000 if you're 50 or older. A traditional IRA offers the potential for tax-free earnings, while a Roth IRA can grow tax-free, provided you've had your account for at least five years and you don't take withdrawals until you are at least 59-1/2. And you can fund an IRA with virtually any investment you choose. * Investing too conservatively - Many investors are so uncomfortable with the volatility of the stock market that they put much of their money in more "conservative" investments, such as Treasury bills, corporate bonds and certificates of deposit. It's true that these types of securities will, in general, offer more preservation of principal than stocks, but they will not provide much growth potential. So, if you've "loaded up" on these fixedincome vehicles, you could lose purchasing power, over time. Over the long term, only stocks have historically outpaced the rate of inflation, although past performance is not an �Page 10 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Browne and Dena Browne, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2005 and recorded November 3, 2005 in Instrument Number 1155680, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Twelve and 93/100 Dollars ($188,612.93) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, and 6, Laphams Airport Lots according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3, Page 100, Barry County Records. Parcel 2: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Laphams Airport Lots Number 2 according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5, Page 37, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517203 File No. 199.4339 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Cutler and Cheryl Cutler, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163542, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-BC2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five And 62/100 Dollars ($247,925.62), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 corner of Section 15; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds East 1650.17 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of Section 15; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds West 825.05 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds East 135.51 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 264.58 feet to the center line of a 66 foot wide roadway; thence South 03 degrees 02 minutes 18 seconds East 195.00 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 773.87 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds West 332.62 feet; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds East 500.35 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516989 File #167151F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($123,685.20), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517193 File #125416F02 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brian Scott Peake, A Single Man to Amera Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 in Instrument # 1115851 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned thru mesne assignments to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($63,951.16) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 2263.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section; thence North 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds East, 280.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 388.89 feet; thence South 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds West, 280.00 feet to the East and West one-quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West along said one-quarter line, 388.89 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 7489 E M 79 Hwy, Castleton Twp MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 22, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517198 Our File No: 07-80825 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Rutland Charter Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed Township Budget for fiscal year 2008, at a regular meeting to be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. THE PROPOSED TAX MILLAGE RATE PROPOSED TO BE LEVIED TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE SUBJECT OF THIS HEARING. A copy of the budget is available for public inspection at 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2) (3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Rutland Charter Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. Robin J Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77517599 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, of 10521 East M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 49073-9139, respectively, to Independent Mortgage Company (f/k/a Independent Mortgage Company - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141705, 20 pages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY and 59/100 ($56,190.59) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.00 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Mortgage Company; does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8. Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 23, 2007 Independent Mortgage Company Mortgagee. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Roberta R. Ballard Attorneys for Mortgage 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77517150 St. Johns, MI 48879 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Hause, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2006, and recorded on April 12, 2006 in instrument 1163003, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Four And 85/100 Dollars ($72,264.85), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 09 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds West along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 26, a distance of 538.56 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1642.52 feet to the East line of the West 5/8 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence South 00 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds East along said East line 537.58 feet to the South line of said Section 26; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds West along said South Section line 1643.99 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517139 File #169117F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICHARD T. DUMOUCHEL and RACHEL L. DUMOUCHEL, HUSBAND AND WIFE, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC., Mortgagee, dated October 6, 2005, and recorded on October 28, 2005, in Document No. 1155360, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand One Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($88,001.45), including interest at 10.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 103 AND 104, BLACKMAN AND BUSH ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ALSO BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 103; THENCE WEST 5 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 13 RODS; THENCE EAST 5 RODS; THENCE NORTH 13 RODS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 9, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77516899 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Rodney A. Stewart, individually and as successor Trustee of the Christy D. Stewart Trust dated April 12, 1995 and Christy D. Stewart, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 6, 2005, and recorded on July 11, 2005 in instrument 1149244, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Two And 94/100 Dollars ($852,732.94), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 9: That part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thornapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as. Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 660.00 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 660.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 662.50 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 15 seconds West 1044.59 feet; thence North 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds East 337.99 feet to the place of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 23 seconds West 946.65 feet to the North line of Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 11 seconds East 987.62 feet along the North line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the North 1/4 post of said Section; thence South 44 degrees 08 minutes 55 seconds West 1326.36 feet; thence South 89 degrees 40 minutes 37 seconds West 58.42 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with easements and restrictions of record. Also together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities, being that part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Thronapple Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gorden Noble and Kathy Noble, husband and wife, to Citifinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2001 and recorded November 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1070245, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eight and 30/100 Dollars ($89,608.30) including interest at 10.34% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 105 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North one-half of the Northwest onehalf of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 18, Township 2 North of Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan, for place of beginning; thence West 10 rods; thence North 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence South 8 rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517642 File No. 201.2034 Section; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 563.99 feet along the South line of the Northwest 1/4 corner of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 33.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section to the place of beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 514.67 feet; thence 122.29 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet along a 500 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 121.98 feet, thence North 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds East 291.44 feet; thence 167.33 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds East 164.90 feet; thence 97.06 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears North 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds East 96.25 feet; thence North 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds East 399.33 feet; thence 334.11 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears North 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds East 315.04 feet; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds East 458.03 feet; thence 219.93 feet along a 50 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds East 81.24 feet, thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 505.40 feet; thence 256.19 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 56 degrees 05 minutes 11 seconds West 241.57 feet; thence South 22 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds West 399.33 feet; thence 126.57 feet along a 283 foot radius curve to the right, the chord of which bears South 35 degrees 04 minutes 39 seconds West 125.52 feet; thence 128.30 feet along a 217 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 30 degrees 57 minutes 06 seconds West 126.44 feet; thence South 14 degrees 00 minutes 48 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 00 minutes 24 seconds West 148.02 feet; thence 73.37 feet along a 300 foot radius curve to the left, the chord of which bears South 07 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds West 73.19 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 651.19 feet parallel with the West line of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 29 seconds West 96.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516801 File #165533F01 ATTENTION BARRY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS!!! 77517125 Barry Township is seeking township resident involvement. We would like to form an advisory committee to study the possible expansion of Barry Township offices. We would like your input. Applications can be obtained at the office on any Wednesday. Deadline for applications will be October 31, 2007, @ P.O. Box 705, Barry Township Hall, Delton, MI 49046 Thank you Debra Dewey-Perry, Barry Township Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Pamela K. Jiles, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 17, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156698, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine And 07/100 Dollars ($99,899.07), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 9 of Kenfields Second Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517183 File #155322F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy A. Seaver and Penny Seaver, husband and wife, to Ross Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2005 and recorded May 23, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146953, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20053 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One and 74/100 Dollars ($78,531.74) including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the West one-half of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point 379.23 feet North and 1058.43 feet East of the West one-quarter post of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, and said point also being South 88 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds West 41.66 feet from the Southeast corner of Lot 1 of Poplar Beach Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 14; thence South 49 degrees 01 minutes 29 seconds East 79.58 feet; thence South 40 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 166.00 feet; thence North 49 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence North 46 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East, along the Southerly line of Kline Street 135.50 feet; thence North 50 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds East, along said Southerly line, 33.01 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517178 File No. 221.6197 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Herbert R. Rutzebeck Jr., married to Vickie Rutzebeck, to Washington Mutual Bank F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 11, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140287, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight and 5/100 Dollars ($101,668.05) including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 14 of the Daniel Strikers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517173 File No. 362.2210 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Llyod H. Greer, a single man, to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 23, 2005 and recorded April 11, 2005 in Instrument Number 1144663, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 2005-2 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Six and 43/100 Dollars ($251,736.43) including interest at 9.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Yankee Spring, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit Number 6, of the Boardwalk at Gun Lake Condominiums, a condominium according to the Master Deed thereof recorded in Instruments Number 1093588, Barry County Records, and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan Number 25, and any amendments thereto, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of said condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as condominium as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516889 File No. 222.1081 — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking bids for the demolition of four houses and three garages located in the City of Hastings. Specifications can be obtained by contacting the County Administrator’s Office, County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI, 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77517580 ***NOTICE*** Barry Township will hold its regular November meeting on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at Barry Township Hall, Delton, MI 49046 Thank-You. Debra Dewey-Perry Barry Township Clerk 05538716 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerrad Van Duser, a single man and Ann Leatherman, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 11, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in instrument 1141722, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, FA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three And 61/100 Dollars ($136,883.61), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 52, Misty Ridge No. 3, part of the Northeast 1/4 and Northwest 1/4, Section 27, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 53. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516842 File #141973F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick VanHaften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mutual Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ten And 27/100 Dollars ($198,210.27), including interest at 7.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point on the North and South 1/4 Line of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West 33 Feet North of the South 1/4 post of Section 5; Thence North on the 1/4 Line 172.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 333 feet to the Easterly Line of Winchester Drive; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East on the Easterly Line of Said Drive 18.52 feet; Thence South 57 Degrees 21 minutes East 53.94 feet, Being a Chord on a Curve to the Left with a radius of 50 Feet; Thence East 255.27 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 114.15 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 43 of Chateau Park No. 2 and the place of beginning of this description; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 150 feet to the Easterly line of Winchester Drive; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West 100 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 43 of said plat, Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 150 feet to the place of beginning. Also, Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 Line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet and the place of beginning of this description thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of said road 100 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southwest Corner of Lot 42 of Chateau Park No. 2, Thence South 24 degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 183 feet to the place of beginning, all in Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170050F01 77517633 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald T. Hatcher and Theresa L. Hatcher, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 16, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147145, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Quest Trust Series 2006-X1 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2006, Without Recourse as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-One And 13/100 Dollars ($95,191.13), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel G: That part of the South 60 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of section 10, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Described as; beginning at the West 1/4 corner of said section; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 05 seconds West along the West line of said Northwest 1/4, 1002.71 feet to the North line of the South 60 acres of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds East along said North line 120.60 feet; thence South 35 degrees 28 minutes 26 second East 691.89 feet; thence South 17 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East 461.90 feet to the South line of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds West along said South line 649.79 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Loftus road, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #167202F01 77516963 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Todd D. Young, a married man, and Jane E. Young, as to her dower rights only, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 5, 2006 and recorded September 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1169707, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred SixtySeven Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Three and 13/100 Dollars ($167,273.13) including interest at 9.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 8, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 73 of Pine Haven Estates Number 3, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats on Page 29. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 11, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77516852 File No. 362.2037 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the afor mentioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), dated July 20, 2000, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on July 26, 2000, in Document Number 1047300, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $100,381.22, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Stacy E. Jones and Tulonna J. Jones, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.), together with interest at 9.25 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on November 8, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: TOWNSHIP OF JOHNSTOWN, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN THE EAST 300 FEET OF THE SOUTH 342 FEET OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST, EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 40 FEET THEREOF. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) may have in the 2000 Skyline Mobile Home, Serial NumberAC17380317NAB. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Conseco Finance Servicing Corp.) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77516463 Dated: October 2, 2007 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BARRY Case No. 07-455-CH The Hon. James H. Fisher DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS an Officer of the United States of America Plaintiff, v. CHRISTINA DERUITER, Defendant. IT IS ORDERED: An action has been commenced by the plaintiff, Department of Veterans Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America (“Veterans Affairs”), against the defendant, Christina DeRuiter (“DeRuiter”) in the Barry County Circuit Court for the State of Michigan, seeking a judgment determining that Veterans Affairs holds full legal and equitable title to the Property known as 719 E. Clinton Street, Hastings, Michigan, in fee simple absolute, free and clear of any and all claims of DeRuiter, quieting title to the Property forever in Veterans Affairs, and granting such other relief as is equitable, and the defendant must answer or take other action permitted by law within 28 days after the last date of publication. If the defendant does not answer or take other action within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Gary R. Holman Barry County Circuit Court Judge Prepared by: BAKER & DANIELS LLP Wendy K. Walker-Dyes (P64806) 205 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 250 South Bend, IN 46601 (574) 234-4149 77517105 Attorney for Plaintiff TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Planning Commission on Monday November 19, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Myron Kokx, 14566 S M43 Hwy, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, for a Special Land Use permit for a roadside stand for the sale of farm products. Subject parcel number is 08-12-025-003-25. The subject property is located in the “A” - Agricultural District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77517608 Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patricia J. Rich, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 20, 2006, and recorded on October 27, 2006 in instrument 1172001, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 22/100 Dollars ($151,290.22), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lot 110 of Hastings Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on page 41, also, that Part of Lot 111 of Hastings Heights wich Lies South of the South Line of Platted Calgary Drive, according to the recorded plat of Northridge #2, also the West 10 Feet of the Vacated 40 Foot alley Formerly Appurtenant to said Lot 110 and part of Lot 111 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517601 File #169934F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT - FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE FILE NO. 07-248-DM In the matter of Sandra June Chaffee v Tyler Torrance Trout. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: Tyler Torrance Trout whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A Summons and Complaint for Divorce were filed on May 2, 2007 in the Barry County Circuit Court, Family Division, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 before Judge James H. Fisher. Defendant has 28 days to file an answer with the court and serve a copy on the other party or to take other lawful action. If an answer is not file or other action taken within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Stephanie S. Fekkes P43549 Law, Weathers & Richardson, P.C. 800 Bridgewater Place 333 Bridge Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5320 77516983 (616) 459-1171 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Beck and Paula Beck, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender, Mortgagee, dated January 23, 2003, and recorded on January 27, 2003 in instrument 1096298, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Fifty And 14/100 Dollars ($170,050.14), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 2620.06 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 to the central 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 596.23 feet along East line of said Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 725.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds West 574.00 feet along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds East 833.51 feet; thence Southeasterly 206.83 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 26 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds and a chord bearing South 58 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East 205.05 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 400.00 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive 66.00 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of said easement being described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 1310.03 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds West 466.86 feet along the West line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this easement description; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 587.67 feet; thence Southeasterly 356.65 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds and a chord bearing South 67 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 347.55 feet to a radius point of 60.00 foot radius turn-around and the point of ending of this easement centerline description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #063692F02 77517128 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of Rutland will hold a public hearing/regular meeting on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at the Rutland Charter Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, Michigan, commencing at 7:30 p.m. as required under the provisions of the Township Zoning Act and the Zoning Ordinance for the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed item to be considered at this public hearing include the following, in summary: 1. Special Exception/Land Use Permit Application to allow a child day care/home occupation at 5469 W M179 Hwy, Hastings, Michigan. Parcel #08-13-017-009-05 the property is currently zoned RE, Rural Estates Residential. Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance Section 104.703 requires a Special Exception/Land Use Permit for this request. Property is described as: RUTLAND CHTR TWP COM AT APT ON E & W 1\4 LI SEC. 17 T3N-R9W WEST 2195.65 FT FR E1\4 POST OF SD SEC TH S 01 DEG 11’ 24” E 465.00 FT TH W 325.00 FT TH N 01 DEG 11’ 24” W 465.00 FT TO PT ON SAID E & W 1\4 LI WHICH LIES E 125.00 FT FR CNTR OF SD SEC TH E AL E & W 1\4 LI 325.00 FTTO POB 2. Such and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Application for Special Use along with the Zoning Ordinance, Zoning Map, Land Use Plan, and Land Use Plan Map of the Township may be examined at the Township Hall at any time during regular business hours on any day except public and legal holidays from and after the publication of this Notice and until and including the day of this public hearing, and may further be examined at the public hearing to determine the exact nature of the aforementioned matters. You are invited to attend this hearing. If you are unable to attend, written comments may be submitted in lieu of a personal appearance by writing to the Township Clerk at the Township Hall, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058, at any time up to the date of the hearing and may be further received by the Planning Commission at said public hearing. This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act), MCLA 41.72a(2)(3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon reasonable notice to the Rutland Charter Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Rutland Charter Township Clerk by writing or calling the Township. All interested persons are invited to be present for comments and suggestions at this public hearing. 77517631 Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 Telephone: (269) 948-2194 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Jim Schaub, by Thelma Deloris Schaub, his attorney-in-fact, and Thelma Deloris Schaub, Husband and Wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Aegis Lending Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2003 and recorded April 1, 2003 in Instrument # 1101307 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-HE2, by assignment dated May 11, 2007 and recorded June 18, 2007 in Instrument # 1181838 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Nine Hundred ThirtySeven Dollars and Twenty-Three Cents ($151,937.23) including interest 14.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of the West One-Half of the Northwest fractional One-Quarter of the Northeast fractional One-Quarter of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West; thence West 313 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 01 degrees East 495 feet; thence West 187 feet; thence North 01 degrees West 495 feet; thence East 187 feet along the North line of said Section to the place of beginning Commonly known as 5377 Brickyard Road, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 8, 2007 Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for the registered holders of CDC Mortgage Capital Trust 2003-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003HE2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-79871 ASAP# 914473 10/11/2007, 77516868 10/18/2007, 10/25/2007, 11/01/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Becki Salazar and Paul Salazar, her husband, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 26, 2006 and recorded September 27, 2006 in Instrument Number 1170611, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-1 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Two and 67/100 Dollars ($79,702.67) including interest at 11% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 15, 2007. Said premises are located in the Village of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 19 Rods and 9.50 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence West 40 feet, thence North 18 Rods and 13.50 feet, thence East 40 feet to the place of beginning, in Town 4 North, Range 7 West, also commencing 18 Rods 12 feet West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, thence South 13 Rods, thence West 8 feet, thence South 5 Rods, 13.5 feet, thence West 6 feet, thence North 18 rods 13.50 feet, thence East 14 feet to place of beginning. Also, the East 4 feet of the following described premises: commencing 22 Rods West of the Northeast corner of Section 21, Town 4 North, Range 7 West, thence South 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence West 4 Rods, thence North 18 Rods 13.50 feet, thence East 4 Rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 18, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517016 File No. 221.6188 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting Oct. 9, 2007 Six Board members present, Wilder absent; Co. Comm. Gibson and 2 guests. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Approved Budget Hearing on Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m. Approved request to County Commissioners to reimburse for Nov. 6 election. Approved purchase of outdoor smoking materials container. Election Commission approved Selby, Stockham, Neil, Hilson, and White, to work Nov. 6 election, $9 per hour, $50 extra for chair and poll book writer. Adopted Salary Resolution 2008 with increase for assessor and housekeeper. Adopted resolution for gaming license for Lighthouse Counseling Center. Amended budget in Paved Road Repairs category by $8900 from TIP Fund. Amended budget in Planning Category. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77517260 Jim Brown, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark L Seybert and Caroline A Seybert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Gecko Mortgage, Inc, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2005, and recorded on June 23, 2005 in instrument 1148490, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine And 98/100 Dollars ($183,569.98), including interest at 6.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Following Described Premises Situated In The Township Of Hope, County Of Barry And State Of Michigan, To-Wit: Commencing At The East 1/4 Post Of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Township Of Hope, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 1664.30 Feet Along The East-West 1/4 line of said section 33 to the point of beginning; Thence Continuing North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 330 Feet Along Said East-West 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds East 1321.00 Feet Parallel With The North-South 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 330 Feet Parallel With Said East-West 1/4 Line; Thence North 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds West 1321 Feet Parallel With Said NorthSouth 1/4 Line Of Said Section To The Point Of Beginning, Except The West 130 Feet Thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517046 File #168241F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Daniels and Debra J. Daniels, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2004, and recorded on October 27, 2004 in instrument 1136226, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-One And 30/100 Dollars ($214,261.30), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 330.00 feet along the South line of said Section 12; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 660.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 165.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 665.05 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 26 seconds East 495.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds West 1323.67 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 12 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517188 File #169209F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2007-24918-NC In the matter of Dakota Lee Hall, minor. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at 206 W. Court St. #302, Hastings, MI 49058 before Judge William M. Doherty for the following purpose: Petition for change of name: Dakota Lee Hall to Dakota Sky Meyers. Date: 10/29/2007 Debra K. Meyers P.O. Box 455 77517606 Delton, MI 49046 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John M. Christensen and Laura K. Christensen, husband and wife, to Oak Street Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2003 and recorded August 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107318, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee c/o Residential Funding Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-One and 13/100 Dollars ($131,761.13) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 20, Hilltop Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 74. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517168 File No. 207.8912 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 20, 2004 in instrument 1132770, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen And 96/100 Dollars ($67,315.96), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/8 post on the South side of Section 22, thence North 29 rods for the place of beginning, thence North to the West 1/8 line 22 rods to the center of Highway M-37, thence Easterly and Southerly along the center of said highway to a point directly East of the point of beginning, thence West to the point of beginning, Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #166591F01 77516944 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Schilthroat and Teresa A. Schilthroat, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to AmerUs Home Lending, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 23, 2003, and recorded on May 1, 2003 in instrument 1103286, and assigned by said Mortgagee to M&I Bank FSB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Six Hundred One And 31/100 Dollars ($120,601.31), including interest at 6.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 5 and 8 of Block 17 of In Keelers Addition to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats on Page 12, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517040 File #168263F01 �Page 13 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paula Delorm, a married woman, original mortgagor(s), to Vandyk Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 16, 2005, and recorded on September 20, 2005 in instrument 1153084, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-1 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety And 43/100 Dollars ($211,890.43), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 8, 2007. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 10 of Oak Cove, a Residential Site Condominium, a condominium according to the Master Deed recorded in document #1035911, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 15, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 11, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516904 File #166151F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24914-DE Estate of Elizabeth L. Meyers, Dec’d. Date of Birth: 1/11/26. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Elizabeth L. Meyers, who lived at 2061 Archwood Dr., Wayland, MI 49348, died 1/23/07. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Pamela Wilson, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10-30-07 Martin Reed (P26028) 138 Hubbard St. Allegan, MI 49010 269-673-8954 Pamela M. Wilson 4620 Woodland Ave. 77517640 Western Springs, IL 60558 Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-9459554 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by NORMAN L. LONG, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 14, 2006, and recorded on June 29, 2006, in Document No. 1166610, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($126,925.00), including interest at 9.250% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on November 15, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of YANKEE SPRINGS, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. More correctly described as: LOT 52, OAKWOOD SHORES NO. 2, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4, SECTION 7, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN LIBER 5 OF PLATS AT PAGE 79. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 8, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 77516894 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by April Burd, a Married Woman and Jay W. Burd, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 30, 2006 in instrument 1165275, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2006-WF3 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two And 09/100 Dollars ($182,142.09), including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of West Gun Lake Resort, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517584 File #161303F03 BOWLING SCORES Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 23-9; James Process Service 22-10; Kent Oil 20.5-11.5; Double A Cookie Factory 19-13; NBT 17-15; Dewey’s Auto Body 14.5-17.5; Sassy Babes 14-18; Dean’s Dolls 13-19; The Finishing Touch 9.522.5; Hallifax Services 7.5-24.5. Good Games and Series - D. Worm 187484; T. Mitchell 125-322; S. Drake 180-454; L. Hallifax-Greer 181; S. Blakely 152; D. Snyder 183; T. Christopher 220-576; S. VanDenburg 222-626; T. schaeffer 173; A. Jackson 146-355; E. Ulrich 170; L. Elliston 225-569; S. Dunham 159; K. Fowler 198531; V. Kuhtic 175; P. Hinkle 169-415; S. MacIntosh 167. Senior Citizens Lucky Strike 23-9; Team #5 20-12; Three Gals & a Guy 20-12; King Pins 20-12; Sun Risers 19-13; M&M’s 18-10*; Early Risers 18-14; #1 Senior 18-14; 4-B’s 17-15; Ward’s Friends 16-12*; Butterfingers 14-18; Kuempel 9-23; Friends 6-26. * Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - S. Pennington 181; L. Yoder 139; S. Patch 219; Y. Cheeseman 170; G. Scobey 163-451; N. Bechtel 190-458; J. Allen 156-422; B. Benedict 156. Good Game and Series Men - W. Talsma 181; G. Forbey 170; R. Adgate 154; C. Baker 234; W. Birman 186; L. Brandt 207; M. Saldivar 200-556; L. Markley 199-466; D. Murphy 187-460. Thursday Angels Fall Creek 21-11; Allure 20-12; Riverfront Fin. Ser. 20-12; H.C.B. 16-16; Moore Apts. 16-16; Hast. Bowl 14-18; Maude’s Team 1418; Miller Farm Repair 12-20; Varney’s 1121. High Games and Series - L. Apsey 182509; N. Clow 179-502; J. Baker 139; B. Cuddahee 178; R. White 164; B. Franks 175; M. Weiler 152; A. Varney 108; R. Shapley 188; C. Shellenbarger 189; D. Staines 170; L. Miller 172; A. Bartimus 198-559; J. Moore 181; C. Kuhlman 185; L. Watson 160; T. Phenix 174; C. Nichols 181. Chiropractic 15-17; Quality Roofing 15-17; Lynn Denton Agency 12-20; CB’s 9-23; Critters 7.5-24.5. High Game and Series - S. Vandenburg 181-518; C. Mack 208; T. Daniels 202-561; E. Etts 130; O. Gillons 113; T. Thompson 122; S. Bernheisel 114; S. Snider 145; L. Trumble 156; P. Cogswell 167; J. Conger 213-545; B. Innes 127; A. Keillor 138; L. Macleod 158; J. White 154; K. Farlee 128; A. Churchill 147; M. Kill 173-500; K. Carpenter 156; L. Potter 132; S. Smith 149; M. Heath 186; M. Sears 164; R. Brummel 144; P. Ramey 173; A. Norton 163; T. Franklin 176; J. Rice 153. Misfits 12; Straight Liners 12; Pin Chasers 9; Late Comers 8. Womens Good Games and Series - N. Mroz 243-568; T. Franklin 195-515; M. Daniels 173-491; K. Farlee 173-450; V. Wright 158-429; L. Wright 156-349; S. Vandenburg 198; M. Simpson 187; D. Gray 186; C. Graham 104. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 215-623; B. Churchill 199-578; G. Snyder 179-526; B. Allen 187-523; D. Wright 167488; T. Hannan 163-462; T. Demott 145-410; R. Guild 220; M. Arnold 219; M. Kidder 199; R. Miner 192; T. Barlow 190; M. Norton 167; N. Rich 140. Friday Night Mixed AND’ Signs 24; Spare Time 21; Michigan Outlaws 18; Ten Pins 18; Just Cuz 18; Greasy Balls 18; UMSU 17; Liquid Courage 17; We’re a Mess 16; Oldies But Goodies 13; All But One 13; Whatever 12; 9-N-A-Wiggle 23. Womens Good Games and Series - S. Vandenburg 204-590; R. Murrah 191-532; L. Potter 205-532; P. Ramey 202-514; L. Smith 162-441; R. Lydy 232; M. Mathis 221; D. Rhodes 188; S. Carlson 176; T. Phenix 169; B. Barlow 163; B. Vugteveen 160; R. Hammontree 152; J. Sherman 149; C. Etts 148. Mens Good Games and Series - A. Taylor 201-546; T. Ramey 199-517; D. Sears 171493; M. Eaton 211; M. Kidder 203; A. Rhodes 199; T. Barlow 181; D. Carlson 165; B. Dennison 155. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 24; Seebers 22; The River 19; Hair Care Center 17; Shamrock Tavern 15; Eye and Ent 13; Nothin But Truck 13. Womens Good Games and Series - S. Merrill 200-557; D. Seeber 233-547; N. Potter 201-525; G. Otis 179-498; B. Moore 141-378; L. Friend 108-314; A. Tasker 158; N. Varney 156; B. High 86. Sunday Night Mixed Sandbaggers 23; Michigan Outlaws 20; Funky Bowlers 20; 2 Bags and 4 Balls 18; Wright Zone 17; R&N 17; Karey’s Crew 16; Bounty Hunters 15; Sunday Snoozers 13; Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 27; TVCCU 26; HCB 22; Terminators 20; Boyce Milk Hauling 18; Yankee Zepher 17; Goodtime Pizza 16; J-Ad 15. Mens High Game - K. Beebe 263; M. Hall 203; T. Neymeiyer Jr. 200. Mens High Series - K. Beebe 640; M. Hall 580. Womens High Game - S. Beebe 189. Tuesday Trios Chris Taylor Builders 27-5; Luanne’s Team 22-10; Coleman Agency 19-13; Super-Crips 17.5-14.5; Trouble 16-16; Macleod Felpausch steps up with Cash for Class A good education is the best gift to give a child. It’s no secret that today’s schools utilize every penny they can get. There’s always a need for more books, computers, software, paper supplies, band uniforms, and the list goes on. That’s why Spartan Stores, through its Felpausch locations, is offering local schools, for the first time, an opportunity to raise money through “Felpausch Cash for Class.” Cash for Class is a consumer-friendly program that has been available to many other communities for several years. In fact, last year, the program contributed $366,296 to participating schools. During designated weeks of the school year, consumers can shop Felpausch and give their school code of preference to the cashier. (Schools must enroll in the program to receive a code.) Schools will receive 3 percent of the total purchases designated for their school by code number. Cash payments will be made to the schools twice per year. The first Cash to Class dates for this school year will be Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 and Nov. 25 to Dec. 1. According to Jeanne Norcross, vice president of corporate affairs, ‘By stepping up to support schools and organizations, Felpausch is fulfilling a commitment to make a difference. We know that the money raised will have a positive impact on education, and we are genuinely pleased to have this opportunity to assist schools and organizations in the Felpausch communities where we operate.” Consumers can learn more about these programs by viewing: www.felpausch.com. — NOTICE — — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Agriculture Preservation Board, Agriculture Interest Position. Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 9, 2007. 77517052 NOTICE The meeting time for the regular Barry County Road Commission meetings has been changed from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. until January 1, 2009. The meetings will be held at the Barry County Road Commission office at 1725 West M-43 Highway, Hastings. 77517629 RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township originally scheduled Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, November 21, 2007, is cancelled. All business originally scheduled for that date will be moved to Tuesday, November 20, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 77517597 Hastings Charter Township REQUEST FOR BIDS The Township Board is taking bids for a new asphalt shingled roof on the Township Hall located at 885 River Road, Hastings. Specifications may be obtained by calling Supervisor Jim Brown at 1-888-240-2638. Sealed bids must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. November 12, 2007. The Township Board reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. 05538746 CITY OF HASTINGS POSITION AVAILABLE UTILITY SUPERINTENDENT The Utility Superintendent oversees the operation and maintenance of the City’s wastewater treatment plant and sewage collection system and the water filtration treatment plant and water distribution system. An associate’s degree in a relevant field and at least five years experience are required. License by MDEQ as a Class B wastewater operator is required and additional licensing is expected before or after employment. Additional education, experience, and licensing are preferred. Excellent computer skills, the ability to communicate verbally and in writing, and commitment to a team approach are required. Salary range $41,250 to $55,000. Complete job description available on request from City of Hastings, 201 E. State St., Hastings, Michigan 49058, 269.945.2468. To apply submit letter of interest and resume by 4:00 pm, November 20, 2007. 77517216 Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 14 PARK, continued from page 3 How many people are on staff and what do they do? At present, Charlton Park has six full-time employees. Keith Murphy is the interim administrator. He handles park business, future planning, and works with the many stakeholders (groups and individuals) of Charlton Park. Claire Johnston is the educa- tion curator. She develops and coordinates all education programs and works with volunteers to keep the activities in the historical village going. Johnston also manages the collection, exhibitions/displays and other museum operations. Tom Campbell and Bill Cribley work in maintenance. Mowing, alone, takes two people 21/2 days. They make repairs as needed on everything from picnic tables to door locks. With 18 major historic buildings, there is always something to be done. Deb Smith is the special events coordinator. She keeps track of all the details each event requires, including working with vendors, staff, and exhibitors. Smith also is the Park’s Housekeeper. Linda Ferris serves as bookkeeper and office manager. With so many different groups and accounts, this is a full-time job. Linda also contacts the food vendors for events, handles the ticket booth, and manages for the gift shop for school groups and visi- Music students develop, follow the achievement program The Community Music School offers a chance for students to strive for excellence on their instruments in the Musicianship Achievement Program (MAP). This program was created by Holly Bolthouse, a piano instructor at CMS-Hastings. Students and teachers work together to outline goals to be reached by the end of the school year, such as finishing a method or theory book, practicing 30 minutes every day, playing for multiple church or community events, participating in an adjudicated music festival, researching a composer, playing in a recital, or learning five songs on their own. The MAP program is offered to all students enrolled in the music school. The program allows music studenst to be actively involved in his/her musical growth, and offers the student an opportunity to be organized and plan ahead. The students who participate in MAP are able to be independent in their accomplishments, giving them a true sense of pride when their goals are achieved. Last year, those who completed their goals by the May deadline, were awarded a certificate and a medal. This year’s MAP program began Sept. 1 and will run through May 15, 2008. Students will work with their instructors to outline their goals for the current school year. Located at 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, the Community Music School offers private lessons on a variety of instruments for people of all ages. For more information, contact Coordinator Steve Youngs at (269) 948-9441 or syoungs@musiccenterscmi.com, or visit the Website at www.musiccenterscmi.com. Calley: Stop construction of new State Police headquarters State Rep. Brian Calley this week joined colleagues to help introduce bills to stop the immediate construction of a new multi-million dollar Michigan State Police (MSP) headquarters. The state is renting the current MSP headquarters for $1 per year from Michigan State University. The new headquarters, including rent and management fee with an automatic 2 percent annual increase, will cost the state close to $100 million during the life of its 25year lease. The new 148,000-square-foot-building would be built in downtown Lansing near the Grand River. “I have not yet met one Michigan State Police trooper who thinks this is a good idea,” said Calley, R-Portland. “In fact, the MSP director said they could operate out of a tent, if need be. The Michigan State Police are not even really pushing for this. So who is?” The proposed downtown site cannot accommodate a helicopter landing pad as the current location does, cannot act as the state’s Emergency Operations Center nor has enough space to warehouse vehicles. “It’s truly a mystery why this deal was allowed to go through, given the dire condition of our state budget,” Calley said. “With constant talk of reducing police forces, the state should not be wasting precious taxpayer dollars with this development.” tors. What does the staff do during the winter? Despite currently having only one major event during the winter, “Of Christmas Past,” the staff has plenty of work to do. Planning for the coming school season, researching education programs, exhibit planning, and volunteer training all take place during the winter months. Collections management is also an important job during this period. Inventory and computerizing catalog records takes place on a more regular basis. Future planning and contacts with groups interested in sponsoring new shows at Charlton Park are usually held at this time. Maintenance of historic buildings and on picnic tables, restrooms and other amenities occur during these months. In addition, wood must be cut for the wood stoves in the historic buildings, and winter is the best time to do this work. This winter the park staff will be working on some larger projects with funds from the Foundation—fixing up the church basement and renovating the first floor of the museum building for exhibition space. What kinds of education programs are offered? Currently education programs are offered for elementary students to allow them to experience the past in a meaningful way. The Live-In program allows students to live the life of a child in the nineteenth century by participating in chores typical of the period. They visit the Bristol Inn, Lee School, and General Store. Down on the Farm, is similar to the Live-in program, but students make candles in the town hall instead of going to the general store. Lee School All Day gives teachers the opportunity to teach in the oneroom school house in the manner of bygone days. Victorian Christmas gives students the opportunity to create old-fashioned gifts and ornaments. Between April 12 and June 7, 38 school groups, consisting of 375 adults and 1,584 students, visited. From Sept. 27 to Dec. 17, there will be 25 groups and an estimated 1,011 people touring the facility. What kinds of jobs do volunteers do? Volunteers fill an important role at Charlton Park. They are the foundation of the education programs and the most visible part of the village, especially during special events. They wear costumes of the late 1800s and share information as interpreters. Some have skills in the old trades and act as blacksmiths and carpenters, demonstrating the work done in the past. Some cook at the old wood stoves, weave, or spin. They provide visitors with information about the park and the historic village. Volunteers who have been specially trained help catalog the collection, and others perform routine maintenance (painting, gardening, etc.). What recreational services are provided? Charlton Park has a recreation area with a swimming beach, modern restrooms, a con- 50 N. M37 Hwy. Hastings, MI 49058 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE FALL LEAF PICKUP The City of Hastings Department of Public Services will again be providing the citizens of the City of Hastings with a fall leaf pickup, scheduled to begin on November 13, 2007. City crews will begin picking up leaves in the Second Ward, First Ward, Third Ward, and finish in Fourth Ward. Residents should place the leaves to be picked up either very near the curb if a parking lane is present, or immediately behind the curb on the curb lawn. We ask that residents not place leaves in any traveled lane, or adjacent to intersections where it might present a vision obstruction. 269-945-3550 PRICE REDUCED $9,001 Quality built modular home with 2700 sq ft finished and more to finish upstairs if needed. Covered front porch, attached garage and finished walkout basement on 4 acres in Maple Valley Schools. $159,900 $136,999 Call Stacy 269-655-5484 OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 4 • 2 - 4 p.m. 1589 Pinedale Dr. TK Schools, 3 BR, 2 BA, Manufactured Home on 1 acre parcel. Paved drive to large 2 stall garage. $94,900 Call Ruth 269-838-8834 “Jim and Doug’s Famous Pork Feast.” PRIZES: Mossburg 535 Combo, Muzzle-loader, NEF Pardner Pump Youth 20 ga., Hand-made Quilt, Ultimate Spa Tanning Packages, Gift Certificates, Fish and Hunting Related Accessories, Women’s Gifts, plus many more! Raffle tickets are a bargain at only $10.00 a piece. ONLY 400 TICKETS PRINTED BUY 3 TICKETS GET 1 FREE MEAL NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN Bring all of your friends INFORMED! They have 2 daughters Sherry Ann of Hastings with her son Josh and Clara & John Young of Rivanna Michigan with sons, Dakota and Hunter. Send them You can send them a happy anniversary card to 1255 Coats Grove Rd., Hastings. 77517625 ® RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: Music By: Grumpy Old Men begins at 8:00 pm sive list of people she continues to reach out and touch, sharing her encouragement and prayers. Sister Marie Ursula is known in the community for her love for children and her passion for teaching. Sister initiated the “Read 100 Books in a Year” program for her first grade students. She has taught generations of students within families. Many of her grown students take the time to drop by for a visit with her when they return to Hastings to visit family. Sister Marie Ursula is well recognized in the community by not only her traditional black habit, but by her faithful canine companion, Joey. For the last several years, Joey has been Sister’s classroom assistant. His primary role in the classroom is to encourage reading skills. The students love to sit and read aloud to Joey, and he seems to enjoy the stories. and relatives They were married November 3, 1967 in Ionia, Michigan after Gary returned home from serving in Vietnam with the USMC . Open to the Public $5.00 per plate gets you a heaping helping of Sister Marie Ursula Keep your friends Gary & Rosemary Moore 6519 S. M-66, Nashville You don’t have to be a hunter to have fun! Cocktails at 5:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Nov. 4 has been designated “Sister Marie Ursula Appreciation Day” in the Hastings community by Hastings Mayor Robert May. Sister Marie Ursula is a long-time resident of Hastings and is the only Catholic nun in the community. She has been serving the members of St. Rose of Lima parish for 40 years both as the first grade teacher at St. Rose Elementary School and in a number of roles within the parish. She is a member of the Community of Sisters of St. Joseph at Nazareth. St. Rose parish is hosting a Sister Marie Ursula Appreciation Day Sunday, Nov. 4. The 11 a.m. Mass at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings is being dedicated to her, and a reception will be held in the basement of the church from noon to 2 p.m. in her honor. The parish invites the community to come and celebrate with Sister Marie Ursula. She is an active member of the Catholic Daughters and the Ministry to the Sick. She also has served as Eucharistic minister and in other roles during Mass. She is always ready to bake her delicious zucchini bread for bake sales and as gifts to brighten someone’s day, a friend said. Sister Marie Ursula currently teaches Catholic Catechism to first graders on Sunday mornings. She hosts a Monday morning prayer group. An extensive card mailing ministry also is important to her. She started the ministry on her own, sending greeting cards and words of encouragement to the elderly, sick or shut-ins within the community. Sister’s letter writing ministry reaches well beyond her St. Rose parish community to the community-at-large. She never forgets to send a greeting card to someone, whether congratulating the person on a new job or other accomplishment. Whenever she hears of someone going through a tough time, Sister Marie Ursula takes the time to hand-write a note or card with words of encouragement and prayers. Sister believes that neither Internet nor e-mail can convey the same personal touch a handwritten note can. Despite the rising cost of stamps, Sister continues to fund her letter writing ministry on her own and has an exten- Happy 40th Anniversary OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 4 • 2 - 4 p.m. Deer Hunter’s Ball Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Special ‘appreciation day’ planned for Sister Marie Ursula 1030 S. Park St. Over 2,000 sq. ft., located w/in walking distance of Schools. Lg. living room & sep. family room w/brick frpl., 3 BDs, walk-in closets, MFL & study/den that could be a 4th BD. Don’t miss this one at $114,900. Call Stacy 269-655-5484. 2nd Annual When: What is unique about Charlton Park? Charlton Park is unique in many ways. Because of Mr. Charlton’s unique interests, it has one of the largest collections of agricultural and mechanical artifacts in the country. The combination of a museum, historic vil- OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 4 • 1 - 3 p.m. 77517647 Where: Hastings Elk Lodge 102 E. Woodlawn, Hastings, MI 49058 Is hunting allowed at Charlton Park? No. Charlton Park is and has been for many years a nature preserve. This means that no hunting is allowed in the park. Fishing is not only allowed but encouraged. Thornapple Lake and Thornapple River teem with muskie and northern pike, as well as bass, and other panfish. lage and a recreation area means that it can provide visitors with a multi-faceted day at the park. The acreage means that the park can host large events such as the Father’s Day Car Show and the Lumberjack Show and have enough parking for everyone. It also makes it an ideal place for a Civil War Muster, which will be returning next year. Perhaps the most unique feature of Charlton Park is that it is here in a relatively small rural community as a gift to the people of Barry County because Irving D. Charlton believed that the history of our ancestors was important and should be preserved. Terri Trupiano Barry has been involved with Charlton Park for many years. 77517638 The fall leaf pickup generally takes City crews from four to six weeks to complete so we ask that residents have their leaves raked out prior to the start of the leaf pickup to allow us to complete the project in an efficient and timely manner. We will only be making one pass around the City so your cooperation in this regard will be greatly appreciated. There will be an announcement on WBCH radio each weekday morning informing citizens of the location of the City work crews, including a tentative area that will be covered that day and where the work crews will be headed the next day. Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77517595 crete boat ramp, mini-picnic shelters, and playground equipment. There are trails throughout the park for hikers. The BANNER The • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking To subscribe, Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. call us at... Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities 77517647 EOE/M-F 77517270 stored in the museum and other storage areas. Artifacts that are donated are recorded and given an accession number for identification purposes. Most of the items used by interpreters and volunteers are reproductions, not actual artifacts. It is the job of a curator to identify and record artifacts. During most of its existence, Charlton Park has not been able to afford the services of a professional curator. Most of this work has been performed by education directors (who have education in the museum field) and by volunteers. 269-945-9554 �Page 15 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings boy joins Opera Grand Rapids chorus for "Carmen" by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer At 7:30 p.m. this Friday and Saturday, Hastings resident Marshall Cherry will take to the stage at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids as a member of the children’s chorus in Opera Grand Rapids production of Georges Bizet’s "Carmen." Cherry, 10, is a fifth grade student at Hastings’ Central Elementary School. Although this is his first time on stage in an opera, Cherry has extensive musical training. For years he has been a member of the Battle Creek Boychoir, a program of the Music Center of South Central Michigan. During the summer, he toured with the Boychoir performing in several churches in New York City, Philadelphia, and in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He also studies piano at the Hastings Community Music School. Cherry got involved in the opera when Cindy Kaczmarczyk, his former Kindermusic teacher and mother of two former Boychoir members, called and suggested he audition for the children’s chorus. Cherry’s brother Alex, 12, also a singer, was too tall to audition because children’s chorus members must be less than five feet tall. With the help of his choir master, Brooks Grantier, Marshall prepared his audition piece, a selection from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s vespers sung in Latin. He auditioned in early September, and rehearsals began the following week and, "It’s been a whirlwind ever since," said his mother, Amy Cherry. Young Cherry said he loves the opera. When asked what was his favorite part he replied, "Just being in it. Meeting the other kids and the opera stars, being a part of the whole cast." Cherry said the hardest part of being in the opera was learning French, but Hastings High School junior Jessica Kaczmarczyk, helped him with pronunciation. "Since I have a lot of music training, the music has been easy. The staging was kind of hard at first," said Cherry. "You have to remember where to go and what props have to be put where." Rehearsing for the opera during the last two weeks of staging has also meant long hours for the fifth grader. Chorus members have to report between 6 and 6:30 p.m., and rehearsals often last until 11:00 or later. Because of the long hours, Cherry has missed most of his morning classes this week but his mom said that both of her son’s teachers, Ann Mummert and Tim Newsted, have been very understanding. "The late-night rehearsals are hard on him as well as the other children in the cast," she said. Still, Cherry said being in the opera is, "a one-time opportunity," and he loves being in such a big production. "I feel great. It’s just so much fun to do," he said. His mother agrees. "He really does love this," she said, "One knows as a parent when their child really loves something and this is it for him. He enjoys the other children in the cast. They’ve formed a real bond. It’s also fun to see him interacting with the opera stars. The kids have all been finger-knitting bracelets and belts while waiting in their dressing room. Then they run around and give them to people. It’s fun to see the stars and director wearing them. Yesterday, the director had one tied to his belt loop." Marshall Cherry of Hastings (back row, second from right) poses for a photo with the rest of the children’s chorus from the Opera Grand Rapids production of "Carmen." (Photo by Michael Overbeek) Marshall Cherry poses for a photo with two adult chorus members, Mike Ponsetto and Steve Youngs, who also are from Hastings. (Photo by Amy Cherry) Pennock pumpkins have creative pizzazz An old-fashioned schoolhouse setting is the backdrop for “Mrs. Jackolantern’s classroom,” filled with various gourd-shaped pupils, even a dunce. This entry by the Performance Improvement Department at Pennock Hospital garnered “most original” honors in the annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Pictured with the display are (from left) Jennifer Julien, Sherri Thrasher, Bev Spoelstra and Cindy Bigler. A pumpkin witch, designed and created by the Health Information Management Department at Pennock Hospital, captured the “best traditional” title in the contest. VOLLEYBALL It’s nice to know the Surgery Department at Pennock Hospital does the “best carving.” That’s the honor bestowed upon it in the hospital’s annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Terri Shade (pictured above) is actually the skillful carver of the three pumpkins entered by the department. She also made the cloth pumpkins (in the foreground) and filled them with potpourri. (photos by Elaine Gilbert) YMCA of Barry County Coed Fall League Family Tree Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . .33-0 Greenlake Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . .17-4 20 Something . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-15 Bosleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-15 Hungry Howies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-17 Blarney Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-25 Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-26 Womens B League Main Street Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-4 Old Town Tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6 Sappanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-7 Applebees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-7 Net Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-14 Newton Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9 Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-19 Parker Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-21 Womens A League Volleyball Dig It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-1 Rock Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-8 Winebrenner Construction . . . . . . . .14-10 Crane Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-11 Walker, Fluke and Sheldon . . . . . . . .8-13 V-Tec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-23 Scared Hitless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-15 Womens B League Main Street Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-4 Old Town Tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-6 Sappanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-7 Applebees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-7 Net Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-14 Newton Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-9 Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-19 Parker Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-21 A painted pumpkin with a blue dragon design took “best decorating” honors for the Cardiopulmonary Department at Pennock Hospital. Showing off the creative entry are (from left) Vincent Wernette, Julia VanHouten, Mark Olmsted and Lance Anderson. The pumpkin was designed and painted by Anne Crawford, who was not available for the photo. Most humorous in the Pumpkin Decorating Contest was a doggie-themed entry by Pennock’s Dietary Department. Showing the winning creation are Sue Mejeur (left) and Sandy Bowen. �Page 16 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Opera Grand Rapids presents: Carmen at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 7:30 pm. From the depths of the Spanish heat comes a seductress no man can resist: the gypsy, Carmen. Swayed by her charms a young soldier, Don José is swept into her colorful world of dance and excitement. Their affair leads José into the throws of jealousy as blood spills and passions erupt in one of operas most memorable and tragic moments. Music by Georges Bizet, Conducted by Robert Lyall, featuring the Grammy Nominated Grand Rapids Symphony & the Grand Rapids Ballet. For more info call (616) 451-2741 or visit www.operagr.com. November 2 and 3. • Friday Nights at GRAM: Blue Dahlia will perform live music at the Grand Rapids Art Museum from 5-9 pm. All areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition will be open to guests. Tickets are $4 after 5 pm. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum feature the finest blues and jazz bands playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Gourmet buffet is $10 per person. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. November 2. • Bravo! with Pinchas Zukerman is a special evening honoring Helen DeVos with a lifetime achievement award at 7:30 pm at DeVos Performance Hall. Tickets start at $12. Concert features violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, performing Brahms Double Concerto. Program also includes Alexander Miller's Tribute, Copland's Our Town, and selections from Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. November 7. MISCELLANEOUS • Thornapple Arts Council Auction will help raise money for the Arts Council as well as Thornapple Manor. The 13th annual event will take place at Ever After banquet hall starting at 6 pm. There will be food and music, as well as live and silent auctions on art and various gift packages. A special auction of Steve White photography will see donors bidding on art to hang in the renovated Thornapple Manor while receiving a tax credit and a plaque recognizing their generous donation. There will also be a raffle limited to 300 tickets (cost is $10 each) for a round trip for 2 to Seattle (or any other destination in the contiguous 48 states). Tickets to the banquet and auction are $35 each. Call 945-2002 for more information. Reservations accepted through Oct. 29. Nov. 3. • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 317-2197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. CHECK OUT THESE NOVEMBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 1 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 1 Paul Henry Thornapple Trail Closes during hunting season to minimize risk to those using the trail. 2 Blood Drive from 12:30-6 pm at Pennock Health Services. First Friday of every month. 3 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 6 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 8 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 10 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. 13 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 7 am-1 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. • When George Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River, silence was very important to his strategy, so the oars had to be muffled so they wouldn’t squeak. However, materials were scarce. The solution: They used women’s underwear to keep the oars quiet. • The harmonica and the accordion were invented by the same person. • In ancient Egypt, parents quieted their children by feeding them an extract from poppies — the same plant from which opium is derived. • If you’re a cat lover, I’m not sure if you’d be more or less likely to agree with the following quote from Doug Larson: “The cat could very well be man’s best friend, but would never stoop to admitting it.” • Before he became famous, actor Jack Nicholson ran errands at MGM Studios. • Plastic wrap is a staple of the American kitchen — in fact, you probably have a roll or two stashed in a drawer or cupboard right now. But did you know that in the U.S., we use enough of the stuff every year to cover the entire state of Texas? • Demographers claim that in Italy, onethird of all men over the age of 30 live with their parents. • If you’re like the average human being, you have 9,000 taste buds. ****************************** Thought for the Day: “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.” — Albert Einstein © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Master storyteller and musician to perform Storyblast! family concert Master storyteller and musician, Odds Bodkin will perform StoryBlast! on December 14 at the Shaw Theatre inside the Gilmore Theatre Complex. Tickets to the family concert go on sale Friday, October 26 at the Miller Auditorium ticket office, the Epic Center box office in downtown Kalamazoo and online at www.millerauditorium.com. Call (269) 3872300 or (800) 228-9858 for more details. First you hear wind, then giant footsteps, then African Sanza, or Thumb Piano, then the voice of Odds Bodkin, master storyteller and musician. Or perhaps “voices” is more accurate. Voices for a very feminine Kudu. A fast-talking Zebra. A conceited Lion. A doubtful African chief. And a very funny and heroic Tortoise. So unfolds The Tale of the Name of the Tree, the first of four tales in Odds Bodkin's StoryBlast! Next the audience claps in rhythm as Bodkin's 12-string guitar booms beneath his virtuoso whistle introduction to The Little Shepherd, an Italian fairytale The New York Times says makes “the search for the Holy Grail look like a treasure hunt.” During Bodkin's Off-Broadway debut of StoryBlast! at Lincoln Center, The Times called him “a consummate storyteller.” Twenty-five minutes evaporates into imagination and fun during The Little Shepherd. Next, The Monkeys and the Moon, a hilarious Tibetan tale performed with alto recorder. When the King of the Monkeys decides to save the moon in the water of a deep well, trouble brews. And then the finale arrives. Electric guitar with fuzz distortion and a midi-stomp drum materialize onstage for Bodkin's newest, hottest musical story, Electric Jack. The audience sings and claps “Momma, leave it all up to me!” Described by TimeOut New York as a “oneman vocal universe,” Bodkin has won The Parents' Choice Gold Award, The Indie Award, The Storytelling World Award and many others for his storytelling recordings and children's picture books. The New Hampshire-based performer is known for his musicianship, character-acting talents and high energy. But his mission is serious, too. According to Bodkin, “Kids today need to imagine more and watch TV less, much less. Recent studies reveal that A.D.D. is often television-induced. My job is to jumpstart their imaginations, to create such a stimulating entertainment for them, they can't help but imagine.” Tickets to Odds Bodkin’s StoryBlast! will be available beginning October 26 by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858, online at millerauditorium.com, or by visiting the Miller Auditorium Ticket Office or the Epic Center box office in downtown Kalamazoo. Groups of 20 or more should call (269) 387-2312 for special discounts. 15 Hastings Farmers’ Market from 10 am-6 pm at the city parking lot at Tyden Park on North Broadway in Hastings. Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows GR Symphony Pops Concert: “For Ella” with Patti Austin Friday & Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 3 pm at DeVos Performance Hall November 9-11. Tickets start at $18. For Ella is a loving tribute to one of America’s great singers -- Ella Fitzgerald. Grammy-nominated Patti Austin performs a night of standards including Love Is Here To Stay, Satin Doll, A Tisket, A Tasket and more. For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Taste of Italy will be presented Friday, Nov. 16 by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra with Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medal winner Benjamin Beilman as features soloist on violin. The program will include “Violin Concerto in D minor” by Sibelius, Mendelssohn’s “Italian Symphony” as well as Verdi’s “Overture to ‘I Vespri Siciliano’” and “Dance of the Hours” by Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda which was used in Disney’s Fantasia. Concert begins at 8 pm in Western Michigan University’s Miller Auditorium. A pre-concert lecture, which will present an in-depth look at the music, composers and historical lore behind the night’s performed pieces, will begin at 7 pm and is open to all ticket holders at no additional charge.Tickets are $19-$49 for adults with half price tickets available for students and senior citizens and general admission balcony seatings available for $5 in advance or $7 the day of the show.Call 1-800-228-9858 for tickets and information. Organ Concert: Ken Double at the Public Museum, Van Andel Museum Center November 9 and 10 with performances planned for Friday at 7pm & Saturday at 2pm. Adult admission is $10, children $5. As an organist and sportscaster, Ken Double has spent more than 30 years on radio and television, and at the console of great theater pipe organs providing entertainment for his audiences. He is currently the President of the American Theater Organ Society. For more information call (616) 456-3977 or visit www.grmuseum.org. Friday Nights at GRAM: On the Beach from 5-9pm November 9 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Taste of Italy Concert featuring the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performing with soloist and Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medal winner Benjamin Beilman November 16 at 8 pm in Miller Auditorium. Beilman will perform a solo for Silbelius’ “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” The program will also include “Italian Symphony” by Mendelssohn, “Dance of the Hours” from Ponchiello’s opera “La Gioconda (used in Fantasia) and “Overture to ‘I Vespri Siciliani” by Verdi. A pre-concert talk will be held at 7 pm and is free for ticket holders. Ceonert tickets are as low as $5 (general admission balcony) and go up to $49. Call 1800-228-9858 to reserve your seats. Friday Nights at GRAM: Lazy Blue Tunas from 5-9pm November 16 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Sacred Spaces Friday & Saturday at 8pm November 16 and 17 at DeVos Performance Hall. Enjoy a night of beautiful live music featuring Messiaen's Lascension, Widor's Toccata from Symphony No. 5 for Organ and Brahms' German Requiem. Ticket prices range from $11-$60. For more information call (616) 4549451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Broadway Grand Rapids presents: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Musical at the DeVos Performance Hall November 20-25. Set on the glorious, glamorous Riviera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a delicious comedy that follows two con artists as they take on the lifestyles of the rich and shameless - and end up with a lot more than they bargain for. For tickets or more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.dirtyrottenscoundrelsthemusical.com. Friday Nights at GRAM: Edwin Joseph from 5-9pm November 23 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Friday Nights at GRAM: Mind's Eye from 5-9pm November 30 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. This week’s selection: Critic’s Corner The Heartbreak Kid by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 115 minutes MPAA rating: R The Farrelly Brothers, the guys who brought us “There’s Something About Mary” and “Kingpin,” are back with their latest gross-out comedy, “The Heartbreak Kid.” And after suffering through nearly two hours with this hack job, I kinda wished they’d stayed away. “The Heartbreak Kid” has very few laughs, no sympathetic or fully realized characters and an idiotic plot. Ben Stiller stars as ... Ben Stiller. Oh sure, his character’s name is Eddie, but it doesn’t matter, it’s just Stiller playing the same guy he’s played in virtually every movie he’s made in the past 10 years. “Eddie” is a single, 40-year-old owner of a sporting-goods store who helps a young blonde, Lila (Malin Akerman), who has her purse snatched. The two embark on a whirlwind romance, and after a few weeks of dating, she gets word that she’s being sent to Holland to do environmental research for two years. However, she wouldn’t be pressured to go had she been married. So, to keep Lila in town, Eddie proposes marriage. She accepts. They drive to Mexico for the honeymoon, where Eddie discovers that Lila isn’t the girl he thought she was. Not only does she have the annoying habit of knowing every word to every song ever recorded, she’s also a recovering coke addict who is thousands of dollars in debt and suffers from an ailment I can’t print in a family newspaper. Ben Stiller stars as ... Ben Stiller in the new The Farrelly Brothers comedy, “The Heartbreak Kid.” While in Mexico, Eddie meets Miranda (Michelle Monaghan), a perfectly vanilla personality. Eddie falls in love with Miranda and now has to figure out a way to dump Lila so he can hook up with another woman he barely knows. Throw in a bunch of lame jokes and stereotypes about Mexicans, a few gross crotch jokes, and that’s the movie. And if that isn’t enough to tell you how much this movie sucks, chew on this: Carlos Mencia’s in it. Honesty, how bad does a movie have to be that Horatio Sanz won’t sign on to play the token Mexican in the fake comedy moustache? GRADE: D © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 17 Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA Barry County Sheriff Deputies arrested a Hastings man for domestic violence Oct. 27 but before he was finished, the suspect found himself facing additional charges. Deputies say William Joseph Taggart was arrested and is being charged with interfering with a 911 call and resisting and obstructing police officers in the performance of their duties, in addition to the original domestic violence charge that called them to his Hastings residence. Deputies reported that they had been dispatched to the residence and advised that the suspect had a gun in his possession outside the house. Upon arrival, they discovered Taggart walking in the front yard, and when they asked him to come over to the vehicle to talk, he reached down into the yard and picked up a shotgun. Told to drop the weapon, Taggart then raised it above his head with both hands and when again ordered to drop the weapon, he tossed it toward the open trunk of a vehicle parked in the front yard. One deputy escorted Taggart away from the weapon while a second retrieved a 12-gauge shotgun from the ground near the abandoned vehicle. Taggart then became abusive and refused to cooperate with the deputies. Observing cuts to Taggart’s hand, the deputies advised him that he would be transported to Pennock Hospital before going to the jail, but Taggart said he was refusing medical treatment. Taggart was told that he must be cleared by the hospital before booking, but he continually argued with officers and began to spew profanities. He was placed in the back of the police vehicle and began banging his head against the Plexiglas window that separated the front from the back of the deputies’ vehicle and, citing officer safety, the deputies were not able to place him in his seatbelt. Inside the residence, deputies observed a number of items out of place and obviously thrown about the room and the victim sitting in a fetal position on the dining room floor. The woman, who complained of pain, was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment. While in route to the hospital, Taggart repeatedly yelled and cursed the deputies, who contacted Hastings Police for backup at the hospital. Once there, Taggart was extracted from the vehicle and began to physically resist the officers. He was placed on the ground and warned that if his actions continued he would be tasered. Although he no longer physically resisted officers, he continued to exhibit profane and inappropriate language to the officers and to hospital staff. Following treatment, he was transported to the Barry County Jail and booked on the above charges. The case has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutor’s Officer for review. Sheriff investigating breaking and entering of garage Barry County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a complaint of the theft of items from a truck parked in the owner’s garage. The victim said he parked his pickup truck in the garage on the night of Oct. 21, and the next morning noticed the passenger side door was ajar. Missing from the vehicle were a radar detector, a cell phone and two prescription drugs which were on the console. The case remains open and under investigation. Charlton Park Road accident claims life of Hastings man For Sale Lawn & Garden Household ENJOY MICHIGANS FANTASTIC FALL WEATHER IN THE COMFORT OF A LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED WHITE CEDAR ADIRONDACK CHAIR. THESE CHAIRS ALSO MAKE GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFTS. ON SALE NOW THRU DECEMBER 31ST, $80 EACH. CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING, (269)948-7921. 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Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 On Tuesday, Oct. 30, the Barry County Sheriff’s Department investigated a single-vehicle traffic crash that occurred on Charlton Park Road near Barnum Road at approximately 3:25 p.m. The 66-year-old driver, veterinarian Henry Long, a Hastings resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident remains under investigation and no further information is available at this time. d Disorderly conduct in Hastings discouraged DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Hastings Police arrested an area man on charges of disorderly conduct after he was seen walking down East State Street with his pants down. Officers had previous contact with the subject, who was identified as Eric Ford, 23, from Hastings. Earlier in the evening an officer had observed Ford and cautioned him for yelling and screaming on East State Street. He told the officer that he was just celebrating his birthday. A short time later, Ford was observed flashing his buttocks in front of the windows of a downtown establishment. Ford was confronted and taken into custody, he was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Attempt to outrun Hastings police fails Hastings Police arrested an area man after he failed to stop for a traffic offense Oct. 28, shortly after midnight. David Ockerman, 24, of Dowling, was southbound on North Broadway near West State Road, when an officer noted his vehicle had only one headlight. When the officer attempted to pull him over for the offense, Ockerman failed to stop, accelerated and attempted to flee police. Officers pursued the subject on South Broadway to Brogan Road when Ockerman lost control of his vehicle on the gravel roadway rolling it onto its side. Ockerman told officers that he knew he had a light out and did not stop because his license was suspended. Further investigation confirmed that Ockerman’s license was suspended/revoked, and that he had been consuming intoxicants. He also was found to be in possession of marijuana. Ockerman was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of felony fleeing and eluding, operating while intoxicated, third offense, operating on a revoked license, and possession of marijuana. COURT NEWS On Oct. 24, Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher sentenced Gregory Michael Mann, 36, of Wyoming, Mich., to serve from 24 to 60 months in prison for his Sept. 26 conviction on charges of retail fraud and fleeing and eluding. Mann was arrested in Middleville Sept. 18. The sentences are to be served concurrent to each other and consecutive to any other parole violation sentence to be imposed. Mann also was ordered to pay court costs of $500. In making his ruling, Judge Fisher noted seven prior convictions in Mann’s past. They included retail fraud convictions in 1992 and 2007 in Kent County, a breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny conviction in Kent County in 1992, a receiving and concealing stolen property over $100 in Kent County in 1997, a breaking and entering conviction in Kent County in 1997, a possession of a controlled substance conviction in Kent County in 2001 and a conviction for delivery or manufacture of a controlled substance in Kent County in 2005. Matthew Scott Day, 22, of Battle Creek was sentenced Oct. 26 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months of probation and 11 months in jail for his June conviction on charges of attempted breaking and entering. The sentence is to be served concurrent to a Calhoun County sentence Day is currently serving. Judge Fisher agreed to suspend Day’s jail time and discharge him from probation upon payment of court costs totaling $500. John Lester Jarman, 28, of Hastings was sentenced Oct. 26 by Judge Fisher to serve eight months in jail for his September conviction of probation violation. Jarman was on probation for a February conviction of resisting and obstructing a police officer in Hastings in January. Judge Fisher ordered Jarman to continue probation and attend a minimum of two Alcoholic Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week and substance-abuse counseling. Judge Fisher noted two previous convictions in Jarman’s history, including a conviction for receiving and concealing stolen property in 1999 and larceny from a building in 2004. Both previous convictions were in Barry County. Kathleen Nannette Champion, 45, of Delton was sentenced by Judge Fisher Oct. 25 to serve 60 months of probation and 30 days in jail for her October conviction on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The judge also ordered Champion to pay court costs of $500, restitution of $9,379 (joint and several) and a probation fee of $600. Champion may be admitted to the Barry County Work Release program. Bryant Scott Shepherd, 36, of Wyoming, Mich., was sentenced Oct. 26 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months probation and 10 months in jail following his Oct. 9 conviction on a charge of first degree retail fraud. Shepherd was also ordered to pay $500 in court costs and a probation fee of $360. He must participate in cognitive-behavior therapy and substance-abuse counseling while in jail. Paul Allen Rybiski, 39, of Middleville was sentenced Oct. 24 to serve 36 months probation and three months in jail for his Oct. 3 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in Rutland Township. Rybiski was arrested July 8. He was fined $500 and assessed court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $360. He may participate in the county’s Work Release program. Daniel LeRoy Butler, Jr., 37, of Delton was sentenced by Judge Fisher Oct. 24 to serve 60 months of probation and nine months in jail for his Oct. 3 conviction on a charge of failure to pay child support between 1999 and 2004. Butler also was assessed court costs of $250 and a probation fee of $600. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of $1,370. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 ROOM OR EFFICIENCY needed by new HMIC Manager, 1 or 2 nights a week, call Peggy at (734)487-7788. National Ads THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. 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For three of the four, Lakewood seniors Jessika Blackport and Dan Schasser and Thornapple Kellogg freshman Allyson Winchester, this is their first trip to run at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn for the finals. TK senior Keith Winchester is headed back to the finals after qualifying a year ago as well. “I just wanted it really bad,” said Blackport. “It’s senior year. This is it.” “I got done and I couldn’t stop smiling. I was exhausted and couldn’t move.” Thornapple Kellogg senior Keith Winchester rounds a turn towards the final straight away at Saturday’s regional race. Winchester placed seventh overall to earn his second trip to the state finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Allyson Winchester was tired at the end of her race too, and she should have been. She set a new Thornapple Kellogg girls’ record with her time of 18 minutes 21.4 seconds, besting the time her older sister Rebecca Winchester ran at the 2006 state finals. Rebecca is now a member of the GLIAC champion Grand Valley State University women’s team, and was one of the first to greet Allyson after the race. “I told my brother (Keith) before we came that I wanted to beat it,” said Allyson. Allyson ran step for step with Grand Rapids Christian’s Alyssa Penning for most of the race across the links at the Fellowship Greens, until Penning pulled away in the final few hundred meters to win the individual regional championship in 18:19.3. Penning and her Christian teammates took the girls’ team title with 58 points. Forest hills Eastern was second with 68, and East Grand Rapids third with 93. “I was trying (to keep up with Penning),” said Allyson, “but I was really tired.” Thornapple Kellogg freshman Allyson Winchester (left) stands with her older sister Rebecca after breaking her school record time at the regional race on Saturday. Allyson finished second in 18 minutes 21.4 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer) It was just the second time this season someone has finished ahead of Allyson. That provided Keith Winchester with a special opportunity. He had the chance to finish with a higher position than his younger sister for just the second time this season, but had to settle for seventh place with his time of 16:39.6. The top three teams and top individuals in each regional race Saturday earned spots at MIS. Blackport was 11th in the girls’ race, finishing in 19:43.6. Schasser was the final runner to earn an individual spot at state on the boys’ side, placing 15th in 16:49.3. That place came at the expense of another local senior, Hastings’ Ryan Bosma. Bosma qualified for state a year ago, but wound up 16th Saturday with a time of 16:50.6. “Bosma said to me (Friday), ‘Hey, I hear it’s supposed to rain and maybe the wind will pick up,’” said Hastings’ head coach Jamie Dixon. “He’s a strong runner. He needed a sloppy course like last year (at the regional). That catered to him.” It was cold, and it was very windy, but the track was mostly flat and fast Saturday. That worked out just fine for the Forest Hills Eastern boys, who took the regional title with 55 points. Caledonia was second with 65, and Grand Rapids Christian third with 76. The O-K Gold Champions from Wayland were fourth on the boys’ side with 101 points, and would have earned an extra berth in the finals if their fourth runner would have been able to move up just four spots. Lakewood’s boys’ were seventh overall, Hastings was ninth, and Thornapple Kellogg 13th. Behind Schasser for Lakewood, Billy Quint was 34th in 17:34, Blake Blocher 35th in 17:36, Tucker Seese 68th in 18:24, and Miguel Martinez 75th in 18:38. Bosma was trailed by teammates Troy Dailey, who was 39th in 17:42, Dane Schils 50th in 17:54, Kevin Armstrong 78th in 18:52, and Mitch Singleterry 84th in 19:04. After Winchester for the TK boys’ team, Ethan Fuller was 36th in 17:38, J.R. LaVire 88th in 19:17, Tim Olsen 90th in 19:36, and Tim Etter 91st in 19:38. Forest Hills Eastern’s Chad Scott was the individual champion on the boys’ side, with a time of 16:24.8. As a team, the O-K Gold champion TK girls placed sixth, a point behind their league rivals from Forest Hills Northern. The Trojans’ Kylie Schultz was 36th in 21:03, Kelsey Webster 41st in 21:13, Melanie Truer 44th in 21:21, and Molly Wilson 45th in 21:24. Ashley Pifer was the second Lakewood Viking to finish, placing 53rd in 21:39. She was followed by Natalie Blackmer who was A pack that includes Caledonia’s Ben Diefenbach (from left), Lakewood’s Dan Schasser, Forest Hills Eastern’s Louis Albertini, and Hastings’ Ryan Bosma makes its way up hill during the final mile of Saturday’s Division 2 regional race hosted by Grand Rapids Christian. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 69th in 22:20, Brittany Raffler 82nd in 22:58, and Britnee Barta 83rd in 23:15. It was a tough day for the Hastings girls, who placed 13th as a team. Nicole Frantz was 54th in 21:44, Lauren Anderson 71st in 22:24, Katie Ponsetto 79th in 22:48, Alaina Case 81st in 22:53, and Jennifer LaJoye 84th in 23:19. The Division 2 girls’ race starts the afternoon session at MIS Saturday, they’ll take to the track at 1:30 p.m. The Division 2 boys’ race is slated for 2:30 p.m. A Division 1 and 2 awards session will follow at 3:45 p.m. The top 30 runners in each race earn allstate honors. “That’s what I need to get,” said Keith Winchester. “I’m almost there I guess, but we’ll see. I hope it’s like this, cold and windy. That’s what I love.” Lakewood senior Jessika Blackport earned her first appearance in the state finals by finishing 11th at Saturday’s Division 2 regional meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikings through first step in district Hastings’ Lauren Anderson (left) and Nicole Frantz run side by side during the early stages of Saturday’s regional race at the Fellowship Greens in Grand Rapids. (Photo by Brett Bremer) — NOTICE — On November 6, 2007 Hastings Area School System will be placing before the voters ballot language asking for a renewal of our Non-Homestead tax levy. The language will reflect that we are seeking eighteen (18) mills for a ten year period. This tax is currently being levied and only affects second homes, businesses and any other properties which are not declared as a primary residence by the property owner. A person in the community who owns their home and has declared it as their respective “homestead” is not subject to paying the Non-Homestead tax. This Non-Homestead tax accounts for just over three million dollars of the districts funding. The State of Michigan expects this portion of school funding to be supported locally. As such, they do not make up the difference in foundation allowance dollars should this renewal fail. The Hastings Area School System desperately needs your support on November 6th. If you have any questions regarding this ballot proposal I will be more than happy to speak with you about it. I can be reached at the Hastings Area Schools administrative offices at 269-948-4400. Thank You, Richard Satterlee Superintendent Hastings Area School System 77517589 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood kept its conference championship winning streak alive at five straight last Saturday, winning the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. Now this week the Viking varsity volleyball team is shooting for its 17th consecutive district championship, on its home floor. “I try not to,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald if she ever thinks about trying to keep those streaks alive. Lakewood senior setter Melanie Forman has been on the varsity since her freshman year. No team has ever finished ahead of her Vikings in a conference or district race during her time in high school. “It’s important,” Forman said. “You want to keep the tradition going, to show that you’re just as good as the teams that came before. But (each individual) win is great too.” The Vikings picked up their first win of the Class B district tournament on Tuesday evening, knocking off Charlotte in three games 25-23, 25-6, 25-19. Lakewood will now take on Hastings in the district semifinals this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. The winner of that game meets the winner of the 6 p.m. semifinal between Gull Lake and Maple Valley, in the championship match at 8 p.m. “This year’s going to be tough,” Grunewald said. “I’m cautiously optimistic. I try and be positive, but we definitely respect all the teams that will be here.” It has been a while since the Vikings have had to give a district opponent quite so much respect. Lakewood headed into the state tournament ranked third overall in the Class B poll. The Gull Lake Blue Devils are number seven. The Vikings will need to be a bit better to win a 17th straight district tournament than they were Tuesday. “We have to do everything better, serve, pass, block,” Grunewald said. “I would say those are the big ones. We need to run the middle more.” “Our passing broke down a little bit, so when our passing breaks down we have a tendency not to run the middle very well.” Lakewood’s outside hitters were able to take care of the Orioles though. Freshman Anna Lynch led her team with eight kills. Junior Rachel Lynch added seven, and junior Ashley Morris six. Lakewood’s Rachel Lynch digs a ball early on in game two against Charlotte on Tuesday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Forman helped her hitters out with 28 assists in the three games, to go along with six aces. Charlotte served to start game two Tuesday, and a kill by Jennie Carr gave the Vikings a 1-0 lead as Forman stepped to the service line. When she was done serving, Lakewood held a 14-1 advantage. Forman said a run like that is important, so the team knows it can make one little mistake and still be in control of the match. Lakewood had some of that type of breathing room in game one, leading 20-11, before the Orioles’ started their comeback which evened things up at 22-22. “As we went on we started to pick it up and got a little better,” Forman said. Laurel Mattson led Lakewood in digs on the night with 19. Morris added 16 and Forman 13. Jenny Haskell, Lindsey Griffes, and Stephanie Lipps had three kills each to lead Charlotte. Jenae Ridge had 15 assists, and Kendra Elsesser had 16 digs. At the league tournament on Saturday, Lakewood defeated Lansing Catholic 25-7, 25-9, 25-3 in the semifinals then downed Williamston 25-13, 25-14, 25-10 for the title. The Vikings didn’t lose a game all season long in the conference. Morris had 16 kills on the day, Anna Lynch 13, and Rachel Lynch 10. Chelsea Lake and Chelsey Dow had seven kills each. Forman contributed 55 assists. Mattson and Lake had eight aces each, and Forman chipped in seven. Victoria King and Rachel Lynch had three blocks each. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 19 TK girls and Lakewood boys take county trophies by Brett Bremer Sports Editor State qualifiers were at the top of the standings at Monday’s Barry County Meet hosted by Thornapple Kellogg. In the girls’ race the county’s two state qualifiers finished first and second, with Thornapple Kellogg’s Allyson Winchester taking the top spot in 19 minutes 38 seconds, and Lakewood’s Jessika Blackport second in 20:48. Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ cross country coach Tammy Benjamin repeatedly told Winchester to “slow down”, during the race. Winchester just set a school record on Saturday at her team’s Division 2 regional race, to earn a spot in the state finals this Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The 19:38 was the Trojan freshman backing off a bit. It was still plenty fast enough to help her team to the county championship. Lakewood took the boys’ title. The state qualifiers were a bit more spread out on the boys’ side. Thornapple Kellogg’s Keith Winchester took first, with a time of 17:05. Lakewood’s Dan Schasser was fourth in 17:44, and Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Thornapple Kellogg’s Rebecca Denney (left) and Lakewood’s Brittany Raffler race along Monday in Middleville at the Barry County Meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hennessey ninth in 18:34. Schasser and Winchester will be a part of the Division 2 finals Saturday too, while Hennessey will compete in Division 3. Hastings’ Ryan Bosma, who was one space short of qualifying for state at the regional right behind Schasser, was second on the boys’ side with a time of 17:18. The top seven runners in each race earned first-team all-county honors Monday, while the next seven finishers are all-county second-team honorees. Thornapple Kellogg had six girls finish in the top 14, and Lakewood had five boys that high to earn team championships. Behind Allyson Winchester for TK in the scoring, Kelsey Webster was third in 21:19, Kylie Schultz fourth in 21:30, Emma Ordway fifth in 21:37, and Molly Wilson eighth in 22:00. TK’s Jessica Crawford didn’t add to TK’s final total of 21 points, but finished tenth to help push other teams back with a time of 22:06. Lakewood was second in the girls’ meet with 69 points, followed by Delton Kellogg 74, Maple Valley 91, and Hastings 106. Behind Blackport for Lakewood, Ashley Pifer was 11th in 22:11, Brittany Raffler 14th in 22:23, Carolina Martinez 21st in 23:08, and Natalie Blackmer 23rd in 23:16. Delton Kellogg matched Lakewood’s three all-county honorees, with Rachael Williams sixth in 21:39, Mandy Dye seventh in 21:45, and Taylor Hennessey 13th in 22:22. They were followed by Panther teammates Lauren Knollenberg and Jill Newton. Knollenberg was 24th in 23:28, and Newton 26th in 23:40. Hastings and Maple Valley each had one girl make the all-county second team. Kaytlin Furlong led the Lions’ with a ninth place time of 22:05. Nicole Frantz paced the Saxon pack in 12th with a time of 22:12. Other scorers for the fourth place Lions were Kayla Shaw 17th in 22:47, Randi Vinson 19th in 22:59, Lauren Trumble 22nd in 23:10, and Erin Shoemaker 27th in 23:46. Frantz was trailed by teammates Alaina Case who placed 16th in 22:46, Lauren Anderson 20th in 23:07, Leanne Dinges 30th in 24:06, and Jennifer LaJoye 31st in 24:19. After the top three on the boys’ side, which also included TK senior Ethan Fuller and his third-place time of 17:35, Lakewood dominated. Lakewood’s Blake Blocher was sixth in 18:04, Billy Quint seventh in 18:12, Richie Noyce 13th in 18:48, and Miguel Martinez 14th in 18:55. Hastings and Delton Kellogg had three allcounty honorees each. Troy Dailey was fifth overall for the Saxons, hitting the finish line in 17:47. Dane Schils was eighth in 18:23. After Hennessey for Delton Kellogg, Nick Rendon was tenth in 18:37, and Brandon Humphreys 11th in 18:39. Rounding things out for the Saxons were Kevin Armstrong (20th in 19:26) and Dustin Bateson (22nd, 19:31). The final two for Delton were Mark Loveland (16th, 19:07) and Michael DeWaters (24th, 19:44). After the top two for TK came J.R. LaVire (26th, 19:48), Tim Olsen (32nd, 20:17), and Tim Etter (34th, 20:44). Joe Benedict was the lone Lion to earn allcounty honors on the boys’ side. He placed 12th in 18:46. The Lions’ Matt Hamilton raced along in front of Winchester, Bosma, Fuller, and Schasser for a bit at the start, mostly breaking the wind for that foursome, and finished 17th in 19:18. The Lions’ Josh Perkins was 18th in 19:19, Adam Cook 19th in 19:24, and Kaleb Root 23rd in 19:34. The Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’ cross country team celebrates its 2007 Barry County Championship on Monday afternoon, after finishing 48 points ahead of second place Lakewood on the course behind the TK High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood’s varsity boys’ cross country team shows off its hardware after winning Tuesday’s Barry County Meet hosted by Thornapple Kellogg. The Vikings’ had five runners earn all-county honors, by placing in the top 14. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Saxon spikers close league without a win Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey placed ninth Monday at the Barry County Meet, and has one more race left in his season. He’ll be a part of the Division 3 finals at Michigan International Speedway this Saturday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Rachael Williams (right) and Mandy Dye share a hug as they’re honored for earning first-team allcounty honors on Monday in Middleville. Williams was sixth and Dye seventh at the county meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org A A A A WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7: Parent-Teacher Conferences 5-8 p.m. Gymnasium 4:00 pm Girls 8th “A” Volleyball “A” Tourn.@Duncan Lk.A 4:00 pm Girls 7th “A” Volleyball “A” Tourn.@Duncan Lk.A 7:30 p.m. Athletic Boosters - HHS Room B125 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8: Parent-Teacher Conferences 1-4 p.m. Gymnasium Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: A A in Saxon Football! Beat Lansing Sexton!! Good Luck at Districts From the Brisboe Family HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS – Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule The Saxons’ Dane Schils (left) and Troy Dailey make their way through the first loop of the course in Middleville Monday during the Barry County Meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Hastings FC Select Soccer Program is holding boy’s select team soccer tryouts for the spring 2008 session When: Thursday, November 8, 2007 Boys U14 (5 slots available for spring 08 sessions) & Boys U19 Time: Registration begins at 5:00, tryouts are from 5:30-7:00 pm Location: Pierce Soccer Fields, behind the Hastings Community Center Tryouts will be held regardless of weather. All players are to bring a soccer ball, water, shin guards and soccer cleats. The Hastings FC is a competitive soccer club dedicated to the development of youth soccer in Hastings and the surrounding areas. The Hastings FC holds tryouts for Select Soccer teams for players seeking a higher level of play. Hastings FC is a member of the GVSA and will compete against other area select teams. If you have questions or cannot make tryout times please contact Sarah Derrico at 616-706-1151. 77517660 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6: 4:00 pm Girls 7th “B” Volleyball B Tourney at T-K A 4:00 pm Girls 8th “B” Volleyball B Tourney at T-K A 6:00 pm Cross Country Awards Banquet - 6 p.m. HS Cafe. 6:00 pm Middle School CC Banquet - East Gym We Believe 77517245 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1: 4:30 pm Girls Varsity Volleyball Districts at Lakewood 6:00 pm Soccer Awards Banquet - HHS Cafeteria 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Conference Meet at Byron Center FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2: 6:00 pm Girls Varsity Swimming Conference Meet at Byron Center 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Football District Finals at Lansing Sexton SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3: TBA Boys Varsity Cross Co. State Finals TBA Girls Varsity Swimming Conference Meet at Byron Center MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5: Parent-Teacher Conferences 5-8 pm Gymnasium Hastings closed out the O-K Gold Conference season at home Saturday, going 0-2 at the league volleyball tournament. The Saxons had to face second seeded South Christian in the opening round, and fell 25-19, 25-10. Hastings then fell to Thornapple Kellogg 25-14, 25-23. “We played well against South Christian, dug up a lot of their hits,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. Ashley Eerdmans and Brittany Hickey each had six kills and one ace on the day for Hastings. Hannah Wood had eight assists and one block. Kayla Vogel chipped in four kills, a block, and an ace. Kaitlyn Semler was the Saxon ace leader with three. Last Thursday, the Saxons went 1-1 in the cross-over contests at Reeths-Puffer. The host Rockets topped the Saxons in three games to start the night, 21-25, 25-14, 16-14. Hastings then rebounded to beat Wyoming Rogers in three, 23-25, 25-21, 15-10. Hickey had a huge night for Hastings, with 17 kills and four blocks. Vogel contributed eight kills, nine aces, and one block. Eerdmans had five blocks and two aces. Veronica Hayden added two kills and three aces. Wood finished with 26 assists. The Saxons open post-season play this afternoon at Lakewood. The Saxons take on the host Vikings, who are ranked number three in the state in Class B, in the district semifinals. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. Gull Lake and Maple Valley meet in the other semifinal contest, which follows the tilt between the Saxons and Vikings. The district championship match is slated for 8 p.m. �Page 20 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner DK suffers first loss to Valley, in district The Trojans’ Mandy Buehler rises out of the water in the 100-yard butterfly race Thursday in the CERC pool during her team’s loss to Hamilton. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Girls give their all in loss to Hamilton Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ Beth Fuller cruises along in the 500-yard freestyle race Thursday afternoon against the Hamilton Hawkeyes. (Photo by Brett Bremer) ance for TK-Hastings came in the 100-yard freestyle relay, where Natalie VanDenack touched the wall in 56.87 seconds. VanDenack was a part of a new team record in all four of her events. She was second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:05.30. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the Trojan team of Elizabeth Chappelow, Danielle Rosenberg, Mindy Warner, and VanDenack took second in a team record time of 1:47.11. That same foursome set a new team record with its second place time of 4:01.22 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. That second place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay was an important one for the Trojans, in the last event of the night. The Trojans suffered just two losses this season, in conference duals against the Hawkeyes Thursday and last week Tuesday against Byron Center. The Hawkeyes and Bulldogs met in a dual that wound up deciding the regular season conference championship last week Tuesday, with the Hawkeyes coming out on top 10977. “This is an excellent, excellent team,” Schoessel told his swimmers before the meet Thursday, “and I’d just like to get more points against them than Byron Center did.” Schoessel went out on the bulkhead and made sure that his 400 freestyle team knew that it needed a second place finish to accomplish the goal. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the Trojans can finish ahead of the Bulldogs at this weekend’s conference meet, which Byron Center is hosting, but it gives the girls something to shoot for. Warner and Audrey Hoag were the other Trojan swimmers to set new team records Thursday. Warner was second in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:37.01. Hoag was second in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:07.30. The Trojans’ other individual victories came in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100yard breaststroke. Warner won the 50 free in 26.43, and Emily Mattoon the 100 breaststroke in 1:18.01. TK-Hastings senior Alex de Goa stood on the pool deck worrying that Mattoon might break her current team record in the breaststroke event. Schoessel said he expects to Delton Kellogg’s Chelsea VanderWoude (left) and Terin Norris both go after all ball before it can fall to the floor in Tuesday night’s district loss to Maple Valley. (Photo by Brett Bremer) had a good night, finishing with 32 assists. She also was a perfect 23-for-23 in service attempts, with five aces. The only time Maple Valley trailed by more than three points was late in the third game victory by Delton Kellogg. “We didn’t go on a run where we lost four or five points where it was our own fault,” Brenton said. Setter Terin Norris had 24 assists on the night for the Panthers, to go along with three aces. Hannah Williams led Delton’s attack with eight kills, and Chelsea VanderWoude and Katie Searles added seven each. “We were slow moving and didn’t communicate very well,” Magelssen said. The Panthers are also young. VanderWoude and Kelsie Smith are the only seniors on the roster this season, and there isn’t a junior among the rest of the roster. Thornapple-Kellogg senior Kelly Frame performs a reverse somersault on her second dive Thursday evening against Hamilton. (Photo by Brett Bremer) have de Goa back in the pool for the conference meet. Diving preliminaries will be held Thursday, swimming preliminaries Friday, and the finals in both portions of the competition are slated for Saturday at Byron Center High School. Hamilton’s Manda Schierbeek beat out Warner in the 500 freestyle Thursday, setting a new pool record at 5:33.61. The Hawkeye team of Brittni Ritter, Caitlin Lohr, Crystal Jager, and Emily LaPorta set a new pool record in the 200 freestyle relay with its time of 1:45.24. Maple Valley setter Lauren Pierce (right) has a tip attempt blocked by Delton Kellogg middle McKenzie Lester in game three Tuesday at Lakewood. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojan head football coach steps down Celebrate the S AXON SPIRIT with a PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND To show community support for our football team and the spirit of being a Saxon, the Hastings Saxon Parents are sponsoring a tailgate party with free grilled hot dogs, chips and a drink to anyone before the game with Lansing Sexton, starting at 5:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the football field SAXON SPIRIT ... let it show! 77517623 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg athletic director Brian Balding made it very clear. Tim Penfield was not “asked”, not “suggested”, and not “encouraged” to step down was the TK varsity football coach. The opposite is more likely true, but Penfield announced Tuesday at the team banquet that he would not be returning next fall as the head coach for Trojan football. “He felt this was the right time for him to step down and he felt this is what’s best for himself, and the kids of Middleville, and our program,” Balding said. “I think Tim Penfield is an outstanding educator and being the head football coach was one of the ways he really gave everything he could to the kids of Middleville, and he still will as a teacher.” It comes after a two year span in which the Trojan varsity football program compiled a record of 1-17, with their lone victory coming this October at home against a winless Forest Hills Northern squad. Times weren’t always so lean. In the last 11 years under the guidance of Penfield Thornapple Kellogg has gone to the play-offs seven times. The Trojans have had eight winning seasons, and compiled a record of 63 wins and 47 losses. They were in the play-offs as recently as 2005. “I’ve been here for two years, but I’ve been around high school football for a decade and he is a very quality football coach and we’re sad to see him step down from the varsity football coaching position,” Balding said. The search for the next Trojan head coach begins soon. Balding said that there are still positions in the winter and spring seasons that need to be filled before moving on to that task. Maple Valley’s Dani Christensen dives down to dig a ball in front of teammate Tina Westendorp during the first game against Delton Kellogg Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Penn Nook Gift Shop 41st Annual 2007 Christmas Presentation Wednesday, November 7 • 8am to 6pm Special: Gold Standard Jewelry - Wednesday Only Thursday, November 8 • 8am to 6pm Friday, November 9 • 8am to 1pm Hospital Conference Center 77517242 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There are bad losses and good losses. Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ 108-78 loss to the Hamilton varsity girls’ swimming and diving teams was one of the better ones. “There really isn’t a better way to lose than swimming your best,” said TK-Hastings head coach Carl Schoessel. There’s a sign near the Community Education Recreation Center (CERC) pool that tells the Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings swimmers if they can’t win, then they need to make the winner break the record. That’s what they did Thursday. Hamilton swimmers set three new CERC pool records. Trojan swimmers broke six team records, but five of those came in second-place performances. The lone victorious record-setting perform- by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton didn’t have it Tuesday. Delton Kellogg beat Maple Valley in both their Kalamazoo Valley Association meetings this year. The Panthers had even taken a game from the district hosts, the Lakewood Vikings who are ranked number three in the state in Class B, at a tournament earlier this season. In the district opener Tuesday night the Panthers just made too many errors. “We played like we didn’t want to win,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Jack Magelssen. “We didn’t play with any intensity. We didn’t play with any attitude. We have some excuses, but who cares.” It didn’t matter to Maple Valley that the Panthers were without a couple players. The Lions advanced to tonight’s district semifinal contest against Gull Lake with a 3-1 victory by the scores of 25-22, 25-19, 18-25, 25-22. “They cut their errors down,” Maple Valley head coach Bill Brenton said. “If we can stop making errors we can play with anybody.” The next anybody is the number seven ranked Blue Devils from Gull Lake. Game time is set for 6 p.m. The winner of that match will meet either Lakewood or Hastings in the championship game at 8 p.m. The Panthers did threaten to push Tuesday’s opener to five games, after falling in the first two. Maple Valley jumped in front 5-0 in the fourth game before the Panthers rallied a bit. Game four was tied 22-22 before back to back kills by the Lions’ outside hitters Jennifer Kent and Dani Christensen got their team to within a point of victory. The first game ended much the same way, with the two teams tied 22-22 before a couple big kills by Kent pushed her team to victory. Kent had 17 kills and five blocks to lead the Lion attack. Christensen finished the night with 11 kills and nine digs. Maple Valley’s setter Lauren Pierce also Christmas Gifts - Men, Women, Children Decorations, Books, Toys �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — Page 21 Saxon varsity football earns its first play-off victory The Saxons’ Colby Wise, Greg Woodmansee, and others gather to haul down a Gull Lake ball carrier. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Saxon quarterback Brad Hayden stumbles forward in an attempt to gain extra yardage around the right side against the Blue Devil defense. (Photo by Dan Goggins) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Fred Rademacher is taking his players where he has been before, but they haven’t. Hastings won a play-off game for the first time Friday night, knocking off Gull Lake in the Division 3 pre-district contest in Richland 39-21. Rademacher was a part of trips through the play-offs as an assistant at East Kentwood High School, before taking over the Saxon program. “To be honest, as a head coach you feel everything a little bit more,” Rademacher said. “When you win it’s more exciting. When you lose it’s a lot tougher.” The Saxons haven’t lost in nearly three weeks, when a loss in either of their last two contests would have finished their season. Now the Saxons head to Lansing Sexton this Friday to take on the Big Reds in the district championship game. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. Both teams are 7-3 at this point in the season. Rademacher gave his quarterback a rest in the pre-district contest. Brad Hayden didn’t attempt a single pass, instead using his talents running the Wing-T offense to dismantle the Blue Devil defense. Darrell Slaughter led the Saxon attack, rushing 23 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns. Greg Woodmansee rushed 15 times for 148 yards and three scores. Luke Mansfield also added 54 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. “We ran the ball really well on them,” said Rademacher. “We had over 450 yards rushing.” “We really thought we’d be able to run against them because they don’t face a WingT team all year long.” The offensive front line of Josh Jevicks, T.J. Hoffman, Dylan McKay, Justin Jevicks, Nick Peck, Nick Eaton, and Josh Morehouse did an outstanding job of leading the way for the backs. Hastings scored 20 unanswered points after Gull Lake took a 7-6 lead in the opening quarter. Mansfield scored on a nine-yard run in the final two minutes of the first quarter to pull the Saxons in front for good. Hastings added a ten-yard TD run by Slaughter in the final two minutes before the half, then Woodmansee tacked on six more points as he busted loose on a 67-yard run late in the third. Quarterback Taylor Schultz led his Blue Devils back into the game, with a three-yard scoring pass to Zach Maddox on their opening drive of the fourth quarter. The Saxons though were able to ice the game with an eight-yard TD run by Slaughter and a 29-yard scoring run by Woodmansee that came less than half a minute apart in the middle of the fourth. Interceptions by Trent Brisboe and Scott Wilson ended Gull Lake drives on the night. A big pass play set up the Blue Devils for a late scoring run by Andrew Kasten. Hastings got the scoring started Friday, completing a drive with a one-yard TD run by Woodmansee, but the extra-point attempt failed. Gull Lake came back to take the lead, 7-6, on a 17-yard run by Schultz and the ensuing kick. Schultz completed 17-of-24 pass attempts, for 211 yards, one TD, and the two interceptions. He was also the Blue Devils’ top ground gainer, rushing 22 times for 85 yards. Kasten ran 11 times for 58 yards. Lansing Sexton, who the Saxons face this Friday, won the Capital Area Activities Conference (CAAC) Red Division championship this fall with a perfect 5-0 record. Two of the Big Reds losses were against the top two teams in the CAAC Blue, one tier up in their conference. Holt (10-0) downed the Big Reds 29-22 to open the season. Lansing Everett (9-1) topped Sexton 7-0 in the final week of the season. Marine City (9-1) handed Sexton a non-conference loss Sept. 21, 21-20. Those three teams to top the Big Reds are a combined 28-2 on the season. “They are big and they are pretty fast,” Rademacher said of the Big Reds. “They’re a very good football team, well coached and very disciplined.” Scott Wilson (7) goes high and Luke Mansfield (36) low to bring down a leaping Blue Devil during Friday night’s pre-district contest in Richland. (Photo by Dan Goggins) A pair of Hastings’ defenders drag a Gull Lake receiver to the turf Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Hastings’ kicker Trent Brisboe boots an extra-point attempt out of the hands of Brad Hayden. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Saxon sophomore running back Darrell Slaughter drags a Gull Lake defender behind him as he moves forward with the football Friday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Hastings defenders swarm from all directions to bring down a Gull Lake ball carrier. (Photo by Dan Goggins �Page 22 — Thursday, November 1, 2007 — The Hastings Banner DK senior gets his first shot at state finals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg senior Morgan Hennessey has been to Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn to watch teammates run in the Division 3 state finals twice. Now he gets his chance. Hennessey placed 14th in the Panthers’ Division 3 regional race at Centerville on Saturday to earn a spot in the finals. The top three teams and top 15 individuals in each regional race earned a position at the state meet. Hennessey went back and forth with a pack of runners in tenth to 14th place for most of the race Saturday. There was one large hill on the course, late in the race. “Up it, they all passed me,” Hennessey said. “Then down the straight away I started passing them. I was thinking they all killed themselves going up it.” Hennessey slowed a bit towards the end, but managed to finish 11 seconds ahead of the 16th place runner. His final time was 16 minutes 57 seconds, which is one of the top ten times for a Delton Kellogg boy ever. There was a good pack at the front. The top 15 runners were all within 59 seconds of each other, and the six runners that finished ahead of Hennessey were within eight seconds of each other. The second Delton Kellogg runner, Nick Rendon, was a little ways back. He placed 24th in 17:41. As a team the Panthers placed sixth, with 163 points. Jackson Lumen Christi, led by individual champ Josh McAlary (16:02), took the team title with 60 points. Hillsdale was second with 75 points, and Hanover-Horton third with 81. Behind the top two for the Panthers, Brandon Humphreys was 38th in 18:25, Mark Loveland 41st in 18:28, and Darrin Pursley 47th in 18:47. Maple Valley’s boys were ninth overall with 223 points. Joe Benedict led the Lions’ with a 28th place time of 18:02. Matt Hamilton was 34th in 18:16, Josh Perkins 40th in 18:26, Adam cook 52nd in 19:02, and Austin French 69th in 20:08. Delton and Maple Valley were joined by KVA rivals Pennfield and Olivet at Centerville. Pennfield’s Joshua Baker was third individually with a time of 16:30. It was a tough day for the Delton and Maple Valley girls, who finished eighth and ninth. Mandy Dye paced the Panther pack with an 18th place time of 20:54. Rachael Williams was 21st in 21:02, Taylor Hennessey 48th in 22:41, Jill Newton 49th in 22:43, and Renee McConahay 51st in 22:45. Kaytlin Furlong led Maple Valley with her 25th place time of 21:10. Lauren Trumble was right behind her, 27th in 21:23. Kayla Shaw finished 36th in 22:01, Erin Shoemaker 50th in 22:44, and Randi Vinson 62nd in 23:35. The rest of the KVA teams at Centerville Saturday were there behind the Panthers and Lions. Olivet was tenth, Pennfield 11th, and Galesburg-Augusta 12th. Pennfield and Olivet are each sending one girl to the finals. Olivet’s Katy Barkley was 13th Saturday in 20:11. Pennfield was led by the 14th place finish of Haily Traxler (20:13). The Division 3 boys’ race will start at 11:30 Saturday at MIS, the final race of the morning session which begins at 10 a.m. “Just go all out,” is Morgan Hennessey’s advice to himself. “It’s the last race in high school for me, so go all out and do the best you can.” IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Facts, figures and reason should save building To the editor: Let me say at the outset that I would prefer to preserve and find a new use for the old library – former Post Office building in downtown Hastings. As such, I find myself at odds with many friends and associates, people who have earned the respect of the community. This is not a comfortable place to be. The issue is emotionally charged on both sides, yet the discussion has been civil and mutually respectful thus far. I hope it remains that way. The news reports thus far about the issue of “New Parking Spaces vs. Old Library – Post Office Building” have failed to adequately disclose and discuss the existence of a viable alternative. The draft report entitled "Hastings Library Site Parking Study" (dated September, 2007, 36 pages, copies available from City Hall or my office) commissioned 77517666 LAWN CARE & SNOW PLOWING FREE Fall Clean-Up! For any new customers signed up for Lawn Maintenance in the 2008 Season! Call us Today!!! 623-2272 If you have a current contract with any professional lawn service sign up now and we’ll beat by 10% any written contract for the 2007 season. See Dustin’s for… Hydroseeding • Timber Retraining Walls Spring & Fall Clean Up • Leaf Pile or Total Pick-Up by the city, lists two options to the status quo. The first, called Preferred Alternative 1, would reconfigure the existing lot behind the old library, add nine parking spaces, leave the building intact, and cost an estimated $229,300. The other, called Preferred Alternative 2, would add 29 spaces, obliterate the building, and cost an estimated $426,500. Allow me the shortcut of referring to these as Option One and Option Two, respectively. And, while I personally prefer Option One, the numbering is not intended to indicate favorably on either. Given the raw numbers, Option One costs roughly $25,478 per additional parking space; Option Two has a cost of $14,707 per space. On the surface, Option Two has the advantage. Let’s look beneath the surface. We’ve only begun to look at the plusses and minuses. The building itself has value. Lots of value. The city already has received an offer of $300,000 for the building. And that was a first offer, a way to begin negotiations. Realistically, that building would sell for probably more like $400,000, maybe as much as $500,000. If the city chooses to forego the sale value dollars, we can properly add the dollar value to the cost of Option Two. Depending on the final sale price for the building, the cost per space would then be between $25,051 and $31,948. Option One looks better now. So, now have we figured in all of the costs? No, not really. The building has value beyond mere dollars. That intangible value expresses itself in a wide variety of ways. Let’s itemize a few of them, by no means a complete accounting. Hastings as a city (and the central business district as the core of the city) enjoys certain advantages over some other cities. There is a charm here, a life out of the fast lane, a slower, simpler, friendlier way to live. The old library building is a major element of that charm. It is a solid, dignified anchor to the central business district. As West State Street looks more and more like 28th Street, Hastings looks more and more like every other suburb everywhere. Our city has dignity and charm, but not to spare, not to burn, none to just throw away. We should all be jealously guarding that which makes our city special. From the south and west, along Church and Court streets, the old library building provides an attractive and effective screen of a particularly unattractive part of town. Let’s put one more oddball rumor to rest. A whisper campaign would have us believe that the old library building is not structurally sound. Absolutely not so. That building is as strong, stable and structurally sound as any in the central business district. A vibrant central business district is more than stores and restaurants and parking. Every successful downtown includes offices where people work. Destroy a building that could employ 10-15 people, and you have chased away 10-15 reliable regular customers. That’s not good business. Allow me one more shortcut. Those who prefer parking might characterize that as progress. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call them the Progressives. I hope that offends none. Those who oppose this particular bit of progress? Let’s call them the Preservationists. The Progressives might say the Preservationists have an irrational sentimental attachment to an old building, and to some degree that’s true. I would counter (on behalf of the Preservationists) that the Progressives are suffering from some serious tunnel-vision with regard to the need for more parking. Do we need more parking in the old library block? Yes, one could make that argument. Would nine more spaces satisfy that need? It would be a 21% increase over the publiclyowned spaces in the current lot. Do we need 29 more spaces? No, not by any rational measure. The City of Hastings commissioned a comprehensive study of parking for the entire central business district (The Downtown Hastings Parking Strategy, dated May 2007, 37 pages, available from City Hall or my office), and the figures are enlightening. There are a few tight spots, but in general Hastings does not have a parking shortage. But the current question deals with the old library lot only. Even there, the study consistently found available spaces at all times of the day every day. Nine more spaces will ease up the tight times. The study clearly indicates no need for 29 additional spaces. Everyone who has an interest should get a copy and read the study. The Progressives feel a real passion for their cause. They also enjoy the unanimous support of the Downtown Development Authority Board. And, it appears that they have significant support among the elected city officials. They have positioned themselves well for the coming confrontation. I would guess that they like their odds. The Preservationists are equally passionate. We have facts and figures, reason and rationality on our side. And one more thing. We have public opinion on our side. I like our odds. Should the City Council make a decision that would profoundly and permanently damage the Hastings community, it certainly won’t be the last word. The people of Hastings will demand and get a referendum. And when the people decide, I really like our odds. Brian Reynolds Hastings � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-11-08.pdf 5343ec7b73815b3a8a3b476d369a1633 PDF Text Text First patients move into rooms at Manor Communities are what we make of them Allyson between past and future foes at state See Story on Page 13 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 45 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, November 8, 2007 Park saved NEWS Charlton Voters overwhelmingly approve millage renewal BRIEFS Secretary of State closed Monday In honor of Veterans Day, all Secretary of State offices will be closed Monday, Nov. 12. These state offices again will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 22, and Friday, Nov. 23. For more information, visit the department’s Web site at www.michigan.gov/sos. Next blood drive is Thursday Officials from the American Red Cross recently announced that the supply of blood for hospitals is at a “critical” shortage. To increase the supply, the local branch has set up blood drives for the next several weeks. Area blood drives include: •Thursday, Nov. 15, Hastings Moose Lodge, 128 N. Michigan, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. •Saturday, Nov. 24, Peace Church, 6950 Cherry Valley Rd., Middleville, from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. Red Cross officials say they have been averaging less than a day’s supply on six of eight blood types, including O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor. Typically, they have a three-day supply on hand. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. Barry Historical Society to meet The Barry County Historical Society will hold its next monthly meeting at the Hastings Elks Club Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be William Ford, who will share background on Barry and Eaton counties in the Civil War. Ford is a knowledgeable speaker and a frequent volunteer at Charlton Park. Visitors are welcome, and the audience is invited to bring pictures of ancestors who served in the Civil War. The November meeting of the Barry County Historical Society is the traditional time for members to bring donation of canned and other non-perishable foods, which will be donated to the Office of Veteran Affairs. These will then be passed on to veterans who need a helping hand. Salvation Army Bell ringers sought Bell ringers, both volunteer and paid, are desperately needed by the Salvation Army. The Red Kettle Campaign will kick off Friday, Nov. 16, and run through Dec. 24. Many locations and time slots are still available. Hours of ringing will be from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. “Please consider helping deserving individuals in our community by ringing a bell at a Red Kettle location,” said a spokesperson. Individuals who are hired as bell ringers will receive minimum wage. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Voters in Barry County overwhelmingly passed the Charlton Park Millage Tuesday, apparently validating the positive changes that have taken place at the historic village and museum over the past year. The final tally showed 4,333 ‘Yes’ votes to 2,587 ‘No.’ That margin of 62.62 percent to 37.38 percent sent a definite message to Barry County Commissioners who watched as results came in Tuesday night. The county currently has 42,671 registered voters, 6,920 of whom went to the polls Nov. 6, representing just over 16 percent. The initiative failed in four precincts: Barry Township Precinct 1 (57-55); Orangeville Township Precinct 1 (136-110); Prairieville Township Precinct 2 (96-64); and Yankee Springs Township Precinct 1 (147-139). The largest margin of victory was in the City of Hastings, Ward 4, Precinct 4, which passed the millage by 80.08 percent (193-48). All totals are unofficial until validated by the Barry County Clerk. “This was a great victory for Charlton Park and all the people who have worked so hard,” said Commission Chairman Michael Callton. “There really were too many people to mention, it was like the cast of a Cecil B. DeMille See PARK, page 2 Dead bear confirms sightings by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A dead black bear found next to the road near the intersection of Charlton Park Road and Roush Road Nov. 4 is currently being examined by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Deputies from the Michigan State Police Hastings Post responded to a call when the animal was discovered, but upon arriving at the scene were not able to find anyone who could tell them what had happened. “There was no one there,” said Trooper Brian Roderick, “but you could see where the animal had been dragged off the roadway, and there were tire tracks where a vehicle had left the road.” The bear weighed approximately 80 pounds, and DNR officials are now trying to ascertain whether the bear had a den nearby or had wandered from some other area. No other bear sightings have been reported in the area recently, but Christine Hanaburg of the Yankee Springs DNR station said people have reported seeing black bears in Barry County in the past. “We have not had any recent sightings,” she said, “but we have had sightings in 2003 and 2006.” However, Shawn Benner, who owns the property upon which the bear was found, said he has seen black bears on and around his property many times in the past. “I even have pictures of the dens,” he said. “It’s pretty neat.” Benner said he has located at least two dens in the area. He said the bear was discov- See BEAR, page 9 Brian Bieganski, Matt Tuftedal, Michael Broadhurst, Dylan Bouchie, Nikki Huffman, Sam Vickery and Allison Deschaine practice for “Dr. Sooney’s Medicine.” DKHS performances start tonight The Delton Kellogg Theater Arts Company will begin performances of a double feature with “Dr. Sooney’s Medicine” and “Spirit!” tonight at 7 p.m. in the DKHS auditorium. Performances will begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights as well, and will run approximately two hours and 15 minutes. “Dr. Sooney’s Medicine,” starring Patrick Fales as Dr. Sooney, is an Appalachian slapstick comedy about wealth, love and revenge. This comedic short will be followed by the full-length drama “Spirit!.” Starring Emily Hardy as Clara Panowski, this play explores life at Happy Hollow’s home for the aged through the eyes of a spry woman who refuses to “act her age.” Audiences of all ages are sure to enjoy this performance. Tickets, which are $5, are on sale now and can be purchased from Jessica Barnes at Delton Kellogg Schools or from any DKTAC members. Hastings school millages pass, Frank Campbell returns to City Council Frank Campbell won a 1st Ward council member seat over Joseph Huebner with 66.36 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s election. Campbell was mayor of Hastings from 1996 to 2004 when he decided not to run again. “I just chose not to run so we could have some time for ourselves,” he said of himself and his wife, Linda. “We wanted to take some time off.” Before being elected mayor, Campbell served as a Hastings firefighter and a city council member. He also served on the Michigan Municipal League Board of Directors for three years while he was mayor. “I’ve got something to offer,” said Campbell of deciding to run for mayor again. “It was the people who got me into this again.” Campbell said his goal as a city council member is to help Mayor Bob May any way he can. He also mentioned that one important goal was to keep streets in good condition. Campbell will take the seat currently held by Curt Cybulski, who chose not to seek reelection. Also on the ballot, the county-wide Charlton Park millage renewal passed, garnering 62.62 percent of the vote. The Hastings Area School system proposal won with 64.9 percent of the vote. Affecting only properties that are not primary residences, the renewal, had it failed, would have cost the district several million dollars. Mayor Bob May ran unopposed in the City of Hastings, winning with 97.45 percent. Others running unopposed were 2nd Ward council member Dave Tossava, 97.99 percent, 3rd Ward council member Don Bowers, 97.28 percent, and 4th Ward council member Don Tubbs, 99.01 percent of the vote. Melissa Winnick and Laurie Sunior ran unopposed for two City Board of Review seats. The Yankee Springs Township proposal passed with 76.64 percent of the vote. That renewal, totaling .5 mill, will cover the cost of the contract with Thornapple Township Emergency Services for providing fire and See ELECTION, page 2 (for front page photo) A ceremonial ribbon was stretched across M-43 highway in Delton to official celebrate the completion of a a $2.1 million highway reconstruction and enhancement project. Among the officials shown are (from left) Daryl Harden, MDOT planning department; Brad Wieferich, manager of MDOT’s Marshall Transportation Service office, Barry Township Clerk Debra Dewey-Perry, Barry Township Trustee Wes Kahler, State Rep. Brian Calley, Barry Township Treasurer Judith Wooer, and two men whose names were not readily available. Delton celebrates highway completion by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Music by the Delton Kellogg High School band, praises for inter-governmental cooperation, applause from the crowd and the snipping of a red, white and blue ribbon were part of the festivities heralding the completion of a $2.1 million highway reconstruction and enhancement project in Delton last Thursday. After more than six months of traffic delays along a half-mile stretch of M-43 Highway in the heart of downtown Delton, blocked side streets and driving over a series of large bumps, local residents were ready to celebrate with representatives of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and state and local government officials. About 50 people, including some elementary school children, gathered at the corner of East Orchard Street and M-43 in Barry Township for the ribbon cutting ceremony. “This is an amazing show of support for Delton. I’ve been to a few of these ribbon cutting ceremonies for the department, and I’ve never seen anything like this. This is really impressive,” said Brad Wieferich, manager of MDOT’s Marshall Transportation Service office. He said his office is responsible for the design and construction of the project along with MDOT’s Hastings garage, which will be maintaining the highway. “It’s been a long construction season to say the least. You know better than I do,” Wieferich said. “We broke ground on April 16; six and one half months later we finished yesterday (Oct. 31) with the pavement markings.” The portion of redesigned highway stretches from Bush Street to Delton Road and includes a left-turn lane, streetscape enhancements, drainage improvements and the installation of curbs and gutters. The new drainage system has environmentally-friendly compo- See DELTON, page 3 �Page 2 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Applications are available at the Love Inc. office in Hastings. Agencies that work with people in need of employment are encouraged to share this job opportunity. For more information, contact Marcie Gothard at (269) 963-3640, ext. 17. Penn-Nook annual presentation today Penn-Nook Gift Shop’s 41st Annual Christmas Presentation continues today and Friday in the conference center at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Gift shop buyers have a reputation for selecting a wide variety of distinctive gift items for men, women and children, plus unique decorations, books and toys. Hours of the presentation today are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Proceeds from the Christmas Presentation and the year-round PennNook Gift Shop sales are given to the Pennock Foundation, a non-profit organization to support Pennock Hospital. The foundation then uses the funds to buy new equipment and special items for Pennock Health Services. The Pennock Foundation also supports scholarships to local health career-oriented students and purchases safety and lifesaving equipment for area emergency crews. Landscaping topic at Society The Bernard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in the Delton Kellogg Middle School library to hear a professional landscaper speak. The public is welcome. Paul Hitchcock, a landscaping designer, will talk about planting this fall for next summer. He welcomes questions from the audience about planting and landscaping. The Society’s board will meet at 6:15 p.m. that evening. Holiday Art and Craft Show set A Holiday Art and Craft Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Barry County Expo Center, located on M-37 at the county fairgrounds, between Hastings and Middleville. More than 50 craft booths by artists and crafters from around Michigan will feature everything from wood products to dried flower arrangements to gift baskets. “And anything else you would like to buy for that special holiday gift or for your own home,” said organizer Sharon Elzinga. “We will be having some non-profit booths from local agencies also. I am very excited about taking over this craft show that has been going on for over 20 years. Crafters who would like to participate in the show should call Elzinga at (269) 9459355. Genealogy group to start locally The Institute for Learning in Retirement will be continuing the genealogy group that started as a class, but it will now be a selfdirecting discussion group to which interested persons may bring problems, solutions, questions or success stories to share with the group. The first meeting will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the computer room at the Fehsenfeld Center (Kellogg Community College) in Hastings. This meeting will include information on genealogy groups around the country that have been used in past research. Those who have information about those groups are asked to share it at the meeting. The local group also will discuss how the group would like to proceed in the future. A second meeting has been scheduled for Nov. 30. For additional information, call Sandi at (269) 945-5443 or Roberta at (269) 795-2042. Monthly Legislative Coffee canceled The Legislative Coffee scheduled for Nov. 12 has been canceled due to Veterans Day. The next Legislative Coffee is scheduled for Dec. 10 at 8 a.m. at Delton Kellogg High School. Please call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454 with any questions. Attorney General discusses predators Officials from the Michigan Attorney General’s office will be visiting Hastings Area Schools next week to talk to students and parents about “cyber” predators. Officials will address students from first through eighth grades about predatory practices and tactics used by some people online. The students will also watch videos. Parents will have an opportunity to learn about the topic at 6:30 p.m. that evening in Central Elementary School’s auditorium. This program is being presented in schools around Michigan to teach young people about the dangers of online predators. E-mail scam is aimed at veterans by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A potential computer scam seeking out veterans is making the rounds and has drawn the attention of the Veterans Administration (VA) in Washington, D.C. In e-mail messages, originating from www.veteranprograms.com, the so-called Internet manager, Capt. Rance Jurevwicz (Ret. USA), claims veterans may apply online for service-connected compensation benefits. The site promises it can speed the process to get veterans benefits by circumventing the VA or the Disabled American Veterans, organizations which help veterans with their disability claims. Holly Steiner, of the local Veterans Administration Office in Hastings, called the program site and was asked to provide her Social Security number. As always, all requests for benefits to veterans must be go through the Veterans Administration for review. The site is believed to be a scam to acquire personal information which could be used in identity theft attempts. Stores issue meat recall Following the steps of meat supplier, Spartan Stores has issued a “precautionary recall” of some ground meat products. Cargill Meat Solutions announced the recall after learning that some products processed at a Pennsylvania plant, may contain E. coli bacteria. The recalled meat was sold under the following lots and labels: • 451-153, 81 percent lean ground chuck • 450-064, 93 percent lean ground beef • 403-717, 75 percent lean ground beef • 451-146, 81 percent lean ground beef All recalled products had a “freeze by” date of Oct. 29 or Oct. 30. The products were sold at all Felpausch stores and D and W Fresh Markets in Michigan, among other Spartan-owned chains. Consumers who have these products should dispose of it or return it to the store where purchased for a refund. No illnesses have been reported. Customers who have questions regarding the recall should call Spartan Stores Consumer Affairs at (800)-451-8500. ELECTION, continued from page 1 ambulance coverage to the township. The Bellevue Schools proposal passed with 54.03 percent of the vote by residents in Assyria and Maple Grove townships. That bond proposal is worth $23.4 million for facility updates. The Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services issue failed, with only 35.18 percent of Prairieville, Johnstown and Barry townships supporting it. Amounting to $25.3 million, the millage would have covered a new special-education facility. Of 42,671 voters registered in Barry County, 6,954 made it to the polls Tuesday. PARK, continued from page 1 movie. A cast of thousands.” Commissioner Keith Ferris also expressed his pleasure at the result, though he cautioned that the work to revitalize the park is just beginning. “It shows that the hard work that has been put into the park is paying off,” he said. “But this is just the first step. Now we have to go to work to keep the park active and a vibrant part of the community.” “The hard work is ahead of us,” Ferris said. Keith Murphy, interim director of the park, also said he thought credit for the victory should go to the many people who worked to revitalize the park and stage the many additional events held there in recent months. “There were so many people who volunteered their time and their expertise to the park,” he said. “They deserve the credit for this victory.” Callton was quick to credit the voters, also. “I think the amount of ‘yes’ votes is significant,” he said. “It shows that the people of Barry County want Charlton Park to remain a vital part of our history.” Commissioners had vowed to close the park if the millage failed Tuesday. Two attempts in 2006 to renew a 10-year operating millage for the park had failed. The county commission had gone on record as saying that a third failure would result in the park being closed. Faced with an uphill battle in the third millage election, commissioners took an active part in the process. They fired Director George Shannon and later hired Murphy as acting director until a nationwide search can be initiated to find a new director. Murphy, with the help of the many volunteers and a revised governing board, worked tirelessly to bring in events and programs to showcase the park to the pubic. One such event was Fred Sheer’s Lumberjack Show in September, which reportedly drew more than 5,000 visitors to the park. Murphy has also been in contact with the Civil War Reenactment group, which had been a huge draw for many years, but had been eliminated by Shannon. “The Civil War people were made to feel they were not welcome at the park, but I have been talking with them and they are coming back next year,” Murphy said. “We are also working on other events, including bringing back the Fred Sheer Lumberjack Show. It was a huge success and we want them back. But we especially wanted the Civil War people back because they had been one of the most popular events held at the park over the years.” Murphy said now that the millage has been passed and the park can begin making definite plans for the future, he believes a number of event sponsors will take advantage of the park. “We have a beautiful setting, a historical setting, and the public has always enjoyed coming out,” Murphy said. “I am just so happy that we will be able to continue to provide this important part of Barry County history to the people of Barry County and others.” Sons of the Legion forms, elects officers The initial meeting of the Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 45, took place on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Hastings Post 45. Officers were elected and sworn in by 2nd Zone SAL Commander Danny Gleason. Gleason made the trip from Buchanan especially to swear in the new officers and provide words of encouragement and wisdom for the new SAL squadron, its officers and members. The new charter leaders are Lee Campbell, commander; Tom Wheeler, adjutant, and Barry Wood, finance officer. During the meeting the membership decided that regular meetings would be held the second Saturday of each month, at 9 a.m., with the next meeting scheduled Nov. 10. The membership also decided to hold the charter open through Dec. 31 so that any new members joining will be included as charter members. Eligible SAL members must be male descendants or stepsons of a member of the American Legion. Others eligible to join are male descendants, stepsons included, of any veteran who died in service during World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War; male descendants and stepsons of a veteran who died subsequent to his or her honorable discharge from service in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama or the Persian Gulf War. The cost to join is $15. Anyone interested in joining Squadron 45 should call Barry Wood at (269) 948-4307. Present for the opening ceremony of the Sons of the American Legion Post 45 are pictured, from left, American Legion Auxiliary President Ilene Hilson; 2nd Zone Commander Gleason; SAL Squadron 45 Commander Lee Campbell, and Post 45 Commander Tom Carpenter. Tribal chair confident of latest appeal by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Three federal appellate judges in Washington, D.C., recently heard a final appeal by Michigan Gambling Opposition (MichGO) to delay the opening of the Gun Lake Casino. The Gun Lake Tribe and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) appeared before the court to defend the Bush Administration’s decision to acquire an initial reservation for the Gun Lake Potawatomi Tribe to conduct gaming at a proposed site on M-179 west of Bradley. “We are now more confident than ever that we will win this case and the land will go into trust soon,” said D. K. Sprague, Tribal chairman. “The three appellate judges were extremely skeptical of MichGO’s arguments.” The appellate court has not issued a deci- sion nor has it indicated when a ruling may be forthcoming. Sprague said no new arguments were presented before the court, and MichGO’s attorney argued only one of the three issues upon which it had based its appeal. Sprague said the sole contention argued by MichGo was that the U.S. Congress had not properly delegated its authority to acquire land for native tribes to the Secretary of the Interior. “The same argument has been rejected by every federal court that has examined the issue, including at least three federal appellate courts,” he added Sprague said the U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected nearly identical cases involving Michigan tribes twice in the last 22 months. Federal District Court Judge John Garrett Penn decided in favor of the Gun Lake Tribe and the DOJ in February. That ruling would have cleared the way for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to place the tribe’s 147-acre parcel of land in Wayland Township into trust. However, MichGO continued its litigation efforts to delay the casino through the appellate court. Sprague said failure to approve the casino effort would affect more than 2,000 potential jobs, some which would involve the construction of the casino itself and as many as 1,800 direct casino jobs once the construction is completed. “The Gun Lake Tribe’s proposed casino will create 1,800 direct jobs with a total average annual compensation package of $40,000 and 3,100 indirect jobs. It will also produce more than $20 million per year in direct purchases of goods and services from West Michigan businesses,” Sprague said. Delays may end bridge project by Patricia Johns Staff Writer According to the Barry County Road Commission, that department is in jeopardy of losing $1.18 million dollars in road funds for the Finkbeiner/Crane road and bridge project, north of Middleville. If completed, that project would connect US-131 with Whitneyville Road, north of Middleville, and State Road, east of the village. State Road crosses the county, from Middleville, through Hastings, and into Vermontville, in Eaton County. Brad Lamberg, managing director of the Barry County Road Commission, presented an overview of the situation at the County Development and Planning Committee meeting Tuesday. The funds in jeopardy were obtained through a state program known as “Jobs Today.” The Jobs Today legislation requires the project to be let no later than April 4, 2008. Failure by the Federal Highway Administration to release an environmental assessment is the primary delay and the main reason the deadline may not be met. The chief concern of the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is an endangered species known as the Indiana bat, or Myotis sodalis. While the existence of the Indiana bat does not preclude the project from happening, the resulting federal delays are causing funding deadlines to come into play. The existence of the bat within the project vicinity has yet to be confirmed; however, experts claim that good habitat does exist in the area. In the summer, the bat roosts under loose tree bark on dead or dying trees. The bats feed along the edges of forested areas. A released environmental assessment could be obtained some time in December. Brad Lamberg However, right-of-way acquisition for the proposed road and bridge cannot begin until the report has been released. To meet the April 4, 2008, deadline, the right of way must be acquired by January 25, 2008, a stipulation set by the Michigan Department of Transportation. This is such a short time that the right of way may not be fully acquired, said Lamberg. Concerns about the habitat of this endangered species have delayed work on the environmental assessment for more than four months. This bat weighs only about three-tenths of an ounce, or the same as three pennies, has a wingspan of 9 to 11 inches, and its dark fur ranges from brown to black. According to Geoff Moffat, Village of Middleville and Thornapple Township planner, two studies of the habitat in the bridge area have been done. Apparently a third study has been requested by the Michigan office of the Federal Highway Administration. Because of the delay in the environmental assessment, including a public hearing which has yet to be scheduled, the road commission cannot meet the deadline for acquiring the right of way for the bridge. State Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland) is looking into working with the legislature on extending this “Jobs Today” grant. This is not the first time that the Indiana bat has delayed a project. A recent well project in Middleville was delayed because of the possibility of the property being in the bat’s habitat. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 3 TAC auction raises more than $12,000 by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Thornapple Arts Council’s 13th Annual Art Auction and dinner Saturday, Nov. 3, entitled “Celebrating Michigan Artists,” raised more than $12,000. Only about 90 people attended this year’s event but they proved to be enthusiastic bidders. Accompanying the fervent bidding was plenty of laughter and lots of great music provided by the Forrest Evans Quartet. Occasionally the quartet became a quintet when Joe LaJoye joined in, until he left to mingle, at which time the group again became a quartet. The quartet includes Evans on keyboard, Don Cheeseman on bass, Tom Alderson on percussion and Bob Hartig, playing saxaphone. TAC Board President Carol Jones Dwyer said she was very pleased with the turn out. She especially enjoyed the enthusiasm around the live bidding. This was also an opportunity for new TAC director Kathleen Buday to meet community members interested in supporting the arts. Dana Rittenberg, chair of the Art Auction, greeted guests and made sure everyone was comfortable. Her mother, the late Susan Black Drummond, was one of the original organizers of the Thornapple Arts Council. Later, Rittenberg publicly acknowledged John Fehsenfeld, commending him for his work as a founding member. Funds raised in the art auction will help to offset costs of the TAC’s events and programs along with providing financial stability for its daily operations. Edward Jones and MainStreet Bank filled several tables as cor- porate sponsors. Members of The Barry Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council volunteered their time Saturday evening, showing pieces during the live auction. Dave McIntyre and Greg Austin from WBCH assisted Steve Stanton of Stanton Auctioneering as he enticed higher bids. A celebrity pie auction featured pastries made by Earlene Baum, Steve DeBoer, Bob Dwyer, Fred Jacobs and Dave Macqueen. Baum’s pecan pie drew the highest bid, $110. In the spirit of small-town living, the pie was purchased by her neighbor, Mark Christensen. During the “Art for a Cause” segment of the live auction to benefit the newly renovated Thornapple Manor, high bidders were able to choose their favorites from a selected group photographs by Steve White of White’s Photography. Individuals who purchased the photos knew TAC would give the pieces to Thornapple Manor. Each photo, matted and framed to the Manor’s specifications, will be accompanied with a plaque acknowledging the purchaser. According to Lyn Briel of Thornapple Manor, artwork is therapeutic for residents. “You don’t know how much having art helps the residents,” said Briel. “It reminds them of their lives and often calms them.” The mission of the Thornapple Arts Council is to enrich Barry County through arts and culture. To that end, TAC provides scholarships, concerts, visual and performing arts classes, and works to build collaborative partnerships with businesses and organizations to promote the arts in the county. One feature of this year’s auction were pies donated by local celebrities. The pecan pie brought in more than $100. The Forrest Evans Quartet had a special guest musician, Joe LaJoye. Thornapple Arts Council director Kathleen Buday goes over the auction procedure with Youth Advisory Council members who assisted with the event. Steve Stanton of Stanton Auctioneering entices higher bids from the crowd. DELTON, continued from page 1 nents that will help clean storm-water runoff before it outlets into Crooked Lake. “In our eyes, this job has been a great success,” he said. “This was not just a pick-topavement, remove it-replace it, put down some nice new pavement kind of job. We have a lot of those. This was a lot different. We had safety improvements... We did some good environmentally sound drainage engineering... The water that’s going out (towards Crooked Lake) is going to be much cleaner than it was before. “We’ve been able to include all these beautiful aesthetics with the benches and the sidewalk and the railings and lights with great partnerships from the locals. That was one of the biggest things that I enjoyed about this job was the partnerships that we were able to build with the township, with the County Road Commission, the County Drain Commission – all these folks that really helped take a road job and turn it into something a lot more,” Wieferich said. A $350,000 Transportation Economic Development Fund Enhancement Grant, Bill Kimble, president and chief operating officer of C2AE included in the total cost of the project, paid for the streetscape enhancements, such as new street lighting, benches and trash containers, said Scott Greene, MDOT cost and scheduling engineer, after the ceremony. “It makes the town look nice and helps keep it clean and makes you want to come to downtown Delton,” he said of the enhancements. The highway reconstruction and left turn lane costs were primarily from the state’s general transportation fund. MDOT partnered with the Barry County Drain Commission to help provide a drain system that best meets the County Drain Commission’s needs for additional drainage projects, Green said. Water cleaning equipment is part of the Drain Commission’s plans to have cleaner roadway water towards Crooked Lake and a sedimentation basin the Drain Commission can clean out. “When agencies work together and communities work together you get a project much bigger than (normal),” Greene said. “We worked with the County Road Commission and township also on the configurations and how to treat some of the intersections. It was really nice to work with Barry County and Barry Township... There’s a lot of intergovernmental cooperation in Barry County. We got a lot of good things done.” Bobbi Welke, MDOT Southwest Region engineer for nine counties, also praised the partners and MDOT employees at the regional and Lansing level who helped with the project. “Without all of us working together as a team, we wouldn’t be here today,” Welke said. She described the project as “quite an investment” for the Delton area community and for Barry County. “It’s a great project. It’s good for Southwest Michigan. It’s good for the economy, and thank you all for your cooperation. “It’s your tax dollars at work here, and we’re here to celebrate that,” she said. “... The special thanks go to the business owners, the property owners and the taxpayers – You who paid for this, you who had to live through this, you who had to work with us to get your ideas, your expectations, how you wanted your community to look. “It’s very important for us as an agency to make sure we work with the communities to The Delton Kellogg High School band performed before and after the ceremony. Some of the band members are shown here. do what you need done, not what we can tell you we have to do,” Welke said. Bill Kimble, president and chief operating officer of C2AE (formerly named Capital Consultants), praised the many people involved, including those behind the scenes, including landscape architects and road designers. “Those individuals spent a lot of time to make sure the details on this project were all worked out before the contractors started digging,” he said. “... “We design it, but they make it become real.” C2AE is the engineering, architecture and planning firm selected by MDOT to serve as consultant to complete the roadway design engineering, preliminary design of the landscape for the enhancement grant application and the final streetscape design. State Rep. Brian Calley told the crowd that infrastructure has to come first before having or thinking about a strong economy. “I’m very pleased that it all came together, and it takes cooperation – a ton of cooperation – starting at the very local level all the way up through the state and sometimes federal for this sort of thing to happen,” he said. “I’d like to thank each level of government along with the county and state... “There was also a lot of cooperation required by the local business owners to not stop what’s happening in Delton for the sake of a construction project, but to persevere through all that. I know you didn’t stop your community activities because last summer I walked in a parade down through a construction zone and the public was all here. You just made it work even though it’s an inconvenience. Now it is my hope that will all pay off...” Barry Township Trustee Wes Kahler called the finished highway project great. “I want to say thank you to all the public and officials here today and the people in the community for all the support we’ve had this summer,” he said. “Thank you for putting up with all the dirt and dust all summer long. I know it was pretty hard for everybody.” Kahler said the highway reconstruction and enhancement project evolved from a Michigan State University Small Town Initiative program attended by township officials and others three years ago. “...They took our ideas of what we wanted in Delton and made a book and pictures to show us what Delton could be like. We took it a couple of steps further and, actually, it’s reality today,” he said. “It was great working with MDOT on this project, everybody from Brad on down... Great job guys.” Kahler said township officials selected the types of lighting, benches and trash containers for the streetscape portion of the project. Future projects include the side street drains next year, he said. “The whole town will be in the storm sewers eventually. We’re still working on a public parking lot for Delton. That’s a winter project we’re going to work on,” Kahler said. �Page 4 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings loses a ‘classy lady’ IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Status of history book a mystery To the editor: I have been trying for some time to find out the status of the second edition of the Barry County, Michigan, History and Families book. I finally got the phone number of the Turner Publishing Company in Paducah, Ky. They sent me a letter in November of 2006, saying that production had been delayed. But that the book was currently in production, with release in the spring of 2007. Now it is fall of 2007. I have called them twice in the last three weeks, with no results and no call back. If more interested investors in this book would call it might cause them to respond. The phone number is 1-270-443-0121 Randy Baumgardner, Editor. In November 2006 they were still trying to sell more books. Richard H. Miller Delton Businesses anchor downtown To the editor: Regarding the letters that appeared in this space last week concerning the old library building. I am registering my offense with the tone taken by several of the writers. Many of the business owners who are in favor of additional parking have been anchors in the downtown community for many years, several of them household names in Hastings. These are the people who turn out and turn up for Summerfest and Harvest Fest and the Christmas Parade. These are the people who strive to keep their prices affordable with the chain retailers, who keep their buildings attractive and clean and accessible, who brainstorm to promote our downtown area so it remains viable and vibrant. These are the people who contribute to golf outings, school events, the senior party, fundraisers for victims of fires and medical emergencies and memorials. To suggest that their desire for more parking “just to satisfy the present downtown business” is based in a selfish disregard for the whole community, to call these people “delusional... dried up businesses” suffering from “mob mentality” and “tunnel vision” does these people a great disservice and shows appalling disrespect for their characters as business owners and individuals. Anna Piscopo Hastings Where’s the proof? To the editor: I thought that maybe now with editor David Young gone Larry Hamp would have to prove his anti-American ramblings. He’s never been to Iraq or Afghanistan, yet he tells us that Blackwater or companies like it (actually they serve as bodyguards for diplomats and reconstruction companies) are murdering thousands of people and are targeting western reporters. He even slanders the company stockholders; although he knows none of them. As a writer, he has no journalistic honesty or integrity. And finally, has anyone ever read or heard him say something unkind about a terrorist? Ed Johnson, Hickory Corners by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor To know Kathleen Clarey was to love her, friends say. Now, family and her many friends are mourning the death of 89-year-old Clarey who died Nov. 1. “Kathy had that quality about her that made everybody love her,” said long-time friend Dorothy Hoke. “I don’t think she had any enemies. She was a real elegant lady. We were really close. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was very loving. I’ve been sad all week. I knew it (Kathy’s death) was probably going to happen, but I never wanted it to happen.” The Hoke and Clarey families have enjoyed a meaningful friendship since 1951 when Kathy and Dorothy’s husbands coached together at Hastings High School. Kathy and Dorothy played countless bridge games together. “She loved her bridge,” Dorothy said. Because Kathy’s eyesight began to fail in recent years, her bridge friends decided they would all use extra large cards with large print so Kathy could continue to play bridge with them, said Deacon Eugene Haas Jr., who spoke Monday at Kathy’s funeral Mass at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings. Her relationships with her friends were long-term and special, he said. Kathy took great pride in and loved the Hastings community and St. Rose Church. She enjoyed spending winters in Florida, but she always talked about how wonderful it was to be back home on Green Street, Haas said. Sitting on the porch and reading the newspaper was a favorite pastime. An avid reader, Kathy sometimes read two to three newspapers a day. “She was very interested in politics,” Haas said. “Her claim to fame was sitting as a spectator at the Watergate hearings.” Originally from Wisconsin, Kathy held an administrative position working for the FBI in Washington D.C. before her marriage. She also worked at Cooper Industries. Kathy and her husband, Jock, raised five children, and she loved her role as a stay-athome mom. Her family told Haas that she was an incredible, highly organized person who was extremely busy preparing meals and tending to the family’s needs with no microwave or fast food to ease the hectic lifestyle on top of not having a set schedule because of her husband and children’s many interests and activities. Kathy had a great sense of humor, Haas and other friends said. He told about a recent phone call between Kathy and her eldest daughter, Ann, that is “reflective of Kathy’s sense of humor and her deep faith.” Ann had asked her mother who she wanted to see first when she got to Heaven. Without hesitation, Kathy said she wanted to see God first. Ann responded with another question, asking if Kathy wouldn’t want to see her husband or her own parents first. Kathy responded, ‘Oh, no. I want to be sure I’m in the right place.’ “Kathy was a very special lady. The community has been blessed to have her live here for over 50 years,” Haas said. Fred Jacobs, vice president of J-Ad Graphics, agreed that Kathy was a “fun person to be around. “She was always so friendly to everybody. She had a very strong personality. “She and Jock were special people,” Jacobs said. He was a great coach, and she was dedicated to football and everything he did. “She was kind of a glamorous lady. She always dressed so nicely,” he said. Joyce Guenther recalled Kathy’s flair for modeling, and how much fun everyone had with Kathy when she and others participated in the Hastings Country Club Women’s Bridge Association’s style show a few years ago to benefit the new Hastings Library. Kathy loved to wear clothes that were colorful and snazzy, and she had a great time trying on clothes at Sea Shanty to wear in the style show, Guenther said. “It was so much fun...” Besides being a long standing member of the Hastings Country Club Women’s Bridge Association, Kathy was a former member of Is third group the “Demolition Party?” To the editor: Either Charlton Park is about to be chained up indefinitely for lack of funding from the vast treasure chest of the County Special Revenue Funds that are never reported in the Banner, or we will be blessed with three more years of the same lackluster performance as before with blank welfare checks and no fiscal accountability and no business plan. Those were the two choices available when I left. The feeble attempt by Brian Reynolds to form a “Preservation Party” on the back page of the latest Banner will prove what he already knew, that political decisions are made from emotional campaigns and not burdened by factual information, business plans, or the ‘whole truth.’ The parking enhancement enthusiasts will have set a date for adding space east of the County Building. That takes me to the new spaces west of See LETTER, page 9 Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Pennock Hospital guilds, circles at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and its Altar Society. “Kathy was a very active member in GFWC-Hastings Women's Club since 1960 – wow, for 47 years,” said Club President Renée Beduhn-Collins. “She always had a warm smile and a kind word for everyone. Kathy's family, her friends, and her community were always her number one priorities. She will be deeply missed by all of us,” Beduhn-Collins said. During her Hastings Women’s Club membership, Kathy was chairwoman of the Seniors Girls Tea, the Winter Holiday Tea and several of the George Washington Benefit Bridge events. She also served on many committees over those years, including the Public Welfare Committee, the Home Department Committee, many luncheon committees and served as a greeter. Two years ago Kathy was awarded a special recognition certificate from GFWC-Michigan for 45 years of service within the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Kathy “was as nice inside as she was on the outside,” said friend Jan Flood. “She was a wonderful woman and a dear friend for 20 years. We were good girlfriends. I felt so honored to be her friend. She was a beautiful, beautiful lady. She never was upset with anyone. She was a happy person. She was a spiritual person. She liked little kids. We are really going to miss her.” Flood also spoke of Kathy’s graciousness and sincerity and how Kathy always liked to hold a person’s hand when she was speaking to someone she knew. “If she didn’t have anything good to say about someone, she didn’t say anything,” Flood said. At Kathy’s funeral Mass, when Fred Jacobs sang “It’s a Wonderful World,” Flood said it was beautiful and typified the way Kathy thought. “Kathy thought it was a wonderful world.” Correction: Mel Hund wins Rotary raffle This year’s Rotary raffle winner is Mel Hund of Hastings, pictured here with Rotary Raffle Project Chairman David Jasperse (left) and King’s Appliances owner Mike King. Hund chose a 37-inch television from King’s Appliances as her prize. Her other options were a scooter, a tool set and a lawn mower. Hund’s name was chosen at the Monday, Nov. 5, Rotary meeting from more than 1,200 names. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Kathleen Clarey Shall we demolish the old Hastings library? On Monday, Nov. 26, members of the City of Hastings council will discuss the proposal to tear down the former public library building. Do you think this is a good idea? Are you planning to attend the meeting? Pat Buckland was not correctly identified in last week’s issue of the Banner. He participated in the Barry County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and Casino Night. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Rachael Mize, Hastings: “No, I do not think the building should be torn down. It is an historic site and the building is in good shape. To remove it for 29 parking spaces is a waste. I might attend the meeting.” Marilew Gurd, Delton: “Absolutely no! It is like that old song, “you don’t know what you’ve got until its gone. Tear down paradise and put up a parking lot.” The city should find a creative use for the building.” Victoria M. Smith, Dutton: “I think they should find a way to use it instead of removing it for parking. There are lots of people who could use it as offices.” Warren A. Kidder, Yankee Springs Township: “No the building should not be torn down. It is a waste of money and we should find a good use for it.” Victor B. Maurer, Hastings: “I think it should be torn down. Parking is really needed. I don’t need to go to the meeting because I think they understand where I am coming from.” Kim Pyle, Hastings: “No, it is not a good idea. It is an historical building and we would lose that history if it is torn down. There is already a lot of parking in this area.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 5 Communities are what we make of them What do most successful communities have in common? According to futurist Joel Barker, they have the power and depth of their vision of the future. Compelling goals and a positive, meaningful vision of the future provide purpose and direction to the present. Great vision almost always precedes great accomplishments. As we approach a special public meeting to be held Monday, Nov. 26, to determine the fate of the old library building in downtown Hastings, I would ask all the citizens of the city, and the area, to think about the structure and what it adds to its surroundings. In a recent study authorized by the Barry Community Foundation, experts found the building to be in good condition, needing some repairs and a little attention. Former library leaders were planning to build a new facility, so the City—which owns the building—put off all but necessary or minor improvements. Finding new owners is the key to saving the beautiful building which complements the historic architecture and character of the courthouse square. Just last week at Barry County’s Economic Development Alliance summit, Economist George Ericheck said jobs were top priority in local economic development. When questioned about Barry County’s future, he responded “Work hard to protect your uniqueness.” A building filled with the right business or service would make us unique, not parking lots. Good parking is a necessary evil, and something planners should be attentive to, but never at the cost of tearing down a solid, historic structure. Buildings should be torn down only when no other choices exist. By now our community leaders should have learned a valuable lesson from area neighbors. In the four major cities around us, public officials and citizens have put a higher value on older structures, finding them priceless in establishing unique development projects. Old structures are being rehabilitated, adding office, housing and retail establishments—not to mention jobs—which drive the kind of value we should be seeking. Let’s turn the clock back to the late 1980s when a small group of determined people, despite mounting development pressure from outside the county, worked to create a process whereby citizens could influence the direction and pace of future growth. The group came together under the name of the Futuring Committee. They went on to develop a plan focusing on seven areas of specific needs throughout the county, one of which was land preservation. A research report done by MSU experts at the time concluded: “Today’s land uses directly affect present and future generations, how they will live, and what their quality of life will be.” Just last week, Hastings Mayor Bob May told me how some local students felt about the old library building. When he asked a Once the old library is gone, there is no getting it back. classroom of youngsters to raise their hands in support of keeping or tearing down the structure to make way for additional parking, the students voted to save the library. As one student put it, “We have a lot of memories of the old library. We’ve gone there many times to take out a book or attend a special program.” It seems that our kids get it. I don’t blame the local businesses for wanting more parking; business has slowed and local retailers are looking for some ‘magic’ to turn business around. Some feel that additional parking is just the ticket. Tearing down the building would add a few parking spaces, but it would have a negative impact on the landscape forever. I’ve talked to many residents who still have fond memories of the old fire department on main street or the old hotel that was leveled because, at the time, it seemed the right thing to do. If both of those buildings were standing today, I bet we could find someone to save and rehab them for a number of uses. Just look at the activity Walldorff Brew Pub has brought to downtown. Hastings still maintains a strong downtown merchant base. We have a local appliance store, two jewelry stores, a popular hardware store, a local book store, coffee shops, craft store, health food store, financial institutions, several other specialty merchants, and many local restaurants in the downtown area. So what’s the answer? Hastings officials received an offer from The old library is a beautiful building that complements the historic architecture and character of the courthouse square. the County to purchase the building for $200,000 and turn it into additional office space. This wouldn’t necessarily bring new jobs, but it would solve a problem of additional space needed in the Courts and Law Building. This would be a great location for the Extension office, keeping young 4-Hers out of the courtroom hallways. Some have said we shouldn’t sell the building to the county. Why not? The two local governments should work together to solve problems. The federal government, in a goodwill gesture, offered the library building to the city in the early 1960s for the token transaction of $1. That dollar did not even come out of city coffers. Ethel Groos, a strong proponent of the library, provided it. In a recent comprehensive community study, Hastings planners indicated that county government needs to be an “issues champion” on decisions important to the city. So it just makes sense that the city would treat the county with respect to its growing needs. Some county officials are concerned about future growth in the downtown area, especially if the city is not accommodating. City officials and local business owners have a vested interest in keeping county government offices downtown. In neighboring Eaton County, county officials purchased and built a campus on the edge of the city, pulling prospective shoppers out of the downtown area. A recent report financed by the city determined that the present parking lot behind the old library could be reworked to add 14 more parking spaces. Up to 20 spaces could be gained by adding angled street parking on Court Street between Broadway and Church streets. Another possibility would be to construct a twostory parking facility in the present lot, doubling the capacity in the same footprint, saving the building and preserving land in the downtown area. And we are just weeks away from another retail development in the downtown area that could potentially drain customers from the downtown lots, reducing the need to tear down the structure. There are many alternatives solutions we need to discuss; we just need to change the debate from demolition to finding the right fit for the old library building. Then we need to discuss city parking with cooler heads and a vision of what Hastings could look like in the years to come. Communities are what we make of them. We need to take this decision seriously, because the decisions we make today will impact our city and its economic stability for years to come. Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Pennock Health to offer Hospice service locally Our Town at TK Friday and Saturday This year the Thornapple Kellogg High School players are presenting “Our Town” in two performances on Friday, Nov. 9 and Saturday, Nov. 10. Both performances begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. Pictured seated areJosh Foote and Sara Pappas as Nate Marklevitz, Mr. Webb, making sure they are not “spooning.” Chelsea Niblock is the Stage Manager. (Photo by Patricia Johns) Pennock Health Services announced today that over the next several months it will develop a certified Hospice program for the Barry County area. “The decision to offer Hospice services was made in response to our customers request for continuity of care for their loved ones at end of life, while remaining within the Pennock Health system, said Cindy Poort, the new Hospice director. Many of Pennock’s homecare patients have wondered why Pennock didn’t offer hospice, she added. Poort noted the concept of hospice fits well within the mission of Pennock Health, which is to “Provide quality health services in a personal, professional, and progressive manner in partnership with the community.” RoseAnne Woodliff, chief nursing officer, of Pennock Health, said, “We observed other for-profit hospice providers venture into the Barry County market. We reviewed the potential market share and realized Pennock could offer the community an alternative along with the quality of care Pennock is recognized as providing. This is the start of our journey with the development of a certified hospice program.” Pennock will continue its current relationship with Barry Community Hospice, a division of Lifespan, Good Samaritan of Battle Creek Health System. Unresolved Business The budget may be done, but the finances of the state are far from settled. While the budget is currently balanced, very little was done to correct Michigan’s structural deficit. Even if the recent budget deal remains in place, the state will have a $350 million deficit by the next fiscal year and $1 billion deficit by 2010. This is because growth in spending outpaces the growth in revenue. That is the real issue with the Michigan budget today. Raising taxes is like treating a symptom of the real problem. You cannot fix a structural deficit by raising taxes alone. That will be a topic for debate over the next year, but for now, the sales tax on services is sucking all the oxygen out of Lansing. I’ve written before about my disappointment with the service tax. I think that was pretty much the worst-case scenario, outside of say, taxing rainbows and puppy dogs. By way of review, my issues with the service tax are as follows: First, the legislation is comprised of an eclectic group of inconsistent consumer services that bare no policy rationale—ski resorts, but not golf; hair coloring, but not hair cuts; and so forth. Next, the process was closed to public scrutiny. Political connections (or lobby strength) determined who got taxed and who did not. What was sold as a "luxury tax" ended up raising most of the money through essential commercial services. Additionally, the legislation is very loosely written. No one is able to say for certain exactly which services are taxed and which are not. It will go into effect Dec. 1, and businesses are scrambling to figure out how they are affected. As things stand today, the treasury department has a tremendous amount of leeway to decide which specific services get taxed. Lastly, most of the money raised from the service tax comes from business-to-business transactions. This is a monumental policy change that many had no idea they were voting for at the time. Michigan is one of very few states to place a sales tax on services but more importantly, it is the first to do so on business-to-business transactions. This makes Michigan very unique, and not in a good way. To be clear, the biggest issue is not with the companies that are subject to the service tax. The real devastation comes to business sectors such as the ailing manufacturing industry, which purchases a great deal of commercial services. The whole reason for the rewrite of the business tax code earlier this year was to better spread the liability across the entire economy. The Single Business Tax was replaced by the Michigan Business Tax (MBT), a marked improvement. The service tax goes back down the road of inordinate distribution of the business tax liability. Clearly, many legislators have buyer’s remorse. Several of those who voted for it are now backing efforts to repeal it. That will not be an easy task. You see, all the same people who had so much trouble getting together before, would have to agree on an alternative. Let’s consider those alternatives. The first is an outright repeal with no other tax to replace it. While I could come up with several ways to accomplish this, the repeal will require the Governor’s signature. She has been very clear in her insistence that the repeal be tied to a replacement. As a practical matter, the repeal cannot happen without the Governor’s support. Okay, so what are the other options? We could consider increasing the income tax. Well, the only reason the service tax came into being was because there were not sufficient votes to increase the income tax beyond 4.35 percent. So I guess that’s out. There’s always the trusty old general sales tax. But wait, that would require a constitutional amendment. For the legislature to place that one on the ballot, it would take a super majority (two-thirds) from both the House and the Senate, plus ratification by the people through a popular vote. None of that is likely, but even if it were, the earliest this could come together would be 2008, long after the service tax takes effect. That leaves just one option: Reopen the Michigan Business Tax. The service tax could be repealed through a rate change or a surcharge addition to the MBT. Look, I don’t like it any more than you do, but it makes much more policy sense and it would do far less damage to the already ailing Michigan economy. The main benefits to this option are that it would result in a fairer distribution of the tax burden across the economy, and it would result in no additional administrative expense by either businesses or government. Additionally, it is well defined within the public act, unlike the service tax. But the best part is that the MBT has a statutory cap on its future growth, while the service tax does not. But not so fast. There are several options within the MBT. Some are acceptable and some are not. Here is what I think makes sense: 1.) Leave the small business treatment alone. To me, the favorable small business treatment is the best part of this tax code. It is cheap for the state to provide and it clears the path for entrepreneurs to do what they do best—create jobs. 2.) Adjust the rates in a way that maintains the tax distribution roughly equivalent to how it is currently assessed. I don’t mind giving some consideration to those areas already getting increased under the MBT, but drastic shifts from one industry to another should be off the table. 3.) The personal property tax exemptions and credit structure are the hallmarks of the MBT. They are also the mechanisms by which businesses are rewarded for investing in Michigan. Big changes here would be very counter-productive to the original goal of the MBT. 4.) I believe that all taxes, including this one, should have a sunset date, or statutory termination date. This forces the legislature to reevaluate the necessity of the tax on a regular basis. In other words, keep it simple and just change the rates. I could always take the position that I didn’t make this mess, but that’s not in my nature. My goal is to raise the bar as far above its current position as I can. I will take incremental improvement over none at all. Just so there is no question, I am not saying that this is a good option; just that it is better than what we have now. It is the least-bad alternative that stands any chance of passage. Now doesn’t that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? City Bank earns 52nd consecutive Five-Star rating BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation’s leading independent bank rating and research firm, has announced that Hastings City Bank, has earned a “Five-Star Superior” rating, the highest award, for the 52nd consecutive quarter. Hastings City Bank has the added distinction of being an “exceptional performance bank,” having earned this highest honor for 10 years or longer. The Five-Star rating is based on the financial condition of the bank. “Hastings City Bank’s ability to earn our Five-Star Superior rating time and again speaks to its strength, stability and longevity,” said Karen L. Dorway, president of the research firm. “In a banking environment that is struggling with loan quality and delinquencies. It is an honor and a pleasure to recognize Hastings City Bank and the values it repre- sents.” Hastings City Bank has been serving the financial needs of the area for 121 years. Established in 1886, it currently operates through six offices in Hastings, Middleville, Nashville, Wayland, Bellevue and Caledonia, and can be found on the internet at www.hastingscitybank.com. BauerFinancial, Inc., based in Coral Gables, Fla., the nation’s leading independent bank rating and research firm, has been reporting on and analyzing the performance of U.S. banks and credit unions since 1983. No institution pays for its rating, nor can they elude it. Consumers may obtain free star-ratings by calling 800.388.6686 or visiting www.bauerfinancial.com. �Page 6 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Michael Huver Henry Long Bertha (Fausey) Thaler HASTINGS - Michael Huver, age 70, of Hastings, passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Spectrum Health, Blodgett Campus, Grand Rapids. Mr. Huver was born on Octover 21, 1937 in Hastings, the son of Alvin and Virginia Huver. He was raised in Hsatings and attended St. Rose of Lima School and Hsatings High School, graduating in 1956. He then received a radiology certificate from St. Mary’s Hospital and a radiology tech degree from Kellogg Community College in 1976. In 1983, Mr. Huver also obtained a bachelors of applied science degree from Western Michigan University. He was married to Barbara Snyder on November 2, 1957 at St. Andrews Catholic Church in Grand Rapids. Michael and Barbara would have celebrated 50 years of marriage on Friday, November 2, 2007. He was employed at St. Mary’s Hospital, then started working at Pennock Hospital in 1960 where Michael served as the Director of Radiology and the Director of the Education Department. Mr. Huver witnessed many changes and additions to the hospital until he retired from Pennock in the spring of 1999. He was a member of the city council in the early 1970’s and was a member of the city planning commission in the early 1980’s. Mr. Huver’s hobbies included gardening, photography, family genealogy, and he enjoyed spending time with his family at Houghton Lake. Mike was also a scoutmaster for Troop 106 at St. Rose of Lima Church for many years. Mr. Huver is survived by his wife, Barbara E. (Snyder); sons, Jeff (Vanna) Huver of Delton, Chris (Celeste) Huver of Perrysburg, OH, Jim (Evie) Huver of Traverse City, Mitch Huver of Hastings, and Bob (Kim) Huver of Hastings; daughters, Susan Huver of Hastings, and Beth Adams of Hsatings; brothers, Richard (Sunny) Huver of Austin, TX; Steve (Suzanne) Huver of Jackson, and David (Janice) Huver of Middleville; sister, Cathy Huver of Hastings; many nieces and nephews; 14 grandchildren, Heather, Mary Beth, Christy, Zachary, Nicholas, Joseph, Samuel, David, Cassandra, Kayla, Owen, Micah, John, and Grant; two great grandchildren, Emale and Alyson; as well as his favorite pet, Barney. Preceding him in death were his parents, Alvin and Virginia Huver. A Mass of Christian Burial was held privately on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at St. Rose of Lima Church. Burial was at Mt. Calvary Church. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Rose of Lima or the Pennock Foundation. Arrangements are being made by Lauer Family Funeral Home - Wren Chapel. Please leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com HASTINGS - Dr. Henry Roy Long, age 66 of Hastings, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 30, 2007. He was born in Hope Township, September 8, 1941 the son of Lloyd and Martha (Hallock) Long. Henry graduated from Hastings High School in 1959. He then served in the United States Army. He graduated from Michigan State University where he received his Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine Degree. Henry married Donna Lee Brewer on May 21, 1976. Henry has been a veterinarian in Barry County since he built his office on S. Broadway in 1976. He worked with the Barry County Animal Shelter giving shots and other needed care for their animals. Henry was a people person never meeting a stranger, he spent many social hours with friends at Richie’s in Hastings. Henry also enjoyed collecting and restoring antique cars and tractors. He also enjoyed working the family farm. He was preceded in death by his father in 1977 and a sister Janet in 1946. He is survived by his wife Donna Long of Hastings; his mother, Martha Long of Hastings; brother, Lloyd (David) Long Jr. of Hastings; three sisters, Shirley Hyde of Hastings, Patricia (Russell) Kermeen of Middleville, Mary (Phillip) Hermenitt of Hastings; several nieces and nephews. Respecting his wishes a private burial took place at Cedar Creek Cemetery. A memorial gathering will be on Saturday, November 17, 2007 from 2-5 p.m. at the Hastings First United Methodist Church in Hastings. Memorials can be made to Barry County Animal Shelter or a charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net) FREEPORT - Bertha (Fausey) Thaler, age 85, of Freeport, went to be with her Lord on Monday, November 5, 2007 at home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard J. Thaler, November 19, 2006. She is survived by her three sons, Gene Thaler of Middleville, Gary (Sue) Thaler of Freeport, and Gayle (Dawn) Thaler of Carson City; seven grandchildren, Jennifer (Mike) Slater and Christopher Thaler, Curtis and Ty Thaler, Jason and Aimee Burns, April and Chad Humble and Crystal and BJ Hensley, Jarod Thaler; six great grandchildren, Matthias and Arianna Thaler, Abigail Grace and Toby Burns, Gunner, Morgan, Alyssia, Humble; sister, Frances Essenberg of Holland; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Norval and Norma Thaler of Hastings; several nieces, nephews and many friends. Funeral services will be held Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Freeport United Methodist Church. Rev. Susan Olsen officiating. Interment Freeport Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Freeport United Methodist Church or Barry County Habitat for Humanity. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings PRAIRIEVILLE BIBLE CHURCH 12711 S. M-43 Highway, Delton, MI 49046 • 269-671-4193. Pastor Bernard Blair. Sunday School 10 a.m.; Worship Service 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Prayer Service 7 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! Teen Challenge, Sunday, November 11, 2007, 6 p.m. service, refreshments will be served. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Sunday, November 11 - Season of Pentecost. Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. http://www.discover-grace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday - 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Friday - No NAPS. Saturday - Youth to Griffins Game. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits; Ministry Night. Tuesday - 7 p.m. Deacons. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77517688 Tom Main Sr. HOPKINS - Tom Main Sr., age 53, of Hopkins, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007 in Kalamazoo. Tom was born July 28, 1954 in Hastings to (Lawrence and Barbara Main) and was a lifelong resident of the area. He had served his country in the U.S. Army. For many years he was employed as a machinist with Bill-Mac Corp. Tom was a member of the National Barrel Horse Association. On April 1, 1979 in Otsego he married Tammy Whip, who survives. Also surviving are his children, Tommy Jr. (Amanda) Main and Shiloh (Jamie) Arndt both of Hamilton, Corey Main and his fiancée Tiffany of Kentwood and Cody Main of Hopkins; five grandchildren; his mother and step-father, Barbara and Jim Faust; three brothers and a sister, Lawrence “Ed” (Zarlene) Main, June (Ron) Stall, Robert (Kathy) Main and Steven (Abbie) Main; sister-in-law Diane; several nieces and nephews and many friends. Tom was preceded in death by his brother, Ronald, in 1981, and his father in 1998. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 10, 2007 at the Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego. Burial of ashes will follow at Mountain Home Cemetery, Otsego. Contributions in Tom’s memory may be made to the National Barrel Horse Association. Patricia Alice Bump BATTLE CREEK - Patricia Alice Bump went home to her heavenly Father, Friday, November, 2, 2007, in Battle Creek. She was 82. Patricia was born March 29, 1925 in Hastings, Michigan to Nay O. and Gertrude (Foley) Bump. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on July 1, 1951 in Kalamazoo. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nay and Gertrude; brothers, Paul Edward (Luella) Bump, and Wayne Joseph (Elizabeth) Bump; and sister, Ellen (Charles) Barger. She is survived by her niece, Cheryl Ann Barger, of Traverse City; her nephews, Charles A. (Bettyjean) Barger III of Saranac, and Bruce D. (Cathy) Barger of Clarksville; several great nieces and nephews; and her friends at the home where she lived out her days. Graveside services were held Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Hastings. Funeral arrangements were made by Lauer Family Funeral Home – Wren Chapel, Hastings, MI. Please leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com <http://www. lauerfh.com> Kimi Quayne Boulter Sorensen EAST GRAND RAPIDS - Kimi Quayne Boulter Sorensen, age 46, was found dead at her home in East Grand Rapids on Thursday evening, November 1, 2007. She was a graduate of Lakewood High School, class of 1979. She had served as president of her senior class. Kimi graduated from Chic University and last worked at Aestectiata as a hair stylist. She is survived by her husband, Robin; three children, Trevor, Lane and Grayson; her parents, Edgar and Janet Boulter and Beverly and Edward Esakson; siblings, Kerry, Kevin, Keena and Kirk Boulter, and Scott, Tim and Amy Palmatier. Memorial services will be held at Hope United Methodist Church on the corner of M79 and M-37 in Hastings, on Saturday, November 10, at 11 a.m. Officiating ministers are Paul DeVries, pastor of Brookside Christian Reformed Church. In lieu of flowers, donations for Kimi’s children are being accepted through Brookside Benevolent Fund, Brookside Christian Reformed Church, 3600 Kalamazoo SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49508. Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77517697 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 7 Jennie May Hause HASTINGS - Jennie May Hause of Rutland Township passed on Saturday at Tendercare of Hastings at the age of 86 years. Born May 4, 1921 on the family farm in Maple Grove Township, she was the daughter of George and Jennie (Mugridge) Converse who have both preceded her in death. She married Raymond Hause on February 14, 1939 in Kalamazoo. He also precedes her in death. She is survived by her children, Mike (Nancy) Hause of Hastings, Stan (Donna) Hause of Hastings, Jim (Sandy) Hause of Hastings, George (Ruby) Hause of Hastings, Bernard (Kathy) Hause of Nashville, Raymond (Joyce) Hause Jr. of Hastings, Sue (Jim) Heney of Hastings, Gloria (Al) Buchanan of Hastings and Bobbie (Stan) Wilkins of Hastings; 23 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren; several greatgreat grandchildren; several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren; sisters, Francis Purser, Margaret Wilson and Wanda Snyder; numerous nieces and nephews. Also preceded in death by sisters, Isabel Pickard, Ruth Converse, Dorothy Martz and Betty Snyder; brothers, Cliff Converse, Roger Converse, Charles Converse, George Converse and Richard Converse; two grandchildren. Jennie collected hummingbirds and frogs, she loved to crochet and make quilts. She loved flowers and gardening, circle word puzzles and loved to cut pictures out of magazines. She loved her family and even while raising nine children she was able to keep an immaculate house. Several times to make things easier for her, the family wanted her to get an automatic washer and dryer but she refused and continued using her wringer washer and hanging her laundry outside, even in winter when she would bring it in frozen. She was at the Lauer Family Funeral Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway in Hastings where funeral services were held Wednesday, November 7, 2007. Rev. Timothy Oyer officiated. Interment was in Irving Township Cemetery. For those who wish, memorial contributions should be directed to the charity of your choice. Give a memorial that can go on forever A gift to the Barry Community Foundation is used to help fund activities throughout the county in the name of the person you designate. Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 9450526. Kathleen Etta Clarey KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - Kathleen Etta Clarey, born on October 30, 1918 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, died November 1, 2007 at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her husband Jock Clarey in 1993; her parents, James G. and Etta (Funk) McNamara; a brother, Donald. Survivors are her children, John (Vicki) Clarey, Ann (Jack) Anderson, Katie (Sam) Valenti, Patty Clarey and Tim Clarey; 11 grandchildren, Kelly (Pat) Blake, John Clarey, Colleen (Greg) Parks, Katie (Adrian) Pisa, Jeff (Nancy) Anderson, Aimee Anderson, Nikki (Mike) Denvir, Sam Valenti, Rawlin Wood, Emily Konzen, Noah Konzen; 10 great grandchildren, (the latest being namesake, Kathleen Clarey Denvir); also a sister, Betty Wilburg and a brother, Jerome McNamara . Kathleen was an active member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, former member of Pennock Hospital guilds and and church guilds, the Altar Society and a member of the Hastings Women’s Club. In her early years Kathleen worked at Cooper Industries (Jockey) and for the FBI in Washington D.C. Kathleen enjoyed bridge, reading newspapers on her front porch and watching CNN, but family and friends were her first love. The family would like to express their deepest love and sympathy to the many friends who shared their lives with Kathleen. Memorials can be made to St. Rose School Education Fund 805 S. Jefferson St. Hastings, Michigan 49058 or the Jock Clarey Scholarship Fund, C/O Hastings Athletic Boosters, 520 W. South St., Hastings, Michigan 49058. Funeral Mass was held on Monday November 5, 2007 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings, Fr. Alfred J. Russell Celebrant and Deacon Gene Haas. Burial was at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Planning Commission rules on storage pods by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Planning Commission approved an amendment limiting the use of portable storage containers, popularly known as “Pods,” within city limits. According to the amendment, city residents may have no more than one portable storage container on a lot for more than 14 days in a 12-month period. The temporary units cannot be more than 16 feet in length, 8.5 feet high and 8 feet wide. Nor can they be located in a front yard, closer than 10 feet to any side or rear lot line, or on any portion of the lot except behind the nearest portion of the principle building adjacent to any public street. These storage containers are not allowed anywhere on lots without a “principle structure.” Property owners must get a permit from the zoning administrator before placing the units. The issue will appear before the City Council next Monday at their Nov. 12, meeting. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Planning Commission: • Tabled an amendment regarding private communication antennas. The amendment would limit the position of satellite dishes throughout the city. • Approved a site-plan amendment for Al Fresco at 215 S. Jefferson St., and the Jefferson Street Gallery at 205 S. Jefferson. The amendment will allow the Jefferson Area Obituaries Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 28; Seebers 26; Hair Care Center 21; The River 19; Eye and Ent 15; Shamrock Tavern 15; Nothing But Truck 15. Womens Good Games and Series - S. Beebe 196-517; E. Ulrich 176-466; L. Friend 108-298; S. Drake 191; N. Potter 168; J. Pitch 158; G. Potter 151; R. Pitts 148; B. Norris 139. Friday Night Mixed AN’D Signs 26; Just Cuz 22; Spare Time 22; Michigan Outlaws 21; Liquid Courage 21; UMSU 19; Greasy Balls 19; We’re a Mess 19; Ten Pins 18; All But One 16; Whatever 15; Oldies But Goodies 14; 9-N-AWiggle 13. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Carpenter 217-532; L. Potter 204-511; B. West 184-497; T. Phenix 205-493; D. Rhodes 216; M. Mathis 186; E. Hammontree 181; G. Meaney 177; R. Hammontree 153. Mens Good Games and Series - M. Kasinsky 234-606; K. Meaney 210-573; J. Smith 202-546; B. Madden 187-517; R. Chaffee 172-492; D. Lake 153-421; K. Phenix 232; B. Taylor 225; A. Rhodes 224; M. Eaton 212; T. Ramey 212; J. Bush 204; A. struction projects. Meeting the requirements would lessen the need for site-plan approval. • Received a letter about a meeting with the Hastings Area Schools marketing committee regarding how the Comprehensive Community Plan can help strengthen the school system. The Planning Commission sent the CCP to the Hastings City Council, which then approved the plan in October. • Received a letter from Barry County Administrator Michael Brown about the demolition of county-owned houses on Court and State streets. The three houses are on the same block as the Adrounie House. A county official will be at the next Planning Commission meeting to discuss the matter. The next regular Planning Commission meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. Social News Gloria A. Doll GRAND RAPIDS - Gloria A. Doll, age 54, of Grand Rapids, passed away Friday, November 2, 2007. Surviving are her brothers and sisters, Thomas Doll, Sharon (Reinhard) Laubenstein, Linda (William) Lytle, Ronald (Joyce) Doll, Jo (David) Carr; many nieces, nephews; and her aunt, Alice Travis. She was a member of Second Chance Club. A memorial service will be held Saturday, November 10, 2007, at 11 a.m. at St. Isidore Church, Grand Rapids. Her family will receive visitors at church one hour prior to the memorial. Arsulowicz Brothers, East Mortuary. BOWLING SCORES Sunday Night Mixed Sandbaggers 25; Funky Bowlers 24; Michigan Outlaws 20; Bounty Hunters 19; Karey’s Crew 19; 2 Bags & 4 Balls 19; Wright Zone 17; R&N 17; Misfits 16; Sunday Snoozers 15; Straight Liners 15; Pin Chasers 11 1/2; Late Comers 10 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - D. Gray 194-569; M. Daniels 216-541; K. Carr 169-457; F. Ames 182-425; J. Shoebridge 166-411; C. Graham 116-290; S. Vandenburg 213; M. Simpson 177; T. Robbe 176; H. Jordan 169; K. Farlee 167. Mens Good Games and Series - J. Mroz 237-678; C. Alexander 246-636; B. Hubbell 212-586; B. Churchill 216-585; T. Demott 131-363; E. Caraway 225; R. Barton 222; M. Kidder 202; R. Miner 191; B. Allen 189; J. Smith 189; D. Thomas 168. Street Gallery to have an outdoor patio display area, similar to the one already approved for the property in the rear of Al Fresco. • Recommended that the City Council deny a resident’s request to vacate South Boltwood because he did not like his neighbor’s use of the right of way. • Reviewed a draft ordinance regarding flashing and moving lights and signs. The ordinance would regulate the use of such lights and signs for the benefit of the City’s ambiance and to make the signs more readable and less distracting to passersby. • Reviewed the 2007 task list, a list of projects the Commission would like to see accomplished. • Had continued discussion about mixeduse and form-based zoning classifications. City planner Tim Johnson talked to the Commission about what mixed-use zoning could look like in the western part of Hastings. A form-based code would set out guidelines for construction requirements throughout the city, allowing builders to know up front what would be required in con- Taylor 194; L. Madden 182. Senior Citizens King Pins 24-12; Lucky Strike 24-12; Team #5 23-13; Three Gals & A Guy 23-13; M&M’s 21-11*; 4-B’s 20-16; Early Risers 19-17; #1 Senior 19-17; Sun Risers 19-17; Ward’s Friends 19-13*; Butterfingers 18-18; Kuempel 10-26; Friends 7-29. *Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - G. Scobey 151-437; C. Stuart 176; N. Bechtel 165-453; J. Allen 153; R. Pitts 153-419; J. Kasinsky 139-323; L. Yoder 153-385; M. Kingsley 139-370; S. Patch 187; S. Pennington 190; G. Otis 195; L. Friend 134336. Good Game and Series Men - B. Akers 190; D. Edwards 185; L. Brandt 213-596; W. Talsma 172-508; R. Adgate 156; N. Thaler 166; C. Purdum 161-471; G. Forbey 180-502. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 27-9; James Process Service 26-10; Kent Oil 23.5-12.5; Double A Cookie Factory 23-13; Dean’s Dolls 17-19; NBT 17-19; Dewey’s Auto Body 15.5-20.5; Sassy Babes 14-22; The Finishing Touch 9.526.5; Hallifax Services 7.5-28.5. Good Games and Series - L. Trumble 173; L. Potter 199-527; A. Jackson 143; A. Smith 158; S. Kuhtic 174-479; S. MacIntosh 157449; J. Alflen 200; E. Ulrich 162-475; P. Freeman 160; L. Elliston 221; T. Redman 161-442; P. Fowler 178-498; N. Potter 172470; K. Fowler 192-554; K. Eberly 198-517; D. Snyder 193-524. Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 30 1/2; TVCCU 27 1/2; HCB 25; Terminators 21; Goodtime Pizza 20; Yankee Zepher 18; J-Ad 18; Boyce Milk Hauling 18. Women’s High Game - D. Neymeiyer 191; K. Markley 165; J. Steeby 156. Women’s High Series - K. Markley 473. Men’s High Game - K. Beebe 230; S. Anger 226; D. Clements 193. McCallum-Taylor Mabel Lavender to celebrate 94th birthday Mabel (Lipkey) Lavender will celebrate her 94th birthday on November 14th. She would enjoy receiving cards at 2410 River Road, Hastings, MI 49058 or a phone call (269) 945-4867. Paul and Joanne McCallum of Hastings wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lynn Marie to Nichols Adam, son of Ron and Billie Taylor of Hastings. Both the bride-elect and groom-elect are graduates of Hastings High School and Ferris State University. She is currently employed as the Event Coordinator of Employee Wellness of Lansing Community College. He is currently employed as a Material Manager at Precision Prototype and Manufacturing Inc. A December 1, 2007 wedding is being planned. Hastings Middle School seeking local veterans Hastings Middle School will honor area veterans with a Veterans Day celebration at the school Monday, Nov. 12. The celebration will begin with lunch at 11:30 a.m. in the multi-purpose room. Saxon Pride Club members will host the event, serving salad, bread, lasagna, coffee, milk and dessert. Following lunch, veterans are invited to an assembly. This year’s guest speaker will be Hastings Middle School teacher and veteran Steve Kogge. All veterans in attendance will be recognized individually. Veterans are invited to bring momentos, medals, uniforms and other items from the time spent serving their country. The memorabilia will be displayed during the ceremony. Those interested should in attending should call Hastings Middle School at (269) 9484404 or dropping off the form (found in this issue) to the middle school office by this afternoon. Hastings Middle School Veteran’s Assembly Please return this section by Thursday, November 8, 2007 NAME: __________________________________________ WHEN DID YOU SERVE: ____________________________ BRANCH: ________________________________________ RANK: __________________________________________ MEDALS: ________________________________________ INTERESTING FACTS WHILE YOU SERVED: ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 77517853 ** See Story in Todays Reminder �Page 8 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Freight House for the annual Memory Tree. Multiple trees will be adorned with dozens, scores and maybe hundreds of colorful ball ornaments, each bearing the name of a departed person. The balls have been purchased in years past as a tribute to the person whose name is inscribed. The ornaments also represent a fund-raising event to benefit the historical society. Those who donated the ornaments are invited to attend and to hang the ornaments as the names are read. Each year some of the helpers climb ladders to hang the higher ornaments in place. Refreshments will be served. Within days fourth graders will come to the Depot and Freight House to decorate for Christmas ‘Round the Town, coming Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24. The genealogy room will be open both days for longer hours than in an ordinary month. On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Ionia County Genealogy Society will meet at the Freight House at 1 p.m. The Tri-River Museum group will meet on Nov. 13 at the Upjohn House at Charlton Park. Brian Reynolds will be the host. At the Portland meeting last month, three members/officers of the Barry County Historical Society attended. Women’s Fellowship of First Congregational Church will meet Wednesday, Newborn Babies GIRL, Stevie Meyers and Chase Todd of Hastings would like to announce the birth of their baby girl, Michaela Rae, born October 30, 2007 at 10:33 p.m. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 21 inches long. Michaela is the granddaughter of Lisa Meyers of Hastings and Brian (Sara) Meyers of Battle Creek and the late Pamela Wellman and Dennis Todd. Nov. 14, at the church at 1 p.m. Hostesses will be Betty Carey and Doris McCaul. The speaker will be Betty Yeiter of Lowell. The late night news from Grand Rapids on TV Saturday had the word that a former Lake Odessa resident, Arlene (Behler) Hatch of Alto, had lost her life in an auto accident near Greenville earlier that day. Monday’s newspaper reported that her husband, Willis Hatch, farmer on M-50, age 93, was the driver. He pulled onto M-91 and was struck by an oncoming car driven by a young mother accompanied by her 4-year-old child. Arlene was taken to the Greenville Hospital by ambulance and was pronounced dead on arrival. Willis was extricated and airlifted to Spectrum Butterworth in Grand Rapids where he was listed in critical condition. Arlene was the daughter of Allen and Ruth (Kiel) Behler, a 1930 graduate of Lake Odessa High School, and former teacher. Last week Lester and Virginia Yonkers drove to Jackson’s Calvary Church for the funeral of their friend Henry Garnaat, age 84. His father John and Mr. Rader established Lake Odessa Machine Products. The Yonkers and Garnaats have been friends every since. He was president of a machine company in Jackson and later owned Red Carpet travel agency. They had expected to see Betty (Carpenter) Torrey but she was not due to having broken her arm days earlier. Central United Methodist Church held its annual turkey dinner Nov. 1. Vanessa (Todd) Nash was in charge of the meal. She had many helpers. Except for desserts, the meal was prepared on site. Brian Decker was emcee for the evening. Dr. Eric Beck gave the invocation. Following the meal there was a short hymn sing with Ginny Kruisenga directing and Carol Reiser playing the piano. Then followed a Bible quiz from which Barbara DeLaney emerged the top winner, followed closely by Ginny Kruisenga and Kay Barcroft. The evening ended with singing “Blest Be The Tie That Binds.” A little blurb in the Grand Rapids paper recently gives answer to the question “what is happening with the big Benedict barn south of Ionia?” A few years ago the Benedict farm, on the corner of M-66 and Sprague Road, was sold to the developers of Wal-Mart. The houses and outbuildings were removed but the huge barn remained. Preservationists in the state were vehement about saving the structure. One such lady declared she would chain herself to the barn to keep it from being destroyed. The next question though was “Who can use it or afford to get it?” The barn was offered to at least three historical groups in Ionia, Barry and Montcalm counties, but none were in a position to accept it. Accepting meant dismantling the barn and transporting it to a new site and rebuilding it. It has remained in place with an orange fence around it for months while the Wal-Mart building was begun and finished and is now functioning. A little paragraph in the recent paper states that it is headed for the Sherman Lake YMCA site east of Richland with its mutli-program facility. There are large lodges equipped to accommodate overnight campers, big dining hall, climbing wall, archery range, boating equipment and horses for riding lessons. The barn should be well suited for indoor activities in inclement weather. Also it would house a lot of equipment needing storage. This apparently makes a happy ending for the dilemma of what to do with such a sturdy structure no longer needed for its original purpose. Whirlwind love turned stormy Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married over a year. We were both separated from our spouses when we met, and when we began dating, I didn't expect or want anything serious. But soon we were in love and things moved very quickly. Now I feel I made a big mistake. I have discovered many things about him that I didn't know. He's moody and always has to be right, and uses the fact that he is a high-ranking military officer to make me feel inadequate. We recently got a dog because I wanted one. He is actually jealous of the dog, but said he must like it because he "hasn't killed it yet." When I said I would report him if he ever hurt the dog, he told me there would be no evidence and no one would ever take my word over his. When we were overseas, I hated it, so he put in for a transfer because he knew I was miserable. Now he constantly tells me he would still be there if it weren't for me and he can't stand where we are now. I don't know where to turn. I just started college to get my teaching degree. I don't have any friends here and my husband holds a very visible position of authority. I can't even go to the doctor on base without everyone knowing it. I'm scared and lonely, but every day I have to smile and pretend to be Mrs. Happy.—Please Help Me Dear Please: The fact that your husband is in a position of authority does not make it okay for your marriage to fall apart. Tell him you want to do everything possible to make things better for both of you. Don't worry so much if others know you have problems. You need help and the military has counseling services available. Use them. Pierce Cedar Creek hosts Fifth Annual Barry Economic Development Summit A case for Solomon Dear Annie: My mother-in-law recently by Megan Lavell being a “small business” have changed. passed away, and I am the executor of her Staff Writer “Now, the practical effect that had was estate. Several months before Mom died, her People from all backgrounds, interests and doubling the number of businesses in the house was sold and the contents were placed GIRL, Megan Lee, born on Monday, Oct. 29 areas of the community gathered at Pierce State of Michigan that qualify for a small in storage. One of the items was a handmade to Danielle and Leon Sutherland of Cedar Creek Institute Thursday, Nov. 1, to business,” he said. sculpture from some very dear friends, Ontonagan, Michigan. Weighing 8 lbs. 10 learn about county development at the Fifth Under the Single Business Tax, qualifying "Betsy and Arthur." Arthur made the item ozs. and 19 inches long. She joins big sister, Abby, and big brothers, Jason and Marcus. Annual Barry Economic Development businesses had 2 percent rate, sales under $10 explicitly for my mother-in-law. million, business profit under $475,000 and Arthur died recently and now Betsy wants Proud grandparents are Cheryl and Roger Summit. Barry County Chamber of Commerce and individual compensation under $115,000. the sculpture returned. Apparently, Arthur had Haapala and Leon and Gloria Sutherland. Economic Development Alliance Executive Under the Michigan Business Tax, qualifying promised to make one for her, but never had BOY, Nathan Joseph Traver, born at Director Valerie Byrnes opened the event. businesses have a 1.8 percent rate, sales under the chance. However, my daughter also wants Beaumont Hospital on Sept. 13, 2007 at She was followed by Barry County Chamber $20 million, business profits under $1.3 mil- the sculpture, since it is her favorite rememStacey and Jeff Traver of Warren. 9 lbs. 4 of Commerce Board President Susan lion and individual compensation under brance of her grandmother. My daughter has been requesting the piece ozs., 21 inches. Welcomed home by older sis- Vlietstra, who recognized sponsors and spe- $180,000. “There was no simple tax code everybody for many years, even telling her grandmother ter, Madeline; grandparents, Ron and Ann cial guests. Vlietstra also honored Gene Haas that she would be thrilled to have it. Betsy Martin of Hastings; Julie Hage of Grosse for his years of contributions to the Barry would be satisfied with,” he noted. County Economic Development Alliance. Calley also said most Single Business Tax asked for the sculpture as soon as the house Pointe and great-grandparents, Bob and Joan State Rep. Brian Calley followed Vlietstra credits will be preserved, and there are new was placed on the market. If I give it to Betsy, Baines of Hastings. with his discussion of changes in state busi- tax credits. For every employee at a company, my daughter will be heartbroken. But if I give ness tax policy. Calley said the the business gets .37 percent compensation it to my daughter, Betsy will be upset. What Single Business Tax will credit. There also is a 2.9 percent investment do I do?— Between a Rock and a Hard Place 01549903 expire Dec. 31 and the credit and a 1.9 percent research and developDear Between: You can ask your daughter Michigan Business Tax will ment credit for activity done in Michigan. if she would be willing to part with the sculptake effect Jan. 1, 2008. “It removes the incentive to move jobs out ture for Betsy's sake, but the piece belonged “If you didn’t pay the of the state of Michigan,” said Calley. to her grandmother and is now part of your Single Business Tax, you Calley ended by saying the plan is revenue- family's possessions. It is not your daughter's won’t pay this,” said Calley. neutral, three out of four businesses will see a fault that Arthur never got around to making with Barry County 5th District Calley said there is a system reduction in tax liability, and the final vote one for Betsy. Stop feeling guilty. Commissioner Mike Callton to phase business into the use had bi-partisan support from the House and of the new tax, and it will pre- the Senate. County Tax Levy Millage Nod validates vent businesses from keep Barry Community Foundation President Drops 3% for 2008 Key Changes At Park sales artificially low to avoid Taxpayers will pay a total of A stunning millage win for paying the tax. Calley also 7.7495 mills towards county Charlton Park after two losses See SUMMIT, page 13 said the qualifications for functions in 2008...3% lower is the “proof in the pudding” than the 7.9857 mills paid in for the parks new direction. Dear Annie: We entertain quite often. Our 2007. This is the result of friends always tell us how much they enjoyed Headlee Rollbacks and the Kudos are in order for the the evening and that we must do it again soon, decisions of the Barry County leadership of Jeff Van but it seems if we want to see them, we are the ones who have to issue the invitation. Commissioners and Central Nortwick, Keith Ferris, Keith These people compliment the meal and the Dispatch Board to not levy the Murphy, Kraig Leathers, company, so why are we never invited to their David Hatfield and Brian maximum allowable taxes. places? All of them live in very upscale Reynolds. Thanks go to the homes with beautiful furnishings.— No Barry County Offers to many great volunteers, like Name, No City, No State Buy Old Hastings Library Shawn Benner, Jerry LaDere, Dear No Name: There are people who like The Barry County Board of the Moores, the Nyes, Shirley to be entertained, but rarely wish to make the Commissioners has offered Barnum, Jack Miner, Lloyd “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file same effort. Also, if you are good at this, they the City of Hastings Kilmer, Ken Jones, ...and the for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” may feel inadequate in comparison. Take one $200,000.00 for the Old list goes on and on. A whole of your friends aside and ask if there is a Hastings Library. The future of lot of good people put a whole 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings problem. It's the only way you're going to the building, which was once lot of good work into Charlton 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 find out. a Post Office, is being consid- Park to turn it around this ered by the Hastings City year. Council. Key changes to the park The Hastings Downtown include the replacement of Development Authority (DDA) Director George Shannon Dear Annie: My heart is breaking. I am a has recommended that the with Keith Murphy and the disbuilding be torn down for the solution of the administrative Help Nicholas Golyar fight Leukemia creation of 29 parking spaces. board by the Barry County Join us for spaghetti, salad, rolls, and desert! The Barry County Historical Commissioners. Park events Homemade baked goods as well as raffles, door Society is against tearing doubled this year with great prizes, fun and fellowship! down the 1920’s structure new events like the When: November 11, 2007 from 2:30pm-6:00pm which is the county’s best Lumberjack Show. Next year Where: Hickory Timber Inn example of Beaux Arts archi- the Civil War Reenactment 7-28-60 11-08-97 will return to the park in July. tecture. 14576 Kellogg School Rd. Ten years since you left us. Located off M-89 coming from Battle Creek, It doesn t get better, just farther away. Kalamazoo and Richland. For complete directions What do you think? call 269-671-4996 or 269-731-3855 We loved you so very much. what do you think? Always the hostess, never the hosted BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation 77517709 McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. Suddenly gay? SPAGHETTI FEAST & BAKE SALE 77517857 Cathi Earl Bowerman P.O. Box 676, Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. Cost: $5 Donation would be appreciated Hope to see you there! The Coopers… Earls, Nicole, Andrea and 4 Grandsons 77517843 40-year-old married mother of three, and I have lost the spark in my marriage. The real problem is that I am in love with a co-worker—a female co-worker. I have never had a lesbian relationship, but I care about "Nina" in a way I've never felt before. We are good friends and spend a lot of time together— shopping, dining out, going to the movies— and I'm fantasizing about having more, but I have no idea if Nina is interested in a gay relationship. When I look into her eyes, I see my soul mate and am filled with such a longing, I can hardly stand it. Is it crazy for me to feel this way? Can someone suddenly become gay? And what should I tell my husband? I still love him, but I don't feel the same passion I feel for Nina. Please help.—Brokenhearted in the Midwest Dear Brokenhearted: Your marriage has become stale and that has left you open to other possibilities. It is unlikely that you are "suddenly" gay. Either you have been repressing that side of yourself for years, or your attraction to Nina is not so much sexual as it is an infatuation with her personality. This happens more often than you might think and has little to do with your basic sexual orientation. You have an obligation to your husband and children to work on your marriage first. Passion is wonderful, but it's not everything. Please get counseling and sort this out. Her kingdom for a nap Dear Annie: My husband was in a car accident three years ago and has had back pain ever since. The problem is, we just had a baby four months ago. I understand my husband doesn't sleep well because of his back, but that leaves me to get up with the baby every night. I also am up with all three of our children on weekends while he sleeps until 10 a.m. Is this fair? I can't help but be a little resentful, but then I feel bad if I bother him at night. How can we compromise?—Sleep Deprived in Oregon Dear Sleep Deprived: Your husband may not sleep well because of his back, but you don't sleep well because of the baby, so when the weekend comes, you're even. Here's your compromise: You get to sleep more on Saturday, and he gets extra rest on Sunday. Whether that means sleeping late in the morning or taking a nap in the afternoon is up to you. P.S.: If your husband hasn't asked his doctor about pain management, please suggest it. Relationship akin to food Dear Annie: You've printed many letters from men who want more sex in their marriages. If a woman were starving her husband—feeding him once a week and keeping the food locked up—I'm sure you'd consider that abuse. A strong sex drive feels exactly like that—you're hungry all the time. Telling your spouse he has to do without because you don't need it as often is cruel. Why should the partner with the minimal sex drive determine the type and frequency of intimacy? Never feeling satisfied is a terrible way to live. If you love your spouse, you won't want him to be hungry. By the way, I'm a woman who knows what it's like to be treated as if there's something wrong with me for wanting sex, and to have a spouse who uses sex as a reward and withholds it for punishment. I am now remarried. It is heaven to be with someone who enjoys making sure I'm taken care of in every way. And it makes me want to do everything I can to see that he's happy in return. — O. Dear O.: Thanks for the excellent analogy. We agree that husbands and wives should do everything possible to make sure their partners are not starving from lack of intimacy. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... Hastings Post Office Buildings from 1900-1930 Part I The Hastings Post Office was built in 1925. ent time Mr. Lundberg is constructing a post office in Midland. The contract for the Hastings building stipulates that it must be completed and ready for occupancy within 12 months from the date when the contract was accepted by the government, which was on June 10, 1924.” If the work was not completed as agreed the contractor was liable for a penalty. During the 1910 to 1920 era, the Post Office Department had a Supervising Architect’s Office that used a standardized design and floor plan whenever possible. They rarely employed private architects. According to the records, very few post office buildings were constructed during 1917 and into the 1920s. During the 1920s James A. Wetmore was the acting supervising architect in Washington, and his name appears on a plaque in the Hastings post office. In April 29, 1925, the Banner announced, “The new post office building is completed” and that it would be occupied probably about May 15. Then the paper gave a complete description of the building and its equipment. Today there are only three old federal post offices like ours extant that are still being used. This makes our post office building (the old Hastings Public Library) something very special. “The building itself is about 60 by 80 feet in size, one story and basement. The upstairs part of it has a 16 foot ceiling. The basement is 9 or 10 feet high and finished off for storage, janitor’s rooms, and a couple of rooms at least suitable for government offices. One of the rooms will be fitted up for Civil Service examinations and will also be used by the Deputy Internal Revenue Collector in place of the room at the Court House where he was formerly held forth.” “One of the features of the basement and which will doubtless be greatly appreciated by the carriers after their return from their routes is a shower or bath in the lavatory in the basement. Close at hand will be a room fitted up especially for the employees, where their meetings may be held. In the basement too is a fine large steam heating plant and a coal bin, with capacity of several car loads of coal probably around 120 tons. The exterior of the building is of the best quality of shale-vitrified brick on a cement and stone foundation, and with wide stone steps leading to the building on the west. The building is of the Colonial type of design, with extra strong, clear window glass, not plate, to match. This is said to be the first building of its kind of construction, to be built by the government, which we believe will become so popular that it will be duplicated in other smaller sites where government buildings may be erected?” “The lobby of the building is large and roomy. It is finished in beautiful quartered oak with a marble baseboard bending up about a foot from the floor, which will protect the woodwork from getting soiled. The floor is of terrazzo. Desks with heavy plated glass tops are in the lobby for the use of patrons. “The post office boxes are of solid bronze of Grecian design, and harmonize nicely with the oak finish. What boxes are installed cost about $100, and room is provided for installation of more should it ever be necessary. “At the northwest corner of the building is the postmaster’s office, 11 1/2 by 19 1/2 feet. [Ed. note: the library’s “Michigan room”]. To the south of the lobby is a large registry, money order and savings office with windows for each operation out into the lobby. In connection with this window is a large safety vault with steel doors. Nice copper screens will be at all windows; and Carveth & Stebbins secured the contract for supplying the shades which will go to enhance the appearance.” As the years went on, the post office building on the corner of Church and Court streets became inadequate. Through the years it provided many services people may not be aware of. During World War II, it was a governmentdesigned bomb shelter as well as an atomic bomb shelter during the Cold War. Hopefully, such a beautiful, well constructed building will find a new purpose and continue to enhance our downtown area. Do you have the right beneficiaries for your IRA? Do you invest in either a traditional or Roth IRA? If so, you're making a smart move, because an IRA offers you a tax-advantaged way to save money for retirement. And of course, you want to save as much as you can, because you could spend two or even three decades as a retiree. But if you don't use all your IRA funds, what will happen to them? It's up to you - but your decision can have a big impact on your family, so you'll want to plan carefully. The dispersal of your IRA depends on the beneficiary or beneficiaries you've named. And when it comes to designating beneficiaries, you have several choices. Here are some of the most common ones: * You can designate your spouse. If you select your spouse as beneficiary, you are providing him or her with considerable flexibility in what to do with the money. That's because your surviving spouse can roll over the IRA assets into his or her own IRA. This allows your spouse to name new beneficiaries and postpone taking required minimum distributions until he or she reaches age 70-1/2 * You can designate a child, grandchild or non-spouse beneficiary. If you name a child or grandchild as your IRA beneficiary, that person can take distributions based on his or her own life expectancy. If the beneficiary is a young person, the distributions can then be "stretched out" over a long period, which can help enhance the potential tax-deferred growth of your IRA assets. * You can name a trust as a beneficiary. You don't have to name a human being as your IRA beneficiary - you can name a trust, which is a legal arrangement giving you great control over how, and when, the IRA assets will be distributed. By designating a trust as beneficiary, you can accomplish any of several goals. For example, if you have remarried, a trust can provide a lifetime income stream to your current spouse, with the remaining assets ultimately passing to your children from an earlier marriage. A trust can also let you decide when your children or grandchildren can receive the assets in your IRA, and how much they can get at any one time. In addition, a trust can enable you to make char- itable gifts while gaining tax benefits. (To create a trust, which can be a complex instrument, you'll need to consult with your legal advisor.) * You can name multiple beneficiaries. If you'd like to split your IRA among several children, you can name them all as beneficiaries. Once you die, the life expectancy of the oldest beneficiary generally will be used to determine the payout period for all the beneficiaries. However, each beneficiary can choose to create his or her own IRA, called an "inherited IRA," as long as all these separate accounts are established by December 31 of the year following your death. The inherited IRA owners can then take distributions based on their individual life expectancies. Your financial and legal advisors can assist you in choosing appropriate IRA beneficiary designations. Take the time to choose wisely. After all, you've worked hard for many years to build your IRA, so you'll want to make sure it ends up in the right hands at the right times. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones LETTER, continued from page 1 the County Building. The third party, the “Demolition Party,” will have a short delay while the Park issue dies out, and then will Three cases of MSRA in Maple Valley schools by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer While Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer acknowledged that three cases of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have been confirmed at Maple Valley Jr./Sr. High School, he wants parents and the community to know that there is no cause for alarm. "I have talked directly with our local Barry-Eaton County Health Department’s Communicable Disease Control Officer, who said that there is no need to panic or overreact," wrote Kramer in a memo to all parents and staff that went out Wednesday. "When asked about the three confirmed cases at our secondary building, they said not to worry and to continue to do what we are doing,” reported Kramer. “They would only be concerned if we had a rash of cases that were grouped together, such as a number of students from one of our athletic teams being infected or a group coming from the same classroom. They re-emphasized that there is no need to close the school and do extra cleaning, unless we had an outbreak." Robert Schirmer, M.D., medical director with the Barry-Eaton District Health Department agreed. "We only get concerned if there are three or more individuals with similar infections and common exposure," said Schirmer. "Staph infection is not a new thing, and we have been dealing with it for years. The current issue is that there have been a few more deaths in recent years in the nation due to some strains becoming antibiotic-resistant,” added Kramer. “Some schools are over-reacting, and the media is jumping on the issue and causing more concern than there really needs to be. We are very concerned about this health issue and will remain in contact with the health department and continue to work closely with them." In his column, which appeared in The Maple Valley News last month, Kramer outlined the routine precautions taken at all Maple Valley schools to prevent the spread of disease and viruses, which includes: • Reviewing the district’s procedures for cleaning and disinfecting buildings in light of the latest research from the Centers for Disease Control, the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Coalition • Disinfecting locker rooms, bathrooms, cafeterias and lunchrooms daily • Reviewing procedures for cleaning and disinfecting of athletic equipment, such as wrestling mats. All buses are equipped with bottles of disinfectant spray, and all school kitchens cleaned twice between each use. "The Michigan Department of Community Health’s Oct. 26th press release was issued to calm the news media frenzy over the issue of MRSA," said Kramer who noted that his memo and the press release are available for viewing on the district’s website www.mvs.k12.mi.us. He also encourages those who have further questions to contact the Barry-Eaton District Health Department at (517) 541-2641. level most of the buildings between the highway and Court Street. The “Preservation Party” may want to mount another heart-wrenching campaign to save 331 W. Court Street. It shares the same fate as the other sites that have no plan for the future. It was built back in 1904 by one of the very first female “industrialists” in the USA, Mrs. Pauline McComber-Shultz. The large yellow edifice was constructed as a factory and business, producing and distributing “ladies novelties” with a sales force of nearly 100 employees who traveled from Hastings to 10 other states. Pauline was successful, and highly respected in the area, because she had vision and a plan for the future. Her destiny was to build things up and not to tear things down. While her legacy is soon to become a vast desert of potential parking spaces or drive-thru eateries and banks, her tombstone remains one of the most prominent in Riverside, which may be immune from destruction for more parking spaces. Lacking any future vision, or any sort of ability to think beyond the short term, the County Board will be comfortable spending the destruction cash from hoarded funds on a piecemeal approach. If they had a long-term goal that required capital, they would correctly appeal for a millage with a business plan, a process of accountability and the “whole truth.” As close as I can tell from the muddled information in the County Budget Special Revenue Fund accounts we have about $10 to $12 million surplus tax dollars hoarded away for a variety of rainy days. The Board will deny this, of course, or they would have to admit that Charlton Park, the COA, the County Transit, and the 911/Central Dispatch “operating” millages are the wrong way to finance a few favored departments at the expense of the rest. That leaves only the site of the old hotel to the north, and the newly acquired house to the south, for future parking enhancements, unless you ignore the used car lot and the church and bank parking areas which are already paved over. Some day we may want to move a carnival site into the City center to attract visitors. Oh, we tried that, before, and it is now a nearly empty parking lot. Tom Wilkinson, Hastings and Bello Oriente, Costa Rica BEAR, continued from page 1 ered by Russ Fox, a resident of Baltimore Township, but attempts to reach Fox to confirm that have not been successful. “Russ was the first one on the scene,” Benner said. “He found the bear.” Benner said the bear was just a cub. “It was only a yearling,” he said. Hanaburg said the bear was sent Wednesday to Lansing, where its age and the actual cause of death will be determined. She said the DNR is also interested in determining if the bear was living in the wild or was a pet. Officials said that can be determined by examining the feet of the animal to learn what kinds of surface it had been traveling on and looking for such things as tattoos or markings that a pet might have. “Right now we do not have a lot of information,” Hanaburg said. “We should have results back either later this week or early next week.” Benner said he is sure the bear was wild, since it is just one of the many he has seen in the area. This 80-pound black bear was found dead along the road near the intersection of Charlton Park and Roush roads Sunday. Department of Natural Resources officials said they have sent the bear to Lansing for examination and will release results within the next week. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency …Freeport Home & Auto Discounts! 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50), Lake Odessa, MI Robin Chase 616-374-1680 • Fax: 616-374-1682 Toll Free: 1-800-522-2919 Small Town Friendly, Personal Service All Your Insurance Needs Jennie Decker 77517706 By Esther M. Walton In the early 1900s the citizens of Hastings began to ask the federal government to build a “real post office building” because of the everincreasing needs of its expanding population and business. The first mention of the possibility of a new post office building for Hastings, was in the Hastings Banner of March 6, 1913. This issue featured a frontpage article headlined: “Hastings to Have New $85,000 Post Office Building.” The article reported that as one of his last acts, President Taft signed legislation which set aside $85,000 to build a new post office in the city of Hastings. The Banner was alerted to this news in a telegram from Sen. William Alden Smith which said, “Hastings public building bill approved by the president today. I am very happy. Wm. Alden Smith.” The article goes on to explain why we needed such a new building. “For some time, it has been apparent that Hastings needed a federal Post Office building. The postal business here has been growing amazingly and it was very fitting that the [post] office should be in suitable quarters.” The last paragraph opined, “Of course it will probably be some little time before a site is selected, plans approved, and a building finally completed, but the building, when finished, should be a splendid structure for Hastings and will add to the beauty of the city.” By December 1916, a building site had been purchased and was reported in the paper. Referring to the proposed new post office building, it was noted that the property was presently owned by C. H. Osborn and he was having the house razed. The house was the homestead of Nathan Barlow, one of the oldest remaining landmarks of early Hastings, “The homestead on the corner opposite the Bailey house will be torn down when Uncle Sam builds his post office there – it is the oldest building in the city, in the spring. It is interesting that the chosen post office site was also the Nathan Barlow home who had been a Hastings postmaster in 1854.” The new post office building was not built until 1925, more than a decade after the money had been appropriated. The March 19, 1924 Banner ran a frontpage story headlined: “Hastings will get it’s new post office.” The article reported, “It will be a matter of very great pleasure to the people of this city to know that Hastings will have a new post office building this year.” Further on it says, “The appropriation of $80,000 or more for the construction of a post office in Hastings was made 10 or 12 years ago, and the money has been in the strong box at Washington ever since.” The article then explains about World War I had held up construction. And then mentions the Nathan Barlow house and site that had been bought and how appropriate the site was. “It was an especially desirable one, the site just north of the Universal [garage?], commands a beautiful view of the court yard, and is very accessible to the business district. The building will be a very welcome addition for the city and is really needed.” By May 28, 1924, the paper reported, “Bids to be open Tuesday, June 3. There are seven bidders upon the original specifications. The lowest bid was considerably below the amount appropriated, so the government held all the bids, accepting none, and addressed each of the seven, giving them the opportunity to figure on betterments to the building, the cost to be added to the original bid.” Since the cost of materials was cheaper in 1924 than in 1913, better materials could be used. What this meant was instead of concrete, granite could be used for the walls and the front steps. Instead of common brick, a better facing brick could be used for the outside. The cornice in the original plan was wood, now it could be made out of sandstone. Hastings would now have a first-class post office rather than a second-class structure. Hastings ended up with a finer, safer building then was originally thought possible. On June 18, 1924, the Banner announced that the bidding was completed, and Mr. A.M. Lundberg of St. Louis, Mo., was the successful bidder. The paper noted that, “at the pres- Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. �Page 10 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICKY A. PARKS, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2001, and recorded on December 5, 2001, in Document No. 200112050018083, and assigned by said mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars and Twenty Cents ($80,640.20), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on December 6, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 69 AND 70 OF J.R. BUSH'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33, BEING A PART OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 6, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 5, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77517918 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gorden Noble and Kathy Noble, husband and wife, to CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2001 and recorded November 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1070245, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eight and 30/100 Dollars ($89,608.30) including interest at 10.34% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 105 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North one-half of the Northwest onehalf of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 18, Township 2 North of Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan, for place of beginning; thence West 10 rods; thence North 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence South 8 rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517642 File No. 201.2034 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Pamela K. Jiles, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 17, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156698, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine And 07/100 Dollars ($99,899.07), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 9 of Kenfields Second Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517183 File #155322F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick VanHaften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mutual Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ten And 27/100 Dollars ($198,210.27), including interest at 7.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point on the North and South 1/4 Line of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West 33 Feet North of the South 1/4 post of Section 5; Thence North on the 1/4 Line 172.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 333 feet to the Easterly Line of Winchester Drive; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East on the Easterly Line of Said Drive 18.52 feet; Thence South 57 Degrees 21 minutes East 53.94 feet, Being a Chord on a Curve to the Left with a radius of 50 Feet; Thence East 255.27 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 114.15 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 43 of Chateau Park No. 2 and the place of beginning of this description; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 150 feet to the Easterly line of Winchester Drive; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West 100 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 43 of said plat, Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 150 feet to the place of beginning. Also, Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 Line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet and the place of beginning of this description thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of said road 100 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southwest Corner of Lot 42 of Chateau Park No. 2, Thence South 24 degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 183 feet to the place of beginning, all in Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517633 File #170050F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steve Cutler and Cheryl Cutler, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 14, 2006, and recorded on April 24, 2006 in instrument 1163542, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-BC2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five And 62/100 Dollars ($247,925.62), including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 15, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the center 1/4 corner of Section 15; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 33 seconds East 1650.17 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of Section 15; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds West 825.05 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds East 135.51 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 264.58 feet to the center line of a 66 foot wide roadway; thence South 03 degrees 02 minutes 18 seconds East 195.00 feet; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 773.87 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds West 332.62 feet; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 57 seconds East 500.35 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77516989 File #167151F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24915 DE Estate of ARTHUR ROLLAND SMITH, Deceased. Date of birth: 7/31/1919. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Arthur Rolland Smith, who lived at 11334 East Shore Dr., Delton, Michigan died 9/25/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Jennie Worthington, named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: November 2, 2007 James D. Norlander (P23527) 68 East Michigan Ave. Battle Creek, MI 49017 (269) 968-6146 Jennie Worthington 19694 11 Mile Rd. Battle Creek, MI 49014 77517849 269-965-4739 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24923-DE Estate of BRIAN M. FURROW, A/K/A BRIAN MANKER FURROW. Date of birth: January 4, 1943. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Brian M. Furrow, a/k/a Brian Manker Furrow, who lived at 3908 Woodruff Road, Hastings, died January 28, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Byron James Furrow, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at Suite 302, 206 W. Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: November 8, 2007 C. Mark Stoppels P22978 825 Parchment Drive, S.E., Suite 100 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49056 (616) 795-9951 Byron James Furrow 618 - 106th Avenue, N.E. Blaine, MN 55434 (651) 226-3209 77517845 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 207-24875-DE Estate of NAOMI I. NICHOLS, Deceased. Date of birth: 03/11/1942. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Naomi I. Nichols, who lived at 2767 Wing Road, Hastings, Michigan died 09/07/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Joan Taggart, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 10/26/2007 Robert L. Byington P-27621 222 West Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 (269) 945-9557 Joan Taggart 2767 Wing Road Hastings, Michigan 49058 77517703 (269) 948-9037 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by April Burd, a Married Woman and Jay W. Burd, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 30, 2006 in instrument 1165275, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2006-WF3 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two And 09/100 Dollars ($182,142.09), including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of West Gun Lake Resort, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517584 File #161303F03 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brian Scott Peake, A Single Man to Amera Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 in Instrument # 1115851 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned thru mesne assignments to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($63,951.16) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 2263.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section; thence North 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds East, 280.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 388.89 feet; thence South 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds West, 280.00 feet to the East and West one-quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West along said one-quarter line, 388.89 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 7489 E M 79 Hwy, Castleton Twp MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 22, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517198 Our File No: 07-80825 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Daniels and Debra J. Daniels, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2004, and recorded on October 27, 2004 in instrument 1136226, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-One And 30/100 Dollars ($214,261.30), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 330.00 feet along the South line of said Section 12; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 660.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 165.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 665.05 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 26 seconds East 495.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds West 1323.67 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 12 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517188 File #169209F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($123,685.20), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517193 File #125416F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patricia J. Rich, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 20, 2006, and recorded on October 27, 2006 in instrument 1172001, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 22/100 Dollars ($151,290.22), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lot 110 of Hastings Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on page 41, also, that Part of Lot 111 of Hastings Heights wich Lies South of the South Line of Platted Calgary Drive, according to the recorded plat of Northridge #2, also the West 10 Feet of the Vacated 40 Foot alley Formerly Appurtenant to said Lot 110 and part of Lot 111 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517601 File #169934F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory W Ferris, a married man and Dawn A Ferris, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 1, 2004, and recorded on September 3, 2004 in instrument 1133446, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 64/100 Dollars ($157,572.64), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 518.00 feet along the East line of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 60.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 220.00 feet along the West right of way line of State Trunk line M-66; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 480.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds West 220.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds East 480.00 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170738F01 77517908 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Herbert R. Rutzebeck Jr., married to Vickie Rutzebeck, to Washington Mutual Bank F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 11, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140287, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight and 5/100 Dollars ($101,668.05) including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 14 of the Daniel Strikers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517173 File No. 362.2210 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christian L. Harmon, married to Sonya Harmon, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 28, 2006 and recorded May 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1163917, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Two and 55/100 Dollars ($88,372.55) including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1194 in the City of Hastings, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517898 File No. 199.4378 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Browne and Dena Browne, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2005 and recorded November 3, 2005 in Instrument Number 1155680, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Twelve and 93/100 Dollars ($188,612.93) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, and 6, Laphams Airport Lots according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3, Page 100, Barry County Records. Parcel 2: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Laphams Airport Lots Number 2 according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5, Page 37, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517203 File No. 199.4339 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Donald T. Hatcher and Theresa L. Hatcher, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated May 16, 2005, and recorded on May 26, 2005 in instrument 1147145, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed PassThrough Certificates, Quest Trust Series 2006-X1 under the Pooling & Servicing Agreement dated as of March 1, 2006, Without Recourse as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety-One And 13/100 Dollars ($95,191.13), including interest at 10.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel G: That part of the South 60 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of section 10, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Described as; beginning at the West 1/4 corner of said section; thence North 00 degrees 34 minutes 05 seconds West along the West line of said Northwest 1/4, 1002.71 feet to the North line of the South 60 acres of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds East along said North line 120.60 feet; thence South 35 degrees 28 minutes 26 second East 691.89 feet; thence South 17 degrees 19 minutes 54 seconds East 461.90 feet to the South line of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 48 minutes 45 seconds West along said South line 649.79 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Loftus road, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #167202F01 77516963 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dawn G. Sixberry, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 24, 2004, and recorded on March 2, 2004 in instrument 1123026, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Nine And 22/100 Dollars ($84,469.22), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, Described as; Commencing at the South 1/4 Corner of said Section 23, Thence Westerly, 660 to the Point of Beginning; Thence East along the South Section Line a Distance of 594 Feet; Thence North a Distance of 586; Thence West 594 Feet; Thence South 586 Feet to the Point of Beginning. EXCEPT: A Parcel of Land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Boundary of Said Parcel described as; Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 23: Thence East along the South Line of Said Section 2201.05 Feet; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 556.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 30.00 Feet; Thence East Parallel with said Section South Line 374.08 Feet: Thence South 00 Degrees 53 Minutes 24 Seconds East Parallel with the NorthSouth 1/4 Line of said Section 30.00 Feet: Thence West Parallel with said South Line 374.09 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517824 File #041333F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Beck and Paula Beck, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender, Mortgagee, dated January 23, 2003, and recorded on January 27, 2003 in instrument 1096298, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Fifty And 14/100 Dollars ($170,050.14), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 2620.06 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 to the central 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 596.23 feet along East line of said Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 725.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds West 574.00 feet along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds East 833.51 feet; thence Southeasterly 206.83 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 26 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds and a chord bearing South 58 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East 205.05 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 400.00 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive 66.00 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of said easement being described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 1310.03 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds West 466.86 feet along the West line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this easement description; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 587.67 feet; thence Southeasterly 356.65 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds and a chord bearing South 67 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 347.55 feet to a radius point of 60.00 foot radius turn-around and the point of ending of this easement centerline description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517128 File #063692F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Dean Stadel, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 10, 2006 in instrument 200607100008700, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 20061 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of TwentyEight Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 66/100 Dollars ($28,910.66), including interest at 8.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North half of Lots 9 and 10, of Block 13, Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the Recorded Plat thereof being Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517830 File #170358F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark L Seybert and Caroline A Seybert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Gecko Mortgage, Inc, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2005, and recorded on June 23, 2005 in instrument 1148490, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine And 98/100 Dollars ($183,569.98), including interest at 6.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Following Described Premises Situated In The Township Of Hope, County Of Barry And State Of Michigan, To-Wit: Commencing At The East 1/4 Post Of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Township Of Hope, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 1664.30 Feet Along The East-West 1/4 line of said section 33 to the point of beginning; Thence Continuing North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 330 Feet Along Said East-West 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds East 1321.00 Feet Parallel With The North-South 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 330 Feet Parallel With Said East-West 1/4 Line; Thence North 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds West 1321 Feet Parallel With Said NorthSouth 1/4 Line Of Said Section To The Point Of Beginning, Except The West 130 Feet Thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517046 File #168241F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Franklin E. Barnes, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Woodhams Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 1990, and recorded on June 25, 1990 in Liber 501 on Page 213, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to EverHome Mortgage Company as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 40/100 Dollars ($27,916.40), including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lots 32 and 33 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 32. Parcel B: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of Lot 35 of said Vickery's Lakeside Park, thence North 76 Degrees 18 Minutes 30 Seconds West 79.86 Feet to the Northeast Corner of Lot 32 of said Plat, Thence South 31 Degrees 18 Minutes West, Along the East Line of Lots 32 and 33, A Distance of 60.00 Feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot 33, Thence North 86 Degrees 30 Minutes 30 Seconds East, 108.49 Feet to a Point on the South Line of Oak Drive, Thence North 01 Degree 18 Minutes East 25.09 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farming ton Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517874 File #169847F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, of 10521 East M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 49073-9139, respectively, to Independent Mortgage Company (f/k/a Independent Mortgage Company - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141705, 20 pages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY and 59/100 ($56,190.59) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.00 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Mortgage Company; does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8. Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 23, 2007 Independent Mortgage Company Mortgagee. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Roberta R. Ballard Attorneys for Mortgage 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77517150 St. Johns, MI 48879 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gina Jones, A Married Woman and Bill Jones, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 28, 2006, and recorded on July 12, 2006 in instrument 1167089, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC5, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-NC5 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred SeventyOne And 25/100 Dollars ($182,771.25), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lots 918 and 919 and the North 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Lot 922, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170815F01 77517818 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. In accordance with Michigan State law, applicants can not be a resident of a City, Village or a township that conducts its own zoning enforcement (Rutland Township, Hope Township, Prairieville Township, Thornapple Township, or Yankee Springs Township). Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2007. 77517863 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Henry Miller and Delores Miller, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 30, 2004, and recorded on August 20, 2004 in instrument 1132770, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen And 96/100 Dollars ($67,315.96), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 15, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West 1/8 post on the South side of Section 22, thence North 29 rods for the place of beginning, thence North to the West 1/8 line 22 rods to the center of Highway M-37, thence Easterly and Southerly along the center of said highway to a point directly East of the point of beginning, thence West to the point of beginning, Section 22, Town 1 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 18, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #166591F01 77516944 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy A. Seaver and Penny Seaver, husband and wife, to Ross Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2005 and recorded May 23, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146953, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20053 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One and 74/100 Dollars ($78,531.74) including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the West one-half of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point 379.23 feet North and 1058.43 feet East of the West one-quarter post of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, and said point also being South 88 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds West 41.66 feet from the Southeast corner of Lot 1 of Poplar Beach Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 14; thence South 49 degrees 01 minutes 29 seconds East 79.58 feet; thence South 40 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 166.00 feet; thence North 49 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence North 46 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East, along the Southerly line of Kline Street 135.50 feet; thence North 50 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds East, along said Southerly line, 33.01 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517178 File No. 221.6197 SYNOPSIS Barry Township Regular Meeting November 1, 2007 Regular meeting called to order @ 7:00 p.m. Motion approved to appoint J. Wooer as President Pro-Tem. ROLL CALL: 4 members and 3 guests. Pledged allegiance to the flag. Approved minutes and treasurers report for Oct/07. Accepted Department reports. Motion approved to purchase a color printer for a cost up to $800.00. Motion approved to appoint D Dewey-Perry as SWBCSWA board representative. Motion approved to appoint J. Wooer to the 911 plan review committee. Motion approved to accept the township office committee members apps and appoint 3 twp liaisons. Motion approved to adopt a policy to accept 51% of the parcels included in the district who are in favor of a sewer project. Motion approved that Barry Township well house parcel not be included in the petition process for sewer @ Pleasant Lake. Motion approved to accept the bills and check register for November. Meeting adjourned @ 8:25 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra Dewey-Perry Barry Township Clerk 77517861 Attested to by Richard Barnum, Supervisor FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Daniel K. Rice, A Married Man and Shennon Rice, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004 and recorded October 15, 2004 in Instrument #1135521 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($123,485.81) including interest 10.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot 23 of Algonquin Lake Resort Properties Unit Number 1, According to the recorded Plat Thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 56. Commonly known as 2485 Wasabinang, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517879 Our File No: 07-81565 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mitchell Henning and Amanda Henning, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2002 and recorded August 22, 2002 in Instrument Number 1086107, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($117,347.36) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West 327.5 feet for a place of beginning; thence West 327.5 feet; thence North 665.1feet; thence East 327.5 feet; thence South 665.1 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517888 File No. 283.0126 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Robert L. Page and Carrie A. Page, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to National Bank of Hastings dated the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, as Instrument number 1015783 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $9,585.61 (nine thousand five hundred eighty-five and 61/100) plus accrued interest at 11.750% (eleven point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 6th day of December, A.D., 2007, at 1:00:00 PM o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, Michigan: Beginning at the South one quarter post of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East along the North and South one quarter line of said Section 32, a distance of 881.49 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East 440.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 550.00 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 130.00 feet to the South line of said Section 32; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West, along said South section line 665.00 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an ingress and egress easement with others described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 32 which lies South 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds East 632.00 feet from the South one quarter post of said Section 32; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 115.29 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds West, 302.36 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 884.67 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East 120.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East, 120.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 120.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 855.33 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East, 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 144.72 feet to said South section line; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West 66.00 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 2055 Spencer Drive Middleville, MI 49333 Tax ID No.: 08-14-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 77517893 WWR# 10007718 / MUA FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Linda Rogers, Surviving Spouse of Bruce R Rogers to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006 and recorded December 1, 2006 in Instrument # 1173369 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($148,333.27) including interest 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of beginning of this description ; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.00 feet along said Centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including Highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. Commonly known as 6741 North Whitneyville Road, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0781841(HSBC) ASAP# 930346 11/08/2007, 11/15/2007, 11/22/2007, 11/29/2007 77517869 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Schilthroat and Teresa A. Schilthroat, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to AmerUs Home Lending, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 23, 2003, and recorded on May 1, 2003 in instrument 1103286, and assigned by said Mortgagee to M&I Bank FSB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Six Hundred One And 31/100 Dollars ($120,601.31), including interest at 6.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 5 and 8 of Block 17 of In Keelers Addition to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats on Page 12, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517040 File #168263F01 — NOTICE — Barry County is seeking bids for the demolition of four houses and three garages located in the City of Hastings. Specifications can be obtained by contacting the County Administrator’s Office, County Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings, MI, 49058, (269) 945-1284. 77517580 STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BARRY Case No. 07-455-CH The Hon. James H. Fisher DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS an Officer of the United States of America Plaintiff, v. CHRISTINA DERUITER, Defendant. IT IS ORDERED: An action has been commenced by the plaintiff, Department of Veterans Affairs, an Officer of the United States of America (“Veterans Affairs”), against the defendant, Christina DeRuiter (“DeRuiter”) in the Barry County Circuit Court for the State of Michigan, seeking a judgment determining that Veterans Affairs holds full legal and equitable title to the Property known as 719 E. Clinton Street, Hastings, Michigan, in fee simple absolute, free and clear of any and all claims of DeRuiter, quieting title to the Property forever in Veterans Affairs, and granting such other relief as is equitable, and the defendant must answer or take other action permitted by law within 28 days after the last date of publication. If the defendant does not answer or take other action within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against the defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Gary R. Holman Barry County Circuit Court Judge Prepared by: BAKER & DANIELS LLP Wendy K. Walker-Dyes (P64806) 205 W. Jefferson Blvd., Suite 250 South Bend, IN 46601 (574) 234-4149 Attorney for Plaintiff 77517105 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John M. Christensen and Laura K. Christensen, husband and wife, to Oak Street Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2003 and recorded August 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107318, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee c/o Residential Funding Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-One and 13/100 Dollars ($131,761.13) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 20, Hilltop Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 74. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517168 File No. 207.8912 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan M Scott, married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2006, and recorded on August 16, 2006 in instrument 1168697, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen And 49/100 Dollars ($76,216.49), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, R. J. Grant's Second Addition to the city, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 1 of plats, on page 16 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517923 File #171135F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166188, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for RBSGC 2007-A as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 98/100 Dollars ($115,213.98), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Ya nkee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 2, Gary Godley Condominium Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517913 File #171460F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Steel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 11, 2005 in instrument 200505110006872, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Thirty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($110,036.74), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517838 File #170788F01 ��The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 14 Exchange Club names October Young Citizen Winners October’s Young Citizen winners at Hastings Middle School, joining Assistant Principal Steve Hoke, were (from left) Alison Porter, Amanda Wilgus, Erin Gray, Jenny Feldpausch and Josh Stevens. Young Citizenship winners from Star Elementary School were Christina Ramsey and Braxton Prill, pictured with teachers Julie Carlson (left) and Dawn Secord. Named Young Citizen for October at Northeastern Elementary School were Adam Post (left) and Peter Beck joined here by teacher Don Schils. Hannah Franklin, chosen as Southeastern Elementary School’s Young Citizen for October, poses here with teacher Dan Benningfield. Teacher Trisha Kietzman joins Taylor Hawthorne, who was chosen as Pleasantview Elementary School’s Young Citizen for October. Central School’s Young Citizen award winners for October were (from left) Victoria Smith, Madison Bolo and Ryan Thornburgh, pictured with Michelle Benningfield. LAW ALERT FOR SENIORS IN A NURSING HOME For many years, Michigan was the only state in our nation that did not have an “Estate Recovery” law. Estate recovery say that people who receive Medicaid benefits while in a nursing home can be subject to having to “repay” the state for the benefits paid for the nursing home care. Because most people on Medicaid usually own a small amount of cash plus their homestead, the claim by the state will most likely be against the person’s home. Unfortunately, Michigan has now joined the rest of the country and has adopted an “Estate Recovery” law. So how will Michigan’s Estate Recovery law affect seniors in nursing homes who receive Medicaid benefits? Luckily, the news isn’t all bad: A. The Estate Recovery law only applies to “probate assets”, or assets that would need to be probated through court after the senior’s death. That means assets in revocable living trusts are not subject to Estate Recovery. Also, assets that avoid probate by joint ownership, beneficiary designations (i.e. life insurance), etc. would not be touched by Estate Recovery. B. If an asset of a senior who receives Medicaid must go through probate, there are some exemptions that could help: 1. Family farms, businesses or other “income producing assets” are exempt under certain circumstances; 2. If an “estate recovery lien” is placed on a senior’s home, it only applies to that por- tion of the value which is above 50% of the average price of a home in the senior’s residential county; 3. There will be no estate recovery against homes occupied by the spouse (or disabled child) of the senior receiving Medicaid (but after the spouse dies, special estate planning needs to be done to avoid the recovery!) 4. Other exemptions for the home exist for the senior’s relatives living in the home for a certain amount of time. C. If there is estate recovery against a senior, the amount is “capped” at actual costs of Medicaid services paid for on behalf of the senior. IT IS IMPERATIVE that if you or a loved one are receiving Medicaid benefits for nursing home services, or expect to receive such benefits in the future, you have your estate plan reviewed by an attorney familiar with Estate Recovery law so as to avoid being subjected to Estate Recovery. Gee & Longstreet, LLP has specialized in Medicaid and nursing home issues for over 12 years. Contact our office to see what options are available if you or a loved one is facing a nursing home/long term care issue. This article and other information may be viewed at www.geelongstreet.com. Mr. Longstreet can be reached at 269-945-3495 or rlongstreet@geelongstreetlaw.com. 77517932 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Hause, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2006, and recorded on April 12, 2006 in instrument 1163003, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Four And 85/100 Dollars ($72,264.85), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 09 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds West along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 26, a distance of 538.56 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1642.52 feet to the East line of the West 5/8 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence South 00 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds East along said East line 537.58 feet to the South line of said Section 26; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds West along said South Section line 1643.99 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517139 File #169117F01 Sixth grade St. Rose teacher Amy Murphy joins Mallory White, who was named Young Citizen for October. �Page 15 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT Two learn the hard way—Don’t mess with Hastings PD Hastings Police arrested two area men after a traffic stop in the 400 block of East Colfax Street Nov. 1. The driver of the vehicle was observed sliding sideways through the intersection of North Michigan Avenue and Mill Street and traveling at speeds in excess of 70 mph as he proceeded north on Michigan Avenue. They then pulled into a driveway in the 400 block of East Colfax and refused to cooperate with the investigating officer. The men, identified as Thomas Ballard, 25, and Terrance Dibell, 36, both from Hastings, were obnoxious and combative with the officer when he tried to speak with them. Dibell then attempted to assault the officer. Both men were taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Dibell is facing charges of resisting and obstructing an officer and being a habitual offender, third offense. Ballard is facing charges of resisting and obstructing an officer and reckless driving. Domestic assault results in probation violation charge Hastings Police were dispatched to a residence in the 800 block of East South Street Nov. 2, responding to a domestic assault complaint after a 20-year-old victim was slapped several times in the face by a relative. Responding officers were told by the victim that she was at the residence watching a small child when the suspect, who was identified as Raymond Lewis, 21, of Hastings, arrived at the residence and assaulted her. Lewis, who also had violated terms of his probation, was placed under arrest without incident and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of domestic assault as well as probation violation. Shot heard ‘round the block on Star School Road Hastings Police are seeking charges against a 26-year-old Hastings man for recklessly discharging a firearm within the city. Police were called to a residence in the 1600 block of Star School Road Nov. 5 after the man’s girlfriend called Barry County Central Dispatch to report hearing a gunshot. Police were able to ascertain that a verbal dispute led the man, who was distraught over a pending breakup, to the garage where he discharged a shot gun into the roof. The case will be turned over to the Barry County Prosecutors Office for review. Alcohol use appears to have been a contributing factor during the incident. Thieves fail in attempt to break into Goldsworthy Marathon Thieves attempted to break into the Goldsworthy Marathon gas station in Baltimore Township sometime between Oct. 19 and Oct. 23, but were prevented from doing so by the steel roofing over the station. Michigan State Police Hastings Post are investigating the attempted break-in, and the case remains open. Middleville man charged with third offense drunk driving Sean Bravata, 45, of Middleville was arrested by troopers from the Michigan State Police on Oct. 24. Troopers say Bravata is being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, third offense. He was booked into the Barry County Jail without incident. Red means STOP as State Police step local patrols Michigan State Police will be stepping up enforcement along the major corridors of Barry County in coming weeks. A spokesperson for the Hastings Post said areas along such roads as M-89, M-79, M-179, M-43 and M-37 will see heightened patrols in the early morning rush hours and again during the times school buses are returning children from school. Patrols will pay particular attention to drivers who fail to stop for school buses when children are being picked up and dropped off. Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Real Estate Pets For Sale CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. AKC ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL PUPPIES, black/white tri-color, black/white; liver/white tricolor. Both parents on site, ready 11-10-2007. 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(269)795-4989. d Grand Rapids woman arraigned in connection with motorcyclist’s death A 21-year-old Grand Rapids woman, Sara Feuerstein, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter, stemming from a fatal accident in July that took the life of Mark Strow, 58, of Hastings. According to the Michigan State Police, Hastings Post, Feuerstein was the driver of a van that pulled out in front of a dump truck in Yankee Springs Township. The truck, driven by a 35-year-old Dowling man, swerved to avoid Feuerstein’s vehicle and struck Strow’s motorcycle head on. Both the truck and the motorcycle caught fire and Strow was pronounced dead at the scene. COURT NEWS In the Oct. 25 issue of the Banner it was reported that Tonya Lee Jahnke, 29, of Hastings was sentenced by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months of probation and 30 days in jail for her September conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. She was ordered to attend Drug Court and wear a wrist monitor upon her release from jail, but Judge Fisher noted that her jail sentence could be suspended upon payment of court assessments totaling $1,060. Jahnke paid her court ordered assessments and was not required to spend any time in jail. Michael Wayne Nygaard, 25, of Hastings was sentenced in a probation violation hearing Oct. 24 to serve six months in jail for his June conviction on a charge of unlawfully driving away a vehicle in Hastings in April. Nygaard was ordered to participate in day reporting and to pay all previously imposed assessments. Earnest Lee Hale, 47, of Lake Odessa was sentenced Oct. 31 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve five months in jail for a probation violation conviction. Hale was on probation for a May conviction on a charge of aggravated stalking. Judge Fisher ruled that Hale will continue on probation and must enroll and attend mental health counseling. Failure to attend will result in another violation of probation charge. In his May sentence, Judge Fisher ordered Hale to spend three months in jail and 60 months on probation. He was also ordered to attend cognitive- behavior therapy and mental health counseling. Hale was arrested in Woodland Township in May. Kim Ann Weber, 30, of Kalamazoo was sentenced in a probation violation hearing Oct. 31 to serve six months in jail on each of two counts of possession of a controlled substance. Weber had been sentenced to 24 months of probation, along with her license being suspended for one year (restricted after 60 days). Weber was also ordered to continue on probation. The balance of her jail time may be suspended upon entry into a drug rehabilitation program or a residential treatment program. She was ordered to participate in substance abuse counseling until her release from jail. Weber was arrested in April in Johnstown Township. Adam Christopher VandenBosch, 22, of Middleville, was sentenced Oct. 31 to serve six months probation and to have his license suspended for six months (suspended after 30 days for treatment, employment or probation). He was also ordered to spend two days in the Barry County Jail. He was convicted Oct. 18 on a charge of use of a controlled substance. He was assessed court costs of $500 and a probation fee of $120. VandenBosch was arrested in Middleville in May. Paul Edward Stanhope, 56, of Greenville was sentenced Oct. 31 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 months of probation and six months in jail for his Oct. 10 conviction on a charge of failure to pay child support in Hastings between 1986 and 2004. The judge ruled the balance of Stanhope’s jail time may be suspended upon payment of $2,000. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. For Rent FOR RENT: HASTINGS small 1 bedroom apartment with stove, refrigerator, water & garbage. 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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. 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Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� +$67,1*6�� 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND 77509092 State awards county drug court additional $85,000 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher announced Oct. 30 that the Michigan Supreme Court has awarded the Barry County Adult Drug Court an additional grant of $85,000 for the 2007/2008 budget year. This is in addition to the $100,000 grant previously announced by the Michigan Supreme Court, Fisher said, bringing the total granted this year to $185,000. “This is great news and should give us secure funding for our program for the next few years,” Fisher said. “These grants will pay for nearly 85 percent of the program cost.” Fisher had asked the county commissioners to budget approximately $95,000 for the program this fiscal year. The second grant will keep the program intact, he said, with far fewer local tax dollars. “This grant is further evidence that the Michigan Supreme Court recognizes the effectiveness of this program in reducing crime and substance abuse, while also saving tax dollars,” Fisher said. “I want to recognize the efforts of Jeff Westra and our entire drug court team in making this program a success. “I also want to salute their success in helping the individuals involved turn their lives around and reconcile with their families. “I wish the legislature would increase funding for drug courts so that more communities could consider options to prison for nonviolent offenders with substance abuse issues,” said Fisher. .O�PASSES 6 3TADIUM�3EATING &REE�DRINK�REFILLS�����`�CORN�REFILLS ���3(/74)-%3������ ������ 6 ���������&2%$�#,!53 ��0' ������������������������������ 7%�/7.�4(%�.)'(4��2 ������������ �����"%%�-/6)%��0' ���������������������������������&2)�3!4�,3������ 6 !-%2)#!.�'!.'34%2��2 ������������������������ ���������� 3!7�)6��2 ������������������ #/50/. ��/:�$2).+ WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��$%#���������������("� �Page 16 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Swimmers finish third in Tier II at O-K Rainbow meet The only two teams to defeat the Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team got the better of the Trojans once again at the O-K Rainbow Tier II championship meet last weekend. The Trojans finished third with 319 points, behind the conference champs from Hamilton (480 points) and the runner-up team from Byron Center (464). Hawkeye or Bulldog swimmers won every single event Saturday in the Byron Center pool. The top finish for a Trojan came in the diving competition, where Kyleigh Sheldon took second place with 318.30 points. Her teammate Kelly Frame was sixth in the event with a score of 287.90. Hamilton’s Jessica Naber was the league’s top diver over the weekend, finishing with a score of 364.00. For her performance Sheldon earned allconference honors, along with teammates Audrey Hoag, Natalie VanDenack, and Mindy Warner. The TK-Hastings swimmers set five new team records during the preliminaries then set three more, breaking two of those set in the prelim’s, in the finals Saturday. Warner, Hoag, and VanDenack teamed with Emily Mattoon to set a new team record in the 200-yard freestyle relay at the finals, with a third place time of 2 minutes 0.7 seconds. Warner and VanDenack paired with Danielle Rosenberg and Elizabeth Chappelow to set a new team record with a third place time of 1:46.55 in the 200 freestyle relay. The other record setting performance at the finals for TK-Hastings came from Trojan spikers fall to Wildcats in district semi The Trojans’ Ashley Martin tips a shot over a pair of Wayland blockers for a kill during the district semifinal contest in Middleville Thursday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) VanDenack, with her fourth place time of 56.86 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle. Warner, Hoag, and VanDenack also each had one third place finish on the day. VanDenack was third in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:06.63. Warner was third in the 500 freestyle in 5:39.73. Hoag placed third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:07.65. In the 100 butterfly, TK-Hastings got a fourth place performance from Rosenberg (1:10.24) and an eighth from Alecia Strumberger (1:12.68). Warner was seventh in the 50 freestyle (26.22). Hoag placed sixth in the 200 individual medley (2:34.23). Alex de Goa was sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:17.53). Team-record setters from the prelim’s for TK-Hastings included Warner in the 50 freestyle, Hoag in the 100 backstroke, de Goa in the 100 breaststroke, the 200 freestyle relay team of VanDenack, Chappelow, Rosenberg, and Warner, and the 200 medley relay team of Hoag, Mattoon, VanDenack, and Warner. Delton Kellogg Schools Trojan setter Kate Scheidel puts the ball up during her team’s 3-0 district semifinal loss to Wayland Thursday night in Middleville. (Photo by Perry Hardin) 2nd Trimester begins Monday, November 26, 2007 Applications available in the 05539105 For further information, please call: 269-623-9246 Hastings 77517886 Superintendent’s Office 327 N. Grove St. Delton MI 49046 MOOSE Lodge #628 NORM & JAY’S ROCK-N-ROLL DANCE Saturday, November 10 Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA ASK A C.P.A. …… BAND: AMPRAGE (Frequently asked questions about taxes) 8:30 - Midnight Big Room Gifting Q. I would like to give my children money. How does this work, and is there tax consequences? A person can give another person up to $12,000 without any reporting. The recipient never has to report the gift, however if the gift is over $12,000 the donor must file a gift tax return. Q. I have two children, does that mean I can only give $6,000 to each? — PUBLIC WELCOME — A. Q. Can I deduct the gift to my children? A. No. Contrary to what many people think, their children are not a charitable organization, so no deduction is allowed. Keep in mind that they do not have to declare the gift as income. Q. I would like to give my granddaughter $20,000 for college. Does this mean I must file a gift tax return? A. No. There is an exception to the gift tax rules, that education expenses or medical expenses are exempt from the gift tax rules, so in this case you would not have to file a gift tax return. 77517685 If you have questions regarding 529 College Savings Plans, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference announced the release of the men's soccer all-conference team. Aquinas junior Jarod Smith, a Thornapple Kellogg graduate, was named a member of the WHAC second team. Smith has had four goals and 11 assists in 17 games with the Saints this fall. The season continues for the Aquinas Men's Soccer team as they managed to upset the WHAC tournament second-seed Davenport in a 3-0 tournament championship victory. The Saints, the WHAC tournament An MHSAA Commentary From Communications Director John Johnson There are never more high school athletes gathered in a single spot for an Michigan High School Athletic Association Championship during the school year than when around 2,000 runners representing over 400 schools converge on Michigan International Speedway for the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals. It’s an ocean of color – from the tent city set up on the infield of the racetrack, to the 250 runners taking part in every race as they burst off the starting line and then recongregate just past the finish line in an area commonly known as “The Chute.” As a cross country family for a number of years, we found the sport to be competitive but cordial. The congenial way everyone treated each other, the camaraderie that existed – not just between teammates, but between the runners from different schools – made for an enjoyable experience. At this year’s meet, a portion of my work was to walk down the chute at the conclusion of each race to oversee media interviews with the runners as they exited the course. In past years, I monitored this activity from the perimeter driving a golf cart, only seeing tired runners. But after the eight races this year, my eyes were opened and my faith in what we do in educational athletics was reaffirmed. There was the entire range of human expression – exhaustion and exhilaration; celebration and concern; and plenty of respect…plenty of sportsmanship. Three young men from three different teams walking down the chute, holding each other up, all seniors, asking each other if this would be their last race. One runner from the east side of the state talking to a runner from the west side, recalling the first time they ever 50 N. M37 Hwy. 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The Saints never looked back as they jumped off to quick lead thanks to the swift foot of Smith from fellow senior Levi Swaney in the tenth minute of play. ran together in a race as freshmen and how he brought out the best of him – and these were two guys that finished in the middle of the pack. “Help me,” a weak voice called from behind as I turned around just in time to help keep a young lady from falling to the ground as she walked down the chute. With the help of a nearby trainer, we got her on her way. A few others weren’t so lucky, requiring the help of EMT’s after their races, but they were eventually okay. Kids in different colored uniforms, of all different colors of skin, congratulating, celebrating and comforting the others around them. The top finishing individual runners and teams all enjoyed each other’s company in the chute. Talking about the grief they were going to catch from their parents if they dared to go to the after-the-meet party when they got home. Joking about roughing up a pair of new shoes before a race so they wouldn’t stand out. Basically being teenagers, enjoying the company of other teenagers with whom they’d build relationships while having fun playing their favorite sport. And that’s what high school sports are all about. Was there rivalry on this day? Sure. Did these kids want to win? Absolutely. Was there disappointment on the part of those who fell short of their expectations? Definitely. But in the chute, all that was set aside. Their perspective was enjoyable to be around. I wish it was contagious and that kids and coaches in every sport would catch it. In a few weeks, 16 teams will gather at Ford Field for the MHSAA Football Finals, and I would love to see this same interaction at the conclusion of each of the eight championship games. For that matter, I’d love to see it at our Basketball Finals, our Soccer Finals and lot of our other finals. But if history repeats itself, I’ll see the team coming up on the short end of the score keeping their helmets on throughout the postgame ceremonies, afraid to show their faces; and the head coach condoning it by doing nothing about it. It should be a time for celebration for both teams, but many times teams act like receiving the trophy that doesn’t say “champions” on it is the worst thing that has ever happened in their life. By the way, if only being a finalist in an MHSAA Tournament is the worst thing that ever happens in your life – you’re going to have a pretty good life. For the kids in the chute, they enjoyed the competition, they enjoyed each other’s company, and they enjoyed the moment while keeping it all in perspective. 7777 68th St., Caledonia Caledonia Schools • 2 secluded acres • 2624 finished sq ft • 4 BR • 3 Baths • Immaculate Home - Seclusion • Wildlife • Walk-out lower level. Directions: M-37 to East on 68th St. to home just East of Alaska or Whitneyville Road to West on 68th. $234,900 Call Ruth #838-8834 No. The allowable gift is $12,000 to each person, so your total out of pocket gift would be $24,000 if you gave the maximum to each. Q. I am married and so is my daughter, how much could my wife and I give to my daughter and her husband. The total that could pass from your family to her family would be $48,000 if you gave your daughter $12,000, and your son-in-law $12,000. Then your wife would give your daughter $12,000 and your son-in-law $12,000. Former Thornapple Kellogg soccer player makes all-WHAC OPEN HOUSE • Sunday, Nov. 11 • 1 - 4 p.m. 77517647 A. A. Luisa Silvera were the only swimmers to win multiple individual events Saturday. Silvera was the 100 freestyle champion and also won the 50 free. Evink took championships in the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke. A day in the chute More than half of the O-K Gold Conference gathered in Middleville last week for the Class B district volleyball tournament hosted by the Trojans. Thornapple Kellogg had a bye into the semifinals, but fell to their league rivals from Wayland in three games Thursday night 2514, 25-19, 25-22. In the other semifinal Thursday, Hamilton knocked off Byron Center 25-22, 25-20, 2025, 25-17. The Hawkeyes then advanced to this week’s regional tournament with a 3-2 victory over the Wayland Wildcats in the championship match, 19-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-20, 15-10. Hamilton will face Edwardsburg in St. Joseph Friday at 6 p.m. in the regional semifinals, while Coloma is taking on Holland Christian. The winners of those matches will then meet for the regional title at 8 p.m. South Christian is also still alive in the Class B tournament. The Sailors take on Fruitport in a regional semifinal at Forest Hills Northern on Friday. ACCEPTING SCHOOL OF CHOICE APPLICATIONS NOVEMBER 7-25, 2007 Calvin Christian finished fourth in the final league standings, with 243 points, followed by Unity Christian 204, Wayland 188, and Wyoming United 136. Hamilton’s Jade Evink and Byron Center’s RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities 77517647 EOE/M-F BUSES FOR SALE The following buses are offered for sale to the highest bidder: UNIT #8-1994 INTERNATIONAL-CARPENTER-65 PASSENGER UNIT #23-1995 FORD-CARPENTER-65 PASSENGER Interested persons should submit a sealed bid to: Superintendent, Delton-Kellogg School 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI 49046 Mark the envelope “Bid.” Bids must be received by 3:30 p.m., November 12, 2007, to be considered. Successful bidders must pay for the merchandise, and remove same from Delton-Kellogg School within five (5) days of notification. Notification will be made after the Board meeting of November 19, 2007. The buses may be seen at the Delton-Kellogg bus garage between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays. 02681125 Garvey to suit up for Albion Albion College head women’s basketball coach has announced her varsity roster for the 2007-2008 season. Megan Garvey, the daughter of Raymond Garvey and Charlene Garvey of Nashville and a graduate of Maple Valley High School, is one of the 16 women on the roster. Albion has won at least 15 games per year since Doreen Carden arrived in time for the 2001-2002 campaign. With five seniors seeking to cap their careers with a Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association title to go with the one they first won as first-year players in 2005, expectations are high for another winning season. Garvey was an all-MIAA second team selection and her 10.5 scoring average was 15th in the league last season. The Britons open the season Nov. 16-17 with games in the Muskingum Memorial Tournament in New Concord, Ohio. Albion’s home opener is Nov. 25 against Transylvania (Ky.) University. The Britons begin pursuit of the MIAA title Dec. 1 with a home game against Adrian College. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 17 Gull Lake turns volleyball final into Devils’ night by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The new girls at the dance stole the spotlight. For the last 16 years that light shined on the Lakewood Vikings, but Thursday night the girls from Gull Lake waltzed up from Richland and took a Class B district championship away from the Vikings. The referee raised two fingers signaling a double hit on Lakewood senior setter Melanie Forman, giving the Blue Devils the final point they needed for a 25-22, 17-25, 28-26, 25-20 victory over the Vikings in the Lakewood High School gymnasium. Tears quickly started to flow from the Vikings’ eyes. Many of the players on the court weren’t even born the last time Lakewood’s varsity volleyball program failed to win a district title. On the other side, Gull Lake head coach Karyn Bell had a hard time even remembering the last time her program had won one. “The last was in 2004, or 2002 maybe,” Bell said. “It’s not very frequent. This was actually the first year where the district we’ve been assigned was this way. We’re usually down towards Kalamazoo. “At first I was kind of excited we were coming up here, and then I thought oh no Lakewood’s up here.” Lakewood’s “oh no” moment didn’t come until midway through game four. Trailing two games to one, Lakewood was able to jump out at the start of the fourth game 15-12. That lasted until Blue Devil senior outside hitter Carrie Grubius blasted a kill, then stepped to the service line and her team put together a string of five straight points for an 18-15 lead. The Lakewood girls played scrappy defense all night, and were able to put up a block that almost matched the wall put up by Gull Lake’s Grubius and 6-1 sophomore middle blocker Elena Perri. “We did not pass well tonight, so we weren’t running the middle,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. “When you don’t do those things you can’t beat a good team, especially one that has a good block.” “You can’t win championships or districts against a good team sending the ball over with two hands. You’ve got to be more aggressive than that.” After falling in the first game, Lakewood passed a bit better and varied its offense sending attacks to both sides of the net and a couple to the middle. That success didn’t last long enough though. The Vikings were one point away from winning game three, at 24-22, but the Blue Devils tied the game before taking the 28-26 win. “They’re a tough team,” Bell said of Lakewood. “We knew they weren’t going to go down without a fight.” “I honestly thought we were going to lose that game three.” Forman led the fight for the Vikings, finishing the match with 37 assists and three aces. Junior outside hitter Ashley Morris led Lakewood with 12 kills, while junior Rachel Lynch added ten and freshman Anna Lynch nine. Junior Laurel Mattson added 32 digs and five aces for the Vikings. The stat that really got to Grunewald was her team’s nine service errors. Her team ends the season with a record of 50-11, while Gull Lake advances to next weekend’s regional tournament. Perri led Gull Lake with nine kills, junior Jen Drouin had eight, and Grubius had six. Blue Devil junior setter Katie Allen had 23 assists. Both teams breezed through the semifinals Thursday afternoon. Lakewood topped Hastings 25-9, 25-6, 25-8. Gull Lake knocked off Maple Valley 25-20, 25-15, 25-16. The Hastings’ attack in the semifinals was led by Kayla Vogel, Jen Ratliff, Brittany Hickey, and Hannah Wood who had one kill each. Lakewood headed into the state tournament ranked third overall in the Class B poll. The Gull Lake Blue Devils are number seven. Lakewood senior Autumn Cussen reacts to the final whistle of game four in Thursday’s district finals match with Gull Lake, which brought an end to her team’s streak of 16 consecutive district championships. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Many schools would be happy with one in a row I was taken aback a bit when Lakewood varsity volleyball coach Christine Grunewald told me, “I guess we just have to start over”, after last Thursday’s loss to Gull Lake in the district championship match at Lakewood High School. “Start over,” I thought. Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley are programs that are trying to start over, with new head coaches. Lakewood doesn’t start over. The Vikings will lose an excellent setter, Melanie Forman, and two very good defensive and serving specialists, Jennie Carr and Autumn Cussen, to graduation in the spring. The rest of the roster though included three freshmen and a sophomore this season, as well as six juniors who all contributed a lot to this season’s mark of 50 wins and 11 defeats. Start over? A team isn’t starting over with that kind of talent coming back. Oh, “start over”. She didn’t mean the program has to start over. She just meant that the program will need to start a new streak next fall. Lakewood had won 16 district championships in a row, before the No. 3 Vikings were downed 3-1 by the No. 7 ranked Blue Devils from Gull Lake. If any of Barry County’s other varsity volleyball teams had lost in the district finals to a ranked team, well that’s not really news is it. For any one else, the news would be that they made it to the district finals. That’s not how it works at Lakewood. “There is pressure on these girls, and there are very high expectations,” said Grunewald. The pressure doesn’t just come from fans, friends and family, it comes from inside. It was easy to see on the faces of seniors Forman, Cussen, and Carr as they walked through the line to congratulate the Blue Devils after the match. Forever this team will be the one that didn’t win the district championship. It’s not fair. The Vikings won another conference championship this year. They won 50 matches. Maple Valley head coach Bill Brenton told me this year after seeing Lakewood play that the Vikings looked, “like a symphony”. That’s how symphony’s work too. If the players hit 16 notes perfectly in a row, no big deal. If they miss one, all of a sudden it’s a big deal. I’ve heard from more than one volleyball coach this fall that their athletes just don’t seem as motivated to work and as excited to play as they have in years past. Lakewood doesn’t have that problem. In the nearly 60 minutes between the district semifinal and final Thursday, many of the Viking varsity players warmed up on the west end of the gymnasium. The east end was also full of Vikings, although they were players from the junior varsity and freshman teams, middle schoolers, and even a few younger than that. All bumping, passing, and spiking balls back and forth. I’ve seen girls at Lakewood doing the same thing after guys basketball games. Some guys run out on the court with a ball and start shooing it at the rim, or trying to dunk it. It happens at a lot of schools after varsity basketball games. At Lakewood often times though there are girls out on the court with a volleyball too. That’s why the Vikings win. That’s why before every season girls are working their butts off to try and get on the team. That’s why its a disappointment not to win 17 district championships in a row. But not winning one once in a while, that is okay. The world will go on. A new streak will start. The Saxons’ Kaitlyn Semler sets the ball up in game two against Lakewood Thursday in the district semifinals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings’ junior Jennifer Ratliff dives down to dig a ball with one arm during her team’s district semifinal loss to the Lakewood Vikings Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lion spikers fall in district semifinals by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley varsity volleyball coach Bill Brenton pulled senior Lauren Pierce aside before she could walk out of the Lakewood High School gymnasium Thursday night. Maple Valley sophomore Tina Westendorp prepares to fire a serve in her team’s district semifinal loss to Gull Lake at Lakewood High School on Thursday evening. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Pierce, the Lions’ setter, did what she could to help her team in its Class B district semifinal contest against seventh ranked Gull Lake. She set up her teammates with 19 assists, and connected on 18 of her 19 service attempts. Running the show, as setter, wasn’t Pierce’s job for her first three seasons of high school volleyball. She was at the libero position her junior year, taking care of things in the back of the court. “It’s not the job she wanted to do, but she did it,” Brenton said of taking over the setter’s role. “It takes a lot of character and athletic ability to do it and she has that. She just never quit.” Pierce didn’t quit, but the season did come to an end as the Blue Devils won in three games 25-20, 25-15, 25-16. Gull Lake then went on to top third ranked Lakewood in the finals, 25-22, 17-25, 28-26, 25-20, stopping the Vikings’ string of consecutive district championships at 16. “That team could adapt,” Brenton said of Gull Lake. “They adapted to what we do and they stopped our outsides.” It took the Blue Devils a little time to adapt, but they finally did late in game one against the Lions. Maple Valley led as late as 19-18, before Gull Lake turned things around to win seven of the final eight points. The two teams were tied at 7-7 in game two, before the Blue Devils took control of that game. The Lions also started strong in game three. Behind the serving of Pierce and some solid blocks by Jen Kent and Bailey Flower Maple Valley jumped out in front 4-0. When the Blue Devils finally pulled ahead 7-6 though, the Lions couldn’t slow them down. Outside hitters Kent and Dani Christensen led the Lions in the semifinal in kills. Kent had ten and Christensen 11. Flower led the Lions in blocks with five. Maple Valley ends the season with a record of 23-23-6. �Page 18 — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Allyson between past and future foes at state meet by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg freshman Allyson Winchester wasn’t going to miss her moment again. After the regional race, Winchester was cheering on her junior varsity teammates when the medals ceremony started and didn’t make it in time to stand next to regional champion Alyssa Penning. Winchester was a little out of breath Saturday as she raced to meet her family, coach, and classmates, after picking up a souvenir before the start of the awards ceremony at the state finals in Brooklyn. “I was busting it back,” she said. “I didn’t want to miss them again. “I was very mad.” This time she made it in plenty of time to stand at Penning’s left. The Grand Rapids Christian junior was fifth and Winchester Thornapple Kellogg freshman Allyson Winchester (713) gets off to a good start Saturday in the Division 2 girls’ race at the state finals, and had a good finish too. She placed sixth overall with a time of 18 minutes 22.7 seconds. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojan senior Keith Winchester crosses over the two-mile mark in Saturday’s Division 2 state championship meet at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood senior Jessika Blackport nears the finish line Saturday at the end of the Division 2 girls’ race at the cross country state finals. (Photo by Brett Bremer) sixth in the Division 2 girls’ race at Michigan International Speedway (MIS). Winchester hit the finish line in 18 minutes 22.7 seconds, just over a second behind Penning (18:21.5). “It was weird. I didn’t know how to go, how fast or anything,” Winchester said. “I think I went out a little too fast, but I didn’t want to get stuck in the pack or anything.” She didn’t get stuck, and was able to stick with the leaders throughout the race. “It was impressive. I was pleased,” said Thornapple Kellogg girls’ coach Tammy Benjamin. “It was a great race, it really was. Her goal was the top 15. My goal for her was to place in the top ten or maybe top five. She was right there in it and put herself in a position to win and to do well. She ran a great race.” She’s going to have to keep running great races in the future. On her heels at the finish line was Forest Hills Eastern (FHE) freshman Alyssa Dyer. Dyer finished with a time of 18:23.1. The two will run against each other on a regular basis from now on as FHE joins the Trojans in the O-K Gold Conference next fall. “Allyson will get to taste a little bit of what Rebecca had all those years, all the all-state kids,” Benjamin said, referring to Allyson’s older sister who battled with Wayland’s Jessica Armstrong and South Christian’s Lori Burgess time and again in the O-K Gold. Penning, Winchester, and Dyer finished within two seconds of each other, but the top four runners in the Division 2 girls’ race were a bit more spread out. Gaylord senior Sloan Secord took the individual title with a time of 17:49.7. She was the only girl to break 18 minutes in the race, and led her team to the championship as well. Gaylord finished with 131 points. Dyer’s FHE squad was second with 141 points, and Penning’s Eagles third with 174. See D2 CROSS, next page GOLDSWORTHY’S AUTO & TRUCK OPENING MONDAY IN HASTINGS! 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U O Y o t S K N A TH Voters of y t n u o C y r r a B �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 8, 2007 — Page 19 Hundredth place for Hennessey in D3 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Morgan Hennessey started running for the Panthers in seventh grade, but it wasn’t until midway through the regional race his senior year that his coach Dale Grimes was sure he had a shot at making the state finals. “I tell kids don’t ever underestimate themselves,” Grimes said. “He made me eat my words there.” Hennessey did qualify for the state finals, with a personal record time, and Saturday at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn finished 100th in the Division 3 boys’ race with a time of 17 minutes 8.3 seconds. That was just off his personal record pace from the weekend before. “That’s tiring,” Hennessey said Saturday, while sitting on the ground just outside the finish chute before reaching up and shaking his coach’s hand. “You go out so hard because there are so many fast runners here and you try and stay with them as long as you can,” Hennessey said. More than 239 runners started out in the Division 3 boys’ race Saturday. The top 30 earned all-state honors, with Ovid-Elsie senior Maverick Darling leading the way. Darling hit the finish line in 14:52.8, for his third straight individual championship. He was the only runner to break 15 minutes all day long. The final all-stater in the Division 3 boys’ race was Brendan Pfeifer of Capac, who finished in 16:24.6 just over half a minute ahead of Hennessey. “That’s a great end to six years,” Grimes said. “He’s been running for six years. He’s been coming around since the middle of the season. That was a great race. A big exclamation point. To follow up what he did at the regionals, that was outstanding. I’m proud of him. He ran his second best time ever at the state finals.” Williamston took the Division 3 boys’ championship, for the second time in three years. The Hornets outran Grand Rapids West Catholic for the top spot, 63-89. West Catholic senior Mike Gravelyn was second in 15:32.1 and Williamston senior Matt Lutzke third in 15:37.7. Delton Kellogg’s Kalamazoo Valley Association rivals from Hackett Catholic Central finished 11th as a team, with 300 points. Senior Michael O’Brien led the Fighting Irish with a 19th place time of 16:14.9. He was the lone all-stater from the KVA this season. On the girls’ side Kalamazoo Christian placed 14th as a team and Hackett 24th. Jackson Lumen Christi’s girls won a tight race for the Division 3 tittle, finishing with 101 points to the 103 put up by Leroy Pine River. Williamston was third with 114 points. The Division 3 girls’ race was just as tight in the individual standings as Allendale sophomore Devan John (18:15.3) edged Benzie Central junior Devyn Ramsay (18:16.0) by less than a second for the title. In the other morning races at MIS the Northpointe Christian girls defended their title in Division 4, topping Harbor Springs 109 to 123. Potterville’s boys topped the defending champs from Hesperia 144 to 150 for the Division 4 boys’ championship. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart junior Kevin Oblinger won the D4 boys’ race in 15:49.3. Freshman Lindsay Neal, from North Muskegon, won the D4 girls’ title in 18:29.1. “I’m going to in a couple weeks,” said Hennessey of when he’ll start running again. “In a week or two I will start running again, building up mileage to get my lungs ready for track.” Delton Kellogg senior Morgan Hennessey finishes the final few meters before the finish line at Saturday’s state finals. 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D2 CROSS, from previous page East Lansing junior Maddi Reeves was second in 18:04.2, Parma Western junior Meggan Freeland third in 18:11.1, and Milan sophomore Jordan Tomecek fourth in 18:12.5. FHE had two other runners earn all-state honors. Senior Ashley Botham was 27th in 19:05.8, and freshman Ellen Junewick 28th in 19:06.8. The only O-K Gold Conference runner to join Winchester in the top 30 was South Christian junior Kelsey Burgess who placed 11th in 18:41.5. Lakewood senior Jessika Blackport, in her first trip to the finals, placed 62nd in 19:38.3. Her teammate, senior Dan Schasser, on the boys’ side placed 95th in 16:57.7. Allyson’s older brother, senior Keith Winchester, was just over ten seconds out of the medals. He placed 46th in 16:28.4. Dexter saw its five year reign as Division 2 boys’ champions come to an end Saturday. Fremont edged the Dreadnaughts 105 to 138 for the title, although Dexter had three of the top five runners in Bobby Aprill (second in 15:16.2), Jason Bishop (third, 15:29.2), and Ben Steavenson (fifth, 15:43.8). One Dexter runner was unable to finish the race, and Fremont’s fourth and fifth runners were far enough of Dexter’s four and five to take the title. St. Clair senior Addis Habtewold won the Division 2 boys’ individual title in 15:10.6. A pair of juniors and 12 seniors made up the top 14 runners in the D2 boys’ race. The Rochester girls and Pinckney boys took titles in Division 1. Pinckney senior Brian Hawkins had the top D1 boys’ time, at 15:26.9. He was one of 20 seniors to finish in the top 21 in the D1 boys’ race. Waterford Mott freshman Shannon Osika was the top girl in D1, hitting the finish line in 17:35.8. 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This team was a very good football team, a very well coached football team. They played pretty good defense, maybe the best defense we’ve had played against us all year, and they were very physical.” From all accounts the Saxon crowd was a lot bigger than the host Big Reds’, and spurred on by the momentum that provided Hastings running back Greg Woodmansee plows forward as he’s swarmed by Lansing Sexton’s Jarvis Mack (42), Marquis Davis (48), and Alvin Walker (4) during Friday night’s district championship game in Lansing. (Photo by Dan Goggins) A trio of Saxon tacklers takes down Sexton receiver Jacob Payne during the Big Reds’ 26-14 district championship victory Friday night in Lansing. (Photo by Dan Goggins) the Saxons ate up much of the first quarter clock with the ball in their hands. Hastings took a 7-0 lead on an 11-yard run by Darrell Slaughter with 23 seconds left to play in the opening period. 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They kept working.” In the third quarter, after the Saxons opened things up with Brisboe recovering his own on-side kick, Hastings drove down the field for a five-yard TD run by Greg Woodmansee that made the score 14-14 after the extrapoint. Those were two more big plays for the Saxons, which were followed by an even bigger play by the Big Reds. Two snaps later, Big Red running back Carlous Kelly raced 47 yards for the goahead score. Sexton then tacked on a three-yard TD run by Kelly with 3:12 to play in the fourth quarter. Lansing Sexton’s other touchdown came on a oneyard run by quarterback Drew Valentine with 1:46 left to play in the opening half. That made the score 14-7 in favor of the Big Reds at the break. The Saxons did have some of success on the ground, rushing 57 times for 244 yards. Slaughter finished the night with 30 carries for 137 yards. Woodmansee ran 11 times for 49 yards. Senior Garrett Harris returned to the field for the Saxons and rushed the ball four times for 32 yards. For much of the night the Saxons had success moving the ball between the 20’s, but just couldn’t make their way through the Sexton defense for those final few first downs, and eventually touchdowns. Sexton only had 215 yards of total offense, to 247 for the Saxons. Hastings had more first downs and fewer penalties, but the Big Reds finished with more points thanks to their big plays. Valentine was 6-of-8 throwing the ball for 47 yards. Kelly rushed 22 times for 137 yards. Hastings’ quarterback Brad Hayden was able to connect on just 1-of-10 attempts for three yards, to Josh Morehouse. From 0-9, to 1-8, to 4-5, to the play-offs. The Saxon football program is continuing to make steps forward. That’s what its head coach expected when he came to Hastings and he expects more of the same in the future. “We’re at the point kind of now, trying to get the program to the next level,” Rademacher said. “Making the play-offs is one step. Going after and winning conference championships is another, and ultimately its getting back to the play-offs and moving farther on into the postseason.” The eight teams remaining in Division 3 vie for regional championships this weekend. Lansing Sexton (8-3) heads to St. Joseph (110) on Saturday. The winner of that contest will meet Saturday’s winner from the game between Mt. Pleasant (8-3) and East Grand Rapids (10-1) in one D3 semifinal contest. On the other half of the D3 bracket, East Lansing (8-3) and Chelsea (11-0) meet in one regional championship Friday night and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (8-2) takes on Melvindale (10-1) in the other. The Saxons bust out onto the field Friday night before the start of their Division 3 district championship contest against Lansing Sexton. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Call now for more information, 1-800-485-4415, (TTY 1-800-481-8704), 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. H2319_Manpad 100207 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan source code HABS bcbsm.com/medicare Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan contracts with the federal government and is a nonprofit corporation and independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. A Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plan works differently than a Medicare supplement plan. Your doctor or hospital must agree to accept the plan’s terms and conditions prior to providing healthcare services to you, with the exception of emergencies. If your doctor or hospital does not agree to accept our payment terms and conditions, they may not provide healthcare services to you, except in emergencies. Providers can find the plan’s terms and conditions on our website at bcbsm.com/ma. Sexton running back Arthur Ezell tries to pull away from Saxon defensive back Tom McKinney during Friday night’s district championship contest. (Photo by Dan Goggins) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-11-15.pdf e7510cf7b92c15345198b2f71ff77dbd PDF Text Text 911 celebrates years of local service Honoring those who served our nation First all-county teams are revealed See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 15-16 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 46 NEWS BRIEFS Blood drives today, next Saturday The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive today at the Hastings Moose Lodge at the corner of Michigan and Apple Streets, Hastings, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 24 a drive will be held at Peace Church, 6950 Cherry Valley Rd., Middleville, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVELIFE, or 800-448-3543. YMCA hosting adventure day To kick off National Family Week, the YMCA of Barry County will host a family adventure day at Camp Algonquin Sunday, Nov. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. Registration will begin at 1 p.m. Several events will be offered from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., including soccer with a giant ball, paintball art (in which participants will paint a Thanksgiving turkey), an obstacle course, climbing wall and nature walk, in which one-hour hikes will begin at 1:30 and again at 2:30 p.m. The camp is located at 2055 Iroquois Trail, Hastings, on the north side of Algonquin Lake. Call (269) 945-4574 for further information. BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Man shoots wife, takes own life by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A Gun Lake area woman remains in critical condition today, the victim of an apparent attempted murder-suicide. Theresa Marie Mellinger, 37, was reportedly shot two times by her husband, Bryan Paul Mellinger, 43, shortly after midnight Tuesday at their home on Chateau Drive in Orangeville Township. Investigators believe Mellinger shot his wife in the house before she managed to escape out a bathroom window. Authorities say evidence shows he followed his wounded wife outside and shot her again before turning the shotgun on himself. Mellinger was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife is in Pennock Hospital, suffering from two gunshot wounds, one to the hip area and one to the chest. “The investigation at this time indicates that there was an argument in the home which led to at least two shots being fired in the house at Theresa,” said Undersheriff Robert Baker in a release by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. “She fled through the rear of the house and out a window when she was apparently struck by a shot. It appears that Bryan then went to the backyard and fired one shot into the left chest area of Theresa. It appears Bryan then sat down on the ground next to her and turned the gun on himself.” A neighbor, Agnes Chlebana, said she had known the couple for some time and that Bryan had been laid off from a construction job earlier this summer. “I know he had been out of work for a while, and he did some work for me. He had just finished painting my house and my barn,” See ORANGEVILLE, page 3 Library building to be discussed at next City council meeting by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Hastings High School will be the happenin’ place in town Monday, Nov. 26, when the Hastings City Council holds a public hearing addressing what to do with the old library building. Anticipating a large audience, city officials have chosen to move the meeting to the high school lecture hall, at 520 W. South St. The public hearing portion of the council’s meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. At its Oct. 22 meeting, the Council received a unanimous recommendation to tear down the former library and post office building to put up a parking lot. The recommendation came from the Downtown Development Authority, a city board composed of representatives from various businesses. In other business at Monday’s regular meeting, the Council: • Approved a request from Kevin and Linda Willison of Crossroads Carriage to offer horse-drawn carriage rides in the city. The Willisons plan to offer the rides throughout the city until the end of the year. “It seems reasonable to allow it,” said Community Development Director John Hart of the carriage rides, adding that the Willisons are licensed and insured. • Approved a request from Kandy Whitmeyer and Karen Heath of the Downtown Business Team to hold the annual Christmas parade and activities Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 3. A Holiday Art Hop will be held downtown from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, and the annual lighting of the Mayor’s See COUNCIL, page 2 PTO to host superintendent Hastings Area Schools Superintendent Richard Satterlee will speak at the next meeting of the Hastings Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. in the school’s multipurpose room. Satterlee will give a short overview of how tax dollars are allocated to public schools. Small-business seminar set Margaret Parshall-Dempsey will present a small-business seminar at the Delton District Library from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20. The free event will focus on homebased businesses for women and how to organize and get started. Parshall-Dempsey owns a small-business consulting service, has a master of arts degree in organizational management, and thinks that Delton is a great area for small-business growth. Call (269) 744-0911 to register. Local bank to host tax seminar The Hastings City Bank Trust and Investment Group will host a tax seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. The event is offered to the community at no charge. Presenters will include Chris Fluke, Kathy Sheldon, Dave DeHaan and Bill Baldrey, of Walker, Fluke and Sheldon PLC. Topics to be covered include: Estate tax update, Michigan tax on services, Michigan Business Tax, taxation of divi- See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, November 15, 2007 An early taste of Thanksgiving About 105 students, including this table of kindergartners, enjoyed the annual preThanksgiving feast Wednesday at St. Rose School in Hastings. Thirty adult volunteers were involved in many ways to prepare for the event, which includes a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, said organizer Kari Shepler. The children always seem to enjoy the opportunity for all the students to be together to talk, laugh and savor friendships. See inside for more photos. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) Monica Roberts (center) holds Jonathan, while her 12-year-old son Mason holds Noah and her mother Angela Cole holds Grace. Homelessness has many faces by Megan Lavell Staff Writer By the time this article ends up in the news stands, Monica Roberts of Middleville will be making national news. Roberts’ name hit the news last week when her doctor called local media outlets after he found out that the mother of one-month old triplets was homeless. Then the outpouring of support began. Roberts, her three infants Grace, Noah and Jonathan, along with Roberts’ mother Angela Cole, moved into Green Gables Haven in Hastings Oct. 29. Before relocating to the shelter, they were staying with friends. However, when the weather got cold, Roberts made the decision to move out because her friends’ furnace was not working. “We came here hoping we could get more help,” she said. “And we have. They’ve been a blessing to us.” Roberts lost her job as a medical transcriptionist in April. Because she lost her job and was unable to pay rent, she was evicted from her apartment. It was then that she had to move in with friends. Although Roberts’ story is getting a lot of attention, it is not too different from the stories that many homeless people tell. In the 2006-2007 fiscal year, Green Gables Haven served 41 homeless women and children. “Homelessness looks completely different in Barry County from what we have seen stereotypically and from what we have seen across the country,” said Barry County United Way Executive Director Lani Forbes. “We don’t have bridges for people to sleep under. We have cars and campers. What we have grown up seeing as homelessness looks different in a rural community.” Continuum of Care Coordinator Angela Stehr said although many people do not see it, “we certainly have a homelessness problem in Barry County.” Roberts “is but one example. Because she has triplets, she’s an extraordinary example,” said Stehr. Stehr said she had one person call her who had just gotten out of jail and had no place to stay. Because he has legal obligations in Barry County, he could not stay in a Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo facility. “It’s getting cold outside. It’s different for someone who has no place to go when it’s 75 degrees at night,” she said. Stehr said another segment of the homeless are teenagers who stay with different friends. “I think teens who are staying at one friend’s house for a week and another friend’s house for a week are homeless,” she said. According to the Continuum of Care, homelessness is when someone does not have his or her own place to live. Stehr said awareness is the biggest step to helping those who are homeless. “People think we don’t have a homeless problem, but we do,” she said. Other issues that contribute to homelessness are substance abuse problems, foreclosures, family violence and mental illness. Forbes said that children who are removed from the foster care system at 18 also become homeless. She also said that while some families find a place to stay, family stacking—or more than one family staying in a single-family dwelling—becomes an issue. “We’re very excited that we have Green Gables Haven that can shelter women in our community,” she said, “because five years ago we didn’t have that ability.” Stehr said that although homelessness is a problem, the Continuum of Care, United Way and other partner agencies are working to address the issue. This week is National Homeless Awareness Week. To help prevent homelessness in Barry County, call the United Way at (269) 945-4010. Thanksgiving dinner open to all at local church by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Imagine hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for 240 guests. Larry and Margaret Hollenbeck did just that last year, and they are welcoming people to fill 240 chairs again this year too. They will be roasting turkeys and serving a dinner with all the trimmings at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 22 at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. “Anybody can come,” said Larry. “Everybody eats together.” Hosting large Thanksgiving dinners is a labor of love and a ministry for the Hollenbecks. With the generous use of their church’s facilities, they’ve been preparing Thanksgiving dinners for others for about 20 years, he estimates. The Hollenbecks believe no one should eat alone on Thanksgiving when it’s a time for celebrating, sharing, caring and thanking God for His blessings. Besides individuals and couples, the Hollenbecks welcome families, too. Sometimes large families gather for the day and don’t have room to celebrate in a small home or apartment so they attend the annual feast at the church too. Last year, one family brought 13 people to the event. The meal is also offered because some- times people can’t afford to purchase a turkey and all trimmings for a special meal. Others may not be able to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal or may not have relatives nearby, and the Hollenbecks don’t want them to go without. The menu will include turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, squash, green bean casserole, corn, sweet potatoes, homemade bread and homemade pies. Margaret made 30 pies for last year’s dinner and will probably be making that many again this year. Larry expects there will be at least seven different kinds of pie. There is no charge for the meal, but a bas- ket will be available for those who would like to contribute a free will offering towards the cost of the food. “If they are so inclined to give a donation, we will accept it,” Larry said. Reservations are appreciated by all who plan to attend the Thanksgiving dinner to help with the planning process. Call the church office at 945-9574 or call the Hollenbecks at home, 945-4701, and leave a message, including a last name and the number of people attending. The church is located at 209 W. Green St. �Page 2 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page dends, capital gains tax, alternative minimum tax 101, taxation of pension benefits, required minimum distributions, charitable donations from IRAs and charitable contributions, along with an opportunity for questions and comments. This seminar will take place in the community room at bank’s Hastings office, 150 W. Court St. Register by calling Nancy Goodin at (269) 948-5579. Celiac support group to meet The Celiac Support Network of Barry County will meet Monday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. on the second floor of the Willis Recreation Center, First Baptist Church of Middleville, at 5215 N. M-37 Highway. The group, which meets on the third Monday of the month, has been gathering for several years but has recently changed leadership. Meetings will now include special guests and gluten-free tasting events, in addition to informative conversation and helpful tips on how to live a gluten-free life. Celiac disease (also known as celiac sprue or gluten-sensitivity) is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that results in damage to the lining of the small intestine when foods containing gluten are eaten. Glutens are a form of protein found in some grains. The damage to the intestine makes it hard for the body to absorb nutrients. For more information, contact Kim Smith at (269) 795-4338 or Melia Haywood at (269) 948-8135 or send an e-mail to info@celiacsupport.net. Junior Achievement volunteers sought The Barry Community Foundation is seeking volunteers to help with local Junior Achievement (JA) programs. The mission of JA is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy through entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy. JA volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds and careers, and anyone is welcome to volunteer. From stay-at-home parents and business people, to factory workers, CEOs, and retirees, JA volunteers use hands-on experiences to help young people understand the “economics of life.” Two informational meetings have been scheduled for interested volunteers. The first, Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 4 to 5 p.m. will be at the Hastings Public Library, and the second will be Monday, Nov. 26, at the Delton District Library also from 4 to 5 p.m. Anyone interested in volunteering can visit the JA Website at http://swmichigan.ja.org for more information or contact Susan Laws at (269) 9689188 Ext. 29 or Carroll with the Barry Community Foundation at (269) 945-0526. Applications available for nursing or arts scholarship Barry County residents of all ages may apply for a college scholarship through the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC)–Hastings Club if they are interested in pursuing careers in professional nursing or visual arts. The deadline to apply is Dec. 7, said Nan Button, chairperson of the Scholarship Program for the GFWC-Hastings Women’s Club. The scholarships are renewable each year, but the applicants have to re-apply to be con- sidered. Those interested in applying must fill out an application form and have two letters of recommendation from such persons as a teacher, school counselor or someone in the art and nursing fields. A GFWC-Hastings Women’s Club member will interview scholarship applicants. Those interested in obtaining a scholarship application form may call Nan Button, 269948-2917. ‘Wanted’ posters lead to recovery of stolen car This classic 1967 Camaro was stolen from the home of a Hickory Corners man but through the efforts of Jay Follis, director of marketing for the Gilmore Car Museum, and many friends, it has been recovered. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A Hickory Corners man who had his classic 1967 Camaro stolen has been reunited with his treasured automobile, thanks to efforts of local law enforcement personnel and the help of a good neighbor. Don Lavender, who lives next to the Gilmore Car Museum, asked Museum Marketing Director Jay Follis for help. Follis scanned a photo and created a “Wanted” poster of the vehicle and distributed it throughout the museum and e-mailed it to nearly 2,000 museum members, volunteers, local car clubs and media outlets. Those e-mails were in turn shared with others and copies of the poster reprinted. Many flyers were then distributed by friends and family and soon appeared at local gas stations, auto parts stores, party stores and on the refrigerator doors of fellow collectors. “I tried hard to keep it in perspective,” Lavender said, “Its not like losing a child or a loved one. It’s a toy that can be replaced.” Still, Lavender said he felt incredibly violated that someone would break into his family’s barn and steal something. “Home is where you feel safe and secure,” he said. After two weeks, Lavender received positive news. An anonymous caller reported to the police that they had seen the poster and the car. Authorities located the Camaro in a wooded area not far from the Lavender home. The car, mired in the mud and covered with scratches, had been driven over a stump and it took more than two hours for a wrecker to dislodge it. The date plate was missing, the front bumper was loose, the dashboard partially removed, and various parts and emblems had been stripped from the vehicle. But Lavender had his car back, thanks to the incredible response to the “Wanted” poster initiated by Follis and friends. Jim Hiler of Middleville was and last year's Residential Holiday Decorating Contest winner. Hastings gearing up for Christmas Christmas Parade, Saturday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. The Barry County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Committee is making plans to fill Hastings with holiday spirit Friday, Nov. 30, through Sunday, Dec. 2. The highlight of the festive weekend will be the Christmas parade slated for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. The theme this year will be “Past, Present, Future.” The parade will feature Grand Marshals Ken and Marge Radant. Parade line-up will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Hastings Industrial Incubator on East State Street. The parade will proceed down State Street to Boltwood, turning on Apple, to Center Street and finally heading east on State Street. Parade information and applications are available at the Chamber office at 221 W. State St., Hastings. For more information, call (269) 945-2454. Residential Holiday Decorating Contest The Chamber also invites county residents to deck their halls for the annual residential decorating contest. Like the Hastings parade, the theme of this year's celebration is “Past, Present, Future.” Barry County residents are encouraged to participate in the joy of the season with outdoor lights and displays. To be included in the home decorating contest, contact the Barry County Chamber of Commerce to register by Monday, Nov. 26, Barlow Florist and Christian Bookstore won the Business Decorating Contest in 2006. and have lights in place and lit for judging on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 28. To enter a display, please call the Chamber at (269) 945-2454. Contest judging will be courtesy of Hastings Manpower. Business Decorating Contest Barry County businesses also are encour- aged to join in the holiday spirit by participating in the holiday window decorating contest. To enter a business display in the contest, call the Chamber office at (269) 945-2454 by Monday, Nov. 26. Judging will take place on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 27, at dusk. Contest judging will be courtesy of Hastings Manpower. Barry Conservation District seeking funds from county by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District, appeared before the Barry County Board of Commissioners Tuesday to make her case for funding for a program she says is vital to the future of that organization. “We are appropriated $10,000 by the county in the budget,” Barnard said, “and we have received $2,000 of that total. I am asking the board to forward the remaining $8,000 at this time so we can continue to operate and plan for alternative funding.” Like many other programs throughout Michigan, state budget reductions have cut deeply, she said. “We are funded by the state, by the county and through grants and other projects, such as tree sales,” Barnard said. “In the last two years we have seen our budget cut by almost $10,000 by the state. I have lost my administrative assistant, and we are down to only two people, me and Kim Walton, our groundwater technician.” Barnard said with the reduction in staff, she simply is not able to maintain the work load necessary to oversee the entire county’s conservation needs. “We are not alone in our dilemma,” she added. “Some districts are working only 10 hours a week.” Barnard told the board the conservation district is unique in that it is state-mandated but governed by a local five-member board. Being in a rural area, the Barry Conservation District also involves nearly half of the county’s land. “Our district covers almost 182,000 acres of farmland. Approximately 46 to 48 percent of the county is zoned agricultural,” she said. “We have almost 30 percent wetlands, which is significant for watersheds. She noted that the county is home to approximately 9,000 dairy cows, 12,000 beef cattle, 16,000 poultry, and more than 3,000 horses and ponies. “So our area of responsibility is very large,” she said. In addition, about 96,000 acres in Barry County are used to produce cash crops, such as wheat, beans, hay and corn. Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick asked Barnard if the district could pursue alternative sources of funding. “State law limits our options. The law authorizes us to go for a millage,” Barnard said, “but that is something we have not done here.” Commissioner Don Nevins said he felt the district should look at what it needs to continue its vital work and perhaps that would be more than the $8,000 the district is asking for at this time. “I think we, as a board, should take a look and see what you need,” Nevins said. “I would like to hear what you need to operate.” In other action by the board, commissioners: • Approved transfer of $10,000 from the Veterans Burial Fund to the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund. In a letter to County Administrator Michael Brown, Holly A. Steiner, Veterans Affairs officer, said the burial fund will have a large balance at the end of the fiscal year and the Soldiers and Sailors Relief fund is “desperate for funds.” The Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund is designed to aid veterans in time of economic hardship. • Appointed Keith Ferris to the Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. The Barry County Central Dispatch Authority has asked each of the 21 governmental units and the Barry County Board of Commissioners to appoint a member to a Central Dispatch plan Review committee, which will be charged with the responsibility of reviewing the present 911 dispatch plan and make suggestions for changes. The initial meting of the 22 appointees has been scheduled to meet Jan. 15, 2008, to organize and proceed. • Appointed Delores Mohn and Don Bowers to the Substance Abuse Board for three-year terms that will begin Jan. 1, 2008, and expire Dec. 31, 2010. • Approved a motion to increase the maximum annual employee contribution from $2,500 to $4,000 for the Flexible Benefits Plan Medical Reimbursement Account. Brown explained to the board that these are pre-tax dollars employees use to cover co-pay costs on such expenses as prescriptions and doctor visits. “It cannot be used for health-care premiums, “ Brown said. Joanne Barnard COUNCIL, continued from page 1 tree will be at 7 p.m. Friday. The Christmas parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Sunday’s schedule will include a Christmas home tour and a concert by the Thornapple Wind Band. • Declined a resolution regarding the petition of Donald Patterson to vacate a portion of South Boltwood Street. The Council declined the request after a recommendation from the Planning Commission to do so. Patterson had asked to have the street closed because he does not like his neighbor’s use of the property. • Received a petition from Daniel Spain of 819 Thorn St. for an extension of the sewer main. The issue was referred to the staff for development of primary costs and roll for a special assessment district. • Adopted a resolution allowing the Hastings Elks Club to have an entertainment permit for its liquor license. The permit will allow the Elks to host events such as dances and comedy nights. • Denied a request to provide an increase in pension payment to city retirees. • Held the first reading of an ordinance regarding storage containers, or PODS, in residential areas. The Council will take action on the ordinance at its Nov. 26 meeting. • Accepted the resignation of Craig Jenkins from the Cable Access Committee, effective immediately. • Sent an agreement about a proposed dog park back to City staff for more information. Council members said they would like to know who will maintain the area and what options the City would have if the committee requesting the dog park does not meet terms of the agreement. • Approved and authorized the mayor and city clerk to sign a parking space lease agreement through March 31, 2008, with FLT Transport, Larry Bennett. • Tabled discussion about adopting a policy to recover City expenses associated with community events. Council members said they would like to see a report of costs associated with such events as festivals and parades. • Tabled a discussion regarding district boundaries, criteria and formula for the Downtown Parking Special Assessment District of 2008. Council members said they would like more information and legal clarification of the City’s right to assess costs for parking. • Set a public hearing for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, to receive comment and make a determination on a wastewater treatment plant septage receiving plan. The operating plan has been approved by the state Department of Environmental Quality, Water Bureau, Drinking Water and Environmental Health Section, On-Site Wastewater Unit and needs to be accepted by the City. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — Page 3 Central Elementary students learn hands-on with animals There’s nothing like hands-on learning, and that is exactly what Central Elementary School first grade students in Hastings dis- covered when they learned about animals. The young scientists used observation and sorting by like characteristics to discover that people, animals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish all have something in common. They all have bones, and the students learned that bones help animals move, stand erect in some cases, and protect soft inside organs. Students had day-long visits from animals from the five main vertebrate groups. In order to visualize how the skeletal structure looks, human and various animal skeletons were available for students to see. The students were able to handle the animals and watch how bones help each type move. They read about the animals, drew diagrams and wrote stories about them. Jordyn Rynbrant (left) and Megan Deal hold these cats as part of their study of mammals. Spencer Tyson works on drawing a picture of these fish during his study of them. This cat is as interested in watching the bird move as Central Elementary School first grade student Isaiah Taylor is in watching the cat. Jessica Mead holds this reptile after learning about how its bones help it to move. Isaiah Guenther watches this turtle move to learn about how his bones help him. 911 celebrates years of service to local community by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Many friends and family joined the staff at Barry County Central Dispatch Friday, Nov. 9, to praise six employees who have worked at the 911 emergency dispatch center for 15 years. Dale Morey, Sandra Vandenburg, Ronald McCord, Sue Rose, Sue Chase and Donald Glasgow received crystal awards and much applause for their commitment to the service since its opening in 1992. Acting Director Phyllis Fuller thanked the six for their dedication and loyalty to the residents of the county. The awards read: “Making the difference. Loyal dedication and unwavering commitment. Thank you for your outstanding contributions toward our goals and for making our organization stand above the rest.” Fuller and central dispatch staff also gave tours of the facility, provided refreshments, and shared memories during the open house. The open house was also a learning opportunity for visitors. Here dispatcher Kenny Debri shows Lyn Briel from Thornapple Manor how calls to 911 are answered. ORANGEVILLE, continued from page 1 Cake and refreshments were part of the open house at Barry County Central Dispatch on November 9. This celebratory cake lists the names of the 6 15 year veterans. Honoring the best, acting director Phyllis Fuller praised those who have served the county for 15 years. Pictured from left are Fuller, Ronald McCord, Donald Glasgow, Sue Chase, Sue rose and Sandra Vandenburg. Chlebana said, “and I had just paid him. That was only two or three weeks ago. “I thought they were a very happy couple and this comes as a complete surprise to me. I remember when I paid Bryan he said he was going to take Theresa out to dinner.” An acquaintance of the Mellingers, James Kotrba, said he had talked to Bryan a couple of times and had never really spoken to Theresa. Kotrba said he knew Bryan to be soft spoken and mild mannered. “If someone had told me two weeks ago that he would do something like this, I would have called them a liar,” Kotrba said. Kotrba said he knew Mellinger had been out of work for a while, and he was trying to help Mellinger find work. “I think he was a construction supervisor,” Kotrba said, “and he had been laid off. I was trying to help him get into Bay Valley Foods in Wayland, where I work. He was going to go in next week with his resume.” Chlebana said she heard the initial shots when she was in bed Monday night. “I had just gotten comfortable because I recently injured my wrist and it was hard for me to get comfortable. I heard the shot, but I didn’t think it was anything like that. “They were both very nice people,” she said. “They would have family over for cookouts in the afternoon and I thought they were doing fine. They each had two children from earlier marriages, but no children lived in the house now. This is the house in Orangeville Township where Bryan Mellinger, 43, shot and wounded his wife, Theresa, shortly after midnight Tuesday morning before turning the gun on himself. Theresa Mellinger, 37, is listed in critical condition at Pennock Hospital. Bryan Mellinger was pronounced dead at the scene. “Bryan had told me that if I ever needed anything, to call him and he would come right over. “He was the nicest person you would ever want to meet. I just never figured this would happen. I just can’t picture it.” Undersheriff Baker said the case remains under investigation. It is not known at this time if alcohol or drugs were involved in the incident. �Page 4 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Let’s name our buildings To the editor, I have a photo above my desk of my brothers and me standing in knee-deep water in Lake Michigan, adjacent to the area where Stoney Creek empties into the big lake in Oceana County, just seven miles south of Silver Lake in the Hart/Shelby area. For those who have never been in the region, Stoney Lake is now a very small quiet community settled around a beautiful inland lake. It has had a small store at the northwest corner for as long as I can remember. Some of the foundation stones still lay scattered by the store, the only remnants of the pavilion that once housed entertainment. A ball park is across the street. In the photo, my older brother is sitting on top of one of several wooden pilings that were still in the lake at that time. They are no longer visible (or existing). As one scans the area, no other structures exist, except a bridge crossing the creek. Neither I nor my brothers knew the purpose of the old posts. Fortunately, the discovery of some old glass negative photo plates in a nearby cottage, solved the mystery. The plates depicted the area prior to the floods of the late 1800’s. Several revealed the destruction which came as a result of the rushing waters from Stoney Lake, down through the creek. To our amazement, the photos revealed a grist mill, a saw mill, and several other stores that served the people of that area. During the lumbering era, logs would be stacked above Stoney Lake in the winter months. When the spring melt came, they would be released into the lake and floated down the creek to the waiting mill. The photos also depicted a long pier extending far out into Lake Michigan, to which the ships of that time would moor and take on cargos of lumber, and later on fruit, even passengers, and transport them to cities around the lake. An important part of Michigan’s industry and commerce disappeared, and a whole segment of Michigan’s history was nearly lost. Had not someone rummaged through their attic, this piece of history might have been lost forever. And you’ve probably guessed it by now, not only was mystery of the pilings solved, my brother was sitting right on top of the only visible piece of history. I share this story as a metaphor for our Hastings community. In a few days we are asking our leaders to make a decision regarding the building that once housed the library, and before that, the post office. I am not certain of all the history that was contained within the walls of that old building. But I am convinced that physical buildings reveal a lot of history. Our closest example is Charlton Park, which thankfully, has helped this county preserve and teach about the history. The fact that caring people purchased and moved buildings to a preservation site is an invaluable gift to our grandchildren and beyond. And unless someone accidentally discovers some “old plates” in someone’s attic and writes a book, much of our history will be lost within a generation. It is not by accident that we name our buildings, either after an owner, or the person who conceived the idea. Naming a building is another way of placing value upon it and upon our history. Naming it makes in more a part of us. Wouldn’t it be sad, in future years, if strangers visit and park in a vacant lot at the corner of Court and Church and never know the true value of what once stood there, or of the people who came and went, and of the pride we once felt? Let us not destroy our buildings. Let’s give them names. Jim Fox, Hastings Looking for a free pass To the editor: Nov. 6 has passed and as everybody knows Charlton Park has another free ride for the next three years. As the old saying goes the majority rules and this is good. The bad part is that for the last 20 plus years Charlton Park has not had to be accountable for anything that’s done there and now we’ve given the park three more years of the same thing. Now if that’s what the majority wants to do then it will have to be, not real smart, but oh well. Now, I would like to know when will Charlton Park be sending out the free passes to all of the residents of Barry County since CLARIFICATION: Due to a production error, several paragraphs were omitted in the story about the first 27 Thornapple Manor patients moving into the newly completed residential area of the Barry County-owned facility. The paragraphs partially and completely omitted were: Administrator Jim DeYoung said, “In about another five to six weeks we will open the rehab center and more residential areas on the other side of the building, and we’ll have an open house at that time. That will be fun. I’m looking forward to that.” we have already paid our admission fee to the park through the millage that was passed on Nov. 6? These passes should be made of a good grade of material because they will have to last for three years. Just remember in this country we are not supposed to have double taxation so I for one will not be paying an admission fee to Charlton Park for whatever event is scheduled to be there. Like everybody in Barry County, we are paid in full. I’ll be watching the mail box. Al Hackett, Rutland Township When the new units open at the end of the year, the existing wings where the residents previously lived will be closed off and be completely renovated. The rooms to be renovated will become, for the most part, private and semi-private. All the new portions of the expanded facility are private rooms. Each new wing of the project is called a neighborhood, and each has a name and each room will have an address within the facility. For instance, the two neighborhoods residents moved into Wednesday are called Whispering Way and Mill Pond Point. Veterans Day—honoring those who served our nation They fought in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and now the Iraq War and dozens of other conflicts throughout history. They are American Veterans, the brave men and women who have valiantly served this nation over the years to protect our democracy and the freedoms we as Americans cherish. On Nov. 11 each year, we acknowledge their dedication to this great nation and all it stands for. Some question whether the most recent Iraq war is about freedom from terrorism or about protecting the richest oil fields in the world. Regardless, the men and women called to fight give of themselves without question. “If war was determined by the mothers of the world, we could end all conflicts and move to a more civil communication between nations,” said Yoshikuni Taki, production supervisor of the recent movie, Flags of our Fathers. “Mothers should negotiate between nations. The mothers of the fighting countries would agree: ‘Stop this killing now. Stop it now.’” Over the past few weeks on Public Broadcasting, you could watch a series called “The War,” recounting veterans’ stories about World War II. Listening to the series, I just can't imagine what these veterans went through, hearing their accounts of the tragic situations they went through to stay alive or witnessing the loss of so many of their friends and comrades. War is hell, as it's been defined. It is, and we as a nation should do all we can to avoid it. We must learn from history, for all of our lives have been filled with war of some kind or another, it just seems as one song says, we should be able to “live together in peace and harmony.” With growing communications, the world is getting smaller. It is imperative that we resolve our differences in other ways or we will continue to face war in the future. Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey said it best, “There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstances to meet.” Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Barry County residents take back their government Last week, Barry County voters overwhelmingly approved the Charlton Park millage renewal. Two previous times voters rejected the renewal because of their concern over park operations. It took some new county commissioners, a revamped parks board, and new park leadership dedicated to turning around the historic facility before voters were convinced government was doing the right thing. With renewed events and a concerted effort to bring back the volunteers, Barry County voters seemed convinced local officials got the message loud and clear, by making changes to park operations. County voters supported these efforts by renewing the millage request by more than a 60 percent margin. It just goes to show you, citizens can make an impact on the way our leaders govern. Without tearing down the old library this design would include 56 parking spaces. Demolishing the old library would allow for this lot with 76 parking spaces. The current parking lot at the old library. Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Call 269-945-9554 Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. By staying involved and understanding the issues, local voters voiced their concerns. County officials worked to make necessary changes to the park, showing voters they were serious about its success. Hopefully, area residents will view the old Hastings library building in the same way. On Monday, Nov. 26, city officials will determine the fate of the old library and former post office building at the city council meeting. The meeting has been moved to Hastings High School’s lecture, with the public hearing portion scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. The Downtown Development Authority has recommended to the council a plan to tear down the structure to make way for additional parking spaces. I maintain there are better ways to get additional parking without tearing down the building and save the city funds at the same time. The county has offered to purchase the building to use it for much-needed office space. As you can see by the parking plans on this page, the city has other options to increase parking for less money—and save the building for other uses at the same time. County officials have told me that by purchasing the brick facility, they could make necessary expansions. With technology changes, it might give the county enough extra space so they could put off building a new structure for years to come. It's imperative that we fill the high school lecture hall with as many citizens as possible to voice our support to keep the historic building part of our local landscape for future generations. As I said last week, “Communities are what we make of them.” It takes more work to maintain a popular community than it does to sell it to the highest bidder. Say “no” tearing down this beautiful historic structure and demand that city officials find additional parking in other areas, by “thinking outside of the box.” Are toy recalls affecting your holiday shopping? Many recalls have been issued recently based on lead paint and poor construction in toys. Many of these toys were manufactured in China. How have these recalls affected your holiday shopping? The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Agnes Woodward, Middleville: “Mostly now I give monetary gifts. These reports or recalls and problems make shopping even harder to do nowadays.” Darcy Woodard, Middleville: “These reports and recalls make me think more carefully about the toys I buy. I think we need good regulations.” Jose Vogel, Orangeville: “I don’t want to buy anything from China, toys or food or anything. I really am checking on where products are manufactured before I buy them.” Joan Kammeraad, Gun Lake: “I would like to see toy sellers keep the manufacturing plants in the United States. I don’t want to purchase any toys made in China.” Tammy Johnson, Middleville: “I worry now even about the toys my child plays with in the bathtub. I am looking much more closely at where toys are made before I buy.” Evelyn Dietchweiler, Shelbyville: “Where toys are manufactured is important to me. I am looking very carefully at construction. I think regulations have to be stronger to keep children safe.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 ��Page 6 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Pastor Dan Currie; Pastor Osborn, Minister of Music; Ryan White, Youth & Family; Dave Wood Sr., Adult Ministries. 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service; 7:00 p.m. Sr. High Youth. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Sr. and Jr. High Youth, Prayer and Bible Study, Choir practice. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Praise & Motion/Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Season of Pentecost. Sunday, November 18 Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Temple talk on LOVE, Inc. by Steve Reid Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. http://www.discover-grace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Monday 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Tuesday HAMA Thanskgiving Dinner at TVC. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77517991 John Bell MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - John Bell passed away at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at the age of 57 at his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. John was formerly from Hastings, Kalamazoo and Lansing, Michigan. John married Diane Marie Bell (Sundberg) from Battle Creek at St. Philip Catholic Church September 7, 1974. She survives. John enlisted in the Vietnam War August 22, 1968. He was a parachutist and member of the Airborne Association in Fort Bragg, N.C. He was sent to Kyonggi-do Korea. SP5U.S. Army. He was honorably discharged March 31, 1971. John loved people and life. He lived everyday to the fullest. He was the most giving and unselfish man who would be the first one to offer assistance. John had a quick sense of humor and always threw jokes in at the right time. He was very quick witted. Some of John’s hobbies included cooking, woodworking, fixing houses and traveling. John has cooked for family and friends since he was 24 years old. The more ingredients and complicated the recipe was, the happier he would be. For holidays, he would spend the whole day in the kitchen and he loved every minute of it. John had all the tools and machines you could think of and he loved to remodel everything in all the different houses he bought. One of John’s goals in life was to make sure all four of their children saw all the Continental United States before they all graduated from Hastings High School in Michigan. John and his wife traveled by car with them each year on vacations to each of these states. Now, all four of their children travel around the world. John and his wife loved the travel they did around the world visiting England, Scotland, Wales, France and also Hawaii, The Bahamas and Las Vegas. John and his wife had just booked the biggest and most exciting trip of their lives to visit their two daughters in Europe for five weeks. During this trip they planned on touring several countries within Europe along with taking a 7 day cruise around the Mediterranean Sea. His wife still went on the trip and the cruise with their daughters. John graduated from J.W. Sexton High School in Lansing, in 1967 and Lansing Business University with a degree in Data Processing on October 3, 1973. John has been employed in many areas of the computer industry since May 9, 1968. His past jobs include Motor Wheel Corporation, E.W. Bliss, Hastings Manufacturing, Keeler Brass Manufacturing and Keane Incorporated. In 1997, John’s career really started to take off. He was hired as Senior Computer Consultant at Keane Incorporated. John began work at the Meijer headquarters in Walker, then he moved on to Pharmacia/Pfizer in Kalamazoo and finally Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During John’s assignment with Pharmacia/Pfizer, he was on the first line support team that provided AMM support for over 40 different systems running on multiple platforms. He helped transition 16 corporate service applications anchored in Global Manufacturing to Pfizer colleagues due to the Pharmacia/Pfizer merger. John held the sole responsibility for all business support calls and transition meetings. He operated the corporate services help desk supporting all 16 applications until each one was transitioned or decommissioned. Frank E. Green SHELBYVILLE - Frank E. Green, of Shelbyville, passed away November 9,2007, at his residence. Frank was born on February 26, 1935, in Hazel Park, the son of Merle and Ruth (White) Green. Frank enjoyed using his metal detector to find treasures, woodworking and going to the casinos. On September 7, 1954, he married Shirley Coulon, and she preceded him in death on March 30, 1995. Frank was a retiree of Delton Kellogg Schools, where he was a custodian for over 23 years. Members of his family include a son, Frank (Mary) Green Jr.of Plainwell; daughters, Grace (Jr.) Pennock of Delton and Barbara (Michael) Sparks of Shelbyville; a son-in-law, Bruce Krampe of Blanchard; a brother, Charles (Peggy) Green of Imlay City; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Frank was also preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Donald and Lester; a sister, Helen; a daughter, Tina Krampe; and a grandson, Christopher. Funeral services were conducted Monday, November 12, 2007, at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, in Delton. Burial took place at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Barry Community Hospice will be appreciated. Vera Pearl Kaufman John’s primary role at Miller Brewing Company was to provide application support for the order maintenance system. John was responsible for off hours support and providing day to day assistance for the mission critical systems supporting the supply chain department. John retired from Keane Incorporated after his last assignment at Miller Brewing Company on April 7, 2006 and he and his wife celebrated by going on a vacation to Jamaica. After retirement, John continued to live life to the fullest in Milwaukee. He and his wife went to every festival in Milwaukee. He loved living there. Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival was his favorite. John was a loving husband, father, provider and friend. He will be greatly missed every day. John is survived by his wife, Diane Marie Bell; daughters, Kathleen Marie Bell of Shelby Township, MI and Weisbaden, Germany, Diane Suzzanne Bell of Shelby Township, MI and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, John (Shanna) Bell Jr. of Grand Rapids, Jeffrey Eric Bell of Kalamazoo; two granddaughters, Taylor Bell and Ashley Cook; sister, Mary (John) Hulinek of Charlotte; brother, Arthur Bell III of South Africa; mother-in-law, Hilda Sundberg of North Pointe Woods, Battle Creek; sisters-inlaw, Cathy (Mike) Brown of Battle Creek and Laurie Ruiz of Lansing; brothers-in-law, Dan (Jan) Sundberg of Charlotte, NC, Larry (Janet) Sundberg of Farmington, CT, Eric (Glenis) Sundberg of Fort Wayne, IN, Dr. Mark (Cindy) Sundberg of Concord, CA and Dr. Carl (Devon) Sundberg of Fishers, IN. John is also survived by many nieces, nephews, their spouses, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Mary and Arthur Bell II. John was buried in Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta, MI Friday, August 17, 2007 with the Honor Guard ceremony. There was a luncheon after at his niece and her husband’s house, Laurie and Jeff Shephard of Battle Creek. If desired, memorials in John’s name may be made to the Honor Guard at Fort Custer National Cemetery, 15501 Dickman Road, Augusta, MI 49012. Patricia Mae Quick DELTON - Patricia Mae (Ribble, Shoemaker) Quick, of Delton, went to be with the Lord on November 9, 2007, at home with her family beside her after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was 54. Pat was born November 10, 1952 to Robert and Shirley Ribble in Indiana, whom preceded her in death. Pat is survived by her husband Mike; her son, Aaron Shoemaker of Wayland; her daughter, Tammy and her husband Mike Bruce and their children, Mackenzie, Ally, and Nathan of Plainwell, and her daughter Michele Shoemaker and Joe McClelland of Plainwell. Also surviving are her step-children, Teresa and Rick Miller and their children, Brandon, Chelsey, and Bryce of Paw Paw, Heidi and Matt Rick and their children, Kaleb, Madison, and Holden of Delton, and Ashley Quick and Eric Kelley and their daughter Jadyn of Mattawan. Also surviving is her brother Art and Linda Ribble of Shelbyville. Pat is also preceded in death by her brothers Jack, Dennis, and F. Jerry Ribble. Pat and her brothers were raised by their Aunt Mildred Chase and Uncle Dennis Chase, who survive, also several nieces and nephews. Pat also leaves behind many friends and her faithful companion Pepper (dog). Pat learned to play golf later in life with Mike teaching her and enjoyed playing until her health prevented her from going to the golf course. She also enjoyed playing bingo, rocking in her rocker, and crocheting afghans. At Pat’s request cremation has taken place. The family thanks Borgess Visiting Nurses for her care at the end and the comfort to her family. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, November 13, at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home in Delton. Contributions can be made in Pat’s honor to Borgess Hospice, Kalamazoo, or the Susan G. Komen Foundation. HASTINGS - Vera Pearl Kaufman of Hastings, formally of Baldwin passed away November 8, 2007. She is survived by her loving daughter LouAnne (Donavon) Parks; two very special granddaughters Nichole (Tony) Jados and Jennifer Parks (Carl); five special great grandchildren, grandsons Matthew, Nathan and Zachary, granddaughters Chelsea and Elizabeth; brother and sister-in-law Tom and Sue Sprague; sister and brother-in-law Fran and Bill Wallace; brother and sister-in-law Ken and Evie Sprague and sister Joyce Bowerman. Vera also leaves behind so many special friends and family that it would be impossible to name you all. But please know that you were always in her heart as well as her daily thoughts. Vera was preceded in death by her husband Donavon (Doc) Kaufman; father and mother Bill and Thelma Sprague; brother and sisterin-law Bill and Doris Sprague and brother-inlaw Jack Bowerman. Vera was born to Bill and Thelma (Miles) Sprague on December 22, 1929 in Hastings. There she grew up and graduated from Hastings High School. A few years after graduating from high school she met and married Doc and moved to Lake Odessa. While living in Lake Odessa, Vera served as the village clerk for over 30 years. After retiring as the Lake Odessa clerk, Vera and Doc moved to Baldwin where they enjoyed many wonderful years of retirement. One of Vera’s life dreams was to open an antique shop. With the help of her sister Fran they opened the Touch of Yester Year located in downtown Baldwin. While living in Baldwin Vera and Doc met and made many new friends. They enjoyed their antique cars and their antique car club which they always wanted to do someday. They joined the Vintage Motoring Car Club of Mason County. Vera had many interests and hobbies, but her biggest love was for her family. She loved us all unconditionally. After Doc passed away in the spring of this year Vera moved to Hastings with her daughter and son-in-law where she was able to enjoy her family. Vera was an angel on Earth and will certainly be one in Heaven. She will be both missed and loved forever. At Vera’s request a small service for family members was held at The Nazarene Church. Vera was laid to rest at the Hastings Township Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the charity of your choice, for Vera would have wanted to help all. There will be a luncheon held for friends and family at a later date, so please watch for an announcement. Arrangements were made by The Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel. Please sign Vera’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com Roland G. Higdon OCALA, FL - Roland G. Higdon, age 89, passed away in Ocala, Florida on November 11, 2007. He was born in Bunkerhill, Michigan on November 25, 1917. He is a retired carpenter. He moved to Spring Hill in 1973 from Hastings. He is a life member of the Elks club in Hastings. He also is a member of the Spring Hill, Florida Country Club and formed the Higdon Hackers golf group. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Bonnie Marsh. He is survived by his loving wife of 71 years, Ella of Ocala; a daughter, Deborah Teed of Ocala, Florida; two sons, Richard Higdon of Goodrich, Michigan and Thomas Higdon of Fayetteville, North Carolina; 15 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — Page 7 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... A History of the Hastings Library Part 2 The Hastings Post Office which later became the first library in Hastings. at alleviating problems that joint use of the facility by adults and students was creating. About this time, a contribution of $100 was received by the city “to start the ball rolling” toward establishing a separate public library. A proposal was made in a city council meeting to accept the gift of a vacant lot located at the corner of South Broadway and Center Street to be used as the site for a new library. The proposal was not accepted, but interest in creating a separate public library continued to grow. During the next 10 years, six different directors were hired. In 1954, Mrs. Arloa Lathrop willed $15,000 to the city with the stipulation that it be used to create a public library facility separate from the school. The money was invested in U.S. Government bonds where the interest compounded during the ensuing years. In 1963, Mrs. Ethel Groos was appointed to head a committee to study the suitability of converting the recently vacated post office building at the corner of Church and Court streets into a public library facility. After a great deal of research and discussion, the committee presented its findings. The committee found that it was feasible to convert of old post office building to a library. Attached to the committee’s report was a letter from the State of Michigan Librarian Mrs. Genevieve Casey, which not only approved the committee’s findings, but refuted several objections that had been raised about the site. Among the objections were fears that the new library might duplicate books already in the high school’s collections and that the old post office was too large for the community’s needs. The post office building had been constructed in 1924 for $77,000 on land costing $6,000. On Nov. 18, 1963, the city of Hastings acquired from the federal government the former U.S. Post Office building. The singlestory brick structure was in a reasonable state of repair and had a full basement. An agreement was signed that it would be used to house a library for the next 20 years. In January 1964 the first library board was appointed. First members of the new board were Mrs. Ethel Groos, Rev. Don Gury, Mrs. Katherine McIntyre, Mrs. Rose Cook, and Clifford Dolan. In April, Mrs. Florence Wilson was appointed as head librarian. On July 1, 1964, the old combined high school/city library was dissolved. The next year was spent raising money to renovate and equip the library. The Upjohn family, which had roots in Hastings, made a $5,000 grant. This was supplemented by a general grant of $10,000 from the Barry County Thornapple Foundation and a $1,500 grant from Tyden and Viking companies. In 1964 a drive, chaired by Mrs. Reva Godfrey, president of the Friends of the Library, was organized. Their goal was to raise an additional $20,000 to complete the project. The community was intimately involved in raising funds for renovating, furnishing, equipping and expanding the book collection. “Book drives” were held during the summer of 1964, which resulted in more than 2,500 book donations. This presented a huge task for Mrs. Wilson. Each of these books had to be properly identified and prepared for circulation by the beginning of the ensuing year. This challenging task was completed with the help of a crew of loyal, dedicated volunteers which included Mrs. Edward Grivalds, Mrs. Sadie Mae Brower and Mrs. Mary Panfil. With the help of a loan of books from the State of Michigan Library in Lansing, the library was ready to open. The Hastings Banner of June 16, 1965, reported on the library’s open house. By the end of 1964, the Hastings Public Library housed a collection of 11,000 volumes, with an annual circulation of 39,000. Early on the library had contracts with the townships of Prairieville, Hope, Barry, Rutland, Hastings and Orangeville. In 1973 the library formed an inter-library loan association with Grand Rapids and in 1974 became Teach your children to be savers and investors Ideally, our children should learn good behavior from us. But when it comes to living within our means, and saving and investing for the future, we're not setting such a good example. Consider the following: * Savings are low - The personal savings rate in the U.S. in 2006 and 2005 was negative - something that hasn't happened since the Great Depression. Thus far in 2007, the savings rate has crept into positive territory, but it's still anemic. * Debt is high - Household debt, as measured by the ratio of debt payments to disposable personal income, has reached record highs over the past couple of years. Of course, your children aren't responsible for our discouraging savings and debt trends. But if you'd like to help them boost their chances for achieving financial stability in their adult lives, you can take a number of steps, including the following: * Reward children for saving. Children, like adults, tend to repeat behavior that is rewarded in some way. So, if you want your children to become good savers, you might want to match their contributions, either fully or partially, whenever they put money away, whether it's in a big jar or a bank account. Once they've saved a certain amount, you may want to let them withdraw part of it to purchase something they want. * Exhibit restraint in spending. When you want to teach your children an important lesson, what you do is sometimes more important than what you say. So, if you want to stress the importance of delaying immediate gratification and avoiding excessive debts, you might want to talk about something like your car, if it's older, and say you wish you could get a new one. When your child asks why you don't, you can respond that you don't have the money for it now, and you don't want to have borrow too much money to get one, because that would just mean a big payment later on. * Explain principles of investing. Even fairly young children can typically understand what it means to invest in stocks, if it's carefully explained to them. Use examples of the companies with which they may be familiar Disney, McDonald's, etc. - and stick to the basics. For example, anyone can own small pieces of these businesses. You might even decide to buy a few shares of one of these stocks and, along with your children, follow its returns. * Give examples of inflation. If you want your children to become financially literate, they'll need to understand the effects of inflation. Start them out with simple examples, such as the cost of candy or milk when you were a child versus those costs today. Then, explain that as the cost of virtually everything goes up over time, you need to put some of your money in investments that will hopefully have the potential to grow faster than the rate of inflation. By following these basic suggestions, you can help your children develop financial behaviors that can serve them well throughout their lives. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones a charter member of the Lakeland Library Federation which included 11 libraries in western Michigan. With the retirement of Florence Wilson in 1974, Ms. Eileen Oehler was chosen to be head librarian. By 1977, the collections had grown to 30,000 and subscribed to about 100 periodicals. Large-print books had been added to the collection as well as microfilm copies of the Hastings Banner from 1856-1908 and 1973-1979. A special fund was established in 1978, with a $5,000 donation from Wallace M. Osborn to construct an addition to the library. In March 1979 the Library Board considered building a $450,000 addition on the back which would add 9,000 square feet of floor space. However, beginning in the early 1980s the library began to struggle financially. They were operating with the same level of financial resources they had had in the mid-1970s. The board had problems meeting the rising costs of services and books, not to mention the utilities. Staffing was reduced and library hours cut. Part of the problem lay in the fact that membership rolls of the Friends of the Library through attrition declined, and they had stopped raising money for the library. In 1984, Barbara Schondelmayer began working in the Hastings Library under Florence Wilson. Mrs. Schondelmayer had a degree in librarianship. After Mrs. Wilson left the library Mrs. Schondelmayer worked under Eileen Oehler as a CETA employee. She was hired to cull the collections in addition to logging their holdings into the Lakeland Cooperative’s database. In 1984, Ms. Oehler retired and the Library Board hired Barbara Schondelmayer as head of the library. By 1985, the entire collection had been entered into Lakeland’s database for purposes of inter-library loans. In 1985, the ‘Michigan Room’ was established at the library. This special room contains historical and genealogical information, Barry County cemetery records, birth, death and marriages and the William Upjohn papers. The Hastings Banner is still donating microfilm copies of its publication and the films and now has a full set of Banners from 1856 to 1882 and from 1884 to the present time. The Banners are missing from the years 1882 to 1884 because of a fire. A number of other items of genealogical and historical interest to researchers are available in that room. By 1997 the library was bursting at the seams and needed more space. There were discussions about the possibility of establishing a district library. In August 2000, the voters in both Rutland and Hastings Charter Townships joined the Hastings Public Library and passed dedicated millages to support the system. A fund-raising campaign for the construction of a new library facility was initiated in November 1999. The estimated cost of the new library building was 3.5 million. In March 2004 the building fund was just a little over $2 million. In May of that year an anonymous donor promised to match all donations four to one made between May 12 and Aug. 31, 2005. Many people pitched in to take advantage of this generous offer, and the necessary funds were realized. On May 19, 2006, ground was broken for the new library. Construction schedules were met and now we have an impressive, aesthetically beautiful and functional library, a stellar addition to our community. The new library held an open house June 9 of this year. [Editors note: I’d like to thank Diane Hawkins for her assistance in gathering information for this article.] BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 32.5; TVCCU 30.5; HCB 26; Terminators 25; Goodtime Pizza 23; J-Ad 20; Yankee Zephyr 19; Boyce Milk Hauling 18. Men’s High Games - R. O’Keefe 256; S. Hause 221; D. Benner 198. Men’s High Series - R. O’Keefe 620; S. Hause 558; D. Benner 523. Women’s High Games - S. Beebe 214; J. Clements 200; B. Wilkins 199; R. Miller 195. 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Very soon she will be offering a style of Chavutii massage. This is a type of massage therapy where the practitioner uses bars to balance while massaging the client with the feet. This provides a wonderful amount of even pressure, and is a real treat for those who suffer from chronic sore muscles or tightness in ligaments and tendons. Karen is available by appointment: Monday-Friday from 9am to 7pm and on Saturday 9am to 4pm. Call to schedule for your appointment and to hear about all the exciting specials for the month of November and December. Gift certificates are also available for your holiday shopping. What could be better than the gift of a luxurious massage for your loved one? First time clients can receive up to 50% off! Call Today!!! 616-826-2090 BROADWAY VETERINARY CLINIC REMAINS OPEN TO SERVE YOUR PETS . Such as … SHOTS • BOOSTERS • SURGERY Continue to be available by calling: 269-948-2340 REGULAR OFFICE HOURS ARE IN EFFECT. Specialty Foods and Supplies are available, trust the health of your pet to Broadway Veterinary Clinic in Hastings. 2195 N. M-43, Hastings 01549790 By Esther M. Walton In 1893, the Hastings Women’s Club decided that one of its goals would be establishing a library. It took several years to implement the program. In 1896, they selected Annie Powers to found a library for use by its membership. The Hastings Banner offered the group the use of an upstairs room in their building located on the southeast corner of State and Church streets. The Women’s Club began accumulating funds to purchase books and acquiring the necessary furniture for the project. It wasn’t too long before the collection grew to a point where the club needed more room. The Hastings City Council offered the club the use of suitable space in the southeast corner of City Hall. In 1916, the Hastings School system began construction on a new high school building at the south end of Broadway Avenue. [This building is now the middle school.] The prevailing opinion in the community was that it would be a good idea if the Women’s Club Library was merged with the public school library to form a new Hastings Public Library for the use of both students and adults alike. In 1918, the Hastings Public Library was opened in the new high school building. It occupied a large room on the second floor at the east end of the new structure. The Hastings Women’s Club added its collection of 500 books to those owned by the public schools. Helene Fairchild was the first librarian of the Hastings Public Library. In 1921, Miss Jean Barnes was appointed head librarian and served in that capacity for the next 31 years. In addition to managing the new library, she oversaw smaller libraries in the old first and second ward elementary schools. During her tenure, the library grew from 16,812 volumes to 42, 185, an impressive two and a half times. When Ms. Barnes retired in 1952, Henry C. French served as head librarian until 1958. Following Mr. French, George Early served for one year. Lucille Hecker, who had been an assistant librarian was then appointed head librarian and served in that capacity until 1962. In 1955, during Mr. French’s tenure, a new west wing was added to the high school and the Hastings Public Library was moved to larger facilities. The new library was dedicated to William T. Wallace, a beloved teacher and former principal at Hastings High School. Mr. Wallace began teaching here in 1902 and was appointed principal in 1907. He retired in 1935. By the 1950s, the joint use of the library facilities by both students and the general public was becoming more and more unsatisfactory. Over the years, the school system enrollment steadily rose at the same time that the number residences in the area was increasing. About this time the Hastings Banner ran an article commenting that combined use of the library by both adults and students was forcing restraints to be put in place that prevented both adults and students from fully using the facility. Adult use of the Hastings Public Library had dwindled to almost nothing. In retrospect, this is not surprising when one considers that most hours of each day there were between 30 and 40 children present. The students were well behaved but of course active, and just the presence of so many young people created a difficult atmosphere for many adults. The Banner opined that neither students nor adults were able to utilize the full potential of the system. In a word, joint use of the library by students and adults was no longer working well, and establishing separate libraries facilities should be considered. In 1949 it was reported that our combined school and public library was rated by an independent organization to be among the top combined school/public libraries for cities with the populations between 5,000 and 10,000. In 1950, a respected library consultant was called upon to make recommendations aimed Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. �Page 8 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Ionia film series continues. This set of movies comes by way of the Ionia County Historical Society at the Ionia Theater. Today’s film is “Great Parks of Alaska” shown at 9:30 a.m. The next movie comes in two weeks due to Thanksgiving next week. On Nov. 29, the film will feature Australia and New Zealand. The Dec. 5 film will be “Little Palaces, Michigan’s Historic Small Town Movie Theatres.” Yet another on Dec. 13 will be “The Glory of Christmas.” Several local people attend these movies. Lunch is available at any of the Ionia restaurants or at the commission on aging by advance registration. Saturday, Nov. 17, the Sebewa Center UMC will hold its annual turkey dinner open to the public for a free-will offering. The Blanchard House at Ionia will be open for tours on Sunday, Dec. 16. The Ionia County Board of Commissioners voted at a recent meeting to have only one door open to the public for easier control and security of the courthouse. There have been both north and south doors with several steps, or a lower level entry with only a few steps down. Some courthouses use a metal detector to screen visitors to their court rooms. Beth Byma, wife of funeral director Gary Byma, is busy taking classes for her doctorate degree at MSU and chauffeuring her teenage children. She had been a Navy nurse. The Ionia County Geneaological Society met on Saturday with a good attendance. Officers were elected for 2008. Lola Haller returns as vice-president, Rosemary Hickey will be a new director. Patricia Blood of Ionia will be the new corresponding secretary. Bernard Russell of Lyons was the speaker. He and others have worked intermittently for several recent years to improve and clear the Union Cemetery on Keefer Highway. After several years’ efforts, they finally were able to use a mower last summer. They used Robert Gierman’s list of markers he had found by 1975. They probed and found several others which were completely covered. They even brought in cadaver dogs that sniffed several burial sites. Each of the spots were marked with a small flag for future reference. The 1884 history book of Ionia County makes no mention of this cemetery or its founding but it was used as early as 1857. One Joseph First, buried there, is an ancestor of Jeanette Sutherland who resides at Emerson Manor. Hostesses for the day were Marti Lind of Clarksville and Genevieve Read of Palo. There will be no meeting until January. United Methodist Women of Central UMC met on Monday this week. Year-end gifts were voted and the annual thanks offering was held with many references to Native American theology concerning care of the Earth. Both the Iroquois and the Cherokee considered corn, squash and beans the “Three Sisters.” Seeds of the three were planted together in one hill so the beans could climb the corn plants and the squash could spread across the roots of both to protect them from the hot sun. Evening circle members were the hostesses. Members will have their annual breakfast at a local restaurant in early December. On Monday, Thanksgiving cards were signed for absent members who are in southern states and for those who are confined to their homes. The Tri River group met on Tuesday at Charlton Park with 24 present. The proposed flyer for 2008 was ready for distribution. FOC oversteps program initiative To the editor: On Thursday, Nov. 1, there was a letter in the Hastings Banner supporting the Barry County Friend of the Court (FOC). It was titled “Help From Friend of the Court” written by Ms. Pat Ellis, from Plainwell. In her letter, she writes: “The single parent needs that child support coming in to help pay to raise the child or children. When I raised my children, the help of “support” was hard to get. Mr. Wurm called it “blood money” which I don’t agree. The Friend of the Court does not get any money when they pick up a “dead beat” parent after years of not paying on their children. The FOC spends money to locate these absent parents.” What Ms. Ellis does not understand is that tens of thousands of taxpayers federal and county dollars are being spent on collecting child support from non-custodial parents who are willing to support their children without having to funnel it through them. Also, most of these non-custodial parents want to equally parent their children but are being denied this right so that the FOC can collect federal reimbursement funds (blood money) since the amount they get reimbursed is based on how much they collect. This is a waste of taxpayer dollars since the FOC was originally designed to only service those parents who actually are on welfare and the other parent had truly abandoned their children. The massive expansion of the FOC through the federal Title IV-D Child Support Enforcement program has made it so that all children of custody disputes are considered part of their federal funding drive even though BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation roughly 70 percent of these parents don’t qualify for welfare. The FOC and Family Court maintain their jobs by forcing children to be raised by one parent even when the other parent wants to be equally involved and was prior to the dispute. It is time to tell your county commissioners, state politicians and federal politicians that Title IV-D Child Support Enforcement must be for those families that are on welfare and one parent has abandoned the family. Tell your state politicians that they must embrace Equal Parenting legislation HB 4564 to reign in the Family Court and FOC abuse of children and reduce the divorce industry’s drive for parental conflict. With means testing of Title IV-D services, sole custody parents who need help tracking down missing parents will still get the help they need if they qualify. The incentive for the state to force it, willing and able parents to be visitor parents will be removed and the court forced to respect the right of a child to maintain the stability of their parental relationships. Darrick Scott-Farnsworth, Augusta McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” ® The 77517709 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Christopher J. Fluke, CPA Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 Beau’s bills troubling Dear Annie: I have been dating a wonderful man for about four years. "Sam" treats me with respect and is very caring, but he never pays his bills on time. He has a great job, but several times in the past I have had to bail him out. He will pay a portion of his bills and leave the rest to be added on to the next monthly statement. Once, he didn't have enough money to pay his rent, so I assisted. He always pays me back, but that is not the point. Sam's mother was evicted from her apartment because she didn't pay her rent. She now lives with him. She has a good job, but spends all her spare time at a casino. No one is willing to say she has a gambling problem, and this might be why she is homeless. I cannot consider a future with Sam unless he can handle his money better. I don't want to be a fall-back person for someone who is financially irresponsible. What do you say?— Wondering in the World Dear Wondering: Sam apparently learned his fiscal habits from his mother. It's possible he can be taught to be more responsible, but he must understand it's a problem that requires work. He can find a financial counselor through the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (nfcc.org or 1-800-3882227) to help him set up a budget and see if he can live within his means. Give him the chance to improve the situation before you make any decisions about your future. Hope for granddaughter Dear Annie: My 16-year-old granddaughter, "Tina," lives in another state. She is an extremely self-centered young lady. Tina only talks when she wants something. She is a carbon copy of her mother, who is divorced from my loving, caring son. Tina wants to live fulltime with her mother, where there are no rules. She shows her dad no respect. She has been to psychologists and is taking medication for depression, but nothing seems to help. Her father is trying to teach her basic values such as love, compassion, respect and a decent work ethic, while her mother teaches manipulation and has a "get everything you can" mentality. Her mother even lies to the school authorities to keep Tina out of trouble. My granddaughter is very attractive and intelligent, but there is no substance. We love her unconditionally, but how does anyone teach her to care about others? Is there hope?—Concerned Grandma Dear Grandma: There's always hope. Tina is young and her life will be shaped by what lies ahead. We urge you not to pass judgment too quickly—on your granddaughter or her mother. Be a place of refuge for her, and when she is with you, teach by example those qualities you want her to emulate. Kids absorb a lot when you think they aren't paying attention. Al-Anon gives new life Katherine K. Sheldon, CPA ASK A C.P.A. …… (Frequently asked questions about taxes) Q. Is there something I should know about any tax benefits and my children? A. Congress has given us several credits and the dependency deduction for our children and dependents. The most popular include the Dependency Exemption, Child Care Credit, Child Tax Credit, Hope and Lifetime Learning credits. Q. What is the Dependency Exemption? A. For 2007 the Dependency Exemption is a $3,400 deduction from your taxable income for each dependent in your household. This includes you, your spouse, any dependent children, and other dependents you may be eligible to claim. This is a deduction from income so, if you are in the 25% bracket, each child would reduce your income tax by $850 ($3,400 x .25). Q. What is the Child Care Credit? A. The Child Care Credit is available if both you and your spouse work and pay to have someone watch your child. The credit ranges from 20% to 35% of your qualified child care expenses depending on your income. This credit is a direct reduction of your federal tax liability. The maximum amount of credit you can claim is $3,000 for one child or $6,000 for two or more children. Q. What is the Child Tax Credit? A. The Child Tax Credit is a credit of $1,000 taken directly from your federal tax liability for each qualifying child under the age of 17. The credit will be reduced or eliminated if your income exceeds certain amounts. Q. What are the Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits? A. The Hope and Lifetime Learning Credits are two education tax credits available for postsecondary education. In addition you may be better off to take the Tuition and Fees Deduction. You may only use one of the three listed above for each student. The Hope Credit can give you up to a $1,650 tax credit per year for the first two years of college. The Lifetime Learning Credit can give you up to a $2,000 credit for all students enrolled in eligible educational institutions. The Tuition and Fees Deduction allows a deduction from your taxable income of up to $4,000 in qualified education expenses. You will need to look at all three to see what one gives you the best net tax reduction. There are income limitations on each credit and deduction also. 77517964 If you have questions regarding this article, contact our office at (269) 945-9452 77517270 Deductions, Credits and Children 77517647 RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities 77517647 EOE/M-F Dear Annie: I want to thank you for mentioning Al-Anon. As a 12-year veteran of this wonderful program, it not only saved my life, it has allowed me to find a better life than I could have imagined with an alcoholic husband. When I first started going to these meetings I had very little knowledge of Al-Anon and almost didn't continue because I misunderstood what it was. Al-Anon is a group of people who are suffering from another's drinking. I learned that I could not control anyone else's behavior, but it doesn't have to keep me from being happy. Al-Anon is not group therapy. We simply share our own experiences. AlAnon is not a religious program and is not affiliated with any religious sect or denomination. There is no cost for this program, only voluntary contributions to pay for rent and literature. For me, Al-Anon is an important new way of life that I will continue forever. I encourage anyone who is struggling with another's alcohol consumption to give it a try.—A New Woman in Upstate N.Y. Dear N.Y.: What a wonderful testimonial. Anyone looking for the nearest chapter can call 1-888-4-AL-ANON (1-888-425-2666) or log on to al-anon-alateen.org. Old-fashioned values not stepping in Dear Annie: Recently, our daughter and her boyfriend set up housekeeping. Both are in their early 20s. Yes, I understand they are free to make their own decisions at this point in their lives. On the other hand, I feel obligated to express my strong disagreement. Simply saying I don't believe in cohabitation is not good enough in my book. I think our values deserve a better defense than that. So, I am putting off visiting my daughter's new home until their wedding, which is about 18 months away. I'll visit them anywhere else, and they can visit me. My family and friends think I'm being inflexible and hardhearted. How can I keep them off my back?—OldFashioned in Kentucky Dear Old-Fashioned: You are not obligated to justify your moral stance to these people. It's between you and your daughter. You are not asking or expecting her to change her current living arrangement. You simply don't approve and are uncomfortable giving the impression that you do. This is your choice, old-fashioned or not. The proper response when someone offers unsolicited (and unappreciated) advice is, "Thanks for your opinion." Friend in need Dear Annie: A friend of mine had a baby three months ago. The baby was born with multiple problems and, sadly, passed away last weekend. There will be a memorial service and a funeral. I am not sure whether I should attend. We have been friends for nearly 20 years and I love her like a sister, but I have four beautiful, healthy children and I don't want it to appear as though I'm throwing it in her face. She deserves so much better. What do I do? Should I go and offer my sympathy, or do I wait and see if she wants it? I don't want her to resent me later. Please help.—Heartfelt Sadness in Ohio Dear Ohio: Please go to the funeral and memorial service. If your friend resents others with healthy children, this cannot be helped. But if you don't support her during this time, she may not forgive you. Also, consider making a donation in her child's name to a charity of her choice or one that is appropriate to the circumstances. Please express your sincere condolences and be as much of a friend as she will permit. You also can suggest that she contact SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support (nationalshareoffice.com) at 1-800-821-6819. Nip ulterior motives Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Doing My Best," who said he did all kinds of wonderful things in order to get his wife to have sex with him. I wouldn't be at all surprised if my husband wrote it. You are right that he is pressuring his wife. During our 30 years of marriage, my husband has planned romantic moments and intimate getaways and has always, and I mean always, missed the mark. Why? This man has no interest in me other than for sex. Every conversation includes a mention of sex. If I ask him to do something, his response is, "What are you going to do for me?" He has told me he has no interest in my day or what I think. He regularly makes demeaning comments about my roles as wife, mother and teacher. My advice to "Doing My Best" would be to back off. Continue to plan those activities with only a hope of reciprocation. Remember it's about what you are giving, not getting. Maybe your wife will see that you are sincere and want to improve your relationship. Sit with her, talk with her, listen to her. Limit the physical contact to a hug or hand holding. You definitely aren't getting any sex now, so what do you have to lose? (I've tried to explain this to my husband, but he thinks he's entitled and I am just being stubborn and controlling.)—Pressured Wife Dear Pressured Wife: Your husband sounds particularly self-centered, but your suggestions are good ones. Everyone needs to feel valued beyond the bedroom. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory W Ferris, a married man and Dawn A Ferris, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 1, 2004, and recorded on September 3, 2004 in instrument 1133446, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 64/100 Dollars ($157,572.64), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 518.00 feet along the East line of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 60.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 220.00 feet along the West right of way line of State Trunk line M-66; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 480.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds West 220.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds East 480.00 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170738F01 77517908 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Robert L. Page and Carrie A. Page, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to National Bank of Hastings dated the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, as Instrument number 1015783 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $9,585.61 (nine thousand five hundred eighty-five and 61/100) plus accrued interest at 11.750% (eleven point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 6th day of December, A.D., 2007, at 1:00:00 PM o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, Michigan: Beginning at the South one quarter post of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East along the North and South one quarter line of said Section 32, a distance of 881.49 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East 440.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 550.00 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 130.00 feet to the South line of said Section 32; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West, along said South section line 665.00 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an ingress and egress easement with others described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 32 which lies South 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds East 632.00 feet from the South one quarter post of said Section 32; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 115.29 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds West, 302.36 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 884.67 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East 120.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East, 120.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 120.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 855.33 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East, 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 144.72 feet to said South section line; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West 66.00 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 2055 Spencer Drive Middleville, MI 49333 Tax ID No.: 08-14-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 77517893 WWR# 10007718 / MUA PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICKY A. PARKS, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2001, and recorded on December 5, 2001, in Document No. 200112050018083, and assigned by said mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars and Twenty Cents ($80,640.20), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on December 6, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 69 AND 70 OF J.R. BUSH'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33, BEING A PART OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 6, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 5, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77517918 Southfield, MI 48075 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Waldon and Martha B. Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 25, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122731, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ten and 09/100 Dollars ($162,910.09) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and being more particularly described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, distant North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 662.40 feet from the South onequarter post of said Section 31; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 662.19 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 662.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West 622.71 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 662.41 feet to the place of beginning. Together and Subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities described as: commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along the South line of said Section 31 a distance of 1324.81 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 31 and the true place of beginning; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds East along the East line of said Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter a distance of 629.71 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds West, 882.39 feet; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 66.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 948.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 348.51 feet; thence South 21 Degrees 25 minutes 32 Seconds East, 934.75 feet to the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West along said centerline, 66.75 feet; thence North 21 Degrees 25 Minutes 32 Seconds West, 597.57 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 131.56 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental until in any part thereof taken, used of deeded for street, road or highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518030 File No. 280.1237 BOWLING SCORES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan M Scott, married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2006, and recorded on August 16, 2006 in instrument 1168697, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen And 49/100 Dollars ($76,216.49), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, R. J. Grant's Second Addition to the city, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 1 of plats, on page 16 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517923 File #171135F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166188, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for RBSGC 2007-A as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 98/100 Dollars ($115,213.98), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Ya nkee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 2, Gary Godley Condominium Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517913 File #171460F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The Mortgage described below is in default: Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) made by Sherman L. Boulter, a single man, as Mortgagor to United Bank of Michigan and later assigned by law to United Bank Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan banking corporation, with its address at 900 East Paris Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, as Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2000 and recorded on July 21, 2000, Document No. 1047113, Barry County Records, Barry County, Michigan. The balance owing on the Mortgage is $8,673.05 at the time of this Notice. The Mortgage contains a power of sale and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part of the Mortgage. TAKE NOTICE that on December 20, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, or any adjourned date thereafter, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan (which is the building where the Circuit Court for Barry County is held). The Mortgagee will apply the sale proceeds to the debt secured by the Mortgage as stated above, plus interest on the amount due at the rate of nine and three quarters (9.750%) percent per annum; all legal costs and expenses, including attorneys fees allowed by law; and also any amount paid by the Mortgagee to protect its interest in the property. The property to be sold at foreclosure is all of that real estate situated in Barry County, Michigan, described as: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 1106.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST 522.95 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 440 FEET OF THE WEST HALF, EAST HALF OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 226.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST 25.0 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF, EAST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 199.43 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH THREE-SIXTEENTH OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 497.45 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1133 FEET OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 427.0 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY FOR SADDLER ROAD. Tax Id: 08-11-018-024-30 The redemption period shall be one-year from the date of sale pursuant to MCLA 600.3240(8). November 8, 2007 UNITED BANK MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee PLUNKETT COONEY KELLI L. BAKER (P49960) Attorney for Mortgagee 333 Bridge Street, NW Ste. 530 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 77518005 (616) 752-4624 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-One and 66/100 Dollars ($211,151.66) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for place of beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the place of beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the place of beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the place of beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518025 File No. 207.7948 Tuesday Trios Chris Taylor Builders 31; Luanne’s Team 29; Coleman Agency 25.5; Super-Crips 23; trouble 18; MacLeod Chiropractic 18; Quality Roofing 18; Lynn Denton Agency 17; CB’s 13; Critters 7.5. High Game and Series - A. Norton 134; T. Franklin 155; J. Rice 145; S. Vandenburg 180-537; C. Mack 195-508; T. Daniels 213584; J. White 156; K. Farlee 142; A. Churchill 148; C. Etts 125; O. Gillons 169; M. Sears 182-501; R. Brummel 175-502; P. 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PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Troy A. Seaver and Penny Seaver, husband and wife, to Ross Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2005 and recorded May 23, 2005 in Instrument Number 1146953, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 20053 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-One and 74/100 Dollars ($78,531.74) including interest at 8.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the West one-half of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point 379.23 feet North and 1058.43 feet East of the West one-quarter post of Section 7, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, and said point also being South 88 degrees 36 minutes 58 seconds West 41.66 feet from the Southeast corner of Lot 1 of Poplar Beach Plat as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on Page 14; thence South 49 degrees 01 minutes 29 seconds East 79.58 feet; thence South 40 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds West 166.00 feet; thence North 49 degrees 53 minutes 03 seconds West 100.00 feet; thence North 46 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds East, along the Southerly line of Kline Street 135.50 feet; thence North 50 degrees 29 minutes 52 seconds East, along said Southerly line, 33.01 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517178 File No. 221.6197 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott Daniels and Debra J. Daniels, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated August 30, 2004, and recorded on October 27, 2004 in instrument 1136226, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fourteen Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-One And 30/100 Dollars ($214,261.30), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 12, Town 3 North, Range 10 West, Yankee Springs Township, Barry County, Michigan, thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 330.00 feet along the South line of said Section 12; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 660.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 165.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds East 665.05 feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 26 seconds East 495.00 feet along the North line of the South 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 59 seconds West 1323.67 feet along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 12 to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Southerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517188 File #169209F01 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held November 13, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77517967 — NOTICE — The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. In accordance with Michigan State law, applicants can not be a resident of a City, Village or a township that conducts its own zoning enforcement (Rutland Township, Hope Township, Prairieville Township, Thornapple Township, or Yankee Springs Township). Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 19, 2007. 77517863 TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held by the Prairieville Township Zoning Board of Appeals on December 5th, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 S. Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the item(s) to be considered at this Public Hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. A request by Loretta Walsh, 3612 Woodcliff Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 for variance from the lot width, water frontage, and road frontage zoning ordinance standards. The subject parcel is 08-12-008-018-30 and is located on Lindsey Road, between 11730 Lindsey Road and 11386 Lindsey Road. The property in question lies in two zoning districts: “A” - Agricultural District and “R-2” - Single Family and Two Family Medium Density Residential District. 2. Such other and further matters as may properly come before the Planning Commission for this meeting. All interested persons are invited to be present or submit written comments on this matter(s) to the below Township office address. Prairieville Township will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services such as signers for the hearing impaired and audiotapes of printed materials being considered at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number set forth below. 77518010 Jim Stoneburner, Township Supervisor Prairieville Township Hall 10115 S. Norris Rd Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on September 17, 2003, by Timothy A. Rasey and Trixie L. Rasey, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 19, 2003, in Document No. 1113622 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($136,577.36), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Carlton, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 17, Coldwater River Country Estates, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Document No. 1060986, on Pages 1-47, inclusive, and Document No. 1060987, on Pages 1-3, inclusive, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 20, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77517994 KZLIB:559020.1\105064-00162 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mark L Seybert and Caroline A Seybert, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Gecko Mortgage, Inc, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 2005, and recorded on June 23, 2005 in instrument 1148490, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Nine And 98/100 Dollars ($183,569.98), including interest at 6.9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Following Described Premises Situated In The Township Of Hope, County Of Barry And State Of Michigan, To-Wit: Commencing At The East 1/4 Post Of Section 33, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, Township Of Hope, Barry County, Michigan; Thence North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 1664.30 Feet Along The East-West 1/4 line of said section 33 to the point of beginning; Thence Continuing North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds West 330 Feet Along Said East-West 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds East 1321.00 Feet Parallel With The North-South 1/4 Line Of Said Section; Thence South 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 20 Seconds East 330 Feet Parallel With Said East-West 1/4 Line; Thence North 00 Degrees 07 Minutes 23 Seconds West 1321 Feet Parallel With Said NorthSouth 1/4 Line Of Said Section To The Point Of Beginning, Except The West 130 Feet Thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517046 File #168241F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24922-DE Estate of DOROTHA ALICE CUMMINGS, DECEASED. Date of birth: 5/26/1911. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, DOROTHA ALICE CUMMINGS, DECEASED, who lived at Freeport, Michigan died September 24, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Julie Benson, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 220 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 11/12/07 ROBERT J. LONGSTREET P53546 607 N. BROADWAY HASTINGS, MICHIGAN 49058 (269) 945-3495 JULIE BENSON 22325 CAMINITO MESCALERO LAGUNA HILLS, CA 92653 77518015 (949) 378-5000 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Franklin E. Barnes, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Woodhams Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 1990, and recorded on June 25, 1990 in Liber 501 on Page 213, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to EverHome Mortgage Company as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 40/100 Dollars ($27,916.40), including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lots 32 and 33 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 32. Parcel B: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of Lot 35 of said Vickery's Lakeside Park, thence North 76 Degrees 18 Minutes 30 Seconds West 79.86 Feet to the Northeast Corner of Lot 32 of said Plat, Thence South 31 Degrees 18 Minutes West, Along the East Line of Lots 32 and 33, A Distance of 60.00 Feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot 33, Thence North 86 Degrees 30 Minutes 30 Seconds East, 108.49 Feet to a Point on the South Line of Oak Drive, Thence North 01 Degree 18 Minutes East 25.09 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farming ton Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517874 File #169847F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gina Jones, A Married Woman and Bill Jones, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 28, 2006, and recorded on July 12, 2006 in instrument 1167089, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC5, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-NC5 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred SeventyOne And 25/100 Dollars ($182,771.25), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lots 918 and 919 and the North 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Lot 922, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517818 File #170815F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of MARVIN M. CARLSON TRUST under Agreement dated July 26, 2004. Date of Birth: March 29, 1919. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Marian M. Carlson, who lived at 3096 Beatrice Avenue, Middleville, Michigan died October 16, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “Marian M. Carlson Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Sandra M. Cook, 3078 Beatrice Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333, or Chris C. Little, 4645 Applewood, SE, Kentwood, Michigan 49508, Successor CoTrustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: November 7, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Sandra M. Cook 3078 Beatrice Avenue Middleville, MI 49333 Chris C. Little 4645 Applewood, SE 77517948 Kentwood, MI 49508 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John M. Christensen and Laura K. Christensen, husband and wife, to Oak Street Mortgage LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2003 and recorded August 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107318, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by The Bank of New York Trust Company N.A. as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee c/o Residential Funding Corporation by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-One and 13/100 Dollars ($131,761.13) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 20, Hilltop Estates, according to the recorded Plat thereof in Liber 5 of Plats, on Page 74. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517168 File No. 207.8912 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Hause, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 6, 2006, and recorded on April 12, 2006 in instrument 1163003, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Four And 85/100 Dollars ($72,264.85), including interest at 6.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/4 post of Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 09 degrees 30 minutes 16 seconds West along the North-South 1/4 line of said Section 26, a distance of 538.56 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 1642.52 feet to the East line of the West 5/8 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence South 00 degrees 39 minutes 43 seconds East along said East line 537.58 feet to the South line of said Section 26; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds West along said South Section line 1643.99 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517139 File #169117F01 Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Schilthroat and Teresa A. Schilthroat, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to AmerUs Home Lending, Inc., Mortgagee, dated April 23, 2003, and recorded on May 1, 2003 in instrument 1103286, and assigned by said Mortgagee to M&I Bank FSB as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Six Hundred One And 31/100 Dollars ($120,601.31), including interest at 6.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 1/2 of Lots 5 and 8 of Block 17 of In Keelers Addition to the Village of Middleville, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats on Page 12, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517040 File #168263F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mitchell Henning and Amanda Henning, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2002 and recorded August 22, 2002 in Instrument Number 1086107, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($117,347.36) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West 327.5 feet for a place of beginning; thence West 327.5 feet; thence North 665.1feet; thence East 327.5 feet; thence South 665.1 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517888 File No. 283.0126 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by James Browne and Dena Browne, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2005 and recorded November 3, 2005 in Instrument Number 1155680, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Twelve and 93/100 Dollars ($188,612.93) including interest at 8.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, and 6, Laphams Airport Lots according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 3, Page 100, Barry County Records. Parcel 2: Lots 87, 88 and 89, Laphams Airport Lots Number 2 according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 5, Page 37, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517203 File No. 199.4339 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Daniel K. Rice, A Married Man and Shennon Rice, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004 and recorded October 15, 2004 in Instrument #1135521 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($123,485.81) including interest 10.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot 23 of Algonquin Lake Resort Properties Unit Number 1, According to the recorded Plat Thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 56. Commonly known as 2485 Wasabinang, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517879 Our File No: 07-81565 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christian L. Harmon, married to Sonya Harmon, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 28, 2006 and recorded May 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1163917, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Two and 55/100 Dollars ($88,372.55) including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1194 in the City of Hastings, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517898 File No. 199.4378 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Steel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 11, 2005 in instrument 200505110006872, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Thirty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($110,036.74), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517838 File #170788F01 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Advantage Housing, Inc., dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 455, et. seq., and which Mortgage was assigned to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), by Mortgage Assignment dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 458, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $85,932.25, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), together with interest at 8.74 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on December 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 POST OF SECTION 3, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32= 09@ EAST ON THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 1323.82 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32= 09@ EAST ON SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 445.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49= 14@ WEST (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 58= WEST), 244.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 41= 32@ EAST, 62.13 FEET (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS 60.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 13= 22@ WEST, 42.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32= 09@ WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 507.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49=14@ EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 10 ACRES OF THE WEST 50 ACRES OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4, 287.81 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET WIDE DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49= 14@ WEST ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 286.9 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32= 09@ WEST 15.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 49= 14@ EAST, 286.9 FEET TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32= 09@ EAST ON SAID NORTH LINE, 15.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may have in the 1995 Redman Mobile Home, Serial Number 137B6073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77517999 Dated: November 13, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Carolyn Demankowski, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 6, 2006, and recorded on March 24, 2006 in instrument 1161646, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($123,685.20), including interest at 9.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Thence West 450 Feet. Thence North 388 Feet, Thence East 450 Feet, Thence South 388 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517193 File #125416F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Dean Stadel, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 10, 2006 in instrument 200607100008700, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 20061 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of TwentyEight Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 66/100 Dollars ($28,910.66), including interest at 8.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North half of Lots 9 and 10, of Block 13, Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the Recorded Plat thereof being Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517830 File #170358F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Brian Scott Peake, A Single Man to Amera Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 10, 2003 and recorded October 20, 2003 in Instrument # 1115851 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned thru mesne assignments to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($63,951.16) including interest 10% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West onequarter line of Section 33, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, distant South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 2263.02 feet from the West one-quarter post of said Section; thence North 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds East, 280.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 388.89 feet; thence South 01 degrees 10 minutes 11 seconds West, 280.00 feet to the East and West one-quarter line; thence North 88 degrees 48 minutes 49 seconds West along said one-quarter line, 388.89 feet to the place of beginning Commonly known as 7489 E M 79 Hwy, Castleton Twp MI 49073 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: OCTOBER 22, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-OPT3, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517198 Our File No: 07-80825 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Salmen, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 30, 2007 and recorded June 7, 2007 in Instrument Number 1181428, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by IndyMac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Sixty-Four and 73/100 Dollars ($257,064.73) including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel M: That part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the center of said Section 14; thence South 0 Degrees 23 Minutes 10 Seconds West on the North and South one-quarter line 1393.56 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence on the centerline of Bird Road, Southwesterly 345.05 feet on the arc of a 583.56 foot radius curve to the right to the far end of chord which bears South 11 Degrees 44 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 339.99 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds West parallel to the South section line 1245.59 feet; thence North 0 Degrees 27 Minutes 13 Seconds East on the North and South one-eighth line of the Southwest onequarter, 332.68 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds East 1312.19 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517903 File No. 225.0698 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Pamela K. Jiles, an unmarried woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 17, 2005, and recorded on November 23, 2005 in instrument 1156698, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Washington Mutual Bank as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Nine And 07/100 Dollars ($99,899.07), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 9, Block 9 of Kenfields Second Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 37. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517183 File #155322F02 at the Shamrock Tavern with Wally Barbie Saturday, Nov. 17th 9 pm to 1 am 77516873 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Denise D. Farley-Renkel and Charles W. Renkel, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 6, 2006 and recorded October 16, 2006 in Instrument Number 1171464, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred ThirtySeven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Six and 97/100 Dollars ($237,286.97) including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of said Section 327.67 to the East line of the West three-quarters of the East one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of said Section and the place of beginning of the land hereinafter described; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds East along East line, 400.00 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 290.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds West, 400.00 feet to the North line of said Section; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East thereon, 290.00 feet to the place of beginning. Also, commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West along the North line of said Section, 617.67 feet for the place of beginning of land hereinafter described; thence South 00 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds East, 400 feet; thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 220.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 45 minutes 31 seconds West 400.00 feet to the North line of said Section; thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East thereon, 220.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518020 File No. 207.9064 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dawn G. Sixberry, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 24, 2004, and recorded on March 2, 2004 in instrument 1123026, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Nine And 22/100 Dollars ($84,469.22), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, Described as; Commencing at the South 1/4 Corner of said Section 23, Thence Westerly, 660 to the Point of Beginning; Thence East along the South Section Line a Distance of 594 Feet; Thence North a Distance of 586; Thence West 594 Feet; Thence South 586 Feet to the Point of Beginning. EXCEPT: A Parcel of Land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Boundary of Said Parcel described as; Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 23: Thence East along the South Line of Said Section 2201.05 Feet; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 556.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 30.00 Feet; Thence East Parallel with said Section South Line 374.08 Feet: Thence South 00 Degrees 53 Minutes 24 Seconds East Parallel with the NorthSouth 1/4 Line of said Section 30.00 Feet: Thence West Parallel with said South Line 374.09 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517824 File #041333F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott C. Adams, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on June 1, 2006 in instrument 1165410, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Four And 62/100 Dollars ($102,584.62), including interest at 10.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1007 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518036 File #172450F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Herbert R. Rutzebeck Jr., married to Vickie Rutzebeck, to Washington Mutual Bank F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated January 11, 2005 and recorded January 18, 2005 in Instrument Number 1140287, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Eight and 5/100 Dollars ($101,668.05) including interest at 9% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 1 and 2 of Block 14 of the Daniel Strikers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: October 25, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517173 File No. 362.2210 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gorden Noble and Kathy Noble, husband and wife, to CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2001 and recorded November 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1070245, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eight and 30/100 Dollars ($89,608.30) including interest at 10.34% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 105 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North one-half of the Northwest onehalf of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 18, Township 2 North of Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan, for place of beginning; thence West 10 rods; thence North 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence South 8 rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517642 File No. 201.2034 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charles E Collins and Carol L Collins, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006, and recorded on September 11, 2006 in instrument 1169839, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-WF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Seven And 29/100 Dollars ($209,557.29), including interest at 8.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot Fifteen (15) and the South forty-two (42) feet of Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Nine (9) of the Lincoln Park Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the recorded Plat thereof; Also quit-claiming all my rights, title, and interest in and to the alley hereto vacated by the City of Hastings adjacent to said premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518041 File #172624F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick VanHaften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mutual Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ten And 27/100 Dollars ($198,210.27), including interest at 7.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point on the North and South 1/4 Line of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West 33 Feet North of the South 1/4 post of Section 5; Thence North on the 1/4 Line 172.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 333 feet to the Easterly Line of Winchester Drive; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East on the Easterly Line of Said Drive 18.52 feet; Thence South 57 Degrees 21 minutes East 53.94 feet, Being a Chord on a Curve to the Left with a radius of 50 Feet; Thence East 255.27 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 114.15 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 43 of Chateau Park No. 2 and the place of beginning of this description; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 150 feet to the Easterly line of Winchester Drive; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West 100 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 43 of said plat, Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 150 feet to the place of beginning. Also, Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 Line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet and the place of beginning of this description thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of said road 100 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southwest Corner of Lot 42 of Chateau Park No. 2, Thence South 24 degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 183 feet to the place of beginning, all in Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170050F01 77517633 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, of 10521 East M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 49073-9139, respectively, to Independent Mortgage Company (f/k/a Independent Mortgage Company - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141705, 20 pages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY and 59/100 ($56,190.59) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.00 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Mortgage Company; does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8. Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 23, 2007 Independent Mortgage Company Mortgagee. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Roberta R. Ballard Attorneys for Mortgage 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77517150 St. Johns, MI 48879 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patricia J. Rich, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 20, 2006, and recorded on October 27, 2006 in instrument 1172001, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 22/100 Dollars ($151,290.22), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lot 110 of Hastings Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on page 41, also, that Part of Lot 111 of Hastings Heights wich Lies South of the South Line of Platted Calgary Drive, according to the recorded plat of Northridge #2, also the West 10 Feet of the Vacated 40 Foot alley Formerly Appurtenant to said Lot 110 and part of Lot 111 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517601 File #169934F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by David Beck and Paula Beck, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender, Mortgagee, dated January 23, 2003, and recorded on January 27, 2003 in instrument 1096298, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy Thousand Fifty And 14/100 Dollars ($170,050.14), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 2620.06 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 to the central 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 596.23 feet along East line of said Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this description; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West 725.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds West 574.00 feet along the South line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4; thence North 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds East 833.51 feet; thence Southeasterly 206.83 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 26 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds and a chord bearing South 58 degrees 20 minutes 06 seconds East 205.05 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 400.00 feet to the point of beginning. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive 66.00 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes in the Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4, Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Village of Freeport, Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, the centerline of said easement being described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said Section 1; thence North 89 degrees 52 minutes 21 seconds East 1310.03 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 02 minutes 54 seconds West 466.86 feet along the West line of said Northeast 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 to the point of beginning of this easement description; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 48 seconds East 587.67 feet; thence Southeasterly 356.65 feet on the arc of a 454.10 foot radius curve to the right with a central angle of 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds and a chord bearing South 67 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 347.55 feet to a radius point of 60.00 foot radius turn-around and the point of ending of this easement centerline description. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: October 25, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #063692F02 77517128 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by April Burd, a Married Woman and Jay W. Burd, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 30, 2006 in instrument 1165275, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2006-WF3 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two And 09/100 Dollars ($182,142.09), including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of West Gun Lake Resort, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517584 File #161303F03 �Page 13 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner If it sounds too good to be true... Hastings Police are investigating a scam involving counterfeit travelers checks that surfaced Nov. 11. The targeted victim, a 20-year-old Hastings resident, received the checks via Federal Express at her residence in Hastings. She had also received an e-mail the previous day advising her that she would be receiving a package, and the message instructed her to deposit all into her personal account, keeping 10 percent for herself, and then transferring the remaining amount into an account at a Texas bank. The travelers checks, totaling $2,500, were found to be bogus by a local bank. The incident remains under investigation. The police department reminds residents that there are many scams that solicit help in a manner such as this for profit, and warn that recipients can be held accountable should they become involved in the scam. "If it sounds too good to be true, it’s more than likely not true," said Assistant Chief of Police Mike Leedy. Hastings man arrested on outstanding warrants Hastings Police were dispatched to the 200 block of East Bond Street Nov. 10 after a citizen reported two men in the area shooting a pellet gun at signs. Responding officers located the men who admitted that they were shooting a signs near the dead end of East Bond. Further investigation revealed that one of the men, who was identified as Roydan Howard, 34, of Hastings, was wanted on outstanding warrants out of Springfield. Howard was placed under arrest on the warrants and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Both men will be facing charges of malicious destruction of property and disorderly conduct. The incident has been turned over to the city attorney’s office for review. Man who can’t take a hint is ultimately arrested Hastings Police responded to a residence in the 500 block of South Jefferson Street to a report of a man yelling obscenities. Responding officers located the individual who was identified as Bobby Wagner, 50, of Hastings. Officers had responded to the same residence earlier in the night on an unwanted-person complaint involving Wagner, who was warned not to return. When confronted, Wagner began yelling and swearing and would not reason with the investigating officers. Wagner was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct. He was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Bogus check scam discovered and reported to police A Hastings resident recently received a bogus notice that they had won a lottery from the International Lottery Commission out of Spain. The intended victim contacted Hastings Police Nov. 5 with information she had received in the mail. This scam attempts to get personal information from the "winner," in the form of Social Security number, date of birth, address, bank routing information, as well as similar information about next of kin. The information is needed under the guise of forwarding the winnings to the winner’s bank. Police warn to never give out personal information, no matter what. Sweepstakes and lotteries originating from other countries should be the first clue. Police suggest that residents research the information and check with local law enforcement for similar incidents occurring in the area, but do not give out personal information to any unfamiliar organization. Hastings police remind residents of parking limits The Hastings Police Department would like to remind residents that there is no parking on city streets between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Vehicles found in violation will likely be cited for the offense. Snow is inevitable, and vehicles left on the streets during this time of year make it difficult for city crews to effectively clear the streets of snow. OWI in Middleville results in arrest A Bellevue man was arrested by Barry County Sheriff Deputies Nov. 8 in Middleville. According to reports, the man, William Robert Eves II, 31, was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and for driving on a suspended license (second or subsequent offense). The deputies added a citation for refusing to submit to a preliminary breath test, and Eves was lodged in the Barry County Jail pending arraignment. Break-in nets $31 in Rutland Township Sheriff Deputies responded to a report of the theft of approximately $31 from Airport Sand and Gravel in Rutland Township sometime during the night of Nov. 6. Thieves apparently broke a window to enter the business. There are no suspects at this time, and the case remains open and under review. Hope Township alarm foils break-in The presence of an alarm may have frightened off would-be burglars in Hope Township Nov. 5. Barry County Sheriff Deputies responded to the alarm and discovered that thieves had removed an air conditioning unit to gain entry into a residence. Apparently an alarm sounded, scaring them off before they could escape with any property. The incident remains under investigation. Displaced person found resting in driveway Deputies responded to a report of a disorderly person in Orangeville Township Nov. 8 and discovered a man lying in the driveway of a home. The man had apparently been kicked out of his home and was wandering in the area. He was taken to Pennock Hospital for treatment. His name is being withheld since no charges were filed in the incident. Tree cutters accused of targeting valuable trees Two members of Wright Tree Service filed a complaint against a woman in Johnstown Township, whom they say threatened them with a weapon. The woman was apparently irate about the cutting of trees on her property by the service, which had contracted with Consumers Energy to clear trees near power lines. The woman maintained that some of the trees being tagged for cutting by the crew were expensive and did not pose a threat to any power lines. She said she was approached by a worker for Wright Tree Service and asked to look at other trees scheduled to be cut down. When she was out of the immediate area, the two workers cut down a tree she did not want damaged. Deputies who responded to the complaint observed that some of the trees scheduled to be cut down did not appear to be hampering power lines, and Consumers Energy was contacted to investigate the complaint. Litter bug faces additional charges Michigan State Police Trooper Bryan Fuller stopped a speeder on M-43 in Hope Township Nov. 10 and a subsequent investigation found that the driver was in possession of a vehicle stolen from Branch County. Fuller witnessed the man, Jason Michael Taggart, 30, of Toledo, Ohio, throw a bag out the window of his vehicle as Fuller turned around to chase the speeding 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix. When questioned, Taggart told the trooper he was detailing the car for a dealership in Battle Creek. Further investigation revealed, however, that the car was stolen from a private party who lived in Union City and the plates belonged to a separate Battle Creek car dealership. The car’s owner was on vacation in Pennsylvania and had left the car at a rental agency in the Battle Creek. Taggart was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, receiving and concealing a stolen auto and littering. He was lodged in the Barry County Jail. Commissioner seeks personal protection order by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick has filed a person protection order against Elden Shellenbarger, of Hastings. The two will face off in the 17th Circuit Court of Kent County at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 20. VanNortwick, in seeking the protection order, accused Shellenbarger of continually and openly harassing him since July. “Elden becomes extremely angry and exhibits violent behavior towards me publicly at the Barry County Board meetings since July 24, 2007,” VanNortwick said in his petition. Shellenbarger said he has never made any verbal or observable threats against VanNortwick. “I have recordings of all phone conversations,” Shellenbarger said, “and there is no evidence of any threats whatsoever.” About Shellenbarger, VanNortwick wrote: “His most recent display of anger and outrage occurred again at the Barry County Board of Commissioners meeting held on Oct. 9. Again, he threatened myself and my fellow commissioners if they sought to help me fight the outlandish recall effort against me that he publicly supports. “Being that I am partially blind in my left eye (70 percent loss of peripheral vision) and that I have official duties and needs that keep me out late and various hours of commitments, I am concerned for my safety and well being,” VanNortwick wrote. VanNortwick said he has been in contact with the Michigan State Police to obtain past complaints filed against Shellenbarger. VanNortwick is facing a possible recall. He was one of seven commissioners who voted in favor of a county-wide regulation requiring inspection of water wells and septic systems before a property can be sold. That regulation, time-of-sale transfer, or TOST, was recommended by the local health department. CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Recreation Pets For Sale 1992 HD FLHS ROAD KING: new chrome frontend, new Hooker mufflers, air suspension, 22,000mi. $8,000. 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On the left are Fiona Shea, Mallory White, Anastasia Gregory, Emily Hayes; and on the right are Laura Shinavier, Kali Wales, and Lyndsey Thomas. Fiona Shea was the first to go through the food line at the event. Parent volunteer Valerie Flikkema serves dessert to her. Kristin Day, a kindergarten student at St. Rose School in Hastings, is ready to chow down at the annual preThanksgiving feast. (photos by Elaine Gilbert) Adult volunteers are always an important part of the annual St. Rose feast. Kari Shepler (right) organized the event this year. Pictured with her are volunteers Nicki Gleeson, Becky Zellmer and Missy Caris. They are serving first graders Noah Former and Mary Kate Murphy. Third graders (from left) Ryan Zimmerman, Mark Feldpausch and Mary Green enjoy each others company as well as the good food. Boys in the sixth grade had a separate table and were enthusiastic about the special Thanksgiving feast. On the left are Austin Caris and Ian Watson. Seated at right are Ethan Haywood and Connor Hays. Brenagan Murphy (left) and Maggie Doherty were among the students at the feast. The name of the girl who is standing was not available at press time. Children donned Native American-style headgear they had made to wear during the school’s Thanksgiving event. Students don’t mind waiting in line when they know the turkey and dressing will be worth the wait. Lots of choices at the dessert table are on the minds of these students. �Page 15 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner County’s soccer first team filled entirely by seniors by Brett Bremer Sports Editor A total of seven players from last fall’s AllBarry County boys’ soccer team made the first team once again this season. Next season though, it will be an entirely new team. All 12 players who earned all-county honors this fall are seniors. There were highs and lows for all of the county’s varsity boys’ soccer teams this fall. Thornapple Kellogg was the class of the county, battling with South Christian for the top spot in the O-K Gold Conference for much of the season. TK was then knocked out of the state tournament by the eventual Division 2 champions from Unity Christian. Delton Kellogg had a good year, led by the offense and senior David Roberts who set a new school record for goals in the season. Lakewood had a good year, led by the defense and goalie Levi Seese who set a new school record for the lowest goals against average over the course of a season. Seese is one of a handful of underclassmen who earned a spot on the all-county second team. Boys’ Soccer First Team Josh Bare, Hastings: Bare is a talented goal keeper who also spends time in the field helping the Saxons out when needed as well. He shared time in net this season with teammates Mike Purchase and Andy Matthews. Matt Bouchard, Thornapple Kellogg: A senior who spent most of his time as a forward or midfielder, Bouchard finished the year with 12 goals and six assists. He was successful in obtaining all-conference and all-district honors this season, and was named his team’s MVP. “Matt brought to the team a skill and understanding of the game that not only helped me as a coach, but also his teammates,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. Adam Dow, Lakewood: Dow was the senior captain on defense for the Viking team which set a new school record by allowing just 25 goals during the season. A three-year varsity letter winner at Lakewood, he finished the season with a goal and two assists from his stopper position. He was voted all-conference and all-district this season, as well was being named the team’s top defensive player. Alex Haskin, Lakewood: A four-year varsity player at Lakewood, Haskin ended his senior season with 13 goals and seven assists, and was named all-conference and all-district and team MVP for the second consecutive season. “Was in my opinion in the two best players ever to play soccer at Lakewood,” said Viking head coach Paul Gonzales. Jorge Lopez, Thornapple Kellogg: A senior outside defensive back for the Trojans, Lopez had a goal and two assists this season while also doing an excellent job of protecting the TK net. “Jorge exhibited an enormous amount of energy and aggressiveness during practice and games,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. “He expected, and fed off from, hard practices and was disappointed when one of our practices before a game day became more tactical than physical.” Dan Ordway, Delton Kellogg: Ordway makes the move up from the all-county second team to the first team in his senior season, after scoring 11 goals to go along with two assists. The Panther midfielder was named all-conference in the KVA and all-district. He was also chosen for Delton Kellogg’s coach’s award this season. David Roberts, Delton Kellogg: Roberts had a huge senior season for the Panthers, setting a school record for most goals in a season with 26. He also had six assists. The honors are pouring as the Panther’s four-year varsity letter winner has been named all-conference in the KVA, all-district, as well as the team’s MVP and offensive player of the year. Fabian Suarez, Thornapple Kellogg: TK head coach Larry Jachim had high praise for his senior Suarez, saying “he played 110-percent during the game and during practice. Fabian is a great role model for the game and I am sure he will succeed with his future goals.” Suarez ended the year as a TK captain, with eight goals and six assists. He earned all-district and all-conference honorable mention nods this fall. Stephen Tolger, Hastings: A strong presence in the midfield for the Saxons once again, Tolger led the team in scoring with eight goals and four assists. He was honorable mention all-conference in the O-K Gold a year ago and made the step up to all-conference in his senior season. Pedro Vieira, Lakewood: A senior exchange-student who played an offensive Girls swing in the fall for first time by Brett Bremer Sports Editor It was a solid season for all three of the varsity girls’ golf teams in Barry County. Hastings finished second behind the powerhouse from South Christian in the O-K Gold Conference, and Thornapple Kellogg was third. Lakewood was third in its new league, the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. The girls had plenty of opportunity to be ready for the season, after playing varsity girls’ golf last spring. Thornapple Kellogg’s Macy Chamberlin and Ashley Martin were both members of the all-county first team last spring, while Hastings’ Kacy Hooten makes the jump up from the second team to the first team. It’s a fairly young group being honored this fall, with Martin the only senior on the first team and Lakewood’s Lauren Erb the only senior on the second team. A sophomore and two freshmen from Hastings are included on the first team. Girls’ Golf First Team Macy Chamberlin, Middleville: Chamberlin was the Trojan’s number two for much of the season, and finished the O-K Gold Conference season as an all-conference performer with a nine-hole average of 49.0. Chamberlin was fifth at the conference meet at the Meadows, with a 96. Chelsea Erb, Lakewood: A sophomore, Erb had a fine season for the Vikings which earned her first team all-conference honors in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. She had a nine-hole average of 47.8 this season, and an 18-hole mark of 100.8. Kacy Hooten, Hastings: The Saxon junior Hooten tied Chamberlin for fifth place at the O-K Gold Conference tournament with a 96, which helped her finish with the seventh best nine-hole average in the league at 48.7. A three-year letter winner, she finished as an all-conference performer in the O-K Gold. Jessica Kloosterman, Hastings: One of two Saxon freshmen on the all-county first team, Kloosterman was all-conference honorable mention in the O-K Gold with a ninehole average of 49.8. She had an 18-hole average of 101 over the course of the season, and in all nine-hole matches had an average stroke total of 48.78. Montana Leep, Hastings: A freshman, Leep earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold Conference with a nine-hole average of 47.8 in league play. She was at 48.78 per nine holes over the course of the entire season. That mark of 47.8 put her as the fifth best scorer in the league, and she was the top golfer in the conference not a member of the South Christian team. Ashley Martin, Middleville: Martin earned all-conference honors in the O-K Gold for the second season in a row, as a senior. She finished with the league’s sixth best ninehole average at 48.1. At the league’s first jamboree, at Orchard Hills in Wayland, Martin fired a 41 which was the second best score in the conference on the day. Girls’ Golf Second Team Barbie Buehler, Hastings: A fourth Saxon underclassmen to earn all-county honors, Buehler earned honorable mention all-conference in the O-K Gold this fall. She had a nine-hole average overall this season of 50.78, and fired an average of 103.29 in 18-hole tournaments. Lauren Erb, Lakewood: A senior, Erb was honorable mention all-conference in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division this fall, tying for 13th overall individually in the conference. She had a nine-hole average of 58.6, and an 18-hole mark at 116.3. Hillary Klunder, Thornapple Kellogg: Klunder averaged 54.8 strokes per nine holes over the course of the O-K Gold Conference season, which put her in the top 20 in the league. Klunder was the Trojans’ number three for much of the season, but had the team’s second best score in each of the final two league jamborees. Charlese Smith, Lakewood: Finished tied with teammate Lauren Erb for 13th individually in the final Capital Area Activities Conference White Division standings. Smith, a junior, finished the year with a nine-hole scoring average of 53.6 as an honorable mention all-conference performer. midfield position for the Vikings, scored ten goals and had four assists this season. “Pedro was a very dangerous player for an opponent to mark, as he possesses very good trapping and shooting skills,” said Viking head coach Paul Gonzales. Justin von der Hoff, Hastings: von der Hoff was the Saxon assist leader this fall, with five, and also tallied six goals. After being named all-conference in the OK Gold a year ago, he earned a spot on the honorable mention list this season. Sven Welz, Thornapple Kellogg: Welz finished his senior season by leading the Trojans in scoring with 14 goals and 11 assists, which helped him earn all-conference and all-district honors. “Sven brought to the team a skill and understanding of the game that his teammates used to better themselves,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. “His intense passion for the game would sometimes get him in trouble with the referees, but I believe he made it through this season without obtaining a card.” Boys’ Soccer Second Team Michael Barbour, Lakewood: A senior who left his coach wondering what might have been, as he scored three goals and had two assists for the Vikings in his first season of varsity soccer. Barbour played all the midfield and many of the defensive positions for the Vikings, and was an excellent man-to-man defender. He earned an honorable mention nod in the CAAC-White this fall. Curtis Bouchard, Thornapple Kellogg: The only underclassmen to earn all-county honors for the Trojans, Bouchard was his team’s junior stopper this season and still managed to score two goals. “His skills allowed him to play both the defensive and offensive role depending on the ball location on the field,” said TK head coach Larry Jachim. Quinn DeBolt, Delton Kellogg: A senior, DeBolt shared the Panthers’ defensive player of the year honors with junior Nate Rush this season, after being named honorable mention all-conference in the KVA. In his first year on the varsity, DeBolt recorded 34 blocks and 12 steals for the Delton Kellogg defense. John Feldpausch, Hastings: A mainly defensive midfielder for the Saxons, Feldpausch finished his senior season with two goals and three assists. “I give John a lot of credit as a team leader,” said Saxon head coach Brian Roderick. Matt Julian, Delton Kellogg: Another senior who had a big season for Delton Kellogg, Julian finished with six goals and three assists. Julian is a four-year varsity letter winner at DK, and was a captain for the first time this season. He was named all-conference honorable mention in the KVA and was named to the all-district team. David Kendall, Hastings: Kendall did an excellent job of using his speed to spark the Saxon offensive attack from his forward position in his senior year. He finished the season with three goals and two assists. Matt Penfield, Thornapple Kellogg: Penfield, a senior was the man in the middle for the Trojan varsity soccer team, using his ball skills to help the offense transition up field and his endurance to help out back on the defensive end. Penfield finished the season with five goals and four assists, and coach Larry Jachim said, “Matt brought a positive attitude which he shared with his teammates.” Levi Phelps, Lakewood: Phelps, a senior, ends his three-year varsity soccer career at Lakewood was the program’s second leading scorer. He finished this season with six goals, splitting time between the offensive and defensive ends of the field. Phelps has a chance to earn 14 varsity letters at Lakewood, having also been a part of the Viking varsity football and tennis teams this fall. Spencer Rhodes-Gillons, Hastings: Rhodes-Gillons did a fine job in the midfield for the Saxons this fall, especially in the transition to the offensive end of the field. Coach Brian Roderick said that all three of Rhodes-Gillons’ goals this season were critical goals for the team. Levi Seese, Lakewood: Seese, a junior in his first year on the Lakewood varsity, set a new school record for goals against with 1.39 allowed per contest. Seese was an all-district performer this year, and was named honorable mention in the CAAC-White. “Levi may hold the key to next year’s season as he looks to just keep getting better,” said Lakewood coach Paul Gonzales. Jed Wieland, Maple Valley: Wieland was the heart and soul of the Maple Valley varsity boys’ soccer team this season once again. He was honored in the Kalamazoo Valley Association this fall as first team all-conference performer. AYSO team raising funds for Hawaii trip The Hastings’ AYSO program’s U12 girls’ team has been awarded the opportunity to participate in the AYSO National Games 2008 which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 6-13 2008. The 12 girls, coached by Ken Loew and John Nemetz, are a combination of players selected from the two Hastings area U12 teams at a try-out this summer. The team was chosen to participate at the AYSO National Games 2008 lottery draw which was held at the National Annual General Meeting on Sunday, May 27. The AYSO website states that the National Games offer an opportunity to bring together different regions and sections to share in the diverse soccer culture of the AYSO family. This occasion focuses on sportsmanship, team spirit and making new friends through the activities and events that are offered during this week-long event. The Games should not be interpreted nor represented as any form of an AYSO national championship. The exciting week-long soccer celebration provides a unique opportunity for cultural exchange with numerous AYSO teams from across the nation. Fundraising events, starting with a poinsettia sale, are already underway to help raise the roughly $20,000 to pay for the girls’ airfare and hotel accommodations for their week in Hawaii. The team’s fundraising coordinator, Tammy Loew, can be contacted at (269) 7213590. There are plans for a discount card program in connection with local business to start Jan. 1, a spaghetti dinner at Fall Creek in Jan., a silent auction in Feb., a Soccer-a-thon in March, and a golf scramble at the Hastings Country Club in April is also in the works. The Soccer-a-thon will include a cleat drive. Collection bins will be set up around Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ Kyleigh Sheldon finished eighth at Tuesday’s Division 1 regional diving meet at East Kentwood to earn a spot in this weekend’s state finals at Eastern Michigan University. (File photo) Members of the Hastings U12 girls’ soccer team which will be participating in the AYSO National Games 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 6-13, pose with NBT Screen Printing & Embroidery’s Kim Voshell who donated bright yellow T-shirts and sweatshirts. The team is planning a number of events in the coming months to help raise funds for its trip. Team members are (front from left) Kayla Lowe, Ashley Potter, Mara Speer, Natalie Warren, Madison Bolo, Amanda Wilgus, (back) Audrey Collier, Megan Ziegler, Kylee Nemetz, Kaley Ziegler, and Katie Brown. Missing from photo is Karlee Vaughn. (Photo by Brett Bremer) the area, people can donate used cleats which the team will then resell. A total of 189 teams across all age divisions will take part in the Games. Last year, a team of U14 girls from the Hastings area participated in the event in Chicago. The Games will be held at the Waipio Soccer Complex on Oahu. The facility is a short 17 mile drive from Waikiki with scenic panoramic views of Honolulu, Pearl Harbor and the beautiful Koolau Mountains. Depending on configuration, the complex can feature between nineteen and twentythree fields that offer excellent soccer playing conditions and features a 4,000 seat lighted stadium. Sheldon is first TK-Hastings girl to earn spot in the finals Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings diver Kyleigh Sheldon won an O-K Rainbow Tier III championship as a freshman, spent her sophomore year away from the pool, and is now going where no TK-Hastings diver or swimmer has gone before. She’s going to the Division 1 State Finals, at Eastern Michigan University this weekend. Sheldon placed eighth at Tuesday’s regional diving meet hosted by East Kentwood High School, with 304.60 points. The top 12 divers at each regional around the state advanced to this weekend’s state finals. Her teammate, senior Kelly Fame, also earned a spot in the regional meet but finished 13th. Forest Hills Northern/Eastern’s Rachel Strom took the regional diving title, with 374.70 points. Other state qualifiers from the regional include Holt’s Mary Rose Hillstrom, Battle Creek Central’s Megan Waschak, Grandville’s Cristee Cordes, Neena Zwier, Marie Hepfer, and Haily VandePoel, West Ottawa’s Lena Wileczek, Rockford’s Jenna Fredrickson, Grand Haven’s Lauryn Schroeder, and East Kentwood’s Audrey Clark. �Page 16 — Thursday, November 15, 2007 — The Hastings Banner State finalists lead county’s girls by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg was once again the class of the Barry County varsity girls’ cross country teams. The Trojans finished the regular season with an O-K Gold Conference championship and a Barry County Meet championship. The Trojans bested second place Lakewood by 48 points for the county title, with six runners finishing in the top 14 and eight in the top 18. TK was led by all-state freshman Allyson Winchester, who scored a sixth-place finish in the Division 2 state finals. She was joined at the finals by one other Barry County girl, Lakewood senior Jessika Blackport. It was a tough season for Blackport’s Vikings, who finished fifth in the CAACWhite. Delton Kellogg had a bit of a resurgence in the Kalamazoo Valley Association, finishing second to Kalamazoo Christian. The top seven runners at the Barry County Meet, which was hosted by Thornapple Kellogg this fall, earned spots on the all-county first team. The second team is made up of the runners who finished between eighth and 14th place. Girls’ Cross Country First Team Jessika Blackport, Lakewood: Blackport earned her first trip to the state finals in 2007, as a senior, and placed 62nd in 19 minutes, 38.3 seconds after placing 11th at the Vikings’ Division 2 regional race. She was second at the county meet with a time of 20:48, and set a new school-record with her time of 19:23 at the Greater Lansing Invitational late in the season. Mandy Dye, Delton Kellogg: Went back and forth at the top of the line-up for Delton Kellogg this season, placing seventh at the county meet in 21:45 just behind teammate Rachael Williams. Dye was just ahead of Williams, for sixth place, at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet hitting the line in 21:08. Emma Ordway, Thornapple Kellogg: Seniors lead all-county honorees by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Barry County’s cross country boys have done a terrific job of getting better and better as their careers progress. The All-County first team is filled with five seniors and just two underclassmen this fall. Two of those seniors, Thornapple Kellogg’s Keith Winchester and Dan Schasser, saw their varsity cross country careers end at the state finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Nov. 3. A third senior runner, Delton Kellogg’s Morgan Hennessey who is a member of the all-county second team, also earned a spot in the state finals this season. The local teams ran against some tough competition all season long in their conferences. Lakewood, which won the county meet, placed third in the CAAC-White behind the league champions from Williamston who went on to win a Division 3 state championship. Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley regularly ran against Hackett Catholic Central in the Kalamazoo Valley Association, another team which reached the finals in Division 3. Wayland, which just missed a state finals berth in Division 2, was the champion in the O-K Gold Conference. Lakewood’s Billy Quint and Hastings’ Troy Dailey are the only two underclassmen among the top seven in the county. The top seven runners at the Barry County Meet, which was hosted by Thornapple Kellogg this fall, earned spots on the allcounty first team. The second team is made up of the runners who finished between eighth and 14th place. Boys’ Cross Country First Team Ryan Bosma, Hastings: Bosma placed second at the Barry County Meet with a time of 17 minutes 18 seconds. In the other final two races of his senior season, Bosma earned a third place finish at the O-K Gold Conference Championship meet, then was just short of the state meet with his 16th place finish at the Saxons’ Division 2 regional race. Blake Blocher, Lakewood: Blocher placed sixth a the Barry County Meet with a time of 18:04. A senior, Blocher earned a honorable mention all-conference nod in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division by placing 17th in the league point standings. Troy Dailey, Hastings: Dailey, a sophomore, finished fifth at the Barry County Meet with a time of 17:47. A strong number two for the Saxons, Dailey placed 14th at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet and was 39th at the regional race hosted by Grand Rapids Christian. Ethan Fuller, Thornapple Kellogg: Fuller placed third at the Barry County Meet with a time of 17:35. A senior, he was a solid number two for TK once again. Fuller placed fifth at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet at Johnson Park with a time of 17:22. Billy Quint, Lakewood: Quint was the final runner to earn a spot on the first team, placing seventh at the county meet in 18:12. He was just short of making all-conference in the CAAC-White, earning an honorable mention nod instead. A junior, Quint improved his finish in each successive CAAC-White jamboree this season. Dan Schasser, Lakewood: In just his second season of varsity cross country Schasser, a senior, was one of two county runners to earn a spot in the Division 2 state finals where he placed 95th in 16:57.7. That after placing 15th at the regional meet. Schasser placed fourth at the county meet, in 17:44. Keith Winchester, Thornapple Kellogg: Winchester, a senior, made his second appearance in the Division 2 state finals this fall. He placed 46th at MIS with a time of 16:28.4. Winchester was both the O-K Gold Conference and Barry County Meet individual champion this year. He cruised around the county meet course in Middleville in 17:05. Boys’ Cross Country Second Team Joe Benedict, Maple Valley: Barry County’s top freshman, on the boys’ side, Benedict placed 12th at the county meet in 18:46. He was also one of the top freshmen in the Kalamazoo Valley Association this fall, placing 15th at the league meet at Gilmore Car Museum with a time of 18:27.2. Morgan Hennessey, Delton Kellogg: Hennessey, a senior, finished off his last season of cross country at Delton Kellogg by placing 100th in the Division 3 state finals at MIS, with a time of 17:08.3. The Panthers’ leader all season long, he placed ninth at the county meet in 18:34. Brandon Humphreys, Delton Kellogg: Humphreys came on strong at the end of the season, placing 11th at the county meet in 18:39. Just a sophomore, he placed 20th at the KVA championship meet and followed that up with a 38th place finish at Delton’s Division 3 regional race. Miguel Martinez, Lakewood: A senior, Martinez just made the second team cut by placing 14th at the county meet in 18:55, one second ahead of the 16th place finisher. Martinez was one of four Vikings to earn honorable mention all-conference honors in the CAAC-White this fall, finishing as high as 18th in one of the three league jamborees. Richie Noyce, Lakewood: A junior, Noyce placed 13th at the conference meet in 18:48. Noyce showed why the Vikings were Barry County champs, because of their depth. Regularly the team’s number six runner, he jumped all the way up to fourth on the Lakewood squad at the county meet. Nick Rendon, Delton Kellogg: Number two for the Panthers on most days, Rendon was tenth in the county this fall finishing the county meet in 18:37. A sophomore, he was also tenth in the Kalamazoo Valley Association crossing the finish line at Gilmore Car Museum in 18:11 during the league championship meet. Dane Schils, Hastings: Schils moved up from 14th at the county meet as a sophomore, to an eighth place finish this season as a junior. He hit the finish line in 18:23. Schils was also the third Saxon to finish at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet and at the Division 2 regional hosted by Grand Rapids Christian. Ordway was sixth for the Trojans at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet, placing 23rd overall in 22:02, but would have been a scorer for five of the conference’s other six teams. She had a strong day at the county meet, as TK’s fourth finisher, placing fifth in 21:37. Kylie Schultz, Thornapple Kellogg: The lone senior in the Trojan’s top seven, Schultz placed 14th at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet in 21:28. She was fourth at the Barry County Meet, which the Trojans hosted, with a time of 21:30. Kelcey Webster, Thornapple Kellogg: A sophomore, Webster earned first team allcounty honors for the second time this fall by placing third at the county meet in 21:19. She was the second Trojan to hit the finish line at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet, placing 12th in 21:26. Rachael Williams, Delton Kellogg: A senior running cross country for the Delton Kellogg varsity team for the first time, she traded the top spot on the team back and forth during the year with Dye. Williams was sixth at the county meet in 21:39. She was seventh overall at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet with a time of 21:10. Allyson Winchester, Thornapple Kellogg: First she broke her older sister Rebecca’s freshman school record, then broke her overall school record with a second place finish at regionals in 18:21.4. The county meet champion in 19:38, she went on to place sixth at the Division 2 state finals with a time of 18:22.7. Girls’ Cross Country Second Team Jessica Crawford, Thornapple Kellogg: The Trojan girls’ team’s other freshman, Crawford was one of nine ninth graders to finish in the top 30 at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet placing 27th in 22:08. Crawford was tenth overall at the county meet with a time of 22:06. Nicole Frantz, Hastings: A junior, Frantz stepped up and led the Hastings girls for much of the season including at the county meet where she was 12th in 22:12. She also led the Saxons at the O-K Gold Conference championship meet, where she placed 33rd and at the regional race where she was 54th overall. Kaytlin Furlong, Maple Valley: Furlong finished her sophomore season as the Lions’ top runner on the girls’ side. She was ninth at the county meet in 22:05. She finished 16th at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet this year with a time of 22:08.3, and was 25th overall at the Lions’ Division 3 regional race. Taylor Hennessey, Delton Kellogg: Hennessey was a solid number three for most of the season for the Panther varsity girls’ team. She placed 13th at the county meet in 22:22. A freshman, she placed 17th at the Kalamazoo Valley Association championship meet at Gilmore Car Museum with a time of 22:11.3. Ashley Pifer, Lakewood: Chasing teammate Blackport for much of the season, Pifer was 11th at the county meet in 22:11. Pifer earned all-conference honorable mention in the CAAC-White, and finished as high as 13th in the three league jamborees. Brittany Raffler, Lakewood: Like teammates Blackport and Pifer ahead of her, Raffler had one of her best days early in the season when she placed 17th at the first CAAC-White jamboree. That performance helped her earn all-conference honorable mention. Raffler was 14th overall at the county meet, finishing in 22:23. Molly Wilson, Thornapple Kellogg: A junior, Wilson was the fifth Trojan runner to cross the finish line at the Barry County Meet, the O-K Gold Conference championship meet, and the Division 2 regional race hosted by Grand Rapids Christian. Wilson was eighth at the county meet in 22:00, and finished 16th at the league meet with a time of 21:40. The 2007-08 All-Barry County girls’ cross country first team. Team members are (from left) Mandy Dye, Rachael Williams, Emma Ordway, Kylie Schultz, Kelsey Webster, Jessika Blackport, and Allyson Winchester. Scoby signs to play baseball at Valpo The 2007-08 All-Barry County boys’ cross country first team. Team members are (from left) Billy Quint, Blake Blocher, Troy Dailey, Dan Schasser, Ethan Fuller, Ryan Bosma, and Keith Winchester. SPORTING COLORS Apparel, Gifts & Collectibles Gift tes C e rtifica Available 214 N. Jefferson • Downtown Hastings Hours: Tues.-Wed. 9am-7pm; Th.-Fri. 9am-8pm; Sat. 9am-5pm; Sun. 9am-3pm 269-945-4551 77518046 by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg senior Steven Scoby has made a habit of making the most of his opportunities, and he has another big opportunity ahead. Scoby signed his National Letter of Intent Wednesday to join the Valparaiso University Men’s Baseball team. “To be able to play at the next level, I’ve always wanted this. Since I was four,” Scoby said. “I’ve always been playing baseball. I love the game.” He was an infielder, playing mostly shortstop, before joining the Delton Kellogg High School program. The varsity team needed a center fielder his freshman year, and the coaches liked his speed and gave him a shot. As a freshman, batting lead-off, Scoby hit .362 with 16 RBI, 19 walks, and 24 stolen bases. He followed that up with a .348 average his sophomore season, and hit at a .452 clip last year while bumping his slugging percentage up more than 250 points. He won the Delton Kellogg team MVP awards the last two years, with AllKalamazoo Valley Association performances. He was honorable mention All-KVA after his freshman year. Scoby was also named first team all-district after his freshman and junior seasons, but maybe the one that made his parents most proud was the Academic AllDistrict honor he received last spring. The offer to play at Valparaiso includes athletic scholarships for just over 40-percent of the cost of school, and academic scholarships should account for most of the rest of the cost. Scoby currently sports a 3.8 G.P.A. Still, Division 1 baseball programs weren’t beating down the door. Not until Valparaiso got its eyes on him this summer, for the first time at the Battle Creek Mayor’s Tournament. Scoby has been playing travel baseball in the summers since he was 12, and spent last summer with the Kalamazoo Maroons 17-yearold team. “I was playing on my travel team and a Delton Kellogg senior Steven Scoby (center) signs his National Letter of Intent to join the Valparaiso University Men’s Baseball team Wednesday as his parents, Lanny (left) and Karen look on at Delton Kellogg High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) scout was actually looking at another player and I had a really great game that day,” said Scoby. His father, Lanny Scoby, remembers that day well. “He was 7-for-8 with a home run, a triple, a couple doubles, and a couple good plays in the outfield,” Lanny said. Scoby followed that up with a great tournament in Nashville, Tenn., and Valparaiso was hooked. Now Scoby has to convince the Valparaiso coaches that he’s ready for his next opportunity. He’s been told there’s a good chance he could win a starting spot in the outfield his freshman season, as the Crusaders will loose a couple outfielders in the spring. He has some work to do at Delton Kellogg first. His senior baseball season starts this spring. His second season of varsity basketball is already underway. Scoby also just finished up his senior sea- son with the Panther varsity football team, for which he was a team captain the last two seasons. He was also named the team MVP the last two seasons, first team all-conference the last two years, and first-team all-county the last two years. He decided that his 5-8, 170 lb. frame was better suited to playing D1 baseball than trying to find a spot on a football program somewhere. “He told me he wanted this a long time ago,” said Lanny. “We never once pushed him. He’s just taken it upon himself to take the steps necessary to get there.” “We like to think he’s a good role model for other kids, and I think he thinks that.” It wasn’t always easy. The Delton Kellogg varsity baseball program has had three different coaches in his three varsity seasons. Right now though, the tough thing is getting his lungs acclimated to all the running in coach Mike Mohn’s basketball practices. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-11-22.pdf 6255fe2b0aaf17675fe7862e101ac125 PDF Text Text Hastings solider part of Romanian exercise The importance of public notices Final All-Barry County teams announced See Story on Page 16 See Editorial on Page 5 See Stories on Pages 17-20 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 47 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, November 22, 2007 Barbara Schondelmayer to retire from Hastings library NEWS BRIEFS Heading west after 23 years of service Final Art Hop next Friday The Thornapple Arts Council will present the final Art Hop of the 2007 season Friday, Nov. 30 from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown Hastings. Billed as a Holiday Art Hop, the event will feature strolling carolers and other live music. Hot chocolate and other refreshments will be served throughout the evening. Seventeen businesses will host artists exhibiting painting, jewelry, woodworking, photography, ceramics, and mixed media. Brochures listing artists and their locations will be available at the Thornapple Arts Council booth on State Street. Co-sponsors of the event are the City of Hastings, MainStreet Savings Bank, and Hastings City Bank. Discussion group at Hastings library The first meeting of a Teen Book Discussion Group will be held at the Hastings Public Library at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the community room. Teens in 8th through 12th grades are invited to bring books they would like to suggest for discussion. The group will decide which books will be discussed for the next six months. Refreshments will be provided. Wind Band to perform Dec. 2 The Thornapple Wind Band will perform its second concert this season at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. The concert takes place on the opening holiday weekend in Hastings, the day after the Santa Parade. Additional guest performers will include FUMC Chancel Choir and organist Mark Doster. For this concert, the band will be under the direction of Duane Thatcher, former band director at Thornapple Kellogg and Maple Valley high schools. The Thornapple Wind Band is a nonprofit group designed to enrich the lives of its members and the surrounding community. There is no funding other than donations received at the concerts. Other planned concerts will take place Feb. 10 and March 9, 2008. HHS students perform fall plays next weekend Nick Lancaster, 16, catches this giant fish, Alicia Bush, 16, in “The Fisherman and His Wife,” one of the plays Hastings High School students will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, in the Central Elementary School auditorium. “The Fisherman and His Wife” will be shown with “A Christmas Story.” All seats will be $7 at the door, but theater-goers can save $1 per ticket by purchasing them in advance at Bosley Pharmacy, Hastings Felpausch, State Grounds Coffeehouse, King’s Electronics and Appliances or at any Hastings Area Schools office. Northeastern Elementary School teacher Todd Willard will be directing both plays. Hastings schools approve raises for administrators by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education approved $3,000 raises for 13 school administrators at Monday night’s meeting. Superintendent Rich Satterlee said the administrators needed raises, and that all except two of them made less than the highest paid teachers. With the additional $3,000, the administrators will receive the following salaries: Central Elementary School Principal Chris Cooley, $74,134; Pleasantview Elementary School Principal Marjorie Haas, $70,488; Southeastern Elementary School Principal Susan Linacre, $74,874; Star Elementary School Principal Amy Tebo, $69,321; Middle School Principal Mike Karasinski, $81,449; Middle School Assistant Principal Steve Hoke, $70,715; Middle School Assistant Principal Mark Martin, $69,572; High School Principal Tim Johnston, $86,515; High School Assistant Principal Judy Johnson, $68,079; High School Assistant Principal Mike Schneiderhan, $73,888; Athletic Director Mike Goggins, $70,914; Director of Finance Barb Hunt, $67,890; and Assistant Superintendent Mary Vliek, $88,680. See BOARD, page 3 Hastings Public Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer shows off pictures of Mt. Hood in Oregon, a site she will soon be seeing daily. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer After 23 years as the Hastings Public Library Administrator and seeing the dream of a new “green” library come to life, Barbara Schondelmayer is packing up her books and heading west to join her sons and granddaughters in Portland, Ore. Schondelmayer moved to Hastings in 1958 with her mother, the late Char Bacon, and graduated from Hastings High School in 1959. She then got a bachelor of arts degree in English and biology from Kalamazoo College. “I just love biology,” said Schondelmayer. “I love science.” Schondelmayer said she planned to be a nurse, like her mother, but when she went to nursing school at the University of Michigan, she decided she did not like it. So she went to grad school, studying library science “I loved it from the first,” she said. “I thought, ‘Oh yeah, this is what I should be doing.’” After finding out how much she liked it, Schondelmayer earned a master of arts in library science. She then went to the Chicago area to work at the Lake Forest Public Library “We never want to give up on a reference question, even when the questioner may have given up on it.” - Barbara Schondelmayer and later at Lake Forest College’s library. After working in the Chicago area for a while, she married the late Mickey Furrow and worked at the library at Michigan State University while he attended school there. See LIBRARY, page 3 Maple Valley School Board reviews fleet replacement options Christmas bazaar set at St. Rose St. Rose School’s Parents Club will hold a Christmas bazaar, “Holiday Memories,” Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in the St. Rose of Lima Church basement in Hastings. Many hand-crafted items will be offered as well as a raffle and a chili dinner. The first day of the bazaar, from noon to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, includes a chili dinner from 3 to 7 p.m. Red and white chili will be offered for $1 per bowl. Take out will be available. The Saturday, Dec. 1 bazaar has a limited time frame from after the 5 p.m. Mass to 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 2, the bazaar will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and from 12 to 1 p.m. Proceeds will be used to purchase “extras” for the school. The church and school are located on Jefferson Street, four blocks south of Green Street. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 One of Maple Valley’s older school buses is starting to show rust on the inside. by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer Faced with declining enrollment and cuts in aid from the state, the Maple Valley Board of Education has approved more than $2 million dollars in budget cuts during the past three years. As a result of these cuts, the district has not purchased a new bus since 2005 and is now facing a dilemma: How can the district maintain its fleet and a balanced budget at the same time? During the regular November school board meeting, Maintenance and Transportation Supervisor Pat Powers gave a presentation detailing the current status of the district’s bus fleet and replacement options, along with an assessment of current bus routes. Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer said that due to the failure of two proposed bond issues in two years and the state’s continued decrease in funding for schools, the board and the community need to look seriously at how to deal with transportation and maintenance issues. "The difficult issue for us is, with the state’s economy, the lack of adequate funding coming from the state to maintain a school system as people have come to expect or need, the district is struggling," said Kramer. "We are not unlike virtually every school dis- Rust, from years of exposure to road salt is starting to take a toll on the Maple Valley School District’s bus fleet. trict in the state—every district. I see it on the news wires every day, districts having to make adjustments to what they are doing and it’s all really all brought on by the state’s poor economic state. "For us, here in the Valley, not only are we having to cut, and cut, and cut—nearly 2 mil- lion in the last three years, 16 different positions have been eliminated, programs have been reduced, and reduced, and reduced and we’ve tried very hard to make those types of See FLEET, page 2 �Page 2 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Boot drive for kids underway Red Cross holding local blood drives Ten locations in Hastings are participating in this year’s annual “Needy Feets Boot Drive,” which will continue through Nov. 30. The drive was started four years ago by Dr. David Mansky because he doesn’t want any Barry County children to have cold feet during the winter. He said he’s glad that two local dentists, six businesses and the library are concerned enough to join the project. The public is being encouraged to join the effort by donating new or gently used boots and taking them to one of the dropoff locations. The drop-boxes are located at Dr. Mansky’s office, 1375 W. Green St; Bosley Pharmacy on South Jefferson Street; Bob’s Gun and Tackle, 2208 W. M-37 Hwy.; Dr. Stacey Garrison, 1675 S. M-37 Hwy.; Plumb’s Valu-Rite, 902 W. State St., Ace Hardware, 111 E. State St; Hastings Bowl Inc., 203 E. Woodlawn; Kings Electronics and Appliances, 130 W. State St; Hastings Public Library, 227 E. State St; and Gole Dental Group, 121 West Woodlawn Ave. Officials from the American Red Cross have set up the following area blood drives: • Saturday, Nov. 24, Peace Church, 6950 Cherry Valley Rd., Middleville, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. • Tuesday, Dec. 4, Middleville Union Hall, 295 Washington St., Middleville, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Thursday, Dec. 6., Maple Valley High School, 11090 Nashville Hwy., Vermontville, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. • Thursday, Dec. 13, Mulberry Fore Golf Course, 955 Main St., Nashville, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Tuesday, Dec. 18, Viking Corporation, 210 N. Industrial Park Dr., Hastings, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. ‘Round the Town is this weekend The 16th annual Christmas ‘Round the Town, featuring area crafters in a variety of venues, will take place this Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., respectively, in and around Lake Odessa, Clarksville, Woodland and Mulliken. Sixteen homes, businesses and other organizations will open their doors to customers seeking one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted gifts. Flyers listing crafters and locations are available at businesses in the above communities. For more information, call (269) 367-4762. Methodist cookie sale Saturday The Nashville United Methodist Church will hold a holiday cookie sale from 9 a.m. until everything is gone Saturday, Nov. 24, in the community room of the church, located at 210 E. Washington St., Nashville. Many varieties of cookies will be available. Proceeds from the sale will be used to purchase worship supplies. Local bank to host tax seminar The Hastings City Bank Trust and Investment Group will host a tax seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29. The event is offered to the community at no charge. Presenters will include Chris Fluke, Kathy Sheldon, Dave DeHaan and Bill Baldrey, of Walker, Fluke and Sheldon PLC. Topics to be covered include: Estate tax update, Michigan tax on services, Michigan Business Tax, taxation of dividends, capital gains tax, alternative minimum tax 101, taxation of pension benefits, required minimum distributions, charitable donations from IRAs and charitable contributions, along with an opportunity for questions and comments. This seminar will take place in the community room at bank’s Hastings office, 150 W. Court St. Register by calling Nancy Goodin at (269) 948-5579. Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! 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FLEET, continued from page 1 reductions that would least affect the kids and their education first, and their safety second, —but, we’re facing more and more cuts and loss of students.” he added. “Most of the loss of students is a direct result of the economy, people moving out of the community because of the jobs. But, all of this tailspin leaves the board and the district struggling with, how do you take care of some very important issues for the district with virtually no money?" Kramer said one of the issues facing the district is its aging bus fleet. "When things have been tough moneywise, we have stopped our planned replacement program," he said. "We had been replacing two buses a year. Given the size of our fleet, that would mean, at the rate of two buses a year, our fleet would be run for about 12 years. Well, in Michigan 12 years for a bus is a pretty long time when it comes to the body. We switched over to using diesel and the engines aren’t the problem for us; it’s the bodies that are rusting. Our buses are parked outside. And in the wintertime in Michigan, we use a lot of salt on the ice and, anybody who drives a car knows that the bodies begin to rust away.” Kramer said that despite preventative maintenance and repairs, the district’s buses are barely passing State Police inspection. "Often what we end up doing is the State Police inspections will note for us (although we’ve been lucky enough the last few years to get all green on our buses), they’re noting, ‘Be careful. One of these days we’re going to have to red tag that bus, meaning you can not use it because it has too many holes in its body,’” said Kramer. "But, when you delay a purchase, or delay a replacement plan, because of finances and you decide to use the $70,000 it takes to replace a bus to maintain class sizes, to maintain athletics and other things, you are suddenly left with a very ancient fleet that is getting older and older and is costing more and more to operate in terms of maintenance, and that is where we are at now." In his report, Powers stated that the district is currently running 16 buses and routes, has six buses that are 15 years or older, and has another five buses that are 10 to 15 years old. Seven buses have more than 150,000 miles on them, he said, and 11 have extensive body repairs and patches. The district currently has 21 buses in its fleet, with one bus equipped for students with special needs. He said that with athletic trips, the age of the buses, and only one mechanic on staff, the district needs at least four spare buses. Powers used graphs to show that the district’s repair costs have risen steadily during the past three school years. In 2004-05 repairs totaled $40,825; in 2005-06 they totaled $43,158; and in 2006-07, $45,364. He noted that all new buses come with five-year warranties, which would reduce the cost of parts and labor for repairs, and that newer buses perform better and get better gas mileage. He said the district has two options: First, continue to maintain and repair the buses in its fleet; or two, implement a fleet-replacement plan. Replacement options include implementing a plan to replace the fleet every 10 years, he said, or financing through installment purchases, leasing programs, purchasing used buses or a possible bond option. The option to finance the fleet replacement would involve purchasing five buses at approximately $70,000 each, a total of $350,000 over five years, with an annual advance payment loan at an estimated interest rate of 4.5 percent, which would equal an annual payment of $78,300.72. To break it down further, each bus would cost $71,009 with annual financing costs of $8,300. Powers said he estimated that the five-year, five- bus replacement plan would result in an estimated $22,423 annual savings in repair costs. Powers added that while he estimated this replacement plan could result in an approximately 60 percent savings over the actual repair costs during the 2006-07 school year, the savings could actually be higher because the district would be replacing the oldest buses in its fleet, which traditionally require the highest amount of maintenance and repairs. However, he tempered that statement by adding that the costs and savings are estimates and do not take into account the rate of inflation on the cost of replacing the buses. With the replacement plan, the buses that MVHS eliminates valedictorian, salutatorian by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer During his report to the Maple Valley Board of education Monday night, MVHS Principal Todd Gonser stated that starting with the Class of 2008, there would no longer be a valedictorian or salutatorian selected from among the graduates. Instead, the school would recognize senior scholars, selected based on a grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 or better and performance on the ACT. The high school will use the same formula to select students for top academic honors that has been used in the past to determine Academic All-State candidates. The formula consists of the student’s GPA and ACT/SAT score. With the Michigan Merit Exam (MME), all Maple Valley high School students now take the ACT. Each student’s GPA is multiplied by 250, then that score is added to the student’s ACT score multiplied by 27.778. For example: a GPA of 4.0 times 250 would equal 1000 points, added to an ACT score of 36 multiplied by 27.778 would yield a total of 2000 points. If a student takes both the ACT and SAT, the school would use the score that yields the highest number of points for the student. "This process is an extremely valid indicator of students’ academic success," said Gonser, who noted that a rank in class would still be calculated from the cumulative GPA be printed on transcripts for college enrollment purposes. Gonser said the goal of eliminating the valedictorian and salutatorian is to recognize the academic achievement of as many students as possible at graduation. Those who would be recognized include the following designations and respective GPA: -Honor roll graduates, 3.0 or higher -Cum laude, 3.2 to 3.5 -Magna cum laude, 3.5 to 3.7 -Summa cum laude, 3.7 to 4.0 -Senior scholars 3.7 or better (and ACT score formula). Instead of the traditional addresses given by the valedictorian and salutatorian, graduation speakers will be selected from the summa cum laude graduates. Students will be asked to nominate three others from the group to speak at graduation. Based on student nominations, class advisors and administrators will interview the top choices and select at least two students to speak at the ceremony. The Senior Scholars will receive medallions and be individually recognized at graduation as well as in the graduation program and local newspaper. Summa cum laude graduates will wear gold cords at graduation and will stand to be recognized during the ceremony and their achievement noted in the program. Magna cum laude graduates will wear silver cords during graduation and will stand for recognition during the ceremony. Their achievement will be noted in the program. Cum laude graduates will wear bronze cords in the ceremony, will stand for recognition and their accomplishment noted in the program. Honor roll students will be noted the graduation program. are older than 15 years and have more than 150,000 miles on them would be sold for an estimated $1,500 to $3,000 each after the replacements arrive. Also, proceeds from the sale of the buses would be used to offset the cost of the plan and were not calculated into the savings he indicated previously. The option to lease five buses would result in an annual payment of $57,729, according to Powers. The cost per bus would be $71,009 with annual financing costs of $8,672. After the five-year lease expires the district could pay off the balance due on the buses, estimated at $21,962 per bus, for a total of $109,810, or turn them in and receive five new buses. In his presentation, Powers said that one to five-year old buses are available for purchase for between $25,000 and $50,000 each. When purchasing a bus, he said it is important to look at the chassis type of the bus, the make of its body, specifications such as brakes, engine, transmission, fuel type, mileage, seating capacity and availability. Powers said the advantages of establishing and implementing a fleet-replacement plan include: Assurance that the fleet replacement is built into the budget; reduction in the workload for the mechanic; prepares for future busing needs in the district; improves the reliability of the transportation department; reduces costs; improves safety; and boosts employee morale. The disadvantages of establishing a replacement plan are that it commits the district to five years of installment payments and reduces the district’s budget flexibility. Another way the district could look at reducing transportation costs is by modifying busing routes. To assess the current routes, Powers and his staff looked at starting and ending times of schools within the district, the distance and time it takes to travel from one school to another, the number of stops and time between each stop, the number of students needing transportation at each grade level, board policy regarding the amount of time students spend on the bus and how far they can walk to a bus stop, the need for a shuttle route, types of roads, and state and federal guidelines for student transportation. Powers noted that four routing techniques were used for busing. The first, a circular route, uses different roads on outgoing and incoming trips. It has the advantage of equalizing student time in transit because the first child picked up in the morning is the first child to be dropped off the bus in the afternoon. The second, a shoestring route, extends from the school to some terminal point in the district. If the bus is stored at the school, the same road or roads are used on the outgoing and incoming trips. The third technique, a feeder route, extends from a point farther out in the district from a transfer point on the main route. Finally, a shuttle route extends between two or more school buildings. Such routes are often required for the transfer of students in districts operating two or more schools. There are two methods of serving any of the four types of bus routes: Single-tier runs and multiple-tier runs. A single-tier run involves a morning and afternoon trip by one bus on each route. This form of service, currently in use in Maple Valley, is well adapted to sparsely populated areas, according to Powers. He noted that this method also meets the needs of districts where instructional programs require both secondary and elementary students to arrive at school at the same time. The multiple-tier method would involve two or more trips along each route in the morning and afternoon. Powers said this method is feasible only when route distances are relatively short and the time differences between locations are great. For example secondary students would be brought to the junior/senior high school on the first trip and elementary students would be picked up on the second run. Maple Valley currently has 14 runs twice a day with an average of 27 stops on each run. Approximately 67 students ride each bus for an estimated total of 1,010 students daily. The morning routes take an average of 1 hour and 34 minutes, while the afternoon routes average 1 hour and 19 minutes. The average total daily route time is 2 hours and 53 minutes. The district’s buses log a total of 857 miles each day for an annual average total of 14,262 miles. If the district were to switch to a two-tier busing system there would be nine secondary and 10 elementary routes in the morning and afternoon, with an average of 26 stops on each. The number of students riding the bus each day would still be 1,010 but it is estimated that there would be only 58 on each bus per run. Estimates show that the average secondary route would take 1 hour and 16 minutes and the average elementary route would take 1 hour and 24 minutes for a total daily route time of approximately 5 hours and 20 minutes. The average run would be 31 miles in length. The total number of miles the buses travel each day would increase to 1,204 and the annual total would climb to 199,864. In addition to increased mileage, other detriments to the two-tiered busing method include: Older siblings no longer being able to care for younger children before or after school, increased wear on buses and equipment, adjustments to the schools’ beginning and ending times, as well as food service hours. Powers said that benefits of two-tier busing would be the reduction of the number of buses needed in the fleet, increased safety and improved management of student behavior because elementary and secondary students would not ride at the same time, no over crowding on buses, reduced traffic risks with parents at school buildings, a reduction in the time students spend riding the bus and idle time for students between school bell times. Powers noted that challenges involved in switching to a two-tiered system include coordinating route drop-off and pick-up times between the tiers, students waiting for buses between tiers, and high school students needing to load more quickly to make route times. Also other factors, such as inclement weather, delays, athletic and field trips and the vocational education routes, would need to be taken into account. The board did not take action on the information Powers presented; Kramer stated that the presentation was simply to provide the board and members of the community in attendance with information about possible solutions to the district’s need to deal with its aging bus fleet. In a later interview, Kramer said that at future board meetings, more district representatives will present information about other maintenance needs that need to be addressed, such as the boiler systems at the junior/senior high school and both Maplewood and Fuller Street Elementary, and the high school gym floor, all of which are more than 40 years old. Kramer noted that after being sanded and refinished many times over the years, the gym floor is now so thin it cannot be sanded and refinished again. "With the use that it gets, over many, many years, we’ve reached the point where it can’t be refinished again. The wood is too thin; it needs to be replaced. That’s another major expense. Our boilers are aging, and one of these days one of them is going to give out. The prudent thing is to think ahead, plan ahead and replace. But, they are so costly that there’s just no way we can possibly do that out of the budget," said Kramer. "Replacing the buses has become a major expense, just like the boilers, but where do we go for the money for that? "There are some views in the community that you take it out of your savings. Any prudent person would have a savings account, and you put money into your savings and you use it for major expenses," he added. "We can do that; however, when we use our savings to try to not to use more taxpayers dollars on borrowing money to meet the payroll problems we are facing when we don’t get state aid every month. There are months when we don’t get state aid and we have to take it out of savings." Kramer said the board has decided that the community needs to be made more aware of the district’s budget crisis and its need to maintain transportation and facilities despite the financial situation. He said that during the month of November the district has been focusing on transportation issues. In December, it will look at the need to replace the gym floor, and in January the aging boiler systems will be the focus, culminating in a community forum in February. "The board wants to ask the public to come in and give them some advice or ideas on how the district ought to solve these three major issues," he said. "Embedded within these three major issues the district still has a twopage listing of routine maintenance work that totals nearly a million dollars that have to be budgeted in somehow, whether its replacing doors, carpeting, replacing light fixtures, typical, normal, routine maintenance that collectively will total a million dollars. "What we are hoping is that in February the public will tell us how do they think we ought to address these issues," Kramer added. "Nothing is predetermined. Some people will say, ‘Go for a bond.’ That is an option. But, what does the public want? “Others will say, ‘Take it out of savings or fund equity.’ That’s an option. But, if you do that, what are the ramifications? Some will say, ‘Go to a sinking fund like some neighboring districts are doing.’ We can do that too. But, is it a viable way to go? “Some will say, ‘Go with leasing for your transportation.’ That’s an option. At the February forum we are going to have a whole listing of options and just try to get a feel for what it is the community wants. It is an opportunity for the community to speak up and be heard. Hopefully it will be a proactive, positive, ‘Let’s work together’ (meeting). How do we address these needs and the future of the valley’s school system as a community?’” Former library public hearing is Monday A public hearing regarding the future of the former library building will begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the Hastings High School lecture hall during the regularly scheduled Hastings City Council meeting. The meeting has been moved to the school auditorium to accommodate the expected crowd. The hearing will offer citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions on the issue of the building, which originally served as a post office, and learn more about the subject. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 3 LIBRARY, continued from page 1 Shortly after that, the couple’s twin sons, Andy and Scott, were born. In 1975, she began working part-time at the Hastings Library. “Charlotte Anton and I started at the same time in February,” she said, noting that Anton plans to retire from the library early next year. Schondelmayer worked at the library part time until she was laid off in 1981. She offered her knowledge and time to the public schools. “In the early 80s, funding was a problem for the school, so they closed all the libraries,” she said. So she volunteered at the Central Elementary School and the Hastings Middle School libraries for three years so the libraries could stay open. In 1984, Schondelmayer found her way back to Hastings Public Library when she was hired to “weed out” the collection and get the books ready when the Hastings Library went online with the Lakeland Library Co-op. “The first day that we started, we opened boxes and found 13 books by a local author named Hope Daring,” said Schondelmayer. In September of that year, Schondelmayer was hired as the library’s administrator. She said the library has had many changes over the years, and looking back, she can see many improvements of which she is proud. “There have been a lot of things along the way,” said Schondelmayer of the library’s accomplishments. “Certainly all the technology that’s been incorporated over the years. There’s always new stuff.” Schondelmayer said she has tried hard to keep up with technology as it has advanced. She mentioned graphic novels and video games as some of the library’s newest additions. “We’ve seen our staff really grow and develop,” said Schondelmayer. “It’s been nice.” Schondelmayer said she has been fortunate to work with wonderful people. “They love the library and love doing all the things going on with the library,” she said of the staff, adding, “we never want to give up on a reference question, even when the questioner may have given up on it.” Schondelmayer said she believes people love coming to the Hastings Library so much because the staff there is so welcoming. And of course Schondelmayer is proud of the new building. “During the nine years it took to raise the money and then the building project itself, all I did was keep pounding my fists saying, ‘green, green, green.’ I just kind of dragged other people along with me,” she said. Schondelmayer said she had never overseen a construction project and didn’t know anything about building. Still, she successfully oversaw the completion of the library, a process which involved passage of a millage in August 2000 and working with the library’s board of directors, the City of Hastings, Rutland and Hastings Charter townships, architects, engineers, consultants and various volunteer committees. The nearly decade-long process frequently required her to attend several meetings each week, both daytime and in the evenings. Dealing with books, however, was a much more comfortable task for her. “Books. I love new books,” she said. “It’s like Christmas every day. I still like getting the books and then putting them in the hands of people that are going to want to read them.” Schondelmayer said she knows what some of the patrons like, and she likes being able to recommend books to them, “so I know how thrilled they’re going to be when they get it.” When she became a cataloger, Schondelmayer said she was particularly thrilled because, “I get all the books first.” “I will miss Hastings and Barry County a lot,” said Schondelmayer of moving to Oregon. “I’m pretty adaptable. I think I can fit in in Portland. Although being in a big city is going to be a challenge.” Portland, a city of about 500,000, is slightly larger than Hastings. Both of Schondelmayer’s sons live in Oregon. She has spent time there for the past several years visiting them. “Imagine seeing a mountain every day,” she said. “On a clear day, you can see Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens.” Schondelmayer said she would like to come back to Hastings in the spring. Although she may be back for Easter, Schondelmayer said she is retiring permanently. “Maybe I could find a part-time job in a book store or something, but not any time soon,” she said. “I just want to be quiet and rest.” Schondelmayer said she plans to spend time exploring Oregon’s coastline and the ocean, as well as traveling to see the work of Dale Chihuly, who makes glass sculptures. “I just want to travel and read and see my granddaughters,” she said of Daria, 5, and Karina, 1. During her career, Schondelmayer has been the Exchange Club president, a member of the Barry County Historical Society, secretary for the Barry County Democratic Party, a member of the City of Hastings Christmas Festival Committee and a member of the County Canvassing Board, among other posts. “I’ve been involved with a lot of different things with the county and the city,” she said. The Friends of the Hastings Public Library are hosting a party for Schondelmayer from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the community room of the library. The party also will be an opportunity to say good-bye to Hastings Public Library Board President Brenda Teegardin and to officially welcome new library administrator Evelyn Holzwarth. The Friends would like gift donations to be turned in by Saturday, Dec. 1. For more information, call the library at (269) 945-4263. BOARD, continued from page 1 Nine non-union employees also received 1.5 percent salary increases. This affected the transportation, food service, maintenance, custodial and child-care supervisors, as well as the four central office staff members. The raises are in effect for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Board of Education: • Granted a leave of absence to James Sutherland, high school metals and woods teacher. • Approved a return from a leave of absence for Northeastern Elementary School custodian Teresa Decker and bus driver Lucy Miller. • Approved the following people and assignments: Tammi Sanders, Early Childhood Specialist, Child Care Center; Scott Allen, junior varsity boys basketball coach; Tom Brighton, head wrestling coach, middle school; Tyler Bultema, boys swimming coach, appointed by Thornapple Kellogg schools; Dan Carpenter, varsity girls basketball coach; Pat Coltson, seventh grade boys basketball coach; Jeff Denny, junior varsity girls basketball coach; Michael Goggins, varsity wrestling coach; Teresa Heide, seventh grade boys basketball coach; Amy Hubbell, varsity cheer team coach; Diane Jager, assistant cheer team coach; Richard Long, seventh grade girls basketball coach; Lindsay Overmire, seventh grade cheer coach; Dennis Redman, assistant varsity wrestling coach; Don Schils, varsity boys basketball coach; Angela Sixberry, freshman girls basketball coach; Darrell Slaughter, assistant wrestling coach, middle school; Steven Storrs, freshman boys basketball coach; Jonathan Vertalka, eighth grade girls basketball coach; and Connie Williams, eighth grade cheer coach. • Approved an amendment to the 20072008 general operating budget to reflect the increase in foundation allowance from the State of Michigan. • Accepted the audit report for the 20062007 school year from Norman and Paulsen, P.C. • Waved the eighth semester of attendance requirement for Hastings High School students Raven Hess, Lacey Kubek, Megan McCelland, Andrew Rutzebeck and Ashley Wolfinger so they can graduate early. Their last semester will end in January 2008. • Accepted $1,000 from Lee Campbell, owner of Hastings Big Boy, to the Hastings Area School System’s Athletic Department for Celebrity Server Night. • Accepted a saxophone worth $1,000 from David Hatfield for the school system’s band department. • Approved the first reading of board policies as presented by NEOLA, a policy writing company. The policies address video surveillance, investigations involving student interrogations, graduation requirements, cell phones and other electronic communication usage, and career and technical education. Satterlee said the policy modifications are in accordance to changes in laws and mostly affect policy wording. • Received information about an eighth grade earth science text book and a high school economics text book. • Met in closed session about a potential land purchase. The next regular Board of Education meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, in the multi-purpose room of Hastings Middle School. Hastings Middle School Honor Roll First marking period, ending Oct. 31 *indicates 4.0 GPA 6th Grade Brenda Aguillon, *Sarah Alspaugh, Seth Alward, *Lauren Arnett, Ridge Augustine, Cassandra Baker, Rebecca Barnard, James Barnum, Nicholas Berg, Chandler Bernath, Matthew Birman, Logan Bleam, Emily Blume, Chrystal Boniface, *Grace Bosma, Johnathan Brandt, Mitchel Brooks, Shayna Brooks, *Katherine Brown, *Brianna Buehler, Maria Burns, *Mikayla Calvert, Abigail Campbell, Liberty Case, Amber Childers, *Marshall Christensen, *Logan Clements, Mackenley Clisso, Audrey Collier, Griffith Cook-Kirsh, Drew Cooley, Ryan Coughlin, Kelly Courtney, Chanson Cousineau, Mark Crum, Andrew Cybulski, Katherine Cybulski, Jake Dalman, Ashley Davis, BJ Delbridge, Katy Delcotto, Casey DeMink, Margeau Donavan, Morgan Dutcher, Joshua Ehredt, *Anna Ellege, Kinsey Elliott, Lucas Elliott, Jacob Foote, Raven Gaiski, Dakota Gaskill, Lennon Gildea, Karley Goodenough, MMorgan Gray, Michalea Green, *Effie Guenther, *Devin Hamlin, Austin Harrington, Taylor Horton, Michelle Howlett, Gabrielle Hubbell, Devin Hughes, Lanie Johns, *Kylie Johnson, *Matthew Johnson, Michaela Kalmink, Stephen Kendall, Samantha Kobe, Kristen Lancaster, *Alyssa Larsen, *Stephanee Leask, James Lee, *Suzannah Lenz, *Caprice Lowinski, *Brody Madden, Whitney Martin, Kennedy McIntyre, William McKeever, Sadie McKinstry, *Zachary McMahon, Mairi McMellen, Jacob Miller, Alexandra Mills, Christopher Morales, Alexander Morgan, *Marlee Morris, Kraig Morris, Zackary Morrison, *Kylee Nemetz, Levi Nicholson, Jacob Norris, Tracy Norris, Cody Olsen, Shawna Ortiz, Jazmin Packer, Nathan Pewoski, Mitchell Philley, Morgan Pierce, *Alison Porter, Marissa PothMiller, Kylee Prentice, Travis Raab, *Marko Rabe, Haley Rein, Rachel Rimer, Maxwell Rittenberg, Amanda Rodd, Tara Rowe, Benjamin Schilz, Stephen Shaffer, McKayla Sheldon, *Joseph Smith, Brad Smith, *Austin Speer, Mara Speer, *Daniel Sprague, Ashley Stanton, Nathan Stephens, Alexander Stiles, Corey Stout, *Trista Straube, Zakary Stubblefield, Kaylee Tapscott, *Allison Taylor, Sarah L. Taylor, Hannah Tebo, *Anne Teunessen, *Logan Teunessen, *Shelby Vandermel, *Dexx VanHouten, Elida Villa, 7th Grade Samantha Ackels, Steven Adkins, *Kaitlin Allan, *Emma Anderson, Sarah Banister, Jesse Bare, Logan Barrett, Ian Beck, Zane Belson, Morgan Birman, Emily Borden, David Born, *Kaeleigh Brown, JohnMichael Brunsink, Dylan Bursley, Jessi Buschmann, *Taylor Carter, Calvin Case, Gregory Case, Alexander Cherry, *Maxwell Clark, Chelsey Culp, Leah Czinder, Tyler DeCamp, Amber Delcotto, *John Dinges, *Luke Domke, Christopher Doxtader, Amber Dunkelberger, Michael Eastman, Chelsea Eldred, *Kathryn Endsley, Jill Etts, Ashley Evans, Christopher Feldpausch, Jessie Finch, *Todd Fox, Jon French, *Victoria Fueri, Cody Fuller, *Kathryn Garber, Melton Gibson, *Cassey Glumm, *Erin Gray, Mackenzie Hammond, *Kelsi Harden, *Eric Hart, Desirae Heers, *Luke Heide, Hannah Herbstreith, Allexxa Herman, Emily Hodges, Elizabeth Holdaway, Chase Huisman, *John James, Mackenzie Keller-Bennett, Megan Kidder, Danielle King, Autum King, Matthew Kloosterman, Melinda Kloosterman,*Ben Kolanowski, Edward Kosta, Trisha Krammin, Melinda Lancaster, Callan Lenz, Larry Lewis, Amanda Loughry, *Jordan Mack, Sarah Main, *Christine Maurer, *Jenna McCoy, Danielle McKee, Kyle Mikolajczyk, Branden Miller, Jordan Morrison, *Cody Newton, *Zachary Olson, *Sarajean Osterink, Alexandria Owen, Maria Palacio, Ethan Parsons, *Stevie Pennepacker, Haley Perkins, *Thomas Peurach, Autumn Phillips, *Amber Pickard, Robert Pohl, Shelby Price, Abigael Prill, Rachel Quillen, Leslie Raymond, Brandon Redman, Nichole Redman, Bradley Rivett, Corey Robins, *Tanner Roderick, Olivia Rose, Amanda Sarhatt, Cody Schaendorf, Nathaniel Schaendorf, Tori Schoessel, Kody Scobey, Brandon Secord, Collyn Shaeffer, Glenda Shultz, *Joseph Siska, *Travis Sixberry, *Isaac Smith, Katrina Smith, Amber Snore, Chase Snore, Samantha Stover, Ashtin Sutherland, Jacob Swartz, *Zachary Taylor, *Cinthia Tebo, *Bret Thomas, Tyler Thompson, Jeffrey Todd, Jasen Vorce, Ashley Walch, *Katylynn Wallace, Sadie Walsh, Brianne Whiteman, *Hannah Wilgus, Tyler Williams, Brant Wilson. 8th Grade Benyamin Aki, *Hannah Alspaugh, Alexis Arens, Hannah Austin, *Stacey Baker, Devin Bancroft, Lance Blankenship, Jakob Bower, Daniel Buehler, Katherine Burns, Maria Cera, Jarrica Christiansen, Andrew Clous, Alexis Clow, Katherine Coenen, Jacob Comer, Amanda Conley, Alyssa Constantine, Anna Cooley, Hayden Cousineau, *Kara Cuncannan, Victoria Cybulski, Jessie DeDecker, Brice DeJong, Kaylee DeMink, *Megan Denny, Sara Densberger, Kaitlyn DeVries, Michael Doran, Ivy Edinger, Dallas Elzinga, Steven Endsley, *Jennifer Feldpausch, Nicole Fish, Beretta Fisher, Carl Franson, Craig Gagnon, *Keith Garber, Jacob Golnek-Haddix, Gregory Goodrich, *Kayla Gorodenski, *Brian Graybill, Marie Gutgsell, Christopher Harn, Maicee Herrington, Megan Hildebrant, Alysha Hoffman, Racheal Hunt, Jennifer Jarman, CCourtney Jenkins, Dylan Johns, *Tessa Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Lena Jordan, Michael Kaczmarczyk, Adam Keeler, Alexis Kelly, *Kathryn Kesler, Casey Kidder, *Alice Kinney, Lauren Kirwin, Micala Klipfer, Taylor Klotz, Mitchell Kolanowski, Joseph Krebs, Erica Krouse, Shelby Kubek, Robert Leedy, *Morgan Leep, Mackenzie Lewis, *Joseph Longstreet, Emily Luther, *Emily Macqueen, Cassidee Martin, Jason McClurkin, Dallas McKay, Dylan McKee, Laken Meade, Rikki Mileski, *Megan Miller, Rebecca Miller, Joshua Moore, *Kimberly Morris, *Ashley Musculus, Amber Myers, *Jenna Nedbalek, Alexzander Nichols, Jeremy Nichols, Amber Nurenberg, Justine O’Donnell, Halie Owen, Victoria Pemberton, Janelle Pifer, Rebecca Ponsetto, Tristan Rabe, Evan Ramsey, Alisha Rose, Erika Rozell, *Hannah Sailar, Farrah Salazar, Joshua Scobey, Rebecca Senard, Olivia Shade, Cory Shaver, *Danielle Sherman, Mark Shilton, Ashley Shuster, Breonna Sinclair, *Sarah Sleevi, *Hannah Smith, *Kimberly Smith, Clayton Sprague, Nikki Spurgeon, Jacob Steidle, Kali Straube, Leah Sweet, Kimberly Tebo, Dillian Thomas, Samantha Thompson, *Sarah Thornburgh, Erika Thornton, *Meg Travis, Ken VanBelkum, Anthony Veltre, Le’Titia Vickery, Brittany Welch, *Dalten White, Ashley Wilcox, Chase Williams, Jordin Willson, Caitlyn Woodmansee, *Zack Zwiernikowski. Home and quilt tour to feature six Hastings area homes Six Hastings area homes, dressed in the Christmas spirit and showcasing a variety of quilts including an old-fashioned quilt turning, will be open to the public from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. Proceeds from the event will go into the scholarship funds of the GFWC-Hastings Women’s Club and the Thornapple Garden Club, organizers of the second annual "Deck the Halls with Quilts" tour. The six homes on tour are: The Adrounie House, owned by Don and April Tubbs, 126 S. Broadway; the Jean Freeland Nelson and David Nelson home, 84 N. M-37 Highway; the Michele Paré home, 1837 S. Broadway; the Barb Pietrangelo and Stu Keeler home, 430 S. Market; the Randy and Brenda Teegardin home, 635 Indian Hills; and the Dick and Ann Welton home, 605 Indian Hills. Quilting Passions, a quilt shop in downtown Hastings, will be the refreshment and ticket center the day of the tour and will also feature a quilt display. Advance tour tickets with maps are $8 per person and are available at Arris Matrix, Barry County Chamber of Commerce, Beyond the Cover Bookstore, Bosley Pharmacy, Hastings Flower Shop and Quilting Passions. Advance tickets also may be purchased online at: deck_the_halls_with _quilts@yahoo.com and those tickets can be picked up at Quilting Passions the day of tour for $10 per person. Children under 10 years will be admitted for free. Every child must be accompanied by an adult. No strollers will be permitted. Delton schools purchase organizational software by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Delton Kellogg Schools Board of Education approved spending $13,039 to purchase Data Director, a program allowing teachers and administrators to easily collect, store and sort student data. High School Principal Rick Arnett presented the topic to the Board. The program comes with training and is widely used in Calhoun County, he said. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Board: • Approved the purchase of high school physical science text books. • Designated May 22, 2008, as the last day for seniors. • Approved an employment contract for Transportation Dispatcher Vi Tolles for the 2007-2008 school year. Bay Pointe on planning commission agenda by Patricia Johns Staff Writer On Nov. 13, owners of the Bay Pointe Inn in Orangeville received a variance from the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals that will allow them to erect a permanent covered pavilion for weddings and other activities. Bay Pointe owner Mike Powers had originally sought permission to erect the pavilion within five feet of the Gun Lake shoreline. The ZBA only approved the pavilion to be erected at least 10 feet from the shore and at least 10 feet from the sidelines of his property. Powers requested the variance because of the expense involved in raising and lowering the pavilion used for weddings each summer. He also noted that Bay Pointe is zoned commercial, not residential, as are adjoining properties. Some concern about this issue has been raised by residents of Yankee Springs Township which has its own ordinances for Connor von der Hoff, Shawna Watson, Ashley Weinbrecht, Sabrina Welch, Rebecca Westbrook, David White, Steven White, Jon Wilcox, Zachary Wilcox, *Amanda Wilgus, Monique Williams, Carson Williams, Hailey Wills, Misty Wilson, Jessica Wissink, Aubrey Woern, Steven Wolfe. lake shore properties. Gun Lake lies within both Orangeville and Yankee Springs townships, with a small section in Allegan County. Since the plans presented by Bay Pointe will have to be changed from those presented at an earlier meeting, Powers will have to return to a future Barry County Planning Commission meeting to have his new plans approved with the variance. Barry County Planning Commission meetings are scheduled on the second Monday of each month. Use the BANNER CLASSIFIEDS to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call... 269-945-9554 • Approved an employment contract for Mike Wertman for the 2007-2008 school year. Wertman’s position includes technology support. • Approved an addendum to Ben Farkas’ employment contract to add days to his schedule for his duties as athletic director. • Approved the purchase of a new oven for the middle school for $5,824.03. • Listened to the second reading of the coaches handbook. • Heard a request for a field trip to Chicago for advanced placement students in May 2008. • Heard a request for a field trip to Mexico in June 2008. • Heard a presentation about the Kellogg Biological Station Partnership. • Heard a request to have Channel 1 presentations in the middle school. The daily television show is 12 minutes long and covers a variety of topics. • Heard academic presentations from Director of Technology Brian Schupbach and Director of Special Programs Louise Angelo. • Heard reports from auditor Mike Wilson, the Delton Kellogg Education Association, school administrators, Assistant Superintendent Paul Blacken, Superintendent Cindy Vujea, the facilities committee, the finance/negotiations committee, and the personnel committee. • Approved Amy Butchbaker as the science committee chairwoman for 2007-2008. • Approved Jodi Borowicz as the assistant director of Follies. • Approved Beckie Reed as the early winter middle school games manager and Borowicz as the late winter middle school games manager. • Approved Katie Smoczynski as the ninth grade girls basketball coach, Amanda Reynolds as the varsity competitive cheer coach, and Brian Drenth as the junior varsity competitive cheer coach. • Approved the recall of bus driver Howard Ladwig, who was laid off last year. • Accepted the resignation of third grade teacher Nancy Goebel as of Jan. 31, 2008. Nashville skate park meeting set Anyone interested in helping to bring a skateboard park to Nashville is invited to attend a community meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the Good Time Pizza banquet hall, 501 N. Main St. Earlier this year, a group of teens from the Nashville area circulated petitions and gathered signatures of more than 100 people who supported the idea of a community skateboard park in the village. Nashville police officer Mike Shapley is working with the teens to spearhead the effort to build a skateboard park, which could provide a safe and fun place for kids. Shapley said he would like to encourage anyone who is interested in helping area youths to get involved with the project, whether in planning, fund-raising or any other capacity. To raise money for the project, a Maple Valley "For our Kids" fund has been established through the Barry Community Foundation (BCF). Documents from the BCF state that the purpose of the fund, "is to raise funds for the benefit of youth in the Maple Valley community, beginning with the designation of monies toward the creation and maintenance of a skate park in the village of Nashville, and thereafter as the advisory committee finds appropriate." Other possible projects after the skate park has been constructed (or after July 7,2008, if it appears plans for the skate park have fallen through) will be determined by the advisory committee, with the goal of positively impacting the youth of the community. The advisory committee will be comprised of at least one teacher from the Maple Valley School District, one Maple Valley student involved in a leadership-type program, one student from Maple Valley Alternative Education, one law enforcement official serving the Maple Valley area, and other committee members who reside or work in the Maple Valley School District. For more information about the fund, contact the BCF at (269) 945-0526. For more information about the proposed skate park, call Shapley at (269) 838-2996. �Page 4 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Don’t replace history with a parking lot IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Movie is atheist promotion To the editor: There is a movie coming out on Dec. 7 called “The Golden Compass.” It may sound innocent for children, but it is not. This is a message for parents to be aware that this movie is targeting children in teaching them atheism. The author is Philip Pullman who is a noted English atheist. There is a trilogy of three books which will be made into movies. The first movie is toned down so that Christians are not enraged. The next movie, “The Subtle Knife” is more overt in its hatred of Christianity, and the third book “The Amber Spyglass” is even more blatant. This author is having this movie come out before Christmas to get parents to buy these books. I feel this message needs to get out because our children are worth protecting from the darkness that lingers in our world. Our innocent children don’t need to be exposed to these movies and books. So let’s give Philip Pullman a message and keep our children away from these books and movies. Pat Fussman Hastings Know Your Legislators: U.S. Senate Debbie Stabenow, Democrat, 702 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-4822. Carl Levin, Democrat, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, phone (202) 224-6221. District office: 110 Michigan Ave., Federal Building, Room 134, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 456-2531. Rick Tormela, regional representative. U.S. Congress Vernon Ehlers, Republican, 3rd District (All of Barry County), 1714 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515-2203, phone (202) 225-3831, fax (202) 225-5144. District office: Room 166, Federal Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49503, phone (616) 451-8383. President’s comment line: 1-202-456-1111. Capitol Information line for Congress and the Senate: 1-202-224-3121. Michigan Legislature Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Democrat, P.O. Box 30013, Lansing, Mich. 48909, phone (517) 373-3400. State Senator Patty Birkholz, Republican, 24th District (All of Barry County), Michigan State Senate, State Capitol, 805 Farnum Building, P.O. Box 3006, Lansing, Mich. 48909-7536. Call: (517) 373-3447. Fax: (517) 373-5849. e-mail: senpbirkholz@senate.michigan.gov State Representative Brian Calley, Republican, 87th District (All of Barry County), Michigan House of Representatives, 351 Capitol, Lansing, Mich. 48909, phone (517) 373-0842. e-mail: briancalley@house.mi.gov Write Us A Letter To the editor: What makes Hastings one of the “100 best small towns in America?” Obviously, it takes many things. We have an excellent hospital. A beautiful old courthouse, industry, atmosphere, friendly merchants. There were several non-profit activities, and countless volunteers. And of course, history. Which brings me to the recentlyvacated library building. This building is solid and well-built; it doesn’t show its 80 years. It is one of perhaps three built like this in Michigan, and very likely the only one still standing. In short, this is history. A few years ago, there was discussion about tearing down the courthouse. Thankfully, it never came to pass. The court- To the editor, In gearing up for the hustle and bustle of office parties, family gatherings, and all the traditions that make the holidays special, don’t forget to include the delicious foods grown and processed right here in Michigan as part of the special holiday feasts. The warmest memories of the holidays in Michigan include traditional family recipes and family meals. Ingredients for those dishes are among the 200 agricultural products grown in Michigan, all of which are integral to the state’s annual $60.1 billion agricultural economy. By purchasing local food and agriculture products this holiday season, you can have a huge impact on our state’s economy, with the added benefit of freshness, quality, great taste, and tradition thrown in for good measure. Selecting Michigan-grown and processed foods helps keep food dollars circulating in our local communities, strengthens Michigan’s family farms, improves the quali- ty of life for our citizens in both rural and urban areas, and preserves the state’s rich and diverse agricultural heritage. In fact, for every dollar spent locally, three to seven different local businesses are impacted before that dollar leaves the local economy. If every household spends just $10 per week of their current grocery budget on local foods, we’d keep more than $37 million each week circulating within Michigan. All of us can benefit from that sort of economic shot in the arm. Michigan vegetables, Michigan potatoes, Michigan apples, Michigan cherries, Michigan turkey, Michigan sugar, Michigan dairy products—the list goes on and on. Michigan products also make great gifts, so give a taste of Michigan to everyone on your list. Many Michigan specialty food companies and retail stores offer gift baskets filled with the bounty of our state, from fine wines, jams and jellies, fresh apples, and dipping oils, to spice mixes, honey, pancake mix, District No. 6 (portion of Orangeville Twp. & Yankee Springs Twp.) Mark Englerth, 505 W. Apple St., Hastings, Mich. 49058, phone (269) 838-1289. menglerth@barrycounty.org maple syrup, dried cherries, and so much more. Non-food agricultural products like wool items, soy candles, or clothing made from corn also make great gifts, so shop around and be creative. In addition to food traditions, many Michigan families may include a fresh Christmas tree as the centerpiece of their holiday celebrations. Michigan’s Christmas tree farms are a huge part of our agricultural tourism industry in Michigan. Many family holiday traditions include a trip to a Christmas tree farm this time of year to choose and cut the perfect tree. Michigan ranks third in the nation in the number of Christmas trees harvested, supplying approximately 3 million fresh Christmas trees to the national market each year. Michigan also produces and sells more than a dozen Christmas tree varieties on a wholesale level—more varieties than any other state. Our state has approximately 42,000 acres in commercial Christmas tree production, with an annual farm gate value of over $41 million. The industry receives an additional $1.3 million in sales of wreaths, cut boughs, garland, and other cut greens. For every Christmas tree harvested, Michigan Christmas tree farmers plant three new trees for future harvests. After the holidays, there are many uses for recycled real Christmas trees. Many communities chip the trees and use the chippings for mulch, hiking trails, playground areas, animal stalls or landscaping. Whole trees are recycled for an even greater variety of uses: river shoreline stabilization, sand dune erosion prevention, marshland sedimentation, fish habitat, winter garden decorations, wild bird feeders, even hazardous chemical clean-ups. By visiting a Christmas tree farm and selecting a real, Michigan-grown Christmas tree for your family holiday celebration, and by purchasing Michigan-grown and processed food and agriculture products for family meals or as gifts, you help strengthen Michigan’s family farms. On behalf of the employees of the Michigan Department of Agriculture, have a joyous holiday season, filled with the sights, sounds, and tastes of Michigan. And remember to Select Michigan! It’s good for you, our growers, and our local economy. For information on Select Michigan food promotions, go to www.michigan.gov/mda. District No. 7 (Assyria Twp., Baltimore Twp. & Johnstown Twp.) Jeff VanNortwick, 14510 S. M-37 Hwy., Battle Creek, MI 49017, phone (269) 7218981. jvannortwick@barrycounty.org Don Koivisto, Director, Michigan Department of Agriculture Know Your County Commissioners District No. 1 (City of Hastings) Don Nevins, 512 W. State Street, Hastings, Mich. 49058, phone (269) 948-8782. dnevins@barrycounty.org District No. 2 (Thornapple Twp. & Irving Twp., Prec. 1) James French, 171 Hunters Trail Court, Middleville, Mich. 49333, phone (269) 795-9783. jfrench@barrycounty.org District No. 3 (Rutland Charter Twp. & Hope Twp.) Keith Ferris, 2434 Kathryn Dr., Hastings, Mich. 49058, phone (269) 948-0496. kferris@barrycounty.org District No. 4 (Carlton Twp., Hastings Charter Twp., Irving Twp. Prec. 2) Hoot Gibson, 1614 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, Mich. 49058, phone (269) 948-8325. District No. 5 (Maple Grove Twp., Castleton Twp. and Woodland Twp.) Michael Callton, P.O. Box 676, Nashville, Mich. 49073, phone (517) 852-2070. mcallton@barrycounty.org District No. 8 (Prairieville Twp., Barry Twp. & portion of Orangeville Twp.) Wayne H. Adams, 4665 E. Orchard Rd., Delton, Mich. 49046, phone (269) 6232457. County Administrator Michael C. Brown, phone (269) 948-4891, fax (269) 948-4884. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. when cars parked in the middle of the street?) It may be that history will be replaced by a parking lot. It may be that beauty and quaintness will be replaced by black tar. And if this happens, it may be that the downtown merchants will take in more money. But if the goal here centers around money, how unfortunate. There is something to be said for doing business in a small-town atmosphere. There is also something to be said for shopping where one gets the most for his money. It has been said “money isn’t everything?” Or is it? Nyla Nye, Hastings Think ‘local’ during the holidays HERE ARE THE RULES: The Hastings Banner welcomes letters to the editor from readers, but there are a few conditions that must be met before they will be published. The requirements are: • All letters must be signed by the writer, with address and phone number provided for verification. All that will be printed is the writer’s name and community of residence. We do not publish anonymous letters, and names will be withheld at the editor’s discretion for compelling reasons only. • Letters that contain statements that are libelous or slanderous will not be published. • All letters are subject to editing for style, grammar and sense. • Letters that serve as testimonials for or criticisms of for-profit businesses will not be accepted. • Letters serving the function of “cards of thanks” will not be accepted unless there is a compelling public interest, which will be determined by the editor. • Letters that include attacks of a personal nature will not be published or will be edited heavily. • “Crossfire” letters between the same two people on one issue will be limited to one for each writer. • In an effort to keep opinions varied, there is a limit of one letter per person per month. • We prefer letters to be printed legibly or typed, double-spaced. house is history, standing in the city square. Eaton County also considered the future of its old courthouse; and while many offices moved out, the building still stands, a beautiful landmark. In Charlotte, the old train depot became a diner. In Lake Odessa, their depot is now a museum. In Lansing and Battle Creek, their depots are restaurants. And in Hastings, our depot has become lawyers’ offices. The trains may no longer run, the tracks may have disappeared, but history remains; a remembrance of times past. It is easy to tear down buildings, but nearly impossible to replace history. The DDA has modernized the downtown parking and beautified the street corners. Great. But the ambience of downtown was not much disturbed. (Does anyone remember What are you thankful for? Thursday is Thanksgiving. This year, the world is filled with news of war, floods, famine, poverty and more tragic events. With all this in mind what are you most thankful for this Thanksgiving? The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Sue Friend, Wayland: “I am most thankful this year that my sister Patricia and my sister-inlaw Sam, together following their deaths, have helped my brother Dewey to start a new business and life.” Kris Foote, Middleville: “This is the season where I try to let my family know how important they are to me. Being together is the best part of Thanksgiving.” Donna Roush, Irving Township: “I am most thankful for those serving in our armed services. My prayers go out to all of them, including my own son, at this Thanksgiving.” Andrea Podbevsek, Dowling: “I am most thankful for my family and how we all work together.” Elena Gormley, Columbia, Mo.: All the travail in the world and the political incompetence of our leaders makes it hard for me to be thankful for very much of anything. My thoughts and prayers do go out to the stagehands currently on strike in New York City and their families. Diane Hoskins, Middleville: “I can tell you exactly what I am most thankful for this year. It is the love and support of all the members of my family and being together as a family. Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 5 Importance of public notices requirement to publish all legal notices in the local newspaper. The old Library saga in your local newspaper Since the beginning of the Internet era, experts have warned newspapers that they’ve seen their best years. However, a 2006 report published by the Word Association of Newspapers (WAN) involving 232 countries showed newspapers recorded a 2.3 percent increase in readers last year alone. Combining paid and free circulation newspapers, the rates increase to 4.6 percent and an overall 14.7 percent increase in the past five years. The report showed newspapers have held their own against online competitors and television, mostly due to newspapers’ dedication to maintaining local news connections. While the public may look to television or the Internet for breaking news, most local news is found in detailed reports in newspaper. When looking to find news about local schools, clubs, churches and community activities, the first place most people look would be the newspaper. The newspapers have a commitment to the community to get the story and all the details every week. A recent concern for Michigan newspapers is a possible loss of public notices. Rumor in Lansing has it that legislators are putting together a bill to post public notices on the Internet. In a recent Epic-MRA poll, 69 percent of likely voters in Michigan look to newspapers for legal notices. Sixty-seven percent said they prefer legal notices to be placed in newspapers. Plus, many people in Barry County—and the rest of the state—do not have acceptable access to the Internet. I think a bigger issue concerning legals will be the idea of ‘out of sight, out of mind.’ Some government officials are promoting moving legals from local newspapers to a state-wide legal Website, claiming this would save money. But really it’s easier to do business without the public becoming aware of just what’s going on. I remember a response from a former public official a few years ago who said, "I wish you wouldn’t print what’s going on, it makes it hard to govern." His quote says it all: An uninformed public is much easier to govern; when the public participates, government officials have to deal with citizen demands. Each week, this publication prints public notices giving you the reader information that could impact you. It’s important for you to stay informed by reading the notices and keeping up with what your local government is doing. A recent survey of active voters in Michigan reported that 69 percent believe legal notices should continue to be published in local newspapers. It went on to say that 70 percent receive one or more newspapers or purchase one or more at a newsstand which they read, and 60 percent trust legals as permanent records, placed in local newspapers, independent of government. Of those surveyed, 69 percent said they are more likely to notice and read the notices in their local newspaper, vs. 20 percent who said they would look for them on government Internet site. Another very important issue not discussed on the report or at the legislative level is the revenue generated to newspapers. In many markets, publishers rely on legal notices for badly needed income. Not only do newspapers receive funding for the space purchased, the revenue has an impact on the cost of local coverage. It’s one way to make government accountable to the people. State law requires citizens be informed of certain governmental activity through paid public notices like those you see in this newspaper each week. Hardly a week passes without some notice being printed here. These legal advertisements affect you, your family and the community. At this newspaper, we take reading the notices and understanding their implications very seriously. We need to keep these documents in front of the public where you can read and hopefully discuss how the changes will affect you and your neighbors. Contact your state legislators and let them know you do not support legislation changing the comes to a head On Monday, Nov. 26, at 7:30 p.m., the City Council will hold a special hearing to determine the future of the old library building in downtown Hastings. The Downtown Development Authority has recommended tearing down the structure to make way for additional parking spaces in the city lot. I feel the building brings far more value to the neighborhood than what little benefit would be realized by the additional parking. Plus, as I’ve reported in previous columns, there are other ways to get more parking without tearing down this historic structure. The County recently furnished city leaders with an offer to purchase the building for $200,000, with plans to refurbish the structure for additional county office space. As taxpayers, we’ve learned from Charlton Park that we can make a difference by demanding with our votes that local government leaders listen and respond to our requests. If you would like to see this historic structure saved for any use in the future, it’s imperative you attend this special meeting to voice your position. A signature campaign has been started by local citizens with plans to present the lists to city leaders that evening. Hastings and Barry County are changing. As citizens, we must monitor changes and be prepared to play an active role in the process. Saving this building and putting more people to work in the downtown area are in the best interests of Hastings and its downtown businesses. And I think it’s a matter worth fighting for. A time to give thanks It doesn’t seem possible, but today we celebrate Thanksgiving. The annual holiday is a great time to gather with family and friends to celebrate all that’s good in our lives. It’s my favorite holiday, one in which I have traditions enjoyed throughout the day. It’s a time of reflection, remembering all the freedoms we as Americans enjoy, and the passions we should express in protecting them. In recent years, we’ve seen pressure put on some of the customs we’ve come to enjoy over the years. Changes, some would say, will make us more inclusive, sensitive and diverse, but at the same time, challenge the ideals and values we enjoy. Like changing the Christmas season to the “holiday season,” not singing Christmas carols, but “holiday carols.” If this keeps up, we’ll end up calling the Christmas season “winter break,” just to satisfy the nay-sayers. During this season, try to be mindful of the many benefits you have. Don’t forget the less fortunate, troubled by loss of job or home or finding themselves in poor health. Keep these people in your prayers and if possible, contribute to those who aren’t as privileged as you may find yourself. By helping others, you will get a feeling of satisfaction that will last throughout the year. In the photos above taken in downtown Battle Creek is a good example of space-saving parking. The city built a two-level parking garage, doubling parking in the same space. They constructed the garage, solving immediate parking needs, but built the structure so that more levels could be added in the future. This would be good way to solve the problem in downtown Hastings and would remedy the need for many years in come. By doing so, the Downtown Development Authority not only would save the former library building for other uses, it would make better use of land management. Even though we live in a rural community, we should never take land use for granted. Cities all over the nation have come to the conclusion that tearing down buildings to put in parking lots is not in the best interest of cities because they lose the taxable property forever. (Photo by James Hitchcock) J-Ad Graphics NEW WINTER HOURS Starting Monday, Dec. 3rd 8 AM to 5 PM • Monday through Friday 06661381 Ads or articles may be left after hours in our drop off box. Fate of the primary still unsettled In my last column, I described the situation surrounding the 2008 presidential primary. The provision requiring the voters’ political party preference to be transmitted exclusively to the state political parties was struck down as unconstitutional. The attorney general took the case to the court of appeals, and they concurred with the lower court’s decision by a count of 2-1. The whole notion of a presidential primary is really on life support at this time. There are basically two options left. The first is an appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. This would need to happen fast, but I am not sure it would help. I’ve read the appellate court ruling, and it makes a lot of sense to me. Chances are they would concur, too. The other option is to do the right thing. Pass a new law allowing for an open primary, wherein the Republican and Democrat ballots are combined into a single ballot. Respect the privacy of voters’ party preferences, by not asking for it in the first place. This solution would pass the constitutional test since we already do it for the state primary every other August. Oh yeah, and the ballot should include all declared candidates polling more than 1 percent nationally, whether that candidate likes it or not. We can still have a fair and open contest here in Michigan; we just need the legislature and governor to do the right thing–fix the flawed primary law the way it should have been done in the first place. Service Tax By the time this goes to print, hopefully the service tax will have met its demise. There have been few areas this year that have enjoyed such widespread agreement on both sides of the aisle as this. Republicans and Democrats are falling all over themselves trying to get the thing repealed. It has reopened the familiar and nasty debate that ravaged the capitol over the past year. But there is just one key difference: The governor holds all the cards this time. She has said that the repeal must be accompanied by some other source of equal, permanent revenue. In case you have not caught on to the "Lansing Speak" yet, permanent revenue means permanent taxes. As long as she holds the veto pen, she can dictate the terms of the repeal. I do not have high hopes for a wonderful solution here. My preference would be spending reductions in part or in whole—or at least a temporary tax requiring phased-in spending reductions. I fear I will get neither. After all, reports were that the state needed to cut $440 million from the budget even after the tax hikes. Well, when all was said and done, the general fund budget alone grew by over $700 million. So I guess we somehow cut our way to an increased budget. Must be magic. What Break? Every time the media reports on some ridiculous "break" being taken by the legislature, it gets my wife’s hopes up. As if the session schedule actually had something to do with the work of the legislature. Like maybe it would allow for some time at home or a vacation or something. I wish. Session is actually the easy part. When we are in session, I consider that a break, not work. It is the part where you just sit in a chair and push either the "yes" button or the "no" button. It is what you do when all the actual work is done. The best analogy I can think of is the 11 o’clock news. It is delivered in a half hour, but all the real work was done before that. The part you see on TV each night is the result of the effort completed earlier in the day. The bulk of my "hunting break" thus far has been spent working on the repeal of the service tax, with meetings, telephone conferences, public hearings, etc. This is in addition to the normal constituent services and contact programs, local municipal meetings, participation at community events, and the list goes on. I looked back at the first week of my so called "hunting break" and it totaled 49 hours on the job. Admittedly, this is lighter than normal because I was not sitting in a chair pushing a button during the middle of each day (attending session). But I’d hardly call it a vacation. I am certainly not looking for sympathy since I asked for this job and I find it interesting and fascinating. I just wanted to share the whole story with you. So when people ask me how my break is going, I just say, “Every day the legislature is not in session is a win for the people of the state of Michigan.” And that is the truth. �Page 6 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Area Obituaries Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Clark Levengood Bryan Paul Mellinger Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77517697 Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Thanksgiving Eve Wednesday, November 21 Worship 7:00 p.m. Christ is the King Sunday, November 25 Holy Communion 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. http://www.discover-grace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Monday 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Tuesday HAMA Thanskgiving Dinner at TVC. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; Praise Team. LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77518055 HASTINGS - Clark Levengood, age 87, of Hastings died Monday, November 19, 2007 at his residence with his family at his side. Clark was born December 28, 1919 in Jackson, the son of Walter W. and Crystal (Winslow) Levengood. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1937. He then went on to Jackson Business College and graduated in 1941. Clark worked in Jackson until he moved to Hastings in 1950. Clark worked at the Grand Rapids Book Case and Chair Company from 1950 to 1954. He then worked for the Hastings Area Public School’s as an Accountant Business Manager, he worked there from 1954 until his retirement in 1979. Clark married Joyce N. Wetzel, June 7, 1947. He served in the United States Army during WWII era. He enjoyed traveling, investments, going to the casinos, fishing, and watching sports with his sons and grandsons. He enjoyed his 70th class reunion this year. Clark was an active member of the Hastings First United Methodist Church and former treasurer, a member of the American Legion Post 45 Hastings, past board member of the Campfire Girls, and former member of the Hastings Elks and Hastings Kiwanis Club. His most important thing in life was his family. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Dale Levengood. Clark is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joyce Levengood of Hastings; his children, Pam (Bob) Bertelson of Battle Creek, Larry (Gayle) Levengood of Charlevoix, Paul Levengood of Hastings, Jan (Tom) Miller of Middleville; 15 grandchildren, 16 greatgrandchildren, and four nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 11:00a.m. with a visitation at 10:00 a.m. at the Hastings First United Methodist Church with Rev. David B. Nelson, retired First United Methodist Minister will officiate and Pastor Thomas Hawkins. Family request in lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Hastings First United Methodist Church, Barry Community Hospice or The Pennock Foundation. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Robert A. Cline DELTON - Robert A. Cline, of Delton, passed away November 20, 2007, at Tendercare of Hastings. Bob was born on August 2, 1912, in Stanton, the son of Arthur and Bessie (Sherwood) Cline. Bob was a veteran of World War II, serving his country in the US Army. On November 24, 1939, he married Norma Castle, and she preceded him in death on October 17, 2001. Bob attended Faith United Methodist Church in Delton and was a member of the VFW, Post 422 of Delton. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, and inventing things. Bob was a retiree of Clark Equipment Co., where he was a welder and fabricator of special equipment. He is survived by a sister-in-law Clarabelle Cline of Portland; a niece, Evelyn Martin of Lowell; a special cousin, Jeff Goodrich of Swartz Creek, and several cousins. Bob was also preceded in death by his twin brother, Dick; brothers, Jack and William; sisters, Helen, Marguerite, and Beth. The family will receive friends Friday, 5 to 8 p.m. at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Delton, were funeral services will be conducted Saturday, November 24, 2007, 11:00 a.m. Rev. David Hill, officiating. Interment will take place in Praireiville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Bernard Historical Society or a charity of ones choice, will be appreciated. SHELBYVILLE - Bryan Paul Mellinger, age 43, of Shelbyville, died at home, Tuesday, November 13, 2007. He was born in Saline on November 29, 1963, the son of Robert Mellinger and Jane (Shelton) Mellinger. Bryan was raised in Whittaker. He graduated from Lincoln High School, Ypsilanti in 1981. He was resided in this area for the past 15 years. Bryan was a people person and loved the outdoors, enjoying hunting and fishing. Bryan was a kind and loving person and was always willing to help out anyone in need. His special interests were NASCAR and was an avid U of M football fan. Bryan was preceded in death by his brother, Bruce Edward Mellinger in 1955. Bryan is survived by his son, Bryan Adam Mellinger; his daughter, Kristen Louise Mellinger; his father, Robert Mellinger; his mother, Jane Louise Mellinger of Middleville; brothers, Michael Lee (Jenny) Mellinger of Ypsilanti, Mark Owen (Shari) Mellinger of Willis, Robert Scott (Lisa) Mellinger of Willis; sister, Joyce Ann (Ray) Keeth of North Branch; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 20 at 11 a.m. at the Janowiak Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made for his children at the Chemical Bank of Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings and the Janowiak Funeral Home in Ypsilanti. Ellis Garlinger NASHVILLE - Ellis Garlinger, age 93, of Nashville died November 1, 2007 in Yuma, AZ where he spent the winter months. He is survived by his sister Ula Miller of Sun City, AZ and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Florence, and brothers, Lawrence and Lorin. He was born at home in Castleton Township to Jesse and Gladys (Brown) Garlinger. He attended the Castleton Corners country school and graduated from Nashville School in 1932. He farmed, raised and showed registered Polled Hereford Cattle, and worked construction. He was a member of the Michigan Polled Hereford Association and the South Western Michigan Polled Hereford Association. He enjoyed pitching horseshoes and playing pool with his friends in Yuma. Memorial contributions may be made to Putnam District Library. A memorial will be held at Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel Saturday, December 1, 2007 at 11 a.m. Arrangements entrusted to the Lauer Family funeral Home-Wren Chapel Hastings, MI. Please sign Ellis’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com Claire Eola Lockwood HASTINGS - Claire Eola Lockwood, age 97, of Hastings, died Saturday November 17, 2007 at Woodlawn Meadows. Claire was born March 30, 1910 on the family farm on Brogan in Baltimore Township. She was the daughter of Charles and Altha (Hammond) Hendershot. She attended the Hendershot School on Brogan Rd and South Broadway a one room school through the eighth grade and then graduated from Hastings High School in 1937. Claire married Leslie Lockwood August 30, 1937 and was with him as he was stationed at many places in the south during WWII. After high school Claire was a personal secretary for Emil Tyden founder of Viking Corp. She was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, cooking, being outside and tending her roses. She was Overtown 4-H leader for sewing, a member of The Hastings First United Methodist Church and a very active church circle member. She was preceded in death by her husband Leslie Lockwood in 1999, her parents, and a sister, Minnie Schantz. Surviving is her daughter, Mary Alice (Larry) Larkin of Hastings; granddaughter, Katy (David) Millward of Tucson; nieces, Laura Berry, Bernadene (Voight) VanSyckle, Nephew, Karl (Colleen) Schantz; many great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday one hour prior to services. Funeral services will be held Friday November 23, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings, Rev. Kathy Brown officiating. Memorials can be made to the American Red Cross. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Dorothy M. Loftus HASTINGS - Dorothy M. Loftus, age 71, of Hastings passed away Friday, November 16, 2007 in Port Charlotte, Florida. Dorothy was born June 1, 1936 in Ionia County to John and Lillian (Hooper) Holcomb. She attended Ionia County and Freeport area schools. After graduating from Delton Kellogg High School she then attended Kellogg Community College where she obtained her associate degree in nursing and Nazareth College where she obtained a bachelors degree in nursing. Dorothy later obtained certification as a family nurse practitioner. She served Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, and Kent counties for 43 years, retiring in 1994. Dorothy was active in the National League of Nursing, American Nursing Association and the Kent County Nursing Association. Dorothy married Leo Loftus in 1956. She enjoyed her family and friends, playing the piano and organ, knitting and cooking. She also enjoyed traveling. Dorothy and Leo spent six months of the year in Port Charlotte, Florida. She is survived by her husband, Leo J. Loftus; daughters, Kathryne (Terry) LaCount of Kalamazoo, Lori Marie Loftus of Blanchard; son, Daniel (Tammi) Loftus of Hastings; grandson, Chancey Rietkerk of Kalamazoo; granddaughters, Molly Rose Williams of Oklahoma City,OK, Tia Renee and Nikki Leigh Loftus of Hastings; great grandson, Gavin Williams of Oklahoma City, OK; sister, Marjorie (Douglas) Thomas of Flint; sisters-in-law, Helen (Mace) Thomas and Catherine Colvin of Hastings; and several nieces and nephews. Dorothy is preceded in death by an infant son, Douglas; parents, John and Lillian (Hooper) Holcomb; sister, Elnora Tobias. Her family will receive friends Friday, November 23, 2007 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. with Deacon Jim Mellen officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. For those who wish contributions may be made to Barry County Child Abuse Association, Pennock Hospital or to St. Rose to Lima Catholic Church. Please sign Dorothy’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com. Donald E. Sothard A memorial service for Donald E. Sothard will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2007 at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The Reverand Kathy Brown will be officiating. The family will meet with friends beginning at 12:15 p.m. in the back of the church sanctuary. Donald passed away October 20, 2007. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 7 BOWLING SCORES Rep. Calley talks with village on bridge Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 33; Seebers 21; Hair Care Center 27; The River 22; Eye and Ent 22; Nothin But Truck 19; Shamrock Tavern 16. Mens Good Games and Series - G. Otis 182-534; B. Hathaway 180-496; G. Potter 185-452; L. Yoder 164-446; R. Pitts 163-397; K. Becker 208; S. Pennington 188; N. Potter 180; P. Freeman 171; J. Pitch 135. Friday Night Mixed AN’D Signs 29; Just Cuz 28; The Simpsons 27; Spare Time 24; Liquid Courage 24; We’re A Mess 23; UMSU 22; Whatever 22; Ten Pins 21; Greasy Balls 21; All But One 18; 9-N-A-Wiggle 18; Oldies But Goodies 14. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 203-588; D. Rhodes 211-561; L. Potter 192-514; K. Carpenter 201-513; T. Phenix 181-502; R. Hammontree 171-459; B. Vugteveen 174-440; L. Smith 169-443; K. Matthews 138-395; M. Mathis 203; E. Hammontree 184; P. Ramey 180. Mens Good Games and Series - L. Madden 214-607; M. Eaton 224-594; A. Taylor 201-560; T. Barlow 210-507; D. Sears 157-463; D. Lake 170-410; K. Matthews 149382; L. Porter 232; H. Pennington 226; K. Phenix 220; D. Carlson 172; M. Vugteveen 164. Sunday Night Mixed Funky Bowlers 21; Sandbaggers 26; Bounty Hunters 23; Karey’s Crew 22; Wright Zone 21; Sunday Snoozers 21; Misfits 21; Michigan Outlaws 21; R&N 21; Straight Liners 20; 2 Bags and 2 Balls 19; Pin Chasers 14 1/2; Late Comers 13 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 204-549; J. Rice 188-503; L. Wright 145-406; C. Demott 139-377; K. Becker 203; M. Daniels 202; A. Hubbell 178; A. Churchill 171; A. Norton 159; J. Shoebridge 144. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Caraway 257-661; J. Shoebridge 224-571; T. Barlow 212-561; E. Bartlett 201-558; D. Wright 203-504; E. Rice 174-455; T. Hannan 174-453; B. Allen 243; J. Wright 209; M. Eaton 204. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 33-11; James Process Service 29-15; Double A Cookie Factory 2618; KentOil 25.5-18.5; NBT 23-21; Sassy Babes 21-23; Dewey’s Auto Body 20.5-23.5; Dean’s Dolls 20-24; The Finishing Touch 11.5-32.5; Hallifax Services 10.5-33.5. Good Games and Series - M. Rodgers 167; K. Eberly 173; D. Snyder 192-544; B. Hathaway 167-461; T. Redman 156-435; P. Freeman 176-423; J. Rice 168-444; N. Bechtel 170; S. Drake 180-468; L. HallifaxGreer 173; S. Smith 158; D. Worm 158; N. Clow 191; P. Fowler 182; N. Potter 168; V. Carr 195-523; B. Anders 155; D. Kelley 156; T. Shaeffer 166; A. Smith 160; S. VanDenburg 210; L. Trumble 266-565; L. Potter 196. Senior Citizens Three Gals and A Guy 31-13; Team #5 2915; Lucky Strike 28-16; King Pins 27-17; #1 Senior 27-17; Butterfingers 25-19; M&M’s 23-17*; Sun Risers 22-24; 4-B’s 21-23; Early Risers 20-24; Ward’s Friends 20-20*; Kuempel 14-30; Friends 12-3. *Games to be made up. Good Game and Series Ladies - E. Moore 163-370; K. Moore 122; R. Pitts 158-409; J. Kasinsky 119; B. Benedict 146; J. Talsma 144-330; G. Otis 197-516; G. Scobey 165438; J. Gasper 192; E. Ulrich 178; M. Kingsley 124; S. Patch 168. Good Game and Series Men - L. Markley 170; M. Schondelmayer 153; M. Talsma 197504; N. Thaler 167; J. Heney 169-380; D. Kiersey 188; M. Saldivar 200; L. Brandt 215; C. Purdum 221-550; G. Foreby 222-552; H. Gibson 160-439; B. Akers 200-539; G. Waggoner 188-562. Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 34.5; TVCCU 32.5; HCB 29.5; Terminators 29; Goodtime Pizza 20; Yankee Zepher 20; J-Ad 19.5; Boyce Milk Hauling 19. Mens High Game - S. Anger 237; D. Walden 236; J. Dale 235; R. O’Keefe 231; J. Markley 216. Mens High Series - S. Anger 664; R. O’Keefe 590; J. Markley 590; P. Scobey 566. Womens High Game - J. Clements 192; D. Service 175; A. Walden 175; V. Scobey 157. Womens High Series - J. Clements 530. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer State Rep. Brian Calley attend the Nov. 13 Village of Middleville Council meeting. He gave the council members an overview of action at the legislative level, including a review of taxes and the state budget. At a Nov. 8 meeting, Calley and Sen. Patricia Birkholz had listened to a delegation of representatives from the Barry County Road Commission, County Board, Village and Township about the delay of the Finkbeiner/Crane Road bridge project. The project hit a snag when officials reported that the area may be home to an endangered species of bat. Several options were discussed at the Nov. 8 meeting to preserve the “Jobs Today” fund- Newborn Babies dents, attended the hearing in Kent County. VanNortwick said the judge in particular cautioned Cichy not to, “fan the flames of political discourse.” County Commission Chairman Michael Callton, in supporting VanNortwick, said he is concerned. “There’s a real physical threat here, and I want to prevent a tragedy from happening,” said VanNortwick. “I’m concerned for elected officials, county employees and the public at meetings, and I’m trying to arrange for security at meetings.” Callton charged that Shellenbarger has displayed unusual and potentially aggressive behavior at previous commission meetings. Shellenbarger presented evidence in his argument contending he has never threatened VanNortwick, either physically or verbally. Shellenbarger played a tape of the Oct. 9 county commission meeting, a tape which he asserted proved no threats were made. Judge Zemaitis, however, after listening to the tape, ruled in favor of VanNortwick. VanNortwick argued that Shellenbarger has openly harassed the county commissioner since the July 24 public meeting; in his petition before the court VanNortwick stated that he was “concerned for my safety and well being.” VanNortwick is the object of a recall effort, which was initiated by George Hubka of Johnstown Township after VanNortwick voted with six other commissioners to approve a Time-of-Sale Transfer (TOST) Ordinance. The TOST Ordinance requires inspection of wells and septic systems before a property can be sold. Shellenbarger, who is by Patricia Johns Staff Writer U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin announced this week that five Michigan organizations have been awarded $267,925 through the Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFGP). The funding will be used to support operations and firefighter safety. Thornapple Township Emergency Services (TTES) in Middleville will improve operations and safety with a grant of $109,575, the largest of the five awards. TTES, which covers both Thornapple and Yankee Springs townships, will use these funds to purchase 21 full sets of firefighter “turnout” gear including helmets; a self-contained breathing apparatus filling station with compressor, new intercom systems, including headsets, to improve communication. Both the Thornapple Township and Yankee Springs fire stations will benefit from the equipment purchases. “Michigan’s first responders work tirelessly every day to protect our neighborhoods and our families,” said Stabenow in a prepared released. “I’m pleased this funding will provide our firefighters with the critical resources they need to stay safe while keeping their communities secure.” BOY, Drew Maxwell, born at Pennock Hospital on November 6, 2007 at 7:58 a.m. to Sarah and Doug Morey of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 1 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Olivia Caye, born at Pennock Hospital on November 8, 2007 at 7:17 p.m. to Leslie Miller and Manuel Lopez. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 inches long. not a resident of the district represented by VanNortwick, has openly supported the recall effort, as has Cichy. The recall effort was initiated shortly after the TOST ordinance was passed by the commission and Hubka filed more than the 733 needed signatures with Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith Oct. 4. VanNortwick has challenged a number of the signatures, however, saying Hubka and others who have circulated recall petitions misrepresented the facts in his attempts to gather the needed signatures. “I have talked to a number of people who said the Mr. Hubka told them a recall election would not cost them anything,” VanNortwick said. “Well, that is just ridiculous. Of course a recall election would be costly.” A tentative date of Jan. 15 has been set for the recall election. It was originally scheduled to coincide with the Michigan Presidential Primary, but a recent court decision has put that date in question. An appeal to have the decision overturned is underway. “If the primary election does not occur on Jan. 15,” said Barry County Clerk Debbie Smith, “the recall election will be held Feb. 26. Right now the Jan. 15 election date is up in the air, and we are all waiting for a decision.” 77518163 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Churches in the area can help others learn about special events planned for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by contacting J-Ad Graphics. There is no charge for this service. Information will be printed on a spaceavailable basis. No information about upcoming events will be taken over the telephone. Information can be faxed to the attention of Patricia Johns at (269) 945-5192. Please be sure to put a name on each page of the fax in case pages are separated. Information also may be e-mailed to Johns at patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The deadline is Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. Information should include the name of the event, name, address and telephone number and e-mail address of the church and a contact person. Also include the cost of the event and any other pertinent information. For information about this free space available service contact Johns at (269) 945-9554. Church representatives also may contact the J-Ad Graphics sales department at (269) 945-9554 to purchase advertising. Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! Cecil Courtney Scudder celebrated 90th birthday Cecil Courtney Scudder celebrated her 90th birthday on Wednesday, November 21st. Please send a card wishing her a happy birthday to 625 E. South Street, Hastings, MI 49058. at the Shamrock Tavern Presented by Nick Marble 02680925 Every Saturday Night In November 9 pm to 1 am Holiday Sale at… Hastings MOOSE Lodge #628 Baseball Cards • Coins • Crafts • Party Items • Homemade Items • Mixed Assortment of Products for Gifts Large Bake Sale by Sharon Daniels & Family “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 NOVEMBER 24TH • 9am - 5pm 77518017 77517709 Social News 02682136 McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 269-945-3512 -Ray Township Fire and Rescue, Ray, $72,770 -Whitefish Township Fire Department in Paradise, $54,389. Churches prepare for upcoming Christmas season Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation BOY, Kohen Blake, born at Pennock Hospital on November 8, 2007 at 10:42 a.m. to Becky and Theron Barlow of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 13 ozs. and 22 inches long. “Our firefighters and first responders deserve the best equipment and training to fight fires and respond to emergencies in Michigan,” added Levin. “This funding will help provide these organizations with the resources they need to do their jobs and educate the public about fire prevention.” The AFGP awards funds directly to fire departments and emergency service organizations to improve the effectiveness of operations and health and safety programs, and to establish or expand fire prevention programs throughout the United States. Grants are awarded competitively through an application process. The four other organizations receiving AFGP awards were: -Bellevue Community Fire Department in Eaton County, $8,930 -Calumet Volunteer Fire Department, $22,261 WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS 401(k) rollovers made easy GIRL, Aliyah Ann Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on November 7, 2007 at 5:24 p.m. to Lisa Conrad of Middleville. Weighing 6 lbs. 11 ozs. and 18 1/2 inches long. of the Paul Henry Thornapple Trail are closed until the end of firearm deer season. Village president Lon Myers said, “it may be necessary to levy fines next year if people cannot follow the rules.” Geoff Moffat, village planner, discussed some of the changes that will have to be made to the fishing pier. The pilings are in a different place than first designed because there was so much rail bed ballast that the structure had to be moved. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. Only one meeting will be held in December, on Tuesday, Dec. 18 ,at 7 p.m. It will begin with the hearing on the proposed 2008 budget. Area fire stations awarded grant Personal protection order awarded by Jon Gambee Staff Writer A Personal protection order (PPO) against Elden Shellenbarger has been granted to Barry County Commissioner Jeff VanNortwick in 17th Circuit Court of Kent County by Judge Daniel V. Zemaitis. The order, issued Tuesday, is in effect for 180 days and stipulates that Shellenbarger cannot go near VanNortwick, although he will be able to attend county commission meetings. Shellenbarger will be prohibited, however, from confronting VanNortwick either privately or at any public meeting. According to the provisions of the order, Shellenbarger may is prohibited from: • Following within site of VanNortwick; • Appearing at either the home of work place of VanNortwick; • Appearing or confronting VanNortwick in any public place or on any private property; • Contacting VanNortwick either by phone or mail or any other direct communication; • Placing or delivering an object to VanNortwick or property he owns, leases or occupies; • Threatening to kill or physically harm VanNortwick in any way; • Owning or purchasing a firearm.” VanNortwick, commenting on the judge’s ruling said, “I feel bad for Elden. I think he was manipulated by others, particularly George Hubka and Barb Cichy. It is unfortunate that they would take advantage of Elden and use him for their own personal agenda. I think he was purposely guided and got caught up in a situation bigger than just this PPO.” Both Hubka and Cichy, Barry County resi- ing. Calley reported to the village at the Nov. 13 meeting that a request has be sent to the Michigan Department of Transportation to begin the process and leave the right-of-way areas—which may be impacted by the presence of the Indiana bat—for a later date. If this is possible, then the project could begin on time, and the Jobs Today funding would be available. Council member Dan Parker gave an overview of the Streetscape project which is scheduled to begin in May. The funding request was submitted on time. In other business, James Oliver was sworn in to the council seat left vacant by the death of Dick Reyff. Area walkers were reminded that portions Some space available, call Sally (269) 623-5727 or Pat (269) 795-9158 08747460 �Page 8 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Once again the local VFW post is inviting all senior citizens of the community to a free dinner at the Post on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at noon. Who could turn down an invitation to eat a meal cooked by Rosemary Hickey? The Post has hosted this meal for several years past. It is truly free. The big event in town this week is Christmas ’Round the Town, with 15 or more stops to visit. Many are homes where two or three crafters combine their talents to make a big exhibit of their wares. Others are business places with seasonal displays of items for sale. They range from Clarksville and Pleasant Valley United Brethren churches to Mulliken. The Depot complex is one of the stops with 10 crafters set up in the Freight House. There will also be a sale of baked goods. Several years ago the local Order of Eastern Star lodge merged with its sister lodge at Portland. The Portland building could use some additional seating to accommodate the enlarged group. This many years hence, the Portland merged lodge has joined with its sister lodge at Mulliken. Local members at Portland suggested a suitable move would be to return the seating to Lake Odessa’s Depot complex. One of the Portland Masonic members loaded and hauled six settees and a dozen chairs, all upholstered in blue velour, to the Freight House museum. The Depot had received a ceremonial master’s chair with the same upholstery and two ceremonial pillars along with other items such as a painting of President Washington in his Masonic regalia back at the time of the Portland merger. Lester and Virginia Yonkers, son Jerry, daughter Kay Coates returned last week Tuesday from a visit to their son/brothers Tom Yonkers of Cloverdale who has been in Little Rock, Ark., for several weeks receiving treatments. The Alethians of Central United Methodist Church held their Nov. 13 meeting in the Fellowship Hall. They heard Linda Stewart of Alto relate the story of her service dog, a golden retriever, who has been trained to do remarkable things to assist her. The dog can open doors with lever handles, a refrigerator door with an attached strap, and pick up a coin from the floor. Helen Good and Mary Jane Carlson from Morrison Lake were the hostesses. Betty Carey was very surprised when on her Nov. 11 birthday, 17 of her family were present at her church, First Congregational. They brought in dinner and had a work bee at her home. The biggest item is getting her home decorated for Christmas. The day ends with some of them playing touch football. Those attending included Roger and Sue Winkler and daughter, Mike and Jane Winkler from Hamilton, Sarah Winkler of Holland, Larry and Debbie Winkler, and Evan from Edwardsburg, Kyle and Julie from Berkley, Darrin and friend from Northville, Erick and Carol Kind and girls, Patrick and Karmyn all of Grand Rapids. Carl Kind Malik named assistant manager at FirstBank Amanda Malik was promoted to assistant office manager of Firstbank’s Hastings offices, President James D. Fast recently announced. Malik has seven years of banking experience most, recently serving as head teller and customer service representative at Firstbank’s two Hastings locations. Her new role will include overseeing the daily operations of both offices and assisting the office manager, as needed. Malik began her banking career with Firstbank in 2000 and worked in the Woodland office as a head teller and customer service representative until 2005. She rejoined the company in 2006 with the opening of the Hastings downtown office. Her banking skills and relationships with Firstbank customers will serve her well in her new role. Firstbank–West Michigan is a diversified financial services company providing a wide range of banking and investment options. Firstbank–West Michigan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Firstbank Corporation, operating offices in Ionia, Belding, Hastings, Lowell, Sunfield, and Woodland. baked a beautiful birthday cake. Lakewood students had three days off school last week. The schedule covered parent-teacher conferences, in-service for teachers and the first day of deer season for many students. The Women’s Fellowship of First Congregational Church held its fall meeting Nov. 14 in the church dining room. The speaker was Betty Yeiter of rural Lowell. She had beautiful pictures from her summer visit to several points in Russia. Some of the cities she visited were on the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska with long days and short nights in mid-summer. Most people live in apartment houses, she said. There are several spectacular church buildings included, most with “onion domes.” On Thursday of last week the Ionia chapter of MARSP met in Lake Odessa at the fellowship hall of the Central United Methodist Church with more than 30 present. The Viking Vagabonds entertained guests, accompanied by Patricia Werdon. The teacher was busy at school with conferences so except for one number with a senior boy directing, they sang their entire program, called “Holiday Preview,” with only the leading by the piano. Fourteen members sang. Again, this was a day off school so many of the group were not available. The visiting school personnel were really impressed by the caliber of music. They were given gift certificates for McDonald’s in appreciation of their singing. This performance in the church was followed by lunch in the dining room, prepared and served by a group earning funds toward a 2008 mission trip. There was a white elephant exchange among members, and members also brought or mailed in monetary donations toward Christmas gifts for Ionia County families. Among those attending were Elizabeth Jensen of Lyons and Marguerite Dick of rural Ionia. Both are retired from teaching at Woodland Elementary. This was a rare treat for Marguerite to be out since her falls and subsequent stays at Thornapple Manor. She is now home staying alone but with the protection of LifeLine. There were legislative reports by a Saranac retiree and insurance reports from Lakewood retiree Ben Merchant of Eaton Township. This writer can recommend the bulbs sold by the Barry Conservation District. One amaryllis bulb is not yet planted in any kind of soil and already it is more than a foot tall. The box has sunlight many days since it was purchased in October. Give a memorial that can go on forever Amanda Malik Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. 50 N. M-37 Hwy Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-3550 77518161 OPEN HOUSE 838 W. Green St. SUN. NOV. 25th, 2-4 pm Great home on an extra large corner lot. Within walking distance to hospital, schools, downtown and Fish Hatchery Park. This home boasts 3 (possibly 4) BR and 1 1/2 BA with M.F.L. Back yard is fenced and the 2 stall garage has a loft, electric and heat. Many updates have been done. $117,500. Call Stacy 269-655-5484 77517647 PUBLIC AUCTION BY THE DEPT OF TREASURY NOVEMBER 29, 2007, AT 11:00 A.M. OF ONE 2007 SDD AND SDM WITH SUNDAY SALES PERMIT LIQUOR LICENSE #114885 & 114886, FORMERLY OF MITCH’S MARKET. AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE BARRY COUNTY COURTS AND LAW BLDG, 206 W. COURT STREET, 1ST FLOOR, HASTINGS, MI. MINIMUM BID SET AT $7,800. TERMS: CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS ONLY, MADE PAYABLE TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. 25% OF THE SUCCESSFUL BID WILL BE DUE AFTER AUCTION WITH THE BALANCE DUE WITHIN 24 HOURS. THE SALE IS CONDITIONAL UPON MEETING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY STATE & LOCAL LAWS. THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RENEWAL AND/OR TRANSFER FEES TO THE LIQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION. CONTACT WARRANT OFFICER BARBARA WEATHERBEE 517636-5232. 77518138 ® RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: The • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking EOE/M-F 77517270 Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: 77517647 Dear Annie: My husband comes from a family with a history of manic depression, mood disorders, suicides, addictions, etc. He self-medicates by overeating, gambling, watching too much TV and wanting a lot of sex. It is exceptionally bad in the winter, and I am on edge all the time, not knowing what kind of mood he will be in. I go to therapy to cope. I have repeatedly told his cardiologist, family physician and sleep-disorder doctor about his behavior and his family history, but they ignore me or say they can't do anything if my husband won't admit he's depressed. He does, of course, put on a good front to others. Why do all the experts say "tell your family doctor" about a loved one's problems when the doctors refuse to deal with it? Do you have any suggestions?—MSFM Dear MSFM: A doctor can only do so much. If your husband refuses to admit he may have mental health issues, he is not likely to accept help from anyone. The best you can do is get help on your own, and you already are doing this. Discuss the situation with your therapist so you can determine whether there is any aspect of your husband's behavior that you can work on at home and, if not, what the best course of action is for you. Also contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (nami.org) at 1-800-950-NAMI (1800-950-6264) for support and suggestions. Griping parents Dear Annie: Recently, the parents of two of my closest friends have divorced. This has caused me to look at my own parents, who have been married over 30 years. Mom and Dad are wonderful people who gave my brother and me a loving childhood. Yet, I've seen a growing strain in their relationship. Whenever they talk to me, they end up griping about the other one at some point in the conversation. I realize venting frustration can be healthy, but I honestly can't remember the last time either of them said anything positive about the other. For years, I have suggested they talk through their problems and grievances instead of sweeping them under the rug, but they don't listen. They continually throw themselves further into their separate lives as the rift grows wider. Most of my mother's friends are in unhappy marriages, and I'm afraid she believes this situation is normal. I want to talk to them about their marriage, but I don't know how to do it. Both of them are very poor communicators. I'm afraid talking could make it worse and they will resent me for bringing it up. Neither of them would consider marriage counseling. I want them to be happy. How can I help?—Worried Out West Dear Worried: Some long-married couples get into the habit of griping, and you shouldn't jump to the conclusion that they are looking to divorce. But the next time Mom disparages your father, ask "Are you unhappy?" The question alone may force her to think carefully about the relationship, and more importantly, make her see the impact her complaints are having on you. (You can do the same with your father.) Split brings commitment Dear Annie: This is for "The First Wife," who asked if the relationship between a parent and child suffers when the parent abandons the marriage. In my case, divorce was a godsend for the relationship between my ex and our sons. Before the divorce, my husband would refuse to come home at a reasonable hour and basically ignored the boys. Once we divorced, he actually made an investment in the time he spent with them. It forced him to be a "hands-on" father when he used to believe parenting was all "women's work." He actually started coming to their ball games and school functions.—Happier Ex-Wife Dear Ex-Wife: We're sorry it took such a huge knock in the head for your husband to wake up, but better late than never. A note from Annie — and Erma Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities Doctors are no help Dear Readers: Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. This is a time to share with family and friends. But we also hope you have remembered those who are alone today and would love to be part of your family for the day. If you aren't able to accommodate extra guests this year, please keep them in mind when you are planning next year's bounty. And for those readers who are spending the day volunteering at shelters and soup kitchens, bless you for your kind hearts and generosity of spirit. Here's a quote from the late, great Erma Bombeck: "Thanksgiving dinners take 18 hours to prepare. They are consumed in 12 minutes. Halftimes take 12 minutes. This is not coincidence." Reader gives thanks Dear Annie: I would love to share my thoughts with your readers at Thanksgiving because there is so much I am thankful for. First, I thank the Creator for allowing me to be here for 66 years and counting. And, I thank God for giving my wife the strength to tolerate me for over 35 years — and counting. I give thanks for my two sons, for they have grown into fine young men. John just finished 10 years in the Navy, and Ellery is working as a computer engineering consultant and attending graduate school. John graduated with honors, and Ellery graduated as valedictorian. My wife and I suffer from a host of diseases and diagnoses. We take a litany of medications and prescriptions. I give thanks that I have health coverage and live in a country where I can receive adequate care and competent treatment. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958 to1988 and got to see a lot of the world and its peoples and cultures. And believe me, I give thanks for growing up in America. While America is not without her bruises and blemishes, she is still, by far, the best when it comes to freedom, opportunity and progress. And, I give thanks for all that. Further, I give thanks for being able to contribute to the welfare and advancement of others, especially those children and families that are disadvantaged socially, politically and economically. I figure it's time I reflect upon, remember and treasure all the good times, good places and good people that have come into my life. I give thanks to all those who helped and empowered me over the years, to all those whose backs and shoulders I have stood upon. And I give heartfelt thanks for realizing that I have not been alone, nor have I done it all by myself. And I give thanks for being allowed to share my blessings with others. For everything I want to be, for everything I hope to be and for everything I am, I give thanks during this very special holiday season.—John in Norfolk, Va. Dear John: You are indeed blessed, and wise to recognize it. We hope all of our readers will take the time to reflect on the good things in their lives, whether large or small. We wish every one of you a happy, healthy, bountiful holiday. Here's one more: Thankful beholder Dear Annie: I live on a fixed income and was feeling broke and underprivileged. But, I took a look around at some of the things I do have, and it turns out, I am not poor. I have a roof over my head that does not leak. I have a warm bed, in which to sleep. I have hot and cold running water, in which to bathe. My refrigerator, cabinets and shelves are full of food. Yes, it's true that I don't drive a fancy car (I have a bicycle), but when looked at objectively, I live like a king. I have so many things to feel good about in my life that I had to struggle to keep the list to only the top five.— Not Poor in Riverside Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... The Aluminum Tile Company and Albert Silvers By Esther M. Walton Albert Silvers arrived in Hastings in January 1943, and established a powderedegg processing plant. It was one of several he operated in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, to produce dried powdered eggs for the tens of thousands of military personal serving in the armed forces at that time. Immediately after the cessation of hostilities in 1945, when the need for powdered eggs evaporated, Mr. Silvers began considering other enterprises. He liked Hastings and wanted to stay. He ultimately decided to take advantage of the postwar construction boom by manufacturing aluminum wall tiles using a new process for stamping and painting. One of his first problems he faced was finding suitable space in Hastings. In 1947, Mr. Silvers acquired the old Smith and Velte grain elevator property located on West Green Street along the C.K. and S. railroad siding, which still existed at that time. He then began reconfiguring and remodeling the property to suit his new company’s needs. During this time, temporary quarters were made for approximately 35 employees in Mr. Silver’s old powdered-egg plant so the production of aluminum tiles could begin. The so-called “simple” process for painting and stamping wall tile was in fact anything but simple. As one long-time employee put it: “We worked for the scrap dealers at first; pushing scrap out the back door as fast as we were bringing good new metal in the front.” The production bugs were finally worked out and what had been essentially a concept had become a practical manufacturing process. It was during these difficult days that Metal Tile established rigid quality control standards and its reputation in the industry. In spite of initial production problems, there were never such things as “almost right” as far as the company was concerned. First impressions of their product in the market place were considered critical. The goal was to build a positive reputation. In the early years, Metal Tile’s production was hampered by the relative primitive nature of the aluminum industry. Alloys were limited in range, and aluminum itself was still on the scarce side for a while after the war. Production crews at Metal Tile, “took what we got and tried to make it work.” It wasn’t enough that the metal itself was of unpredictable quality, but the state of the painting metal surfaces was even less advanced. The heart of the production process was painting the tiles before the metal was stamped. The backing used on the painted metal to provide the bind proved a different matter. The first ovens were primitive–essentially a series of heat lamps covered with metal. They had to be hot, but not too hot, and there were no automatic controls, hand-turning a bulb off and on regulated the temperature. The tiles were made in 12 different colors. In March 1947, the new Metal Tile Company was finally operational in the new plant. Silvers said that, “After being temporarily held up because of unforeseen production difficulties, our new tile product will provide luxury and beauty in interior wall decorations for the first time at greatly reduced prices.” In 1949, after several years in this new market, a packaged awning designed for either commercial or residential use was introduced. This new product line necessitated an expansion of the plant, adding more employees. On Dec. 17 to 19, 1949, Albert Silvers held an annual meeting for his employees, distributors, and some invited guests. During this time, he planned a dinner/dance party along with informational sessions on the use of Alumi-tile for tiles and Alumi-shield for awnings. Tours of the plant were available. The idea of using aluminum for awnings was innovative. This new product was developed in a converted grain elevator right here in Hastings. Sales of these new products were “near fantastic” and required continuous expansion of the plant to meet demand. Hastings Aluminum Products, Inc. became a division of Metal Tile Products, Inc. In 1950, Metal Tile began constructing a new addition, contiguous with the original plant but with fronting on Walnut Street. The building was designed to house corporate offices and provide additional shipping and production space. This new structure was one story high, 125 feet long and 75 feet wide. From 1950 to 1957 the company’s product line expanded. They added window shutters Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. When choosing mutual funds, look past short-term returns What’s the most prominent thing you notice about mutual fund advertisements? In most cases, it’s the fund’s return. Quite often, these returns are truly eye-popping. But if you look closer at the ads, you’ll see that many of the highest returns are for short periods of time, such as one year or three years. And a mutual fund’s short-term return is not, by itself, reason enough to buy that fund — so don’t rush to your checkbook. Actually, a mutual fund’s short-term performance may tell you less about the fund than about what’s been happening in the financial markets. If most stocks rise significantly for a few years, the chances are pretty good that a stock-based mutual fund is going to do well, too. But more importantly, you shouldn’t evaluate a fund on its short-term return because a mutual fund is a long-term investment. To assess a fund’s long-term performance, you’ll need to look at its annualized return — its return over a period of time other than one year. For example, a two-year return of 10 percent could be stated as an annualized rate of return of five percent. And by comparing annualized returns, you can learn a lot about a fund’s historical performance. If a fund’s Albert Silvers and the roll-up awnings for use as wind protection in summer homes (packaged patio were also introduced in about 1958). In Sept. 15, 1955, the company adopted a new corporate name. Metal Tile became Hastings Aluminum Products Corp. On Saturday, July 27, 1957, Albert Silvers had a fatal heart attack. The Hastings Banner, in its Aug. 1 issue, featured an tribute which in part said: “The community lost a valuable citizen in the death of Albert Silvers Saturday. The heart attack that struck without warning ended an unusual life story that began in Lithuania some 64 years ago. “Orphaned when four years old, Al forged ahead against obstacles that would have stopped an individual with less drive and sound sense of direction. “Toward the end of World War II, Al decided to start an aluminum tile business here, an entirely new type of venture. Many who have followed with interest the steady growth of this new industry and have seen the increase in the variety and quality of the articles produced do not appreciate the tremendous personal effort required to get the project underway. There were times when it could have failed, when Al could have ceased operations without much of a personal financial loss – and all things considered, that would have been the easy course. “Al, however refused to tolerate the idea of failure with him. It was a matter of pride, not money... a refusal to admit that he faced a situation that couldn’t be solved by sound thinking and hard work. It took plenty of both to get the Metal Tile venture over the hump. “Despite his tremendous personal drive, he is about the only individual we have ever known who seemed to relax under a ‘full head of steam’ and concentrate on building his new industry. Al found plenty of time to take a useful part in the life of the company. Maybe it was the remembrance of his own youthful struggles that caused him to be especially active in support of the YMCA, but this was merely one of many. During the years he lived in Hastings, Al contributed generously to every worthwhile project that came to his attention. There are literally hundreds of instances that might be cited of personal kindness that he has done for this community. “Here again it may have been the memory of his own harsh earlier experiences that made him especially sympathetic to people who were ‘up against it.’ “Despite Al’s enthusiastic outbursts of energy and single-minded concentration of the problem at hand, which often created an impression of ruthlessness, he was in fact a kind and warm-hearted individual who enjoyed and liked all manner of people. “Contrary to what Shakespeare said on the subject, it is the memory of Al Silver’s many good deeds that will live after him in this community to serve as an epilogue to a life story of exceptional interest and significance.” “Mr. Silvers was a member of the Hastings Kiwanis Club, the Hastings Country Club, the Hastings Elks and was a former member of the Y.M.C.A. board and took great pride in the “Y” Camp at Algonquin Lake. Mr. Silvers and his wife, were known for their generosity and charitable works, although their acts of kindness were done quietly.” annualized return for the last three years is 12 percent, but over 10 years it was just five percent, you could conclude that the results of the past three years are not representative of the fund’s long-term track record. Apart from its annualized return, what else should you look for when considering a mutual fund? Here are a few suggestions: * Performance against similar funds — How has the fund you’re considering performed in comparison to other funds with the same investment objective over 10- and 15year time periods? That is, if you’re evaluating a growth-and-income fund, contrast its performance against the universe of other growth-and-income funds. * Fund manager’s longevity — Ask your financial advisor how long a fund manager — or a management team — has been responsible for making the investment decisions. Assuming the fund has a superior 10- and 15year track record to begin with, the longer a manager has been in place, the better. * Expense level — Different mutual funds have different costs associated with them. All factors being equal, look for those funds with the lower expense levels. The more you pay each year in expenses and fees, the lower your overall return. However, some funds have justifiably higher expenses, and you may want to consider these funds to help diversify your mutual fund holdings. * Investment “overlap” — Even if a fund has shown consistently good returns and has a talented, experienced manager, it still might not be right for you, particularly if it overlaps with similar funds in your portfolio. You might be better off by purchasing a different kind of mutual fund and thereby broadening your holdings. Your financial advisor can help you create a diversified mutual fund portfolio that fits your risk tolerance and investment objectives. Finally, ask your financial advisor for a copy of the fund's prospectus, which contains complete information about the fund, including risks, charges and expenses as well as other important information that should be carefully considered. By doing some research and learning all you can about a mutual fund, you’ll be prepared to make smart investment decisions. Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones Lake Odessa museum complex to be in Christmas event The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 38.03 -1.82 Anheuser Busch 49.59 -.71 CMS Energy Corp. 17.16 +.63 Coca-Cola Co. 62.79 +1.75 Dow Chemical Co. 40.47 +.79 Exxon Mobil 87.82 +.94 Family Dollar Stores 21.65 -2.96 First Financial Bancorp 11.21 -1.15 Ford Motor Co. 7.24 -.76 General Motors 26.29 -5.33 Intl. Bus. Machine 103.42 -1.85 JCPenney Co. 41.52 -6.57 Johnson & Johnson 67.64 +.33 Kellogg Co. 53.17 +.48 McDonald’s Corp. 58.48 +1.38 Pfizer Inc. 22.72 -.83 Semco Energy ----Sears Holding 111.85 -14.13 Spartan Motors 9.85 -2.27 TCF Financial 18.48 -2.19 Wal-Mart Stores 45.50 -.47 Gold $791.40 -7.60 Silver $14.51 -.10 Dow Jones Average 13,010.14 -296.95 Volume on NYSE 1.9B +300M The Lake Odessa Museum Complex, located at 1117 Emerson St., will be a full participant in the Annual Christmas ‘Round the Town on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 23 and 24. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society has been involved with this project since its beginning and looks forward to another great year. The Christmas Memory Trees will be showcased with the opportunity to place an ornament on them in memory of a loved one. The Depot and the Freight Station buildings both will be open with a full slate of crafters, the Depot Gift Shop and baked goods. Crafters for this year’s event will include Jan Leak and Donna Tyler with painting, crocheted and knitted items and crafted Christmas decor; Forget-Me-Nots by Kay Klein featuring dried floral and silk arrangements; Steven’s Signs and Designs by Terry Stevens, showcasing “antiqued” signs; Friendly Folks by Betty Carey with painted wood items; Daisy and Me by Alice Toth with “Perfectly Pretty Purses,” Mary Lu Pennington with a selection of holiday and traditional crafts; Anita Villaneuva with leather and wood burning and a collection of original prints; Mom’s Candles by Serina Currier with a large variety of soy candles; Mom’s and Mine with Dorothy Kelley and Bonnie Dougherty with holiday and assorted gift bags; and Erin Bach will bring unique painted glasswares. The museum will be a busy place with several holiday surprises. The Depot Gift Shop is stocked with a large selection of holiday gifts and the trademark Sechler’s pickles and relish. The Lake Odessa Museum Complex is a project of the Lake Odessa Area Historical Society and continues the work of preserving local history and benefits by this event and by the support of the community. STOCKS LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jean A. Hass, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to The Mortgage House, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2000, and recorded on May 30, 2000 in instrument 200005300005685, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($88,512.65), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 30, a distance of 742.50 feet (45 rods); thence North 66 feet (4 rods) to the true place of beginning; thence continuing North 313.50 feet (19 rods); thence North 70 degrees 31 minutes 45 seconds East 78.06 feet; thence South 06 degrees 57 minutes 56 seconds East 80.10 feet; thence South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East 19.91 feet; thence South 242.81 feet; thence West 93.34 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518118 File #173014F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 11, 2006, by Anthony W. Hooker and Tracy L. Hooker, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on May 17, 2006, in Document No. 1164692 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen and 55/100 Dollars ($112,515.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE RECORDED PLAT OF J.R. BUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES WEST IN THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT 33.68 FEET TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 34 RODS AND 8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 196.39 FEET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE RAILROAD, NOW VACATED; THENCE SOUTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST 68.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 213.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 66 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY OVER THE EASTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF, BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Commonly known as 606 S. Grove St., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518151 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Four And 51/100 Dollars ($164,144.51), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518058 File #148541F02 Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 10 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Advantage Housing, Inc., dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 455, et. seq., and which Mortgage was assigned to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), by Mortgage Assignment dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 458, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $85,932.25, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), together with interest at 8.74 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on December 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 POST OF SECTION 3, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 1323.82 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 445.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 58’ WEST), 244.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 41’ 32” EAST, 62.13 FEET (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS 60.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 13’ 22” WEST, 42.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 507.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 10 ACRES OF THE WEST 50 ACRES OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4, 287.81 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET WIDE DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 286.9 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST 15.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST, 286.9 FEET TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH LINE, 15.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may have in the 1995 Redman Mobile Home, Serial Number 137B6073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77517999 Dated: November 13, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Steel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 11, 2005 in instrument 1146292, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Thirty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($110,036.74), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517838 File #170788F01 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING November 13, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Rook. All board members present with the exception of Ribble. Also present: Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth, and 18 guests. Motion Perino; support Ritchie to accept minutes from October 2, 2007 regular board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Goy to approve purchase of Vehicle Stabilization Equipment in the amount of $2,000. All ayes. Motion carried. Resolution received from attorney involving the extra voted road millage. Motion Ritchie; support Goy to have millage placed on August 5, 2008 primary. Roll call vote. Goy aye, Ritchie aye, Perino aye, Rook aye. Ribble absent. Snow Plow Agreement. There were no responses to advertisement for bids for plowing of township hall and fire department. Motion Perino; support Goy to approve continued contract with Todd Ketchum Snow Plowing from December 2007-November 2008. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Goy; support Perino to pay bills for the month of November in the amount of $10,775.58 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Perino to adjourn. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Unapproved Minutes Jennifer Goy 77518090 Township Clerk PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICKY A. PARKS, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2001, and recorded on December 5, 2001, in Document No. 1070821, and assigned by said mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars and Twenty Cents ($80,640.20), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on December 6, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 69 AND 70 OF J.R. BUSH'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33, BEING A PART OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 6, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 5, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77517918 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Morgan and Janet Morgan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 24, 2006 in instrument 1165077, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Six Hundred Ten And 69/100 Dollars ($103,610.69), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 2, Block 3, Kenfield's 2nd Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518130 File #173207F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on September 17, 2003, by Timothy A. Rasey and Trixie L. Rasey, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 19, 2003, in Document No. 1113622 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($136,577.36), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Carlton, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 17, Coldwater River Country Estates, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Document No. 1060986, on Pages 1-47, inclusive, and Document No. 1060987, on Pages 1-3, inclusive, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 20, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77517994 KZLIB:559020.1\105064-00162 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mitchell Henning and Amanda Henning, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2002 and recorded August 22, 2002 in Instrument Number 1086107, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($117,347.36) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West 327.5 feet for a place of beginning; thence West 327.5 feet; thence North 665.1feet; thence East 327.5 feet; thence South 665.1 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517888 File No. 283.0126 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gorden Noble and Kathy Noble, husband and wife, to CitiMortgage, Inc., successor by merger with CitiFinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2001 and recorded November 26, 2001 in Instrument Number 1070245, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eight and 30/100 Dollars ($89,608.30) including interest at 10.34% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 29, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing 105 feet North of the Southeast corner of the North one-half of the Northwest onehalf of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 18, Township 2 North of Range 10 West, Barry County, Michigan, for place of beginning; thence West 10 rods; thence North 8 rods; thence East 10 rods; thence South 8 rods to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 1, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517642 File No. 201.2034 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonnie L. Meredith and Jeffrey C. Meredith, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 15, 2004 and recorded September 20, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134127, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eleven Thousand One Hundred Fifty-One and 66/100 Dollars ($211,151.66) including interest at 11.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53, being part of the Southeast onequarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. Also: The West one-half of Lot 9 of the Plat of Indian Hills, according to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 53. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 9 of said Plat of Indian Hills for place of beginning; thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on Section line 55 feet; thence North to South line of said Lot 9, thence South 59 degrees 32 minutes West to the place of beginning, subject to right of way over the South 30 feet thereof. Also: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot 10 of the Plat of Indian Hills for the place of beginning, thence South 0 degrees 12 minutes East 30 feet to the South line of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, thence East on the Section line 110 feet, thence North to the Southeast corner of said Lot 10; thence West on the South line of said Lot 10 to the place of beginning. Subject to a right of way for ingress and egress being part of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 6, Town 3 North, Range 8 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518025 File No. 207.7948 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Franklin E. Barnes, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Woodhams Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 1990, and recorded on June 25, 1990 in Liber 501 on Page 213, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to EverHome Mortgage Company as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 40/100 Dollars ($27,916.40), including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lots 32 and 33 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 32. Parcel B: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of Lot 35 of said Vickery's Lakeside Park, thence North 76 Degrees 18 Minutes 30 Seconds West 79.86 Feet to the Northeast Corner of Lot 32 of said Plat, Thence South 31 Degrees 18 Minutes West, Along the East Line of Lots 32 and 33, A Distance of 60.00 Feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot 33, Thence North 86 Degrees 30 Minutes 30 Seconds East, 108.49 Feet to a Point on the South Line of Oak Drive, Thence North 01 Degree 18 Minutes East 25.09 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farming ton Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517874 File #169847F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan M Scott, married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2006, and recorded on August 16, 2006 in instrument 1168697, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen And 49/100 Dollars ($76,216.49), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, R. J. Grant's Second Addition to the city, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 1 of plats, on page 16 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517923 File #171135F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Angela M. Huyck, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to National City Mortgage Services Co, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139144, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Three And 59/100 Dollars ($76,693.59), including interest at 6.43% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 77 of J. R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 33. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518109 File #172871F01 Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! Hastings Community Child Care is looking for qualified early childhood professionals. Pay ranges from $7.15 to $8.00 depending on experience in a center based facility and early childhood education. Full and part-time available with some benefits. Applications available at the... Child Care Center 520 W. South Street or at the... Administration Office 232 W. Grand St. in Hastings 02681569 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory W Ferris, a married man and Dawn A Ferris, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 1, 2004, and recorded on September 3, 2004 in instrument 1133446, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 64/100 Dollars ($157,572.64), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 518.00 feet along the East line of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 60.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 220.00 feet along the West right of way line of State Trunk line M-66; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 480.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds West 220.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds East 480.00 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170738F01 77517908 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Robert L. Page and Carrie A. Page, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to National Bank of Hastings dated the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, as Instrument number 1015783 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $9,585.61 (nine thousand five hundred eighty-five and 61/100) plus accrued interest at 11.750% (eleven point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 6th day of December, A.D., 2007, at 1:00:00 PM o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, Michigan: Beginning at the South one quarter post of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East along the North and South one quarter line of said Section 32, a distance of 881.49 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East 440.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 550.00 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 130.00 feet to the South line of said Section 32; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West, along said South section line 665.00 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an ingress and egress easement with others described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 32 which lies South 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds East 632.00 feet from the South one quarter post of said Section 32; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 115.29 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds West, 302.36 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 884.67 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East 120.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East, 120.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 120.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 855.33 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East, 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 144.72 feet to said South section line; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West 66.00 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 2055 Spencer Drive Middleville, MI 49333 Tax ID No.: 08-14-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 77517893 WWR# 10007718 / MUA Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick VanHaften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Washington Mutual Bank, Mortgagee, dated September 8, 2006, and recorded on October 9, 2006 in instrument 1171169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Ten And 27/100 Dollars ($198,210.27), including interest at 7.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point on the North and South 1/4 Line of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West 33 Feet North of the South 1/4 post of Section 5; Thence North on the 1/4 Line 172.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 333 feet to the Easterly Line of Winchester Drive; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East on the Easterly Line of Said Drive 18.52 feet; Thence South 57 Degrees 21 minutes East 53.94 feet, Being a Chord on a Curve to the Left with a radius of 50 Feet; Thence East 255.27 feet to the Place of Beginning. Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 114.15 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southeast corner of Lot 43 of Chateau Park No. 2 and the place of beginning of this description; Thence South 24 Degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 150 feet to the Easterly line of Winchester Drive; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West 100 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 43 of said plat, Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 150 feet to the place of beginning. Also, Commencing at the South 1/4 post of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; Thence North on the North and South 1/4 Line 205.21 feet; Thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of Marsh Road 14.15 feet and the place of beginning of this description thence North 24 Degrees 42 minutes West on the Centerline of said road 100 feet, Thence South 65 Degrees 18 minutes West 183 feet to the Southwest Corner of Lot 42 of Chateau Park No. 2, Thence South 24 degrees 42 minutes East 100 feet; Thence North 65 Degrees 18 minutes East 183 feet to the place of beginning, all in Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517633 File #170050F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Daniel K. Rice, A Married Man and Shennon Rice, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004 and recorded October 15, 2004 in Instrument #1135521 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($123,485.81) including interest 10.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot 23 of Algonquin Lake Resort Properties Unit Number 1, According to the recorded Plat Thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 56. Commonly known as 2485 Wasabinang, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517879 Our File No: 07-81565 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Paul D. Everitt, an unmarried man, of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated July 19, 2006, and recorded on July 25, 2006, in Instrument No. 1167673 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Four Thousand Eighty Dollars and Twenty Six Cents ($44,080.26), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 12.7%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on December 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Woodland, County of Barry and which are described as follows: Lots 33 and 34, Innovation Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3, Page 21, Barry County Records. P.P. #08-15-080024-00 which includes a 1988 Fairmont mobile home and has an address of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: November 15, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518124 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dawn G. Sixberry, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 24, 2004, and recorded on March 2, 2004 in instrument 1123026, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Nine And 22/100 Dollars ($84,469.22), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, Described as; Commencing at the South 1/4 Corner of said Section 23, Thence Westerly, 660 to the Point of Beginning; Thence East along the South Section Line a Distance of 594 Feet; Thence North a Distance of 586; Thence West 594 Feet; Thence South 586 Feet to the Point of Beginning. EXCEPT: A Parcel of Land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Boundary of Said Parcel described as; Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 23: Thence East along the South Line of Said Section 2201.05 Feet; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 556.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 60.00 Feet ; Thence East Parallel with said Section South Line 374.08 Feet: Thence South 00 Degrees 53 Minutes 24 Seconds East Parallel with the NorthSouth 1/4 Line of said Section 60.00 Feet: Thence West Parallel with said South Line 374.09 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517824 File #041333F02 CARLTON TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS Carlton Township is looking for a resident willing to serve on the new voluntary Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee beginning January 15, 2008. Interested residents should submit their name and resident address in writing no later than Dec. 4, 2007 to Carlton Township Hall attn: CD Committee, 85 Welcome Rd., Hastings, MI 49058. The board will appoint a candidate at the Dec. 10, 2007 board meeting. 77518167 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Dean Stadel, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 10, 2006 in instrument 200607100008700, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 20061 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of TwentyEight Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 66/100 Dollars ($28,910.66), including interest at 8.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North half of Lots 9 and 10, of Block 13, Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the Recorded Plat thereof being Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517830 File #170358F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Truda L. Sager and Brian S. Sager, wife and husband as joint tenants, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 27, 2005 and recorded January 9, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158654, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight and 57/100 Dollars ($134,738.57) including interest at 6.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 1, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along the South line of said Section, 270.00 feet to the Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along said South line, 386.65 feet to the West line of the East 20 acres South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along said West line, 320.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds East, parallel with said South line, 386.65 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 320.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518156 File No. 362.2406 NOTICE HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP The Township is seeking an applicant to serve on the Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. This applicant must be a registered voter. Call the Township at 269-948-9690 or Supervisor Jim Brown at 888-2402638 for an application. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Dec. 10, 2007. The Township Board reserves the right to reject any or all applicants. 77518085 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166188, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for RBSGC 2007-A as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 98/100 Dollars ($115,213.98), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Ya nkee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 2, Gary Godley Condominium Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517913 File #171460F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The Mortgage described below is in default: Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) made by Sherman L. Boulter, a single man, as Mortgagor to United Bank of Michigan and later assigned by law to United Bank Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan banking corporation, with its address at 900 East Paris Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, as Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2000 and recorded on July 21, 2000, Document No. 1047113, Barry County Records, Barry County, Michigan. The balance owing on the Mortgage is $8,673.05 at the time of this Notice. The Mortgage contains a power of sale and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part of the Mortgage. TAKE NOTICE that on December 20, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, or any adjourned date thereafter, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan (which is the building where the Circuit Court for Barry County is held). The Mortgagee will apply the sale proceeds to the debt secured by the Mortgage as stated above, plus interest on the amount due at the rate of nine and three quarters (9.750%) percent per annum; all legal costs and expenses, including attorneys fees allowed by law; and also any amount paid by the Mortgagee to protect its interest in the property. The property to be sold at foreclosure is all of that real estate situated in Barry County, Michigan, described as: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 1106.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST 522.95 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 440 FEET OF THE WEST HALF, EAST HALF OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 226.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST 25.0 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF, EAST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 199.43 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH THREE-SIXTEENTH OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 497.45 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1133 FEET OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 427.0 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY FOR SADDLER ROAD. Tax Id: 08-11-018-024-30 The redemption period shall be one-year from the date of sale pursuant to MCLA 600.3240(8). November 8, 2007 UNITED BANK MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee PLUNKETT COONEY KELLI L. BAKER (P49960) Attorney for Mortgagee 333 Bridge Street, NW Ste. 530 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 77518005 (616) 752-4624 City of Hastings Notice of Public Hearing and Change of Location of Regular Meeting Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, November 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM for the purpose of receiving public comment on future uses of the former public library site at 121 South Church Street, Hastings. The public hearing and the regular Council meeting of the same date and time will be held in the lecture Hall at Hastings High School, 520 West South Street, Hastings. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the City Clerk at 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services 800.649.3777. 77518136 Thomas Emery City Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($166,265.20), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518146 File #045798F03 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-29-2007 - Rodney & Jackie Dye. Location: 310 Main St., in Section 6 of Barry Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to erect at 32x70-ft. addition to an industrial building, which will be too close to the side yard (11-ft.). The existing building is too close to the side yard (2 inches), the minimum is 20 ft.; and too close to the rear yard 2ft.), the minimum is 20-ft.; and is also too close to the corner lot setback (13.5-ft.), the minimum is 20ft., in the C-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: December 11, 2007. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058. (269) 945-1284. 77518144 Debbie Smith, Barry County Clerk Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patricia J. Rich, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 20, 2006, and recorded on October 27, 2006 in instrument 1172001, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 22/100 Dollars ($151,290.22), including interest at 9.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lot 110 of Hastings Heights, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats on page 41, also, that Part of Lot 111 of Hastings Heights wich Lies South of the South Line of Platted Calgary Drive, according to the recorded plat of Northridge #2, also the West 10 Feet of the Vacated 40 Foot alley Formerly Appurtenant to said Lot 110 and part of Lot 111 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC L 248.593.1312 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517601 File #169934F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charles E Collins and Carol L Collins, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006, and recorded on September 11, 2006 in instrument 1169839, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-WF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Seven And 29/100 Dollars ($209,557.29), including interest at 8.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot Fifteen (15) and the South forty-two (42) feet of Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Nine (9) of the Lincoln Park Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the recorded Plat thereof; Also quit-claiming all my rights, title, and interest in and to the alley hereto vacated by the City of Hastings adjacent to said premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518041 File #172624F01 NOTICE TO RETAIN LOTS IN THE EAST HICKORY CORNERS CEMETERY November 14, 2007 Attention Deed Holder, Our records indicate you own four burial sites located in the East Hickory Corners Cemetery in Barry Township, Barry County, Hickory Corners, Michigan. The sites are located in Section 3. The referenced sites are located in the following Row and Lot: Row 1 Lot 21. Row 1 Lot 22. Row 4 Lot 9. Row 5 Lot 15. Row 5 Lot 21. Row 6 Lot 8. Row 9 Lot 3. Gladys Heinig Fred Dowd Kingsley Farr John Bunce M.A. Brandriff Albert and Burnard Baker Carl and Eva McConnel In reference to our Township Ordinance #23 Sec. 97.009 we are required to notify the last known owner of record informing he/she that the burial spaces have been vacant for 40 years or more. If we do not receive a response from the owner the sale shall automatically revert to the Township upon occurrence of required events. A written response is required from you, the owner indicating your desire to retain the sites listed above within 60 days of this publication. Please send your response to the Barry Township Office, P.O. Box #705 Delton, MI 49046. Attn: Clerk Respectfully Submitted: Debra Dewy-Perry Barry Township Clerk 02682024 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. DEFAULT having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Thomas H. Chase, a single man, and Shirley A. Chase, a married woman, of 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073, of 10521 East M-79 Hwy., Nashville, Michigan 49073-9139, respectively, to Independent Mortgage Company (f/k/a Independent Mortgage Company - South Michigan), a Michigan banking corporation, of 2900 West Road, Ste. 100, East Lansing, Michigan 48933, dated February 18, 2005, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on February 22, 2005, in Document Number 1141705, 20 pages, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date of this notice, for principal and interest, the sum of FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINETY and 59/100 ($56,190.59) DOLLARS, and no proceedings having been instituted to recover the debt now remaining secured by said Mortgage, or any part thereof, whereby the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative; Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given that by virtue of the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage and in pursuance of the statute in said case made and provided, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises therein described or so much thereof as may be necessary, at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the east door of the Barry County Circuit Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058, County of Barry, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court in and for said County, on Thursday, December 6, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount so as aforesaid then due on said Mortgage together with 8.00 percent interest, legal costs, attorneys’ fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee, Independent Mortgage Company; does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: Land situated in the Township of Maple Grove, County of Barry, State of Michigan: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods for a place of beginning; thence North 130 feet; thence East 600 feet; thence South 130 feet; thence West 600 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an easement in common that is appurtenant thereto for purposes of ingress and egress thereto over premises described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 post of Section 23, T2N, R7W, thence South 40 rods; thence North 130 feet for a place of beginning; thence East 600 feet; thence North 33 feet; thence West 600 feet; thence South 33 feet to the place of beginning. 1992 Fairmont MY9385449A8. Property address reference: 7519 Guy Road, Nashville, Michigan 49073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of said sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLS 600.3241(a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of said sale. Dated: October 23, 2007 Independent Mortgage Company Mortgagee. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL: 989-224-6734 JACKSON, JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Roberta R. Ballard Attorneys for Mortgage 120 East Walker P.O. Box 246 77517150 St. Johns, MI 48879 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gina Jones, A Married Woman and Bill Jones, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 28, 2006, and recorded on July 12, 2006 in instrument 1167089, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC5, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-NC5 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred SeventyOne And 25/100 Dollars ($182,771.25), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lots 918 and 919 and the North 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Lot 922, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517818 File #170815F01 Stay informed by reading PUBLIC NOTICES in the HASTINGS BANNER! Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott C. Adams, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on June 1, 2006 in instrument 1165410, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Four And 62/100 Dollars ($102,584.62), including interest at 10.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1007 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518036 File #172450F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christian L. Harmon, married to Sonya Harmon, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 28, 2006 and recorded May 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1163917, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Two and 55/100 Dollars ($88,372.55) including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1194 in the City of Hastings, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517898 File No. 199.4378 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by April Burd, a Married Woman and Jay W. Burd, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 30, 2006 in instrument 1165275, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Trust 2006-WF3 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Forty-Two And 09/100 Dollars ($182,142.09), including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on November 29, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1 of West Gun Lake Resort, according to the Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 70, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 1, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517584 File #161303F03 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Salmen, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 30, 2007 and recorded June 7, 2007 in Instrument Number 1181428, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by IndyMac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Sixty-Four and 73/100 Dollars ($257,064.73) including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel M: That part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the center of said Section 14; thence South 0 Degrees 23 Minutes 10 Seconds West on the North and South one-quarter line 1393.56 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence on the centerline of Bird Road, Southwesterly 345.05 feet on the arc of a 583.56 foot radius curve to the right to the far end of chord which bears South 11 Degrees 44 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 339.99 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds West parallel to the South section line 1245.59 feet; thence North 0 Degrees 27 Minutes 13 Seconds East on the North and South one-eighth line of the Southwest onequarter, 332.68 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds East 1312.19 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517903 File No. 225.0698 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Waldon and Martha B. Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 25, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122731, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ten and 09/100 Dollars ($162,910.09) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and being more particularly described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, distant North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 662.40 feet from the South onequarter post of said Section 31; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 662.19 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 662.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West 622.71 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 662.41 feet to the place of beginning. Together and Subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities described as: commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along the South line of said Section 31 a distance of 1324.81 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 31 and the true place of beginning; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds East along the East line of said Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter a distance of 629.71 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds West, 882.39 feet; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 66.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 948.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 348.51 feet; thence South 21 Degrees 25 minutes 32 Seconds East, 934.75 feet to the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West along said centerline, 66.75 feet; thence North 21 Degrees 25 Minutes 32 Seconds West, 597.57 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 131.56 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental until in any part thereof taken, used of deeded for street, road or highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518030 File No. 280.1237 �Page 13 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT Nursing mother attacked On Nov. 11 the Barry County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to an address in Hastings during the early morning hours to investigate a complaint involving a woman who said she was attacked by her husband while she was nursing her infant. The woman told officers that she was injured when the man kicked her in the leg and that he tore portions of her clothing from her body. The case remains open, and the information was forwarded to the Barry County Prosecutor’s office for review. Deputy’s quick action results in arrest A Barry County Deputy who was in a Yankee Springs trailer park Nov. 18 investigating a separate complaint, observed a man he knew to be Dominic Jason Whipple drive by. The deputy proceeded to the trailer of Whipple’s parents and was informed that Whipple was in the bedroom. He was arrested on a Friend of the Court warrant out of Kalamazoo County. Springfield man faces three charges Hastings Police arrested a Springfield man Nov. 17 after an early morning traffic stop in the city. An officer patrolling the area observed a vehicle being operated in an erratic manner and stopped the vehicle to investigate shortly after 1 a.m. After making contact with the driver, who was identified as Scott Kinney, 38, it was evident to the officer that Kinney had been consuming intoxicants. Kinney refused to cooperate with the officer and at one point attempted to leave the scene. When he was advised he was under arrest, Kinney became combative and resisted arrest, attempting to head butt the officer. Kinney was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of operating while intoxicated (third offense), resisting and obstructing a police officer, and he was cited for refusing a preliminary breath test. CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale National Ads Pets HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. THIS PUBLICATION DOES NOT KNOWINGLY accept advertising which is deceptive, fraudulent or might otherwise violate law or accepted standards of taste. However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Readers are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. AKC ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL PUPPIES, black/white, tri-color, has first shots. Both parents on site, ready now. (269)9484307. Estate Sale ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 For Rent GREEN STREET 2 story. No pets, $885/$850 discounted, deposits, (269)948-2347. HASTINGS 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT: new carpet, tile floors, laundry, covered parking. Extra sharp, no pets, $555 a month. Call (269)945-3114 Recreation !!PRICE REDUCED!! 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 MILES, CHROME, NEW PAINT, LOWERED, NEW PIPES. MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $13,500 OBO. (616)893-6681 Domestic dispute lands Hastings man in jail Hastings Police were dispatched to a residence on East State Road Nov. 18 to a reported domestic dispute in progress. Responding officers made contact with the 30-year-old victim, who told them she had been physically assaulted by the suspect after a verbal argument. The suspect was identified as Pedro Morales, 32, of Hastings. Morales was placed under arrest for domestic assault and lodged in the Barry County Jail. Grandfather arrested in custody matter Hastings police responded to a complaint at a residence on Francis Street Nov. 16. The complaint originated when a Grand Rapids man, who had a court order to take custody of his daughter, requested an officer’s presence for his safety. After arriving at the scene, the grandfather of the child, who was later identified as John Centers, 57, of Hastings, became enraged at the complainant and questioned the court document. The officer told Centers that it was indeed official, at which point Centers directed his hostilities toward the officer and attempted to assault him. Centers was taken into custody after a brief struggle and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of resisting and obstructing a police officer. Alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Suspect’s legal problems mounting Hastings Police were dispatched to a suspected drunk driving incident called in by an off-duty Barry County Sheriff deputy Nov. 17. The vehicle was traveling west on West State Street near Wendy’s. A Hastings officer was able to catch up to the vehicle and made a traffic stop in a parking lot. As the officer approached the vehicle, the driver put the car in gear and attempted to drive away. The officer ordered the driver to stop and opened the driver’s door. As the suspect attempted to drive off, a trooper from the Michigan State Police Hastings Post arrived and assisted in stopping the driver. The officer then noticed a pistol on the floor of the suspect’s vehicle, and the driver was immediately taken into custody. The suspect was identified as Dyrell Myers, 27, of Battle Creek. During a subsequent investigation, Myers was found to be in possession of marijuana and registered a .24 percent blood alcohol level. Myers was lodged in the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of operating while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, carrying a concealed weapon, altering a serial number from a firearm, fleeing and eluding, transporting a loaded firearm, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and on nine outstanding warrants for a variety of traffic offenses and child neglect charges. COURT NEWS Keith Lavern McNett, 40, of Delton was sentenced Nov. 14 by Barry County circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 60 months of probation and 12 months in jail for his Oct. 12 conviction on two counts of attempted criminal sexual conduct. McNett also was ordered to pay court costs of $500 for each count, a probation fee of $600, and restitution to be determined. Restitution will include all counseling and out-of-home placement costs of the victim. Judge Fisher also ruled that any violation of probation, including a technical violation, will result in the filing of a probation-violation petition. Rick Michael Wilson 28, of Hastings was sentenced Nov. 15 by Judge Fisher to serve 12 months of probation and 12 months in jail for his Oct. 31 conviction of larceny by conversion. Judge Fisher also ruled Wilson must pay court costs of $500 and restitution of $175. The balance of his jail sentence may be suspended upon payment of $350. Wilson was arrested in Hastings Aug. 22. In making his decision, Judge Fisher noted four previous convictions on Wilson’s record. He was convicted in 1978 of second degree home invasion and attempted uttering and publishing in Barry County and of unlawful use of a motor vehicle in VanBuren County. He was also convicted in 2002 of second degree home invasion in Barry County. Floyd LeRoy Totten, 43, of Hastings was sentenced by Judge Fisher on Nov. 16 to serve 36 months of probation and seven months in jail for his Oct. 17 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Judge Fisher fined Totten $500 and assessed court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a Drug Court fee of $200. Totten must participate in Drug Court and cognitive-behavior therapy. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon completion of the Drug Court program and successful completion of his probation sentence. Daniel Lee Fox, 23, of Middleville was sentenced Nov. 15 for an April probation violation conviction. Judge Fisher sentenced Fox to serve 121 days in jail and added 12 months to his previous sentence of 24 months which Fox had received in 2005. Fox was convicted at that time of two counts of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance and of maintaining a drug house in Middleville between August and September 2004. Manna’s Market providing food for hundreds each month by Helen Mudry Staff Writer Manna’s Market on Main Street in Woodland has been providing simple free food for hundreds of people of all ages in the Lakewood area and is reaching out to the community for donations to help continue this basic service of feeding people. A spokesperson said the numbers increase each month as the state’s economy declines. Currently, the market provides food for 230 people or 75 families from Barry County, 39 people or 15 families from Eaton County, and 345 people or 116 families from Ionia County, totaling 614 people from 206 families. “Those being served are our neighbors, friends, and relatives,” said organizer Jayne Flanigan. “We serve what we consider to be six days’ of food to a family each month.” The cost to serve these families for six days is as follows: family of one $23.01; family of two $28.44; family of three $36.08; family of four $44.50; family of five $53.35; family of six $62.66; family of seven $66.93; and family of eight $75.83. Envelopes will be inserted in next week’s Lakewood News for families, companies, clubs or organizations that want to make monthly donations to sponsor a family. Union Bank in Lake Odessa and UAP in Sunfield are two local corporate sponsors. The name “Manna” comes from Exodus 16:15, in which God provided manna, or food, to the Israelites on their 40-year journey in the wilderness. “We have chosen manna as a symbol of our love for all of our brothers and sisters in need, freely given without regard to whether any individual shares or rejects any particular spiritual belief or philosophy,” said Dan Hankins, one of the market’s organizers. The market is open Mondays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon and again from 5 to 7 p.m. Families can visit the market once a month and will be given non-perishable groceries including cereal, rice, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, pasta, canned tuna, canned fruit and vegetables, and juice. Meat, fresh vegetables and bread also may be available. The Market has some clothing, paper towels, toilet paper and basic toiletries. The Market will always accept cash and food donations. Manna’s Market is well-stocked with clothes and therefore is not accepting clothing donations at this time. Call Jayne Flanigan at (269) 838-5887 for more information. Business Services HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Recreation 1992 HD FLHS ROAD KING: new chrome frontend, new Hooker mufflers, air suspension, 22,000mi. $8,000. (269)838-3133 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. 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Thanksgiving brings extra area patrols When Michigan motorists arrive safely at their holiday celebration this weekend, they can give thanks in part to the additional law enforcement officers who will be on patrol to look for drunk drivers and safety belt violations. Officers from hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the state will participate in the special patrols during the Thanksgiving holiday period. The Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) administers federal traffic safety funds for high-visibility enforcement to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities. More than 140 agencies across the state are receiving federal funding for the Thanksgiving traffic-enforcement activity. “Many people will be traveling across Michigan to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with friends and family,” OHSP Director Michael L. Prince said. “To make sure they arrive at their destinations safely, extra officers will be out on patrol, looking specifically for drunk drivers and unbelted occupants.” High-visibility enforcement began yesterday and will run through Nov. 30. During Thanksgiving weekend 2006, 21 people died in Michigan traffic crashes, according to the Michigan Department of State Police Criminal Justice Information Center. Six or 33 percent, of the 18 fatal crashes involved alcohol. Eight of the people killed were not wearing safety belts. d DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. Real Estate CHEAP LAKEFRONT: LOOKING for an affordable lakefront get-a-way, this is it! Located near Yankee Springs in SW Barry County. Fishing, swimming, and a great view. Older trailer with a lakeside addition, newer well, 2 sheds and rowboat included. REDUCED $5,000, NOW $38,000. All reasonable offers considered. Call (269)9482488 or e-mail d2buerge@hotmail.com for more information and photos. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Help Wanted REGISTERED NURSE: A part-time position is available in a southwest Michigan community mental health agency for a licensed nurse. This position will function as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team for adults with developmental disabilities and /or sever mental illness. Applicants must be nurturing, demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment planning, and have a knowledge of developmental disabilities mental illness. Experience working with mental health consumers preferred. Send resumes to Barry County Community Mental Health Authority, 915 West Green Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. No phone calls. EOE YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 14 Art Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals EXHIBITS • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through Jun 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Broadway Grand Rapids presents: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels The Musical at the DeVos Performance Hall. Set on the glorious, glamorous Riviera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a delicious comedy that follows two con artists as they take on the lifestyles of the rich and shameless - and end up with a lot more than they bargain for. For tickets or more information call (616) 456-3333 or visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.dirtyrottenscoundrelsthemusical.com. November 20-25. This week’s selection: 30 Days of Night MISCELLANEOUS • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 317-2197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes MPAA rating: R A few months ago, I first got wind of “30 Days of Night” and thought, “Man, what a great idea for a horror movie!” Imagine you were a vampire. What would be your ideal situation? “30 Days of Night” answers that question. The setting is Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost point in the United States, which (according to the film) is dark for 30 straight days. (Of course, the real Barrow gets a couple months’ worth of darkness, but let’s not quibble.) A group of vampires takes advantage of this remarkable situation in order to feed off the entire population of 152, then use the oil from the pipeline to burn down the entire town to destroy any evidence that vampires exist. Great premise, no? And for the first, oh, 45 minutes, the movie totally delivers on your expectations: Great suspense, creepy characters, some pretty good gore. You know, all the stuff that makes a B-movie great. Then ... well, things pretty much fall apart. The pace slows down; you have no sense of time. And that’s the big problem. The movie takes place over the span of a month, but it looks like 90 percent of the town gets eaten up within the first 15 minutes of the vampire invasion. So, after a while you gotta ask yourself: If there are only four people left The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. in the town, why are all these vampires sticking around? The food’s all gone. That’s the danger of letting a movie slow down. The audience gets time to notice how stupid the movie really is. Speaking of stupid, Josh Hartnett’s in it. The girls think he’s dreamy. I think his eyebrows are a quarterinch away from being more interesting than he is. I can’t totally recommend “30 Days of Night.” Except for an interesting premise, the film doesn’t really break any new ground cinematically or horror-wise. It’s like a low-rent “28 Weeks Later.” It’s definitely a rental. GRADE: C © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. The Darjeeling Limited Running time: 91 minutes MPAA rating: R How many synonyms for quirky can you come up with in 20 minutes? an imaginary Darjeeling Limited, totally oblivious to the scenery passing them by. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman play the three brothers. For most of the film, Anderson has them framed in constricting 3-shots (another “compartmentalizing” visual metaphor). Brody does a good job with what little the script gives him to work with. Wilson and Schwartzman basically play the same characters you see them playing in their other films — only more sad. Angelica Houston, thankfully, appears briefly to class-up the film and give it a jolt of energy. But other than that, “The Darjeeling Limited” is on a track to nowhere. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. GET ALL THE NEWS OF BARRY COUNTY. Subscribe to the Hastings Banner. Call 945-9554 for more information. Musicals Car Shows Friday Nights at GRAM: Edwin Joseph from 5-9pm November 23 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Friday Nights at GRAM: Mind's Eye from 5-9pm November 30 at the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. Friday nights at the Grand Rapids Art Museum - things really start swinging. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the Café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Music for Battle Creek will be presented by the Brass Band of Battle Creek Saturday, December 8 at 8 pm in Kellogg Auditorium. The concert marks the debut performance of a piece commissioned from world-renowned brass band composer Philip Sparke. Featured soloist is Kalamazoo native and recent graduate of The Juilliard School, Brandon Ridenour. The 31-member brass band is a world-class outfit which attracts top talent from around the world and routinely sells out their performances. Call (269) 963-5900 or visit www.bbbc.net for tickets or more information. • You might be surprised to learn that Radio Shack, that purveyor of high-tech goodies and gadgets, was founded way back in 1921. • Garth Brooks is a legend in country music; his recent comeback single, “More Than a Memory,” became the highest-debuting single on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, hitting No. 1 on its first appearance in September. Many people don’t realize, though, that not very long before his recordsetting debut album, “Garth Brooks,” was released, he was still working as a salesman in a boot store. • If you ever travel to Penrose, Colo., be sure to check out the 21-foot-tall, 9,100pound rocking chair that can be found there. • It was French author and diplomat Jean Giraudoux who made the following sage observation: “The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” • Have you ever pulled an all-nighter? You know, stayed up all night to write a term paper or finish that all-important presentation for your boss? If so, you know how difficult it can be to stay awake — and you’re likely to be appalled by the world record for sleep deprivation. A man in Great Britain once stayed awake for 11 days straight. He probably didn’t have to be productive during that time period, though — at least, I hope he didn’t. He claims that after five days he started seeing “giggling, dancing pixies and elves.” Don’t try this at home, folks. • If you’re like the average American, the amount of paper you use in one year is the equivalent of what could be made by processing a 100-foot-high tree that’s 16 inches in diameter. ********************************* NOVEMBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 23 Celebrate the Holiday Season at Kellogg Manor House, 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners. Holiday walks $7 adults, $5 children. For info contact Barb at (269) 6712416. 24 American Red Cross Blood Drive from 8 am-1:45 pm at the Peace Reformed Church, 6950 Cherry Valley Rd., Middleville. 24 Swiss Steak Dinner at the American Legion Post 45 from 5-7 pm. $8 per person. 27-29 Beginning Hook Rug Workshop at the Delton District Library from 6-9 pm with Linda Harwood. $30 per person plus cost of kit. Call 623-8040 for more information. Vampires invade an Alaskan town where there’s no sunlight to slow them down in “30 Days of Night.” Fairs CHECK OUT THESE 25 Bingo at the American Legion Post 45 from 2-7 pm. Doors open at noon. Call 945-4973 for more information. Bonus selection: Usually when reviewing a film by Wes Anderson, critics spend a good 20 minutes looking up synonyms for “quirky.” Not so with Anderson’s latest film. When it comes to describing how I feel about “The Darjeeling Limited,” I’ll be rifling through the thesaurus for synonyms for “I don’t care.” This story about three emotionally crippled brothers reuniting a year after their father’s funeral wavers between mind-numbingly dull to outright insulting in its ham-fisted metaphors. To give you an example: The three brothers are carrying a lot of emotional baggage since their father’s death. To represent that, Anderson has them schlepping around India with 11 pieces of their late father’s luggage. Baggage. Get it? And the moral of the story is that we all live our lives in tiny, self-absorbed compartments, while life passes us by. In case you didn’t understand the movie during the first 80 minutes, Anderson shows every character in the film in their own train compartment on C A L E N D A R Crafts 29 Middleville Tree Lighting Ceremony at 6:30 pm. Sing carols and help light the tree at the Sesquicentennial Park, 101 E. Park Street. 29 Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7 pm in front of the new Hastings Library. Coming in... DECEMBER 1 Hastings Christmas Parade lines up at 5:30 at the Hastings Industrial Incubator. Applications due by Nov. 26. Call the Chamber at 945-2454 for more information. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. TRIVIA TEST By Fifi Rodriguez 1. POLITICS: Who was the 36th president of the United States? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Ionian Sea? 3. MOVIES: Who wrote the screenplay for the 1972 movie “The Heartbreak Kid”? 4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What kind of sea creature also is known as a “bowhead”? 5. MUSIC: Who sang the hit 1970 song “Fire and Rain”? 6. ART: Where are the Carnegie Museums located? 7. HISTORY: Who popularized the term “Iron Curtain” to describe the cold-war division between Eastern and Western Europe? 8. GAMES: In which game is the term “English Shot” used? 9. ARCHITECTURE: On what structure would you most likely find a minaret? 10. LITERATURE: Who wrote the 17thcentury novel “Ivanhoe”? Answers 1. Lyndon Johnson 2. Between Italy and Greece 3. Neil Simon 4. Whale 5. James Taylor 6. Pittsburgh, Pa. 7. Winston Churchill 8. Billiards 9. A mosque 10. Sir Walter Scott © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �Page 15 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner BORN THIS WEEK: Your ability to keep secrets makes you the perfect confidante for friends, family and co-workers. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your work requires increased effort during the next few days. But it will all pay off down the line. Things ease up in time for weekend fun with family and/or friends. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your genuine concern for others could prompt you to promise more than you can deliver. It’s best to modify your plans now, before you wind up overcommitted later. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A situation that seems simple at first glance needs a more thorough assessment before you give it your OK. Dig deeper for information that might be hidden from view. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Careful: Right now, things might not be quite what they appear. Even the intuitive Crab could misread the signs. Get some solid facts before you act on your suspicions. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your energy levels are high, allowing you to complete those unfinished tasks before you take on a new project. A social invitation could come from an unlikely source. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You might think you’re helping, but unless you’re asked for a critique, don’t give it. If you are asked, watch what you say. Your words should be helpful, not hurtful. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your attempt at mediating disputes might meet some opposition at first. But once you’re shown to be fair and impartial, resistance soon gives way to cooperation. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Go ahead. Reward yourself for helping settle a disturbing workplace situation. On another note: A personal relationship might be moving to a higher level. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A sudden change of heart by a colleague might create some momentary uncertainty. But stay with your original decision and, if necessary, defend it. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Rely on a combination of your sharp instincts along with some really intense information-gathering to help you make a possibly life-changing decision. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Instead of worrying if that new person in your life will stay or leave, spend all that energy on strengthening your relationship so it becomes walk-out resistant. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A sudden financial dry spell could reduce your cash flow almost to a trickle. But by conserving more and spending less, you’ll get through the crunch in good shape. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Super Crossword Solution �Page 16 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings solider part of joint U.S., Romanian military exercise A combined team of American and Romanian soldiers simulate how to move an injured soldier on a stretcher at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania. The base is located near the Black Sea and the nearby city of Constanta. (Photo by Daren Reehl) American and Romanian soldiers spend time together sharing equipment and observing activities on a rifle range at the Babadag Training Area, Romania, located near the Black Sea. (Photo by Daren Reehl) by Michael Tolzmann Hometown News Service On a rural, grassy, wind-blown hilltop near the Black Sea, a group of American soldiers stand on soil that over the ages armies and empires fought for. The Greeks, Romans, Turks and Soviets have all paid the price of blood to stand on this land. For the son of a Hastings couple, standing on this land in an American military uniform required no bloodshed. His presence here merely illustrates a newly forged cooperation between the United States and Romania, a NATO nation since 2004. Army Staff Sgt. Dan Holman, son of Gary and Kathy Holman, Liberty Lane, Hastings, is a multiple-launch rocket system crew member who is spending a few months in Romania, sharing military tactics and interacting with Romanians. His actions here are helping bridge a new partnership between the two militaries. "We're training in squad-level infantry tac- tics and movements, and with the Romanian soldiers. We're also becoming familiarized with their weapons, and firing them, too. I'm responsible for my squad, which is made up of two teams of four to five soldiers each," said Holman, a 2001 graduate of Hastings High School. Holman is a part of what the United States military is calling a "proof of principal" exercise, which means the two countries are building military relations to help prepare for the prospect of future coalitions. With a joint task force comprised of American soldiers, sailors and airmen, this base is helping define future basing and training in the region. Holman is learning from his experience here. "Working with the Romanians is fun and we're learning about their infantry tactics. Working side-by-side with them has helped us learn about the Romanian way of life," said Holman. Holman's regular, permanent duty station is in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, with the 1st Army Staff Sgt. Dan Holman of Hastings is spending a few months in Romania, sharing military tactics and interacting with Romanians. (Photo by Daren Reehl) Battalion, 94th Field Artillery. But while here, Holman is absorbing Romanian culture that will leave a lasting impression. "In some ways, Romania reminds me of Iraq. I've seen how people live 'on the other side' and I now realize how nice the states really have it," said Holman. Holman has served in the Army for nearly six years. He has served in Iraq twice, from 2003 to 2004 and from 2005 to 2006. For Holman, standing on Romanian soil is but a temporary assignment. He now lives with allies who less than a generation ago would have been considered adversaries. On a hilltop near the Black Sea at Babadag Training Area, Romania, Romanian and American soldiers take direction from a leader before executing combined army tactics. The two armies are working together to better understand each other's tactics and abilities. (Photo by Michael Tolzmann) Locals stroll along the Black Sea shore in Constanta, Romania, overlooking a casino that was built in the early 1900s. American service members, including Hastings grad Dan Holman, are serving at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania, located approximately 15 miles away. (Photo by Daren Reehl) On a rifle range near the Black Sea at Babadag Training Area, Romania, American soldiers move into place before setting up to fire their rifles. A 14th Century castle overlooks the rifle range on a nearby hilltop. (Photo by Daren Reehl) In a small Romanian village near Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania, a parishioner closes the gate at a Romanian Orthodox church. In a 2002 census, 94 percent of ethnic Romanians classified their religion as Romanian Orthodox. (Photo by Daren Reehl) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 17 Saxons led county as only play-off representatives by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Great effort on the gridiron highlighted the fall of 2007 in Barry County. Hastings made it to the post-season for the first time in years, then scored its first ever play-off victory by knocking off Gull Lake on the road in the opening round of the play-offs. Hastings was 2-0 in games against county rivals this year, knocking off both Lakewood and Thornapple Kellogg. The other intercounty match-up saw the Delton Kellogg Panthers knock off the Maple Valley Lions. The Saxons’ managed the county’s only winning record, going 7-4. Delton Kellogg had the next best mark at 4-5 in the second year under head coach Vic Haas. Lakewood managed three wins, Maple Valley two, and Thornapple Kellogg one. The one was a big one for the Trojans, after finishing the 2006 season without a victory. That one win though wasn’t enough to convince head coach Tim Penfield to stick around for another season, and Thornapple Kellogg is in the process of finding its next varsity football coach. Here are the 2007 All-Barry County football first and second teams for offense and defense. There are some players that most would remember for a great block on offense, or a big hit on defense that are honored on the other side of the ball, but many of them were great two-way players. To fit the most deserving athletes on the first team some of the guys may actually be honored at their second best position. Football First Team Offense Quarterback Jesse Martin, Lakewood: Martin finished off his third season running the Lakewood offense by completing 47 of his 101 pass attempts for 676 yards and nine touchdowns. Martin led the Vikings’ in total yards, adding 314 yards on the ground. He rushed 94 times for 314 yards and six more touch downs. Running Backs Steve Scoby, Delton Kellogg: Running, kicking, catching the football, Scoby did it all for Delton Kellogg in his senior season. He rushed 120 times on the season for 1,145 yards and 14 touchdowns. He scored 110 points on the season total. Scoby was named first team All-KVA for his efforts, which also included 22 punts for an average of 35.5 yards. Darrell Slaughter, Hastings: A sophomore who stepped in at running back and linebacker and had a huge season for the Saxons. He rushed for 1,111 yards this fall and 15 touchdowns. On defense, Slaughter recorded 62 tackles and an interception. James Smith, Thornapple Kellogg: Smith was Thornapple Kellogg’s leading rusher, carrying the ball 147 times for 623 yards. Smith finished his senior season by scoring 12 touchdowns as well as a pair of two-point conversions. Ends Andrew Gilbert, Thornapple Kellogg: The Trojan’s speedster on the outside, “Andrew was our all-purpose athlete,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. Gilbert rushed 33 times for 307 yards and four touchdowns. He also caught 23 passes for 289 yards. He returned one punt for a TD and also recorded two interceptions. He was named first team all-conference in the O-K Gold this fall. Josh Jevicks, Hastings: Jevicks was named first team all-conference in the O-K Gold this fall for the second season in a row. A tam captain and a three-year varsity starter, Jevicks had 86 receiving yards from his tight end position where he is also a great blocker and had 56 tackles and two interceptions playing in the Saxon defensive backfield. Offensive Line Isaiah Bosworth, Lakewood: The big senior tackle was strong up front once again for the Vikings, earning his second berth on the all-county first team. Justin Jevicks, Hastings: Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher called Jevicks the best center he has seen all year. Jevicks was named first team all-conference in the O-K Gold for his performance at center and also was an important part of the by Brett Bremer A lot in the sports world for us to be thankful for Saxon defensive front. Chris Miller, Delton Kellogg: A senior tackle, Miller was named honorable mention All-KVA this fall. It was the second time he was honored in the league, after being first team All-KVA as a junior. Nick Peck, Hastings: Peck was named honorable mention all-conference in the O-K Gold for the second straight season this year. A senior guard, Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher said that Peck is “great at the point of attack.” Octavio Romero, Delton Kellogg: Romero was a force on both sides of the ball for Delton Kellogg, leading the offensive line from his center position. Romero was named honorable mention All-KVA this season, his third year as a varsity starter at Delton Kellogg Bobby Wilson, Thornapple Kellogg: Wilson, a senior, made first team all-conference in the O-K Gold this fall, and TK head coach Tim Penfield said, “Bobby was the primary reason we ran the ball to the right the vast majority of the time behind our best side.” In limited defensive action at a tackle spot, Wilson made 17 tackles. Kicker Levi Phelps, Lakewood: Phelps was 2-of3 on field goal attempts in his senior season with a long of 31 yards. He also connected on 16-of-19 extra point attempts. He was a three sport athlete this fall, also playing soccer and tennis for the Lakewood varsity teams. Football First Team Defense Defensive Line Mitch Duquesnel, Delton Kellogg: Duquesnel was named All-KVA in his senior season at Delton Kellogg. He finished off his final season with 52 tackles and one sack. Travis Farris, Thornapple Kellogg: “Travis is simply the best football player I’ve ever coached,” said TK head coach Tim Penfield. Farris was limited a bit this season because of an MCL injury, but recorded 30 tackles as a senior after being named All-State as a junior. Chris Loveall, Maple Valley: The 6-3, 245-pound Loveall was not only the Lion homecoming king this year, but a force at tackle on both sides of the ball. He was named honorable mention AllKVA this season and on defense recorded 52 tackles. Josh Morehouse, Hastings: A senior defensive end, and tight end on offense, other teams ran away from Morehouse this season. He still finished up with 46 tackles, including seven for a loss. Linebackers Garrett Harris, Hastings: Harris was a first team all-conference selection in the O-K Gold this season despite missing the first few games with a broken leg. Harris finished the year with 53 tackles at linebacker, and also managed to carry the ball on offense for 503 yards and ten touchdowns. Cody Orszula, Lakewood: Orszula, a senior, led Lakewood with 60.5 tackles including 37 solo stops. He had three tackles for loss, and also forced four fumbles this season. Brennan Smith, Delton Kellogg: A junior starting for the Delton Kellogg varsity for the second season, Smith had 92 tackles. He had some big plays too, sacking opposing quarterbacks twice and recovering three fumbles. Nick Thurlby, Maple Valley: A first team All-KVA selection in his junior season, Thurlby led the Lion linebacking corp. He finished the year with 74 tackles, including 16 for loss, and also had four fumble recoveries and seven sacks. Defensive Backs Jeff Burd, Maple Valley: Burd was an allaround athlete for coach Guenther Mittelstaedt’s Lions, playing running back and defensive back. He was named first team All-KVA for his efforts. Burd made 30 tackles and had two interceptions this season, including one that saved the game against rival Olivet and another he returned 70 yards for a score. On offense he rushed 64 times for 323 yards and had six catches for 188 yards. Markus Gonzales, Lakewood: Spending time on both sides of the ball once again, in the Viking defensive backfield Gonzales recorded 32 solo tackles to go along with a pair of interceptions. He was also the Vikings’ third leading receiver with six catches for 99 yards to go along with 86 yards rushing. Also averaged 22.4 yards per kick-off return. Justin Keller, Lakewood: Keller finished his senior season with 31 tackles, two interceptions, and countless bone crunching tackles. On the other side of the ball he finished the season with a 6.1 yards per carry average. In all he rushed 48 times for 294 yards and a TD, while also leading the team in all purpose yards and receptions with 15 for 282 yards and three scores. Quinn Seaver, Delton Kellogg: Seaver had a great junior season, earning first team All-KVA honors. He finished the year with 44 tackles, two interceptions, and a fumble recovery. Punter Kyle Bobolts, Thornapple Kellogg: Taking care of the punting and kicking duties all season long for the Trojans, Bobolts averaged 37 yards per punt and made honorable mention all-conference in the O-K Gold. As a kicker, Bobolts was a perfect 19-for19 on extra-point attempts and a perfect 2-for2 on field goal tries with a long of 32 yards. Football Second Team Offense Quarterback Brian Diaz, Delton Kellogg: Diaz closed out his senior season running the Delton Kellogg offense by hitting on 23 of his 72 pass attempts for 397 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed the ball 38 times for 147 yards this season. Running Backs Kurtis Powell, Lakewood: A junior, Powell led the Vikings in rushing for the second year in a row carrying it 108 times for 539 yards and a touchdown. He averaged 5.0 yards per carry this season. Powell also showed some versatility, catching six passes on the season for 50 yards and two touchdowns. Kyle Burns, Maple Valley: An honorable mention All-KVA performer in his sophomore season. The Lions’ sophomore fullback rushed 78 times for 484 yards. As a linebacker, Burns recorded 58 tackles and had one fumble recovery. Kirk Wolschleger, Delton Kellogg: A senior who ended his Delton Kellogg football career by averaging 5.44 yards per carry, finishing the year with 473 yards total. Wolschleger also scored six touchdowns for the Panthers this fall. Greg Woodmansee, Hastings: Woodmansee was a big part of the Saxons multi-headed running monster, finishing the year with 603 yards on the ground. Woodmansee also helped the team put points on the board, scoring seven touchdowns and rushing for three two-point conversions. Offensive Line Alex Backe, Lakewood: A solid lineman for the Vikings who can return next far after completing a good junior season at guard. Backe also had a strong year on defense, finishing with 26 tackles. Greg Forman, Lakewood: The Viking senior lineman was solid wherever he was asked to play up front, splitting time between center and tackle for Lakewood. T.J. Hoffman, Hastings: A big, physical, senior tackle on both sides of the ball for Hastings who led the way for most of the Saxons 3,000+ rushing yards. Hoffman was named honorable mention all-conference in the O-K Gold this fall. Donnie Jensen, Maple Valley: The 6-1, 240-pound Jensen had a solid year at offensive tackle for the Lions. He’ll provide some good experience up front for Maple Valley next fall. Chase Mills, Delton Kellogg: A 6-0 180pound guard and defensive tackle, Mills had a solid senior year for the Panthers. One of the Panthers’ captains, head coach Vic Haas said that Mills was the player who made their team’s inside trap work. Kicker Tony Edwards, Lakewood: A full-time punter and part-time kicker for the Lakewood Vikings, Edwards averaged 38.8 yards per kick-off and hit one of his two extra-point tries. He booted 26 punts on the season, with an average kick of 32.7 yards. He had a long of 47 yards and landed three inside the opponents’ 20-yard-line. Football Second Team Defense Defensive Line Troy Burch, Hastings: Saxon head coach Fred Rademacher called Burch a “great dis- See FOOTBALL, page 20 BROADWAY VETERINARY CLINIC REMAINS OPEN TO SERVE YOUR PETS . Such as … SHOTS • BOOSTERS • SURGERY Continue to be available by calling: 269-948-2340 REGULAR OFFICE HOURS ARE IN EFFECT. Specialty Foods and Supplies are available, trust the health of your pet to Broadway Veterinary Clinic in Hastings. 2195 N. M-43, Hastings 01549790 In the spirit of not so creative sports writers across the world, and in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I’d share with you something I heard about that someone else is thankful for, something I think others should be thankful for, and some things I’m thankful for myself. First off, I’m thankful for a little break. I know all of those Maple Valley, Thornapple Kellogg, and Lakewood football fans who got to see the stories about their football teams in our community papers first thing Saturday morning enjoyed it, but getting four football stories done on Friday nights wasn’t always the easiest thing to do. It starts back up again right away though. Girls’ basketball teams and wrestling teams can hold their first competitions of the season next week. Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg, and Delton Kellogg’s wrestlers will all be in action the middle of the week. Maple Valley and Lakewood won’t see outside competition until next week Saturday. Give thanks Lakewood wrestling fans. Lakewood’s varsity wrestling team reached the state quarterfinals a year ago in Division 2. This winter, the Vikings will be in Division 3. In February, when Hastings, Thornapple Kellogg, and Caledonia are battling it out for a district championship in Division 2, fighting for the right to wrestle Allegan at regionals, the Vikings will be facing Portland, Belding, and Maple Valley for a district championship in D3. Last week at Delton Kellogg High School, senior Steve Scoby signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Valparaiso University. As we were talking one of his parents mentioned how they were thankful that he’d played so well in summer ball, so college coaches could see him. Scoby’s father, Lanny Scoby, mentioned with a straight face how college baseball coaches are in season at the same time as high school baseball players. So, they can’t really scout a lot of players at high school games. Funny how that works. I wonder how those volleyball coaches did scouting the Michigan girls this fall? I’m thankful that the Miami Dolphins are the ones chasing futility this fall instead of the Detroit Lions, shooting for that ever elusive perfect season (0-16). How would that be for those former ‘Phins who pop the champagne each winter when the last undefeated NFL team loses for the first time, to see the Patriots go undefeated in the same season as they go 0-16? I’m still not holding out much hope for the Lions earning a play-off spot. Today’s game in Detroit against Green Bay might give me some hope, if the Lions can somehow pull out a victory against the rejuvenated Brett Favre and the Pack. The Lions are still the second funniest thing on TV to me. I laugh out loud watching Lions’ games almost as often as I do when I watch The Office. I don’t see how they’re going to get those last few wins to make it “ten at least”. Larry Hamp, a regular contributor to the Banner’s Letters to the Editor, sent me a short note recently with a quote from Hastings fastpitch softball ace Stub Allerding. “If you’re good, you don’t have to tell people - they’ll know.” Nobody at Arby’s in Hastings told me how good they were when I went in to make sure we could hold the All-Barry County luncheon there once again. It was held last Friday, after snapping pictures at Hastings High School. After lunch, we all knew how good they are at their job. Thanks for that. And congratulations to all the fall All-Barry County athletes. Nice work you guys. The 2007 All-Barry County football first team offense. Team members are (front from left) Steven Scoby, Octavio Romero, Josh Jevicks, Nate Peck, Andrew Gilbert, (back) Bobby Wilson, Jesse Martin, Isaiah Bosworth, Justin Jevicks, Darrell Slaughter, and Chris Miller. Missing from photo are Levi Phelps and James Smith. �Page 18 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood tennis team led the county with seven wins by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Lakewood varsity tennis coach Dean Wieber was one of the few tennis coaches around who wasn’t lamenting the season switch all season long. The change didn’t hurt the Vikings too bad because three of their top singles players, including all-county honorees Alex Haskin and Pedro Vieira, played both tennis and soccer instead of choosing one sport. The addition of Vieira, an exchange student, also helped the Viking cause. Lakewood finished the season with a record of 7-3-1, and picked up a tournament victory at the Pennfield Invitational this year. Hastings and Thornapple Kellogg were once again at the bottom of the standings in the O-K Gold Conference, with the Saxons scoring the win in the league dual between the two teams. As big as the season switch was, there was a change even bigger in Middleville where Jeff Smith took over the varsity boys’ program which had been guided by Larry Seger for 39 years. Boys’ Tennis First Team Singles Chris Ball, Thornapple Kellogg: The Trojan’s number two singles player. Ball made the jump up from a second team all-county doubles performance last fall. Alex Haskin, Lakewood: Haskin was 15-7 this season at number two singles for the Vikings, and 16-8 overall on the season. Those wins helped him tie the school record for career victories over the course of his three seasons on the varsity. Cory Jewett, Thornapple Kellogg: Had the tough task of following a two-time conference champion in his first season at first singles for the Trojan varsity team. He scored as three-set win over Hamilton to help the Trojans’ earn their lone O-K Gold Conference dual victory of the season. Eric Treadwell, Hastings: Playing his second season at first singles, Treadwell finished the season with an overall record of 4-12. He was named fist team all-conference in the O-K Gold for the second season in a row. Pedro Vieira, Lakewood: An exchange student at the top of the Vikings’ line-up for the second season in a row, Vieira was 137 on the season at first singles. Vieira was voted by his teammates as the Viking’s MVP this fall. Chris White, Hastings: White scored five wins this season playing second singles for the Saxon varsity team. He was fifth in the final O-K Gold Conference standings at his flight. Doubles Kyle Pierce & Patrick Gillespie, Hastings: Pierce and Gillespie had four wins this season, and finished sixth at first doubles in the O-K Gold Conference. The Saxon duo scored a pair of wins this season over the top doubles team from Thornapple Kellogg. Jeremy Avery & Zack Woodman, Lakewood: Avery and Woodman, a pair of seniors, teamed up to score a 16-6 record at first doubles for Lakewood this fall. Jared Secor & Caleb Yager, Lakewood: Secor and Yager went 15-6 this season at second doubles for the Viking varsity this fall. Both also earned team honors at the end of season banquet. Secor was named one of the team’s Most Improved Players and Yager was honored as the team’s Rookie of the Year. Boys’ Tennis Second Team Singles Cade Dammen, Thornapple Kellogg: Playing fourth singles for the Trojans, Dammen had a big win over South Christian during the league duals for TK. Ken Hoag, Thornapple Kellogg: Hoag played third singles for the Trojans this fall, after competing on the doubles side of the line-up last spring. Jon Peurach, Hastings: At third singles, Peurach scored four wins this season. He was fifth at his flight in the O-K Gold Conference. Cameron Rowland, Lakewood: Rowland had a solid freshman year, playing fourth singles for Lakewood, compiling a record of 13 wins and 10 losses overall. Rowland was the runner-up in his flight at both the Pennfield and Lakewood Invitationals. Doubles Alex Fox & Cody Rowe, Lakewood: Fox and Rowe scored 15 wins against just seven defeats over the course of the season at third doubles for Lakewood. They won their flights at the Pennfield and Lakewood Invitationals this season. Fox was also named co-Most Improved Player for the Viking team along with Jared Secor. Kyle Ellsworth & Josh Steensma, Thornapple Kellogg: Ellsworth is another Trojan who was a second team all-county selection last spring as well. He also had the team’s lone victory, at third singles, against Byron Center early in the season. Steensma did a solid job making the move up to varsity this season and contributing for the Trojans’ number one doubles team. The 2007 All-Barry County boys’ tennis first team. Team members are (front from left) Chris Ball, Chris White, Kyle Pierce, Cory Jewett, Alex Haskin, (back) Jared Secor, Eric Treadwell, Patrick Gillespie, Zack Woodman, and Jeremy Avery. Missing from photo are Pedro Vieira and Caleb Yager. HHS basketball plans Alumni and Future Saxon nights The Hastings Boys Varsity Basketball Alumni Association will be holding the fourth annual alumni event on Dec. 15. This event was created to install pride in the program, as a chance for camaraderie among former players, and to fund a scholarship for an outstanding member of the current Saxon basketball program’s graduating class. The current Saxon Basketball teams will be playing against West Catholic, with the freshmen starting at noon, the JV at 1:30 p.m., and varsity at 3 p.m. A reception is planned following the varsity game and an alumni game will be held before the freshman game, pending interest. Further details will be announced. The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program will also be hosting a Future Saxon Night Saturday, Dec. 8. The event will be held at Hastings High School from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and is open to all students in grades K-6. Activities will include basketball, volleyball, karaoke, face painting, arts & crafts, and many more activities. This is a great opportunity for parents to get some holiday shopping done without the kids or to enjoy a relaxing night. WANT TO RENEW YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE? WANT TO CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) Girls’ cross country first team The 2007 All-Barry County girls’ cross country team. Team members are (from left) Kelsey Webster, Kylie Schultz, Emma Ordway, Mandy Dye, and Rachael Williams. 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Missing from photo are Keith Winchester and Dan Schasser. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — Page 19 Half seniors, half underclassmen on volleyball team by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There were some fine performances in what was a tough season for the Barry County varsity volleyball teams. Lakewood had a hard finish to a fine season, falling in the district tournament after winning a district championship for 16 seasons in a row. The Vikings did win 50 matches this season and a Capital Area Activities Conference White Division championship. Thornapple Kellogg and Hastings finished at the bottom of the O-K Gold Conference, and Delton Kellogg and Maple Valley were in the middle of the pack in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. There is some hope for the future. Half of the athletes honored as All-Barry County this fall are underclassmen, including four of the seven honorees on the first team. There were also a handful of underclassmen who just missed the cut. Girls’ Volleyball First Team Dani Christensen, Maple Valley: The Lions’ senior outside hitter averaged 3.8 kills per game after returning to the Maple Valley line-up midway though the season. Christensen was named all-conference honorable mention in the Kalamazoo Valley Association this fall Melanie Forman, Lakewood: The Vikings’ senior setter averaged 7.9 assists per game this season, and earned all-conference honors for her performance in the CAACWhite this fall. Forman also averaged nearly an ace a game this season. Rachel Lynch, Lakewood: Lynch, a junior, averaged 1.5 kills and .2 blocks per game this season for the Vikings, earning herself first team all-conference honors. “Rachel is the best right-side hitter in the league, conference, district,” said Lakewood head coach Christine Grunewald. Laurel Mattson, Lakewood: Lakewood’s senior Libero did an outstanding job of getting passes up to her setter this fall, averaging 4.0 digs per contest. Mattson was also and outstanding server, averaging .4 aces per game. She was named first team all-conference in the CAAC-White. Ashley Morris, Lakewood: The Vikings’ junior outside hitter, did a little bit of everything for Lakewood this fall, earning all-conference honors in the CAAC-White once again. Morris averaged 2.8 kills per game, along with 3.2 digs, and .6 aces. Terin Norris, Delton Kellogg: In her second season on the Delton Kellogg varsity, Norris averaged 12.7 assists per game, as well as 3.2 kills a game. “She has great technique to go along with a high level of athletic ability,” said DK head coach Jack Magelssen. “She attacks the net with her let hand hit and dumps big time. She also attacks out of the back row.” Kate Scheidel, Thornapple Kellogg: Scheidel, a first team all-conference selection in the O-K Gold, had 4 86 assists and 162 kills on the season from her setter position. She also worked a tough jump serve, connecting on 92-percent of her service attempts, and also had a solid attack percentage at .32. Girls’ Volleyball Second Team Alyssa Bowerman, Thornapple Kellogg: “She is not a dynamic player, but a hard worker that changes the momentum of the game with a block or a perfectly placed shot,” said TK head coach Jaime Nelson. Bowerman, a junior middle hitter, finished the year with 155 kills and 76 blocks to go along with a 92-percent service efficiency and 23 total aces. Autumn Cussen - Lakewood: A senior defensive specialist for the Vikings, Cussen averaged 3 digs per game and .4 aces. She was named honorable mention all-conference in the CAAC-White this season. Ashley Eerdmans, Hastings: One of Hastings’ senior co-captains, Eerdmans finished the year with 137 kills and 21 aces playing all over the court for the Saxons. Hastings’ head coach Krista Sheldon said, “Ashley is an aggressive player and works hard on the court.” Tori King, Lakewood: The Vikings’ junior middle hitter averaged one kill and .5 blocks per game this fall. She was named honorable mention all-conference in the CAAC-White this season as well. Anna Lynch, Lakewood: Another Viking who earned honorable mention all-conference in the CAAC-White this fall, Lynch had a fine freshman season for Lakewood. An outside hitter who’s numbers would have been even better if not for the talent ahead of her, she averaged 2.6 kills and .2 blocks per game. Lauren Pierce, Maple Valley: An outstanding passer in her first, and last, season as the Lions’ setter. She averaged 5.53 assists per game and connected on 97.4-percent of her serves. Pierce was named all-conference honorable mention in the Kalamazoo Valley Association this year. Hannah Wood, Hastings: The Saxons’ other senior co-captain, wood set up her teammates with 433 assists this season. “Hannah didn’t play much as a junior, but this year was our starting setter and played all the way around,” said Saxon head coach Krista Sheldon. “She did an awesome job for us this year, as she had to work hard to get out hitters good sets based on the passes she received.” The 2007 All-Barry County volleyball first team. Team members are (front from left) Terin Norris, Laurel Mattson, Melanie Forman, (back) Dani Christensen, Rachel Lynch, Ashley Morris, and Kate Scheidel. Donkey basketball coming back to MVHS Nov. 29 Boys’ soccer first team The 2007 All-Barry County boys’ soccer first team. Team members are (front from left) Justin von der Hoff, Sven Welz, Fabian Suarez, Adam Dow, Alex Haskin, (back) Matt Bouchard, Stephen Tolger, Jorge Lopez, David Roberts, Josh Bare, and Dan Ordway. Missing from photo is Pedro Vieira. Plenty of hilarious action and a good crowd are expected to keep the Maple Valley High School gym buzzing Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. when a Donkey Basketball Tournament is staged at Maple Valley Jr.Sr. High School. The teams this year that will provide the entertainment for the night are the Juniors, Elected Officials, Seniors, and the Maple Valley Staff. Advance ticket sales indicate a large crowd will be on hand. Advanced tickets are still on sale at the Maple Valley High School. Advance tickets are $5 for adults, high school students, grade school students, and senior citizens. Tickets at the door will be $7 for everyone. All proceeds will go to the Maple Valley FFA Chapter to sponsor Leadership Programs throughout the year. The first game of the single, elimination tournament will feature a band of rough and ready politicians such as State Representatives Rick Jones and Brian Calley, Barry County Republican Chair Norm Porter, County Commissioner Mike Callton, and several other politicians, as well as a selected group of equestrians from the Maple Valley junior class. After this battle has been waged, several members of the Maple Valley Staff will collide with the team of seniors. The winners of the two hardwood wars will go after the title in the championship game. Many fans believe it is the donkeys that are the pride of the court and the stars of the show. The talented and sportsminded animals are from Buckeye Donkey Ball Co. of Marengo, Ohio, and all of them know their way around the basketball court. This is a change from previous years when local community members filled out this team. This idea came about after Scott Everett met with local FFA members earlier this fall. FFA Advisor Aaron Saari stated, “this is a great way for local leaders to support the FFA as well as showing support for our local community” Donkey Basketball is played with eight donkeys and four riders on each team. One of the donkey teams is comprised of Thunder Ball, Snuffy, Kilroy and Honey Pot. The other donkey team is Beetle Bomb, Super Stupid, Rigor Mortis, and Elvis, the world’s most buckin’ donkey. The teams are chosen, the battle lines drawn and the donkeys are ready to go. All that is needed is a full house at the Maple Valley gym. The doors will open at 6:15 p.m. to let the fans pour in and watch what the donkey-backers claim to be “wilder than a rodeo” and “funnier than a circus”. For tickets to see the show stop at the high school or call Aaron Saari at 8529971. All FFA members are also selling tickets. 77518165 would like to welcome Chad Miller to their team COM E SE E C HAD FOR ALL YO U R A U T O B O DY N E E D S ! 24 HOUR TOWING & RECOVERY Girls’ golf first team The 2007 (Fall) All-Barry County girls’ golf first team. Team members are (from left) Macy Chamberlin, Kacy Hooten, Jessica Kloosterman, Montana Leep, Chelsea Erb, and Ashley Martin. AUTO BODY & MECHANICAL SERVICE 384 Haynes Loop Drive (Behind Daval’s) 945-7777 TIRE SALES & SERVICE WESTERN SNOW PLOWS SALES & SERVICE �Page 20 — Thursday, November 22, 2007 — The Hastings Banner TK-Hastings swimmers have their best year ever by Brett Bremer Sports Editor In its fourth season, the TK-Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving team had its best season yet. The Trojans started the season by winning their first six duals as well as the first three invitationals they participated. Only Byron Center and Hamilton topped the Trojans’ in duals. Those two teams then finished ahead of TK-Hastings in the O-K Rainbow Tier II Conference meet as well, as the Trojans ended up third in the league. TK-Hastings swimmers rewrote the team record books this season, setting new bests in nearly every event. TK-Hastings also had its first athlete earn a spot in the state finals this season as junior diver Kyleigh Sheldon qualified for state with an eighth place finish at the regional meet. Girls’ Swimming & Diving First Team Elizabeth Chappelow, TK-Hastings: A junior, Chappelow was part of the Trojan’s record setting 200-yard freestyle relay team. Alex de Goa, TK-Hastings: de Goa a senior who contributed to relay teams for the Trojans also is the team’s new record holder in the 100-yard breaststroke. Audrey Hoag, TK-Hastings: Hoag earned all-conference honors in the O-K Rainbow Tier II this fall. She was a part of the Trojan’s record setting medley relay team and is the team record holder in the 100-yard backstroke. Emily Mattoon, TK-Hastings: Romanak is a solid freestyle sprinter, who often trailed only teammate Warner in the 50-yard and 100-yard events. Katie Romanak, TK-Hastings: A fine freestyler and one of the Trojans’ top swimmers in the individual medley, Romanak was a part of the team’s record setting performance in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Danielle Rosenberg, TK-Hastings: Strong in the freestyle and the butterfly, Rosenberg was a part of the Trojan’s record setting 200-yard freestyle relay team as a junior. Kyleigh Sheldon, TK-Hastings: The first TK-Hastings swimmer to earn a spot in the state finals, Sheldon made that trip after an eighth place finish at regionals in her junior year. She was an all-conference performer in the O-K Rainbow Tier II this fall. Alecia Strumberger, TK-Hastings: In the backstroke, the butterfly, and the freestyle Strumberger had a solid junior season. She was part of the Trojan’s record setting 400yard freestyle relay team this year. Natalie VanDenack, TK-Hastings: A freshman, VanDenack set individual records for the program in the 200-yard freestyle, the 100-yard freestyle, and in the 100-yard butterfly. She was also a member of the Trojan’s record setting performances in all three relays. She was named all-conference in the O-K Rainbow with her performance. Mindy Warner, TK-Hastings: A senior captain, who is a four-year letter winner after joining the very first TK-Hastings co-op team. Warner is the team record holder in the 50-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle, as well as in all three relay races. She was allconference this year in the O-K Rainbow Tier II. Girls’ Swimming & Diving Second Team Chanda Archambeau, TK-Hastings: Archambeau had a solid year in the butterfly for the Trojans, as one of the team’s senior captains. She earned her third varsity letter in swimming this fall. Mandy Buehler, TK-Hastings: Another strong butterfly swimmer for TK-Hastings, who also had some strong performances in the 200-yard individual medley this season as a sophomore. Lee Christensen, TK-Hastings: A senior captain for the Trojans, who has been around since the program’s beginning. Katy Fluke, TK-Hastings: A two-year letter winner for TK-Hastings, Fluke was a good freestyle swimmer and relay contributor for the team. Kelly Frame, TK-Hastings: Another senior who was part of the inaugural TKHastings team, Frame earned her fourth trip to the regional diving meet this season, and was just one spot short of earning her first trip to the state finals. Beth Fuller, TK-Hastings: One of the Trojan’s top swimmers in the long distance freestyle events, Fuller also contributed to the Trojan relay teams this fall as a junior. She is a three-year varsity letter winner. Michelle Howard, TK-Hastings: One of the Trojans’ best at the backstroke, also contributed in freestyle events and the 200-yard individual medley as a sophomore in her second season with the varsity. Terra Nassif, TK-Hastings: A senior cap- The 2007 All-Barry County girls’ swimming and diving first team. Team members are (front from left) Mindy Warner, Alecia Strumberger, Danielle Rosenberg, Emily Mattoon, (back) Elizabeth Chappelow, Natalie VanDenack, Audrey Hoag, Alex de Goa, and Katie Romanak. Missing from photo is Kyleigh Sheldon. tain and three-year letter winner, Nassif placed 15th in the 200-yard freestyle and 13th in the 500-yard freestyle at the conference meet this year. Tara Schoessel, TK-Hastings: Schoessel chased teammates Mattoon and de Goa in the 100 breaststroke all season long, and also contributed to relay teams as a senior co-captain in her fourth year with the TK-Hastings varsity. FOOTBALL, continued from page 17 77518068 The 2007 All-Barry County football first team defense. Team members are (front from left) Mitch Duquesnel, Quinn Seaver, Travis Farris, Josh Morehouse, Garrett Harris, (back) Brennan Smith, Chris Loveall, Nick Thurlby, Jeff Burd, and Justin Keller. Missing from photo are Cody Orszula, Markus Gonzales, and Kyle Bobolts. rupter” who “demanded a double team”. Burch recorded 34 tackles as a senior, including nine for losses. Kyle Fisher, Maple Valley: A junior defensive end who finished the season with 59 tackles and one fumble recovery. Fisher also had four catches on offense for 44 yards from his end position. Chaz Hyatt, Lakewood: Hyatt had a total of 20.5 tackles, including 14 solo stops up front for the Viking defense. Hyatt also helped the team out with one fumble recovery in his junior season at tackle. Linebackers Logan Lake, Lakewood: A junior, Lake was second on the Viking team with 54 tackles, and had 32 solo stops. He had one sack this season as well. Luke Mansfield, Hastings: On defense, Mansfield finished the year with 54 tackles. He also had a huge season on offense for the Saxons, rushing for 495 yards, while scoring eight TD’s on the ground. He had another score through the air as part of his 89 receiving yards. Joe Sanford, Thornapple Kellogg: Playing both inside and outside positions in the Trojan linebacker unit, Sanford recorded 31 tackles and four sacks to go along with FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Art Hop 5-9 pm Jefferson Street Gallery/Alfresco-Kathleen Crane Jamis Crafts-Barb Olson Hodges Jewelry & Gifts-Lisa Stampfler Beyond the Cover Book Store-David Dilno State Grounds Coffee House-Bev Bashore White's Photography-Steve White Barlow Florist and Christian Book Store-Richard Jordan Reynold’s Land Surverying-Cindy Bender Gilmore's Jewelry-Dona Olsen Miller Real Estate-Doris Allerding PR Builders-Karen Echtinaw NuUnion-Jon Kloote Hastings Flower Shop-Kelly Parker Hastings Antique Mall-Jill Turner, Melissa Power Hastings City Bank-Pete DeDecker Depot Law Office-Rose Marie Redding Anne’s Health Foods-Neil Katsul & Bob Shammin three fumble recoveries as a senior. Sanford was also the Trojans’ number two tailback, rushing 87 times for 568 yards and four touchdowns. A.J. Tassos, Hastings: Tassos had a great senior season at linebacker for the Saxons. He finished off his career by recording 66 tackles. Defensive Backs Tom McKinney, Hastings: Another strong Saxon senior, McKinney made 40 tackles in the defensive backfield. McKinney also came up with his fair share of big plays, intercepting three passes. Zach Porter, Lakewood: Porter, a senior, finished the season with 18 tackles and one interception in the Viking defensive backfield. Offensively, Porter was fourth on the team in rushing with 180 yards, averaging six yards per carry with a long of 61 yards. He also had a 77 yard kick return for a touchdown in the season opener. Gabe Shellenbarger, Lakewood: Shellenbarger had 24 tackles in his junior season, and led Lakewood with three interceptions. He was second on the team in receiving yards with 108, on nine catches including one touchdown. Jared Smith, Maple Valley: A 5-8, 145pound senior had a good season in the defensive backfield for Maple Valley. Smith finished up his final season with 56 tackles, two interceptions, and a pair of fumble recoveries. Punter John Snyder, Maple Valley: A senior, Snyder made sure that when the offense wasn’t going as well as it could have that the defense was put in a good position. He averaged 33.5 yards per punt, even though he had several that were partially blocked knocking back that average. FREE Hot Chocolate Stations during the evening Barry County Chamber of Commerce Office Hearts Desire Christmas Store City Garage by the Library Carolers throughout Downtown area FREE Holly Trolley Rides during the Art Hop Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony at the New Library - 7:00 pm Open Houses at selected downtown businesses with great gift ideas! United Way Memorial Tree across the street from the Chamber SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • FREE Movie at Hastings Cinema – “ELF” showing at 10:00 a.m. Christmas Parade "Past, Present & Future" starting at 6:30pm FREE Hot Chocolate Stations during the evening Barry County Chamber of Commerce Office Hearts Desire Christmas Store City Garage By the Library Carolers throughout Downtown area FREE Holly Trolley Rides Downtown Hastings ... where your Holidays begin! Delton man’s trophy buck Anthony Holtman of Delton shows off the rack from the three and a half-yearold buck he took in Barry County with his Bowtech bow. The ten-point received a 153 green score. (Photo by Helen Mudry) � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-11-29.pdf 54f2cda79e7880f67618847d45b9bc02 PDF Text Text Radant named grand marshals for parade The time to celebrate came, and went Hastings & Delton Winter Sports Previews See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 4 See Stories on Page 14-17 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 48 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, November 29, 2007 NEWS County Board listens to PPO concerns BRIEFS Legion to sponsor Christmas party Members of the Hastings American Legion Post 45 and the Auxiliary are planning a Christmas party for children of members and the general public. Scheduled from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, December 1, will be bingo and other games. Hot dogs, potato chips and hot chocolate will be served, and children will be given Christmas cookies to decorate. Robin Wheeler is chairperson of the event, and Ron Felder will supervise the games, according to Ilene Hilson, president of the auxiliary. She reminds parents to bring a clearly labeled gift for each child they bring to the party since Santa is expected to arrive at 3 p.m. Please call the Post at (269) 945-4973 to make reservations. by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Members of the Barry County Commission listened quietly as friends of Elden Shellenbarger told them that the personal protection order (PPO) granted to commission member Jeff VanNortwick against Shellenbarger was uncalled for and unnecessary. Commission Chairman Michael Callton opened the public comment session by distributing copies of a painting by Norman Rockwell showing a man speaking out at a public meeting. Callton reminded those at the meeting to be respectful, not to swear and to keep their comments within the three-minute limit. Charlotte Aliff read a letter written by Shellenbarger, stating, “I’m sorry that I can’t be there tonight but in my best interest I will not be able to attend for the fear of retaliation.” She went on to read: “I am not a card carrying Democrat or Republican I am just a citizen.” He closed the letter by writing, “Ward Weiler (a late resident known for commenting at commission meetings), you are lucky you are not here. They would give you a PPO. Watch out people who will be next when they speak.” David Brinkert accused the Hastings Banner of not attending the court hearing on the PPO and of writing a previous article from Van Nortwick’s version of results. He said, “The Banner has repeatedly reported only one side of the issue, such as the Banner’s support of the Unicameral referendum.” Brinkert also accused the press of censorship and urged residents to attend the meeting. “Hopefully more people will attend county board meetings to see and hear for themselves just how meetings are conducted and what type of leadership we have here in beautiful Barry County,” he concluded. “For those commissioners and the press involved in this injustice, the shame is on you.” John Booker spoke twice during the meeting. He said he supported Shellenbarger and questioned Callton’s qualifications. During his comments at the end of the meeting, Booker asked VanNortwick to resign. Robert Cusack from Ionia County spoke against the septic tank inspection requirement and also supported Shellenbarger. He told the commission that the inspection requirement will hurt the economy and asked the commission to rescind the ordinance. Lawrence Barker told the commission that the inspection is a good thing. But he also supported Shellenbarger. “The commission, especially VanNortwick, should be embarrassed by the PPO order against a man who did not deserve it,” said Barker. During her statement in support of Shellenbarger, Barbara Cichy called for Callton to resign from the commission. None of the commissioners responded to any of the comments. “My goal is to provide a secure meeting place for the commission and others to speak at,” Callton said after the meeting. In other business, the commission • Approved razing the homes on Court and State streets. Jim Buer Excavating with do this project for $19,460. The commission also approved razing the Doherty house and turning it into parking spaces. Michael Brown was authorized to spend up to $12,000 for asbestos abatement on the vacant houses. • Approved a new filing system for the county clerk to be located in the basement of the Courts and Law building at a cost of $43,7000. • Approved a grant agreement between the state and the Barry County Trial Court for the Final Art Hop is tomorrow Meijer presents site plan The Thornapple Arts Council will present the final Art Hop of the 2007 season Friday, Nov. 30, from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown Hastings. Billed as a Holiday Art Hop, the event will feature strolling carolers and other live music. Hot chocolate and other refreshments will be served throughout the evening. Seventeen businesses will host artists exhibiting painting, jewelry, woodworking, photography, ceramics, and mixed media. Brochures listing artists and their locations will be available at the Thornapple Arts Council booth on State Street. Co-sponsors of the event are the City of Hastings, MainStreet Savings Bank, and Hastings City Bank. Bank hosting tax talk tonight The Hastings City Bank Trust and Investment Group will host a free tax seminar from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tonight. This seminar will take place in the community room at bank’s Hastings office, 150 W. Court St. Presenters will include Chris Fluke, Kathy Sheldon, Dave DeHaan and Bill Baldrey, of Walker, Fluke and Sheldon PLC. Topics to be covered include: Estate tax update, Michigan tax on services, Michigan Business Tax, taxation of dividends, capital gains tax, alternative minimum tax 101, taxation of pension benefits, required minimum distributions, charitable donations from IRAs and charitable contributions, along with an opportunity for questions and comments. Register by calling Nancy Goodin at (269) 948-5579. Wind Band to perform Sunday The Thornapple Wind Band will perform a free Christmas concert at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. The concert will round out a weekend of holiday activities in Hastings. Along with the all-volunteer band, additional guest performers will include church’s Chancel Choir and organist Mark Doster. The band will be under the direction of Duane Thatcher, former band director See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 county’s adult drug court. According to Commissioner Mark Englerth, the grant will cover any unexpected expenses in the program. Drug Impairment Detection Services LLC will provide services for the Barry County Adult Drug Court through Sept. 30, 2008. The cost of this service is “a wash,” according to Englerth, with costs paid by those who go through the drug court. • Heard Sheriff Dar Leaf discuss the importance of the School Liaison Program, especially in truancy control. Representatives of the School Liaison Program will apply to the Barry County United Way for an allocation to support the program. Hastings has a separate school liaison officer, with the county providing an officer shared between Thornapple Kellogg, Maple Valley, Delton and Lakewood districts. • Appointed Jim Bishop to a seat on the Parks and Recreation Commission representing the Village of Middleville. Bishop fills the vacancy created by the death of Dick Reyff. The next meeting of the Barry County Commission will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11. At that meeting, the date of the second December meeting will be announced. Downtown Development Authority Chairman Mark Feldpausch asked the Hastings City Council Monday night to tear down the old library building for parking. Citizens save old library by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The people spoke loud and clear at Monday night’s Hastings City Council meeting when they showed up in great numbers to oppose the destruction of the old library building. The Council responded with a unanimous decision to send the issue back to city staff to seek proposals and bids for the building and then bring options to the council. Of the 20 people who made comments about the future of the facility, only three said believed the destruction of the 1925 building would benefit the city. Former Downtown Development Authority (DDA) member and downtown business owner Karen Heath listed four reasons more parking is needed downtown: Merchants and employees abuse store-front parking spots, the south side of the city lacks parking lots, more space is needed during lunch and dinner times, and growth will lead to further parking needs. “Some years parking is bad; other years parking is worse,” said Heath. “Listen to the merchants that have been down there a long time.” DDA Chairman Mark Feldpausch said the extra parking is needed to keep the downtown business district strong and viable. “We would like to see the building removed and extra parking provided,” he said. Former mayor and DDA member Mary Lou Gray Hart said she felt that leaders made a mistake more than a dozen years ago by not razing houses on Center Street to put in more parking lots. “Downtown merchants need help,” she said. “When you decide the fate of the library, please think of the future.” Retired businessman Ken Miller pointed out that the city’s logo reads: “Treasure the old; progress with the new.” He asked the Council to “preserve and find a use for the old library building. It’s served our community well for the last 80 years.” Miller gave the Council a petition containing more than 300 signatures asking that the building be left standing. The crowd applauded, but was asked by See LIBRARY, page 5 by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Plans are moving slowly ahead for a Meijer store in Rutland Township. At a Nov. 20 Rutland Charter Township Planning Commission meeting, commissioners heard from Tony Mourand, an engineer representing Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber of Grand Rapids. The company prepared and Mourand presented a conditional site plan for review at the meeting. After listening to Mourand and other Meijer representatives, the board approved the site plan, contingent upon approvals from the Barry County Health Department, the drain commissioner and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Mourand told the commission Meijer is seeking only conditional site plan approval at this time because his firm is meeting with the various governmental agencies as part of the overall process. He said his firm has met with the DEQ regarding permits and wetlands mitigation and has addressed questions asked by other entities. Barry County Drain Commissioner Thomas Doyle had raised concerns, said Mourand, but soil borings had been collected that Mourand believed would allay those concerns. Another hurdle that must be cleared before progress can be made is the issue of signage requirements, he added. Meijer has agreed to requirements set forth by the township. The gas station and store will each be allowed one sign under the requirements. Mourand also told the commissioners that excess water from the site will be conveyed See MEIJER, page 6 Rates may rise for septic haulers by Patricia Johns Staff Writer At the end of October, the Southwest Barry County Sewer and Water Authority sent letters to septage haulers in Barry and surrounding counties that rates will rise from .05 cents per gallon to .075 cents per gallon Jan. 1, 2008. According to Barbara Lyons, who, with her husband Joe, owns Lyons Septic Service, this amounts to an additional $25 for each 1,000 gallons taken to the treatment center. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality requires that septage go to licensed treatment plants if tanks are pumped within 15 miles of a treatment plant. Lyons said she is concerned that as a hauler, the company might need to pass on the increase to homeowners when the rates at treatment plants rise. Currently, Lyons Septic Service charges homeowners to pump out septic systems and haul away the contents. They collect the disposal fee and pass that on to the Sewer Authority. “This is coming at a time where a lot of Barry County residents are feeling the pinch in their wallets,” said Lyons. She said she is concerned that some home- owners may now avoid having their septic tanks pumped, which could lead to soil and water contamination. “This was really going to hurt the rural homeowners and this business and set it back to where people are just going to ignore their system after all the work over the past three years of bringing people on board to maintain their system and the importance of doing so,” she said. Mark Doster, administrator at SWBCSWA, noted that several factors brought about the rise in rates. The plant needs additional maintenance and equipment. Unfortunately, the plant cannot charge two rates, one for in county haulers and the higher rate for out of county haulers, he said. Doster said that the plant has only been accepting septage for two or three years. This discussion of septage is unrelated to a problem about not having enough material for treatment which happened when the system was first installed, he said. At the September Board meeting, Doster reported to the Authority Board that addition- See SEPTIC, page 11 �Page 2 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page at Thornapple Kellogg and Maple Valley high schools. The Thornapple Wind Band is a nonprofit group designed to enrich the lives of its members and the surrounding community. There is no funding other than donations received at the concerts. Boot drive ends Friday Ten locations in Hastings are participating in this year’s annual “Needy Feets Boot Drive,” which will continue through tomorrow, Nov. 30. The drive was started four years ago by Dr. David Mansky because he doesn’t want any Barry County children to have cold feet during the winter. He said he’s glad that two local dentists, six businesses and the library are concerned enough to join the project. The public is being encouraged to join the effort by donating new or gently used boots and taking them to one of the dropoff locations. The drop-boxes are located at Dr. Mansky’s office (1375 W. Green St.), Bosley Pharmacy, Bob’s Gun and Tackle, Dr. Stacey Garrison’s office (1675 S. M-37 Hwy.), Plumb’s, Ace Hardware, Hastings Bowl Inc., Kings Electronics and Appliances, Hastings Public Library, and Gole Dental Group (121 W. Woodlawn Ave.). St. Rose bazaar opens tomorrow St. Rose School’s Parents Club will hold a Christmas bazaar, “Holiday Memories,” Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in the St. Rose of Lima Church basement in Hastings. Many handcrafted items will be offered as well as a raffle and a chili dinner. The first day of the bazaar, from noon to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, includes a chili dinner from 3 to 7 p.m. Red and white chili will be offered for $1 per bowl. Take out will be available. On Saturday, the bazaar will be open only from 5 to 6:30 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 2, the bazaar will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. and from 12 to 1 p.m. Proceeds will be used to purchase “extras” for the school. The church and school are located on Jefferson Street, four blocks south of Green Street. Hymn sing set in Hastings Aging will host an old-fashioned hymn sing at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the COA, 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings. The public is welcome. The Men’s Chorus from St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church will perform gospel music. Students from the Community Music School will offer vocal, violin, and piano performances. Pastor David Hills, of Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, also will lead group singing of both hymns and Christmas carols. Pastor Jeff Garrison, of Hastings First Presbyterian Church, will offer a devotional and opening prayer. A free-will offering at the door will benefit Green Gables Haven, a county domestic violence shelter. Next blood drive is Dec. 4 Officials from the American Red Cross have set up the following area blood drives: • Tuesday, Dec. 4, Middleville Union Hall, 295 Washington St., Middleville, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Thursday, Dec. 6., Maple Valley High School, 11090 Nashville Hwy., Vermontville, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. • Thursday, Dec. 13, Mulberry Fore Golf Course, 955 Main St., Nashville, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. • Tuesday, Dec. 18, Viking Corporation, 210 N. Industrial Park Dr., Hastings, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. Kellogg Manor hosting dinners The Kellogg Manor House on Gull Lake is offering a series of holiday dinners at the historic mansion. The first of those dinners, “Deck the Halls,” will be Thursday, Dec. 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Each room of the Tudor home will twinkle with holiday designs of area florists, and guests will be invited to stroll through the Manor and learn the home’s history. Dinners are $40 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For more information or to make a reservation, call the KBS Conference Center at (269) 671-2400 or e-mail conference @kbs.msu.edu. Reservations are required. Additional KBS special events can be found on the web at: www.kbs.msu.edu. The Barry County Commission on Churches prepare for Christmas season Hastings area Grace Lutheran Church invites everyone to be renewed during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. On the four Sundays in Advent, Dec. 2, 9, 16, and 23, the church will celebrate Holy Communion through lessons and carols at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christian education opportunites for all ages are offered through Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. On the first two Wednesdays in Advent, Dec. 5 and 12, everyone is invited to a prepared supper at 6 p.m. followed by evening prayer at 7 p.m. Worship includes a breakout session for youths. On Wednesday, Dec. 19, a prepared supper will be served at 6 p.m., with the intergenerational Christmas program to begin at 7 p.m. The annual ‘Birthday Party for Jesus’ will be held during Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 23. The church will celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord, Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, with Holy Communion services at 7 and 11 p.m. On the Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 30, the church will celebrate Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Worship will be followed by a meal. Grace Lutheran is located at 239 E. North St. (across from Tendercare nursing home) in Hastings. Call (269) 945-9414 or 945-2645 or check the Website www.discover-grace. org. Caledonia area Cherry Valley Church will hold a “Drop ’n Shop” event Saturday, Dec. 8, from 4 to 8 p.m. Parents can drop off children in a safe environment and go shopping. Pizza, crafts, movies and games are planned. Children ages 1 year to 5th grade are welcome. This service is a free gift to the community and donations will be gladly accepted. Free gift wrapping will be available from 4 to 8 p. m. Make reservations by Dec. 5 at www.cherryvalleychurch.org or call (616) 891-7910. The church is at 9185 Cherry Valley, Ste. B, Caledonia. Whitneyville Fellowship Church, 4935 Whitneyville Ave. between 52nd and 48th streets, will hold a Christmas Handbell Concert Sunday, Dec. 9, from 6 to 7 p.m. This event is free, and childcare will be provided. For more information call the church at (616) 868-0621 or e-mail the church at praywithus73@yahoo.com. Clarksville area Bethlehem Village at the Clarksville Bible Church in the center of town will be Friday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free. Puppeteers, live animals and music are among the activities for families. Donations are welcome. The event is sponsored by Clarksville area churches. Middleville area The annual cookie walk at the Middleville United Methodist Church will be Saturday, Dec. 1, beginning at 3 p.m. until all the cookies are sold. Proceeds will go toward funding the food pantry at the church. This year, because of the evening parade, the Men’s Pancake Supper will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The MUMC Sunday School children will have a float in the Christmas parade Then, on Dec. 7 and 8 “Christmas Unwrapped” will be performed as this year’s MUMC dinner theatre. Tickets are $10 in advance. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. with the Radants named grand marshals for Saturday’s parade by Megan Lavell Staff Writer After almost 50 years of involvement in the Hastings community, Ken and Marge Radant are being honored as grand marshals for the 2007 Hastings Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in downtown Hastings. The Radants moved to Hastings in 1958 when WBCH radio station was started. Ken began working at the station, having worked in radio in Owosso. He and Marge became shareholders in the local station in 1958, eventually buying it in 1976. When they first moved here, Ken worked on news, announcing and sales at the station, and Marge raised their children. “We basically met at Alma College in radio classes,” said Marge. Ken transferred to and graduated from Michigan State University. Marge eventually began working at the station as well, writing copy. She also earned her First Class Engineer’s License so she could check the radio tower. She still works at the station several hours each day. Operating the local radio station is not the Radants’ only community involvement, however. Both have served on the Barry County Board of Commissioners, representing the City of Hastings. Ken was a commissioner, including a chairman, for 14 years. Marge served for six years. “I think we’re probably the only couple who’s both at different times been on the County Commission,” said Marge. Ken also has served on the Barry County Social Services Board for 14 years, as well as the Transit Board. He said he helped on the Ken and Marge Radant are the 2007 Hastings Christmas parade grand marshals. project that brought the transit to Barry County. Marge has been involved with the Hastings Downtown Development Authority (DDA) since it began in 1986. She serves as the cochairwoman. “I helped form the DDA, and the only two original members of that are Mark Feldpausch and myself,” she said. During part of her time as a county commissioner, Marge helped oversee the remodeling of the Barry County Courthouse and the construction of the new Courts and Law building. The two also are involved with their church, Emmanuel Episcopal. “We’ve been involved in very, very many community organizations,” said Ken. Ken has been on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, serving twice as president. He also has worked on several millage issues over the years, including Charlton Park, Hastings Area Schools and Thornapple Manor. The Radants said they have no plans to retire any time soon. “He’ll never retire,” said Marge. “He’s been in radio since he was 16.” The Radants have three children, Karen Altoft and Steve Radant of Hastings, as well as Joellyn Schipper of Allegan. Steve is the WBCH station manager, and his wife, Sue, is the traffic manager, a position she has held since before they were married. “It’s a family station,” said Ken. As part of the Hastings Christmas celebration, Ken has helped organize the sale of sweatshirts to help Barry County Transit cover the cost of Christmas activities. The sweatshirts will be for sale downtown this weekend. Throughout the weekend and the following week, WBCH and RadioShack of Hastings are sponsoring Christmas SOS—Stuff Our Station” to collect toys for Barry County children in need, from toddlers to teens. The goal is to stuff the windows of WBCH. Toys will then be distributed by Barry County United Way to local children. play following. On Sunday, Dec. 9, the “Harmony” musical group will present a concert at 2 p.m. in the MUMC sanctuary. Canned goods for the Food Pantry will serve as entrance tickets. Earlier that day, a winter vacation Bible school will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. On Thursday, Dec 13, the United Methodist Women’s Candlelight Service will begin at 7 p.m., with a program including the Sunday School Children’s Christmas Play. On Sunday, Dec.16, the Sunday School Children’s Christmas Play performances will be part of both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services On Thursday, Dec 20, the Holly Trolley will once again be hosted at MUMC with music and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. The fun will begin at 6 p.m., with Christmas music, hot cocoa and cookies for those riding the Trolley. On Monday, Dec 24, Christmas Eve Services will be at 7 p.m. for children and families and a Welcoming in Christmas service will begin at 11 p.m. The Middleville United Methodist Church is at 111 Church St. Call (269) 795-9266. The Middleville Christian Reformed Church will host a special Christmas service of music and caroling on Sunday, Dec. 2, to start off the four weeks of the Advent/Christmas season. The service will begin at 10 a.m., and the community is invited to this celebration of Christmas carols and music. A trumpeter, flutist and a vocal soloist will join for special musical presentations. A number of traditional Christmas carols, Christmas readings and the lighting of the first Advent candle will be part of the service. After the service, guests are encouraged to join a fellowship time of coffee and cookies. The Middleville Christian Reformed Church is at 708 W. Main Street. Call (269) 795-3667 for more information. “The First Leon” will be performed at the First Baptist Church in Middleville on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. It features the FBC Children’s Music Department, and will help everyone discover the true meaning of Christmas. A reception will follow at 6 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 9, the FBC Worship Choir will celebrate the “Spirit of Christmas.” Breakfast will be served at 9:15 a.m., and the performance will begin at 10:30 a.m. The church will hold a Christmas Eve, candlelight service “Everlasting Light” at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24. The First Baptist Church of Middleville is on M-37 Highway just north of Middleville. Call (269) 795-9726 with questions. Nursery will be provided at all three celebrations. Peace Church will present three performances of “Dr. Magical meets Frosty the Snowman” on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 3:30, 5 and 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited, free of charge, to help celebrate the birthday party of Jesus. Peace Church is on M-37, between Middleville and Caledonia. Call (616) 8918119 for more information or visit the wesite www.peacechurch.cc for more details. Orangeville area On Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7 p.m., the Orangeville Baptist Church will host a 25minute retelling of Christ’s birth, death and resurrection. This is the 17th year of this live nativity production. The presentation will include live animals, costumes, a 38-footlong town of Bethlehem and more. The Orangeville Baptist Church is located at 6921 Marsh Rd. in Orangeville St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church will begin the celebration of Advent Sunday, Dec. 2, at 9:30 a.m. On each Sunday during Advent the church will hold a special time of meditation from 8:15 to 9 a.m. before the regular service at 9:30 a.m. The church also will be participating in the lighting of the Orangeville Christmas tree at 5 p.m. on December 2. On Monday, Dec. 3, a Renewal of Ministry service will begin at 7 p.m. as the Rev. Barbara Wilson is made rector. Refreshments will be served and guests will have time to talk with Bishop Robert Gepert after the service. All are invited. St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church is at 11850 W. Nine-Mile Rd. in Orangeville. Call (269) 664-4345 for more information. Prairieville- Delton Area On Sunday evening, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m., the Prairieville Bible Church invites one and all to freely attend “The Portrait of a Christian Family Christmas.” Everyone will sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and enjoy cake and ice cream. Special musical will be performed and the nativity scene dramatized. Christmas Good News will be provided for all ages. Prairieville Bible Church is at 12711 S. M43 Highway. Call (269) 671-4193 for more information. Submit information Churches in the area can help others learn about special events planned for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by contacting J-Ad Graphics. This service is free. Event information will be printed on a space-available basis. No information will be taken over the telephone. To submit information, either send a fax to the attention of Patricia Johns at (269) 9455192 (make sure each page includes the name of the organization), or e-mail her at patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The deadline each week is Tuesday at 10 a.m. Information should include the following:name of the event; name, address and telephone number and e-mail address of the church; and a contact person. Also include the cost, if any, and any other pertinent information. For further information, contact Johns at (269) 945-9554. Church representatives also may contact the J-Ad Graphics sales department at (269) 945-9554 to purchase advertising. Toys being collected for area kids WBCH and RadioShack of Hastings are partnering to collect toys for area kids in need through 4 p.m. Dec. 7. The project, “Christmas SOS – Stuff our Station,” has a goal to stuff the front windows of the radio station in downtown Hastings with toys that will be distributed by Barry County United Way. Toys for boys and girls from infants to teenagers are needed and should be something that will make a child’s eyes light up on Christmas morning. To add to the excitement of the event, donors will have the chance of winning a Nintendo Wii bundle. One entry will be given for the prize drawing for each toy donated during regular business hours at the two businesses. If the toy is purchased at RadioShack of Hastings, two entries will be given for each toy donated. The winning entry will be drawn and announced on the radio after the 5 p.m. news Dec. 7. On Saturday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 10 a.m., Dave and Greg of the WBCH Morning Show will be broadcasting live from the sidewalk in front of the WBCH station where the office will be open from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. for people to drop off toys. A special drawing will be held for those donating that day. Special prizes include a $50 Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland gift certificate and tickets for the Sugarland, Little Big Town and Jake Owen concert. Entries from the day will also be included in the grand prize drawing for the Nintendo Wii. Anyone knowing of a child that is in need of assistance with a toy for Christmas should contact the Barry County United Way at 269945-4010. “With so many people in this area facing challenging economic times, it is wonderful that WBCH and RadioShack of Hastings ...are partnering with the United Way to make Christmas a little brighter for kids in our area”, said Lani Forbes, executive director of Barry County United Way. Apple Street expected to be open today Construction work, preventing drivers from being able to drive on a portion of Apple Street in front of the Walker, Fluke and Sheldon accounting firm, is expected to be completed by today. Workers had to block off Apple Street between Market and Washington streets to connect existing sewer lines to the property where the new Union Bank will be built, said John Hart, community development director for the City of Hastings. Workers were hoping to blacktop that portion of the street Wednesday and have it fully opened today. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 3 Delton plans Hometown Christmas celebration Dec. 4 A holiday glow will be burning brightly as Delton businesses and organizations present this year’s edition of “Hometown Christmas” from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4. The event, sponsored by the Delton Area Business Association, includes music and activities for all ages. Free rides will be given on the Holly Trolley (a Barry County Transit vehicle decorated for the season ) will be given to and from various activities. The evening’s festivities actually begin an hour earlier at 5 p.m. at St. Ambrose Catholic Church where homemade soups and breads will be served. The meal is provided for a freewill offering to benefit the Delton Friends’ project to help local families at Christmas. Other sights and sounds throughout the town will be from the Delton Kellogg High School Band and the Chorus. Members of McCallum United Brethren Church also will be caroling around downtown Delton. At the Delton District Library holiday craft activities, hot chocolate and cookies will be offered by the Bernard Historical Society with hot chocolate and cookies. People may also sign up to donate gifts for the angel tree at the library. Delton Area Rotary Club members will be conducting a drawing at the library for the winners of the gift cards from Spartan Stores. Many member businesses of the Delton Area Business Association will be open and many will be offering door prizes and activities during the Hometown Christmas celebration. They include: • Smith and Doster, visit Santa and sign up for a door prize. • Felpausch, sign up for a door prize. • Napa of Delton, sign up for a door prize. • Sajo's, sign up for a door prize. • Country Breeze Printing, sample cider and donuts. • Delton Family Pharmacy, sign up for a door prize. • Delton Floral, sign up for door prizes. • Delton Hardware, sign up for a door prize. • Dills Market, samples of food and sign up for a door prize. • National City Bank, children will be able to make Christmas ornaments. • Chapple Realty, face painting. • Thornapple Valley Community Credit Union, cookie decorating. • Panther Pause Quick Stop, sign up for door prizes. • Williams-Gores Funeral Home, giving away Christmas ornaments that can be planted in the spring and turn into flowers. Contest encourages high school students to write The goal of the annual “Write Away” contest is to encourage the writing aspirations of high school students in the Hastings, Delton Kellogg, Maple Valley and Thornapple Kellogg school districts. The Barry Community Foundation has announced that this year’s “Write Away” competition, funded by a grant from Kensinger and Alice Jones, will begin Dec. 1. In Spring 2008, winners in five different categories will be awarded $50 cash prizes, along with appropriate certificates. “Competition and rewards shouldn’t just be the prerogative of the athletes,” stated Ken Jones. “Good writers should be recognized publicly, too.” Jones enjoyed a 50-year career as a writer of radio dramas, creative director for major international advertising agencies, author of numerous magazine articles and several motion picture scripts. In 1976 he “retired” to Barry County to raise Angus cattle and embark on a 14-year professorship at Michigan State University. He and his wife, Alice, collaborated on two published books, A Call from the Country and Love Poems of a Businessman, and their work also has appeared in the Reminder and the Hastings Banner. They decided to organize and fund the writing competition after Ken participated in a career fair at Hastings High School. “I knew that poetry and short story contests in my high school days encouraged a number of kids to write and submit work and that winning was a wonderful motivation to keep on trying.” Ken said. After discussing possibilities with Sheree Newell, coordinator of the career fair, and, later, with Fred Jacobs of J-Ad Graphics and Bonnie Hildreth of the Barry Community Foundation, the couple decided to fund a pilot program for the 2003-2004 school year. Jennifer Richards of the BCF organized a panel discussion with four representatives of the Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council, and a format was developed. The competition is for all high school students who reside in the local districts. The contest has two divisions, one for students in grades 9 and 10, the other for students in grades 11 and 12. Freshmen and sophomores can submit a poem (preferably with rhyme and meter) and/or an essay. The contest for juniors and seniors invites submission of a short story (not more than 1,500 words) on any subject, a poem (preferably with rhyme and meter) and a feature story based on some aspect of life in Barry County. Writers may submit only one entry in each category, but may enter all categories for their respective grade level and could, possibly, win more than one award. Submissions must be typewritten. After Dec. 1, full details and official rules and entry blanks may be obtained from the English departments at the above-mentioned high schools and the Barry Intermediate School District. The contest officially will open on that date, and entries may be submitted until Feb. 5, 2008. Winners will be announced in April. For more information, students should check with their high school English departments or call the Barry Community Foundation at (269) 945-0526 and ask for Erin Welker. Christmas festivities begin this weekend The Christmas season officially will start in Hastings tomorrow, followed by a weekend of holiday events. Along with free Holly Trolley rides and carolers both evenings, free hot chocolate stations will be set up in front of the Chamber of Commerce, Hearts Desire Christmas Store and the city garage, by the new library. Beyond the Cover to host local author Beyond the Cover Family Bookstore is pleased to announce a reception and book signing by local author William Voight on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. Voight is the author of 13 novels, ranging from romance to horror and everything in between. He plans to publish more novels in 2008. A retired Michigan State Police officer and Undersheriff of Eaton County, Voight now resides in Hastings with his wife, Fay. “Don’t miss this very exciting opportunity to meet this great new author and to pick up a few of his novels,” said bookstore owner Dave Macqueen. First on the schedule is a Christmas Art Hop in downtown Hastings from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday. Also Friday evening, businesses will be open for a downtown open house. At 7 p.m., a tree-lighting ceremony for the Mayor’s tree will take place in front of the Hastings Public Library. This will be the first year for the tree at its new location, which is part of a memorial to former city employee Daryle Benjamin Forbes. The tree was planted beside the new library and will be the Mayor’s tree every year. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, “Elf” will be showing at the Hastings 4 Cinema for free. The annual Christmas parade, featuring Ken and Marge Radant as grand marshals, will step off at 6:30 p.m. Santa Claus also will make a special appearance during the parade. The Barry County Commission on Aging will host an old-fashioned hymn sing at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Men’s Chorus from St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church will perform gospel music. Students from the Community Music School will offer vocal, violin, and piano performances. Pastor David Hills, of Faith United Methodist Church in Delton also will lead group singing of both hymns and Christmas carols. Pastor Jeff Garrison, of Hastings First Presbyterian Church, will offer a devotional and opening prayer. There will be carolers and free Holly Trolley rides throughout downtown all evening, as well as hot chocolate stations in front of the Chamber, Hearts Desire Christmas store and the city garage. The Hastings High School Drama Club will be performing “This Fisherman and His Wife” and “A Christmas Story” at 7 p.m. in the Central Elementary School auditorium Thursday, Nov. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 1. Sunday, the “Deck the Halls with Quilts” tour will spotlight six homes with a variety of quilts. Also on Sunday, the Thornapple Wind Band will perform a free Christmas concert at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings at 3 p.m. Along with the all-volunteer ensemble, guest performers will include church’s Chancel Choir and organist Mark Doster. The band will be under the direction of Duane Thatcher, former band director at Thornapple Kellogg and Maple Valley high schools. Throughout the weekend and the following week, WBCH and Radio Shack of Hastings will be participating in Christmas SOS—Stuff Our Station” to collect toys for children in need, from toddlers to teens. The goal is to stuff the windows of WBCH. Toys can be dropped off Friday, Nov. 30, through Friday, Dec. 7, during regular business hours at WBCH or RadioShack. Donors will have their names entered to win a Nintendo Wii bundle. If gifts are bought at RadioShack, entries will be given for each toy donated. The winner’s name will be announced at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. Barry County United Way will handle the toy distribution. All toys donated will go to Barry County children. Fishing for a christmas story Santa (Keith Anderson) watches Todd McConnon, 10, tumble down the slide as Allison Eaton, (left) and Dena Letot look on in the Hastings High School production of “A Christmas Story,” one of the plays the students will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, at Central Elementary School auditorium. “The Fisherman and His Wife” will be shown with “A Christmas Story.” All seats will be $7 at the door, but theater-goers can save $1 per ticket by purchasing them in advance at Bosley Pharmacy, Hastings Felpausch, State Grounds Coffeehouse, King’s Appliances or at any Hastings Area Schools office. Northeastern Elementary School Student Todd Willard will direct both plays. Barry County Administrator Michael Brown Appointed to MERS Retirement Board The Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan (MERS) recently appointed Michael Brown, chief administrative and fiscal officer of Barry County, to its Retirement Board. Brown has been with the county since 1995. He fills the vacancy created by the recent retirement of Harold Hailey, of Ingham County. Brown will serve until Dec. 31, 2008, and is one of two new officers (employer) members appointed to the MERS Board. The MERS Retirement Board consists of nine individuals who represent different MERS member municipalities. The MERS Retirement Board has three officer members, three employee members, two public members and one retired member of the system. The Board is responsible for the administration of the retirement system, having has fiduciary responsibility for investment of assets and overseeing the system. The Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is a statewide retirement plan and taxqualified trust that municipalities may adopt for their employees. MERS serves cities, counties, hospitals, libraries, medical care facilities, road commissions, townships, villages, and similar units of local government. MERS operated under state government from 1945 until 1996, when it became an independent non-profit public corporation. As of July 1, MERS members total approximately 700 municipalities and more than 75,000 individual members and retirees. Grace Lutheran to add new twist to Barb Schondelmayer’s scavenger hunt to benefit Love Inc. farewell party Dec. 7 Everyone in the Hastings community is invited to the Hastings Public Library Friday, Dec. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. to say ‘good-bye’ to Barbara Schondelmayer, who is retiring as library director. Refreshments will be served in the Community Room of the library. This also will be an opportunity to say ‘hello’ to Evelyn Holzwarth, the library’s new director. For more information, call the library at (269) 945-4263. A thankful dispatch Old-Tyme Christmas to benefit children On July 29, the director of Ionia County Central Dispatch, Bill Sharon, passed away unexpectedly. Che'rie White and Randy Yates, from Barry County Central Dispatch, along with colleagues from Midland County, took over all dispatch functions in Ionia to allow county employees there to attend Sharon’s funeral Aug. 3. On Tuesday, Nov. 20, Andrea Hine (center), supervisor at Ionia County Central Dispatch, visited Barry Central to present Yates (left) and White with official Ionia County Dispatch shirts, making them honorary Ionia Central employees. Along with the shirts, Hine gave Yates and White a card that had been signed by all of the Ionia County employees. The annual benefit dinner to provide toys for needy children in Freeport will be Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Freeport Community Building. Music will be provided by Northern Bluegrass and the Butgereit Family. Door prizes will be given out. Everyone should bring a dish to pass and a new, unwrapped toy. Love Inc. of Barry County will benefit from a different kind of “Scavenger Hunt” Saturday, Dec. 1. Between noon and 3 p.m. that day, Grace Lutheran Church in Hastings will sponsor teams of folks who will canvass neighborhoods north of the Thornapple River to receive items currently in high demand by folks who need help from Love, Inc. Especially needed at Love Inc. are disposable diapers, laundry soap, K-Mart gift cards, canned soup, pancake mix, pancake syrup, gasoline cards, canned fruit, sanitary pads and tampons, dish soap, Wal-Mart gift cards and canned vegetables. Because this “Scavenger Hunt” is a firsttime effort and the number of available canvassers is unknown, the hunt is being restricted to neighborhoods north of the river. “If a team doesn’t reach your house and you have items for Love Inc., please call the church at 945-9414 and pickup arrangements will be made for your gifts,” said a spokesperson. Anyone wishing to join the neighborhood collection teams is welcome and should meet at noon at the church, located at 239 E. North St. People who have questions may call the church office. “Many thanks in advance to all who are able to participate and all who can provide items for this planned scavenger hunt,” the spokesperson said. Christmas Cookie Walk to benefit Christian school A Christmas Cookie Walk is set from 3 to 6:30 p.m. (or as long as the cookies last) Friday, Dec. 7, as a fundraiser for the Barry County Christian School. The event will be held at the school, located at 2999 McKeown Rd., Hastings, at the corner of M-79 Highway and McKeown Road, near Thornapple Manor. Containers of cookies will be $6 each. Those who attend may fill the container with cookies of their choice from an array of home-baked goods. �Page 4 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Reasons behind septage rate increase To the editor: I am writing in regard to the septage receiving rate increase, which will go into effect for haulers who bring septage for treatment to the SWBCSWA, effective Jan. 1, 2008. At the September Board meeting, as sewer administrator, I reported to the Authority Board that additional infrastructure was needed at the plant in order to continue accepting septage pumped from private tanks for treatment. The Board instructed me to conduct a survey of these additional costs and to report back to the board with a recommendation regarding a price increase. At the October Board meeting, I presented those findings and made the recommendation that the septage receiving rate should be set at 7.5 cents per gallon, effective Jan. 1, 2008, in order to cover our costs. The Board passed a resolution that was drafted by our legal counsel to establish the rate at 7.5 cents, and permission was granted by the DEQ to charge this rate, since this price reflects the average being charged. Septage that we receive from private sources is of a much higher strength than septage that we receive from those customers on our system. There are higher costs associated with treating this kind of septage. It is the policy of the Authority that our customers come first. The customers on the system should not have to subsidize an artificially low rate of disposing of septage for people not on the system. Added improvements are needed at the plant to continue accepting private septage. The costs of these improvements are to be borne by people with tanks to pump, not the people on the system. These improvements include added storage for septage and better screening, added testing, personnel, utilities, etc. The Authority does not intend to make people on the system pay for this. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, along with Barb Cichy, appeared at the November Board meeting asking that the Board adopt a discriminatory policy by charging out-of-county septage at a higher rate than septage generated within Barry County. They were told that the Authority cannot charge a different rate, unless it can be shown that the cost of treatment is higher for out-of-county septage. We cannot show that. If a tank is pumped on the Allegan side of the county line, it costs the exact same to the Authority to treat and dispose of it as a tank that was pumped on the Barry County side of the line. Also, the added paper work and bureaucracy required to split out the costs for tankers from multiple destinations would add addition costs to the Authority. Therefore, the Lyons’ and Cichy plan to apply discriminatory pricing was rejected by the Board. This price increase will pay for infrastructure at the plant that is necessary to allow people to have their tanks pumped, in order to protect the environment, at a reasonable cost to area residents who are not on the public sewer system. Mark A. Doster Sewer Administrator SWBCSWA All pay, few benefit from coverage To the editor: Current and past state legislators are eligible for retirement benefits after only six years of service. The state retirement system must purchase and pay the premium for hospitalization, medical, dental and vision coverage. During fiscal year 2005-06 the Legislative Retirement System paid $4.45 million for health care benefits to 341 retired legislators and their spouses. Total annual cost of providing health insurance for retired legislators is approximately $13,037 per retiree. During the 2005-06 fiscal year, retired legislative members paid about 4 percent towards their hospitalization, health, dental and vision insurance premiums, or approximately $182,190 towards the total cost. On Nov. 8, the full Senate passed Reform Bill 868 and is awaiting action in the house. Under Senate Bill 868, the state would pay 30 percent of the premium for a retiree who had completed only four years of service and an additional 6 percent for each completed year through 14 years of service. At 14 years of service the state would pay 90 percent of the premiums. Currently there is no minimum age requirement for benefits in the bill. Therefore, legislators and their families could conceivably start drawing these generous benefits in their 20s, 30s and 40s. The current minimum age is 55. This reform bill is way too generous as compared to what is offered in the private sector. Isn’t this the same body that voted themselves a 33 percent raise? Now they get to vote on their own retirement benefits. The rest of us should be so lucky. Jack Rose, Jr. Hastings Use the Hastings BANNER classifieds Ads to sell, rent, buy, hire, find work, etc. Call 269-945-9554 to place your ad today! The time to celebrate came, and went State lawmakers and Gov. Granholm recently prevented a complete shutdown of the state, but at our expense. The short-lived savings that was supposed to be realized for Michigan businesses— since the elimination of the single business tax—was taken away when state government slapped a new sales tax plan on selected business-to-business transactions. The new tax plan was supposed to produce an estimated $600 million-plus in new revenue. However, last week in a 20-16 party-line vote, the Senate opted to do away with the new sales tax on services and replace it with additional taxes on Michigan business. This week, both Senate and House members returned to Lansing to find a way to replace the revenue that was supposed to have been received from the sales tax that goes into effect Dec. 1. Is this just smoke and mirrors? Did legislators realize they couldn’t solve the budget crisis so they devised an unacceptable plan to give themselves time to reconfigure the business tax that was supposed to have been eliminated? Once again partisanship and political games gave way to solving Michigan’s economic dilemma. Companies all over Michigan have been faced with the same problems: Increasing costs and decreasing income. Any CEO worth his or her salt would realize that the only way to solve this problem is to control spending while looking for ways to keep people working and the economy growing. Michigan must make a serious effort to control spending or we will continue to face a crisis for years to come. Playing games with government tax plans just stalls the inevitable; it’s time state legislators set aside plans to increase revenues and start controlling expenses. All programs, agencies and jobs need to be put on the table; none should be considered too “sacred” to touch. This way, economic leaders will be able to determine which cuts would have the least amount of impact on the state’s taxpayers. Just this week, I was told by a long-term state employee that his department was in the process of putting together a request for additional funding for a new programs. His concern was that his department has been overworked and under funded in recent years, yet some bureaucrat is looking for more money at a time when budgets are tight. This is another example of leaders appearing to be in denial of the economic issues around them. Last week the Hastings school board approved administrative Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics Blackwater comment defended To the editor: I’m seldom inclined to take off on private citizens, but am compelled to say Hickory Corners resident Ed Johnson should try reading a book (even a newspaper, or news magazine) now and then. Since our wonderful library has added perhaps three dozen new titles dealing exclusively with Tex Shrub’s ill-conceived, poorly planned, under-manned, dismally equipped Iraq adventure, there’s little (read ‘no’) excuse for ignorance. On this subject particularly, and on military affairs in general, I say with confidence, “I forget more about the subject each day than (Mr. Johnson) will ever know.” (A tip of the topper here to Jock Clarey who uttered a similar phrase in his first meeting with a Hastings High School football team - late August 1952). I’d like to refer Mr. Johnson to a short piece in an area paper wherein former U.S. State Department employee Janessa Gans writes of her experiences with Blackwater Security employees in Iraq. Gans concludes, “We can’t get the company out of our military’s (or government’s) hair quickly or completely enough.” Johnson (apparently) isn’t content with the profusion of criminal types in the military Tax sting on donations To the editor: What a variety of events leads up to an election year! Politics being what it has become, now it is necessary to divide large opposition voting blocks. “If we can get them squabbling among themselves, that will render their votes useless. The old divide-andconquer strategy. Sen. Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee, has “asked six ministries to detail their expenses, compensation and perks.” I wonder if each of our elected officials could pass the same public scrutiny? Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. increases of 3 percent across the board. Just a few weeks ago, local taxpayers approved a Headlee renewal millage that if turned down would have reduced the budget by more than $3 million. Local voters supported the renewal, knowing that if it was turned down, the school would have immediate operating problems they couldn’t overcome. The public sector just doesn’t get it: You can’t solve the crisis by continuing to spend; you must control costs or increase taxes. It’s just that simple. And I’m not seeing many people interested in paying more taxes at this time. The Michigan legislature typically meets for two weeks in December then breaks until early in the New Year. The governor should demand legislative leaders stay at work until a fair and acceptable budget plan is in place. For more than six months now, this legislative body has stalled the process, making Michigan’s business climate look weak. It’s time the governor buckle down and solve the budget crisis. Without serious and quick action to get government spending under control, the state will continue to experience deficits and employment loss. We must demand action now. All this rhetoric hurts Michigan’s economic position and brand the state as ineffective in dealing with business issues. Our state government’s inability to deal with the budget is creating a perception among business leaders that could stall our economic recovery for years. Not too long ago, Michigan led national polls and was considered one of the ‘great’ states to locate a business or industry. Today, we find ourselves at the bottom, looking up, wondering when we will begin to climb out of these economic doldrums. Drastic situations demand drastic action. From where I sit, it doesn’t look like we’ve selected the best people to get the job done. Do you ever wonder what our state leaders are doing? I do, and it doesn’t look to me like they’re acting in our best interest. I hope we can just hold on until the next election, for it seems that’s the only message some elected officials really understand. It’s time to send a message: Get it done or step aside and let someone else do the job for a change. Sen. Grassley announced “that he was undertaking the investigation to determine if any donations were being misused ... part of a long-standing look at tax-exempt organizations.” What doesn’t he understand about taxexempt and donations? And there, ladies and gentlemen, we have the point-man who is leading the attempt to render the votes of the Conservative Religious Right ineffective in the ‘08 elections. Patsey L. Verus Hastings Does the process work? On Monday, Nov. 26, members of the Hastings City Council voted to spare the former post office and library building and instead seek bids or proposals to reuse the space. Originally, the Hastings DDA had recommended demolishing the building to create more downtown parking. Citizens, however, were opposed to losing the historic structure downtown and applied pressure to save the building. What do you think of this process? Are there other areas where residents, working together, could create positive change in the community? (see several Press reports in the week leading up to the Gans article), indicating three of every 10 new enlistees needs a waiver for civilian criminal offenses). Many officers have testified before Congress about the discipline problems these people create, some just last week. Another national news report during the same week tells us 20 of every 100 women in military service come home needing counseling after suffering sexual assault (or abuse) at the hands of fellow soldiers. This, readers, is the real ‘all-volunteer’ army. As a postscript I’ll add this: David Young was an editor of the old school. He really believed democracy is an ongoing experiment and that every person who wants a forum should have one. How else can you explain publication of letters from more than one Johnson during his tenure? His dismissal, as I understand, was not about how he ran the paper, but because he bit the hand that fed him. Who hasn’t wanted to do that on occasion? Larry Hamp, Hastings The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Perry Martin, Hastings: “This is a good question. This process shows that it is important to inform people about what is going on in the community so they can take action on issues they care about.” Travis Johnson, Hastings: “I am pleased that the library is saved. I think this shows that people can work together.” Jason Hagerman, Hastings: “I think this process shows that it is great when people come together to work for a good cause.” Mitch Borden, Hastings: “I think this process shows how to become a closer community. I would like to see the community come together to improve funding for our schools.” Floyd Disman, Hastings: “I like to see communities where people get to stand up and speak about what they believe is right. I think we need to see this more.” Diane Schweizer, Delton: “I think that people should speak out. I would like to see people work together on the roads in the community. That is the only way they can be improved.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 5 LIBRARY, continued from page 1 Area Obituaries Deborah M. Schultz LAKE ODESSA - Frances M. Cook, age 98, of Lake Odessa, passed away Wednesday morning, November 21, 2007 at Thornapple Manor where she had resided for the past three years. Frances was born in Hastings, on May 1, 1909 to Eddie and Orial (Moore) Hall. She graduated from Freeport High School in 1927. Frances was united in marriage to Viverne Cook on March 1, 1930. They farmed together for many years, and Frances also worked at Williams Department Store. She had been a member of the Lake Odessa Bowling Association and the Farm Bureau. Frances had been a faithful member of the Sebewa Baptist Church for 65 years. She is survived by her children, Nadine and George Speas of Woodland, Jerald and Nancy Cook of Wolverine, and Marcia and Rod Lake of Sunfield; 10 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; seven great great grandchildren; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Betty and James Elkins of Beckley, WV; sister-in-law, Willa Cook of Marietta, GA; and many nieces, nephews, and other loving relatives and friends. Frances was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Viverne Cook; and brother, Arleigh Hall. The funeral service was held at the Koops Funeral Chapel on Saturday, November 24, 2007 with Pastor Robert Wessell officiating. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to Thornapple Manor. Patricia Jane Grant WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS - Patricia Jane Grant, age 70, passed away Monday, November 26, 2007 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Pat was born in Battle Creek, Michigan to George and Elizabeth Bassett. She grew up in southern Michigan and graduated from Hastings High School in 1955. Pat married Robert J. Grant in 1956 and their daughters were born in Michigan. Patricia began her career in information technology while working at Post Cereals. She is survived by her husband Robert of 51 years; her sister Leila Moore of Battle Creek, MI; two daughters, Christina Burt and husband Greg of Wichita Falls, Elizabeth Huckaby and husband Ken Bush of Whitney, TX; granddaughters Danielle Grant and Natalie Huckaby, and grandson Rory Burt. The family has requested that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.caringbridge.org/visit/patriciagrant. DELTON - Deborah M. Schultz, age 50, of Delton passed away but won a spot in Heaven on November 23, 2007 at Bronson Hospital surrounded by her family and a very special nurse, Wendy. She was born in Kalamazoo on February 27, 1957 the daughter of the late Charles Downey and Leona (VanPelt) Gillespie. She was raised in the Richland area where she graduated from Gull Lake High School in 1975. On September 26, 1981 she was married to Jack Schultz and in 1988 they made their home in Delton. Deb loved life and will be fondly remembered by many as “Deda”. She loved the outdoors, especially animals and soaking up the sun on the beach in South Haven. Her hobbies included beading, photography, shopping, gardening, playing games and spending lots of time with her daughter, Cindy. She was a member of the Thornapple Valley Church in Hastings where she made many great friends and grew in her relationship with God. For the last two years she was involved with the Relay for Life at Gull Lake and chaired the cancer survivor dinner at the event this past year. Struggling with cancer herself, she truly wanted to make a difference and help find a cure for this horrible disease. Deb is survived by her husband of 26 years Jack Schultz and their daughter Cindy; her mother Leona Gillespie of Delton; her sisters Dorris (Joe) Milan of Richland, Cindy (Bud) Glenn of Delton; her brothers Charles (Vickie) Downey, of Lawton, Dale (Frank Lapp) Downey of Warrenville, IL, Mike (Judy) Gillespie of Kalamazoo; a very close and caring friend Judy Elzinga of Kalamazoo; many nieces and nephews who were very special to her; her special pets, especially the one referred to as the “The Tick”; Funeral arrangements were made by Joldersma & Klein 917 Burdick Street in Kalamazoo where her life was celebrated on November 28. Friends and family joined at the Delton VFW Post 422 in Delton to live, laugh, love and remember Deb. Contributions in her memory may be made to the family for an educational fund for their daughter Cindy. Those wishing to do so may make checks payable to Cindy Glenn and send to 7037 Division Ave. Delton, MI 49046. David Glen Main HASTINGS - David Glen Main, age 65, of Hastings passed away suddenly on Tuesday November 20, 2007. He was born to Marlin and Mattie (Tyler) on March 20, 1942. David attended Hastings Schools graduating in 1961. He worked part time maintenance at Hastings City bank and was a machinist with EW Bliss and Smith Industries. David married Wanda Fay Ego on June 29, 1985. David was an avid bowler and a member of the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed motorcycling and belonged to the Goldwing Road Riders Association. He is survived by his wife Wanda; daughters, Kristy (Roger) Mulnix of Jacksonville, NC, Rebecca Main (Tracy Cone) of Hampton, VA, Victoria (Bill) Fuessel of Albuquerque, NM, Brenda (Steven) Brooks of Delton, Sharon (Michael) Zalewski of Hastings; sons, Thomas (Vicky) Main of Virginia Beach,VA, Joseph (Sara) Denslaw of Orlando, FL; 17 grandchildren; brother, Richard (Barbara) Main of Hastings; sister, Marva (Russell) Fox of Hastings; and several nieces and nephews. David is preceded in death by his parents Marlin and Mattie Main and brothers William and Keith. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 24, 2007 at The First United Methodist Church. Interment followed at Rutland Township Cemetery. For those who wish contributions may be made to the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Barry County. Please sign David’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com Jean E. Perkins NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - Jean E. Perkins, age 89, of North Charleston, SC, widow of B. Raymond Perkins, died Sunday, November 25, 2007 at Trident Medical Center. All services are private. Mrs. Perkins was born on July 7, 1918, in Detroit, the daughter of the late Earl Walters and Chellie Goodman Walters. She graduated from McKenzie High School in January 1936 and from Detroit Business College in June 1938. She married B. Raymond Perkins at the Presbyterian Church, Hastings on June 8, 1940. Jean lived in Hastings, while her husband was in the service during World War II and in Baltimore, MD while her husband was attending the University of Maryland Law School. After he was recalled for service in the Navy they lived in a variety of places, including Bainbridge, MD, Sasebo, Japan, Patuxent River, MD and Washington, D.C. After Raymond’s retirement in August 1974, they had homes in Lusby, MD, Belleair Bluffs, FL, Johnson City, TN, Clemson, SC and Charleston, SC. Survivors include one son, B. “Ben” Raymond Perkins, Jr. and his wife Ainsley of Summerville; one daughter, Ann Perkins Gray and her husband Alex of Dunedin, FL; two granddaughters, Karen Perkins Radcliffe and her husband Jack of Summerville and Melissa Perkins Grossman and her husband Matt of Norfolk, VA; and three great grandchildren, Jackson B. Woodward Radcliffe, Abigail Lloyd Grossman and Isabella Webster Grossman. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesadyal.com. Arrangements by James A. Dyal Funeral Home, 303 S. Main Street, Summerville, SC 29483. Community Scavenger Hunt for LOVE INC. of Barry County Saturday, December 1 • 12:00 - 3:00 pm The holidays are fast approaching. This year, more than most, the need is great. LOVE INC has a special need for these items: Disposable Diapers Laundry Soap K-Mart Gift Card Canned Soup Pancake Mix Pancake Syrup Gasoline Card Canned Fruit Sanitary Pads & Tampons Dish Soap Walmart Gift Card Canned Vegetables We will pick up your items in neighborhoods located NORTH of the Thornapple River in the City of Hastings. If we miss you, please call us and we will arrange to pick up your items. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE HUNT! WE WILL MEET AT GRACE AT NOON! Grace Lutheran Church 239 East North Street 945-9414 www.discover-grace.org 02682327 Frances M. Cook Mayor Bob May to refrain from such activity until everyone had spoken. Throughout the hearing, however, citizens let their clapping hands show approval of various speakers. May also asked the otherwise quiet audience not to repeat what others had said and that only one person speak for a group. Ted Bustance told the Council to, “take the $200,000 the county offered you and say ‘thank you.’” He also suggested that the city use part of that money to purchase the vacant gas station at the corner of Michigan and Court streets and put a parking lot there. Sandy Taylor, saying she understands the need for progress, spoke about her choice to move back to Hastings after living in New York and Colorado. The names engraved on the old buildings add to the beauty of their architecture, she said, and knowing the shopkeepers by name adds to the quaintness of a community. “It is such an important thing when you really take a look at it at how these buildings were built and what they meant,” said Taylor. She mentioned the Walldorff Brewpub and Bistro as an old building that has become a thriving downtown business when it was restored “because somebody fell in love with a building and had a dream and an idea.” Taylor said she doesn’t see a parking problem downtown. “If I have to drive around the block, I will do it,” she said, noting that she has only had to search for parking on some weekend evenings, when she is pleased “to have a town bustling on a Friday or Saturday night. I don’t care if I have to walk two or three blocks; I really don’t. There isn’t a single person in this town that it would hurt to walk a few extra steps. Please, I beg you, take a look at what you’re doing.” Harland Nye, noting that his wife Nyla is the president of the Barry County Historical Society, said the society would be pleased to see the building put to good use. Local historian Esther Walton said the building, originally a post office, was one of three built by the federal government and is the only one left standing. County surveyor and downtown business owner Brian Reynolds read from the minutes of the meeting when the DDA voted to recommend the building be demolished. He said concerns expressed at that meeting included the loss of character to the downtown, that the courthouse and library frame the entrance to downtown, that the old library site is not where parking is most needed, other organizations have indicated interest in the building, and that recommendations say not to compete with “big box” stores, but to maintain a nice downtown. Reynolds also cited two studies, conducted in the past year, showing that the city did not need more parking lots. “The downtown merchants don’t win the war by becoming the enemy. You win the war by playing to your strengths,” he said. “Let’s have a referendum. Let’s let the people decide.” Barry County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Alliance Director Valerie Byrnes presented the opinions of both groups. The Chamber Board of Directors chose not to express an opinion on the matter, she said, but “the Alliance Board respectfully requests that the City Council not demolish the library building.” Dorotha Cooper said she goes to the south side of downtown Hastings often, and “I never have a problem finding a place to park.” Fred Jacobs, of J-Ad Graphics, said all of the studies about parking in downtown were done before the library moved to its new locations, and “the library moving has made a major difference in downtown parking.” Jacobs went on to say that the structure of the building is sound, and it adds character to the downtown. “It’s character that makes the difference,” he said; “it’s people.” Jacobs added that there is a movement throughout the Midwest to save and preserve old buildings in downtown areas. He said keeping the building might give 12 people employment, which is more important than the parking spaces created by destroying the brick and marble building. “People don’t go to towns for parking lots,” he said, adding that it is important to bring youth back to the downtown. “That’s what you want in your downtown—you want excitement. You will not realize the character you’re going to destroy until you tear it down.” Jacobs ended by saying the matter should be put to a referendum to let the community decide what happens. Barry County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mike Callton spoke briefly on his stance, as a county representative. “It’s no secret that we [the county] offered $200,000 for the building. We need room to grow,” said Callton. “We love the library and want to give it a third life.” Nathan Bolthouse of Help Hardware said that in his estimates, the property could garner the city as much as $300,000, and a new parking lot of 22 spaces would cost $450,000. “$750,000 is what that parking lot will cost you,” he said. “There are better ways to spend that money.” Lifelong Hastings resident Ann Devroy, who teaches in Caledonia, said “everybody I work with says, ‘I love your town.’ I think that says so much for what we’re bringing into our town.” Though present in the audience, councilman and Bosley Pharmacy owner David Jasperse was excused as absent by fellow council members during the first portion of the meeting, including the public hearing. He joined the Council after members had voted on the matter. Jasperse, his wife, Emily, and business neighbors Gary and Carla Rizor, owners of the County Seat Restaurant, submitted a petition at the Oct. 22 Council meeting calling for the demolition of the building. More than three dozen business owners had signed the petition. In other business, the Council: • Adopted an ordinance regarding storage containers, or PODS, in residential areas. • Awarded a bid to Hometown Tree Service for 2007/2008 tree trimming and removal for $24,000. • Approved and authorized the mayor and clerk to sign lease agreements for space in the Hastings Industrial Incubator with Jon Lehman of Priority Lawn Care and Larry Bennett of FLT Transport. • Approved Dave Tossava as the City’s representative on the Barry County Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. • Heard a legislative update from State Rep. Brian Calley. �Page 6 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (September thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. & Sr. High Youth (meal served) (September thru May). Wednesday 7 pm Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am Women’s Bible Study at the church. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH First Sunday in Advent December 2 Holy Community 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. Wednesday December 5 Supper 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 9452645; fax 269-945-2698. http://www.discover-grace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 7 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Saturday - 5:30 p.m. Advent Worship service. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Praise Team. LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77518171 Area Obituaries Janett Berg McKeough HASTINGS - Janett Berg McKeough, age 55, passed away unexpectedly on November 25, 2007 at Blodgett Hospital, with her children at her bedside and many close friends and family nearby, and with her dear sister Suzanne in route from Los Angeles, CA. Jan was born in Saginaw, on November 2, 1952, the daughter of Sally Ann Berg (Sheridan), and the late Donald R. Berg. Jan is survived by her mother, Sally Ann Berg of Grand Rapids; her sister, Suzanne Berg of Los Angeles, CA, and brother, D. Scott Berg of Grand Rapids; children, Jennifer McMullin-McKeough, Sarah McMullin-McKeough and her husband Rick Reed, Kara Ann McKeough and Sean Thomas McKeough all of Hastings; grandson, Thomas Patrick Hollars; and also five God children; Corey and Kenzi Peters both of Fl; Madeline Dailey, Matthew Teunessen all of Hastings, and Libby (John) Ferrin of Ada. Also by her father-in-law, Earl L. McMullin, sister-in-law, Earlene (Larry) Baum; motherin-law, Patricia McKeough; sister-in-law, Karen (Doug) O’Laughlin; brothers-in-law, Kevin (Kelly) McKeough, Edward (Sue) McKeough, and Patrick “Toot” (Anna) McKeough. Jan leaves behind 13 nieces and nephews; seven great nieces and four great nephews on the McKeough side, as well as one niece, two nephews, three great nieces and three great nephews on the McMullin side. She had so many that considered her to be “Aunt Jan”, and life-long friends that are too numerous to mention. She was preceded in death by her first husband Earl W. McMullin, late-husband Thomas Shannon McKeough, grandson Tanner Reed, grandmother Esther Sheridan, grandfather John Sheridan, uncle Eugene W. Berg; father-in-law, Edward McKeough, and her cherished mother-in-law, Virginia McMullin. Jan spent her early years in Fairgrove and Caro, MI., and moved to Grand Rapids in 1965. Jan graduated from Forest Hills High School in 1970. She married Earl W. McMullin on August 25th, 1973, whom she met while attending Western Michigan University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Social work. Jan continued her education and training in seminars for Land Use, Planning and Zoning, Zoning Board of Appeals, Business Management, Personal Management and Site Plan Review. Jan’s achievements and commitments were many. She was certified as a Master Citizen Planner from the M.S.U extension program. She was a member of Barry County Planning and zoning Commission as well as secretary. Lois Christiana Martens Johncock MCMINNVILE, OREGON - Lois Christiana Martens Johncock, of McMinnville, Oregon formerly of Kalamazoo, Plainwell and Shelbyville, died November 26, 2007 in McMinnville, Oregon. Born November 12, 1905 to John F. and Inez Brasted Martens in Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo County. Attended rural schools and graduated from State High in 1924. She received a teaching certificate from Western State Normal in 1927 and later earned a bachelor’s degree from WMU. Lois also worked extensively with Charles Van Riper and his speech pathology clients at WMU. Teaching was her vocation and she thoroughly enjoyed it. She started her career in 1927 at the Gull Road School. In 1931 she moved to Parchment Public Schools and taught early elementary students there until she retired in 1962. On April 8, 1947 she was united in marriage to Earl W. Johncock, who preceded her in death in October 2001. They farmed north of Shelbyville from 1948 until moving to their home on Gun Lake in 1962. They wintered in Frostproof, Florida for many years. The Johncocks also resided at Stanford Lodge and Country LivInn. They attended Orangeville Baptist Church. Lois was a former member of Trinity Reformed Church of Kalamazoo. She had enjoyed the Barry County Extension Service programs as well as the Golden Agers in Delton. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her brothers, Harold and Robert Martens; and a niece, Laura Martens. Survivors include: a sister, Lucille Marusek, North Augusta, SC; nephews Ronald (Lois) Martens of Fulton and Gun Lake, Richard Martens, Oak Island, NC, and Thomas (Sharon) Martens, Nashville, TN; nieces Shirley Martens, Carlton, OR, and Margaret Marusek (Ted) DuBois, Bradenton, FL; many grandnieces and nephews including Alan (Cheryl) Martens, Holland, Camille (Martin) Subject, Leslie, and Nathan (Bonnie) Martens, Climax. Friends will be received at the WilliamsGores Funeral Home in Delton on Friday, November 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 1, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel at Mount Ever Rest Memorial Park. Rev. Willard Curtis, officiating. Memorials may be directed to the VanRiper Clinic at Western Michigan University or public libraries in Plainwell or Comstock. She served as a member and trustee of OUR LAND/Barry County Resource Alliance. Jan also served in the Rutland Township in various capacities for over 15 years. She was on the Farmland Preservation Committee, as well as a longtime committee member of Thornapple Valley Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. Jan served on the Parks and Recreation Board as Representative from the County Planning and Zoning board. She was member of St. Rose of Lima Church, MidForest Lodge and many other organizations throughout her life-time. She was very passionate in her Child Abuse Prevention programs and served as the president of C.A.P.C.B.C. for a time, as well as acting as an executive board member for Green Gables Haven until her untimely passing. She also worked as a Catalogue Department Manager/Assistant to Personnel Hastings Fiberglass. She created MCQ Inc. with her late husband Thomas S. McKeough in 1989, which was a franchised dealership with Snap-On Tools Company. She was for 35 years General Manager/Executive Secretary of the Corner Bar in Rockford. Jan recently worked as a Zoning Administrator and Enforcement Official for Rutland Charter Township, as well as a Soil Erosion Sediment Control Enforcement Official for Barry County. Jan was well known throughout the community for her determination, leadership and strength, and also her ability to see any task through to the end. She pursued situations of conflicting interests without restraint, and was resolute in getting the job done. Jan’s personal hobbies were numerous. She was an avid sportswoman. She loved to fish and hunt, and “deer-camp” was like a national holiday in her household. Her love for the natural world and her respect for the earth was obvious in work and her personal life. She was an amazing cook, and she never knew how to cook for any less “than an army”. She read more books than the Hastings library holds, and her intelligence far surpassed a college degree. She also loved U of M football with a great passion, and refused to miss a day with the Wolverines. Go Blue! Jan’s home was always open to anyone and everyone, and she and her late husband Tom enjoyed together many years of friends, family, concerts “Bob Seger”, bonfires, “The Kentucky Derby”, cabin trips, and especially watching her son Sean, in sports. Jan is at the Lauer Family Funeral Homes Wren Chapel, 1401 N. Broadway, Hastings where her family will receive friends on Friday November 30th, 2 - 4 & 6 - 9 PM with a Rosary at 8:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday December 1st 10:00 AM at St. Rose of Lima Church in Hastings with interment at Riverside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Barry Community Foundation for Green Gables Haven and/or Barry Community Hospice, P.O. Box 388, Hastings, MI 49058. The Donald R. and Sally Ann Berg Fund for research in Alzheimer’s disease, University of Michigan, Office of Medical Development, 301 E. Liberty St. Suite 400, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Contributions can also be made to The American Lung Association. A special “thank-you” to Stephanie Fekkes and Robert Teunessen for their unyielding support and friendship. Please sign Jan’s register or leave condolences at www.lauerfh.com. MEIJER continued from page 1 by pipes to storage tanks, and an overflow system will be in place throughout the construction process. He said tests have answered the question of water supply adequacy. A test well was dug and results showed that properly treated groundwater can be utilized if public water is not available at the site during construction. Public water to the construction site will not be available for at least a year, he estimated. “We are only in the beginning stages of planning,” said Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr. “We are taking it one step at a time. We want to pay attention of every detail and we want to do it right.” Emmette E. Campbell MIDDLEVILLE - Emmette E. Campbell, age 84, of Middleville went to be with the Lord on November 22, 2007, at his home, following an extended illness. Mr. Campbell was born on September 14, 1923, in Grand Rapids, the son of the late Clifton and Cora Campbell. He was raised in the Middleville area, graduating from Thornapple-Kellogg High School in 1941. In 1943, Emmette married Doris Wilson, and the couple celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on October 9, 2007. Emmette was never more at home than when he donned his straw hat and garden boots, hoe in hand, and tended his massive garden area. Having been raised on a farm, Emmette definitely exemplified the adage: “You can take the boy off the farm, but you can never take the farm out of the boy!” A tool-and-die maker, Emmette also enjoyed golfing, shuffleboarding, playing cards, and wintering in Palmetto, Florida, for 18 years. Although he at first “dragged his feet” a bit about heading South, he grew to enjoy the warm weather and companionship of new friends. His shy smile, quiet demeanor, and loving, generous nature will be sadly missed by his family and friends. Emmette was preceded in death by his sisters, Jessie (Raymond) Bender, Hazel (Curl) Robertson, and brother, Aden (Bud) Campbell. He is survived by his loving wife, Doris E. (Wilson) Campbell; one daughter, Cheryl (Ronald) Hooper of Middleville; two sons, Michael (friend, Betsy Morgan) Campbell of Freeport, Jack (Christine) Campbell of Middleville; six grandchildren, Julie (David) Bott of Hudsonville, Laurie (David) VandenBerg of Byron Center, Debra (Thomas) Betz of Birch Run, Ronald Hooper of Caledonia, Kimberly (Joseph) Misak of Middleville, Traci (Charles) Hackney of Norton Shores; 10 great grandchildren, Brittany and Madison Bott, Shane Tripp and Amber VandenBerg, Emma and Aden Betz, Kiley and Kodi Misak, Drew Hackney, and Jadelyn Hooper; in-laws, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral and committal services were held Monday, November 26, 2007 at the Whitneyville Bible Church, Caledonia, 8655 Whitneyville Avenue. Rev. Neal Stockeland officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery, Middleville. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Barry County or Whitneyville Bible Church. Arrangements made by Beeler Funeral Home of Middleville. Margaret E. Moe LAKE ODESSA - Margaret E. Moe, age 85, of Lake Odessa, passed away Thursday evening, November 22, 2007 at the home of her daughter in Grand Rapids. Margaret was born in Grand Rapids on September 3, 1922 to Bernard and Lila Johnson. She graduated from Lake Odessa High School, and was united in marriage to Charles Moe on November 9, 1941. She had worked at the Grand Ledge Chair Company, and for many years at the Lake Odessa Canning Company. Margaret enjoyed sewing, quilting, crafts, making stuffed animals, and especially dolls and doll houses. She is survived by her daughters, Nancy (John) Eash, Bonnie (Jack) James, Kathie (Dick) Zeigler, Judy (Paul) Gonzales, and Wendy Blakely (Mike Hunt); many grandchildren and great grandchildren whom she loved dearly; and brothers, Clarence, Ernest, Jerry, and Larry Johnson. Margaret was preceded in death by Charles Moe, Sr., her loving husband of 60 years; son, Charles Moe, Jr., who died in Viet Nam in 1969; and brothers, George, Kenneth, and Allen Johnson. The funeral service was held at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa on Sunday, November 25, 2007. Burial took place in Lakeside Cemetery. The family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to a hospice organization of the donor’s choice. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 7 From TIME to TIME A look down memory lane... Financial FOCUS Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Our first city hall Considering Bonds? Be Aware of "Call Risk" When you buy a bond, it's yours until you sell it or it matures, right? Not always. Sometimes, the bond issuer can buy it back early. If that happens, your investment strategies can change - so you'll want to be prepared to take action. Why would a bond issuer buy back, or "call," a bond? The answer is pretty straightforward: to save money. When market interest rates drop, the issuer, such as a corporation, or state or local government (virtually all U.S. Treasury bonds are not callable) may decide to call its bonds, pay off bondholders like you, then reissue new bonds at the lower rates, thereby saving money on interest payments - and depriving you of a high-yielding asset. At first glance, this scenario may not look particularly favorable, but you're not quite as vulnerable as you might think. First, "callable" bonds, because they contain the risk of being cashed in early, may offer a higher interest rate than comparable, but noncallable, bonds. Also, some issuers may pay The old city hall being torn down. be. As a saving of rent and as a place for the keeping and preservation of the city property the building will at least pay a good percent on the money invested. This being true, why is it not just as well to have the money invested in a good building and own the building as to be entirely playing rent and to show nothing for it? Then there is another thing about the new building that will bring considerate revenue to this city. The second story of this building can be furnished off for an opera house, which this city needs badly and the revenue from this source will be considerable. There is no doubt that this is the only city hall that Hastings will ever build and while the city is at it why not build a building that is suitable, substantial and an ornament to the city.” Drawings of the building were published in the newspaper. One was of the outside of the building. On the first floor at the northwest side was the city hall office. In the center was the fire department. The basement held the engine room and also was used for storing much of the city property. The second floor was dedicated to a large meeting hall. There was a hose tower and wardrobe room for the firemen, a room for hay and grain and 19-by22-foot stable for the horses. A large bell was located in the tall tower on the corner. Fire alarms were sounded in a sequence of one bell, a pause, followed by two more bells. The greater part of the fire department’s incidental money was raised by public dances as well as by donations and contributions for services rendered. Any surplus was used to help firemen purchase uniforms. Horse-drawn equipment provided fire protection for the city of Hastings until 1919 when the American-LaFrance right-handed drive truck was purchased. Our city hall was one of the most beautiful and attractive buildings on State Street until 1959, at which time things began to change. On Oct. 1, 1959, the Banner mentioned that the Hastings Mutual Insurance Company was going to sell its building located on the southwest corner of Broadway and State Streets. The Mutual Company approached the Hastings City Council and the Barry County Board of Supervisors about its decision to sell. Both groups were interested. About this time, the United States Postal Department expressed an interest in purchasing a parking lot behind the post office, located on the northeast corner of Court and Church streets because their large trucks were requiring so much space that they needed a larger loading and unloading dock. They told the city council that they would gladly pay for the lot. They also expressed the opinion that, “The city could have more room for parking room if they could buy the Hastings Mutual Company building. It was a modern structure that could be used for municipal offices, with possible rental space available for other governmental agencies.” In August 1967, the Banner ran a story which said, “Old City Hall sale set if new fire barn can be built.” In October, the Banner announced that, “The Council sells old hall to National Bank of Hastings.” The sale of the old city hall was the final business transacted at the regular council session held Monday night, Oct. 23, 1967. Under the terms of the agreement, the city had a year from Nov. 7 to vacate the structure which still housed the fire department and office of social services. By Feb. 15, 1968 the city had purchased the old Barry County Garage to house the fire department. In November 1968 the “Old City Hall” came down. Some of the firemen wanted to save the bell, but the bank retained the bell which is now on display a Fish Hatchery Park. Many of the old timers in Hastings have grieved over the loss of their old city hall, one of the most beautiful structures ever built in Barry County. Newborn Babies BOY, Thomas Abraham, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 21, 2007 at 8:36 a.m. to Javier Fernandez and Teasha Sinke of Woodland. Weighing 9 lbs. 5 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Alyssa Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:51 a.m. to Ashley Wyant and Robert Woodmansee of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 11 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Taylor Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 17, 2007 at 5:48 p.m. to Holly and Keith Carpenter of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 9 1/2 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Tanner Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 12, 2007 at 9:19 a.m. to Michael and Rachelle Hill of Nashville. Weighing 6 lbs. 0 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Raelyn Taylor, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 13, 2007 at 6:59 p.m. to Nicki and Jared Osborne of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 0 ozs. and 20 inches long. Tanner Christen, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 19, 2007 at 4:19 to Lisa and Jeff Haight of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Sophia Noelle, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 13, 2007 at 7:25 p.m. to Ron and Dawn Hyatt of Delton. Weighing 8 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 3/4 inches long. BOY, Isaac Charles, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 19, 2007 at 7:52 a.m. to Michael and Shelisa Cusack of Woodland. Weighing 9 lbs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Hunter Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 14, 2007 at 4:10 a.m. to Kiena Lambright and Eric Tomlinson of Clarksville. Weighing 7 lbs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Julien Ray Dilts, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 19, 2007 at 3:29 p.m. to Ashley Dilts and Joshua Davis of Nashville. Weighing 4 lbs. 13 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Isaac Matthew, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 16, 2007 at 2:26 p.m. to Alan and Lisa Orseske of Delton. Weighing 10 lbs. 6 ozs. and 23 inches long. GIRL, Carisa Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 20, 2007 at 12:01 a.m. to Ruth and Shawn Rosenberger of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Wyatt Donald, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 16, 2007 at 7:56 a.m. to Jana and Chad Livingston Jr. of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Preston James, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 21, 2007at 12:18 a.m. to Darryl and Louella Sellars of Delton. Weighing 5 lbs. 13 ozs. and 20 inches long. Social News ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Formerly Chase Geiger Ironside Insurance Agency …Freeport Home & Auto Discounts! 1443 Jordan Lake St. (M-50), Lake Odessa, MI Robin Chase 616-374-1680 • Fax: 616-374-1682 Toll Free: 1-800-522-2919 Small Town Friendly, Personal Service All Your Insurance Needs 06661521 By Esther M. Walton In 1876, the first local fire fighting company was formed and named itself The Hastings Pioneer Engine Company. Later its name was changed to The Hastings Hose Company. In 1886, a disastrous fire that became known by local historians as the “Great Fire” destroyed a large part of downtown Hastings. At the time of this fire, there was no municipal water system or fire fighting equipment, although the needs had been discussed about for several years prior. This disaster prompted citizens and city fathers to construct a water system and ultimately a new city hall. Around 1886-1887, a fire ordinance was adopted and a water works building was constructed and in operation. In 1891, city leaders decided we needed a suitable building for the safe keeping of city property, to house the fire department, and chambers where the city fathers could conduct official business. In those days women could not serve on the council. For more than six years the proposal of building a city hall was discussed. In 1896, the Hastings Banner reported that, “a vote on the question of bonding the city for $10,000, of this amount it is proposed to take $5,000 and build a suitable city hall on the city’s lot adjoining A. Black and Son’s Marble shop on the west, and the remaining $4,000 to pay off the water works bonds which become due this fall. So the bonding indebtedness of the city will really be increased only $6,000.” A 1896 story in the Banner said, “From the beginning of the city the property belonging to the village or the city has stored in one place and the city council met in another. The fire department has been in another and so it has gone. The results had been that large rents have had to be paid for several places; city property had been mislaid, misused or stolen outright. All of this together had made a big expense that the people of this city have had to stand, and if the sum total of the losses were ascertained the amount would be surprising and it would be found to be good interest on the amount that will be invested in the City Hall.” A vote was held in July and it passed. In October an architect and builders were appointed. The builders razed an old livery barn that stood on the property and started excavating. During this process, damage was done to the foundation of the Black Brothers marble shop on the adjacent property which the city was obliged to repair. On Dec. 24, 1896, the Banner ran an article about the new city hall. “The New City Hall will be the prettiest building in the city and a credit to Hastings. There is some complaint that the building will be too expensive. We think that this is unfounded and ought not to Nonetheless, you may not always be able to find the bonds you want with call protection. And if you own a bond that is currently callable and pays more than newer bonds of identical quality, you may well get a call in the near future. You should be prepared for bond calls well before they occur. To help protect your portfolio from call risk, you may want to create a "bond ladder." To build a bond ladder, you buy bonds with varying maturity and call dates. Then, if some of your bonds are called, you'll still have other bonds with many years left until maturity; some of these bonds may still enjoy call protection. So, while some of your bonds may still be at risk of being called, your bond ladder can help provide you with some overall portfolio stability. You can't prevent a bond call - but if you know it may be coming, you can at least be poised to take positive action. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones Jennie Decker SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29: 3:30 pm Middle School Pictures for Cheer Teams 4:30 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Scrimmage Tri Unitity A 4:30 pm Boys JV Basketball Scrimmage H 4:30 pm Boys Fresh Basketball Scrimmage @ Godwin Heights A Gordon and Willo (Hamp) Fuhr to mark their golden anniversary Gordon Fuhr and Willo Hamp were married on November 30, 1957 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hastings. They will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Saturday, December 1 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the Church Parish Hall, 235 West Center Street. The open house is hosted by their children, Brad and Linda, and granddaughter Stevie. Friends and acquaintances are invited to come celebrate with them. Joining them will be Willo’s mother, Maurene Hamp, and other family members. No gifts, please. Your presence is your gift to them. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30: 4:00 pm Girls Fresh Basketball Forest Hills Northern 5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball Forest Hills Northern 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball Forest Hills Northern H H H SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1: 9:00 am Boys JV Wrestling 9:00 am Boys “B” Wrestling 9:30 am Boys Varsity Wrestling Lakewood Ionia Allegan A A A TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh 4:00 pm Girls Fresh 5:30 pm Boys JV 5:30 pm Girls JV 7:00 pm Boys Varsity 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Delton Kellogg Lakewood Delton Kellogg Lakewood Delton Kellogg Lakewood H A H A H A Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball Basketball HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule Next Booster Meeting… Wed., Dec. 5 at 7:30 pm HHS Room - B125 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5: 4:00 pm Boys 8th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “B” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 8th “B” Basketball 5:30 pm Boys Varsity Wrestling 6:00 pm Boys “B” Wrestling Duncan Lake Duncan Lake Duncan Lake Duncan Lake Lakewood Quad Delton Quad A H H A A A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6: 4:00 PM Girls Fresh Basketball 5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball S. Christian S. Christian Grand Rapids Creston S. Christian H H H H Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor: 2008 Hastings Athletic Booster’s Extravaganza! Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at Ramada Inn in Montpelier, Ohio Many prizes including a grand prize of $7,000! Your $100 ticket includes entrance to the raffle, dinner, and beverages during the event ($70 is tax deductible). Discount hotel rooms are available. Tickets are limited so call soon!! 948-4679 or 948-0506. 77518196 Hastings firemen pose outside the old city hall. you a "call premium" - such as one year's worth of interest - when they call your bond. How can you know if a bond can be called? Before you buy a bond, check its specific terms, which are set forth in its indenture - the written agreement between the bond issuer and the bondholders. These terms include the bond's interest rate, maturity rate and other terms - such as call provisions. Some bonds are "freely callable," which means they can be redeemed anytime. However, you can avoid unpleasant surprises by buying a bond that cannot be called - that is, a bond that offers "call protection" for a given period of time. For example, if you buy a bond whose first call is three years from now, you'll be able to take advantage of your bond's interest rate for at least three years, regardless of market rate movements. (Some bonds, called "bullet bonds," cannot be called at all. Bullet bonds, like other bonds with call protection, are typically more expensive - i.e., they pay lower interest rates - than callable bonds.) �Page 8 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The musical “The King and I” is playing for four days this weekend at Lakewood High School. Call the ticket office for reservations. There are evening performances tonight, Friday, Saturday and an afternoon matinee on Sunday. Some beautiful music was composed for this play, set in Siam. The annual holiday dinner hosted by the VFW and auxiliaries for area senior citizens will be held next Tuesday, Dec. 4. Call Achsah Blochowiak for reservations. News from the village council is that another grant has been received for downtown improvement. This grant is for $84,250 for the third phase of facade improvement. stores to benefit in this round are APEC, 3 C’s, C and R Restaurant, Hair Styling salon, Windmill Pizza. Along with this another grant for $96,250 from local and private matches. Currently, the Koops Funeral Chapel is getting new siding from the second phase of the project. Funds come from sale of bonds to private investors. State revenues are not used. The Lakewood News carried a story on the dedication of the largest Habitat house on Clark Street, home of the Lonny Brock family of five. The accompanying photo included Habitat board members Rev. Jonathan Reid of Zion Lutheran Church. Christmas ’Round the Town was another success. The Depot complex had a steady stream of visitors who came for the baked goods sale in the Depot and to visit 10 crafters in the Freight House. Mrs. Bernice Hamp returned home Sunday evening after spending the long weekend in Leslie at the home of son, Allen Hamp, his wife, Mary,and others of Allen’s family. She accompanied granddaughter Tena Hamp of Caledonia there on Wednesday. Richard and Joyce Waite of rural Alto host- ed more than 20 of their family on Thursday. This included their two sons and families, niece Vicki Benham and some of her family. Local people mentioned in the engagement pages of area papers include Possehn, Cranson and Walkington names. Recent college announcements include the graduation of Danielle Fabbri of Sunfield and Tracy Barbour of Lake Odessa. The Dean’s list includes Ryan Rayner of Lake Odessa. Grand Valley announced the graduation of Emily Fyan and Katie Patnoude of Lake Odessa and Jessie Grant of Woodland. The downtown planters were beautiful all summer and fall. Then, in one week, the summer plants were removed and replaced by evergreen boughs. The street lamps were festooned with green roping and round bows. The street-side trees have white lights woven among the branches. BOWLING SCORES Sunday Night Mixed Funky Bowlers 34; Sandbaggers 27; R&N 26; Bounty Hunters 26; Wright Zone 25; Karey’s Crew 25; Misfits 25; Michigan Outlaws 22; Sunday Snoozers 21; Straight Liners 21; Pin Chasers 20 1/2; Late Comers 14 1/2. Womens Good Games and Series - M. Heath 183-545; N. Mroz 235-544; M. Daniels 181-520; A. Hubbell 175-499; J. Rice 168480; K. Carr 173-455; V. Wright 154-437; L. Wright 163-373; J. Nino 135-355; D. Gray 179; H. Jordan 164; J. Shoebridge 147. Mens Good Games and Series - E. Bartlett 244-632; R. Miner 203-555; D. Wright 193-547; R. Snyder 190-534; D. Thomas 220-517; S. Farlee 211-505; T. Hannan 201-509; R. Guild 225; J. Smith 198; J. Wright 182. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 36; Hair Care Center 31; Seebers 31; The River 26; Nothing But Truck 23; Eye and Ent 23; Shamrock Tavern 16. Womens Good Games and Series - K. Becker 199-569; L. Elliston 200-527; S. Pennington 213-516; E. Ulrich 183-510; N. Potter 165-483; B. Hathaway 162-465; G. Scobey 158-457; P. Freeman 167-440; B. Moore 164-438; J. Pettengill 144-359; J. Shurlow 143-393; L. Friend 105-309; T. Christopher 190; Y. Cheeseman 165; B. Smith 163; R. Pitts 134; B. Norris 124. Senior Citizens Three Gals and A Guy 35-13; Team #5 3216; #1 Senior 30.5-17.5; King Pins 30-18; Lucky Strike 29-19; Butterfingers 28-20; M&M’s 24-20*; 4-B’s 24-24; Sun Risers 2325; Early Risers 21-27; Ward’s Friends 20.523.50*; Kuempel 17-31; Friends 13-35. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series Ladies - S. Patch 199-534; Y. Cheeseman 190; N. Boniface 165-467; B. Maker 194; R. Hill 165-438; J. Kasinsky 127; Y. Markley 166; R. Murphy 181; L. Yoder 156-406. Good Games and Series Men - K. Schantz 164; H. Gibson 182; C. Baker 234; R. Boniface 187; C. Purdum 182; J. Heney 178432; B. Talsma 185; N. Thaler 167-455; D. Kiersey 188-539; M. Saldivar 198. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 37-11; James Process Service 30-18; Double A Cookie Factory 2721; NBT 26-22; Kent Oil 25.5-22.5; Dewey’s Auto Body 24.5-23.5; Dean’s Dolls 23-25; Sassy Babes 23-25; The Finishing Touch 12.5-35.5; Hallifax Services 11.5-36.5. Good Games and Series - T. Mitchell 132- BROADWAY VETERINARY CLINIC REMAINS OPEN TO SERVE YOUR PETS . Such as … SHOTS • BOOSTERS • SURGERY Continue to be available by calling: 269-948-2340 REGULAR OFFICE HOURS ARE IN EFFECT. 2195 N. M-43, Hastings Tuesday Trios Chris Taylor Builders 35-13; Luanne’s Team 32-16; Coleman Agency 29.5-18.5; Super-Crips 28-20; Quality Roofing 23-25; Lynn Denton Agency 22-26; trouble 21-27; Macleod Chiropractic 21-27; CB’s 16-32; Critters 12.5-35.5. High Game and Series - C. Etts 117; O. Gillons 165; T. Thompson 146; S. Bernheisler 124; C. Gates 169; S. Snider 159; K. Carpenter 178-502; L. Potter 187-545; B. Innes 172; A. Keillor 166; L. Macleod 166; L. Davis 166; S. Smith 129; M. Heath 180; A. Norton 153; T. Franklin 170; J. Rice 151; L. Trumble 165; P. Cogswell 151; J. Conger 164; J. White 155; K. Farlee 151; M. Daniels 182-516; M. Sears 169; R. Brummel 169; P. Ramey 187; S. Vandenburg 202-531; C. Mack 158; T. Daniels 181-530. 01549790 Specialty Foods and Supplies are available, trust the health of your pet to Broadway Veterinary Clinic in Hastings. 343; V. Carr 174; B. Anders 186-437; S. Nash 151; D. Kelley 173-444; P. Fowler 167; N. Potter 183-454; S. Dunham 163-464; K. Fowler 182; S. Blakely 179; D. Snyder 223536; S. MacIntosh 180; J. Alflen 186-517; L. Elliston 241-581; B. Hathaway 172-461; C. Hurless 153; T. Shaeffer 179-498; A. Smith 159; M. Kill 176-462. Friday Night Mixed AN’D Signs 33; Just Cuz 31; The Simpsons 30; We’re a Mess 27; Liquid Courage 26; Ten Pins 24; Spare Time 24; Whatever 24; UMSU 23; All But One 23; Greasy Balls 23; 9-N-A-Wiggle 22; Oldies But Goodies 16. Womens Good Games and Series - P. Ramey 200-540; T. Phenix 188-499; G. Meaney 215-487; M. Sears 168-462; R. Hammontree 155-399; O. Gillons 274; B. West 162; N. Taylor 156; S. Carlson 156; S. Ripley 153; C. Etts 132. Mens Good Games and Series - A. Rhodes 247-630; M. Kasinsky 216-604; K. Meaney 206-571; R. Chaffee 170-452; L. Porter 198-551; T. Barlow 179-530; M. Vugteveen 185-492; D. Carlson 186-492; B. Madden 227; J. West 223; J. Shoebridge 215; B. Ripley 194; T. Ramey 194; M. Albert 172; D. Lake 157. 77518217 Samuel A. Ritchie Nov. 19, 1968 - Dec. 6, 2006 would like to welcome Chad Miller to their team AUTO BODY & MECHANICAL SERVICE 384 Haynes Loop Drive (Behind Daval’s) 945-7777 TIRE SALES & SERVICE WESTERN SNOW PLOWS SALES & SERVICE Dear Annie: Recently, while visiting outof-town relatives, I was reunited with a second cousin whom I had not seen in 28 years. We are both in our early 40s and single. We hit it off instantly, a total personality click, and spent quite a bit of time together during my stay. Although we didn't act on it, the chemistry between us is very strong. Since returning home, we have kept in touch on a daily basis and have discussed our feelings for one another. We don't know what to do. Is it morally or, more importantly, biblically wrong for us to pursue an intimate relationship? The answer is all that's keeping us apart. I'm sure we are not the first people to be faced with this issue. Your advice will be greatly appreciated. — Waiting for the Answer Dear Waiting: Second cousins may legally marry in all states, so obviously an intimate relationship is acceptable. (Many states also permit first cousins to marry.) The Bible has no prohibition against marriages between cousins. In fact, many biblical married couples were related this way. Feel free to go for it. Stewing about dinner Dear Annie: I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for my in-laws. I arranged all the trimmings and even made homemade cranberry sauce. I told them dinner was at 6 p.m., but they were welcome to come any time after 4:30. Instead, they decided to show up 30 minutes late, for no particular reason. After all the hard work and preparation I did, I was not happy. Worse, after dinner, everyone relocated to the sitting room and never offered to help. When invited to a dinner, especially one that takes days to prepare, I believe it shows good manners to arrive on time or even a little early. I also think one should at least offer to do something, even if it's as simple as cutting the pie. I don't expect my guests to be put to work, but I believe it's nice to offer. Is there proper etiquette for this situation? A lot of people disagree with me. — Not Impressed in Ottawa Dear Ottawa: People should arrive on time for a dinner party of any kind, give or take 10 minutes (unless specifically invited to come earlier). Arriving a half-hour late is very inconsiderate. Although it is kind to offer, guests are not required to help tidy up, since hosts should save the cleanup for when the guests have gone home. Family members, however, are expected to offer to pitch in. Irresponsible parenting Dear Annie: "Scared Grandmother" said her pregnant daughter-in-law locked her other children in their bedroom all morning watching cartoons while she slept. You suggested baby sitters or day care. I, too, am faced with one of my adult children leaving toddlers confined to a room for hours with only occasional visual checks. I, too, think it is neglect. My daughter is not pregnant, however. She's lazy. It's not like she uses the time to clean or do laundry. She mostly watches TV. I wish we had the money to hire a sitter or put the children in day care, but not everyone is rolling in dough. Day care around here is $26 per child per day. My daughter sees nothing wrong with what she's doing, nor does her husband. Calling Child Protective Services will probably mean loss of contact for us. The average family can't spend money on expensive services. When are you going to tell parents to start being responsible for their own children? — Grandma Dear Grandma: We always tell parents they are responsible for their own children, but the parents didn't write to us. There is nothing we can say to grandparents that will force their grown children to listen to them. In your case, if your daughter "visually checks" on her children periodically, it may be sufficient supervision. If the children are in danger, however, Child Protective Services can be called anonymously, and parents are often given a warning first. Let him move out COM E SE E C HAD FOR ALL YO U R A U T O B O DY N E E D S ! 24 HOUR TOWING & RECOVERY Defining ‘relation’ship God called you home to be with Him a year ago. You are now free of cancer and pain. We will miss you until we are together again. Love you forever, Your family… Mom, Dad, Brothers and Children 77518256 Dear Annie: I divorced my husband seven years ago and moved into a townhouse with my children. By chance, I met a wonderful, caring, attentive man and we decided to move in together. After two years, things changed. "Ward" refuses to pay for anything other than half the rent. Only in the last year have I been able to get him to contribute a minimal amount toward the groceries. Mind you, when his three children come every other weekend, they consume every bit of food I have in the house. I asked him for help with the cable bill, as he plops himself in front of the TV for a good number of hours each night, but he tells me if he lived on his own, he wouldn't bother with cable. I don't watch much TV, since he monopolizes the remote. When I ask him to pay a portion of the electric bill, he threatens to move out. I pay for half the rent, half his motorcycle, my car, car insurance, all electric bills and 80 percent of the food and cable bill. Recently, I had a job change and took a huge pay cut. I had no milk in the house, and when I turned to him for help, he claimed he had no money. My family says Ward is using me, and I feel conned. He has recently become a bit verbally abusive, yet he blames me for the worsening of our relationship. He says I am not a fun person anymore. I admit, it's hard to be fun when I'm so stressed. I have gained 60 pounds and am raising three young girls away from my family. I work two jobs to make enough money to live. When things get rough, Ward picks a fight and leaves. What should I do? — Sponged Dear Sponged: It's time to leave this relationship. We don't care how wonderful this man was two years ago, right now he is a freeloader and a verbal abuser. You are better off, financially and emotionally, without him. (If you don't have the backbone to get him out of your life, at least cancel your cable subscription.) Mailings to deceased cause pain Dear Annie: My brother died two years ago last May. Somehow his name became connected to my address. I get mail addressed to him several times a month. Today I received an offer for him to buy life insurance. Every time I receive something addressed to him, I hurt over his loss all over again. This is cruel and I want it to stop. How can I make that happen? — Missing My Little Brother Dear Missing: You can contact these companies and ask them to remove your address from their files, and you should mark each of these envelopes "Deceased — Return to Sender" and put them in the mailbox. You also can fill out forms to remove your brother's name and your address from these mailings through the Direct Marketing Association online at dmachoice.org/MPS, or for $1 by writing: Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box 282, Carmel, N.Y. 10512. The big house looms again Dear Annie: Please reconsider your response to "Tormented in the Suburbs," who inherited a family estate and her husband is demanding that she sell it. The wife inherited the house, not the husband. It's outrageous for him to declare that he'll resent her to his dying day. This is blackmail. You offer a practical solution, but what about the emotional issue of control between them? Putting the emphasis on the wife's ownership has another advantage. It forces her to take the responsibility of figuring out how they'll manage to own the two houses without going broke. — Santa Fe, N.M. Dear Santa Fe: We agree it's the wife's property to do with as she pleases, but she's been married to this man for 43 years and there is no indication that he is otherwise controlling. We think a compromise, not an ultimatum, is in order. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. Marriage Licenses Chad F. Bagley, Plainwell and Jessica M. Charlton, Ramstein, Germany. Cory Eugene Hayes, Woodland and Nicole Hope Powell, Ionia. Martin Elwood Henney, Woodland and Monica Rae Guilford, Woodland. John Curtis Smith, Middleville and Amanda Jean Garms, Middleville. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christian L. Harmon, married to Sonya Harmon, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated April 28, 2006 and recorded May 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1163917, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Two and 55/100 Dollars ($88,372.55) including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1194 in the City of Hastings, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517898 File No. 199.4378 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Four And 51/100 Dollars ($164,144.51), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518058 File #148541F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gina Jones, A Married Woman and Bill Jones, Her Husband, original mortgagor(s), to New Century Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 28, 2006, and recorded on July 12, 2006 in instrument 1167089, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-NC5, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-NC5 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Seven Hundred SeventyOne And 25/100 Dollars ($182,771.25), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 1/2 of Lots 918 and 919 and the North 1/2 of the East 1/2 of Lot 922, City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the Recorded Plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517818 File #170815F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Susan M Scott, married, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 31, 2006, and recorded on August 16, 2006 in instrument 1168697, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Suntrust Mortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen And 49/100 Dollars ($76,216.49), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 6, Block 4, R. J. Grant's Second Addition to the city, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, in Liber 1 of plats, on page 16 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517923 File #171135F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott C. Adams, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on June 1, 2006 in instrument 1165410, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Four And 62/100 Dollars ($102,584.62), including interest at 10.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1007 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518036 File #172450F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert Dean Stadel, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 10, 2006 in instrument 200607100008700, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the BNC Mortgage Loan Trust 20061 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of TwentyEight Thousand Nine Hundred Ten And 66/100 Dollars ($28,910.66), including interest at 8.35% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North half of Lots 9 and 10, of Block 13, Daniel Striker's Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the Recorded Plat thereof being Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 8, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517830 File #170358F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by RICKY A. PARKS, A MARRIED MAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated November 30, 2001, and recorded on December 5, 2001, in Document No. 1070821, and assigned by said mortgagee to THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as assigned,Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Six Hundred Forty Dollars and Twenty Cents ($80,640.20), including interest at 6.500% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on December 6, 2007 Said premises are situated in Township of BARRY, Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 69 AND 70 OF J.R. BUSH'S FIRST ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33, BEING A PART OF THE EAST 1 / 2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1 / 4 OF SECTION 6, TOWN 1 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 5, 2007 THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77517918 Southfield, MI 48075 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on September 17, 2003, by Timothy A. Rasey and Trixie L. Rasey, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 19, 2003, in Document No. 1113622 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($136,577.36), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Carlton, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 17, Coldwater River Country Estates, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Document No. 1060986, on Pages 1-47, inclusive, and Document No. 1060987, on Pages 1-3, inclusive, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 20, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77517994 KZLIB:559020.1\105064-00162 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jack Steel, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Amerisave Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 29, 2005, and recorded on May 11, 2005 in instrument 1146292, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiFinancial Mortgage Company Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ten Thousand Thirty-Six And 74/100 Dollars ($110,036.74), including interest at 6.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 5, Block 13 of H.J. Kenfield's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of plats, Page 9 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517838 File #170788F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Waldon and Martha B. Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 25, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122731, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ten and 09/100 Dollars ($162,910.09) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and being more particularly described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, distant North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 662.40 feet from the South onequarter post of said Section 31; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 662.19 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 662.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West 622.71 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 662.41 feet to the place of beginning. Together and Subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities described as: commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along the South line of said Section 31 a distance of 1324.81 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 31 and the true place of beginning; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds East along the East line of said Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter a distance of 629.71 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds West, 882.39 feet; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 66.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 948.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 348.51 feet; thence South 21 Degrees 25 minutes 32 Seconds East, 934.75 feet to the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West along said centerline, 66.75 feet; thence North 21 Degrees 25 Minutes 32 Seconds West, 597.57 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 131.56 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental until in any part thereof taken, used of deeded for street, road or highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518030 File No. 280.1237 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Franklin E. Barnes, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Woodhams Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 15, 1990, and recorded on June 25, 1990 in Liber 501 on Page 213, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to EverHome Mortgage Company as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Twenty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Sixteen And 40/100 Dollars ($27,916.40), including interest at 10.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Lots 32 and 33 of Vickery's Lakeside Park, According to the Recorded Plat thereof, as Recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 32. Parcel B: Beginning at the Southwest Corner of Lot 35 of said Vickery's Lakeside Park, thence North 76 Degrees 18 Minutes 30 Seconds West 79.86 Feet to the Northeast Corner of Lot 32 of said Plat, Thence South 31 Degrees 18 Minutes West, Along the East Line of Lots 32 and 33, A Distance of 60.00 Feet to the Southeast Corner of said Lot 33, Thence North 86 Degrees 30 Minutes 30 Seconds East, 108.49 Feet to a Point on the South Line of Oak Drive, Thence North 01 Degree 18 Minutes East 25.09 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farming ton Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517874 File #169847F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Morgan and Janet Morgan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 24, 2006 in instrument 1165077, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Six Hundred Ten And 69/100 Dollars ($103,610.69), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 2, Block 3, Kenfield's 2nd Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518130 File #173207F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mitchell Henning and Amanda Henning, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated July 25, 2002 and recorded August 22, 2002 in Instrument Number 1086107, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Leader Financial Services by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($117,347.36) including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 29, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, Irving Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West 327.5 feet for a place of beginning; thence West 327.5 feet; thence North 665.1feet; thence East 327.5 feet; thence South 665.1 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77517888 File No. 283.0126 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Delbert O. Moore and Peggy S. Moore, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2003 and recorded May 12, 2003 in Instrument Number 1103998, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty and 94/100 Dollars ($94,440.94) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land commencing at the North onequarter post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; thence South along the North and South onequarter line 1436.50 feet; thence West to the Westerly line of Truck Line Highway M-43 for the place of beginning, thence West from the place of beginning 610.50 feet; thence South 264 feet; thence East 608 feet; thence North along the aforementioned Highway to place of beginning. Excepting therefrom the North 100 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518204 File No. 200.2773 �Page 10 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 1, 2006, and recorded on June 19, 2006 in instrument 1166188, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for RBSGC 2007-A as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen And 98/100 Dollars ($115,213.98), including interest at 7.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Ya nkee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Unit 2, Gary Godley Condominium Southwest 1/4, Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517913 File #171460F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2006-2462 DE In the matter of LUKAS PENDER KOHLER. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: LUKAS PENDER KOHLER, whose whereabouts are/is unknown whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Barry County Probate Court before Judge William Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: A hearing on the petition of James L. Juhnke P24416 asking that Lukas Pender Kohler be presumed deceased as of October 18, 2006 and his estate be probated all in accord with MCL 700.1208(2). Date: 11/27/07 James L. Juhnke P24416 835 Golden Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 269-963-1441 James L. Juhnke 835 Golden Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 77518245 269-963-1441 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 14, 2006 in instrument 1167169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five And 17/100 Dollars ($131,775.17), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518233 File #174041F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Trust In the Matter of MARIAN M. CARLSON TRUST under Agreement dated July 26, 2004. Date of Birth: March 29, 1919. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Marian M. Carlson, who lived at 3096 Beatrice Avenue, Middleville, Michigan died October 16, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “Marian M. Carlson Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to Sandra M. Cook, 3078 Beatrice Avenue, Middleville, Michigan 49333, or Chris C. Little, 4645 Applewood, SE, Kentwood, Michigan 49508, Successor CoTrustees, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: November 7, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street, Suite A Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 Sandra M. Cook 3078 Beatrice Avenue Middleville, MI 49333 Chris C. Little 4645 Applewood, SE 77517948 Kentwood, MI 49508 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the following is a summary of an Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 131, which was adopted by the Township Board of Prairieville Township at its meeting held on November 14, 2007. ORDINANCE NO. 131 SECTION I. ZONING OF UNPLATTED PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 5. This section amends the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance so as to clarify and restate the zoning classifications of unplatted land in Land Section 5 of Prairieville Township, including the rezoning of certain unplatted land in Land Section 5 in the vicinity of 10175 Lindsey Road in Prairieville Township from the “A” Agricultural District zoning classification to the “R-1” Single Family Low Density Residential District zoning classification. SECTION II. CONDITIONS TO REZONING. This section incorporates by reference and as an amendment to the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance a Statement of Conditions attached to the Ordinance setting forth, as authorized under MCL 125.3405, conditions attached to the rezoning of one of the properties described in Section I of this Ordinance, which property is specifically described in the Statement of Conditions. SECTION III. TIME PERIOD FOR ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT. This section provides that development of the land rezoned hereunder as an Open Space Preservation Development pursuant to building and other required permits must be commenced within 60 months after this Ordinance takes effect and thereafter proceed diligently to completion, unless the 60month time period is extended by the Township Board of Prairieville Township. SECTION IV. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable. SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES. This Ordinance shall take effect 8 days following publication after adoption. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, including Prairieville Township Ordinance No. 129, are hereby repealed. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the full text of the Ordinance has been posted in the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address set forth below and that copies of the Ordinance may be purchased or inspected at the office of the Prairieville Township Clerk during regular business hours of regular working days following the date of this publication. Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township 10115 S. Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77518198 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The Mortgage described below is in default: Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) made by Sherman L. Boulter, a single man, as Mortgagor to United Bank of Michigan and later assigned by law to United Bank Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan banking corporation, with its address at 900 East Paris Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, as Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2000 and recorded on July 21, 2000, Document No. 1047113, Barry County Records, Barry County, Michigan. The balance owing on the Mortgage is $8,673.05 at the time of this Notice. The Mortgage contains a power of sale and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part of the Mortgage. TAKE NOTICE that on December 20, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, or any adjourned date thereafter, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan (which is the building where the Circuit Court for Barry County is held). The Mortgagee will apply the sale proceeds to the debt secured by the Mortgage as stated above, plus interest on the amount due at the rate of nine and three quarters (9.750%) percent per annum; all legal costs and expenses, including attorneys fees allowed by law; and also any amount paid by the Mortgagee to protect its interest in the property. The property to be sold at foreclosure is all of that real estate situated in Barry County, Michigan, described as: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 1106.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST 522.95 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 440 FEET OF THE WEST HALF, EAST HALF OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 226.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST 25.0 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF, EAST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 199.43 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH THREE-SIXTEENTH OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 497.45 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1133 FEET OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 427.0 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY FOR SADDLER ROAD. Tax Id: 08-11-018-024-30 The redemption period shall be one-year from the date of sale pursuant to MCLA 600.3240(8). November 8, 2007 UNITED BANK MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee PLUNKETT COONEY KELLI L. BAKER (P49960) Attorney for Mortgagee 333 Bridge Street, NW Ste. 530 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 77518005 (616) 752-4624 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L Visser, a Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 200410290016357 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($95,474.17) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 26, 2007 U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-82929 ASAP# 941654 11/29/2007, 77518238 12/06/2007, 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007 Stay informed by reading PUBLIC NOTICES in the HASTINGS BANNER! FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Daniel K. Rice, A Married Man and Shennon Rice, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004 and recorded October 15, 2004 in Instrument #1135521 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($123,485.81) including interest 10.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The East one-half of Lot 23 of Algonquin Lake Resort Properties Unit Number 1, According to the recorded Plat Thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats on Page 56. Commonly known as 2485 Wasabinang, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WM Specialty Mortgage LLC, Without Recourse, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77517879 Our File No: 07-81565 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Dawn G. Sixberry, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 24, 2004, and recorded on March 2, 2004 in instrument 1123026, and assigned by said Mortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Nine And 22/100 Dollars ($84,469.22), including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, Described as; Commencing at the South 1/4 Corner of said Section 23, Thence Westerly, 660 to the Point of Beginning; Thence East along the South Section Line a Distance of 594 Feet; Thence North a Distance of 586; Thence West 594 Feet; Thence South 586 Feet to the Point of Beginning. EXCEPT: A Parcel of Land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 23, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, the Boundary of Said Parcel described as; Commencing at the Southwest Corner of said Section 23: Thence East along the South Line of Said Section 2201.05 Feet; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 556.00 feet to the point of beginning of this description; Thence Continuing North 00 Degrees 51 Minutes 50 Seconds West 60.00 Feet ; Thence East Parallel with said Section South Line 374.08 Feet: Thence South 00 Degrees 53 Minutes 24 Seconds East Parallel with the NorthSouth 1/4 Line of said Section 60.00 Feet: Thence West Parallel with said South Line 374.09 feet to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77517824 File #041333F02 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Advantage Housing, Inc., dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 455, et. seq., and which Mortgage was assigned to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), by Mortgage Assignment dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 458, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $85,932.25, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), together with interest at 8.74 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on December 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 POST OF SECTION 3, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 1323.82 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 445.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 58’ WEST), 244.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 41’ 32” EAST, 62.13 FEET (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS 60.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 13’ 22” WEST, 42.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 507.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 10 ACRES OF THE WEST 50 ACRES OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4, 287.81 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET WIDE DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 286.9 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST 15.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST, 286.9 FEET TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH LINE, 15.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may have in the 1995 Redman Mobile Home, Serial Number 137B6073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77517999 Dated: November 13, 2007 HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Notice of Public Hearing Proposed 2008 Budget PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on December 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the Township Hall at 885 River Road, Hastings, the Board of Trustees will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed 2008 Township Budget. The Board may not adopt its proposed 2008 Budget until after the public hearing. The property tax rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be discussed at this hearing. A copy of the proposed budget, including the proposed property tax millage rate, will be available for inspection after December 1 by appointment with the Clerk. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk 269-948-9690 office 269-945-3291 home Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the township clerk at least seven (7) days in advance of the hearing. This notice posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1976 as amended (Open Meetings Act) MCLA41.72a(2)(3) and with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 77518213 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 11 SEPTIC, continued from page 1 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Angela M. Huyck, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to National City Mortgage Services Co, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on December 27, 2004 in instrument 1139144, and assigned by said Mortgagee to National City Mortgage Co as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Three And 59/100 Dollars ($76,693.59), including interest at 6.43% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 77 of J. R. Bush's First Addition to the Village of Delton, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page 33. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC F 248.593.1313 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills Michigan 48334 2525 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24927-DE Estate of Douglas Walter Rivers. Date of birth: 1/30/1957. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Douglas Walter Rivers, who lived at 1042 Becker, Hastings, Michigan died May 5, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Dorothy Rivers (PM), named personal representative, or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court St., Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 11/12/07 James J. Goulooze P44497 137 W. State St. Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-2255 Dorothy Rivers 325 E. William St. Hastings, MI 49058 77518209 269-945-5301 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($166,265.20), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518146 File #045798F03 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary R. E. Lytle and Robert G. Lytle, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004 and recorded October 7, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135141, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 10/100 Dollars ($158,458.10) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 779.00 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 13; thence South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 468.46 feet along said North line; thence South 01 degrees, 08 minutes, 17 seconds, West 579.99 feet along the West line of the East 66 feet of the West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 13; thence North 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds West 468.46 feet; thence North 01 degrees, 08 minutes 17 seconds East 579.99 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518221 File No. 280.3302 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Truda L. Sager and Brian S. Sager, wife and husband as joint tenants, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 27, 2005 and recorded January 9, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158654, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight and 57/100 Dollars ($134,738.57) including interest at 6.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 1, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along the South line of said Section, 270.00 feet to the Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along said South line, 386.65 feet to the West line of the East 20 acres South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along said West line, 320.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds East, parallel with said South line, 386.65 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 320.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518156 File No. 362.2406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry Thurman, a married man and Valerie Thurman, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to MMS Mortgage Services, LTD., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 1999, and recorded on June 4, 1999 in instrument 1030645, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 58/100 Dollars ($80,357.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the center of said Section 17; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on the East and West 1/4 line 550.00 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on said 1/4 line 330.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 1652.65 to the North line of the South 3/4 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 36 second West on same 220.02 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 661.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 110.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 990.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518186 File #167192F02 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate In the Matter of Kathleen Clarey Trust under Agreement dated February 5, 1997. Date of Birth: October 30, 1918. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Kathleen E. Clarey, who lived at 521 W. Green Street, Hastings, Michigan died November 1, 2007 leaving the above Trust entitled “Kathleen E. Clarey Trust” in full force and effect. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to John L. Clarey, Jr., 408 Lincoln Street, Portland, Michigan 48875, Personal Representative and Successor Trustee, within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: November 27, 2007 Hudson Law Offices, PLC Richard J. Hudson P15220 150 W. Court Street Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-9292 John L. Clarey, Jr. 408 Lincoln Street 77518231 Portland, MI 48875 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Julio OrtizSosa and Dorothy Ortiz-Sosa, his wife, to The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 28, 1996, and recorded on May 29, 1996, in Liber 661, on page 865, Barry County Records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to 21st Mortgage Corporation by an assignment dated March 30, 2006 and recorded on April 12, 2006 in Document No. 1163001, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of sixty thousand thirty five and 93/100 dollars ($60,035.93) including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence East 94 rods along the North line of said Section 28 to the true place of beginning, thence South 209 feet parallel with the West line of said Section 28, thence West, 417 feet parallel with said North Section line, thence North 209 feet to said North Section line, thence East 417 feet along the North Section line to the point of beginning and all attachment thereon including a 1995 Patriot Washington Park 28 x 56 manufactured housing unit bearing serial identification number LPP-5512 A/B IN. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Cloverdale Road. Tax No. 07-028-007-16 The redemption period shall be 6 years from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241 or MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MLCA 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: November 20, 2007 21st Mortgage Corporation, Assignee of Mortgage Richard A. Green, Attorneys, 30150 N. Telegraph Rd., Ste 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 77518181 (248) 540-7665 77517647 RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities 77517647 50 N. M-37 Hwy Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-3550 77518215 1589 Pinedale Dr. Hastings, MI Reduced OPEN HOUSE Call Ruth 269-838-8834 Kristen E. Hoel Attorneys at Law McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 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Hooker, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on May 17, 2006, in Document No. 1164692 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen and 55/100 Dollars ($112,515.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE RECORDED PLAT OF J.R. BUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES WEST IN THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT 33.68 FEET TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 34 RODS AND 8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 196.39 FEET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE RAILROAD, NOW VACATED; THENCE SOUTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST 68.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 213.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 66 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY OVER THE EASTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF, BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Commonly known as 606 S. Grove St., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518151 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 al infrastructure was needed at the plant, in order to continue accepting septage pumped from private tanks for treatment. Septage the SWBCSWA receives from private sources is of a much higher strength than septage received from those customers on the system, he said, noting higher costs associated with treating this kind of septage. Doster said that additional improvements are needed at the plant to continue accepting private septage. The costs of these improvements are to be borne by people with tanks to pump, not the people on the system. These improvements include storage for septage and better screening, added testing, personnel, utilities, etc. The Authority does not intend to make people on the system pay for this. The price increase will pay for infrastructure at the plant necessary to allow people to have their tanks pumped, in order to protect the environment, at a reasonable cost to area residents who are not on the public sewer system, said Doster. At a meeting of the SWBCSWA Nov. 19, Lyons and others suggested that Barry County residents be charged a lower rate and those from outside the county pay a higher fee. “Why should the Barry County residents be penalized by the treatment plants in Barry County for their greediness to accept septage from surrounding counties when their plant is only capable of handling a certain amount of septage?” she later asked. Doster said he thought the separate fees were illegal and discriminatory. Lyons said that Doster reported that the Authority was barely making money. “As the meeting continued, we found that this increase is not for operational growth,” said Lyons, but for capital improvements, such as a tractor. Bob Monroe, director of the Gun Lake Area Sewer Authority Waste Water treatment plant told the Banner that no decision has been made about whether to raise rates. Monroe noted that fees charged by treatment centers cover a wide range. In Kalamazoo, the fee is more than 10 cents per gallon, he said. The GLASWA plant is installing a new 500,000-gallon septic receiving station that will be ready in April. Yankee Springs Supervisor Al McCrumb, who sits on the GLASWA board, said that some of the money earned from treatment of septic waste will be used to renovate the existing plant which is nearing 30 years of age. “We are not trying to gouge anyone,” Monroe said. “We need to pay back our costs and maintain the plant.” A plan for the Hastings Waste Water Treatment plant to accept septage will be on the agenda of the Dec., 10 Hastings City Council meeting. This plan has been approved by the MDEQ. This will be a required public hearing. The plant will only be open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and locked to prevent unauthorized dumping. Septage haulers will have their loads tested and will be charged based on that testing. Rates in the Hastings plant are set by a fee structure formula approved last year. The fee structure was approved in ordinance 2006-25. Information about this fee structure is available by contacting the City of Hastings. 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel A. Speck and Deborah J. Speck, husband and wife, as tenants by the entirety, to CitiMortgage, Inc., SBM with Citifinancial Mortgage Company, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 3, 2000 and recorded September 29, 2000 in Instrument Number 1050167, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Five and 50/100 Dollars ($116,695.50) including interest at 10.08% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Section 11, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, thence South 89 Degrees 55 Minutes 15 Seconds East, 988.19 feet along the North line of said Section; thence South 00 Degrees 04 Minutes 45 Seconds West 277.09 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 25 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 588.00 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 04 Minutes 45 Seconds West 390.00 feet, more or less, to the South line of the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 11; thence Westerly 1575.00 feet, more or less, along said South line to the West line of said Section 11; thence Northerly 660.00 feet, more or less, along said West line to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518226 File No. 201.7140 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charles E Collins and Carol L Collins, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006, and recorded on September 11, 2006 in instrument 1169839, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-WF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Seven And 29/100 Dollars ($209,557.29), including interest at 8.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot Fifteen (15) and the South forty-two (42) feet of Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Nine (9) of the Lincoln Park Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the recorded Plat thereof; Also quit-claiming all my rights, title, and interest in and to the alley hereto vacated by the City of Hastings adjacent to said premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518041 File #172624F01 Synopsis HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP Regular Board Meeting Nov. 13, 2007 Six Board members present, Smith absent; Co. Comm. Gibson and 3 guests. Approved consent agenda. Received Treasurer’s Report. Appointed Shelia Huis to 3 year term on Library Board. Opened and discussed roof bids, Wilder will check references, etc. Accepted audit proposal from Walker, Fluke, & Sheldon. Approved Holmes Drain expenditure for 2 years. Adopted Poverty Exemption Requirements Resolution. Amended budget: Township Board $5000; Elections $250. Paid outstanding bills. Adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Bonnie L. Cruttenden, Clerk Attested to by: 77518211 Jim Brown, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Gregory W Ferris, a married man and Dawn A Ferris, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 1, 2004, and recorded on September 3, 2004 in instrument 1133446, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage, LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two And 64/100 Dollars ($157,572.64), including interest at 6.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 6, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northeast 1/4 of section 28, Town 2 North, Range 7 West, Described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of said section; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 518.00 feet along the East line of said Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 60.01 feet to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds East 220.00 feet along the West right of way line of State Trunk line M-66; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds West 480.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds West 220.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 55 seconds East 480.00 feet to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #170738F01 77517908 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew Wayne Shade and Terri Jo Shade, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated January 16, 2007, and recorded on January 23, 2007 in instrument 1175483, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($195,442.81), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 231 feet South of the Northeast corner of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 35; thence South 479 feet; thence West 385 feet; thence North 710 feet; thence East 160 feet; thence South 231 feet; thence East 225 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518191 File #173850F01 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Barry County Road Commission will hold a Public Hearing on its proposed 2008 Budget. The hearing will be held at the Barry County Road Commission at 1725 West M43 Highway, Hastings, Michigan at 5:30 p.m. on December 11, 2007. A copy of the proposed budget is available for inspection at the Road Commission office. 77518202 SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting November 8, 2007 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the Special meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Clerk N. Nichols, and Trustees S. Ritchie and W. Miller Also present was Auditor, Dan Veldhuizen of Siegfried, Crandall, Vos, and Lewis Special meeting agenda was approved. Questions and Answers and Discussion took place regarding the audit for fiscal year end March 2007 Meeting Adjourned 7:00 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the Regular meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. All members present Also present were members of the public. Agenda was approved as amended Approved Regular Board Meeting minutes October 10, 2007 Revised Draft 11-14-07 with corrections. Correspondence was read Received County Commissioner, Wayne Adams report. Public Comments were received. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Approved BPH Fire Dept annual billing Discussed Hickory Corner Fire Department annual billing and need for a contract Approved Hickory Corners Fire Dept annual billing Returned 2 Pine Lake Firefighters from medical leave of absence. Accepted a Pine Lake Firefighter resignation. Police Department report received and placed on file. Approved Vacation pay of 80 hours to Rich Frazer. Clerk’s report Approved the list of bills to be paid in the amount of $25,207.33. Approved Proposed Master Land Use Plan. Discussed options for appointee to Barry County Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. Discussed Clerk N. Nichols attending Plainwell City Meeting regarding Lake Doster Sewer Adopted Ordinance # 131 and Passed Restated Resolution. Approved Gull Lake Delinquent Sewer Roll No public comment was received. Tabled meeting room bids. Approved Green Gables contract with corrections. Discussed hall rental agreement for next month’s meeting. Discussed Clerk N. Nichols working on insurances. Trustee W. Miller updated the Board on the Township Signs. Meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner 77518262 Prairieville Township Supervisor THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Matthew Salmen, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 30, 2007 and recorded June 7, 2007 in Instrument Number 1181428, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by IndyMac Bank F.S.B. by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Sixty-Four and 73/100 Dollars ($257,064.73) including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 6, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel M: That part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 14, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, Johnston Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the center of said Section 14; thence South 0 Degrees 23 Minutes 10 Seconds West on the North and South one-quarter line 1393.56 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence on the centerline of Bird Road, Southwesterly 345.05 feet on the arc of a 583.56 foot radius curve to the right to the far end of chord which bears South 11 Degrees 44 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 339.99 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds West parallel to the South section line 1245.59 feet; thence North 0 Degrees 27 Minutes 13 Seconds East on the North and South one-eighth line of the Southwest onequarter, 332.68 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 50 Minutes 39 Seconds East 1312.19 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 8, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 File No. 225.0698 77517903 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held November 27, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77517967 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Hause and Katherine Paulsen, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 13, 2005, and recorded on April 20, 2005 in instrument 1145154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., As Trustee For The Benefit of the Certificate Holders, Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WCW2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Four And 76/100 Dollars ($80,744.76), including interest at 7.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 209 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southwest 1/4 for the place of beginning; thence North 218 feet; thence East 313.5 feet; thence South 218 feet; thence West 313.5 feet to the place of beginning. EXCEPT the North 33 feet of the South 242 feet of the West 313.5 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518176 File #174291F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jean A. Hass, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to The Mortgage House, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2000, and recorded on May 30, 2000 in instrument 200005300005685, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($88,512.65), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 30, a distance of 742.50 feet (45 rods); thence North 66 feet (4 rods) to the true place of beginning; thence continuing North 313.50 feet (19 rods); thence North 70 degrees 31 minutes 45 seconds East 78.06 feet; thence South 06 degrees 57 minutes 56 seconds East 80.10 feet; thence South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East 19.91 feet; thence South 242.81 feet; thence West 93.34 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518118 File #173014F01 NOTICE HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP The Township is seeking an applicant to serve on the Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. This applicant must be a registered voter. Call the Township at 269-948-9690 or Supervisor Jim Brown at 888-2402638 for an application. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Dec. 10, 2007. The Township Board reserves the right to reject any or all applicants. 77518085 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Paul D. Everitt, an unmarried man, of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated July 19, 2006, and recorded on July 25, 2006, in Instrument No. 1167673 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Four Thousand Eighty Dollars and Twenty Six Cents ($44,080.26), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 12.7%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on December 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Woodland, County of Barry and which are described as follows: Lots 33 and 34, Innovation Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3, Page 21, Barry County Records. P.P. #08-15-080024-00 which includes a 1988 Fairmont mobile home and has an address of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: November 15, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518124 (616) 458-1315 AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTIFY (248) 362-6100 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default having been made in the terms and conditions of a certain mortgage made by Robert L. Page and Carrie A. Page, husband and wife of Barry County, Michigan, Mortgagor to National Bank of Hastings dated the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds, for the County of Barry and State of Michigan, on the 20th day of July, A.D. 1998, as Instrument number 1015783 of Barry Records, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due, at the date of this notice, for principal of $9,585.61 (nine thousand five hundred eighty-five and 61/100) plus accrued interest at 11.750% (eleven point seven five) percent per annum. And no suit proceedings at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt secured by said mortgage or any part thereof. Now, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statue of the State of Michigan in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that on, the 6th day of December, A.D., 2007, at 1:00:00 PM o’clock said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, Barry County, Michigan, of the premises described in said mortgage. Which said premises are described as follows: All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Township of Thornapple, in the County of Barry and State of Michigan and described as follows to wit: Township of Thornapple, County of Barry, Michigan: Beginning at the South one quarter post of Section 32, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East along the North and South one quarter line of said Section 32, a distance of 881.49 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East 440.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 550.00 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West 130.00 feet to the South line of said Section 32; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West, along said South section line 665.00 feet to the place of beginning. Together with an ingress and egress easement with others described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 32 which lies South 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds East 632.00 feet from the South one quarter post of said Section 32; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 115.29 feet; thence North 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds West, 302.36 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East, 884.67 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds East 120.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds East, 120.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 120.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 23 seconds West 27.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 855.33 feet; thence South 47 degrees 41 minutes 31 seconds East, 302.36 feet; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 37 seconds West, 144.72 feet to said South section line; thence North 89 degrees 37 minutes 08 seconds West 66.00 feet to the place of beginning. Commonly known as: 2055 Spencer Drive Middleville, MI 49333 Tax ID No.: 08-14-032-002-90 The redemption period shall be one year from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 8, 2007 WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., L.P.A. By: Michael I. Rich (P-41938) Attorney for Plaintiff Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., L.P.A. 2155 Butterfield Drive Suite 200-S Troy, MI 48084 77517893 WWR# 10007718 / MUA �Page 13 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Dowling man injured in two-car accident Hastings Police responded to minor personal injury accident that occurred Nov. 24 in the 400 block of North Michigan Avenue. A north-bound vehicle being driven by Clinton Jones, 17, of Dowling had stopped for a vehicle in front of him making a right-hand turn onto East High Street. Another vehicle heading north and driven by Arturo Gomez, 40, of Woodland ran into the back of the Jones vehicle. Gomez attempted to stop but could not do so prior to the collision. Police were not contacted until Jones started to experience pain attributed to the accident. Domestic assault suspect compounds legal problems Hastings Police responded to a domestic assault complaint Nov. 24 at a residence in the 700 block of Barfield Drive. The 47-year-old victim contacted Barry County Central Dispatch after a family member assaulted him. Police made contact with the suspect who was identified as Daniel Doyle, 20, of Hastings. Doyle refused to cooperate with officers and became irate and combative when they tried to speak with him. He fought with the officers as they took him into custody for the assault, and continued to be combative until he was secured in the patrol car. Doyle was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of domestic assault, resisting and obstructing a police officer causing injuries, and for being a minor in possession of alcohol by consumption. Hastings police investigating B and E complaints Hastings Police are investigating a series of breaking and entering incidents at the same business during the past week. The first incident was reported Nov. 20, after the manager of the Hastings Laser Wash, 1530 S. Hanover St., found the business had been broken into. It is believed to have occurred during the previous 24 hours. The suspect(s) had gained entry into the mechanical room by prying open the rear door. Once inside, the suspect(s) gained entry into two coin machines and took a large amount of quarters The business was broken into a second and third time on Nov. 26 and Nov. 27 using the same method of entry. The suspect(s) again took a large amount of quarters from the coin machines. The police department believes the same suspect(s) are responsible for the break-ins and are asking the public for any information that may help the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hastings City Police Department at (269) 945-5744. Caledonia man arrested on outstanding warrants A Hastings officer investigating a suspicious vehicle parked at the River Walk Park during the early morning hours of Nov. 24, arrested a Caledonia man after learning that the man was wanted on two outstanding warrants. The officer made contact with the man, who was identified as Robert Fields, 47. After running a name search the officer found that Fields was wanted on a traffic offense in Grand Rapids and on Friend of the Court charges out of Newaygo County. Additionally, Fields was found to be in possession of marijuana, discovered on the driver’s seat of his vehicle. He was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail. 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The man said he observed three hunters shooting at a deer and felt the round from a shotgun strike his vehicle just behind the driver’s side door. Deputies questioned three men who were hunting in the area, but each denied shooting in the direction of the truck. The case remains open and no arrests were made. DO YOU WANT QUALITY PRINTING at affordable prices? Call J-Ad Graphics at (269)945-9554. !!PRICE REDUCED!! 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 MILES, CHROME, NEW PAINT, LOWERED, NEW PIPES. MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $13,500 OBO. (616)893-6681 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Business Services Delton Body Shop broken into Barry County Sheriff Deputies are investigating the break in of the Delton Body Shop on Nov. 22. Listed among the items stolen were air tools, a battery charger, Snap-On tools and a grinder. Deputies determined that the thieves removed a window to gain entry overnight between Nov. 21 and early Nov. 22. The investigation remains open. Prairieville Police Department nab poachers On Nov. 15, opening day of firearms deer season, Prairieville Police were assisting the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Barry Township Police Department on several reported "poaching" incidents involving the same described vehicle. The vehicle was spotted by Prairieville police and stopped on Stevens Road near Moore Road in Hope Township. The driver of the vehicle, Stephen Rex Fetterley, Sr., 57, of Delton was arrested on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and on an outstanding warrant from the Friend of the Court in Barry County. The passenger, Jedadyah David Noble, 26, of Plainwell was arrested on two outstanding warrants for driving while his license was suspended, one from Allegan County and one from Barry County. Both men were lodged in the Barry County Jail. The DNR is following up on the poaching complaints. HOME IMPROVEMENTS/HANDYMAN: Specializing in decks, roofing, windows, siding, additions & remodeling. Experienced work for a cheap price. Call Alan Klein for all your home improvement needs. (269)945-9269 YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: ® The WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. THANK YOU to those dear hearts and gentle people of Barry County for the flowers & over 100 birthday cards. God bless you Mabel Lavender YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. d Recreation A 23-year-old man was robbed and kidnapped in Battle Creek Nov. 16. He said he was walking alone when a vehicle containing three men stopped and forced him inside the vehicle. The man was led to believe that at least one of his captors had a weapon. The three men drove around, forcing their victim to sit with his head down so he could not ascertain the route. They eventually let him go after taking $60 in cash from him. The man walked to a nearby home and learned he was in Assyria Township. The homeowner called authorities. The victim was not able to give a good description of his abductors since they all wore hooded sweatshirts. He did say that all three men were African American, one was six feet tall and slender, one was approximately 5’10” and in his mid- 20s, and the driver had braids in his hair. He said the vehicle was an older model green or teal four-door Oldsmobile but he did not get a plate number. The case is being investigated by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. Card of Thanks All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. 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The Saxons plan on playing the role of the tortoise this winter, with slow and steady improvement winning the race. “A few injuries and inexperience will cause our line-ups to shuffle around a bit before we get to full strength,” said Hastings’ varsity wrestling coach Mike Goggins. That means it’s a good thing for the Saxons that the O-K Gold Conference season doesn’t get rolling until a home dual with the Byron Center Bulldogs Jan. 9. Hastings is shooting for its sixth O-K Gold Conference championship in seven years this winter, and the Bulldogs are one of the top contenders in a balanced league along with the Saxons, Thornapple Kellogg Trojans, Hamilton Hawkeyes, and Forest Hills Northern Huskies. Hastings was slated to open the season last night in Holland, and will be on the mats again this Saturday at the Allegan Invitational. “I feel like we will start out a little slower this year until our line-up is sorted out, and finish strong,” Goggins said. “I don’t like to make predictions about the season, but our goal is to wrestle competitively every time out and I think we’ll be able to do that again this year.” Goggins does have some talented wrestlers ready to get the season started off right though. Junior 119-pounder Matt Watson, returns. Watson is a two-time state qualifier. Senior Josh Morehouse is back too, at 215 pounds. He was another Saxon state qualifier a year ago. Hastings also returns four other individual regional qualifiers from a year ago, 125- The 200-08 Hastings varsity wrestling team. Team members are (front from left) manager Erin Goggins, Austin Endsley, Jon Ingram, Michael Cross, Gage Pederson, Collin Ferguson, Chase DelCotto, Matt Schilds, Adam Johns, Trent Brisboe, Shayne Cooper-Olin, manager Megan Goggins, (second row) manager Nicole Redman, Becky Mikolajczyk, Matt Mansfield, Jason Eckley, Ricky Mathis, Dan Mikolajczyk, Dylan Kelmer, Bryant DeBruyn, Brett Woodmansee, Mitchell Brisboe, manager Cassie Lydy, manager Lexi Wolcott, (third row) manager Denan Jordan, Brian Baum, Alex Auer, Ashlee Mikolajczyk, Matt Watson, Colby Wilcox, Steven Franson, Micah Huver, Josh Endsley, Beau Reaser, James Maine, Brett Stephens, Osman Koroma, manager Brandy Dryer, (fourth row) coach Dennis Redman, manager Jeana Bishop, Bruce Krouse, Austin Trudgeon, Derick Trudgeon, Doug Baker, Travis Trudgeon, Josh Morehouse, Justin Jevicks, Ryan Bosma, Colton Marlette, manager Ashley Petree, (back row) coach Gabe McCarty, Thomas McKinney, Troy Burch, Paul Guenther, Luke Mansfield, Kyle Griffith, Logan Hays, Bryce Spurgeon, Jeremy Rogers, Alec Wilcox, coach Darrell Slaughter, and coach Mike Goggins. Missing from photo are Cody Redman, Casey Shaeffer, and Jon Gieseler. pounder Gage Pederson, 112-pounder Austin Endsley, Alec Wilcox at 130 pounds, and Travis Trudgeon at 285. “Our strength is in all our depth again this year,” Goggins said. “We have a nice mix of experienced wrestlers and young guys in the line-up.” The Saxon program has 54 athletes on the team this season, including B-Team and JV wrestlers. The 2007-08 Thornapple KelloggHastings varsity boys’ swimming and diving team. Team members are (front from left) Bret Miller, Kevin Osterink, Mile Belcher, James Rogers, James Moray, Brie Ricketts, Mitch Borden, Daniel Beard, Eric Buchanan, Seth VanKuiken, (back) Justin Hicks, Jacob Bailey, Ethan Angus, Tim Stanton, Josiah Jenkins, Pat Kelly, Jacob Wescott, Jon Peurach, Trent Johnson, Marshall Warren, and Tyler Swanson. Missing from photo are Josh Welch, Tom Huerth, Joe Pascucci, Caleb Cayler, and Kevin Osterink. HHS set for first year of Gold cheer A couple other key contributors to the varsity line-up this season will be Brian Baum at 103 pounds, Tom McKinney at 145, Ryan Bosma at 160, and Luke Mansfield at 189. Hastings will be a part of a quad at Lakewood next Wednesday. The Saxons don’t host their first competition in Hastings until the 46th Annual L.H. Lamb Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 5. TK-Has team swells to 26 swimmers by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity boys’ swimming and diving coach Tyler Bultema has something new to deal with this season, depth. A year ago the Trojan team was made up of 16 athletes. This year that number is up to 26. Many of them are underclassmen. “Our main goal is to improve every meet,” Bultema said. Overall the team is very inexperienced. The Trojans have depth overall in terms of numbers, but are still trying to build depth in the various strokes. Bultema does have a few key athletes back to help lead the way, including junior backstroke specialist Josiah Jenkins, senior freestyler Jacob Wescott, sophomore butterfly swimmer Jacob Bailey, and junior diver and sprint freestyler Mitch Borden. Junior Joe Pascucci also returns to the team this winter. The Trojans will look for strong contributions from a number of new swimmers, including freshman Tyler Swanson. The youngsters will have some time to learn before the start of the O-K Rainbow Tier II season, which doesn’t start until the middle of January. Hamilton and Unity Christian are expected to be the top con- tenders for a conference crown this season. The season starts next Thursday for the TK-Hastings boys, at home against Creston. That is one of three home meets for the TKHastings team before the holiday break. The Trojans are home against Ottawa Hills Dec. 13, and on Dec. 18 against Allegan. BRIAN’S TIRE & SERVICE DEWEY’S AUTO BODY & AUTO SALES 235 S. 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Broadway, Hastings by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The O-K Gold Conference is on its own this season in the world of competitive cheer, and the Saxons are looking forward to making their mark. Hastings finished ninth in the O-K Gold/White Conference a year ago, then wound up 11th at its regional meet. “This is a very talented team that I enjoy coaching,” said Saxon head coach Amy Hubbell. “I expect great things from them this season.” A trio of seniors lead the way including allconference base Molly Koutz, who is a three- 401 N. Broadway, Hastings 945-5352 945-3495 Paul Peterson 1215 N. Broadway, Hastings PROGRESSIVE GRAPHICS 115 S.Jefferson St, Hastings 948-8558 Farm Bureau Insurance 333 W. State St, Hastings 945-4520 GEE & LONGSTREET LLP Attorneys at Law 607 N. Broadway, Hastings 948-8001 945-9249 945-3495 AT HOME REAL ESTATE GIRRBACH FUNERAL HOME PRIORITY COLLISION 135 E. State St, Hastings 945-3550 328 S. Broadway, Hastings 945-3252 412 Haynes Loop, Hastings (behind Daval’s) 269-945-7777 �Page 15 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Winter Sports Previews Youth takes over down low for Saxons girls’ basketball by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Saxons need to find someone to put the ball in the basket this winter. Senior Dana Shilling, who graduated last spring, led the Saxon varsity girls’ basketball team with nearly 16 points per game last season. That total was more than double the team’s number two scorer. Hastings does have eight seniors on the roster this season to pick up the slack, including six who saw considerable playing time a season ago. “Overall we’re going to be deeper than we were last year,” said Saxon head coach Dan Carpenter, who’s entering his second season with the team. “Overall we’re going to see more balanced scoring.” Leading the way back is the solid senior backcourt of Megan Lipstraw, Hannah Wood, Brandi Hurless, and Brittany Howell. Back in the front court are seniors Audrey Wakley and Calli Carpenter, although Carpenter is currently out with an injury. “Last year was a learning experience. Going 1-19, there was a lot of frustration, however we saw a lot of improvement from the first game to the last game of the year,” coach Carpenter said. The Saxon coach is hoping for a lot of improvement in the post area with the addition of a pair of underclassmen, freshman Veronica Hayden and sophomore Brittany Hickey. “Between those two we’re going to see a lot of quickness,” coach Carpenter said. “You’re also going to get some youthful mistakes, but that’s to be expected.” That pair doesn’t have a lot of time to develop on the varsity level before things start to get tough. Hastings plays its home opener, and O-K Gold Conference opener, this Friday night against Forest Hills Northern. That game with the Huskies is followed by contests against Lakewood, South Christian, Byron Center, and Wayland. South Christian and Wayland are already ranked as a couple of the top teams in the area, and the Byron Center Bulldogs should be battling with those two teams for the top spots in the O-K Gold Conference this winter. “From there on down it can be pretty even (in the league),” coach Carpenter said. “We’re just excited about seeing continuous improvement. I think the senior base is really going to help us this year.” Other seniors on the Saxon roster are Allison Hodges and Tara Pleshe. The 2007-08 Hastings varsity girls’ basketball team. Team members are (front) Allison Hodges, (first row from left) manager Lindsey Standler, Audrey Wakley, Calli Carpenter, Brandi Hurless, Brittany Howell, Tara Pleshe, Hannah Wood, Megan Lipstraw, manager Marais Hensley, (back) coach Dan Carpenter, Ali Howell, Nicole Frantz, Brittany Hickey, Veronica Hayden, coach Bill Wallace, and manager Kim Beck. Saxons try figure out what to do with their depth by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There should be many close basketball games in the O-K Gold Conference this winter, and Saxon varsity boys’ head coach Don Schils is hoping that his team has an advantage in those. The Saxons have loads of experience, and a lot of depth with 15 players on the roster. “The last two years we’ve been in a lot of close games and we’ve lost more of those than we’ve won which has put us in the middle of the pack (in the league),” said Schils. “Because of our depth we can wear some teams down a little bit more and therefore win those fourth quarters. It’s always going to come down to making plays at that time. The 15 players on the roster include nine seniors. Of those nine, five were major contributors to the team that went 12-11 overall Saxon Sports Shorts 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball The Hastings eighth grade boys’ basketball team lost at Wayland last Monday 3424. Keith Garber led the Saxons with ten points, and Joey Longstreet and Bret Lawrence each chipped in four. Tyler Stolicker led Hastings with seven rebounds, and Danny Buehler and Anthony Veltre each chipped in with two assists apiece. last winter. Back is the down low duo of 6-3 forward/center Ryan Cain and 6-4 forward/center Ryan Vogel. Up top returnees are point guard Stephen Tolger, shooting guard Curtus Cowles, and guard/forward Jordan Rambin. Other returnees include Eric Haney, Michael Peterson, and Scott Wilson. A key to the season will be how well these seniors gel with the talented juniors up from the junior varsity. “It’s going well,” Schils said. “We did a lot of things in the preseason. It can always get better and it’s really important this year that we mesh them because we have so much depth.” Looking to add their talents to the varsity are 6-6 junior center Adam Skedgell, and his classmates Brad Hayden, Adam Swartz, Dane Schils, Dustin Bateson, and Dylan McKay. “We’ve got 15 guys, so we’re sifting through all of that,” coach Schils said. “It’s going to take us time to develop roles.” Working out roles is one thing the Saxons are trying to figure out, another is how to build some aggressiveness. “We’re working on it,” said coach Schils. “I have a bunch of wonderful kids. Sometimes they’re wonderful on the court.” Once that comes together Schils said he expects that he’ll have another very solid defensive team as well as a very good rebounding team. The Saxons start the season against a pair of district rivals, at home. Delton Kellogg comes to Hastings Tuesday, then Dec. 11 the Saxons host Lakewood. The O-K Gold Conference season starts for Hastings on Dec. 13, at Forest Hills Northern. The Saxons see the Huskies, the South Christian Sailors, and the Byron Center HASTINGS CITY BANK 1009 W. Green St, Hastings 945-1749 WHITE’S PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 131 W. State St, Hastings 945-3967 BROWN’S CARPET ONE & CUSTOM INTERIORS 221 N. Industrial Park, Hastings 945-2479 KCC FEHSENFELD CENTER 2950 W. M-179 Hwy. 948-9500 “Safe & Sound Since 1886” 150 W. Court St, Hastings 945-2401 Bulldogs in conference clashes before the holiday break. The Saxons then open up the 2008 part of the schedule at Wayland Jan. 3. “Wayland is definitely the team to beat,” said Schils. “South Christian is always very talented, and Forest Hills Northern is outstanding too. Them replacing Caledonia didn’t help any of us.” After league play is done the Saxons will see a little different Class B district tournament than in past years. Thornapple Kellogg is headed towards Grand Rapids, and Allegan is out. Those teams have been replaced by Charlotte and Maple Valley, which is making the jump up to Class B from Class C. The district tournament will be hosted by Gull Lake in late February. The 2007-08 Hastings varsity boys’ basketball team. Team members are (front from left) manager Rachel Clevenger, Dustin Bateson, Stephen Tolger, Scott Wilson, Michael Peterson, Dane Schils, Justin von der Hoff, Curtus Cowles, (back) Coach Jeff Storrs, Adam Swartz, Brad Hayden, Jordan Rambin, Ryan Vogel, Adam Skedgell, Ryan Cain, Eric Haney, Dylan McKay, and head coach Don Schils. GOLE DENTAL GROUP Dr. Daniel Gole ~ Dr. Jason D. Gole Dr. Philip D. Gole 121 W. Woodlawn, Hastings 948-2244 ALLSTATE TOM SALINGUE AGENCY CREEKSIDE PROFESSIONAL CENTER 136 E. State St, Hastings 1761 W. M-37 Hwy, Hastings 945-4030 945-3888 BUCKLAND AGENCY MILLER REAL ESTATE 11235 S. Wall Lake Rd, Delton HASTINGS NAPA 149 W. State St, Hastings 623-5115 122 N. Jefferson Rd. Hastings 511 W. 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The team lost 75-percent of its point production to graduation last spring. “The burden of scoring will be in the hands of new people,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rick Williams, who’s entering his seventh season guiding the Panthers. That burden falls largely into the hands of the coaches’ two daughters, senior guard Rachael Williams and sophomore guard Hannah Williams. Rachael is a two-year varsity starter, and a three-year varsity player. Hannah is entering her second season with the DK varsity. “Rachael and Hannah will be two of the fastest guards in the league,” said coach Williams. Also back are senior guard Justie McCowan and senior forward Angie Kennedy. There’s experience in the back court, but inside the Panthers find themselves in a youth movement. Junior forward Autumn Polley and sophomore center Kali Tobias have the size to be forces inside, said their coach. “Our success will be dictated by how quickly our young and inexperienced players mature and develop as varsity basketball players,” said coach Williams. The Panthers finished last season with a 911 overall record and a 4-8 mark in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. Delton Kellogg has a big KVA contest right out of the chute, traveling to Olivet this Friday night. The Eagles expect to be fighting with Kalamazoo Christian and GalesburgAugusta for a conference crown this winter. The Panthers face all three of those teams before the holiday break, hosting GalesburgAugusta in their home opener Dec. 11 and heading to Kalamazoo Christian Dec. 20. The Delton youngsters don’t have much more time to get into game shape. The Panthers play three games next week, with a trip to Martin Monday, a trip to Schoolcraft Tuesday, then a KVA contest at Maple Valley Thursday. Shooting woes don’t stop DK girls from getting to 1-0 It’s a safe bet that the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ basketball team and the Allegan girls shot a bunch of free throws in practice on Wednesday. The Panthers were just 11-of-37 in their 41-39 victory over the Tigers Tuesday night in the season opener at Allegan. Allegan was just 7-of-26 from the charity stripe. Just a couple more makes for either team, and it would have been a very different ball game. The Panthers could have won handily. They led 40-30 with less than three minutes to play, before Allegan crept back into the game. Delton then had to scramble to earn its first win. Delton Kellogg didn’t do all that well The 2007-08 Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ basketball team. Team members are (front from left) Naomi Ordway, Rachael Williams, Adrienne Schroeder, Hannah Williams, Sarah Holroyd, (back) Justie McCowan, Kali Tobias, Autumn Polley, Paige Green, and Angela Kennedy. shooting from the field either, hitting just 33percent of their shots. Senior guard Rachael Williams led Delton, hitting 5-of-13 field goal attempts and finishing with 14 points. Hannah Williams and Justie McCowan chipped in seven points each for Delton. The Panthers also got a good night in the paint from Kali Tobias, who ended up with nine rebounds. Heather Scofield led Allegan with nine points. The Delton girls are on the road at Olivet to open Kalamazoo Valley Association play Friday night, then head to Martin on Monday and Schoolcraft Tuesday for non-conference games. The 2007-08 Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team. Team members are (front from left) Steven Scoby, Conrad Drum, Brian Diaz, Andrew Liceaga, Dalton Parmenter, Nick Blacken, (back) Quinn Sevigny, Robbie Wandell, David Roberts, Anthony Reeves, and Tyler Morgan. DK basketball boys must learn how to win close ones DK cheer opens year Dec. 15 The 2007-08 Delton Kellogg varsity competitive cheer team. Team members are (listed in alphabetical order) Alissa Ammon, Jennifer Arkwright, Mandy Dye, McKenzie Earl, Danielle Elkins, Emma Garrison, Chana Gehrman, Rachel Harris, Sara Osborne, Cara Phelps, Ryann Risner, Katie Robinson, Paige Robinson, Shelby Rouse, Shalyn Vandegriff, Samantha VanDenBerg, and coach Zoe Reynolds. PRINTING PLUS CHAPPLE REALTY INC. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ basketball team, which went 3-18 a season ago, actually had a decent chance of finishing .500 or better. The Panthers lost seven or eight games in which they led in the fourth quarter during the 2006-07 season. That has to change. “We must learn to close out games,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. Mohn added that if his team can fix that, “it could be a very fun year.” The five returning players who either start- BUCKLAND AGENCY 11235 S. Wall Lake Rd, Delton ed for DK or saw significant minutes last season will have to spur that change. Any improvements will start with the play of a trio of senior guards, Nick Blacken, Drew Liceaga, and Brian Diaz. Inside, the Panthers return David Roberts and Tony Reeves. Delton has a couple junior forwards looking to make their mark on the varsity this season in Robbie Wandell and Conrad Drum. The fun starts for the Panthers this Tuesday when they travel to Hastings, then it’s right into Kalamazoo Valley Association action with a trip to Olivet next Friday. TUJAX MON-FRI 8:30-6:00 • SAT 8:30-1:00 ...in the Gray Barn 1351 N. (M-43 Hwy) Hastings 11065 (M-43) Delton 623-5115 945-9105 623-4058 511 W. 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After the two next week, Delton takes on Otsego Dec. 10 and Maple Valley Dec. 13. The Panthers’ first home contest is Dec. 18 against Galesburg-Augusta. KATIE & CHRISTY’S MID-LAKES SCREEN PRINTING • MONOGRAMMING ACTIVE WEAR & TANNING SALON 623-8340 Specializing in Fund Raising Programs & Advertising Specialties www.mid-lakes.net Wall Lake Cottage Rentals DELTON POLE BUILDING 623-5353 10036 M-43, Delton JILL HUMPHREYS STEELE DELTON FAMILY PHARMACY Attorney at Law Northtown Center 10125 S. M-43 Suite 14, Delton 623-4775 623-3300 110 Maple St. 623-5250 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — Page 17 Delton Winter Sports Previews Rough start should benefit Delton wrestlers later by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There are all kinds of things to distract athletes entering the winter season, fall sports running long, exams at the end of a trimester, the holidays, and deer season. Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling coach Rob Heethuis is trying to get his team’s attention early on this season. The Panthers have a tough early season schedule lined up, including a pair of DK Invitationals before the start of the Kalamazoo Valley Association season. The first of those DK Invitationals, Dec. 8, will include teams from Holly, Bangor, Three Rivers, Coldwater, and Northview. Holly, Bangor, and Three Rivers alone have nine returning state qualifiers. “I think it’s a good time to have it,” said Heethuis. “In December, you kind of build your foundation so when you get into that league competition in January the kids will be a little bit hardened.” Delton Kellogg has its own state qualifiers coming back, in Matt Loveland who was seventh in Division 3 last year at 103 pounds and Octavio Romero who qualified for the finals at 285. In all Delton returns seven regional qualifiers from last year’s team, which won its fifth consecutive KVA conference championship. The other regional qualifiers returning are Mark Loveland, Quinn DeBolt, Steve Romero, Anthony Riley, and Chris Miller. That’s a solid base to start with, and then the Panthers had a number of other talented wrestlers who are returning like Steve Ross, Mike DeWaters, Ray Lindsey, Richard The 2007-08 Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling team. Team members are (listed in alphabetical order) Jeffery Bissett, Ben Crookston, Trevor Curtice, David Dalm, Richard Davidson, Quinn DeBolt, David Dempsey, Michael DeWaters, Trevor Eitel, Martell Epperson, Janson Fluty, Johnathon Hess, Robert Hughes, Kenny Kelley, Dylan Leinaar, Shae Liesenger, Raymond Lindsey, Richard Lindsey, Mark Loveland, Matthew Loveland, John Meyers, Chris Miller, Harley Miller, Montana Otis, Anthony Riley, Dennis Roblyer, Octavio Romero, Steven Romero, Steven Ross, Jordan Smith, Mario Smith, Marquice Smith, Casey Stermer, Jeffery Town, Benjamin Vinkemulder, Desmond Watkins, Johnny Wood, and Martin Workman. Lindsey, Montana Otis, Jordan Smith, and Martin Workman. “If I can plug them all in the line-up, we should be in good shape,” Heethuis said. Delton Kellogg will then be able to toss in a few less seasoned wrestlers as well, like 112-pound junior Dylan Leinaar, 119-pound freshman Jeff Bissett, 130-pounder Johnny Wood, and 215-pounder Johnathon Hess. Heethuis has about 40 wrestlers out for the squad this year, which is a solid number for a Division 3 team. “The more wrestlers you can develop and bring along and plug in, the better the team is going to be,” said Heethuis. Delton Kellogg is scheduled to start its season tonight, at a quad hosted by Vicksburg. The Panthers then head to the Lawton Invitational Saturday, and will be home next Wednesday for the first time with a dual against Lawton. KVA duals begin Jan. 9, with a home match against Maple Valley. That is also the last home meet of the season for the Panthers unless they are able to earn a spot in the Division 3 regional tournament they’re hosting in late February. Local hunters show off their haul from the fall Robert Peabody of Hastings picked off this 180-pound seven-point buck with his 12-gauge Remington shotgun. Dave Yonker (from left), Emilie Yonker, and Lee Yonker show off their two eightpoint bucks. Lee got his on opening day, and then Dave bagged his buck the following day. Ryan Christie of Hastings took his first buck, a seven point, on opening day at his Grandmother’s farm in Barry County. Charles Krammin of Hastings, shot this 2.5-year-old, eight point, 170-pound buck in Baraga County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. JOB FAIR Paul and Alex Roy show off their ten-point buck. THISS AUTO Hastings • Body & Frame • Collision & Auto Repair • A/C Service & Repair • Used Cars 2295 South M-37 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058 02682415 Dennis Thiss, Owner Insurance Estimates! 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Qualified applicants should visit Viking’s East Campus location at 321 North Industrial Park Drive (just north of Barry County Lumber and across from the Viking parking lot). �Page 18 — Thursday, November 29, 2007 — The Hastings Banner HHS can’t score inside, Lions can outside in opener Saxon senior point guard Hannah Wood runs the offense from the top of the key as the Lions’ Lizzy Stewart defends during the first half Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings varsity girls’ basketball coach Dan Carpenter and Maple Valley head coach Landon Wilkes had something in common Tuesday night. They didn’t want to see Lion sophomore guard Leslee Rigelman firing the ball a ton from the outside. Carpenter didn’t want to see it because she’s talented. Wilkes didn’t want to see it because he’d rather not have his team live and die by the three-point shot this season. Neither coach got what they wanted, but Wilkes did get something that made up for it in the end, a victory. The Lions knocked off the visiting Saxons Tuesday night 48-41 to open the 2007-08 season. Rigelman knocked down five three-pointers on the night, including four in the first half, to lead all scorers with 19 points. Sophomore forward Jennifer Kent added 14 points for Maple Valley. Youngsters took center stage much of the night. Sophomore forward Brittany Hickey led Hastings with ten points, and freshman forward Veronica Hayden chipped in six points. The Lions wanted to run a bit more than they were able to, although senior point guard Lauren Pierce picking up two fouls in the first minute of the game contributed to some of the slow down. “Foul trouble was hard on us obviously,” said Wilkes. “With Lauren going out I had some of my younger players step in and do a good job, but she definitely brings a more of an up tempo style.” Hastings trailed by eight points at the end of the third quarter, and cut the Lion lead to four in the opening minutes of the fourth before a couple free throws from Maple Valley senior Ashley Gonser and a couple fastbreak buckets for the Lions pushed the lead to ten points. Gonser had a huge fourth quarter, scoring nine of her 11 points in the final eight minutes. Hastings also had a couple seniors step up. Brittany Howell ended the night with nine points, and Megan Lipstraw chipped in six. “We missed 24 shots within three feet,” said Carpenter. “That just killed us. We missed a lot of free throws in the early part of the game when we had the opportunities.” The Saxons were just 14-of-51 from the floor overall for the night. “We don’t accept losses, but I can accept a loss with great effort,” Carpenter added. “I knew we would struggle with offense a bit, because its new.” The Saxons didn’t struggle on the defensive end of the floor, once Howell started keeping a close eye on Rigelman in the second half, or in rebounding the basketball. Hickey finished the night with 13 boards, and Hayden had nine. Rebounding was the big thing Wilkes planned to have his girls working on in practice before this Friday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association opener at Hackett Catholic Central. “You can’t fast break if you don’t get a number of rebounds,” said Wilkes. Hastings also opens conference play Friday night, in the O-K Gold Conference, at home against Forest Hills Northern. Next Tuesday the Saxons travel to Lakewood, while Maple Valley will be at Lansing Christian. The Saxons’ Megan Lipstraw (10) has a shot turned away by Maple Valley’s Jennifer Kent in the third quarter Tuesday at MVHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Maple Valley’s Leslee Rigelman and Hastings’ Brittany Hickey fight for possession of a loose ball late in the second quarter of the Lions’ 48-41 win to start the season Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Hastings boys’ basketball plans special nights 77518174 The Hastings Boys Varsity Basketball Alumni Association will be holding the fourth annual alumni event on Dec. 15. This event was created to install pride in the program, as a chance for camaraderie among former players, and to fund a scholarship for an outstanding member of the current Saxon basketball program’s graduating class. The current Saxon Basketball teams will be playing against West Catholic, with the freshmen starting at noon, the JV at 1:30 p.m., and varsity at 3 p.m. A reception is planned following the varsity game and an alumni game will be held before the freshman game, pending interest. Further details will be announced. The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program will also be hosting a Future Saxon Night Saturday, Dec. 8. The event will be held at Hastings High School from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and is open to all students in grades K-6. Activities will include basketball, volleyball, karaoke, face painting, arts & crafts, and many more activities. This is a great opportunity for parents to get some holiday shopping done without the kids or to enjoy a relaxing night. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-12-06.pdf c097f3fe5724c1d18db0aec8d97c004d PDF Text Text Wilson gets three years for stabbing Citizen groups impact local governments Saxon basketball wins opener See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 16 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 49 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, December 6, 2007 NEWS Plumb’s Foods plans to leave Hastings BRIEFS 75 workers impacted Families still seeking adoption With only 19 days left until Christmas, 90 families in Barry County are still waiting for “adoption” by kind-hearted individuals, families, businesses, churches, clubs, and organizations who want to provide gifts for Christmas. Those families include some with young children and adults with no children who are facing hard economic times. To adopt a family, visit the Love Inc. office or call (269) 948-9555. Love Inc. is open between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays at 305 S. Michigan Ave., Hastings. Librarian’s farewell party tomorrow Everyone in the Hastings community is invited to the Hastings Public Library tomorrow, Dec. 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. to say ‘good-bye’ to Barbara Schondelmayer, who is retiring as library director. Refreshments will be served in the Community Room of the library. This also will be an opportunity to say ‘hello’ to Evelyn Holzwarth, the library’s new director. For more information, call the library at (269) 945-4263. ‘Of Christmas Past’ at Charlton Park Charlton Park will be host to the 26th annual ‘Of Christmas Past’ from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Traditional holiday foods will include roasted chestnuts and cinnamon-sugar apples on a stick, as well as crafts such as corn husk angels and hand-dipped candles. Several local performers will play Christmas music during the event as well. The village and gift shop will be open. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children. For more information, call Charlton Park at (269) 945-3775. Santa to visit Vermontville Twp. Santa will be on hand to visit with children from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Vermontville Township Library, located at 120 E. First St., beneath the Vermontville Opera House. Society to meet for Christmas party by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Plumb’s Valu-Rite Foods, a mainstay in Hastings for the past 16 years, will close its doors in late January, fearing its profitability will be slashed in the near future because of two corporate giants’ plans to build supercenters in the local area. Plumb’s 75 Hastings employees were notified of the impending closing Tuesday morning, said Plumb’s President Jim Nader during a telephone interview. Photos of the store’s director and assistant and their names have been removed from the wall near the entrance. Letters explaining the planned closure were being distributed to customers as they left the store Tuesday. “It’s like losing an old friend,” said shopper Barbara Adrianson as she pushed her grocery cart out of the store. “It’s my favorite store... All the people are so friendly here. It will really be missed. I feel terrible about it.” Another customer, Joie Perry, expressed sadness about Plumb’s plans to close. “I’m not happy because I like to come here,” she said as she left the store. “It’s my store of choice. Maybe they (Plumb’s officials) will change their minds because we haven’t gotten any one of them (the super- See PLUMBS, page 2 Area schools get Annual Yearly Progress report cards Several Barry County schools have some improvements to make, and some are on top of their educational game, according to the Michigan Department of Education’s Annual Yearly Progress report. The Michigan Department of Education annually makes a determination of adequate yearly progress (AYP) for all public elementary, middle and high schools in Michigan. AYP evaluates schools and school districts in the areas of academic achievement, participation in state assessment, graduation rate for high schools, and student attendance for elementary and middle schools. In addition, according to the state Website, the department reports on Education YES!— a Yardstick for Excellent Schools, the state school accreditation system under which letter grades are assigned for academic achievement and indicators of school performance to The Kellogg Manor House on Gull Lake is offering a series of holiday din- See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 See DDA, page 2 Kellogg Manor hosting dinners determine state accreditation of Michigan schools. This report card system is available online for parents, citizens, teachers and school administrators to learn how schools are performing and improving. All buildings in the Hastings Area Schools system met the AYP standards. Central, Pleasantview and Star elementary schools all received an accreditation grade of ‘A,’ while Hastings Middle School, Northeastern and Southeastern elementary schools earned accreditation scores of ‘B.’ Hastings High School earned a ‘C’ score. “We’re actually very pleased,” said Hastings Assistant Superintendent Mary Vliek the scores. “We’re very proud of ourselves that we did make it. The curriculum has intensified.” Delton Kellogg elementary and middle schools both met the accreditation standards, but the high school and alternative high school did not. Superintendent Cindy Vujea said there is some confusion with why Delton Kellogg High School did not meet AYP standards, and Director of Special Programs Louise Angelo is appealing the accreditation score to the State of Michigan. Thornapple Kellogg Schools did well with this year’s AYP standards. Lee and Page elementary schools and the middle school earned A scores, while TK high school earned a ‘C,’ down from last year’s B. TK elementary schools are divided by grade, with McFall elementary home to kindergarten and first grade students, Lee hosting second and third graders, and Page the site for fourth and fifth grade students. Because of this configuration, McFall was not included in the scores, nor was the progress of any kindergarten or first grade student in the state. Lakewood High School failed to meet AYP standards set by the Michigan Department of Education. Lakewood Superintendent Michael O’Mara said it was because one of the school’s sub-groups did not make AYP. He also said the district is not happy about the results, but Lakewood High School is not the only school that didn’t make AYP. Lakewood’s four elementaries and the middle school did meet AYP standards. Curriculum director Michelle Sharp will speak about the AYP testing at the board workshop 6 p.m. Dec. 17 in the middle school media center. For the second year in a row, Maplewood Elementary in Vermontville, which serves fourth through sixth grade students from both See SCHOOLS, page 13 Hastings DDA looks for grant recipients by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Downtown Development Authority (DDA) is giving away money to downtown businesses. Now all they need are some takers. The DDA gives downtown businesses matching grants up to $2,500 for facadeimprovement projects. The businesses can get one grant per fiscal year, which ends in July. This means businesses can get two grants per construction season. Hastings Community Development Director John Hart said the point of the project is “to give incentive to the reinvestment of facades. The hope is that it’s in line with the historic features of the building.” Hart said one good example of the project is Jami’s Crafts. Owner Jami Blodgett made her three store fronts look like one in a project that was completed last year. She chose a design that gives “a historic look without using historic materials,” said Community Development Coordinator Deb Hatfield. Other businesses that have taken advan- The Bernard Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Delton Kellogg Middle School’s library for a program and Christmas party. The public is welcome. Jane Herbert, of the Kellogg Biological Station, will speak about a recent trip to Mexico, pertaining to agriculture and farming there. For the Christmas party, everyone is asked to bring a $3 gift to exchange. Women are to bring a gift for a woman; men are to bring a gift for a man. Refreshments will be served. Plumb’s Valu-Rite Foods plans to close its Hastings store at 902 W. State St. Santa Claus came to town Santa Claus makes his way through the Hastings Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 1. Despite the bitter weather, crowds came out to enjoy the annual holiday attraction. See more photos inside today’s Banner. �Page 2 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page ners at the historic mansion. The dinners, each with a specific theme and menu, begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays Dec. 6, 13, and 20, as well as one on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Each room of the Tudor mansion will twinkle with holiday designs of area florists, and guests will be invited to stroll through the Manor and learn the home’s history. Dinners are $40 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For more information or to make a reservation, call the KBS Conference Center at (269) 671-2400 or e-mail conference @kbs.msu.edu. Reservations are required. Additional KBS special events can be found on the web at: www.kbs.msu.edu. Hastings campus (Fehsenfeld Center) of Kellogg Community College. Dave Storms, retired YMCA director, will speak about the therapeutic value of laughing. ILR is open to all people over the age of 50, and luncheons are not limited to members. Reservations are required by calling (269) 948-9500, ext. 2803. The cost is $8.50 per person. Checks should be made payable to KCC and mailed to KCC/ILR, 405 Brady Rd., Battle Creek, MI 49037. Value of laughing is ILR topic State Sen. Patty Birkholz, R-Saugatuck, or key staff members will be at Hastings City Hall, 201 E. State St., Monday, Dec. 10, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. These open office hours are for anyone who resides in the 24th District, which includes Allegan, Barry and Eaton counties. The Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) will hold a luncheon and program from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at the Sen. Birkholz here on Monday DDA, continued from page 1 Jami’s Crafts before facade improvements . . . Orangeville man gets three years for stabbing death by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Kyle Wilson, who fatally stabbed 15-yearold Jordan Nink on July 4, 2006, was sentenced Nov. 28 to 36 months in prison in a plea agreement reached with Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans. Wilson, 18, of Orangeville was originally charged with second degree murder and possession of a controlled substance, but was allowed to plead to manslaughter in the agreement. Charges of murder and possession were dropped in that agreement. Court records show that a witness told investigators she awakened early on the morning of the 4th of July in an Orangeville home to see Nink on his knees next to her bed. She said he rolled over and lay prone. She said she did not witness the actual attack. Sgt. William Johnson of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department, primary officer on the scene, said he immediately saw a knife on a table and secured the area to prevent any contamination of evidence. “We went strictly by the book,” Johnson said. “The entire crime scene was secured by officers, and we waited for the detectives and the forensic people to come in.” Kyle Wilson Dr. Joyce DeJong, the Barry County medical examiner, said Nink suffered a stab wound to his chest that perforated his lung and entered his heart. “That was the most serious wound,” she said. She reported he also suffered wounds to his left arm and multiple cuts to his head and face. When questioned by Barry County Sheriff Department Detective David Oakland, Wilson waived his right to an attorney and spoke of the incident willingly. According to court records, Wilson said Nink, who was a friend of his, came to the residence to collect money Wilson owed to a third person. He said Nink punched him at least twice in the face. Wilson then grabbed the knife off a nearby counter and began stabbing his assailant. He said he blacked out and did not remember the number of times he stabbed Nink. Records indicated that investigators did not see any obvious wounds to Wilson. In addition to his 36 months in prison, Wilson was assessed court costs of $1,000 and restitution of $8,300 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher. PLUMBS, continued from page 1 centers) yet.” Though Nader said he had “mixed feelings” about announcing the decision, it apparently is set in stone. “...Plumb’s will soon be facing increasing pressure and competition from two planned super-centers in Hastings: Meijer and WalMart,” Nader said in the letter. “Both are expected to open in the near future and will represent significant new competition to Plumb’s in Hastings. Under this scenario, we believe we will not be able to continue to operate profitably and have determined the best opportunity is to relocate operations to a Grand Rapids location that is closer to our core market in West Michigan...” The Hastings’ Plumb’s store will relocate to a building, to be leased from Spartan Stores, Inc., on the corner of Alpine Avenue and Four Mile Road in Grand Rapids, according to Nader and Jeanne Norcross, vice president of corporate affairs at Spartan. Plumb’s employees in Hastings will be offered the opportunity to transfer to the Grand Rapids location, Nader said. There is also the possibility that Plumb’s Hastings employees may have an opportunity for employment at the Felpausch Food Center in Hastings, which was purchased by Spartan earlier this year, Norcross said. Spartan is a wholesale distributor of products to independent grocery stores, such as Plumb’s. In keeping with Spartan’s business policy to support its customers, like Plumb’s, she said, Spartan will do everything it can to help in Plumb’s relocation. When Plumb’s closes, Hastings will be left with three grocery stores: Felpausch Food Center, Tom’s Market and Sav-A-Lot. “Hastings is a key market,” Norcross said. “We (Spartan officials) do intend to re-invest in Hastings.” She said she could not elaborate on what the re-investment entails. Specific plans for Spartan’s re-investment of its Hastings grocery store (Felpausch Food Center) will be announced in the future. Plumb’s is “really sorry to leave Hastings,” Nader said. “We appreciate our customers who have supported us over the last 16 years.” The decision to close the Hastings store was difficult, he said, but right for the best interests of the company because of the future local competition. “With what Spartan is going to do, it will be a win-win situation.” Plumb’s closure “is definitely going to be a big loss to the community,” Hastings Mayor Bob May said. “That’s going to be too bad... It’s an alternative place to go.” The Barry County Chamber of Commerce and the County Economic Development Alliance have resources to help Plumb’s workers find new jobs, if necessary, said Valerie Byrnes, executive director of both the Chamber and Alliance. Retail employees typically are absorbed by other local businesses, she noted. “It’s never a good thing to see a business close in a community,” Byrnes said. “It’s sad to see a business leave and the tax base decrease... I’ll do what I can to help alleviate that.” Adrianson, after shopping Tuesday, lamented about losing another local business. “I feel about as bad (about Plumb’s) as I did when Dreisbach’s closed,” she said referring to the recent closing of Dreisbach’s Motors, Inc. in Hastings. “We purchased our vehicles there... They were like family. I could go in there and talk to them about anything. It didn’t have to be about the vehicles. “Meijer’s I like, but I don’t buy a lot of groceries there. Wal-Mart, as far as I’m concerned, we’re OK with what we have right now. I go there, but I don’t see that we need a super-center here,” Adrianson said. Plumb’s, headquartered in Muskegon, owns seven Plumb’s stores and one Sav-ALot. The company employs a total of 525 people and has estimated annual sales of $86 million, according to a Dunn & Bradstreet report. Spartan Stores acquired the Felpausch Food Centers this year, which added 20 supermarkets to its retail base. Based in Grand Rapids, Spartan owns and operates 102 supermarkets and drugstores in Michigan and Ohio under the D&W Fresh Markets, Family Fare Supermarkets, Felpausch Food Centers, Glen’s Markets, and The Pharm banners. The company also supplies more than 40,000 private label and national brand products to nearly 400 independent grocery stores, according to its Web site. Churches prepare for Christmas season . . . and after the project had been completed. tage of the program have included Bosley Pharmacy, Hodges Jewelry, the County Seat and Acorn Chiropractic. Tom Salingue of the Allstate agency currently is undertaking a project. Hart and Hatfield also talked about another storefront being remodeled on Michigan Avenue, across from city hall. “He’s a good example of knowing that bringing back that historic look is important,” said Hart of the building owner. One downtown project Hatfield and Hart said they are excited about is the Lynn Denton Agency and the Sea Shanty, opening at the previous Boomtown location (Dancer’s clothing store prior to that.) “That’s one we’re really happy about,” said Hart. Hart said projects do not have to be large to receive grants. Beyond the Cover Family Bookstore received a grant to cover half the cost of a new front door. The DDA is considering expansion of its facade program. Members are considering offering larger grants “so we can have more incentive for folks to apply,” said Hart. “They might be able to complete a project,” added Hatfield. Hart said that offering people larger grants might give them the incentive they need to take out small loans and complete whole projects. “We’d also like to be able to address more than one side [of a building],” said Hart, adding that he would like to see business owners clean up the back sides of stores. In addition to giving grants for facade projects, Hart said the DDA also gives $500 toward architectural renderings of projects. “What we’re encouraging folks to do is give a little extra thought to something before they do it,” said Hart. Hatfield added that getting an architectural rendering also helps give people ideas of what their buildings could look like. “It sort of draws the ideas out and gives staff and the applicant something to look at,” said Hart. That’s sort of what we’re here to do—encourage them to do great things.” Legislative coffee in Delton Monday The next Chamber Legislative Coffee will be held at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at Delton Kellogg High School. This event offers community members an opportunity to meet with state and local officials to discuss current issues affecting the area. These sessions are free, informal and open to the public. Call the Barry County Chamber of Commerce at (269) 945-2454 for more information. Hastings area Hastings Free Methodist Church is celebrating its first Christmas in a new building. Several events are planned during this season. On Thursday, Dec. 13, a Christmas brunch will be held for the senior adults, with dulcimer and keyboard Christmas music performed by Nick Haskamp. This event will begin at 9 a.m. On Sunday, Dec. 16, the annual Christmas program “Cookin’ Up Christmas” will begin at 10:30 a.m. The exciting drama and musical will be presented by children and adults to express the true meaning of Christmas. On Sunday, Dec. 23, the church will hold its traditional Christmas service at 6 p.m. The Christmas story will be presented with in candlelight with carols, drama and pageantry. Special music will be by Joyful Praise. Everyone should bring a platter of favorite Christmas cookies or “finger food” to share for fellowship after the service. On Sunday, Jan. 6, the church will hold an Epiphany potluck breakfast/brunch at 9:30 a.m. Everyone should bring their favorite breakfast or brunch dish to share. The Hastings Free Methodist Church is at 2635 N. M-43 Highway. Hastings Grace Lutheran Church invites everyone to be renewed during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. On the remaining Sundays in Advent, Dec. 9, 16, and 23, the church will celebrate Holy Communion through lessons and carols at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christian education opportunities for all ages are offered through Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. On the next Wednesday in Advent, Dec. 12, everyone is invited to a prepared supper at 6 p.m. followed by evening prayer at 7 p.m. Worship will include a breakout session for youths. On Wednesday, Dec. 19, a prepared supper will be served at 6 p.m., with the intergenerational Christmas program to begin at 7 p.m. The annual ‘Birthday Party for Jesus’ will be held during Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 23. The church will celebrate the “Nativity of Our Lord,” on Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, with Holy Communion services at 7 and 11 p.m. On the Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 30, the church will celebrate Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Worship will be followed by a meal. Grace Lutheran is located at 239 E. North St. (across from Tendercare nursing home) in Hastings. Call (269) 945-9414 or 945-2645 or check the Website www.discover-grace. org. Clarksville area Bethlehem Village at the Clarksville Bible Church in the center of town will be Friday, Dec. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free. Puppeteers, live animals and music are among the activities for families. Donations are welcome. The event is sponsored by Clarksville area churches. Middleville area Middleville United Methodist Church this weekend will present “Christmas Unwrapped,” a dinner theater. Tickets are $10 in advance. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m., with the play following. On Sunday, Dec. 9, the “Harmony” musical group will present a concert at 2 p.m. in the MUMC sanctuary. Canned goods for the Food Pantry will serve as entrance tickets. Earlier that day, a winter vacation Bible school will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 13, the United Methodist Women’s Candlelight Service will begin at 7 p.m., with a program including the Sunday School Children’s Christmas Play. On Sunday, Dec. 16, the play will be part of both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services On Thursday, Dec. 20, the Holly Trolley will once again be hosted at MUMC, with music and refreshments in the fellowship hall. The fun will begin at 6 p.m., with Christmas music, hot cocoa and cookies for those riding the Trolley. Christmas Eve Services will be at 7 p.m. for children and families, and a welcoming-in Christmas service will begin at 11 p.m. The Middleville United Methodist Church is at 111 Church St. Call (269) 795-9266. On Sunday, Dec. 9, the First Baptist Church Worship Choir will celebrate the “Spirit of Christmas.” Breakfast will be served at 9:15 a.m., and the performance will begin at 10:30 a.m. The church will hold a Christmas Eve, candlelight service “Everlasting Light” at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24. The First Baptist Church of Middleville is on M-37 Highway just north of Middleville. Call (269) 795-9726 with questions. Nursery services will be provided at all three celebrations. Peace Church will hold a Christmas message series titled “The Timeless Gifts of Christmas” on Sundays, Dec. 9,16 and 23 at 8:30 and 11 a.m. services. Peace will hold two Christmas Eve services on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. (contemporary) and at 11 p.m. (traditional.) Peace Church is on M-37, between Middleville and Caledonia. Call (616) 8918119 for more information or visit the website www.peacechurch.cc for more details. Orangeville area Orangeville Baptist Church will present “Peanut Butter Christmas” at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 16. This is a program for children. Orangeville Baptist Church is at 6921 Marsh Road in Orangeville, two miles south of Gun Lake. Call (269) 664-4377. St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church will celebrate Advent on Sundays in December with services at 9:30 a.m. The church will hold a special time of meditation from 8:15 to 9 a.m. before the regular service at 9:30 a.m. St. Francis of Assisi is at 11850 W. NineMile Rd. in Orangeville. Call (269) 664-4345 for more information. Prairieville-Delton Area On Sunday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m., the Prairieville Bible Church invites one and all to attend “The Portrait of a Christian Family Christmas.” Everyone will sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and enjoy cake and ice cream. Special musical at this free event will be performed, and the nativity scene dramatized. Christmas Good News will be provided for all ages. Prairieville Bible Church is at 12711 S. M43 Highway. Call (269) 671-4193 for more information. Submit information Churches in the area can help others learn about special events planned for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by contacting J-Ad Graphics. This service is free. Event information will be printed on a space-available basis. No information will be taken over the telephone. To submit information, either send a fax to the attention of Patricia Johns at (269) 9455192 (make sure each page includes the name of the organization), or e-mail her at patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The deadline each week is Tuesday at 10 a.m. Information should include the following: Name of the event; name, address and telephone number and e-mail address of the church; and a contact person. Also include the cost, if any, and any other pertinent information. For further information, contact Johns at (269) 945-9554. Church representatives also may contact the J-Ad Graphics sales department at (269) 945-9554 to purchase advertising. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 3 Snow, wind, sleet join Christmas parade Despite the icy, cold weather, crowds came out to see the lights and hear the sounds of Christmas in Hastings Saturday, Dec. 1, for the annual Christmas parade. The Hastings Christmas parade float contest winners were Hobes Flooring Installations in first place, Hastings First United Methodist Church in second place and The Finishing Touch in third place. The Saturday evening parade was one of many Christmas events throughout the weekend. Friday evening’s Art Hop brought people to town for some holiday shopping. While there, many people heard carolers and visited free hot chocolate stations. Mayor Bob May also held the annual Mayor’s tree lighting Friday evening. The Holly Trolley ran throughout the weekend as well. Along with the parade Saturday, people could also stop by the hymn sing at the Barry County Commission on Aging. Sunday, a home tour and Thornapple Wind Band concert closed out the festivities. A Barry County 4-H Club shows its Christmas spirit during the annual Hastings Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 1. These cold young ladies from the Sea Shanty make their way through the blustery weather in the Hastings Christmas parade Saturday night. Sea Shanty owner Sue Otto will open a clothing store in downtown Hastings in 2008. This horse and carriage made its way through the Hastings Christmas parade. Carriage owners Kevin and Linda Willison will be in Hastings throughout the Christmas season giving carriage rides. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) The Firstbank float makes its way through the Hastings Christmas parade Saturday, Nov. 20. (Photo by Rose Hendershot) Gilly the Gecko from Critters Pet and Supply hands out candy during Saturday’s Hastings Christmas parade. The Holly Trolley took a short break from giving light tours to participate in Saturday’s Hastings Christmas parade. This local church participated in the Hastings Christmas parade as representation of Christmas past. The theme for this year’s parade was “Christmas Past, Present and Future.” Pennock Hospital was one of many local establishments to enter a float in the Hastings Christmas parade Saturday, Dec. 1. Bugs Bunny and Sylvester walk in the Hastings Christmas parade for MainStreet Savings Bank Saturday, Dec. 1. The combined Hastings High School and Middle School Marching Band makes its way through the snow to entertain the masses during Saturday’s Christmas parade. The Bosley Pharmacy MedBug was fully loaded with Christmas spirit during Saturday’s parade, playing Christmas music and sporting colorful lights. �Page 4 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Should government offices be open on “holy” holidays? IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Scavenger hunt a cold success To the editor, On behalf of those who will benefit from the gifts, we thank all the folks who responded to our first-ever "planned scavenger hunt" for Love Inc. last Saturday, Dec. 1. Our team of 16 canvassers was limited by the cold, but we are grateful for the number of houses we could cover in our immediate neighborhoods. We much appreciate the generous donors who provided the items especially needed at the LOVE food pantry, as listed in the articles and ads. Outreach Team, Grace Lutheran Church, Hastings To the editor: If the U.S. government determines that it is against the law for the words “under God” to be on our money, then, so be it. And if that same government decides that the “Ten Commandments” are not to be used in or on a government installation, then, so be it. I say, “So be it,” because I would like to be a law-abiding U.S. citizen. I say, “So be it,” because I would like to think that smarter people than I are in positions to make good decisions. I would like to think that those people have the American public’s best interests at heart. But, you know what else I’d like? Since we can’t pray to God, can’t we “Trust in God” and can we not post His Commandments in government buildings? I don’t believe the government and its employees should participate in the Easter and Christmas celebrations which honor the God that our government is eliminating from many facets of American life. I’d like my mail delivered on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving and Easter. After all, it’s just another day. I’d like the U.S. Supreme Court to be in session on Christmas, Good Friday, Thanksgiving and Easter, as well as Sundays. After all, it’s just another day. I’d like the senate and the house of representatives to not have to worry about getting home for the “Christmas break.” After all it’s just another day. I’m thinking that a lot of taxpayer dollars could be saved if all government offices and services would work on Christmas, Good Friday and Easter. It shouldn’t cost any overtime since those would be just like any other day of the week to a government that is trying to be “politically correct.” In fact, I think that our government should work on Sundays (initially set aside for worshipping God) because, after all, our government says that it should be just another day. What do you all think? If this idea gets to enough people, maybe our elected officials will stop giving in to the minority opinions and begin, once again, to represent the majority of all of the American people. So be it. Please Dear Lord, give us the help needed to keep you in our country. ‘Amen.’ These are definitely things I never thought about, but from now on, I will be sure to question those in government who support these changes. Jim Lee Hastings Publisher updates book project To the editor, I know that many subscribers of the upcoming book, Barry County History, Michigan, and Families, sponsored by the History Preservation Association of Barry County, are anxious to receive your book(s). I would like to apologize for the length of time it has taken for this project to develop and for any misinformation out there regarding its status. A year ago, we issued a notice with a projected completion date for the spring of 2007. This projection was obviously way off, as it is now November. The primary reasons for this delay are the extreme amount of work that had to be done before the book could be designed and the large volume of information that was submitted, as well as a staff realignment within our company that reduced the number of personnel available to work on this volume of history. That being said, I can report that we are working in earnest to complete this project. Two-thirds of the book have been designed, with the layout pages under review by the History Preservation Association book committee. Once these proofs are returned, we will go to pre-press, where a final printer proof will be generated, and once that is checked, we can go to press and bindery. It is essential that these proofs be generated to make sure the quality of the book is acceptable. The book will be released during the first quarter of 2008. The book has been upgraded to a 9-by-2inch, hard-bound volume, with nearly 300 pages, and contains over 1,000 biographies from Barry County families. Should you have additional questions, I may be reached at (270) 443-0121 ext. 102, or you may call the History Preservation Association of Barry County in Hastings. Thank you for your understanding and continued patience. Randy Baumgardner Editor, Turner Publishing, Paducah, Ky. Help needed for future teachers To the editor: We are in the need of brains. We are in the need of good, quality teachers. In the state of Illinois, in the late ‘60s, there was a teacher program in place. In repayment of a teacher scholarship a student would receive tuition, etc. for the promise of teaching for a period of two years anywhere in the state of Illinois. It may be time for the State of Michigan to implement such a program. Our children are our greatest assets. Katherine A. Davis Dowling Political privacy goes public To the editor: What happened to a “secret ballot?” I received an application for an absentee ballot last week, so Tuesday I was filling it Mayor has a fan To the editor: Mayor Bob has been the best mayor ever. If you live in Grand Rapids or Battle Creek, you might want to move to Hastings. I love Mayor Bob. When I was in second grade which was last year I’m in third grade anyways my class and I went to the City Hall and we were in the paper and Mayor Bob let us play in his office. Then he showed us all around the City Hall. Then Mr. Bob took the whole class back upstairs and a police gave us a pencil and an eraser. After that he took us to the wall and showed us all of the badges hanging up. After that we left and went to an ice cream store then we had to take Mr. Bob back. Well got to go. Love ya Mayor Bob. Love, Kourtney Hubbert 3rd grade Northeastern Elementary Local citizens were determined to save old library out and came to the part where I was asked to make a party preference. At 83-plus, I’ve voted in every governor and presidential election since I was 21 years old. No one ever asked me which party ballot I wanted. No one, including our mail courier in our apartment mail room, ever heard of it, so tell me, why now? At this point, I have not decided which party has expressed any reality issues or idea that appeals to my vote. They all sidestep and waffle so much. What can a person bank on? A party vote? Never. The person and their program is most important. Eve Cox, Woodland Michigan legislators prove incompetent "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that every has." —Margaret Mead I’ve used this quotation before, and I’m using it again because the words describe what happened last week at the Hastings City Council special hearing concerning the old library building. More than 100 citizens attended the special meeting to discuss the future of the structure. Only three citizens spoke in favor of demolishing the historic building to make way for additional parking, while nearly 20 other citizens made clear their opposition to tearing down the landmark. Hastings is growing, most citizens would agree, but saving this beautiful structure was on the minds of many people from the area. Ken Miller, retired local Realtor furnished the city council with petitions containing more than 300 signatures in support of sparing the building. Miller read from the petition, "On your official city logo it says, we "treasure the old, progress with the new." The crowd applauded, but was asked by the mayor to hold any applause until everyone had a chance to voice concerns. Citizen after citizen rose to voice opposition to tearing down a building that reflects a part of Hastings history. Though not unruly, the crowd still applauded in response to citizen comments. Hastings City officials acknowledged that they had received a proposal from Barry County Commissioners to purchase the building for needed office space, maintaining employment in the downtown area. Commissioners said they would like to make necessary repairs to the building, preserving it for years to come. As soon as the public comment portion of the meeting was over, it didn’t take long for councilman Don Bowers to make a motion to sell the building to someone who would restore the structure and put it to good use. Barry Wood supported the motion, and a unanimous vote was cast. It just goes to show you, a small group of citizens can have a huge impact on their government when working together for a common goal. Earlier this year, local taxpayers told Barry County Commissioners, to fix the Charlton Park first, before seeking a millage renewal for park operations. The commissioners listened to the message and made changes that led to increased attendance, the return of several special events and a landslide approval of the renewal. At times, it seems we are faced with problems and no one steps forward with the right solution. In the new year, it’s my hope that citizen groups will take a more active role in their government by understanding the issues and demanding action from their representatives. What happened over the past several months in Lansing was intolerable. For months, state government has held us hostage to a budget they couldn’t control. The only solution they could come up with was a tax hike. For weeks, they debated back and forth until they finally agreed on a sales tax on selected services, which went into effect Dec. 1. Economists, business leaders and taxpayers argued that it was bad tax policy, yet state leaders were determined to make it the law. Just hours after the tax went into effect, however, legislators turned down the new tax, returning the burden to Michigan business. This is no way to run state government, especially at a time when economic conditions are playing havoc with business stability. If absurdity is the game, then how about making longer terms with yearly elections? Maybe that would guard against incompetent elected leadership. As taxpayers, we should use the same standards as businesses: Get the job done or we will find someone else to do it. I think it’s time for a change in the way Lansing operates. It’s time for an attentive group of citizens to get together and look for a better way to solve Michigan’s ‘one-state recession.’ Shop at home and save in the long run In past years around the holiday season, I’ve tried to remind readers about the importance of keeping local retailers in mind when making purchases. Whenever you buy goods and services locally, you make an investment in your community. To be sure, many of these goods and services cost little more (sometimes less) in your hometown than in malls or superstores, without the time and expense of driving out of town. Local merchants play an vital role in the economic stability of the area. Getting new businesses and keeping the ones we now have is really our responsibility. If we don’t support the businesses we already have, they eventually will close up and go away. And with the economy the way it is, it could be a long time before we can find replacements or new businesses. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �Janet W. Klovanich HASTINGS - Janet W. Klovanich , age 70 of Hastings, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2007 after a courageous battle with Multiple Sclerosis. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Janet was a devoted teacher, who worked for Hastings Area Public Schools for 20 years, retiring in 1986. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Mildred Wilson . Janet is survived by her husband of 47 years, Mike Klovanich; her children, David Klovanich and Susan (James) Bloom; her grandchildren, Michael D. Klovanich, Isabella and Samuel Bloom; her brother, Ned (Gwen) Wilson; a sister, Kathy (Mitch) Cattrell and their families. Visitation will be held Sunday from 11:00 a.m. until service time. Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 1 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. In lieu of flowers , contributions in memory of Janet can be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. (www.nationalmssociety.org <http://www.nationalmssociety.org>) would be appreciated. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings . You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net) . Robert V. Towns EATON RAPIDS - Robert “Bob” V. Towns, age 87, of Eaton Rapids died Monday, December 3, 2007. He was born November 9, 1920 in Eaton Rapids, the son of Vern and Pearl (Gruesbeck) Towns. Bob had formerly worked in the milk business and had retired as manager from the Felpausch Food Stores Frozen Food and Dairy Dept in Hastings. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Theo; and sisters, Arlene McConnell and Myrtle Colestock. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Shirley (Woodworth) Towns; son, Lynn Towns of Holt and daughter, Marsha (Ken) Nicholas of Eaton Rapids; 6 grandchildren, Laura (Jeffrey) Spradlin of KS., Jason (Zoila) Towns of El Salvador, Joshua Towns of TX., Arin Towns of MI., Bethany (Ruben) Pena of TX., and Caryn Nicholas of Eaton Rapids; seven great grandchildren; two sisters, Esther Stark of Caro and Ruth Tank of Eaton Rapids; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Friday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. from the Skinner Funeral Home in Eaton Rapids with burial following in the Rosehill Cemetery. Family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 2-4 and 6-8 P.M. For those desiring memorial contributions may be made to either the Alzheimer’s Association or the Eaton County Medical Care Facility in memory of Bob Towns. For online condolences go to www.SkinnerFuneralHome.com Marriage Licenses Brian Wayne Bishop, Middleville and Sarah Whitney Reese, Austin, TX. Mitchell David Myers, Hastings and Shenda Karina Vasquez Ruiz, Hastings. Mark Joseph Nabozny, Battle Creek and Leslie Beth McCowan, Battle Creek. Robert A. Shriver HASTINGS - Robert A. Shriver , age 46 of Hastings , died Monday, December 3 , 2007 at his residence. He was born March 1, 1961 in Hastings, the son of Alfred Samuel and Ruth Arlene (Randall) Shriver. Robert graduated from Hastings High School. His employment included, tower climbing and an inspector of aircraft instrument parts. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping, hiking and his Chevy pickup trucks. He is survived by his daughters, Lacey Shriver and Autum Shriver; granddaughter, Alonha Sleight; parents, Sam (Deanna) Shriver; sister, Carmen Shriver; brothers, Paul Shriver, Sam (Mary) Shriver, Rex Meier, Chris (Eliza) Meier, Chuck (Christy) Meier; grandparents, Lyle (Katey) Bristol; best friend Mike (Christie) Shirk; special friend, Angela Evans; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 7, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Thornapple Valley Church on S M-43 Hastings, Rev. Carla Smith officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 5 Social News Service Tax repealed Dorothy Kelsey celebrates 90th birthday Dorothy Kelsey, of Hastings, will be celebrating her 90th birthday on December 10, 2007. The Service Tax has been repealed. The widely reviled new tax was terminated about two months after passage and just hours after taking effect. But there were strings attached to that repeal. There are plenty of lessons that could be learned from this whole ordeal. Perhaps the most important is that if you have a bad process, you will get a bad outcome. I could go on and on about the shortcomings of the governor and the legislature, but I would prefer to look forward. I am pleased about the elimination of the worst tax policy this state has ever seen— and that includes the single-business tax (SBT). You see, domestic businesses pay dearly under the service tax, while foreign businesses basically pay nothing. A better name for it would have been the "Michigan Headquarters Tax." Like I said, terrible tax policy. The disappointing part is that most of the revenue was replaced through a surcharge to the new Michigan business tax (MBT). There are many reasons why the surcharge makes more sense than the service tax, but the bottom line is that we should have accommodat- ed the repeal through spending reductions alone. That is my preference and that is the only fair solution to the people of this state. However, I am not the king of Michigan and that choice was not afforded to me in the form of a vote. Instead, legislative leadership deferred to the governor’s demand that the money be replaced to cover the recently passed budgets. The cold, hard reality of the situation is that the service tax was passed a few months ago and was scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1. The one and only way to repeal it before implementation involved new legislation, which requires the signature of the governor. Here is the choice I was given: Vote "yes" in favor of a simultaneous service tax repeal and MBT surcharge, or vote "no" and have the service tax take effect. I hate those choices. I should have had a third option (reduce spending), but they would not even allow a vote on that. I reluctantly chose the repeal with sur- See TAX, page 7 Carol Keeler HASTINGS - Carol Keeler of Hastings passed away at Pennock Hospital November 29, 2007 of heart failure. Carol was a resident of Hastings since 1953 when she moved from Chicago, Illinois. Carol was born in Oslo, Norway in 1922 and immigrated to the U.S.A. with her father Gunner (Gust) Larsen, mother Inga (Fusdahl) and older brother James Larsen. The entire family eventually settled in Hastings and lived there for many years. She worked and later retired from Hastings Manufacturing. Her greatest pastime was her weekly bowling leagues and her weekends and summers at the cottage near the Hardy Dam with her second husband Keith Keeler, who preceded her in death some 24 years ago. Carol is survived by her son, Carl Nemeth of Sarasota, Florida; brother, James Larsen of Merrill; three grandchildren; two great grandchildren; four nieces and nephews all of Merrill. According to her wishes cremation has taken place, there will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 11 a.m. at The Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel in Hastings, with interment of ashes following at Fuller Cemetery. Please sign Carol’s register book at www.lauerfh.com. Daniel S. Morse SHELBYVILLE - Daniel S. Morse, of Shelbyville, passed away unexpectedly, November 29, 2007, at his residence. Dan was born in Plainwell on June 6, 1942, the son of Cecil and Doris (Foote) Morse. He was a carpenter, for many years, and will be remembered as a perfectionist, in everything he built and did. Dan loved camping at his brothers house, working on school projects with his grandchildren, tinkering in his garage, fishing, and hunting rabbits, especially with his grandson. Every spring he would tap the maple trees for the sap to make syrup for his friends and family. Dan is survived by a son, Charles (Evelyn) Morse of Plainwell; a daughter, Tammie Morse of Grand Rapids; his mother Doris Morse of Shelbyville; brothers, Jerry (Vicky), Terry (Pam), Robert (Jeane), and Joe Morse sisters, Julie London and Mary Patrick; grandchildren, Cody and Danielle Morse, Samantha and Bobbie Jo Shue; step grandchildren, Chase and Ashley Hunderman; several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Dan was preceded in death by his father Cecil Morse in 2000. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, Pastor Jay Taylor officiating. Burial will take place in Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society will be appreciated. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director RiebergerSchnackenberg Girrbach Funeral Home Amy Rieberger and Ryan Mitchell Schnackenberg will exchange vows on March 8, 2008. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Eastlake High School and Wayne State University. She and her parents, Frank and Sandra, are from metropolitan Detroit. The future groom is a graduate of Hastings High School and Center for Creative Studies. Ryan lives in metro Detroit, while his parents, James and Jacqueline, reside in Hastings. Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Hastings houses to be razed soon by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Planning Commission discussed the demolition of structures located at 317, 329, 331 and 335 W. Court St. and 326 W. State St. at Monday night’s meeting. Representing the county, Barry County Commissioner Keith Ferris spoke to the planning commission. He said county officials determined it was in the county’s best interest to raze these structures and that demolition would begin in mid-December and be completed in January 2008. He also said the site restoration and turf establishment would occur in the spring of 2008. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the commission: • Reviewed the draft ordinance regarding flashing/moving lights sign regulation. Community Development Director John Hart reported that he spoke with representatives from Pennock and Chemical Bank about a proposed requirement to have messages displayed for at least 10 seconds with a dark period for at least one second. • Had continued discussion about mixeduse or form-based zoning classification. • Discussed “Walkable Eastwood,” a model that supports smart growth and “new urbanism design.” Hart said that national chains could comply with design standards if required by local jurisdictions. • Added the following items to the 2007 task list: Consider parking regulations governing vehicles in front yards, commercial vehicles in residential areas, and motor vehicles between the curb line and the street rightof-way line (where no sidewalk is present) and consider standards for temporary accessory structures. • Tabled the consideration of the rezoning request for property located at 710 E. Mill Street from R-2/R-R to R-2 to allow the planning commission to address concerns. The Future Land Use Plan in the City Master Plan recommend rezoning of other properties in the general area, not just the single parcel requested. 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77517697 �Page 6 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. Area Obituaries Karen Sue (Radant) Altoft 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (October thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. High Youth (meal served) (October thru May). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study at the church. Friday 9-11 p.m. Sr. High Youth. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Second Sunday in Advent December 9 Holy Community 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. Wednesday December 12 Supper 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer 7:00 p.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269-945-2698. http://www.discover-grace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Friday - 6:00 p.m. Menders - Dining Room. Saturday - 5:30 p.m. Advent Worship Service. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Praise Team; 6:30 p.m. LOVE Tree distribution. FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77518428 HASTINGS - Karen Sue (Radant) Altoft, age 49, of Hastings, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at her residence. Karen was born March 24, 1958 in Owosso, the daughter of Kenneth R. and Marjorie E. (White) Radant. Karen graduated from Hastings High School in 1976, she then went on to Western Michigan University and graduated from there in 1979 with a Registered Nurses degree. She married Timothy Patrick Altoft. Karen was employed as a Registered Nurse for Blodgett Hospital, Raybrook Nursing Home, and Hastings Provencial House. She was co-owner of Boom Town in Hastings with her husband Tim from 1981 to 1998, and has worked for the past nine years at her family business as a sales consultant with WBCH Radio in Hastings. Karen enjoyed singing, playing the piano and organ at her church as well as for weddings, she also enjoyed various art, music and the love for animals. She was preceded in death by her son Colin Christopher Altoft September 24th 1984; her grandparents; Raymond and Josephine Radant, Robert White and Mildred Jones. Karen is survived by her husband, Timothy Altoft of Hastings; a daughter, Jillian Altoft of Hastings; her parents, Kenneth and Marjorie Radant of Hastings; brother, Steven (Sue) Radant of Hastings; sister, Joellyn (Kevin) Schipper of Allegan; grandmother, Ellen White of Hastings; mother/father in-law, Charles and Shirley Altoft of Delton; three sisters-in-law; several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:00am with a visitation with the family starting at 10:00am at the Hastings Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Fr. Hugh Dickinson officiating. Burial will be at Rutland Township Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Hastings Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 315 W. Center St. Hastings, MÎ 49058. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at girrbachfuneralhome.net. Robert James Romska MIDDLEVILLE - Robert James Romska, age 66, of Middleville, died Saturday December 1, 2007 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born April 28, 1941 in Detroit, the son of Norman and Norma (Bilodeau) Romska. He was a graduate of St. Martin Deparres High School and had two years of College in Detroit. He was married on June 18, 1988 to Cecilia Gizewski, they moved to the Barry County Area in 1995. Robert was employed at Great Lakes Federal Bank, State Bank Of Caledonia, and drove a bus for Indian Trails until 2003. Robert enjoyed golfing, playing cards, fishing, and hunting. Mainly he enjoyed any activity that surrounded him with friends and loved ones. His good natured sprit will live on through them. A true Michigander he loved watching University of Michigan Football, Lions Football, and Red Wings hockey games. Go Red Wings! He is survived by his wife Cecilia Romska of Middleville; daughter, Carrie (Kevin) Chancellor of Palm Bay Florida; his grandchildren, Christopher J. Chancellor and Lillian T. Chancellor; great-neice, Abbigail Wherrett; brother-in-law, Jim Desimone of Sturgis; nephew, Mike (Jessie) Wherrett; neice Lori O’Bymachow. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister Mary Disimone, uncle Bob and Aunt Virginia. Memorial services will be held Saturday December 8, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials can be made to the Family. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at girrbachfuneralhome.net. Steven C. Dudley DELTON - Steven C. Dudley, of Delton, passed away, after a courageous battle with cancer on December 4, 2007, at his home, with his family at his bedside. Steve was born in Battle Creek, on September 11, 1956, the son of Kenneth and Dorothy (Casey) Dudley. He was a 1974 graduate of Delton Kellogg High School. Steve was a sheet metal journeyman for many years and a member of Sheet Metal Union, Local 7. He enjoyed fishing, camping, tinkering in his garage, and animals. He loved watching his sons participate in sporting events. On April 8, 1978 in Delton he married Robin Manwarren, who survives; other members of his family include, sons, Zachary and Nicholas Dudley; his parents, Kenneth and Dorothy Dudley; a special son, Brent King; brothers, Alan (Kathy) Handy, James (Ginny) Handy and John Dudley; sisters, Janet (Jim) Missad, Peggy (Mike) Crider, and Susan (Frank) Bowman; his paternal grandmother, Pauline Dudley; father and mother-in-law, Eugene and Ada Manwarren; several nieces and nephews. Steve was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather Howard Dudley; his maternal grandmother “Gus” and his mother-in-law, Charlene Hutchinson. A Celebration of Steve’s Life will be Saturday, December 8, 2007, from 1:00 to 4:00 PM at the Blackhawk Barn, in Richland. Memorial contributions to Heartland Hospice or any Humane Society will be appreciated. The family is being served by the Williams-Gores Funeral Home in Delton. Bettyann Cole May Bettyann Cole May. October 6, 1930 November 29, 2007 With the season’s first snow frosting her beloved Rocky Mountains and her cherished family at her side, Bettyann May, 77, passed away on November 29, 2007 after a long battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. She was preceded in death by her husband Bill May. Born in Nashville, to Lionel and Birdie Cole, she was one of six sisters and spent her early years raising Brown Swiss cows for 4H and delivering milk in the area. Bettyann graduated valedictorian of her class in 1948 from Vermontville High School. With her first husband Dale Briggs, she raised four children in Vermontville, and established many life-long friends. She remained in close contact with her sisters her entire life. In 1980, she moved to Denver, CO, where she met the dapper Texan Bill May at a singles’ dance, and they immediately struck up a life-long love affair. Together they traveled the United States, relishing campfires beside mountain streams in national park and national forest service campgrounds. When not traveling, they loved to spend time with family and doted on grandchildren, attending birthday parties, soccer matches, piano recitals, swim meets and ballet rehearsals. Bettyann traveled back to Michigan every year to visit children, grandchildren, sisters and dear friends. She was a most avid sports fan, like many of her children and sisters. One of the real joys of her later life was watching her Colorado Rockies and Denver Broncos, highlighted by this fall’s exhilarating run to the World Series. She is survived by a large and loving family: daughter Kathi and Karl Eggers of Golden, CO; son Jeff and Mary Jo Briggs of Seattle, WA; son John and Wendy Briggs, of Eaton Rapids; and son Mike Briggs, of Billings, MT; and their families; step-children Helen and Chris May; sisters Mildred Cole and Virginia Beattie; 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. There will be no public memorial service but Bettyann’s ashes will be mingled with her beloved husband Bill’s ashes, and committed to the Rocky Mountains she loved so well. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the National Park Foundation. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Donor Services P.O. Box 4072 Pittsfield, MA 01202 National Park Foundation 1201 Eye Street NW, Suite 550B Washington, DC 20005 Dawne Irene O’Connor Gibson Dawne Irene O’Connor Gibson passed away on November 30, 2007. She was born in 1943 in Hastings, Barry County. Her parents were Freddie Eugene and Geneva Irene Walter O’Connor. Dawne married Theron Kent Gibson on Valentine’s Day 1964 in Los Angeles CA. They have four children, Gregg (Allyson) Gibson of North Carolina, Karin (Brad) Johnson of Hastings, Geoff (Stephanie) Gibson of Oklahoma, and Grant (Amber) Gibson of Lake Odessa. They have 15 wonderful grandchildren: Zachary, Kaycee, Brooke, and Blair Gibson, Matthew, Samuel, Hannah, and Micah Johnson, Aspen, Ainsley, Asher, and Andyn Gibson, and Allen, Ashton, and Abigail Gibson. Dawne loved her church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She joined the Church in 1968 in East Lansing. She also loved family history and making birthday cards. A private burial occurred, and an open memorial service will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (600 Airport Road, Hastings) at 6:00 pm on December 18. Dawne is survived by her wonderful husband, Kent, beloved children and grandchildren, and her sister Bette (Mike) Thompson of Hastings. Arrangements were entrusted to Lauer Family Funeral Home-Wren Chapel Hastings. Please sign Dawne’s register book or leave condolences for her family at www.lauerfh.com. The family welcomes cards and letters, but requests that no flowers be sent. Jean Ballantine Ironside HASTINGS - Jean Ballantine Ironside, age 79, of Hastings, died Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Clark Retirement Community in Grand Rapids. Jean was born June 6, 1928 in Bay City, the daughter of Charles and Florence (Manning) Ballantine. She graduated from St. Mary’s in Bay City and then graduated from Mercy College of Nursing in 1949. Jean married Gordon A. Ironside Jr. August 4, 1951 in Bay City, they moved to Hastings in 1952. She was a registered nurse for Pennock Hospital Intensive Care Unit for many years and retired in 1986. Jean was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, member of the University of Michigan Victor’s Club, Pennock Hospital Guild 39 and was a Bluebird/Camp fire leader. Jean enjoyed playing bridge, traveling, spending time at Gun Lake, and especially being a grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents. Jean is survived by her husband of 56 years, Gordon A. Ironside Jr.; her daughters, Ann (Larry) Ainslie of Bloomfield Hills, Mary Ironside of Bloomfield Hills, Sarah (Bruce) Freiberg of Glendale, Arizona, and a son, Gordon Ironside III of Middleville; her beloved grandchildren, Thomas (Melissa) Ainslie, Elizabeth Ainslie, both of Key Biscayne, Florida, James Ironside Young of Bloomfield Hills, Audrey Ironside of Caledonia, Gordon Ironside IV of Caledonia; her sisters, Mary (Molly) Remski of Plymouth, Ann Lieving of Sterling Heights; several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 6 from 2-4 and 6-8 pm with a Rosary at 4 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, December 7, 2007 at 11am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Fr. Alfred J. Russell Celebrant. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Hastings. Memorials can be made to Clark Retirement Community, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association or charity of one’s choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 7 Hundreds celebrate a ‘Hometown Christmas’ in Delton Approximately 500 people visited the Delton District Library and scurried to other locations as well between 6 and 8 p.m. Tuesday for Delton's annual Hometown Christmas celebration. The festive Holly Trolley, from the Barry County Transit, chauffeured many of the folks from place to place during the evening. At the library, flute music was provided by eighth graders Chelsea Martin and Megan Boulter during the first hour and singing by the Delton Kellogg School Choir in the second hour. Cookies and hot chocolate were provided by the Bernard Historical Society with help from the Friends of Delton District Library. There were plenty of treats for all including free ornaments for everyone provided by the Friends of the Library. The Bernard Historical Society also staffed the meeting room where children made ornaments to take home. At St. Ambrose Catholic Church, socializing and soup seemed to go together on the A choir from Delton Kellogg Schools serenaded visitors at the library. (photo supplied) cold wintry night. Those who attended the freewill offering meal had a choice of soups ranging from chicken noodle to clam chowder, and it was all for a good cause with proceeds benefiting the Delton Friends’ project to help local families at Christmas. “Everyone seems so happy,” said one of the young dinner guests. Kids had fun getting their faces painted by Miss Delton Bailey Lester and members of her court and the runners-up in the Little Miss Delton court when they visited Chapple Realty. Dills Market offered a generous array of food samples to visitors, everything from Mooville eggnog to yogurt cranberries and chili lime dried pineapple. Everyone had an opportunity to decorate cut-out Christmas cookies at Thornapple Valley Community Credit Union. Even the little tots delighted in spreading colorful frosting and chocolate chips, coconut and a variety of sprinkles on the sweet treats. Santa delighted the children at Smith and Doster, and at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, visitors received Christmas ornaments that can be planted in the spring for a floral surprise in the summer. Many other businesses participated in the Christmas celebration, offering chances to win door prizes and enjoy refreshments. The library also was the place where funds were raised for various community groups, including the Senior Mystery Trip volunteers who were taking orders for homemade apple pies, the Delton Area Rotary Club selling raffle tickets for their Shopping Spree fundraiser, and Elisha Hatton and Jackie Vander Veen raising money to boot and coat middle schoolers by selling Jackie's handmade wreaths. The Friends of the Delton District Library continued working to adopt out all the gifts and families on the library's angel tree. “Everyone had a great time celebrating and creating community,” said Library Director Edward Elsner. Southeastern students learn about Thanksgiving Southeastern Elementary School second grade students learned about the first Thanksgiving, ending their lesson with a tra- ditional Thanksgiving feast Wednesday, Nov. 21. Kitty Hoke’s class dressed as Native Americans while Teresta Bolo’s students dressed as pilgrims who made the trip to the “New World” on the Mayflower. The pilgrims wrote in journals and wrote and illustrated pilgrim books, or books about the pilgrims. They also ate food similar to what would have been eaten in 1620 on the long journey from England and then recorded their experiences. The Native American students made teepees, drew pictures, and made a mural of the food Native Americans grew and hunted for. Riley Smith pours punch at Smith and Doster in front of a sparkling vintage automobile. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) TAX, continued from page 5 Brandon Stanley, 8, shows off his pilgrim hat during Southeastern Elementary School’s second grade Thanksgiving celebration. Southeastern Elementary School Principal Susan Linacre serves apple juice during the Nov. 21 feast. Contemplative Advent Worship Lordy, Lordy, the WaterBoy is 40! If you see Mark on December 7th wish him a Happy 40th Birthday First Presbyterian Church of Hastings WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS December 9, 2007 Happy Birthday Baby 5:30 p.m. Love, Lisa Saturday Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 01550319 clearly a better choice. Between implementation costs and uncertain collection rates, businesses would have paid far more under the service tax—likely over a billion dollars more during the first year. But that doesn’t change the fact that 60,000 businesses will still see an increase next year over what they paid this year. That is the last thing our state needs right now. Reigning in out-of-control spending is the only real solution. You know what the biggest weakness in state government today is? It’s that most see compromise as a sign of weakness. Instead, rigidity pushes every major decision to the brink and that has ultimately led to very bad policy. The difference now is that people across the state are paying close attention—and it looks really bad. Michigan’s last best hope is that the people will stand up and demand better, because they deserve better. Please join us. 77518706 77517647 02682136 ® RETAIL LENDER The Barry-Eaton District Health Department Has Opening for An Advanced Care Clinician Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. Certified Family Nurse Practitioner needed for a primary care clinic for the uninsured, part-time (2-3 days per week). Clinic serves clients with acute and chronic illnesses at two sites. Emphasis on health education. Clinic experience, electronic medical records and computer experience preferred. Ability to work with limited resources essential. Benefits include: Retirement, Paid Sick, Vacation and Holidays. Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: Please send resume and cover letter to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities Barry-Eaton District Health Department 1033 Health Care Dr. Charlotte, MI 48813 Attn: Personnel – EOE Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking 77517270 charge—in other words, I voted "yes" on my one option. Here are the seven main reasons for my vote. 1. The service tax was supposed to raise $750 million annually. It quickly became apparent that the lax drafting of the law allowed for nearly unlimited collections by the state. It would have been kind of like an ATM machine for treasury. Many in government now believe that actual collections would have been more than $1.3 billion. The MBT surcharge, on the other hand, is a much more controlled and defined t a x . Over-collections to that extent are simply not possible. To provide additional comfort, the MBT legislation includes a rebate mechanism which returns overages to the tax payer. Advantage surcharge. 2. As mentioned earlier, the service tax acted as a "Michigan headquarters tax." To pay the service tax, you had to be here in the state. Under the service tax, General Motors paid dearly and Toyota paid nothing. Need I say more? The MBT surcharge is spread equally among all businesses over a certain size. It does not put our domestic businesses at a disadvantage to their foreign competitors. Advantage surcharge. 3. Because it was brand new, the service tax required a ton of implementation costs. It meant new employees at the state treasury department would have to collect, monitor and audit, but the real costs were borne by businesses. A recent study announced by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce estimated that businesses would pay over $900 million in set up expenses. The MBT surcharge is just an additional step in an existing tax that will not require any additional implementation cost to businesses or the state for that matter. Advantage surcharge. 4. The service tax would have been paid by nearly every business in Michigan at perhaps as much as $1.3 billion annually—although only $750 million was budgeted ($619 million the first year because it did not start right at the beginning of the state’s fiscal year). The MBT surcharge should closely mirror the budgeted amount of collections and will affect about a quarter of the state’s businesses. Advantage surcharge. 5. The service tax ignored a timing peculiarity between the start of the MBT and the related personal property tax exemptions/credits. That timing will result in an extra $219 million to the state. The MBT surcharge deal returns $100 million of that to the tax payers by lowering the first-year rate. Advantage surcharge. 6. The service tax had no sunset. It just went on forever. The MBT surcharge expires in 10 years. Advantage surcharge. 7. Nearly every small business would have to pay the service tax. Most small businesses will be completely exempt from the MBT surcharge. Advantage surcharge. So as you can see, the surcharge option was 77518708 EOE/M-F 02682656 �Page 8 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Alethians and others from Central United Methodist Church are to have a ride on the Princess Laura riverboat on the Grand River near Lansing today. The trip includes entertainment and a meal while riding in the enclosed viewing area. The ride is up to Logan Street and down river to Waverly Road. The film series, sponsored by the Ionia Historical Society, continues at the Ionia Theater. Today the film is on movie houses. Next week comes “The Pacific Coast by Rail.” Dec. 20 will have the “Glory of Christmas.” Dec. 27 will feature “Old Days in Alaska.” The Blanchard House on East Main in Ionia will have a Christmas luncheon Dec. 8 with a humorous reading by Helene Dunn. The price is $10. Card playing is optional following the program. The Blanchard House also will be open for tours on Dec. 8 with Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Also on Dec. 16 traditional Santa will make a visit. Watch the Reminder and Banner for hours of ‘Of Christmas Past’ at Charlton Park this weekend. Dr. Tom Yonkers, DVM would welcome cards and other mail at University Hospital, Sam Walton Unit, 4301 W. Markham St., Little Rock, AK where he has been for the past three months receiving treatment. His home is east of Cloverdale but he is a former Lake Odessa resident. The courthouse lawn in Ionia now has a new monument. This was placed last week in honor of Alonzo Woodruff who earned the Medal of Honor for his acts in Virginia in 1864 at Hatchers Run. Funds for the marker came from veterans groups around West Michigan and from Ionia school students. The drive was initiated by Dennis Craycraft of Belding. Congressman Vern Ehlers took part in the ceremony to honor Woodruff. Relatives in Grand Rapids were able to attend the November event. Woodruff, a farmer, enlisted at Ionia two years after his marriage to Harriet Hill. After the war, they went to Lake County for a lifetime of work. He died at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans. He is buried at a cemetery in Luther. Friends have been notified of a new address for Miss Norma Peters. She is now at Independence Village, just south of Grand Ledge on Hartel Road. Since moving away from her home on Donna Drive here she had lived in a Lansing apartment. She attended Lakewood United Methodist Church. Memorial services were held Saturday at the Lowell United Methodist Church for Mrs. Gladys Shade, 80, who died in Arizona Thanksgiving morning. An earlier service was held in Chandler, AZ Nov. 27. She was a grandmother of Heidi Osborne of Lake Odessa and a sister-in-law of Leatha Reese, Gene Shade, Sherri Wacha, Karoline Stalter and others. She was survived by her husband Dale of Lowell and Chandler, daughters Jackie Scramlin of Holly, Joni Fairbrother of Chandler, Bonnie Anderson of Alto and 12 grandchildren. The sermon was given by sonin-law L.C. Scramlin. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary served a fine dinner to a full house of senior citizens Tuesday at the Post. The dinner was complete with chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, fruit cup, and dessert. Attendees came from Clarksville, Sunfield and in between. The VFW flea market will be held the weekend of Dec. 14 and 15. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet Dec. 13 with a show-and-tell program. This can be Christmas related or not. The meeting will start at 7 p.m. BOWLING SCORES Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 40-12; Double A Cookie Factory 30-22; James Process Service 30-18; Kent Oil 28.5-23.5; Dewey’s Auto Body 27.5-24.5; NBT 27-25; Dean’s Dolls 24-28; Sassy Babes 24-28; Hallifax Services 12.5-39.5; The Finishing Touch 12.5-35.5*. *Games to be made up. BROADWAY VETERINARY CLINIC REMAINS OPEN TO SERVE YOUR PETS . Such as … SHOTS • BOOSTERS • SURGERY Continue to be available by calling: 269-948-2340 REGULAR OFFICE HOURS ARE IN EFFECT. 2195 N. M-43, Hastings B a b y ’s F i r s t 01549790 Specialty Foods and Supplies are available, trust the health of your pet to Broadway Veterinary Clinic in Hastings. Christmas! Name Birthday Name Birthday Name Birthday A special Hastings Banner feature to appear Thursday January 3rd, 2008. To include your child, simply mail or bring this form with photo & check or money order for $15 to: The Hastings Banner 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058 or mail to: PO Box B, Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-9554 • ads@j-adgraphics.com DEADLINE IS 5:30 PM FRIDAY, DEC. 28TH Baby’s Name _______________________________ Birthdate _________ Information below not included in ad: Parents: ____________________________________ Phone: ___________ Address: _______________________________________________________ Credit Card # __________________________________________________ Expiration _________________ 77518480 Good Games and Service - S. Kuhtic 177; B. Anders 152; S. Nash 167; J. Rice 177-490; K. Eberly 182; D. Snyder 192. 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Give a memorial that can go on forever Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Dish taken as a dig Dear Annie: I was talking to a co-worker the other day, and he was telling me in a joking manner that where I come from, people eat reindeer. I responded to him, while smiling, saying, "You guys eat dogs!" (He is Korean.) He got really upset and called me many vulgarities and left. I approached him and apologized, but he told me to stay away. I apologized again the next day, but he wouldn't listen. This is causing bad feelings since we work in the same office, but I feel I have done enough and am not willing to go any further. Any suggestions? — Fight to the Finnish Dear Finnish: Your co-worker thought your comment was more insulting than funny, although he should have been willing to take what he dished out. Try one more time. Tell him you didn't realize your comment was so insensitive and you are sorry. You also can ask someone else in the office to talk to him on your behalf and explain that you did not intend to hurt his feelings. If he still won't speak to you, there's nothing more you can do. Keep the nest, but give son wings Dear Annie: I am a 60-year-old widow with a 30-year-old son who is mildly autistic, but lives in his own apartment and has a job. "Dean" has no friends, but seems to be happy with his computer and some other hobbies. He is often at my house and eats supper here many times during the week. I sometimes wonder if, by tolerating this situation, I am keeping Dean from making friends. When he was at school, he was often shunned and bullied because of his eccentricities. He is a pleasure to be around, very intelligent, and I don't mind him being here. Should I suggest he come less frequently? How do I do this without seeming to reject him? I worry about when I am no longer around. — Mother in Edmonton Dear Mother: Please don't suggest he come less frequently. Your home is a safe and loving environment. We spoke to staff at the Autism Society of America (autismsociety.org) and this is what they said: As much as we would like to be here forever to care for our children, we have to help them grow and expand their support networks. Suggest having dinner together at his house. He could even build his skills by cooking for you. However, Dean needs to find safe environments beyond your home. You can help him now by creating opportunities to build social skills and become less dependent on you, yet also supporting him when things don't work out. Joining groups like MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger Syndrome (maapservices.org) and GRASP, the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (grasp.org), can be a great way for him to meet people and not have to fear being shunned. There also are online groups and community-based clubs that provide opportunities to interact with like-minded people. Provide concrete information about the good points of friendships to Dean, how to meet people and strike up a conversation, and reassure him about why people would like to have him as a friend. As you said, he's a pleasure! Ashes, two ashes Dear Annie: I read the letter from "This Violet Is Blue," who has been married to her husband for 20 years, but he still plans to be buried next to his first wife. It's a very interesting problem that is becoming more common. As a former provider of funeral services, I encountered this situation and came up with a viable solution. When her husband dies, he can be cremated, and half the ashes can be buried with his first wife, and the other half with "Violet." It's a good compromise, and everyone can be satisfied with the results. — Kelowna, B.C. Dear Kelowna: Many thanks for one possi- County Forum to hear about Blue Green Alliance Sue Browne, a resident of Hastings and Michigan organizer for the Blue Green Alliance, will give a presentation featuring the alliance between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club at the County Forum Thursday, Dec. 20, at 7 p.m. The alliance focuses on the key issues of global warming, clean energy, fair trade and reducing toxins. Joining Browne will be Barry County resident and the Women of Steel District 2 Coordinator Tonya DeVore. Together they will share background on the alliance and provide information and some tools necessary to deal with policies that allow dangerous products that threaten children and jobs. “As each new day seems to bring a new recall of lead-contaminated toys from China, public awareness grows to the dangers of lead,” said Browne. “However, most people are at a loss as to what they can do to protect their children from the hazards and to learn See FORUM, next page ble resolution to a tricky problem. Family row spilling into hallways Dear Annie: For the past year, our son and his wife of three years have chosen not to be part of our family. We all made mistakes, but anything we do now is interpreted as evil. He refuses to talk things over. He blocks all calls and e-mails and sends back gifts I mail to their children. I haven't seen my grandchildren in over a year. My son teaches at the school where I substitute and won't have any communication with me. He sees me and turns in the other direction. He won't eat lunch if he knows I am in the cafeteria. I try not to cause problems for him, but it truly hurts for him to ignore me the way he does. Should I quit subbing at this school? I've taught here for 13 years and enjoy seeing the kids, and some of my friends still teach here. It is obviously causing a lot of strain. — Stressed Mom Dear Mom: We don't know what happened to cause such an estrangement, but it's possible the breach can be patched up if someone will act as an intermediary. If your school has a counselor, make an appointment to discuss this and also ask the counselor to talk to your son and find out what you need to do to make things better. The counselor may be willing to get involved for the sake of the school. Two teachers who cannot get along create tension for everyone, including the students. Snoring may be a serious sign Dear Annie: I have been dating "Cathy" for the past two months. We are very attracted to each other and get along great, except for one major problem. Cathy and I recently started sleeping together, and I discovered that she snores like a lion. I am awake nearly all night. It's impossible to sleep in the same room with her. We have run out of ideas to resolve this. I used different kinds of earplugs without success. Sleeping in separate bedrooms seems logical, but I enjoy cuddling and don't want to sleep apart for the rest of my life. We are both 55 years old and plan to spend our golden years traveling. Separate bedrooms on vacation doesn't seem like much fun. Cathy tried sleeping on her side and used those nose patches that are supposed to keep your nostrils open, but nothing works. Surgery is out of the question. We are actually considering breaking up over this. Any suggestions? — Sleepless in N.Y. Dear Sleepless: Cathy needs to see her doctor. Anyone who snores that much may have sleep apnea, which can be quite serious. Not only are both of you getting too little rest, she is putting her health in danger. If she doesn't want surgery, she should ask her doctor about a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine. Pre-nup is a weighty matter Dear Annie: Thank you for being "weight un-bigots." I love it when you remind people that extra weight is not a reason to divorce someone, nor does it give you permission to flirt with a married person whose spouse is heavy. My husband and I were both normal weight when we married over 32 years ago. Over the years, I have gained several pounds. My husband has, too, but not to the extent that I have. We have a lovely daughter, a nice home, family and friends and a wonderful relationship. We both have master's degrees and fulfilling careers, and are active in our church. Recently, I was aghast to learn that some people are trying to write "weight control" into their prenuptial agreements, even though pre-nups are about control over property, not personal characteristics. One attorney I know said if a person uses a pre-nup to control your weight, you should re-evaluate whether you want to enter into a relationship with that person. — Trying My Best Dear Trying: The need to control someone else's physical appearance is a bad sign. You never know what life will throw at you. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Snow, sleds, skates... winter fun Own a business? Put retirement, succession plans in order By Esther M. Walton Some things about winter never seem to change: Children making the first snowman of the season, waiting anxiously for the ponds and skating rinks to freeze, peering out windows to see if there is enough snow for sledding. The earliest records in the Banner tell of the coming of winter and the children, skates or sleds in hand – waiting for sufficient snow to play in. The Nov. 26, 1857, Banner gave this report: “On the 19th, snow commenced falling and has continued to do so at short intervals ever since. At this date, Nov. 23, it is estimated to be nearly 18 inches deep. Sleighing is good, and our streets present an unusually lively appearance. Such a depth of snow at this season of the year, we believe, is unprecedented in this climate.” Skating was a perennial favorite on the mill ponds. Two mill ponds on Fall Creek, one between Boltwood and Michigan Avenue, and the other between Walnut and Grand, were favorites for generations of children. Over the years, the city has flooded areas for ice skating. A municipal skating pond in 1920 was located at the city park which is where the middle school is now. Later, the city flooded Tyden Park for skating. Sledding was a popular sport, and the city of Hastings also provided “fine coasting places.” From 1890 to 1920, these places were on city streets, and during certain days and or hours, there were set aside for sliding. Grants Hill or State Street was one such street. Another was part of Market Street and on other occasional parts of Marshall Street. By the late 1850s, sleds were considered an element of winter fun for children and adults. Sleds, at this time, were made either by local cabinet marker or blacksmiths. These sleds were custom-made, rather crude in design, and had no steering except by dragging a foot or shifting body weight. Manufactured sleds with steel runners, a light wood frame and sometimes a handle attached, became popular shortly after the Civil War. In 1860, Henry F. Morton of West Sumner, Maine, decided to supplement his income by building sleds with enticing designs. By 1883 his company had grown to good proportions. He moved the company to South Paris, Maine, to be nearer to the railroad which would aid in the shipping of his product. The Paris Manufacturing Company, as he named his venture, thrived and today the company is still producing children’s sleds, albeit under the label Paricom. Sleds as Christmas toys for children caught on, and several more companies began manufacturing sleds. By the mid-1880s, hardware stores and other mercantile companies included sleds in their inventories. Hauling sleds were identified as different from children’s coasting sleds. In 1896, sledding was the third most popu- lar boy’s activity, following playing ball, and shooting marbles. Girls placed sledding second to playing with dolls. As popular as sleds were, the Montgomery Ward catalog of 1895 and Sears Roebuck Co. catalog of 1897 did not carry coasting sleds, but they both sold bob sleds. It was common for children to name their sleds, but sled manufacturers didn’t pick up on this until late in the 19th Century when they finally came out with names such as “Champion,” “Black Beauty,” Columbia,” “Clipper” and “Sky Rocket” for boys; “Snow Queen,” and “Snow Fairy” for girls. Construction of the sled was different for boys and girls. The Clipper sled, long and low-slung with the deck mounted directly onto squat runners were stressed for boys. This sled was perfect for the belly flopper. Cutter sleds were more sedate with the deck set high on an open framework about the slender metal runners. This sled was designed to be ridden sitting up and therefore, more appropriate for girls. The runners of these sleds were elegantly curled upward in the front. Decorations on sleds were of infinite number and design. Stenciling on the sled deck with a fancy trademark was common. Occasionally, a sled had a highly polished ebony finish decorated in gilt. A elite sled could have imitation leather seat. Other selling points were “round knees,” “iron braces,” varnished oak runners and oval shoes. The Flexible Flyer was built by Samuel Allen of Philadelphia in 1889. This design had a flexible steel runner connected to a steering bar at the front of the sled. A hard tug on either side of the bar actually bent the runners in the direction the rider wanted to go. The trademark – an eagle with its feet planted on a shield of stars and stripes carrying the Flexible Flyer’s banner to its beak – is still identification of the Flexible Flyers built today. Old sleds have become collectors items, especially since the children of today use molded plastic saucers or rolled plastic sheets for sledding. Antique shops carry Flexible Flyers, Paris sleds and versions by several other manufacturers. The collectible sleds have clearly marked labels on the under side of the sled deck. These labels give the manufacturer and the date of manufacturing. Handmade sleds, particularly if they are very old, can be extremely expensive and are becoming very hard for collectors to find. After all, these were not used as art piecess, they were used to transport children down a hill so the child could walk back up the hill and repeat the process. If you now feel sentimental about your old sled, go rummage around the garage, find your sled, dust it off and show your children or grandchildren what a real sled was. But whatever you do, don’t take them out to your old favorite sliding hill. Somehow after many years have passed, these hills aren’t as high as they used to be, but they are much, much harder to climb. If you own a small business, you probably laugh at the notion of a "9 to 5" workday. Unfortunately, many small-business owners work so hard, and are so focused on the "here and now"- increasing sales, controlling costs, attracting new customers, etc. - that they forget to plan for their own retirement and for the fate of their business. Don't make those mistakes. No matter how hectic your schedule, take the time to set up a retirement plan for yourself and a succession plan for your business. Let's consider retirement plans first. These days, small-business owners such as yourself have several good retirement plans from which to choose as well as other options that may provide even more opportunity. If your business has no employees except you (and possibly,your spouse), you can choose a SEP IRA, an "owner-only" 401(k) or an "owneronly" defined benefit plan. If you have employees, you might want to explore a SIMPLE IRA or a "Safe Harbor" 401(k). All these plans have at least two things in common. First, your earnings can potentially grow taxdeferred. Second, you can fund any of these plans with virtually any type of investment: stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, government securities and more. You can even create a mix of investments to reflect your time horizon and risk tolerance. Beyond these similarities, though, these plans have different requirements and features, so, to find the one that's right for you, consult with a financial advisor who is experienced in helping business owners. Once you've established your retirement plan, it's time to think about succession planning. Here are a few general recommendations to keep in mind: * Always know what your business is worth. Your succession plan may involve either selling the business or passing it to your heirs, so it's essential you know the sales price or its inheritance value. Once you have this information, you can help draw up plans for selling the business or helping your family pay estate taxes. * Integrate your succession plans with your estate plans. 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For more information about the alliance, visit www.bluegreenalliance.org. Keep up with your local McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. team “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” in your local newspaper, 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 The Hastings BANNER! having some outside investments, in addition to one of the retirement plans mentioned above. * Include key employees in your planning. If you'd like to keep some key employees on after the business is transferred, let them know your plans while you're still in charge. Of course, if you plan on selling your business to one of them, you'll need to invest and organize the proceeds in such a way that they can be efficiently passed on to your family. * Plan for "what if?" A good succession plan must also include plans for contingen- cies. To cite just one possible complication, what if you want to leave your business to an adult child, but that child dies before you? You may need to take many "what ifs" into account when you construct your plans. You invest your heart and soul into your business. To protect that investment, work with your financial, tax and legal advisors to create the appropriate retirement and succession plans. Even as busy as you are, it will be time well spent. This entire site Copyright © 2007 Edward Jones LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Julio OrtizSosa and Dorothy Ortiz-Sosa, his wife, to The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 28, 1996, and recorded on May 29, 1996, in Liber 661, on page 865, Barry County Records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to 21st Mortgage Corporation by an assignment dated March 30, 2006 and recorded on April 12, 2006 in Document No. 1163001, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of sixty thousand thirty five and 93/100 dollars ($60,035.93) including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence East 94 rods along the North line of said Section 28 to the true place of beginning, thence South 209 feet parallel with the West line of said Section 28, thence West, 417 feet parallel with said North Section line, thence North 209 feet to said North Section line, thence East 417 feet along the North Section line to the point of beginning and all attachment thereon including a 1995 Patriot Washington Park 28 x 56 manufactured housing unit bearing serial identification number LPP-5512 A/B IN. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Cloverdale Road. Tax No. 07-028-007-16 The redemption period shall be 6 years from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241 or MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MLCA 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: November 20, 2007 21st Mortgage Corporation, Assignee of Mortgage Richard A. Green, Attorneys, 30150 N. Telegraph Rd., Ste 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 77518181 (248) 540-7665 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 11, 2006, by Anthony W. Hooker and Tracy L. Hooker, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on May 17, 2006, in Document No. 1164692 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen and 55/100 Dollars ($112,515.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE RECORDED PLAT OF J.R. BUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES WEST IN THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT 33.68 FEET TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 34 RODS AND 8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 196.39 FEET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE RAILROAD, NOW VACATED; THENCE SOUTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST 68.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 213.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 66 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY OVER THE EASTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF, BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Commonly known as 606 S. Grove St., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518151 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on September 17, 2003, by Timothy A. Rasey and Trixie L. Rasey, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on September 19, 2003, in Document No. 1113622 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Thirty Six Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Seven and 36/100 Dollars ($136,577.36), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Carlton, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: Condominium Unit 17, Coldwater River Country Estates, a Condominium according to the Master Deed recorded as Document No. 1060986, on Pages 1-47, inclusive, and Document No. 1060987, on Pages 1-3, inclusive, in the Office of the Barry County Register of Deeds and designated as Barry County Condominium Subdivision Plan No. 20, together with rights in general common elements and limited common elements as set forth in said Master Deed and as described in Act 59 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended.. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77517994 KZLIB:559020.1\105064-00162 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Charles E Collins and Carol L Collins, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated August 31, 2006, and recorded on September 11, 2006 in instrument 1169839, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-WF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Seven And 29/100 Dollars ($209,557.29), including interest at 8.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot Fifteen (15) and the South forty-two (42) feet of Lot Thirteen (13) of Block Nine (9) of the Lincoln Park Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, according to the recorded Plat thereof; Also quit-claiming all my rights, title, and interest in and to the alley hereto vacated by the City of Hastings adjacent to said premises. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518041 File #172624F01 �Page 10 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy Billings and Cheryl Billings, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on November 29, 2005 in instrument 1156867, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 68/100 Dollars ($151,290.68), including interest at 8.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the point on the North tine of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; distant South 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds West 214.50 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 35; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West parallel to the East line of said Section 35, 231.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 49.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 577.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 165.00 feet to Said East line; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 203.58 feet along said East line; thence South 37 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West 152.39 feet; thence South 14 degrees 30 minutes 03 seconds West 176.85 feet thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds West along the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 35, 524.69 feet; thence North 00 d egrees 04 minutes 03 seconds East 1305.55 feet to the North line of said Section 35; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East along said North line 445.50 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518441 File #174771F01 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Andrew E. Warner and Janice E. Warner, Husband and Wife to National Bank of Hastings, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Instrument # 1075200 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, by assignment dated November 19, 2007 and recorded November 28, 2007 in Instrument #20071128-0004654 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($142,907.27) including interest 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one quarter of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said section; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 1699.0 feet along the North line of said section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 661.32 feet parallel with the West line of said Northwest one quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds West 204.12 feet; thence North 67 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds West 51.30 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 185.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 49.71 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with right of ingress and egress to a public road over Trails End Drive. Also together with walkway easement to Gun Lake over a 6 foot wide stripe of land, the West line of which is described as being the Southerly extension of the West line of said above described parcel. Commonly known as 4225 Trails End, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518688 Our File No: 07-79526 NOTICE HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP The Township is seeking an applicant to serve on the Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. This applicant must be a registered voter. Call the Township at 269-948-9690 or Supervisor Jim Brown at 888-2402638 for an application. Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Dec. 10, 2007. The Township Board reserves the right to reject any or all applicants. 77518085 REGISTRATION NOTICE To The Qualified Electors of THE COUNTY OF BARRY Notice is hereby given that any legal voter living in the following Cities and Townships who is not already registered to vote may register with their respective Clerk on Monday, December 17, 2007 THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. to be eligible to vote in the Presidential Primary Election to be held on January 15, 2008. REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT BY CALLING YOUR CLERK DEBORAH S. MASSIMINO ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP CLERK 7475 Cox Rd, Bellevue MI 49021 Phone 269 758-4003 THOMAS EMERY HASTINGS CITY CLERK 201 E State St, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-2468 NORMAJEAN CAMPBELL-NICHOLS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 10115 S Norris Rd, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-2664 PENELOPE YPMA BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP CLERK 3100 E Dowling Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-3228 LINDA EDDY-HOUGH HOPE TOWNSHIP CLERK 5463 S M 43 Hwy, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2464 ROBIN HAWTHORNE RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 2461 Heath Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-2194 DEBRA DEWEY-PERRY BARRY TOWNSHIP CLERK 155 E Orchard St, Delton MI 49046 Phone 269 623-5171 CAROL ERGANG IRVING TOWNSHIP CLERK 3241 Wood School Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 948-8893 WILMA DANIELS CARLTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 945-5990 JUNE P. DOSTER JOHNSTOWN TOWNSHIP CLERK 1815 Lacey Rd, Dowling MI 49050 Phone 269 721-9905 LORNA WILSON CASTLETON TOWNSHIP CLERK 915 Reed St, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-9479 SUSAN K. BUTLER MAPLE GROVE TOWNSHIP CLERK 9752 Evart Rd, Nashville MI 49073 Phone 517 852-1859 BONNIE L. CRUTTENDEN HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP CLERK 885 River Rd, Hastings MI 49058 Phone 269 948-9690 JENNIFER GOY ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 7350 Lindsey Rd, Plainwell MI 49080 Phone 269 664-4522 SUSAN VLIETSTRA THORNAPPLE TOWNSHIP CLERK 200 E Main St, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-7202 CHERYL ALLEN WOODLAND TOWNSHIP CLERK 156 S Main, Woodland MI 48897 Phone 269 367-4915 JANICE C. LIPPERT YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP CLERK 284 N Briggs Rd, Middleville MI 49333 Phone 269 795-9091 An application for an absent voter ballot may be applied for any time before 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2008. Please contact your Township or City Clerk for further information. For the purpose of the following: Republican Party Presidential Primary Election; Democratic Party Presidential Primary Election; 7th District County Commissioner Recall (Assyria, Baltimore and Johnstown Townships) 77518675 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Hanson and Theresa M. Hanson, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 18, 2003, and recorded on August 11, 2003 in instrument 1110582, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Seven And 55/100 Dollars ($69,487.55), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except commencing at the Southeast corner of said South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence North 100 feet from place of beginning; thence North 200 feet; thence West 120 feet; thence South 200 feet; thence East 120 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518468 File #175247F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua A. Troemel, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 22, 2001, and recorded on April 11, 2001 in instrument 1058000, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred SixtyFour And 47/100 Dollars ($103,464.47), including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West, 863.28 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West, 600.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 230.00 feet parallel with said North Section line; thence North 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds East 600.00 feet parallel with said West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds East 230.00 feet along said North Section line to point of beginning. Together with and subject to a 40 foot wide easement for ingress and egress, centerline described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 1113.29 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West 385.93 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds East 233.35 feet; thence South 54 degrees 48 minutes 39 seconds East 139.35 feet; thence South 32 degrees 41 minutes 17 seconds East 73.66 feet to point of ending of said centerline. The side lines of said easement extended or retract to allow no gaps or overlaps at angle points or property boundaries. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518473 File #175488F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Thomason, Jr., a single man and Deborah Shotwell, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 16, 2001, and recorded on April 18, 2001 in instrument 1058286, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven And 00/100 Dollars ($64,297.00), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 33 feet of Lot 2 and the East 10 feet of Lot 3, Block 8, Butlers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518447 File #027248F04 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 14, 2006 in instrument 1167169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five And 17/100 Dollars ($131,775.17), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518233 File #174041F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Morgan and Janet Morgan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 24, 2006 in instrument 1165077, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Six Hundred Ten And 69/100 Dollars ($103,610.69), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 2, Block 3, Kenfield's 2nd Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518130 File #173207F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew Wayne Shade and Terri Jo Shade, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated January 16, 2007, and recorded on January 23, 2007 in instrument 1175483, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($195,442.81), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 231 feet South of the Northeast corner of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 35; thence South 479 feet; thence West 385 feet; thence North 710 feet; thence East 160 feet; thence South 231 feet; thence East 225 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518191 File #173850F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Wilma Lock, An unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005, and recorded on December 9, 2005 in instrument 1157390, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 30/100 Dollars ($185,171.30), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning on the Range line 937.49 feet, with bearings referenced to the Michigan Plane coordinate system-zone South, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East from the Southwest corner of Section 19; thence on said Range line, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East 393.42 feet to the 1/8 post on the West side of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of said Section 19; thence South 88 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds East on the 1/8 line 615.38 feet; thence South 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds West 392.15 feet; thence North 88 degrees 35 minutes 39 seconds West 615.38 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 7718453 File #174955F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Trust In the matter of FRANCES L. IRWIN Trust, dated November 12,1998. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Frances L. Irwin, who lived at 614 East Marshall, Hastings, Michigan died June 3, 2007 leaving a certain trust under the name of FRANCES L. IRWIN Trust, and dated November 12, 1998, wherein the decedent was the Settlor and Dorothy G. Kurr was named as the trustee serving at the time of or as a result of the decedents death. Creditors of the decedent and the trust are notified that all claims against the decedent or against the trust will be forever barred unless presented to Dorothy K. Kurr the named trustee at 1001 Dibble Street, Hastings, Michigan within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Robert L. Byington 222 West Apple Street, P.O. Box 248 Hastings, Michigan 49058 Dorothy G. Kurr 1001 Dibble Street 08748704 Hastings, Michigan 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary R. E. Lytle and Robert G. Lytle, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004 and recorded October 7, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135141, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 10/100 Dollars ($158,458.10) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 779.00 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 13; thence South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 468.46 feet along said North line; thence South 01 degrees, 08 minutes, 17 seconds, West 579.99 feet along the West line of the East 66 feet of the West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 13; thence North 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds West 468.46 feet; thence North 01 degrees, 08 minutes 17 seconds East 579.99 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518221 File No. 280.3302 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($166,265.20), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518146 File #045798F03 Synopsis HOPE TOWNSHIP Board Meeting Nov. 12, 2007 All board members present and 5 guests. Accepted: Standing Reports. Approved: Previous Minutes Bills Correspondence No fee for Zoning Confirmation Letters Appointing Albert as Central Dispatch Rep. Office Closure of Nov. 21 thru Nov. 26. Appointed Tim Hammond as alternate ZBA member. Adjourned 8:21 p.m. Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Attested to by 77518668 Patricia Albert, Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry Thurman, a married man and Valerie Thurman, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to MMS Mortgage Services, LTD., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 1999, and recorded on June 4, 1999 in instrument 1030645, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 58/100 Dollars ($80,357.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the center of said Section 17; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on the East and West 1/4 line 550.00 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on said 1/4 line 330.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 1652.65 to the North line of the South 3/4 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 36 second West on same 220.02 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 661.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 110.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 990.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518186 File #167192F02 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007 24939 DE Estate of Marilyn J. Scheel (a/k/a Marilyn Jean Scheel), Deceased. Date of Birth: February 19, 1933. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Marilyn J. Scheel (a/k/a Marilyn Jean Scheel) Deceased, who lived at 11633 Fords Point, Plainwell, MI 49080, died October 11, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Teresa J. Rayman, named personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 W. Court Street, Suite 302, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 11/27/2007 Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C. Shamra M. VanWagoner P44020 151 S. Rose Street, Suite 800 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 382-8744 Teresa J. Rayman 7975 N. 14th Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 77518478 (269) 342-4843 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L Visser, a Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 200410290016357 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($95,474.17) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 26, 2007 U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-82929 ASAP# 941654 11/29/2007, 77518238 12/06/2007, 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward Van Winkle, a married man and Rachel Van Winkle a/k/a Rachel L. Van Winkle, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated April 22, 2004, and recorded on May 27, 2004 in instrument 1128277, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 38/100 Dollars ($140,266.38), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Misty Ridge, filed in Plat Book 6, Page 30, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518683 File #176000F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Susan L. Penney and Roy Penney, Wife and Husband to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 7, 2006 in Instrument # 1172473 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Forty Cents ($289,293.40) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears north 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 262.85 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds East, 131.84 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 197.29 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds West, 269.22 feet to an intermediate traverse line of the shore of Upper Crooked lake; thence along said intermediate traverse line South 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West, 154.50 feet; thence South 58 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East, 333.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the waters of Upper Crooked Lake, a limited by the side line extended to the water edge. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes for Crooked Lane, 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as; Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive to the True Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears North 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 349.69 feet; thence North 00 degree 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 578.91 feet to a point hereinafter described as Reference Point “A” and the end of said described centerline, Also, a circular extension of said easement for cul-de-sac purposes, of 50 foot radius, centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A”. Commonly known as 11398 Sunfish, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518693 Our File No: 07-83140 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Paul D. Everitt, an unmarried man, of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated July 19, 2006, and recorded on July 25, 2006, in Instrument No. 1167673 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Four Thousand Eighty Dollars and Twenty Six Cents ($44,080.26), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 12.7%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on December 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Woodland, County of Barry and which are described as follows: Lots 33 and 34, Innovation Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3, Page 21, Barry County Records. P.P. #08-15-080024-00 which includes a 1988 Fairmont mobile home and has an address of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: November 15, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518124 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven And 01/100 Dollars ($100,567.01), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518250 File #144361F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Truda L. Sager and Brian S. Sager, wife and husband as joint tenants, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 27, 2005 and recorded January 9, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158654, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight and 57/100 Dollars ($134,738.57) including interest at 6.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 1, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along the South line of said Section, 270.00 feet to the Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along said South line, 386.65 feet to the West line of the East 20 acres South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along said West line, 320.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds East, parallel with said South line, 386.65 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 320.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518156 File No. 362.2406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Scott C. Adams, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 26, 2006, and recorded on June 1, 2006 in instrument 1165410, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Four And 62/100 Dollars ($102,584.62), including interest at 10.85% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 13, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1007 of the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 15, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518036 File #172450F01 CITY OF HASTINGS PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 420 The undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Hastings, Michigan, does hereby certify that Ordinance No. 420: “TO AMEND CHAPTER 90 OF THE HASTINGS CODE OF 1970, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING SECTION 9-886 TO REGULATE PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.” was adopted by the City Council of the City of Hastings, at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 26th day of November 2007. A complete copy of this Ordinance is available for review at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. 77518431 Thomas E. Emery City Clerk �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Advantage Housing, Inc., dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 455, et. seq., and which Mortgage was assigned to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), by Mortgage Assignment dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 458, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $85,932.25, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), together with interest at 8.74 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on December 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 POST OF SECTION 3, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 1323.82 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 445.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 58’ WEST), 244.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 41’ 32” EAST, 62.13 FEET (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS 60.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 13’ 22” WEST, 42.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 507.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 10 ACRES OF THE WEST 50 ACRES OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4, 287.81 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET WIDE DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 286.9 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST 15.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST, 286.9 FEET TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH LINE, 15.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may have in the 1995 Redman Mobile Home, Serial Number 137B6073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77517999 Dated: November 13, 2007 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jean A. Hass, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to The Mortgage House, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2000, and recorded on May 30, 2000 in instrument 200005300005685, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($88,512.65), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 30, a distance of 742.50 feet (45 rods); thence North 66 feet (4 rods) to the true place of beginning; thence continuing North 313.50 feet (19 rods); thence North 70 degrees 31 minutes 45 seconds East 78.06 feet; thence South 06 degrees 57 minutes 56 seconds East 80.10 feet; thence South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East 19.91 feet; thence South 242.81 feet; thence West 93.34 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518118 File #173014F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Hause and Katherine Paulsen, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 13, 2005, and recorded on April 20, 2005 in instrument 1145154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., As Trustee For The Benefit of the Certificate Holders, Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WCW2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Four And 76/100 Dollars ($80,744.76), including interest at 7.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 209 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southwest 1/4 for the place of beginning; thence North 218 feet; thence East 313.5 feet; thence South 218 feet; thence West 313.5 feet to the place of beginning. EXCEPT the North 33 feet of the South 242 feet of the West 313.5 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518176 File #174291F01 City of Hastings PUBLIC NOTICE BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Board of Review of the City of Hastings will convene on December 11, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. The Board will meet in the Second Floor Conferencce Room, City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings,, Michigan for the purpose of reviewing and correcting clerical errors and mutual mistake of fact. Eligible taxpayers who have not filed their homestead affidavit may do so at this time. 77518434 Jackie L. Timmerman City Assessor NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE The Mortgage described below is in default: Mortgage (the “Mortgage”) made by Sherman L. Boulter, a single man, as Mortgagor to United Bank of Michigan and later assigned by law to United Bank Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan banking corporation, with its address at 900 East Paris Avenue, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, as Mortgagee, dated June 16, 2000 and recorded on July 21, 2000, Document No. 1047113, Barry County Records, Barry County, Michigan. The balance owing on the Mortgage is $8,673.05 at the time of this Notice. The Mortgage contains a power of sale and no suit or proceeding at law or in equity has been instituted to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage, or any part of the Mortgage. TAKE NOTICE that on December 20, 2007, at 1:00 p.m., local time, or any adjourned date thereafter, the Mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan (which is the building where the Circuit Court for Barry County is held). The Mortgagee will apply the sale proceeds to the debt secured by the Mortgage as stated above, plus interest on the amount due at the rate of nine and three quarters (9.750%) percent per annum; all legal costs and expenses, including attorneys fees allowed by law; and also any amount paid by the Mortgagee to protect its interest in the property. The property to be sold at foreclosure is all of that real estate situated in Barry County, Michigan, described as: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST, ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION; THENCE SOUTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES WEST 1106.67 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST 522.95 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 440 FEET OF THE WEST HALF, EAST HALF OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 226.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 47 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST 25.0 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID WEST HALF, EAST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST 199.43 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH THREE-SIXTEENTH OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST 497.45 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1133 FEET OF SAID WEST HALF, SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES 00 MINUTES EAST 427.0 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY FOR SADDLER ROAD. Tax Id: 08-11-018-024-30 The redemption period shall be one-year from the date of sale pursuant to MCLA 600.3240(8). November 8, 2007 UNITED BANK MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee PLUNKETT COONEY KELLI L. BAKER (P49960) Attorney for Mortgagee 333 Bridge Street, NW Ste. 530 Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 77518005 (616) 752-4624 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J McCrath and Tacy J McCrath, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 10, 2002, and recorded on July 16, 2002 in instrument 1083852, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Four And 34/100 Dollars ($90,774.34), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East, 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 331.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 234.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West, 571.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds West 234.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 571.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes, the centerline of which is described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East 364.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning and centerline of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West 571.00 feet to the end of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 17.00 feet to reference Point A. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over a 50.0 foot radius turnaround, the radius point of which is the aforesaid reference Point A. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518463 File #175359F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Delbert O. Moore and Peggy S. Moore, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2003 and recorded May 12, 2003 in Instrument Number 1103998, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty and 94/100 Dollars ($94,440.94) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on January 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land commencing at the North onequarter post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; thence South along the North and South onequarter line 1436.50 feet; thence West to the Westerly line of Truck Line Highway M-43 for the place of beginning, thence West from the place of beginning 610.50 feet; thence South 264 feet; thence East 608 feet; thence North along the aforementioned Highway to place of beginning. Excepting therefrom the North 100 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518204 File No. 200.2773 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth William Schild and Danielle L. Schild, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003 and recorded June 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107314, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Incorporated, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W4 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Nine and 20/100 Dollars ($128,209.20) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3 and 4 of Block 13 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, excepting therefrom the East 7 Rods. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518698 File No. 213.0833 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Four And 51/100 Dollars ($164,144.51), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518058 File #148541F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey S. Waldon and Martha B. Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated February 20, 2004 and recorded February 25, 2004 in Instrument Number 1122731, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Ten and 09/100 Dollars ($162,910.09) including interest at 5.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 13, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The Southeast one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan, and being more particularly described as: Beginning at a point on the South line of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, distant North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East 662.40 feet from the South onequarter post of said Section 31; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 662.19 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 662.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West 622.71 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West 662.41 feet to the place of beginning. Together and Subject to an easement for ingress, egress and utilities described as: commencing at the South one-quarter post of Section 31, Town 2 North, Range 10 West; thence North 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along the South line of said Section 31 a distance of 1324.81 feet to the Southeast corner of the Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section 31 and the true place of beginning; thence North 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds East along the East line of said Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter a distance of 629.71 feet; thence South 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds West, 882.39 feet; thence North 00 Degrees 02 Minutes 04 Seconds East 66.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 57 Minutes 18 Seconds East 948.39 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 01 Minutes 58 Seconds West, 348.51 feet; thence South 21 Degrees 25 minutes 32 Seconds East, 934.75 feet to the centerline of Pine Lake Road; thence South 60 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West along said centerline, 66.75 feet; thence North 21 Degrees 25 Minutes 32 Seconds West, 597.57 feet to said South Section line; thence South 90 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds West, 131.56 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to the rights of the public and of any governmental until in any part thereof taken, used of deeded for street, road or highway purposes. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 15, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518030 File No. 280.1237 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandy L. Merwin, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on June 29, 2006 in instrument 1166633, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse HEAT 2005-9 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Eighty And 45/100 Dollars ($180,280.45), including interest at 9.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said section, thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 705.00 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds East 1166.22 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds East 275.01 feet along the East line of said West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds West 1167.31 feet; thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds West 375.00 feet along West line of said section to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Boysen Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518670 File #175862F01 �Page 13 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Free-for-all erupts on South Jefferson Street Hastings Police arrested four individuals involved in a melee at a residence in the 500 block of South Jefferson Street Dec. 2. Hastings officers were dispatched to the scene after a 911 call was made by one of the four involved in the fracas. The incident occurred after a verbal argument between two women, identified as Kathy Weinert, 37 and Christina Scobey, 39, both of Hastings, turned physical. Two men then got involved in the skirmish, and were identified as Billy Weinert, 37, and James Kaufman, 39, also of Hastings. Officers said at that point, the incident turned into a free for all. All four received minor injuries and were treated at the scene by EMS prior to being transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail. All four are facing charges of assault and battery. Billy Weinert is facing additional charges of possession of marijuana. Kaufman was also wanted on two outstanding misdemeanor warrants out of Battle Creek. Alcohol appears to have been a contributing factor in the incident. Caledonia man facing charges of driving intoxicated Hastings Police arrested a Caledonia man for driving while intoxicated after a traffic stop during the early morning hours of Dec. 2. Officers on patrol observed a vehicle being driven erratically on West State Road near Riverside Cemetery. After the investigating officer stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver, who was identified as Justin Lambert, 23, it was evident to the officer that the driver had been consuming intoxicants. Further investigation revealed a .15 percent blood alcohol level, as well as an open container of alcohol in the vehicle. Lambert was taken into custody, lodged at the Barry County Jail, and is facing charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, second offense. Woman arrested for assaulting Hastings officers Hastings Police responded to a complaint in the area of South Hanover Street near Court Street Dec. 1, from which had originated a report of an intoxicated woman walking in the roadway. Officers made contact with the woman, who was identified as Cresta Carpenter, 27, of Battle Creek. During the investigation Carpenter became combative and obnoxious as officers tried to help her. While attempting to find a relative in the area to assist in the matter, Carpenter became agitated and struck one of the officers. After registering a blood-alcohol level of .24 percent, Carpenter was placed under arrest on charges of assault and transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. She is facing additional charges of Disorderly Conduct. Irate mother arrested during school confrontation Hastings Police arrested a Vermontville woman on charges of disorderly conduct after becoming unruly at Southeastern Elementary in Hastings as school let out Nov. 30. Police were called to the school when the woman, identified as Sherri Totten, 38, became upset when school officials denied her request to pick up a her child, of whom she does not have custody. Officers spoke with the father, who has custody of the child, and he said that he did not give her permission to pick up the child. Totten became agitated and began yelling and swearing during the incident. She was warned several times by officers to calm down and to refrain from yelling and cursing, but she refused to do so. Totten was placed under arrest on charges of disorderly conduct and transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail without further incident. Traffic stop ends in arrest of Bradley man A traffic stop by Barry County Sheriff Deputies Dec. 1 resulted in Paul Timothy Bloem, 27, of Bradley being arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A preliminary breath test administered to Bloem at the scene registered his blood alcohol level at .11 percent. Bloem also faces charges of operating a vehicle without a valid driver’s license and having an open intoxicant in the vehicle. Woman arrested for domestic violence in Shelbyville Dusty Dawn Wood, 21, of Shelbyville was arrested Nov. 27 by Barry County Sheriff Deputies after they responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at Wood’s home. The victim told deputies he returned home from a custody hearing and was explaining what had happened in court to his son when Wood burst into the room and accused him of having an affair. Witnesses told deputies she became irate and began throwing items around the home and destroyed two cell phones. She then assaulted the victim, who immediately left with his son. He returned to answer questions by the deputies and they noted injuries to his body. Wood was arrested and lodged in the Barry County Jail. Ada woman arrested for drunk driving Sheila Sue Aalsburg, 45, of Ada was arrested Nov. 28 by Barry County Sheriff Deputies after she left the scene of a property damage accident in Irving Township. Aalsburg said she was picked up at the scene and driven home, where she notified authorities of the accident and then returned to talk to deputies. Aalsburg admitted she had been drinking earlier that day and a breathalyzer test showed her blood alcohol level to be .12 percent. She was arrested and lodge in the Barry County Jail without incident. Carlton Township residence burglarized A Carlton Township man reported that his home had been broken into Nov. 13. The man said he left for work at approximately 6:45 that morning and his daughter called him at approximately 1 p.m. to report she had entered his home and discovered the break- in. The victim reported that 200 quarters in four state collection books and a hunting knife were missing. Passenger arrested in Thornapple Township traffic stop Barry County Sheriff Deputies conducted a traffic stop in Thornapple Township on Nov. 26 and arrested a passenger in the car. Justin Scott Noffke, 19, of Kentwood was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Kent County and was transported to the Kent County Jail. COURT NEWS Michael Stephen Irish, 41, of Hastings was sentenced Nov. 28 by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher to serve 24 months probation and 19 days in jail for his Oct. 31 conviction on a charge of disturbing the peace. He also was fined $500 and assessed court costs of $1,000 and a probation fee of $960. Irish is to report to the jail by 5 p.m. Dec. 15 and submit to a weekly breathalyzer test upon his release. He was arrested in Rutland Township in June. Eric Allen Couch, 22, of Battle Creek was sentenced Nov. 28 by Judge Fisher to serve eight months in jail for his Oct. 31 conviction of a probation violation. Judge Fisher ordered Couch to continue his probation, with 12 months added on, and to pay an additional $500 to the court. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of those court costs. Couch was originally arrested and convicted in 2003 on a charge of delivery and/or manufacture of a controlled substance. Gary R. Clark, 66, of Nashville, was sentenced Nov. 30 by Judge Fisher to serve 60 months probation and 12 months in jail on each of two counts of criminal sexual conduct. Clark also was assessed a probation fee of $1,800 and court costs of $500 for each count and was ordered to have no future contact with his victim. Patrick Michael Tyndale, 38, of Lansing was sentenced Nov. 30 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months of probation and 30 days in jail for his Oct. 31 conviction on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Judge Fisher also fined Tyndale $500 and ordered him to pay court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a Drug Court fee of $200. He will allow Tyndale to participate in the Work Release program, but Tyndale must wear a wrist monitor. He is to report to Drug Court Jan. 10. Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... 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Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 401(k) rollovers made easy 77518681 In Loving Memory of Our Father, Grandfather & Great Grandfather Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 Raymond B. Hause, Sr. www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Who passed away December 5, 1996. WWW�'14)�COM ��� ��� 3(/7 We still miss you and love you! $OWNTOWN�(ASTINGS� ON�3TATE�3T� Your Family +$67,1*6�� P.S. Give Mom a Hug for Us! 2OCKING�3EATS����!LL�$IGITAL�3OUND 08748702 SCHOOLS, continued from page 1 Chris Parkinson, is the principal of Maple Valley Alternative Education at Kellogg School. “We had less than 30 people take the test. We didn't make AYP at my building because not enough people took the test. We haven't made AYP for a couple of years for that reason,” he said. “Our scores are high enough that we'd make AYP if more people took the test. But let’s say we have 30 students. If 27 show up to take the test, that's still not the 95 percent needed to make AYP. 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So, Davenport and his secretary spent weeks looking at student records to make sure each student who took the test was accounted for in the proper category. “I think the whole AYP thing saying, ‘This is a good school and this is a bad school,’ is counterproductive to what we're trying to do,” said Davenport. “I think all of schools do an outstanding job with the kids and establishing their own criteria for success for their kids.” WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��$%#���������������("� -/6)% ')&4�#!2$3 WITH "ONUS�$OLLARS�� ')6% �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — Page 14 South spoils TK ladies’ first Friday by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple junior forward Macy Chamberlin sunk a bucket just before the buzzer Friday night in Middleville to give her team half as many points as the defending league champion South Christian Sailors. South Christian scored a 56-28 victory over the Trojans. The Sailors started the night out like the weather, ice cold. After an putback by Kate Scheidel with 1:30 left in the opening quarter, the Sailors held the lead at 5-4. That’s when the Sailors finally started to heat up, after having a number of open looks at three point shots, Kelly Gordon finally drained her team’s second triple of the game with 12 seconds left before the end of the period to complete an 8-0 Sailor run. South Christian hardly ever even put the ball on the floor the entire first half, working passes around the top of the Trojan zone until The Trojans’ Cody Lydy (top) closes in on scoring near-fall points in the first period of his 135-pound match against Martin’s Spencer Bogdan Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojans find some success with aggressive wrestling Thornapple Kellogg junior guard Kate Scheidel drives past South Christian junior forward Jordyn Skinner in the second half of Friday night’s conference opener in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The Trojans’ Alesha Ward fights through the lane against South Christian in the second half Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) finally getting an open look. TK fought hard on the boards, but after a while the Sailors’ size won out. On the other end of the floor, the Trojans struggled to penetrate the South Christian defense as the Sailors defended the passing lanes very well. South Christian was eventually able to up its lead to as many as 20 points before the end of the first half. Nine different Sailors scored in the first half, and everyone in blue and white had put the ball into the basket at least once by the end of the night. Brittany Roodvoets led the way for the Sailors with 13 points. Kelli Wassink added ten and Kari Wiersma seven. Scheidel wound up tying Roodvoets for the game high, with 13 points. She was the only Trojan to score until midway through the second quarter. Alesha Ward ended up with six points for TK, and Katie VanderGeld four. TK responded by scoring its first victory of the season on Tuesday night, at St. Joseph, 44-40. Scheidel scored half of TK’s points, pouring in 22 to lead her team, Chloe Buxton added seven points for TK, which is now 1-2 on the season. Erin Etter led St. Joseph with 14 points and Katie Mavis chipped in ten points. The Trojans head to Hamilton Thursday for their second O-K Gold Conference contest of the season, then next Monday travel to North Pointe Christian. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity wrestling team went 1-1 on its first night of competition, Wednesday at home. The Trojans beat Grant 57-18 then were knocked off by one of the top ranked teams in the state in Division 4, Martin, 39-33. “They’re going to be all right,” said TK head coach Tom Lehman. “We’ve got some work to do. They’re young. We had eight sophomores wrestle tonight. “We absolutely left room to grow.” The Trojans were even without a pair of seniors, their 112-pound and 285-pound starters. The Clippers didn’t have any trouble sending seniors out onto the mat. “Martin is tough,” Lehman said. “He started ten seniors tonight. He’s only got 17 on the team, so next year he’ll be in trouble.” Martin led 39-9 at one point, mostly by luck of the draw. From 119 pounds to the final match at 140, the Trojans took all five victories. All five of those winners, Tucker Bowerman (119), Trevor Dalton (125), Kyle Dalton (130), Cody Lydy (135), and Thomas Tabor (140) had two victories on the night. Chris Westra at 189 pounds was TK’s other two time winner on the night. Kyle Dalton, Tabor, Bowerman, and Westra each had two pins on the evening. “The kids hustled,” Lehman said. “The kids worked hard. They did some of the things we’ve been doing in practice, and they did them right.” One of the big things the Trojans have been working on in practice is their aggressiveness. “We were pretty aggressive tonight,” Lehman said. “All our wrestlers went out and went after it. Tucker Bowerman was a very pleasant surprise. He’s a good wrestler, but he’s always waited for somebody else to do something. For the first time tonight, he went after it and made things happen. Chris Westra too.” Cody Clinton had the Trojans’ other victory against Martin, a 10-4 decision at 215 pounds. Other winners against Grant for TK were Mike Craven (103), Mark Allen (112), Dan Lydy (145), Nick McNee (152), and Brandon Luft (285). The Trojans were third out of eight teams at Saturday’s Grandville Invitational, which was won by the host Yellow Jackets. Kyle Dalton (125) was the Trojans’ lone champion on the day, while Clinton (215) and Craven (103) had runner-up finishes. TK will host its own Jeff Lehman Memorial Invitational this Saturday, then has some time off before starting the O-K Gold Conference duals at Hamilton Dec. 19. by Brett Bremer Elks’ Hoop Tigers got a whole lot better, Shoot set for and weren’t that bad to start this Saturday I’m surrounded by photos at my desk. Baseball photos, basketball photos, track photos, softball and golf photos. The newest photo, in a frame off to the side of my computer, is of my three-month-old niece Gracy Lou in a Tigers shirt. She’s got a ball and glove, which are about half as big as she is. Stuck somewhere in a box in a dark place at home is another photo, almost identical, with Gracy Lou wearing a Yankees shirt. I blame the mother. It got me thinking Wednesday. She might never get to see a Tigers’ team lose 119 games. With the blockbuster trade the Tigers pulled off Wednesday, Detroit should be a world series contender at least until her mom takes the first photographs of her getting on the school bus. Detroit picked up All-Stars Miguel Cabrera and Dontrell Willis from the Florida Marlins for a six-pack of minor leaguers. A few of the now former Tigers had seen minor major league time, outfielder Cameron Maybin, pitcher Andrew Miller, and back-up catcher Mike Rabelo. Yeah the Tigers may have spent some of their future to pay for today, but look how close they’ve been the last two years. This gets them that much closer to being able to call themselves the World Series Champions. You never know how Maybin and Miller and those other guys are going to turn out. We know that in Cabrera the Tigers have one of the best players in all of baseball, and he’s only 24. It’s not like the Doyle Alexander and John Smoltz trade. Alexander was almost at the end of his career when he helped Detroit to the play-offs in 1987. Willis is no grizzled veteran either. He’s only 25. Willis’ ERA and losses jumped up some in 2007, but he’s still one of the most fun pitchers to watch throw the ball in all of baseball. His throwback, big kick style of coming to the plate should take some time for American League hitters to adjust to, which could help him out a bit. Plus, he’s not the staff veteran any more like he was in Florida, so maybe he can pick up some pointers. All those minor leaguers are like nickels and dimes. Cabrera and Willis are crisp dollar bills. The Tigers just traded in some of their savings that’s all. The Tigers have enough young guys on their team right now to be able to cash in a handful of recent draft picks for some proven players. I’m a little sad to see Maybin go, just because he was one of those Tigers who got a lot of attention while he was with the West Michigan Whitecaps. We can still watch his progress though, it just won’t be as important. And I’ll be really sad to see Brandon Inge go, if the Tigers decide that’s what needs to be done now that Cabrera can take over at third base. I’d like to see him stick around, maybe work on his catching skills for when Pudge and Vance Wilson hang ‘em up. For now, Inge is still my Tiger. I’m not sure who’s next in line, Granderson, Polanco, or maybe Willis? The last time the Tigers won the World Series they had Sweet Lou playing second base. In our family, we’ve got another sweet Lou around, and things are looking up for the Tigers once again. Now who do we have that will help us get Johan Santana? The Hastings Elks lodge will again be hosting their annual youth basketball Hoop Shoot on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Hastings Middle School’s west gym. The free throw shooting will being at noon. Boys and girls ages 8-13 are eligible to participate. Contestants age group will be determined by their age as of April 1, 2008. Trophies, bobble-heads, and medals will be awarded for first, second, and third place winners. The Elks will provide free hot dogs for contestants after the awards presentation. Contact Mike McLean with any questions at 948-9561. Thornapple Kellogg’s Kyle Dalton (left) works towards a take down of Martin’s Louie Austin in the first period of their 130-pound match in Middleville Wednesday night. Dalton scored a first period pin. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Youth invited to Saturday’s Future Saxon Night at HHS The Saxon varsity boys’ basketball program is offering local parents some time off. Time off for Christmas shopping, or just time off to relax. The Hastings High School boys’ basketball program is inviting kids to its Future Saxon Night, this Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. and running until 8 p.m. at Hastings High School. The event is open to students in grades K through 6. The cost is $6 per student, or $5 per student if more than one participant per family. Activities will include basketball, volleyball, karaoke, face painting, arts and crafts, and more. Pizza and pop will be available for $1 each. City of Hastings NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, December 10, 2007 at 7:30 pm in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall at 201 East State Street, Hastings, for the purpose of receiving public comment on a Septage Receiving Plan. The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services upon five days notice to the City Clerk at 269.945.2468 or TDD call relay services 800.649.3777. Thomas Emery City Clerk 77518437 ��Page 16 — Thursday, December 6, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Saxons have the kind of 4th quarter they’re looking for by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Hastings and Delton Kellogg were in a battle for most of three quarters on the opening night of the varsity boys’ basketball season Tuesday. Over the course of the final two minutes, the Saxons went on a 12-2 run then continued to pull away for a 56-26 victory over the visiting Panthers. “The Delton zone kind of slowed the game down and that was to their advantage,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. Hastings is looking to push the basketball up the floor on offense more often this winter, and that all finally started coming together late in the game. After the big run to end the third quarter, the Saxons put together a string The Panthers’ Tony Reeves pulls a rebound away from Hastings’ Adam Skedgell (right) and Brad Hayden (center) during Tuesday night’s non-conference contest in Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) of nine unanswered points to open the fourth. Ryan Vogel led the Saxons’ offensive attack with 20 points. Stephen Tolger added 11 points and Adam Skedgell eight. “I felt the fourth quarter was completely at our pace and that’s what we’ve talked about, winning fourth quarters,” Schils said. Both coaches had some praise of the opposing defense. “They just don’t let you come down and do whatever you want to do,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “They’re big. They’re strong. I’ve always said that (Schils) is an outstanding teacher of team defense.” “They really stuck it to us.” Tony Reeves led Delton Kellogg with 12 points, and Nick Blacken added nine. The Panthers knew they were a bit undersized compared to the Saxons coming in, and needed their experienced back court of seniors Blacken, Andrew Liceaga, and Brian Diaz to be able to take care of business against the Saxons’ pressure. But the Saxon pressure got the better end of the deal. “It just disrupts our flow,” said Mohn. “It just disrupts the flow of getting into any of our offensive sets.” “26 points for a varsity basketball game ... It just can’t happen. We have to get better You just have to have confidence with the basketball in your hands.” Reeves battled down low on the defensive end, and David Roberts’ foul trouble didn’t help the Panthers any underneath against the 6-4 Vogel and 6-6 Skedgell. The Saxons were able to get everyone into the ball game, something coach Schils knew he needs to do early in the season this year. “To me it was a typical first game,” Schils The Saxons’ Jordan Rambin pushes the ball past Delton Kellogg’s Quinn Sevigny near mid-court during the first half of Hastings’ 56-26 victory on Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) said. “You try to get your legs under yourself and run your system and work in some players from your junior group.” Skedgell took over the role his older brother, Bryan a 2007 Hastings’ grad, held in the paint along with Vogel and senior forward Ryan Cain, and did well. Junior guard Adam Swartz was solid running the offense. “I think that’s really going to be an ongoing thing for us through Christmas, because I’ve got to a lot of guys time out on the floor,” Schils said. “We substituted more tonight than any other team I’ve ever had.” Swartz ended the night with six points, and Dane Schils chipped in five for Hastings. Hastings is off this Friday night, and will play host to Lakewood next Tuesday. Delton Kellogg opens Kalamazoo Valley Association action on the road at Olivet Friday night, then heads to Otsego for a nonconference game next Monday. DK wrestlers undefeated in first week of the season No blood, no foul Griff, the Grand Rapids Griffins’ mascot, loses his head as he’s guarded by the Hastings Saxon in their two-on-two basketball game with a couple of youngsters out of the stands Tuesday night during half-time of the Hastings varsity boys’ basketball team’s victory over Delton Kellogg. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 77518302 Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn talks things over with senior guard Andrew Liceaga as he comes out of the ball game in the fourth quarter Tuesday night at Hastings. (Photo by Brett Bremer) The competition starts to get tougher soon, but the Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling team got off to a good start last week. The Panthers won their first two duals at Vicksburg last Thursday, then won the Lawton Invitational Saturday, with a perfect 5-0 dual record. Delton Kellogg had wrestlers medal in 12 of the 14 weight classes at Lawton, and had five wrestlers finish with perfect records on the day. Mark Loveland (103 pounds), Martin Workman (160), Anthony Riley (171), Steve Ross (189), and Octavio Romero (285) were all 5-0. Other medallists on the day for Delton were Dylan Leinaar (112), Matt Loveland (119), Steve Ross (125), Johnny Wood (130), Ray Lindsey (135), Quinn DeBolt (152), and John Hess (215). The other two Delton wrestlers, who didn’t medal, were both 3-2 on the day. We appear to be solid,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. “All 14 weight classes, and that’ll continue to adjust a little bit as does the alpha.” The tightest dual of the day for Delton was a 60-22 victory over the hosts from Lawton. The Panthers also defeated Hartford 63-8, Covert 62-15, Schoolcraft 75-6, and River Valley 72-12. Last Thursday, the Panthers scored a 54-26 win over Vicksburg and a 47-34 win over Mattawan. Mark Loveland, Wood, DeBolt, Riley, Steven Romero, Hess, and Octavio Romero were all 2-0 on the night. “I was pleased with the overall competitiveness of the line-up,” Heethuis said. “We’ll just see how that goes.” The Panthers host a quad tonight, which includes Lawton and B teams from Delton and Hastings. Saturday the Panthers host their own DK Invitational. “We’re off to a good start. We’ll see this weekend,” Heethuis said. “The competition will be a little better.” It’s a big wrestling weekend at Delton Kellogg. The Panthers will also host a 13team junior varsity tournament Friday night. YMCA VOLLEYBALL YMCA Volleyball Leagues Womens B League Volleyball ~Final Standings~ Old Town Tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35-7 MainStreet Savings Banks . . . . . . . . .34-8 Sappanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-14 Applebees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21-21 Net Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20-22 Newton Construction . . . . . . . . . . . .17-25 Cascade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-29 Parker Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-42 � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-12-13.pdf dfb11c8ce273ebd07a5d77161f4c688f PDF Text Text Charlton Park hosts Christmas Past Christmas is coming, better be prepared Sickness slows down Saxon team’s start See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 18 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 50 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, December 13, 2007 NEWS City considering BRIEFS a new fire barn Monday deadline for primary vote Monday, Dec. 17, will be the last day to register to vote in the Jan. 15, 2008, presidential primary election, said Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land. To register, citizens must be at least 18 years old by election day, be legal U.S. residents and be resident of Michigan and of the city or township in which they wish to register. Voters may register in person at a Secretary of State office or by mail. Mail-in forms are available at www.Michigan.gov/sos. State Grounds to host concerts State Grounds Coffee House in downtown Hastings will present its fifth annual Christmas Concert Weekend Dec. 14 and 15. Tomorrow evening, the traditional concert will begin at 7 p.m. with the Hastings High School Jazz Band, followed by the groups Hall and Morgan and then Archive. On Saturday, Dec. 15, a not-so-traditional concert will feature Jack Anderson at 7 p.m., followed by Adam Graham on the bagpipe. This holiday fun is open to the public. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings City Council amended its budget Monday evening to pay Grand Rapids design firm C2AE for additional work related to the study of a new fire department site. The study, done by C2AE, has determined three new sites for consideration for a new fire barn. The new sites are the Felpausch parking lot on Green Street, a plot on Woodlawn Avenue and the location recently occupied by Dreisbach Motors. These sites, along with others, will be evaluated to see which would be the best location for the new facility. Other sites were East Mill Street, West Mill Street, East State Street, North Michigan Avenue and East Court Street. The first study, conducted earlier this year, was about $14,000, said Fire Chief Roger Caris. The additional work will cost the city $6,750. If a revised cost opinion is necessary, there will be additional fee of $450. “Mathematically, you come out with a recommendation,” said City Manager Jeff Mansfield of the outcome of C2AE’s study. Mansfield said city officials have been discussing the possibility of a new fire barn for several years. They retained C2AE this year to work with city staff, the Hastings Planning Commission and the BIRCH (Baltimore, Irving, Rutland, Carlton and Hastings townships) Fire District to determine the best site for a new fire facility. Some issues to consider would be location, response time, impact on downtown parking, availability of a site, cost and possibility of future expansion. The current fire department facility was constructed in 1955 as the Department of Public Works building. It became the fire barn in 1968. Mansfield said he is not sure how the project would be funded, but “there probably would be some debt incurred” by the city. “Once we have a better handle on the cost, we’ll determine how to pay for it,” he said. Mansfield also said he thinks the City Council will make the final decision on the project. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the Council: • Recognized retiring Hastings Public Library Administrator Barbara Schondelmayer for her work at the library. The Council also welcomed new administrator Evelyn Holzwarth. • Held a public hearing, during which nobody spoke, to receive comment and make a determination on a septage receiving plan. The plan provides for the Hastings wastewater treatment plant to accept household septage, sanitary septage from business or industry on a pre-approved basis, and septage from pre-approved non-domestic sources. The wastewater treatment plant can accept about seven standard truck loads of septage a day without affecting the plant. This plan was developed because septage disposal is becoming an issue in Barry County, as land disposal sites are becoming more scarce and wastewater treatment plants are refusing to accept septage. • Heard a presentation by Barry County YMCA Director Tom Wilt about the services and programs funded in part through the Hastings/YMCA City Recreation Agreement. Wilt talked about the programs offered See COUNCIL, page 4 Gift-wrapping is available A large number of families in Barry County are still waiting for “adoption” by kind-hearted individuals, families, businesses, churches, clubs and organizations who want to provide them with gifts for Christmas. Those families include some with young children and adults with no children who are facing hard economic times. To adopt a family, visit the Love Inc. office or call (269) 948-9555. Love Inc. is working on this project with the Salvation Army, and the Love Inc. office is open between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays at 305 S. Michigan Ave., Hastings. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Castleton trustee replaces Boysen on 911 board tive of the township association would serve no more than two four-year terms,” Rook said. At the Dec. 6 association meeting, two candidates were nominated, Reese and Johnstown Township Supervisor Robert L. Mack. Reese was elected by a show of hands. “I don’t remember the exact count,” Rook said. Reese, who has served on the Castleton Township Board for three years, is a retired Maple Valley High School teacher and coach. “I started at Maple Valley right out of college,” Reese, a 1968 Central Michigan University graduate, said. “I taught general science. And then in 1980 I helped start the See 911, page 5 County considers FOC advisory committee Adopt a family for Christmas The Holly Trolley will tour the colorfully lighted streets of Hastings between now and Christmas every night except Thursday, Dec. 20. Trolley rides are free this year because they have been sponsored by local businesses. The Trolley tours the area from 6 Horse-drawn wagon rides on the property of a State Historic Site are one of the activities planned for Saturday and Sunday’s ‘Christmas at Historic Bowens Mills’ from noon to 5 p.m. in Yankee Springs Township. Inside the Mills’ large Gathering Place, visitors have an opportunity to make Christmas memories as they view a huge display of decorated trees and Christmas lights, listen to Christmas music, see Santa by the cozy fireplace, drink hot chocolate and munch on cookies. Freshly cut trees also may be purchased. The Christmas activities are fundraising events for the continuance of the historical park. There is no admission charge to the Gathering Place, but a $2 fee per person is charged to get into the park and includes a horse-drawn ride. Bowens Mills is located at 55 Briggs Rd., two miles north of Yankee Springs (Gun Lake) State Park. For more information, call 269/795-7530. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Dispatch 911 Board, which may undergo a radical change in little more than a month, is already seeing a new face on the board. Jerry Reese, Castleton Township trustee, has been selected by the Barry County Chapter of the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) to replace Don Boysen. Boysen, supervisor of Thornapple Township, has served two four-year terms on the 911 board as one of two township representatives. Those eight years combine to meet the term limit set by the association, according to Thomas Rook, who serves as the chairperson of the association. “We determined a long time ago, I don’t even remember when, that each representa- Lighthouse on the Lake Center in Hastings is offering a gift wrapping service now through Dec. 20. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The center, a drop-in site for those recovering from mental illnesses, is located on the east side of M-37 or South Hanover on Meadow Run Drive, Suite F, just south of Art Meade Auto Sales. Gifts may be left for wrapping, with a later pick-up, or can be wrapped while customers wait. For further information, call (269) 945-3136. Holly Trolley has full schedule Dashing through the grass... ‘Tis the season... The pre-Christmas season is in full swing across Barry County with clubs, other organizations and individuals hosting holiday parties. Two-year-old Leandra Swanson, above, undoubtedly is the youngest musical entertainer to perform at a Christmas event. She wowed members and guests with her tiny violin Friday afternoon at the GFWC-Hastings Women’s Club’s annual Christmas Tea. Her siblings – Tyler, 14, Marissa, 11, and Ryan, 8, – also dazzled the audience with their expertise as they played a variety of music on their violins. (Photo by Elaine Gilbert) by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Barry County Commissioner Mark Englerth is pushing fellow commissioners to organize a Friend of the Court Citizen Advisory Committee. Englerth told the commission at its Dec. 11 meeting that he wanted to form a three-person committee to look into the feasibility of having an advisory committee in Barry County. Englerth told commissioners that six other counties have such a committee, and Michigan law authorizes each county to establish a citizen advisory committee for the Friend of the Court. Englerth asked that Jim French and Howard “Hoot” Gibson join him on the exploratory committee. If initiated, the committee would be comprised of a representative of non-custodial parents, a representative of custodial parents, an attorney who engages primarily in family law, the county sheriff or designee, the prosecuting attorney or designee, the director of the Family Independence Agency or designee, a mental health professional who provides family counseling, an advocate for children, and a member of the general public who could serve on the committee in a category listed above. “This committee would not be a watchdog group,” Englerth explained. “It would not attempt to control the Friend of the Court or to question its decisions. It is simply an advocacy group which would work with the Friend of the Court.” The committee would meet not less than six times annually and would adopt bylaws and policies subject to the approval of the county board of commissioners. “It would be an advisory committee only,” Englerth said. He explained that part of the function of the committee would be to review and investigate grievances concerning the Friend of the Court and address the community’s needs relating to the services provided by the Friend of the Court. The board voted unanimously to approve the formation of the exploratory committee. In other business, the board: • Approved an additional $2,935 from the general fund for asbestos abatement of the structures to be razed at 317, 331 and 335 W. Court Street and 336 W. State Street. • Approved a $23,000 contract with Barry Conservation District to continue to provide natural resource management services through fiscal year 2008. Joanne Barnard, executive director of the Barry Conservation District, told commissioners this money will be used to restore her position to full time and See BOARD, page 7 �Page 2 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page to 8 p.m. on a variety of routes. Pickup is in front of the courthouse, on the north side. Even Santa will be taking time out of his busy schedule to make trips from the North Pole to Hastings tonight, Monday, Dec. 17, and Wednesday, Dec. 19. On Thursday, Dec. 20 the Trolley will tour Middleville streets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The pickup point will be the Middleville United Methodist Church. Viking to host blood drive Tuesday Officials from the American Red Cross have arranged for a blood drive Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Viking Corporation, 210 N. Industrial Park Dr., Hastings, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. Lauren Stineman holding annual show Local jewelry artist returns with her annual jewelry show just in time for Christmas. This year, the show is being sponsored by MainStreet Savings Bank and the Thornapple Arts Council. The exhibit is being held in the MainStreet Savings Bank lobby from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 14. An artist reception will be held tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. at the bank. The show till continue Dec. 17 to 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A professional jewelry artist, Stineman recently showed her work at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art during its Christmas show. MainStreet Savings Bank is on State Street in Hastings across from the Kmart Plaza. Kellogg Manor hosting dinners The Kellogg Manor House on Gull Lake is offering a series of holiday dinners at the historic mansion. The dinners, each with a specific theme and menu, begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays Dec. 13 and 20, as well as Wednesday, Dec. 19. Each room of the Tudor home will twinkle with holiday designs of area florists, and guests will be invited to stroll through the Manor and learn the home’s history. Dinners are $40 per person, plus tax and gratuity. For more information or to make a reservation, call the KBS Conference Center at (269) 671-2400 or e-mail conference @kbs.msu.edu. Reservations are required. Additional KBS special events can be found on the web at: www.kbs.msu.edu. Blood drive Tuesday at Gun Lake On Tuesday, Dec. 18, Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church located at 159 131st Avenue near Gun Lake will host a blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. Michigan Community Blood Center will be the service provider. For every unit of blood received, three to four people can benefit. “We encourage you to become a donor; it only takes one hour of your time,” said Sandy Marcukatis. “This is a great gift you can give someone especially at this time of year.” County Forum next week At 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, Hastings resident and the Michigan organizer for the Blue Green Alliance (BGA) Sue Browne will give a presentation featuring the alliance between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club at the County Forum. The Alliance focuses on issues such as global warming, clean energy, fair trade and reducing toxins. Joining Browne will be Barry County resident and the Women of Steel District 2 Coordinator Tonya DeVore. Together they will provide information about the alliance and help provide information and some tools necessary to deal with failed trade and inadequate regulatory policies that allow dangerous products to threaten children and jobs. The event will be at the Barry County Democratic Hall in Hastings, located at 328 S. Jefferson St. Those attending the presentation will receive a “Get the Lead Out” test kit to help identify lead-containing products in the home. The kits and more information are available at www.stoptoxicimports. org or www.protect-our-kids.org. For more information about the BGA, visit www.bluegreenalliance.org. No food distribution Dec. 26 The Food Bank of South Central Michigan will be conducting an inventory the last week of this month, so there will not be a food distribution Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The Fresh Food Initiative food distribution will resume Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at approximately 9 a.m. at the Hastings site. Old library still without a tenant After months of wondering and a full house during the Nov. 26 Hastings City Council public hearing, the old library building is safe, but now there’s a new question: What will be done with it? Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield said city staff is working on requirements for proposals for the site. Some of the work includes developing a legal description of the property, standards for the future of the site, and the price of the corner lot and brick building. “We’ll undoubtedly propose, on our side, some restrictions,” said Mansfield of city officials and the building. The site is not being put out for a bid because the choice for a new tenant is not based solely on cost. People or organizations interested in using the building will have to submit proposals to the City of Hastings for review. Mansfield said he hopes the city staff will have the site information and requirements done and submitted to the City Council around the first of the year. County razes houses next week These five structures located at 317, 329, 331 and 335 W. Court St. and 326 W. State St. are scheduled to be torn down early next week after asbestos removal this week. The Barry County Board of Commissioners approved the razing of the houses at its Nov. 27 meeting. Demolition will be completed by Jim Buer Excavating for $19,460. The county acquired the houses as rental properties in 1999. When the structures began to require a large amount of maintenance and become health hazards due to lead paint, county officials decided to remove the buildings. “Before they get to the point they are a blight, we decided to tear them down,” said County Administrator Michael Brown. The county plans to grate and seed the site and keep it a green space until they make permanent plans for the property. Churches offer many holiday events Hastings area Hastings Free Methodist Church is celebrating its first Christmas in a new building. Several events are planned during this season. On Sunday, Dec. 16, the annual Christmas program, “Cookin’ Up Christmas” will begin at 10:30 a.m. The exciting drama and musical will be presented by children, teens and adults on the true meaning of Christmas. On Sunday, Dec. 23, the church will hold its traditional Christmas service at 6 p.m. This will include the Christmas story, presented in candlelight with carols, drama and pageantry. Special music will be by Joyful Praise. Everyone should bring a favorite Christmas cookie or “finger food” to share for fellowship after the service. On Sunday, Jan. 6, the church will hold an Epiphany potluck breakfast/brunch at 9:30 a.m. Everyone should bring a favorite breakfast or brunch dish to share. There will be no Sunday School. The Hastings Free Methodist church is at 2635 North M-43 Highway. Grace Lutheran Church invites everyone to be renewed during the seasons of Advent and Christmas. On the remaining Sundays in Advent, Dec. 16 and 23, the church will celebrate Holy Communion through lessons and carols at 8 and 10:45 a.m. Christian education opportunities for all ages are offered through Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. On Wednesday, Dec. 19, a prepared supper will be served at 6 p.m., with an intergenerational Christmas program to begin at 7 p.m. The annual ‘Birthday Party for Jesus’ will be held during Sunday School at 9:30 a.m., Dec. 23. The church will celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord on Christmas Eve, with Holy Communion services at 7 and 11 p.m. On the Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 30, the church will celebrate Holy Communion at 10 a.m. Worship will be followed by a meal. Grace Lutheran is located at 239 E. North St. (across from Tendercare nursing home) in Hastings. Call (269) 945-9414 or 945-2645 or check the Website www.discover-grace.org. Caledonia area. Journey Church, held at Duncan Lake Middle School will hold special Christmas services on Sundays, Dec. 16 and 23, at 10 a.m. This is a special teaching series call “A Christmas Story: A Journey and a Rescue.” The church also provides Children’s events for children from birth to fifth grade. No service will be held Sunday, Dec. 30. A candlelight service will be held at the Whitneyville Fellowship Church, 4935 Whitneyville Ave. between 52nd and 48th Streets, Sunday, Dec. 30, from 6 to 7 p.m. There is no charge for this event. For more information, call the church at (616) 8680621 or e-mail to WhitneyvilleFellowshipChurch@yahoo.com. Caledonia Christian Reformed Church, at 9957 Cherry Valley at the corner of 100th Street and the M-37 highway, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service at 6 p.m. Family and friends can make this a part of the Christmas celebration. The observance will include traditional Christmas carols and lighting of Christmas candles and the luminaries outside of the church. A nursery will be provided. Organizers say this service shows the love of Jesus is the best gift anyone can receive this Christmas. Christmas Day service will be at 10 a.m. at Caledonia Christian Reformed Church. No nursery will be provided that day. For more information, call (616) 891-1512 or check the Website at www.caledonia crc.org Middleville area On Sunday, Dec. 16, the Middleville United Methodist Church’s Sunday School Children’s Christmas Play performances will be part of both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services On Thursday, Dec. 20, the Holly Trolley will once again be hosted at MUMC, with music and refreshments in the Fellowship Hall. The fun will begin at 6 p.m., with Christmas music, hot cocoa and cookies for those riding the trolley. Christmas Eve services will be at 7 p.m. for children and families and a Welcoming in Christmas service will begin at 11 p.m. The Middleville United Methodist Church is located at 111 Church St. Call (269) 7959266 for more details. The First Baptist Church Worship Choir will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service, entitled “Everlasting Light,” at 6 p.m. The First Baptist Church of Middleville is on M-37 Highway just north of Middleville. Call (269) 795-9726 with questions. Nursery will be provided. Peace Church will hold a Christmas message series titled “The Timeless Gifts of Christmas” on Sundays, Dec. 16 and 23, at the 8:30 and 11 a.m. services. Peace will hold two Christmas Eve services, the first a contemporary service at 7 p.m., followed by a tradition version at 11 p.m. Peace Church is on M-37, between Middleville and Caledonia. Call (616) 8918119 for more information or visit the Website www.peacechurch.cc for further information. Gun Lake-Orangeville area Gun Lake Community Church at 12200 West M-179 Highway will offer two services on Christmas Eve, one at 6 p.m. and a candlelight service at 11 p.m. For more information call (269) 795-7903. St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church will celebrate Advent on Sundays in December with services at 9:30 a.m. The church will hold a special time of meditation from 8:15 to 9 a.m. before the regular service begins at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 15 and 22. A service of lessons and carols will be held Sunday, Dec. 23, at 9:30 a.m. The Christmas eve service will be at 7 p.m. St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church is at 11850 W. Nine-Mile Rd. in Orangeville. Call (269) 664-4345 for more information. Prairieville- Delton Area On Sunday evening, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m., the Prairieville Bible Church invites one and all to freely attend “The Portrait of a Christian Family Christmas.” Everyone will sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and enjoy cake and ice cream. Special musical will be performed and the nativity scene will be dramatized. Christmas Good News will be provided for all ages. Prairieville Bible Church is at 12711 South M-43 Highway, south of Delton. Call (269) 671-4193 for more information. Woodland area Zion Lutheran Church will hold two services Monday evening, Dec. 24. The Christmas Eve Candlelight Service will begin at 7 p.m., and the Holy Communion Service will be at 11 p.m. All are invited to join these services and reflect on what the Christmas season is all about, Jesus. Zion Lutheran Church is located at 6261 Velte Rd., Woodland, about three-quarters of a mile south of the Lakewood High School. Or from Woodland, go east one mile on M-43 Highway and then turn left and go 1-1/4 miles north. For more information, call (269) 3674817 and leave a message with name and phone number. The call will be returned. Submit information Churches in the area can list Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services by contacting JAd Graphics. This service is free. Event information will be printed on a space-available basis. No information will be taken over the telephone. To submit information, either send a fax to the attention of Patricia Johns at (269) 9455192 (make sure each page includes the name of the organization), or e-mail her at patricia@j-adgraphics.com. The deadline each week is Tuesday at 10 a.m. Information for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services must be received by Tuesday, Dec. 18. Information should include the following: Name of the event; name, address and telephone number and e-mail address of the church; and a contact person. Also include the cost, if any, and any other pertinent information. For further information, contact Johns at (269) 945-9554. Church representatives also may contact the J-Ad Graphics sales department at (269) 945-9554 to purchase advertising. Sexual harassment complaint filed against Maple Valley School District staff member In an e-mail memo to Maple Valley School District teachers and staff, dated Nov. 15, Maple Valley Superintendent of Schools Kim Kramer wrote that he wanted to "stop rumors and false information that can hurt individuals in the district," in response to reports that a staff member filed a sexual harassment complaint against another staff member during the previous week. In his memo, Kramer acknowledged that a staff member had indeed formally filed sexual harassment charges against a fellow employee and that, in compliance with board policy, an investigation was started immediately. Kramer added that the district was working closely with the Michigan State Police, who are also investigating the complaint. Michigan State trooper Ray Durham, who is the investigating officer assigned to the case said a compliant had been filed with the Michigan State Police but declined to give any information until his investigation is complete. According to Kramer’s memo, the district’s own investigations, "led us to believe that there is merit in the allegations and have placed the accused employee on administrative leave with pay, pending an internal hearing and review of the case by the county pros- ecutor. "Since this is a personnel issue, no further details can be released at this time. But, let me assure you that, at this time, we have no evidence that any child in the community or student in our district was involved," he added, requesting that the teachers and staff, "refrain from gossiping about this, as they lead to rumors that can hurt individuals involved more and possibly cause undue concern for our parents and community. "We take this very seriously and we will investigate it diligently to get the truth then take appropriate action," he wrote. Legislature seeks solutions to current mortgage crisis by Jon Gambee Staff Writer Bills to help struggling Michigan homeowners with their mortgage rates are currently going through the legislative process. State Rep. Brian Calley (R-Portland) said Tuesday four or five bills passed the Michigan House last week and are being considered by the Senate. “One of those bills is mine,” Calley said. “I am on a committee composed of bipartisan members of the legislature, and we have worked very hard on what we know is an important issue.” Calley said his bill would involve taking money from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) and using that money to help people who currently have adjustable mortgage rates and would like to secure a fixed rate. “The MSHDA money is intended for people who are first-time home buyers,” Calley said, “and there is a significant amount there that is not being used at this time. “My bill would free up approximately half of the unused money and redirect that resource to help people get long-term, fixed rates if they now have an adjustable rate.” Calley, a banker before turning to politics, said the money would be made available through traditional financial institutions. “There are many people who for one reason or another are not able to get a long-term fixed rate,” Calley said. “If they have missed one or two payments, it puts them on the list of people who have difficulty securing a fixed rate. “My bill would help change that,” said Calley. Dan King, vice president and business development officer at Union Bank in Hastings, said even with legislative intervention, the public should understand that the foreclosure issue will not quickly be fixed. “I don’t think the situation is going to clear up any time soon,” King said. “I think we are looking at a span of 12 to 18 months to see any improvement in the housing market. “You can just look at the Banner every week and see how extensive the problem is,” he said. King said lending practices three to five years ago contributed to the current problem. “I think mortgage lenders were looking at prospective home buyers and projecting that people who were working a 40-hour week at that time may be working a 50- to 60-hour work week today and that, of course, just did not happen,” King said. “Many people are working a 40-hour week, or less, today.” King said local lenders, however, have been more conservative and as a result have not forced more homeowners into the tenuous situation that many face today. “We (local lenders) may have been accused of being too conservative back then,” he said. “But they may be more thankful today that local lenders did not get them into a position that they cannot afford today.” King said other measures, such as President George W. Bush’s proposal to freeze mortgage rates at the adjustable position they were three to five years ago is somewhat unfair to borrowers who took out a fixed-rate mortgage back then. “I think in some ways it punishes borrowers who took out high fixed rates and is rewarding people who should not have been placed with adjustable rates back then,” said King. “I’m not one to judge—and I hope the situation improves—but I project that it is going to be a painful 12 to 18 months before we see any real relief.” Michael McPhillips is a Hastings attorney and a partner in McPhillips and McDowell PLC, said his firm works with people who are currently struggling with their home mortgages. “I would have to say I whole-heartedly agree with Mr. King,” McPhillips said. “In fact, I think the problem may go on even after the economy gets better because it takes some time to adjust.” Keep your friends and relatives INFORMED! Send them The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 3 Snow, mild weather draw visitors to Charlton Park’s Christmas Past by Sandra Ponsetto Staff Writer A light blanket of snow covered the ground Saturday afternoon, lending a seasonal air to Charlton Park’s annual ‘Of Christmas Past’ celebration, which drew visitors to the historic village to enjoy old-fashioned holiday treats and activities. Many of the historic buildings offered visitors a taste of Christmases past. At the Sixberry House, guests were treated to hot coffee, punch, and a selection of old-fashioned cookies and candy in the dining room. Volunteers at the Bristol Inn served up chestnuts roasted on an open fire and traditional wassail brewed on a wood-burning stove. On Main Street, children munched on apple rings on a stick, popcorn and other old-fashioned treats, while taking a break from the activities. Visitors could tour the village in a muledrawn wagon or watch volunteers working in the forge at the blacksmith shop or weaving a loom in front room of the Hall House. Those more inclined to hands-on activities could make paper cornucopias in the old schoolhouse or dip candles and assemble herbal sachets in the historic Hastings Township Hall. There was also an opportunity to listen to local musicians playing Christmas carols and other seasonal favorites. Some members of the audience joined in the fun, singing along with the music and even dancing in the aisles. Of course, no Christmas celebration, old or new, would be complete without a visit with Santa Claus. Children of all ages who attended the event were able to visit Santa, who donned his vintage finery and held court at the Upjohn House. A mule-drawn wagon gives visitors a tour of historic Charlton Park. Charlton Park volunteer Judith Kidder demonstrates weaving on the loom in the front room of the Hall House while Kiah and Jesse Percy of Uganda, Steve Turkal of Hastings and Abby and Tammy Miars of Grandville look on. A volunteer helps a few of the visitors. Music helped to entertain visitors. This young visitor assembles a cornucopia in the historic schoolhouse in Charlton Park. Ashlynn Parks of Middleville visits with Santa in the Upjohn House. Lucas and Cindy Miller, who were at Charlton Park with Boy Scout Troop 649 from Maple Valley, make cornucopias in the historic schoolhouse. Sydney Steele, Katie Neper, Nathan Anderson, and Nick Neper enjoy old-time treats while sitting on benches outside the general store in Charlton Park. Ashton Carson, Ashlynn Parks, Jenna Carson and Jennifer Cole were just a few of the people making hand-dipped candles in the historic Hastings Township Hall. Jeff Van Nortwick preps chesnuts for roasting at the Bristol Inn. �Page 4 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Barry County has many heroes To the editor, As the holiday has approached and we are all celebrating and giving thanks, please remember our very own local heroes. They are here every day of every year when we need them. They leave celebrations and family when someone is in need, be it a car accident at 2 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, a mother in labor on Christmas day, or a heart attack on any other day. They are the volunteer fire department personnel. They respond to fires, car accidents, and any time someone is in need. Many of our fire departments are staffed with First Responders. These are volunteers who live in our communities. They arrive on scene to stabilize the situation while the ambulance is in route. They perform CPR, stop the bleeding and calm the family. Barry County is blessed with many fire department volunteers. Dictionary.com defines volunteer as "1. a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking; 2. a person who performs a service willingly and without pay." Our fire department personnel completed extensive special training on their own time. In many cases, our tax dollars only provide equipment. Many of our fire department personnel maintain this equipment themselves on their own time. They are truly an awesome bunch. So please remember them during this holiday season and throughout the year. Here is a list of those who serve Barry County: Freeport Area Volunteer Firefighters— serving Irving, Carlton, and Bowne townships Hastings/BIRCH Firefighters—serving Baltimore, Irving, Rutland, Carlton, Hastings townships and the city of Hastings Thornapple Township Emergency Services—serving Thornapple, Yankee Springs and Irving townships Woodland Township Fire Department— serving Woodland and Carlton townships Hickory Corners Firefighters Bellevue Firefighters serving Assyria Delton Firefighters Johnston Firefighters Nashville Firefighters Orangeville Firefighters Pine Lake Firefighters Sincerely grateful for our local heroes, Kathee Pierce, Irving (See ad in this issue of the Banner for a list of addresses for the above volunteer departments, so you can show your thanks.) The community will feel loss of Plumb’s To the editor: Closing down Plumb’s is not right. The place is very friendly. The workers there treat you as if you were family. Their prices are a lot better on their meats and other items. They act as if they care. With jobs the way they are, what is everyone supposed to do? Some of them have kids and other family members they take care of. Now what is Hastings going to do or people from other towns that come here? We lost money by losing Plumb’s, or am I the only who cares? Teresa Davis, Hastings Christmas is coming, better be prepared When I was a child, it seemed Christmas always took a long time to get here. The anticipation wouldn’t get underway until after Halloween, when we would receive the Sears, J.C. Penney and Montgomery Ward holiday catalogs. Nowadays, you start receiving Christmas catalogs in early autumn and they keep arriving until its time for Santa to come down the chimney. A lot has changed since I was a kid, from the amount of gifts you can purchase to the commercialization of the holiday season. Yet I still love Christmas and all it has to offer. From the music to the feelings you receive from family and friends. It’s as the song says, "the most wonderful time of the year." The holiday season really gets underway at our house over Thanksgiving weekend. We seem to decorate the entire house inside and out in just one weekend, and then put up additional decorations as we find them in closets over the next several weeks. Setting up the village has always been my job, along with putting up the tree (for which I usually call on the kids to help) and stringing the lights and decorations. There’s nothing like turning on the lights for the first time each year, standing back and enjoying the tree and all its beauty. My wife, Patti, has always been in charge of the shopping, so I only have to tag along on occasion and make sure I find something wonderful for her each year. As I get into the holiday season I try to remind myself, not everyone has it so good. Just he other day I heard that the Salvation Army was short of volunteers and that the organization had taken in much less than in past years, yet the need is growing every day. Many find themselves struggling through the season with little, if anything, but the season itself to enjoy. With all the commercials and hype, it must make it difficult for so many families in need. This year, there are thousands who need our help with food, clothing and financial assistance due the poor economy. Every year, we are reminded of the people who don’t have many of the things we have and are expected to support them in anyway we can. It’s the time to show compassion for people in need and enjoy the feeling you’ll get when you help others. Give this holiday season, through your church or local non-profit agency, it will give you a feeling that will last for a long time. If you want to help but are not sure which is the best way, call Love, Inc., or the United Way of Barry County. They have the answers. Or you can call the Barry Community Foundation who will put your money to work where you want to make an impact. In many cases, your involvement will determine the kind of Christmas some area residents will have. Christmas is coming. Enjoy every minute, because in just an instant, it will be gone again for another year. A friend of mine once said "Why is it we spend our entire childhood excited to grow up and our adult lives wishing we were kids again?” This is true of everyone’s life and it is especially true at Christmas. —Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Middleville fire ruins one business by Patricia Johns Staff Writer Thornapple Township Emergency Services personnel turned out to fight a fire at the Fabulous Finds shop on Main Street in Middleville at 7:08 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. TTES Chief Dave Middleton credits employees at the Cracked Pepper restaurant (next to Fabulous Finds) for calling in the fire. “If we had gotten the call even just 15 minutes later, the entire building would have been ablaze,” he said. According to Middleton, the fire started at the bottom of the basement stairs. He said he does not know if the exact cause will be determined. In addition to TTES, fire crews and equipment were called in from Caledonia, Freeport, Hastings, Wayland and Yankee Springs to fight the fire. Ladder trucks from both Caledonia and Hastings were in position, as well. The Middleville Department of Public Works brought in salt and sand to keep water on the street from freezing. They also set up Impending foreclosure unfair To the editor: I was granted Social Security Disability at a hearing on Oct. 15. But I haven’t received any money yet. Unfortunately this does not help with my mortgage problems. My mortgage company doesn’t care if I am receiving Social Security Disability. Because they have my house up for sale on Jan. 3, 2008. Since I haven’t receive disability yet, I probably will get a paper on my front door saying “For Sale” because of delinquent payments and not being able to afford the mortgage payments. This is not fair in any circumstances. Sandra S. Gilbert Hastings COUNCIL, continued from page 1 through the YMCA at the city, as well as participation numbers. He also mentioned the price of competitive basketball changed from $90 to $45. • Considered a policy to recover city costs in support of community events such as Summerfest and parades. The Council did not act on the policy, but asked that the costs be reported on an annual basis. The total events cost to the city in 2007 was $4,649.71, less than 2005 and 2006. Summerfest cost $2,453.72, the Memorial Day parade cost $763.17 and the Christmas parade cost $572.54 this year. • Received a report from Mansfield regarding a petition from Daniel Spain of 819 Thorn Street for the extension of a sewer main. Spain’s septic system has failed and because of health department regulations, he must hook up to the city sewer system through a special assessment district. A public hearing about the matter was set for Wednesday, Dec. 26, during the city council’s regular meeting. • Received the city manager’s annual evaluation form to complete and turn into city staff. • Discussed Pennock Hospital’s site evaluation process, saying the City’s wish is for the hospital to review its current location, inside the city limits. One possible new location site is the corner of M-37 and M-43 outside the city. • Held a closed session meeting for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the collective bargaining agreement. The next regular city council meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26. A 7:08 a.m. fire call on Thursday morning brought Thornapple Township emergency services crews to fight a fire in the Fabulous Finds shop on Main Street in Middleville. Crews from Hastings (on right), Caledonia, Freeport, Yankee Springs and Wayland responded to assist. According to TTES chief David Middleton the more than 50 people who responded worked well together. There was smoke and water damage to neighboring businesses. (Photo by Patricia Johns) Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. What was newsworthy from 2007? Each year, the Hastings Banner notes the high points of the year in its publication on the final Thursday of the calendar. What do you think were the most important news stories of 2007? barricades to re-route traffic—including school buses—around Main Street. Officers from the Middleville Unit of the Barry County Sheriff’s Department and the Michigan State Police also helped direct traffic. Curious members of the community also came out to watch and help. Businesses pitched in, too. The Scoop and the Middleville Shell gas station provided hot chocolate, coffee and donuts. Shear Pleasure, Champs, Phil’s Pizzeria, and The Scoop opened their doors so that the nearly 50 firefighters could get warm. For some, watching the activity from behind the yellow tape brought back memories. This fire, being fought in 20-degree temperatures with a 5-degree wind chill was a reminder of the January 1981 fire which destroyed the St. James Hotel. That fire was fought in temperatures at least 25 degrees below zero. Downtown Middleville has been shaped by fires in the past. While the back portion of Fabulous Finds was destroyed, adjoining businesses only bore minimal smoke damage. The Cracked Pepper Restaurant did suffer some water damage to its floors, and repairs will have to be completed before it can reopen. Middleton said he was thankful to the community and to neighboring firefighters who joined his crew to battle the blaze. “I really appreciate the cooperation of the different fire services who helped control this fire and all the community support for our firefighters,” said Middleton. The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell • ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT • Avery Blackburn, Delton: “I think that the completion of the repaving project of the M-43 Highway this year was important. Traffic flow is so much better.” John Kalmink, Hastings: “For me, personally, the change in athletic seasons had a lot of impact. Previously I was able to be on the golf team in the fall and play baseball in the spring. This year I have to choose between them because both are now spring sports.” Ryan Vogel, Hastings: “I think that opening the new library in Hastings is important. It is a new addition to downtown.” Lucille Finkbeiner, Middleville: “I think the redevelopment of downtown Main Street in Middleville has been great. There is a lot of work going into improving the downtown and bringing people back.” Chuck Quinlan, Middleville: “In this area I think the development of the Riverbank Music series (in Middleville) and getting people downtown is a real news story.” Ward Bender, Middleville: “I have been waiting for something important to happen this year. I think the change in the government will have significant impact next year.” Classified ads accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scott Ommen Rose Heaton Dan Buerge Jonathan Jacobs Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �Area Obituaries Dennis E. (Denny) James I HASTINGS - Dennis E. (Denny) James I, age 50, of Hastings, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer. Denny was born March 12, 1957 in Lansing, the son of Harold Sr. and Janet (Earley) James. He attended Lansing Schools until 1972 and graduated from Lakewood High School in 1975. He then went to the Naval Boot Camp for a short time before he had a medical discharge. Denny was married on April 23, 1977 to Debra Gallup. He loved to put together model planes and cars. He was also a devoted Spartan fan ‘Go Green - Go White, he also had a great love and knowledge of World War II, he put together model Battleships from that era. He was employed at Hastings Fiberglass until May of this year due to his health, he was also co-owner of the Credit Bureau of Barry County. Denny’s passion in life was his grandkids, over the last nine years his energy and love was wrapped up in them. He is survived his wife of 30 wonderful years Debbie; his daughter, Nicole Claw; a son DJ James; grandchildren, Braendon, Sydnee, Jackson, Cohen and Addison; his parents, Harold and Janet James of Vermontville; sister, Linda (Don) Dunn of Florida; brothers, Harold Jr. (Jane) James of Grand Ledge, Michael James of Lansing; sister-in-law, Beth (Jack) Bone of Indiana; special nephews, Dillon (Skooter), Paul and Adam; nieces, Maurica and Lisa; mother and father in-law, Sandy and Andy Monroe of Grand Rapids; many cousins, aunt and uncles. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ken and Marvel Earley; uncle, Jack Earley; father in-law, Art Gallup. Memorial services were held Wednesday December 12, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorials can be made to Barry Community Hospice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Lois W. Bender MIDDLEVILLE - Lois W. Bender, age 100, of Middleville, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Lois W. Bender was born on August 29, 1907 in Hopkins. She was preceded in death by her caring, loving husband, Walter P. Bender, January 13, 2006; one brother, Carlton Parmelee. She was raised, attended and graduated from Hopkins schools, attended Normal College for two years and received her teaching certificate, was a farmers wife and helped her husband Walter in farming. Was a member of the Middleville United Methodist Church, Women’s Society of Christian Service, Prairie Literary Club and Farm Bureau. Lois Bender was a homemaker, enjoyed sewing, gardening and flowers. She loved chocolates. Lois was a caring, loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She is survived by three sons, Don (Jean) Bender and Philip (Barbara) Bender both of Middleville, Elwin (Sue) Bender of Hastings; six grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; one brother, Russell Parmelee of Hopkins; brother-in-law, Ward (Betty) Bender of Middleville; one sister-in-law, Florence Dickerson of Kentwood; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Rev. Kenneth Gilmore officiating. Lunch to follow at the Middleville United Methodist Church. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Middleville United Methodist Church - General Fund. Arrangements being made by Beeler Funeral Home, Middleville. Joseph Lee Bekker 911, continued from page 1 computer science program, and I taught computer science until I retired in 2000.” Reese said he is looking forward to working with the other members of the 911 board. “This is a public service position,” he said. “I think having one central location is very important, and as a citizen I have always been very pleased with the operation of the 911 center. “We have some challenges ahead. We have to find a replacement for the 911 director and we have to address the issue of new bylaws that may come into effect after January.” Charles Nystrom, who served as the 911 director since the center’s inception in 1991, is currently on paid administrative leave pending his official retirement in February. Nystrom, who is being investigated by Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf for possible improprieties, stepped down in June. The center is currently being administered on an interim basis by Phyllis Fuller. Boysen and Jim Brown, supervisor of Hastings Charter Township, were the two township representatives on the 911 board. A result of the investigation of Nystrom has been a plan to review the 911 master plan. A date of Jan. 15 has been set to initiate the review. The current 911 board has determined that an independent committee composed of entities that place members on the board will conduct the review. There are 21 entities, including the MTA, the villages, and a member from the general public, which will comprise the review board. No current member of the 911 board can be on the committee. Joseph Lee Bekker, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007. He was born November 27, 1981 in Grand Rapids. Joe worked for C.S.X. Railroad since 2000 as a carmen. Joe’s hobbies were waterskiing, snowmobiling. Joe loved being with his family and friends and helping anyone who needed his help. Joseph is survived by his mother, Brenda Lee Bekker; father, Gary J. Bekker of Hastings; brother, Michael J. Bekker of Hastings; grandmother, Sue Slaughter of Hastings; Aunt Christy Slaughter of Hastings; Uncle Dennis and Aunt Cheryl Slaughter of Hastings; cousins, Dennis, Shane Slaughter, Danieal Slaughter, Brian and Judy Dunn of Emmett Township; Darrell and Stacy Slaughter of Hastings and Hannah Grace Slaughter of Hastings. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ralph D. Slaughter; uncle, Darrell G. Slaughter. Visitation will be held on Friday, Dec. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11 a.m. at Girrbach Funeral Home, Hastings. Steve Olmsted officiating. Interment at Irving Township Cemetery. Memorials may be made to a charity of ones’ choice. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Social News The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 5 Drunk drivers beware: West Michigan law enforcement is coming to town Before passing that cup of Christmas cheer, motorists should pass their keys to a designated sober driver this holiday season because West Michigan law enforcement agencies are participating in a two-week, statewide drunk driving crackdown. The Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) is administering federal traffic safety funds for a Drunk Driving Over the Limit Under Arrest enforcement crackdown in an effort to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season. Nearly 180 agencies in 38 counties are receiving federal funding for enhanced drunk driving enforcement that will take place Dec. 15 to 31. Agencies in the following West Michigan counties are participating in the crackdown: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Mason, Oceana, Ottawa and Van Buren. During Christmas and New Year’s holiday periods in 2006, 10 people died in Michigan traffic crashes, according to the Michigan Department of State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center. Three, or 30 percent, of the 10 fatal crashes involved alcohol. “We’re putting drunk drivers on notice that extra patrols are taking place across the state,” said OHSP Director Michael L. Prince. “Michigan law enforcement officers are serious about drunk driving enforcement. You will be stopped and you will go to jail. No exceptions or excuses.” For a list of planned patrol dates, times and locations, please visit www.michigan.gov/ohsp OHSP offers these tips for a safe holiday celebration. • Designate a sober driver before going out and give that person the keys • If impaired, call a taxi, use mass transit or cal a sober friend or family member to get home safely • If a friend is about to drive impaired, take their keys and make other arrangements to get them home safely • Promptly report drunk drivers to law enforcement Lead testing for toys set for Dec. 17 Barry County parents can get their children’s toys tested for lead at a special event sponsored by Rep. Brian Calley at the Barry County Commission on Aging in Hastings on Monday, Dec. 17. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Commission on Aging, 320 W. Woodlawn Ave., west of M-43. A lead testing machine will be on site to quickly determine if any toys contain lead. “Many parents are understandably concerned about their children being exposed to lead after the recall of so many children’s toys,” said Calley, R-Portland. “Parents can bring their children’s toys to this special workshop and immediately find out whether they contain lead. “As I shop for toys for my own children, I find it increasingly frustrating that the majority of toys are from countries like China, which have a reputation of using lead-based Barlows to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary The children and grandchildren of Gordon and Jane (Brownell) Barlow are proud to announce their 50th wedding anniversary December 14. They were united in marriage December 14, 1957 in Hastings. Their children and spouses are Debra (Tim) Wisniewski, Diane (John) Haines and David (Debbie) Barlow. Gordon and Jane have seven grandchildren, Tyler, Ashley and Dylan Wisniewski, Sarah, Brandon Haines, Michelle and Ricky Krebs, and Alex Barlow. One great-granddaughter, Molly Jade Krebs. Gordon is a Air Force Veteran, serving during the Korean Conflict. He worked at Hastings Manufacturing. Gordon and Jane started their auction business in the late 1960s and added a real estate business in the 1970s. Jane was employed at the Felpausch Corp. office, and became the Hastings City Treasurer in 1982. Gordon and Jane are still very active in the community, along with auctions, antiques and Jane’s crafts. They are longtime members of the Baptist Church. They will celebrate December 29 with their children and grandchildren at the home of John and Diane Haines. Their children and grandchildren are proud of the many examples they have set for them. paint.” Lead poisoning can cause learning disabilities, behavioral problems, and, at very high levels, seizures, coma, and even death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children under the age of 6 are particularly at risk because they are growing rapidly and tend to put their hands or other objects in their mouths. “Parents who suspect that some toys in their home may contain lead shouldn’t miss this unique opportunity,” Calley said. “It’s not very often that parents can get access to a precise lead-testing machine. I encourage everyone to stop by with their children’s toys.” Calley also arranged for the local Toys for Tots program to test donated toys during the event. The Ecology Center and Innov-X Systems are helping Calley with the workshop. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 41.5; TVCCU 40.5; Terminators 36; HCB 34.5; Yankee Zephyr 28; Goodtime Pizza 26; J-Ad Graphics 25.5; Boyce Milk Hauling 24. Men’s High Games - R. O’Keefe 218; R. Guild 217; P. Scobey 213; D. Blakely 213; N. Blakely 195; M. Hall 190; M. Yost 183; M. Christianson 165. Men’s High Series - R. O’Keefe 622; M. Hall 534. Women’s High Games - B. Wilkins 199; J. Clements 192; D. Neymeiyer 174. Women’s High Series - B. Wilkins 558; J. Clements 534. Senior Citizens Team #5 37-19; #1 Senior 35.5-20.5; Three Gals & A Guy 35-21; King Pins 34-22; Butterfingers 32.5-23.5; 4-B’s 32-24; Lucky Strike 31.5-24.5; Ward’s Friends 28.5-23.5; Sun Risers 28-28; Early Risers 26-30; M&M’s 24-28; Kuempel 20-36; Friends 1937. Good Game and Series Ladies - E. Ulrich 171-502; P. Freeman 168-455; N. Boniface 172-455; A. Tasker 152; G. Otis 179; L. Yoder 175-426; E. Moore 133; C. Stuart 185460; M. Wieland 172. Good Game and Series Men - W. Birman 165-461; L. Brandt 264-664; K. Schantz 194559; W. Talsma 180; W. Mallekoote 187; M. Saldivar 214; E. Count 202-524; H. Gibson 179-495; G. Waggoner 192. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 41-15; James Process Service 33-19; Kent Oil 32.5-23.5; Dewey’s Auto Body 30.5-25.5; Double A Cookie Factory 30-26; NBT 27-29; Sassy Babes 2729; Dean’s Dolls 25-31; The Finishing Touch 16.5-35.5*; Hallifax Services 13.5-42.5. *Games to be made up. Good Games and Series - A. Smith 183; V. Carr 199-9496; S. Nash 162-438; V. Kuhtic 174; S. Kuhtic 178; N. Potter 207485; S. VanDenburg 237; C. Hurless 150; L. Trumble 185; S. Smith 143-421; N. Bechtel 196-485; T. Mitchell 118; L. Barlow 174452; J. Rice 194-487; L. Elliston 189-556. Angels Riverfront Fin. Ser. 34-18; Moore Apts. 3121; Fall Creek 28-24; Allure 28-24; Walldorf’s 27.5-24.5; H.C. Bank 25-27; Maude’s Team 23.5-28.5; Varney’s 22-30; Hast. Bowl 21-31; Miller Farm Repair 20-32. High Games and Series - N. Taylor 132; L. Kendall 151; B. Cuddahee 202-530; J. Poewr 171; B. Franks 203-521; R. White 191; T. VanBelkum 148; C. Shellenbarger 182518; D. Staines 213-534; A. Bartimus 213544; D. McMacken 164; C. Cooper 191-563; T. Cross 524; C. Nichols 192; C. Nurenberg 181-521; D. Curtis 162; C. Hurless 156; R. Shapley 185; M. Martin 140. PARK DIRECTOR Charlton Park in Hastings is seeking a full-time Park Director. Candidates should have proven skills in administration, profit-oriented program development, community involvement, special event coordination, and marketing. Minimum Bachelor's degree in public administration or equivalent discipline with 3-5 years experience in personnel administration in a museum/historic village and recreation area or closely related setting. www.charltonpark.org <http://www.charltonpark.org/> for full position description. Deadline for application: January 15, 2008. 77518835 Lucille Hecker to celebrate her 96th birthday Lucille Hecker will celebrate her 96th birthday on Dec. 13, 2007 with her son, Gordon from South Haven, her brother, LaVerne DeWitt from Sebring, Florida, granddaughters, Kelly Jimmerson from Oregon and Leslie Quinn from Coloma. Cards may be sent to 1310 Waukazoo, Hastings 49058. Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! �Page 6 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries WANTED SUBSTITUTE BUS DRIVERS Delton Kellogg Schools is in need of bus drivers for the 2007-2008 school year. Experience not necessary - we will train. Must be able to obtain a CDL, and all other endorsements. Applications accepted at the Superintendents office at 327 N. Grove St., Delton, MI between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Marvin Eugene Crummel Jr. HASTINGS - Robert A. Nelson Jr., age 53, of Hastings, died Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Bob attended Hastings High School and worked for Buskirk Lumber in Freeport for 17 yrs. Bob enjoyed watching western movies, fishing, computers, and walking the dogs around town. He also enjoyed being with the kids, showing them new things like fishing. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Kenneth Hammer, and sister, Teresa Esbar. He is survived by his wife Marlene Newton; his children, Sherry (Mike) Brisson, Robert Nelson III, Barbara Nelson, Annie Smart, Steven Nelson, Dan Nelson; 11 grandchildren; four sisters, Florence Allen, Carmen Kidder, Virginia Nelson, Gypsy Rose Lee Waters; several nieces, nephews, and friends. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, December 11, 2007. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). 02682136 Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (October thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. High Youth (meal served) (October thru May). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study at the church. Friday 9-11 p.m. Sr. High Youth. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Third Sunday in Advent December 16 Holy Communion - Lessons & Carols 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. Wednesday December 19 Supper 6:00 p.m. Intergenerational Christmas Program 7:00 p.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-9459414 or 945-2645; fax 269-9452698. http://www.discovergrace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School - Children and Youth only; 10:05 a.m. Called Congregational Meeting; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogsp ot.com/. Thursday - 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Saturday - 9:30 a.m. Youth Group Shopping Trip; 5:30 p.m. Advent Worship Service. Monday - 7 p.m. Knit Wits. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Praise Team. FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77518713 Robert A. Nelson Jr. Betsy (Tilburt) Solami HASTINGS - Marvin Eugene Crummel Jr., age 73, of Hastings, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at his residence. He was born December 26, 1933 in Kalamazoo, the son of Marvin E. Sr. and Martha (Smith) Crummel. Marvin graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1951. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was honorable discharged in 1955. He was employed for 30 years at Durametallic Corp. in Kalamazoo and retired in 1988. Marvin married Barbara J. Russell October 9, 1993. He enjoyed working in the yard, taking great care of his lawn, plants and trees, he also loved fishing and playing golf. He was a member of the Hastings First Presbyterian Church, Member and former Commander of the Delton VFW, and member of the American Legion Post in Dade City, Florida. Marvin was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Shirley Jean Crummel; two brothers, George and Charles Yowler; and a sister, Lavinia Fitzpatrick. He is survived by his wife Barbara of Hastings; three sons, Ronald (Mary) Crummel of Kalamazoo, Jeffrey (Shawn) Crummel of Ohio, Michael (Julie) Crummel of Plainwell; 14 grandchildren; six great grandchildren; step-children, Kenneth (Thelma) James, Terry (David) Harvath; mother in-law, Bertha K. Russell; three sisters, Virginia (Robert) Curtis of Mattawan, Barbara J. Miller of Kalamazoo, Carol (Robert) Kingsley; several nieces and nephews, and special friends, Danielle Russell and Bob Baldwin. Visitation will be held Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 12:00 noon at the Hastings First Presbyterian Church, Pastor Jeff Garrison officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Ft. Custer National Cemetery in Augusta. Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a memory or message to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Trella J. Fowler MIDDLEVILLE - Trella J. Fowler of Middleville, formerly of Delton passed away December 7, 2007. Trella was born in Woodville, on June 3, 1924, the daughter of Lafayette and Eva Marie (Lamson) Cole. Her greatest hobby was her family. Trella was a member of the McCallum United Brethren Church. She enjoyed collecting hummingbird objects, singing a song and telling an amusing story. On June 1, 1946, she married Kenneth W. Fowler, who survives, other members of her family include their children: David (Fran) Fowler, Charles (Karen) Fowler, Randall Fowler, Janice (Dean) Housley, Nancy (William) Landenberger, and Thomas Fowler; a sister, Alice (Jack) Bulanda; a sister-in-law, Maxine Cole; eight grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Trella was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Lois Grubbs; brothers, Charles and Robert. Funeral services were conducted, Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Williams-Gores Funeral Home, in Delton. Pastor Ronald Watterly officiating. Interment took place in Fort Custer National Cemetery. Memorial contributions to McCallum United Brethren Church will be appreciated. AUGUSTA - Betsy (Tilburt) Solami, age 71, of Augusta, died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at the Hospice House of Holland. She was a medical secretary at the Veterans Medical Center in Battle Creek for 33 years prior to retiring in 1992. She was a 1955 graduate of Hastings High School and also attended Argubright Business College in Battle Creek. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Katherine Tilburt and her husband, Sam Solami. She is survived by her son, Mark Sullivan of Hart; brothers and sisters, Marlene and Bill Bruce, Kay and Leon Ward, Roberta and Bruce Douglas, all of Hastings, Robert II and Thelma Tilburt of Utica, Jon and Carolyn Tilburt of Hudsonville; many nephews, nieces and cousins. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Hospice of Holland. Arrangements are by Lakeshore Memorial Services. An on-line registry book is available at www.lakeshorememorial.com Margaret Louise Hallock Margaret Louise Hallock, age 65, left this earth on November 15, 2007 at Spectrum Health Continuing Care in Grand Rapids, after a mercifully short battle with cancer. Margaret was born at Battle Creek Community Hospital, on January 6, 1942, the daughter of Earl and Mildred (Ogle) Edwards. Margaret grew up in Detroit and Battle Creek attending and graduating high school. Margaret is survived by her loving husband of 25 years, Robert Hallock, their son, Jon, Ronald Slone and Michael Slone, sons of a previous marriage, stepson Leroy Hallock, stepdaughter Sandra (Jeramy) Collison, grandchildren, Melissa and Rachel Radler, Spencer Hallock, and Tanner and Kelsey Collison. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant son. Margaret worked at Hastings Manufacturing Company, in Hastings, for 30 plus years, gaining many friends. She was a skillful and caring listener. She told it like she saw it, and functioned from a warm and generous heart. She took great pleasure in finding and giving the perfect gifts. Margaret retired in August of 2001. Margaret loved beauty. She and Bob liked to garden and go to garage sales. She crocheted elaborate doll clothing, did needlepoint, and took up working with stained glass. She loved all animals and especially her little dogs. According to her wishes, cremation has taken place. Heather Richie HASTINGS - Heather Richie, of Hastings, passed away suddenly December 9, 2007 of injuries incurred in an automobile accident. Heather was 26 years old and was born November 3, 1981 in Hastings. She was the beloved daughter of Larrie and Lyn Richie of Hastings. Heather graduated from Hastings area schools and remained in the area. She was employed at the Grand Valley Co-Op Credit Union in Hastings. She was active in fund raising efforts and Barry County Relay for Life. I am Larrie Richie and I am writing this obituary for my daughter, because I wanted to be the one to do it, and it’s a very hard thing to do. Heather you are leaving a void in your mother’s and my life that can never be filled but you will always be there in our thoughts and memories. Something like this happens to a family and you cry and say why and there is no rhyme or reason. People say they can’t imagine what you are going through and they’re right because until you’ve gone through it you can’t comprehend the pain. I want to take this opportunity to say to anyone who had lost a child that I sympathize and I understand your pain. I especially want to extend my families sympathies to the family of Joseph Bekker of Hastings. Joe died in the accident with Heather and I consider it a blessing that they were together to offer comfort to each other in what ever final moments they had. Heather had many friends in her life and if Heather was your friend you had a good one. She stood up for what she believed. Heather is survived by her parents, Larrie and Lyn Richie of Hastings; her brother, Joshua Richie of Hastings; sister, Stephanie Diller of Wayland; grandmother, Olive VandenBerg of Ellenton, Florida. Visitation will be held Thursday from 68 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 14, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the Orangeville Baptist Church. Pastor Dan Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society or Heather Richie Memorial Fund at Grand Valley Co-Op Credit Union, 329 N. Michigan Ave., Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). 77518898 K.A. Mueller Accounting • Professional, Personal & Economical Business Accounting, Planning and Consulting Services Over 20 Years of Accounting, Tax and Management Experience Working for You 221 South Jefferson, Hastings Phone: (269) 945-3547 9809 Cherry Valley Ave (M-37), Caledonia Phone: (616) 891-2507 02682971 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 7 Exchange Club honors students Students honored as Young Citizens for the month of November at Hastings Middle School, include (from left) Megan Denny, Alexandria Owen, Brandon Redman, Trisha Krammin and Karley Goodenough. Nadine Keech (right) holds the quilt that is being raffled by the Barry County Historical Society. Keech and her daughter Donna Sun pieced the quilt. Also pictured is Nadine’s sister, Nyla Nye, who helped assemble the quilt. Quilt raffle tickets are $1 each. Historical Society holding luncheon Dec. 20 Star Elementary named Jared Bailey (left) and Sarah Sixberry, joined here by principal Amy Tebo, as Young Citizens for the month of November. Named as Young Citizens for the month of November at Northeastern Elementary are Autumn DeMott (left) and Drew Stolicker, posing with teacher Alice Gergen. The Barry County Historical Society will hold its last meeting of the year with a potluck luncheon at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20 at the Hastings Elks Club. Friends and visitors are welcome. At this meeting the members who met their $100 challenge will explain how they raised money. At last month’s meeting, the group heard Claire Johnston, Charlton Park curator, explain the acquisition policy of the Park. Any donations offered to the Park are considered by the acquisition committee. If the committee determines that the donation will fit the purposes of the Park, the donor will be asked to sign a waiver relinquishing all rights to the item(s) and the Park will then be able to display, store, trade, loan, or dispose of in any way that will benefit the Park. Society members are embarking on their second quilt raffle. The quilt has already made several public appearances, and will go to its new home June 19, 2008. Tickets, $1 each, are available from all members. The society is still selling World War II Veterans Books, which would make good Christmas gifts for descendants of those veterans. Books are available from the Veterans Affairs office, Beyond the Cover Bookstore in downtown Hastings, at the Hastings City Hall, or by calling (269) 948-4127. The next meeting of the society will be in March, on the first day of spring. BOARD, continued from page 1 Brad Hall, named Young Citizen for November at Southeastern Elementary, is joined by teacher Dan Benningfield. November’s Young Citizens at Central Elementary include (from left) Jacob Pratt, Karan Bhakta and William McMillan, shown here with teacher Tim Newsted. add an administrative assistant half time. She explained that any additional funding would be utilized to enable the Barry Conservation District to provide services such as planting trees throughout the county, producing conservation education literature, handle the more than 1,600 phone calls and walk-in client requests the district gets every year and continue programs such as habitat restoration, filter strips along streams and riverbeds and clean up along more than 60 miles of rivers in the county. She told commissioners her office will continue to seek independent funding such as a $150,000 Department of Environmental Quality grant for the implementation of the Thornapple River Watershed Management Plan, a $3,500 grant for 2008 Thornapple River clean-up projects and education grants for citizen workshops. • Re-appointed George Cullers to the agriculture preservation board for a three-year term that will begin Jan. 1, 2008, and expire Dec. 31, 2010. • Approved a bid from Wood Ridge Builders of Delton in the amount of $18,458 for homeowner rehabilitation to be paid for from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fund. They also approved a bid from Lakewood Builders of Hastings in the amount of $24,260 for homeowner rehabilitation to be paid from the CDBG fund. Commissioner French explained that the funds would be used to upgrade and repair such items as plumbing and electrical systems in houses and improve and add windows and doors. One of the homes is located on Marsh Road in Shelbyville and the other in lake Odessa. Thornapple Manor in Hastings has immediate Full- and Part-time openings for RN or LPNs. Long term care experience a plus. We offer excellent wages, benefits, and working conditions in our expanding and progressive facility. If you’re interested in the opportunity to join a great team, stop by and apply, or submit your resume to: at the Shamrock Tavern with Wally Barbie Saturday, Dec. 15th 9 pm to 1 am 77517982 77518766 Teacher Trisha Kietzman joins Alex Shumway, who was named the Young Citizen at Pleasantview Elementary for the month of November. 2700 Nashville Manor Hastings, MI 49058 Fax (269) 948-0265 Attn: Human Resources NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. ® The Contemplative Advent�Worship First�Presbyterian Church of�Hastings Saturday December�15,�2007 St. Rose sixth grade teacher Amy Murphy, joins Kali Wales (center) and Connor Hays, who were named the Young Citizens of the month for November at their school. Please�join�us. 77518829 77517270 5:30�p.m. �Page 8 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society meets tonight at 7 p.m. This is a good time to see the memory trees adorned with their hundreds of colored balls, each inscribed with the name of a person or couple. A gift to the depot was given for each of them. The Ionia County Genealogical Society does not meet this month. Youths from Central United Methodist Church will go caroling Sunday, Dec. 16. Lakewood schools will start their winter break on Thursday, Dec. 20. Since this is an even-numbered month, there will be an immunization clinic on Dec. 26 in the basement of Central United Methodist Church from 9 to 11 a.m. Central UMC will have its traditional Christmas Eve service Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. The Chancel choir will sing and the public is invited. Work continues on the Koops Funeral Chapel building. The siding has been removed from the facade, exposing windows long covered on the second story. Apparently the two halves of the building were built by different owners. The corner stone has decorative brick trim above the windows and the stairway window, whereas the second (south) half has a plain facade. The upper window trim was left in place on the corner building but had been removed from the south building. Until 1957, the corner building was a furniture store, and the second building was the funeral parlor. In those days the funeral processions had to assemble and depart from Fourth Avenue. It was a help to the traffic situation when Pickens Chapel expanded to the north building so a side entrance could be used and the procession could assemble on Second Street at the side of the building. The second story was used for the township extension office funded by the Kellogg Foundation. Also the Church of the Nazarene had its beginnings in the upstairs room. The congregation met there until they could purchase land on Washington Boulevard for a church building. Dawne Gibson, whose death was reported last week, was in the fifth generation of the pioneer Swarthout family, early settlers of Odessa Township. John Swarthout and wife, each in a second marriage, came to land on Bonanza Road in Section 28 with their young children. They were soon followed by Mr. Swarthout’s first daughter Margaret Brisbin who with husband George and their earlier children came from Lenawee County and bought land adjoining the Swarthout farm on the south. Their land extended from Tasker Road, half a mile to the east. Mr. Brisbin was a blacksmith at Bonanza. Another family member who came was Mrs. Swarthout’s son Godfrey Hutchins. He bought a farm across the road from the Brisbins. His farmhouse still stands at the corner of Tupper Lake Road and Washington Boulevard. The offspring of these families married person bearing the surname of Nye, Lapo, Dailey and others. The centennial farm on Bonanza Road was marked with the earliest style of marker, black lettering on a white sign. The farm went to John’s son Thomas. Then it went to his daughter Grethel Swarthout Walter. The next owner was Geneva Walter O’Connor, mother of Dawne Gibson. Robert Walter and wife Lucille have a home on one corner of the farm. Son Andrew with wife Enid and daughter Marjean lived on Walter land across the road. Son Fay lived in the family home until his death. In the annual list of nominations for dream teams in football, a Lansing paper lists Lakewood’s Justin Keller on the defense team. He had 48 tackles, 12 pass deflections and four interceptions. He also was a running back who earned four all-state honorable mentions in Division 3. Melanie Forman, a setter on the Lakewood girls volleyball team was named to the volleyball dream team. She averaged nearly a kill and an ace per game. She made Class B all-state third team and is considering playing next year in college. She is a Lakewood senior. Central UMC held its annual Christmas program Sunday, Dec. 9. Many adult members had been interviewed on camera with questions about their Christmas memories. Also many family Christmas pictures were included on screen in a clever presentation. Middle school youngsters read the many responses about the memory questions. Five youngsters played instruments in a quintet number with piano, bells and flute. They were directed by Jackie Cunningham. Also on screen were scenes from a nativity story prepared last summer with youngsters playing the roles of Joseph and Mary at the inn, an angel announcing the Good News to shepherds. This was filmed at a nearby sheep farm. So the actors got to see themselves on screen as they sat with their parents. Refreshments were served in Fellowship Hall after the program. Possibly the memories section of the program will be printed in the future, so more members can enjoy the responses. Mrs. Lester (Virginia) Yonkers had a momentous birthday and anniversary on Sunday, totally unplanned. She went by ambulance early Sunday to Pennock Hospital for medical reasons. Ohio accident claims the lives of two Hastings graduates Two Hastings High School Class of 2000 graduates were killed in a one-car accident outside Sylvania, Ohio, just south of the Michigan border earlier this week. Police say YMCA VOLLEYBALL YMCA Volleyball Leagues Co-Ed League Volleyball ~Final Standings~ Family Tree Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-0 Greenlake Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . .38-7 20 Somethings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-19 Bosleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-22 Hungry Howies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-29 Blarney Stones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-37 Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-44 the mangled wreck of the Ford Explorer occupied by Joseph Lee Bekker and Heather Richie, both 26, was discovered under a US23 overpass near the Toledo suburb. Bekker was a resident of nearby Perrysburg, Ohio; Richie lived in Hastings. According to a report by WTOL-TV in Toledo, the two had been driving from Hastings, en route to Perrysburg, when the accident occurred. Police blame the mishap on icy road conditions which covered much of the Midwest. The accident is believed to have occurred Sunday, Dec. 9, but was not discovered for nearly 24 hours, when a group of teens walking along railroad tracks spotted the wreckage Monday, according to the WTOL report. Authorities said the vehicle was traveling southbound when it hit a patch of black ice, slid across a guardrail and went over a bridge railing before plunging nearly 50 feet onto the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks. Both Bekker and Richie were pronounced dead at the scene. Richie, the driver, was found wearing a seatbelt. Bekker had not WOODLAND TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE NUMBER 12-04-07 CEMETERY ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 4 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 062695CEMETERY ORDINANCE TOWNSHIP OF WOODLAND, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, ORDAINS: Section 6: GRAVE MARKERS In this section, all references have been changed to the words “grave markers” to avoid confusion. Section 7: INTERMENT REGULATIONS G. No above ground mausoleums are permitted. Section 8: GROUND MAINTENANCE E. Mounds or fences which hinder the free use of a lawn mower or trimmer are prohibited. I. Artificial flowers and plants are not to be placed in the ground unless they are in appropriate containers. Glass containers shall not be permitted. Glass or other breakable ornaments shall not be permitted. From the date of this ordinance, all new urns or containers shall be placed on a solid aggregate base. K. No display items shall exceed 60” in height. L. The allowed planting area is 14” in front of the grave marker and 14” on the ends of the marker, not to exceed the width of the cemetery lot. No planting or displays shall be permitted behind the grave marker since that area is on the adjacent lot. M. Figurines, plants and other display objects shall only be placed within the designated planting area and shall be maintained. N. Displays which are not acceptable shall include, but are not limited to the following list: glass or other breakable items, artificial flowers which have a single wire stem and are placed in the ground, and wreaths or decorations which are placed in the ground on a single wire or a wire tripod. Section 17: EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect on January 14, 2008. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. This ordinance was adopted by roll call vote on December 4, 2007. the following voted yes: T. Allen, Neustifter, Potter, Bursley, and C. Allen. The following voted no: none. Absent: none. The ordinance was declared duly adopted. A true copy of the Ordinance may be obtained or inspected at Woodland Township, 156 S. Main Street, Woodland, MI 48897. Published December 13, 2007 in Hastings Banner and December 15, 2007 in Lakewood News. I certify that this is a true copy of the ordinance adopted by the Woodland Township Board on December 4, 2007. 06662556 Cheryl allen, Woodland Township Clerk been using a seatbelt and was partially thrown from the vehicle. Bekker was the son of Gary and Brenda Bekker of Hastings and had worked for CSX Railroad since 2000. Visitation for Bekker will be Friday, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. The daughter of Larrie and Lyn Richie, Heather Richie was employed at Grand Valley Co-Op Credit Union in Hastings. Visitation for Richie will be held tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Girrbach Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Orangeville Baptist Church. LEGAL NOTICE Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry Thurman, a married man and Valerie Thurman, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to MMS Mortgage Services, LTD., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 1999, and recorded on June 4, 1999 in instrument 1030645, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 58/100 Dollars ($80,357.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the center of said Section 17; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on the East and West 1/4 line 550.00 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on said 1/4 line 330.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 1652.65 feet to the North line of the South 3/4 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 36 second West on same 220.02 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 661.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 110.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 990.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518186 File #167192F02 Bi-polar outing Dear Annie: I am 62. Ten years ago, I was diagnosed as bipolar. My father and late sister also were bipolar. I have made every effort to keep my illness a secret from my extended family as well as my in-laws. I know from the way they treated my sister that they would not understand. They would be embarrassed by my illness, fear me and distance themselves. I made the mistake of telling my older sister about my diagnosis. I was certain she could keep a confidence, but she told her daughter—and that girl is incapable of keeping her mouth shut. My sister has apologized, but things will never be the same. I don't want my family hearing this secondhand, so I'd like to write an open letter to them, with a copy to my husband's family. My husband and I come from a very small town and it means the whole community will know of my disorder. I am very depressed about the whole thing. I go to support group meetings and have a good doctor, but I still feel so betrayed. Do you think a letter is a good idea?—Worried in the South Dear Worried: Yes, although a better idea would be to speak to your family in person, possibly with your doctor or a member of your support group in attendance. The relatives should be made aware that bipolar disorder runs in families—which means your children and grandchildren and your sister's family may be affected at some point. Silence does not benefit those who are suffering and who may not realize that someone in their own family could help. We know this is going to be difficult for you, but it's the right thing to do, and you sound strong enough to handle the fallout. ‘Friend’ should let go of leash Dear Annie: Seventeen years ago, our beloved family dog nipped a friend's 3-yearold daughter in the face. The dog had never shown aggression, but the little girl pulled his tail and he reacted. The bite required a few stitches. Our insurance company suggested we get rid of the dog, and although we were heartbroken, we did. He was a beloved pet to our young boys. The insurance paid all medical bills for the child and also gave her an annuity, which matured when she turned 18. The little girl has grown into a beautiful young woman with no visible scar. For the past 17 years, my friend has called me on the anniversary of the incident to remind me of the number of years that have passed since it happened. She tells me she marks the date on her calendar. My husband and I apologized profusely at the time. Why can't my friend let this go?— Nel in Louisiana Dear Nel: Your friend is obsessed with what could have happened, and she may have residual guilt for not being able to protect her child. She continues to torture you because it makes her feel better. We don't expect her to forget the trauma, but you did everything possible to make up for it and her daughter is fine now. For your friend to phone and remind you for 17 years is perverse and cruel. Tell her sympathetically that if she cannot stop, she should look into professional help. Panic attacks diminished Dear Annie: This is in response to "Looking Out the Window," who has agoraphobia. I am a 38-year-old mother who has had panic attacks off and on for 20 years. When they began to get so bad that I didn't LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24937-DE Estate of Henry Roy Long. Date of birth: 09/08/1941. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Henry Roy Long, who lived at 2146 N. M-43 Highway, Hastings, MI 49058, died 10/30/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Donna Lee Long, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 11/20/2007 C. Marcel Stoetzel, III P61912 501 West State Street Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-8321 Donna Lee Long 2146 N. M-43 Highway Hastings, MI 49058 77518784 (269) 948-8794 want to leave the house, a friend urged me to see my doctor, who referred me to the psychiatry department of the local hospital. I had a panic attack while waiting to see the psychiatrist, but I stuck it out and am glad I did. I have been on medication for the past two months, and it has helped enormously. Just knowing I have the pills in my purse is often all I need.— Looking Out the Window Less and Less Dear Looking: We are sure the quality of your life has improved dramatically. Sometimes all it takes is the confidence of having help within reach. Thanks for the words of encouragement. Birth: Not about grandma Dear Annie: Four days ago, my husband and I waited 12 hours for the birth of our son's first baby. As soon as we were allowed to see our new grandchild, we rushed into the hospital room, thrilled beyond belief. Our joy was short-lived because soon after, our daughterin-law's friends started arriving. My husband and I were speechless that grown people would be so rude and intrusive on our time. Our grandchild was passed from friend to friend, and each one held the baby before my husband. I cannot believe the insensitivity of these people. We waited all day to share the joy with our son and his wife. These friends acted like they had a right to be there. They should have waited until the next day to visit and should have had enough common sense to know this was "family time." We are saddened and angry that this oncein-a-lifetime moment was taken from us. Everyone watched the baby get his first bath while my husband and I looked over their shoulders. It was the ultimate intrusion, and the more I think about it, the angrier I become. Should I say something or let it go?— No Name, No City Dear No Name: Please, please, please, let it go. Chances are, those friends were specifically invited by your son and his wife, who wanted to share their joy with as many people as possible. You will have plenty of opportunities to get to know your grandson, and this particular time will become insignificant. His birth was not about you, and we urge you not to give the impression that it was. “Helpers” disappear Dear Annie: I am in a dead-end marriage and also am the caregiver for my husband's 85-year-old invalid mother. After my motherin-law came out of the hospital two years ago, I was the only one who volunteered to take her in. I thought it would bring my husband and me closer, but it has only created more problems. He won't even help me with her unless I start a fight about it. My husband's siblings — all four of them—said, "We'll help whenever you need something," and changed their minds shortly after she moved in. They visit her once a week and think it's enough. When I ask someone to come over so I can get out, I hear, "Why me? Ask someone else." She is their mother, not mine, and I am ready to run away. My mother-in-law is a nice lady who helped me in the past and I am very grateful, which is one reason I took her in. But it's a burden to be tied down 24/7. Any suggestions?—Burned Out Dear Burned Out: Being a caregiver is hard work, and you are to be commended for taking on this often thankless job. Have your husband get his siblings together with you and create a schedule so each one is responsible for Mom one afternoon a week (or whatever you can work out). Or, ask them to contribute financially to the cost of a senior day care program or home assistance. We also recommend you contact the Family Caregiver Alliance (caregiver.org) at 1-800-445-8106 for help, support, information and resources. STOCKS The following prices are from the close of business last Tuesday. Reported changes are from the previous week. AT&T 39.46 +1.60 Anheuser Busch 52.58 +.45 CMS Energy Corp. 17.71 +.18 Coca-Cola Co. 62.97 +.22 Dow Chemical Co. 41.45 +.40 Exxon Mobil 90.28 +2.16 Family Dollar Stores 19.17 -4.13 First Financial Bancorp 11.43 +.39 Ford Motor Co. 6.97 --- �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Newborn Babies A look down memory lane... The Hastings Zouaves - In the Civil War By Esther M. Walton The original Zouaves were native North African troops serving in the French Army in the 1830s. Sometime prior to the War Between the States, Zouave exploits, their colorful garb and traditions captured the imagination of the younger generation and “Zouave fever” spread to the United States. Hastings, along with a number of nearby communities, organized Zouave units. Traditional Zouave uniforms included a fez or turban, very baggy pants, a vest, a short jacket that was cut away from the top with only a button or clasp at the throat and a sash. They usually wore leggings. The uniforms were brightly colored and had lots of trim and braid in addition to many gleaming brass buttons. As might be expected, between their flashy uniforms and fancy drill formations they received a lot of public attention. Soon, competition between units developed. For some time preceding actual hostilities, talk of the possibility of war was a common topic of discussion in both the North and South. In June, 1861, in response to a call by President Lincoln, the “Barry County Fifty Boys” formed a unit and called themselves the Hastings Zouave Cadets. John Weissert, a respected local hardware merchant, was chosen drill master. It is reported that he drilled the unit on a lawn near the downtown area and sometimes in the second floor of one of the downtown buildings. Weissert was born in Germany in 1828. When he was 21, he enlisted in the German army where he gained a firsthand understanding of drilling in military formation. It was here that he became a sharpshooter. In 1853, he and his family emigrated to the state of New York. In 1855, the family migrated to Hastings. John Weissert drilled the Hastings Zouaves for three months using the German army system. In 1862, he left Hastings after enlisting in Company C, 1st Regiment of the Michigan Engineers and Mechanics. A few weeks after going on active duty, he was slightly wounded in the Battle of Perryville, Ky. The Hastings Zouave Cadets wanted to be assigned for active duty. Through no fault of their own, they were not assigned to the Michigan 6th and then the 7th Regiment as hoped. It was learned later that through some bureaucratic foul-up the company had not been reported or offered for service. About the 1st of September that year, the 8th Regiment was forming and a place for the company was found. On taking a vote to go, 12 or 15 of the unit voted to join the 8th Regiment [the captain and the first lieutenant among them]. That vote fractured the company. 2nd Lt. H.H. Walbridge was then commissioned a captain and gathered up 12 members of the company, which formed the nucleus of Company F, 8th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. One newspaper of that time said that, “only the old men were left.” The Hastings Zouave Cadets Muster Roll on June 15, 1861: Captain - James A. Sweezy; First Sergeant - Traverse Phillips; 1st Sergeant - John Weissert; 2nd Sergeant - William Jones; 3rd Sergeant - Mason Allen; 4th Sergeant John S. Goodyear; 1st Corporal - Wm. H.H. Heath; 2nd Corporal - O.H. Greenfield; 3rd Corporal - Jacob Maus; 4th Corporal - Royal Mudge; 5th Corporal - P.R. Dunning; 6th Corporal - D.R. Rosell; 7th Corporal Augstus Rower; 8th Corporal - W.W. Munger; Clerk - Daniel Striker; Drummer - W.A. Sartwell. Privates - Chas. G. Bently, Isaac Swartout, Baykes Sweezey, Sellick W. Chase, John Chapman, E.L. Collins, Wm.D. Jordan, C.W. Hewes, Geo. H. Feret, William Stebbins, A.H. Hannis, Julius Russell, Frank Jordan, Nelson H. Cross, Wilbur Dickerson, P.S. Turner, Charles Mead, John B. Taterow, Andrew Grenell, Chas. M. Runyan, Jason Mead, Hirim Jones, S.A. Bentley, Michael Doyle, Wm. H. Goodyear, John Bessmer, George Goodyear, Louis D. Campbell, J.L. Shears. [Note A: O.H. Greenfield supplied the above information to the Hastings JournalHerald which was published in their Feb. 27, 1915 issue.] [Note B: Another interesting bit of history for people searching for their German heritage in Barry County: In 1880 Hastings Arbeiter Unterstuetzungs Verein (“the working men’s Benevolent Union”) was organized by 15 local citizens of German origin. Meetings were held twice monthly. Officers elected at the first meeting included John Bessemer, president; John Weissert, vice-president; John Bessmer, secretary; Valentine Leins, treasurer; Charles Hardke, A. Rower, C. Bachman, R. Brodesser and Gottleib Bessmer, trustees. No records are available on this old organization. It is interesting that many of those members listed were also members of the Hastings Zouve Cadets when it was formed. 50 N. M-37 Hwy 269-945-3550 7751886 OPEN HOUSE SUN. Dec. 16th, 2-4 pm This home is a must see with its serene 1 acre wooded setting with over 2,000 sq ft., this home has it all. Central Air, 4 BR, 2 BA, includes huge master suite. Beautifully landscaped yard w/2 storage sheds (10x20) & (9x16) $111,900. Call Stacy 269-655-5484 The Marshall & Kathee Pierce Family wishes the Happiest of Holidays to area Volunteer Fire Fighters and encourages the community to show thanks by sending a greeting to the addresses below Freeport Area Volunteer Fire Fighters 100 S. State St. Freeport, MI 49325 Delton Firefighters 201 E. Orchard Delton, MI 49046 Hastings/Birch Firefighters 110 E. Mill St. Hastings, MI 49058 Johnstown Firefighters 13641 S. M-37 Highway Battle Creek, MI 49017 Thornapple Emergency Services 115 High St. Middleville, MI 49333 Nashville Fighters 324 N. Main St. Nashville, MI 49073 Woodland Township Fire Department 156 S. Main St. Woodland, MI 48897-0098 Orangeville Firefighters 7076 Lindsey Rd. Delton, MI 49046 Hickory Corners Firefighters PO Box 66 Hickory Corners, MI 49060 Bellevue Firefighters 115 E. Jackson St. Bellevue, MI 49021 GIRL, Makenzee Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 27, 2007 at 4:42 p.m. to Peter and Jamie Knight of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 21 inches long. BOY, Samuel Michael, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 30, 2007 at 12:43 p.m. to Andrea and Michael Reiffer of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Chyianna Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 28, 2007 at 6:34 a.m. to Pam and Chad Thurber of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 8 ozs. and 19 inches long. BOY, Liam Kooper, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. to Darren and Amanda Evans of Clarksville. Weighing 6 lbs. 13 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Levi Daniel, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 20, 2007 at 10:20 p.m. to Lewis and Chelly Frizzell of Woodland. Weighing 7 lbs. 10 ozs. and 22 inches long. GIRL, Kristina Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 28, 2007 at 8:51 p.m. to Steve and Cheri Skula of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. BOY, Landen Christopher, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 30, 2007 at 11:53 a.m. to Felicia and Timothy Hildebrant of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Jonas Clifford, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 22, 2007 at 2:47 a.m. to Ben and Jen Howell of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 5 ozs. and 20 inches long. GIRL, Elise Ruth, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 28, 2007 at 9:50 p.m. to Kristy and Nathan DeBoer of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs.and 21 1/2 inches long. GIRL, Lil’e Ann, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 6, 2007 at 8:27 p.m. to Jessica Robinson and David Salazar Jr. of Hastings. Weighing 6 lbs. 9 ozs. and 19 inches long. GIRL, Hannah Rose, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 27, 2007 at 3:47 p.m.t o Rosemarie and Darrell Powers of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. BOY, David Ray, born at Pennock Hospital on Nov. 29, 2007 at 3:48 p.m. to Wendy and Nisan Mead of Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 6 1/2 ozs. and 22 inches long. BOY, Liam Edison, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 7, 2007 at 7:59 a.m. to Andrea Jones and Bryan Kindel. Weighing 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and 19 inches long. LEGAL NOTICES Hastings, MI 49058 2600 W. Quimby BOY, Race Lee Bible, born at Spectrum Health on Oct. 22, 2007 at 4:06 p.m. to Sarah and Rusty Bible of Hastings. Weighing 8 lbs. 6 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. Welcomed home by big brother Cooper. Proud grandparents are Carolyn VanWolvlear of Byron Center and Nancy and Rich Striegle, Jack Miner and Shirley Barnum of Hastings and Roger Bible of Montpelier, Ohio. Pine Lake Firefighters 10115 S. Norris Rd. Delton, MI 49046 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven And 01/100 Dollars ($100,567.01), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518250 File #144361F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandy L. Merwin, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on June 29, 2006 in instrument 1166633, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse HEAT 2005-9 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Eighty And 45/100 Dollars ($180,280.45), including interest at 9.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said section, thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 705.00 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds East 1166.22 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds East 275.01 feet along the East line of said West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds West 1167.31 feet; thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds West 375.00 feet along West line of said section to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Boysen Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518670 File #175862F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Susan L. Penney and Roy Penney, Wife and Husband to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 7, 2006 in Instrument # 1172473 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Forty Cents ($289,293.40) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears north 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 262.85 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds East, 131.84 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 197.29 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds West, 269.22 feet to an intermediate traverse line of the shore of Upper Crooked lake; thence along said intermediate traverse line South 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West, 154.50 feet; thence South 58 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East, 333.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the waters of Upper Crooked Lake, a limited by the side line extended to the water edge. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes for Crooked Lane, 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as; Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive to the True Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears North 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 349.69 feet; thence North 00 degree 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 578.91 feet to a point hereinafter described as Reference Point “A” and the end of said described centerline, Also, a circular extension of said easement for cul-de-sac purposes, of 50 foot radius, centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A”. Commonly known as 11398 Sunfish, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518693 Our File No: 07-83140 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT; ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW. ATTENTION POTENTIAL PURCHASERS AT FORECLOSURE SALE: In the case of resolution prior to or simultaneously with the aforementioned foreclosure sale, Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may rescind this sale at any time prior to the end of the redemption period. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited to the return of your bid amount tendered at the sale, plus interest. Default having occurred in the conditions of a certain Mortgage made by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Advantage Housing, Inc., dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 455, et. seq., and which Mortgage was assigned to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), by Mortgage Assignment dated September 1, 1995, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry in the State of Michigan on September 5, 1995, in Liber 639, Page(s) 458, et. seq., on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this Notice the sum of $85,932.25, which amount may or may not be the entire indebtedness owed by Warren J. Kidder and Angela M. Kidder, husband and wife, to Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance), together with interest at 8.74 percent per annum. NOW THEREFORE, Notice is hereby given that the power of sale contained in said Mortgage has become operative and that pursuant to that power of sale and MCL 600.3201 et. seq., on December 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m., on the East steps of the Circuit Court Building in Hastings, Michigan, that being the place for holding the Circuit Court and/or for conducting such foreclosure sales for the County of Barry, there will be offered at public sale, the premises, or some part thereof, described in said Mortgage as follows, to-wit: SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ORANGEVILLE, COUNTY OF BARRY, STATE OF MICHIGAN, IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 POST OF SECTION 3, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 10 WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 1323.82 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING OF THIS DESCRIPTION; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH SECTION LINE 445.53 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS SOUTH 00 DEGREES 58’ WEST), 244.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 41’ 32” EAST, 62.13 FEET (PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AS 60.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 13’ 22” WEST, 42.90 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH SECTION LINE, 507.36 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 10 ACRES OF THE WEST 50 ACRES OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST FRACTIONAL 1/4, 287.81 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER A STRIP OF LAND 15 FEET WIDE DESCRIBED AS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 49’ 14” WEST ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL, 286.9 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” WEST 15.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 49’ 14” EAST, 286.9 FEET TO THE NORTH SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 32’ 09” EAST ON SAID NORTH LINE, 15.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. which also includes any interest Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) may have in the 1995 Redman Mobile Home, Serial Number 137B6073. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is found to be abandoned pursuant to MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be the later of thirty (30) days from the date of sale or fifteen (15) days from the date the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(b) was posted and mailed. BRANDT, FISHER, ALWARD & ROY, P.C. Green Tree Servicing LLC (f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation d/b/a Green Tree Acceptance) By: DONALD A. BRANDT (P30183) Attorneys for Mortgagee 1241 E. Eighth Street, P.O. Box 5817 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5817 (231) 941-9660 77517999 Dated: November 13, 2007 �Page 10 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy Billings and Cheryl Billings, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on November 29, 2005 in instrument 1156867, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 68/100 Dollars ($151,290.68), including interest at 8.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the point on the North tine of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; distant South 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds West 214.50 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 35; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West parallel to the East line of said Section 35, 231.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 49.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 577.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 165.00 feet to Said East line; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 203.58 feet along said East line; thence South 37 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West 152.39 feet; thence South 14 degrees 30 minutes 03 seconds West 176.85 feet thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds West along the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 35, 524.69 feet; thence North 00 d egrees 04 minutes 03 seconds East 1305.55 feet to the North line of said Section 35; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East along said North line 445.50 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518441 File #174771F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L Visser, a Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($95,474.17) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 26, 2007 U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-82929 ASAP# 941654 11/29/2007, 12/06/2007, 77518238 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Delbert O. Moore and Peggy S. Moore, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2003 and recorded May 12, 2003 in Instrument Number 1103998, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty and 94/100 Dollars ($94,440.94) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land commencing at the North onequarter post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; thence South along the North and South onequarter line 1436.50 feet; thence West to the Westerly line of Trunk Line Highway M-43 for the place of beginning, thence West from the place of beginning 610.50 feet; thence South 264 feet; thence East 608 feet; thence North along the aforementioned Highway to place of beginning. Excepting therefrom the North 100 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518204 File No. 200.2773 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J McCrath and Tacy J McCrath, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 10, 2002, and recorded on July 16, 2002 in instrument 1083852, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Four And 34/100 Dollars ($90,774.34), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East, 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 331.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 234.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West, 571.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds West 234.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 571.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes, the centerline of which is described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East 364.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning and centerline of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West 571.00 feet to the end of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 17.00 feet to reference Point A. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over a 50.0 foot radius turnaround, the radius point of which is the aforesaid reference Point A. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518463 File #175359F01 NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held December 11, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. 77517967 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jean A. Hass, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to The Mortgage House, Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2000, and recorded on May 30, 2000 in instrument 200005300005685, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to Bank of America, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Twelve And 65/100 Dollars ($88,512.65), including interest at 8.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the center of Section 30, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence West along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 30, a distance of 742.50 feet (45 rods); thence North 66 feet (4 rods) to the true place of beginning; thence continuing North 313.50 feet (19 rods); thence North 70 degrees 31 minutes 45 seconds East 78.06 feet; thence South 06 degrees 57 minutes 56 seconds East 80.10 feet; thence South 30 degrees 14 minutes 18 seconds East 19.91 feet; thence South 242.81 feet; thence West 93.34 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518118 File #173014F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Paul D. Everitt, an unmarried man, of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated July 19, 2006, and recorded on July 25, 2006, in Instrument No. 1167673 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Four Thousand Eighty Dollars and Twenty Six Cents ($44,080.26), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 12.7%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on December 27, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney’s fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Woodland, County of Barry and which are described as follows: Lots 33 and 34, Innovation Subdivision, according to the plat thereof recorded in Liber 3, Page 21, Barry County Records. P.P. #08-15-080024-00 which includes a 1988 Fairmont mobile home and has an address of 341 Donna Drive, Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: November 15, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518124 (616) 458-1315 ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING December 4, 2007 Synopsis Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Supervisor Rook. All board members present. Also present: Fire Chief Boulter, County Commissioner Mark Englerth and 12 guests. Pledge of Allegiance. Motion Ribble, support Perino to accept minutes from November 13, 2007 regular board meeting. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino, support Ribble to rescind letter from fire chief until new guidelines can be implemented. Roll call vote. Goy aye, Ritchie aye, Ribble aye, Perino aye, and Rook aye. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ribble, support Perino to approve 2008 calendar. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Perino; support Ritchie to transfer $15,125 from the contingency fund to the general fund. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Goy; support Perino to approve request for sexton to raise rates to funeral homes from $375.00 to $425.00 for the cost of opening and closing burial sites. All ayes. Motion carried. Paying of Bills: Motion Ribble; support Perino to pay bills for month of December in the amount of $26,569.43 and any others forthcoming. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion Ritchie; support Perino to adjourn. All ayes. motion carried. Meeting adjourned 9:25 p.m. Unapproved minutes 77518773 Jennifer Goy THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary R. E. Lytle and Robert G. Lytle, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004 and recorded October 7, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135141, Barry County Records, Michigan. An Affidavit of Scrivener‚s Error to correct legal was submitted for recording. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyEight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 10/100 Dollars ($158,458.10) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 779.00 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 13; thence South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 468.46 feet along said North line; thence South 01 degrees, 08 minutes, 17 seconds, West 579.99 feet along the West line of the East 66 feet of the West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 13; thence North 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds West 468.46 feet; thence North 01 degrees, 08 minutes 17 seconds East 579.99 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518221 File No. 280.3302 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Wilma Lock, An unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005, and recorded on December 9, 2005 in instrument 1157390, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 30/100 Dollars ($185,171.30), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning on the Range line 937.49 feet, with bearings referenced to the Michigan Plane coordinate system-zone South, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East from the Southwest corner of Section 19; thence on said Range line, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East 393.42 feet to the 1/8 post on the West side of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of said Section 19; thence South 88 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds East on the 1/8 line 615.38 feet; thence South 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds West 392.15 feet; thence North 88 degrees 35 minutes 39 seconds West 615.38 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 7718453 File #174955F01 NOTICE TO CREDITORS VIRGIL C. ADAMS TRUST DATED OCTOBER 16, 1987. Social Security Number of Decedent: XXX-XX-7229. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Your interest in the estate may be barred or affected by the following: The decedent, Virgil C. Adams, whose last address was 690 W. Main St., Middleville, MI 49333, died on November 20, 2007. The decedent was the grantor of the Virgil C. Adams Trust dated October 16, 1987. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the trust estate will be forever barred unless presented to the current acting trustee (whose name and address appear below) of the Trust within four (4) months of the date of publication of this notice. The current acting trustee is: Deborah Wert, 1017 Greenwood Street, Middleville, MI 49333. Notice is further given that the trust estate will be thereafter assigned and distributed to the persons entitled to it. Dated: December 7, 2007 Attorney for Trustee: David G. Ledbetter, P43671 Law Offices of David G. Ledbetter 1695 Service Road NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 (616) 459-3333 77518810 (616) 855-4323 - fax THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth William Schild and Danielle L. Schild, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003 and recorded June 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107314, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Incorporated, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W4 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Nine and 20/100 Dollars ($128,209.20) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3 and 4 of Block 13 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, excepting therefrom the East 7 Rods. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518698 File No. 213.0833 STATE OF MICHIGAN 5TH CIRCUIT COURT, BARRY COUNTY 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (269-945-1285) Case No. 07-671 CH Hon. James H. Fisher ALICE E. BOUCHER, Plaintiff, v ASA C. DAVIS, Defendant. TO: Asa C. Davis PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Complaint to Quiet Title has been brought in the above-captioned case, with respect to premises in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, which property Asa C. Davis is a joint owner. The Complaint to Quiet Title seeks to place the property in the name of Alice E. Boucher only. YOU HAVE TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS to file a written answer with the court and serve a copy of that written answer on the other party. This notice for alternate service by publication was ordered by the Honorable James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge, by ORDER FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE dated November 30, 2007. This notice will be published for three (3) consecutive weeks in accord with Michigan court rule in this publication. If you do not answer or take other action within the aforementioned time allowed, a judgment may be entered against you and your interest in the subject property in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, will be TERMINATED FOREVER. Any answer or response should be filed with the 5th Circuit Court, Barry County, Michigan, located at 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Dated: December 7, 2007 Mark F. Stuart (P21111) Attorney for Alice E. Boucher 121-1/2 W. Michigan Avenue Marshall, Michigan 49068 77518831 (269) 781-3928 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zackary G. Szakacs, An Unmarried Man and Loretta J. Metcalf, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on November 18, 2003 in instrument 1117801, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seventy-Six And 47/100 Dollars ($136,076.47), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12, Twin Shores Plat, according to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 107 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518753 File #125025F02 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 14, 2006 in instrument 1167169, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five And 17/100 Dollars ($131,775.17), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518233 File #174041F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew Wayne Shade and Terri Jo Shade, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated January 16, 2007, and recorded on January 23, 2007 in instrument 1175483, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($195,442.81), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 231 feet South of the Northeast corner of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 35; thence South 479 feet; thence West 385 feet; thence North 710 feet; thence East 160 feet; thence South 231 feet; thence East 225 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518191 File #173850F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda E. Helton, an unmarried person, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated December 8, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138678, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Three And 88/100 Dollars ($69,743.88), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 12, Town 1 north, Range 7 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line 1050 feet West of the East 1/4 post; thence North 160 feet; thence East 270 feet; thence South 160 feet to the east and west 1/4 line; thence West along said east and West 1/4 line 270 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518791 File #176799F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 07-24929-DE Estate of Irma Gene Baker. Date of birth: 09/30/1925. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Irma Gene Baker, who lived at Thornapple Manor, 2700 Nashville Road, Hastings, MI 49058 died 10/10/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Patricia Baker-Smith, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, MI 49058 and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 12/06/2007 Nathan E. Tagg (P68994) 121 West Apple Street, Suite 101 Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3512 Patricia Baker-Smith 697 Eaton Road 77518782 Nashville, MI 49073 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Michael Morgan and Janet Morgan, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 22, 2006, and recorded on May 24, 2006 in instrument 1165077, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Six Hundred Ten And 69/100 Dollars ($103,610.69), including interest at 7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot(s) 2, Block 3, Kenfield's 2nd Addition, According to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, Page 37 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518130 File #173207F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen M. Jacobs, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2002 in instrument 1076069, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen And 69/100 Dollars ($83,615.69), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 20 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Less and except: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, distant North 00 degrees 00 minuites 47 seconds West 999.47 feet from the West 1/4 corner of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 47 seconds West 330.00 feet to the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 1324.98 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 330.00 feet along the East line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 1324.94 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Kane Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518812 File #177058F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Steven R. Adams and Cathy A. Adams, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 23, 2003, and recorded on January 9, 2004 in instrument 1120456, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Five And 20/100 Dollars ($166,265.20), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 4, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 4; thence North 89 degrees 29 minutes 29 seconds East 1325.42 feet along the South line of said Section; thence North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West along the centerline of Irving Road; 303.70 feet to the true place of beginning; thence continuing along said centerline North 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds West 200.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds East 300.00 feet; thence South 05 degrees 23 minutes 07 seconds East 200.00 feet; thence South 84 degrees 36 minutes 53 seconds West, 300.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518146 File #045798F03 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua A. Troemel, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 22, 2001, and recorded on April 11, 2001 in instrument 1058000, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred SixtyFour And 47/100 Dollars ($103,464.47), including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West, 863.28 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West, 600.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 230.00 feet parallel with said North Section line; thence North 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds East 600.00 feet parallel with said West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds East 230.00 feet along said North Section line to point of beginning. Together with and subject to a 40 foot wide easement for ingress and egress, centerline described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 1113.29 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West 385.93 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds East 233.35 feet; thence South 54 degrees 48 minutes 39 seconds East 139.35 feet; thence South 32 degrees 41 minutes 17 seconds East 73.66 feet to point of ending of said centerline. The side lines of said easement extended or retract to allow no gaps or overlaps at angle points or property boundaries. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518473 File #175488F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher L Jones and Melinda L Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on March 28, 2003 in instrument 1101209, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage Company as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty And 73/100 Dollars ($161,650.73), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point On The North Line Of Section 9, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Distant West 395.0 Feet From The North 1/4 Post Of Said Section 9, Thence South 24 Degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds East 255.49 Feet; Thence West 375.00 Feet; Thence North 232.0 Feet At Right Angles; Thence East 268.0 Feet Along the North Line Of Section 9 To The Place Of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518796 File #128232F04 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Naomi Nichols, Deceased, formally of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on June 2, 2004, in Docket No. 1128590 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($45,195.61), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 7.95%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on January 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney's fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County and which are described as follows: Lot 18 of Block "D" of Pleasant Shores, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 59. P.P. #08-05-130-004-018-00 which includes a 1994 Schult mobile home and has an address of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: December 7, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518777 (616) 458-1315 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Truda L. Sager and Brian S. Sager, wife and husband as joint tenants, to Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., successor by merger with Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated December 27, 2005 and recorded January 9, 2006 in Instrument Number 1158654, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Eight and 57/100 Dollars ($134,738.57) including interest at 6.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 20, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel A: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Section 1, Town 2 North, Range 7 West; thence South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along the South line of said Section, 270.00 feet to the Place of Beginning; thence continuing South 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds West along said South line, 386.65 feet to the West line of the East 20 acres South one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of said Section; thence North 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East along said West line, 320.00 feet; thence North 89 Degrees 35 Minutes 03 Seconds East, parallel with said South line, 386.65 feet; thence South 00 Degrees 00 Minutes 00 Seconds East, 320.00 feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 22, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518156 File No. 362.2406 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Daniel M. Hanson and Theresa M. Hanson, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 18, 2003, and recorded on August 11, 2003 in instrument 1110582, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Chase Home Finance LLC as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Seven And 55/100 Dollars ($69,487.55), including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Johnstown, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 26, Town 1 North, Range 8 West, except commencing at the Southeast corner of said South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 26; thence North 100 feet from place of beginning; thence North 200 feet; thence West 120 feet; thence South 200 feet; thence East 120 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #175247F01 77518468 77518803 ScoobeDoo’s Grooming Business under new management. Kara Echtinaw Accepting new clients 124 E. State St., Hastings (269) 945-6464 5 off $ Coupon for New Customers �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Hause and Katherine Paulsen, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 13, 2005, and recorded on April 20, 2005 in instrument 1145154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., As Trustee For The Benefit of the Certificate Holders, Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WCW2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Four And 76/100 Dollars ($80,744.76), including interest at 7.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 209 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southwest 1/4 for the place of beginning; thence North 218 feet; thence East 313.5 feet; thence South 218 feet; thence West 313.5 feet to the place of beginning. EXCEPT the North 33 feet of the South 242 feet of the West 313.5 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518176 File #174291F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Stall, a married man and June Stall, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successor and/ or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 21, 2003 and recorded November 26, 2003 in Instrument Number 1118284, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Five and 81/100 Dollars ($124,635.81) including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southwest one-third of said Section; thence West 430 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 215 feet; thence West 896 feet; thence North 215 feet; thence East 896 feet, more of less to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518819 File No. 362.2548 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Linda Rogers and Surviving Spouse of Bruce R Rogers, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006 and recorded December 1, 2006 in Instrument # 1173369 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, by assignment recorded August 20, 2007 in Instrument # 200708200001110 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($142,695.25) including interest 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of beginning of this description ; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.00 feet along said Centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including Highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. Commonly known as 6741 North Whitneyville Road, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 10, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-83859 (HSBC) ASAP# 951137 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007, 77518805 12/27/2007, 01/03/2008 PUBLIC NOTICE OF ACCURACY TEST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION Notice is hereby given that the Public Accuracy Test for the Jan. 15, 2008 Presidential Primary Election is scheduled for Dec. 20, 2007 beginning at 10:30am. The test will be conducted at the Pennock Hospital Hospitality Room, 1009 W. Green St., Hastings, MI. The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to determine the accuracy of the program and the computer being used to tabulate the results of the election. All tabulators used for each precinct will be tested individually. The following Townships will participate in the Test. Assryia - Deb Massimino, Clerk Baltimore - Penelope Ypma, Clerk Barry - Debra Dewey-Perry, Clerk Carlton - Wilma Daniels, Clerk Castleton - Lorna Wilson, Clerk Hastings Charter - Bonnie Cruttenden, Clerk Hope - Linda Eddy-Hough, Clerk Irving - Carol Ergang, Clerk Johnstown - June Doster, Clerk Maple Grove - Susan Butler, Clerk Orangeville - Jennifer Goy, Clerk Prairieville - Normajean Campbell-Nichols, Clerk Rutland Charter - Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Yankee Springs - Janice Lippert, Clerk THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact their township clerk at least five (5) days in advance of the test. 77518703 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick James Hilton Jr. and Keara Sharlene Hilton, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 24, 2006, and recorded on March 30, 2006 in instrument 1161945, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand One Hundred Forty-Four And 51/100 Dollars ($164,144.51), including interest at 7.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on December 20, 2007. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17, Hunters Ridge Estates, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 6 of Plats, Page 12. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518058 File #148541F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward Van Winkle, a married man and Rachel Van Winkle a/k/a Rachel L. Van Winkle, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated April 22, 2004, and recorded on May 27, 2004 in instrument 1128277, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 38/100 Dollars ($140,266.38), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Misty Ridge, filed in Plat Book 6, Page 30, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518683 File #176000F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Thomason, Jr., a single man and Deborah Shotwell, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 16, 2001, and recorded on April 18, 2001 in instrument 1058286, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven And 00/100 Dollars ($64,297.00), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 33 feet of Lot 2 and the East 10 feet of Lot 3, Block 8, Butlers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518447 File #027248F04 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on November 6, 2003, by Margaret J. Busch, also known as Margaret Busch, a single woman, as Mortgagor, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on November 13, 2003, in Document No. 1117532 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Seven and 81/100 Dollars ($98,377.81), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Hope, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: That part of the South 64 rods of the Southeast _ of the Southeast _ of Section 27, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 27; thence North 88°59’06” West on the south Section line 867.54 feet to the place of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence continuing on said South Section line North 88°59’06” West 446.53 feet; thence North 0°31’30” East on the West line of said Southeast _ of the Southeast _, 534.59 feet; thence South 88°59’06” East parallel to the South Section line 446.53 feet; thence South 0°31’30” West 534.59 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of said easement being described as beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence the centerline of said easements runs North 0°31’30” East 534.59 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel and the point of ending.. Commonly known as 8964 Dunkley Dr., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be onr (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518786 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 11, 2006, by Anthony W. Hooker and Tracy L. Hooker, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on May 17, 2006, in Document No. 1164692 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of One Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Fifteen and 55/100 Dollars ($112,515.55), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, December 20, 2007, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE RECORDED PLAT OF J.R. BUSH’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF DELTON, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES WEST IN THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID PLAT 33.68 FEET TO THE CENTER OF THE HIGHWAY; THENCE SOUTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 34 RODS AND 8 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST 196.39 FEET TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE RAILROAD, NOW VACATED; THENCE SOUTH 26 DEGREES 26 MINUTES WEST 68.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 77 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 213.17 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 30 MINUTES EAST 66 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SUBJECT TO HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY OVER THE EASTERLY 33 FEET THEREOF, BARRY TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN. Commonly known as 606 S. Grove St., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 22, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518151 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Julio OrtizSosa and Dorothy Ortiz-Sosa, his wife, to The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 28, 1996, and recorded on May 29, 1996, in Liber 661, on page 865, Barry County Records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to 21st Mortgage Corporation by an assignment dated March 30, 2006 and recorded on April 12, 2006 in Document No. 1163001, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of sixty thousand thirty five and 93/100 dollars ($60,035.93) including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence East 94 rods along the North line of said Section 28 to the true place of beginning, thence South 209 feet parallel with the West line of said Section 28, thence West, 417 feet parallel with said North Section line, thence North 209 feet to said North Section line, thence East 417 feet along the North Section line to the point of beginning and all attachment thereon including a 1995 Patriot Washington Park 28 x 56 manufactured housing unit bearing serial identification number LPP-5512 A/B IN. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Cloverdale Road. Tax No. 07-028-007-16 The redemption period shall be 6 years from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241 or MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MLCA 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: November 20, 2007 21st Mortgage Corporation, Assignee of Mortgage Richard A. Green, Attorneys, 30150 N. Telegraph Rd., Ste 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 77518181 (248) 540-7665 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Andrew E. Warner and Janice E. Warner, Husband and Wife to National Bank of Hastings, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Instrument # 1075200 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, by assignment dated November 19, 2007 and recorded November 28, 2007 in Instrument #20071128-0004654 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($142,907.27) including interest 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one quarter of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said section; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 1699.0 feet along the North line of said section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 661.32 feet parallel with the West line of said Northwest one quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds West 204.12 feet; thence North 67 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds West 51.30 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 185.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 49.71 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with right of ingress and egress to a public road over Trails End Drive. Also together with walkway easement to Gun Lake over a 6 foot wide stripe of land, the West line of which is described as being the Southerly extension of the West line of said above described parcel. Commonly known as 4225 Trails End, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518688 Our File No: 07-79526 BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 77517709 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul M. Bronson, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2002 and recorded September 9, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087116, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred NinetySeven and 63/100 Dollars ($79,997.63) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of the East one-half of Lot 2 and the West 24 feet and 10 inches of the North one-half of Lot 1, all of Block 12 of Daniel Striker's Addition to The City, formerly Village Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518824 File No. 310.2345 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 �Page 13 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Banner CLASSIFIEDS POLICE BEAT BEA CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Thieves hit Hastings Laser Wash again Hastings Police are investigating a breaking and entering of a coin-operated device at the Hastings Laser Wash, 1530 S. Hanover Street. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime during the late evening hours of Dec. 9 or early morning hours of Dec. 10. The business has been broken into on two previous occasions within the past few weeks. This time, the perpetrator(s) broke into a vacuum cleaning system on the outside of the building, removing an undisclosed amount of money, as well as causing several hundred dollars worth of damage to the machine. Kyle Jackson, 17, was arrested by Barry County Sheriff Deputies Dec. 4 after he became angry at his brother and his mother in their Lake Odessa home. According to accounts and witnesses at the scene, Jackson became enraged when learned his brother was using his guitar and amplifier. He punched his brother and when his mother attempted to confront him, Jackson pushed her and, using a baseball bat, smashed a door in his room. Jackson was lodged in the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of domestic violence. Hastings woman arrested for OWI During a traffic stop in Rutland Township, Barry County Sheriff Deputies arrested Michelle Ann Thomas, 44, of Hastings for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Thomas was given a preliminary breath test, and her blood alcohol level was measured at .16 percent at the scene. She was transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail without incident. Passenger arrested on outstanding warrant Timothy Edward Hildebrant, 23, of Woodland Township, was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant out of Barry County when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was stopped by deputies on Dec. 9. Also discovered in the vehicle was a quantity of marijuana, a pipe and a baggy containing a substance which was determined to be marijuana. Hildebrant was wanted on an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. Speeder crashes trying to avoid deer Barry County Sheriff Deputies arrested Roger William Carter, 24, of Nashville Dec. 8. According to the police report, Carter rolled his car in Maple Grove Township. Carter admitted he was driving over the speed limit when a deer crossed in front of his vehicle and he swerved to avoid contact with the animal. Carter said his car went into a ditch and rolled over. He was transported to Pennock Hospital for treatment and released into the custody of deputies. His blood alcohol level was measured at .14 percent at the scene and at .13 percent at Pennock Hospital. Trooper seeks help in finding cache of stolen weapons Michigan State Police Trooper Scott Scharrar of the Hastings Post is seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspects who stole a number of guns from a residence in Yankee Springs Township Dec. 10. Stolen in the robbery were eight long guns and a Luger .44 magnum revolver. One of the long guns was an 1887 antique shotgun. Also reported missing is a Swiss Army Watch. Anyone with information concerning the theft is asked to contact Trooper Scharrar at (269) 948-8283. Accident victim turns himself in to state police On Nov. 25, Michigan State Police took into custody Ricky Lynn Goodenough, 49, of Rutland Township. Goodenough was involved in a one-car accident in Rutland Township Sept. 25 and suffered injuries that required his admission to Pennock Hospital. A sample of his blood was sent to the Police Crime Lab in Lansing, and when the results came back a warrant was issued for his arrest. Goodenough turned himself in to the post when contacted. Traffic stop nets man wanted on outstanding warrant Robert Scott Russell, 44, of Battle Creek was arrested in Johnstown Township on Nov. 29. During a traffic stop by the Michigan State Police, a check of Russell’s record revealed an outstanding warrant for driving without a license, and he was also charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (third offense). COURT NEWS Janice Marie Allen, 55, of Nashville was sentenced Dec. 5 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 36 months probation and two days in jail for her Nov. 7 conviction on a charge of maintaining a drug house in Maple Grove Township. Allen was also assessed court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. She was ordered to participate in cognitive behavior therapy, wear a wrist monitor upon her release from jail, and participate in drug court. Her driver’s license was suspended for six months, to be restricted after 30 days. Dianne Francis Workman, 41, of Martin was sentenced Dec. 5 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and 60 days in jail for her Nov. 14 conviction on a charge of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance. Judge Fisher ruled the balance of Workman’s jail time may be suspended upon payment of all assessments and her successful discharge from probation. Workman was arrested in Yankee Springs Township on July 9, 2005. Marjorie Jane Taylor, 46, of Bellevue was convicted Oct. 31 of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance and sentenced Dec. 7 by Judge Fisher to serve 36 months on probation and six months in jail. Judge Fisher ruled that the balance of her jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. She was ordered to pay court costs of $2,000 and a probation fee of $360. She must participate in the Day Reporting Program, and her driver’s license was suspended for 12 months, restricted after 60 days. Taylor was arrested in Assyria Township in August. Joel Lawrence Molenar, 39, of Caledonia was sentenced Dec. 7 to serve 36 months probation and 30 days in jail for his Nov. 8 conviction on a charge of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (third offense). Molenar was fined $500 and assessed court costs of $500, a probation fee of $360 and a drug court fee of $200. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon completion of probation. He was ordered to wear a wrist monitor upon his release from jail and participate in drug court. Molenar was arrested in Rutland Township in August. DRIVERS: COMPANY PEOPLE drive ‘04 Freight liner Automatic. 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PLEASE CALL (269)962-2015 EARTH has many animals available for adoption. Including horses, dogs, cats, rabbits and goats. Right now we are having a Adopt-ACat special for $40! All cats are UTD, spayed and tested. Also many small lap dogs for adoption. We also have 2 Golden Retriever puppies. Many nice riding horse and pasture pets. Adopt 1 horse and get the second for no adoption fee!! www.earthservices.org 269-962-2015. YOU WANT QUALITY at affordable prices when you buy printing. Call J-Ad Graphics for everything from business cards and brochures to newspapers and catalogs. Phone (269)945-9554 or stop in at 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings. Recreation !!PRICE REDUCED!! 2003 HARLEY V-ROD: 10,000 MILES, CHROME, NEW PAINT, LOWERED, NEW PIPES. MUST SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $13,500 OBO. (616)893-6681 77517647 RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. 77509092 ❑ Stocks ❑ Bonds ❑ Mutual Funds ❑ IRAs ❑ CDs Mark D. Christensen, AAMS Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities EOE/M-F 77518708 421 W. 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McArthur’s original sentenced called for him to serve 36 months probation and six months in jail and to pay $500 in court costs and a probation fee of $480. McArthur may have the balance of his jail time suspended upon payment of a supervision fee and his court assessments. He may be discharged from probation at the conclusion of his time in jail. Farm d .O�PASSES Bud Deon McMellen, 20, of Hastings was sentenced in a probation violation hearing Dec. 5 by Judge Fisher. McMellen was convicted Oct. 31 of violating the probation sentence he had received in 2006 for his conviction of attempted criminal sexual conduct (third degree). Judge Fisher ruled that McMellen will continue on his probation. He was sentenced in August 2006 to serve 12 months in jail and 60 months of probation, and that probation was continued in a July 2007 hearing. McMellen also was sentenced as a habitual offender, having been convicted in December 2005 of stealing a quad vehicle in Battle Creek. DRIVERS: STABLESTRONG-SECURE!! GOOD Freight & Benefits! Stop/Holiday Pay, 401K! Regional $.42/mile’ OTR $.40/mile. Owner Ops Wanted!; Students w/ENTRY Level Cert. CDL-A req. 800-387-0088. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: 77518817 Son arrested for domestic assault in Lake Odessa Help Wanted LAURA LEIGH DICKINSON 07/05/1984 - 12/13/2006 Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close at heart. Loved always & forever, Genia Estate Sale Hastings Police, while assisting the Nashville Police Department, on Dec. 9 at Pennock Hospital, arrested a Nashville man on charges of disorderly conduct and for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Officers observed Derrick Stephens, 26, drive into the hospital’s parking lot, get out of his car and then run into the building. After entering the building, Stephens became upset with hospital staff who had denied him access into a restricted area. Officers had to warn him on more than one occasion to calm down, and he failed to comply. While Stephens was being placed under arrest, it became evident to officers that he had been consuming intoxicants. Further investigation revealed a preliminary blood alcohol level of .12 percent. Stephens was transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail, and is facing charges of disorderly conduct and operating while intoxicated, second offense. Hastings Police were dispatched to Padnos Steel on Dec. 10, after an employee recognized cable wiring brought in by an individual as having been reported stolen. The suspect, who police have identified, realized that the police were being called and fled the scene on foot. Responding officers were able to track his footprints in the snow to the Thornapple River which he crossed to the north east. His tracks were later found in the 1200 block of E. Mill Street, where a witness reported seeing a man fitting his description talking on a cell phone. It is believed he was picked up at that point by a female accomplice who also has been identified. Hastings officers were assisted by the Michigan State Police and Barry County Sheriffs Department, who had handled the original larceny complaint which occurred on Cedar Creek Road. The incident remains under investigation. In Memoriam ESTATE/MOVING SALES: by Bethel Timmer - The Cottage House Antiques. (269)795-8717 Nashville man arrested for disturbance at Pennock Hospital Hastings Police seeking answers to theft of cable wire For Sale HARD/SLAB WOOD, $10/bundle, trim pieces, $10/bucket load. Call (269)838-6623. WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��*!.���������������("� -/6)% ')&4�#!2$3 WITH "ONUS�$OLLARS�� ')6% �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 14 �Page 15 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lion ladies earn 4th win to start year, against DK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley’s varsity girls’ basketball team got out to a 4-0 start by knocking off Delton Kellogg at home on Thursday night 54-36 for their second Kalamazoo Valley Delton Kellogg’s Paige Green (44) has her shot altered by Maple Valley’s Elizabeth Stewart in the second half of the Lions’ 54-36 victory Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Association victory of the season. For the second game in a row, the Lions had a huge second quarter. They scored 23 points in the second quarter Thursday, after scoring 25 in the second against Lansing Christian Tuesday. “I think they’re very good,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rick Williams. “What we’re learning is, they’ve got more than Rigelman.” “They’ve got the full package. We thought if we could limit her, hopefully we could stay with them. Rachael (Williams) did a good job on her. We just don’t come up with enough The Lions’ Jennifer Kent towers over Delton’s Adrienne Schroeder in the post during Thursday night’s game. (Photo by Brett Bremer) points.” With senior guard Rachael Williams doing a good job defending Lion sophomore guard Leslee Rigelman, limiting her to just three points on the night, the Lions had other players step up. Maple Valley has had three or four girls score in double figures in all four of the games this season. Senior forward Ashley Gonser led Maple Valley with 14 points on the night. Junior forward Bailey Flower had 13, and sophomore forward Jennifer Kent finished with 11 points and seven blocked shots. “I think Bailey did a very nice job getting the basketball in a position where she could be effective with it,” said Maple Valley head coach Landon Wilkes. “But I also thought our guards did a real good job of getting the ball to her.” Maple Valley jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the opening quarter Thursday, and never really looked back. The Lion lead hit ten points for the first time midway through the second quarter, as Kent knocked down a pull-up jumper on the break. Maple Valley eventually pushed the advantage to 31-12 at the half. Flower did an excellent job using her size to her advantage down low against the smaller Delton defenders. On the other end of the floor, Kent was outstanding using her long reach to turn away Delton Kellogg shots. “Delton’s a good ball club,” Wilkes said. “They struggled tonight, but they’re a very good ball club. Probably the best coached ball club in the KVA.” Hannah Williams led the Panthers with 11 points, and Kali Tobias chipped in eight points and nine rebounds. “I was pleased with the effort, and pleased with the defense,” said coach Williams. Wilkes was pleased with the win, but still sees plenty of things for his team to work on. He’d like to see his team be better against a full-court press, and he’d like to see his team do a better job of getting back on defense. “If we want to run and get up and down the floor, we have to get back on defense and find everybody,” said Wilkes. Maple Valley’s bench was able to play a big part in the win as well. Kayla Shaw finished with seven points and Jorden Beachnau had Delton Kellogg point guard Rachael Williams shields the ball from Maple Valley’s Lauren Pierce during last Thursday’s Kalamazoo Valley Association contest at MVHS. (Photo by Brett Bremer) six. The Lions’ streak to start the year ended Tuesday though, as they were downed by Parchment at home 49-35. Parchment jumped out to a 17-6 start, and held on after the Lions made a run before the break. Elizabeth Stewart and Rigelman both had eight points to lead the Lions, while Gonser and Kent chipped in seven points each. Parchment got 19 points from Dee Dee Closson and 16 from Sam Justice. The Lions head to Olivet Friday night. Delton Kellogg’s game with GalesburgAugusta which was scheduled for Tuesday was postponed. The Panthers are back in action Friday at Pennfield, then are home on Monday night against Plainwell. Panther boys win two in a row, including KVA opener Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ basketball team scored 74 points total in its first two ball games of the 2007-08 season. In game number three, the Panthers nearly doubled that mark. Delton Kellogg improved to 2-1 on the season with a 70-61 win at Otsego Monday night in non-conference action. “We kind of got our offense on track tonight,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. “The kids started shooting a little freer, which was nice. We’ve got some things to shore up on defense though.” Otsego scored 29 points in the fourth quarter, and that still wasn’t enough for the Bulldogs to overcome the Panthers. It was a free throw fest much of the night. The Panthers were 26-of-37 from the foul line for the night. Otsego hit 18 of its 23 free throw attempts. Brian Diaz was 11-of-13 from the line for Delton Kellogg, and Nick Blacken hit 11-of12 attempts including a 7-of-8 performance in the fourth quarter. Both players made a lot more happen than that though. Diaz finished with 28 points, and hit five three pointers. “He just manned up tonight, and did a really nice job for us,” Mohn said of Diaz. “He took care of the basketball, and got a couple steals down the stretch. Diaz finished up with five rebounds, four steals and an assist, while turning the ball over only four times in just under 32 minutes of floor time. Blacken finished with 17 points, to go along with nine rebounds, three steals, and four assists. Tony Reeves chipped in ten points and five boards for the Panthers. The Panthers have won two in a row, after opening the Kalamazoo Valley Association season at Olivet on Friday night with a 48-46 win over the Eagles. Delton Kellogg led by ten points at the half, then had to fight off the Eagles down the stretch. “Olivet just never quit,” Mohn said. “My goodness, they just were on it the whole game and just never stopped.” Olivet was able to pull in front for a short time in the third quarter, before the Panthers regained the lead. Blacken led the Panthers in scoring with 15 points, to go along with three rebounds and five steals. David Roberts had a huge night for Delton, finishing with 14 points, ten rebounds, and three steals. “David Roberts played just an unbelievable game,” Mohn said. “This is the kind of game we were kind of hoping that this kid would give us. “We spent some time this week talking about his expectations, our expectations, what we were looking for.” Mohn thought that if the team could get six to eight points and six to eight rebounds a night from Roberts the team would be in good shape. Roberts far exceeded that benchmark. “He just played with confidence. He wanted the ball. He had ten (points) at half time,” Mohn said. Reeves added seven points and four rebounds for Delton, and Diaz had six points, three rebounds and three assists. Delton returns to Kalamazoo Valley Association action tonight, at Maple Valley, then will be home for the first time this season Tuesday against Galesburg-Augusta. HHS cheer starts year at Jenison Invitational Saturday The 2007-08 Hastings varsity competitive cheer team. Team members are (front from left) Molly Koutz, Brittany Lepard, Tiffany McCloud, Breanna Girrbach, Sara Radant, Nichole Moser, (second row) L’Oreal Desgranges, Shanna Eckley, Emily Ellwood, Alex Wendorf, Staci Wolcott, (third row) Shari Jager, Amanda Olsen, Rachel Stephens, Allyson Nelson, (back) Tiffany Tassos, coach Amy Hubbell, and Michelle Mills. (Photo courtesy White’s Photography) UNION BANK 933 4th Avenue Lake Odessa, Michigan 48849 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH BRANCH Notice is hereby given that UNION BANK, LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN, has made application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C. 20429, for its written consent to establish a branch bank at 511 W. State Street, Hastings, Barry County, Michigan. The Bank proposes to relocate its existing branch (primarily a loan production office) located at 400 W. State Street, Hastings, Michigan, to the new branch location. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director (DOS) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office, 500 West Monroe, Suite 3500, Chicago, Illinois 60661 not later than December 28, 2007. The period may be extended by the regional director for good cause. The nonconfidential portions of the application are on file in the regional office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request . The Panthers’ David Roberts rises above the Eagles’ Chris Heisler to put the ball in the basket during Friday night’s KVA contest at Olivet High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Delton Kellogg senior guard Brian Diaz drives by Olivet’s Graham Byrens during their Kalamazoo Valley Association contest Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Dated: December 13, 2007. 77518801 UNION BANK LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN �Page 16 — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lakewood boys defeat Corunna by 42 in opener \by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The biggest question Lakewood varsity boys’ basketball coach Mark Farrell had coming into Friday night’s season opener against Corunna was, “how are we going to play in a real game?” His team had had only one scrimmage leading up to the season, and Capital Area Activities Conference White Division, opener. The Vikings have just been working hard in practice, playing games against themselves. The Cavaliers brought out the best in them, and coach Farrell’s big question was answered early. Senior guard Nick Hilley drilled a shot in the first 15 seconds, and on the Cavaliers’ first by Brett Bremer Winter’s most improved team seems to be TK fans possession senior guard Eddie Salazar stole the ball and pitched it ahead to senior teammate Michael Barbour for two points. That only made it 4-0. The Cavaliers scored the next bucket of the game, but things weren’t that close for long as Lakewood went on to a 73-31 victory. There was a running clock starting late in the third quarter. Lakewood shot 50-percent from the floor, 45-percent from the free throw line, and 76percent from the free throw line. Farrell was only half joking after the game when he said that he thought his players had been lying to him in practice, telling him that they were hitting 70 to 75-percent of their free throw attempts. Hilley wound up leading the Vikings with 25 points on the night, including a 10-for-10 performance from the free throw line. Lakewood turned the ball over only seven times. “That’s just unbelievable to have seven turnovers in the first game,” Farrell said. Salazar finished the night with 13 points, and Barbour eight. Senior center Wade O’Mara had 13 points himself, and was 9-of13 from the foul stripe. Corunna didn’t get into double figures until late in the second quarter. Lakewood led 3710 at that point. The defensive effort was solid all around The Vikings’ Wade O’Mara is hit by Corunna’s Sage Smalley in the first half of Friday night’s Lakewood win. (Photo by Brett Bremer) for the Vikings, led by Salazar at the top of the zone. He ended up with six steals to go along with six assists. “Our aggressiveness really rattled them,” Farrell said. O’Mara also had four steals. Hilley was the Vikings’ leading rebounder with five. There weren’t a lot of missed shots. Lakewood finished the game with just 11 rebounds as a team. Big forward Jordan Robinson led Corunna with ten points. Lakewood heads to Perry for the second CAAC-White game of the season Friday. On Tuesday, the Vikings travel to Lowell for a non-conference contest. Lakewood’s Logan Lake (left) helps teammate Eddie Salazar off the floor, after Salazar was fouled while draining a three-point shot in the third quarter Friday night. Salazar converted on the four-point play, and finished the night with 13 points. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Viking girls see winning streak end Thornapple Kellogg senior Scott Pitsch releases the Voice of TK from its bucket during the second half of the Trojan varsity boys’ basketball team’s win over Ionia on Monday night in Middleville. Hope springs eternal, especially in the hearts of fans. The winter season is only a few weeks old, and I’ve already seen some great performances out of student sections at high school basketball games. Delton Kellogg’s varsity boys’ team brought a good contingent to Hastings on a night when the Saxon students had some help from Grand Rapids Griffins mascot Griff. The Wacky Woodies were strong, rooting on the Lakewood varsity boys’ and girls’ teams last Friday night, although it wasn’t their best effort. Maybe it was first game jitters. I turned expecting the “double digits!” chant as Corunna’s Jake Lumsden sank a three-pointer with just over three minutes to go in the second quarter Friday, but it never came. Maybe the Woodies were just being nice, with their team leading 37-10 at that point. I can respect that. I missed getting to see the Saxons and Vikings go at it on Tuesday night, as the varsity boys’ game was canceled because of... the weather? Those games are always fun. Even with those rivals going back and forth, it would have been tough to top the effort put forth by the Thornapple Kellogg students on Monday night against Ionia (although I’m sure they’ll try tonight at South Christian). The Trojan student section looks like its finally putting things together, with seniors Scott Pitsch and Paul Betcher leading the way. “Our student section has been amazing,” said TK head coach Lance Laker, after just his team’s second contest of the season. TK won both games, at Kenowa Hills Friday and at home against Ionia Monday night. “It feels like we’re kind of building something, and I think (the students) feel like they’re a part of it as well.” The Trojans were decked out in black and orange, more than I’d ever seen before in the student section for a basketball game at TK. And their voices were louder than I’d heard them before. Late in the fourth quarter of Monday’s win, the Trojan fans started the “Lance Laker!” chant. Coach swore after the game that he was careful not to let it distract him, but I swore I saw him crack half a smile before he spun around back towards the bench. The highlight of course was the Voice of TK. Pitsch grabs his five-gallon bucket and as the lid is removed out comes the Voice of TK, which is a loud roar. The Wacky Woodies have been number one in the county for a long time, but I think the Trojans might give them a run for their money this year. Too bad there aren’t any scheduled meetings between the two teams, and they won’t even be a part of the same district tournament. Looks like the only way TK and Lakewood would meet this season is for them to both advance to the Class B state finals. After Tuesday’s cancellation, there’s a chance we could go through the winter without seeing a Lakewood versus Hastings or Lakewood versus Thornapple Kellogg boys’ varsity basketball game. That’s a shame. The Trojan boys are 2-0, the Saxons 1-0, the Vikings 1-0, Delton is 2-1, and Maple Valley has one win under its belt in three tries. It’s been a pretty good start for the teams and a very good start for the fans. Keep it up. It makes my job a lot more fun, that’s for sure. Through the first eight games (guys and girls) I’ve seen, the average margin of victory has been somewhere right around 24 points. My hope is that everyone has the same kind of enthusiasm as the calendar turns to spring, and the post-season is getting underway. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The good thing for the Lakewood varsity girls’ basketball team Friday night, was that a 46-26 loss to Corunna was a big surprise rather than the standard. Otherwise, there wasn’t much else for the Vikings to be happy about as they opened the conference season at home. “I’m shocked right now,” said Lakewood head coach Tal Thompson. “We’ve come so far since the first day of practice, since the summer. Then to go out with our first big crowd... I know they’re upset with themselves too. We talked about having to win your conference games at home. That’s something you have to be able to do.” “I know they’re ticked off right now. I think they want to practice right now.” That’s another good sign. The Vikings are now 3-1 on the year. A jumper by Melanie Forman gave the Vikings the lead in the opening minutes of the second half, 14-13. Corunna though went on a 19-5 run the rest of the period to take command of the game. “Every game we’ve played so far, we’ve Lakewood’s Ashley Morris (left) tries to work her way around Corunna’s Angela Gillett in the second quarter Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) out physicaled the other team and this team just beat us up,” Thompson said. “We’ve got to be more aggressive.” “I told the girls before the fourth quarter, we have seven fouls in three quarters. Not that I wanted them to go out and start fouling people, but people who are aggressive make fouls off of their aggressiveness.” Corunna point guard Megan Birchmeir took advantage of her opportunities. She was able to penetrate against the Viking defense, and either find open teammates for shot opportunities as the Viking guards converged on her or find an open teammate then pop back outside for an open look as the ball came back to her. Birchmeir finished the night with 17 points, after scoring just four in the first half. She hit three three-pointers in the second half. The Cavaliers also got a solid offensive night from their center, Emily Jager, who finished with ten points. Ashley Morris and Anna Lynch led the Lakewood attack with six points each. On the offensive end of the floor, the Vikings turned the ball over 26 times. Corunna had just seven turnovers all night. During their 3-0 start the Vikings had averaged 16 more rebounds per game than their opponents. Friday, Corunna outrebounded the Vikings 24-23. The Viking girls are back on the court Friday, when they hit the road to take on Perry in another Capital Area Activities Conference White Division match-up. Lakewood’s Laurel Mattson puts up a shot after running into the Cavaliers’ Emily Jager in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s Capital Area Activities Conference White Division contest. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 13, 2007 — Page 17 TK outhustles Ionia in the end by Brett Bremer Sports Editor “That just happened! That just happened” was the cheer from the Thornapple Kellogg student section with just under four minutes to play Friday night. Thornapple Kellogg senior Joshua Thaler had just raced out to the left corner to reject an Ionia three-point shot attempt, which would have tied the game had it gone in. TK’s Nate Manning, leaping towards the Ionia bench, grabbed the ball out of the air before it could land out of bounds and flipped it to teammate Parrish Hall. Ionia managed just one free throw the rest of the way. The Trojans outscored the Bulldogs 15-1 over the course of the final 5 minutes 11 seconds, and improved to 2-0 on the season with a 57-42 victory. Thornapple Kellogg head coach Lance Laker liked the kind of team work he saw on the play. “The thing about this team that’s going to make us good and make us compete is no one care’s who gets the credit,” Laker said. “The five who are in making things happen can be different from night to night. We’re sort of finding the groups who will work.” Manning led the Trojans on the night with 18 points. Thaler chipped in 11 points, with six of them coming in the fourth quarter. Ian Sisson added eight points for the Trojans and Andrew Gilbert seven. Thornapple Kellogg held a small lead for much of the night, up 33-31 heading into the fourth quarter. “We finished with a flurry,” Lake said. Ionia pulled to within a point, at 42-41 with 5:11 left on a pair of free throws by Ryan Reister, before the Trojans shut the Bulldogs down. Getting to loose balls and rebounds in the final minutes pushed the Trojans to the victory. Right before the “that just happened” play, Thaler pulled down back-to-back offensive rebounds before being fouled and sinking a pair of free throws. Off the bench, Hall had an excellent game running the point for the Trojans. C.J. Markwart led Ionia with 11 points, and Ryan Reister added nine. “The first two games we’ve played fairly well,” said Laker. “We’ve played two teams that competed really hard and forced us to execute.” The Trojans knocked off Kenowa Hills Friday night, 53-45. After falling behind 15-6 in the opening quarter, the Trojans stormed back to take a Maple Valley’s Tyler Corwin (bottom) looks up for help from his corner as he’s taken down by Thornapple Kellogg’s Kyle Dalton during the first period of their 125-pound match Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Trojan wrestlers win quad, then invitational in Middleville Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity wrestling team scored a pair of wins at their own quad meet Thursday night in Middleville, and is now 8-1 on the season. The Trojans knocked off Lansing Eastern 54-20 and Allendale 39-36. “They wrestled better. We’re getting better,” said TK head coach Tom Lehman. “Last week we were a little slow and we were not Thornapple Kellogg’s Levi Funk (left) greets teammate Nate Manning (4) during introductions at Monday night’s home opener against Ionia in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 26-23 lead at the half. Manning finished the night with 24 points to lead TK, but he had lots of help. “When we made our big run in the first half, Nate was out and Joe Sanford stepped in and got three rebounds and spurred our drive,” said Laker. Sisson and Andrew Gilbert both chipped in seven points for TK, and Thaler had six. Kurt VanEssen led Kenowa Hills with 12 points. After a pair of non-conference contests to start the season, the Trojans open up O-K Gold Conference play at South Christian tonight. “Thursday’s a pretty big test. I think we’re as ready as we can be,” said Laker. “In years past I think that we really had to play perfect to win. We had good game plans, going to overtime, last year. We’re good enough and tough enough this year that if we play a good game we can win. We might not have to be perfect.” After the showdown with the Sailors, the Trojans are home next Tuesday to face Hamilton. TK-Hastings freshman sets butterfly record in first meet Thornapple Kellogg senior Joshua Thaler (44) flips a shot over Ionia’s Alec Lynn during the second half of Monday night’s 57-42 Trojan victory in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings’ varsity boys’ swimming and diving team lost a tight meet with Creston to open the season on Thursday night in the Community Education and Recreation Center pool in Hastings. Creston scored a 102-87 victory. The highlight of the meet was a new team record set by freshman Tyler Swanson in the 100-yard butterfly. He touched the wall in 1 minute 4.8 seconds, finishing third behind a pair of Polar Bear swimmers. “It was a great first meet,” said TKHastings head coach Tyler Bultema. “I was pleased with the effort, but there are many more things that we need to work on to improve.” SAXON WEEKLY SPORTS SCHEDULE Complete online schedule at: www.hassk12.org Forest Hills North. HS Forest Hills North. HS Ottawa Hills HS Forest Hills North. HS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14: 4:00 pm Girls Fresh. Basketball Wayland Union HS 5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball Wayland Union HS 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball Wayland Union HS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15: TBA Varsity Boys Basketball Alumni Events TBA Boys Varsity Swimming Raider Spring Relay 8:30 am Boys Varsity Wrestling Coldwater HS 9:30 am Girls Middle Cheer Jenison High School 10:00 am Boys JV Wrestling Kalamazoo Central HS 12 noon Boys Fresh. Basketball West Catholic 1:00 pm Girls Varsity Cheer Jenison High School 1:00 pm Girls JV Cheer Jenison High School 1:30 pm Boys JV Basketball West Catholic 3:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball West Catholic A A H A TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball South Christian HS South Christian HS Allegan High School South Christian HS H H H WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19: 6:00 pm Boys JV Wrestling 6:00 pm Boys “B” Wrestling 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Wrestling Forest Hills North. HS A Unity Christian HS A Forest Hills North. HS A A A A A H A A H H SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16: 2:00 pm Band Festival (Middle School) - HHS Gym 4:00 pm Band Festival (High School) - HHS Gym MONDAY, DECEMBER 17: 4:00 pm Boys 8th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “A” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 7th “B” Basketball 4:00 pm Boys 8th “B” Basketball 4:00 pm Girls Fresh. Basketball 5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball Kraft Meadow Kraft Meadow Kraft Meadow Kraft Meadow GR Central - CANCELLED GR Central GR Central A H H A H H H H H H H THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20: 4:00 pm Girls Fresh. Basketball Hamilton High School H 5:30 pm Girls JV Basketball Hamilton High School H 6:00 pm Girls Swim Alumni Night 6-7:30 pm 7:00 pm Girls Varsity Basketball Hamilton High School H Times and dates subject to change. Thanks to This Week’s Sponsor Saxon Pride Begins with You! Happy Holidays! from the Mike Goggins Family HASTINGS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Contact Laura 948-0506 to Sponsor the Sports Schedule 77518730 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13: 4:00 pm Boys Fresh. Basketball 5:30 pm Boys JV Basketball 6:00 pm Boys Varsity Swimming 7:00 pm Boys Varsity Basketball Josiah Jenkins and Tim Stanton took first and second in the 100-yard backstroke for the TK-Hastings team. The Trojans are in their home pool in Hastings again tonight when they take on Ottawa Hills. Saturday, TK-Hastings will be a part of the Raider Relays at Grand Rapids Community College. DK wrestlers off to a 11-1 start this year Holly handed the Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling team its first loss of the season Saturday, in the finals of the Delton Kellogg Invitational. The visiting Bronchos scored a 48-30 win over the host Panthers. That puts Delton Kellogg’s record at 11-1 for the season. The Panthers had four wins on the day. They defeated Bangor 48-28, Comstock 830, Dansville 42-27, and Paw Paw 69-9. Delton had two undefeated wrestlers on the day, Mark Loveland (103) and Octavio Romero (285), and six wrestlers with just one loss including Dylan Leinaar (112), Matt Loveland (119), Johnny Wood (130), Montana Otis (145), Quinn DeBolt (152), and John Hess (215). Mark Loveland and Romero are still undefeated on the season. Delton Kellogg also scored a 74-4 win over Lawton at home on Wednesday night, and a 67-9 victory over the Hastings B team. The Panther varsity continues its season at the Eau Claire Invitational this Saturday. Friday night, Delton hosted a B-team tournament, and ended the day with six undefeated wrestlers. Jeff Town, Trevor Curtice, Martell Epperson, David Dalm, Jeff Bissett, and Harley Miller. Miller is undefeated in Bteam action so far this season. Thornapple Kellogg’s Tim Etter (top) closes in on a first period pin against Holland’s John Teasley Saturday during the Jeff Lehman Memorial Invitational in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer) quite as aggressive as we would hope to be. “Allendale is really a pretty good team I thought.” Mike Craven, Tucker Bowerman, Kyle Dalton, Trevor Dalton, Thomas Tabor, and Chris Westra were each 2-0 on the night for the Trojans. Tim Etter, Cody Lydy, Dan Lydy, and Bobby Wilson had one win apiece. Thornapple Kellogg followed that up by winning its own Jeff Lehman Memorial Invitational in Middleville Saturday, with a perfect 6-0 dual record. The Trojans topped Holland for the championship, 47-18. In pool play, the Trojans defeated Portland 63-12, Fruitport 69-6, Grandville B 80-0, and Maple Valley 66-12. The Maple Valley Lions were 2-3 on the day, with wins over Thornapple Kellogg’s B team and over Portland. The Trojans had nine pins in their win over the Lions. The Lions had two pins of their own. But one of the matches of the day went the distance, as TK’s Kyle Dalton squared off against the Lions’ Tyler Corwin in the 125pound match. Corwin lost only three matches a season ago, on his way to a third place finish in Division 4 at 125 pounds. Kyle only had five losses a season ago, and one of them came against Corwin in a match where he was bumped up to 125.. Kyle scored take downs in each of the first two periods, to build a 5-0 lead before Corwin closed in during the third period to 5-3. Kyle Dalton was one of five Trojan wrestlers to finish the day with a 5-0 record. The others were Craven (103), Bowerman (119), Dan Lydy (140), and Cody Clinton (215). TK’s Etter, Trevor Dalton, Cody Lydy, Tabor, Christian Berdecia, Nick Tape, Westra, and Wilson had four wins each. All 14 Trojans ended the day with a winning record, as Cole Meinke went 3-2. Thornapple Kellogg starts the O-K Gold Conference season at Hamilton this coming Wednesday. B a b y ’s F i r s t Christmas! Name Birthday Name Birthday Name Birthday A special Hastings Banner feature to appear Thursday January 3rd, 2008. To include your child, simply mail or bring this form with photo & check or money order for $15 to: The Hastings Banner 1351 N. 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We don’t get them in a regular dual and we don’t see them at districts this year.” Hastings won its other dual on the night, topping South Haven 43-27. “Our line-up was a mess, with five starters out,” said Hastings head coach Mike Hastings’ Tom McKinney rides on top of his opponent from South Haven during Wednesday night’s Lakewood Quad. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Saxon junior Matt Watson pushes his Lakewood opponent’s back towards the mat during their match Wednesday night. (Photo by Dan Goggins) Goggins. “We have been plagued with illnesses right now, so we hope to get healthy before our conference matches start. Lakewood is good, as always, and you can’t wrestle them missing starters and expect to win.” Ryan Bosma had a big pin for the Saxons in the 160-pound match to help keep the match with the Vikings tight. Bosma was one of five Saxons to win two matches on the night. The others were Austin Endsley (112), Matt Watson (119), Gage Your Medicare Advantage Plan Should Give You… Trust. Security. Peace of Mind. Pederson (125), and Trent Brisboe (152). Winning once for Hastings at the Lakewood Quad were Alec Wilcox (130), Tom McKinney (145), Luke Mansfield (189), Josh Morehouse (215), and Justin Jevicks (285). Jeff Baillargeon (103), Tallyn Alexander (135), Brown (130), Blackmer (140), Durkee (145), Orszula (171), and Steverson (285) were all undefeated Wednesday for Lakewood. Saturday, the Saxon varsity had two of its starters back and managed to place second to Pine River at the Wyoming Park Invitational. Pine River finished the ten team tournament with 223 points. Hastings was second with 193. Morehouse was the lone undefeated Saxons, winning the 215pound weight class. Placing second for Hastings were Brian Baum at 103, Watson 119, Pederson 125, Wilcox 130, Sailors outscore Hastings girls 22-4 in second quarter The Saxons let South Christian pull away in the second quarter, after a solid start last Thursday in O-K Gold Conference action. The Sailors scored a 67-39 victory in Hastings. The Saxons trailed just 15-12 after one period of play. “It was pretty decent. If we’d have gotten rid of that second quarter it would have been really close,” said Saxon head coach Dan Carpenter. The Sailors’ half court press got to the Saxons in the second quarter. At one point, Hastings turned the ball over on seven consecutive possessions. South Christian turned those seven turnovers into 14 points, and outscored the Saxons 22-4 the rest of the half. Brandi Hurless, in her second game of the season, led the Saxons with 15 Get that and more with a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Medicare Advantage plan. Medicare Plus Blue • Low premiums • Nationwide coverage • Comprehensive benefits • Generics in the coverage gap Choose the company you’ve known for years — the nonprofit that’s been here since 1939*. 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Lion boys win one of their first three Prescription Blue • Zero-deductible plan available Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Micah Huver 140, and Mansfield at 189. “We still have several starters out with illness,” Goggins said. “Matt Watson suffered his first loss of the season trying to compete ill as well. We just keep waiting to get healthy.” Third place finishes were earned by the Saxons’ Collin Ferguson (135) and Beau Reaser (171). McKinney (145) and Jevicks (285) both placed fourth. Placing fourth was Tom McKinney 145 and Justin Jevicks 285. The Saxon B team traveled to Olivet on Saturday, and placed third out of eight teams. Winning their weight class were Jeremy Rogers at 130, Jason Eckley 135 and Kyle Griffith 171. Placing second were Wilcox (140), Mikolzyck (145) and Casey Schaffer (189). On Friday night, the Saxon junior varsity wrestling team had four wrestlers win their weight class at the Delton Kellogg JV Invitational, Shane Cooper, Jon Giesler, Chase Delcotto and Cody Redman. Also, earning his first win was Osman Koroma. source code HABS bcbsm.com/medicare Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan contracts with the federal government and is a nonprofit corporation and independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. A Medicare Advantage Private Fee-for-Service plan works differently than a Medicare supplement plan. Your doctor or hospital must agree to accept the plan’s terms and conditions prior to providing healthcare services to you, with the exception of emergencies. If your doctor or hospital does not agree to accept our payment terms and conditions, they may not provide healthcare services to you, except in emergencies. Providers can find the plan’s terms and conditions on our website at bcbsm.com/ma. Maple Valley played two solid second halves of basketball to start the season. The first time, that wasn’t enough to score a victory, but in game number two it was. The Lions opened the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA) season Friday night at Hackett Catholic Central, and scored a 48-33 victory. “In the first half we had 13 turnovers, so it wasn’t really pretty,” said Maple Valley head coach Keith Jones. “The second half, we took care of the basketball and only had two.” The Irish and Lions were tied at 19 at the break. Maple Valley though held Hackett to a single field goal, a threepointer by Cody Morton, in the third quarter. Maple Valley was able to jump in front by six points heading into the fourth quarter, then got eight points from Dustin Houghton and six from Kenneth Quick in the final period. As a team the Lions put up 20 points in the final eight minutes. Houghton finished as the game’s high scorer with 18 points, and Quick had 15 with 13 of those coming in the second half. Quick also added five steals on the night. Scott Kersjes added seven points and six rebounds for the Lions, while Jeff Burd chipped in five points, six steals, and four assists. Hackett, which is now 0-2 on the season and 0-1 in the KVA, was led by Morton’s seven points. Jack Rider, who finished with four points, and Morton were the only Irish players to make more than one field goal in the game. The Lions were happy to end their first week of competition on a high note, after falling to Portland St. Patrick Wednesday 51-42. “That was not a pretty game,” Jones said. “We had a lot of turnovers. It was a typical first game. We only had eight guys we could play.” The Lions struggled to put points on the board in the first half. St. Pat’s led 23-14 at the half, and Houghton and Quick were the only Lions to put the ball in the bucket before the break. Houghton finished the night with a game high 19 points. Quick had 11 points to go along with four assists and five steals. A few others got into the action as the game progressed. Jared Smith and Ryan Schroder each finished the evening with five points for the Lions. Maple Valley suffered its second non-conference loss Tuesday night at Lansing Christian, 49-38. Quick led the Lions with ten points and six rebounds. Schroder added eight points, seven rebounds, and six blocked shots. The Pilgrims clung to a two-point lead at the half, before pulling away in the final two quarters. Lansing Christian got 16 points from Callahan DeOndre and 15 from Mike Garza. Maple Valley plays host to Delton Kellogg tonight, then is home again next Tuesday to take on Parchment. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-12-20.pdf 3b116e1bb3eec4aff4730c175a35a200 PDF Text Text Brick street reaches century mark Small town offers a ‘Wonderful Life’ Saxons 17-point winner over South Christian See Story on Page 3 See Editorial on Page 5 See Story on Page 22 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 51 NEWS BRIEFS Adopt a family for Christmas About 50 families in Barry County are still waiting for “adoption” by kindhearted individuals, families, businesses, churches, clubs and organizations who want to provide them with gifts for Christmas. Families include those with or without young children, but all are facing hard economic times. To adopt a family, visit the Love Inc. office or call (269) 948-9555. Love Inc. is working on this project with the Salvation Army, and the Love Inc. office is open between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays at 305 S. Michigan Ave., Hastings. Legion to host Christmas dinner The American Legion post in Hastings is inviting the public to a free feast on Christmas day at the Patriot Restaurant, 2160 S. M-37. A staff of volunteers will be serving ham, turkey and all the fixings from noon to 4 p.m. “We want everyone who doesn’t have a place to go or is home alone to have a nice dinner and good fellowship on Christmas Day,” said Ruth Nelson, the restaurant’s head cook. Felpausch has provided much of the food for this third annual feast, with additional donations coming from Post 45 Legion members. That morning, the Legion-operated restaurant will be open from 7 to 10 a.m. with its regular menu. Holly Trolley gone but will be back BANNER Following an intensive strategic planning process and study of current health care trends, Pennock Health Services has announced a plan to expand hospital services at the corner of M-43 and M-37 on a former 32-acre farm Pennock purchased in July 2001 from the late Howard Ferris. The new hospital, slated to be completed by 2012, would include additional parking and ease of access, single-bed inpatient rooms, new obstetrics rooms and delivery suites, an expanded emergency department, reconfigured and expanded surgical suites, increased physician office space and expanded outpatient diagnostic services. "We made the decision to expand our services off campus due to many factors, not the least of which involved our recent ‘You Speak, We Listen’ community forums,” said The Food Bank of South Central Michigan will be conducting an inventory the last week of this month, so there See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 Pennock Chief Executive Officer Sheryl Lewis Blake. “We gained valuable input from more than 300 area residents, business owners, city/county officials and our own physicians and employees, which impacted our decision to expand off site" The project, estimated to cost approximately $60 million, would enable all Barry County residents to access efficient, state-of-the art health care, she said. Costs would be finalized once the square footage has been determined. Funds to pay for the project would come from a combination of three sources: Saved funds Pennock has reserved, debt financing and a capital campaign, Lewis Blake said. More details will be known by late spring or early summer. “Expanded services will better meet patient expectations and needs and enable Pennock to “This neighborhood presence not only offers easily accessible health services, but it also serves as an economic anchor for the community,” Peter Phelps, Battle Creek Health Systems remain independent and competitive in the health care market,” according to a press release. Pennock’s board and administrative staff, with extensive input from physicians and hospital department heads, expect to spend a year in the design and development phase of the project, Lewis Blake said. Occupants of the current Physicians’ Center, which is attached to the current hospital, would be asked whether they want to stay in their current locations or move off campus to the proposed new building, she added. Nancy Goodin, a member of Pennock’s Board of Trustees and chairwoman of the building committee, said, "We (the board of trustees) take seriously our stewardship responsibility and moral obligation to perpetuate the hospital’s mission. This decision was made after exploring five other construction sites, as well as opportunities to expand at the current site. Due to our consistent growth of 3 to 5 percent per year, the age of the current infrastructure and limited land options, we decided to relocate. The current Pennock Hospital building See PENNOCK, page 3 Senior citizens in debt, turning to COA for help by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor An emerging trend in Barry County and elsewhere is the advent of more people entering the senior citizen arena with debt rather than savings, said Tammy Pennington, executive director of the County Commission on Aging (COA). That’s a real departure from previous generations, she said, when it was common for senior folks to have savings to tide them over in emergencies or pay for unexpected expenses, such as household repairs or appliance replacements. With rising utility bills, many local senior citizens are facing shut-off notices and the COA’s Special Needs Fund has been a lifesaver. In fact, this year more than half of that $10,000 fund has been used to help pay seniors’ bills to keep the lights and heat on in their homes. The COA works with Barry County United Way and the County Department of Human Services when seniors bring shut-off notices to the COA. And since Oct. 1, those who receive funds to bail them out of utility woes are required to attend a budgeting workshop offered free of charge by the Community Action Agency, Pennington said. The COA’s Special Needs Fund was originally established in 2006 with funds from millage approved by county voters to help with the costs of building wheelchair ramps for folks who needed ramps but couldn’t afford them, she said. One such ramp was built this year for a 68 year old Hastings man who has a monthly income of only $724. Now, because of so many financially struggling seniors, the fund is used not only to prevent utility shut-offs but for such expenses as interior damage from a leaky chimney in Freeport, denture/dental, gasoline for a Nashville man, who has $10,000 in hospital bills, to get to work; replacing a refrigerator for an elderly couple, paying for prescriptions and fuel oil. As an example, the COA paid $522 for a 73 year old Hastings client to have dental/denture work because of tooth pain which necessitated removal and replacement of the person’s lower teeth. The client paid $1,000 of the cost. In Delton, the COA paid $114.88 to replace a hand rail for an 82 year old client. The COA paid for the cost of materials and labor was provided by Thornapple Valley Church. The COA paid $735 for sidewalk repair due to a leaky water pipe at the home of a 77 year old Hastings client who has osteoporosis and arthritis and only has a monthly income of $1,096.50. For a Bellevue client, the COA paid $952 to replace a bedroom window for a 65 year old who has severe osteoarthritis of the knees and shoulders and uses a walker and wheelchair. The person has a monthly income of $871. Nearly all of the clients who received help have monthly incomes ranging from $632 to around $1,200. Income guidelines for the Special Needs Funds are up to $1,306.66/month for singles and $1,760/month couples, which is 160% of the federal poverty level. “We’ve used every penny of the $10,000” budgeted for the 2007 Special Needs Fund, Pennington said. She is appreciative that the Barry County Board of Commissioners is giving $15,000 to the COA’s Special Needs Fund in 2008. Another trend, she said, is “fewer people are retiring and more are putting off retire- See COA, page 2 Matt Thompson leaving Pennock for executive post in Carson City Lead subject of tonight’s forum No distribution of food next week PRICE 50¢ Thursday, December 20, 2007 Pennock to build new hospital The Holly Trolley will be in Middleville tonight, but will return to its evening touring schedule in Hastings for a few more nights until Christmas. Trolley rides are free this year due to sponsorship by local businesses. The Trolley tours the area from 6 to 8 p.m. on a variety of routes. Pickup is in front of the courthouse, on the north side. The pickup point tonight will be the Middleville United Methodist Church from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Tonight at 7 p.m., Hastings resident and the Michigan organizer for the Blue Green Alliance Sue Browne will give a presentation featuring the cooperation between the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club at the County Forum. The Alliance focuses on issues such as global warming, clean energy, fair trade and reducing toxins. Joining Browne will be Barry County resident and the Women of Steel District 2 Coordinator Tonya DeVore. The event will be at the Barry County Democratic Hall in Hastings, located at 328 S. Jefferson St. Those attending the presentation will receive a “Get the Lead Out” test kit to help identify lead-containing products in the home. Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 Matt Thompson by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Jan. 11 will be the last day at Pennock Health Services for Matt Thompson, vice president of support services. A Pennock employee for 12 years, Thompson has accepted the position of vice president and chief operating officer at the 77-bed Carson City Hospital in Carson City. “They recruited me,” he said, noting that the decision to accept was a difficult one. “I’m excited (about going to Carson City Hospital) and torn about leaving friends and co-workers. “This new position as COO will provide a set of new challenges and enhance my career opportunities in the years ahead.” For now, at least, Thompson will commute to Carson City when he begins his new job. He and his wife, a teacher in Middleville, don’t want to change their children’s school district. The commute will be about a onehour drive, one way. His first affiliation with Pennock Hospital was as a health care administration resident in 1993 when he was working on his Indiana University master’s degree in health and hospital administration. After, earning his master’s, he worked at Butterworth Hospital until 1996 when he was hired as Pennock’s director of public affairs. During his tenure with Pennock, Thompson has been involved in many facets of the operation including extensive managed care contract negotiations, marketing and marketing research, the master facility plan, various construction projects, physician recruitment, operational support, managing Pennock Village and working with the Pennock Auxiliary volunteers. He is the executive director of the Pennock Foundation, coordinating its fundraising and grant making activities, and Thompson is the co-executive director of the Physician Hospital Organization, fulfilling those positions until he departs for the Carson City job. Thompson is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), which means he is board certified in healthcare administration through the international professional society of 30,000 healthcare executives. In a letter to Pennock’s Board of Directors, Thompson said, “I am proud of the successes and accomplishments I have had during my tenure with Pennock. I wish to thank the Executive Team, the Board of Trustees, and colleagues with whom I have worked during the past 12-plus years for making my experiences at Pennock Health Services positive, successful, and professionally rewarding. My experiences and professional growth here have been truly great! I will indeed miss the relationships and many friendships that I have established in both the hospital and in the community.” See THOMPSON, page 2 Southeastern students make gingerbread art Ahlysha Bravo, 8, frosts an ice cream cone Christmas tree during her gingerbread house project Tuesday at Southeastern Elementary School in Hastings. Second grade teacher Teresta Bolo and her students read Jan Brett’s book “Gingerbread Baby” and shared their experience with other Southeastern first and second grade classes. The gingerbread houses are made with milk cartons, graham crackers, frosting and lots of candy. (Photo by Megan Lavell) �Page 2 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page will not be a food distribution Wednesday, Dec. 26, at the First United Methodist Church in Hastings. The Fresh Food Initiative food distribution will resume Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at approximately 9 a.m. at the Hastings site. Humane Society holding bake sale The Barry County Humane Society will hold its annual holiday bake sale tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year’s sale will be held at two locations, Hastings City Bank, near the courthouse in Hastings, and MainStreet Bank in Hastings, across from Kmart plaza. Homemade cakes, pies, cookies, breads, doggie treats and unique tree ornaments will be available. Money raised will go toward "Pet Meals On Wheels." This program helps provide free pet food to pet owners who receive Commission on Aging Meals on Wheels and need a little help feeding those pets. Hastings students to get new books by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The Hastings Area Schools Board of Education approved two new textbooks for a total of $21,796.10 at Monday night’s meeting. Eighth grade students will use 270 new earth science books for $19,296.10. High school students will have access to 115 copies of a new economics book by faculty member Larry Christopher for $2,500. The $2,500 is to cover printing and binding costs because the book is self-published. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the board: • Heard a presentation from junior class president Leanne Dinges about high school student council activities. The students adopted a family from Love Inc. for Christmas and are working on a holiday assembly. • Heard an education presentation from Hastings Middle School Teacher Cheryl Goggins about the school’s Pride Club. • Approved a travel study request for Hastings High School students to go to a Science Olympiad competition in Clio Jan. 21. • Approved a travel study request for Hastings Middle School students to go to Chicago May 22. • Approved a leave of absence for Hastings Middle School Special Education Teacher Michael Abbate. • Approved a return from leave of absence for Hastings Middle School Counselor Patricia Bellgraph and Hastings High School Language Arts Teacher Carrie Roe. • Approved not having a summer collection of property taxes in 2008, but authorized the superintendent to sign tax collection and remitting agreements with the City of Hastings, Carlton, Hastings, Hope, Irving and Rutland townships. • Approved a January 2008 early gradua- tion for Hastings High School senior Evan Vandecar. • Accepted a $373.91 from Pizza Hut for the Northeastern Elementary School parentteacher organization. • Discussed purchasing 180 copies of a new high school general and honors physics text book for $13,454.10. • Discussed course proposals for a new health science vocational course, an online auto course and a physical education lifelong fitness course. • Accepted the resignations of Rebecca Smith of the Child Care Center and Early Childhood Specialist Jeanne Schreck. • Imposed long-term suspension of a Hastings Middle School student for persistent disobedience. The next regular school board meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, in Southeastern Elementary School. 911 board sets Feb. 15 as deadline for new director County demolishes houses Dan Valley Excavating tears down a house on Court Street Tuesday afternoon. This house is one of five structures Barry County officials voted to demolish because maintenance costs were rising and the houses were no longer safe. County Administrator Michael Brown said the area will remain a green space for now. Patchy precipitation results in ‘strange’ harvest by Helen Mudry Staff Writer The bean and corn harvests are over and farmers are assessing their yields depending on where their fields were and the amount of rain they received. Caledonia and Woodbury elevators reported the bean harvest was better than first expected with this year’s dry July. The average bean yield was 40 to 50 bushels an acre. Last week’s bean price was $10.55 per bushel. The corn yields were 120 to 180 bushels per acre, depending on field and rain. The current corn price is $3.94 per bushel, but many farmers contracted last spring at $3 a bushel. In mid-October, midway through the harvest, corn was $3.16 a bushel and beans were $8.58. One farmer mentioned that increased equipment, fertilizer and fuel costs have to be added to the cost of farming. A new combine, for example, may cost $300,000. “This has been one strange fall harvest,” said Tim Marlin, Caledonia’s grain manager. He said area farmers had a corn harvest of 120 bushels an acre and beans at 20 bushels; it all depended on where the rain fell. The technology of new hybrid seeds has developed corn and beans that can withstand drought. Marlin said the market prices are determined by many factors including the stock market, gold, crude oil and now retirement funds that are investing the grain commodities. Attorney in Dickinson case resigns by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The attorney for Orange Amir Taylor, whose first trial for the murder of Hastings graduate Laura Dickinson ended in a mistrial, has asked the judge to be relieved of his position. Alvin Keel defended Taylor in the first trial, which ended in a deadlock in October when two jurors voted to acquit. Laura’s father, Robert Dickinson, said he believes Keel asked to be discharged as Taylor’s attorney for the second trail because of money. “They simply cannot afford to pay him for the second trial,” Dickinson said this week. “I expect he (Taylor) will get a court-appointed attorney, and I also expect the new trial to be set back.” Taylor was set to be retried starting Jan. 28, 2008. Laura Dickinson’s body was discovered in her Eastern Michigan University dorm room Dec. 15, 2006. The university originally THOMPSON, continued from page 1 Pennock’s Chief Executive Officer Sheryl Lewis Blake said, “I’m going to miss him (Thompson) so much. I wish him well.” Thompson has been heavily involved in community activities, including serving the past two years as president of the Barry County United Way Board. He previously chaired United Way’s Budget and Allocation Committee and served in other ways. He is a founding member of the BarryEaton Health Board of Directors for indigent health care. Thompson also is a member of the Hastings Rotary Club Board, County YMCA Board and Mental Health Authority Board. released a statement saying foul play was not suspected in her death even though the preliminary autopsy report stated the death was suspicious in nature and foul play was suspected. In February, Taylor was arrested when DNA evidence linked him to the crime. For its part in the cover-up, Eastern Michigan University has been fined $357,500 for violation of the Clery Act, a federal which mandates colleges to alert students of threats to their safety. The university has also agreed to pay the Dickinson family $2.5 million for not informing them of the suspicious nature of Laura’s death for more than two months. A spokesperson for the university said this week EMU will appeal the penalty for violation of the Clery Act. The university has until Jan. 4, 2008, to file an appeal. If the appeal fails, the university could face a total of $3.8 million including legal fees, penalties and severance pay to college administrators who have been dismissed. John Fallon was fired as president of EMU for his part in the cover-up and two other administrators also were dismissed by the board of trustees. Fallon contacted a public relations representative who was off campus at the time of the alleged murder and instructed her to release a statement saying foul play was not suspected in the death. Later, after Taylor was arrested and charged with first degree murder, Fallon said the Ypsilanti-based college made the decision to withhold the information for fear it would cause panic on campus. Since the incident, EMU has instituted a number of measures to improve security, including additional campus police and stepped-up patrols around the dorms. In addition, because of the violent nature of the crime and the resulting cover-up, colleges and universities throughout the state have examined their security measures and policies on appropriate responses to violence involving students. by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Barry County Dispatch 911 Board has set a deadline of Feb. 15, 2008, to find a replacement for retiring Charlie Nystrom. Nystrom, who is currently on paid administrative leave pending his retirement in February, served as the director since the 911 center was established in 1990. Nystrom was placed on administrative leave in July pending an ongoing investigation by Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf. Nystrom was accused of paying employees for undocumented overtime, and the sheriff is investigating charges Nystrom authorized the use of cell phones paid for by taxpayer dollars to unauthorized personnel. At the 911 board’s Dec. 17 meeting, Hastings Police Chief Jerry Sarver, who chairs the personnel committee, said that 15 applications had been received for the director’s position. The personnel committee has pared that list down to seven candidates and the board has scheduled Jan. 22 and 23 for formal interviews with those seven candidates. Board chairman Ron Neil said each board member will prepare a list of questions to be used in the January interviews. Board members are to get their questions to Sarver by Jan. 9, and he will consolidate those questions into a workable number to be used for the interviews. Neil acknowledged that individual members would be able to ask additional questions that may emerge as the interviews progress. It is the goal of the board to pare that number down to two or three finalists, at which point background checks would be conducted on the remaining candidates. The interviews will be conducted at the Hastings Township Hall and will be open to the public. In other action by the board, a letter from Sandy VanDenburg was entered into the file. In her letter, VanDenburg suggested that an independent committee be formed to interview candidates for the director’s position. “As an applicant for the position of Barry County Central Dispatch director, I would like to request an independent hiring firm be appointed to make the selection of director,” VanDenburg wrote. “I make this request based on the bias and discrimination shown by several Barry Central Administrative Board members.” As proof of her opinion of bias, VanDenburg said 911 Board Chairman Neil gave letters of congratulations to five of six employees who have worked at the 911 center since its inception. “I was the one that did not receive a letter,” VanDenburg wrote. “I have not been able to obtain one of these letters, but I am to assume he was speaking on behalf of all board members. This is an extremely poor reflection on the administrative board. In December of 2006 again I was not given a congratulatory e-mail from the former 911 director even after it was pointed out I had been missed.” Neil said the letters he sent to individual staff members who were being recognized for their 15 years of service to the county were personal letters written on his own stationary. “It did not involve the board and was not written in my position as board chairman,” he said. He refused to discuss the letters further, citing the issue of confidentiality of personal correspondence. VanDenburg also said in her letter, which was addressed to the 911 administrative board as a whole, she was making her request for an independent hiring firm to conduct the selection process for a new director because she is concerned with what she termed “poor hiring practices from the past which are not on merit but on who can be controlled the easiest. “The work place rumor states the selection is already between the acting director and a supervisor and the application deadline has not been reached. According to your established qualifications as of November 27, 2007, the acting director does not possess the necessary five years in a supervisory position or any degree. The current acting director was not selected for the position based on qualifications but based on Chairman Neil and the former director of 911 being in charge.” Phyllis Fuller has been the acting director of the center since Nystrom stepped down. “Again, I request in all fairness to the 15 applicants vying for the position of director, that an independent hiring firm not associated with 911 make this selection,” VanDenburg wrote. “I further believe Chairman Neil should be removed from his board position in the best interest of 911.” The board also discussed mobile data computers (MDC) that were purchased by the 911 center and given to area agencies, such as the sheriff’s department and outlying law enforcement agencies. The computers, which are placed in individual vehicles, allow agencies to access information without going through the 911 dispatch center. The board is reviewing the policy on who is responsible for maintenance and repair on the units. The board also reviewed the county’s Emergency Medical Alert Plan, a program intended to assist emergency personnel in obtaining information on potential patients at a residence who may not be able to communicate with emergency personnel at the scene. The board also was informed that it has received 19 responses from the 22 county agencies who are being asked to place a representative on a committee that will review the 911 master plan. That review is scheduled to begin in January. The only three entities that have not yet selected a representative to sit on the committee are Orangeville Township, Yankee Springs Township and Maple Grove Township. COA, continued from page 1 ment. That trend is “driven partly by the need for health insurance coverage, partly by financial situation (debt, college), and partly by a desire to remain active and engaged.” Seeing younger seniors enter the system with chronic conditions and dementia is another trend, Pennington said. Currently, for example, the COA has two individuals under age 60 in day care. They are a father/son family who worked around pesticides for years. More men are accessing COA services, such as Meals on Wheels, day care and congregate meals. Because of that new trend, the COA is beginning a model railroading program to serve them. Fisher reappointed as county’s chief judge Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher has been reappointed to his position as chief judge for the county for another twoyear term, beginning Jan. 1, 2008. The chief judge is the administrative official for the courts. Judge Fisher emphasized that Barry County courts work under a cooperative effort between the judiciaries. “I am pleased the Supreme Court has indicated its confidence in the leadership of the court,” Judge Fisher said upon being notified of his reappointment. “But in Barry County that means they are confident in our Judicial Council, which includes judges William Doherty and Gary Holman, administrators Kathy Holman and Bob Nida, and county clerk, Debbie Smith. “We have been able to implement a number of successful programs to serve the community and in 2007 we are again operating several hundred thousand dollars under budget. I attribute this success to our leadership team and all our employees who have worked together to make our local court system an example for the rest of the state. When public servants work together, the public is the beneficiary.” Fisher, 57, is a native of Hastings and a 1968 graduate of Hastings High School. He was elected to his position as Circuit Court Judge and Chief Judge of Barry County in April 1995. Another new trend is that seniors are taking more responsibility for their health, she said. There are now more changes to Meals on Wheels’ diets based on restrictions for medications rather than personal taste. “Requests for exercise programs are up,” Pennington said. “The COA currently offers Tai Chi once a week, low impact exercise once a week and line dancing four times a week. The Walking Club will resume in the spring.” In America, someone turns 60 every seven seconds,” she said. The COA provides direct and supportive services to seniors age 60 and over so they can stay in their homes. “According to the Population Reference Bureau, by the year 2025, Americans over age 65 will outnumber teenagers by more than two to one,” she said. “By the year 2050, one of every four Americans will be over age 65. “In Barry County, there are about 8,500 senior citizens age 60 and better. That’s about 12% of our population.” The COA served 1,486 senior citizens last year. Its mission is to promote independence, dignity and quality of life to the aging popu- lation and their families. Areas of emphasis include decreasing isolation and loneliness, improving health and wellness and increasing support to caregivers. Some of the COA’s services include Meals on Wheels, adult day care, health and wellness activities, group trips and activities (Cornwell’s, Hymn Sing, etc.), support groups for cancer patients and families, kinship (relatives taking care of children who are relatives), caregivers, people with limited vision and amputees; and volunteers providing help to navigate through Medicare D enrollment. This year the COA’s budget is just over $1.3 million. When Pennington started her job at the COA 20 years ago, the budget was about $350,000. The COA has 30 employees, including three nurses, nine nurse’s aides, four Meals on Wheels drivers and one home repair worker. The COA receives $857,000 from countyvoted millage, $125,000 from federal grants, $200,275 from state grants, $110,000 from program income and the balance is from United Way, fundraisers and memorials. Seniors get a surprise visit from Santa Seniors who receive Meals on Wheels through the Barry County Commission on Aging were surprised last week by a visit from Santa Claus. Don Nottingham, volunteer for the COA, played the part of the jolly old elf, as he helped the regular drivers deliver meals and special treats. Call the Commission on Aging at (269) 948-4856 for more information on qualifying for Meals on Wheels. The COA is a United Way member agency. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 3 PENNOCK, continued from page 1 includes the original structure, which was built 83 years ago, Lewis Blake said. Because of the generosity of Ferris, the hospital was able to purchase the farm property at M-43 and M-37 for $1.325 million, which was below market value. The farm had been established by Ferris’ grandfather in 1872. “Pennock pledges to remain competitively priced in order to continue to be the low cost provider of hospitals in comparable markets and throughout Michigan (per Michigan Hospital Association charge data to be released to the general public in January),” according to a press release. Pennock officials do not plan to vacate the current hospital site in its entirety, and several possibilities for the existing facility are being explored. To date, plans are under development for an eldercare services campus or a health and wellness campus. Hastings City Manager Jeff Mansfield said the city has been working with the hospital to find solutions and to make accommodations as the facility has grown. “We’re disappointed that the hospital is looking at leaving the existing site and leaving the confines of the city,” said Mansfield. “The hospital has severe needs, and we want to do what we can to help and to keep them in the city.” He said city officials have been proactive in trying to the hospital resolve its challenges. “The hospital is in a tough market. We’ve tried to be empathetic to their needs,” he added, “and we had hoped to come to some conclusive solution that would work where they are currently located.” David Hatfield, who has served a the president of the Barry County Chamber of Commerce for the past two years, said he hopes the hospital will continue its successful performance. “We appreciate the fact that Pennock is a tremendous resource for the community and are interested in seeing Pennock continue to serve the community and perform as it has,” said Hatfield “and hope that this move will contribute to that.” Hatfield added that the move has “a lot of unknowns at this time.” Mike Callton, chair of the Barry County Board of Commissioners, said the county was not allowed time to work out agreements with the hospital. The county-owned jail and transit office are saddled by the hospital-owned State Street Center and former ViaTech factory. Pennock property adjoins these sites, along the south. “If given more time, perhaps something would have worked out,” said Callton, explaining that hospital representatives approached the county, asking to buy the transit and jail properties, but said they needed an answer in a month. Callton said that the Pennock and the county had had brief discussions in the past regarding the adjoining properties, but that Pennock “didn’t show a lot of interest.” Now Callton said he questions, if the hospital was truly interested in the property, why its representatives didn’t engage in more serious discussions. “They asked in a way that couldn’t possibly work,” he said, adding that the county would have needed more than a month to determine the value of its existing facilities, look into relocation sites and costs, discuss possible millages, and other factors that would affect relocation of two county services. “They gave us an unrealistic time frame,” said Callton. “It was not a serious offer. I think they were just trying to do due diligence.” As a chiropractor, Callton said he supports the need for ever-improving health-care and understands why the hospital needs the space to “develop into the hospital they want to be in the future.” He said he would not want to see the hospital close because it could not remain competitive. The location of the hospital, be it in the city of Hastings or in Rutland Township, is a “scratch” for the county, he added; the location doesn’t matter as long as Barry County has a hospital. But personally, Callton said he does not want the relocation. “I would like to have seen it stay in Hastings and would have done what I could to assure that, but we didn’t have a realistic time frame to make that work out,” he said. Area hospitals have wrestled the relocation issue as well, opting to remain within city confines. Peter Phelps, representing Battle Creek Health System, said transportation was a factor in that hospital’s decision. “Battle Creek residents and business leaders place great value on having a community hospital that ensures that patients have access to high-quality health care close to home,” said Phelps. “Based upon our missional beliefs, Battle Creek Health System remains located in the heart of the city close to those who might have transportation challenges. “This neighborhood presence not only offers easily accessible health services, but it also serves as an economic anchor for the community,” he added. When considering a new facility in Marshall, Oaklawn Hospital CEO Rob Covert, said the cost to relocate and build would have been $80 to $100 million. The main part of the hospital was built in 1953, and the facility has undergone seven construction projects since. A parking structure has allowed the hospital to “expand upward,” he said. But Oaklawn officials had at one time considered expansion outside of the city. “We’d done that previously but we didn’t want to leave downtown or abandon our investment in the current location,” said Covert, adding that a clause in the hospital’s deed would require the property to revert to the donor family if it was no longer used for hospital. Covert said he believed the presence of a hospital affects the area around it. “I think it is bad for downtown if we ever did move. As you get farther away from downtown, the lesser the impact (you have) on downtown,” he said. “The closer you are, the more impact your move would have.” Local Toys for Tots campaign sets new record by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The 2007 Toys for Tots campaign in Barry County reached new heights. Bill Roush, who coordinated the event for the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post 45 in Hastings, said he was told by the Marines who participated in the program that they received more toys from Barry County than from any other community. “They said we had more toys for the program than Battle Creek,” Roush said. Roush and the Marines placed receptacles in every school and many local businesses throughout the area in an effort to get toys for young people who might not otherwise have any presents for Christmas. “The Toys for Tots Program was started by the Marine Corps before World War II, Roush said, “and over the years, we have been able to make Christmas a little brighter for many young people.” Roush said one of the Marines who spent two days this week picking up the toys in Barry County, was himself a recipient of toys from the program when he was young. “He said it was very gratifying for him to be a part of the program now,” Roush said. “He wants to make sure that the young people we are giving the toys to this year will have a happy Christmas like he had back then.” Toys contributed to the program will be distributed throughout the area, not just to Barry County, Roush said. “But we have enough toys this year to make sure that every child gets something for Christmas. “Christmas is the spirit of giving,” he said. “This is the Marine Corps’ way to give to others. The program is rich in tradition and I am proud to be a part of this community, a community and an area that gives so willingly.” This seven-ton truck was used by members of the U.S. Marines to collect Toys for Tots from a pickup point at Northeastern Elementary School. Bill Roush, who coordinated the effort for the Lawrence J. Bauer American Legion Post 45 in Hastings, said in past years, the Marines have used smaller trucks but the response this year called for a truck with a bigger load capacity. Even so, the truck had to make two trips to Hastings to tote away the gifts. Brick street reaches century mark by Megan Lavell Staff Writer One section of a Hastings street has stood the test of time and celebrated its centennial this year, thanks to a small group of dedicated citizens in 1977. The brick section of Church Street, between State and Apple streets was built in 1907 during the first major road project ever seen in the City of Hastings. In 1977, city officials wanted to pave over the brick streets throughout the city, but agreed to spare one section of brick. “It’s nice to have some visualization of his- tory,” said Posy Shuster, who helped save the stretch of brick street in 1977. “Before that, the streets in Hastings were mud streets. The brick was, at the time, I’m sure, considered a massive project.” Judge Richard Shuster, Posy’s husband, owned the Depot Law Office before becoming a judge in 1982. He and Posy, along with the late Florabelle Stowell and others, fought the City of Hastings to keep the streets brick. “She was always raising heck about everything,” joked Judge Shuster about Stowell. After a long fight, city officials, including the late Mayor Ivan Snyder, agreed to maintain the brick stretch of street adjacent to Shuster’s office. City officials would not agree to keep the brick on State Street, however. “We were kind of upset about that,” said Posy. “They were doing it because it was easier to maintain.” Dick agreed, saying “We like history. We think it’s important. We like Charlton Park.” Dick and Posy also were involved in trying to convince downtown merchants to maintain the historic facades of their buildings. “We wanted to retain as much of our histo- Judge Richard and Posy Shuster stand in front of the plaque commemorating the brick street they helped save in 1977. This picture was taken at the dedication of the plaque on Church Street Sept. 9, 1978. Pictured here are (from left) Richard Shuster, Chester Stowell and Hastings Mayor Ivan Snyder. (Photo courtesy of Bob Byington) This plaque honors the craftsmen who built the brick streets in Hastings, which have been in place since 1907. ry as we could,” said Dick. Today the old brick street gets the same maintenance as every other city street, said Director of Public Services Tim Girrbach, who added that the street is interesting to piece back together after it has to be dug up. “It’s like a jigsaw puzzle every time you dig it up,” he said. Girrbach said to his knowledge, the street will remain brick forever without threat of the City of Hastings putting blacktop over the area. In 1977, that small portion of brick street and the craftsmen who built it were honored with a plaque, which is on a boulder near the Depot Law Office. After Byington bought the Depot Law Office, he got the bricks that were once used as the sidewalk and people platform for the railroad station and put them in his parking lot. �Page 4 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Daydreams and the “what if?” game IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV City taxpayers being duped To the editor, It has been a while since I wrote, but things keep piling up and I can’t help but notice that the citizens of this city are being played for fools. 1. When the initative to close Mill Street was proposed for the new library, there arose such a clatter that the owner of the pet store impeded progress all in the name of the business he would lose. What happened? He sold his store and moved downtown. 2. At the same time the library proposal was going around and around, the question came up if we could move the fire barn. Again, it was the great city council who stepped up to the plate and said it would be too expensive. What happened? This past week, the city council voted to spend your tax dollars to expand the study for possible relocation of the fire barn. Obviously, “No” does not mean “No” to the council. The study conducted was $14,000 and they want to add another $6,750 to expand the study. Merry Christmas to the consultants, and ‘Bah, humbug’ to the citizens. Just fork over your money for the council to play with. Jeff Mansfield said he is not sure how the project will be funded but, "there probably would be some debt incurred" by the city. (from the Banner, Dec. 13). Read: your taxes are going up. 3. Plumb’s announced that they are moving out of Hastings in January 2008 after 16 years of caring for our community. What happened? They left us high and dry under the threat of two new stores coming in. Now, the new stores are not even built yet and as things go, I’m assuming it will take over a year or more for them to be operational. So where is the community concern that Plumb’s had all this time? We are now a one-supermarket town. Yes we have two other stores, but where are their bakeries and large variety of fresh fruits and vegetables? So as the old year closes and we start a new year, I urge the citizens to be more active in our community. This last election showed that we were doing business as usual in our voting strength and citizens stepping up to the plate to help govern. To the editor: With my golf clubs in winter storage, I have time to do a little daydreaming and play the “what if?” game. Looking back: What if the Bush administration had kept its focus on Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan and not invaded Iraq? Is it unreasonable to believe that Sept. 11 would be just a bad memory with Bin Laden captured or killed, our allies still with us, our military at full strength, 3000 plus of our young military men and women still alive and thousands more with whole bodies, Iraq not in ruins and countless innocent Iraqi citizens still alive, $500 billion to spend on homeland security, infrastructure, health care, and job creation, etc. Would other terrorists be so bold as to attack us again? Looking ahead: What if the Bush (or a new Republican) administration declares war on Iran? Is it unreasonable to believe that our global enemies might ally against us while our military is weakened by our ill-conceived and mis-managed war in Iraq? Could our economy collapse if China and others don’t buy our treasury bonds to finance another war? Would terrorists be emboldened to carry out more attacks on our cities? We could go down in history with the other nations who tried to control the world and failed. Dreaming the possible: What if the Nov. 4, 2008, election brings a Democrat President and Cabinet into Washington who will work with Congress as the Constitution intended? Is it unreasonable to believe that we could begin to withdraw from Iraq, concentrate on Afghanistan and Bin Laden, regain our allies, pay off the Iraq debt, and concentrate on our own neglected needs? Correcting the considerable damage done to our economy and reputation would not happen overnight, but this would be a start. Paraphrasing some past sage – “Young men perform deeds and old men dream dreams,” Are this old man’s dreams unreasonable? Jack L. Kineman, Hastings Wolfram Hentschel, Hastings Recall is not warranted To the editor, I am not a Jeff VanNortwick supporter. I did not vote for him in the last commissioner election, and if a quality candidate runs against him in the next election, I will not vote for him then either. Even having said this, I can not support the recall election against him. Recalls should only be used if a politician does something immoral or illegal. A politician should not be recalled for voting on an issue if he votes contrary to your opinion. You should try to change his mind with facts about the subject, not threaten him with a recall because he didn’t vote your way. If you don’t like a law, run against him in the next election or work to change opinions. A recall election costs time and money and should not be used to settle differences. Good, accurate facts should be used to change laws, not a recall election. As for the actual TOST (time of sale or transfer) issue itself, I will share a personal experience with well and septic inspections. In 1998, my wife and I sold a house in Allegan County. We were required to have a well and septic inspection. The well didn’t pass the inspection, and we were required to replace it. We negotiated with the buyers and split the cost of a new well. We purchased a home in Barry County, where no inspections were required. Less than two years after we bought the Barry County property, the septic system failed and cost us several thousand dollars. Would an inspection two years previously have uncovered the problem? Possibly. Would we have negotiated the cost with the seller? Definitely. The TOST regulation is a law that helps to protect the buyer of real estate and improves the health and well being of all citizens by insuring that our wells are not contaminated and our septic systems are working properly. Hastings choirs entertain service clubs From “Jingle Bells” to “The Night Before Christmas” and others in between, more than 30 members of the Hastings High School choir entertained at the annual service club Christmas party Monday in Hastings. Choir Director Patti LaJoye accompanied the vocalists as they sang and danced to a full house of members from the local Exchange, Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. Delton principal Brenda Pickett retires by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Delton Kellogg Elementary School will be under new leadership next year after the Board of Education Monday night approved the retirement of Brenda Pickett as of July 31, 2008. Pickett has been in the Delton schools for 11 years. She started as an assistant principal at the high school and spent three years there Dan Kingma, Hastings House bill threatens freedoms To the editor: Fellow Michiganders, I would like to ask a question. Do we need to start a recall on 14 of our U.S. House Representatives who voted yes on HR Bill 1955? If you’re not familiar with this bill, I implore you to look it up! The vague language and “life-time appointments” to its commission, desecrates 250 years of sacrifices made by our ancestors. This bill takes our freedom of speech and rights of assembly away. Imagine the context of a message being determined not by the author but by the receiver. Say, someone, the author, says “it looks like rain today.” The receiver of the message, determines the context of the message to mean, “you’re threatening my parade?” If that sounds unacceptable to you, then you need to look up HR Bill 1955. The language of the bill is so vague that the government has a right to arrest you if they feel that you are planning or thinking about planning to use “force” or violence. If you picket against a war, that can be considered a “forceful act.” On-strike and picketing that can be considered a “forceful act.” “Planned use” or “threatened use” of “force” or violence all puts you into the category of a “homegrown terrorist” under HR Bill 1955 passed by the US House of Representatives. You don’t have to act on it, they just have to have “reason” to “think” that you “might” be thinking about performing a “forceful” or violent act. We need to act and we need to act now. We need to recall the 14 Michigan U.S. House of Representatives who already voted “yes’ on HR Bill 1955. This bill is currently in Senate Committee under SB 1959. We need to let our U.S. Senators know that if they vote yes on this bill they too will be subject to recall. Michiganders, it’s our time and duty for all those who gave their lives, to those who gave their sons and daughters for our blessed freedom to recall the U.S. House of Representatives who voted “yes” on HR Bill 1955. Remember freedom is not free, and we all need to step-up and start recalling our U.S. House of Representatives. Matt Van Horssen, Grand Haven Pleasantview students win prizes Pleasantview Elementary School’s food service staff held a Christmas drawing. Names of students who purchased lunch on Monday, Dec. 10 weir put in a drawing. Two prizes per grade were given and one grand prize was awarded. Pictured are the winners. (Front row, from left) Kaden Harley, Jalen Simmons, Katura Metzner, Henry Miller (grand prize winner), Marcelo Hernandez-Avalos; (back row) David Storms, Quintin Whitmore, Bryson Perry, Renee Walden, Morgen Hall, Andee Gerber, Alexander Traister and Logan Gray. Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. Will Michigan benefit from the primary? On Jan. 15, 2008, Michigan will hold a presidential primary which is estimated to cost between $10 and $12 million. Do you believe that the State of Michigan will benefit from this election? before serving three years as the director of community education. She has held the post of elementary school principal for the past five years. In other business at Monday’s meeting, the board: • Received a letter from the Barry Community Foundation announcing an award in the amount of $325 to help cover the cost of providing a free, senior-citizens-only performance at the spring play at Delton Kellogg High School. • Recognized the following “nice job notes” recipients: Robin Reynolds, Chris Pancoast, Nancy Mosman, Janie Tolles, Brenda Pickett, Terasa Reurink, Pat Kammeraad, Michelle Green, Ginny Walker, Brian Schupbach and Israel Gonzalez. • Heard an academic spotlight presentation about the alternative education program by Louise Angelo, Mary Braska and Ray Foster, along with students David Cook and Shyanne Lane. • Heard an academic spotlight presentation about Delton Kellogg Elementary School. Julie Osgood reviewed the Dibels reading program being used to evaluate the progress See PICKETT, next page The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. 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Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 5 Living and working in a small town offers a ‘Wonderful Life’ I was flipping through the channels this weekend (which my wife says I do so often), not watching anything for long, when I came across one my old favorite Christmas shows, Frank Capra’s 1946 movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s a story about local banker George Bailey who is pondering jumping off a bridge and ending it all because his life and work don’t seem to matter; he was a failure in his eyes. But with the help of his guardian angel, Clarence, Bailey sees how his family and the entire community benefited from his decision many years before to take over the Building and Loan, and raise his family in his hometown. Bailey comes to realize that although some of his dreams didn’t come true, he had played a role of turning into reality the hopes and dreams of many community members. It’s a feel-good holiday story perennially shown this time of year. Despite being more than 60 years old, the film has a very important message that still has meaning today. Many people want the same thing Bailey did: To make sure they have an impact on their communities. Throughout Barry County’s history, you can find the George Baileys ready to champion a cause. I’ve specialists, possibly a dialysis center, improved emergency facilispent the past 30-plus years myself concerned with Hastings and ties and other areas that really make the difference at the end of the Barry County, promoting decisions I felt would positively impact day with patient satisfaction. Other communities around us considered moving their hospitals the area, willing to take a stand when I felt the community would out of downtown, to sites appearing to be better suited for an suffer. That’s why I was in support of building a new library in down- expanding hospital. Community leaders said "No," because of the town Hastings, and saving the old location for a use other than possible damage the attraction of the new location will have on the parking. These were big issues and needed community support, community and what often happens to the abandoned facilities. which they received. So when I heard that Pennock Hospital was Communities such as Marshall, Charlotte, Battle Creek and considering moving its facilities to property outside of Hastings, I Kalamazoo all fought to keep their hospitals in downtown locations, not abandoning facilities to start all over. If we really are was immediately alarmed. At every economic development meeting or discussion I’ve looking to the future, it would be in the community’s best interest attended about the prosperity of the area, the importance of if we build the new hospital on or a close to the present structure. The county owns property where the jail and transit authority Pennock being located within the city of Hastings was considered building stand. It would mean relocating those operations, but the significant. I remember in discussions as far back as the late 1980s when the Futuring Committee (a group of local citizens concerned county has been in discussion for some time now about the jail and its general condition, and the transit authority could be moved if about the fate of Barry County), residents of Barry County want was meeting, talking about the to keep the hospital at its present role a strong community hospilocation. Relocating the jail and tal has on a town. Plus, Pennock Recently, Pennock was acknowledged transit would be far less expenHospital recently earned the coveted Solucient 100 Top as one of the lowest-cost hospitals for sive than moving the entire hosHospitals National Benchmark services in Michigan. All these honors pital. Regardless how we solve the Award last March. Prior to that, problem, you can be sure the were achieved in the present facility. Pennock was honored by the businesses, industry and taxpayMichigan Peer Review ers will be left with the bill. I Organization and in 2006 think all the parties need to take received the Governor’s Award for “Improving patient safety and quality of care in a hospital set- a community ‘chill pill,’ allowing time for everyone to be heard. ting.” Both were the direct results of ongoing efforts by the entire Recently, hospital officials held community meetings requesting organization and its medical staff to meet and exceed state and residents to “speak up,” and the hospital would listen. They’re national quality standards for health care. Solucient, a national using these meetings to manufacture consent for this ambitious health care information company and provider of solutions to project, which at the time, community members had no idea was improve cost and quality, uses public data and "its own statisti- in the works. Now that word is out that the hospital is planning to cians, physicians and hospital industry experts to objectively build a new facility in a new location, they should hold a second wave of meetings, allowing the citizens of Barry County to "speak determine criteria and select the top-performing hospitals.” According to the firm, "The 100 Top Hospitals National Award up" so we have a chance to voice concerns on the future of our is based on a set of measures that reflect highly effective perform- community hospital. This is way too big of a decision to be made ance across the whole organization, including board members, by the hospital board and administrators, the head of which has medical staff, management and nursing." Those measures include only been in Hastings for less than six months. Community leadpatient outcomes, patient safety, national treatment standards, ers, industrialists, financial stability and growth in service. Pennock hospital won the business people, award as a community hospital with 88 beds, and was among only government officials all need to be 20 small hospitals across the nation to receive the award. Nowhere does it say anything about the buildings and their loca- at the table to determine the best tion. In May of this year, the hospital began construction of its per- solution for both manent magnetic- resonance imaging facility at the present loca- the hospital and the tion. This is just one of numerous additions and construction proj- community as a ects the hospital has undergone over the years in its commitment whole. Being a part of a to keep up with technology. I applaud the current and former boards for their commitment to maintaining a quality community growing communihospital here in Hastings. Yet, this new idea of moving the entire ty is rewarding, but hospital out of the city, leaving all the infrastructure we’ve invest- it also brings with it difficult decied in over the years to a new location, is concerning at best. First of all, what will happen to the present facility? Hospital sions that must be The officials tell me they plan to use the structure for new services not addressed. yet offered at Pennock or possibly expanding services in of need F u t u r i n g additional space. One of those services might be a form of senior Committee mission care. The taxpayers of Barry County just voted to put upwards of statement nearly 20 $20 million to improve the Thornapple Manor; the sewer exten- years ago was the sion alone cost more than $1.2 million. Now Pennock plans to "Preserving past while planning for a beautiful future." I’m not sure this hosenter the senior market to go into competition with a public facilpital project fulfills a vision determined by cross-section of resiity in which we as taxpayers just committed these funds? They tell me to remain competitive, they need to build a com- dents throughout the county just a few years ago. In the words of George Bailey’s affable guardian angel, pletely new structure to meet today’s standards. Recently, Pennock Clarence: “Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s live touches so many was acknowledged as one of the lowest-cost hospitals for services in Michigan. All these honors were achieved in the present facili- other lives. When he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” ty. A hospital outside of the city would leave an awful hole in The top hospitals were selected because of their doctors, nurses Hastings. and support staff all working together for a common mission of patient care, not for their infrastructure. If this hospital wants conFred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics, Inc. tinuing improvement, we need to look at adding further medical 911 bills rescued In spite of the best efforts of some within the legislature, the body managed to get something right last week. Emergency 911 service is one of those things that most of us never really think about. It’s just there; 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The operations are managed locally, but the organizations are created and authorized through state statute. There are two main ways that emergency 911 operations are funded. Within my legislative district, Barry County is primarily funded through (voter-authorized) property tax mills, and Ionia County is primarily funded through a (voter-authorized) local telephone surcharge. However, both also receive some funding from a state telephone surcharge. Current legislation authorizing emergency 911 operations was set to expire Dec. 31 of this year. That deadline marks the end of a one-year extension to the current authorization. Acting in a prudent, timely fashion, (gasp), the Senate finished up the rewrite of this area of law and passed it in the spring. The new bill allowed for the same local funding options, with one major change to the state surcharge. If you look on your current landline telephone bill, you’ll see a 29-cent state charge that goes toward funding emergency 911 services. Cell phone users do not currently pay this charge. The new legislation lowers the surcharge to 19 cents and applies it to cell phones as well. Given the fact that most 911 calls now come from cell phones, I felt this to be a common-sense change. It is equitable and fairly spread, and the total collected by the state will be equal to the previous year. However, some could not resist the temptation to "enhance" this revenue-neutral reauthorization once it arrived at the House of Representatives. About the time this package was sent over from the Senate, the chairman of the appropriations committee (George Cushingberry D-Detroit) was floating the idea of a new state telephone surcharge to collect about $200 million in additional taxes. That was not particularly surprising, given that there was a deficit, and many tax increase proposals were suggested. It quickly became apparent that neither the Democrat-controlled House, nor the B a b y ’s F i r s t Christmas! Name Birthday • Approved medical leaves of absence for Delton Kellogg Elementary School secretary Paula Molitor and Middle School Science Teacher Amy ButchBaker. • Approved hiring Lisa Strang as Homebound Instructor for a middle school student. • Approved adding the following statement to the district calendar as requested by the pupil accounting auditor: “Professional development days are in lieu of instructional time.” • Denied the use of Channel One in the middle school. • Held closed session for the purpose of Name Birthday Name Birthday A special Hastings Banner feature to appear Thursday January 3rd, 2008. To include your child, simply mail or bring this form with photo & check or money order for $15 to: The Hastings Banner 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058 or mail to: PO Box B, Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-9554 • ads@j-adgraphics.com DEADLINE IS 5:30 PM FRIDAY, DEC. 28TH PICKETT, continued from previous page of students. Jennifer Ferguson gave an overview of the Northwest Education Association program being used to measure academic progress. • Received a Delton Kellogg Education Association update from Ray Foster about State Rep. Brian Calley’s Dec. 14 visit. • Received school updates from Assistant Superintendent Paul Blacken, Superintendent Cindy Vujea, Finance/Negotiations Committee members Andrew Stoneburner and Personnel Committee Member Sharon Boyle. • Approved Carla Culbert as the Quiz Bowl leader. Republican-controlled Senate liked this idea. So, when the popular, revenue-neutral 911 reauthorization bills arrived from the Senate, Cushingberry had them assigned to his committee. And there they sat, and sat, until last week. At first it was like a hostage situation. He’d let the bills out of committee if both chambers would pass his bill as well. Thankfully, that did not fly. So then he just amended the Senate-passed bills to include his increase— albeit at about half as much as his original proposal. Still, he refused to move the bills out of his committee, because he was looking for reassurance that his changes would not be removed. Once the general tax increases passed on Oct. 1 and the budget was set on Nov. 1, everyone thought he’d go ahead and let the bills move. But alas, that would have been just too easy. Well, by December, it had gotten pretty ridiculous. Current legislation was to run out soon and this guy would just not give up. He had not only added a substantial tax increase to the 911 bills, he also had the locally assessed surcharge (such as in Ionia County) going through the state. This made the locals understandably nervous. After all, the state has holes in its pockets; the amount that comes out never seems to match up with what went in. After the bills finally came to the full body for a vote last week, a substitute was adopted to remove the tax increase and to have local funding streams go directly to the locals. It passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, just as it originally had in the Senate. Just one problem—they put a 14-month sunset (expiration) on this legislation. At first glance, that might not seem like a big deal, but there is always a hidden agenda behind such additions—especially when they happen so late in the game. You see, a few months before this new legislation will expire, the legislature will be in lame-duck session, that short period of time after an election but before the new legislators take office. Hold on to your apple because he’s going to want another bite of it this time next year. discussing negotiations. The next regular Delton Kellogg Board of Education meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at Delton Kellogg Elementary School. Baby’s Name _______________________________ Birthdate _________ Information below not included in ad: Parents: ____________________________________ Phone: ___________ Use the Hastings BANNER classified ads. Address: _______________________________________________________ Credit Card # __________________________________________________ Expiration _________________ 77518480 Call 269-945-9554 �Page 6 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Area Obituaries Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. William Savich Terrence M. Vickers Dr. Douglas H. Castleman Mr. William “Bill” Savich, age 93, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. Bill was born to Dan and Tinka (Obrad) Savich in Romania on April 12, 1914. He immigrated to the United States from Romania, arriving at Ellis Island on July 4, 1922. Mr. Savich started as a meat cutter and became the plant manager for Crown Packing Co. in Detroit’s Eastern Market. He also was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corp. Bill was a self made man whom everyone loved for his calming influence and voice of reason. Bill is survived by his beloved wife Betty; son, Dr. Kenneth Merriman and his wife Lee Merriman of Hastings; daughter, Louise Merriman of New York, NY; sister, Emma Mucciolo of Palm Springs, Calif.; niece, Rosemary Goldman of Saugerties, New York; niece, Joanne Nithowski of Sandy, Oregon; nephew, Tom Fielding of Malibu, Calif.; nephew Dan Fielding of North Ridge, Calif.; nephew, Louis Mucciolo of Hermosa Beach, Calif.; nephew, Joseph Mucciolo of Ben Salem, Penn.; niece, Diana Babic of Plymouth; nephew, Robert Savich of Cota de Caza, Calif.; grandchildren, Michael, Christina, Denise, Danny, Tina, Tom, Leslie, and Rebecca; great-grandchildren, Steven, Gabbie, Vinnie, Beu, Alexis, Madison, Audrey, Carter, and Cameron; as well as his dog, Rex. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Tinka Savich; son, Robert Savich; daughter, Barbara Savich; sisters, Christina Brezbrodica; sister, Violet Felding; brother, Ben Savich; and his first wife, Virginia. A funeral service was held Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Lauer Family Funeral Home – Wren Chapel in Hastings. Rev. Gale Krajt officiated. Interment took place privately at Richmond Cemetery in Richmond. For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to Pennock Hospital’s Doris Cappon Scholarship Fund or to the American Cancer Society. Please sign Mr. Savich’s register book or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com Funeral arrangements by Lauer Family Funeral Home – Wren Chapel. HASTINGS – Terrence M. Vickers, age 71, of Hastings, died Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at his residence. He was born November 6, 1936 in Grand Rapids, the son of Veryl O. and Dorothy M. (Endres) Vickers. Terrence served for three years in the United States Navy and 20 years in the United States Air Force. He retired with 23 years of service to our country. After he retired from the military, he owned and operated his own appliance service business, Vick's Repair, for 27 years. Terrence was active in the VFW, Knights of Columbus, Veterans Trust Fund, Soldier and Sailors Relief Fund and the American Legion. His hobbies included, model train collecting, attending his grandchildren's sporting events, family and friends’ poker and cribbage games, computer games, camping and fishing. Terrence is survived by his wife of 51 years, Janice (Kilmer) Vickers of Hastings; his three children, Patricia Miller (Bill Castle) , Dennis (Mary) Vickers, Donald (Denise) Vickers; his nine grandchildren, Shannon Lawrence (Carl Olson), Michelle Miller, Roy Miller, (Colleen Mandle), Thomas Miller, Jeffery Vickers, Gregory Vickers, Timothy Vickers, Derek Vickers, David Vickers; four great-grandchildren, Bret Lawrence, Dylan Lawrence, Keegan Olson, and Kassidi Olson; a brother, Tom Vickers; sisters, Sharon (Frank) Winans, Karen (Bill) Kilmer; brother-in-law, Mike Kilmer and sister-in-law, Kath (Bob) Lake; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents. Respecting his wishes, no services will be held. Burial will be at Ft. Custer National Cemetery. The family requests that those wishing to donate may give to Barry Community Hospice or Barry County Soldiers and Sailors Relief Fund. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneral home.net). BATTLE CREEK - Dr. Douglas H. Castleman, age 84, a longtime Hastings resident and, more recently of Battle Creek died quietly at the Battle Creek Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice, Sunday, December 16, 2007. Born in Sandusky, Ohio April 16, 1923 to Henry and Helen (Clark) Castleman. He attended Sandusky Schools and graduated in 1941. He then went on to Ohio Wesleyan University, until he went in the Army during WWII, where he was a surgical Tech in Panama. Upon returning, he went to Ohio State University Medical School. He married Phyllis (Hoyer) and had five children, he later divorced and married Joyce (Richmond) Hubbard. Doug later went back to the University Of Michigan to specialize in anesthesia. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed painting water colors. He had been a past president of the Thornapple Arts Council and past member of Hastings Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. He loved people and especially enjoyed the socialization and his time at Northpointe Woods in Battle Creek. Doug was preceded in death by his second wife Joyce (Hubbard) Castleman, parents Helen and Henry, and a sister Elenor (Castleman) Panning. He is survived by his five children, Teri Hughes, Ric (Pam) Castleman, Stephen (Nancy) Castleman, Ann (Chris) Devroy and Sue Castleman; three step-sons, Alan (Shelly) Hubbard, Tom (Gen) Hubbard, Gordon Hubbard; his first wife, Phyllis (Hoyer) Castleman, special friend, Marge Walker, 23 grandchildren, 10 great- grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and friends. Friends can meet with the family on Thursday from 5 - 7 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Memorial services will be held Friday, December 21, 2007 at 5:00 pm with visiting beginning at 4:00 pm at Girrbach Funeral Home. Memorials can be made to Lifespan Good Samaritan Hospice, 5470 Glenn Cross Rd. Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 or Dr. Douglas H. Castleman memorial Scholarship Fund. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (October thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. High Youth (meal served) (October thru May). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study at the church. Friday 9-11 p.m. Sr. High Youth. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH Fourth Sunday in Advent December 23 Holy Communion Lessons & Carols 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Birthday Party for Jesus 9:30 a.m. The Nativity of Our Lord Christmas Eve December 24 Holy Communion 7:00 & 11:00 p.m. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269945-9414 or 945-2645; fax 269945-2698. http://www.discovergrace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m. Sunday School - Children and Youth only; 10:05 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. Youth Group; 6:00 p.m. Christmas Pageant Rehearsal. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogspot.com/. Thursday 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Saturday - 5:30 p.m. Advent Worship Service – Blue Christmas. Monday - 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Christmas Eve Services. Wednesday - 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Praise Team. FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77518837 Richard R. Hultquist HASTINGS - Richard R. Hultquist, age 79, of Hastings, died Friday, December 14, 2007 at Laurels of Battle Creek. He was born December 20, 1927 in Walthill, Nebraska, the son of Raymond and Nellie (Underwood) Hultquist. Richard married Shirley Wilder July 2, 1960 and she preceded him in death in 2004. His employment included, Wolveran Sewer, Hilcrest Orchards, McGraw & Edison Spray Painting, Starr Commonwealth Home for Boys, and his own electrical repair shop. Richard enjoyed farming, and all kinds of animals especially horses, he also enjoyed fishing, cutting wood and being in the outdoors, traveling and camping. Richard is survived by his children, Debra Bennett of Hastings, Betty Hultquist of Hastings, Daniel Hultquist of Hastings, and Richard R. Hultquist; grandchildren, Amanda Tobia, Mollie Aspinall, Christopher Kemker, Mike Kemker; his brothers and sisters, Burt (Dot) Hultquist, Jennett (Millan) Duga, Lahnaya (Jim) Holstrum, Neleatta (Jerry) Curie, Joe (Kay) Hultquist, Mike (Sue) Hultquist. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Burial was at Dowling Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Kidney Foundation. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Give a memorial that can go on forever Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. Ray L. Girrbach Owner/Director Girrbach Funeral Home 328 S. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058 • 269-945-3252 Serving Hastings, Barry County and Surrounding Communities for 40 years Offering Traditional and Cremation Services Hastings Only Independent, Funeral Home Family Owned & Operated 3rd Generation Pre-Planning Services Available Serving All Faiths Visit our web site for: • Pre-planning on line • View current Funeral Service information • Leave a memory message to family members www.girrbachfuneralhome.net 77517697 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 7 Betty Mae Moore HASTINGS - Betty Mae Moore, age 82, of Hastings, died Monday evening, December 17, 2007 at her home. Betty, the daughter of Floyd and Marie (Jacobs) Thomas was born April 20, 1925 in Hastings. She graduated from Hastings High School. Betty married Donald Worth Moore from Goldsboro North Carolina, on December 9, 1948. The couple lived in North Carolina where their first two children, Jo Ann and Gary were born and then settled in Hastings and had two more children, Betty Jo and Doug. Betty retired from the Barry County Road Commission in 1987 where she worked for 25 yrs. as the office manager and Secretary of the Board. Betty was a life long member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Court St. Rita for over 40 years and served many years as the Regant for Court St. Rita. She was a member of the Pennock Hospital Guild #8 where she was active in many charitable activities. Betty also enjoyed being a member of the Red Hatters and the Widow’s Club. She enjoyed many years bowling on the Seniors Bowling League and participated in Youth/Adult bowling tournaments with her grandchildren. Betty enjoyed line dancing, mystery bus tours and Friday afternoon card games with her friends. She was active at the Commission on Aging where she volunteered many hours on various projects. She especially enjoyed attending the annual Grandmother’s Tea hosted by the COA with her daughters, daughters-in-law, granddaughters and great-granddaughters. Besides her wonderful brownies, Betty will most remembered for her kindness, compassion and charity towards others. She visited the sick and shut-ins, gave rides to those in need to appointments, church, grocery shopping etc. She was always finding ways to help others, putting the needs of others before herself. She lived a humble , Faith filled Christian life that was an example to all. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers Joe Thomas and Dick Thomas and her sister Mary Louise (Thomas) Mrozinski. Betty is survived by her sisters, Virginia (Thomas) Goodson of Hastings, Patricia (Thomas) Allison of Middleville; brother Dale Thomas of Apple Valley California; her children Jo Ann (Moore) Lejins of Delton, Gary/Becky Moore of Gladstone, Betty Jo (Moore)/John Jacobs Sr. of Hastings, and Douglas /Julie Moore of Grand Rapids; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held Friday from 4-6 pm at St. Rose Church with a Rosary following at 6:00pm. A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 11:00 am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Fr. Alfred J. Russell presiding. Betty will be laid to rest beside her husband, Donald at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Hastings. In lieu of flowers, Betty wished for memorial contributions be made to the restoration fund of her beloved church St. Rose. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Marriage Licenses David Wesley Stuart and Jamie Marie Dahms. Brian Finley Hansford and Cara Lin McQueen. Michael Charles Wilson and Robin Ann Pepper. James Ryan Gibbons and Shayna Elisabeth Selleck Bryan Dale Hester and Tami Jo WestfieldRoodvoets. Marcia R Steeby HASTINGS - Marcia R. Steeby, age 87, of Hastings, died Friday, December 14 , 2007 at Pennock Hospital in Hastings. She was born January 28, 1920 in Barry County, the daughter of William and Mildred (Lancaster) Strickland. Marcia married Lloyd Steeby December 17, 1938 and was a wonderful homemaker until her sudden passing. She graduated from Hastings High School, worked as a legal secretary and retired after many years of employment at the Michigan Secretary of State Office in Hastings. Marcia was very interested in sewing, needlework and making her own clothes. She also loved to travel the United States. Marcia and Lloyd lived for many years on Gun Lake where she enjoyed the water. She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Lloyd Steeby; her children, Jack (Carolyn Sue) Steeby of Battle Creek, Joyce (Kevin) McWatt of Hickory Corners, James (Ellen) Steeby of Inverness, Mississippi; five grand children and 12 great-grand children; her brothers, Lawrence Strickland of Plainwell, and Stanton (Helen) Strickland of Lake Odessa. Marcia was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Rex Strickland and a granddaughter, Julie Norton. The funeral service was held at noon on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Services were by Pastor Larry Saunders of Prairieville Bible Church. The burial took place at Hastings Riverside Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). Social News Reids to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Charles and Frankie (Browne) Reid will celebrate 50 years of marriage on December 29, 2007. They were married in Hastings, Michigan in 1957 and then made their home in Nashville. The Reids still reside in Nashville after raising their four children: Chuck (Debbie) Reid of Nashville; Julie (Mike) Hamilton of Nashville; Tony (Jamie) Reid of Bellevue; and Gary (Gina) Reid of Nashville. Chuck and Frankie are the proud grandparents of four grandsons, seven granddaughters, and one great-grandson soon to arrive! We invite you to join us for an open house in their honor Saturday, December 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Nashville Baptist Church, 312 Phillips St., Nashville. LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard Hamilton and Kelly Hamilton, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 29, 2006, and recorded on January 4, 2007 in instrument 1174627, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FF2, Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-FF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Seven And 22/100 Dollars ($93,257.22), including interest at 12.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 40 feet of the West 1/4 of Lot 923 and the North 42 feet of Lot 926 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177122F01 77518846 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen M. Jacobs, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2002 in instrument 1076069, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen And 69/100 Dollars ($83,615.69), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 20 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Less and except: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, distant North 00 degrees 00 minuites 47 seconds West 999.47 feet from the West 1/4 corner of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 47 seconds West 330.00 feet to the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 1324.98 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 330.00 feet along the East line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 1324.94 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Kane Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518812 File #177058F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew Wayne Shade and Terri Jo Shade, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated January 16, 2007, and recorded on January 23, 2007 in instrument 1175483, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Two And 81/100 Dollars ($195,442.81), including interest at 8.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35, Township 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 231 feet South of the Northeast corner of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 35; thence South 479 feet; thence West 385 feet; thence North 710 feet; thence East 160 feet; thence South 231 feet; thence East 225 feet to the Point of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518191 File #173850F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J McCrath and Tacy J McCrath, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 10, 2002, and recorded on July 16, 2002 in instrument 1083852, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Four And 34/100 Dollars ($90,774.34), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East, 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 331.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 234.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West, 571.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds West 234.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 571.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes, the centerline of which is described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East 364.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning and centerline of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West 571.00 feet to the end of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 17.00 feet to reference Point A. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over a 50.0 foot radius turnaround, the radius point of which is the aforesaid reference Point A. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518463 File #175359F01 Keep up with your local team in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Nineteen and 93/100 Dollars ($125,119.93) including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line parallel with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; thence West 16 and 2/100 chains; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519063 File No. 214.5168 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua A. Troemel, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 22, 2001, and recorded on April 11, 2001 in instrument 1058000, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred SixtyFour And 47/100 Dollars ($103,464.47), including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West, 863.28 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West, 600.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 230.00 feet parallel with said North Section line; thence North 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds East 600.00 feet parallel with said West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds East 230.00 feet along said North Section line to point of beginning. Together with and subject to a 40 foot wide easement for ingress and egress, centerline described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 1113.29 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West 385.93 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds East 233.35 feet; thence South 54 degrees 48 minutes 39 seconds East 139.35 feet; thence South 32 degrees 41 minutes 17 seconds East 73.66 feet to point of ending of said centerline. The side lines of said easement extended or retract to allow no gaps or overlaps at angle points or property boundaries. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518473 File #175488F01 �Page 8 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Central United Methodist Church will hold its Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. with the Chancel Choir singing. The public is invited. First Congregational Church will hold a Candlelight Communion service Dec. 24 and St. Edwards Church will have a Christmas Eve mass at 5 p.m. and Christmas Day mass will be at 11 a.m. Neither St. Eds nor St. Anthony will have Midnight Mass this year. Committal services were held at Lakeside Cemetery Saturday afternoon for 90-year-old Mildred Purdy of Holt. Her funeral had been held in the forenoon at the Holt United Methodist Church with Rev. Glen Wagner presiding. She was the widow of Richard Purdy who died several years ago and mother of four sons, Gary (Sharon) of Holt; Wendell (Jacque) of Florida; Steven (Cathy) of Williamston and the late Warren. Her husband was the herdsman for the Walter Reed Hereford ranch in Odessa Township. One of his annual duties was to accompany a carload of prize Herefords to the big Denver Livestock Show. The family was very much involved with 4-H, with Central UMC and the Alethian group of the church. She was employed in her later years here in the office of Lake Odessa Canning Company. She and Dick moved from here to Marshall where he had employment with the State of Michigan. She had resided in Holt since 2002. She had also worked at Fort Custer and Coldwater state home as secretary and an administrative professional until her 1981 retirement. Saturday’s snowstorm coming during the night brought several inches of new snow which clogged driveways and some roads. By Sunday morning, the streets downtown had been plowed on each side and there was a high barricade of snow between the lanes. Big equipment was being used to scoop up the piles in the center of the road. The Stoepker/Pennington residents of the (former) John Henry house on Johnson Street have moved out and new occupants moved in on the weekend. The G.R. Press carried a photo from the summer wedding at Fallasburg Park of Michelle Hoag and Charlie Jaquays. The bride’s parents are Jacquays of Lake Odessa and also Steven and Gwen Spry of Belding. The groom’s father is a village councilman. Customers of Doane Insurance on Friday afternoon were met by a locked door and a printed notice that they were closed for moving. Inside were boxes upon boxes packed with the papers of the business. The big move came on Saturday into their new building on M-50 west of town. BOWLING SCORES Tuesday Mixed Hastings Bowl 43.5; TVCCU 41.5; Terminators 37; HCB 35.5; Yankee Zepher 31; Goodtime Pizza 29; J-Ad 28.5; Boyce Milk Hauling 26. Men’s High Game - K. Beebe 225; R. O’Keefe 205; N. Blakely 203; D. Clements 191; P. Ware 159. Men’s High Series - N. Blakely 556; P. Ware 462. Women’s High Game - C. O’Keefe 205; V. Scobey 199; A . Walden 193; B. Smith 185; D. Neymeiyer 175; K. Markley 149. Women’s High Series - C. O’Keefe 575; A. Walden 521; V. Scobey 454. Thurs. Angels Riverfront Fin. 34-22; Moore Apts. 34-22; Allure 32-24; Fall Creek 31-25; Walldorf’s 28.5-27.5; H.C. Bank 26-30; Maud’s Team 24.5-31.5; Hastings Bowl 24-32; Varney’s 2333; Miller Farm Repair 24-32. High Games and Series - N. Taylor 132; L. Apsey 203; B. Cuddahee 190; L. Perry 159; M. Martin 182; K. Covey 195; D. McCollum 204-526; J. Moore 180; C. Nichols 183-525; L. Watson 174-511; T. Phenix 193; N. Clow 184; C. Cooper 189; J. Power 160; B. Franks 169; C. Shellenbarger 189-503; J. Wyant 176; C. Kuhlman 169; M. Gdula 223-554; J. Madden1 81-519; D. Staines 194; D. Bartimus 245-579; W. Barker 170; L. Miller 202-544; C. Hurless 180; J. Gasper 203-565. Senior Citizens Three Gals & A Guy 39-21; #1 Senior 38.5-21.5; Team #5 38-22; King Pins 35-25; 4-B’s 35-25; Lucky Strike 34.5-25.5; Butterfingers 33.5-26.5; Ward’s Friends 31.524.5; Sun Risers 29-31; Early Risers 27-33; M&M’s 24-32; Kuempel 23-37; Friends 2337. Good Games and Series Ladies - Y. Cheeseman 165; G. Scobey 156; L. Friend 157-404; E. Moore 142-374; G. Otis 198; B. Maker 169; R. Hill 167; A. Tasker 161. Good Game and Series Men - D. Edwards 188-516; E. Count 248-556; J. Heney 160426; R. Boniface 188-513; W. Talsma 176500; B. Akers 192; C. Baker 230-641; K. Schantz 178; D. Dimmers 212-616; W. Birman 184-500; R. Adgate 163. Mixerettes Hinkles Body Shop 42-18; James Process Service 36-24; Double A Cookie Factory 3426; Kent Oil 33.5-26.5; Dewey’s Auto Body 30.5-29.5; Sassy Babes 30-30; Dean’s Dolls 29-31; NBT 28-32; The Finishing Touch 20.5-39.5; Hallifax Services 16.5-43.5. Good Games & Series - S. VanDenburg 204; L. Barlow 182; S. Smith 168-416; M. Kill 197-543; B. Hathaway 185-477; N. Goggins 154; S. Drake 180-486; S. Kuhtic 192-526; K. Fowler 182-518; M. Rodgers 146; K. Eberly 198-514. Wednesday P.M. At Home Real Estate 42; Seebers 40; Hair Care 38; The River 34; NBT 28; Eye and Ent 26; Shamrock Tavern 26. Good Game and Series - S. Drake 180; W. Barker 154; R. Murrah 170-459; G. Potter 169; E. Ulrich 166; S. Pennington 180-505; N. Potter 166-469; T. Christopher 178-506; D. Seeber 188. at the Shamrock Tavern Presented by Nick Marble Every Saturday Night In December 9 pm to 1 am Thornapple Manor in Hastings has immediate Full- and Part-time openings for RN or LPNs. Long term care experience a plus. We offer excellent wages, benefits, and working conditions in our expanding and progressive facility. If you’re interested in the opportunity to join a great team, stop by and apply, or submit your resume to: IN FREEPORT 77518868 ing Auc ti on s m o C —AUCTIONEERS— A U C T I O N E E R KENDALL TOBIAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hastings 945-5016 FRED and CHARLENE LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delton 623-3637 VINCENT VERDUIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assisting Auctioneer 2700 Nashville Manor Hastings, MI 49058 Fax (269) 948-0265 Attn: Human Resources NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. 06662833 77517647 ✯ LARGE PUBLIC AUCTION ✯ THURSDAY, DEC. 20TH AT 10:00 A.M. LOCATION: Hastings, W. State Road (NOT Streeet) 5 miles west to Iroquois Trail, right 1 mile to Algonquin Lake Lodge. (Inside heating and seating) This is a large auction with much merchandise to be sold! There will be a large variety of items from several consignors including: ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, TOOLS & MORE!! SORRY - NO LISTING AVAILABLE EXPECT MANY SURPRISES!! ✯ HOUSE DEMOLITION AUCTION ✯ SATURDAY, DEC. 22ND AT 10:00 A.M. LOCATION: Hastings, at 221 S. Broadway (Near the Courthouse) HOUSE TO BE SOLD PIECE BY PIECE - BASEMENT TO ATTIC. — PLEASE NOTICE — WE WILL BE HAVING OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY ✯ ANTIQUE CONSIGNMENT AUCTION ✯ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29TH LOCATION: Barry County Christian School, Hastings. WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL TYPES OF ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES!! CALL SOON TO CONSIGN YOUR ITEMS THIS SALE FILLS UP QUICKLY! Kendall Tobias, Auctioneer 1-269-945-5016 RETAIL LENDER Hastings City Bank, the leading provider of financial services in Barry County, is looking for an experienced Retail Lender to join their team. This sales oriented position is responsible for underwriting all types of consumer loans. Top candidates for this position will possess: • A Bachelors degree in business or related field • Five plus years of mortgage lending/origination experience • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal • Excellent computer skills • Proven customer service skills • A passion for community banking Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available for this position. Compensation and benefits are excellent and include a team-oriented environment. Interested persons should forward their resume, including salary history to: John Cottrell, Vice President, Human Resources Hastings City Bank 150 W. Court St., Hastings, MI 49058 Fax 269.945.6337 Email: employment@hcb.us or apply online at www.hastingscitybank.com and click on Career Opportunities 77518708 EOE/M-F Ill ex raises issues Dear Annie: After 10 years of trying to make my marriage work, I finally could not take the verbal and mental abuse any longer. When a friend overheard one of my husband's tirades, she offered me a place to stay, a job, a car and an airline ticket. I took two suitcases and left. A month later, he called and said his leukemia, diagnosed a year ago, was now terminal and death was imminent. I went home. He had lied. I packed and left again with no intention of returning—ever. Now, six months later, his illness requires chemotherapy and he is on disability. I'm sorry he is ill, but I cannot go back. No one understands my position. I am accused of being a terrible person for "leaving him when he's sick," but I am safe and trying to tend to my own recovery. The problem? My friend, the one who got me out of that situation, has now decided that if I won't talk to my ex, she will, because after all, he's dying and needs support. Annie, does cancer automatically wipe out the fact that this man almost destroyed me? She can't understand why I am furious. Am I wrong to demand her loyalty? If she wants to spend hours on the phone with him, fine, leave me out of it, but she says she doesn't want to go behind my back. I don't get it.—We'll All Die Sometime Dear Friend: Your relationship with your ex is entirely different from your friend's and she does not carry around all your negative baggage. The fact that he's dying has made her feel sorry for him, and her sympathetic nature is one of the reasons she helped when you needed her. If your friend wants to call your ex, that's her business. She should not, however, carry on these conversations when you are within hearing distance. That is disrespectful to you. Tell her we said so. ‘Ed’-iting Christmas cards Dear Annie: Every year for Christmas, we use a picture of our family taken on vacation and put it on our Christmas cards. This year, our 22-year-old daughter's live-in boyfriend, "Ed," is in the picture. Normally, we print on the photo, "The Smith Family—John, Jane, Jenny and Justin." How do I include Ed in the wording this year? Thanks.—Bewildered Dad Dear Dad: This is what the inside of cards is for—to write personal messages and family news. The people to whom you regularly send Christmas cards will spot Ed as a new face. If you feel it is necessary to caption the photograph, try "The Smith Family—John, Jane, Jenny, Ed Jones and Justin." Or "The Smith Family—John, Jane, Jenny, Justin and Jenny's friend Ed Jones." Wordy, but descriptive. Smoker responds Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Can't Breathe In My Own Home," who married a smoker. I have been a smoker most of my life. He has an addiction and such problems do not magically disappear. She has stuck with him for 31 years, but now she is whining because he could not quit when she expected him to. She should not have married him to begin with. Have they ever thought about making a place outside the home where he could smoke comfortably? I am not saying it is good for him to smoke. I am just being realistic. If he decides to quit, he should talk to his doctor about new medications, but the decision must be his, not hers. Preaching to him will not help. I will step off my soapbox now.—J. Dear J.: We agree that if you can't stand the smoke, you shouldn't marry the smoker, but people often make promises they can't keep and you can't turn back the clock. We hope he is willing to check out some stop-smoking programs—for his health as well as hers. Mother depressed and desperate Dear Annie: I am a 23-year-old mother and I'm depressed all the time. I can't sleep, I can't eat and I'm mad at myself for taking it out on everyone I know. I thought it was because of being around my 7-month-old daughter so much, so I went back to work, but now I only feel worse. I worry about her until I get home. I'm losing my mind. I've even started to think how I could end it all. My boyfriend of almost four years has tried to help, but I think he's getting tired of it. I can't talk to anyone I know about what's going on because they will judge me as a bad person and try to take away my baby. I have no insurance. What can I do?—Miserable in Kentucky Dear Kentucky: The birth of a child can create hormonal fluctuations that cause postpartum depression. No one will judge you if you get help. The important thing is that you recognize you are depressed and want to get better. First talk to your gynecologist. Then check out your local hospital psychiatry departments and outpatient clinics, and university and medical school programs. If your job offers an employee assistance program, make an appointment to speak to someone. You can also try the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (dbsalliance.org) at 1-800826-3632. In the meantime, exercise. It can lift depression and you can do it for free. Please get help. Your daughter deserves a healthy mother. Disclosure keeps family, dishes whole Dear Annie: I have two sets of antique English china. Even after researching the value of the sets, I didn't have a clear picture of how much they were worth. One of my two daughters-in-law liked one particular set, and I told her she could have it when I was ready to clear out my china cabinet. Since then, I've discovered that the set she wants is quite valuable. The second set doesn't appear to be worth as much. Now I'm worried that by giving the more valuable china to one daughter-in-law, it will seem like I'm showing favoritism. I can't go back on my word, but I don't want to hurt the feelings of my other daughter-in-law. I'm upset and not sure how to handle it.—Ready to Break All the Dishes in California Dear Dishes: This situation calls for complete disclosure. Invite both daughters-in-law to your home. Tell them Daughter-in-Law A has asked for China Blue and you said she could have it. However, since then, you have discovered that China Blue appears to be worth more than China Sea, although you aren't certain. If the difference in value turns out to be substantial, you might offer to give a second heirloom to the other daughter-inlaw, but whatever you do, make the arrangements in front of both of them, be sure they agree, and then put it in writing. Southpaws left twisting watches Dear Annie: Thank you for proving you are human after all. The majority of your answers and suggestions are right on, but your answer to "W.W." about wearing a wristwatch made for a good laugh. You said right-handed people wear watches on their left wrist and vice versa. First, hardly any watches made these days require winding. But a left-handed person wearing a watch on the right wrist would need to be a contortionist to set the time. A more logical answer would seem to be a combination of doing whatever with their dominant hand while checking the time on the other arm.—Kaneohe, Hawaii Dear Kaneohe: Quite a few readers wanted to know if we were contortionists, and we have to admit, we tried winding a standard watch on our right wrist with our left hand and thought about joining the circus. Most left-handed readers said they simply remove the watch when they have to wind or set it. But actually, we were thinking of watches specifically made for left-handed people that have the winding mechanism on the left side of the watch. Anyone who is interested can find them on the Internet. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast. net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. Give a memorial that can go on forever Ask your funeral director for more information on the BCF or call (269) 945-0526. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 9 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS Christmases Past By Jack Walton My children and grandchildren sometimes ask me about what Christmas was like when I was “little.” The following are some of my recollections and impressions of Christmases past. My first memories of Christmas begin sometime after we moved from Evanston, Ill. to 420 E. Bond St., Hastings in July 1929. I was 3 years and a few months old at the time of our family’s first Christmas in Hastings. My recollection of specific events relating to Christmas probably began when I was about 5. We usually bought our trees about two weeks before Christmas. On several occasions we bought trees from Billy Hitchcock, a local entrepreneur who set up his tree business on a vacant lot downtown in the 100 block of South Jefferson Street next to the Log Cabin Tavern. We kids began our annual “we’ve got to get our Christmas tree right now” campaign at daybreak on Dec. 1. Our trees were always Scotch pine. “Scotch pine” became synonymous with “Christmas tree” in my mind. I can still remember how silly long-needled trees looked to me the first time I saw one. They looked frilly, delicate and seemed somehow feminine. I really can’t remember how we got our tree home from downtown but I certainly can remember the ritual once we got it there. We had to stuff the yawning branches of our tree through the basement door, aka “the gray door,” into our cold, dank, dingy basement. We let the tree thaw out for a day or two near the furnace then shook out the dead needles. Next we began the laborious chore of hacking the butt end down to a size that would fit our metal tripod tree stand. Our father, who was mechanically challenged, had few tools. Our household tool box consisted of a screwdriver, corkscrew, hammer, an old coffee can full of miscellaneous screws, nails, nuts, and bolts and last but not least an old rusty carpenter’s cross-cut saw. The only tool we owned, other than Junior’s Boy Scout jackknife, that could whittle pine tree stumps was a dull antique spoke shave that had once belonged to our great grandfather Eulas Walton who had been a carriage maker during the late 1800s. I shall never forget the strong aroma of fresh pine that seemed to permeate every nook and cranny of the basement when Dad drew “first blood.” To this day, I associate this scent with the excitement, happiness and fun of Christmas. After an impressive number of darns, reinforced by a few “I-really-mean- it” related expletives, Dad’s tenacious bull dog like mindover-matter stubbornness paid off. The butt end of our Christmas tree was now the size that Dad thought the Good Lord should have made Christmas tree stumps in the first place. When he was 6 or 7, my younger brother George offered to help Dad upgrade his vocabulary with some incantations that he was sure would work better than just plain old darns and damns. However, Dad, being a product of the late Victorian era and a Methodist, couldn’t quite bring himself to take advantage of this once-in-a-life-time opportunity. Instead, Dad admonished George not to use words he didn’t fully understand. It seemed to us kids, who were just standing around kibitzing, that Dad’s tree trimming project took an eternity and that George, bless his heart, was only trying to speed things up a bit. Had Mom been present, she would have probably washed George’s mouth out with Ivory soap and sentenced him to an extra week in vacation Bible school the following summer. Mom always preferred Ivory soap because they advertised it as being “ninety-nine, 44 one-hundredths percent pure.” Once firmly fitted into the tree stand, our precious tree was eased back up the stairs back out through the gray door. We drug the tree around the house through the snow and squeezed in back inside through the front door. Once inside we usually put our tree in the living room, in front of the big bay window so the whole neighborhood and every passerby knew that the Waltons on Bond Street had the Christmas spirit. Our two-and-a-half cardboard boxes of Christmas tree decorations were usually stored on the attic stairwell landing. Sometimes they were stored deep in the tomb-like recesses of the attic itself. George and I always kept track of where these boxes were from year to year and usually gave them a nostalgic six-months checkup about the middle of July. To a youngster, six months seems like an eternity, and in the dog days of summer it didn’t seem to us possible that it could ever snow again, let alone that Christmas time would return. In the 1920s and 1930s, strings of electric Christmas tree lights were wired in a series which meant if just one bulb in the string was burned out, none of the rest would light up. It was exciting, challenging and sometimes frustrating to figure out which bulb or bulbs were burned out when a string failed during our “test run.” We generally located the offender by removing each bulb in the errant string one at a time and testing it individually on a string that already worked. Our tree ornaments were much like the ones we have today, but of course there was no plastic. We did have celluloid decorations which was a forerunner of plastic. The old celluloid Christmas tree decorations have long since become expensive collectibles... my, my. We used real lead tinsel icicles on our trees; it was the only thing available, and lead was not yet an environmental no-no. Adding the icicles to the tree often created a serious conflict between two opposing personalities. Firmly entrenched in one camp were the neat-nicks and traditionalists of the classical school who insisted that deliberately placing each shimmering icicle one at a time was the only aesthetically acceptable and civilized way it could be done. Then there were those of us who adhered to the modernistic school that felt that haphazardly tossing gobs of tinsel at the tree from a distance of about three feet created a more natural, unpretentious look. We had several gold, silver and blue colored garlands. In addition to those, we sometimes made strings of popcorn or cranberries which was a tradition we were told that was passed down from “the old days.” When we took the tree down after New Year’s, we left the strings of cranberries and popcorn in place and set the tree out in the back yard for the birds and squirrels. Popcorn balls colored with red and green vegetable dye were a favorite with some people, but the gooey caramel popcorn balls were my favorite. In the earlier grades at school, we often made paper chains out of colorful strips of scrap construction paper which we thought were very clever, original and quite wonderful. In our young minds these rather crude chains made our already beautiful tree “more beautifuler.” Just like nowadays, local schools and churches frequently sponsored Christmas programs. One especially popular local tradition was a vocal music program put on by the Hastings Schools teaching staff which was organized and conducted by Superintendent of Schools David Van Buskirk. It is my understanding that staff participation in this event was mandatory. Tone deafness, laryngitis or a sick mother-in-law were not acceptable excuses. This special program was scheduled in the afternoon at Central Auditorium several Sundays before the 25th. The high point of this program was always the “Halleluia Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah. This program marked the beginning of the Christmas season for many families and was well attended. The then-new Central School Auditorium as often filled to capacity with a standing-room only crowd. Some time before school was recessed for Christmas vacation there was a district-wide, all-student program at Central Auditorium. In can still remember us little Second Warders slogging the 10 blocks or so across town in the bitter cold to Central. Because of the Depression some kids didn’t have adequate winter clothing and suffered from the cold on these long hikes across town. From Second Ward School, we trekked down Bond Street two by two, like animals entering Noah’s ark, to Hanover and turned north one block to Grand Street. Generally, the boys congregated toward the back half of the formation while the girls preferred the front. After crossing the C.W. and S. railroad tracks, we marched up Grand Street hill, passing Roush’s Store, Bronson’s barbershop and the Third Ward voting booth. The hike from Second Ward to Central always seemed like it took at least an hour. Perhaps the bitter winter wind we walked into made it seem that way. We were a happy bunch of little kids (the teachers, too) when we finally entered the warm inviting halls of Central School. Of course we were tremendously excited about the impending program, and our teachers found it a challenge to maintain a semblance of order. Classes were always kept together and were seated in the auditorium. The earliest grades were in the front rows while high school seniors were seated in back. Once inside the auditorium, there was an infectious din reflecting intense anticipation. After George Aten unlocked and adjusted the foot lights on the fore stage and “one-twothreed” the PA system, the lights were dimmed and a hush fell over the auditorium. Like an early morning mist, the magic spell of Christmas settled over us. The four doors in the back of the auditorium were simultaneously opened and the high school classes began filing in, each person holding a flickering candle while singing “Kolee-yaa-da” and then “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” We were transfixed. I can still remember the goose bumps. The program usually consisted of several skits and playlets whose theme related in some way to the Biblical story of Christ’s birth and the “Spirit of Christmas.” When given their cue, each class stood up and sang “their” carol, one they’d been practicing since just after Thanksgiving. I’m sure each class thought that their carol was the most beautiful and sung the best of all. The program ended with everyone humming “Silent Night,” as each class slowly and quietly filed out of the still dimly lit auditorium. Another much-anticipated yuletide event was the Saturday afternoon program Ray and Ann Branch, in cooperation with many others in the community, sponsored at their movie theater downtown. Talkies were relatively new and this Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Will "Subprime" Loan Crunch Affect You? If you've even casually followed the news over the past several months, you've probably heard about "subprime loans." But the issue can be confusing, and if you're like most people, you really just want a couple of questions answered: How might these subprime loans affect the economy? And will I need to adjust my investment strategy? To begin with, let's define subprime loans. Generally speaking, a subprime loan is a mortgage made to a borrower who might not otherwise qualify for a loan. Subprime lenders typically charged these borrowers higher interest rates, but some subprimes were adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), which meant they carried a lower rate for the first few years of the loan. Many subprime borrowers took out ARMs, hoping their credit would improve enough for them to qualify for a better rate before the mortgage rate was adjusted upward. When this didn't happen, they were hit with higher payments and many faced foreclosure. Because many of these mortgages had been resold and then packaged into other financial vehicles, the bad loans hurt these investments. Ultimately, the subprime loan problem might jolt at least two sectors of the financial markets: housing and financial services. So, housing-related investments, such as real estate companies, and financial services firms, such as mortgage lenders, might experience some rough roads. Also, the subprime situation could lead to a potential slowdown in overall consumer spending. Why? Because if lending standards tighten, people may find it more difficult to tap home equity loans and lines of credit. And if consumer spending does slow, it could affect corporate profits, a key driver of stock prices. As an individual investor, what moves, if any, should you make to prepare yourself for any potential subprime "aftershocks"? To begin with, don't get so caught up in a possible subprime-fueled downturn that you overlook the many positive factors about the current investment outlook. Although the real estate industry is slumping, the rest of the economy remains relatively strong. Furthermore, inflation and interest rates remain low and stable, and corporate profits still exceed expectations. And no matter what happens in the investment world, you can hardly go wrong by following these tried-and-true techniques: * Look for quality. Quality investments, such as the stocks of strong, established companies, historically tend to fall less than other investments in down markets, and they have frequently lead the way in the recoveries that follow. Past performance is not an indication of future results. * Choose an appropriate mix of investments. Build a portfolio containing a variety of investments that are suitable for your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. While diversification, by itself, can't guarantee a profit or protect against a loss in declining markets, it can help reduce the effects of market volatility. * Hold investments for the long term. 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They changed this routine somewhat in latter years and after the movies we walked four or five blocks to the Odd Fellows Hall located on the northwest corner of Jefferson and Green streets. Here we attached ourselves to the end of a long waiting line, winding around the corner and down Green Street. Once inside the hall, we found ourselves in a cavernous, very dimly lit room with high ceilings. Because of our snow blindness, it seemed almost totally black, like what a coal mine must be like. In the corner immediately to the left was a magnificent tree beautifully decorated with electric lights, multicolored balls of all sizes, sparkling tinsel, garlands and candy canes. Seated on a raised platform in a high-backed throne-like chair was the real Santa Claus... no doubt about it! With a “Ho, ho, ho” and a pat on the back, Santa handed out each “kiddie” a smallish brown bag of hard candy. During the Depression years, this probably was the only gift some kids received. Like kids (and some adults) everywhere, George and I spent considerable time snooping around the house at Christmas time. We thought we knew every possible hiding place in the whole house, be it in the attic, basement or the space in between. Sometimes we discovered cache but because they often were wrapped, they couldn’t be opened without leaving incriminating evidence. We were often reduced to shaking, feeling, etc. Once I did find out what my present was going to be and it ruined my whole Christmas. I never did that again. TIME TO TIME, continued in next week’s Banner LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Mary R. E. Lytle and Robert G. Lytle, wife and husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lender and Lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004 and recorded October 7, 2004 in Instrument Number 1135141, Barry County Records, Michigan. An Affidavit of Scrivener‚s Error to correct legal was submitted for recording. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred FiftyEight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Eight and 10/100 Dollars ($158,458.10) including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Carlton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Parcel 2: Beginning at a point on the North line of Section 13, Town 4 North, Range 8 West, distant South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 779.00 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 13; thence South 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds East 468.46 feet along said North line; thence South 01 degrees, 08 minutes, 17 seconds, West 579.99 feet along the West line of the East 66 feet of the West one-half of the Northwest one-quarter of said Section 13; thence North 89 degrees, 52 minutes, 16 seconds West 468.46 feet; thence North 01 degrees, 08 minutes 17 seconds East 579.99 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518221 File No. 280.3302 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bernard Hause and Katherine Paulsen, Joint Tenants, original mortgagor(s), to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated April 13, 2005, and recorded on April 20, 2005 in instrument 1145154, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., As Trustee For The Benefit of the Certificate Holders, Park Place Securities, Inc., Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2005-WCW2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Four And 76/100 Dollars ($80,744.76), including interest at 7.6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A Parcel of land in the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing 209 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Southwest 1/4 for the place of beginning; thence North 218 feet; thence East 313.5 feet; thence South 218 feet; thence West 313.5 feet to the place of beginning. EXCEPT the North 33 feet of the South 242 feet of the West 313.5 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 34, Town 3 North, Range 7 West, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518176 File #174291F01 ® The 77517270 A look down memory lane... �Page 10 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF MICHIGAN 5TH CIRCUIT COURT, BARRY COUNTY 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (269-945-1285) Case No. 07-671 CH Hon. James H. Fisher ALICE E. BOUCHER, Plaintiff, v ASA C. DAVIS, Defendant. TO: Asa C. Davis PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Complaint to Quiet Title has been brought in the above-captioned case, with respect to premises in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, which property Asa C. Davis is a joint owner. The Complaint to Quiet Title seeks to place the property in the name of Alice E. Boucher only. YOU HAVE TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS to file a written answer with the court and serve a copy of that written answer on the other party. This notice for alternate service by publication was ordered by the Honorable James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge, by ORDER FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE dated November 30, 2007. This notice will be published for three (3) consecutive weeks in accord with Michigan court rule in this publication. If you do not answer or take other action within the aforementioned time allowed, a judgment may be entered against you and your interest in the subject property in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, will be TERMINATED FOREVER. Any answer or response should be filed with the 5th Circuit Court, Barry County, Michigan, located at 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Dated: December 7, 2007 Mark F. Stuart (P21111) Attorney for Alice E. Boucher 121-1/2 W. Michigan Avenue Marshall, Michigan 49068 77518831 (269) 781-3928 NOTICE TO CREDITORS DECEDENT’S TRUST ESTATE Daniel S. Morse (“Decedent”) Date of Decedent’s Birth: June 6, 1942 Name of Trust: Daniel S. Morse Trust dated March 1, 2007 NOTICE TO CREDITORS: Decedent, Daniel S. Morse, who lived at 12733 Marsh Road, Shelbyville, Michigan 49344, died November 29, 2007. There is no personal representative of Decedent’s estate to whom Letters of Authority have been issued. Creditors of Decedent are notified that all claims against Decedent’s trust estate will be forever barred unless presented to Trustee Tammie M. Morse at 14 Palma, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548 within four (4) months after the date of publication of notice. Date: December 10, 2007 Douglas J. Brackmann (P-40885) WESSELING & BRACKMANN P.C. 6439 28th Avenue Hudsonville, Michigan 49426 (616) 669-8185 Tammie M. Morse 14 Palma, S.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49548 (616) 813-8676 77518954 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE January 8, 2008 Barry County Road Commission Notice of Public Hearing Environmental Assessment Finkbeiner Rd. Crane Rd. Project The Barry County Road Commission (BCRC) would like to announce a Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment as it relates to the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Finkbeiner Rd. Crane Rd. project. The proposed project involves re-construction of an existing county road and construction of a road extension with a concrete arch structure over Spring Creek and a new bridge over the Thornapple River on new right-of-way. The Preferred Alternative consists of three sub-elements. These subelements are: • Finkbeiner Road re-construction (3.64 miles) from Patterson Road easterly to east of M-37 (Squire Lane). • Finkbeiner Road Extension - new roadway construction (0.27 mile) from east of M-37 (Squire Lane) easterly to existing Crane Road. • Crane Road Construction (0.34 mile) from existing termini of Crane Road easterly to Whitneyville Road. This project will be partially funded with the aid of Federal High Priority Funds, Federal STP Funds, Federal and/or State Category D Funds, other State and Local Funds. The local match component of the project will be provided by the BCRC funds, Village of Middleville and Thornapple Township contributions. This Public Hearing will be held at a special session of the BCRC on January 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services Building on 128 High Street, Middleville, MI 49333. The EA evaluates the social, economic and environmental impact aspects of the project. Copies of the document will be available for public inspection at the Village of Middleville Village Office at 101 E. Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333-0069; the Thornapple Township Hall at 200 E. Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333-0459, the Barry County Road Commission Office at 1725 W. M-43, Hastings, MI 49058. at and Wilcox Professional Services, LLC at 8180 Broadmoor Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316. The BCRC welcomes written comments on this document. All written comment statements, comments or questions should be submitted to Bradley Lamberg, P.E. Managing Director, BCRC, 1726 W. M-43, Hastings, MI 49058. Comments will be received by the BCRC on this project for a period of 15 days after the Date of this Public Hearing. The BCRC will provide reasonable assistance for individuals with disabilities who attend the public hearing. Individuals requiring assistance should contact the BCRC in writing to the above address or calling 269-945-3449. All requests for assistance must be received two days before the scheduled Public Hearing. 77518888 CITY OF HASTINGS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Hastings will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall, 201 East State Street, Hastings. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to hear comments and make determination on the necessity to establish a Special Assessment District on East Thorn Street east of Third Street for sanitary sewer improvements. (See map below) Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher L Jones and Melinda L Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on March 28, 2003 in instrument 1101209, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage Company as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty And 73/100 Dollars ($161,650.73), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point On The North Line Of Section 9, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Distant West 395.0 Feet From The North 1/4 Post Of Said Section 9, Thence South 24 Degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds East 255.49 Feet; Thence West 375.00 Feet; Thence North 232.0 Feet At Right Angles; Thence East 268.0 Feet Along the North Line Of Section 9 To The Place Of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518796 File #128232F04 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandy L. Merwin, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on June 29, 2006 in instrument 1166633, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse HEAT 2005-9 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Eighty And 45/100 Dollars ($180,280.45), including interest at 9.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said section, thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 705.00 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds East 1166.22 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds East 275.01 feet along the East line of said West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds West 1167.31 feet; thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds West 375.00 feet along West line of said section to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Boysen Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518670 File #175862F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick W. Elliott and Mary A. Elliott, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2007, and recorded on June 25, 2007 in instrument 1182161, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association as Trustee for Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-4 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Eight And 79/100 Dollars ($63,328.79), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 and the West 1/2 of Lot 5 of Barrett Acres Plat, according to the Recorded Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30, Barry County Records, also beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 4 of the Recorded Plat of Barrett Acres, thence South 89 Degrees 18 Minutes East on the North Line of Lot 4, 100 Feet, thence North 134 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 18 Minutes West 100 Feet, Thence South 134 Feet to the Place of Beginning. Being Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE LIKENS & BLOMQUIST, P.L.L.C., IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage made by Nancy Hobert, unmarried, Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee, which mortgage is currently being serviced by The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on August 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1168315, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on said mortgage there is $23,472.84 due at the date of this notice. There is no suit proceeding at law or in equity to collect the sums due under the Mortgage described above. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of the power of sale contained in the above-described Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1PM, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder at public vendue, in order to satisfy the unpaid portion of said Mortgage, together with interest at a rate of 10.80%, all costs of sale permitted by law, and taxes, the property situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as: Lot 6, Block 7 of Kenfield's Seconds Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. All rights of redemption shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned as defined by MCL 600.3241 (a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: Thursday, December 20, 2007 Attorney for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee Likens & Blomquist, P.L.L.C. By: Benjamin S. Lin P-70891 30200 Telegraph Rd., Suite 140 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 Telephone: 248-593-5106 Ext. 5425 77519010 00406MILB NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Naomi Nichols, Deceased, formally of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on June 2, 2004, in Docket No. 1128590 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($45,195.61), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 7.95%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on January 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney's fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County and which are described as follows: Lot 18 of Block "D" of Pleasant Shores, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 59. P.P. #08-05-130-004-018-00 which includes a 1994 Schult mobile home and has an address of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: December 7, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518777 (616) 458-1315 NOTICE Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177400F01 77518949 Barry Township’s regular January board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 3rd, 2008. If you have any questions please call the office at 269-6235171. Thank You Debra Dewey-Perry Barry Township Clerk NOTICE The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. In accordance with Michigan State law, applicants can not be a resident of a City, Village or a township that conducts its own zoning enforcement (Rutland Township, Hope Township, Prairieville Township, Thornapple Township, or Yankee Springs Township). Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2008. 77519038 77518934 The City will provide necessary reasonable aid and services upon five days notice to the Clerk of the City of Hastings, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Telephone 269/945-2468 or TDD call relay services 800/649-3777. Thomas E. Emery City Clerk 77518973 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you are in the military, please contact our office at the number listed below. A default has been made in the conditions of a first Mortgage made by John J. Sanchez and Patricia A. Sanchez, husband and wife, (original mortgagors) to Consumers Credit Union, (original mortgagee) dated April 25, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on May 9, 2005, at Document # 1146174, which said mortgage was assigned to Peter and Nancy DeMink pursuant to an assignment dated January 19, 2007 which said assignment is recorded at the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan at document # 1175706, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Eight and 33/100 Dollars ($164,298.33), including interest accruing at the rate of nine and one-half (9.50%) percent per annum. A default has also been made in the conditions of a Second Mortgage made by John J. Sanchez and Patricia A. Sanchez, husband and wife, (original mortgagors) to Peter and Nancy DeMink, (original mortgagees) dated April 25, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on May 9, 2005, at Document # 1146175, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Seven and 26/100 Dollars ($176,847.26), including interest accruing at the rate of eight (8%) percent per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said Mortgages will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises or some part of them at public venue, Main Lobby of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount as aforesaid then due on said Mortgages together with interest, legal costs, attorney fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in a manner that substantially conforms with the description contained in the mortgages as follows: Land situated in the County of Barry, Village of Delton, State of Michigan described as follows: Part of Lots 37 and 38 of the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on page 29, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot 38 for the place of beginning, thence Northerly parallel with the highway 50 feet, thence East 107 feet, thence Southerly parallel with the highway 50 feet; thence West 107 feet to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also: Commencing 50 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 38, Village of Delton; thence North 40 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 24 feet; thence West 25 feet; thence South 16 feet; thence West 107 feet to the place of beginning, and being a part of Lots 37 and 38 of the Village of Delton. Also: That part of Lot 37 of the original plat of the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 29, described as commencing at the Southeast corner of said Lot 37, for a place of beginning, thence West 25 feet, thence North parallel with the East line of Lot 37, 66 feet, thence East 25 feet, thence South along the East line of Lot 37, 66 feet to the place of beginning. Tax Parcel Number: 08-03-070-001-00 and 0803-070-043-00 Commonly known as 121 South Grove Delton, Michigan 49406. The period of redemption will be six (6) months from the date of such sale. December 10, 2007 VLACHOS & VLACHOS, P.C. By: Brian E. Weiss (p51502) For Peter and Nancy DeMink 5659 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 11 Saxon girls fall to 0-7 on the season RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING TEXT OF ZONING ORDINANCE TO: The Saxon varsity girls’ basketball team set a goal of holding opponents to 40 points or less, and have come pretty close to that mark lately. They met it on Monday, in a 42-38 loss to Grand Rapids Central in the Hastings Middle School gymnasium. “We came out a little flat. We were down 13-5 after the first quarter, then we really played well,” said Hastings head coach Dan Carpenter. “We were within six at half time.” The Rams eventually pushed that lead to ten points in the third quarter, but the Saxons never stopped battling. They pulled into the lead midway through the fourth quarter, and then went back and forth with the Rams before coming up just short in the end. “The effort was just tremendous out there,” Carpenter said. “The girls were just all over the court.” Brandi Hurless led the Saxons on the night with 17 points. She hit four three-pointers, including three in the fourth quarter as Hastings climbed back into the game. Hannah Wood had a solid night for the Saxons too, finishing with seven points. Megan Lipstraw chipped in four points, and Veronica Hayden added three points to go along with a team high 12 rebounds. “She’s really starting to feel comfortable out there, with (Brittany) Hickey,” Carpenter said of Hayden. “They’re starting to get it. We knew it would take a lot of time, with the youth. Our seniors are doing a great job of helping them along.” The Saxons are 0-7 on the season, and 0-4 in the O-K Gold Conference. They suffered a pair of league losses last week. Byron Center topped the Saxons last Wednesday, 41-19. “We held Byron Center to 41 points, and I’m happy with that,” Carpenter said. “What seems to be a problem for us right now is our shooting percentage.” The Saxons hit just 21-percent of their field goal attempts for the night, and were just 5-of-21 on shots inside the paint. Hickey led the Saxons for the game with seven points. Hayden added six rebounds. It was something of the same story at Wayland on Friday night. The Wildcats scored a 44-28 win, while the Saxons shot just 28-percent from the floor. Wayland jumped in front early, outscoring the Saxons in the opening quarter 17-5. Turnovers hurt Hastings as well. The Saxons had 13 in the first half, then 18 more in the second. Hurless led the Saxon offense with nine points. Hayden added eight points and five rebounds. Hickey had six boards. Coach Carpenter also said that Ali Howell had a very strong night off the bench. Hastings is scheduled to host Hamilton tonight, then is off until a home game with Thornapple Kellogg on Jan. 4. THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: c. A subdivision or other form of concentrated residential development may have one (1) ground mounted identification sign per entrance, not to exceed a sign area of thirty-two (32) square feet or a height of eight (8) feet. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the December 12, 2007 meeting of the Rutland Charter Township Board the following Ordinance No. 2007-128 was adopted. d. In the “AG” district a farm stand may include one (1) sign not more than eight (8) square feet in sign area or eight (8) feet in height. The original ordinance may be inspected or a copy purchased by contacting the Township Clerk, Robin Hawthorne, 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058-9725, 269-948-2194, during regular business hours of regular working days, and at such other times as may be arranged. 2. In the “C” Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4) and in the Mixed Use District (MUD) the following signs may be permitted for each principal use occupying one lot or parcel, upon application for, and issuance of, a sign permit pursuant to section 20.26J For multiple uses on one lot, see Business Centers, section F.3 a. Wall signs shall be permitted on building walls facing a public right-of-way or parking area. Wall signs shall not be more than twenty percent (20%) of the building wall area upon which affixed. Wall area shall be expressed in square feet. The maximum width of any wall sign shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the width of the wall. Wall signs shall not exceed a total area of 200 square feet; except for buildings over 150,000 square feet in area wall signs shall not exceed a total area of 550 square feet. ORDNANCE NO: 2007- 128 ADOPTED: December 12, 2007 • EFFECTIVE: December 28, 2008 An ordinance to amend Section 20.26 (codified Section 104.2026) of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 48, as amended); and to repeal all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith. b. One (1) pole sign or one (1) ground mounted sign and shall be in accordance with A or B in Table 20.26: Table 20.26 THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN Minimum Setbacks ORDAINS: SECTION I - AMENDMENT OF SECTION 20.26 PERTAINING TO SIGNS A Section 20.26 of the Rutland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (104.2026 as codified), pertaining to signs in the various zoning districts, is hereby amended to add certain clarifying language, corrected lettering/numbering, and to combine the provisions pertaining to signs in the “C” and “MUD” zoning districts, and thus read as follows: 104.2026 SIGNS Sec. 20.26 A. B. B 20 Intent. It is the intent of this section to regulate the size, number, location and manner of construction and display of signs in Rutland Charter Township. This section does not regulate official traffic and government signs, or official notices, the flags of any nation, government or corporate or non-commercial organizations, or religious symbols or commemorative plaques. Height 16 Ground Mounted 50 sq. ft. 6 Pole 75 sq. ft. 16 100 sq. ft. 6 Ground Mounted Purpose. The purpose of these regulations is to: 3. In the “C” Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4) and in the Mixed Use District (MUD) the following signs may be permitted for Business Centers, upon application for, and issuance of, a sign permit pursuant to Section 20.26 J: a. One (1) pole sign or one (1) ground mounted sign identifying the name of the business center. If located on a corner, a business center shall be permitted one (1) sign opposite each street frontage. For type, area, height, and setback, either A or B from Table 20.26 shall apply. 2. Protect all zoning districts from visual chaos and clutter. 3. Eliminate distractions hazardous to vehicular traffic. b. Individual establishments within the business center are permitted one (1) wall or one (1) awning sign not to exceed twenty percent (20%) of the wall area, or fifty percent (50%) of the awning area to be served by the sign. Wall area shall mean only that portion of the wall serving the individual establishment. In no instance shall a wall sign exceed two hundred (200) square feet in area. 4. Protect appropriately identified usages from too many and too large signs. 5. Provide ability for the public to identify premises and establishments. 6. Encourage creativity of sign design. G. 7. Enhance the aesthetics of the community. C. Exempted signs. The following signs are allowed in all zoning districts without a sign permit, provided all other applicable requirements are met: Definitions. 1. Dwelling. One (1) name plate not exceeding two (2) square feet in area. Such sign may be free standing. 1. Abandoned sign - A sign which no longer identifies or advertises a currently operating business, service, owner, product or activity and/or for which no legal owner can be found. 2. Building numbers, including residential buildings. 3. Home occupations and home based business. One (1) sign not exceeding four (4) square feet, giving the name and/or occupation of the business; provided that the sign complies with the other requirements of this ordinance as appropriate. 2. Awning sign - A sign that is either attached to, affixed to, or painted on an awning or canopy. 3. Billboard - A sign directing attention to a use, activity or product not located, sold, manufactured or processed on the premises on which the sign is located. 4. “AG - RE” District. In the “AG” and “RE” District one (1) sign not more than eight (8) square feet in area advertising permitted services offered on the premises or identifying the farm or estate. Such sign may be wall mounted or free standing. 4. Business Center - An area designated for multiple businesses that are located within the same principal building, or on the same lot or parcel, such as a mall or plaza. These areas may utilize one main entrance/exit. 5. Temporary signs. a. Real estate sale or lease. (1) Residence or residential lot - One (1) sign not exceeding eight (8) square feet. (2) Property other than residential - One (1) sign not exceeding twelve (12) square feet. 5. Changeable copy sign - A portion of a sign on which copy is changed manually. 6. Clear sight area - An unoccupied space extending along the full width of the front lot line between side lot lines and extending 10 feet from the abutting street right-of-way. Such space shall remain clear of obstructions between three and 12 feet above grade. b. Political. Signs not exceeding thirty-two (32) square feet placed by an individual on his or her residence or place of business or on some part of the property, provided said signs are displayed within the setbacks prescribed in Article XVIII. 7. Directional sign - A sign giving directions or instructions for vehicular or pedestrian circulation. A directional sign shall not contain advertising display copy. c. One (1) temporary event sign, not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet, shall be permitted in any district, such as for special events and sales as defined in this ordinance. Display of any temporary event sign shall be limited to forty-five (45) days in advance and the day of the event. No such sign shall be redisplayed on the same premises in said district until the expiration of an interim period of ninety (90) days. 8. Electronic message board - A sign with a fixed or changing display/message composed of a series of lights that may be changed through electronic means. 9. Directory sign - A sign which displays names and/or location of occupants or users of the premises. d. Advertising flags and banners are allowed in the Commercial Zoning Districts for a period of up to three (3) days per each calendar month. 10. Ground mounted sign - A sign supported primarily by an internal structural framework or integrated into landscaping or other solid structural features other than support poles. 6. Governmental signs: a. Emergency and warning signs necessary for public safety and welfare. 11. Illegal sign - A sign which does not meet the requirements of this ordinance and which does not have a legal nonconforming status. b. Traffic signs erected and maintained by an authorized public agency. 12. Nonconforming sign - A sign which was legally erected prior to the effective date of this section (20.26). c. Legal notices, licenses, permits and other signs required to be displayed by law. 13. Pole sign - A sign that is mounted on a freestanding pole or other support so that the bottom edge of the sign face is six feet or more above grade. 7. Miscellaneous: a. Public signs identifying a neighborhood, district or community. 14. Portable signs - A sign whose principal supporting structure is intended, by design and construction, to be used by resting upon the ground for support and may be easily moved or relocated for reuse. Portable signs shall include but are not limited to signs mounted upon a trailer, bench, wheeled carrier, or other mobile structure with or without wheels. b. Historic plaques erected or maintained by non-profit organizations, memorials, building cornerstones, and erection date stones. c. Signs located for viewing exclusively within the premises of the user and not visible otherwise. 15. Sign - Any device, structure, fixture, billboard or placard using graphics, symbols and/or written copy, which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform. Keep up H. 1. Signs authorized by a valid permit and/or variance that complied with all applicable requirements prior to adoption of this ordinance are allowed in all zoning districts, subject to H. 2. and 3. herein. 17. Temporary sign - A sign designed for use for a limited period of time to announce special events, sales or sale/lease or rental of property; or a sign political in nature and advocating action on a public issue or indicating a candidate for public office. 2. A legal non-conforming sign may be replaced with another legal non-conforming sign. 3. Legal non-conforming status shall be lost if: a. The sign is relocated. General Standards b. The structure or size of the sign is altered except toward compliance with this ordinance. This does not refer to change of copy or normal maintenance. 1. All signs, in addition to the requirements of this ordinance, must comply with the adopted building and electrical code of Rutland Charter Township. c. The sign suffers more than fifty (50) percent deterioration; it must be removed or brought in compliance with this ordinance. 2. Sign area. The area of a sign shall be measured within a single, continuous perimeter composed of any straight line geometric figure which encloses the extreme limits of the advertising message, together with any frame or other material or color forming an integral part of the display, message, drawing or similar device, or used to differentiate same from the background against which it is placed, excluding the necessary supports, braces, uprights, of the sign. d. The sign is discontinued for ninety (90) days. e. If the sign is structurally altered so as to change the shape, size, type, or design of the sign. I. 4. Height. Height shall be measured per section 104.315 of the Zoning Ordinance. 5. Height in residential district. Signs in any residential district shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. 6. Illumination of signs. Illumination of signs shall comply with the following requirements: a. Illumination shall not be flashing, blinking, intermittent or an on-and-off type of lighting. local team Non-conforming signs 16. Sign owner - The owner of a premises upon which a sign is located is presumed to be the owner of the sign unless facts are submitted to the Township showing other ownership. 3. Sign setbacks. All signs shall be set back a minimum of ten (10) feet from all lot lines and ten (10) feet from the rightof-way line for those abutting a right-of-way. with your Prohibited signs shall include but are not limited to: 1. A private use sign located on a public land or in a public right of way, or in a private road easement unless it is part of the traffic control information for that road, except that temporary real estate signs as defined in Section 20.26 G.5.a. and displayed only in front of the property for sale, and temporary political signs as specified in Section 20.26 G.5.b. are allowed if not obstructing pedestrian or vehicular traffic, are not less than fifteen (15) feet from the driving surface of the street or road and are at least one hundred fifty (150) feet from the intersection of another street or road. 2. An abandoned sign. 3. A sign imitating or resembling official traffic or governmental signs or signals. b. Illumination shall be arranged so that light is deflected away from adjacent properties so that no direct sources of light shall be visible to any driver or pedestrian located in a public right of way, road or street easement or from any land in a residential district or used for residential purposes. 4. A flashing or intermittently illuminated sign. 5. Electronic message board. c. Exterior lighting of signs shall be downward facing. 7. Maintenance. All signs shall be maintained in a safe condition with proper bracing, anchorage and foundation and be subject to inspection by the Zoning Administrator or designated representative. A sign which no longer serves the purpose for which intended or is abandoned or is not maintained in accordance with applicable regulations of Rutland Charter Township shall be removed by the owner, or by the Township at the expense of such owner, within thirty [30] days of written notice by Rutland Chatter Township. in your 8. Location. In addition to the required setbacks (See Article XVIII) no sign shall be located where, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, it will obstruct the clear sight area. 9. Any double-sided sign in which the parallel faces are more than twelve inches apart will be considered individual signs and the square footage of each face will be considered for the total sign area. local 10. Wall Signs. A wall sign shall not extend beyond the edge of the wall to which it is affixed, and no wall sign shall extend above the roofline of a building. Projecting elements are permitted up to three (3) feet from the top edge of a sign not to exceed forty (40) percent of the sign width. newspaper, 8. Billboards J. Permits, administration and enforcement; 1. Permit procedures. a. Each person or entity desiring to erect or maintain a sign which requires a permit shall make written application to the Zoning Administrator accompanied by the applicable fees, as adopted by the Township Board, which shall include the following: (1) A sketch plan with sign plans drawn to scale, showing proposed location and type of the sign. (2) Sufficient other details to demonstrate that the proposed sign, including structural and electrical components, shall comply with the provisions of this Ordinance. 12. Covering. Covering around a pole shall be permitted and limited in width to a width of not more than thirty (30) percent of the total width of the pole. Signage or copy shall not be permitted on pole coverings. (4) No sign requiring a sign permit shall be erected or installed until an application is approved. Design Standards for Ground mounted Signs: 1. Materials. Ground mounted signs shall be constructed of wood, brick, concrete, stone (or equivalent imitation stone), or other similar material as approved by the Zoning Administrator. F. 7. Trailers, vehicles, or other mobile objects that are clearly used primarily for advertising purposes. (3) All applications shall be accompanied by the written consent of the owner of record of the property on which the signs are proposed to be erected. 13. Signs within business, commercial or industrial areas, as defined in the Highway Advertising Act of 1972 (1972 PA 106) bordering interstate highways, freeways or primary highways as defined in said Act, shall be regulated and controlled by the provisions of such statute, notwithstanding any contrary provisions of this ordinance. E. 6. Moving signs. 11. Changeable copy signs. All pole and ground mounted signs may include attached changeable copy signs, which are counted towards sign area standards. 2. Landscaping. The base of any ground mounted sign shall be landscaped with drought-tolerant plant materials and shall not obscure visibility of the sign itself, nor encroach into the clear sight area. BANNER! Area 32 sq. ft. OR 1. Protect the public health, safety and welfare of residents and visitors and to protect the natural beauty and distinctive character of Rutland Charter Township. D. Hastings Sign Type Pole OR 18. Wall sign - A sign attached to a wall and not projecting away from the wall more than 12 inches. The 10 (5) The permit review may be eliminated if the required information is provided to the Planning Commission as part of a site plan review and/or special exception use review, in which case the Planning Commission shall grant approval, approval with conditions, or denial of the request. 2 Expiration. Approval of a sign permit shall expire one year from its effective date if not constructed within one (1) year, unless an extension not to exceed one year has been granted by the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator may deny extension of time for the approved sign if substantial changes in circumstances are found. K. Review criteria. In considering a sign permit request the Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission shall base action on the following criteria in addition to any other criteria elsewhere specified: 1. The purpose of this Section (20.26 A). Permitted signs: 2. The standards and criteria as set forth in this section. 1. In the AG, RE, RR, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-5 districts the following signs are authorized upon application for, and issuance of, a sign permit pursuant to Section 20.26 J: 3. Each sign shall be of a shape, material, style, letter types and color appropriate for the use, enhancing to the premises and harmonious with the neighborhood. a. Signs for churches, schools, professional buildings, nursing homes and public buildings may include one (1) ground mounted sign, not to exceed four (4) feet in height, and one (1) wall sign, one of which may be illuminated. The aggregate area of all signage shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet. b. Identification for open space activities such as camp grounds, golf courses, stables, nurseries and similar open space activities may include: (1) One (1) wall sign not exceeding a sign area of thirty-two (32) square feet, (2) One (1) ground mounted sign not exceeding a sign area of thirty-two (32) square feet or eight (8) feet in height, and (3) Two (2) directional signs located on the proprietors property not to exceed three (3) square feet or three (3) feet in height. SECTION II - SEVERABILITY The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part is declared invalid for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance, which shall continue in full force and effect. SECTION III - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES/EFFECTIVE DATE All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. This Ordinance shall take effect on the eighth day after publication or on such later date as may be required by law. Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk Charter Township of Rutland �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert W Snyder and Brandy L Snyder, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004, and recorded on October 15, 2004 in instrument 1135525, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, trustee for LEHMAN BROTHERSSTRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SAIL 2004-11 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine And 16/100 Dollars ($119,159.16), including interest at 10.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel in the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as, commencing at a point 10 chains 56 links North of the center of said Section 28; Thence North 80.04 feet; Thence West 12 rods; Thence South 80.04 feet; Thence East 12 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519005 File #165095F02 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE LIKENS & BLOMQUIST, P.L.L.C., IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage made by Nancy Hobert, unmarried, Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee, which mortgage is currently being serviced by The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on August 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1168316, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on said mortgage there is $96,386.37 due at the date of this notice. There is no suit proceeding at law or in equity to collect the sums due under the Mortgage described above. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of the power of sale contained in the above-described Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1PM, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder at public vendue, in order to satisfy the unpaid portion of said Mortgage, together with interest at a rate of 9.65%, all costs of sale permitted by law, and taxes, the property situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as: Lot 6, Block 7 of Kenfield's Seconds Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. All rights of redemption shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned as defined by MCL 600.3241 (a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: Thursday, December 20, 2007 Attorney for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee Likens & Blomquist, P.L.L.C. By: Benjamin S. Lin P-70891 30200 Telegraph Rd., Suite 140 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 Telephone: 248-593-5106 Ext. 5425 77519015 00405MILB Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Wilma Lock, An unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005, and recorded on December 9, 2005 in instrument 1157390, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 30/100 Dollars ($185,171.30), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning on the Range line 937.49 feet, with bearings referenced to the Michigan Plane coordinate system-zone South, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East from the Southwest corner of Section 19; thence on said Range line, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East 393.42 feet to the 1/8 post on the West side of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of said Section 19; thence South 88 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds East on the 1/8 line 615.38 feet; thence South 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds West 392.15 feet; thence North 88 degrees 35 minutes 39 seconds West 615.38 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 7718453 File #174955F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cara M Doherty, aka Cara Michelle Doherty, a separated woman and Christopher T Paholak, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003, and recorded on December 22, 2003 in instrument 1119683, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Three And 62/100 Dollars ($172,463.62), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1, Meadow Acres Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 3, Barry County records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518963 File #170923F02 Holiday Hours for J-AD Graphics and Printing Plus will be open Christmas Eve and New Years Eve 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon Closed Christmas Day and New Years Day Have a Safe and Happy Holiday 1351 North M-43 Highway ( just north of city limits) 269-945-9554 02683449 Hastings, MI 49058 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy Billings and Cheryl Billings, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on November 29, 2005 in instrument 1156867, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 68/100 Dollars ($151,290.68), including interest at 8.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the point on the North tine of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; distant South 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds West 214.50 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 35; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West parallel to the East line of said Section 35, 231.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 49.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 577.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 165.00 feet to Said East line; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 203.58 feet along said East line; thence South 37 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West 152.39 feet; thence South 14 degrees 30 minutes 03 seconds West 176.85 feet thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds West along the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 35, 524.69 feet; thence North 00 d egrees 04 minutes 03 seconds East 1305.55 feet to the North line of said Section 35; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East along said North line 445.50 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518441 File #174771F01 This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Andrew E. Warner and Janice E. Warner, Husband and Wife to National Bank of Hastings, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Instrument # 1075200 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, by assignment dated November 19, 2007 and recorded November 28, 2007 in Instrument #20071128-0004654 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($142,907.27) including interest 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2007. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one quarter of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said section; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 1699.0 feet along the North line of said section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 661.32 feet parallel with the West line of said Northwest one quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds West 204.12 feet; thence North 67 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds West 51.30 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 185.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 49.71 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with right of ingress and egress to a public road over Trails End Drive. Also together with walkway easement to Gun Lake over a 6 foot wide stripe of land, the West line of which is described as being the Southerly extension of the West line of said above described parcel. Commonly known as 4225 Trails End, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518688 Our File No: 07-79526 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul M. Bronson, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2002 and recorded September 9, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087116, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred NinetySeven and 63/100 Dollars ($79,997.63) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of the East one-half of Lot 2 and the West 24 feet and 10 inches of the North one-half of Lot 1, all of Block 12 of Daniel Striker's Addition to The City, formerly Village Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518824 File No. 310.2345 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zackary G. Szakacs, An Unmarried Man and Loretta J. Metcalf, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on November 18, 2003 in instrument 1117801, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seventy-Six And 47/100 Dollars ($136,076.47), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12, Twin Shores Plat, according to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 107 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518753 File #125025F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth William Schild and Danielle L. Schild, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003 and recorded June 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107314, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Incorporated, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W4 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Nine and 20/100 Dollars ($128,209.20) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3 and 4 of Block 13 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, excepting therefrom the East 7 Rods. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518698 File No. 213.0833 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Michael L Visser, a Single Man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Michigan Fidelity Acceptance Corp dba Franklin Mortgage Funding, Mortgagee, dated October 22, 2004 and recorded October 29, 2004 in Instrument # 1136335 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($95,474.17) including interest 11.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 10 and the North one-half of Lot 9 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 61 also conveying and granting right of ingress and egress to and Podunk Lake over the South 10 feet of Lot 16 of Loehrs Landing, according to the recorded plat thereof. Commonly known as 3020 Loehrs Landing Dr, Hastings MI 49058 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: NOVEMBER 26, 2007 U.S. Bank National Association, successor-in-interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-82929 ASAP# 941654 11/29/2007, 12/06/2007, 77518238 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy K. Lawrence, a married woman, and John D. Lawrence, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159683, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Two and 63/100 Dollars ($76,922.63) including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 42, Crooked Lake Summer Resort, as recorded in Liber 1, Page 52 of Plats. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519068 File No. 213.2436 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REBECCA S. NEITZKE, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2004, and recorded on October 21, 2004, in Document No. 1135859, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Six Cents ($67,477.06), including interest at 6.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on January 17, 2008 Said premises are situated in Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 1 AND 2 OF BLOCK 4 OF PARROTT'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF WOODLAND, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 36. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 17, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77519074 Southfield, MI 48075 �Page 13 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Roger L Marble, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2003, and recorded on September 30, 2003 in instrument 200309300019965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 16/100 Dollars ($117,535.16), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing in the Center of Highway at the Northeast corner of the West Fractional 1/2 of the Northwest Fractional 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, lying West of the North and South Highway; thence West 407 feet for place of beginning; thence South from Center of East and West Highway 185 feet; thence West 125 feet; thence North to Center of highway 185 feet; thence East along center of Highway 125 feet to place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518988 File #160310F02 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Delbert O. Moore and Peggy S. Moore, husband and wife, to Fifth Third Mortgage - MI, LLC, Mortgagee, dated May 6, 2003 and recorded May 12, 2003 in Instrument Number 1103998, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty and 94/100 Dollars ($94,440.94) including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on DECEMBER 27, 2007. Said premises are located in the Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land commencing at the North onequarter post of Section 9, Town 3 North, Range 8 West; thence South along the North and South onequarter line 1436.50 feet; thence West to the Westerly line of Trunk Line Highway M-43 for the place of beginning, thence West from the place of beginning 610.50 feet; thence South 264 feet; thence East 608 feet; thence North along the aforementioned Highway to place of beginning. Excepting therefrom the North 100 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: November 29, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518204 File No. 200.2773 NOTICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARRY COUNTY: Notice is hereby given that the Barry County Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing for the following: Case Number V-1-2008 Ronald and Denise Kraai. Location: 3751 England Dr., in Section 6 of Orangeville Twp. Purpose: Requesting a variance to enclose a 17x28-ft existing deck that is too close to the front yard (21-ft), the minimum is 35-ft., in the RL-1 zoning district. Meeting Date: January 8, 2008. Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Community Room in the Courts & Law Building at 206 West Court Street, Hastings, Michigan. Site inspection of the above described property(ies) will be completed by the Zoning Board of Appeals members before the hearing. Interested persons desiring to present their views upon an appeal either verbally or in writing will be given the opportunity to be heard at the above mentioned time and place. Any written response may be mailed to the address listed below or faxed to (269) 948-4820. The variance application(s) is/are available for public inspection at the Barry County Planning Office, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed between 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.) Monday-Friday. Please call the Planning Office at (269) 945-1290 for further information. The County of Barry will provide necessary auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon ten (10) days notice to the County of Barry. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the County of Barry by writing or calling the following: Michael Brown/County Administrator, 220 West State Street, Hastings, MI 49058, (269) 945-1284. Debbie Smith, 77519084 Barry County Clerk NOTICE OF MORTGAGE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 25, 2004, by Daniel Snowden and Michelle Snowden, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Dennis J. Smith and Carla M. Smith, as Mortgagees, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 3, 2004, in Document No. 1128679 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Sixty Nine Thousand and Nine Dollars ($69,009.00), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 31, 2008, at 1 p.m. at the East steps of the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 IN R.B. GREGG’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE WEST 132 FEET; THENCE NORTH TO THE BANK OF THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE EAST ALONG THE BANK OF SAID RIVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF QUEEN STREET: THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 523 Queen Street, Nashville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 12, 2007 Dennis and Carla Smith By: Brad A. Gee, Attorney Gee & Longstreet LLP 607 North Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 77518968 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven And 01/100 Dollars ($100,567.01), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518250 File #144361F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Thomason, Jr., a single man and Deborah Shotwell, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 16, 2001, and recorded on April 18, 2001 in instrument 1058286, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven And 00/100 Dollars ($64,297.00), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 33 feet of Lot 2 and the East 10 feet of Lot 3, Block 8, Butlers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518447 File #027248F04 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terilynn D. Hillis and Matthew Milbourn, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Comerica Bank, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2001, and recorded on August 6, 2001 in instrument 1064278, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Two And 06/100 Dollars ($91,872.06), including interest at 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: One acre out of the Northwest corner of the West 10 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Town 2, North, Range 7 West, except all of that part of which lies Westerly of a line 60 feet Easterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to M-66 described as beginning in the Northwest corner of Section 27, thence South 00 degrees 5 minutes 35 seconds East 1000 feet to the point of ending. Subject ot easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518983 File #178608F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick Van Haften, a single man, as his sole and separate property, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated June 30, 2006, and recorded on July 14, 2006 in instrument 1167179, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Five And 17/100 Dollars ($131,775.17), including interest at 7.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Yankee Springs, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 17 of Block 4, Sandy Beach Park, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 2 of Plats, Page 18 Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #174041F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Wells, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated July 8, 2005, and recorded on August 3, 2005 in instrument 1150590, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight And 10/100 Dollars ($99,538.10), including interest at 10.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1, Block 18, Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, as recorded in Liber A of Plats, Page 2, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519020 File #178681F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chuck Chapman, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 2005, and recorded on November 30, 2005 in instrument 1156953, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Eight And 52/100 Dollars ($90,798.52), including interest at 6.175% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 8, Block 72, Badcock's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on page 25. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #176961F01 77518852 77518233 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward Van Winkle, a married man and Rachel Van Winkle a/k/a Rachel L. Van Winkle, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated April 22, 2004, and recorded on May 27, 2004 in instrument 1128277, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 38/100 Dollars ($140,266.38), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Misty Ridge, filed in Plat Book 6, Page 30, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518683 File #176000F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Wolfgang, a single man, to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2006 and recorded August 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168258, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian for Morgan Stanley, MSAC 2007-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Sixty-One and 26/100 Dollars ($103,061.26) including interest at 9.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 8 of Block 13 of Parrotts Addition to the Village of Woodland according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 36. Being the same property conveyed to Timothy Wolfgang, a married man by Deed dated August 30, 2002 and recorded September 4, 2002 in Document Number 1086811, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519058 File No. 244.4411 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Terrel and Peggy Terrel, husband and wife, to Amera Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2001 and recorded August 27, 2001 in Instrument Number 1065366, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-C, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2001-C by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Ten and 26/100 Dollars ($115,310.26) including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 5 and 6 of Block 15 of Lincoln Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 55. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519079 File No. 221.6467 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Susan L. Penney and Roy Penney, Wife and Husband to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 7, 2006 in Instrument # 1172473 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Forty Cents ($289,293.40) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears north 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 262.85 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds East, 131.84 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 197.29 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds West, 269.22 feet to an intermediate traverse line of the shore of Upper Crooked lake; thence along said intermediate traverse line South 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West, 154.50 feet; thence South 58 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East, 333.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the waters of Upper Crooked Lake, a limited by the side line extended to the water edge. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes for Crooked Lane, 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as; Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive to the True Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears North 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 349.69 feet; thence North 00 degree 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 578.91 feet to a point hereinafter described as Reference Point “A” and the end of said described centerline, Also, a circular extension of said easement for cul-de-sac purposes, of 50 foot radius, centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A”. Commonly known as 11398 Sunfish, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518693 Our File No: 07-83140 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 14 LEGAL NOTICES THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Stall, a married man and June Stall, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successor and/ or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 21, 2003 and recorded November 26, 2003 in Instrument Number 1118284, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Five and 81/100 Dollars ($124,635.81) including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southwest one-third of said Section; thence West 430 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 215 feet; thence West 896 feet; thence North 215 feet; thence East 896 feet, more of less to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518819 File No. 362.2548 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda E. Helton, an unmarried person, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated December 8, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138678, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Three And 88/100 Dollars ($69,743.88), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 12, Town 1 north, Range 7 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line 1050 feet West of the East 1/4 post; thence North 160 feet; thence East 270 feet; thence South 160 feet to the east and west 1/4 line; thence West along said east and West 1/4 line 270 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518791 File #176799F01 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Linda Rogers and Surviving Spouse of Bruce R Rogers, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006 and recorded December 1, 2006 in Instrument # 1173369 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, by assignment recorded August 20, 2007 in Instrument # 200708200001110 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($142,695.25) including interest 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of beginning of this description ; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.00 feet along said Centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including Highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. Commonly known as 6741 North Whitneyville Road, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 10, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 07-83859 (HSBC) ASAP# 951137 12/13/2007, 12/20/2007, 77518805 12/27/2007, 01/03/2008 4 Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177698F01 77518940 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Fourteen And 16/100 Dollars ($366,214.16), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F04 77518840 ��� @@@ ��� @@@ ��� ��� UILTERS @@@ ��� ��� End of Year �� @@ �� @@@ ��� ��� @@ �� �� @@@ ��� ��� @@ �� �� @@@ ��� ��� @@ �� �� @@ �� @@@�� ��� @@@��� ��� @@��� �� �� @@ �� �� Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Liolen Sevigny, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, A California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 29, 2005 in instrument 1151809, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Fifty And 15/100 Dollars ($107,050.15), including interest at 11.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan described as: Commencing 70.57 Feet North of the Northwest Corner of Lot 9, Sam Bravata Plat, Then West 168.60 Feet, Thence North 0 Degrees 33 Minutes West 60 Feet along the West property Line, as described in Liber 244, Page 407, Thence East 169.19 Feet, Thence South 60 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. In Loving Memory of THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. FORECLOSURE NOTICE MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Julio OrtizSosa and Dorothy Ortiz-Sosa, his wife, to The CIT Group/Sales Financing, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 28, 1996, and recorded on May 29, 1996, in Liber 661, on page 865, Barry County Records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to 21st Mortgage Corporation by an assignment dated March 30, 2006 and recorded on April 12, 2006 in Document No. 1163001, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of sixty thousand thirty five and 93/100 dollars ($60,035.93) including interest at 9.750% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan, at 1:00 o’clock p.m., on Thursday, January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of Section 28, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, thence East 94 rods along the North line of said Section 28 to the true place of beginning, thence South 209 feet parallel with the West line of said Section 28, thence West, 417 feet parallel with said North Section line, thence North 209 feet to said North Section line, thence East 417 feet along the North Section line to the point of beginning and all attachment thereon including a 1995 Patriot Washington Park 28 x 56 manufactured housing unit bearing serial identification number LPP-5512 A/B IN. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof for Cloverdale Road. Tax No. 07-028-007-16 The redemption period shall be 6 years from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241 or MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MLCA 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: November 20, 2007 21st Mortgage Corporation, Assignee of Mortgage Richard A. Green, Attorneys, 30150 N. Telegraph Rd., Ste 444 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 77518181 (248) 540-7665 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry Thurman, a married man and Valerie Thurman, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to MMS Mortgage Services, LTD., a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated May 27, 1999, and recorded on June 4, 1999 in instrument 1030645, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Seven And 58/100 Dollars ($80,357.58), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 17, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, described as commencing at the center of said Section 17; thence South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on the East and West 1/4 line 550.00 feet to the place of beginning of this description; thence continuing South 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds East on said 1/4 line 330.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds East parallel with the North and South 1/4 line 1652.65 feet to the North line of the South 3/4 of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section; thence North 89 degrees 39 minutes 36 second West on same 220.02 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 661.35 feet; thence North 88 degrees 59 minutes 55 seconds West 110.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West 990.00 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: November 29, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518186 File #167192F02 E r i c C h a d D e G ro o t e M a rc h 2 9 , 1 9 7 7 - D e c e m b e r 1 9 , 1 9 9 1 HOURS ONLY! Saturday, Dec.29 7 to 11am • Patterns & Books........25% OFF • All Fabrics.....30% OFF • All Notions ....50% OFF Quilting Passions 117 W. State St. Downtown Hastings (269) 945-6238 77519086 Forever in our hearts you stay Loved and remembered everyday. Precious memories are such a part of the present. Stephanie graduates this year and we are so thankful that you were able to enjoy being an Uncle! BANKRUPTCY Free Initial Consultation McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. Love, Mom, Dad, Lynnette, Chris, Stephanie, Jeff & Carmen... and wishing we could have known you, Andrew Eric, Trevor & Tobi “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 06662768 77517709 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on November 6, 2003, by Margaret J. Busch, also known as Margaret Busch, a single woman, as Mortgagor, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on November 13, 2003, in Document No. 1117532 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Seven and 81/100 Dollars ($98,377.81), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Hope, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: That part of the South 64 rods of the Southeast _ of the Southeast _ of Section 27, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 27; thence North 88°59’06” West on the south Section line 867.54 feet to the place of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence continuing on said South Section line North 88°59’06” West 446.53 feet; thence North 0°31’30” East on the West line of said Southeast _ of the Southeast _, 534.59 feet; thence South 88°59’06” East parallel to the South Section line 446.53 feet; thence South 0°31’30” West 534.59 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of said easement being described as beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence the centerline of said easements runs North 0°31’30” East 534.59 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel and the point of ending.. Commonly known as 8964 Dunkley Dr., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be onr (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518786 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 269-945-3512 Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by FRANK DAVIS, AND SPOUSE LAURA DAVIS, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 22, 2005, and recorded on August 30, 2005, in Document No. 1151933, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Fifty-One Cents ($156,154.51), including interest at 7.670% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on January 17, 2008 Said premises are situated in Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 40 OF PINE HAVEN ESTATES NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 9, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 17, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Pandl, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 25, 2002, and recorded on February 4, 2002 in instrument 1074211, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Two And 74/100 Dollars ($90,592.74), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 10 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519044 File #178706F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremy A. Klinge, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 21, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006 in instrument 1170569, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred TwentyFour And 36/100 Dollars ($78,724.36), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12, Block C of Pleasant Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 59, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519033 File #178510F01 �Page 15 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner POLICE BEAT BEA Thieves target Horn Creek Pub The Horn Creek Pub in Hope Township suffered two recent break-ins that are being investigated by the Barry County Sheriff’s Department. In the first incident, Dec. 3, thieves attempted to cut the power line and generator, which activated the alarm, and gained entry through the front door. They removed the cash register and pried open two computer arcade coinoperated poker machines and removed the change and also took a dollar-bill validation machine. In the second break-in, Dec. 14, thieves were unsuccessful in their attempt when the alarm sounded, apparently scaring them away. They did gain entry but did not take anything. Out of gas, out of luck for Kalamazoo woman A Kalamazoo woman who ran out of gas in Carlton Township was arrested when a Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy who stopped to give assistance determined the woman was intoxicated. According to the report, Julie Baird, 28, of Kalamazoo was charged with operating a vehicle while Intoxicated, and a further check on the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) showed she was wanted on an outstanding felony warrant out of Kalamazoo County. Grand Rapids man arrested for driving while intoxicated A traffic stop in Thornapple Township resulted in the arrest of Victor Duwayne Kelly, 48, of Grand Rapids. A Barry County Sheriff Deputy was driving behind Kelly when he observed the Kent County man cross the center line a number of times. When stopped, Kelly was administered a preliminary breath test which determined his blood alcohol level to be .12 percent. Kelly was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. He was lodged in the Barry County Jail. Area agencies work together, solve car wash burglaries Hastings Police have made arrests in a breaking and entering that occurred during the early morning hours of Dec. 16 at the Hastings Laser Wash, 1530 S. Hanover St. With the help of Barry County Sheriff Deputies, three suspects were apprehended after police were alerted by Barry County Central Dispatch that a silent alarm had been activated. Hastings Police have responded to three previous break-ins at the business over the past several weeks, and installed the alarm two days before the business was hit again. Hastings officers and deputies from the Sheriff’s Department chased and apprehended Mark Edward Goff, 42, and Clayton Ray Henderson, 37, by following tracks in the snow. Both men are residents of Battle Creek, as was the third suspect, a 14-year-old male. Both Goff and Henderson were lodged in the Barry County Jail, and the 14-yearold was turned over to the custody of his parents. Running from an accident just compounds man’s problems Hastings Police were dispatched to a roll-over accident in the 1000 block of East Woodlawn Avenue that occurred just after midnight on Dec. 15. A witness told officers the driver of the vehicle had passed her traveling at a high rate of speed just prior to the accident. A short time later, the witness said she came upon the accident and observed the driver running from the scene into the woods. Officers were able to ascertain the driver’s identity as a 22-year-old Hastings resident. Charges are being sought on the man for driving on a suspended license and for failing to report and leaving the scene of an accident. No injuries were reported. The incident has been turned over to the Barry County Prosecutors office for review. Woman arrested in Hastings domestic dispute Hastings Police were called to a residence in the 700 block of West Green Street the morning of Dec. 12 to a reported domestic dispute. Responding officers made contact with two women who were observed arguing in the driveway. One of the women, identified as Krystal Boyle, 19, of Hastings had left her car blocking the homeowner’s vehicle and preventing her from leaving while Boyle demanded an article of clothing be given to her. The homeowner had asked Boyle to leave but Boyle refused and began yelling and using obscenities. Officers warned Boyle to refrain from cursing and to leave the residence. Boyle backed her vehicle into the street, got out of her car, and again began yelling obscenities. At that time, Boyle was placed under arrest for being a disorderly person. She was transported to and lodged at the Barry County Jail without further incident. Local police looking for stolen pick up Hastings Police are investigating a stolen-vehicle complaint that occurred Dec. 13. The vehicle, a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck, white in color, was last seen in the parking lot of the Smoking Gun Transport Co., 1616 S. Hanover St. There were no keys in the vehicle, but it may have been left unlocked. The vehicle was entered into the LEIN network as being stolen. The incident remains under investigation. COURT NEWS Dyrell Leon Myers, 27, of Battle Creek was sentenced Dec. 13 by Barry County Circuit Court Judge James Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and three months in jail on each of three counts of carrying a concealed weapon, fleeing from the police and operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Myers also was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and court costs of $250 for each count. He was assessed a probation fee of $240. Judge Fisher ruled that the balance of Myers’ jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of probation. Myers was arrested in Hastings Nov. 17 and convicted on Nov. 28. Mix was arrested in Hastings in January 2006. Adam Paul Mix, 27, of Hastings was sentenced in a probation violation hearing Nov. 15 and ordered by Judge Fisher to continue probation. Mix violated the probation he received in February 2006 for his conviction on a charge of uttering and publishing. He was originally sentenced to serve 24 months of probation and six months in jail and sentenced in October 2006 to continue probation and participate in substance abuse counseling, cognitive behavior therapy and Alcoholics Anonymous. Randy Dwayne Golyar, 47, of Nashville was sentenced Dec. 12 to serve 12 months of probation and 30 days in jail for his November conviction on a charge of Welfare fraud. Golyar was also assessed court costs of $500 and restitution of $3,798.16. Judge Fisher ruled Golyar may be discharged from probation upon payment of assessments and may participate in the Work Release program. The balance of his jail time may be suspended upon payment of $1,000. Harman Franklin, 37, of Grand Rapids was sentenced Nov. 11 in a probation violation hearing. Judge Fisher ordered Franklin to serve six months in jail but ruled his jail time may be suspended upon payment of $500. The judge also assessed Franklin $500 in court costs, restitution of $298.71 and a probation fee of $120. Franklin’s original sentence, in July, called for him to serve 12 months of probation and 90 days in jail for his June conviction on a charge of attempted uttering and publishing. Court of Appeals affirms conviction of child molester by Jon Gambee Staff Writer The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Charles Heacock for first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Heacock was convicted by a Barry County jury on July 14, 2006, and sentenced to serve 25 years to 40 years in prison by Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher. 401(k) rollovers made easy 77519056 Mark D. Christensen, AAMS 421 W. Woodlawn Ave. Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 945-3553 or toll free (800) 288-5220 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC Heacock argued he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial because defense counsel elicited testimony from an expert witness regarding the statistical probability of false accusations of sexual assault. Specifically, the expert testified that the YMCA’s statistics, which parallel national studies, indicated that between 2 and 3 percent of allegations are false. Heacock argued that this information evidenced his guilt rather than innocence. Heacock also argued that his trial counsel compounded her error by failing to object to the admission of the statistical evidence, which he argues was inadmissible. The court of appeals ruled Heacock was not prejudiced, nor was it shown that the he was actually innocent or that the fairness, integrity and public reputation of the judicial proceedings were seriously affected independent of Heacock’s innocence. The court found that the evidence of Heacock’s guilt was overwhelming. The victim described in detail sexual acts the defendant perpetrated against her. The victim’s testimony was corroborated by her brother, who testified he witnessed the sexual abuse. Banner CLASSIFIEDS CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 For Sale Automotive Business Services ARE YOU STILL LOOKING FOR THAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THAT HARD TO BUY FOR PERSON??? CROOKED CREEK WOODWORKING WHO BUILDS LOCALLY, MAKES WHITE CEDAR FURNITURE HAS ADIRONDACK CHAIRS ON SALE FOR CHRISTMAS FOR $80!!!! OTHER FURNITURE ITEMS AVAILABLE BY CUSTOM ORDER. CALL (269)948-7921 FOR MORE INFORMATION. GATEWAY MODEL GP6566C Computer, 64MB Memory Module, 15GP hard drive 566 MHZ Celeron Processor. EV500 15” Monitor, two Boston speakers. Microsoft Windows 98 and 98 second edition, MS work suite 2000. Software and mouse and multifunction keyboard. All original supporting disks and documentation including original shipping box. 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Readers are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. Card of Thanks THE FAMILY OF FRANCES COOK would like to express their thanks to those who called or visited, sent cards and provided food at the time of Mom’s death. We also appreciated the flowers and memorials given in her honor. A special thank you to Dr. Barnett and staff for their compassionate care and support. Words are not enough to express the gratitude to the in-home care givers who took care of Mom and the wonderful caring staff at Thornapple Manor. Thank you also to Pastor Bob Wessell, Koops Funeral Chapel and Gary Byma for their professional services and to Kilpatrick Social Concerns Ministry for providing the luncheon. God Bless each and every one of you. 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Admission prices are $12 for adults, students & seniors $9, children $4- $6. George Rickey is internationally regarded as among the most inventive and influential sculptors of the 20th century. Approximately thirty interior and twenty exterior works will be included. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays 9 a.m.-9 p.m., and Sundays noon-5 p.m. For more information call (616) 957-1580 or visit www.meijergardens.org. Through December 31. • Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives will be on display Monday through Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in downtown Grand Rapids. Admission is $7 for adults, seniors $6, children ages 6-17 $3. The exhibition features gripping eyewitness accounts chronicling dramatic moments in U.S History. For more information call (616) 254-0374 or visit www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Through January 6. • GRAM presents A Faithful Eye: Modern and Contemporary Art from The Netherlands, The ABN AMRO Collection at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Adults $8, seniors & college students with ID $7, youth (ages 6-17) $5, children under 6 free. The ABN AMRO Collection includes thirty-five paintings, many of monumental scale, from the art collection of ABN AMRO based in Amsterdam. The exhibition explores important themes and contradictory issues in modern and contemporary Dutch art, from subjects that recall the Dutch painting traditions of portraiture and landscape to works of pure abstraction, both rational and expressive. Twenty-seven artists are represented. For more information on the exhibit, go to www.gramonline.org or call (616) 831-1000. Through January 6. • GRAM presents Another Place, Another Time: Chris VanAllsburg Drawings at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Adult admission is $8, senior adults & college students with ID $7, children ages 6-17 $5. The exhibit features seventy-seven drawings spanning Van Allsburg’s extraordinary career as an author and illustrator. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Through Jan. 20, 2008. • GRAM presents Art & The Environment: Design Solutions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Adult admission $8, seniors & college students $7, children ages 6-17 $5. The exhibition focus is on the green design features of the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. For more information call (616) 8311000 or visit www.gramonline.org. Through June 1, 2008. • Bob the Builder at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 5 pm, Thursdays 9:30 am to 8 pm (Family Night 5 pm to 8 pm) and Sundays noon-5 pm. Admission is $5 for all people over 2 year old, senior $4.25, children (under 2) free. For more information call (616) 235-4726 or visit www.grcm.org. Through June 8, 2008. MUSIC/THEATRE • Grand Rapids Ballet presents: The Nutcracker at DeVos Performance Hall. Performances are Friday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 23 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $17-$52. The Grand Rapids Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker. Share the magic and rekindle the tradition - or start a new one- as a cast of over 100 dancers, including many community children, brings this timeless clasiic to life. The Grand Rapids Symphony performs the beloved Tchaikovsky score during eleven enchanting performances. For more information call (616) 454-1-4771 ext. 10 or visit www.grballet.com. December 14-23. MISCELLANEOUS • Swing Dance at the Richland Community Center, 8905 Gull Road (across from Hardings). Dances start with lessons at 7:30 p.m. and the dance will take place afterward and continue until 10:30 p.m. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Dress is casual. $5 per person. No partner necessary. Bring a snack for the snack table. Call (269) 317-2197 for details. First Friday of every month September through June. • Sunday Social Dances with the Swing Master’s Band at the Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue, Richland. Line dancing & social dancing lesson & practice from 1-2 pm is $5 per person. Dances take place from 2-5 pm with Swing Masters band. $7 per person. Beginning dance lessons in swing, cha cha, fox trot, waltz, polka, and rhumba. No partner necessary. All abilities welcome. Casual dress. No smoking or alcohol. Call Colleen Burke at (269) 317-2197 for more information. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month. • Dance to Life at Burnham Brook Center in Battle Creek from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Singles and couples welcome (anyone under 17 must be accompanied by adult). $4 at the door ($2 for members). Lean basic steps in East coast swing, waltz, fox trot, cha cha, and rumba. Instructor: Colleen Burke. Every Monday. This week’s selection: Fred Claus Critic’s Corner by D.N.A. Smith C A L E N D A R The Barry County Chamber of Commerce is located at 221 W. State Street in Hastings. The Chamber can be reached by phone at (269) 945-2454. Check out the Chamber’s website at www.barrychamber.com The Barry County Chamber of Commerce has phone books, maps and brochures of tourist attractions and places of interest locally and across the state. The Chamber also has free mailers for old printer ink cartridges and cell phones that will financially benefit the Barry Conservation District. Vince Vaughn is “Fred Claus.” body. But thankfully, by the end of the movie he learns Important Lessons about Family and The Spirit of Christmas. You, on the other hand, will be wondering how to get two hours of your life back. Please. Trust me. Avoid this movie. There are so many great Christmas movies you can rent or own. You don’t need to waste your time or money on this abomination. GRADE: F © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Bonus selection: Dan in Real Life Running time: 95 minutes MPAA rating: PG-13 “Dan in Real Life” is a nice movie about nice people. It’s funny, but not Ha-Ha funny, or gross, or mean, or vulgar, or quirky in the way that most indie comedies feel they need to be these days. It’s just nicely funny. If funny were an ice cream, this movie would be a flavor that’s more vanilla than vanilla. It would taste like Connecticut. “Dan in Real Life” is also rife with cliches. Don’t believe me? Allow me to elucidate: Steve Carell stars as the titular Dan, a widower father of three girls and a failed novelist who now writes an advice column. That description alone should speak volumes. Widower: You know that by the end of the film, he’ll be married and the girls will have a Mommy again. Three girls: You won’t remember their names, because they aren’t so much individuals as they are symbols for the Important Life Lessons Dan Must Learn. Yeah, it’s one of THOSE movies. But before you wrap your lips around the business end of Mr. Twelve-Gauge, there is one saving grace in this film, and that’s Juliette Binoche. She plays Marie, a woman Dan meets in a bookstore while he and his Steve Carell is “Dan in Real Life” girls are at a weekend family reunion in Rhode Island. It’s love at first sight, but there’s one hitch: She’s the new girlfriend of Dan’s brother. Oh fuss and bother! However shall Daniel reconcile this situation in a Nice Way? Don’t worry. He will. But you already know that he gets the girl, and that his brother will be angry — but not too angry and for not too long. Because these are nice people in a nice movie. “Dan in Real Life” is just another achingly familiar, cookie-cutter movie filled with nonthreatening, one-dimensional characters and treacly homilies. It’s the Forrest Gump of romantic comedies. GRADE: C© 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. Opera Exhibitions Theatre Concerts Coming Attractions Festivals Crafts Fairs Musicals Car Shows Friday Nights at GRAM: Jimmie Stagger "Back Porch" Style at the Grand Rapids Art Museum December 28. Hours are Friday 5-9 pm. Live jazz music and all areas of the museum, except the ticketed exhibition, are $4 after 5 pm. The finest blues and jazz bands will be playing in the café located in the Monroe Center Wing. Gourmet buffet at $10 per person and a cash bar available. For more information call (616) 831-1000 or visit www.gramonline.org. GRS's Conyers In the Spotlight at the DeVos Performance Hall January 3 & 4. Performances are planned Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $23-$31. This series retains everything you loved about the former Casual Classics Series – intimate concert hall, talk from the stage, free receptions, with a new focus on emerging talent. Whether an up-and-coming soloist or composer, our own symphony musicians, or works of great composers written during the early years of their careers, this series will give you the opportunity to discover these rising stars first, and become their biggest fans! For more information call (616) 454-9451 or visit www.grsymphony.org. Civic Theatre presents: The Miracle Worker will be presented Grand Rapids Civic Theatre January 10-26. Performances are Wednesday 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday 8 pm, and Sunday 3 pm. Admission $12-$25. This stirring dramatization of the story of Helen Keller is one of the most successful and warmly admired plays of the modern stage. For more information call (616) 222-6650 or visit www.grct.org. • According to a poll conducted in 1999, nearly 6 percent of the population of the United States believes that the first manned moon landing was staged by the government. • The kaleidoscope was invented in the 1800s, and the inventor had some difficulty in coming up with a name. Finally, he decided to take the name from Greek words meaning “look at beautiful forms.” • It was Elbert Hubbard, American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher, who made the following sage observation: “Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.” • If you paid attention in grammar school, you know that Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. You may not know, however, that he was the youngest person ever to become president; he was 42 years old and the vice president when President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. It’s also likely you are unaware of the fact that Roosevelt was the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize, in 1906. Also in 1906, he traveled to Panama to see firsthand how construction on the Panama Canal was going; that trip distinguished him as the first American president to leave the country while in office. • It was reported in 1877 that snakes fell from the sky in Memphis, Tenn. • Those who study such things say that the European starling is one of the world’s great mimics. It has the ability to imitate a surprisingly wide variety of sounds, including a dog’s bark, a cat’s meow, a cow’s moo, the songs of 50 other bird species, the drumming of a woodpecker and a ringing telephone. ******************************* Thought for the Day: “I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.” — Sir Winston Churchill © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. TRIVIA TEST Running time: 107 minutes MPAA rating: PG Every year there’s at least one teeth-gratingly awful Christmas movie inflicted upon an unsuspecting public (“Christmas With the Cranks” or “Jingle All the Way” or “Bad Santa” — you get the picture). This year is no exception. “Fred Claus” is to Christmas movies as Dr. Kevorkian is to comedy. Yes, I made a Kevorkian joke. Heck, if the makers of “Fred Claus” are too lazy to make good jokes, why should I? Vince Vaughn stars as, well ... Vince Vaughn. Seriously. This guy is STILL playing the same character he played in “Swingers,” “The Breakup” and “The Wedding Crashers.” The cocky hipster hustler schtick has worn thin, and Vaughn doesn’t have the acting chops to carry a film. Vaughn is the older brother of Santa Claus (played by Paul Giamatti in the most mindbogglingly bizarre casting choice EVER). Santa and his North Pole crew are in danger of being shut down by the faceless board of directors who oversee holidays (they fired the Easter Bunny). A smarmy efficiency expert (Kevin Spacey) is there to find fault with Claus’ operation, and he is going to exploit Vince Vaughn’s sibling rivalry with Santa in order to shut down Santa’s operation. In the process, Vaughn screws things up with Santa, the elves, his girlfriend, every- Art CHECK OUT THESE DECEMBER BARRY COUNTY AREA EVENTS: 20 Holly Trolley Christmas Ride from 6-8 pm. Ride the trolley around the village of Middleville. Rides begin at the Middleville Methodist Church. 20 Comfort and Joy at the Kellogg Manor House at the MSU Biological Station, 3700 E. Gull Lake Dr., Hickory Corners. Dinner $40 per person. 21 Humane Society Annual Holiday Bake Sale from 9 am-2 pm at Hastings City Bank and MainStreet Savings Bank in Hastings. Homemade cakes, pies, cookies, breads, doggie treats, and unique tree ornaments will be for sale. Money collected will be used for the Pet Meals on Wheels to provide pet food for COA Meals on Wheels recipients. Call 945-0602 for more information. Call anytime for Hastings Banner classified ads 269-945-9554 or 1-800-870-7085 By Fifi Rodriguez 1. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Ethiopia? 2. LITERATURE: What did the poet Wallace Stevens do for a living, aside from write poetry? 3. HISTORY: The first atomic submarine was built in which decade? 4. MEDICINE: What is low blood sugar also known as? 5. MOVIES: What was the setting for the terrorist-threat movie “Black Sunday”? 6. AMERICAN BUSINESS: What kind of product is produced by the Samsonite Corp.? 7. MUSIC: What was jazz pianist/bandleader Earl Hines’ nickname? 8. ENTERTAINERS: Madonna was married to which actor/director in the 1980s? 9. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. president’s image appeared on a dollar coin in 1971? 10. TELEVISION: What did “Desperate Housewives” actress Teri Hatcher do before her acting career? Answers 1. Addis Ababa 2. Lawyer 3. 1950s 4. Hypoglycemia 5. Super Bowl 6. Luggage 7. Fatha 8. Sean Penn 9. Dwight D. Eisenhower 10. She was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 17 BORN THIS WEEK: Your sense of right and wrong sometimes causes you to come into conflict with others. But you invariably come out ahead. ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Start preparing now to make sure you get the credit you’re due for all that effort you put in to get that project off the ground. A new challenge emerges after the 15th. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’re still charging full steam ahead on the job — and that’s fine. But take time to share the joy of preparing for the upcoming holidays with folks you love. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A former detractor resists joining your ranks just yet. Give him or her time to learn more about what you’re doing. Meanwhile, devote more time to friends and family. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be careful not to be goaded into a tiff by someone who might be looking for a fight. Remain cool as you make your exit. Be assured that others will rally to your support. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Kudos on getting the well-deserved Lion’s share of the rewards for a job well-done. Now you can take a breather from your workaday duties and spend time with your family. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You enjoy a quick spurt of renewed energy just in time to meet that upcoming deadline. A potentially romantic situation looms. How it develops will be up to you. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Watch out for distractions that could cause delays and leave you running twice as fast to finish your work by the 15th. Then go ahead and have fun. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) You might prefer to work on current tasks on your own. But be open to a potentially useful suggestion from someone who admires you and wants to help. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Avoid rushing full gallop into that volunteer project without knowing what’s expected of you. Take things a step at a time as you begin to find your way. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Good news: You should begin to feel more comfortable expressing your emotions. This will go a long way in helping you with that personal situation. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An old friend gives confusing signals. Best advice: Don’t assume that things will necessarily work themselves out. Ask questions and demand straight answers. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A new relationship needs time to develop. Be careful not to let your emotions flood your natural sense of caution. Meanwhile, check out that new job offer. © 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. GET ALL THE NEWS OF BARRY COUNTY. Subscribe to the Hastings Banner. Call 945-9554 for more information. Super Crossword Solution �Page 18 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Hastings Exchange Club names Young Citizens Young Citizens for the month of December at Northeastern Elementary are Christy Clark (left) and Jaleel Richardson (right), who are joined by counselor Nancy Bradley. Young Citizens for December at Hastings Middle School include (from left) Mairi McMellen, Adam Keeler, Brian Graybill, Emma Anderson and Shelby Price, joined here by assistant principal Steve Hoke. CITY OF HASTINGS REQUEST FOR BIDS 21AA Modified Crushed Gravel Sealed bids will be received at the Office of the City Clerk/Treasurer, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 until 9:00 a.m. on Monday January 7, 2008 at which time they shall be opened and publicly read aloud. All bids shall be clearly marked on the outside of the submittal package “Sealed Bid - 21AA Modified Crush Gravel”. Business under new management. Kara Echtinaw Accepting new clients 124 E. State St., Hastings (269) 945-6467 5 off $ 02683420 what do you think? with Barry County 5th District Commissioner Mike Callton December Young Citizens of the month for December at St. Rose School are Austin Caris (left) and Fiona Shay, joined by teacher Amy Murphy. ScoobeDoo’s Grooming Tim Girrbach Director of Public Services 77518865 George Lane (left) and Kaitlyn Bancroft (second from right) are joined by teachers Julie Carlson and Dawn Secord (right) when the two students were named Young Citizens for the month of December at Star Elementary in Hastings. Samantha Traister was named Young Citizen for December at Pleasantview Elementary. She is shown here with teacher Trisha Kietzman. 77519027 The City of Hastings, Michigan is soliciting bids for the provision of 1500 tons of 21AA modified crushed gravel. Bids shall include delivery of the gravel to the City of Hastings yard located at the City limits on West State Road. Bid proposal forms and specifications are available at the address listed below. The City of Hastings reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularities in the bid proposals, and to award the bid as deemed to be in the City’s best interest, price and other factors considered. Central Elementary teacher Tim Newsted (from left) poses with his school Young Citizens of December, Ronnie Collins, Grace Meade and Naomi VanDien. Coupon for New Customers Southeastern Elementary School teacher Dan Benningfield is flanked by his school’s December Young Citizens, Brad Hall (left) and Jay Molette. The State of the County 2007 The Economy County unemployment was 5.1% in September, the third lowest of Michigan’s 83 counties. However, it’s still much higher than 3.4% in 2000. The Register of Deeds, Darla Burghoff, reports a six-fold increase of foreclosures since 2000. Local Schools My discussion with three county school superintendents points to the lack of funding from the State of Michigan as their biggest challenge. Years of insufficient funding are now starting to show. Increased class sizes, cuts in programs and inability to maintain infrastructure are hurting educational quality at a time when it needs to get better. Crime Sheriff Dar Leaf’s office reports that violent and nonviolent crime is comparable to 2006 levels. There were significantly more family disputes this year. Prosecutor Tom Evens reports a higher felony conviction rate and an increase in misdemeanor cases, especially domestic violence. Taxes Unlike the State of Michigan, Barry County balanced its budget without any new taxes, in fact the county tax rate will drop 3% in 2008. At a tax forum hosted by State Rep. Brian Calley, taxpayers expressed frustration that their property taxes increased while their property values dropped. He said that this fluke was caused by Proposal A. The Environment To address worsening groundwater contamination, the Health Department developed the Time of Sale or Transfer (TOST) regulation. Some property owners have opposed this regulation, partly due to inspection cost. 2007 a Year of Need County Charities have been flooded with requests from families for help. Help with food, bills, shelter and clothing. These are tough times and it’s going to take all of our charities, service organizations, churches and people helping each other to get through this. I have faith that we will. Happy Holidays! PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: 77518975 Isn’t it Nifty... Little Tommy Butler (AKA Big Daddy) is turning Dec. 20th 50 All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act and the Michigan Civil Rights Act which collectively make it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, age or martial status, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To report discrimination call the Fair Housing Center at 616-451-2980. The HUD toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. 77509092 What do you think? Paid for by Dr. Mike Callton, D.C., Barry County 5th District Commissioner. Comments made by Dr. Callton are not intended to represent the views of other Barry County commissioners. 08748362 P.O. Box 676, Nashville, MI 49073 michaelcallton181@hotmail.com 77518883 77519025 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 19 Buzzer beaters and DK turnovers lead to Lion win by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Maple Valley senior guard Kenneth Quick’s first field goal and his last field goal couldn’t have been any more dramatic Thursday night. Quick nailed a three-pointer from just over the mid-court stripe to give his team a 24-23 lead at the half in their Kalamazoo Valley Association match-up with Delton Kellogg, for his first three points of the night. Quick’s final two points came on a jumper in the lane as the final ticks came off the clock, giving his team a 51-49 victory of the Panthers. He had eight other points, somewhere between the two buzzer beaters, to lead Maple Valley with 13 total for the night. “He’s actually struggled shooting (this season),” Maple Valley head coach Keith Jones. “He’s still scoring because he gets into the paint, but this should put him back where he should be confidence wise.” The Panthers could have done a little more to slow Quick down on the buzzer beater before the half, and never should have gotten to the point where a second buzzer beater could beat them. Delton led by four points with 36 seconds left, and had possession of the basketball. Panther forward Tony Reeves was whistled for an illegal screen, and things went down hill from there for the Panthers. Maple Valley raced the ball up the court, and Quick found teammate Dustin Houghton wide open underneath for a lay-up that made the score 49-47 in favor of the Panthers. The Lion press then forced Delton senior guard Nick Blacken into a turnover, and it let to another Houghton bucket to tie the game. Again the Lions pressed, and again the Panthers got the ball into Blacken. He raced towards the left sideline, and was whistled for stepping out of bounds with 14.2 seconds left. “You’ve got to make free throws. You can’t dribble it up the sideline so their students can be swatting it. You just can’t take it up the side like that against the press,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Mike Mohn. Those were things the Panthers could have controlled down the stretch. “You have to take care of the things you control. You can not control officials. You can not control the crowd. You can only control yourself.” “If we take care of the basketball with a four point lead with 30 seconds left, we win.” “That’s about the best life lesson we can give. Take care of what you can take care of.” Jones felt a little bad for Mohn. “We stole one from him tonight,” he said. Delton Kellogg jumped out to a 12-4 lead See BASKETBALL, page 22 SPORTING COLORS Apparel, Gifts & Collectibles Gift tes C e rtifica Available Delton Kellogg’s Nick Blacken (30) is fouled as he squeezes between Maple Valley’s Kenneth Quick (left) and Jeff Burd during the second quarter Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Vikings and Lions see a lot of each other before break The Lakewood varsity wrestling team improved to 7-0 in duals on the season by knocking off Belding and Maple Valley in a quad on Wednesday night. The Vikings topped the Redskins 51-18 and defeated the Lions 45-27. “We’re still trying to put the puzzle together over here,” said Lakewood head coach Bob Veitch, who’s team is now ranked ninth in the state in Division 3. The tightest match in the dual between the Vikings and Lions was the 215-pound bout where Lakewood’s Kurtis Powell knocked off Dusty Cowell 6-4. At 145 pounds, Maple Valley’s Lucas Brumm defeated Lucas Porter 11-9. Those were the only matches of the dual that ended with one team earning three points. Lakewood’s Jake Shaw (119), Brennan Simon (160), and Ryan Steverson (285) all scored major decisions. The rest of the matches that were contested ended in pins. Jeff Baillargeon, (103), Ryan Brown (130), Mason Blackmer (135), Darrin Durkee (140), and Cody Orszula (171) scored pins for Lakewood, while Ron Smith (112), Tyler Corwin (125), and Tory Roberts (152) had pins for Maple Valley. Chad Rhodes (189) had the Lions’ other victory, winning by default at 189 pounds. Maple Valley scored one victory on the night, over Wayland 51-27, with 12 of the 14 matches ending in pins one way or the other. Eight of those 12 pins featured Lions putting Wildcats on their back, six points each for Maple Valley thanks to Zack Baird (103), Smith (112), Anthony Molson (119), Tyler Corwin (125), Tyler Franks (135), Roberts (152), Tony Corwin (160), and Jon Currier (285). The Lions’ other three points came from Rhodes’ 8-2 victory over Sean Thompson in the 189-pound match. The Vikings and Lions then got to see each other again on Saturday, at the Lions’ Jesse Snow Memorial Invitational. A Lakewood squad, made up of some varsity and some B Team wrestlers finished third, just a point and a half ahead of the host Lions. Kelloggsville took the title with 167 points. Caledonia was second with 150, followed by Lakewood 144.5, Maple Valley 143, Coopersville 124.5, Dansville 114.5, Hopkins 77, Muskegon Catholic Central 5, and Concord 3. Only Kelloggsville had more individual champions than the Lions, who got flight championships from Smith at 112, Rhodes at 189, and James Cramer at 215 pounds. Lakewood’s lone champion on the day was Blackmer, who won the 140-pound title with a 3-2 decision over Marink Jackson of Coopersville in the finals. Maple Valley had one runner-up finish, by Tyler Corwin at 125 pounds. He was edged 75 by Kelloggsville’s JT Gustin in the championship match. Second place finishes for Lakewood went to Alex Knop (135), Levi Phelps (171), Simon (189), and Roy Valdez (285). The Vikings are off now until after the holidays, when they return to action at the annual L.H. Lamb Tournament in Hastings on Jan. 5. Delton Kellogg forward Robbie Wandell rises to fire a short jumper over the outstretched arm of Maple Valley’s Dustin Houghton in the first half Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer) 214 N. Jefferson • Downtown Hastings Holiday Hours: Thurs. & Fri. 9am-8pm • Sat. & Sun. 9am-7pm • Mon. Christams Eve 9am-4pm 269-945-4551 77519088 Jeff Mansfield City Manager Tim Girrbach Director of Public Works Jerry Sarver James French, District #2 Police Chief Don Tubbs Mike Callton District #5 4th Ward Please note our special David Jasperse HOLIDAY HOURS: 4th Ward Monday, December 24th Christmas Eve Day – Close at 1 pm Tuesday, December 25th Christmas Day – CLOSED Monday, December 31st New Year’s Eve Day – Close at 5 pm Tuesday, January 1st New Year’s Day – CLOSED Jeff VanNortwick Tom Evans, District #7 Prosecuting Attorney Dar Leaf, 150 W. Court Street (269) 945-9535 HastingsCityBank.com Hastings City Bank Member FDIC ATM and Online Banking is available 24 Hours a Day! 77518907 Sheriff 77518046 �Page 20 — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — The Hastings Banner A few good minutes not enough for TK by Brett Bremer Sports Editor Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity girls’ basketball team played three minutes of very good basketball to start the third quarter against Forest Hills Northern (FHN) Friday night, but three minutes wasn’t nearly enough for the Trojans to keep pace with the Huskies. Following those three minutes, the Huskies pushed an eight point lead to 18 points by the end of the quarter and then went on to a 55-28 win. Late in the first half, Trojan head coach Rob Roelofs shouted deliberately to his team, “look inside.” The Trojans did, and nearly doubled their point production for the entire first half in those final two minutes of the quarter. The Huskies led 24-12 at the break. TK then went on a 7-3 run to start the second half, and got a good look for Chloe Buxton underneath which would have cut FHN’s lead to just six points if it had gone down. It didn’t though. It could have been a six point game, but then on the other end of the floor TK forgot The Lions’ Jennifer Kent works her way around Kelsey Campbell Friday night, during the Eagles’ victory at Olivet. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Lion ladies have lost three in a row, after starting 4-0 The Lions’ Leslee Rigelman looks for help as she gets past her defender Friday night at Olivet. (Photo by Perry Hardin) news Olivet scored a 52-36 victory over the Lion ladies in Kalamazoo Valley Association action Friday night, at Olivet High School. Maple Valley’s offense fell apart in the third quarter, scoring just two points in the period. That after the Lions trailed by only two points at the half. Olivet went on a 13-2 run in the third quarter to push its lead from 25-23 to 38-27 heading into the final eight minutes. The Lions didn’t have a scorer in double figures for the night. Bailey Flower led Maple Valley with eight points. Jennifer Kent put up six points, and Lauren Pierce and Leslee Rigelman had six each. Olivet was led by the 14-point performance of Kelcey Campbell. Jackie Cousineau added 11 for the Eagles. Maple Valley is now 4-3 on the season, after winning its first four ball games, and 22 in the KVA. Leslie got the best of the Lions in a nonconference clash Tuesday night, scoring a 5340 victory. The Blackhawks built up a 26-15 advantage in the opening half, as Kristen Seburg led her team with 16 points overall for the night and Becky Swab chipped in ten. Maple Valley got 14 points from Elizabeth Stewart, who knocked down a pair of three point shots. Kent added eight points and Jorden Beachnau six for the Lions. The Lions return to KVA play Thursday at Pennfield for their final contest before the holiday break. P.O. Box B Highway 1351 N. M-43 49058-0188 Hastings, MI 948-8051 Phone: (269) 945-5192 Fax: (269) ATION ICS, INC. PUBLIC J-AD GRAPH EPORT VILLE, FRE N, CLARKS D, MULLIKE ND, SUNFIEL , WOODLA E ODESSA SERVING LAK ber 15, 2007 . 51 • Decem Vol. 17-No Santa d stops in Sunfiel Give a the Village on to Bethlehem welcome visitors town rabbi rds and the The shephe Christ’s birth. holy night of and common village officials from M-50 where folk were volunteers brought from churches. ted, along several area by Helen Mudry they’re construc area pilshelters made More than 700 to see the Staff Writer with some out were the Bethlehem tarps, which grims venturedand sounds of The Biblical last from transported sights, smells village shops. village was Mary and the lawn of , pg. 14 The wise men, keepers, village weekend onto See shop Bible Church. Joseph, m Clarksville sheds from soldiers, Bethlehe Wooden storage Barns were Roman Michigan Dutch in Hastings new hospitalmade after exploring fiveas sites “We Pennock to build Lewis Blake. from other constructionnities to e Sheryl input by arrival. (Photo wait for Santa’s while they an intensiv valuable well as opportu site. bundle up Following process gained youngsters 300 area resi- expand at the current nt The Sunfield strategic planning health more than s owners, Due to our consiste raphy) current that the perdents, busines and study of Superior Photog and our back the traditionhad many of three to five nty officials Pennock Health ent and growth year, the age of the care trends, announced a city/cou fire departm physicians Santa’s. d cent per were given a years ago to sit on Santa’s cture and Services has hospital own from The children es, which impacte by Helen Mudry current infrastru 4-by-6 we plan to expand and M-37 employe said Ron Wells treats and a to expand off limited land options, Staff Writer aphy. off bag of ph of the encounter, lap,” our decision . time Photogr services at M-43 farm some relocate Superior 32-acre Santa took decided to site". n. hustle to photogra on a former pledges to estimated to d in 2001 with no obligatio to bring his Christmas “Pennock The project, Pennock purchase Ferris. tively priced from Superior Photography $60 mil“We are trying Howard remain competi approximately be stop at from the late Saturday and , slated cost will enable all Barry in order to continue to of in Sunfield r lion, The new hospital little girls access ed by 2012, low cost provide able visit with the good residents to to be complet al parking County compar -the art the hospitals in throughout and boys. efficient, state-of includes addition reindeer the and she said. access, single He gave the a 1948 and ease of rooms, new health care,ed services will markets n (per Michigan and arrived in t Michiga “Expand tion charge day off Overland Jeepster. bed inpatien t food for local and delivery better meet patient expecta- Hospital Associa d to the Willys police collec OB rooms was decorate and enable Area • expanded be released needs to studio an and The data .” weltions indesuites, public in January)not in a holiday theme to Department, Pennock to remain food pantries team places in general do d Emergency of children competitive equestrian and expande Pennock officials current come the scores audipendent and market.” • Lakewood reconfigured increased care to vacate the entirety waiting for a private elf.” surgical suites, space and the healthGoodin, a member plan break second site in its the “jolly old Nancy of hospital ties for ence with ers head into physician office nt diaga chance to ’s Board several possibili Each child had lap. Some are • Varsity wrestl of Pennock expanded outpatie man of and in duals . and chairwo tee, the existing facility had date, sit on Santa’s s undefeated nostic services the decision Trustees g Commit explored. To their lists, some and basketball result the Buildin of being "We made develop- brought to heart (the board are under services off • Friday night re it committed our plans to expand our many fac- said, "We ones let it an Elderca take seriously to a some of the little ment for or trustees) rather ibility campus due would they s Campus least of which ship respons tors, not the recent ‘You steward obligation to per- Service& Wellness Campus. be known ’s lap than sit on Mommy and moral involved our ’s mis- Health commuhospital petuate the Speak, We Listen’ decision was said Pennock nity forums,” ve Officer sion. This Executi Chief ue... In This Iss News a Areas and Caledoni Middleville er Serving n Newspap Your Hometow After a game got away in the second half of the season opener, the Viking varsity girls’ basketball team made sure their opponents never even got into the game last Friday night. Lakewood went to Perry, and improved to 4-1 overall on the season with a 58-13 victory over the Ramblers. The Vikings are now 11 in the Capital Area Activities Conference White Division. “Coming off that Corunna loss, our girls really came ready to play,” said Lakewood Published by J-Ad 1351 N. M-43 xÇ}Éç Graphics, Inc. Highway, Hastin gs, MI 49058 Phone: (269) 945-9554 Vol. 135-N o. 51, Decem ber 15, 2007 Nashville in creases sewe r and water rates by Sandra Ponsett incurred by Staff Writer o the village. The Nashvil The council employee co-pay le Village discussed Council, with from the village village council reexamining how it president com- from and a $1,000 co-pay Hughes $124,407.05 Frank Dunham putes cost-of-living each employe completion for increasabsent, voted es in sewer e. of the sewer on Mill Street to remove The council unanimously project structure. the replaced also approve approve a 40-cent to because the and water rates a motion d owned by on the property . And, costs seem to reimbur Village resident sand rate increase per thou- increasin asked that the finally, she g at a higher to be clerk Cathy Lentz se village transfer Jeff Beebe and the Aiken company that for water than Sue last of $27,400 and 66-cent rate tuition $768 requeste anticipated. trimmed the from the per after she successf for general fund thousand council record d that the removin trees by gallon increase to cover In other business ully completed g the countwo training ance of the paymen the bal- her request thatin its minutes side facingall the limbs on the keep up with for sewer to cil approve t which nut the two walthe rising costs d a new health courses. the road, not was more than to deliver trees insurance plan allowed to be the estimate In other financia the service cost. trim the trees d in front in the right-of-way again. for employees, with l matters, of her home the council a $3,000 The council Church Street on unanimously per approve also approve a motion to not be d paying C send a letter d removed unless they and D the to die. owner of a derelict barn also requested that when She trees die, the they not Following be an intensiv strategic plannin e former 32-acre g process and study of farm bed Pennock purchase inpatient d care trends, current health from the late Howardin 2001 rooms and rooms, new OB tient Pennock Health delivery diagnost Services has suites, an ic services. The new hospital Ferris. expande d "We made the plan to expand announced a be complet , slated to Emerge Pennock decision to said ed by 2012, Department, reconfig ncy expand our services Chief ices at M-43 hospital serv- includes Executi ured and expande and M-37 on off cam- Lewis ve Officer Sheryl the Building Commit d surgical suites, pus due to many factors, a and ease additional parking increase tee, said, "We of access, not valuableBlake. “We gained (the board single space d physician office the least of which involved trustees) take of input from our recent ‘You and expande seriously more than 300 area d outparesidents, busi- stewardship respons our Listen’ commun Speak, We ness and moral obligatio ibility owners, city/cou ity forums,” officials and nty n our own physi- petuate the hospital to percians and employe sion. This decision ’s misby Jon Gambee es, which impacted our was made after explorin representative Staff Writer decision g five expand off site". to construc of the townThe ship tion sites as other Barry Reese said The project, well County no association would serve Dispatch 911 he is looking estimated to opportunities to expand as more than two forward to working Board, cost stepped approxim which the may undergo at four-year down in June. current site. terms,” Rook ately with the 136th year other member Due The lion, will enable $60 mil- consiste said. change in little a radical s of the 911 center is currentl nt growth of to our At the Dec. all Barry board. y being County more than a administered three to month, is already meeting, two 6 association on an interim efficien residents to access five percent per year, “This is a basis by Phyllis seeing a the age of the current candidates new face on t, state-of public ics, Inc. were nominat Fuller. -the art the infrastructure health care, ed, Reese and position,” he said. service Boysen by J-Ad Graph and limited Reese, Castleto board. Jerry Johnsto she said. land options, Published having one central “I think supervis and Jim Brown, wn n Township “Expanded we Township trustee, has or of Hasting location is Supervis services will decided to relocate. been very importan s better meet the Barry County selected by Reese or Robert L. Mack. “Pennock t, and as a citi- Charter Township, l 2007 zen I have always was elected were the tions and patient expecta- remain pledges to n Hospita Chapter of two townshi ember 15, by a show the Michiga needs and enable p representatives Pennock of hands. been very competitively (per Michiga to be No. 51/Dec pleased with on the 911 board. priced in order g five other Association charge datapublic Association n Townships the to “I don’t the 911 center. operation of after explorin (MTA) pendent and remain inde- low costto continue to be the general as well as A result of replace Don to exact count,” remember the competitive released to the patient expecta- construction sites provider the at Boysen. investig meet “We the of tion of Nystrom Rook said. ahospihealth care market.” in tals in compara have some Boysen, supervis and enable opportunities to expand our in January).” gained better Reese, who do not chal- plan has been a to Blake. “We more tions and needs Nancy Goodin, has served on lenges ahead. We or of the and through ble markets to review the Thornapple Pennock officials remain inde- the current site. Due an Lewis have to from a member current Castleton out Michiga find a replacem Township, 911 mas- of Pennock Pennock to of three to delivery suites,ncy valuable input tive in Township served two has n to vacate the entirety ent for the ter plan. A date of Jan. e rooms and four-year terms Board for three years, 911 director residents, busi- pendent and competi consistent growthyear, the age plan Emerge 15 has Trustees and ’s Board of in its been set an intensiv on the 911 and we have nty than 300 area per market.” is a chairwoman to initiate retired Maple hospital site expanded ties for See HOSPITAL, Following board as one five percent to review. reconfigured ness owners, city/cou of the health care g process Valley High address the issue of infrastructure and several possibili being two townshi of School a member The current the page 12 Department, suites, new board bylaws that our own physiteacher and strategic plannin Nancy Goodin, Board of of the current 911 options, we the existing facility are are current health and expanded surgical office officials and tives. Those p representahas may come coach. ’s es, which “I started at limited land . eight years cominto indepen determined that an n and study of date, plans of Pennock Maple Valley effect after January.” man of and bine to meet Pennock Healtha increased physicia outpa- cians and employe dent committ to relocate right out explored. To decision to Trustees and chairwo for an d care trends, ee comCharles Nystrom posed tee, decided pledges to under development announced set by the the term limit a 1968 of college,” Reese, and expande impacted our g Commit , who memberof entities that place “Pennock Campus served as Services has hospital serv- space Central Michiga association, priced off site". ic services. to the Buildin (the board of according to competitively Univers Eldercare Services n since the the 911 director conduct s on the board will a tient diagnost the decision to expand project, estimated Wellness "We plan to expand our remain to continue to be the center’s inceptio The made who serves Thomas Rook, taught ity graduate, said. “I and M-37 on Health & mil- said, the a "We seriously review. $60 M-43 or camat take order ately as off in general science. in ices n farm 1991, is currently the chairper hospiservices There are son of the associat cost approxim 32-acre - then in Barry trustees)ship responsibility low cost provider of Campus. expand our on paid 21 entities, former 1980 I helped And administrative factors, not lion, will enable all d in 2001 leave pending including the MTA, “We determi ion. access steward obligation to per- tals in comparable marketsn pus due to many involved Pennock purchase The familiar the vilned a long the computer science start his official retireme residents to lages, and Michiga and moral time ago, Howard Ferris. the least of which festive red pro- February a member gram, and hospital’s mis- and throughout We County t, state-of-the art I from the late , slated to petuate the ‘You Speak, . Nystrom, nt in the general public, from box has returned to remember when,don’t even science I taught computer was made efficien Central who is The new hospitalby 2012, our recent Park in Nashvill being investig until I retired ity forums,” health care, she said. that each sion. This decision ed ated by Barry will comprise the which e. 2000.” Listen’ commun in County Chief services will be complet Area children review board. No current Sheriff Dar al parking said Pennock “Expanded are invited Leaf for Sheryl member of to drop their possible includes addition access, single Executive Officer letters improprieties, the 911 board can be deal OB and ease of on the in the box and one to Santa have a great the committee. t rooms, new hard not to of Santa’s in helpers will an bed inpatien pride pick up the of by Fran Faverm accomters, some of let.we’ve Staff Writer village… years printed in an which will be did not a lot in recent ia a Chilly weather s from plished tion of the upcoming ediresident at making Caledon Maple Valley deter village participate in aimed ion rather than an In an News. to e-mail memo we y destinat turning out But, rest assured, And now Maple Valley to filed utting ceremon afterthought. the letlook here the ribbon-c ters will arrive teachers and School District charges sexual harassment end of the five- have a fresh new any informa staff, dated against a and marking the Pole in plenty at the North Nov. 15, tion until Street." streetscape ce his time, Maple Valley employee and that, fellow investigation of time for month long ia’s on Main Christmas. Superintendent we have no the importan is complete. in compliance with of Caledon in He stressed evidence the Accordi of that board that Schools g rebuilding ng any Kim policy, child in the to Kramer investigation an project begun are Kramer wrote that ’s nity commuof people observin Main Street was started memo, the district’ wanted institutions he immedia s own was or student in our district investig village and its tely. but peo- to "stop rumors and mid-July. involved," involved lay- not brick and mortar false information that the districtKramer added believe ations, "led us to council The project requesting that he added, that can that there is closely with was working the allegatio sanitary sewer ple. He thanked hurt individuals in merit in the teachers l the Michiga ing storm and and present, trict," in response the dis- State ns and have and staff, "refrain from n placed the mains, electrica Police, members past has been gosto reports siping about lines, water thatsevof parking a staff member investigating who are also on adminisaccused employee this, project • Santa comin and to rumors that as they lead the complai conduit, redesign rebuilding for the filed a trative leave sexual in the making, g nt. harassment Michigan can hurt with pay, pending complaint • Early 4s learn to Putnam Library along the street,enhancement eral years againstfor City Bank an internal viduals involved more indiRay Durham State trooper hearing another staff sale of and possibly cause , who is member investig the street, and of decorative the Hastingse with the and review during • Kalamo UMC about bears the case the use of the undue g previous ating its assistanc through the In his memo, week. officer tor. by the county prosecu- cern for our parents conand sidewalk bonds as part of the financin assigned to brick also service tonigh hosting worship and the commun Kramer complia noted lighting, case He acknow ity. ledged that nt had been said a for the project. member "Since this a "wonmaterials. a staff with "We take this • DDA estab t is a personn in the origi- that the project was filed issue, had indeed formally very serithe Michiga effort lishme Not included no further details el ously and we was tive later n State coopera Police but added Nashville busine nt discussed at be released can it diligentl will investigate declined to nal plans but the parking lot derful, at this time. governmental y to get the give let me ss group meeti • Board of truth assure you that, But, then renovation of westernmost between take ng Educa at appropr the this his units." iate action," he wrote. the behind end of problems with tion hears about north side of Nearing the said, gym floor block on the costs of the , Williamson those to remarks street. Total thanks to project came "A heartfelt streetscape merchants who citizens and on Main Street company cut $1,839,000. construction son, village work of the road Scott William anied by live and up with representatives patiently putting of conalong with president, accomp Gilbert, for l government, Kelly Lloyd) trustees Dan Terry nearly five monthsit wasn’t regiona village and by . I know the local Erskine, ny. (Photo Dan Members of Mike structiontimes, but in the end recent ceremo and easy at during the Mulvihill, downtown the ribbon well as village we have a better Maviglia as Ayers, led area to build upon." manager Sandra who repreincluding State Sen. Jansen, noting that the group Jansen and Caledonia, of many Senator Mark Steil Jr. to sents stories choir of soprajoin the girls State Rep. Glenn stretched the upper Main Street Johns which buildings on nos and altos. choir will be ial, said by Patricia the ribbon Street at the once resident The SSAA Staff Writer by across Main of the street were thought the Michigan Kellogg sen- singing “Ave Maria” Da he end ple that northern Thornap Development Josh Tavern on , “John Saw by d Welton and State Housing from the Family iors Grace State Brahms ” arranged to Sam’s Joint Authority could be contacte e be in the Numbah the south side Foote will were availabl “Kyrie from The two went Thomas, to see if funds on the north. Honors Choir. by Jeffers, opened the rounds of comMissa Brevis”by Williamson Dafnis, saying, through two 13 s Dec. 1 at e” it’s ceremonies petitive audition Michigan “Sunris gs Innocent” by See STREET, page here today, "Standing Western this “Mornin “Punching the to receive Walker, Parker by University 350 arranged will join honor. They from all over Dough” Child Said” by “A other students performance at and . a Michigan in Grand Rapids McCray parents Kris and in Their DeVos Hall p.m. and Tim and , Jan. 26 at 7 middle Will Foote along on Saturday will pracWelton, who, Oprea, visit Caledonia The state choirs two days Vicky Laura • Conquerors in the week than with teacher tice for more before the about this oppor-. schools early at TKHS are excited students in Grand Rapids ance aid night set for the TK in • Financial il meeting Saturday perform will be in tunity the third time onia counc Foote, a tenor, tenors and This is students • Last Caled parade of years that TK Caledonia the state the men’s choir will sing recent been part of • Many enjoy production basses which Song” by have video fund “Lifted in division “Go choir. and Welton will per• Grant will Dunstan, teams win Foote ple Gawthrop arranged by • Three CATSips with the Thornap on Choir Down Moses” jah Amen” form championsh Kellogg Honors 2 p.m. Hogan, “Hallelu sing with State Jan. 16, at “O Magnum Foote will ny by Handel, by Lauridson, Sunday, and Josh will also accompa Grace Welton Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008. Mysterium” Fisher's Wife” They the pieces performed a of 4 honors choirs on “Lament of “The one Band at the and by the Concert Singh by by J. Martin concert. Awakening” soprano, will p.m. Welton, a Pennock to build ne w hospita l in Hastin gs Jerry Reese appointed to 911 board Hastings hospital in build new Pennock to Santa’s ma ilbo returns to Na x shville t street projec Sexual har of Caledonia ass Maple Valley ment complaint filed aga g marks end School Distric inst Ribbon cuttin t staff memb er year ‘round In This Iss ue... g at DeVos dents to sin Two TK stu ue... In This Iss • Regional News • Sports • Personal Interest Stories and Features • Special Sections • Church Listings • Engagements and Weddings • Classifieds • Regional Advertising Choose One 77518993 IN BARRY COUNTY o 1 Year . . . . . . $30.00 OUTSIDE BARRY COUNTY o 1 Year . . . . . . $35.00 ALLEGAN, CALHOUN, EATON, IONIA, KALAMAZOO, & KENT COUNTIES o 1 Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $32.00 added 11 and Katie Anderson and Tylisha Washington had five each. The Trojans got six points each from Kate Scheidel and Alesha Ward. Macy Chamberlin and Katie VanderGeld had four points apiece. “We’re just not patient enough (on offense),” Roelofs said. “We turned the ball over several times, but it was more their press, or their pressure I should say, that got us out of our offense,” Roelofs said. The Huskies kept their man-to-man full court pressure up for the entire contest. The Trojans are now 2-5 overall on the season, and 0-3 in the O-K Gold Conference. Caledonia handed TK a 46-23 defeat in Middleville on Monday night. The Trojans return to league action at home tonight against Wayland. Lakewood girls get back to their winning ways gift to lle host Clarksvi village Bethlehem about FHN sharpshooter Naila Kovacevic. Kovacevic hit five three-pointers in the game, including three in the third quarter. Back-toback triples from the right corner pushed FHN back in front 33-19. “In practice, we had tape on them,” Roelofs said. “We knew the girl can shoot the ball. We knew she has an unorthodox release and she isn’t going to put it on the floor.” The Trojan problem was that when they got back on defense, they waited for Kovacevic to catch the ball before running out and pressuring her. The Huskies extended the run to 15 consecutive points from the 4:38 mark of the third quarter to the 7:07 mark in the fourth. Kovacevic led the Huskies with 17 points on the night, while teammate Phaebre Colbert TK’s Adrienne Palmer (right) is guarded closely by Forest Hills Northern’s Channon Campbell as she comes across mid-court in the fourth quarter Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) they will Richard Radar (Uncle r driven by raphy) verland Jeepste Superior Photog in a 1948 Willys-O Wells Sr. (Photo by Santa arrives is Ronald with Santa Wells). Riding The Sun and Thornapple Kellogg senior guard Chloe Buxton tries to get by Caledonia’s Lexi Gehrls during the second half of Monday night’s non-conference contest in Middleville. (Photo by Perry Hardin) head coach Tal Thompson. “They wanted avenge that loss, and they did.” Ryann Shaffer came off the bench to lead Lakewood with ten points. Her older sister, Lauren Shaffer, led the Vikings on the boards with seven rebounds. Laurel Mattson was Lakewood’s assist leader with four. “We executed our offensive sets well,” said Thompson. “We shot over 50-percent from the three-point line and 58-percent from the field.” As well as the offense played, it was the ps impact Citizen grou ments local govel rn on Page 4 three Wilson gets bing ab for stPa years Sto ge 2 ry on See Editoria See THE HASTINGS B ball Saxon basket ener wins op on Page 16 See Story 1856 unty Since of Barry Co the Interests Devoted to R ANNavE e Hastings PRICE 50¢ mber 6, 2007 Thursday, Dece to le Foods plansimpacted ’s b m lu P NEWS 75 workers BRIEFS No. 49 VOLUME 154, rt by Elaine Gilber Assistant Editoa mainstay in Rite Foods, its Plumb’s Valu- past 16 years, will close ty the tabili Hastings for fearing its profi se of ry, Janua doors in late in the near future becau supered will be slash giants’ plans to build two corporate local area. noticenters in the Hastings employees were Plumb’s 75 g Tuesday morng nding closin Jim Nader durin fied of the impe b’s President Christmas, ing, said Plum days left until still waitant interview. With only 19 are tor and assist a telephone Barry County hearted indistore’s direc the 90 families in Photos of the have been removed from by kindtion” hes, “adop the s , churc ing for rs explaining to and their name ies, businesses want to entrance. Lette who viduals, famil wall near the re were being distributed organizations clubs, and store Tuesday. planned closu for Christmas. they left the provide gifts ies include some with ,” said shopcustomers as g an old friend groThose famil s with no chil“It’s like losin nson as she pushed her ite ren and adult omic young child g hard econ Barbara Adria “It’s my favor It . per facin store are the of here. dren who cery cart out people are so friendly the Love Inc. times. le about it.” store... All the family, visit Inc. d. I feel terrib To adopt a really be misse Joie Perry, expressed 948-9555. Love p.m. will (269) call mer, and 2 office or Another custo b’s plans to close. een 10 a.m. t Plum is open betw 305 S. Michigan Ave., like to come sadness abou y because I my weekdays at “I’m not happ she left the store. “It’s as offiHastings. here,” she saide. Maybe they (Plumb’s we se store of choic e their minds becau them (the super cials) will chang of one n any haven’t gotte Families still n seeking adoptio ewell Librarian’s far party tomorrow community the Hastings Everyone in Hastings Public Library the 7 p.m. to say is invited to 7, from 4 to tomorrow, Dec. Barbara Schondelmayer, to ry director. ‘good-bye’ ng as libra the who is retiri will be served in library. This Refreshments Room of the to say ‘hello’ Community y an opportunit library’s new also will be warth, the call the to Evelyn Holz information, more For director. 945-4263. library at (269) W. 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BOX B, HASTINGS, MI 49058 NAME ______________________________________________________________ ADDRESS ____________________________________________________________ CITY ____________________STATE ____________________ZIP ______________ We also send a Christmas card announcing your gift subscription. Please let us know how you would like the card signed. defense that really gave the Ramblers a hard time. “We just played really, really hard defensively and had them doing things they weren’t comfortable doing,” Thompson said. “It caused a lot of turnovers.” Lakewood’s girls now have a week to get ready for their next CAAC-White contest. Lansing Catholic comes to Lakewood this Friday night. Game time is set for 6 p.m. TK boys split their first two league games After a pair of non-conference victories to start the season, the Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ basketball team opened up O-K Gold Conference play at South Christian Thursday (Dec. 13), and lost a hard fought game 69-61. TK had a five-point half-time lead, 36-31, but were limited to just eight points in the third quarter as the Sailors began their come back. “I felt like we were in control most of the game,” said TK head coach Lance Laker. “When it came down to the end, we had a few problems with execution. We had a few poor decisions, some caused by their pressure, I don’t think we’ll have again and we haven’t had so far this year.” The Sailor lead grew as big as six points , before the Trojans battled back to tie the game at 57 with just a few minutes to play. Brad Steffen buried four three-pointers and finished with 17 points for TK. Nate Manning led the Trojans with 19 points. Joshua Thaler chipped in nine points and Parrish Hall six. “Brad Steffen stepped up big, and made some shots,” said Laker, “and we had some other guys come off the bench and hit some big shots.” Kody Buursma came off the bench and had seven rebounds. Thaler was once again a monster on the glass as well for TK. In the end, it wasn’t enough though. South Christian was led by Brent Geers’ 24 points. Billy Yonker added 15 for the Sailors and Ben Herrema 11. The Trojans are now 3-1 overall, and 1-1 in the conference. They rebounded from the loss to South Christian by topping Hamilton at home on Tuesday night 64-56. TK is home again Friday against Holland. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 20, 2007 — Page 21 Trojan swimmers score wins over Allegan and Ottawa Hills Lakewood’s Eddie Salazar (top) wraps up Lowell’s Matt Kurtz as they battle for a loose ball during Tuesday night’s Red Arrow victory in Lowell over the Vikings. (Photo by Molly Benningfield) by Brett Bremer Sports Editor They aren’t all going to be like this. Lakewood’s varsity boys’ basketball team opened the season with a 42-point Capital Area Activities Conference White Division victory over Corunna at home, then went on the road and scored a 60-39 league win at Perry last night. It gets tougher from here on out, at least it does for the rest of 2007. The Vikings were handed their first loss of the season at Lowell Tuesday night, 52-46, and will now host Lansing Catholic in a big league showdown Friday night. Dec. 28, the Vikings will make-up their contest at Hastings which was postponed because of the weather Tuesday. “That’s going to be a good test for us here before the break,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. “These two teams we’ve played are not the caliber of the three teams we’re going to play.” Lakewood jumped out to a 15-8 first quarter lead against the Ramblers Friday, then pushed that advantage to 36-17 at the half. “We got off to a pretty good start,” Farrell said. “I didn’t think we played defensively as well as we could have, but now I’m looking at the book and we gave up eight, nine, 11, 11 points a quarter. That’s pretty good.” Offensively, the Vikings got good looks out of their set plays and only turned the ball over nine times all game. Nick Hilley led the Lakewood attack with 19 points. Eddie Salazar had 18 points to go along with five steals. Michael Barbour finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, and five assists. Chad Metcalf led Perry with 11 points. “This is a big road trip,” said Farrell. “We’re on the road, a big long bus ride. Then we had to wait three hours (leaving Lakewood then waiting for the girls’ game to finish up).” At the end of that wait, the Vikings had to rush to get ready for their game. The girls’ game saw a running clock, which sped up the start of the boys’ contest. Those are just some of the things the schedule and conference changes has teams like Lakewood facing this winter that they’ll have to be prepared for in the future. 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Josh Morehouse at 215, and Matt Watson at 119 went 4 -1. “I hate to keep saying we aren’t healthy, but we had two starters sick again,” said Goggins. “Tom McKinney (145) left the tournament without even wrestling a match when he got sick on the bus ride down, and Brian Baum at 103 also went ill after his first match.” Hastings was slated to start the OK Gold Conference season at Forest Hills Northern last night, and will be off now until hosting the 46th Annual L.H. Lamb Tournament on Jan. 5. knocked down more than a third of the attempts this season. Delton hit 32-percent of its shots from the floor in a 55-42 loss to Pennfield last Friday, and coach Williams wasn’t too disappointed with that. “Our shooting was better, but we could not handle Pennfield’s size,” coach Williams said. “They easily outrebounded us and many of their points were put-backs.” Sofia Bjorklov and Amber Klinkel had 14 points each for Pennfield. Delton once again fell behind early, with Pennfield starting the second quarter with a 13-5 lead. Hannah Williams had a big night offensively for Delton Kellogg, finishing with 20 points and a team high five rebounds. Justie McCowan had seven points and Rachael Williams five for Delton. Rachael also had two assists and four steals. Delton Kellogg is scheduled to visit Kalamazoo Christian tonight. The Comets are 3-1 in the league, and 5-2 overall. After that contest, the Panthers are off until Galesburg-Augusta comes to DKHS for a make-up game on Jan. 7. ROBIN CHASE INSURANCE AGENCY Trust. Security. Peace of Mind. Prescription Blue • Zero-deductible plan available DK girls’ shooting gets a little better in pair of losses After a 2-1 start to the season, the Delton Kellogg varsity girls’ basketball team has dropped four in a row. The Panthers are now 2-5 overall on the season, and 0-3 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. Plainwell topped the Panthers in a non-conference contest Monday night, 65-34. The Trojans jumped out to a 44-8 lead in the opening half. “We could not handle their fullcourt pressure,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rick Williams. “I was proud of the second half effort, as Plainwell kept the pressure on and we handled it much better.” Even with a better second half, the Panthers turned the ball over 19 times for the night. Hannah Williams led the Delton offense, with nine points to go along with five rebounds. Kali Tobias added eight points for the Panthers. Plainwell was led by Bianca Harmon, who finished with 26 points. Gracie Howrigon added 16 points and Jennifer Lofts eight. The Panthers actually had their best shooting nights of the season, hitting on 38-percent of their field goal attempts. It was the first time they’d scoring against the undermanned Bengals. Jenkins, Huerth, Swanson, and Bailey won the 200-yard medley relay in 2:07.88. in the 200-yard freestyle relay it was Borden, Swanson, Bailey, and Wescott teaming up for TK-Hastings to win in 1:49.69. The foursome of Angus, Tim Stanton, Wescott, and Bailey won the 400-yard freestyle relay in 4:11.52. Individual winners for TK-Hastings included Angus (200 freestyle), Swanson (200 IM, 100 butterfly), Wescott (50 free), Borden (diving), Stanton (100 free), Angus (500 free), and Jenkins (100 backstroke). Your Medicare Advantage Plan Should Give You… Pair of state ranked teams top the Hastings wrestlers The Saxon varsity wrestling team finished third out of 12 teams Saturday at the Coldwater Invitational. Hastings was 3-2 in duals, starting out the day with wins over Union City (43-26), Charlotte (51-24), and Coldwater (41-27). In the final rounds, the Saxons were topped by Allegan 41-32 and Stevensville Lakeshore 42-28. “Both of the teams we lost to are very good and ranked in the state,” said Saxon head coach Mike Goggins. Allegan came into the weekend ranked eighth in the state in Division 2, just one spot ahead of Lakeshore. Austin Endsley at 112 pounds and Gage Pederson at 125 went 5-0 for the Teammate Tom Huerth was second in the event in 6:49.46. The team of Jenkins, Jacob Bailey, Borden and Wescott won the 200-yard freestyle relay for TK-Hastings in 1:48.47. Junior Austin Davidhizar won two individual events for the Tigers. He finished the 100yard freestyle in 57.10 seconds and the 50yard freestyle in 25.38. Last week Thursday, the Trojans scored a 94-48 victory over Ottawa Hills. The Trojans won all the events, but one, and in most counted only their top swimmer in the final 06662692 Lopsided wins for Lakewood boys unlikely to keep coming The Thornapple Kellogg-Hastings varsity boys’ swimming and diving team won two consecutive duals to close out the 2007 portion of their schedule. They’ll be back in the pool, at West Catholic, when the season resumes Jan. 8. On Tuesday night, the Trojans scored a 9982 victory over Allegan at the Community Education and Recreation Center in Hastings. The Trojans built their lead early on, and held on in the end as the Tigers won the final three races including the 100-yard backstroke, the 100-yard breaststroke, and the 400-yard freestyle relay. The divers piled up points for TKHastings, earning the top three spots. Mitch Borden won the event with 150.60 points. James Moray was second (135.40) and Eric Buchanan (130.30) third. Trojan freshman Tyler Swanson was first in his first three events of the night. He started TK-Hastings off on the right foot, along with teammates Josiah Jenkins, Buchanan, and Jacob Wescott in the 200-yard medley relay. That foursome took the race in 2 minutes 4.24 seconds. Swanson went on to win the 200-yard individual medley in 2:39.86, and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:06.25. Ethan Angus had the TK-Hastings’ teams only other individual first place finish. He won the 500-yard freestyle relay in 6:36.75. Choose the company you’ve known for years — the nonprofit that’s been here since 1939*. It’s not too late to enroll — Dec. 31 is your deadline Call 1-800-485-4415, (TTY 1-800-481-8704), 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day. *Blue Cross was incorporated in 1939. H2319_Manpadrev1 120807 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 77518716 source code HABS bcbsm.com/medicare Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan contracts with the federal government and is a nonprofit corporation and independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. 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Coach Schils isn’t certain whether or not the Saxons have ever beaten the Sailors, but he knows it the first time they’ve beaten them since he took over the program. “For once I felt like we put them on their heels, instead of us being on our heels,” Schils said. The Saxons scored their first two points, on a pair of free throws by senior Ryan Vogel, in the game’s opening minute then led the entire night. They eventually pushed the early lead to 11-2 midway through the quarter. Vogel had eight of the team’s first 11 points, and finished with a game high 20 points “We put it together, no doubt,” coach Schils said. “I get to give quotes about our defense a lot. I’m very happy to talk about our offense. Coach Storrs is running our offense. He did a great job of preparing our kids for their pressure and their traps.” Vogel was there waiting underneath when the Saxons broke through the South Christian pressure near mid-court. The Sailors did manage to create some turnovers which helped them get back in the game early in the second quarter. South Christian cut the Hastings lead to 17-15 after steals led to lay-ups at the other end of the court. But over the course of the night, the Saxon defense forced more turnovers than the Sailors’ did. The Saxons led 30-26 at the break, and pushed their advantage to ten points early in the third. Hastings was then able to keep the lead in double digits for most of the second half. “To me, you’ve got to be able to stop them, and I couldn’t ask them to run a better game plan,” Schils said. “They kept (Brent) Geers off balance all night. When he did get by our guards, there were two or there guys there waiting to pick him up. Geers finished with just eight points, as Jordan Rambin held him in check most of the evening. Brad Hayden also did a fine job defensively, in relief of Rambin. Ben Herrema led South Christian with 12 points, and Jake Mulder added nine. Curtus Cowles finished with 12 points for the Saxons, Ryan Cain 11, and Adam Swartz ten. “It’s a good position,” Schils said. “We as coaches get to talk about dealing with success, not only in terms of basketball, but in terms of life.” Hastings is now 3-1 on the season, and 1-1 in the O-K Gold Conference. “We won at home,” Schils said. “If you’re going to contend (for a conference title), you’ve got to win your home games. Now, we’re going on the road to play Byron Center which is a very athletic team.” Hastings meets Byron Center Friday night, then is off until next week Friday when Lakewood comes to town. On Saturday night, the Saxons scored their second win of the season, 51-38 over West Catholic. Cain led the Saxons with 13 points and Rambin added 11. “That was an outstanding team win,” Schils said. “Jordan Rambin, I thought, had one of his best games ever until maybe tonight (versus South) and Ryan Cain really set the tone for us early in the game.” Last Thursday, the Saxons suffered their first loss of the season, in O-K Gold Conference action at Forest Hills Northern. The Huskies jumped out to a 22-11 lead in the opening half, spreading their offense around. JaVonte Ford and Steve Lucas had nine points each to lead FHN on the night. The Saxons’ Ryan Vogel fights to get a shot up over South Christian’s Josh Zylstra in the second half of Hastings’ 71-54 win over the Sailors Tuesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) BASKETBALL, continued from page 19 Hastings Dustin Bateson (24) is thrown off balance as he tries to get a shoot off in front of West Catholic’s Eddie Wagner Saturday. (Photo by Perry Hardin) The Saxons’ Jordan Rambin crashes into West Catholic’s Max Prendergast as he tries to put a shot up during Saturday’s non-conference contest at Hastings High School. (Photo by Perry Hardin) in the opening quarter, as the Lions struggled shooting the basketball. Quick led the Lions in points, but the shot he sank from mid-court accounted for his first three points. The Lions’ other leading scorer, Houghton who finished with 11 points, was on the bench for much of the first half and part of the second in foul trouble. Jared Smith and Scott Kersjes got the Lion offense going eventually, and both finished with eight points. “When we were down, Jared Smith gave us the spark early in the game and defensively he had the toughest assignment when we were in man, guarding Blacken,” Jones said. Blacken led Delton on the night with 21 points, and was one of only four Panthers to score in the game. Reeves added 12 points, and Brian Diaz and Robbie Wandell had eight each. “It’s a disappointing loss,” Mohn said, “but this can not be a character defining moment where, we had it going on until the Maple Valley game.” “Maple Valley played their butts off. You’ve got to hand it to them. Those kids did not quit.” Houghton had eight rebounds to go along with his 11 points. Ryan Schroder down low had four rebounds and three blocks for Maple Valley, and Jeff Burd chipped in seven boards. “Every game we’ve started, we’ve been trailing this year,” Jones said. “The biggest thing we’re trying to do is put pressure on and hopefully we’ll get a basket in transition. We finally did that midway through the second quarter.” Maple Valley is now 2-3 on the season, and 2-1 in KVA play. Delton Kellogg is 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the league. Delton Kellogg turned things around Tuesday night, scoring a 38-34 win over Galesburg-Augusta. “Both teams were scrapping all over the place and getting in the way of passes,” Mohn said. “It kind of led to the poor shooting. We didn’t shoot very well at all. We had a lot of bunnies underneath and just couldn’t put them down, couldn’t finish. Galesburg kept battling along with us.” Blacken had a big night to lead the Panthers, playing the full 32 minutes. He finished with 17 points, five rebounds, four steals, six assists, and only two turnovers. Reeves chipped in 13 points and ten rebounds for the Panthers, including nine points and seven boards in the second half. The Panthers have a team goal of taking three charges a game, and accomplished that mark with Reeves, Blacken, and Roberts taking one each. Also Tuesday night in the KVA, Maple Valley suffered a 64-53 loss to Parchment. Parchment pulled away late, with 23 points in the fourth quarter. Houghton led the Lions with 15 points, and Quick chipped in 11. Parchment was led by Seth DeHaan’s 16 points. Mike Bailey and Terrel Gilliard had 13 points each. 77518904 Delton wrestling has five medallists C ome spend a day in our beautiful downtown where you’ll find... Bakeries Jewelry Stores Hardware Stores Financial Institutions Antique & Collectible Stores Art Galleries Stores offering Shoes Stores offering Clothing Fabric & Craft Stores Electronics & Appliance Stores Gift Shops Book Stores Dollar Stores Flower Shops Salons & Spas Pet Stores Independent Pharmacy Sporting Goods Shop Health Foods Store Victorian Bed & Breakfast 4 Screen Movie Theater Historic Barry County Courthouse & Fountain The Famous Holly Trolley 29 Unique Restaurants Shop Downtown Hastings ... where the Holidays begin! Delton Kellogg’s varsity wrestling team finished sixth at Saturday’s 20-team Eau Claire Invitational. Matt Loveland, at 112 pounds, had Delton Kellogg’s lone individual championship on the day. He was one of five medallists for the Panthers. Mark Loveland was second at 103 pounds. Quinn DeBolt at 152, finished fourth. Ray Lindsey (135) and Montana Otis (145) both finished fifth. “I thought Montana and Ray Lindsey took a nice step for us on Saturday,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. Jeff Bissett also had a good day for Delton Kellogg, winning his way through the consolation bracket to place seventh at 119 pounds. Hesperia took the team championship at Eau Claire. Also on Saturday, the Delton Kellogg B Team had eight medallists at their tournament, including Dylan Leinaar, Mike DeWaters, Jeff Town, Kenny Kelley, Shea Leisinger, Trevor Eidel, Trevor Curtice, and Ben Crookston. Delton Kellogg’s varsity returns to action tonight, at home with a quad that also includes teams from Schoolcraft, Battle Creek Central, and Cassopolis. � https://barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/19/534/HastingsBanner_2007-12-27.pdf 02fc3b44a125166492b95d6b5dba37ea PDF Text Text BPW partners with Foundation Some thoughts and a look back on 2007 Saxons handle Huskies in Gold opener See Story on Page 2 See Editorial on Page 4 See Story on Page 17 THE HASTINGS VOLUME 154, No. 52 BANNER Devoted to the Interests of Barry County Since 1856 PRICE 50¢ Thursday, December 27, 2007 NEWS Retail, economy top stories for 2007 BRIEFS Library holding teen events today Students in sixth through 12th grades won’t want to miss the excitement when Hastings Public Library hosts an afternoon of Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero today from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the library’s community room. Kids are encouraged to bring friends and challenge each other or just play for fun. Refreshments will be provided throughout the afternoon. Call the library for more information at (269) 945-4263. Nashville skate park meeting set Anyone in the Nashville area interested in the construction of a skateboard park in the village of Nashville is invited to attend the next planning meeting slated for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2008, in the VFW Post 8260, 304 S. State St. in Nashville. Nashville Police Officer Mike Shapley, who is spearheading the project, reports that more than 60 people attended the organizational meeting earlier this month when members of a community advisory committee, including students from Maple Valley High School and Alternative Education, were appointed. In order to help fund the project, a Maple Valley "For our Kids" fund has been established through the Barry Community Foundation (BCF). For more information about the Maple Valley "For Our Kids" fund, contact the BCF (269) 945-0526. For more information about the proposed skate park, call Shapley (269) 8382996. Delton blood drive is Wednesday The American Red Cross will hold three blood drives in Barry County in January. Those drives include: • Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at St. Ambrose Church, 11252 Floria Rd., Delton. • Monday, Jan. 7, from noon to 5:45 p.m. at MainStreet Savings Bank, 629 w. State St., Hastings. • Thursday, Jan. 17, from 1 to 6:45 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 128. N. Michigan Ave., Hastings. Blood donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and be in good general health. Red Cross officials say they have been averaging less than a day’s supply of O positive and O negative, the red cell that is the universal donor. For more information on a blood drive in any of the 65 counties served by the Great Lakes Region, call (800) GIVE-LIFE, or 800-448-3543. by Megan Lavell Staff Writer The year 2007, like others, was a big year in review for Barry County. But the biggest story by far, according to a panel of 13 J-Ad Graphics news junkies, was the shift in Hastings’ grocery environment. The top story of 2007 was that from March to December of this year, four big announcements shook the very foundation of retail in Hastings and Barry County. One familyowned staple lost its local connection, one local mainstay will close altogether and two corporate giants are knocking on Hastings’ front door. Four factors contributed to the change in grocery retail environment. Wal-Mart’s interest in putting a 176,000-square-foot super center in Rutland Township came first, becoming a serious topic of interest and contention in March when company officials announced at a Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting that they planned to build just outside the Hastings city limits. The proposal met with opposition from community members at that meeting and every meeting following. One reason for the opposition is the amount of traffic the super center would bring to Green Street and that portion of the City of Hastings and Rutland Township. Wal-Mart’s development was held up when a legal technicality delayed plans. For Wal-Mart to build on the Green Street location, that portion of Rutland Township would need to be rezoned. The proposed site is on Green Street near Consumers Energy. Hastings Area Schools previously owned that land. The sale to WalMart is not yet final. Felpausch sold to Spartan Stores of Grand Rapids in March, just weeks after Wal-Mart’s announcement. The sale to Spartan included 20 retail supermarkets, including two fuel Family-owned Felpausch made the list of top stories with its sale to Spartan earlier this year. November election showed that Barry County residents were strongly in favor of keeping the park, with 62.62 percent of voters opting for the renewal and 37.38 percent voting against it. Placing third on the list in the year-end balloting tradition was the announcement of Pennock Hospital officials that they plan to expand and build a new facility outside the City of Hastings. The proposed site for the new hospital is at the corner of M-37 and M43 on the 32-acre farm purchased in July 2001 from the now-late Howard Ferris. The new hospital is slated to be completed in 2012 and would include additional parking, singlebed inpatient rooms, new obstetrics rooms and delivery suites, an expanded emergency department, reconfigured and expanded surgical suites, increased physician office space, and expanded outpatient diagnostic services. In May, Pennock began building a permanent magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) facility. Hospital officials had previously used a temporary facility housing MRI equipment. The 2007 story taking the fourth place spot See 2007, page 3 Wetlands hold up DEQ permit for Hastings Meijer store Meijer Store’s construction project on M43/M-37 just west of Hastings in Rutland Township has hit a roadblock with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The DEQ put out a public notice of the proposed development, as is required by law, in July. In September, the Grand Rapids division of the DEQ received negative comments from EPA officials, who said they had concerns with filling just over four acres of wetlands. Meijer then had 90 days from the time of the letter to resolve the EPA concerns. The 90-day deadline expired Dec. 25. “So before the state can act upon this project . . . those concerns from the EPA needed to be resolved,” said Luis Saldivia, DEQ Land and Water Management Division supervisor for the Grand Rapids District. “As far as this application for a permit is concerned, it puts them in a different legal limbo.” Kragt to be full-time Lifeline coordinator at Pennock by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor Pastor Gale Kragt, who has served Pennock Health Services as both a chaplain and manager of the Lifeline personal emergency response program, has been named as Pennock’s full time Lifeline coordinator. Donation deadline is next week The Barry Community Foundation (BCF) reminds area residents that they have a few days to make charitable contributions and provide tax savings for 2007. Charitable donations made by Dec. 31 can still be claimed on 2007 tax returns. The BCF welcomes contributions which will be used to help provide support for many community needs. See NEWS BRIEFS, page 2 centers and nine in-store pharmacies for a reported $38.5 million. Former Felpausch Chief Executive Officer Mark Feldpausch said at the time that Wal-Mart’s announcement had nothing to do with the sale. The next domino to fall was Meijer’s June announcement to the Rutland Township Planning Commission meeting that there are plans to build a store in Rutland Township west of the Creekside Professional Building on M-43/M-37. The proposed store would be about 150,000 square feet, substantially smaller than the average 200,000-square-foot Meijer store. According to Rutland Township Planning Commission member Keith Ferris in June, Meijer was more well-received than WalMart because of the approach company officials took when they came to the township. The store also would bring fewer conflicts with township officials and regulations because the property already is zoned the required C-3, a commercial zoning. It was only earlier this month that the last domino fell. Plumb’s Valu-Rite Foods officials announced that after 16 years, the Hastings location will be closing in late January. Company officials said the Hastings store will be closed because of fears of decreased profitability brought on by a Super Wal-Mart and Meijer, neither of which have been finalized. The Hastings Plumb’s store will relocate to a building leased from Spartan in Grand Rapids. Employees were offered the opportunity to transfer to that location. The second place story for 2007 was Charlton Park’s millage renewal, allowing the park to operate for three more years. In 2006, a Charlton Park millage renewal was defeated in August and again in November. The park would have faced closure this year if county residents had not approved the renewal. The Gale Kragt Though he has been passionate and dedicated in his role as chaplain and loved the work, Kragt said the successful increase in Lifeline subscribers warranted the change. “It’s a good thing. I saw it coming years ago with the growth of the Lifeline program,” he said. “It’s totally positive, and a good thing for everybody.” Having the chaplain and Lifeline departments together was more than a full time job, he said. A new part-time chaplain is expected to begin duties next week, said RoseAnne Woodliff, chief nursing officer. She said Kragt has been “so successful in growing the Lifeline business” and that his full time position with Lifeline is a “good reward for him.” Kragt said the local Lifeline program began to mushroom in 2004 and has continually increased since then because of increased marketing efforts and partnerships with numerous agencies and groups who are referral sources. In 2005, because of the program’s growth, Kragt received the Outstanding Leadership Award when he attended the Lifeline Academy in Boston. During that year, Lifeline subscribers grew by more than 55% even with a 40% turnover rate. Kragt joined Pennock as a chaplain in April of 1998 and took on the duties of managing the Lifeline program offered through Pennock about eight years ago See KRAGT, page 2 Saldivia said the DEQ needs to approve or deny Meijer’s permit by Feb. 7, 2008. He said it is rare for the DEQ to issue a state-only permit when the EPA has denied the request. If the DEQ does issue a permit, Meijer will still need to get one from the EPA. Saldivia said that is unlikely. “It rarely happens,” he said. “The chances of that happening are very remote.” Saldivia said Meijer can reapply for the permit, and the DEQ would like to see an application that involves fewer acres with wetlands. “Obviously that’s what were looking for,” he said. “Four acres plus is a very large wetland impact for us to be behind this project.” Rutland Township Supervisor Jim Carr said the decision to proceed lies entirely with the DEQ. Agricultural agent accepts post with MSU Extension by Elaine Gilbert Assistant Editor After more than 10 years on the job as Barry County’s agricultural agent at the Michigan State University Extension office in Hastings, Dennis Pennington is headed to a new job as a bioenergy educator. “It feels like cutting edge,” he said of his new MSU Extension position. Pennington’s new job begins Feb. 1, and he will work out of the Kellogg Biological Station in the Hickory Corners area. His office will be in the building known as the Carriage House, were MSU Extension’s land and water programs are located. As a bioenergy educator, he will work with producers, farmers, researchers and energy specialists in a regional scope, covering 17 counties in Southwestern Michigan. He also will have some statewide responsibility. He’s also glad that he will be able to continue some contact with farmers and growers he has enjoyed working with in Barry County in his current position. Pennington said he is looking forward to providing opportunities for education and resources about biofuels and bioenergy to growers and the public. A thrust of his work will be how to grow the bioenergy crops and get them delivered for processing. The new position “allows me to focus in a particular area,” he said. “...I’ll be promoting, pushing and moving bioenergy. He said that fits in with the goals of the governor, the president of MSU and the Extension. In addition to currently serving as an agricultural educator, Pennington has been the Dennis Pennington acting Barry County Extension director since Aug. 1 when Jan Hartough left the post to accept a new position. Pennington, who grew up on a Charlotte dairy farm, is a 1989 graduate of Lakewood High School. As the Extension ag agent, he has written a weekly column for the Reminder for the past 10 1/2 years. �Page 2 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner NEWS BRIEFS continued from front page Those making donations to the foundation qualify for the special Michigan tax credit for community foundations and should consult their tax professionals. Information about making contributions is available on the foundation’s website at www.barrycf.org. Call (269) 945-0526 for more information. A check establishing the BPW non-traditional scholarship as part of the Barry Community foundation makes it official. Here BPW treasurer Laura Kingma hands the check to Barry Community Foundation Director Bonnie Hildreth as BPW President Mary Macqueen and member Deb Baker look on. BPW partners with Foundation by Patricia Johns Staff Writer The Business and Professional Women of Hastings had to wait a week due to a snow delay but they were able to complete their partnership with the Barry Community Foundation at a dinner meeting Dec. 20. The BPW members hope that the club’s non-traditional scholarship, along with its traditional scholarships, will help students from Barry County fulfill their career goals. The non-traditional scholarships will go to Barry County residents who hold high school diplomas or GEDs and who have been accepted into an accredited post-secondary educational program. The scholarship is open to both men and women, 21 years old or older, but given that one of the founding prin- ciples of the BPW is women helping women, women will be given preference. This is a scholarship for someone returning to the workplace, changing careers or entering the work world for the first time. BCF Director Bonnie Hildreth told the group that this scholarship will work well with the other non-traditional scholarships offered through the foundation. Mary Macqueen, president of the BPW, stressed that the organization will continue to give its traditional scholarships to high school graduates. The annual dinner also was a time for the group to give to the community. This year the BPW collected household and personal items to assist Green Gables Haven as well as sweatsuits for an advocacy group. County Forum educates public about lead by Megan Lavell Staff Writer Several Barry County citizens are now better equipped to keep their homes safe from lead poisoning after the Dec. 20 County Forum featuring United Steel Workers (USW) and Women of Steel (WOS) members Sue Browne and Tonya DeVore. “What we really need is protection,” said Browne of lead poisoning. “We’re not getting protected out there, and we really need that.” Browne is a member of USW District 2 Local 5965 in Hastings. She spoke mostly about the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership between the USW and the Sierra Club. “Labor, environment and human rights are at the core of the Sierra Club,” said Browne, adding that it is the nation’s oldest and largest environmental agency. The Blue Green Alliance was founded in 2006. “A lot of people stereotype environmentalists as tree huggers,” said Browne. “I think we’re expanding a little bit on the traditional stereotypes of environmentalists.” Browne also spoke about unions, saying “a union gives workers a voice and a seat at the bargaining table. The union really doesn’t get as much credit as it deserves.” Browne said the alliance helps focus on a stronger economy, a cleaner environment and a safer world. “We need to deepen the public sentiment,” she said. Through education and advocacy, Browne hopes to encourage people to be more mindful of their environment and the impact they have on the globe. “We foster job security through energy efficiency,” she said. From March to July, 2.5 million toys were recalled because of the threat of lead poisoning, said Browne. While adults maintain only 1 percent of lead entering the body, children retain 68 percent of the lead that enters their bodies. Browne also talked about the impact Americans have on the environment. She said that although only 5 percent of the world’s population lives in the United States, Americans produce 25 percent of the world’s pollution. “As laborers, we care about the environment,” said Browne. She also said the 10 hottest years on record have been in the past 15 years. As for the economy, Browne said that in 1983, 20.1 percent of workers were unionized and in 2006 only 12 percent were. In addition, 89,000 manufacturing jobs in the United States were lost in 2006; 3.5 million jobs have been lost since 1998. Browne said that the State of Michigan spends $20 billion per year on energy, most of which is imported. “That’s money that could stay in our state and help to boost our economies,” she said. Michigan is 10th in the nation in producing carbon dioxide emissions, and asthma is the leading cause of hospitalized children. Tonya DeVore, United Steel Workers District 2 Women Of Steel Coordinator, speaks about the importance of lead testing for childrens’ toys at the Dec. 20, County Forum. Browne said 20 states have passed renewable energy standards requiring electric companies to use a certain percent of renewable energy by a certain time. A common goal is 20 percent renewable energy by 2020. Browne said using renewable energy creates new jobs. She added that Michigan is 14th windiest state in the nation, and that 24,350 jobs could be created with the state’s solar and wind potential. If 20 percent of energy used was renewable by 2020, that would be the equivalent of removing 36.4 million cars from the road. Browne added that Michigan has the fourth best renewable energy potential in the United States. “We’re failing to take advantage of this,” she said. “We cannot compete with foreign countries.” Browne added that people need to demand labor and environmental standards in trade agreements. “We need to move toward an economy that doesn’t rely on coal and foreign oil,” she said. DeVore spoke mostly about the “Get the Lead Out” campaign. “We want to get these toxic toys out of our homes,” she said. DeVore said she wants to rid facilities of toxic products, including homes, day cares, hospitals and nurseries. “It’s about bringing awareness to people,” she said. “We need to stop it at the border. We don’t want it here. We decided that we need to take action on this.” Children under 6 years old are most sus- Firstbank names manager The annual Christmas meeting of the Business and Professional Women of Hastings was a time to celebrate and give back to the community. Pictured (from left) sitting are Denise and Dean O. Garn. Standing are Marjory Maynard, Laura Kingma, Deb Baker, Mary Macqueen and Bonnie Hildreth. Carlotta Willard has joined Firstbank–West Michigan as office manager for the Hastings offices, President James D. Fast recently announced. Willard brings 30 years of banking experience to Firstbank, most recently serving at HSBC-Beneficial in Toledo, Ohio, as branch manager, vice president and client relationship manager. In her new role, Willard will oversee daily operations of both the Hastings west and downtown offices as well as focus on business development, consumer and mortgage loan growth. Willard completed the Graduate School of Bank Management and Marketing in 1996 at the University of Colorado. As a resident of Lake Odessa, Willard is very involved in the community. She is a member of the National Association of Female Executives, the Woodland Women’s Club and the Zion Lutheran Church in Woodland. She also is the National Home Equity Chair for the Consumer Bankers Association and a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. Firstbank–West Michigan is a diversified financial services company providing a wide range of banking and investment options. Firstbank–West Michigan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Firstbank Corporation operating offices in Hastings, Woodland, Sunfield, Ionia, Belding and Lowell. Firstbank KRAGT, continued from page 1 Carlotta Willard Corporation serves its customers with more than 50 banking centers in 16 Michigan counties. Storm causes power outages The eagle has landed....in Lake Odessa Stories of bald eagle sightings on Lake Odessa’s Jordan Lake have surfaced over the past few years, and now there is photographic evidence thanks to the quick shutter of Joanne King. She lives, appropriately, on Eagle Point and grabbed her camera one day last week to take this photo of an American bald eagle. She said the bird was pecking at the edge of the frozen lake around lunch time. “We were probably only 100 feet from him. As you can see, he knew we were there because he was looking right at us.” Seconds after King took the picture, the bird took off, flying too fast to keep in camera sight. She saw him later that day, soaring over the lake. Approximately 1,922 Consumers Energy customers in the Hastings service area, which includes most of Barry County were among the 127,000 customers who were without service due to severe winds that began early Sunday morning, Dec. 23. All but 700 customers had their power restored by 4 a.m. Monday. The final 25 Hastings area customers had their power restored by around noon on Christmas Day. Forty different locations in the Barry County area were without electric service as a result of the wind storm, said Timothy J. Pietryga, media representative from Consumers Energy. One of the largest pockets was the Gun Lake area with 549 customers without power. In the Orangeville area, for instance, Wildwood Road was closed due to downed power lines. In Delton, 338 customers were without ceptible to lead poisoning. DeVore said it causes low birth rate, cramps, growth retardation, weak bones and brain cell damage, among other things. She said lead poisoning often is hard to detect because it has many of the same symptoms as the flu, such as headaches, vomiting and weight loss. She added that lead does not just have to be ingested, but can be inhaled or penetrated through the skin as well. “It’s important to know that you might suffer and have irreversible damage even if you don’t have any symptoms,” she said. DeVore said decades ago, factory representatives began working with environmental agencies, and laws went into place to protect workers from dangers such as lead poisoning. “We are a healthier population,” she said. “Sadly, these gains that we’ve had are going to go by the wayside.” DeVore said many of the toys with lead paint are very popular, such as Dora the Explorer, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Curious George, teething rings and pacifiers. “One of the things that I found out is vinyl is on the recall list,” she said. “Because we force these companies to make it cheaper and cheaper, that’s what happens.” DeVore said a woman in Chicago began the whole concern over lead poisoning when she tested bibs she bought for her grandchildren and found lead in the vinyl backing. When she tried to find an agency to contact about her concern, there was nobody she could talk to about it. Lead test kits are available at hardware stores for about $8. When testing painted toys, test each color of paint to make sure it is safe. “We can’t test everything in our house. We can’t test everything we’re buying for Christmas this year. We shouldn’t have to do that,” said DeVore. For more information, contact Browne at (269) 945-4443 or sbrowne@usw.org, or visit www.usw.org or www.BlueGreenAlliance.org. power from 5:54 a.m. Dec. 23 to around 1 p.m. Dec. 24. Around the City of Hastings, 362 customers were without electricity for a time. Nashville had 223 Consumers Energy customers without power. Fallen tree limbs and other minor damage were reported in the area following the wind storm. Hay bales around the nativity scene at the Middleville United Church were blown around. Early Sunday morning, when temperatures were still in the 30- to 40-degree range, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning. That night from 4 to 8 inches of snow fell in the area, providing the necessary element for a white Christmas. As of Wednesday, all power outages from the wind storm had been restored, Pietryga said. when the number of subscribers was 110. With the help of 13 volunteers, he has been instrumental in increasing the number of subscribers to 386, some as far away as Wayland. He has a goal to increase subscribers to 500 and beyond now that he can devote full time attention to Lifeline. Kragt believes only about 10 percent of the area market has been tapped. “Marketing takes time... I’m excited about where we can go with this. I feel good about taking it to new levels,” he said. “It’s a great outreach for the hospital.” “It’s a great job... What better job can you have than helping people and saving lives... providing safe homes for Barry County?” Kragt said, noting that because of the local Lifeline several lives a year are saved. Lifeline is a 24-hour, 365-day a year service that provides older adults and others with quick assistance whenever they need it. Subscribers wear a waterproof Personal Help Button (as a pendant or wristband) and press the button when they need help. Within seconds, a certified Lifeline monitor responds, assesses the situation and summons appropriate help, whether it is a neighbor, relative or ambulance. Revenue from the local Lifeline program pays Kragt’s salary and benefits and the rest goes to the Pennock Foundation, which provides scholarships and funds to help the communities in the area. “Spiritual care is still the utmost priority at Pennock,” Kragt said. “The hospital has treated me well. “I loved being the chaplain,” he said, noting that he will still be active in various forms of ministry with area churches, helping conduct weekly Bible studies at the County Commission on Aging and with the Physicians Bible Study group. �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 3 2007, continued from page 1 was Barry County 911 Director Charlie Nystrom resigning from his position. In May, Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans accused Nystrom of embezzlement. By the end of July, Nystrom had resigned from his position as Barry County 911 Dispatch Center Director. The 911 Board of Directors Chairman Ron Neil kept his position even though there was a provision in the original agreement made with 911 attorney Douglas Van Essen that he would resign. The fifth place story this year was the preservation of the old Hastings Public Library. The matter went before the Hastings City Council Nov. 26, during a public hearing. More than 20 people spoke in favor of keeping the old library building. The Council voted unanimously to preserve the building and ask city staff to make preparations to accept proposals for the site. The public hearing took place after Downtown Development Authority members voted unanimously to turn the building into a parking lot. The completion and opening of the new Hastings Public Library took sixth place this year. The new facility officially opened Saturday, June. 9, to an anxious public. Hundreds of people passed books from the old library to the new, toured the building and welcomed the staff to the new facility. The seventh-place story was the change in athletic seasons. In July, a district court judge denied motions to intervene in Communities for Equity v. Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA), bringing to an end a nine-year court battle that started with objections to which seasons the MHSAA hosted many of its post-season state tournaments. Laura Dickinson Communities for Equity argued that under Title IX, the MHSAA schedule had discriminated against Michigan girls for years. The main focus was on girls’ basketball and volleyball. The NCAA and most other state high school athletic associations schedule girls or women’s basketball in the winter season and volleyball in the fall. Beginning with the current school year, the MHSAA was forced to implement a number of season switches, which saw tennis for girls Pennock Hospital officials plan to relocate outside the City of Hastings. and golf for boys in the Lower Peninsula moving to the spring; girls golf and boys tennis in the Lower Peninsula moving to the fall; girls volleyball moving to the fall; girls basketball moving to the winter; and the MHSAA offering Upper Peninsula soccer tournaments for girls in the fall and boys in the spring. The story taking eighth place was new members being elected to the Barry County Board of Commissioners and Michael Callton taking over as chairman in January. The ninth place story for 2007 was the closure of Dreisbach Pontiac GMC. Former owner Eric Dreisbach had to close his doors after nine years. He had 19 employees when he closed. Dreisbach contributed the closure of his dealership to the poor economy and General Motors’ encouragement of dealers to consolidate because the company has too many dealerships. The tenth place story was the completion of the Thornapple Manor expansion and renovation project with a new rehabilitation wing and patient room upgrades. Not included in the survey but a story that affected many people was the fallout from the death of Hastings graduate Laura Dickinson. She was found dead in her Eastern Michigan University dorm room in December 2006. Fellow EMU student Orange Amir Taylor III was charged with her murder, criminal sexual conduct, larceny and home invasion. EMU President John Fallon and two other school officials were fired for their handling of the case. Dickinson’s parents were interviewed on national television, and colleges across the country reviewed their policies for handling crimes on campus. The federal government fined the school $357,500 for violation of the Clery Act, which mandates colleges to alert students of threats to their safety. School officials said they plan to file an appeal. The college has agreed to pay the Dickinson family $2.5 million in a separate settlement. Taylor’s trial ended in a deadlock in October of this year, and a re-trial is planned for early next year. Other stories making big news this year were: • Changes in leadership around the county. Green Gables Haven Executive Director Christine Hiar resigned from her position and was succeeded by Janie Bergeron. Habitat for Humanity Director Louise Hurless resigned from her position to take an out-of-state job, and Thornapple Arts Council Director Lizanne Fehsenfeld stepped down to pursue academic interests. Michigan State University Barry County Extension Director Jan Hartough left her position to work for the Kettering Foundation of Dayton, Ohio. • A new veterans memorial in Orangeville was constructed after fund-raising efforts were successful. Almost 500 people attended the dedication ceremony. • Hastings Area Schools hired new Superintendent Rich Satterlee and Thornapple Kellogg Schools hired Superintendent Gary Rider. • The Hastings High School football stadium was renamed Baum Stadium at Johnson Field, in honor of Larry and Earlene Baum who paid for the replacement of the grass field with artificial turf. The Baum’s donation, which totaled more than $1 million, also covered replacement of the gym bleachers at both the high school and middle school. • An early morning fire destroyed Fabulous Finds in Middleville in early December, and a fire also destroyed Al Fresco in Hastings in May. • The Metaldyne auto parts manufacturer with a unit in Middleville was acquired by a Japanese firm, but the firm pledged to stay in Citizens spoke ‘loud and clear’ when they approved a millage renewal for Charlton Park. Plumb’s announced earlier this month that the Hastings store will close at the end of January. The old Hastings Public Library building was saved from the wrecking ball, thanks to public support. The new Hastings Public Library has become a hot spot in Hastings. Barry County 911 Director Charlie Nystrom stepped down from his position earlier this year, making the list of 2007 top stories. the area. • Barry County Commission Jeff VanNortwick faces recall efforts over new septic system inspection requirements. • An M-43 construction project through Delton was completed. • A form of swine flu was discovered at the Barry County Fair, delaying the delivery of hundreds of hogs after the fair. Dreisbach Pontiac GMC closed in September because of a poor economy and dealer consolidation. Delton Kellogg sophomore Terin Norris plays volleyball during the new season. �Page 4 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Reduced budget would aid state To the editor, As a regular reader of Rep. Brian Calley’s columns in the Hastings Banner since his election to the Michigan State House, I have been impressed by what seem to be reasonable and candid comments on the legislative process. In Calley’s most recent column, he indicated that his first choice for dealing with potential budget deficits is to reduce the budget, not increase taxes. I know that this can be done by budget cuts alone, but I don't feel that this is in the longterm best interests of the people or businesses in the state. I don't think there is a lot of "fat" to cut from the budget. We're at bare bones for many of the important functions of state government. I think that there are many essential services which the state government must provide for the health, safety and welfare of our citizens and which we are having difficulty providing already. You will notice that I don't separate myself from the government like it was some occupying force. I don't think that there is any more duplicity or greed in government personnel than the rest of our citizens. And I am still subject to the illusion that we do have a representative government. In any event, there are two areas where I do believe we are spending excessive amounts of state revenues: the criminal justice system and the state legislature. These are necessary entities, but currently these are the budget areas in which the least-damaging, perhaps even most productive, cuts can be made. The prisons and criminal justice system which provide inmates waste a tremendous amount of resources on criminals that are not a danger to the rest of us. And I feel that the prisons are often the real gateway to more serious crimes, rather than effective deterrents or reformation centers. This is especially true for drug crimes. We shouldn't just release prisoners due to overcrowding, but there are reforms of the criminal codes and prison system which will result in fewer prisoners and prisons. Changing drug laws, such as mandatory sentencing, and expanding drug courts could save money or increase effectiveness of the criminal justice system. With regard to the Michigan State legislature, the reports of Calley’s own experiences reveal problems. At least four changes of the legislature are in serious consideration now, 1) going to a part-time legislature, 2) extending term limits, 3) converting to a unicameral legislature and 4) reducing the health benefits provided to legislators. The latter three could directly reduce the actual costs of operating the legislature. And extending the term limits would proportionally reduce the costs by making the legislature more productive again. I am in favor of extending the term limits, but keeping the legislature a full-time enterprise. I think we could benefit from returning to representatives with more experience and a full-time commitment. As with any other position, it takes time to learn the job. And with the legislature, it takes time to build relationships and an understanding of the needs of other areas and constituencies within the state. On the other hand, I fail to see any need for two houses in state government. Unlike the federal government with its ability to run deficit budgets and the power to commit such extraordinary havoc in the nation and the rest of the world, we don't need such elaborate checks and balances in the state government. The two houses of the Michigan legislature have essentially stalemated each other and the governor from preparing adequate budgets, providing for equitable means of financing those budgets and conducting the essential business of the state. Both houses of the state legislature are elected on a basis proportional to population and representative of all the regions of the state. Michigan is not a confederation. We don't need a federal system. There is no need to duplicate the budgets of the two separate houses because there is no benefit in having two houses. I know that the legislative budget is not that large a percentage of the total state budget, but it is certainly an area of clear waste. Why not start there? And I repeatedly hear and read statements by our legislators that we can save money by reducing the benefits to state employees. How can anyone complain about the benefits that retirees receive after up to 30 years of service when the legislators get lifelong benefits after only six years of service? Why not get serious? Trust me, there won't be any lobbyists, unions or constituencies to complain about reducing those extraordinary benefits. On the other hand, two areas of the budget that I am very reluctant to reduce are the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR). These agencies protect and maintain Michigan's most important and unique assets, our natural resources. What good does it do to our health and that of our families to trade the quality of our air and water for a small temporary economic gain? That's penny wise and dollar foolish. Besides the human suffering, we'll spend more on health care in the future than we can save on a reduced DEQ budget now. And the quality of the natural environment in Michigan is one of our most important attractions for those that live here now or might choose to live, work, vacation or run a business here in the future. Don't cut the DNR budget. Dr. Kenneth M. Kornheiser, Plainwell Humility found in drive thru To the editor: This evening (Dec. 19), while getting my daughter’s favorite meal – a chicken nugget Happy Meal and assorted $5 gift cards, I surprisingly, found humility. As I drove forward to pay for my purchase, the young lady at the window informed me that the lady in the truck just before me had paid it already. I was shocked. I was taught from a very young child that you need to pay your own way in life, and if you had some extra to be generous to others. I never expected to be the beneficiary of such generosity. So, to the person who, through kindness, paid the cost of a meal for a frazzled father, I have tried to find out who you are and no one seems to know. I want to thank you properly, but realize that I may never be able to. Please know that your gift restored my faith in humanity during this season where we celebrate the greatest gift of all. Since we may never meet, I leave you with the sign off from my favorite comedian, the irrepressible Jimmy Durante. So, Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are! Sincerely, Tod Clark, Hastings Some thoughts and a look back on 2007 Christmas is over, the presents have been opened and many now center their attention on the new year. Over the past several years, I’ve used this time to reflect on the previous 12 months and look toward the new year and what it might have in store for us in Barry County. It’s a time when we all become Santas, of sorts, with renewed spirits and a sense of caring and concern for each other. The words of a song I heard a few weeks ago expressed it best, if you’ll allow me to paraphrase: "Some days, we forget to look around us, some days we can’t see the joy that surrounds us, so caught up inside our selves, we take when we should give, so now let’s pray for what we know can be, and hope for what we still can’t see, it’s up to us to be the change, and even thought we can do so much more, there’s so much to be thankful for.” As I look back over 2007, I can see there’s plenty for which to be thankful, yet there’s still so much we must do. Many of these stories are still unfolding. I’ve listed some of the highlights of the past year to jog your memory on just how many stories made the headlines this year. • Charlton Park was a big issue. During the past year, the park hired an interim director, brought back favorite events, added new events, re-organized under a new parks board and passed a millage for operations. It was a good year for the park, and the historic facility looks to be on the mend. • Officials worked to add a new bridge in Middleville to connect with Allegan County. This would become a major transportation route for Bradford White, Barry County’s largest employer. The bridge hasn’t been approved as of yet. It’s a project we need to get behind to save jobs and provide better access for emergency vehicles and more efficient travel from northwest Barry County. • Hastings Manufacturing Co. announced plans for a new plant in the Hastings Industrial Park and to re-develop its existing site for residential expansion within the city. • Three new county commissioners, Mark Englerth, Keith Ferris, and Jeff VanNortwick, took office and within a short time became involved in many projects beneficial to county residents. They made impact on the county parks board, Charlton Park, 911, the jail and the county government. • A Web site put together by a Hastings teacher with allegations over hiring issues was another story. I still feel the bigger issue is the threat Web sites pose when there’ no oversight on they can be said, under the guise of free speech. • Tom Groos stepped down as CEO of Viking Corporation, naming Kevin Ortyl the company’s chief executive officer. For the first time in more than 80 years a Tyden or Groos family member is not at the top post. • Wal-Mart announced plans to build a super store in Rutland Township. Even though the company was faced with strong opposition, it looks like the store will be built on the West Green Street location sometime in 2008, opening by 2009. • Authorities charged a fellow Eastern Michigan University student with the murder of Hastings graduate Laura Dickinson two months after her death. The University had originally claimed she had died in her dorm room of natural causes. Three university officials were later fired due to their alleged roles in the cover-up. • Anti-casino group MichGo was granted a stay in putting the Gun Lake Tribe’s land into trust. The saga continues, but it looks like the tribe could get approval early in the new year. • Pennock Hospital was chosen one of the nation’s top 100 hospitals and was among 20 small hospitals in the country given the honor based on patient outcomes, safety, national treatment standards, financial stability and growth in service. • Hastings-based Felpausch Food stores grocery chain sells to Spartan Foods of Grand Rapids, ending nearly 80 years of family ownership. Other headlines included: • Barry County Board begins study of county jail to repair or replace the facilities. • 911 Director cleared of wrongdoing after investigation • Hastings Public Library to close May 5 and reopen in new facility in downtown Hastings on June 9 • Richard Satterlee named Hastings school superintendent • Dave Storms honored with the Liberty Bell award • Pennock begins construction of new MRI facility and new emergency department ambulance entrance • Economic Alliance receives five-year funding package from the county board. • Tom Wilt named new Barry County YMCA director • Fire destroys AlFresco, a downtown Hastings business located on South Jefferson Street. Within months, owners announce that they would rebuild and open the business early in 2008 • Maggie Coleman receives the Exchange Club’s Book of Golden Deeds award • County board supports state’s plans to change 911 funding Public Opinion: Responses to our weekly question. • County prosecutor accuses 911 director of embezzlement • Arson determined cause of Middleville bus garage fire • Meijer announces plans to locate store in Rutland Township • County 911 director put on paid leave, pending investigation • Hastings City announces plans for new fire department • County Board adopts new TOST septic inspection ordinance • Lake Odessa fair opens without midway rides • Fred Jacobs receives Rotary’s Red Rose Award • Jackson-area mortician purchases Wren Funeral Home • Middleville Village Manager Ron Howell resigns • Jan Hartough announces plans to leave county extension directorship for position with Kettering Foundation • Recall effort begins to oust County Commissioner Jeff Van Nortwick for support of TOST ordinance • Barry County Chamber and Economic Alliance director named • Carl Schoessel retires from Hastings school superintendent position for second time • Hastings High School football field replaced, renamed Baum Stadium • Michigan House approves Gun Lake Casino compact • Nine local government units okay 911 bylaws examination • J-Ad Graphics announces purchase of two Lowell Newspapers and printing company • Three Hastings Public Library employees announce retirement • MiddleVilla Restaurant to close, bowling center to remain open • Dreisbach Motors announces closing due to economy, GM policies • Baltimore Townships assessments under state probe • Indian Pow Wow returns to Charlton Park • Pennock Health Services receives two new honors for quality care • Ex-911 director files suit against prosecutor, sheriff and J-Ad Graphics • George Strand named new Middleville Village manager • Tom Groos earns prestigious American Sprinkler Association Award • Union Bank to build new banking facility in Hastings • CROP Walk exceeds goals for 25th anniversary event • City announces plans to tear down old library building, but after public outcry, moves to sell structure • Viking Corporation announces expansion project in former Tyden location • 911 board sets re-organization meeting for early January • Jury deadlocked in Dickinson trial, judge declares mistrial • Jacoby leaves Pennock Hospital to form new firm • Radants named Christmas parade grand marshals • Plumb’s announces plans to leave Hastings after 16 years • Schondelmayer honored at library retirement party • Pennock announces plans to build new hospital in Rutland Township • Matt Thompson to leave Pennock for position at Carson City Hospital This is just a snapshot of what happened in the county during 2007. It by no means is a list of the top events during the past year; it’s just a look back at some of the things we wrote about in the Banner during the year. Some of these events will top the list of issues coming before us in the new year. Charlton Park is already on the mend, we now must find a fulltime director with a vision and determination to continue the success of the historic park. County officials and economic experts need to work together to get the bridge issue resolved in Middleville or risk losing one of the county’s largest employers. Finding the best occupant for the old library building in downtown Hastings should come early in the new year. And, as a community, we must work together to help Pennock Hospital expand on or near its existing building. Using the present infrastructure in which we’ve invested so much over the years. This will be a big issue for area residents in the coming years. On Jan. 15, along with the presidential primary, an election will be held in Assyria, Baltimore and Johnstown townships to determine if County Commissioner VanNortwick, who supported the TOST ordinance, reaches the level of recall. Will Hastings and area townships support a new fire station in Hastings or will taxpayers push to remodel the current site? Will we continue to see business closures in the coming months? These and other stories will top the list in the new year. So stay tuned; I’ll continue to keep you informed by ‘connecting the dots’ in the new year. The best way to predict the future is to play a major role in the process. Are you optimistic or pessimistic about 2008? Political pundits and economic experts have been making predictions about 2008. Are you feeling optimistic or pessimistic about the coming year? Fred Jacobs, vice president, J-Ad Graphics The Hastings Banner Devoted to the interests of Barry County since 1856 Published by... Hastings Banner, Inc. A Division of J-Ad Graphics Inc. 1351 N. M-43 Highway Phone: (269) 945-9554 Fax: (269) 945-5192 Newsroom email: news@j-adgraphics.com Advertising email: j-ads@choiceonemail.com John Jacobs Frederic Jacobs President Vice President Steven Jacobs Secretary/Treasurer • NEWSROOM • Elaine Gilbert (Assistant Editor) Tony Straub, Middleville: “I feel pretty optimistic. My business, Tony’s Repairs, survived 2007 and I think it will do well in 2008.” Nick Timmer, Middleville: “I feel pretty good about the new year. I think I will do better in school once it starts again.” Bill McClurkin, Barry County: “I feel pretty optimistic that things will go better for me in 2008.” Victor Maurer, Hastings: “I am optimistic that my health will improve enough in 2008 that I can have my knees operated on. This means I will be able to get around better.” John Bruinsma, Hastings: “I feel pessimistic about the new year. The television has been doing stories about how the world is going to end in 2011 which makes me a little afraid.” Lewis Weyerman, Hastings: I’m feeling a little optimistic that the election results this year will mean positive change for the country and the state.” Helen Mudry Patricia Johns Brett Bremer Fran Faverman Sandra Ponsetto Kelly Lloyd Jon Gambee Megan Lavell Subscription Rates: $30 per year in Barry County $32 per year in adjoining counties $35 per year elsewhere POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: P.O. Box B Hastings, MI 49058-0602 Second Class Postage Paid at Hastings, MI 49058 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 5 Why I am not voting in the Michigan presidential primary by Fran Faverman Staff Writer The Jan. 15 Michigan presidential primary has many voters incensed for very basic reasons—it offends their sense of individual privacy and fairness. The requirement for a public declaration of party preference has hit a raw nerve with people who by and large accept the loss of personal privacy suffered in the age of the Internet when all kinds of intrusions are accepted as a fact of life and the price paid for the convenience of shopping and performing other transactions online. Over and over, one hears sentiments such as "It’s nobody’s business who I vote for," "I don’t want my name on a party’s lists—I get too much junk mail now," "It’s outrageous that the taxpayers are being forced to pay for party lists," and even "It’s a waste of money, especially when we kicked disabled children and their caregivers out of the Medicaid program." (Note: Only some disabled children — 40,000—and their caregivers were removed from the Medicaid program.) Many voters are deeply offended by the cost of the primary which the state pays for. The legislature, in its wisdom or collective loss of sanity, depending upon one’s viewpoint, has appropriated $10 million to pay for it. Knowledgeable observers have recently said that the primary could cost as much as $12 million. This means the legislature would have to find another $2 million in an already strapped state budget. Beyond the issues raised for the state in the primary, the other issue of particular importance for Democrats or for people who would like to vote in the Democratic presidential primary is the impact of national party rules. Only four (Hillary Clinton, Sen.Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel, and Dennis Kucinich) of the eight announced candidates battling for the Democratic presidential nomination are on the party’s presidential primary ballot. The remaining four (senators Joseph Biden and Barack Obama, John Edwards and Bill Richardson) have withdrawn, threatened by the Democratic National Committee’s announced intention to penalize state delegations to the national convention in August. On the Republican ballot, two candidates, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado, have formally withdrawn from the race, leaving seven on the ballot. Besides voters, perhaps the people most affected and bedeviled by the return to a very closed system for the presidential primary are the city, town, and village clerks, who are charged by state law with running elections. The ways in which voter party preference information could become public does not imply a lack of integrity and commitment by current public officials or paid election workers. Many of them are also very concerned about privacy issues. Some have said they are reluctant to vote in the presidential primary precisely because of the privacy issues. Procedures for implementing election laws and conducting elections in this state are designed, promulgated, and overseen by the Bureau of Elections in the office of the Secretary of State. And they have been coming forth in a blitz of paperwork as municipal clerks have seen forms redesigned, and solutions to many ‘what-if’ situations have been formulated and passed on by Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and Bureau of Elections Director Chris Thomas. A word is in order about the types of primaries: Open and closed. A truly open primary allows a voter, who might prefer a Republican candidate for one office to vote for that Republican candidate while preserving his or her ability to vote for a Democratic or other party candidate for another office. In other words, it was very similar to the normal general election ballot. That changed after 1972 when George Wallace, much to the embarrassment and chagrin of Michigan Democrats, won the state’s presidential primary. Since then, the trend in the state has been to restrict a voter’s choices with a form of the closed primary. Voters had to pick a party ballot but the choice was made in the privacy of the voting booth and a voter could vote in only the primary he or she selected. The major disadvantage to that approach was the built-in possibility of confusion. Voters often invalidated their ballots by inadvertently voting in both primaries. (With the exception of the mechanical, lever-action machines with which the selection of one primary automatically disabled access to the other. The use of punch cards and paper ballots permitted inadvertent error. Ballots with such errors were not counted.) The major advantage for the parties was the elimination of "cross-over voting." Current election law casts firmly the upcoming presidential primary as a truly closed primary, but with gaping holes where voter privacy is concerned. Ballots and forms have been redesigned to reflect the new environment. (See sample ballots in this issue.) One anecdote told to this writer recounted a voter’s experience more than 50 years ago when she requested a Democratic primary ballot. The election worker’s response was, "I’ve never heard of a (name) asking for a Democratic ballot before!" In another instance, an elected public official would like to vote in the other party’s primary. When it was suggested to him that this might not be a good idea should he choose to run for reelection to his office, he is now mulling his options. It is possible that his choice will become a matter of record available to his opponent in either a primary within his own party or in the general election. His choice could become public knowledge in a number of ways. If challengers, who are allowed to watch the electoral process and inspect poll books are present, they could record the choices of individuals who are of interest to them. This could easily happen in the precinct setting. Beyond an individual challenger’s ethical sense at the polls or later on the campaign trail, there is no safeguard to a voter’s privacy. Although political parties are generally protective—nearly to the point of paranoia— about their lists of supporters, lists can be distributed to candidates. The compiling of lists has always been a significant expense for candidates, and the availability of voter preference lists by electoral units broken down into street addresses and available from the party is a godsend to candidates. (The writer speaks from personal experience; she ran in a party primary for a nomination for a state house district in 1994.) The provision of such lists also enables the parties to avoid a significant E L P M SA delegates, no alternate); Native Americans (two delegates, no alternate); and young people, ages 18 to 35, who receive 19 delegates and three alternates. In the end, what does the Michigan presidential primary mean? Zilch. The notion than an early Michigan primary would force the candidates to pay attention to Michigan’s problems is ludicrous. It is especially ridiculous when one considers that of the candidates, the only major Democrat on the ballot is Hillary Clinton, and her most credible opponent, Barack Obama, has chosen to withdraw from the ballot. And here is where the uncommitted delegates may very well matter significantly. Do the majority of these free delegates go to Clinton or to Obama? Who is electable? That is the question that has the political junkies slavering. E L P M SA Holiday Hours for J-AD Graphics and Printing Plus will be open Christmas Eve and New Years Eve 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon Closed Christmas Day and New Years Day Have a Safe and Happy Holiday 1351 North M-43 Highway ( just north of city limits) Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-9554 02683449 cost of doing business and allows the money saved to be directed to more advertising over the airwaves, the Internet, and through direct mail. Another aspect of the controversy over the lists that will be derived from the presidential primary election and their availability to the parties is the cost of the election. Many voters are left wondering what the legislature was thinking of when it approved spending public tax dollars for the benefit of the two political parties. Consider the voter who usually uses an absentee ballot; those voters are put on the permanent absentee voter list, which means they automatically receive an application for an absentee ballot. (Filling out the application and returning it to the clerk means they will then receive an absentee ballot.) Clerks were required to send those voters a letter indicating that for the Jan. 15 election, the voter had to indicate on the application which ballot he or she wanted. If the voter does not indicate a preference, no ballot will be sent. (The only exception is voters serving in the military overseas who have APO or EPO addresses; civilians living or working overseas also fall under the same exception.) To complicate matters further, some jurisdictions have also scheduled local ballot issues. Forty-three of the state’s eighty-three counties have at least one local issue pending. After all, why should the local municipality pay for an election when it can piggyback onto an already scheduled election paid for by the state? (Those interested in election arcana should go to the Secretary of State’s site and click on elections in Michigan.) In areas with local issues, voters have to ask for those ballots as well. So the absentee voter now has two ballots to contend with. Voters in Assyria, Baltimore and Johnston townships will receive a second ballot for the recall election in Barry County’s seventh county commission district where incumbent Jeff Van Nortwick is being challenged. Having considered all of the issues discussed above, the voter now has an absentee ballot in hand or is standing in the voting booth. What to do next? If the voter has selected the Republican ballot, things are pretty simple. Just vote for his or her presidential candidate while remembering that Sam Brownback and Tom Tancredo have withdrawn even though their names are still on the ballot. So it is pretty simple—choose one of the seven remaining candidates. Or if there is some dark horse out there known only to the voter, vote "uncommitted," and the party will be delighted to find somebody for you. If the voter wants to vote in the Democratic presidential primary, things are not so simple. Voters have been asking this writer, "What do I do if my candidate is not on the ballot?" The answer, according to the Voter Guide on the Jan. 15, 2008, Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary, supplied by the Michigan Democratic Party headquarters, is to vote "uncommitted." The citizen who wants to vote for Joe Biden, John Edwards, Barack Obama, or Bill Richardson, has to vote uncommitted because a write-in vote is not permitted in this primary. Why? Because state law requires that a write-in candidate must have filed an announcement of his or her availability by 4 p.m. on the Friday preceding the election; in this case, by 4 p.m. on Jan. 10. Such a filing would immediately expose the candidate to the penalty provisions of the national party’s rules and would defeat the candidate’s purpose in withdrawing from the official ballot. A voter who decides to vote uncommitted is really casting a ballot in the wilderness and hoping for the best. A vote for ‘uncommitted’ is a vote to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention who are not committed or pledged to any candidate. Those delegates can vote for any candidate they choose at the convention. The method for choosing delegates to the national convention is contained in part in a document entitled How You Can Help Pick the 2008 Democratic Candidate for President. It is a three-step process. Step one is the primary: To earn delegates to the national convention, candidates and uncommitted must get at least 15 percent of the vote in the January primary. Step two is the selection of 83 delegates and 15 alternates who will be elected in the 15 Congressional District Conventions based on the results of the primary. Step three amalgamates the results of the primary and the district conventions and adds in the super-delegates (the governor, U.S. Senators and Representatives, Democratic National Committee members from Michigan and two others and that make up the state’s 156 delegates to the national convention. The real kicker is how the uncommitted delegates will be chosen, who they will be, and what groups they will actually represent. The only requirement is they must be members of the state Democratic party. However, since these people usually are political activists beyond exercising their right to vote in elections, one may be sure that they are committed in some sense. The Michigan Democratic Party has a commitment to affirmative action goals and has ratios for minority delegates and alternates. For example, African Americans are entitled to 37 delegates and five alternates, and Arab Americans receive six delegates and one alternate. Hispanics get six delegates and one alternate, while gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons have six delegates and one alternate. The list goes so on to include people with disabilities (eight delegates, one alternate), Asian/Pacific Americans (three �Page 6 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Barbara Sue Trowbridge Thanks to your investment Barry County in our community... 17,383 youth were able to participate in programs to prepare them to become accountable adults. 4-H, Boy Scouts, DARE, Girl Scouts, The ARK, Thornapple Parks and Recreation, YMCA, Barry County United Way Volunteer Center Community, Partnerships, Lasting Change Worship Together… ...at the church of your choice ~ Weekly schedules of Hastings area churches available for your convenience... PLEASANTVIEW FAMILY CHURCH 2601 Lacey Road, Dowling, MI 49050. Pastor, Steve Olmstead. (616) 758-3021 church phone. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m.; Sunday School 11:0 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service 6:00 p.m.; Bible Study & Prayer Time Wednesday nights 6:30 p.m. SOLID ROCK BIBLE CHURCH OF DELTON 7025 Milo Rd., P.O. Box 408, (corner of Milo Rd. & S. M-43), Delton, MI 49046. Pastor Roger Claypool, (517) 204-9390. Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Nursery and Children’s Ministry. Thursday night Bible study & prayer time 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 1716 North Broadway. Rev. Timm Oyer, Pastor. Sunday Morning Worship 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School 11:00 a.m.; Evening Service 6 p.m.; Wednesday Evening Equipping 7 p.m. COUNTRY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 9275 S. Bedford Rd., Dowling. Phone 269-721-8077. Pastor Patti Harpole. 9:30 a.m. Traditional Worship Service; 11:00 a.m. Praise Worship Service; 12:00 noon Youth Group. Covenant Prayer Group Wednesdays at noon. Thursday noon Senior Meals. Men’s group 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. Christ’s Quilters. Bible Study Thursdays 7:15. Choir Thursdays at 5:45. Church website: countrychapelume.org. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 309 E. Woodlawn, Hastings. Dan Currie, Sr. Pastor; Paul Osborn, Minister of Music. Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages; 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship; 6:00 p.m., Evening Service. Wednesday Family Night 6:30 p.m., Awana, Jr. High, Prayer and Bible Study. Call Church Office for information on MOPS, Children’s Choir, Ladies Bible Studies, Sports Ministries and Senior Luncheons. WOODGROVE BRETHREN CHRISTIAN PARISH 4887 Coats Grove Rd. Pastor Randall Bertrand. Wheelchair accessible and elevator. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Time 10:30 a.m. Youth activities: call for information. HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-37 South at M-79, Rev. Richard Moore, Pastor. Church phone 269945-4995. Church Website: www. hopeum.org. Church Fax No.: 269-818-0007. Church SecretaryTreasurer, Linda Cobb. Office hours, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9 am to 2 pm. Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School; 10:45 am Morning Worship; Sunday evening service 6 pm; Son Shine Preschool (ages 3 & 4) (September thru May), Tues., Thurs. from 9-11:30 am, 12:002:30 pm; Tuesday 9 am Men’s Bible Study at the church. Wednesday 6 pm - Pioneers (meal served). (October thru May). Wednesday 6 pm - Jr. High Youth (meal served) (October thru May). Wednesday 7 pm - Prayer Mtg. Thursday 9:30 am - Women’s Bible Study at the church. Friday 9-11 p.m. Sr. High Youth. FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 503 South Grove Street, Delton. Pastor David Hills. 623-5400. Worship Services: 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Nursery provided. Jr. Church. Jr. and Sr. High Youth Sunday evenings. ST. ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH 805 S. Jefferson. Father Al Russell, Pastor. Saturday Mass 4:30 p.m.; Sunday Masses 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.; Confession Saturday 3:30-4:15 p.m. WELCOME CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3185 N. Broadway, Hastings, MI 49058. Pastor Susan D. Olsen. Phone 945-2654. Worship Services: Sunday, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH “Member Church of the WorldWide Anglican Communion.” 315 W. Center St. (corner of S. Broadway and W. Center St.). Church Office: (269) 945-3014. The Rev. Hugh Dickinson, Supply Priest. Mr. F. William Voetberg, Director of Music. Sunday Eucharist Service - 10:00 a.m. CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD A full gospel church. 1240 W. State Rd., Hastings. Pastor Doug Davis. 269-948-9740. Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Sunday School and Youth Group for all ages. Come and worship the Lord with us! WOODLAND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 203 N. Main, P.O. Box 95, Woodland, MI 48897 • 367-4061. Reverend Mary SchippersDeMunter. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m., Sunday School 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH 8950 E. M-79 Highway, Nashville, MI 49073. Pastor Don Roscoe, (517) 852-9228. Morning Celebration 10 a.m. Fellowship Time before the service. Nursery, children’s ministry, youth group, adult small group ministry, leadership training. SAINTS ANDREW & MATTHIA INDEPENDENT ANGLICAN CHURCH 2415 McCann Rd. (in Irving). Sunday services each week: 9:15 a.m. Morning Prayer (Holy Communion the 2nd Sunday of each month at this service), 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion (each week), and Evening Prayer 6:00 p.m. (May-August). We have a weekly Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer service and special Holy Days services as announced (please call the rectory for those times). The Rector of Ss. Andrew & Matthias is Rt. Rev. David T. Hustwick. The church phone number is 269-795-2370 and the rectory number is 269-948-9327. Our church website is http://trax.to/ andrewmatthias. We are part of the Diocese of the Great Lakes which is in communion with The United Episcopal Church of North America and use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer at all our services. ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES A Spirit-filled church. Meeting at the Maple Leaf Grange, Hwy. M66 south of Assyria Rd., Nashville, Mich. 49073. Sun. Praise & Worship 10:30 a.m., 6:00 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m. Jesus Club for boys & girls ages 4-12. Pastors David and Rose MacDonald. An oasis of God’s love. “Where Everyone is Someone Special.” For information call 1-616731-5194 or 1-517-852-1806. ST. CYRIL’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Nashville. Rev. Al Russell, Pastor. A mission of St. Rose Catholic Church, Hastings. Mass Sunday at 9:30 a.m. ST. TIMOTHY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 9800 East BC Avenue, Richland, MI 49083. Phone 269-629-9436. Eucharistic service every Sunday, 9:30 a.m. “This is my body given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ (Luke 22:19 NIV). Come share in the weekly Holy Communion – accepting Christ and being united with Him, surrendering our lives to Him so that we may know His will and walk in His ways. We are located in a wooded setting, north of Richland on BC Avenue, between M-43 and Gull Lake Drive. All baptized christians are welcome to participate in the Holy Eucharist. We believe that christianity is a faith of inclusion, not exclusion. Therefore, you don’t have to be an Episcopalian - just a believer. QUIMBY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH M-79 West. Pastor Ken Vaught. (616) 945-9392. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.; P.O. Box 63, Hastings, MI 49058. HASTINGS FREE METHODIST CHURCH 2635 North M-43 Highway, Hastings. Telephone 269-9459121. Senior Pastor, Dan Graybill, Youth Pastor, Brian Teed, and Senior Adults and Visitation, Don Brail. Sunday: Nursery and toddler care (birth through age 3) care provided. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. for children, youth and a variety of classes for adults. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. Kids’ Korner (ages 4 through 5th grade) are dismissed during announcements. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. and Small Groups meet. Wednesday: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for children (ages 4 through 5th grade), youth (grades 6th-12th grade), and a variety of adult classes. Thursday: 9 a.m. Senior Adult Discussion - Coffee Hour. Women’s Ministry 7 p.m. 3rd Thurs. of month. GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH First Sunday after Christmas December 30 Holy Communion 10:00 a.m. No Sunday School. Chili cook-off after worship. 239 E. North St., Hastings. 269-9459414 or 945-2645; fax 269-9452698. http://www.discovergrace.org Michael Anton, Pastor. HASTINGS FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 209 W. Green Street, Hastings, MI 49058. Office Phone (269) 9459574. Fax (269) 945-1961. Office hours are Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-Noon and 1:00-3:00 p.m. Friday 9:00 a.m.-Noon. Sunday morning worship hours: 9:15 LIVE! Under the Dome Contemporary Service, 10:30 Refreshments, 11:00 Traditional Worship Service. We offer various Sunday school classes at 8:15, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Chancel Choir rehearsal is Wednesdays at 7 p.m., and the Praise Team rehearses on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 231 S. Broadway, Hastings, Mich. 49058. (269) 945-5463. Rev. Dr. Jeff Garrison, Pastor. Sunday Services – 9:00 a..m Traditional Worship Service; 10:00 a.m. Coffee Hour; 10:05 a.m.; 11:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship Service; 6:00 p.m. NO Youth Group. Nursery and Children’s Worship available during both services. Visit us online at www.firstchurchhastings.org and our web log for sermons at: http://hastingspresbyterian.blogsp ot.com/. Thursday - 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal. Wednesday 6:15 a.m. Men’s Bible Study; 6:30 p.m. Praise Team. This information on worship service is provided by The Hastings Banner, the churches and these local businesses: LAUER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME - WREN CHAPEL of Hastings FLEXFAB INCORPORATED of Hastings THE HASTINGS BANNER and REMINDER 1351 North M-43 Highway – Hastings BOSLEY PHARMACY • “Prescriptions” 118 S. Jefferson – 945-3429 HASTINGS FIBER GLASS PRODUCTS, INC. 770 Cook Rd. – Hastings, Michigan 77519115 Area Obituaries Tommy Lee Shafer SEALY, TEXAS - Tommy Lee Shafer “Fade Away,” age 59, of Sealy, Texas, formerly of Hastings passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, December 5, 2007. Tom was born March 25, 1948 in Marshall to the late Joseph Shafer and Joyce (Diekema) Shafer. He grew up and attended school in Hastings. He had been a truck driver in Texas for many years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting various things, drinking coffee and visiting with friends. He had many wonderful friends, was dearly loved and will be missed by many. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Shafer and Joyce (Diekema) Shafer. He was survived by his significant other, Elizabeth Schoppe and her sons, Douglas (Buddy), Edward (Cookie), and Martin (Tiny) Schoppe of Sealy, Texas; son, Tommy Lee II (Margo) Shafer of Middleville; daughter, Tealy (Zach) Moore of Hastings; brothers, Terry (Mickie) Shafer, Bob (Janet) Shafer of Hastings, Jan Shafer of Evansville, IN; sister, Ann (Mark) Gallegos of Wildomar, CA; grandchildren, Cody, Shelby, Logan, Hannah and Zhoe; nieces and nephews, Brian, Andy, Rob, Corey, Elizabeth, Alexa, and Abby; special cousin and lifelong friend, Cathy Bourdeaux of Florida. Memorial services and burial were held Friday, December 14, 2007 in Sealy, Texas with military honors. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or a charity of one’s choice. John August Schultz HASTINGS - John August Schultz of Hastings passed away on Friday, December 21, 2007 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus at the age of 82 years old. He was born December 24, 1924 in Hastings to Joseph and Amelia (Krueger) Schultz, who have both preceded him in death. He married Barbara Disch at Grace Lutheran in Hastings on February 2, 1950. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughter Melinda (Danny) Shepler of Hastings; granddaughter, Jennifer (Wes) Casarez; great grandchildren, Emily Sue and Makayla Grace; step grandchildren, Stacy (David) Kensington and Steve (Kari) Shepler; step great grandchildren, Kaitelyn, Arthur, Cassie, Amber and Jonathan; sister Edna Stevens of Pasadena, CA; nephews, Robert (Linette) Stevens and Jim (Luanne) Stevens; great nephews, Nico and Adam; special friends, Cathy Morgan, Melissa Hornaday, Lori Vaughan M.D., Ben Gray. Mr. Schultz was a Master Electrician with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, formerly the Assistant Administrator of Administrative Services at Leila and Community Hospitals in Battle Creek, a former Plant Supervisor at Eckrich in Kalamazoo, former Plant Engineer at Lotte USA in Battle Creek and was currently working in the Plumbing Department at Lowe’s in Battle Creek. He was a WWII veteran serving in the Navy as an Electrician’s Mate on the USS Medusa in the South Pacific. He was a member and Past President of the Lions Club in Nashville, Past President of the Catholic Hospital Engineering Association, a member of Grace Lutheran Church and a devoted grandfather and friend to his grandchildren Emily and Makayla. His family will receive friends on Thursday December 27, 2007 at Grace Lutheran Church from 10 AM until the time of services at 11 AM. Rev. Michael Anton will officiate. Private interment will take place in Riverside Cemetery in Hastings following the services. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial contributions in John’s name be made to Grace Lutheran Church or St. Rose of Lima Catholic Schools. The family has entrusted arrangements to Lauer Family Funeral -Wren Chapel 1401 N. Broadway in Hastings. Please sign John’s register or leave condolences for the family at www.lauerfh.com. Lillian H. Shepard BATTLE CREEK - Lillian H. Shepard, 88, of Battle Creek passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Battle Creek Health System. She was born August 10, 1919 in Cedar Falls, IA the daughter of Hans and Sophie (Petersen) Christensen. She married Orlo H. Shepard on June 28, 1952 in Battle Creek and he preceded her in death on December 30, 1973. Lillian volunteered at Community Hospital Auxiliary which is now known as the Battle Creek Health System Auxiliary. She had earned her 12,000 hour volunteer pin in 2006. Lillian was a charter member of Pleasantview Family Church and she was a deaconess at the church for many years. She is survived by her daughters, Sharon (Jeff) Jackson of Battle Creek, Janet (Larry) Nicholson of Hastings; son, Kenneth (Marina) Shepard of Dayton, OH; grandchildren, Heather Jackson, Jason and David Miller, Chloe and Riley Shepard and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandson, Cole Shepard; four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held Monday, December 17, 2007 at the Pleasantview Family Church with Pastor Steven S. Olmstead officiating. Burial was in Assyria Cemetery. Memorial tributes may be made to Pleasantview Family Church or Battle Creek Health System-Auxiliary Memorial Fund. Arrangements by the Bachman Hebble Funeral Service, a member by invitation Selected Independent Funeral Homes. (269)965-5145 Ella M. McDonald MIDDLEVILLE - Ella M. McDonald, age 88, of Middleville, passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at Carveth Village, Middleville. Ella was born on January 5, 1919 in Kalamazoo, the daughter of Roy and Adah (Goodacre) Rodgers. She was raised in the Cloverdale area and attended Cloverdale schools. She was married to Donald L. McDonald, who preceded her in death. She was employed at Thornapple-Kellogg Schools as cook and manager and retired after 36 years of service. She was a loving, caring mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was always doing kind deeds for her family and friends. She is survived by one son, Nelson (Louise) Replogle and two daughters, Aleene M. Cook and Donna Jean Kermeen; six grandsons, seven great grandchildren; brother, John (Hildah) Rodgers; and sister, Lydia Longerhorst. Preceding her in death were her husband; two grandchildren; and brother, William Rodgers. Funeral and committal services were held Friday, December 21, 2007 at the Beeler Funeral Home. Rev. Scott E. Manning officiating. Burial was at Riverside Cemetery in Hastings. Memorial contributions may be made to Thornapple-Kellogg School System. Arrangements by Beeler Funeral Home of Middleville. VERMONTVILLE – Barbara (Sue) Trowbridge, age 69, of Vermontville, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on December 20, 2007. She will be sadly missed by us all. Sue was born April 9, 1938 in Hazard County, Kentucky and had been an Eaton County area resident for 60 years. She had been employed at Michigan Magnetics in Vermontville from where she retired in 2000 after 30 years of service. Surviving are her husband of 54 years, Buddy Trowbridge; six children, Rodney (Carmen) Trowbridge of Bath, Debra (Allan) Steward of Charlotte, Theresa Trowbridge of Charlotte, Suzette (Rick) Anthony of Battle Creek, Ryan (Jessica) Trowbridge of Bellevue and Tana (Jim) Miller of Vermontville; 12 grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren and five siblings, June Wells of Charlotte, Charles “Sonny” White of Portland, Eugene Fraley of Vermontville, Annabelle Emenheiser of Eaton Rapids and Wayne Fraley of Springport. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Channing Gene Trowbridge in 1999. Funeral services were held Sunday, December 23, 2007 at the Burkhead-Green Funeral Home, Charlotte. Pastor Duane Royston officiated. Interment was at Sunfield Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were her grandsons, Casey and Nick Steward, Jason and Mason Trowbridge, David and Jimmy Primm and Rick Anthony. Memorial contributions may go to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association. Envelopes available at the funeral home. Arrangements were by Burkhead-Green Funeral Home, Charlotte. Carol “Sam” (McWhinney) Glasgow BITELY, MI and ZEPHYRHILLS, FLA. – Mrs. Carol “Sam” (McWhinney) Glasgow, wife of Duane, of Bitely, Mich. and Zephyrhills, Florida, age 68, passed away December 23, 2007 after a long bout with cancer. She was born January 2, 1939 in Grand Rapids to Robert and Neva (Vanderlip) McWhinney. She attended Lowell Schools, graduating in 1957. Carol was employed at Newaygo County Mental Health in White Cloud for 15 years. Prior to this, she worked for the Lowell Ledger newspaper in Lowell for 25 years. Carol was a wonderful mother, wife and grandmother who will be greatly missed by her husband of 11 years, Duane Glasgow, and her three daughters, Lisa Lawrence of White Cloud, Stacy (Ricardo) Hernandez of Grant, and Tracy Sebastian of Newaygo; six stepchildren, Robert (Tammy) Glasgow of Hastings, Donald Glasgow of Eaton Rapids, John Glasgow of Allegan, James Glasgow of Essexville, Joseph Glasgow of Hastings, and Mariann Glasgow of Olivet; eight grandchildren, Cameron Kleynenberg, Chelcee and Eyrin Lawrence of White Cloud, Samantha Sebastian, Bianca and Bryanna Hernandez of Grant, Damian and Kaimen Longoria of Newaygo; eight step-grandchildren, Matthew, Nicholas, Tabitha, and Natasha Glasgow of Hastings, Amy, Ryan, Michael and Angela Glasgow of Eaton Rapids; one sister, Patty Dawson; one cousin, Judy Gurganious; along with many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Gary McWhinney; and her parents, Robert and Neva. Carol’s family wants to thank everyone for the love, support and prayers that they received during her illness. The support was overwhelming but greatly appreciated. Carol has requested that a funeral not be held to finalize her passing. If you have a memory or a story to share, feel free to e-mail it to asil@interprizing.com. Please write “about Carol” in the subject line. Richard R. Hultquist HASTINGS - Richard R. Hultquist, age 79, of Hastings, died Friday, December 14, 2007 at Laurels of Battle Creek. He was born December 20, 1927 in Walthill, Nebraska, the son of Raymond and Nellie (Underwood) Hultquist. Richard married Shirley Wilder July 2, 1960 and she preceded him in death in 2004. His employment included, Wolveran Sewer, Hilcrest Orchards, McGraw & Edison Spray Painting, Starr Commonwealth Home for Boys, and his own electrical repair shop. Richard enjoyed farming, and all kinds of animals especially horses, he also enjoyed fishing, cutting wood and being in the outdoors, traveling and camping. Richard is survived by his children, Debra Bennett of Hastings, Betty Hultquist of Hastings, Daniel Hultquist of Hastings, and Richard R. Hultquist; grandchildren, Amanda (Eric) Brinks, Molly Aspinall, Christopher Kemker, Mike Kemker; his brothers and sisters, Burt (Dot) Hultquist, Jennett (Millan) Duga, Lahnaya (Jim) Holstrum, Neleatta (Jerry) Curie, Joe (Kay) Hultquist, Mike (Sue) Hultquist. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Kenneth R. Vaught officiating. Burial was at Dowling Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the American Kidney Foundation. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net). �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 7 From TIME to TIME Financial FOCUS A look down memory lane... Furnished by MARK D. CHRISTENSEN of Edward Jones and Co. Christmases Past Which mutual funds are right for you? Continued from previous Banner When George and I grew older, we often sang Mozart’s Twelfth Mass at the midnight service on Christmas Eve in the choir at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Our next-door neighbor, Sadie Mae Palmer (Brower), was the organist and music director of this beautiful little church for many, many years. George and I both adored Sadie who always needed male voices for her little choir of 16 or 18 on Christmas Eve. The church was decorated with red ribbons and boughs of evergreens tied to the aisle side of each pew and poinsettias arranged in front all along the altar rail. Lit candelabra framed the altar. Fr. Don Gury, the priest at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church for many years conducted the mass. Over the years, Fr. Don Gury became one of my very favorite people; he was very kind and gentle. George and I dutifully hung up our stocking on Christmas Eve and put out the traditional plate of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa. The stockings, which we hung on nails on our bedroom door, had been newly washed and especially selected because they were the largest ones we could find. Color, style or condition had nothing to do with our choice. I don’t remember that I ever slept a wink the night before Christmas. I do remember hearing the courthouse clock tolling every hour, on the hour, all night long. Each of the 3,600 seconds from one hour to the next each seemed an eon. To this day, I have a strong sentimental attachment to our old town clock and miss not hearing it’s slow, dignified, stately, “booooong, boooong, booooong” when it malfunctions. I don’t know exactly when we were allowed to get out of bed on Christmas morning because we didn’t have a clock in our room, but I do remember that it was always in the dark. Judging by the town clock, it must have been sometime after six. We were not permitted to go downstairs until everyone had gathered in the hallway and had been accounted for. While waiting for the magic moment, we descended downstairs and checked out the contents of our stockings we had hung. Dumping the contents out on the floor, we would find a tangerine or orange, an apple, some hard candy and a handful of peanuts. George and I would both attest to the fact that grownups are bigtime, insensitive, “pokey slows” on Christmas morning! The tree lights were left on all night so when we entered the living room it looked every bit like a magic fairyland. Of course the first thing we always noticed was that good old Santa had left many, many presents under the tree. During the Depression years of the 1930s, our presents usually consisted of needed clothing and one major toy, something we really wanted. This major gift might be a sled, a pair of ice skates or a stamp album. Sometimes Santa left a “family gift” like a new 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle that the family spent many happy hours putting together around bowls of popcorn and apples during the holidays. We were always thrilled and happy with whatever Santa brought. I never remember being unhappy Christmas time except when Mother Nature failed provide snow and ice so we could try out our new sleds, ice skates or skis. I do not remember being traumatized when I was about 8 or 9 years old and found out for sure that there wasn’t really a Santa Claus in the literal sense. One of my teachers read a story to us in which Santa Claus became a symbol of the “Spirit of Christmas”.... the spirit of love and giving. To this day I believe in Santa Claus. To those adults who don’t permit their children to believe in Santa Claus I say, “Bah, Humbug!!” Comments by DeForest Potter Walton: “I don’t remember the time frame during those earliest days in Hastings. But I think the Christmas period was when we had no car. The old Chandler had over-heated and our nonmechanical father had delegated it to the barn. For quite a long time we had no way to get anywhere except to walk. I suspect this might have also been a way to save money. At any rate, the way our Christmas tree got home from downtown was by our dear mother and I hauling in on a sled. Our mother loved events, especially Christmas. Matter of fact, so did our father, but I think he kept his enthusiasm down in those days because he knew he couldn’t provide all of the presents we probably wanted. But I recall the Christmas when our father and I plotted to have him play Santa (as if having fallen asleep after delivering our presents) and being seen by you kids (or was it only Hugo) before racing away? It always amused our mother that we got gifts for her that were something like a kitchen utensil to help her work around the house. NOTE: Our library just received a marriage certificate, complete with pictures, for William Powers and Carrie Sage, 1888. They were married in Barry Twp., Barry Co. If they can find a family member that would like the certificate, they will give it to them. NOTICE The minutes of the meeting of the Barry County Board of Commissioners held December 28, 2007, are available in the County Clerk’s Office at 220 W. State St., Hastings, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or ww.barrycounty.org. About 96 million people own mutual funds, according to the Investment Company Institute, a trade organization for the mutual fund industry. So the chances are pretty good that you may already own some funds — but with more than 10,000 of them on the market, how can you know you’re picking the right ones? Of course, just by owning mutual funds, you get at least two key advantages. First, you’ll get professional management, which means that a highly trained investment expert will be choosing the securities that go into your mutual funds. And second, mutual funds offer a degree of diversification because each fund owns a variety of stocks, bonds, government securities and other investments. Keep in mind, though, that diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against a loss. However, even though all mutual funds offer you these two benefits, you can’t just buy a bunch of funds, willy-nilly, and assume you’re making the right moves. Many people think that if one growth-oriented mutual fund gives them a chance to have their money grow, then several growth funds will enable them to make really big profits. But many growth stocks look alike. So, if you bought several of these funds, you might wind up with a lot of similar stocks in slightly different packages. And if one of your funds is adversely affected by market circumstances, the others could be similarly hit, so you might end up losing the benefit of diversification. How can you avoid buying a bunch of nearly identical growth funds? Ask your financial advisor for the prospectuses or annual reports of all the funds you’re considering. These documents typically list their funds’ individual holdings and the percentages of different types of assets. If you see too much overlap between a fund you’re considering and one you already own, consider looking elsewhere for better opportunities. A mutual fund’s prospectus also includes the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other important information, so be sure to read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. Types of Funds Thus far, we’ve mostly discussed growth funds. To create a diversified mutual fund portfolio, though, you’ll need to consider other types of funds, such as the following: * Growth-and-income funds — As the name suggests, growth-and-income funds strive to achieve a mix of capital growth and current income. These types of funds invest in dividend-paying stocks and some bonds. * Bond funds — You can find mutual funds that focus on corporate, Treasury or municipal bonds. While all these funds seek to pro- IURP�RXU�UHDGHUV Recall of commissioner is warranted To the editor: Why must we always rely upon the government to “protect us?” Having a private test done would still allow us to “negotiate with the seller” without having to pay a $137 fee to Barry County for the privilege. In response to Mr. Kingma’s letter (Dec. 20 Hastings Banner) I can say for sure that Commissioner VanNortwick voted to approve the TOST regulation and in the process ignored 162 signatures on a petition submitted at the June 27 meeting. He chose to not listen to his voters then, so we have little choice to resort to a recall ballot where he must listen to the results. We tried to change his opinion, but it did not work. By approving TOST, he elected to take away some of our private property rights. Mr. Kingma, I consider taking away those rights as immoral, and for that reason under your reasoning, I should be able to recall him. What right might Mr. VanNortwick want to take away from us next? Could he decide that because polluted air can cause cancer or other diseases we need to have the air in our houses tested before sale? Recall is warranted and I urge all District 7 voters to mark yes for recall on the Jan. 15 ballot. James Shurlow, Hastings vide income, they differ in risk level and tax consequences. * International funds — International funds invest in stocks in non-U.S. companies. Although such funds have the potential to achieve large gains, they are frequently volatile, as they are subject to currency fluctuation and political and economic risks. * Sector funds — “Sector” funds primarily invest in the stocks of a particular industry or segment of the economy, such as technology, health care or financial services. Sector funds are, by design, less diversified than other types of mutual funds; consequently, they are generally more risky. 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The vacancy is for that part of Race Street lying East of the northerly extension of the east line of the West 15 feet of Lot 2 of Block 1, and West of the former Pere Marquette Railroad, according to the recorded Plat of the Village of Freeport, Barry County, Michigan. A copy of the proposed vacancy may be examined at the Village Office during regular business hours of 9AM to 12PM, on Monday and Wednesday. Any interested person may attend the hearing and offer comments on the matter to the Village Council. Yvonne M. Aspinall Clerk Village of Freeport 06663118 Keep up with your local t e a m in your local newspaper, The Hastings BANNER! Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Roger L Marble, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 22, 2003, and recorded on September 30, 2003 in instrument 200309300019965, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Five And 16/100 Dollars ($117,535.16), including interest at 6.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Irving, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing in the Center of Highway at the Northeast corner of the West Fractional 1/2 of the Northwest Fractional 1/4 of Section 1, Town 4 North, Range 9 West, lying West of the North and South Highway; thence West 407 feet for place of beginning; thence South from Center of East and West Highway 185 feet; thence West 125 feet; thence North to Center of highway 185 feet; thence East along center of Highway 125 feet to place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518988 File #160310F02 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE LIKENS & BLOMQUIST, P.L.L.C., IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage made by Nancy Hobert, unmarried, Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee, which mortgage is currently being serviced by The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on August 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1168315, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on said mortgage there is $23,472.84 due at the date of this notice. There is no suit proceeding at law or in equity to collect the sums due under the Mortgage described above. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of the power of sale contained in the above-described Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1PM, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder at public vendue, in order to satisfy the unpaid portion of said Mortgage, together with interest at a rate of 10.80%, all costs of sale permitted by law, and taxes, the property situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as: Lot 6, Block 7 of Kenfield's Seconds Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. All rights of redemption shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned as defined by MCL 600.3241 (a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: Thursday, December 20, 2007 Attorney for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee Likens & Blomquist, P.L.L.C. By: Benjamin S. Lin P-70891 30200 Telegraph Rd., Suite 140 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 Telephone: 248-593-5106 Ext. 5425 77519010 00406MILB Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Richard Hamilton and Kelly Hamilton, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 29, 2006, and recorded on January 4, 2007 in instrument 1174627, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FF2, Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-FF2 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Three Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Seven And 22/100 Dollars ($93,257.22), including interest at 12.7% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 40 feet of the West 1/4 of Lot 923 and the North 42 feet of Lot 926 of the City, Formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded plat thereof. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177122F01 77518846 �Page 8 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Lake Odessa Annie’s MAILBOX by Kathy Mitchelll and Marcy Sugar Happy New Year! The Lake Odessa Depot Complex will be open this weekend, on Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. The Lake Odessa Area Historical Society will meet in two weeks on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Depot Freight House. The Ionia County Genealogical Society will meet on Saturday, Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. at the Depot Freight House. Max and Phyllis Decker came home from Florida to spend Christmas with their Holland and Grand Rapids children. Marriage Licenses Timothy Adam Crapser and Bobbi Lavern Althoff. Martin Craig Kleczynski and Audrey Jean Argo. Jeremiah Paul Grove and Megan Marie Bolthouse. David Wesley Stuart and Jamie Marie Dahms. Tyler Lee Wisniewski and Ashley Robin Fedewa Elizinga. Corey James Clemons and Elaina Marie Garrison. Douglas Lee George and Breanna Bethany Hall. Kevin Howard Welch and Virginia Susan Howk. Timothy Joseph Pederson and Karen Yvonne Humphreys. Leslie Bernard Cummings and Kelly Faith Johnson. Martin Lee Shirk and Kathy Irene Jordan. Brian Finley Hansford and Cara Lin McQueen. Duane Charles Hall Jr. and Britteny LeeAnn Mitchell. Derek Stephen Spidel and Barbara Ione Nelson. Michael Charles Wilson and Robin Ann Pepper. James Ryan Gibbons and Shayna Elisabeth Selleck. George Jacob Schaaf and Jean Stine. Bryan Dale Hester and Tami Jo WestfieldRoodvoets. The Sunday service at Central United Methodist included the bell choir, the children’s choir, and the chancel choir. Guests of Dale and Doris Mossburg on the weekend were Kay and Don Chapman and family of Traverse City. Sam and Kate Strater were guests of parents Earl and Sally on Sunday. Dr. Tom Yonkers of rural Cloverdale returned home on Wednesday of last week. He has been in Little Rock, Ark., receiving cancer treatment. His son Chris Yonkers of Hastings drove to Little Rock to bring him home. Dr. Yonkers will be returning to Arkansas for more treatments. Choir members and youth of Central United Methodist Church went caroling Thursday of last week and gathered afterward for refreshments. The Eckstrom letter to friends indicated that husband Bill played basketball on his 75plus team in Kentucky in the fall. His team won two of their five games. How many men can play such an action game when they are past the three-quarter-century mark? Christopher Taylor, 33, of Grand Rapids died Dec. 18. Among his survivors is his sister Deborah (Brian) Moras of Lake Odessa. The Moras children are Nathan, Rachael, and Lydia. He was the son of Rev. Lee Taylor and wife Beverly. His funeral was at First Baptist Church of Lowell. Newborn Babies BOY, Nathan Christian Charles Loughry, born at Spectrum Health on Dec. 11, 2007 at 1:45 p.m. to Katy and Tim Loughry of Delton. GIRL, Sidney Kay, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 10, 2007 to Aaron and Karrie Ripley of Middleville. Weighing 8 lbs. 9 ozs. and 21 1/2 inches long. BOY, Brenden Michael Lee, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 11, 2007 at 7:12 p.m. to Michael and Shawndra Smith of Lake Odessa. Weighing 8 lbs. 12 ozs. and 21 inches long. GIRL, Raelyn Marie, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 11, 2007 at 9:18 p.m. to Leah Allen and Stephen Salsbury of Nashville. Weighing 8 lbs. 8 ozs. and 20 1/2 inches long. K.A. 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BOY, Zachariah Jay, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 14, 2007 at 2:17 p.m. to Josh Eldridge and Whitney Robertson of Middleville. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20 inches long. BOY, Ethan Dewey, born at Pennock Hospital on Dec. 14, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. to Shannon and Chad Perkins of Lake Odessa. Weighing 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 21 inches long. Shamrock Tavern Presented by Nick Marble Every Saturday Night In December 9 pm to 1 am “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.” 121 W. Apple Street • Hastings 77517709 Hastings. Weighing 7 lbs. 7 ozs. and 19 1/2 inches long. at the McPhillips & McDowell, P.L.C. 269-945-3512 Bruce, Janet and David Garlock of Big Rapids hosted the Garlock family this past Sunday. They came from Carlton Center, Richland, Lake Odessa and East Lansing. Special guest was Ding, a Chinese doctoral student at MSU. On the return trip Sunday night, it was a low-beam, low-speed drive all the way. Those who took M-20 and M-66 found better driving conditions than those who drove south on US-131. Betty McMillen, Duward Strong, and Betty’s three daughters and spouses were in Florida for their first Christmas together in years. Lake Odessa’s Tami Thelen is playing basketball at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids. She was home-schooled by her parents Ralph and Cindy. She made regular trips in the most recent years to Lansing to practice and play with the home-schooled Lansing Crusaders team. Her future Cornerstone coach had never heard of Tami, but saw her play when she went to a Crusaders’ game to scout another player. After a practice with the Cornerstone team, Tami was given a scholarship. Now in her junior year at Grand Rapids, Tami is an important part of the Cornerstone program. Lifestyles Hair Salon will open Jan. 2 in their previous location on 4th Avenue in Lake Odessa. 77518868 IN FREEPORT Toll Free 1-888-943-5400 The 77519215 @@ �� �� @@@ ��� ��� �� @@ �� @@@ ��� ��� @@ �� �� @@@ ��� ��� @@ �� �� @@ �� @@@�� ��� @@@��� ��� @@��� �� �� @@ �� �� 4 77517270 HOURS ONLY! Saturday, Dec.29 7 to 11am • Patterns & Books........25% OFF • All Fabrics.....30% OFF • All Notions ....50% OFF Quilting Passions 117 W. State St. Downtown Hastings (269) 945-6238 Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 20 years. He's had several health problems during this time, but has always managed his pain. Last year, he went to a pain management clinic and they prescribed narcotics. He takes them every day and is in a fog every night. He has gained weight, become sloppy and stopped caring how I feel. He sleeps like the dead, mouth hanging open, and of course our sex life has suffered. I have lost my attraction to him and feel the connection between us is evaporating. I have suggested counseling, but he refuses, saying he has no problem with our marriage. I have seen a counselor myself, but am totally torn up by this. I'm an attractive woman who still receives attention from other men. I don't want to spend the rest of my life with someone who is continually numb. I have a solid job offer in another town close to family. Should I stick it out and accept this new version of my husband, or do I try it on my own?—Falling Out of Love Dear Falling: Your husband doesn't want to stop taking this medication because he feels good for the first time in years and prefers not to give up such relief. However, if he is "in a fog," he may be overmedicated and his doctor should be informed. If you've been with him for 20 years and this latest phase has lasted only 12 months, please stick it out and give him time to adjust his medication and see if that helps. If not, insist on counseling for your sake so he can understand how close he is to losing his marriage. why, but they "just felt like it." Last year was the worst of my life. The kids called me (get ready for a list) fat, stupid, idiot, dumb, worthless, that I am not fit to live and so many other things, I lost count. One of those girls said in front of the only two friends I have, "Wow, you finally got some friends in what? Five years?" I thought I would just curl up and die. But my friends said they didn't care what anyone said. My mom works long hours and always comes home tired, so I don't want to burden her with what is happening at school. I am 11 and don't think I can take it much longer. Please help.—Stressed Out in Texas Dear Stressed: These classmates are bullying you, and you have the right to make it stop. Talk to your mother. She needs to know. Then both of you should talk to the principal and school counselor. (If your mother cannot go with you, do it by yourself.) You are obviously a smart girl, and we can sense a great deal of strength inside. You also have two loyal friends who will stand by you, so please do this, not only for yourself, but for other girls who are being bullied. You can get more information and suggestions through stopbullyingnow.com and bullyonline.org. Mother’s efforts Boyfriend oversteps were overdone shower Dear Annie: One of my mother's main Dear Annie: My girlfriend and I had a huge disagreement. She is planning to give a baby shower for her friend at work. This is her friend's second child and second shower. I did some research and believe the friend should not have a second shower. I did not think it was customary and felt it put the girl's friends on the spot if they chose not to attend. I also thought it would reflect poorly on my girlfriend if she was going against tradition, although I realize times are changing. Should I have just minded my own business? — Custom Confused Dear Custom: Yes. While showers for second children are not traditional (since, presumably, the parents already have most necessary items from the first child), they are becoming more common. Traditions change and that's fine. Unless it is your time and money being spent, you are only asking for trouble by getting involved in what your girlfriend chooses to do for her friends. Heirlooms on hold Dear Annie: I read the letter from "Between a Rock and a Hard Place," who had a sculpture she wanted to give to her daughter. The sculpture, however, was made by a friend whose wife, "Betsy," also wanted it. I have a solution that worked in our family. She should give the sculpture to Betsy with the caveat that Betsy will leave the sculpture to the daughter in her will. When my grandmother died, she bequeathed a chest to me, but my aunt really wanted it. While it would certainly be a nice item to have in remembrance, it really means a lot to my aunt. Eventually it will be in my possession and I will cherish it even more since it will remind me of both of them.—No Name, California Dear No Name: That's a lovely solution— provided Betsy doesn't move to another state and disappear, or her children don't grab it when she dies, resulting in a protracted legal battle in order to get it back. Humorous deflection ��� @@@ ��� UILTERS @@@ ��� ��� @@@ ��� ��� End of Year ® Narcotics brings fog Dear Annie: This is in response to "Aging with Dignity," who said an old acquaintance was poking fun at her husband's bald head. Were her comments intended to be humorous or meant to hurt? That dictates how to handle the situation. Her husband can defuse anything hurtful by poking fun at himself. He could rub his hand over his head and state how much money he saves on haircuts. My dad used to say he couldn't have both hair and brains.— PMC Bullying has many forms Dear Annie: I am in the sixth grade, and other kids make fun of me. Last week, I didn't go to school because I had a headache. I'm sure it's stress and it's making me afraid and affecting my schoolwork. It started in the first grade. I don't know goals in life was to instill good, solid religious values in her children. This is an admirable thing. The problem is the way she carried out this goal. It was nothing short of stifling. I cannot recall any single thing in my life that turned me off to religion more than my mother's efforts. Why can't parents realize that shoving religion down the throats of their children will only make them want to run from it? After much counseling, I am now able to say that my faith is strong, but it is in spite of my mother, not because of her.—Religiously Scarred Dear Scarred: The best way to instill religious values in one's children is to set a good example at home and let them see that you live what you preach. Forcing religion on a child invariably creates a backlash, as you have so astutely pointed out. Wise parents know that children are more drawn to what provides comfort and a sense of belonging. Burial solutions Dear Annie: I read the letter from "This Violet is Blue," whose husband plans to be buried next to his first wife. I wanted to pass along a suggestion, since this is also a concern of mine. My husband also has two crypts, one of which his first wife is now buried in. I did not want to be left out in the cold either, so here is what we decided to do. When my husband dies, his body will be put in the crypt next to his first wife. When I die, I will be cremated and my ashes will be put inside my husband's coffin. This way, my husband is near his first wife and she is not alone, and my remains will be in the same coffin with my husband so we will be together. I am content with this solution and hope your reader will be, too.—Feeling Better in Sarasota Dear Sarasota: Although you are content to be in your husband's coffin, next to his first wife, this is not a feasible option for all spouses. Many suggested the husband be cremated as a way to be in two places at the same time. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190, Chicago, IL 60611. To find out more about Annie's Mailbox, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC. The BANNER To subscribe, call us at... 269-945-9554 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 9 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Randy Billings and Cheryl Billings, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated November 23, 2005, and recorded on November 29, 2005 in instrument 1156867, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety And 68/100 Dollars ($151,290.68), including interest at 8.2% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at the point on the North tine of Section 35, Town 3 North, Range 9 West; distant South 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds West 214.50 feet from the Northeast corner of said Section 35; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West parallel to the East line of said Section 35, 231.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 49.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 577.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East 165.00 feet to Said East line; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 03 seconds West 203.58 feet along said East line; thence South 37 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds West 152.39 feet; thence South 14 degrees 30 minutes 03 seconds West 176.85 feet thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 21 seconds West along the South line of the North 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 35, 524.69 feet; thence North 00 d egrees 04 minutes 03 seconds East 1305.55 feet to the North line of said Section 35; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 20 seconds East along said North line 445.50 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Northerly 33 feet thereof. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518441 File #174771F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Wilma Lock, An unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated November 15, 2005, and recorded on December 9, 2005 in instrument 1157390, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy-One And 30/100 Dollars ($185,171.30), including interest at 9.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 19, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Beginning on the Range line 937.49 feet, with bearings referenced to the Michigan Plane coordinate system-zone South, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East from the Southwest corner of Section 19; thence on said Range line, North 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds East 393.42 feet to the 1/8 post on the West side of the Southwest fractional 1/4 of said Section 19; thence South 88 degrees 28 minutes 33 seconds East on the 1/8 line 615.38 feet; thence South 00 degrees 49 minutes 14 seconds West 392.15 feet; thence North 88 degrees 35 minutes 39 seconds West 615.38 feet to beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 7718453 File #174955F01 Want weather forecasts? WANT WEATHER FORECASTS ? Want to know where to get all this information? From student loans to Social Security benefits to buying surplus government property, all kinds of government information are just a click or call away. 1 (800) FED-INFO Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffery Pandl, a married man, original mortgagor(s), to Flagstar Bank, FSB, Mortgagee, dated January 25, 2002, and recorded on February 4, 2002 in instrument 1074211, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Two And 74/100 Dollars ($90,592.74), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4, Block 10 of Eastern Addition to the City of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519044 File #178706F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian A. Blair and Debra K. Blair, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated October 15, 2004 and recorded October 28, 2004 in Instrument Number 1136307, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Six and 34/100 Dollars ($137,196.34) including interest at 5.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 24, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of Section 25; thence North 00 degrees East 350.00 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 25 to the place of beginning; thence North 89 degrees West 156.27 feet parallel with the South line of said Section 25; thence North 02 degrees West 968.66 feet; thence South 89 degrees East 215.00 feet along the North line of the South onehalf of said Southwest one-quarter of Section 25; thence South 00 degrees West 967.05 feet along the North-South one-quarter line of said Section 25 to the place of beginning. Also, that part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of Section 25; thence North 00 degrees East along the North-South one-quarter line of Section 25, 350.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees West, 156.27 feet parallel with the South line of said Section 25; thence North 02 degrees West, 708.56 feet to a point that is South 02 degrees East, 260.11 feet from the North line of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, said point being the true place of beginning; thence North 42 degrees West, 95.88 feet; thence North 00 degrees East, 190.00 feet to the North line of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25; thence South 89 degrees East, along said North line, 50 feet; thence South 02 degrees East, 260,11 feet to the place of beginning. Except the following: That part of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, Rutland Township, Barry County, Michigan, described as: Commencing at the South one-quarter corner of Section 25; thence North 00 degrees East, along the North-South one-quarter line of Section 25, 350.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees West, 156.27 feet parallel with the South line of said Section 25; thence North 02 degrees West, 389.13 feet to the centerline of Quimby Road and the true place of beginning; thence continuing North 02 degrees West, 389.43 feet to a point that is South 02 degrees East, 260.11 feet from the North line of the South one-half of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 25; thence North 87 degrees East, 50.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees East, 244.57 feet said centerline of Quimby Road; thence Southwesterly, along said centerline and a curve to the left, whose radius is 165.00 feet and whose chord bears South 33 degrees West, 16.71 feet; thence South 30 degrees West, along said centerline, 73.36 feet to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 27, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519221 File No. 280.3571 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Thomason, Jr., a single man and Deborah Shotwell, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, a New Jersey Corporation, Mortgagee, dated April 16, 2001, and recorded on April 18, 2001 in instrument 1058286, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Seven And 00/100 Dollars ($64,297.00), including interest at 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 33 feet of Lot 2 and the East 10 feet of Lot 3, Block 8, Butlers Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof in Liber 1 of Plats, on Page 66, Barry County Records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518447 File #027248F04 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Zackary G. Szakacs, An Unmarried Man and Loretta J. Metcalf, An Unmarried Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 14, 2003, and recorded on November 18, 2003 in instrument 1117801, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Seventy-Six And 47/100 Dollars ($136,076.47), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12, Twin Shores Plat, according to the Recorded Plat thereof in Liber 3 of Plats, on Page 107 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518753 File #125025F02 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Sandra Gilbert, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 24, 2004, and recorded on October 11, 2004 in instrument 1135287, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Seven And 01/100 Dollars ($100,567.01), including interest at 6.45% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The West 48 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 134 and the East 26 feet of the North 108 feet of Lot 135, Original Plat of Hastings The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518250 File #144361F02 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on November 6, 2003, by Margaret J. Busch, also known as Margaret Busch, a single woman, as Mortgagor, to Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on November 13, 2003, in Document No. 1117532 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Ninety Eight Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Seven and 81/100 Dollars ($98,377.81), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, January 10, 2008, at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: Land situated in the Township of Hope, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as follows: That part of the South 64 rods of the Southeast _ of the Southeast _ of Section 27, Town 2 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Section 27; thence North 88°59’06” West on the south Section line 867.54 feet to the place of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence continuing on said South Section line North 88°59’06” West 446.53 feet; thence North 0°31’30” East on the West line of said Southeast _ of the Southeast _, 534.59 feet; thence South 88°59’06” East parallel to the South Section line 446.53 feet; thence South 0°31’30” West 534.59 feet to the place of beginning. Together with and subject to an easement for ingress, egress and public utilities over a 66 foot wide strip of land, the centerline of said easement being described as beginning at the Southeast corner of the above described parcel; thence the centerline of said easements runs North 0°31’30” East 534.59 feet to the Northeast corner of said parcel and the point of ending.. Commonly known as 8964 Dunkley Dr., Delton, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be onr (1) year from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 Mainstreet Savings Bank, FSB By: Lori L. Purkey, Esq. Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. 444 West Michigan Avenue 77518786 Kalamazoo, MI 49007 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Andrew E. Warner and Janice E. Warner, Husband and Wife to National Bank of Hastings, Mortgagee, dated January 15, 2002 and recorded February 20, 2002 in Instrument # 1075200 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned through mesne assignments to: Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, by assignment dated November 19, 2007 and recorded November 28, 2007 in Instrument #20071128- 0004654 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($142,907.27) including interest 6.99% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one quarter of Section 4, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as commencing at the Northwest corner of said section; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 1699.0 feet along the North line of said section; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West 661.32 feet parallel with the West line of said Northwest one quarter to the place of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds West 204.12 feet; thence North 67 degrees 42 minutes 10 seconds West 51.30 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes East 185.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 40 seconds East 49.71 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with right of ingress and egress to a public road over Trails End Drive. Also together with walkway easement to Gun Lake over a 6 foot wide stripe of land, the West line of which is described as being the Southerly extension of the West line of said above described parcel. Commonly known as 4225 Trails End, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Alaska Seaboard Partners Limited Partnership, A Delaware limited partnership, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518688 Our File No: 07-79526 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Accuracy Test for the January 15, 2008 Presidential Primary Election will be conducted on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. in the Woodland Township Hall located at 156 South Main, Woodland, Michigan. The Public Accuracy Test is conducted to demonstrate that the program and the computer that will be used to tabulate the results of the election have been prepared in accordance with law. Cheryl Allen, Woodland Township Clerk 156 S. Main, Woodland, MI 48897 (269) 367-4915 77519200 PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP, BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing concerning proposed amendments to the Prairieville Township Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Prairieville Township Hall, 10115 South Norris Road, within the Township. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the items to be considered at this public hearing include, in brief, the following: 1. The proposed rezoning to the “R-1” Single Family Low Density Residential District or the “R-2” Single Family and Two Family Medium Density Residential District of those portions of the following described lands that are currently in the “A” Agricultural District: 11646 Fords Point Drive, 11633 Fords Point Drive, 11623 Fords Point Drive, 11595 Fords Point Drive, 11569 Fords Point Drive, 11555 Fords Point Drive, 11527 Fords Point Drive, 11517 Fords Point Drive, 11475 Fords Point Drive, 10850 Penny Lane and 11574 Ramseyer Road. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Zoning Ordinance and Township Land Use Plan and Map may be examined at the Prairieville Township Hall located at 10115 South Norris Road within the Township at any reasonable time from and after the publication of this Notice until and including the time of the public hearing and may be further examined at the public hearing. The Prairieville Township Planning Commission and Township Board reserve the right to make changes in the above mentioned proposed zoning amendments at or following the public hearing. All interested parties are invited to be present to participate in discussion on the matter. Prairieville Township will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed material being considered at the hearing, to individuals with disabilities at the hearing upon five (5) days notice to the Prairieville Township Clerk. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Prairieville Township Clerk at the address or telephone number listed below. PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION Normajean Nichols, Clerk Prairieville Township Hall 10115 South Norris Road Delton, MI 49046 (269) 623-2664 77519217 �Page 10 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Joshua A. Troemel, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated March 22, 2001, and recorded on April 11, 2001 in instrument 1058000, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred SixtyFour And 47/100 Dollars ($103,464.47), including interest at 8.875% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West, 863.28 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West, 600.00 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 230.00 feet parallel with said North Section line; thence North 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds East 600.00 feet parallel with said West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4; thence South 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds East 230.00 feet along said North Section line to point of beginning. Together with and subject to a 40 foot wide easement for ingress and egress, centerline described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 16, Town 3 North, Range 8 West, Hastings Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 51 minutes 49 seconds West 1113.29 feet along the North line of said Section 16 for point of beginning of said centerline; thence South 00 degrees 04 minutes 29 seconds West 385.93 feet parallel with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 16; thence South 14 degrees 06 minutes 11 seconds East 233.35 feet; thence South 54 degrees 48 minutes 39 seconds East 139.35 feet; thence South 32 degrees 41 minutes 17 seconds East 73.66 feet to point of ending of said centerline. The side lines of said easement extended or retract to allow no gaps or overlaps at angle points or property boundaries. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518473 File #175488F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert J McCrath and Tacy J McCrath, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 10, 2002, and recorded on July 16, 2002 in instrument 1083852, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Four And 34/100 Dollars ($90,774.34), including interest at 8.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Thornapple, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East, 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 331.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 234.00 feet along said East line; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West, 571.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds West 234.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 571.00 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to a 66 foot wide easement for ingress, egress and utility purposes, the centerline of which is described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of Section 12, Town 4 North, Range 10 West; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds East 1315.43 feet along the East and West 1/4 line of said Section 12; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East 364.50 feet along the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 12 to the point of beginning and centerline of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 23 seconds West 571.00 feet to the end of said 66 foot wide easement; thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 26 seconds East, 17.00 feet to reference Point A. Also subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utilities over a 50.0 foot radius turnaround, the radius point of which is the aforesaid reference Point A. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518463 File #175359F01 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE January 8, 2008 Barry County Road Commission Notice of Public Hearing Environmental Assessment Finkbeiner Rd. Crane Rd. Project The Barry County Road Commission (BCRC) would like to announce a Public Hearing for the purpose of receiving public comment as it relates to the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Finkbeiner Rd. Crane Rd. project. The proposed project involves re-construction of an existing county road and construction of a road extension with a concrete arch structure over Spring Creek and a new bridge over the Thornapple River on new right-of-way. The Preferred Alternative consists of three sub-elements. These subelements are: • Finkbeiner Road re-construction (3.64 miles) from Patterson Road easterly to east of M-37 (Squire Lane). • Finkbeiner Road Extension - new roadway construction (0.27 mile) from east of M-37 (Squire Lane) easterly to existing Crane Road. • Crane Road Construction (0.34 mile) from existing termini of Crane Road easterly to Whitneyville Road. This project will be partially funded with the aid of Federal High Priority Funds, Federal STP Funds, Federal and/or State Category D Funds, other State and Local Funds. The local match component of the project will be provided by the BCRC funds, Village of Middleville and Thornapple Township contributions. This Public Hearing will be held at a special session of the BCRC on January 8, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the Thornapple Township Emergency Services Building on 128 High Street, Middleville, MI 49333. The EA evaluates the social, economic and environmental impact aspects of the project. Copies of the document will be available for public inspection at the Village of Middleville Village Office at 101 E. Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333-0069; the Thornapple Township Hall at 200 E. Main Street, Middleville, MI 49333-0459, the Barry County Road Commission Office at 1725 W. M-43, Hastings, MI 49058. at and Wilcox Professional Services, LLC at 8180 Broadmoor Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316. The BCRC welcomes written comments on this document. All written comment statements, comments or questions should be submitted to Bradley Lamberg, P.E. Managing Director, BCRC, 1726 W. M-43, Hastings, MI 49058. Comments will be received by the BCRC on this project for a period of 15 days after the Date of this Public Hearing. The BCRC will provide reasonable assistance for individuals with disabilities who attend the public hearing. Individuals requiring assistance should contact the BCRC in writing to the above address or calling 269-945-3449. All requests for assistance must be received two days before the scheduled Public Hearing. 77518888 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Christopher L Jones and Melinda L Jones, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Credit Union Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated March 18, 2003, and recorded on March 28, 2003 in instrument 1101209, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Member First Mortgage Company as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty And 73/100 Dollars ($161,650.73), including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Beginning at a Point On The North Line Of Section 9, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, Distant West 395.0 Feet From The North 1/4 Post Of Said Section 9, Thence South 24 Degrees 45 minutes 30 seconds East 255.49 Feet; Thence West 375.00 Feet; Thence North 232.0 Feet At Right Angles; Thence East 268.0 Feet Along the North Line Of Section 9 To The Place Of Beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518796 File #128232F04 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Paul M. Bronson, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated August 29, 2002 and recorded September 9, 2002 in Instrument Number 1087116, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Chase Home Finance LLC by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred NinetySeven and 63/100 Dollars ($79,997.63) including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North one-half of the East one-half of Lot 2 and the West 24 feet and 10 inches of the North one-half of Lot 1, all of Block 12 of Daniel Striker's Addition to The City, formerly Village Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 11. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518824 File No. 310.2345 SYNOPSIS PRAIRIEVILLE TOWNSHIP Regular Meeting December 12, 2007 Supervisor J. Stoneburner called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present: Supervisor J. Stoneburner, Clerk N. Nichols, and Trustees S. Ritchie and W. Miller. Also present was Prosecutor, Tom Evans and 34 members of the public. Agenda was approved. Approved Regular Meeting minutes of 11-14-07 with corrections. Correspondence was read. Barry County Prosecutor, Tom Evans gave an update on events taking place in his office. Public Comments were received. Fire Department reports received and placed on file. Police Department report received and placed on file. Clerk’s report. Approved the list of bills to be paid in the amount of $70,990.88. Discussion took place regarding a proposed Pine Lake Weed Treatment Program. Approved 2008 PCI contract. Public comments were received. Break 8:55-9:12. Approved 2008 Meeting dates and Holiday Schedule as amended. Trustee W. Miller gave an update on the township hall signs. Appointed Police Chief, Larry Gentry the Central Dispatch Plan Review Committee. Discuss Health Insurance options. Set 3 budget workshop meeting dates. Public comment was received. Tabled meeting room bids. Discussed hall rental agreement. Meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m. Submitted by: Normajean Nichols, Prairieville Township Clerk Attested to by: Jim Stoneburner 77519137 Prairieville Township Supervisor Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Robert W Snyder and Brandy L Snyder, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 30, 2004, and recorded on October 15, 2004 in instrument 1135525, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association, trustee for LEHMAN BROTHERSSTRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SAIL 2004-11 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Nine And 16/100 Dollars ($119,159.16), including interest at 10.1% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel in the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 28, Town 1 North, Range 9 West, described as, commencing at a point 10 chains 56 links North of the center of said Section 28; Thence North 80.04 feet; Thence West 12 rods; Thence South 80.04 feet; Thence East 12 rods to the place of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC S 248.593.1304 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519005 File #165095F02 FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Linda Rogers and Surviving Spouse of Bruce R Rogers, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc, solely as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee, dated October 26, 2006 and recorded December 1, 2006 in Instrument # 1173369 Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage was assigned to: HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, by assignment recorded August 20, 2007 in Instrument # 200708200001110 on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and FiftyOne Cents ($158,380.51) including interest 7.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the Northwest one-quarter of Section 11, Town 4 North, Range 10 West, Described as: Commencing at the North one-quarter corner of said Section 11; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 10 seconds East 1452.32 feet along the North and South one-quarter line of said Section; thence North 88 degrees 45 minutes 20 seconds West 402.17 feet to the centerline of Whitneyville Road and the Place of beginning of this description ; thence South 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds West 250.00 feet along said Centerline; thence North 75 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds West 405.0 feet; thence North 14 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds East 156.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 46 minutes 20 seconds East 415.65 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way over the Easterly 33 feet thereof. Containing 1.89 acres of land more or less including Highway right of way. Subject to all easements, reservations, covenants, conditions, agreements of record, if any. Commonly known as 6741 North Whitneyville Road, Middleville MI 49333 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 10, 2007 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 Our File No: 0783859_(HSBC) ASAP# 951137 12/13/2007, 77518805 12/20/2007, 12/27/2007, 01/03/2008 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathleen M. Jacobs, A Single Woman, original mortgagor(s), to Albion Financial, Inc., Mortgagee, dated February 27, 2002, and recorded on March 6, 2002 in instrument 1076069, and assigned by mesne assignments to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-Three Thousand Six Hundred Fifteen And 69/100 Dollars ($83,615.69), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The North 20 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Less and except: Beginning at a point on the West line of Section 20, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, distant North 00 degrees 00 minuites 47 seconds West 999.47 feet from the West 1/4 corner of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 47 seconds West 330.00 feet to the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 1324.98 feet along the North line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 24 seconds East 330.00 feet along the East line of said Southwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 20; thence North 89 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds West 1324.94 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an easement for public highway purposes over the Westerly 33 feet thereof for Kane Road. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518812 File #177058F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ryan Wells, an unmarried man, original mortgagor(s), to Long Beach Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated July 8, 2005, and recorded on August 3, 2005 in instrument 1150590, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Eight And 10/100 Dollars ($99,538.10), including interest at 10.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1, Block 18, Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, as recorded in Liber A of Plats, Page 2, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC R 248.593.1305 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519020 File #178681F01 PARK DIRECTOR Charlton Park in Hastings is seeking a full-time Park Director. Candidates should have proven skills in administration, profit-oriented program development, community involvement, special event coordination, and marketing. Minimum Bachelor's degree in public administration or equivalent discipline with 3-5 years experience in personnel administration in a museum/historic village and recreation area or closely related setting. www.charltonpark.org <http://www.charltonpark.org/> for full position description. Deadline for application: January 15, 2008. 77518835 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 11 LEGAL NOTICES Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by John Liolen Sevigny, A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, A California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated August 15, 2005, and recorded on August 29, 2005 in instrument 1151809, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seven Thousand Fifty And 15/100 Dollars ($107,050.15), including interest at 11.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 5, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, Orangeville Township, Barry County, Michigan described as: Commencing 70.57 Feet North of the Northwest Corner of Lot 9, Sam Bravata Plat, Then West 168.60 Feet, Thence North 0 Degrees 33 Minutes West 60 Feet along the West property Line, as described in Liber 244, Page 407, Thence East 169.19 Feet, Thence South 60 Feet to the Place of Beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177698F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Chuck Chapman, A single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 10, 2005, and recorded on November 30, 2005 in instrument 1156953, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Eight And 52/100 Dollars ($90,798.52), including interest at 6.175% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3 and 8, Block 72, Badcock's Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on page 25. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #176961F01 77518852 77518940 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information we obtain will be used for that purpose. If you are in the military, please contact our office at the number listed below. A default has been made in the conditions of a first Mortgage made by John J. Sanchez and Patricia A. Sanchez, husband and wife, (original mortgagors) to Consumers Credit Union, (original mortgagee) dated April 25, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on May 9, 2005, at Document # 1146174, which said mortgage was assigned to Peter and Nancy DeMink pursuant to an assignment dated January 19, 2007 which said assignment is recorded at the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan at document # 1175706, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Eight and 33/100 Dollars ($164,298.33), including interest accruing at the rate of nine and one-half (9.50%) percent per annum. A default has also been made in the conditions of a Second Mortgage made by John J. Sanchez and Patricia A. Sanchez, husband and wife, (original mortgagors) to Peter and Nancy DeMink, (original mortgagees) dated April 25, 2005, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the County of Barry and State of Michigan on May 9, 2005, at Document # 1146175, on which Mortgage there is claimed to be due as of the date of this notice, the sum of One Hundred Seventy Six Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Seven and 26/100 Dollars ($176,847.26), including interest accruing at the rate of eight (8%) percent per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said Mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said Mortgages will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises or some part of them at public venue, Main Lobby of the Barry County Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon of said day, and said premises will be sold to pay the amount as aforesaid then due on said Mortgages together with interest, legal costs, attorney fees and also any taxes and insurance that said Mortgagee does pay on or prior to the date of said sale; which said premises are described in a manner that substantially conforms with the description contained in the mortgages as follows: Land situated in the County of Barry, Village of Delton, State of Michigan described as follows: Part of Lots 37 and 38 of the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on page 29, described as: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Lot 38 for the place of beginning, thence Northerly parallel with the highway 50 feet, thence East 107 feet, thence Southerly parallel with the highway 50 feet; thence West 107 feet to the place of beginning, Barry Township, Barry County, Michigan. Also: Commencing 50 feet North of the Southwest corner of Lot 38, Village of Delton; thence North 40 feet; thence East 132 feet; thence South 24 feet; thence West 25 feet; thence South 16 feet; thence West 107 feet to the place of beginning, and being a part of Lots 37 and 38 of the Village of Delton. Also: That part of Lot 37 of the original plat of the Village of Delton, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of plats, on page 29, described as commencing at the Southeast corner of said Lot 37, for a place of beginning, thence West 25 feet, thence North parallel with the East line of Lot 37, 66 feet, thence East 25 feet, thence South along the East line of Lot 37, 66 feet to the place of beginning. Tax Parcel Number: 08-03-070-001-00 and 0803-070-043-00 Commonly known as 121 South Grove Delton, Michigan 49406. The period of redemption will be six (6) months from the date of such sale. December 10, 2007 VLACHOS & VLACHOS, P.C. By: Brian E. Weiss (p51502) For Peter and Nancy DeMink 5659 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kathy K. Lawrence, a married woman, and John D. Lawrence, her husband, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 26, 2006 and recorded February 2, 2006 in Instrument Number 1159683, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of May 1, 2006, GSAMP Trust 2006-HE3 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Two and 63/100 Dollars ($76,922.63) including interest at 9.65% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 42, Crooked Lake Summer Resort, as recorded in Liber 1, Page 52 of Plats. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519068 File No. 213.2436 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Timothy Wolfgang, a single man, to Arbor Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2006 and recorded August 7, 2006 in Instrument Number 1168258, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee and Custodian for Morgan Stanley, MSAC 2007-HE1 by: Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc., as its attorney-in-fact by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Three Thousand Sixty-One and 26/100 Dollars ($103,061.26) including interest at 9.59% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Woodland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 5 and 8 of Block 13 of Parrotts Addition to the Village of Woodland according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 36. Being the same property conveyed to Timothy Wolfgang, a married man by Deed dated August 30, 2002 and recorded September 4, 2002 in Document Number 1086811, in the Office of the Recorder of Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519058 File No. 244.4411 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeffrey M. Bishop and Robin Williams-Bishop, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, Mortgagee, dated December 17, 2004, and recorded on January 11, 2005 in instrument 1140027, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Three Hundred Sixty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Fourteen And 16/100 Dollars ($366,214.16), including interest at 11.125% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point 50 feet North 44 1/2 degrees West from the Southwest corner of Crispe's Plat of Boniface Point according to the recorded Plat thereof, being a point on the shore of Pine lake at Southwest corner of Lot owned by James Ross, thence North 50 1/2 degrees East 172 1/2 feet along the line of said Ross Lot to the Northwest corner of said Ross Lot and being a point on the Northeast shore of said Lake; thence North 9 1/2 degrees West along the shore of said Lake 60 feet; thence South 52 1/4 degrees West 208 feet to Shore of Lake on the South side of said point; thence along shore of Lake South 44 1/2 degrees East 60 feet to the Place of Beginning; the same bordering on the shore of Pine Lake at both ends of said Lot and being in the Southwest fractional 1/4 of Section 6, Town 1 North, Range 10 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #088559F04 77518840 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Patrick W. Elliott and Mary A. Elliott, Husband and Wife, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated May 18, 2007, and recorded on June 25, 2007 in instrument 1182161, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to LaSalle Bank National Association as Trustee for Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-4, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-4 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Eight And 79/100 Dollars ($63,328.79), including interest at 9.55% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Barry, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 4 and the West 1/2 of Lot 5 of Barrett Acres Plat, according to the Recorded Plat thereof as Recorded in Liber 4 of Plats on Page 30, Barry County Records, also beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot 4 of the Recorded Plat of Barrett Acres, thence South 89 Degrees 18 Minutes East on the North Line of Lot 4, 100 Feet, thence North 134 Feet, Thence North 89 Degrees 18 Minutes West 100 Feet, Thence South 134 Feet to the Place of Beginning. Being Part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 5, Town 1 North, Range 9 West. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC G 248.593.1310 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 File #177400F01 77518949 NOTICE TO CREDITORS TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Lewis L. Harnden (date of birth: December 1, 1917), Grantor of the Lewis L. Harnden and Verna A. Harnden Living Trust dated February 19, 1993, who lived at 3740 Sheffield Road, Hickory Corners, Michigan died November 1, 2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the Trust will be forever barred unless presented to The current Co-Trustees, JACK L. HARNDEN and L. JEFFREY HARNDEN at PO Box 213, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, or to the attorney for the Trustee, KATHLEEN F. COOK, at 121 South Cochran Ave., Charlotte, MI 48813 within 4 months of the date of publication of this notice. Date: December 18, 2007 Law Office of Kathleen F. Cook Kathleen F. Cook P31842 121 S. Cochran Ave. Charlotte, MI 48813 77519206 (517) 543-7643 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jeremy A. Klinge, a single man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated September 21, 2006, and recorded on September 26, 2006 in instrument 1170569, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to Wells Fargo Bank, NA as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred TwentyFour And 36/100 Dollars ($78,724.36), including interest at 7.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 12, Block C of Pleasant Shores, according to the recorded plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 59, Castleton Township, Barry County, Michigan. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519033 File #178510F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Ronald Stall, a married man and June Stall, his wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for lender and lender's successor and/ or assigns, Mortgagee, dated November 21, 2003 and recorded November 26, 2003 in Instrument Number 1118284, Barry County Records, Michigan. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Five and 81/100 Dollars ($124,635.81) including interest at 6% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 10, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: A parcel of land in the Southwest one-quarter of Section 31, Town 3 North, Range 7 West described as; Commencing at the Northeast corner of the Southwest one-third of said Section; thence West 430 feet for the place of beginning; thence South 215 feet; thence West 896 feet; thence North 215 feet; thence East 896 feet, more of less to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 13, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518819 File No. 362.2548 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brian Terrel and Peggy Terrel, husband and wife, to Amera Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan Corporation, Mortgagee, dated June 5, 2001 and recorded August 27, 2001 in Instrument Number 1065366, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2001-C, AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2001-C by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifteen Thousand Three Hundred Ten and 26/100 Dollars ($115,310.26) including interest at 11.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: The South one-half of Lots 5 and 6 of Block 15 of Lincoln Addition to the City of Hastings according to the recorded Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 55. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519079 File No. 221.6467 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the conditions of a certain Mortgage executed on May 25, 2004, by Daniel Snowden and Michelle Snowden, husband and wife, as Mortgagors, to Dennis J. Smith and Carla M. Smith, as Mortgagees, and which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan on June 3, 2004, in Document No. 1128679 (the “Mortgage”), on which Mortgage there is claimed to be an indebtedness, as defined by the Mortgage, due and unpaid in the amount of Sixty Nine Thousand and Nine Dollars ($69,009.00), as of the date of this notice, including principal and interest, and other costs secured by the Mortgage, no suit or proceeding at law or in equity having been instituted to recover the debt, or any part of the debt, secured by the Mortgage, and the power of sale in the Mortgage having become operative by reason of the default. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 31, 2008, at 1 p.m. at the East steps of the Courthouse, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder, at public sale, for the purpose of satisfying the unpaid amount of the indebtedness due on the Mortgage, together with legal costs and expenses of sale, certain property located in Barry County, Michigan, described in the Mortgage as follows: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 5 IN R.B. GREGG’S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF NASHVILLE, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF; THENCE WEST 132 FEET; THENCE NORTH TO THE BANK OF THORNAPPLE RIVER; THENCE EAST ALONG THE BANK OF SAID RIVER TO THE WEST SIDE OF QUEEN STREET: THENCE SOUTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 523 Queen Street, Nashville, Michigan. The length of the redemption period will be six (6) months from the date of the sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 12, 2007 Dennis and Carla Smith By: Brad A. Gee, Attorney Gee & Longstreet LLP 607 North Broadway Hastings, MI 49058 77518968 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Bonny J. Wagner and Thomas A. Wagner, wife and husband, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Mortgagee, dated September 4, 2004 and recorded September 23, 2004 in Instrument Number 1134355, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-R11 under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of December 1, 2004, Without Recourse by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Nineteen and 93/100 Dollars ($125,119.93) including interest at 10.75% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 17, 2008. Said premises are located in the Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner, thence East 530 feet along the North line of said property; thence South 240 feet on a line parallel with the West line of said property; thence West 530 feet on a line parallel with North line of said property; thence North 240 feet on the West line of said property to the point of beginning of the following property: Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Northeast one-quarter (recorded as Southeast onequarter) of the Southwest one-quarter of Section 36, Town 1 North, Range 7 West, running thence East 16 and 2/100 chains, thence North 24 and 92/100 chains; thence West 16 and 2/100 chains; thence South 24 and 92/100 chains to the place of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 20, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77519063 File No. 214.5168 STATE OF MICHIGAN BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT FILE NO. 07-479-CH In the matter of Bruce A. Chapman and Marsha A. Chapman v Yankee Springs Township, et al TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including Tom Stolsonburg and Allen Eugene James whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A Summons and Complaint were filed on August 27, 2007 in the Barry County Circuit Court, Family Division, 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058 before Judge James H. Fisher. Defendant has 28 days to file an answer with the court and serve a copy on the other party or to take other lawful action. If an answer is not file or other action taken within the time allowed, judgment may be entered against Defendant for the relief demanded in the complaint. Stephanie S. Fekkes P43549 Law, Weathers & Richardson, P.C. 800 Bridgewater Place 333 Bridge Street, N.W. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5320 (616) 459-1171 �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 12 LEGAL NOTICES FORECLOSURE NOTICE This firm is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for this purpose. If you are in the Military, please contact our office at the number listed below. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by: Susan L. Penney and Roy Penney, Wife and Husband to Option One Mortgage Corporation, Mortgagee, dated October 31, 2006 and recorded November 7, 2006 in Instrument # 1172473 Barry County Records, Michigan Said mortgage was subsequently assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Forty Cents ($289,293.40) including interest 8.95% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, Circuit Court of Barry County at 1:00PM on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears north 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 262.85 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds East, 131.84 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 197.29 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds West, 269.22 feet to an intermediate traverse line of the shore of Upper Crooked lake; thence along said intermediate traverse line South 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds West, 154.50 feet; thence South 58 degrees 04 minutes 26 seconds East, 333.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. Including lands lying between said intermediate traverse line and the waters of Upper Crooked Lake, a limited by the side line extended to the water edge. Together with and subject to a non-exclusive private easement for ingress, egress and public utility purposes for Crooked Lane, 66 feet wide, 33 feet each side of a centerline described as; Commencing at the West one-quarter corner of Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 10 West, Prairieville Township, Barry County, Michigan; thence North 01 degree 05 minutes 17 seconds West, 66.00 feet along the West line of said Section 12; thence North 89 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds East, 841.74 feet along the North line of Oak Drive to the True Point of Beginning of said centerline; thence Northeasterly 50.27 feet along the arc of a curve to the right, the radius of which is 90.21 feet, the central angle of which is 31 degrees 55 minutes 35 seconds, and the chord of which bears North 15 degrees 57 minutes 47 seconds East, 49.62 feet; thence North 31 degrees 55 minutes 34 seconds East, 349.69 feet; thence North 00 degree 24 minutes 58 seconds West, 578.91 feet to a point hereinafter described as Reference Point “A” and the end of said described centerline, Also, a circular extension of said easement for cul-de-sac purposes, of 50 foot radius, centered on aforementioned Reference Point “A”. Commonly known as 11398 Sunfish, Delton MI 49046 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241 or MCL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale, or upon the expiration of the notice required by MCL 600.3241a(c), whichever is later. Dated: DECEMBER 3, 2007 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-2 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-2, Assignee of Mortgagee Attorneys: Potestivo & Associates, P.C. 811 South Blvd. Suite 100 Rochester Hills, MI 48307 (248) 844-5123 77518693 Our File No: 07-83140 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Edward Van Winkle, a married man and Rachel Van Winkle a/k/a Rachel L. Van Winkle, his wife, original mortgagor(s), to Union Federal Bank of Indianapolis, Mortgagee, dated April 22, 2004, and recorded on May 27, 2004 in instrument 1128277, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by mesne assignments to CitiMortgage, Inc. as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Forty Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Six And 38/100 Dollars ($140,266.38), including interest at 5.5% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Village of Middleville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 3, Misty Ridge, filed in Plat Book 6, Page 30, Barry County Records The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC C 248.593.1301 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518683 File #176000F01 THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Kenneth William Schild and Danielle L. Schild, husband and wife, to Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Mortgagee, dated June 19, 2003 and recorded June 27, 2003 in Instrument Number 1107314, Barry County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee of Argent Securities Incorporated, Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-W4 by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Two Hundred Nine and 20/100 Dollars ($128,209.20) including interest at 8% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings in Barry County, Michigan at 1:00 p.m. on JANUARY 3, 2008. Said premises are located in the City of Hastings, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lots 3 and 4 of Block 13 of Eastern Addition to the City, formerly Village, of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, excepting therefrom the East 7 Rods. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. TO ALL PURCHASERS: The foreclosing mortgagee can rescind the sale. In that event, your damages, if any, are limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Dated: December 6, 2007 Orlans Associates, P.C. Attorneys for Servicer P.O. Box 5041 Troy, MI 48007-5041 (248) 457-1000 77518698 File No. 213.0833 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Linda E. Helton, an unmarried person, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Mortgagee, dated December 8, 2004, and recorded on December 14, 2004 in instrument 1138678, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Three And 88/100 Dollars ($69,743.88), including interest at 9.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 10, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Assyria, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 of section 12, Town 1 north, Range 7 West, described as: Beginning at a point on the East and West 1/4 line 1050 feet West of the East 1/4 post; thence North 160 feet; thence East 270 feet; thence South 160 feet to the east and west 1/4 line; thence West along said east and West 1/4 line 270 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 13, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518791 File #176799F01 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by FRANK DAVIS, AND SPOUSE LAURA DAVIS, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated June 22, 2005, and recorded on August 30, 2005, in Document No. 1151933, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Fifty-One Cents ($156,154.51), including interest at 7.670% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on January 17, 2008 Said premises are situated in Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOT 40 OF PINE HAVEN ESTATES NO. 2, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 9, BARRY COUNTY RECORDS. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 17, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Brandy L. Merwin, a single woman, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated July 27, 2005, and recorded on June 29, 2006 in instrument 1166633, in Barry county records, Michigan, and assigned by said Mortgagee to US Bank National Association, as Trustee for Credit Suisse HEAT 2005-9 as assignee, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Eighty Thousand Two Hundred Eighty And 45/100 Dollars ($180,280.45), including interest at 9.79% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 3, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Orangeville, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of section 19, Town 2 North, Range 10 West, described as: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said section, thence South 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds East 705.00 feet along the West line of said section to the place of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds East 1166.22 feet parallel with the North line of said Northwest 1/4; thence South 00 degrees 26 minutes 05 seconds East 275.01 feet along the East line of said West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4; thence North 89 degrees 54 minutes 25 seconds West 1167.31 feet; thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 07 seconds West 375.00 feet along West line of said section to the place of beginning. Subject to highway right of way for Boysen Road The redemption period shall be 12 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 6, 2007 For more information, please call: FC D 248.593.1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518670 File #175862F01 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Jerry Baker, As A Single Man, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated March 29, 2007, and recorded on April 2, 2007 in instrument 200704020003768, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven And 91/100 Dollars ($123,857.91), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 24, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: That part of the South 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 17, Town 3 North, Range 9 West, described as: Commencing at the West 1/4 corner of said section, thence North 90 degrees 00 seconds East 1293.82 feet along the South line of said Northwest 1/4, thence North 01 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds West 770.00 feet along the West line of the East 1355 feet of said Northwest 1/4 to the place of beginning, thence continuing North 01 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds West 220.00 feet, thence North 90 degrees 00 minutes East 485.00 feet thence South 01 degrees 11 minutes 24 seconds East 220.00 feet, thence South 90 degrees 00 minutes West 485.00 feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and together with an easement for ingress, egress and utility purposed over the West 66 feet of the East 1355.00 feet to the South 990.00 feet of said Northwest 1/4 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 27, 2007 For more information, please call: FC J 248.593.1311 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77519194 File #179320F01 STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT COUNTY OF BARRY NOTICE TO CREDITORS Decedent’s Estate FILE NO. 2007-24938-DE Estate of Merle R. Payne. Date of birth: 09/06/1940. TO ALL CREDITORS: NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The decedent, Merle R. Payne, who lived at 7572 S. M43 Highway, P.O. Box 104, Cloverdale, MI 49035, died 07/29/2007. Creditors of the decedent are notified that all claims against the estate will be forever barred unless presented to Denise Daniels, named personal representative or proposed personal representative, or to both the probate court at 206 West Court Street, Hastings and the named/proposed personal representative within 4 months after the date of publication of this notice. Date: 12/07/2007 Jill Humphreys Steele P53335 10125 South M43 Highway, Ste. 14 Delton, Michigan 49046 (269) 623-4775 Denise Daniels 5520 Wilkins Road 77519118 Delton, MI 49046 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WILLIAM AZKOUL P.C. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Default having been made in the conditions of a real estate mortgage made by Naomi Nichols, Deceased, formally of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058 and NPB Mortgage, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, whose address is 3333 Deposit Drive, NE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, dated February 17, 2004, and recorded on June 2, 2004, in Docket No. 1128590 of the Barry County Register of Deeds, and upon which there is now claimed to be due for principal and interest the sum of Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety Five Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($45,195.61), which continues to accrue interest at the rate of 7.95%, and no suit or proceedings at law having been instituted to recover the debt or any part thereof; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that by virtue of the power of sale contained in the mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on January 17, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. the undersigned will sell at the East door of the Barry County Courthouse, Hastings, Michigan, that being the place of holding the Circuit Court for the County of Barry, at public venue to the highest bidder for the purpose of satisfying the amounts due and unpaid upon the Mortgage, together with the legal fees and charges of the sale, including attorney's fees allowed by law, the premises in the mortgage located in the Township of Castleton, Barry County and which are described as follows: Lot 18 of Block "D" of Pleasant Shores, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 3 of Plats, Page 59. P.P. #08-05-130-004-018-00 which includes a 1994 Schult mobile home and has an address of 1063 Valentine, Hastings, Michigan 49058. The redemption period shall be six (6) months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCL 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of such sale. DATED: December 7, 2007 NPB Mortgage, LLC 3333 Deposit Drive, NE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 Drafted By: William M. Azkoul (P40071) Attorney for Mortgagee 161 Ottawa Avenue, NW Suite 205-C Grand Rapids, MI 49503 77518777 (616) 458-1315 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Cara M Doherty, aka Cara Michelle Doherty, a separated woman and Christopher T Paholak, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for lender and lender's successors and/or assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 5, 2003, and recorded on December 22, 2003 in instrument 1119683, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Three And 62/100 Dollars ($172,463.62), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Charter Township of Rutland, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: Lot 1, Meadow Acres Subdivision, according to the Plat thereof as recorded in Liber 4 of Plats, Page 3, Barry County records. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC X 248.593.1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518963 File #170923F02 PETER M. SCHNEIDERMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C., IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (248)539-7400 IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. MORTGAGE SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by REBECCA S. NEITZKE, A SINGLE WOMAN, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns,, Mortgagee, dated October 14, 2004, and recorded on October 21, 2004, in Document No. 1135859, Barry County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Sixty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars and Six Cents ($67,477.06), including interest at 6.000% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statue in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public venue, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, Michigan. at 01:00 PM o’clock, on January 17, 2008 Said premises are situated in Barry County, Michigan and described as: LOTS 1 AND 2 OF BLOCK 4 OF PARROTT'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF WOODLAND, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 1 OF PLATS ON PAGE 36. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale unless determined abandoned in accordance with 1948CL 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 17, 2007 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as nominee for lender and lender's successors and assigns, Mortgagee/Assignee Peter M. Schneiderman & Associates, P.C. 23100 Providence Drive, Suite 450 77519074 Southfield, MI 48075 Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. MORTGAGE SALE - Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terilynn D. Hillis and Matthew Milbourn, her husband, original mortgagor(s), to Comerica Bank, Mortgagee, dated July 3, 2001, and recorded on August 6, 2001 in instrument 1064278, in Barry county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Two And 06/100 Dollars ($91,872.06), including interest at 12.25% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Barry County, at 1:00 PM, on January 17, 2008. Said premises are situated in Township of Maple Grove, Barry County, Michigan, and are described as: One acre out of the Northwest corner of the West 10 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Town 2, North, Range 7 West, except all of that part of which lies Westerly of a line 60 feet Easterly of, measured at right angles and parallel to M-66 described as beginning in the Northwest corner of Section 27, thence South 00 degrees 5 minutes 35 seconds East 1000 feet to the point of ending. Subject ot easements, reservations, restrictions and limitations of record, if any. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. Dated: December 20, 2007 For more information, please call: FC H 248.593.1300 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525 77518983 File #178608F01 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE LIKENS & BLOMQUIST, P.L.L.C., IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has occurred in the conditions of a Mortgage made by Nancy Hobert, unmarried, Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee, which mortgage is currently being serviced by The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc., dated May 25, 2006, and recorded on August 8, 2006, in Instrument No. 1168316, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Barry County, Michigan, on said mortgage there is $96,386.37 due at the date of this notice. There is no suit proceeding at law or in equity to collect the sums due under the Mortgage described above. Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of the power of sale contained in the above-described Mortgage, and the statute in such case made and provided, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 1PM, at the Barry County Courthouse in Hastings, MI, there will be offered for sale and sold to the highest bidder at public vendue, in order to satisfy the unpaid portion of said Mortgage, together with interest at a rate of 9.65%, all costs of sale permitted by law, and taxes, the property situated in the City of Hastings, County of Barry, State of Michigan, described as: Lot 6, Block 7 of Kenfield's Seconds Addition to the City, formerly Village of Hastings, according to the recorded Plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 37. All rights of redemption shall expire six (6) months from the date of sale unless the property is abandoned as defined by MCL 600.3241 (a), in which case the redemption period shall be thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Dated: Thursday, December 20, 2007 Attorney for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and The CIT Group/Consumer Finance, Inc, Mortgagee Likens & Blomquist, P.L.L.C. By: Benjamin S. Lin P-70891 30200 Telegraph Rd., Suite 140 Bingham Farms, MI 48025 Telephone: 248-593-5106 Ext. 5425 77519015 00405MILB STATE OF MICHIGAN PROBATE COURT BARRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT-FAMILY DIVISION PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF HEARING FILE NO. 2006-2462 DE In the matter of LUKAS PENDER KOHLER. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS including: LUKAS PENDER KOHLER, whose whereabouts are/is unknown whose address(es) are unknown and whose interest in the matter may be barred or affected by the following: TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at Barry County Probate Court before Judge William Doherty P41960 for the following purpose: A hearing on the petition of James L. Juhnke P24416 asking that Lukas Pender Kohler be presumed deceased as of October 18, 2006 and his estate be probated all in accord with MCL 700.1208(2). Date: 11/27/07 James L. Juhnke P24416 835 Golden Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 269-963-1441 James L. Juhnke 835 Golden Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 77518245 269-963-1441 �Page 13 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Domestic assault lands Hastings man in jail Hastings Police responded to a domestic dispute at a residence in the 100 block East Center Street Dec. 18. Officers spoke with the 56-year-old victim who told them the suspect, who was identified as Jeremy Price, 24, of Hastings became angry for no apparent reason and assaulted him. Price was taken into custody for the assault and transported and lodged at the Barry County Jail. Price is facing charges of domestic assault and for possessing marijuana which was found in his possession during the investigation. Woman assaulted by Hastings man Hastings Police were dispatched to a domestic assault complaint at a residence in the 700 block of East Clinton Street on Dec. 20. Responding officers spoke with the 36-year-old victim who told them that she had been in a verbal argument with the suspect, who was identified as Edwin Kidder, 39, of Hastings, and that the argument turned physical. The victim told officers that she was choked and shoved to floor. Kidder was taken into custody and lodged at the Barry County Jail. He is facing charges of domestic assault. CALL... The Hastings BANNER 945-9554 Household BED - A brand new Queen pillowtop mattress set. Brand new, in plastic, warranty, $100. Can deliver (616)318-6998. BED - KING pillowtop, new, in original package, warranty. Can deliver, $170, (616)949-2683. BEDROOM SET - New 6 pc. complete set with Sleigh bed! Must sell $550. Can deliver, (616)949-6525. Card of Thanks THANK YOU TO ALL THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY who attended the visitation and funeral of Joe Bekker. We would like for you to know that we did feel all the love from everyone, and we believe that Joe felt it too. We would like to thank each and everyone of you for all your love and support. Thank you for all the beautiful plants, flowers, cards, and e-mails. We know that Joey took a whole lot of love with him and that is what he would have wanted. Special thanks to Girrbach Funeral Home, Pastor Steve Olmsted, and to Linda and Clinton Jones Family. Love, Gary, Brenda, Mike & Joe Bekker Victim seeks help from neighbor in Hastings Hastings Police responded to a 911 call from a residence in the 1500 block of South Church Street Dec. 19. The call was made by a neighbor of the 26-year-old victim, who asked them to call after he had been assaulted by a family member. Officers responding to residence were told that the suspect, who was identified as Chad Nowlin, 29, of Hastings had started an argument with the victim about a past incident and that the argument became physical. Nowlin began choking the victim until the victim broke free and asked the neighbor call 911. Nowlin was placed under arrest and lodged at the Barry County Jail where he is facing charges of domestic violence. Alcohol consumption appears to have been a contributing factor in the assault. Woman critical after single-car accident in Castleton Twp. Barry County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a single-car accident on Thornapple Lake Road near Devine Road Dec. 20. Upon arrival, deputies found that the vehicle had left the road and struck a tree. The driver, a 43-year-old female from Nashville, was transported by Nashville EMS to Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, where she was listed in critical condition. Kalamazoo man on the run from Work Release Program A man participating in the Work Release Program at the Barry County Jail walked away Dec. 18. The inmate, Robert S. Busick, was described as a white male, 5’8” tall, 150 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Busick was serving time for larceny over $1,000. A search of the area by deputies and the Michigan State Police K-9 unit were unable to located Busick, whose home address was listed as Kalamazoo. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Barry County Sheriff’s Office at (269) 948-4801 or their local law enforcement agency. Suspect in Maple Grove shooting still at large Robert S. Busick The Barry County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to a residence on Maple Grove Road Dec. 21 to answer a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies found a 60-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the back. The victim was airlifted to Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he was treated and released. The suspect had fled the scene before deputies arrived. A search of the area failed to locate him. The incident remains under investigation. Hit-and-run suspect tasered in Middleville Barry County Sheriff Deputy Angela Gustafson was dispatched Dec. 22 to a hit-and-run accident in Middleville. Deputy Gustafson attempted to stop the suspect’s vehicle on West Main Street, but the suspect failed to yield to the deputy’s emergency flashers. Deputy Gustafson pursued the vehicle until the driver lost control on 140th Avenue, near Patterson Road, in Allegan County, and rolled his 1998 Ford Ranger pickup. The suspect ran away, but after a brief pursuit, Deputy Gustafson subdued the man, who was identified as Francisco Javier Barron-Gavia, using the department taser. Barron-Gavia was lodged at the Barry County Jail and is facing charges of fleeing and eluding a property damage accident. The accident report was handled by the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department. 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However, this publication does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of any advertisement, nor the quality of goods or services advertised. Readers are cautioned to thoroughly investigate all claims made in any advertisements, and to use good judgment and reasonable care, particularly when dealing with persons unknown to you ask for money in advance of delivery of goods or services advertised. COURT NEWS Mark Evan Sparks, 46, of Plainwell was sentenced Dec. 18 to serve from 23 months to 60 months in prison for violating the probation sentence he received in June 2005 upon his conviction of home invasion. Barry County Circuit Judge James Fisher also ordered Sparks to be unsuccessfully discharged from probation. Sparks was originally sentenced to 60 months of probation and a year in jail, in and his probation was continued in a hearing held in February, 2006. Steven Jason Gaiski, 31, of Middleville was sentenced Dec. CLARIFICATION: In last week’s Hastings Banner it was reported that the 2006 conviction of Charles Heacock was upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court of Appeals. The man, Charles Andrew Heacock, was convicted by a Barry County jury July 14, 2006, and sentenced by Judge James Fisher to serve from 25 to 40 years in prison. Another Hastings resident named Charles Heacock, who spends six months in Hastings and six months in Florida, contacted the Banner and informed staff that he has frequently been confused with the man who is serving time in prison and wished it to be published that he is not related in any way to the convicted sex offender. 20 in a probation violation hearing by Judge Fisher to serve 20 months in jail and to continue the 24-month probation sentence he received in August 2006 for his conviction of aggravated assault. Judge Fisher ruled that the balance of Gaiski’s jail time may be suspended upon payment of $2,000. Isaac James McCloud, 31, of Freeport was sentenced Dec. 20 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and 30 days in jail for his Dec. 5 conviction on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (second or subsequent offense). McCloud also was ordered to pay court costs of $750 and a probation fee of $240. McCloud was previously convicted in 1999 and 2004 for the same offense. Judge Fisher ruled McCloud’s jail time may be suspended upon successful completion of probation and he is to participate in the Day Reporting Program upon his release from jail. McCloud’s license was suspended for six months, restricted after 60 days for treatment, probation or employment. McCloud was arrested in Freeport in September. Wayne Michael Peckham, 26, of Hastings was sentenced Dec. 20 by Judge Fisher to serve 24 months of probation and 60 days in jail for his Nov. 28 conviction on a charge of delivery/manufacture of a controlled substance (second or subsequent offense). 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Ask your funeral director for more WITH�������PURCHASE OF���OZ��BAG�OF�BUTTERY�POPCORN �ONE�PER�AD� �(ASTINGS��������%XP��*!.���������������("� �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 14 Survey finds fun and learning Girls’ cross benefits from season changes are top benifits of school sports A month-long survey conducted by the Michigan High School Athletic Association about high school sports yielded a variety of results, but none more important than the facts that both students and adults feel the primary roles of educational athletics are to let kids have fun and teach them about becoming tomorrow’s leaders. “Have Your Say: The High School Sports Opinion Poll” was an online survey in which 8,036 questionnaires were submitted from Oct. 8 to Nov. 5. The purpose was to determine attitudes toward educational athletics to assist the MHSAA in its future planning. The Association plans to conduct a follow-up survey at least every two years. Students and adults agreed on the primary roles of school sports, but had their order flipflopped. Students, consistent with other surveys by other parties, listed having fun as the primary role of these extra-curricular activi- LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF MICHIGAN 5TH CIRCUIT COURT, BARRY COUNTY 220 W. State Street, Hastings, MI 49058 (269-945-1285) Case No. 07-671 CH Hon. James H. Fisher ALICE E. BOUCHER, Plaintiff, v ASA C. DAVIS, Defendant. TO: Asa C. Davis PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Complaint to Quiet Title has been brought in the above-captioned case, with respect to premises in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, which property Asa C. Davis is a joint owner. The Complaint to Quiet Title seeks to place the property in the name of Alice E. Boucher only. YOU HAVE TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS to file a written answer with the court and serve a copy of that written answer on the other party. This notice for alternate service by publication was ordered by the Honorable James H. Fisher, Circuit Judge, by ORDER FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE dated November 30, 2007. This notice will be published for three (3) consecutive weeks in accord with Michigan court rule in this publication. If you do not answer or take other action within the aforementioned time allowed, a judgment may be entered against you and your interest in the subject property in Maple Grove Township, Barry County, Michigan, will be TERMINATED FOREVER. Any answer or response should be filed with the 5th Circuit Court, Barry County, Michigan, located at 220 West State Street, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Dated: December 7, 2007 Mark F. Stuart (P21111) Attorney for Alice E. Boucher 121-1/2 W. Michigan Avenue Marshall, Michigan 49068 77518831 (269) 781-3928 ties. Adults responding were of the opinion that school sports should teach young people about leadership skills. The role of school sports serving as a vehicle to a college athletic scholarship saw some interesting graphing in the survey. Of the eight roles about which respondents were asked, earning college scholarships rated positively, but nowhere nearly as high as the other roles. As a group, student-athletes saw earning an athletic scholarship as a role; but as respondents got older, they were less inclined to think so until an upward shift in the age 35-through- 49-year ranges, where they then dropped off again. In comparing high school sports to programs sponsored by other groups—parents, coaches, administrators and game officials were united in the feeling that the school sports experience was better than participating in club or AAU programming. It was also felt that the level of sportsmanship was better in high school sports than collegiate sports, high-school-aged AAU and club sports, nonschool youth sports and professional sports, in that order. The survey also asked questions related to financing of high school sports. Respondents were willing to pay more for a ticket to the MHSAA Football Finals than the Basketball Finals. Corporate sponsorship of school sports, the survey found, was acceptable to a limit—most notably, title sponsorships of high school events were looked upon unfavorably. The most popular media sources for high school sports information continue to be local newspapers and television stations, according to the survey; but the Internet was beginning to rival newspaper reading for those polled under 35 years of age. Indications are that Web-based delivery of high school information will become increasingly important for upcoming generations of high school parents. Fans of high school sports also tend to stay loyal to their local school, indicating that if a college football team they follow was participating in a televised contest at the same time they were still more likely to attend a high school event in-person. Participation in girls’ high school cross country in the state of Michigan increased 15.18 percent during the 2007 season compared to 2006, and it appears to be the major beneficiary of sports seasons changes implemented this school year as a result of federal court action. The increase in girls’ cross country, 1,054 participants, more than offsets the losses in girls’ volleyball and girls’ golf at Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) member senior high schools. All three sports whose seasons were changed to the fall experienced drops in participation. Girls volleyball was down 3.08 percent (658 participants), girls Lower Peninsula golf down 8.97 percent (291 participants), and boys Lower Peninsula tennis was down 11.43 percent (931 participants). The The disappointment Thursday was a good sign. It shows how bad they want to win. The Saxon varsity girls’ basketball team missed its first win of the 2007-08 season, at home against Hamilton, falling 34-32. The Saxons tried to find Brandi Hurless in the closing seconds, but she was double teamed and kicked the ball to teammate Brittany Howell. Howell launched a three-pointer which rimmed off the back side and out. “I think they’re really starting to - not appreciate losses, but it starts to hurt them a little bit,” said Saxon head coach Dan Carpenter. “We had several girls there with red eyes and tears saying, ‘man, we were so close.’” Social News 77519126 with seven rebounds. She hit four three-pointers, in seven attempts from behind the arc. “She’s starting to see some real confidence in her shot,” Carpenter said of Hurless, “and we’re starting to see it as a team as well.” As a team the Saxons were all right with their 34-percent shooting performance from the field. Veronica Hayden had a solid game down low for the Saxons as well, finishing with six rebounds. The Saxons are off now until Jan. 4, when they play host to Thornapple Kellogg. Big second quarter gets Wayland girls past Trojans Chloe Buxton led TK with 15 points, and Katie Vandergeld and Alyssa Bowerman both chipped in 11 points. Both teams shot a ton of free throws, with TK going 19-of-24 from the line as a team. The Wildcats connected on 23-of-37 foul shots, with Amanda Onopa hitting on 8-of-9 attempts. Onopa led the Wildcats with 14 points on the night. TK returns to action Jan. 4, at Hastings. K-Christian’s press slows down Delton girls’ offense R.B. Pryor to celebrate his 85th birthday Retired local physician, R.B. Pryor, M.D. will be celebrating his 85th birthday on Dec. 28. Cards from friends and former patients would be welcomed. Send to 820 W. Madison Street, Hastings, MI 49058. B a b y ’s F i r s t The Saxons fell behind early in the contest, 8-0, then battled back to tie the game by the end of the first quarter. “It was just a terrific game on both sides,” Carpenter said. “There was a lot of good defense.” The Saxons played some good defense late in the game, battling back again from seven points down in the fourth quarter. The Hawkeyes started that final period with some good defense, which allowed them to build that lead. “The first few minutes in the fourth quarter they put a little more pressure on our girls and it created some turnovers that really cost us,” Carpenter said. Hurless led the Saxon come back. She finished the night with 22 points, to go along Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity girls’ basketball team held the early edge in its O-K Gold Conference contest at Wayland on Thursday night, but eventually fell to the Wildcats 5852. The Trojans held a 12-9 advantage after one period, but saw Wayland put up 19 points in the final eight minutes before the half to jump back in front. The Wildcats then managed to fight off the Trojans down the stretch, outscoring them 21-19 in the final quarter. NOTICE Robin Hawthorne, Clerk Rutland Charter Township 2461 Heath Road, Hastings, MI 49058 (269) 948-2194 between the current school year and the 200607 school year. The school’s responses to the MHSAA also included this information: • 61 fewer schools made cuts in their girls volleyball programs • 21 schools dropped freshman girls volleyball; and no programs were added • 4 schools added junior varsity girls volleyball; and none dropped the program • 5 fewer schools made cuts in their girls Lower Peninsula golf programs • 22 fewer schools made cuts in their boys Lower Peninsula tennis programs. This information indicates that not only is participation down in these sports this year, but the number of students trying out for these teams in these sports is down as well. Saxon girls a couple points short RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: The Rutland Charter Township Board meeting originally scheduled for Wednesday, January 9, 2008 has been moved to Monday, January 7, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. MHSAA routinely collects participation data from member schools to report to the National Federation of State High School Associations. The fourth fall sport for girls, Lower Peninsula swimming and diving, increased 0.94 percent (60 participants) versus last school year. Among the other fall boys sports, football participation was up 2.45 percent (1,109 participants), boys cross country was up 5.05 percent (403 participants), and boys Lower Peninsula soccer increased 2.32 percent (338 participants). Overall participation for the fall for boys and girls was up 0.89 percent (1,015) over last year. These results are based reports from all 766 MHSAA member senior high schools, comparing actual figures at the same schools Christmas! The pressure got to the Panthers. Kalamazoo Christian’s varsity girls’ basketball team improved to 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association by beating Delton Kellogg last Thursday 50-28. “Our defense did okay, but we just could not generate any offense,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rick Williams. The Comets used a full-court man-to-man press to disrupt Delton’s offensive plays. Many of the times that the Panthers did get through the Comets’ pressure, they missed easy attempts to finish on the offensive end. Delton shot just 23-percent from the floor. Sarah Holroyd led Delton for the night with eight points and five rebounds, and Kali Tobias added seven points. Delton didn’t have too much trouble keeping up with the Comets early, who led by just eight at the half. The third quarter though was Delton’s second straight quarter with just five points, and Kalamazoo Christian pushed its lead to 17 by the end of the period. Tracy DeKoekKoek led the Comets with 12 points, and Alexis Szekely chipped in 11. Delton is now 2-6 on the season, and 0-4 in the KVA. The Panthers return to action at home Jan. 7 against Galesburg-Augusta. NOTICE Name Birthday Name Birthday Name Birthday A special Hastings Banner feature to appear Thursday January 3rd, 2008. To include your child, simply mail or bring this form with photo & check or money order for $15 to: The Hastings Banner 1351 N. M-43 Hwy., Hastings, MI 49058 or mail to: PO Box B, Hastings, MI 49058 269-945-9554 • ads@j-adgraphics.com DEADLINE IS 5:30 PM FRIDAY, DEC. 28TH Baby’s Name _______________________________ Birthdate _________ Information below not included in ad: Parents: ____________________________________ Phone: ___________ Address: _______________________________________________________ Credit Card # __________________________________________________ Expiration _________________ 77518480 The Barry County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals. In accordance with Michigan State law, applicants can not be a resident of a City, Village or a township that conducts its own zoning enforcement (Rutland Township, Hope Township, Prairieville Township, Thornapple Township, or Yankee Springs Township). Applications may be obtained at the County Administration Office, 3rd floor of the Courthouse, 220 W. State St., Hastings; (269) 945-1284, and must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2008. 77519038 Reids to celebrate golden wedding anniversary Charles and Frankie (Browne) Reid will celebrate 50 years of marriage on December 29, 2007. They were married in Hastings, Michigan in 1957 and then made their home in Nashville. The Reids still reside in Nashville after raising their four children: Chuck (Debbie) Reid of Nashville; Julie (Mike) Hamilton of Nashville; Tony (Jamie) Reid of Bellevue; and Gary (Gina) Reid of Nashville. Chuck and Frankie are the proud grandparents of four grandsons, seven granddaughters, and one great-grandson soon to arrive! We invite you to join us for an open house in their honor Saturday, December 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Nashville Baptist Church, 312 Phillips St., Nashville. BARRY COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD CHARLTON PARK VILLAGE AND MUSEUM BOARD PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE A Public Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 9, 208 at 7:00 pm at the Barry-Eaton District Health Department, 330 W. Woodlawn Ave., Hastings, MI, to solicit public input and suggestions on a new Barry County Parks and Recreation Plan. The new Recreation Master Plan is being written to guide park development over the next 5 years. This plan will address both current recreation facilities and future needs within the County and is required by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to allow the County to apply for State and Federal grant funding for recreation improvements. Individuals with disabilities requiring aids or services should contact the County Administrators office five (5) days prior to the meeting. For more information contact (269) 945-1284. 77519230 �Page 15 — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — The Hastings Banner Thornapple Kellogg boys get 4th win Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity boys’ basketball team rebounded its loss to South Christian to go into the holiday break on a two-game winning streak. Friday night, the Trojans knocked off Holland in Middleville 49-41. A few late mistakes by the Trojans made the final score look a bit tighter than much of the game had been. “I felt like we were in control most of the game, and led 38-24 after three, but made a few mistakes at the end trying to run down the clock,” said TK head coach Lance Laker, who’s team is now 4-1 overall this season. “Finishing still has to be an emphasis, and getting crisper offensively in our early game and secondary break.” Both teams had a tough time putting the ball in the hoop, but the Trojans helped themselves out at the free throw line where they knocked down 23-of-28 attempts. “Defensively we really did a nice job limiting their shots and holding them to 16 percent shooting from the field,” Laker said. “We struggled finishing shots inside as well, but were able to convert most of our free throws.” Nate Manning led the Trojans with 13 points and six rebounds on the night. Ian Sisson had 11 points and six boards. Andrew Gilbert chipped in ten points and four assists. Ryan Meeusen led Holland with 14 points, and Josh Weatherspoon was a force inside for the Dutch finishing the night with ten points and seven boards. “All in all, it was a great team win,” Laker said. “We continue to have guys stepping in and making positive contributions off the bench and are improving each game.” The Trojans are 1-1 in the conference after last week Tuesday’s 64-56 win over the Hamilton Hawkeyes. “It is great to head into Christmas 4-1, and be in position to compete for something after the holidays,” Laker said. The Trojans are at Lowell this Friday night. Lion ladies end their three-game skid Maple Valley’s Jared Smith (right) tries to drive by Olivet’s Ryan Bond during Friday night’s Kalamazoo Valley Association contest at OHS. (Photo by Perry Hardin) Olivet shoots its way past the Lion boys in KVA game Olivet knocked down seven three pointers Friday night, that nearly matched the number of points the Eagles scored at the free throw line in their 75-59 victory over Maple Valley’s varsity boys’ basketball team. Olivet jumped out to an early lead, then after a Lion flurry in the second quarter, extended its advantage to 41-27 by the half. Olivet was 27-of-35 from the foul line for the night. The Eagles’ Andrew Flemming knocked down ten of his 12 attempts from the line. Spencer Grant hit four three-pointers in the first half and finished with 17 points. Kenneth Quick led Maple Valley with 21 points and four assists. Dustin Houghton added 16 points and seven rebounds. Kyle Fisher contributed eight rebounds. Jared Smith and Jeff Burd chipped in five Trojans will wait until spring to find coach The Thornapple Kellogg Athletic Department would like to announce that it will be posting the varsity football coaching position late in the 2007-08 school year. Their preference is to select a candidate who is both an outstanding head football coach and exceptional classroom teacher. The position will be posted in the spring of 2008. At that time they should have a better idea what teaching positions may be available for the following school year, and it will provide them the opportunity to consider the largest possible pool of qualified candidates. Please refer any questions to the Thornapple Kellogg Athletic Department at (269) 795-5432. 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Hathaway 180-475; S. Pennignton 187-516; L. Friend 118-332; B. Smith 168; K. Moore 133; J. Shurlow 168307; S. Drake 185-507; D. Seeber 202-512; W. Barker 160-455; A. Tasker 152. points each. The Lions are now 2-4 overall, and 2-2 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association. The Lions now have some time off. They return to action Jan. 4 at Bellevue and then Jan. 5 will be at Springport. The next league contest for Maple Valley isn’t until a Jan. 8 trip to Pennfield. by Brett Bremer Sports Editor After a three game losing streak, Lion varsity girls’ basketball head coach Landon Wilkes and his assistants took it upon themselves to change some things. The plan was for more disciplined, more intense practices. They put situations into practice with time limits, hoping that would encourage the players to make better use of their time on the floor. It seems to have worked a bit. It ended the losing streak at least. Maple Valley improved to 3-2 in the Kalamazoo Valley Association (KVA), and 4-3 overall on the season with a 51-46 win over Pennfield Thursday night. “Our intensity and hustle was real good,” Wilkes said. The Lions jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the opening quarter. “We strayed away from that a little bit, then we regrouped and as the game went on we continued to get better,” Wilkes said. “We’re still not where I want us to be.” The Panthers were actually able to close to within a point in the fourth quarter, before the Lions responded and got the lead up to double digits for a short time. A balanced offensive attack led the way for Maple Valley. Leslee Rigelman finished with ten points, Ashley Gonser had nine, Jennifer Kent eight, and Bailey Flower seven. “The had some big girls on their team,” Wilkes said. “I was happy we came away with a win.” As the game went on, the Lions got better at dealing with Pennfield’s size advantage. “They were getting some little passes on us inside. We finally started pushing them out of there and fronting the post, and making them work hard to get the basketball inside,” Wilkes said. Cassie Halder and Breanna Pelloni led the Panthers with 13 points each. Maple Valley wrestlers split their two duals at Bronson Maple Valley’s varsity wrestling team closed out the pre-holiday portion of its scehdule with a trip to Bronson on Wednesday night, the Lions went 1-1 in a pair of duals. Maple Valley topped St. Joseph 48-30 and fell to Coloma 45-30. Dusty Cowell (215), Tyler Corwin (125), and Chad Rhodes (189) all scored two victories on the night for Maple Valley. That trio, and Tony Corwin at 160 pounds, scored pins against Coloma. The only points that didn’t come from a pin for the Lions in the two duals, were a forfeit win for Cody James against Coloma. Zack Baird, Ron Smith, Tyler Corwin, Aaron Piercefield, Lucas Brumm, Tory Roberts, Rhodes, and Cowell all pinned their opponents from St. Joseph. The Lions don’t get a big break. 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Lansing Catholic’s Pat Duda knocked down a three-point shot with 1:28 left in the second overtime session to put his team up one, then added the final point on a free throw with 7.3 seconds left in the Cougars’ 69-67 victory over the Lakewood varsity boys’ basketball team. “We broke down defensively,” said Lakewood head coach Mark Farrell. “(Duda) should have never got that shot.” Especially after the kind of night he had. He scored the first 11 points of the game for the Cougars, with three three’s in that stretch, as his team jumped out to a 11-4 advantage. That lead didn’t last long though. Lakewood pulled in front midway through the second quarter, 18-17, on a three-pointer by Wade O’Mara from the top of the key. The Vikings held a lead from that point until a 12-0 run to start the fourth quarter put the Cougars up 46-41. Duda and teammate Austin Nichols each had six points in that run. They both finished with 26 points for the night. Lakewood had its chances to close out the game in regulation and in each of the overtime sessions. Nick Hilley missed the first of two free throws with 20 seconds left in regulation, to leave the two teams tied a 57 each. The Vikings also had a couple of unforced turnovers late in each overtime period. The first extra session ended with the two teams knotted at 61. Lakewood then led the second over time from the start, until Duda’s three-pointer put his team in front. What the Vikings couldn’t control were the whistles. More than once in the overtime sessions the Vikings thought they had drawn a charge, only to see the referee put both hands on his hips signaling a blocking foul on the defense. Late in the first overtime, after a tremendous defensive effort that led to a fight for the ball on the floor Lakewood’s Justin Keller got both hands on the ball and flipped it up to point guard Eddie Salazar but someone was whistled for traveling. It was a tough night for Salazar and teammate Michael Barbour. Barbour came out of the game early in the third quarter. Salazar had to six with four starting late in the third. Lakewood had a seven point lead when Salazar hit the pine with 1:51 left in the third quarter. When that pair returned to the game with 6:13 left in the fourth quarter, the game was tied at 41. Nick Hilley led the Vikings on the night with 22 points and ten rebounds, many of those came in combination as he pulled down offensive boards and put them back up and in. Barbour finished with five rebounds, four steals and 13 points. O’Mara chipped in 17 points with some nice footwork down low. The Vikings are now 2-2 on the season, and 2-1 in the CAAC-White. Lakewood is back in action, on the road this Friday night for a make-up with Hastings. Lakewood’s Michael Barbour crashes into Lansing Catholic’s Pat Duda as he flies towards the basket in the first quarter Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood’s Wade O’Mara goes up for two points in the opening quarter of Friday night’s CAAC-White loss to Lansing Catholic. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Lakewood senior guard Nick Hilley runs the Viking offense from the wing in the third quarter Friday night as he’s guarded by Lansing Catholic’s Austin Nichols. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Toughness gets Viking girls past LCC by Brett Bremer Are the referees changing the rules on us this winter? Here’s a little insight into the mentality of sports fans. I noticed it during overtime Friday night in the Lakewood High School gymnasium, as the Viking varsity boys’ basketball team was facing off against Lansing Catholic in one of the biggest Capital Area Activities Conference White Division games of the season. The visiting Cougars were about to inbound the basketball and try to head down the court to their offensive end. A Viking fan gave the referee under the basket a little speech about how it was getting late in the game, that he should just let the players play, and not worry about whistling any ticky tack fouls. It wasn’t two minutes later, as the Vikings were about to take the ball out underneath their own offensive basket that the referee got another speech from the same fan. This time the ref was told that he should keep his whistle ready, that just because it’s late in the game he shouldn’t stop enforcing the rules. This isn’t a phenomenon that is specific to Lakewood fans. I’m going to steal a quote here from Mark Twain, which was originally about the job of a newspaper editor. I feel like saying it about basketball officials at this point. “I am not a basketball official, and shall always try to do right and be good, so that God will not make me one.” I’ve seen plenty of fans yell at referees this season. After one game at Maple Valley High School this winter athletic director Duska Brumm came up to me and asked if I’d please add a post script to my story about the game. She thought it should read something like this, “The officials for all Kalamazoo Valley Association basketball games are assigned by the league commissioner and not chosen by the host schools.” I thought about it, but decided against sticking that P.S. at the end of the story. There should not be any better chance of getting “homer” referees at a Maple Valley game than at a Delton Kellogg game, or a Lakewood game, or a Lansing Catholic game. And I’d be willing to bet that referees seem like homers towards one side of fans a lot more often than they actually are. Even poor officials usually make the same poor calls on both teams, they’re not being a homer. Or in the case of Friday night’s game, an awayer. (If homer can be a word, so can awayer.) I’ve seen lots of poor calls from officials (and a lot of correct calls), but seeing poor judgment is rare. I saw some at Lakewood Friday night though. One official was getting some pretty good heat at one end of the gym, and instead of standing stoically during time outs he started up a dialogue with the displeased fans. That didn’t seem like a good idea to me at all. In fact, it seemed a little bit like rattling a stick across the bars of a tiger cage. There weren’t any incidents or anything, but I’ll be watching for that kind of thing more often from now on. How often do officials talk back to fans? Officials seem to be getting a little more lenient with that type of thing. At one game I was at a couple guys in the student section asked a referee if he could see the basketball during a time-out. He then proceeded to sit and dribble the basketball ‘til the timeout was over, then flipped the ball back to the ref. He did the same thing during the next time out. It didn’t hurt anybody, or change the game at all, but it didn’t seem very professional. After a rotation, another official stood with the ball in front of the same students. Again, they asked to see the basketball. I don’t know if he ignored them or just didn’t hear them, but they didn’t get to play with the game ball again. I’m all for the fans having fun, but that second officials reaction seemed like the right one. When the Lakewood varsity girls’ basketball team started its off-season workouts, there wasn’t a player on the team that could bench press 100 pounds. Now they all can. “We know we’re short. We’ve got to be tough,” said Lakewood head coach Tal Thompson after his team’s 42-38 Capital Area Activities Conference White Division victory over Lansing Catholic Friday night. A 9-0 run by the Cougars put them up 2822 with just over a minute to go in the third quarter. Lakewood then took the lead back midway through the fourth quarter as Lauren Shaffer pulled down a missed free throw from teammate Alexis Brodbeck and put it back in for two points and a 31-30 edge. The Vikings never trailed in the game again. The missed free throw was a rare thing in the game for Lakewood, the offensive rebound wasn’t. “After the game I said there were two things that won that game for us, our offensive rebounding and the second was free throw shooting,” Thompson said. Lakewood’s ladies were an outstanding 78percent from the foul line. They knocked Lansing Catholic’s Taylor Maylee (left) forces a jump ball with the Vikings’ Courtney Palmer under the basket during the second half Friday night at Lakewood High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer) down 15-of-18 attempts. Chelsey Dow led the Vikings with a 7-for-7 performance, and finished with 11 points. The Vikings battled the Cougars’ size advantage down low, with a strength advantage. Shaffer finished the game with 12 rebounds, six on the offensive end and six on the defensive end. Dow had nine total rebounds for the night. A team must be tough to win with offensive rebounding and free throw shooting. Brodbeck chipped in nine points for the Vikings, while Ashley Morris finished with seven and Laurel Mattson five. “That was a great win,” Thompson said. “That’s got to be the best 1-6 team in the state of Michigan. They run that press and they rely on getting turnovers off it and going on streaks. They were one streak away there at the end.” Center Maylee Taylor led Lansing Catholic with 11 points on the night, while guard Alexis Solomon added ten points and Samantha Johnson seven points and six rebounds. Thompson is expecting future battles with the Cougars to become tougher and tougher. Taylor, Solomon, and Johnson are all juniors. Three sophomores are also in the varsity rotation. The Lakewood girls end the 2007 portion of their schedule with a record of 4-1, with a 2-1 mark in the CAAC-White. The Vikings take the court next on Jan. 8 at Williamston. Lakewood’s Alexis Brodbeck is fouled as she tries to get to the basket by Lansing Catholic’s Nina Lunetta in the fourth quarter of the Vikings’ win Friday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) �The Hastings Banner — Thursday, December 27, 2007 — Page 17 Saxons handle Huskies in Gold opener by Brett Bremer Sports Editor There wasn’t a lot for Hastings’ varsity wrestling coach Mike Goggins to shout about on Wednesday as his Saxons opened the O-K Gold Conference season with a 56-12 victory over the Forest Hills Northern Huskies. But he did find some things to shout about. At one point in the third period of the 135pound match which saw the Saxons’ Collin Ferguson up against Drew Kunkel, Goggins shouted to Ferguson, “on the whistle you shoot.” It wasn’t the first time he had asked his freshman to be a bit more aggressive. His team already led 35-12 at that point. “I got after him a little bit,” Goggins said. “This is the perfect time to do it. As a team we’re obviously in good shape, and there’s no danger.” Ferguson never quite made the shot his coach was looking for, and when he was called for a stalling penalty his coach actually The Saxons’ Gage Pederson (right) fights for control with Forest Hills Northern’s Matt Hoodhood during the first period of their 125-pound match Wednesday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) told the official it was a good call. The stalling point made the final score of the bout 4-2, with Ferguson taking the win. “Teachable moments is what we call them,” Goggins said. “We’re going to come down to some matches where you have to have that. This is a spot where you learn to exploit that opportunity the next time.” Pins by Ryan Bosma (160), Josh Morehouse (215), Justin Jevicks (285), and Alec Wilcox (130), had helped the Saxons build that early lead as a team. Hastings also got a technical fall from Luke Mansfield (189), a decision by Brian Baum (103), and an overtime victory for Gage Pederson in the 125-pound match against Matt Hoodhood leading up to Ferguson’s match. The Saxons’ Micah Huver (140), Tom McKinney (145), and Trent Brisboe (152) then closed out the evening with three straight pins. Six of the Saxons’ seven pins on the night came in the first period of the match. The Huskies got a pin from Zach Pueser in the 171-pound match, and a couple fine performances from two light weights. At 119pounds, the Huskies’ Andrew Stepanovich edged the Saxons’ Matt Watson 8-6 in overtime. At 112, Casey Hoxie scored a take down in the final minute of the third period to beat Austin Endsley 4-3. The Saxons will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 5, as they host their annual L.H. Lamb Memorial Tournament at the high school. At Right: Hastings 189-pounder Luke Mansfield works towards setting the Huskies’ Evan Mutchler down on his back during the first period of their match on Wednesday night. Mansfield scored a 19-3 major decision. (Photo by Brett Bremer) DK wrestlers win big at quad by Brett Bremer Sports Editor The young scoreboard operator watching the Delton Kellogg varsity wrestling team at its home quad last Thursday couldn’t recall off the top of his head where he had learned to count by multiples of six, but he was very good at it. The Panthers put that skill to the test. In duals against Cassopolis and Schoolcraft, only two matches ended with less than six points being awarded to either team. It was Delton doing most of that pinning and winning, improving to 15-1 on the year. Delton knocked off Cassopolis 63-14 and Schoolcraft 72-12. In the match with Schoolcraft to close the evening, the Panthers scored pins in each of the first six weight classes starting with Quinn DeBolt at 152 pounds. He was followed out to the mat by teammates Martin Workman (160), Anthony Riley (171), Steven Romero (189), John Hess (215), and Octavio Romero (285). The string only stopped because Schoolcraft forfeited the first two lightweight matches, handing wins to Mark Loveland and Dylan Leinaar. Matt Loveland followed those two hand-raisings by pinning Trent Rhoda in the 119-pound match. Delton led 54-0 at that point. Johnny Wood (130), Ray Lindsey (135), and Montana Otis (145) had pins for Delton Kellogg to close out Schoolcraft. It was a tough night for the Eagles, who also fell to the Delton Kellogg B Team 35-32. Delton’s B Team was 1-1 on the night, falling to Cassopolis 52-30. “We’re a little disappointed because Battle Creek Central was supposed to be here to fill out the quad,” said Delton Kellogg head coach Rob Heethuis. The competition would have been nice, but having the B Team competing against other varsity wrestlers won’t hurt the program in the long run. “It’s all about mat time right now,” Heethuis said. “We’re just happy to be out on the mat.” Mark Loveland (103), Leinaar (112), Matt Loveland (119), Wood (130), Lindsey (135), DeBolt (152), Riley (171), and Hess (215) had pins for the Delton Kellogg varsity against Cassopolis. “I thought Ray Lindsey beat a good kid from Cassopolis, then came back against a kid (Schoolcraft’s Cody Brookman) that beat him 14-10 on Saturday and stuck him tonight.” It was also nice for the Panthers to have Riley back in the line-up. Other winners in that match for DK were Steve Ross (125), Workman (160), and Octavio Romero (285). The Panthers take to the mats again at their own DK Invitational Jan. 5. The tournament includes teams from Coldwater, Greenville, West Ottawa, Battle Creek Central, and Paw Paw. Saxons make just enough plays to top the Bulldogs by Brett Bremer Sports Editor In recent seasons a game like Friday’s might have ended in a lot of “woulda”, “coulda”, “shouldas”, for the Saxon varsity boys’ basketball team. This year has been different so far though. At Byron Center, the Saxons didn’t have their best game of the season. They missed the front end of a couple of one-and-one free throw opportunities in the closing minutes. And they were still able to come home with a 53-52 O-K Gold Conference victory. Hastings is now 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the O-K Gold. “These are the kind of games we’ve lost the last couple years,” said Saxon head coach Don Schils. “It was nice that we didn’t play as well as we did Tuesday night (against South Christian), but we made enough plays to pull it out.” The final play came from senior Jordan Rambin, who swatted the ball harmlessly away from the basket as time expired. The Bulldogs had gotten a good look at an outside shot on their final possession, then managed to pull down an offensive rebound and toss up one more quick chance at the basket. After jumping in front in the third quarter, the Saxons held a slim edge for the entire fourth quarter. The lead never grew any larger than five points, as the two teams went back and forth. “I really felt in the fourth quarter that we won it more offensively than defensively,” Schils said. “We ran some of our sets and out of bounds plays and we scored five possessions in a row the last three or four minutes.” The Bulldogs held a 25-21 advantage at half-time. Ryan Cain helped the Saxons wipe that away, scoring eight of his ten points in the third quarter. Ryan Vogel led Hastings for the night with 14 points. Dane Schils also chipped in ten points for the Saxons. Byron Center got 17 points from Jon Byxbe and ten from Scott Westhouse. Hastings is back at it on Friday night, host Lakewood in a make-up of the game that was originally scheduled for Dec. 11. The Saxons then have a big league showdown at undefeated Wayland next Thursday (Jan. 3). John Cottrell will be retiring from Hastings City Bank after 32 years of exceptional service. Please stop in with your best wishes! Delton Kellogg 145-pounder Montana Otis (top) makes things tough on Schoolcraft’s Greg Brown in the second period of their bout Thursday night. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Delton Kellogg’s Quinn DeBolt (top) scores near fall points in the first period against Schoolcraft’s Brandon McHeese Thursday night during the DK Quad, which also included Cassopolis and the Delton Kellogg B Team. (Photo by Brett Bremer) Friday, January 4th, 2008 at our Hastings Branch 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. 150 W. Court Street, Hastings (269) 945-9535 HastingsCityBank.com 77519091 �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hastings Banner Subject The topic of the resource Newspaper.HastingsBanner Description An account of the resource <strong>The Hastings Public Library wishes to thank Smith Imaging of Rockford, MI for their work digitizing the Hastings Banner.</strong><br /><br /><strong>The Library also wishes to thank all of the community members who donated money to support our digitizing efforts.<br /><br />The Banner Overview:</strong><br />The Hastings Banner newspaper has been published in Hastings, Michigan since 1856. The following history highlights are taken from Richard Cook's history as published in the 1956 Centennial Edition of The Hastings Banner, and recapped by Esther Walton in her From Time to Time column in The Banner dated April 12, 1984.<br /><br /><strong>Links to online copies of the paper follow the history section.<br /></strong><strong><br /><br /><br />Searching the paper:<br /></strong>The Banner, and all other PDF files on this history portal, are fully searchable. To search:<br /><ol><li>Click on the magnifying glass search icon in the upper right.</li> <li>Enter your search term(s) in the simple search box and press Enter or click on Search.</li> <li>Any PDF file on the site that contains your term(s) should be listed. Do not use the Advanced Search.</li> </ol><strong>See <a href="https://www.barrycountyhistoryportal.org/files/original/676/How_To_Use_Online_Newspapers_8x11.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How to Use Online Newspapers</a> for more information about using and searching online newspapers.</strong><br /><br />-----------------------<br /><strong>The Banner History</strong>:<br />C.S. Burton &amp; Co. were listed as the proprietors of the "Republican Banner", which first appeared here on May 1, 1856, with Dr. C. S. Burton as the publisher and Norman Bailey as editor.<br /><br />Publication office was on the second floor of the Rower Block, whose address was given as "corner of State and Church"; which corner was not specified.<br /><br />The objective of this publication was to win support for the newly created Republican party and thus counteract the influence of the Barry County Pioneer, a Democratic journal that had been published here since 1851. No copies of the first three issues of The Banner were saved.<br /><br />Make-up on the first journal corresponded with a pattern typical of most local journals then published. Page one contained a few columns of advertising, fiction (often a continued story), and a short feature of no particular news value. Page one was the "literary" page.<br /><br />Page two contained the editorial barbs, along with state news, political articles, Washington items and news of the national and territorial giovernments. Page three contained a few items of local news, sandwiched inbetween the local and foreign news.<br /><br />Page four was usually solid with advertising and as such was the editor's "bread and butter" page....Locally it was the pattern until the early 1880s.<br /><br />Several changes in ownership and management occurred during the first two years of publication, with J. M. Nevins taking over ownership interests on July 16, 1857. With the issue of May 7, 1862, "The Republican Banner" became "The Hastings Banner". Editor Nevins thought the village had developed sufficiently during the past several years to merit this recognition.<br /><br />Another major change in the management of The Banner came when Nevins sold the newspaper to George M. Dewey of Niles on March 14, 1866, who then took over as editor and publisher. Dewey, an ardent Republican and somewhat of a crusader, gave considerable space to editorial comment and party affairs and also directed pointed paragraphs against the saloons and local traffic in liquor. Dewey was the grandfather of Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948. Editor Dewey on May 4, 1870 changed the format (and name) of the paper to "Hastings Republican Banner". <br /><br />A fire in December 1883 burned The Banner plant (located in the middle of the block on the north side of State St. across from the courthouse). Files and back issues from August 1880 to December 1883 and the January 4, 1884 issues are missing.<br /><br />The Banner was purchased by Marshall L. Cook and George Bower on July 21, 1880. They changed the name to "The Hastings Banner". M. L. Cook soon became the sole owner and remained so until July 7, 1887 when Albert Nishern (M. L.'s brother-in-law) joined him. Albert Nishern sold his interest on November 6, 1889 to William Cook (M. L.'s younger brother).<br /><br />The Cook brothers partnership held together (56 years) ... Richard Cook followed his father into the newspaper business, and Richard's son William joined him. So the Cook family ownership continued for 85 years, from 1880 to 1974, when Richard and William sold the paper to High Fullerton. J-Ad Graphics became the owners of "The Hastings Banner" in August of 1981. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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